Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-29 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. IBy British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. EXCITING NEWS FROM INDIL. DELHI STILL IN THE HANDS OF INSURGENTS. BFNGAL IN A STATE OF INSURRECTION. The America (s.) arrived at Trieste on the 28th of Juiy, at nine a.m. She left Alexandria on the 23rd July. The Indian mails left Alexandria on the morning of the 22fd, with advices from Cal cutta to the 21st June, Madras 28th June, Ceylon Ist July, Bombay tat July, and Hong Kong 10th June. The mutiny had continued to spread among the troops of the Bengal army. The ex-King of Oude had been arrested, and, with his minister, had been imprisoned in Fort William ; the government his obtained proof of his complicity in the conspiracy up to the 17th of June. General Barnard had repulsed several sorties from Delhi, with heavy losses to the insurgents ; he was waiting for reinforcements. - From Madras, it is positively stated that Delhi has been captured, but the intelligencs is not con firmed from Bombay, and seems premature, An act has been passed by the legislature, placing the Indian press under a license system. The native troops at Calcutta, and the brigade at Barrackpore, have been quietly disarmed. An uneasy feeling prevails at Madras, but the army of that Presidency and that of Bombay are - both without the slightest sign of disaffection. CHINA. The Chinese fleet has been des!royed in two severe engagements. Tho Chinese fought their guns with unexampled constancy. We have 83 men kil!ed and wounded. Major Kearney was killed in the last engagement. Commodore Koppel and the master of the Raleigh have been tiled for the loss of that vessel and acquitted. All is quiet in the north. COMMERCIAL. INDIA. At Calcutta, business both in exports and imports at a stand still. Money Market rather tighter. Governmen t Securities declined. Exchange for Document Bills 2s 2d to 2s 214. At Madras the Import Market continued brisk. Money Market becoming less easy. Govern ment Securities suffered depreciation. Exchange 2s 2d 3 iiithS. At Bombay the import market may be considered to have closed. Money becoming scare, and rate of interest raised 1 per cent., very little business was done in government paper. Exchange 23_ 21,d. to 2s, 2D. CHINA. Exchange on Hong Kong 4s 11-1 d to Os Old. The prices of tea had advanced both at Foo 'Choc. Foo and at Shanghai. Exchange at Shanghai 7s 31 to 7s 41 In silk the business was limited. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. In addition to the official despatches already 'published, relative to the mutinies in India, we are now in possession of further commuications exchanged between authorities in the Indian army and t he secret ar y t o th e ' I n di an government. ." efer ence has been made to them in the despatches of the Governor-General already published, and i n some instances they constitute the evidence u pon Which his excellency's recommendations were b ased. The question of the greased cartridges a ppears prominently in these papers and abundant p r oofs are given of the deep uneasines which it caused hi the minds of E tropoan offi:;ers as well as Sepoys. "Some of the depot-men," says Lieu tenant Wright, "in conversing with me on the subject, said that the report had spread through India, and when they go to their homes their friends will refuse to eat with them. DT ~jor Bontein, at Dunn Dual, thought at first it MIS "a mere idle Preilviiee," but on parading the native portion of his depot, such a representation was made to him by the detachment t',, at he felt' bound to make known the circumstances to the com mander-in -chief. Mujor-General Hearsey, Commander of the Presidency Division, reporting at the close of last January the ill-feeling among th. , 3 Sepoys at 13arrackpore, suggests as a cause : Perh aps those Hindoo3 who are opposed to the marriage o fwidow s i n Calcutta; are using underhand means to thwart government in abolishing the restraints lately theyif lered by law f.ir the marriage of widows, and conceive reeks can make a party of the igoorant classes in the . „ ces s of the army believe their religion or religious pfrep 'till are eventually to be abolished by force, and by forts theirare all to be made Christians, and thus by shaking their • ?Mifaith in government, lose the c )nfidence of their . :er, by inducing sepoys to commit offences (such as will 1 1 ,,. d . 14 I. i s ) so difficult to put a stop to or prove, they gain their object. op The Papers include a report of the proceedings a special court of inquiry held at Barrackpore on the 6th of February, when several Sepoys who were exami ned expressed their objections to the use of the c artridges. About the same date, a Se,poy in Lieutenant company gave information privately of a plot among s t the Sepoys of four regiments at „ arrne kPere hcning for its object the seizure of "rt William, th e b urn i ng d own o f the e l ec t r i c t a_ ele g r aP l A-ornee, & c ., on t h e pre t ex t o f " an appre uelliou of being forced to give up their caste Z t an d be ma d e Christians. " Major-Gen. Hearsey o ara ngued th e b r i ga d e w i th energy, an d a pp ears h ave anticipated the b es t results from tll° 11 .' ni)le of drill, viz.—breaking the ortlielge with the hand in3tead of by biting it. The sub sequent disbandment of the 19th Regiment of Native Infantry, stationel at Berhampore, was nevertheless soon found necessary. A petition addressed by the men of the 19th to M9jor-General Hearsey, alleges various threats on the part of Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell, as to their fate in case of a refusal to use the cartridges , but many of their statements are contradicted by that officer. A special court of inquiry was convened, for the purpose of ascertaining the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell. Subsequent to their disbandment the Sepoys of the late 19th Regiment addressed the following petition to Major General Hearsey : (Translation.) To the Major-General commanding the Barrackpore Division. The humble Petition of the faithful Officers and Sepoys of the discharged 19th Regiment Native Infantry, from Pultah Gbat, Shewetb,—That your humble petitioners' regiment has been raised nearly 100 years, since which time no disturb• ance has occurred; they have always done their duty faith fully ; and have marched on service wherever they have been ordered, but, unfortunately, through the advice of some wicked men, on the 26th February the regiment committed a very great crime, for which tha government issued the following order:—" That they were to march immediately from Berhampore to Barrackpore." Accordingly, we marched, and arrived at Barraekpore on the 31st March, 1857, where we were punished by receiving our discharge before the whole force, after which we confessed onr fault to the Major• General, and also before our arrival at Bar rackpore we agreed, in case we were pardoned, to become a general service regiment, and go wherever wo were ordered. _ _ Should our fault be pardoned thr lugh your kindntss .t . we hope to be re-embodied, and accounted as faithful servants, because this is our first fault, and the government may be kind enough to pardon it. We shall ever pray for your welfare. March 31, 1857. (Translation of Major General Ilearsey's answer to the above.) I have received the petition of the officers and sepoys of the late 19th Native Infantry, and understand all that you have written; but until you can give me full information of the rank and names of those people who have misled you, either threugh bribes or any other way, and can prove and c nfirm it by good testimony, I cannot intercede for you. If you do, as I say, I will intercede with the government as much as lies in my power. But government will do as it seems best; and in my judgment, without doubt, some cne has misled you. You ought not to hide the nadle s and ra tk of, or be on friendly terms with, those who have ruined your livelihood, because they have brought you and your families to the dust. I give you this advice as I feel for you ; you can do what you like ; I can neither do or say anything more. Various general orders and minutes of the Governor-General in Council are printed with these papers. In a minute dated the Ist of April warm approbation is expressed of the mode in which the disbandment of the 19th Regiment was effected by Major-General Hearsey. If offenders in other regiments could be similarly punished, " much," said the Governor-General in that minute, " will have been done to arrest the spirit of mistrust and insubordination which undoubtedly has been actively spread of late in some of the military stations of Bengal, but which may, I believe, still be kept within and eradicated by firm and temperate treament." BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON, DEMAND OF COMPENSATION FROM ENGLAND. BERLIN, JULY 27. The Governments who are parties to the Z.)11- vereiri collectively claim from England, through tlio morlinm of Prns.,ia, an inclemnity for the losses sustained by their subjects at Canton—the bombardment having taking place without pre_ vious intimation to their Consuls. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1857. GRE IT WESTERN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway is called for the 14th August, and that of the Buckinghamshire Railway Company for the same day. The tenth ordinary meeting of the Ceylon R tilway Company will be held on the 4th proximo, and the adjourned meeting of National Discount Company, for the election of auditor, on he 6.h . BANKRUPTS. Ty British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. William Cater, late of Ware, Hertfordshire, maltster and malt factor. Charles Lawton, Maesteg, Glamorganshire, publican and butcher. John Sexby, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, builder. Henry Carter, Worthington, Sussex, tailor and draper. Thomas Warinctc'n, of the New Corn Exchange, Mark lane, and Mark-lane, corn and seed merchant and factor. James Lord, Rochdale, Lane ishire, cotton manufacturer Dixon Sharper, West Hartlepool, ship chandler and sail maker. Edward Lawson, Oddy's-row, Islington, draper. Robert Henry Obbard, Old street-road, Shoreditch, lead merchant and glass-cutter. William Thomas Searle, Victoria-road, Deptford, builder. Thomas Marshall, Hartlepool, Durham, boot and shoe maker. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph GOJDWOOD RACES.-YESTERDAY. CRAVEN STAlit S. Alembic, Tweve ran. GATWICK STAKES. Chevalier de Indushie 1 I Z iyder Zee..2 Mceitissima ..3 Five ran. LEVANT STAKES. fArd of I, , nn ~..1 I Wiltcn 2 I Annterdam....3 SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOVS. Woodmate .1 Admiralty .. .2 I Ulleniza .......3 Eleven tar. 11.431 STARES. Blanche of Middlebie I Maid of MAIL .. 2 Six ran. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Fisherman 10 1 Bari Eur 10 . 1 Somerset 12 ... 1 hobgoblin 16 .. 1 ... Bird-ir.-tle•llaed 23 1 ... Eloquence GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 1 agst Florin GO'IDWOOD STAKES.—Run this day (Wednesday.)— The following horses are hero :—Fisherman, Leamington, Fulbeck, Aleppo, The Earl, Van Dunck, Florin, Portocki, Homily, Dupe, Bird-in-the-Hand, Martinet, Bartleur, Gunboat, Ackworth, Peeping Tom, Maid of Mashatn c, Eloquence, Rosati, Somerset, Hartley Buck, Paladin, and Hobgoblin. PAID FORFEIT.—Squire Watt, Warlock, Sneeze, Re lapse, Lord of the Hills. GOODWOOD CUP.—(Run on Thnrsday.)—The following horses are here :—Fazzolette, Fisherman, Monarque, Prior, Prioress, Kestrel, Melissa, Viscount, Gemma di Vergy, Arsenal, Riseber, Zuy der Zee, Flying Englishman, Lord of the Hills, Florin, and Potoeki. PAID FORFEIT —Polestar, Artillery, Early Bird, Blue Jacket, Sneeze. ADDITIONAL ABnivAns.—Comquot, Strawberry, Jack Horner, Perfection, Bacchia f, Queen Bess, T. P. Cooke, Pretty Boy, Sluggard, Deceiver, General Bosquet, Latitude f, and Sax Weimar. Several others of Mr. J. Qsbarn(t'4 and Messrs. J. PA Day's are expected. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph ) HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The House met at five o'clock. COURTS OF RECONCILEMENT. Lord Brougham presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool, representing the suffering which was occasioned to society by unnecessary litigation, end suggested as a remedy the establishment of Courts of Reconcilement. The petition was most numerously and respectably signed, and the noble and learned lord par ticularly recommended it to the attention of the Lord Chancellor. FRAUDULENT T RUSTEES . BILL. The lord Chancellor ;Oved the second reading of the Fraudulent Trustees Bill which was explained fully in the lower House by the Attorney-General. He drew atten tion to the 121 clause which provides that before the in stitution of a prosecution the previous sanction of one of the judges of the Ciurts of Law or Equity shall b 3 obtained, which, so far as the judges were concerned, he proposed to amend in committee. Lord St. Leonards generally concurred in the bill, but feared that the infi , ction of so severe a panishment as penal servitude would render it almost impossible to get a person to act as trustee. Lord Brougham also supported the bill. Lord Wensleydale would not oppose the measure, but thought it susceptible of great improvement. He objected that the !sanction of the Attorney-General should be re quired before the prosecution could be instituted. The bill was then read a second time. The Trustees Relief Bill, the ,Reformatory Institutions Bill, the Public Works (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, and the Banking Bill, were severally read a second time. The Prisoners Removal Bill wag read a third time and pas4ed The Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Bill, the Commons Inclosure Bill, and the Militia Ballots Suspen sion Bill went through committee. FREE LIBRARIES The Duke of Newcastle drew attention to the propriety of supplying, under certain regulations, to free libraries, and other literary institutions of the United Kingdom, the reports and returns printed by the order of parliament. The Duke of Argylepointed out the difficulties of makieg a selection of such documents for distribution, and remarked that not only to carry out the object of the noble duke should a selection be made, but there should also ba an abridgement prepared He promised that the subject should receive the attention of his noble friend, Evl Granville Lord Talbot de Melahide hoped if such an arrange ment were made, the claims of Ireland to share in the benefits would not be overlooked. After a few words from Lord Stanley, of Alderley, respecting the manner in which the distribution should take place, the subject dropped. r ord Dungannon inquired whether it was contemplated in the next session to amend the present Petty Session (Ireland) Acts, so as to assimilate them to those of England. The Lord Chancellor said the Attorney General would introduce a bill next session to consolidate the Irish acts, but he did not think it would be advisable that in every case the law of Ireland should be assimilated to that of England. Lord Redesdale moved a resolution to the effect that the House would not read any Commons' Bill a second time after the 7th of August. The motion was agreed to. The House adjourned at a quarter to seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY. MORNING BITTING. The House met at mid day. The Lords amendments to the Blythe and Tyne Railway Bill, and th 3 Manchester Corporation Bill, were considered and ggre ed. The Speaker announced the withdrawal of the petitions complaining of the late elections for Dover and Beverley. THE GENERAL BOARD CF HEALTH. On the motion I r going into committee on the General Board of Health Bill, Sir G. Grey stated that it being now too late in the .cession to discuss this subject generally, he proposed to alter the measure to a Continuance Bill for one year, intending next year to introduce a general measure. Mr. Knight was not satisfied with this arrangement ; objecting to the present bill, that even altered as sug gested, it would transfer the powers of the Board of Health to the Privy Council of the Board of Education. He moved that the bill be committeed that day six months. A lengthened discussion ensued, and terminated in a division, the numbers being— For going into committee q 8 Against Maj ority _23 The House accordingly went into committee on clause 1, which transfers the power of the existing Board of IleaAh to the Privy Council of Education. Mr. Ayrton and Mr. T. Duncombe objected, Mr. Spooner and Sir George Grey defended, the clause. After some remarks from Mr. Newdegate and others, Sir G. Grey consented to omit this provision ; and, on the understanding that the bill, so amended, would not be opposed, moved that the chsirman report Togress. The House then resumed, and the further progress of the bill was postponed. GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION• The Earl of March reported from the Great Yarmouth Election Committee that a man named Charles Wolsey had been guilty of prevarication in giving evidence before the committee, and had been, in consequence, ordered into the custody of the Sergeant-at Arms. He moved that the said Charles Wolsey be committed to Newgate. The motion was agreed to, and the Speaker's warrant for the purpose was ordered to issue. EVENING SITTING. The sitting was then suqpended. At the Evening sitting, in answer to Sir James Elphinston, Mr. Labouchere corrected bis former statement in regard to the boundary of Moreton Bay. He stated that that boundary would be about 70 miles south of Moreton Bay, and between the 28th and 29. h degrees of south latitude. Replying to a question, Mr. Wilson said he did not intend to proceed, this session, with the Conveyance of Mails by Railway Bill, and accordingly he moved that the order for the second reading be discharg d. Tee order was accordingly read and discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. INDIA. Mr. W. Ewart inquired whether any information had been received from India. Lord Palmerston said the only offigial intelligence that the government had received was that the packet was off Trieste at ten o'clock this morning. lie had seen a telegraphic message, supposed to come from Turin, but he could not say whether or not it was authentic. If it was true that the mail was off Trieste at ten o'clock this morning, there would soon be received an official account of the state of affairs in India. THE LITURGY. Lord Robert Grosvenor, in consequence of indisposition, postponed his motion on the subject of the Revision of the Liturgy till next session. EDUCATION OF MILITARY OFFICERS. Sir De Lacy Evans proposed the following resolution : —That, in the opini-n of this House, a higher standard of professional instructions, and more complete provisions for it thin hitherto deemed requisite ought to be estab lished for the commissioned ranks of the army. but especially for the staff. That this will be best promoted by recourse to competitive examination of officers desiring to qualify themselves for the staff by adopting the same principle with such qualification as may be necessary in examination of candidates nominated by the Commander in-Chief for commissons in the Cavalry and Infantry. By preserving the present system of admission of cadets for the ordnance corps ; by assured encouragements for proficiency and general fitness for advancement ; and by appointment of commissioners, or a council of military and civilian members empowered to direct the measures for accomplishing these objects. Sir F. Smith did not depreciate literary and scientific qualifications, but thought that the instruction of officers should be more of a practical character. General Wyndham said, he had known officers who were supposed to have high attainments, make but. a very poor figure in the field. He thought that a lower standard of education should be fixed as a qualification to hold commissions. Sir William Williams de'ended the purchase system in the army, and the examination now required for com missioned officers. Mr. Palk thought the time had come when commissions should be open to the entire population, and when industry and perseverance should be rewarded by promotion without the aid of patronage. Sir J - 914n Ramsdell stated that a scheme had been pre pared by the Committee of Council of E tucation upon the subject of military qualifications for the several brancltr,s of the serviee. They had drawn up plans for the ezrani~aation of candidates nominates by the Commandei,le-thief to commissions, and for the education to le, Ilndergone by officers before promotion, and deckled, 'upon the qualifi cations necessary for appointme4a to the staff, Their report would be in the hap . bt members on the even- ing of to-morrow; but he would state to the house the principal , changes which it was propased to make. At present all officers were examined previously to being • declared qualified to receive commissions, but it was • pro posed -that the examination should in future be much less severe. The examinations were to be held quarterly. in London, under the direction of the Council of Educe cation, but conducted by civil an& military examiners, recommended by the Committee-of Cderncil, and appointed - by the-Commander-in-Chitf with the sanction of the Secretary of State. This new system would come into operation.in..Tanuary 1858. The candidates for commis- • sions would undergo a medical examination, and would have to provide certificates of religious instruction. The subjects of examination would be volun'ary as well as compulsory. The compulsory subjects would consist of mathematics, algebra, up to simple equations, the first four books- of Euclid,.English corarosition, French history, and geography;. the voluntry subjects would include drawing, physical and elementary science, higher class history and ge-graphy, and Latin and Greek. It was thought expenent that the study of Latin and Greek literature should, as far we possible., be encouraged, and in that view as great a number of mike would be given for Greek and Latin. as for all the other subjects together. For the army it was considered that nothing was aequired but a good literal education, to which the professional knowledge was to be added, and the government were anxious to draw for the army from the great public schools in the country, which produced a manly tone, and • formed. the best preparatory for a military career. It was proposed to throw staff appointments open to competition, and that upon examination certificates of enalification should be graned. With regard to the ordnance, it was proposed else that, competitive examination should take place, with the additional advantage that a certaianumber of the greatest excellence should have the option of taking commissions in the line. This wee the scheme which he hoped next session would be before the Rouse in all its detail 4, and he anticipated that it would so far meet the wishes of the honourable and gallant officer, ;Sir, Do Liey Evans, as to induce him to withdraw. his motion. Lord Stanley, Sir W. Codrington, Colonel Sykes, and ethers generally concurred in the scheme, and ultianwely Sir De Lacy Evans agreed to modify his resolution by omitting the words from "By adopting" to " Ordnance corps " and from " And by appoint went" to the , end in that form. It was put and agreed to. TriE GALly,a ELECTION. Colonel French moved t!'e issue of a new writ for Galway in the room of Mr. O'Flaherty. Mr Clive moved, as an amendment, that this House do p-ay her litsjesty to cause an inquiry to be made into the existence of corrupt practices daring the last es.well as former elections for the county and town of G Away. The Attorney-General for Ireland, in reply to a question pat by Colonel French, stated that the committed had sub s antially complied wi•h the ri.quirements of the Corrupt Practices Act, though, perhaps, in point of form there might be an objection to their report. Upn the main question, he said that it had been the practice to support the suggestion of the chairmin of the committee ; and he would gave his vote, therefore, for the amendment. L )rdliovaine defended the course taken by the com mittee. Mr. Haifield wanted to know whit possible goo I was expacted to result from the proposed inquiry. Lord Claude Hamilton deprecated the disfranchisement of the Borough. The motion was than negatived without a division, and the amendment was agreed to. THE MAYO ELECTION. Colonel French moved that the speaker do issue his warrant for the issue of a new writ for Mayo, in the room of Kr. G. H. Moore. Mr. Scholefleld contended that the evidence before the committe proved, beyond a doubt, that the election of Mr. Moore was carried on by the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood, exercised in the form of spiritual intimidation. He quoted copiously from the evidence in support of this view, and to show that the same practices were habitually carried on at every election for Mayo. He drew attention to the sth resoluti n of the committee, and morel as an amendment to Colonel French's motion that the Attorney-General for Ireland be direceed thereon to prosecute the Rev. Peter Conway and the Rev. Luke Ryan, and that the issue of a new writ for the county of Mayo be suspended fo- the present session. Mr. Maguire contradicted the statement that Mr. Moore had been returned by priestly intimid ;Aim, and declared that his election had been carried against influences which disgraced those who set them in motion. Th re was a ferment in Mayo in consequence or Colonel Higgins having changed his opinions, which it required no priestly influence to stimu'ate; and he chi gad the high sheriff, the father of Col , nel Higgins, with having violated his oath of impartiality, and with acting wilh the assistance of of the deputy sheriffs as a violent partizan of his son. He - Idefended the Rev. Mr. Conway, and the Rev. Luke Ryan, contending that the case for their prosecution was entirely without fmndation. and quoted from the evi dence taken before the Committee to show that they had endeavoured to prevent any violation of the law taking place. Mr. H. Baillie hoped the two priests would be prose cuted, but they were non-electors, and there was no justi fication for punishing the electors for misconduct. Mr. Drummond also censured the conduct of the priests, but supported the motion for the issue of the new writ. Mr. Puller, one of the members of committee, defended the report. Colonel North thought the speech of the member for Dungarvon was alone sufficient to justify the suspension of the writ. Lord Palmerston, for the protection of voters at the next election, thought the prosecution of the two priests should take place before the issue of the writ, and he therefore supported the amendment. Lard Claude Hamilton did not think that an inquiry conducted by the present Attorney-General for Ireland could be an impartial one. The Attorney-General defended his political conduct. After some remarks from Mr. Bowyer, the House divided. For the original motion Against 29 133 Majority against Mr Brady moved the adjournment of the House, but the motion was negatived, upon a division, by 149 votes to 16. Mr. Scholefield's amendment respecting the prosecution of the priests was then agreed to. Upon the cinestion that the writ be suspended for the remainder of the session, the House again divided. For the suspension Against .... 107 Majority The other business was disposed of. The House adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock. We are happy to be able to state that. the Court of Directors of the Esst India Company have de ermined to pay the passage money of all ofll.lers, either in their own or the Queen's service, ordered back to India to join their regiment;.—Smith, Rder, and Co.'s Overland Mail. NOVEL SCICVE IN A COURT.—The Carlow corresponden of a Dublin paper, writing on Saturday last, days :—While Chief-Justice Lefroy was engaged in filling the present ments at the assizes of this town. a most extraordinary fracas was enacted before him, which had well nigh ended ' in the parties resorting to blows. The facts of the case are as follows :=-Mr. Burtchell, the county surveyor, had been speaking to the court about the execution of same road in the extreme end of the county, which was objected to by Francis R. Malcolmson, E ce, a gentleman residing in the locality where the work was carried on.. Sharp words passed between the parties, when 'Mr, Malcolmson broadly asserted that the county surveyor had, or was about to, perpetrate a job; the other retorted, and designated his opponent a liar. The rage of* Mr. Malcolmson, at such an epithet being applied to him at such a time and such a place, was unbounded ; and, had not the friends of both par ties interposed, the court would have been. the Ecene of a pugilistic encounter, notwithstanding , the presence of the high func ionary who sat on the bench. His lordship did not think fit to interfere in the make, bat seemed very much to enj)y the angry vituperations of the parties. Mr. Matcolrnson, having been forcibly brought ' out of the Court-house by his friends, proceeded to a saddler's shop, to purchase, it is supposed by many, a whip with which to render summary chastisement for the insult under which he smarted. It being feared that a breach of the peace would bo committed, Mr. James B itler, secretary to the grand "jury,, swore information to that effect before Mr. Tuckey, R.M., who issued a warrant for the arrest of Malcolawn, which was very soon executed by a mem ber of the peliee force, who brought that gentleman before his worship, On coming before Mr. Tuckey, Malcolussuri declined to enter into bail for his future condset, 'whereupon he was directed to be committed to prison- h the meentime, Mr. Burtchell was sent homo e to his residence under the escort of two policemen ; and while on his way thither 'he unfortunately met Mr. nalcohnson on his way to gaol, when a collision between them had almost taken place, as Mr. Malcolmson broke away from the custody of his keeper, and dashed at his enemy whip in baud ; bet having been secured, he was prevented from carrying his design into execution. By the advice of an attorney, Mr. Malcolmson consented appear a second time before Mr. Tuckey, accompanied by several personal friends, and on entering into 4100. 1 1 ,01 to keep the peace, he was discharged, " PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PEE SUNDAY.—A petition from Swindon says Your :petitioners take it for granted that museums and eallec ,eims of a similar character are established for the instrue ,tiOn.and moral improvement of the• people ; and that in proportion as such institutions are made available for popular education, do they fulfil the purpose of their origin? That the labours and - necessary avocations of tha•great body of the community leave little or no oppor tunity of visiting such institutions during the week, when 'they are open to the public, and hence that the main objiset of their formation is lost to those whom• they are intended to benefit. The Sunday,-as a day of rest and ,leisure, when the thoughts of men, released from the engrossing labour of mere existence, turn naturally to• the beauties of the universe audits Creator, is the time most. fitted' for the exercise of the reflective faculties. TIM PRA YER Boos.—Some petitions against Cbmmotal Prayer Book revision have been presented to Parliament.. Ohe-of them says :—Your petitioners entertain the strong est opinions of the mischiefs and dangers of a proceeding - , 'whieh would tend to stake the confidence universally existing among the members of the , Church of England' to , the• Book of Common Prayer. Your petitioners believe that the appointment of a commission would only.-stir-up- . fruitless discussion and acrimonious controversy, and..' ; distract attention from practical efforts to extend' the Church's influence amongst the mass of the people. Cotnaue.—The number of sovereigns coined in the last 1 , ten veers was 49,580,570; of half sovereigns, 1'1',915,383'4; total , value, £55,538,266 7s 81 The number of crowns 'the same period was 75;7061 half crowns, 1',205,33 . 1; florins, 8,933,052; and shillings, 13:493,786; sixpences, 1 13,070,703 ; groats, 3,793,554 ; ;. fourpences, 44.589; three- I penes, 4,497,101; twopences, 348,880 ; and pence, 78 ; 4338i t Total value of silver coined, .£2;187;389 , ELECTION PETITIONS.—A bill is printed, as- amendelde committee, for regulating the presentation and withdrawal of election petitions. It is provided by this measure that any petitioner desirous of withdrawing his election peti , ; tion may petition the house for:that purpose-, setting forth the.grounds for such withdrawal ; and thereupon, by iteave of: the house ; the petition may.. be withdrawn, the peti tioner being only liable in such case to the payment of the , costs of the sitting member mother party complained of. Any one not completing his, recognisances to proceed, or withdrawing his petition without leave as aforesaid to pay double costs to sitting member or party complained of, or any party admitted to .oppose- the- prayer of such petition;. the agent presenting such petition to be person ally liable to the payment of such costs. No petition for leave to withdraw is to be received unless an affidavit made by petioner and his agent that such withdrawal is bona fide, and without compromise or collusion. The agent for conducting or opposing as election patitionmust be first admitted as a Parliamentary agent. ORDNANCE Suavux.—An amended estimate is printed of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland, amounting to £32,000; being a reduction of £4,000 ou the originel estimate of £36,000. VESSELS AND TONNAGE OF GRE.kr BarrArx..—A return shows the number of vessels and tonnage entered inwards and out wards at each of the twelve principal ports of the United Kingdom. The total entered inwards of vessels was 26,016, of tonnage 7,528,387 ; 21,877 vessels were entered outwards, of 7,479,648 tons.—A, statement of the official and declared value of the exports and official value of the imports, of each of the twelve principal ports of the United Kingdom, during the year 1856, shows a total of 105,730,272 This statement, embracing a portion only of the information required by the Commons, is submitted as the best return that can be made to their order. In respect to the o f ficial value, whether of imports or of exports, it is wholly defective; this value, which is obtained by calculation from certain fixed rates applied to the quantities of the various commodities, being com puted only on the importations and exportation of the kingdom at large. The declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported, being collected from the merchants' entries, is ascertainable from each port individually, and is accordingly exhibited. Of the trade carried on under coasting regulations between Dort and port of the United Kingdom, there is no official record. GENERAL SIR CH4RLES NAPIER ON THE BALLOT. We cannot resist the pleasure of extracting a passage in favour of the ballot—of which Sir Charles Napier was a strenuous supporter—from his work on " The lonian Islands " (pp. 358-9). The humility with which the gallant soldier confesses his cowardice may be studied with profit by those magnanimous civilians who, in the enjoyment, of luxury and independence, preach heroism to empty bellies, and spurn the baseness of those who would seek protection in order to do their duty;—" It is really amusing to hear men talk of its being un-English and cowardly' to vote by ballot. Why do the members of the United Service Club, and all other clubs, vote by ballot if it is so vile ? Are our generals and our admirals so 'un-English?' Do they, the chivalry of England, and history records none more brilliant, fear saving openly, I vote against that gentleman's admission ?' Are they to be so un-English, and to adopt the ballot as a protec tion from this slight inconvenience to politeness, while a poor man, whose total ruin would attend the same speech at the hustings, is to be called a coward if he shrink from what would starve his children ? Formerly we were told Of two evils choose the least.' Tho doctrine now is altered. Of two evils choose the greatest.' Starve your phildren rather than give your vote against your politics Break the law of nature rather than disoblige a man of adverse politics. Destroy your family immediately, for fear the Habeas Corpus Act should be suspended a hundred Years hence. This is being English'' in tilt. opinion of those who brefikfast, dine, and sup plenteously: Stoics in theory, and Sybarites in practice. When the Duke of Wellington chased Massena from Portugal, I was three days without food, the first day was anything but, agreeable; the second convinced me of the close alliance that there was between hosiour and an oven.; and on the third day I would, for a biscuit. have voted for the Duke of Newcastle himself! If any Tory can prove to me that my not voting for him at the next election will be followed by the untoward feeling I had in my stomach-in the Es trella mountains, I will give him a plumper against the best Reformer in England. Really one cannot reason seriously on such a subject." NOVEL USE OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPREL—OLIT Gentili) cotemporaries do not think that the use of telegraphs for political purposes is their final destinition. As the laws of storms have been now so thoroughly investigated, and the rain-clouds travel very slowly, the collecting and publishing of meteorological intelligence may become of great impor tance to the agriculturist ; and means have been taken in Germany to effect that, object during the sowing and harvest seasons.—The Builder. COLONIAL Boole POSTAGE —Tt appears by a corres pondence that has recently taken place between the Post Office and Sir Cusack Roney, relative to the transmission of newspapers and other printed matter to the colonies, that on and after the Ist October next, packages of printed matter not exceeding four ounces in weight can be snit free by a pre-payment of 3d. sterling each package. The lowest charge at present by the Colonial Book-post is 61. THE VULTURES.—TWO letters from an - eminent London solicitor, which have appeared in our c damns (Lancet) on two consecutive weeks, demand both the attention and thanks of the profession. He has been professionally engaged to resist an attempt at extortion. Mr. Bowen May has, with laudable forethought, appealed to the profession for information as to similar caves of imposture; in order that the eyes of the public may be opened to the extent and manner of the impositions daily practised Or them by these sh;meless charlatans. Their mode of pro ceeding consists in attracting the attention of week and foolieb- men by lying advertiserients, representing them selves as qualified and honest practitioners; by filthy band-bills distributed ab sot the stree's, thrust into the hands even of boys, or posted on public places where; they who run may read ; by books of a disgusting character professing to be scientific, a:id illustrated by bldeon f ily exaggerated engravings. Sometimes the bait is dits terentiv arranged. Exhibitions, lectures, or pseudee scientific demonstrations are employed as the e.eccres. Thus the unsuspecting victim is entrapped. Sometime sit is a young clergyman who, hypochondtical from ,over study, believes himself suffering from some disease of'which he never presented a symptom. Sometimes it is a foolish, shame-faced youth, who finds with horeoe that sin has b Tao its fruit of sorrow and pain ; or a nervous countryman ) to wborn grey hairs have brought no wisclom e and age no (Il s e cretion, trembling at the possible result of-hia follies whilst is town "on urgent business." Whoever and. whatever .the dupe or the disease, the course of procedure of the quack is identically the same.. He does nos attempt to cure the ailment or dissipate the unfounded fear. .He presents to the alarmed patient every imaginable horror, works him into a paroxysm of terror, and then extracts from bins every farthing that can. be extorted. If the goose he a very great goese e and. nart . leularly if be coo ' fide to the charlatan his position in society, his place of • ahcelo, or circuraseancee in life, he is the very, model. victim that the foul habits of the impostor have been arranged to entrap. He is threatened with exposure to his family, with, the publication of bin disgrace, with accusations, of the : most revolting knd, unless be signs bills or gives. cheques for large amounts. And it is on money thus (seeded, that the herd of quacks wie4b noW infesta . our town thrives, keeping large establishMente and expensive equipages, and living like Princes of nem We need hardly ,say that the disease, it n has been, i.e never properly cured, since these impeAsrs are as ignorant as they are extortionate. We ter et that our public journals should give insertion to A i d e filthy advertisements, wholly unfit as they are for [ ti le perasal of oreUnae; newspaper readers. If every -.Neer:families would warn the editor of his objection to such 'pernicious matter being supplied for family reading, one source of evil would be removed. Well would it be for the honour of our periodical literature if the example of the leading journal of the world were mole freqnently hawed, for the Times, with fitting regard to the dignity of the press, has always excluded these odious advertifOlVnts from its columns,— Lancet. A WIDOW'WIT a AN , IN fERESTING FAMILY SUES FOR A BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE, MARY ANN. MCDONALD, th GEORGE WALSR.-This an action for• a breach of promise of marriage, and it is now before the Court of Common Pleas, New York, on an order to show cause why the defendant shsuld not be d'scharged from arrest, v hereby he was held to . bail in the sum of 5,000 dollars, to answer the charges of the plaintiff. THE PLAINTIFeiI STORY. It appeare-from the affidavit of the plaintiff. who is a widow with four children, that she became acq tainted with defendant in the year 1854, at Newark, when he went to board with her. Shortly after, in the spring of 1855, he regularly visited her, and treated her with "marked attention and affection f" and that, in the summer of the same year, he asked her to marry him, to which she assented, whereupon he made the promise to marry her, which promise he renewed' in the fall of the same year, within the hearing of one Jane Ann , S warfield, a niece of plaintiff's and told " Mary Ann (the plaintiff) to fix the time for the ceremony."' Plaintiff further alleges that the time: had been altered'. several times, but was finally "irrevocably" fixed for the•l2th:day of April last, which she considered so binding as to lead her to refuse the company of other gentlemen who- were willing and anxious to marry her ; and that; in conseqgence of the anticipated marriage, she had 'prepared' her wedding clothes, with which fact Walsh was acquainted, and that she had :even - gone so far as to-engage- the minister. Ev sryteing went on smocehly between the paeties till the 14th o! March, "when they attended a- christening, on which occasion Walshaceompanied plaintiff home, about two o'clock in the, morning, when-Walsh retired to the bedroom assigned to him, on-the second floor. The plaintiff says that she was compelled to pass it in going:to. her room, and, whee:in the act of doing so, Walsh: rushed out •caught hold•of her and dragged her into his room, and, by force and violence, had conneetien With her'—she all the while resisting, but without effect: On the next morning Walsh saw the.plaintiff, and apologise I for his actions the :night preview, and suggested that it "would make no difference ae they were to he 30 S( ..an married." The plaintiff further says that, on the Ma of April, (the day fixed for the marriage) she waited for Walsh, but he didn't come, ant that, about a weekt•afterwarde, she went to New - York after him, and censured. him severely for net "keeping his promise. whereupon he said that it was all ;done by way of a joke, and,lthat:, he couldn't think of _marrying her, DEFENDANT. TELLS ~3..DII'PEREIVE•ETORY. Walsb.in his affidavit says. That lie is the father of two e . ..iildren, and that he became -aepa: hated with Mary Ann ( - the plaintiff) when she resided wit h her htzsbaud at New ark, at which time he (Walsh). WAS employed at the New Jet-Se:7El°c works es an engineer, a nd he then boarded with plaintiff: After leaving her-be we nt to board with a Mrs. :Sneddenabout three montbs-after the husband of Mary Ana died ; he then celled now and the n to see- Mary Ann as a friend to offer her consolation, and he being also often called: into the house by. her, or by messengers sent to him b-3 Mary Ann. He says that nothing could have occurred to lead Mary Ann. - to think.; that he desired to marry her, and that if Were was. nothing else to forbid at, the recent lass of a h usband was enough. Walsh left the employ of the Zinc C 3 apany and went to South America, and returned in June, 18.56. Shortly after his return he went to Nowark, and made a Few friendly calls on the plaintiff, but in no. .way indicated his intention to marry her. He says. that the plaintiff is about 5(3 , years old, and has four chiliiren. 'the eldest being about twenty three years of age.. lie denies emphatically that, be ever asked " Mary Anc-'! - to marry him,, and said that she once asked him when lao.:was.go in.; to get married, but that he made no reply, aud he solemnly &thee, the charge of forcibly violatingAter, mail said, on the contrary, that ha had retired to rest, on tt,e night o'f the christening, when the widow came .into his room; and " one thieg led to another" until he had connection with !ter, after whinh he fell asleep ; that when.' he awokn , sues had gone, he not knowing whenshe hadieft ; that on the following morning. before he got oat of she come to 'his room, and went to bed with tam. Ha further adds the t the widow - did not stop keeping- company with other. 'we.r, and that she had frequently spoken strongly is favouu of one Hunter, who is now in Europe, arld had repoateat y said that she was to marry him. He finishes his- affklal l it by saying that this suit is braught by plaintiff to ;gratify her malicious feelings against _him. There !Were a 'great number oCf affidavits read sustain ing both sides of the foregoing,. v ad were, pretty evenly balanced. Judge Brady-dechle.3.ll chat the bail should be reduced to 1,000 dole. A Cittr&HlNG EXPOSWRE.-14 ,eechmaker, in the wes'era part of the State of - Virgin' .a, during a Presidential canvass, has given us the fet lowing aneelote. Ho was holding forth on the merits of General Harrison, and especially upon his eourage,i; tee and success as a military commander. While in the. midst of his discourse, a tall, gaunt man—who- was probe hay a schoolmaster in those parts—arose from the orttf fd, and sail', in a voice which penetrated the whole asseoa' oly, "Mister, Mister ! I want to ax you a qaestion.” 1 ro this the orator assented, and the man went on as t'4 dews :--e We are to'd, fellow citizens, tbat General net eison is a mighty greqt : general; hit I say he's one of a ,e very meanest sort of generals. We are told here to-nit•l tthlt ne defen led himself bravely at Pea Aleigs ; but a_ 1 you that on th a t occa'i in he was ae guilty of the Sniet// 7 ale Movement, and I challenge the orator here present eei . i lent' i t ! a Th e speaker d eclared his utter ignorance of lea et the intruder meant by " Small Tale movetneea" ''' I'd tell you,',' says the man ; " I've got it here in blur' a and white. Here is Grimahaw's History of the Uteitit ad States," hol ling up the book, " and I'll read what it t says:—' At this critical moment Gen. Harrison exeents4 a novel movement!' Does the gentle- ' man deny that .?" "No ; go. on." " Well, he executed a novel movemen' c. Now here's Johnsca's D . ctionary," taking the book 'out of his pocket, and holding it up, "and here it says :---` Novel—a steed/ , tare! And this was the kind of' MVO= at General itarrison was guilty of. Nnw, I'm no sojer, arid don't know. much of milentary tictaks— but this I do say, a man who, in the face of an enemy, ;s guilty of a. Small Tale Atoveilloe, is net fit to be Presi dent of the Tin'itori States, and he shan't have my vote!" The relator of tlre aneedeue ser e that it was quite imaessi ble for him to. overcame The effect of this speech, and we a , e left to conclude that the vote of that vicinity, was given to Van. B.uren.,--Xecoleetlons of a. Lifetime. By S. G. Goodrich- " I'der Parley.,") HORSE CA,4l;.—ln The llifeeechester Court of Record, on Friday and :Saterravy, before Mr. Monk, QC ' deputy recorder, au aectian was tried, in which Mr. James William son, a carciflr and -horse dealer, of Manchester, sought to recbver frc 4 .m. Mr.. William Myers, also a horse dealer in Manchestra, 483,, the Talin of a brown mare, which the plaintiff ,l aeclepurchasect from the defendant for £43, and which the 'plaintiff heel paid the defendant for, but which the defendant refused to deliver. Me. Wheeler and Ylr. Fernley, instructed by Me. Eiward Tayleur Dickeonsoa, appeeredi for the plaintiff; and Mr. Ovens, instr ucted by Messrs. Cobbett and Wheeler, appeared for,' the defeadent. .It appeared from the evidence of the+ plaintiff, that on the 6de of Novemberlast, be par clitase4 a /brown mare from the defendant, for £43, with - .3 w4tt en warranty, which. he paid him for. In a few days-aftio the mare was deavered, the plaintiff discovered that het: neck was bad, in coneequeace of having been bled. ° The plaintiff sent for the defendant, and h e came to- t... 9 plaintiff's stabloe and examined her neck, an'! said, "It is. had ; send, her up at once. to Peter Taylor's, my veterinary surgeon.:: he bled her, and I'll make him cure het." The plaintiff, in presence of the defendant, desired his man, Robert Hoggarth, to take her up, which he did, with her clothing and knee-caps on, and 'left the mare at Peter Taylor's, and brought back the clothing. Some abort time after the defendant met the plaintiff, and told him that the mare bad lost a neck vein. The plaintiff replied, " Then she is not wolth so much by .E 10." The defendant said he teoulei write to the person from , whom ho hel purchased- the mare, and endeavour to get something return. I from him. The plaintiff replied, " I-11 . have nothing to do with her : you can do, as you like."' On the 16th day of January last, a settlement took place between the plaintiff and defendant, who had previously had some dealings together. At that meeting the plaintiff purchased the mare again for zn as she was, and she was to be delivered in s e few days; the defendant' did not deliver the mare accrsding to promise, and the plaintiff made, several applications to him for her, bat could neither get mare nor money. The plaintiff was cor roborated in, his statement by his SOD ; Mr John Bland, grocer, Bridge -street ; Mr.. Wan. Thompson, horse dealer; Mr. John Lawson, veterinary surgeon ; and his late ser vant, Robert iloggatla On behalf of the defendant it was alleged_ that the mare was sound at the time of her delivery • . that her neck became inflamed, and that she ultimately lost one of her neck veins, in 'consequence of the treatmen she had received while in the posseetioa of the 1 314 intiff ; that the plaintiff had cant her to Peter Taylor's on• his own responsibility; that the defendant had agreed to allow eRIO, and which the plaintiff' had agreed to accept, in consequence of the loss of the neck vein ; that the mare had never been delivered by the plaintiff to, and accepted by, the defendant, consequently the defendant could not have refused to deliver her, and that the plaintiff was bound to pay for the keep and doctoring of the mare while at Taylor's. The jury, after hear rag the defendant's ease, which lasted a considerable time, without troubling Mr. Wheeler to reply on the part of the plaintiff, or the judge to sum up, said they had made up, their minds to find a verdict for the plaintiff for- the whole amount claimed, £33, stating, in reply to questions from the judge, who said he concurred in the verdict, that they believed the mare to have been unsound at the time of the delivery, that the plaintiff had returned the mere to the defendant, who had accepted her, and that she was purchased a second time for £33, and that the 44IfsqdaLit had not paid that sun; to the plaintiff.