The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military irtelUgence. The following General Order has been issued : " Horse Guards, S. W., June 19. " His Royal Highness the General Comma nding-in- Chief calls the attention of o ffi cers command ing regi ments, depots, and depot battalions. to the con di t i on of their regimental schools. It is scarcely less essential to the soldier to be able to read and write and keep his own own accounts than to be acquainted with his drill. Without these elementary acquirements no s oldier is capable of profiti ng by th e instruction giving him i n the use of the rifled musket, his promotion is rendered less probable, and he is de prived of the interest and improvement derivable from the excellent libraries now placed within his reach. Hi s Royal Highness is pleased to direct that for the future every soldier, after - being dismissed from drill, shall attend school as a duty until he is reported upon as sufficiently advanced in reading, writing, and arithmetic. " With the concurrence of the Secretary for War, no fees are to be required for this attendance at school. " It will be desirable that commanding officers should so arrange the duties of the men as to give, if possible, at least four hours' attendance each week to all men of the above class. "No man is to be considered eligible for promotion to corporal, unless in the field, who has not been dismissed the above class, " For promotion to the rank of sergeant higher quali fications may be expected. It is not intended at present to lay down an absolute rule on the subject, but the at tention of commanding officers is called by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief to the im portance of carrying the education of non-commissioned officers to a higher point than the mere acquisition of the arts of readiag and writing. With this view it roust be un derstood that those men who avail theinsaves most intel ligevtly of the means of improvement within their reach will be generally preferred for promotion, where in re spect to conduct and soldierlike bearing, they are eligi ble for it, ; and that neglect so to do will be regarded as a disqualification. It is not, however, intended hereby to fetter the discretion of commandingofficers in the pro motion of men who display conspicuous courage, or show the tact and moral influence which give non-commissioned officers weight with their comrades. "By command of his Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief, "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. An Admiralty order arrived at the head-quarters of the Chatham division of Royal Marines on Sa turday, directing the Colonel-Commandant E. A. Parker to furnish from the staff at present at head quarters 1 lieutenant-colonel, 5 captains, 1 field adjutant, and 12 lieutenanto, with the divisional band and colours, and 438 non-commissioned offi cers and men, to form a battalion of Royal Marines 'on tie occasion of her Majesty's presenting the Victoria Cross to those officers and men nominated to te7eived that distinction. The detachment of Marines will proaaed from Chalhain to-morrow morning, the following being the officers selected, to accompany the detachment, viz. :—Lieut.-Colonel G. Elliot, Brevet Major H. Mani', Brevet- Major G. B. Rodney, Capt. D. Blyth, Capt. E. A. Wylde, Capt. C. J. Eilis, Adjnta'st U. G. Elliot, Lieuts. C. L. A. Far mar, C. W. Carrington, J. F. Hawkey, C. T. Daly, J. M. Lennox, E. Willis, R. D. Kennicott, H. Wolrige, R. J. Paso )e, H. M. Kay, and N. F. Way. On Saturday afternoon upwards of 1,000 officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, belonging to the depots of the 24th, 27th (Enuiskillens) 521 (Light Infantry), 61st, 70th, 81 st , an d 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers), regiments at ,the Provisional Bat talion, Chatham, the whole of whom are under or ders t) embark for India, were drawn up on Chat ‘ ham lines, for inspection Ly the Commandant of the Provisional Battalion, Colonel H. Jervis , previously to their easharcation ou b the East India Company's vessels at Grave - tend. The man oeuvrea were performed in au efficient manner. The Provi4onal Battalion give upwards of 8,000 troops this season for the regiments serving in India, the whole of whom will have embarked before the close of next month. On the recent oc casion of the Duke of Cambridge visiting Chatham garrison his Royal Highness expressed him,elf in high terms on the appearance and excellent disci pline of the troops proceeding to India. The fol lowing officers of the above regiments are under orders to embark wi h the detachments :—Col. A. C. Blachtord, Captains F. Clark and W. Winniett, Lieuts. R. H. Traversand W. B. Logan,and Ensign J. Johnstone, 24th Regiment ; Captains W. Croker and H. Mitford, Lieut. A. Cottee, Ensigns H. M. Caine, L. W. Deaborough, H. Dixon, and W. Clay, 27th Regiment ; Capt. C. P. Heathcote, Ensigns W. 'Owen and S. L. Pidsley, 52d Light Infantry ; Lieuts. T. E. Gordon and'W. Wdlcocks, 61st Regiment ; Captain A. J. 0. Rutherford, Lieutenants W. T. M'Grigor and J. W. Mad den, 70th Regiment Ensigns W. H. M. Jackson aed T. W. Bell, 81st Regiment ; Major W. F. Ring, Ensigns G. M. Marsden and F. F. Davereux 87th Royal Irish F t i s il eers . , The Commander-in-Chief has appointed Major- Genetal H. W. Breton, commanding the south . west district, to be Major-General on the Staff of the Governor and Commander in-Chief of the Mau ritius. General Breton's loss will be much felt at Portsmouth, as Lieut.-Governor of which fortress be had earned the high respect of all the com munity. Ting screw despatch gun-vessel Vic'or, 6, Com mander De Horsey, arrived at Spithead on Satur day from the West India station. She left Ber muda on the 2d inst., and came home chiefly under sail. The Intrepid she reports having left Ber muda for England ten hours before herself, and the Pioneer was expected to arrive at Bermuda in about two days from the time the Victor left, also on her way to England. Admiral Sir H. Stewart arrived at Bermuda in the Basilisk on -the Ist inst , at which date her Majesty's ship Indus, 78, the flag ship, was hourly expected from Havannah. The Atalanta had left f r E.n.a.nd. The Victor has pioceeded to Sheerness to be paid off. On the 18th inst., off the Lizard, she exchanged numbers with the Royal mail steamer Parana, outward bound. The United States' steam eervette Niagara, Captain Hudson, having complete 1 tile a'terations necessary to enable her to stow her portion of the great Atlantic telegraph cable, left Portsmouth on Saturday forenoon for Liverpool to ship it. The paddlewheel steam frig ate Leopold, 18, Captain Wainwright, fitting at Devonport, to ac company the Agamemnon, and assist ire laying down ti .e telegraph across the Atlantic, is ready for sea, and will shorly proceed for her destination. The St. Jean &Acre will be taken out of dock at Devonport to-morrow. The paddlewheel steam vessel Pluto, 4, Lieut.- Commander W. Swinburne, was placed at Devon port on Wednesday, to repair damages sustained near Sierra Leone. The crew of the screw steamship Exmouth, 91, Capt. Eyres, were p rid off at Devonport on Satur day, and she is placed in the second-class steam re serve. The Melville, 72, hospital ship, Commander Trollope, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Sa turday, and anchored at Spithead. Rear-Admiral Wallis, the newly-appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the squadron on the south-east coast of America station, returned from leave and rehoisted his flag on board the Cumberland, 70, at Spithead, on Saturday, and saluted the Port Ad miral. The Avon steam tender arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, with men paid off from her Majesty's ship Exmouth at Devonport. * Thu Archduke Maximilian of Austria inspected Vie Great Eastern steamship, under construction at Millwali, on Saturday morning. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Lyra was on Saturdty, received into basin at Woolwich, to be fitted for service. The paddlewheel steamer Vivid, late tender to the Fisgard,.4as on Saturday hauled out of basin at Woolwich, and ordered to be docked on Monday. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Ardent was on Sa turday placed under the east shears in the inner beetle, Woolwich, to have her engines re-shipped, after thorough repairs in the factory of that yard. 11HThe paddlewh ee l s t eam -f r i ga t e Fi re b rand, • at iolt, is ordered to D e ptf or d yar d , to go '''''N'%h the necessary repair' .3 in the hull. ' do''cktneaTrt the buildings erected in Sheerness Weettninn sit), Y the eminent firm of Messrs. Rigby, of testilio , anc lr, stands the new testing-house, for rl , and cables by hydraulieheressure; On Friday t 'steel .at fall a mooring -chain of 3i inches was hydraulic,pressureo.of tlviery r . lcng power —viz., 150 tons thing worked admirably to the sattsfactien e deckyard authorities. Tie Waterloo, 120, fiac , qu C p, apt. Lord F. H.. (From the DaPy News.) Kerr will soon strike the 3 ' Vice Admiral Hon. • Not a few French electors seem disposed to walk W. Gordon, cornmander e e, a l ch t f ~ Imirales time expiq • at Sheerness, the into a net stretched for them by their Government. g", l lan' a' . • , , "fe en the 30th inst. - Some mutter that they will not vote fur a candi- A lett-r recelvect at bbeerues3 doted 10th Manthat :h e sates the E 1 ft otn Madeira, date unless they are made certain beforehand that Yacht Emperor, in he will take the oath. A deputation of the electors tended aS a present to _ .no. n l!tror of J 4 1,, „, after c_oali ee,anto.r_J. apai i , vi a Sr. lett of the third Arrondissement of Paris have gone so there . that clay, far as to wait upcm General Cavaignac, and ask Helene, Cape of Good Hop ) a lergail ere. . hire point blank whether, in the event Of his being The raddrewbeel stearn-vessel Otter, .Lient.- elected, be would take it. It is evident that these "ii tpson, uri _ Commander Certlaud 11.. -, 1 Pol t "el at Merplois entirely misapprehend the immediate She , rtie s yesterday at 11. :,0 irtml , stuouth. object he electoral movemeet. Independent at Sheerneas Ea• The screw steam guardship , -'n-. cndda tes t ate being brought forward, and electors bto.gh, has in consequence of Po many edcontinuousl,t , are called upon to support them, in order to afford service men chilling their discharge/ 16 1 11 11Ti t g; the friends of Parliamentary goVcrinneat in France bills for the entry of le tiling stokers and w0ke: , , r., ".. an opportunity to I renounce in its favour. To carry on the dotic s r, foiled on board tl:e st,ve . t "Sure the registering of the greatest possible num tilivhious of ve:vel e Jae up i n thc 1. . te ,,,, resolve at ber of votes in favour of Parliamentary government that port. . . : , the best iknown and most trusted politicaleleadere Tie CeneEe, 84, - eaili eg ship, has been mated at are selected as candidate s . The business of tilt, nlectors is Sheerness. It, is reported that she will be commis'-' -• to record as many votes as they Poosibly . aioned daring the present week, and that Real- 1 e,n for thest-candidate4, less for the purpose of Admiral of the Re& Provo Wiliiam, Parry Wellis ' eeouring their admiF3eion to the C Lf . I t . t . orps clis a i will hoist hie flag on b., , ard of her. [than for the p urpose ~ DI - Proving to the Emperor that a Th e s, T ow :3 - E.!:'n '',) , - 1, MalaTa, - 17, was put, out , and the world Prenclunen hue nt - • 1 o renonnect 1 {.lair attachment; to r ‘ ' • . of the b sill eI , i..t !ti , ::s on Suttirday, and towe . o - •._ cptcontattve govctument ; to her mo(•riltBs i,y t lie Al,icatt and Myrtle as all .._ ~t ~~~~ advanced ship of the first division of the steam re serve. The following appointments were made on Satur thy at the Admiralty :—Mr. D. Dens, C. 8., Inspec tor of Hospitals, to the Belleisle ; I. Hearnden, assistant-paymaster in charge, to the Myrmidon ; J. V. Millett, clerk, to the Castor. LOUIS NAPOLEON AT FAULT. (From the Vines.) No one can presume for a moment that France believes in her own institutions. There exists at 'present across the Channel a Constitution as clearly defined and as elaborate as our own. At the head of the Administration is an Emperor elected by universal suffrage, the guardian of the laws, the supporter of order, the chief of the forces by land and sea. This Sovereign is assisted by a Council of State, who prepare laws and advise on the ex ecution of them. Then there is a Senate, composed of the most distinguished men of the country—the Marshals, the Admirals, the Cardinals, and other high dignitaries. Lastly comes the Representative Body, chosen by the people on the very broadest basis. Surely here is a Constitution which ought to mean something, and to give some guarantees for liberty. And yet it is but a name, a delusion, the shadow of a shade. There is the Emperor firm in his seat, and the army steady in its allegiance and in its hatred of the Parisian mob. These make the Government—everything else is but a fiction more or less serious ; and yet it would appear that despotism must pay a certain homage to the shale of departed freedom. In this age even absolute au thority must have its decencies. The Constitution of 1852 must occasionally be brought into action, not to attain any definite end, not to satisfy any immediate demand, but to prove that the lite has not quite departed out of it. For some reason best known to the rulers of France, it is thought conve eient that mankind should not place the Govern ment of Paris in the same class as those of Berlin or Vienna. The French Sovereign must appeal in some degree to 1789 and to the new principles of France, and these are more or less connected with the preservation of democratic forms, however un meaning and ineffective they have become. Hence the ceremony of a general election. It is a super stition of the dynasty. The appeal to the entire people is part of the Napoleonian idea—something to be kept up in form, however it may be influen ced and perverted. Every one feels raturally disposed to ask why hese elections take- place at all. The Emperor had a legislature as quiet and subservient as he could possibly wish ; why did he not keep it ? True, its term bad expired according to the constitution ; but what is Vie constitution but the offspring of his own will,'a form of government which he establish ed, and which he may change ? Surely the planner of the coup d'etat cannot be scrupulous as to the righ's of representative wsemblies. Whyt bis wond rous devotion to legality, so strangely contrasted with the cavalier proceedings of Prefects all through the country ? Here is a Government which, on the eve of an election of the people's representatives, prepares its own list of candi dates, enforces the choice of them by official ar ticles, by a vast organisation of functio nar i es, b y making known its intention to grunt licenses, pri vileges, and places only to those who support it ; which " warns" one of the most popular newspapers in France for recommending the claims of Opposi tion candidates ; which, in fact, openly asserts its right to control the choice of the people, and prac tically to nominate the representatives, and yet this same Government will not go one little step further tj save itself all this trouble, vexation, and scandal. An Englishman would certainly think it a much less stretch of authority for a Parliament to prolong it own existence than for the Crown to com mand every county and borough to choose Govern ment-members. We cannot at first see any valid reason why a project of law should not have been introducnd mo lifying the Constitution so far as to add another five years to the life of the late Repre sentstive Body. It seems, however, that a defer ence to the prin c ipl e o f universal suffrage, a belief that its occasional exercise, though really without liberty or practical result, gives fresh strength to 'he Imperial system, is among the most deeply rooted feelings of the present ruler. The success of past trials has naturally tended to strengthen this prepossession. The vote of the people made him President, President for life, and Emperor ; it pro duced the late Assembly, which has proved so obe dient and so adulatory ; it may well be expected to e, wfim his five years'policy by returning at his bidding the same body of men who had before received his approbation. Another reason for this appeal, or pretence of an appeal, is the disquiet which ever affects absolute authority. The very apathy of the French has of late made the Government feverish. It has been terrified at the stillness itself has made. What could be the meaning of this wonderful 'bedience, this portentous lull in the atmosphere ? Was it the tranquility which is said to precede the earthquake ? It would be a relief to break the silence ; even a demonstration or a tumult would be better than the brooding which must be hidden under such an unruffled surface. It was, no doubt th o u g ht th a t a t t hi s per i od of prosperity arid commercial activity the elections would pass off quietly. Certainly the Imperial Go vernment is conspicuous for the success of its policy and the splendour of its fortune. - It has since the last election humbled Russia, attached to itself Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, and established no small influence in Spain. France has been intersected by railways, which are worked with profit to the shareholders and comfort to the public, trade has increased enormously, private life has become luxu rious, and private ambition turned into a channel which saves the Sate from all the dangers which spring from unruly energies. In fact, the Emperor is powerful and fairly popular, his friends are able to boast his intellect and courage, and his worst enemies confess that his good fortune has been greater than that of any living man. It blight na turally be supposed that the former representatives would be again elected, with just sufficient show of opposition to enable the Court to declare that opinion was not dead in France. Those who were not for the Government were at first unwilling to be against it. The policy of abstaining from voting was recommended to all who could not conscien tiously support a Government candidate. Both Ul tramontanes, who hanker after the Bourbons, and Democrats, who look forward to another Republic, were for a time in favour of this course. But of late a change has come over the political world. The newspapers, the liberal circles, the old Constitu tienal and Republican parties have resolved to make a demonstration. Of course, these different sets quarrel among themselves by the agency of their respective journals ; but still there has been sufficient unanimity to enable the Liberals of diffe rent shades to put forward a threatening list of can didates. The men of 1848 are emerging from seclu sion, and appear once more on the stage. Cavaignac, Bethmont, Cannot, Goudechaux, Lasteyrie, Rey nand, Garnier Pages, Jules Simon, Bastide, wilt receive the suffrages of a ll th e discontented of Paris. In the departments several Constitutional ists and Republicans will try their fortune. Now as to a practical effect—the actual election of an Opposition candidate--of course, that is a matter in which the Government is Omnipotent. 'The custsdy of Om ballot-boxes and the proclamation of votes are functions of the authorities, and we can scarcely doubt the result. But these things can never be kept entirely secret. By private communication it will be known if any Opposition candidate re ceives a large number of votes, and the strength of the parties disaffected to the Imperial power will be pretty accurately tested. Under these circumstances the Government has given symptoms of something like, alarm. The Prefect of the Seine, and now the Minister of the Interior, have pub lished manifestoes in a t one of mingled defiance and supplication, which cannot fail to produce a bad effect. M. Hausmann addresses the electors of the Seine with a heat which is both insulting to them and undignified in himself; while M. Billault's message to the Prefects betrays no small apprehen sion, veiled under an hysterical affectation of con fidence. On the whole, we cannot believe that the present elections will add much to the Imperial prestige. It would have been wise to leave France quiet while she was prostrate ; the chain neither clanked nor burdened her; now that she is bidden to rise and dance in her fetters she must hear their ill-omened sound, and feel their intolerable weight MaMom LEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUN +` 22 1857 voice in the managment of their own affairs ; that tkey are not so silly or so dastardly as to allow one man tutor or guardian— to do everything for them, in their name, as if they were idiots or in fants. When the elections are over it will be the turn of the independent candidates who have been elected—if any are elected—to decide how they are to act. The honest and liberal electors will then, have done their part ; recorded their undying devo tion to the cause of free discussion, and of the self government of the people through the instrumen tality of elected representatives. The time will then have come for the elected independent candidates to make up their minds whether the conditions prescribed by the Government to those who seek admission into the Corps Legislatif can be complied with by them.. The probability is that some will find nothing in the oath exacted from members of the Corps Legis latif that is incompatible with their principles and views of policy, and that some will find it utterly repugnant to both. It will, of course, be the duty of the former to take the oath, and of the latter to reject it. Both will be doing good service to their country by the courses they respectively pursue, diametrically opposite though these courses be. They who refuse to take the oath will demonstrate to all reflecting and intelligent Frenchmen that the oath is of such a partial and captious character as to deprive them of the legislative services of many of their best and most trusted citizens. They who take the oath may by their criticism of the mea sures submitted by Government to the Corps Legislatif, and by their votes upon them, open the eyes of the unreflecting to the mischievous opera tion of a nominal Legislature which is a mere office for registering the edicts of the administrative. The electors who vote for independent or opposi tion candidates, the successful independent candi dates who take the oath, and those who decline it —all will be taking an important part in an initia tory movement, the object of which is to create or resuscitate a national constitutional party in France. This is all that true patriots in France have any chance of accomplishing at present. The unpre meditated revolution which the blended self-will and imbecility of Louis Phillippe, GuiZot and their creatures, provoked in Paris, called into exist ence a multitude of contending parties, and de stroyed every centre of.combined action. A wary, bold, unscrupulous, under-estimated man availed himself of this state of anarchy to snatch the reins of government. By irritating and fostering sec tional grudges, h e se t the abouring classes in array against the middle-class. By fawning upon the speculators of the Bourse, he gained the support of its most unscrupulous members. By large donations and larger promises, he gained the mercenary and unprincipled part of the army and of the civil administration. When thus far secure of his object, he sought to impart an appearance of popular sanction to his usurpation by appealing to an election by universal suffrage. The deceived labouring class rallied round his standard ; the timid and the friends of order, weary of apparently interminable emeutes, acquiesced reluctantly ; the dexterous manipulation of the ballot-boxes by local authorities who held their places on the good-will of the Central Government did the rest. A large apparent majority was gained for the claims of the Napoleon dy nasty. Tnis vote the Emperor now affects to understand as a distinct resignation by the country of its right to withdraw the authority it conferred upon any future occasion. Such a gross fallacy can delude no man. If the nation has the right to vote a man into the throne, it must have a right to vete him out of it again. If it has the right to vote one new Constitution, it must have the right to vote another. If the right of universal suffrage exists in the nation it must be inalienable; and though the nation remains, the individuals composing it are in an incessant state of change, and with them their wishes, needs, and opinions. This the intelligent and enlightened citizens of France know right well, and are no ways disin clined to assert their rights. But the distrusts and animosities so insidiously sown amongst them are still rankly luxuriant. Combined action is still all but impossible ; and the one man in authority holds the national purse-strings, and in doing so holds the armed force, and the police with all its spies and other agencies. France, too, has been taught by dear experience the bootlessness of mo mentary emancipation gained by violence. The restorers of her liberties can have no chance ex cept in working by peaceable and legal means. The impediment in the way of adopting such means is the want of cordiality and mutual confidence among the adherents of free representative institu tions. The restoration of this cordiality and confi dence can only be the work of habitual association in the prosecution of one common object. Such a common object is now placed within the reach of the French Ltherals by the electoral movement, which aims at eliciting a national promunciamento in favour of re a representative government. In this movement all can take part—all can act in concert, who have faith in government by majori ties, and in the power of free discussion to inspire those majorities with humanity, rectitude, and 'wisdom _However widely they may differ on other points, all who believe that it is the right of the majority of a nation to determine how it shall be ruled, and that it is the right of parties and indivi duals to endeavour- to sway that majority by rea soning and persuasion, can take part in the elec toral movement which is at present agitating France to its centre. The Orleanist, the Republi can, the Socialist--Lasteyrie, Cavaignao, and Dari monall who are opposed to the unchecked despotism of one man, or the brute rule of emeutiers by profession, can struggle side by side for the resuscitation of Parliamentary government in France. All Europe has, and feels, an interest in the result of this movement. The temporary erasure of France from the list of free nations has cast a gloom over the prospects of the freemen of Europe—a gloom which can never be dispelled till free representative institutions resume their ascen dancy in France, with their permanence guaranteed by the patient devotion, the temperate judgment, and - the fearless promptitude of action displayed by the majority of the French people in their re suscitation. PROSECUTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE ROYAL BRITIdH BANK. (From the Observer of yesterday.) The directors :of the. late Royal British Bank already in custody or liberated on bail are at pre sent five in number. Mr. Owen, Mr. Stapleton, M.P., and Mr. Macleod have put in bail for their appearance ; Mr. Humphrey Brown is at present in the Queen's Bench Prison, not having completed his bail. Mr. Alderman Kennedy is on his way to this country, and will arrive in London to-day in custody of one of the assistants of Inspector Field. Bail is ready to be given to the required amount for Mr. Kennedy. Alderman Kennedy was captured in the south of Germany by Inspector Field. He hid for some time past been suffering considerably in health, and was about to leave the residence he had occupied for some time for one in Italy. The alderman was, it is stated, considerably alarmed on being arrested. He was first taken to Wiesbaden, where he was left by the officer and a member of the firm of Messrs. Linklater and Rack wood, in charge of an assistant instructed to accom pany him to London. Mr. H. D. Macleod, who was a director of the bank in the earliest stagee, surrendered himself at Boulogne on Thurs Jay morn ing last to Mr. Hosgood. who held the warrant for his apprehension, and in whose company he arrived in town on the afternoon of that day. Mr. Macleod was subsequently brought up before Mr. Justice Erle, at judges' chambers, when the amount of his ba I was fixed at 8,0001., himself in 4,0001. and two sureties of 2,0001. each. Mr. Humphrey Brown - , it appears, succeeded for some time in evading being taken, by wearing green spectacles and a wig, which most effectually altered his personal appearance. No proceedings will be taken against Mr. Apsley Pellatt ; his connexion with the concern, and the acts which he perfomed, having been deubtless in influenced by a feeling of the most perfect confidence in the integrity of those with whom he was asso ciated. He was in no way h , mefitted by the frau dulent transactions of the Bank, and the Attorney- General feeling convinced that the prosecution of that gentleman would be - attended with failure, has decided not to take steps against him. The indict ments against the parties are for having conspired fraudulently to obtain a charter from her Majesty's Privy Council, and also for conspiring to obtain money by fraudulent representations. The trials will not, it is expected, come off before November, and they will take place in the Court of Queen's Bench. The bill to enable the assignees of the bank to effect a compromise between the shareholdbrs and depositors has passed the House of Commons, and now awaits a second reading in the Howie of Lords. It is stated, however, that Lord St. Leonards and some other of the law lords are opposed to the further progress of the bill until the appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls in Irelami, re specting the liability of the sharcholders of the Tip perary Bank, has been decided. • A telegraphic despatch arrived in London last eight, stating that Mr. Cameron, the late manager of the bank, had been arrested at Lausanne ; and it was reported that .Mr. Esdaile, the governor of the bank, had been captured. Mr. R. PALMER, M.P. FOR BRICKS.—This hon. gen tleman whose illness from a sudden hmmorrhage at the nose wbil3 at Arcot races was noticed in The Sun a week ago, is now rapidly approaching convalescence. There Here last week many calls at Holme•park to inquire aft( r the hoe. gentleman's health, and the accounts given by he medical advisers were gratifying to the friends and relatives of Mr. Palmer. THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. (From the Examiner.) There are more ways than one of doing injustice to a Government ; its faults may be exaggerated ; its merits may be underrated ; errors may be im puted to it of which bus not been guilty ; the good that it has accomplished may be ascribed to other causes, or it may be denied, or the critic may choose to shut his eyes to it altogether. But all these ways of wronging a Government are hackneyed. It was left for Sir H. G. Ward, the present Governor of Ceylon, to hit upon an on-. ginal one, of which he has given the public a speci men in his mode of treating the administration of Lord Torrington. The method of Sir H. G. Ward consists, not in ignoring fair results, but in ignor ing their obvious causes, No man sees the excel lent effects of a predecessor's policy with a clearer vision ; be not only sees, but beholds them with. admiration • he not only a d m i res, b ut a d m i res en thusiastically ; he finds the colony on his arrival in the enjoyment of " a prosperity unexampled in its previous history ;" and he writes despatches home expressing in rapturous terms his satisfaction at finding himself in the midst of it. But it is the result only that he sees with the optics of an eagle ; Sir Henry is as blind as a bat to the sources of the prosperity that amazes him ; he professes himself "unable to account for it," the simplest and most natural explanation never once occurs to him ; he never dreams of attributing to Lord Torrington the state of things that Lord Tor rington left behind him, and, instead of congratu lating him on his fortune and success, observes that "it was his fate to enter on the government at a time when progress was impossible and improve ment out of the question." - Lord Torrington was well justified in expecting from Sir H. Ward a very different notice of an ad ministration which had borne the heat of the day and brunt of the battle, and made the path of go vernment smooth and easy for his successors. His , lordship observes, in his temperate and dignified letter to Mr. Labouchere, lately printed in a Par liamentary paper : " Harassed as I have been for so many years by reflec tions cast on my public and legislative acts during the time that I administered the government of Ceylon, reflections which I was utt er ly una bl e t o t urn as i de till their injus tice could be demonstrated by results which had still to be waited for; I entertained a natural confidence that the present Governor, with opportunities of personal observa tion and experience, would have been enabled to trace my policy in its effects, and to render, by his testimony to its soundness and success, that tardy justice which has so long been withheld from me, and, allow me to add, from Earl Grey, under whose ample and able instructions I entered upon my government, and was guided in my policy. " My disappointment, therefore, is keen on discovering that, although Sir. H. G. Ward has the satisfaction to find himself in the midst of a prosperity almost unexampled in the previous history of Ceylon, the extent of his acknow ledgments is a confession of his inability to account for it —an avowal which he accompanies by ignoring those acts of my government to which it is mainly referable, and condoning my assumed shortcomings by ascribing to me utter helplessness ; that it was my fate, as be says, to enter on the government at a time when progress was im possible,' and improvement out of the question.' " Lord Torrington further remarks alt does seem to me strange when Sir H. G. Ward was made so well acquainted with the critical condition of Ceylon before my arrival, and is so familiar with its state after my departure, that the measures which I originated at the time for the relief of the colony, and which have proved so successful since, were not brought under his notice. Ido not coincide in his view that a time of great difficulty must necessarily be a period of inaction. Onthe contrary, stimulated by the crisis in which I found the colony involved, I addressed myself to the task of its extri cation and its future security against similar embarrass ments, by a series of precautions and reforms which, had they been brought under his notice, would have satisfied Sir H. G. Ward that to their opera tion the island is mainly indebted for that easy con dition of its finances which so materially facilitates his own course of action at the present day." Sir H. G. Ward pronounces impossible what bad actually come to pass, and declares an improvement out of the question which was stating him bodily in the face. The trees wero so numerous and so flourishing that theyconcealed the grove completely from the spectator's view. When Lord Carlisle went over as Lord Lieutenant to Ireland he found that country ) as Sir H. Ward found Ceylon, "in a state of unexampled prospe rity." Now, imagine his lordship writing to the Home-office expatiating on the tranquil and flou rishing condition of the country, and at the same time observing of the previous administrations for the last 20 years that they " entered on the govern ment in times when progress was impossible, and im provement out of the question." But this would not have matched the absurdity of Sir H. Ward, forthe influence of wise government was far more strongly marked in the case of Ceylon than Ireland, where so much more was due to the course of events over which the laws and Government had but little con trol. Lord Torrington' s administration, in fact, did nothing for Ceylon, with,the trivial exception of leaving an island which he found in the greatest confusion in a state of admirable order, and a co lony which he found on the verge of bankruptcy blessed with a full and a flowing exchequer. Cey lon is at this moment one of the most flourishing settlements in the vast circle of our colonial empire. But Sir H. Ward seems to have thought that even the praise of having clone nothing was too much to allow the Torrington Government, for, though be admits it-was done " with firmness," he is careful to add that his lordship was "most ably aided and seconded by Mr. M'Carthy." "It is necessary," continues the letter to Mr. Labouchere, " To remind you, Sir, of the state in which I found Cey lon on my assumption of the government in 1847; its treasury nearly empty, its current expenditure largely in excess of its annual amerce declini ng , th e cu lti va ti on o f its coffee and cinnamon, su dd en ly arres t e d d its general conditi on le a di ng rap idl y a u sta staple discouraged,li e ncom , products, and commerce oo to bankruptcy. It was under these disheartening circum stances that, according to the present dispatch, I practi cally ' with firmness' and was seconded by Mr. M'Cartby.'" most didably aided nothing, a nd but a ed it The slightest and most superficial inquiry would have saved Sir H. Ward from committing himself to such a tissue of absurdity, contradiction, and in justice. .lt h ‘e e ar as tb s Y is'tance he rendered had he been called up l o ' n ro f m or t t h h is e adbelteaMrils o his chief, Sir H. Ward wouldprobably have learned the truth which it appears he had not the sagacity to read in the phenomena of order and prosperity surrounding him. The moat cursory analysis of the nothing done by Lord Torrington would have dis closed the important series of somethings which his lordship has had no alternative but to record for himself—a duty which he discharges with equal clearness and modesty in the paper before us. Best Mr. M'Carthy, Lord Torrington's imme diate successor, was not silent on the subject. From his opening address to the Legislative Coun cil his lordship quotes the following passage, which it is strange that Sir H. G. Ward should never have read, and stranger still, if he did read it, that he should have remained insensible to Lord Tor rington's indefatigable and efficient exertions : "1 cannot conclude the observations which I have thought it incumbent on me to make without congratula ting you, gentlemen, on the remarkable and, of late years, quite unprecedented state of financial prosperity and pro mise of which the papers that I now lay on the table afford such satisfactory proof. The comparative state of the re venue and expenditure for the half of the present year shows a surplus revenue of 10,6631. 18s. 3id. ; and, to judge from the large sums received into the Tioasury since that date, accompanied by the unceasing care which has been taken to dimish the expenditure whenever an opportunity has been offered by the fusion into one of different departments of the public service, and a rigid control over the outlay of the public money, it may, I think, he justly and reasonably anticipated that the sur plus will be increased by the end of the financial year. You will also perceive, from the papers now laid on your table, that this surplus is no forced or fictitious one pro duced by the postponement of charges which would soonar or later have to be paid. I have to point out to you the pleasing fact that within the last few months the whole of the outstanding debts to the presidencies and agents in India have been paid off by the Government. The debt of 50,000/, to the Oriental Bank, contracted in the em barrassment of 1818 has been paid of, prinoipal and in terest, with the exception of about 11,W0/., a sum of 10,0J0/. having been paid within the last few days. Large remittances have beeu made to the Agent-general in London, who, contrary to the precedent of late years, in which he has frequently been in advance for payments on account of the Ceylon Government, will have a considerable balance in hand on the Ist of January next • and with all these payments and this almost total extinction of the debts due by this Govern ment the accounts of assets and liabilities which I have made up to the Lt of Oct. last show a balance in favour of the colony at the latter date of no less than 62,5891. ss. 3td. as compared with a balance 0f36,5321. 13s. 7d. on the Ist of Jan. last, being an increase of 26,056/. lls. 84d." For other details of Lord Torrington's measures we must refer our readers to the letter itself ; he did exactly what the most judrpious Government at home would have done in the same circumstances, and for which he well deserved the encomiums of Earl Grey, introducing the strictest economy into the public expenditure, while at the same time he improved the revenue and delveloped the public resources, by a b o li s hi ng export duties, w i th t h e exception of a s i ng l e article, rtsvising the tariff, and amending the Customs Taw—in, a word, by aprudent application of the principles of free trade to the com merce of the island. The resul ft= are visible in the sta tistical returns. The value of colleeexported rose from 328,7911. in 1846 to 534,4541- in 1349. The value of cinnamon from 40,1651. in 1848 to 73,3861. in 1849. The val ue of ininort,§., exc lusive of specie, was 998,8491. i n 184 6, when -it was in a rapid de- C MO. In 1849 it began to look up ; in 1850 it rose to 1,030,2961. ; inlBs4it reaelied nearlyl,2so,ooo/., and in 1855 Was very little less than 1,500,0001, Sir H. G. Ward might well a all this an "unexam pled prosperity," but it is ix Lost astonishing that when.ce this pra 3perity even as a matter of curiosity, ] ie should never have, investigated'arose. The inquiry would have abated his uuphilosophical wend r, and impatted to hinr in its stead some of the felicity which the epicurean poet ascribes to the man who has learned the causes of things. There was, in fact, only one point in which Lord Torrington exposed himself to grave censure in his public conduct as Governor of Ceylon ; we allude to his unfair treatment of Sir J. Emerson Ten nent ; but his lordship has completely obliterated• the recollection of that fault by the candour and ge nerosity with which he has publicly acknowledged it. We have already approved the tone and spirit of the entire of the letter before us ; but the following passage is that which will advance the writer most in the public esteem : " If in the course of these strictures I may appear ego tistical, or to arrogate an undue share of merit for the po licy of my Government, I beg it distinctly to be under stood that I act Under the impulse of feelings that extend to others as well Cs to myself. I had the aid and co-opera tion of officers in my administration whose judgment and efficiency would be as much condemned as my own, were the views expressed by Sir H. G. Ward to remain without correction. I owe this explanation therefore to them, and in an especial degree to Sir J. Emerson Teanent, whose able report on the financial condition of the colony was placed in my bands by the Secretarylof State on appointing me to lithe government of Ceylon, accompanied by his own instructions ; and it mainly served as my guide in framing my measures for the reform of the tariff and the removal of the restrictions on the commerce of the colony. On that and on every other occasion I had in him an earnest, an energetic, and faith ful colleague, possessed beyond any other member of my Government with a profound knowledge of the colony and its requirements. And the only painful remembrance as sociated with my residence in Ceylon is the reflection that I once did him an injustice, on grounds which I need not now refer to." -•~- iiiNIMINII .ANOTHR.R NE W_ CLIPPER SHIF.FOB AUSTRALIA. • It would seem (says the Liverpool Daily Times) that it is almost a daily portion of news, to chro nicle new ships despatched for the land where gold groweth, and it was well said some time ago, by ono of the most extensive shipowners in the trade, that the fleet would increase daily, and he would be glad of it. This prophecy has all but been ful filled within the last few years. Tf the trade be tween this and the colony, and vice versa, had not rapidly increased, we, should not have (at least weekly) to record the introduction of the fine yes sels that we describe. This weak again that pleas ing task falls to our lot. We have to mention the name of , the Albion .(and an appropriate name it is), a clipper announced to be despatched by the well-known house of Tapscott and Co., in this month, from Liverpool for Melbourne. In the abstract a fine ship is a pleasing thing to look at, but when she undergoes a thorough inspection, and all her beauties are examined in detail, then in deed to the landsman the wonder is how such float ing worlds can be so elegantly constructed and fitted for the intended purpose. The Albion is truly a noble ship to look upon, and, without disparage ment to the numerous vessels in the trade, she may; be said to bo as fine a model as any that skims the blue waters, and, as her namesake is the pride of all lands, she may not inaptly be called " Al bion, the pride of the Ocean." A few words about her construction and materials may be offered here. She is built of the best Virginia and live oak together. The workmanship, as will at once be observed, is of a very superior description, and a combination of 'strength and symmetry has been accomplished. Her dimensions are as follows—her length 200 feet, beam 38 feet, and depth of hold 25 feet ; her regikered tonnage is set down at 1,400, but it is said she will carry about 2,500, as her stowage and carrying capacity, on light draught, is very great, as prove) by her voyage here, which was also a remarkably qnick and successful one. The advantage of experience has rendered the accommodation for passengers by this ship of a superior order. Of the grand sa loon much need not be said ; as it is complete in all respects, having lounging, smoking, bath, and re tiring rooms attached; it is, however, limited in ex tent, as the great portion of the ship is destined for the comfort and conveyance of second class, inter mediate, and steerage passengers. To this impor tant and always most numerous class of emigrants the greatest attention has been paid by the owners. . The second cabin is a fine poop house, usually set apart in other ships for first class passengers. This is amply and elegantly fitted for about 100 passengers, and is over 8 feet in height, with the best mode of ventilation, and as much light as - if a house on shore. This compartment is also well provided for with closets, bath rooms, dec. all superbly fitted with furniture both for use and ornament. The between decks are fully 9 feet high in the clear, and here, too, passengers are pro vided for in everyrespect, and the intermediate and steerage inhabitants of this portion of the noble ship will have nothing more to wish for than the accommodation she affords, and the attention that has been bestowed on everything conducive to health and comfort on a sea voyage. Any one inspec ing the vessel willbear out these observations. The culinary and cooking departments of the ship are ample and complete. Much attentitin has been given to this important portion of the vessel ; and here may be mentioned that the victualling stores are sup plied with provisions of the first class, and in quan tities much beyond what the act of Parliament re quires. The house in this resqect is long and well known for its liberality. There is a fine promenade roundthe poop, and also on the flush deck, so that none can complain of the want of air and exercise, as both can be enjoyed without interruption. With all these 'attributes she possesses one more, though last not least, and that is in her commander, who is a gen tleman long connected with the emigration trade both to America and Australia, ani the number of handsome testimonials which have been presented to him for his abilities as a sailor and his kind and polite attention as a gentleman. The house, too, is so well known in the passenger trade, that with all these adjuncts the Albion must prove a very desirable ship for Australian passengers. COMMITTAL OF A CAPTAIN AND HIS MATES FOR MURDER. The adjourned investigation into the circum stances connected with the death of Andrew Rose, commenced on Friday, at two o'clock, and, as pre viously, the court was crowded. The first witness Called was Wm. Davidson, who said he was an able seaman on board the Martha and Jane. Rose seemed to be in good health when he came on board, and was about 30 years of age. Saw him at the wheel the day they sailed. Saw the second mate " lick" the deceased the second day by the captain's order. He was "licked" with a whip, and he was beat whilst in irons, and be was beaten almost day and night. Heard the deceased ask the mate to let hint go for a purpose, but he would not allow him, and he was unable to move, being fastened to a ring. For committing himself . upon the deck they "licked" him as hard as they could. The deceased asked what it was for, and they told him it was for having done what he did, and be rejoined he could not help it, as they would not let him go. The witness corroborated the evidence already pub lished having relation to the abominable treatment the deceased had received at the hands of the cap tain. He also repeated the evidence about the gag ging of the deceased, the water cisk, the conduct of the dog, and other matters which appeared in our last publication. The deceased was beaten al most every hour, day and night, during the voyage. Deceased was covered all over with putrified sores, and from what witness saw of him he thought it was ill usage he received that caused such a state of things. Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall—l did not know the man before he shipped. Do not know if he had been in gaol before that. Ido not know if he had any internal disease. [The cross-examination was continued at considerable length, but nothing was elicited in any way to shake the evidence of previous witnesses.] The captain never did anything harsh to any other man of the crew. The captain set the dog on the man, but not on any of the other men. The dog, too, used to fly at him without the cap tain's direction. Edward Clarke, the carpenter of the ship, said, the deceased appeared to be in good health when he came on board, but he thought be was iusanb. Saw the prisoners beat him. The second mate came to him for a hammer and chisel to open a water cask. He gave the deceased a glass of water while be was in the water cask. This witness bore full tes timony in corroboration of the various abominable atrocities perpetrated on the deceased. Some other witnesses were examined and corro borated the statements, and Surgeon Wall and Doctor Pennington gave it as their opinion, from the evidence, that death was accelerated by the treatment the man had received. The prisoners, Henry Rogers, the captain ; C. Seymour, the chief mate, and W. Mills, the second mate, were then fully committed for trial for wilful murder.— Liverpool Chronicle. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—Tbo Belgian royal mail steamer Constitution, Capt. E. Pougin, sailed early this mornindfor New York, with the Belgian mails, about 270 passengers, and a general cargo. The Washington Irvine, Capt. I. "errant, sailed to-day for Sydney, New South Wales, with 308 Government emigrants, under charge of Surgeon-Superintendent J. C. Bury. The next ship to leave this port is the Hotspur, for Melbourne, which is to be ready to receive her passengers on the 20th inst. A proof of the business facilities provided at this port was afforded yesterday, when the steamer Havre, Capt. Smith, arrived in the docks from Havre, at 6 o'clock in the morning, with 472 packages of baggage and cargo, the whole of which was landed and ship taken into'grav ing dock for the purpose of being cleaned, by 8 o'clock the same morning. During the week ending to-day, 1,000 passengers from all parts of the world have landed in the docks, having 3360 packages of baggage. [ADVERTISEMENT] —Mothers and Nurses will find Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food admirably adapted to remove all disorders of stomach' and bowels to which in. Lints and children are at all times liable, such as indigestion, flatulency, colic, dysentery, diarrhoea, constipation, debility, and restlessness. It strengthens, nourishes, and is used with more advantage than -milk in rearing infants. We quote a few testimonials:— NO. 58,034, Grammar School, Stevenage, Dec. 16, 1850. " Gentlemen,—We have found it admirably adapted for infants. Otir baby has never once had disordered bowels since taking it.—R. Ambler." 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Four considerable votes were debated, —one of some 40,0001. for the maintenance and repair of Royal Palaces ; one of nearly thrice the sum for the Royal parks and pleasure•grounds ; one of 60,0001. fur the maintenance and repair of public buildings ; and one of about half the amount for the furniture of public offices, &c. In the ease of the Royal palaces the question was' very simple indeed. These edifices exist, and, unless it could be proved expedient to pull them down—we speak of those no longer in the occupation of royalty— common sense advises that they should be kept up properly and turned to the best account. Mr. Wil liams's selection of Hampton Court was a most un lucky one, for there could hardly be a palace more truly appertainingto the people. It affords an honour able residence for the representatives of those who have deserved well of their country, and is a source of gratification and enjoyment to the whole metro politan population. Orr a tine Sunday nearly as many personeas were brought together last week by the stupendous Festivals in the Crystal Palace pass with quiet pleasure and satisfaction through the apartments and grounds of this ancient mansion, and if a few thousands a-year are required to keep the. place in the order in which we see it the money is Unexceptionably spent. The great question of principle to which we - alluded, though raised on the application of public money to metropolitan Parks, is involved also in the expenditure upon the Palaces abovementioned. The argument is, that places of amusement or recreation, such as the Parks in the vicinity of the capital, should b 3 maintained, not out of the funds contributed by the nation at large, but through local taxes raised from the particular communities which enjoy the advantage of the resort. Mr. Blackburn gene ralised the objections thus suggested, and moved such a reduction of the vote for the Royal Parks as would bring the amount to the average sum re quired during the five years preceding Sir B. Hall's administration ; but the motion—the only one carried to an actual division throughout the debate on these matters —was negatived by more than 3 to 1. At this we are not suprised ; indeed, we concur ontirelyin the opinions thus predominating. As far as regards the cleansing of the lake in St. James's Park, we might support our view by Mr. Blabkburn's own admissions, for he acknowledged that the Parks should be kept "in good order," and good order undoubtedly requires , that a piece of ornamental water should be pure and healthful rather than filthy and pestiferous. But we prefer considering the question in a broader light. Supposing such views asseveral members seemed to entertain, and Mr. Bentirick more particularly expressed, were to be recognised and established, where, we beg to ask, would it be possible to maintain anything national at all 1 A park, a gallery, or any institution of any kind, with whatever title it may be dignified, must needs have a local habitation, and therefore contribute more directly and largely to the advantages of that locality than to those of the kingdom at large. A national collection of paintings, for instance, is ac cessible to the immediate neighbourhood at all times,—to the bulk of the population only now and then, and at more or less cost and trouble ; yet for all this it is surely a national institution, and not a local one. The case is certainly not so strong as regards a park, since a park or a pleasure ground may be found anywhere, while a gallery of pictures is more out of the common way ; but, un less a "metropolis" is to be robbed of its distinc tive characteristics, the very idea implies that it is the capital, not of a province, but of the whole State. Not only do thousands visit it, but the millions who dwell within its walls are entitled by their very position to nattonal consideration. It is because London is the seat of Government, and because the affairs of the whole nation are there administered, that a population of two millions and a quarter is compressed into the district under conditions deserving all the mitigation practicable. Add, moreover, to these numbers the numbers at tracted to the metropolis by the casual allurements of business of pleasure,—by such festivals, for in stance, as those celebrated last week, and the re sult will represent such a proportion of the whole population as will render metropolitan interests almost equivalent to Imperial interests. Who can say, indeed, that Hampton Court is for the benefit of Londoners only, when there is not a town in England to some of whose inhabitants it has no been a source of delight I—Times. ENORMOUS EXPORT OF SIL TER. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, Captain Joy, left Southampton on Saturday with the heavy portion of the fortnightly India and China mail. The mail was a very heavy one, consisting of 180 boxes and bags of letters and newspapers. The Hong Itong portion was con tained in 34 boxes, amongst which were 9 boxes for the British admiral of the China station. This part of the China mail increases in size as the forces destined for the war in China continue to arrive out there. The Pera took out 74 passengers, and specie, chiefly silver, to the amount of nearly a million and a quarter sterling, or hard upon 6,000,000 dole. worth. The bulk of this specie was brought to Southampton from London by a special train of 17 waggons, and the whole of the specie weighed upwards of 80 tons. Precious metals to so large an amount were never, perhaps, on board a single ship at one time. The export of enormous quantities of silver is exciting the greatest interest, not only on account of the im portant commercial and political circumstances with which it is connected, but also because of the for tunes which are being made by all those who are merely concerned in its transit, and because of the vast extent of . British commerce which it reveals. Nearly 3,000 bales of silk arrive in England every fortnight with the overland India and China mail, every bale being worth 1001., besides the silk that reaches England in sailing vessels by the long sea route. As much profit as 25 per cent. is made by the sale of silver for the East. The insurance paid on the specie sent out in the Pera could not have been less than 30,0001., and the freight would pro b ibly amount to about 25,0001. The following is the manifest of specie for India and China shipped per steamer Pera, viz., 984 boxes of bar silver, dollars, and 5 franc pieces, valued at 252,304/. 15s. 2d. for Bombay ' • 1 box of sover e i gns an d watches, worth 8621. 12s. for Ceylon ; 81 boxes of sovereigns, 5 franc pieces, and bar silver, worth 22,9841. 12s. for Madras ; 530 boxes of 5 franc pieces, bar silver, and gold lice, worth 134,6831. for Calcutta ; 30 boxes of dollars, worth 7,4261. 13s. 4d., for Penang ; 355 dollars, worth 88,270/., for Singapore ; 1,304 boxes of dol lars, worth 6,0301. for Canton ; 1,113 boxes of bar silver, dollars and gold thread, worth 301,3121., for Shanghai. The tot a l number of boxes was 4,422 ; the total value of the specie was 1,144,912/ 13s. 7d. i A SINGULAR NESt—Birds sometimes select curious places in which t o rear their young. Swallows have built in dwelling-houses, and redbreasts amid the noisb and bustle of a school. The writer once saw a wren's nest lodged in an angle formed by the diagonal bar of a gate, which was opened and shut well nigh every hour. But, perhaps, the most audacious instance on record is that of the sparrow raising a family in the pocket of an old coat, forming part of a figure which was placed as a scarecrow to frighten them away. At the present time, in a cottage garden at Walberton, there is a family of the common tittnt,ule safely domiciled at the bottom of an invalided spirit jar, standing under some currant bushes scarce half a dozen yards from the door. The young ones are nearly prepared for fli,ht ; but how they are to fly is a problem the parents birds have yet to solve. They will, of course prove equal to the task—natural instinct seldom or never failing in the feathered tribes ; but the peculiar shape of their birth-placs, with 'an orifice little more than an inch in diameter at the top, will make the first journey of the inexperienced fledglings a puzzling affair.— Wca Sussex Gagtte. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JuNic 1 9 . WUSAT. I BARLSY I OATS. I 00 6 First... 2il Snond 46s 01 I 368 101 / 318 Gd I 444 „, Third 398 - otl I 298 Od I 29s 01 1 428 " Total quantity of wheat in mark e t, . 481 qrs ., 481 o°-id A barley ,; 89 qrs., 89 so l ; eats ,1 114 41 s, beans If AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUART ER. qqrrs.., s., 1 4 1 1 4 ;1 1 d u Wheat, 2/. 6 0 7-12ths I Barley, ...11. 11 6 10.1 2 i," Oats, ... 11. 11 6 10 . 12ths I B eans, 24 4 2 10.120 OP , DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Juan 18. Qrs. • Best. Current. Infloke' r d 536 Whoat 64s 01 42s 6d 228 Oats 34s 0.1 27s OA.. 133 Barley 36s Od 33s 81d. 16 Peas & beans 46s Od 43s 3d `4l v." ABERDEEN-JUNE 19. Potato oats 26s Od to 21s Od 1 401bs perbushel Common oats 26s Od to 26s 6d Bere 33s Od to 35s Od I nnbs Barley 33 8 Od t o 35 s Od f "'" " Wheat, red (spring)4os 0,1 to 418 Od 1 ~ 621bs , , white 3 BB Od t o 50 8 Od Oatmeal 203 Od to 218 Oil per boll. Flour 455 Od to 46s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to Oil I Butter, p lb. Os 10d to 0 3 11 1 Hutton, per lb 6d to 9d 1 Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to 0. Lamb, do., Os 8d to 11, 101 1 liens, p pair 3s Oil to 38 „, Veal, per lb ... 6d t o O s 9,1 I Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2E , ,°, l Pork, per1b...0 3 6d t o O s 7d Ducks do. 03 Od to o, ' t o ' l Salmon, per lb .... ..... l s 2d Ducklings,do 2s 6d to 3 ' i Grouse, per brace 0s to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4', a "81 Tallow, p stone, O s t o ll s 01 P o t a t oes, pr poc k , 121 W I 1 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Slitter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... 86s to 3 1 g1 Eggs, wholesale price, pe r d ozen GI to 6,. RETAIL PRICES. 2d F10ur,141b....03 Od to 2 s 6d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2 5 j Oatmeal Os Od to 2 5 Id „ d us t, Beremeal ~ T. .os Od to 28 Od „ p er lb 2d to 21 .1 Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sids, . . ,one, 4s. Od. to 4s 6,1 2-Ib. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stk 4-lb. 10af...8d. NE WCASTLE-JuxE 20 To-day we bad a short supply of wheat from the farmed' with a good demand, a t th e f u ll pr i ces of Tuesday. country and Foreign wheat held for the advance, bu t slow sale. Barley dull, but not lower. Flour firm, at former rates. Oats a fair sale, and the turn agail la buyeri. DUBLIN, JUNE 19. White wheat, 35s 61 to 39s 01; red ditto, 32s 6d to 61; ditto now, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; pin& ing, —8 to ; oats, old, 13s 6il to 178; ditto, new, --4/ Od to —s ; oatmeal, 15s to 18s Od; bare, new, to Od ; rapese d, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; bakers' flour,' 199 6d to 213 01 per cwt ; Indian corn, 40s 01 to 41i 61 pet 480 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 20. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The market has been steady, ba t no particular variation in prices. South Eeastern, 22 5 —London and North Western, 104 31—Blackburn, 84 ci Lancashire and Y o rk s hi re , 101, —Eastern Counties, —Sheffields, 45 41—Midlands, 84—London at shares, 1 1 ° 111 d.—Grand Tanks, 15 16.3. BIB,MINGITAM, JUNE 20. W ell STOCK ExcilANGE.— _w Priees in this market were ^ supported to day, but a dull business doing, at the follevi; ing rates :—Midlands, 83A —London and North St, tern, 103/—Great Westerns, 651—South Staffords, gr Great Westerns, 658, LEEDS, JUNE 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE. - North Eastern, Berwick, 2 3 e North Eastern, Leeds, 22 13-16 i—N or th Western, 68. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles o?ened, 1857. NAME OF RAILWAY. BSITIOrt. Aberdeen •• •• •• •• •• •••• • •••• Belfast and Ballymena •..• • • • • Belfast and County Down.. • Birkenherd, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, illackburn;and West York • • .. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian•.• ••••• • • • • • ••••• • • • • • Chester and Holyhead... Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • •• Cork and Bandon .. .............. Dublin and Belfast J unction .... Dublin and Drogheda • • •.• • .. Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen •••••• •• • • East Anglian..•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• East Lancashire • • .• Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .• Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • •• .• • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • • • • .. • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee... Exeter and Creditors Furness Railway ... •••••• • • Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern. • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• •• •••• •• •••• •• •••• Irish South Eastern .......... • • Lancaster and Carlisle • ....... Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... • •• .• Leeds Northern .. •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and North Western ..... London and Elackw all •• • • • • • • •• • • •• London, Brighton, and South Coast London and South Western Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheilleld,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction.... Maryport and Carlisle ••••• • • • •• Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and North British •• •• • • •• •• •• •• •• North Staffordshire • • • • • • . North-Western .. • . •• .• .• .• Scottish Central • . Scottish Midland •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Shrewsbury and Chester •—• .• Shropshire Union •••••••••••• •• •• • • South Devon •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• South Eastern.. .• •• •• •• •• •• • • •• South Wales •„•, South York., Doncaster, and Goole Waterford otnd Limerick • • West Cornwall ••• • • • .• • ••••• •• Whitehaven Junction York and Newcastle, and Berwick & , York and North Midland & Leeds 26 117 19814 9414 63 20 67N 93 489 183% 283 203% 452 25 90 286 4 164 637 5% 183% 277 173( 9% 28 567 78% 149 233 3011 171 1081 12% 682 3,001 7,503 13,055 5,783 241 1,159 1,588 1,677 - b7O 1,141 434 1,000 6,892 26,211 5.805 3,182 7,2 M 21,241 6,465 34,058 6,426 24,436 62,612 1,703 15,118 19,932 702 10,106 1,212 1,036 29,933 4,114 6,4 4 ' 20,63 9 7,746 31,81° 6 02 0 23,172 52,5q n . 1,527 15,42 1 19,2 2 „ 1 61. FOREIGN: Dutch Rhenish • • ••••..• • • • •• ••„ Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyes •• •• •• Namur and Liege .. • • •• •• Northern of France •• •••• • • •• •••• •• Orleans and Central •• •• •• •• Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen... .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh .............. P.ouen and Havre.. West and North-West of France .... 4,936 8,345 948 3,528 9, 272 78 4 92 8 29,1 48 3,50 4,7 78 7, 274 99 38,881 2,1 61 ...- .3.3;; 0 ---‘ I AN M P.'s " URGENT BUSINESS."—In the House ° f Commons, on Tuesday, Mr. Alexander moved for leave, of absence to M r . B ruen , f or t h ree wee k s, on u r gen t business. Colonel W. Patten said the hon. me mber seeking leave of absence was on the first panel of e lec. tion committees ; and leave of absence ought not, to be given, unless the btkine,3a was really urgent. I under stand (said the bon, member, after the lapse of a feW seconds) that there are very urgent reasons for the 0 10 ' tion. (Laughter.) The hon. member is going to be married. (Loud laughter) The motion was agreed t° ‘urEe a mid s t fba: renewed EwTo,suEn mdu sn T laughter. t.ihee gof — H olloway's eleven Ointment and P ea r chemist of Brighton, states in a letter to Profee" sor Holloway, dated Sept, 1855, that Mrs. Catherine Hudson, of Cavendish-place, in that town, had been suffering for eleven years from an ulcerous wound in the leg, for which she had been under medical treatment at the London and Brighton Dispensaries, but derived 11° benefit therefrom ; the applipation, however, of Hollo way's Ointment, apd the use of Holloway's Pills, ba le effected a perfect ' cure.—Sold by all medicine vendov,° throughout the world ; and at Professor Holloway ° Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden" lane, New York ; by A. Stainpa, Constantinople ; Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 20th inst., at Lee, Kent, Mrs. Freeling J. LEO' rence. - Oa the 19th inst., the wife of Edward Wilmot Seale, jun., Esq., solicitor, of the Priory, Peckham, and BAIA' chambers, Leicester-square. OF A DAIJOUTER, On the 20th inst., at Bruce-grove, Totteuhatn, the wife of Frederick Maples, Esq. On the 20th inst., at Eltham, Kent, the Wife of ThoD Hopkirk, Esq. Sale Band rionett works Wed will be be ebb MARRIED. to o a f ry o A ld nn 18 , 0n tb d. o On the 20th inst., at St. George's, sci., Hanover-square, August Theodor Vehyl, of Frankfort, 31 e s l t d re e e s t t . daughter of Thomas Hookham, E On the 20th inst., at SE. Pancras Church, T. IT. Butler Fellowes, Lieutenant R.N., son of Sir "Tames Fellowes, t ° Constance Fanny, daughter of Charles S. Hanson, Esq. , of Constantinople. DIED, •.0-. At 69, Eaton-place, after a very short illness, Erar nii Lauri, the wife of Charles Viscount Eversley, aged 6 0 '„ On the 19th inst., at Brookman's-park, Hatfield, Her Captain Win. A. C. Gaussen,- of 14th Light Dragoon s ' a g ed 38. On the 13th inst., at Chertsey, Henry Robertson, Esq . ' aged 71. On the 18th inst., at Broadwater Lodge, Sussex, C''P t. .Toltu L. Stringer, late of the Scots Greys, and Hill -lodg e ' Ellinghatn, aged 78. On the 17th inst., Mary, wife of Mr. Geo. Richard6en' of 6 , Dalston-rise, Hackney, late of St. Marylebone aged 79. On the 20th inst., at 9, Eccleston-square, Pimlico, after 17 weeks' of intense suffering, Eli za b e th, th e w ife of FF. Gray, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Yoll o ' o: No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Tice Sun Office, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coun ty of Middlesex, Monday, June 22, 1857. ~~ 1857._ 1856_> 1,066 gagerr take c arc Ice is at p given. 1, 051 2,5-53 7, 283 11, 739 5, 571 9 30 91! 1,24 1 51 1,6 32 56 1 1 '359 9 29 6,0 ,1 23,8 00 5,3 2/ 3,210 racterl , Mornli Stalls i Poly= had at R cess of of Fort 31. Bot The La M will re GALL; at 8. 2s. Is. 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