The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

PORTSMOUT.H ELECTION.

The polling for this borough commenced at eight
o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning, and closed at four,
with the subjoined results, Lord Monck commencing
with a considerab!e majority, which was maintained
throughout the day. There are about 3,200 good voters
in the borough, so that it will be seen that a large num-
ber did not record their votes.

Monck. Gaselee.
9 o'clock 125
12 o'clock.. 576
4 o'clock 1478 - 473
Majority for Lord Monck 1,005
_ _ _

The dockyard and other establishments gave those of
their men who are electors two hours to record their
votes. It is usual to give half a holiday on such occa-
sions, but the exigencies of the public service would not
permit of this at the present time.
At the conclusion of the poll Lord Monck thanked
the electors for the Confidence they had displayed in
himself and the Government of Lord Palmerston by re-
turning him by so overwhelming a majority, and he
promised that that confidenoe should meet with every
return on his part.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—At this court yesterday an in-
vestigation cinder the estate of Mr. R. Jackson showed
the extent into which the bankrupt had entered in ac-
commotlation bill transactions with Mr. E. Oliver, of
Liverpool. In the case of Mr. S. M. Krohn, wholdaly
traded under tl.e firm of Jihron Brothers, a surrender
was accepted, be having just returned from New York.
The Gape Torch 111«11, of the 27th January, Fay that
the treasurer of the Pattiotio Fund bad already in hand
1,400/., the first-fruits of Cape Town alone, and that
collectioies were still going on.
Ti .o Journal de F, anefort states that there is no truth
is the report which has teen current that the Russian
Government ha, formed the project of selling its North
Ametican p,sses,ions t) the United States. No such
project, it declares, has ever existed.
STEIZNpALE BENNETT'S CONCERTS.-The fist of
Mr. Bennett's eleventh annual series of classical cham-
ber-conetr s took place last night at the Hanover-square
Rooms, which we are happy to say were crowded in
every part on the occasion by a fashionable audience.
TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS. —The annual ac-
counts of the trade and navigation of the United King-
dom for 1553, prepared in the statistical department of
the Board of Trade for presentation to Parliament, are
now issued in a large quarto volume of 322 pages. Mr.
Fonblanque has re-cast the form of the tables, which
now exhibit the movements of ships and commerce with
greater facility than was possible under the arrange-
ment bequeathed by his predecessors. The information
under the bead of Import Accounts, which, under the
out any sacrifice of dtihs
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show the relative. employment of British and foreign
vessels in conveying the several articles to this country..
The form of the export and shipping accounts has
been extended to admit of additional classifications of
information, and under the denomination of "Addi-
tional Accounts," much new matter is given. It is pro-
posed to publish henceforth the miscellaneous, the colo-
nial, and the foreign statistics in separate volumes.
THE RECENT ESCAPE FltOM NEWGATE.—The conviet
Bell, one of the three prisoners who recently escapes
from Newgate, was arrested yesterday morning, between
the Kingsland and Hackney roads. The other two men
had been previously captured ; and the reason why Bell
has not been apprehended before is that he has been en-
gaged, with some other well-known clever burglars, in
what they call a put-up job in the country, to the
extent of about 2,0001. On his arriving in town he was
received by the turnkeys of Newgate, who conducted
him in safety to secure quarters in that prison. In con-
sequence of the capture, a committee, composed of Alder-
men; Wilson, Carter, Cubitt, Sir C. Marshall, Finnic,
Sidney, and Kennedy, was immediately summoned to
receive the report of the turnkeys who had effected the
capture. The inquiry is still pending, and various re-
ports are in circulation as to the culpability of certain
parties within the walls of the prison. This much is
certain, that the committee have not come to any con-
clusion on the subject, and that two of the turnkeys
have been suspended from their employment, and have
not yet been reinstated.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY.— A man, name&
James Brown, was killed by machinery at Salford, ora
Monday afternoon, under the following circumstances:—
He was employed to manage a hoist in the machine
making shop of Messrs. Higgins, and in consequenee
of the damp weather it became necessary to put soft
soap on certain parts of the machine to make it run
easier. For this purpose he had to get about eight feet
higher than the hoist, and, at a distance from him of
only 17 feet, there was a ladder to be used for this put..
pose. To save trouble, however, he got into the hoist,
and then upon a cross-bar over it, and so began to
ascend, putting the,spap on as he went. In this way
he appears to have lost sight of the danger he was in,
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the evils of secret diplomacy, when the jury found.
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tion a committee has been organised at New tle.upon•
to diffuse information ea
pressed nations. Charles Attwood, Esq.,
the relation of Great Britain with other States, and to
employ all possible efforts towards promoting the restor-
ation"the war, to counteract
of the independence of Poland and other op-
Joseph Cowan, jun., secretary. From a circular now
president, Mr. John Galloway treasurer, and appointed
president,
bcfore us we gather that the committee "reaffirms
the propriety of holding simultaneous meetings through.
tion to the reconstruction of Poland. For our part we
committee success, and trust these meetings
wish the
will be held, and that justice to Poland will not be for-
gotten at them.
onldb:)rrove Sr. PETERSBURG.— There are no later niertchaielta.eileathaaa.
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vices from St. Petersburg, but those received thus far
however, 'which has probably
since in some measure subsided in the same manner as in
will be required to give up
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Paris and London. Many persons in the city who know
the Russian people assert that they have no idea they
belief being that if they cede the other points it will suf.
five. There are others who consider that Russia has
or disarm Sebastopol, their
already put forth her greatest strength, and that the
conviction at St. Petersburg that this will soon become
apparent in the Crimea is so strong that a peace, eves
including a limitation of power in the Black sea, wilt
be hurried on as fast as possible, so as to secure mode.,
ate *Gig While through which
this:yehidstitelesrihgditanmhyaer.