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niE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1557 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. the t s e e d co n h d i s re d a o d i i n n g g o e f e the . b T i l b ] e , b r u i t g h h i t s public n r d e u b te s g p e r n e tlernan referred to the introduction of his bill on a former occasion which was referred to a committee, and the discussion that had taken place on the question. He denied that the civil service servants had any claim in justice, or on the grounds of expediency, for what they asked. He further contended that there was no , grounds for increasing the salaries as proposed by this bill, or, at all events, that the higher priced clerks deserved a greater increase than the lesser paid clerks. He called upon the house to negative the second reading of the bill. The house then divided—the numbers were— For the second reading l7l Against it HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAN.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. DROGHEDA. ELECTION COMMITTEE. The members of the committee appointed to try the election returns for Drogheda, were called to the table al:1 J sworn. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ The Lords' amendments to the Islington Parish Act Amendment Bill were considered and agreed to. EA.STERN. ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY. Mr. DRUMMOND asked the. Secretary to the Trea sury on what guarantee 43,0001. of the public money had been advanced to support a private specs. lation of the Eastern Archipelago Company ; what security for the same had been given ; whether the Government was itself going to work the coal mines of Lsbuan, and, if not, whether the government were mortga[gees and at what rate of interest ; whether the Government had guaranteed to pay to the Sultan his royalties or to ensure that they should be paid ; whether the Government had taken seeurity that the money should be iona fide employed in the way f , r which it had been asked, and when the money was to he repaid Mr. WILSON said that the question of the hon. member assumed that an advance had been made by the Government towards a private speculation. He (Mr. Wilson) knew nothing of the circumstances, and as his attaution had only been called to the question within the laot quarter of an hour, he had been unable to make inquiries relative to the subject. He would give an answer to the question to-morrow. SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) ABATEMENT Majority for second reading io The announcement wai received with loud cheers. The bill way read a second time, aad ordered to be committed to-morrow night. OATHS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL postponed the second reading of this bill till Monday, and expressed a hope that Baron Rothschild would be permitted to take his seat before that time, and obviate the necessity of this bill. Sir F. THESIGER asked the noble lord if he could inform the house when Baron Rothschild would attend for that purpose I Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not. As soon as the Baron informed him of it he would give the house notice. (Laughter.) The second reading of the bill was accordingly post• poned till Monday. COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ELECTION PETITIONS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Mr. BO U VERIE said he was friendly to theobjecte of the bill, but was not prepared to support the comprehen sive provision of the clause which would take in every description of manufacture throughout Scotland. He considered some inquiry should be instituted before they agreed to it, because great difficulties existed in carry ing out the provisions of the English Act, and the pro blem of removing the smoke nuisance has yet to be removed. He moved the omission of the clause. A discussion ensued, in which Sir J. Celebroke, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Buchanan, Sir J. Anderson, and other hon. members took part. The clause was agreed to. Clauses 3, 15, and 13 were struck out. The other clauses with amendments were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. • The house resumed. SUPERANNUATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The debate on this bill was resumed by Mr. RICH, who said that he was obliged to speak against time on a former occasion, from hon. members bel)w the bar refusing to hear his objections to the measure. His objections to the bill were—first, that the bill was imperfectly framed ; secondly, that it would be unjust in its operations; thirdly, that it was ueneceF- Mr. B. OSBORNE expressed his gratitude to Mr. Adderley for introducing this measure,-and entered into a detail of the annoyances he and his hon. and gal lant colleague had been treated in reference to their seat-, remarking that be bad been the victim of a sham petition, which was got up to get possession of the seat, but finding he and his honourable col league were not to be frightened, the petition was withdrawn after the committee was struck. Sir G. GREY said he thought it would have been better to have had a committee of inquiry first, and legislated after. Lord W. RUSSELL (Dover) thought that some very stringent measures should be adopted to put an end to the present course. Atter some remarks from Mr. ADDSRLEY and Mr. ATRTON, the further consideration -of the bill in com mittee was stopped by the rules of the house, it bang a quarter to six o'clock. awry ; fourthly, that it *al based on erroneous state : wants ; fifthly, that it would involve a useless and ex travagant expenditure of public money : and sixthly, that it strongly recognised and encouraged a breach of confidence. v he denied that this was a question of abatement or no abatement—that had been decided by the committee--bnt whether 100,000/. per annum should be added to the salaries of one-third of these public ser- Tants, and that third the richest part. He called upon the house to support the committee's report. Lord NAAS said that the bill put before the bouoe :the qUestion of abatement, and it was on that 'that the house was called on to decide. He regrett-d :that the noble Secretary to the Treasury had felt himself bound to oppose the hill, and said that he considered that hon, gentleman had shown a degreee of unfairness towards the civil servants by the figures he used in illustration of his line of argument. Last year nine of the most eminent actuaries were examined before the committee, and th , y stated that a longer deduction was made from the salaries than the pensions of the Government represented. He denied that he bad charged Greernment with a breach of contract. All they asked for was an alteraiion of the present system. which was a very bad one from its nature. He admitted that if there had been an increase of salaries within the last two or three years, it. would have been an additional reason why his proposition for an increase should not be acceded to, but he was prepared to show that the salaries in many of the depattrnents had not been increased, and he in- ttsoced the Admiralty and Customs. In 1834 the num ber of civil servants employed in the Admiralty was 199, at an annual expense of 59,2661, giving an average of 2971. In 1856 the number was 262, the ex •,-wes 74,3851 , and the average 2831 per annum. In 1834 the Customs were collected by 4,856 persons, at a cost of 722,1001., giving an average of 1491. In 1856 the num ber was 5,570, the cost 814,0001, and the average annual salaries 1461. (Hear.) In further confirmaCon of his assertion, tbat salaries had not increased, be quoted from two speeches delivered in that house by the Under Secretary to the Treasury (N/r. Wilson.) On the 12th of June be said that notwith- standing there had been an increase of business in the public department, there had been an absolute tion of salaries ; whilst, on the 231 of July, the same right hon. gentleman said that there had been a large increase of salaries in almost every branch of the public service. (Hear.) The noble lord denied that his bill was one for the benefit of the richer part of the service, as it bad been stated. His bill would affect the lower class of servants—those receiving 1401. per annum and less, and two-thirds of them would be found to be only receiving 861. per annum. It wag, therefore, he con tended a bill to benefit the poor clerks. (Hear.) The noble lord characterised the present system as a tontine of the worst description. It would be impossible for more than 1 in 7to receive any benefit from it. After referring to many of the statements of the right hon. gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Treasury in opposing the bi.l, and also to what be called Mr. Wilson's ingenious cal culations, he said that the right hon. gentleman on a former occasion said that 1,600 servants of the civil r,-r -vice reoeived soperannuations amounting to 606,000/ , whilst the military pensions only amounted to 568,0001., but the right hon. gentleman omitted to take if t, con- Sideration the out-pensioners, amounting to 1,169.000/ , which made the expenses of the non-effective service of the army amount to upwards of two m►llions. The noble lord said that the committee referred to recommended that there should be a total abolition of deductions from the civil service fir eupe annnation, without. a cor responding reduction in their salaries ; and he appealed to the house to carry out that, as well as the other re- commendations of the committee, from a belief that the present system ought no longer to be maintained. Mr. GLAI)STONE admit ed the rights of the civil servants to a full end respectful hearing, and a clear and definitive understanding relative to their grievances. It was material that the house and the Government should bold intelligible language on the subject, and he could not doubt that the Government intended to maintain the remuneration to the civil servants on the present basis, and such a statement he expected the Chancellor of the Exchequer woul I clearly and explicitly make this day. He contended that the house were capable of de ciding on the; question without the aid of arbitrators, and be regretted that the whole subject had been del,- gated to a Royal Commission, and he earnestly pro tested against it, being no party to the arrangement. He admitted that the statistical part of the question i might have been safifactarily referred to a com mission. Sir Charles Treveltyan did not fix these salaries, as bad been stated, but the Finanee Minister of the day, and as he (Mr. Gltd stone) held that po'ition at the time he was responsible for it, and he made that statement b-fore the committee. The right hon. gentleman said that he coal) see no cliff,- rence between the noble lord's bill, and an indi?critni nate increase of salaries to those entitled to superannua tion, and that it was diametrically opposed to.tbe deci sion of the committee of the house. Referring to the increase of public salaries, the right hon. gentleman said that when they began to tamper with the rights of the public in matters of this kind, the extravagance did not stop. It was not content to feed on its first food, but it spread from one subject to another and ran through every department of the public expenditure, and they had now the first fruits in that house, probably from the laxity of their votes. If they gave way the move ment would produce many fruits. There appeared also to be a tendency to increase political salaries, but should it make its appearance in that house hewool I be the fiat to oppose it. It had been said that the pensions to be paid from these deductions would not exhaust the whole i.f the proceeds.of the funds, but he contended that that fact had not been established, and if it had it would nr , t affect the question before the house. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to enter into the original it tentions of the parties who framed the bill, which he said had been misapprehended, and bad been the cause of the present movement, and observed the deductions were imposed in lieu of a diminution of salaries, which would at the time more than have exhausted the amount of the deductions. There bad been no prima facie case made out that the civil servants were entitled to the relaxation of these deductions, and to demand of Parlia ment an increase of salary by the abolition of this change. They had also to consider the public in this ; and he said, in reference to the average of salaries Id by. the Bank of England and the Crown, tt.a. e salaries o f those who were paid for ma rinal labo ur 1,,,„1 account, which wrongly been taken into se omitted that had greatly reduced them, but if they the civil clay, servanta he contended it would be found tha , paid higher than any others, and well so far from being w n l i r T er-riaid they would he found to he paid: This bill ed to add 75,0001. a year to the expenditure of the Cr'el3vcieernment it was true, but if granted it would It was a email sum, partrnent. A proposition such as that to every de the salaries for o at before the house for the increase of moved o n e. servants of the civil stita ,a tionally by servants could not have been the noble lord in committee, and be ought that object ut to have adopted this course to attain called on the house to reject the second reading of this hill, Mr. DISRAELI concurred in much that had been said; by the right hon. gentleman (M r . G ladstone)„ relieived the proceedings of Parliament and the cor n _ missioners in reference to this question, and added that I he believed the noble lord had taken a wise course in a-k -is by his bill, to deci d e the question. (Hear, &IL) He diSsented from the statement that because the proposed increase was given to 16,000 civil servants, that' the other departments should also be 'increased, or that it prevented Par liament from revising the various salaries of the different departments of the State. The politicai sal tries had I been revised and some reduced. He hoped the noble ore would press his bill and settle the question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tbe question before the house ought to be odnaidered as a question of feeling, equity, and expediency. As re-' regarded the first, if he consulted his personal feelings he, could do no more act gratifying 'to him than cad to- AC e RUSSIAN AGGRESSION -- INDIA. ...----... that port vas actually in Russian military occupa tion. With regard to the former plea —as the Russian right to the said port is b!sed on the Treaty of Ad rianople, and as the British Government ha 4, accor ding to Lyrd J. Russell's explanation, r, pudiated the Russian claim so based, it must be held totally invalid, and the seizure of the Vixen be held con- , sequently totally unwarranted, even without refer- ' ence either to the illegality of blockading a coast without any proclamation to that effect, or efficient force to maintain the blockade, or to the absurdity of the Russian Government making Custom-house regulations foil a coast which to this day she hasnot succeeded in conquering. And, wi , h regard to the second, I beg it m4y be remarked that, although at the.time the evidence of the captain, the crew, and of one of the owners of the Vi xen , as to the absolute falsehood of the allegations of the Rus-ian ministry regarding the Russian military occupation of tho port of Sudjuk-Kaleh, was adduced and c 3rrobo rated by the written statement of Captain Edmund Spencer (or rather it was tendered and not ac cepted), evidence to the same effect can still be had from Mr. F. W. Knight, M.P., and from Mr. J. A. L..n4wor , h, our consul at Monastir, b ith of whom, with myself, were resident for a consider able time on the shores of the said port, a year (I occasionally, for nearly three years) after the cap ture of the Vixen there, and can thus attest that even then the Russian government had not bllC ceeded in effecting its military occupation. Under all theee circumstances, I trust that your lordship will admit that a claim of indemnity from the Ru-sian government has been fully made out, and that your lordship will take such measures for making it effectual as may appear to your lordship most appropriate.—l have the honour to be, dre. (Signed) JAS. STANISLAUS BELL. 7 ,.v1r. J. Stanley Bell writes to a contemporary as fellows : "I rejoice to find that public feeling is about to be roused into action by the astounding news, just received from the Circassian coast, of the Russians having already had the audacity to make use of the British flag to perpetrate, with more effect and im punity, another of those atrocities by which they hope at length to subjugate the heroin, long-suffer ing natives. knew formerly, as a very honest man, Osman Reis, of the neighbourhood of Trebizond (master of a small trading vessel), by whom the intelligence was brought there. "By those who will take the trouble to inform themselves of the way in which Lord Palmerston and his agents have throughout managed matters connected with Circassia, it may be readily seen how little cause we have for astonishment at any thing the Russians may attempt, with a view to overthrow the great Caucasian barrier, which alone defers their futther conquests in Persia and Turkey in Asia, and thus arrests their progress towards our Indian frontier. "In orrjer to throw some light upon the subject, I beg you to have the goodne s s to publish in your paper a letter I wrote lately to Lord Clarendon on the subject of the capture of the Bri;i•h schooner Vixen in the bay of Sudjuk-Kaleh, in Nov. 1836. "By that letter it will be seen how readily the Russians may conclude that we are totally indif ferent to what they may do in that part of the world, since they found, lov the debates in the House of Commons on the 21st June, 1838, and on the 18th April, 1854, that even such statesmen as Lord John Russell, Dr. Luishington, and Sir Jamos Graham have never yet given themselves the trouble to prepare, even for speaking on ques tions intimately connected with and to be decided by the construction and validity of tnat most im portant European document—the Treaty of Adria nople ; and found further, by the debates of May, laxt year, how complacently Lords Palmerston and Clarendon abandoned the Circa..sians thenceforth to their tender mercies. " I may add that, previously to the arrival of my letter in this country, Lord Clarendon had re plied, on the 14th of Feb., 1856, to an application made to him on the same subject by one of my bro thers, on my behalf, dated 29th of Jan., 1856;'haf he could not holi out any expectation that the case of the Vixen will bare-opened by her Majesty's Government.' I d:d not of course insult Lord Clarendon by informing him—our foreign mini Ater —what really were the terms of the Treaty of Adrianople as regards Circassia ; but most folks may be surprised and indignant to learn, after all the above display of their knowledge of them by our ministers, that there is not in that treaty, a single name by which either Circassia itself, or any one place in Circassia, is designated, and that the only expression by which Russia deigned to reveal her intention as to the annexation she purposed making of Circas-ia to her empire for ever,' is that she do ;ed the list of the outlandish names of places to be so honoured—Akhaltzik, Akhalkalaki, &c.—with this misty phrase, as well as a'l the littoral [sic] of the mouth.of ttie Black Sea, from the mouth of the Kuban to the port of St. Nicho las inclusively, shall remain in perpetuity under the dominion of the Empire of Russia.' In the Appendix of my ' Journal of a Residence in Cir cassia' is an article—the 13th—written for me by a brother of mine (now Chief Judge at the Cape), which will be found well worth the perusal of those who wish to understand howit is that our amateur aristocratic, and nearly irresponsiblestatesmen with their huge private fortunes to fall back upon in case of any serious false step, are almost always outwitted by the carefully chosen, well trained, and well-reined diplomatists of the .l ' Emperor of all the Russias.' " (Copy.) Rio de los Savalos, San Juan di Nicaragua, Aprills. My Lord,—Ali hough the incidents to which I take the liberty of calling your lordship's attention occurred at a date now remote, still their import ance in political and national respects were, and I venture to say are, such that they must, I believe, be still fresh in your lordship's recollection. I allude to the seizure of the British schooner Vixen, in the Bay of Sudjuk Kaleh, on the coast of Circassia, in Nov. 1836, iby orders of the Russian admiral commanding at Ghelendjik, and the deten tion of myself, as well as her captain and crew, there, and subsequently at Sebastopol and Odessa, on the plea of our having violated a blockade of that coast, established by his Government; to the confir mation of that seizure and detention by Admiral Laeareff, commander-in-chief inthe Black Sea.; and to the snbsiiquent acquiescence by the British Go vernment, in another plea, subsequently put forth ' by that of Russia, for confiscating the Vixen and her cargo, viz., that we had violated the Custom house ordinances issued by the Russian Govern m,int for the regulation of trade with that portion of the Russian territory. However untenable either of these pleas—that of a blockade, which hid neither been proclaimed nor adequately maintained, and was therefore equally invalid and illegal —or that of Custom-house ordinances applied to a coast with the natives of which Russia was then, and has ever since been, carrying on war (and never possessed), and which was her's theref ire as little de facto as it is now known to have been de jure—l should probably never have attempted to re-open the question as to the wrong a late brother of mine and I have suf fered, had the political relations of Great Britain with Russia remained as they were ; because I should have thought it improbable that any Bri tish Ministry would think it consistent - with its duty to the national interests iu general to imperil them for the sake of those connected with the affair in question —a feeling by which the Ministry of the day was probably influenced in the decision which it finally adopted—hostile to the British claimants. But as all cause for such a feeling ceased, of colme , on the rupture of our relations with Russia, I am not without hope that your lordship may admit that an opportunity is now afforded- for rectifying the great injustice suffered by myself and those connected with nie in the said voyage, in having our property seized and confiscated, our persons restrained, and our proje- eta as to a per fectly legal and highly profitable trade balked and defeated, through the unjust pretensions and un warrantable acts of the Government of Russia, and the subsequent acquiescence in those pretensions and the justification of those acts by the British Ministry then in power. It might appear presumptuous in me thus to allude to transactions which were warmly debated on, at least, in Parliament, and were irnplieily sanctioned by the decision of tlna majority of the Howe of Commons on the 21st of June, 1838 ; and. I might have hesitated to do so, lad I not incon trovectible evidence from that debate (which oc curred while I was again in Circassia), as we'l as front one that occurred on the 18th of April, 1854, that on the former occasCon, and ever since, there has prevailed, among some members of the Go vernment at least, if not all, a strange, and, to my late brother and me, most disastrous misapprehen sion of the terms and the whole purport, so far as Circassia is concerned, of the Treaty of Adrianople —that document upon - which the legality or the illegality of our enterprise entirely depended ! In prof of this serious allegation, I beg to refer your lordship"to the former of the abovementioned debates—that of the 21st of June, 1838—wherein it was asserted by Dr. Lnshingt in—" He would maintain that by admitting the occupation (by Russia) of Sudjuk-Kaleh we were not giving up, nor weakening in the slightest degrk e, our right at any future period to question the sovereignty of RIi.SIA over Circassia ! up in the ground that Tur key had no right to cede that country;" and by Lord John Russell that "by the Treaty of Adrianople, Poti, Auapa, and Sudjuk Kaleh, were recognised as belonging to Russia • but with respect t o t h at particular point at which the vessel arrived, it was orie ceded to, Russia by the Treaty of Adrianople and acknow'edged to belong to her, and at which she had a right to establish her own regulations, whether sanitary or commercial ;" and to the latter debate—that of the 28th April, 185 t—wherein Sir J. Graham, having state I, in defence of the conduct of Capt. Jones,ef H.M.S Sampson,on the Circa-sian coast, that the Said captain " came to the conclu sion, and I am prepared to contend that it was a proper conclusion, that it would not he proper for him to interfere with the passage of a Russian transport from the coast of Circassia, which is a Russian territory, to Sebastopol, a Ru-si in port ! " Mr. H. D. Seymour having' called for an explain tion 'respecting Sir J. Graham's extraordinary doc trine as t oVircassia being a Russian territory, Lord John Russell explained that. " with respect to what had been said as to the statement of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the hon. member for Poole had made a mistake if he supposed that Circaseia had been spoken of as a Russian country. By the Treaty of Adrianople, certain posts on the Circas sian cast tbereinnamed were surrendered to Rus sia. These forts had formerly, he believed, been occupied by Turkey, and it was from these and other forts established along the corn that the Rus sian troops had been removed, and it was to these posts only that the First Lord of the Admiralty had particularly referred." I hope my allegation will thus be held proved. The pleas up ,, n which, I believe, the British Go vernment finally sanctioned the confiscation of the Vixen and he r cargo were -I s t. That she had en tered a Russian port in contravention of the Rus sian Custom-house regulations ; and 2ndly, that ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. her statement in writing. I gave her is. 6d. afte . r finding paper and othc.r.t . hings. At pl a i nt iff' s re quest also I wen t to Eiferi %Vinson. I have not beeu.to any o - h-r witnesi. I was t'a inquire of ,Ellen Willson if Lady Barrington had ;aid any thing relpecting the plaintiff to her. I said to Catherine Smith, "Speak the truth, never mind how black it is." I don't remember anything ab.,ur a contest for a neighbouring incumbency. I heard nothing about Mr. Highmore's pupils. - I have tried to find Ellen Winson, but she h not to be fund. I gave Catherine Jane Smith the is. 6d. for the paper which she gave me ; but I told her I wished leer to understand that I did not give it as a bribe. MIDLAND COURT. -DERBY, July 27. (Before Mr. Justice Creswell anda Common Jury.) SWIFT. V. COPL EY . This also w,is an action of breach of promise of marriage. Mr. - Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. O'Brien appeared fur the plaintiff. The defendant conducted his own case. The plaintiff was in the service of Lord Wham cl'ffie at Wortley, and the defendant woks for his father, who is the head carpenter at Wortley. It appeared that an intimacy half existed betwei-n the plaintiff and the defendant, the remit of which was the birth of an illegitimate child ; arid in reapict of the maintenance of that child the plaintiff in March last had accepted a sum of 23/ , in full saris faction of all claim upon the defendant. That pay ment was made in pursuance of a formal written agreement drawn and engrossed by a lawyer, and which the defendent produced, and primed as part of his case, contending that it op 'rated to release him from lia.bilisy in the present action. It was pointed out, however, that the terms of that instru ment were very carefully confined to claims of the plantiff in respect of the illegitimate child. The defendant also denied that he had made any pro mise of marriage ; but several of his letters ad dressed to the plaintiff after she had left Wortley, and gone into another service in Wales, were read in evidence, and there were many expre-sions in them pointing to an engagement between them. They contained many allusion's to the apprehension that she was in the farnilyw%y ; and in (meth-, de fendant reproached her severely for no having com municated the fact to him before, and cai le i upon her solemnly to &dire whether he was 'he father. Upon that point he was afterwards satiQfied, and frequently expressed a desire that she and Vie child should be properly cared for, promising to pay the expenses to which she mightbe put at a future time. As to his having engaged to marry her he used in one letter a singular expression, describing himself at the end as " my wife's husband ;" and in another letter he express-d a hopethat if an old man who had previously visited her should again make her an offer she would take it, as it would be better for her than waiting for him, because it was uncertain when he might be in a situation to marry. Sub sevently his letters became cooler and cooler ; and at last the intercourse was broken off, and the defendant married another woman. F. N. Highmore—l became vicar of Elvas ton in 1841, on the presentation of the lat, Earl. I was before head master of the grammar-school at Burn!ey. I have resided on my living from 1841, e xecpt three years when I was absent from ill health, I was on intim-de terms with the late Lord Has+ington, I never spoke to Lady Hari ington in my life. Cr - oss-examined--After my illness I returned into residence July, 1854. It was notori , us in the parish that 1 had bee❑ seriously ill. Mr. Collins was my curate for about 8 or 9 months. 1 received one complaint of his drunkenness, and I instantly wr .t , 3 to the rural de-in. Some pecuniary claims were wale after Ys departure. Mr. James was soon appoint° I curate. He officiated once. I was in the habit of visiting at the Cas le during the late lord's lifetime. I took pupils until I wa4 ill. I was a c :ndiciate for the n-•ighoouring incumb 'my. The Duke of Loins nepi.ew, one of my pupils, was couipla ned of for having fired a gun with wadding in it, which hit a servant of the successful canli da.e. No mon:•y was paid to the infirmary on ac count of that complaint. The learned judge here interposed and said that he could not see the relevancy of the examination. Mr. Mellor said that the circumstances into which he was inquiring were important, as explain ing the meaning of some expressions used by Lady Harrington. Mr. Justice,,Cress well said that if Mr. Mellor, as a gentleman of experience, would pledge himself that the evidence was ma , erial for that purpose the examination might proce?d. Mr. Highmore, in answer to othi'r questions, added—l found on inquiry that two of iny pupils were out shooting, ond that the Duke of Leineter's nephew, who was tie sr-sighted, was allowed to dis charge a gun once, which had only wad dog in it, and by accident a man we,- hit, but no: hurt. The money collected for the repairs of the church I placed at the disposal of the architect, Mr. Stevens, in 1.853. I kept an ac3ountof the sacrament-money which was open to the inspection of every one. I am not aware that it' is the prac'ice for the church warien to take it. Tha rubric does not require that. I was 'never asked about it, except cnce by Mr. Jones, who asked me how I disposed of it. If I was asked by any one I always told. I have been so seriously ill that I was told for some time had better not take wine, and for three years I think I did not take th ree glasses. Re examined.—The Duke of Leinster was look ing at the church, and norictd the bad state of the west-end. He said as he had two children buried there he would leave 101. with me to start the subscription. I preached a sermon for the same object, and collected about 61., and made it up to 71. The archdeacon came afterwards and ordered an alteration in the tower and bells which prevented me from collecting more for the other repairs at that time. The Dowager Lady Harrington had a painted window put into the west end of the church. Then 1 had the repairs done, and the money was paid over to Mr. S.ephens. I did not pocket it in any other sense than I have explained. I always give poor people things from my own house. I prefer purchasing them myself. More than two-thirds of the actual sacrament money were actually given in money. Mr. M4lor then addressed the jury for the de fendants, and .stated that Lady Harrington was anxious to be examined as a witness, to give her own account of what had actually taken place at the interviews of which Mr. Jones ha I spoken : and he had no doubt that the jury would be satis fied that she had been very much misunderstood misrepr , serr ed. The Countess of Harrington waa then examined,. and said—l remember Mr. Jones coming t offi ciate at Elvaston. It was the beginning of Feb- The learned Ju'lge summed and The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 501. JULY 28. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Special Jury.) HIGHMORE, CLERK, V. THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF HARRINGTON. This was an action of slander for words spoken by the Countess of Harrington, imputing miscon duct to the plaintiff, the Vi:'ar of Rvaston. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C. and Mr. Field, were coun sel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Bell for the defendants. Mr. ALcaulay, in his opening address, stated that the plaintiff bad with great reluctance been compelled to come int) court for the vindication of his charaA- r from the very serious aspersions which had been most industriously cast upon it by La iy Harrington, and he hoped that the jury would give him such an amount of damages as would satisfy every one of their opinion of the utter groundless ness of the charges which had been made. The following witnesses were examined : The Rev. Thomas James Jones—l have been curate of Elvaston since the Ist of January last. On Sunday, the 2d of February, I went to the Castle to lunch. I saw the Countess of Harrington in the drawing-room. After the ordinary compli ments of the day Lady Harrington asked me who was likely to administer the sacrament next Sun day. I answered, I did not know, but would ascer tain and let her know during the week. Lady Harrington said, "We never take the sacrament from that man Highmore; because he is so wicked a man. Whenever I take the sacrament Igo to Alvaston or have it administered to me at Gaws worth. I never take the sacrament here because of 'hat man Highmore." She then went on to say, " He keeps the sacrament money and never gives any to the poor, and po,le'ed the money the Deke of Leinster gave for the rep tiring of the church." Her Ladyship also added, " He is so low and vul gar a fellow, and such a drunken character, that Lord Harrin g ton cann o t rece i ve hi m . H e i s always playing at cards and gambling, and encourage the pe ple in the village in all kinds of gambling, card playing, and debauchery, and he and his wife are constanVy rolling drunk on the fib ;r." She con cluded t•iis lit le harangue by saying, "I should consider it aarilege to take the sacrament, from sa wicked and ba l a man." Afterwards I asked Mr. Highmore whether he would be able to administer the sacrament on Sunday, and he said he hoped to do so himself. After the service at church on Ash- Wednesday, Lady Harrington sent for rue and asked who was lik-ly to administer the sacrament on Sunday. I said I did not know, but would ascertain. On the following Thursday morning, I again asked Mr. Highmore, and he said he was so much better that he hoped to ba able to administer it himself. I went to Lady Harrington and told her. "I said I trust you will not stay away be cause you may think a man wicked ;" and I added some obiervatiens on the ministrations of the wicked, which I took chiefly from the Articles. Her Ladyship argued the question quietly with me, and added, "No, it won't do • I should consider it sacrilege ;" and added, "He is always telling lies, and never speaks the truth." Several state ments of this kind bad been male. I made inquiries, and on the eve of Ash-Wednesday I inquired of himself as to the disposal of the ruary or end of 'January. He usTel. to come very sacrament money. On Easter Sunday I had an invitation to lunch at the Castle. I found the priva'e gate from the church to the Castle locked. lin consequence lunched with Mr. Highmore. After service, in consequence of a message, I went to Lady Harrington. She a , ked me who administered the sacrament, who collected the offertory, and howit wag I had not gone to lunch. I told her I came but found the gate barred against me, and that in consequence or having a friend with me, I had gone through the village with him, and afterwards lunched with Mr. Highmore, She said, " How can you lay yourself under an obliga tion to those Highmores ? If you ga to those High mores you will not be acceptable to the Castle. He keeps a most disreputable house, and you must take care of your character as well as of your friends'. They are always playing at cards from morning to night. They are a set drunken peo ple. I know the truth of it, for Sir Francis Stan hope said he saw all three of them drunk upon the floor." The third person alluded to was the Dow ager Countess of Harrington. I told her I fearel she bad been sadly misinformed, as I had told her on previous occasions. I said, " I have found Mr. Highmore's house nicely or respectably con ducted, and Mrs. Highmore a lady of considerable talent and good manners." I said, also, he had been very kind to me, and that I found him very ch tritable. Her ladys'iip replied, " Oh, no, it cannot be ; it is impossible." I said I bad had plea.ing evidence of the fact, for I had seen him give both wine and money to the poor. She said, " Oh, no, it won't do ; he is a bad man and she is a bad woman." I again said I feared she had been misinformed, and, as a funeral was waiting, I must bid her good day. Since then I have n. often to lunch, It wai w - (th rerereitc3 to my taking the sacrament., that I asked him who was to hd- minister it. He told me he did not know. I said I should not take it from Mr. Hightnore. I said I had several reasons. I thought Mr. Eligh more was not a good man. • I said I took it at London, and Gatsworth. I ;•ai , l he had not accounted I r theAacrament money. I never said he had appromi At:tithe saurarneu t money. Mr. Ti, aeker was my informant. He is churcl warden. I.said White had always accounted to Mr. Thacker. A few days after he told rue Mr. Highmore, 'he be lieved, would adminiiter it. I said I sh uld not take it. He then begin to argue with met on the subject. I forget what his arguments were, but. I said, "My opinion romans unchanged, and we will not discuss this matter further." , I never used the word "pocketed," my words were that he did not account for the sacrament money. I did not say "He keeps the sacrament money." I never said anything except that no account was ren dered. I said the Duke of Leinster had given 201., and the farmers soineihing—l think it was 20/.—to throw open the tower of the church. I said he had not done whal the money was subscribed for for eight years. My husband, not liking to see the tower used as a coalhole, had offered to give the balance to have seats put there for the school chil dren. It was then done during Mr. Higirm , .re's absence. I said that there had been a grc:ac deal of card-playing and gambling at the Castle in the late Lord's lifetime, and there was a great deal of card-playing in the village. I have se .11 little chil dren playing at cards in the village. I never used the word "debauchery." I said I had heard ru mours of card-playing in his house ; but of that I could not judge, as I never was there. I did not say that he encouraged card-playing in the village. I said a bad example had been set in Vita village, but I was alluding to the curates. I said there had been two drunken curates. I menticned Mr. James. I saw in the newspaper that he was ap-' pointed curate._ He officiated, believe, only been to the Ca4t!e. Between the conversiti , nis which .1 have detailed I had several others, at which statements to the same effect were made. She has called him an actor, a mountebank, and a rider at Astloy'e. Crosi-examined—On the Monday afterwards I wrote a letter to a gentleman in Derbyihire, but otherwise I took no note in writing. Nobody else was present on the first occasion. It wa4 n the drawing-room tetore lunch. I learnt from Lady Harrington that there had been a curate there named Collins, and from Mr. Highmore himself. Ha said. he had had a curate who had been drunk, or alleged to be drunk. H e did no t say he had forwarded complaints to the bishop. Lady Harrington said he had been found drunk in the parish, and been continued as curate. I was told by Lady Harrington that Collins owed for his lodgings, left the parish in debt, and was frequently drunk. I heard alio that there had been curates named White and Barratt. She did not say that White and Barratt were in the habit of accoan t ing for the sacrament money according to the rubric. She did not say Mr. Highmore never rendered any account of the sacrament money, as other clergy men did. She mentioned a Mr. James, who she said had come as curate and left in debt, and was charged with swindling. I can't say whether Mr. Highmore told me he had. She mentioned to me Mr. Collins as hiving been drunk, but not James. When she advised me to take care of my own character she hid not immediately before men 'lolled Collins's drunkenness. As to the Duke of Leinster's contribution, she did not say that Mr. Highmore had kept it several years before the re pairs were done. I learnt that Mr. Highmore had received 101. towards the repairs. She did not say that Mr. Collins was curate during Mr. Highmore's absence from serious illness ' • but, in fact, he was curate during that time. Mr'. Highmore was ab sent for three years on account of serious illness. He is prohibited from taking stimulating drinks, end has been in that state for seven years. I men in June. to Mr. HiJamore's advisers about done- it; • drunk on the floor. He referred to Sir the 7 0 "-a l She was referring to the time of the Stl:2"..Pd an d Lady Harrington. I did not men former Lo. " debauchery" to Mr. Highmore's tion the wont • over to ask one person whether advisers. I went been made. That was in a certain statement ha..., -ine Jane Smith. I put April, Her name is Cathek. once or twice. I did not say that Mr. Highmore and his wife had been rolling drunk. on the floor. I said Mr. Collins bad been rolling drunk on the floor. That was proved in the presence of Mr. Whittaker,, the rural dean, and another gentleman. I recollect Mr. Jones saying that he had found the gates locked, but I don't think be said that he had lunched at Mr. Hiehmore's. I never said anything about laying himself under an obligation to those Highmores. I said the house had been very disorderly. Tn that I alluded to the pupils shooting at a man named Burton, and tearing his coat with the wadding. I eid•not enter into details, but 1 said to Mr. Jones that the pupils had been disorderly. I told him he had been preceded by drunken curates, and that he. must theref .re be very careful about his &melee er e I said, Sir. Francis Stanhope had told me •hat he had seen Mrs. Foot drunk on the floor ; hut I never used the words "all three" drunk on tee floor. And S.r Francis told me that there hail formerly been a gi eat deed of drinking at the Castle ; but it could nut apply to tee late lord, who was the soberest of men. In te-ing the expression " rolling or, - the fleet" I alluded to Mr. Collins. Al the conversations occurred Letween me and Mr. Jones when we were alone in the drawing ri.oui before luncheon. When we went to L ndon in April Mr. Jones and. I parted the best frit nds. He told me that Mr. Highmore had given bread and 2s. in money to one poor woman. He gave no other ex planation about the sacrament money. Cross-examined—l had oily known Mr. Jones since he came to Elvastou. Mr. Collins left in 1351. Mr. James officiated about t eto or three years ago. There is a school which we built and which we support. Igo there whenever I can. We have forbidden the schoolmaster and school mistress to have anything to do with Mr. High more. It is written up as one of the rules, "No clerical interference allowed." Ransom (the schoolmaster) and his wife had been in the habit of going to Mr. Highrnore's. I told the schoolmis tress, in the school, on one occas=ion, that I would not allow her to go near the Higienore's. I was obliged to speak loud, because the woman was a virago, and would not allow me to speak quietly. I did not say that Mr. Highmore was a low fedow or a drunkea fellow, or a ruffiau or a villain. I did not say that he was'in the habit of getting drunk with Ransom. I was not aware that Ransom drank. I did not sly that be got drunk wit!' Chambers, the saddler. I may have sa.d to Mr. Jones that he was an ac'or and a rider at Astley's ; but that is not in the declaration. (Laughter.) I did not say that to Mrs. Ransom. I have said that there had been rumours of his drinking before I came to Elvaston, but that his state of health was such that he could not drink now. I did not say Ellen Winson, " You are a bad, wicked girl ; Ur. Highmore keeps you." I emphatically deny that. I know Harlett. He is a discharged gamekeeper. I believe he is now in the Derby police ; but I don't know whether Lord Harrington gave hirn a charac ter. I have not said to him that Ellen Winson goes to Highmore's house and Highmore to her house for bad purposes. I did say to Catherine Smith that Mrs. Highmore kept Ellen Wins in in a cottage as a spy upon use I had al I thoughtaboy(apa b ge e ) m w i l g a h o t w g a et s cons tantly going there, and into bad company. I did not seriously mean what I said to Catherine Smith; she is a poor girl who was recommended to me, .and whom I wanted t) get into service. Id d mot say to Slvanu who was a servant et the Castle, that be was alwa.ts a) drunk as that fedow Mr. Juslice C e , swell asked whether Mr. Mscaulay prop )se'l t call th , -se persons, who'c nalues he mentioned, as witnesses to contradict Lady Harrington ? Mr. Macaulay sa;d, that it was for that purpose he was putting the question. The learned Judge then expressed his opinion that that evidence would not be admissible, as the matters were not closely enough connected with the issue in , he cause. Mr. Macauf.a.;;Td — he would not, then, continue the examination furher. Mr. Men , r having summed up, Mr. Macaulay addressed the jury for the plaintiff and commented in strong terms upon the evidence which Lady Harrington had given, and to which Ile was mire the jury would not give credit. The learned Judge summed up, and. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,' DamageA 7501. The - re was another action brought by Mr. Ilig ll ‘ more a_:ainst Lord Harrin g t on f or an assault! arising out of some proceedings at a vestry meet ng; but in t•ii4 case a juror wai withdrawn. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that to-morrow he should move that on Tuesday, and on every succeed ing Tuesday, orders of the day should take precedence of notices df motion. GLOUCESTER ELECTION. Lord It. GROSVENOR, chairman of the Gloucester (City) Election Committee, reported that Mr. Price and Alderman Carden were duly elected at the last election for Gloucester (City.) GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION. The Earl of MARCH, chairman of the Great Yar mouth el-c ion committee, reported that Mr. McCullagh and Mr. Watkins were not duly elected, on the ground of bribery. NEWS FROM INDIA. In answer to a question from Mr. RILDYARD, Lord PAL NIERSTON said he was unable to account for the delay in the receipt of the Government Ind:an telegraph communication. He had communicated its contents to the evening papers. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed at 6 o'clock. MEMOIR OF THE LATE MR. MARCY. William L. Marcy was born at Sturbridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts, December 12, 1786. His parents were in comfortable circum stances and gave him a good education, which was cempleted at Boston University, whence he gra duated with honour in 1808. He soon after set tled in Troy as a. lawyer, but devoted himself mainly to politics, which were then beginning to be of absorbing interest. Imbued with the poli tical faith of Jefferson he ardently supported the policy of which President Madison and Governor Tompkins were the leading exponents. He ar dently supported the declaration of war against Great Britain, volunteered to serve in said war, and is said to have captured a British flag in some skirmish on our northern frontier. We believe, however, that his services in council were deem -d more valuable than any be could render in the field. In 1816 he was appointed Recorder of Vie city of Troy, but identifying himself with the " Buektail" opposition to Governor Clinton he was removed in 1818. In 1821 the Bucktails acceded to power on the election of Governor Yates, and made Mr. M-ircy, Adjut.nt-General, from which poet he was transferred to the more responsible one of Controller in 1823. He there upon removed from Troy to Albany, which city be has ever since considered his home. He soon became a member of the famed " Albany. Regency," an association of able and energetic poli ticians, by whom the politics of our State we-e mainly directed for a number of years. In 1829 he was appointed a justice of our Supreme Court, and in 1831 transferred thence to the United States' Senate, wherein he served with distinction until the close of 1832, when be was elected Governor over Francis Granger, at the same time that General Jackson was re-chosen to the Presi dency. In 1834 his re-election for Governor was opposed by William H. Seward, but he was re elected, as he had been first chosen, by abo:it 12,000 majority. In 1836 he was opposed by Jesse Buel, whom he beat by nearly 30,000 maje rity. In 1838 be was supported for the fourth and last time, but was for a second time opposed by W. H. Seward, who was now elected by ovi-r 10,000 majority after a most spirited contest. The election now turned on the financial policy which had culminated in the specie circular, suh treasury, and introduction of small bills ; and we b lieve there is no dispute as to the fact that Go vernor Marcy, while he had heartily co-operated in the war on the United States' Bank, would havech;- sen to stand aloof from these measures of quasihesti lity to the State banks. He has not since been acan didate for copular election. Governor Marcy re turned to office in 1845, on the accession of Presi dent Polk, who appointed him Secretary of War. We believe it to be generally conceded that he dia -1 charged the duties of this important post with energy and marked ability, and that he signaly contribu - ed therein to 'the general vigour and suc cess of the war on Mexico. He retired, of course, with his superior, on the accession of General Taylor to the Presidency. He had supported Gen. Cws for President in 1848, without sundering h's personal relations with the Van Buren'', Cambre ling, Dix, and other leaders of the Free-soil Demo cracy, and he became an early and efficient negota tor for that reunion of the party which was so com pletely consummated in the contest of 18i2. Gen. Pierce, on assuming the Presidency, offered him the portfolio of the State Department, which he ac cepted, though his tastes and pursui - s had hitherto led him away from the field of foreign po litics. Probably, no greener Secretary of State ever entered upon the duties of that post ; yet few or none ever filled it more e ff ect i ve l y. Seve ral of his State papers will long be treasured and admired, and he may be said to have reflected hon our even on the administration of General Pierce —as achievement to which few men would have proved equal. That he was its g , sod genius was very generally realised. That he never approved nor countenanced the violation of the Missouri Compact is beyond dnubr, ; and this is all the foundation there ever was fur the Southern report that he was about to join the " Black Republi cans." Had he yielded to his natural impulse in 1854, resigned his seat in the Cabinet, and placed himself at the head of the opposition to Douglas's Nebraska policy, he raieht, perhaps, have died President of the United Stites. But Governor Marcy was .:rained in that, mi-taken political school which holds it better to be wrong in the Democra tic party than right out of it, and he lived and died in conformity with that error. In person, Gover nor Marcy was tall and strongly built, though stooping in his gait, with a bead and face which bore uumistakeably the stamp of power. His manners were frank and unceremonious. We be lieve be leaves a widow and children.—New York Tribune. A FRENCH REDPATH.—Tae Court of Assizss of the Diiubs was on Friday and Saturday occupied in trying M. Monnot, cashier of the branch of the Bank of France at Besancon, for embezzlement and forgery; and M Vital Preval, banker in that city, as his sac implies. The case excited great :interest. Monnot, it appeared, who is the son of Baron Monnot, a distinguished colo nel in the army of Napoleon 1., was in 1841 appointed cashier of - the branch bank established at Besan con. Unlimited confilenee was placed in him, and he was charged to receive all the Fume paid in, to effect all payment., and to keep the accounts. Some Mme back it was discovered that for 10 years he had been in the habit of committing embezzlements, and that their total amounted to the enormous sum of 420,0001. ; also that he bad falsified his accounts, and fabricated or suppressed receiptl and other documents, so as to disguise his frauds. The greater part of this sum he had employed in carryizig on a bank in the name of his wife, who had been a wile. ',weed Prevel, awl ou her death, which t ,, ok place in 1853, in that of her son, the other accused ; aril it was alleged that this young mass knew perfectly well that the smug su in-law ware not honestly c ‘, Ene b pplied by 11.14 fatner. y ; also tiat he (Preyel) had spent a not inconsiderable portion of them in keep. ing a mistress and horses, sod that he had indulged m .exravagatit luxury. Thejary aequMed Prevel and con- vioted Moimor o though with extenuating circumstances. The court sentenced Om t o eight years' hard labour, -.. RUSSIAN INTRIGUES IN INDIA. The belief that Russia has for the three last years been endeavouring—and successfully endeavouring —to sow discontent in India becomes more and more prevalent on the Continent, and amongst the b:•st-informed in this country. There sail be no doubt whatever that the Emperor of Russia, Nicho lls, could never be brought to believe in the possi bility of a cordial alliance between England and France, and in 1852 and 1853 his plan s were for med and matured in this thorough conviction. Iu the solitude of his own Cabinet, and in the gloomy recesses of his own mind, the Emperor had arrived at this conclusion, and when dependan s and coun cillors appealed to facts and events. Nicholas be came excited and angry, and appeared to cling more obstinately to his own opinions. At length, early in 1854, his Imperial Majesty became aware of how entirely erroneous were his suppositions, and at this time it was that, disabused of his illusions, he turned all his thoughts to the perpetration of mis chief in British India. Any one who knows the State system of Russia is perfectly aware that the Government of the Czar has iu its employment hundreds of men pre pared for any emergencies or any enterprise, how ever desperate or difficult. There are at St. Petersburg, adventurers and renegades of every country and clime -- apt, artful, and unprinci pled—ready for instantaneoull duty in any latitude. Among these may be found It inane, Greeks, Swiss, Germans, Armenians, Mussulmans, Jews, Parsees, and Ilindoos. These adventurers, lured by the hope of gain and distinction, rush to Russia, as un principled schemers did in its paltriest days to Rorie—" Quasi in sentinam corruptions." In St. Petersburg they are put at once in training, and are attached to such superior agents as the late M. Italinaky, or the late M. Simonitcti, the latter of whom. largely operated in Persia, Affghanistan, and British India. The cause of the Affgha war may be traced to agents of this kind, and the belief be comes hourly more prevalent thit in the recent mutiny, Russia has, directly or indirectly, been an " agent provocateur.". Within a few years, several traders from Bombay and Calcutta have settled at St. Petersburg ; some of these have intermarried with Russians, and become Russian subjects ; and, on the other hand, there are several Russians, and Greeks by birth though Russians in feeling, settled in various parts of India. By the aid of this ma chinery it would not be difficult to operate on the King of Oude and some of his fun(' ionaries and nobles, and to establish a chain of c'mmunication with the Russian empire. Nor would this 13e the only means by which Russia might intrigue against us. Russian schemes against British power have been before now hatched by Russian agents in the British metro polis and also within the harbour of New York. We believe at this moment Russia is working by American-horn agents in China, in Japan, and in British India. Within twenty years an immense and delinqu en t was cap . ure d the better. number of journals have b een es t a bli s h e d i n th e three Presidencies of Tadia and np th e coun t ry, and who can say how much of R uss i an influence and money may not be brought to b ear i n t hi s particular direction. If Russia can m a i n t a i n a paid press at Frankfort, Augsburg, awl Bruss e l s , why may she not have such a press at Calcutta, at Agra, or at Delhi. From the journals of Sir C. Napier, we know that some of tee writers in the Indian newspapers are men of blasted characte r and desperate fortunes, and it is to su c h men i u foreign countries Russian solicitations ar e usua ll y addressed. If the native press in Indi a h as endea voured to stimulate the S e p oy on t h e quest i on o f the may not thi s effort be traced to a ccf id o c re a i rt g r iaa gs g e ency," such as was hi n t e d a t by M r . Mangles in his speech on Monday ni g ht ? U n d er such circumstances as we suppose, th e pl ac i ng o f th e Indian press under a license was a wise precau tiodteya. hisr the and the arrest o f th e Ki ng o f O u d e a measure,Minister was n o t on l y a necess i ty, b ut a duty, The King has lon g b een a suspected person age, and the moment proofs w ere o bt a i ne d th e sooner o t aw h s e , r we the e s a D w uk ea e k o o f r an undefended point i ' -‘nVu o ihl l Y o en n ndw e ei l avaeyn: Close fifty-three ye \ ar V s ell a il f, l 7 g o, " ` l ` must expect discon'ent, bat the is wro t toe betoC guarded everywhere, a n d t o k eep up t roops f or our defence." We should never lose sight, as the same great authority said, in writing to Lieut.- General Stuart from the camp at Niggeree, in government in India is held that ,"the conclusion o f mostt jb l yil ie lYt'hles4 80s;osu'rc‘dctelTst all and ful foreign war in India—that by which the most formidable enemy may have been subdued, if it gives an accession of territory, must territory a necessity to in crease the eatm wj y t , hthe because the Government must be established in the new territory, and supported, as well as in the old, by the power of the sword. The want of knowledge, or rather recollection, of these facts," adds the Duke, "is the cause of all the csnaplaints of high milit ar y es t a bli s h ments , an d and of all th e difficuldes in which you s v ' e found yours e lf f rom th e wan t o f t roops. " me l x t up w se i tn ll hse b a e well to weigh these wise words aft .!r the suppressed and Delhi taken, of both o f wmuteihn y i e - Luts we enter: sin little doubt we shall m have full details by the next wal The idea that the mutiny Ivi,d extended to other Presidencies is one • of those monstrous ftbrica tions_ concocte i by the Greek forgers of false intelligence. It should be remembered by those writ , ng and speaking of these events, that liidiA is composed of several different nations, each speak ing its own language, and having its own peculiar and dissimilar feelings. The absence of community of feelings, opinions, and views, is (ne of our greatest securities. ' There Is no common co-opera tion amongst tbese.divcrse races or castes, awl their cohesion is a rope of sand. The village and the field where any particular libido() was llirn is his whole world, and his thoughts extend not beyond it. 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Single ones, the size of a walnut, p osse ssing t he same great power. Her Majesty s Coast-Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses, in genera use by gen- Vemen, of the Army and Navy, and by sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. The most powerful and brilliant telescopes, possessing such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra astronomical eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moon's. Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same t descope can be seen a person's is, that vision countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object posers, and are secured by from 14 to 16 miles. All.the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Newly-invented Spec- Her e s r Lo n d s . tacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The vain- I able advautaise derived from becomes preserved and strengthened •; very aged persons ar this invention enabled to empio; their sight at the most minute occupation— % of a : much f less t magnifying e power can see with these lens:- -and they do not require t... reqt,ten.ssistahnacneg.es Persons the dangerous effects of further powering ... - can be suited at the mei+ ,remote part of the N.,.._ and in_ one of the glasses o ut of their spectac'es in a lett e :, stating the dist ince from the eye they cart read small print 1 with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by I stating their age. Deafness.—A newly-invented instrument for extreme cases of deafness, called the Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the ear as not to be in the least perceptible ; the unplea: sant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely re m° secl It affords instant relief to the deafest persons, and enables ) them to hear distinctly at church and at public assem tr ~ 34, Alloomarlmtreet .Pineadilly.—Opposite the Yolk Hotel VV. • VOT'I'NG FOR DIVORCE. A writer in a contemporary says :—" The M 3 1,1 rage and Divorce Bill has passed the Lords 0 1 ' come down t. ) th e C ommons. In the course e fi , 4 progress pet turns and prot e st s f or an d aga i n st', have i;ccupit d attention. The result many excellent and conscientious persons is a te r' min amount of conf us i on o f w i n d as to the objvc, and the results of th e bill , i nsomuch that many ~,' par to think the. , vo ing for The bill is voting J . ,, t) divorce in general and for facility of divorce in It titular. If Mr. aidd, Mr. Forster, or Mr. Burk e ' or any of the compilers of our Peerage lists, vot o extract from those al i , tocratic and popular volni, the mimes of all tie great families in which vorces have taken place, and the names of t 10 91; who legitimately inhedt as the offspring of n' 3$ riages made al', es divorce, it wou ld go f ar t o wsl . 4 convincing reeacitrant minds that no thi ng n oir ; proposed to them except . the form by wh i c h °p already established result is to be obtained. " i n , .11 those p ir ti es w h o pretest against t h e D l vote's Bill can conscientiously say that they do I ' l ' o believe it ever was or can be in the power of t p l o English Parliament t o sever those who have be;rl united by the. Church ; t h a t they denot believ e '4 the power of so enabling them to contract sse ( / i marriages., nor, as a co nsequence i n the leg iti t a3 o of those who bear some of the titles and i". t h ti j. much of the proprty of gre at f am ili es in Eng.'9'l if voting members consider 'that the clergri i , who, in obedience to decrees o f di vorce in P 41.01 ment, remairied those divorced partiesinerely°o through a vain empty form, for which they ip highly cen.urable before God and man, 'O 6 l God's name let them vote a g a ns t th e bill. Punio, they believe the pet marriages of divorced peov set down as valid in Registers and Peerages t ° valid in point of fart, if they ad m it th e legitiv ls , of heirs, made legitimate by l eg i s l a ti ve divore'"ced they admit that the clergy can remarry div °l. ol persons as they can remarry parties released by iv i widowhood of d eat h ; th en t h ey w i ll perceive 0, no more is asked of them than to transfer to a. e° l4 potent legal emir& a power already acquiesced and,lt3tl them as existing in the H ouse o f L or d s ; the transfer of that power, to render less ce,° t, 1 1 5 cited, less indecent, less ex p ens i ve,,an d l ess the proceedings by which divorce is to be atts:iii It the actions fur crim. con., the _absurb anow4 of the position of sepa rate d- w i ves an d h u sbn r the teriibls scandal of quarrels and struggles 13 0 0 aSt , .2d in for a series o f y ears , th e oppressienotell lam , ntable ill-usage i n a mu ltit u d e o f cases cli3tto' by Lords Lyndh u r s t, B roug h am, an d o: her an co r rities, app ear to th em a fit , just, or inevitable 001 dition of things i n th ese wou ld b e reform ing , " progressive tim es then let them v o te aga i n st re' t o in toe tnarriige laws. But if th e y b e li eve the 3 'o of ihe law on these matters to be liable I ° o o i greats abuse fur want o f some established 001 and competent autho,ity a n d th a t th e in t e rPr o o of the House of Lords in special and wealth-Y . : 00 in no way mend s thi s con diti on o f t hi ng , pl ii toe contrary, produces the strauges anomalies, creates C°confusion worse confounded," 06/i t o i l them vote for the establishment of a Cer j peO Divorce and refuse any l o ng er t o see th e sacr of the tea which fence in pea ce i n o ur ra l iA homes played-for lii;e a gamblers' st a ke ;--- 11 , ° 0 1 0 no order, no authority ; a wild skirmish ; a oi l .souls iu toad of bodies ; and the House of P A O' releasing a favoured few who can buy freedon aY misery or impunity in sin. , I t epeAt inat Cie question now before thet-S of Commons is n o t a quest i on of the posi ibll ll 4l divorce, but of the inethoL; of divorce. Is the of divorce a s a t presen t i n use in England one 'tiott satisfies just, iessonable men ? That is the V es of at i-sue, and let all those who are voting O r o/ change be aware that it is a change of M e tttod, for are voting for, and no t a c h ange o f pr i nc iple the . principle will continu :s to b e ac t e d u p o n 8 ;0 1 1' no change whatever of method take place ; ro o should the bill now before the Commons be to out to-morrow, it would in no way touch tilt' Po? of divorce assumed by the Legislature, nor P o r divorce bills passing the Lords, and ma rria*e' d e der those divo rce b i ll s b e i ng l ega ll y solernlo se e ; at present . Such voting would men d n otinflgy' would only be tantamount to the sentence - ' the old abuses stand." Country Markets. • O, EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAR l: JULY 28. Supplies of all kinds these Last six days large. , 00; Oat straw, from 7s Od to 93 Od per kemple of 1 6 ". 1 to tron ' • wheat do., 5s Od t o 8 s Od ; b ar l ey d o.. 5' Od. Hay from is ld to is 4d; new do., 9d to 10a! EDINBURGH MEAL—JULY 23. ed There were in the market today 11 sacks oatniee'oj, weighing 2801 h imperial, which sold at 43s and DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JULY 21 1 S There were in the market to-day 10 bags of oat barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. #a' , /0 Oatmeal, per sack o f 2801b s First. I Second. [ cs , p o i imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od I—s Oct ; _ . .,3 0 Peasemeal, per ditto ... „3 Flour, new, per ditto —s Oct —s Oct ... ., 0 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od DUBLIN, JULY 28. O, A I Our corn market to-day . was poorly supplied. ;fig ir u jol' and oats were very dull, an.l curren c i e s of Knehanged. The business in Indian corn was ulltlt ° Some new bore appeared, quality f a i r , w hi c h b ro ug also one sample of new oats. a White wheat, 35, 01 co 67 6 6d ; red ditto, 3 . 1 s v „ 01; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 163 6d to 25s 6d ;;/,', ing, —s to ---8 ; oats, old, 145.61 to 17s; ditto, . I ' e told 01 to — s Od ; oatmeal, 15 s t o 1784 d; bere, new, 9 , 4 04 ; rapes.- d, 28s Od t o 35 s per b rl ; flour, n, j r 01 to 21s 04 per cw t ; I nu i au corn, 39s 04 to 40, " 480 lbs. COAL KA R,K Prices of Coals per ton a, IGT.—JuLY 20. tho close of the market Wallsend, SO. 0 6 ' Braddyll .................. Kepier Grainge Raisell's Hetton 'ji tounbton .... ............. south Kelloo . ...... "l6 Hough Ha 1 1............ ••• • 16 Hartlepool nettOn lB fees Whitworth ............... 'l4 annwick .. . .......... •••'lB itewart's .................. .16 Riddell .................... 'l6 .iostorth . Ha5we11......... 108 ; sold, 70. s. d. North Percy Hartley ...16 0 Iforpeth West Hartley 16 9 Howard's West tlartley_ Netherton 17 0 Canfield door Butes 14 0 West Wylam 15 Bebside's Hartley l7 3 Haswell Hartley l5 0 Wallsand, Sao Eden Main l6 6 South Hettou l7 9 Shineliffe 15 6 Hetton Hetton Lyons Main ....15 0 _ Ships at market, BIRTHS. OF A SON. 11 '° ' On the 27111 inst., at Elliston House, St. Boswel - ier Ficn. Mrs. Dalrympl nst e. ri bb. On the 25th i., at Gisburno-park, th e L a dy dale. O A DAUGHTER, 01r iog t On the 29th inst., at 6, Stanley-crescent, Iten B park-gardens, Mrs. Thomas H. W. Anderson. , 4 0 On the 29th inst., at 13,William- e t ros t, L ow nde° Mrs. Alfred Leggett. MARRIED. ,ro gr. On the 23th init., at St. Andrew's, Volborn, „ v et 0 Edward Weedon, of CurAitor-street, Chancery - Geo r ' Sarah Amelia, the second daughter of the hte bri Lyall, of_Middle-row, Holborn. i cic j° oo/ On the 28th inst., a t St epney - church, Freder ,1 0 { Abbott, of Cripplegate, second son of the late Cb a btor Abbott, of Lamb e th , t o S arah Poynter, eldest divuo John Stebbing, of Stebbing. DIED. pdY - On the 27th inst., Alexander Smith, Esq., ., of ile li 0 ,, road, Claph am - par k , age d 7 5 . , r o 3 On the 28th i nst ., J o h n Young, jun., of 3, , sP r 2g e corner, Minories, and 19, Coldbath-square, Lona o 0 28. vro i , Lr Ou the 25th inst., at East Hayes, the Rev. J• Br -11', ,14.13, tho incumbent of'Triuity - Church, CI -11 aged 62. Vil lli ° On the 25th inst., at Chenies, Backs, the Rev* o f Lewis, aged , 8. EA"' On the 24th inst., John Benjamin Humfrel , 0 Kibworth Hall, Leicestershi,e,,aged 63. ~,,,}lcill ' On the 26th inst., at Brixton, Lieut. John .0 1 l i ' Bombay Europeans, aged 28. ': hotuA g T On the 22d inst., at his Villa, near Florence. e a 64 , Smith, Esq., late of Bolton-street, Piccadilly, a 8 LONDON : Printed and Pnbliqhed by MURDO at No, in, Strand, Printer, at 77u Sun . ? I, lllc c - o ' o llll 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, of Middlesex, Thursday, July &`O, 1857. ane - 11qi Recital thei r b their c Per ee i reason, Per cer NOT 0 110 I.) Cornpa, the 14t for Via Date „ ,1 7 0 !g n .i ngton hay, nr ' Weston Rtar e i. o Ri ngsbi froix P ' hazdbli (34 1- I tiv6 rpo Tr ; ; n O f A tip.o Of A u ,', 7.30 B::Tzt `"s• 6(.1 ' „„' rketth s .; Nv !", 22s 2114, G I. ~Por 1 •Nan, mediate Conran Passe at ve r y Art Tre , Ti k,..7 L` trable, IN Nev a Allat free T 1 Sold Iloope G. F. W. Ec street Nardii Inecue TILE • Just 1 8 the is the rend, Well d Putal iri on c Two, Int after : A T, oil iste S' and from 10 mfs vane reTri Eu 41 3 , Stt torap: kat ! out et ed fiat and] That Oera Irt Ocre, lenclBl