The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIB, —ln your columns of yesterday I learned for the
first time for a fact what I had heard vaguely rumoured
during the day, that the cause of bigotry had at last pre-
vailed, and that the Prime Minister bad given an inti-
mation that the bands were no longer to play in the
parks on Sunday afternoons. Really, sir, I had given
Lord Palmerston credit for more sense ; I had believed
that he was not the man to be maved by the maudling,
puling, and crying of that spurious Christianity which,
under the guise of a zeal for the observance of the Sab-
bath, seeks to rob religion of all that is sweet and con-
soling, and, like the tempters of Job, does its best to
make the poor hard-worked man in despair "curse God
a:id die."

The reasons which have induced Lis lordship to
listen and give in to the remonstrances of the self-cou-
stituted representative of Christianity, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, are, to say the least of them, original.
One of them will certainly take most people by sur-
prise. With the full consciousness that on Sunday
aftet noon last there were upwards of a quarter of a mil-
lion of people, principally the working-classes, as-
sembled in the parks for the express purpose
of hearing the performance of the Bands, his lordship
thinks that as the working classes do not take much in-
terest in this musical recreation it might just as well be
disontinued. This is certainly taking the bull by the
horns with a vengeance.
The contest which has now begun must be fought
out. It remains to be seen whether that miserable see-
tiou of society, the sw_reessors of the departed Stiggins,
are t) do with the people as they like or uot. In this
basted land of liberty of conscience are a few fanatics
at Exeter Hall to dictate laws to the people of England,
for the observance of the Sabbath, laws congenial to
their own gloomy temperaments alone ? Are they to
be allowed to interpose their dark shadows between the
pale artisan and. God's blessed sunshine, closing him up
dark courts and noisome alleys, with no resource but
the gin-shop, no means of forgetting his life of wretched-
ness save in the oblivion of drunkenness ?
I trust that the people of England will answer this
questian as they ought, and that they will prove to the
Prime Minister that they do take some little interest in
not suffering themselves to be gagged and blindfolded
by the Puritanical perverters of all true religion, who
have for the present got possession of his noble ear.
How annoying it must be to these holy men to hear
the birds of spring carolling with all their might on a
fine Sunday afternoon, proclaiming aloud their delight
in the magnificent creation of their Maker. What a pity
no human legislation can reach them ! The rippling of
waters, the wind murmuring through the trees, the
merry laugh of innocent childhood, what a pang they
must cost these unctuous chadbands. Truly we have
endured these libellers of religion long enough, and the
sooner we make them acquainted with their real posi-
tion in society the better.—l have the honour to remain,
sir, your obedient servant, T. S.
Stone Buildings, May 14, 1856.

The following letter has been addressed to Lieutenant.
Colonel Dickson by Sir B. Hall :
" 9, Great Stanhope-street, May 13.
"Dear Sir,—lt is with much regret that lam under
the necessity of informing you that I have received in-
structions not to allow the bands to play any more in
the parks or gardens on Sunday afternoon. I beg again
to thank you for your consideration in offering the
band of your regiment for the gratification of the work-
ing•classes of Spitalfields and Bethnal-green and the
densely populated neighbourhood of Victoria-park. I
was very glad to meet you in Victoria-park on Sunday
last, as you were thus a witness as well as myself of the
excellent conduct of the 85,191 persons there assembled,
and who so thorougnly enjoyed the music you were so
good as to provide for them.—l am, dear sir, yours
faithfully, B. HALL,
64 Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson."

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING
MAY 14, 1856•
_........,...
St. Jean d'Acre ; John Wortley, to be Assistant- Whit-Tuesday, Montem-day, and that this was Montem the court at the close of the night charges, and inquired Spirit of the Public Journals. From the London Gazette of Last Night. 1 Colntry Markets.
Naval and Military Intelligence.
Clerk to the Royal Albert ; E. B. Dennys, to be As- year ; and it was not difficult to suppose that the in- whether he could make a private communication to the
tire Tiniesof thisthdeuyw.
-...-
-...-
s stant-Clerk to the Indefatigable ' J. W. Andrews, to glorious warfare in Puddock's.gardens, and the storming magistrate in reference to the case of a young man, a
who stood remanded on a So Exeter-hcEllrha"ssa
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 13.
The following is from a letter dated Malta, the 7th be Assistant-Clerk to the Royal Albert; A. M. Wade, of the Mount-" Parvam Trojam simulataque magnis clerk to the Board of Werke,
.triumphed, and a P P The Queen has been pleased to issue a commission under LIVERPOOL-MAY 13.
lust.:- to be Assistant-Clerk to tbe Agamemnon ; and E. F. Pergama"-had given birth to that martial ardour which charge of stealing a pork pie from a coff hinß 'd t'ofthis metropolis is day.)
o ula-
ee-s op Bridge- ge- ion
"The Orinoco steam-transport arrived on the sth Easton, to be Assistant• Clerk to the Indefatigable. led to the capture of Sebastopol. court, Westminster ? The Primate and Mr. Baines, with their well-organised
inquire into the system of purchase and sale of commis- doing in wheat, at about last week's prices. Flour at 6d
from Southampton, and left for Constantinople this day, The following promotions were made yesterday by The motion was unanimously agreed to ; and Mr. Henry could not possibly receive an •
private COM- army of Sabbatarians, have silenced the bands cleared the • •
mons in her Majesty's army : par barrel and sack. Indian corn has improved Is 6d per
"The Imperador steam-transport arrived on the 6th the Lords of the Admiralty .-Commander Graham His GRACE having acknowledged the compliment, the munication. If applicant had anything
Parks,
from Genoa, with baggage for the Anglo-Italian Legion. Ogle and Commander H. G. Morris, to be Captains ; proceedings terminated.
say it openly.its reward.
of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Lieut. E. M. Leycester, Lieut. E. E. Morgan, and C. The applicant said the young man bad been some years Among the many previous things that are thrown away Faith, IPSWICH-MAY 13.
in this world- thin s sweet and unsweet-there is nothing Ripon, in the transport service, arrived from Southamp- o„ s. Stanhope, to be Commanders; Mr. Peter Francis, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-May 73. in the department which was under his (applicant's) • g g To
of which there is so little thrift as religious zeal. In this our right trusty and right entirely-beloved cousin A fair supply of wheat to-day ; a very trifling amount_l
and councillor, Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset ; business done, though the growers would have subssittvu
ton and Gibraltar on the 6th, having' on board RearAd- Master, promoted to be retired Commander. • management, and had always discharged his duties pro- metropolis, and everywhere •
else, we dare say, morality
Our trusty and well beloved Edward Henry Stanley, to a reduction of fully is per qr. No barley at market.
miral Sir M. Stopford, on his return from sick leave, to
MANSION-HOUSE.-Thomas Turnbull, a young perly. Applicant had always believed him to be a very and religion are urged with a force which, were it only, so
resume his duties as Arimiral Superintendent of , Malta
and ions commonly called Lord Stanley • Beans and peas unaltered in value.
man of respectable appearance and address, appeared good p man, but enthusiastic, and occasionally to speak, well engineered, would make this another s '
Para- right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Sidney eta
Dockyard. T.IIE CRIMEA. eccentric. Some
PER QUARTER. PER QUAR ._
before Sir H. Muggeridge, upon a summons under re- years ago he disappeared, and re- dise. Unluckily, it runs to waste like a mountain torrent Herbert -
"Her Majesty's steam transport Helper arrived from ---o-
markable circumstances, of which the following is a con- mained absent for some weeks, to the great concern of or a marsh; and you have it either foaming with impetuous o.;
Our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Edward ' Wheat, red (01d)... 62s to 68r Barley, grinding ... 365 to 4,*
Ditto (new)
Plymouth and Gibraltar on the 7th, with biscuit for the The fll 'e o owing extract of a letter from a young dense(' account, his friends, who published handbills offering a reward selt-will or fermenting in idleness. This bad economy of •
Ellice ••
Ditto, white 7os to 74s Peas
commissariat at Constantinople. naval officer to his mother may not be uninterest- Air. E. Bateman, commission merchant, of No. 13, .
for his recovery. Applicant could offer no excuse for virtue begins very low where some would hardly think it
• Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Buckley Wynyard, Ditto (old) - existedatall. Go • '
into any lane or court of this city, and
E • L• t t G I f
squire, su enan - enera o our forces, Companion of Barley, malting ... 40s to 44s Flour per sack ••• -s to --4
" The City of London steam-transport, from Genoa, • • •
ing to the public :- George-street, Man'ion-house, said, on Thursday, the his conduct
the whole day long you hear mothers screaming the filial
arrived this morning with oxen for the British commis-
for by supposing that he was under the influence of somethe Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; 1
sariat. "Her Majesty's ship --, Kazatch Bay, Bth inst., I called. upon the defendant, in consequence of
duties into their children, bawlin obedience, ilculcatin AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING MAY 10, 1856*
temporary derangement. g g Our trusty and well beloved Sir De Lacy Evans, Lieu-
April 26, 1856. baying beard that he had called at my place. I saw him quiet at the full pitch of their throats recommending
Wheat
" The Kangaroo and Bahiana steam-transports left
Mr. Henry said that was entirel a uestion for a 'in , g tenant-General of our forces, Knight Grand Cross of the
"My dearest Mother,-Agreeably to my promise, lat an office in Lime-street where his name is y q iY• order with frantic gestures, and peace with blows. At
Oats
Bath
It H
sold
for Constantinople on the 4th, the former conveying his
' painted H Id not di' hHe could
Our trusty well-beloved Sir Harry David Jones, Peas -
11, Os Chi
Excellency Nonni Pasha.
that he was not sane at the time he committed the of-Sebastopol and its environs, with the hope that it may buying now as he had done, and I told him that anyone another the Ten Commandments in the copious dialect
Barley
Major-General of our forces, with the local rank of Lieu- PP
"The Emperor steam-transport left for the same des- Sebastopol
but his friends couldd. set up that defence at the nLealumny. and sneer. But it is the same everywhere.
Beans
tenant-General in Turkey, Knight Commander of the PP
tination on the sth, conveying Lieut.-Col. Francis San- afford you some little amusement, together with any transaction I had with him must be for prompt cash or
ence'
if they le The facts of the case were too Wisdom cries in our streets. Fortiter in mods is every-
key, of the Osmanli Cavalry, the Rev. Mr. Good, and subject of interest which may occur ere I wind up this cheque on delivery. He said, " Very well ; I'll come
sessions
to leave a pleased,
of Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; ---
clear the intention to steal. He or- where the motto of virtue in these days. W hat magus-
Mr. Nixon. letter, on." And he returned with me to my warehouse, where
Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Henry John William
1 HULL-MAY 13.
dared his breakfast, and, while the , Mrs Holt trates, what gaols, what punishments what enormous
; h
"The Chester steam-transport arrived on the sth from "To proceed :-On the morning of the leth, at seven, he began to select a quantity of Scotch and Swiss mus-
was gettin it read h • ' expense in a state which maintains as a fundamental Bentinck Major-General of our forces, with the local rank I A small supply of wheat from the armors, but which
e put the pork pie in his pocket. of Lieutenant-General in Turkey, Knight Commander of i met slow sale at barely last Tuesday's rates, runs of Te".
Balaklava and Constantinople with shot and shell, bring- the doctor and I started with the intention of seeing lins. He selected about 300 pieces of muslin, of the value
Then beingg taxed sevi't• . maxim that for every good purpose "Heaven's first law, ing Mr. Wright, 123 Maltese, 1 lonian, and 1 Sardinian, every object of interest that we possibly could. I pro- of 120/. or. 130/., and requested me to send him in 57 nit he denied that he bad taken it, is to let people alone !" Our preachers somehow don't get the bloat Honourable Order of the Bath ; 'e63lbs. fetching 67s to 69s to the grower. Foreign in Jai
in'
andpersisted in the denial till it
was found in his ocket rusty and well-beloved George Carr Glyn, Esquire ; ; proved request, and all kinds ls. dearer. Barley more
vided myself with sandwiches and two pair of flannel pieces, which amounted to 18/ , and said he would give P • the poor to church, but then they give it them well for
les!
muleteers and carters.
I Another fact, which was his assertion that he Our trusty and vsell-beloved Edward Robt. Wetherell, ' qured for. Beans is dearer. Oats a fair sale at
against. not coming. Would they only come, they would hear .a
Esq. Colonel in Army, C 'of th 1 week's
Linseed' e an
" The Brandon eteam-transport arrived from Constan- socks-the one to comfort my stomach, the other for my a cheque for 15/. or 18/. on account of those goods.
to a for it
omtpanion e Most
sTates.
Bones
unaltered, but cakes are scare
wells that he had paid for his break- good account of themselves. In fact, relieion is no longer
tinople on the 6th with 120 horses and 164 non commis- feet. We walked very fast, and managed to reach Sebes- said "give me a small cheque on account," and if he had
meantfnd had the Hone' uratalOrooufrthe Lath, s dearer, continue depressed.
sioned officers and privates of the Sardinian Horse Ar- lapel in one hour and a half (the distance of six miles). done so I should have felt confidence sufficient to trust
word about the • pie.
change in his pocket without say- a thing of grace, a home for the broken-hearted, a deli-
Whereas we have deemed it fileedlinegn that a Commis. I ' 0
verance for the captives, or any of those sweet things it • 8 8 I O.
tillery, and 10 Sisters of Mercy, and left for Spezzia on We were fortunate enough to arrive at the waterside just him again. lie then left me, and I sent the goods by my ing
the
~
slO/1 should issue for the purpose of inquiring into the ass- ; Wheat En lish red 64 to "OP e and black -- to ...‘
applicant suggested that his worship might deal ',vas once reported to be; it is all yelling and howling, alms- I
Ditto ' ' g ' ' Peas g
y w 55
the 7th. as a Russian boat was starting for the north side, and brother, to Lime-street, with instructions not to leave
tom by which gentlemen are permitted to enter our ser- white 70 to 74 Linseed, Black Sea... 50
with the cage summarily. The risoner's friends would ing, stigmatising, anathematising, sending men • -
"The Derwent steam-transport arrived on the 7th •of course availed ourselves of the opportunity. A French them, under any circumstances, without the money, and
vice, and officers in our army are allowed to be advanced ! Dantzie and Konigs- Ditto P tersburgh ... -t° roc mm mend him toplead . P the wrong way all denouncing,
round, and for every imaginable reason.
that I E,aicl in the presence of the defendant. My brother guilty.
by thepurchase of Commissions at fixed prices,and 1. - -
like- ; berg
from Constantinople with Or'dnacce stores for England. corporal attempted to prevent us, as we bad no permis-
Momr. Henrylt On the first provocation you have your cantankerous agi- •• .
y declined to act on the
_- to es•
returned ire about half an hour with the defendant, butsuggestion. wise to retire from our service by the sale of the acme; i
I Pomeranianand Ham- angel
"The Australian steam-transport left on the sth for sion, but we managed to give him the slip. Well, we
ould not even be the b tators, with their armies of signatures and three whole without the gods or the money. My brother made a est course for the prisoner. If and that the said Commission should report to us whether I burgh
columns of pious grimace, screeching against the poor
England, conveying Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, Mr. „d mrs. got safely over, and obtained a magnificent view of the
would
friends could show
it may be expedient to make any changes in the existing D„eeh, 38ta 44
communication to me, and I then said to the defend- jury . that. he was not in his right mind
Holstein, and Memel
creatures who try to refresh themselves somewhat less
Mtlienzie and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Walker, in south side. All that remains of the once-splendid forts
system. per Tele
the would acquit him on that
Friesland 57 to 60
ant, "where is the money ?" He replied, " Oh, I wasground. coarsely than usual. What a start the world would make
50 ou
addition to the military passengers (already reported) is nothing but a heap of stones-no vestige of a fort left.
On the prisoner,
George Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confi-
ne_ Carey, being placed at the for the better if but a hundredth part of all this energy , . . . . . Russian and Odessa 58 to 60Lins. c., Hull /Osto 91 gi
very short myself, but I have asked my friend,
who came by her from the Levant. " After a highly philosophical discourse on the mute- very
in your zeal, discretion, and ability, have authorised Oats Enelish
bar, Mrs. Holt expressed herself desirous ofwithdrawing were employed • • ' the fallen • t eth • the "
Mr. Hors to lend me the money," I said " Have you
.in raising- e, in s rene ening
The Royal Albert, screw steam line-of-battle ship, left bility of human affairs, &c., we wended our way to see
from the prosecution. In answer to a question, she ad- weak, in soothing the afflicted, or in doing some
.so.rt of
e and appointed, and do by these presents authorise and cep- Ditto Danish
1 0
Valetta harbour on the sth for a few days' cruise in the the far-famed Constantine, where we met with much got it . He said "no, we want the rest of the goods from
that some of his sent in." I said I should do nothing of the kind, as I M
instead of these rohibitions point you, the said Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset,
good, perpetual
.r.' . Edward Henry Stanley, Sidney Herbert, Edward Ellice, Ditto Friesland
7 p .. ... oe
Malta channel, civility from the Russians. The fort is tremendously
begged her to forgive him, shouted in the ears of people whose whole hie is one ofDitto •
Russian 50 25 to 26 Rape cakes -s Od to 13
...s,
would not trust him a penny. He said, "Never mind,
Edward Buckley W a y yard, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Henry
y Bailey, malting
" Her Majesty's steam-packet Caradoc left for Mar- powerful, but not very heavily armed-no gun being
committed for •
friend Bateman, come back with me." I said "I won't He was
Robert ntiam en inc , George Carr Glyn, and Edward Ditto grinding 34 to 393itto foreign
15‘
seilles on the sth, to relieve the Odin steam-frigate, or- heavier than a 46-pounder. The men are well sheltered;
most religionists and moralists can do. They can attend a
e herall, to be our Commissioners for the pur- Beans
dered back to Malta, and remain in her stead, awaiting in fact no shot can touch them ; and there are plenty of have. your cheque or your money ;, I'll have the goods
LAMBETH.-R bert Everest- '
alias
Utak' sent to you, And I said "I 11 have nothing more . . 0, 8 Humlett who de- meeting and hear one speech more stupid and harsh than
poses aforesaid ; and we do hereby authorise and empower Ditto foreign
the Commander-in-Chief, Sir E. Lyons. outlets for the smoke to escape. We then had a good
another; they can sign a petition in a dozen places, if ne-
scribed himself as a pickle dealer, residing at 88 Union- 3,, ouri; saddcmpaion or any three or more of Peas, white and yel. 35 to 38!Flour, per brl. 350.
" Her Majesty'sscrew steam-corvetteHighflyer, which look at the Wasp Fort, which annoyed our shipping so to say to you, but my brother shall go back and get the , r g , cessary, but they cannot do good to single soul, nor
thereupon by the street La beth h
goods." I sent my brother with the defendant for the 1 M , was rougnt sip for further examination supply anything better is place of all the ordinary sources you,
• tt. obtainall information
left on the 3d for Spithead with 20 men of the 'Horse much during the sea attack. A shell from us fell in here
amnia ion of persons most competent, by rea-
ex-
Artillery, returned to port on the sth, in consequence of and killed 28 men. After seeing these we did not think goods, but he returned to me without them ; and on Sa- on two charges of robbery. of recreation they are so industriously withholding.
son of their knowledge, habits, or experience,
SEABORNE MAILS.
having fractured the spindle of the expansion valve, the it worth our while to look at the other two forts •so we The first was that of a robbery at the Zoological us take
turday morning I went to the defendant's counting-house case Let the fact as it stands, or as it stood on Sun-
to afford it, and also by calling for all documents,papers, Arms beer-house, in Penton-place, Walwortb, where day last, and as admitted by all sides. About 80,000 per-
__we_
repairing of which at sea would have caused a detention made up our minds to walk right round Sebastopol' and demanded my goods. He said he was extremely sorry,
or records which may appear
to you, or three or more
about 15/. in Id and silver was stolen from the bed- sons went to hear the band in Kensington-gardens;
.as
malls are sent from the General Post 01P°
of at least four days. She took a fresh departure this Harbour towards the Tchernaya, and we found it a tie- but he had sold the goods to Mr. Hurst, and Mr. Hurst
of you, calculated to assist yourany d t'l'4 • iguldes that the
researches,
an o promote a s
Pmany, or more, in Regent's- ark and as many in Victoria-
sy the night-and 51 by the morning-despatch.)
morning. mendons undertaking, it being a very hot day, and had sold them again. I asked him what right he room of the landlord,
P ' the formation of a sound judgment upon the subject. park. The great bulk of these were decent-looking people
In the second case Luc a swell-dressed s d res e and And we do hereby command and require you, or any -----•,.. _
" Her Majesty's steam corvette Spiteful arrived from our route over cliffs, tee. We were, however, well had to sell my goods without delivery note or in-
d-lookin young yConstable,
of the humbler classes, who came out to eifoy the fresh air oay Wadri Blade ul, "trial V/ ,it W"P
Tripoli on the 7th, bringing Mr. Vice-Consul Recede, repaid for our trouble, as we saw much to interest vOice from me ? He then called Mr. Hurst, and g,OO
o t "gtY°ll. e, woman, who gave her evidence with
and listen to music of the slow and solemnjcharacter. That three or more of you, to report to us, under your hands and ouryNTßimi. in General Post- port due l','l.
t e utm sin e igence an frankness, said-On the 24th seals, with all convenient speed, your opinion whether it Office, London.* Dispatche . Eneigt....
wife, and son. , us. Here are caves cut into the solid rock, and also they threatened to turn me out off the office. I n
a quarter of a million of people were all of them as holy,
of Jan. last I wag servant to Mr. Knott, of 15, Sather •may be expedient to make any, and, if any, what changes
_________,...._ ______ ---
"The French screw line-of-battle ship Flettrus, con- a chapel manufactured by the same extraordinary pro- said I would not go without the goods, and they
as pure, as benevolent, as wise, and as good as Mr. Edwara veying 1,054 officers, non-commissioned officers, and toss-all done by the early Christians many and many a called in a constable. Mr. Hurst said to the defen- lan
acquainted
rde,
Withal
the prisoner.
while in his service I became Baines would perhaps be an overestimate of metropolitan in
Flires Firstly, Gentlemen
which,
to purchase first co '
are permitted ne- aTacet:oeiny..lo...i.t. '',,,
emerticaosenriut.pea;3e Every Friday .. , • Liverpool _15E1177
privates from the seat of war, took her departure on the long year ago, to avoid persecution. There is also a dant " You are a - fool for saying you had got the
awcaqs I a Sunday with
prisoner. The first time I saw him piety ;at the same time we must say that Mr. Baines has mission,!
in our army, ss •• a se - • Liverpool
sth fcr Marseilles. tunnel, 2,000 feet in length, cut through the solid rock, goods. You've been so all your life, and I suppose on . evening, a fortnight before the robbery, no right to describe them as consisting in great part "of
Secondly, Officers are permitted to purchase any higher kn.-1.., erie,a (by U. States,
~actor) ...- ... k "' .•• • • • Sotithamoton
"The French steam-frigate Vauban, having on board It is part of the magnificent aqueduct. you'll remain so." This was in consequence of the de- when while I was speaking at the front gate with the vicious persons of both sexes who came to seduce the • .
lions,
commis
anti (via emote
which servant of Mr. Squires he and another fondant having admitted the receipt of the goods, w
who man came past, young and unsuspecting,' We ono ' d t see why apparel
Thirdly, Officers are permitted to retire from our army taasintseton) ... .... ....M -••••-•• • • Southamper,
562 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, "We were rather tired by this time, so we halted and
with the sailing line-of-battle ship Hercule in tow, with comforted ourselves with the sandwiches, and made fie s Hurst had just before denied. The constable requested Tho man accompanied the prisoner on that occasion proper for the day is to be described as " Sunday finery,"
by the sale of their commissions, all at prices established Ditto (via Marseilles) Nor why the wearers le ing themselves into circumstances of whether lt. f 1 a I likewise . ' 4, d
our royal predecessors, ann. Ditto (via Cape a ioo
a ions o. o
0
other 1,119 arrived from Milo on the 7th. Both left on quest applications to a very suspicious-looking bottle. me to withdraw and apply at the Mansion-house. I saw at Horeemonger-lane Prison yesterday. When
extreme peril by standing for half an hour to listen to
•• - . . Ewa°
the sanction thus given to first entry into our :Elope) •••• •• - - ••Il 230 .. ,
the same evening, the former for Oran, the latter for We bathed our feet in the river, and found ourselves fen- they were passine us b the man in •
Cross-examined by Mr. Green, solicitor to the de _ _ , y the prison (Brown)
music among others also in their Sundays best. Mr3.nrica n West. C0a1t)....e o. the moot, ..
said, "There are two nice-looking girls,' and the pri- 3_,i is - • --4 ik 3() „, „,_ Plymouth ••
knexanitna..........l. 8, ,„,,_. -,-(1 •,,..rever ......
Phillipville. much refreshed. dant-I have had previous transactions with the defen- said,
pleased to consider the crowd to consist only of
by sale of commissions has been beneficial or other- •
"The Minna steam-transport, from Liverpool, in the "By the bye, I had almost forgotten to tell you that dant, which were paid by bills that were dishonoured, sonar replied, but don't want to
thing - - "Yes,"
they
but afterwards paid. The invoice produced, dated 12th mg to say to us. They then stopped and kept in
have any seducers and those who are only waiting to be seduced ; uTntt th • t 4 '
generally. xmAria----.?"1,n;•0 7_otll of rai,:•Southampto•
but we deny the fact that -every one who listens to a wssAehitis e interests and character
o. ?teal-inss, ...._ ...:.:
osilly°.f. the
'algri
' ' toramptcn
French service, with iron boats and provisions, arrived one part of the river is tenanted by countless numbers
ti
on the 7th, bound for Kamiesh, having on board four of enormous frogs, which keep up an incessant croaking of May, 1856, in the defendant's handwriting, is not a conversation with us for about half an hour, and asked military band is "lost to the sanctuary." Indeed we dain thZt7iis our Col=ic:n shall lontintl presents
for:e 3ragzir...::::::::. ~ NT 9th of tho month.. Soutelfan;;;; ilsaillYl6.
French soldiers. from morning till night. correct amount. The letter produced is in my writing, us if we ever went out, and we told them not often. iznow most excellent and even scrupulous people who on
and 'and said • • ouenos Ayres
virtue, that you, our Commissioners, or any .„ o, ----- •-'
'I 9th ot the moat-- Southamg.on, may 16. if
They asked us to go and have a glass of wine with them, the
.continent,. out of the reach of British twaddle and
Various port unceeti"
"The Lady Alice Lambton steamer arrived with a "We went up the same ravine by which the Russians but I lent the defendant more money, which was the
three or more of you may from time to time proceed in 'SaPeth '•ce" "1:"' "I'
Cape of Good Hope ../q
but we refused, I asked the prisoner what he was, and British hypocrisy, go as a matter of course to the parade
the execution thereof,and
general cargo from London, for Malta and Constanti- surprised our troops on the morning of the battle of set-off against the allowance,
sr the gardens, where the poor benighted Papists and the
contained, although the same be not contained from time Ceylon (see Inttla) ..
nople, on the sth. Inkerman, and we soon arrived at that memorable and To Sir Henry Muggeridge-There is nothing due from he said he was an author, and wrote for the papers. On '
Protestants, equally dark, it appears, walk up and down
Ceylon ........ - - ..N,
me to the defendant. It was the distinct understanding the following Sunday evening they (the prisoner and to time by adjournment.
( lilst
"The Butjadingen Oldenburg screw steamer, from blood strained spot where our Guards gave them such a
and hear military bands. They are not lost to the sane-
firi'illaial Isle - .-.- p,''Men•••Wed.,Sclsrls• And for your further assistance in the execution of these ;Southampton mall.
Gibraltar, with a general cargo, arrived on the 6th, reception, and hare we stood for some time in deep me- between the defendant and me that I would not let the Brown) came ag iin, when master and mietress were at t thous y b
uary, even oug y • force of habit they prefer them-
ewer ou to a - 'min.- •• •• •• ••• •-• eelat Sc 17th of monni•;southampto
presents,we do
church, and wished me to gn, but I told them I knew hereb authorise and em y P )
. e,1,,,..„
~,,_•
~ _
... ;once a month,,,, may 2°
" The Waldensian screw steamer left for Tunis on the dilation. At our feet lay the valley of the Tchernaya goods be left without the money.
selves the English mod©, when they are in England. As.
Dint s t t this Commission
andosn a ecre ary o . our whose services . neassentinopie ~....s, ,8113,18,23,&280t , Doter.-,,,,
3d, being chartered to convey Malsomedan pilgrims, with its beautiful river meandering through splendid Mr. S uiree'e were at ho e
Edward Bateman, clerk and warehouseman to the Mary's family (. . q ) vu , and I could to the music, M Baines may possibly be of a very sus -
assistance. we cequire you to use from time to time as ' Constantinople .• _ _ ..!4_,wht2flth et -non, thence to Alexandria, en route for the Holy Shrine at pastures, and then lost in the distant hills around Balak- prosecutor, said-When the defendant called on the Bth not go. On the next Sunday evening, five minutes after ceptible nature. Very likely "the strains of martial
Cont. of Europa,.. M •-•% Nr le daily ••• • • • 'Dover .... • . odd
Mecca, lava. A bridge across marked the scene of the sanguin- inst. he said he was shipping drills and prints. We deal master and mistress had gone out, I heard a ring at the music" may in his case "cause the pulse to bound, and fire occasion may
i matayourerir l&ruer't, at St. James's, '
the tenth day of Egypt (5,..3 India) , ,
" Tee Lady Borradaile screw steamer, from Ka. ary struggle between our brave aides, the Sardinians, in those goods, but had none in stock, only pat- hell, and on going to the door I found the prisoner there, the imagination," in a manner " wholly out of accordance
terns, as we sell by commission- I told him I would tell and after a few minutes' conversation I asked him into with the sacred repose of the Sabbath." But we should May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the Franca ••-••.. M ,k :‘, (Twice dail.l-•• •• • • IDover .... Twieedslll
,rlibraltar -_„, ~ „ :al 4, T. 17, 20. 27 t frn. South unpto
nie.b, with wool, grain, and silk, left on the 6th for and the enemy. We forgot the trouble it cost us to
nineteenth year of our reign.
Greece (see India)
London, arrive there, and gazed in wonder at the spot. my brother to call upon him, and I went to Lime street the house and took him into the back parlour. While think that the effect of a military march on most minds is
By her Majesty's command. urcytown _ _ _ _
.• se 2nd & i 7th of men, Soot` not veiyiffterent from that of an anthem, or even an o.rdi-
ace rein-, gly and waited outside while my brother went in. there he said he should very much like to introduce me
(Signed) PAN'MURE• llamourgli ..........N,Tue3day PPA
-, -.-,lft.Y London .....
"The Mersey, French postal steamer, with the mails "It was now getting late, so we considered it advis-
I afterwards heard the defendant say, at our counting- to his sister, who was then coining from the Elephant
,idanryerpau. maze. It is notorious that the effect of music i
.____ i1,,,,,,,,,,i.mh
.......... NI 2nd of the montrSouthamptor,'June I
from Alexandria, ;arrived on the 7th, bringing among able to make the best of our way to Kazatch ; but a very
house, that SwisS muslins and Scotch muslin, suited and Castle to see us, and, after much persuasion, I went mach ha in accordance. with the . usual bunt. . the. .
MAY 10, 1856. qolland .. •... _ ,_,.51 Daily- •• •• • • ....,bover ....... Daily
other passengers 'Bishop G-ohat, of Jerusalem, and Count agreeable surprise awaited us, for on reaching the top of
Zearer. is species of stimulus which sets his itnagi- ..„,,i,idura,•
..........svl7t i e !the month•Southamptor li6thotao
him very well, and he selected some goods, the terms upstairs, put on my bonnet and cloak, and went out with The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders "11 4tl `,ot, 'l' 0
de Boisserolle. a high hill we observed the whole English army being nation at work in its customary 'and, no
train ; - aof moo. Plymouth ••.4 & 20
tne appointment of Lieut. John Archibald Ballard
for which were to he him. We walked towards the Old Ken -r ad
prompt cash. My brother said to . . to , when we whether it is a hymn or one of rfandel's choruses, or an, fn Ice (via Marne ine2)ll,l ,9th& 25th of month ,Dover ......j
" Toe French mail steamer from Constantinople is just reviewed by General Codrington. As far as the eye .
Lieut.-Colonel in the service of his Imperial Majesty the lonian fsles (see rneesel•le 1.7 e, &27 of monlDover......
_,,,
me, in the defendaut's presence, that the defendant went into a putnic-house, and celled for a glass of brandy overture or any slow movenseut from an opera, it simply
could reach the ground was covered with deuce masses
Sultan ; Lieut. Christopher Charles Teesdale, Lieut.-Col. Ireland. ..,.....5f lb 1•11,7,
_e_aailly2• a• • Ilelsheed .l,rivieedsso
signalled, and also a French war steamer from the East.
would give me a cheque, and that I was not to leave and water. I told him he must know that his sister was gives a brighter hue, a wanner sentiment, and a quicker
"The East Kent Militia has received orders to hold of cavalry and infantry. A great many ladies were pre-
he service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan and 5e5een..........._ ss Fa 4, 14, 27 or m.•Southampton,mayi6
the goods without it, and I also got instructions to get not corning, and he said she really was, but as she lived it, circulation to his ideas. When this sensation is enjoyed, I'' • •s ss , • '9h ot the montens •,h
itself in readiness to leave for England." sent, and amongst them Russians riding in carriages.
the cheque immediately cashed in case it should be dos- the neighbourhood he would go and learn the cause. He with leisure and rest on the green sward, in the sight of apt. Henry Langhorne Thomson, Major in the service of , - M. 230 1 - , oa• amptos
o month • ...ILiverpool ...
his Imperial Majestye the Sultan, to be Honorary Members I lia leira • • - • • !• •• . • 7''' i
The London, 90, Captain William H. Jervis ; the We heard that the French army had been reviewed in
honoured. The defendant said he would go along with then went out, and was away about five minutes, and on greenh trees, water, blue sky, and Heaven, it is at least
of the Military Division of the Third Class or Companions ?111:1, (see India) ,
„,
8,18, & 28 of men. •
ipoyer -• ••• - 4,-20.111°'
hospital-ship Belleisle, 6, Commander James Hosken ; the morning. It was a truly grand spectacle, and we
me, and give me the cheque. It was also said by my returning said his sister had left home for the purpose of healthy
likely to conjure up p7e recollections and
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and Dr. eteentitis7;;;;;l'si;,.i - i
the paddle-wheel steam frigate Dragon, 6, Captain Wil- were much gratified. We now began to think it time
brother, "Let . this be fully underst god that this has no- seeing us, and that we must have passed her, but we associationst thannthwthen it is experienced in theth
, Humphry Sand with, late Inspector-General of Hospitals `,Ti.nrithis ......... ~;11,1th of the month 1
liam .H. Stewart; and the paddle-wheel steam-ship Bull- to return ;we had walked a distance of 35 miles,
subujanc
thing to do with any previous transaction," and the should be sure to see her as she had on a white bonnet law,
of
spiritueoruswonrssvi he additiou, imposed by e
in the service of his Imperial Majesty the 'Sultan, to be ilexico
............m;tlliot_qlc montt.: Sonthamptfn:Bro. 15
dog, 6, Commander Alexander C. Gordon, left Plymouth and our feet gave out : mine are exceedingly tender.
i.q,,, ._,P.P.ithoftrion•Dover ......
an Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Third •N'a-'1" -a-,•a •• ••
defendant sa.id, "It shad not." I then took two with blue ribbons. The prisoner said he had an appoint-
gess, Granada ......A1 ,i'.., I.7thof mouthlSouthamptor,
on Sunday, for the Crimea, to embark troops for Eng- We were very tired, and got on board at 8 p.m.,
Te question is on% of ' • I simp e expediency. Of course,
Class or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. tiew ze3,anc........ i
,By private slip ..IVarious port aeneertals
land, where we refreshed with fowl and ham and champagne boxes containing 57 pieces of muslin to Lime-street, ntent to meet a roan at the Elephant and Castle at 8 there are plenty of people ready to catch at our use of the
WHITEHALL, MAY 12. Pii.,3lNtrit9S ~,,,, „ ~Is: sthlsth2f,thotoon•lDover ......
The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, Captain William ( which the doctor kindly invited me to), and we chatted and was to bring back a cheque for 15/. or 20/., o'clock, and agreed to meet me at the bottom of word, and consign us somewhere without a moment's de- I
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to P „wt Tthl7th27thofmon 'Souther/1 ton
faro ••" "" • ".; as & 27th of mon:14o t' P 1
Ramsay, for Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sa- over the events of the day, and how truly fortunate we or something between those sums, but nothing under Sutberlaml-square at one o'clock on the next day, when lay. We mean that it is a question of expediency, in
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a. E,!,?! N•1••1••• •• ••• • -• Is,
-,,,. lay private ship 'lr u.hampton
turday, and went into Harnoaze on Nlonday, with royal were to have seen everything in one day. 1 fit. The defendant came up accompanied by one I was to have a holiday, to take me to the British the same sense as when one decides whether to have a
iiaTonet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
~,,',,,'4,,, 1 4-
.•"
" " "."
sthleth2sth fin.,, armus portsUncer ti.
yards across. Her crew are ordered to be paid off, and " I send you specimens of some wild flowers, which I of the Mr. Hurste, and at his desire I followed Museum. I then hastened home, and on reaching
the girl taught mush, at all ; or, if any, whether auy be-
lend unto Ml'or-General William Fenwick Willi f -I' -••-•• - "
ams• o raiicany ..,.........14,
1., , • o on, Dover ......
sthl,tll2sthofmon.iDover ......
sides religious music. No law, humen or divine, can be
him and Mr. Hurst into the private office up-stairs, front door I found it open. On going in I found the
Kars Knight of the Most Honourable Order ,* 1- 2d 17th ofmonibigto th I'.
r olezue ._ _ ...... In - a-amp-a '&1600
she is to be recommissioned. gathered as a memento of the interesting scenes we
shown against listening to music of a soothine refining , e -
visited I believe we are under orders for where they spoke together for some time. After waiting plate basket empty,
_and all the things in my mistress's ' have ' of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully Van Diemen'sL,no (le,
The screw stearrashipConqueror, 100 Captain Thomas
and elevating character
occasiontea to discuss whether a man may lawfully listen to a eg° orlon.
WHITEFIALL, MAY 13. wc,, ,„,,,,,„ • .
~„ i , 7tb oi month )3,onthamptonl
...ro
Devonport on Monday. "There are lying at this place Valorous, Cyclops,
lt I • h
wa zor a popu ar air on t at day, for the music in goes- present the cheque. The elder Mr. Hurst came in, and inflicted a wound on my throat. The witness here The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
tion is of the slow, solemn sort. Taking, then, the sort of Wheneny of these ,rates fall i a swedes,
The steam gun-boat Rambler was taken into the basin Sidon, Stromboli, Sitnoom, Wye (condensing vessel),
and the defendant held some conversation with hine, and became much affected, sobbed aloud, while the tears people that dress in " their Sunday finery," as Mr. Baines Matthew Talbot Baines to be the Fourth Charity Commis- 99atched on tho following da r%th thia the malls veLil.c ~.,4i
dock at Devonport on Monday. Supply, and Banshee ; they will all leave for England
a piece of paper passed from the former to the latter. I rolled down her cheeks. In continuation she said that expresses it, and gather round the band, we have only to Riefler for England and Wales, in the room of the Right outhampton), and the MaltZ'both of whfcxgegribi:l the al. st; /I
match..
The Tribune, 30, Captain Edgell, arrived at Spithead shortly,
requested that the cheque might be given to. me, or I she had been taken to the hospital on the evening in ask whether it a gain or a loss that they are found there. Hon. Lord J. Russell, resigned. ur.seedlng daY•
yesterday from Malta, with Lord Dalhousie and suite, " Rear-Admiral Fremantle has plenty to do in ern-
Epould take the goods back. Mr. Hurst easd,_ r Mr. question, and remained there for soma days. In her We do no?t hesitate one instant to decide that it is an im- FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 12.
three marine invalids, six seamen invalids, and five dig. barking the troops at Balaklava. Sir Houston Stewart
rurehull has the cheque, and he will take it with you cross-examination by Mr. Solomons she said that the mouse gain. Ou Side point we fully believe the evidence The Queen has boon pleased to approve of Mr. Joao
LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.
is at Malta, and Sir E. Lyons has not yet returned from
himself, and who says er u ianoFernandes o rega asConsul a Demerara for
to Mr. Bateman." in Superintendent ofclergyman who t t f Tt 1. N b •t D •
a
tressed British subjects. She passed on going up Chan- is
placed the goods the office, statement she made to Mr. Lund and
net the Nimroud from Sydney for London ; the Glori- England
Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves.
and walked away with the defendant, believing that he Sergeant Coppin on the evening of the robbery was un-
that of the vast crowd ho witnessed in Kensington-gardens his
aua, from Calcutta for London ; the Salamander, from "Ever your affectionate son,
on Sunday last "full 70 out of every 100 were such as would DOWNING-STREET, MAT 13. LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.
~
~, had the cheque. In going along, the defendant said true, but she subsequently confessed
the whole truth,
Bombay, &c.
be found in places
where they ought not to be, were it not The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Robert ,
In conclusion she
Le would go and get the cheque changed; b told said the prisoner had all throw hm‘noic Exe
I
e
HAMM-The market has been dull to dell
_
The Gergon, 6, paddle-frigate, Capt. E. B. Crawford, - ---g
for the innocent recreation thus afforded them." No doubt, Smith to be Chaplain of. the Scots Kirk, at Kandy, in the
him to come with me to the counting-house, as it acted towards her in a gentlemanly manner.
but prices are a shade lower than yesterday, closing at Ts"'
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Westward with ETONIANS IN THE CRIMEA. he means they would be in the so-called tea-gardens or the Island of Ceylon ; Douglas Wales, Es to to be Harbour
...--
wanted three minutes to four o'clock. He did so, and Mary O'Brien, servant to Mr. Squire, 17, Suther- less disguised
gin palaces, wholly beyond the influence of Master of Fort Louis, in ;the Island of Mauritius ;and following rates:-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 88i 9 94 e
two new gun boats and a new mortar-vessel in tow.
• South Easterns, 201 21 -Midlands, 741 i 11-Lontio'
es. I told my brother what
had passed, and then defendant land-square, clearly identified the prisoner and the man superior minds. Assuming this estimate, here were fifty Henry Connor Esq. to be Assessor to the Native Chiefs
k,
The sailing transport Minden, No. 122, left Ports- Yest d blic meetin of Etonian
,eraya pu . g s was held at sa,id he es•anted altsthe other goods in before a cheque Brown as the persons who had spoken to her and the or sixty thousand persons round one band alone, listening within the Protected Territories near or adjacent to the snd North Western, 993 i I-North Eastern, Berwis
mouth for Deptford yesterday after discharging the ex- • •
IN-Great Western of Canada, 261 3-Borough Bank'
Willis a Rooms, Kin street St. James's, for the pur- was given. My. brother said no more goods should go last witness a fortnight before the robbery, and added to solemn music, just as sacred, in fact, as au ordinary Settlements on the Gold Coast. '
convicts she brought from Gibraltar.
I.os.
pose of taking measures to perpetuate the memory of in, and he would not then take his cheque, and I was that on the evening of the robbery she had seen a person chorus out of an oratorio, under the soothing and purifying BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 12.
The Oneida, steam transport, No. 222, left Portsmouth
influences of nature, without any other stimulus, who The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of .
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such of their schoolfellows as perished during the late to go and get the zoods back. The defendant did not answering in every respect the description of Brown
yesterday with the Bth Hussars, for Kingstown, Ireland.
have been at the bar or in the gardens of a public- Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, BIRMINGHAM MAY 13.
war with Russia offer my brother a cheque ; but if my brother sent in come out of Mr. Knott's house, leaving the door open um .
a--- es--- -_ - '
The Orion, steam two-decker, Captain Erskine, is '
house simply stupefying themselves. This we call a gain. 1-.1,,,,,,A, 4,1,. q......i.....- -4. 0...._ .r._._ ,__,____ . r.•_,___ _ _
On the motion of the Earl of Malmesbury his Grace the whole of the goods (amounting to about 1301.), he after him. _
ordered from Spithead to Plymouth, - - -

The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, Captain William
Ramsay, for Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sa-
turday, and went into Hamoaze on Monday, with royal
yards across. Her crew are ordered to be paid off, and
she is to be recommissioned.
The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain Thomas
M. C. Symonds, was placed at her sailing moorings at
Devonport on Monday.
The steam gun-boat Rambler was taken into the basin
dock at Devonportqu Monday.
The Tribune, 30, Captain Edgell, arrived at Spithead
yesterday from Malta, with Lord Dalhousie and suite,
three marine invalids, six seamen invalids, and five dis-
tressed British subjects. She passed on going up Chan-
nel the Nimroud from Sydney for London ; the Glori-
aua, from Calcutta for London ; the Salamander, from
Bombay, &c.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle-frigate, Capt. E. B. Crawford,
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Westward with
two new gun-boats and a new mortar-vessel in tow.
The sailing transport Minden, No. 122, left Ports-
mouth for Deptford yesterday after discharging the ex-
convicts she brought from Gibraltar.
The Oneida, steam transport, No. 222, left Portsmouth
yesterday with the Bth Hussars, for Kingstown, Ireland.
The Orion, steam two-decker, Captain Erskine, is
ordered from Spithead to Plymouth.
The Fire Queen, steam-yacht, Master-Commander W.
F. Paul, went to Spithead yesterday, on the arrival of
the Tribune with Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, to pay
his complimentary visit to Lord Dalhousie, the ex-Gover-
nor-General of India, on arrival from the East.
Sixteen detachments of different corps, amounting to
upwards of 200 non-commissioned officers and men, com-
pleted a course of instruction at the School of Musketry,
Hythe, on the 10th inst., and about 30 officers passed
out at the same time. The prizes so liberally given by
Col. Hay at the conclusion of the course were awarded
as follows, viz. :—lndividual firing, to the best of the
whole—a serjeant of the Royal Marines ; the best shoot-
ing detachment—to the Royal Marines; the best judge
of distance—to a serjeant of the 42d Regiment. The
officers' subscription cup was won by Lieut. Hassard, of
the 6th Regiment.
Recent experiments with breech-loading arms, carried
on at this establishment, have given results highly favour-
able to this description of firearms. Many patterns of this
peculiar weapon have been under trial, and in some of
them defects hitherto observed to exist in arms of this de-
scription have been almost if not entirely remedied. The
results obtained from repeated and severe tests, and after
firing many thousand rounds, demonstrate the superi-
ority of the English and American breech-loading arms
to those of continental manufacture, and particularly the
much boasted needle-gun of the Prussian infantry.
The steam-transport Pacific, W. C. Thompson, com-
mander, reached Malta on the sth, having made the
run in eight days two hours from Portsmouth, six hours
of which she was hove-to off the Straits of Gibraltar, it
being too thick to enter. The weather was very bois•
terous during the passage, notwithstanding which she
has averaged over 300 miles per day since leaving Ports.
mouth. She was to leave Malta for the Crimea on
`Wednesday last.
Ye.terday afternoon the screw-steamers Royal William
and Princess arrived at Liverpool, from Dublin, with
29 officers and 590 men, belonging to the Royal Lanca-
shire Militia. The names of the officers are—Major
Chambers, Captains J. J. Middleton, G. D. Skingley,
T. G. Saker, J. P. Lord, Green wood, Creek, Robinson,
and Brereton ; Lieuts. C. Miller, H. Ogden, Tweedale,
Penton, Macdonald, Drury, Broadbent, Lawless, Hir-
ley, and Plunkett ' • Cornets Hassard and Tucker; Sur-
geon Jackson, and Assistant-Surgeon H. Hancer.
Captain S. G. Bunbury, commanding the depot of the
Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, has been directed to
hold in readiness a detachment, consisting of 66 hospital
orderlies belonging to that corps, who will proceed to
Chichester hospital this day, in charge of Assistant Staff
Captain R. S. Cole.
The Colonel-Commandant of the Provisional Battalion
at Chatham received an order from the War-office yes-
terday, directing him to hold in readiness the following
officers, who will embark with the detachments of regi-
ments
ifrom the depots at Chatham for India—viz., Capt.
zi Hn de, J. V. W. H. Webb, Lieut. T. M. Vincent, and
Ensign Blairs, Bth (the King's) Regiment; Lieut. F.
W. A. Parsons and Euei2,, Hill, 24th Regiment ; Cap-
tain Freer, Lieutenant
•Gregson, and Ensign
11. S. Simeon, 27th Enniskillens ; Lieut.' R. J. Knox,
Lieut. IT. E. Bennett, and Lieut. N. J. Crane, 32d
Regiment ; Lieut. W. H. Balingall, Lieut. W. W.
Sharlock, and Ensign Kemps,
Regiment
W.E
Ellis,nsin
W. Livesay, 43d Light Infantrynr
and Ensign Bradhelle, 52d Light Infantry ; Ensign
53d Regiment ;
Williams, and Ensign Brockburst,
J. Steel, Ensign J. 0. Young, Ensign P. F. Jennings and Ensign W. H. Napier, 60th Royal Rifles -
R. BerrLient
y, 61st Regiment ; Lieut. E. C. G. Kenny, 844th
Regiment; and Capt. 11. S. Bawtree, 87th, Royal Irish
Fusiliers.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty ,
Commander T. Goss, to be Agent of Transports at
Malta ; G. M. Jackson, to be Commander to the Despe-
rate ; G. W. Towsey, to be Commander to the Gorgon ;
Ennis Chambers, to be Commander to the Driver ; C. L.
"Waddilove, to be Commander to the Swallow; Hubert
Campion, to be Commander to the Falcon ; J. H.
Furneaux, to be Commander to the Vulcan; S. H. Hen-
derson, to be Commander to the Arrow ; J. H. Mar-
, ryatt, to be Commander to the Wrangler; C. A. Wise,
to be Commander to the Weser; R. B. Oldfield, to be
Commander to the Lanx ; Lieutenant J. B. Field, to
command the Locust ; lon. H. D. Lascelles, to be
Lieutenant to the Centurion ; J. E. M. Wilson, to be
Lieutenant to the Esk ; R. Adams, to be Lieutenant to
the Arrogant ; Hon. R. Moreton, to be Lieutenant to
the Wanderer • Edward A. Carey, to be Master to the
Boscawen ; G. F. M`Dougall, to be Master to the
Fisgard ; George M. Stockley, to be Master to the
Meander ; H. R. J. Pearch, to be Acting Second
Master to the Waterloo ; J. A. R. Harvey, to be
Assistant Surgeon to Haslar Hospital ; T. Reffell, to
be Assistant-Paymaster to the Belle Isle ; C. P.
Feilon, to be Assistant-Paymaster to the Centurion ;
D. J. Waugh, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Excel-
lent ; M, B. Grandy, to be Assistant Clerk to the

Yesterday a public meeting of Etonians was held at
Willis'a Roams, King-street, St. James's, for the pur-
pose of taking measures to perpetuate the memory of
such of their schoolfellows as perished during the late
war with Russia
On the motion of the Earl of Malmesbury his Grace
the Duke of Beaufort was called to the chair.
The noble CHAIRAIAN then said that it would be onjy
necessary for him to say a very few words. They were
all aware of the object for which the meeting was as-
sembled, which was to take steps towards the erection of
a memorial in the chapel of Eton in honour of all those
Etonians who had perished in the late war with Russia.
He thought that, without detaining the meeting longer,
be would best discharge the duties of chairman by asking
his friend the Earl of Malmesbury to move such a reso-
lution as would carry out the object they had in view.
Die Earl of MALUESBURY said that he was sure the
meeting would agree with him that no person in this
country could more appropriately occupy that chair than
his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. His near relationship
to the gallant and chivalrous nobleman who led our
forces against Sebastopol, but who had unfortunately
fallen before that great success was consummated, en-
titled him to their particular attention. But without
any further observations he (the Earl of Malmesbury)
would follow the noble duke's suggestion, and move the
first resolution, which was to the effect, that in the
opinion of the meeting it was desirable that a memorial
should be placed in Eton chapel in honour of those
Etonians who during the last war perished either by the
sword or by pestilence. It might, he proceeded to say,
be convenient to give a sketch of what appeared to him
and other gentlemen who had been stirring in the matter
anter or to the meeting most desirable for them to do
in recording the glories of those brave men to whom the
resolution referred. To raise a monument in the chapel
a: Eton would be, from certain local difficulties, undesir-
able. There sere Only three spots where such a memorial
c ,uld be well erected, but they were at present occupied.
The first by the monument of the founder; the second by
Dr. Goodall's monument ; and the third by the font.
It therefore appeared to him and to some other gentle-
men, and it was also the opinion of the Provost of Eton,
1,
that the most desirable manner of carrying out their ob-
ject would be to have an ornamental window placed in
the south side of the chapel, with a general inscription,
tied to emblazon on the panels the flames of the officers,
stating the place where each fell, and the regiment to
which be belonged. If they would consider this subject
well, they would find that such was the most easy and
most graceful way of carrying out the object they had
in view. (near, hear.) The next point to which he
would refer was the amount of subscription. His ex-
perience was, that with the strongest feeling to collect
a large sum, that feeling had been often defeated and
suffocated by persons having been too generous,
thereby deterring others from subscribing who did not
like to see their names put in painful contrast if they
gave only what they could fairly afford to give. It there-
fore was desirable that the subscriptions should not ex-
ceed 101., as that would bring within their area a large
number of subscribers, and enable them to raise a sum
sufficient for the execution of the work.

The Provost of ETON seconded the motion, and said
that there were very few persons who could feel in the
present movement a deeper interest than himself, as
there was hardly one of those who had fallen who had
not been personally known to him, and for whom he had
not entertained the most strong and affectionate regard.
The rev, gentleman concluded his observations by bear-
ing out the statement of Lord Malmesbury that no mo-
nument could be erected within the chapel which would
not lose all its artistic effect.

Mr. GURDON suggested that there might be an open
monument in the Poets' Walk, or on some part of the col-
lege grounds.

FOLJAMBE expressed himself of the same opinion,
upon which the word " chapel" was struck out of the
resolution, leaving the form of monument an open ques-
tion.

goods, but he returned to me without them ; and on Sa-
turday morning I went to the defendant's counting-house
and demanded my goods. He said he was extremely sorry,
but he had sold the goods to Mr. Hurst, and Mr. Hurst
had sold them again. I asked him what right he
had to sell my goods without delivery note or in-
vOice from me ? He then called Mr. Hurst, and
they threatened to turn me out off the office. I
said I would not go without the goods, and they
called in a constable. Mr. Hurst said to the defen-
dant "You are a fool for saying you had got the
goods. You've been so all your life, and I suppose
you'll remain so." This was in consequence of the de-
fendant having admitted the receipt of the goods, which
Hurst had just before denied. The constable requested
me to withdraw and apply at the Mansion-house.
Cross-examined by Mr. Green, solicitor to the defen-
dant—l have had previous transactions with the defen-
dant, which were paid by bills that were dishonoured,
but afterwards paid. The invoice produced, dated 12th
of May, 1856, in the defendant's handwriting, is not a
correct amount. The letter produced is in my writing,
hut I lent the defendant more money, which was the
set-off against the allowance.
To Sir Henry Muggeridge—There is nothing due from
me to the defendant. It was the distinct understanding
between the defendant and me that I would not let the
goods be left without the money.
Edward Bateman, clerk and warehouseman to the
prosecutor, said—When the defendant called on the Bth
inst. he said be was shipping drills and prints. We deal
in those goods, but had none in stock, only pat-
terns, as we sell by commission. J told him I would tell
my brother to call upon him, and I went to Lime-street
ace rdi ugly and waited outside while my brother went in.
I afterwards heard the defendant say, at our counting-
house, that SwisS muslins and Scotch muslins suited
him very well, and he selected some goods, the terms
for which were to he prompt cash. My brother said to
me, in the defendant's presence, that the defendant
would give me a cheque, and that I was not to leave
the goods without it, and I also got instructions to get
the cheque immediately cashed in case it should be dis-
honoured. The defendant said he would go along with
me, and give me the cheque. It was also said by my
brother, " Let this be fully underet )od that this has no-
thing to do with any previous transaction," and the
defendant said, "It shad not," I then took two
boxes containing 57 pieces of muslin to Lime-street,
and was to bring back a cheque for 1U or 201.,
or something between those sums, but nothing under
151. The defendant came up accompanied by one
of the Mr. Iterate, and at his desire I followed
him and Mr. Hurst into the private office up-stairs,
where they spoke together for some time. After waiting
about ten minutes, I requested the defendant to be as
quick as possible, as it was nearly 4 o'clock, and I had
to present the cheque. The elder Mr. Hurst came in,
and the defendant held some conversation with him, and
a piece of paper passed from the former to the latter. I
requested that the cheque might be given to me, or I
should take the goods back. Mr. Hurst said, " Mr.
Turnbull has the cheque, and he will take it with you
to Mr. Bateman." I placed the goods in the office,
and walked away with the defendant, believing that he
had the cheque. In going along, the defendant said
he would go and get the cheque changed;' but I told
him to come with me to the counting-house, as it
wanted three minutes to four o'clock. He did so, and
I told my brother what had passed, and then defendant
said he wanted AT the other goods in before a cheque
was given. My brother said no more goods should go
in, and he woulclsnot then take his cheque, and I was
to go and get the goods back. The defendant did not
offer my brother a cheque ; but if my brother sent in
the whole of the goods (amounting to about 1301.), he
would, he said, give the cheque for the amount I was to
have brought back. I then went back to Lime-street
with the defendant. and I saw the goods there. The two
Mr. Hursts and the defendant, and another person, were
in the office at the time. I went up to the goods and
took hold of them, when Mr. Hurst, sea., threatened to
knock me down, as he had, he said, bought them from
Mr. Turnbull, and sold them again. I said I knew no-
thing about that ; I bad come to fetch them, and he then
took me by the shoulders and pushed me against the
wall, and said be would kick me out. I then picked up
the box cover to put it on the box, when the two Mr.
Hursts and the defendant sat upon me and held me down
and called to a boy to take away the goods. The boy
took one box, and Mr. Hurst, sen., took the other, and
went up stairs. I rushed against them, and said they
should not go up stairs, and I was pushed back by
Hurst, sen., with the box, and the door was shut against
me. He then said, " Will you go out of this office ? You
have ne business here." I said Mr. Turnbull bad told
me to come in, and I was not going out without the
goods. He said if it was his office he would put nab out,
and he called Hurst, juo., to put me out. He said that
Mr. Turnbull had no office there, and that I would con-
fer a favour by rubbing Mr. Turnbull's name out, as he
had nothing to do.witli the offices. The defendant then
tried to run out, and I ran after him and caught the tail
of his coat, and dragged hies in. He said to me that he
had nothing to do with the goods, that they were Mr.
Hurst's, who had given him an advance upon them. I
asked him for that advance, and said I would see if Mr.
Bateman would accept it ; but he refused, and said he
l.ad an account against Mr. Bateman. The witness con-
euded, after stating some other particulars showing the
determination of the parties to detain the goods.
Mr. Green said he had been instructed by the defen-
dent that Mr. Bateman was in his debt an amount con-
siderably beyond that of the goods stated to have been
supplied, and that no inexcusable measures had been
adopted to obtain restitution.
The Alderman intimated several times during the long
investigation that he considered the case to be a•very
serious one, and not only required two sureties in 501.
each and Mr. Turnbull himself to be bound over in the
slim of 1001. to appear again on Thursday next, but di-
rects.] that a search warrant should be executed for the
seizure of the goods stated to have been detained on the
premises of the defendant.
Bail was procured and accepted.

The motion W 39 then agreed to.
On the motion of Earl Powis, who strongly advocated
a memorial window, seconded by Major FULLER, a nu-
merous and influential committee was appointed to carry
out the object of the meeting.
Lord Ltrrxtmorr then said that as it was desirable
that there should be no doubt as to the kind of monu-
ment they were about to erect, he should move ti9t it
be in the form of a memorial window.
Col. BROWNRIGC seconded the motion.
Rev. Mr. HUTTON asked, before the motion was vied, whether whether the memorial would
record the name of a
autool-f ofolchaplain low, who
in the had
C perishrimea ?ed while discharging the
duties
•
The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and also
stated in reply to a question from Mr. F. H.'Hall that
the parents of former Etonians would be allowed to eon-
tribute to the memorial.
The motion was then agreed to.
The Earl of DARTMOUTH next moved the thanks of
the meeting to the Duke of Beaufort for the extrentely
courteous and business.lke manner in which he bad
conducted the proceedings and referred, in feeling
terms, to the loss of those who had sat in the same re-
move with him.
Mr. F. EL HALL bad great pleasure in seconding the
motion, and in doing so could not forget that this was

DOW-STREET.—Henry Stanton, a well-dressed man,
of immense height and bulk, was charged with being
drunk and assaulting two of the toll collectors of Water-
loo-bridge.

It .appeared that at about half-past 12 o'clock that
morning the defendant presented himself at the north
eastern turnstile, which was closed, and the usual notice
posted, to the effect that after 12 o'clock, foot-passen-
gers must go on the other side. Defendant, instead of
crossing to the turnstile on the west side, attempted to
pas through the carriage gate at that side, having thrown
down a halfpenny for his fare. One of the tollmen
stopped him, and informed him that he could not be
allowed to go that way, but must conform to the rule of
passing on the opposite side in order to go through the
turnstile. He attempted to force his way, and beat the
collector severely about the head with his walking-stick.
The other collector, hearing the scuffle, came out from
the toll-house, and ran to the aid of his fellow-servant.
The defendant beat him in the same way, inflicting a
slight wound behind the ear. They then sprung their
rattles, and, the police coming up, he was taken in
charge. One of the collectors lost a cape in the 11
strne:gle.

Other evidence was given to the effect that the pri-
soner and Brown were residing together at the time of
the robbery ; and, after bearing Mr. Solomons,
The magistrate ultimately remanded the case, to have
the evidence taken in the presence of Brown.

Defendant said that having paid his fare by putting
his money on the turn-table, he considered that he had
a legal right to pass, and that when obstructed he was
justified in forcing his way. His reason for refusing to
cross to the west side was that there was a deep puddle
in his way, into which be must have stepped. Being
very subject to cold', and having thin dress boots on,
he did not like to get in the wet. He told the collector
that, but the man would not listen to him.

ACTION AGAINST ADMIRAL D'AETEI
FOR ASSAULT.

SANDWICH, TUESDAY MORNING,

An action, which, it will be remembered, was ad-
journed from the previous court in consequence of the
foreman of the jury turning out to be deaf, was again
heard yesterday before Charles Harwood, Esq , judge
of the County Court, and a jury of five. It was brought
by the plaintiff, a journeyman carpenter, of the name
of Henry Marley, residing near Wingham, against Ad-
miral D'Aeth, the occupier of Knowlton-park, near
here, and one of the justices for the county, for an as-
sault committed on the plaintiff by the defendant on the
9th of March last, Unusual interest was manifested in
the proceedings, and the old Town-hall was crowded
with spectators. The damages were laid at five guineas.
The plaintiff deposed that on the day in question be
was returning from Chillenden Church, when begot into
conversation with Harriet Sergeant, who was lady's
maid at Admiral d'A.eth's. She was going in the same
direction as himself. He bad known her for three months
previously. They were walking quietly along the road,
the other servants bein,f by the side of them, when Ad-
miral d'Aeth suddenly came up behind him, grasped
him by the collar of his coat, and holding up his walk-
ing-stick in plaintiff's face, raid, " Young man, hold off
there; don't address another word to my servant, or
speak to her at all." He did not see the defendant
coming. He waved his stick over plaintiff's head within
a foot of plaintiff's face. He pulled plaintiff quite round,
and held him for about a minute.

Among the many precious things that are thrown away
in this world— things sweet and nnsweet—there is nothing
of which there is so little thrift as religious zeal. In this
metropolis, and everywhere else, we dare say, morality
and religion are urged with a force which, were it only, so
to speak, well engineered, would make this another para-
dise. Unluckily, it runs to waste like a mountain torrent
or a marsh; and you have it either foaming with impetuous
self-will or fermenting in idleness. This bad economy of
virtue begins very low, where some would hardly think it
existed at all. Go into any lane or court of this city, and
the whole day long you hear mothers screaming the filial
duties into their children, bawling obedience, inculcating
quiet at the full pitch of their throats, recommending
order with frantic gestures, and peace with blows. At
another time you will find virtuous dames enforcing upon
one another the Ten Commandments in the copious dialect
of calumny and sneer. But it is the same everywhere.
Wisdom cries in our streets. Foe-titer in mode is every-
where the motto of virtue in these days. What magis-
trates, what gaols, what punishments, what enormous
expense in a state which maintains as a fundamental
maxim that for every good purpose " Heaven's first law,
is to let people alone !" Our preachers somehow don't get
the poor to church, but then they give it them well for
not coming. Would they only come, they would hear .a
good account of themselves. In fact, religion is no longer
a thing of grace, a home for the broken-hearted, a deli-
verance for the captives, or any of those sweet things it
was once reported to be; it is all yelling and howling, abus-
ing, stigmatising, denouncing, anathematising, sending men
the wrong way all round, and for every imaginable reason.
On the first provocation you have your cantankerous agi-
tators, with their armies of signatures and three whole
columns of pious grimace, screeching against the poor
creatures who try to refresh themselves somewhat less
coarsely than usual. What a start the world would make
for the better if but a hundredth part of all this energy
were employed in raising the fallen, in strengthening the
weak, in soothing the afflicted, or in doing some sort of
positive good, instead of these perpetual prohibitions
shouted in the ears of people whose whole life is one of
privation and sorrow ! Put that is pretty nearly all that
most religionists and moralists can do. They can attend a
meeting and bear one speech more stupid and harsh than
another; they can sign a petition in a dozen places, if ne-
cessary, but they cauuot do good to a single soul, nor
supply anything better in place of all the ordinary sources
of recreation they are so industriously withholding.
Let us take the fact as it stands, or as it stood on Sun-
day last, and as admitted by all sides. About 80,000 per-
sons went to hear the band in Kensington-gardens; as
many, or more, in Regent's-park, and as many in Victoria-
park. The great bulk of these were decent-looking people
of the humbler classes, who came out to enjoy the fresh air
and listen to music of the slow and solemn character. That
a quarter of a million of people were all of them as holy,
as pure, as benevolent. as wise, and as good as Mr. Edward
Baines would perhaps be an overestimate of metropolitan
piety ; at the same time we must say that Mr. Baines has
no right to describe them as consisting in great part " of
vicious persons of both sexes, who came to seduce the
young and unsuspecting." We do not see why apparel
proper for the day is to be described as " Sunday finery,"
or why the wearers Ix ing themselves into circumstances of
extreme peril by standing for half an hour to listen to
music among others also in their Sunday's best. Mr.
Baines is pleased to consider the crowd to consist only of
seducers and those who are only waiting to be seduceci ;
but we deny the fact that every one who listens to a
military band is "lost to the sanctuary." Indeed we
know most excellent and even scrupulous people who on
the continent, out of the reach of British twaddle and
British hypocrisy, go as a matter of course to the parade
'Sr the gardens, where the poor benighted Papists and the
Protestants, equally dark, it appears, walk up and down
and hear military bands. They are not lost to the sanc-
tuary, even though by • force of habit they prefer them-
selves the English mode, when they are in England. As
to the music, Mr. Baines may possibly be of a very sus-
ceptible nature. Very likely " the strains of martial
music" may in his case "cause the pulse to bound, and fire
the imagination," in a manner " wholly out of accordance
with the sacred repose of the Sabbath." But we should
think that the effect of a military march on most minds is
not you different from that of an anthem, or even an ordi-
nary psalm tune. It is notorious that the effect of music is
generally much in accordance with the usual bent of the
hearer. It is a species of stimulus which sets his imagi-
nation at work in its customary train ; and, no matter
whether it is a hymn or one of ganders choruses, or an
overture, or any slow movement from an opera, it simply
gives a brighter hue, a warmer sentiment, and a quicker
circulation to his ideas. When this sensation is enjoyed,
with leisure and rest on the green sward, in the sight of
green trees, water, blue sky, and Heaven, it is at least
much more likely to conjure up pure recollections and
healthy associations than when it is experienced in the
suburban concert room, with the additiou, imposed by the
law, of spirituous liquors.
The question is one of simple expediency. Of course,
there are plenty of people ready to catch at our use of the
word, and consign us somewhere without a moment's de-
lay. We mean that it is a question of expediency, in
the same sense as when one decides whether to have a
girl taught music at all ; or, if any, whether any be-
sides religious music. No law, human or divine, can be
shown against listening to music of a soothing, refining,
and elevating character on the Lord's-day. We have no
occasion to discuss whether a man may lawfully listen to a
waltz or a popular air on that day, for the music in ques-
tion is of the slow, solemn sort. Taking, then, the sort of
people that dress in " their Sunday finery," as Mr. Baines
expresses it, and gather round the band, we have only to
ask whether it is a gain or a loss that they are found there.
We do not hesitate one instant to decide that it is an im-
mense gain. On this point we fully believe the evidence
of a clergyman who went to see for himself, and who says
that of the vast crowd ho witnessed in Kensington-gardens
on Sunday last " full 70 out of every 100 were such as would
be found in places where they ought not to be, were it not
for the innocent recreation thus afforded them." No doubt,
lie means they would be in the so-called tea-gardens or the
less disguised gin palaces, wholly beyond the influence of
superior minds. Assuming this estimate, here were fifty
or sixty thousand persons round one band alone, listening
to solemn music, just as sacred, in fact, as an ordinary
chorus out of an oratorio, under the soothing and purifying
influences of nature, without any other stimulus, who
would have been at the bar or in the gardens of a public-
house simply stupefying themselves. This we call a gain,
and a very great gain, unless it be gain, as some people
appear to think, to give everybody who is going the wrong
way an additional shove, or at least let him go if he likes.
Mr. Baines, perhaps, will say they ought to have been in a
place of worship, singing a psalm or listening to a sermon.
That, however, is not the question—first, because they
would not have been doing that, even if they had not
been in Kensington-gardens ; secondly, because it was
quite possible to attend two services, hear two sermons,
join in six psalms and hymns, and listen for a couple
of hours to the band in the gardens as well. The ques-
tion lies between listening to a military band in a park
and the pure sottishness in which the great mass of
the London population spend the Sunday. On that
question we have ourselves no doubt. The extension of
the Windsor practice to this metropolis was not meant for
those who have better opportunities of Sun my repose. Of
course, we should ourselves prefer other modes of spending
the leisure hours of Sunday. We should prefer walks in
green lanes, in seep woods, by running streams, and
through flowery meadows. We might prefer even a visit
to the Sunday school, or a stroll through the village green.
For music out of church we might prefer Handel, or
Mozart, or Pergolesi, or Beethoven,
well performed by an
accomplished and feeling pianist. But this is not the pre-
sent question, nor is it our case that Lord Palmerston has
had to decide. It is the case of the London multitude,
almost outcasts from religion, knowledge, taste, and all
purer and higher sentiments. In their case it was a gain
that they could be brought to listen to solemn music in our
parks on a Sunday afternoon; and we much regret that
the gain has been wrested from them.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 12.
The Right Honourable the Lnrds of the Committee o,
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Leghorn, re-
porting that the Board of Health at that place has decreed
a quarantine on all vessels coming from the Levant, of five
days in case of their having no sickness on board, or there
having been none during the passage, and of fifteen days
in case of sickness existing on board or death having oc-
curred during the passage.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, May 12.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
copy of a Portuguese regulation issued by the Governor-
General of the province of Angola, notifying that no cus-
toms' duties will be levied at the port of Ambriz on foreign
commerce, until the expiration of one year from the date
of the publication of a tariff of duties, and that the port
will, therefore, continue free for such commerce until the
expiration of that period.
COM iIIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.

William Ferrand, Esq., and Gathorne Hardy, Esq,
jbee
fr Lieutenant, etnoa nt,
be
Lieutenant, vice
M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenants of the county of York.
Ist. West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—
Brooks-
bank, Cornet
Benjamin
retired;
Cornetvice Jeffcock, retired; Alfred Manners Drummond, late
Captain Rifle Brigade, to be Cornet ; the Hon. James
Frederick Stuart Wortley to be Cornet, vice Jeffeock,
promoted.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo-
manry Cavalry.—The Hon. Humble Dudley Ward to be
auntPasmlnin t o
Captain, vice Wrottesley resigned.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Ensign Frederick Debenbam to be Lieutenant, vice Na-
pier, resigned.
Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major and Brevet-
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Wm. Lloyd to be Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Supernumerary Major Charles John Tottenham, to be
Major; Hugh Robert Hughes, Esq., to be Captain.'
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire
Kenyon Jas. Hanmer to be Lieutenant, vice Mydlelton,
promoted ; William Henry Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Hanmer.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Ensign Jas. Sisson Cooper
to be Lieutenant, vice Laxton, resigned ; Ensign Reginald
Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, appointed Ensign
7th Foot.

Stirlingshire, &C., Militia, Highland Borderers Lighi
Infantry—The resignation of Commission by Dr. Alex
Orr, Assistant-Surgeon, has been accepted. '

BANKRUPTS.

BIRMINGHAM, MAT 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a good basinfl°
to-day, and prices were about the same as yesterday'
Midlands closed at 74—London and North Westerns we a
(lone at 100 —Eastern Counties, 9 to 9i---Shrewsbury el/
Herefords, 7i—Unity Fire Office shares at 2 dis.

George Gregory, baker, Whitechapel-road, to surrender,
May 22, at half•past twelve, and June 19, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings; Sweeting and Jenkins, Clement's-lane,
Lo In bard-street .

MANCHESTER, MAY 13.
STOOK
small business to-d EXCHANGE.—This market has been doing °
ay, but prices closed at an improv„.B"
ment. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28i,,
89 Midland, 744—Dover, 24—Eastern Counties, 10—Lees"

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Tuesdsl
May 13.—Admissions on paytt ent, 6,053 ; ditto by oesv
son tickets, 443 ; total visitors, 6,496.
kOVERTISEMENT.I - SIGHT AND HISARING, SPECTA.CIA
POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE GLASS°.
—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Betel',
3y I,er Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable 81/A
.extraordinary
improvements in the most powerful es'"
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and l'Ori
spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects TRW°
through them—of great importance to the army, Ilavi;
and others. These telescopes possess such extraordins."
powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye'
piece, v,ill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring,
and the double stars ; with the same telescope can b°
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant,
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and sa
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary'
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Ibove, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal
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powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which
a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house',
country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles'
Chet' are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
.sportrnen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera;
'Ace-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful
power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great'
est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired fe
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons er°
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to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance*
Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an es'
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deafness, entirely different from all others, to snrposs ant
thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be,
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street Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel.

Henry Sykes, anvil manufacturer, Sheffield, May 24
and July 5, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee,
Sheffield : Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield.
James Benjamin Locke, mercer and tailor, Truro, Corn.
wall, May 21, and June 19, at one,, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Exeter. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Head
and Venn' Exeter.
Edward Kemp, grocer, Abingdon, May 19, at eleven,
and June 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ford and Lloyd,
Bloomsbury.-square.
John William Greaver the elder, wholesale ironmonger,
Bow, May 22, at one, and June 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-
street ; Kennett, Fenchurch.street.
John Bearne Walke, draper, Newton Abbott, Devon-
shire, May 26, and June 18, at two, at the Court of 13ank-
rGurpetshcya.m.sSttraenest.fe_ld, official assignee ; Mason and Sturt,

Mr. Henry said the collector was perfectly right. He
would have been liable to be discharged from his situa-
tion if he had allowed defendant to pass through the car-
riage gate. Defendant was quite mistaken about his
right. Tne bridge was built under an act of Parliament,
which gave the proprietors authority to make certain
rego:ations, and one of these was that foot passenger,,
should pass through the turnstile, and as the company
could not be expected to keep collectors at both sides of
the way after twelve o'clock at night, people who arrived
on that side mint cross over.

Henry Liversidge, surgeon, Eckington, Derbyshire,May
21 and July 5, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin,
official assignee, Sheffield; Unwin, Sheffield.
Frederick Jll`liinnel and George Smith, waterproof
manufacturers, Liverpool, May 22, and June 12, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee;
Norris and Son, Liverpool.
John Samuel Wakefield, watchmaker, Hartlepool, May
22 and July 3, at 12, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyue District
Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-uponsTyne ;
Hartlepool.

SCOTCFI SEQUESTRATIONS.
Wm. Gray Matheson, china, earthenware, and glass
dealer, Sauchiehall•street, Glasgow.
John M'Clymont and Co., grocers and provision mer-
chants, Glasgow.
Peter Bonnar, manufacturer, Dunfermline.

Defendant said if he had broken the law he was sorry
for it. He assured the magistrate that he would not
willingly do so. He was really under the impression
that he was justified, and with all submission to the
court, he was un ler that impression still.
Mr. Henry ordered him to pay a fine of 31. for each
assault, and 125., the value of the lost cape.
A gentleman, who did not mention his name, entered