The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

MR. BARED v. "XlO 10s." TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES SlR,—Having read in your Caimans of Tuesday last another attack upon me by "£lO 105.," it is only just to my original subscribers that I should submit to you an exact explanation Of the pmition in which I stood towards them. In November, 18.57, I came to England with full and disin terested testimonials as to the merits of my system, including one from Lieutenant-General Eyre, who styled it something " entirely new to me." These were shown to a few men of high standing and horse experience here, accompanied by the request that they would come and witness the result of the process without charge, and I immediately sent into the country for an unbroken colt, in whose owner's hands I placed a sum of money equivalent to its value to protect him against all risk. It was not until the system had received the fullest test, and I had spent some two or three months in showing its effect to upwards of 100 gentlemen on subjects of every cha racter, that I offered my services to the public at a given price. I was content to stand or fall by their verdict, and if they had not been unanimous in recommending the system all chances of getting a class together must at once have fallen to the ground. The universal satisfaction expressed by my pupils eventu ally swelled their number to upwards of 2,00 9 , including some 0f the first horsemen of the age. As the appearance of my pamphlet has been to some a cause of dissatisfaction, I wish to offer a short explanation in re gard to it. It was written by me about five years ago, but it was never sold in America, and was only given to my pupils /here on the strictest pledge of secrecy. Under these circumstances I considered that I had a most perfect right when I came to England to speak of my system as something new, and to that statement I still adhere. It was not until one of my pupils in America broke his pledge of honour that my pamphlet appeared in this country. In consequence of there being no international law of copy right a publisher immediately published it at 6d. per copy. It is hardly necessary for me to say that in the proceeds of that work I had no share or interest whatever. Owing to the appearance of the pamphlet, some of my pupils consi dered themselves injured, from a belief that they could learn as much from it without a teacher as with one ; while other persons, after reading it, were so convinced to the contrary that they joined my subscription at once. Having had such bad faith kept towards me by an old pupil, I at once absolved my English pupils from every promise of secrecy. In consequence of this release another and a successful effort was made to get gain out of my capital by the publication of an illustrated and enlarged edition of the pamphlet, in which the author availed himself of the observations which he had gleaned from having had free admission to my lectures. Although he was the secretary to my first subscription I was never consulted in the matter, as, out of common courtesy, I ought to have been, and did not receive one farthing from the profits. These facts will, I trust, show to all reasonable minds that the patronage I have received has been honestly and meritoriously won, and that the complaint prevalent (according to "£lO 10s.") among my pupils has arisen from the injustice which has been done to me, and not from any wrong conduct on my part. Your correspondent is unwilling to give me any credit for the hundreds of dangerous horses that I have handled with invariable success, but takes a sort of malicious pleasure in attributing, all my reputation to Cruiser, and then destroying it at one blow, because this once worst of savages does not, under all circumstances, act with more than human intelli gence. I have bad Cruiser under my charge for nearly 18 months, and he has never once committed himself until Friday last. I was not present at the time, but the following are the real facts of the case. The Suffolk savage Cretingham Hero had recently arrived, and was put into a box in the same stable with King of Oude and Cruiser. The groom of the latter, from a desire to show off his horse to his new acquaintance, took him out of his box into the riding school, and had made him carry his cap. After shaking hands with him, he was proceeding to enforce upon him the disagreeable request of lying down, when the horse, who was worked up by the smell and challenges of the others, seized and severely bit his arm, but did not kneel upon him, or inflict any other injury, and at first the groom believed that his shirt had only been torn. He was not " attempting to insert into his mouth the heavy wooden gag" (a mere exaggerated description of a wooden bit), which, in fact, the horse hardly ever wears, except when he is dressed, in order to try and make him utterly forget his old biting habits. I neither profess to have the power of controlling the jaws of a savage 13y my system when not in his presence, nor to crush the spirit of horses so completely that they will be placed under such twofold aggravation. No one can regret the circumstance more than I do, or feel more thankful that deeper mischief did not ensue. It is not my intention to answer any more attacks. lam conscious of having acted towards my old pupils in simple good faith, and the kindness I still continue to receive from them makes me feel sure that " Ten Pound Ten's" opinions are not a reflex of theirs. I am, Sir, your humble servant, July 2a J. S. RAREY. MR. RAREY at the ALHAMBRA PALACE. —Many inquiries having Leen made during the past week by noblemen and gentlemen as to when Mr. Rarey would give the next EXPOSITION of his system of subdu ing vicious horses, and of the proper manner of gentleing and teaching the horses for all practicable purposes, he has the honour to announce that he will give one on Saturday next, August 6, at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, commencing at 12 o,clock, when some new and interesting subjects will be produced, One of them is a proud lively savage, which, from his antecedents and present appearance, promises to be a good subject to test to the uttermost Mr. Rarey's skill in dealing with dangerous horses. Admission, Reserved Seats, One Guinea ; Second Seats, 15s. ; Third Seats, 7s. 6d. Doors open at half-past 11. The Exhibition to commence at 12. Tickets to be had at the Box-office of the Alhambra Palace. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, tinder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean. LTO conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGH F'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS ETERING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs, J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Mrs. Billington. 'And (11th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billing - ton, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Hiss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no char ,, ,e for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Leases and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough. Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. ERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evcl written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi.. ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform T WICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 2. THMILMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'10. WIND ; S.W. ; light, with heavy dull weather, inclining to rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 4h. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 32m. To-Moßltow-Morning, 4h. 52m.- l Afternoon, sh. 13m. Yesterday the Financial Statement of the Indian Secretary was submitted, according to promise, to the consideration of the House of Commons in Committee—and it must be acknowledged at once that the statement was in itself sufficiently melan choly, if not absolutely discouraging. It shews an aggregate deficit in round numbers, for the current year, of no less than £12,500,000 ! It reveals an appallingly rapid increase in the total amount of the debt of India during the two years of the Sepoy mutiny among the Bengalese. An increase of such frightful rapidity that whereas the Indian debt reached £538,000 less than sixty millions at the c l o se of April, 1857, or exactly £59,462,000—that debt had by the close of last April (1859) grown to ithe monstrous sum of 181,580,000! Nor is this all --for Sir CHARLES WOOD himself (though it was obviously to his interest to make the best of the matter in bringing forward his appeal for addi tianal assistance in the shape of a supplementary loati) volunteered the intimation last night in the house, while in committee, that before we have done with the debt, it will in all human probability, in the course of two or three years more, have swollen beyond a gross aggregate of £100,000,000 ! Tha t debt, which we have seen was, little more than two years ago (in 1857), less than £60,000,000 —will in a very little while longer —the Indian Secretar) - himself thinks exceed £100,000,000 , Sormethinty (this) very like doubling the debt in a single lustre ! Given five short years (three of them ha.ve• already nearly elapsed), and the Indian olebt. which in 1856-1857 was between £50,000, 000 and £60,000,000 will in 1861- 1862 a xceed £100,000,000. That is really the dna; acial situation of Hindostan in regard to the immediate present, past and future, pre sented last evening to the Commons in Com mittee, and through the Commons in Committee to the country at large, by the Indian Secre tary. Sir CHARLES WOOD was plain-spoken enough in his statement. He did not blink the matter in the least. He did not gloss it over. He told the Commons and the country quite frankly that in all likelihood they would have other demands of a like kind put to them during the next few sessions to make up a succesion of other deficiencies. What he looked to, however, was naturally enough the actual situation the cur rent deficiency. All Sir CHARLES WOOD aspires to do now is just to make the two ends meet if possible, or at the most to give himself the proba bility of a small surplus of £1,500,000 instead of hav ing a large deficiency of £12,500,000. The interest he reminds us with cruel precision, the interest upon the Indian debt in 1857 was £2,525,000 whereas that interest was swelled within the two years following, namely, by the close of the financial year in April last, to £3,564,000—0r just precisely £1,039,000 addi tional. According to the accepted estimate the Indian expenditure for 1859-60 will be £64,131,000 —while the revenue is estimated at no more than £3s,Bso,oo—showing a deficiency of a million and a quarter, or, to give the exact amount, of just £10,281,500. Adding to this a further charge of £2,250,000 for railways in Hindostan—the deficit reaches a monstrous aggregate of more than twelve millions and a half ; or, to put the figures point blank before the public, precisely £12,531,500. That aggregate deficiency of £12,531,500 is the immediate financial difficulty before us in Hindostan—a difficulty we must get over somehow. Already, towards meeting this deficiency nearly £5,000,000 has been raised in England by Lord STANLEY, and £2,000,000 more in India itself. The remainder Sir CHARLES WOOD now proposes to accumulate by completing the loan begun to be raised by his immediate predecessor —and by borrowing under his own regime £5,000,000 additional. This arrangement it is which he cal culates will leave him, at the close of next April, with a small surplus in hand of £1,500,000. 1 , Other difficulties will then follow in due course, which we shall have to look to in their turn—but in the mean time those immediately pressing upon us will have been tided over satisfactorily. Darkly though the financial future of India lowers thus before us, it is at any rate satisfactory to bear in mind the gross amount of the estimated debt of India, at the termination of the present financial year— £Bo,ooo,ooo--will scarcely be equivalent to three years of the income of Hindostan. Whereas in the instance of our own gigantic National Debt of £Boo,ooo,ooo—a debt under which it was supposed we should be crushed, but under which we are actually flourishing !—that positively requires some fourteen years of our revenue to make up the monstrous equivalent ! The revenue of India, like our own, is a growing revenue ; and, therefore, judging by analogy, we have no rational cause for excessive despondency. Mr. ROEBUCK last evening, according to his in variable wont, came directly and resolutely to the point. Whatever others may do, he at any rate never beats about the bush. He sees clearly into it from the first—and, keen of eye, steady of head, in his way a dead shot, fires upon the game uner ringly. His mode of seconding Sir JOHN SHEL LEY'S amendment yesterday in the House of Com mons was after this fashion perfectly characteristic. The hon. and learned gentleman did not care to mince the matter the least bit in the world. He put the enormity actually before the house in all its glaring and unmistakeable enormity. Re ferr:ng to Vie results already accumulated in the shape of the reports of various election committees just as we ourselves have re ferred to them in these columns, yesterday, for example, and on Saturday—Mr. ROEBUCK re minded the house of the malignant rumours of bribery not so very long since proclaimed to the prejudice of the leaders of the present Opposition ! And having called up this pleasant memory the hon. member for Sheffield, in a few truthful and pungent words, showed how the tables had been effectually turned upon the successors of the late Ministry by the reports already delivered by various Election Committees. " Some time ago," said Mr. ROEBUCK, " the public was warned that great corruption had been practised by gen tlemen sitting on these (the Opposition) benches ; but I am sorry to say that, by discoveries re• cently made, it has been found that corruption has taken place on that (the Ministerial) side of the house ; and the remarkable feature of the case is, that noble lords and right hon. gentle men are sitting on the benches opposite in conse quence ; for I believe that pretty nearly the whole number of their majority have been disfranchised since inquiries have been instituted, and that they have been disfranchised because of bribery. Why, sir," continued the member for Sheffield, " the whole country was startled, the isle was frighted from its propriety,' by the statement which was made by the virtuous gentlemen opposite. It was said that a noble lord and right hon. gentleman had subscribed, combined, and conspired for the purpose of bringing a majority into Parlia ment. Upon which side," asked Mr. ROEBUCK scornfully last evening, " Upon which side does the imputation rest now ?" Mr. ROEBUCK'S views upon this point, as upon many others, are as nearly as possible identical with our own. What he said last evening, so very admirably, in the House of Commons, we wrote as plainly as printed words could put it in our columns yester day. What Mr. ROEBUCK said afterwards, in re ference to what we may term the exceeding amenity of committees, we must confess, appears to us only most reasonable. " I say," he observed, " that our committees are too cautious by half " adding, by way of explanation as to his precise meaning—" When they discover that £3,000 or £4,000 has been spent in order to seat a gentleman in this house, I think they would be quite safe in assuming that it is by the direction of that hon. gentleman himself. (Cheers, oh, oh, and no.) No! Is there anybody of such a soft disposition, with so soft a head and so tender a heart, as to fancy that there is a man in existence so wild in his charity as to give £2,000 or £3,000 in order to seat a gentle man, that gentleman knowing nothing about it ?" The gentleman, of course, was dream ing in Utopia who raised that hysteri cal cry of " No"—but Mr. ROEBUCK Was there, in the middle of 1359, talking plain English from the floor of the House of Commons. " Why the statements which have been made within the last few days before Committees of this House," said the hon. and learned gentleman, in tones of , s , - e a r r y e e reasonable a h a o nd ek comprehensible the in countrydi gn a t i o a n t , the conduct of a party which calls itself Liberal, and a great number of whom I recollect in the year 1830 raising a great outcry again s t th e corruption of the ancient Parliament. Why. sir, there was nothinc , ever done in the ancient Parliaments worse than has been done in this. I do say, then, that it behoves this House to take into its most serious consideration how it can by any possibility stop this evil, 'and I entreat hon. gentlemen who are sitting on our committees to have the courage to be honest, and not to add base hypocrisy to the horrible corruption which now prevails. I repeat, sir, that it is base hypocrisy for any one to say he can believe that a man is seated at an expense of £6,000 or £7,000 without knowing that such money has been given for the purpose." Really, if this is not just plain, blunt common sense—we don't know what is. It was too much, however, entirely for the sensitive nerves of Mr. BOUVERIE. It partook, altogether too pain fully for him, of the coarse impropriety of " calling a spade a spade." We rather think, however, that JOHN BULL likes above all things that honest kind of talk—the telling of home truths (however pain ful) in our mother-tongue. A few weeks back, after having investigated, on the spot, the facts and rumours of the case, we asked, " What shall be done with Norwich ?" And by this time the question has received an answer, so far as the members are concerned. The suggestions of some of our contemporaries as to the singular coincidence of the Berwick and Sandwich petitions being withdrawn together, induced us to make also careful inquiries into the electoral proceed ings of the former borough, and we may now cer tainly, with nearly equal propriety, ask—What shall be done with Berwick? We may acknowledge that the evidence furnished us is not on oath, but it has been obtained in a manner which satisfies us that we have not been wilfully deceived in the least matters, and most of them are subjects of notoriety in the town itself, and facts, which, unless they should involve legal consequences, neither side would much care to deny. It seems Berwick is a very old offender. The results of all our inquiries harmonise with the statement of DOD, that though once " considered a Government borough, for a considerable time afterwards, money was considered all•powerful." The process, we are told, has been this :—Ever since the Reform of 1832, up to, and including the election of 1852, as soon as an election was in prospect a canvass was commenced, and all parties went to work in earnest. " Runners " went in every direction, with ready cash in their hands, not, however, the full amount which was to flow forth ultimately, but sufficient to give small sums as earnests, or retaining fees, to the voter. About the day of the poll, generally, the sum finally agreed on was paid. Not always, however, did the hopeful voter obtain it. The " runners " frequently seemed to think that he who ran ought also to win, and, secure from legal exposure, pocketed the cash themselves. At first occasionally large sums, enough to tempt any " runner," were given. One family we heard of who, in the election of 1837, received £l5O amongst three of them. Since then, votes have been cheaper; £5 or £lO have been much more common " prices for the article," as our informant told us. That is up to 1852. In that year occurred a scrutiny, and the two Liberal members therefore lost their seats for bri bing and treating; the election following this—as in the case of the recent one at Norwich, where the pending petitions were the cause of the virtue— was a pure election. The recent tragedy, as ARISTOTLE might have said, purified the hearts of the electors by pity and terror. We come now to the elections of 1857 and 1859. In the former year three Liberals and one Tory contested the borough. Two Liberals were nevertheless returned ; the lesson of 1852 seems to have been remembered, and from all we can ascertain, little or no money was spent in bribery that year, not enough certainly to affect the election. This year, on the Tory side at least, the old tac tics was resumed. A mighty change, from some cause, certainly came o'er the spirit of the borough. In 1857 though the Liberal votes were split among three Liberal candidates, yet two of them were re turned. In 1859 the highest Tory was 109 votes above STAPLETON, the Liberal, who headed the poll in 1857. It would seem that the Liberals who had been the sufferers by the scrutiny in 1852 had not yet re •overed their courage, while their opponents, not having smarted themselves on that occasion, and seeing no other means of carrying the election de termined to run all hazards. Berwick appears to have a considerable majority on the Liberal side, among the masters, and the non .electors ; nine-tenths of the people, it is said, are Liberals ; but the workmen, who are voters in considerable numbers, and the humbler class of electors, consider money the soul of patriotism, and their votes are determined solely by the offers of the best bidder. This is hardly concealed. The mas ters rarely, if ever, attempt to put the screw on their workmen ; the latter resist it as a body, hold ing it as much their right to make the best of their vote as to make the best of their labour. A house was open long before the election, now known as "The Gull Hole," where money was duly paid to all who desired it, and here every purchaseable in dividual was secured. The windows of the huuse were afterwards smashed, and the house entered by the angry and disappointed populace, and but for the persuasion of the Mayor the place would doubtless have been gutted. Another elector, who had sold his vote, found his ploughs thrown down a coal-pit near at hand, and was told to "go and plough there, as he would there be warm .9, The bribery, open and determined, however, was not permitted to escape quite unpunished even at the time. Lynch law was resorted to. The non-elec tors, for whom Lord JOHN RUSSELL holds the elec tors to be trustees, thought their trustees did not do their duty, and the Court of Equity not being open to them, they constituted themselves into a Court of Chancery,with the small difference that not being able to enforce performance of the specific duty, they fused lynch law and equity, and inflicted damages in the shape of broken windows, and in one case by broken porter bottles ; while so great was the intimidation that no one dared to give evi dence against the offenders. But Lord JOHN must Plot suppose that his cestui que trusts acted quite recklessly, they gave their trustees due notice. When the bribery became notorious, and electors who had formerly voted for Liberals, were openly saying that if the Liberals did not " come out' , they would vote for the Tories—the non-electors convened a public meeting, and formed a com mittee to watch the proceedings of their trustees. Resolutions were passed at the meeting condem natory of Tory principles, and calling on the elec tors to do their duty, and on the people to watch the polling booths. They did not, however, stop here. They resorted to such intimidation as non-electors could practise. Publicans were threatened that if they voted wrong their houses should be deserted ; other tradesmen that they should lose their custom ; if they dared to vote for the Tories. Such was the fear inspired by the attitude of the people, that many who had sold both votes to the Tories were glad to compromise by giving one to the Liberals ; many have repented ever since, for their pocket's sake, that they took the Tory gold, and operative electors who did so had a wretched life of it after wards at the hands of their fellow-operatives. On the other hand, there were probably many who would have preferred to vote for the Tories, but were prevented from doing it by the intimidation of the non-electors. We would put it to Lord JOHN RUSSELL whether he approves the conduct of the non-electors of Berwick. If he does not, as we presume he cannot, we ask him what other means are left them of making their trustees sensible of their responsibility. If the non-electors' public meeting and committee were not strong enough to resist the " Gull Hole" doings, what could they do but meet the bribery or gold by the bribery of inti midation. We find that at Berwick persons generally acknowledge that the I . allot and the ballot only would put an end to the conduct which disgraces all sides. The upshot of the whole we understand to be that the Tories are to give up one man by his ac cepting the Chiltern Hundreds, and that Mr. MARJORIBANKS is to be returned unopposed, though some of the electors resent the compromise and threaten a contest. The circumstance which has, it is said, decided the Tories to accept a com promise, is that about 200 of their voters received some months back £2 each for voting for the Tory candidate in 1857, and counsel has advised them that these votes must be held bad ! Berwick is one of numerous boroughs, which, though not exposed by election committees, prove the necessity for the ballot even more than many whose delinquencies are published all over the kingdom. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BERNE, AUG. 30. Count Rechberg, the Austrian Foreign Minister, has officially announced to the Federal Council that the Governments of France and Austria have chosen the town of Zurich to open a Conference on the treaty of peace. The Dowager Empress of Russia will arrive on the 15th of August at Interlacken, where her Im perial Highness will stay a fortnight. TURIN, AUG. 1. The King has received Count Reiset, Special Envoy of the Emperor Napoleon, for the purpose of bringing about the restoration of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Modena. Count Reiset will soon leave for Parma and Florence. His Majesty has signed a decree, by which the Sardinian law respecting the press is extended to Lombardy. The departure of the King for Milan is fixed for Sunday next. His Majesty will remain there a fortnight, and will be accompanied by the Minis ters of State. The municipality of Turin is preparing fetes for the 15th of August. Tho Piedmontese Gazette publishes the decree relative to the erection, at the expense of the State, of a monument at Solferino, which will be a me morial of the victories of the allied armies and a lasting testimony to the gratitude of the Italians to the French army commanded by the Emperor Napoleon 111., who so heroically imperilled him self for the cause of Italian independence in the memorable battle of the 24th of June. ANOTHER PROCLAMATION OF GARI- B ALDI. General Garibaldi has addressed to his soldiers in Central Italy the following proclamation : " Italians of the Centre,—lt is only a few months since we said to the Lombards, ' Your brothers of all the provinces have sworn to conquer and to die with us,' and the Austrians know whether we have kept our word. " To-morrow we shall say to you what we said then to the Lombards, and the noble cause of your country will find you drawn up on the field of battle, eager as we have been latterly, and with the imposing aspect of men who have done and will do their duty. " Returned to your homes, forget not, amidst the embraces of those who are dear to you, the grati tude which you owe to Napoleon and to the heroin French nation, whose brave sons, wounded and mutilated, still suffer on the bed of pain for the cause of Italy. " Above all, forget not that whatever may be the intentions of European diplomacy as regards our destinies, we ought not to detach ourselves from the sacred programme, Italy and Victor Em manuel.' " Lovere, Val-Canonica, July 23, 1859." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur publishes the following address to the Emperor from the chief Municipal Council of Paris : " Sire,—On the day of the departure of your Majesty the population of all France, joining in the idea and the resolutions of the Emperor, offered to him in a warm ovation its arms and treasures to carry on the war. It promised to watch like a mother over the sacred deposit entrusted to it. "Each step of our armies, each name illustrated by your rapid victories, has been hailed with pride. It has poured out its thanksgivings at the altar to thank the hand of Providence for preserving your life. The Civic Council of Paris is glad to testify publicly its devotion to your Majesty's dynasty, and its gratitude for that genius which has thrown such new splendour upon it. " In your absence, sire, while her Majesty the Empress bore with so much devotion and firmness tho burden of public business, the population, on its part, as if warmed by a generous instinct, un derstood that to maintain order on the banks of the Seine was also to participate in the victories which your Majesty was gaining on the banks of the Mincio. " When the Emperor, in his moderation, fixing the limits of his success, put a check upon the ardour of his eager army and navy, the city of Paris felt happy at a peace concludod by the wisdom of the statesman, and it blessed that mode ration which, in stopping the effusion of blood, gua ranteed the rights of oppressed Italy without let ting loose revolution. Sire, the patriotic acclamations of an immense city in the presence of your invincible soldiers—its earnest prayers to God, who guides yotr, will soon resound on a solemn occasion, and proclaim that the nation, proud of its Emperor, admires you and loves you for this new glory added to our flag, for this firmness which no danger disturbs, for this calmness which dominates even the exultation of triumph, for those blessings of peace so promptly recovered; finally, for the noble attit u d e F rance assumes towards Europe." PARIS BOURSE, Aug. I.—The settlement of the account has gone on to-day with great facility, the rate of continuation being 121 c. and 10c. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 75c., and reced ing to 68f. 55c., rallied to 68f. 75c., and are now at 68f. 80c. ; Mobilier varied from 825 f. to 830 f. ; Austrian, 562 f. 50e. to 566 f. 25e.; Lombardo-Vene tian, 560 f. to 595 f. ; Orleans, 1,355 f. to 1,360 f.; Lyons, 871 f. 25e. to 875 f. ; Northern, 930 f. to 935 f.; Southern, 515 f. to 520 f. The market was rather firm at the close, when the following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents. 96 50: Credit Fonder.... 650 Do. end month — 41 . — 3 per Cents 6B 65 Piedmontese (5) .. 85 Do. end month 6B 10 Roman — Bank Shar,s Credit Mobilier .. 825 k Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 825 Home Debt ...... 41 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Amount. Orleans Northern 930 .. 933 7 ' ) New ditto BlO .. 817 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 870 Geneva 525 .. ,—, Sout h ern Western 550 .. 550 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at eight, paper, 25f. 71c. ;money , 25f Sc.; three menthe, paper, 2}f. 95c.; money, 2 4 f. 94e. Cestrea c. Oneisa. ---p , , 064 " - ••-'• ',5• 4 !411111110",',, 4" , •br • L 1.- kflhT THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1859. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : GALWAY, TUESDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Adelaide, Captain Nicholson, arrived at 10 a.m. Left New York 21st, St. John's, Newfoundland, 26th ; made the passage from latter port in 6 days 13 hours. She brings 152 passengers from Newfoundland, and 67 from St. John's ; also, New York telegrams to the 25th ultimo. On the 23d, flour had receded 1 dollar from pre vious rates, upon pacific news from Europe. Mer cantile matters otherwise unchanged. At St. John's the fishery, up to the last day, was below the average. From Labrador South the accounts were good. No reliable information from the Northern coast. The Anglo-French Commission for inquiring into the disputed fishery rights was expected to finish about the sth of August, when the commissioners would arrive at St. John's. The weather at St. John's was remarkably fine for the last three months, and all agricultural ope rations forward. RIPON .RACES-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAND STAND STAKES. CITY PLATE. La Victime Maid of Tweed. General Havelock Seven ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Alfred Maid of Brompton Five ran. NURSERY PLATE. 1 Springwell Miss Conyngham Moulvie. 3 Thirteen ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Raspberry Flash in Pan Gorsehill ARRIVALS AT BRIGHTON. The following horses have arrived :—Mayonaise, Helia, Fadladeen, Cynthia, Concertina colt (2 yrs), Montebello, Ringlet, Queen Charlotte, Dreadnought, Orlanda, Syringe, Chance Shot, Laodamia, Killigrew, Golden Rule, Horace, Theodora, St. Clarence, Cock-a-Hoop, Lady Eglinton, Be Quick, Gaylass, Julie, Skittles, Beatrice, Artless, Rechab, Gala colt, Charles the Second, South Africa, Cantine, Bel Esperanza, Simple Simon, Queen Anne, Humility, Dove, T. P. Cooke, Whitewall, Olympias, Woodburn, Dejanira, Twang, Heresy filly, King of the Gipsies, Yorkshire Grey, Queen of May, Tocher, Kinnersley, Pipo, Weatherbound, Eltham Beauty, Pactolus, Precursor, Brookside, Nancy (late Shuffle), and Pandora. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(This Day.) MAIDSTONE. The committee decided that Charles Buxton, Esq., and William Lee, Esq., were duly elected. It was proved, however, to the committee, on the admis sion of a voter named Henry Smith that he had been bribed by receiving a sum of £lO, but it was not proved that that bribery was committed with the knowledge of the sitting members. It was also decided that though two voters had received 255. each for travelling expenses the money was not paid with the sanction of the sitting members. AYLESBURY. it was decided by the committee that Messrs. Bernard and Smith were duly elected, and that the return of Mr. Wentworth was void. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS---(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ()tithe woolsack at five o'clock. In answer to a question from Lord DONOUGHNORE, Earl GRANVILLE said that the Government, giving way to the suggestion of the Earl of Derby, had decided on introducing a continuance Roman Catholic Charities Bill on Thursday next. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their lordships to the strike which was expected to take place in the building trade, and which was creating much excitement throughout the metropolis. He was of opinion that the demand of ten hours' pay for nine hours' work was, most absurd, and asked if the Government in tended to take any steps in the matter? For many years he had been the advocate of the working classes, and he was of opinion they had a right to strike if they pleased ; but when, as in the instance that had occurred at Sheffield, they had proceeded to violence, such conduct could not be allowed. The noble lord then referred to the court in France, which had been highly successful in arranging the differences between the employer and the employed. Bail GRANVILLE said the attention of the Govern ment had been drawn to the subject, and they had taken the necessary steps to maintain order during the con tinuance of that lamentable strike. He was pleased to see the subject had been referred to in that house by the noble and learned lord, who was so well able to deal with the sub ject, and he thought it was very much better to throw a light on the affair than hastily to proceed to legislate on the subject. In the present instance he thought the strike was most unjustifiable. The alleged reason for the pro ceeding was that there were a great many men at present unemployed ; but such a proceeding on the part of the men in employment would not afford them the means of obtaining a single shilling extra. The result of the strike, if carried out, could but be most injurious to the working classes, and he trusted that sound judgment would be allowed to prevail, and thus the misery always at tendant on strikes would be averted. The Eat' of DONOUGHMORE said no legislative in terference on the part of the Government could prevent occasional disturbances between employer and employed. Nothing but experience on their own part of the loss and suffering produced by strikes, and amore extended and accurate knowledge of the purposes of political economy would ever induce them to abstain from such as that now witnessed. Lord BROUGHAM referred to a pamphlet he had seen, written by a working man, with a view of dissuading his follow-workmen from a strike. After a few observations from the LORD CHANCELLOR, which were inaudible in the gallery, the subject dropped. WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE BILL. This bill was read a second time. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(rius DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The members to serve on the following committees were nominated :—Kingston-upon-Hull, Bridgewater, and Pres ton. PRIVATE BUSINESS.' The Lords' amendments to the Charleston Railway and Harbour Bill, and the Wanebeck Railway Bill, were con sidered and agreed to. The Tacumshire Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. CARDWELL, the following members were nominated to serve on the select committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Holyhead Bill :—Mr. Cardwell, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Cornwall Legh, Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, and five members to be added by the committee of selection; five to be the quorum ; committee to meet to-morrow. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the standing order made on the 6th day of April last, and standing orders 176, 203, and 204 bo dispensed with in respect to Dickinson's Divorce (India) Bill.—Ordered. The bill was then read a second time, and referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills, with leave to sit and proceed on Thursday On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, the following was agreed to :—That, in the case of Sir John Ramsden's Es tate Bill, the examiner of petitions for private bills have leave to sit and proceed forthworth. INCOME TAX BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. POLICE (COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS) LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, On clause 1, Mr. HAWES moved the following addition : —Chief constables appointed, or to be appointed, under the Acts of the 2d and 3d years of her Majesty, cap. 88, and other Acts, shall be styled "County Commissioners of Police." After some discussion, Mr. CLIVE said that he had received memorials from Hampshire and other places, setting forth that the altera tion proposed by the hon. member was desirable. T i e amendment was negatived without a division, and the original clause was agreed to, as well as clause 2. Clauses 3 and 4, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to. The clauses to 9, inclusive, were agreed to. Some discussion ensued on clause 10, to which verbal amendments were moved, but they were withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed. Mr. GRIFFITH moved that the following be added to clause 16 :—" The High Sheriff of any county may agree with the Justices of the Peace for the same county for the employment rf the police constables in lieu of the men at the assizes ; and thereupon the chief constable, ,javelinle' on the requisition of the High Sheriff, shall plac e under his orders a sufficient number of such constablestok and uponeeporder in and within the precinct of the Court of Assize, such agreement being entered into as aforesaid, lawful for the High Sheriff to discontinu e the employment of shall be of javelin men." The hon. member said the and other coup ties, he proposed was i n operation in Hampshi re ties, and was f oun d to work advantageously. Mr. WYSE cons idered that the hon mber was addition to th e pur suing a most i rreg ular course in mo v i ng clause, as a promise had been given that, next session, a select committee would be appointed to inquire into the subject of the expenses of high- sheriffs. Sir W. MILES opposed the addition, which he con sidered unnecessary. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Sir G. C. LEWIS, The house divided, and the numbers were— For the additional clause Against Majority 42 thr - adr' _ne clause was den tded to the bill. Mr. J. ENVART moved the following addition to clause 18:--None of the provisions of this clause relating to a police superannuation fund, or contribution thereto, or payments thereout, shall apply to any city, county, or borough in which a police superannuation fund has at the time of the passing of this act been established under the provisions of any local act now in force. The motion was agreed to and the clause was added to the bill. Mr. HODGKINSON moved the following addition. : " And be it enacted, that in every city or borough in Eng land in which there shall be a court house or other public building belonging to any county, or to any riding, parts or division of a county, it shall be lawful for her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for such city or borough to use such court house or public building for the purposes of holding therein the petty sessions of such city or bo rough, or of transacting therein any business connected with the administration of justice in such city or borough with out any charge for rent, or other payment, save and except the reasoable and necessary charges for lighting and clean ing such court-house or public building, when the same is used for the purposes aforesaid. Provided always, that the necessary arrangements shall be made so that the use of the said court-house or public building by the said justices shall not interfere with the business of the county, or of the riding,parts or division of the county,usually transacted there in, or with any purpose for which such court-house or public building may be used by virtue of any local act in that behalf : provided further, that in case any difference shall arise between the said justices and the parties having the control of any such court-house or public building, as to the charges or arrangements aforesaid, the same shall be re ferred to the Board of Trade, whose decision in the matter shall be final. After some discussion, The Chairman of Committees decided that the motion could not be put, and it was accordingly withdrawn Sir J. TROLLOPE moved theffollowing clause, which, after some discussion, was agreed to :—" Whereas the county of Lincoln is under three separate commissions of the peace, namely. Lindsey, Kesteven, and Holland, but is for police superintendence under one chief constable, and it is found inconvenient and unjust that the superannua tion fund should be separate ; be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act that the said superannuation fund shall be one common account so long as the police force for the said county of Lincoln shall be under the direction of one chief constable for the three divisions ; but if the said force shall hereafter be separated under different chief constables, in that case it shall be lawful to divide the said superannua tion fund in proportion to the number of men for each divi sion of the said county of Lincoln at that time serving in the said force." Mr. DEEDES moved the following clause :—" The chief constable of any county police force, and the watch com mittee of any city, borough, district, or place, is and are hereby empowered to suspend or dismiss any constable within their respective jurisdictions for misconduct or dere liction of duty; and in case of such suspension or dismissal, all or any arrears of pay due to the said constable shall be forfeited; and the said chief constable or watch committee is and are hereby also empowered, at his or their discretion, to fine any such constable in a sum of money not exceed ing one week's pay, and to reduce the said constable from a superior to an inferior rank, such fine and reduc tion in rank to be in addition to any other punish ment to which the said constable may be liable ; and all punishments, penalties, and fines, such as above enume rated, heretofore imposed or inflicted under any rules framed under and by virtue of the third section, two and three Victoria, chapter 93, shall be deemed to have been legally imposed or inflicted. The court of general or quar ter sessions for any county and the council for any borough, may, upon the recommendation of the chief constable of any county police force, or of the superintendent of the police for the said borough, grant to any constable in the sail county or borough out of the Superannuation Fund of said county or borough a reward in money not exceeding £3, in respect of and as a reward for any meritorious act done by the said constable in the execution of his duty." Some discussion followed, and the hon. member agreed to withdraw the first part of the clause. The remaining portion, with some verbal amendments, was agreed to. Sir W. MILES moved a clause for the abolition of local parish constables, which was agreed to. The bill with the additions was then passed. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL. _ _ On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Sir G. C. LEWIS wished to make some explanations which he had not an opportunity of doing fully on a former occasion. The object of the bill was to preserve valid Roman Catholic charities to purposes to which those who left endowments wished them to be applied ; but it was pro posed to give power to the Court of Chancery and the Charity commissioners to alter designations. He understood, however, that there was a want of unanimity on the subject. He did not propose to press the bill this session. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Bowyer and Mr. Maguire.) He would propose that the exception to the existing law in reference to Ro man Catholic charities should be continued for another year, and he would move that the order of the day be dis charged. After a few words from Mr. S. EsTcounT, Mr. BOWYER said that the great objection to this bill was, that it proposed to give legislative sanction for the first time to the Act of Superstititious Uses of Charitable Trusts. That act was passed in the time of Edward VI. to enable the Sovereign to take possession of certain foun dations on the ground of their being applied to superstitious purposes, but it was never intended to be prospective. Any bill giving legislative sanction to such an act would seri ously offend Roman Catholics ; and he reminded Protestant members that they had no interest in the subject, which related entirely to the administration of the property left for Roman Catholic purposes. It was intended by this bill to bring them under the operation of the Charities Act passed some years ago, which was passed to remedy the evils that were said to exist in respect to some Protestant foundations. If the house, however, was determined to interfere with the Roman Catholics, he thought they should place them in the same position as Protestants. He had no wish to throw any obstacles in the way of the settle ment of this question, and he hoped a satisfactory measure would be introduced next session. Mr. HUTT regretted the course Government had taken in proposing to except Roman Catholics from the act passed some years previously, and to postpone the matter till next session. He had heard so much about bringing in a measure every next session, that he was not only sick, but entirely distrustful of such promises. Mr. SPOONER could not agree to the equity of the i exemption of Roman Catholics from the law of the land, and he was aware that the wealthy and influential portion of the Roman Catholic body were in favour of some legislative enactment on this sub ject. _ _ Mr. lIENNESSY said that no bill introduced by Go vernment would receive the support of Roman Catholic members which contained any offensive phraseology im puting to them superstitious uses. Mr. BEAUMONT bore personal testimony to the state ment of the hon. member (Mr. Spooner) as to legislation on this subject by influential Roman Catholics, and the oppo sitionito the bill was led exclusively by Irish Roman Catho lics, who really had no interest in the matter. Mr. BOWY ER said that he was exclusively an English Roman Catholic. Mr. BEAU MO NT reminded the hon. and learned mem • ber that he was member for an Irish borough, and therefore could not be considered exclusively an English Roman Catholic. After some remarks by Mr. NEWDEGATE, Sir G. GREY, and Mr. KINNAIRD, the motion was agreed to, and the bill was withdrawn. - ' COURT OF PROBATE ACT. This bill went through committee, and was read a third time and passed. The house suspended sitting at 20 minutes to four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING ) OSBORNE HOUSE , JULY 29. , -- - This day had audience of her Majesty : the Prince di Ot tajano, oz a special mission from the King of the Two Sicilies, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign. To which audience he was introduced 'uy Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 30. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant to those officers and men of the late Turkish Contingent, who, with the sanction of her Majesty, have been allowed to receive the Crimean Medal conferred by his Imperial Majesty the Sultan for services during the War with Russia, her Ma jesty's Royal permission to wear the same. WHITEHALL, JULY 30. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John. M'Gilchrist to the church. of the united parishe s o f Killa row and Kilmenzie, in the Presbytery of Isla and Jura, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alex. Stewart. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 2. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Right Hon. Charles, Viscount Eversley, to be one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Reginald Padday as Consul at Singapore for his Majesty the King of Denmark. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Porter Atthill, Esq , to be Chief Justica of the Island of St. Lucia; and the Rev. Charles Merson to be Chaplain of the Scots Kirk, at Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon. COMMISSIONS BY L'JRDS-LIEUTENANT. Esq., County be of York. -Lieutenant --William Randolph Inne s H opkins, to be Deputy-Lieutenant. ; Bryan J. St a pl eton, Esq., North York Rifle Regiment of Militia. - -Colonel H am l e t Coote Wade, C. 8., to b Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, under War Office authority, bearing date the 25th June, 1859 ; Charles Henry Dowker, Esq., late Captain Ist Royal Regiment, to be Major, vice Jeffrey, resigned; Lieutenant Robert Geore llokinson to e Ctain, vice the Maruis of Carmarthe g n, resigned ; Captain J ain John Wind Coates to be Second Major. Deputy Coun -Lieutenanty of Pembroke —Willi am Robertson, t. Esq., to be Royal Pemb ro k es hi re Artillery Regiment of Militia.— John Graham, Gent to be S econ d L ieutenant. Warwickshire Militia -2d Regiment.—Edward Arnold Hillom, oteGent., to b e E nsign, vice William Taylor Miller, prd. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.—William Danby Palmer, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia.—George Ernest Ernes Blunt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice T. B. Turner, re signed. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia.—Ensign Thomas Rainforth to be Lieutenant, vice Henry D. Mitchell, re signed. [The following appointment is substituted for that whieh appeared in the " Gazette" on the 22d July last.] Dumfries Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militi a. —Robert Leacock Gledstanes, Gent., to be Ensign, vic e Thornhill, promoted. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Harris Tallerman, wholesale clothier, Houndsditch. Thomas Pool Brettle, grocer, Walsall, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. at one, at the Charles Titchmarsh, farmer, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, to surrender, Aug. 11, at twelve, and Sept. 8, Court of Bankruptcy. Yarker Rushton, draper, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Aug. 15 and, Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Louise Flamant, milliner, Duke-street, Portland-place) Aug. 15, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. '0 f ra Joseph Swan, ship owner, Newcastle-up on -Tyne, Aug. t• 10' at half-past eleven, and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the New,E9r) , .• -d castle-upon-Tyne District Court. )punfli George Johnstone Adamson, binder, Twickenham, Aug" " a 13, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 20, at half-past two, ar -- the Court of Bankr u ptcy. 0 John Edward Ford, type manufacturer, Aldermanbury - 1_, 4 n , 1 ; Aug. 15, at half-past one, and Sept. 14, at twelve, at the )'(I I- ur,,, A Court of Bankrupt c y. •loY lo SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. q vrbsa John Donald M'Neale, Edinburgh. ,1 ,1,a -rts William Henry Lawrie, merchants, Edinburgh. ; ' ~ g i . 0 ; I at; COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. [ ofi r l' - 77. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15 11 154 Antwerp Brussels — 25 171 25 271 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 32f 25 37/ Frankfort on Maine —116 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34 34 Madrid Cadiz — 49} 49± Leghorn — 30 0 30 10 Genoa — 25 70 25 75 Naples Palermo — 122 122 k Messina — 122 ± 122/ Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) lf 0 5 2/ LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) BANKRUPT PETITION-REDWOOD V. REDWOOD. This is a petition of appeal from a decision of Mr. Com missioner Biggs Andrews, of Exeter, refusing certificate on the ground of fraudulent preference to his step-son. Their lordships affirmed the decision of the Commissioner, without prejudice to the bankrupt's applying to the Com missioner for protection. NICHOLSON V. NICHOLSON. This is a petition of appeal from a decision of Mr. Com missioner Hill, of Bristol, refusing certificate and protection to the bankrupt, on the ground of fraudulent contraction of debt with his partners and keeping irregular business books. The bankrupt is imprisoned in Gloucester gaol for a debt and costs of about £5O. Their lordships granted liberation and protection to the bankrupt on deposit of £5O, and his solicitor undertaking to obey the orders of Court, either to pay the detaining creditor his debt or restore the bankrupt to prison after the hearing of the cause next term. The Commissioner to grant discharge from prison. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -(IRIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH- STREET. THE END OF AN IRISH RAFFLE.—Margaret Noon, an Irishwoman, residing in Peter-street, Soho, was charged with creating a disturbance, and annoying the inhabitants of the Ingestre Model Buildings, New-street, Soho. The collector at the buildings said that, this morning, about two, the prisoner, in front of the buildings, set to yelling at such a fearful rate that the whole of the inhabi tants were roused from their sleep, and finding that she would not go away, he was compelled to give her in charge. Bently, 55 C, said he saw the prisoner in Pulteney-court, fighting with another woman, who, she said, was her friend. She said she had been to a raffle, and that a fight, as usual, having ensued, but it not ending satisfactorily, and the pri soner and her " friend" not having had enough, were set tling the affair before they went home. The prisoner was making a great noise—yelling at the top of her voice. The prisoner said, " Sure enough she had been to a raffle and got drunk, she had been mislested, and she was quietly settling it." Mr. Beadon said he would not have the inhabitants of thebuilding disturbed because she went to a raffle, and then set to fighting in the streets. Fined 10s. or seven days. The collector said he had been threatened by prisoner's friends, but Mr. Beadon said he thmight he had little to fear from them. THAMES. A TALE Or WOE.—A poor sickly looking woman, who appeared to be suffering for want of proper sustenance, and whose name is Sarah Parish, came before Mr. Selfe to claim a little relief. Her case was a very pitiable one, and was shadowed forth in a letter to the magistrate, signed by Mr. W. Barrett, a vestryman and trustee of Ratcliff, and 14 other inhabitant householders. The poor woman and her three young children were in a destitute condition through the long illness of her husband, who had been a labourer in the London Docks and was on Friday last removed to Ratcliff Workhouse, preparatory to his being taken to the County Lunatic Asylum, and was hopelessly insane. He belonged to a benefit society from which he received 12s. per week during the last five months. The weekly stipend had entirely ceased for some time, and to add to the distress of the family the applicant gave birth to a child during her husband's illness. The family had no present means of subsistence. It was also stated that the applicant was an object of sympathy, and deserving of assistance, that she was unable, in con sequence of her weakly condition to do anything for the support of her children, the eldest of whom was bnly four years old. Mr. Selfe, after reading the letter, said—My good woman yours is a very sad case but I am afraid anything I can give you from the poor-box will only go a short way to re lieve your wants. Does any one know you Roche, the gaolor of the court, said he had known the applicant and her husband for many years. He knew them to be sober, industrious, and respectable people, and he also knew all that was stated in the paper to be perfectly true. Mr. Selfe—Poor woman, I will give you a sovereign from the poor-box. The poor woman expressed her gratitude for the money, and was in such a state of agitation and so very ill, that it was found necessary to carry her out of the court. "HIS DAY'S MA.4KETS. HAY MARKETS. SMI THFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; new do., £3 153 to £4 5s ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lO s ; new do., £4 O s t o £ 4 158; and straw,Xl 6s to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 158; new do. £3 15s to £4 58; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; new do., £4 Os to £4 15s; and straw, £1 N to £1 12s per lead. Both hay and straw were in fair request, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; new do., £3 15s to £4 sa; old cloves £4 Os to £5 10s; new load. d Trade steady.o. £4 Os to 158 ' and st raw, £ 1 6s to £1 10s. per £4 COLONIAL. TEA.—Since the delivery of the letters by the Overland Mail there has been rather more firmness in prices. The transactions entered into have been on a very limited scale. The deficiency in the shipments, as compared with the same period of last season, amounts to above 18,500,000 1 bs . SUGAR.—The market has been very quiet, and the few sales of foreign recorded went at about previous rates. British plantation has been in very limited demand, and in the Refined Market only a few dealings have been entered into at about former rates. COFFEE.—The inquiries for native Ceylon, for export, have been rather more active, and plantation Ceylon, for home rates. consumption, has m e t a fair inquiry, at fully late RlCE.—There has been a very limited business trans acted, but the few parcels of Bengal qualities sold went at fully previous rates. SALTPETRE. —A very limited business has been recorded, as holders demand higher rates than purchasers are disposed to give, which has checked speculations in this article. TALLow.—The market continues very steady, and the operations have been moderately active, and for forward d e li very slightly higher rates are current.' T.Y.C. on the spot, 54s 9d to 555; last three months, 565. per cwt. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON Aug. 2.—Wind thi s d ay at noon, South- South-Westerly ; light breeze, and fine Weather, but cloudy at times. HOLYHEAD Aug I.—Wind W . S .W., brisk gale.—Ar rived—Royal HOLYHEAD , from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Earl of W.—Arrived— dale, and and Barbadian, from Quebec. Sailed—Broomielaw, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Aug. I.—Wind W.S.W —Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, from Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Chatham ; her Majesty's steamer Himalaya, from Sheerness. Trinidad COWES, Au Cub g. I.—Wind S.W .—Arrived—Carlos, from de a. BRIDGEWATER, Aug I.—Wind W. —Arrived—Argo, from Miramichi. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived —Argyle, steamer, from Carentan ; Samuel, from Newport. Sailed —La Poule, and Le Coq, for Cherbourg; L'Etoile, for Carentan. •LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived, Aug. I —Queen Bee and Nithsdale, from Mon treal. Arrived, Aug. 2 —Borilla, from Savannah ; Sovereign, from Jersey. ............ (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday morning. Wind W.; tid e , five hour's ebb ; weather d very fine. Arrived, Aug. I —Sea Lark, from Jamaica; Verulum, from Adelaide. buArg .rrived, Aug. 2— Effort, from C aen; Eli se, from Ham- DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.N.W., moderate. Passed—Ascendant, from Quebec for London; David, from Quebec for London. Sailed—Essex, for Port Philip ; Sir W. F. Wi ll i ams: with several others outward 'bound. THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1869, I