The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

Iroirb 4 SUN' OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'—(ThI3 Evening.) LIVERPOOL CIIP. 10 to 3 agst Rogerthorpe (4 to 1 taken freely) sto 1 agst Bashi Bazonk (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Newton-le-Willows (taken) 100 to 8 agst Pantomime (taken and offered) 12 to 1 aget Janet 14 to 1 agst Gilliver (taken) 15 to 1 aget Moose (taken) GOODWOOD STAKE 3. 10 to 1 agst Martinet (taken) 25 to 1 agst Aleppo (taken) 20 to 1 agat Gunboat (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Somerset GOODWOOD CUP. sto 1 agat Anton (taken) 9to 1 apt Florin (taken) 9to 1 agst Gemma di Vergy (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 2 aget Blink Bonny (taken) 3 to 1 aga Ignoramus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Drumour (taken) 20 to 1 agat Adamas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sir Colin (taken) I KPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) Ths Royal asssent was given by commission to the following bills :—Turnpike Trusts Arrangements; Ban. ley Borough Incorporation; Militia (Ireland) Act (1854) Amendment; Sound Dues; Sites for Workhouse ; Joint- Stock Corporation Amendment Act; Wilmston and Lawton Roads ; Fraserburgh Harbour; North-Eastern and Hartlepool Docks and Railway Company's Amalga mation; Forth and Clyde Junction Railway; Landport and Southsea Improvements ' • Wearmouth Bridge, Ferries, and Approaches ; south Durham and Lancashire Union Railway ; Ely Valley Railway ; Glasg Gas ; St. Phil!ip's Church ; Liverpool New River Company ; West Hartlepool Railway ; Mansfield and Worksop Road ; Portsdown Water • Fawnhope and Holme B..idge ; Nora-Eastern Railway ; and Ipswich Water. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Campbell. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. Their lordships re-assembled at five o'clock. STATE OF INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention of their lordships to the state of affairs in India. Fur about three months the British public had been regar.llog the state of India with the greatest anxiety, and every mail that bad arrived since the revolt had broken out had been regarded with un usual interest, bat each, successively, had only tended to increase that ant ety as to the state of the army in India. Notwitbstaoding this state of affairs, not one word of official information had been given on the subject. We have had to depend upon private sources for any infor mation on the subject. As to the actual state of the great empire of India, we absolutely know nothing about the measures to bo adopted by her Majesty's Govern ment. He (the Earl of E lentorough) did not think such a state of things ought to be. Although every mail that bad arrived stated the crisis was over and the danger was passed, yet he felt confident it was not so. Nothing would be refused to the Government to enable them to coreibat the difficulties that at present existed in India. It the Govermhent did not avail themselves of th,se means which weull be freely granted them, great di, , aster and disgrace would follow. He wanted to know whether they were going to adopt these means ? If not the present Government would go down to posterity as the most calamitous government since 'the days of Lard Nortb. The late General Anson was a most efficient officer, and his loss was to be lamented, but it was con solatory to think that the late Commander-in-Chief was to be succeeded by . so able and gallant a soldier as Sir Colin Campbell. (Cheers.) lie highly approved of the temporary appointment of Sir Patrick Grant. (Hear, hear) But on the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell this officer would lose the command—(hear, and cheer,) — but be hoped means would be taken to secure the aid of Sir P. Grant to the commander-in-chief. A great many persons were disappointed at not having heard by the last arrival of the capture of Delhi, but he did not ex pect that such news would be brought. He thought the present aspect of affairs was most serious. The defection of the native army was exceedingly alarming, besides, all the regiments in the Punjaub bad been disarmed. The troops that have been sent out would arrive about the first of Nov., and assuming that Delhi would be by that time retaken, he recommended that the most effective measures should be taken to crash out the rebellion. It such was done, the British power would be again firmly re-established throughout the empire of India before .he 14 of April next. The information he desired was what measures the Government intended to take to re enforce the army, and if they would give before the expiration of three days all toe nco.rmat-on they posses-4.d. Earl GRANVILLE assured the noble tarl that the Government were anxious to give every information they poezessed cn the sulde4t. Ile thought it right to say this most emphatically, bi cause it had been represented that they were in the receipt of most eimstrous informa tion kept back from the pubic. They were most desirous of giving all the information they possessed ; but at the present moment they were not in the pm session of any fact which had not been published. Toe Government ware quite alive to the seriousness of the . matter, sad were not at all disposed to treat the matter lightly ; on the contrary it was receiving the most seri ous attention by her Majesty's. Government, and they were determined to take every precaution in their power to overcome the diffleu!ty that had arisen. The not It earl then alluded to the death Of General Anson, and passed a gloaing . eclugium up n his successor, Sir Cohn Campbell, who, when the subject was mentioned to him proposed to go off on the instant to tat: e the command of the British array in India. Lord MELVILLE condemned the state of the Brit sh army, and he trusted the Government would compel the Board of Directors to remedy such a state of things. After a few words from the Earl of ALBEMARLE, the subject dropped. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. SAND WICII ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced the abandonment of the Sandwich election petition. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The L )rds' amendments to t;ie Australian Agricultu ral Company Bill were consider , d and agreed to. - ROYAL ASSENT. T. e SPEAKER accimpa,niud by Varli , l23 members of the the house attended the House of Lords to hear the r..y4 assent given by clmtnisslon to several biile. (See Lards.) GALWAY ELECTION. Mr. CLIVE, chairman of the GA.vay election com mittee, reported that Mr. O'Flaberty was not duly elected a member of the houAe, and they declire the elec tion vocal.. ORDER OF THE BATH. Lord lIOTIIAM gave notice that en going into com mittee on Civil CoLtingencies, Le should call attention to the officers of the army appointed to be members of t)le Order of the Bath, and rt quest that at their death the order should not be retained. SUEZ CANAL. Mr. DARBY GRIFFITHS gave notice that on the 17th of July, he should call the attention of the house to the proposel construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Sucz. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. DILLWYN gave notice that on Friday nest, he ibould move a resolution, that the words on "the true faith of a Christian" should be omitted from the oath to b.-/ taken by persons who did not- consider the words binding on their consciences. INDIA. Mr. DISRAELI, in consequence of the-contradictory statements current respecting India, asked her Majesty's Government if they bad any authorised information to give the house relative to the insurrection in India ? He also asked the noble lord at the head of her Ma jesty's Government whether it was their intention to lay on the table any papers relative to the details of the present state of India Lord PALMERSTON said he did not feel surprised at the right hon. gentleman putting this question to bor Majesty's Government, after the accounts that bad gone forth to the public relative to intAligence recently re ceived from India, but he (Lord Palmerston) bad only to state that her Majesty's Government had only re ceived a telegraphic communication conveying very. nearly, though in different words, the same informatioo that was known to the public, and until the arrival of the mails to-night or to-morrow, he could not add to that information. • The outline of that commu nication was first the unfortunate loss of the Coturnau der-in-Chief, and secondly that the disaffection which it was at first supposed had existed only in a few regi ments appeared to have spread to a large extent amongst the Bengal army. A large number of the Bengal troop, as stated in the despatch, had been dispersed to their homes, and, on the other baud, the troops that bad remained faithful had bai, with the British t t"Pe, an encounter with the mutineers, under the walls of Delhi, which bad been attended with complete success. Twenty-six pieces of cannon had been taken, sad tha mutineers had taken refuge within the walla of the town, which were not regular fortifications, but upright walls, without any of the de fences which fortifications gave to towns. It was anti •ipated that the town would be immediately assaulted, and the house could easily anticipate the result of that assault. When the dispatches strived, tier Majesty's Government would be ready to lay. at. once before Par liament such portions (:)f them as would be ca'- oulated to give to the house and the public full information as to the course of events. There might, however, be in those despatches many circum stances it would be essential for the public service not to make public, but the house might rely on her Ma jesty's Go'vernment laying on the table of the house such information as would put them and the public in posses sion of the actual state of India up to the time of the leaving of the despatches. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said that his application referred to despatches received before the occurrences mentioned- He did not wish to limit his inquiries to the pro• duction of papers giving a narrative of events that ba I occurred within the last few weeks, but rather to the an ticipation of such an outbreak. He had now to make a more precise inquiry of the Government indirectly con nected with India, viz., whether the noble lord had re ceived information that the Governor of Herat had sworn allegiance to the Shah of Persia—that it had been accepted, and that he had been empowered to coin money at variance with the treaty of peace that had been laid on the table of the house. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that with regard to the first question, he could only say that her Majesty's Go vernment would endeavour to select, from the corres pondence relative to the unfortunate outbreak in India, such as was calculated to give every information on the subject to the house and the country. If that was found insufficient, and further information was requested, the house would probably state what was wanted, and her Majesty's Government would endeavour to soppy it. In answer to the second question, the noble lord said that her Majesty's Government had received no information tending to confirm the report, mentioned by the right hon. gentleman. No doubt the right hon. gentleman was aware that by the treaty with Persia an agent had been sent to Herat. That agent had not yet arrived, but as soon as he had he would re port on the state of affairs there. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was stated in the ac counts that in the encounter before Delhi the mutineers mustered a force of 7,000 men, and the British only 1,800, part of whom were sepoys, and he asked if the telegraphic communication confirmed that statement. Lord PALMERSTON said that the telegraph com munication received by her Majesty's Government, gave no details of that kind, bat simply stated that an en counter had taken place—that 26 guns had been taken, and the mutineers driven inside the city of Delhi. The question had not been put to her Majesty's Government, but be would state the general outline of what her Majesty's Government had thought proper to adopt. (Hear, hear.) Immediately on the receipt of the unfortunate information, steps were taken by the noble lord at the head of the War Department with the Commander-in-Chief, to seleot a successor to General Anson, as Commander-in- Chief in India. An offer was made to Sir Colin Camp bell of the command, which he immediately accepted, and when he was asked how soon he would be a' la to start, he with his usual promptitude replied to-morrrow —(cheer-)—and, accordingly he left yesterday by train, a telegraph communication being at the same time dis patched for the stoppage of the mails at Marseilles which left London on Friday, until Sir C. Campbell arrived Thera, so that not a single hour might be lost in his reaching his destination. (Hear, hear.) The house was aware that 14,000 troops were under orders to pro- teed to India, and precautions had been made for meet ing any emergency. Lord Canning had, on his own authority, written to Lotd Etin, which he thought would meet him at Ceylon, requesting him, if he, could do so, to divert from its service part of the troops now on their way to China. He (Lord Palmer ston) had no doubt that letter had reached Lord Elgin, who no doubt had complied with that request. Her Delajesty'e Government having made such arrangements with reference to China as woull all)w of such a diver sion of the troops taking place. Viscount GODERICEE asked if it were true that the Gavernorin-Chief had appointed Sir Patrick Grant as Deputy Commander-in-Chief in India. Lord PALMERSTON was unable to answer the question. He had only, as he said before, received a telegraphic communication ; bat it sometimes happened that persons knew, or pretended to know, more than the Government. (Laughter.) In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord PALMERSTON said that there were 14,000 troops under orders for India, pare of whom bad already embarked, and her Majesty's Government would feel it to be their duty, as eatly as poaible, to embark a considerable addition of troops tor India ; bat, of course, means must be taken, by recruiting, to supply the gap that would be thus occasioned in the home forceti. (Rear, bear.) CIL&THaM ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that the petition against the return of the sitting member for Chatham had been withdrawn. DIVORCE, ic., BILL. Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Divorce, Sze.. Bill would acme before the house for a second reading on this day week. THE PERSIAN AND CHINESE WARS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notiece that on Thursday in Committee of Supply he should move the estimates relative to the Persian and China wars. (Hear.) , _ _ _ Sir J. GRAHAM aiked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether be would lay on the table of the house the estim a tes of the East India Company presented to the Government in February, containing a rough estimate of the entire cost of the txpenditure with correspondence annexed. The CHANCEL : I.OR of the EXCHEQUER said that to.° estimates had been made, one before the the war, and one on its termination. He bad no objection to lay the latter on the table of the house on Thursday -(LEFT eITTIN G.) Country Market!. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Jura' 10. WILT. BARLEY I OATS. I si t , II First Second 46s Od ) 3Gs 5d ) 32s 3d) 464 3d Third 33s Od 133 s Od 1 28s 6d 1 43s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 374 qrs., 311 ,oki PP PP barley PP ( 8 qrs., 68 so ld PP , oats .; 195 qrs., 179 s o ld PP PP ~ beans 21 qrs., 21 so ld AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 6 0 9-12ths i Barley, ...11. 16 5 4-I:3ths Oats, ... 11. 12 3 4-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 3 6 1-I.2tts DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-JULY 9. Qrs. Best. Current. 485 Wheat 63s 01 ... 40s f.)11 207 Oats 3ls 0,1 234 tid.... ..... 10J Barley 40.4 Oti 33s 10,1 12 Peas & beans 40s 041 4ss 6 t.l in rat io 32 , al 214 01 30. Ocl 44 Cd ABERDEEN-JULY 10. Potato oats ' 263 Gd to 27s 6(1 1 401bs per bushel • Common oats... ..... 26s 0(1 to 26s Gd • Bere ql5 Od to 330 0(1 } 531bs , Barley 'lls Od to 33s Oil Pt Wheat, red (spring)4os Od to 46s Od 1 621bs „ white 4os 0,1 to 48 3 Od " Oatmeal 203 Oct to 21s 0,1 per boll. Flour 43s Od to 46s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6(l to 9d I - Butter, p lb. a 103 to N 11,: Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. 03 81 to 0310 i Lamb, do., Os 8(1 to Os: 9 , Hens, p pair 2s 6(1 to 3s 0 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d Chickens,do.ls Gd to 2,; 0 , Pork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do., 03 Od to 0,- 03 Salmon, per lb .........is 2d, Ducklings,ols 61 to 2s 0 Grouse, per brace., 0s to as Turkeys, each 4s 03 to 4 , 6 Tallow, p stone, Os to lls 01 Potatoes, pr pock, 123 to 181 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... 86s to 88s Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. - ..... _ ... Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6+l Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld „ dust, Beremeal ....0s Od to 2s Oti ~ per lb 2d to 22d Peasemeal.., Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, 7d Cheese, par imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 61 4-lb. 10af...-Bd. 2-Ib. 10af.,,4d. DUBLIN, JULY 11. We had again a dull retail market to-day, and we repeat the quotations of Tuesday, except for Indian corn, which, being scarce, brought an advance of 6d to is in small transactions. OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAIL.—The Jura left South ampton yesterday with the overland Australian mail. She took out nearly 70 passengers, and 384 boxes and bags of letters and newspapers; of these 26 box-s and 3 bags contained letters, and the rest newspapers. Tnere were 159 brxts for Melbourne, 78 for Sydney, 36 for Adelaide, 29 for Hobart Town, 11 for Launcestor, 21 f,r Wellington (New Zealand), 13 for Auckland (New Zealand), 23 for Geelong, and 5 for King George's Sound. 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A special meeti' g rf the company was held on Saturday at the Waterloo station to consider a bill now beforc Parliament ; Mr. W. J. Chaplin in the °hair. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting was con vened in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords. The object of the bill was merely to extend the Staines and Wokingham line to the Great Western Railway at Reading, and to give power to •the South-Eastern, South-Western, and Great Western Companies to participate in any be neficial arrangement that might be made for the interchange and working of the traffic. The SOLICITOR read.the heads of the bill and the clauses relating to the use and working of the pro posed junction line which was to connect the nar row guage litres at Reading ; and also those respect ing the collection, conveyance, and delivery of goods traffic, and the apportionment and division of the traffic during any specified time not exceed ing 10 years, subject to the approval of the Board of Trade, and of three-fifths of the shareholders re presented at a meeting convened for the purpose. Contracts or agreements in respect, to traffic may be renewed at the end of ten years if approved by the Board of Trade. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution al proving the bill. Mr. HERAPATH thought it desirable on such oc casions that they should have a map of the lines and district placed in the room to give them an idea of what they were about. He was glad to see that the Great Western and South-Western companies were working harmoniously at Dorchester aad Salisbury to develope the traffic. The CHAIRMAN concurred in the utility of a map on such occasions, but the junction line was only about 1 mile 7 furlongs in length. The Great Western Company would construct it for the Wok ingham Company, and, as it would run into the Great Western line, it was quite right they should have control over it. They were working amicably with the Great Western Company, and they would have a better station at Salisbury than was ex pected ; for since the Bill had passed the Great Western Company had expressed their willingness to construct the station at Salisbury, so as to be conveniently connected with the South-Western station there, with a view to facilitate the traffic. Mr. HEREPATH was glad the two companies had come to an amicable arrangement, as great injury had been done to railway property generally by the adverse proceedings of railway companies. The subject now was better understood than formerly, and it was found that amicable arrangements for the accommodatiou of the public and the developement uf the traffic were much better for all parties than ruinous competition. The motion approving the Bill was carried unani mously, and the meeting separated.. Til E S''.o N I LO T,. MONDAY I T I VB : N IN 6 9 . JULY 13, 1 PorS 7 : OSWESTRY AND NEWTOWN. On Friday three meetings of this company took place at Welsbpool—viz., the adjourned half-yearly meeting and two special meetings. Sir W. W. Wynn, M.P., presided. _The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the direc tors' half-yearly report, an abstract of which has already appeared in The Sun. Mr. MINSHALL moved an amendment on thetwo first paragraphs in the report, having reference to the appointment of Mr. Piorcy as engineer.in-chief and the circumstances that had led to his resigna tion and subsequent appointment of resident en gineer under Mr. Joseph Cubitt, and also as to the slow progress in the purchase of land. Mr. R. N. BROUGHTON seconded the amendment. Ultimately, after considerable discussion, the re port was adopted by omittiug a portion of the first paragraph from the words commencing '• the ap pointment" to "should be appointed," and wholly omitting the second. The meeting was then made special for the re ception and consideration of the report .of the com mi!tee of investigation. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. Mr. CARTWRIGHT moved— " That negotiations as to the contracts of works with Messrs. Thornton and M'Cormick be abandoned." He stated that the opinion of the committee with respect to this resolu ion was unanimous. Mr. G. H. WHALEY seconded the resolution. A letter from •Mr. Thornton (of tEe firm of Thornton and M'Cormiok), was read. It stated that they had been advised that the agreement was valid, and they were determined to enforce their rights. Mr. MYTLAR (a director, and' one of the eight gentlemen who signed the agreement with the con tractors) spoke strongly against the resolution. lie deprecated any repudia'ion of the agreement. The Rev. J. R. HARRISON said the question w.,s, whether the provisional directors, having signed the agreement with the full knowledge of its effect, were not bound as men of honour to carry it out. Earl Pewis (a director) strongly expressed his concurrence in the observations of Mr. Mytlar, and his determination to vote against the resolution. They should see that reduction could be male by limitindthe earthworks to a single line, and giving• Mr. Thornton the opportunity of making another es . imate. The resolution was carried by a large majority. E irl Powis demanded a poll, the result of which showed a majority for the resolution of 678 on the shares on which calls had been made in full, and 847 on shares on which the last call had not been paid. (Clietv4.) The CHAIRMAN said the directors had agreed to give up the annual sum of 5001. allotted to them. Resolutions were passed indemnifying the eight gerulemen who had signed the agreement of the 11th of January, 1855, from the conse nences thereof, the company undertaking to de mid them from any action or suit that might be instituted against them by the contractors ; the attention of the board to arrears of calls, and to the immediate liquidation of all claims on the company ; fixing the salary of the secretary at 2501. a-year ; authorising the directors to complete the contract with Mr. Davidson for constructing the line, and requesting them to adopt the most stringent economy in every department. Votes of thanks to the committee of investiga tion and to the chairman of the company closed the proceedings. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. On Saturday a large meeting of railway directors and managers of railway companies was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Westminster, to consithr the propriety of opposing "A Bill to make further PI °vision for the Conveyanc 3 of Mails by Railways." Mr. E. Denison was requested to take the chair until the arrival of the Marquis of Chandos, who afterwards presidel Mr. COATES was appointed to act as secretary to the meeting, and, at the request o f th e Ch a i rman, stated his views with regard to the bill. lii his opinion the main object of the bill was to give the Pos . -office authorites absolute control of all that related to the conveyance of the mail bags on rail ways, whether by mail trains or such trains as they might think fit to use as mail trains properly so called : to compel such trains to travel at night at any sp ed they might prescribe, provided the speed be not greater than that of an express train during the day. Under the bill the Past-office authorities would have the power to prescribe the running of such trains as they may require, unless an officer of the Board of Trade should declare the running of them to be unsafe. He (Mr. Coates) had been informed by competent persons that such a measure would be impracticable, as a great part of the goods traffic was carried over many lines duriugnight, and such a power as that sought would be incompatible with railway management, or the public safety. They would be placed under the con trol of an officer of the Board of Trade, while the railway companies would be held respon sible for all accidents and losses that might result from such interference by the Post office. The next important matter in the bill was the sth clan e, which was exceedinly difficult to understand. He had tried very hard to interpret it, but could not succeed to his satisfaction. He believed it was intended by the clause that the Post-office should have the power to order a rail way company to alter the time of running the mail trains, to delay others, and compel trains to run at high speed in order to make up for lost time, either from delays of the Post-office or the trains of other companies. These delays and various rae C 3 of speed, the temporary conversion of ordinary trains into ' mail trains, would complicate the working of the trains, endanger the public safety, and cause penal ties out of number to be incurred by the railway companies under existing contracts with the Post office. There was another clause, in which it was proposed to enable the Post-office to forward its mails bags by ordinary trains, including luggage trains, without a guard or any attendant. The companies were to receive the mail bags and deliver them as ordinary parcels. This regulation would involve the companies in great risks. A railway company would not be at liberty to alter the time of running a train without first having given 7 days' notice to the Post-office, and also stating the time of starting the train before and after it, so that the Post-office might avail itself of either of those trains should it be deemed requisite. It was also pro vided by the bill that the Post-office might send blgs in c h, rg e o f th e guar d o f an y train at /d. per mile for evely 1121 b. weight of letter bags, to be paid for according to an average mileage and weight to be decided by the Board of Trade. The 14th clause referred to the mode of settling dsputes.. The present method was by arbitration and the ap- pointment of as umpire ; but the bill proposed (should arbitrators disagree.) the appointment of umpires by the Spk aker of the House of Commons, who should have absolute rower to decide the ques- , tion in the course of 28 days. Should he be unable to do se by the end of 28 days, another um pire would be appointed to decide the matter, and so on, until an award be made. Then the provi sion for serving notices declared that every notice from the Post-office to any director, secretary, or clerk, or left at any station of such company, should be deemed a sufficient notice. The CHAIRMAN stated that as the bill was to be read a second time on Monday it would be requi site to takeimmediate steps to oppose it. A discussion ensued, in which the representat tives of the great railways took part, in the course of which it was stated that the measure was imprac ticable, fraught with danger to the public, and cal culated to upset existing agreements between the railway companies and the Post office, which ar rangements had been arrived at after long and patient negotiations. The Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Stewart represented the London and North Western Railway ; Mr. Saunders, the Great Wes t : Mr. Denison, M.P., and Mr. Packe, the Great Northern ; Mr. Leeman, the N orth- Eastern • Lord Villiers and Mr. F. Saunders, the South Wales and Vale of Neath ' • Mr. Teulon, the South-Eastern ; Mr. Scott, the London and Brigh ton ; Mr. Love and Mr. L. Simpson, the Eastern Counties ; Mr. E. Watkin, M.P., the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire • Mr. Wickham, M.P., the Lancashire and Yorkshire ; Mr. H. Pease, M.P., the Stockton and Darlington ; Mr. Stirling, the Scottish Midland and other railways ; Mr. Ham ilton, M.P., the Dublin and Drogheda ; Mr. Jef fers, the Great Southern and Western and other Irish railways ; Mr. I. K. Arthur, the London derry and Edniskillen and Coleraine Railways. There were also gentlemen present representing other railway companies in the United Kingdom. Letteis were read from the London and South- Western, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, the South Devon, the Monuaouthshire,.North Bri tish, and other companies concurring in the object of the mee+ing. - Mr. Hamilton sketched out the first resolution —other gentlemen proposed others ; but eventually the following resolution, proposed Isy Mr. Swift and seconded by Mr. Leeman, was unanimously adopted, viz. : " That the Bill is so fraught with danger and incon venience to the public, and is so unjust and uoremon able towards the railway companies, that it is the duty of those interested in that property to offer the most no ' compromising opposition to it, and that the Government be respectfully urged to withdraw the Bill." • It was unanimoußly resolved,— " That a deputation be appointed to wait upon Lord Palmerston and the Chancellor of the Exche per, to convey to them the foregoing resolution, and to urge that the Bill be withdrawn." The names of gentlemen to form the deputation having been given to Mr. Coates, the meeting sepa rated. Naval and Military Intelligence. There are now 13 ships already taken up to em bark troops from Portsmouth for India during the present month. - The Sir George Seymour arrived at Spitheid yesterday. She will embark a portion .of the 7th Foot for India. The Norman Morrison freightship, Capt. Orchard, arrived at Sp ithead on Saturday, from Jamaica, with the following officers and troops of the 36th Foot -- Captain Lloyd, Captain and Mrs. Shaw, Ensign O'Connell, Ass.stant-Surgeon Tobin, and 214 rank and file, also Lieu`. and Mrs. O'Flanagan and one private of the 3d West India Regiment. She dis embarks them this morning. On Saturday a medical board, presided over by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., was held at Fort Pitt, Chatham, for the purpose of making a medical in spection of 120 non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, 15th Hussars, sth Fusiliers, 9th Foot, 17th, 20th, 32d, 89th, and the Royal Canadian Rifles, the whole of whom were forwarded to Chatham garrison, owing to their unfitness for further service. A detachment of the Bth (the King's) Regi ment, consisting of 30 non-commisioned officers and privates, left the Provisional Battalion at Chatham. on Saturday, and embarked at Graves end, on board the Cressy, for Calcutta. The fol lowing officers of the Bth Foot proceed to India to join head-quarters, viz. :—Lieut. A. E. Cor field, Ensign A. Moynihan, and Ensign W. E. Whelan. The 3d battalion of the Rifle Brigade embark in the Cressy for conveyance to India. Admiral of the White Sir R. .11. Bromley died at Stoke Hall, on the Bth inst.; in his 79th year, as noticed in our obituary of Saturday. By the death of Admiral Bromley the folio wing promo tions take place on the flab list : Admiral of the Blue Jain Sykes, to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. George Ea.l of Cadogan, C. 8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice.Admirsl of the White Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to I e Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir George Rose iral of the Red A r th ur F ans h awe, Sartorius, to be Vice - Admiral of the White. 0.1 11 3. r t - o iAdirno Vice- Admiral o f th e Bl ue . Rear-Admiral of the White Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captains William Hargood and Sir Thomas Raikes Trigee Thomson, to be Rear-Admirals on the Resolved List. Captain Robert Smart, Aide-de Camp to the Queen and S u perintendent of Pembroke dockyard, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The Vulcan, 6, iron s . aim troop frigate, Com mander Furneaux, was paid off at Portsmouth on p . m . yesterday, supposed for Liverpool. Saturday. The Hastings, 60, Captain Mends, C.B. left Spit having had defects made good at head at 3 The paddlewheel steamvessel. Pluto, 4, Lieu- L w e il ' l ne s ' hortly sail from Plymouth to tenant-Commax der W. Swinburne, which grounded n p e: v r o Sierra Leone, re sume her station on the coast. The screw steam sloop Nile, 91, was place 1 in the dock at Keyham ou Friday, b make good o mpletely fitted at Davoupo i t, was defects. Plymouth Sound on T ues d ay , and The Boscawen, 72, Captain R. A. Powell, C. 8., h e in spected by Port - Admiral Reynolds on Friday. towed avhaving intob been n Her crew were paid wages the next day, and she was appointed to sail yesterday for the West Coast of Africa, and the Cape of Goop Hope, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Grey, commander-in-chief on that station. Her Majesty's steamer Monkey, tender to the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, Master-Commander Syndereombe, has been thoroughly repaired. The six-gun paddlewheel steam sloop Argus, Commodore Charles Eden, Controller of the Coast guard and Royal Naval Coast Volunteers was taken into dock on Saturday at Woolwich for repairs. The military store steam transport Balaklava, in proceeding down the river on her voyage from. Woolwich to Portsmouth, laden with guns, car riages, powder, and geueral ordnance stores, was on Thursday last seriously damaged by coming in collision with a brig named the Joseph and Mary under full sail. The Balaklava's bulwarks were ripped out, her main -mast, boaft, and davits carried away, and her rudder disabled, in conse quence of whichshe ranfoul of abrigantineschooner named La Liberale, which vessel was bilged, and damaged to an extent compelling the necessity of her being towed into dock. Tue Balaklava, how ever, is reported to the department to have arrived safely at Portsmouth. GRAND NIGHT ATTACK AND SIPGE O' 3 ERA MATS BT THE TROOPS AT CHATHAM. eers, and the Ram Indi a lonOgninFgrtiodatyhenßigohytallatntghieu whole of the troops be- Company' Sappers and Miners at present at head quarters at Chatham, together with the troops fro m the provisional battalions a nd those of the Ro yal Marine Light Infantry, w ere engaged until nearly midnight in some siege operations of a very inte resting description., together with a night attack on a strongly fortified position defended by a large force from the garrison. The plan of the operations carried out consisted of an attack on those portions of the line of fortifications which surround Chat ham garrison, known as the Spur Battery, the Ki i t e 's Edward'sßaetio nthileairtir,ialnc, the spot selected by thee of Wales's Bastion, and Prince attacking party as the base of their operations being the extreme end of the lines, where the usual pre parations wer e ma de for tracing the parallels, con structing batteries, consisting of sunken, half sun ken, and elevated, together with the other siege operations usually undertaken by a large force in their atta :k on a strongly fortified position. The entire works of the attack and defence were under taken by the Royal and East India Company's line, Engineers, the troops of theand the Royal Marines, the whole being under the general super intendence of Colonel H. Sanclhatn, director of the Royal Engineers established at Chatham. The officers and troops selected to take part in the proceedings to be undertaken assembled on the general parade ground at Brompton Barracks shortly before dusk, where they were formed into two divisions, consisting of the right attack, under the command of Captain W. H. Noble and the officers of the Royal Engineers ; and the left attack under the command of -Captain G. R. Lempriere and the officers of the East India Coinpany's Sap pers and Miners. The defence of the garrison de volved on a strong bo ly of troops selected from the Engineers and the Royal Marines, who were placed under the command of Quartermaster N. Bradferd, R.E., tho direction of the whole plan of operations being entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. G. Ross, assisted by Major F. C. Hassard, R.E. and a staff of officers. A strong body of troops of the line, selected from the 24th, 27th (Enniskillen), 32d, 52d (Light Infantry), 61st, 64th, 70th, 75th 78th (Highlanders), 84th, and 86th Regiments, cora manded. by Major 1. D. Ellis, Captain R. H. Price (35th Regiment), and Captain J. J. Bourchier, 52nd Light Infantry, furnished working, cover ins, and skirmishing parties. A body of the Roya Marnes took up their position inside the works for the purpose of working the mortars and guns. The Marines were placed under the command of Capt. F. L. Alexander and six officers of that corps. On the assembling of the troopz in the parade ground, they were detailed off for their respective duties by Sergeant-Major Jones, R.E., and each man made acquainted with the position he was to occupy. The troops comprising the right and left attack were formed into 14 divisions, consisting of men for tracing the first and other parallels ; a strong party to make the necessary excavations for the trenches and batteries ; parties to occupy the batteries when formed together with pickets, patrols, blue lights, and covering parties, Lieut. G. Philips, R.E., being appointed to superintend the working parties. The whole of the men em ployed in the attack and defence were furnished ev,th several rounds of blank cartridge, the attack ing parties being a'so provided with pickaxes, shovels, and other engineering implements. As soon as it had become sufficiently dark to commence the operations the defending party marched off for the purpose of manning the Spur Battery, Ring's Bastion, and the other points in tended to be attacked. The of tacking force, led by Col. Ross, shortly afterwards marched out of the garrison over the drawbridges, taking the road to the Great lines. As the night was very dark, and the whole body of troops marched in strict silence, their movements were not observed by the besieged party within the garrison. On reaching the lines ' the attacking party received orders to scale the fences, which having been done, they immediately commenced operations against the fortress by trac ing a first parallel to the brow of the hill on the left, the distance being 600 yards ; a second parallel, in continuation, on the right, was also traced, the paral lels thus formed bind 1,100 yards in length. In this occupation the troops were engaged nearly an hour, after which a line was formed extending nearly a mile, the working parties commencing operations for excavating a trench six feet wide and three in depth. While so occupied the parties at work were defended by a covering party of troops of the line ; advanced pickets were also sent out. After some time the parties within the garrison observed the movements of the enemy, and preparations were immediately made for driving them from their works. A sortie was first made from the garrison, led on by Lieut. R. G. Thorold, R.E., and on issuing from the for tifications those engaged.fell in with the advanced pickets. A skirmish ensued which lasted some time, until the party from the Spur Battery felt it necessary to retreat. On, retiring they burnt fire balls to indicate to those within the works their position, and when at a distance of about 200 yards from the garrison a number of blue lights were ex ploded, to enable those inside to direct their fire. As soon as the party making the sortie bad reached the garrison the whole line of defence was instan tanemsly illuminated from one extreme to tl;:e other with large blue lights. The effect was bril- liant in the ex7reme, the whole extent of the line, and, indeed, the country for miles round, being plainly visible, and enabling those withidthe works to obtain a correct view of the immense body of troops forming the attacking party. The night being very dark, the illumination of the garrison was visible at a great distance, and presented the appearance of a large town being on fire. The in stant the signal was given the whole force of the garrison opened a tremendous fire on their assail ants with the mortars, guns, and muskets. On the alarm being sounded along tha ranks of the attack ing party each man stood to his arms, and imme diately the whole line poured in a heavy fire, the ap pearance of a line of troops nearly a mile in length firing volley after volley having a grand effect. After the firing bad continue I on both sides for some time that from within the garrison lessened until it altogether ceased, and the attacking party, having repulsed the sorties, and silenced the guns from the fort, were permitted to continue the siege operations without further molestation. The whole of the operations were not concluded until nearly midnight, when the entire body of troops returned to their quarters. On the follow ing morning an inspection of the tracings and pa radels was made, when they were found to have been correctly performed. An immense number of persons assembled to witness the rare and interest ing spectacle of siege operations carried on at night, bnt not the least accident occurred. ASSIZE IA TELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-HERTFORD, JULY 11. The Lord Chief Baron arrived at Hertford by the 5 o'clock train on Friday, but it was of course too late for his court to be opened; but this morning. both le%rned judge; were engaged in disposing of the remaining causes. (Bdore the Lord Chief Baron and Common Jury.) CHAPMAN AND ANOTHER V. RUDWAY.) Mr. Lush Q C., and Mr. Petcrsdorff 'for the plaiutiffB; Sergeant Shea and Mr. Pollock for the defendant. _ _ _ The plaintiffs are wins and. spirit mr'rchant3 in Londun, and defendant is a publican and aw3tioncer at .Birmingham. It appeared that a person named Felton, in the servica of till plaintiff, obtained an order for goods from the defendant to the amount of 491., and at the end of six tno qthq, which was the usual period of credit, the plaintiffs applied for pay ment, but he refused to pay on the ground that 3 arrangement with Felton was that he was to have 12 mouths' credit. Felton, it appeared, had died in the interim, and this action was brought to enforce payment before the expira.ion of 12 months, the period of credit to which the defendant considered he was entitled. _Sergeant Shea, on behalf of the defendant, said it was to be regretted that the plaintiffs should have gone to the expense of bringing this action, when he should be able to satisfy the jury in the clearest possible manner that the airangemeut made by the defendant with Felton was that he was to have 12 months' credit. The plaintiff; had been distinctly informed of the fact, and the defendant had ex pressed his readiness to pay the amount the moment the period of credit had expired, but they persisted in going on with the action. If he proved these facts the d fondant would be entitied to a verdict, but the plaintiffs had no one to blame but them selves for the expense and trouble that had been created. Evidence was then adduced, which clearly made out the statement of the learned sergeant, and Mr. G. Smith, the attorney, of Birmingham, who was at the time concerned for the defendant, proved that when the present action was commenced he made a communication in his behalf to the plaintiff and offered to pay the moue) if the cots of the de fendant were paid and the actoti discontinued. The Lord Chief Baron inquired of Mr. Lush whether he thought he could expect a verdict after the evidence that had been given for the defendant, and he replied that he was afraid not. The plaintiffs were then nonsnited. GILLIGAN V. BARFORD. This cause was tried by a speeill jury. Serjeant Shee, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Locke were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. C. Pollock and Mr. Codd appearAl for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a young man named William Gilgit], against the defendant, who carries on an extensive business at St. Alban's as a straw hat and bonnet manufac turer, to recover damages for h av i ng cause d h i m to be unlawfully imprisoned upon two charges, one of stealing a cash box, containing a considerable sum of money, and another of stealing wine. It ap peared that tle plaintiff was the son of one of the officers of the Herts constabulary, which was sta• tioned at St. Albans, but who, it appeared, was pen sioned in 1850, and went to live in Ireland. In 1848, the plaintiff, who was then about fourteen yeartz 'old, went into the service of the defendant, and he was employed about the warehouse and in the stables, and he remained in the service, except dur ing a short interval, until the mouth of December of la.t year, when the occurrence took place that was the ground of the present action. It seemed that Mr. Barfori, w!io was a widower, had married a second wife, and that very soon afterwards he and his wite became mutually jealous of each other, and that this feeling on the part of the latter was carried to such an extent that when her husband was out upon business she used to go after him . to watch his proc ee di ngs, an t the plaintiff, who is a good-looking young fellow, generally accompanied her on these Occasions, and, as was observed by the Lord Chi e f B aron i n the course of the case, it ap peared that "Mrs. Barford went out to take care of her husband, and the plaintiff went to take care of he r ." T h i s sort of proceeding very naturally gave great annoyance to the defendant, and he and the plaintiff frequently quarrelled, and even resorted occasionally to blows, and it was alleged on the part of the plaintiff that the pro ceeding of which he complained was an act of spite cn the pa r t o f th e d efendant to revenge himself upon Gilligan for taking the side of his wife in their matrimonial squabblea. The circumstances which led to the charges being made against the plaintiff appeared to be these ; in the mouth of October last, a ca4h-box containing about 11/. was stolen from t'.e defendant's warehouze, and the police were called in, but were unable to detect the thi f. No suspicion at this time appeared to be en er7ained. against the plaintiff, and he continued in the de feudant's service until the 22d of December, when the defendant suddenly dismissed km. He then, it appeared, wont to London to loek for another situation, and upon his returning to St. Alban's, on the night of the 10th of Dezember, he was taken into custody by a policeman, upon a warrant obtained by the defendant, under wuich he was charged with stealing the cash-box that had been lost in October. He was subsequently taken before the bench of magistrates at St. Alban's, when, in addi ion t) the ch trga of stealing the cash-box, Mr. Barford preferred another against him of stealing wine. T►iis latter charge was dismissed, butthe magistrates committed the plaintiff for trial upon the charge of stealing the Icash-box, and in due course he was tried and ac quitted. The defendant had, however, obtained a true bill against the plaintiff for stealing the wine, and this indictment was postponed to the ensuing session; the plaintiff, during the interval, a period of two months, being in custody; but when the session cams on, no evidence was offered against him on the charge for stealing the wine, and he was diScharged. In consequence of these proceed ings the plaintiff had been put to 701. or 801. ex penses ; a professional gentleman at St. Alban's named Annesley, having, it appearcl, very kindly taken his case in hand and made the necessary ad vances ; and the present action was brought to re cover damages for the loss and inconvenience the plaintiff had sustained. . . _ - The plaintiff, who was the principal witness, proved a great many of the above facts, and he de nied mast positively that there was any founda tion foreither of the ohs les that were made aga;nst him, orthat there was any foundationfor thesupposi• tion entertained by the defendant that anything im proper had taken place between him and his mis tress. He was subjected to a most searching cross examination by Mr. Pollock; and in the course of it, it appeared that h's wages usually were only Bs. a week, and that at the time he was dismissed he was receiving 0n1y.125., and that a sum of 7/. 14s. was found in his box at the time he was appre hended, a good many of the coins being of a similar denomination to those that were in the stolen cash box. He said that he had saved this money by threepence and sixpence at a time, and that occa sionally he received extra money when he was sent to London with parcels, and that this was aho laid by in order that be might be enabled to go to Ire land to visit his father. He :Omitted, however, that a very short time before December he had asked Mrs. Barford to lend him some of his wages in ad vance, and that he had told two or three persons at St. Alban's after his dismissal that he had no money, and that they had given him small sums to help him to get to London to look for another situation. The plaintiff stated in the course of his examination that he had bee❑ on intimate terms with a girl named Anne Stone, and that he had given her money and had also taken her a bottle of wi'te, which he said he had purchased at. the George Inn. It appeared this girl was examined as a witness against him, and he would not deny that when he saw her at the magistrate's office he said to his attorney, "That .will do for me." The plaintiff likewise stated that the defendant was not only jealous of him but of every man who came to the warehou-e, and and if any commercial travellers came whale he was away and saw his wife upon business he used to suspect directly that there was something wrong going on, and he (plaintiff) screened his wife and said that he was as thick in the mud as they were iu the mire. Some other evidence having been given, Mr. Pollock submitted that the plaintiff had failed to make out bis case, and that the defendant upon the facts before the court, had reasonable and probable cause for giving the plaintiff into custody. The Lord Chief Baron said that with regard to the cash box and the money he tb ought there was evidence for the- jury that the defendant had reasonable grounds for suspecting the plaintiff ; but with re spect to the charge of stealing the wine, he could see no evidence whatever to support it. Mr. Pollock said the defendant was prepared with evidence upon this point. The Lord Chief Baron said it appeared to him to be a case in which some arrangement might be come to between the parties. Sergeant Shee said the plaintiff had no other ob ject than to vindicate his character, as it would be impossible for him to obtain employment while these chargas were hanging over him. A consultation then took place between the par ties, and it was- arranged that a verdict should be returned for the plaintiff for 1501.-50 Z. as damages, and the remainder to recover costs. The Lord Chief Baron at the close of the business addressed the special jurors, and said he was sorry they had been put to the inconvenience of attend ing two days without having any business brought. before them, in consequence of his not being able to come to Hertford ; but the fact was that his absence was quite unavoidahle. He said that the business in the Court of Exchequer was ex pected to have been brought to a conclusion by Wednesday or Thursday evening at the latest, but one case lasted two days, and as all the otherjudges had gone upon their respective circuits he was coin ' peiled to remain to finish the business. The last cause did not terminate until four o'clock on Fri , day afternoon, and he insole liately proceeded to the train and came down to Hertford to assist in disposing of the business of the circuit. Thu special jurors thanked his lordship for the explanation he had given, and they were then dis missed from further attendance, the business of there assizes having been broug it to a termination. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 11. (Before Mr. Past,ley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.) John Chescoe, 30, was indicted for unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl 'lamed Margaret Curley. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, in structed by Mr. Shaen ; Mr. Cooper, by Messrs. Humphreys, for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a girl 14 years of age, was ser vant in the prisoner's house, No. 2, Itheidol-t,x race, Islington, where he carried on the business of an artificial florist, and had a number of young girls in his employment. The case for the prosemtion, and which was clearly made out upon the evidence of the girl, wag, that one nig,tt, when excited by drink, the prisoner left his wife's bedroom, and went to the kitchen, where the girl was sleepin, and committed the ass au lt c h arge d in the first count. Nexr, morning the girl toll Mrs. Chescoe what had occurred, and she to4l prisoner of it in her presence. He sa;d he was drunk and knew nothing about it. The prosecutrix then infoimed her father and mother, and they caused the prisoner to"be apprehended. He then made a scarcely in telligible statement, partly admitting some mis conduct. The prosecutrix was subjected to a severe cross-examination, but she gave her answers with out-the least hesitation, and gave minute details of the offence. A medical gentleman gave evidence, from which it appeared that a more serious offence than an assault had not been committed. Mr. Cooper, for Vie defence, urged that the girl was utterly unworthy of belief, and that her flip pant and immodest manner in the box, and her evident familiarity with such details, as exhibited in her answers, would justify the jury in coming to the conclusion that there was no foundation for the charge. Two witnesses, speaking from a knowledge of the prisoner for a number of years, gave him a high character for morality and propriety of conduct. The Assi , tant-Judge told the jury that the only question in the case was, did they or did they not believe the girl's evidence ? _ _ The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty upon all the counts. At the rising of the court the prisoner was brought up and sentenced to 18 months' hard lab a ur. William Bristow, 38, labourer, and John Hamil ton, 52, a Customs weigher, were indicted for having stolen a ham, the property of William Robinson. This was a case postponed from last ses sion. Hamilton now surrendered in court. Mr. Metcalfe. instructed by Tyrell and Co., prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Hodg son, defended Hamilton. Bristow pleaded " Guilty." It appeared that the prisoner Bristow took a ham from a ship in the East and West India Dock 4, and a portion of it was found upon his person as he was about to leave. When questioned he said a ship's stew ar d h a d g i ven it to him ' but ultimately . he admitt e d h av i ng stolen it, and who at andd made a state ment implicating the prisoner that time w as ac ti ng as searc h er ' s coo per, as re ceiver of part of the ham. Hamilton at once ad mitted that he had received a piece of ham from the prisoner, who told him it bad been given to him by a steward. Hamilton had been in the service of the Crown altogether about 40 years, and several Customs officers of higher rank than himself were called to give evidence of his having borne an unblemished character up to the present time. The jury interrupted the Assistant Judge in his summin g up and said they ware satisfi-d there wa,3 no case whatever against Hamilton, whom they ac cordingly Acquitted. Bristow - was sentenced to nine months' hard la bour. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Win. Vincent, 26, was indicted forhaving stolen a watch and chain, value 101., the property of Thomas Gilbert. He sunendered. Mr. Poland was for the prosecution, Mr. Ribton for the prisozier. The pi osecutor stated that he was a commercial rave!ler, lesidiug at 37. Stockwell-park-road, and on the 19th of May he was accosted at Charing cross by the prisoner, txho asked him the way to the Horse Guards. He directed him, and stepped on, but the prisoner forced a conversation upon him, and ultimately, upon an invitation to take some re freshment, he accompanied him to a public-house. They went into the parlour, and in a minute or sa the prisoner wont out and was away some time, but witness waited for him as he had left his stick, and oa his return they had a bottle of lemonade and a glass of ale. They then went ta the Horse Guards, and on seeing the clock the prisoner said he was too late for his business that day, and, they might as well, therefore, go and have some more refreshment. Accordingly they went into another public-house, and the prisoner went out as before, and when he came back he said there was a better house further on. They then went to a house at Milibank, where, on going into the parlour, they found a gentleman, and in a short time a person dressed as a farmer joined them. They talked about testing the quality of a glass of ale by sugar, and the farmer said if ale , was not good sugar would " resolve" in it. Tie prisoner said he had used a wrong word, it should be ", dissolve." The farmer said he was sure he was • right, for he had heard the parson's clerk of his pa rish say so—using a broad country dialect. Witness suggested that "Johnson's Dictionary" should be appealed to to decide the question, aud the "gen tleman" who was in the room. when they, first went in said he would go and get one, and left. The farmer then showed something which he said • were bank notes, and - said he would bit 10 guineas that " re solve" was the right word to use. The prisoner said: he had only 11., and asked witness to lend him his . watch and chain to stake against the 10 guineas, but he refused, saying that the watch had belonged to his father, who was dead. The gentleman came back with a book, whic:a he said was a dictionary, and they all then agreed to bet. Witness staked his watch and chain against the farmer's 10 gui-, nem, and the prisoner made a bet that it was " dis solve." The book was handed to the f firmer, who looked into it and said that the definition given of " resolve" was "to melt—to analyse," and there-' upon he claimed forfeit of the watch and chain. Witness wanted to see the book, to look for the, word " dissolve,", but they refused to let saying the bat was decided, and the prisoner took the watch and handed it, with the chain, to the farmer. The prisoner said he would give a bill to the farmer for the amount, so as to get the watch and chain back, and he asked witness to go with him to get a bill stamp. They went out together, and prisoner sent him into a shop for a a amp,, saying he would wait for him at th e corner or ' the street. While he was in the shop the pri• Boner gave him " the slip," and when 1 went back to the publiehouse th e 4‘ farmer'' and the "gentleman" were not to be found, On the 18th of June he saw the prisoner in Westmin ster-road, and gave Lim in charge. The prisoner whispered to him that he had pledged the watch and chain, and would give him back the propertri if he would not lock him up; but witness, wh° seemed to have profited by his experience, per . sisted in charging him, and he was taken .to the station-house. The counsel for the prosecution opened the cal as one of conspiracy on the part of the prisoner and his friends, the supposed "farmer" and " gentle man," to - rob the prosecutor. The policeman who took -the prisoner into as' tody stid he heard him offer to restore the watch and chain if the prosecutor would withdraw the charge. He told him he could not allow it to be settled in that way, and took him to the station. Mr. Rihton address,id the jury, contending that "the farmer" was a cunn i ng rogue w h o had swindled all the others. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Creasy sentenced him to six months' hard labour. James Cutting, a middle-aged man,, was indicted for having expo se d hi s person in the Regent's park. He surrendered. Mr. Poland was for the prosezution, which instituted• by the Board of Works • M r . lowa was for the prisoner, i ns t ruc t e d by Mr. Herring. The jury found the prisoner Guilty on the first count, and Mr. Creasy sentenced him to one year's liar' labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-July 11. GUILDHALL.—Sir R. W. Carden, in referent* to some betting circulars which he made public few days ago, said he hal receiv e d th e f u ll ow iag letter from ersrs. Howard and Clint)n, but as 13 1 had received other communications since, whi' appear below, he would leave the public to foil th it own conclusions as to the veracity of Messf ° : Howard and Clinton, and their participation these abominable speculations :-- "To Sir Wm. (Robt. Walter) Carden, Alderman, el "Sir,—As we are not aware of an y party who woo l give paternity to the initials H. and C.' but ourselvego we beg respectfully to say, in reference to your reagiste: rislobservations upon a circular purporting to h a ve bee ; sent by us to our subscrib e r s , an d g i ven i n ex t enso by til l, papers, that no such circular was ever issued by p Moreover, as we have no subscriber at -Bristol, we 01 1, led to the conclusion that the very respectable gentlefl who forwarded to your worship this and a previous ej cular must be some one equally antagonistic to truth . . to the 'lsth m i an Games,' and, therefore, no anbscae' of, sir, yours respectfully, London, July 9, 1857." HOWARD AND CLINTON• Sir R. W. Carden said, unfortunately for Moss' Howard and Clinton's denial, he held in his hau l another circular from Mr. Johnson, of Bristol, wh o writes as follows : "Bristol, July 9th, 1857. 4 "Sir,—l feel grateful to you f or th e i nser ti on of 3 / 9 letter of the 6th i ns t., w i t h a v i ew o f b r i ng i ng b e f or e tR public the doings of H. and Co.' of betting notorietli, Your advice to the Post-office authorities will, if f ° t lowed, prove a:formidable bl ew t o th e i r financial Park went, as it appears that for several yews the Post has been made the only channel through which to Wh j it/ id themselves at th e ex p ense o f ot h ers. There is no o t r address given. . . Any one wo u ld b e puzz l e d t o fie f and C ,' or Howard and Clinton. This ii itself sufficient to show that deception is the grand bolt on which this betting business is transacted. . • ij there was any h onour i n t h e i r d eal i ngs . . they w 0 t, give their real name . . addresses, and not resort the hide and seek plan of waking a Post-office receivinoi house the depot for their ill-gotten gains. . In rn that no check o n th e i r v i c ti ms h as y e t t a k en p l ace I se ll t , you another circ.lir, etc., arrived to-day. . . The P ° , 5 . 0 mater must have long since known the nature of too correspondence entrusted to him for 'H. an d C.; g that the sooner the connexion is severed . . .... th e so oo er will ` H. and C.'s' occupation be gone. "I have the honour to be &c., "B. JetiNsolt- Several circulars of a s i m il ar c h aracter to those previously made public (o ne o f t h em commene ill ,,v with " Howard and Clinton") were enclosed 1 the above and read by Sir P. Carden, who said appeared to him th it fresh circulars were issued f°' every race, and the only thing that surprised h la was that any young man should be found so as to be deluded by such a palpable attempt f 4 fraud, which was ev id ent upon the very face of t,'to circulars. These -betting establishments were i: 11 / pernicious i n th e i r ef f ects, as they but too o ften e led to the r u i n o f the inexperienced, who were fi r l o , induced to r i s k t he i r own money, and then, ivy. such assurances o f certa i n success an d large gash' that of their emp l oyers, unt il i ncarcerat i on or 3' ignominious end terminated a disgraceful c areer' which might o th erw i se h ave b een prosperous creditable. Soweideamightbe fo rme d o f the f r i g htfiP extent to which that class of so c i e ty were plundered from the very significant fact mentioned by . 0116 Bodkin at the London Sessions Coart, in the alr peal of Merry against a conviction for keeping d ib betting-hous e , b y w hi ch it appeared that durit i q the shoot p er i o d o f ten months Merry had paid ;f to the Union Bank as much as 15,0001., and 11, only dra wn ou t 8001 . H e regret . e d exce eding.'" that the I,lw was so defective as to leave the rnag lg ; trates, to a certain extent, powerless i n dealing with these cases criminally. He would, howev er' adopt the only means th %t was prac!icable to re; press the nefarious system, and, by expos i n g th plans of these patties, caution the u nwary t o avoid the snares so impudently contrived for their roil' He hoped the press would give their assistance' tie was quite sure that if the evil could not be or tiroly eradicated, it might be considerably a lley , ' ated by publicity. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Waltham Abbey, the wife of o s l3 ' tain Inglis, R.E. On the 9th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Wm. ' Oran], Esq., of JEI.M.'s War Department. 07 A DAUGHTER. Ou the Bth inst., at Dartmouth -house, St. James's O r the wifq of Henry Woods, Esq., M.P. MANRI On the 11th inst., at the district church of St. Afa r ' Magdalene, the Lord Robert G a sc o i gne C ec il, MX, to Georgina Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Hon. 1 30°13 Alderson, I DIED. - --- On the 10th inst., at Tolliugton-park, Capt. St e phens° Ellcrby, an Eld er B rot h er o f t h e T r i n i ty H ouse, and 9°' puty Chairman of Lloyd's Register of Shipping. On the [Oil inst., at Herne Bay, Kant, Captain E. I ' l ' Scott, R.N,, aged 72. On the th inst., at St. John's-wood, Charles L lOl3 Pearson, Esq., aged 33. LONDON: Printed and Publisthed by MURDO YOUN ° ' of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Othoe, . 14 , (1 .: 112, Strand, in the Precinct o f th e S avoy , i n th e con9 ll of Middles6x, Monday, July 13, 1857. Tact; hl or Rtall Poly had eels of F( P The nobili rnand under Ocea - q such asce n , forma thif York' nai rive_ Orient I )anei The SoirEe The rate of Ar, and 4. Pr .c FEES 0 Su Poll( POTjR, 4 ecerct The are lov are fill additiO Prernt, Polk pros. 4-01adoi lb I t oe 14f . 1 0 7 b A l je h • The o'clock ,1 .are p 4u, Its obje taPorg, grantir Ate. thei r n MOO/. Merc Publi c ; Tick, Upon p i B •cletv aplica an P d Ea Nladvn Jtv 7 leame s th e Na 4 NT E Qottle 116 4 fs 1%/I ICTA Perfect t he on vtee ay. 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