The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. The 57th annual meeting of this society vela yes- , tei day held at the schools, Borough Toad, Earl Russell presided, and was supported by Lord Lyve-' den, Sir Walter Stirling, Sir J. Kaye Shuttleworth, Mr. Bruce, M.P., Sir James Heywood, Rev. Dr. Allen, Rev. Henry Allon, the Liberian Commis sioner, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Corderoy, &c. The following is an abstract of the report of the committee :—" The society's operations include the training of teachers, the maintenance of the model schools for boys and girls i❑ the Borough-road and at Stockwell, the inspection of schools in London and the country, as well as an extensive correspon dent* abroad; aid is also rendered by grants of school materials to poor schools at home and in the colonies. In the training department provision is made for 200 young people, the establishment for young men being in the Borough• road, and for young women at Stockwell. Of the former there are at present 95, of the latter 100, in the course of preparation for elementary schools. At the Christmas exami nation for certificates, 72 young men were pre sented, all of whom passed ; of 73 young women presented G 9 were successful. Seven inspectors are employed, covering the whale of the country, and engaged in the inspection of schools, holding conferences and committees, meetings of parents, and otherwise stimulating to action in the cause of popular education. The number of towns and villages thus visited is 861 ; the number of schools inspected 1,157, including 1,347 visits to these schools. This is exclusive of the metropolis and its immediate vicinity, where Mr. Saunders has visited schools attended by more than 30,000 chil dren. At the model schools in the Borough-road for boys and girls there Is an average attendance of nearly 1,000 children, and at the practising schools at Stockwell for girls and infants of 250. Of 82 grants of school materials made during the year 20 have been made to new schools, 30 to poor schools in the country and to ragged schools, and 23 to the colonies and other parts of the world. The contemplated alterations at the Borough-road, and the various buildings and appliances at the New Training College at Stockwell, are completed at a cost, including fittings, furniture, and other ex penses, of £24,174 Os. 5d., the whole of which has been paid. Towards this amount the contribution received from the Committee of Council was £5,742 125." After acknowledging the generous aid given by the friends of the society to enable the committee to accomplish this important undertaking, the report concluded with an earnest appeal for pecuniary assistance in carrying forward the seve ral and important objects of the society. The Rev. H. ALLost, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, and the appointment of the committee for the ensuing year, said it was clear from the statement which had been read that the educational millennium had not as yet arrived. He for ene did not regret it, as he believed there was nothing more healthy to church or to state than a prominent dissent. Mr. BRUCE, M.P., seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Lord LYITEDEN, in an eloquent speech, then moved the thanks of the society to her Majesty the Queen for her continued patronage of the society, and an address of condolence on her bereavement. Sir WALTER STIRLING seconded the motion, and took occasion to blame the educational societies for the opposition which they had given to the revised code. The motion having been carried by acclamation, The Rev. DANIEL TUCKED. moved that Earl Russell be appointed president of the society in succession to the late Duke of Bedford. The motion having been seconded was unanimously adopted. Earl RUSSELL in returning thanks said—l address you on this occasion with mingled feelings of pain and pride—of pain because the resolution which you have just adopted refers to the loss of a brother with whom I was from childhood entwined in affection, and from whom to his last moments I received the utmost and kindest indulgence. At the same time it is a matter of pride to me that I have been asked to assume the presidency of a society in which another relation of mine—my father—laboured for fifty-six years, in founding the institution and pro moting its prosperity. You will permit me on this occasion to refer in some degree to that which has lately occupied attention—the assistance given by the state to public education in this country, to the mode in which it has been given, and to the changes which may be required in it. Ido not wish to enter upon matters of controversy, but having been silent on this subject, and having seen the efforts which you made misrepresented, and certainly very hardly treated in many publications, I may state both what I consider has been done, and what yet remains to be done. It is twenty-three years since, in 1839, that, holding the office of Home Secretary, and looking to the reports made from the gaols by the chaplains and others entrusted with their ma nagement, and looking likewise to the general state of the country, it seemed to me that the aid given by the State to education should not be confined to the £lO,OOO which was given to each society under the suggestion of Lord Brougham, but that a fur- ther effort should be made to improve and extend the education of the poorer classes. With that view I put myself in communication with a noble friend who took a leading part in the eouncils of this coun try for half a century, and who still lives in the en joyment of the respect of his country—Lord Lans downe. (Cheers.) To him I suggested that there should be a committee of the Privy Council specially appointed to superintend the education of the coun try. He corrected, very judiciously, that suggestion by proposing that we should confine the efforts of the committee to the application of the sum annu ally voted by Parliament for that purpose. The mat ter being arranged in that shape he undertook to be president of the council. We very soon obtained the assistance of another friend of mine, whom I am happy to see on this platform—Sir I. Kay Shuttle worth. I must say it i 2 altogether to his untiring exertions, to his application, never to be diverted, • to his valuable suggestions, that we o‘ve the success ful working of the scheme. (Cheers.) We had vari ous objects in view, some of which I will mention, in regard to which we have been blessed with no small success. Ourjirst object was to improve the quality of the education of the masses; although from 1808 to 1811 this society and the National Society had been labouring for that object, yet I will say the suggestions of my friend, considered and adopted by the e:,mmittee of council after much coneideration, tended greatly to improve the quality of education. I will mention only one instance— it was a valuable improvement on the o'‘d mode of education that when the schools were large some of the more advanced pupils should be em ployed es monitors ; but it was an immense improve ment that pupil teachers should be so engaged — (cheers) —that they should, instead of coming un taught to thair work, have the benefit of the special instruction of the schoolmaster, and be daily so en gaged. I mention this as one instance—l could mention a dozen, by which large op en i ngs were made in the systems and instructi on of a better quality imparted to the children in attendance on our schoola. (Haar.) To show you the state of opinion which prevailed upon this point, I will men_ tion to you that a bishop of the church stated that there 17 s no me in teaching children geography, unless it was the geography of the Holy Land. (Laughter.) As I wish to be impartial I may acid that the sc;hoolm7srer of ibis very school told me that an aminent dissenter came here one clay and oh yet. 4 to the children being taught geography at all; that shows you what '.as the state of opinion on this subject som e Tears ego, and I ask 3,•0u to cont:ast it with what was witnessed by attended the examination this • all who day. In another respect too we were successful —men of great emi 'nence and talent had endeavoured to improve the education of the ccuotry—amongst them Mr. Whi- bred and Lord Brougham, but they failed, owing to this, that it was impossible to allay the suspicion of the church on the one side and dissent onthe other. The church thought that all children should be taught the catec)ism ; the dissenters felt that that would be a violation of conscience, and Would n o t submit to at. After considering the matter we de spaired of reconciling two opinions, but we solved the difficulty by allowing both systems, one tin the conduct of the church, where every clergyman has his conscience satisfied, and the other in con formity with our own rules, under which instruction is given without distinction of sect or i arty. Then again there were sects that thought ;1 at their reli gious opinions should be taught by the schools, and that too was admitted, and thus the great object was accomplished that the children of the poor should be religiously instructed and religiously brought up without any violation of conscience. That that was affected you may see from what has just taken place. You have seen the committees of all the different societies co operating and meeting together without jealousy in opposition to the revised code. A further result brought about by the system of inspection is thatthe schools have afforded spectacles of cleanliness and regularity which in many villages were unknown to the homes of the poor, and which has tended to the religious and moral improvement of the country at large, an object which as religious and political men we aro bound to look at, for while spreading the Christian religion, we have also been maintaining order and obedience to the laws and internal safety of the state. (Cheers.) lam sorry to say I recollect the time when in the manufacturing districts the workmen were in a state of discontent, and had the notion that if each man took up his blanket and marched to London, they would obtain an alteration of their laws that would alleviate their distress. Again, when the agricultural population were in a state of discontent, they thought that by burning reaping machines and setting fire to the ricks of the farmers, they would obtain a remedy for their suf ferings. These were all proofs of lamentable ignor ance, and of a state of mind gone by and never to be seen again in this country. In my opinion the pro motion of education by the State and by great vo luntary societies has tended greatly to the change. If we are asked for the measurement of it, I willtell you that many very excellent persons have been for a long time trying to obtain by a return of agricul tural statistics the number of bushels of barley grown in the country, and the number of cheeses manufac tured, but as yet no man nor ministry has been suc cessful enough to frame a measure to obtain that object. If then it be so difficult to obtain material facts of that kind, how are we to give the exact number of pounds weight of moral sentiment and the number of hundredweights and tons of religious in struction which have been the result of our im proved education. Still there comes the disagree able reflection that notwithstanding the State was at considerable expense, that while there were many excellent schools, and while all their ma chinery was well adapted to the end in view, a great portion of the country did not receive any share of the benefits, and it seemed to many of those who took an interest in education, Sir John Pakington amongst the number, than whom no man has taken a greater interest or shown a more enlightened zeal in the cause, desirable to appoint a commission to ascertain tho general state of edu cation and to produce measures for its improvement. I entirely concurred in that view, and thought great benefit would be derived from such a proceed ing. I have seen it stated that Mr. Walpole has said that he approved of the efforts of the assistant commissioners, but did not approve of the report of the commission. My opinion is quite the opposite; I approve of the report, although I do not agree with everything in it, and think the commissioners have summed up the result of their inquiry with great fairness. But when we come to the assistant commissioners and compare their statements with the accounts of the schoolmasters of the examina tions or non-examinations, I cannot but be of opi nion that there was not that fair, thorough, and searching inquiry made which ought to be expected from such men. Their summary is not a fair one, the merits of the schools have been overlooked and their faults exaggerated, and that after a superfi cial, and, in some instances, no examination at all. (Cheers.) A line that has been interpolated in Shakespeare might be applied to them—" The man who fired the temple outlives the pions fool who raised it." Well, Lord Lansdowne, Sir John Kay Shuttleworth, and myself were the pious fools who raised the temple, and they thought they would outlive us. Here I must stop ; I do' not intend to say a word about the merits or demerits of the re vised code, but it is a serious question for the future fortune of the country how we are to give greater extension to popular education, and to improve that which already exists. I will not mention the number of schools which do not participate in the grant, but there is a large number of them in that condition. The difficulties in the way of it are of two kinds. It is obvious that if you were to sup port them by local rates, without making some further provision for their government, you would in every parish raise up an unfortunate conflict between those who are the adherents of the church, and those who wish education to be less restricted; and that would at once destroy all its good effects. Another mode which the commis sioners advised, but the practicability of which the Privy Council doubted, that there should be two kinds of support given,one according to the;general efficiency of the schools, the other to depend upon the examination of examiners named by the coun ties, the assistants to be paid by the county rate. The objection is that where you have local rates you must have local control. My own opinion is that as rating does not extend to all kinds of property, it is not the proper support for a national system of education, and you must look to the national funds as an assistance to local efforts and voluntary subscription, and it remains the greatest task that Government can perform to extend the benefits of education to the people of this country. Let it be recollected we cannot here establish a system of education as in Prussia, where the Government lays down the rule and limits the extent, for this is a free country, and Education must partake of the civil and religious character of thenation. (Cheers.) The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. TILE IVTERNATIONAL EXHIBMON. The barometer evidently exercises a very power ful influence on the daily attendance of visitor s . A wet day brings the numbers down, and a dull one outside the building is generally even dulle r w i t hi n. Yesterday the total attendance did not amount to much more than half of those who ware present on Saturday, though in proportion to numbers there were probably more payments at the door. But both as regards payments and numbers we are speaking without official data, as there appears to be no strict record on this subject kept at all. The elaborate deductions, therefore, which are so often drawn b e t ween the daily attendance at this build ing and t h at of ' 5l are purely devoid of f oundation as the statements that Mr. appointed general manager of the Cole has been imaginary, and as whole Exhibition building. It is much to be re gretted, however, that no official list is issued of the dailyf ascertaining numbers, and still more that there is no means o the prop ort i on of thole who pay to ltaining those who enter with season tickets. The very s imple arratigaments nec essary to ascertain these facts easilyhave been made, some time ago. The Exhibition is no w f ast assuming its permanent aspect. The nave is b e i ng c l eared ; mightwhole flowers and evergreens are planted in the most con spicuous spots, and fresh objects of interest are un veiled every day. Minton's great fountain—the porcelain masterpiece of the Ealibi!ion—is bell % built up rapidly under the eastern dome, the trophy cases discarded Iran the nave, are new finding 'sew and far more appropriate places in the same neighbourhood, and the flit spaces leading to the dais are surra mated on either side by two of Osler's glass candelabra, very like those which, if we mistake not, he showed in Paris in 18 55 . There Ore symptoms, too, as if the Ca nada wood trop } - , Y were ab ou t t o b e re duced in heiklit, so as to allow Hardmau's stained window to b e see n ; and, ahem() all, there is a pleasant, lively sound of various nrwical instruments per forming in different parts of the building, which, without interfering with the harmony of each other, are snrneientlzr audible everywhere to break the silence that has, hitherto reigned everywh ere . Under the east dome. two interesting models have been placed, th a t o f tle extraordinary wQb of scaf folding by which the. domes were raised, and of the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESD kV EVENING- MAY 13, 183 t. great traveller, by means of which the nave was built. Both these are made to scale, and even in their miniature proportions give the visitor a fair idea of the difficulties that had to be overcome in the erection of the building, especially in the two huge domes. What with these and other fresh objects, and the exertions which all exhibitors, English and foreign, have recently made, the whole building may now be said in a very forward state of completeness, and a few days more will see it finally arranged. riages two, were so completely shattered that nothing was left but the stays eV - di - frames ; the third carriage had its first compartment smashed in, bat strange to say with regard to the break there was but little damage externally, while the internal fittings were rent into ribbons, and there fore the escape of Benham and Rolfe, the two guards who were in the van, must be considered as nothing short of a miracle. It ap pears from the state of the line that the second car riage must have ha the metals some distance before the train went over, and that the first course down the embankment was about 30 yards below where the large brick garden wall was encountered and ! nearly demolished. L .4W INTELLIGENCE.- r ~._ y COURT OF QUEEN'S BFI (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief 3 - 11 t'tc'e Cock burn, and Justices Crompton, Bl'aels;e4: n, and Mellor.) THE QUEEN V. TRAIN AND ANOTITEI 1. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., with whom vg ere Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Joyce, prayed ti :e judg ment of the Court against Mr. Train and M r. Hath away, who had been convicted of a nuisano 3 in lay ing down the tramway in the Westminster -road. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., with whom were Mr. Knapp and Mr. Garth, appeared on behalf of the d efend ants, and said the case stood in a peculiar '730;: ;Won. There was a rule pending relative to the Hi bility of certain vestrymen of Lambeth ' who were indicted w ith the present defendants. If the Court granted a new trial in that case, the two defendealts then present were equally entitled to that benefit, and he submitted that the Court ought not to pass sei stenos on those two defendants until after the rul e was disposed of. There was no precedent for the course proposed by the prosecution. The Lord Chief Justice said that in the event of the Court making the rule absolute for a new trial in the case of the vestrymen, would the prosecution undertake to pledge themselves to enter a nolle prosegui, Mr. Bovill said it was a very important matter. Therd was another indictment pending with regard to the Bi:Yenhead tramway, in which similar points would arise, aesd there was also the case of the elec tric telegraph posts involving a like question. The matter was now before Parliament. There could be no doubt it was a mode of travelling beneficial to the riding public with regard to ease, cheapness, and a saving of time. The Lord Chief Justice said that might be, but if it was useful to some it might be undoubtedly a grievous nuf.sauce to others. Mr. Bovill remanded their lordships that there was no verdict in fact against the other defendants. The Lord Chief Justice asked what was the state of the nuisance. Was it continuing Mr. Chambers said it was, and that accidents were daily occurring. He suggested that the ver dict should be suspended as against the other de fendants. There was no desire to press for a heavy fine against Mr. Train, but only to get the tramway tai lren up. They would be satisfied if Mr. Train would :aster into a rule of court to remove the tram wa bweethis and the next term, and pay all y bet wee.' the costs in the p: nsecamh ti The Lord Chief jus :iee said the difficulty was in . here was no verdict dealing with Mr. Train wk:l6l -(lslets, and the rule entered as against the other delete.. for a now trial was pending. Mr. Chambers again contended that it com petent for the Court to proceed under the circum stances to pass judgment on the two defendants before the Court. Mr. Justice Crompton said that under a writ of prostration the prosecution could not get the costs. Mr. Chambers said they might be got from the Treasury if the Court would intimate that they in tended to pass such a fine upon Mr. Train as would cover them. If Mr. Train would accept the terms offered, he (Mr. Chambers) was willing to abandon the proceedings against the vestrymen. Mr. Justice Crompton said it appeared to him to merge into a question of costs. Mr. Chambers said he understood that in addi tion to the bond given by Mr. Train on permission given to him to lay down the tramway, he had de posited £l,OOO for the vestrymen's costs. Mr. Lush, Q.C., who watched the proceedings for the vestry, said that was for reinstating the road. After some further discussion between the bench and the learned counsel, The Lord Chief Justice said he was of opinion that the Court ought not to pronounce judgment in the present state of the case—it was a matter of discretion for the Court, and he thought they ought to hesitate before making a precedent. Some of the defendants were in this position, that it rested for the Court to say whether the verdict of guilty, or not guilty, should be entered against them. It would, therefore, be very inconvenient that the Court should proceed to pass judgment against the two defendants then before them, more especially as in the event of a new trial being granted on the part of the vestrymen the defen dants Train and Hathaway would be entitled to participate in it. The power, however, was in the hands of the prosecution by entering a nolle pro sequi with reference to the vestrymen, but they de clined to do so, as was obvious—the question of costs intervening. The Court declined to make the precedent asked for, and therefore unless the prose cution entered a nolle prosequi against, the other defendants this case must stand over till the disposal of the rule. Mr. Justice Crompton said he thought the Court might have proceeded to pass sentence on the de fendants, but he thought it better not to do so, con sidering the difficulties that might arise in conse (junco. The other learned judges concurred. Application refust - d. The Lord Chief Justice said that in the event of the case coming again before them, and they were called upon to pronounce judgment, that if it was brought to their knowledge that the nuisance had not been abated, and accidents had occurred in the interval, the Court would take it into their serious consideration with reference to the sentence to be imposed. What had passed was to be without pre judice in any application to be made next term to take the rule out of the new trial paper for imme diate discussion. FIRES IN TILE 111 E TROPOLIS. Yesterday the report from the select committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the existing arrangements for the protection of life an d property a gainst fires in Load )n, was issued from the Parliamentary printing-office. The first 15 paragraphs are occupied with a description of the area covered by the inquiry, and a brief review of the various steps in the development of the ap pliances for extinguishing fires in London. Every witness, including the managers of the brigade, has admitted that the present state of the staff, engines, and stations is totally inadequate for the protection of London from fire. The committee express an opinion that the existing staff of the London Fire Brigade ought to be made available in connection with any new system. After alluding to the bri gades of the dock companies and of some of the parishes, the latter being charged on parochial rates, and eulogising the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, they proceed to notice the arrangements in operation at Liverpool, Manchester, and Glas gow. Their recommendations, after reviewing the various points brought under consideration by the evidence, are as follows :—" That a fire brigade be formed under the superintendence of the Commis sioners of Police, on a scheme to be approved by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to form part of the general establishment of the metro politan police, and that the acts requiring parishes to maintain engines be repealed. 2. That an account of the expenditure of the new police fire brigade be annually laid before Parliament, together with the general police accounts ; in such a manner that the special cost of the brigade may be ascertained. 3. That the area of the new fire brigade arrange ments be confined within the limits of the jurisdic tion of the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the option to other parishes to be included, if within the area of the metropolitan police." The committee further state that "in their opi nion no security can be given by legislation on this important question which would supersede the ne cessity for individual care by the occupiers of houses against the risk of fire ; no precaution can prevent the occurrence of fires, nor can any public measures be enacted which could or should prevent indivi duals from suffering losses from those acts of care lessness from which fires generally arise; public measures can only be of real service in arresting the progress of fires when they occur, and in preventing the enormous losses which arise from allowing a fire to attain to any considerable dimensions. Nor can any legislative enactments be made which would probably prevent the necessity of fire brigades being still maintained at the cost of owners of large pro perties, such as the docks ; it may even be reason ably questioned whether the owners of large pro perties, where goods are peculiarly exposed to risk of fire, ought not to make some special protection for their own property ; for if a system of rating were observed on the same plan as at present exists for county police rates, the property in warehouses would hardly be charged a sufficient rate to entitle them to demand more protection than is afforded generally to other property throughout London ; if a larger degree of expenses was incurred by the new fire brigade especially for their protection, it would be only fair towards other ratepayers that they paid a larger portion of rates so increased for their special protection." THE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. FAVERSHAM, MONDAY EVENING. Another death has been added to the list of those whose lives have been sacrificed by the accident at Ospringe, on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, on Friday last. Mr. Wm. Crockford, of Rochester, whose critical position we noticed yes terday, lingered until half-past 11 o'clock this morn ing, when he expired in the presence of those mem bers of his family who had been summoned. The deceased was perfectly conscious of his approaching end, and spoke to hismedical attendant, Dr. Martin, of Rochester (who arrived this morning only a few minutes before he breathed his last). In addition to representing a large number of his fellow-citizens in the Town Council of Rochester and the Med way Board of Guardians, the deceased was an active member of the Chatham Local Board of Health, and one of the honorary accountants of the Rochester Savings Bank. He had just passed his sixty-third year. With respect to the accident the deceased remembered nothing from the moment the carriages were precipitated down the embankment until some time after his removal to the Anchor Inn, where he died. Al though his foot was completely torn from the ancle and was suspended by a piece of skin, and his arm broken in two places, he did not appear to suffer very acute pain, nor did he complain of any during the time that he lay in a comparatively dying state. The family express themselves in the most grateful terms for the kind attention and sympathy shown the deceased by the officials of the company and the medical gentlemen in attendance, and all classes of the inhabitants of the village, all denominations of Christians promptly offered their consolation and advice, and readily rendered every assistance in their power to the bereaved friends of the deceased. This afternoon, about four o'clock, the county coroner, Mr. Thorpe Delasaux, came over from Canterbury, and made a few inquiries, but did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest on the body of the deceased, as the investigation into the deaths of the two other sufferers would answer the ends of justice. Having examined Mr. Crockford, of Lon don (a nephew of the deceased), as to the identity of the body, and Mr. Hills, as to his being one of the persons injured at the accident, the coroner issued his warrant for the burial. There are a number of labourers still on the line, not far from where the accident happened, appa rently putting the permanent way in order. With regard to the two other sufferers, up to this evening Mr, H. Thompson, the barrister oDublin, who sustained several serious injuries to his face and head, has been pronounced by De. Giraud, of Fa versham, to be progressing favourably. The other principal sufferer, Mr. D. 'Mapleton, the chief audit clerk of the London, Chatham, and l i )over Comp any , i s now cons id ere d to b e out o f Ganger, and will in all probability be able to be re moved in a short time. Colonel Yolland, the Government inspector from the railway department of the board of Trade, has made a minute examination of the line at the scene of the accident in the pres,enceof Mr. Joseph Cubitt, the engineer, Mr. Mills, the resident: engineer, and Mr. Wortley, the locomotive superintendent of the company. The whole of that portion of the line was carefully gone over, and the Government in spector made the broken chairs and trenails the ebie!? points of his observation. It has been pub licly stated that the rottenness of the wooden trenails ' l ' l ' l ' "'urn the chairs to the sleepers was the cause of the accident, bz a:Lowing tt.o isila “k, spot brokento trenails tiir being ex the beds, and that to pre vent the examined ne dthey ; those officials who picked up any of the brok en trenails we re servants o f the company w ho did so at but thew were r fact c t pocketed is that by the effi c i a l s o f the companya the request of Colonel Yolland, in order that they might be preserved for his inspection. It has also been stated t a s where itleas acurve t a he a cci e o f a nto curre d is nhe clmile radius. With respect to the injured metals, chairs, sleepers, &e., the whole of them have been pre served under instructions from Colonel Yolland, and the fragments of the c twing es have been taken into a siding at the Faversham station. It will be re membered that the train was composed of four carriages and a break-van, and that the first car riage (a second class) only left the metals, but did not go down the embankment. Of the next car-. EXTRAORDIB A - Oa Saturday evening Mr. G. S. Brent held an inquest in the Board-room or Chelsea workhouse on the body of Andre Auguste Zetterman, 32 years of age, a Swede, by trade a fancy wood carver, It appeared that shortly nine o'clock on Tuesday even ing, the 29th ult., the deceased, while sm,'lmg a cigar, fixed himself at the window of a tobacco nist's shop, in Sloane-street. There was a woman sitting in the shop, before whom he grossly misbe haved himself. She complained of what had oc curred, when he ran away with his clothes in dis order. A police constable, 341 B, being on the spot, chased him, raising a cry of " Stop thief." Ho ran into Upper George-street, where a young man named Cullen), seeing him coming along t he road, and hearing 019 cry of "Stop thief," ran into the road to catch him. 'While behind him he said, "If you run a mile I'll h.'‘ve you." He put his hand on the deceased's left ehot:lder. When he did so the deceased took something ,out of his trousers pocket, which seemed to Cullen to be a life-preserver, and as the deceased raised his let arnii and appeared about to strike him, the latter bobbed his head. They were still running. At that instant .110 saw a flash and heard a report, and the man dropp:4 down in the road. It all happened in about two minutes after he took up the chase. The constable came up as the man fell. Mr. Geo. Coates, surgeon, of Westbourne-place, Eaton-square, was speedily called, and saw the deceased lying on his face in the road, in a pool of blcod. He was dead. There was a wound in his chest. His shirt was open, es also his trousers. A stretcher was sent for, and the body removed to the police-station, where, upon a search of the clothing being made, an address was found, No. 2, Alderman-walk, and bearing the name as above. The deceased, however, was not known there. There was a document showing that de ceased was a depositor in the Union Bank of Lon don to the amount of nearly £l2O, and 114 10s. in money, A gold watch and appendages were also found on him, with two bottles of crude opium. It was ascertained that the deceased had been formerly convicted of an offence similar to that which had led to his death. Elizabeth Zetterman, of Wynd ham-street, Marylebone-road, identified the body as that of her husband. She was married to him in September last, in Paris. They left London for three dajs for that purpose. She had been in St. Mary's Hospital for a short time, where he visited her. The last time was on the Saturday previous to his death. She used to be afraid of him. He always carried loaded fire-arms. He was not given to drink, but smoked oi:ium, and was very nervous and irritable. Mr. Coates, the surgeon who had made a post mortem examination, stated that death had been caused by a rupture of the heart from a pistol-shot—a rifled bullet. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from rupture of the heart by means of a pistol-shot, but whether that shot was intended for himself or any other person there was not sufficient evidence before them to show," THE BANK OF F.R,4IVCE. The Opinion Pubhque contains the following remarks ou the last monthly account published by the Governer of the Bank of France, which at first sight would appear to show that the directors of that establishment are more liberal in their advances to Bourse speculators than to the commercial com munity :-- _ . " The situation of the Bank of France just published announce two principal facts—the dimi nution of the credit given to commerce, and the increase of credit given to fiaancial transactions. It is remarked, in fact, that the portfolio is diminished by 75,000,000 f., and contains at present only 489,000,000 f., while the advances on Government securities, shares, or bonds have been increased from 214,000,000 f. to 241,000,000 f. It is evident, there fore, that merchants and manufacturers are limiting their business. At this period of the year commer cial transactions are not in general very considera ble. The political crisis in the United States is paralysing our exports to America, and the dulness is consequently more apparent than before the in terruption of commercial relations between the two countries. It cannot be said that it is the rate of discount which prevents merchants from appealing to the Bank. The present terms for the discount of commercial bills are extremely favourable. It appears to us certain that if the Bank directors were to reduce the rate of discount still further the demand for accommodation would not be greater. There is no doubt that commercial bills are scarce, and that the explanation of the diminution of the port folio is to be found in that fact. Neither must it be forgotten that money in the free market is offered at a rate inferior to the official quotation. There is so little opportunity for employing capital that all the discount banks are looking for bills to discount. The bankers keep the bills to discount. The bankers keep the bills they discount, for what service would it be to them to bring them to the Bank of France to convert them into cash ? These considerations are not without their influence on the discount operations of the Bank of France. But what the Bank cannot do in its commercial rela tions it does liberally for the financial market. The Bank directors kr, ow perfectly well how strongly identified the credit of the Government is with all the great interests of theconntry. It consequently assists that credit when circumstances require it. The voluntary conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Government Tentes threw a vast quantity of that stock on the market, and if these securities had 1 emained long floating it would have been difficult for the Re n tes to rise. The great bankers iu order to overcome that difficulty deter mined to accomplish a temporary classification. They deposited in the Bank of France the securities they had purchased, and with the cash advanced on them they made a further reduction in the quantity of floating securities. That was a plan which responded to the true interests of the money- 1 market, and it was the duty of the Bank directors to facilitate the concusion. It was with this cbject that the advances on Government securities werein creased from 142,000,000 f. to 167,000,000 f., and that the advances on shares and bonds were raised from 59,000,000 f. to 64,000,0001. The advances on ingots and specie are reduced from 11,000,000 f. to 10,000,0001. While the cash in hand was in creasing the directors of the Bank, faithful to the principles of .political economy which invariably regulate their conduct, restrained the circulation. This item has diminished by 20,000,000 f., and at present does not represent more than 819,000,000 f. The Treasury account current has decreased from 124,000,000 f. to 104,000,000 f. The private accounts current have diminished 6,000,0001. They still amount to 188,000,000 f. This item gives the mea• ,uro a the enoirneus o r teal which is lying un productive. The profit of the bank since the beginning of the present half-year has reached 1 2,200,000 f. Last month produced 2,100,0001., being rather less then the profit of the preceding weeks." [ ADVEETI SEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.--' Timely Precaution.—N o season is more prolific of disease than the spring, when impure blood and disorderel circu lation set up skin diseases and a host of other maladies, which every one may prevent or mitigate by Holloway's inestimable remedies. The Ointment will speedily remove all cutaneous disfiguration, and exercise a no less salutary influence over all the structures subjacent to the part upon which it is rubbed. Holloway's Pills assist this wholesome action by their purifying and laxative powers; and by re olating and controlling the circulation. No means, here tofore discovered, could exert the same beneficial and healthful ascendancy ever every external and internal organ—as twenty-six years' experience has proved 110110- way's medicines to possess POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--May 12. MANSION-HOUSE. —THE SOLDIERY AND THE POLICE.--Josh. Galway and Patrick Macdonald, privates in the 3d Buffs, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with being drunk and creat ing a disturbance, and likewise with assaulting the police-constables in the execution of their duty. The latter prisoner's head was bandaged up, and his coat was covered with blood. It appeared from the evidence of several police constables that the prisoner Galway with a number of other soldiers were standing on the footway in Tower-street, in company with several women, and were creating a great disturbance. Police-constable Brown, 531, went to them, and told them to go away, when Galway turned round and, making use of very bad language, said " I'll give you some thing," and at the same time rushed at him, and struck him a violent blow in the chest. He then caught him round the body and tried to throw him down. They struggled together, and in the scuffle fell several times. Another constable came to his assistance, when one of the prisoner's companions pulled Brown away, and told Galway to run, which he did, and the constable 513, who had just arrived, ran after him and caught him. Brown was coming up to take hold of him again, when he kicked him violently on the knee. The constable 513 was then pulled down by the prisoner's companions, and Galway fell on his chest. At the same time some one from behind kicked him in the eye. (The officer's eye was very much bruised.) Police-constable 516 then came to the spot, and proceeded to the rescue of his comrades, with his truncheon in his hand, when Macdonald wrenched it from him, and was abort to strike him over the head with it, when Brown, seeing what he was about, drew Lis staff, and made a blow at Maciionald's arm, intending to knock the truncheon from his hand ; instead of hitting'his arm, however, the staff caught him on the head. One of the constables then went to Seething-lane station to procure assistance, and while he was gone the picket came up, and the sergeant, instead of assisting the police, ordered the men to draw their bayonets, and force a passage, and bring back the: prisoners, who by this time WE re being conveyed to the station. There was imme diately a cry of " Draw bayonets, off belts, lads, don't let them take one away." The bayonets were immediately drawn, and the officer drew his sword. By this time, however, some more constab!es had arrived, with Sergeant Mosely at their head, and forming in a line opposite the soldiers, beat them off as well as they could with their truncheons ; but the soldiers were getting the better of them, and one of the officers ex pressed his belief that some of them would have lost thdr lives had it not baen for another ser geant of the regiment arriving at the time, and who gave the order "To the right face," and told them to put " those things" away, alluding to the bayonets, upon which they all marched back to the Tower, and the officer who told them to draw bayonets was immediately put. under arrest, and the two prisoners were conveyed to the station. It appeered, hnwever, that, neither of the prisoners had a bayonet, nor did they use their belts; but they were both drunk at the time. When asked what they had to say in answer to the charge, Galway said he was not drunk, he had only had "two pots of beer," and s .id that the police-con stable went up to a guardsman whom he was walk ing with, and asked him to treat him, and seid they did not want such a little short as he (Galway) with them, upon which he, not liking the manner i n Ne l:ich he was alluded to by the policeman, asked him what he meant, and told him to go about his business. The constable then pushed him, and he pushed him back again. A second constable arrived, and asked what was the matter, and the other said he was making a disturbance, upon which the second constable said " Why don't you take him," and immediately caught him by the neck. The prisoner Macdonald said he was standing quietly looking at the row, when the constables came and interfered with him. The Lord Mayor gehtenoed ealway to fourteen days' imprisonment with bird labour, and Mac donald, he said, had got a knock on the head, which le should look upon as part punishment, end lien tel./cc(' him to seven days, with hard. lobc,ur, A TIIEA2RI(AL .DISPUTE. The Bow-street police court was crowded, yes terday, by gentlemen of the theatrical pro fession, it having been understood that the re cent paper war between two of their body relative to the piece entitled " Friends or Foes ? " had re sulted in proceedings here. Mr. Horace Wigan, the well-known comedian and dramatic author, appeared before Mr. Henry to answer a summons at the instance of Mr. George Vining, manager of the Theatre Royal St. James's, charging him with having written and sent to Mr. Vining a letter containing threats and leaguago calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr. Edward Besley was counsel for the defence. Mr. Vining, upon entering the witness43ox, ad. dressed the magistrate as follows the time I applied for the summons, I told your worship of my desire and hope that it might be withdrawn. I have since taken every step and used every effort in my power to bring the matter to an amicable arrangement, and I am sorry to say that I have failed. I was willing to refer the matter to arbitra tion of two gentlemen ; one to be appointed by Mr. Wigan and one by myself, with a third to be elected by the two. Mr. Henry (addressing Mr. Besley)—Do not you think that might be done now. ? Mr. Besley—lt will be necessary for me to make a few observations, or else the case must go on. Mr. Henry—A letter was written to Mr. Vining by Mr. Wigan. Without stating what was in that letter, I would ask you whether you have seen it, and have considered its contents ? Mr. Besley—l have a copy of it, as I am informed. Let roe observe that Mr. Wigan stands in this posi tion, that it is well known that this summons has been taken out. He has no objection to that letter being published. Mr. Henry—Have you looked at the last sen tence P Mr. Besley—Yes, Sir. You allude to this : " If you decline doing as I request"—that is, offer ing an apology—" you will compel me to take the earliest opportunity of demonstrating to you in a very unpleasant manner my sense of your conduct." That might mean that he would take proceedings in the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Henry—Do you think a jury would draw that inference Mr. Besley—l have no doubt that the grand jury would find a true bill, upon a criminal information for libel, on the letter of Mr. Vining's which ap peared in the Era newspaper. Mr. Vining—l saw my solicitor on Saturday, and he taw. me— M r . Besley—You cannot tell us what your solici tor said. Mr. Vining—Then allow me to say that, having failed to see Mr. Wigan on Saturday, I wrote yes terday a letter to him, of which I have here a copy. Mr. Vining proceeded to read the letter in ques tion, to the effect that it would be a pity to carry the matter into a police court; that his only object in doing so was to " annul" the threat; asking why Mr. Wigan should not do so himself, and offering to withdraw the summons if he would do so. The letter concluded with a proposition to refer the mat ter to arbitration, so that all the particulars might be fairly discussed, and a satisfactory settlement arrived at, which it was impossible to effect by a physical contest, es "blows were no argument." Mr. Vining now again urged that before arbitra tors the whole matter could be discussed more fully and more fairly than even at this court. Mr. Henry (to Mr. Besley)—Do you not think that course might be adopted even now, if the mat ter were referred to some mutual friends' Mr. Besley—l feel that I should be putting Mr. Wigan in a false position. He wrote a very tem perate letter to the Era, pointing out what he thought he had a right to complein of in the con duct of Mr. Vining. In answer to that Air. Vining publishes a letter in which I suppose the accents, notes of admiration, and italics are his own, stating, with all the emphasis of which print is capable, that Mr. Wigan's assertions are opposed to the truth. Now, Sir, that is a very grave representation ; and as in the present state of the law it is not customary for gentlemen to resort to force, Mr. Wigan has no course but to proceed against Mr. Vining for libel. Mr. Henry—He might have done that, and if he had this summons would never have issued. Mr. Besley—Mr. Vining came here, I presume, prepared to state that he goes in bodily fear. I shall be very much surprised if he does say so, for I think there is nothing in that letter which should excite such apprehensions in the mind of a gentlo• man in Mr. Vining's position. Mr. Henry—l entirely differ from you. I think that last sentence is a threat. Mr. Begley said his client would prefer that the case should proceed, and he (Mr. Besley) thought it could only terminate in the summons being dis missed. Mr, Henry—l think you are mistaken there. You will have difficulty to persuade me that this letter does not contain threats. I should certainly not hesitate to send the case before a jury. Mr. Vining said that if the effect of the corres pondence in the Era was to form part of the pre• sent discussion, he hoped the magistrate would look at the " temperate letter," as the. learned counsel called it, which had provoked his reply. In that reply, however, he had not wished to impute wilful falsehood to Mr. Wigan, but merely that he w as labouring under an erroneous impression. That this was his meaning was clear from a passage in which he said, " I was calm and Mr. Wigan was env y— might he not be mistaken P" Mr. Besley said that, unfortunately for this ex planation, the letter contained ,other offensive ex pressions, describing Mr. Wigan as one of a set of " dramatic harpies," &c. Mr. Vining did not intend to apply that expres sion to Mr. Wigan, unless it might be considered as applying generally to dramatic authors who trans hied from the French, in which case he himself would come within the category. (A laugh.) He also explained some other expressions which had been referred to by Mr. Besley. If any.part of his letter was supposed to impute wilful falsehood to Mr. Wigan he was ready to retract it. Mr. Henry—l cannot express any opinion as to who was right or who was wrong in writing these letters in the Era. I have only to do with the threat contained in the last sentence of Mr.Wigan's letter to Mr. Vining. I would again recommend you to leave the matter to the decision of mutual friends—persons well acquainted with the subjects alluded to in the letters, and with the position and character of both parties. Ir. such an arbitration the whole of the contents of those letters in the Era would be gone into, and some decision could be arrived at as to what expressions either party ought to retract or apologise fo . e. I cannot do that for you. Mr. Besley —I am very loth to take any course which would leave Mr.Wigan under the imputation that even in anger, or at any time, he has stated that which is false. Mr. Henry--Mr. Vining is ready to retract any imputation if a mutual friend says he ought to do so. It might save a great deal of litigation. Mr. Besley—Mr. Wigan would prefer going on with the cue. He feels most keenly, that though he is here nominally as defendant, the peace has really been broken on' the other side. To a mild and temperate letter Mr. Vining has replied by a low and scurrilous letter. Mr. Henry—Suppose that to be so. It would not justify threats of personal violence. Mr. Thsley said tho "unpleasant demonstration" need not necessarily be of a pugilistic character. If Mr. Wigan had laid a criminal infovm.tion .f that would ba a " deuionstratieu" anything bat pleasant to Mr. Vining. He contended flint there was no threat, and if Mr. Vining were called, he (Mr. Ilesley) would cross-examine him as to his delusion that any violence was intended. Mr. Vining was then called and sworn. Ho pro duced the following letter which he had received from Mr. Wigaii "208, Euston-road, May 5, 1862. "Sir,--I waited on you this morning, at the St. James's 1 heatre, with a friend, for the purpose of receiving an apology for, and retractation of, the offensive expressions used by you in a letter to the editor of the Era, of Satur day last. I was told that you were too busy to see me then, and on my asking when you would be at leisure, I was told you were too busy to be able to say when you could see me. I now insist upon an apology, and if you decline, you will compel me to take the earliest opportunity of de monstrating to you in a very unpleasant manner my sons© of your conduct.—l remain, sir, yours, &e., " IlonAcE WIGAN. Mr. Vining. nhApr.vorl that he hart ttnt an.;rc,‘l one to say he was too busy to be able to make an appointment, but he certainly was too busy to aff or d Mr. Wigan an interview on that clay, as he was occupied with preparations for a new piece, and Mr. Wigan must know from his own proessional experience that this was a good and sufficient reason. Mr. Vining was then cross-examined by Mr. Besley—Received the letter dated the oth On the 6th inst., and I came to the magistrate on the next day. During that time I apprehended an attack I do not see any other construction to be put on the words of the letter. I do not say that I am good bor er , an d I am a goo d afraid. He is a tolerably strong man, an d I am f t e h n e c s r r acn; he d physical c on t es t b e t ween us , h i i s n k a a rather both would be a be angry an both determined, would be d formidable matter. I fear no thing, but I would rather when avoid a scene which would be toboth f 1 disgrace u of us. As manager of the St. James's, I am responsible for the mainte nance of good orde r there ? and how could I counsel younger men to exercise self-control if I myself wil ling,y consented to engßge in a brawl. Il?sley said it was necessary in such proceed ings that tix threat should not be conditional. Here it was "if you don't apologise." Mr. Henry—ln such cases it always is conditional. Mr. Besley—But the contingency is removed. Mr. Vining has apologised. Mr. Vining—No. I say I will refer to mutual friends, and if they say I ought to apologise, I will. Mr. I3esley—You say you do not impute wilful untruth Mr. Vining—Certainly. I never did impute it. Mr. Besley —I call that an apology, and it puts an end to the contingency on which the threat rested. Mr. Henry—Well, I think Mr. Wigan must be bound over to keep the peace for twelve months, in two sureties of £4O, and his own recognisances of £BO. Mr. Vining—Now that I no longer rest under the threat, I am willing to say— Mr. llenry—You need not say anything. Bail was provided, and the parties left the court. 111 E EDINBURGH 2LIIE-GUIV. The time-gun at Edinburgh Castle has now continued for nearly a year regularly to announce the precise instant of one o'clock Greenwich time, and it may now be regarded as a completely successful experiment. As formerly noticed in The Sun, the gun is discharged by a simple piece of mechanism attached to a clock at the battery. This clock is regulated and controlled by the clock of the Royal Obser vatory on the Calton-hill, which is carefully adjusted to Greenwich time by astronomical observations made from hour to hour. The two clocks are kept en rapport, so to speak, by means of an electric wire suspended in one strain over the valley between the Old and New Town, the dis tance from the Castle to the Calton-hill being about three quarters of a mile. Simultaneously with the audible signal, a large time-ball on the summit of Nelson's Monument drops. The flash of the gun and the fall of the time-ball of course communicate the exact second, at whatever distance the state of the atmosphere may render them visible, but allowance has to be made according to distance for report of the time-gun. Thus, on the top of Arthur Seat seven seconds elapse before it is heard, and at the shipping ports of Leith and Granton 11 or 12. On the Edinburgh and Leith Directory map circles are traced showing the dis tances reached by the report at each successive second up to 13 ; but as, notwithstanding the small charge of powder employed (only 41b., not to render the effect too startling to inhabitants residing near the Castle), the gun is audible at even above 20 miles' distance in quiet weather, it has been propose] to issue certain sheets of the Ordnance Survey maps with five. second circles marked. According to a paper lately read before the Royal Scottish Society of Arts by Mr. Daniel Campbell, forester at Wemyss Castle, Fife , shire, the report is distinctly heard along the opposite shores of the Firth of Forth ; it penetrates to the centre of the Fife peninsula, the clocks in Markinch, 21 miles dis tant, being regulated by the gun. A good deal of corro borative testimony has been obtained to the effect that the report is even heard near Fifeness, and Mr. Hewat, the originator of the scheme, states that he has heard it at Dun bar, on the south shore of the Forth, 28 miles from Edin burgh. Mr. Campbell, in his paper, proposed that railway companies and town-councils should unite to plant time guns over the country in prominent situations, at probably 20 miles' distance from each other. This idea is somewhat too far-sighted, but the success of the Edinburgh gun has led to numerous proposals to establish audible signals else where, and various suggest'ons have also been made for the improvement or m , dification of the mechanism employed. The subject has been brought under the notice of the Tyne Commissioners, and in the Clyde it has been suggested that a time-gun should be fired from Dumbarton Castle, which would conveniently give the signal to the Greenock ship ping. It may be mentioned that, apart from the abortive trials of the first two days, the Edinburgh gun has failed in only one, or probably two instances. The mechanical ar rangements have worked remarkably well, and probably the only risk which cannot he effectually guarded against is a defective fuze, but this is of very rare occurrence. The gun is fired daily, excepting Sundays and days set apart for public worship, such as the sacramental fast days and Good Friday. By the inhabitants of Edinburgh the time-gun is regarded as a great benefit ; and as the report is heard on the streets, in places of business, or in public meetings, all conversation is stopped for the moment till every one ascer tains that his watch is keeping time. COUN2RI MARKI42IS'. ~,,, COLCHESTER-MAv 10. A good supply of wheat, but the business done was slow at is per qr decline. Barley rather cheaper. Beans fully as dear. No peas. Wheat, white 58s 62s Beans,Mazagan..3ss 36s red 56s 6os middle & small.37s 40s Barley Oats IRD-MAY 9. -day, which met with a slow ay 2s per qr below late prices. E'eas, Partridge 378 418 White 398 42s Bonin ; . 4ls 44s Dun 36s 40s Ditto new —B —s Beans, Tick, old 33s 38s new 33s 38s Harrow Ticks 37s 43s new-35s 408 Mazagan 3ls 41s CIIELMSF , A good supply of wheat tc trade, and may be quoted ful All Spring corn firm, Wheat, old white...24s 57s new ..43s 64s old red....23s 49s new 48s 60s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier 3oa 428 Grinding 24s 32s Malt.... Chevalier . ..... >64s 69s Oats 23s 308 GLOUCESTER-MAY 10. A small supply of farmers' wheat, which, to effect sales, was is per qr cheaper. Foreign in retail demand, and is decline. Barley firm. Oats nominal. Beans were very dull. KIRKCALDY GRAIN-MAY 10. We had fine supplies to day of wheat and oats, and small of barley. Sales for wheat at is to 2s lower. Oats and barley at late rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....3ls Od 2os Od I 20s Od Second —44 s Oct 22s Od 22s Oct Third....62s Oct 33s Oct 26s Od COAL Al (Trims of Coal per Ton a' s. d. Middle's West Hartley 15 9 Byass's Baside West Hartley ....15 9 Wylam ..15 6 Cerway and Duifryn Malting .ARKET. b the close of the markEt Walls End. e. d. • Eden 15 0 Trimdon Hartlepool l5 9 Acorn Close ..15 0 K elloe South Kelloe. l5 6 Framweligate 15 0 Heugh Hail 15 0 Caradoc ...15 6 Brrddyll's Hetton 15 6 Hetton .. l6 6 Trimdon Thornley 14 6 Keiper Grange.... l5 0 Stewart's.... l6 0 Cassop l5 6 Do. "Anthracite 21 6 Craighead Steam 14 0 llasting,s llartley l5 9 \\Talker Primrose 12 6 Eden Main .....15 0 Walls End. Hartlepool.. l6 0 South Hett on ...16 6 Birehgrove Graigola ..17 6 Ships at mark( ;t, 67 ; son, 43. FaREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 13. iirazil and Cape Vcrds, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpton May 19. via Marseilles May 13. Falldand Islands .. .. .. June 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. -- . - via Marseilles May 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 26. via Marseilles May 20. Lisbon May 11. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton May 19, via Marseilles May 14. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. May 11. U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet May 14. . _ 'by U.S. packet by Canadianpacket.May 14. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife... -- - - l'i'J' 11 BainlnlnA. vi. N.m'v - L. Mexico _ _ . - All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j Ality 14. California, and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. BELCIIER.—On the 12th inst., at 32, Warwick- square, the wife of the F.Lev. Brymer Belcher, of a son. CuunEY.—On the 11th inst., at Mailing, Sussex, the wife of Edmund C. Currey, of a eon. GORE —On the 11th inst., at Scarsdale House, Kensington, the wife of A. F. Wentworth Gore, Esq., prematurely. of a son. SHAKESPEAR.—On the 11th inst., at Sandgate, the wife of Lieu.-Col. Shakespear, R.A ~ of a son. MARRIAGES. PEPPER—LITTLEWOOD.—On the 10th inst - , at St. Marga ret's, Lee, Frederic Pepper, Esq., of blessington-road, Lee, to Mary James, eldest daughter of the late Hutton A. Littlewood, Esq., of Islington. SCIILOTEL C00N..-012 the 10th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath. Frederick Schlott. Es. of the Stock Exchange, London, to Emma, th.J second . daughter of nonerc uootc, Esq., of Bath. DEATHS. BILL —On the 10th inst., at Clifton, Richard Ball, Eses aged 69. BILLING.—On the 9th inst., at Hope, Derbyshire, W. 11. Billing, E;q , late of ILM.'s Customs, London, aged 70. DAVISON,—On the 7th inst., at Brampton, Capt. Davison, aged 81. DON.—On WednoAay, 19th March, at Hobart-town, Mr. rt oad. Phillips, of Po:B. Joseph r Tasmania, Sir William Don, Bart., aged 36. PHILLirs.43 —n l ' he ot -I, e l n th ha i m u n s . t e , o , G E °dg .- 1- O st n reet,r the 10th inst., at Halstead-place, Kent, D. Power, Efq., Q.C., aged 45. WILLIAms.—On the 10:h inst., at The Butts, New Brent ford, Roger Williams, Esq., aged 81. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Aliddleoex t —Tuesday, Blay 13, 1862. r - I