The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-02 00:00:00

I:birb Wbrition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were trade at the Ad miralty this afternoon : Lieutenants—C. Fairholm, to the Megana ; J. P. Cheyne, to the Simoom; W. W. S. Bridges, to the Iris ; P. B. R. Sharpe, to the Magicienne. Master—W. H. Crane, to the Simoom. Magter's-Assistants—C. W. Ross, to the MegEera ; D. 0. Burdwood, to the Simoom ; W. F. Tregidgo, to the Niegmra ; A. C. Dowdell, to the Simoom. Assistant-Snrgeon —Richard C. P. Laurenson (acting) to Plymouth Hospital. Evening.) LONDON EL WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. 1. The Qnoen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, Colonel General in the Service of his Majesty the King of Prussia, to be an Honorary Member of the Mili tary Division of the First Clam, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable order of the Bath. WAR-DEPARTMENT, JAN. 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the s econ d Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order ; viz. : Lieutenant-General Samuel Benjamin Auc'nranty, C.B. Lieutenant-General Nathaniel Thorn, C.B. Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick William Grey, C.B. Colonel Robert Garrett. Colonel Henry Knight Stork% Unattached. Lieutenant-General George Petra Wymer, C. 8., of the Bengal Army. Lieutenant-General Patrick Grant, C. 8., of the Bengal Army. To be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order; viz.:— _ _ James Macaulay Higginson, Esq., C. 8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies. To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order; viz.:— Captain the Hon. George Fowler Hastings, R.N. Captain Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, R.N. Captain Francis Scott, R.N. Colonel Charles William Ridley, Grenadier Guards. Colonel Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee, on half-pay, Regiinent. Colonel Frederick Wm. Hamilton, Grenadier Guards. Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, Coldstream Guards. Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan, Grenadier Guards. Colonel Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards. Colonel Wm. Montagu Scott Maturdo, Director-Gene ral, Military Train (late Land Transport Corps.) Colonel Edward Robeit Wetherall, Unattached. Lieutenant-Colonel James Patton!' Sparks, 38th Regt. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Williams, 4th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel William Munro, 39th Regiment. Captain Nicholas Vansittart, R.N. _ _ Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Barry Montgomery, let Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Sebastian Rowan, Royal Artillery. . Lieutenant-Colonel George Maebeath, late of the 63th Regiment. Lieutenant• Colonel John Henry Francklyn, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel John Ramsay Stuart, 21st Regiment. Lieuten , nt-Colonel Alexander Maxwell, 46th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Julian Baumgartner, on half-pay, 28th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blane, Unattached. Lieutenant-Colonel John Lucas Wilton, on half-pay, 50th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Fordyce, Un attached. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Evelegh, 20th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Thomas Heyland, late of the 95th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Chambre Hays Taylor, late of the 79th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Edmund Goodwyn, 41st Re gi anent. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Pym Harding, 22d Regiment. Lieutenant• Colonel Alex. Irving, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Cyril Goodenough, late of the 34th Regiment. Lieutenant•CAnel John Noble Arbuthnot Freese, Royal Artillery. tientenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Edward Hardinge, Coldstream Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset, Rifle Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur John Pack, on half-pay, 7th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel John Clark Kennedy, on half-pay, 18th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel James Wells Armstrong, late of the 49th Regiment. Lientonant-Colonel John William Sidney Smith, late of the 38th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel John Lewis Richard Rooke, 19th Regiment. lieutenant-Colonel George Gardiner Alexander, Royal Marine Artillery. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Francis Maude, 3d Regiment. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James Daubany, 62d Regi ment. Captain John James Kennedy, R. N. Lieutenant-Colonel William Friend Hopkins, Royal Marines. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Campbell, Royal Artillery. Brevet-Major John Richard Anderson, Royal Artillery. Brevet-Major Charles Triganco Franklin , Royal Artillery. Major John Maurice Wemyse, Royal Marino Artillery. Brevet-Major William Edmund Moysea Reilly, Royal Major George Stephen Digby, Royal Marine Artillery. Dr. James Brown Gibson, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. Richard Coffin Elliot, Esq., Senior Surgeon, Royal Ar tillery, and William Laurieston Macklecan Young, Esq., Commis sary of the Field Train Department. . To be Ordinary Member; of the Civil Division of the Third Clas9, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order, viz. : William Govett Romaine, Esq., Deputy Judge-Advocate with the Army lately serving in the East. Captain Charles Fitz Gerald, R.N., sometime Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Western Australia and its dependencies, and Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, Knt., Captain-General and Governor.in-Chief in and over the colony of Tasmania and its dependencies. To be an Honorary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class or Companions of the said Honourable Order ; viz. : Captain Adolphus Slade, R.N., Rear-Admiral in the Turkish Service. MEMORANDUM. —Colonel Gordon Drummond, Cold strearii Guards, would have been recommended for the dig nity of Companion of the Order of the Bath, had he sur vived. WAR DEPARTMENT, J. IY. 2, 1857. The Queen Las been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the following Officers of the Army and of the Marine of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and of the Army and of the Marine of His Ma jesty the King of Sardinia, to be Honorary Members of the Military Divisions of the Second and Third Classes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bsthf respectively, viz : TO BE KNIGHTS COMMANDERS. Leonard Victor Joseph Charner, Vice-Arniral Marie Joseph Alphonse Odet-Pellion, Contre-Amiral. Jean Lugeol, Contre-Amiral. Louis Edouard, Count Bonet-Willaumez, Centre-Amirel. Octave Pierre Antoine De Chabannes-Curton, Contre- Amiral. Jenne Pierre Edmond Juried de la Graviere, Contre- Amiral. Chevalier Giovanni Durando, Lieutenant -General. Cho valier Ardingo Trotti, Lieutenant-General. TO BE COMPANIONS. Adolphe, Comte de Monet, General of Division. Henri Adolphe Danner, Colonel, 95th Regiment of the ine. Parma Barral, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. Henri Alexandre Arthur, Vicomte Bertrand, Lieut.- Colonel of Artillery. Alexis Lugeol, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Francois Edmond Path, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Ferdinand Anne-Duportal, Capitaine de Vaisseau Guillaume Lucien Emile Larrie u Capitaine do Vaisseau. Antoine Marie Ferdin an d Mans:ion de Ganda, Capitaine de Vaissean. Adolphe Charles Emile Bouet, Capitaine de Vai•ssean. Philippe Victor Touchard, Capitaine de Vaissean. Louis Marie Auguste Warnier de Wailly, Capitaine de Vaipseau. Augustin Dupouy, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Adolpho Augustin Bon Darricau, Capitaine de iraissean. Charles Matins Albert de Dompierre d'Hornoy, Capi taine de Vaisseau: Pierre Lescure, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Jereme Hyacinthe Penhoat, Capitaine de' Vaiseeau. Eugene Louis Hugues Mequet, Capitaine de Vaissean. Louis Leon Theodore Dufour de Montlonis, Capitaine de Fregate. Henri Marie Huchet de Cintre, Capitaine de Fregate. Oswald Ginoux de la Coche, Capitaine de Fregato. Marie Jules Dupre, Capitaine de Fregate. F Henry Jules Noel F ranco i s G arnau lt, Capitaine de regate. Jean Antoine Thomas Reyband, Lieutenant-Colonel d'lnfanterie de Marine. Philippe Xavier Pelissior, Lieutenant-Colonel d'Artil lerie de Marine. Rime Pierre Chevillotte, Chef de Eataillon d'Artillerie de Marine. Count Augusto Pettiti, Colonel d'Etat Major, Chef d'Etat Major. Chevalier Alessandro de la Rovere, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery and Intendant -General. Chevalier Giuseppe Govone, Major d'Etat Major, and The Marquis Orazio Di Nogro, Capitano di Vascello of the let Class. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Skelton, Esq., to be Arbitrator o n th e part of her Majesty in the several Courts of Mixed Commission, established at Sierra Leone, under Treaties with Foreign Powers for the suppression of the Slave Trade. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M r . R o b ort Bogle as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the Republic of Nem Granada. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 2. The Right Hon. 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 De spatch from her Majesty's Consul General at Leipzig, stating that reference to a treaty recently concluded be tween the Zollverein and the free city of Bremen, that the RAILWAYS IN CEYLON.—Captain Moorsom, mem ber of the Inetitnt,on of Civil Engineers, has been se lected by her Majesty's Government to invastigate and report on the railway question in Ceylon.; TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1857 suspension of the Weser tolls, provided for by a separate Convention annexed to that treaty, will take place from the let January, 1857. ADMTRALTY, DEC. 2L Corps of Royal Marines.—Gmtleineu Cadets William Henry Nantes to be Second Lieutenant 2 • Matthew Henry Farquharson to be Second Lieutenant; Martin Hogga to be Second Lieutenant ; Joseph Phillips to be Second Lieute nant; Charles Robert Ric,:etts to be Second Lieutenant ; Duncan George Pitcher to be Second Lieutenant ; Charles James Kinsman to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Robert Knights, Esq., to be Quartermaster from Ist Dec., 1856, vice Kinna, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mi litia—Henry Milward Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Harris, appointed to the Cape Mounted Rifles. Warwickshire Militia—lst Regiment—William Hull, Esq., to be Captain, vice Captain Robert Borthwick, re signed, . Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regi ment of Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant Robert Haynes Lovell to be First Lieutenant, vice Stewart, ap pointed Quartermaster. Ensign Robert Hanson Coldwell, late of the sth Regi ment of West Yorkshire Militia, exchanged into the 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia, and was promoted to a Lieutenantcy in that Regiment on the 22d day of May, 1856. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 29. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the salvage services ren dered to the American merchant ship Flying Arrow, by her Majesty's ship Fantome, on the 16th Nov., 1855; and to the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Prometheus, for services against Riff pirates, rendered on the 26th June 1854. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer. and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all 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 captor, are requested, with as little delay as possi ble, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual do cuments, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the data proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an indivilual's share in the respective classes will be announced. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. 1. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner Myran and the Russian vessel Phonic, captured on the 17th and 18th April, 1855, by her Majesty's ships Archer and Desperate, will commence on the 15th Jan. ; and from the slave schooner, name unknown, supposed to be the Oregon or Mercedeta, captured on the 30th Aug., 1854, by her Majesty's ship Crane, will commence on the Bth Jan., 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 captor, serving in the above-named ships, are request ed 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 or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon don," 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 the several classes : RUSSIAN SCHOONER MYRAN. £ s. d. 2 4 10 3 11 1 115 71 015 41 0 12 3 0 7 10 Fifth class 0 4 4 Sixth class 0 311 Seventh class 0 2 8 Eighth class Ninth class Tenth class Flag share Captain Commander Second class Third class Fourth class THE RUSSIAN VESSEL PHONIC. I.: s. d. 1 - C 5. d. Flag share ..... .... 81 13 9 Fifth class Captain 129 6 9 1 Sixth class Commander Second Class 27 15 8 I Eighth class 2 7 8 Third class Fourth class. l4 5 8 I Tenth class SLATE SCHOONER OREGON OR MERCEDETA. Flag share Commander 6l. 11 5 Seventh class ... 5 3 7 Third class Fourth class l5 10 4 Ninth class Fifth class 8 12 6 I Tenth class BANKRUPTS. Joseph Van' Raalte, jun., warehouseman, Gloucester terrace, Eloaton, to surrender, Jan. 13, at one, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offi cial assignee ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. John Alltree, tailor and draper, Liverpool, Jan. 15 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur ner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Frazer and May, Dean street, Soho, London ; J. and W. Morecroft, Liverpool. George Nathaniel Solomon, merchant, Euston-place, New-road, Jan. 15 and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers ; Phillips and Son, Abchnrch-lane. John Bailey, cotton manufacturer, Oakenshaw, Lanca shire, Jan. 12 and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Rowley and Son, Manchester. Richard Baker, merchant, Lime-street, City, Jan. 9, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbary ; Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. William Baker, licensed victualler, Tichbourne-street, Haymarket, Jan. 16, at two, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Lawranco, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Venables, Mann, and Co., earthenware manufacturers, Burslem, Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Sutton, Burslem ' • Smith, Birmingatu. John Kennard, ironmonger, Little Queen-street, Hol , born, Jan. 13, at one, and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ' • Moseley, Taylor, and Moseley, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Thomas Squire Lawrence, late artificial manure mer chant, Walworth, Jan. 9, at two, and Feb. 20, at one, at th Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Basinghall-street. William Potter, grocer, Ellerburn, Yorkshire, Jan. 16 and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Watson, Pickering ; Ware Leeds. _ _ _ Jonas Charles Hermann Freund, boarding-housekeeper, West-.street, Finsbury, Jan. 16, at one, and Feb. 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, offiaial assignee, Allermanbury ; Jones, Colchester. altos Sagar, mannufacturer, Stonefold Jan. 15, aad Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Eernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Adnam, wine and spirit merchant, Old Fish street, City, Jan. 12, and Feb. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; West, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. John Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, Jaa. 17 and Feb. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assig nee, Birmingham; West, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house; Knight, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Archibald William - Cockburn, Charlotte-street, Edin burgh, doctor of medicine. William 'Calder Gallaher, Paisley-road and Springfield lane, Glasgow, oil and colour merchant. BANK OF] An Account pursuant to the Act ' the Week ending on Saturda: ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, fa ,y the 27th day of Dec., 1856. 'ASTMENT. 18817 E DEP, Notes tassel .. 24,112,390 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,63T,390 Silver bu11i0n........ - £24,112,39 ) £24,112,390 MAR3IIALL, Chief Cashier. [857. PikB,TILENT. atted the let day of January, 1 BANKING DE X Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,253,510 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,501,335 Other deposits 10,132,655 Soven Day and other B111S.• •• .• .• 00 .. 771,639 Government securities (includ;.Dead Weight Annuity) 11,200,7 , 18 Other securities 18,962,155 notes . • ........ 5,456,315 Gold and silver coin .. 542,921 £36,212,139 .43G,212,139 if. MARSHALL, Chief Oatatuer. 857. Dated the Ist day of January, 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn pined from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 30, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importatio n thereof in to Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 36 101 Muscovado, the produce of the 35 Oi Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.... 34 0 Average of the above three descriptions 3E 71 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THI4 DAY. AM5terdam............ 11 14% Gibraltar . Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 4 Le horn 29 f: 214 Rotterdam 11 1714 G en „ 77% Antwerp ............ 25 35 } V ilan • Brussels 25 35 Hamburgh ............ 13 7 Naples .... •• •• 42 3 . Altona .. • • Palermo ..... .... •. • • .. 129 •• 25 25 Messina •.:.. 130 Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Lisbon Marseilles 25 65 Oporto ,„ 5 , - •• ...... •• 1 s Bourdeaux ..•• Rio Janeiro ..... ....... Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 119 Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin New York,6o days' sight Vienna.......... •• .... 10 44 Philadelphia .. ...... Trieste•• •• •• v. • • •• •• o. 10 45 374 3 17 9 PRICES O F BIILLICF, pm oz . Petersburg Madrid 49 % Foreign Gold in Bars .£ Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz „ 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona . New Dollars .... •• 0 0 0 Seville_ ............ . Silver in bars ....... 0 5 2 Spirit cf the Public Journals. (From the Times.) Governments never make admissions ; at least they sever make them at the time. That seems part of the necessary policy of Governments, past of their code of honour. Whether a matter is true or false is an irrelevant consideration which must not be thought of; if it involves any serious fault on their part, it must Lot be admitted. The ad mission would be a violation of the position of a Government, and of the relation in which it pro fesses to stand to the country. It is hardly, in fact, expected of a Government any more than a confes sion is expected from a prisoner at the bar ; the practice of the law is to tell the latter that he is not to confess; the plea of "Not Guilty," whatever be the real state of the case, is the constitutional answer which is put into his mouth. In the same way, in our political practice it is unconstitutional for a Government to admit awkward facts. The very speakers who rise in the House to hammer these facts into it, who bring them out with all the force of clear statement and vigorous rhetoric, and place them in full daylight before the world, do not expect that they will extort any admission from the Government. They know the rules of the game, and that an admission would be against those rules. Nothing would astonish them more than an admis sion of the truth of what they have been saying from that side of the House ; they would condemn it themselves as a breach of etiquette • it would make everybody feel awkward and confused, just as a scene out of a book would if it occurred in real life. They look upon a Government as a conve nient constitutional target into which they are mercilesslyto stick all their facts till they have emp tied their quiver. But they would be surprised, not to say startled, if the target began literally to bleed and to moan, Nam Pelydorus ego. And, if the op position would object to Government admissions, the Government must a fortiori be expected to closo ; though, after all, perhaps, Governments only for cibly represent the tendencies of human nature in general with respect to the fact that it dislikes. 'Vhat a power there is in the human mind every where of ignoring facts that displease it • how do people shove them aside, refuse to see them, vote them to be nothing at all ! If men of thought and inquiry who unfold questions of science or history and bring facts out of their hidin g -places concerned themselves much about the absolute and total de nials which meet them even from men of professed sense and information, all inquiry and all thought would soon cease in the world. The supreme con fidence with which a man will deny at first the most certain facts is a wonderful phenomenon. But wait a little, and you will find if your facts are true the admission will come even from Go vernment itself, a little cloaked perhaps in cautious terms, but still substantially there. Though po litical honour precluded it at the time, political honour has its limits of time like our pecuniary debts, after which it is free to speak. What greater instance could we have of the necessity felt by Governments of denying disadvantageous facts than we had two years ago, when an Administra tion went out simply because it would not admit the most palpable, evident, and notorious facts with respect to our army in the Crimea ? The most rigid Master of the Ceremonies in the political de partment must have been content with such a cor rect and complete obedience to Government eti quette and position. But wait, and the admission comes. It comes from Lord Panmure at Ar broath. It is true the present Ministry is not identical with the last, and it allowed the Committee of Inquiry into the affairs of the Crimea, which was an express departure from the ground taken by the last Ministry ; still, it has succeeded more or less to the delicacy, tenderness, and reserve in the admission of any thing faulty in the management of that whole un dertaking which characterised the late Ministry. But now Lord Panmure is ready to talk of " the unfortunate state of the army iu the Crimea, which aroused the indignation and excited the deepest sympathy of the British nation." It is true he feels himself somewhat checked still by his official position, gently deprecates the censure of individuals, and apologises for the gross misman agement of the affair, as owing to our bad system rather than to the carelessness of particular officials. " The people of England," he says, " are not a vindictive people ; they can make allowance for difficulties ; they will not avenge on a single indi vidual that which was the result of a system." Well • but whether the mismanagement arose from individualsl or the system it arose from something which could be mended, and which it was wrong to leave exactly as it was. This was what we urged at the time, but we were told that it was neither an individual nor the system which was to blame, but everything else whatever,—the sea, the air, the sky, fate, the necessary inexperience of the first entrance on a war ;—everything that was wrong was unavoidable, and could not possibly have hap pened otherwise. We asked at the. time "If the system is wrong why not alter it ?" and we were tuld that it was impossible to alter it while the war was going on ; that the stiffness of new machinery was worse than the awkwardness of old; that when things were in a certain train it was hazardous to put them out of it, even though the new arrange ment might be in itself au improvement ; and that, on the whole, it was better to let things go on as they were till peace was made, when of course the great reason for change would have passed by. We are glad to see Lord Panraure now demolish ing these excuses, and appealing to his own line as the contrary of this over-cautious and stagnant one. " I was accused of applying too stoutly to reform during a period of existing war ; but the fact was I found we could not carry on the war without the reform, and I determined, whatever the risk, to accomplish the change. • I confess that owing to the divided administration delays had occurred which rendered the efficiency of the service almost impossible." This is pretty good for an official admission. To the gross awk wardness of the old machinery his Lordship calls special attention, showing that it was not in minor and subordinate points, but in its large and broad outlines, that the system was in error ; and that it was in error, therefore, in a way which appealed to everybody's common sense and called aloud for immediate change. " You will readily believe the necessity for this when I tell you that till within a year and a few months the Commander-in• Chief had only the cavalry and the infantry under his charge. With the Artillery he had nothing to do, and they were placed beside him on the field, or in some camp adjoining." Such were the obvious and gross mistakes of arrangement, which, when we remonstrated, we were told must be let alone, and could not be interfered with while the war was going on. (From the Daily Dews.) It is written that a prophet bath no honour in his own country. The recent gathering at Arbroath shows that there are exceptions to the rule, and that Lord Panmure is one of them. When we say this, we refer not merely to the number of persons present at the banquet—though for what was es sentially a provincial demonstration it was extra ordinary—but to the position and characters of individuals. It is no exaggeration to say that al most the whole population of the district were present by their representatives. The borough and county constituencies were represented by their provosts, sheriffs, and members of Parliament ; and many of the leading noblemen, gentlemen, and burgesses appeared in person to express the respect they entertain for Lord Panmure, and their confidence in him as a man and a politician. Such a tribute, from such a district, might make asy man proud. It must be borne in mind that oven in the darkest of Scotland's political days— at the time of the trials of Mure and Gerard—a staunch phalanx of the friends of freedom rallied there around Lord Panmure's father. It must be borne in mind that the Arbroath Burghs sent Joseph Hume to Parliament, and were his unflinch ing supporters through the whole of his public career. It must be borne in mind that Douglas Kinnaird —a name honourably and d early remembered by the old Liberals of Westminster—was a native of the dis trict, and that he and his family were indefatigable in their championships of Liberal principles there as here. It must be born© in mind that under the Castlereagh-Sidmouth administration the Dundee Advertiser was—with the exception of the Edin burgh Scotsman and the Glasgow ;Chronicle —the only liberal and independent newspapers in Scot land. Forfarshire, with its adjoining districts, has been for long years a fortress and city of refuge for liberal opinions in Scotland. Nor is this its only distinction ; it is the seat of an energetic and en terprising manufacturing and commercial industry, and is one of the richest agricultural districts in Scotland. Situated midway between the Univer sities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, it has derived light and refinement from both ; and the Burgh schools of Dundee were models of excellence long before the cause of ethication had received the im pulse it has of late years. Our more intimate knowledge of "the braes of Angss" is "a tale of the days of other years ;" but the names of Bread albane, Panmure, Duncan, Baxter, and Kinnaird, are sufficient guarantees that the true blood of the patriots of the last generation still pulses purely and healthily in the veins of their descendants. And it cannot be denied that Fox Maule—we like to call him by the name most familiar and endeared to Scottish ears--is a worthy and charac teristic representative of his country, and of that particular district of his country to which he be longs. Singularly unostentatious, there is sound principle and reliability in all his actions. Born, as it were, to inherit the principles of Charles James Fox—as they were understood by that most loveable of statesmen at the period when he, the Abdiel of the Whig party, remained un shaken by the desertion of so many whom the fervid eloquence of Burke had seduced—Fos Maule has never for a moment wavered in, or departed from, his political creed. Ecclesiastical politics are of great moment in the estimation of Scotsmen ; but it is enough for our purpose to say that in this field of public exertion Fox Maule has been the honoured and trusted associate of the late Dr. Chalmers and of the living Dr. Guthrie, upon whom—more than upon any other of that great man's disciple—the mantle of Chalmer's genial piety and benevolence has descended. The prac tical sagacity of Lord Panmure has been approved by the measures he has adopted to initiate the great work of the re-organisation of our army, and the perspicacity and comprehensiveness of his views as a statesman may be inferred from his admirable remarks upon education and penal discipline at a Ir.te public meeting in Dundee. Lord Panmure is not one of those who seek to curry.favour by flat tery and lavish promises. Perhaps we should not err widely if we described him as one of those who seek to cloak a peculiarly tender and tensitive dis position under an affected brusqueness of manner and language. In private life, he is remarkable for the sincerity, warmth, and delicacy of his attachment ; and in public, as in private life, he is admitted by all who know him to be one of those who do more than they promise. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam frigate Dragon, 6, Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., left Portsmouth yesterday at noon for Woolwich, with the Resolute discovery ship in tow. She goes round to discharge her stores. Her Majsty's steam blockship Pembroke, GO, Capt. Fraser, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead yesterday, and took up moorings at the anchorage. She saluted the Port Admiral on going out. The Simoom steam troopship, Commander Cooke, was taken down to Portsmouth harbour yesterday to sailing moorings off Gosport. It is reported she will soon em bark troops for foreign servica. The Transit steam troopship was taken into dock yes terday at Portsmouth for repairs. She, too, is, believed as likely to convey troops to the East. The Resolute steam troopship was undocked yes terday at Portsmouth after refit. It is believed she will speedily be required to convey troops on foreign service. Captain Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, director of engineering and architectural works to the Boar I, arrived at the George Hotel, Portsmouth, on Wednesday night, and yesterday morning proceeded to Gosport to witness the working of the patent hauling-up slip and railways for the berth ing of the gun and mortar boat flotilla, &c. Her Majesty's ship Antelope, ordered to be ready for sea on the 30th ult., has had her sailing instructions countermanded by direction of Commodore Shepherd, superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, with the sanc tion of the Lords of the Admiralty, by reason of the repairs and internal arrangements being still incomplete. She is ordered to be fitted with Clifford's apparatus for lowering the ship's boats. Directions have likewise been issued from the Admiralty, orlering the 120-gun flagship Waterloo, the 78-gun ship Indus, the padd;e wheel steamer Locust, and the Rhadamanthus to be appointed with the same apparatus. • The steam yacht Imperador, about to be presented to the Emperor of Japan, is removed to the river, off Woolwich dockyard, and is now under the hands of Mr. Wakeling, the Admiralty upholsterer, who has been granted an unlimited order to supply the cabin furniture. PORTSMOUTH, J. 1. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, accompanied by Flag-Lieutenant Malcombe, and Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, proceeded to the new slip-way at Hasler, for the purpose of inspecting the interesting operation of hauling up the screw gun boat Gnat, she being the first gun-boat to be placed under cover of the ❑ew shed of protection from sun and weather. We also observed Captain Superintendent Dacree, of Hasler Hospital, who was exceedingly active in giving able assistance and advice; as well as Mr. James Underwood, master attendant of the Portsmouth Dock yard; Mr. Andrew Murray, engineer in chief; Mr. Wm. Miller, assistant engineer; Mr. Wm. Moody, assistant master shipwright, with a host of scientific persons, who were present on the occasion. At 10.30. a.m. the land engine was set in motion--(we should state the immense wheel which had originally bees ordered at Manchester, but which could not be brought down, was abandoned, and a London firm manufactured a new wheel, which was constructed in halves, and when placed in position performed its duties admirably)—and the Gnat gun boat, was cleverly hauled up the slip-way. This having been accomplished in a most satisfactory manner the gun boat was placed on a cradle athwart ship of the several tramways laid down to receive the vessel. In a few minutes a locomotive was attached, and freely moved with her burden the distance of some 300 feet from the slip to the shed. We observed that the locomotive was heavily ballasted to make it equal to the stupendous weight of gunboat and cradle. Having arrived opposite the shed a portable donkey-engine was attached to the cradle to clear the vessel up the tramway, and tackle-falls were also intro duced to assist the donkey-engine in getting the gun boat under the shed. Some little time elapsed during this performance, but by the energy and tact of the Master Attendant Underwood at the "fails," and the determination and skill of Mr. Humphries, the civil engineer, supported by Mr. Thomas White, shipbuilder and inventor of the slip-way, all difficulties were over come, and the gunboat, amidst hearty cheering and congratulations, was placed on her blocks in safety. From what we observed we do not hesitate to say, that this operation has consummated a triumph over engi neering difficulties which insures success for the future. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty yesterday Masters —'Henry A. Martin, t 3 the Cyclops ; John H. Allard, to the Sitnoorn. LORD pALMERSTON AND THE SOUTHANP. TON ELECTION. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1 . Seldom has an election contest been to pregnant with events of an exciting and irritating character as that in which this town is at the present moment involved. Every day some new incident arises to foment the angry feeling whcih'prevails, and even the Premier of England has been drawn into the vortex. His Lordship, in a moment of friendly forgetfulness, expresses an opinion upon the merits of the two Liberal candidates ; this opinion is mmediately made use of as public property in the interest of one of those gentlemen ; his rival writes to the noble Premier on the matter, and receives a reply from him ; which letter the candidate, in turn, requests permis sion from his lordship to publish,together with the oth erpor lions of the correspondence. At this stage the whole question no w res ts, Lord Palmerston not having as yet replied t o th e last letter. We have been waiting, day by day, i n the hope that the correspondence would be coulleted, before touching this piquant little piece of election gossip ; but, as it would appear that his lordship is taking time to consider we now proceed to a narration of the facts of the case, as far as they are at present before the public. About 10 days since one of the Premier's tradesmen, Mr. W.Lankester, a partner in an extensive ironmongery firm in Southampton, was sent to Broadlands, to see his lordship on business matters, and this arranged, his lordship referred to the pending election, and asked how matters stood. Mr. Lankester replied to the effect that they were in a great bustle ; that they had thought Mr. Weanelin would have united the Liberals in his favour when Mr. James had left the field, but that Mr. Andrews bad split the Liberal party by the course he bad pursued in coming forward as a candidate three weeks afterwards. On this (according to Mr. Lankester's narrative, from which these facts are gathered) Lord Palmerston remarked, " Very impolitic ; he is not fit for it," and said that though Mr. Andrews was a good fellow enough he was uneducated. Mr. Lankester then informs his lordship that Mr. Weguelin had come down to Southampton with the highest intro ductions, and his lordship is reported to have replied— " Oh, be is quite the right man ; he has position, influ ence, education, and a high character ; he is quite a fit and proper man for such a town as Southampton, and the other is not fit." Mr. Lankester expressed his fears that the result of Mr. Andrews coming forward would be the return of the Conservative candidate, and that Mr. Wilcox would then resign his seat, ending in South ampton being represented by two Tories ; and his lord ship observed—" Very sad; he (Mr. Andrews) is not fit." The interview ends, and the curtain falls on the first act of the drama. _ _ On the following evening (Tuesday) we are introduced to act the second. A Public meeting of Mr. Weguelin's friends had been convened a t the Victoria Rooms, and forthwith Mr. Lankester, who is the chairman of Mr. Weguelin's committee, unfolds a document and reads from it his notes of the above conversation. As may be imagined such a revelation produced no little consternation and surprise, and great was the storm it evoked. As soon as Mr. Andrews heard of the matter ho wrote a letter to Lord Pahnerst on enclosing a copy from the reporter's notes of Mr. L an kester's statement, and re questing to be informed whether the conversation had been correctly stated. Three gentlemen of his committee went over to Broadlands on Wednesday with their letter, but the Premier bad gone to London, and so an inter view with the noble lord was Frustrated. The deputation returned to Southampton, and the third act was over. Christmas day and boxing-day pass away, and on the Saturday morning Mr. Andrews receives a letter by post from Lord Palmerston, wherein he compliments Mr. Andrews on the high position he has attained in the municipality, which he views as his proper and legitimate sphere of duty, and admits having used the expressions attributed to him. His lordship, however, deprecates the idea of intending to interfere in the election in any way, and says that he has written to Mr. Lankester, who had committed " a gross viola was merely a private conversation. After consulting withtion ofhis friends, Mr. in making public that which r ' . Andrews again wrote to his Lord. ship on Monday, requesting permission to publish the correspondence. To this letter no reply has yet been received from his Lordship. The fourth act concluded, people are now awaiting with interest the rising of the curtain for the grand denouement, as the playgoers have it, which will, it is hoped, introduce the letters of his Lordship upon the scene, everybody being anxious to read for himself the Premier's opinion. This nice little episode in election matters has, as might naturally be expected, created great interest in all quarters, and has had the effect of increasing the fury of the raging flames. EXECUTION OF DEDEA REDANIES. MAIDSTONE, JAR. 1. The murderer Dedea Redanies was executed this morning, at 12 o'clock, in front of the County Gaol at Maidstone. It will be unnecessary to state more in detail the cir cumstances connected with the crime for which this wretohed man suffered than to remind our readers that, at the late winter assizes, he pleaded guilty to one in dictment charging him with the wilful murder of a girl named Caroline Back, 19 years old, and tho he was convicted, upon a second indictment, of the wilful mur der of Maria Back, the sister of Caroline, and two years younger. The career of the prisoner appears to have been a somewhat extraordinary one. He was born at Belgrade, in Servia, and until within the last 18 months he had profeSsed the Mahommedan religion. He appears not to have been brought up to any trade or profession, but it seems that he served for some time in the Turkish army, but being disgusted with that service he left it, and was for some time at Milan. There he became acquainted with a Catholic priest, who had some con versations with him upon the subject of his religious notions, and it appears that he succeeded in impressing him with an idea that the Mahommedan religion was not the one likely to lead to salvation, and he became a Christian, and since that period he bad professed the Roman Catholic religion. Upon the breaking out of the war with Russia, and the embodying of a foreign legion, he joined one of the Swiss regiments that were intended for the service of this country, and was doing duty with his regiment at Shorncliffe, in the neighbour. hood of Dover, at the time he committed the dreadful act for which his life was forfeited. Redanies appears never for a moment to have denied his guilt. Indeed, the only thing that seems to have given him any trouble is the complexity of the mode of procedure in the English criminal law, whereby ho was called upon to return an answer upon four forms of pro. cedure, namely, bills of indictment, and injunctions by the coroner, whether he was guilty or not of the offences alleged against him ; and he has repeatedly said that his intention was to plead guilty to having killed both the girls, but that as he was perfectly bewildered by having so many charges of murder made against him, he did not know what course to take, and allowed everything to proceed without troubling himself in the matter, as he was/quite prepared for what he knew must be the inevi table result, namely the loss of his own life. Ever since his conviction the prisoner has evinced the most perfect composure, and, indeed, impassibility. The Rev. Mr. King, the chaplain of the gaol, of coursa saw him in the performance of his ordinary duty, but as the prisoner professed to entertain Roman Catholic notions, lie was unwilling to press his ministration upon him, and a com munication having been made by the gaol authorities to the Catholic dignitary of the Brompton district, a priest who had some knowledge of the German language, named Lawrance, was sent to visit the prisoner, and he was almost constantly in attendance with him down to the last moment of his existence ; and he was so satisfied with the condition of his mind, that it appears he ad ministered the Sacrament to him on Wednesday. Not withstanding this, however, there can be no doubt that there was a strong Mahommedan notion prevailing in the prisioner's mind to the very latest period of his existence, for, almost immediately before he was severed from this world, he regarded his approaching death with the most perfect indifference, and exclaimed, "In a few moments I shall be in the arms of my dear Caroline—l care not for death." The prisoner was allowed some few indulgences that were perhaps not strictly in accordance with Trison rules, and among them he was permitted to smoke. He evidently enjoyed his pipe, and on Wednesday he was engaged in smoking as usual. Having finished his pipe, he coolly shook out the ashes, and then laid the pipe on the table, and said, " I smoke no more." After this he amused himself, as he had on previous occasions frequently done, by making a sort of rough sketch of the place and the mode in which the double murder was committed, and when he had finished he laid the pen by the side of the paper, and said, "Now I write no more. I prepare myself to go meet my dear Caroline." He then went to bed, but it appears that, for the first time since his conviction, he did not sleep soundly. What awful doubts and fears disturbed him none can tell, but it was remarked that upon this last dreadful night he was unable to take that rest that be had before enjoyed. He had also previously eaten heartily, but on the morn. ing of his execution he was unable to take any refresh ment, although he still exhibited the same outward appearance of composure that had characterised him all through the proceedings. It seems that Father Lawrence, the Roman Catholic clergyman who was in attendance upon the prisoner, very shortly after he had been in communication with him, entertained a strong belief that he was not in a sane state of mind, and he in consequence had some communication with Mr. Bone, the governor of the gaol, upon the subject ; and upon his expressing the opinion that the prisoner was not in au accountable state of mind, Mr. Bone, after referring to the pe culiar circumstance of the prisoner being a foreigner, and the consequent difficulty of communicating with him, and also the character of the offence with which he was charged, advised that no time should be lost in communicating with the Secretary of State, and in forming him of the circumstances upon which such an impression was founded ; and Mr. Lawrence accordingly addressed a communication to Sir George Grey, in which he represented all the facts within his knowledge upon which he came to the conclusion that the prisoner was not a responsible agent. It would appear, how ever, that no sufficient grounds were stated for any in terference by the Executive, and the law was therefore left to take its course, a communication to that effect having been sent to Father Lawrence from the office of the Secretary of State. It was rather a peculiar circumstance that the go vernor of the gaol rigidly insisted upon carrying out one of the gaol rules, for the exclusion of all strangers from the prison on the morning of an execution. All parties appeared to be perfectly ignorant of the law in reference to the matter, and under which every proceeding con nected with the execution of capital punishment devolves upon the High Sheriff, and, in his absence, upon his deputy. At present it appears the Under Sheriff for the county, Mr. W. Palmer, is absent from the country on account of ill health, and his duties devolve upon Mr. Wilder, the clerk of the peace, and that gentleman de ferred to the judgment of the governor of the prison, and consequently, so far as the interior arrangements of the execution were concerned, the whole affair was managed witk the most complete secrecy, no one being present but the governor, the Rev. Mr. King, Father Lawrence, and a few sheriffs' officers. In the case of the poor wretch who was the sufferer upon the present occasion, as his guilt was clear, and as the execution was really, so to speak, a mere matter of course, no complaint should perhaps be made of this course of proceeding, but it is obvious that if public executions are to be a portion of the law of the country, it is advisable that some authorised representative of the press should be present on such occasions. In refer ence to what is above stated as to the want of know• ledge of the law upon this subject, it is only neces sary to state that the governor of the prison has no thing whatever to do with the carrying out of the sen. tence of death on the morning of an execution ; the she. riff is the only responsible party, and all the governor of a prisoner has to do is to deliver up the body of the prisoner to the sheriff that execution may be performed upon him, and the governor need not even be present; in fact, he has nothing to do with the matter. It has already been stated that the prisoner did not sleep very well on his last night on this earth, and that he could not take any refreshment on the morning of his execution. Father Lawrence was with him at an early hour, and they conversed together for a considerable time in German. Redanies did not to the last appear to con sider that he had committed any crime. His idea seemed to be, that being fondly attached to the deceased Caroline Back, and fearing she was about to become connected with another man, he resolved to destroy her to prevent such a result, knowing that the consequence would be the loss of his own life, but at the same time believing that he should at once rejoin his beloved one in the other world ; that, in fact, death was the prelude to him of everlasting bliss ; and, with such ideas evidently fully impressed upon his mind, he went to the scaffold as to a marriage bed. Having been accustomed for considerable time to a military life, he had naturally imbibed a good deal of the neatness and smartness of a soldier, and during his incarceration it was observed that he was always particularly careful in his personal appearance. On ; the morning when he was to leave this world for ever, it appears that he took more care than trend in dressing himself, and having occasion only a few minutes before the final period of his existence to obey a call of nature, it was remarked that he most carefully adjusted his dress in every particular. The actual formalities of the execution were very sim ple. When Redanies saw Calcraft, the executioner, he at once placed himself in a military, upright form, and submitted to the new process of pinioning without a murmur. The signal being given for moving to the scaffold, the prisoner at once walked off with a light, cheerful step, and although he had some considerable distance to traverse, and had a number of steps to ascend before he reached the gallows, which was erected in front of one of the wings of the gaol, and to which ac cess was obtained through a window or opening in the stonework, he did not exhibit the slightest trepidation. His calmness arid composure did not forsake hint for an instant. The Rev. Mr. King read the burial service in English, and Father Lawrence also read some prayers in the German language, and after a very brief interval the drop fell, and the culprit appeared to be dead almost instantaneously. It should he stated, perhaps, to show the condition of the naiad of the prisoner, that when he arrived at the entrance of the gaol, and was about to ascend the stairs leading to the scaffold, he recognised the officer at the gate by whom he had at first been re ceived, and, addressing him in the most friendly manner, ho stepped on one side and shook hands with him, and exclaimed, "Good bye," and then joined the procession, and tripped up the stairs leading to the gallows. A considerable number of persons assembled to wit nese the execution, and their behaviour was most orderly and decorous. Some few of those assembled seemed to , pity the unhappy culprit, but tie general feeling ap peered to be that his dreadful crime had received only fitting punishment. A. ig a d event concluded the melancholy proceedings cf the day. The body, after hanging the usual time—one,i hour—was cut dow n , an d th e wor k men th en procee d e d 1 to remove the scaffold. While so engaged, one of them fell a considerable height upon his head And was killed upon the spot. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 1, GUILDHALL.—RIOT IN IVIIITECROSS-STREET PRI SONS—John Ford, James Eglinton, John Rackmoor, Wm, Stuckfield, Alfred Badman, George S. Flood, George Elkin, Win. Wiltshire, and about 20 other per sons, appeared before Sir Francis G. Moon, some upon summonses, and others by habeas, from the debtors' pri son in Whitecross-street, to answer a charge of riotously assembling, on the 31st of July last, in Whitecross-street prison, to the terror of her Majesty's liege subjects, t) disturb the public peace; and, being so riotously assem bled, for assaulting Mr. James May, an attorney-at-law. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sir R. W. Car den were on the bench during a portion of the time ; and Captain Williams, the Inspector of Prisons, was present through the whole of the inquiry. Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, said he at tended to prosecute on behalf of the City of London ; and the object he had in view was that of suppressing a prac tice that was subversive of the discipline of the prison, and detrimental to the administration of justice. Mr. May visited the prison on professional business, and it was in consequence of the treatment he received on that occasion that he complained, and that the magistrates had ordered the prosecution. Ho would not introduce any exciting remarks upon the case ; but after adducing the necessary facts, he would ask the aldermen to send the matter to be dealt with at the sessions of the Cen tral Criminal Court. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the defendants, and asked that all the witnesses for the prosecution might be ordered out of court, and his request was acceded to. Mr. Jas. May said—l am an attorney of 22, Prince's street, Spitalfields. On the 31st July I went into White cross-street prison to see a man named Ford, on seeing whom I told him I came to make inquiries about a bill of exchange, which Mr. Evans, a client of mine, had been sued upon, for the purpose of preparieg a defence to the action. The name of Thos. Ford was upon the back of the bill as indorsee. Ford said he was not the man, as his name was John, upon which I went out ; but meeting Mr. Evans I returned, and he then pointed out Ford as the person he was in quest of. I had previ ously told Mr. Ford I had no process to serve upon him. When I advanced with Mr. Evans towards Ford he mixed with a crowd of prisoners, and I lost sight of him. Immediately afterwards oue of the prisoners came for ward and said, "Do you come to serve Ford with a copy of a writ ? If you do, you will be served out." I told them I came to make inquiry relative to the negotiation of a bill of exchange ; but almost immediately after I was hustled and jostled about, and completely smothered with flour, which had been thrown at ins from all direc tions, in small bags containing about half a pound of flour. I was also saturated with water, and, when near the gate, I received a quantity of scalding water upon me, which had been thrown from the windows of the ward. I was soon after rescued by one of the turnkeys ; and, as I was passing through the gate, followed by the crowd, I was kicked twice in the breech. Cross examined—l have been many times in the prison on professional business, but never served write. I had the copy of the writ I have mentioned in my hand at the time I spoke to Ford, and also when I went into the prison again. When the other prisoners advanced towards me I showed them toe copy of the writ, and explained to them that it had already been served upon Mr. Evans, but they would not listen to me. Several persons called out, "Put him under the pump ! " " Serve him out !" and other exclamations of that kind. Some of the bags of flour struck me on the face ; but I cannot say where I was struck first, as the flour and water came from all directions and so simultane• ously. I heard no cries of "Let him alone." Mr. J. Evans said—l am the person upon whom the copy of a writ spoken of by the last witness was served, and I met Mr. May at the door of the prison as he was coming out the first time. I went in with him again, and pointed out Ford. This was on the Middlesex side of the prison. I heard Flood say, "If you have any process to serve you will not be allowed here ;" and directly after a person brushed past me calling out, " A. rat ! a rat !" There were 30 or 40 persons assembled at the end of the yard, and on our approaching Mr. May inquired for Ford. Flood said, " You have a writ i❑ your hand." Mr. May held the writ up for them to look at, and at the same time I heard some one exclaim, " your eyes, we will put you both under the pump." Blackinoor was sitting on a stool, and, knowing him, I appealed to him to ex• plain the nature of my visit ; but• on my turning round again to Mr. May, I saw a bag of flour strike him in the face, and immediately after he was smothered i❑ flour and water. I received about a quart of flour on my breast, and a portion of the flour thrown at Mr. May. Cross-examined—Flood did not say, "Take my advice and leave the yard." I saw the turnkey come to Mr. May's assistance, and I went out soon after him and was bonnetted as I was passing through the gate. Mr. Albert M`Kenzie Russell Kinahan was then called, and on the oath being tendered said he objected to be sworn on the ground that he was under duresse, having been brought up from the Queen's Bench Prison, and that it was repugnant to his feelings to give evidence in this matter ; but after some objections made by Mr. Lewis, to the effect that the witness was not bound to criminate himself, and an intimation from the bench that he would be committed to prison if he refused to answer the questions put to him, the witness was sworn, and to the surprise of the City Solicitor, who appeared to have received information previously as to the nature of the evidence he (witness) could give, denied all knowledge of the parties implicated in these proceedings, and although present and taking no part in them, was unable to name a single person who took any active part in pelting Mr. May. _ Tne City Solicitor said, in the exercise of his discretion, he should not ask any more questions of this witness, but leave him to be dealt with by the judges, and see what evidence he would then give. Benjamin Constable, one of the turnkeys of White cross-street prison, corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor and Mr. Evans as to the riotous conduct of the prisoners on the occasion in question, but his memory was equally treacherous with that of Mr. and his replies of the same non nsi recorclo character. Sir F. G. i‘loon inquired if such riots were of frequent occurrence ? Constable said they happened on an average about once a year, and sometimes even worse than on the pre sent occasion. Iu ono instance, while the whitewashers were at work, the prisoners, out of pure mischief, took up the pails and threw the whitewash over each other. . Mr. Lewis said that the generality of the prisoners went thereto be whitewashed. (Laughter.) Constable said he believed they did. The cry alluded to was "Hie rat," and originated with a man named Towler, about 17 years ago. The City Solicitor said he was disappointed in the evi dence of two of the witnesses, and he via.s not prepared to carry the case any further, and he therefore applied that those who had been identified in this riot might be committed to take their trial at the sessions. Sir F. G. Moon said there was no case legally made out against any of the defendants before him sufficient to send them for trial, and the summonses were there fore dismissed ; but, in the event of the City Solicitor obtaining fresh evidence the parties would still be liable to be proceeded against. Sir R. W. Carden said there was no doubt about the insubordination of the prison, but the evidence did not implicate any of the parties before the Court in the in fliction of the injuries upo❑ Mr. May. The court was then cleared, and those parties who had been brought from Whitecross-street and the Queen's Bench were escorted back to their quarters in those prisons by a strong body of officers. Henry Frank Carr, whose extraordinary account of a large quantity of stolen property found in his possession no imposed upon Sir R. W. Carden and Mr. Thwaites, chairman of the Board of Works, was again brought up, charged with robbing his employers of property to the value of about 1001. Mr. Morgan appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Wontner conducted the defence. Some further evidence was given relative to a part of the property i 9 pledge, identified as belonging to Messrs. Meeking, of Holborn ; after which evidence in a fresh case was given, in which the prisoner was charged with robbing Messrs. Greenwell, of the Blackfriars-road, in whose employ he had formerly lived. About 90 pairs of gloves were found in his box, which were identified as Messrs. Greenwell's property. The prisoner was committed for trial on both charges. It having been stated on a former occasion that the prisoner entered Messrs. Meeking's establishment upon a false character, written by Mr. Alex. Hans, a draper, of Wimbledon, a summons was issued against him for that offence, and he accordingly appeared yesterday to an-war it. From the evidence it appeared that, in accordance with a custom in Mr. Meeking's establishment, the pri soner Carr, filled up a form stating among other things that he had lived in the employ of Mr. Alexander Hans, of Wimbledon, from June, 1855, until Decem ber in the same year. This statement was forwarded to Mr. Hans for authentication, and he returned it with a note, dcclarirg the contents of that statement to be correct, and adding that while Carr was with him " he found him strictly honest, sober, industrious, civil, persevering, and obedient." It appeared, however, that Carr was in the employ of Mes,rs. Sewell and Cross during that time. Wontner, for the defence, said he knew, upon the facts of the case, that a conviction must follow, and he was only addressing the Cou r t in mitigation of the penalty. This was not an ordinary case of s h am c h a • racter, where the parties, as is usual in such cases, are strangers to each other, and have a fraudulent object in view for their mutu a l ga i n ; but on the contrary, although the prisoner Carr bad not lived with Mr. Hans during 1855, he had done so for the same period in 1852 or 1853, on which occasion his character was all that Mr. Hans could desire, and it was rs,erely a wish to oblige a deserving young man, who had suf fered much from illness, to enable him to get a situation, that he had given the c haracter in question. Sir R. W. Carden said this was a very important h have av e had taken th e Carr o p. portunity of rob bin g t h em. question • for it the d efendant had not g iven this false character' M e ssrs. M ' e d k h n e g could would not not into their employ, an Sir F. G. M oon q uite concurred in the remarks made b Sir R. ; W. Carden • and he did not consid er thi s y . was a case that c alled f o r any mu i gation of the penalty. He therefore fined the defendant 201. and 103. costs, or, in default, three months imprisonment. Mr. Morgan said that, under the Act of Parliament governing these proceedings, half of the penalty was due to the informer ; and Messrs. Meeking being entitled to that moiety were desirmis of placing it at the alderman's disposal for the benefit of the poor, The fine and cotta were immediately paid. BIRTHS• 01 A 00116_ -- On the 28th tilt., at Green Bank, Farnworth, the wife of Alfred Barnes, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Biddleswade, Bods, the wife of Charles Palmer Stevens, Esq., F.R.C.S. , EXPLORATION OF AFRICA. F.ROJI ZANZIBAR. (From the Bombay Times.) Captain Dorton and Lieutenant Speke left on Mon day by the Elphinstone for Zanzibar, to c immence a series of explorations into the interior, for which two years have been assigned them. They expect to be joined by Dr. Steinhauser from Aden, and this completes the arrangements of the expedition. It is not supposed likely that the travellers will be able to remain more than a twelvemonth at a time in the interior ; when they find their supplies and resources begin to fail them, they will probably visit Zanzibar, and make a fresh departure inland. Their first obj.ct is to make for the shores of the Great Lake or series of lakes in Central Africa, which 20 Nears ago were only known by imper fect rumour, and from time to time were washed from or replaced on the map, as our supposed knowledge regarding them waxed or waned. We have every rea son to believe that sheets of fresh water of large expanse exist in Central Africa just under the line, and so as far south as the twentieth parallel, or probably over a space nearly as large as the peninsula of Hindostan. That this is a continuous inland sea we have no sufficient ground for believing. That the lakes are united, is more than probable ; that some of them are of vast magnitude is almost certain ; but not only are we ignorant of their size, their connections, width, and relations to each other, but we are not so much as aware whether or not they form a great independent lake and river system un connected with the ocean, or whether they may not send off a portion of their waters to the sea. Captain Burton is of opinio❑ that from some of them the Nile derives its supplies. And the travellers from Zanzibar are not without hope of meeting the great exploring party, now proceeding southward from Egypt, and so between them solving a problem which has formed the mystery of the past 20 centuries. The Greek geographer, Ptolemy, speaks of two extensive lakes, which owe their existence to the melting of the snows on the Mountains of the Moon as feeders of the Nile. These he describes as 6 and 7 south and 57 and 65 east. If we subtract the cor rection of 10 degrees required by all Ptolemy's observa tions, this will place them three Gr four north. Accord ing to Ptolemy, when the correction just referred to has been applied, the Mountains of the Moon are very nearly under the line, and this is the position now assigned to the Great Snowy Range. It is to these wonderful regions that the eyes of geographers in all parts of the world are at present directed, and thitherward two bodies of bold adventurers, one from Cairo, another from Bombay, are at present directing their steps, with an enterprise before them, laborious and dangerous as it is, often paralleled in labour and in danger, but never certainly surpassed in interest. The marvel is, that a field of such achieve ment should have been left to the present day nearly unimproved. Country Markets. DERBY SMITIIFIELD.—DEo. 30. There was an average supply of fat beasts to-day, prin• cipally from our county graziers; the demand was not great, but the best quality was in good request, and most of the animals were disposed of. The supply of sheep was small and better sold. The number of pigs wore not large, fully maintaining former prices. Fat calves were more plentiful and well sold. The following were the quotations 2 —Be of, 63 to 61d; mutton, 73 Co 7id ; lamb, —(1 to Od ; veal, 7d tc 81 per lb. ; pigs, iOs6d to lls Od per scorn ; rough fat, 5s 6u to Us per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6id per lb ; calf-skins, .4(1 to 6i par lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEI. 31. Large supplies of grain in the market to-day. A consi. derable demand for wheat and barley, which sold readily. Oats and beans rather heavy. Wheat, on the top, 4s up, and on the average Os .5(1 dpwn. Barley, is Od down on the top, and 51 down on the average. Oats on the top 2s Od d own — on th e average, is 3d down. Beans on the top 4s down, and on the average, 43 41 dow n. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 2 4 10-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 2 11 2-12ths. Beans BOSTON-DEO. 31. We had a small supply of wheat from the growers, and which, generally speaking, was in very bad condition; the few good dry samples on offer met a slow consumptive demand, at is to 2s per qr. over the prices of this day se'n night ; other qualities were quite neglected. We have no alteration to notice in the value of any description of spring corn, the whole of which moved off steadily at late quota• tions. Prices :—Wheat, red, 49s Od to 61s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 603 Od to 63s Od; extra, 665. Barley, 38s 0:1 to 45a Od. Oats 18s to 265. Peas, 36• to 403 Od Beans, 37i Od to 46s Od per qr. NEWARK-DEC. 31. At our corn exchange to-day we had a good supply of grain of all descriptiens. Wheat and barley met a better sale at an advance of is to 2s per qr. Wheat, white 64s to 68s, red 60s to 635; barley, malting 463 to 503, grinding —s to —a; oats, 24st. 31s to 375, 223 t, 25s to 303; beaus, 523 to 54s ; malt, 75s to 80s ; peas, 42, to 44s ; tares, —a to —s per qr. LOUTH—DEC. 31. The corn market was steady to-day, and the last week's prices fur all descriptions were fully maintained. Wheat, red 53s to 5Cs, extra 598; barley 42s to 455; oats, 23s to 265; beans 42s to 45s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market closed with a fair aspect, and the transactions effected wore at an advance on the rates of yesterday. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—Blackburn, 8 91. is. Bd. 96—Lancasbire and Yorkshire, 976—London and North Western, 107 * —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Mil—Midland, 83} i—North Eastern and Berwick, 21* —North Staf fordshire, 5 d.—South Eastern, 22a—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln Six per Cent. 124—Grand Trnnk of Canada, 141—Great Western of Canada, 25 5 Si—Ditt o (new shares), 2:1 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 1, STOOL EXOHANGE.—This being New Year's Day was observed as a holiday in this market; there was, coma• quently, no general meeting at the Stock Exchange. We deeply regret to announce the sudden death of Mr. Barry, of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, which occulrel yesterday morning about half-past four. 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