The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

THE IiAVELoCK MEMORIAL.

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Yesterday a deputation from the Committee of
the Havelock Memorial Fund had an interview
with Viscount Palmerston. Tuere were present
_The E irl of Shaftesbury, the Rigllt. lien. H. U.
Addington, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Ed-
ward Hulse, Bart., Sir James Duke, Bart., Gen.
Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., Sir S. Morton
Peto, Bart., General Sir William F. Williams, of
K K.C.8., Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker,
Bart., K.C.8., M.P., Sir James Grant, 0.13.,
1.G.H., Col. Sir Duncan M‘Dougall, Sir John
Logan, Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Mr. Samuel
Gregson, M.P., Mr. George Moffatt, M P., Mr. P.
F. Robertson, M.P., Mr. W. Roupell, M.P., Mr.
Henry B. Sheridan, M.P., Lieut.-General de la
Mot e, C. 8., Major-General Duncan Sim, Major
Adair, Capt. Adair, Lapt. Morrison, R. A.C., Mr.
Christopher Rawson, and Mr. Alexander Wilson.
The deputation requested permission to have a
site in Trafalgar-square set apart for the purposes
of the committee, with a view to the erection of a
monument to the gallant hero, Sir Henry Havelock;
the monument to be supported by a base broad
enough to record the names of the officers who ac-
companied the deceased along the " path of fire"
which ended in the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow,
together with a full relereuce to the regiments so
honourably associated with these events.
L'ird Palmerston replied to the deputation by
expressing his warm sympathy with the object of
the committee, and said that although there were
certain conventionalities that prevented a definite
reply to the request of the committee at OCC!,`, still
he would confer with the proper persons and com-
municate with the deputatior: in two or three days.
The deputation, which was introduced by the Earl
of Shaft sbury and the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P.,
having acknowlelged the satisfactory reception
given to them b) the noble lord, retired.

THE LINEN TRADE.—After a season of rare martian
and &lees?, the market for white goods begins to stir
up and some vety fa r orders for are foreign trade
:lave been roc ivrd by the chief houses. The anxiety
felt about the acctituuleti de of white goods may be
said to be quie'ed now that the turning pint has been
gained, and that the prospects of a mothrate demand
are more fully confiresed. Brown linens at the public
markets were pretty freely supplied this week. The
quantities of that class of goods in the bands of
makers are much below the usual range from the fact
that holders have bad large lots bleached during the
winter. Stocks of brown linens are, therefore, much
below the average of the same period of last year. Yarns
in large parcel., with however little advance in
value. High counts are very firm in all qualities. Flax
sells at about the rates of last week—say, ss. .5,J. to
7s. 3d. per Stone for hand-scutcbed, and 7s. 3d. to 12s,
for milled. Flaxseed quiet.— Ulster Banner.
THE GRAVEYARDS OF THE CRIMEA.—It is not gene-
rally known that the Emperor of Russia, immediately
after the evecuation of the Crimea by the allied troops,
directed an elaborate ground plan, upon a large scale, to
be made of all the localities which had been used by them
as cemeteries. This plan was prepared with the utmost
care by Russian officers of engineers, and accompanied
by an album, in which the inscription on every
grave was entered at fall length, with reference
to the plan. At the same time, the Emperor issued
an ukase that no grave should be interfered with.
This was particularly necessary, as some of the spots
selected fur interment were in the heart of valuable
vineyards. This ukase had been str.cily complied with
down to the time when our informant visited the Crimea,
where the plan and album we have referred to were
exhibited to him by the cfficers who had prepared them;
and we have no doubt the same generous feeling which
tic .ate, the formation of so effeeteal a check upoii any
desecration of there burial grounds will take every pre.
caution for their future protection.—liLrary Gazette.
PROSECUTION FOR SEDITION.—On Saturday Jain F.
Nu4ent, printer arid publisher, 35, Cook-street, Dublin,
appeared before the magistrates at the head police-office
in that city, to answer a ~Umrudns to show cause why
information should not be taken against him for publi-h-
-ing "Nugent's Correct and Genuine Moore's Mercantle,
Weather, and Prophetic Sheet Almanac for 1858," being
a paper of a seditious aeal libellous nature, and intended
to create alarm, discontent, and disaffection in the minis
of her Majesty's subjects, a,,AI to bring religion and the
laws aed Government of the country luta hatred and
disrepute. Mr. Chap. Barry, with Mr. Geo. Keogh, ap-
peared to sustain the prosecution on behalf of the Police
Commis-Toners. Mr. J. A Curran and Mr. Coffey, v ith
Mr. C. Fitzgeralil;sen, wet e concerned for the defey dent.
The proceedings disclosed the character of the publica-
tion only in a very general manner. The probe.:utinn
disavowed a desire to press for severe penalties, and the
defendant, promising to suppress the sheet, was bound
over in his own recognisance in a sum of 3001. to keep
the peace and be of good behaviour for seven years.

BIRMINGIIRAM AND THE ROYAL
MARRIAGE.

The spirit and liberality of the Mayor of Bir-
mingham, Mr. Jo'an Ratcliff, have been evinced in
an unexampled form o:i the occasion of the re-
joicings in celebration of the marriage of the

Princess Royal. The specimens of Birmingham
manufactures prepared for presentation to the

Princess Royal have been received with so much

Leagura:an 1 satisfaction, and have been acknow-

[edged in such a gracious manner, as fully to justify
the kindness and the wisdom of the originator and

promoter of the undertaking. Upwards of a month
ago Mr. Ratcliff, the chief magistrate of the
borough, with whom this gift on the part of the in-
habitants originated, put himself in communication
with the authorities at Buckingham Palace with
the view to ascertain whether they wou'd have
the approbat on of her Majesty and the Prince
Consort in tendering a present worthy of themselves
and of the joyous event t,) the Princess Royal of
her marriage. The desired permission was at once
accorded in flattering terms to the proper municipal
authority, and Mr. Ratcliff immediately entered
upon the necessary arrangements for giving full
effect to the generous wish, in which he received

toe most cordial co-operatic) n of the chief inhabi-

On Saturday last a large and influential deputa-
tion from the Corporation of Birmingham, headed
by Mr. John Ratcliff, the Mayor, and accompanied
among other gentlemen, by a considerable number
of the principal inhabitants representing the manu-
facturing interest of that town, had the honour of
an interview with the Prince and Princess Fre-
derick William of Prussia, for the purpose of pre-
senting to their Royal ighnesses an address of
congratulation on their auspicious marriage.
They also brought with them an interesting col-
lection of specimens of their native manufactures
and works of art, prepared expressly for the occa-
sion, of the aggregate value of 2,000/., which they
presented to the Princess, as tokens of their affec-
tionate respect and admiration towards her Royal
Highness, and of loyalty to the Throne.
Mr. Scholefield introduced the deputation to
their Royal Highness, s, mentioning Mr. Ratcliff
by name, and saying hat they were the bearers of
au address from the corporation, which Mr. Stan-
bridge, the town-clerk, would read. The town-
clerk then produced au elegantly ornamented copy
of the address, and read as follows
•4‘ To THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES PRINCE FREDERICK
WILLIAM Of PRUSSIA AN-) THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF
ENGLAND.

" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in
Council assemlled, participating in ti e general joy
which pervades all classes of her Majesty's subjects,
respectfully offer to your Royal Highnesses our sincere
congratulations upon your auspicious marriage.
"In humble testimony of the affectionate regard we
bear towards your Royal Highnesses, we offer for your
gracious acceptance some specimens of the manufactures
of our borough, at the same time expressing our sincere
and earnest hope that the union of your Royal High•
!lessee may not only be the source of continued happiness
to yourselves, but the means of cementing in still closer
union with Great Britain the kingdom over which you
may hereafter be called upon to reign.
"Given under our corporate common seal," &c., &c.
Af er reading the address, Mr. Stanbridgo handed
it to the mayor, who then stepped forward to pre-
sent it to the Prince: s. Sbe, however, with a
pleasant smile, turned towards her husband, inti-
tna ing that he, as head of the family, should receive
the address. The graceful manner in which this
little bye-play was performed made it perhaps the
most interesting feature of the day. The address
having been presented to the Prince, he received
from an attendant a paper, from which he read the
following reply :
"Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—Accept on behalf of
myself and the Princess, our warmest thanks for your
congratulations, and fur your beautiful and interesting
present, which is a most worthy representation of the
manufactures of one of the vast centres of British indus-
try. Your gift will ever remain to us a precious token
of the affectionate sympathy of the corporation and the
manufacturers of Birmingham. With you I hope that
this union, the source of the greatest happiness to
myself, may at the same time prove the means of increase.
lug the friendly relations which so happily animist
between the two countries."
At the conclusion of the reply the mayor again
stepped forward to present a catalogue of the con-
tributions, beautifully written and illuminated, and
handsomely bound. In doing this Mr. Rateliff said :
"It affords me great pleasure to hand to your Royal
Highness a catalogue of the articles which you have
honoured the town of Birmingham and its manufactures
by graciously accepting. They are offered not as work,"
of art, but as a humble and affectionate expression of
loyalty to the Crown, of devotedness to the beloved
Sovereign of this yea empire, and in testimony of our
participation in the general happiness to which year,
union has given rise. On the part of the inhabitants of
the important borough which I have the honour to Ill;
present, allow me to hope that on leaving the shores of
your native country, and on arriving in that of your
adoption, it may please Providence to grant you and
your Royal husband every happiness and felicity."
The Princess said that she had examined the pre'
cents in company with the Queen, and that they
were highly pleased. She should always regard
them as corning from the people of Birmingbant
and should retain a lively recollection both of the
gifts and of the kind terms in which they had been
pit seated. She hoped the mayor would convey
this expression of her regard and her pleasure t('
the burgesses.
The Prince said that some years ago be had visited
some of the manufactories of Birmingham, and the
presents that day received recalled to his mind the
pleasure whicli he had felt at that visit. He tlfs-
sured the mayor that he should ever highly esteercl,
this token of sympathy and Eoodwill of the peer°
of Birmingham.
Their Royal Highnesses then graciously bowed
to the deputation, who withdrew.
The deputation Was accompanied by Mr. &bole'
field, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Rev. WO
Spconer, and Mr. Charles Ratcliff.