The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

= PERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS -YESTERDAY. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway; the Leeds, Brad. ford, and Halifax Junction Railway; and the East Glou. cestershire Railway Bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction and Dundee and Newtyle Railway, the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (Towlaw and Crook), and the Edinburgh Roads and Streets Bills were read a third time and passed. MUMBEE'S DIVORCE BILL. The report of the amendments in this bill were brought up. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from certain landowners, road trustees, and others, complaining of the injury done to their property by the erecting of electric telegraphs thereon. The petitioners prayed that some general legislation might take place, and that compensation might be awarded where it was proved injury had been done. Ile thought the subject of the petition well worthy of the deepest consideration, as the longer the question of the right to erect these telegraphs was delayed the more difficult it would be to provide a remedy. Lord HATHERTON supported the prayer of the peti tion. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that in the first instance these electric telegraph companies had been content to erect these telegraphs along lines of railways and canals, giving to railway companies the light to use one wire for the privilege, and, in the case of the canals, entering into some sort of agreement for the privilege ; but lately a great deal of injury had been done to private property by the erec tion of telegraphs thereon. The fact was, very extensive powers had been given in private bills, going in some in stances the length of allowing parties to enter private propert? , without even the consent of the owners. He thought it was desirable that s o me measure oug ht to be introduced with a view of laying down some general principle for the government of these companies. On the motion of the Earl of ST. GERMANS, the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third reading : Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphinton Railway; London and South Western Railway (additional powers.) The following bills were read a third time and passed : Ashborne and Belper Road—Cheadle Roads—Dundee Water—llatfield and Saint Alban's Railway —Kent Water —North Eastern Railway (Blaydon) ; and Vale of Clwyd Railway. THE BALLOT. BERKELEY presented petitions from the inha bitants of Bristol and elsewhere in faveur of taking votes at elections by ballot. CHURCH RATES. Mr. S. ESTCOURT gave notice that he would make a motion to the effect that steps should be adopted to settle the disputed' question of church rates. (Hear, hear, and laughter). SUPPORT OF PAUPER LUNATICS IN DUBLIN. Sir E. GROGAN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he had received a statement from the Lord Mayor and Muni cipal Council of Dublin, on Sept. 29, 1861, praying that the citizens of Dublin might be relieved from the support of lunatics not belonging to the Dublin district, and that addi tional governors for the Richmond Lunatic Asylum might be selected from the Municipal Council ? Sir R. PEEL said that he had received some communi cation on the subject in question, but he did not consider that there were any circumstances in the case of Dublin district that required such exceptional regulations as those suggested by the hon. member. MR. JUSTICE BOOTHBY. - - Mr. CHILDERS asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies what action her Majesty's Government had taken in regard to the petitions from both houses of Parlia ment in South Australia, praying her Majesty to remove Mr. Justice Boothby from the bench of South Australia ; and whether there would be any objection to produce the correspondence between Go vernor M'Donnell and the Duke of Newcastle, on the sub ject of those petitions ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that his noble friend at the head of the foreign department had received papers on the subjecf, and that a selection of these documents would be made and presented to thelouse. DISTRESS IN IRELAND, Mr. MAGUIRE drew the attention of the house to the distress prevailing in the south-west of Ireland. He said that cases of the most harrowing description occurred in the district to which he referred. (The hon. member then cited several cases of distress in Skibbereen and other parts of the south-west of Ireland, and inferred from them a general statement as to the destitution of the district in question. Sir R. PEEL said that the Government had adopted all the means in their power to ascertain the actual state of the south-west of Ireland, and from the result of that in quiry they were satisfied that the statements of the hon, member (Mr. Maguire) were very much exaggerated. There was much exaggeration in reference to Irish matters. He thought the house should place more reliance on the information obtained by Government than any o bt a i ne d b y agents for newspapers, upon Which the hon. member (Mr. Maguire) relied in the statement he had made to the house. He repeated that he much regretted the distress that pre vailed in the south-west of Ireland, but he was happy to inform the house that in that part of Ireland the green and cereal crops were in a very prosperous condition. He did not deny that distress existed in Ireland, but he con tended that, contrasting the state of the country some years ago with its present state, there was an im provement. He strongly deprecated placing implicit reliance on the reports in Irish newspapers as to the condi tion of Ireland, as they were generally too highly coloured and founded on inaccurate information. PUNISHMENT IN CASES OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE. Sir M. PETO called the attention of the house to this subject. He said that the punishments inflicted by magis trates for this class of offences were most capricious. In some cases they were deservedly severe, and in others they were strangely light. Looking at the importance of the subject he thought it was a matter that should be taken up by the Government. Sir G. GREY said that the law necessarily placed con siderable discretion in the hands of the magistrates, and he did not think that, in reference to the general question involved, it was necessary to go into the particular cases cited by the hon. baronet (Sir M. Pete). EXPENDITURE ON NATIONAL DEFENCES. Sir It. CLIFTON drew the attention of the house to the immense expenditure for national defences in time of peace, and moved for papers respecting the armaments of France. would LouIrdPALMERSTON said that no thinking person for a moment suppose that, in the present state of the continent of Europe, this country should be deficient in military and naval preparations. He denied that he had exaggerated the forces of the Emperor of the French; but while he had no objection to produce extracts from French official documents, he could not undertake to communicate confidential reports to the house. LONGFORD ELECTION Cul. GRE VILLE called attentiontothe.withdrawal of the Longford election petition, and to the statement made by Sir R. Peel some weeks ago to the effect that thatelection presented a scene of violence and intimid a ti on fied the Government in employing a considerable which military and police. He himself was pr esent on the mtore e ojd o uy c s e t a ei - -f sion, and never saw an election conducted in orderly manner—and he called upon the Chief Secretary either to sub s t an ti a t e the charge or admit th a t h e was e taken. Th e hon. mem b er th en m o ve d f or papers relating to the Pro cee di ngs in Longfor d a t th e l as t e l ec ti on. - Sir It. PEEL observed that the statement he had made was founded upon the information which had then reached him, and which he believed, and several members of the house blew, to be founded on fact. He had been informed that but for the intimidation resorted to on the occasion Colonel White would have been returned by a majority of 30 ). In one instance, 25 of Colonel White's supporters assembled at a place called Arvagh, the night before the election, where they were attacked by a mob of 600 persons, headed by a priest, and all but two were prevented from re cording their votes. It was true the petition had been with drawn ; but he was of opinion that if it had been prosecuted the case would have been made out to satisfy the require ments of the act of Parliament. He declined to produce the correspondence. Lord R. CECIL considered that the character and dignity of the house were involved in the question. He thought that when a Minister of the Crown from his place in Par liament made charges affecting any portion cf her Majesty's subjects, he was bound to substantiate his assertions when they were denied, by r roducing the documentary evidence on which his statements rested. Mr. NEWDEGATE did not see what the electors of Longford had to complain of; inasmuch es, but for the I:hreactantiona taken by th e G overnment, i t was no t quite clear would have h a d a f ree e l ect i on. If the executive had nth:adoptcd these precautions they would have been inexcusable. After some observations from Major O'REILLY, Mr. CONOLLY denounced the motion as a muck run by a certain section of th e Irish members against the Chief Secretary. Sir G. GREY defended the of the Government to withhold the papers, u were confidential. In the course of the diseussionb.i ellohlialiociel rowed, Mr. Mon son, Mr. Lefroy, and Lord C. - Hatnilt end d the house. Lord PALMERSTON said it was hisresBefi rra convi ct ion the that great violence and intimidation had prevailed at late Longford election, though perhaps not more than at many other elections which he could name, It would be njurious to the public service to produce and publish re ports received from the constabulary on the subject. Upon a division the motion was negatived by 114 to 32. WASTE LANDS IN INDIA. Mr. SMOLLETT drew attention to the resolutions of the 1 Governor-General of India in Council, pi omulgated in October last, and the papers and minutes on which they were framed, the first authorising the sale of waste lands in perpetuity, and the second permitting the redemption of the land revenues in certain cases, and inquired if the Govern ment had any objection to lay them on the table. Sir C. WOOD said there was no objection to produce the papers. The measures referred to did not go the length to which they ought perhaps, but he did not see how they could have gone further, because they announced that all lands which were properly waste should be saleable in India. He could not say he approved of all the details, and admitted that the resolutions did not take sufficient care to preserve the rights of persons having a limited occupation. If the rights of the ryots had been ascertained in Bengal, as they had been in North-Western India, he believed that one half of the disputes which had arisen there would never have Leen heard of. The whole subject was, however, under the consideration of hi m s e lf a nd the Council for India, SMOOTH BORE AND RIFLED GUNS. Sir F. SMITH asked whether any experiments had been tried to ascertain the effect of the most powerful smooth bore and rifled guns on the section of the Warrior, or any other target, at ranges about equal to half the interval be tween the proposed Spithead forts ; and, if not, whether orders would be given to have such experiments forthwith made. _ Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that several experiments had been made at Shoeburyness, but none as yet at a distance of 1,000 yards. It was the wish of Government that trials of the most complete kind should be made with a view to test the value of new inventions, and he admitted that it might be desirable to make such an experiment as the one suggested. Mr. OSBORNE tilted a lance at the Secretary to the Admiralty, in the interest of Capt. Cowper Coles and his cupola shield, observing that the gallant captain came be fore the public not as an officer on full pay, but as an in ventor who had not been treated with the greatest conside ration by a public department. Capt. Coles had been put on full pay against his own desire, and received neither sea time nor command money. He had been kept seven years Waiting to have his invention considered, and he might have sold it over and over again had ho not been deterred by his patriotism. The hon. member then described some experiments recently made at Shoeburyness with the Arm strong gun, from which he inferred that notwithstanding the expenditure of two millions of money on that weapon, it was by no means so perfect as was represented ; and that after all the best gun we had was the old 68-pounder smooth bore. Sir J. HAY stated that he had witnessed these experi ments, and although the damage inflicted on the target was not so great as had been expected, the Armstrong gun was still the most pert ect description of artillery that had yet been constructed. - Lord C. PAGET having repeated his statement of a former night as to the relations of Capt. Cowper Coles and the Admiralty, The house went into committee of supply on the civil service estimates, and was occupied for a considerable time in the discussion of the vote for education in Ireland. Ultimately the vote was agreed to, and the Chairman re ported progress. The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS AT ALDERSHOT. Yesterday morning the Japanese Ambassadors, accompanied by Mr. Macdonald, the attache to the Embassy, were present at a review and sham fight, given expressly for their entertainment at Alder shot. It was originally intended that they should have arrived at the Farnborough station at 11 o'clock, at which hour everything was in readiness for their reception, when a telegram was received stating that they had missed the train, and must not be expected until 12. On their arrival by the later train they were received by Colonel Clif ford, Sir Alfred Horsford, the Deputy Adjutant- General ; and Major Paget Bayly, who conducted them to the three carriages which were in waiting to convey them to the ground where the review was to take place ; an escort of the 9th Laneers, com manded by Lieut. Erskine, accompanying them. During the early part of the morning the usual English fete weather prevailed ; the silvery white sand peculiar to the spot, mingled with a drizzling rain, being whirled in clouds across the desolate moor by a bitterly cold wind. Notwithstanding the state of the weather, numbers of ladies were present, both on horseback and in carriages. Under these rather unfavourable circumstances the review commenced. The ambassadors were stationed on a rising ground which commanded a view of the Long Valley where the sham fight was to take place. The troops, con sisting of 5,933 infantry, 1,079 cavalry, and 518 men of the Royal Artillery, with 30 Armstrong guns, were under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.B. The movements com menced by the troops marching past in the following order :—The A, B, and J batteries of the Royal Horse Brigade, the A and B batteries of the 4th Brigade, at a walk ; the 9th, 12th, and 13th, and 16th Lancers, also at a walk ; the 2d battalion of the Ist Regiment of Infantry, the Ist battalion of the sth Regiment, the Ist battalion of the Bth Re giment, and the 61st Regiment, marched past by companies in quick time, each brigade preceded by its bands and staff. The infantry then retired over Eelmore-hill, and formed in order of battle in line of contiguous columns, while the cavalry galloped past left in front. In the sham fight which then commenced the enemy were supposed to have ad vanced from Odiham, with the view of attacking the camp, and to have come into position with their left on Pyestock Ridges by the Basingstoke Canal, their centre upon Cocked-hat Hill, and their right in Bicklay Copse. The object of the troops was to turn the left flank of the enemy, and thus to pre vent his advance in the direction of London. To effect this the whole of the artillery were placed in line directly opposite to the supposed position of the enemy, the infantry being brigaded in a line of contiguous close columns in the hollow in rear of ' the artillery. The 9th Lancers were drawn up in rear of the centre of the line, and the 12th and 1611 in rear of its left. A cloud of skirmishers was ad vanced into the plain, covered by the guns, which had already opened fire. The brigade on the right then advanced against the enemy's left, and made them retreat, the skirmishers of the centre brigade meanwhile clearing the small wood on Cocked-hat Hill of the force whieh occupied it, thus com pelling the enemy to throw their left back and retreat upon Hungry-hill. During the action the 9th Lancers followed to support in rear of the left of the brigade on the right, and charged to their front when this brigade had dislodged the enemy's left from the heights of Pyestock, in order to cut them off whilst retreating. The brigade having changed its front to the left, the cavalry regiments remained in rear of its right in order to protect that flank, and advanced in their support up to Beckley copse. Meanwhile, while the centre brigade had succeeded in forcing the centre of the enemy's posi- tion, the 12th and 16th Lancers made two brilliant charges in succession on the open, and then re formed in front of the enemy's extreme right, caus ing kim to beat a retreat upon the rising ground below th e l e f t o f C resar ' s-camp. Th e secon d b r i ga d e h av itg, in conformity with the movements of the first brigade, changed its front to the left, and effectually seeured a position on Cocked Hat..hill, some theguns were brought up at a rapid pace across plain from their original position, and played upon th e wood in whi ch the enemy was concealed. The enemy heavily en order the left, whi c h h a d a l so changed its f ront, in lample time to r e ti re upon to gi ve hi s l e f t an d centre on Hungry-hill. Skirmiasand make good his position ad vanced against his right ; an er a s th yvere therefore form ing squares, were aided b y a repetition ey,suddenly by the 12th and 16th Lancers, Nvh of charges former charges remained in resoehad since their the left of the infantry. The left brigade, hi rear of while, advanced in support of t _ga . de, mean skirmishers, and the cavalry was thug line of enabled to fall back in rear of its l e ft, l eav i ng the inf antry to farce the enemy back up on the crest of the e ort i. fled hill, known as Caner's-camp, in possession of which it was deemed expedient to leave them, -as it was now half-past three o'clock. The charge s o f the cavalry were brilliant, and the movements and fi r ing of the infantry excellent, whilst the rapidity with which the Armstrong guns were loaded and fired showed how much more formidable they must be in serious warfare than the now nearly obsolete old-fashioned muzzle-loading fi e ld pieces. The palm for bravery and dogged determination, how ever, must be given to the spectators, who defended every hill with dauntless resolution, regardless of Tolley after volley that was poured into them at 50 yarda range, until they were at length surrounded THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, EVENING, MAY 24, 1862. - and compelled to retain their position to the end of the fight. During the engagement the wind mo derated, and as the troops were returning the sun broke through the clouds and enlivened the scene. Two of the Japanese attendants were busily em ployed sketching the proceedings. The ambassadors were then conducted to the mess-room of the 9th Lancers, where luncheon was prepared, to which upwards of 70 sat down, among whom were Lieut.-General Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., commanding the division; Major-General LordG. Paget, C. 8., Lieut.-Col. W. Drysdale, commanding 9th Lancers, Major -Gen. B. Taylor, Brigadier-General W. G. Brown, Brigadier-General F. P. Haines, Colonel G. Gambier, C. 8., Colonel 1 : J, L. A. Simmonds, C. 8., Captain Boyle, aide , de - camp, Major Paget Bayly, Colonel J. W. . Armstrong, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. M. - Havelock, Bart., Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. H. Ca ' ford, Capt. A. P. Garlies, Capt. It. T. Godman Lieut.-Col, T, G. A. Oakes, Col. C. Dickson, Major M‘Lean, Capt. C. P. Pemberton, Lieut.-Col. Far rington, Lieut. H. B, Savory, aide-de-camp, Lieut.- Col. English, C. 8., Lieut. W. Arbuthnot, aide-de camp, Lieut.-Col. T. Lightfoot, C. 8., two French general officers, and the officers of the regiment. The two principal ambassadors sat on the tight and left of Col. Drysdale, Gen. Pennefather being seated on the other side of one, and Lord G. Paget by the side of the other. The Japanese ate plentifully, especially of shell-fish, hut they appear to have given up drinking warm water with their food, and have become so far civilised as to drink iced champagne out of tumblers, and instead of eating raw fish they appeared well satisfied with turtle and salmon. After each dish they carefully sucked their fingers, and concluded by wiping them with a napkin. In stead of using a handkerchief for their noses they made use of small pieces of paper, which were then carefully deposited in their breast pockets. Before lostving thoy dooirod Mr. Maodonala to tender their thanks to the colonel and officers of the regiment for their kind hospitality, and, to express to them how much they had appreciated the scene they had witnessed during the day. It transpired that they had been very much struck with the rapid movement of the guns when they were galloped past, and with the rapidity of the firing. After leaving the barracks they returned to town by the 4 40 train. The 9th Lancers is the only regiment which pos sesses clasps for Delhi, the relief of Lucknow, and the capture of Lucknow, and its colonel wears no less than six medals. SHIPWRECKED .FISHERMEN AND MA RIZVERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The twenty-third annual meeting of this most excellent institution, established under the autho rity of the Legislature to represent the charity of the British public to shipwrecked sailors of all nations cast upon the coast of the United Kingdom, was held at Willis's Rooms, his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, President of the Society, in the chair. The noble PRESIDENT with great clearness put before the meeting the objects of the society, and in a most excellent speech introduced the secretary, Mr. Lean, who read the report of the committee, wherein it was stated that, during the past year, the society had relieved 7,647 shipwrecked persons, natives and foreigners, and 3,774 widows and orphans of fishermen and mariners, making a total of 11,421 ; and 48,516 mariners voluntarily sub scribed 3s. each per annum, that the income had been £18,012, including £715 3s. 6d. legacies, an increase over 1860 of £4,022, in connexion with which certain large donors were mentioned, viz,— The City of London, £200; A. W. Jaffray, Esq., £25 ; Major-General Lawrence, £25 ; Committee of Lloyd's, £25; Marine Insurance Company, 50 guineas ; Goldsmiths' Company, £6O ; the Earl of Derby, £4O; Messrs. Barclay and Co., £25; Lord Sherborne, £25; A. S. Hobson, Esq., 50 guineas ; and Mrs. Rolleston, £l,OOO, in fulfilment of her deceased husband's intention to bequeath that sum to the society. An interesting extract of a letter received from an American seaman, now serving in the United States Navy, was read, re turning thanks for the succour given him by the secretary in helping him to reach his home after shipwreck, and promising to send a donation so soon as his funds allowed him. In fulfilment of one of its objects, the encouraging gallant efforts to save life on the high seas and coast of our colonies, the committee had awarded during the past year nine medals for saving the lives of 119 shipwrecked persons. The tables for a pension fund for worn out merchant seamen are to be published in a few weeks, the name of which is to be " The Mariner's National Pension Fund," an annuity fund for mariners' widows will accompany it. It appears the plan is to call on the benevolent public to aid these funds, and also in establishing a hospital or asylum, for poor old sailors who have no relative ties, and whose pension is not sufficient under the care of hirelings. The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the nobility, gentry and public at large, for help to carry out the great objects of the society, and expressed much confidence that they were calculated to bind our seamen to their coun try, of which they are its outer and principal wall of defence. The report was unanimously adopted, and the claims of the institution having been very eloquently advocated by Vice-Admiral the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, C. 8., Captain the Hon Francis Maude, RN., Montague Gore, Esq., Rear. Admiral the Hon. Joseph Denman, Rev. R. Baynes, George A. Brograve, Esq., of Bath, V.P., Sir Edward Parrott, Captain Sullivan, R.N., C. 8., and Vice-Admiral B. C. Cator, the meeting terminated by a unanimous vote of thanks to his Grace, the Chairman, in acknowledgment of the courteous manner in which he had conducted the business of the day. gates, but had not, owing to similar parochial oppo sition, proceeded with it. Sir G. GREY inquired what were the specific steps which the deputation wished her Majesty's Govern ment to adopt. Mr. J. E. BRADFIELD replied that they desired to have all the gates within the metropolitan boroughs, and for half a mile beyond their limit, abolished, as stated in their memorial, and specified the gates which such a measure would do away with. They were Kensington, Notting-hill, High street, Camden-town, Chalk Farm, Kentish-town, King's-cross, Islington, Kingsl4nd, Cambridge heath, and City-road. Sir G. GREY said he had had on incidental con versation with Sir Win. Jolliffe, one of the commis sioners, on the subject, and understood from him, but not officially, that they were now about to move in the matter. Ho should, however, seek another interview with that gentleman, and ascer tain the precise steps they contemplated. Mr. J. E. BRADFIELD had heard from private sources that the commissioners had prepared a bill, but unless her Alajesty's Government spurred them on 12 years might elapse before they got it enacted. Sir G. GREY—You would of course be better pleased if it were done in six months. The deputation, having thanked the right hon gentleman for his courtesy, then withdrew. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, May 23. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Eliza Constable, aged about 30, was indicted for stealing a rosewood work-box, a £5 note, some gold and silver money, &c., the property a Edmund Constable. She pleaded guilty. Mr. Poland appeared for the prisoner. This was a distressing family case, the prisoner being the wife of the prosecutor's brother, and it appeared that she committed this theft while on an afternoon visit to tea. The parties lived at High gate. The possession of the £5 note was traced to the prisoner, who changed it at a linendraper's, and portions of the missing articles were found in a dust bin where she lived. The Court sentenced her to three months' hard labour. Frederick James and Rose James were indicted for keeping a disorderly house. The male prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to 12 months' hard labour, and to pay a fine of £lOO. No evidence was offered against the woman, and she was acquitted. This was a most atrocious ease, the prisoners having lived upon trafficking in the procuration of girls of 11 years of age. After the 12 months have expired the prisoner will have to remain in prison till the fine is paid. The house was in St. Martin's street. Mr. Le Breton prosecuted, Mr. Sleigh defended. George Goodman and Ann Eyre were indicted for a like offence. Mr. Lo Breton prosecuted, Mr. Best appeared for the defendants. This house was in Queen-street, St. Martin's. They pleaded guilty. The male defendant was sentenced to six months' hard labour, and the female was discharged on her own recognizance to appear fer judgment when called upon. James Ellacot was convicted upon his own con fession of keeping 4 brothel in Dean-street, Soho. The court sentenced him to four months' hard labour, and to pay a fine of £lOO. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, Mr. Sleigh appeared for the defendant. Another case, of a similar description, in which William Henry Tennant, a clerk, and his wife, were defendants, stood over for judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 23. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday having been appointed for the reexamination of the two Ameri cans, John Weston and William Harper, who were charged with being concerned in a system of rob bery at the London banking houses, the court was crowded by officials from the principal banks, and by persons who had been robbed, many of them to a very large amount, for the purpose of seeing if they could identify the prisoners ; and the proceed ings appeared to create very great interest. The Lord Mayor presided ; and Mr. Mullens, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association, appeared in support of the prosecution; Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prisoners. The accused are stylishly-dressed men, and both wear a profusion of whiskers and moustachios: They took a sharp look round the court the moment they were placed at the bar, apparently for the purpose of seeing if they could recognise any one among the crowd. It appears from information obtained by the police, that during the last two months most eaten sive robberies had been committed at the principal banking houses in the City, the sum stolen in two instances alone being £125. The mode adopted is somewhat novel, and although simple, required a good deal of tact and confidence on the part of the operators. It appeared to be this. About 2or 3 o'clock in the afternoon,when a good deal of business is going on at the banks, the prisoners went into dif ferent banking establishments, and when any one was engaged in paying in or receiving money at the counter, while he was engaged in counting it, one of the prisoners would touch his elbow, or ask him some question, and while his attention was thus at tracted the other had a portion of the money off the the counter in an instant, and succeeded in getting away with the booty before the loss was discovered. Repeated complaints having been made of the loss of large sums of money in this way, Haydon, who is well known for his knowledge in these sort of affairs, received special instructions in the matter, and the result was that he succeeded in apprehend ing the prisoners, by whom there appears to be no doubt the greater portion if not the whole of these daring robberies have been committed. The following additional evidence was adduced yesterday : George Morris, a young man in the service of Mr. Meyer, a cigar manufacturer in Prescott-street, stated that on the 17th inst. he went to the Unity Bank, in Cannon-street, and received cash for a cheque for £4O 4s. 11d., £25 in gold, and the rest in silver. He counted the gold first, and placed it in a bag, which he screwed up and put on the counter, and he was then about to count the silver, when the prisoner Weston leaned over him on the side where he had placed the bag of gold, and then came on the other side and asked him if he knew whether they changed Irish notes at that bank. Witness told him he did not know, and was then about to go on counting the silver, but on turning his head round he missed the bag of gold, and the prisoner was gone. He immediately communicated his less to ono of the clerks, and shortly afterwards went to the outside of the bank, but could not see any one. There was only one gentleman in the bank besides the prisoner at the time he took his money, and no one but the latter could have taken it. He saw the prisoner again at Bow-lane station, on Wednesday last, and immediately identified him. In answer to questions put by Mr. Wontner, The witness said he was, of course, very much alarmed when he found that his money was gone, and the reason he did not rush out immediately after the prisoner was, that he was afraid he might be suspected by his master of having committed the robbery himself, and thought it better to tell the bank clerk what had happened. By Mr. Mullens—He missed the bag of gold im mediately after the prisoner spoke to him. Mr. Thomas Crowder, of the firm of Rose mad Crowder, shipwrights, Wapping, deposed that he was in the Unity Bank at the time referred to, and heard the prisoner ask whether he could get some Irish bank notes changed at that bank. Witness thought he addressed himself, and told him he thought not, but the clerk would inform him, and one of the clerks said that they did not change Irish notes, but he could get them changed at Messrs. Spielmann's, the bullion dealers, in Lombard-street. When the prisoner went ou t w i tness followed him, and thinking that he was a stranger, offered to show him the way, and they walked together a short distance along Cannon-street, and he pointed out the way to Lombard-street to the prisoner, who thanked him in rather an abrupt manner and then walked off in a contrary direction. Another case was then gone into. Mr. John James Goodchild, a dealer in horses in Shoreditch, deposed that on last Tuesday week he received from a friend outside the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., a sum of money in gold and notes. The money consisted of three £lOO notes of the Bank of England, £lOO in small notes and gold, and it was in a bag. At the time the bag was handed to him he saw the prisoner Harper standing close by. Witness, after receiving the money, went to the bank of Messrs. 'Westerman, in Nicholas-lane, where he had to take up a bill for £145. He went to the end of the counter and began to count out the money for the bill, and laid some of the notes by his side. While he was so engaged some one touched him, as he thought, rather rudely on the the shoulder, and upon his turning sharply round he saw the prisoner Weston standing close to him, with a piece of paper in his right hand, and the left apparently behind him. Weston said to him, in a sort of foreign accent, " Can you tell me vere I can get change for one draft ?" Witness answered him rather quickly and said at the next desk, and then, upon looking at his money, he found that a £lOO note was gone. The prisoner was at this moment in the act of leaving the bank, and while witness was scrambling up the rest of his money ho sue ceeded in getting clear off. The witness stated that he saw the prisoner Weston again at the Mansion. house on Wednesday, and recognised him imme diately. In answer to questions that were put by Mr. Wontner the witness said that at first ho was quite puzzled at missing the £lOO note, and he looked into the bag and shook it out thinking it might have remained at the bottom. (A laugh,) He could not at all make out how the accident had occurred, and he felt in his waistcoat pocket, imagining that he might have put it there by accident. Mr. Mullens said that there was other evidence, but he did not propose to call any more witnesses upon this occasion, as inquiries were still go i ng on, and he, theref ore , ould ask his lordship to remand the prisoners. They were accordingly remanded. A respectably-dressed young man, named James Saffery, and describing himself as a jeweller, was brought before the Lord Mayor for re-examination, upon a charge of uttering a forged order for a cheque-book. From the evidence adduced upon the former occa sion, it appeared that on the afternoon of the 16th inst. the prisoner met a lad named Frederick Kim ber, in Coleman street, and asked him if he would go somewhere, and on receiving an answer in the affirmative, the prisoner gave him a piece of paper, and told him to take it to the Union Bank o f Lon don, in Princes-street, and they would give him small book, which he was to take to the prisoner at the White Swan, in Coleman-street . The lad took the piece of paper to the Union Bank, and it turned out to be an order for a cheque-book, purporting to be signed by " Edward Stokes, jeweller, of Spencer street, Clerkenwell.” There was no account kept at the Union Bank in that name, and seeing that the paper was not addressed to the Union Bank, the cashier asked the lad where he came from, when he explained how the paper came into his posses sion, and stated that he was to take it to the White Swan. Mr. Rankin, the chief cashier, immediately followed the boy to the public-house, but the pri soner was not there and ho left. It appeared, however, from the evidence of the landlord that the prisoner had been there earlier in the afternoon, and after calling for a glass of beer told the land presently and leave a small lord a boy would call book for him, and would he be kind enough to give him a penny, and left a penny for that purpose. The lad stopped after Mr. Rankin had left, and shortly after saw the prisoner further d own th e • street, and upon pointing him out to Mr. D av i s , o f the White Swan, he with his brother went to the prisoner, and took him to the Union Bank, and he was given into custody. From inquiries that have since been made, it appears that the prisoner's career has been most extraordinary, and there is no doubt whatever that he has victimised a great number of tradesmen by means of forged cheques. In one instance it appears that he went to an undertaker near Highgate Ceme tery and gave an order for a grave. It should be stated that the prisoner bears a very gentlemanly appearance, and by this means seems to have thrown tradesmen off their guard. Having given the order for the grave he presented a cheque in pay ment, asked for the difference, and received £3 or £4. Not content with this, he appears to have gone to a mason, produced a long inscription from his pocket, and given an order to have it en graved upon a gravestone, which was to be most elaborately executed. He gave a description of the pretended deceased, and in this instance also suc ceeded in obtaining the balance of a cheque. He then appears to have gone to a well-known under taker's, where ho gave an order for a stylish funeral, which was to come to £35, and gave the address of the alleged deceased in Russell-square. In this instance he succeeded in obtaining change for a £5O cheque. It need hardly be stated that the whole of the cheques given by the prisoner turned out to be for geries, and the result of further inquiries has led to the discovery that the cheques were all taken from books that had been obtained by means of forged orders of a similar character to the one sent to the Union Bank. The additional evidence that was ad duced yesterday went to show that the prisoner seems to have abandoned the funeral trade, and directed his attention to persons in the woollen trade; and it appeared that about the 12th April he went to Mr. Gilpin's, a woollen-draper, No. 142, High-street, Borough, where he selected some cloth, &c., to the amount of £3 19s. 5d., in payment for which he gave a cheque for £4, which he took from a book which he had in his pocket, and wrote in the shop, as the goods were to be sent to Trinity-square, the address he gave. A few days afterwards he called at the shop of Mr. Wray, a woollen draper, in Surrey place, where ho selected goods to the amount of £4 125,, and ordered them to be sent to an address which he gave, and upon their being taken home he took a cheque-book from his pocket and wrote out a cheque for £5, which he tendered in payment for the goods and received Bs. change. He signed the former cheque in the name of James Wilson, and the latter in that of James Harris, and both cheques were drawn upon the Union Bank of London. Mr. Rankin, the chief cashier of the Union Bank, stated there were no such accounts as those kept at that bank, and also that the cheques had been taken from the same book. The prisoner appears to have acted with great ingenuity. In each case he has given an address somewhere in the neighbourhood, where the goods have been sent and delivered to the prisoner, but upon the frauds being discovered and the parties going to the address, the prisoner was found to have decamped, the person belonging to the house stat ing that he only went to look after apartments in the morning, and engaged to take possession of them in the evening, but had never since made his ap pearance. Moss, the detective officer, who had the prisoner in custody, said he believed there were other cases of a similar character which could be brought against the prisoner if he were again remanded. Banyard, another detective, produced a cheq u e also on the Union Bank, w hi c h he had received, and which had been passed in a similar manner by a person whose description the prisoner answered, exactly, but the parties were not present to iden tify him, but they would be present if he were re manded. The cheque appeared to be in a similar handwriting, and it was taken from a cheque book which was the result of a burglary at the shop of Mr. Williams, in the Minories, and was stolen from an iron safe with a quantity of other things. The Lord Mayor said there was quite enough without remanding the prisoner, and he was com mitted for trial. THE METROPOLITAN TOLL GATES. Yesterday afternoon an influential deputation of delegates from various parts of the metropolis waited upon the Home Secretary (Sir G. Grey, Bart.) to call his attention to the continuance of grievance of having toll-bars in the very heart of the metropolis, and to urge upon him the necessity of having it remedied. Lord Ebury and Mr. Robert Hadbury, XP., introduced the deputation, which consisted of Mr. J. E. Bradford, the Hon. Secretary of the Tolls Reform Association ; Mr. Matthew Forger. Hampstead: Mr. Thomas Slater, Kensing ton ; Mr. John Cumberland, Camden-town ; Mr. J. W. Turner, Kensington ; Mr. W. Jones, Pim lico ; Dr. Bowkett, Barking ; Mr. Lugg, Bermond sey ; Mr. Black, Wandsworth ; and Mr. G. Hard ing, Camberwell. Lord EMMY, in explai n i ng th e o bj ec t o f t h e de putation, said the grievance of having toll gates within the metropolis was one that was well known, and had for a long time been agitated. So far back as 1825 a Royal Commission, of which Lord Lansdale is the present chairman, was appointed to take measures for the gradual extinction of all the metropolitan turnpike trusts north of the Thames, but the commissioners soon found that their efforts were stopped by the parishes, and since then things had gone on from bad to worse, for owing to the growth of the metropolis gates which, at the appoint ment of the commission, had been in the suburbs, were now fairly in the heart of the town. It was true that some gates had been got rid off, but as many streets had been built branching from the main roads, the trustees had, to prevent the diver gence of the traffic through such outlets, blocked them up by the erection of bars, so that at the pre sent moment there were, between gates and bars, more obstructions than there had been when the commission was appointed. Sir GEORGE GREY inquired in what manner the parishes had checked the views of the Royal Com missioners ? Lord EMMY replied that in 1830, when the Com missioners proposed a bill to do away with a gate in the neighbourhood of St. Giles pound, and ano ther gate in the parish of St. Luke, the vestry of that parish interfered to prevent the cost of the maintenance of the road being cast upon the parishioners, alleging that there was not one of them who possessed a carriage or any other vehicle ; that more recently Sir G. C. Lewis, when Home Secretary, prepared a bill to abolish several other TIIE I.NTERNATiONAL EXHIBITION. The aspect of the interior yesterday went far to encourage the belief that the fashionable world, considerate of the convenience of the half-holiday millions of the great metropolis, mean for the future to make Friday their great gathering day. The nave and principal courts were crowded with beauty and fashion indeed the former was almost impassable, not, as of old, from trophies, but from the number of promenaders. It is certainly won derful to observe what a very few days of energetic action, directed by proper taste and judgment, have done in transforming this main artery of the build ing from a chaotic curiosity shop into a noble pro menade, open from end to end, and ornamented at the sides with rare trees or noble sculpture. For merly a progress through the nave was something like a steam voyage from London to Greenwich. First, we bad to face the " Pool," with its coal ships, ballast barges, ferry boats, and all other imaginable obstructions. This was worthily :represented by the English end until Mr. Cole took it in hand. Then we came to Limehouse Reach—clear, open, and cheerful. This was the French portion, which the exhibitors took into their own hands, and ar ranged with their traditional taste. Now, from the moment we descend the steps of the eastern plat form we are in open water, and can make a plea sant and prosperous voyage to the opposite end of the building. Salvini's beautiful statue, " The Daughter of Zion," is now placed where it can be seen, and hundreds stop to admire it. The Bradford Trophy is, in a better position, rather an addition than a defect ; and the magnificent bronzes of El kington are an unceasing source of attraction, as well as their service of silver plate for the Due de Brabant, which is to be seen close at hand. Some of the offending trophies still remain, and one of th e most conspicuous is most harshly criticised by th e Visitors, not only for its bulk and intrinsic ugliness, but because its proprietor evades one of the most stringent rules of the Exhibition by affixing the price "in plain figures" to each article. This " trophy," as it is called, is in fact a shop, and as such looks very much out of place in its present position. The departments most thronged continue to be the jewel courts and the Italian department; in the former the constables placed to protect the Koh-i-noor have a hard struggle between their duty and their gallantry, in keeping the ladies at any_ thing like a reasonable distance; and at Mr. Han cock's case we thought that at one portion of the day the Riot Act would have had to he read, so great was the excitement caused by the debut of a n ovelty in necklaces, in which diamonds were set upon amethysts, and both consisted of gems of ex traordinary beauty. We noticed also a rather crowded levee gathered round the tasteful and well_ arranged case of Mappin Brothers, which stands between the depository of the Koh-i-noor and that of the Devonshire gems, and is well worthy of such distinguished company. From the jewels the com pany seem naturally to drop into the Italian Court, in which the superiority of the famed home of art is perhaps more triumphantly manifested than at any former time in the present century. The sculp ture gallery is frequently at a dead lock ; but yes terday much of the interest was transferred to the neighbouring court, where the ma rve ll ous " Lege trice" of Magni has just been uncovered. To criti cise this statue would be to "paint the rose." People stop as they pass it, as if under a spell ; they see the whole story in a moment, and could almost weep in sympathy with the innocent girl, who is so moved with the perusal of the open book before her. The marble is positively alive, and seems in • stinet with living emotion. The spectators yester day, when they had taken one glance, ran to bring their friends to share their enjoyment, and those who had before seen the statue in Florence pro posed to get up a memorial to the Commissioners on the spot to remove it to a more public and fitting locality. We have to correct an error into which we fell in writin 2; the last notice of the Exhibition, respect ing the number of tickets purchased by the Bank of England directors for this establishment. We should have stated £l5O worth instead of 150 tickets, and we are happy to add that the directors sent down for the same quantity yesterday, intimating that they should want a still further supply. An order for tickets was also received from the Charter House. A still more formidable proposal came up in the course of the day from the Ancient Order of Foresters at Birmingham, who wrote to know whe ther there would be any abatement in the price on an order for 50,000 tickets. We believe that a dis- count of 2* per cent. was offered, but the Foresters are of opinion that they should have the same allowance as the trade. So far as the half. crown tickets are concerned, the demand has already been so great that the supply on hand is exhausted, and intending purchasers will have to wait for a further supply until to-day. It may be a convenience to intending visitors to be informed that Herr Pauer's pianoforte performance will take place between 2 anti 4 n'elnnlr the western platform. The number of visitors admitted yesterday was as follows :—Season tickets, 5,985 ; on payment of 2s. 6d., 12,120; total, 18,105. Among them were Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Duke and Duchess of Manche. , ster, Lord Ranelagh, the Earl of Essex, Lady Heathcote, Lady Dillon, and the Hon. Mrs. Villiers. STRANGE ATTACK IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.— A strange occurrence took place in the train which left Paris for Rouen the evening before last. A young trades man r eliding at Caen entered a carriage at Mantes, a young man, and a young woman, were already seated, and, after a few words exchanged with! his :fellow travellers, fell asleep. He was shortly awakened by a sharp pain in the the neck, from a stab given him by the man of 45, who had his arm raised to strike a second time. The young trades man, with the assistance of the other man and the young woman, secured the man and attempted to alarm the guard, but their efforts were for a long time fruitless. The un pleasant situation lasted for a considerable time, the wounded man becoming gradually weaker from loss of blood, and the young man and the girl fearing to be left alone with the assailant. At length the train stopped, and assistance was obtained. The man turned out to bo a na tive of the Grisons, in Switzerland, under whose care the young woman, also, a native of Switzerland, was on their way to New York, to bo married to a Swiss settled there. The two young men having entered into conversation with his charge, who is of remarkable beauty ) excited in him such an ungovernzble fit of anger tnat in a moment of temporary insanity he seized a penknife which the young tradesman had left on the seat after paring his nails, and made the attack. Happily the wound inflicted is not of a serious nature.—Galignani. RAILWAY PROGRESS IN THE EAST.—The require ments of th e B oard of Trade having been comp li e d w ith, a further po r ti on of the Colney Valley Railway w ill b e opened for t ra ffi c b etween Castle Hed i ngham an d Y e ldh am on Mo nday. The company will then have 13 miles of line in operation. The Rumsey Railway is about to be at once proceeded with. Sir Charles Fox is engineer, and Mr. Simpson has contracted for the works, which are of a light s►ud easy character. DEATHS FROM VIOLEI4 CE. Yesterday Mr. Brent, the: deputy-coroner for West Middlesex, held inquests on the bodies of three persons alleged to have died from injuries sustained in encounters with Irish labourers. The first was held at the West London Hospital, Hammersmith, on the body of John Bailey, aged 16, a militiaman. It appeared that on Tuesday last the deceased in his military uniform was near the Old Greyhound, Fulham-fields, talking to a little girl, an acquaint ance, when Dennis Shea came up. He said deceased was striking the child ; Bailey replied that he would lay his belt about him, and took it off. Shea seized the belt and threw the deceased down and stamped upon him and kicked him in the right side. Bailey then got up and said "If you will fight me fair, I will do so." Shea appeared afraid, and no blows were struck. The deceased immediately cried out to a man standing alongside "Oh, Mr. O'Connor, do catch hold of me; there is something like pins and needles going through my side." The deceased became sick and was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted in a state of collapse from some internal injury. Stimulants were administered, but he died on the following day at half-past 1. The post mortem showed no external marks of violence, but internally was a cyst on the liver containing about a pint and four ounces of blood. There was also bleeding in the bowels from congestion of the intestines. The cause of death was rupture in the wall of the cyst produced by external violence. The deputy-coroner advised that before a verdict should be arrived at the suspected person who had caused the death should hear the evidence adduced against him. The jury agreed with this opinion, and an adjournment was accordingly come to.—The second inquest was held at the Kensington workhouse on the body of Patrick Hare, aged 20, a labourer, lodging at 4, Terrace-court, Chelsea, who, it was alleged, died in a pugilistic encounter with another labourer, John Sheen. The encounter took place near the foreign entrance of the Great Exhibition, consequent on competition in removing some lug gage from a cab. They had two rounds, and Sheen gave deceased a blow in the chest, when he fell backwards and instantly expired. Mr. Christian, surgeon, of Thurston•-place, Brompton, saw deceased on the stretcher, dead. He made an examination after death, and found the deceased had died from effusion of blood on the brain. The effusion, ho thought, was produced by the excitement of the scuffle, and not from the blow. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from effusion of blood on the brain, consequent in a conflict with John Sheen by misadventure.--The third inquest was held at the Black Bull tavern, Tottenham-court-road. The name of the deceased was Dennis Murphy, a la bourer, who had received an injury from a neigh bour by fighting, without provocation, eight or nine months ago, and died, it was alleged, in consequence of the injury received, in King's College Hospital. The body, previous to the inquest, was buried, on a certificate from the attending surgeon, alleging as the cause of death concussion of the brain. He stated beforo the coroner that he gave such certifi cate by advice of his superiors, for if he had done otherwise he would be most likely engaged in a legal inquiry. The deputy-coroner, under such cir cumstances, said he should discharge the jury, and should not order an exhumation unless proper grounds were offered to him that would demand such direction. -- -- MILITARY BUTCHERY IN PERSIA.—A leter from Teheran, dated the 18th ult., in the Levant Herald, has the following :—" On the 27th ult. 55 Turcomans were brought here as prisoners, and shot in a barrack outside the town. They were tied up to the walls by their hands, and a de tachment of 100 men fired upo tnw n eebaes t eysr h bes ic e eli .n: m eaais Igprl r a sf t oa 4 o Dock paces with such bad practice that the detachment had to be changed six times, and nearly 4,000 rounds of ammunition were ex. pended before the wretches were slaughtered. The whole affair lasted nearly en hour and a half, and several of the victims received as many as 30 shots before life was hulleted out of them. So much for the firing of the regular Persian. troops. The Mushir ed Doulep (who was ambassador in England) made an ineffectual endeavour to saw; the lives of the Turcomans whose execution I have just mentioned until b long t les s a after M. Anitchkoff, the Russian Minister, also used his • fl ence, but with no better result, as the Shah had unflonrtuu-- nately gone out hunting, and did not retuhrenround spared, and we should have lives es butchery obfe ethnesaved wretches r ewagt eover.the espain would o l: a w d i t havehn r h e e c i r t o e r s s e c o u r t i t o h n i e in c t o h m e horribleed ppresented." ese n an te e d x ., h , exhi bition agreed to recommend th e bit T io i n le as di t cent, p er annum, together with a bonus of 1 Company on the 13th June, to declare general .. court of proprietors a dividend at a rate of b per free of income tat, per cent., both A WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the right Hon. Robert Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and It lontgomery, of Wilton House ; near Salisbury, was proved in the London Court on the 17th inst., under £120,000 personalty in England, the executor& nominated being his brother-in•law, the Earl of Clanwil liam, the Hon. Antlicaty John Astley Cooper, and Robed French Burnett, Esq. ; the latter alone took grant of pro bate as acting exe cut or . 'the earl executed his will in 1854, and added the re t o th ree cc `43leils, dated respectively 185 G, 1858, and 18G1, an d di e d a t Place Vendome, in Paris, in April last, at th e age o f 71. The earl married, in 1814., Princess Octavio Spi ne lli, d aug h tcr of the Duke of Laurino, widow of Prince Rubari of Sicily, who died in 1857. The title and estates descend to his oe,nhew, George Robert Charles, the son and heir of the test'at, or's brother, the late Right Hon. Sidney Lord Herbert of Lea. The will, which is of moderato dimensions;! disposes of a rental of /7,000 per annum to the fan. `tlY of Granville, and, after making specific bequests to scia no members of his lordship's family, bequeaths the re sidue of his property the family of Sebeffer, of Paris.. There is a legacy to his butler and valet of. £4OO, togel or with an% annuity to him of £lOO, and a legacy of £lOO to 1& .18 coach man. The heir to the ancient Welsh earldoms of rt mbroke and Montgomery is a minor, now in his twelfth yt ar, in whom also vests the title of Lord Herbert of Lea and' .other distinguished titles. The will of Henry Waithman, Esq., of Old Broad-Az - 004 City, Hall's.place, St. John's-wood, was proved in Loll" don by his widow, sole executrix. The personally sworn. under £lO,OOO. The will bears date December last, and the testator :died on the ilth of January. The deceased was a silkbroker, carrying on Lusf:aess in the firm of Messrs. Waithman, Jacomb, and Hogg, and acquired a handsome competency, consisting of realty and personalty, which he has bequeathed entirely to his relict and family. To his son Frederick he has given all his she...7 . es in the partner.. ship concern, and to his relict his .share in the capita/ thereof, together with all the testator's other property, both. real and personal, absolutely, accompanying the bequest in. the following affectionate terms :—" Feeling .assured that she will do all that is right and expedient towart2s our dear children, and that she will be the better enabled to all this by having the uncontrolled right and authority aver :eta ,property." The will of the Rev, Mark Aloysius Tierney, Canon of St. George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark, who died at Arundel, Sussex,. in February last, was proved in. tho London Court by the. executors, Anthony John W. Biddulph, Esq., of Burton Park, Sussex, Edward Norris, and Anthony Norris, Esqm, both of Bedford-row. The personalty was sworn ti nder £4,000. The will bears date December last. The tes:ator has bequeathed his property, with some few exceptjoVs in favour of the Catholic communion, to personal friends, and to his ser vants ;to one of the latter an annuity is giver? of £l5. To a godson and goddaughter he leaves legacies o.f £lOO each. The bequests in favour of the Catholic Church ecutsist of a sum to be laid out in the purchase of books for the library of the College of St. Cuthbert, near Durham, and year's interest arising from the residue of the testator's estate is to be expended under the direction of the titular Catholics Bishop of Southwark for the benefit of the Catholic students of that district. The ultimate residue of the testator's ea* tire estate is to devolve upon the executors for their own. use snd benefit absolutely.—Blustrezted London Newt, May 24. COUNTRY MABEL'S. ... ~'l LIVERPOOL-MAT 23. At to-day's market there was a thin attendanea of mil— lers and dpalers, but there was rather snore inquiry for wheat, and'a moderate business resulted at Tuesday prices for fine qualities, but at a reduction of ld to 2d per cental on common qualities. Flour unchanged in value, but with a downward tendency. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, anit rather lower. Beaus and peas rather easier. Imlian cora 11 fair demand. WAKEFIELD-MAY 23. The wheat trade is very quiet at the prices of last Tues day, being a decline of is per qr from Friday. For barley there is scarcely any demand. Beans, oats, and shelliXig slow, at late rates. DERBY-MAY 23. At our market this morning the show of wheat was barely an average, the trade ruled dull, and the rates of last week declined Is per qr. The show of barley was small, and sales were slow, at prices tending downwards. Oata in fair demand, and maintained late quotatio.ns. Beans as before. Flour easier to buy. EXETER—MAY 23. Prices quoted this morning : Wheat, white.. Od to'7B Od Barley.. 4s Od to 48 44 I Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od Oats 3s Od to 3s 31 Flour, fine, 42s is 45s ; seconds, 41s to .—s per sack CATTLE. The market to-day was largely supplied with all descrip tions of stock. 1 Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s0d Ewes, per lb .... 7d to 70 Pork carcases, 8s 6d to 9s 6d Wethers, do. .7d to 7ict Lambs, fat .......20s to 25s Fat calves, d0...5d to 61. Rough fat, 31d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-MAT 23. The market has improved this week, and some largo sales have been made at stiff prices, both in raw and re fined. Nothing doing in rum. COAL ARKET. (rrices of Coal per Ton a s. d. Wylam • • ..15 6 West Wylam 14 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 Grey's West Hartley 15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 0 Slcekburn West Hart- the close of the market Walls End. K elloe South Kelloe . 15 () Hetton .. l6 () South Hartlepool 14 fi Caradoc ...15 3 South Hetton ...16 0 Haswell l6 0 Hartlepool 15 3 Braddyll's Hetton 15 3 Itussel's Hetton 15 0 Trimdon Thornley 14 3 Tunstall Cassop !CP 15 0 ;, 60; sold, 40. ley 14 6 Hastings Hartley l5 9 Hartlepool West Hart ley. Cowpen. Hartley ..15 6 Ships at market FOREIGN MAIL _PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June lg. via Marseilles June 12, Brazil and Capo Verds, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 2. via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 26. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via SouthaTpton J.une,2. . , - ' via Marseilles May 27. -- India (Bombay), via Southampton May 26. via Marseilles June 5. Lisbon May 21, Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton . May 26. via Marseilles .. May 27. Newfoundland ..May —. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by B r it. p ac k e t May 22. :., by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. May 21. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe June 10. Bahama, via New York .... Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 May 29. California, and British Columbia.. THE YELVERTON CASE.—In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, the Judges approved of the issue proposed by the pursuer in the action in which Maria Theresa Longworth, or Yelverton, is pursuer, and James Walker, Esq., of Dairy, advocate, is defender, which is as follows :—" Whether, in or about the Ist day of January, 1862, the defender did write and forward,through the Post office, to the Hon. William Henry Yelverton, at Whitland Abbey, near Narberth, in South Wales, the letter dated Ist January, 1862, in the schedule appended hereto; and whether the defender did, in said letter, falsely, calumniously, and injuriously represent that the pursuer is a most degraded woman—that it is a disgrace for respectable persons to associate publicly with her—and that the said W. Henry Yelverton, by receiving her into his house, was bringin g dishonour on himself and his relations, to the loss, injury, and damage of the pursuer ?" Mrs. . Yel verton claims £3,000 damages. Mr. Walker is brother - in - law of Major Yelverton. BIRTHS. CRESSWELL. —On the 2 3 d inst., at Twickenham, the wife of C. N. Cressw ell, Es q ., of a daughter. HL O n the 22d inst., at Stoke-upon-Trent, the wife of HlLL.—ns. um, Esq., of a son . MlLLs.—n the 23d inst., at Eltham, th e w if e o f Th omas W. Mill O s, Esq , of a daughter, RAWNSLEY.—On the 22d inst., at Halton Holgate, Lin colnshire, the wife of the Rev, Drummond Rawnsley, of a son. MARRIAGES. GOODALt—CLAIix.—On the 23d inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, John William, eldest son of John William Goodall, Esq., of Kennington, to Martha, fifth daughter of George Clark, Esq., of Stamford-street. Heap, HEAP,-7- 4 YDER —On th e 22d i ns t . , a t S a i n t J ohn the Divine's, Fairfield, Richard Rankin, third son of J os h ua s q ., daughter of Jam es R y d er, E sq., Li verpoo l . Fulwood-park, Liverpool, to Maria, eldest DEATHS. BIM/sr.—On the 22d inst., suddenly, at Occold Rectory, near Eye, Suffolk, Edward Burn, Esq., of Bath, aged 67. BEAN.—On the 18th inst., at 8, Sydney-place, Bath, Major Willoughby Bean, formerly of the Coldstream Guards, aged 91. CIIAItLWOOD.—On the 22d ins!., at Durrant House, near Bideford, Sarah, wife of Captain E. P. Charl wood, R.N. RADCLIFFE.—On he 22d inst., at Drayton-grove, West Brompton, the Rev, George Radcliffe, M.A., aged 59. R oGER s.— On the 22d inst., at Gravesend, J. Rogers, Esq. of liontish-t4wn, and Oxford-street, agel 81. RUTT.—On the 22d inst., at his r es id ence, Hornsey-lane, A y E .—o Highgate,nthe 20th inst,,harles Rutt, Esq., a ge d 90 Sir William Walter Yea, Bart. / o f Pyrland Hall, Sornersetshire, a ge d 78. . LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County Mi ddlesez,—Saturday, May 24, 1862, F II