The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

rbtrri lattion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TAMRSALLS'—(This Evening.) DERBY. Gto 1 aget Skirmisher (taken) 9to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saunterer (take 11 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Arsenal (offered) 15 to 1 agst Sydney 100 to 6 aget Lady Hawthorn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Strathnaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) 25 to 1 agst Wardermarske (offered) 25 to 1 agst Bird in Hand (offered) 40 to 1 agst Beeswax colt (taken) 66 to 1 agst Commotion (taken) HARPENDEN RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HARPENDEN HANDICAP. Rlmeo Tame Deer Shirah Mainstay Sprightliness Miss Waters Ida.. Warbler Maid of Perth Eleven ran. Won by a length. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Eight ran. Won by a length. HANDICAP PLATE. Seven ran. Won by a length. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Marquis of Westminster took the oaths and his seat. SWEARING WITNESSES. Lord CAMPBELL brought up the report of a select committee that had been appointed to inquire into the present mode of swearing witnesses. Tile committee bad unanimously passed a resolution that no alteration should at present be made in the mode now practised as to witnesses of matters of fact, but witnesses who came to give their opinion, it was decided should not be sworn at all, CIVIL SERVICE. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the civil servants of the Crown at Shoreham, praying for an alteration in the administration of the Superannuated Fund. The Earl of EG LINTON presented a similar petition from the clerks employed in the Post-office, Edinburgh. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a number of petitions ‘ith a similar prayer from certain Crown establishments in Ireland. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. Lord P:ANM.URE said he beL'ged to take that oppor tunity of contradicting a report which was prevalent with respect to the Military Education Committee. It had been stated that the commissioners, after having elicited some very important information, had burned the whole of the notes of evidence. He begged most emphatically to state such was not the case. The whole had been carefully preserved, and in a short time the very valuable report of the commission would be upon the table of their lordships' house, which he promised would well repay perusal. THE DUBLIN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. Viscount DUNGANNON rose to move for a copy of the correspondence which bad passed during the month of April, 1857, between the Dublin Protestant Aesodation and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The noble lord took the opportunity of explaining to the house the causes whfch led to the correspondence in question. It arose from the gross and insulting conduct of a mob in hooting a large number of ladies and gentlemen upon entering the association. The committee wrote to the Lord-Lieutenant complaining of the conduct of the Popish mob, and begging that means might be taken to prevent a recurrence of the annoyance. The Earl of Carlisle took offence at the language used in one of the documents and refused to interfere. Earl GRANVILLE said there was not the slightest objection to the motion of the noble lord. The returns was then ordered. PROBATE AND LETTERS OF TION BILL. Their lordships then went into committee on this bi:l. Clause 1 was agreed to. On Clause 2 being read, Lord ST. LEONARDS moved an amendment, the effect of which was to prevent any alteration in law as regarded real estate. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(his Evening.) The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir W. Somerville took the oaths and his seat for Canterbury. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Willenhall (Wolverhampton) Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT GAS AND WATER BILL. Mr. PACKE moved that the minutes of evidence taken before the Surveying Officers, under the Preli minary Inquiries Act (9 and 10 Vic. c. 106), in respect' to the Birkenhead Improvement (Gas Works) and pur chase of Birkenhead and Claughton Gas Works Bill (1847), and the Birkenhead Water Works Bill (1847), together with the reports of such surveying officers, be referred to the committee on group C of private bills. Agreed to. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order for the second reading of the Metropolitan Railway Bill be read and discharged : that the bill be withdrawn. That leave be given to bring in a bill " to extend the time for the purchase of certain lands required for the Metro politan Railway, and for other purposes :" and that Mr. T. Duncombe and Mr. Cox do prepare and bring in the same.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. J. EWART presented a petition from Liverpool, praying that no dowry be granted to the Princess Royal unless good reasons be shown for the same ; petitions were also presented against Church rates, the Civil Su perannuation,Act, &c. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for Penryn, fn the room of Mr. S. G. Baring, who has accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the mas ters, officers, and engineers of the Mercantile Marine Service, now or lately trading from the Port of Liver pool, praying fur a revision of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854. FRAUDULENT TRUST BILL. Thii bill was brought in by the ATTORNEY•GENEEAL and read a first time. CINQUE PORTS BILL. This bill was brought in by Mr. WILSON and read a first time, JOINT•STOCK BANKS BILL. This bill was brought in by the ATTORNEY-GENSIRAL and read a first time. ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that on the motion for the house going into committee of supply on the army estimates, he should move that they be referred to a select committee. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave nctice that he should early after Whitsuntide, with a view to testing the Go vernment with reference to the Reform Bill, bring on his motion of the ballot. (Cheers.) JACOB'S RIFLE. Col. SYKES asked the Under Secretary for War whether the War Department, in continuing the experi ments with the Whitworth lA°, would simultaneously cause experiments to be made with the weapon known as Col. Jac o b s ' r ifl e, to w hi c h t h e attent i on of true War Department had been officially drawn by reports corns mu s nicated from India ir J. RAXSDEN said that some experiments had been wade of Jacob s ' r ifl e , b ut on l y at th e f ourt h range. It was the inte nt i on the War Department to make come farther sati s f actory experiments. RIFLE LOADING. Mr. STANLEY asked the Under-secretary for War, if the various plans submitted to the War Department during the late war, of attaching t the t ca e p to th© cart ridge, or other contrivance obviating h nec essity of the soldier having to bit e the cartridge,tro?le so)l had received the attention of the Secretary of State for the a War Department, and if any cf them was likely to be adopted ? Sir J. _RAMSDEN said, that a very ingenious con. trivancs had been under the consideratio n of the War Department, for the object mentioned, but it bad been found not practicable to introduce it. The object had been obtained in another way, viz , by opening the cartridge with the hand on its use by the Enfield rifle. LUNATIC PAUPERS (SCOTLAND.) Mr. E. ELLICE asked the Secretary fur the Hume Department, with reference to the report of the Com missioners appointed to inquire into the state of lurat cs in S .otland, whether it was the intention of Goverr inept to take immediate steps for securing to 'Amalie paupers in Scotland proper maintenance and protection THE IRISH CONSTABULARY. Colonel F RENC4;:ed ttie - Secr:tarTto the Trea sury if the report was correct that the rovenue policc in Irthnd were to be dismissed, the men to be transferred to the constalailary, and a small gratuity to be given to the officers now serving' Mr. WILSON said it was not the intention of the; G.vernment to abandon at present the plan now acted upon in Ireland with reference to the police. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL. Lord GODERICH mked Mr. Adderley whether the amendments introduced by him in the Industrial Schools Bill provided for the omission of all clauses authorising any charge upon the poor rate ? Mr. ADDERLEY said that all such clauses were omitted from the bill. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether there was any objection to lay on the table the report of the Civil Service Commission on Monday next, prior to the appendix being printed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the report was ready, but not the appendix. He in tended to present them both together. THE SUN, ]LONDON, FRIDAY_ EVENING, MAY 22, Ish7. the right hon. gentleman said that, during the life of George 111., he received from the country in various forms the sum of 10,029,0001. The right hon. gentle man said the Government proposed to give her Royal Highness a marriage portion of 40,0001,, with an an annuity of 8,0001. a-year. [LEFT SPEAKING ] 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi cial assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. George R. Booth, engineer, Wandsworth-road, June 2 at half-past twelve, and June 30, at eleven, at the C our t o f Bankruptcy. Bell , official assignee, Colelran-street-build ings ; Greatores, Chancery-lane. Francis Manser, baker, Brownlow-place, Haggerstone, Juue 2, at twelve, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Small, Lawrence-lane. John Barber, miller, Derby, June 9, and 23, at half past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris, officia. assignee, Nottingham ; Baker, Derby ; Reece, Bir minghsim. John Dance and Henry Wane, grocers, Fairford, Glou cestershire, June 3, and July 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Trenerry, Bristol. _ COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of public business, DR. LIVINGSTON. The court presented a very gay appearance in conequence of the attendance of a numher of ladies to witness the ceremony of presenting the freedom of the city to Dr. Livingston, as a testimonial in recognition of his zealous and persevering exertions in the important discoveries he has made in Africa. LONDON GAZETTE—{This Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 22. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Richard George Beresford Bolton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice the Hon. G. R. C. Hill, promoted. 4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Harold de Bourbel has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 10th Light Dragoons—Lientenant Dundas Reinhardt Gill to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. F. C. G. Fitz Clarence, who retires ; Cornet and Adjutant John Fife to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Harry Pan mure Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gill ; James John London M`Adare, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gordon. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—To be Instructors of Musketry—Lieut. and Captain Hon. John B. J. Dor mer; Lieut. and Captain Fitzßoy Augustus Talbot Clay ton ; Ensign and Lieutenant Edward Henry Clive. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—To be Instruc tors of Musketry—Lieut. and Captain Christopher E. Blacket • Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major John Au gustus Conolly. Ist Regiment of Foot—Fergus Farrell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. R. L. Wil liams, promoted. 3d Foot--Brevet-Colonel George Walter Prosser, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Green, who ex changes ' • Brevet-Major George James Ambrose to be Major, by purchase, vice Prosser, who retires ; Lieutenant William Ross Turner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ambrose. 4th Foot—Ensign R. Davies to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice St. Clair, who retires. 7th Foot--Lieut. A. Bennett to be Instructor of Mus ketry; Ensign G. J. Franklin has been permitted to resign his Commission. Bth Foot—W. Edgeworth, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Corfield, promoted. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Retallack to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Armstrong, who retires; En sign Arthur Platt to be :Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Retallack ; James Dunlop Knox, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Platt. 22d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Napoleon L'Estrange to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Thomas Smith, who retires ; Ensign Graham Palliser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice L'Estrange ; Henry Leigh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Palliser. 23d Foot—Lieut. G. Phipps Provost to be Captain, by purchase, vice Crofts, who retires ; Ensign Wm Romilly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prevost ; Thos. Hyde Crawley Boevey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Romilly; Lieut. Charles Frederick Gregorie to be Adju tant, viee Provost, promoted. 30th Foot—Ensign Horace Sibbald Harrison, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice S. S. Bristowe, who retires. 42d Foot—Lieutenant William Baird to be Captain, by purchase, vice Montgomery, wise retires; Edmund White head, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Baird. 51th Foot—Lieutenant Francis George S. Parker to be Instructor of Musketry. 60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Peter Joseph Hoey, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 75th Foot—Montagu Cholmeley Morris, Gent., to be Ensign, by pus chase, vice Faithfull, promoted. 99th Foot—Lieutenant George Hayter Macaulay, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Bay lis, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Honourable Alan Joseph Pen nington to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. A. Talbot, who retires ; Lieutenant William Palliser to be Instructor of Musketry. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Baylis, from the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Macaulay, who exchanges ; Edgar Wainwright Bishop, Gent., to be En sign, by' purchase, vice Macnamara, promoted • Lieute nant Henry Carvell ' has been permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his commission. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Thomas Herrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fowler, promoted. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment--Sergeant-Major Abra ham Cook to bo Quartermaster, vice Harkness, deceased. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—To be Ensigns, without purchase—John Halpen Thompson, late Captain in Os manli Irregular Cavalry, vice Hewett, promoted; Quarter master Thomas Bradley Thornett, from the Engineers of the late Turkish Contingent, vice Cumming, promoted. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Arthur Robert Fowler, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase. BREVET. Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel George Jackson Carey, of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, having completed three years' service as Military Secietary to Lieut.-General Sir James Jackson, K.C.8., exercising the Chief Command at the Cape of Good Hope, to be Colonel in the Army. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent upon the decease of the following officers : Lieutenant-General Sir R. G. Hare Clarges, K.C.8., died April 13. Major-General M. Everard, C. 8., died April 20. General Sir J. Macdonell, G.C.8., died May 15. TO HATE THE RANI OE MAJOR-GENERAL. Brevet-Colonel W- Cartwright, Major, upon half-pay, Unattached. Brevet-Colonel A. Gore, Major upon half-pay, Unat tached, Brevet-Colonel D. Goodsman, Majorupon half-pay, Un attached. Brevet-Colonel L. Owen, Major upon half-pay, Unat tached. Brevet-Colonel Pringle Taylor, from Major upon half pay unattached, to be Major-General. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Chambre, half-pay unattached, to be Colonel. Major the Hon. W. H. Stapleton Cotton, half-pay un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Lacy, half-pay unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. The promotion of Captain Henry Joseph Coote, half-pay 18th Foot, Brigade-Major at Wellington, to bear date the 16th May, 1857, instead of 14th April, 1857, as stated in the Gazette of the Ist instant. MEMORANDUM.—Captain Matthew White, upon half pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAT 22. BREVET. MEMORANDA.—In pursuance of a memorandum, dated in October, 1854, the Queen has been pleased to confer upon Lieutenant John Archibald Ballard, C. 8., of the Bombay Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of his Majesty the Sultan, the equivalent honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, such honorary rank, however, to con fer no privilege as a British Lieutenant-Colonel on that officer. In pursuance of a memorandum, dated in October, 1854, the Queen has been pleased to confer upon Lieut. Robert Cadell, of the Madras Artillery, and Lieut.-Col. in the Ser vice of his Majesty the Sultan, the equivalent honorary rank of Lieut.-Col., each honorary rank, however, to confer no privilege as a British Lieut.-Col. on that officer. ADMIRALTY, MAT 19. The following promotions, dated the 14th instant, conse quent on the death, on the 13th inst., of Admiral of the White the Right Hon. Lord Wm. Fitzßoy, K.C.8., have this day taken place : Admiral of the Blue R. Thomas to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C.8., G.C. EL, to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White H. Hope, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, Bart., C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White Rear-Admiral of the Red F. E. Loch to be Tide-Ad miral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir M. Stopford, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue F. T. Michell, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain William Frederick Lapidge, Captain James Brasier, Captain Robert Contart M'Crea, to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain Michael Quin to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The following Captains on the Retired List have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of the Ist September, 1846, without increase of pay : Captain William Slaughter, K.H. Captain Thomas Gill. Captain William Allan Herringham. Captain Robert Gordon. COMMISSION SIGNEDIBY LORD-LIEUTENANT. Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—John Swinton Ibaac, Gent., to be Cornet. Dr. Liiingston was introduced, amid great ap plause, by Mr. J. E. Saunders and Alderman Rose, the mover . and seconder of the resolution, and was addressed by Sir J. KEY, the chamberlain, after the declaration as a freeman was read, in the following speech :—Admitting, Sir, as we occasionally do, to the freedom of our ancient city, by the public reso lution and unanimous vote of this Court, those who have rendered essential service to their country and to mankind, yet hardly could two successive pre sentations exhibit a more striking contrast than the one recently accorded by this Court to a distin guished general and that which I am the privileged medium of conveying to you this day. True, sir, in both cases we recognise in the objects of this honourable distinction the friends of civilisation, the friends of moral progress throughout the world. But the vocation of the one led him to seek the ac complishment of these objects in the " grappling vigour and rough form of war," unparalleled hard ships of camp and siege —in those incredible dis plays of heroism and patient endurance which brought more honour to his country's name in the surrender of a fortress than its capture will ever procure for the foe. (Cheers.) Your calling, on the contrary, has led you to seek the honour of your country and the moral elevation of mankind by the peaceful triumphs of the missionary, by the expanding influence of scientific discovery, by pre paring the way for that intercommunion and com merce between alienated races the tendency of 1 which is to make a corporate guild of all nations, to unite all the tribes of earth in a bond of universal brotherhood, to hasten that grand millenium of the whole civilised world " when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Cheers.) But, sir, on occasions like the present it is expected that I should ex plain to a newly-adm'tted member of our body the grounds on which this Court has designated him to an enrolment with patriots, with heroes, with statesmen, with all who have left on their genera tion the stamp of greatness, and whose labours will outlive their names. In fulfilling this expectation my only difficulty is in deciding on which aspect of• your beneficent labours it will become me chiefly to insist. The commercial constitution of our body, however, would perhaps suggest that I mention first that which, except as subservient to ulterior results, you would yourself only think of last. I mean the vast openings for commerce which, by means of your geographical discoveries, are now made in the interior of the African continent. Con sidering the enterprise and zeal which mark the age in which we live, there is perhaps hardly a fact more remarkable than the ignorance, the contented ignorance, in which we have allowed ourselves to remain in reference to this part of the world, leaving it on our maps a hopeless blank, a great unknown of waste and barrenness and interminable sands, as Robert Keetley, ship-builder, Great Grimsby, June 3 and July 8, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, King ston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Richard son and Sadler, Old Jewry-chambers ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Edward Elsam, merchant, Liverpool, May 29 and June 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Edward Teall and Reuben Teall, boat builders, Leeds, June 4 and July 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds - Weddall and Parker, Selby • Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Luke Priestley, worsted manufacturer, Dudley-hill, Yorkshire, June 4 and July 3, at eleven, at Leeds Dis trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Cariss and Cudworth, Leeds. _ _ _ John Hair, insurance broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 11, at eleven, and July 10, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Bentley, ironmonger, Warrington, Lancashire, June 10, and July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Baker, Bir mingham. James Iliffe, commission agent, Birmingham, June 3 and 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Reece, Birmingham. Thomas Carrier, general dealer, Wolverhampton, June 5 and 26, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bartleet, Wolverhampton ; Knight, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Whyte, Brothers, and Co., wool merchants, Glasgow. Robert Stuart, commission merchant, Glasgow. James Williamson, North Richmond-street, Edinburgh. James Mills, dyer, Glasgow. Watson and Reid, painters, Glasgow. Virtue and M`Nair, fruit merchants, Glasgow. ANGE. -THIS DAY. ',Gibraltar •••• •• •••••• •• Leghorn .. •• • • • • 29 60 IGenoa •• •• 45 85 ililan • • •• •• •• •• •• • • •• Venice................ Naples •••••••••••••.•. 42% Palermo ...... 130 Messina ... ... 130% Lisbon .... 52 .5 ;4 (Oporto •• •••••••••••••• 52% if the malediction which by some is supposed to attach to the inhabitants was thought by travellers to be extended to the sod. But what, sir, has been elicited in the course of your laborious journeys of 11,000 miles, through the damp morass and arid desert, across rolling torrents and under scorching suns, in feverish sickness and with wasted frame ? Why, that, instead of a waste howling wilderness, there is in the heart of that unexplored continent a mine of material wealth ; that nature has scat tered there with laVish hand the choicest of her products ; that roots are embedded in that soil of the highest value to the healing art ; that the indigo plant throws out its spreading leaf in wild and use less luxuriance ; and that tusks of ivory which would be well bartered for the best commodities of Euro pean merchandise lie rotting in the rain or bleach mg under a torrid sun. Nor are there wanting, we are glad to bear from you, facilities for entering upon ' this most desirable commerce. The African mind is , awake. The Portuguese colonies are casting off their jealousies. The slavedealers, taught by your wise counsels, are turning their thoughts to the prospect of a more lawful commerce, insomuch that it seems not too much to expect that if a ship were to sail up the Zambese river to-morrow not only might it be soon filled with the most valuable materials for our home manufactures, but every facility for interna tional barter would be afforded by the natives themselves. Sir, I mentioned the slave dealer just now, and the word suggests an anticipated and glorious result of your labours which, if realised, would make Africa almost worship the very sands which bore the imprint of your footsteps, and cause every wind that swept over her desert to resound with her deliverer's name. I allude to the ultimate extinction of the base trafficking in human blood, and so effacing from the world's history the foulest blot that ever stained its page. (Loud cheering.) Sir, a nation which has expended 20 millions of her money in the abolition of the slave trade, and still devotes a quarter of a million annually to the same sacred purpose, cannot be supposed to be indifferent to any plans by which her righteous efforts may be brought to a triumphant issue ; and if, as some of our most enlightened travellers concur with you in thinking, the Moorish slave dealer only persists in his nefarious calling because' he can find no other gainful employment, and if, as your discoveries have abundantly proved, there is nothing to forbid the great Zambese river, teeming as it does on either side with all that could minister to man's natural wants, from becoming a permanent som mercial path into the interior of Central Africa, all hope favours the probability that on mere considera tions of worldly policy, the trade in human flesh and blood will soon be driven out of the field, and the last vestige disappear of a practice which for centuries has been a reproach to civilisation and a stigma to the Christian name. But all this time, Sir, I feel I am overlooking that feature of your successes the hope of which first led you to embark on those perilous undertakings —successes which alone could have borne you up under the unex ampled privations and dangers of the last 15 years, and which, when the ships of mer chandise have ceased and the fine gold of earth shall have become dim—when there shall be no mercenary to drag the negro from his home and no oppressor to bind on the fetters of the slave, will be their own satisfaction and their never-ending reward. Yes, sir, I am glad to be recalled from all further allusion to the commercial and social benefits of your discoveries by the re membrance that I stand in the presence not of the accomplished traveller only, noting down with discriminating accuracy all that could throw light on the phenomena of climes aid races—nor yet of the man of science only, enlarging the field of human thought and knowledge by the careful philosophy of his observations—nor yet of the enlightened statist only opening up to the enter prise of his country new channels for the develop ment of the national resources—but that I stand in the presence of a man of God, of a Christian missionary, of one who is sealing to spend and be ' spent in the noblest of services, and that on behalf of the most injured and oppressed of men. (Cheers.) Sir, let me in the presence of this Court and in their name do all honour to that sentiment of yours, breathing as it does the spirit of a high toned Christian chivalry, that "the end of the geographical feat is the beginning of the missionary enterprise." . Yes, sir, what we are now doing for the evangelization of this distant continent is but the beginning of the liquidation of that righteous debt with which all Chistendom is chargeable for Africa's protracted wrongs. The first instalment of that mighty deodand which the retribution of Heaven demands of us for the hearts we have broken, and the homes we have desolated, and the blood which has been shed, enough to have satu rated whole acres of those burning sands, when every year saw 150,000 of Afric's sons transported with ruthless violence to other climes to furnish victims for cupidity and fraud. Oh, sir, what heart is there so cold as not to respond to that touching aspiration in one of your letters—" May God grant me life to do good to this poor Africa ?"' (Loud cheers.): ln this assembly, I am sure not one. We do indeed tender you this token of our grateful esteem for your services to commerce, for your contribution to science, for the advanced post to which you have conduced to in the march of a moral civilisation ; but we would also that y ou should bear backwithyou to the scene of your honoured la bours the assurance of our heartfelt prayer that the eye of an unslumbering . Providence may watch over your path ; that the promised presence of your Saviour may cheer you under all opposition and discouragement ; that idols abolished, superstition renounced, eyes opened, hearts converted may be Heaven's granted tokens to you of a prospering work ; and that you may not be called to your rest till you have witnessed the dawn of Africa's rege neration—till you have seen her " wilderness be come like Eden, and her desert like the gardens of the East." (Long continued cheers.) Dr. LIVINGSTON, who ou rising was most warmly greeted, said—My Lord Mayor, I beg leave to tender to your Lordship and the Court my heart felt thanks for the honour which has just been con ferred upon me. I can only say that my heart is full. (Dr. Livingston was here almot overcome with emotion). I cannot . express myself in the eloquent language which has fallen from my friend Sir John Key, but I Can assure you that it has a great effect indeed upon my heart when I see the kind interest that you take in Africa, and the kind expressions which you make use of respecting my future labours there, (Hear, hear) When in Africa I had not BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of May, 1857. ISSOE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued • ..... • • 23,594,790 Government debt .. .. 11,015,100 Other securities ~ .... 3,459,000 Gold coin and bullion 9,119.791 Silver bu11i0n........ - 423,594,790 £23,594,790 ki. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 21st day of May. 185' B►NBING DE Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .... 3,340,201 Public deposits (in- :rsiTaclENT. Governmentsecurities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... 10,329,041 Other securities . 18 445,616 Notes .. .... 4,349,865 Gold and silver coin .. 733,819 eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt,Sav- ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,651,924 Other deposits ...... 9,589,236 'Seven Day and other Bills ........ .. 724,030 5,33,858,391 , £33,858,391 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 21st day of May, 185' AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending May 19, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 44 101 Muscovado, the prod uce o f th e M aur itius 4B 4 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 47 11 Average of the above descriptions. BA.NKIITJPTCY ANNULLED. James Bookies; grocer, Maryport, Cumberland. BANKRUPTS. Joel Parry and Joseph Parry, builders, Houghton-street, Clare-market, to surrender, May 29, at eleven, and June 3, at two, at the Court of B an k rup t cy . Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Murrough, New-inn. James Savage, sen., Charles John Savage, and James Savage, jun., shirt-manufacturers, Noble-street, June 2, at hali-p-st twelve, and 30, at twelve, at th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy. Stanafield, official assignee ; Turner and Turner, Alderman bury. William Henry Richards and Sigismnnd Louis Bork heirs, Gracecliurch-street , werchants, June 2, at two, and 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Dimmock and Burbay, Suffolk-lane.. Benjamin at Batkee Bristol apothecary , Districtbecary cniffr. Car e d i Ju 3 n iilr e3lean, official d July 6, at eleven, assignee, Bristol ; Cruttwell and Co., Bath ; Bevan and Girling, Bath. Thomas Jones, grocu, Merthyr Tydfil, June 3 and July SLAVE TRADE. Mr. P. O'BRIEN asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the magistrate who, according to the report of Mr. Fitzpatrick to the Lieutenant-Gover nor of the Gold Coast (dated Cape Castle, in the year 1853), refused to give information respecting the slave trade to Commander Philips, of her Majesty's ship Polyphemus, unless he was guaranteed some reward, still holds the commission of the peace at the Gold Coast ; and, whether the two other magistrates stated in the same report to have been holders of slaves arid pawns, stilt hold the commission of the peace for the Gold Coast. Mr. LA.BOUCHERE said that neither of the three magistrates referred to were retained in the commission of the peace. (Rear, hear.) ELECTION COMMITTEES. . _ Sir G. Grey, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Labouchere, Sir R. Bethell, and Mr. V. Smith, were excused from serving on election committees so long as they held office. THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE,— WHITSUNDAY HOLIDAYS, In reply to Mr. WALPOLE, Lord PALMERSTON . said he intended to move the adjournment of the house next week for her Majesty's birthday and the Derby-day, and on this day week to adjourn till the Thursday following for the Whitsuntide holidays. TORTURE IN INDIA..—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. On the motion for the adjournment of the house till Monday, Lord CLAUD HAMILTON asked the President of the Board of Control if he would state to the house what step had been taken by the Government to put an end to the practice of torture in the Presidency of Madras, since the report of the Corn missit n that bad proved its prevalence in that Presidency ; and,whether similar investivations had been instituted in Bombay and Bengal ; and, if so, whether it was intended to communicate the result of su h inquiries to the house? The noble lord addressed the house at considerable length on the subject-matter contained in the report alluded to, when be wat interrupted by Mr. Stanley, who, when asking a question at an early part of the evening, attempted to travel nut of the ordinary rule, and was called to order. The Speaker was appealed tu, and said that the case of the hon. member was different : the noble lord was speaking on the motion of the adjournment of the house, and was in order. Mr. Stanley however rose again and attempted to address the house; when he was met with loud cries of "Order." The Speaker again informed the honour able member that the noble lord was in order, but no sooner had the Speaker sat down than the hon. member rose again and was met with deafening cries of " Order, and chair." The SPEAKER then rose and obtained silence, when he called on Lard C. Hamilton to proceed with his address. Mr. STANLEY, however, again rose, and was again met with the same cries as before. The SPEAKER had again to interfere, and called on the noble lord to proceed, which was received with cheers. Lord C. HAMILTON then proceeded with his address to the house, and in doing so so said he doubted through the long tenura of office he hoped the Speaker would enjoy that he would be again treated in the manner he has been that night by the hon. member. After some further remarks the noble lord concluded his address. Mr. V. SMITH said, that it was the desire of him. self and Lord Harris, in India, to put an end to torture in India as soon as possible, and he should be ready to produce any papers respecting the subject. W ESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. Mr. HENLEY asked the First Commissioner of Works to the state of Wastminster-bridge, and whether the Government had come to any determination to proceed with the works commenced for a new bridge ? Sir B. HALL, in answering the question, eaid that the bridge was now in the same state of secarity it was when he answered a similar question last year. The Government s in consequence of the prc posed erection of new offices had thought it desirable in the event of new structures being erected to defer the continuance of the bridge. After a decision on the plans, and before any further expenditure took place, he intended to ask the decision of the house whether the present site should be retained or altered. THE INTERRUPTION. Mr. STANLEY rose and apologised to the Speaker for hia interruption of the noble lord's address. It was not done with a view of disputing the Speaket's autho rity, but to put a question of order to the chair. THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S DOWRY. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair for the house to go into committee on the question, Mr. ROEBUCK said that in what they were about to do he had a double duty to perform, one to the Queen and another to his constituents. He eulogised the public and private conduct of the Queen, which was appreciated by that house and the people, and it would be the pleasure of the house to meet her wishes on this occasion. But whilst the house remembered that, they must not forget they were the representatives of the people, and that they ought to consider their interests, and in being generous to the Sovereign be just to the people. (Cheers.) In providing for the child of their Sovereign they must not press too hardly on the people. This was the first of a large family, and they must take care how they acted in making a precedent for the other princes—(hear, hear)—and princesses. Her Royal Highness had not chosen an ob• retire and poor individual, but one who, in course of time, must become the head of one of the great powers of Europe, and he supposed they must not provide for her as a queen, but as the happy wife of an allied sove reign. lie was induced to address the house in con sequence of what occurred on the marriage of the Prin cess Royal, the daughter of George 111., when a do wry of 80,0001., was granted. He knew that circumstances were altered. The application was made to the Parlia ment of Ireland, who voted to the Princess Royal 5,0001. a year. The course pursued on that occasion by the Parliament of England would meet the feeling of the people on this occasion. The country would wish a round sum to be voted and not an annuity attached to the round sum as a dowry. He suggested that a generous sum should be voted, but let the country not be hampered with an annuity. Let it be for once granted, and have done. He alluded to the possibility of a war between the two countries, and said he could not forget how this country had been treated by that house to which she was about to ally herself—(hear)—and therefore he urged the house not to grant an annuity, but vote a generous sum at once. Lord PALMER,STON entreated the house not to enter, by anticipation, on a motion to be submitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was not consis tent with respect to the Crown ncr consistent with the proceedings of that house. When the house knew the proposal it would be time to discuss it. The motion was agreed to. The Speaker then left the chair, and the hone© went into committee on her Majesty's message. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in rising to redeem the pledge given to her Majesty to take into consideration her Majesty's message relative to the Princess Royal's marriage, be need not entreat them not to allow their judgment to be anticipated by the remarks that had been made, but to found it on the facts he should lay before the house. He en tered into the arrangement by which the Sovereign anil Royal Family were provided for under our constitutional law, and said that in the proposition he had to submit to the house, he should appeal, not to their generosity, but to their sense of justice. , It was the policy of this coun try to strip the reigning sovereigns of their hereditary possessions and make them dependent on Parliament, which was contrary to the policy of Prussia, and consequently it was the duty of Parliament to make a corresponding provision for the wants of the Crown on such occasions as these. It was not therefore a question of generosity but of strict justice in regard to the depriving of the Sovereign of her hereditary possessions. He entered into a comparison of the civil list of George 111. and that of her Majesty, which he said was different in construction. The former included several items that were not included in the present civil list, such as the payment of judges salaries and foreign plenipotentiaries, &c. The civil list of George HI. was fixed at a gross Nam of 447,4361., including 60,0001. privy purse, the same as that now allowed to her Majesty. The gross amount of the present civil list was 385,000/. Hav ing stated the comparative amount of these civil he called the attention of the committee to many facts c•anected with George 111. He did not surrender all his hereditary revenue ; arid in addition to ithe civil list ro• vided by Parliament, he received in tbie course of his reign six-and-a-half milions, which had been eur rendered by her Majesty, and no part of it Ind been rei eyed by her at ary time. George also enjeyed the revenue of the Prince of tti ales during his minority, which was not the case now. A system prevail e d i n the time of George 111. fio which this reign tied been exempt—that of incurring debts by members of the Royal family. (Hear.) He stated that the civil list in George the Third's time wee augmented fur discharging personal debts, &c., to the I amount of 3,297,000/. After entering into other details COURSE OF EXC AM5terdam............ 11 18 Ditto, three months .. 12 lIN Rotterdam ............ 12 I,i Antwerp •• .• .• •• .• •• •. 25 65 Brussels .... •• ...'..... 25 60 Flanibtirgh •••••• • • •• • • 13 9 ltona •••• •• "........ .. Ditto; three months .. 25 75 Marseilles ............. 25 75 Bourdeaux Rio Janeiro ..... .•• •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres...• •• Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • New York,6o days' sight Vienna.......... •• .... 10 P 5 Philadelphia Trieste• • •• •• •• •• - •• 10 35 ?WOES OF BULLION ' PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 36% Foreign Gold in Bars £0 0 0 Madrid 48% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .........•• 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 ON, B ir , clona New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville. • • • . ..... Silver in bars .... S Country Markets. MANCHESTER-MAT 21. Our market this morning was thinly attended, and there was less disposition to purchase. Wheat fully recovered the decline of last week, but flour sold slowly at previous rates. Oats and oa'aneal unchanged. Beans were rather cheaper. Indian corn must be quoted is per qr dearer. BOSTON-MAT 20. We had a seasonable supply of grain at to-day's rear ket, and a large attendance. Wheat met a fair demand at fully is per qr. over last week's rates. Oats, beans, and peas at previous rates. Nothing doing in barley. Prices :—Wheat, red, 50s Od to sds Od ; new, —s to —s ; white, 55s 0(1 to 61s Od , extra, 635. Barley, 40s Od to 47s Od. Oats 20s to 28s. Peas, 40- to 44s Od. Beans, 42s Od t0 , 47s Od per qr. NEWARK—Afar 20. A full attendance and a good supplylof grain. Wheat met a heavy sale, and was is cheaper. Beans were 2s to 3s advanc e. Wheat, white 66s to 705, red 62s to 645; barley, malting 44s to 488, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 22st, 24s to 26s ; beans, 47s to 50s ; malt, 765 to 808; peas, 44s to 46s ; tares, 44s to 188 per qr. LOUTH-MAT 20. A poor trade was done in corn to-day, and of other grain nothing doing. The few sales of wheat must be noted at last week's prices. Wheat, 56s to 603 ; extra, 62s ; barley 42s to 445; oats, 23s to 25s ; beans, 42s to 455. GLASGOW-MAT 20. There was leas activity in the market to-day, and all useful qualities of wheat met a fair sale at the prices of last week. Inferior foreign few buyers. Floar steady. Barley scarcely so saleable, and about 6d per boll cheaper. Oats in request. Oatmeal steady. For beans, peas, and Indian corn full prices required. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-MAT 13. The supply of grain of all kinds to-day was not quite so large. Sales ready, and rather higher in price. Barley back. Oats and beans as before. Wheat, on the top, is Od down, and on the average Is 9d up. Barley, Os 6d up on the top, and is 4d down on the average. Oats on the top 6d down, and on the average is 4d down. Beans on the top 4s up, and on the average 4d dawn. Tares from 54s to 55s per quarter. Potatoes—tegents, from 20s to 25s ; Orkney reds, 15s to 18s. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat L 2 7 5 9-12ths. Do. new -12th. Barley ! 1 18 1 0-12ths. Oats 1 9 6 5-12ths. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ............... 1516 qrs 801(41086 qrs Barley ...... 295 qrs sold 215 qrs Oats ................1072 qrs sold 969 qrs _ _ Beans ............... 196 qrs sold 126 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.-MAY 19. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day from the North of England, Rotherham, and Liverpool markets ; was in good request. A full attendance of p y rices unal t ered, and a few beasts unsold. t m qb b uu e atlit rof sheep an d l am b s was large, but the de mand was flat, and a clearance could not be effected. Fat pigs were moderately plentiful, and soon found buyers. The supply of fat and store calves was large, and in re quest. BIRMINGR A MAY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was dull today, but in prices no material change. Great Western, 67—South Staffords, 9A 9a —Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 73—London and North-We,tern Eighths, dis. rADVERTIS SISSIST. 1— SIGHT AND HEARING. —SPECTACLES. - POWERFUL TELESCOPES.— 0 PIRA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street,Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotei, B y her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary imnrovements in the most powerful and bril liant Telescopes, -Camp, racecourse, Opera, and Perspective Giasses to know the distances. These telescopes posses such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half mile, dis tant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. Eor the wai tcoat pocket, an are of larger, and all sizes, with inci easing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—A valu able newly-invented very small powerful Waistcoat Pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the Opera Houses. Country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at lto 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tons ists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Rtsecourse Glasses, with wonderful powers. —lnsalrisble preserving Spectacle Lenses or the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnifying power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. 'Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Dissovery.—The Or ganic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that I.as been, or pro bably ever can be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. —39, Allsemarle.street, Piccadilly.—Observe—opposite the York Hotel. W. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —It is with pleasure we notice the daily increase of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. We quote the follow ing : —Southwick Park, Fareham, Hants, Oct. 31, 1848. — Gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for your kind attention, When I began taking the Revalenta I was in as deplorable a condition as can well be imagined. I was confined to my bed, and so weak that I could neither stand nor walk, suffering severely from flatulency, constipation, and indigestion, and being compelled to have recourse to aperients every second or third day; and, upon one occasion, I swallowed no less than seven doses within twenty-eight hours, under medical advice. There was a giddiness in my head, and a singing in my right ear, that when I turned my head on the pillow it resembled the sound produced by a light touch on a musical glass. I had a pain and sort of fullness across the chest, a sore throat and a slight cough ; but the pain around my loins was so great that I could not remain in the same position for ten minutes all night long. The principal seat of the pain seemed to be just below the ribs on my left side, and about three inches from the backbone. I commenced taking Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica morning and evening, boiled in water and salt; and iu less than a fortnight any appetite was greatly improved, and flatulency and constipation so far vanished that I have not tasted a pill or drug of any ki n d since. I am much stronger, can walk steadier, and less like a drunken man, &c.—Joins Vass, Laud-steward.— bupported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew ITre ; Dr. Shorland. ; Dr. Harvey , Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wu rzer ; Dr. Ingram: Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowa g er Co unters of Castle . stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respect a ble persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referreditoDu Barry's advertisement in another part of this papers the smallest idea that I should be so highly honoured as I have been•in this country, and when I hear the very flattering expressions which are uttered respecting my past labours, somehow or other my heart always goes forward to what is to come. (Cheers.) In speaking to mercantile men in this city, moft of whom are self-made men, 1 need not make any allusion to the commencement of an enterprise which, I have not the smallest doubt, will yet be a glorious one, although I may not live to see it. All that I wish to see in Africa is the beginning—the dawn of the future—(cheers) —because I believe that that future will be glo rious. (Renewed cheers.) My Lord Mayor, the capabilities of Africa are exceedingly groat, and I believe that commerce has not yet done anything like half its work. It is just beginning to extend itself, and Christianity is just beginning with her work for the future. Some years ago we knew nothing at all of many articles of commerce which now enter into the famlies of the poorest classes. You knew nothing of gotta percha or of caoutchouc, which are applied to innumerable uses, and I be lieve that in this new fertile country, which I have had the honour to bring to the knowledge of Euro peans, many most useful articles will yet be found, and that we, feeling our dependence upon that coun try, will do our duty in another respect. There is one article which I believe is quite new to com merce. I have brought a few of the plants with me, and they have been subjected to the manipula tion of one of the firms of this city—Pie Brothers. This plant affords a fibrous tissue, and I have the opinion of one of the foremost firms in the city, that when prepared it is worth between 501. and 601. a ton. Now, this plant is totally unknown in Europe ; it is a substitute for flax, and will be; I I believe, a very excellent flax. Tow, this is only one of the many things which, I believe, exist in that country, and which are unknown to the rest of the world. When 1 came through the country I came on the principle of having as little luggag as possible. I did not wish to excite the cupidity of the' natives, and I went with as small an amount of luggage as possible, and on that account I could not bring away many things which I thought might be interesting to my countrymen at home. But, with respect to the fruits, I passed summarily through the country without a scientific examina tion of it, but I found upwards of a dozen fruits totally unknown in England. These fruits, I can not be a very good judge of what they are, because generally I was very hungry when I got them— (cheers and laughter)—butcertainly they were very . much better than the crab-apple from which we suppose our own apple to have come, or the sloes from which have come our plums. They are very mnchsuperior, indeed, to those fruits ; and, If they had the benefit of cultivation, I have no doubt but that we should have a very acceptable addition to our fruits. The tribes in the interior of the country are totally different from those on the coast. They have always been anxious to have intercourse with white men. .They knew little at all of whte men, or of what we were. The wonderful manufactures— that of the cotton plant, for instance—would induce the people of a fertile country to cultivate what we need in exchange. We have a little cotton grown at different points all over the country. The cot ton does not require much care as the soil is so ex ceedingly fertile ' • and I think if any one of you should pass into that country, and travel through 'grass so high that when sitting upon the ox it quite covers the head of the person so sitting, you would come to the conclusion I have arrived at—namely, that almost anything might be produced there, and the people in the centre of the country are most anxious to have intercourse with Europeans. Now, I hope that God will spare my life to open this field. This flax which I have spoken of, and which is worth between 501. and 601. a ton, is not culti vated at all. If we find they can employ their ser vants to cultivate such things, and that they can sell them to advantage, and that we can benefit by the exchange, I hope that a way will be got into the centre of the country. I hope that Africa will be opened, to the Gospel, and that the time will come when the central Africans will be admitted into the community of nations. (Cheers.) We ourselves have but lately got quit of a restrictive system, and we can feel for those who have been compelled for advantage to sell their own children for the sake of a little cloth. I have seen children sold for about 12 shells. In the centre of the country you may get a slave for two shells. At the coast those shells are very cheap, but in the centre of the country they are quite as valuable as the Lord Mayor's badge. (Much laughter, in which his Lordship most heartily joined.) In order to show his great friendship for me, one of the great chiefs came to me during the night. He did not wish to show his friendship before hisjpeople ; be wanted to give me a proof of his friendship some what in the same manner in which you now honour me. He entered my little tent, and took out a small shell and hung it round my neck, and said, "There you see a proof of my friendship, and when the path for commerce is made, let it come through my town." (Cheers and laughter.) I will just again return you my most heartfelt thanks for the honour you have conferred on me, and as to the future, I hope you will all kindly make al lowances for a great undertaking, as it must neces sarily be small in the beginning. It is only by hard work that success can be reached. We must work hardly and constantly. You must enter as the way opens, and I have no doubt that the future will be glorious ; but the beginning must be in a small way ; and although you may not bear of any thing grand or memorable that I have done, yet recollect that I hope to be borne on by the same principles that have actuated me for the time pad iu all future time. I again thank you for the hon our you have done me. (Loud and protracted cheering.) Dr. Livingstone, after receiving the hearty con gratulations of the Lord Mayor and the principal members of the corporation, and of the Lady Mayoress and the several ladies assembled to greet the rev. gentleman, faired amid applause. DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Mr. Ross moved— " That it be referred to the Improvement Committee to consider the best mode of improving the dwellings of the working classes within the city, and that the said com mittee be instructed to confer with the Commissioners of Sewers on the subject, and to report thereon to this Court. Mr. Ross said he did not intend to expatiate upon the evils resulting from overcrowding in the city, as every member of the Court must have read Dr. Letheby's recent reports, in which these evils were explained at great length and with much force. (Hear, hear.) Their medical officer had told them that people were dying in a ratio of three or four to one of what they did in other loca lities under a better system of sanitary discipline. The mortality in the lodging-houses under the Metropolitan Association was only 16 in 1,000 per annum ' • in the city it amounted to 24, and in the West LondOn district to 28 per annum. It was formerly at a higher rate, but in consequence of the exertions of the Commissioners of Sewers the mor tality and suffering in that district had been consi derably reduced. In the West London Union, out of 810 persons who died annually, the deaths of 348 might have been prevented if proper arrange ments had been made for their comfort ; but these persons were actually sacrificed by bad sanitary dis positions. • (Hear, hear.) As owners of large pro perty in the city, it was the duty of the corporation to provide suitable habitations for the working classes. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy BARNARD seconded the motion, which, after a short discussion, was carried unani mously. EmEANKMENT OF THE THAMES. Mr. WOODTHORPE read the following communi cation, which, upon the motion of Mr. Deputy HARRISON, seconded by" Mr. Deputy OBBARD, was ordered to be prints d, and its consideration post poned till the next court : " Metropolitan Board of Works, May 13. " Sir, I have the honour to inform you that the Metro politan Board of Works having passed resolutions to the effect 'that, as the control of the banks of the Thames is vested in the Crown or the Corporation of London, or both, her Majesty's Government and the Corporation of London be immediately communicated with, to ascertain if they will undertake to carry out the embankment of the Thames between Westminster and London -bridge, or if they will join this Board in carrying out the same. `That it be referred to the Committee of Works and Improve ments to carry out the foregoing resolution.' " The Committee of Works and Improvements are de sirous that the same may be laid before the Court of Com mon Council at an early meeting of that body, and I am instructed to request that the Committee may be favoured with an interview on the subject referred to in those reso lutions.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " E. H. WOOLRYCH, Clerk of the Beard. " Mr. Serjeant Merewether Town-Clerk, Guildhall." THE CITY DISPENSARY. Mr. Alderman CIIBITT, in the absence of Mr. Alderman Salomons, presented a petition from the treasurer and committee of the City Dispensary, asking for a grant in aid of their funds. The petition was referred to the Coal and Corn and Finance Committee. Mr. Deputy LoTT presented a petition, signed by proprietors and resident householders in the Camden-road, Holloway, and its immediate vicinity, for a grant of a p ortion of th e pieOe of land fa-ming the angle at the junction of Camden road with Park-road as a site for a new church. The petition was referred to a committee. The Court adjourned. POISONING DI MISTAXU.—On Sunday morning last an -named Mark Connor, ab ou t 40 years o f age, I in Yorkshire, in con sequence o f hav ing Selby, taken a quantity of laudanum, which had been given him by Mrs. Broomhead, a small shopke e p er , i n m i s t a k e for Godfrey's cordial. An inquest was held on the body of the deceaged on the following day, when a verdict of "Manslaughter" was returned against Mrs. J3roomhead, who wae,oorataitted for trial at the next aesizeg. Naval and Military Intelligence. A large party of troops belonging to the Indian depot at Chatham were yesterday engaged in a variety cf escalading ()pent i , ns at Prince Henry's bastion, in conj unction with the troops of the Royal and East India Company's Engineers. Commander J. G. Bickford will succeed Com mander Strode on board the Vict ry in a few days. The Fairy Royal steam-yacht embarked their Serene Highnessee Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Prince of Saxe Meiningen yesterday in , ‘rning from Osborne and conveyed them to Portsmouth/ where they ware placed under the escort of Lieu tenant Robinson, of her Majesty's ship Victory, who conducted them over the dockyard, the gun nery ship Excellent; a floating steam-battery, a gun-boat, and all other objects of prominent note, 'with which the illustrious visitors expressed them selves much interested, and warmly thanked Lieu tenant Robinson for his courteous attenti , n. Their Highnesses left Portsmouth for London by the 25 minutes past 4 o'clock train. The steam troop-ships Adventure and Assistance went out to Spithead yesterday mo ning with the 82d and a portion of the 23d Fusileers on board for China ; they had not left at the despatch of this report last evening. Commodore Eden, C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, visited Falii , outli officially on Wednesday last, and hoisted his broad pendant, under the customary salute, on board the Eagle, 50, Captain Story, who has the district from Plymouth to the Bristol Channel. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty ; G. Richards, master, to the Boseawen ; J. C. Paine, paymaster, to the Conway; David J. Yeo man, clerk, to the Conway. INSPECTION OF THE CAVALRY BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. CANTERBURY, MAY 21. This morning the cavalry stationed in our bar' racks under orders for India, the 2d Dragoon Guards (Bays), and the 3d (Prince of Wales) Drr goons, underwent an inspection by the Commander' in -Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cain; bridge. The Duke was accompanied by Colonel Fonter and Colonel Tynwhit, Aide-de.Can 3 P Major-General Lawrenson, Brigade-Major Jenyve , C. 8., and Captain Hunt, Aide-de-Camp The troops, in full dress, were formed in line and under, arms by a quarter to 9 o'clock. On the arrival of his Royal Highness he was received with the usual salute. The Duke then minutely inspected the front and rear ranks, after which the reginiellte, were formed into columns of troops, and marche d passed his Royal Higbncss, in slow and quicktime• The troops then wheeled into line, and on the rade being dismissed, an order was given to turn out as soon as possible in complete marching order. In a quarter of an hour both regiments were formed ready in the military field at the rear o f the barracks, for the reception of the Commander - i n ' Chief. On arriving on the ground, his Royal Hielr ness was again received with a general salute. The duke then rode up and down thb lines and carefuni inspected the troops, after which the regimel marched pastin squadrons, threes, and troops, an went through a number of review and field-dN manoeuvres, the whole of which were admirab l l s performed, and were highly satisfactory to h i , Royal Highness. The inspection lasted upwards () ; three hours. At its conclusion the men we , r e formed in square, and the officers advanced tot front and saluted. The Duke of Cambridge th e addressed the troops, and expressed the great Fstif t ; faction he had felt in witnessing the manner i f which they had executed the various movements ()5 the day. They were two fine regiments, and hen sure in whatever part of the world duty might ell n them, they would never disgrace the service,; which they belonged. There was one fault 11 , 1 0 the 3d Dragoons, and only one, and that was tu r their horses were not half broken in. Having i c i f, plained his Royal Highness s notion of the d ference between "breaking in" and "brew ° down" horses, the duke said they were now Pia to India, and he had no doubt the officers vl e , bear in mind the observations he bad roe' b ig Having dismissed the troops to their quarter s / ha Royal Highness, with his staff, proceeded to ' i v Fountain Hotel, and shortly afterwards left city. THE EXMOUTH. A court-martial commenced sitting on board the Victory. flag-ship in Portsmouth-harbour yest erP l morning,. at 9 o'clock, to try Captain H. B' 's C. 8., and Mr. Cavell; the master of her Mai e lip ship Exmouth (screw 91), for getting that s ashore on the morning of the 12th instant near Lizard. fl a, The court consisted of—Captain s.lir T. MaitA;4 C. 13, H. M. S t Presid It) • Capti'" -_,L.IV.L. _ixcelien (President) , _ „ 81 . Eliot, H.M.S. St. Vincent ; the Hon. F. ham, H.M.S. Blenheim ; St. Vincent liing,, l4 '- rv i Princess Charlotte ; the Hon. J. D enm an Victoria and Albert; T. Thomson, —. O Colossus ; Farquhar, H.M.S. Malacca ; Tarletecio; H. M. S. Eurydice ; Crispin, H. M. S. Fairy ; M °l d l e , H.M.S.' Hastings, and Mr. Hillyer, Deputy Advocate Ipf the Fleet. a1re 3.611 - • - The circumstances of the accident have • fof been reported; The Exmouth met with a dense to after passing the Lizard, and was for some tillv de r considerable danger. She was coming home 1 - 11 ' i to sail, and land was discovered at about 9.15 oe_ o g morning in question. She was put about, b utw a o the ground forward, when dails were lowered bo r she was taken into deeper water, where the a n ° o f was let go in seven fathoms. Some darrtagl e d course, was inflicted on the ship and her maell iv by this a,ccident. Lieut. Marriott deposed that he was doing i c o je mender's dirty on the day the ship went on He produced the chart—the Admiralty chat 04 7 which she was navigated. The position of th e , r to had been ascertained at noon on the day PlO 3 that on which she struck. At 6.30 a.m. the..;sg was reported to be on the lee quarter, and be3te'iol were th , .n taken by the master and the offl e a tell the watch. Generally the officers of the: cr a pp took the observations prescribed by the Adralf t 136 but he was not aware that they had done so 01) morning of the 12th. cfe t Mr. John Penn, master of the Victory, de s oj to having examined the log of the Exmouth/ that, according to his reckoning, the track c ' r ice'' ship was about 4i miles different to that on the ship's chart. ,When she struck she„ ° ts ilr, according to his reckoning, to have been 2u, 0 o 0 i from the Lizard. In his calculations he had se t ° no allowance for set of tide or current. The toil° the tides was stronger to the northward than e d southward. In cross-examination by Mr. Cavell, the e a ft said there was ,generally a northerly curreo' leaving Scilly. t" t Lieutenant Marriott being recalled, d e pose tb , he went on deck on the morning of the 0 A O; half-fast 8, when there was a thick fog. S°V the captain ordered the ship to be put a boilv' 1) 1 ( liana were turned up and the helm put de v I) i Scir t , 4 as she went round she took the ground. f o rt after fell off, but as s h e did not go ahead ",,ot' s( were lighted. Witness was on the mornivg,g O A shortly after five o'clock, but up to half - p as c ior ii ; no land. There was no cast of any lead got asal,,,, that time, and he thought there were node A, in the chains. Before they got on shore, h° o lll o o the lead was going. The ship was steering, east by east to half east up to seven o 'cloo; the course was altered to east. There was„A.tli , out at the mast-head. The master was on ag,t? i o took bearings at half-past 6 a. m., w h e n tbe ac o , it , man reported land in sight. At ais time 1311 not be seen at three or four miles distane6b' ollei, ness was not then aware of the position of Joe° but had considered she was steering up the and that she was not near the Lizard. el llet • ' Lieutenant Theorell, the officer of thew t " t 11 sisi%eo, the ship struck, deposed that land was las t se 0 3 before the ship struck, at 10 minutes rfigbiP ° about 10 miles distant. The lead of the por not hove. The last land they had seen Iv rs, End, bearing north. The order given b2 r . 17/ tain as to the steering of the Ship was ee• half E. She was under the master's 0101100 After some further evidence the court aui BIRTH S. OF A SOX. 0011•44601 Eic•ise- :4160, kti O d n di t o h se e x, 2l t s h t e in w st i . f , e a o t f BHeollnerylieli3dr-tioosusio;,sherid, 0 M.P. Dire, of On the 21st inst., at 47, Ladhroke-squsre, Maynard Frost. • "tl l ' OF A DAVOIEITER. , i• e 3f P e On the 20th inst , at Canterbury the W if Colonel Edmund C. * Legb, 97th Beige ... i . cl O nr y Al On the 20th inst the wife of Mr. -til e •"" Blackheath, and Southwark—twins. 1 , il ,s• e, o• h e Bo O v n an t , h E e s 2 q ot , h o i f nst th ., e . at l' o l t l h A d e i j p t e t ß .r w i r s l h y E c D h a u:r d ch i k e l ft e bte t t a l3 r ° o .l ‘" , London, to Maria Sofia, eldest 13L-viving ' 33°5 O r. late Henry Read, Esq ,of Lima, Fero. ~-..1 bast °/" '" On the 19th inst., at' the Old Church. r,ug„,,,,3t's'acji' Frederick Stansby, of Queen's-road west, L' 6 ,,,, 54- 1 1 li r to Helen, youngest daughter of tha late J° B 'r , Esq., of Edgbaston. 3, os # ; DIED n-r O3 o f On the 20th inst., at 2, Yorkirillas;EriS a c o urt Neal, Esq., for manY years a member of the o f Saddlers' Company, aged 71. . a .fots , , At On the 20th inst., at BOUTTIOD3OUth, ,_ ,- e ' ' t o ys.' 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