The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

COUNT RAYNEVAUS DESPATCH 2'o COUNT WALE TYSKT. ,jr- (From the Daily News.) The cloub!e-dealing Cabinet of the Tails.rieß, and :-... it 3 obsequious organs ill the pr ss, are in a sa d pucker since we published Count Ilayneval's de spatch to Count Walew6ki. The authenticity of the document they cannot deny; b at ir, was rather disarrreeable.to have such a proof of their duplicity dragged to light. They are trying to put tie bes face they can on the matter. Though tie numb-r of the Dairy IN ews in which it appeared was seized, the Governrnerd journals in Paris have since re printed she translation of our translation, which appeared in the Inclependance Beige. The .Pays simply remarks, with a grimace and an affectation of indifference, that it contains a st , iking picture of the government of Pius IX. The Constilu tionnel has evinced less s:-?lf-possession. In the early edition of that journal, which is thrown off for circulation in the provinces, we read, "We cannot warrant its precise accuracy as to the text," and " we publish it on account of the immense in- terest of its contents in substance, the importance orthe facts cited, and the opinions which it offers." But in the later edition of the Constitutionnel, thrown - off for circulation in Paris, the following communique is substituted f, , r the remarks we have just quoted :—" A foreign journal has pliblished a despatch ascribed to the Ambassador of France at Rome. Without seeking the means by which. it obtained this document, we think we can affirm that the language and the sense -of it have been greatly altered." The imputation conveyed in the last sentence is gratuitously false. The Govern ment of the coup d'etat mav'tamper with documen►s —may lend a helping hand to Russia by producing an inaccurate map of ,a district through which a frontier line has to he traced—but we, have too much self-respect to have recourse to such practices. Our translation of Count Rayneva,l's despatch is as close as the different genius of the French and English languages allows. It was impossible that the Independance Belge, in re-translating from our version, could hit upon the exact phrases employed in the original. The slight discrepancy thus occa sioned has suggested to the embarrassed diplomatists of the Tuileries the bright idea of insinuating that the language and sense of the despatch have been altered. To put an end to their cavils, we this day publish the original French text. They have ac knowledged that our translation contains the sub stance of the despatch—we now give them every word and letter as it originally stood. They will owe us little thanks for this service, and still less for the comments and exposures of the sophistry and falsehood of the despatch, from the pens of distinguished Italian publicists, which we append to it in the form of foot-notes. Tee despatch brands the French Government with drip!icity in its conduct as regards the whole of Italy, and with shameless treachery in its conduct as regards Sar dinia in particular.. At the Conferences in Paris, in the month of April, 1856, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs pledged his Government to use its gcod offices with the Italian Governments, in order to obtain administrative reforms, as a pre lude to the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Italy. It is now apparent that in the month of May the French Government was moving heaven and earth to find an excuse for wriggling oua of this pledge. The despatch of Count Rayneval is composed of two ingredients—abstract reasoning and statements of alleged facts. The abstract rea soning had palpably been dictated to hint before ho left Paris. No one can for a monaent doubt the source whence proceeds these ideas Nanof,eoniennes. The attacks upoit constitutional government, the advocacy of an "intelligent and paternal despo tism," the sophistical distinctions between races capable and races incapable of self-government, father themselves. They are the same cant which we have heard repeated by the propagandists of governments on the Dery Paris model in France, in Spain, and in Belgium. The alleged facts are taken implicitly from the reports of Cardinal , Antonelli, fragmentary notices of which we were enabled to publish about the time that thisprecious despatch was being concocted. The despatch, in short, bears every mark of being written to order. Count Rayneval was supplied with a stock of ab stract arguments before 1:e left Paris ; upon these he was instructed to engraft any statements that Cardinal Antonelli should make to him. A docu ment was thus to bo prepared which might servo Count Walewski and his Imperial Master as on apology for breaking the promise to Italy solemnly given at the Conferences in Paris. The fruits of this double-dealing are now apparent. A year has elapsed since the French and English Gocerninents pledged Themselves under the eyes of Europe to use their good oares with the Papal and other Italian sovereigm to obtain for the Italians more just and lenient Governinent, and the removal cf foreign mercenaries from- the Italian sail. From that day to this nothing has been done to fulfil the promise ; and it is now evident that the French. Cabinet has had recourse to a most disreputable subterfuge to escape from iis Does net this at once suggest to every true Eng lishman the neeessity of exacting from the Prouder . who boasts so loudly of his zeal for the honour and glory of England, and from .ail his colleaaues who have to address constituenci?s at the present elec tion, some explanation of their connection with these disreputable proceedings ? They cannot deny that at the solicitation of France they have con aented to abstain from all action on the radian ques tion for a whole year, at a time when prompt action was most requisite. The elsaior , of England ought to insist upon knowing whether this their on:rig-thy compliance with the Government of th:T- coup has been simply the consequence of apathy and infir mity of purpose, r r of guilty complici , y. Were Lord 241rneriton and his colleagues aware of the disr , - pntab'e intrigue between the French ancl Roman Cal inets to concoct a oa the Sardinian, and a gL , riticat'on of the Papal Government, asap excuse . for breaking faith with IttlY and Sardinia ? avowed inclitirvion of the English Cal.inet to enter into a closer and more cordial alliance with A. 113- tr 21, at the very time that Austria is addressing threa'ening notes to the Government at Turin, and withdrawing her Minister from that Court, is an ugly symptom' The weakness or the disicyalty— it matiers not which—of the English Celetiet . has alloWed the danger of revolutionary ee hich hung over It at this time lee, to ' rauitiply tenfold. And now the language of the English Cabinet and of it; organs in the press be trays a desire to find fault with Sardinia, and to invent excuses for Austria, at the moment when its ownnete,lect has added immeasurably to ?hp dif ficulties of the position of Sardinia. Be it weak ness or be it perfidy in the English Ministers, thei r conduct, towards It reflects disgrace on the Eug lish nation. It endangers the tranquillity of Europe. And yet 'these are the men who appeal I to the country for support on their foreign policy, I and on th e i r f ore i gn po li cy exclusively.' THE CITIES OF CHINA-PEKIN: About 26 miles soutl® the great wall, in the north ei n part of the province of Pe tch-li, lies Pekin, the Tartar capital of Chin a . A hi g h wall divides the2city into two part , , the City of the Court and the Chinese Cty ; the latter in the form of a para'- lelogram, the former in that of a square. Doti' are inclosed with walls, and cover an area of 17 mil es in circuit. The walls of the Court City are 40 feet in height and 20 in thickness, farming a rampart for horsemen to tide upon, for which purpose time is at intervals a gentle slope by which cavalry cm ascend. Above the walls of the Mantchoo town rise towers, nine storeys high. At every interval of forty yards are small square towers, and larger ones at the angles, flankingr the walls. Pekin, by the Chinese, is called Chun-thian-fou, which, being mtorproted, means " City of the fiat order, obe difrnt to Heaven." Though the two towns cover so largo an area, it must beberemembered that this is n o t t a k en up b y buildings and streets as we find them in Europe. If it were, the population would be something enormous. Brit a great portion of this sp ace i s taken up by fields, cemeteries, and gardens. Th e streets, again, a re very broad, and the house ge nerally only one storey hio , h The populati on h as been estimated by different authorities at three millions, two i millions, and one milli on . S ome h ave even placed tas low as si x or seven hundr e d thou sand. The streets are ,r spaci,,, and hid out for the most part straight lines, unpaved, but clean. The houses ara low, built of b r i c k , and iiled. the shops handsome, and the goods costly an d ' vari ous. In the Court City, one-half the area i s o „ u _ pied, by palaces, public edifices, powder 111agazine,, temples, and lakes, and by tue Imperial Palace' ' which is composed of a multitude of h • courts, and gardens. It is rather a town than palace, and c on t a i ns res id ence s for every inonethe Emperor's service, from the highest officers of St ate down to the p oores t mec h an i c. It is a league in circumference ; and its gardens form a vast park, which exceeds in beauty and richness the most gor. gebus descriptions of Eastern romance. In addition to the Tartar and Chinese towns, the latter of which is said to be but half inhabited, Pekin has twelve large suburbs, which of themselves form a considerable city ; and the whose stands in the midst of a sandy, arid plain, d es tit u t e o f a ll vegetation. The heat is oppressive in summer, and the water is frozen from the middle of December till March. An army of 80,000 men is maintained within the walls ; and there IS alto a body of police whose principal duty is t - ) prevent famine. The works of the East Kent Railway Company are in an advanced state, and the line about to be opened to Faversham in September next. THE 1?,)Y AL BhITISH BANK. cfhere was a meeting yesterday, at the Court of Benkruptcy, before Mr. .Commissioner Holroyd, For the iurthcr exemination oF Mr. Edward Esdaile, he late Governer of the Bank. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Veining for Mr. Esdaile ; Mr. Ellie watched the case on behalf of the repre3entaives of the late Mr. Chas. Walton. Mr. Linklater, before proceeding with Mr. Es- Jai'e's examination, applied to the Commissioner for the appointment of a further dividend sitting in this matter. He stated that there was now in hand sufficient to pay a further dividend of 2s. 6c1., or at least 2s , in the pound. The assignees were very desirous that an early sitting should be appointed. Mr. Linklater then remarked that. the general com promise with the shareholders would, in all proba bility, be delayed in consequence of Parliament having risen so unexpectedly, but that the assignees were proceeding with the composition, and it was all-important that the creditors who had not already done so should signify their acquiescence as soon a 3 possible. The 17th of April nett was accerdingly appointed for the dividend sitt:p.g. Mr. Linklater said jt was due to Mr. Paddison to state that he had nothing to do with the securi tes taken from Mr. Walton, and those taken from Mr. H. Brown were taken with the perfect know ledge, on the part of the directors, of the irregu larity of such securities. The Commissioner—lt is not a common practice with bankers to take such securities. Mr. yenning—Among merchants I am told it is exceedingly common to do this thing upon honour. Mr. Linklater—" More honoured in the breach -than in the observance." Mr. Linklater st eted he had teen asked by Mr. Goddard, a professional man, a surgeon, to mention pUblicly that lie is not the Mr. Goddard who be came bankrupt by having taken shares in the Royal British Bank. Mr. Paddison stated, as to Mr. H. Brown's securities, that he did advise the directors most ex plicitly about the consequence of the non-registra tion of the ships; pointing out that the consequence wool I be that, for want of re 6 eietration, it would certainly be in the power of Mr. Humphrey Brown, if he thought proper and chose. to do so, either ti sell or to mortgage the ships and to destroy the bank securities. Mr. Paddison further said, respecting the state ment he had made as to the discussion about clause 71, et the instance of Mr. Humphrey Brown, in March or April, 1855, that all the &rectors present at that meeting appeared to be opposed to Mr. Humphrey Brown's suggestion. Mr. Esdaile here said—With reference to my evi dence given at the last examination on the subject of Mr. Walton's account, I find that in consequence of Mr. Liuklater having brought to my mind circum stances which showed that I knew the state of that account before I took the chair in February, 1855, I was led to infer that 1 must have had access to the green ledger before that date, contrary to my first Impression butfromfacts of whichMr.Paddisonhas reminded me I believe I *as right originally, and that I tnuet have come' at a knowledge' of that ac count- flora some other source, and not from that book (probably from Mr. Cameron's statement,of As to the case of Mr. Frederick Clark, and the ad vice ,given by the Attorney-General, I wish to state that I am not aware that there was anything in that case which the bank would have been made to ex psse,, except the fact that it had *a serious lock-up of capital in.a colliery in Wales, and this, I suppose, was the meaning of the Attorney-General in his advice to us. With respect to the general conduc of myself and my brother directors, whic4 Mr. Linklater has so severely arraigned, it is only fair to state that, except those directors who were debt ors to the bank, and who were but four in flambee' out of 22, we hed•no personal interests in carrying on the bank. For myself I swear I was actuated by a sincere desire. to do the best for the sharehold ers. We were not taking money from the bank, but were labouring incessantly to retrieve its affsirs. After I became governor, I was my self there almost daily and almost all day long ; and, if the attempt to carry on the bank should now appear absurd, it is surely due to us that the public should consider that the present state of af fairs was not present to our minds. The disasters which have occurred came upon us by degrees, and the large deficiency now shown by Mr. Coleman is to a considerable extent due to the loss which al ways attends iodisation in bankruptcy. To the last we were led to suppose that there were meny chalices of extrication before us ; that the Welsh works would have been leased at a royalty or taken up by a public company, so as to cover that outlay. The less by Mr. Brown we did not suppose could be a heavy one, his securities having begin valued at 60,0001. We were, moreover, iu treaty whh another bankieg establishment, which was not un willing to ti4a - , with us on the footing of giving us a large capital sum for thegeod will of tile business we had acquired at, so small cost, subject of course to in vestigatioc. We als looked forward to sit engtL en iug the bank by additional capital and by more iuflu eri ial di/ estors ; nor did we consider it improbable that underouraltered circumstances and improved posi tion, some men of capital and enterprise miht be in duced to ally themselves with the bank, who, with a knowledge of its burdens, would likewise appre &ate and be influenced by its capacity of profitable development. If our hop-s in arty of there resp-ct• had been realised the failure of the bank would have been averted. r ani not anxious to Show to a we were right in the course we took. We may have been too often injudicious in our conduct under tai • difficulties of our positiou ; but I am most anxious that it should appear that our motives were correct, and that we had ni other a in than to du our Lat, in the cireutestances in which we were placed. It is in this way that the %matters , upon which Mt. Linhlater has so strongly adverted are to be ex plained. When we presented the half-yearly account —when we-declared dividends—wh, n , we called in or invited shareholders to join us with further capi tal, or did any of the other acts which have 13.::en censured, we were governed by the same motive. So lung as, the directors thought that the circum stances were not such as to averrant them 1n closing the bank, so long it was , ab itilet neeee sary—as every men of business w,ll koow—t ) pay interest on the capital, and to uphold, es we enuea. -mus e d to do, the credit of the bank with the pub lic. I have been much pressed as to my opinion o: the insolvency of the bank at differ, nt periods. I think it must be apparent to every , ody that up to August, 1854, when I took up 10 of the new shares, I could not have had any fear as to its stability and ultimase success, and, afterwards, surely any c or tinue l connect.on with it is the best evidence of the reliance I placed on the future. I joined the bank in its eerliestestage with upright intentions ; I have remained by it through its troubled career; and I have sunk with it, thank God, with &eau hands—(hisses and other marks of disapprobation) —and a conscience which exon rates me from one act of intentional wrong. Mr. Linklater—Mr. Esdaile is welcome to the benfit of his explanation. Mr. Esdaile was then examined by Mr. Linklater as follows :—Tlie pronesory note for 18,4571., 'dated the - 28th of Jan., 1854, payable three months af:er date, produced, : igned by Messrs. M‘Leari, Chandler, john Baring, J. C. Thompson, and Hunaphrey Brown, is signed- by me. I and three of those pereons . were directors of the batik: Mr. Chandler was the auditor. Mr. Thompson was the engineer of the Wandle Waterworks Company. That note was given for money borrowed by me and my co-director., for the Wandle Waterworks Company, of the Royal British Bank. Tne note was repaid with interest. I think there is no halauce due u a _ on it. I can have no conception that there is upwards of 2,000/. due upon it. The Wandle. Waterworks Company had started the thing, I think, in 1852. It must have been that I and my co directors bor rowed in 185? of the Royal British Bank 15,6551. for the Wandle Waterworks Company. I was, in 1852, a director of the Wandle Wat-rworks Com - - pany. . The money borrowed of the-Royal British Bank was for that company. It was upon ample security, and was repaid with interest. If lam to answer the question as to whether or not the Wandle Waterworks Company went to Parliament in 1852 or 1853 for an Act, I admit they did,,. The Bill was opposed. Mr. Venning submitted that there was no reason why the affairs of the. Wandle Waterworks Corn I parry should be paraqed before the public. • The Commissioner—Your anxiety gives th 13 ap pearance that there is something in it. . Mr. Linklater—Mr. Yenning is your brother.in law, .1 believe, Mr. Esdaile i Mr. Ven u i ng—He is. Mr. Linldatdr—That may account in some mea sure for the interruption. Examination continued—l don it know how long quite sure ' that whetherlits,woT. rernd.ned unpaid. When it was unpaid on Jan, the' was taken u paid with interest. I am not 18,000& in the upon the a portion of that did not remain account,previous . and was incorporated in the ja e:io ,, us MI. I presume that note b 1854. It was afterwards paid with interest, h r a a dn questionno risk i s a k s in ) that whether , a d - v a n c e . I cannot answer thewseacsumri;ysitghtteatbure k tothe pet nion to the Cour t for . the advance of l t h s e , 6 0 5 n 5 1 1 y . (f Coancery for a return of the money . in case the bill was thrown out. The B an ' c received the Lke security for the note for 18,0001. I have not been connected with any companies that I k no i en of that e male use of the funds of the Royal British Bank.l was not a member of the Waterproof Brick and Tile Company. My name was put to the paper pro duced without my authority, I was acquainted with the Royal Australian Gold Company. I was con nected with another company which was based upon that. The Royal British Bank were their brnkers, if it says so there. That company became defunct. The Wandle Waterworks Company-also became de funct. I have heard of the Irish Peat,Companr, but I have had nothing to do with it. I have not heard until this time of the Home and Colonial Improve went Company. Mr. Gwynn was a director of the Royal British Bank. Ido not know that he was a director of any other company. I believe that Mr. Cameron did at one time make a complaint that there were so many of these compa n i es w ith which the Royal British Bank was connected. He never complained very much that the parlour of the bank was used by the directors of these com panies. I never had an account myself with the bank. My partner, Mr. Margrave, however, had a cash credit account . with the Royal British Bank to the amount of 5,0001. The balance owing by Mr. Margrave to the amount of 4,0001.• has been paid since the bankruptcy. Mr. Linklater—l do not wish to mention the name now, but did you in Jan., 1854, obtain for a brother-in-law of yours a cash credit for 1,0001. ? Mr. Esdaile--Yes, I did. Mr. Yenning—l may state, that brother-in-law is not myself. I have no doubt we shall have the family here ; but it is not me on this occasion. Mr. Esdaile here detailed the circumstances con nected with that advance. Mr. Linklater—ln what amount did you find that Mr. Walton was indebted to the bank on the Ist of February, 1855 I—lt was 46,6971., upon dis count account. Taking the discount and current accounts at that date there would be due from Walton to the bank upwards of 52,0001. The only security the bank•held for that debt was the deposit of 52,0001. which was the mere deposit of the mort gage on the Helen Lindsay, the Hero, Magdalena, Ocean Wave, Hornet, James Gibb, and William Stevenson, and the commercial names attached to the bill, constituting the discount account. I think it must have been that in the month of January, 1855, we learnt that there was considerable appre hension with referehce to the security held by the bank from Mr. Walton in the shape of that com mercial paper. The letter produced from Charles Walton to Hugh Innes Cameron, the general ma nager of the Royal British Bank, is signed by Mr. Walton. Mr. Ellis objected to the reading of letter ; but The Commissioner overruled his objection. Mr. Linklater read the letter, which wits as fc. lows : " Private. "Tclse•hi9, Jan. 11, 1854. (Should be 1855.) Dear was much surprised to hear from my son that you refused to discount any bills for us. I beg to tell you pl only that it is absolutely necessary that you should continuo to discount such bills as we receive from per sons who owe us the money, not only to prevent us stopping payment, but for the safety of the bank itself, which must fall if the governor an,d two of the directors fail, with whom will also stop six or seven other persons connected with the bank. You are not acting the part ef a prudet.t man of business in thus stopping us in our energetic course of gradually liquidating and withdraw ing the bills from the bank, which cannot possibly be dune without us having sufficient time to realise our assets. Perhaps you are not aware that we have already paid this mouth between 30,0001. and 40,0001. bills held by the bank, and between this and Monday shall pay snout 2,0001. more, thus gradually but continually les ' seising the amount of paper in the bank's hands (I do not reckon wbat has been done for Mr. H. Brown, as the bank hoTds the securities), but it must be a work of time, and cannot be done without the bank's assistance in the way of discounts; this is a positive fact ; and if you ii k the safety of the bank by refusing to discount, let me know at once when we ourselves, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cochrane, and four otbe a, must stop payment; for what? Not forany anticipated loss to the bank, but a refusal of a sietauce to allow us time to realise. But before you commit this rash act, pray consider this, that you are po sitively benefiting, not injuring, the bank by discounting for us, as otherwise the bills must come back to the bank. 2.11 y, That you ran no additional risk whatever, but con trariwise; and that it was better for the bank to refuse discounts to all o.hers trap us, which, if refused, will ing do NI tie bank with it. As far as we individually are cone reed, our liabilities ale sina 1 and means ample; but we hare got to bear on our shouluers Mr. H. Brown, Mr. Cochrane, and others, until we can realise their property (excel); the secend), which is a dead loss to ue, but none to the bank. We have to bear the whole of his losses ; every one else escapes; all of which we can arrange by necessary discounts. Our acceptances' are small ;it is others owing us, and not us o sing others; so all our bills are receivable, which we must assist the acceptors to pay. We only want time, for as the ships'lreights are paid and other accounts, eo sna 1 we want less and less of the bank's as:is•anco; but this can only be done by having time a- towed us to realise. Please recollect this, that in assisting us in the way of dieceunte, the bank seas no additional risk whatever, and obtains a good return, we being wil ling to pay -El per cent., as our large business can well atiord ; but in refusing it runs the most imminent danger et stopping. When you know the fearful exposure and consequences that would ensue, as governor of the back end a considerable proprietor. I feel a deep interest in its welfare, and de honestly beg of you to consider the :earful consequences to all coneerned it you refuse to as eist, us in discounting (we want no loan), which yuu can do with safety arid advantage to the bank, and it will not lose one penny by us, as we have pleuty of assets. You hold securities to a considerable amount in your hands. I write this in pain, so excuse all blunders. I - will the moment I ate able put everything straight with the bank, and merely 1:t the Mille be credited less dis ceunts as they are done. I am gradually recovering, and now mum able to get du wn dinner ; and hope, by God's blessing, iu a week to be able to come to town. WI - ate vex may be arranged hereafter, you must discount slice bills as they went t) prevent a fearful catastrophe ti 1 I get to to No. —Yours with much sincerity, • "CHAS. WALTON. " Hugh Innes Cameron, Esq., General Manager of the Royal Briti.h Batik." Exunination continued—At the ' same time that letAer was written the large amount owing from the mana, , zer, Mr. Cameron, to the bank, must have been ovci ed. it appears these as a fact that during the absence of the general manag , -r, I dis couhted for Mr. C. Walton his draught upon Mr. Cochrane for the 7001. on the 17th of Mar,..h, 1855. It is C. Walton's discount account. That must be subject to explanation. I find two names in the book produced, one beg . nning with the initial G, the other with the initial S, • two persons who w, re said to be touch involved with Mr. Walton at the time. After that time other discounts were made on bills accepte.l - by the same parties to the amount of thousands. But that was 'iron Mr. Walton's declaration as to the ship secu rities upon which be bad granted advances to those parties. The bank parted with their own moneys on merely getting the bills together, with the secu rity of Mr. Walton's n ame . The balance upon the average on Mr. Walton's discount account wi'h the hank in 1855 was between 20,0001. and 30,0001., but it was larger-40,0001., then 17,0001., then 16,0001., and finally it w as extinguished. I have heard Mr. Cochrane 's name mentioned in Mr. Walton's letter, and I see that in an early le.ter in Dec. Mr. Walton alludes to Mr. Cochrane s difficulties. Mr. Coch rane must haveinvolvel him very mm h. The Royal British Bank in that very month of Dec. granted a credit to Mr. Cochrane of 5,0001. upon the security of certain bonds at Liverpool. Mr. Cochrane was at that time a direr or of the bank. There were four b 'nds given, atnonnting together to that sum . M r. Cocnrane thereupon hal liberty to draw upon the funds of the bank to the amount of 5,0001., a privi lege I have no doubt he soon availed himself of. The sureties to one cf the bonds of 1,000/. were Kirk and Furness, of Liverpool. Ido not know when they failed. The deed of composition is dated very son after the transaction. Mr. Oxley is one of the sureties for another 1,0001. •Ho failed about the same r1111(3. Wlr n these two sureties had gone for 2,000/. we asked him to show us a statement of his account. He had no security to give us at that time. His account increased after I became governor, ou Feb.], 1855, from 5,0001. to 10,0001., upon the strengrh of certain credi•s which he said were either in his hands or coming into his bands. I will say what they were if you will allow me. Mr. Linklater—lf you will do me the favour to reserve your explanation until I have put one or two questions with regard to the account I shall be obliged. I observe that on Feb. 5 the amount of 5,5001. is transferred from the drawing account to the discount account.' Mr. Esdaile \ —l do not know. Just see whether you do not find that from Feb. 5, 1855, although Mr. Cochrane was in that hope less state that you have told us, the account gees on, and in june, 1855, while you are governor, the amount owing by Mr. Cochrane upon that discount account was 11,231/. ?—Yes. (Sensation.) For that the bank had no security ? Mr. Esdaile—N o t ang ibl e secur i ty. (Laughter.) But I have an explanation to make upon that. (Renewed laughter.) Certainly ; and it so continued, and the amount now owing. by Mr. Cochrane to the bank is some where about 100,0001. ? Mr. Esdaile—ls it so much as that ? 10,4271. 2s. Bd. Mr. Esdaile—Whatever the books say, of course, I admit. Mr. Linktater—Now any explanation you like. Mr. Esdaile—At the time the 5,0001. bonds were given he put a list before us of certain liabilities of his about to mature, and which those bonds would cover. At thattiniethebank was impressed with the ,staUity ofthosenameß. (Alaugh.) Thebank hadno reason to doubt the stability of Messrs. Kirk and ,Furness, or Mr. Oxley ; but subsequent to that, when Cochrane's embarrassments became more ap parent, and the pi esSura upon him became more severe, we called upon him to make a general state ment of his affairs in our hands, and h 3 otwwed us that there were lAls, acceptances of his own, to the extent of 5,9001. maturinz ; that he was under obligation to meet demands, part of which would be compromised to the extent of 1,50 C/. or more, and at that_ time there existed an over-draught upon the account—nay memorandum states of 1,800/.,—making together 9,2001., against which he placed these credits. You asked me why we let him go on. He said there were the,proceeds of cargoes of wood in his brokers' hands to the amount of 5,995/. •, that there was due from the Halifax houre with which he had commercial transactions 4,000/. ; that he held shares in thebank, and other securi ties, together equal to 2,000/. ; that he had cash at this time at the London and Joint-Stock, and at our bank, 8001., in all, 16,3901., having actually given us a return of five large debts ow 'n; to him from estates which had then become bankrupt, including Oxley's failure, and Kirk and Furness, together amounting to about 7,0001., the dividends upon which be reckoned to be quite equal to 2,2001., or thereabouts, and appearing in the schedule of cre dits to the extent of 18,527/. Besides that 18,090/. those 5,0001. of the Liverpool bonds were running, so that it did appear, unless-there was some great fallacy in the figures, that the bank was covered with a very large margin—by 5,2771. The‘loubt ful figures which he reported to us in these, credits were the 5,290/. given in as the balance of proceeds of the cargoes of wood. He said brokers had charged for interest upon advances and other charges, such as dockage expenses, which would very much impair that figure, but he said in his opinion there must be between 2,0001. and 3,0001. .coming to him. That would still have left a large margin to cover those advances, and under those cir cumstances not wishing to expose the bank to' the unpleasantness of the failure, and the unnecessary failure, as we believed, of one of our number, the bank allowed him to act upon the account to a certain extent, always feeling that they had a mar gin of many thousands in their favour. If you ask me whether these securities were then of a tangible character, such as we could put our hands upon, I should say they were not, because the dividends on the bankrupt's estates were coining in to the extent' of 2,0001. His dividend of the Halifax house had not been realised. His bank stock remained, and though now you may say we had no right to look upon it as a security, we did look upon it as a secu rity. That is my general answer to the question. How cofild I, in my position, see the account accru ing from the date I took the chair ? My answer is that we believed the bank was amply secured by the credits he showed in the statement of his affairs. Mr. Linklater—Why delude yourself with such language as " having security ?" Does it amount to more than this—that Mr. Cochrane represented himself to be a solvent man ? Mr. Esdaile—Yes, very far above insolvent. They held among other - securities a number of shares in the bank. (Laughter.) The bank at that time began to experience inconvenience. This was in Sept., 1855. Their funds were becoming very short. Trey relaxed their discounts, but he was not aware whe ther the discounts to the directors were restricted. A letter was here produced from Mr. H. D. Ma deed, an officer of the bank, as addeessed. to Mr. Cameron. It commenced, " Dear Mr. Manager," and acknowledged the receipt of a haunch of re-ni son, which had arrived safely. It also set for h that he could make up 25,0001., but that that was their last shot —(a laugh) —and that there was no pros pect of meeting their payments on the lath. The manager was much wanted again at the helm. It appeared from the further examination of Mr. Esdaile that, notwithstanding the board bad con siderable apprehensions in Oct., 1855, of being able to go on, they issued a circular to the shareholders stating their intention of opening a branch in Hol born and adding 2,000 to the existing number of shares. By issuing the shares they were endeavour ing to do all they Could to uphold the bask. (Laughter.) The last report to the shareholders was issued without a signature. Did not know who drew the report. He must have 14 a hand in it. Mr. Cameron's absence from the general meeting on the Ist of August last was, no doubt, at the in stance of the board of directors. (Sensation.) He had written offering to come. The bank paid him his salary up to the Ist of Sept. 1856, and then let him go before the general meeting of the Ist of August. He never treated the green ledger as a mysterious book ; all he said was that he was not cognisant of it. He durst say he heard it stated that Cameron kept that book from the directors, and that he alone had the key, hut he might have heard that ,statement made by Owen, and not con tradicted it. The book could not have been kept con cealed by Cameron, because it was open to obser vation. Would not like to swear that he did not know before he came to the chair that Cameron had e. discount account at the bank. Mr. Cameron might have discounted his own bills. Mr. Linklater—Did you allow him to keep the s as he pleas :c1 Mr. Esdaile—He was the supreme executive of the hank. Mr. Linklater—Supreme ! I thought you were the governor ? Mr. Esdaile—l am talking as exeutive. Mr. Linklater—You do not mean to say he WAS there for use, and you for ornament ? (Laughter.) Mr. Esdaile—lt was very much the case. (Re newed laughter.) On the 31st of May, 1856, a special court was held, when •it was determined " that Hugh InneeNameron ba not continue I as general manager beyond the Ist of September, 1856." It would have been arn.awkward circum stance to mention in the report that he had been " dismissed," . and it Will be found theie that Ca meron bad " resigned." In May, 1856, the Rev. J. H. Gos3ett„a shareholder, required the bank - to find a purchaser for his shares, he being uneasy in consequence of a communicatiou frbei an unknown correspondent. The bank replied that he should put them in the hands of his brokers. M r . G osse tt did so. But being unable to find a pu rc h aser, threat ened to cll.! a meeting of shareholders and deposi tors. The directors gave directions th at th e soarer should be purchased. That would be with the bank moneys. There was no entry in'the books of ih;s transaction. Oh, no. The broker was my ITo ther-in-law, and I recommended him not to put in his name as the transferee of the shires. During the whole period of the bank's career a sum o f on l y exceeded 150,0001., eared, debts 4,0001. odd was carried to Vie bad. debt fund, Rwhereas were ee ascertained debts cet'de to x be not withstanding, through subsequent half-yearly ac counts as assets. A report had been issued in s which it w as s t a t e d that "the contributions of innumerable small rills gradually swelling into a mighty h ea d m i g ht b e dif fused so as to fructify the surroundi ng space an d sbiaalessingtothe givers and rece i vers. " This mile A applied to the blessing to be derived. from the Royal British Bank. (Laughter.) The report concluded— " That the benefits of the institution to the commu nity would as much exceed those of even oavinge-barks as did the gains of the good and faithful servant those of him who kept his pound laid up in a napkin." (Loud laughter.) cru further examination M r . E s d a i le said—lt was true, most true, that the best principles were of little avail unless they were practically, intelli gently, and faithfully acted on ; these wore the pro fesions of 1849. It leas intended that the bank should commence with a capital of 500,0001., but as the public would not respond they reduced the capital to 100,000/. They made every effort to g et out the shares. The Parliamentary expenses were 9,00 G/., including 1,0001. paid to the directors. He (Mr. Esdaile) had seen the 'bank through all its hopes and all its difficulties—the difficulties first and the hopes after. A Mr. Menzies was the se cretary of the bank at the commencement. He' did not know then that he was at that time in Whitecross-street. Did not know of Mr. M'Gre gor's arrangement with the proprietor of the Hall of Commerce to give him 5001. if he got the bank to purchase the building. He remembered Menzies going to the North with Alderman Kennedy to look after shareholders ; they got plenty of pro mises ; the Newcastle people got their money back. A letter was read from Menzies to Mullens, the then solicitor of the bank, dated Burden's Hotel, Whitecress-street, Juno 21, 1849, requesting Mul lens to obtain his release, that he might be enabled to attend the next board meeting, and put all things r.L r e l right. ir 1 a ter here real a statement of the di rectors sent out to the world : "That the Royal British Bank being incorporated by Royal charter, it possessed a privilege of doing local business equal to any bank except the Bank of England. The Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council of Trade had already approved of tee deed of constitution by it:weal ing the capital as the nature of the business might •re quire. (Sensation). Mr. Menzies was described as "John Menzies, Esq., Secretary," in the repOit.. (Laughter.) Mr. John M'Gregor is indebted to the bank about 7,0001. (Mark of disapprobation.) Mr. Ellis explained as to the discount account which Mr. Walton, deceased, had kept at the bank, that was beneficial to the bank. It was a mistake therefore to ray that Mr. Walton was at any time indebted iu a sum of 43,0001. on that account. The bills discounted were all paid off. The letter he had written to Mr. Cameron was penned on a sick bed, Mr. Walton being then confined to tl:e house under a severe attack of illness. His Honour•said that it would be a very benefi cial rule if directors would not discount with their • own banks. Linklater stated he had concluded Mr. Es dage's examination. It was his intention to exa mine Mr. Apsley Pellatt on Wednesday next, and he had promised to attend for that purpose. Owing to the extreme length to which Mr. Es daile's examination proceeded yesterday, it has been found quite impossible to give more than the heads of the inAtters to which it relatel. The Court was densly crowded throughout the day, and the cue appeared to create great excitement. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CI EtCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARcu 25. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) ELLIS V. THE SOUTH3WESTERN RAILWAY - COMPANY. Mr. M. Chambers Q.C., -- ancl Mr. Hawkins, were for the plaintiff; and Mr. E. James Q.C., and Mr. Lush, appeared for the company. The plainfff in this action is a farmer, occupy ing. land adjacent to the Guildford and Godalnaing , Railway, and the action was brought to recover the value of two colts that had strayed upon the line and were run over and killed by the train, in consequence, it was alleged, of the company not keeping a proper fence, in accordance with the pro visions of the Act of Parliament. An endeavour was made, on the part of the plaintiff, to show that at the place where the accident happened there was a public right of way for horses and pedestrians, but the case failed altogether as far as proving that it had been used by horses ; and, although it seemed to be made out pretty clearly that there was a footpath at the place iu question, yet it 'ap peared that the company had put up a gate, and provided a lock and key for the use of the owner of the land, and that if this gate had been kept locked the accident could not have happened ; but it seemed that :the key had been lost, and that the gate had consequently not been properly secured. Mr. Justice Cresswell without calling upon Mr. Jame] to:Addresslthe jury, said it appeared to him that the plaintiff had not made out any negligence on the part of the railway company, and that, on the contrary, they really seemed to have done all that could be required of them for the prevention of accident; and that the accident would not have occurred if the gate had been kept locked, as it ought to have been. The jury at once returned a verdict for the de fendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 24. MANSION-HOUSE—In the case of Messrs. Hill and Brough, who were charged with having appropriated the amounts of two bills which had been sent to them as agents by Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hobler appeared upon the part otthe de fendants, and stated that his lordship having kindly allowed the matter of accusation to stand remanded, an opportunity had , been afforded of making explanations which he was happy to say were considered by the complainant to be satisfac tory. His lordship would therefore, he hoped, as no further charge would be brought against Lis clients, discharge the recognisances of Messrs. Hill and Brotigh. Mr. Matthews, the solicitor for Mr. Harrison, intimated that his client was satisfied with the ex planations alluded to, and consented to the dis charge of the recognisances of the defendants. The Lord Mayor then discharged the recogni sances, and said the ease was at an end. Several lads, most of whom were recognised as active and experienced thieves, were charged with having picked gentlemen's pockets of liandOerchiefz, and were sentenced to different terms of imprison ment with hard labour. DOW-STREET.—Catherine Smith, late a ser vant to Mr. Styles, oil and colourin.an of Tavistock street, Covent-garden, was chArged with stealing a sovereign from the box of a lodger, Frederick Kelf, a waiter at.the Tavistock Hotel. The prosecutor said that on Sunday last he placed five sovereigns in hips box under the bed. At about four o'clock on the following day, having occasion to go to his box, he missed one of the sovereigns. The box had been forced. Mna Styles said that the prisoner, who had only been in his service a few weeks, went out on Mon day, and returned at night very drunk. She was put to'bed, and some time after a woman called and asked to see her, saying that prisoner's sister was very ill, and expressing great anxiety to bring her away to see the invalid. As the woman pressed the matter very urgently, he allowed the prisoner to be called, and she went away. Considering the state she was in, he was not sorry that she was gone, as he apprehended some danger to the chil dren, who slept iu her room. The next morning the prisoner did not return, but in the course of the day he heard of the prosecutor's loss, and ago heard that she had changed a sovereign at the Salu t at: on public-house in Tavisto ek-s tre et. Knowing that she had no money previouslyto that day, and, iu fael - , had borrowed a few shillings of him on account about a week before, he ;nada inquiries and found that the whole story about the sister was a fabrication ; that the character by means of which she lid got into his service was a false on , ), and that she had been discharged from her previous situa ion for drunkenness and suspected theft. In the evening she came to claim her b'x, and was given in charge. She then said she had not changed a sovereign. The prisoner said she . was, not guilty. She had no reo!leciion of changing any sovereign at the Sattitatiqn but she was very drunk, and it was quite poSsible that she might have changed one for the woman who was with h.r. Mr. Styles was misinforMed •as to her character, which was genuine ; and she had not been discharged from any situation for misconduct. • Mr. Wickham, landlord of the Salutation, said that when the prisoner -changed the sovereign she was treating the women who were with her, and saying that it was her birthday, and she meant to enjoy herself. One of the womon was about to take up the change, ,hut the prisoner would not allow her. She asked him to wrap it in paper, which Ile did, and she then put'it in her pocket. .She wa,sdrunandel f,:r further inquiry. - 'WORSHIP- STREET.--Jossph Pye, 19; a young man of respectabte exterior and manners, was enar4ed with attempting to drown himself, by leapin4 from the Qaeen's-road-hridge df the Re gen!'s-cazial, Dalsto-L M‘Le1d, , 2135 N, while on duty at two o'c!ock yesterday morning, was t'..ld that a man had sprung from the bridg which is marly 20 feet high, and on arriving there found defendant in the water, from which ho succeeded in extricating him in a sen.sehfss state. On recavery at the station-house be said, "This will kill pie." Some of his friends infolmed witness he had threatened and had, at tempted suicide during the past week. Mr. D'Eyncourt—What can you say to this? Defendant-1 am sorry, sir ; but I have been troubled—di.iappoinfment in business and—and— Mr. D'Eync9urtAnd any love affair ? Defendant (sorrowfully)—Yes, sir—jealousy. Mr. D'Eyncourt—lt is fortunate that, at your age, it is not anything else, for nineteen is too young to be married. What are you ?" Where do you live ? Defendant—l am an artificial flower-maker, sir, and , reside in Pearson-street - , Kingsland-road. D'Eyncourt—You have expressed a resolu tion to take your life, and I shall now remand you for a week. I❑quiries were made outside the court for the young man's friends, but no one answered. WESTMINSTER.—Eiza Higgins, a woman about 25 years of ar, was charged with desertion of her infant. Tiddersley, coachman to Count Batthyani, stated that he was in Hill-street, Knightsbridge, on his way home, at about half-past 11 on the pre vious night, when his attention Was attracted by a noise something like the mewing of a da,t. As there was, however, some'hing peculiar about it he stopped and listened more attentively, when he thought the cry was that of a child, and on look ing over a fence by the way-side, be sttw an infant lying on the bricks, with nothing on but a night gown. Witness callel'a policeman, and the child was taken to-St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. A nurse from the workhouse identified the in fant as the .prisoner's, who had left the union,- house with the child-on Tuesday morning. Robert Wright polic3 sorgeant, 6 .137 said that from informalion he reieived he apprehended the prisoner that day in Queen's•street, Chelsea. She at first went into fits, and then threatened to cut her throat. Mr. Poynter baying asked the constable to de scribe the place where the child was. found, he re plied that it was a place so protect e d th at t h e pri soner could not have climbed over it to deposit the child on the brickwork wh.-re it was found; but must have had much difficulty in lowering it there by its - bedgovvn., which would account for the fact of the infant having a black eye, by being struck against n. ainst some hard sub s t ance. The prisoner, when, token into custody, was told by him that it was for leaving her child in the place described. She ad mitted the fact. Tim inmistrate ordered the child, which ap peared in a precarious state, to be taken back to the 'workhouse, aad remanded the prisoner to sce how the child got on.' LAMBETII.—A gentleman asked Mr. Elliott's opmion on the following point. He had 'taken a season ticket for the Surrey Gardena. That day week the Music-hall was let to a society for the promotion of early closing, and applicant and others found that their season tickets,' which they pre sented at the ball, would not procure their admis sion. Applicant wished to know whether they Would be justified in forcing their wzy into the ball at a concert which was announced, and. for which the building had been let. - Mr. Elliott consi fired that the season tickets gave admission only to such entertainments as were given by tae proprietors, and not to those Given by persons who hired the hall, and recommended ap plicant not to force his way ia'without good advice. HAMME R SMITH. —Da iel Brown - was charged with endeavouring to obtain 2/. by a Pest-office order under false pretences. On Tuesday Mary Ann Webber, servant to a lady residing at Notting-hill, had to cash a Post. office order for 21. :for her mistress. She put the order in her purse, and went to King's Collage Hospital, where she had to see the surgeon. On coming out of the hospital she found her purse gone. She gave information of her loss at the Notting-hill Post-office, where the order was payable. The next day the prisoner prestmted the order, and was taken into custody. Remanded for inquiries to be made at King's College Ho ,pital. THE NE.APOLITAA :ARMY. At Naples and Castellamare there are six foun dries for cannon,. an arms factory, four armouries, of which two at Naples can contain 360,000 mus kets, man-of-war building-yards at Citstellamare, and Hotel des Invalides, an asylum for the widows Of officers, six military libraries containing 60,000 volumes and 9,000 maps, 14 establishments for ar tillery, and 9 for engineers. The kingdom is divided into two military governments, that of Naples having seven military divisions, while Sicily has only three. The troops are raised by conscrip tion the levy each year being about 13,000 men ; Sicily is not subject to the conscription. The length of service is from five to eight years, aPer which the so'diers enter the reserve. The general staff of the army is composed of lieutenant-generals, .major-generals, and brigadier-generals. The quai termaster-general's department is taken from among regimental officers, who still remain on thestrength of their regiments. The Gardes du Corps (cavalry) consist of gentlemen having officers' rank. The foot guards are composed of non-commissioned officers of high character, who have served in the army for 12 years. The officers commanding these louards are general officers, and the remaining offi e, cers either belong to the staff or have the rank of captain. The only privilege the guards have is that of doing duty near the Royal family,-and they re ceive a very slight ilicr-!ase of pay. The royal guard is composed of grenadiers, light infantry, rifles, artillery, and marines. Tho nu merical strength of the army is as follows : INFANTRY. 1 Battalion of Rifles 1,248 Artillery artached l6O 4 Regiments of Swiss Infantry 13 Regiments of Neapolitans 1 Regiment of Rifles 4 Regiments of Swiss . 4,992 1 Battalion of Swiss Light Infantry ... 1,832 12 Battalions of Neapolitan Light Infantry 14,784 16 Provincial Companies 4 .1,664 1 Regiment of Veterans 1 Company of Swiss Veteran:. 1 Depot of Invalides • 24 Companies of Foot Gendarmes ..... ..... .. 4,368 1 Company of Pompiers To which add Reserve 55,247 45,000 95,956 CAVALRY. 1 'Squadron Garde du Carps 2 Regiments of Hussars of the Guard 1 Regiment of Royal Gendarmes 1 Regiment of Cerabineers 3 Regiments of Dragoons 2,949 2 Regiments of Lancers 1 Regiment of Chasseurs 983 7,985 ARTILLERY. 2 Regiments of Foot Artillery 4,500 1 Horse Battery 1 Foot Swiss Battery 1 Bati,alnin of Train 1,125 1 Pontoon Brigade Court Guard Artillery 3,000 9,356 Engineers—Sappers Battalion workmen 2,250 Total Infantry 55,2471 „ Cavalry 7,985 I ArtiUery 9,355 }-Total 122,830. „ Engisecr3 2,250 I „ Reserve The regiment of Neapolitan infantry consists of 2 battalions of 6 companies each in time of peace, and 7in war. Each battalion has a company of grenadiers and one of voltigeurs attached to it. The regimental staff is 41 in peace and 49 in war,, of whom 10 are officers. Each company has 4 officers, 14 non-commissioned officers, 4 musicians, 1 ar mourer. Strength in peace, 104.; in war, 154. The battalions of light infantry have a regimental staff of 5 officers and 8 non-commissioned. Etch bat'alion has 8 cotnpanies in peace and 9 in war. A regiment of 'cavalry is composed of 4 squad rons in, peace, and 5 in war, and has a staff of 10 officers and 17 veterinary non-commissioned offi cers. Each squadron has 5 officers, 3 trumpeters, a master saddler ; the men varyinc , from 150 to 190. 'At present a. regiment of cavalry has about. 930 troopers and 800 horses. The regiment of ar tillery has 4 battalions of 4 companies each. A bat tery consists of 8 guns. There are 2 companies to each battery, and. 4 companies form a brigade, com manded by a Chef d'Escadron. The staff of .an artillery regiment is composed of 34 officers and 6 non-commissioned. A company, in war has 6 officers, 33 non-commissioned 3 trum peters—total, 45. A company , of horse artillery 6 officers, 256 men, and 294 horses. The coast guard of 20 companies is composed of old soldiers. The field train has six companies of workmen and artificers. The Neapolitan artilleryis formed after the French model, but latterly great improvements have bcea made. The engineers have two bat talions of six companies each. There are 24 com panies of gendarmerie, two of which are picked men ; and there is a squadron of chosen troopers. The regiment of veterans has three battalions, and the provincial companies who do duty in Sicily have each 4 officers and 100 men. THE AARDENTAN ARMY. • The following is the actual strength and compo sition of the Sardinian. army STAFF -1 marshal (not al wo.ys filled up), 2 generals, 9 lieUtenant general 4, 28 major-generals. • Royal' Staff Corps consists of 33 officers, 4 eplonels, 3 lieutenant-colonel , 7 majors, 19 captains. Garrison Statf consists of distinguished retired officers add non-commissioned officers. Gardes du Corps—Employed on palace duty ; chosen from old serjeants, but rank as officers. Palace Guards—Sentrtes at doors and passages ; cho sen from old solUiers ; rank h 3 se►jeants. Carabinieri—Gendarmerie Royal, upon the system of the French gensdarmes ; chosen from ail services in thu army on account of their good character, and the force is composed of horse and foot. They do duty on what is called terra firma ; but besides these there is a light dragoon regiment of Sardinia. CARABINIERI-75 officer?, 2,333 foot, 625 horse—total Dragoons of Sardinia, 44 officer', 1,034 horse—total 1,128 -- 4,536 9 Regiment 3 Cavalry, 315 officers, 5,400 horse... 5,715 20 Regiments Infantry. 1,580 officers, 25,520 foot 27,100 10 Battalions Riflee, 244 officer;, 3,833 foot ... 4,077 41,428 CAVALRY—There are 4 Regiment 3 of Lancers, with helmet, sabre, and musquetoon._ There are 5 Regiments of Light Dragoons, shako (kept'), sabre, small carabine. Each cavalry regiment consists of 35 officers, 600 men —total, 635. Each regiment has four effective squadrons end a de pot squadron. The staff of a regiment of cavalry consists of 1 clm mandant, 1 major, 3 officers for pay and clothing, one of whom must be a captain, 2 adjutants,(oue a cornet), 2 medical Men, 2 'veterinary surgeons, 1 chaplain, 18 nor -commissioned officers. A squadron consists of 1 captain, 2 lietitenant, 2 cor nets, 1 quartermaster, 4 quartermaster sergeants, 11 sergeants (of whom one is pay sergeant), 8 corporals, 4 trumpeters, 2 farriers, 1 sadder, 110 privates. Total, 5 officers, 141 troopers. INFANTRY.—This consists of 20 regiments, forming 10 brigades, cctinmasded by 'major-generals or colonels. These brigades still retain. tbeir ancient names—Sardir nian grenadier), Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta, Coni, La Mine, Casal, L'ignerol. Savone, Acqui. Each regiment, haql 4 battalions of 4 companies each. Staff, 15 officers; 60 non-commissioned ...... 75 Battalion officers; 64 ; men, 1,216 ............... —.•••1,355 ! - -- 79 officers ; 1,216 men ............... 1,355 Therefore each battalion consists of about 320. The regimental staf f consist 4 of 1 colonel, 1 lieuten ant-colonel, 4 majors, 2 adjutants (1 a lieutenant, the pral i other ensign), 1 paymaster (either ca p tain, lieutenant, or ensign), 1 quartermaster, 1 rous termaster, 1 ensi gn standard-bearer, surgeon, 2 as 3istants to each battalion ' 2 sergeant-majors, 1 drum - m a j or, 4 pay sergeants, :mitt, lieutenant, s (one enis itins, l is 3 sort of quartermaster serg eants and 4 orderly_cor attached to quartermaste r ' s department, 1 core( bugler, 1 captain pionee rs, J. band master, 1 i 0 2 master tailor 1 master bloe tna k er , an arsnourer, 18 ba nt h rie , , i 8 buglers, 8 pioneers, 2 v ivandiers. company I,ecragpetamaints,, 1 9 orp pay corporal), 2 drummers, B.elita (lance corporals), E 2 rank and file. There are no flrnk companies in tLe infantry regi ments, but in each company there are eight choen men Ike our lance corporal 9. 'ibe,e men, like the eerjeants a- d the grenadiers, wear the poignant sabre, a most use. leis cumbersome piece of eouipment, introduced into the French army by Marshal Soult,_ and called, by the French soldiers " Soult's Folly." The equipment of the Sardinian army is very similar to that of the French, except that the infantry sailers do not wear epauleti;es. Each officer has two epaulettes, the rank being known by a mark in the epaclette and the top part of the shako. The epaulettes of field c - cers are bullion, the others fringe. From the above formation ofinfltntry, the skeletons being so good, there would, in case of neces sity, be no difficulty with the battalion of 320 men to make them up to 1. 000. Bersigliari, or Rifle,, have 10 battalions. The Staff -1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-co'lonel, 10 majors, 5 paymasters, 2 supernumerary officers, 1 adjutant, 10 adjutants also paymasters, 10 medical men, 1 chaplain, 15 non-commis sioned officers or soldiers. Each battalion has 4 companies and a depot company. ,Each company 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 second lieu tenantg, 1 quartermaster-serjeant, 12 corporals (one a bliaer and another pay corporal), and the 76 men in clude 4 hu4lers, therefore the strength of a battalion is 23 officers, 379 rank and file-402. Non-eom. Staff Officers. missioncd do. Total. Rifle have Ten bat - Lai tr - xs Depot 4077 There is a punishment, battalion, composed of incorri gibles taken from other regiments. Staff officers, 6 ; officers, 12-13 ; and the men about 100, varying of curse acccrding as crime increases or diminishes. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Meacx 24. Supplies of all kinds these last tax days again largo. Oat straw, from 7s 01 to lOa Od per keraple of 16 stones Iron; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s Gd; barley do.. Gs Od. to 83 Od. Hay from is to ls. EDINETTRGEI MEAL—lltutan 24. There were in the market to•day 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and —s. DALKEITH 31,E...k_L AI.6.II , KET—MAncIi 23. There were in the, market to-day 31 bags of oatmeal, lof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barloymeaj, per ditto -s Od —s Od ,-s Oa Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... -3 Od -3 al ---3 --°di Pot-barley, new, per ditto — s Od = s Od sOd MAtten 24. Our corn market to-day was extremely dull, with a ge neral tendency to lower rates ; but the only quotable alteration we can report i❑ prices is in wheat, which was Gil to is cheap©r than on Friday, scarcely anything done in Indian corn, but a reduction would be submitted to to induce business. White wheat, 31s Oi to 34s Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 33s Od; ditto new, —8 ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; grind• ing, 15s to 203 Gd ; oats, old, lls to 13s; ditto, new, Od to 15s 01; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6.1; berg, new, 16s to 185 0:1; rtpes ,, ,d, 30s Od.to'::',2s 01 per brl ; ba,ktrs' flour, 183 63. to 25s 01 per owt ; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 37s Od per 460 00. LL MAIMET.---MAtcH 25. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market. s d Wallsond, mac. Stewart's Steam .. . 18 01 sd. %voltam& .tr... (Kepler Grainge .l 8 3 South Hotton . 18 6 Cassop iS 0 Riddell l6 6 fiarto a Braddyn l3 01 i;hips at market._ 3 I Sold. S LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCh 25. STOCK EXCHA.T.ZGE. —The market is steady, and p r ices about the same. Eastern Counties, 101—Midland, 61i —London and North Western, 101? g- Caledonian, —LancaAire and Yorkshire, 1011 B4—North Britit.h, 11 1-16—Manchester. Sheeld, and Lincoln, 38i South Eastern, 224 B—Great Western of Canada,4 2—Grand Trunk of Canaria, 13i 14 4—North Eastern, Berwick Ca pital Stock, 21:: Ditto, York, 31i—Laneashiro and Yorkshire, (new V/. s h ares ), 1i pram.—Dutch Rhenish, pram. MANCH:RS . ITR, MARCII 25. STOCK EX•CIIANGE.--The market was rather imp roved to-day, and prices were higher. East Lancashire 99i Sheffields, 38A t—Ditto, 61. Prof., prem.—Midland, 824 § x d.—Grand Trunk of Cann,da, 14—South . Eaotero, 21.,5 x d.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101 i 2-Ditto, new 9/. shares, pm. BIRMINGHAM, Merton 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was doing an iii active business to-day. London and North Western, 10l Crystal Palace, 21 Great Western, 67i 68 --Mil lands, 8 24—Birmingham Bank, 33—Birmingham CanE 4 l s, 92i =Birmingham Old Union Mill, mi. LEEDS, MARCH 25. STOCK EXCHANGR.—Tho following wa3 the only quota. tion 814 i. ATROCITIES OF NEAPOLITAN GAOLERS. —ACe t ording to the 'Correspondence of the Corriere Mercantile, of Genoa, the governor of the prison at Cefalu, in order to deaden the cries of persons under torture, has imported from Palermo an instrument for the purpose. .1:c con sists of an iron band round the head, with a ban it over the head, and a band of iron wire passing over th,,e ear* and round under the lower jaw, with another band under the ear round the back of the neck, keeping the jaw' piece in its place. By the tightening of the win, band the patient is compelled to keep his jaw firmly , closed. A constable who had fetched a doctor to one of the tients whom he had supposed to be dying was seeverelf punished for his humanity, although the governor of the prison, under the it junctions of the doctor, pert rotted the band to be removed from the prisoner in question. TILE NEW CUSTOMS DUTIES Acr.—Yesterd ti y the New Customs Duties Act was printed. From snit after the sth April next the duty on tea is fixed at ls. 41 per lb. ; on sugar, 18s. 4d. per cwt. : on candy, brawn or white refiued, 16s. ; on white elayed sugar, 13s. lOd. ; on yellow Muscovado and brown elayed sugar, 'l2 81 ; on yalow Muscovado and on molasses, ss. per c w t.. For th.e year (sth April to sth April, 1853) theAut3 is to be 21. the pound on cherries dried, comforts dry, t; Juice tionery, ginger preserved, marmalade, plums prtcerved in sugar, saccades, including ail fruits and veg., table,s preserved in sugar, not o th erw i se enumerated. The bounties and drawbacks are set forth. The act came into operation on receiving the Royal assent (th. 3 21 1 6 inst ). and to be called "The Chstoms Duties Ajoeew ment Act." 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OF A SONS On the 23d inst., at Clapham-rise, Mrs. Henry Iliatthe Nvp. On the 24th iust., at Cambridge, tho wifo of laud, Esq., M.D. •F A DAITGIITSR. On the 24th inst., at 4, Levrndes-street, Mrs. St. Leger Glyn. Oa the 24th inst., at Whitton - park, the Wife of Charles E Marray, Esq. MARRIED. at St. George's, Hanover-square, Fred, 15 th Reg. M.N.I the eldest son of St •. Daniel Hankie, Esq., of amstead, Beds, to Lucy Adeline, Ge O or a g daughter of Benjamin Travers, Esq., of Green.the youngest street, Grosvenor -square. e th il e ank 2.lth in i , n F,s st. q , . , On the 21st inst., at the P av i l i on Chapel, Brighton, Mr. Daniel Wellby, of Soho, London, to Sophia, third daughter Esq. Brighton. o f Archibald Sinclair, DIED. On the 24th . l us t , Edward Marlborough, Esq., of Cedar Cottage, Streatham-hill aged 78. On the 25th i nst., at the residence of his step-father, Sir John Easthop e, G reat Cumberland-place, Hyde-park, Lieut. R. C. tongl ey,R the late M a j or Longle i , the second sou of Lady Easthope and , R.A. On the 24th lust„ in Bryanston•street, Portman-square, Celia Henrietta, sixth daughter of thq late George M. Turner, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged 50. On the 24th inst., suddenly, at 16, Bloomfield-street, Fins bui y-circus, Stephen Clark Norris, aged 61. On the 23d inst., at Paris, Emma Rich, the wife of Lieut. Colonel Combe. Ou the 17th inst., at Paris, Sir John Konward Shaw, Part 4 aged 74. On the 23d'inst., O. A. Pierce, Esq., of 116, New Bond; street, aged 74. LONDON : Printe. - .1 and Published by MURDO YOUNC44 • of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thuradiiy, March 26, 1857. THE SUN, ELONDON, THURSDAY EVENI_NG, MARCH cz 6, 1857,