The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

I: - > IF 11 , Ab' § 7;4 4, 4 /4 ij tto SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. GOODWOOD RACES.—(,this Day.) (BY ,ELECTRIC TELEURAPII.) GOODWOOD CUP. Monarque — Riseber Fisherman Fonrteen ran. Won by a head: Legere, Aldcroft, and Hughes fell, but nobody was hurt. MOLECOMB STAKES. Lord of Lorn Nandyke Qleenstown .. Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOPS. Tozopbolite Crnba colt Beadsmao Five ran. Won easy. FINOON STAKES. rarfection.. Sunbeam—. Deceiver.. Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Target Humming Bird B)dkin LATEST BETTING. 7to 2aget Gamma di Vergy sto 1 agst Anton 6to 1 apt Riseber Bto 1 agst Florin 10 to 1 agst Arsenal 12 to 1 agst Monarque 20 to 1 agst Melissa 20 to 1 agst Gunboat GOODWOOD CuP.—Early Bird, Pole Star, Fazzoletto, Artillery, Enchanter, Blue Jacket, Warderamarake, Mongrel, SneEz, Dulcamara, Saccharins, and Gaber- Ittnzie have paid forfeit. GoODWOOD STAKES.—There is no objection against Leamington. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORD.3.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord COLVILLE presented a petition from a place in Fife against the Lunacy (Scotland) Bill. Viscount DIINGA.NNON presented a petition from E'hsmere in Litchfield, againat the Divorce Bill. INDIA. Lord ELLENBOROUGH reminded the noble earl that when he real some days ago the des patches connected with India, he said that if the papers furnished to their lordships were not considered sufficient the Government would grant others. Now there was one important document which was not produced —it was the despatch issued on the 16th of May by the Governor-General, in which attention was drawn in strong terms to the deter mination of the Government to adhere to their former practice of not interfering with the religious opinions of the natives of India. As this paper did not form a part of those produced, he should very' much wish its production, and he did not think there could be any objection to its being hid on the table of the house. (Hear, hear.) He also wished to call to the recollection of his noble friend that as far back as the 28th of January, General Hearsey had communicated to the Governor-General that amongst the sepoys there was evidently an impression that they were to be forced into the profession of the Christian faith. Notwithstanding that intimation, it was not until the 27th of March that the Governor- General issued a general order upon the subject, and it was not until the.3lst that it was read to the troops at Barrackpore. Although it was declared that the prac. tice of the Government bad ever been not to interfere with the religious feeling of the natives, it said nothing with respect to the future. The proclamation was not publ'shed until after the events at Meerut. Thu noble earl then called the attention of the house to the manner in which the Go verseaent of India was at present conducted. Fort xarnple,theete was a strong feeling amongst thesepoys that it was impossible for them, consistently with their religious feelings to use the cartridges that were distri buted to them. A correspondence took place on the 27th, and 4 days (hissed before the Government at Cal cutta became acquainted with this most ominous event. Three more days elapsed before any steps were taken to remove those objections of the troops at Barraekpore. As another example of conducting Indian business, be might mention Gen. Hearsay corn pl tined of what he considered was an improper order, and an explanation was then demanded, hut eigtt days elapsed before such was received, although the distance was hut eight miles between the respective parties. The noble earl having mentioned other int , tances of delay, said that it appeared to him that the government of India was not conducted by 'the Gover nor-General, but was administered by secretaries and clerks, and be warned her MajeFty's Government that if such a course was continued • before Lag calami ties of the most serious description would arise. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government had no ob jection to the production of the documents alluded to by the noble earl, but with regard to the .ti criticisms on the mode of conducting business in India he confessed he bed not received anything lik the information which his noble friend bad communi cated. Bet it was clear that the service of Government could not be perf •rmed with greater zeal than under the direction of the present Governor Gsnfr al. Where the none lord had obtained his irf eonation to justify his ( boervations that the Government. f India was carried on by cltrks ho wn at a loss to conceive. All he could sly was that the Gcvernor•General was acting in the most admirable manner, a::d was proving himself fully equal to the emergency. Be had teen a great number of h-ttore from perFoos residing in India, and who were fu;ly competent to expre , a an opinion : without one exception they all concurred in the opinion that Lord Canning had ri: , ,en in the estimation of all the cmimunities in India. The Duke of ARGYLL was of opinion that the noble earl opposite had. greatly exaggerated the facts, and re ferred to certain documents with a view of maintaining his opinion. Lord PANMURE thought the statements of ti,e noble earl wt re calculated to do much mischief in the present state of affirs. He thought that General Hear fey ought to have despatched his aide-de-camp with documents of such information, arid not waited for the post, he w( cid then have acted in a proper manner. All the delay, if any had occurred was owing to General Hearsay haviog waited for Vie post. The sulject then dropped. (LEFT eITTING.) HOUSE OF COMslolU—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. CASHEE. ELECTION. The SPEAKER, announced 01 , 0, Vie petition against the return of Sir T. O'Brien had been Avit%drawn. ELECrION CONIMITTEEi. The following counnaittees were sworn at the table of the house : BEVERLEY (Bonouon).—Mr. T. W. Evans, (Derby S ) Mr. J. H. Foley, Lieutenalit-Colond. Brownlow Knox, Mr. S. B. Miller ; chairman, Mr. J. Abel Smith. SUGIo (BonouGH).—Mr. J. NV. DA, Earl Jermyn, Mr. John Martin (Tewlosbnry), Mr. J. B. Smith (Stockport) ; chairman, Sir J. Yards DUBLIN (CJITY).-31r. Ayzton, Hon. R. IL Dutton, Earl of Gifford, Hon. Francis Scott ; chairman, Mr. T. E. Headlam. The three committees will meet to•morrov at eleven o'clock. POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The committee en the bill was resumed at clause 24. Clauses from 24 up to 36 inclusive were agreed to, with amendments. Clause 87 was struck out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. The LORD ADVOCATE proposed a clause exempt ing Orkney and Shetland from the provisions of the bill. Mr. STIRLING opposed the clause. The clause was, after a discussion, withdrawn. The LORD ADVOCATE then moved the insertion of a clause to exempt police vans from turnpike tolls, which was also opposed, and pressed to a division. The numbers were— For the clause Against it 0 Majority —5B The clause was then added to the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE proposed a clause for regu lating th e assessment s to the police rate, and Providing that the whole rate should be paid by the landlord. Mr. STIRLING oljeeted to the l -e and moved an amendment that the rate shou!d bee clause, equally on the landlord and tenant. After a discus,ien the conarnittee divided, For the amendment ................. .. 16 Against it ................................. 57 Majority ........... _ _ ........... . The clause was ultimately added to it;£l.b ...i.l * On the clause giving powers to borough, and counties to amalgamate for the purpose of thii act, Sir J. OGILVY . moved an amendment t o I,. av to the end of the clause, and insert—" but it "ut be lawful for either party to alter or put an end to Rt % h t consolidation in the manner hereinbefore provided till after the expiry of two years from the date of such consolidation." The elmmittee divided. The numbers were— --41 For the amendment l2 Against it id 6ority The clauseM vi aj m agreed to and added to this bill. 7 Several other claueei were added, and the bill passed through committee. The house regumed. NEW ZEALAND LOAN GUARANTEE BILL. on the motion for the F3ocond reading at the bill, Sir J. TRELAWNEY complained that the Govern. I ment bad given no rea , .cris to the house for guarantee ing this loan of (000,00)1. to New Zealand. He con sidered there was no si.a.lient security fcr this loan, and he moved the second reading of the bill this ery six month. The objects of the loans were first to pay 120,0001. fcr the redemption of the colonial debt ; secondly, 200,000/. to the New Zealand Company in respect of former transactions, and, thirdly, 180,0001. to'vards the ex'inction of the rights of the natives for their lands. He complained of the manner in which the natives had been treated in reference to their lands, and he gave an instance where on'y 23,9401. were to be paid for upwar3s of 190,000 acres. He referred to the for mation of the committee, who reported in favour of the bill, and the. witnesses examined. The former, he said, comprised eight members, three Pr four of whom were col nial in their feelings and dispositions or likely to be favourable to the colonies, whilst there were but few of thorn who might be considered inte rested in this subject for the sake of the public. Orly two witnesses were examined by the committee, one the prime minister of New Zealand, and the other a gentle man connected with the Colonial-office. He thought other gentlemen ought to have been examined by the committee. The hon. baronet made other objections tO the bill, one was, that as the New Zealand government could obtain the money in this country at 8 per cent., her Maj esty's.Goverr. ment ought notto guarantee this amount at 4 per cent., and another that the Colonial Assembly was not unanimous on the loan, but adverse to the bill. There was another reason for not guaranteeing this money. The Government of New Zealand was in an unset;hd state, and already had borrowed 300,000/., which did not appear in the evidence taken by the com mittee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the amendment. The fact that the Government of, New Zealand could not obtain money in the market at less than 8 per cent., showed that their security must be bad. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that this country should be cautious how it guaranteed money, but he thought there were cases in which it ought, and could be done safely and satisfactorily. The Govern ment had given such securities to assist rising colonies. He entered into a detailed statement of the negotiations that had taken place between this Government and the Colonial Legi-lature relative to the guarantee, in the course of which he said he had informed the Colonial Government that they must not rely on Parliament as senting to his proposition. He considered the loan was required for a fair and legitimate purpose, but before submitting this bill to the house he took the precaution to obtain the appointment of a committee to investigate it He defended the committee from the attack of Sir J. Trelawney, and the right honourable gentleman read the names of the committee, which included those of Lord J. Russell, Sir J. Pakington, ex-Colonial Secretary, Mr. Henley, Mr. J. A. Smith, himself, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Wise. Mr. J. A. Smith was the only gentleman con nected with the New Zealand Company on the commit tee. He thought that in a committee of the whole house be should be able to satisfy them that the money might be safely•guaranteed Unless the colony were guilty of a gross breach of faith, there was ample security for payment of capital and interest, viz., the customs' duties of the colony and the land fund, the former of which amounted to 100,0001. a-year, and the latter 80,0001. After re ferring to the debt of 200,0001. owing by the New Zea land Government to the New Zealand Company, he asked the house to agree to the second reading of the bill. After some remarks from Mr. GILPIN, Mr. HENLEY, one of the committee, addressed the house on the question, but his speech was cut short in consequence of its being 10 minutes to 4 o'clock. The debate was consequently adjourned. INDIA.—HER MAJESTY'S , ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Lord CASTLEROSSE, Comptroller of the Household, brongbt up her Majesty's most gracious answer to the address agreed to by the House of Commons a few nights since on the motion of Lord J. Ru , sell, relative to the present state of India. Her Majesty thanked the Com mons for their loyal and dutiful address, and the assur ance of the cordial support of any measures that might be deemed necessary for repressing the distur bances in India, and for restoring contentment and tranquillity in that important portion of her Mnjestys dominions. The other orders for the morning sitting were disposed of, and the house suspended it, sitting at 4 o'clock. The house returned at 6 o'clock, and was (LEFT SITTING ART IN DRESS-FASHION'S FOLLY. There aro few things more 'curiols to contem plate than the " whirligig" of fashion—which never stands stilt, but is' incessantly presenting to the view a few original devices, mixed with more which have seemingly become fixtures in the wheel, and are copied, as it turns round, to a greater or less extent from time to time. An old sea-faring character in one of Captain Marryat'a novels, had an idea that inseventeen hun dred and so many years events rotted, and that in seventeen hundrez_l and so on, he would be engaged upon the identical employment on which he was then busy : a similar belief might-, with more means of proof, be attached to the revolutions of fashion. No doubt the ingenious artist who devised the flow ing and full-bottomed wig for the fair and youthful French monarch, the use of which was presently adapted to the g im-visage I Charles 11., thought that he had hit upon an original device. A visit, however, to the Brit sh Museum will show that " there are few things new under the sun," for there will b 3 found a flowing wig just similar to that named, which was worn by some en in ent Egyptian, probably two or three thousand years ago. While amongst the peasant class, the wheel has in a mewure stood still, changes have been constantly going on ameng,t others : eve note the burly Saxon in his flowing and graceful robes, the taste ef which was partly bor rowed from the Romans, and the elegant costumes of their wives and daught,r3 derived fr o m the same source : then came the warlike covering, which so well displayed the st thwart forms of the Norman. warriors : the fe.nale dregs of this period is singu larly ma ned and elegaut It would require a volume to notice the numerous changes which ware con stantly made. The armour, from being made to fit to the shape of the human body, grew to monstrous cases unlike anything in the natural creation, which enveloped both men and horses. Many strange &- vices were turned out by fashion ; at one time the toes of the gentleman's shoes g 1 ew longer an 1 longer, until it was found necessary to fasten the end of the point to the knee. This would seem to U 3 ridiculous enough, but many fashions in mo dern times might te mentioned to show equal absurd.ties : for instance, when that exfrAordi nary cut, the swal:o v-tailed coa*, was intro duced, the length of the tails was.moderat.-3 ; however, grow in longitude, until the mel d were nearly even with the heels, and it was ()tag some merciful turn of the wheel which caused the majority of the long t ails to be turned into " spen cers." Thatpreveete.dthe long necessity of tying the " swallow-taile" to the pig tails," in the same way that theahoe-toeswere for merly fs'enedte the knees. It is curieus to remark that the liveried servants of the rich are, a means of preserving the costumes of various periods for many years : the silk bags on the backs of the state footmen, the long-tailed laced coats the cocked hats, knee-breeches, and silk stockings, were the ordinary apparel of the gentle men themselves. The hair powder, so much in use 60 or 70 years ago, by nearly every one of respect able condition, has now. de , ,cended to the servants' hall, and the neat wigs of other days may be etal seen surmounting the craniums of fashionable co tchmee, and. in due course, as the wheel of fashion moves round, the present dress coats, white waistcoats, and neck-ties all have lost their posi tion, and taken the place of the laced coats and cor resdonding paraphe, nalia. —The Builder. The ordirary session of the two Chambers of Nassau was closed on the 24tb. It la, however, said that the Diet will again be convoked this year for an extraordi nary session in order to settle some questions which have not been brengbt to a solution. The. Emperor of Russia, on learning that the tiler Lablache was ordered, on account of his health, not to think of again appearing on the stage, has sent to the artist his nomination to the dignity of " His Majesty's singer," accompanied with a gold medal enriched with diamonds, bearing the inscription—" Pour distinction." The medal to he suspended from the neck by the ribbon of the Order of St. Andrew. EHBEZALEHENT AND SUICID2.—On Saturday forenoon William Woed, late salesman to' nGilmore and Co., of Glasgow, was apprehended at nelensbargh on a charge of embezzl meet by Mr. Miller, messenger -at arms, Glasgow, and conveyed to Greenock in the steamer Alma, While the boat was passing West-quay Wood jumped overboard, but was rescued by two Nor wegian seamen, who were passing. When taken into the boat, however, ho drew a razor from his pocket and cut his throat. He was remitted to the infirmary, where he lies in a critical state.—North British Mail. THE WALLS or BERWICX.--" We observe," says th e Newcastle Ohrontcle, " that the council of Berwick; at its last meeting, entertained three distinct resolutions for the partial demolition of the ancient ramparts of the town, and it seems not improbage that the modern Vandals who brought them forward will succeed in car rying out their designs. The good people of Berwick have not very much to be proud of to the way of archi tectural beauties, but they certainly may claim no in considerable renown from the possession of the ancient defences of their town, and it seems hardly credible that they will permit these time-honoured erections to be demolished." _OINCONIZ AND EXPEN DITURE OF TIM EAST INDIA Eut Inia u I ' I LINT.—La s t wee k were i ssued the accounts respect leg the territorial revenues and disbursements of the slim to d Comp any f or the year 1855-56; with an of the eacne for the succeeding year. The total r year even a u m e o r u c n c e t e i p d s t e o f 2 a B l l , , B t 9 h l e , 2 1;1- 97 d a e n d c e t s h e o f t o l t n a d l i e a ha fe rg r e th or e expenditure i n I ndia to 26,599 n 4 1/., which added to 3,264,6291., disbursed in India, diture of the year to 29,864,090/ brings the total !xpen excess of expenditure ov, r ir.come 972,A15/.nwlnngtahne two previous years the defi ciency wee respectively 1,707,3641. and 2,044,1107. The incom e for the year 1856-57 is estimated at 29,844,961., and the expenedair, tare at 31,326,0221., li)siii4g a deficiency of 1,981,0624 • RUSSIAN AGGRESSION-INDIA. Mr. J. Stmley Dell writes to a contemporary as follows : "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 heroic, long-suffer ingnatives. - "I 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 whu 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 further conquests in Persia and Turkey in Asia, and thus arrests their progress towards our Indian front;er. "In orrier to throw some light ttpon the subject, I beg you to have the goodness to publish in your paper a letter I wrote lately to Lord Clarendon on the subject of the capture of the British schooner Vixen in the lo.ty 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, by the debates in the Rouse of Commons on the 21st June, 1838, and on the 18th April, 1854, that even such statesmen as Lord John Russell, Dr. Lushington, and Sir James 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, last year, how complacently Lords Palmerston and Clarendon abandoned the Circassians 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 wade to him on the same subject by one of my bro thers, on my behalf, dated 29thof Jan., 1856; that he could not hold out any expectation that the case of the Vixen will bore-opened by her Majesty's Government.' I did not of course insult Lord Clarendon by informing him—our foreign mini :ter —what realty were the terms of the Treaty of Adrianople as regards Circassia ; but most folks may be surprised aLd 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 •nly expression by•which Russia deigned to reveal her intention as to the annexation sbe purposed making of Circas,ia to her empire for ever,' is that she closed the list of the outlandish names of places to be so honoured—Akbaltzik, Akhalkalaki, Sic.—with this misty phrase, as well as all the littoral [sic] of the mouth of the 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 bo found well worth the perusal of those who wish to understand how it is that our amateur aristocratic, and nearly irresponsible statesmen 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 . ; Emperor of all the Russias.' " Copy. Rio de los Saval ( os San Juan di Nicaragua, ' Aprills. My Lord,—Alehoush the incidents to which I take the liberty of calling year 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 Sudjukleb, on the coast of C,ircrssia, in Nov. 1836, iby orders of the Russ an 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 Lazareff, commander-in-chief in the Black Sea; and to the subsequent acquiescence by the British Go vernment, in another plea, subsequently put forth by that of Russia, for confiscating the Vixen and 11.5 r cargo, viz., that we hail violated the Custom house ordinances issued by the Russian Govern ment for the regulation of trade with that portion of the Russian territory. However untenable either of these pleas—that of a blockade, which had neither been proclaimed nor "adeyrately maintained, and was therefore equally invalid and illegal —or that cf Custom-house ordinances applied to a cast with the natives of which Russia, was then, and has ever since been, carrying oa war (and never possessed), and which was her's therefore as little de facto as it is now known to hive 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 thousht it improbable that any Bri tish Ministry would think it censistentwith its duty to the national interests in 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 adopte I—hostile to the British claimants. But as all cause for such a feeling ceased, of emir e, on the rupture of ourrelations with Russia, I am not without hope that your lordship may admit that an opportunity is now afforded for rectifying the great injustice suffsred by myself and those connec el with the in the said voyage, in having our property seized and confiscated, our persons restrained, and our projects as to a per f-ctly legal and highly profitable trade balked and defeated, through the unjust pretensions and un wairan' able acts of the Government of Russia, and the subsequent acquiescence i n th ose 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 implielly sanctioned by the decision of the majority of the House of Commons on the 21st of June, 1833 ; and I might have hesitated to do so, bad I not incon trovertible evidence from that debate (which oc curred while I was again in Circassia), as well as from one that occurred on the 18th of April, 1854, that on the former occasion, and ever since, there has prevailed, among some members of the Go vernment at least, if not all, a strange, and, to my . 'we 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 proof 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. Lusbington—" He would maintain that by admitting the occupation (by Russia) of Sudjuk-Kaleh we wore not giving up, nor weakening in the slightest degree, our right at any future period to question the sovereignty of Russia over Circassia ! up :n the ground that Tur key had no right to cede that country;" and by Lord John Russell that "by the Treaty of Adrianople, Poti, Anapa, and SudjukKaleh, were recognised as belonging to Russia • but wish re s p ec t t o t h at particular point at whi c h the vessel arrived, it was one 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, 18 51—wherein Sir J. Graham, having state in defence of the conduct of Capt. Jones, of 11. Sampson,on the Circassian 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 be proper for him to interfere will the passage of a Russian transport from the coast of Circassia, which is a Russian territory, to Sebastopol, a Russian port 1 " Mr. H. D. Seymour having called for an explani tion respecting Sir J. Graham's extraordinary doc trine as to Circassia 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 suppcsed that Circassia had been spoken of as a Russian country. By the Treaty of Adrianople, certain posts on the Circas sian-coast thereinnamed 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 comfit 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 upon which, I believe, the British Go vernment finally sanctioned the confiscation of the Vixen and her cargo were--Ist. That she had en tered a Russian port in contravention of the Rus sian Oudoni-house regulations ; and 2ndly, that EVENING, JULY 00, 18 57 that port was actually in Russian military occupa tion. With regard t 3 the former plea —as the Russian right to the said port is based on the Treaty of Ad rianople, and as the British Government ha=, accor ding to Lyra J. Ru , seli's explanation, repudiated the Russian claim so based, it must to held totally invalid, and the seizure of the Vixen be held con sequently totally unwarranted, even without refer ' ence either to the illegality of bllekiding 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 for a coast which to this day she hasnot succeeded in conquering. And, with regard to the second, I beg it mly Le remarked that, although at the time the evidence of the captain, the crew, and of one of the owners of the Vixen, as to the al:solute falsehood of the allegations of the Russian ministry regarding the Russian military occupation of the port of Sudjuk 7 Kaleh, was addueed and carrobo 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 113 bad from Mr. F. W. Knight, M.P., and from Mr. J. A. L mgworh, our consul at Monastir, b ,th of whom, with myself, were resident for a consider able time on the shores of the said port, a year (I occasionally, for neatly three years) after the cap ture of the Vixen there, and can thus attest that even then the Russian government had not Elle ceeded in effecting its military occupation. Under all these circumstances, I trust that your lordship will admit that a claim of indemnity from' the Russian 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, &C. (Signed) JAS. STANISLAUS BELL. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND COURT.-DERBY, July 27. her statement in writing. I gave her Is. 63. after finding paper and other things. At plain iff's re quest also I went to Ellen Wieson. I have not been to any oth r witueee I was to inquire of Elan Winsou if Lady Harrinvon had sail arty thing re3peefinet Vie plaintiff to her. I sad. to Catherine Smitt7, "Speak the truth, never mind how black it is." I don't remember anything ab fur, a contest for a neighb outing incumbency. I heard nothing about Mr. Hi'limoro's pupils. I have tried to find Ellen IVinsen, litv, she is not to he found. I gave Catherine Jane Smith the is. 6d. fer the paper which she gave me ; but I told her I wished her to node' stand that I slid no,`, give it as a bribe. Rev. F. N. Highmore—l became vicar of Elvas ton in 1841, on the preseutation of the late Earl. I was before head master of the grammar-school at Burnley. I have resided on my living from 1841, except three years when • I was absent from ill health. t•was on intimate terms with the late Lord Harrington, I never spoke to Lady Harrington in my life. Cross-examined—After my illness I returned into residence July, 1854. It was notorious in the parish that 1 had bean seriously ill. Mr. Collins was my curate for about 8 or 9 months. 1 received one complaint of his drunkenness, and I instantly wrote to the rural dean. Some pecuniary claims were made after h's departute. Mr. James was soon appointed curate. He officiated once. I was in the habit of visiting at the Castle during the late lord's lifetime. I took pupils until I was ill. I 'was a c in.didate for the neighbouring incumbency. The Duke of Leins'er's nephew, one of my pupils, was complained of for having fired a gun with wadding in it, which hit a servant of the successful candi date. No money 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 circumstauces into which he *as inquiring were important, as explain ing the meaning of some expressions used by Lady Harrington. Mr. Justice Cresswell said that if Mr. Mellor, as a gentleman of experience, would pledge himself that the evidence was material for that purpose the examination might proceed. Mr. Highmore, in. answer to other questions, added—l found on inquiry that two of my pupils were out shooting, ond that the Duke of Leinster's nephew, who was near-sighted, was allowed to dis charge a gun once, which had only wad ling in it, and by accident'a man was hit, but not hurt. The money collected for the repairs of the church I placed at the disposal of the architect, Mr. Stevens, in 1853. I kept an account of the sacrament-money which was open to the inspection of every one. I am not aware th it it is the practice for the church warden to take it. The rubric does not require that. I was never asked about it, except once by Mr. Jones, who asked me how I disposed - of it. If I was asked by arty one I always told. I have been so seriously ill that I was told for some time I had better not take wine, and for three year s I think I did not take three glasses. Re examined.—The Duke of Leinster was look ing at the church, and noticed 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 6/., and made it up to The archdeacon came afterwards and ordered an alteration in the tower and bells which prevented me from collecting more for the oth-r repairs at that time. The Dowager Lady Harrington had a painted window put into the west end of the church. Then I had the repairs done, and the money was paid over to Mr. S ephens. I `did not pocket it in any ether sense than I have explained. I always give poor people things from my own locroe. I prefer purchasing them myself. More than two-thirds of the actual sacrament money were actually given in money. Mr. Mellor then addressed the jury for the de e fendants, and stated that Lady Harrington was anxious to be examined as a witness, to give her own account of what had actually taken pl ice at the interviews of which Mr. Jones ha I spoken : and he bad no doubt that the jury would be satis fied that she bad been very much misunderstood and misreprt sent ed. The Countess of Harrington waa then examined, and said—l remember Mr. Jones coming to offi ciate at Elvaston. It was the beginning of Feb ruary or end of 'January. He used to come very often to lunch. It was with reference to my taking the sacrament that I asked him Who was to ad minister it. He told use he did not knew. I said I should not take it from Mr. Highlmire. I said I had several reasons. I thought Mr. High more was not a good man. I said I took it at London, and Gatsworth. I sail he had not accounted for the sacrament money. I never said he had appropri .ted the sacramen t money. Mr. Thacker was my informant. He is churchwarden. 1 said Mr. White had always iicccunted to Mr. Thpcicf-r. A few days afar lie t)1(.1 me Mr. Highmore, 4e be lieved, wouldt.dmini,ter it. I said I should not take it. He then began to argue with me on the subject. I forget what his arguments were, bst said, "My opinion remains unchanged, and we will not discuss this matter further." I. never use 1 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 ne account was ren dered. I said the Duke of Leinster had given 201., and the farmers soeeihing---I think it was 201.—t0 throw open the tower of the church. I said he had not done what the money was subscribed fur for • eight years. My husband, not liking to see the -tower used as a coalho!e, had offered to give the balance to have ssaits put there for the school chil dren. It was then done during Mr. Higbmore's absence. I said that there had been a great deal of card-paying 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 :u little chil dren playing at cards in the village. I never used the word • " debauchery." I ssid I had heard ru mours of csrd-playing in his Louie ; 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 the village, but I was alluding to the curates. I said there had beau two drunken curates. I rnentis ned Mr. James. I saw in the newspaper that he was ap pointed curate. He officiated, I believe, only once or twice. I did not say that. Mr. Highmore and his wife bad been rolling drunk on the floor. I said Mr. Collins bad been rolling' drunk on the floor. Treat 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 lock , d, but I don't think he said that he had lunched at Mr. Highmore's. I never said anything about laying himself under an obligation to those Highmores. I said the house had been very disorderly. In that I alluded to the pupils shooting at a man named Barton, and tearing his coat with the wadding. I did not enter into details, but 1 said to Mr. Jones that the pupils bad been disorderly. I told him he had been precede 1 by drunken curates, and that he must therefore be very careful about his character. I said; Sir Francis Stanhope had told me that. he had seen Mrs. Foot drunk on the floor ; but I never used the words "all three" drunk on the floor. And Sir Francis toll me that there had formerly been a great deal of drinking at the Castle ; but it could not apply to the late lord, who was the soberest of men. In using the expression " rolling on the floor" I alluded i.) Mr. Collins. All the conversations occurred k etween me and Mr. Jones when we wore alone in the drawing-room before luncheon. When we went to London in April Mr. Jones and I parted the best friends. 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--I had only known Mr. -Jones since he came to Elvaston. Mr. Collins left its 18James offic'ated about two or three years ago. Mr. There is a school which we built and which we support. I go 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. Highmore's. I told the schoolmis tress, iu the school, on one Occasion, that I would not allow her to go near the Highmore'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 fellow or a drunken fellow, or a ruffian or a villain. . I did not say that be was in the habit of getting drunk with Ransom. I was not aware that Ransom drank. I did not say that he got drunk with Chambers,' the saddler. I may have sad t e Mr. Jones that ho was an ac'or and a rider at Astley's ; but tha, is not in the declaration. (Laughter.) 1 did not say that to Mrs. Ransom. I have said that there had been rumours of his drinking before I came to Elvaiton, but that his state of health was such that be could not think now. I did not say to Ellen Winson, " You are a bad, wicked g'rl ; kr. Highmora keeps you." I emphatically deny. that. I know Harlett. He is a discharged gamektener. I believe he is now in the Derby police ; but I don't know whether Lord Hari ington gave him a charac ter. I have not said to him that Ellen Willson goe s to Highmore's house and Highmore to her hone for bad purposes. I did say to Cat!ierine Smith that Mrs. Highmore kept Ellen Wins n In a cott age as a spy upon us. I had a boy (a pa ge ) w h o was constantly going there, and I thought he might get into bad company. I did not seriously mean what I said to Catherine Smith ; she is a poor girl who (Bef)re Mr. Juat ice Cres.:well anda Common Jury.) SWIFT V. COPLEY. Th 7 B also was an action of bftrt, , .;h of promise of marriacro. Mr. ° Macaulay, Q. 0., and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the plaintiff. The defendant conducted his own case. The plaintiff was in the service of 14 , rd Wham cliffo at Wortley, and the defendant works for his father, who is the head carpenter at Wortley. It appeared that an intimacy had existed betwe -n the plaintiff and the defendant, the result of which was the birth of an illegitimate child ; and in respect of the maintenance of that child the plaintiff in March last had accepted a sum of 23/ , in full sa,!is faetioa of all claim upon the defer dant. That ply ment was made in pursuance of a formal written agreement drawn and engrossed by a lawyer, and which the defendent pr. , duee.d, and pr )veci. as part of his case, contending that it operated to release him from liability iu the present action. It was pointed out, however, that the terms of that instru ment were very carefully confined to claims of the plaintiff in respect of the illegitimate child. The defendant also denied that be 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 au engagement between them. They contained many allusions to the apprehension that sbe was in the familyway ; and in one the de fendant reproached her severely for not having com municated the fact to him before, and called upon her solemnly to declare whether he was the father. Upon that point he was afterwards satisfied, and frequently expressed a desire that she and the child should be properly cared for, promising to pay the expenses to which she mightbe put at afutura 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 expressed 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 sequently bis letters became cooler and cooler ; and at last the intercourse was broken off, and the defendant married another woman. The learned Judge summed up ; 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 Vicar of Elvaston. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and . Mr. Field, were coun sel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Bell for the defendants. Mr. Macaulay, in his opening address, stated that the plaintiff had with" great reluctance been compelled to come into court for the vindication of his charact=r from the very serious aspersions which had been most industriously cast upon it by Lady 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 this 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 Harringt in the drawing-room. After the ordinary compli ments of the day Lady Harrington asked me who way liksly 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 administerel to me at 4aws worth. I never take the sacrament here because of that man Highmore." She thee went on to say, " He keeps the sacrament money and never gives any to the poor, and pocketed the money the Dake of Leinster gave for the rep siring of the church." Her Ladyship also added, " Re is so low and vul gar a fellow, and such a drunken character, that Lord Harrington can no t rece i ve hi m . H e i s always playing at cards and gambling, and encourages the people in the village in all kinds of gambling, card playing, and debauchery, and he and his wife are constantly rolling drunk on the fib , r." She con cluded toffs lit le harangue by saying, "I should coneider it sacrilege to take the sacrament from se wicked and bad a man." Afterwards I asked Mr. Highmore whether he wo u ld b e a bl e t o a d m i n i s t er se 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 me and asked who was likely to administer the sacrament on Sun.-lay. I said I di 1 not know, but would ascertain. On the following Thursday morning, I again asked Mr. Highmore, and lie said he was so much better that he hoped to be able to administer it himself. I went to Lady Harringtou and told her. "I said I trust you will not stay away be cause you may think a man wicked ;" and I added ROM observations 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 a id e d, "Ile is always telling lies, and never speaks the truth." Several state ments of this kind had been male. I made inquiries, and on the eve of Ash-Wednesday I inquired of himself as to the disposal of the sacrament money. On Easter Sunday I had an invitation to lunch at the Castle. I found the prirate 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 asked me who administered the sacrament, who collected the offertory, and howit was I had not gone to lunch. I told her I came but found the gate barred against me, and that in consequence of having a friend w;th 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 go to those High mores you will not be acceptable to the Castle. He keeps a rim t disreputable house, and you must take care of your character as well as of your fiends'. 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 feared she had been sadly misinformed, as I had told her on previous occasion. I said, " I have found Mr. Highmore's house nicely or respectably con ducted, an d M rs . Hi g h more a l a d y of considerable talent and good manners." I said, also, he had been very kind to me, and that I found him very charitable. Her ladyship replied, "Oh, no, it cannot be ; it is impos-dble.' I said I had bad 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 ma n an d s h e is a bad woman." I again said I feaae 1 she had been misinformed, and, as a funeral was waiting, I must bid her good day. Since then I have not been to the Castle. Between the conversations which I have detailed I had several others, at which statements to the same effect were made. She has called him an ac`os, a mountebank, and a rider at Astley'e. Cross-examined—On the Monday afterwards I wrote a letter to a gentleman in Derbyshire, but ,otherwise I took no note in writing. Nobody else was present on the first occasion. It was in the drawing-room 'before lunch. I learnt from Lady Harrington that there had been a curate there named Collins, and from Mr. Highmore himself. He said he had had a curate who bad been drunk, or alleged to be drunk. He did not 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 also that there had been curates named White and Barratt. She did not say that White andßarratt were in the habi t of accoun ting 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 having been drunk, but not James. When she advised me to take care of my own character she had not immediately before men tioned 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, and bas been in that state for seven years. I men tioned in June to Mr. Highmore's advisers about the rolling drunk on the floor. He referred to Sir F. Stanhope. She was referring to the time of the former Lord and Lady Harring , ou. I did not men tion the word "debauchery" to Mr. Highmore's aclvisets. I went over to ask one person whether a certain statement had been made: That was in April. Her name is Catherine Jane Smith. I put RUSSIAN INTI4IGUE3 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 best-informed in this country. There can be no doubt whatever that the Emperor of Russia, Nicho las, could never be brought to believe in the possi bility of a cordial alliance between England and France, and in 1852 and 1853 his plans were for med and matured in this thorough conviction. In 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 mie chief in British India. Any one who knows the State system of Russia is perfectly aware that the Government of the Czar has in its employment hundreds of men pre pared for any emergencies or any enterprise, how ever desperate or difficult. There are at St. Petersburg adventuiers and renegades of every country and clime apt, artful, and unprinci pled—ready for instantaneous duty in any latitude. Among these may be found Italians, Greeks, Swiss, Germans, Armenians, Mussulmans, Jews, Parsees, and Hindoos. These adventurers, lured by the hope of gain and distinction, rush to Russia, as un principled schemers did in its palmiest dai s to Rome—" Quasi in sentinain corruptionis." In St. Petersburg they aro put at once in training, and are attached to such superior agents as the late M. Italinsky, or the late M. Simonitch, the latter of whom largely operated in Persia, Affghanist an, and British India. The cause of the Affghae war may be traced to agents of this kind, and the belief be comes hourly more prevalent that 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 funs ionaries and nobles, and to establish a chain of communication with the Russian empire. Nor would this be the only means by which Russia might intrigue against us. Russian schemes against British power have been before now hitched by Russian agents in the Br:t'sh polls and also within the harbour of New York. We believe at this moment Russia is working by American-born agents in China, in Japan, an i in British India. Within twenty years an immense number of journals have been established in the three Presidencies of India and up the country, and who can say how much of Russian influence and money may not be brought to bear iu this particular direction. If Russia can mAintain a paid press at Frankfort, Augsburg, and Brnssels, why may she not have such a press at Calcutta, at Agra, or at Delhi. From the journals of Sir C. Nap'er, we know that same of tee writers in the Indian newspapers are men of blasted character and desperate fortunes, anti it is to such men in foreign countries Russian solicitations are usually addressed. If the native press in India has endea voured to stimulate the Sepoy on the question of the cartridges, maisancobt atisusweaffirerbtinbteedtartacbeyd Mr.fo. Mangles reign agency, inliissPeech on Monday night ? Under suc h c i rc umstances as we suppose, the placing of the Indian press under a license was a wise precau tionary measure, and the arrest of the King of Oude and his Minister was not b o e r e d n y a a su n s e p c e er e i ci ty p , ebrsutma adguet,y.anTdhteliKe inmgohmaesnitonpgroofs were obtained the sooner the delinquent was c iyured the bstt r. Whenever there is a weak or an undefended point in India now, we must expect discontent, but the only way, as the Duke of Wellington wrote to Colonel Close fifty-three years ago, "is to be guarded everywhere,. and to keep up troops for our defence." We should never lose sight, as the same great authority said, in writing to Lieut.- at I\liggeree,, in e ra lim et in India is held P e ab G 3u, e i n yt e , h r 1 : 8 1 os S 4w, t o u ,r a , d r t, t l,, ,ataan froze ldl g t ot t i t vi e etrn t "the conclusion of the most successful fereign war in India—that by which the most formidable enemy may have been subdued, if it gives an accession of territory, must bring with the territory a necessity to in crease the army, because the Government must be established in the new territory, and supported, as we ll 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 complaints of high military establishments, and expenses, and of all the difficulties in which you must have found yourself from the want of troops." It will be well to weigh these wise words after the mutiny is suppressed and Delhi taken, of both of which events we entertain little doubt we shall have full details by the next mat. The idedthat the mutiny had extended to other Presidencies is one of those monstrous fabrica tions concoate i by the Greek forgers of false iuteligence. It should be remembered by those writing and speaking of these events, that India 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 cue of our greatest securities. There Is no common co-opera tion amongst these diverse races or castes, and their cohesion is a rope of sand. The village and the field where any particular Bindoo was born is his whole world, and his thoughts extend not beyond it. There is no common feeling between the natives of the different Presidencies, and this is why, with a handful of Europeans, we are enabled to hold in subjection a population sixfold more numerousthan that of the United Kingdom. —Morning Post. [ADVE %TIE EMENT.I SPORTSMEN AND GENTLEMEN Or inn ARMY AND NAVY. —S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albe• marle-street, Piccadilly West. Observe—opposite the York Hotel.—Portability, combined with great power in Field, Racecourse. Opera, and general out-door day and night powerful waistcoat pocket Perspective Glasses, weighing only four ounc,'s, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, con structed of German glass, will show distinctly a perso n ' s countenance two and a half and three miles, They serve every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles, They are also invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, and yachting. 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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 2o moved It affords instant relief to the deafest persons, and enables them to hear disti nc tly a t c hurch and at public assail blies. 39, Alkem ar l e - s t ree t % pinoadilly.—OPposite the York gettd W. was recommended to me, and whom Iwanfed ta get into service. I did not s•-ty to S;lvanu eSmith, who was a set v.mt r_t the Utah) - Cult he vas always ai drunk as - Oat fel.ow Ilighm we. Mr. Justice C etswell asked whether Mr. Alicaulay prop9s-e-1 t•) call these persons, who e names 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 h's opinion that that evidence would not be admissible, as the matters were not cl.)sely enough connected with the issue in the cause. Mr. Macaulay said he would not, then, ccntinue the examination furher. Mr. Mellor having summed up, Mr; Macaulay addressed the jury fot the plantifft and c - antnented in strong terms upon the evidence which Lady Harrington had given, and to which he was sure the jury would not give credit. -The learned Judge summed up, and The jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff,-- Damages 7501. There was another action brought by Mr. High• more against Lord Harrington for• an assault, arising oat of some proceedings at a vestry meet ing; but in this case a juror was withdrAwn. VOTING l'01? DIVORCE'. A writer in a contemporary says :—" The Mar riage and Divorce Bill bas passed the Lords and come down to the Commons. In the course of it.; progress petitions and protests for and against it have occupied public attention. The result among , many excellent and conscientious persons is a cer tain amount of confusion of mind as to the objects and the results of the bill, insomuch that many ale - • ayar to think that voting for the bill is voting for; divorce in general and for facility of divorce in par ticular. If Mr. Dodd, Mr. Forster, or Mr. Burke, or any of the compilers of our Peerage I , sts, would extract from those aristocratic and popular volumes the names of all the great families in which di vorces have taken place, and the names o f those . who legitimately i n h er it as the offspring of mar" • riages made of er divorce, it would go far towards convincing recalcitrant minds that nothing new 15 proposed to them except the form - by which an already established result is to be obtained. " If those parties who protest against the Di- • vorae Bill can conscientiously say that they do not believe it ever was or can be in the power of the English . Parliament to sever those who have been united by the Church ; that they do not believe in the power of so enabling them to contract second' marriage, nor, as a consequence in the legitimacy of those who bear some of the titles and inherit much of the property of great families in England; if voting members conside r th a t t h e clergymen who, in obedience to decrees of •divorce in Perlia ment, remarried those divorced partiesmerely went through a vain empty form, for. which they are highly cen,urable before God and man, then ill God's name let them vote atrainst the bill. Bet it they bel eve the past marriages of divorced persons' set down as valid in Registers and Peerages to be valid in point of fast, if they admit the legetimael, of heirs ' made legitimate by l eg i s l a ti ve di vorc s ; they admit that the clergy can remarry divorcede persons as they can remarry parties released by the, widowhood of death ; then they will perceive that, no more is asked of them than to transfer to a com petent legal court a power already acquiesced iu by them as existing in the House of 'Lords ; and, by the transfer of that power, to render less compli cited, less indecent, less expensive, and less uujusts the proceedings by which divorce is to be attained- It the actions for crim. con., the absurb anomalies. of the position of separated wives and husbands' the terrible scandal of quarrels and struggles per' s'sted in for a series of years, the oppression and lam?ntab'e ill 'usage in a multitude of cases quoted by Lords Lynd'hurst, Brougham, and other autho rities, appear to them a fit, just, or inevitable con dition of things in these would..be reforming and progressive times, then let them vote a ga i nst reformin the marriage laws. But it they believe the state of the law on these matters to be liable to the greatast abuse for want of some established rule and competent authority and that the interference of the Reese of Lords in special and wealthy cases, in no way mends this condition of things, but, on,' the contrary, prod uces th e stranges anomalies, and creates "confusion worse confouecled," then let them vote for th e establiahmen at of Court of, Divorce, and refuse any longer to see the sacredness • of the ties which fence in peace in our English ). homes played for like a gamblers' stake ;—no no order, no authority ; a wild skirmish ; a duel ot souls irntead of bodies ; and the House of Lords releasing a favoured few who can buy freedom from &se , y or impimity in sin. " I repeAt that the question now before the House of Commons i s no t a quest i on o f th e poss ibili ty of divorce, but of the method of divorce. is the method of divorce as at present in use in England one that satisfies just, ie asonable men ? That is the qu e stion at i-sue, and let all these who are voting for any change be aware that it is a change of method they are voting for, and not a change of principle ; for the principle will centinue to be acted upon should no change whatever of method take place ; and, should the bill now before the Commons be thrown out to-morrow, it would in no way touchthe•pownr of divorce assumed by the Legislature, nor prevent divorce bills passing the Lords, and marriages un der those divorce bills being legally solemnised to at present. Such voting would mend nothing ; i t would only be tantamount to the sentence—" Lot the old abuses stand." Country DlR.,rlr.c.ts. EDINBURGH RAY AND STRAW MARKET. JULY 28. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 78 Od to 9s 0,1 per kempte of 16 stone. tron ; wheat do., 5s Od to Ss Od ; barley do.. 5 ,, 6.1 to Od. Hay from is iii to is 4d; new do., 9d to 10d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JULY 28. There were in the market today 11 sacks oatmeal. each weighing 28015 imperial, which sold at 43s and -- a 01. DALitEITH MEAL MARKET—JULY 27. There were in the market to-day 10 bags of oatmeal, ocf barleymeal, and 0 pot bailey. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack o f 2301bs :First. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto - a 01 —8 01 —a 0 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... —s Od —s Od —s 04 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od a Od DUBLIN, JULY 28. Our corn market to-day was poorly supplied. Whea and eats were very dull, and tho currencies of Friday snehanged. The business in Indian corn was also dull• Some new bare appe.tred, quality fair, which brought 16e; also one sample of new oats. _ _ White wheat, 35s 01 to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 3is 01 to 35 5 Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16 8 6d to 253 6d ; grind* j u o., —s to —s ; oats, old, 14s 61 to 17s; ditto, new, — 45 01 to —s 01 ; oatmeal, 15s to 17s (*id; bore, new, --3 to —g 0:1; rapese• d, 28s Od to 35s per brl ; haK , rs' sour, 193 6 01 o+l to 24s 01 per cwt; luttian corn, 393 01 to 403 01 Pe 430 14. COAL MARK. Prices of Coals per ton al T.-JuLy 23. the close of the market Wailsend, &c. s North Percy Hartley l6 d- C Morpeth West Hartley 16 91 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 G Tanfield Moor Butes 14 0 West Wylam 15 C Bebside's Hartley 17 Haswell Hartley l5 0 . _ eraddyll l6 6 Kepler Orainge l6 6 atnisell's Hetton 16 3 Garabton l7 • 6 South Kolloe 16 9 dough Hall 16 0 Elartlopool Hetton 16 6 foes lB 0 Whitworth l5 6 dunwick l4 3 itowart's. 18 0 Riddell l5 3 Aoaforth l5 3 i{aswell 18 0 108 ; sold, 70. Wallsend, &*. Wien Main l6 6 South Hetton 17 i Shinelitre 15 6 Hetton lB C Hetton Lyons Main l5 0 Ships at market, BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 27th inst., at Elliston House, St. Boswell's, the Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple. On the 25th inst., at Gisburne-park, the Lady nibbles dale. OF A DACGITTER. On the 29th inst., at 6, Stanley-crescent, Kensington park-gardens, Mrs. Thomas IL W. Anderson. On the 29th inst., at 13,William-street, Lowndes•squaros Mrs. Alfr3d Leggatt. MARRIED. On the 28th init., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Mr. J. Edward Weedon, of Curdtor-street, Chancery-lane, to Sarah Amelia, the second daughter of the late Mr. Georg° Lyall, of Middle-row, Holborn. On the 28th inst., at Stepney-church, Frederick John Abbott, of Cripplegate, second son of the late Chas. John. Abbott, of Lambeth, to Sarah Poynter, eldest daughter of John Stebbing, of Stebbing. DIED. - On the 27th inst., Alexmdor Smith, Esq., of New Park road, Clapham-park, aged 75. On the 28th inst., John Young, jun., of 3, Sparrow corner; Minories, and 19, Coldbath-square, London, aged 28. On the 2Zith inst., at Eat Hayes, the Rev. J. Browne LL.B., the incumbent of Trinity Church, Cheltenham, aged 62. On the 25th inst., at Chenies, Bucks, the Rev. William Lewis, aged rB. On the 21 Ph inst., John Benjamin Humfrey, Esq., of Ribworth Hall. Leicestershi•e, age , ' 63. On the 26th inst., at Brixton, Lieut. John Sci Bombay Europeans, a g ed 28. 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