The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1859,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice
Hill and a Special Jury.)
RUCK V. STILWELL AND ANOTHER.

The further hearing of this part-heard trial, which has
already occupied the attention of the court two days, was
resumed this morning.
His lordship ruled that if the jury found either that Dr.
Conoly was part proprietor of the asylum, or that he was a
regular medical attendant, then the certificate was not in
terms of the statute— leaving Mr. James to move, as was
mentioned yesterday, on leave reserved.
Mr. James, Q.C., addressed the jury for the plaintiff on
the evidence.
The defendants did not lead evidence.
The learned counsel submitted that there was prima facie
evidence to show that the plaintiff was not a lunatic, and
most decidedly not a dangerous lunatic, and that he was
not a proper inmate of an asylum, but, in defiance of the
evidence of that fact, he was illegally and
improperly subjected to the treatment of a lunatic.
He could not be removed by a writ of habeas
corpus, because the certificates appear regular. And
he could not be. removed by the commissioners
without the consent of the private party, because it was a
private confinement. He could only recover his liberty by
the legal proceedings adopted by his agents. He was no
lunatic, but suffering from the effects of intemperance—the
delusions of delirium tremens—but the defendants did not
attempt to cure him, but kept him there as a lunatic while
he was suffering from these temporary delusions. Mr. Bar-

net and Mr. Ruck knew that he was not insane, and Mr.
Barnet had no right falsely to charge him with reckless-
ness and cruelty, and with a profligate expenditure of money,
or going about with loaded pistols threatening to shoot every-
body with whom he was formerly on terms of friendship,;
pulling down and building up walls, and engaging in dan-
gerous speculations. Dr. Conoly said that he had a delu-
sion of the inconstancy of his wife. Why, there is not a
mad doctor in England, if he was locked up with the wisest
man in it, when he came out, who would not give a certifi-
cate that he entertained exaggerated notions of his ability
and wisdom, but that would be no ground for committing
him, as a lunatic, to a lunatic asylum. The same obser-
vation applied to the produce of his farm. Extravagance
in expenditure was also alleged, but not proved.
The same observation applied to the charge of his
being a dangerous lunatic. They were not proved.
The whole charges seemed to be a complete fabrication for
sordid gain, by keeping him in their Lunatic Asylum. And
after he was discharged the defendant repeated his asser-
tions ilia letter in the public newspapers, that he still en-
tertained the opinion that he was a dangerous lunatic. The
keepers said he was not so, and Dr. Stilwell said there was
nothing the matter with him, and ferbids them to post letters
for him. To leave a man, as he was, to be taken from such a
pleasant mountain country as Wales, to confine him
in an asylum with lunatics, where the keepers
'were forbidden to speak to him, or to cure him, was
enough to make a wise man mad. The learned counsel
concluded by asking for exemplary damages for such con-
duct.

At the conclusion of his argument he was loudly ap-
plauded by the audience in court.
Mr. Chambers, Q.C., addressed the jury for the de-
fendants. 'Th,e learned counsel observed that he was glad
to hear the applause 'given to his learned friend, because
he was satisfied that -it arose from a misapprehension of the
true Staterhb case, by enlisting their prejudices in his
'favour, iris ad of consulting their better judgment, but the
-jury would, not be led away by Such voluntary expressions.
The state of the 114 Was such as would prevent the incar-
ceration of any person in a lunatic asylum without good
foundation for so doing, because the Lord Chancellor and the
Lunacy Comthissioners have'power to admit attorneys and
doctors on the application of friends who are able to prove
that there is an illegal detention. His learned friend's
observations might have been applied to the state of asy-
lums during the last century, before the Bastile in France
was destroyed by the French Reiolution, but the improved
state ofsociety, and the daily improvements made in lunatic
asylums in- thii •ebuntry,ind in particular the improvements
introduced into the defendante,—balls, entertainments, and
attendance at church, if they pleased—all of which Pre-
vents the application of his learned friend's observa-
tions. He is a public benefactor. He does not treat
them by whipping them or -putting them on straw
in -holes or corners as formerly. ' He was the first- io
combat medical prejudices and introduced mild and lenient
treatment in the cure of lunatics, find there is no charge of
cruelty or bad treatment made agitint him—the contrary
is proved. The learned counsel having disposed of the law
and the treatment in the asylum, then adverted to the state
of the parties, and contended that on the sth of November'''
he was in a state of delirium tremens and' acute mania, and
a fit subject for a lunatic asylum, and to be taken care of by
a doctor and a keeper as a dangerous lunatic. The learned
counsel then adverted to the certificates—the onus prob an el
lay upon the plaintiff to prove that they were false with the
knowledge of the doctors, but the contrary has been
proved both in a moral and legal point of view. Dr. Barnet
Was a regular practitioner in Reading, acid he stated the
facts upon which the certificate was granted—false charges
of cruelty against others, complicity of purpose and deter-
mination and unprofitable expenditure, of money, and taxing
his wife with infidelity, and extravagant value of his mines
and farms ; all of which came under his own observation,
besides information received from others—not one of which
is disproved, all which showed that he was a proper object
to be confined in a lunatic asylum. He accused his wife
before the police and public inspector of infidelity, and said
they could still live happily together. He had de-
pressions, and said he would bestroy himself—all of
which has not beendisproved, besides Mrs. Ruck's own
statement to the same effect, which showed a strong reason
for committing him. He was then a dangerous madman,
had his delusions, and required to be cured. Besides, on
7th November, when Sir. Fisher, the barrister, and Mr.
Wainwright, the attorney, visited him, they must have bi-
g
uired about his cause of detention, and found that he was
properly detained on account of vicious habits of intem-
perance ; and Mr. Ackworth saw him in March, and could
do nothing to relieve him. On the 24th or 28th April he
goes down with Dr. Seymour, who had been a Commis-
sioner, and saw and conversed with him, but they did not
call to examine him to say that it was dangerous to let
him out. He would have said he was as mad as a-man
could , be, but he said that he should be sent
to a private cottage. That wits matter of *pinion
of which the jury would judge when the doctors dis-
agree, but it is not proved that they did disagree, about his
delusions—he believed that Dr. Barnet was his wife's
paramour, besides the other suspicions sworn to by the
witnesses, and moreover accused. Dr.:Barnet with poison-
ing his wine. Besides the jury must! look to the facts of
the case—the plaintiff must prove his case. The defendant
gave him air, exercise, and amusements, and society, but
no spirits and no stimulants, which was proper treatment,
and he was justly kept there until there was a recovery
from his delusions.

The learned Judge having summed up, the jury retired;
and after an absence of about three-quarters of an hour, re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £5OO ; and on
the other counts for the defendants, with power to move.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE PARKINS-TIME BARGAINS ON 'CHANGE

This bankrupt was described as an autioneor in Grocer-
hall-court, and now applied for his certificate, supported by
Mr. Downing, of the firm of George and Downing, Size-
lane, and Mr. Pook, from the office of Mr. Riches.
The bankrupt, although described as an auctioneer, was
in fact a speculator on the Stock Exchange. He had been
bankrupt twice and insolvent once before. Under the first
bankruptcy he paid 78. in the pound, on the others small
dividends. He now owes to ,creditors unsecured £7M, and
the property is small, a large amount having been settled
on the bankrupt's wife, and the trade and personal expenses
and losses very far exceed the " profits," which accountants
persist in putting as an item in the accounts.
His Honour said that, looking at the case altogether, he
could not come to any other conclusion than that it had
been a reckless and improvident trading, and he must mark
it by the censure of the Court, by suspending the certificate
for 12 months, and when granted to be of the third class.
Mr. Downing applied for protection, which was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TRIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Andrew Smith, an elderly man, the inventor of an electric
On capable of discharging 60 shots per minute, described
as an engineer, of 9, Vine-cottages, Lambeth, was charged
with breaking nine squares of glass at the house of his son,
Mr. Archibald Smith, e'ngineer, 'of 69, Prince's-street,
Leicester-square.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the complainant, and said the defendant was
charged, as on a former occasion, with annoying the com-
plainant, his son, who carried on a very respectable busi-
ness. There was no desire to punish him, all that was re-
quired being protection.
The complainant having stated thht his father came to
his house that morning and broke his windows with a
stick,
Mr. Beadon asked the defendant why he did so, and he
replied that it was his own property ; but gr. Beadon in-
formed him that the property was proved to be his son's,
the proper way.
and that ho had no business to break the windows, and
that if there was any dispute he had better try the case in
defendant said he was
his recognisance to keep the.peace for 12 enths
must pay the damage and enter into
m
The
quite willing to pay the da-
mage,

THAMES.
IMPUDENT RODDERY.---TAVO NOTORIOUS THIEVES
CONVICTED.—John Wilmot, aged 23, the son of a coffee-
house keeper, and Thomas Dobson, 23, were brought be-
fore Mr. Yardley charged with stealing 124 yards of canvas
from the shop of Mr. William Roper, a paper hanger, of
No. 18, King's-place, Comreercial-road East.
Mr. Roper stated that on Friday last he missed a piece
of paper hanging canvas from the inside of his shop. The

piece now produced was the same, and measured 124 yards.
Its value was 255. ' .1 r.;. ”
Michael Calnan, whose evidence was very VdiSus, and
who made various excuses for buying the stolen canvas,
said that en Friday last Dobson came into his shop and
asked him if he wanted to buy some canvas. Wilmot
was then standing at the door, but he afterwards
entered the shop. Dobson said he would sell the canvas at
a reasonable price. He asked the prisoner what he wanted
for it, to which he replied three-halfpence per yard. He
offered a penny a yard for the canvas, and the prisoner
measured 95 yards (the roll), and he paid the prisoner
7s. 11d. fdr it. He said to tho prisoners, "Where did you
get it from ?" Dobson said, " I work at some gunny bag
work, and I took it in that way." Dobson gave him a re.
ceipt, and, signed it in the name of Brown.
Porter William Dunaway, a police-constable, 129 H,
said he took both prisoners into custody yesterday in Back
Church-lane, Whitechapel. He said to Wilmot, "Did you
come with anybody to Calnan's shop to sell canvas?" He said
no. He told him he should take him to the station-house,
and he then said " I was with Dobson in the Commercial-
road all last Friday drinking." He told Dobson afterwards
that he took him into custody for being in company with
Wilmot, and selling some canvas to a man named Calnan
last Friday. The prisoner said "I' know nothing about it,
and only came up from Windsor last Monday."
In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness
said that Wilmot had been twice summarily convicted, and
was a very dangerous fellow, who had been mixed up in
several infamous transactions, and was twice tried at the
sessions and acquitted. He know the other prisoner Dob-
son to be the constant associate of thieves.
The prisoners pleaded guilty.

Mr. Yardley.--There is no doubt you are guilty, and that
you are two notoriously bad characters. I sentence you to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar
months. •

THE NAVY.

The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert way re-
moved on Tuesday from the steam basin to her
moorings in Portsmouth harbour. She has not yet
completed her repairs. -
The Duke of Wellington' 131, screw steamship,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on
Tuesday, in charge of Captain George T. Gordon,
commanding steam reserve, to have hor machinery,
&c., tested, under the superintendence of Mr. G.
Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat..
The Nelson, m No. 2 dock at Portsmouth, under 7
going conversion from a thr6e-decked sailing ship'
to a two-deeked steamship, has had the • whole of
her after body, 'to a distance of about-28 feet from
her old Sternpost, removed.. A portion of herdead-
wood with the after portion of her lengthened keel,
38 feet in length, including the scarfe, have, .been
fixed in their respective positions. Her new stern,
when completed, will give her additional length of
13 feet 8 inches.

The Diligence, naval transport, arrived at Spit-
head from the westward on. Tuesday =morning, and
has been towed into Portsmouth harbour.

The Neptune, 91, screw steam ship, Captain Sir
William iUoste, is coaling, alongside the sheer jetty
in Portsmouth harbour. Dockyard riggers are em-
ployed upon the rigging, and 'a party of men from
the steam reserve are engaged in stowing her hold.
Parties of riggers and men frOm the Steam reserve
are also similarly employed on board the Daunt-
less, Capt. W. Edmonstone, and the
.Sidon, Capt.
Crawford. The latter vessel completed masting at
the inner shears in the fitting basin yesterday,,
The Simoom, screw troopship,' Commander J. M.
Cooke, arrived at Spithead `on Monday 'evening
from Devonport and Scotland, and has, steamed
into Portsmoutb..to pay off. . -
The whole of, the mechanics and labourers who
have been- employed Working
.overtime in Ports-
mouth dockyard haVe, by Orders received froth the
'Adiniralty; discontinued working extra hours from
Saturday, last; hut 'are still' to" eontitue'on job and
task work. _ •

The GOrgon, 6, paddle, arrived at Spithead yes-,
terday Aom Sbeepiess, with a larger, number of
boys and supernumeraries to join the Arietory,for
general service.
The Imperieuse, 61, screw,•Captaif' J. B. E.
Frere, hoisted the pendant at Portsmouth on Tues-
day evening.
The Nautilus, exercising brig, from. Devonport,
anchored at Spithead yesterday..
The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Thomas
Hope, will have her crew paid advance of wages at
Spithead this day. She is expected to proceed
direct to the. Mediterranean.

The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com-
mander May, sailed from Spithead on. Tuesday, to
join the Channel fleet in Portland ROadS.
The hired East India troopship Barham, 1;149
tons, A. Consit, commander, arrived in the Thames
yesterday from Madras, with a party of sick and
wounded troops onboard, most of whom were dis,-
abled in the recent conflicts with the mutineers in
the North-East Provinces. ,The troops ..to the
number of seven men of the Royal Artillery,
and 32 non-comniissioned officers and men 'uf
the 74th: Highlanders; with -18 -women andehili-'
dren, under the command7of.Lieutenant Richards,
sth Fusiliers, embarked; at ,Madras,on the 22d. of.
February. The Barham was 120 days at sea, dur-
ing which time one birth and one death occurred
on board. She touched at the' Cape of Geed Hope
on the 15th April. Major Balderson,'Majer Clark;
and Capt. Smith, of the East India Company's ser-
vice ; and Ensign Barber,f-15th 'Native Infantry,
have come horne:as passengers. 4 pri,vate,of the
Rifle Brigade named Coleman was brought home a
prisoner in ' irons having been tried by' general
court-martial in India and' sentenced' to-14 years'
transportation . for striking -an officer. After the
invalid troops: had disembarked at Gravesend they
were conveyed to Fort .Pitt „Hospital, Chatham,
where nine men were ordered,into hospital for sur-
gical treatment; and the remainder sent to St.:A/Wks,
invalid depdt; to aWaitintirderfortheirliseliatke;'
The following 'vessels domprise the steafivieserve
in' Portsmouth: Ilarbour:-:,:Firstelass,: ',Duke of
Wellington, :131; 2, Colossus, 80 ; IA 4
paddle .4,. Volcano, paddle (steam factory)-; six
gunboats.. Second class : 5. Royal S'ayereign, 131;
6. Sharnion,.3l ; 7. RinOove, 6 (despatcb.tessel) ;
8. ?earl! 214 five gunboats:::/114d'clais : '9. Rosa,
mond;- 6 (paddie)4 10.'.1;iedatei fir(deSpatekvesgel);
11. Vulcan, troopship i• ten i.gimboats. • ,retirth ,
class,: 12. Penelope, 22.(kac1d14;• 13; j',o,Xo' trOPP-
ship ; 14. three -floating hatteries; four gunboats.
Of the above; 1 itrid72 'are_ masted!and rigged;
with the greater part'of their' stores on.beard.
requires masting,- but is-utherwiSe ready felt' ser*ioe..
4 has but just returned from a foreign station, and .
will require repaiys,.., 5 has het lower,hra.sts in,
and mportion of her•weights. Q has her
.weights on
board, such as tanks, shot, . cablesx e.;:but is •not
masted-at present. '7, ID, Eire-ready for im-
mediate Service. 8 has just returned.from foreign
service, and .requires repairs. 9, is 'nearly ready for
sea. 12 .requires an overhaul and repairs before fit
for commission, 13 could be quickly made ready
for sea, and would make a firie floating steam-factory
in lieuiof the Volcano. 14 'would require an over-
haul. Six of the 'gunboats are ready for immediate
service, and the remaining-19 could quickly be made
so. In addition tathe above there are 45 gunboats
at Haslar, 15 of which are ordered to be got ready
for immediate service; the time in which the
remainder could be got ready would depend on the
number of hands employed On them.
Vessels under repair in Portsmouth 'dockyard
(steam reserve) :—Odin, 22, paddle, nearly com-
pleted ; Bulldog, 6, paddle, nearly completed ;
Stromboli, 6, paddle, in steam basin . for overhaul ;
Medea, 6, paddle,. in ship basin for overhaul, no
machinery on board.
In Commission :--Againemnon, 91, Capt. Hepe,
at Spithead ; Neptune, 91, Capt. Sir W. Haste ;
Dauntless, 32, Capt. Edmonstone ; Imperieuse, 51,
Capt. Frere ; Sidon (paddle), 22, Capt. Crawford ;
Gorgon (paddle), 6, at Spithead. Paying off—
Simoom troop steamer.
Her Majesty's' ships Citsar and Diadem, from
Havannah on the 19th of, May,'arrived in Plymouth
Sound yesterday afternoon. All well. • •
The screw steam corvette Cadmus, 21, Capt.
Hillyar, made a trial trip outside Plymouth Sound
on Tuesday. Her engines, by Messrs. John Penn
and Son, of Greenwich, are 400-horse power,' and
the mean speed obtained was 111 knots, 59 revolu-
tions, 201 b. steam, and 26 vacuum.

Donegal, 101, screw, and 800 horse power, at
Devonport, having had her copper completed, has
been taken out of dock and placed in the, basin.
She is to be commissioned with a complement of
930 officers and men, and to be commanded by
Captain William R Glanville, who obtained his
commission as lientenant in 1827, and served as
flag lieutenant at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre.
He was appointed captain of the Boscawen, 70,
flag ship' of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8.,
on the North American and West India stations,
in November, 1853, where he remained until 1857.

London, 90, screw, Captain Chads, sailed from
Devonport, on Tuesday morning, for the Mediter-
ranean. '

The following appointments were yesterday
made at the Admiralty : ,
Captains—B. E. Frerepto the Orion, !ice Houston, in-
valided ; R. Maguire, to the Imperieuse (cOmMissioned) ;
T. Ooehian, to the Amphion ; H. D. Hickley, to the
Gladiator (commissioned).
Masters-7 John L. Smith,' to the Imperieuse ; Edwin
Rose, to the Donegal. - • • •
Surgeon—Alex. Woodcock, to the Trafalgar..

Paimastem—John Tweedie to the Mars ; W. H. Norman,
to the Donegal; R. A. Cumming, to the Trafalgar ; Charles
C. Ick (additional), to the' Eagle; John T. Wells, to the
Aniphion.. , •
Assistant-Paymasters—James B. Bawling, to the Mars;
John E. C. Sullivan, to the Donegal; Charles H. Ceely,
to the Imperjeuse. •
Clerks—Edward C. Taylor, to the Mars ; Douala Bogue,
to the Donegal:
Assistant Clerk—Robert J. B. Smart, to the Ajax.

SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—Tho Cunard
Company have contracted with Messrs. Robert"NaPier and
, Sons, of Glasgow, and Messrs'. James and George Thom-
son, of Clyde Bank Fonodry, Glasgow, for the immediate
construction of several' large fifstelass steamers,, to replace
those recently sold to the Spanish Government.
'THE METROPOLITAN.. FREE HOSPITAL.--This
hospital is open to the sick poor of all. countries without the
necessity of-a governor's letter of recommendation, and the
daily attendance of patients last year amounted in the ag-
gregate to 53,611. It is situated close to the most desti-
tute and populous districts of the metropolis, viz.,
Spital-
fields, Shoreditch, Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, &c., places
whose names arb almost synonymous with poverty and
disease, and where are generated those unhealthy influ-
ences arising from overcrowded andill-provided habitations
which render the advantages offered by such, a charity as
this a paramount necessity to the surroundingpopulation.
It is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions, and at
the present moment urgently requires assistance.- The
anniversary dinner was celebrated last evening at the Lon-
don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, when about 120 gentlemen
Sat down to dinner. The Earl of arlifsle occupied the chair.
Kniong the gentlemen present were Messrs., J. H. Gurney,
M. P.; J. G. Hoare, G, Fry, J. Davis, J. Somers, J.
Fry, and H. Clarke: In proposing the toast of the'hvening,
" prosperity to the Metropolitan. Free Hospital," the chair-
man dwelt npon.the fact that, although called an hospital,
this was really a monster dispensary. That it was so was
not the fault of the designers, friends, or pktrons of the in-
stitution ; ttnd he strongly urged, all those who heard him
to come forward with their subscriptions, and enable the
managers of the institution to Make it -what it was really
intended to be—an hospital which should Without difficulty,'
or impediment. supply the wants of the -most indigent of
our population. The appeal of the. Chairman was liberally
responded ,to, and during the evening subscriptions were
announced to.the amount of £2,080- The musical arrange-
ments were under the direction of Mr. E:Grant, 'wly Was
ably assist' by Miii -Messent, Mr. Smith, Mr, BUr-
gesth 8,4 d G;.Genge. Air. Biggs was toastmaster. • .

THE WAR IN ITALY.

A letter from Paris, dated yesterday (Wednes-
nesday), 6 p.m., says
A telegraphic despatch from the Emperor to the
Empress, dated at Colivergho, at half-past ten this
morning, announces that the French troops were
then occupying Lonato, Castiglioni, and Monte-
chiario ; so that they are quite close to the Mincio
and the lake Garda. e are also informed on
other authority that Prince Napoleon was at Massa,
on the borders of Modena, with the object of
marching north towards the Po, through the
Duchy of Modena, considered as enemy's territory;
but avoiding, carefully all 'violation of the Pontifi-
cal StateS, which he may easily do. The object of
the Prince, who is naturally impatient to distin-
guish himself on the field of battle, is either to give
the hand to the main body of the liberating army
under his cousin, or to co-operate directly with the
troops ascending the Po to besiege Mantua. As I
have spoken of the States of the Pope. I must
not omit noticing that the Emperor, who is not a
little disturbed at the profound impression produced
among the clergy here and elsewhere by the pro-
posed annexation of those States to Piedmont, uses
his influence to induce his Royal co-liberator to
make a formal disavowal of any.such designs. In
some of the rural districts of France the priests.are
said to have preached against the war, and have
denounced what they would consider the predatory
views of Victor Emmanuel. •
What may take place on the Mincio is looked- for-
ward to with intense ,anxiety, and the fate of the
war is felt to depend upon it. A battle is ,hardly
to be avoided, of proportions far more important
than Magenta. One of the first consequences,
would probably be an' attempt on the part of the
great. neutral Powers, such as Prussia and England,
to- arrest the effusion of blood—to stay, if possible,
the carnage of which the principal object is, under
the pretence of liberty, to enable M. Cavour -to be
Minister.of a more extensive State than Piedifiont.
Prussia would probably think that the French ad
Vance to the Mincio was sufficient, consistently
with the safety of Austria as a German Power.
There • may be no formal engagement between
Prussia and Austria,,but it is thought in quarters
usually well informed that what .may be termed "a
7approchemeht between—thein, • and that in this
supreme moment the distance which their mutual
differences and jealousies have placed between them.
is becoming narrower.- It certainly is not for, the
interest of Prussia or Germany that Austria should j
be too much weakened, much less dismembered,
and it is not unlikely that steps have been taken to
ward off a catastrophe 'which would be all but in-
eiitable if Austria, while carrying on a deadly
struggle with France, had at the same time to en
counter her insurgent provinces.
On the battle of the Mincio very probably de-
pends the fate of Lombardy, and Prussia may think
that a defeat there would render it more necessary
for Austria to preserVe wherewith to cover her Ger-
man territory against an independent Italy, which'
will not be so absolutely independent as to be re-
gardless of the will of France. She will certainly be
under French influence. The necessity alleged by.
this Power of having a strong Italian State to cover
her frontier against Austria still more strongly ap-
p' lids to her new southern frontier. 'The Venetian
territory may be regarded by Prussia. as indispen-
sable-for that important object, and its invasion.by
a French army as menacing to Austria as a Ger-
man Power.

A battle on the Mincia then may be thought the
best moment for intervention in the wayl fipeak of,
and an attempt made to resume negotiations with
a view to an arrangement. That arrangement will,
doubtless be surrounded.by very, great difficulties,,
but it is hoped that the concurrence of England,
whose policy in this matter is abOve suspicion,
and whose friendship the' Emperor is 'said 'not
totally to disregard, will! be hrought to bear in
inthicing the belligerents to listen to some-kind of
,reason.. , •
- ~The questipn suggests itself as
.to 'whether 'the
EmperorNapoleen will content himself -vith having
laboured' for the 'political and's:midi,- happiness 'of,
lhe'ltalian populations for the' sole •10-Oe of human
and remain with the simple satisfaotiOn of
-having eiecuted what he calls his. ulmission", with-
, out indemnity or reward beyond that 'Which virtue'
alone gives to those' who do her- behests. We'
know, of course, that -France is sufficiently rich'
to pay for her own glory; but hoW will it be
'Willa Third Napoleon demands that •someisquvenir,
at- least shall be grai4ed to France ? ,oinething
has been said of an engaement on, the part
Cavour to hand over gavoy as the price of French
co-operation; and the subject has been again.spoken•
of in Switzerland with just feelings of alarm. If M.
Cavour and Victor Einmanuel (Ego.et Rex Meus)
' have entered into such an engagement,,then the
neutrality of Switzerland, guaranteed by treaties,
'is gone, and the Simplon will cease to be a bariier,'
for it cannot be defended.

The Swiss are beginning to feel alarm, and per-
haps that alarm may not be entirely without foun-
dation. The Emperor has, to be sure, disavowed all
selfish motives in his Programme ; but some will
have it that this is the very reason the Swiss ought
to be alarmed. '

It is said that the French Government 'is rather
disappointed at the contradiction given in the Ber-
lin papers to the statement in the Nord, that the
Prince Regent of Prussia had written a complimen-
tary letter to the Emperor Napoleon, explaining
his reason for calling out the six corps d'armee.
Two divisions of the army at the camp of Chalons
are under orders for the army of Italy.

REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE.

MEETING OF MAJOR LYON'S SUPPORTERS

Last evening, in accordance with public announce-
ment, a meeting of the electors of the borough of
Marylebone was held in the theatre of the Literary
Institution, Edward-street, Portman-square, for the
purpose of hearing from Major Lyon an exposition
of his political sentiments as a candidate for the
borough.
Mr. J. A. NICHOLAY, of Oxford-street, having
taken the chair,
Major Los was then introduced to the meeting,
and was very warmly received. He said he had
come before the electors of the borough, to explain
to them his opinions before issuing any address,
and he intended to do so in all parts of the borough.
The great questions upon which he felt bound to
address them were four. First, the foreign policy ;
secondly, economy in all departments of the State ;
thirdly, the question of Church-rates; and fourthly;
as to the great question of Reform. With regard
to the first point, at the late general election, the
tone of every party on the hustings was neutrality
—non-intervention. Now, that was all very well
whilst the war was localised in Lombardy, but I
they had not come to the pinch yet. If, however,
it should extend beyond its present boundary, he
thought that the Government should be stren-
uously urged not to engage in the war. At the
same time he would maintain an efficient power
of self-defence, as he thought that that course
would be most likely to prevent aggression.
(Hear, hear.) At the same time our armament
should be kept up with the strictest economy.
(Hear, hear.) The great coniplaint of the late Mr.
Hume was not so much as to the money voted for
the public service, but what they did with it. That
they did not get their money's worth. (Hear, hear.)
He believed it was admitted that there had been a
debt of five millions incurred at the Admiralty, and.
no one could tell what it was for, or what had be-
come of it. This showed the necessity for great
watchfulness, and a determination to insist upon
• economy. The question of church-rates was a
the difficultpreseonnt Ge,bouvteronnme
ewnlit oughteichonslstd of more eto beosreeittlaelde.
tAcas
men than any which existed in the memory of talented
man in that room--(no, no, and hear)--they wore
the best men to settle it upon a proper basis. He
was for the greatest liberality on the point. On
the great subject of Reform, he was for
the redis-
tribution of seats and th ofall small
the
franchise,
boroughs, distributing the members amongt larger
e removal
constituencies.wilithetwhe baasflolorta large extension of
(Hear. The great
mass of persons did not want the ballot, but still it
g
)
was required for those who could not give an inde-
pendent vote without it. (Hear, hear.) If that
borough were represented in accordance with popu-:
lation, it would be entitled to 46 menibers, and the
whole metropolis to 140. Major Lyon said he had
sat in Parliament at the early age of 21, and was
then a follower of Sir R. Peel, and he frankly con-
fessed that he bad voted against the Reform Bill of
1831 and 1832. It however passed, and his borough
was placed in schedule A. When Sir R. Peel became
a free trader, he (Major Lyon) changed with him ;
and became a Liberal as well as a free trader.
He did not ask them to pledge themselves to him
or anyone else, but he should like to have the opi-
'llion of the borough as to his fitness. (Hear, hear.)
A resolution in favour of Major Lyon's candida-
ture having been carried, thanks to the chairman
terminated the proceedings.

MEETING OF COLONEL. DICKSON'S
SUPPORTERS.
Last evvening a numerous public meeting of the
electors of the borough-was held at the Portman
Arms, Milton-street, Dorset-square.
Mr. GEORGE SALMON was called to the chair.
Colonel DICKSON,. who was very well received,
reiterated his political principles, and declared that
as a Man of progress he would support an advanced
liberal measure of reform. He was • for the entire
abolition of church-rates, because he felt they
had no right to tax a man for the support of a
church, in the tenets of which he did not coincide.
lie would resist any attempt to drag this country

into a Continental war, under any ircremstances,
and he would endeavour to maintan t inviolate the
principles of local self-government. The gallant
colonel concluded by expressing his willingness to
answer any questions put to him, - •
A resolution was then carried In
" That this meeting having heard the political. A-di-
timents of Colonel Dickson, pledges itself to'ntik.
port him, and to take measures to sec Al re his reboil
to the Commons House of Parliamen

Thanks to the chairman terminate the proceed-
ings.

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Sea pn o'

HAMPTON RACES.(TRIS Ddir.)

(Br ELECTED. TBLZGRAXX.)

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