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London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

INDIAN MINISTERS.

The office of Indian Minister has grown into importance of late,
on account of an absurd popular prejudice that our enormous empire
in the East is worth intelligent superintendence. To counteract an
absurdity which cannot be ignored, wise statesmen will take care to
confide India to ,an official manifestly inadequate to the successful
stewardship of a manor. The Indian Minister who addresses the
House will also recollect that he is speaking of those who talk Hindos-
tanee, and will endeavour to render himself as intelligible as if ho
were using that tongue, though, of course, he does not know a wukoof
from a poonyum patam.

CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.
If a member of our House, his business is to go to sleep until his
superiors wake him, and tell him to get out and make room for a
member of the other.

jokes. Could such evidence as this be relied upon as a
logical and legal proof of Captain Nicholas never having
ill-treated young officers? The best refutation of the
charge, if false, could have been given by Captain Nicholas
himself. Why had not the prosecutor called that officer?
Because it would have resulted in the vindication of him-
self (Lieutenant Perry). He had gone thaough the whole
evidence, and he bad the assurance of the highest legal
authority that on such evidence no civil judge or jury in
the country would hesitate a moment to pronounce his
entire innocence on all the charges. Lieutenant Perry
then passed in review the indignities offered to him after
he joined the regiment, and detailed hie own mode of life
as an officer. He then touched on the affair with Lieu-
tenant Greer and the court-martial which followed. The
statements in the letter to Colonel Pipon, though not
written by him (Lieutenant Perry) were signed by him,
and were substantially true. It was, however, a privileged
communication, and unfairly used against him. Passing
underreview the strange and irregular mode in which certain
companies had been selected for foreign service, whereby
he had been deprived of his most important witnesses—
Captain Hardy and Lieutenant Shervinton—the prisoner
commented on the convincing and unprejudiced testimony
of Paymaster Corcoran, Captain Chambers, Major Stuart,
&c.—men placed by position, or fortune, above the reach
of corrupt influences, and whose evidence was above sus-
picion, and showed that the truth had been suppressed by
the witnesses for the prosecution."
At the conclusion of the defence the court was once
more adjourned.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE:
Tuesday, August 10.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. GEORGE Criminate
Lonestoff, saddler—lSAAC Coox, Sunderland, painter.
BANKRUPTS.—ALFRED HENRY EDOLEY, Botesdale, Suf-
folk, innkeeper—PHILIP RIMER, Gravesend, cigar merchant—
Francis WILDBORM, Wisbeach, hotelkeeper—WlLLlAM Ivoar,
Norwich, wholesale grocer—Jon x THOMAS JENKINS, Deptford,
builder—HENßY JoaN ASHLEY, Newbury, artificial manure
merchant—BEßßY DAVY, Crediton, Devonshire. linen manu-
facturer—Wm-lAm MUDGE, Paignton, Devonshire, fly pro-
prietor—V IMAM and BEN RY SHAW, M old-green, near Rudders.
dyers—THOMAS Ramon and SAMUEL EASON, Liverpool,
merchants—WlLLlAM COVENZY, Manchester, silk manufacturer
—Samos STANSTIELD, Little Million, Lancashire, cotton
spinner.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—R. M'DoNALD, Portobello,
spirit merebant—T. SCOTT, Edinburgh, grocer.
Friday, August 18.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. CHARLES MEE, Bristol,
Berlin wool and fancy needlework manufacturer.
BANKRUPTS.—HENRY KNAPP, New-road. builder—Ungar
ScARLETT. Huddersfield, brewer—THOMAS DEANS, Blackburn,
draper—ROßEßT TRIPS ,SL Michael'e•alley, Cornhill, sharebrOker
GEORGE THOMAS CHANTRY, Birmingham, paper box manufac-
turer—HENßY BREWER, Ross, Herefordshire, innkeeper—
SAMUEL BOUTLEGE, Huddersfield, dyer—THOMAS MASSON,
Finsbury, dealer in horses—SIDNEY HILNES HAWKES, Chelsea,
brewer—SAMUEL HERBERT ELLIS, the younger, Stock Exchange,
ShSrebrOkeP—HENßY ALFRED MATTIEws, Camberwell, Surrey,
victualler.

THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA commenced
at Cowes on Tuesday morning under very favour-
able circumstances, and, although there was this year
no unusual source of excitement, the regatta was by
no means devoid of interest. The town enjoyed an
unusual gathering of visitors in addition to the
owners of yachts and other patrons of the sport.
Prince Albert's cup was sailed for on Monday by
,cutters and yawls belonging to the Royal Yacht
Squadron, and won by the Arrow—owner, Mr. T.
Chamberlayne. Her Majesty's cup was contested on
Thursday by yachts of 140 tons and upward, but
from the almost perfectly calm state of the weather
the match was not concluded within the time allotted
'by the club rules. The great and concluding race
of the regatta, the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup,
open to all yachts of the squadron, is to be competed
for to day ( Saturdaj ). The course is the same as
last year, from the club-house to a mark twenty
miles out to sea, and back to the Nab Light vessel.
JOHN HICKEY STABLE, late solicitor of the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company,
has been convicted of forgery at the Liverpool As-
'sizes. Sentence, fifteen years' transportation.

At CAMBRIDGE the nomination came off on Wed-
nesday, the candidates being Lord Maidstone and
Mr. Slade, on the Conservative side, Captain Adair
and Mr. Mowatt, Ministerialists. After the candi-
dates had severally been proposed and seconded,
they proceeded in turn to address the electors.
Mr. ADAIR alluded to the absence of flags and
banners, music, and other paraphernalia that used to
characterise elections. He rejoiced in such absence,
saying he had not altered one jot of the opinions he
had previously advocated, which were in favour of
free trade, the extension of the franchise, the ballot,
and the education of the people.
Lord MAIDSTONE succeeded, and in a humourous
speech promised that if he should be returned to
Parliament he would endeavour that the taxes should
be as low as possible. With regard to ill-considered
extensions of the franchise, they had but to look
across the water to see the effect of it, where the
sword reigned and military despotism prevailed.
Lord Maidstone concluded by declaring himself an
opponent of the present Government and an ad-
herent of the Earl of Derby, and of opinion that all
the measures of the present Government had been
worthless. Out of seven, he said, which they had
introduced, six had been withdrawn, and all the
merit of the other (the Oxford University Bill) was
due to her Majesty's Opposition.
Mr. MOWATT followed, and in a long and discur-
sive speech, in the course of which he and Lord
Maidstone bad several recontres of badinage, de-
clared himself in favour of the maintenance of the
Constitution as at present existing, the free exercise
of opinion, and the extension of the franchise.
Mr. SLADE, after alluding to the fact that his
brother was fighting against the common enemy as
commander of the Turkish fleet, proceeded:—

" I em a Conservative. (Cheers.) I am opposedto the
present Coalition Government. I am opposed to the pro-
posed Reform Bill. I am opposed to the ballot. I am,
like all true Englishmen, anxious that the war should be
conducted to an honourable and successful issue ; but I
fear that if the present men are left to carry it out that will
never be. Now, I will tell you what that Government has
done. They have doubled the income tax; they have
doubled the price of beer, for the purpose of carrying on a
war which they brought upon themselves by ' their
base truckling to Russia. If Lord Aberdeen and the Coali-
tion Government had not been in power, there would have
been no war. You would then have had the big loaf; you
would have had beer cheap ; your taxes would have been
reduced ; where now you have embarked upon a war of
which no man can foresee the end. ( Hoofing.) They
introduced seven measures. One of them was carried
because there was no opposition to it. As to the other,
the Oxford University Bill, all the good that was left in it
was the work of the Conservatives. The other five mea-
sures all met with that ignominious end which a well-bred
dug receives when he goes out of the room before he is
kicked out. The wonderful Reform Bill of Lord John
Russell was withdrawn in this way, and every one knows
that I .ord John Russell withdrew himself with it for twenty-
four hours. There were several other measures which
were withdrawn or defeated by the firm front of the Con-
servatives. Now, is this an Administration on which we
can rely for a successful issue of the present war? Yon
have a right to expect a firm and united Government,
which can mature and carry their measures in the Cabinet
and in the House of Commons; but instead of that you
find Lord Palmerston at direct issue with Lord Aberdeen.
You find Lord Palmerston saying that it is disgraceful for
parties to negotiate loans with Russia ; but the Secretaryz
of the Treasury gets up and says, " Oh, that is all right.
What ! all right to lend money to the enemies that would
eat our throats? Then, on the subject of this very Ilc form
Bill, the ablest man in the Administration quitted it rather
Iran support the bill. Then there was Mr. Baines, the
most efficient man in the Government. He retired because
the Government played him false, and then it was down
on their knees, and ' Oh, for God's sake, come back again !"
And have they no hungry baronets among them? Was
Sir William Molesworth not hungry when he abandoned
every article in his political creed. and sat down with Lord
Aberdeen ? Wu Sir Benjamin Hall, the pet of Maryle-
bone, not hungry when he helped to kick out one unfortu-
nate man, and then. like the cuckoo, got into his nest of
2,0001. a year? And was Mr. Bernal Osborne net hungry
when he agreed to sew up his mouth for a place ? ('Oh, oh.')
I differ from Mr. Adair as to the flags. I am very sorry
we have none here to-day. I have no idea that a meeting
like this. which should be one of hilarity, should be con-
ducted like a meeting of Puritans and Methodist parsons.
My friends know I intended to come to the hustings in a
mourning conch--(lateghicr)—but I was told that would

The r omination for BARNSTAPLE also took place on
Wednesday. There were three candidates in the
field—Messrs. R. S. Guinness, barrister-at law, and
J. Laurie (Conservatives); and Mr. W. Tite, architect,
of London, a Liberal.
The proceedings were most uprorious. The electors
who bad been accustomed to receive 6/. a piece for
their votes, did not like the stringent character of the
new bribery act, and their disappointment at not
being able to receive their accustomed fees broke out
into loud indignation.
The Rev. Mr. WHEY proposed, and Dr. BIGNELL
seconded, Mr. Guinness, as a fit and proper person to
represent the borough.
Mr. GRIBBI-E proposed, and Mr. MARSHALL seconded,
Mr. Tite.
Mr. BREMRIGE, in a speech of great length, pro •
posed Mr. Laurie. Mr. FISHER seconded the
motion.
The result of the poll was declared on Thursday
evening, when the two Conservative candidates were
triumphantly successful. The numbers were :
Laurie

323
Guinness

Tite

In CANTERBURY Thursday was fixed for nominating
the candidates four in number.
The proceedings took place in the cattle-market,
where temporary hustings had been erected, the
rain descending in torrents the greater portion of
the time.
Mr. H. KINGSFORD, solicitor, proposed the Hon.
Charles Lennox Butler (brother of the late member,
the Hon. Butler Johnston) as a fit and proper person
to represent the constituency in Parliament. Mr. H.
AUSTIN seconded the nomination.
Mr. W. J. COOPER, surgeon, proposed, and Mr.
Alderman Bnocx seconded, the nomination of the
RiAt Hon. Sir W. SOMERVILLE.
Mr. T. W. Com Ann surveyor, nominated Mr.
Charles Manners Lushington; and Mr. Garisuat,
builder, seconded the nomination.
Mr. C. SANDYS, solicitor, proposed Mr. Edward
Auchmuty Glover; and the proposition was seconded
by Mr. H. BIRD, an auctioneer.
Mr. ROOTHAM, dissenting preacher, nominated Mr.
Charles Purton Cooper, Q.C. ; and Mr. Harris, chy.
mist, seconded the nomination.
The Hon. George Smythe withdrew from the con
test on Wednesday evening.
The poll took place yesterday (Friday), and closed
with the following result :
Lushington
Somerville 609
Butler

Cooper

Gloer

Mr. John Henry Gurney, the head of the firm of
Gurney and Co., bankers, Norwich, has been invited
to stand for King's Lynn, in place of the late Lord
Jocelyn, and has accepted the invitation. He is a

VISCOUNT JOCELYN, M.P. for King's Lynn, died at
en early hour on Saturday morning last at the resi-
dence of Lord Palmerston, in Carlton-gardens. Lord
Jocelyn was attacked with Asiatic cholera during
the previous afternoon, while ifulfilling his military
duties at the Tower (he was colonel of the Essex
Rifles now quartered in that fortress), and the violence
of the attack in a few hours overcame alike the efforts
of his medical advisers and the rigorous constitution
of the noble lord. The deceased, Robert Viscount
Jocelyn, was eldest son of the 'Earl of Roden,
and brother to the present Marchioness of London-
derry ; was berm in 1810, and married, in 1841, the
Lady Fanny Cowper, daughter of Viscountess Pal-
merston, and Lady-in-Waiting to her Majesty, by
whom he leaves two sons and two daughters. Lord
Jocelyn was in early life in the Rifle Brigade, and
was on the staff of Lord Saltoun in the China expe-
dition in 1842, the results of which he published in
a volume called "Six Months in Chinn." He shortly
afterwards left the service and entered Parliament.
He filled the office of Secretary to the India Board
during the last couple of years of Sir Robert Peel's
Administration. During the latter part of his parlia
mentary career his lordship acted with the party led
by Lord Derby and M. Disraeli. A number of
families of rank are placed in mourning by his de-
cease, and one of the seats for King's Lynn is vacant.
THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF BEAUFORT expired,
after a very brief illness, on Saturday afternoon last,
at Westbrook-hall, near Berkhampstead, where the
venerable duchess had been staying with the Hon.
Granville Dudley and the Lady Cieorgiana Ryder
since the death of her son, the late duke. The de-
ceased duchess, who was in her eighty-fourth year,
having been born 11th January, 1771, was fifth
daughter of Granville, first Marquis of Stafford, and
married, 11th May, 1701, Henry Charles, sixth Duke
of Beaufort, by whom she had a numerous family.
We regret to announce the death of Loan BEAU-
MONT, which took place on Thursday morning at his re-
sidence, Bruton street, from an attack of low
fever. The deceased was, in the female line,
the head of a very ancient Roman Catholic family in
Yorkshire, in which the Beaumont peerage had for a
great number of years been in abeyance. The
abeyance was terminated in 1840 in lavcur of the late
peer, as the sole representative of the elder co-heir,
Joan Lovell Lady Stapleton, elder daughter of Joane
de Beaumont Viscountess Lovell, daughter of Wil-
liam second Viscount and seventh Baron Beaumont,
who died in the reign of Henry VII. John, the sixth
Baron, Lord High Chamberlain, was created Vis-
count Beaumont in 1440, being the first person who
bore that title in England. The late peer was born
in 1805, and married, in 1848, Isabella Anne, eldest
daughter of Lord Kilmaine, by whom he leaves Henry,
now Lord Beaumont, born in 1841, and two other
children, a son and daughter.

GOVERNMENT are sending a ship to the Clyde, for
the purpose of removing the two pair of engines
constructed for the Russian Uovernment by 141 r.
Napier before the present hostilities commenced.
The engines are not quite finished, but are probably
intended to be completed at one of the national dock-
yards, and fixed on board two of our new mcn-of.
war.
THE Harwich Railway was opened for passengers
and traffic on Tuesday last.

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have a right to expect a firm and united Government, Alderman Bnocx seconded, the nomination or tile r.- -- --------- - - - _
which can mature and carry their measures in the Cabinet Iliiht Hon. Sir W. SOMERVILLE. abeyance was terminated in 1840 in favour of the late
and in the House of Commons; but instead of that you Mr. T. W. Cor.Lann surveyor, nominated 'Mr. peer, as the sole representative of the elder co-heir,
find Lord Palmerston at direct bootie with Lord Aberdeen. Charles Manners Lushington; and Mr. Gamma, Joan Lovell Lady Stapleton, elder daughter of Jeans
You find Lord Palmerston saying that it is disgraceful for builder, seconded the nomination. de Beaumont Viscountess Lovell, daughter of Wil-
parties to negotiate loans with Russia ; but the Secretary Mr. C. SANDYS, solicitor, proposed Mr. Edward Liam second Viscount and seventh Baron Beaumont,
of the Treasury gets up and says, " Oh, that is all right.'who died in the reign of Henry VII. John, the sixth
Auchmuty Glover; and the proposition was seconded
What ! all right to lend money to the enemies that would
by Mr. H. BIRD, an auctioneer. Baron, Lord High Chamberlain, was created Vis-
vit our throats? Then, on the subject of this very Ilc form
Rill, the ablest man in the Administration quitted it rather Mr. ROOTHAM, dissenting preacher, nominated Mr. count Beaumont in 1440, being the first person who
than support the bill. Then there was Mr. Baines, the Charles Parton Cooper, Q.C. ; and Mr. Harris, chy- bore that title in England. The late peer was born
most efficient man in the Government. He retired because mist, seconded the nomination. in 1805, and married, in 1848, Isabella Anne, eldest
the Government played him false, and then it was down The Hon. George Smythe withdrew from the con daughter of Lord Kilmaine, by whom he leaves Henry,
on their knees, and' Oh, for God's sake, come back again !" test on Wednesday evening. now Lord Beaumont, horn in 1841, and two other
And have they no hungry baronets among them? Was The poll took place yesterday (Friday), and closed children, a son and daughter.
Sir William Molesworth not hungry when he abandoned •
with the following result :
every article in his political creed. and sat down with Lord Lushington
Aberdeen? Was Sir Benjamin Hall, the pet of Marvle- GOVERNMENT are sending a ship to the Clyde, for
Somerville 6llO
bone, not hungry when he helped to kick out one untn- the purpose of removing the two pair of engines
sate man, and then. like the cuckoo, got into his nest ot Butter
2,0001. a year? And was Mr. Bernal Osborne not hungry Cooper
when he agreed to sew up his mouth for a place? ('Oh, ohi Glover
1 differ from Mr. Adair as to the flags. lam very sorry I intended to be completed at one of the national dock-
we have none here to•ilay. I have no idea that a meeting
Mr. John Henry Gurney, the head of the firm of yards, and fixed on board two of our new mcn-of.
like this. which should be one of hilarity, should be con-
&acted like a meeting of Puritans and Methodist parsons. Gurney and Co., bankers, Norwich, has been invited war.
My friends know I intended to come to the hustings in a to staud for King's Lynn, in place of the late Lord TftE Harwich Railway was opened for passengers
mourning coach--(lateglacr)—but I was told that would 'Jocelyn, and has accepted the invitation. He is a and traffic on Tuesday last.
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