The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAy.) The SPEAKER. took the chair at 12 o'cloCk. There was no excitement in the house or lobbies, in con-cquence of the result of last night's debate. Only one Cabinet minister, Mr. .Baires, was present at the c orc:nencement of the sitting, but he left before half-past 1 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed : Caledonian Railway (Running Power), and the Dexthorpe Turnpike Trust Bill. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. ALCOCK moved that it be read a second time that day six months. He did so on the ground that the bill was unnecessary. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. BAINES, on the part of the Government, supported the principle of the bill, and stated that he would give his assistance in committee to improve its det ails. Mr. BAXTER supported the principles of the bill, and gave some interesting details of the working of in du, trial schools in Scotland. Lord STANLEY supported the principle of the bill, be'ieving it was thoroughly sound in principle. Mr. GORDON also supported the bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the bill. He oirijected to children whet wore guilty of no crime but destitution being sent to a reformatory school. He thought the workhouse schools might be improved so as to meet the evil complained of. Mr. BOWYER objected to the princip'es and details of he bill. There was no protection for the religious teach in,z of destitute Romaa Catholic children. An expiring P.trliament could not consider this bill as it ought, and he suggested that this bill should be withdrawn for ma ture consideration and re-introduced another session. Be should divide the house upon it. Mr. ADDERLEY said it was the duty of this Parlia ment to complete the work it bad begun, and defended the principles of the bill. It was rendered necessary to meet the wants of our criminal population. He denied ti: at this bill was of a proselytising character, and that great care had been taken to avoid it. Mr. A. BLACK supported the bill. ' Mr. SPOONER supported the bill. Industrial schools had been tried in Birmingham and found successful. He d .nied that the measure was of a proselytisiug charac ter. Mr. PALK was of opinion that this bill, whilst appli• cable to large towns, would not answer for the rural d iat ricts. - Sir G. STRICKLAND opposed the principle of the b 11 from a feeling that the house was introducing a dan gerous principle by the adoption of an educational rate. Such a principle would swamp the excellent voluntary z 'll that now existed in favour of education. Instead et advancing education they would retard it. The bill, if carried, would teach parents to abandon their children. Sir J. PAKINGTON said they must deal with the f tct as it stood with reference to destitute children, and he agreed with other hon. members that there were ob j c . .ions to the details of the measure, but as he toought they might be got over in committee lo should support the principle of the bill. There ap p-ared to be a desire of separating education into three la=ses. One was national schools, which he hoped soon t see general ; the second, refurmatwies for dealing 'with our criminal classes, which, to a certain extent, had Leen established, and which he hoped to see increased ; and the third, industrial schools to be intermediate he t wean national schools and reformatories. This bill ap peared in its details to entrench on the national schools and the functions of the guardians, but he thought them capable of amendment. What his hon. friend proposed Le understood was to provide for the children of the in termediate class between the honest poor and criminals, ai.d who were, as Miss Carpenter had described them, 11:e " perishing and dangerous class." After cl:uding to the progress made in the establishment of in dustrial schools in Scotland, the right hon. baronet said lie had much pleasure in supporting the principles of this Lill. Mr. BALL supported the bill, and said that if they vere to spend as much money on the education of the children in the rural districts as they did on their horses and dogs the children would be in a score advanced state, as regarded morals and religion, than those in large towns. Mr. HENLEY supported the bill, which ought, he said, to be used as supplementary to the Reformatories (Government) Mr. BARROW opposed the bill. Sir S. NORTHCOTE replied to the various objections that had been urged against the bill. It was intended f , ..r the intermediate class referred to, and thereby save the heavy expense of 7s. per week per head, which their children cost the country in reformatories. The principle cf the bill was to give education gratuitously, but that the . parent should pay for the expense of his child's maintenance, and where that was impossible that 34. per week per head should be taken from the poor rates, NV hich was the maximum coat of maintenance of children h workhouses. To a certain ()dent this was a bill founded on the voluntary principle. He had no wi,da to proselytise, and he did not consider that the bill gave f tie for it. Mr. DUNLOP Expressed his gratification at the in troduction of this bill. After some remarks from Mr. Liddell, Mr. C, For tescue, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Warner, Mr. ALCOCK withdrew his amendment, and The bill was read a second time without a division, and ordered to be committed. EDUCATION (CITIES AND BOROUGHS) BILL • On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HADFIELD presented the following petitions against the bill, Niz.—from owners of land, house, and r•t , :er buildings in the city of Manchester, assembled at lila Town-hail, Manchester, and signed by their chair pan on their behalf ; inhabitants and ratepayers, Man chester, assembled at public meeting ; and Samuel Morley, E , q., and the Rev. J. El. Hinton, chairman and Pecretary of the Committee and Friends of Voluntary -E.:ucation in London. The petitions were read by the Clerk at the table. Other petitions were presented against the bill. In reply to a question from Mr. COBDEN, Sir J. PAkINGTON postponed the second reading of this bill till this day week. The second reading was accordingly postponed. 'COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) (TITLES OF PURCHASERS) BILL. Mr. WHI CESIDE moved the second reading of this the object of which waa to secure the tides to estates obtained through the Court of Chancery (bp. I'l d). The principle was allowed in the Encumbered Eitates Court, and it ought to be granted to the Court I f Chancery. Mr. G. burr seconded the motion. Air. FITZGERALD (the Irish Attorney General) opposed the motion. Hi o main objection to it was that it was de,ling in a fragmentary manner with a 1. seat subject, and -in a way to undermine ono of the most beneficial reforms that had ever been con f-rred on Ireland, viz , the Encumbered Estates . Gaut. 1I would never consent to the undermining of that which had been so beneficial to Ireland. He considered i) better not to adopt this patchwork legislation, but wait and sea bow the Court of Chancery worked out its own reformation, in accordance with the act of last see. t4i , :n. He did not intend to divide the house, but allow .te till to be read a aocond time, and take his objections to it at a further stage. After some T.( marks from Mr. MACARTNEY, Sir E. PERRY moved the second reading of the bill tI,M day two months, After some discus,ion the amendment was with drawn, and the bill was read a second time and ordered to be comm Wed on Mon lay next COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed till Monday. _ The hou3e arljourrelat halc-put five o'c'eek. THE UNEMPLOYED POOR. CAUTION TO THE DENE voL ENT. —G eorge Prica nod Jolla Vincent, described as labourers, were charged before Mr. Combe, at the Southwark Police court, with unlawfull begging alms in the public F.treet. A police-constable stated that he as on duty in Newington.causeway on the previous evening, when he observed the prisoners walking by the side of the kerbstone. and singing, " We have no work to do," and the " Farmer's boy." He saw a soldier eive them some money, and he took them into custody. The prisoners said that they came from the country, and had no means of procuring help. Mr. Combo sentenced ach of them to 14 days' hard labour, as vagrants A PLANTER'S S ON. —A planter had a son of eight 3:e i ars old litp•, who caught his fathe r ' s t one w ith p recoc i ous fi We beard him whipping 1,i9 puppy behind the h<use and swearing between the blres, his rather and mother being at hand. His tone was an evident i n k . L ii,qa hisfathees mode of dealing with his sl a v e? . " I've go t an account to , settl e with you ; I've let y ou gn about long enourl l ; i , a There, go now, (1_ teach you who's yo ur master. with you yet." "You sto you ; but I haven't got th roug h that cur s i ng , " said his father. at length ; it is not ripght for mliatdtler replied the boy ; boys to curse." "rec 4, Wh k a on t d you cuss somo you do whee you get now you'd b e tt er shut up ; so --Ointstccrs TeXa3. D VERTISENENT.] —Jane Hallett, of Wicttv Head roar Netherbuiy, Dorset, suffered for many had tar s s eyeral a had leg. Fro the knee to the allelefront Front wounds, so that she was ura.ble to stand or w ove about t! it , house. She tried a a variety of means and pplica.' ti ,as, but without obtainieg a cure. By the blessing f . 4t_7, A and using only three pots of Poor Ma n ' s F riend n'ul taking three bates' f she was perf ec tl y cured , Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend , for wounds and crop ii;:ns of every description, is sold in pots, ls. ID. and 2t 9d. each. His Piluim Antiscroplin'w, for all im. Purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, 19. 11d., 2s. 91., 4 6 d., u s., and 229. each, by all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom and C o lonies. [A ISVE RTISEMENT.I—HOLLOWAY 'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—By the joint action of - these two inestimable necifics all cutaneous eruptions are quickly banished ern the system, the worst description ;of wounds or rilcers are easily eradi cated, the morbiflc' matter valifch a a' ure finds injurious to her is thrown out, and a tho orThly healthy state of the blood and fluid is the result, restwing a sound mind and body to sufferers after other treatment has been found ineffectual, in many oases avir g surgical operations, and even life itself, by their miraculous power. Sold by all medicine vendors thu)uglicut the world ; at Professor Holloway's Esta -1 iishmeets, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane Ne v York ; by A. Stamps, C ons t an ti nople ; A. Guidicy, breyr. a; and E. Muir, Malta. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PEER AT FAULT. Some evenings since the Earl of Leitrim, in his place in Parliament, delivered a short speech, the substance of which caused some surprise at this side of the Channel. Few persons were prepared to hear that amid the prevailing general tranquillity the county from which his lordship derives his title was in a state of disorganisation which a dozen or so years back might have excited the admiration and won the thanks of Captain Rock himself. Newspapers were hunted up and files diligently scrutinised, but still no evidence could be traced of the dark and mysterious conspiracy against life and property indicated by the noble earl. At length the assizes came on, and the Judge's charge to the grand jury was expected to make the revelation which was vainly sought for inthe usual channels of information ; but here again the expectants were doo:ued to disappointment ; Baron Greene provok ingly congratulated the grand jury on the peaceable state of the county. There were but two serious cases on the face of the calendar—one an attempt to murder, and the other having connection with the Riband Society, but as that was the first of the kind ho had had to deal with for a long time his lordship was of opinion that the conspiracy had gained no permanent footing in the county. Scarcely had the learned Judge concluded his remarks when Mr. O'Bearne, one of the grand jurors, begged to call the attention of the Court to a resolution adopted by the grand jury, by way of a rejoinder to the statement made by the Earl of Leitrim, reflecting on the peace of the county, and which he begged leave to read for the benefit of all persons concerned : " We present and resolve that the grand jury have seen with astonishment certain statements of Lord Leitrim in the House of Lords which represent the county of Leitrim to be in a disturbed state, unsafe for life and property ; whereas they can testify the county to have never been more peaceable, and, considering that these P tat em en ts reflect upon the gentry, magis trates, and inhabitants of the county, they think it their duty publicly to record their dissent from his lordship's statements. A copy of this resolution to be handed to the judge presiding in the Crown Court at this assizes, and one forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant. " HUGH LYONS MONTGOMERY, Foreman." In reply, Baron Greene observed that if the calendar was an indication of the state of the county, and from what he had heard, the resolu tion was fully borne out. Throughout the scene the noble earl was seated on the bench, and main tained a dignified silence. TIPPERARY ELECTION. There will be a fierce and for some parties ruin ously expensive contest for the seat of Jas. Sadleir. Both parties are determined to fight it out, and, as the support of the Roman Catholic clergy is pre' ty well divided between Mr. Waldron and "the 0' Donaghue,". the result of the battle is not certain. The county meeting held yesterday turned out to be a county farce. The Young fre'ancl party packed the Court-house, and, Mr. Waldron failing to ob tain a hearing, the proceedings terminated in a scene of uproar A letter from Tipperary observes that "the O'Donaghue of the Glens" may be all that Mr. G. H. Moore's fancy has painted him, but the electors at large are of another mind, and have unmistakeably evinced a preference for the gentle man who holds a largo property in the vicinity he seeks to represent. Mr. Waldron is an advanced Liberal, but no factionist in a pot tical sense, and as a highly educated Roman Catholic he has learnt to be tulerant towards all ether religious sects. IiEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The deaths in London have exhibited a slow but con stant decrease during the four weeks of February. In the week that ended last Saturday the total number regis tered was 1,216. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with the last week was 1,148. But the deaths now returned occurred in an increased population, and for comparison with the average, the latter should be raised proportion ally to the increase, in which case it will become 1,263. The result of the comparison is a difference of 47, show ing that the rate of mortality last week was rather below the average. The zymotic class of diseases was fatal last week in 197 cases ; the corroborated average in 243. These figures indicate a very favourable condition of health, especially amongst young persons, who are chiefly liable to many of the diseases included under this head.LHoop ing-cough is still the most fatal of the zymotic complaints, but it shows a decrease on previous returns, the weekly deaths from it in February having been 61, 70, 74, and 53. Of 45 deaths from typhus and common fever only 6 occurred in the southern districts, although in the five divisions of the metropolis the south contains the largest population. The central districts also appear to have been comparatively free from fever, one death in tbat division having been from scarlatina, and 4 from typhus. A woman died in Long's-court, in the Charing-cross tul.-district, from cholera, after 48 hours' illness, Mr. Leonard who attended her during the latter stage of the disease states that it bore a close resemblance to the Asiatic type. The deaths from pulmonary diseases were last week 304, whibt the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 276. The Exc es s is not very considerable, and arises from bronchitis, which was fatal in 166 cases (the average being 134), a nnmber greater by 75 than that referred to pneumonia. Phthisis which stands in the tubercular class carried off 142 persons. Two persons died of car buncle ' • three of intemperance ; a boy, 9 years of age, died under chloroform administered with the view to an operation. Only two nonagenarians, both widows, and the oldest 91 years of age, are recorded in the returns. Last week the births of 925 boys and 896 girls, in all 1821 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847 56 the average number was 1631. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30 214 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on every day from Wed nesday the 18th ult. to the end of the month. The barometer rose so high as 30 40 in. on S-turday. The mean temperature of the week was 41.2 degs., and was 1 . 9 (legs. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest temperature occurred on Saturday, and was 56'9 degs. ; the lowest occurred on Wednesday, and was 24 . 9 degs. The range of the week was 32 degq. The mean dew point temperature was 36 9 dogs., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 4'3 (legs. The air was 'frequently calm ; the wind was v, ry variable ; at the beginning and end of the week it was in the south-west. There was no rain, except a little not measurable by the gauge on Wednesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AI.L CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 28 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 5l Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 59 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations . 4 Premature Birth and Debility 32 Atrophy Old Ago sudden 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4l Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1556. Weet. West Districts North Districts 490,396 ...... 212 Central Districts 393,256 ...... 136 East Districts 485,522 ...... 238 South Districts Totals 1,216 . _ Males 624 Females 592 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total .. 925 896 ..-... 1,821 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — Traftle return for the week coding March 1, 1857 X 55,732 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Feb, 22, 1857 £21,756 13 11 Corresponding week last year 20,019 15 4 CHESTERAND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Tragic return for the week ending March 1, 1857 £4,884 0 0 Corresponding week last year 4,227 0 0 Increase in 1857 . LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending March 1, 1857 ..... £22,537 14 4 Corresponding week last year 20728 19 6 CORK AND 'BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Feb. 28, 1857 06 '5 10 2 Corresponding w ee k last year £ 26: 11 10 GREAT LIJAEIVII3OURg RAILwAY.--Traffic ret urn f or th e week ending M arc h 1, 1857 £B62 5 8 Corresponding week last year LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUSCOMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending Feb. 28, 1857 ...... £10,618 7 1, THE MAN FOR THE FOREIGN-Oa.---If even the Manchester party should get into power, Mr. Cobden; of cours e, will he the Minister for Fo re i gn Affairs. Of all Fore'gn Secretaries that Old England has ever seen the hon. member for the West Riding would be the most Thoroughly foreign.—Punch, Naval and Military Intelligence. The first division of the 2d and 3d Dragoon Guards embarked at Dublin on Tuesday, on the route to Can• terbury, where both regiments will assemble previous to leaving for India. Each of the regiments is 700 strong, and arranged in three divisions. At 10 o'clock the regi ments were drawn up on the esplanade of the Royal Barracks, and inspected by Gen. Lord Seaton, attended by his staff. The troops afterwards proceeded to the North•wall, the bands of both regiments playing before them along the quays as far as Carlisle-bridge. The divi sion which left was under the command of Capt. Keene. Yesterday the troops quartered at Chatham garrison, to the number of 4,000 men of all ranks, consisting of the regiments of the Line comprising the Provisional Battalion, the Royal Engineers, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry, were marched to Chatham Lines for the purpose of going through the evolutions of a field-day. The troops of the Line, divided into two battalions under the respective commands of Colonel H. Jervis and Lieu tenant-Colonel R. N. Phillips, took up their position in the centre of the columns with the corps of the Royal Engineers on their right, and the Royal Marines, corn mended by Colonel E. Rea, on their left. The whole brigade was then put through a variety of manoeuvres by Col. W. H. Eden, in command of Chatham garrison, which were performed by the troops in a satisfactory manner. Yesterday morning a mounted detachment of the 11th (Prince Albert's) Hussars, consisting of 110 non•commis sioned officers and men, under the command of Captain J. Miller, arrived at Chatham from Canterbury under orders to proceed to Hounslow Barracks. The follow ing officers of the 11th Hussars arrived with the detach• ment : —Lieutenat R. O'B. Jameson, Cornet A. B. Bingham, and Cornet R. D. Napier. The Clara convict ship, Captain Peachey, Dr. Cald well in medical charge, arrived at Spithead on Monday to embark convicts from Portsmouth Prison for Swan River. She takes out others from Chatham, Portland, and Dartmoor, and left Spithead yesterday to embark the latter. The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, Capt. Ryder, went into Portsmouth harbour on Monday afternoon to be paid off. She was previously officially inspected at Spithead by Captain Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., for the port admiral, and passed a creditable muster. The Retribution, 28, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Bar ker, ordered for foreign service, left Portsmouth on Mon day afternoon ; her destination is reported to be China. The Iris, 26, sailing frigate, is expected to carry out troops, if she can, to the same destination. Gunner and Driver Wm. Gibson, of the 13th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, was tried at Woolwich on the 27th ult., by a general court-martial (Lieut.-Col. Faddy, R.A., president), for stealing a post-office order, value 10s., the property of a comrade, and appropriating the proceeds to his own use. He was sentenced to un dergo the punishment of 50 lashes and 112 days' im prisonment. The corporal punishment was inflicte&on Monday, after the usual manner, in the Riding-school, in the presence of the entire brigade to which the man belongs, with the whole of the prisoners under temporary confinement at head-quarters, and 20 men from each of the brigades and battalions forming the garrison, under the chief command of Lieut.-Col. Montresor. The cul prit bad been convicted a short time ago by the civil authorities of stealing a watch, for which crime he had suffered a month's imprisonment, and was about to he dismissed. He will be dismissed with ignominy from the service. _ _ The screw steam corvette Scout bas been removed from dock at Woolwich to give place to the stea►xm yacht Imperador, ordered to be completed, forthwith. The Scout has received a portioti of her copper only, and has the whole of her machinery fitted. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; MARCH 5, 185]7. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Yesterday evening a general meeting of the depositors was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of obtaining their assent to the compro mise proposed by the shareholders, and which had been approved by the committee of depositors. Resolutions were also to be submitted to the meeting in favour of a general Act of Perliament, by which the above object might be effected. The large room of the tavern was crowded by anxious creditors of this notorious hank, and at 7 o'clock it was proposed that Mr. James Wyld, the chairman of the com mittee, should take the chair. Some opposition was evinced by a small body of persons, led on by a Mr. Dwyer, who said that the chair ought not to be occu pied by any one who was already committed to a parti cular line of action, and he therefore proposed that Dr. Wakley should preside. Much noise and confusion en- , sued, when Mr. Dwyer at length became so excited that he was obliged to be ejected by force from the room. After considerable delay, and after many irregular speeches had been made, the meeting settled down quietly, and on a show of hands Mr. Wyld was all but unanimously called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they were met to discuss an im portant question affecting their own interests, and he hoped the proposition which was about to be submitted to them would be discussed fairly and dispassionately. It had been said that he was committed to a certain line of conduct ; he was certainly committed to one line of conduct, which was to obtain for the depositors of the British Bank all that it was possible to obtain for them. (Cheers.) Mr. Wyld then entered into an historical de tail of all the proceedings which had taken place from the time of the failure of the bank on Sept. 3, 1856, to the present day in the Court of Chancery, and in bankruptcy, and with which our readers must be quite familiar. After describing the contest between the assignees of the creditors in bankruptcy and the official manager of the shareholders in Chancery, and the fact that the as signees finally succeeded in getting possession of the property, he proceeded to state that a dividend of ss. 6d. in the pound was immediately declared, and that but for the vexatious delays occasioned by the present disgraceful state of the law a further dividend of 2s. or 3s. in the pound would have been paid before this. He hoped that would be done within the next two months, and if the estate should turn out according to Mr. Colman's expec tations there was reason to believe that a further divi dend of Is. or 2s. might be realised, and then the estate would, ho believed, be exhausted. But the committee had not confined their exertions to the distribution of the funds already obtained ; they had endeavoured to effect an arrangement with the shareholders, which should be beneficial to the depositors, and at the same time the least onerous to the shareholders themselves. It was found that some of the creditors were pursuing and ha rassing individual shareholders, driving theirs into the Bankruptcy Court, and turning their wives and children into the streets, not for the purpose merely, let it be re membered, of obtaining payment of the debts due, but to defray enormous law expenses. Others of the share holders—the wealthiest and the most dishonest, not being attached to trade, were flying across the water, and thus putting the water between them and their creditors. What, then, did the committee do ? They adopted that course which he believed time would show was the wisest for them to pursue—they expressed themselves ready to accept from the shareholders as much as they could get. No doubt they were entitled to 20e. in the pound, but in what way were they to obtain it ? There were three lists of shareholders—list A comprised the present sharehold ers, who were liable for all the debts of the Bank ; list B consisted of new shareholders, who, under the advice of an able lawyer, said, " We are 74 in number; we sub "scribed to this bank upon the strength of certain accounts which were presented to us ; they were fraudulent ac counts, and we are neither morally nor legally liable to pay you, and we shall contest inch by inch our liability." The third list were those who were not on the present list, but who had been shareholders during a period of three years. It was under these circumstances that a composition was proposed by the shareholders. A list was handed to the committee with the amount of con tribution pieced opposite each shareholder's name. That list had been carefully gone through, and, after the best knowledge that could be acquired as to the circumstances of every' shareholder, the committee had _come Eto the conviction that the greater por tion of them, at all events, had contributed to the full extent of their means. No doubt if the depositors in sisted upon it they might ultimately get their 20s. in the pound; but though the demand might be just, yet it might not be expedient to enforce it. The question they had to consider was—was it worth their while to accept a composition of 15s. in the pound? (Cries of "Yes, yes !" and "No no f') The committee had not come there to.press upon the depositors a foregone conclusion; they were asking for their verdict—aye or no. It was absurd to suppose that any compromise could be carried out without the deliberate consent of a large majority of the creditors, and before that consent would be of any effect it must be given under their hand and seal. They had already received ss. 6d. in the pound. A dividend of 3s. would be paid in two months, and the solvent shareholders proposed to pay 6s. 6d. in the pound, mak• ing 15s. in the pound. For this 6s. 6d. he had required a guarantee of 20,0091. hard cash, to be lodged in the joint names of himself, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Field, That 20,0001. was to be paid over to the official as signee, and he was to place it against the call of the directors. The object was that, should, after all, this arrangement fail, the estate would still be benefited to the extent of that 20,0001. (Cheers.) At the present more than 10,0001. of that sum was subscribed, and the whole arrangement would be completed before the end of April next. (Cheers.) It had been said that if they accepted this proposition they would deprive themselves of the beneit of the principle of unlimited liability. They would do no such thing. But, in truth, the principle of unlimited liability was the principle of humbug. (Cheers and laughter.) If every shareholder of the British Bank had been liable for every 1001. share to the extent of 5001. he would have paid the money, and all the depositors would have received 20s. in the pound ; but, as according to tke present law every shareholder found himself liable to'the extent of 2,0001. or 3,0001. for each 1001., he was obliged to shirk his lia bility by every means that the law enabled him to do. The chairman here became suddenly hoarse, and was obliged to resume his seat, which he did amid loud cheers. M r . R. TAYLOR, in moving the fi rs t reso l u ti on , sa id that unhappily in this metropoli s th ere were many petti foggingltvvyers, who worked mischief instead of good to society. If these affairs had been intrusted to men of business instead of to lawyers the whole matter would have been settled long ago, and they would have known the worst of it. He strongly recommended the deposi tors to accept the terms proposed, and movecrthe follow ing resolution :--- "That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is essential to the interests of the creditors of the Royal British Bank that the proposed composition of 6s. Gd. per pound beyond the assets in bankruptcy, should be accepted, and that the shareholders should be required to pay the same by instalments before April 30, next." Mr. RAIN seconded the resolution. Mr. WAKLEY, jun., then moved an amendment in these terms : " That this meeting is of opinion that it is not expe dient to accept any offer of a composition from the share helders of the Royal British Bank until an official state ment has been laid before the depositors of the actual pecuniary resources of the shareholders, nor without re ceiving the most ample and satisfactory security for the payment of composition, should aey offer from the share holders to that effect be accepted by this meeting." He believed there were shareholders who were able to ib h u o te w . pay much more than the s umo w hi ch i t was propose d t h ey e on k t n h e e w a t board th of e p a r ese public nt momentcompany, a sta o r u e ld ho e ld on er tr w and who was driving his carriage in the streets of Lon don. (Cries of "Name !") He had been asked to prove this ; but he called upon the C )urt of Bankruptcy to prove it. These shareholders should be summoned be fore the commissioners, and an inquiry should be made into their circumstances. This had been done in two or three icstances by Mr. Linklater, but that gentleman had applied to the commissioners to have inquiries car ried on in secret. How oould the creditors in that case know what these men were worth I Why was Mr. Hum phrey Brown not examined ? (Cheers.) He was heard in private because he could give some important infor mation. What was that important information ? Let it be produced. All these examinations ought to be pro duced. Everything ought to be known. Mr. H. Brown alleged that he did not owe the estate anything, but Mr. Colman proved that he was indebted to the bank to the amount of upwards of 75;000/. He repeated that if pro per means were taken the depositors could get 20s. in the pound. (Cries of " How ?") He knew they could if they could get hold of the shareholders who had the money. (Laughter.) The question was whether they would permit those men who had made over their pro perty to other persons, and who were evading their cre ditors by living on the other side of the water, to defraud them, and whether they were to allow themselves to be led into a compromise by which i they would lose a fourth of their just demands ? (Hear.) Mr. KING seconded the amendment. Mr. LINICLATER, having been loudly called for, then addressed the meeting, and entered into a long statement of the legs: steps which had been taken to get the assets of the bank out of the hands of the directors and to place them under the control of the assignees in bankruptcy. That 'great organ of public opinion, the Times, la mented the destruction of the property of the creditors by its being attempted to be placed in Chancery under the administration of the directors themselves, over whose conduct the creditors had no control whatever. If it had not been for that disgraceful state of the law the depositors Sever would have beard of him or of a bank ruptcy in this case. Ile disclaimed all interested motives in the course he had pursued, and declared that he felt he should have neglected a duty he owed to the public if ho had sat by and suffered such vast property to be so mismanaged, and he therefore obtained an adjudication of bankruptcy against the bank. This gave the creditors that which it was desirable they should possess—a power of distribetion over their own property, equal rights, and a protection of their property for the general good ; and lastly, and that which be considered a paramount public question, a right to inquire into the conduct of those men who had brought a scandal and disgrace on the banking interests of this country. From that hour the whole proceedings of this bankruptcy had been under the control of the committee of depositors. He was quite consent to await the result of time to expose and refute the egregious, scandalous and disgraceful misre presentations concerning this bankruptcy. (Loud cheers.) The present was a question for finally putting an end to the differences existing between 4,000 depositors and 280 shareholders ; and it was for that meeting to decide whether this should be effected by the compromise pro posed or not. (Cheers.) The learned gentleman, in ad verting to what had been said by Mr. Wakley respecting the conducting of the examinations of certain par ties be f,ire the commissioner in "secret," indignantly denied Sporting Intelligence. LIT ERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED. The Aintree Plate of 50 soya. One mile. 22 subs. Mr. Windsor's Sir Humphrey, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Challoner) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Our Sal, 4 yrs, 6st 61b (Snowden) 2 Mr. J. Cassidy's Kilkenny Boy, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Wakefield) 3 The following also ran :—Reyellee, Miss Birch, Ida, Pera, Lazy Lass, and Lady Hercules. Betting-5 to 2 agat Ida, 4to 1 agat Lady Hercules, 5 to 1 aget Sir Humphrey, 7 to 1 each agst Our Sal and Lazy Lass, 10 to 1 agst Kilkenny Boy. Won in a canter by three lengths; about six lengths separated the second from the third, Ida was fourth, Pera fifth, and Lazy Lass sixth ; Lady Hercules, who got badly off, was last all the way. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 soya. T. Y.C. Half a mile. 11 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Lady Hercules. 3 yrs, sst 6lb (Walters) 1 Mr. Morris's Admiral' Lyons, 3,yrs, fiat 31b (in. 31b extra) (W. Grimmer) 2 Mr. Barber's Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs, 7st 51b...(Dales) 3 Ida, Miss Birch, Lazy Lass, and Pera also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Harkaway, 4to 1 agst Ad miral Lyons, 5 to 1 agst Ida, 6 to 1 agst Lady Her. cules. Won by half a length; same distance between the second and third ; Ida was a bad fourth, Para fifth, Lazy Lass sixtb, and Miss Birch last. The - Grand National Steeplechase (handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra. About 4 miles. 69 subs, 17 of whom declared. Mr. Hodgman's Emigrant, aged, 9st 101 b (C. Boyce) 1 Mr. B. Lamb's Weathercock, 6 yrs, Bit 121 b (Green) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Treachery, 5 yrs, 9st (Poole) 3 The following also ran : Mr. J. Merry's Escape, aged, list 21b (Thrift) 0 Mr. Mellish's Minos, aged, 10st 41b (Mr. Goodman) 0 Baron Monnecove's Casse Cou, aged, 10st 216 _ (Johnson) 0 Mr. J. Colpitt's Star of the West, aged 10st(E. Jones) 0 Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne, aged, lOst (H. Lamplugh 0 Mr. E. Parr's hopeless Star, aged,lost (D. Wynne) 0 Mr. Barnett's Freetrader, aged, lOst (G. Stevens) 0 Mr. Capers Little Charley, aged, lOst (T. Burrowes) 0 Col. Dickson's Garry Owen, aged, 9st 121 b (J. Ryan) 0 Mr. Wrixon's Squire of Bensbam, aged, 9st Blb (Coxon)0 Mr. A. Rice's Dangerous, aged, 9st 81b (F. Page) 0 Mr. Harper's Forest Queen, aged, 9st 81b (Donaldson) 0 Mr. T. Hughes's Red Rose, 6 yrs, 9st 81b (T. Hughes) 0 Mr. Jennings's King Dan, aged, 9st 61b (Escott) 0 Mr. W. Garnett's Midge, aged, 9st 61b ...(Mr. Black) 0 Mr. T. Hughes's Romeo, aged, 9st 61b ...(W. White) 0 Mr. J. Dennis's Albatross, 6 yrs, 9st 6lb ... (Meaney) 0 Mr. J. Cassidy's Sting, 6 yrs, 9st 6lb (Hanlon) 0 Viscount Lauriston's Lady Arthur,aged,9at 41b(Weaver)0 Mr. Lawrence's Maurice Daley, aged, 9st 21b (James) 0 Mr. Williams's Omar Pacha, aged, 9st 21 1 a (Kendall) 0 Mr. Hylton's Teddesley, aged, 9st (R. Archer) 0 Mr. Raxworthy's First of May, 5 yrs, 9st ...(R. Sly) 0 Mr. Hughes's Westminster, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (in. 61b ex ) almer) Mr. T. Day nd Hornibl ow , age d , 9 st 101 b (P (Dart) 0 Betting-6 to 1 agst Minos, 7to 1 apt Escape, 10 to 1 each agat Hop e l ess S tar and Emigrant, 14 to 1 agst Teddesley, 100 to 7 agst Jean du Queens, 16 to 1 agst Romeo, 100 to 6 agst Little Charley, 20 to 1 agst Omer Paoha, 25 to 1 agst Forest Queen, 33 to 1 each agst Garry Owen, Weathercock, and Red Rose 40 to 1 agat Sting, 50 to 1 eac h agat D angerous and Lady Arthur. The race requires little description. The pace was se vere throughout. From start to finish Emigrant bore his colours prominently in advance, and taking a line to himself, was at times far ahead of his opponents. Minos seemed beaten on passing the stand the first time, and on quitting the raceco urse h e near l y came down. Escape lay in the middle of the ruck until after clearing Beech er's Brook the second time, when he was hopelessly beaten. The accidents, so far as we were able to ascer tain them amidst the confusion which prevailed, and the short time which was allowed us between the decision of the race and the departure of the express train, were few, and, with one exception, not of a serious character. On coming to the racecourse the first time Forest Queen cannoned against Star of the West and knocked him down. He was soon remounted, but refusing at the lane, was stopped. Weathercock refused at the third fence, but was soon righted, and lay off until reaching the Canal-bridge turn, when he drew forward and soon took the second place. Albatross fell on the racecourse, and it is said broke her thigh. .Rod Rose was also re ported to have met with an accident. After clearing Beecher's Brook the second time, Westminster took the lead, Emigrant, who was keeping his own par ticular track, running very wide nut far in his wake, Little Charley and Dangerous being third and fsurtb. At the last fence but one, before reaching the race course, Westminster dropped back, and Etnisrant again took a long lead, he was first over the last flight of hurdles, Dangerous being second, Weathercock third, Westminster and Treachery next. Emigrant gal loped in an easy winner by two lengths. At a wide in terval behind Weathercock were—Treachery third, Dan. gerous fourth, and Westminster fifth, close together. Behind them,' a long way came Jean du Quesne, Lady Arthur, and Forest Queen. The next lot, consisting of Casse Cou, Minos, Squire of Bensham, and Garry Owen, trotted in. The succeeding division did not pass the stand, and the last animals we noticed. were Escape and n M o i t d fe e t; t h T e h m e r b e e a: a e u r s e e o , t i h i k e e r s the b e h Spanish nd pa n s h h e b et, u t t w e y e could were not in sight. The race was run in ten minutes five se conds. The ground, which comprised grass, ploughed and harrowed land, was in good going order. The Sefton Handicap of 50 soy's, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft. The second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. 21 subs. Mr. Windsor's Sir Humphrey, 3 yrs, fist fib (Challoner) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Special Licence, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Snowden) 2 Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Dales) 3 The following also ran :—Mary, Indian Queen, and Charles O'Malley. Betting -7 to 4 agat Mary, sto 2 agst Sir Humphrey. Won by two lengths ; about the same distance betwcm the second and third ; Chas. O'Malley was fourth, Mary fifth, and Indian Queen last. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. Saxon's T. P. Cooke, 2 yrs (201) 1 Mr. Thompson's Villags Cook, 4 yrs (2011 2 Mr. Thorpe's filly Rubina, 3 yrs, (201.) Won easily by half a length. The Junior Selling SLakes did not produce a race. THE Gukups.—The colours of the 3d battalicn of the Grenadj i or Guards, the let battalion of the Coldstream o :dards, and the Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, borne by those regiments during the late war in the Crimea, were on Friday deposited in the military cbapel adilining the Wellington Barracks in Birdcage walk. Major-General Lord Rokeby, K.C.8., and many of the officers of the three regiments of Guards who served during the late war sore present at the ceremony. After plac'og the colours in the building, the three bands of the Guards plAyed the National Anthem. the charge, and said that to ask a man in a court of bankruptcy who was a debtor what were his means of payment was unconstitutional, and was not permitted. One such question was asked of a shareholder, and he said he declined to answer the question by the advice of his solicitor. Mr. Linklater then referred to the case of Mr. Humphrey Brown, and said that in consequence of a speech which that gentleman had made to his constituents at Tewkesbury, in which he used words that would convey the impression that he disputed being a debtor to the bank he (Ur. Linklater) wrote to Mr. Brown requesting him to state whether he intended that his language should convey that impres sion, seeing that he was upwards of 70,0001. in debt to the bank, subject to be reduced by securities held by the bank, and which he (Mr. Brown) estimated to be worth 40,0001. To that letter the following answer was received : " Westminster, March 2. " Gentlemen,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th, referring to a speech made by me-at Tewkesbury, and in reply to your question whether or not I intended to deny the existence on my part of any debt to the bank, I beg to say that I did not maks any statement expressly or inferentially to that effect. " My complaint throughout the investigation into the affairs of the bank is, that I have been constantly re presented as having appropriated moneys to my own use, whereas the sums advanced to me were advanced in the same way a 9 to other customers, covered by securities estimated at the time by the bank brokers as ample to cover the advances, I need not allude now to tae circumstances under which those advances were made. This forms part of the inquiry now going on, and will come before you in due course. No one has more cause to lament the depreciation in these securities than my self, and still more FO that I should have been stigma tised as I have been on transactions in no way different from every day practice as between bankers and their customers. " I need scarcely add that my observation has no personal application to yourselves or to the assignees, but intended to have reference to the strictures so cruelly passed upon me in various public quarters.- I atn, gen tlemen, yours most respectfully, " HUMPHREY BROWN. "Messrs. Linklaker and Blackwood, Size-lane." After explaining the course which the assignees had pursued with respect to the claim on Mr. H. Brown, Mr. Linklater assured the meeting that nothing bad been dune which would enable Mr. Brown to escape a full inquiry into his conduct, and, if it were possible, by the Attorney-General else where. (Loud cheers.) But if he were to tell the meeting all the means that were being taken for the purpose of bringing to justice all those fugi• tives to whom Mr. Wakley had referred they would them selves be the first to condemn his imprudence. (Ch era.) The amendment was then put, when only 13 hands were held up in its favour, after which the resolution was put and carried almost unanimously, and amid great cheering. The following resolution, moved by Mr. FOSTER and seconded by Mr. P. BROWN, was also agreed to : I "That it is desirable that the acceptance of such com position by a majority of the creditors should be binding upon the minority, and that an act of Parliament for that purpose should be obtained, the application for which this meeting pledges itself to support, and that the peti ' Lion already prepared in favour of such act be presented to both houses of Parliament." A petition founded on the foregoing resolution wa■ then adopted. The CHAIRMAN explained that the Act sought for would be a public Act, and would not be passed at the crpense of the depositors or promoters of it. He had had an interview with the Attorney-General on the sub ject, and a bill would be brought into Pad ament this session, provided it should last long enough to admit of its being introduced. (Cheers and laughter.) A vote of thanks was then passed by acclamation to the chairman, and the proceedings of the evening terminated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—March 4. OLD COURT. Dr. Jas. Mitchell Wynne, a physician, and Thomas Tinley, surrendered to take their trial upon an indict ment which charged them with feloniously cutting and wounding Mark Benjamin Benham, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The indictment appeared to have been preferred under the following circumstances :—Dr. Wynne held the lease of a house in Finsbury-square, and he carried on there his professional practice, and it appeared that in the course of last year the prosecutor, Mr. Benham, who is the managing clerk of Mr. Jones, an attorney, entered into an arrangement to occupy a portion of the house for the use of his family, Dr. Wynne still retaining some rooms on the ground floor for the purposes of his pro fession, and also a bed-rooM in the upper part of the pre mises. There appeared to be no doubt that very soon after the arrangement in question had been carried out, and the prosecutor and his family had taken up their abode in the house, a great deal. of ill-feelmg arose be tween the prosecutor and Dr. Wynne, and that there were frequent altercations and disputes between them, and that these disputes eventually led to the occurrence that was now the subject of inquiry. The assault in question appeared to have been committed about twelve o'clock at night on the 29th Dec., and according to the case for the prosecution, Mr. Benham, his wife, and the family, consisting of two sons and a daughter, were about to retire to bed, the bedroom of the prosecutor being on same landing as the one occupied by Dr. Wynne, and as he was about to enter his room the latter came out of his bedroom, rushed upon the prosecutor, struck him with his fist, and forced him partly to the ground, and whilst in that position he called to the other prisoner Tinley, who, it appeared, was the doctor's servant, to come to his assistance. It was stated upon his doing so Tinley ran up stairs, exclaiming that he would give the pro secutor a pill , and with a poker struck him a violent blow on the bead, and inflicted two very serious wounds, and, under these circumstances, the present indictment was preferred against both the prisoners. The jury, after a short deliberation, acquitted both prisoners. John Paul, 62, and Joseph William Hawes, 40, were charged, the former with having feloniously uttered a receipt for 2901., knowing it to have been forged, and the latter with having forged the same instrument, with intent to defraud the guardians of the poor of the city of London Union. This charge arose out of the frauds and forgeries com mitted by the prisoner Paul in his capacity of clerk to the guardians of the city of London Union. It will be remembered that the prisoner was convicted at the last session and sentenced to be transported for fourteen years, and he appeared in the dock in his convict dress, and exhibited the most dejected and miserable appear ance. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty against Paul and acquitted Howes. No further judgment was passed upon Paul upon this conviction, but he was merely remanded back to gaol to undergo his former sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 4. BO W-STRE ET. —THE MILITARY BEGGING-LETTER IMPOSTOR.—WiIIiam Wilson, the old man who stood re manded on the charge of having obtained 8/. from Lord Rokeby, under false pretences, was brought up for final examination. The prisoner had been twice retpanded, the first time fur the purpose of inquiring as to his antecedents. It ap peared that he had gone by the nathe of Major Talfrey, but no former offence was established against him. He was apparently much agitated, and declared that Talfrey .was his real name, -and that he had been an officer. He was then again remanAed, at his own request, as he ex pressed a wish to bonsult his solicitor, and said he be lieved he could produce Mrs. Duke, on whose behalf he had obtained the money. Mr. Henry now said that he had received a letter from the prisoner, admitting that he could not produce Mrs. Duke, and that his solicitor could not &Vend. He must therefore come to the conclusion that the prisoner having in some way heard of Mrs. Duke had made use of hfr name to obtain the money for his own purposes. Lord Rokeby and his brother officers would be glad to assist Mrs. Duke if she were living and in.distress, but they had reason to believe that she was dead. The prisoner—She is living, sir. Mr. Henry—lf so, why not produce her and clear yourself ? The prisoner—l cannot without inculpating others. I have nothing more to say, except that I hope that in ap portioning my punishment yon will take-into account my advanced age, and the malady I am suffering under. Mr. Henry—You may be thankful that Lord Rokeby does not wish to prosecute you at the sessions, in which case you would get a much heavier punishment than I can inflict. Committed for three months. Barney Levy and George Williams were charged with breaking into the house of Mr. James , of Cleve land-square, and stealing 501 . worth of jewellery. On the night of Jan. 29, the prosecutor's servant, Charlotte Cockett, was alarmed by a man pa ss i ng a l ong the parapet In front of the window . of her r oom (th e front attic.) On going down stairs she found that her mistress's jewel case bad been stolen from the dressing table. It was found that an entry had been forced by an attic window adjoining that of the servant's. Foot steps were traced between that and an empty house a few doors off, and a man named Leonard came forward and stated that he had seen three men come out of that house. A few days after the prisoners were taken into custody for an attempt to enter an empty house i n Keppel-street, and a jemmy and some hktleton keys were found on them. One of the keys fitted the door of the empty house near St. James's ; the jemmy corre sponded with the marks on the forced window, and the prisoners were identified by Leonard as two of the three man he had seen leaving the house.—Committed for trial. MANSION-HOtTSE.—Margt. Cochrane rvaajbroughi before the Lord Mayor, charged with having stolen a 51. note. Mr. A. Appleton, clerk in the accountants' bank-note office of the Bank of England, said—l produce a Bank note, No. 22,901, dated Dec. 12, 1856, which was paid into the Bank on the 25th of Feb. last. It is en dorsed Cochrane, 17, Mark-lane. Elizabeth Fletcher, wife of a cheesemonger in Fore street; thipplegate, said—The endorsement is in my handwriting. About the 9th or 10th of February the prisoner brought the note to me, and bought s, me bacon to the amount of 4s. 6d. or 55., and I gays her the change. I was very particular about changing the note, and asked her questions, which she answered by saying that she and her husband were taking care of offices in Mark-lane, and the latter had received it as a part ahis salary. E. H. Long, clerk to Mr. Shotbridge, of 17, Mark lane, wine merchant, said—The counting-house is on the ground floor, and we have an iron safe in the front counting-house, the key of which safe is in a degk in the office, which is kept locked at night. We are in the habit of keeping the money in a box, which is not kept locked, in a drawer in the iron safe. On the 28th of Jftnuary last I received two 51. notes from Messrs. Currie, and on the same day I paid one of them to the Customs for duty. The other I put into the cash-box, which I placed in the iron-safe drawer. I bad no oc casion to open the box aizain till the morning of the 30th, and on opening it I missed the note I had put in on the 28th. The prisoner was employed to clean the counting house, and it is my duty to pay her. Her husband is not in our employment. I did not pay the bank-note to her. We have repeatedly lost money from the cash• box. ➢ir. Chipp, also a clerk in the house, confirmed the statement of the last witness. Foulger, 568, said—Mrs. Fletcher pointed out the prisoner to me and Bassett, another officer, and I took her into custody, and told her she was charged with having stolen a ;$l. note. She said that she had picked up the note as she wont to light the gas. Bassett, 593—1 asked her if her husband knew any thing about it, and she said "No, he knew nothing at all about it She also said that she had up stairs the money she had not spent, and she subsequently handed to me the saving bank book produced and painted to the entry of 41, saying that that was part of the money. The prisoner —I found the note. I never stole it. Remanded. SOUMWARK.---COMMITTAL OF TWO BURGLARS —Cornelius Callaghan and William Clark, two rough looking young fellows, connected with a gang of thieves frequenting a low lodging-house in Kent-street, were brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with breaking into the warehouse of iMr. Jones, whole sale tallow-chandler, Kent-street, and stealing therefrom three boxes of sperm candles and other property of con siderable value. George Bensor, 121 M, said that about 3 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the 24th ult., he was on duty in Church-street, near the end of Kent-street, when he sa v the two prisoners, with another, come out of a court adjoining Mr. Jones's warehouse. Callaghan was carry ing a box, and Clark had a bundle under his arm. As so nse they raw witness, they all ran off. He called p 'lice-constable 126 M to his assistance, while he pur sued Callaghan, and after a smart chase took him into custody, he having dropped a box of candles in the street. After he had secured him he went back to the prosecu tor's premises, and went with 126 M into Jones's-build ings, where they found Clark, when they were also secured. After that he turned on his lamp and found & box of candles lying in the court which adjoins Evans's lodging-house, where the prisoners lodged. On examin ing the prosecutor's premises he fou❑d that the door leading to the passage had been forced open and the warehouse entered. Police-constable 186 M said he went to the assistance of last witness, and took Clark into custody. The third man made his escape. Sergeant Roberts, 26 M, said he was called to the pro secutor's premises after the prisoners were secured and in the back part which adjoins Evans's lodging-house, witness found three boxes of candles which had evidently been dropped by the thieves. Witness believed that there must have been four or five persons engaged in the burglary. William Higgins, foreman to the prosecutor, said he lived on the promises, and when he went to bed at ten o'clock he secure ly fastened all up. Shortly after three in the morning he was roused up by the police, when he discovered that the warehouse had been broken into and robbed of several boxey of candles. He identified those produced as his master's property. The prisoners who declined making any defence, were committed for trial. WESTMINSTER.—MORE WILFUL DAMAGE AT TOT HILL-FIELDS BRIDEIVELL —Ann Riley, a prisoner in Tot hill-fields House of Correction, was charged with wilfully breaking windows and destroying prison property. Having misconducted herself in one of the wards she was remanded to her cell, where she broke all the win dows ; on being removed to another she tore up her mat trese, rugs, &c. Mr. E. Allan, the storekeeper, proved the amount of damaze, and said that prisoner had been sent to thegaol for destroying property in St. Martin's Workhouse. She had since received an additianal month's imprison ment for assaulting one of the female officers. Her con duct was altogether very refractory. Prisoner, who made no defence, was committed for two months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—CRUSADE AGAINST CAMIEN.—The time of Mr. Beadon, the sitting magis trate, was occupied for upwards of two hours in hearing summonses against cabmen for plying for hire and ob struction, taken out by the police. These summonses appear to have grown gradually into an established por tion of the business of this court. The average is about 40 or 50 a month, and as in nearly every instance costs or costs and a fine varying from 3; to 103. are inflicted, a very considerable tax is thus levied on a very poor class of persons, and it sometimes happens that, in ac complishing the payment of the fine, articles of first ne cessity,. even to the clothes of wife and children, are obliged to be sold or made away with. One of the effects of these periodical batches of cab-summonses is to delay important public business, while the magistrate is deciding as to which side the testimony preponderates in such matters, as whether the cabman held out his whip or his finger to some person in the street, or whether be was standing near the kerb waiting to take up a fare by whom he had been hired, or only in the hope of catching a fare. The following case occupied much time yesterday. Henry Wisdom was charged by police-constable Gummer with plying for hire in Jermyn-street at twelve o'clock at night. The constable said he saw the defendant hold up his finger to some gentlemen. He had seen the defendant do the same thing in Regent-street. The cabman denied the charge. He saw the police constable taking his number on the plea that he had plied some gentlemen in Jermyn street. He instantly went up to three gentlemen who were standing in Jermyn street, told them what the constable was doing, and asked them in the constable's presence if he had plied them. The gentleman said he had not, and they were present to repeat their denial. Two gentemen here came forward, and declared the driver did not ply them. The constable said these were not the gentlemen plied by the defendant. The gentlemen positively declared there were no other gentlemen but themselves near the cabman at the time, and further, when they told the constable they had net been plied, the con-table replied he had seen the cabman ply while going through Regent-street. They then said to the constable that such a charge was a very vague one, and that no cabman could rebut it, even if innocent. The constable said there were about thirty persons in the street at the time he tcok the cabman's number. The gentlemen who were plied by the cabman holding up his finger were neither of the gentlemen in court, they were two gentlemen at the corner of the street. The gentlemen said they were positive the only persons together were themselves. Mr. Beadon bad no doubt that the gentlemen stated all they knew about the matter correctly, but it was clear the constable referred to circumstances of which they had no cognisance. Fined five shillings, and two shillings costs. SHOCKINO BARBARITY.—John A. Williams, a carrier's cart driver, was snalmoned by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for shocking cruelty to a horse. Jabez Hopper, an officer, saw the defendant in Ox ford-s.reet lashing a horse in a carrier's cart most un mercifully. The horse was doing its best. It was, how ever, in poor condition, and unfit for work. The de fendant stopped ‘to- deliver a parcel, and he then went up, and examined the animal. He found that its flanks were literally cut to pieces, and that with ingenious cruelty the defendant having tied what is termed a blood knot in his whip, bad lashed the horse on an unmentionable part, drawing blood. It was one of the worst cases of cruelty be had ever seen. The defendant admitted the horse was doing all he could, and that he had hit him two or three times pretty smartly. The blood on the whip had been caused by. some sheepskins in the cart. George Parlett, the master, said the horse did not look as if it had been ill-used when brought home. He was quite satisfied with the defendant, as he got more work out of his horses than any man he had ever employed. Mr. Beadon inflicted a fine of 10s. and costs. LAMBETH.—Tam WHOLESALE PLUNDER AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Mary Webb, Mary Kingett, and Harriet Westfold, kitchen maids at the Crystal Palaci, who were apprehended on Saturday night last, when freighted with no less than eighty•two pounds weight of all sorts of the good things which the kitchen of that establishment affords, the property of Messrs. Staples, the contractors for refreshments, and James Scull, a waiter, were brought up and placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton for final Exlmination for stealing, and Alfred Kingett and George Webb, the husbands of two of the female prisoners, were also finally examined on a charge of receiving articles of property btl'nging to the Messrs. Staples, found at their respective dwell- ings. No additional evidence was entered on beyond the statement of one of the waiters swearing that he had placed a cross on a steel he had been accustomed to use at the Crystal Palace, and the steel produced, and which had been found at the lodgings •f Kingett, he believed to be the same. In cross-examination the witness admitted that he could not positively (gay that the steel produced was the one he had marked. Mr. Lund informed the magistrate that since the for mer occasion he had made inquiries, and found that for three years the male prisoner Webb had done no work, nor could he ascertain that he had any visible means Qf subsistence. Mr. Binns, who attended fo r the prisoners, address(d the bench at some length, and his speech, which was of a most comical character, led some of the auditors to laugh with, while it evidently caused others to laugh at him, and the learned gentleman laughed heart ly hi m _ self ; altogether it was a most singular display. g e expressed a hope that the waiters Scull, ©h had been against for upwards of two years t service of Dlessr d . Staples, would be discharged with an admonition, as he had borne a good character up to the present transace if any, evidence tion ; and also that the other male prisoner's, whom there was but very slight, guilt. With respect to the females, he could not" ofy much, but still hoped that Mr. Staples would tAk e e e lenient view of the case, knowing, as he must, that there u ve st ry ha d v i, e . s cl e winked rve(i th that t iu t h r e . i rStaples dishonesty.hadce were others, their superiors in position, wh o ' been aware Norton ef a o position to deal leniently with the prisoners , , and e so had ' 1 he (Hr. Norton) ; but finding as he did that ' the system of plunder had been carried on systematically and to a ruinous extent, he f e lt c o n s t ra i n ed t o punish the prison ers, though not to the c xtent they deserved, still to such an extent as would act as an exampl- to the other and numerous servants in the empltiment of the Messrs. Staples. In the case of the prisoner Scull, there wa s some difference from the others, and he should makebis punishment lighter. That person he should commit to the House of Correction for one month, arid the other five to two months each with hard labour. John Frewin, a man of respectable appearance, who has for ;many years held situations of great trust under Messrs. Staples, and in whose character for honesty these gentlemen had placed the greatest possible reliance, We e next placed at the bar, on a charge of embezzling four different sums paid to him on four different occasions by Sergeant White, of the P division of police, for knuckles of ham, and for which he had not given any account. From the statement of M r . Th omas Staples, M r. Lund, and other witnesses, it appeared that the prisoner was gatekeeper at the entrance leading to the kitchen , situation of considerable trust, and it was his duty to set: that nothing was taken away without a regular acneun! being kept ; yet he permitted the three females in the 1 3 " case to pass freighted as they were, arid from circure' stances that had reached the officers he must have bee ° aware of what was going on. After a lengthened < xamination, Mr. Norton expressed it to be his opinion that the case was not one of embezzlement, but one of conspirseYd to carry on an c xtensive system of plunder, and remand e the prisoner fur a week. IMPROVEMENT IN ARTIFICIAL L131133' On Saturday, Feb. 21, meeting of medical and scientific men took place at the residence of Mr. Grblf Cork-street, Burlingto n -g ar d ens , t o i ns p ec t th e recen t improvements and adaptation of artificial limbs. Amongst the patients whose cases exited the greatest interest, from the peculiar difficulty attending their I°6l/ of limbo, was Corporal J. Church, late of the Grenad iet Guards, whose arm was shot off at the battle of Inkerrattat and who has since been appointed a porter at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his R o y a l Hi g h ne ss, wit— ,, their aceustorPed beneficence, put this person under tb° care of Mr. Gray. The artificial limb was as comPler a substitute for the natural one as c ou ld IA imagioe'; and although the stump to which it is affixed is Ye% short, by the mecha ncia l con t r i vances o f M r . Gray m: is enabled now to pe r f orm a var i e t y o f t hi ngs w hich ar" perfectly surprising. Douglas Gardiner, late of th e S co t s G reys , lost II le , at Balaklava ; amputation was per f orme d 5130 , " the knee. The man was so respect e d by the inbai tants of Oswestry that a subscription wa s enter s into by them to place him under the care of Mr. Graf' and her Majesty upon hearing the fact at once what pleasure it would afford her to contribute to ti'" subscription to alleviate the sufferings of a brave soldi e r g She gave a sum sufficient to make up the prarO m deficiency of the general subscription. He is now ° m, ployed by the directors at the Ludlow Railway atatio: and is a very remarkabl e i ns t ance o f w h a t th e mechani s t of Mr. Gray's apparatus can accomplish. It will be in the rec o ll ee tt on o f man y o f our read e l that these are the artificial li m b s w hi c h i n the case ° t , the late Marquis of Anglesey were brought to so g rel4 % . a perfection, and Mr. Gray took th e o p por t un ity of e for pressing his obligation to that distinguished officer the many valuable sug g esti ons an d the I;berality he experienced from his lordship.--3foritinyt Adverilo' Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 3,19.R1kEt MIROI 3. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again largo. oe , Oat straw, from 8s 01 to lOs Oki per kemp'e of 16 0 0 so Iron; wheat do., Os Oil to 8s Gd; barley do., 7s 01. t ° oth Hay from is to is. 2d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MARCEL 3. bso There were in the market to•day 12 sacks oatmeal , e weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and --s• DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MARCH 2 . o of There were in the market to-day 38 bags of oatmeal , barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. wb i r d. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. ' 6( 1 imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s 03 i -""' oa Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od ". s 04 Pot-barley, new, per ditt o —s Od 8 Od --"' DUBLIN, MARCEI 3. is There was a steady market for or ery description of r o d, to-day. Our quotations of Friday w e re fully supP ° 4 0 and oats must b 3 noted Gd dearer. Indian corn du possible. White wheat, 31s 01 to 34s Od ; red ditto, 29 t o s Od • o p 01; ditto new, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s Gd ; is ing, 15s to 20s 64 ; oats, old, Ils to 13s ; ditto, !lel,' igs 04 to 15s 04 ; oatmeal, 13s to 14s Gd; bere, new, 16s "" O I ; rapes,. d, 30s Od to 32s 0.1 per brl ; bakers' floury r ef 6d to 25s 01 per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 37s oa 480 BRISTOL SUGAR—MAR*II 4. ,a A cargo of Demeraras has been on offer to-day, but I° - 04 , no buyers, from the high prices demanded by the impOr t , 4 6 The present position of political affairs, rendering th• to be adopted as regards the sugar duties extremely doubt renders the trade very unsettled, COAL MARKE Pecos of Coal per ton at T.—Allltcii 4. the close of the market. NW'send, an• s Russell's Hetton ............ 0 Lambton ...............•• ' 15 Plummer .................. i 5 3 Pensher ...................... south Hetton ............. () stewart's .......... 17 0 roes . .................. Darley Main ............... !"; i Coundon Tees ............ graddyll ................. 10 0 ............... 15 I Sold SS d.le. Bebside's Hartley 14 CH Walker Primrose ... 13 C Tanfield Moor l3 ' 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Buddle W. Hartley l4 6 Bell's Primrose l2 0 Holywell l5 9 West Hartley Grey's 14 3 Wallsend, Eden Main l5 6 Hetton l7 6 Haswell 17 6 Ships at market...lo: LOCAL SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4. e STOCK En„IIANCE.—The market has bad a solti o rs, pearance to-day, at about yesterday's rates. Blac" q —Eastern Counties, 101. 18 8 . ,t eiv), London and North Western, 106—Ditto (i s hares, n pst d.—Sheffields, 38—Ditto, 6 per cent. Pref., 1 2 V gi icici 03 , Lancashire, 100—C a l e d on i an , 34all or th Eastern, 13er, 211— South Eastern, 224 i—Dutch Rhenish, t re itiabf Lancashire and Y o rk s hi r e, 102 4- —North P r 111 -Great Western of Canada, 251. MANCHESTER, ILutcu 4. I tb• INSTOCR EXCHAN G E.—The market was less active, - f a prices rather easier. Preston and Wyre, Pref., Midlands, 85 4i—East Lancashire. Qrs., 6 per 03" % London and South Western, 1051- Great Western!, Dover, 23 B —London, 106—Leeds, 102, i—Sheflie lat Caledonian, 34f. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 4. STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was set-; vo and prices about the same. London and NorthWestL'is, 106 i—Ditto, Eighths, A and 2s. 9d. d.—Great 694 Midlands, 82i 834 —Birmingham C ana l s ' 924 M Birmingham Now Union Mill, 34 4—Crystal falavY 4 South Staffords, 9a 4. [A.DvsarisEmarr.}—The following is not the least reP -- able among the numerous extr aor di nary cures w ithout sl e or eine effected by Du Barry% delicious Health-Restoring p valenta Arabica Food, of Indigestion (D speP sia), Constipation, Nervous, Bili ous,an d Liv e r C o mplaints, vy;i4° Asthma, Consumpti on, an d D e bilit y: —M aas t r i c ht, 1 1 ' 1 7, 1 r Aug. 7, 1854.—M y d aug ht er Vi rg i n i e h a d l ong b ee n Coin s tive, with diarrh oea an d n i g ht swe a ts, and was in July last reuedi, ed to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that nurAbot cal men agreed there was no hope of recovery left, an ,Ao• she could not /survive many days. Upon the reconnno, tion of a friend, we tried Du Barry's Revalenta t l a te which, to the astonishment of all, caused an 'Wiw i :, jot change for the better in the symptoms. After the fal l ' uct s meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the di a nt, and night sweats had left her. She gained strength g i ld , ally, and in two months time was perfectly well. This e""‘„c; lent remedy deserves to be more generally known , 7 o t I consider I am only discharging a most to. duty iu recommending it to all sufferers.—S. Zg le oi Supported by testimonials from the celebrated PrOfo66oo ei; , Chemistry Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. llarf, Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer Dr. IniTi o ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; th e Dowager Countess of egul b ig stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respeo l ',o persons, whose health has been re stored b y it, after all 004 means of cure had failed. For further particulars refleyv ing this invaluable food our rea ders are referre d toDu Da" Advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. OP A lift. On the 4th inst., at Eaton - place, the Cou n t es s of Duc.,,i e • On the 3d inst., at Dripshill, Great Malvern, the lru e Charles James Bate, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. Wife d On the Ist inst., at 11, Hyde-pa r k-sq u are, the Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. On the 3d inst., in Eeelest ou - square, th e w if e of colonel Corbet Cotton. On th t e he 4t s h eco i n n a st. R josf l m E jeas D ni,s . e, Paddington, ileiel A h S t St. James's, d a MARRIED, rt g to Frederick Anderson Bovill, Esq of 24, ' s W c e o s r t a b e o r u o rn y , er ct a : uc e ! terrace, par On the n 4th inst., at St. Thomas's, Woolwich, Walter Gi ll l o es t Esq" youngest son of the late George Gillesp ie, 9 1j f ~gar-park, to Laura Romer, youngest daughter of late Lieut.-General Paterson, B.A. DIED. On the 21 inst., at Herne Bay, the Right Hon. Ed v7sl4 Thomas Hovell, Lord Thurlow. O On the 4th inst., Mr. Charles Bowman, 30, Dalston-t ar race, aged 66. • n the 3d inst., at Worcester College, Oxford, John Poroe,i., only son of William and Anne Pierce, of J er myn-street gent-street, and Harley-street, Cavendish-square, aged 21 On the 3d inst., at Blackheath, Martha, wife of Coran l a w der T. G. Nichols, R.N., aged 77. On the 2d inst., at Fair View, Ulverston, Lancashire, Chsl' Story Kennedy, Esq., J.P., aged 60. On the 3d inst. at 16, Upper Phillimore-place, Kensinff ton, Elizabeth, widow of the late Walter Bickerton , Esq., " Pall mall east. On the 3 , 1 inst., Mr. Henry Gorton, of 8, Tichborne-str eett Piccadilly, aged 32. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO youNco of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Otlice , 144 " 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the connti of Middlesex, Thoroday, March 5, 3857.