Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. T HE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. TO PRUSSIA, A despatch from Berlin states that the Czar will not arrive at Potsdam until Sunday. The Empress Dowager and the Grand Duke Michael arrived on Saturday. The stay of the Empress Will be prolonged to the beginning of August. EXPULSION OF FOREIGN REFUGEES FROM ENGLAND. The Austrian Gazette, a semi-official journal. learns, through its London correspondence, that the Cabinet of Lord Palmerston has resolved to apply to Parliament for the means of enabling tt to expel from England those Foreign Refugees whcf" abuse the hospitality of the country, by rendering it the focus of conspiracies which have Assassination for their object. This step on the part of the English Cabi net is described as the more gratifying, because it has been undertaken spontaneously. As if in confirmation of the above intelligence, the semi-official organ of Lord Palmerston's Government—the Globe—of last night, winds up a leader in the following words :—Persons in the position of Signor Mazzini must be made to perceive how impossible it is that they should be permitted to avail themselves of residence in this country for purposes which are alien to our policy and interest. As fugitives, we have given them an asylum; as guests we would con tinue to them our hospitality ; as conspirators, we cannot afford them Archimedean " standing room," from whence to " move the world " by the machinery of revolt and assassination. INDIA. Our London cotemporary, the Evening Herald, S ays that Government are in possession of news f rom India, four days later than that previously published. It adds further, that Delhi had been besieged by our troops, but unsuccessfully, they having been repulsed with rather severe loss. Great confidence was expressed in the success of their operations when the siege train arrived. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. STAMFORD RACES.—YrsTEnpAy. Turbit.. STAMFORD St: LEGER. . • I CTOES2inut ovIL Sir Collin bolted. COLLYWESTON STAKES Bess Lyon Two ran. BURGHLEY STAKES.I Dead heat with Turbit and Tame Deer. Six ran. Tame Deer walks over and the stases are divided: £5O PLATE. Ulysses walked over. TATTERSALL'S LATEST BETTING, GOODWOOD STAKES.. 8 to 1 agst Fisherman 10 .. 1 . • Martinet 14 1 .. Fulbeck GOODWOOD CUP. 6 CO 1 agst Anton (taken and offered) 8 . • 1 . • Gemini di Vergy 8 .. 1 .. Fisherm an 30 1• Mongrel ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Blink Benny LATEST SFIIppIYG INTELI IGENCE. Jaly 23. Saray • lioDe . ' ******* • • • • • Carnarvon ...zieath 4,ignneen:of t1 ;e . 5 . e . a .. ........P0rt Talbot Att aabdlla • Ueatiunris *•• Stranraer Margaret ............Carnarron Maria Cower .. July 23. Adroit .. ..... • ...... Nantes ZRhone s 37) ........ Gihralti r Viscaelina, • '..........• ..Barrow ta... ........ •• . garnet ••• • .. Londonderry girths. , . ...... Charlestown Florence Do .obey .. Harwich Empress Eugenie .. . . London VESS'S Report by the Fan ny Forsyth Li sailed Mash 13 : ED. John and Edward .... ....Barrow Good In ont ...........L , westoft Gleanings Staid of Erin Stra gford Eleanor . • • •.. • New:Y REPORT. idaOns, arrived here from Bombay ; Spoke. In lat. Lon. ~,A•PrIl 28 —Athlete, Bombay to London.... •28 37 5..35 37 E. tiaY l3 —Canata, Calcutta to Belfast ...... 45 14 5..20 00 E. 22. • Star Queen, Bombay to London 32 14 S.. )2 12 E. t‘itY 26 ..DomLigo, nbay to L ondon 28 20 5..11 17 E. 4 . 4 , 5 4 Y 7 ..Titlly-ho, Colombo to Stockholm 26 16 8..09 37 E. ea() 17.. tacob Christine, Amsterdam to Batavia. 08 27 N. . 25 36 W. AullelB.•Hilsborough, Calcutta to Havre. O9 3) N.. 27 18 W. 20..Kena3 Hasselaar, Bo nbay to Amsterdam 11 03 N.. 30 01 W. Y 17.. Argentina, hence to Demerar— —. 44 00 N.. 13 00 W. -‘, d TIM NEw ram EscApz.—This affair was tried yester „ay ou the Exchange flags. It seems to answer the rrPose, but it must be ranembered there was no fire to `rY it. Re solute, OT A STEA3I-TUG.—A. new steam-tug, the pant3c"te, pioneer of the Liverpool New Steam-tug Com ?en-LeClitaited). was launched on Wednesday last at trial wi with machinery, boiler, &c., in, and would make larg est sn ap t the following day. She is at present the most powerful tun-boat i n t h e United Kingdom, Ze ee cl will be com manded by Captain Peter Jevons, who has ennaynaituany. years in the emply of the Liverpool Steam-tug Iseusn --Th e It e °, P REssYreatAN egu R C E I SABBATH SCHOOLS. 6 so well.k • 13 " Cuoke, of Belfast, the eminent preac •er, :cirri:win silnls il li fl in g two tOlllB three kingdoms, will preach .n that° the ob ova cannot fail to Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, i ecllools These are two circumVances gation—the object of attractthe charity rliatr-ge and respectable congre advocated, and the high pi?? Dr. Cooke holds in pulpit Y oratory. British ATLANTIC T ELEGRAPH.—The Secretary of the Bright sh and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company, Mr. accompanied by the district engineer, Mr. Wat- Mr• Sanger, Mr. superintendents, were at gin a ger anti Gutteres, the wires rll last week, making arrangements for carrying atla • from that town to'Valentia, to join the Trans .i ntte c once able. , The wires will be erected to Valencia . a Dublinand 0 9 the 10th of August the emnec`ion with that ,1 will be completed—the 10th being abou. the day of the e eteaMens will have parted company in the middle Atla nt • if ," e L an, and commenced the laying of the great resp eet cable. The Niagara and Agamemnon, wit. their t Queen ive Portions of the cable, are expected to arrive a on WellsteN" __ 'la about a fortnight, and we hope, if all goes be and We apprehend nothing to the contrary—to the able to ~i _ 5 Ye something by telegraph from America *ile end r °,, next month. THE MUTINY IN INDIA. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES, Yesterday morning were issued, in the form of a return to parliament, a series of despatches, nineteen in number, relative to the late mutinies, and addressed by the Governor-General of India, in council, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. In the first despatch, dated Feb. 7th, the Governor- General, in council, informs the directors of a display of feeling on the part of the Sepoys relative to the use of grease for the cartridges. He writes : "Fort William, Feb. 7. "We have the honour to transmit, for the information of your honourable court, copy of a correspondence rela tive to an uneasiness which first manifested itself amongst the men attached to the depot of musketry at Dum Dum, in consequence of a report having reached them that the grease used in the arsenal for preparing the cartridges for the Enfield rifles was composed of the fat of pigs and of cows. " The men were appeased on being assured that the matter would be duly represented, and at the suggestion of the Inspector• General of Ordnance, we have, as a present measure, authorised the issue of cartridges without grease, the men being permitted to apply, with their own hands, whatever mixture they may prefer. "As it appears, however, that service ammunition requires to be bundled, and to be greased previously with a composition that should last for a considerable time without renewal, we have requested his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to cause some experiments to be made at Meerut, where the presence of a Rifle Corps (her Majesty's 60th) offers means which do not exist at any other station, for the purpose of ascertaining the best irgredients to be used in greasing the cartridges, with reference both to the feelings of the native soldiery and to the requirements of the service. We have desired that v e may be favoured with his excellency's advice on this subject as early as may be conveniently practicable. We would suggest to your honourable court the expediency of obtaininz some information on this subject in England, where, doubtless, many experiments have been made. " Your honourable court will observe that the matter has been fully explained to the men at Barrackpore and at Darn Dum, and that they appear perfectly satisfied that there existed no intention of interfering with their caste; and also that proper measures will be taken to remove the cause of their objection to the composition of the material used for greasing the cartridges. " At the suggestion of the Inspector-General of Ord nance, we beg to recommend to your honourable court that no more ready-made ammunition for the Enfield rifles be sent to this Presidency.' The directors in reply express their entire approval of this order, and add that—" No more cartridges will be sent from this country. In making them up in India there will not, we are persuaded, be any difficulty in your pre scribing a composition which, whilst sufficient for the purpose, will be unobjectionable to any of the castes in our native army." In a despatch, dated April 8, the Goveraor-General mentions the expedient proposed to be adopted. Ho says : " The chief objection on the part of the sepoys was to biting cartridges, which, it was currently reported among them, were greased with the fat of pigs and cows. On this point our letter to the adjutant-general of the army, No. 116, dated the sth March, 1857, has conveyed full information. " It appears doubtful whether any composition free from grease of some sort, as wax and oil, would answer the required purpose ; and taking into consideration the desirableness of avoiding the practice of applying to the mouth anything which might be repugnant to the religious prejudices of the natives, we have adopted the suggestion of Major Bontein, commanding the school of musketry at Dum Dem, to abolish in the platoon exercise the practice of biting off the end of the cartridge, and with this object to alter the instructions so as to cause the end of the cartridges to be torn off by the left hand. ttis Excellency the uommander-in-Chief has recom mended that the altered mode of loading should be appli cable to the ordinary percussion musket as well as to the rifle musket, and we have authorised this change to be carried into effect. " We consider that the new mode of loading should be introduced in every regiment, European or native, in India, and we have instructed the governments of Madras and Bombay accordingly; but we are unable to extend the alteration to her Majesty's infantry regiments serving in India." The succeeding despatches continue to record various demonstrations of a mutiuous feeling on the part of the Sepoys, the punishment decreed for individual offences, and at last the disbandment of whole regiments. On the 18th of May the Governor-General ,forwards to the Directors a narrative of the disastrous events at Meerut and Delhi, and of the measures taken to meet the emer gency. In a despatch of the following day, the governor and council urge the necessity for :a material increase in the strength of the European troops. They write— " The necessity for an increase of the substantial strength of the army in the Bengal establishment—that is to say, of the European troops upon this establishment— has been:Jong apparent:to us ; but the, necessity of re_ fraining from any material increase to the charges of the military department, in the present state of our finances, has prevented us hitherto from moving your honourable court in this matter. The late untowardf.occurrences at Berhampore, Fort William, Barrakpore, and Lucknow, crowned by the shocking and alarming events of the past week at Meerut :and Delhi, and taken in connexion with the knowledge we have lately acquired of the dangerous state of feeling in the Bengal native army generally, strange, and at present, unaccountable as it is, have con vinced us of the urgent necessity of not merely a positive increase of our European strength,' but of a material in crease in the proportion which our European troops bear to the native regular troops on the establishment. We are of opinion that the latter is now the more pressing necessity of the two. " Webelieve that all these objects, political, military, and financial, will be immediately attained is a very material degree:by taking advantage of the present oppor tunity in the manner we have now the honour respect fully to propose; and we see no other way in which all the same objects can be attained in any degree, now or pros pectively. We recommend that the six native regiments which are in effect no longer in existence should not be replaced, whereby_ the establishment of Regular Native Infantry would be reduced :to 68 regiments; and that the European officers of these late regiments should be used to officer three regiments of Europeans to be added to your establishment at this presidency • " We confidently affirm that the government will be muca stronger in respect of all important internal and external purposes, with three additional European regi ments of the established strength, than it would be by embody ink six native regiments of the established strength ; an I we anticipate no inconvenience in respect of minor objects, in time of peace and tranquillity, from the consequent nu nerical reduction of regular troops. Indeed, the financial result of the measure, if carried out as we propose, will leave a considerable surplus available, if it should be thought fit so to employ it, for an augmen. tation of irregulars, who, for all such minor objects, are much better, as well as much cheaper, than regulars of any description. " Your honourable court will observe that at present the relative strength of European to Native Infantry in the Company's Bengal army is disproportionately small. In the Bombay army it is as 1 to 9 2-3rds, and in the Madras army as 1 to 16 2-3rds, while in the Bengal army it is as 1 to 21 2.3rds. If the proposed measure is adopted, the proportion in the Bengal army will be between those in the Bombay and Madras armies, viz., I to 11 2 3rds." The court of directors, in a despatch of July 8, promise their best attention "at the earliest possible period," to the Governor - Gonerars report of his measures, and after applauding his ,xeelleney and the officials for the juilg• ment they he wt. shown, add, " We confet. n ly expect that the next despatches we shall receive apprize us of the complete success of the E geaSUres -koi. for the suppression of armed resistance to our goveri.,, , ,t ; and we feel assured that the same !energy and si bays boen displayed 14 tagEing head against the most formidable danger to which the British Government in India could be exposed, will be employed in taking precautions against the return of that danger, and in immediately ascertaining and removing, so far as is practicable, the causes which may have led to it." The papers close with a despatch from the Governor- General of India, in council, dated the sth ult.,-containing apparently the latest official account of the rebellion, received by ordinary way : "Fort William, June 5. "We transmit herewith, for the information of your honourable court, a continuation down to the present date, of the narrative forwarded by the last mail, taken from messages by the electric telegraph, of what has occurred at different stations in this presidency, in connection with the disaffection prevalent in the native army. A report received from the Hon. Lieut.-Governor, North-western Provinces, is transmitted herewith, but it brings events down only to the 22nd of last month. " We regret that we are unable to forward reports from Agra of a later date, and detailed reports from other stations, but we have received none. We have called on the civil and military authurities to furnish us witn reports of all that has happened at the several stations, but the pressure upon all persons in authority has been so great that it is not to be wondered at that they have not found time to compile connected statements of occurrences. " Your honourable court will observe with satisfaction that the tidings now sent to you are not without an admixture of hopeful intelligence. The 70th Regiment of Native Infantry, stationed at Barrackpore, has come for ward to declare its loyalty, and its desire to emulate the European troops in pnnishing the rebellious regiments at Delhi. The Governor General proceeded to Barrackpore and personally thanked the regiment at a general parade ; end we have reason to believe that this act, while it has had a very beneficial effect in strengthening the loyalty of the 70th Regiment and others at Barrackporc, will have the happiest influence on the minds of all well-disposed men in the native army. " The three companies of the 34th Regiment at Bar rackpore lost no time in following the good example of the 70th. " Meanwhile, we had already received a spontaneous declaration of loyalty from the irregular cavalry of the Ramghur force, iu which the infantry of that force parti cipated. And it was further reported that the Ramghur irregular cavalry had signally marked their E incerity by having, on first hearing of the outrage committed by the mutinous regiments at Meerut and Delhi, written to their comrades who were on leave in the district, to offer their services to the general officer commanding the Meerut district. The 6th Native Infantry at Allahabad has also come forward with an assurance of its devotion to Government, and an offer of its services against the mutineers. " We have publicly acknowledged these several decla rations of loyal and soldierlike feeling. " On the 30th of May last, a part of the Meerut force was attacked near Ghazzeeooden Nugger by a large body of the insurgents from Delhi, with five guns. The in surgents were thoroughly beaters by our troops, and dispersed with much less; and the five guns, with ammu_ nition and a great quantity of intrenching tools, were taken from them. Our loss was 44 men, killed and wounded, chietiy of the 60th Royal Rifles, but the greater number of these were injured by the explosion of a tumbril left by the fugitive insurgents at the bridge on the Hindun Nod lee, near the place wher e the action was fought. This victory will, no doubt, be of great value in proving to the mutineers, and to the whele army, the prowess of our European troops, [ever' in comparatively small bodies ; and its occurrence just now is still more important, when, owing to the difficulty in peocuring sufficient carriage, and in moving the siege train which his Excellency the Commander-in• Chief was organising for the attack :on Delhi, a delay of some days must take piace befote the attacking force can roach that fortress. `• But we deeply regret to say that the attack will not be made by General Anson in person. An allusion to his having died was received by us on the Ist instant, and on the 3rd this was confirmed by tidings of his excellency's decease at Urnballah, on the morning of the 27th of May , by cholera. General Anson must have proceeded fo ic „,„,„ l ineviuusiy, ror a message from his excellency has reached us dated Kurnaul, 25th of May. It is probable that he had been obliged by illness to return to Umballah, where he died. " We lost no time after the receipt of this melancholy intelligence, in transmitting to Umballah, by such means as may be available at Cawnpore and Agra. and north-west of those places, our instructions to Major-General Sir H. Barnard, K.C.8., commanding the Sirhind Division, to assume the command of the force proceeding against Delhi; and we have urged upon that officer the necessity of his attacking the insurgents and mutineers at that place at the earliest possible date ; the continuance of order and quiet, already much imperilled by excitement at the most important stations of Allahabad, Cawnpore, Luck now, and Agra, and in the adjoining districts, being dependene on the early and signal discomfiture of the rebels in arms at Delhi, and in its neighbourhood. " Major-General Reed, C. 8., her Majesty's service, commanding the Peshawur division, succeeds by right of seniority, and according to custom, to the command of the Bengal Army as Provincial Commander-in-Chief, but considering the emergency of existing circumstances, and the absolute necessity of committing the command of the army of this presidency to some officer of pre-eminent qualifications, in point of knowledge of the native troops and Indian experience, we have thought it right to request Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant, K.C.8., the Com mander-in-Chief at Fort St. George, to come to Calcutta with all convenient expedition, to assume the office of Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Bengal Army. We trust that this important measure will be approved of by your honourab e court. It is temporary only, and it will rest with the home government to appoint some officer to succeed to the high office of Commander-in-Chief in India and of the Bengal presidency, in succession to the late General the Honourable G. Anson, deceased. "Every effort is being made to despatch European troops to Cawnpore. The 84th Foot have been sent up almost entire; a detachment of that regiment is expected by the Coromandel from Rangoon. " The Ist Madras European Fusiliers have been also sent up by transit carriages, by the bullock train, and by steamers. " Of the 64th Foot, who have just arrived from Bombay, 350 men will proceed on a steamer and flat immediately, and the remainder of the regiment will be sent up by dawk carriages and the bullock train. " The other regiments expected from Bombay and Ceylon will be pushed upward as expeditiously as possible• "We aro now despatching instructions to Rangoon to send round her Majesty's 29th Foot, as soon as the corps can be brought down from Thyetmew. " It is our confident hope that by the next mail we shall have it in our power to report to your honourable court that signal retribution has been inflicted on the mutineers and rebels at Delhi, and that the immediate result has been a perceptible tendency in all the districts to return, at no distant period, to quiet and good order." t, THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JULY 2 I=B 7. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 22nd. The three first individuals mentioned in the Moniteur, in the paragraph respecting the plot to assassinate the Emperor, are the prisoners whose trial will commence next week; the last two are the agents in London who transmitted to the intended assassins the instructions of Mazzini and of Ledru-Rollin. The co-operation of the two democratic leaders in the intended erim3 will, how ever, be difficult to prove, as it is scarcely probable that either of the parties in, the hands of justice ever corn. municated personally with them, while written Instruc tions are of course out of the question. The four indi viduals not in the hands of the police will not accept the invitation of the examining judge, so that the publication of their names has little practical signification. 'A provincial Legitimist journal, the Foi Bretonne, has been suspended for two months, for having published two obnoxious articles. In the first it was argued that Government had obtained a victory in the elections, because its adversaries had not presented themselves on the field of battle. The second article FcgTettt'ril the suspension of the Assembles Ncitionede, which was deplored,. it said, by all monarchists, and by an august person. It is stated, on the authority lof.a high functicaary, that the secret societies in the departments had sent up> their contingent to attend Beranger's funeral, and to take a& vantage of any disturbance that, might break out; with a view to overthrow the government, and re-establish the Republic. Several arrests have taken place within the last few days. The report circulated of an , attempt having been made on the life of the Emperor, at Flombieres, is denied. A startling case of Redpathicm has been discovered- at Besangon. One of the principal clerks of the branch bank of France in that town, named Monnot, who enjoyed an excellent reputation for integrity, was found to have a deficit in his accounts of 16,000 f. On examination of the books no clue of the deficit could be found, so a severe scrutiny was at once made into the accounts of the bank. It was then discovered that by means of false entries, false books, and other forgeries, Monnot had contrived to commits other deficits amountinD to a total of .e 16,640 sterling. He had carried on this systematic robbery for ten years. Monnot confessed his guilt, and was sent before the jury for trial. He has now been condemned to eight years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 t. The thief has not indulged in the extravagance of Radpath, nor has he squandered the money of the bank in the snobbish pursuits of Robson ; he had entered with it into sundry unsound speculations which absorbed nearly the whole amount stolen. He had established an hotel, also a grocery establishment; but the greater part of his ill gotten funds was dissipated in discounting rotten bills of exchange. A postal convention has been concluded between France and Austria, which will result in & sensible diminution of postage rates. A similar convention was on the tapts with Prussia, but the conditions demandel by the latter were too onerous to be accepted by the French autho rities. THE EAST. CONSTANTiNOPLE, JULY 11. The Sultan has authorised the formation of a high road from Beyrout to Damascus. At a banquet, at which the corps diplomatique was present, the Sultan replied to a speech by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. After the affronts that the Englfsh have undergone , Lord Stratfoud de Redeliffe on this occasion obtained a public reprimand of the guilty persons. General Outram has passed through Bigdad on his return from Bushire to India. Moha.mmerah has been evacuated by the English, but the Sepoys will hold Bushire till November—the period at which Herat is to be restored by the Persians. PRUS:qA. ROYAL MOVEMENTS. BERLIN, JULY 21. The Dowager-Empress of Russia arrived on Saturday. As the reports continue to circulate about the King's state of health being seriously affected, I may a s well state in detail thrt, on his arrival at Pillnitz, on his return from Vienna and Topli;z, he was affected to some extent with diarrhoea and derermination of blood to the head, arising from his having travelled during great heat, and from his having at Vienna, neglected those regulations of diet which are indispensable even when the course of treatment by mineral waters is at an end. Quiet and cooler tempera ture are doing everything for him that nature requires. The arrival of the Emperor of Russia is fixed now for the 25th inst. Various German papers represent the Emperor Alexander as having already had a meeting with the Emperor Louis Napoleon, on German ground, in the neighbourhood of Strasburg, on the 13th inst. Anybody that takes an interest in the matter may, however, easily prove an alibi for the first-named Fmperor, if he pleases. The grand field-day of the Prn..;— ot, u irde an 3 0“.1 .:Jurps ct'Armee, to be held September 151 h, at Lichtenburg, ie the occasion which has been chosen as most fit tin; for the Emperors to meet, and Louis Napoleon has certainly received an invitation to be present at it. His answer, whether accepting or declining the invitation, hai not as yet been received, and is undenstond to depend on the result of the correspondence now being carried on very diligently between the diplomatic representatives on both sides, with reference to a future further approximation of France and Russia. The sudden departure of the Empress Eugenie for Plombieros, is understood to have been actua ted by her desire to be of the party when the two Emperors meet in the presence of the King of Prussia, a wish which, however, if really entertained, will be rather difficult of realisation, as the occasion of their meeting is to be a military spectacle, at which no woman of any rank, high or low, will, in all probability, be present. .• Our correspondent at Vienna," says the Nord, " Col roborates the report that important reforms in the Austrian administration are in contemplation. A commission has been formed, which meets at the Ministny of the Interior, to prepare the bases of a project of re-organisation. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Two of the spectators of the execution at Seville, who were wounded, as already stated, had died. The executions had caused a profound sensation in the town, all the shops being closed, and the streets deserted. The number of persons killed in the recent affairs was ninety-eight. The band which bad appeared near Ba 3 len had formed the design of seizing Despenaferros, but had been disappointed. At Badajoz, the authorities were taking precautions from the fear that the chiefs of the recent conspiracy at Lisbon might make an attempt to create disturbances there. The Criterio of Madrid, which had long been the organ of Marshall O'Dminell, had ceased to appear. SALE OF MDLLE RACHEL'S FURNITURE, &C—The ad. mirers of Mdlle Rachel will shortly have an opportunity of testifyinp: their enthusiasm, and of renewing, in another place and in a different manner, those ovations of which they have always been so prodigal. The great actress is, we are informed, about to dispose of her cos ly furniture ' which will be sold by auc tion on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th July, under the direction of M. Haynau du Tilly. The multitude of articles which crowd her apartments will become souvenirs—relics whose possession will doubt less be warmly disputed ; while the w,rks of art, whose value has been enhanced by their sojourn in the Hotel de la Rue Prudon, will be worthily appreciated by amateurs. THE RIFLEMEN cr SWITZERLAND —The annual federal rifle match at Berne terminated on the 15th by the distri bution of prizes, which led to a curious coincidence, deemed worthy by the president of the central committee of being alluded to, namely, that the first prize, consisting of 3 000 francs in gold, was awarded to Captain Techanz, of she Company of Neufchatel Carbineers, wha had dis tinguished himself on September the 4th by mounting first to the assault. of the Castle of Neufchatel, when in poss:ssion of the Prussian party. M. Tschanz is one of the largest manufacturers of watches in the Neufchatel mountains. The second prize of 2,500 f was carried of by a gunmaker of Thalwyl (St. Galt), named linuti. The town of Zurich is fixed for the next fedral shooting match, which will take place in two years. PUBLIC MEETING OF WOMEN.—On Tuesday evening, a public meeting, composed exblusively of w omen, was held ' in the town-hall, Leiceater, to consider the question of women's rights generally, more particularly in reference to the measure now before parliament. The hall was nearly filled, and the meeting appeared to be composed exclusively of women belonging to the working classes, although it was understood that the expenses had been defrayed by some ladies in the higher circles of life. Mrs. Woodford acted as president; and the meeting was ad dressed by a Mrs. Watts and Mrs. Wingfield., The latter lady was the speaker of the evening, and addressed the meeting with great ability for upwards of an hour. Qaot ing copiously from, tbe old and New Testament size con tended that in ever; respect but physical strnngth, woman was equal with :nail, but that the laws and social customs did not give her fair play. Mrs. Wingfield proposed the adoption carried by acolamation. At the conc'.usion of the me e ting of an at ) .ilress to the w omen of En g land, which was thanks WO; e voted to the president, and to Lord Lyndhurst for his 'reply to the Bishop of Oxf rd in the House of Lords. llt w' i s also decided to present a petition founded upon the o.dress. The meeting eiosed with singing the national i anthem shortly after ten -o'clock, IMPELIAL PARLIA.MENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Tetegra ph.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIII733DAY. The House met at five o'clock. COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Lord DusoesNori •gave notice that on Mo❑day, next he- 6hoterf inquire of the Postmaster-General what communications had Wien place between the Dablin Steam-packet Company raid the Govern ment, respecting the average time of the sea pessage between Holyhead and Kingstown •; and that on Tuesday rant he should present a petition from-the Protestant inhabitants of the parish of St. N:cho'as Without, Dnblin, praying to be protecced from mob violence. Td4 Sr. ANA TRADE The Merquis of 13IIEAAALBANE brought up the answer of Her Majesty to the address of tha H 01153 respecting the o migration of negroes from the African continent. Her Majesty assured .their lord ships of her most earnest desire to discourage all schemes for the emigration of negroes from the African continent, that could have a tendency to promote the renewal of the Slave Trade. The noble marquis also brought up the Royal answer to the address upon the subject of the Ordnance Survey. Her Majesty stated that she had issued a Commission for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects referred to in the address. The Report of Amendments to tle Prisoners' Removal Bill, and the Enclosure Acts Amendment Bill were brought up and agreed to. The Great Northern and Western of Ireland Radway, and the Blythe ani Tyne It diway B Ils, were read a third time andpassed. TEM BANKRUPTCY LAWS. Lord Banuonast then rose. pursuant to notice, to call the attention of their lordships to the bankruptcy laws. He adverted to•theincon venlencies to which p?rsons were put, in having to travel long dis tances to atten I provincial bankruptcy courts, an I to the enamous expense of the admiaistrivion of the bankruptcy laws, and stated that in aldi ion to these grounds he had received communi-aiatras com plaining of the useless numbor of judges, and sw;gesting that the duties of broker, accoanta it, and masienger, should be cons° idated. The noble lord laid on the table a bill on the subject, but stated beat it was not his intention to press it in the present session. The LORD Cuarecsuioa concurred in the expediency of an altera tion in the present Law of Bankruptcy, and supported the bill of the noble and learned lord. Lard Baouaßem then replied, and the bill was read a second time. The House adjawned at 11 df-past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. :CSC &LW, NEOUS BILLS The Great Yarmouth and City of Gloncaster Election Committees were sworn at the table. The Lords' Amendments to the cork and Youshall Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. EUPERiNNUATION BILL. Lord NAAS moved the second reading of the Superannuation Act Amendmelt Bill. Mr. WlLea N rose. to oppose the bill. The gentlemen to whom it had refereece formed a class with whitth he had been in close connec. tion for nearly five years, and whose merits were ae'anowiedgad, but a sense of public duty campelled him, with regret, to reset the farther progress of the noble lord's measure. He proceeded to quote from toe report of the Civil Service Commissioners, to thew that the Civil Seriants had no grounds for complaint of a breach of agree ment on the part of the Crown, and couteeded that that being the case, the question ass only to be considered as one of policy. A revision of the salaries during the last five years, had led to a large increase being made in the salaries, and consequently a large In crease upon the charge upon the public. In 1852, the salaries pay able in the Inland Revenue Customs, and Post-office. amounted to £2,167,000, and last year they amounted io £2,406,000, showing an increase of £239,C0). The principal objection to the noble lon's Bill was that in the event of a complaint of insufficient salary in any particular case a general increase of the salaries of civil servants would follow. To the superannuation, objection was made that a great number who contribatei never received any becufit from it; but the question as in the case of insurance, must be considered in the aggregate, and not as affecting any particular case. He drew a comparison between the salaries in the Bank of England and the Civil Service, showing that in the latter the servants were better paid, upon the whole, than in the forms; and sugeeeted that a complaint of _a grievance in a particular case should be made to the Treasury, who were anxious to treat the civil servants with liberality. The arguments in favour of the bill were not borne out by fact, and ha believed that if is passed there wou'd be an increase of the expen aiture of the country in the next eight or nine years of .e30),00) or .e 400,005. A committee which bora considerably on ihis eutij .ct was now sitting, and he asked whether, under such circumstances, it was decent to ask the Government to increase the public expendi ure, seeing teat the Government admitted that the question could not rest where it was, and that it would be the duty of the Government to remedy the anoma ins referred to in the report of the comm.ssion ers? If the house in its wisdom thought fit to carry the measure, it must be considered that it wan nat against the Government. but 'aino- she ,actinouted to the taxation of the county.. Air. CLIVE wished to know whether the matter was put iiefore the civil serve Ste :Is an insurance or a deducti on from sale y. If the Government was willing that they slim:ad, as in the case'of insuranc,s, receive the whole the amount coatribat:d, he matt give his vote in favour of the bill of the inside lord. Mr. WEGUELIS supported tne bill, and condemned the system of making redue.tons from salaries for the farm .lion funds. _ _ Sir F. BARING considered that the time had come when the question should be settled, and that settlement should he liberal, hut objected to the bill of the noble lord on the ground that it dealt with but a very small portion of the report of the commissioners, and it was no settle ment at all. Mr. S FITZGERA LD supported the claims of the civil servant., not as a demand upon a con:ract, bat as an act of fairness and liberality. He defended the bill, believing that the improvament in the efficiency of the service would compensate for any additional expense thA might be incurred. Mr. W. W 11.1.142,13 thought the Government should have intro duced a well corvauered measure on this subject. Mr. Rico, amidst manirestatio , 3,3 of impatience and calls for a divi. sion, i:rgued in opposition to the bill, anu continued his remarks till four o'clock, when by the rues of the 'lrma, the debate adjourned. The Turnpk , Acts Continuance Bill was read a second time. All other morning business was disposed of, and the sitting was suspended EVENING SITTING. DIVISION Of NEW SOUTH WiLIIS. S':r JOHN PAHINGTON presented a petition from the colonists of Moreton Bay against the intended division of the colony of New South Wales. MILITARY LAW. Mr. WARREN gave notice th t early rizixt session he should call attention to the state of military law, and its administration by naval and military tribunals . _ . 'The Edin - barg , , Canonzate, and Montrose Annuity Tfor Abolition Bill was withdrawn by the Lord Advocate, and the order for the second reading was discharged. NEW SOUTII WALES AGAIN. In reply to Sir Jour PAKtworosr, who put que'tions in regard to the separation of Moreton Bay from the colony of New South Wales, Mr. LABOCCHERE stated that in passing the Constitutional Act for New South Wale , the Colonial Legislature provided for the possible separation of Moreton Bay from the rest of the co ony. He had re ceived many strong petitions from Moreton Bay, to the effect that the separation was desired, and he had thought it desirable to exercise the power given for the purpose by the colony. The southern boundary of the new colony would be axed about 70 miles from. Moreton Bay, he be iev d between the 25th and 26th degrees of latitude He did not understand that the colonists wished convicts to to bs sent oat, and it was not intended to send out a single convict. He had written to the Governor of New South Wales to bring the subj!ctof the debt before the Legislature, and until an arrangement between the two colonies lrid been effected, the order in Cou'ucil for the separation would not b 3 issued. • HOSPITAL AT :TETLEY. In reply to Mr. Willcox, Lord PALMERSTON said the Covertment had not altered their intento a in re6a - d to the establishment of a hospital at Netloy. THE AR AY IN INDIA. Replying to an hon. membar, Sir Joh n ItAms DEN said that there h%d been an order sent home by Sir Charles Napier to the Duke of Wellington, relating to the military government of the Bombay army, but it would not be desirable to make it public. TIM.ORDER OF THE BATH, On the motion for going into Committee of Snpp'y, Lord Honiara drew attention to the existing practice of exacting from officers appointed to the , Irder of the Bath an engagement that the insignia of the order should be returned after the death. He also urged that the materials of the insignia should cease to be tinsel and spangles, and should be distributed of the kind which officers were competed to obtain by *purchase from jewellers. Sir W. CODRINGTON also nrge.l the Government to present to officers receiving the Order of the Bath a silver star in lieu of the tinsel one now presented. L,rd Per.sransxow eou'd not agree that the insignia of the order presented by the Crown should not be returned at the decaase of the recipient. The fees of the order had been done away with, because it was not considered that officers who had earned distinction aboald be put to any expense iu consequence, and he did not tee why the same primiple shontd not apply to the star. NEWS FROM INDIA. In reply to Sir J.Elph nstone, . . _ . Mr. V. SMITH said that no news had been received from India by the Australian ship &mil. The House having gone into COMMITTER OF SUPPLY, The CIIiNCELLOR of the Esc a EQUEI4- proposed a supplementary estimate for the Persian war of .£100,0,0, which he said would not have been aske I for, but for the losses the Indian Treasury had buf fered in consequence of the late disturbances. I , reply to Mr. W. The CHANCE .xon of the thCHEQUER explained that as near as it could be ascertained the total ex?ense of the expedition would be £1,965,000. After a brief discuso.on the motion was agreed to. WiLsox proposed a vote of 590,000, to adjust the Recounts with the East In Ha Compiny in rev,a,l to the war with China. There would be but £30,00 a kel for, as the In.tian Government was in debted to ths Treasury to the extent of .£560,000. This vote was al.o agreed t,, of er a ifiseussion. On the vote of £7 123 to complete the expeieee of the General Board of Health, there was much opposition. Tho e'Annilttee divide)— For the vo e „ „ 141 Against it .. . Majority for the vote ............ ...... 111 On the vote r f £2,543 bei.ig proposed to compLte the Fund o. the Ecele4ie , tical Commissioners, it was opposed by Mr. F. Trelawney, an i the e :maiitte. divided — F r the vote ...... • • Against it •• • • . • ••• 147 T.Tsj)rity for the vote ... Tike following votes were al.so ag eed t • £ll.OBO t 3 mplete the snia ne.cessa y for deriving the char-„12,•• the Charity CC niniss , on io Nogland ant \Vales for £1,911 or the Statute Law Commilsion. £4 924 for the Civil Service Commission„ 3 524 for various coirm's&ons. £20,933 f.r e,penses under the p ;tent Law Amt.:J:l =mA Act; and X 88,843 for tr.; Boa d of Fisheries in Sestla9d, The CUATBAIAN reported prrgress, an t oh a too' the Bankng 811 was real a th,rd ti me a ,) a leave to sit again. A new writ was ordered to issue, on Ibe r P 4 ' B e d • the City o ondon, in the room of ,! •Iton of Mr. HATTER, for accepted the Chiltern Hundreos. ...sa tsothschild, who has The House adjourned at a (11411 i, or to two o'etrck. ••••• • • • • • • • 93 REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON RESIGNATION OF BARON ROTHSCHILD. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the electors of the City of London was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the rejection by the House of Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. The meeting, although convened by advertisement and placard, was not very numerously attended. The room vas scarcely half full. Baron Rothschild on entering was r eceived with cheers; he was accompanied by Mr. Craw• fe •rd, M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. S. rorley, Bennoch, Mr. W. J. Prescott, Mr. Alderman Si domons, and several well-known City reformers. On the tuntion of Mr. W. J. Crawford, seconded by W. Bennoch; Mr. W. J. Prescott was called to the chi Lir. 'he Chairman briefly opened the business of the met tine, remarking that it was for them to decide what shot ild be done now that the Lords had rejected the Oath* Bill. There Gould be no douht as to the right of the elect ors to return whom they thought proper to represent them in Parliament, but although the vast majority of the representatives of the people were favourable to the admission of 4WS, the upper branch of the legislature obstin ately refnsed to amend the law, so as to admit of that b slug done. (Cheers.) Bart et Rothoehild was then formally introduced to the meeting T. He mid he pie aged himself at the last election: to plan his seat at the disposal of the electors if the House tbf LorJa•rejected the relief bill.. He now preeentett himself to inform •them that his seat was at their disposal and that he intesull4cl to resign to-night and ask for theissue of a new writ. :Hear.) Having now fuifilled his pledge it was for the electors to decide what course should be followed. (Hear,- hear.) He did not resign immediately on the re, jectioa or the 0 sths•Bill, because he was advised by the lei !dors of their party in the House of Commons to wait anti see if another attempt would not be made to induce the npper house to give way. Tne Attorney.. General still retained the opinion that he expressed some years ago as to the legality of seating a Jewish member by resolution ; but since then the circumstances were somewhat altered by the decision of a court of law in the Salomons case, and the Attorney-General did not like to put the House of Commons in collision with the legal tribuuals of the country. (Hear, hear.) Bet that was a question for the House of Commons; it was for the House to decide whether it- should remain secondary to the courts of law. (Cheers.) The Henze of Lords, or rather a section or their lordships, had set themselves in opposition to the opinion of the House of Commons and the people ; but the country would not allow the cause of civil awl religious liberty to be sacrificed to the prejudices of a set of men who attended very little to anything else but their own pleasure and amusement. (Cheers.) If, however, he were re-elected, and the House of Lords still refused to pass a. bill, he was sure the House of Commons would seat him by resolution, and therefore he now appeared before them as a candidate for the suffrages of the citizens of London. (Cheers.) As for the personal insinuations of my Lord Derby, he treated them with contempt; if he had the esteem of the citizens of London, amongst whom he lived, he should be content, for he valued their good opinion far beyond the praise of any peer of England. (Cheering.). He therefore appealed to the citizens. of London to sup-- port him again, and-he made that appeal in the confident conviction that he should be again returned one of the members for the City. (Cheers.) The opponents to his , admission said there was no excitement out of doors. upon the question. What ? Did they wish it to be understood that they ought not to yield until: the streets were lined with soldiery, as on some former struggles between the peers and the people r- The ground they took was a dangerous one, par ticularly; at this moment, and in the critical state or affairs jn India. Suppose it were telegraphed to the East.' that the upper branch of the legislature were ready toe give way to violence, but not to reason, what effect woulcif it have upon our interests in India ? Their lordships anti right hon. gentlemen should hesitate before they moat speeches calculated to encourage such a dangerous it pression in the public mind. (Hear.). With regard to the course of the government on the Oaths Bill, it was to be regretted that they did not put the screw on rrioef the House of Lords. (Hear.), There were ten ta sprout• ateacaect to the consulate, and they shoul(.l . have beers brought over to vote for the Bill, but up to v dad a two days of the second reading Lord P a l mers t on 7 lad no idea of defeat, his Lordship, strong in the force o f hi s House of Commons' majority, made too sure of suer ess, and perhaps on that account he was not to blame for the result, but the next time the question came before the peers he was sure his lordship would strain ever y nerve to avert the alternative of seating a Jewish ri ,ember by resolution. (Hear, hear.) Thanking them fe r the indul. gence they had shown him, he had now only to urge the electors to give him another opportunity of as serting their rights in parliament. A resolution was then adopted to the effe 3t, " That this meeting:having heard of Baron RothschiWE , d3termination to resign his seat, pledges itself to use it s most earnest endeavours to secure his re-election, as a proof of the unalterable attachment of the citizens of London to that cause which first recommended him. to,rd Leir suffrages." Committees were appointed for cart yin out the reso lution, and thanks having- been vote( 1 to the chai rman , three cheers were given for the .13,-,r( pn, and the me e ti ng broke up. As the proceedings advanced tlbi attendance was con siderably increased ; and when 0:4 resolutions were being moved, the room became quite• f a ll. O n t h e platform there was scarcely standing roc EXECUTION OF MICE EL CRAWLEY, AT CHELIL`R !ORD. The unhappy culprit, Allelvi el Crawley, sufLrod death yesterday morning, outsides ' the Essex County Gaol, at Springfield, near Chelmsfori 1. Our readers will remember that Crawley was an old , man, aged 62 years, and was convicted before Mr: X7l stice Williams, at the Central Criminal Court, on the-at hof the present month, for the wilful murder of bis wit* eat Stratford. On Saturday last the convict was visited" by one of his sons. The interview was very affecting,. and, Crawley, before parting, strongly impressed upon the :mind of his son the importance of devoting proper - Attention to religion. Another son, who is at present confined in the same gaol, undergoing a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for robbery, had also a farewell interview with his aged parent. At art early hour yesterday morning, the Rev. Mr. Last visited the prisoner, and in answer to the reverend gentleman's inquiry whether he had any request to'make, ho said " None," but at the same time expressed a hope that Mr. Last had made his wishes known with regard to the prayer from all those who sympathised with him in his unfortunate situation. The rev. gentle man assured him tb at he had, and then engaged in prayer with the convict. Shortly before nine o'clock, the under sheriff, Mr. Wan (the governor of the gaol), the several officials, and. Calcraft, the hangman, entered the press room. The wider sheriff having formally demanded the body of the 'convict, he was handed aver to Calcraft, who immediately commenced the operation of pinioning him. This having been done, the solemn processi on was formed, and pror,eededi to the drop. Upon arriving on the scaffold. Mr. loot ocritinKed: to :pray to the convict ; whilst Cal craft at once fis - ed the wretched man under the fatal beam, and having aejusted the cords, the drop fell, and all that w'as marts". of Michael Crawley ceased to exist. The number r,f persons present was not considerable. LONDON COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. EX! ORE MR. COMMISSIONER FANE. In re Stnril, HILDER AND CO.—THE HASTINGS BANK. —Yesterday was appointed for the choice of assignees in the b V:kruptcy of Messrs. Filden Smith, Jas. Hilder, Geo. and Francis Smith, of Hastings, bankers. Proofs t' ..) a considerable amount, about £120,000, were proved, but the greater portion had been taken at Hastings by Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee. The following gen tlemen were chosen assignees :—Mr. Jesse Piper, of Cong hurst, Hawkhurst, Kent; Mr. Robert Dowdney, of the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Sussex ; and Mr. Frederick Ticehurst of Hastings. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees and asked for an allowance—the sum was very small, only £3 per week each. The preliminary statement by Messrs. Turquand shows D. to Cr. .£150,900, assets about 4105,000.