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THEE Anderson.—TO conclude aids THE DARK HMO OF BLACK MOUNTAINS. Mtn Clara SL Cora. Mira S. and Master K Sanders. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY —Morning, OIL 48m Afternoon, 103 25m. To-Moscow —Morning, Ilh. Om Afternoon, Ilk Urn. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 10. Tim introduction of the new Bankruptcy Bill is an event not only of importance to the mercantile community, but of interest to all those who have at heart the promotion of sound principles of legislation. For the larger part of a century the genius, it may be said the evil genius, of the law has compelled the transference to legal tribunals of all arrangements in which a debtor who had not wherewithal to pay his creditors in full was con cerned. The law gave to each of them a right to sue him for tho uttermost farthing, and to im- - _ prison his body if they could not obtain their demands from his property ; and when at length it introduced a code by which, on surrender of all his means for equal division, he was relieved from the claims of all prior creditors, it insisted that the distribution of the assets should be con- ducted by its own officers, and under its own im mediate direction. In vain has the obvious pro- position been urged for years that the creditors to whom the property belongs are the fittest io manage its division ; in vain has it been pointed out that the employment of official personages in volves the endless multiplication of forms and ex penses, removes all sense of responsibility, or care to superintend their own interests, from the creditors, and gives no security beyond what is attainable by direct management ; the reply of the lawyers has still been that if one set of courts was objectionable, another set with a different name might be in- atituted, while the that were pensioned off ; that if one system of official supervision was found defec tive, another might be built on the top of it ; but that still all must be done through courts, and all arrangements be conducted in public offices. Two circumstances at length brought this system to a crisis. One was, that the public gradually showed, by deserting the Courts of Bankruptcy and resort ing to every variety of private arrangement to avoid the necessity of entering them, that the whole principle on which they were based— patched, darned, turned, renovated, as it had necessarily been—was utterly and absolutely faulty. The other was, that there appeared to be in operation in Scotland a system in which the creditors were left wholly to them- selves, but with power to resort to courts if judicial aid wore required, and that they had thus been found by experience to be as capable of managing the affairs of a bankrupt as of a solvent estate. These facts established before the select committaw, which sat in 18G4 and 1865, proved too strong for the resistance of lawyers; they decided the mercantile public to demand a reform, and the Bill now in Parliament embodies the method by which Government seeks to carry out the wishes of the commercial classes. But while the Government has done its part, it will be well to remember that the legal interests, front the barrister practising in Chancery to the hmnblest country attorney, arc , all opposed to the introduction of the now prin ciple, not only because it will run counter to all their preconceived ideas, but because it will mate rially diminish their gains. It is important, there fore, that those who arc to be benefited should thoroughly understand and intelligently sunport, or if needful criticise and amend, a measure in tended solely for their advantage, and sure to be opposed, covertly or openly, by much powerful hostility. Resting on the basis of the abolition of impri sonment for debt, a measure to which we have been slowly and steadily approaching for many years past, the Bill concerns itself solely with the property which can be realised for the benefit of the general creditors. Except in the rare cases in which special need for instant interference can be shown, it does not direct that this shall be taken out of the debtor's custody until the creditors have organized their own arrangements for the pur pose, hut it confers powers on the courts, on such cause being shown, to order its instant seizure. The creditors are to be summoned by the Gazette notice of the bankruptcy to meet on an early day, they are then to elect their trustee, who is to be paid by a commission on the assets ho realises, not to be fixed till after his work is done—a method which, in Scotland, has been found to work with perfect success, and to ensure the attaining of the best qualified men of businef.s fur the office. Two unpaid inspectors of his proceedings are also to be elected from among the creditors, to act as a committee of superintendence and advice. The whole theory of the bankrupt's " surrender "—based on a fiction that he could only be deprived of his common law rights by vo luntary submission to the jurisdiction of Bank ruptcy—is ignored and laid aside, and the trustee is directed to procure a summons, or, if neces sary, a warrant, for his examination before the Court. When the sources of his available funds are thus fully discovered—for this will henceforth be the object of the examination, rather than the ascertaining of his moral or commercial delin quencies—the trustee will proceed to realise them ; and six months after the adjudication, to pay such dividend as the inspectors have declared from the funds then reduced into cash. At inter vals of three months afterwards successive divi dends will in like manner be declared till the whole estate is divided, power being given to the inspectors or creditors to direct either the advance ment or postponement of any of these regular periods as Circumstances may require. To prevent the incurring of any unnecessary expense in legal or other proceedings, the trustee is expressly pro hibited from commencing or defending actions unless by direction of a meeting of the creditors, and no solicitors' bills are estate unless incurred in virtue or certified by the - ruptcy--a new offioer borrowed from Scottish been properly and beneficially incurred in due sours. of management. The creditors are to prove their debts, not before the Court, but by written declaration, accompanied with their ac counts, submitted to the trustee, who admits or rejects them, subject only to appeal to the Court. When the estate is fully realised and divided, the trustee submits his management to the considera tion of the inspectors and the Comptroller, and on obtaining a report from both applies for his discharge to the Court ; and when the debtor has passed his examination he may apply for his dis ' charge from further liability, only it is not to be granted unless he has paid 6s. Bd. in the pound. After six years, however, he may be discharged without such payment, if the Court sees fit. This is a new rule, not exemplified in Scotland, where the mere assent of a considerable majority of the creditors 'entitles the Court to give a discharge ; and the principle of the rule will need careful examination by practical men before it can be confidently adopted. It will thus be seen that, from adjudication to final dividend and discharge, there is, under the new measure, no occasion for judicial interference with the proceedings of the creditors, except for these purposes, and for the examination of the bankrupt and others. Ample means are, indeed, provided for bringing any proceeding under judi cial review by appeal, but the penalty of coats will prevent this remedy from being abused. Such being the slight use to be made of the Courts, their constitution becomes of the less consequence. In point of fact, the present Courts may be said to be retained for life, but after the death or re signation of the present Commissioners there are to be no new ones in the country, and only two in London. The business will, in the country, be then conducted by the Registrar, unless in any case the LORD CHANCELLOR sees fit to transfer it to the County Courts. No new Chief Judge is to be appointed. But no more competent Chief Judge could be found than the present Court of Appeal in Chancery, which is to be retained as a Court of Appeal in Bankruptcy, provided only it were to make arrangements for giving Bankruptcy appeals due precedence of other more complicated business. This is a point to which the attention of the public would be very serviceably directed pending the passage of the measure through Par liament. There is no merit in the name of Chief Judge, if only sufficient expedition can be attained by alteration in the rules of the existing tribu nals. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) ductive at Dom. date, . ventures in order to make profits enough to provide hand some dividends and maintain the value of their shares. of the great powers, and &incept them Lord Cowley sa. M. de Budberg, called on M. Drottyn de Lhnys for the purpose of asking for explanations of the Auxerre speech. the French Minister for Foreign Affairs gave explanations which seem to have been accepted as satisfactory. Me said that it was simply a reply to an opposition speech in the Corps Legislatif, a stronger expression of ideas already put forth by the Emperor, a purely theoretical discussion which contained nothing to disturb the good relations subsisting between France and, other powers. It appears that the foreign ministers did not press the matter further, and telegraphed to their respective governments the reply of M. Douyn de Lhuys. It is said that M. Fould intends to send in his resignation, and the report is not Improbable, as he is a strong advocate of peace. The Auxerre speech mused several commercial enterprises to be stopped in various towns in France, especially at Nantes. The en gineers and contractors of several railways asked if they were to continue the works, and at a meeting of the Universal Exhibition yesterday Marshal Valliant, who presided, inquired of M. E. Pereire what he thought of the speech. The latter replied that it had already cost two milliards (80,000,0000 to France, besides what itwould still met. In yesterday's sitting of theCorpiLegislatif, M. Thieve said that though M. Rouher declined to reply to his speech, the Emperor did not disdain to do so. There is considera ble agitation amongst the majority of the members, who feel that they are directly referred to in the last sentence et the speech, in which the Emperor restricts his sympa thy to the working classes. It is even said that in the event of war the present chamber would be dissolved, and an ap peal made to the democratic party in France of the shade represented by the Stele, Opusioia Nationale, and other journals which advocate war. Rinse the speech M. Rouher and the other members have become more warlike in their conversation, and the opinion prevails that war is now 'writable. (RauTau's TILZGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VrE'NNA, MAT 10. Austria is said to have decided upon convening the Holstein Diet, should Prussia still reject her proposals for the settlement of the question of the Duchies. It is also rumoured that Austria intends convening the Provincial Diets of the Empire. The movement for the formation of volunteer rifle corps continues in several provinces. The municipality of Prague have received orders to prepare quarters for the reception of the troops who will arrive in that city immediately, and for whom there may be no room in the barracks. According to intelligence received here from Prussia, Italy, and the middle states, armaments are being proceeded with in all those countries. The Vienna papers publish a telegram from Florence alleging that an Italian attack upon Venetia will take place on the 16th inst. The semi-official Austrian press represent the speech of the Emperor Napoleon at Auxerre against the treaties of 1815 as being directed against Prussia, and state that the present relations between France and Austria are in no way of a nature to afford ground for alarm, but are, on the contrary, satis factory, as is proved by the recent communications brought by Count Mulinen from Paris. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 10, 11 A.M. An ordinance has been published to-day regu lating the conditions upon which volunteers can enter the army. Rumours arc current of Russian preparations for war. VENETIA. BRLSCIA, MAT 9, EVENING. Venice is now closed to traffic from without. Twenty thousand Croats are assembled in Dal matia. The regiments of the frontier are concentrated at Pola. ITALY. FLORENCE, MAY 9, EvEmsc. L'lfalic announces that the King will leave on the 15th instant for Piacenza. The offices for the enrolment of volunteers will be opened to-morrow. Le death deosaied had . piece . neck. She had evidently held with her left land the end of the twine against the left aide of her neck, while with her right hand she had wound the twine eighteen times round her neck. Every time that she twirled the string round her throate had pulled it tight. When found the remains of th e ball of twine were in her right hand. On the ground near her lay . a black velvet bonnet which she had evidently taken off in order that it might not be in the way. Several persons who had mimed female rein tions in London had celled to view the deceased, but they could not identify her. The decreed was about 36 years of Mr. age. George Yarrow, M.R.C.8., said that he found on the body of the deceseed marks of violence. There was a wound on the left thigh canoed apparently by a kick, which tore the flesh. There were bruises on the left arm extending from the shoulder to the elbow. There were other bruises on the chest. Her left eye had been blackened by a blow. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deosased female unknown was found dead, and that the cause of her death was strangulation ; but how or under what circumstances she became strangled there is no evidence to show." THEXPRESS, • , , i ....." THURSDAY ' i " i : NG, MAY 10, c 8 l b, , . tit- RI '.. ORD r SU DE OF A WOMAN IA d . 13% • • •ia.- v 1 re t o be '.'-~''' 'of I tli i , in. ... f i l TELLIGE g ' i i :, • , -- , C -BOAD. .: . 1 1i ..„,,_____ ik, f v irtue 0 _ : . „ro en& . 1160 , .Mg • j had, kat - . Corn ~. • :_.... tisdes find ' ll Ives •'. t m• ..„......,.. • the • fissetip us eremite= or . whit* have 7 .,., f . , • Tb6„.pailit. . pondent of the sh xperience--ibe have their capitatsunk iv investments which • oily b e . Nays : . .. . , `' . ll . i . es s ez cor m nnerr . in. inquiry H tnun um b tre t T i s e , den th o i ''' iii ii woman whose name was unknown. eficisllw incurred in due ductive at come distant date, being tempted% exceptional On the morning of the Bth many of the repreesntsti _, „_ ___„ ......... .., .......t thein ura 00wiey isa denenned lnspecto u r na W inden . lELedMnas piecek G ot i.:itibigvis.ionin_nl,ssid_tt_hitnne, the::_ TEC REDISTRIBUTION BILL. The Tinier continues to maintain that the Redistribution Bill is practicable and just, and deserves to be passed. It hopes, however, that some towns at present entirely un represented will be added to the groups proposed to be formed. The conservative leaders, however, are precluded by their own example from objecting alike to the minis terial disfranchising and enfranchising plans. The proportion of seats allotted to counties is by the present bill greater than that recommended by the conservative government, and four of the seven boroughs proposed by the latter for enfranchisement are proposed for enfranchisement now. Some modifications of the complete measure may be anticipated, and, indeed, on the last night of the debate on the Franchise Bill Mr. Glad stone was understood to declare his readiness to give up the ill-considered clause introducing borough leaseholders into county constituencies. It will be well also to under 'toad what resolution the government have taken, or pro pose to take, with reference to the borough and county qualifications—whether they intend to make the present figures essential parts of the bill. Before Monday comes it is to be hoped the government will have determined more exactly the course they mean to adopt. The Telegraph distrusts the sudden conversion of the Taws and represents its counsel as amounting in sub stance to the advice that the minority should not now oppose reform point blank, but employ all their forces in cutting the bill down to a nonentity. The forthcoming device, it is still thought, will be an attempt to substitute 81. for 71. in the boroughs, and • higher figure than 141. in the counties ; or else to demand the withdrawal of the borough-county vote clause, with other counter proposals of the same character. But they will find that the govern ment will not mutilate the Franchise Bill ins single serious clause, even to pass it. They will not, for instance, go higher by one halfpenny sterling than the electoral Limit of 71. in the boroughs, or change the gross rental test to • rating test, or alter the "rate-paying test abolition clause," or, withdraw the borough vote for the coun ties. These things constitute the essential elements of a scheme worth introducing, debating, and supporting. The Star sincerely hopes that the Scottish members will find means to induce the government to confer upon Scotland the privilege of the forty-shilling county vote, which has existed so long and been attended with so many beneficial results in England. The objection to it is simply a lawyer's qr,bble. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. The Daily News describes the annual statement which Mr. Massey, the Indian finance minister, made a little more than a month ago to the Governor-General in Council, as of the colourless order which the proverb regards with satisfaction. It is to the land that we must look for that in crease in the Indian revenue which is absolutely necessary to meet the growing expenditure of the country. Only about one-third of the land is yet cultivated, and this yields over 20,000,0001. of the annual income. Yet this enormous sum is only a very low rent for the land occupied, and is no burden whatsoever upon the cultivators. With good ma nagement of the land some future generation might posi tively conduct the affairs of India without the imposition of a single tax. The Times is entertained by Mr. Newdegate's explana tion of Mr. Whalley's extraordinary performances. If Mr. Whalley is a protestant! says Mi. Newdegate. We can only say this out-Whalleys Mr. Whalley. We wonder what is Mr. Newdegate's idea of a Roman catholic. A Jesuit might do • great many things. But to act Mr. Whalley is a pitch beyond even a Jesuit. Certainly, if Mr. Whalley be a Jesuit in disguise, we have before us in the most conspicuous form the danger against which our ancestors took such extraordinary care to guard. But at the same time, if he be so, what value can there be in tho..e declarations which Mr. Newdegate is at the same time so anxious to preserve' . . . The Post describes hydrophobia as a disease which is at once the most preventible and horrible, and insists that the law should be put in force against a class of dogs which, though they may each have an owner of a more or less temporary character, are turned out to obtain their living, and are continually going mad. An ownerleas dog —or a dog whose owner turns it out to subsist at other people's expense—has no right to exist in a civilised country where the gallows is an institution. The Star has not the shadow of a doubt that the Church Rate Abolition till will command a decisive majority at every stage of its progress in the Commons ; and the liieftraph insists that nothing leas than a wide-spread ex hibition of the rankest bisotly can prevent its becoming law. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, M 9. The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and again this morning, accompanied by Princess Helena. Her Majesty held a council to-day at 1 o'clock. Present —Earl Granville, Earl Russell, the Duke of Somerset, the Hight Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Hight Hon. W. E. Gladstone. _ _ Prince Alfred was introduced, and took his place as Privy Councillor, and the Earl of Cork and Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget were sworn in members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Earl Granville, Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone, and Vice- Admiral Lord Clarence I'aget, had audiences of her Majesty. _ . _ Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. The Earl of Caithness and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Prince Alfred, attended by the Hon. E. Yorke, went to London this afternoon. The Earl of Caithness and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell have succeeded Lord de Tabley and Major-General Sir Henry lientinek as Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardingc, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale, visited the Botanical Gardens, Regent's-park, yesterday forenoon. The Prince of Wales rode out in the afternoon. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge. _ _ _ The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred and Prince Teck, and attended by Earl Spencer, Lieute nant. General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the Hon. E. Yorke, dined with the President and Council of the In stitution of Civil Engineers, at Willis's Rooms, in the evening. • - - At the Council held yesterday by the Queen at Windsor Castle an order was passed extending the operation of the provisions of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act re lating to the slaughtering of animals to the 30th of June next. A deputation consisting of Lord Belhaven, Sir T. E. Culebrooke, Bart., M.P., Mr. Dalglish, M.P., Mr. Graham, M.P., and the Lord Provost of Glasgow, bad an interview with the Marquis of llartington at the War-office yester- day, on the subject of Glasgow Barracks. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and St. Helena. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinatone, was present at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to witness the annual athletic and other sports of the gentlemen cadets at that ebtablishment, and to distribute the prises to the successful competitors. LONDON SURGICAL Homs.—Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia has become • patroness of this institution, and has graciously forwarded 301. is aid of the funds. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tained the following company at dinner last evening at the French Embassy, Albert-gate :—His Excellency the Italian Minister, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Cornelia Churchill, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the Earl and Countess Stanhope] and Lady Mary Stanhope, Bares end Baroness de Bands, Baron Beck Fri* the Marquis de Tamisier, the Marquis Caumont is Force, Hon. Francis end Mrs. Stonor, Mr. Henry Mure, &c. TAR EXPECTED WAR. Germany, observes the Times, which was a great and well known nation when this island and its inhabitants were is sailor's tale, has been beaten in all those material affairs which admit of easie:it measurement through that national temper and those institutions that periodically culminate in causeless, unprofitable, and ruinous wars. War is mitten on the face of Germany as legibly as incessant droughts or rains, scorching suns or everlasting frosts, are written on other regions. The suicidal work in which she is now engaged seems rather the operation of some dire spell, or the fulfilment of some old curse, than the work of reasonable men. It is impossible but that eveif neighbouring power, be it empire or petty state, will be drawn in, and never were combatants in closer quarters, never were there more elements of bitterness, never were there more revolutions impending, or worse disasters possible. It is simply a wild, riotous scramble for sovereignty, territory, and ascendancy, interesting to a few reigning families, utterly unimportant to the mass. The greatest victory can bring no substantial gain, except by the merest chance, to a single family in the ranks of the people. Even in ordinary times, all the drudgery that savages exact from the women is done by the females of Germany, while the men are soldiering, and now while the fiery torrent of war will sweep over the cquntry far and wide, he must he an inspired prophet who shall name the cities or villages to be spared. Saxony is threatened with invasion by Prussia, and the effect of the resolution of the Frankfort Diet yesterday, the Dail ..s News says, will be to call out a Federal army for her protection. This is s irtually an alliance of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, and Hesse with Austria. The measure has been delayed as long as possible, to give time to the statesmen of Prussia to reconsider their policy, but the action of the latter power is such as would make further postponement dangerous. On what alliances, active or passive, the King of Prussia is relying, and how far he is wise in trusting to them, only events can disclose. Diplomacy of a very bold order is at work to disappoint him, and although, no doubt, the first cannon-shot that should be fired before its point had been actually gained might scatter the ele ments of its combinations to the whole, yet, until the actual discharge, it is just possible that even Count Bis marck may be surprised. The misfortune is, that in crises like these the wisest schemes and the most patriotic men are so muoh at the mercy of blind events. The Daily News trusts as to ourselves that the government having resolved to remain neutral will prove so as well in spirit and language as in act. The judgment passed by Lord Clarendon on Tuesday may be true enough, but as we are not going to make it the basis of action it seems undignified to give it solemn expression by the mouth of the Secretary of State. The Post thinks that if danger threatens it is not France that is to blame. The Emperor is as powerless to preserve peace as we are. The armies of Austria, and Italy, and Prussia, besides those of some of the winos States, are prepared for the conflict, and it only needs some one to give the signal to fire the first shot. What the treaties of 1815 are to-day we all know ; what they will be to-morrow no one can say. This much, however, is certain—if the war which now seems imminent takes place, the treaties of 1815 will, at its conclusion, undergo' modifications so great that their original framers would fail to recognise them. The Tdeftraph does not wish to be considered the apologist of imperialism, but it protests against the assumption by Lord Cadogsn, Lord Grey, and Lord Derby, that should war break out the Emperor Napoleon must be considered responsible. This is an unfoundcd representa tion and one derogatory to our national honour. We are asking France to do exactly what we most wisely decline to do ourselves ; that is, we wish her to employ pacific counsels, and to enforce them, if necessary, by the argu ment of the sword. We could hardly assume a less dignified position. THE FINANCIAL PANIC. The great moral which the Times draws from the finan cial panic is that money is really not worth 30 per cent. A delusion upon this point was the source of the specula tions which are now proving so unfortunate. Owners of money handed it over to organised finance companies with the expectation of receiving four or five times the amount of interest usually returned. The finance companies, bound to exact these rates of interest for the satisfaction of the share holders, were compelled to make corresponding reductions iu thequalityof the securities obtained for their advances, and the result is what we now see. It is not to be assumed, and is probably not the fact, that any great proportion of these advances has been lost. The money is not lost, but it is locked up, and that, at a moment when it is imperatively ! needed, is almost ea bad. Of course the difficulty is com plicated and aggravated by tho calamitous prospect of European war, which depreciates ruinously tho funds and j securities of the states embroiled, and necessarily acts in i some degree upon the whole money market at home. But the depression thus created is comparatively alight, and will not explain the condition of the finance market. Practically, the speculator looks only at the actual price of the shaven, and thinks nothing of the continuer of further demands, but when a panic HUNGARY. PESTH, MAY 10. Count Majlath has had an interview with Herr Deak. A rumour is current that the Hungarian Diet will be prorogued for several months. Small silver coin is entirely disappearing from circulation in Hungary. SPAIN. MADRID. MAY in. The committee in Congress upon the National Bank Bill has proposed that the government shall be authorised to create a new bank. The report of the committee does not mention any particular individuals to whom the concession shall be granted. - PORTUGAL LISBON. MAY 9. The ministry has been modified as follows : Viscount Aguiar . . . President of the Council. Senhor de Fontes Pereira de War and Finance. Foreign Affairs and Public Works. Senhor Martens Ferrao . Interior. Senhor Barjona de Freitag . Justice. Viscount da Praia Grande de Macao Mello . . . Senhor Casal Ribeiro . Marine and Colonies. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 10. The North American Company's steamer Baltic, frJm New York on the 26th ult., has arrived hers with 30 passengers for England, but no specie. Her news has been anticipated. THE WEST INDIES. LIVERPOOL, MAT 10. The West India and Pacific steamer Carribean arrived here this morning from Colon, Kings ton, &c. She brings no news of importance. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, MAT 9. The Poonah left at midnight yesterday, and the Ripon at 8 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 11th, and the latter at Southampton on the 18th inst. OUTWARD DOBIRAY MAIL The Nyanza, from Southampton April 27, reached )(Alta on the 6th inst. at 4 a. m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alexandria. The Tanjore, from Marseilles on the 6th inst., arrived at midnight on the 7th, and left at 5 cm. for Alexandria. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA NAILS. GIBRALTAR, NAT 10. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 4th inst., arrived to day at 6 p.m., and leaves at 9 p.m. for Alexandria. All well. GREAT FIRE ON BOW-COMMON. BURNING OF PARAFFIN AND OTHER FACTORIES. A fire of considerable magnitude, which raged throughout nearly the whole night, broke out last evening, about 9 o'clock, amongst the numerous factories which occupy large portion of Bow-oommon, near the banks of the Limehouse cut of the river Lee, and which resulted in the destruction of a large amount of petroleum and other oil. The fire originated in a large Inciter and paraffin match manufactory in the occupation of Moors. Tyler and Pace- Some of the workpeople discovered the flames raging in the drying department, and an immediate alarm was raised. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock, the men had little time to do anything towards checking the flames, and saving the building, and in conaequence of the somewhat remote position of the works from town, the brigade engines did not arrive until the fire had made consi derable progress. The workmen rolled what casks of oil they could get at out of the yard, bat unfortunately it did not prevent the conflagration extending sad assuming a most fearful character. The flames having levelled the building of the match factory, penetrated the adjoining petroleum and oil store connected with the refinery and works of Mr. Crossley. These stores contained tame hundred barrels of oil, an 1 as the casks exploded and the spirit ignited, a terrific body of flames shot high into the air, illuminating the whole of the eastern section of London. By this time many of the brig de engines, with Captain Shaw, the head of the force, had reached the scene, and the most vigorous efforts were made to prevent the fire communicating to other oil depots in the immediate neighbourhood. The oil which had already ignited continued to blase with overwhelming fury, and running . down aloes the wharf into the Lime house cut of the river Lee, set fire to three barges which were moored near the quay. Two of the craft were loaded with barrels of petroleum, and the other was filled with coals. The intense body of fire which shot out nearly across the canal, defied all efforts to remove the barges, and they were quickly in a general blase, their cargoes contri buting to their speedy destruction. The blazing oil floated about on the top of the water in the canal in huge patches, and the greatest fear was apprehended that the whole block of factories on this part of the common would be swept away. The manufactory on the opposite side of the canal had caught fire, and other works adjacent to the match-factory and oil stores had ignited. Some hundreds of barrels of oil were removed out of the different premises clear of danger, and the brigademen directed their efforts to the adjacent fac tories which had become fired. There were several of the powerful steam land engines in full operation ' and the firemen, after a long and what might be called a desperate struggle, sucoeeded in the course of this morning in check ing the conflagration, but a vast body of fire continued to rage. The other premises which are reported to have suffered are those of Messrs. Goddard, oil refiners ; Mr. W. Letite, manufacturer; Denton and Jutaam, oil re finers, Az. The origin of the disaster could not be ascertained. The destruction of property, especially in oil, must prove very heavy, and it is thought that owing to the nature of the works the insurance offices will not be very seriously affected by the calamity. Lord and Lady Chelmsford entertained Lord and Lady Naas, Lord and Lady Vaux and Hon. Mary Mostyn, Sir Percyvall and Lady Dyke and Miss Dyke, Lieutenant- Colonel and Mrs. Gordon, Captain Seymour, Mr. lon Hamilton, M.P., Mr. E. Heneage, M.P., Mr. and Mr,. Arthur Russell, and Mrs. Villebois, at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Eaton-square. Lord and Lady Colchester received at dinner last night the Marchioness of Downahire and Lady Alice Hill, the Earl and Countess Amherst and lady Constance Am herst, Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile, Viscount St. Amp l i, Lady Alice l'eel, the Right Hon. Sir John and Lady l'akington, Mr. Seekonk West, Mr. Dyke, M.P., Mr. Corry, Mrs. Henry Law, and Mr. Brown, at their re sidence in Berkeley-square. The Dublin Exhibition Palace and Winter Garden were opened to the public on Monday for the purposes originally intended. The building had been let to the committee of the International Exhibition which was in augurated by the Prince of Wales, acting for the Queen, on the 9th of May last and closed in October. During the winter the additional buildings, or annexes, ren dered necessary for the Exhibition, were taken down, and the unfinished designs of Mr. A. G. Jones, the archi tect, have been completed. A gallery has been erected in the great music-hall, and the promenade called the Win ter Garden has been stocked with shrubs and flowers in great variety, and so arranged as to produce a very beauti ful effect. The severity of the weather during spring has greatly retarded the growth of the trees in the grounds, the bare appearance of which was a little disappointing. It appears from a Parliamentary return issued this morning, that in the year 1865, 41,168,623 bushels of malt were charged with duty in England, the amount of duty charged being 5,990,370/. 3s. 41d. In Scotland the number of bushels was 2,362,909, and the amount of duty 319,007/. 4s. Kid. In Ireland 2,414,91;0 bushels were charged, the duty amounting to 327,311/. 17s. Old. The quantity of barley imported into the United Kingdom during 1865 was 2,11;9,133 bushels. Sir John Pakington to-morrow will ask the Pre sident of the Board of Trade whether he intends to pro pose any change in the tribunal prescribed by the Merchant Shipping Act for investigating the causes of the losa of merchant ships at sea, or in any other manner to provide increased security for the safety of passengers in passenger ships. . _ . . . On the motion for going into committee on Transubstantiation, &c., Declaration Abolition Bill, Mr. Newdegate will move that the house will, upon that day six. months, resolve itself into the said committee. Sir James Fergusson intends, on the second read ing of Legitimacy Declaration, &c. Bill, to move that it be read a second time upon that day six months. In the event of the Redistribution of Seats Bill being read a second time, Mr. Bouverie will move " that it be committed to the same committee with the Represen tation of the People Bill : that it be an instruction to the committee that they do make both the said bills into one." Mr. Darby Griffith, in committee on Compul sory Church Kate Abolition Bill, intends to move the fol lowing clause :—" Any person who shall be a tenant for any existing or unexpired term of years of any property of house or land in any parish who shall have heretofore paid church rate as part of the legal or customary out goings incident to his tenure, in case he shall avail him self of the provisions of this act to decline to pay inch church rate in future, shall forthwith pay to his imme diate landlord or lessor such yearly sum as shall be equal to the average of the church rate which has annually been paid by him during the previous seven years, the same to be added to his rent, and recoverable by the same legal pro ceeding." . . - - _ On Tuesday next Sir A. Agnew will ask the Vice-Presi.lent of the Committee of Privy Council whether be is aware of the extreme danger to the health of the community arising from the neglect of sanitary precau tions on the part of emigration agents and contractors : and, whether her Majesty's government are prepared to take steps to oblige agents and contractors to provide suitable accommodation for all passengers landed by them at soy British port. A riot took place at Nuremburg (Bavaria) throe days back in consequence of the price of beer having been raised. The mob broke the windows of the brewers' resi dences, and also destroyed the seats, tables, and utensils of the drinking shops. The police with detachments of troops were necessary to restore order. A proclamation has been addressed to the population by the municipal authorities ; but the new tariff, the emus of the disturb ance, has been maintained. The Taunton cattle market was re-opened last ' week is oorequenas of the cessation of the riodexpeet. LAW INTELLIGENCE. gals DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PJAks . Sittings at Nisi Prins, Iliddleees—lßefore yr j Wilke, ands Special Jury). • lEZIGHLZT o. BM. lids ANN was partly beard_,ymiurday c a t the was resumed tide morning. The actio n was Captain geighley, late of the 49th Madras Haters, against Maior-Cenral Bell, hia command mo a ka recover damages for false imprisonment sal m is . p arose out of some very protracted w hi c h place in India in reference to Captaia hie amounts ea caeca of public wads at Saa mm. other matters Mr. Coleridge Q. 0., Mr. Hannen, Mr. Bell o w CUITIII7OII/011 for the pilaintiff ; and Mr . B o a . a m r. h, Q.C., sad Kr. Garth for the tisfeodua, The plaintiff, who was in the mitoses-Coe the whole of yesterdeq, took his place the n this morn ing, and his crose-eunaination was tinned by Mr. Bovill. It appaund that he had that he would hold the government of le* 'possible for the treatment which he had wid 4 but he denied that be had also written repeatedly %sm. General Bell, thanking him for the coarse with& ha h i k ew , though be admitted that he might have tbeeksla general for single mite of kindeess. The *taus eh i that he had been (bemired the service withmt sae ew. In answer to his lordship General Birth likens! court that in the Indian service, and also in he nag vice, an officer might be dismissed withou t MA - % principle wu that the tr .s e u n r :ould dispense with tie m vices of her abets P THE POLICE COURTS (THIS DAY.) MANSION.HOUSE. A BRUT& A fellow named Jew Bury was brought Woes 11, 2 Carden, charged with • (maple of brutal aeseulto wM etruc Lenrl l: l6fint her saiL i a ct 7i a : Pearhpa 2 wt w ar ; i : thi: f 3h tt h ; l : t. e .lar y ahan tatenits4 l7: :iiirg attickwi lliis t.lelah l aid : tlil k (V lll ll her arms resistance, bt i rth tilm e man named Henry Math= attempted to pennon s violently, and threw the complainant dew', sad eC *3 " h n s e e ir r fl ic e f w m . ca him " and rde m at albiludg ; hitt e eashimd h ninePid o nad l e : atecummu t rfel : 4l elt ith h: L I: " tha t in ro N t u t g athathan rs fies an p r iea H is e s a L tualit sh hat ow , hisre uuw T m prieener merely denied [bat he had inses s " bite the complainant. Sir R. Oarden told him that his denial was of mu s there was the place in the complainant's trousers AEA teeth had been. He was • very great brute, sad boiled sentence him to two months' hard labour, one mai k each assault. CLERKENWELL THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER nr A WITL—ILANMAIM OP THE INJURED WOMAN. Robert attempting to murder his Wife by throwing be art Ai l e il oo c Ha ia k t e te 3 l:,: ' ::: lB li car t cfo e r n f u , or -testree o r f lm w l t i :red g : c v i . arg mg ri e i rs k ed an treet, d onva. ai nglad Oe*::: road, defended • and Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting do t the Lows for the Protection of Women, prieeented The evidence of the witnesses that have drist: examined haa been fay reported, and to-day the • woman was called, and said My name is Sarah Hoyle,. I ant the wife dUs • fendant, and I reside at 36, Ossulston-sweet,fiesieinst On the night of the 3rd of April I was ray melt we've for liquor, and had been so from the Sundsfielm I came home at about 11 o'clock, and es Wea words. We had a dreadful quarrel, and I suppsalii down and hurt my head. I don't remember she I at the workhorse, and I don't know anything it din it. I know he was always a good be,band to me. Cross-examined by Mr. Ricketts—l do not alai jumping out of window. I have never •jumped Mk: window before, nor have ever attempted to do ea I not recollect saying that I should commit midis th n j i t u ha lic h t i v t d is ' e fn . e ll euv l e e:n di ru l s dant d atdnor t° t O if t ted t : l g iti l o ;toen u a .o t nasfcommi ni or: ileiede w p.an i f i n o rgt (lo u m w ic , e i d a t4 n e. d w r i i am d lis h l t w an of:Fl i i i r e: lini k kd e sari r as a t a h i ra e n h tl b e e H d arPe fe bytks fendant and hie wife quarrelling. They quarrelled t some time, and I heard him say to his wife the I should not sleep in that room that night, and es that she should. They quarrelled very much, Ind at. , I he ir 1 the window opened, and I heard him, with midi say " Out you go." I then heard a fall, but it slight. I opened my bedroom window to see if I ccelis anything of the defendant's wife. I could only ass es thing like a black substance lying on the pea, e' whilst my window was open I heard the prisoner ny si I an oath, " Lie there, you will not disturb me sayme. to-night," and then the window was shut down. Rski seemed to be moving his things about. I was celled& by Mr. Gray, and I told him I did not think he coed. in to the pridoner's room as he had put the gosh rpm the door. Cross-examination by Mr. Ricketts—l mild heir sl! tb took place, although the windows were shut &mak brick wall separates the two houses. The quarrekinin all about her wanting to sleep in the room. There net doubt but that the defendant's wife was drunk. l'N fendant's bed is next the window. I don't think t p sible that if the injured woman had got on the bid et opened the window that she would or might base fills out. I have no idea what height the windowed! • fee the floor. I called my husband, who was asleep, Ark woman fell, or was thrown out of the window. It quarrelling of the defendant and his wife did not suns husband. Mr. William Frederick Butt said—l sin stugeon till St. Pancras infirmary. The injured woman was kart into the workhorse on the morning of the 4th ofalea She was suffering from a contused and lacerated he the scalp and fracture of the skull. Shs was insensate* she came in and she was not quite herself for emeen She was not out of danger for several days, in hit 11 Pk• week ago I had great fear about her case. She 11 1 4! other bruises, but there was great bruising on the IV side of the body and chest. ' Mr. Ricketts said he had no question to ask they'll! The complainant, in answer to Mr. Ricketts. id r window bad no weights or line to it. and to keep k was necessary to puts prop under it. Police-constable Charles Gifford, Y, quarter past 11, the 3rd of April, 1 was railed to prisoner into custody. I found the injured woman on the ground in an insensible state, covered and I •_!,* In her hand was a duplicate for a dress she hid Pi n , that day. I asked the defendant how she c ame thee raid, " They say I threw her out of window, battle—l jumped out. Why don't the—getup If she INN, send for • knackers cart and take he awl• rba l I said lie had better be quiet, as I was nut sum she was dead or alive, for she was quite insensible ksr. the doctor was dressing her head I went up into fendant's bedroom, and saw the place in great collt, Under the window therewas a bed and bedstead, ini,7l window was shut down. I went into the yanl ma!: him who shut the window d.own, as it WAS imposes!: her to do it if she jumped out. He said, " I shut *O7 down and went to bed.' I told him I should tat!! into custody on suspicion of throwing his wife oat 6", dow ; and his reply was, "Oh, very well." Oa *1. 4 11 the police-station he said, " Oh, serve her efili , " f t r for t r ial , a lt Y go might state that he g my things." hoped the magistrate would take bail. MAI The magistrate committed the prisoner to N l trial, but admitted the prisoner to bail, which was !If " h ld ia b res e a u irL i e ers i tri n eLd e t e la r fe w n t ce the ih sFier olo - 1 put in, and the prisoner left the court with his Maw' WORSHIP-STR Err. SINGULAR CA2SI or I'ENJI:ItY. Jan, Jeff r; ex, a decent -looking perton. 32 Yets_.,s was charged with unlawful, wilful. and correti_Pwr i In the month of November last, a Jew named ' Martin " was summoned, according to his moot! order was made upon hi nt for th • or. answermf m e h n e t r , u o n fa d tt e h r te h h n o n nu a : Tr. s e fto o hrer f e •i in J eb it hi i iii . i l t e di g rvon W ,m es an ti tde n hu i e n tl it :t: . 1 and maintenance. On that occasion the wows that she was not married, and the then defendant se!! that chews., but he could not prove it . : rettekt o ll s _r; went bein g were d Sar an adepts work Police-court, but when the summonses were bea A rin rt r iu retico r rre l t late l:ean rt 7 Sa ntfih tf rue O e r u' a rtn . second clerk of this court, and 31r. l'aininlls Fe chief Haber here, gave (annul tetimmay woman having sworn that she was " Jane Tawell ; ' and the clerk of St Jet es . Hodes year 15112, one Maria Homewood also IlePOOlng couple having resided as man and wife in Olt_lim:M! t C r. urta te, i i n a wo nth ad rriae , Shotrbedereitcwltalawomvaned nl,,a;irioato mce i r i i mi , c ili h n'i ii n f " oler k Hodges. and the Pri The depositions were new complete( , stands fully committed for her trial, bill thee t H h o e sto a. n . , e an y d ear to ,hewrhigiciivingwaibirtregib te tte ^ reatnalln etti acme against others connected with this matter will be MARLBOROUGH - ST REET. CAPTURE AND COMMITTAL or A GANG of YOu NO ROBBERS. Thomasquantity B ri"Pe ' "Adliel were L°dtr ehttil . j ed th4ln q a*itis Thesnaeensfey, all lads, sestilll prisoners were before the magist ra te on tbs .. , _ hos . Thomas Cherl7, for C, raid, on the night ot 1 1 1