The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. OPENING OF THE "DIVAN AD HOC" IN MOLDAVIA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Daily News.) BUCHAREST, OCT, 8. All the accounts from J ass y agr ee in the fact that there exist among the deputies of Moldavia perfect unanimity, moderation, and determination. It is to be hoped that this good example will not be lost on the Divan of Wallachia. M. Demetre Bratiano, member of the town of Peteshti, in Wal lachia, was entrusted with the mission of placing the Divans of the two countries en rapport, so as to ensure unanimity of action ; from the successful execution of which task he has this day retnrned. I am now in a position to give you some details of the occurrences at Jassy and the conduct of the two commissioners there, viz., Sir H. Bulwer and M. Basili. The inauguration of the Divan was announced on Sunday by a salute of 101 guns. At 10 o'clock service in the metropolitan church, where, after the celebration of the "Te Denim," the Archman drite Seriban (member of the Divan) addressed the assembly from the pulpit. Some political allusions in his discourse touching the question of union under a foregn prince are supposed to have been as distasteful to Sir H. Bulwer as to M. Basil'. The latt , r seemed particularly annoyed at one sentence, wherein the Archmandrite said, " The rights of our country have been long misunderstood and trodden under foot." After divine service, .the cortege of members of the Divan and commissioners defiled to the palace between an espalier of soldiers and under a second salute of 101 guns. On their de parture from the palace the Caimacan, who had also assisted at the religious ceremony in the church, reviewed the troops before the assembled deputies. All Jassy was afoot, and this national fete was rea'ly an imposing sight. Iu the evening all the houses, save that of the Austrian consul, were illuminated. The Metropolitan opens the Divan by an address, and the reading of the firman, and announcing the commencement of their labours next week. Mon day were elected committees of members to verify the election retu' rv, after which comes the election of vice president, a most important office, and one which is at first only to be held for four weeks, after which comes the discussion as to the order and ar rangement of their labours. The-reception of the two commissioners at Jassy took place without any public display. A deputa tion of unionists waited upon each with an address in their respective house. M. Basili replied to their address in an extemporary speech, the tenor and wording of which seem to have grated rather harshly upon the ears of his auditors : the most benevolent found it a little to severe and didactic, especially when he alluded to the presumed action of the Divan, which intended to confine themselves to the political reorganisation, without entering upon the subject of what may be properly termed their administrative legislation. M. Basili having learnt that the deputation were somewhat annoyed and discouraged by his address, subsequently sent for the leaders of the party, and gave them more assuring explanations, in conformity with which second thoughts the emended edition of the Russian views has been given to the public. The Moldavians criticise a little the iutimee re lations of the Russian with the clergy (the Metro politan is the president of the Divan), and do not quite approve the stress that M. Basili would fain lay upon "a bond more binding than that of nation ality, viz., that of co-religion." The Greek has, I suspect, counted somewhat without his host. Our commissioner was received with much cor diality. He appears to have been in such excellent humour on the occasion—vide his annexed reply— that he could not avoid editing a few facetiae iii the well-known style of Lord Palmerston, while the abundance of his proverbs and parables would have done honour to Cervantes. As, however, these dis courses frequently differ considerably, according to the time that has elapsed between the viva voce im pression of the address and the finishing touch of the author, who declares the proof perfect, I must beg you to receive my translation as a pretty fair mean, inasmuch as my informant assures me that the system of revision had not been applied to it more than five times. Some of the Moldavians cavil not a little at the small knot of supporters who formed the body guard and supporters of our worthy commissioner at Jassy. They pretend that M. Basil Ghika, who was dismissed by Vogorides'from the ministry of the interior, for some rather strong irregularities, was not worthy of the high esteem in which he seemed to be held. M. Panajot Radu has al o offended the sympathies of his countrymen by undertaking the part of Austro-Turko newsmonger, and having made himself somewhat obnoxious at Bucharest during the annulled Mold%vian elections in this capacity. M. Alexandra . lalsch, the one anti-unionist of the DiVan, is also out of favour. Koko Stourdza, an aspirant to the Caima,camie, does not seem to suit them better, while a certain Dr. Williamson, a countryman, can certainly boast of having a very pretty considerable number of enemies and detractors in the fair city of Jassy. Sir Henry no doubt has his r easons for what he does, and I must leave him to give them, or not, as he chooses, to the gentlemen of Jassy, who appear somewhat dissatisffed, with the above circle of ac. quaintance. The easy and gentlemanly manners of Sir Henry, as well as his personal amiability, which seems• to have been displayed even more wrongly at Jassy than at Bucharest, completely won the Moldavians. He was less successful in inducing them to credit his assertions of frank ness and loyalty of position and advice. Not a shadow of cinfidence has been es'ablishecl during these short relations between S:r H-nry and the Moldaviaus. One of that body, in speaking of this want of sympathy, and comparing Str Henry with another political personage, remarked :—" Dither is to be trusted, the only difference between their) being tha: one isan intrigiaiit, the other (Sir Henry) a diplomitist." The instructions of the two deleigatei commis sioners merely authorised them to arrange with the Pie sident (the Metropolit in) the mode of carrying out the relations between the Commission and the Divan. The Metropolitan and atirnaean, posaly with the best imaginable int-ntions, thought fit to address certain questions to the two commissioners regariing the cr ter of the Libours of the Divan, in conseqn.nce of which Sir H. Buiwer and M. Basili r:-plied, in form of a consmanicatio - t, giving their id as upon the order of their labours, an act in I wl i h they wire perfectly un •uthorised by the Erirope in Commission—the more so that the clues- • t'otrs concerned the competence of the Dvan. Fortunately the reply of the two commissioners, in wlich the stylus of Sir Henry, and his skill in weaving a Ne sian tunic, shone conspimou3, was declared by the au Inn themselves to be " Don obligat Aro." Those "ideas" caused no little alarm to the Moldavians. Amongst cther matters, in opposition to the firman, which says that the classes are to occupy themselves principally with qiies:tonsaffict'neks e p ara t e i n t eres t , th e com missioner wished to introduce a preliminary of the committees as a rule, so that the whole house would only have 'to deliberate upon the basis of a report drawn up by the different class committees—a pro cedure that would necessarily produce the utmost disorder in the preparatory labours for the general preparations, and soon so sink the parliamentary niachiee in the mire that it would be impossible afterwards to extricate it and set it in motion. REPLY OF SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE UNIONISTS AT JASSY. Gentlemen,--I have listened to the dieceurse that hasjust been pronounced with all the attention that mien friendly expressions ought to inspire, and, if the words of a celebrated individual be true, " that Language was given to man, and above all to diplo matists, to enable them to diiguise theirtheughts," I confess to making a bad use of the gift on the present occasion, inasmuch as I cannot find words to cloak the deep emotion that I feel at the cordial reception with which you have honoured my entry into this Principality. It is, as you say, gentle men, the first time that I have visited your coun try ; but allow me to assure you it has long ob tained my sympathy, and that I am anxious to sic) mY name honourably inscribed in the new chapter of is history which is being commenced. This desire you - will readily understand, as being the repro 7enta,ive of a government that must be ioterftted . in the development of your re sources , w hil e , for my own part, I can desire no mission more agreeable than the amelioration of our glory greate r th an that ofy living sp i o n ax yo t u o r recollec tions. I feel I ought alwaysi to frankness while addressinig you with entreatywith regard. Do not imagine, therefore that the future of a people can be formed in e y d w a. ; Do not fancy either that " the race is always te y ih Trees of the slowest growth are the lonilee:srteswliviretd, while the tortoise challenged by the remember the fable—gained the race. In searT ing for SOW) trait that might afford nee an index , to your character, I think that I have met one that augurs well. True, you have only made a single roa d in your country; but that road i s exce ll ent. paved. street in y our c it y ; Y( u. have only one well but that street is better paved than almost any street in the finest cities of Europe. Thus, gentle met, you have given me the idea, that it lies less it the genius of your character to wish to do much, t'iall to perform well what you undertake. A people that progresses in th . s manner will advance far, be cauee its march i s sure. Every epoch in history has ii n fact fs miesion. True political science (Part de la politique),. in nations as in individuals, cmsists in Justly appreciating - the opportunity, employ ing every effort for the possible/ and never wast ing time or strength on the impossible. Need I then tell you that, in demanding to be informed of your wishes, you will be definitely judged of ac cording to the good sense you display. Gentlemen, some people have addressed to me, since my arrival, questions cone , rning the attributes as well of the Com mission as of the Divan. I take this opportunity to reply to them, seeing, as I do, several of your de puties around me. It is after a struggle, fortu nately terminated, that several of the great Powers —most interested in the fate of Europe, assem bled at Paris to consider about the Principalities, and the desire of these Powers has been to sustain at one and the same time the rights and the dignity of the Ottoman Empire, and to ameliorate your destiny in accordance with the ideas and the neces sities of the different classes composing your society. These powers have instructed a commission to visit these countries, to enable them to arrive at more exact and precise ideas upon this subject. This commission ought to avail itself of every means of information, and in order to facilitate its labours it has been determined to convoke a Divan in each Principality, whose duty it is to communicate the views of the country to the commissioners, as also to reply to the questions which they (the commis sioners) may address to them. Further, each Di van ought to be divided into committees of classes. These committees are, above all, separately called upon to inform us of the particular wishes of each class, as they will thus enable us to acquire a gene ral idea of the entire population of Moldavia as of Wallachia. We, gentlemen, have no other part to perform here as commissioners, than to make our report according to the plan that has been traced out to us. You, gentlemen, have no other duty to fulfil, as deputies, than to aid us in making that report a correct one. This gentlemen, is, I venture to assert, our mutual position. We, on the one hand, must not, transgress our limits, while you, on the other, are equally bound to respect yours. There is no maxim more applicable to practical life than that of the Christians. He who humbles him sis often exalted, while he who exalts himself is frequently humiliated. My duty imposes upon me the obligation of speaking thus openly, and 1 think that I give you the best proof of my friendship by so acting. Yes, gentlemen, lam really your friend and I shall act as such in the duties which I am called upon to perform. Ido not promise that you shall obtain all that you may desire, nor do I promise to share your view in every thing, because I will not renounce the indepen dence of my own opinions ; but what I can assure you of is, that you should receive the benefit of the wisdom and good will of the Powers in everything that your reason and experience may indicate, and that prudence and justice can consider as 'compa tible with your intelligence, your position in the centre of Europe, and the Suzerain - to of the Sublime Porte ; while as regards myself indivi dually, gentlemen, should the opinion of so unim portant a personage have any power over your de stiny, you may rest certain that such opinion will be expressed in a loyal, independent, and con scientious manner, and that it will he always in fluenced by the interest that you have inspired me with, and the gratitude that I owe to you, while guided at the same time by my judgment and duties. THE LATE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. TRIAL. OF COUNT MIGEON. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Daily News.) In a former letter I drew attention to the serious fact disclosed' by Count Migeon's trial, that the ballot boxes at French elections 'may be and are tampered with. As the trial proceeds, the revela tions made touching the approved mode in which the Government to use its own expression, "guides" universal suffrage, are such as to excite astonish ment in every mind at the unblushing impudence arid blind fatuity-which could have provoked such on investigation as that now going on atColinar. It will no longer do for the apologists of despotism to babble about the essential difference between the French and English temperaments, and to insinuate that fairplay is an exclusively Anglo-Saxon idea. You may be well assured that the French mind is per fectly capable of understanding and resenting the monstrous frauds and oppressions which have, now been brought to light, and which, so long as they are permitted, must render all elections in France utterly null and void in fore eon seientice. It has been proved in open court that in the department of the Hant-Rhin the pre fect, sub-prefect, mayors, assistant-mayors, jns Aces of the peace, commissaries of police, police officer', gendarmes, huissiers, and all sorts of function aries, from the highest to the lowest, conspired toge ther, generally, and almost universally, to thwart by all kinds of legal and illegal persecution, by an infinite variety of direct and indirect frau-ls, by in ' timidation and cajolery, and by isyst.matic slander of the opposition candidate, tlaat libel ty of election, upon which, according to the professions of the French Government, the whole fabric of society iu France is founded. These things may possibly now astonish foreigners, but I must observe in passing that they have long been known to everybody living in France. It must not be supposed that the doings which have been brought to light in the department of the Haut-Rhin ate more iniquitous than those which have been going on throughout the country at large. Vixere fortes ante Againonnona. It has beenjpserved for the Procureur Imperial of the Colmar to be the sacred Vates to put upon record for the first time achievements which the gagged press of France was forbidden to chronicle. It will be remembered that when the struggle fought in various provipcial courts about the free circulation of electoral bulletins was termi nated by a decision of the Court of Cassation in the last resort in favour of the Government, it was solemnly protest-xi, not only by all the semi official organs, but by a circular of the Minister of the Interior, that it was only desired to hinder tl:e di=tribu ion of bulletins in very rare and exceptional cases, where there mi.2ht he ground for supposing that public order would be disturbed. The only result of the decision was to impose upon the can,lidete the obligation to deposit his bulletin at the parquet. In fact, it was given out that the only object of the Government was to prevent the names of red-rep u►limn refugees, such as Lodru Rollin or Victor Hugo, swing used to excite revolutionary feeling. No legal question about Count Migeou'e bulletins could, however, possibly arise, because he bad deposited his bulletin according to law, and it WAS r.ceived without objection. _Nevertheless, ns agents, who distributed bulletins licaring his name, Iv, re systematically arrested. The sub-prefect, being driven by a searching question of M. Jobs Fevre to admit that he gave the order for their ar rest la one particular place, had recourse to the miserable subterfuge that the men were vagabonds ; ant it so happened that these vagabonds had M. Migeon's bulletins upon them. The truth was that he called them vagabonds because they were found a mile from their own houses without pass ports. By the same reasoning, the thousands who go from Paris to Sr. Cioud or Ver sailles on a Sunday might be arrested as vaga bonds, for not one of them in a thousand has a passport upon him. M. Jules Favre electrified the court by au exclamation on this disclosure being made, " Voile la libert4 dent nous jouissons The conclusive proof that bulletins to vote for M. Mignon could not be found in the department is that in many communes the bulletins of the Go verament candidate forced upon the electors by the police were found in the boxes with the name of Nizolle scratched out, and that of Migeon substi tuted. Many of these were rejected, because the name Migeou was written under inst ad of over that of Nizolle. I subjoin, merely as specimens, a f ew ex t rac t s from the voluminous evidence. They are by no means the most striking, for since I made the ex tracts from the report other evidence whichl have . n It time to analyse has been published. On a witness named Courtot, farmer at Bermont, ea lid— M. Jules Fevre asked—ls it within the knowledge of this witness that a pressure was exercised against M. MiEeon ? Witness—At Dell M. Migeon's placards were every- where torn down, while those of M. Nizolle (Go vernment) were undefaced. I could tell you the names of the persons who tore down the plaeardp, but would rather not mention them. No one would have dared to distribute a bulletin with M. Migeon's name, so great was the intimidation. M. J. Favre—Did you hear calumnious reports re. specting M. Migeon ? • Witness—Oh, certainly. M. J. Favre—Who circulated those reports ? Was it an official personage ? Witness—l would rather not mention names. M. J. Favre—lt wa3 not the mayor oCßCancourt, was it ? Na answer. M. J. Favre—l ask you whether it was not the nsayor of Beaucourt ? take down M. Migeon's placards had been really given, the men must have executed their duty very badly, be cause at least several of them remained. To this how ever, the witness, who had been told to take care that he was not seen at the work, promptly replied that it was a tedious job to scratch papers off a wall with a knife. The Procureur Imperial, finding his case damaged,then tried to damage the witness by the observation that they were not regular police agents but only employes of the Bureau de Bienfaisance, known as Chasse pauvres. " Ohl then," said M. J. Favre, "that sufficiently accounts for their slackness in the execution of their orders. A veterinary surgeon, named Froidevaus, deposed that two members of a municipal council, named Con stant Pidot and Joseph Madru, bad been offered money to vote for the Government candidate. M, Hengel, a medical man of Cernay, deposed that in that town half a litre of wine was given to every man who voted for M. Nizolle ; that the persons who distri buted M. Mignon's bulletins were arrested ; that people who went to the poll, meaning to vote for M. Mignon, were frightened when they saw the commissary of police watching the ballot-box, and came away without voting, and that others did not dare to refuse the bulletins for M. Nizolle which the police thrust into their hands. A farmer of Cernay named Depierre was fined 25f. for showing about a number of the Courier du Bas Rhin which contained one of M. Migeon's circulars. Being a marked man on this account, he had been prosecuted niece the elections, on a frivolous charge of leaving his cart for a moment in the street without a driver, and , entenced to a day's imprisonment and a fine of Gf. The prefect, however, he said, was kind enough aot to put hits into the felons' department of the prison. The Procureur Imperi%l was so completely thrown upon his back by the terrible disclosures brought out by M. Jules Favre's searching questions, that, he made a motion to the Court on the 13th to put a stop to M. Favre's line of examination. This step drew down upon him the following damaging speech : dismiss the petition. The only question now was the day of adjournment. Mr. Levy said the mortgagee of the gardens might foreclose in the interval, and there would then be an end to the property altogether. His Honour did not think there was any fear of this. M. Jules Favre said he hardly knew whether he was called upon to answer this singular requisition, which did not touch his conduct in the management of this case, but was a direct attack upon the court. It was the first time in all his experience that an attack of such a kind had proceeded from a public prosecutor. The impression produced on his mind by what had come out as the cause went on was of a widely different nature from that which apparently instigated the public pro secutor to make the tardy revelation which he had done, namely, that the direction which the evidence was taking was calculated to throw discredit upon the admi nistration. e What surprised him above all things, and would astonish the public out of doors, was how the public prosecutor could possibly have heard the evidence of more than 60 witnesses, who bad already been exa mined, without perceiving the danger which now made him so uneasy. Why did he not rise to object to the very first witness ? Why bring forward his bushel when. every one had seen the light ? He was afraid the Go v, rament must by this time exclaim, "Save me from my friends." He had never heard a more severe censure passed upon any Government than that averment of the public prosecutor, in open court, that if "the veil which covered the acts of the Administration were raised very serious consequences would result." Was he, then, afraid that these acts when known would provoke public indignation ? The Court need not fear that he (M. Jules Favre) woul I make a political speech. He did not forget that be was defending a man who had always hitherto showed himselt an ardent admirer of the present Government, and whose greatest desire was to continue to serve it. His own personal opinions were welt known, and therefore he did not feel the slightest embarrassment in fulfilling his duty as counsel. The court had heard from the witnesses that had been sought to dissuade electors from voting for Migeon by telling them that if he was elected be would be prosecuted. Hosts of agents had been em ployed to circulate the most foul libels upon M. Migeon, Hie honour was at stake, and was he (his counsel) now to be prevented from proving that this prosecution, based mainly upon a state charge, had bebn kept in re serve, was not instituted bona fide, and was in fact a disgraceful electoral manceuvre. He was told that he must not raise the veil which shrouded the acts of the administration. Ah I they might believe him, there was Elate occasion to take that trouble. " Although," said the learned counsel, in conclusion, " we do live in times of silence, the public conscience is not enlightened. . It is not fault if these revelations have been made. I gave you an opportunity of putting off the trial till the morning of the Corps Legislatif, but you would urge it on • you would drag the Gov ernmen t i n t o tt e discussion, and now you must take the consequences." The court decided that it should make no order on the public prosecutor's application. If any im proper question should be put to a witness he would be at liberty to object in the regular course as occasion may arise. The trial is expected to last a day or two longer.- Mr. Levy—Notice of sale has been given already. Mr. Jones said there was no intention of such a thing, as he understood. Ultimately, the matter Was adjourned until the 19th of December. The wit73W; nodded affirmatively. M. J. Favre—And that is the offioial personage I charged t o see that these elections are fairiy conducted ! , Three police agents of Mdfort, nam: d Gaenal, Blcic, Nand Perrier, clepostAl that they were ordered by 1 1 (1 , . eethe c'aief co mm i ssary of police, to tear down M. Mip o ed n's placard' s , and to take great care that nobody me-idlwith M. Nizolle's. The evidence of these witnesses provoked great laugllter in caurt. Perri* r said ha was toll to take doses .1.1. Migeon'e pla cards wherever hwehoc7wldaldoprietsewuti,thoduetnibedein The commissary helm, hating given the order, and vouched as 'conclusive confirma tion of his assertion thals one of M. Migeon's placards might yet be seen on the wails of the Rotel de Vile. roil argument was tantamount to a confession, because everybody knows that to save appearan ce an opposition ctodidate's address is always allowed to be posted at the Hotel de Me of a town, although it may be looked for I in vain at any other place in the conamune. The jn,ige i came to the rescue with the rema r k th at if t h e order to TEE S [TN, Lo NDON, MON DAY ETENING, OCTOBER l9, 1857 the part of the crown, which was fatal to the con viction. Mr. Bliss said the - bench were unanimously of opinion that the conviction was good, and must be con4rmed. As to the legal argument of the learned serjeant, he would say that if a person had a house, and used a portion in it for the purposes of betting —iu his opinion it was using that house within the meaning of the statute. The appellant was then taken into custody to serve the sentence. BETTING _HOUSE CONVICTION. At the Middlesex Sessions on Saturday an ap peal by Charles Thorp, formerly of 124, Jermyn street, now of the White Bear, Piccadilly, was heard, against a conviction for keeping a betting house, under which he was sentenced to two months' hard labour in the House of Correction. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by the Solicitor to the Treasury, appeared to support the Conviction ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. F. EL Lewis, in structed by Mr. S. B. Abrahams, for the appellant. In opening the case, Mr. Bodkin said the legis lature having passed an act to remedy the evils result ing from the betting-houses, which were so much complained of, the government bad felt it to be their duty to support the conviction now appealed against, particularly as the appellant had been be fore convicted of the same offence. Upon the evidence he thought there could be no doubt of the propriety of the conviction. Inspector Webb, of the C Division, stated that on the 4th of May he watched the house, 124, Jermyn-street, then in the occupation of the ap pellant, by whom the shop door was opened about ten in the morning. From ton to eleven 20 per sons entered and came out ; from eleven to twelve, 2 7 6 6 from frm twelve o from one to two, 41. The door was olosed ;andoto to three,orie 90 ; at the latter hour, but at four several persons knocked, and the appellant let them in. The total number was 258, and many of them were known to witness as betting men. He saw the appellant at the window making entries in a book, and while be was doing so he was surrounded by persons whom witness had seen to go iu. They had books in their hands. At half-past seven in the evening he 'a ent with the superintendent of the C division to the house, and on entering they found five per sons in front of the bar, upon which stood some decanters of wine. The appellant was behind the bar, and upon hearing their business—they had a warrant—he hurried away through a back room, and could not be afterwards found. The five per ms standing itifront of the bar were searched and taken to the station-house. On searching the bar ho found copies of telegraphic messages relating to races, and memoranda of the sane kind. In a room on the first floor he found a ledger, containing entries of races, and the names of horses with figures at tached. The house was frequented by betting men, and the appellant had been there for some years. _ _ In cross - examination he said he could not swear that bets were made. George Draper, 326 A, deposed to going into the house in plain clothes on the 4th of May. A person there said, " Wh at ' s the pr i ce a b ou t L eam i ng t on ?" Appellant said, you not give mo re t h an that'?" to which Thorp re plied, " Well, if " sto 1." The inquirer said, " Can you want to back him I'll give you 6to 1." The person then put down a sovereign, and Thorp made an entry in a book. The man gave the name of Williams. • Joseph Cox, late a constable of the D division, gave similar testimony. He saw a bet made of 4 to 1 against a horse called Turbit, and on asking the odds against horses entered for the Chester Cup Thorp told him 5 to 1 against Leamington, 10 to 1 Van Duna, 20 to 1 Zig Zag. Thorp offered to lay 30 against the last named. The next witness was Superintendent Hannant, who deposed to the appellant escaping, when in formed of the nature of his visit to his house. Kirby, an elderly-looking man, was next called. "He said W wanted to know who was to pay his expenses before he was sworn. He had been kept in town four days, and his expenses were 13s. 6d. a day. Superintendent aannant said the witness lived at Boston, in Lincblnshire, and they went there to serve him with a iibpoena, but they found he was in town ; so when he was served he only received ls. with the subpena. Mr. Bodkin told the witness that the Solicitor to the Treasury would pay all proper and reason able expenses. Witness—Well, give me his address—but stop, I don't know any Solicitor to the Treasury, and before I begin I want my expenses. Mr. Bodkin—.yon will find " Solicitor to the t Treasury, Whitehall," on the back of your subpoena —let me see it. Witness—flora it is, but here's writing on it of mine which I don't want you to see. It's the item of my expenses. I want the money, sir, that's my ticket. (Laughter) Mr. Bodkin, to the bench—Sir, here is a witness before you, whose 'air and reasonable expenses are guaranteed by the Solicitor to the Treasury, and if he refuses fnrther to give his evidence, I shall ask you to commit him. Witness—Well, rather than be committed I'll begin, but the Queen is better able to pay my ex p.nses than lam to lose them'. I was "had" once before in a horse ca.e. I was summoned 37 miles, and was only laughed at after all. I don't mean to be laughed at again like that. much Sergeant confi B d is, that I'm confident I' confidence an in her daje'ty's Treasury. Witness—Not He does not appear to have t 7 The representative of sury here stepped up all the confidence I've got mean to b 3 paid. the Solicitor to the Trea atid handed the witness 51., very well contented. el no trade or business, but wi H th e w t h h i e e n h a h e e p s 9 e s e e m d_ ect I a live at Boston. In May last 6) to 2 that Blink Bonny Iditdwnotas m Thorp en laid a little nie a pr b o e p t ee o ? and Oaks. I won the bet. Jerwyn-street—just at the door. I used to go there t o make b e t s . When I asked him for my win the th a e t D l e 2 r 4 b , y money after Blink Bonny had won the two races, he said he could not pay as the police had taken his books. I produced my own book in which he had written his name to the bet, but he did not pay me, nor has he yet. He said I must wait. I have paid him altogether 237. for b ts. C, osse xarniued—l was once a farmer, but failed. I never had 11 days through falsely stating that I was an inspector of weigias and measures. I was once at the assizes 11 days, but I do not know, and never did rightly, what it was for, but this I know I wai acquitted without the ail of either counsel or solicitor. Sergeant Ballantine—That's a libel by inference upon the entire profession. The witness added that he went to the White Bear the preceding evening and saw the appellairt's solicitor. He did not say he would stay away from the court if 201. were given him, but he said if Thorp would pay him the amount of his bet, he would be out of the way —why should he Of, he said. He had no ill-will against Thorp—but he wanted his money for all that. Sergeant Ballantiae—You aro from the north, are you not? lfitnass (winking}—l should sly I wag, a bit. Mr. Scott, rate collector, proved that Ehe house 124 Jermyn-street, was rated in th© defindant'a name, and that he paid the rates. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, .in his address to the bench, said he mu t confess that be looked to the r. salt of the case with deep anxiety, fraught as it was with the most vital importance to the appellant, who, if the conviction were affirmed, would have to undergo the severe sentence of two months' hard labour in a felon's gaol, upon acharge not supported by the best proof which the Government could have adduced, and which was not surrounded by any flagrant or aggravating circumstances. He was ad dressing the bench as a court of law—he should also address them ae a ,jury; and while they would de cide the law of the ease, he should ask them to give the appellant the benefit of any doubt he might be able to raise in their minds as to the facts. The statute unde r w hi c h this conv i c ion teolg - place was one of a hi g hl y penal nature, and must therefore be strictly construed and the appellant was justified in resorting to every means and argument to extricate himself fr om th e peril in which he was placed. The conviction, he contended, was not drawn up accord ing to the evidence it was made upon. The words of the statute were, "Any person being the occupier of any house, rooms, office, or other place," the convic tion was for " a certain house." Now it was clear that the prosecutor bad the right to elect, and the conviction ought to_ have been for a room, for the evidence was that it was in a room that the betting took place, elusive evid ence that such room was au actual part of the hous e o f and wher e was th e s t r i c tly l ega l an d con - The convicti on was for " house," the evidence ap plied only to a which Thorp had been the occupier? a. . room or shop which might be dis tinct from the appellant's house. He must admit that there was no grave question upon facts; but i n such a penal matter every point must be scrutinised most strictly. Where was the evidence that Thorp's house was used for betting, as the conviction alleged. Persons went there for other purposes ; and if eve n b ettin no grave crim eal i t y , r cla w had been going on there was been e elected from a crowd. The sa es, who were me t lefting on Thorp's part—but he h a d was done in th e lig' e so d, and i n d u l ged in this vice with impunity, thing was done in the ligl:e r classes, who were left uu so tthf d, and indulgeci in this vice with impunity, while a person like Mr. Thorp was to undergo the severe and terrible punishment of being sent to associate with felons in a common gaol. He sub mittecl that there.was a link wanting in the case on LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 17. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) ill RR TILE ROYAL SIIRRET,GARDEIsTS. This was the day appointed by adjournment from August last for the consideration of a petition for winding up the Royal Surrey Gardens Com pany (Limited), which had been presented by Mr. Horace Jones, architect, a shareholder, and cre ditor of the company, nnder the PrOtit clause of the Joint-Stock Companies Act (1856). At the last meeting, it will be remembered, his Honour de clined to make any order upon the petition, and adjourned its consideration with a view to the de cision of the shareholders being taken at a general meeting of that body. The proceedings which have subsequently taken place are known to the readers of The Sun. Mr. A. Jones now appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. T. B. Fleming for the committee of share holders. Mr. Coppock and some other of the di rectors were present. Mr. Chappell appeared for M. Jullien and other shareholders ; and Mr. Levy for Mr. Palmer and Madame Caradori. Mr. Jones stated the ground on which adjourn ment had been made. The Commissioner—Well, have you been able to come to any arrangement ? Mr. Jon e s—I am not afra i d at present, but I will tell your honour whit has taken place since the last meeting. A meeting of shark-holders took place on the sth of October, at which a committee of twelve shareholders was appointed to invectigato the affairs of the company, and to report to an adjourned meeting on the 211 of November. I have now to ask your honour to permit this petition to stand over di! a day subsequent to that day. lam wil liog to cuisent to that . , and am not aware of any opp omit 'on. Mr. Fleming—l do not to the adjournment; but I think your honour will attach some condition to it when I state what has taken place between the last meeting and the present time. The share holders, being dissatisfied with the conduct of the direatyrs, and having lost confidence in them, pur m-d the course pointed out by the deed of settle meat, and sent in a requisition Eignrd by the re quisite number of shareholders requiring the di rectors to call a meeting, in order that they might be removed, and others appointed in th-:ir stead. At that time there were only four directors, not a sufficient number to act; the deed requires that there should be five, of whom three are a quorum. The directors appointed another „gentleman, which appointment was quite unobj actionable and legal. The meeting took place under the requisition ; there was a groat deal of discussion ; and it was ul timately agreed that a committee of the share holders should be appointed. That committee was -. , ppointed with the c•Jrisent of all parties ; and it was distine,ly understood and stated that an appli c ition should be made to your honour to postpone .ho consideration of this petition till a future day, in order that a committee might investigate the accounts and report to the adjourned meeting. However, I hear this morning, for the first time, f , f what I consider a great lereach of the undertak ing towards the shareholders, that the directors have taken time by the forelock, and have them salvos appointed three more directors, thus endea vouring to supersede the object of the meeting and render all our operations nugatory. The Commissioner—What condition do you wish mo to attach to the adjournment? Mr. Fleming—That the directors, in the inter val, shall not do anything in contravention of the understanding which was come to at the meeting. The Commissioner—That is too vague. I cannot exact an indefinite pledge of that so r t. _ _ Mr. Jones said that the co-directors last ap pointed were taken from among the requisitionists. Of the seven directors, four were requisionists. Mr. Fleming denied that they bad been nomi nated by the t equisitionists, th )ugh they had them selves signed the requisition. They had also signed the request for a poll at the last meeting, which, if persisted in, would have swamped the decision of the meeting, for Mr. Coppock, with his 11.0 shares, would have outvoted all those present. The Commissioner—Then you say he had a giant's power, but did not use it like a giant. (Llughter.) Mr. Fleming—But he would have used it, had not the expression of the meeting not been so strong that ho did not dare to do it. ("No, no.") In answer to the court, Mr. Jones stated that of the committee appointed at the meeting of shareholders, nine were hostile to the directors, and three favourable to them. • Mr. Fleming said that there were six on one side and half a dozen on the other. (Laughter.) The Commissioner—Then it seems a fair com mittee enough. If they report against the direc tors, and a vote of censure is passed upon them, they will retire of course ? 14r. rlemieg doubted that. They would use all !de tus to get the zewe of the meetivg in thrir fav After a desultory discussion, his Honour decided tint ho hnd no power to annex any condition to the order for adjournment. If it were insisted on, be must either make the order for winding-up or laval and Military Intelligence. The annexed circular memorandum has been ad dressed to the army at home and abroad :-- "Horse Guards, S.W.,Oct. 6, 1857. "His Royal Highness the G eneral Coramanding-in- Chief desires that when officers who have been borne as supernumaries on the strength of a regiment are trans , ferred to other corps the regulated mess and band con tributions which they have paid en original appointment be handed over to the oorps to which they are trans ferred. "By command, "G. A. WETHERA.LL, Adjutant-General. A circular memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards, explaining to the army - that a sol dier's claim to the restoration of a medal at the public expense can only be allowed when a medal has been lost by some accident entirely beyond the control of the owner, and when the loss cannot be attributed to any want of care on his part. Major-General Lord Rokeby, commanding the di,ision of the Guards, inspected the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards at St. George's Barracks on Saturday last, attended by his Assistant Adju tant General Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ar thur Hay. A detachment, consisting of three companies of the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, left the Tower on Saturday for the dockyard at Deptford, and relieved the detachment of the 2d battalion of the Scotch Fusileer Guards, the latter proceeding to Windsor to join the head-quarters of the bat talion. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland his appointed Captain Claud G. W. Lascelles, Royal Artillery, to be Extra, Aide-de-Camp, vice Gore, resigned. The Prince Albert steam-transport arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Gravesend with - troops for India. She embarked the following at Ports mouth on their arrival from Shorncliffe by railway : —Major Mackenzie ; Captains Norman, Crombie, and Hay ; Lieutenants 'Upton,' Burgess, and St. John ; Ensigns Bayley and Butler ; Assistant- Surgeon Jones, and 265 rank and file of the 72d Highlanders embarked at Portsmouth. The troops were loudly cheered on their march from the railway station at Landport to the dockyard. The Brazilian corvvtto Imperial Marinheire, 15 guns, Capt. T. Al v i n , arr i ve d a t S p ith ea d on Satur day forenoon, and saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Baynes, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific sta tion, with 1.3 guns.. This was a mistake, as the flag of Admiral Sir G. Seymour, the Commander-in- Chief, was flying on board the Blenheim, in Ports mouth harbour ; but as the salute could not be un fired, the Blenheim acknowledged it with the same number of guns. The Brazilian afterwards saluted the national flag, and General Scarlett, the Com mandant of the garrison returned the compliment from the King's Ravelin. Captain Alvin was subse quently presented by Chevalier Pappalardo, the Brazilian Consul, to the naval, military, and civil authorities. The object of the corvette anchoring at Portsmouthis to give her officers an opportunity of inspecting the Dockyard and other Government establishments. From Portsmouth she will proceed to Cherbourg and other French ports with a similar object. The Cyclops, 6, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Pul len, will leave Portsmouth in a few days for the Red Sea to assist in laying down the electric cable. The Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, flag of Rear-Ad miral Barnes, C. 8., sailed from Spithead on Satur day afternoon for the Pacific station, calling off Plymouth for the latest instructions and mails for the squadron. The strength of the garrison at Chatham has been considerably augmented by the arrival from Ireland of the depot campani-s of the 18th (Royal Irish), 51st (the King's Own Light Infantry), and the 94th Regiments, numbering together nearly 400 men. The 18th and 151st have been attached to the 3d battalion, and the 94th the Ist battalion. Notwith standing the large number of troops that have loft Chatham for India the garrison stili consists of nearly 3,000 men of all ranks, of whom upwards of 1,000 are well disciplined troops, capable of taking the field immediately. The first detachment of a West India regiment that has completed a courge of instruction in the Enfield rifle at the School of Musketry, Efythe, ar rived at Chatham on Sat urd.ay afternoon, the draught being composed of non-commissioned officers and m-•n of the 2d West India Regt, in charge of Ensign L. M'A. do Lane - ay. A number of the privates are men of colour. On their return to the West Indies they will be employed in instructing the men of their corps the use of the Enfield rifle. The following officers have joined their. Indian depots at Chatham Previous to embarkation :—En signs M. Williams and H. S. Jones, 84th Regt. - It is expected a considerable body of men from each of the depots in the camp at Colchester will shortly leave foe India. The recruits do not come in so freely as they did a few weeks ago. The Rev. E. L. Walsh has been appointed assistant chaplain in the camp. Lieut. R. H. Burton, first of her Majesty's steam. sloops Malacca, took up his commission on Satur day, and hoisted his pennant on board the Spitfire, at Woolwhich, as lieutenant in command. The Spitfire and Triton are fitting out, it is said, for the coast of Africa. Tile paddlewheel steamvessel Ban shee, tender to the Fisgard, Master Com. Allen, sailed from Woolwich yesterday for Ostend, to em bark the Prince_ of Wales and suite for Dover. The various segments of the huge mortar at Wo.)lwich, cast from a design of Lord Palmerston, and the entire weight of whichexceeds 50 tons, have been placed, in position. The mortar now stands on its platform ready to undergo the anxiously antici pated propf. The elevation is about 4 degrees. It is feared that the day appointed for the experiment will not be made public. Commanders W. H. Haswell (1850), S. Morrish (1851), E. Marshall (1852), A. J. Curtis (1852), and H. Boys (1853), were on Saturday - promoted to be captains.-- At the same time Lieutenants G. Durbin (1846), H. Nelson (1846), and A. G. Fitz roy were promoted to be commanders. In consequence . of 'the above promotions Sir C. Wood made on Saturday the following promotions : —Commonder J. B. Ballard to the Imaum, vice Morrish, promoted ' • Commander R. G Craigie to the Himalaya, vice Haswell, promoted ; and Com mander I. E. H. Somerset to the Devastation, vice Marshall, promoted. The following appointments wore made on Satur day at the Admiralty : James W. Lishman, Assistant Paymaster to the Princess Royal ; J. Adams, Assistant-Paymaster to the Diadem ; David F. Guy, Assist int-Paynias ter to the Indus ; Wm. A. Brown, Clerk to the Agamemnon ; and Francis Wood, Clerk to the Eagle. MILITIA: The Duke of Richmond, the Lord-Lieutenant, has communicated to the Sussex Militia that it is forthwith to be embodied. The officers and staff of the Ist West Norfolk Mil tia have received a communication from the Earl of Leicester, the Lord-Lieutenant, that the regiment is to be at once embodied. Earl Foite -, cue, the Lord Lieutenant, has inti mated to the officers and staff to the South Devon Militia that it will forthwith be permanently em bodied. An order has been received for the immediate embodinent of the Worcestershire Militia. - The Rutland Millitia, commanded by the Hon. H. Noel, have in been active training since the 26th ult., and have made great progress in their duties. Many of those who have served five years have ex pressed their intention of enlisting again. A sub scriptinn has been started among them for the suf ferers by the Indian mutiny. The Lincolnshire Militia now number 960. The men are drilled daily. The Nottinghamshire Militia (Royal Sherwood Foresters) are still in course of training at Newark. Last week 130 of the men were paid off, the term fur which they were embodied having expired. Many others have, however, offered themselves, and there are almost daily additions to the regiment. The officers of the Ist Derbyshire Militia have signified to Lord Panmure the willingness of the regiment to serve in India or any other part of her Majesty's dominions. The staff of tho regiment is being recruited for the Line, and some of the men enlisted have been sent off for the 95th and 98th Begiments. The LAcatershire Militia, commanded by Col. King, is to be embodied immediately. The Northamptonshire Militia is to bo imme diately assembled. with a view to embodiment. The Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia have commu nicated to Lord Panmure their readiness to serve abroad, and, it is believed that hislordship will accept their offer. ..,,•••• APOTHECABIZS" BALL. —The following are the names of the genie lon 'who passed the i r e mamination in the pr 1. of medicine, and zeceived certificates sciecce and the 15th of October, 1857 to practise on Th..irgday, . William FL ep worth . Radley, Den Biddle, Upper EdirteP- Itm ; William Farquhar Davis, caster ; Henry Co o p er ridge, St a ff or d ; J.veph James army ; John Alcock, C i ot,: . Mnskett, Holt T 91 2 as Rayner, Birstal, near 1 Norfolk ; Leede. Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London . . British liorthAmerican Ch Bk. Ind. Ansi& Ch, City ........... Colonial Commercial of London Eng Scot & Aust. Ch Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus DO. New London and County . • Lon & Eastn. Ilnkg. C. London Joint-Stock ... Loncln and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New ...• .. :-. Ditto - ditto N'atiorir.l Bank •••• •• New =oath Wales .. Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New. • • •• • • font an...... South Australia . • -• Union of Australia 201. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 7/. p. C . . & bs. C. per cent. 5/. percent. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n....., Unity Mutual. Western Bank to r Londn 181. per cent. 6 1 ,. per cent. 28 per cent. l 8!. per cent. 16pc.&b8 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. lot. per cent. X a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 • 0 50 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0" 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 41. p. ct.eas. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 111. per cent., [M. per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 X s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0, 20 "ii 0 50* 0 0 10 1 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 all II 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICE& - Dividend Amount , Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. 'Share. --- -- - 4 a. d flank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 . 100 0 0 169/0E British Linen Company ,61. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 218/Os Caledonian Bank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03/ 17, City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12115' Clydesdale Bank .... 5%/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13. 12: C.,mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2401 0 Eastern Bank.. -•• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0. 0 141 0 , Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3KI. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 19. National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10310: 1 Northof Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 0 5/ lfs Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13 Ws Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 103/ 0 Western Bank•• .. -.. 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 59/ Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/1 0, British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ HE Caledonian Fire Insur . 10i.per cont. 100 . 0 0 10 0 0 24/10E City of Glasgow Life.. 6/. por cent. 25 0 0 2 0 04/ *.,E Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 06/ 124 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 'is Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cont. 60 0 0 3 5 0 41 6, Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 11 0° North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 0, Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 14s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 19. Scottish Union Insrnc. 741. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 011 15s Standard Life •••• .. •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 26/ 0. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per . of Paid. I Price Annum.' Share. --.., --- X s. d. X a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron ... 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship • . .. 20 1 0 0 10 0. 0 - Assam tea .......... 61. per cent. 50 0 0' 20 0 0 -• Aactien Mart.• ...... 2141 per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 0 0 all 10 0 0 all - A.nstranan Royal. Mall - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 10 0 - British American Land 51. p er 50 1 0 0 40 0 0 - . Stock 100 0 '0 - .......... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 cent Ponds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Stock 100 0 0 -- Ditto.. C a p: o a t t d . ts a o f p e . p e r r centcent cent. 61. .s 6 5 1 1 . . p p e e r r cent. eent Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - P. 65; Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -. Crystal Palace D itto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 all 0 4 1 Crya. Palace of France - 4 0 0 ail - City Navigation Bonds 3% 1. per ce n t - E l ec tric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. '. flag. T. Co. . _ 50 Equitable eversionry 10 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 a O ll 0 - R 5 /per cent. __ Date New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Itei Cr;. &Invest 5l. p c and 1/ 100 0 0 .00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - Gen.SteamNavi ga ti on 101. per ct• & 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 14 all - o 0 3 Si London Gen. Omnibus 1521. per cent. Stock /. per cent 40 0 all 3% .. (Judson's Day... aungerford ......;••• 21. ss. 100 0 0 - Lon. Ne. &N a . M anse. - 10 0 0 all - St al oc l k - London Reversions ry 5/, per cent. 1 5 0 ( 1 P all - vox. & S. American 10 0 0 all % Nat. Discount Comp • • - 25 0 0 50 0 3,4 100 0 0 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. - - - • Nor. En. Australasian 6d. 1o 0 all 0 a North of Europe, Stm. RT. per cent. 2 20 0 0 0 17 1 0 0 2 13,,, Price'sPatentCa.id. Co - 5 0 0 all 1% Peel River. Land&Min. - Pen. & Oriental Steam 71 . per cent 50 0 0 . all - Ditto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% , _ Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 all Royal Mail Stearn it. p. share. 100 0 0 fie 0 0 - Ditto New - Scottish Aus. Invest l5/. per cent. 10 0 all l % SouthAnstrallan Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 32 ti Trust and Loan Comp. 73 ~ pr cent. 20 0. 0 5 0 0 - Van Diemen's Land • • 10s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - C ov. 6 per caat. I n Is. 6 per cent, - . - - IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Lord CarlMe has just made an appointment which, miraculous to say, has elicited the warmest C:ICODiUTIIS of the Conservative journals, notwith standing the inauspicious fact that the gentleman favoured by the Irish Executive is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The Evening Mail, in noticing the elevation of Mr. Michael Morris, of the Connaught bar, to the rscoidership of Galway, " A better appointment could not possibly be made. Mr. Morris is a gentleman of first-rate abilities, an ibis lawyer, a ripe and accomplished scholar ; and, from the assiduity with which he devotes himself to his proles ion, there cannot he the slightest doubt, if spared, he will one day rise to the highest eminence. Mr. Morris is a Roman Catholic, but nevsr lent himself to the base and worthless party who, by adopting agitation as a t•ade have set a barrier between themselves and all good citizens. On the contrary, he always stood by his order,' and, while paying all due deference to the clergy of his religion in spiritual matters, strongly and successfully struggled against their undue interference in political affairs. We wish Lord Carlisle would give us frequent opportunities of epeaking in such terms as these of his appointments." THE LATE STH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOONS. The Leinster Express, alluding to the rumoured resuscitation of the old sth Dragoons, who were disbanded at the close of the last century, has rea son to believe that Colottel Dunne, late M.P. for Portarlington i is prepared to undertake the reor ganisation of the regiment. The Express thinks, and probably with reason, that the spirits of Ireland GO years ago are not likely to obstruct the valour of a new Irish regiment. At all events, it might be well to fill up a blank of very invidious import in the Army List, either by an English, lash, or Scotch corps, or by a combination of the three el., meats, if more desirable. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-Om. 15. Qrs. Best. Current. 348 Wheat '7s Gd 4Bs 26d 1337 Oats 33s Od 27s lad LUG Barley 42s Ed 33s 3d 45 Peas & beans 49s Od 43s 40 Inferior 30a Od 20:5 Od 23s Od 40s Od MARKET—OcT. 16. From the Official last. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 1 CANALS. PRIES OF SHARES. Names of Companies. Ashtn Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. • • • • Grand.rtuactn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn, Leeds &Livrr , Leicester Leicstr &Ntb Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath •• • • Oxford ...... Name of Company. 93 71. p. et. 40 4/: 100 11/. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. et. 10 6/. pr.et. 100 7s. 6d 40 6s. 109 251. 100 5 1 . 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 109. 100 161. 100 Berlin ....... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Kent.... • • .......... Lambeth • • .......... New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, .. •• . • Name of Company. aungerford.... •• Southwark ...... •• Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... .... • • • . Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Namo of Company Commercial .... ...... Do. Preference East arid West India.. Grand Snrry D. & Canal Do. Loan Note 3 Do. 5 per cent. Pref. Lon:lon • -... •• it. Katharine .• •• •• •• 4 outliampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• .• •• •• Ditto Nev ...... •• GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Provincial Brighton .• •• ..•• •• City of London ...... European .... .•• •• Great Central .. •• •••• Imperial Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Indepenaent [Ando!? Parl. Preferen. Phcenix . ....... Ratcliff •• • • • .. ••• • • • Surrey Consumers .... United General .... •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New Western A .. Ditto B Name of Company. Albion • • .. Brit. and For. Ditto Marina Athenauna .......... Atlas .. Argus Life ......... • • British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London Cleriel•Med.& Gen. Life County .. • . .• .• • . Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment General .. Globe Gresham Life ........ Do. Do.. Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... •• Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire Law bite... •. Legal and General Life London London & Prov Law— Marine....• Nied. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva •• .. •.•. • • .. Monarch .. •• •• New Equitable Pelican • ..... •• .. •• Phoenix Professional Life • Provident Life Rock Life...... • • Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life United Xingdora Universal Life ... Victoria Life .. Name of Company. Dividend ' per vl Annum., Names of Companies. (Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale .. • • ,Stffrd &Won Stoarbridge. Severn and 1 Wye Rail. Warwick & Birming. Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & I Binning. j Wilts & BrkE ;IDAY EVENIN .857. Dividend, per Annum Price 57. Os. 17s. 281. ' 121. 10s. 1/. Hs. 10s. 73. Od. £ s. d. 100 all WATER-WORKS. Dividend . per Annum. Amount Sfi;ro. Price 5/. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4E. per cnt. Si. per cnt. 1,4 r. peTcent. BRIDGE; Dividend per An - nmn. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock, 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. £ s. d. •••• 25 0 0 .... 100 0 0 lOs per cent. 50 0 0 .... 100 0 0 LI. 12s. Od. GO 0 0 1/. Ls. Od. 40 0 0 28s. 70 10 3 DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 14%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. CT AND COK Divid end per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. Cl. per cent. Ml. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 168. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 5 . per cnt 5/. 8/. per cent. 161 Od per all. 7 per cont. FRANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 7L 148. 6d. iL p.c. & b 3. 15s. Od. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. I 71. 10s.: 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. , 41. per share 11. 18s. ss. 554 per cent. IL 4L. per cent. 6 per cent. sLper cent. 5/. per cent 121. per cent 14s. 51. p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 1% per cent Si. per cent. 51. per cent. (4 per cent 5/ p. ct. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 12% per c. 7s. 8p c. &bs p. c & bs 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bonus. lINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum . Amount of Share. £ s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 4tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMP. Amount Share. Z s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 'AMES. Amount of Share. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 e 100 0 0 6 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 ,G 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 [OO 0 0 Amount of 6hare. I- Paid. Price. Z S. d. .6 s. d. Stock. 00 "o 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 ntock. 500 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 £ s. d. all 150 0 0 all 12 10 0 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 .£ 8. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 HADDINGTON GRAI WHEAT. BARLEY, I OATB. I BEAMS. First The Od 43s 9d 32s Od I 523 Od Second s3s 6d i 38s id / 28s Sd I 483 5d ['laird 3 Bs Od I 25s 6d 125 s Od 147- Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 591 qrs., 506 sold barley ~ 869 qrs., 321 sold oats ,; 461 qrs., 401 sold t f beans ~ 19 qrs., 19 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 13 6 8-12ths I Barley, ...11. 18 1 11-12ths Oats, ... 11. 8 8 3.l2ths I Beans, ..... 2/. 8 5 0-12t1, a PP P ABERDEEN—OcT. 16. Potato oats 24s Od to 25s od 1401bs per bushel Common oats 21s Cd to 22s 6d 'Bare 30s Od to 32s Od }s3lbe Barley 30s Od to 32s Od Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od , white 3ss Od. to 50s Od 1 621bs „ ' Oatmeal 18s 3d to 19s lid per boll. Four 42s Od to 43s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. is Od to Is 11 Hutton, per_lb Cd to 9d Eggs, p doz. Os 9cl to Os 101 Lamb, do., Os 6d to Os 9d i Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6 I Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2s 01 Pork, perlb...Os Od. to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2s 6 I Sa!mon, per lb Os Od Ducklings,doOs Od to 2s 6 I Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 51 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, pr pock, Od to 101 Rabbits, each 0:1 to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 108 s to 1101 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen 7ld to 8d RETAIL PRIORS. P10ur,141b....0s Od. to 2s 4d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 01 Oatmeal Os Od to is lld „ dust, Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d per lb 2d to 21d Peasemoal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sas, ''id Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6ct 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 1 2-lb. 10af.,.4d. DUBLIN, OCT. 16. Thero was a good supply of grain, with a lively demand, old an easy clearance was effected. Although we do not - quote any alteration from Tuesday's currencies, it must be ,bserved that the bettor qualities of wheat and oats were not so easily bought as on that day. White wheat, 31. s Od to 33a Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 31s Jd; ditto new, 30s 6cl; barley, malting, 17s 6d to 22 5; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s Od to 18s; ditto, new, 12s 17s; bore, fl ow, 6d to 14s 6d ; oatmeal, 15s Od to lss to 16e 64 ; rapeset-d, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bakers flour, 18s id to 24s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 3 58 0.1 to 253 Od ptr ISO the. 7:1=2 LOCAL SHARE MARKET 4. LIVERPOOL, Om 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been pretty active to-day, and a good business has been done. Caledonians, 39i 4 c.—Eastern Counties, 11 .1.3.—London and North- Westerns, 96 i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91 4—Great Western of Canada, 18j ex div.—Midland, 82 2j 0 j— llauchebter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 I—North British, —South Eastern, 19 h—Duch Rhenish, 4i d—Grand trunks, 10 MANCHESTER, OCT. 17. STOWE EXCHANGE.—The market is exceedingly active to-day, and several of the leading shares have improved. Eastern Counties, 11—Londons, Sheffields, 39 Dovers, 19 3-16 —East Anglian, 42—Midland, 82 i— '3 rand Trunk of Canada, 10i—Blackburn 74---Leeds, E, d.—East Lancashire, 94 —North Staffords, 4fi d Gr'reat Western of Canada, 19. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 17. STOCK BM:MANG& —Prices in the market firm at the opening, and improved towards - the dose. Midland, 82-- Great Western, 52;x—Shropshire Canals, 89g—Birulinga ham Canals, 89. LEEDS, OCT. 17. - - STOOK EXOHANGE.—The market rather inactive, and the quotations about the same. North Eastern, Yoilcs. 01—Midlands, 82,f i—North Westerns, Preference?, 10 °raven Moors, 6s.—North British, 11 13-16. T ADVERT/SEM &NT. j— SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES-"' POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. aserrve—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, 'Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the aistances. These Telescopes possess 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 :an be seen a, person's countenance three-and-a-half miles listaut and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist .3oat-pocket, and are Of larger, and all sizes, with increasing 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 persoo,an be seen and known one' and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur posepirata-hlo4usmesi.lesG. ou T n h t e i y y on the Race-course and at the at O seemly and ships are clearly seen , nvaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and. tourists: Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. —lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses o f the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengtkened and very aged persons are enabled .o employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can ss°, with those lenses of a mu c h l oss magnifying power—an d they do not require the frequent changes to the dam' gerous effects of fnrtber powerful assistance. Person° can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing ono of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and,. stating the distance from the e y e th ey can rea d E inall On* with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles 131 stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organi e Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probablf can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, IS lot perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at Ihurchand at vablic assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removt d,a . t A fro po rd e s all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39 , . qsarle-street, Piccadilly.— Opposite the York Motel, W, BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 18th inst. ; the wife of John D. Roseatha.4 Esq., of Harcourt-street, Dublin. On the 17th inst., at Snaresbrook Home, Snaresbrook, the wife of George Hearn, Esq. On the 16th inst., at Cambridge, tho wife of 3. T. Abdy, Esq., LL.D. OP A DAUGHTER,. On the 17th inst., atlo, Onnonde-terrace, Regent's-park' ,he wife of George trdny, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at aw. On the 16th inst., at Stoke Newington, the wife of Mr• Joseph W. Ford, . MARRIED.. On the 16th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. George Hamilton, M.A.., minister of Christ Church ilc r oburn square, to Anna, eldest daughter of Wm. Haines, Esq., of 17, Montagu-place, Russell-square. On the 17th inst., at the church of Allhallows, Barking, lity, George, eldest son of G. W. Donnell, Esq., of Liver pool, to Emily, fourth daughter of Mr. James Butler, of rower-hill, city. DIED. Oa the 17th inst., at 9, South A n dl ey - street, Franc i s Wilson, Esq., aged 53. On the 16th inst., at Lower Tulse-hill, David William Davidson' Esq., aged 47. On the 28th ult., at New York, shortly after his arrival , George Whitfield, late of Ballarat, Auitralia, and third , o , o f R. W. 'Whitfield, 9, Nicholl-square, London. On the 17th inst., Mary Anne, wife of Thos. Corbett, of 218, Tottenham-court -road. On the 16th inst., at 150, Ne w B on d- s t ree t, M r. Chris opher Greve, of New Bond-street, and Heitfordshirs Farm, Amerahain, Backs, age d 72 . On the 13th inst., at Bristol, Mr. John Selkirk, for manY, pears editor of th e " B r i stol Mercury, " and formerly 01 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 52. On the 13th inst., Elizabeth Pullen, wife of Wm. Robt Pullen, Covent-garden-market, aged 39. On the 9th init., at Florence, James Barr, Esq., late of ' ll .ountfort-terrace, Islington. - LONDON ; Printed and Published by ALURDO youN( of No. 11.2, Strand, Printer, at 27u Sun Office, Nc• 112, Strum], in tte Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, October 19, 135.7. Price. 104 N Paid. Paid. Paid. Paid. Paid. 414 104% Price. 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