The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE. (From the i',lark-lane Express.) The extraordinarily fine weather whic hclay has been ex perienced since the commencement of ay has worked a very great improvement in the appearance of the grow ing crops. The Lent - sown corn is everywhere looking splendid, and though the wheat plant is still backward its general aspect is healthy and promising. It is not surprising under these circumstances that buyers of grain should have exercised increased caution in their operations ; and no stronger proof can be given of the shortness of stocks than the fact that prices hare con tinued to advance when so material an alteration for the better has taken place in regard to our future prospects. That the wheat harvest will be later than usual—however auspicious the summer may prove—is more than probable, but at present there exists no other cause for fear. The continued firmness shown by holders can therefore only be accounted for by the supposition that the quantity remaining on hand is re duced into so narrow a compass as to lead to the belief that greater scarcity than that already experienced is likely to be felt before the next crop can be ready for consumption ; and the extent of the foreign sup plies is therefore likely to have a more direct in fluence on the future course of the trade than r any other event. Within the last few days rather largeof f the arrivals have come to hand from abroad atso held on m principal ports, and at several of the marketsrealise than had Friday more anxiety was manifested to previously been shown. At Liverpool on Tuesday there was a large attendance of distant buyers, and the trans actions in wheat were on an extensive scale, at prices 6d. per 701 b. above those current on that day se'nnight. Fleur was then also in good request, and Western Canal was quoted 495. 6d. per barrel. Subsequently the latter article was more pressingly offered, e and at a sale whi c h u took place by public auction Thursday the prices ranged from 42 5. to 465. per barrel, but the quality of the flour thus disposed of was ordinary. On F r id ay t h e Liverpool market was again well attended, but wheat was quoted 2d. per 701 b., and flour Is. per barrel l ower than in the beginning of the week. Th e accounts from the leading towns in Yorkshire describe the wheat trade as having become less animated, the very high value of the article having led to an ex tensive use of substitutes; still prices rose from 2s. to 3s. er quarter, both at L ee d s and Hull on Tuesday. At per quarter, both at Leeds and Hull on Tuesday. At Vakeflld, on Friday, business was decidedly dull, and the advance of the previous market day was not sup ported. The reports from Bristol, Birmingham, and other western and north-western markets, are of a firm though not of a lively character, and, with a contracted demand, a rise had nevertheless, it appears, been established on former rates. At the leading shipping ports on the east coast the excitement seems also to have in some degree subided; but little or no increase having taken place in the deliveries from the growers the tendency of prices has continued upwards. At Lynn and Spalding on Tuesday, as well as at Boston the day following, wheat was quoted 55. per quarter higher. The Wisheach market being held this day (Saturday) we cannot in this place report the fluctuations Shortthere. theaeof as have been the supplies of home grown ; wheat, spring corn have been still more limited • intleed,i s n t many parts of the country barley and oatshave almost cea-ed to appear, and the value of both . has steadily ad vanced. These articles are now relatively cheaper than wheat, and it is therefore not improbable that even if the value of the latter should recede the prices of barley and oats may be maintained. Our Scotch letters speak well of the appearance 0, the crops, and from Ireland the reports on this subject are also favourable. Most kinds of grain were, neva.- theless, dearer at the principal Scotch and Irish markets, held on Tuesday and Wednesday; but should any reac tion occur here, it would probably lead to a decline in those parts of the kingdom, as there can be no doubt that the recent rapid rise in the English markets has had a good deal to do with the advance in Scotland and Ireland. An increase has taken place in the supply of English wheat into London, 1,913 quarters having been received colstwise up to this (Saturday) evening; but the quan tity brought forward at Mark-lane by land carriage samples from the home counties has been very small. The total supply has, therefore, fallen somewh it short of the usual weekly consumption of the metropolis. On Wednesday the show on the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands consisted of a few parcels left over from previous receipts, there being hardly a sample fresh up. In this position of affairs the operations were neces sarily on a retail scale, but the little business done was at the currency- of Monday. Since then the millers have manifested less disposition to purchase, and the market being rather better supplied on Friday, previous prices were scarcely obtainable. The wind having been mostly favourable, the arrivals from the northern ports'of Europe have been large, upwards of 32,000 quarters having been reported during the week. The demand has, on the other hand, rather fallen off, and a portion of what has lately come to hand still remains undis posed of. Buyers from distant parts of the country continue, however, to visit Mark-lane ; and though the inquiry was not quite so brisk either on Wednesday or Friday as in the commencement of the m eek, it was nevertheless sufficiently active to enable factors to realise nearly, it' not quite, as much money as on Monday. Since the top price of flour has been 85s. per sack, the metropolitan bakers have conducted their operations with very great caution; and the millers having found it diffi cult to make suck progress in the sale of flour have not worked to the full extent of their power. American flour has been taken slowly at about former terms ; Bal timore has not been in so much favour as Western Canal, and the latter has in most cases brought ls. per barrel over the former. The arrivals this week have consisted of 9,023 barrels. Barley of home growth has come to hand very spar ingly, nor has the supply from abroad been by any means large. This grain has throughout the week met a good steady sale, and its value has rather tended up• ward; the advance, however, has not been of sufficient importance to render any alteration in quotations ne ceisary. The stocks of malt zee decidedly small, and the ar rivals of the article fall off week after week; though the brewers have for some time past declined buying more than necessary for immediate use, still prices have gra dually crept up. The total supply of oats, inclusive of 14,096 quarters from abroad, has amounted to only 14,805 quarters; and from all we can learn there appears little prospect of more liberal arrivals. Of English oats the supplies may be said to have ceased; indeed large quantities of the recently imported foreign corn have been taken off the market by purchasers from parts of the country from which, in ordinary times, we are in the habit of obtaining assistance. Under these circumstances, the quantity at this port is likely to be soon consumed; and if it should prove that the near continental ports are unable to afford further supplies, great scarcity of oats will probably be experienced before the Russian arrivals can come to hand. In the beginning of the week the trade was decidedly dull; on Wednesday many of the principal dealers were at Epsom, and but little business was done. Subsequently the demand slightly improved; still the purchases were not large on Friday, and the rates previously current could not be exceeded. English beans had been sought after, and could hardly be bought on as easy terms at the close as in the com mencement of the week. Egyptian beans on the spot or near at hand have also engaged attention, and the late advance has been firmly supported. The high prices demanded for Indian corn have tended to check the demand; a good many parcels have, nevertheless, changed hands at very full terms, say 70s. to 755. per quarter for American white, and similar rates for other descriptions. Rye has been almost cleared off the market, and the orders which continue to be received from the Continen ... _..—... for the purchase of this article cannot bo executed for want of supplies. . Pease have been taken to a moderate extent for ship ment to the north, and their previous value has been maintained. We have no later arrivals from America; the ner advices thence are looked for with great anxiety. From the Baltic the reports are of much the same cha racter as before ; in many parts of the interior of Ger many serious riots appear to have taken place, owing to the scarcity and high prices of provisions ; and at all the Lower Baltic ports stocks of grain appear to be com pletely exhausted. At Dantzic, however, a fair quantity of wheat was still left on hand on the 15th inst., and good supplies were arriving from Poland ; as, however, great scarcity prevailed in the latter country, it was deemed probable that a portion of the corn originally intended for Dantzic might be detained. The sales during the week had been rather large, 950 lasts having changed hands. The highest price obtained had been 81s. for a parcel of 60 lasts fair high-mixed, weighing 611 b. ; fine mixed, of 601 b. weight, had been sold at 795., and afterwards at 775. 6d. ; and the rates obtained for inferior kinds had varied from 745. to 765. per quarter free on board, the market scarcely finishing so well as it opened, the anxiety to sell having rather increased. Our Rostock letters are of the 17th of May, and in- form us that the quantity of wheat had been reduced into a very narrow compass, and that the neighbouring farmers had almost ceased to bring forward supplies. A stop had, consequently, been put to export business, and hardly an ythi ng was b e i ng s hipp e d. G o od quali ties e of wheat were t h en h e ld at equa l t o 92 5 . p er quarter rateso.n. board, and other kinds of grain at corresponding At • exceediStnectityln,ho.nhthe 17th instant, prices were likewise vented extermi'g , and the want of supplies had pre ad be v e e n orratiens, though the demand for most articles h had attended tha a t r e A great many buyers of rye article had from different parts of the interior, and the brought rates equal to 725. per quarter. Supplies Prevailing Russia were anxiously ex pected, and it was the opinion that all which might come to hand fromailitintehgdat country would not cause much decline in price. wheat of 591 b. weight was then held at Be!. ; and white alan, also weighing 591 b , at 90s. per quarter free on boar been, Thev,,,eat was At flan3burgh, on Tuesday, business ; , not so active as it had previously value of all descriptions having checked the salvee.ry high 61b. red wheat on the spot was not obtainable slow 955. to 965.; and for parcels to be shipped for the Baltic there were no offers below 84s. up to 88s. per quarter. About the close of the preceding week rye had receded 6s. to 7s. per qnarter, but afterwards it rallied agai n , and on the 18th inst. it was quoted 755. to 765. per qr., free on board. The weather appears to have been of a similar cha racter on the Continent as with us, and the growing crops are generally well spoken of, particularly in Hol land and Belgium, where prices have consequently given way more or less. In the French corn markets business seems also to have been influenced by the fineness of the weather, and by reports from H avre , of the 15th of M:ay, learn that quotations of both w h eat and flour had we shown symptoms of giving way. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1847. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A special general court of the East India Company was held yesterday morning at their House, Leadenhall street for the purpose of taking into consideration the ac knowledgment returned by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India to the resolution passed by the Special General Court of Proprietors, held on the 25th March last. Henry St. George Tucker in the chair. The minutes of the previous Court having been read and confirmed, the correspondence and resolutions relat ing to the subject for which the meeting had been con vened having been read, Mr. LEWIS, one of the gentlemen who signed the re quisition calling the Directors to convene the meeting, then detailed the proceedings which had taken place at a former Court, when it was resolved to call upon the Board of Control to produce certain papers rel a ti ng t o the Raja of Sattara. That resolution was communicated to the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India ; but it was quite clear from the correspondence which had taken place with the President of the Board of Control, that the production of these papers was to be refused. N ow h e woul d not comment upon the indignity with which the Board of Control bad thus treated this honourable society, but he could not but regret that any splenetic feelings ;n the part of the President of th at B oard should. have led to the non-production of the papers in question. There could be no doubt w h atever of the inexpediency, the injustice, or the impropriety of re fusing the papers, The resolution calling for their production was passed upon a statement made by an Honourable Proprietor, to the effect that h er M a j esty ' s Government had made cer tain overtures to the Raja of Sattara, and he should have . thought th e B oar d of Control would have felt it due to Its own character to su ppl y thi s soc i ety w i t h t h e infor mation called fer under such circumstances. Every per son present must admit the impolicy of the refusal, be cause independently of its inflicting injustice upon a private individual, it was unconstitutional, if not wholly illegal. No doubt the functions of the Board of Con trol were to keep secret the documents which came into their hands during such time when secrecy was re quired, but when the necessity for secrecy has been got rid of it was unjust, illegal, and unconstitutional, for the Secret Committee to withhold information from the Court of East India Directors, who were the admi nistrative body of the affairs of India, and had a right to insist upon the production of these papers. It was in flicting an atrocious injustice on the Raja of Sattara to keep back these documents. They related to an offer that had been made to the Raja of Sattara by the agent of the Governor-General, inconsistent with the charges which had been preferred against the Raja of Sattara, and it was therefore incumbent upon that Court, having a due regard for its character for honesty and justice, not to rest satisfied with. the refusal which the Board of Control had conveyed to them. A grievous wrong had been done to the Raja of Sattara, and justice could not he secured to that individual without inquiry. No cir cumstance more showed the necessity for such an inquiry than the refusal to produce these documents. Colonel Bagnell, who was a distinguished commander in their own service, in a letter written to a friend in this country, declared that it was the opinion of almost every person connected with the 2341 regiment, that there was no truth in the charges whi c h h a d b een made against the Raja of Sattara, and these papers ought to be produced. He should th ere f ore move, " That considering that the correspondence adverted to in this Court's resolution of the 25th of March last arose in con sequence of a statement publicly made in this Court, and in order th a t t h e C ourt of Directors and Proprietors ' :night be informed of the truth or falsehood of such statement, this Court is of opinion that such corre spondence ought not to have been imported into the Secret Committee. That the retention of such corre spondence in the secret department, for a period of nearly fourteen months, without any alleged injury to the public service, is impolitic and unconstitutional. That the non-production of correspondence which may, as in the present instance, affect the judgment of the members of this Court in regard to the innocence of the ex-Raja of Sattara, is repugnant to the first principles of justice, and calls upon this Court to declare its convic. lion of the necessity of an immediate inquiry into all the proceedings connected with this case. Mr. SULLIVAN seconded the resolution. Truth, he said, never could be cancelled, and if there was any truth in the charges made against the Raja of Sattara, what objection could there be to the production of these papers. The ends of justice required the production of the papers, and the only question was, had that Court the power to call for them. He entertained no doubt that it had; and, in his opinion, the refusal was diame trically opposed to their rights and privileges, and could not be sustained. If, therefore, the Board of Control persisted in its refusal, he should recommend the Court to petition Parliament for its abolition. The production of the paper could not, by any possibility, injure the pub lic service, and he contended that, the Board of Control, had no right to refuse them. Gross injustice had been 'one to the Raja of Sattara. He had been dethroned, degraded, and banished, without hearing his defence. A promise that he should be furnished with a copy of the evidence against him, in his own language, was flagrantly broken ; while, on the one hand, when anything could be found to tell against him, it was readily produced ; on the other, when ever anything in his favour was called for it had always been refused. This Court could not, therefore, with any regard for its character, tolerate this refusal, and he called upon the Court to adopt the resolutions which had been submitted to them, in order that they might be in a position to perform the functions which the Legislature had imposed upon them. Mr. WEEDING opposed the resolutions, believing that if the Board of Control had refused to produce the pa pers, they had done so from a sense of public duty. The answer the Board of Control had returned to the resolution of that Court was most courteous, and the Court had no right to ask or expect more. It was evident from the debates which had taken place in the (rouse of Commons, that Parliament was not favourable to the production of these papers, and he could not do otherwise than blame those proprietors who had brought he Court into this dilemma, while he applauded the reso lution and determination of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Control. He moved, as an amendment, that the Court do adjourn. Mr. FIELDER seconded the amendment, because he felt convinced that if Government refused to produce these papers, it was useless for that Court to interfere further. Mr. GEORGZ THOMPSON opposed the motion for ad journment. The Board of Directors had already sent to India for information connected with a statement he made at a former Court, without the consent of the Board of Control. A reply had since been received from India, and as it neither related to matters connected with the levying of war and making of peace, it could not legally be suppressed. These papers would actually prove the innocence of the Raja of Sattara, and the measure could never be left at rest till they were laid before that Court. He had intended to move another amendment, but as the motion for adjournment was before the Court, he could not move it, and therefore he would read it as part of his speech : " Whereas, by the Act of 3 and 4 Willian IV. cap. 85, section 35, it is enacted, that the Court of Directors shall, from time to time, appoint a Secret Committee of three Directors, for the particular purposes in this Act specified ; and that the said Secret Committee shall take ai oath, of which the following words form part, viz I will not disclose or make known any of the secret orders, instructions, dispatches, official letters or communications, which shall be sent or given to me by the Commissioners for the affairs of In dia, unless I shall be authorised by the said Commissioners to disclose and make known the same.' And whereas, the particular purposes' above mentioned are specifically declared in the 36th section of the same Act, in the following words, viz. Provided also, and be it enacted, that if the said Board shall be of opinion, that the subject matter of any of their deliberations concerning the levying war, or the making peace, or treating or negotiating with any of the native princes or states in India, or with any other princes or states, or touching the policy to be observed with respect to such princes or state, intended to be communicated in orders, dispatches, official letters or communications, to auy of the Govern. ments or Presidencies in India, or to any officers or ser vants of the said Company, shall bo of a nature to re quire secrecy, it shall and may be lawful for the said Board to send their orders, dispatches, official letters, or communications to the Secret Committee of the said Court of Directors, to be appointed as is by this Act directed.' Therefore resolved—'That the papers relating to the case of the Raja of Sattara, the communication of which has been refused by the Board of Commissioners to a resolution passed by the Court of Proprietors on the 25th Nlarch, did not form the subject matter of any of the de liberations of that board, and were not sent or given by the board to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, but arose out of a letter, dated the 24th March, 1846, which was writtenlby the Secret Committee, for the purpose declared in it, of obtaining information for the Court of Directors, touching a matter which had been the subject of public debate at the India House. That the originating of such a letter by the Secret Committee, irrespective of the Board of Control, and the witholding of the reply, when received, from the knowledge of the Court of Directors, on the ground that the Board of Commissioners refused to comninnicate the same, was against law; a usurpation by the Secret Com mittee of the proper and peculiar functions of the Court of Directors ; a concealment of papers to which the Court of Proprietors had an undoubted right; and a denial of justice to the deposed Raja of Sattara.' " He could not believe that, the Secret Committee of that house could not produce these papers without the con sent of the Board of Control, because such a power exer cised by the Board of Control would be illegal and un constitutional, and he would never cease to demand their production. The CHAIRMAN said it was in the option of the presi dent of the Board of Control to decide what were and _ ~. r vi 3n h e a t e wereon lcould notno t u s n e d c e r o f the first resolu ueswtiohnast, a g n o d od he for possibly r e s u lt f rom t h e adoption r f - r e s t tan q d e t i h o s n e ; o with e regard of t o s a the r a question st i on must o c 0 r n e t e o s s p e t n h i a n t g fro t h al e first to last his opinion had not changed upon that sub ject, but still he could not consent to the re-opening of the n matter. Som e thi ng had been said about the Presi det of the Board of Control being actuated by splenetic motives. He could not concur in that opinion. He had always found Sir John Hobhouse most courteous in his communication with that Board, and ever ready listen with reason to a n y statement that might be made to him, a n d arr i ve at his decisions with justice and impartiality. No doubt the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it inexpedient to produce these papers at present for the use of that Court very likey for the same reason that he refused to give them_o _ar ament, and he must, therefore, resist the t P li original resolutions. ° Mr. J. W. HOGG contend e d th at the rights and privi legesof that Court hadn otbetius eecni: the vadepderibyertlexfe dreecfuidisal, Of the Board o f Con trol, h what secret papers should or should not be produced, was vested absolutely and entirely in that branch of her Majesty's Government. Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON supported the motion for adjournment. Mr. SAVAGE was decidedly of opinion that the Raja of Sattara had been cruelly illtreated, and he should support the original motion. Mr. 11oLT MACKENZIE maintained that the papers ought not to be withheld from the Court or the public, with out the President of the Board of Control gave sufficient reasons for their concealment. Ile had intended to move " That by the general law and usage regulating the ad ministration of the affairs of India, it is required that all important proceedings of the several Governments in that country shall be regularly recorded, and that the record of such proceedings shall, with the special excep tion of cases requiring secrecy, be communicated to the Court of Directors. That in order to maintain that principle, it is essential that no proceedings shall originate with the Secret Committees unless the Board of Commissioners shall be of opinion that there is one requiring secrecy, and that no record of the proceedings of any of the Indian Governments shall be retained in the secret department unless the said Board represented by its president shall declare that to divulge the contents thereof would be injurious to the public interests. That the papers now required by this Court have been withheld without any such declaration on the part of the Board of Commissioners, and that, consequently, it is the right and duty of this Court to adhere to and re iterate the resolution passed on the 25th of March last. After some further discussion, in which Rungo Bapojee, Mr. Twining, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, and others, took part, Mr. LEWIS replied. The Court then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment . Against it Majority The Court then adjourned, at five o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOUTIT, TUESDAY.—This morning, by the first train from London, a Board of Admiralty, comprising. the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord ; Vice-Admi ral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral J. W. 1). Dundas, C. 8., M.P.; and the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., arrived on a visit to this port. Their Lordships were met at the Gosport terminus of the South-Western Rail way by Sir Charles Ogle's Flag-Lieutenant, who con ducted them to the Clarence-yard through the Queen's railway entrance, where they were received by Mr. Davies, Master-Attendant, and Mr. Grant, F.R.S., Storekeeper. Their Lordships immediately embarked in the Commander-in-Chief's barge and crossed over to the King's stairs, where Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief ; Rear-Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent; Captain Dacres, of the Avenger ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent; Mr. Brown, Master-Attendant; Mr. Bellamy, Assistant ditto ; Mr. Fincham, Master Shipwright, and other officers of the establishment, received them. Sir Charles Ogle conducted their Lordships to his official mansion, where he sumptuously entertained them at breakfast, after which their Lordships made an inspec tion of the dockyard under the conduct of its superinten dent, proceeding to the new steam-basin, thence on board the Arrogant, 46 gun screw frigate, built by Mr. Fincham, who explained to their Lordships the various matters of interest and improvement connected with her construction (she is ready for launching). Thence, in rotation, their Lordships proceeded ou board the Odin steam-frigate of 1,326 tons and 560-horse power, also built by Mr. Fincham, whence they proceeded to the Avenger steam.frigate, 1,444 tons, 650-horse power, Captain S. C. Dacres, who conducted their Lordships over his vessel, and succeeded in getting an order from them to have his vessel fitted with a mizenmast, which will considerably improve her appearance, having at present only fore and 'mainmasts. From the Avenger the party visited the Centaur steam-frigate, of 1,269 tons and 540 horse power, like the Avenger de signed by the surveyor; after inspecting which vessel their Lordships, accompanied by Sir Charles Ogle, pro ceeded in the Myrtle steam tender to Spithead with their flag flying, to make an inspection of that fine and serviceable three-decker, the St. Vincent, 120, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., M.P. Their Lordships were received on the quarter-deck by Captain Milne, and all the executive officers of the ship, and were conducted over her; the admirable manner in which she is rigged, stored, and prepared for any service, drawing forth the highest encomiums from their Lordships, who remained to luncheon; and after highly complimenting Captain Milne and his officers, left at half-past three o'clock, under a salute of 19 guns, and returned to harbour, thence to London, by the 5.30 train. The Viscount Templetown also breakfasted with Sir Charles Ogle, and accompanied the Lords of the Admiralty to the St. Vincent with Lord de Ros. While the other members of the Board went on a visit to the St. Vincent, the first Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Hyde rarker, Mr. Fincham, Master Shipwright, and Mr. Brown, Master-Attendant, inspected the Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship in the basin, and made a minute examination of the trunk for the screw. The Britannia was also casually inspected, from which ship this party pro ceeded to the Prince Regent, 120, razeeing to a 92, and inspected the new plan for her rudder and tiller, the in vention of Captain Fanshawe Martin, late of the Queen, Trafalgar, aad Camperdown. From the Prince Regent the Retribution was the next visited, after which Sir Charles Adam rejoined his colleagues and left with them for London. Mr. Ward, M.P., Secretary to the Admi ralty, came down yesterday, and proceeded to Ryde, Isle of Wight. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander West, arrived at Spithead this afternoon at five o'clock, from the west coast of Africa. She is ordered to Woolwich to be paid off, and will convey thither some new boats, and a quan tity of preserved meat (pemmican), prepared under the inspection of Sir John Richardson, for the use of the Arctic expedition. The Conde da Montemolin and suite, accompanied by General Montenegro, arrived at this port yesterday at half-past twelve. They were escorted over to the dock yard in Sir Charles Ogle's barge, attended by his flag captain (Captain Pasco, of the Victory) and flag lieutenant, and presented to Sir Charles Ogle at the King's stairs, who then embarked in the barge, and proceeded on board the Fanny yacht, in which the entire party proceeded to Spithead, to inspect the St. Vincent, after which they returned and dined with Sir Charles Ogle and a distinguished party. This morning, at half-past ten, Captain Pasco received the august visitors at the dockyard gate, and escorted them to the Com mander-in-Chief's house, where they met the Lords of the Admiralty and breakfasted ; after which they wore escorted by Captain Pasco over the dockyards to the royal yachts Victoria and Albert, and the Fairy, on board which Commander Crispin received them, and explained everything of interest. Thence they went to the Victory and the Clarence victualling establish ments, Hasler Hospital, &c. The Conde and suite, and Captain Pasco, with a distinguished party, dined this evening at the mansion of Colonel Dundas Campbell, North End-house, Kingston, who accompanied his High ness in his visit. The utmost respect was shown the Conde during his stay, which appeared to please him The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, was at St. Helena, all well, on the 6th ult., having arrived there on the sth with three prizes in tow. The first, taken on the 17th of March, had been chased four days and nights by the ;Flying Fish, 12, Commander Dyke, and is a beautiful vessel of 100 tons, a very fast sailer, had landed her slave crew at Kabenda, where were the Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, the Heroine, 10, Commander Ed munds, the Sealark, 10, the Bittern, 16, and the Lily, 16. The Penelope left Kabenda on the 22d of March for Congo River to Water, was at St. Paul de Loando on the 25th, and left it on the 28th of March. Captured the schooner Felicidade, with 312 slaves on board, a small vessel about 60 tons. On the 4th she captured the schooner Joanita, from Rio, everything fitted for slaves, but none on board; she, too, was a remarkably fast sailer. The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, was at St. Helena on the 6th of April. The Albatross, 16, Commander Farquhar, had also arrived there. The Penelope's officers and crew were all well. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Fier Majesty's steam vessel Hecate, Commander Joseph West, arrived this morning from the coast of Africa. She left Sierra Leone the 28th of April, Goree the Ist of May, and Teneriffe the 14th inst. The coast and islands were healthy. The Hecate did not speak any ship on her passage home. Her crew are all well; the last death on board occurred in Septem ber, 1846. After receiving practique in tb• Sound, she went up Hamoaze. The Hecate left England in June, 1845. CHATHAM, May 24.—The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander A. H. Ingram, arrived on Friday evening, the 21st inst., for the purpose of coaling. She left at half past three o'clock the following afternoon, having taken 200 tons of coal on board, and proceeded to Sheer ness. In passing Gillingham-reach she capsized a boat in which were five engineer officers. Fortunately, th e officers were expert swimmers, and they were picked up by two watermen who saw the accident. The Semarang, 26 guts, sailed from Sheerness on the afternoon of the 22d inst., for Gibraltar. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsey, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday evening, the 23d inst., at seven o'clock, from Greenhithe, which place she left at half past four P. 31 , with only half her steam up. The Howe, 120 guns, Captain Sir James Stirling, proceeds to the Nore this evening, the 24th inst., and will be inspected by the Port Admiral to-morrow ; she will then proceed to Portsmouth, towed by the Terrible, Birkenhead, and African steam-vessels. The Howe h as _ , only 300 blue-jackets on board, made up from Port; mouth, the ordinary at Chatham, and the Ocean. She has also several seamen riggers from Chatham and Sheer ness Dockyards; and for the purpose of getting this ship ready in time, the men have been working on her from five o'clock in the morning until ten at night ever since she has been in commission. It is reported that the Howe will remain at Portsmouth for three months to refit, as her present rigging is but temporary. As soon as she is completed, she will proceed to the Straits, to relieve the Hibernia, 104, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Par ker, G.C.8., Captain Richards. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A REMARKABLE CURE OF DROPSY, BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—James Thomas, an old discharged soldier, who had been many years in India, whero his constitution was much impaired, attended St. George's Hospital some time since, being in very bad health, besides being dropsical. After several weeks, the poor fellow began to despair, as he got worse instead of better. One day he happened to meet his commanding officer, who gave him some money, and recommended him to try Holloway's Pills, which advice he followed, and, in about two months, every symptom of dropsy had left him, being restored to perfect health. Thls Is another extraordinary proof of the virtues of this purifying medicine, Sold by a ll drugOsts, and at Professor Holloway's Estab lishment, 244, Strand, London. The Earl of Bradford had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Earl Fortescue had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home- 1 office, ELECTION MOVEMENTS. BATH. TUESDAY EVENlNG. — Electioneering has begun in this city in good earnest, and the friends of the pre sent Members, as well as those of Lord Ashley (to whom a requisition, inviting him to offer himself in the Conservative interest, was presented some time since) are taking active measures to secure the re turn of their respective candidates. Lord Duncan and Mr. Roebuck arrived here on Saturday evening, having (it is said) been specially urged to do so by their committees, and their address was forthwith issued and extensively circulated among the electoral body. Last night a meeting of the electors of the exten sive ward of St. James, convened by the Central Committee of the Liberal Association, was held in the large room of the Lamb Inn. The chair was taken by Mr. Cox, a circumstance which was regarded with much satisfaction by Mr. Roebuck's friends, inas much as it had been stated that that gentleman was one of a numerous party of the electors who had taken offence at some of the recent Parliamentary proceed ings of the lion. and Learned Member, more parti cularly in reference to the subject of education. Mr. ROEBUCK delivered a lengthened address in explanation and vindication of his Parliamentary policy. He said he first sought their support as a Radical, and he had adhered to Radical princi ples ever since, and hoped to continue to possess their confidence. Lord DUNCAN also spoke at some length, and ap pealed to his past proceedings as an earnest of his future conduct. Both Members were most cordially received, and resolutions in approbation of their conduct were passed with acclamation. • A very numerous meeting of the friends of Lord Ashley was held to-day at the Assembly-rooms, and was attended by most of the influential Conserva tives of the city. ➢lr, W. Sutcliffe took the chair, and introduced Lord ASHLEY, who addressed the electors at con siderable length, and touched upon the leading poli tical topics of the day. His Lordship touched upon the various matters of social reform, in which he has taken so deep an interest, and expressed himself to some extent in favour of the policy of Lord John Russell, whom he believed to be a statesman of fine understanding, and of generous and patriotic mind. A vote of thanks to Lord Ashley was passed, and a canvass on his behalf will, it is understood, be imme diately commenced. BUCKINGHAAISIIIRE. The following address has been issued to the elec tors of the county of Buckingham by Air. Disraeli:— " Gentlemen,—As one of our present respected Mem bers does not intend to renew his offers of service at the general election, and p there is now no hope of obtain ing a successor to him in that quarter which would re ceive the support of all parties and interests, I beg to an. nounce my intention, on the dissolution of the present Parliament, of soliciting your suffrages for the high honour of becoming one of your representatives. " It is now many years ago since, in your County Hall, I upheld the Cause of the Territorial Constitution of England as the best and surest foundation for popular rights and public liberty, imperial power and social hap piness. The maintenance of the agricultural industry of the country is the necessary condition of the enjoyment of that Constitution; and I have, therefore, indepen dently of all other considerations, opposed, during the ten years in which I have had the honour of sitting in Par liament, every attempt which had a tendenry to diminish the numbers and influence of those classes which are directly dependent on the land. " Influenced by this principle, I offered, during the recent assault on our protective system, a faithful, though fruitless, opposition to that project. What has since occurred has not, in any degree, changed the conclusions at which I then arrived as to the scheme of the late Administration. The temporary high price that is sti mulated by famine is not the agricultural prosperity which I wish to witness; while, in the full play of un restricted importation, I already recognise a disturbing cause, which may shake our monetary system to its centre, and which nothing but the happy accident of our domestic enterprise has prevented, I believe, from exer cising a very injurious effect on the condition of the working classes of Great Britain. "Notwithstanding this opinion, I am not, however, one of those who would counsel, or who would abet, any attempt factiously and forcibly to repeal the measures of 1846. The legislative sanction which they have obtained requires that they should receive an ample experiment ; and I am persuaded that this test alone can satisfy the nation either of their expediency or their want of fitness. If, however, as I hold the result of this great change must be a reconstruction of our financial system, it will behove the various classes connected with the cultivation of the soil to be vigilant, that their interests may be adequately represented and fitly enforced at a crisis when their more compactly organized rivals will not be obli vious of their claims or over scrupulous in urging them. "A domestic affliction precluded me from being pre sent during the recent debates on the subject of National Education. It is but fair, therefore, that I should state, that had I been in my place I should have supported the measure of the Government. I should have done so upon two grounds ; firstly, that it was a considerable advance in a right direction ; and, secondly, because the tendency of that measure is, not by investing them with any exclusive privileges, but by securing them a fair occasion for their erertions, mainly to place the educa tion of the people in the hands of the clergy, whom I have ever wished to see in the van of civilisation, and occupying their legitimate posts as guides and instruc tors of the people. "Although I have always been of opinion that our Constitution in Church and State has been a union far more beneficial to the State than to the Church, which, under all circumstances, must exist and flourish from its inherent principle, I shall, at all times, heartily maintain that alliance, since it has become identified with the habits and best feelings of the people, and has, for a long series of years, happily secured to us the blessings alike of orthodoxy and of religious freedom. For these, among other reasons, I thought it my duty to oppose, in 1815, the grant to the College of Maynooth, leading, as it inevitably and avowedly did, to the endowment of the priesthood of another Church. I see no reason to regret the opposition which I offered to that measure, and I hold it to be quite consistent with an earnest desire to secure to our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects the civil and political equality to which they are entitled. "In the great struggle between popular principles and liberal opinions which is the characteristic of our age, I hope ever to be found on the side of the people, and of the institutions of England. It is our institutions that have made us free, and can alone keep us so, by the bulwark which they offer to the insidious encroachments of a convenient, yet enervating, system of centralisation, which, if left unchecked, will prove fatal to the national character. Therefore, I have ever endeavoured to cherish our happy habit of self-government, as sustained by a prudent distribution of local authority. For these reasons I am of opinion that the right of supreme con trol, necessary to the due administration of the poor law, should be exercised by the chief depositary of power in every county, and that the supervision of our parishes should not be entrusted to strangers. "It is unnecessary for me to state I shall support all those measures the object of which is to elevate the moral and social condition of the working classes, by lessening their hours of toil—by improving their means of health—and by cultivating their intelligence. These are objects which it is not unpleasing for me to remem ber, I endeavoured, in common with some of my friends, to advance before they engaged the attention of Go vernments, or were supported by triumphant Parlia mentary majorities. " It is with these views that I come forward to solicit your suffrages. I am deeply conscious how high is the object of my ambition. It is the greatest honour that an Englishman can receive from the hands of his fellow subjects; but if the honour be great, I at least know how to appreciate it. Amid the universal crash of parties, I advance to claim your confidence with none of the corn mon-places of faction. I am not the organ of any section, or nominee of any individual. All that I ca❑ offer to you is the devotion of such energies as I possess. All that I aspire to is to serve you as becomes the represen tative of a great, undivided, and historic county, that has achieved vast results for our popular liberty, our parliamentary reputation, and our ❑ational greatness. " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, " Your faithful servant, " B. DISRAELI. " Bradenham, May 22, 1847." u m r d w r e ti re n c t a n o d f MARynEnoriE.--Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart has p e o r resumemse f o e d a e s m a i s da ir te c f h o a r r t i h es is N b a o p ro ie u r g . h, on the NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND.—Since our last there has been an active canvass made for Sir George Grey, and the result is described as highly favourable to the Honourable Baronet. In this town, as might be expected, a large number have pledged themselves to Sir George ; and if p rese nt appearances may be trusted, hi s success is not so doubtful as was at first supposed. There is a growing feeling even amongst the Cons erva ti ves, that the services of Lord Ossul ston, " the absent Member," as he has been called, should be at once dispensed with ; and if the elec tors consult their own dignity and the reputation of the county, they will close accounts with his Lord ship, and l eave him at full liberty to pursue some thing more congenial than attending the House of Commo ns. — Netocastle Guardian. INVERNESS BURGH. — We are enabled to state, upon good authority, that Mr. Morrison, the present Mem ber for the burgh of Inverness, Forres, Nairn, and Fortrose, will not be allowed to go unopposed at the ensuing general election. Rumour asserts that Sir John Macpherson Grant, of Ballindalloch, is to oppose Mr. Morrison. He is said to be a Liberal ; but we would caution the electors not to pledge themselves to any candidate whose opinions upon the various questions which now engross and agitate the country are not properly and explicitly defined and under stood, and in accordance with the views of the ma jority of the electors.—Edinburgh Weekly Express. EAST LOTRIAN.—Lord Elcho has this week corn ' menced a canvass in East Lothian on behalf of his son, the Hon. F. Charteris. Another candidate is expected to appear as an opponent of the game-laws, on which question a powerful body of the tenantry of all parties have resolved to unite.—Scotsma n. NEWCASTLE. —We are still without any appear ance of a second liberal candidate. here are ru mours of certain individuals being in readiness to take • HEREFORD.—Mr. Brand has responded to a regal , sition, and stands for Hereford. AYLESBURY.—Mr. Sergeant Byles will be opposed by Lord Nugent at Aylesbury. SOMERSETSHIRE.—A Hampshire paper states, " We hear that Mr. John Wood, the barrister, is likely to be proposed as candidate for Somersetshire, on Pro testant principles, in opposition to Mr. Acland." ABERDEEN.—We observe in one of the south country papers a paragraph stating that opposition is threatened to Mr. Bannerman. Nothing of the kind is known here. It was at one time thought that General Arbuthnott would be opposed in Kincardine shire, but from the number and influence of the names attached to a requisition to the General, which we have seen, we feel satisfied that any such opp os iti on would be fruitless. Some of the London newspapers have been speculating on the results of the contest between Sir Leith Hay and Mr. George Duff in the Elgin Burghs. They evidently do not understand what they are writing about.—Aberdeen Herald. GREE;OCK.-Mr. Walter Baine, it would appear, does not intend to stand again as a candidate for the representation of this town in Parliament. There has been handed about for signature, under the auspices of Mr. Baine's friends, a requisition to Lord John Hay, brother of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and a Lord of the Admiralty, to become a candidate at the ensuing election Mr. Dunlop, advocate, who opposed Mr. Baine on the last occasion, and very nearly defeated him, although he entered upon the field at so late a period as to render his return almost hopeless, pledged himself at that time to stand again whenever a vacancy should occur. Having been in formed by his friends of the movement that has been going on in the other party, he came immediataly to town, and had a meeting of his committee in the White Hart Hotel. He is to remain in town to pro secute his canvass personally. In the event of a con test taking place, it will, in all probability, be a severe one. Dual:ital.—There is a rumour in circulation that Colonel Thorns Wood does not intend to offer himself again for the representation of Middlesex, but means to solicit, on the Londonderry interest, the suffrages of the constituency of the city of Durham.----North British Mail. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Burgon, of 35, Bucklersbury, was summoned be fore the Lord Mayor for having refused to pay the church-rate, amounting to 5/. 25., due to the united parishes of St. Stephen's Walbrook and St. Benet Sherehog. The LORD MAYOR—Have you got your summons, Mr. Burgon? Defendant—No, my Lord; I left it at home, between the leaves of my Bible. The LORD MAYOR—You object to pay the rate? Defendant—l have conscientious objections to the rate. I consider that lam conscientiously bound to re fuse to pay it. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty as a magistrate to enforce the payment. lam under a legal necessity to act peremptorily upon occasions of this kind; I have no alternative. My duty is a mere matter of form, which I have no power to alter. Defendant—lt is no matter of form for me to part with that for which I have laboured, for purposes which I cannot recognise, and to which I am opposed from principle. The Loan MAYOR—You know well that you are le gally bound to pay the church•rate. Where can be the good in putting yourself to the inconvenience of refusing to do what, you must be aware, you are compellable by law to do? Defendant—Your Lordship has mentioned the consci i.tnathpdeiregoiisutltohaiillnlevtmyrda:septnibhesteaer.cftealcutpslyaeslii}d entious reason I have for objecting to pay, for the law as alrohgauvee of the land has nothing to do with conscience; cunscience jeatuohnfinid T gss nc h ymia e eeognn l mact , b o eeuon ß pt i oodl b f l ohm A ri meYtoh. that Riri sentenced ea—Tet has nothing to do with a civil magistrate. d eihmt hetmonths, lna i man mt hy k a t s o no, fi was co incided there. Defendant—My conscientious objection is founded upon the principle which I recognise, that the Church of England is based in error. That church holds to bap tismal regeneration, which I consider to be altogether fallacious and destitute of foundation in the Bible. There is no mention of such a thing at all in Holy Writ as baptismal regeneration. The LORD MAYOR.—I am not bound, as a magistrate, to enter into a discussion of this kind, and I shall not hear any more upon such a point. It was then regularly proved that Mr. Burgon was chargeable with the rate to the amount represented, and The LORD MAYOR told him that if he questioned the validity of it, he must give notice to that effect to the magistrate, and his appeal would go before an ecclesias tical tribunal. Defendant—l have already mentioned my conscien tious objection on the ground of the recognition of bap tismal regeneration by the Church of England. I have another objection to state. I have reason to believe that there is a great endowment in our parish. I believe that there is as much as 8001. a year, which ought to be appropriated to the repairs of the church, to contribute to which I have been summoned; and it is my opinion that if such appropriation took place there would not be any necessity for applying to me. The LORD YIAYoR-I:Thatis a matter to which m, jurisdiction does not, as you very well know, extend. Defendant—My Lord, my first objection, which ori ginated in a conscientious scruple, you have set aside. The LORD MAYOR—You may continue to entertain that objection, but I am obliged to act as a civil magis trate on the occasion, or I become liable to be served with a mandamus. Defendant:LTV - hen I saw that my first position was likely to avail me nothing, I thought it necessary to try another, and I mentioned the command of funds in the united parishes as a rational excuse for refusing the ap plication. I am not (as our reporter understood Mr. Burgon) a believer in geographical or in parochial Chris tianity, and I cannot see why the Church of England should compel those who do not subscribe to her doc trines to subscribe to her support. I pay tithes in addi tion to the expense which the imposition of this church rate inflicts upon me by the sale of my goods. Your Lordship must see that education, likewise, is involved in this question. The LORD MAYOR—Yes. I apprehend that. .ou are one of those who so strongly objected to the Ministerial plan of education ? Defendant—Just so. I objected for the same reason the field, but, owing to some cause or other, no defi- Inite arrangements are made. Such procrastination is by no means creditable to the borough, indicating an absence of the decision and energy indispensably ne cessary to the occasion.—Neweastle Guardian. PENRYN AND FAr.mouni.—We are at length au thorised to announce that Mr. Mowatt, a gentleman who has already had considerable experience in Par liament, will offer himself as a candidate at the ensu ing election. Captain Plumridge will also solicit a renewal of the confidence reposed in him. We learn that Mr. Howell Gwynn, who was defeated at the last election, also intends to offer himself; and report says that Captain the Honourable Swynfen T. Car negie, R.N., at present M.P. for Stafford, contem plates presenting himself to the electors. We have not heard whether Mr. Freshfield, who represented Penryn in four or five Parliaments, intends to come forward in compliance with a requisition presented to him some few months since.—Falmouth Packet. BIRMINGHAM.—The uncertainty which at present prevails as to the precise duration of Parliament has been influential in checking speculation on the chances of a contest for Birmingham. We understand, how ever, that it has been determined to bring forward a gentleman in opposition to Mr. Spooner, who is indebted for his seat merely to unseemly dissension amongst the Liberal party, who differing in matters of detail, are nevertheless agreed in the great princi ple of progressive reform. The same gentleman who solicited the suffrages of the electors on that occasion will again be selected to test whether the constituency of Birmingham will continue to be practically dis franchised, by returning members whose votes on all great questions of commercial or social reform neu tralise one another. Although no committee has been formed, and in fact no meeting has yet been held, we believe that there is no doubt that Mr. William Scholefield will again come forward in opposition to Mr. Spooner, and there is still less doubt that if he does he will receive the cordial support of the great body of the Liberal electors. It is also generally understood that Mr. Muntz will again offer himself as a candidate, and unless disunion once more gives the advantage to the Conservatives, we may confi dently expect to see Birmingham relieved from the political inconsistency which at present attaches to it. —Birmingham Journal. NORTH DURHAM.—The abstinence of Colonel Beckwith from a canvass, after issuing his address to the electors of North Durham, has been construed into a symptom of hesitation and indecision. Nothing could be more erroneous. Colonel Beckwith has re solved, very wisely and considerately, to refrain from p►unging the division thus early into an excitement of an election. Neither the Hon. H. T. Liddell nor Lord Seaham, for aught that the Liberals know, may vet take the field. So far, Colonel Beckwith and Mr. Duncombe Shafto are the only candidates for the representation of Durham in the next Parliament. It may be too much to expect that they will be elected without opposition ; but, at any rate, until the Tories pick up the glove, or betray some inclina tion to do so, the Liberals may very well remain quiet. Should the Tories give them battle, the course of action is plain. There must be no distrust or diesen tion amongst the supporters of the Colonel and Mr. Shafto. The great bulk of the Liberal electors will sanction no half measures—no splitting. " Beck w ith and Shafto," or " Shafto and Beckwith," must be the vote.—Gateshead Observer. SOUTH DURHAM.—The two divisions of our county are now, in one respect, in the same position. Mr. Hedworth Lambton has resigned in the north, Mr. John Bowes in the south. Mr. Lambton's health de mands privacy and ease. Mr. Bowes's purse protests against another contest, The Tories, in fact, have won the election of 1847, by contesting the election of 1841 ; that is, if the Liberals of South Durham per mit a gentleman to whom they are everlastingly in debted, to be driven out of Parliament by the money power.—Gateshead Observer. that the Bishops objected to the Maynooth grant— that the plan imposed upon others the hardship of paying for what they did not approve. Now, inde pendently of my objections in point of conscience, I con sider my claim of exemption upon the argument of the possession of funds in the united parishes worthy of consideration, although I certainly prefer going upon the higher grounds. The subject is associated with many other questions, but it is identified with the educa tion question. We hear people [talk of the necessity of religious education, but religion is not a thing which depends upon education—it is dependent upon faith, which is not to be taught. The LORD MAYOR—It has been frequently observed to those who object to the laws by which the country they reside in is regulated, that they are at perfect liberty to remove to some place better adapted to their taste. I admit that you are perfectly justified in asserting your conscientious scruples ; but I am bound as a magistrate to enforce the law at my own peril, and I cannot make your case an exception. Defendant—l have within the last thirty years been put to the expense of 5001. for what I never make use of, and what never has been of the slightest service to me. The Church has scarcely left me an article of fur niture of any advantage to me. I hope her ministers will, upon this occasion, seize upon looking-glasses and such things as are not indispensable, and that they will leave me my bed and bed-clothes and a table and chairs. The LORD MAYOR—Depend upon it you will not be subjected to any annoyance which you will not bring upon yourself. The defendant, who is, we understand, a gentleman of high respectability, then retired, and a warrant was made out against his goods and chattels. Thomas Fitzgibbon, a labouring man, was brought up charged upon suspicion of having caused the death of Peter Doyle. It appeared from the evidence of a woman who lodged in the house in which the prisoner and his wife resided, that the deceased and Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon had been drunk, and quarrelling and fighting on the landing-place, and that the deceased was heard to fall down two flights of stairs ; that he and the prisoner fought afterwards ; and that it was necessary to convey the deceased to the hospital, where he died. Remanded till Friday. GUILDHALL. Charles Thompson, aged 24, a person of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Alderman Moon, charged with stealing two books from the shop-window of Mr. Noble, a bookseller in Fleet•street. Mr. Noble stated that he did not wish to press the charge, as he believed the crime was committed through poverty, and on account of the prisoner's previous re spectability. Mr. Alderman MOON said he would consider of that when he had heard the circumstances. Mr. Humphrey, a law-writer, on Bread-street hill, stated that on passing through Fleet-street he saw the prisoner secrete the books under his coat and walk away. Witness followed him into Fetter-lane before he met with a policeman. Witness pointed him out to the officer. and saw him stopped. Walter Tyler, City policeman, No. 373, said that upon asking the prisoner if he had not a book under his coat, he replied he had ; he had Shakspere's works, which had been lent to him by a friend in the Strand. He produced the volume from under his coat. Witness told him he thought he could take him to the shop from which he had just stolen it. The prisoner assured him what he said was perfectly right, but witness would not take his word for that, and conveyed him to the station, where a second book called the " Gift," was found in his pocket, as well as some duplicates relating to books. Mr. Noble identified the two books. Mr. Alderman Moox asked the prisoner if he wished to make any statement ? The prisoner said he was in great distress. The ALDERMAN asked him what trade he followed ? The prisoner said he was not of any trade, but he had been in business, and he put in letters to show his former respectability. Mr. Alderman MOON asked if he had followed any occupation recently. The prisoner said he had not. The ALDERMAN said, he could not yield to Mr. Noble's recommendation, for it would end in his turning the pri soner loose in a short time to prey upon the public again. The prisoner's previous position was rather an aggra vation of his crime, for as a man of intelligence he knew that he need not have resorted to stealing because he was destitute. Those who had the means made con tributions as poor-rates to prevent any unemployed mem ber of society from being driven to stealing. He felt himself bound to commit the prisoner to trial. The prisoner might hand his papers to the judge and show what probability there was that he would be removed from the state of necessity in which he had lately been. He was committed for trial. Captain Spence, of the 89th Foot, who had been charged on the preceding day with stealing four cigars, and who appeared to be in a state of insanity, was brought up and delivered to his friends to be immediately conveyed back to the regiment, which is lying at Dover. He had come to London on leave of absence for a fort night, and had exhibited some eccentricities that left little doubt of the state of his mind. BO W-STREET. A middle-aged man, named Harry Hal-hien, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, under the following circumstances:— The charge sheet represented the prisoner as having been taken in custody on suspicion of being an accessory to the murder of the infant child of a woman named Cleveland, keeping a house of ill-fame in Upper Wel lington-street, but:the charge was not signed. Mr. HENRY inquired what was the nature of the charge, and by whom it was instituted? Mr. Mosely, who attended to watch the case on behalf of the parish authorities of the Strand Union, observed that the prisoner had been brought to Bow-street by the direction of Mr. Bedford, the coroner of Westmin ster, before whom an inquest had been held on the body of the deceased child of a Mrs. Cleveland. A medical gentleman, it appeared, had made certain statements to the coronerrespecting an interview which he had had with the prisoner, whose remarks induced him to suspect that he was an accessory to the child's death. The pri soner consequently attended the adjourned inquest, and desired to be examined upon the subject; but the coroner advised him not to criminate himself, and, on his then declining to make any statement, ordered a constable in attendance to take him before the magistrate at Bow street. Mr. Mosely reminded his Worship that another party, who had refused his name, had been remanded by Mr. Jardine on a similar charge. He (Mr. Mosely) had no instructions in the matter, but merely wished to ex • plain how the prisoner came before his Worship. Mr. HENRY asked if anybody was present to give evi dence against the prisoner ? Mr. Lawson (the medical gentleman above adverted to) said that he was prepared to repeat the statements he had already made before the coroner ; but they did not go to prove that the prisoner was actually concerned in the murder of the child. Mr. HENRY desired the constable to produce his autho rity for taking the prisoner into custody. The constable had no authority but the verbal direc tions of the coroner. Mr. HENRY assured the constable that they gavo him no authority whatever, unless accompanied by a war rant; and his Worship expressed his surprise that the charge was taken by the inspector. The prisoner was then discharged. SOUTHWARK. Robert Gorden, late engineer of the Universal Gas light Company, was brought before Mr. Cottingham on e following charge:— Mr. Buckton, Secretary of the London and Brighton Railway Company, stated that, being indebted to the Universal Gaslight Company in the sum of 1151., fir supplying gas, he was authorised by the managing director to transmit a letter of advice to the socretary of that company relative to the payment of the money. The following day, the 14th instant, the prisoner called and represented himself as the engi neer of the gas company, and when witness put some questions to him his replies were so satisfactory, saying that he was in the habit of collecting money for the concern, that witness was induced to hand hun over a cheque for 1151., the amount of their account. Owing however, to something that transpired in a short time afterwards, payment of the cheque was stopped at the bankers upon whom it was drawn. The witness added, that when he expressed his surprise to the accused that he had not brought the letter of advice which he (the witness) had written relative to the settlement of the account to the gas company, his answer was that he had (begotten it; and he afterwards sent it to the Brighton Railway-office. Mr. John Greenaway stated, that he is secretary to the Universal Gaslight Company, of which the prisoner had been an engineer since August last, at a salary of 3001. per annum ; that on the 13 th instant , he (w i t ness) received a letter of advice from t he secretar y of the London and Brighton Railway Com p an y , relative to a ' sum of 1151. due to the gas compa n y , and a pp ointing a day on which the sum would be p aid. On Friday, the 14th instant, witness di scovered that the prisoner had received a cheque for the amount from Mr. Buckton, although he was not authorised by the co oned mpany the so to do; and, when he was subsequently questi on sub ject, he admitted that he did g et the cheque as described; and and when he was fur ther interrogated on the point, he secretary of by peepingof the Brighton Rail said that he obtained his information relative to the p a y .. ss s . ec In reply to Mr. Cot tin g ham, the witness l w m e a t e y t 'l e t r c o a o f d m d the a e s n d s y e e tness said th a t on db t o t h dy w u i et t h to e: the company e the 19th inst. th e Universal Gas Companywould be in debted to the prisoner 110/., part of his salary; that the prisoner called at the witness's office on the day after he , rece ived the cheque, admitted the fact of his having ceived it, also admitted t hat he had p ee ped into the !eje c t: of advice, and added t hat he acted throu ghout the busi pess under legal advice. Mr. Edward Boulter, managing director of the Uni versal Gaslight Company , stated that the prisoner had no authority to receive m one y s, but there was a balance of salary of 1101. due to the prisoner, which would have been paid, but he had no authority to receive 115/. due by the Brighton Railway Company for gas. The prisoner had, subsequently to the transaction, sent a amountingth atthoe b was u prepared to 41., to th e pay over letter describing th a t h e had obtained the cheque in about order to have htahveebhailsance , salary,and I company. Mr. Parry, on the part of the prisoner, contended th a t he had not been guilty of any offence cri minal court ; that the facts were, amenable in a which he was engineer, wa s indebted to him; that he the Company ' of could not obtain the money ; and that ceived a cheque for 115/. due to his debtors , he went and re paid himself out of it, handing them and would have payment had not been stoppe over the b a l ance , if Mr. COTTINGHAM said , that although ii,,t, in.iiilied in obtaining the amount of hi s sa l ar y by the prisoner was such means as those desCr'ibed company was ind e bt e d to hi yet ii app eare d that t he a jury would not Convict m, and as he was o f o pi n ion • instead of sending the prisoner for trial, he should give the complainants an opportunity of indicting him at the sessions; and for that purpose should adjudge him to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 2001. to appear at this court on the I st of Jue. the day subsequently to the commencement of the next session of the Central Criminal Court. James Morris, the young man charged with firing I/ loaded pistol at Frances Mary, his wife, with intent to murder her, was brought up for re-examination on tb • charge. It will be recollected that the complainant and Mr%. Staples, who accompanied her, and was present on the night of the alleged outrage, when before the magistrate described that they heard the noise made by the report of the pistol when the prisoner fired at her. This wh ey merit they made at the first examination; but, whel closely interrogated on the last occasion they were a. this court, they both admitted that they never before heard the report of a pistol until then, and one of theta (Mrs. Staples), in describing the noise made by the re' port, said it resembled the puff or blast made by the igni tion of three or four lucifer matches. Mr. COTTINQHAM, having considerable doubts on hie mind that a pistol had in reality been fired on the Bee sion, gave directions that the most strict incleirie:. should be made, with the view of ascertaining whethetat the account given by the complainant and her w' who o (Mrs. Staples) could be confirmed by other perso ns, w ho must have been near the spot at the time so serious en attack was alleged to have been made on the life of it wife by her husband. Winch, one of the summoning officers of the court, a n d a s ergeant of the M divis were directed to use their exertions in this discover)", and when the prisoner was placed at the ba r they were called forward and stated, that all their inquiries were unattended with success with reference to finding 01 person who heard the report of a pistol on the morning in question, although tho complainant wa s seen running from the direction in which she alleged she bad been shot at by her husband. They had, however, brought up some persons living close to the spot to be examined. Three witnesses were then questioned by Mr. C Or- TiNcuAm, and they declared that they resided tiOjacene to the place w h ere t h e a ll ege d attempt was made—that they heard the s h r i e k o f a w oman, and saw the corn" plainant and Mrs. Staples running aw a y from the se' cused. If a pist o l h a d been discharged they (the wite nesses) were confident the e y mus t have heard the rep ort, being so near at hand, but they heard nothing of the kind, and saw n o thi ng on searching about to indite t that a shot had been fired. One of the witnesses, hoW; could claimed m s w a e i w t d n t e h a s ever, added that immediately after he heard the sh riek he little aha d woman ngoirtl seen hadrunning tbhe ee ng p ifir a rl s e t sdi n h ac i te s b li ya o nh u de se r , thh w us h be e e e l; complainant that ame i Ist' husband, Alfnuani present o bhnas report of a t he or whether she had uttered the worts on hearing would every speak to her. o td(a r imp w dl arenrsso.dstsaasytnwsdpetlaseotrsa;thhenedeorrtohloaikirg saf j e e sn f t sv sa : pe e r e Mrs. Staples was interrogated by the Magistra te re ; n s n d( a d t myh, Rundles enerwaspehriedtenAhtseotlrteorhrrrosseih.dsms h e)si e heard the pisto l rpecting this, and she admitted that she did say O rl i, thing tantamount to the words alleged, and also aa mitted that she was anxious the p risoner should be either held to bail or sent to gaol. P Mr. COTTINGHAM was rather surprised that sh e , should have evinced s o muc h f ee li ng against the aeons of as his wife, if she de eme d i t requ i s ite for the safetY lee her life, would have c ome f orwar d w ithout Mrs. Stal) holding out a kind of th reat to h e r if she did not eg aees against him. The Magistrate then said tha t he teas r at all satisfied with th e evidence adduced of the pria°ne havin g discharged a pistol at his wife. His doubts eiv - e, from the facts that came out in the course of most lengthened ex am i na ti ons on t h e su bject, for it wan , 0 improbable that a man, after attempting to PerPet rate a se diabolical an act, s h ou ld h ave proceeded to the 110,,i where she had run for s uccour, called her out, and resa: ber to accompany hi m h ome , and he even had threatea,; to call the police to comp e l her when she refu sed to (It' the place. If the prisoner was bent upon the destru.etzw; of his wife he had previously greater opportunities of cal f rying it into execution, and with a much less chan tbs detection, when they were in the country together, in the place where the alleged attempt upon her life r: made. Then, again, no persons had come forwar.ni.l7 substantiate the statements of the complainant and witness as to a pistol being fired—the alleged to have taken place was an open thorouerre. people passing and repassing, some of whom, if 'I hear.. arms of any description had exploded, must have place where !t ,7 , :f the report, yet none did, not even the inmates et w i adjoining houses, although some of them distinctktYihoenartue the complainant scream out at the time. In addl all this, it could not be forgotten that a strong feeling t!! f hatred existed in the mind of the complainant ' s fat he r a against the accused, and that she herself had sirws.e, good deal of rancour towards him. He (the Meg sir 1 taking the case before a jury, if she pleas p ed, however, should give the complainant an oportuannidtyfoorf that purpose sh ou ld a djudge the acc used to enterinto sureties to appear at the next sessio ns to answer th charge. Mr. Gardner, the compl a inant's father, ha vin g sworn that he went in danger of his life from the prisoner, D, was ordered to enter into his own recognisa nce of 20 1. and find two sureties of 10/. each to keep the pea ce for twelve months. CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION .. , The Vice-Chancellor has issued an official notice 0 her Majesty's intention to honour this ancient seat o' , learning with her august presence at the approach' ing M. A. commencement; and it may be most Coll' fidently anticipated that Cambridge will on that occasion present a scene of unexampled splendour. A week of uninterrupted festivities, worthy of the event they are destined to commemorate, will enliven and delight the assembled guests; and if our fair readers should, in consequence of the impossibility of don' ting the Fitzwilliam Museum to so gratifying . a Pur . pose, be deprived of the fascinations of a Ball in that noble pile, we think we may venture to assure them. that they will lose nothing in the shape of amuse' ment, as arrangements are in progress which will ensure a succession, we hope, of unalloyed eitiq" ments. —______ We may mention that it has been whispered to uss on no mean authority, that the Queen will certainly hold a Drawing Room in the State Rooms of Trinity" which will be splendidly adorned for the purpose , and it is not altogether impossible, that in the even' ing of that eventful day for the fair dames of this locality a select Ball, which will be honoured by the presence of her Majesty, will be given in the sole magnificent apartments.—Cambridge Advertiser. -,-, ti A THE " GREAT B RITAIN. " -- A —l - 1. we ll - i n f ormed cot' respondent : writing — T he u springs oder havingdate, e g ` _l T on Y e off relia' se j e l m a s y to 2o ht: informs made no difference in the position of this noble and in questionably strong ship. She stands now very nearly l upright, evel, in s a t n e a d d t o o f t b h e e i n e g y feet by the head as she has been through the winter p a p s e a i r t s w near 1 e y i g o b n t a o n r e l I l i. n e r u e. Her stem is but a few inches below the l ev el of the e bu s r h i e ed a sand, and her keel is quite visible at low water or thereabouts. Captain Claxton, last week, gave the poor people who live along the shore side, and who had been working the ship, leave to help themsel ves to that portion of the breakwater formed by the fagots and very speedily a vast difference was made in its height—carts, barrows, trucks, hands and arms, being spe euni igs e a d gw i co l yin r dr• work nwroen equis n removing n. i requisition ocThb:ei chains st crew andlw w o haveo h a e t Er, r•, for materialss for m om some days aniry, from days' mb eoef s w a a r t e e r i , i o w t b y i • e e b t , d i b s t o u w r e b r e e d r , , n o ni r u t s h t e b f e o e r n e : p n e o le f s th a e nd br s e p a a l r c the i,h top of the fagot s , p re p aratory to b reaking them u p dat e io moved, unless it be intended to lift the ship it. UP over to the last of the ' springs many persons visited the ship and breakwater. It is reported on board that timber has been ordered ft •om Downpatrick, by Captain Claxton, and the bad places in the road to the ship are being wade better for carting across the fields.—Newry Telegraph. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at Wellisford House, near Wellington, Somerset, the wite of John Coke Fowler, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst.. at Margate, the lady of Henry Hutchin son Curling, Eq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Cheadle, Cheshire, the wife of the Rev. Charles J. Cummings ' M.A., of a son. On the 22d inst., at Thistleton, Rutland, Mrs. Henry Fluyder, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Leamington, the lady of E. Story, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Worth Rectory, Sussex, the wife of the Rev. G. C. Bethune, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Hill-street, the Hon. Mrs. Robert Boyle, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., the wife of Frederick Young, Esq., of Bromley, Middlesex, of a daughter. L'On the 24th inst., at the Elms, West Derby, near Liver pool, Mrs. G. A. Hoskins ' of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Cornhill, the wife of Joseph Cock field Dimsdale, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 21st inst, at the church of St. George the Martyr, Queen-square, Mr. Richard Bear, of th e R oya l Albi o n Hotel , Ramsgate, to Margaret, third daughter of the late Mr. Hen derson, of High Holborn. d On the 20th inst., at St. Ma r y' s Ch urc h , I s li ng ton, D avi Knight, son of the Rev. J. K n i g ht, o f S andw i c h, to 0. 1 3 31 P 1- Lydia Butt, daughter of the late John Butt, solicitor. „,. On the 20th inst., at St. M ary ' s Ch urc h, I s lington , Lord, Esq., t o S ara h L y di a B utt, rel i ct o f the late J CO Butt, Esq., solicitor. On the 24th inst., at Leigh Church, W or cestershire , Swainson, Esq., of Walworth, solicitor to Charlotte Anil° , youngest daughter of H. Brown, Esq., Of Leigh. DIED. On the 24th inst., Richard James Hewlett, the infant eon of Mr. Hurst, of the Vernon's Head, North Audley-street. On the 17th inst., in High-street, Kensington, Mr. George Coutts, aged 24. On the 19th inst., at Taunton, Louisa, the wife of the R ev " . Hubert K. Co rn i s h, Vicar of Bakewell, Derbyshire. On the 22d inst., at Bath, Cecile Riquet de Camaran Mar' guise de Sommery, relict of the late Marquis de Somme*. On the 22d inst., in London, Captain Arthur Saundero, late of the 12th Lancers. On the 24th inst., at Broomfield House, Clapham-comme tl f Mr. John Thomas Betts, aged 64. On the 24th inst., Thomas, the youngest son of the late Rev. David Bradberry, aged 58. On the 25th inst., Mary Caroline, second daughter of Mr. Benjamin Tomkins, of Barnes-terrace, Surrey. Oa the 25th inst., at Rushey-green, Lewisham, Kent, Thomas, Esq., aged 88. At Tavistock-square, London, Grace Smythies, widow' of William Smythies, Esq., aged 77. At Bo'ness, N. 8., James Duncan, R.N., aged 82. Vrintzd Published by ligniDO YOUNO, of No. 11 4 . Strand, krinter, at Pie Sun t.dlice, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thuriday, Ms/ 37, 1847. -.-.~~ -, Th Vrlth 4 8. eitui 1 80 Ceres Th al VI, /oft Doi* bont