The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

-1 birb Ebttton SCIY OFFICE, Seven .'Clock. LAUNCH OF THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM-SHIP. LATEST PARTICULARS. Everything seemed to go off smoothly and hope fully up to about half past two o'clock, when the launch had proceeded so far that her stem was moved about four feet, and her stern six feet some inches. The strain at this time was immense —the chains were worked into a straight horizon tal line by the pressure. And thousands in boats an d steamers on the water, as well as thousands i n an d about the yard, were wound up to an intense interest. All looked well—when presently a loud crash like thunder burst upon the gazing wonderers—for one of the chains snapped ! and the water was in a splash of confusion. Boats and everything were taken so by surprise, and manifest disappointment. What's next to be done was the universal question, but there was no one to answer at the moment. However, nothing daunted by the accident, Mr. Brunel gave his orders with a calmness and forti tude worthy of his gigantic mind. "It will be all right yet !" or something to that purport was his ejaculation on the misfortune being ascertained. It appears that the strain was so great near the hydraulic engine and apparatus that a cast-iron wheel near the winch suddenly snapped, and the winch turned round with such impetuous force as to throw four or five men, who were working at it, right into the air, whirling them some distance. The poor fellows fell and. were dashed against the planks and large timbers that were lying about the yard—one, it is said, was killed, and the others more or less hurt. But for this untoward accident, it was fully expected that the launch would have been completed this afternoon. The damage clone to the machinery may be re paired in a day or two ; but the tides will "take off," as the sailors say, thus verifying the old adage that— " Time nor tide, For no man will abide." We regret most sincerely this sad haphazard to a project so deserving of the most complete success. But as Rome was not built in a day, nor the Great Eastern in many long days and nights, there is nothing to despair of. She will be launched in the fulness of time, and Mr. Brunets grand conception be crowned with surpassing and unex ampled glory. The rain came on heavily after the accident. It is now said the launch will be deferred until the 2d of December. 'WORCESTER, RACES.—{This Day.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Lord Nelson _ Barbarity Daroy Six ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. SobeiBki Joe the Quack Greengage Lttodamia Curious .... Ten ran. HURDLE RACE. i Heads and Tails... Brampton... Teddealey.l Eight ran Six ran. WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP. 3 I 13 DUTY ON HOPS. An account of the duty on hops of the growth of the year 1857, distinguishing the districts, and the old from the new duty : Districts. Duty. Barnstaple £ss 51 8i Canterbury Cornwall 2 1 9t 013 9 3 Coventry 4 Essex Gloucester Grantham Hants 22,859 17 11 Hereford Isle of Wight Lincoln Lnn No y 1 8{ Nottingham Nottingham SO 3 11 Reading ll7 18 7 Rochester Sheffield 1,323 9 51 Stourbridge Suffolk Surrey Sussex 68,492 9 84 Taunton - Wales, Middle Ware Worcester £416,883 4 2 Old Duty, at ld 12-20ths per lb. 228,294 1 1i 4-20 tbs New Duty, at if 8-20ths 168,739 1 8f 16-20ths Additional Duty of 5 per cent., per act 3 Vic. e. 17 19,950 1 4 £416,883 4 2 CHAS. S. HAWTFIOR NE, Assistant Accoon'uant-General. Inland Revenue Office, Nov. 3, 1857. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, OCT. 27. The (teen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rev. Father in God, Archibald Campbell, Bishop of London, to be Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal. WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Right Hon. Charles, Viscount Eversley, the several offices of Governor and Captain of the Isle of Wight, and Governor of C‘ris brook Castle, in the said Isle, in the room of the Right Hon. William, Lord Heytesbury, G.C.8., resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 2. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Let teretedt as Codsnl-General at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fisher, Esq., to be Attorney-General, and Samuel Leonard Tilley, Esq., to be Secretary, for the Province of New Brunswick ; Jules Colin, Esq., to be District Magistrate for the Island of Mauritius : Joseph Shervington, Esq., to be Treasurer, and William Quin, Esq., to be Accountant, for the Trea sury Department of the Island of Antigua. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Yigo, report ing that no foreigner will be permitted to enter Spain unless provided with a passport, duly signed by the Spa nish Consul, or Consular Agent, in the country from which such foreigner may come. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Islay, Pern, reporting that, by a recent decree, the prohibition to ex port gold and silver from that and other ports of Peru has been suspended. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 3. Military Train—For Captain C. J. Tuffnell Oakes, from half-pay let Foot, vice Godfrey Clerk, appointed to the Rifle Brigade, which appeared in the Gazette of the 30th Read, Captain C. J. Tuffnell Oakes, from half-pay let Foot, to be Captain, &c. Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon John Wood, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fisher, promoted on the Staff ; Assistant-Surgeon Oswald Home Bell, 11:.,efrom the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice , Promoted on the Staff- Assistant-Surgeon , P like Taylor, from 'the Staff, to be As- , flalahan, promoted on the Staff ; Asaistant-SnrgioX us Finns De Hodgson, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Bette, resigned. Royal Second Engineers— n. viLieutenant Henry George Savage to be Captaice Brevo placed on the Seco n d e d Li st. t_ma3or E. C. A. Gordon, 4th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon b o e flhe Second Class, Richard Francis Valpy De Lisle to sth Foot —Surgeon William Godfrey W at l r g e ". Foot, to be Surgeon. , from the 99th 6th Foot—Staff -Surgeon of the Second Class G e M.D., to be Surgeon. o. Hyde, 7th Foot—Staff -Surgeon of the Second Class, Edward Scott Docker to be Surgeon. Bth F o ot—Assistant-Sargeen John Madden, from the 43d Foot, to be Surgeon. 9th Foot--Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Brinsley Nicholson, M.D., to be Surgeon. 15th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Washington Patton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lamprey, pro moted on the Staff. 16th Foot —A ss i s t an t-S urgeon Edward L'Estrange, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fraser promoted o n the Staff. 26th Foot—Assistant Surg eon John M`Letchie, from the Staff, to be As s i st ant-Surgeon, vice Douglas, promoted on the Staff, ad ir oeb—Assistant•Burgeon James Good, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Madden, promoted in the Bth Foot. 45th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Carden Herbert, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Peake, pro moted on the Staff. 58th Foot—Assistant-Sugeon Eugene McShane, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Montgomery, pro moted on the Staff. 60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Owen Hayden, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Nicholson, pro moted on the St a ff ; A ss i s t ant- S urgeon Frederick Wm. Wade, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 61st Foot — Assistant-Surgeon Charles Mackinnon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reade, promoted on the Staff. 65th Foot — Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Neill, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice White, promoted on the Staff. 67th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon Robert Heard, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Shiell, re signed. 90th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Edward Joseph Crane, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Nelson, deceased. 92d Foot—Assist.-Surgeon David Shorter Skinner, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Grier, deceased. 99th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Richard Cooper Todd, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Watt, appointed to the sth Foot; Assist.-Surgeon George Whitla, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Jones, appointed to the 87th Foot. Rifts Brigade—Assist-Surgeon Win. Alexander, from the Staff, to be Assist-Surgeon. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Assist.-Surgeon Joseph Richard Kehoe, from the Staff, to be Assist. -Surgeon, vice Sin gleton, promoted on the Staff. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon William Freeman Daniell, M.D., from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice De Lisle, appointed to the 4th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon John Gibbons, from the Staff, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Hyde appointed to th• 6th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Joxes Lamprey, M. 8., from the 15th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Docker appointed to the 7th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, from the 61st Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Nichol son, appointed to the 9th Foot. BREVET. The undermentioned Officers having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Nov, 8,1854 : .... Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Rowan, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel John Chaytor, Royal Engineers. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 17. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Corry B. Smith to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—John Meadows, Gent., to be Quartermaster, vice Ralph, deceased. COMNISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD iIEUTENINTS, County of Cardigan—John Pugh Pryse, Esq., to be De• putt' Lieutenant. Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Edward Retry Frederick Dawkins, Gent., to be Cornet. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—William Roe Cock son, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Gawne, pro moted. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Frederick Clifton to be Captain, vice Hopton, resigned. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Ernest Christian Wil ford, Gent., late Lieutenant 65th Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Munn, resigned : George Shirley Maxwell, Gent., late Lieutenant 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Schlotel, resigned ; John Birkeley Michell, Gent., late Lieutenant 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Panter, re signed; Henry Gillett, Gent., late Lieutenant Essex Rifles, to be Lieutenant, vice Howell, promoted ; Henry Brod rick , Gent., to be Ensign, vice Heseltine, promoted ; James Robert Blackwell zMonypenny, Gent., to be En sign, vice Panter, promoted ; Phineas Bury, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wildes, promoted. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Nov. 2, 1857. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Greek brig Aspis, cap. turei on the 15th May, 185 1 . by her Majesty's ship Niger, and the ship-of-war Le Milan, belonging to his Imperial Majesty the E m p eror o f th e French, will commence on Thursday, the 19th November, 1857, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any oaptor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs oi Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class :- Flag share £7 5 10 Commander Sixth class £l 3 11 Seventh class 0 16 0 Eighth class Ninth class 0 5 3 Tenth class 0 2 7 Third class 3 14 2 Fourth class Fifth class 1 6 6 BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles Starkey, dust contractor, King's-cross. Mary Brown, grocer, Binfare, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. John Martin, victualler, Strand, to surrender, Nov. 13, at half-past one, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Tack, 'shipowner. South Shields, Nov. 13, at twelve, and Dec. 16, at one, at the Newcaale-upon-Tyne District Court. Henry Cockburn, watchmaker, Richmond, Nov. 16, a t eleven, and Dec. 14 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hendry, back and vat maker, Weymouth-street, Hackney-road, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Frederick William Cox, grocer, Southampton, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Cumming, brewer, Plymouth, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Exeter District Court. William White, dealer in seeds, Plymouth, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Exeter District Court. Alexander Rutter, saw manufacturer, Sheffield, Nov. 14, and Dec. 19, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Tertins d'Oyley Pain, chemist, King-street. Hammer smith, Nov. 20, at one, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. •John Simes, painter, George-street, Portman-square, Nov. 17, at one, and Dec. 15, at two, at the Court of nkruptcy, _ Samuel 'Towers, looking-glass manufacturer, Pitfield• street, Horton, N0v.17, at two, and Dec. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hugh Roberts, corn dealer, Gorard, near Holyhead, Nov. 16, and Dec. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District urt. Philip Ezekiel, general dealer, Manchester, Nov. 16, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the M anc h es t er District Court. James }poorhouse the younger, cotton spinner, Summer seat, n ar Bury, Nov. 17, and Dec. 15, at tweve, at the Manchester District Court. Villiam Bennet, grocer, Great Newport-street, Newport market, Nov. 13 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at he Court, of Bankruptcy. Frederick Noake Baker, coal and slate merchant, South ampton, Nov, 20, at two. and Dec. 18, ar eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mary Ann Akers, baker and grocer, Brizemorto n , Ox fordshire, Nov. 13, at one, and D e c. 12, a t e l even, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Francas Hill, commission agent, With) , Bank, Worees t!rshire, Nov. 14 and Dec. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Birrni I) , Fi,rn_Distiiet Court. John Howl, screw bolt manufacturer, Darlaston, Staf ford, Nov. 13, at ten, and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Richard Austin, furniture dealer, Coventry, Nov. 16 and Dec. 9, at the Birmingham District Court. William Peck Swift, grocer, Bourn, Lincolnshire, Nov. 20, and Dec. 15, at half -past ten, at tho Shirehall, Not tiogham. - William Nathan Sykes Cope, tobacconist, Wellington street, Goswell-street, Middlesex, Dec. 1, at half-past ten at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Job Curtis and Henry Hunt Sayer, provision merchant, Cardiff, Nov. 16, and Des. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THis DAY. t msterdam.....• •• .. .• 11 17 Gibraltar ..•• •••••••••• —. Ditto, three months .. 12 % Leghorn .. •• •• .. .. .. •• 30 45 3otterdara ............ 12 % Genoa ........ •• ...... 25 e 3 lintwerp •• •••••• .• •• •• 25 57% Milan •• .• •• .• •• ..•• •• lrussels .• •• •• .• •• •• •• 25 57% Venice•• •• •• sty" •• •• .0 aarnburgh ............ 13 10% Naples . 42% Atone ................ .. Palermo.... •• • 127 Paris. • ........... • • .... 25 32% Messina .. 127 Do. three months .. 25 85 (Lisbo n ... •• 52 1 4 Marseilles ............ 25 87% Oporto •• 52% gourdeaux •• ••••• • • • eft •• Rio Janeiro ....... ••• •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres — Berlin .. ee •• •• e• •• •• •• • • New York,6o days' sight vi enn a...... „ ~.•• .... 10 46 Philadelphia .. --• rrieete........•• .• .• .. 10 47 PRICES Or BULLION, PER oz: Petersburg ............ 34% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 liadrid .............. 45% Po r t ugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 c r.diz .................. 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona ............ .. New Dollars ...... 00 0 Seville. . . 9 _ . _ ____..., 'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA.TTERSALL'S—MONDAY. Book-makers and backers of horses almost made a drawn battle of it at Newmarket last week. The settling, therefore, was not remarkably heavy on either side. Mr. T. Parr, Mr. Bates, of Bolton, Mr. Thornhill, and a large majority of "gentlemen sportsmen," are the prin cipal winners on the Cambridgeshire. The complaints this afternaon were " few and far between," and they were principally directed against those gentlemen who had neglected to send in their accounts, and who evi dently intend to winter on them. Between the interval of paying andireceiving attempts were made to resume speculation, but they were attended with little success. The prices which we have given below show the only business transacted en coming events- The Worcester races were not mentioned. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. 5 5 t t o o 1 a l a g g e t t 10 to 3 agat Cotswold (taken) mar kt (take k ( e t (take e t 0 6 1 t ) o 1) Underhand War d er 100 to 8 agat St. Giles (taken) 100 to 8 agat December (taken) 100 to 7 agat Sir Humphrey (taken) 1 5 to DEBBY. 1 agat Clydesdale (taken) 2$ to 1 eget Ditto (taken) 25 to 1 agat Ancient Briton (taken) 33 to 1 aget Hap py L and (taken) 40 to 1 aget Esau (taken) The drain of gold to the contineLt contines, and about 40,0001. was Withdrawn from the Bank yester day. CRYSTAL PALAcr,--One Shilling Day, M onday, 3,—Admissions ck o n payment ets, , 978; ditto by Nov. Lemo n 185; total vuoto ra , 1,103. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 2. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) THE GRLAT NORTHERN PREFERENCE SHARES. The Lord Chancellor said that during the vaca tion an application had been made to him to hear a case of " Henry v. the Great Northern Railway Company," involving a question relative to the preference shares of the company, but he did not think the ease was one which required such an un usual proceeding ; it was not a pressing motion, but simply an appeal from a regular decree. He had, however, promised to take the case early in the present term, and he had fixed Wednesday next, but he found that day would not be conve nient to the Lords Justices, who would sit with him, and therefore he would fix the hearing for this day week (Monday next). SIMPSON V. CARTER-CREMORNE GARDENS. Mr. D. Keane said he applied, with the permis sion of Mr. Justice Crompton, for a rule calling upon the plaintiff in this case to show cause why the defendant should not have liberty to put to him certain interrogatories. The action was for slander alleged to have been uttered by the defend ant at a meeting of the vestry for Chelsea. The plaintiff complained of a speech made by the de fendant, in which the defendant in substance stated that the amusements carried en at a place of public resort known as Cremorne-gardens were of an im moral and licentious character, and tended to the corruption of youth. The alleged slander also con tained a statement in these words, as to which some difference arose : " I am informed that there are evil places there for persons of the other sex, from the lowest prostitute upwards." Leave had been obtained from Mr. Justice Crompton to plead not guilty, and also to justify the slander, and the de fendant now asked leave to propound certain inter rogatories to the plaintiff. On the part of the plaintiff the objection was taken, that these inter rogatories, or the answers to them, would have a tendency to criminate the plaintiff, and his lordship thought the objection might perhaps be well founded and referred the matter to this court. Lord Campbell said there could be no doubt that the answers might bring out matter which would criminate the party ; but the question was, whother the plaintiff could object to answer the interroga tories. Mr. Keane said there was an authorityto show that the party must on his oath object to the questions himself, and that the objection could not be taken by another party in his behalf. In " Osborne v. London Dock Company," the Court of Exchequer held that it was for the client himself to make the objection. Lord Campbell—ln examining the witness viva voce there could be no objection to putting the questions ; the objection would be to his giving answers to them. Mr. Justice Erle—ls there no affidavit from the plaintiff himself, stating that he objeets to giving answers ? Mr. Keane—No ; the plaintiff personally made no objection to the questions ; but the objection was taken by his attorney before Mr. Justics Cromp ton at chambers. Lord Campbell—lt seems quite clear that this is not the stage for making the objection. I think the plaintiff ought to have an opportunity of denying the whole allegations. Take a rule. Rule granted. APPLICATION TO STRIKE AN ATTORNEY OFF TU ROLLS. Mr. Garth said he was instructed by the Incor porated Law Society to move for a rule calling upon a person of the name of John Shattock, an attorney of this court, to show cause why he should not be struck off the rolls for misconduct. Shattock was convicted of forgery at the last Liverpool Assizes, and was now undergoing the punishment of three years' penal servitude. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Williams, Crowder, and Willes.) The judges of this court took their seat upon the bench at 2 o'clock, and at once proceeded to hear motions. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY V. ROLT. -MESSRS. MARE'S BANKRUPTCY. _ _ Mr. Sergeant Byles said this case had been tried before Mr. Justice Wiles in London, when a ver dict was entered for the defendants, subject to cer tain questions of law reserved for the consideration of the full court. The present motion was to enter a verdict for the plaintiffs. It appeared that Messrs. Mare had by deed contracted to build a vessel for the plaintiffs for 14,1201., and to deliver her com pleted by the 13th September then next, and if she was not so delivered then that they should forfeit 101. a day for the extra time taken. The defendant, Mr. Rolt, became surety for Messrs. Mare performs ing the contract. Before the vessel was completed Messrs. Mare became bankrupt, and the plaintiffs were put to some expense in completing the vessel. They now claimed to recover this expense from Mr. Rolt as surety, and also a further sum in con sequence of the vessel not baying been completed in time. In answer, Mr. Rolt pleaded that it was part of the contract that the plaintiffs should pay the price of the vessel by f o u r instalments, the third of which was to be paid when the vessel was launched and the fourth when she was completed, and that the plaintiffs had paid the whole of the third and part of the fourth instalments before they became due. This, it was contended, had dis charged the surety, inasmuch as if the plaintiff had not paid the money before it was due they might out of that sum have reimbursed themselves for any loss which they had sustained. The learned sergeant now stated that though the third instalment had in fact been paid before the vessel was launched, yet at the time of payment she was quite fit, and the launch ing had only been postponed fo r th e conven i ence o f Mssrs. Mare. He also argued from various fa,cts that the part of the fourth instalment had been paid with the sanction, if not at the request, of Mr. Rolt, and submitted that therefore he could not now take advantage of that fact. The court granted a rule nisi to enter a verdict for the plaintiffs, or, in the alternative, for a new trial, or judgment non obstante veredicta. RE WILLIAM COBBETTe-ANOTHER MOTION FOR A HABEAS CORPUS. Mrs. Cobbett applied for a writ of habeas corpus to bring her husband into court with a view to his discharge from the custody of the keeper of the Queen's Prison, and in doing so, made a long state ment, some parts of which excited a good deal of merriment. She said that her husband ha - 1 been arrested three times for the same dobt. The case had never been heard in any court, though she has bad a summons before Sir F. Pollock, and she should not have had to trouble their lordships if she could have got justice from him. The grounds of her motion were that the action had been carried on without introducing some necessary documents ; that the costs had been paid, no matter by whom ; and that Mr. Cobb3tt had been discharged. The counsel who had at tended against her before Sir F. Pollock had practised gross deceit, and she had gone to the Lord Mayor, in order to obtain a summons against him. She now complained of the fraud of that learned counsel, who had got into Sir F. Pollock's room whilst she was outside, and prejudiced him against her. She had obtained a habeas to remove Mr. Cobbett from Horsemonger-lane Gaol to the Queen's Prison, but they had taken him back to Horsemonger-lane, which they bad no authority to do. It was only on the third habeas that Mr. Cobbett had been removed to the Queen's Prison. There were two writs of habeas corpus, the Queen's writ and the judge's writ, but what she had obtained was the Queen's writ, to remove Mr. Cobbett, and that writ, she submitted, ought to have been obeyed. She had taken the writ to the sheriff, and had paid him 1/. 3s, and after that the sheriff bad no power to take Mr. Cobbett back to Horsemonger-lane. In the case of " Oldfield v. Cesbett," her husband had been detained in prison for 12 years, and had been at length discharged by the greatest authority in this land, after having been repeatedly reprimanded and sent back. She complained that she was pre judiced by the frequent applications which she had made for writs of habeas. The Chief Justice said he understood this case had been fully gone into in the Court of Queen's Bench. Mrs. Cobbett—No, not gone into. Mr. Stur geon, one of her counsel, attended to argue the point of privilege, and Mr. Gibbins, her other counsel, to argue the point that Mr. Cobbett had been out of custody, but the court was about to rise, and the judge said only one counsel should be heard, and so only the point of privileges had been argued. Mr. Justice Crowder said that on the point of privilege he had refused the writ, and afterwards au application was made to the Queen's Bench, when that court decided that he was right. As to the other point he did not know what that was. Mrs. Cobbett— That he bad been out of custody. Mr. Justice Crowder continued—He had made the usual order that Mr. Cobbett shduld go to the Queen's Prison, and presently afterwards was in formed that he would not pay the usual fee. Upon that he ordered that he should only be taken to the Queen's Prison upon paying the fee which the act cf Parliament required. Mrs. Cobbett—There were, she might say, mil lions, but at all events thousands of ca , es in her favour. She hal been advised that Mr. Cobbett had a right to go to the Queen's Prison. As to fee!, she had paid 501. fur fees for habeases, and the offi cers had extorted 201. from her. A judge had after wards decid e d th a t no f ees were d ue u pon a pri psoner's habeas ; but officers took as much as they could get. She should like to go into the question of fees, for it was a system of downright robbery altogether. She denied that she bad not paid any fee. She had paid 71., and that was enough. But if any fee was due, there was a way of enforcing its payment. The Chief Justice suggestel that if the affidavit could be amended as to that a writ might be granted. Mrs. Cobbett then moved to set aside a judgment in an action to which her husband was a party. The Chief Justice, when she had concluded, said he could sea ro ground for setting aside the judg ment, which had been regularly obtained. Mrs. Cobbett—ln the other case you will let me amend ? The Chief Justice—ln the other case all I can say is that the affidavit as at present framed does not show any ground for interference. Mrs. Cobbett—Then I will apply to your lord ships again to-morrow. (Laughter.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Mr. Wordsworth, Mr. Huddleilton, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Lock, Mr. Lush, Mr. Mauisty, and Mr. Monck were called within the bar. Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Forsyth haying re ceived patents of precedence, were also called to take their seats accordingly. CHILLING V. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSITAANCE COMPANY. Mr. Sergeant Shee moved for a rule for a new trial on behalf of the defendants iu this action, which was tried at Maidstone at the last assizes for the county of Kent, and terminated in a ver dict for the plaintiff. It was stated by the learned sergeant, that the plaintiff, Thomas Chilling, had insured in the Accidental Company the life of his father, au old man of 77 years, formerly a journey man shoemaker and the receipient of parochial re lief for 2,0001., in the month of June, 1855 ; that in the same month his father made a will in favour of the plaintiff ; that on the 11th of July the plaintiff left his father in a chaise, near some stone at a spot bordered on one s way and on the other by the w id or e k b s y ne t a h r e Maidstone, rivermed railway, and that the next day the pony and the old man were taken from the river drowned. The Chief Baron acquiesced in the assertion of council that he bad not felt satisfied with the ver dict, and granted a rule to show cause. PRICE V. BIRRALL. Mr. Hillward, on the part of the defendant, moved (by leave) for a new trial in the action tried by the Lord Chief Baron at Middlesex sittings, on the 15th of June last, on the ground of misdirec tion. The question was a very narrow onc— whether the Chief Baron was right in directing that there was evidence of payment of money when a witness stated he had sent money, but did not produce the letter or cheque. Rule nisi granted. The Court, having gone through the bar, rose at 10 minutes past three o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 2. MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Tubbs wa's charged before Sir R. W. Carden, on suspicion, with stealing 13 electro-plated forks, 1 plated pickle fork, 1 fish slice, 2 gravy spoons, 1 soup ladle, 10 dessert spoons, 10 tea spoons, and a fruit knife. Eno, police constable 94, found him in the street, with the articles in his possession, and took him into custody on account of his not being able to give a satisfactory account of them. They were marked " B." He was remanded for inquiry. GUILDHALL.—James Bennett was placed at ' the bar, before Alderman Humphery, charged with the following robbery. Policeman 169 said he met the prisoner on Satur day evening in Staining-lane, with a basket of carpenters' tools in his possession. He stopped him ; and in answer to witness's interrogatories, he said he had brought the tools from Poplar, and was then going home to the Borough-market. Not satisfied with this account, he took him into custody. Five carpenters who had been at work upon a job in Staining-lane, identified the whole of the tools as their property, having left them in the building after they finished their day's work, from which the prisoner had taken them. The prisoner was drunk at the time. Alderman Humphery said it was a most heart less robbery. These poor men, had they lost their tools, would have been deprived of the means of getting a living. He therefore committed the prisoner to the House of Correction at Holloway for two months, with hard labour. BOW-STRZET.—Williarn Cooke, a soldier in tho Scat bm►ttalion of Grenadier Guards, bearing an eicellent character, and described by his sergeant as ' a very quiet man and a good soldier," was charged by James Humby and Thomas Price, decent working men, with assaults upon them and upon several women and children. Humby stated that at about a quarter past 12 on Saturday night he was passing through Trafalgar square, when he saw the prisoner beating some boys with his belt, and kicking them in the most violent manner. It was the ordinary regimental belt, with a heavy brass buckle, with which a very severe blow can be inflicted. Witness remonstrated with the prisoner, who then turned round upon him and struck him in the same way with the buckle end of the strap. Witness fell, and the prisoner not only kicked him as he lay, but seized upon his hand and bit one of his fingers so severely as almost to , separate it from the hand. A gentleman who was passing that way with a lady, relinquished her arm for a moment in order to come to witness's assist ance, when the prisoner turned upon the lady and beat her severely with the same formidable weapon. ' She screamed and fainted. Mr. Burnaby. (the chief clerk)—Was there no policeman there all this time ? Witness—The police were not on the spot till two or three minutes after. Price stated that he 'was passing that way about ten minutes before the last witr•ess arrived. Pri soner was beating some boys with his belt. Several other persons besides witness interfered, but pri soner, and another soldier who was with him, kept the people at bay with their belts. There were several women there, and the prisoner struck one of them with his belt. When Hamby came up and interfered the pris.mer knocked him down, and bit his finger. There was no policeman there for ten minutes after the disturbance commenced. The Sergeant (A 2) said there were always one or two constables on duty at the Column. Mr. Jardine (to the wituess)—Was there no policeman at the Column ? Price—so, sir, nor anywhere in sight. Mr. Burnaby—But there must have been. Price—There was not ; and when the policeman did appear, he came from the Column, but not from Northumberland ihuse. The prisoner—One gentleman says three minutes and the other says ten. Price—l was there ten minutes before Mr. Humby, and there was no policeman all the while. Policeman Foster, 593 A, said he was on duty by the Column. He had been there all the while, but had been on the opposite side of the Column from where tue disturbance took place. When he saw the mob he went to the spot, where he arrived in about three minutes. Did not see the prisoner strike any one " not in particular." Saw him swinging his belt, and took him into custody. The other soldier ran away. Did not see the woman swoon, or hear her say she had been struck. Another constable pu rsue d the second soldier, and afterwards brought him to the station-house, but as there was no d e fi n it e c h arge against him, he was The prisoner said he found the boys annoying a gentleman and told them not to do so, on which the boys began to pick up stones to throw at him. He struck one of the boys, and then Humby at tacked him. He did not use his belt, or strike any one, or bite the complainant. Mr. Jardine would take it in the prisoner's fa vour that the boys did not appear. He had pro bably received some provocation from them. Still, according to the witnesses, he had used a great deal of unnecessary violence in kicking them. Then, when Humby remonstra t e d w ith him on this unne cessary violence, prisoner did what he (Mr. Jardine) would never look over ;he used his teeth. For that un-English act he must be imprisoned 14 days. CL ERKENWELL.—Joseph Martin, describing himself as a railway contractor, aged 45, a mise rably attired person, residing at 45, Little Drum mond-streat, Euston-square, was charged with obtaining several articles of ironmongery from Mr. William Fowler, an ironmonger, residing at 38, Skinner-street, Somers-town, under false pretences, and also with having attempted to defraud nume rous tradesmen of goods to the amount of several thousands of pounds. When the prisoner was ap • prehended by S ergeant Bail several contracts for all descriptions of articles were found upon him, as well as the names and addle-Bes of tradesmen of every class throughout the metropolis. Mr. Strong, an ironmonger, residing at Skinner street, Somers-town, said the prisoner came on Thursday afternoon, and represented himself as the agent for Harris and Ferdinand, of the Brazils. He said he h a d f ormerly been an overseer in their em ploy, and that they were the owners of between 30,000 an d 40 ,000 slaves. Owing to hi s (th e pri soner's) good conduct they bad made him a work ing partner. The prisoner then said that Messrs. Harris and Ferdinand were about erecting a large city, and that they were engaged to build 13 ex tensive hotels. (Laughter.) He (the prisoner) had been sent over for the purpose of purchasing fur niihing ironmongery. When I asked him for re ferences, he said he had power to draw upon the Union Bank of London cheques to between 6,0001. and 10,0001. The prisoner then told me to copy the order I had given him, and said that I could have a cheque for 2001. on the Union Bank the next day. When I told him that I could not let him have the samples without he paid for them, the prisoner said, " Oh, we never pay for samples. I have the samples sent to my house, and then I send them out." The prisoner, after some further re marks, went away, and I did not see him until the next day, when he said he had been to the bank, and could not see the manager. The same day I communicated with the police. Mr. Frost, jun., oilman and colourman, of 22, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, said—At thelatter end of September or the beginning of October, the prisoner called upon me, and stating that he was a partner in a large firm in Brazil, ordered a quan tity of goods amounting in the aggregate to 4,341/. Gs. Amongst the items selected was soap of various descriptions to the extent of 1,0001. ; pickles in bottles, 4001. ; painters' brushes, 3601. ; and numerous other articles, making up the above total. He also told me that if he could be allowed to take aw,ty two bottles of pickles, he could get me an order from a gentleman who was buying largely for the purpose of taking them to Constan tinople. He directed me to send a copy of the in voice to the Brazils, and by the next mail it was sent out. Sergeant Hill, 39 S, said he took the prisoner into custody, and said he was one of the gang that was sent from this court, and, being tried at the Oid Bailey, was sentenced to a lengthened term of imprisonment for obtaining money under false pre tences. He had been to the Union Bank, and found that no one of the name of Martin, of the Brazils, had an account there. When he searched the prisoner's residence, he found his wife and children in a most deplorable state ; the room had little or no furniture in it, and the children were almost naked. The wife told him that the prisoner had done no work for the last five years. Since that period he had been abroad for about ten months, and since his return he had pawned all that he had got to support his family. The land lady also stated that numerous persons called every day, some respectably attired, l and others in the garb of working men, who complained of the pri soner having duped them under - various pretences. Understanding that there were other cases, he trusted that his worship would grant him a remand for the purpose of making further inquiries. Mr. Come said he would grant a remand until Monday next. The prisoner asked to be admitted to bail. Mr. Oorrie said that as the prisoner represented himself as the owner of so large a number of slaves, he should require him to put in heavy bail, which ke had no doubt he could do. (Laughter.) After some further remarks, the worthy magistrate said he would accept bail—viz., two sureties in the sum of 10/. each. The prisoner was then removed. WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Brairey, 21, was charged with stealing the property of his em ployer, David Chalcroft, a grocer, 97, Bethnal green-road. From the testimony of the prosecutor it appeared that the accused had been in his service as a porter nine weeks, during the latter portion of which time his conduct, in pursuance of his duties, occasioned suspicion of dishonesty, but nothing could be proved until Saturday evening, when some one apparently belonging to his family calling for his linen to wash, witness was struck by the appearance of the bundle, on opening which a quantity of tea and sugar was discovered therein. A constable was called, who took him int• custody, but there was not auy wish now to press the matter against him. The prisoner, whose appearance and bearing indicted a rather superior position in life than that described, wept abundantly during the evidence against him, and when called upon for an answer to the charge, sobbed out, " I am guilty, sir ; but may I never leave this bar if I ever committed a dishonest act before. lam deeply ashamed and sorry, and will sin no more. My position is very different to what it has been." Magistrate—What was your former employment ? Prisoner—l have been a lecturer ou teetotalism, sir, and also a Sunday school teacher in the neigh bourhood of Mile End. I don't know how it was, sir, but I gradually slid away from that happy course, and, and—here I stand, justly charged with a robbery. Oh, it is a sad change. Magistrate—A. sad change, indeed, if your state ment is a truthful one. Your employer has ex pressed a desire not to press the charge against you, but I feel it my duty to remand you for a week. The prisoner was removed to tho cells, still in tears. WESTMINSTER. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, a widow lady, residing at Bloomfield-cottage, Woodford, Essex, and Eliza beth Woolfe, described as a servant out of place, were charged with stealing a porte-monnait, con taining two 10/. notes, three' 5/. notes, some gold, silver, and some postage stamps, from the person of Miss Anne Ramsay, 15, Sloane-terrace, Chelsea. On the matter being called on, a solicitor stated that the circumstances of the case were of a most peculiar nature, and he would have spared the ac cused being placed in the dock, but that it had been insisted upon in the ordinary course of business. He said he appeared on behalf of the prosecutrix, a lady who had been on Saturday to the City to re ceive her income, and returning with it in an omni bus, lost it in some very extraordinary way. On her way home she took out her porte-monnaie for a shilling, and on arriving at the end of her journey a short time afterwards, her money was gone. The prisoners were the only persons in the omnibus, and as no policeman could be obtained, the driver of the omnibus took them to the station in the carriage. They were there searched, but nothing was found. Acting under the influence and excitement of the moment she had charged the accused with the rob bery, believing them to be the perpetrators. .of it, but when she had ascertained the respectability of the parties she had accused, she used every means in her power to effect their release, a nd would with draw the charges. A solicitor on the part of Mrs. Campbell, objected to the withdrawal of the case, and courted the fullest inquiry. He had been Mrs. Campbell's pro fessional adviser for upwards of 25 years. She was a lady of very considerable p ro p ert y and of toe highest respectability, and fel t acutely at her ad vanced period of life the injury and indignity that been inflicted upon her. He insisted on the charge being proceeded with, as he wished the grounds to be shown upon which the lady, who was his client, had been given into custody. It had been most serious in its consequences to her, and amongst other unpleasantnesses to which she bad been sub jected was that of being stripped and searched. She was sitting at the further end of the omnibus from the lady who lost her money. She was never near ber, and there was no pretence for saying she had the least opportunity of taking the money. Mr. Paynter said that the case was one of the most unfortunate for all parties. Had he known the peculiar circumstances of the case the accused should not have been placed in the dock. He could not insist upon the charge being proceeded with when it had been withdrawn. The matter arising out of it must be disposed of elsewhere, as it was not within his jurisdiction. The accused were then discharged. MA.RYLEBONE. —Robert Watts, a respectable looking youth, aged 17, was charged with having stolen a piece of ribbon, value 10s., the property of Messrs. Spencer and Co., drapers and haberdashers, Lisson-grove. The firm having upon many occasions missed articles of different descriptions, one of the assist ants, named Hopes, was directed to keep a close watch in the millinery department ; he accordingly secreted himself therein on Saturday evening last, and, at eight o'clock, the prisoner and another brought Ilan° a lot of mantles, which had been made up by his (prisoner's) mother. They passed through the room alluded to to the cloak-room up stairs, whore they left the goods ; and having come down the prisoner's companion went straight out, when the prisoner, after looking cautiously around and seeing no one near him, knocked off the lid of a nos from whi ch ho took a piece of ribbon and put it in his po cket. He then hold quitted the shop followed by Hopes, wh of him in the street, near the door; the caughtheribbon he contrived to ;hop down was directly trap door, beneath the window, where it 's afterwards found. He was then given ;Alto the custody_ of Sergeant Norman, 12 D, to w hom he denied that he had stolen anything. He now admitted to the taaeistrate that he was guilty, and was sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months. A young Frenchwoman, -named Le Blanc, was c h arge d with stealing watches, jewellery, and other articles. Elizabeth Horeford, lodge keeper to South Villa, Regent's-park, stated that on the recommendation o f Mr. Martin, a French protestant clergyman, she last September allowed the prisoner to lodge i n her house free of charge. On Friday, the 9th October, she went out shopping, leaving the pri soner (who had previously told her that she was going into a situation as governess on the following Monday) in care of the house. On her return she found that the prisoner had left, and that her (witness's) bedroom door had been forced open, and a gold watch and chain, some ear-rings, and other things had been taken from the room. In formation was given to the police, and Parsons, 182 D, after a long search, found the prisoner oc cupying the situation of governess at Rosedale . Lodge, a school at Richmond. Her boxes were searched, and some of the missing articles found in them. The prisoner was committed for trial. Mr. Broughton highly commended the conduct of Parsons. OUR INDIAN POLICY. (From the Times.) We have repeatedly asserted both the policy and feasibility of maintaining in India such a force of British troops as would at any time b, competent to overpower, and consequently at all times to overawe, any native levies, whatever might be their description or character. This wt believe to be the fundamental principle of sound Indian administration. That the system would be practicable enough can surely not admit of a doubt in the face of the scenes before our eyes. If a weak contingent of less than 20,000 men, aided only by about half as many more collected from various quarters, could hold their own against an organised body of 100,000 armed rebels—men picked for their military aptitudes, equipped with excellent weapons, and drilled by ourstives—if a garrison of 500 or 600 Europeans can maintain themselves for months together against all the insurrectionary fury of one of the chief provinces of Hindostan, how is it possibly to be affirmed that we can no t keep in India a force sufficient for its protection and control, when there Rill be no such Sepoy army to oppose us ? We have resisted the worst conceivable expression of Indian revolt with an unusually weak army. We have but to strengthen that army on the one hand, and demolish the chances of revolt—i.e., suppress the Sepoy battalions, on the other, and our rule will be secure. Such a system, however, would require consi derable modifications in many departments of In dian administration, and especially in the regula tions touching military service in those parts. If the European force in India is to be materially in creased, it must be upon conditions more favour able to those employed than have hitherto pre vailed. It is not probable that the necessary changes, if well undertaken, would involve any serious difficulty, for the tendency of things has been for many years in the direction to which we refer. Sixty or seventy years since service in India was almost equivalent to expatriation for life. The voyage was so long and so costly as to be accepted only once and for all : Indian habits were so peculiar as to unfit men for a return to European society, and Englishmen adopted permanently a species of Asiatic) character with an Eastern abode. Furlough regulations were, perhaps, necessarily rigorous, and nothing was so difficult as to revisit England. Australia, the Cape, any place almost, might be selected for a change at a less cost than home, so that in the end military service in those parts came to be regarded as something altogether different from soldiering in general. A man would go with his regiment to other coutries in the natu ral course of things, but going to India was like embarking in a new profession, o: taking up with entirely new prospects for life. Experience has now shown us that there is no real ground for any of these distinctions. Service in India ought to be as agreeable as service anywhere else—indeed, more so than on many stations. It is only at particular spots and seasons that the heat is excessive ; there need be no confinement or mono tony, and we have recently learnt by unexception able proof that the climate, even in the greatest heats of summer, admits of laborious campaigning without much prejudice to health. We have pro bably been over-apprehensive in that respect, and thrown away our pains. It was stated in letters from the Camp before Delhi that the men were not only none the worse, but visibly and strikingly the better, for the exertions they had undergone ; and the percentage of sickness, after all their marches and bivouacs, was considerably less than it used to be in summer cantonments. Nor must it be for gotten that in future railroads will enable long marches to be in a degree dispensed with, will facilitate change of quarters, and give easy ac cess to healthy stations. Add. to this that the soldier is now better cared for as regards the adaptation of his accoutrements to his dutiee and that all conditions conducive to his robustness and efficiency are more scrupulously observed than formerly. The precautions of our authorities would suffice against anything but an irresistible climate, and a climate can hardly be ir resistible where one great complaint of the service is that officers grow too old in it to be fit for work. But there is one special consideration most im peratively suggestive of reform in the system of which we speak. If Englishmen are kept too long in India not only does the efficiency of the force suffer, but the individual character becomes im • paired. A race which governs by virtue of its in herent superiority cannot be too ,tenacious of its attributes. Englishmen in India should be purely Englishmen, not Anglo-Indians. They should re tain all their national qualities, not merely half of them, and it is manifest that this is not likely to happen when England and Ine.lia are brought most effectually into communication with each other. The old fable of Antteus fits the case exactly. Our countrymen should return as often as possible to their country, and gather fresh vigour and na tionality from the contact. As soon as the character begins to yield the influences of life, life in Eng land should. restore its tone. A very celebrated Indian officer, Colonel John Jacob, appreciated so keenly the desirability of this revivifying process that he advocated the establishment of a Sabba tical year"—i. e., the assignment of one year out of seven to the work of reinvigoration. His opinion was, that by such an observance the British officer would be enabled to retain unimpaired and in fell activity those peculiar qualities to which Hindoo and Mussulman paid the involuntary homage of pc litical submission, and. which must always and ne cessarily lie at the foundation of our rule in India. We have said that things have recently been tending in this direction, and it would be easy to multiply illustrations of our remark. Service iu the East, even now, is not so protracted as formerly ; transport is far more rapid, communication is infinitely easier. This, however, is not all. A variety of other circumstances has been com bining to bring the two countries together. Indian affairs have been discussed in the press with far greater ability and in Parliament with con siderably greater interest than of old—in fact, we have now examples of statesmen who have actually seen India without having been in. the Company's employ. A short time, we may trust, will enable us to establish telegraphic communication with our Indian empire, and when that is accomplished, and the overland route made mote generally available, there wi!l really be no reason why service in India should not be thought just as acceptable and just as much a matter of routine as service in Canada or Gibraltar. How, indeed, can a country to which we have just dispatcbed 30,000 men in the course of three months be regarded as beyond the sphere of ordinary military duties 1 It would be very desirable also that the visits of Hiudoos to this country, of which we have already had several examples, should be multiplied as much as possible. One would think that when a Brah min finds himself entirely free from religious solici tation, though s alone among 30,00,000 Christians, he will cease to believe in our anxiety to destroy his caste in his own land—not to mention that the unmistakeable tone of public opinion greatly con duce to his tranquillity. A Hindoo in England would learn that even among the most ardent pro pagators of the Gospel there did not and never would exist the slightest desire to extend Chris tianity by compulsion ; he would hear nothing, birt wise and benevolent wishes expressed with respect to the destinies of his countrymen, and could scarcely fail of being convinced that he had nothing to fear, though much to hope, from British domi nion. This, however, would probably be a work of time, but we see nothing that need stand in the way of a prompt and constant communication be tween Englishmen in India and their native land. All furlough regulations should be revised, with the object of stimulating intercourse with England —esot impeding it. Officers serving in India should be no more divested of their national characteristics than officers serving elsewhere. Nor . should they in any greater degree regard themselves as detached from their country. Service in India might easily be rendered popular when it was found to entail no disabilities, and to be productive of no estrange ments. It would never do to garrison Bengal by a I .orninant force of Europeans, if those Europeans were to lie under the restrictions prevailing thirty years since. India requires, beyond doubt, for its administration special experience as well as general ability ; we can never dispense with a school of statesmen mainly, if not exclusively, Indian as re gards their information and their aptitudes ; but these conditions do not extend to tho military .de partments of the Government. A good soldier is a soldier everywhere, in one place as well ti an at o ion er oi ; . in fact, we have just committed the. India to an army which is touchinoghpaiathesi shores for ility that a the first time ; nor is there regiment arriving there at th a . i n s y m p o l ment would be less efficient than one which may have . been there What is required in our officers these ten years. is not Indi in experience, but British character, and that is most likel y to be sustained by uninter rupted intercourse with the land which has origi nally conferred it. THE HEIRS TO THE PRUSSIAN THBON.II ( From the Morning Advertiser.) The heir-direct to the Prussian crown is the bro ther of the actual ruler, and known under the name of the Prince of Prussia. In years he is almost as far advanced as the King himself, the age of the two being respectively 62 and nearly 61. But as regards , hysical health and firmness of purpose, there is a ,triking difference between them, the Prince of Prussia being by far the more vigorous. In dispo sition, also, there could not well be a wider dissimi larity than that presented by Frederick William IV. and his brother William —the one leaning . to artis ic, and even literary tastes, a lover of art, and friend of the choice spirits of the chisel and the pa 'ette, giving his despotism a Maecenas-lik e colour ing ; while the ideas and intelligenc e of the other have never soared beyond the confines of the bar rack-yard. However, apart from this difference and predilections, the political views of the two relatives tre the same. The libel.' yof th© people has found an equal enemy in both. Frederick William, in carry i,,g out his notions of "right divine," has chosen o adopt a mediaeval type, and has sought to pre sent himself before the world as a crowned St. George, doing battle with that terrible dragon, the revolutionary sentiment. The Prince of Prussia, en his part, has not taken the trouble to idealise its hatred to free institutions in such poetical garb. He does not care to don the romantic armour of the Templar, but contents himself with the more practical uniform of a Russian General. Yet, though thus differently arrayed, the King and Prince, as we have before said, still are in perfect accord on the great point of trampling down the liberties of the people. Whether the one carry out this fell purpose with the " rods," and the other with the "scorpions," can be of but little import to the victims themselves. There are some politicians, pinning their faith on he protestations of Crown Princes, who allege that the Prince of Prussia has become a convert to con stitutionalism ! The whole life of Prince William, however, speaks in language most unmistakeable against any such assumption ; for, if there is any one being in Prussia more intensely Royalist than the King, it is unquestionably the Prince of Prussia. No reactionary design was ever concocted in the Castle at Berlin, but in it the Crown-Prince took a leading part. No liberal movement was to be overthrown, but he urged the most violent measures against the defenders of free dom. When, in 1847, the King was forced by pub lic opinion to grant at.least some shadow of consti tution, the only person that refused to swear to it was the Prince of Prussia. It required a special order of the King, in his capacity as Commander in-Chief of the army, to overcome the Prince's stubborn resistance. In 1848, at the outbreak of the popular rising, the Prince advised the adoption of a sanguinary terrorism against the insurgents for liberty. To his evil council is it to be attri buted that Berlin was converted into a slaughter house. And had his opinions prevailed to the end, the Court would have withdrawn from the capital to the east of the kingdom, there to call in the aid of a Russian army ! These, we opine, are but sorry indications of " constitutional predilections." During his subsequent exile in this country, courtly intrigues at Berlin were to some extent held in abeyance. But no sooner had he been allowed to return than the coup d'etat of Nov., 1848, came closely on his heels. In the following year, the Prince of Prussia, nominated to the post of commander of the army operating against the popular movement in Baden, displayed in that capacity a ferocity only equalled in more recent times by the deeds of the Sepoys. Under his auspices acts of cruelty were committed against helpless prisoners which find fitting counterparts in the mo-t horrible scenes of the Indian mutiny. At his orders shooting, flogging, and torturing went on till the soil of south-western Germany was saturated with blood and tears, and Baden re sembled the Netherlands after the reaction of the Duke of Alba. Such were, but a few years ago, the " constitutional practices" of the Prince of Prussia. Since then he has continued playing the part of an evil spirit in the councils of the King, little as that arch-despot was in want of Macchiavallistio advice. In the Neufchatel question,, to take a more recent example, it was again the Prince who urged, both in the Royal cabinet and in public, the immediate commencement of a war again st Switzer land? Thus, on every great o ccasion, we behold him the leader of reaction. It requires aninfatua tion bordering on imbecility to believe that an a-o solutist character of this obduracy would at the age of 61, suddenly become a convert to the idea he has steadily striven during a long lifetime to root out with the edge of the sword and to drown in a sea of blood. As for the son of the Prince of Prussia, who would next mount the Throne after the demise or abdication of his father, there are but few public acts from which to draw an inference of hie pro bable conduct. So much however is known, that those who had the forming of his mind, the Pre' captors of his early education, have not failed to impress him with the necessity of struggling against the " demon" of liberty. His tutors—men of the school of Haller and Stahl—have taught him to look to the Right divine of Kings as the only poli tical power having a legitimate existence. They have imbued him with the notion that the chic/ duty of a sovereign is to lead back the people to that patriarchal creed, and to spare no effort for restoring everywhere the principle of " true mo narchial government." It may be, perhaps, that on his accession the young Prince Frederick William would somewhat relax the iron gripe his father and uncle have placed upon the people. Yet in the main he would continue the old system, just as has been done in Austria by that " promising young Sove reign," Francis Joseph, whom an English courtier once pronounced "the hope of his country." Even as the hopeful Hapsburg Emperor continues —nay, sometimes even exceeds—the policy of his prede cessors by the oppression of nationalities and the pandering to Popish influences, so the young Prus sian Prince, too, would in allprobability continuothe present despotic system, though perchance under different colours. The fact is, the royal races of Ger many and the Continent in general, have learnt to re gard the people over whom they rule as their natural enemies. Whatever changes, therefore, may occur in the personal gove rnmen t o f Prussia, the question remains as heretofore, one of " Despotism or De mocracy" —two principles between which there oan never be a compromise. - [AnvEßmsrmENT.]—The salutary effect of Du Barry's deli cious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing Indigestion (DY6- pepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility with out Medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters: " Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J. W. FLAVELL." " Bury, Lancashire, Aug. 17, 1851. 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