The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

~IlbE GROWING IN AUSTRALIA. There is nothing more interesting to watch than the changes which have come, or are coming, over the English race in the various regions where it has settled and taken root. Canadians, citizens of the United States, tropical planters, and settlers at the Antipodes have all assumed, or are in process of assuming, their several characters. Climate, insti tutions, occupation, and mode of life, have their share in producing these differences ; but the first is the most potent agent. Americans and Austra lians are Englishmen with a sunny sky. That they should fail to receive more warmth of temperament more quickness of feeling, and perhaps more deli cacy of taste, from the bright light and pure air in which they live would be surprising indeed. But, wide an may be diversities, there are still some ge neral characteristics which never alter. The Anglo- Saxon isalways enterprising, self-reliant, domineer ing over men of any other stock, an indefatigable planter, builder, and trader. These are his great or good qualities. On the other hand, he carries with him one fault to every region of the globe. In temperance in drink is practised as much wider the scorching suns of Southern States, or amid the hot winds of the Australian wilderness, as in ourown moist and foggy atmosphere. Temperance socie ties, teetotal societies, and Maine liquor laws, are unable to eradicate the evil, which lessens only inasmuch as society becomes every day more humane and civilised. It would be a strange thing to find in any part of the world men of our race deserting the ardent alcohol of their fathers for the milder drinks of the European continent. Yet we cannot but think that such a result will be brought about by the lapse of time. Our people may never become as abstemious and as undesirous of stimulating beverages as the Italian or the Orien tal, but it is quite probable that, under the influ ence of a warm climate, their tastes may be con tented with drinks less exciting than those to which they are now accustomed. For instance, the Australians,, our youngest off shoot, are now seriously turning their attention to the culture of the vine, not with the wish to imitate any particular European growth, but as a natural and permanent production of the country. In America the thing has long been talked of, and in certain districts practised ; but the same obstacle to success has intervened as will probl,bly impede the Australian experiment. Wine-growing is the pursuit of a poor and laborious peasantry, content with little, and able to give up their whole time to the culture of a small area. The husbandman and his wife, in a good vineyard, are always watching the shoots, carrying earth up the hillside to re place that which has been washed away by the rain or parched into dust by the sun, clipping, pruning, and digging, and must often be content in the end with a narrow and precarious return. This will not do for a pushing people in an empty country, and wine is not generally grown in the States, simply because the average production is not remunerative at the average price of labour. However, the Aus tralians appear, from the tone of some of news papers, to be sanguine of success. Samples of their wine were sent to the Paris Exhibition, were pronounced excellent, and honoured with a medal. Why, then, should not the pro duction be attempted on a large scale ? Why should Australia be dependent for its beverages on Loudon firms, who send out bottled ale and brandy , more or less genuine at enormeus prices ? Aus tralia produces good wine, which the Australians like so much that it is all bought up, and there is none to be had. In a few years, with enterprise and industry, the country may not only supply itself'with wholesome drink, but make large profits by exporting the surplus to Europe. We are glad to learn that there are farms in New South Wales which actually produce from 15,000 to 20,000 gal lons a year each, and that there is sufficient induce meat for new farmers to invest capital in vine culti vation. It is not impossible, therefore, that the pre sent generation may see our greatest dependency the seat of a great production of the most generous of beverages, and perhaps rivalling France and the Rhineland in the quality and celebrity of its growths. We can well anticipate that a supply of cheap and good wine may change the tastes of the Austra lians, who will find it more pleasant in their almost tropical climate to quaff some Antipodean rival of chainpagne or claret than to heat their blood with exotic ale, porter, and gin. Perhaps, in accord ance with. the custom of Anglo-Saxon colonists, they will transfer the the names of celebrated per sonages or places to their new vineyards, and tbis newest of worlds will have its Clicquot and its Johannisberg. We wish them full and speedy suc cess, not merely for their own sakes but for our own. There can be no doubt that the production of wino, or at least of good wine, in Europe has positively di minithed of late years. The grape disease, in con junction with the unsettled state of the Continent and the deficiency in crops vitally necessary to sub sistence, has limited the supply, and there is no immedia`e prospect of abundance. Even if the cultivation extended, it would probably be unable to keep pace with the increased demand. France and Germany produced nearly as much wine fifty years ago as they do now, and wiYiin that time whole races have come into the circle of wine con sumption. In those days Russia and the United States could hardly be said to exist as wine-drinking cauntries • now they are disposel to ca rr y th e i r taste for this luxury beyond even the old-established countries. Of late years the increase of wealth, - the spread of civilisation, and perhaps of vanity and the desire of display, nave immensely increased the demand for the more delicate wines of all and particularly those of Francee We are, in fact, threatened with a dearth of goad wine at any rea sonable peke. Why, then, should we not hail the prcepect of a supply from the Antipodes Z There is no reason why the bill aides of Victoria and New South Wales should not produce a grape of as ex quisite a flavour as any that ripens from the Rhine to the Atlantic. Geelong and Parama.ita may one day be household words among us. Under the in fluence of high prices and more temperate habits, the importation of foreign wines has greatly de creased wi hin the present generation, and the re duction of duty would confer but little benefit ; but with an increased production of less fiery wines than are at present consumed the question of a more free admission would become worthy of the attention of politicians.—Times. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. The defence offered by Mr. Stapleton to the charges brought against him as Director, and sub sequently as Deputy-Gover nor , r o f ie Royal British Bank, just amounts to this—that he was not an active and conscious participator in that series of abominable frauds and iniquities which has brought ruin and desolation upon so many families. Even if this were true—we say, even if this were true—in what position does he stand be fore bis countrymen? Here is the case of a man of mature years, a member of the bar, a member of Parliament, who by his own free choice--for the sake of adding to his income—takes upon himself the responsibilities of the direction of a large com mercial concern, who allows fifty iniquities to peas unchallenged under his immediate eye, and who, When the crash has come and the ruin has fallen, comes forward to claim a fool's pardon. That is just the plea which Mr. Stapleton endeavours to make out for himself. He was cajoled, deceived ; he had much reason for complaint ; his colleagues kept him in the dark ; he couldn't get at the ac count-books ; he couldn't judge of the value of the securities. This went on for a time, and then we have another phase of the defence. When he became aware of the iniquities which were in course of per petration under his sanction and the sanction of his colleagues, was it for Mr. Stapleton to give the alarm No! The point of honour was to persevere and be true to his companions. He remonstrated, be made propositions which were rejected, but he continued to hold his seat in the direction, and to act even as deputy -governor. Enough was extracted from Mr. Stapleton, although his examination was conducted in a very merciful and tender spirit, to show that for a long time after he knew the bank was hopelessly insolvent he stood by and held his peace, if he did nothing more. Ot course, when somewhat pressed—and he was never very hardly pressed—upon any inconvenient point, he had ready the stereotyped answer, " With regard to that my mind is a perfect blank." It is not the first time in the forensic history of England that . "Non mi ricordo" has been the motto of a witness who feared the consequences to him self of a more direct reply. In all suoh cases, however, the value of the excuse is to be tested by the contrast between the extreme pre cision with which the witness remembers even the most minute facts which can tell in his favour and his utter oblivion of whatsoever may prejudice his own interests. With regard to the latter class of incidents Lethe has passed over his brain, or his back was just turned when something peculiarly strong was in course of concoction. He remembers well, that his back was turned, or that he had just stepped into the next room for a mouthful of lun cheon —he has not forgotten about the luncheon, — and. so on throughout the usual catalogue of shifts and prevarications. The case of Mr. Stapleton isu very bad one in this respect—that be was well aware that his name and position were used . as a lure to attract other victims into the trap, and he made no effort to undeceive either them or the shareholders, not even by the feeble measure of withdrawal. Bit by bit, even according to his own confession, the whole series of rascalities which had been concocted and carried out by 'his ecessors and colleagues was !unfolded b e f or him, but he still persevered—he still continue to lend what- ever of assistance or repute might be derived from • the use - of h -- rs name-to this miseraVe bankrupt concern, when he must have well known that every I The successive day on which its offices were opened for E nn i s the transaction of business was a fresh outrage diffical upon the first principles of morality and C 0 .133111011 honesty. The first incident connected with the manage- . meat of the Bank in which we find him in com pany with his coreagues was the visit to Sir James , Matheson. It will not have been forgotten that Cameron had gone there too' for the express pur pose of securing Sir James's accession to the concern. The letter from Esdaile Cameron, \ which is now famous in the annals of the Royal British Bank, was produced again on Wednesday as proof of the fact. Now, it is not a little re markable that Mr. Stapleton, the newly-made Director, is found at the same time staying on a visit with Sir James ; but "he knew nothing about the letter at the time. He recollected Mr. Esdaile coming to him, and telling him that Mr. Cameron hoped he would induce Sir James Matheson to join the Bank, and to become its chairman, and he quite laughed at the idea, as he knew that Sir James only came to town to attend Parliament." We will, however, grant that Mr. Stapleton may have only been made a cat's-paw of on this occasion, and that he had not at that time been initiated into the impure secrets of the Royal British Bank, and the more recondite mysteries of the green ledger. It appear, however, that somewhere about the middle of Oc tober uneasiness was felt even among the Directors as to their financial condition. They met and talked matters over, but Mr. Stapleton had just stepped out to luncheon, or sometbirg of that sort. The book showing the state of their account at the Bank of England was on the table, but he never looked at it. In November the state of Mr. Humphry Brown's account was brought under Mr. Stapleton's notice. " That rather startled and alarmed him," but he did nothing. Mr. Brown had promised that he would see to the matter when he came to town, and upon this satisfactory assurance Mr. Stapleton rested content. Did he take any pains to inquire into the real position of the ships which had been mortgaged to the Bank ? Oh, dear, no ! "How could he inquire ?" "By searching the re gister." "He never did that." This gentleman, a barrister of some 17 years' standing, a man of ma ture years, who had voluntarily, and for the sake of gain, taken upon himself the responsible office of Director of a - Bank, did not even know how to assure himself of the value of property which had been mortgaged to the concern ! Mr. Stapleton's next noticeable act was to sign the certificate to the Board of Trade which repre sented—we know now with how much truth—that the 30,000 shares had been completed and the 501. paid up. Then advances had been made to the ex tent of 190,0001. to Mr. Brown, to Mr. De Tape, and Mr. Rigby, and upon the Welsh mines. This being the state of affairs upon the 31st December, Mr. Stapleton was quite surprised to hear from Mr. Linklater's mouth, for the first time, that the total provision made on the day named for bad debts was just 3391. 17s. The sth of February was a memor able day with Mr. Stapleton ; he then, despite of all he knew and_ all he suspected, accepted the office of Deputy-Governor. Then the green ledger was no longer a sealed book to him, and be ascer tained the state of Cameron's account, but still he held on. Then be became aware of the state of Mr. Oliver's account—still he held on ; then of Mr. M'Gregor's account—still he held on. Mr. Staple ton, it seems, was net without certain feelings of self-complaCency as to his knowledge of banking affairs all this time, for he thus remarks upon the conduct of a very wise person named Blacker, who refused to take up shares which had been allotted to him :—" Mr. Blacker was a very nervous man, and I did not consider him a good judge of banking affairs." Then there was the attempt to draiDeputy Dakin into the filth ; proceedings were contem plated against him ; and all this time Mr. Stapleton was actively engaged at the board. Then it was de termined to pay a dividend upon the supposed pro fits of this miserable bankrupt imposture, and again Mr. Stapleton was a party to the resolution. We ha.v'e not space to run even in a cursory manner through all the particulars of this disgraceful story, as brought out in the course of Mr. Stapleton's examination on Wednesday last, but we cannot dis miss it without a slight allusion to the closing act of all, for which the Deputy-Governor must take his fair share of responsibility. This act was a negotiation with the London and Paris Bank. The Royal British Bank, ruined and insolvent as its Directors and its Deputy-Governor well knew it to be, was to make a loan to the Lon don and Paris Bank. Mr. Linklater put this ques tion to Mr. Stapleton—" Was not that loan by the Royal British Bank to be placed to the credit of the account of the London and Pat is Bank, itiorder that they might go for their charter, and say that the capital had been paid up I—Mr. Stapleton ulti mately admitted that it wan." This moat vile and scandalous imposture was the fitting close to the proceedings of the Royal British Bank. It is, if we remember the story aright, a misstatement on Mr. Stapleton's part when he says, " The run on our Bank came, and the two Banks went down to gether." Our recollection of the matter is, that the London and Paris Bank never got beyond the stage of inception, and never transacted business at all, the shareholders retiring in time from such rotten ground. Be this, however, as it may, can any. candid and unprejudiced person read this simple statement, as taken from his own lips, of the proceedings to which Mr. Stapleton was a party, and hold him to be in a position one whit bettor either than Mr. Esdaile or Mr. Pellatt ? •For the first part of the res gestcr which occurred after he joined the Direction he asks for a fool's pardon ; but we maintain that even this cannot be conceded to him. Any professional man—let us say any surgeon—is bound to bring to his business a cer tain reasonable amount of skill, failing which he will be made answerable for any calamities which may ensue. Is the Director of a Bank to be the sole exception to this salutary rule ? There came, however, a period in which Mr. Stapleton admits that he was well acquainted with the true state of affairs, but still he persevered. Ruin to others and dishonour to themselves were the consequences of whet be and his colleagues were about, but they held on their path and made no sign. Mr, Staple' on now represents Berwick in the House of Commons.—Times. MEMBERS RETURNED FOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of the members rcii turned by English and Welsh counties and Irish and Scotch constituencies, arranged according to their gene• rat political opinions. Radicals are included among the Liberals, and the members of the " Irish Independent party " are ranked as they usually vote—with the Conservatives. The late members who have been de feated, or have not presented themselves for re-election, are marked in Italics : SURREY, WEST. Mr. Briscoe ... ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Liberal. Conservative. ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bulkeley BEDFORDSHIRE. • Mr. F. H. Russell Col. Gilpin BERKSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer Hon. E. P. Bouverio Mr. G. H. Vansit+.art Lord Barrington (C.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey ... BUCKS. Right Hon. B. Disraeli Mr. Caledon George du Pro ... Hon. C. C. Cavendish • ..• CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Hon. E. T. Yorke ... Mr. E. Ball Mr. Adeane .•• Lord G. Manners (C.) CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones ... Mr. D. S. Davies CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. D. G. Pennant CHE SHIRE, NORTH. Mr. W. T. Egerton ... Mr. G. C. Legh CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemache Sir P. Egerton ... CORNWALL, EAST. Mr. Robartes Mr. Kendall ... CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. M. Williams Mr. Davey ... , CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W.,G. Howard Mr. C. Marshall CUMBERLAND, WEST. General Wyndham Captain Lowther Mr. Irton (C.) DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel Biddulph Sir W. W. Wynn , DERBYSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Thornhill Hon. G. Cavendish DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Evans Mr. Colville Mr. Mundy (C.) DEVONSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Buller Hon. C. Trefusis Sir T. Acland (C.) Col. Buck (C.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Boller • Mr. Palk ... DORSETSHIRE. Mr. Portman Mr. Ker Seymer . Mr. Stud . Floor (C.) DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest ... Mr. R. D. Shafto DURHAM, SOUTH. Mr. Pease ... Lord H. Vase Mr. Farrer (C.) ESSEX, NORTH. Hon. W. Beresford Mr. Du Cane .. Sir John Tyrrell (C.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Bramston Mr. Wingfield ... Sir TV. B. Smijth (C.) FLINTS HIRE. Hon. T. E. L. Mostyn... GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mr. C. H. Talbot Mr. H. Vivian Sir G. Tyler (C.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford Sir C W. Codrington GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Bolt . . Colonel Kingscote Mr. R. B. Hall (C.) HANTS, NORTH Mr. 'Beach Mr. Sclater Mr. Portal (C.) Viscount Eversley (L.) HANTS, SOUTH. Hon. R. Dutton Sir J. Jervoise Lord TV. Cholmondeley (a) H. C Compton (C.) HEREFORDSHIRE. $ Sir H. G. Cotterell Mr. ElakemOTO••• ••• Mr. K. King ... Hon. C. Hanbury (C.) HERTFO K DSHIRE. Sir H. Me= Sir E. B. Lytton Mr. C. Puller ••• 'Mr. Abel Smith, jun. (C.) HUNTINGDONSHIRE. ... .1110 1 1111. 0 1 ~, 0 0.11 ... 0 ... 1 ••• 0011 ..0 0 ile• 1 ... 1 ... 0 11.. 0 gg. 1 ... ~; 1 o 1 •.• o 1 ... 1 0 ••• ... 0 ... 1 ..• ••• 0 ... ••• 1 ..: 9 ... .e. 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 0 1 ..• 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ••• ••• 0 ... 1 ••• ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 0.• ... 0 ... 1 1 0 ••• ••• ••• .;; 1 0 1 0 ,•• 046 1 ... 0 •• ••• 0 go. 1 09. .11 0 ... 1 1.... ... 1 ... 0 ... ... 0 1 Lord Fyffe ... BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott ... BUTESEHRE. . ... 1 .. 0 ... 1 ... 0 ••• ••• •.• 1 0 ••• 7 -- 0 1 ••• •.. ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• 0 ... 1 0 • • • 1 A ... 0 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 A ... 1 1 ... 0 1 ••• ••• ••• ... ••• 1 ... 0 ••• 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 ••• ••• ..• 0 1 ••• .. 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 GREENOCK. I ... • ~. ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 0 1 •.• 1 - ... 0 ... ••• ••• 0 0 ••• ..: 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 0•11 1 ... 0 "4. 0 ~. 1 go. , 0 lb" 1 •.• 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 ~, 1 .., 0 Mr. Rust . Mr. J. M. Heathcoto Double j Mr. Fellowes returnl KENT EAST. Sir B. Bridges Sir E. Dering Mr. Deedes (C.) KENT, WEST. Mr. W. Martin... Mr. Whatman —AI. Smith. (C.) LANCASIIIRE, NORTH. Col. J. Patten ... Lord Cavendish Mr. J. Heywood (L.) LANCASHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. W. Brown Mr. Cheotham LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH. Lord J. Manners Mr. Farnham ... LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Curzon „, Mr. Puke Sir 11. Halford (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. B. Stanhope Sir Montague Cholmelsy Air. R. 11. _Nisbet (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Trollope Mr. Wilson .. Lord Burghley (C.) MERIONETHSHIRE. Mr. W. W. E. Wynne... MIDDLESEX. Lord R. Grosvenor Mr. R. Hanbury, jun. B. Osborne (L.) MONMOUTHSHIRE. Mr. C. 0. S. Morgan Lieut.-Col. E. A. Somerset MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Lieut.-Col. H. W. W. Wynn ... NORFOLK, EAST. Sir E. N. Buxton ... General Wyndham Sir H. Stracey (C.) —lf. N. Burrough.cs (C.) NORFOLK, WEST. Mr. H. Bentinck Mr. B. Gurdon... Mr. Bagge (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTH. ( Lord. Burghley Mr. A. Stafford Mr .Maunsell (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Althorp Mr. Knightley Col. Vyse (C.) NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH. Lord. Lovaine Lord Ossulston... . . NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTH. Mr. W. B. Beaumont... Hone II •G. Liddell ... NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTH. Lord R. Clinton Mr. J. F. Denison ... Lord H. Bentinck (C.) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Newark ... Mr. W. H. Barrow ... OXFORDSHIRE. Right Hon. J. W. Henley Mr. G. V. Harcourt Colonel North PEMBROKESHIRE, Viscount Enalyn RADNORSHIRE. Sir J. B. Walsh RUTLANDSHIRE. Hon. G. J. Heathcote . Hon. G. J. Noel SHROPSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Mr. Hill .•• ••• Mr. W. Gore (C.) SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Newport • Hon. R. W. Clive • • SOMERSETSHIRE, EAST. Mr. . Mil es Col. Knat ch b ull • • *• • SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Moody Mr. H. Langton STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH, Mr. Adderley Mr. Child STAFFORDSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Foley Mr. Forster Hon. B. L4neto n Earl of Uxbridge (L.) SUFFOLK, 'W EST. Capt. Bennet Mr. Waddington o 1 ... o ... 1 O ... 1 .•• ••• 0 ... 1 PERTHSHIRE. ... .... 0 410.. 1 RENFREWSHIRE. • 4191 ... 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ... 041. 0 ... 1 •00 1 ... 0 ... ... 1 0 ... 1 ... 0 0 1 ... 0 ... 1 o ... 1 • ell • 1 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. ••• 0 ... 1 ••• 1 ••• 0 TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Mlles Receipts. opened. - NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. • 1857. 1856 BRITISH. 115 Aberdeen .................... 65 Belfast and Ballymena •• ••••••• • •• •• 1,142 908 17 Belfast and County Down .... ••• • .. 242 241 3 3 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,587 2,131 26 % Bolton,Blackhurn,and West York • • 949 881 117 Bristol and Exeter ••• • .. 5 ,967 6,223 198 3( ............ 12,460 11,794 94; Chester and ..............5,103 • • 5 ,103 4.828 6 36 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •-• 185 157 20 Cork and Bandon 285 '271 56 Dublin and BelfastJ unction •• .. • • 1,049 1,053 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. - ... • ..... 1,428 1,337 40M, I Dublin and Kingstown .........• .... 1,539 1,318 16% Dundee and Arbroath ...... •• ••.. • • 489 456 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 947 1,017 3G Dundalk and Enniskillen ••..••• • • • • . 433 334 67% East Anglian.... 98 East Lancashire...... • • • . 5,993 3,415 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk •••• 3. 23,197 22,247 Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... ........ 5.299 5,379 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...-. 5,960 5,554 6 Exeter and Credit0n................ - 22 Furness Railway •• •• •• . • •• 183% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 6 ..318 6,194 28 3 Great Northern.- .. .......... 21,924 21,826 203 % Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,949 6 ,8 6 9 452 Great Western .. •• 25% Irish South Eastern ••• • • • •• •• 335 237 9 0 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • ...... 5,512 5.210 286% Lancashire and Yorkshire •. • ... 21,898 21,131 - Leeds Northern ••• •••••• • • •• • • - 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - 637 London and North Western ......... 59,019 38,256 5% London and 1,272 1,329 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,030 11,957 277 London and South We5tern......... 13,790 13,585 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen .......: 729 623 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - 173% Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 9,214 8,731 9% Manchester and Soath Junction."... 769 698 28 MarypOrt and Carlisle •.........., 505 Midland •••••-•• • • • • • • • • .......... 30,190 29,802 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) .... •• 3,623 3,066 52 Monklands •• •• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 1,518 1,225 78% Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. 3,262 3,378 149 North British ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 4,590 4,699 233 North Staffordshire ••••.••• • • • • • • • • 6,979 7,181 47 North-Western • • •••••••• • • • • • • •• 953 864 87% Scottish Central •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • - 6 I ' l2 5 - 32 . Scottish Midland •••••• • • • • • • - 29 % Shrewsbury and Birmingham 1,64 7s' 48 Shrewsbury and Chester 2,954 2 30 Shropshire Union .. •••••• • • • • • • •"' 809 57% South Devon .•• •• ••.••••• •• •• • • '574 2,373 15 2 162 16,131 301 South Eastern• • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• ' 171 % South Wales .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 6,448 5,858 108 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • 2,4,5 2,039 39 Taff Vale • . 36 Ulster •• • 1,212 1,002 1,465 1,349 77 Waterford and Limerick •••• • • • • 27 % West Cornwall ...... „„. ....... 574 6 5 3 12 ' Whitelaaven Junction .•••••• •• •• •• 44 317 6 8 2 York and N ewcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - 10') Dutch Rhenish . YOZEIGN: ... • • 2,110 2,308 341 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 26,826 18,168 63 afontereau and Troyes •.........•••• - - Namur and Liege .. •• •• • • •• •• 43684567 poNppraaraolrisrireitasehnanaae Orleans nn and n o sr,Rd l yor k eoua ' r pese a nsbn n u rt. Central 38,0 - 85 33, 7 - 74 40,1:25 28,1312 - Rouen and Havre............... Western of Franco ••• • •• •• • ••• ... 0 ... 1 0 ~, 1 0 11. 1 .. ... 1 ~. 0 11611 1 •• 0 ... o ... 1 0 ... 1 0 se• 1 ••• 1 •e. 0 ••• 1 •Ii• 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ... .. 0 .. • • . 0 01* 1 • •• • • • 0 4 4. 1 . o . ... 1 .., 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... a gee 1 ... 0 91111 1 ••• 1 0441 0 ... 0 4.0 1 see 0 IMP 1 ... 1 ••• 0 ••• 0 WIG 1 ••• 0 .... 1 ... • «. 1 ... 0 .•• 1 •.• 0 •.• 1 elle ... 0 ... 1 . r • SOO 0 ••• 1 ••• 1 ••• • ... ... 0 .„ 1 0 1 ••• ISO •99 6.. 0 •10 1 ... 0 ... 1 .., 0 ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 9,11 0 ••• 1 Mr. Fitzgerald *" ENNISKILLEN, Mr. Whiteside FERMANAGH. *** Captain Arehdall Hon. A. H. Oele GALWAY, Lord Dankellin Mr. O'Flahorty.,. ... 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 SHAKSPERIAN READINGS. On Wednesday evening Mr. Creswick, of the Surrey Theatre, gave the first of two readings of Shakspere, which he has announced for this week, at St. Martin'►-hall. The play selected for the reading on this occasion was "Hamlet." There was a fair audience, who listened with marked interest, and applauded with discrimination. Mr, Creswick reads King Lear" this evening. ... 0 .., 1 ... •.• ... 1 0 _ :: : 1 II :II • ... 1 ornE SUN, LONDON', Sti'IIURDAY EVENING, APRIL - 11, 1857, Liberal. Conservative. SUFFOLK, EAST. Lord Henniker... •.• ..• S'r F. Kelly ... ••• SURREY, EAST. Mr. Locke King ••• Mr. Alcock ••• Mr. H. Drummond Evelyn (C.) SUSSEX, EAST. Mr. Dodson r , Lord Pevensey Fuller (C.) SUSSEX, WEST. Earl of March ... . Capt. Wyndham ... ... WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Spooner ... ..• Mr. Newdegate WARWICKSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. E. P. Shirley ... Mr. B. King ... Lord Guernsey (CO WESTMORELAND. Earl of &active Col. Lowther WIGHT, ISLE OF. Mr. Clifford Col. P. V. Harcourt (C.) WILTS, NORTH. Mr. Long Mr. T. H. S. Estcourt ... WILTS, SOUTH. Mr. S. Herbert ... • •• Mr. W. Wyndham ... WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). Captain Hon. G. Rnshont ,• Mr. J. H. Foley ... WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Lord Elmley Mr. Knight ... YORKSHIRE, EAST. L6rd Hotham Hon. Capt. A. Dtincombo YORKSHIRE, NORTH. • Hen. 0. Duneombe Mr. Cayley YORKSHIRE, WEST Lord Goderieh Mr. B. Denison ... Mr. Cobden (L.) SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Col. Sykes Mr. 0. Thompson (L.) ABERDEENSHIRE. Lord Haddo ARGYLESHIRE. Mr. Finlay Sir A. Campbell (C.) AYR BURGHS. Mr. Craufurd ... AYRSHIRE. Lord J. Stuart ... Sir J. Ferguson (C.) BANFFSHIRE. Mr. J. A. S. Wortley ... CAITHNESS-SHIRE. Mr. Traill .04 .., CLACKMANNAN. Viscount Melgund Mr J. Johnstone (C.) DUMBARTONSHIRE. Sniollett DUMFRIES. Mr. W. Ewart DUMFRIESSHIRE. Mr. H. Johnstone DUNDEE. , Sir J. Ogilvy ... Mr. G Duncan (L.) EDINBURGH. Mr. Cowan ... Mr. Black . EDINBURGH (COUNTY). Earl of D s alkeith ELGIN BURGHS. Mr. Duff ELGINSHIRE. Mr. C. Bruce FALKIRK. Mr. J. Merry Mr..l. Baird (C.) FIFESHIRE. Mr. J. Fergus FORFARS H I RE. Lord Duncan ... GLASGOW. Mr. Buchanan... Mr. Dalgleish ... ... ... Alex. Hastie (L.) Mr. A. Dunlop HADDINGTON. Sir T. H. Davie ... HADDINGTONSHIRE. Lord Elcho . . INVERNESS BOROU GH. Mr. A. Matheson ... INVERNESS (COUNTY). Mr. Baillie KILMARNOCK. • - Hon. E. Bouverie KINCARDINESHIRE. Gen. Arbuthnot ... KIRKALDY., Lient.-Col. Ferguson KIRKCUDBRIGHT. Mr. Mackie, jun. Mr. Mackie, 801. (L.) LANARKSHIRE. Sir E. Colebroko B. Cochrane (C.) LEITH. Mr. J. Monerieff UNLIT , IGOWSHIRE. Mr. G. Dundas ... MONTROSE. Mr. Baxter ••• ..• ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. Mr. Dundas PAISLEY. Mr. Archd. Hutto ... PEEBLES MIRE Sir G. Montgomery PERTH. Hon. A. Kinnaird ... Mr. W. Stirling ... Sir M. S. Stewart ... ROSS AND CROMARTY. Sir J. Mattheson ... ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot ... SELKIRKSHIRE. Mr. A. E. Lockhart ... ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. ... STIRLING. Sir J. Anderson ... STIRLINGSHIRE. Mr. Blackburn... ... SUTHERLANDSHLRE. Marquis of Stafford WIOTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar Sir J. 31`Taggart (L.) WIGTONSHIRE. Sir A. Agnew WICK. Lord J. Hay ... ... BERWICK. Mr. Stapleton .. 1 0 . ••• ••• ••• Mr. 1). C. Marjoriballks ... 1 ••• 0 Mr. J. Forster (li.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller .„ ,„ Mr. J. W. Bond (C.) ARMAGH, COUNTY. Sir W. Veruer Mr. C.oso .A,THLONE.' ... 0 /111 1 190 0 0 . • 1 940 O • • ••• ••• ••• P9 0 900 1 git Mr. Ennis „. Hon. Capt. Itane lock.(o.) BANDON, Capt. Bernard „. BELFAST. Mr. Cairns Mr, Davison CARLOW, Mr. J. Alexander CARLOW, COUNTY. Mr. Bruen „. Captain Banbury .1, Ball (4) CARRICKFERGUS, Mr, Dobbs . 2 , Major Cotton CASHEL Sir T. O'Brion:„. CLONMEL, Mr, BagiveU COLERAJNE, Mr. Boyd . Lord Kam (04 CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan Mr, Beal - 1118h „. I CORK, COUNTY, Mr. Deasy ... Mr, Macarthy V. Scully. DONEGAL, COUNTY. I Major Conolly Sir E. Hayes i... DQWNPATRICK, Mr. R. Key .., DROGHEDA. Mr. M'Cann DUBLIN (CITY), Mr. Grogan „, Mr. Vance DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier .„ Mr. G. A. Hamilton, 2.• DUNDALK. Mr. Bowyer „, DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox DUNGARVON. Mr. Maguire ~. ENNIS. 1 ~. 0 .11/ ..• 0 ... 1 elf et, 910 0 •11 911 0 .t, A Vet 1 •9 0 1 11 OP 0 ••• Ile• 0 ~. 1 ►, 0 , ►►• tilt 1 .$ll . 0 its 1 ... 0 111 0 ~. 1 1 5.9 0 Ike. .19 ". ..., 1 .I , Se 0 'lt 4.9 1 ..• 0 /II 11, / ... 0 M •19 0 ... 1 11, 9 , 1 0 it• 1 919 0 ... 1 ?ft 1 It, 0 tll 1., 0 ... 1 ", M 9 ••• 1 g. •11 0 ... 1 ~. 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 VII fit 0 111 1 got efl 0 119 1 ft! / •'• 0 •!, ! 0 go. 1 ", n ~. 1 •,• •.. 1 :.. , e • ... 0 v. 1,, 1 ... 0 Mr. Blake (L.) GALWAY, COUNTY. Sir T. Burko Mr. Gregory ... KERRY, Mr. Bellew (L.) COUNTY. Hon. Arthur Herbert... Right Hon. Viscount Gaetleroase 910 ... 1 0 .re ... 1 i ... a 1 ... q KILDARE, COUNTY. Mr. Hcnchy --Mr Cogan KILKENNY BOROUGH. Mr. Sullivan KINSALE, Mr. J. I. Heard ... LIMERICK (CITY). Mr. F. W. Russell - Sergeant O'Brien ... LIMERICK, COUNTY. Mr. Mousell Mr. De Vere LISBURN. Mr. Richardson ••• ••• LONDONDERRY (CITY). Sir R. Ferguson ... LONDONDERRY, COUNTY. Mr. Clark Mr. Greer ... gaptain Tones (C.) Captain Bateson (C.) LOUTH, COUNTY. Mr. C. S. Fortescue Mr. M'Clintock ••• T. Kennedy (L.) MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys MAYO, COUNTY. G. H. Moore Capt. Palmer MEATH, COUNTY. Major Connolly Mr. M'Evoy - Corbally (L.) MONAGHAN, COUNTY. Sir G. Forster Mr. C. P. Leslio NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham NEWRY. Mr "Kirk ... PORTARLINGTON. Col. Darner „, Col. Dunne (C.) QUEEN'S COUNTY. Sir C. Cooto Mr. Dunne ROSCOMMON, COUNTY. Mr. Grace Col. French SLIGO, BOROUGH. Mr. J. P. Somers ... tls r. T. Wynne (C.) SLIGO, COUNTY. Sir R. G. Booth Mr. E. J. Cooper Mr. Swift (L.) TRALEE. Captain D. O'Connell ... TYRONE, COUNTY. Lord C. Hamilton Mr. T. L. Corry ••• •.• WATERFORD, CITY. Mr. Blake Mr. Hassard Mr. Meagher (L.) Mr. Keatinge (L.) WATERFORD, COUNTY. Mr. Power Mr. Esmond() WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Mogan Sir R. Levinge Mr. P. Urquhart (L,) WEXFORD (BOROUGH). Mr. J. Devereux WEXFORD, COUNTY. Mr. P. Mahon Mr. J. George ... YOUGHAL. Mr. I. Butt ... ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. On Wednesday, at Kirkwall, Mr. J. BAILLIE pro posed, and Mr. SANGER seconded, the nomination of Mr. Dandas. There being no other candidate, Mr. Dundas was declared duly elected. In returning thanks the hon. gentleman defended the policy of Lord Palmerston, and declared himself a progressive reformer. WICK BIJRGHB. At Dingwall yesterday Lord John Hayhad a majority of 59 ; at Dornoch. a majority of 15 ; at Tain, at 2 o'clock, a majority of 29. At Kirkwall, Mr. Shaw bad at 2 o'clock a majority of 20. At Wick the numbers uncertain, but the return of Lord J. Hay secure. CORK (COUNTY). Deasy .. ... • ... Macarthy Scully ... ... 6,788 ~. 6,265 ... 2,852 GALWAY—CLOSE O➢' THE POLL. Sir T. Burke ... ....1,531 Mr. Gregory .. ...1,215 Mr. Bellew • 808 The return from Clifden not included. KILKENNY (COUNTY)—SECOND DAY. Ellie ... 1,088 . Green Shea ... ... ... ... 681 Mostyn ••• ••• ... 588 WICKLOW (COUNTY). The nomination passed off peaceably. Lord MILTON denied there was any coalition between himself and Captain Monck, and said that his tenants would vote as they pleased. Mr. H. CABROW proposed, and Mr. A. BURN seconded, the nomination of Lo►d Milton. Mr. W. WESTBRAY proposed, and Mr. G. HUDSON seconded, Mr. W. F. Hume. Mr. W. H. CAGAN proposed, and Mr. LATOUCHE seconded, Captain Monck. The show of hands was in favour of Lord Milton and Captain Monck. A poll was demanded by the other candidate. KING'S COUNTY.—A rumour is current that Mr. Ken nedy, who was defeated in Louth, is about to stand for this county with Bland and 0' rien. MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (From the London Gazette of last evening.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 7. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April. County of York, East ,Riding The Right Hon. Beaumont, Lord Hothain ; the Hon. Arthur Dan combo. North Riding —The Hon. Octavius Duncombe ; Edward Hillingfieet Cayley, E-q, West Riding—Edmund Denison, Esq. ; George Fre derick Samuel Robinson, commonly called Viscount Goderich. County of Somerset, Eastern Division William Miles, of Leigh-court, Somersetshire, Esq. ; William Francis KnatChbuil, of Babington, Somersetshire, Esq. 'Western Division— Charles Aaron Moody, of Kings don, Somersetshire, Esq. ; William Henry Powell Gore Langtou, of Hatch Beauchamp, Sornersetsbire, E iq. APRIL 8. County of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey—James Banks Stanhope, of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, Esq. ; Sir John Montague John Cholmeley, of Naton-place, Lin colnshire, Bart. Parts of Kesteven and Holland—The Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, of Casewick, Lincolnshire, Bart. ; An thony Wilson, of South Ranceby, Lincolnshire, Eq. , County of Lanark—Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, sa. t., of Crawford. City of Glasgow—Walter Buchanan ; Robert Dal glish, MereLants, in Glasgow. County of Se t :thampton, Northern Division—William Wither Brametun LlPach, of Oakely Hall, Hampshire, Esq. ; George Sclater, of Hoddington House, Hamp shire, Esq, Southern Di vision—Thellou, Ralph Heneage Dutton, of Timsbury Manor, Hampshire ; Sir Jervoise Clarke Jervoise, of Idsworth Park, Bart. County Palatine of Durh am, Northern Division— Esq. ; the Hon. Frederick Robert Duncombe Shaft o, Adolphus Charles William Vane ,Tempest, commonly called Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, Southern Division —Henry Pease ; Harry George Vane, commonly called Lord Harry Vane. Town of Southampton—Brodie al"abie Wilcox, of Pertman•equare, Middlesex, Esq. ; Thomas Matthias Weguelin, of Geldings, Hertfordshire, Esq. • Aram 9. county of Chester, Northern Division—William Jatton qe rton, Esq. ; George Cornwall Legh, Esq. -pa. e . k Cheshire, Bart. ; John Tullemache, ivision—Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Eger ton,Southein —The Right Hon. Robert of Oulton Cheshire, Esq. of Peckforton Castle, ' County of Lord Robert Grosvenor ; Grosvenor, commonly called . Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq. SERIOUS OMNIBUS ACOIDENT.—On Saturn 'M night last a serious accident occurred in Union-street, Ply mouth. An omnibus belonging to Mr. Moorshead, of Devonport, drawn by two horses, was in front of the railway station, waiting for the 9 o'clock down train, when, after four passengers, a lady and three gentlemen, had taken their seats, the animals took fright, and ran down the road at a frightful pace. On getting into Union street, being unable to turn under the bridge, they ran direct across the road, and came into collision with Tucker's eating-house, the violence tieing such that one of the horses was Idled on the spot, the ;ore -carriage of the omnibus was smashed, and considerable; damage was done to the premises. The second horse was thivea into the passage, and thus escaped the fate of the °the:- The passengers m e t w ith a sev ere shcck, being violently thrown one against the other, although the injuries sus tained were confined to a few bruises. grea MAN AND NATURE. —Thinking ter than man is nature. Amidst the vast snowy solitudes which stretch away among the topmost Alpine peaks—or traversing the Gorner Glacier, with the Matterhorn rising in un clouded splendour against the transparent blackness of the upper sky, like an altar raised by a giant to his God —or listening to the voice of a glacier river as it teaches the ccorulean depths of a mighty crevasse or standing on the Monte Moro when the clouds now rest thousands of feet below upon the Italian plain, leaving unveiled all the queenly beauties of Monte Rosa, now sweep up like mighty eagles, and nestle a midst her highest crags—man feels, with awful joy, his sovereignty over matter. Atom as he is, his will is greater than these brute forces ; and as he rises thesis, h?, sLail(.3 Isatare, L.ke the o ld god protons, strives to terrify her assailants, but yields her secrets if she be held fast and questioned.—West minster Review. avat and Itliittaty in,tegigenoe. Transit iron steam troopship, Commander Chambers, was got into dock with much ty on Thursday afternoon, but the water did not clear out in time to enable any accurate re port to be made on the disaster that evening. On inspecting the ship when the dock was empty a hole about the size of a dinner plate, though more jagged than circular, showed itself, through whichthe water streamed in a fierce current ; the hole is at the dis tance of the second sheet of iron from the keel on the starboard side just before the foremast. This hole has been made, it is now discovered, by the Transit's own anchor running into her, but which part is not known—it is believed tobe the fluke; the stock was carried away,• it is supposed by the weight of the ship resting upon it, as her bottom is rubbed bright about the length of the stock. This seems feasible, as the anchor was almost "up and down," owing to the shallowness of th e wa ter she brought up in. When she anchored off Yar mouth (Isle of Wight) she had only five fathoms of water under her herself drawing at the time nearly 25 feet ! The disaster must have happened on the morning of Wednesday, about 5 o'clock, whereas the ,vessel anchored about 6 o'clock on the previous night. The engineer was the first to discover the accident by going down into the engine-room, when he found himself up to his waist in water ; the alarm was then given and three pumps set to work ; the troops were all got aft so as to lighten the pressure forward, and, finding that the leakage did not de crease, the vessel was put about for Spithead and Portsmouth harbour, which] she reached in safety and without assistance. The troops and baggage were immediately transferred to the Bellerophon, and hands from the Excellent and Marine Artillery barracks set to work forthwith to pump to keep tier afloat and to get out the ammunition and stores. All her !powder is damaged, sugar and peas spoilt, flour and oatmeal damaged, and all other matters under water. The men employed were up to their necks in water in getting the ammunition out of the fore magazine. The bread being stowed aft has not suffered like the other provisions, which were stowed forward. The Transit owes her safety to having seven different water-tight compartments, so that the water did not get aft. Blacksmiths and shipwrights were put upon her immediately the water was out of the dock, and worked upon her all the night of Thursday, and by 11 o'clock yesterday morning the external damage was repaired and water let into the dock to ascertain if she was watertight, and, this proving all right, ; she was got out of dock and into the steam basin. • A. court of inquiry on the commander master, and officer of the watch w a s h e ld yes t er d ay b y Admiral- Superintendent Martin at his office, but which, being a closed court, we cannot report. It is expected, however, to be merely preliminary to all open court martial, when all the facts will be laid before the public. It is a singular but discreditable fact that the whole family to which the Transit belongs—the Ur gent, Perseverance, Assistance, &c., never put to sea since they were admitted into the fleet without some disaster. The peculiar manner in which the Perseverance made her debut in the service—by " turning turtle" in Woolwich basin—our naval readers doubtless remember. Col. H. Jervis, commanding the Provisional Bat talion at Chatham, has received an order from the War-office directing the two-company depot of the 26th Cameronians to be held in readiness to pro ceed to Walmer, for the purpose of joining the de pot battalions at that station, under the command of Col. H. Eyre. The non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the depot of the St. Helena Regiment at the Provisional Battalion are also to be held in readiness to embark, to join the head quarters of their corps. Nearly 100 volunteers have arrived at Chatham garrison for the St. Helena Regiment, which is now raised to its required esta blishment. The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ramsay, from the West Indies, last from Ports mouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, and went into Hamoaze on Thursday. The screw steamship3Nile, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, discharged her powder on Tuesday in Ply mouth Sound. The paddle-wheel steamsloop, Styx, 6, made a experimental trip from Plymouth Sound round the Eddystone on Tuesday. The troopship Belleisle, 6, having been masted, was taken into the basin-dock at Devonpoit, on Thursday, andwill be placed in the dry dock to-day. The Turkish ship Payki Zaffir will be removed from the dock at De - Vonport on Tuesday, and will be masted on Wednesday. The Miranda, 15 guns, screw steamship, Captain R. Hall, was inspected at the Little Nore on Thurs day afternoon by Captain Lord F. Kerr,/in com mand of the flagship Waterloo. The crew, after being mustered, were put through evolutions by Capt. Hall. Lord Frederick inspected the Miranda between decks, and appeared highly gratified with the state a the ship throughout, as well as the ge neral appearance of the ship's company. The Agamemnon, 91, screw two-decker, is to be commissioned and fitted forthwith. It is already well known that the American Government have been equally desirous with the "mother country" to establish telegraphic communication between the two nations. The American Government have or dered the most powerful ship in the United States service, the Niagara, to be employed on so impor tant an occasion, and the English Government have also appointed the most useful ship for such purpose to receive on board 1,300 miles of the telegraphic cable to meet the Niagara half way between Ireland and America. The construction of the Agamemnon, with her engines aft, renders herpeculiarly adapted for such a purpose, and she will be rigged forth with as a fifth rate. The Princess Royal, 104, is to be fitted as a re ceiving ship for China. She is to be completed with all possible despatch. The Himalaya, 6, troop frigate, will , not embark troops until Thursday next, the 16th. ANNAII HANSON, TILE DWARFISH MISER, AGAIN. On Thursday evening, at the Lambeth Police-court, while the Hon. G. C. Norton was disposing of the last case en the list of remands, the proceedings were obliged to be suspended for some moments by the loud shrill and piercing exclamations of " No, Mr. Cook, I don't pay a single farden of the money," repeated in rapid succession in the passage, and immediately Hannah Hanson, the dwarfish beggar-miser, was ushered into the dock by Cook, the gaoler. The interruption was so great that Vie magistrate was obliged to call out to have the "old witch" removed. Soon after, however, she was again p'a:ed at the bar, when Mr. Norton, addressing her, said V - at on the day before he underitood that the 701. taken from her person at Horsemonger•lane Gaol was in gold, hut had since ascertained that it was a bank deposit book, by which it appeared she had 701. lodged at the bank. I now wish to know, said his worship, whether you choose to pay 51., or go to the House of Correction for two months. Prisoner—l'll go to prison ; I shan't pay a far den. (Laughter.) The boys pelted me with stones, and it was a cruel thing to swear falsely agin me. I'm quite innocent, that I am, your worship. Mr. Norton—l cannot believe that. Two exceedingly in'elligent and sharp little boys swore distinctly they saw you take the cloak off the hedge, told it up, and put it in your basket, and when they followed you threw stones at them. There cannot be the slightest doubt, therefore, that you took the cloak. . ~ . Prisoner—The boys told you a parcel of lies, your worship, and I don't (shaking the dock with much vehe mence) pay a farthing for them. I'll go to prison first. Mr. Norton—Your object seems to be to go to prison and live at the public expense, but I promise you you will find the fare at Wandsworth very different to that at Horsemonger-lane, and you wiil soon be glad to pay the money and be released. Prisoner—Not a bit of it. If the bankers pay the money it will be without my consent, and soon make them tnem dub it up again. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Norton—Have you any furniture to pay the fine with, for if so I can levy a distress on it for the amount 1 Prisoner —No, I have no furniture, and if I had I should not pay it. I'll go to prison with a light heart and a clear conscience, and the time will soon pass over. Mr. Norton—Well, you are now committed to Wands worth House of Correction for two months, in default of the payment of 51. for the unlawful possession of this cloak, and I have no doubt that you will soon be glad to pay the money and get released. Prisoner —Not a copper. The prisoner was here removed from the bar, exclaim ing, amidst the laughter of all present, that it was a -- hard case. THE GUN -BOAT FLOTILLA FOR CHINA.—SO great has been the activity that has been displayed at the various naval arsenals, that it ih expected that a fleet of at least ten superior vessels of this class will be ready for sea in about a fortnight, and that the remainder, under orders, will sail for China the second week in May. We read in Galignani.—"Th e relics of the passion of our Saviour, preserved at the cathedral of Notre Dame —the crown of thorns, the nails, a large piece of the true cross, &e.—are at present exposed to the veneration of believers and will continue to be so this day, to-mor row, and Friday next." THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND IRON SCREW VES SELS.—Megsrs. Mitchell and Co., of Low Walker, on the Tyne, are constructing a fleet of iron screw steam vessels ranging from 200 to 1,100 tons, for the Russian service in the Black Sea. The same firm are also build ing paddle wheeled steamers to be employed on the river Volga, instead of the kedge and warp vessels mer tioned by Oliphant, and passenger screw vessels for St. Petersburg. Messrs. Leslie, of Hepburn; and A Stock ton house, are also executing orders for the Russian marine ; and this week a handsomely equipped iron screw of 372 tons, named the Collingwood, has been despatched by Messrs. T. and W. Smith, of North j Shields, to Odessa, for the Russian government. 1 Liberal. Conservative. i:1 - 61.:1 IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. (Front ilte Derbyshire Courier.) The stock of bullion in the Bank, according to the laA published report shows a diminution of 324,738/., and is re•:luced to 9,987,5591. in both de partment 4. The reserve of notes is also low, amounting to no more than 4,628,1201. This return, which is up to the 28th March, manifests much weakness as to the available means for di9count, and ai no tendency towards an im provement is yet visible, the Bank could so trcely do otherwise than proceed to raise the rate of dis count, as Peel's Bill directs. Accordingly notice was given last week that the rate would ba raised from 6 per cent., at which it stood since 18th December, to 6i, and on Monday further notice was given that the rate for advances on stock would be 7 per cent. ; such ad vances being also limited to seven days. This makes the forty-sixth change in the rate of int.l3rest since May, 1844. The immediate cause of the necessity for !these stringent measures is the continued drain of s ilver to the East, and the withdrawal of gold frm3l the Bank to purchase silver on the continent for. such. exportation. The Simla, it appelrs, brought only about one fourth of the amount (340,0001.) which she w:as re ported to have brought ; and though the gold arrivals by the Orwell and Derwent amount to 262,5881., and a further aggregate to the extant of 807,0001. of gold is shipped and on its way from Australia, yet in the meanwhile the Bank judges it necessary to adopt defensive measures against the drain of its bullion. • The effect of this rise in the price of money is to depress trade, check enterprise, and lower the prices of all commodities. To this promis the` people of England have submitted for nearly forty years, and we see no reason why they should not submit to it forty yews to come, unless they will exercise their common sense, and endeavour, at the eleventh hour, to understand the Currency Question. • After this question had been long discussed, the discoveries of gold in California, and Australia in troduced a new element into the controversy. Half converts to the necessity of Currency Reform re lapsed into supineness and indifference in the per suasion that " the gold would put everything right." We expressed at the time a totally different opi nion/; being convinced that a system so radically bad and erroneops as that established by Peel, and made worse by Jones Loyd, would never " come right," or be set right by even the most propitious circumstances. We are now receiving gold at the rate of 12 mil lions a-year from Australia, and Peel's bill s s till work miscbieF, and introduce the elements of un certainty, confusion, and ruin into all our com mercial transactions. Let it be remembered that Peel's Bill established free-trade in our coined money. You may now melt down any amount of sovereigns to suit your convenience. This is done weekly by jewellers to a large extent. You may expect any amount of gold or silver coin. This could not be done before Peel's Bill. But at the same time foreign nations can pur chase the bills of exchange of our merchants, and obtain for them gold, not At its market price, but at a fixed rate, at the Bank of England. Peel's Bill, therefore, established free trade in our coined money, and placed a restriction on the trade in gold as a commodity. _ Foreign nations h tve benefited in both ways by this mistaken and one-sided legislation. At this moment the coined silver of the conti nent is relatively worth more than the gold coin. Four five-franc pieces are worth more than a twenty-franc gold piece. There is a profit, there fore, on the exportation of silver to the East as a commodity. Our own silver coinage is not ex ported simply because there is less silver in our half-crown than there is in three French francs ; and 20 silver shillings are not in the bullion mar ket worth a full weight golden sovereign. But our gold coinage, being more in proportion to its value as a commodity, is withdrawn to supply the place on the continent of the exported silver coinage, and also to purchase silver for exportation. __ As long as there remains an ounce of silver in Europe which can be exported at a profit, we see no reason why th's process of draining silver from the continent and gold from Englaud should not go on. - We have it in our power to remedy the evil at once, by issuing 20 millions—(this we think would be ample)—ol Exchequer notes of V. and upwards, receivable for taxes ; and allowing gold to find its market price in these notes. The debt owing by Government to the Bank might be at once paid off with such Exchequer notes; the remaining amount of the Bank of Eng land authorised issue might he continued to that establishment, and no interference exercised with respect to any other bank of issue whatever. As sovereigns, it is to be h o p e d, wou ld go out of circulation, English banks should be allowed to issue 1/. notes to supply the deficiency. We do not like dirty country notes more than other people. Let bankers, therefore, compound for their issues, and never be allowed to re-issue a note. Country Markets. CARLISLE-Arm 9. A moderate supply of cattle and sheep to-day, condition good, but the supply did not reach the demand. Calves and pigs a poor show, which went off at high rates, Beef, 7s to 8s per stone; mutton, 7 i id to 9d per lb.; veal, 7d to Sd por lb.; pork, 7d to 8d per lb. SHERBORNE-APRIL Wheat, 6s 9d to is 3d per bushel ; barley, 42s to 46s per qr.; eats, 22s to 233 per qr. ; beans, 21s to 23s per sack. provisions—Brea 1, Gd to 7d pfr 41b. loaf; butter, 13d to 14d per lb ; eggs, 8d per dozen ; bacon, 9d per lb. The pig market was very indifferently supplied. Sows with young pigs 61. lOs to 71. each ; store pig; 18s to 22s each ; large ditto, 3/. Gs each; trade good. - WAKEFIE L)-APRIL 8. At our cattle market we had about the usual number of customers, and nearly all sold. Beasts, 900 ; sheep, 6,300. Beef, 7s to Ss per stone ; mutton, 7d per lb, SALFORD—Arnit 8. Best beef, 7d to 7id; middling qclto oid ; cows Sd to 6d; best wedders, in the wool, 9d to 9 t id ; clipped, 7d to MI. ; ewes, 7d; calves, 7d. DUMFRIES—Aram S. The stoek of cattle shown to-day comprised 13 Ayrshire cows and 4 calves, and 5 Galloway cows and 2 stirks. Th© Ayrshires brought from 9/. to 11/. each, but sales were slow. Sheep- Only 14 half-bred hogs, for which th• owner was asking :30s per head. Pigs—The young pigs shown to-day comprised 164 head, for which there appeared to be a fair demand, at an advanco upon last week—best, 24s to 2Gs ; inferior, 15s. BRISTOL SUGAR-Armr, 9. The market continues firm, and both refiners and grocer♦ seem disposed to keep up their stocks even at — the present high range of prices. The new duties came into operation hero on the 6th inst., and, so far, we consider the importer has obtained the whole of the reduction. The first cargo of new Barbadoes has appeared in the market this week; the quality by no means fine, and as the prices asked were con sidered to be an advance of present quotations only a few lots have been sold. The ordinary Demeraras, per James Gibson, have found buyers at 51s 6d to 525., new duties ; but the crystallised sons have rather hung, owing to th• high prices asked for thorn. Refiners' produce sells freely, and prices are rather higher; the supply of goods ready for delivery is now in a small com piss. Rums continue to advance, with a very fair assortment. BIRTHS. OF A sox. On the Bth inst., at Eaton-square, Logy S o phi a T ower. ! On the 7th inst., at Lowndes.street, the wife of H. Er Stanhope, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On tho Bth inst., at Shottesbrooke-park, Berks, the wife of Geort ;.-0 H. Haslewood, Esq. On the Pth iust at Stanloy-terrace, Kensington-park, the wifo of Dr. Waggctt. , MARIZIED. On the Bth inst., At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. H. G. Leftwich, of West Haan, to Emily, the youngest daughter of the late M. James Alexander, formerly of 101, Leaden. hall-street. On the Bth hist., at Trh.ity Chapel, Poplar, Mr. Charles Wright, of Hilldrop-crescent, Camden-road, second son of Mr. Matthew Wright, of Albion-road, Stoke Newington, to Sarah Mary, second daughter of the Rey. George Smith, of Trinity Parsonage, Poplar. DIED.'; On the Sth inst., Charles Williams, Esq., of 23, Park. squat e, Regent's-park, aged 73. at Worthing House, Worthing, Sussex, Mary, At ti :,e Cottage, Carshalton, Miss Wallace, sen., a ge d 78. :3 late Rev. Elye Towne, of Utt er by, and. Oryn, th erelic : t th o i f n s t t h . Woolsthorpe, Vlncobishire. On the 9th inst., William Haigh, infant son of Mr. Law ford lrallcott, of liVes; ,- strect, Smithfield. On the Bth inst., at Ofton, Cloce,terzhire, Magdalene, the only surviving daughter of the Rev. John Venour, late rector . of Bourton-upon-Duuamoro, Warwickshire. On the Bth inst., Sarah, wife of Frederick Wm. Palmer, Esq., of Hale Villa, Staines. On the 7th inst., Gmce, wife of A. Lawrance, Esq., Dovon.. shire-place, Bath, aged 88 ? . On the 4th inst., at Stanhope Castle, co. Durham, Herbert Spring, Esq., aged 49. ' ,0N:07! Prillt2A Pribli2hed. by muE,Do YOUNG, et Stratid, Priuter, at The Sun ()Bice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, April 11,,1857. i 1 C7l- 11 ALPS CRIME, and 8. IVP TacteTisti IV(} PE and Stal Polygrap been enti 01 IX his ADv; Sate. day DAY, at in their Is. and 21 11Q CI ILO.) C eess of till Laurent's Princip a l eight, con ten, A 11 , 0 Meat beau the pubic g tan t sue( Selections Instrumen Negro 3fel , Views, Fireworks Dr, at 3 and ha try street.] unrivalled contents h obtained th tries, is 0] Lecture is mission. 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