The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1858

which we have always advocated, and which they
have a right to expect. Nay more, that even the
Timers itself is becoming a convert to the opinions
which we have put forward on that point. It may
unquestionably be ♦ery inconvenient to have the
progress of legislation suspended at the very com-
mencement or in the centre of a session. But it
is an inseparable incident to Parliamentary
government ; and unless reasonable allow•
ances were made on the accession to
office of a New Cabinet, we should practi-
cally be exposed to a monopoly of power, even-
tually leading to irresponsible authority. When
a hostile vote has been arrived at virtually
amounting to a want of confidence, or such as to
lead to a resignation of those in office, Parlia-
ment must submit to the necessary consequences,
and give the new men time to mature their plans,
and to bring forward measures which they can
confidently recommend, and on which they are
prepared to stake their political characters.
It is impossible to complain of the course
adopted ; ♦otes were only asked on account in
matters which could not be neglected consistently
with the interests of the community. There is no
desire to curtail in any degree the privilege of
discussion, or to avoid due criticism on the
acts of the Government, but while they are bring-
ing forward natters that have been bequeathed to
them as legacies by their predecessors, it would
obviously be premature to raise captious objections,
or to refuse the opportunities of full explanations
on every matter on which differences of opinion
may be anticipated.

The Navy and Army estimates were partially
brought forward last night, and votes for four
months taken on account. These rotes have been
entirely framed on estimates prepared by the late
Government, and were essential to the efficient
management of the united services. It would
have been impossible for the present heads of
these important departments to have accurately
investigated all the multitudinous details. At a
later period, the sanction of the Houses will be
asked to tile remaining balances, and then the
views of the Government will be expressed thereon.
Full liberty is retained to add, alter, or amend, as
occasion may require ; but the First Lord of the
Admiralty has candidly stated that he does not
think he will be able to propose any reductions
therein.

There has been an increase in the number of
seamen and boys, and in the Coastguard of 3,680,
of which 2,000 are for service afloat, and 1,680
for the Coastguard, a very ♦aluable branch, the
members whereof can be made available for gene-
ral service at a very brief notice. As, however,
the number of seamen in actual employment
exceeded by 860 the number voted in
the original and supplementary estimates
last Session, the total nominal increase will be
reduced by that number, and the real addition
will be 1,35 G seamen and 1,680 for the coast-
guard.

Similar Totes for four months were taken for
the Army, the nominal increase in the strength
whereof is 3,339 men. But this by no means
shows the real augmentation, as the troops trans-
ferred to the Indian establishment amount to no
less than 62,54. The real addition to our
military power will, therefore, be 65,881. We
aro also informed that the number of enlistments,
which within the last six months amounted to
343,000 men, was no less than 7,300 last month ;
so that it is manifest there is no lack of the
military spirit, when so many could be found to
come forward freely and voluntarily to brave the
dangers of the tented field, and all the casualties
of hard serrice.

Under the existing circumstances of the country
we do not believe that there will be the slghtest
disposition to cut down either branch for the sake
of any paltry saving, which would, indeed, be a
penny wise and pound foolish policy. The " pain-
ful misconception" with the French Government
may have happily terminated. But still it is well
to maintain the national defences, and our brave
and hardy defenders in the highest state of effi-
ciency. The expense is a question of comparatively
trivial importance. A single week of war would
eost far more than the preparations which would
prevent any reasonable prospect thereof. They
may, therefore, be regarded as constituting an
insurance fund to guarantee the nation against
more serious cost and formidable injury.

We are glad to find that the Lords of the Ad-
miralty have directed attention to the gun-boats
now lying idle at Gosport, having directed in-
quimiles in order to ascertain how soon fifty of
these very useful vessels could be got afloat,
if required for service. The answer was,
that they could be got ready, and under
steam, in little more than 48 hours. We trust
that this report will be forthwith acted on, and
that ere long every one of those available will be
commissioned and put in effective condition. We
have repeatedly ei plain° d the benefits that would
result from the operations of our little fleet, both
as Coastguards and along the coasts and in the
rivers of India and China ; and should the Govern-
ment act thereon, it will establish for itself a
strong claim on the thanks and gratitude of the
nation.

Lord MALMESSURY has now an opportunity to
show the difference between himself and Lord
CLIZEINDON, and to let Englishmen see whether
the exchange was, so far as the Foreign-office is
concerned, worth making. We do not now advert
to the WALZWAI despatch ; there is another affair
in hand, farther south, in which he may earn the
laurels both of diplomatic firmness and of humanity.
The Neapolitan insult, setting aside the cruelty,
is, we think, quite as great, we should say greater,
than that of WALEISSXI'S inconsiderate language.
The cruelty and injustice cannot, however, be
separated from the insult, for it is by them—by
cruelty and injustice perpetrated on two poor
sailors,—that England is treated with contumely.
Our Viscounts and Earls, when outrageous lan-
guage is addressed to thorn, ought to be able to
take care of themselves and of the English name
too ; if they are not, it is now quite plain that
the House of Commons will teach them their duty
by rather sharp lessons. But two worthy Eng-
lishmen, of the mechanic glass—they have no
means whatever of taking care of themselves, and
especially when they are not merely threatened in
words, but seized, shut up in a felon's dungeon,
and for weeks or months, if we remember rightly,
denied all access to a legal adviser, and even the
ft .
English Consul refused permission to see them.
r,jus,.,tLiA.nitthexisploaNs,tsparimtiebuelcailrittyhabteoguinrse.ensuHree
c'orfuisl:Atit.
iti%larlianav,e
itiiseiosted at once on a person autho-
v,auptalain.eyexw:LthinaatNiozoaluitdanwaletegha.l
n them for the adviser, att,,,titin,,
sons having free access to ; an`t on these per- I
ought to have denied to a:57,,11t", l'AI"L• He
right to exclude proper adviser:" -Seel
State the
-, and to 1,,,,,,, .
formed the brutal Monarch that, if ho rqusear%
in this point to the practice of cieilistea
Id deal with him as a barbarian,
DC
ao conform
such force as a few days would
amenable only to s
h© should
In his able
enable hiai to assealble at nples.

opinion, which appeared in The Sun of Thursday,
Dr. PIIILLIILORA states this exclusion from legal
advice to be "unjust and indefensible," on the
general grounds of international law. We have
accorded the just claim of a legal adviser to M. BEI.-
NARD from the first moment of his arrest ; and had
Lord CLARE); DON demanded and enforced this right,
so utterly baseless is the charge, that we believe
it would have been impossible to have committed
the men, notoriously innocent as they are, for trial
at all.

However, for ten long months—during which
Lord CLARENDON has been in receipt of his salary
at the Foreign-office, and enjoying every comfort
which his official quarters and his own fireside
could furnish—for these ten long months have
the two wards of our Foreign-office been groan-
ing under a Neapolitan incarceration, and sub-
jected to treatment which has almost deprived one
of them of his reason. We repeat what we have
said before, that Lord CLARENDON ought, if he
held that the case must come to a trial, to have
insisted on the bail of the British Government
being accepted for their appearance on the day of
trial. Whatever the charge, the evidence was so
slight, that this demand night have been enforced
without violating the reasonable comity of na-
tions. It was never even suggested. It was
treated as merely an unlucky thing that the two
men had got into such hands. We believe a
Clioatavram, and a MILTON would have written an
epistle to his Majesty that would have controlled
such luck as that. We have had Ministers and
Admirals, and Soldiers, and. Ambassadors, who
held that bad luck was but another name for bad
management, and who would have scorned to
acknowledge the possibility of bad luck to Eng-
lishmen the hands of King 8031131'S police,
while the nation was at the vast expense of Gib-
raltar, Malta, and a Mediterranean Fleet.
But the ten months cannot be helped. They
must remain as a lasting disgrace in history to
Lord CLARENDON'S administration of the Foreign-
office. It is now Lord MALIIE3BURY'B turn. We
have been disgraced as much as possible hitherto,
let the tide now turn. We were glad to hear that
a messenger was sent at once to Naples by the
present Foreign Secretary. What his instructions
were, and what the telegraph and express train
will yet convey to him, is everything. The subject
must soon be fully discussed in the House, for a peti-
tion has been sent up by the men of Newcastle on
behalf of their fellow-townsmen WATT, and his
fellow-prisoner PARK, requesting that the House
will " instantly demand through the Government
the release of their unfortunate fellow-country-
' men," also that satisfaction will be sought for the
outrage committed against England, and compen-
sation, such as is now possible, for the injured
men. These demands are by no means exces-
sive, and the petition must not lie dormant.
Under e.!l the circuinstances, nothing teas ough!-, to
be asked, nothing less accepted. We have ample
noans to enforce them, for Sicily needs but the
word, and the sight of our ships, and a guarantee
never again to be recalled, and the gaoler of our
countrymen would find that in seizing and impri-
soning Englishmen groundlessly for ten months,
he had indeed caught a Tartar.
Since the publication of that able civilian Dr.
PRILLIMORE'S opinion, in writing thus, we write
not mere British sentiment, but the mere teaching
of international law. Lucidly has the Doctor
gene through all the pleas of the Neapolitan Court
for the seizure of the Cagliari, and shown how
utterly false and bad they are. The Neapolit3.n.
judges plead piracy—Dr. Puriamaratß shows that
they or the officers they defend were the pirates.
The Cagliari had not left Genoa as a pirate ; when
seized she was not engaged in acts of piracy ; her
papers, the admitted legal test, were papers regu-
larly granted by the Sardinian authorities. She
had fallen, indeed, into the hands of those who
might properly be called pirates, but no legal
maxim is more sure than that possession by pirates
cannot interfere with the rights of the lawful
possessor, and the Cagliari was, when taken, in
the hands of those who had been, and were, her
lawful possessors. But if one lie will not do, a
conflicting lie must be tried. First, the Cagliari
was a pirate—this being felt to be false ground,
she must next be brought under the category of a
vessel of war, and dealt with as the hostile ships
of a regular enemy ! The Doctor shows the im-
possibility of both charges being true. But taking
the last, he proves that under no recognised in-
ternational law could the seizure of the Cagliari
be for a moment justified. Such of our readers
as may have passed over the Doctor's reasonings,
supposing them to be a dry legal document, would,
we believe, be gratified by turning to it again,
and following the Doctor in his careful and spirited
refutation of Neapolitan sophistry.
Wait—trimmers may say—for the result of the
trial ;yes,
wait till the opportunity of asserting our
.caruneiadat
uoodru,erws dignityretire eu
iphutai
dos
inspgaarnsasdee
ed
p; aeifrwjauyry!
If w
thecon-
victedlawful
mbye bu e positionha c
s
as enabled Biomes. to chain POERIO by heavy irons
to a felon, what are we to do then ? Are we to
be judges of the judgment of a court which we
have allowed to take its own course ? We have
one course fairly open—to support by our fleet
the Sardinian demand for the restitution of a
vessel and crew piratically seized by the Neapo-
litans, and to dare FERDINAND to refuse it. Of
course we are thankful for the assurances of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer last night ; but ho
must be prepared with the arguments which alone
have weight with the King of NAPLES.

ilt is amusing, but at the same time, strange to
I say, it is eminently saddening to remark the total,
the utter, the absolute incapacity of foreign
nations to understand the working of our Parlia-
mentary system. There was the Gazette de France
the other day pointing the finger of scorn, with an
air almost of commiseration, at England, because
of the latest result of this Parliamentary system
—the sudden change of our Government'. Scorn
from one entirely unconscious of a native Senate,
without freedom of speech in the Tribune, and a
deliberative Assembly without the capacity for deli-
(
1 beration ! There is something pitiable in pity
such as this—pity so blind a►nd so deaf, so inca-
pable of discrimination, the subject of such
bewildering monomanias, the victim of such
astounding hallucinations. It would, of course,
be altogether beside the mark to suggest to the
Gazette de France that, instead of a change of
Cabinets resulting from an unexpected division of
a chamber of representatives—there might pos-
sibly, just possibly, be changes of Ministries con-
sequent upon the whims of irresponsible Sove-
reigns. Those, however, who think as the Ga-;ate
de France thinks upon these problems of Govern-
ment, are not for a moment to be reasoned with.
Their opinions are only to be looked to as start-
ling phenomena to bo wondered at, but, as poor
mortals, without the chance of our comprehending
them. We can only venture to gage at them
throughm
2E1..
this
attention
humble
n ad smoked-glasses,
llfeaosrss
spirit
just u
oft
passing ae
curiosityn
moment
emaynat
ndt
doo
uj
tit, hi
ze:cr:attos
fot.l:nglish ari:ec
lee
0:1 eclipse
ep
tst
hteeeodf
eeMcieloirpna3dnea y afternoo ri • We
eofinthe luminous
s.
c the matter of
spectacle such as tlxi4

serves only with us upon occasion to dash away a
fair hope as to the political emancipation of this or
that continental population. It reminds us that
if we can construct in a few months a modern
Ark like our new sea monster the Leviathan, and
that if we could seven years ago run up a mag-
nificent palace of metal and crystal upon the green
sward of Hyde Park, almost as it were in a single
night like the fairy palace of Aladdin, we can never
hope in a like time to manufacture an oak out of an
acorn. Neither can we seriously speculate now-
a-days on the beautiful day-dream once upon a
time so fascinating to political visionaries, of
building up in a day constitutions requiring for
their growth the lapse of many centuries. It
reminds us, moreover, that the oak of our con-
stitution has needed more than a thin shallow soil
for its expansion from the seedling acorn of the
these giant popular
old Wittenagemota So that time and space alike
have to be regarded as essential matters of con-
sideration
Legislatures.
I
in
retp e
ics t
nto o t h
every Cortes, every
Congress, every Assemblee Nationale, or Corps
Legislatif that constitutes an equivalent to our
Anglo-Saxon Lords and Commons, our half-
elective, half-hereditary imperial British Parlia-
ment.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has con-
sented to preside over a meeting of the Havelock Me-
morial Fund, on Friday, the 19th inst., in Drury-lane
Theatre, which is kindly lent free by Mr. Smith.
The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold his first levee
(fall dress) this evening at half-past 10 o'clock, at 7,
Carlton-house-terrace.
The transmission of the Egyptian tribut-s this year to
meet the dividends on the Turkish debt has again been
awarded to the Bank of Egypt,
It is stated as one result of the late " painful miscon-
ceptionatll nottbicaocntoianrute.
We do not, however, vouch for the correctness of the
to rep re's'
etnhtattb
et the
Emperor Count de P
thee r s iFg nr
French
owbi
report.
The ruinous and disgraceful competition lately carried
on between the Great Northern and London and North
Western Railways:was terminated yesterday by a reso-
lution to return to the ordinary fares. The iniluerica
of other companies indirectly affected is said to have
been exercised to produce this result,—Times.
We have reason to believe that Lord John Beresford,
Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, has
resigned his see into the hands of the new Government,
and that he will be succeeded by the Right Rev. Dr.
O'Brien' Bishop of 'leery. The late Archbishop was
born in 1773, graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, in
1793, was consecrated Bishop of Cork in 1806, trans-
lated to Rephoe in 18)7, to Clogher in 1819, to the
Archbishopric of Dublin in 1820, and to the Primacy of
Ireland in 1822. It is said that Dr. 0 Brien will be suc-
ceeded in the see of Ossory by Archdeacon Gould.
BOILER ElPLOSlON.—Yesterday a very shocking and
fatal accident took place at the house of Mr. J. Turner,
of Godley, near Hyde, Cheshire. About half-past 8
o'clock,the boilerwith o ui
nt giving any warning of impending dan-
ger, the kitchen exploded with a loud report,
blowing out a piece of the wall at the end of the house,
which is a detached building, causing the instantaneous
death of Mr. Turner's daughter, a young lady of about
19 years of age, who was in the kitchen at the time.
The boiler had a self-feeding apparatus, but it is sup-
pesed that it had been choked and the supply of water
had failed. It is said the boiler had no lid or safety-
valve, and hence there Was no exit for the steam.
MR. BAHIA M.P.—We learn that our county mem-
ber has been prevailed on to accept the office of Secre-
tary to the Board of Control in the Derby adininistra-
,ti ,n. In the earliest uno:rosial programme of the
distribution of appointments, Mr. Baillie's name
appeared in connection with the Board of Control ; but
it subsequently disappeared, to the surprise of friends
as well as of oppenents. We believe that the delay was
occasioned by a disinclination on the part of Mr. Baillie
to accept office, and that it was with reluctance he ulti-
mately acceded to the urgent request of the chief of his
party to undertake the management of Indian affairs in
the House of Commons ; the head of his department,
Lsrd Ellenborough, representing government in the
House of Lords.—lnreeness Advertiser.
The temper in which Mr. Disraeli's silence as to his
future policy was resented by some of the more zealous
supporters of the late Government indicates pretty
plainly the degree in which the new leader of the House
of Commons may rely on the forbearance of those whom
his accession to office has unavoidably irritated. The
country will feel no great sympathy with an Opposition
whose animating principle is vindictive disappointment,
but the house will probably evince quite as little for the
politician whose ascent to a high parliamentary position
has certainly not been marked by any sensitive abstin-
ence from personal attack. The re-appearance of Mr.
Bernal Osborne in his old character was the signal for
hilarious applause, and the house, never unfriendly to
vivacious mischief, testified a keen appreciation of the
fact, that the Monn; of faction was once more freed from
01.3 encumbering decencies of office. From an enemy
whose principal inspiration is rancour and whose main
artillery is coarseness, no Administration in this country
has much to fear.—Morning Paper.
THE MISCONCEPTION" BETWEEN FRANCE AND
ENGLAND.—It is understood that the correspondence
which has passed between the two Governments will be
laid before both Houses of Parliament on Monday. It
is composed of a series of despatches, the last of which,
closing the correspondence, arrived yesterday afternoon,
jest before the house met. Both Lord Malmesbury and
Count Walewski, it is affirmed, have throughout shown
great judgment and discretion. In reply to Lord Mal-
mesbury's request for an explanation of those passages
which have se much offended the House of Commons,
Count Walewski very frankly reinindsthe country of the
undoubted proofs given by the Emperor of the value
he attaches to our alliance by his concessions to our
views, both during the war and since the conclusion of
the treaty of peace. He proceeds to observe that after
the Emperor had been many times exposed to and
escaped attacks made by assassins who were proved to
have concocted their plans in England, he thought it no
presumption to appeal to the friendly feeling and jus-
tice of our nation to prevent, if possible, a recurrence of
such crimes. Count Waiewski repudiates, in the Em-
peror's name, any idea of wishing to include Englishmen
in the category of the refugees to whom he alluded, or
of a desire to change our laws, or an intention to con-
demn them; but now, regretting the misconstructioa
placed on his intention, he requests that the correspond-
ence may cease, and the alliance continue.—Times.
Dn. GUTHRIE ON THE " WEEKLY OFFERTORY."—The
following is an extract of a letter addre,sed by the Rev.
Dr. Guthrie to a gentleman in Manchester' who is eon-
' elected with a well-known section of the Church of Eeg-
laild, in reply to questions as to the desirableness of
substituting weekly collections for pew rents :—"Net
only do we collect voluntary offerings at every public
meeting for worship on the Lord's-day, but on week
days at prayer meetisge, whether these ba held in the
school-room or the church. In some of our churches
we have pew rents, in many of them none ; and so far
from objecting to the substitution of velars:ivy offer-
ings for these, we would much prefer the volen-
tary offerings if they would serve the purpose.
We would say that pew rents should not be
attempted wherever an attempt is making to even-
geliza a heathen district of any of our large towns.
Were voluntary offerings universal in your English
churches, as they should be, you could raise an immense
revenue for the glory of God and the service of the
church. In my congregation alone, whore we collect
voluntary at both forenoon and afternoon worship, we
receive about 1001. annually of voluntary offerings, and
this besides raising about as much from pew rents, and
about 1;100/. for a fund out of which all the ministers of
the Free Church receive an equal share. That fund,
to which congregations give according to their ability,
amounts to about 100,0001. a-year. The income of the
Free Church, all voluntary, is about 300,0001. annually;
and if we is our poor country—p ,or as compared with
England—raise such a sum as that from our share of the
population, amounting to about 1,000,000, what might
the Church of England do did she put forth her vast
resources ? Including one thing and another—l mean
stipend and the value of a manse and garden—none of
our ministers have under 1501. a-year. Unendowed as
we are now by the State, we are better off than very
many of the clergyneen of the Church of England.
That shows what can be done through the voluntary
offerings of the people."
NOISES EHITTID RY Demo has under-
taken to study the mechanism by which fish produce
sounds. That certain fish are capable of producing
curious noises has been known since the time of Aristotle
and spoken of by Cuvier and other celebrated natural-
istsfo rre cipo;
he
yinastdil
oyelsoodgbysme
raornf
eyd
nd
ci she
pi ph lee n eofrel
es
na
aa
.k
ButW an
tl the: r
nme un
be ta
nh
ave
ever beau hinted at.thTeshee authoracoustic w
e hav e propertiesju s e hmaesnhtiaorndel yd
assures us that the anatomical study of various fish has
proved to him that in some the males possess an organ
capable of producing sounds, whilst the females either
are deprived of it, or it is so modifted as to remain for
ever silent. Thus, in the males of the two species,
ophilium barbattun of Cuvier, and 0. vassali of Risso,
p
two
owfi
edcalhan ra ei rall b sis4v
nt° te'asi cei
h eewdai, ab 4 cbci oet rb°deti nrproducingois
sd
nea ine
oeg
'n
ea
muscles.nodr
In the females of these two species, however, the
classess m allbones
sounds and
producedm uBeley arefi swanting,hinto D
two distinctu fosse
cate-
gories—the first, which be calls abnormal sounds, are
those produced when the animal is taken out of its native
element ; they may be attributed to all kinds of organs,
vary constantly, are accompanied by convulsive move-
ments, and can in no way characterise the fish, or its sex.
The second, called normal sounds, are always formed by
the same ()rpm!, and are characteristic of the fish which
produces them. As it plays no part whatever in the pro-
duction of the latter, no bubbles of gas are observed to
be emitted during their manifestation. In a fish called
by the French " eaurel" (trachurus), a species of scomber
or mackerel, very common on the coasts of France, and
which, if seized by the back fin when swimming, endea-
vours to escape, whilst if it is touched on any other part
of the body, remains perfectly quiet, and emits a kind of
harsh noise. The author has ascertained that the noise
was produced by the friction of the superior bones of the
pharynx against the lower ones, and the surrounding
awriiiel or rough parts of the fauces,—lllus‘rated
Inventor,

TT'
'k

EXECUTION OF ORSINI AND PIERRI.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

We have received the following telegram from
our Paris correspondent :
" PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 13.

" At 7 o'clock precisely this morning Orsini
and Pierri were executed on the Place de la
Roquette."

Intelligence has been received from Constanti-
nople to the 6th.

The Persian troops hare beaten, at Karakan, a
numerous body of Karaks, who designed to enter
the country to co-operate with the revolted Indian
Sepoys.
Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, was present at a
grand fete given in his honour by the French am-
bassador. The Sultan was to invite the prime° to a
state dinner, previously to his departure.
Quarrels of race were becoming every day more
violent in the Turkish empire.
The Bulgarians refuse to pay the dues to the
Greek Patriarch; and the Pacha of Trebizond has
issued a circular accusing the Christians of being
deficient of respect to the Mussulmans.
The Presse d'Orient states that the conflagration
of the governor's palace at Adrianople was the re-
sult of a plot, tho boys having refused all assist-
ance."

BERLIN, MARdil 11,

Advices from Copenhagen state that the Danish
Government having made the vote on the maritime
fortifications of the capital a Cabinet question, the
bill was adopted on the second reading by 41 votes
to tour, 11 members having abstained.

As to the Duchies, the President of the Council
declared that the Government will make cences
sions compatible with the interest of the country,
while maintaining- the principle of unity in the
State,

tenegro, for in Albaylia Rffairn aro hp.coming
every day more critical, acd tsars art enter-
tained of an insurrection. We may affirm
that Russia is perfectly in accord with Vne Austrian
cabinet as to the necessity of securing tranquillity
on the frontiers of that country."

THE RECORDER OF HULL.

TO TUE EDITOR OF THE SIIN.

Stn,—l was pleased to see yesterday in the
columns of a morning contemporary allusion made
by a correspondent who signs himself " Jehu,"
to the omission of Mr. Warren's name from the list
of the New Ministry. I entirely concur in the
tribute paid by Jehu to the courage and eloquence
di-played by the Recorder of Hull on the memora-
ble occasion of the introduction of the Conspiracy
Bill, and consider that the least Lord Derby could
do, when he prepared his programme for the public,
was to reward those energies which had contributed
so much to place him in his high position.
Since the time of the " Chief Butler," however,
prosperity has almost invariably led to the forget-
fulness of services, and decent mediocrity has been
preferred to merit.
Mr. Warren has, however, the consolation of
knowing that his character and integrity have made
him respected by those who differ from him in
political views, and that they feel indignant at the
slight he has experienced.
In the event of a vacancy on the Bench, which is
expected at no very distant period, and may pos-
sibly happen during the reign of the present Minis-
try, the elevation of the learned Recorder of Hull
to a seat in which he may find fitter scope for those
high judicial qualities he has shown in a subordi-
nate capacity, would be at once endorsed with
public approbation.
I am, sir, yours obediently,
London, March 12. FAIR PLAY.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following circular has been issued from
the recruiting department, Horse Guards, dated
March 4 :

" At the instance of the Secretary of State for War the
General Commanding-in-Chief directs it to be notified
that soldiers who have purchased their discharge, or ob-
tained a free discharge by indulgence, and who subse-
quently re-enlist within two years after their discharge,
will be allowed to reckon their former service towards pen-
sion ; which regulation, however, is only to apply to men
who have re-enlisted or may re-enlist after the 30th of
Jane, 1857

" By command of his Royal Highness the General Corn.
naancling-in-Chief.
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

Orders hare been received at Sheerness Dock-
yard to lay down the lines immediately for a new
screw frig,ite, to be named the Orestes, and to be
commenced on the building slip immediately the
Clio, now building, is launched, which will be in all
probability about Juno next. The Orestes will be
225 feet between the perpendiculars, being 25 feet
longer than the Clio, and 4 inches more beam, this
class of frigate, or rather corvette, being found most
desirable in the British navy, more especially as
we have so many three deckers and line-of-battle
ships both building and ready for sea.
The new Lords of the Admiralty having inquired
yesterday of the Portsmouth authorities how soon 50
gunboats could be got afloat if wanted for service,
Col. Greene, the Admiralty engineer, was despatched
to Gosport to ascertain practically the answer. At
Gosport the gunboats are hauled up under sheds,
where they are under the attention of a staff of engi-
neers of the steam fleet in reserve. A trial of the
new machinery just completed by Messrs. Hum-
phrey, Tennant, and Dyke, of Deptford, was
accordingly ordered, with the object of answering
the question of the Admiralty. The machinery
principally consists of an enormous endless screw
126 feet in length (the longest in use), by 6 inches
diameter, and weighing four tons, in one continu-
ous piece. The trial was made in the presence of his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Colonel Green,
Captain Dacres, C. 13., and the principal officers of
the dockyard, when a gunboat of 80-horse power
was drawn out of its shed across the transverse
lines to the launching rails in the short space of six
minutes. Therefore, it is estimated that in little
better than 48 hours 50 gunboats could be afloat
and under steam. The action of the whole machin-
ery, with screw, was much admired by the scientific
staff present, and Messrs. Humphrey and Co. were
congratulated upon its highly satisfactory and ex-
peditious working.
The Melampus, 42-gun sailing frigate, which,
until relieyed by the Arrogant steam frigate. was
the Coastguard ship for Southampton water, having
been dismantled, was taken up and placed in or-
dinary at Portsmouth yesterday.
The ithatlamanthll9 steam storesbip, Master
Commauder Sturdee, left Portsmouth yesterday for
Woolwich.

The Renown, 91, Captain Forbes, will try her
speed at the measured mile in Stokes's Bay to-day,
Detachments of volunteers from the Limerick
and Roscommon Regiments of Militia (now at Al-
derskott) have this week joined the now cavalry
regimenti(the 18th Hussars) at Leeds Barracks, and
there is every probability of the regiment being
soon filled up. The head-quarters have this week
been joined by Major Jenyns and other officers.
The Argus, revenue screw yacht, Com wander J.
W. S. Grandy, arrived at Sheernes, yesterday,
having Commodore C. Rion, comptroller general of
the coast-guard, on board, and flying his pennant
of red at the main. The gallant commodore's ob-
ject for visiting there was to inspect the screw coast-
guard ships fitting for sea at that port.
The Arrogant, 47, screw, Captain Leopold G.
Heath, C. 8., has fielded topmast and pointed top-
galla.utniasts in the steam basin at Portsmouth
Dockyard. She will haul out of the basin next
week.

The Blenheim, GO, screw block ship, Captain
Francis Scott, C. 8., we hear has at length dis-
covered the cause of her leakage, arid she will be
enabled to go out of dock at Portsmouth the next
springs.

The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain
Harry Eyers, CB., has-completed the recoppuring
to the load water line, and will haul out of the
steam basin dock the next spring tides.
The Cressy, 84, screw, Captain Edward Pellew
Halsted, is ordered to haul into No. 3 dry dock at
Sheerness next week, when the Majestic, 84, screw,
fitting at prcstnt for second-class steam reserve,
will haul out of that dock. The cause of her being
redocked again is solely occasioned through the late
accident, when she was driven with great force
stern on to the basin wall.

The Lapwing, despatch gun vessel, Commander
0. Reilly, having had all her defects made good,
went out of Devonport Ha►bour oil Thursday, and
now only waits her sailing orders.

The Orlondo, 50, screw frigate, building at
Pembroke, is now so far completed that a few
months will rnak(a her ready for launching, and this
event is likely to take place early in the summer,
probably at the commencement of June. This
magnificent frigate will be the first launched of the
half-dozen ordered to compete with the monster
American frigates. She is the largest frigate in the
service, being about 360 feet in length over all.
Two other first-class ships, the Revenge, 91, line-
of-battle screw, and Aurora, 51, first-class screw
frigate, are also very much advanced in emstruc-
tion.

The Racoon, 22, screw, Capt. J. A. D. Payeter,
will (weather permitting) take her trial at the mea-
nurod mac at Stokes Bay on Tuesday next, the
16th inst.

The Scout, 21, screw corvette, fitting for first-
class steam reserve at Sheerness, is rigged with top-
gallantrnasts an end.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.)

LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light breeze sad cloudy with rain.
PLYMOUTH, March 12. Wind W.N.W.—Arrived
Atalanta, from London ; Agincourt, ditto ; both for
Port Philip.
MILL, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed— Luomi, for
Moulmein.
NEWPORT, March 12. Wind N.—Sailed— Corb use, for
Buenos Ayres.
CARDIFF, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Emma,
and Record, for Rio Janeiro. •
SWANSEA, March 12.—Wind_Wa.iNio.:.T—aAnararri,ved(s)—,Lofordr
Prudhoe, for Cuba.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 12. s
Alexandria.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.
Arrived, March 12--Chapin, from New Orleans ; Ore.
gon, Mobile ; Montezuma, St. John's, N.B. ; Norval,
Paraiba ; Kalamazoo, Charleston.
Arrived, March 13.—James tlunt, from Havannah.
Sailed—Niagara, steamer, for Boston.
Off- Lina, Polonaise, Barrick, and Doctor.
(BY SUBILIBINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind S.W. by S. ; three hours' flood • fresh and cloudy.
Arrived, March Mariner, from Demerara.
Arrived, March 12.—Brate Pomise, from Constantinople ;
Greenwich, Nassau; Oseno, Havannah ; Furot and Provi-
dence, GrAvelines.
Arrived, March 13.—Isis, and Wanderer, Demerara;
Ellen, Belize ; Belgium (steamer), Ostend.
DEAL, Saturday Morning,
Wind W.S.W., very strong.
Anchored.—Emma Colvin, from London, for Ceylon;
Rectitude, barque, from Dundee, for St. John's.
Put back—Thomas Blyth, for the Mauritius.

T,le name of the officer so highly eulogiser] by his
Royal Highneps the General Co.nnianding-in-Chief for
his conduct when in command of the 54th, on board the
Sarah Sands, was Major Brett, not Butt, as erroneously
printed in our columns on the 11th,

TA "T MITTITMT T TC.171..q!'17, (711-,;•.! n-

COT_TRT OF CUANCE.G,Y.
(Before tare Lurd Cnancelior and the Lords Justices.)

IN RE ARMSTRONG.-LUNATIC PETITION.

The Solicitor-General (Mr. Cairns, Q.C.) stated the
object of the petition to the Court, viz.—That there
should be an account taken.of the personal estate of the
lunatic. That the Master in Lunacy should make out
scheme. That the costs of all parties should be taxed ;
and that some instruction as to the payment of these
costs should be given the next time the case appears be-
fore the court. That the funds should be made subject
to the payment of costs an maintenance.
Mr. Malins.—Two thousand a-year should be paid.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce.—In case the lady should
question this, some one should appear for her. There
are no panics bere but-parties who are very anxious to
benefit her ; hut same one should be here, or perhaps
should attend before the Master, and appear for the
lunatic. Some person should be instructed to appear
for her.

The Lord Chancellor.—The Master of the Rolls will
appear for the lady.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce.—The trustees will ap
pear before the Master of the Rolls as a committee.
Appoint them a committee, and they will have
a locus staadi to appear. His lordship thought that the
might not be so well here as in her own country. That
concessions should be made on both sides to bring this'
case with which the Court had been so much troubled to
an amicable termination.

The Lord Chancellor said that the Court would give
the Master power to make a temporary Bch6me.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce said that as Mrs. Arm•
strong had no objections to Miss Gardner as her corn •

panion, he hoped that something would be done by
way of accommodation, for it was impossible to
allow such scenes in court to go on. There
must be some way taken to compromise it, or the Court
will take some method to settle it.
Lord Justice Turner—The Court can make an order
that there should be some immediate temporary provi-
sion made.

Lord Justice Knight Bruce—lt is hoped that the
Court will not find it necessary to interfere with the
strong hand.
Solicitor-General—l hope so. _ _

Their Lordships ordered the Master to make out a
scheme within a short time, and to report by Friday.

PROBATE COURT.
(Before Sir C. Creswell, Judge Ordinary.)
IN RE ELIZABETH HOW, DECEASED.
Dr. Deane applied for the granting of probate of the
last will and testament of the deceased Elizabeth How
as though she were a widow under the following thrum.
stances :—The testatrix died oo the 2Gth February,
1857, having made her last will. &0., on 25th January
of that year. At that time it was not known whether
her husband was living, or dead. On the 23d February,
1850, her husband left England for the United States,
and arrived at New York on the 6th April following,
and on the Bth April went by steamer to Albany, United.
States, which he reaohed on the 9th of that month, but
from that time to the present nothing had been heard of
him. Ia her iffetime the testatrix caused inquiries
to be made relative to her husband in America,
Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope, and also caused
advertisements to be inserted in newspapers in those
countries, but without effect. Since the testatrix's death
the executor had made similar inquiries but without any
satisfactory result, and it was prayed that the court
would be pleased to grant probate in this case as the,
will of a widow.

Sir C. Cresewell said he thought he might very safely
grant probate in this case as the will of a widow.
Seven years appeared to have expired between the has-
band's leaving and the making of the will and death of
the testatrix, and from inquiries that had been made
there was good ground for believing the husband was
dead.
Probate granted accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AMUSEMENTS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS.-Wm. Brown,
Fred. Watkins, Alfred Brown, and Richard Thomson,
medical students, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Bingham for creating a disturbance at four o'clock this
morning by knocking at doors.
Police-constable Mee said about four o'clock this.
morning, while in Brewer-street, he heard violent
knocking at the doors, hallooing, and shouting. lie
told the prisoners to go ►way quietly. He followed
them into Little Windmill-street and into Poland-street,
where he saw one of them go up to three or four doors,
knock at one door loudly, and he then heard something
drop on the pavement, wnen he took out his rattle and
called for assistance. .

Police-constable 112 C said he went to the other
constable's assistance, and opposite No. 56 he picked
up a knocker which had been wrenched from the door.
On examining the door he found the knocker was gone.
Emma 'Peale, the landlady of the house, said she was
greatly alarmed by the knocking ; ebe thought there was
a fire. Th• knocker was worth 68.

The prisoners said they had nothing to day to the
charge._

Al 7. Biughana Isola Lb. charge ssivAirkeb 'Llama WAS for
being drunk, knocking at people's doors, and shouting at
four o'clock in the morning. Such conduct would not
be allowed, and he thought if be inflicted such a fine as
would affect their pockets it would be a warning to tbeca
for the Mare.

The prisoners were then fined 40s. each, and 6s. for
the value of the knocker.

THAMES.

BCIEGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Henry Williams, a wen-
known thief, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged
with burglariously breaking into and entering the dwel-
ling-horse of Mr. John George Wicker, No. 237, High-
street, Shadwell, and stealing therefrom various ar-
ticled of wearing apparel, and a piece of Coburg
cloth. The prosecutor stated that he left home
last Tuesday evening, and returned at nine o'clock,
and found that his house had been burglariotsly
entered, and missed a pair of trousers, a vest, and a
piece of Coburg cloth. His drawers had been ransacked
in search of money, but the thief or thieves were unable
to find any.
Richard Howitt, of No. 1, Hampton-court, Fish.
street, St. George's-in-the-East, stated that he saw the
prisoner three doors from the house of the prosecutor,
with two men. He watched them and saw the prisoner
walk close to Mr. Wicker's door pnd reconnoitre,
and alio heard him say to his companions, "
a good place to go to, we shall get some swag
(property) here. He saw two of the men come out ?f
Mr. Wicker's house, each with a large bundle under his.
arm. The prisoner was with them, and he ran down they.
street opposite with them. Ile told Mr. Wicker what.;
he had seen on the following day. He knew the other
men.

Mr. Selfe—What are their names
Witness—One is called Gasman and the other Lucifer,
(A. laugh.)
Mr. Sdfe—Light and darkness.
The prisoner asked Howell if he ever saw him before
Witness—Yes, on Tuesday evening we had some gicn
together.
Michael Crawley stated that between 6 and 7 o'clock
he saw the prisoner near Mr. Wicker's house.

The prosecutor said he had missed other properity
besides the articles he had mentioned.

The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence*,
said, "I am as hinnocent as hany hinfant, my lord."
the prisoner was remanded until Thursday, and the
police ‘N ere directed to look after the Gasman and
Lucifer.