The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-28 00:00:00

TILE AMERICAN NEN a (From the Timm) Those persons who have always maintained that the Federalists would necessarily establish their superiority in the field and at sea over the Confede rates are not by any means bound to the admission that they will also prove successful politically. The journals of New York of the 13th add nothing to the information respecting the actual state of the belli gerents contained in the Times of Monday, and the telegraphic summary of two days later adds nothing to the details of the more important operations of the war. At New Orleans, indeed—where Com mandant Clouet, of the French steamer Milan, ap peared in good time to protect the 30,000 French subjects, who must have been very grateful for the acknowledgment of their nationality—there is ad ditional proof of the brute-force rule of the New England General Butler. Had the city not sur rendered,and Commodore Farragut had carried out his intention to bombard it after 48 hours had ex pired, there would have been a serious difficulty between the Federal Government and the Cabinet of the Tuileries, unless the Emperor had disavowed the bold demand of his naval representative for 60 days' grace before any Federal attack should take place, under the pain of their accounting to France for such a "barbarous act." There was no English ship present, although New Orleans contained at least 15,000 Irish as well as many thousands of Scotch and English resident and sojourners. Se nator Trumbull, a man of that capacious ignorance which no amount of questions, blue-books, returns, and resolutions can ever satisfy, has, it appears, determined to make amicable relations between foreign - . Powers and the United States by introduc ing a resolution calling on the President to give the Senat e any information he may have of any de si g n on The part of any Government to interfere, or to make arrangements with the insurgents. That, considering what has occurred, goes. far enough as a menace, but Senator Trumbull is not content with it. He insists that the President shall state whe ther any Power ever " contemplated" making ar rangements with the insurgents, the object being, no doubt, that the " contemplation" should be made an overt act of hostility to the United States. An examination of the circumstances under whi c h Portsmouth was occupied after the Confederates bad made a retreat, destroying the Gosport Navy-yard and all the public property, blowing up the Mer rimac, and ruining the dockyards, satisfies us the transaction scarcely reflects less disgrace on the Federal arms and on the officers than the singular act w:nich led to the abandonment of the position to tteir enemies a year ago, after their imperfect en deavour to destroy their own vessels and burn their own arsenal. According to one statement, it was under the direct influence of President Lincoln himself, and of his Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Chase, who must have been particularly edified by the results, that General Wool, always anxious to hoist himself out of the obscurity and inactivity to which he had been so long condemned, projected the expedition from Fortress Monroe which led to the surrender of Norfolk. It must be remembered that Norfolk is situated on the eastern side of the Elizabeth River, almost directly opposite the town of Portsmouth, close to which is the Gosport Navy yard. The river is not much more than half a mile across, The Federals, had a poweful fleet. On Saturday morning, the 10th of May, the troops pre viously destined for the operation landed near Wil loughby's Point, to the right of the Confederate batteries at Sewall's Point, and marched towards the city. When they came to " Tanner's Creek," about seven miles from their landing-place and three from Norfolk, the main body being fired on by a few guns, and finding the bridge on fire, re. treated till they came back on General Wool and another body of troops, and then proceeded along the I.;;E t a, turning the head of Tanner's Creek, to the city, about ten miles distant. General Wool tells us that he arrived at the intrenchments in front of the city at 20 minutes before 5 p.m., the whole day having been spent in this most cautious advance, and that he then accepted the terms of surrender proposed to him by the Mayor and Committee of the Common Council of Norfolk ; but with a disingenuousness which deserves exposure, he declares, toori atter 1. 1... u. possession of Gosport and Portsmouth." He did no such thing. During the evening of the 10th not a step was taken by the Federals to take pos session of the city, which lay within a gunshot from them. It was not until the 11th that General Wool ventured to proceed across the river to the city, although the glare of fires and the explosion of the Merrimac herself at 5 o'clock in the morning must have warned him that the Confederates were busily engaged in the work of destruction. "On the 11th," says he, " I visited the Navy-yard, and found all the workshops, storehouses, and other buildings in ruins, having been set on fire by the rebels, who at the same time partially blew up the dry dock." As soon as they had been destroyed a :naval reconnaissance was sent to see what had hap pened. The Monitor, Nangatuck, Stephens, San Jacinto, Susquehannah, Mount Vernon, Seminole, Dacotah, and the two armed tugs Zouave and Dragon, then steamed boldly to Craney Island, found the 'works abandoned, and the guns spiked. All 0 ,110 other batteries, at Sewall's Point and else .where, had been evacuated in face of this formidable force without the smallest loss, and, when all was done, the President, who had been for an hour in front of the city in a steamer, returned to Fortress Monroe, with Secretary Chase, while Mr. Stanton remained at Norfolk till a late hour in consultation with General Viele and General Wool. About 200 guns, a large quantity of shot and some powder, and stores have been taken by the Federals ; but while they were thus successful, what we read of the conduct of the people they had subjugeted contains little of hope or encouragement for the restoration of the Union. The people, we are told, rent the air with cheers when the Confe derate mayor, in his address, spoke of their attach ment to their own Government. They hurrahed for Jefferson Davis, and groaned and hissed President Lincoln, in the midst of the Federal troops. They talked boldly of their future, declared they would take nothing but Confederate money, and that they would have nothing to do with Lincoln's "shin plais tees!' One account declaresef.they scowled upon the hated Yankees, and the wcmen almost spat upon the officers and soldiers." The houses through the city were generally closed, especially those of the wealthier classes; but , says one great physiogno mist, " There was a eubdued quiet among the middling classes, their countenances impiSinga desire to wait and watch for future developments." It is to be regretted the President had not returned to Fortress Monroe after he had found out the land. ing-place and di recte d t h e o p e rations, for he mi g h t have seen the expression of the people. It is said, indeed, that strong Union feeling was shown at Portsmouth, but the President and his secretaries returned to Washington on the night of the 11th without testing by a personal visit the truth of the assertion. It may not be out of place to say there is An impression in New York and elsewhere that unfit to fi g ht s i nce her the M err i m ac was really encounter with the Monitor, and that she was merely used to frighten the Federals and to paralyse the operations of their wooden vessels. The t ru th of this it seems well nighimpossible to ascertain. But admitting most frankly the gallantry, deter mination, and successes of the Federals, there are some fscts which have the most important influence on their plans for a summer campaign. On the evening when President Lincoln wa s looking cut for a landing-place against Norfolk, the steamer Ocean Q ueen arr i ve d i n N ew Y o rk from York town, with no less than 800 invalid and wounded soldiers, the majority of them from one division — Porter's, which was not severely engag ed, and therefore had not many wounded men. The 41t Regiment, New York State, who called themeelves 0 , Ellsworth's Avengers,„ formed one of the finest regiments in physical appearance in the United States' armies. The men were all picked, and each of them was reported to have given 100 dols. for the privilege of serving in the corps. Out of the 1,040 that left the State, only 400 now remain in a condition for duty—this in the first w ee k i n is doubtful if any portion o f that conei- M a y. It derable loss occurred in action. Under the sam e more than 100 invalids was re . date, an arrival of ••••,. ••••••••, ported from Burnside's corps. If this takes place early in May, what may be expected when the real heats of summer are fully developed P Their losses in battle also mount up largely. At Williamsburg it appears the Federals lost no less than 2,500 mon, but as the New Jersey brigade of General Patterson had 566 hors de combat, it is exceedingly likely that their loss is far heavier. It is not to be sup posed the Confederates do not suffer from expo sure, but they do not lose in equal proportions. On the whole the advantages of a summer campaign must be largely in favour of the Confederates. In Western Virginia there is something more than a guerilla warfare, although the constant attacks made upon the Federals are designated by that name. It is even stated that Banks has been driven back to Strasburg by Jackson, while Schenck and Milroy are in a position which gives rise to appre hensions for their safety. Guerillas have been hung by the troops ; reprisals will certainly follow. Al though it may not be true that Banks has received any check, neither he nor M'Dowell have given any assistance to General M'Clellan. By the latest accounts, which are dated Sunday morning, Kent Court-house, May 11, General Stoneman's advance was 22 miles from Richmond, at a place called White House, with the rear-guard of the enemy in their front, at a place on the line of railway not more than 17 miles rail wfraoymant hdebCr bridges destroyed by on n er t a h te e capital. pa.mun k T ey he r i a n i t hv er a v y en h i a n d g the Confederater:, who had also sent out a force to check M'Dowell, although that officer has as yet shown no disposition to cross the Rappahan nock. M'Clellan was resting his army on Sunday, but the telegraph gave no signs of his having moved on the following day. General Fremont is travel ling with his wife and son towards his Mountain Department, but the attack of Jackson and others on his lieutenants will no doubt quicken his move ments. His destination is supposed to be Monte ray, Western Virginia. The accounts from the Western armies only esta blish one fact—that Halleck has no yet attacked General Beauregard, who was facing him near Corinth in enormous force, but General Pope, who was advancing down towards Pittsburg on his right, had been attacked at Farmington, and had been compelled to withdraw his troops across a creek, after a considerable loss, by the Confederates. Extensive " depredations," as they are called, are meanwhile reported in Kentucky and Western Tennessee. Governor Johnson has been obliged to threaten the most extreme measures against people who do not develop Union sentiment. What a prospect for the United States ! Military governors issuing ukases, and maintaining themselves by military force ! Why, even North Carolina —that loyal hot bed of Union sentiment, is to have a military gover nor all the way from San Francisco ! As to the way in which these gentlemen do their spiriting, we have but to remark that General Hunter, nomi nally commanding the military district of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, has thought fit to de clare martial law in these States, and, as a natural consequence, he sets forth that the state of slavery being incompatible with martial law, all slaves within his command are ipso facto made free ! The pecuniary question is attracting attention from those who but a little time before were indifferent to its magnitude. It is scarcely credible that Con gress should have appropriated the sum of 421,000,000 dols, for the military services for the year ending June, 1863, in addition to the 208,000,000 dols. previously voted for similar ex penditure —a total of £135,000,000 sterling. Money is easy. The World raises its warning voice as follows : " Our paper currency, owing to the falling off in business, was about one hundred and fifty millions ; it will soon be over four hundred millions, owing to the issue of Government money. Why this is so will appear from one of the organs of the specula tors who clamoured for the issue of Treasury n otes " 'Never before in our history—.not even in 1836 —did money increase and multiply at this financial centre as fast as it is doing at present. Money is pouring in, not only from the Government, which is creating its daily millions in the shape of legal tender paper; but likewise from the banks of New England, the Middle States, and th e W es t, Which ate keenly alive to tne opportunity now 'offered them of increasing their circulation. Every bank in the country—with the exception of the banks of this city, which have never made money on their circulation—is expanding its pap er i ssues. The real expansion of the day is not in the ratio of the Government issues of paper, but in the ratio of the square of those issues ; for every dollar issued by Government serves as the basis for an issue of two dollars by some bank or other.' "There needed no prophet to foretell all this be fore the passage of the Demand-Note Bill, and nothing in the above is new to our readers. It is but our duty, however, in this hoar of financial madness, to warn prudent people of what is ahead. We may have flush times for a year or two, but the bubble is as certain to burst as to-day's sun is to set." It would now appear that the condact of the Fede ral Generals is not approved, that after all the enormous expenditure cries of neglect, inefficiency, and mismanagement come from the army. The Confederates are praying to Heaven for suc cess, while the Federals are singing " Old John Brown," and serenading everybody ; but, indeed, the Union flotilla must receive almost miraculous ill-treatment if it does not succeed in destroying the forts guarding Mobile, as well as forcing the city itself to surrender. On the 2d, probably, Porter and Farragut left the Mississippi; on the Bth seven Federal vessels had appeared off Fort Morgan, Mo bile, and were firing occasionally; 10 more were moving to the east. On the same day the Union gunboats were actively engaged reconnoitring in front of Savannah, where the Federals have been inactive so long in their threatened attack. This both cities may fall into the hands of the Federals about the same time. These cities will perhaps soon present the same appearance as New Orleans—de serted streets, closed shops, starving population ; sullen, discontented, armed guards over the public buildings; empty Custom-house—these, we are as sured, will be the results of Union victories, but certainly these blockaded ports could not have pre sented much tokens of prosperity during the last year. Here is an account of the effects of the blockade : " A copy of the New Orleans Price Current, embracing a summary of the year's business ending March 1, 1862, has been sent to the Navy Depart ment by one of the officers of the Gulf Squadron. It appears from this journal that the exports of cotton from New Orleans for the past year have been 11,000 bales, against 1,500.000 bales the pm vious year. The exports from the Southern ports have been only 13,000 bales, against more than two millions the previous year. Exports of tobacco from New Orleans nothing, against 17,000 hhds. l ast i ,, year. Imports—specie nothing, against '_ 4,0 . 1,0 ,000 dols. the previous year ; coffee, 300 bags, :ageapsst 2 50,000 bags; salt, nothing, against 500,000 t blockaded . i2e K ' . who sas that New Orleans ' has not been eLneientl sembblieldeYrn York t arms, and threatened he wives of the soldiers had as sembled Hall with their childen in their the Mayor, when he endea voured to app e „ an the clamour for money, that they would lea ve the ir ir children aroun d hi s h ouse . 1 Alany of them complained, their it is all ege d j us tly in the newspapers, that til. on a months. The husband s h a d no t re ceived any pay for three or even Mayor's eloquence was lost n them_ ' C em—they burst into the halls and seized up on , the who were only rescued by the police from th e i r grip, and a scene which could have been by no means agreeable to the sufferers took place, without any apparent termination. Having meat; experi ences of the effects of war at hom e , we are led to hope the people of the United States will not authen ticate the angry promises which are mad e by their worst possible advisers, and seek either reveng e or the reconstruction of their power in levyin g war against tho nnoffending Powers of Europe. lAD V ERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Pills.— Ever valued. --Summer brings with it a class of diseases originating in diminished nervous power, which both for comfort and safety should be arrested and restored to its natural state. Holloway's Pills acdomplikh this purpose with certainty and precision. They cleanse the tongue, quicken the appetite, and enable us to eat food with pleasure, and to digest it without difficulty . . Profuse perspirations, flush• ings, low spirits, enervation, and weakness generally are remedied by the invigorating and tonic properties of these Pills, which brace the nerves and impart renovated health. Feeble and nerveless indalids derive from a course of Holloway's Pills an immediate improvement of their feelings, which will mako them hopeful of regaining greater strength and better health, v • r - . f" r-...... ~~ _ . THE SUN G LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1862. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the case of the Vale of Neath and Swan sea and Neath Railway Companies Bill was taken in Mr. Howes's committee, the object of it being to authorise the Vale of Neath, who have already subscribed £lOO,OOO in the Swansea and Neath, to subscribe for the remaining £20,000 of the autho rised capital, and to lend to the latter £40,000, with power to the Vale of Neath to add narrow gauge rails on their own line, and to raise for that and incidental expenses £133,000. After hearing evi dence pro and con, the committee passed the bill. The bill for incorporating the Dare Valley Railway for the construction of mineral branches in Glamor ganshire, in connection with the Taff Vale Railway, was withdrawn, and the committee commenced the consideration of the Llanelly Railway and Dock Bill, for deviations and arrangements in their Swansea and Carmarthen lines, and to raise £32,000. The proposal of the Birkenhead Docks and West Cheshire Junction Railway for ten branch lines in that locality, of an aggregate length of 25 miles, and to raise £600,000 in shares, and £200,000 by loan, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Midland Railway Companies subscribing £200,000 each, occupied Mr. Hassard's committee. The case of the Mold and Wrexham closed with the hearing of the opposition of the London and North Western, and the competing line of the Whitchurch, Wrexham, Mold, and Connahs Quay Railway, with a proposed capital of £320,000, broke ground. The evidence of Mr. Fowler, CY., on the Bristol and Clifton Railway, occupied the attention of that com mittee all day, and evidence for the promoters of the Hull extension of the Lancashire and Yorkshire is not yet concluded in Mr. Wood's committee. In Lord Churston's committee of peers, the bills of the Mid Sussex and Midhurst Junction, and Kington and Eardisly Railways were fully considered and pacanti, br.4 *ha gno.l oottivw.nt of the Company's bill for their new lines in Lord Taun ton's committee is postponed to this day. minster-bridge and passed along the embankment road, as the traffic join ng the embankment road would cause greater obstruction than the relief afforded by it. He condemned the First Commis sioner and Sir Joseph Paxton sitting on the com mittee, as they were sotething like the chairman and vice-chairman of th 3 Great Western Railway sitting to try a bill in which they were personally interested. He never for a moment meant to im pute that they had any other than a public object in view. If a grand imFrovement were required, let them take away one block of buildings in Par liament-street and throw it open to King-street, which would greatly relieve the traffic, and at the same time be a great mament to the metropolis. He saw no reason why tie committee should not adopt the plan so far as to allow the construction of the low-level sewer, leaving the rest of it and Mr. Pennethorne's scheme for consideration next year. If the embankment is made at the expense of the Crown, and the land so reclaimed is thrown into the gardens of the Crown lessees, the public would have no more right to go into those gardens than they would have to walk into the drawing-rooms. If the Crown had the power to purchase the land which lies between Richmond-terrace and West minster-bridge, and construct an embankment, he believed that it would prove to be a very profitable investment. Mr. Calvert said that was his case on behalf of Sir R. Peel, Mr. Martin, Lord Gage, Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin, Mr. Horsman, and Dr. Sutherland. The room was then cleared, and remained so until the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, when the committee adjourned. RAILWAY IN2ELLIGENCE. COLNE VALLEY. The extension of this line from Castle Heding ham to Voldharn cutiS Opened on. Monday. 'rho navvies on the line wore entertained at dinner, and other rejoicings took place in honour of the event. The works between Yeldham and Haverhill, where the line will terminate for the present, are being actively proceeded with, and will probably be com pleted by the end of the year. EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL. The directors state in their report that the nego tiation with Goverment, which commenced so far back as June, 1858, for the settlement of terms to enable the company to commence its first opera tions, has been finally and satisfactorily concluded by the approval of a deed of contract by the Supreme Court of India, and the execution of such deed by the company. They have been enabled to appoint as their chief engineer in India Lieutenant- Colonel F. 11, Rundall, lately superintending en gineer of the Godavery Irrigation and Navigation Works, an officer of large experience in the con struction of hydraulic works in India. The decd of contract provides that the whole of the works shall be constructed in accordance with plans ap proved by the local Government ; that all land to be occupied by such works, including banks on either side of the canals, to whatever breadth may bo considered necessary, including sites for the storage of water, shall bo provided for the Govern ment free of charge ; that all water to be supplied for irrigation shall be sold by the company to the Government, to the extent of the public demand, at prices to be fixed by arbitration ; that the whole of the prices so fixed, less the extra cost of collection, shall belong to the company, up to 25 per cent. upon the capital expended upon the works, after which the surplus shall be divided equally between the Government and the company; that the whole of the profits to be derived from the navigation of the water ways opened up shall belong to the company solely ; that the Government shall have the right to purchase the works constructed at the expiration of the first 20, or the first 30, or the first 40, or the first 50 years after payment for irrigation, at the market value of all the shares, taken at the average price of the three preceding years. It also provides for the settlement by arbitration of all differences which may arise between the Government and the company. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum will be paid on the deposit and calls during construction. The capital received to the 31st December last amoluatea xo • ,ovo, man LAO ospowseer to i0,t20, leaving a balance of £41,182. wool, 22s to 228 6d per 14-I,lb ; two-third hog, 21s to 21s 6d ; half-hog, 20s 3d to 20s 9d ; ewes, 18s to 18s 9d. ROCHDALE, 26Lh.—The flannel market has been a shade better than last Nl' eek. Within the past few days some good purchases have been made—it is alleged for exportation to America—which has improved the demand to a slight degree to-day. The Yorkshire goods trade, too, is a little better, and there is more demand for kerseys. Prices are steady, manufacturers generally refusing to take orders for future delivery except at the current rates. There was not much done in wool to-day, manufacturers and dealers being alike disposed to wait till the new clip comes to hand. HEALTH OF LONDON DUREN THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-Genera's Weekly Return.) The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,209. The average number derived from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years, 1852-61, and cor rected for the increase of population, is 1,183. Therefore the rate of mortality last week was rather higher than the average. Fatal cases of measles were more numerous than they had been in preceding weeks, while typhus exhibited a decrease. Of 46 deaths from measles, 32 occurred in the Central and East districts ; nose in the Western districts. There were 4in the sub district of Goswell-street, 4 in the sub-district of Haggerstone West. Four children died of scarlatina in the City-road sub-district ; 6 in the two sub-districts of Lambeth Church; 2 children died of the same disease in a family at 6, Market-street, St. James's-square; a boy, aged two years, of " cholera infantum (5 days)," at Jennings'-buildings, Kensington. Seven deaths from typhus occurred in the London Fever Hospital ; 11 in the district of Shoreditch. Ten persons, of whom 9 were children, died by syphilis. A sugar-baker in Whitechapel, aged 35 years, died of " coma (10 hours),exhaustion from the:heat of the sugar-house." A hundred and seventysix persons died from phthisis (or consumption) in the week. Last week the births of 951 boys and 969 girls, in all 1,919 children,were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average (corrected) was 1,847. THE EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. The committee resumed its sittings yesterday, to proceed with the opposition to this bill. The Right Hon. W. Cowper in the chair. Mr. Miller said he proposed now to call evidence on behalf of Sir Robert Peel and other lessees of property at Whitehall-place, Mr. Galbraith, civil engineer, produced a plan of the premises, and the height of the wall that would be required in front of the houses to prevent per sons loOking over from the embankment. Lord Gage and Mr. foreman had no view of the river except from the front windows, and if this wall was to be constructed that view would be shut out. By the embankment 150 feet would be added to Lord Gage's house. His present house is ,115 feet, so that if the ground that was to be acquired by the em bankment was to be added to it, that would make his house 265 feet from the embankment. Still he thought that would be an injury to Lord Gage's property. Lord Gage was then called, and he said he resided at No. 4, Whitehall-yard. His principal view of the river was in a direct line. It was proposed to have a roadway in front of his house, which would be quite destructive of its privacy, although a quan tity of land was to be reclaimed and to be the pro perty of the Crown. At present he experienced no inconvenience from the smell of the river, and as to the steamboats passing, they were no annoyance to him. On the contrary, they added gaiety to the scene. He was prepared to contribute towards the expense of an embankment, supposing that it was not to be a public road. If it were proved to his satisfaction that this roadway would be a great public convenience, and that private interests must give way to it, then he must give way, as he would have no choice. If a roadway was formed in front of his house, on which persons could ride and walk, he thought it might be a convenience, but there would not be much pleasure in it. Mr. Horsman, M.P., said he lived at No.l, Rich mond-terrace, and held his house under a lease from the Crown until 1929. If the embankment was formed the privacy of his house would be de stroyed. He had been invited to be a member of Sir Joseph Paxton's committee in 1860, because he ' might be considered to nave a private interest in. it, and also because he did not wish to be an opponent of an embankment which might be proved to be a public convenience. If this was the only line pro posed it would be difficult for the Crown lessees to object to it, however clumsy and crude it might be. In that case they would have to stand neu tral. As to forming an agreeable promenade on the bank of the river for the recreation of the public, apart from any useful purpose, that would be a proposition for which there was no precedent in Parliament. Sir Joseph Paxton's committee made three recommendations for an embankment. namely—to facilitate the construction of the low level sewer, to improve the navigation of the river, and to relieve the traffic. Ho believed that, as there was a choice of routes, it would be a great waste of public money to make the roadway on an embank- I ment . To disgorge a large amount of traffic into Bridge-street could not fail to be an interruption. He was not aware that an act of Parliament gave powers for the compulsory purchase of land for Battersea Park. He had never heard of it. He believed the best plan would be to make an em bankment from the point proposed by Mr. Penne thorne up to Blackfriars-bridge. To bring additional traffic into Bridge-street, by another roadway join ing it at Westminster-bridge at right angles, could not fail to be an injury and an obstruction. He had no doubt the public would like to have a roadway in front of the river, but he held that business should considered before pleasure. As to the Royal Commission of 1861, he thought it was the worst the First .Commissioner could have appointed, as they had already committed themselves to this scheme, and had prejudged Mr. Pennethorne's plan. He did not appear before the committee as a lessee, but as ono of the public ; end if he lived in the middle of Richmond-terrace, or at the other end of it, he should have given the same evidence. He was of opinion that a much better selection of members might have been made, if men who had hitherto expressed no opinion had been brought to consider the question. The chairman and Sir J. Paxton were j in favour of the present scheme, and therefore they were not in a state of mind impartially to consider Mr. Penn etherne's plan. He had merely signed a tion against the bill to give him a locus stanch in supporting the alternative line of Mr. Pennethorne. He had heard that no printed estimate had been presented by Mr. hunt of the expense of the em bankment, that it was merely a viva voce statement made by him to the Royal Commissioners. It was said by counsel that the Duke of Buccleuch would have 120 feet of ground added to his garden ; but he must express his surprise that any counsel should have made such an observation, as there was no clause in the bill by which that acquisition of land would be secured to him. As to the Royal Corn misssioners, ho believed they did their work clumsily, and ca me to their report very loosely, to say the least of it. If any plan were required that should increase the obstruction and crowded state of Bridge-street more than another, this plan would gain the first prize over all other competitors. If the Government were to make the embankment, tbe lessees were unanimously favourable to a per tentage being added to their rent to pay for the embankment. The object of this bill was a public one, but there was a principle involved in it, as it interfered with private rights. In the case of the Duke of Buccleuch, although no land belonging to him was taken, yet his private rights were inter fered with, as he was cut off from the river. The interests of the public were prejudiced by being adroitly mixed up with the private rights of the Duke of Buccleuch. Nothing could be more objec o t iffiAble than m a ki ng th e pro j ec t ors o f the bill Judges in determining it in committee; and, so far from th e First Commissionerncaninating certain m mbers f have been thepipt,ointd b e whole of the committee ought to appointed b y the Committee of Selection. On the Bth o f M ay the - police authorities reported that 4,000 vehicles not think it world re passed over Westminster bridge, waggons; Ofbut which did n umber 1 , 880 were carts and of Parli ament - street an d B lie r v id e ge t - h s e tre o e b etio t str i u fa n bout half o f t h at nun: - street and the West- 4 ber were diverted from Bridge. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May 27.—There has been very little business in yarn, but prices are very firm. In activity is the feature of every department, but spinners are less disposed to give way than for some time past, finding their hands strengthened by the improved state of the cotton-market, and in some cases are asking rather more for their yarns. In the cloth-market there is also inactivity as a rule, though the letters from India, w hi c h are t o A pr il 22, have caused a better feeling. In these, in fact, is foreshadowed, for the first time during a long period of depression, a coming improvement, which it is believed may have an important bearing upon our market. By these accounts it appears that a free demand was springing up from buyers for the interior. There had naturally been a struggle be tween these buyers and the holders of goods which should have the advantage arising out of the Go vernment reduction of 5 per cent. on the tariff, but sellers appear to have obtained their point, and this is an important gain in price, and the news has im parted a more cheerful feeling to shippers in the Manchester market, though the business doing is comparatively small. The political information from America also seems to be well received, and the feeling of panic which lately pervaded the market appears to be passing away to some extent. Buyers, however, are generally acting with much caution, and, owing to the stocks still held by mer chants, any advantage in price, like any increase of demand, will be slow in reaching the manufacturer. Some of the home-trade house, though not doing much in the general market, are reported to have been busier lately themselves than for some time past, and, though most of their orders from the country continue to be on a comparatively small scale, there is a rather more hopeful feeling for the trade here, in this and the other prospects of the market, if nothing should occur to interfere with the feeling of more confidence gradually showing itself. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" Since Tues day last the market has gradually recovered from the extreme depression then existing, and yester day and to-day, since the receipt of the last American accounts, manufacturers have shown less anxiety to sell, and have generally raised their quotations. So far, however, there is no improve ment in the demand, buyers still acting with great caution, and the amount of business doing continues on a very limited scale." DUNDEE, 24th.—This has been another quiet week, every branch being lifeless, and both spin ning and manufacturing unprofitable. Several ves sels have now arrived from Riga with fresh flax. The quality of the higher marks is unsatisfactory, but the lower are not approved. The prices asked are considered high, and little business has been done. One very large transaction in fresh Riga flax afloat has been concluded with one of the chief spinning firms here, at prices considerably under market quotations. This has caused some remarks, as the sellers are reported to bo buying in Riga at current rates. Tow and cedilla are not in much re quest. Jute is not active, and can be bought here nearly as cheap as in London. For years spinners are now firm in their prices, which restricts the sale to present w an t s . A cons id era bl e b us i ness i s doing in linens, b u t t h e d emand i s scarcely equa l t o th e production, which keeps the market languid. LEEDS, 27tb.—The market in the cloth halls to day have presented no feature of a particularly striking character. There was scarcely an average attendance of buyer!, and those who were present bought sparingly. The purchases of heavy goods in the bulk.state rather exceeded those of last Tucs day, but there was no t qu it e so muc h d o ne in light fabrics. Th e country manu f acturers a nd clo thiers report that they are neither better nor worse employed than la s t wee k. Wools are mode rately steady i n p r i ce , b u t, as i s usua lly the ease dur ing the h o ldi ng of the colonial sales in London , the local dealer s are not d o i ng muc h j us t n ow. At the Pontefract w oo l mar k et, on S a t ur d a y, the following prices were obtained for the new clip :—Best hog , CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. The weekly meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers was held yesterday at Guildhall, Mr. De Jersey in the chair. THE PREVALENCE OF FEVER IN THE CITY. It will be remembered that at the meeting of the Court a fortnight since Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the City, stated in his report that fever was very prevalent in the City Unions, and re commended a temporary hospital for fever cases, as the Fever Hospital was full. Yesterday Dr. ABRAHAM asked what communica tions had been made to the guardians of the City r Unions respecting that report. Mr. DAW, the chief clerk, said a copy of Dr. Letheby's report had been rent to the guardians of the City Unions, drawing special attention to the recommendation for a temporary hospital, and that answers had been received stating that fever was not very prevalent, and the Fever Hospital was not full, and was now able to receive patients. Dr. ABRAHAM then asked upon what facts the medical officer had recommended a temporary hospital. Dr. LETUEBY said that for the last two or three months he had watched with great anxiety the increase of the cases of fever in the City, and although nothing had been said about it in a special report, still he had been using great vigil ance in the inspection of houses and sanatory improvements, and on the Bth May he received a communication from the relieving officer of one of the City Unions, to the effect that the Fever Hos. pital was full, and he submitted to him whether it was not necessary to establish a fever ward in the City. He had also received a memorandum from Dr. Digby, calling his attention to the southern district of the West London Union, and on examin lug the alakevoa retnrno, ho found that during the last seven weeks, out of an aggregate of 1,231 cases of illness in the City, there were 106 cases of fever ; whereas last year there were only 18 cases of fever out of 1,717 cases of illness. Fever had risen from 1 per cent in all cases to nearly 9 per cent; in the Western Union, where it had been most prevalent, to 13 per cent. In one of the western districts of the Eastern Union it had risen to nearly 16 per cent. On looking at these returns of deaths from fever, also seeing that while last year there were only 10 deaths in seven weeks in the City, there were this year 32 deaths in the corresponding period, and that half of the deaths were in the City Unions, he thought himself justified in making the recommen dation in his report. Dr. ABRAHAM said had been present when the report was read, he certainly should have opposed any such recommendation. His own experience told him that fever was not so prevalent, as he had not had one case of fever for the last four months. Certainly tle were sometimes more cases of fever than at otheM, but that was not a sufficient cause to address a public board and recommend a temporary hospital, and to frighten people into the very thing that they wanted to avoid. He thought that even all the facts alluded to by Dr. Letheby were not sufficient for such a recommendation. It was quite right of the medical officer to inform the Court of any prevailing disease or epidemic; at the same time he did not think it judicious to accompany it with such a recommendation. He hoped that what had taken place would tend to calm the public mind, as it had been thrown into a state of consternation and alarm by the doctor's report. _ _ Dr. LETHEBY said the recommendation did not emanate from him in the first place, but from the officer of one of the unions. The CHAIRMAN said he thought there could be no doubt that the medical officer only did his duty in reporting to the Commission as a sanitary board— (hear)—and if he had any fears respecting the health of the City, it was the duty of the Commis sion to take such steps in the matter as the Act re quired. His attention had been drawn to what might prove a serious• evil, and the Court had only done their duty in pointing out the most efficacious mode of quelling the evil. He thought if an unne cessary alarm had been caused it was the fault of the officers of the unions, who should have taken the necessary means to remedy the evil within their re spective unions, and he thought the resolution which was passed by the Commission was one which they were bound to pass under the circumstances. THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY reported on the state of 203 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he likewise submitted a list of 66 places for sanitary improvement. He likewise submitted a list of the courts and alleys iu the City that required periodi cal flushing with water, and cleansing during the summer. He reported that the officers had seized 4,2611b5. of meat in the City markets during the week, of which quantity 3,3731b5. were diseased. It consisted of 14 sheep, 1 calf, 6 pigs, 20 qrs. of beef, and 13 joints of meat, and the whole has been destroyed. The mortality returns for the week have subsided to the average for the season. Last weak the num ber of deaths in the City was 53, 56 being the average for the corresponding period of the last six years; 23, or nearly half the deaths, were among children of less than 5 years of age, and 11 among old per sons of 50 and upwards. The chief causes of death were aro fellow :—Plithisis 8, pneumonia 3, bron chitis 2, mesenteric disease 5, whooping cough 2, measles 4, croup 1, and continued fever 1, making together 13 deaths from tubercular diseases, 5 from inflammatory diseases of the lungs, and 9 from zymotic affections. Fever has not been so preva lent in the City duri▪ ng the last week as in the pre- ceding, as the severity of the di sease appears to have declined. Thi▪ s, Dr. Letheby remarked, was of some importance; for during the last seven weeks there has been a large mortality and a great excess from the disease. The total number of deaths in that time was 32, half of which number were in the City proper. Fifty-nine births were registered during the week, namely, 31 boys and 28 girls. Some discussion arose upon the practice of coun try dealers sending diseased meat to the London markets for sale, and, upon the motion of Dr. ABRAHAM, it was resolved that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee to consider the pro priety of circulating printed notices through all parts of the country for the purpose of warning the country dealers of the penalty to which they aro liable for sending diseased meat to the markets for food, and also, if they think it desirable, to consider what form of notice should be sent. NEW NETROPOLITAN STREET RAIL- WAY PROJECT. On Saturday the Marylebon© Vestry met at the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, under the presidency of Mr. Peter Mathews, to consider, amongst other matters, an application by a company to be allowed to put down in One of the principal thoroughfares of the parish 100 yards of a new system of street tramway, which it was alleged possessed many great advantages over any plAn hitherto adopted , without being open to the objections wade against those introduced into London lately by ltf, Train. Carriages using it were not confined to the rails. It was also asserted that it had been amply demon strated in the borough of Salford, Manchester, where about two miles of this tramway had been in successful operation for two years. It was a patent consisting in the laying down of three lines of rails, the centre one having a small grove in which a perambulator attached to the vehicle re volved, and thereby maintained the wheels upon the rails, which were laid flush with the roadway. One of the many advantages claimed by the adop tion of this patent was, the perfect adaptation of the rails to existing omnibuses and all other vehicles without alteration. Hence it was widely different and superior to Mr. Train's system. Mr. TAVENER moved that the application be simply received and acknowledged. He was the last person to oppose any improvement, and had supported Mr. Train's tramway until it was proved to be a complete failure in the streets of London. (Hear, hear.) No sane man could deny that Mr. Train's plan was a failure, and therefore he opposed this with the firm conviction that all such projects must be failures in the metropolis. Mr. WINGFIELD proposed an amendment that the application be referred to the same committee that investigated the late application of Mr. Train. VOICES—We have had enough of tramways. Mr. E. HODGES supported the amendment. He apprehended that no gentleman of that vestry would object to investigate this before saying it was no improvement. (Hear.) Mr. ABRAHAMS warmly supported the amend ment. Mr. BUCKENHAM determinately opposed its being referred to that committee which reported on Mr. Train's project, because he considered the report was not a fair one, and very partial to Mr. Train. He had no objection to its going to a new and im partial committee. (Hear.) Mr. HODGES then moved, and Mr. WINGFIELD seconded, that the application be referred to a new committee to report, which, having agreed to nein. con., the committee was appointed, and the proceed. ings terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 27. BOW-STREET.—VIOLENT ASSAULT.—James Mabrick, a well•dressed young man, who said he was a clerk, was charged with assaulting Mr. Vickress, the landlord of the Wellington Tavern, corner of Wellington-street, Strand. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner entered his house on Monday with another gentleman and a woman of a bad character. They went into what is called the private department. He informed them that he did not allow women of that class in that department. The prisoner replied by asking him how much he paid for his shirt collar. (A laugh.) The wowan went out, but the prisoner went up to the counter, and ordered a glass of gin and water, with which witness refused to serve him. The prisoner said, " I insist upon you serving me. lam not drunk, and if you don't serve me, I will go to the nearest magistrate and complain." Witness replied, " You may go—" but checked himself. The prisoner said, " I wish you had finished the sentence,' go to the devil,' and I would have punched your head." Witness said, " That would be a cowardly thing to do." Thu prisoner then struck him a violent blow on the head. He called a constable and gave the prisoner into cus tody. He was the worse for liquor. Mr. Vickress, jun. (son of the complainant), and Mr. Barker, a gentleman who happened to be pre• sent, corroborated, The prisoner said the woman was certainly of the class alleged, but she was quite sober and be haved herself properly. 1 Mr. Henry that might be, but many publicans who wished to keep their houses respectable would not serve such persons at all, at least in parts of the house specially appropriated to more respectable persons. It was quite a mistake to suppose that a publican was bound to serve any person who en tered the house. The prisoner—l thought ho was bound to serve me as I was sober. The woman was gone then. Mr. Henry—Exactly ; and you were standing on what you thought your right. You were wrong ; but that was only a mistake, and would be no great harm if you had not assaulted him. The prisoner denied that he had threatened to strike Mr. Vickress, and said that he only struck him after he (Mr. Vickress) had called him a coward. He also alleged that Mr. Vickress was drunk. This was contradicted by the police and by Mr. Vickress himself. Mr. Henry asked how long Mr. Vickress had kept the house. Mr. Vickress—Fourteen years, sir. I have been a licensed victualler for thirty-seven years, and never Lad a complaint against me. Mr. Henry said there was obviously to ground for the imputation. At the station-house the prisoner had said that young Mr. Vickress assaulted him. The Prisoner—l say so still. 111 r. Henry—lf he had done so he would only have acted in defence of his father. There is no excuse for your conduct. You must pay £5, or be imprisoned for a month. CLERKENIVE LL.—ATTEMPTED MURDER.— Edward Gregory, aged 34, a labourer, residing at 39, St. Helenor-place, Clerkenwell, was charged with attempting to murder James Driscoll, also a labourer, by throwing him from the top of the cir• cular girders, at present in course of erection at King's-cross, for the Metropolitan Underground Railway Station, into the cutting of the railway. The court was crowded, and after the disposal of the ordinary night charges, Inspector Brannan, of the G division, said that the charge could not at present be gone into, as neither the complainant nor the defendant was in attendance, both being at present confined in the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road. Mr. Barker inquired what were the facts in con nexion with the case. Inspector Brannan said that both parties were en gaged on the underground railway, at King's-cross, and last night, between the hours of six and seven, they were at work in assisting to fix the girders that span the line, and are to form part of the sta tion. Some words ensued between them, and the prisoner Gregory repeatedly struck Driscoll violent blows about the head, face, and body, they both being on the girders at the time Mriscoll, who had an iron spanner in his hand, in self-defence struck the man Gregory over the head, and Gregory im mediately took hold of Driscoll and Hung him with great violence into the cutting below, a distance of 60 feet. The poor fellow was picked up iu an insen sible state, and conveyed to the Royal Free Hospi tal, and on the police endeavouring to take Gregory into custody he was very violent, and it was with the greatest difficulty he could be got to the police station. When there he was attended by Mr. Sell wood, the surgeon, who, having dressed his wounds, advised his removal to the hospital. Inspector Bran nan then handed in two certificates, of which the following are copies : "Royal Flea Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, May, 27, 1862, 10 a. m• this hospital last evening at 7 o'clock, B ff "I hereby certify that James Driscoll we brought to a severe compound' fracture of both legs, with performed by to the system. Amputation of ono leg was performed it is feared the Mr. Cooke, the surgeon to the hospital, s e s r eve g re shock s state, and quite at the present time in a very precarious same operation: will be imperative on the other limb. He is un able to make any statement. Resident ." i; j oins r D. HILL, Surgeon signed by the same Bur geoAn certificate was Edward Gregory was admitted " I hereby certify that into this hospitglast evening, under the care of Mr. Cooke, followingpu t e in,ffe effect : wound on the left side of the head, suffering from a Beall) with general systemand • shock to the arm. He is not at present in a condition to be remov e d f rom the hospital." Inspector Brannan stated that when he told the prisoner the charge he said that Driscoll would not do as ho told him, and he certainly struck him iu the facc. He denied that he threw him into the cutting. • Gregor.) is under the surveillance of the police. Mr. Barker said, as the parties were not present, he could not act in the matter. From inquiries made just before the closing of the t.a. c , fur, Mr. Hill, the resident house-surgeon, repo ., 'led , th at Driscoll was in a very precarious state. WILFUL DAMAGE AT A PUBLICAN'S.—Manat et SUL 'ivan, a prostitute, residing at 4, Bell-court; St. And, row's, was charged before Mr. Barker with dis , order ly conduct, and wilfully breaking a square of glass, at the Coach and Horses public-house,Leather lane, t. l 2e property of Mr. Roberts, licensed victualler... Frede, rick Farrell said he was barman at the Coach. and Jlora es public-house. That morning, at about half-past five, the prisoner entered the house and made a gr eat disturbance, and used bad language. the wishec, ' to be served, but in consequence of her bad conduct he declined, and ordered her to leave the hon.'s°. k e e oyf, glass, The s damage h As she refused, and still made a. .he put her out, when she made a blow a d t is i t i z i t m rba l l y a i c t e - h f a plate, and embossed. through a .squat she did not break the window, £l, the glass g m done Wad n t dotin bance. Her friends were The prisoner si.uu nor did she cause a Q t 00 ati'y reason why she we.% served, and she did n not. Police-constable Miller, 17 G, said the prisoner was a very violent am!. low prostitute. When he took her into custody a.nd told her the charge, her hands were covered with blood, and sho said it WAS a -- good job. , Mr. Barker said that the cue () Ivas clearly proved and fined the defendant ss. and. the amount of the , damage, or in defazilt, 14 days' hard labour in the House of Correction. The prisoner, utho sail she had no money, wfti locked up. --- WESTMINSTER.—THE Err&NslcE ROBBERY OF WATCHES AT TIIE ,lengthened inquiry into the charge against Robeit Lutley, ea , very respectable young Swiss, who has I: l : der g one several examinations, charged with stealing a case of valuable gold watches from the Internationa. l Ex hibition was now closed. Mr. Lewis, jun., for the prosecution, having (-tailed. the owner of the property to identify it, said he had. no further witnesses to produce, and should i".' . *l perfectly content with the course the magistrate might take. Mr. Kearsey, solicitor, directed by the Consul- General of Switzerland, to defend the prisoner, ad -6 dressed the L'nagistrat© at great length and with. much ability his behalf, showing that he was in a highly respec t able position in life, and that he money standing to his credit, had a large sum of which he could even' himself of at any time, and that a vast number of witnesses would show that it was impassible he could' ,be the man who was in the Strand pawning watches a.t 11 and between 11 and. p awnt :ltOkerS, or the person 12, as sworn to by the pawning others on the same it'. l .Y in Oxford-street, at three and four. .called in support pa wner was in do Nearly 20 witnesses were then lso accounting of the defence to show that the Exhibition at the hours stated, and a' for his time throughout the day. most extra- Mr. Arnold 'observed that this was a a respect to ordinary case, not so extraordinary with the identity of the prisoner, as that in evt. Ty stage of the proceedings ;luring this lengthened inquiry the evidence tendered with a view of Llrimina ting the prisoner had suggested to h is (the magistrate's) mind the icioa of his innocence. The charge was that the case of rTatches was mis,'ed from the Exhibition at about half p,ast 10, and thG evidence called to criminate the prisu'.ner went to show that by his position in the Swiss Dl 9 - vartment he had access to it, and that at 11 o'clock, a,,nd be tween 11 and 12, and again at about 3 o ' c l o ck*, ho was pawning the stolen property. Three of 'the pawnbrokers only spoke to his identity to the beet of their belief, but two others swore positively thot he was the man, and yet it was obvious that they . . were mistaken. So much doubt of the prisoner'' guilt had been raised in his (the magistrate's) mind. that he should have discharged the prisoner when the case closed for the prosecution, hut he thought it better for the interests of the prisoner and of truth that the defence should be gone into, and that had fully established in his mind the couvictiont that the prisoner was innccent. He (Mr. Arnold) did not consider that any witness called could prove with extreme accuracy what occurred during the different hours of the day on which the watohes were missed. There were contradictions, and co(' witness for the defence neutralised another,althouglL he felt that both were honestly speaking to the best of their belief, and it was preposterous to believe that, after the accused had been made acquainted. with the robbery, had assisted in searching for the things, and had gone to the police, that he should, at a time when the vigilance of the police had just been aroused, and where suspicion would attach itself to anybody upon the slightest circumstance, have gone in and out of the building to the Strand and to Oxford•street at the time otated to dispose of the property. If the accused were the thief—tom he was a foreigner, unacquainted with the metro polis—he must naturally have felt that such ab sences would have rendered him an object of sus iliviun3 but the evidence went to show that he Wag seen in the building at all hours of the day, en gaged in his ordinary pursuits. The pawnbrokers had spoken positively to him as pa Wning the watches, but it was clear that they were either mistaken in his identity or in the hour. The evidence for the defence enabled him (Mr. Arnold) to say conscientiously that he believed the prisoner to be innocent. The whole affair was very much to be re gretted, for two reasons. First, it had thrown taide served suspicion upon the accused, had deprived hNt of his liberty, and had doubtless caused him much. pain and anxiety; while, on the other hand, it had had the tendency of directing the evidence into the wrong channel, and had given the real offen der the opportunity of escaping the famishment - of his guilt. He (Mr. Arnold) had only now to say that ho felt much pleasure in discharging the accused, and that he left that court free from the slightest imputation upon his character. A burst of applause from the auditory followed the decision, COUNTRY MARKL2S. .... , Ni., LEEDS-TUESDAY. There was an easier business doing in English wheat, bi tho supply was very small. Foreign held firmly at an ad vance, with a very inactive trade. Oats, beans, and other articles steady at late prices. LYNN—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat was moderate, and the trade ruled slow—prices being in favour of the buyer. Barley was at very i ,sluggish trade, at lower rates. Oats slow. Beans at late prices. Old white 58s to GOs Barley. It=d..s4s to 56s I Oats Beans .40s to 44s I Peas 40s to 448 MARKET HARBOROUGII-TUESDAY. At this market to-day there was a pretty fair show of wheat, the demand for which was rather dull, at less money. Barley was flat, at former quotations. Oats at lat: prices - , White wheat, 60s to 64s ; red, 48s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley at 36s to 40s per qr., grinding 30s" to 13s per 30 st. Oats, 24kto 33s per 24 st. ; beans, 42s to 48s; new, —a to —s per qr. SIIEFFIELD-TUESDAY. A moderate show of wheat to-day, for which the demand ruled slow, at a further reduction in prices. Barley flat at last week's rates. Oats and beans little changed. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...los Od to 21s Gil White 1) ...21s Od to 228 Od New red , ...22s 6d to 24s Fri New white „ Beans 5) ...22s 6d to 24s 601 ...17s Od to 19s 64 .. Peas, per qr - 58s Od to 60s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ 3Bs Od to 42s Od Oats 22s Od to 27s Od Millers' prices for " flour-2s ld, 2s 3d, and 2s 511 per 141 b. MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDa y. There was a very scanty supply of wheat to-day, and we had a quiet market, prices fully ls decline. Barley was heavy, and late prices difficult to support. White wheat, 57s Od to 63s Od ; red, 48s Od to 5 7s pe r 36 ston e ; beans sold at 42s to 45s for old; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 32s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 31s per qr. f or grinding; oats, 22s to 26s Od per 24 stone. BIRTHS. BLOSSE.—On tho 25th inst., at Athavallie, county of Mayo, the Lady Harriet Lynch Blosse, of a daughter. BammmAN.--On the 26th inst., at 37 41 A , Upper Grosvc• nor-street, the Lady Cecilia Brinelinrua of a son. CREASY.—On the 21st April, at Nu era Ellis, Ceylon, the Lady Creasy, of a son. p l y r nn.-0n the) 27th inst., a t 38, Brook-street, the Lady Gwendchnc 1 ezre, o f a son. v' MARRIAGES. LLOYD-DYKES.-0n the 24th inst. at Camberwell-green Chapel, Henry Ll oy d , Esq., of De'Crespigny-park, Den mark-hill, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the lato David Dykes, Esq., of Camberwell. WHITAKER—WooDD.--On the 27th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Marmaduke W. Whitaker, Esq., of the Inner Temple, eldest son of W. W. Whitaker, Esq., of North Deighton, Yorkshire, to Gertrude Mary, eldest daughter of Basil T. Woodd, Esq., M.P., of Conyngham Hall, Yorkshire. DEATHS. BULKLEY.—On the 23d inst.,.at Kingsclero, Hants, Edw. Bulkley, Esq., late of the Inland Revenue-office, Somer. set House, aged 57. CROSSE.—On the 26th inst., at 69, Catnbridge-terr ace , Hyde -park, Edmund Crosse, Esq , of Fairfield, H arrow Weald, and of 21, Soho-square. Mo ntagu -square, Fn Lushington, B ar t,, Lusauniw Maria, eN.— the t w he ife 26 o t f h s i i n r s iry t i . , en at32, aged 55. MORGAN.—On the 25th inst., Thomas Morgan, Esq., of Bristol Lodge, Brighton, aged 79. VALENTINE.—On the 25th inst., at 6, High-street, Shore. ditch, Mr. Elias H. Valentine, aged 92. WETILERED.—On the 27th inst., Owen blethered, Esq., of ltemnanlz, Great Marlow, Bucks, aged 64. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sux Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County it t iddleaez,—Wedwaday, May 26, 1662,