The Express. — London, England, 1863-07-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FauLty, Jo.: 17. The LO en CaLlicsuos took his scat oa the wooliack si live o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. --- The following bills per. read a third time : —London, Brighton, sad South Coast (Seuth London, 'footing, Sie., Junction Railways) ; London and North Western liai , way 4additional powers) • North Eastern Railway (Newcastle and Storheck Branc hes) ; Elginshire and Nairnshire Roads, Bridges, &c., Bills. GREECE AND lONIAN ISLANDS. The Margins of NORMANDY gave notice that on Moe day next hi should call attention to some circumstances con nected with the late military disturbances at Athens, and ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as to whether be bad any official iigormstion se to the answer Liven to lonians who went to the British Legation and asked for protection. Be also wished to ask whether the noble earl would product the correspondence and the letter of Mr. Scarleti of the 4th of May Earl RUSSELL said he would produce thecorreepondeo ce. JURIES' REMUNERATION BILL. . . . On the motion of Lord Ciumairdrottu the order for the sewed readiag ol this bill was discharged. JUDICIAL STATISTICS (IRELAND). r The Marquis el CLAN ttICARDE moved the following reaolutioes :—That in the session of 1856 this house re solved that "a department for the collection of judicial statistics should be formcd in connexion with the Home- off cre," and "should make an annual report to parliament at a stated time, presenting returns in • collective form illustrative of the state and progress of the administration I of the law throughout the United Kingdom." That, at- smilingly, such a report and return bare been annually pre- seated to parliament since the year 1858 for Englard and Wales, and contains information of the greatest value. That n otwithstanding the resolution of 1856, and a pledge given by ministers in debate upon the subject in July 1861, no similar report has been made from Ireland. That it is expedient and necessary that judicial statistics from Ire land, similar to those for England and Wales, and to be pre• minted at the same time, should be annually furnished ; andl with that view it is necessary that a person acquainted with the Irish courts and otherwise competent should be attached to the Hositendlee, and that all possible facilities sad co-operation should be afforded to this *Skier by the several authonties in Dublin Castle and the various law courts el Ireland. Earl GRANVILLE had no objection to the motion, pro vided that the noble marquis would omit the words . ' pre sented at the same time," and also the words "attached to the Home-odice." (Hear, hear.) After a few remarks from Lord BROUGHAM, The motion es amended wee thee weed to. PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. This bM gamed Shrewd; committee . The following bills pawed through committee :—Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation, Adtorations in Judges' Cir .:MAL lirorawieh Hospital (Provisions for Widows), Metro =Main Drainage Fsanissios, Misappropriation by ts. The reports of Amendment" M the Savings Banks Act Amendment Bill and the Stmendirry Magietrates Bill were considered and agreed to. The Removal of the Irish Poor Bill and the Growing Crops Seines (Ireland) Bill were rend • third time and paned. The Clenpnien (Colonies) Bill went through committee. The Lend Disinage (Provisional Orders) Bill, the Mar riages Registration (Ireland) Bi'Land the Colonial Acta Con firmation Bill were read • third time and paned. The report of amendments in the Port Beta Harbour (Isle of Man) Bill was considered and agreed to. The Vaccination (Scotland) Bill, The India Stock Bill, and the Sydney Brunch Mint Bill, were severally read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Commons' amendment to the Lords' amendment in the Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Bill was &Peed to Commons' anamadmeets to the Lords' amendments in the Volans= Bill were also agreed to. The Commons' amendment us the Way warden' Contracts Bill was &grad to. Their lordships then adjourned at ten minutes after seven until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, JULY 17. The SYZAM took the chair .t 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Brecon end Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, the Lk Valley Railway, and the Thames Bridges Bills were read a third time sad weed. sri.sht amass. Flili/tAND mid that early sant no b. would 710.11 for lease to bring in • bill for Me purpose of tuakag date bodes, liable to Ma prowls/am of Lord Campbell's Ace (2 sad 10 VW., e. 62). OFFICE OF LOR.D.LIEUTENANT. Mfr. Y'ILbEION pse notion that ha would bring in a big nett session to abobah the ogles of Lord Lieutenant of ha bad. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. OONINGHAII me teatime that he would ma Friday watt call the attoiation of the boom to the threatoned re moval of the Natwool Gallery from Trefaliproquare. (Rear. Waal DOWATOIIIIB TO VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. Yr. H. SEYMOUR asked the fieerstary to the Admiralty whether ft was true that a bag coattail's( the despatches Nen the Admiralty to the admire! oe the station at Van waver's island was abstracted from on board the United States steamer on its pomp from Panama; and whether, in the absence of ate postal communication, the admiral was not under the neossity of employing ► government war Ammer to carry the despatcher to Panama ; and whether the goinweinest were not obliged, on the «ammo° of the " Treat affair," to send the despatches to the admiral on the Peel& mimics at lianoonver's Island round by Cape Bona ? lied 0. PAGILT said he had looked through the papers eonnected with this matter, and he found that is 1858, az. negereente were made by which the mail begs should be ems by Panama to Vancouver's Island, There had been may two oomaions of complaint, sad that .0 when the mad bags bad best mislaid, but after a certain delay the letters were delivered. That was mot the only route by which the government had forwarded despatches to the admiral, for they had sent duplicates by way of Cape Horn to Vancouver's island. PRIVATE BILL LEGISLATION. r. R. HODOBON asked the President of the Board of Trade what ootuie he ioteeded to pursue with referee** to the report and resolutions of the Pnvate Bill Legislation Cone Nw. Mr. M. GOWN said the committee on this subject had some to • somber of resolutions, and had recommended that bills should be passed through parliament fur the purpose of facilitating this kind of legislation. Three resolutions ware under the ooesiderstiou of the government, and as to some of them the other hones would have to be consulted. Those resolutions which referred to fees and minutes of evidence, sad which were within the power of that hones, were also under his consideration, and be had not yet been able to make up his mind es to whet would be the best course to take. The right hon. gestlemen afterwards said that be hoped to be elle to give a further sower on Tuesday next. THE PARTY EMBLEMS ACT AND THE 12nt JULY LN IRKLAND. Yr. MAGITIIII3 sakvd the Chief Semi Amy for inland whether his attention had been called to the fact that the Party Emblems Act bad been violated, on the 12th of July, in Lonny Belfast, and other parts of Ulster, end if riots result,involving injury to persons and property hed not been the Sir H . PEEL said every one would regret the continuance of those detenstrations of party and political factions which took place in different parts of Ireland ; but they had happily dinainiabed compared with what they used to be in former times. He hoped that the infleeetial people in the town of &Haat would exercise their best endeavours to diminish these dis turbances still farther. There had been less this year than there were last, and be believed the report. in the news- CPeswires greatly exaggerated. He held is hi s h an d • le r pani dated 12 o'chick that day. which stated that peace prevailed is the town, though vast crowds had usembled in the streets. Scene 'dodoes had been broken, and there had bees some collision with the police, bat thinp were not so bad as represented in the newspapers. (Hear, hear.) THE DISTURBANCES IN NEW ZEALAND, tr.c. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked the Under-Secretary for the Coloeire whether be intended to ley en the table the papers which the seventeen% bad remedy received from New Zealand ie referees to the disturbances is that island. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he bad made a short statement last night to the boon in reference to the despatches just received by the government ; be had subsequently moved • neohitioe, and be should be ready to make another state meet on the further stage of the business. Mr. A. MILLS asked whether soy of the despatches would be laid upon the table before the discusaion came on in reference to the contemplated loan. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the despatch." received con- Armed is the mete the accounts is the public prints of the disturbances at Taranaki. and be thought there would be no *actin to produce the despatches, or at least • portion of them. (Hear, hear.) SCPPLY.-APPOINTMENTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. (to the %sorties that the Bmocm do leave the chair, Mr. HEN NEWSY rose to 010 , 11 that an humble address be pretested to her Majesty is favour of open competition for the junior appointmouts is the civil service. The hos. guetlessaa mid the public wars coder a perfect deluaios whoa they thought that young men of good character mid ability would have opportunities of competing for the public eerviro. A very large portion of the public who bed ob jected $ the mocamneedations of young me, to the govern ment by meninges of that house, and had thought that they bad ceased. would be swpriasd to hear that the patronage of the govemmosst bed surceased alder the new sync% lost year, as compared with the preceding year. thiep became worse; that was to my, the number of sleet eompetitioss had actuslly got smaller every year. la 1861 the total number of direct emu amass was 228. without any eornpititioss at all, while is 1862 the amber of those somuireithe woo 396. THE EXPRISS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1863. Thus it would be seen that there had been a large inereue of direct nominations made by the government. In IStil,of the persons who were examined. 53 per cent had obtained ap pointments, while in 1862 only 42 per cent, of these exam used had been appointed. When the noble lord the mem ber fur King's Lyn* (Lord Stanley) was in office he disposed of all vacancies in the India office by open competition, but now iu that office that system seemed to have been put an sod to—(beer, hear)--and be believed that no minister of the crown would give a clerkship away by open competition. In sums of the offices they had to cmplain of this retrograde movement being folio wed more than iu others—for instance in the Wm-office in 1861 only two vacancies were filled up by direct nomination, while in 1862 $2 wag:minim were so tilled tip. The civil service commissioners reported that so far as they were concerned things were alwolutely worse now than they ever had been. (Hew, hear.) He would repeat that the public generally and the members of that house had been positively deluded. The patronage of the govern. ment had increased very considerably. and the boo. gentle man, the patronage secretary, had now three vacanciee to • fill up instead of two as in 1861, consequently his duties had increased to that extent. The horn gentleman concluded by moving the address above mentioned. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to move as an amendment to the motion of hie boo. friend the sub stitutioo of the words, "on approved teat examination," :it place of the words "open competition." He regretted that his boo. friend bad thought it necessary to bring that subject spin under the notice of the house, and he thought it desirable that they should allow a large time to elapse before they came to a decision with respect to the working of the system. He differed from his hon. friend upon that subject, and from all the information he had been able to collect from the offices of the different deparmeuta, he was led to believe that the system of open competition was very detrimental to the public service. - - - The SPEAKER intimated that an amendment could not be proposed to a motion made on going into committee of supply. The amendment, therefore, was not put. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the house had not yet acquired sufficient experience of the working of the system to enable them to pro nounce any decided opinion upon its merits. 'The system of competition instead of diminishing visa ad vancing. In 1838 the number of successful candidates was may 192, in 1861 it woe 736, and in 1862 it was 264. The number of candidates eligible to be examined in 181.8 was 617, in 1862 the number was 864. It had been said , that is former times there were abuses, and until per sons were put into offios ; but were there no unfit persona now? (Hear, hear.) Of the 861 persons examined in 1862 for 289 pleas, 376 were below the standard of attainment oecamary to pass the examination. It was all very well to talk about a severe test examination, but it was perfectly well known to those who had to conduct test examinations that they found themselves iu a continual conflict with a mass of personal, party, and other selfish interests which, rooted and grounded io human nature, exercised a motional pressure upon the positive test exami nations, tending always to lower the standard. It was not bemuse competition was in itself a perfect system that some resort bad been had to it, but because it afforded the best, and. perhaps, the only means of contending against the con ', smut lowering action which atom from selfish motives. The committee of 1861 made two principal recommends tious ; one was a limited eampetitian amoogst five can didates where there was only one vacancy ; and where there were several vacancies together, in the proportion of three to one vacancy. The other main recommendation was to confine the competition to those who had previous test examinations. That was a most eat recommendation. With record to the first recommendation, the principle of competition fol. clerkships had been considerably extended since the commissioners' report. There were 147 offices in which competition was in use, and only 20 in the list supplied by the eOnlinienOnere in which competition was not introduced, and of that num. her • very large portion were quasi-iodependent offices. and not wider the control of the executive government. With regard to the second recommendation, in 1861 the Treasury I provided. preliminary testexaminatioa for all the offices under their control Clerkships were to be taken in those offices by lone but tested candidates, and care was takes that the number of connetiton should be three—the recommenda tion of having five war confined to where the vacancy was a single one. The Secretary for War had recently set on foot a similar plan, by which clerkships were competed for by tested candidates in the proportion of four to each v or five in • single vacancy. So that there was ng i r l i a lli; whole a state of progress and not of retrogression with re mud to these appointments. He was at a loss to explain the very large number of nominations which bad been made without competition in 1861. It must certainly be owing to some casual circuinstasiose, bat the fact of a positive increase was in his opinion the result of a steady progress dependent upon no temporary or casual cause, but belonging to the gradual extension of the system among the public offices. lie trusted the hon. member would not press his motion. Mr. MAG LT IR F. said the important question to be con sidered was whether all the nominations to the civil service were to be left in the hands of the government, and to be confined therefore to one side of the house. The Treasury were opposed to any system which was likely to take the patronage out of the hands of the government, whereas the principle of nomiestion to an open competition was that it should be open to all. In his opinion every member of the community should have the opportunity of proving himself qualified for a government appointment. He had canstastly been asked to apply to the government for nominations, but be had only complied on two occasions during the eleven years he had had a seat in that house. Mr. BENTINCK believed that the system which had bees introdueed had neither tended to decrease the patronage of the government nor to improve the qua li ty of the the Mr. CLAY should vote for the motion if it were pressed to a division, but be hoped it would be withdrawn ; for, though be went as far se the hon. member for King's Coanty, he would not perhaps go so fast. The clump already made was a considerable one, and they ought not to proceed so fast as to outstrip public opinion. Mr. M. MILNMI thought that hon. member would only be too glad to get rid of the extreme bore of nominating candidates for public appointment.. If by any contrivance this system of nomination could be diepsnaed with, it would be • great advantage to the coustry. (Hear, hear.) The meritorious poor man was at present altogether shut out , front these appointment., sad it was • matter of money from beginn ing to end—of cramming by professional cram mere. is certainly was not a healthy state of things. Lord PALMERSTON conceived that, according to the constitution, those who were honoured with the confidence of the crown were respoorible for fining up all offices in the service of the crown, subject of cosine to the duty of taking are that no parson was appointed who was not duly quail fled. These 000ditions were fulfilled by the existing ar rangements, sod he saw no reason whatever for changing the system. which worked well, and ensured the employ. ment of good and proper persons in the public service. Mr. HENLEY generally concurred in the remarks ;i7xie premier, but condemned the 'yearn of cramming for the examination, as anything but a fair test of the mental itc ipurernente sad ability of the candidates. The present system, however. had not yet had sufficient time to enable • the house to come to • sound and final decision on the matter. Mr. HRIFFITH believed the adoption of the competitive system had trebled the patronage of the government The house having divided, the motion of Mr. Hennessy wee negatived by 118 to 57. shown'sufficientivounds for the motion which Le bad brought forward. (Hear, hear.) Lord FF.FI BOY cossidered that the law applicable to street 111111K1.1411 wee already sufficiently stringent. That had bees seen in the case of Mr. Babbage, who bad put the law in force, and punished, very unjustly as he thought, • number of poor musicians for what he no doubt thought very disagreeable. He could not concur io the sufficiency of the grounds put forward by the hon, gentleman for iocressing the stringency of the law. In the brat place it was clear that the bend. must be enjoyed or they would not be paid for, aw l the great number of bands frequenting Belgravia and other wealthy districts at the west-sod of the town only proved that the aristocracy liked them. (Cries of "No, no," and " Hear, hvar.") Not • single casehad been proved in which the men sammoowl before a magistrate had re fused to go away when told to do so. Mr. Babbage quite failed to prove that fact in his extensive experience. The fact was, however, that the streets must be kept clear for the following of legitimate occupations by all classes, and if the bends were to be put down then they should also put down those great drays which passed through the streets Won with barrels of Bass's Pale Ale "—(laughter)--and w hi c h fi ightoned their horses as they passed. (" Oh." and "Hear.") He would enter his protest against the declaration of the boo. member for Derby that the l►w required altering. He thought there ought to be no change in it. The house had made no provision for the amusement and recreation of the working and middle dames, and consequently these bands played in the squares and public streets to provide that amusement and recreation for the people. ([lest, he►r.) He would suggest that the hoc. gentleman the Under. Secretary of State for the Home Department should bring in • bill for the purpose of providing places for the bands to play in, sod then ro person would have to complain of a nuisance. (Hear, hear, Mr. C. BENTLNCK said that if these musicians ought to be retained in the streets because people paid them, so ought beggars. (Ob.) There was no place in the world where there were so many mendicents as in London, Rome not excepted. (Oh, oh.) He was one of those who suffered a great deal from these street Lauda. Fate had cast his lot to reside in a street which bad • square at one end and a large open apace at the other, and there were often organs, wandering minstrels, and negro melodista in that locality— in fact, it frequently happened that there was an organ about 50 yards on one side of his home and a band 50 yards on the other, with a lot of wandering minstrels between those dis ta nces. ("Oh," and laughter.) He acknowledged that he had not sufficient relined taste to appreciate these things. (Laughter.) If the motile lord were to engage these people to play within the precincts of his own house, or in the area, his neighbours would be entitled to bring an action against him for damages. (Hear, hear.) He dissented from the noble iord's view of the law. It was only householders that could cause these people to be sent away, and that only under a penalty of 40s in ease of refusal to move on. (Oh, oh.) The difficulty often was to find • householder to give the order, and then there was a difficulty in finding a policeman to give effect to it, and after all it was difficult to satisfy a magistrate that there was "reasonable cause," for the magi strike had differed among themselves as to the meaning of those words. He thought the law ought to be mewled , and that this sort of musk should be made • personal nuisance. It was not only those who had calculations to make who found street music a nuisance, but those who had to prepare speeches. (Laughter.) It seemed to him ' that the act in force should be amended by striking out the words " illness of an inmate, or other reasonable cause;" and he bored the government would take the subject into consideration during the recess. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MALL'S said the house ought to feel very much obliged to the hon. member for Derby for bringing this subject forward. (Laughter.) It was not a laughing matter, for he thought every man ought to be allowed to have the full enjoyment of his property. He resided in one of those places—a parallelogram—but called a square, and he was • very sensitive man. He had not to prepare his speeches, for he did not often speak in that house. (Oh, and laughter.) But be had seriously considered whether he should not reside away from London, so great had this pul sator, become. (Hear, hear.) When • band came to his house lie sometimes sent out his servant, end the men moved on, but only about twenty yards or so. F requently in an evening from eleven to hail - past twelve o 'clock his neighbourhood was favoured with • round of the Old Hundredth. (Laughter.) He had to do some work at home, and he was obliged to do it in • morning before the musicians visited the neighbourhood, and before three or four grinding organs could be heard, as sometimes they could, at the same time. That was the only time that be could enjoy his own home. (Hem.) Mr. BRUCE said the hon. member for Derby bad por trayed very vividly his sufferings from street music, but he had given no optima as to the provision of • remedy. It seemed to him (Mr. Bruce) that only two remedies could be applied which were not already provided by the act, and one was that street music should be actually prohibited. The hon. and learned gentleman who spoke last did not desire to prohibit beads, but street organs. Now, no doubt as he passed through streets he saw crowds of little anthem' lingering around those organs, and therefore what was unacceptable at the westead was very welcome in other parts of Loads,. (Hear, bear.) He believed that no ore would be so hard hearted as to prohibit these organs alto- gether. The boa. member for Taunton wished that every person should have the power of ordering street musicians to remove to • dietetic* from his house. No doubt the great majority of the house was opposed to this tort of MOM because they were business men and went to bed late, but did the great majority of the population think so? Per haps the constituents of the hon. member for Derby would vote for • continuance of street music! If the law should be amended as desired it would be the memos of driving all street music away from certain neighbourhoods. He thought the remedies proposed would be worse than the present evils. (Hear, hear.) Bir J. fiHRLI:EY thought the hon. member for Derby wan mistaken in supposing that the people of this metro polis were opposed to street music. He was the treasurer of the hands which played in Victoria and Regent's Parka. (Question.) At first there was some difficulty in consti tilting these hands, but the people had approved of them, and they were row self-supportiag. If any hon. gentleman would take a walk upon any Sunday evening in either of those parks, be would see masses of people enjoying them selves, and that being the caws be should be sorry to see any proposition made to ■mend the law. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. Sir C. 130 W YER said he approved of lb. reading of the bible, believing that people would thereßy ascertain the truth of the Rogue catholic faith, and become better ChriAliKus. The question, however, in this case, was the rule of faith as laid down by the Roman catholic church for the guidance of those in connection with it. Mr. Matamoras made no progress is Spain, because he represented no Spanish interest. A protestaut ides did not eau in Spain, so that it was no wooden that the undertaking did not prosper. It was also stated that the agents employed by the English committee were propagandists of socialist opinions. This came to the can of the government, who might have respected their zeal if they had believed it to be sincere, but not believing it they had applied to them the constitutional law of Spain. What right, however,had we to criticise the law of a foreign country—a law with which the whole Spanish nation was thoroughly satisfied? He (the hon. baronet) was perfectly convinced that no Eoglish statesman would act wisely that attempted to interfere. He might add that one of Maumoru's companions had returned to the Catholic religion, had ezpiatd his apostasy by a great penance, and was now a sincere member of the Spanish church. He (the boa. member) did not think that this matter was one with which the Howe of Commons had anything to do. The circumstances of Spain were entirely different from those ot the United Kingdom. In it there will but one religion ; with us there were innumerable sects. With us everybody was necessarily left free to follow his own bent in religious matters ; but in Spain it was possible to enforce the national faith ; and foreign propagandism was repudiated by every Spaoiard, Dot only as an offetios against their religion, butaa aensive totheir patriotic feeliogs.(bar.) THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. The proceedings in this case were resumed at the , 1 Chelmsford muss yesterday. Anse Mr. Roswell had been examined on Thursday he wee taken back to London, in charge of tweet the warden of Pentonville prison. lie did not exhibit any appearanos of feeling at the pintaill position in which be was placed, but answered every question that wee put to him with the greatest possible 000lnese and deliberation. kle was brought down to Chelmsford again this morning, when his further examination was proceeded with. Mr. Roupell said, in answer to questions put by Mr. Lush—l cannot tell what became of the original drafts of the leases of this property after I bad Doped them and made the alteration in them, but ! believe that I destroyed them. When fair copies had been made of the leases I took them to Mr. Whitaker to be engrossed, and authorised him to raise as much money as ha could upon the property, and I understood that he applied to several gentlemen with that object, and among them toe Mr. Longman, and I think the sum of 6,0001. was specially mentioned to be obtained from him. . . . Baron Channel' interposed, and expressed hi opinion that it was quite unoecemary to go into those details. The fraud and forgery had been positively spoken to, and it really appeared to Lim uunecemary to examine the witness as to the particulars. Mr. Itoupell then proceeded to state that he subsequently executed a lease to the present defendants of the Essex property that was now in dispute, and that the transaction took place on the 36th of January, 1836, and he said he afterwards forged fictitious lessee as from one of the de. fondant., and be induced John Truman to attest the sig. nature of that gentleman, by telling him that he waked him to attest his own signature. The witness then ex plained the proceeding he resorted to in order to deceive the witness Truman, and he said that he mixed several documents together and wrote his name to one of the false documents. Baron Chaunell wished to know how the witness induced Truman to sign four documents when he mat have known that he was only required to sign two leases. Mr. Roupell said that Truman placed great confidence in him, and he was no lawyer, and might not have known that be was signing more instruments than were necessary. This was all the explanation he could give. EU deceived him by mixing the documents altogether, and placing a piece of blotting paper over the names of the persons who purported to be the real parties to the deeds. Baron Channell—That is your explanation ! Mr. Roupell— It is. . . He was then further questioned at very great length with regard to the transactions that took piece between himself and Mr. Whitaker relative to the mum of money upon the forged deeds, but it will not be necessary to go into the details, which were very complicated, and ap peared to have little or nothing to do with the real ques tion at liens. . . _ Mr. Boupell then stated that before Mr. Longman would advance any money be insisted upon having • valuation of the estate, and he employed Mr. Foster, of Pall-mall, to go over the property for that purpose, and be accompanied him, and informed him of the particulars, in accordance wi.h the false statement as to the rent and the term of the lease, and upon thia false statement be made • valuation, and Mr. Longman advanoed 6,0001. He subsequently, how. ever, called in the money, and was paid off ; and down to the time when his father died, on the 12th of September, 1856, he had not been able to raise sufficient money upon the state to pay off the amounts he required to relieve himself of his embarrassments. His father was ailing for about • fortnight before be died, but he went to bin busi ness in Cross-street as usual, and st the time of his death tritium' was negotiating with Mr. Whitaker for a lease, but the arrangement came to nothing, and the present defen dants ultimately advanced him 12,0001. upon mortme of the property in question. After some further evidence Mr. Hormell said that he burned a great many documents connected with these transactions on the night before be left Eagles:l, and be also stated that Mr. Truman, whose name appeared es the attesting witness to some of the documents, was the superintendent of the brick-field upon the Roopell-park estate. Mr. Morin having again objected to the reception of some of the evidence, Baron Channel! said he thought the evidence was admis sible upon the ground that the witness had admitted hie self to have committed a very wicked crime, and if be was to be believed, the counsel for the plaintiff was juetitird io proving everything he could to show that he wee speaking the truth. Mr. [taupell then said that when he found himself hope lessly involved at the commencement of the year 1862, be coosulered what was bast to be done, and resolved upon making a communication to Mr. Whitaker, and be did co a few days before he left England, in March, 1862. His father died in Croesstreet, and at the time he died witrea was not aware that he bad made a codicil to his will a few days before. Mr. Bovill objected to any evidence being given in rela tion to the will. The plaintiff did not claim under any will, but under a deed of gift, and they had nothing to do with the will, or whether it wee genuine or not. Berjeant ,fibee submitted that it was necessary to show how it happened that the witness obtained the entire con trol over his father's property after his death. The court, after some technical discussion, decided that the evidence as to the will was admimible. Mr. Reopen was accordingly examined with reference to the forged will, and be repeated the evidence he gave on the former trial. He said that he knew nothing about the codicil until a few days before his father's death, when he wished him to draw up soother codicil. His father said that as the property at Roupell-park was liable to litigation and required *great deal of improvement, it would be better to leave the property to witness subject to annuities to his mo.ber and other members a the family. At this time he saw the will of 1850, and the codicil that was made on the 10th of August, but he did not read it. He said he advised his father not to make any alteration in the will, and nothing was done. At this time he exprcted his father would die, but did not expect his death would occur so soon. He was informed of his father's death at Brixton on the rooming of the 12th September, 1856, and he and his mother went to Cross-street immediately, and wittier wen; into him father's bedroom alone. His mother was in the room below. He examined the escritoire sod took out the genuine will and thrust it into his pocket. The codicil was annexed to it at this time. He afterwards prepared a fresh will (the one that has bees so often alluded to and by which the whole of the property of the deceased was vested in Mrs. Roupell, and the wanes@ was appoisted joint executor with her). He placed the will in a writing.desk sod carried it about with him for several years. He did not read the will mail a week after it came into his poinesslon. The writing-desk was a entail one, and he constantly carried it about with him. It cootained besides the will some cor respondence of immediate nterest. The genuine will re maned in hie poseessioo until the night before he left England in March, 18b2, when he Mimed at with a number of other papers. By the genuine will the Wsrley estate was left to his brother Richard, the present plaintiff, and this coo. firmed him in the resolution be had previously formed to forge a fresh will. He expleined that the way the signature of John Muggeridge, one of the supposed witnesses to the forged will, came upon the document was thus. Mugge ridge was an old man who was in the habit o: collecting rent for his father, and he went to him, and gave him 5/. to buy mourning with. and he signed • receipt, and he said that he then forged his signature. Muggeridge was very old, eighty-four ; and he thought be was not likely to live long, ad in point of fact he died shortly afterwards. The tritium gave these details with the most perfect sang-froid, and did not seem to feel the slightest shame or regret at having committed such flagrant acts. He wrote a por tion of the forged will with • gold pen, and his father's name he wrote with a pen which he bad mended him self. Witness attended the f 'trend of his father, and the forged will was reed afterwards at Amid-house. He aubeequently took the will to his father's proctors, Messrs. Ring and Co., and they suggested that his mother should also prove under the will, but at his request she wrote a latter to Mews. Ring, in which she expressed her unwillingness to do so. His mother knew very little of his father's affairs. Witness made a rough draft of a letter to Messrs. Ring. and his sister Sandi drew it up. It was to the effect that his mother felt herself incompetent to take any part in business transactions, and wished everything to be left to her son William, in whom she placed the utmost reliance. By the genuine will the property of his father was devised pretty equally between the different members of the family, end witness was described as "My son, called William Roupell." The seine description was given of all the other children except Richard. After his father's death witness, in the character of executor, assumed the entire control over the property, and he appointed young Mug geridge, the eon of the limo)n he had before referred to, as the receiver of his rents. Mr. Hoopsll was then cross-examined by Mr. Bovill, but very briefly. He said he had already taken God to witness that the will be now said was forged was genuine. He swore to that fact before the surrogate. By so doieg be committed perjury. His object sow waa to do justice. He wished the jury to believe that be stole hie father's will ; that he burned it ; that he forged a fresh one ; that be forged a deed of gift; that be also forged leases—forged the names of the tooants—and that, " pram ically," he cheated the defendants of 12,0001. He slso would admit that be had "robbed" hi father of 10,0110/. in cash, and that he had chested his family, and now wished to get the property beck. He had not exactly " cheated " his mother of some Mario. Anne. mice shares, but he fraudulently disposed of them, and kept the money. (A laugh.) Baron Channell What is the differsace between that and cheating her out of them? (A laugh.) Witness —I admit there Is only a diffemnee in words. I came here from Pentoriville Prison, where I am under sentence of penal servitude for life, for forgery. Mr. Bovill—la that the prison dress you have ? Mr. Houpell—lt is not. Mr. Bovill—Then you admit that you have cheated your family ; and is it not a fact that by meats of the pro ramifies. you have mentioned you have obtained more than 200.0001. ? Witness—l admit that this has been the effect of my conduct, but I did not iateod to do as I have done on. Mr. Bovill—Why did you do it flea? Mr. Boupell—l did it to escape a very great difficulty. Mr. Bovill— And you committed perjury, I suppose, with the same object Mr. Reopen (coolly)—Yes. In .never to further questions, Mr. Reopen arid that muss be had boos coufined in Pen- Wardle Prism be luul eceseionsilr bees is cemmunicetiew with Mown. Linkister, the solicitors to the pluutif, sad ba bad also mesa the Wier oesiaismily. Milled and Published by Wtmaex knee Husk of No. I. Lombard street, to the City of London. Printer, at the 011oe, la Lombardotteet, In the Product of Whltetrfors.-. SOVADAT, JOLT 18, VIOL STREET MUSIC LN THE YETROPOLLS. _ . Mr. BASS roes " to call the attention of the Secre tary of State for the Home Department to street music in the metropolis, and to mom that it is expedient to remosider the law on this matter at the earliest cop wtonity." The hon. member said that the nuisance caused by bands of wandering musicians in London was making such alarming progress that it was necessary the law on the subject should be wore deinitely known than it was at present. From early morning until late at night many pate of the town were • perfect garden of discords. (Laughter.) Only the other day he observed • band retired on the door step of Sir Richard Mayne. Parleg on to Eatonequare, he found another band oa the south side ; a third on the north side, a fourth in Eaton. place, and a fifth was in front of the bore of the Home Secretary. (Laughter.) Those bands could be all beard at the same moment they ware playing different tunes in different keys, an d what with their blasts and counter. blasts, sad shrieking', the effect, as might noddy be imagined, was most annoying to all who experienced it. It was preposterous to contend that three bands could be of any advantage whatever. That they were& great hindrance to the serious business of life there could be no doubt. The case of Hr. Babbage—(•' hear, bear," and laughter) —was well known. That gentleman retired him that a fourth part of his time was consumed and wasted by the hindrance to business oseasiored by those bands. Within • few days he bad beet interrupted 182 times by them. (Laughter.) Hon. gentlemen might laugh at such • statement, but it was really the case that ninny ;Teatimes were driven from tows by those noisy perform aeon. Now, who were they who were thus becoming such • nuisance? They were a set of foreigners hired by persons who made torture from their blowing their wind away. (Laughter.) The musicians themselves were In fact mendicants, and in that view they ought to be unstable to the law. He wee assured by Sir Richard Mayne that the late Lord Griming complained to him that on a particular occasion the annoy ance of one of those bends while he was engaged in writing an important despatch was the means of his making • very serious error in it. (Laughter.) Having left the house at a late, or rather early hour this =emir, he (Hr. Saes) had • been awoke, by the horrid music of one of those bawls, out of his Bret sleep, and afterwards, while rimed with his correspoodence, he was disturbed by four different bade, from which he could not escape, although he west to various parts of the house. He might be told that people enjoyed the mush or it would sot be paid for. (Hear. hear.) But it was no proof bemuse it was paid for that it was enjoyed. In this great town money could always be found for any nuisance, and the truth wee that the hands were paid to be got rid of. (" Hear, hear," and " No, no.") He could not suppose that any pores sop =the bands either on account of the excel. of their music or because they assisted in teaching good music, and he could only therefore conclude. and •he believed, that they were destined the delectation of nursemaids and children. (Laughter.) He was informed by the Home Secretary that the law was doutitful—that some magistrates decided or we, and some another. They could not agree rto what was ' reasonable amuse" at ocasiplalat. That Wag so, be the be had NAMING OF LONDON STREETS, Mr. W. BW ART rose to ask the First Oommuunoner of Works whether, through the agency of the Metropolitan Board of Works or otherwise, it might be rracticable to have inscribed on those houses in London which bed been inhabited by celebrated persons the names of those persona. The srbject, he nal, was one of considerable interest to a great number of persons in this country. In the cities of Italy, and elsewbere on the continent, the practice of identi fying the houses of distinguished men was observed. He thought that as far as possible the same practise sl-ould be followed in the metropolis of this country, in whiel, it was needle as to observe, bad resided many men whose names were wortty of historic commemoration, such as Sir J. Reynolds, Hogarth, Johnson, Goldsmith, Gibbon, Garrick, the Duke of Marlborough, Flaxroan, Somers, MansSsW, Macaulay, Aci. He did not think they ought to be behind other nations in recording the memory of great men, by having the houses in which they lived inscribed with their names. The mode in which this might be done was to leave it in the bands of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In their hopes of the future they ought not to forget the memory of the past. (Hear, beer) Mr. COWPER said that be believed there was u much in terest felt for departed greatness in England as in any other country, but it should be recollected that it was the right of any owner or occupier of • house todo what he wished with his own house, and he did not think it would be right to compel him to have a label os it which did not please him. Many persons wished to put a bran plias with their own names on their doors, and such parties might not like to have buy other name inscribed upon them. (Laughter.) There were others who would object to expose the antiquity of their houses, which might militate against their sale. (Laughter.) If these difficulties could be got over he thought it w 0414 be gratifying to the public to know for example where Milton lived and Dryden died. (Hear, bear.) THE DETENTION OF THE GIBRALTAR. Lord R. CECIL wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was prepared to propose the mat of say compematiou to Captain Blakeley for the loss a:m etaled to him by the detention, without cause, of the vessel Gibraltar, and whether the government woold lay upon the table the depositioos or informations upon which the government acted in this case. — TA.diabreElLOloTtle EXCHEQUER thought Lord R. Cecil had made a mistake in putting to him questions which appertained to the Foreign.oflice. He had, he said, so official knowledge of any wrong suffered by thiptain Blakeley, and could ooly lay it was an nausea mune to produce the depositions or iuformatioos in such cases. He defended the conduct of the government, in relation to this case and to that of the Alexandra. and repudiated the charges made spinet them by Lord R. Cecil. THE LATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AT HONG KONG. Gokeel DUNNE drew attention to the case of Mr. Amster/. late Attorney-General at Hoop Koog, forth. par pose of Inquiring whet repustion had been made to him for the iejustios acknowledged to have been done to him by the authorities in that colony. Mr. G. FORTESCUE, observing that the dismissal of Mr. Amster was the act of the late administration, said the fiIIOOINI for that act extended far beyond the immediate referred to by Oedema Dunne, who had put the cese upon too marrow an eerie Mr. Aostey had shown a violeoce of temper and a want of discretion and judgment which un fitted him for being the confidential legal advisor o f the Governor, and the Duke of Newcastle bad declined to re. open the question and to reverse the decision of bis pre deeeesor. Mr. Anstey, be said, had no claim 'diat om t o ecrepeusetion or retention from the goverment. THE SPANISH PROTESTANTS. Mr. G. DUFF moved for papers relation to the came of the Spaniards lately seateneed to banishment ea amount of their religions opinions. The theta of the cams were soft. deadly well known to hon. members, so they were brought before the house in 1861 and 1862. Within the Let few weeks, however, a coasiderable change had taken place in the fate of these much injuredmen, and the n setence =epos the had beet commuted to a seateaos of meet. It had hese said that they Were palliated Dot being protestant ceererte, bat for being proteetece pro pagandists. He, however, could not undervisod why Spais should a testeie say km from sea s ammo,. THE REV. FATHER CUROIN. Sir G. BOW YER then proceeded to draw the attention of the noble lord at the head of the government to • ler mon alleged to have been preached at Rouse by • distin guished ecclesiastic, the Rev. Father Curcin, in which be was said to utter reproaches most injurious to the feelings of the Neapolitan emigrants in that city. It was alleged that the rev. father had accused au illustrious propos with the great offence of having wantonly sod withoutany advan tage, political or otherwise—which indeed would not have excused such a step—sent a bend of robbers sod murders= to commit the most atrocious deeds within the dominions which had recently been usurped from him by his neighbour and relation the King of Sardinia. This assertion had caused great pain and dismay not only to the family of the illus trious prince, wbo was utterly incapable of such an act, but also to many respectable and hooourable gentlemen who were attached to his came. He (the hon. baronet) had received from Father Curcin • letter stating that be had never made the smallest allusion in his sermon to any metier wherever ; and he had also bad letters met him from • greet ri umber of purses of the highest rank in Soothers Italy to the same affect. Mr. HONSELL said he believed there were only Ave countries in Europe in which religious toleration did not prevail. One of those countries was Russia, where the people professed the Greek religion. One was Spain, which was c•tholic ; end three, Mecklenberg, Holstsio, and Sweden, were protestant. Therefore this was not • ques tion of protestant sod catholic, but the broad question of religious toleration. He wished that the Spaniards could see the working of the catholic church in Ireland. There it had no privileges, but had complete liberty, and that was the state in which he wished to see the catholic church all over the world. Lord PALMERSTON observed that owing to their geoxmphical position, the Spaniards had not much inter pongee with other countries ; but be still hoped that they were coming round to more enlightened views. At the same time their laws remained, and though the Spanish government were anxious that they should be administered with indulgence, public opinion had its force. In the use referred to, the Queen of Spain had exercised her pre rogative of pardon, and had remitted the seateoce, upon the condition of the persona convicted quitting the coun try. With regard to the sermon alluded to by Sir G. Bowyer, he (Lord Palmerston) had told him at the time that he had read the statement in a newspaper, and could not vouch for its accuracy. But be also had bad a letter from Italy (whit* he read), and, though it did not my that the sermon contained the expressions mentioned in the newspaper, it showed that the sermon had a strong political bearing. Sir S. NORTHCOTE then called attention to the pro posals which had been made for the establishment of the route to Australia by the way of Panama and asked what were the intantioes of coveromeot on the subject.. Mr. PEEL considered the route vii Suez preferable to that of Panama, and said that the government would not le justified in incurring the additional expense. Au offer had been received from the Peninsular mid Oriental Com pany to double the communication between Ceylon and Australia for an addition of 50,0001. to the sum of 134,0001. now paid to them ; and that offer was deserving of and would receive due consideratioo. Mr. BENTINCK then called attention to the general question of the Poet-office packet service, contending that the vote of 956,8001. for that service wee one of the most exclusive and unjust vote ever submitted to the house, insomuch as it was intended to save the pockets of the great mercantile community at the expense of the tax-paying public. Subsequently the house went into committee of supply, and Mr. PEEL moved the estimate for the Post-office packet service. The motion led to considerable discussion, in the course of which the system of subsidiaing foreign governments for the conveyance of English mails was strongly censured, especially by Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Corry, sod Mr. Ayrtoo. Mr. AYRTON proposed that the vote should be reduced by 3,1101., the amount payable under the new arrangement to the Belgian government for the packet servicewith Ostend._ _ . On :division the proposed reduction was negatived by 75 to 26, and the vote, the last of supply, was agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. The house then went into committee of ways and means, when the following resolution, were agreed to on the mo lion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer :—That towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, there be famed and applied to the service of the year 1863, the sum of 467,467/. 3e. 7d., being the surplus of ways and means granted fur the service of preceding years. 2. That towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, the sum of 9,897,5221. 16s. sd. be granted out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The home then resumed. UNION RELIEF AID ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL This bill was read a third time and weed. COILPANIES CLAUSES RILL. This bill was read • third tine aad passed. RAILWAYS CLAUSES BILL. This bill, UJoen(lJ, Vaaconsider7d ;;cl;greed to, and ordered to be reed ► third time. WATERWORKS CLAUSES BILL. This bill, as ►mended, was considered and agreed to. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENTS BILL. This bill was reed a third time and passed. EXPIRING LAWS CONTIN UANCE../3ILL. The house went into committee upon this bill. Mr. HENNESSY moved th►t the Poor-law (Ireland) Act be omitted from the schedule. . . Sir R. PEEL opposed the amendment. The committee divided, when the numbers were: Foe the amendment 7 Against it 34-27 The schedule was then agreed to, and the bill then paned through committee. INDEMNITY BILL. This bill was read a second time. PETTY SESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill pawed through committee. NEW ZEALAND (GUARANTEE OF LOAN). The report wee brought up sad agreed to. The Colonial Letters Patent Bill was reed a second The Lords amendments to the Naval Medical Supple mental Fund Society Winding-up Act (1861) Amendment Bill were considered and agreed to. The Lords' amendment to the Meer* of Royal Natal Reserve Bill were considered sod agreed to. The Lards amendments to the Public Works (llanufac turing District■) Bill were also considered and agreed to. The Lords' amendments to the Sheep and Cattle (Scot- Lod) Bill were considered and agreed to, The Poisoned Grain, he., Prohibition Bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to be read a third time. The Pauper Lunatic Asylums Bill paned through com mittee. The bones adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock until Monday. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA mom —Yesterday the steam•boat bills of the Great Eastern Railway, North British and Morayshire, were recommitted and re-considered in committee, and after bearing a sup plementary statement from the promoters, the committee considered their report, in which they malign their reasons to the house for passing the preamble; of the bills. The opposition of the North British end of the magistrates of Dunfermline was takes in committee of the Lords against the Scottish Central Dunfermline and Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway. The select committee of the Lords on railway companies' borrowing powers held another meeting on the matter. CHRIST Cnnacn SCHOOLS, ST. GEORGE'S EAST. —The children attending theme schools, to the number of 1,200, were taken for their annual excursion on Thursday to Epping Forest in a special train from Mile-Had. An ample supply was provided for the use of the large party. consisting of 300th.. of barn, joints of lamb, veal, sod roast beef, 5001 be. of bread, 400th.. of cake, 40 gallons of milk, and two barrels of beer, all of which they enjoyed with evident satisfaction. Most of the teachers were present, and, with the Rev. G. H. WOW, and Messrs. Muted sod Foulger, the churchwardens, devoted their best energies to enhance the happiness of the children. The band of the Tower Hamlets Engineers, composed of former pupils of Christ Church school under the command of Mr. Duke, the analetant master, s added considerably to the enjoyment of the day. Yesterday, the younger children, to the number of 250, were entertained at the panonage, Watney. Buser, by Mr. and Mrs. WC/ill. OPIRA GLASSES.—T. HARRIS and SON'S GLASSES AUL retain the celebrity long avoided to them by the hablturs of the Open; they possess high rnagnUying power, with • large sad perfectly distinct field of view, the acted of partis an. T. Harris and Son make or alter Opera Glasses eo as to ao. curate') snit nearsighted eyes. A variety of the newest term and &anon for this ecoson. Moderate pnces. Thos. Hama and Son, Opticians, opposite the Waists Museum gates, London. Mitehllahedl744.—(Advsnisement.j Mr. %will then addrtesed Mr. Respell, and, in an itedig. naot tone, said, " You may go bock to the place y ou came from—l bare nothing more to soy to you." Mr. Roupell then left the court bodily, accompanied by the warders of toe gaot. Alter some farther evidesam the trial mu spi. adimmed. MARKETS. SUGAlL—Burroi, JULT 17. —The demand is staid! bat not active ; the sales have been confined about 400 hhd s . West India on the spot, principally li.abadoes sod Demo. raras, at late rates. Refined iimxis are dull of sale, nod ink. aufactarers cannot keep clear of stocks. Rum : No sales to report. TALLOW.—Parnat Emmen. The market via quiet today.—Spot, 425. ; 1861 track, 41a. 6d. ' • August, 42.. 3d. t0,42a.; September (new), 44a. 6d. ; October to December, 45a. to 456. 3d. Delivery to bat eveoing, 581 maks; no az. rivals. At the public sales ?AO auks were offered and 180 sold. Inferior North American. 39a. to 395. 6d. ; South American 42a. Ist pipes, 41a. 2od amt. Cocoanut ail firm—Co:hip at 47.. lid. ; and Ceylon, 45a. to 45a. 6d ; no Sydney offering to-day, 44a. wit paid for goad quality early in the week. Palm oil steady at 365. to 361. 3d., fine Lagos. Palm nut od hat at 35a. fine. Dorm yam, Xis. 6d, ; rough fat, 2s. ld. COTTON.—LwearooL, JCLT 17. —The put week has been characterised by increased caution of the trade u buyers, and bye moderate demand for export. The proved tenor of the advice* from the East dal not stimulate speculation. The latent Americo account., however, have given more coo6dence to holders, and also have induced export buyers to purchase more freely ; consequently any previous decline in American may now be considered to be fully recovered, and this deecnptico is more in request in oonsequence of the searcity of good Borate. Egyptian is irregular at Id. reduction In some instances. The demand for Brazil hu been moderate. Pernains and Maceios are about id. lower. The fair to good qualities of Fast India have been in good demand at full prices ; common sorts irre gular and occasionally somewhat cheaper. There is no alteration in China, Beaus', or Scinde. Speculate(' have taken during the week 1,570 boles ; exporters, 7,700 bales and the bade, 17,7,50 lulu of all kinds. We have had a fair demand to-day. Sales, 5.000 halm 2,000 of which are foe export and speculation. The following are the ofEeial quotatious : Fair Orleans. 24d. ; middling, 21 4 ; fair No• bile, Z 3 d. ; middling, 214 d. ; fair upland., lid. ; dling, ZOid. COTTON GOODS.—MAncoverra, JULY 17.—The toes of the market has been more cheerful to-day. and there has been more disposition to operate in yam, at Tuesday's prices. Some few spinners asked a slight advance in prices this morning, but it checked business. The amount of business has been but small. The yarn market closes firm, with • hardening tendency. In yarns, especially for the home trade, there hes been a more active inquiry, though it has resulted in but little business. Telegrams from Cal cutta and Bombay to the 22nd of June report an active de. mend for yerna and cloths, with some improvement in prim. As far aa cloth is concerned, however, there hos been no improvement here to-day in the demand for any market. Buyers for India have made no sign, and there has been next to nothing done for the home trade. Some few offers havebeen made for some of the smaller foreign markets, chiefly in Rands suited to the American demand, but at low prices, and they have led to business only in • very few in stances, and in those only for small parcels, and where buyers have been willing to meet sellers oo better terms. The cloth market is generally somewhat firmer, though inactive, manufacturers asking very full rates, and showing a disposition moo pertinaciously to adhere to them than of late. In sours few cases sellers have even advanced their quotations. Bums, however, are waiting for more deci. mire news from America, and quietly hold aloof from the market. It is difficult to convey an ides of the extreme flatness that has prevailed to-day. The manufacturers whose mills are runaiog are meetly engaged in deliveries upon contracts entered into some time back, and the stocks of goods are reported to be limited. OORN.—Crantsroto, JULY 17.—The weather is still forcing for the crops, and cutting will commence in some plates nest week, with a prospect of a fine quality sod good yield, although some complaints were made to-day that on the hot land the wheit was blighted. Our market was thinly attended, buyers bolding off, but a slight decline had to be submitted to, to make sales. Red, 43e. to 4th. • este*, 46..; white, 465. to 495. ; extra, Ms. Beane othe r dearer. Some new duo peas at market. Lnrcoui, JULY l7. —Our market ham been spin very dull to-day, and prixs of wheat have been la. lower, without leading to business. Wheat, red, 455. to 475. ; white, 46.. to 49.. LrvaavooL, JOLT 17.-At our market to-day we had lair attendance, with rather more doing in wheat at a2 s t advance. Flour more firmly held, but no dearer. l corn 3d. per quarter dearer. WAWIKLD, JOLT 17.-The wheat trade remains dull to. day, and little business has been dose. Prices lead down wards. Except Egyptian beans, spring oorn rather cheaper. 00ALS.-LONDoe, .JOLT 17.-Buddies West Hartley, 14a. 9d.• Byam's &Aside Wee; Hartley. 14a. 9d. ; Cow pen Rukley, 14.. 9d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 141. 61. ; Haa.inp Hartley, 14e. IM. • Holywell Main, 15a. 6d. ; North Pelton Gas, 13e. 3d.; Tanfield Moor Bates, 13s. 61. ; Waldridge Gas, 13e. • Walker Primrose, 12s. 6d. ; Wort „Hartley. 14s. 9d. ; 'Walls End Gorforth, 15s. ; Walls End Riddell, 15e. ; Walls End Wharncliffs, 15s. ; Eden Main. 15.. 6d. ; Walls Eud Braddylls Hating., /6e. ; Walls End FrainwArate, 15e. 3d. ; Walls End Haswell, 17s. 6d. - Walls Hattori. 17s. 6d. • Walls Sad Booth Hatton, 17e. 6d. ; Walls End Btesr . art'a, 17s. ; Walla End Tin:stall, 15e. ; Walls End Hartlepool, 16s. 6d. ; Wells End Haugh Hall, 15e. 9d. ; Walls End Kelloe, 15a. 9d. ; Walls End Kul Hartlepool, 16a. 9d. ; Walls End South Hartlepool , 15s. 3d. ; Wells End South Kelloe. 1.18. 9d. ; Walls End Tricia° H 165.6,1. ; Walls Ead Whitworth 15e. ; Camay and Malting, 19s. 6d. Ship at market, 84 ; sold, 6L TRAFFIC RETURNS. gIII3.WAYL Mlles Pas- Mer- Total, Total, 0 9 40 Gangers el:wallas 1888 1.808 Week ending June 27. s C. 8 it Grand Prank of Canada 1000 6.238 10,301 18,569 13,605 Weak ending July 11.1. Belfast d: N. C.maties I.'Bo 775 2,264 2,241 Limerick end Ennis . 242 If 7 52 179 181 Limerick end Tones iv i 252 42 296 111 Waterford and Kilkenny 31 167 130 3 , 3 BM Waterford and Limerick 77 684 OM 1.250 3,213 Week ending July 11. Mouth Esstent immure e n d lieu. se 1.4 1.073 1,2e2 1,474 West Flanders 73 327 303 1,710 987 Week ending 'lily 12. Bristol and ltsiter 124 4,330 0823 3,648 7,061 Oilmtetnan l7Ol 6.3 9 1094 10.211 16.967 Midland North British 41ok e,6t s.aas li. 71 II na 1.1161 tom 4,056 3,164 SHIPPING INTELLIOENCA GRAVESIND —July lA.—Arrived : COWIN Robbins, Chrliginsa: John Bull, Hamburg. July 17. Catherine and flaiusab, illga. ins Dantsle &lel, Skive. Isabel, Mauritius. 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Holloway's Pills improve the digestive capability of the stomach, and gradually lase it strength enough fairly to ap propriate soy °wilful) , food when wholesome In quality and moderate 10 quaxtity. These Pills act bilienrially on the liver, kidneys, and oowels. and so constitute themselves the protec tors" of the nervoux, low spirited, and debilitated. Unless digestion be occasionally corrected by such means the blood cannot be pure. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. AND DEATHS. RI RTHS. blueley 7 l;Oit;C:Firtztos, the wife of S. Adams, Jun., faq., of • daughter.' HOBART.—JuIr let. at Leeltato•-equare, the U. Mm. Fredetie Hobart, of a danOter. HICKMAN.—JuIy la, at Geom.-street, Portmanaquare, the wife of Mr. J. If fetwan, of a Laughter and too sor e, KIRBY.—JuIy Is, at Wobtu warfare, the wife of the Rev. W. W. _ _ Irby, of s ann. STARK KY.—July 15. at Artlyn•road. Camdenjdn, Yemiington tho wife of J. Starkey. of a daughter. Wil 15. at inverneenterrace, Kensington-gar dens, W., the wile of J. Whitehead, Raab. of c daughter. ILLRRI AGES. BECK—WILSON.- , July In at the pariah church, West Than, Rama, by the Rea A. J. Rain, M.A W Pilchard Buck, • Zen , of the War.iflice, to Alice Low;sline, daughter of Charles Wilson. of West Ham. CODD itl'elliTON.—Jnly 16, at St.. James's Church, Clerken. by the Rev. Robert Maguire, M.A., Francis Ambrose, eon of Mr. V. M. Codd. of South Carlton, Lincoln, to Jane ton, daughter of the late Mr. George Rushton, of St. Johnott eat, Loudon. DEATHS. BPRNABY.—PuIy 15, the — Re;;:it7lsuniaby, incumbent of St. CHAMBERLAIN. — JuIy fjuly . i t a, 67 M Norfolkutreet, Park-lane, Emma, of K II Chamberlain, al DEY6ll4l.—July 14, kether, the rella of J. Debits, Leg Of liounthelltelt, aged 14, HEADWAY.—JuIy 16, at Croydon, illsebetb, wife of Mr. a. . • . Medway. aged M. MZYMOIT.—JeIy Ifs at Clapham, F. Me) motklaq., of Tammy. aged U. P 1 1 ~f