The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

To the ELECTORS of the COUNTY of BUVICINOITAM.

Gentlemen, -
THE Queen havimr, confided to the Earl of
Derby the duty of forming an Administration, her Majesty
has been graciously pleased to confer upon me the office of Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer.
I resign, therefore, into your hands the trust, which for 10 years,
You have extended to me, as your member in the Howe 01 Com-
mons ; but-as you have thought fit ou several occasions to renew
that mark of approbation, I beg leave to announ -e that on the day
Of election I shall solicit the honour of being, for the Anil time, your
representative in Parliament.
The circumstances of the country are, in many respects, critical;
and in none more so than in its external relations. Painful miscon-
ceptions have arisen with the Government of that faithful and
Powerful ally, who, in so many instances, has proved his good feel-
ing and fidelity to this errantry. Believing that a cordial alliance
between England aid France is equally conducive to the interests of
both countries, I shall express my hope and conviction that by mea-
sures, at once firm and conciliatory, these causes of misunderstand-
ing may be speedily and entirely r-
If the country wiq heartily support the Queen's Government at
this conjuncture,-a results desireable for the peace and progress of
Europe will be greatly facilitated. Believe me, yours sinnrely,
Grosvenor-gate, Feb. 26, ism. B. DISRAELI.

BUCKS COUNTY ELECTION.—The follow-
ing gentlemen have signified their determination to promote
by all constitutional means the RE-ELECTION of the Right Hon.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI as member for the county of Buckingham,
and trust the electors generally will give him their hearty and
earnest support :
Barrington, the Hon Percy, Westbury Manor
Bent, John. Es'., Wexhirn Lodge
Bernard, Thomas T 3 ringham, Esq., Wlnehedou Priory
Br adhead, Rev. George. We-t Wycome
pox, Philip, Esq., adetive
Chandos, Marquis of, Wotton
Cooper, Sir Astley Poston, Bart.. Gadebridge
Clayton, Rice Richard, Esq,. H. dgerley-park
Cameron, Donald, Esq.. llameeren House
Chetwode, Rev. Geo., Clr iton House
Cartwright, Colonel Henn., M.P.. Ov'ng House
Chester, Rev. An' hony, Chicheley Hall
Du Pre. C G., Esq.. M.P , 'Wilton-park
Drake, Thomas Tyrwhitt. Esq., slhardeloes
Duncombe. P. D Pruncefort. Esq., Brickhill Manor
Dauncey Philip, Esq., I ittle ilorwood
Evett, Rev. Thomas, Prestwood
Fuller, Benjamin, sq., Chesham
Francklin, John Esq , Dinton
Greaves, Edmun , F.sq., Haversham
Higginson, Lieutenant-General G. P., Great MarloW
Harmer, C6lonel, Stoekgrove
Harvey, Robert, lsq., Lamley-park
Harvey, Robert Bateson, Esq., angley-park
Hall, General, M.P., Weston 'olville
Hamilton, Captain, Thame park
little. John, Esq., Chesham •
Bibbert, John Nembhard, Es Chalfont-park
Hoare, Joseph, Esq., iVendover
Knox, Colonel Rrownlo,v, London
Lowndes, William, E q, the Bury, Chesham
Lowndes, W. Selby, Esq, whaddon Hall
Lowindes E. Selby Esq, Winslow
Lovett, Philips Cosby, Esq., Liscombe
Lowndes, William, Esq, jun i The Bury, Chesham
Lowndes R. W. Selby, Esq, Bletchley
Lucas, Major, NewpOrt Pagnel
Lovett, Moses, Fsq, Aylesbury
Mansell, John Christopher, Esq, Cosgrove Hall
Morgan, George, Esq, Riddlesden
Newman, John, t'sq., Brands Rouse
Nugent, Sir CeoacEo. Bart, 11111-te reet
Praed, W. Baca well, Esq,WyTfr-.7,ham
Pennington, William, Fern Acres, Fulmer
Str. tton, J. Locke, Esq, Turweston
Stone, W. F Lowndes, Esq, Brghtwell
Stone, John, Esq, Westb urne-terrace
Stone, Edward, Esq, Wotton, Underwood
Turner, Samuel, Esq, ray's-inn, London "
Vyse, Colonel Howard, Stoke-place
Ws keham, Herbert, Esq, tborhg
Williams, Rev James, Tring-park.
Committee-room, George Hotel, Aylesbury, March 2, 1858.

NER. STEPHEN MASSETT the Celebra.arl
American Vocalist, Compn'cr, Imitator. and Elocu-
tionist, will make his first appearance in London on MONDAY
EPEE INC). MAacn 8, 1808, at the Hanover-square Rooms, in his
New and Original Entert ment. Doors open at rlalf-past Seven,
to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Admission, 2s. 6d.: Re-
rved Stalls, ss. ; which may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

CHRISTY'S MINS'PRPLS, PolvEsrraphlc Hail.
TWO lIUNDREI) and TWENTY-FIRST EICT,'RT XI \r-
11ENT.—Many Patrons of the Chriqy's having been unable to rain
admission owing to the limited numbers of ,ztal's, they have now
Introduced an extra row, which will afford more ecin'orts to their
numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, and on eaturday Morni- g,
Bmenclng at 3. Prices boxes, 1/. Is.; Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 25.;
k, Is.

pROFESSOR WILIALBA FRIKELL
—ST. JAMES'A TlTEATRE.—vrednesclay and caturday
Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8. Stalls,
53 •
• lialtony Stalls, 45.: Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is ; Private
11,;
-Us, two guineas: one guinea and a-half, and oneguinea.—Places
to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Roy d Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
Strand. GRAND SALLE DE DANSE, from the
Argyll Rooms, with the original Band of Forty Performers. Con-
ductor, Mons. LAMOTTE ; principal tenet-a-piston, M. BOULCOURT
teader, CHARLES HALL. Great success orthe spurgion Quadrilles,
by tit. Lamotte. The hand can be engaged for Private or
public Balls, by applying to R. R. BIONELL, Argyll Rooms, Great
Windmill-street. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission,ls.

IDR KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY
Pr OF'SCIENC E, 3, Tichborne.street, Haymarket
carriage,"
:—LECTURES by Dr. ICAHN, on the "Philosophy of
at a quarter to three and &quarter to eight ~m.; and by
Dr. SEXTON, on "The Chemistry of Respiration, at a quarter past
; on " Skin Diseases," at four ; on the " Hair ,nd Beard," at
live; and on " The Relations of Electricity." at nine. The Lee•ures
Illustrated with Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving 'clews upon a new
!nnelple, &c.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 6 and from
M 1 10.— Admission, Is. Illustrated Hand-hook, Sixpence. Pro-
itramtne Gratis. Dr. Kahn's Nine Lectures and a Programme
'eat post free on the receipt of twelve stamps.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR MALTA.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Samerset-place, 4th March, 1858.
FITE Commissioners for executing the Office of
tnd Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great 'tritely.
Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on i'IIESIDAY,
tlit 23d instant, at Two o'clock, they will he ready to treat with
hinch Persons as may he willine to Contract for supplyin and de-
.Yering into store at her Majesty's Naval Yard at Malta, a car o
Otabout 400 tons of

Simpson's Pontops,
Windsor's Pontops,
COwen's Garefleld, or
Itell's Primrose Coals.
ak bill of lading, in triplicate for the coals, to be delivered at the
.otrierset-place, by or before the 30th April next.
form of the tender may be seen at the saw office. Nn tender
41 be received att.,. Two o'oloo on the day of treaty, nor will any be
nOtieed unless the party attends or an agent for him duly autho-
rised in writing.
P.very tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Coals,"
and muse be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
Letter, signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound
'pith the person tendering, in the sum of £2OO, for the due per-
formance of the contract.

mr-
ET ROP 0 LITAN COUNTIES LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, Regent- rrret. Waterloo-
race, London, S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and
"Zs on advantageous terms.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.
A 1-C•11. Policies In force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life
arured, provided :the Premiums :be paid within the thirty days
' grace.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 142, Strand, T.endon, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858 : estab-
euedlB37.—Payment of Premium within Days ofnrace,—lt always
„_‘.l been and stiff Is the practice of this society to pay claims un ter
~"deles of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc-
uning within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the
Pinta premium, provided payment thereof be ma-'.e, or notice of
death be given to the office before the expiration of such days
"I grace.

For the Conrt of Directors,
E. S. SYMES, Chairman,

THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ISSUR tSCE SOCIETY,

142, Strand, London.
141,41Yererl by kct of Parliament. for LIFE AS-MR ANCE, :UR
VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOW NIENTS, St-c.
fDIRESTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMER, , Chairman-
Reaworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. ITOgson, Esq
;aratiel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq.
John -Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., ,Tobn Symes, Esq.
F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Bloudel, Esq.

AUDITORS.
•
Profassor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young.
MEDICAL REPEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, Cantab , F. R S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.8., F.S.S., Ike.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.

BANKERS.
:Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.

SOLICITORS.
e. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow. and Rowe Hire, Bedford-row

)4.,riinae67 Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in

Eianiples of Bonus up to May, IRV,

I'olloy Bonus in Permanent
taken Sum , addition Bonus in Re uction o!
out in Age. Assured. ' to Su, Cash. Annual Pre-
Assured.
..*"...... _
..f X s. d. £ s. d. ..£ s. d.
1, ,Igas 1,5 3,000 867 17 7 42, 1 4 56 3 S
;641 45 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
1545 59 9,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
184 a 61) 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 i 10 15 2
18ts
.........) 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7

ItaTitle following Are a nonrst the advantages offered by the Inter
441al Life Assurance Society
The Society was established in 1838.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst 'the assured ever
'''re years.
Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds.
Its investments. at the date of the last annual report, amounted
one hundred ttui seventy-one thousand pounds.
Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds.
The number of policies nbw in .orce exce,d sia thousand.
About one thousand new nolicies are added every year.
Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upward,
Of three hundred and tweaty thousand pounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair-
taan, 142, Strand. . .

strand T ondon, vtr.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman.

ON sIIICSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE
INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDI\TENTS TO MARRIAGE.
tlet, arid improved Edition, enlarged to ISO pages, illustoted by 100
Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price.
free by post, Is.,
THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work
eff. on the phys al hanstion and decay of the frame, from the
e
cts of solitary indu pence, infection, and the injurious conse
Crlees from the use of mercury ; with observations on the obliga-
tin' of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualiflca-
". By R. and L. PFRRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as
/441 (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 21,, Warwick-lane, Pa ter-
k,..ter-row ; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
'l,;,"•street, Ludo,.
~he CORDIAL BALM of SYRTACUM is employed in bothsexes
I(t)B'„enovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic;
st,rwer in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and
llt[ al debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debt-
it, arising from venereal excesses, has been. demonstrated by
15; nur.xlvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 1 Is, per bottle,
1., 4r quantities in one for 333., which saves 1,15,,,
liti;le CONIC ENTRA D DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi-
the
r'medy, for purifyine• the system, and is recommended for any
shi,,v%tried forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the
ton"%hlntclics on the head and lace, enlargements of the throat,
Its" and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c.
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,
qittl S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILT.S constitute an eflec-
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FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858.
Part 7., price 2d., is now published.
The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England,
Ireland, am; Scotland in 1857, and Nominations for 1858, may be had
price two shillings.
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ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Second Edition, with Illustrations on StrTl, Price One Shilling,
Free for eighteen stamps,

A N ESSAY on the PHYSIOLOGY and
r-s.. SPECIAL DISP.,ASES OF WO\IEN, tormlng a complete
guide to, and with full inßtructions for the removal of, the emer-
gencies of Youth, Womanhood, and Old Age.

By Dr. HALL.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

7:7 :217, !N V.
f._ short .st and Cheapest Route, -ria
and Ceratany, is by THE DiJaa ItrIENISH
Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-4;11de:-.
Company, start three times a day. -
Fifty pounds of Luggage :Wowed free for each passenger.
Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the'
Company's London Agent, Mr. Joni( C. JArtsos, 61, Gracechurch-
street.

45 000 YARDS of BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY,
aid VELVET PILE CARPETS, reduced Is. per
yard, at DRUCt and Co., 58, 68, 69, Baker-street. These are the
most Extensive Show Rooms and Furniture Galleries in Lohdon,
containing an unriv,llled stock of Cabinet Furniture, Bedstertes, Bed•
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for 12 months is given. N.B.—Down quilts, ss. 6d. each.

EORGE HOBSON begs to invite attention
it of gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre-
sent season, price 21s. to 255. Tee Inverness Cape, 255. Now
ready, the new Overcoats, adapted for the coming season, which will
be found on inspection at prices most moderate for best goods.

Excellence with Economy.
GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable Tailor,
57, Lombard-street.

THE LAT. !? ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE EltElk CH EMPEROR.

(From, the Times.)
That the diabolical plot against the life of the
French Emperor is really viewed with as much h ex-
ror in this country as in France itself must by this
time have beau made perfectly manifest to the whole
Freud] people. The speeches in both Houses of Par-
liament, the declarations of two successive Minis-
tries, the adds esses of public bodies, and the lan-
guage of public journals, must necessarily have
placed the fact beyond reach of doubt. The only
question between the two nations concerns the re-
spective deficiencies of their police institutions, and
this question we are prepared very confidently to
meet. That we have little reason indeed to shrink
from the comparison we can soon prove to our
readers on both sides of the Channel.
There are two kinds of circumstances, and two
• only, through which it may be reasonably assumed
that a criminal design ought to be detected by the
proper authorities. If warning is given and sus-
picion aroused, then incidents insignificant in them-
selves should lead to measures of prevention ; or,
on the other hand, if any overt acts are commit' ed,
the cognisance they would provoke might conduce
to the discovery of the whole scheme in contem-
plation. On neither of these points can anything
be alleged against the English police. That the per-
sons engaged in this detestable plot had spent a
certain number of months in England is perfectly
true, but here they were not marked mon or sus-
picious characters in any way. Therewas nothing
about the names, or pursuits, or behaviour of Or-
sari, or Pierri, or Rudio, or Gomez to put an Eng-
lish
policeman on the alert, or to induce the least
interference with their movements or proceedings.
As far as we know they conducted themselves peaces
ably and gave no more offence than any other of the
thousand refugees enjoying the protection of these
shores. One of the new Ministers, Sir. J. Pakington,
took occasion to remark in his speech to his constitue
cuts at Droitwich that, as he was informed, Pierri,
dui lug his whole residence at Birmingham, was "a
quiet, inoffensive man." It is utterly out of the
question that we should gratuitously fathom the
depths. of fanaticism or vindictiveness which may
exist in the breast of a political exile. Had we
been told beforehand that these four men were
dangertus, that they were plotting murder, and
th it our utmost vigilance should be exerted in the
way of prevention, the case would have been very
different. As it was, we had no more reason for
suspecting or interfering with these particular
fugitives than we have for arresting any foreigner
who happens to be making this kingdom his home.
But there was the manufacture of the shells 1
There was, and this, in its way, was undoubtedly
an overt act These. strange and deadly imple-
ments were fashioned by English hands ; but look
at the facts of the case, and see what they amount
to. So apprehensive was Orsini of exciting the •
suspicions of our manufacturers in the matter, that
he actually employed the agency of an Englishman
in giving the order, lest his own instructions mi ht
be refused. That a tradesman shtaild take such
an order so oonveyed, and should execute it with-
out misgiving, is the most natural thing possible.
Contrivances of this description have been among
the commonest of all projects for the last six years.
The actual improvements in firearms set every man
with a sinetterieg of selectee at work to improve
them still more. Long-range shells, monster mor-
tar ivvi ible ettamaian, and fulminating coin•
pounds of indescribable power were among the in-
ventioes of every successive week. Our columns
contained offers after offers from patriotic projec-
tors.to Wow up Cronstadt, to annihilate Sebastopol,
and to save the British Army and Navy all trouble
in terminating the war. We are still at war, too,
and six months ago the same kind of machinery
might have bees devised against Canton, or Delhi,
or Lucknow. There is probably not a manufac-
turer in Birmingham who has not been asked at
some time or other to construct some extraordinary
instrument, avowedly conceived for extraordinary
purposes of destruction. Orsini, except for the
alarms of his own conscience, had no need of in-
venting any pretext or giving any false colour to his
dealings in this respect. If he sent an order for a
new and formidable grenade calculated to produce.
twice as much havoc as any grape, canister, or
shrapnel shot, it would have been but a common-
place and everyday transaction in the eyes of the
tradesman receiving it. So much for the English
share in the business.

" The subject is treated in a clear, concise, and practical manner,
and should be in the hands of all females."—Lancet. " Will form a
valuable sddition to the domestic household."— riedical Circular.

mEvery husband ought to present this Essay to his wife, and every
other to her daughter, containing as it does most valuable infor-
mation that concerns their physical and social happiness."—Meath
Journal.

London: Direct from the Author, Dr. Hall, 1, Upper-Gower-street,
Bedford-square ; and by order of all booksellers.

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GLT ILD HAL L, 3d March, 1858.—The
Committee for Letting the City's Lends will meet at Guildhall
on %v EDNESDAY, the 10th March inst , at One o'clock precisely,
to receive Proposals for Leases of the following Houses and
Premise., 'via. :—A House, No. 3. Finsbury-terrace, City-road ;
several Houses, No. 5 and 6, Castle-street, Finsbury, and Nos. 1 to
5, Somerset-place, adjolni•T. Also several Plots of Ground on the
north side of Wormwood-street, Bishopseate.
Plans of the property may be seen, and forms of tender obtained
upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall.

FERDINANn BRAND, Comptroller.

MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided:—
No. 114, REGENT-STREET. is their Depot for Paletots, Uni-
forms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Dress.
No. 116, for the manufacture of the Guinea Trousers.
No. I I e, for Pistil-Guinea Waistcoats.
No. 120, for Waterproofed nuinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries.
No. 142 i- their new f'stablishment for Ladies' Riding Habits and
Mantles in Fur and loth,
No. 144 contains their other new Department for Clothing young
gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs.
NICTiLL have secured wide spread confidence
The Wholesale Warcrooms are at the rear of the Regent-street
premises, v z , 29, 30, 31, and 41, WARWICK-STREET.
The City Depot is at 21 and 22, CORNH ILL.
The addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the
ournals of the United Kingdom and the Colonies.
- - - - _
PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
bancery. made in the matter of the Estate of ELEONOR
CARMAN, late of Pembroke-square, Kensington, in the county of
Middlesex, spinster, deceased, and in a cause " Orme against Bac° ,"
the ci editors of the said ELEONOR SI'ARMAN, late of Pembroke-
square, Kensington, in the coanty of Mi idlesex, spinster, who die in
or about the mouth of January, 1847, are, by their solicitors, on or
before t' ,e 12th da' of April, 185 R, to come in and prove their debts at
the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley,
at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, 'Middlesex, or in default
thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the
said order.
isA onday, the 19th day of April, 1858, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju-
dicating upon the claims.
Dated this 26th day of February, 1858.
CHAS. PUO FI, Chief Clerk.
EWSANK and PARTINGTON, 3, South-suare, Gray's-inn,
Plaintiff's solicitors.

We now beg to take the reader acro-s the Chan-
nel and introduce him to the circumstances of the
case as it actually stood over there. In France
three out of the four prisoners were men marked
for suspicion, and two of them had been under
the hands of the French police. Rudio is the only
one of whom it could not be said that he had,
within the last few years, been in France under
unpleasant circumstances, and even he was a
known political eale and c mspirator—a character
generally notable among the police of the Continent.
Orsini, after an absolute blaze of notoriety, had ap-
peared at Marseilles in 1855. Pierri, after living
for years in three of the most considerable cities of
France, became so distinct an object of suspicion
that he was expelled from the French territory in
1852. Gomez was brought to trial in a French
court of justice in December, 1855, and locked up
in a French prison till June, 1856. Every one of
these three, therefore, was as soon as he stood upon
French ground, a marked man to begin with, in-
dependently of any fresh or special source of alarm.
But this fresh alarm was positively given—given
with great circumstantiality, and as much as a
fortnight beforehand. On the first day of the pre-
sent year information was despatched to the French
authorities from Brussels that Pierri, attended by
another conspirator, would be coming to Paris
probably about the 9th of January, with the pur-
pose of assassinating the Emperor. Two days
before the day fixed—that is to say, on the 7th of
January—Pierri did, in accordance with the warn-
ing, leave Brussels for Paris. AtLille he was joined
by Gomez, and these two men, both of whom had be-
fore fallen under the hands of the police, and who
must necessarily have been marked and known, did
enter the French capital with their murderous pur-
pose on the day above mentioned. The very instant
they arrived they joined Orsini, who had been V ere,
shells and all, ever since the 12th of December;
and Rudio presented himself on January the
10th. Here, then, were all the four conspirators
under the eyes of the Parisian police four days be-
fore the attempt was hazarded, and 10 days after
warning bad been given. They were all in commu-
nication and correspondence together so overtly
that the Procureur-General on the trial scarcely
thought that proof was wanting of their intimacy.
On the Bth or 9th of January Orsini went to a gun-
smith in Paris and bought a revolver, and on the
12th, as it required a little alteration, he sent
Gomez to fetch it, who appeared to the shopman to
be in a great hurry and to exhibit considerable im-
patience. Compare all these facts with the utter
absence of any suspicious circumstances over hero,
and then say in which of the two countries detec-
tion ought to have been effected.

Again, with respect to the overt evidence pos-
sibly derivable from the sight of the shells. These
implements were seen, handled, and criticised on
the other side of the Channel by witnesses of all
descriptions. They were first taken into Bel-
gium. At the French frontier they were passed
through tha Custom-house as portions of a
new gas apparatus, and pronounced to be of no
dutiable value whatever, so little was there
significant in their appearance. In France, at the
hotel in Paris where Orsini first stopped, they were
put into thy• hands of a wai, er, and regularly laid
out on a sofa until Orsini came and put them away.
Now, there was no such excuse in France as there
was .n Birmingham. A mlti might very naturally
,i 0 to oue of our gunsmiths and get half-a dozen
experimental shells made ; but it is quite a diffe-
rent Thing to carry these machines from one
country to another. From this ho' el, however,
Orsini removed to another lodging, and here he
proceeded to dry his fulminating powder, at tie
1,, .ully risk of bl .wing himself and the whole house
iato ihe air. In this house, wiih his deadly machi-
nery about him, he resided 30 days ; Pierri, the

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iLel;uliccoLumani-
cation with him all the time after their arrival.
If all this is not enough, we listed only carry
our readers to the scene and hour of the attempt
itself. After living in .Paris, under the very noses
of the Parisian police—Orsini for upwards of a
month, Pierri and Gomez for a week, and Rudio
for four full days ; after carrying- these shells with
scarce au attempt at concealment from one place
to another, the conspirators go out into the street
upon their atrccious errand, and Pierri, the iden-
tical man who had been already expelled from
France, and of whose presoi.t intent and coming
warning had been given a fornight before, pushes
his way again and again into the Emperor's private
entrance at the opera-house, and is only driven out
by force after he has insulted and menaced one of
the persons employed there. At last, at the 11th
hour, ho certainly was arrested ; but it was then
too late to prevent the catastrophe, and in a few
minu es the explosion was heard. These are the
simple facts of . he case, and they can only be turned
to the condemnation of our police institutions by
the most flagrant inversion of justice.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE,

The following officers and troops from the batta-
lions of infantry at Chatham gatrison embarked
yesterday at Gravesend in the Indiana for Calcutta
—viz., Ensign E. T. Pinniger and 13 men of the Bth
(the King's) Regiment ; 30 men of the 19th Regi-
ment. Ensign John Aldridge and 14 men of the
20th Regiment ; 68 men of all ranks cf the 23d
Royal Welsh Fus;leers ; 29 men of the 24th Regi-
ment ;13 men of the 29th Regiment ; 39 men of the
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment ; Ensign G. Auchin-
leek and 65 non-commissioned office-I.s and men of
the 52d Light Infantry ' • 10 men of the 53d Regi-
ment, 41 men of the 64th Regisurnt ; Lieut. Thos.
Carlisle and 42 men of the 75th Regiment ; 16 men
of the 82d Regiment ; Ensign Chas. T. Horan, and
40 men of the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regi•
ment:; and 38 men of the 90th Light Infantry—
total, 5 officers and 458 men of all ranks. Staff-
tissistant-Surgeons Salter and Hillman proceed in
medical charge of the draughts. A draught con-
sisting of the following officers and men left Col-
chester Camp yesterday, and also embarked on
board the Indiana :—For Calcutta, 1 sergeant and
22 rank and file of the 34th Regiment of Foot ;
10 rank and file of the 37th Regiment of Foot,
under the command of Ensign Forbes ; 9 rank and
file of the 38th Regiment ; 12 rank and file of the
54th Foot ; 23 rank and file and one sergeant of
the first battalion 60th Rifles ; 60 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 97th Foot, under the
command of Lieutenant Hill ; and 23 rank and
Brigade, For
file of the 56th
Col. R. Jervis,
Bflioemobfayth, el
othffiitederbaantdtalli,onraonfkßainfide
Re,giment of Feet.
Yesterday orders were received at Chatham from
hold in readiness
pt
officersha ertrstetritaa,tntdadilrioemneet,initiogselected
from
the
depots under his command to proceed to East-
bourne thelll ne
followingm Waran(ie
bourne where they are to be stationed :-1 sergeant
and 24 men of the 7th Royal Fusileers ; 1 sergeant
and 21 rank and file of the 24th Regiment ; 1 ser-
geant, 1 drummer, and 8 men of the 27th Ennis-
killens ; 1 sergeant and 31 privates of the 32d
Regiment ; 1 sergeant and 30 men of the 35th
Regiment ; and 1 sergeant and 19 men of the 53d
Regiment, with the following officers,—viz., Cap-
tain R. H. Price, 35th Regiment ; Lieutenant J.
Lukin, 32d Regiment ; and Ensign F. A. Camp-
bell, 27th Regiment and Ensign T. Morris, 32d
Regiment.
Detachments of Royal Artillery, consisting of
four sergeants and 101 rank and file, left Wool-
wich garrison yesterday morning,
to embark at
Gravesend for Bombay, to join the 13th and 14th
battalions on service in India. Various detach-
ments of Artillery are also under orders for Chat-
ham, Alderney, and other outpost stations, for the
reinforcement of the coast defences. The model
gun, manufactured in Woolwich Arsenal, and in-
tended f( r presentation to the Emperor of the '
French, is, together with its appurtenances, now
complete, and awaits the inspection of his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort. The present will be
conveyed to France in charge of a captain of the
Royal Artillery. The inscription on the gun con-
sists simply of the words, "To Napoleon
from Queen Tictoria, 1857."
The Admiralty yacht Vivid returned to Wool-
wich yesterday morning, having conveyed the
Siamese Ambassadors to Paris.
The Curagoa 31, screw frigate, Captain Mason,
Was despatonedyesterday from Portsmouth for the
Westward to relieve the windbound merchantmen
in the Channel.

The Duke of Cornwall steamer embarked the
depot of the 36th Foot yesterday morning at Ports-
mouth, and left with them for Dublin.
_ .

The Marlborough, 131, C.iptaiu the Right Hon.
Lord F. H. Kerr, flag of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe,
0.8., will be ready to go out of harbour next week
to try her speed at the measured mile. She goes on
with her rig and general equipment rapidly. The
Renown, 91, and Racoon, 21, will probably com-
pete with her.

pmooTmuhteehn
eß,porsyelar,laSrTiollevarenareafioggifiltsl,e3rl2v,4ics,l Eng
apnecriieuse, 51, Mel-
troop-ship, are all in the steam b a
The Duke of
Wellington, 131, Capt. Lyres, C. B. • Victory, 104,
Capt. Seymour, C. B. • Blenheim, Ps
ienr saety
Ports-e ranc e
GO, Captain F.
Scott, C. B.; and the Sidon 22, Sphynx 6, and Fire
Queen steam yacht, are all in dock fitting out and
refitting.
It is said that several gunboats are about to be
taken round to the Mer,,ey as tenders to her Ma-
jesty's ship Hastings, at anchor in the Sloyne.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Captain—J. H. Seymour, to be Aide-de-Camp to her
Majesty, vice Elliot, promoted to a flag.
Seoond Master—Samuel W. Brown, to the Hannibal.
Assistant-Master-4. E. W. Yates, to ditto.

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W4R OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 5, 1858.
The Secretary of State for War has this day re-
ceived Despatches, of which the following are
copies, addressed to Lord Pam-Imre by Majsr-Gen.
C. T. Van Straubenzee, C. 8., commanding her
Majesty's land forces in China :
Head Quarters, Canton, Jan. 14, 1858.
•My Lord,—l had the honour by the List mail
briefly to report the capture of the city of Canton, I
have now the honour to forward for your lordship's
information the particulars thereof.
It having been decided by their Excellencies
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K. C. 8., Rear-
Admiral Rigatilt de Genouilly, and myself, thatthe
attack should be made on the north-eastern part of
the walls of the city of Canton, the forces for this
attack were landed on the 28th December as nearly
as possible in the order arranged in a memorandum
forward d to your lordship by the last mail, and at
the place agreed upon, in a creek opposite to the
eastern end of Kuper Island, to which point I pro-
ceeded on the afternoon of the 27th ult.
On the 27th ult. I directed a covering party of her
Majesty's 50th Regt. to be landed at the point above
named to protect the Royal Engineers, Volunteer
Sapper Company, and working party of the Native
Transport Corps, under Capt. Mann, of the Royal
Engineers, `whilst constructing jetties for landing
troops and guns, making and wielening roads across
the low marshy paddy fields to the hard ground
about 400 yards inland. These works were pro-
ceeded with most actively, and the amount of
labour performed proved the zeal which had been
devoted to their accomplishment ; indeed, I feel
much indebted to Capt. Mann, RE., I4eulenaut
Stewart, R.E., and all employed, for the evident
interest taken in their task. The 59th covering party
was under-Major Burmester, commanding the 59th
Regt., to whose admirable disposition of his force it
was mainly owing that these works were continued
uninterruptedly during the greater part of the

night.
From the low state of the tide the landing could
not be proceeded with as arranged, simultaneously
with the opening of the bombardment at G a.m. on

the 28th ult. ; but about 9 a.m. it was commenced,
and vigorously carried on under the superintend-
ence of Capt. Hall, C. 8., R.N., Commandant Ray-
naud, Capita,ine de Vaisseau, F.1.N., and Major
the Hon. H. Clifford; Assistant Quartermaster-
General, by whom the whole of the force and a large
amount of material, stores, &c., were landed before
nightfall, reflecting the greatest credit upon the un-
tiring exertions of these three officers. Great praise
is also due to Capt. Temple, of the 12th Madras
Native Infantry, a most zealous and active officer,
for his arrangements in forwarding to the front the
required ammunition, stores, &e., as soon as lauded.
By 10 o'clock. a.m. the French force having dis-
embarked were pushed on at my request to some
rising ground about half a mile inland, placing a
picket to protect their left on a point which com-
manded a view of the country to the river, and the
village and ground to their front, their right
flank resting on a hill above a paved cause vay
leading through a village to the East Gate of Can-
ton.

Oa the French Brigade taking up this position
a fire of jingalls, matchlocks, and rockets was
opened upon the brigade from the village in front
and from groups of the enemy formed to its right.
No other troops being yet available, I directed the
portion of the 59th, under Major Burmester, to
be advanced to the right of the French. The enemy
still continuing troublesome, without doing much
mischief, and the eagerness of our allies being diffi-
cult to restrain, their distinguished Commander.in.
Chief ordered one battalion to advance and drive
them from the heights and knolls in front, which
was effected in gallant style. The whole of this
part of the country was undulating, the higher
ground covered with Chinese graves of
,a circular
form, rendering it very difficult to cross the lower
parts intersected by paddy fields, many of which
were still under water.

The remainder of the 59th having now
reached the front, it was employed .in
driving the enemy back on the right of the
French Brigade, and as the whole line approached
nearer to Fort Lin, a smart fire was opened by some
French howitzers, to keep down the fire of the fort,
under cover of which the 59th Regiment moved up
to a joss-house, within 300 yards of the fort, the
French at the same time advancing to the hill in
their front, the whole covered by the 4 2 5 howit-
zers of Capt. Knox's battery, which was fired with
great effect. The fort being thus partially sur-
rounded, the enemy were discovered to be evacuat-
ing it, by our allies, who ruehed on and occupied
it, followed by the 59th Regiment.
As there was n• prospect of being in a position to
escalade the walls of the city on that day, owing
to the great difficulty and labour required in get.
ting up artillery, ammunition, &c., I decided upon
bivouacking upon the ground we then occupied,
the 59th Regiment in rear and under cover of
Fort Lin, against the right flank of which the
enemy were making good practice with their
guns from the walls of the city ; the French
Naval Brigade to our left having an advanced
picket in a most favourable position in a joss-house
to their front, from which the direct road to
the East Gate was commanded. Lieut.-Colonel
Lemon's battalion of Royal Marines to the right
on a range of hill fronting the north-north-west,
and on its right two divisions of the British Naval
Brigade, under the command of Commodore the
Hon. C. Elliot, C. 8., who afterwards moved one
division to the front, under the command of the
lion. Capt. Cochrane, C. 8., to a most admirably
selected and strong position. My object in this
disposition of the force being to induce a belief on
the part of the enemy that it was my intention to
advance towards Fort Gough, in which feint I was
fortnnate enough to succeed.
The 3d Division of the British Naval Brigade,
under Capt. ICey, C. 8., R.N., was placed in rear
and to the right of the joss-house occupied during
the night by the allied commanders, with one bat-
talion of Col. Holloway's brigade on their left, the
other battalion of the colonel's brigade being left
at the landing-place to protect stores, ac., and
keep open our communication.

The artillery were partly in position in front of
Fort Lin, the remainder on the g round b elow the fort,
prepared for an onward move at daylight. The
ladders were also brought to the fort. In the course
of the afternoon the enemy appeared frequently in
considerable force on our front and right. From
the former they were as often driven by our rockets
and artillery fire, from the latter by the dashing
onslaughts of the British Naval Brigade. Up to
this time some few of each force were wounded, and
one officer, Lieut. Hacket, of the 59th Regiment,
Aide-de-amp to Col. Graham, whflst carrying an
order, was barbarously murdered by some Chinese,
who had concealed themselves in a grave, two of
whom were shot and one captured and hung.
By daylight on the 29th ult., the largejoss-house,
which had been held on the previous day in great I
force by the enemy, was occupied without a strug-
gle by a portion of the Naval Brigade, under the
orders of those distinguished officers, Sir R. Mac-
lure, R.N., and Capt. Osborn, C. 8., supported by
a battalion of Royal Marines, under the command
of that old and deserving ce; Lieut.-Col. Le-
mon. I directed Col. Graham to send the 59th
Regiment, under cover of houses to our left, as
near as practicable to the walls, there to extend and
keep down the fire from the openings in the caste]."
lated parapet of the walls ; the Rifle Company of
the 38th Madras Native Infantry to extend on the
right of the 59th Regiment, which was performed
by both parties to my entire satisfaction. The
artillery I directed to advance across the plain to
the high ground, as near as possible to the wall,
with a view to breaching the light parapet of it,
should it be deemed neceszary. The Admiral and
myself having agreed the previous night that the
bombardment of the eastern line of wall should
continue until nine a.m., so as to afford ample time
to get up ladders, artillery, &c., this was effected
with more despatch than I had thought possible,
owing to the great exertions of all concerned, par-
ticularly of the officers and men of the Royal and
Royal Marine Artillery, whose energy and zeal
were worthy of high commendation. The inter-
mediate time was employed in more closely re-
connoitering the wall. Two guns of Major Bar-
stow's battery were brought close to the ditch, and
together with some of Lieut.-Col. Lemon's batta-
lion of royal marines did effective service in keeping
down a smart fire from the walls, by whiob, how-
ever, I grieve to say, the force lost one of its bright-
est ornaments. Capt. Bate, of her Majesty's ship
Actmon, who had advanced to the edge of the ditch
or ravine with Capt. Mann, R. E., to examine more
closely theheigh t of the walls wasmortalbr wounded,
and expired before he could be removed to the rear.
The enemy now perceiving, I presume, that our
object was not to attack Fort Gough, descended in
large numbers, and compelled my sending out some
companies of Lieut.-Col. Lemon's battalion to keep
them back and protect our right, and afterwards to
direct Lieut,-Col. Waloh'a battalion of Col, ,119119.

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he chcr4 ci)wt•roed, tii;)u;il;. 1 rec,,r-1 to
say,, not without Col. Hoilo way and some of the
men being wounded.
A howitzer and rocket tube were also brought
forward and did good service. Shortly before the
hour agreed upon -it was reported to me that some
ladders were being placed against the wall to our
left, and that the troops were mounting the walls,
Upon which I directed all to advance, and before 9
o'clock a. in. the greater part of the force was upon
the walls of Canton, meeting but very slight resist-
ance, except at the gateways.
Major Luard, Brigade Major to the 2d Brigade,
is sta'ed by his Brigadier to have bean the first
person on the walls of Canton.
Within the city the attack appears to have been
wholly unexpected, and but few of the enemy
were found to oppose the number of the allies now
crowded on the walls. I proceeded to the right,
halting •for a moment at the East Gate to direct
its being broken open. by Lieut. Langley, of the
Royal Engineers, an excellent young officer, past
the Five-storied Pagoda and Magazine Hill, when
I observed the enemy making a rally at the
North Gate, and advancing towards us. I imme-
diately directed Commander Slight, of MM.'s
ship Sanspareil, whom I beg to recommend to ,
your lordship's favourable •notioe, to form part
of the Naval Brigade nearest to us, and charge
dowse the bill, which was ealantly executed, and
the enemy driven back. The enemy here showed
a valour and determination which had it extended
to thie body of their troops, would have greatly in,
creased the cost at which Canton was taken.
Brigadier Graham, with his gallant regiment, the
59th„ and 38th Madras Native Infantry, after a
slight resistance, took the East Gate, and proceeded
round the walls nearly to the South Gate of Canton
old city wall.
Having now given the particulars of the move-
ments leading to the capture of the city,
,it becomes
my illeasing duty to express the deep sense I feel
of the cordial co-operation and assistance I have
recoil/ed.- from their Excellencies Rear-Admirals
Sir M. Seymour, S. C. B. , and Rigault de Genouilly,
commanding their respective naval
brigades. There were no differences of opinion,
every operation decided upon was cordially carried
out, the best means of attaining the end being the
only wish of all. I shell ever esteem it a high
honour to have been associated with two such die•
tinguished officers.

the brigadiers, naval officers, officers staff and
regimental, non-commissioned officers, soldiers and
sailors, English and French, I can only return my
thanks, and record my sense of their gallantry,
zealoand devotion to their country's cause, and
express my regret that they have not had au ene-
my to encounter more worthy of their martial ar-
dour. Where all have done their duty in thisshort,
but, I trust, satisfactory campaign, it is difficult to
name indiVidnals. I must, however, bring to your
lordship's notice the officers commanding brigades,
Col. Hope Graham, 59th Refit. ; Col. Holloway,
R.Mi, A.D. C. to her Majesty ; Col. Dunlop, com-
manding the Royal Artillery ; and Capt. Mann,
commanding the Royal Engineers. • Major Bur.
wester, commanding the sCth Regiment ; his second
in command, Major Lodder, and senior captain pre.
sent, Capt. Romer, attached as A. D.C. to Rear-
Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, K. C.B. ; Lieut.-
Colonels Lemon,, Walsh, and Hocks*, commanding
battalions of Royal Marine Light Infantry : and
Captains R. Parke, Jackson, Brevet-Major Boyle
and Foote, the senior Captaini of Battalions and.
acting Field-officers ; also Capt. Buck, commanding
the Rifle Company of the 38th Madras Native In-
fantry. - _ _

Col. Holloway specially brings to my notice his
Brigade-Major, Brevet-Major Travers (whom from
personal ob3ervation I can recommend as a valuable
officer), and also his Aide-de-Camp, Captain Ellis,
R. M. , L. I.

Col. Graham specially noticesbis Brigade-Major,
Major Luard, an officer whom I can also recoil)...
mend.

Col. Dunlop speaks in high, and I feel well de-
served, terms of the officers commanding batteries
of the Royal Artillery, of whom that most zealous
officer, Capt. Knox is the senior ; also of Major
Schomberg, R. M. A., who commanded the mortar
battery in the Dutch golly, and that indefatigable
and talented young officer, Lieut. Festng, R. M. A.
To Dr. Gordon, C. 8., principal medical officer,
and the officers of the medical department, to
Deputy-Commissary General Power, and officers of
the commissariat department, I have to return my
thanks for their excellent arrangements from the
dart° of landing to the present time, the latter officer
Dep uty-Comraissary General Power havinghad very
many difficulties to overcome, which required an
officer of his talent and experience to cope with.
Of Captain Temple and the Land Trans-
port Corps, raised for the occasion by
that talented officer, Colonel Wetherall, C. 8.,
and composed principally of Chinese, I cannot
speak too highly, for they had not only to afford
assistance in carrying provisions and materials of
war for the small force from Hong Kong, but also
for the Royal Marines, Naval Brigade, and our
gallant allies ; their arduous duties were performed
with the greatest cheerfulness.
I take this opportunity of thanking the officers
who did me the favour to accompany me on the
28th and 29th ult., foremost of whom I must name
that old, distinguished, and still energetic officer
the Lieutenant-Governor of Hong Kong, Lieut.-
Col. Caine, whose martial spirit could not be re-
strained when the scene of war was so near to his
Government ; Mr. Locke, attached to the Em-
bassy of the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin; and
Lieut. Cohn Campbell, R. N., attached to me as
Naval Aide-de Camp, by Rear-Admiral Sir M.
Seymour, a most promising officer.
I have also to thank Rear-Admiral Rigault do
Genouilly for lending, and still permitting me to
retain, the services, as Aids-de-Camp, of Mons. E..
A. de Mantiat, Viscomte de Grancey, of the French
Imperial Naval Service, an officer previously dis-
tinguished, and who will, I feel, become a high
ornament to his profession. Tho Rev. Mr. Huleatt,
chaplain to the forces, I observed on the field pre-
pared to minister consolation to the wounded or
dying.
The arrangements of Mr. Commissary of Ord-
nance Young, C. 8., and Mr. Thomson, of the
Military Store Department, were most efficient.
I have now to tender my thanks to the officers '
of the General and Personal Staff, whose particular
duty it was to convey, and see carried out, my
orders, and recommend them to your lordship's
notice viz., Lieut.-Col. the Hon. St. George Foley
(B. Military Secretary) ; Lieut.-Col. Stephenson,
Scots Fusilier Guards, Assistant-Adjutant-General;
Major the Hon. H. Clifford, Assistant Quartermas-
ter-General; Brevet-Major Crealock, 00th Regt.,
Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General ; and
Capt. the Hon. B. Pellew, Rifle Brigade, Aide-de-
Camp. _ _ _

1 limb also beg to bring before your lordship's
notice the services of Brevet-Major Cazalat, 29th.
Madras N. 1., whom I selected for the command of
Hong Kong at a time of considerable anxiety,
when the more efficient part even of the usual gar-
rison was brought away for this service, and who,
with the town-major and Acting Deputy-Assistant
Quartermaster-General Capt. King, 59th Regt.,
merit my approbation.
I beg herewith to forward returns of casualties
and ordnance.—l have, &c.,
C. T. VAN STRAUBENZE; Major-General,
Commanding H. M.'s Troops in China.
The Right Hon.
The Secretary of State for War, &G.

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Head Quarters, Canton, Tan. 11, 1851.
Return of Ordnance, Carriages, and Stores,rfound on the
Works of the Old City of Canton, and in the adjacent
Magazines.
ORPNANCN.
Mounted on Wooden Carriages.
Braes--12-pounder gun 1
32 I,
Iron --32 ~ 6
1.-",4 ~
18 ~
12 , p
71
6 il
3 111

Dismounted.
Iron 9-pounder carronade 3
6 11 t,

. 430

Gunpowder L. G. lbs. 300,000
5,000
2,000 i
3,000
131 ts
lightstloincnekktp 0 ,
tos f sorts
Charcoal
Saltpetre •• cwts. 139
Sulphur
50
Leaden bullets, of sorts
lizz—The brass guns are serviceable ; the whole of the
iron guns and carronades are unserviceable.
There is a small quantity of unserviceable shot and shell
scattered over the works, which are not worth collecting.
The wooden carriages are unserviceable, and many of
them have been destroyed and used as fire-wood.
The gunpowder, rockets, blue lights, and stink pots have
been destroyed, with the
exception of about 15,0001b5. of
gunpowder, which have been kept for engineer purposes.
The charcoal, sulphur, saltpetre, and leaden bullets aro
ill to magazines; the amount of each i 3 only so AP.

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woo.,(1,1, 14
ARCED. G-ORDON, M.
Deputy Inspector-Gtolord of
FREDK. STRNIENON, . -
Assittant•Adjutant-General.

proxirusto otimate, as
Ixact qtatatitier. -

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Nominal List of Casualties in the Force unchr my Aff,dical
Superintendence on the 26th and 29th'Deeenrber, 18,57.

59TH REQIIISST. , .
Lieutenant Hackett, killed.
Lieutenant Shinkwin, lacerated wound of knee.
Ensign Boweo, pagan ball through chest, cmaing out close
to spine. Died 10th Jan., 1855.
Private Denis Sullivan, musket ball throush right arm.
Private Timothy Began, killed.
Private Matthew Walsh, shell wound of internal canthue
of right eye.
Private James Bullock, musket ball of hand.
Private James Calvert, wounds of thigh and head by shell.
Private Patrick O'Neil, contusion of knee, spent. cannon
ball.
Private James Wigley, wound of thighly musket ball.
Private William Taylor, musket ball entering under len
orbit.
Private Joseph Healy, musket ball of thigh.
Private Joseph M`Namara, musket ball of leg. •
Private William Quinn, musket ball of arm and fracture of
right finger.
Psivato John Slattley, musket ball through calf leg.
Private Joseph Embloy, musket ball thigh.
Private Thomas Htddican, musket ball through shoulder;
Private Danis Sullivan, musket ball of face.
Private John Skillen, musket ball wound of knee.
Private Matthew Cronin, contusion by fall from scaling
ladder.

38TII MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY.
Havildar Shiek Ismael, wounded in the scalp, by rocket.
ACRD. GORDON, M.D.
Deputy Inspector-Genera:l of Hospitalg.
FREDD. STRPHENSON, Lieut. Cul,,
Head-quarters, Canton, January 3, 1.858.

Casualty Return of the Force on Shore during the attack
and Capture of Canton, on the 23th and 30th Dacemi3er,
1857.

H. 111.'s Tzoors, H.E.I.C.'S TROOPS, AND 'ROYAL
- MARISIDS.
Killed--2 officers, 1 man.
Wounded-3 officers, 34 man. .•
Total casualties-5 °Ricers, 35 men.
BRITISH NAVAL BRIGADE.
Killed -2 officers, 3 men.
Wounded—l officers, 30 men.
Total casualties—officers, 33 men.
Missing—none.
FREDK. STEPHENSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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Read-Quarters, Canton, Jan. 14, 1858.

tiyr..

My Lord,-:-.4 have the honour to transmit, for
your lordship's information, a copy of a General
Order issued on the 4th of January, and to inform
you that, according to the arrangements therein
made, the allied forces marched to the different
points indicated at eight o'clock on the morning of
the sth inst. The whole of the arrangements were
strictly carried out, and proved more successful
than could possibly have been anticipated.
The 'French Naval Litigade, 250 strong, with
one gun, entered the Yamun, and secured the
person of the Tartar General, where they_vre.re
joined by Lieut.-Col. Hooker's battalion of Royal
Marines and two howitzers. Lieut.-Col. Walsh's

battalica of Royal Marines, with two gung, undfm
Col. Holloway, C. 8., forced their way into the
Yamun of the Governor of Kwang Tuog, and
made him prisoner.

Lieut.-Col. Lemon's battalion of Royal Marines,
with two guns, marched as directed, first to the
temple in which it was supposed that Yeh was
!Secreted, and afterwards, joined by 200 of Lieut.-
Col. Walsh's battalion, to the treasury, and suc-
oeeded in capturing a quantity of treasure in silver.
The principal event of the day, however, was
accomplished by the British Naval Brigade 100
men of whom, under the command of Capt.Thoper
Key, R.N. C. 8., were ordered by Commodore the
Hon. C. Elliott, C. 8., to accompany Mr. Consul
Parkes and himself iu search of the High Commis-
sioner Yeh, a clue to whose abode had been obtained
by Mr. Parkes, whose indefatigable exertions on all
occasions merit the highest commendation. After
a long and tiring search, which would have proved
useless, but for the intimate knowledge of the
Chinese language displayed by Mr. Parkes, the
High Commissioner was traced to a small Temun,
situated in the south-western extremity of the city
. which being broken into, Yeh himself was seized by
Capt. Cooper 11ey ; some difficulty having occurred
in identifying him, as several Chinese mardarins in
turn declared themselves to be Yeh.
After securing several boxes of valuable official
papers, Yeh, the High Commissioner, the Governor
of Twang Tung, and the Tartar General, were
marched up to head-quarters, where the Comman-
ders.in-Chief decided that the High Commissioner
should be sent on board her Majesty's ship Inflexi-
ble, which was carried into effect on the same
evening.
I feel Sure that your lordship will be gratified
with the success that attended this day's proceed-
ings, brought about by the strict observance of
instructions by the respective officers in command
of the different parties, and the activity and tact
displayed by Mr. Consul Parkes in discovering the
retreat of the High Commissioner.—l have, drc.,
T. C. VICN STRLUBENZEE, Major-General,
Commanding her Majesty's Troops in China.
The Right Honourable
The Secretary of State for War, (17c.

Head Quarters, Canton, Jan. 3, 1838.
GENBRAiL

It having been decided that an entrance into the
city be effected, the following will be the arrange-
ment :

The French Naval Brigade, with 400 men and 4
guns, will move off from the North Gate, at half-
plst seven o'clock, to the West Gate, which they
will occupy in force, placing 3 guns in position, and
leaving 150 men ; the remaining 250 men and 1
gun wilt move ea,stwa:d up the main street, halting
in front of the Tartar General's 1101182. Colonel
Hooker's Battalion of Royal Marines, with 2 small
howitzers from Royal Artillery, will move at eight
o'clock from the North Gate to where the road
running from East to West Gate crosses • 250 men
with 1 gun will proceed to their right, and join the
French in occupying the Tartar General's house ;
tho remaining men and gun will turn to the lefr,
mid halt opposite the Governor's quarters, which
will be occupied ; 400 men of Colonel Walsh's
battalion will proceed by the street east of the
Parade Ground, with two small howitzers, till they
reaih the main street running east and west ; 200
men and 1 gun will proceed to their right, to assist
in occupying the Lieutenant-Governor's house ;
the remaining 200 and gun to the left, to join Col.
Lemon's battalion in occupying the Treasury, Seat
of Justice, ctc. Colonel Lemon's battalion of 400
men, with 1 gun, will proceed at same hour from
East Gate, halting at the District College ; a suffi-
cient party to maintain themselves, the remainder
or larger portion proceeding without delay to the
Treasury, and there joining Colonel Walsh's men.
Colonel Graham, with 59th Regiment, or such
portion as can be spared from the protection of our
posts, to proceed at same hour from South-east
Gate, to secure such persons and dccuurents as may
be found in a temple which will be pointed out to
him ; this done, and those sent to the South-east
Clete for security, he will advance up the street of
Triumphal Arches, and join and take command of
all at the Treasury. The object being to secure the
reins of government in a city captured by assault,
and to enforce their submission, commanding offi.
awntilolu bear
cell; will be held responsible for any destruclion
committed by their men not rendered absolutely
necessary by circumstances ; they will avoid collision
with any bat armed parties, and even with them
in
nhomuind
ldthtehyatlatyhedoowbrectthiesirnoatrmloso.t
or Theyw
de-
struction, but to enforce and prove our supremacy,
and what is more, the civilised character of our
respective nations. The whole of the naval brigade
and troops on the heights and walls to re
arms during these movements ; those of thine undernaval
brigades not occupying posts to be
sent to the
heights. Col. Dunlop will have the remaining por-
tion of his artillery in readiness to act as may be
required.—By order,
(Signed) FREDE. STEPHENSON,
Assistant • Adj tan t-General.

GOLD IN NEW BallNswrcx.—An immense gelation
has been tzeited in consequence of the reported iia•
covery of rrlrl in Fairy Stream, above South lay, a
few miles from Carleton. Numbers have gone oat to
uthahnaetvrieetieisbri
eoefn
sufficientttheeu n
cir e. a l dust and a few little
search for Le precious metal, and it is said that
sammuegatgialle nuggets have
quaWnthiteitehserto threewparredciothtes
search remains to be seen. The locality ie about
eight miles from St. John's, on the Carleton side of
the river, and in the vicinity of a small stream which
empties into the St. John. Numerous specimens of the
precious metal have been collected there and brought
into St. John's, where they ere exhibited. The cegoint°.
quence (of this is a good deal of excitement in the
i Df
bouring province among all who are g
asio :
'rad many
temperament and in a hurry to get rich
_nap.non tho
persons, it is said, are already
te_xPecerintre of a pretty
" diggings." The spot is nearo_oghioes_
formation—the
large area of metamorphic, I
wick ; and this is thitfor:
California is found.—Cancp
t hNeegwo 1 dß.lbue nit rig:
largest district of the kind
nrign
big quartz of A4t!alili.l% ,zogenebeinliewveh,icihn

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
In consequence of the trumphant success
of the closing l'epresentations, and in order to accommodate
the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE
CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES-
DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR-
DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows :
Tutesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA : Violetta, Piccolo-
mini ; -Alfredo, Giuglini.
Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia;
Azueena, Sannier ; Manrico,
Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO
Marie,
•Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising
Cie celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Ging!
lini.

Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12e 6d; boxes (to hold four persons),
pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.;
three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ;
pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s.
The Box-office will be opened of Thursday, March 11.
Places ign the meantime may be secured by application to Mr.
Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre.
No other representation can be possibly given before the
commencement of the Summer Season.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with
THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master
Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone.
After which, a new eersie Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle-
quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ;
Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ;
Clown, Mr. Charles Leclereq.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0
Gallery

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play of
LOUIS XL Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean.
After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, Tho Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Rate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
snack ; Clown, Mr. Hnline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.

TARA TRE-ROYA L, DRIIRY-LA.NE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), March 6, CLOUD
AND SUNSHINE. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Els.
worthy.
Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK
HORNER.
COMMIZICe at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MCRE.
Mr. Barney Williams.
After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B.
Williams.
To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee
and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS ro
CONQUER. Miss Woolgar and Mr. Toole.
To be followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Nan, Miss
Woolgar; Tom Dibbles, Mr. J. L. Toole.
After which, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs.
Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7.
lox-office open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING,wiII be performed the play of LUCREIIA
BORGIA.
After which, MY WIFE'S OUT.
To conclude with THE SAILOR OF FRANCE.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow.
log company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
S:lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, tile., viz. :—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunel', Miss Ray,
Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J.
Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr.
Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs.
T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano-
forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ;
Director, Herr F. Jongtnans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Suppers, lie., until twelve o'clock.
Mr. A.IIGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SUN Ornoz, Winos 6.
THERIKOMMTWR, IN THE SALMI.
42—highest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
39 —this day at noon.
BAROWITIEB, down to 28.98, now up to 29.03.
WIND, variable, from W.N.W. to N.W. ; very fresh
and squally, with snow, rain, and sunshiny weather. It
rained heavily in the the night, and was very stormy.

rfelf 4C:
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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1858.

every gentleman who has a regard for our Con e
stitution or the happiness of posterity." He
allowed, as officers depend " for their preferment
as well as for the continuance of their com-
mission on the arbitrary will of the Crown, or of
the Prime Minister, or of the General in command,
that they may be influenced by thit General or
Minister, to acquit or condemn not according to
justice, but-according to his will or pleasure." But
he contends that the oath of secrecy will not
obviate this danger. "We know how little an oath
is regarded by mankind. Officers, therefore, will
still be afraid of their vote becoming known to
the Crown. They will continue, therefore, to
be under the same influence as they now are.
Nay, more so I For ministers and generals,
' under tie old system of open voting, would not
risk the imputation of having dismissed or dis-
appointed an officer who voted contrary to their
direction." Then, like modern opponents of the
Ballot, he argues, in the teeth of his former ad-
missions, and asserts, " that no officer of the
army would be afraid of doing justice lest he
should incur the displeasure of another officer."
But, and surely the most ad captandum argument
of all to the House of Commons Should any
court-martial be guilty of a breach of the privi-
leges of the House, how could they detect and
punish the offending officers ?" Such is a very
condensed summary of JOHN MORTON ESQUIRE'S
arguments for leaving dependent officers and their
superiors to the restraints of their own sense of
justice and honour, and to the check of public
opinion.

Him answering (as the patriarch of poetry
would say), the father of the great orator
replied—" That so different was the nature of civil
law and its methods of procedure from military
law, that no argument from one to the other
would hold. This fact disposed of the only danger
suggested by MORTON. Even the House of Com-
mons, when it had heard counsel on a case, closed
its doors while it consulted. The common law
judges ought to be, and now were, rendered as
independent as possible. If the secresy were an
evil, it was yet impossible to avoid every inconve-
nience, and the least must be chosen. Now it
was impossible in the nature of things to make
the judges in a court-martial independent of the
Commander-in-Chief ; and no way could he think
of (to avoid the undue influence of the Comman-
der••in-Chief) but by preventing its being known
how every particular member voted." Now, we
may surely ask Lord JOHN RUSSELL whether
tenant farmers, mortgagors, creditors, dec., are
not to the full as dependant as military officers,
and whether he, with all his purity of election of
bills, has been able to touch even the offence of
" undue influence t" He will find that his wis-
dom in no way transcends that of his great poli-
tical ancestor ; unless, indeed, his wisdom really
be the cunning rather, which desires to keep the
undue landlord influence while he seems to aim at
repressing it.

Mr. Fox did not believe, and experience has
confirmed his views, that officers could be regard-
less of their oaths, and considered the danger to
the service, of publicity, by generating animosities
between officers who should act together, would
be most detrimental to the service. As detrimental,
we may add, as political animosities often are,
under open voting, between neighbours. A judge,
he observed, rarely came in contact again, after
delivering judgment, with the parties who might
be offended with his decision. But officers neces-
sarily did so, and though an offended officer
" might not seem to show any resentment against
him on that account, he might pick a quarrel with
him on some other account, and might put an
end to his life in a duel, without its being possible
ever for a court-martial to determine that the
duel proceeded from a secret resentment of what
the deceased had done at a court-martial."
Substitute offended landlord for offended
officer ; for picking a quarrel, some flimsy pretext
about bad farming ; or, very frequently an unce-
remonious notice to quit ; and the loss of a farm
and all the capital sunk in improvements, with the
expense of transferring, perhaps selling off stock—
the loss perhaps of his own bread and that of his
family, for the loss of life in a duel—and Mr. Fox
has unquestionably mirrored the influences under
which not unfrequently half the votes of a county
are given. We hope Lord J. Russann will ponder
over the lesson of this old debate. It is time for
him to concede frankly the wish of the people.
He had better be quick. The Ballot is most cer-
tainly only a question of time. The statesman
who first frankly offers it to the people will be
the last whom they will forget. Even should he
stimulate the Danny Ministry to adopt it, he
would have the credit of it. We strongly advise
him to try another letter—say to Mr. BERKELEY,
who will be only too happy to hear from him.
Re alone at present stops the way. He cannot
do it for long : had he not better stand aside, or,
still better, lead the grand Reform movement of
the day. Of one thing we can assure him, that
no Reform Bill he can proffer will be worth much
more than a DE.RBY-DISRAELI Reform Bill, without
the Ballot. Indeed, we know no reason why Lord
DERBY should not give us quits as good a Reform
Bill as Lord JOHN'S last ; and if his Lordship does
but add the Ballot, Lord J. Russzur, and all the
BM/PONDS, ELLIOTS, and GREYS may bid adieu to
office for many a long year. The Ballot is the
grand test of difference between the men who can
trust the people, who mean to govern so that they
can do it, and the men who, like Lord PALMERS-
TON, clutch every appointment and every honour
for a selfish aristocracy.

and, Lord PALMERSTON was once so justly
solicitous.

But now, at the dictation of a Foreign Power, or
still worse, in servile anticipation of its desires, nous
c haeg
principles
n stoutt la
we have completely abandoned
h eseoProudly and strenuously asserted
t n
In the olden time ! So far as the Foreign-office is
concerned, every Englishman is deemed guilty
until he has proved himself to be innocent. Nay
more, he must, like C2ESAR'S wife, show him-
self to be " above suspicion." He must
procure unequivocal recommendations from a
magistrate or banker, before he can obtain per-
mission even to set his foot on the soil of La Belle
Franca ! Should his parent, brother, wife, or
child, be languishing at the point of death, and
he be anxious to take a last farewell—he must seek
out some friendly householder, known to the
magistrate, who can testify to his respectability
and good conduct. It may not even be sufficient
to show satisfactory reasons for leaving that
he has obtained employment in France, which
may be lost unless he can at once enter on its
duties ; or, that a vessel in which he was
deeply interested had been stranded, or
otherwise imperilled, on the French coast, and
that his presence during the early part of the
emergency may be of vital consequence to his
future prospects in life. Some magistrates, to
their honour be it said, take the trouble of
patiently investigating such claims, and, if well
founded, supplying the necessary document. But
the great majority refuse to do so, unless ac-
quainted witk the person, or, at all events, having
a certificate from some person well known to the
magistrate. Even then there must be considerable
delay and expense in addition to the 6s. required
at the Foreign-office. The would-be traveller must
probably spend a day before he can obtain the
magisterial recommendation, and that must
be lodged twenty-four hours before the vain-
able document can be issued. There is thus
on an average two days' time lost to every tra-
veller, in addition to that which may be expended
in travelling to London, or in corresponding with
the Foreign Secretary. Surely it is not our
duty to act as police for France, or to refuse the
necessary facilities to any British subject. When
a person can show that he owes allegiance to Queen
VICTORIA he should be entitled to the privileges
belonging to that character, although he might
not be willing to produce testimonials of respecta-
bility, or to subject his private affairs to a strin-
gent and inquisitorial scrutiny.

But having thus shown the vexatious inquiry,
and, we may add, insults of the present course,
we may inquire what possible security can it
afford either to the EMPEROR, or the French
nation ? We should rather say, that although it
might frequently prove troublesome to bona fide
and harmless travellers, it would not in the
slightest degree avert the designs of conspirators,
or supply better information to the police. Any
man, or body of men, engaged in a desperate
enterprise will have no difficulty in pro-
curing everything en regte, so as to satisfy,
and possibly mislead the police, who, relying on
inadequate precautions, will relax the caution
that might otherwise be exercised. Any supposed
protection always defeats its object. Men should
trust to themselves, and not lean on what almost
invariably turns out to be " broken reeds."

It was the attempt for which Oitsua, PIERRI,
and RIIDIO are now lying under sentence o f
death that led to the additional stringency now
enforced. In consequence of that conspiracy Great
Britain is designated as a lair of assassins, and
Englishmen are supposed to be friendly to political
murder. It was asked why we did not ferret out
the secret plottings of these men. We may,
however, reply, more Hibernico, by inquiring, why
were the French Police so remiss in the execution
of their duty ? The parties inculcated were
well known. Information had previously been given
of the contemplated crime. If the passport system
was worth a single farthing, the parties would have
been seized long before the time when the crime was
about to be perpetrated. We venture to as3ert
that if a similar hint were given to our own detec-
tives, the secret would be ferretted out, and the effort
prevented. Even the infernal machines were
duly passed through the French Customhouses
without the slightest steps being taken to prevent
their deadly operation. If the EMPEROR desires
to ward off such attacks, let him rely rather on
his moderation, clemency, and justice, on the love
and loyalty of his subjects, merited by judicious
government and gentle rule—than on repressive
measures or stringent passport regulations,which,
although powerful for evil, are totally ineffective
for good.

If Lord Joule RUSSELL will inquire of the Par-
liamentary Session of the year 1749, he will learn
something for his advantage. He will find in
that year a debate on the Mutiny Bill, and spe-
cially he will find a discussion on the subject of
open and secret voting in Courts-martial. The
advocates of electoral independence have often,
and naturally, referred to the practice of the army.
No Englishmen claim to be more thoroughly
English, more above all suspicion of cowardice in
the field or out of it, and more sensitive to the
slightest suspicion of their honour—in a word, to
be gentlemen of better breeding, than the officers Mr. Disraeli, as leader of the Ministerial party in the
of our United Service. These high merits are
House of Commons, has issued a circular to the Conger-
'Wive Members soliciting their attendance on the 12,h
freely conceded to them. Our officers are a part
instant. It is also understood that there will also be a
of our nation's pride. It is quite reasonable, strong master of Liberals on the occasion.
The Right Hon. J, W. itenley, the President of the
Board of Trade, has appointed Mr. J. Henley hie Pri-
therefore, when independent voting is the goes- The
Secretary ; and the Eorl of Donouolimore, Vice-
tion, and when it is known that officers are very
frequently voters in Courts-martial, to inquire, President, has appointed Mr. J. W. Straton his Private
How do oar officers vote ? Are any safeguards Secretary.
PORTSMOUTH, Menu 5.--In'anticipation of a general
taken for the independence of their votes, or is
election, Sir Francis Baring and Lord Monck will have
their high character for honour, as gentlemen, a private interview with the more influential of their
considered a sufficient safeguard ? political friends this evening, with a view to secure their
Two things make the appeal to the practice of joint return, should a general el ction take place.
officers in courts-martial of deep interest on the THE CAPTURE Of YEL—The gallant band which
same question of independent votin Thescorted Mr. Parkes through the heart of the city into
g• eir pro-the Tartar quarter, and then, in spite of sore tereptrtion,
motion depends entirely on their Commander-in- unpacked and re-packed in search of papers all the Corn.
Chief, and they have therefore the strongest inte-
missioner's valuable chests without carrying off a single
rest in not offending him by their vote. Next
article, consisted of 100 of the Sanspareil's men under
the sole command of Captain Key. Commodore Elliot,
who accompanied the expedition throughout, was net
they have, in their own character as gentlemen,
and in the gentlemanly sentiments of their corn-
in command.
NANA SAHIB'S TREASURES.—A young officer, who
assisted at the recovery of some of the Nana's treasure
mander, an assurance, which tow can have, that
near Bithoor, writing to his father, under date of the
they shall not be unfairly treated for an adverse The utter inutility of the new passport regula- 30th Dec., says :—" I wrote in the beginning of the
vote, and if they feared they might, that they ions is no less unquestionable than the positive
officer
rh frodm Cae winf por.trl anfd ein
ewsce then
haveps, then en
een gineer
could not as military men yield to fear. Yet, with grievance thereby entailed on every person who, I treasure out of one of Nana Sahib's wells at his palace
oefonßtiatihnoeodr,aabbooulltt
2tsenfemeitle
all these reasons for leaving their vote open, the for purposes of business or pleasure, intends to
off r om
water, C a
wbnP(ibr e . tt. The
2O well
0
law takes from the members of courts-martial an visit France. A new duty is imposed on our men of the line to work half.a. -dun but by
getting
sue.
oath that they will not divulge each other's votes Police Magistrates, who are daily pestered with ceeded in getting i
en tt
down,
to threeit feet. Two or three
feenzwtysinbgadt the
thrown
and opinions 1- Gentlemen of the highest standing applications for the necessary recommendations to ofat'ipeers
ee feet of rubbish, 'which the fellows and personal courage, are secured b a led,e ine_ enable the party to obtain a passport from the in on the top, we managed to get out about 2,0001.
worth of silver plate and about 6,000/. worth of gold
nitely more solemn than their wordy Pof honour, Foreign-office, the only "open sesame "by which vessels. Some of the gold plate was magnificent. Two
against their votes being known to those who are admission can be obtained into the " tabooed " large plates were two feet nine inches each in diameter
mastersof their future interests;aud that, although land. and one of solid gold, and weighed together 701bs. The
Were it for no other reason but the inter- other gold articles consisted of chalices, cups, &c., spurts
nothing can be conceived more mean and unworthy ruption and annoyance thus inflicted on public for throwing rese-water, massive
Ispoons fdotirhffietchuweletGllwanoagrnkeds
of a man of conscience and honour, than punish- functionaries, whose duties were already sufficiently
ins a subordinate by neglect, for • water
w ewhhaeda worshipping,
imple m e ti te &c.
rater
wtorwk iansg
fulfilling his duty. coescientiously onerous, there would be good ground for applying the water came in Pat he ratkeedof
u6O gatllonsda miloute.
to the French Government to materially modify
fTehwi 8S
ampipneersisa t Boitthgolour t owge t at the ryuep e' easnw hsrceh left
eya
In the old debate to which we have referred their existing restrictions, or, if that failed, to say are still at the bottom. The Napa's palace. is in
our leading Reform-Bill-maker, he will find M
r. alter the regulations so unwisely adopted by complete ruins, and everything belonging to him in the
village we have burnt."
own MORTON adopting as nearly as possible, his Lord CLARENDON with respect to the issue of i MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AND THE DEFEAT OP THE
own late arguments against the Ballot as valid these important documents. , PALMERSTON GOVERNIIHNT.-31r. Bright, M.P., in ae-
reasons a '
a court_ragaarrtnis.sit. the
u.secreey of. officers' votes iu Every Englishman unconvicted of crime, and aknowledgment of a vote of thanks adupted by a public
meeting held at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the part he took
him
more, he
wilx:.
vi,tnia what.t,lwltill perhaps interest against whose character no tangible charge can be in the late Ministerial defeat, bas addrt ssed the followingt
Lord HOLLAND, e.t,d, father oi
tlioe, afterwards substantiated, is entitled to travel wheresoever 1 l,e,teteeorusteo ollfirC.omjueneoinle, Cowen,a lunletahre Ssiere e laryha:C3
parallel
C. his pleasure or convenience may lead him. He
J. Fox, replying with altos of
•eoce of 'secret deemed innocent until receivr d with much pleseure the announcement con- to those now employed in dec—lit reatlon- is, according to our constitutional theory, to be i tamed in
your letter of the 27th ultimo, that
electoral votes. i a vote of thanks had been passed to Mr. Gibson and
«, ie. " '
na..7
:I
admitted
tperl
yo v roved
o n
oat
rsoe d
an. b e ,
e, gl
Neumi
ol
element
yne
..t. I myself for the part we have taken in opposing the
MORTON—" Always was and still was against riet. ,1? ~"(311 '3
Corn
' Conspiracy Bill,' by a large and enthusiastic public
/ has 6 • meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle. lam greatly
this whole oath of secrecy," (he was endeavouring bungle,
adjusting
It
of convicted cri-
V itself' no weight with our tri- ' obliged to your townsmen for their kindness to me. I
enonviction has been
to weaken it by an amendment), "it was an in
ti e Punishment
alluded to. must say, however, that I took no part in the recent de
Ilte,Giblssecondded the
. rlesolutionepdrl)tpoasnedd
rhyoTe
at
tietnhde
innovation inconsistent with
itstig„_ obtained,
has a trust, hy one
result will:: and
folltoirweeyd. applrocvongralulate ;jou and the
laws, and with the very spirit of our Co
has paid the penalty of his former off If , , country on the clowa'all cf the very worst Ministry that
is purified in the eyes of the law l, he' , I have known. The Ministry which has succeeded to
you a vast uxajority of the as 1
tiOit." " Courts of justice had always been open,"
°nee, he it ma/ be deem d a transition Ministry, to be followed,
until ,„
should be
again violated its provisions. He is still the
it might as well be demanded that they
the confidence . . .
more entitled to filence of the
ti.rueiilt Libsral pArty in the country, party whicn 113.
secret tribunals.
' "It smelt i Cid; RoMallitS,
" We should soon hav© the
or rather "lag/item/4
, about
tofor. the kind expressionson. I beg to. thank
whole trial carried on secretly.'
in ever ntained In _ towards myself which are
' whose security d
an proper treatment y John Bri&ht. Your letter.—l arn, yours respectfully, I
strongly of the Inquisition, and should glarra
g SEieph QOPAD, jug,, Eeq," I