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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY_ E V ENINIG, MAY 22, 1858.

many Hon. Gentlemen felt that they would have
a heavy account to render to their constituents.
A dissolution was the inevitable res .lt of a fac-
tious vote, and that carried with it consequences
which they were not prepared to encounter. Like
808 ACRES, their courage rapidly ebbed forth.
They could not screw it to the sticking place, could
not make up their minds to march through Coventry
with their self-elected leaders. The splendid ad-
dresses of Mr. BRIGHT and Sir JAMES GRAHAM
gave the coup de grace to the matter, and it was
known yesterday that Ministers would have
had a fair working majority in the event of a
division.

But the decisive matter was the despatcb
of Sir JAMES OUTRAM, earnestly and ener-
getically protesting against the spoliation
system, inaugurated by the proclamation, and
the answer of Lord CANNING controverting
his enlightened views and well-considered opinion,.
After that nothing could be done. The whip had
been strenuously applied, but even those who had
already promised could not in common decency
vote. They were prepared to take up their hats
and leave the House, and such a proceeding
would have been far worse than any defeat.
Under such circumstances it was that an almost
universal demand was made for the withdrawal of
the motion. Mr. CARDWELL at first rejected the
proposition. The promised seat in the Cabinet
was too strong a temptation, and Lord PALMER-
STON was equally anxious to regain the position
from which he had slipped through his own
truckling to despotism. The reports of the fkgel-
i_. • - -
y. • , _
ignomine.ous minority, however, prevailed, and he
ultimately blandly advised his Right Hon. friend to
withdraw the motion, which was acceded to amidst
the derisive cheers of the House.

The course adopted by the Government was
eminently judicious and highly dignified. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer did not fear the re-
sult, bat he was satisfied to permit the loophole
through which his opponents might wriggle out of
the scrape—to remain unsupported. A division
might have damaged the best interests both of
Great Britain and of India, and he would nor, for
any party purpose, force on such an encounter.
It would have been well if the opposition had
exhibited similar patriotism. Unfortunately for
themselves they did not do so ; and they have
consequently given additional stability to the
Ministry, and rendered them firm in their seats
for a considerable period. We can scarcely
suppose that another factious movement will be
adventured on daring the present Session. The
lesson, although painful, has •been salutary, and
the conspirators will perceive the imperative ne-
cessity of ascertaining their exact strength, and
measuring the force which they can depend on
before they again enter on a similar conflict.

justice be done M. Hieune and his forty coadju-
tors will be severely punished. The galleys—or a
protracted imprisonment, would ba the fitting re-
ribution for the atrocious act in which they have
participated.

GAME AND GAME.

"DOUBLE OR QUITS."

With their Cambridge Plot and their Oxford Motion
All their honours gone with their sense of shame—
The Senior Ops. had a mighty notion,
By playing One CARD WELL, they'd win the game.
But Sharpers though all of them, cunning and quick,
Lo ! their stake is lost—by a single trick.

With these "private letters" of Mr. SMITH,
the ex-President of the Board of Control, it is
for all the world like the phantoms in the wizsrd
glass in MACBETH— "Another and another yet
succeeds !" For a long while there was orly
ONE —the One. Even after Mr. WEITE3IDE'S
facetious conjecture that—for all ministers know
to the contrary—there might be a bagful!. Now
it turns out after all that the suspicion absurdly
entertained by some upon the matter was reap),
not altogether unfounded. "We have all heard
to-night," said the hon. member for Birmingham
on Thursday evening, "of TWO letters having
been received by the right hon. gentleman ;"
adding—" Before to-night there was no distinct
statement of there being more thin one :" and
inquiring point blank whether or no these " two"
constituted the whole number actually received.
This occurred, we repeat, on Thursday evening,
after Lord PALliErssroN's tardy (x7lanation.
Thereupon taunted into the necessity of being
yet more explicit, the noble lord the member for
Tiverton astounded everybody by this remarkable
acknowledgment—" The hon. gentleman was,
perhaps, not in the house when I gave an answer
to the question on a former evening: ; but my
answer was so far incorrect when 1 stated that
my right hon. friend had received THREE letters,
for in point of fact FOUR were received." No
wonder this astonishing announcement was greeted
with "ironical cheers" by the Ministerialists.
It is an incident only comparable to that of FAL-
STAFF with the men-in-buclKarn, as we find it
recorded in the 4th scene of the 2d act of the Ist
part of HENRY IV. :

VOCAL ASS9CIATIO:V.-Sf. JAMES'S

lIALL.

The fourth concert of this Association was given
last evening with the eminent success which has
invariably attended the series. The gifted violinist,
Herr Joachim, played Sebastian Bach's ct lehrate t
"Chaconne" with the wondertUlt execution and
.ielicacy of rendering which essentially distinguish
this artiste. Perhaps the composition was rattier
too classical in character to be thoroughly appre-
ciated by a mixed audience ; but Herr Joachim's
power of expression and inimitable finish cannot fail
to elicit intense almira ion, even from those whose
ears may not have been trained in the school of tee
highest class music. M. Benedict gave Men leli-
sohn's accompo.uinaent on the pianofurto, the wh
being a most excinsite performance. Herr Pischek
made his first appearance in London aftor an at-
srice of two years, and sang as effactively as eve,,
giving the old favourite, -"The Standaid Bearer,"
an aria from .eozart, and a German ballad from
Spolir's "Faust." His reco.ti.,ii enthusiastic,
and his voice in a state of unexceptionable excel-
lence. The part songs were sang by the Vocal
Association aid the Orpheus Gl. e Union, in a
manner which places the singers in a position of
unqualified eminence. Meudelssohn's serenade,
"Slumber, dea:est," was sweetly and evenly per-
f .rmetl, as was also the glee, "Lave and Wine," by
the same composer. Madame Atneadi sang several
airs in pleasing style ; and a violoncello obligate, by
M. Paque, accompanying a " Scena" by Madame
Isurchart, had but the single fault of being rather
too long to constitute a feature in such a full pee-
gramme. M. Benedict played and conducted with
his accustomed perfection ; and the concerts of the
Vocal Asioeiation may be considered among the
most attractive and sterling of the season.

"Fal.—l have pepper'd two of them : two, I
am sure, I have pay'd, two rogues in buckram
sui.s. I tell thee whit, Hal—if I tell thee a be,
spit in my face, call me horse. Th ni know'lt my
old ward ; here I liy, aryl ihus I b ire toy poise.
Four 'ogees in buckram let drive it me—
"P. Henry.—What, four ? thou saidst but tiro
just now.

'' Fal.—Four, Hal : I told thee four.
" Poins.—Aye, aye, he said four."
A Lttle while longer, doubtless, and the scene
may be continued—

" Fal.—Thesl four came all afront, and mainly
thrust at mo. I made no more ado, but took all
their seven poirys in my targ-t, thus. '
" P. Henry—Seven ; why there ware but four
even now.

" Pal. —ln buckram.
" Poins. —Ay, four, in buckram sniti.

" Fal. —Seven, by these hilts, or I am a viihin

7 1 else.
6, P.
_Henry —PRY7THEE LET HIM ALONE ; AYE
SHALL HAVE MORE ANON."
SO—with the " private letters" from Calcutta to
the ex-President of the Board of Control. One--
Two—Three—Four—we shall have Mr. WHITE-
SIDE'S bagfull at last before we have done with
if.. Until at length we are constrained to cry out
with Prince HAL.—" 0 monstrous through
sheer force of indignation.
The turn that things have actually taken in
the matter of Lord CANNING'S Proclamation, and
Lord ELLENBOROUGH's Despatch, and Mr. SMITH'S
Private Letter, reminds one of the 'whimsical
chain of circumstantial evidence brought to bear
upon a memorable pistol shot mentioned by Sir
Benjamin Backbite, in SHERIDAN'S comedy. The
pistol-shot which, it will be remembered by all
familiar with the School for Scandal—struck against
the little bronze bust of SHARSPERE over the fire-
place, grazed out of the window at a right angle,
and wounded the postman who was coalin' to the
door with a double letter from Northamptonshire.
The analogy is strict, if notactuafalluiyoluitset The
p,
thunderbolt hurled through his
tch
by Lord ELLENBOROUGH at the braz al act of con-
fiscation resolved upon by the Governor-General,
strikes the Proclamation aimed at rather ruinously,
and suddenly glancing at a tangent out of the
secresy by which it was first enveloped, wounde,
it is to be feared dangerously if not mortally, the)
public reputation of the recipient of a certain pri-
vate letter, a double letter, a treble, quadruple
letter—the Right Hon. Gentleman the Membor
roe Northampton. It may be what billiard players
call a " fluke"—but it is a hit, •nevertheless.
And a hit, too, apparently—judging from tl
quiet way in which it has been taken—that, huw-
ever sharp, however much like an affront, appeais
to have been quietly " pocketed." The way in
which
and
ichthewhole affair has been brought to light,
quite unexpectedly, is literally as
though a card-sharper, in arranging his hand, had
maladroitly dropped a secreted ace or knave of
trumps out of his wrietband. The table is there

upon immediately in an uproar. Even the most
practised among the honest players are discom-
posed for the time being. There is a new deal—
and the gentleman given to sharp practice has to
be shown to the door ! At the next election down
there, we shall have an opportunity of judging as
to the nice sense of honour prevailing among the
electors of Northampton.

I.VIEST NE WS.

INDIA.

The folloing telegram, from Acting Consul-
General Gras, was received at the Foreign-office
on May 22, 858, at noon :
ALEXANDRIA, MAY 18, 1858.

Seldom has greater excitement baen occasioned
in any case than that produced by the late duel
in Paris, in which a highly esteemed journalist
:las fallen a victim to the malevolent feelings
excited amongst certain officers by his jocular,
ind, we may add, innocent remarks. M. PEN;
the editor of Figaro, the French Puna, bad ridi-
culed some of the sous-officiers of the Grand Army.
For this he was condemned to death, and a large
oedy of persons joined in the conspiracy to
murder. These gallant (!) individuals thought it
unbecoming that forty cartels should be delivered
on a single day to a single man, one who had
chivalrously avowed his name, and braved the
consequences of his innocent jest. There was a
total absence of that fair play so dear to English,
and, we should hope, to French hearts. The
unfortunate victim had offended the class, and
his assassination was decided. One man might
I,ave been taken as the representative of the
party, and bad as it would have been,
some excuse might have been made, but the
cowardly ruffians brought forty into the field
against one. He was to be insulted by assassin
after assassin until, exhausted by fatigue, he would
16.67L—N1: PENn advantage, 'and
there the matter ought to have terminated. But
another rushed for ward to fill the vacant place. M.
aIENNE, an appropriate name, grossly and wantonly
insulted the gentleman, fatigued and worn out by
his first encounter. He had been the "maitre
d' arines," or fencing-master of the regiment. A
man thoroughly practised in the use of the deadly
weapon, and prepared to turn his skill to the wort
use. There was but little chance for the tired
civilian. He might as well have been subjected
to the stiletto of an Italian bravo. His chance
would have been as good in one case as the other.
There is to be an inquiry into the circum-
stances. We trust that for the honour of the
army it will be of a very stringent character. If

The steamr "Nubia" reached Suez, from Cal-
cutta, last nijit, with Calcutta dates to the 24th
of April.
Sir E. Lgard forced the enemy's bridge at
Azimghur or the 15th of April, and on the 17th
the pursuing 'urce, under Brigadier Douglas, drove
the rebels outof the city.

A standard ,n 4 much ammunition taken.
loss-10 killed and 37 wounded,
MALTA..—Tiis telegram arrived from Alexan-
dria by Frencl steamer at 7.30 a.m., May 22.
LYONS, Bear-Admiral.

Our

Letters from Naples of the 16th announce the
armament of eNery point of the coast susceptible
of defensive works.

All regimens are to be filled up to their full
complement, an.l two new regiments of cavalry are
to be raised. It is further asserted that sixteen
additional frigates are to be built.
There has been a grand entertainment on board
the English man-of-war Centaur, but the Nea-
politan officers were not invited, though the French
and Austrian, were.

A despatch from Frankfort, dated May 21st,
says :—The Diet has adopte l, without opposition,
the proposition for a commission to inquire into the
affair of Holstein, which has been partially modi-
fied by the third article of the separate proposition
submitted to the Diet by Hanover.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

A telegraphic despatch announces the arrival of
the Queen of Portugal at Lislnn on the evening
of the 17th.

BOURSE, May 21.—The following were the
closing quotations :-
41 per Cents 93
Lo. end month —
3 per Cent. ..... 69 70
Do. end month 69 65
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account 672 50

Credit Fonder
Belgian 44 ... Il8.!:
Piedtnontese (5) ......... 91i
Roman 921
Austrian . —
Spanish Threes -

Home Debt .
--Fox CASH.

RAILWAYS.
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 745
Lyon and Meditoran. 734
New Ditto
Geneva

Midi
Western 555
Strasburg
Grand Central .. —
Sardinian
Austrian

MONTENEGRO.

A letter from Vieuna in the Augsburg Gazette
gives some slight details of the late affair at Gra-
howo

" The real attack was masked, that is to say,
Rakow Radonich made a diversion against the
right Oink and rear of the TutlcF, in order to cut
off their provi4ons. Mocko followed closely and
attacked them in front. Feruck Pacha, being hard
pressi-d, was unable to retire on his held-quarters,
and was compelled to seek safe yin flight. Reval
Effendi and Keaud Pacha have invoked the mt cita-
tion of Austria to put an end to this corre3t.
Prince Danilo, on the contrary, has placed hirns3if
under the protection of the Western Powers, and
he will nit have recourse to the good offices of
Austria, for lie knows the conditions on which
they would be granted. Austria demands the
restitution of the property confiscated fr-m the
Montenegrin chiefs who live in exile i Dalmatia,
aad requires that Prince Da:;ilo shall faithfully
execute the engagements which he entered into in
1852 and 1853, when, being threatened by Omer
Pacha, he was saved by Austria."

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS COURT.

(Before the Master rf the Rolls', Sir John Romilly.)
IN RE DEPOSIT, &C., ASSURANCE COMPANY-JUDGMENT,

Yesterday a party of invalid troops, to the num-
ber of 52 non-commissioned officers and men of the
Ist Royals, 14th, 21st Fusiliers, 28th, 31st, and
57th Regiments, left St. Mary's Barracks, Chat-
ham, and proc,eded to Fort Pitt Hospital, where
they were medically inspec'el by Dr. J. R. Taylor,
C. 8., and the medical staff at that establishment.
At the conclusion of the inspection only a few men
were declared unfit for military duty, and the re-
mainder will be sent to rejoin their respective
depots.
The 30th (Capt. W. H. Noble's) Company of
Royal Engineers will shortly leave Chatham gar-
rison and proceed to Shorncliffe.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering
judgment, said that the question here was whether Mr.
Hare should be placed on the list of contributors for the
purpose of windingup this company. He had executed
the deed of settlement, and was prima facie a contri-
butor of the company; but he alleges that be was induced
to do so by misrepresentation, and therefore not liable.
If the misrepresentation had been by a private individual
member of the company, it would not avail him, as was
found in the case of Bell, vol. 22 of Bevon ; but he
alleges that the misrepresentation was made by the com-
pany thenve!ves in their report of the state of the com-
pany's business. In their report of March 31, 1854, it is
stated that there are about 7,8171. ls. 11d, more than
the debts for the purpose of carrying on the company,
whereas the company appeared to be in a state of insol-
vency. This report was calculated to mislead and in-
duce Mr. Hare to become a shareholder of the ootnpany,
and therefore the official assi ',nee is not entitled to place
him on the list cf contributories as a shareholder of this
company. . _ _

. _
Costs, ai between solicitor and client, to be paid on
of the common fund.

NAISH V. BRYANT-JUDGMENT.

His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said that the
question raised in this case was, who was to get the
money arising from the forfeiture of a bond of a stock
broker, of the City of London. His Honour was of
opinion that it must be divided equally amongst his
cred►tors. Costs of all parties, as between solicitor and
client, to be paid in the same manner.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Campbell, Mr.
Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justics Erle, and Mr. Justice
Crompton.)

Trinity. term commenced this morning, at 10 o'clock.
On the opening of this term the Lord Chancellor's
breakfast and reception are dispensed with, and their
lordships commeoc'd the business in the usual manner
on ordinary term days, During this term the charge o.
libels on the Emperor of the French will be heard, and
it is rumoured there will be a case of breach of promise
tried in the sittings after term, in which the damages
are laid at 10,000/.
Mr. M. Smith, Q C., said this was a case raising an
important question relative to the Limited Liabilit,
Act. The plaint ff, Mrs. Pen-rose, had supplied coals to
the Saltash Waterman's Steam Packet Company
(limited), of which the defendant was the secretary, and
she drew a bill of exchange for the amount on the com-
pany, without stating "limited," which the defendant
accepted as the security of the company without re•
quiring its insertion. An action was brought for the
recovery of the amount, and heard before Lord Camp-
bell at Guildhall The question that arose upo❑ the
trial was the defendant's n-rsonal liability, under the
19th and 20,h Yin., cap, 47, clause 31, which requires
the registration of a limited liability company as such,
and renders the secretary of such company liable to a
penalty of 501., and renders him personally liable for the
amount of such bills, if not paid by the company, when
be omits to affix, or cause to be affixed, to any docu-
ment the word "limited."

Lord Campbell said there was a replcation on the
trial that the plaintiff did not know the company was a
limited company when she drew the bills, and the jury
found in her favour.

Mr. M. Smith said the defendant contended that the
signing required by the Act of Parliament did not apply
in Ulla case.

Rule nisi granted.

COURT OF COSIIIIUN PLEAS.
Their .Loresh ps sat in banco this morning, but no
case of ia.tsr•est came before them.
Lo-d Chief Justice Cockburn took his seat this
morning on the bench for the first time since his re-
covery from a severe attack of bronchitis. His lordship
looked very well, an 1 appears to have entirely re.
covered.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.;

It is prjbable the 2211 Foot at present at Shef-
field, may return to Portsmouth to garrison that
fol trees.

The notification which appeared in our military
and naval column of Thursday last, on the subject
of a letter addressed to us by a gunner of the Royal
Artillery at Woolwich, in which complaint was
made of the inconvenience suffered by himself and
comrades in consequence of their being furnished
with but one delivery of post letters per day,
was immediately responded to by Gen. Williams.
The garrison orders of that evening contained a
clause enforcing rigorous attention on the part of
quartermaster-sergeants, in order that four deli-
veries be henCeforth strictly and punctually at-
tended to throughout the garrison.
Her Majesty's steam troopships Vulcan.and Ur-
gent, Commanders Seccombe and Macdonald, are
under orders to embark troops again at Ports-
mouth. They only arrived from the Mediterranean
last Saturday and Sunday, and are again ready for
sea, the Urgent first. She will embark this day or
Monday 11 officers, 344 men, one officer's wife and
three children, 17 soldiers' wives and nine chil-
dren, of the second battalion of the 7th Fusiliers ;
also a company of Royal Artillery for Gibraltar.
Lieutenants Harness, James, and Morlaud, of the
6th Fiiot, who were left behind when that regiment
44.—;4•., Ailnhppfpr art 4 --- 3 .—""'
saga in the Urgent. 1.7:e Vulcan will. embark on
Monday 21 officers, 523 men, one officer's wife, 33
soldiers' wives, and 30 children of the second bat•
talion of the 7th, forming the right wing. The
troops will arrive in garrison at Portsmouth from
Aldershot this day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
EMBZZLEMENT BY A WORKMAN.—Thomson Road, a
decent looking working man, was charged before Mr.
Thngbatn with embezzlement and obtaining money by
fake pretences.

The following are the latest movements at Ports-
mouth :—The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain
Eyres, C. 8., is being painted. The Flying Fish,
6-gun screw despatch vessel, was taken to Stokes-
bay yesterday to try her eng,nes, tir.c., after an ex-
tensive docking. The Britannia, 120, sailing three •
decker, is ordered to be fitted out as a training ship
for young officers who have passed the College exa-
mination, in lieu of the Illustrious, 72, Captain R.
Harris. On Monday her Majesty's ships are or-
dered to " dress," and Royal salutes are to be fired
in honour of her Majesty's birthday, and on Tues-
day the like ceremony is to be repeated in honour
of the birthday of the Princess Helena, with the
exception that the "dressing ships" will be partial.
The Victory, 104, Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8.,
flag of Admiral Sir G. F. S-ymour, K.C.8.,
G.C.H., is now in a condition to receive visitors,
after her lengthened and thorough refit. The paint
is all dry, and the ship is in the very best possible
condition, not only fur the inspection of the
stranger or excursionist who wants to see the Vic-
tory because Nelson fought and died aboard of her,
but for the officer or man in the navy who can ap-
preciate what a shin ought to be that c trries the
nation tl ensign. Her decks and everything else,
from the kelson to the mastheads, are in admirable
order. She not only presents the attractions of a
show ship but the appearance of a man-of-war in
good condition.

Mr& Mary Cross, wife George Cross, plumber and
glazier, of Great Portland-street, said the prisoner
had been in her hu-band's service, but absconded on
the scla inst. It was his duty to receive money, and
to account to her for it. He bad received various
rums of money and had not accounted !or them, and
on the 6th inst., the day after be absconded, he oh.
tained a sum of 5!. 53., representing that he had been
sent :or it.

Mr. Charles Godfrey Hall, bootmaker, 89, Regent-
street, said the prisoner called on him, and knowing
him to be in prosecutor's service, he paid him the
Rum of 51. Ss., a hich ho said he had called for.
Joseph Med wn, license victualler, the Hibernian
Stores, Old Crompton-streeP, said, on Fab. 6, 1858.
he paid the prisoner the sum of if. 10s., fcr which
he cave him a receipt.
Nervine Dryden proved paying the Rrisoner the
sum of 1/. 4.. hi. on April 10, be,,,;,nc,:,12 he gave
her a receipt.

George Cross, the prosecutor, said the prisoner had
never accounted in any way for the sums mentioned
)y the

A commi,sion, appointed by the Admiralty, is
ordered to commence siting on Monday at the
Royal Clarence-yard to consider the present dres
of the seamen of the fleet, with the view to he
adoption of a universal style and improved mate-
rial. This Clothing Commission will consist of Cap-
tain C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal
Naval Hospital at Haslar and Royal Clarence Vic-
tualling-yard ; Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8.,
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, of her Majesty's ship
Victory ; Captain Lard F. H. Kerr, of her Ma
jesly's ship Marlborough, 131 ; and Capt. Robert
Harris, of her Majesty's ship Itustr;ous.
Thu Atlas, 91, one of the new line-of-battle
screw steamers ordered to be built at Chatham
dockyard, has been commenced on the slip fnm
which the Renown, 91, screw steamer, was
launched.

Yesterday preparations were commenced at No.
1 slip in •Chathani dockyard for laying down the
new screw corvette Orpheus, 22, one of the addi-
tional war steamers ordered to be constructed at
Ch..th ,m.

The Charles yesterday commenced sh'pping war
stores from Woolwich for Halifax, and the Early
Morn for Port Natal.

Captain John Sanderson, R.N., yesterday took
up his c)minission and hoisted his pennant on
bo►rd her Majez,ty's screw steawship Archer, in
dock at Woolwich preparing for the SJuth African
station.

In answer to Mr. Bingham, the prisoner said he
bad noLbing to Eay.
ile was then committed for trial.

TEIAMES.
A MOST ACCOMPLISHED BRUTE —AGGRAVATED AS
SAULT UPON A WIFE.—John CluttertuA, upwards of
50 years of age, a painter and blind maker, dwelling in
Limehouss, who is teo well known in this court, was
brought before Mr. Yardley charged with violently as-
saulting his wife, Betsy, who appeared before the magis-
trate, as the had more than once done before, with her
fsce swollen and discoloured from the brutal trey relent
she had received from her savage husband. The prisoner
is a regular domestic tyraet, and belongs to a very bad
family ; one of his brothers has b en transported for a
felony, and another is in prison for a savage aseault.
The prisoner is a dissipated, lazy fellow, prefer-
ring to live on the earnings of his wife and
family to working at his business. He has been
frequently in custody for assaulting hii wife, and she
has more than once refrained from appearing against
him. At last his violeneeextended so far, and she was
eo dreadfully beaten that Mr. Selfe comeelled her to
appear, and sentenced the prisoner to three months'
impri-onrnent and hard labour, and to keep the peace
iowar le her for six uscnths' longer ; when his term of
imprisonment expired, else ma o an appicatinn to the '
inagistra to to release bin; without bail which was ac-
ceded to. Ile soon afterwards recomesecced his career
of brutal,ty and drunkenness, a id made his family very
uncomfortable. He came borne a few days einee and
demanded some food, although he had contributed Iv,-
thing towards housekeeping fer several weeks. His wife
went to the cupboard to obtain seine potatoes and
meat for bins, and it was di,cavered teat a cat
hal devoured what was intended for him ; on this he
because very angry indeed, said it was hard that when
he came home b----y hungry he should be starved,
threw a dish at his wife and etrucle her on the ehouller
with it, inflicting a severe bruise, and then commenced
beating her with his fits. He also took up a poker,
end with horrible threats and imprecation, said lie
would knock out his wife's b-----y brains. His son and
niece took the poker from him and he left the house. A
warrant was subsequently obtained on which he was
arrested.

The freight ship Osbert, taken up for tLe con-
veyance of war stores for Barbadoes, is under or-
ders to sail to-day from Woolwich.
Tha following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
William B. Fegen, surgeon, to the Archer ; S.
M. Saxby, acting naval instructor, to Vie Cftssy ;
Jams B. Mt orman, paymaster, to the Agamem-
non ; J. H. Shirreff, assistant-paymaster, to the
Madagascar ; an' Alfrel G. Montagu, assistant,
to the Archer.

THE LAT& tiE.Y. HAVELOCK'S GRAVE.

Tue prisoner, in defence, said his wife was a drunken',
which she refuted by good evidence.
Mr. Yardl-y raid the prisoner was a most accom-
plished brute, and sentenced him to four months' im•
prisonment and hard labour.

DEFEAT OF FACTION AND TIUTI3IPLI
OF JUSTICE.

The triumph of the Government, announced last night
amidst cheers and acclamations from both sides, that one
of the most complete and unmistakeable that the House of
Commons has perhaps ever witnessed, and, in proportion
as the Victory was great, the defeat of the Cambridge
House Conspirators wan, signal and undisguised. With
the affectation of a prude, Mr. Cardwell at first declined to
withdraw his Jesuitic Resolution. But when he found that
men of his own party--recipients of the " beautifully en-
graved tickets," and ardent expectants of office under the
coming Palmerston Oligarchy—were even compelled, by a
sense of rude j ustice, to announce their opposition to the Re
solution—when, too, the great demigod, Palmerston him-
self, saw a mo :e by which he could avoid completely and for
ever damning the last rag of character for Statesman-
ship which belonged to him, and suggested that his pro-
tege, Cardwell, " might" do so ; then the renegade Peelite
coesented, with as bad grace as possible, to place himself
in the hands of the Commons ! Miserable finale this of all
the " special services" at Cambridge House ! The history
of this extraordinary Plot will not be without its value to
the future Government of the Empire. Some useful
lessons may be deduced from the unprincipled and nelfish
struggle for regaining the emoluments of office, which we '
trust will not be lost to the country. All honour to those
really Independent Members of the Liberal party, who
could not be seluced from the clear path of duty by the
blandishments of Hayterism. May this honourable part
of their conduct be duly remembered, when next they
shall bo brought face to face with their constituents !
Morning Chronicle.

( From the Edinburgh Witness.)
We have seen a leiter written by a British officer,
stationed at Alumbaqh, which was rccavered from
the wreck of the Ava, and from which we are al-
lowed to extract the follawing sentences, referring,
among other Clings, to the grave of Sir Henry
Rowlock. It is the only reference which we re-
member to have seen to the hero's earthly resting-
place, and exhibits the enthusiastic regard felt to-
wards him by his officers. "I am now in Alumbagh
(the officer pays), and a most uncomfortable place
it is, with abut 200 round shot poured jut it
every day. We live in a large salcon, which
forms the upper a orey of the palace. On ca-11
silo of it is a large corridor or verandah,
quite open on the outside and communicating I.y
a series of open arches with the saloon. Through
these arches the round shot sometimes sweep,
for the enemy's batteries play on either flank
of the palace, and the interval of wall between
each arch is so unsubst intial as hardly to f run
i.ktry defence when struck by a shot. The saloon is
ample and lofty, but full of piercing draughts, as you
can easily fancy, and mtseraVy cold, owing to its
elevation, and that in spite of a roaring wood fire
maintained in a fire-place at each end of she ball.
The ceiling is very lofty, and profusely decorated
with graceful patches of Eastern landscape,
painted in no contemptible style of art. Each
arch is furnished, according to the original
design, with gla.zAl folding doors, but these have
*early all been smashed either ao.ddentally or by
round shot. The door opposite which lam
sitting has its under part carried away by a shot.
This happened on the day when our troops
first entered the place. A wearied soldier threw
himself clown to • rest, with his head against
the door. In an instant he was asleep ; and arum
that sleep he never awoke, for a round shot car-
ried off his head and shoulders. Every inch of the
hall is at the mercy of the enemy's batteries. None
of us dare ventute for an instant into the coal-
' pound, so fast and furious do the shot fly about it.
General Havelock's grave is in the compound--a
narrow strip of ground, with a scathed and withered
tree to mark the spot. Truly, there is au end of
all thinv. Little did we think that, during that
victorious and monarch-like career of his from
Allahabad to Lucknow, he was marching only to
lay his mortal frame in that narrow strip of ground.
But it is not to form his final resting-place. At
the expense of the officers whom he led so well,
the honoured remains are at once to be sent home
to England, there to mingle, I doubt not, with
the dust of her most illtbtrious dead. Only yrs-
c te.his
usita np m oTuls) e
measure, I need not say, is ,
terday I gave my signaturpeertfoe
and I regard it as a distinguished privilege to con-
tribute to such an act. If ever I return to Eng-
land, the tomb of Sir Henry Havelock, in West-
minwer Abbey, will be visited by me with .no
common feelings."

The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough have left
DEATH OP THE EARL OF It ANPURLY.—We regret to
town for Delany House, Surex, where they will pans
the recess. annourca the dean of the E,rl of Itaefitrly, who ex.
ViscountP.es Palmerston will have an assembly this pirad on Vi re Inesday night at Dungantirn Park, his seat
evening, at Cambridge bons?. in the comty Tyrone, after a short illi:essr. Tho esil
VOLUNTARY syAuvATioN._ye,terday an inquest was only succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father,
at thrlaising S.n, fli r ford-place, Haggerstone, cn the sec md earl, on the 21st of last March.
the body of Richard Boucher, aged 59, once a broa I It is understood that Mr. Wegnelin, M.P., who was
silkweaver, who died in a wretch( d room, destitute of recently Governor of the 13 nk of England, is about to
a 1 comfort. The deceased lived with hie brother, and join the banking house of Messrs. Roberts and Co.
he had been fit some tima in a delicate state of hea.th, Toe Great Siuthern of India Railway hare notified
but refused to have medical odvice, observing tha-. it that a guarantee of 5 per cent. has been conceded by the
was cf no use. Latterly he maintained I i Itself by die- India Company on their subscribed c-pital of 1,000,0001.
PCE"g of the small portion of furniture which aas in LIMERICK ELECTION.—After the retirement of Mr.
his possession. Wh nhe was in better circumstances Bai', yesterday, Mr. Spaight was elected without further
ha deprived himself of the necessaries of life. He had opposition,
been unwell since Monday week, and had taken no BETTING HOUSES. —At the M,rlborough-stnet
sustearme since then. He died tn Sunday last. Ist P, lice court, yesterday, Thomas Senn was fined ,10/, for
the time of his death deceased and his brother had but f keeping a netting-house in Pheelix-aireet, St. Giles's.
twopeL.n, in their pockets. The jury reti:rned a verdict Toe Earl of Shaftesbury has written a letter to the
of "Natural death," accelerated by %act and privation Times stating that he was not present at the Sunday
of the necessaries of life through his owes neglect.- 1 meeting at Cambridge House.