The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-23 00:00:00

ELECTION INT PLLIO ENCE. MR. B. OSBORNE AT DOVER. On Monday evening a densely-crowded meeting of the Liberal electors -Vole place at the AT olionian . hall, for the purpose of affording the candidates in that interest an opportunity of expressing their po litical sentiments. The candidates invited to oiler themselves wera Mr. Bernal Osborne, the Secretary for the Admiralty, and Capt. E lward Rice, RN., son of the present representative of Dever. Capt. Rice issued an address on Saturday, but early on Monday morning it was rumoured that the gallant Captain bad retired, and this rnmeur was semi strengthened by an address from Sir Wm. Ruatell, offering himself as a candidate, on advanced Liberal opinions. This was immediately followed by a short placard bearing the name of Captain Rice, and formally announcing his intention to withdraw from the contest, on the ground that by so doing he would best aid the cause of Liberalism in Dover. . The chair was occupied by Mr. James Wor-ifold, who was supported by a large number of influential members of the Liberal and independent ho ly. Mr. EERNAL OSBORNE, addressing the mee.ing rs " electors, freemen, and non-elec tors of Dover,' said he had not been driven hers as to a harbour of refuge. (A laugh.) He, moreover, veneered to hope that in this case there would be no exaction of " passing tolls." (Hear, and laugh'ea) For tunately for himself he bad bad—he said it w ith gnat humility—numerous requisitions from other constituencies, which had done him the honour to invite his humble services for their representation. But it might well be asked him, " Why have you, representing as you do profitably one of the most important constituencies, if not the most impor tant constituency. in Great Britain (he meant the county of Middlesex) why have yOu left that constituency, and why do you stand here before the electors of Dover ?" He should make free to answer those questions. It so happened, in the course of his Parl atnentary career, that, without soliciting office—being independent in his circumstances and pesi!ien—the compliment was paid him of being asked to join her Majesty's Government. That was at the time when the cele brated coalition took place, which looked so fair, but which had ended in dust and ashes. Con4ler ing that it was not an unlaiidahle ambition to aspire to office in this country, if unaccompanied with dis graceful conditions, be accepted that invitation ; but the county business of Middlesex was so greats and the local interests were so varied, that it was totally impossible for any man holding the position of member for Middlesex and Secretary for the Ad miralty to do the business of one without neglecting that of the other. For these reasons he bad lately, with great pain —for he was not one of those who liked to leave old friends and old support , rs—mado up his mind to resign the trust he held as the repre sentative of Middlesex. He had heard since his arrival in this town that two gentlemen were about to make their appearance here who he felt justi fied iu saying, from his knowledge of their career, were in politics neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, nor, what he was sure was a great dainty in this town, good red herring. (Laughter.) One gentleman was, he believed, known to the electors of Dover—he spume of Sir G. Clerk, whom they would probably hear on the following night. Sir G. Clerk, let him warn the electors of Dover, was not not the Sir G. Clerk they saw here in 1847. At that time the hon. bart. was brought in by the Liberal electors of this town. He came forward as a free-trader, and—that anomalous animal—a "Li b :ral Oo •Iservative. " Now, if there was any more specious animal iu the political world, any more deceiving, any wolf in sheep's clothing greater than another, it WAS he who told them he was a Liberal Conservative. He therefore warned every Liberal elector in that room—for Sir George Clerk was a " cannie Scotchman," and he knew from long experience how to wheedle a vote—(laughter) —he warned every Liberal elector in that room that this was not the Sir George Clerk of 1847. Another gentle man row came to Dover holding fast by Sir George Clerk's tail; and he (Mr. Osborne) scaroely doubted that the Dover eleet ors would keep him Cher 3. (blear, bear.) His name was Hope; and he sincerely thought that in this case Hope was without an anchor. (Laughter.) Under any circumstances, he would scarcely find a good holding in the harbour of Dover. (Hear, hear.) The electors, like himself, had no doubt been much astonished at what had lately occurred. When the present Parliament met no cloud was apparent ou the political horizon. It scarcely needed a Palmenton or a Smithett to steer the ship across the political channel. But what had occurred? Probably (see of the most remarkable men of this or any other day, instigated by passion, possi bi) by disappointment, possibly by ambition,-1 man who to the endowment of an Ignatius Loyola added not only the tongue of aDcmosthenes, but the impulses of a Re 1 Indilm—fur he scalped his eneroi-s —had organised a serious opposition to Lord Pal merston. He referred to Mr. Gladstone, who was the acknowledged head of the party which was gene rally called the Peelite party, and of which he be lieved Sir G. Clerk and Mr. Hope were members, although he WAS not certain as to Sr G. Clerk. Mr. Gladstone was now hand in hand with his right hon. friend Mr. Disraeli. And he would warn hcn. gentlemen that of all friendships theyshould bo charyin forwing right hon. friendships; for the friend of to-day was the enemy of to-morrow. Mr. Glad stone, then, bad c - alesced.—and that it was a coali tion he did not hesitate to say, for Mr. Gladstone had not denied it hitaself—he had coalesced with that versatile and able gentleman Mr. Disraeli f)r the purpose of expelling Lord Palmerston from power. And what was his first move? With a power of utterance and a mystific dim of language of which it was totally impossible for him (Mr. 031.orne) to give any iciPa, he_ ce deavoured to prove, when Sir C. Lewis, with a sagacity of purpoee well becomino a Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought forward in his budget a proposition to take from the inc me tax what was generally known as the " war 9d"— Mr. Gladstone endeavoured. to prove that in place of taking off this 9d, he was taking off nothing at all. In such a wilderness of words did he involve the subject chat one might have pardoned poor Sir Cornewall Lewis for 1 eing left under the impression that, after all, be bad not in re die y tat en the 9tl. off the inc - ane-t :x. (A laugh.) Happily for cv,i; proprietor of a breeches pocket, Mr. Glad don was unsuccessful in his attache A'l had read —no, he hoped all had not reld—the Chinese debate. He had the misfortune to l'slen to it for four nights. Lawyer after lawyer rose and confined a plain and simple case into an ac ion of trover—d sgraeeful to the House of Commons, ho thought, but not very puzzling, he was sure, to the people Of this coun try. There was a party called the peace party, and he sot m.nly believed in his heart that that party did more to bring on and centnu3 the war with Ru.s-ia than any set er body of men in country. He had had the opportunity, through a ft - lead, at the time the war with the Emperor n? Russia was waging, and while diecuisions on the subject were going on in the House of Commons, of seeing the speeches of two distinguished members of that party tra ns l a t e d i nto Russian. Those s sseeches were delivered l Mr. Gladstone and by a man far before him, became h e h ad rendered great service to his country at a time wijen the cause of free trade had to be batch d for; an.:l much did he (Mr. Osborne) lament that Mr. Cob:len had taken this cretchet into his head. He knew from certain authority that so great an effect was produced on the mind of Nesselrode by these speeches that the Czar Nicholas presumed that we should never go to war, Or, having gone to war, we should be glad to make peace on any terms. This more immedi ately conducted him to the consideration of what had caused this awful dissolution of Parliament. Now, what were the circumstances of this Chi nese dissolution ? Did any man aliens imagine that it was ou account of what bad been justly termed the miserable affair of the Arrow ? No, it was not the Arrow of the Canton waters, but the archers sitting on the Ministerial side of the house below the gangway, who aimed their arrows at the Ministerial butt, hoping to hit the hull'a - eYe of office that had c caused the dissolution. (" Rtar ? " and a laugh.) The hon'gentlernan here went with somcieueTtiinouneness into the consideration of the China Once let foreign nations, and especially the Chi nese Eea we were ready to dis own our admirals a n d governors whoabwleerteoo judge d t g h e e spot, and who - Were therefore better kthis of the emergency of the ca se Vann we in country—(hear)—let them see that, and England would sink to a third - rate Power, while she would never find any man of character willing or ablehtdo serve her abroad. (Cheers.) A great been made at Sir J. Bowling, and if any man ever a had occasion to utter the exclamation, " Save me from my friends !" it was the Governor of Hong Kong. He trusted that they, the peopl e , who never desert e d f a man so long as he remai ned true and honest, would not be led away by this out cry against Sir J. B owl i ng . H e knew him to be Innocent. He might be mistaken in some of his views, but he knew him to be conscientious, and so far from being inimical to China the complaints of the merchants at Hong Kong had been that he had been a grea t d eal too kind towards the Chinese and too much di spcsed to cultivate his original views (for he was secretary to the Peace Society) in carrying on transactions with that perfidious -nation. So far was he from h aving been a-favourite with English merchants that they manifested a 0 directly opposite sentiment. H - now came to the domestic policy of this country. bad always, before a we ll-k nown soc i e t y was organised, bad a- 8 11 strong notion of the necessity o f what was called Administrative -reform— (cheers) --and he knew' that her Majesty's present Government long tefore that cry became the fashion and the bobby of the day—for these things were taken up a s much through fa-lion as were the dresses a the ladies —had taken steps in furtherance of such a re form. Lord Palmerston first originated admini strative refo:m at the War-office—(hear,. hear) — when le ori g inated there the principle of selection f merit, and took men, not according to the con riectons, which he had before alluded to, but f r their working and essential requisites for the of they were to fill. In an humble way he had endea voured to imitate that example. Holding the posi tion he did, he found that patronage was not only irks:me to refuse, but that the whole system was so unfair arid so disagreeal - ale to the giver, while, if it was not disagreeable to the recipient, it must hive fused him anything but satisfaction, that he pre vailed upon the Board of Admiralty to allow him to divest himself of that patronage; and he challenged anyone to say that he had given him mere patron age. He claimed, therefore, to be something of an Administrative Reformer, for be had caused that patronage to be ves'eil in the superintendents of dockyard's, who, being naval men, had no preju dices—(oh)—or ought not to have. (Hear.) There were other minor questions which he had had the honour of assisting to carry what he believed was a satisfactory solution. He thought it was right for them to recollect that Lord Palmerston was, or had been, the member of a Government which had agreed upon a Reform Bill, which, in consequence of that war which was provoked and carried on mainly through the instrumentality and speeches of the Peace party, Lord John Russell was obliged to abandon with tears in his eyes. They asked him, then, what he was going to do about reform, and he, replied that he would take what he could get. He might have ideas which his friends in the Mi nistry thought were too fast, and which he himself thought would not probably be carried out in his time. He was not one of those people who bad ever possessed any very exaggerated notions on the ballot ; he had never thought it a panacea for , all the evils which beset electors ; 'but his reason for supporting it had been this-- the con stituencies themselves are the best judges. ([dear,) He had, he was sorry to say, had opportu nity of seeing great intimidation and disgusting bribery. He was rather inclined - to think the bal lot would not do all that was wished, yet he re gardel it as the right thing, as the elector could not he worse off than he was at present. (Hear.) " How will you vote on Maynooth ?" he had heard some three or four gentlemen say. He answered plainly, that he would be no party to taking from his Irish fellow-subjects that miserable 30,0001. a year which was vote 1 them. (Cheers.) He had no love for the political system of the Roman Ca tholic Church, but he bad a great love for justice. He could not see—as he often did when he went to his parish church, which was a church crying in the wilderness (for the congregation consisted of some 50 people)—next to that church, and before a ptiest of; the Roman Catholic religion, in a chapel dilapidated and the people kneeling in mud and puddle, a congregation of 800, without feslins something of the injustice we should be committing by taking from the men of that persua sion the miserable 30,0001. a year voted for May nooth. After expressing his opinion in favour of the abolition of church-rates, he said—When Sir J. Walmsley moved his reselution that the Crystal Palace should be opened on Sunday he opposed it, - because he haitno wish to see th's country resemble in its Sunday observances our friends across the water. We were a different people and of different habits. He did not mean to nibble at our neigh bours ; they had been brought up differently, and had imbibed a different set of principleS on these subject:. He was a supporter of her Majesty's pre sent Prime Minister, because he had seen that man, when deserted by his colleagues, and while the storm of war was raging and the event of the con test seemed doubtful, remain at his post. •In the words of Lord J. Russell he (Mr. Osborne) said that Lord Palmerston was not the Minister of Austria, still less was be tho Minister of China ; and, if Lord Palmerston remained at the helm, sure he was that our foreign policy would be upheld with glory, and that the domestic policy of this country would Le adininistered to the satisfaction and happiness of the people. (Prolonged cheering.) One word more. This town had lately been made the subject of a bill introduced in Parliament, called the Passing Tolls Bill. Now ho had made himself a little acquainted with the subject, and he was sure that if the First Lord of the Treasury had admiuistereclethe affairs of this country in the way the commissioners and wardens of Dover had ad ministered their affairs, the Government would find it very difficult to put its expenditure on a level wi h the taxation. Ho found that the Harbour Commiss;oners were very much in debt, and that many gentlemen were in a great fright in the anti e.p it .on of power they had enjoyed passing front them. It was not improbable he should have some thing to say to this. If he did he would take care of one thing—be would see justice done, and would take care that if Dover did not rise to be a more consilerable port, than she wasat present, it shoald Lot to for want of his exertion. But, above all, he promised them, if he had anything to do with it, the debts should be discharged, and the accounts kept in a manner more creditable than it appeared they hid keen. (Cheers.) • At the conclusion of Mr. Osborne's address the CHAIRMAN took the sense of the meeting as to whsther, after this exposition of his opinions, Mr. Osborne should still be asked to stand as a candi date for the suffrages of the Liberal electors ? • A forest - of hands appeared in answer to this appeal, and the Chairman declared the decision of the meeting in favour of Mr. Osborne to be unani mous. Sir. W. RUSSELL _then came forward. He was prepared to go with Mr. oAborne, who had just given them a clear and brilliant statement of his political views and principles. In almo,t every point ad vert.2d to by Mr. Osborne-11 , 1 (Sir W. RU3- Sel1) agree I with him and he should be happy in attempting t) tide second hone to him. ("Hear," and_a laugh.) Mr. 8.1)630RNE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was se,co2ded. by Srl W. RUSSELL. The CHAIRMAN briefly reTonled, awl after a few words from the Rev. T. B. W. BRIGGS, the meeting was brought to a coueluiion. MANCHES ER. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the electors of Manchester, requi•it . oaists 4.f Lowe and Potter, was held in the Corn Exchange, when :Alr. Alder man Nei'd, the chairman, announced the with drawal of Mr. Lowe from the contest, and called upon Mr. Heugh to expl in the circumstances. Mr. HEUGU said they had sent a (leprVation to L)utlin, with a requisition bearing 4,000 signatures, which was nearly equal to the number which vo ed for Captain Denman at the last election. . When . they met Mr. Lowe, h) expressed his anxiety to Come down to represent Manchester, but his friends a" Kidderminster had tent an urgent deputation to him, and he had felt himself bound in honour to them,,on Wednesday evening law-, to declare that, if elected, he would sit for Kidderminster; there fore he could not accede to the requisition. They were greatly surprised that Mr. Lowe, having given that pledge on Wednesday evening, did not give them earlier information of his decisiori l In ,the present CHAS of the country, considering that the feeling was in favour of the policy of protecting our commerce, it was the duty of Manchester to do what it could to defend that policy. Their oppo nents now appeared to have purchased the influence ,of the Times, and had procured a leader to S'IOW that Manchester ought to support Mr. Bright. But in spite of Newall's-buildings, and their trying to purchase Printing- ho u se-scpvi re, Manchester would decide fir the policy of Lord Palmerston, and would send to Parliament two Manchester men. (Applause.) There was one min pre,eut (Sir J. Potter) who hal accepted their requisition—(cheers) —and there was another man who had now con sented to come forward and fight this b title against, the dictation of the gentlem en a t N ewall'sibuild _. ings, and against a coalition in the Route of Com mons in favour of the policy of Lord Palmerston, and that was Mr. James Aspinall Turner. (Loud cheers.) _ _ The motion was put and carried amidst vociferous cheering. Mr. TURNER then adelressed the meeting. He had no wish to intrude himself upon the Manches ter community, but they would naturally wish to know something about him. He came into Man chester, in 1819, as poor a youth as an y i n th, i town ; but be was of respectable family. His father bad been insolvent, and he himself, after struggling in vain to retrieve the business, al-o became insol vent. He bad since paid all his debts--(cheers)-- and he had risen by honourable conduct and indus try. If it was the decided opinion of the majority of the electors that the present members•should be returned again, he should not be disappointed ; but he believed they did not represent the feelings of the great majority of the e l ec t ors . H e an d Si r Joh n might h Bright and Gibson, but compared with at all e ven t s th ey k new as much of Commerce Gibson. He believed Mr. Bright would h a e s a lir. gre . at loss to the House of Commons, as be had been always a determined op postr of every measure which tended to interfere with the liberty of the subject. He did not thi n k Mr. Gibson was a valuable member. If he (Mr. Turner) went to Parliament, it would be with a sincere desire to du his duty, to contribute to the rt progress of the country, and t 9 suppo their lo ca l interests, a s Mr. Brothert on h ad done. He had always been connected with the friends of progress. He felt it would be considered a great objection that he and Sir John Potter were both of the ' mine religion (Unitarianism), and that not a pop u _ ar one; but he would always respect the religious opinions of other te Etc should never attempt to pull down the church, but woiVd try to promote the cause of civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) Reso;utions of support were unanimou?ly agreed to. STAFFORDSHIRE (SOUTH.) Messrs Mathews and Foley will, no doub!, be returned without opposition. SUNDERLAND. Mr. Hoare has retired from the contest, and - the candidates now before the electors are Mr. Hud son, Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. R. Walters. These three gentlemen have each addressed the electors. It is a common impression in Sunderland, and a circumstance not at all improbable, that Mr. Hud son will head the poll, and that the contest for the second seat will be between Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Ralph Walters. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY • _EVENING, WINCHESTER. Mr. Wyndham Portal, a brother of the late member and present candidate for North Hants, is a candidate fur the city of Winchester. He says he will give an independent support to Lord Palmer ston in maintaining the honour of the British flag. He is in favour of the extension of the franchise, the ballot, and of the adjustment of the question of church rates, and for giving a Christian educa tion t. the people. GREENWICH. Alderman Salomon has consented to become a cindidat3. Committees to secure his return are furming in all parts of the borough. HANTS (NORTH.)_ Mr. Massey, a member of the Government, is invited to stand for this division. He will be sup ported by Lords Bolton and Portsmouth. LYMINGTON. Another candidate has started for the borough, in the person,of Sir George Floyd Duckett,, Bart., a Radical reformer. MIDDLESEX. Mr. Robert Hanbury, jun. (of the firm of Tru. man, Hanbary, Buxton, and Co.), has come for• ward as a Liberal candidate for the seat which Mr, Bernal Osborne leaves. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. Alderman Rose, of London, is a candidate for this borough. He is a Liberal and Palmerstonian. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. The advanced Liberals have brought forward P. Carstairs, Esq., of London, late of India. ,PORTSMOUTH. There is no doubt that Sir F. Baring and Lord Monck will be returned. PETERSFIELD. Sir W. G. H. Jo Bart., is likely to be op posed. It has been ascertained that the Liberals stand well on the register. SOUTHWARK. The general opinion of the borough appears to be that Mr. Locke's return is safe, and that the return will be between Sir Chas. Napier and Mr. Pellatt. THE TIMES OF ELECTION. The time for proceeding to elections to coun ties and boroughs in England and Wales (the act does not extend to Scotland or Ireland) is fixed by the 16th and 17th Vio ' , c. 68 (15th August, 1853). In counties, by the second section of this act, the elections are to take place not later than the 12tb, nor sooner than the 6th, day after the sheriff's pro clamation ; and this proclamation is to be made by the sheriff immediately, i.e., at latest within two days "after the receipt of the writ." In boroughs, by the 3d section, the returning officer must " pro ceed to tha election within six days after the re ceipt of the writ," and must "give three clear days' notice, at least, of the day of election, exclu sive of the day of proclamation and the day of elec tion." By the 15th and 16th Vic., c. 23 (17th June, 1852), it is enacted that Parliament, after a dissolution, may meet within 35 days after the date of the proclamation. Thus it appears that the new Parliament will assemble within five weeks from tha issuing of the writs ; within a fortnight from the same period all the county elections in England and Wa'es must have terminated, and within a wok all the borough elections. Thes9 limits do not apply to Scotland or Ireland ; but as Parlia ment assembles within 35 days from the date of the proclamation, all Scotch and Irish elections must have terminated before the expiration of that t.me. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT, (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, March 20.) [The following appeared in our late edition of Saturday evening By the QUEEN.—A: PROCLAMATION. For Dissolving the present Parliament and De claring the Calling of another. VICTORIA, R —Whereas We have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which was this day prorogue.] and &ands prorogued to Thursday, the thirtieth day of April next : We do for that end Publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do here by dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights,. Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for , shires and burghs, of the House of Common, are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said Thursday, the thirtieth day of April next : and We, being desirous and resAved, as soon as may be, to meet Our people, and to have their ad vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our loving subjects Our Royal will and pleasure to call a new Parliament : and do further hereby de clare, that, with the advice of Our Privy Council, We have given order that Our Chancellor of that part' of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain, and Our Chancellor of Ireland, do, respectively, upon notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due form, and according to law, for calling a new PAK- . liameut : and W e d o h ere b y a l so, by this Our Royal Proclamati on un d er O ur Great Seal of Our United Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by Our said Chancellors respec tively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral and Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, Our said Parliament ; which writs are to be returnable on Thursday, the thirtieth day of April next. Given at Our Court 'at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and fifty- Elven, and in the twentieth year of Our reign, GOD save the QUEEN. By the QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. In 6rder to the Electing and Summoning the Six teen Peers of Scotland. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas We have in Our Coun cil thouaht fit to declare Our pleasure for summon ing and holding a Parliament in Our United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Thursday the thirtieth day of April next ensuing the date hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in the House of Peers in the said Parliament, We do, by the advice of Our Privy Council, issue forth this Our Royal Proclamation,, strictly charg ing and commanding all the Peers of Scotland to assemble andmeet at Holyrood-house, in Edinburgh on Tuesday the fourteenth day of April next, be tween the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon to nominate and choose the Sixteen Peers, to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the slid ensuing Parliament, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be then present, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies be ing Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the con stituent and proxy being qualified according to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall be ap pointed by him to officiate in his name, are here' y respectively required to attend such meeting, and to administer the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to tAke their votes ; and immediately after such election made and duly examined, to certify the names of the Sixteen Peers so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electors, and return such certificate into Our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain. And We do, by this Our Royal Proclamation, strictly command and require the Provost of Edinburgh, and all the other Magistrates of the said city, to take especial care to pre serve the peace thereof during the time of th• a.(.1 election, and to prevent all manner of riote, tumults, disorders, and violence whatsoever. And We strictly charge and command that this Our Royal Proclamation be duly published at, the Mar ket-Cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotian 1, ten days, at least, before the time hereby appo'nted for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed to such election. Witness Ourselves at Westminster, this twenty first day of March, onothousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Our reign. GOD sava the QUERN. THE ADMINISTRATIVE _REFO.RMEiIg. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. GENTLEMEN—We think that the present state of political affairs warrants our addressing you. We do so in the character of Administrative Reformers, and our purpose is tqsubmit to your consideration observations upon your duties as electors at this very important period. We hope that our earnest desire to promote our country's welfare will prove, in your judgment, a sufficient justification of our presumption in taking this step. The Prime Min;ster, by di , solving Parliament, has appealed to the public from the decision of the House of Commons. But the trial of this issue, however important, ought not to divert your minds from other and still graver considerations. The approaching elections will not merely deter mine whether the country approves of the policy of Lord Palmerston in the affair of Canton, but also Will decide on the character of the Legislation and Government to which this country is to be subject for many years to come. If, in decid ing on the personal question, we forget or pass over the great interests of the nation, we shall commit a great error and do serious mischief. There is, however, great danger of our makieg this mistake. The public attention is on the present occasion so intently fixed upon the matter submitted to them by the Premier that all the great questions of policy upon which the welfare of this country depends seem likely to be D °glee' ed ; and while the electors are anxious to determine the question respecting Lord Palmerston'it majority in the next House of Commons. they appear about to forget that in providing for that majority, they may, perchance, send men to Parliament who will oppose every improvement iu our iustitutions, and frustrate for years the hopes of Reformers of every class and character. The present aro the circum stances moat favourable to the plans of personal aggrandisement pursued by unscrupulous political adventurers. They find the public attention en grossed by one subject, awl they hope tint going with public opinion upon that one point, they may pass without question over matters far more im portant.. Under the guise of friends of the present Administration you may send to Parliament, as your re presentati ves,enemies to all reform, opponents of an extension of the suffrage, opponents of the bal lot, opponents of all improvement in the adminis tration of our navy and airily, of the law, and of the managenvnt of our internal affairs. This is a consideration worthy of the most serious regard, and we look with Teat apprehension upon the species of paroxysm into which the public mind has woxkei itself upon the present occasion. Our purpose is to endeavour to recall to the pub lic attention some of the matters which will seri ously affect the well-being of the people, and upon which, if the people be wise, they will demand ex planations of all the candidates for the'r suffrages; and we earne.tly entreat of our countrymen not to t • diverted from inquiring upon these matters, by any declarations, however vehement, in favour of any particular men, or of any particular adwiuis tration. The instrument of all reforms in our Government and Adnainistr Ition is the House of Commons. The reform of that house ()tight, therefore, to be placed, by all thorough reformers, in the very front of their demands. The chief means to this desired end are—le, An extension of the suffrage ; 2dly, Protection for the Voter in the shape of the ballot; and 3dly, A more equal arrangement of the elec toral distriot3. Any man who evades giving an opinion upon these points, and who seeks to ward off inquiry respecting them, by any cajogery or declamation upon their use, and by earnest decla ration of the support he intends to give the present Adinidstration, is no true friend of the people, and ought to excite their distrust, and to be met with opp , sition. Next in importance t) reform in Parliament is the tt.orough reform of all our administrative departments. In those departmenti, at at pre sent constituted, there ii corruption—there is jobbe-y—reward is gained by favour and influence, and not by merit. The fitting man is not the man sought after and chosen ; but he is selected to eerie the public, who has the greatest number of friends who can be useful. The consequence has been and is, that incompetence and blundering are evinc:d in all the opera ions of Government, and the people suffer because patronage reigns su preme. We bad experience of the working of this system during the late operations- in the Crimes. Oer army was b ought to the brink of destruction by the officials which had to provide for it and direct its operations, and was only saved from. ruin by the intetf , :rence of the people and their representatives, who were made acquainted with . the existing danger by the efforts of a press in all cases under the control of private individuals. So efficient was our official system of Admieistra tion for purposes of mischief tint the Government —that ig, the leading me nbere thereof—were as ig norant of the actual condition of things as the peOple themselves; anl owed their first enlighten ment to that very press which conveyed the start ling intelligence to the public. This is a system which must be reformed. But as herein the fruits of corruption are gatherei, the difficulty of work ing out tenefacial changes is enormous. Vague de eleratious in favour of Administrative Reform are very easy, and will be profusely mede. But no man who is lukewarm, n o man who is not ea rnest l y an d thoroughly a_Re ormer, will ever be found an ef fective Minister of this Reform. To pursue undeviatingly this end, private inte rests must be forgotten, individual friendships must be passed over, party considerations must have no weight, the public weal must alone be considered ; and he will be severely Wed who honestly determines, and strictly adheres to his determination, to brave all the blandishments of power, tbe solicitations of private affection, and of party interests, and to follow only the public good in all matters connected with the m , na.ement of the country's affairs. The mere declaimer will not do this—Le who foregoes his own opinion to suit the taste of a constituency is just the ma n m os t likely to yield to the influences which, in support of jobbery and corruption, will beset him in public life. He who is pliant to a constituency is not likely to be the sturdy supporter of the popular cause in the strife of Parliament, nor steadily to resist the multitudinous seductions which beset the path of every man upon whom the people confer power by making him a representative. There is one thing more to which we desire to call your attention. To be an efficient represents tive, something more is required than merely to hold c rtain opinions. A high standard of moral worth and intellectual power is necessary for him who des:res effectively to perform the duties of a representative. The flippant declaimer, the noisy and fluent speaker of a hustings prat on, does not, by his ready utterance and uublushirg auda city, tLereby prove himself to be worthy of the confidence of his countrymen. If a man have proved himself by hi s p as t lif e to b e dili gen t in the inquiry after knowledge ; if he have given proof of his moral worth ; if he be a strict adherent to the cause of truth—he may be a worthy representative, though not possessed of the ready fluency of a practised debater, or the artful sophistry of a trained advocate, Distrust, we beseech you, all who trust to the power of ,corruption and bribery. He who buys you will sell you. !Money employed to purchase your suffrages, is money employed for the purpose of obtaining a money return. A seat in Paths.- ment bought from the people is almost invariably sold to the Minister. On behalf of the Council of the Administrative Reform Association, J. A. ROEBUCK, 15, Cannon-street, March, 1857. Chairman. CONVOGATION.—The oonvocgtion of the clergy of , the provinoe of Canterbury has been formally dissolved, and the various chapters and archdeaconriei will proceed to the election of proctors in the course of a fair days. 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The fourth day after she commenced your food vomiting ceased altogether, and she has not thrown up since ; her health is improving wonderfully. WILLIAM MARTIN, M.D.— Buppoitel by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry. Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker • Dr. Witmer; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Deeics; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall other means of cure had failed. For further particulars re,pect in, this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—March 21 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillip.) IN RE C. J. MATHEWS. -THE CASE OF MR. CHARLES MATIIEWS, The rule in the case of Mr. C. Mathews, the c:median, to set aside part,of his salary on the ground "that he was of ability to pay his credi t.rs" came cn for hearing, and attracted a' good deaf of Lofee. Mr. Sargood appli:d to make the rule absolute, on the part of Mr. Allcroft, and Mr. Dowse showed cause for Mr. Mathews. The rule alleged that Mr. Mathews had an an nual saLry of , 4,160/. from Air. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane Theatre, and that he was of ability to pay his debts under his insolvency last year, when he was discharged at Lancas' er. Mr. Dowse said it was one of the baldest appli cations of his bold friend Mr. Sargood, and h' should show it was quite baseless. Mr. Sargead—That is not so bad as - a " base" application.. Mr. Dowse would show that it was baseless, having no foundation. Mr. Comm' ssioner Phillips—And perhaps "leave not a wreck behind." (A laugh.) Mr. Dowse contended that the rule was inopera tive, and that it could not be enforced under the 87th section. cf the act. Mr. Sargood referred to the case of Mr. Finlai son, the government actuary, in which a similar application was made. There would no doubt be a difficulty to enforce the rule for execution, and the r case he referred to was now in abeyance for an assignee. _ _ Mr. Le Nis (Lewis and Lewis), as attorney for Mr. Mathews, denied that the cases were similar. Mr. Finlaison had - a certain income, and Mr. Mathews only a weekly salary. • After a discussion on the point of law, and Mr. Dowse having intimated that he had a full answer to the case, The Commissioner ordered the affidavits of Mr. Smith and, Mr. Mathews to be read. Mr.. Dowse proceeded to read Mr. Smith's affi davit, which stated that Mr. Mathews had been un der an engagement to IN rform at Drury-lane, which engagement expired by effluxion of time on the 19th inst. That there was now no existing contract between them or any person for them. That Mr. Mathews was never under a yearly engagement with him. That Mr. Mathews was indebted to him in 1,2001. and upwards for money paid by him as his surety, and otherwise on his account, and from which he was not relieved by his insolvency. That he never paid Mr. Mathews a salary of 801. a week. That when under engagement, he paid Mr. Mathews out of the salary he was entitled to receive a sum of 201. only, the residue of such salary being devoted to the payment of his own and other debts, from which Mr. Mathews was not dischargd under his petition• Mr. Smith further sti.ted, that had Mr. Micron made application to him as to the position of Mr. Mathews, he would have informed him of the sane. Mr. Commissioner Phillips intimated that Mr. Smith's affidavit was a complete answer to the rule. Mr: Mathews's affidavit was required to be read, and he stated in a lung affidavit that he had re newed Mr. Allcroft's debt under his bankruptcy, which wag the present debt • that by his exertions he had paid 2,00 C/. off 5,000/. of his Lyceum debts when arrested ; that he had only 201. a week on account of his salary, and when ill for six weeks did not receive it. Mr. Sargood complained that the affidavit of Mr. Mathews should not appear on the files of the court, as it was merely personal on Mr. Allcroft. A discussion arose on the subject, and the Com missioner required another affidwit from Mr. Mathews confining himself to the rule. Mr. Commissioner Phillips said the rule had been fully answered, and when the affidavit was filed it would be discharged. MARCH_ 23, 1857. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT.—KINGSTON, MARCH 21. CROWN SIDE. - (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) Mary Anne Miles,. 30, a forbidding-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male illegitimate child. Mr. Charnock, who appeared for the prisoner, said he could not attempt to struggle agiinst a con viction fer concealing the birth of the child. The jury accordingly found the prisoner guilty of that offence. El za Brooker, 23, was also charged with the wilful murder of her female illegitim tte child. The jury acquitted *he prisoner of murder, but found her guilty of concealing the birth of the child. She wag at once called up for judgment, and bis lordthip said that seeing she had already been in prison since the month of October, the sentence upon her would be three mouths' imprisonment and h ,rd labour. • • The oh , r prisoner,. Mary Anne Miles, was Fe a ten ced. to nine months' hard 1 ibour. It ap pears that she was convicted seven years ago for a similar offence, and sentenced to four months' ira pris-nment. Buth courts rose to-day at 3 oVook. POLWE INTELLIGENOM—March 21. GUILDHALL.—E.Duckworth, omnibus driver, No. 7,802, bearing:the name of "John Kiucaid" as the proprietor, was summoned before Alderman Cubitt for loitering in the crossing at the end of Prince's street by the Bank. The policeman stated that the defendant followed vary c'.osely ano'her omnibus plying on the same _road, and it was in endeavouring to push in on his wrong side, to prevent the other omnibus taking ap any passengers, that the delay was occasioned. • A gentleman in the habit of travelling in the other omnibus attende t before the magistrate for the purpose of drawing public attention to the un fair attempt resorted •to by the London General ()nimbus Company, or others in their behalf, to prevent those proprietors who are independent of them from running omnibuses upon their lines of road, and so to °brain a monopoly for themselves. He further stated that three omnibuses had been st irted by different proprietors, and run to and from Hornsey-road and ffighbury and London bridge Stition, and the one referred to as preced ing the defendant's was one of them. The defend- ant's omnibus was put on to run against the other, to follow it .vherever it went, an never to lose sight of it. This bad been carried out to slush an extent that if the driver of the other omnibus put up at the stables in the City, after completing his morning journey, the defendant did the same, and waited to accompany him back in the afternoon, or whatever time he might start. • Alderman Cubitt asked Mr. Wooifoird, who represented the proprietor of the defend ant's omni bus, if it was the property of the company, or if they exercised any influence over it in any way. Mr. Woodford said the company did not inter fere with this omnibus, or recognise it as their pro perty at all. Alderman Oubitt said that was no answer to hie question, but of course he could not decide such a matter. However, the London General Omnibus C.impany must take it as a warning, and if this really was their omnibus he would recommend them to discontinue the unfair practice complained. of. As the defendant had not been summoned be fore, and had been civil to the police, he won d not fine him beyond requiring him to pay the costs. 4 _ The costs were accordingly paid. BO W-S TREE P.—HORRIBLE ClttraTY. —Mary Beckett, a dirty, ragged woman of about 45 years of age, was charged with skinning c its alive. It appears that this horrible practice has of late been very much on 'the increase, as is shown by the nuuater of skinned cats found every morning i n the areas and cellars of back streets. The prisoner, who had long been suspected, was watched on Sa , turday morning• last, ahout 5 o'clock, by a coster monger named Williatn.FaYne, who saw her sto o p down and thrust two skinned cats under the flap of a cellar. He then went for a policeman and gave her into custody. At first she den'ed what she had been doing, but afterwards admitted it. Upon the bodies of the cats being taken up they were f oun d to be quits warm and quivering. On examining the carcases, a mark of a sple was found gt the back of the head of each cat, the usual mod e o f performing this horrible operation being to fix the head of the animal to a spike, by which it is half stunned, when the skin is removed. In answer to questious put by the magistrate it was stated that the value of a cat's skin, when taken from the living animal, is 2s. 2d. ; otherwise they are not so valuable, as the fur loses its gl o ss. Mr. ienry sail it was a most barbarous and atrocious act, and he should inflict the highest. penalty he could, which was three months' impri sonment, with hard lab Our. MARYLEBONE. Charle3 Seymour, an ill looking man, was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the following scandalous outrage upon Emily, his wife, a respectably-dressed woman, about 35 years of age. Complainant deposed that in consequence of the prisoner's continued ill-treatment she, on Monday, left him, and sought the protection of her father, living at the White Lion stables, Edgeware-road. On the previous evening she was pa , sing along the New-road, near High-street, when the prisoner flew at her and struck her with great violence on the eye. She screamed out iv Ipud as ;she could for assistance, end immediately . afterwards haled a cab. She got into it, when the prisoner followed her, and also struck and kicked her in the vehicle, in addi ti‘mn to which he tore of her bonnet and shawl, and threw them into the road. He then alighted, and after jumping upon the articles, saying that they were bought with his money, he ran off. Thomas Walden corroborated the above evideneP, and complainant's mother-in-law also spoke as to the prisoner's frequent assaults upon his wife. Police-constalle 399 A stated that hearing cries of "Murder," he stopped the prisoner, who was 'tinning at the top of his speed, when he (prisoner) told him that his wife was continually annoying him, and that she was living with another man. The prisoner , who denie having acted with so much viohnce as had ly.ien sworn to, and said that his wife. struck him first, was sent to hard labour in the loose of Correction for two months. He was then locked up. THAMES.—WM. Hall, 40, day watchman in the employ of the East and West India Dock Com pany, was charged with stealing rum, the property of his employers. The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. THE OPERATIONS AT CARTON. "Further Papers" relative to the proceedings of her Majesty's naval forces at Canton were laid be fore the late Parliament a few days ago, and pub lished on Saturday. The correspondence, as may be supposed, relates exclusively to the details of the operations of the English forces at the seat of war. The most remarkable paper is a "notice" (purporting to be) issued by the - whole district of Sing-an (San-on), peremptorily prohibiting the supply of provisions to the "English barbarians." This document is a precious specimen of the friendly disposition of the Chinese towards us, and of the mercy and loving kindness which may reason ably be expected at their hands. Tiie preamble, so to speak, of the "notice" recites that "the English outlaws, running riot in rebellion and bearing them selves contumaciouslyand insolently to China, had for a series of years coinede tea more crimes than hairs can be plucked froth the head to number ;" yet notwithstanding their unbearable insolence, the Chinese Government was mercifully pleased, when they,trea'ed for peace, to extend to them " extra ordinary favour, to forgive them their I: ast offence, and to allow them t) trade at Victoria and other parts of Hong long." " Instead of repenting (as it behoved them) of their faults, "a heart of mischief lay within ,(the English) :" " their cupidity was insatiable." After sundry accuFations of outrage and violence, the culminating offence of the Eng lish,—the aVack on Canton, is denounced ; " rude as the boar, and eagier as the wolf, they have pushed their rebellion far." The high autho rities of China, however, were still liberal and in dulgent. and, in a Christian spirit, relived to re taliate, until at length " the brute nature" of the English, waxing more and more ferocious and per verse, they ventured the length of scaling the walls and entrr . ng the city. "They are a poison to life. Their crimes have reached the highest point." Ac cordingly, a meeting of the gentry and literati of the whole district was convened on the 11th of December, at which the supply of food was strictly prohibited. But the religious proselytism of the English is the last feather that breaks the back of the overburdened Chine.ie camel. "Among their simple youth are some who have been tricked by the devils into a profession of Christianity, to the misleading of mankind, the delusion of the people, and the great injury of morals. No time must be lost in burning their heterodox books and driving out both teacher and disciples." The final in ference from all these premises is that " - the Eng lish devils must be starved," and " the cause of the people's misery cut off" before the,patriotic spirits of China can rest. The notice of which this is a brief abstract is the work of a Tsinsze, or doctorial graduate: - .Naval and Military Intelligence. Some interesting experiments have been made at Chat ham in the presence of the officers of the Royal Engi ne:re, under the sanction of the Secretary of State for War, for the purpose of testing the merits of an iuyention submitted to Lord Panmure, which, it was considered, would have the effect of giving an increased effect to the charges of gunpowder used in the sapping and mining operations carried on by the men of the Royal Engineers at Chatham. A strong box was proposed to be made capable of containing a charge of 151 b. weight of gut powder ; one side of this bc-x, which was allowed to re main open, was placed in the ordinary manner a „!ainst large beam of timber, intended to represent a stockade. On the charge bring ignited by means of the voltaic bat tery, the beam was blown to a distance of 15 feet. • An other box was then made; "to contain the same weight of gunpowder, but firmly closed on all sides ; the effect of the explosion in this- instance was to send the balk of timber a few inches over 15 feet. A third experiment was then made with a box of the same size, and filled with the same weight of gunpowder used for the former charges, but in this instance a portion of the box was covered with sandbags, placed at the sides, for the pur pose of acting as a resistance to the gunpowder in that direction, the principle being the same As that hitherto adopted in the Royal 'Engineers. On the powder being fired the charge blew the beam of timber to the distance of 50 feet, thus proving the superiority of tfie methods practised by the Sappers and Miners. The results of the experiments were considered very satb:- faetory to the Engineer officer. The launch of the Renown, 91, will take place at Chat ham on Saturday afternoon next. Mersey, 40, is commenced on the 7th, or new, slip. The fellswing are her principal dimensions, viz.:-- Length between perpendiculars 300 ft OM. Breadth, extreme 52 0 Depth in hold l9 I'o Burden. Horse-power, 1,000 3,726 70 94 tons. Her Majesty's ship Niger, Captain the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, on tt.e 13th of November was the flagship of the Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Sir M. Seymour, at Canton, where she had roently arrived from Singapore pia L.Abuan and Manila. .On her passage to Cat t rhe was struck by e, sudden squall off the eoast of Borneo, which carried away her mainmast. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Caldwell, C. 8., fi g of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to be paid off. Nimrod, '6, ecrew despatch gun vessel, Commander Roderick Dew, armed with two 63-pounders and four short 32-pounders (little better, than carronades), will be ready for sea by Wednesday next, and await her final 'instructions before leaving for China. It is to be re gretted that she is not furnished with two additional 68- pounders instead of the useless 32's ; a couple or f..ur brass 24-pounders - or bras howitzers would answer all purposes for close quarter , and be also available for shore service. By the death of Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., noticed in The Sun of Saturday, the fol lowing promotions take place on the Flag List :—Rear- Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Sullivan, Bar., to .be Vic .-Admiral of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Smith, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of th b e White ; Captain Henry Dundee Trotter, Commodore Command ing the squadron on the Cape of Good Hope station, to be Bear-Admiral of the Blue. The ii'!-?isltehip Norman Morrison has gone up to Deptford from Woolwich to discharge naval stores from Bermuda. The iron screw ste,." storeship Industry, Master Commander Hodges, sailed m Wo a o r l d wr i lo t, laden hon with Saturday, in charge of Mr. Barnes, the d0,..'4y boilers and steam gear, for the weate:a yards. The gun Goats fitting at Woolwich . the Chinese expedition are nearly completed. The mak,7ity of the officers and the allotted number of marines are ap pointed to the whole of the vessels. Terror, 14, floating battery, returned to Sheerness from her late trial trip on Saturday, about 10 a.m., and atehored at the dockyard moorings. Captain .Edward Percy Halted, of the steam reserve, wiih Mr. J. H. Langley, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. Enwood, foreman shipwright afloat, accompanied her; we hear the tent: upon the. whole was moat satisfactory, and they got about fiv,:t knots an hour out of h er i n spite o f t h e boisterous state me the weather; her s t eer i ng qua liti es have also proved far hei:.!er than could be ex p ec t e d, con sidering her build and eubsec uent dead water in which the rudder has to act ; but she V91..1 make another trial when the weather is more propitious to ascertain her precise speed. She ran in a gale of wind irt:.m the east- ward, and appeared more buoyant than eoult: be ex pected, considering her enormous weight. The following appointments have been made :—Corn mender A. Little, to the Melville ; Commander J. R. Roifd, confirmed to the Belleita ; Lieut. A. R. Tinklan, to the Belleisle ; Lieut. Wm. Codrington, to the Ajax ; Lieut. G. S. Bmanquet, to the Melville ; Lieut. H. L. A. L. Maitland, to the Waterloo ; C, Alder, Midship man, to-the Furious ; W. A. S. Smite, Staff Surgeon, to the hospital, Hong Kong; R. J. C. Grant, Second Master, bo the Hogue ; A. J. Barrington, Second Mas ter, to the Banterer • 0. B, H. Farrant, Second Master, to the Blenheim ; H. D. Walker, Master'.-Assistant, to the Himalaya ' T. N. Bridges, Master's-Assistant, to the Furious ;M. S. Grey, aster's-Assistant, to the Porcupine ; F. C. H. Pete!), Master's-Assistant, to the Volcano ; S. J. Spark, Paymaster, to the Belieisle ; E. J. Bennett, Paymaster, to the Melville ; J. W. R. B. Galsworthy, Clerk, to the Victory; E. N. Russell, Clerk, to the Melville ; J. Cnamber3, Clerk, to the Belleiale. y Head, [ADVERTISEMENT.)—Jane Hallett, of Whitt near Netherbury, Dorset, suffered f or many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessin g of God and using only thre e p ots of Poor Man's F riend, and taking three boxes of pills, she was perf ec tl y cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup tions of,,every description, is sold in pots, 1.3. 11d. and 2s. 9d. each. His Pil ulte Antiscro Pbulzefor vendors throughout of the blood, is s old in boxes, is. lid., 2 s. 9d ., 4s. 6d., 11.5., and 22 5. eac h, by all medicine throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. Country Ifin'ket. HADDINGTON" GRAIN MARKET—MArm 20. ‘FuRAT. BATuay OATS, 1 ESAP.S. First 623 0,1 508 0,1 35s W I 43s Od Second 42s 9d 1 40s 10d } 28 s lid ) 38s 9d raird 3ls Od 1 28s Od 1 223 0 . 1 1 31s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 409 qrs., 360 sold PP ff barley „ 386 qrs., 328 sold ft , oats ,; 2th 9 , 545 qrs., 194 uld 136 qrs., 115 sold AVERAGES PER ThIPERTAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 2 9 0-1 s 1 Earley, ...21. 010 9-12 tbs Oats, ... 11. 811 0-l2ths I Beans,' 11. 18 9 9-12 tbs IP ff beans DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAam 20. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 319 Wheat 533 Od 542 Oats 34s Od 2ss 7(1.. 236 Barley 463 Od 37s Oti 86 Peas & beans 523 0,1 363 nd 3O 04 ABERDEEN—MARc a 20. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 0 1 5 s 0 0 d d to to 2 2 1 2 as 0 01 } 4olbs per bushel Bore g2s Od to 35 s Od } 53113 s n Barley 32s Od t o 35 s Od Wheat, red (spring)33s Od to 37s Od 162 lbs white 333 Od to 45s Od , ., Oatmeal 17s 3d to 13s 6d per boll. Flour 47s Od to 48s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. is 01 to is 21 81 Mutton, per lb 51to Eggs, p doz. Os 71 to Oa 9 1 Lamb, do., Os 01 to 0. 0 . I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6(si Veal, per lb ... rd to is 01 I Chickens,do.2s Od to 2 , 61 Pork, per 1b...0s 6d to Os 01 Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6 1 Salmon, per lb ......0s to Os Dacklings,o Os Od to O. 01 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 5 4 ° I Tallow, p stone, Os to lOs 61 Potatoes, per pock, 91 to 101 (Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 1008 to 1043 , Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s Fd Barley 80ur,141b.05 to 2s 2 1 Oatmeal Os Od to is 101 dust, ..... Os to Oi 100 Beremeal — „ .Os Od to is 19d „ per lb 2d to Zia Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Slots, 6d Cheese, per imperial atone, 4s. Od. to 46 6d , 44b. 10af...71. I 24b. 10af...3ad. DUBLIN, MARCH 20 We had an exceedingly slow market at our corn exaltingo this morning. The supply of native wheat very limited ; prices without alteration. Oats dull, and lower qualities the turn cheaper. Barley firm. No change in value of oatmeal, foreign wheat, or Indian corns. White wheat, 31s 01 to 34s 0,1; red ditto, 29s Od to 320 01; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 163 to 253 Gd ; grind' ing, 15s to 20a 6d ; oats, old, 11s to 13s ; ditto, new, Od to 15s 0,1; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6tl; bere, new, 16s to 1 81 Od ; d, 30i Od to32s Od per brl ; flour, ISO 6d to 25s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 318 01 to 37a Od Pe r 480 lbs. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK• Miles Recela l4 .____, ooened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857.. 1857. 1656 ----................ --- Emmen. X A 115 Aberdeen .................. - ..,.. - ...- 37 Belfast and Ballymena • • ...... •• - ... 1,147 915 17 Belfast and Comity Down.• • • ........ .- n"9 33 Birkenhes4, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,06 4 1 - ' 2631 a Bolton ' Illackburn, cad West York .... - - 5,5 48 1 17 Bristol and Exeter • • .... 198 % Caledonian..... - ..... '............ 12,179 1 1, ..,, 941 4 Chester and Holyhead ............... 5,063 j 74417 6 % Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• • • 149 , AQ 20 Cork and Bandon ...........: ...... 244 -,‘ . 55 Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. • - .. 1,0 20 ". 5 : 2 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. .... .........• 1,380 1,0 9 2 404 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 9 13 8 2 9 16% Dundee and Arbroath .. •...•• • . ~ - 490 " As 31 Dundee, Perth , and Aberdeen Junction 97 1 8 3 " 2 ' s 36 Dundalk and Enuiskillen ••..••• • •• • • 41 a gs 67% East Angiian........................ 1, 030 -,,, 0 93 • East Lancashire - •• ..............., 6,10 9 5.v " • 489 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k.....• 3 22,886 20,752 • Eastern Union ...... .... • ....... - 3 a 141 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ... •• .• •..... 5, 430 -• . 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 5, 336 5,1 " _ • -- 6 Exeter and Credlton.. • ............. 1 327 22 Furness Railway ... .............. 1,393 -•,.., 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western........ - 6.293 5, "': 283 Great Northern 452 Great 21 , 394 20,":. „0 2 0 3,4 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,881 6 '028 Wester n as .. n . • • •• :: •-• ... 90 Lancaster and Carlisle a 299 5 549 .• n 65 5 286% Lancashire and Yorkshire..•• .. .. .. . . 21,463 2 - , --- - Leeds Northern ...• ................ - ............ 24,_451 24 - 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... -', 33 637 London and North Western ..... .... 56,618 54. 9 8 ) 5% London and Blackw all •••. • • • ....... 1,157 10,290 13' 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 19 ; 822 ' - '416 ” 277 London and South Western..... .. 12,674 na 643 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ••••• • •• 7" -- - Blanchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - 610 173% Manchester, Sheffield ,and Lincolnshire 9,034 8, .. - 9'y tm 9 Manchester and SouthJetion...... 181 6,' 69 1,022 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • • • •......... 873 505 Midland .....- .................... 29,079 2 7 . 87) 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• .... 3 , 405 3 . 068 52 • Blonklands - •• • • ...••• • • - ........ - - 78% Newcastle and .. - Car1i51e............ , 7. 3 149 North British ...................... 4,757 ..".. 233 North Staffordshire •• • • ........... 7,027 6,614 47 North-Western .................... 731 782 -. • , 87 % Scottish Central .......• ...... • • .... - 3 2 Scottish Midland •• •• •• •• •• ..•• -..- 29 lit Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,564 4 473 48 Shrewsbury and Chester ............• 2,580 2,403 30 Shropshire Union. .. - - •• - •....... 753 625 8744 Zonth Devon ....................... 2,168 2,250 3(1 South Eastern- •• •• •• - ............ 14.484 14,310 MN South Wales ........ 103 South York., Doncaster, and Goole, .. 2,734 1,545 39 Tai Vale ••••••.• • • • • • • 36 Ulster . .............. ••- • • - ....'.. 1,401 1,15 0 77 Waterford And Limerick • • .......... 1,106 1,025 27% West Cornwall ...... ..... ....... 609 579 12 Whitehaven Junction . - 632 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. -....- I , OZEIGN. 102 Dutch Rhenish .••• • • .. .. •••• • • • . 2,245 1,7 66 31/ Lyons and Mediterranean • • - e - • • • • • - -- 63 Montereau and Troyes •• •• • • • • • • • • • • - -- - Namur and Liege ...• ........ - • • • • -- 415 Northern of France .. •• • • •• • • ••• • • • - -- - Orleans and Central - ....- 87 Paris and Lyons .... • ............, - ...- - Paris and Rouen... .......... • • • • .. - 66 Paris and Strasburgh • • -••.• .. • • - --- Rouen and Havre.......... • • • • • ••••• Western of France.... „ - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment .and pill/ cured 3.4 Wound in the Leg of Eleven Years' standing.-' • Mr. Welch, Chemist, of Brighton, states, in a letter to ; Professor Holloway, dated Sept. 6, 1855, that gni; Catherine Hudson, of Cavendisi-nlace. in that o t pp bau been suffering for eleVen years from an ulce rous wells” in the leg, for which she had been under treatment lit the London and Brighton Dispensaries, but derived 12 ° benefit therefrom. The application, however, of Hello. way's ointment and the use of Holloway's pills baVe effected a perfect cure.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's este- Vishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lanet , New York ; by A. Starupa,Conatactineple ; A. GuidisYs Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. tADVERTIBMMENT. j SIOLIT AND HEARING SPECTACLIO, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND Pansriccrlys Gliesses.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39. A lbe i m marls-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York 11° '' By ker Majesty's Royal L e tt ers Patent for valuable an d , extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes ' Camp, Racecourse, Opera, 50d Per. spective Glasses. These telescope possess suc h extreme dinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's 1 110 ° 13° ' Saturn's ring, and ;he double stars. With the same teles cope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and al: sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.--Vr Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, very sms, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by whit a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant; they arlsw e b every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera henseS. country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 Milt They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. • °Pe ri % race-cause, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful p,rcer. Newly-constreeted Spectacle Lenses of the gre ata ., est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive% from this invention is, that vision becoming impairedl preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occ: . : patios —can see with these lenses of a much less magoul: ing power—and they do not require the frequent change' to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistale & Deafness. New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an er traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass Wn . thing of the kiad that has been, or probably ever can b e, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per: ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at chural' ~z_nd at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing „i s o in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the Iggiet a nce that possibly could be desired.-39, Anensario' street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. BIRT Ii S. OF A SON. On the 20th inst , at the Queen's-road, Peckham, the wife of Mr. G. H. Burnand. On the 19th inst., at 23, Hill-street, the Hoz. Mrs. H e nry Wentworth Foley. 1,327 5,6 53 20,68 4 6,3 59 24,02$ or A DAITOUTER. On the 20th inst., at 18, Brecknock-ereseent, Camden• town, the wife of George Wilkinson, Esq. On the 20th inst., at Lower Tulse-hill, Sauey, the wife a Charles C. Macfarland, Esq. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Robert Thomsa Esq., to Elizabeth Ann Rodw e ll, y ounges t daughter . Oa the 1 7 th inst . , a t St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, Janus; ofthelae George Herbert Rodw e ll . Landells, viriniam Ballo, Esq., Miner of Culter Allen, isr . s , to Wilbehnina, daughter of John Ronald, Esq., solicitor before the Supremo Courts of Scotland. DIED. On the 20th inst., at 2, 'Shaftesbury Villas, Kensington, Edwin Booker Marsh, Esq., surgeon, aged 30. On the 19th hut. ; Cap tain John S. Terry, of the Bellow', aged 61. On the 18th inst., at Harleyford-toad, Vauxhall, Samuel Bilby Hatton, Esq., aged 79. At 50, Strand, Mr. Da'id Crichton, aged, 63. On the 17th inst., at East Wickham-road, Welling, rent, Mrs. Sarah Baldwin, aged 74. On the 12th inst , at Coblentz-on-the-Rhine, Edmund Tar ton, Esq., of Kildale and Upsall, Yorkshire, aged 61. On the llth inst., at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Wm. Spierop Esq., Commander, R.N., aged 71. On the 20th inst., Mr. James A. Holmes, of Lewisham, Kent, aged 37. On the 20th inst., at Woolwich, Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Dr. Halahan, Deputy-Inspector-General of Hos. pitats, Royal Artillery. LONDON : Printed and. Pablicilind by MURDO YOUNG, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count! of Middleicm Monday, March 23, 185 T.