The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-08 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid papers of the 2d have arrived. That
day being the anniversary of the rising of the po-
pulation of Madrid against the French in 1808, a
rising which was suppressed with much bloodshed,
most of then►, as in previous years, appear with
black borders. The Espana says that the Queen
never positively refused to sanction the law relative
to the sale of ecclesiastical property, but merely
begged that her sanction might be postponed for a
time, inasmuch as the Pope had declared that the
law was a violation of the Concordate, and she
wished negotiations to be entered into with his
Holiness on the subject. The Pope's Nuncio had
not yet presented his protest against the bill,• but
it was not dc.,ut)t.a that he would do so.

AMERICA.

LI VERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The Royal Mail steamer America, Captain Long,
arrived at 5.40 a.m., but, owing to the heavy surf
in the river, her mails were not landed until nine
o'clock. She left Boston on the 25th and Halifax
on the 27th ult., and brought 153 passengers and
875,256 dollars in specie. The Nashville steamer
from hence arrived at New York on the 22d ult.
The news is of little or no importance. The
steamer Oregon exploded at Detroit on the 20th
ult., killing 10 persons, and severely wounding
several others.
Advices from Havannah to the 15th ult. have been
received, but contain no facts of importance.
The money market at New York continued easy,
and the rates for loans were on the decline. Stocks
were depressed, and Lower Exchange on London
109-4 to 1104.
The cotton market closed firmly, with a good
inquiry—br e.adstuffs tending upwards ; provisions
unaltered in value, with a moderate demand ;
freights witbio ut improvement.
The Amerio in theatre at New Orleans was de-
stroyed by Lire on the 19th, one man perishing in
the flames.
The Canadian Militia Bill had finally passed, by
a vote of 58 to 32. Considerable modifications had
been made,, making the bill more popular than
when first i ntroduced.
Havanna h ad vices of the 15th April state that the
arming of t he inhabitants continued, and that 16
new compaz ties of Mulattoes were being organised.
Letters f; rom Rio Janeiro, of the 23d March,
confirm the ;statement, previously published, that
the difficulties of the Brazilian Government were
likely to be amicably settled.
The steam -:frigate Mississippi, the flag-ship
Japan squatir on, arrived at New York on the 20th
April.
The New -!(ork money market remained easy,
with a tendm icy to decline on the rates on loans.
The news frail i Europe being considered favourable,
large purchaa es of stock securities had been mad_
in anticipatiot t of better prices ruling before the
close of the 1 reek. Exchange on London was in
moderate dc in land at 1092 to 110/ ; bills on France,
str. 111 c. to s"fr. 131 c. Holders of cotton evinced
more firmne hss, but prices were unchanged.
The price for flour was still on the advance, and
it was tho, eight the extreuie point had been
reached, an .d some reaction seemed inevitable.
Wheat was without change, extravagant prices
being still the order of the day. In other articles
there was no particular alteration. Freight to
Liverpool :- —Cotton, 3-16th of a ld. to 4d. ; flour,
Is. nomina L' • grain, 20. to 3d. To London,
ls. 9d. T. )Havre, cotton, I cents. Commercial
advices fro in New Orleans, of the 20th April,
repot t the c otton market to be firm. The receipts,
as compare. J. with those of last year, 159,000 bales.
Sterling exc h ange had advanced 9. to 10 per cent.
premium.

THE TRAM 'man, SERVICE.—We understand that the
new screw 81 ';earroar Oneida, of 2,370 tons, built at Gree-
nock, by Mr ssrs. Scott Brothers and Co., for the Cana-
dian Steam Navigation Company, has been chartered by
the Governn lent for the conveyance of cavalry to the
Crimea. St will carry about 220 men and horses.
TROOPS 111 sou NEWFOUNDLAND.—The ship Creamore
arrived in tb ,e Mersey on Sunday, with a number of the
Newfoundla ad companies on board. She left St. John's
on the sth r Lit.

A deputa Lion from the Vestry and Paving Board of
St. James's, Westminster, also had an interview with
the Preside' it of the General Board of Health with re-
spect to the Metropolis Local Management Bill. The
deputation 'onsisted of Messrs. Harrison, Duff, Bid-
good, Smith , Rice, Crane, and Watkins, attended by
Mr. Buzzan I, vestry-clerk, and Mr. York, clerk to the
Commission era for Paving.

The Duct) etas of Parma left her capital on the 30th for
Venice, with the young duke, her son.

Mr. 'Row is,nd 'hill had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the E lachequer yesterday at his official residence
in Downing-: 3t reet.

GRAY'SZTI f, May 7. —At a pension of the Honourable
Society of GLr ay's-inn, holden this day, Charles Hey-
wood, Esq., •11, 'as called to the degree of Barrister-at,
Law.

A deputat is on from St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St.
George-the-WA ' .rtyr had an interview on Saturday with
the President of the General Board of Health, at his
office, Whitelm ill, with respect to the Metropolis Local
Management ] 3ill, attended by Mr. S. Hopwood, clerk.
Talc FORME( LEGION.—A party of Polish prisoners,
who are abou t to serve against Russia, were on Satin-
day embarked on board the Dunbar by the Confiance
steamer. Belia re embarking they were visited by several
distinguished .1 polish residents.

Sir Thomas Hastings explained a former statement
made by him, to the effect that the Board of Ordnance
received no order from the War office with reference to
,he cohtract fur huts for the Crimea. He had since
ascertained a letter was received from Sir F. Smith
on the 18th of November, 1854.
Mr. Monsell's examination was then resumed.—He
first explained that the work at the laboratory at Wool-
.vich was not executed until after a schedule of prices
')a,l been sent in, and the sanction of the board obtained.
Since giving his evidence yesterday, he had ascertained
!rom reference to the minutes that the expenditure of
7,0001. by Captain Boxer was not authorised on his own
responsibility. Some of the minutes of the board were
made on loose paper, a-nd others involving great prin-
ciple on the minute book. It was not to be understood
,hat in placing 7,0001. at the disposal of Captain Boxer,
it was not the issuing of money, but the authority of
purchasing machinery to that extent, and the bills for
the payment passed according to the exact forms of the
office.

Sir J. Pakington—Wero the accounts checked in the
cash account office ?—They were certified certainly by
Captain Boxer, but he could not say if Colonel Wilson's
name was attached.

Sir J. Pakington—l wish to know whether in any
way whatever the public had any security for the ex-
penditure of this money ?—I imagine that in every in•
stance there were tenders for the machinery Captain
Boxer ordered, and before the money was paid he cer-
tified the machinery had been delivered and properly
erected, but whether Colonel Wilson's name was at-
tached to the bills he could not say.
By Mr. Layard—ls there an auditor connected with
the Ordnance-effice ?—There is one in the Paymaster's
office. Every account is minutely scrutinised in the
cash account office before being paid.
These bills were passed in the ordinary way of the
office ?—No question.
Can you detect in the office if there be any irregularity
in the accounts ? —Yes, if any formal irregularity. In
ordinary instances it would be necessary for Colonel
Wilson to sign the bills, but in this case Captain
Boxer was personally charged with the work. What.
ever irregularities might have occurred with respect to
the initiation of the work, it was sanctioned by the
board almost immediately after the work was com-
menced.

The honourable gentleman was examined at great
length with reference to a difference of feeling existing
luring the progress of the works between Captain Boxer
and Col. Wilson, his superior officer, and the course he
pursued with reference thereto, and the appeal wade to
the Minister of War on the subject.
By Colonel Peel—l imagine Captain Boxer has no
.ndependent position in the laboratory. He was intro-
iuced there for a special purpose.
By Lord Seymour—There were no cholera belts
.rdered for the army in the Crimea before the 24th of
November—he found it was the practice for one board
.fficer only to sign the orders for most of the warm
ci'othing and comforts for the troops.
By Mr. Layard—Messrs. Hayter and Howell were
ppointed packers of goods by the Board of Ordnance,
trom the pressure of business, and he knew no reason
or assigning why they were selected for the work. Mr.
Jayter is a brother of Mr. Hayter, Secretary to the
Creasury—formerly, all goods were packed at the Tower.
Che barracks at Aldershott were being erected
tfferently to what was intended when the House of
commons granted him 250,0001. for that purpose. He
vas at the Ordnance when the war broke out, and he at-
„i ibuted the difficulties that bad occurred, and which had
been complained of, from their being an insufficiency
of stores, the means of purchasing, and the manufacture
of fusees, for which Parliament and the Government
vere to blame. The Board of Ordnance worked bar-
noniously together until the beginning of November.
It that time strong differences arose between Sir Tho-
alas Hastings on the one hand and himself and Sir H.
Ross on the other, and in consequence of the unfortu-
oate difference between Col. Wilson and Capt. Boxer, he
and Sir H. Ross did not work so harmoniously together
As they had done before. He was the sole communica-
tion between the Ordnance and the War-office and
Horse Guards. In the month of April he was the only
officer attending the office. The public service had not
suffered-from it, because ":we" executed all the orders
forwarded to us.

Mr. Layard—You do not mean " we," you mean
"L" (Laughter.)

[LEFT SITTING.]

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
On the motion of Mr. Bodkin, the trial of Mr. Charles
Wm. Winchilsea Bevan, charged with embezzling money
belonging to the Deposit Life Insurance Company, was
postponed until next sessions.
George Ti•emen, 13, labourer, was charged with misde-
meanour, in having wi:fully and maliciously placed an
obstruction upon the South. Western Railway, and
thereby endangered the safety of the passengers tra-
velling upon the line.
Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution.

It appeared that on the evening of the 27th of April,
shortly after the down Windsor train had passed the
Letham station, the driver of the engine observed an iron
chair upon the up-line in such a position that the
corning up train must have passed over it, and would in
all probability have been thrown off the line and serious
mischief have resulted. The obstruction was removed,
and subsequent inquiries that were made led to one of
the officers of the railway going in search of the prisoner,
who was in the service of a farmer in the neighbourhCod,
And who was at the time employed in scaring birds. lie
taxed him with having placed the chair upon the railway,
and he at onct admitted he had done so, and said he was
very sorry, and cried, and begged to be forgiven. The
prisoner, it appeared, was a very ignorant lad, and could
neither read nor write, but it was stated that he was al-
ways looked upon as a good-tempered, well-disposed lad,
and there did not appear to be any assignable motive for
the act he had committed.

The Recorder, in summing up the case, called the
attention of the jury to the Act of Parliament under
.which the indictment was framed, and said it had been
laid down that, before a conviction could take place, the
lury must be satisfied that when the obstruction was
placed upon the railway the person placing it must do
so wilfully and with a knowledge of the probable con-
sequences ; and he left them to say whether the evi•
lence made out these facts in the present case.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver-
dict of not guilty.
The Recorder to'd the prisoner that he had been very
lucky in escaping a conviction, and he hoped he would
,ever do such an act again.
He was then ordered to be discharged.