The Express. — London, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TmB DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Won Vice-Clukaoelloe Sir O. M. Glffard.) THE •TTORNET•OZHEILLL E. EDMUND& This ease the facts of which have bees fully reported .r. the Express, was resumed to-day. The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment, said ho should confine his observations to the materials before him, and should not travel into the ,otraneous matters which had been introduced. In one respect the arguments and evidence which had Oren used and read on behalf of Mr. Edmunds, bid been in his favour. They bad been in his Honour's opinion complete in clearing his character from any imputation and in showing that his conduct arose from mist ake, brought about partly by the eider -I.inate language of the act of parliament, end partly to- the circumstances that he had been unable to attain the audits he had asked for. It was therefore not without regret that his honour bad come to the condo '-ion that the arguments which bad been used on Mr. Edmunds' behalf upon the other points of the ease were unsuccessful. As to the jurisdiction of the court, relying ou the authority of a decision of Lord Cottenham in the House of Lords, it was clear that, bad this been a case betweeu subject and sub ject, Mr. Edmunds must be held to have been a quasi -trustee, and as such accountable in this court. It would be very strange if the rule as between subject and subject should be found to be different in the case of the crown and a subject. There was no authority for any such doctrine, and on the other hand there was abundant authority to show that the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery over accountants to the crown existed and had never been ousted. That being so, there came the question of the discounts for stamps. As to this, it was clear that if the sums on which the profits were made were Mr. Edmunds's own he would be entitled to the discounts ; if not, he would not be so entitled, on the well-known doctrine that a trustee cannot make profit of his trust. As to the third ques tion, upon the construction of the statute, his Honour was clear that the sums of 12s. 101. c harged for parchments was one of those fees and emoluments, iu lieu of which the salary was given, and for these Mr. Edmunds must accour.t. There would be decla rations in conformity with the .. cove rulings, and an account, with all just allowances, and without any disturbance of settled accounts. In conclu sion his Honour said it was not without regret that ha bad come to the conclusion he had, and considering that Mr. Edmunds had in the view of the court removed any imputation which could be thrown upon his character, and that a n of the charges made by the information had es y failed he should not require him to pay any coots. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TO; PROSECUTION OF ZX-GOCKLIfOItZTIUL-CHABGE TO THE. GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex was sworn n this morning in the Court of Queen's Bench, before Mr. Justice Blackburn. whose duty it is, as senior puisne judge, to amherge the duty of what is commonly known as . I ...iging the jury when indictments are about to be pre - ntt d before them. _ _ His Lordship said they had been summoned as the grind ..iy of the Queen's Bench in the county of Middlesex, to in lire into the case, of which they had all probably ad. viz., that of Mr. Eyre, ex-Governor of In ldrLi Mr. Eyre was Governor of Jamaica, I in October of that year an insurrection broke eet in that colony, and what they had to investigate ...s whether he exercised legal or illegal steps in putting tor„ that insurrection. Now it could not be disputed that the government of a colony, in council, bad the pia, r ef proclaiming martial law, and sending troops into v.. pr.( 'aimed district in order to summarily suppress an ,u-erection. That had been done in this instance and as el a period of thirty days after the armed it,urrection had been pat down, and the question 5.,, a nether in what Mr. Eyre then did he did that which e., Is- Ins criminally responsible. It was of the greatest , bane that the law should be correctly known, and r he had fullyexplained it to them they would have to ' ..11,4 it to the facts. It was his responsibility to I.y Juan the law, and theirs to decide the 1,5 t, and say whet ought to be done. By an actpassed soon . fir the revolution in the reign of William 111. it was meted that charges made against Governors of Colonies .meld be tried in such county as the King by his commis • -is .hould point out, and by a subsequent act, the 42.. id • a. 111., c. Si, it was enacted that any governor guilty of y aline, misdemeanour, tic., under the execution, • ...our, or in the exercise of his office should be tried in sten's Bench by indictment found by a Middlesex Aid fury, and afterwards tried by a jury • : aas the same county, the same as if the ex• had been commuted within the county. therefore, that Mr. Eyre did was so done ....vernor of Jamaica, and the next important question e • what aes e the crimes or misdemeanours with which 7.1 It . way charged? It was a question of the greatest :• that the law should be distinctly laid ...a:, and uuderstood, and to ascertain whether i. Lel been guilty of • crime, or bad ex- I hie duty so as to make him criminally respon . They woull then have to consider what was the I. it ,, the tole of law in the case of an officer whose .ty was to put down insurrection, which made him responsible for any acts he had done. • Wily and responsibility of such an officer in the • -man of insurrection must vary according to big rs by the general law and particular statutes. The pexers of a governor of a colony were more extensive ..a.l v, ry different from those of a lord-lieutenant the mayor of a borough, and cense ntly what he might be authorised to do, and for what he w.e. Ithate,thle was different, but the principle appli ahh these was the same. About 30 years ago when the 14E401 nets broke out and much mischief was done, t:,. ci trot lit thought the then mayor of that city, Mr. am• y. 1...1 nut esei eiseil his duties as mayor of the city ~. put Log n the riots. The difference between these ~• • ea. that Mr. Eyre was charged with exceeding his .I.ey and Mr. Pinney with neglecting it. In the ••• .sr at a vial at bar Mr. Justice Littledale .! it clown that • man who had to put •• hiot wxx bound to hit the exact line ;I IACI,S of duty and neglect of it, and that w.u., whether he had done what, in point of law, • .• ared of I The question left to the jury in that • v nlether Mr. l'ioney Lad done all in Lis power t. • .ppie,. the riots that could reasonably be expected • . .....,u of ordinary firmness, prudence, and modem ' . Amm who so neglected his duty was criminally .• -; ....dile. Now he could not strictly define what made ..n e. iminally responsible, because a great deal must on the individual case, and he left to the common of the grand jury to may whether the degree • t.,dure of duty charged was criminal. He must tell them that if an officer did an act alto • ti... ts•yend the powers conferred upon him, even to the •'s ~ t ion of s colony, although it might be good ground •• the act of indemnity or the exercise of the prerogative, it was no bar to a criminal pruwevition. Honesty of intention was no doubt -r...t.:y in favour of a man charged with a misde - • ~...at in the exercise of his duty, but it sou not in . . '• If conclusive in hls favour. It was a very important 11...nu.tsoce in the consideration of the wise, but he s'••‘%l—uud to tell them that a governor of a colony hound to exercise ordinary firmness, judgment, and n. • h ~ .uun, and in such a C.ll/0 the jury had to determine, :;,.;, wi.ether the circumstances were such that what was ,• was done in elates of duty ; and secondly, whether -.on placed in Mr. Eyre's position, with the informs •n he possessed, using ordinary firmness, judgment, .•I moderation, could have perceived there was 41 excess. Much allowance must be made for the difficulty •.1 Mr. F.yre's position, bat not too much, and which ha d awe or kin always to be determined by the jury. It was bound to define, as he had said, what excess would make Ur. Eyre criminally responsible, and must he considered much as a question of common sense to be d-cided by a jury, taking all the facts into consideration. Tile extent of Mr. Eyre's responsibility must depend the law then in form in Jamaica. The I..aued judge then at considerable length pointed the law as applicable to colonies, known • • , ottleil colonies and conquered colonies. There could no doubt that the law of England was applied to 1 .0..ica as a conquered country by the prerogative of the • .•••in in the time of Charles IL, and that whet was the I in this country with reference to martial law was ophoas.le to Jamaica. That bad been altered by the i...sed by the Jamaica Legislature, and the question • o bat power more or less had been given to them for declaration of martial law in that colony. The learned thou ievieweil the law of this country with toe to the declaration and exercise of martial ••• %an, Magna Charts down to the present time. - 11 to keep up inertial law for a period of • • • u.q- afar an armed resistance had been tint down, and poanbility of trying prisoners b' the ordinary of the country was re-established, was un ' "a „6 1... and no one could doubt that it ex. .•••• d•..i n... 01 the prerogatives of the crown. Upon t !"'`: they thought them proved, it would • then duty to return the bill, and have them further into. A third and great question was that Mr. thirtion and tour others to be brought into the i•nKlaimeil district and tried. Gordon, u they all knew, "••• x••••utr•1 The others were afterwards tried, and one three acquitted. In dealing with that por t'. of th e case t h ey must consider what were the motives • !•1 •At:unistances which induced Mr. Eyre to cause 1 :01.1i•n to be remyved into the proclaimed There could be no doubt that Gordon " . pestilent firebrand, in close communication c I .same violent language with those actually in insurrec. t • ••!.. and wh en th ey mur d ere d t h e costae. H e did not think the evidence against Gordon amounted to more than t• lie thought be was a violent pestilent agitator, wh,ne injudicious language caused the rebellion, .t tibia he was not a party to an organised •onspirscy for a rising throughout the island. It I ". however, generally believed at the time that be 4 " 10 , and no doubt Mr. Eyre really believed ti at he Barometer corrected and reduced to 12 dog. at sea level. The letters r (ruing:, f (filling , s steady), indicate direction of mo tion of the mercury within LA 14 hours. Thermometer ex posed in shade. Extreme force, with its direction during last 24 hours. Z.—i.ains. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds (de tached' : f.—fog ; h.—ball : I.—lightning : m.—musty Naar ; o.—or eresst :dull' r.—rain : s—snow : s—thunder. snow or hail (melted„ daring last 24 hours. Sea dis turlruca. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1868. THE NktßOPOiliAlfr, row' ! 811COND PUBLIC DAY. At 10 o'clock this morning the Horse Show was opened for the second day to the general public, and the awards of prizes baying been ooreptetedron the preview day, the programme of the day wee made more varied and attractive than before. Is consequent)" of the announce ment by the committee of prizes open for competition in trotting and leaping on Friday next, tberb has bO4llll such a rush of entries as almost to overwhelm the arrange ments ; but the difficulties hero been successfully met, and the original programme will be carried out. ' Bearing in mind the great pressure of last year, when gentlemen were offering a pima each for seats, and could not obtain them, the sitting accommodation has been so increased as to make provision for some hundreds extra. The eshibrated trot ting horse Telegraph has been brought from Paris by Mr. Baker for the special purpose of competing in the trotting` match on Friday, and he will this afternoon take a preli minary spin round the ring to show what his capabilities are. He will perform as on previous occasion. In' an American waggon. Mr. Russell's jumping hone. which caused so much admiration last year, has also been entered in the competition. It will be remembered by those who patronised the hramping competitions of last year that this remarkable orse would walk slowly towards the hurdle be bad so take, letting his head bang is a listless sleepy manner as if be bad not the slightest intention of ossifies" Mama upon any consideration, but as his um same within en inch of the furze, and exelismations of disgust began to break from those who had paid their mosey in the hope of haring it all out in excitement, he would suddenly pull himself together and bound over the obstacle with • clear leap that put all other competitors in Meshed", and elicited roars of laughter and rounds of applause from those who bad but • moment ego marked him down as a " duffer " who would not be able to get up anus upon any emer gency. The following is a list of the prizes to be com peted for on Friday :—Trotting 301. to be awarded ac cording to merit and at the discretion of the judge among trotters, in single or double harness, to be shown only in trotting traps or American waggons ; the whole sum not to be given if only one start"; entrance foe, 11. le. Leaping.—Ferldia bones of onsyheight entered in proofing classes that leap artificial tenon in the best style. No fee. First prize (in cash or plate), 15/. ; second prize, 101.; third prize, 5/. For horses not entered in preceding classes; entrance fee, It. Is. For horses not entered in show that leap artificial fences in the best style : first prize, 10/. ; second prize, N. : third prize, 3/. With reference to the disputed award of yesterday when the first prize in the Arab class was given to " Rupee" the Prince of Wales's horse, tke judges state that although "Le Vent" was in external appeavanee the best horse it had no " stand" in it, whilst ' Rupee" had all that was wanted in that respect. Some little confusion is caused amongst intended pur chasers, and others interested in the identity of the horses, by the practice of the owners letting horses which have been entered in two classes wear the colours they have obtained in one class whilst they are being paraded in the other class with a different number to that which they previously carried. BANK uP BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the shareholders was held at 1 o'clock, at the London Tavern, Mr. T. H. BROOKING in the chair. The report, referring to the circular letter issued, by order of the court of directors, to the proprietors on the Bth of April last, together with a ba lance sheet and • statement of profit and loss account, as on the 31st December, 1867, said the directors had now to report that they were enabled to confirm the same, and to declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of one and a half per cent., amounting together to 435. per share, payable on the 4th July next. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, referred to failures affecting the bank which have taken place in Canada within the last five or six months, arising from the successive failures of two or three Canadian banks, adding that they would not inflict any serious loss on that concern. He then alluded toa viait now being made by the secretary (Mr. IL M'Nab) and one of the directors (Mr. /t. H. Glyn) to Canada, and stated that they Lad already visited the branches at London, Blandford, Toronto, and Hamilton ; and he had no doubt that their report would be satisfactory. The prospects of British Columbia were, ho remarked, improving. The report was adopted without discumaion, and the retiring directors having been re-elected, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. lEN (swrits's Tameaut.) THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. ALEXANDER, The negotiations between the Viortoi and Mesas. Oppenheim and Nephew fora loan of 6,000,0001. to convert the floating debt of Egypt have just been concluded. One of the conditions of the loan is that the Viceroy shall not make another loan for five years. bYIIY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) °NZ O'CLOCK. Notwithstanding the important rise yesterday in the French funds, and the fact 'that nearly 200,000/. in gold was sent into the Bank of England, Consols opened rather flatly this morning, and have since experienced a de chne of 1-16 per cent, for the account. It is stated that some considerable bond fide sales have been made of late on account of various public companies, which effected investments months ago at much lower qpotations. At the same time moat of the recent purchases appear to be speculative. Preparations for the monthly settlement in the English funds have commenced. Railway stocks, on the whole, are firm, and foreign bonds steady. Italian are inquired fer at an improvement, in response to a rise upon the Paris Bourse. Greek have not been affected by the announcement from Athens that the reserve has been called to arms. American securities exhibit an advance. The discount market is quiet, with few transac tions. The rate fur choice bills is li to 11 per cent. Consols are now quoted 951 to /, with div., for money, and 94, ex div., for next Thursday's settle ment ; and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 941 to 4. The railway market is rather firm. Great Northern (original) stock has improved per cent., and Great Western, London and North Western, Great Eastern, Brighton, and South Eastern, 1 ; Caledonian and Metro litan, however, have declined 1 to 1. The prices are as follows :—Caledonian, 744 to a London and North-Western, 1151 to 2 ; Great Western, 531 to ;; Midland, 106/ to 1071 ; Lon don and South Western, 91 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 36 to 4 ; Brighton, 521 to 53 ; South Eastern, 761 to ex deb. ; Metropolitan, uol, to 1114 ; Great Northern, 1021 to 1031 ; ditto A, 97 to 1 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 201 to 4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1291 ; York and North Mid- ' land, 94 to it ; Berwick, 1021 to 1031 ; and North British, 331 to 34. The changes in foreign bonds are evenly balinced. Russian of 1866 have advanced 3 per cent. ; Italian of 1861, and Turkish of 1858, 1 ; and the Orel Vitebek Railway Loan, ; but Egyp tian of 1864 have declined 1 per neat. ; Brazilian of 1865, and Turkish of 1865, 4, and Mexican 1. Annexed are the prices : —Brazilian of 1865, 774 to 1 ; Chilian of 1867, 95 , i to 96i ; Egyptian of 1864, 81 to 82 ; Italian of 1861, 521 to 1; Mexican, 161 to 1; Peruvian of 1865, 871 to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 88 to 1, ; ditto, Orel, 80 to 4 ; Spanish of 1867, 37i!, to / ; Turkish of 1858, 634 to 641, ; ditto of 1862, G 5 to 1 ; and ditto of 1865, 37/ to 38. The Indian Four per Cent. stock is in demand, and 1 per cent higher, at 104; to 2. The Five per Cents. are at 1162 to 1174 ; the Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; and the Debentures, 105 to 1. Bank Stock, 246 to 248 ; and Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 12s. prem. Bank shares are in moderate demand. London and County, 521 to 4 ; Union of London, 34/ to 354 ; London and Westminster, 711 to ; Anglo-Austrian, 54 to prem. ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25 die. ; Imperial Ottoman, 11 to 11 prem. ; and Consolidated, to prem. Several variations are apparent in miscellaneous shares. National Discount are at 5/ to 61 prem.; General Credit, 24 to 21 dia., being ss. lower. : I Credit Foncier, 3 to 1 per share, showing a rise of 2s. 6d. ; International Financial, la to 11 die—a re duction of 2a. 6d. ; London, 23 to 21 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 164 to 4, a rise of 2s. 6d. ; Egyp tian Trading, 3 to 41 dia. ; Telegraph Construc tion, 141 to ;, an advance of ss. ; Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cent. Preference, to to A ; and Anglo-American, 221 to 1, ex div. American securities have improved ; to 4 per cent. The 5-20 Bonds are at 721 to 73 ; Erie Railway shares, 461 to 2; Illinois Central, 971 to 2 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 29/ to 1 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 321 to 33/. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The English flails are unchanged, but home railway and foreign stocks show a decline of I to per cent. The amount of gold sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday was 178,0001. in bars, in addition to i,OOO sovereigns received from Bra zil. The total sent in since the date of the last return, deducting withdrawals, is as much as 417,0001. The large creation of new currency which this involves fully accounts for the existing ease in the money market. The screw steamer Maria Pia, which arrived on Sunday morning from Lisbon, has brought 15,4541. in specie. New York telegrams mention that the large amount of 500,000/. in specie was shipped from that port on Saturday for Europe. The amount of specie shipped by the Tasmanian, which will leave for the West Indies to-day (the 2nd), is 2,002/. in gold. Messrs. A. Young and J. H. Norman, liquida tors of the Scinde, Punjalb, and Delhi Bank Cor poration, have announced that they will be pre pared on the 12th inst. to make a third return of capital to the shareholders, at the rate of 2s. 6d. per share. A call of 3/. per share, making 201. paid, is to be paid on the ordinary 201. share capital of the Me tropolitan District Railway Company by the 30th inst. The directors of the Anglo-Austrian Bank have issued their report on the operations of the bank during tlie year 1867, with which the directors' four years term of office expires. Reference is made to the part taken by thisestablishment during the last two years in numerous transactions, inclu ding several in connexion with railways, with the sequestration of Prince Esterhazy's estates, and also with the establishment of the Anglo-Hunga rian Bank, and the Austrian Hypotheken (or Mort gage Loan) Bank. The advance of 30,000.000 8. to the Austrian government, being the amount of the war indemnity to Prussia, in which the bank was interested to the extent of 1,000,000 ft., has been closed by repayment of the balance. The bank has likewise taken part in several other loans and public undertakings, the financial results of some of which will not appear until thenextbalance sheet. The profit for the year, after deducting all expenses, amounts in Austrian currency to 3,165,8338., and, after deducting from this the sum divided on the Ist January last, and also the ap propriations to the reserve fund, and to be divided amongst the members of th 6 council, there is suffi cient for a dividend of 18fi. per share, or equal to 1/. 10s., free of income tax, which, with the pay ment on account already made to the shareholders, will make a total dividend of 35 per oent. for 1887, besides leaving undivided a balance of 80,60211. From this the directors propose to deduct 1511. per share, equal to 1/. 10s., in payment of the call above-mentioned, due the Ist J uly, leaving 36., or 84., which will be paid in cash on the same day. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 29th of May were 13,1461., being 299/. more than in the corre sponding week of last year. It has been announced that the June Exchequer Bills will be renewed at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum until December. Paris advices to hand this week state that the heavy fall in six marks flour, and the depres sing tone of the advices received there from Mar- I 'Mlles, has completely discouraged sellers ; and that, while merchants are daily increasing their offset to.asii, the downward movement is further precipitated by tine farnkers bringing forward their remaining stocks. On Saturday the markets in every one of the departments of France were greatly depressed, and it was felt to be certain that if nothing «mimed to disappoint the hopes in spired by the present appearance of the mops, the fall will make further progress in the present week. At Marseilles on Saturday business could only Itis done at a further concession in price, as it is eats mated that from the present time up to the end of July no less than 2,000,000 hectolitres of wheit 1 I have still to arrive. wax guilty. If they thought that Mr. Eyre considered si the time that Gordon was a violent fellow it was better not to try by the ordinary law of the island, conceiving that by some technicality he might escape punishment, but to send him to Morant Bay, try him by oeurtdnartial and get rid of him—it was an act of great lawless oppression, sod they ought to find the bill ; but if mwere of opinion that he acted in a contrary spirit, used ordinary firmness, judgment, and moderation, sad from a boos fide belief in the honest discharge of his duties, they would not find the bill. The specific seta of brutality could not be charged personally to Mr. Eyre, because in all probability he had no knowledge of them, but they were the result of a continued state of martial law in the island. His lordship having gone mainly through the evidence to he brought in support of the in dictment, said the three first counts were for illegally pro claiming martial law on the ground that Mr. Eyre had no power to do so in the manner and way in which it had been done. The next charge wax that he exceeded his duty in keeping it up fur thirty days, when, in point of fact, the actual armed resistance was stopped in a day or too, and that it was exercised in a wild and reckless manner to an extent and a degree beyond what was required. The charge then assumed various shapes in connection with Gordon's ease ; and there were also charges with reference to the others who were taken into the proclaimed districts and tried, ' and the flogging, In conclusion, his lordship said it was for them, guided by the law ss laid down by him, to say whether or not they considered there was sufficient evidence for putting Mr. Eyre on his trial in answer to the charges that had been preferred spinet him. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSE/5. (Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Baron Pigott, and Mr. Justice Smith.) CORRANCE P. CORRANCE AND LORE (NOORE INTERVENING). MEYTKNCL In this case the point at iune was whether the court had power to interfere with settlements where there were no children, or children surviviog. The learned Judge Ordinary decided the question in the negative ; and the husband had appealed from his decision. Mr. Justice Smith held that the judgment was right. and that the aappppeeal should be dismissed. The intention of the k Ydsre was efearly to make • provision for children, and he did not think the words of the statute gave any other power to the court. Baron Pigott, however, held that the divorce acts gave the court power to deal with settlements where there bad been children, though these children might have died. lle regarded the position of parents, where the children are no longer existing, as not dissimilar to that of tenants- by-courtesy ; and he thought that the court ought, as a general principle, to have power to deal with settlements in dealing with cases where the matrimonial contract had failed, and was set aside. He therefore considered that the appeal should be affirmed. Sir J. Wilde should be glad if the court had power to deal with all settlements ; but be could not bold a parses to be a parent within the meaning of the act where his offspring no longer existed ; nor could be see any reason why the legislature should have adopted such a phrase as t" children of the marriage or their parents," or any hypothesis, except that of a desire to protect the interest. of the children, giving the court, however, a discretionary power in ten days to consider the interests of the parents. The appeal was therefore dismissed, but no order was made as to costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLoyd.) IN RF MANIC COLLINS. The bankrupt, a hatter and general dealer, of Broad street, Bloomsbury, came before the court with debts of 3,721/. sgaint which security is held by three building societies to the amount of 2,745/. Mr. Aldridge, who represented the official ',signet (no trade assignee having been appointed), stated that he had been in correspondence with the mortgagees of the plain tiff's property, and found that there was extremely little chance of any surplus being realised from it. No creditor opposing his Honour granted the order. POLICE COURTS.-(TIIIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREIT. BRUTAL AMAI:LT ON A WIFE. Aderley, a bricklayer, of 175, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, less brought before Mr. Knox. charged with violently assaulting his wife, Charlotte Aderley, by striking her head on the floor. Mr. Henry Case, house surgeon at the Middlesex Hos pital, said that at • quarter to 5 o'clock that morning, a female named Aderley was admitted into the hospital. She had • scalp wound, which was very deep, and had divided one of the arteries, and in about another five minutes, had she not been brought to the hospital, she would have bled to death. The injured woman was still in a very dangerous state. Thomas Hatch, 13. i E. said that be was in Cleveland street that morning about 4 o'clock when the wife of the prisoner came np to him and charged the prisoner with assaultingher. Finding that sbe was bleeding profusely from a wound on the head he took her to the Middlesex Hospital, and the prisoner was taken to the station. The injured woman told him that the prisoner got bold of her by the back of the bead and then beat her bead on the stairs. . _ Mr. Knox asked the constable whether the prisoner was drunk or sober. The constable said be was drunk. _ _ _ In answer to the prisoner the constable said he did not see the prisoner strike his wife, but he had known him for four years, and during the whole of that time be had been in the habit of striking her. The prisoner said that some time after he got into bed his wife struck him with a piece of wood, and afterwards, while standing on the stairs, she ran out of the room, and his foot being out she fell over it, and struck her head on the stairs. He never struck her at all. Mr. Knox asked Mr. Cue whether he could form any idea how the wound was inflicted. . . . Mr. Case slid be should say by the head being struck against something. Mr. Knol. remanded the prisoner. WANDSWORTH. COMMITTAL. tO' A GANG OFYOUNGBURt.LARS... Five lade, named G,urge Simla, William Alum, Ira acid Wardell, (harm 2 aplur, and Williams Blowers were finally examined on a charge of being concerned in a burglary and robbery in the house of Mr. George Lambert, of No. 16, Manorstrt.st, Clapham. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the prosecutoi'm house was fastened up on the night of the nth ult., and on the following morning it was found to have been visited by burglars, who had forced an entrance by a back window leading into the garden. The piacie was in confusion, and the prosecutor missed a number of articles. Police-constable May saw all the prisoners together in the neighbourhood on the night before the burglary, and on the following morning he found Smith wearing the prosecutor's shoes, and he was also in possession of a handkerchief and a PP awnbroker's ticket fora coat which had also been stolen. Wardell's boots corresponded with the marks of footsteps in the proaecator's garden. The evidence was circumstantial es against the other prisoners, and The magistrate committed the who'e of them for trial • but consented to take bail for the appearance of Moss: Taylor, and Blowers. W SATHER RS PORT.-(THIS DAY.) TursDAT, JONI !. MI. to, T. Mamas Sea. B. !T. 'E W. Ito ~- .11. R. I W It P. D. 9. - Nairn 29.87ria1 lel B.W. 1 3 BW. • o I Aberdeen 5151, 1 1 4 . o 1 Leith - - Shields - Scarboro' 0.93115:..531W S.W. 1 2 8. th• - 1 Yarmouth 129.1001 60:67 BIL 2 4 &N.J. c - Helder - - 2 Cuxhaven - -;-- - - _ Skudeentes - Valentin 30.97r 64 49 W.N.111 31 4 W. mobo.lo Cape (leer . 30.02. ',54 :•3 W.N.W 3, 2 8. c -. 2 Itochife 30.03r 53 1 N.W. :3 4 N.W. bI - 1 Holyhead '2.9n r lfors3' W 3, 2 8.8. W. c , 41 .42 - Liverpool. - 15053 W. S It W. er - I Antennae 29.9er e. 3 49' W.S.W.- 2 S.W. ro 216 1 Greencastle 29.14r154 51, N.W. 3, 3 1W.5 W. 0.05 - rename,: •30.01.ir,Z,7,51 N. N. W. 3 3 1 N.W. c 3 Pl}loontli N. ,2 , 3 I N.N.W. bm - 2 Weymouth- - - - I Portsmouth 2.9.99r,58 55 N.N.W. S.S.W. eft - 1 Landon 29.90 'O2 - ' :1 bo - •-•- Brest - .15 N.N.w.l , N.N.W. o - I Lorient 1 - N. •4 , 4 c - 2 R ochefort ,01,G2 W. I 3 5 I N.W. cr r I Biarritz '3o.lor 64 01 W. ,0 I 6 W. to ••• Comma - - - • - - - - Brumes 95 iR4 - N.N.E. 1 1 I - - b - - Farb M9S 63 -1 W. 2 - - c - - Strasbourg 1 - N.E. 31 • - c - - Lyons 130.03 at— N. - c - Toulon 19).964 79:0 . N. 1I I N. f - 1 Heart's Coo ,30 921 37 37' N.E. I• 2 N.E. om 0.22, 2 RENABEH. The chanzss in barometrical pressure since yesterday have been nit slight : however, on the western coasts generally some. what higher readings are shown, whilst In the eastern districts they are a little less. Pressure is highest In the south-west. Coushimahle differences eelst in temperature: it is generally lower thin, It was yesterday. Winds continue moderate, and are elderly from north-west to aonth-west. douse rein has fallen ou our western coasts. Fog and mist are reported from the southwest. The sky Is generally cloudy. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Ji i 2.—The Menageries Imperials steamer Pause, with the above mails, arrived here at I am. to-day. Her advice' are from Shanghai to 22nd April and Hong-tong to 27th FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (From Le Follct.) So far as the style and make of the dress is con cerned, we hod there is not much change since last month. The "Marie Antoinette" fiahu takes a very prominent place in most toilettes, though for ladies no longer young other shapes more suitably replace the paletot. The fichu is essentially youthful in appearance when worn as an out of-door garment, and, unless the figure is young, the rotonde or flowing mantle is far more becoming. The hchus are very pretty when made entirely of lace, as they very frequently are ; also of silk matching the dress, and trimmed with lace, or of black silk, and worn with a coloured dress. Black lace is very fashionable, not only for fichus, but mantles and scarfs of various descriptions, and sometimes lined with colour. Flounces are much in favour. The greater number of short dresses are trimmed with a narrow flounce, not um frequently of a different colour to the dress. The under skirts also sic made with a flounce, and in that case the whole toilette, including the fichu, should be trimmed to match. _ . The upper skirts are still very generally worn in the panier style, being caught up at the sides, puffing out at the back, whilst the front breath is perfectly flat, baying no crinoline or stiffness under it, the crinoline always commencing from the aides, but being carefully shaped so as to keep the bottom of the dress from hanging ungrace fully limp. For in-door dress, the double skirt forming paniers, with a muslin body, completed by a small hanging waste with or without sleeves, is very much worn. These fancy vestes are made of cachemite, and trimmed with gold cord or braid, or narrow plaited flounces, and have sometimes scarf cashes. They are very stylish and fanciful. Jet has almost entirely gone out of fuhion,fringe(either of silk with network, or of satin balls, Lc.) having to a great extent taken its place. There are also many rich salons and supurb ribbons for sashes to be worn with sum mer dresses. The variety of sashes is immense. Amongst others we mention the violetta." with a taffetas bow, formed of a cluster of small bows cut in the shape of violets ; the ceinture " papillon," with butterfly bow ; the ceinture " djelma," forming an oriental ; the cein tore " postilion," with small bisque behind ; ceinture " collette." looping up the dress 1 la Psysanne ; and the ceinture "=merge," gathering up the skirt en panien. Although the short costume is the only dress admissible for morning costume or walking drug, our readers must not suppose that they are ever admissible for ftte toilette ; for such occasions the dress should be made long, training I behind, though short in the (root, the side breadths being much longer, and gathered to the length of the front, thus forming a kind of panier merely by the manner in which the skirt is set on. . . . . An effort is being made to shorten the train even in full dress ; tbie, however, if not a failure, will at least be a work of tune ; at present, for dinner and evening drug, the train is still in favour. . . . . . Evening dresses are made either with several skirts or much trimmed at the bottom, with a short overskirt very boaffoustes at the back sod sides of the waist ; thus several skirts of tulle, the upper one in form of a tunic, trimmed round with a wreath of leaves and beetles. This tunic was raised at each side under a large bouquet of the same. Low body, with wreath of leaves round the top and sleeves. Head-dress—wreath, and loos bright grass biing ing over the chignon. rhaobi•ry gauze is much in favour for evening dress. With dresses of this material are worn sashes of wide ribbon—bright colours, either to match or contrast well. Dresses of India muslin, trimmed with lace, are also worn over coloured silk. This has always a charming effect. White Algeriennes, or alpaca, are also useful materials for the " Louis XVI." seyk, which is now the rage, as they fall in graceful and soft folds, and contrast so well with the bright-coloured satin bows with which these dresses must be trimmed ; and " Marie Antoinette" fichu in black lace. Bonnets have undergone little, if any, change sin°e last month. The chapeau mantille is still the favourite style. Black lace is !penally preferred for this style, but white and coloured crape and blonde are much used ; are should be taken that the colour chosen is one that will snit ; whilst a black lace mantilla, with bouquet of coloured or macrees, flowers is becoming to any complexion, and may be worm with any dress. Some ladies have been wearing the mantille with simply a bow of coloured ribbon forming a diadem, and to which the mantilla is attached. This, although by no means an inelegant coiffure, is far too eccentric to become general. Caps now, as at all times, follow as nearly as possible the bonnets of the season. We are not, therefore, surprised to see the mantilla increasingly gaining favour, particulaily as it is not only a charming accompaniment to a young face, but may be equally well arranged to suit any age. The small round cap ts made simply with • frill of lace or blonde, trimmed in front with ribbon or flowers, and at the back with bow and long ends falling over the chignon. Subscriptions are being raised in France for the institution in Algeria of mixed agricultural schools, in which the children of the destitute Arabs will be taught the methods of European agriculture together with Bum peen children ; the schools to be under the entire manage ment of the laity. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE REST DRAYTON MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) VILLAGE PLATS Aurora Arcadi Hopleaf ••• _ ... 7 nn. BUTTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) 2.30 P. 14 Bottling again monopolised the principal atten- Ilea Cl those 'nowhere pees:nit to-dsy ; but in the course of the morning the Grand Prise of Paris, the Northumber land Plate, and the Royal Hunt Cop were ooessionally invested upon, with the following results : GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS. 5 to 4 on The Earl (t) 3 to 1 wit Vale Royal (t) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. .6 to 1 mist Tarlatan (4) 100 12 40 to 8 1 bar two(odff) El Ci Et) ASCOT ROYAL HUNT CUP. 100 W 6 opt Little,. (t) 100 to 5 Reindeer (t) 100 to 5 Lord Palmerston (t) 100 to 5 Mr. Pitt (t) 100 to 4 Fakir (t) 100 to 4 Jasper (t 1 100 to 3 Attack a (t) 100 to 3 Slanderer (t) CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.) LORD'S GROUND. %C.C. AND GROUND V. IC:VOLAND. In fine weather, and in the presence of a goodly number of on-lookers, this match was resumed at a few minutes past 12 to day, England's first representatives at the wickets being J opp and Poole,. The latter was bowled by Wootton'. third ball, then Summers and Jepp got " set ;" the latter made some very fine hits, chiefly to lag, and with the score at 33, Grundy resigned his end to Mr. Wilkin son, off whose first ball the Notts player was finely taken at point by Mr. E. M. Grace. Of the 33 soured, Summers made 23 by three fours, two threes, and two twos. The score at 1 o'clock stood as under : _ . ENO LAN D.— Second Innings. H. Cupp, not out ll E. Yooley, b Wootton 0 0. Summers, c E. M. Once b Wilkinson 2S W. O. Grace. not out 3 b 1 Total :~ TEE ATTACK ON INSPECTOR BRADSTOCK. FATAL RESULT. On the Bth ult., a tailor, named Joseph Smith, was charged before the Bow•street magistrate with assaulting and wounding Inspector Br►dstock, of the A division of police. The prisoner bad been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly con duct in the street, and was confined in King•rtreet station. During the night he demanded some water, and while it was being obtained for him he made a violent assault upon the inspector, inflicting two wounds,one upon the arm and the other in the neck, with a pair of scissors, which had been concealed about his person. The in juries were of so serious a character that the inspector has not been able to appear to give evidence, and the pri• soner bas, from time to time, been remanded. Erysipelas, however, set in, and dropsy having supervened, the tin. fortunate officer died this morning. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (BY TLLLOHAPH. ) (ram cma OWN OOBBZBPONDIDIT.) Good attendance at market. Wheat is again very irregular in value, and a considerable decline accepted when pressed for sale. Flour exceedingly dull. Beans and peas steady. Oats and oatmeal dull and unaltered. Indian corn,6d. per qr. cheaper ; mixed, 34. 6d. LEEDS CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) (BT TILLZOHAPH.) (PEON OUR OWN CORRINPONDENT.) Wheat hi limited request, at 3s. per qr. below last week, other articles dull of sale and lower. MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.). SI:CAM—The market continues firm, at full prices to a slight advance, at which moderate sales of West India, chiefly of Barbadoes, are reported ; also 8,000 bags tin cloyed Manilla, at 28:s. to %F. 9d. COFFEE and TEA continue in limited request. SPlCF.S.—Further sales of Penang black pepper are re ported at 3d. to 34d., being steady prices. A small parcel of Cassia Lignea is also reported at 124,. Rice is dull of sale, and to effect sales of importance lower prices would have to be submitted to ; 100 tons of Dacca sold to arrive at 10s. landed, and 500 bar Askoo bie on the spot at 11s. 9d. SALTPETRE.—No sales to report. Comm.—The market continues dull and inactive. Jun.—About 4,000 bales sold for arrival at full prices. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Town tallow, 41a. 3d. ; Peters burg Y.O. on the spot, 43e. 6d. to 43.. 9d. , June, 43e. 6d. to Ca. 9J.; October to Dumber, 43a. 9d. ; December, 44.. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Yr. Charles James Easton reports trade slow at last day's prices. Prime meadow hay, 80s. to 84s. , inferior ditto, 6.55. to 75e. ; dorm, old, 90e. to 105 s. ; second cut, 70s. to 90s. ; straw, 30s. to ads. The Empress Charlotte, says the Nord, will soon take up her residence in Brussels. Some drys ago the handsome property of the deceased Countess de Laluing, the Ducale, was acquired in the name of the prinoese. On the land which borders on the Boulevard du Regent, there is going to be built for her a sumptuous dwelling, sur rounded with pleasant grounds. A private meeting of sixty deputies has just been held at Vienna to consider the financial measures. The following statement was made as to the liabilities of the state. At the end of 18G0 the total debt amounted to 4010,612,167f1. f2(r. 15c. each), divided into consolidated, 2;e:1,398,7241, and floating 42;1,213,443f1., requiring an annual interest of 127,718,14711. From the above•named period to the end of 1867 the sum was augmented by 105,598,200f1. HEALTH OF THE EARL OF SHREWnBURY. —The Stafford correspondent of the Birmingham Post says that according to the intelligenoe received up to yesterday morning the health of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, who is at present in Scotland, and who has for the past few days been suffering from a severe attack of pAtrio fever, has improved. Oa Saturday last his lor dsh ip 's malady assumed so serious a form that it was found to he advisable to summon the member of his family staying at Ingestre to attend him. CLERICAL ABUSE OF MR. GLADATOXE.—The Rev. J. D. lifsissingham, LLD., incumbent of St. Paul's, War rington, has been lecturing the members of the Blackburn Church Institute on the proposed diesstablishment of the Irish church. In the creme of his remarks he said Mr. Gladstone, he believed, was actuated in the course he had taken by two motives; the first was revenge, and the second was a desire to get back to pay and place. The other day he satonished a gentleman by clueing Mr. Gladstone with the Todmorden murderer, in so far as they both acted from the feeling of revenge. There was, how ever, this difference, they could hang the man for m urder, 'but they could not bang the man who sought to disestablish and o plunder the church, and he held that hanging Ins too for a man who proposed to du that.—Birmingham oat. Tits Lars STORM.—During the very severe thunderstorm of Friday the temporary Congregational Chmoh at Buokhunt-hill, near Woodford, of which the Rev. William Darling is the recently appointed minister, wee struck by lightning. It was instantly in a blue at the apex of the roof. Some workmen close by browlit ladders at once and extinguished it with water. If Qin had occurred at night the building would probably have been consumed. Three or four houses on the bill were ales struck by the electric fluid. DAY.) ONE O'CLOC.K. The dealings in the mining market to-day an upon a very limited scale. West Chiverton, 4111 to 62 ; Wheal Trelawnev, 9 to 9 } ; Wheal Mazy Ann, 22 to 23 ; North Cr ofty, 2 to 2} ; Chivertoa Moor. 6 to 61 ; East Caradon, 31 to 31 ; East Basset, 10 to 12 ; Prince of Wales, 425. 6d. to Oa; Henrietta, 37 to 39 : West Frances, 30 to ; and South Crofty, 16 to 18. Foreign and colonial mining shares are i•uoted as follows :—St. John Del Rey, 18 to 19 ; Dea Pedro, 2f to if prem. ; Anglo-Brazilian, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ; Pestareua, f to f din. ; Chontalcs, 11 to 1 ; Itossa Grande, 3.16 to 5-16 prem. ; Anglo- Italian, par tol prem. ; United Mexican 14 to ; Frontino and Bolivia, 9-16 to 11-16 ; Pori Phill p r lt to R. .An extraordinary general meeting of the Dot Pedro North Del Rev Gold Mining Company WM held yesterday at the London Tavern, when am interim dividend of 18. 6d. per share, being at tbe rate of 42 per cent. per annum, was declared for the quarter ending March 31st last. RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER SHARES-(THIS DAY.) tSalee today to 1 p.m.] COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SZCIIETTIES. Canada Gorenunent, 6 per cent., Jan. and daly, 1877 $l. New South Wales Government, 5 per ant., 111103 la 1896, January and July, 991, 9. Do., per cent., redeemed by annual drawing. hem 1867 to 1675 101/. New Zealand, 5 per went., 93, 9. Do., 6 per cent, lt9l, June and December, 112. Queen Amid, 6 per eent.;l6s4-5, Jau, and Jury, 164.1. Do., 6 per coat., 1691, 1091, 81. South Australian Government 6 per cent., 1893-1901. 113. Victoria Government, 6 per cent., April and Ill), 11. ORDINARY SHARES AND SPOOKS. Bristol and Exeter, 83, 2!. Caledonian, 744. Great Easters. Ai. 1,64, 34. Great Northers, !o`4, 31. Do.. A (A receives no dir. until 6 per cent. has beat pail to li), 974. Great Western, °liens], 334,,;. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1294, London, Brighton. and South Coast, scrip, 5:,q, 3. London, Chatham, and Dover, 204, j, 4. London and North Western, 114 f, London and Routh-Western, 924. Metropolitan, 111, 4 wit. Do. Extension (dividend limited to 6 per ecoi. tiZ January, 1870), 106. Midland, 106,i, 7, 64. North Eastern (Berwick), 103, ?. North Staffordshire ' 38. South Eastern, 764,4, an. Stainer, Wokinglmui, and Woking, 11. PREFERENCE SHARES. --•- - - Midland, Leicester L;Tiiiiain47;,;nt., 89. North Eastern Consolidated, Weet Hartlepool Hartong sad Rail, 84. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. - -- • - Groat Soitiien7,;;;;;;;;7., London, Brighton, ac., 41 per cent., D5B, MI. London and South Western 41 per cent., 921. Metropolitan 5 now cent., 103 i. Midland A and t rd. per cent., 10'.•. Do., 5 per cent. opt. to cony. to stock, Sept 1809, 17. Do., inconvertible new shares, )4g, ;. BRITISH _ Wheal Treleweeylihiesrilci: COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINKS. Cape COPier(l.l;litai):l2l — Gold and Silver Mining (Lint.), 11, 2. Don Pedro North del Rey, 2 9-16 prem. Westin° and Bolivia Gold (Limited), a. Rama Grande, 1 prem. St. John del Rey (Limited), United Mexican (Limited), la. - DOCKS. London and St. Katharine. 461. BRITISH POSSKSSIONS. - Rest Indian, guaranteed 5 per omit., 1111, 1, Ea 1111 for money. Grand Trunk of Canaaa, 1011. De. 4th preference Stock, 191, 19. Great Indian Peninsula, guar. 5 per cent., 11(1. Madras, guaranteed 5 per cent., 1961. Do., 41 per cent., 101. Mode, guaranteed 5 per cent., 104 Do., Delhi, 1021, 4. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Autwerp and Rotterdam, 9 5-19. Dutch Rhenish, 231. Great Luxembourg, 121, '. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3:. San Paulo (Limited), guaranteed 7 per cent. IA:. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 151, 1::. FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS. - - - - Orel Vitebsk, guaranteed by Russian Goverment, 5 pie wilt., 80,1, $O, 4, 701, $O. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Anglo-Austrian, 11'. Anglo•Mgyptian Banking (Limited), 1 n, xd. Anglo-llungarinn, Australasia, 51. Chartered Mere. of India, Lon. and Chita, 2%. City, 124. Imperial Dank (Limited), 18A. Imperial Ottoman. 111, 1. Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited), b per cud, DAenture, 1864, for 30 years, 82, t London Chartered of Australia, tdi, London and County, 522. Do., New (issued at 20prem., 121. paid), 344'. London Joint Stock, 33. Loudon and Westminster, 71, 4. Do., Scrip (issued at 101. prem., none of which he been paid), 484. National Provincial of England, 2nd and 3rd issue, 3!). Union of Australia, 494, 9. Union of London, 354, 44. MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 51. City of Moscow OM (Limited), 5. Credit Foncier of England (Limited), 31, 3-16, 1, r. Crystal Palace, 24. Egyptian 9 per cant. Viceroy Loan, guaranteed le Egyptian government, 881, 71. Electric and International Telegraph, 1621. General Credit and Discount (Limited), i• Hudaon's Bay 161 j, I, 1. International 'Financial Society (Limited), 3i, London GeneralOmnibna Company (Limited), 2 1.16. New Quehmda (Limited), 3.16. Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 59. Rhymney Iron, 17). Scottish Australian Investment (Limited), 1.T3. United Kingdom Telegraph Company (Limited), Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 74, 31. The Reose Nationale has ceased to be at Paris; but a new publication of the same liberal politica is tows. need it, under the title of La Recut Polaique. The French liberal papers welcome the promised journal to their ranks. FATAL ACCIDIINTS ON THE RIVER.—On Whet. Sunday the river between Putney and Kew was wirers! with small bomb, loaded with holidaymakers, and several accidents took place, terminating in more than one ease. we regret to say, fatally. In one instance a party of tew were upset by the swell of a steamboat passing weer Chiswick Eyot, at low tide. Five of the party were saved by the steamer, but it is reported that three were drowned. Only one of the bodies had been picked up at daybreak yesterday morning. The other accident occurred a little higher up the river ; the particulars have not yet reached us, but two deaths are rehorted. EXTRAORDINARY KI'APE OF A CIIILL.-011 Saturday afternoon a nursemaid was in the park at Auck land Castle with fire children, varying in age from 12 months to 10 years, when, as she states, having take& the baby out of th e perambulator, another child, abate three years of age, got into the perambulator s which immediately started and ran down a Well. vity and fell over a cliff about :10 feet in height into the river Gaunter below. The screams of the nurse drew the attention of Mr. M. Louptaff, a bookbinder and Ye rescued the child. The escape is remarkable, as the chtld, which remained elated in the perambulator, fell into five feet of water, and had it fallen a foot or two on either We it must have killer spun a rock or stone and beta *Awl to pieces. The fall being perpendicular the child easiarrel without a scratch, and was rescued before its immersion ift the water had done it much berm. t 11