The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-24 00:00:00

71IE NAVY. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, has been in official attendance at Deptford dockyard for some days past, for the purpose of making final \ arrangements for the commencement of the works con neeted with the conversion of the large 2,000 t o ns corvette, the FaVourite, into an armour-plated ship, upon the accepted principle of Mr. Reed, the designer of the Enterprise, in process of construc tion in that yard. According to information yester day received at Woolwich, Admiralty instructions are issued to proceed, and the work will be entered on without further delay. New drawings have been prepared under Mr. Reed's direction, with the view of working in the existing frames of this vessel, so as to economise both materials and labour. Mr. H. L. Peake, master shipwright of Deptford dockyard, has rendered valuable assistance in arranging the mechanical details of the conversion. The Favourite will be built upon the slip adjoining that of the iron-plated sloop Enterprise, and the two ships will proceed simultaneously under Mr. Reed's general superintendence. This new system thus promptly and fully adopted by the decision of the Admiralty is looked upon in the Royal dockyards most favour ably, from the fact that the entire reconstruction of the navy may be effected out of the materials origi nally converted for the wooden vessels now con demned. As numerous timber vessels are far ad vanced in many of the Royal yards and the works have been suspended, ;we are now able, on Mr. Reed's principle, to throw the whole strength of the dockyards upon them anew, and can thus deve lope a large iron-plated fleet of sea-going ships of moderate dimensions in a very short time with our ordinary expenditure. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamsloop Prome theus, Capt. Norman B. Bedingfeld, from the West Coast of Africa, was put out of commission on Sa turday, at Woolwich, and paid off. On account of her damaged and leaky condition, her pumps are • constantly at work in basin to prevent her filling. Three feet of water was yesterday found in her hold. The Prometheus did some good service on the coast in the suppression of the slave trade, having cap tured two vessels engaged in that traffic, with con siderable benefit in the way of prize money to the officers and crew. The whole of the screw steamers of the Jason class at Chatham are ordered to be altered and fitted with the improved system of ventilation, the inven tion of Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B.,Com mander-in-Chief on the North American station. The Jason is a 21-gun screw corvette, of 400 horse power, and is attached to the North American station. The invention of Admiral Milne has been found to answer admirably in keeping up a thorough system of ventilation throughout every part of the ship, and preventing fevers and other contagious diseases. The Chesapeake, 51, 2,350 tons, 500 horse-power, is ordered to be removed to Chatham dockyard as soon as she has been sufficiently repaired to enable her to flcat, in order that she may undergo a very extensive repair, and be made ready for commission. She will be placed in the dock now occupied by the screw corvette Racoon, 22, until the dock is re quired for the reception of the armour-plated frigate Royal Oak, 51. The paddle-wheel steamer Lizard, 150-horse power, Lieut.-Commander W. Spratt, tender to the Formidable, 84, flagship at the Nore, is to have her defects made good and be ready for sea by the 30th inst., when she will be despatched to the coast of Scotland to assist the Jackal), 4, 150 •horse power, Lieut.-Commander E. F. Lodder, in the protection of the northern fisheries. The screw gunboat Ruby, which has recently un dergone some very extensive repairs, both to her hull and machinery, is ordered to take the place of the gunboat Fly, ae tender to the Cornwallis, 60, 200-horse power, Capt. S. Grenfell, while she is being repaired. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham dockyard directing that the officers and men of that establishment, when required to travel on the public service, are to be furnished with railway passes, instead of money, as has been the case hitherto ; the system having been found to lead to a great deal of imposition on the public funds. Tae Actmon was removed to the new jetty yes terday, where she was dismasted. This was the first tine the new hydraulic crane was made available for such purpose. The Eagle, Commander Balfour, will be taken 4ut of the ship basin to-day, and is expected to leave immediately for Liverpool. The Virago and Geyser will take her in tow. The Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, is ordered to be undocked on Wednesday, and to be made com plete for service with all despatch. The Adventure troopship, Commander Leth bridge, will be undocked on Thursday, upon which the Shannon screw frigate, Capt. V. T. Jones, will be removed from the steam basin through the en trances of No. 7 and 10 docks. THE ARMY. It is expected that some draughts of troops for India will leave the camp at Colchester about the 10th of next month. Ensign Hawkins, of the Ist Royals, will accompany the draught of his corps to India, and Ensign Smith, of the 2d battalion, has also received orders to join the service companies of the regiment. Ensign Rutley, of the 2d battalion, is to join the depot companies. The works of the new cavalry barracks at Col chester are advancing rapidly. The officers' quar ters are in the most forward state, but the blocks to be occupied by privates have also made some pre - gresp, and the foundations of the stables are nearly completed. A detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery em barked yesterday morning from the dockyard for duty, on board the Black Prince, Captain Wain- THE INQUEST ON THE MURDERS AND BUICIDE IN BLALKERIARS-ROAD. The Meat • eal Times and Gazette says:— If an i nstance were wanting to prove the necessity of a ppointing a vigilant medicalman to the office of coroner, we do not know that wee shouldwhich has one more to the pur pose than that of the inquiry h ch has lately taken pl a ce as to the dea ths of t h e t wo c hildren of ford. As an investi g ation into the _a" James John of death of the c hild r en, who were fo und l ying near bodyettese of the father, the inquiry was a farce and a moc kery. A himself assist wed to be a T ant, Mr. James V. Henderson, who atat es on ly medical witness follow surgeon, was the ing is his evidence respe ctin g - the deaths of the eh h il e - t d h r e en :-.4 "At the same time two on as has been described. I saw The lungs children and l lying iver were congested, but otherwise healthy. The abdom en we s 8 I i boor, ga quite t 1 healthy. I t oo k ou t th e stomach and tied it at both end- Subsequently I opened it and found it to contain food a n d . air; but I have not had sufficient time to analyse its e me . tents. I noticed two pillows on the floor by the side of the children, and they might have been pressed on the faces of the children so as to cause death, but I cannot say that it eves so. A phial was found on the floor near the bodies, which may have contained opium, and I think it had a pre paration of opium in it. There was another phial on the drawers containing a very small quantity of brownish liquid, which seems to be Methylated spirit of opium. If this had been used the lapse of time would have de stroyed the smell of the opium. The post mortem appearances in the younger chile'_ were the same as in the elder, except that the lungs and brain were much more congested. I saw the cup produced. It contained castor-oil with a brownish sediment. There was no smell except of the oil. My opinion is that the children were poisoned, but death may have been produced by the com pression of the pillows over their faces before the poison had time to act. The blood was fluid, but it would remain so after suffocation as well as after poison." That the children died by the hand of their father is only too probable. But surely in such a case, occurring as it did in the metropolis of England, public safety as well as lae demands that some a tt emp t s h ou ld have been made to discove r the cause of their deaths. No analysis either of the contents of the stomachs or of the flu i ds found in the cup and phi a l s seems to have been thought necessary. The unfortunate man if was undoubtedly mad, but this does not y hui t e n e e n urts are to be held at all, surely the d al e t a e t r h th o e f c e a y s e e r . becoming the subject of in q airy should bo investigeetiefindugabyf every means which science can suggest. We do not fault with the verdict, which w as, " That the children we re dee l tr fully father, who immediately after murdered by their but his own life while in a state of mental aberration,' , the careless and perfunct or y manner ; w eu e do find fault with ' which the inquiry waa carried oat, TILE IN7EBNATIONAL EXHIBITION' Yesterday, for Monday, was but an awl age day at the Exhibition ; 46,197 paying at the doors, and 3,040 being admitted by season tickets—in all, 49,237 visitors. On the other hand, Ihere was a much larger infusion of the "people," the real shil ling visitors, than on any previous day since Whit Monday. There were numerous parties, too, of school children present ; among others, 70 children from the Patriotic Orphan School at Wandsworth. Two hundred and fifty men of the Royal Naval Reserve now on drill on board her Majesty's ship President, at Blackwell, also visited the building with their gunnery officers and instructors, under the command of Captain Lacy, Captain Wright, and Captain Brown. They came up the river by steamer to Chelsea and marched thence to tho Ex hibition, headed by a band, returning in the same way, and the trip seemed to give them great enjoy ment. The fine appearance of the force excited general admiration, and nothing could exceed their orderly behaviour and the interest they showed in the Exhibition. Prince Napoleon paid a visit yesterday morning at an early hour. He was received by Lord Gran ville and the other Royal Commissioners in the French Court, in which he spent some time in exa mining the cases of the French exhibitors, passing afterwards into the Machinery Annexe, where he remained until past 12 o'clock. His Imperial High ness intends to visit every part of the Exhibition in detail, and expressed great gratification with what he saw of it to-day, It has been settled that the distribution of the jarors' award shall take place on Friday, the 11th of July, at a grand official cere monial, the details of which are now being per fected. The Duke of Cambridge has been named by her Majesty to distribute the awards to tho ex hibitors of the United Kingdom and the colonies, and special commissioners will be appointed by foreign Governments to perform the same duty for other countries. The ceremonial will take place partly in the Exhibition building and partly in the Horticultural Gardens, which fur the day will be treated as part of the Exhibition. The International Juries will declare the awards on the upper terrace of the gardens, if the Weather be favourable, if not, in the conservatory, and the Special Commissioners having received them will pass in procession round the building, and in each separate department the awards will be presented, in the English half to the Chairmen of Committees, and in the foreign half to the head of the National Commission. This is the programme at present arranged, and, no doubt, the Commissioners will do their best in every way to make the ceremony as effective as possible. The admission on that day will be by season tickets, or by special tickets, the price of which, if purchased before the Bth of July, will be 55., and after that date 7s. 6d. A still fur ther alteration is projected with regard to season tickets. On and after the Bth of July the prices will be 305., to admit on all days (including the ceremonial of the 11th), and 10s., to admit only on ls. days. Queensland, the latest-born of our Australian colonies, make . an excellent show here, and, to judge from the great variety of products exhibited, there are few countries blessed with a more produc tive soil or greater diversity of resources. As the colony is but yet in its third year, the articles in most cases must be regarded as specimens rather of the capabilities of the colony than of actual results achieved. The first object which attracts attention on entering the court is the cotton, of which there are numerous samples. The quality of the Sea Island cotton is remarkably fine, and has been priced by such authorities as Mr. Bazley and Mr. Ashworth at 3s. 3d. and 3s. 6d. per pound. In the discussion in the House of Commons on Thursday night on the subject of the cotton supply, Mr. Bazley expressed his belief that from the great valley of the Murray we might in a year or two obtain all the cotton we needed, if the re quisite labour could be 'obtained; and, as the samples shown here came from all localities, hun dreds of miles apart, there can be no doubt that Queensland possesses an enormous area capable of growing cotton of the best quality. One sample, grown 200 miles from the sea-board, rivals in quality that grown on the sea coast. Of the cost of production no general estimate can at present lee formed; but Mr. Bazley, on the authority of the agent of a Manchester company, put the average crop at 4001 b. of clean cotton per acre—which at ordinary prices would make the value of the pro duce of the land about £4O per acre. To the reali sation of this prosperous result there appears to be but a single obstacle, though it is a great one— abundance of labour—for capital would, probably, be forthcoming far such an enterprise to any amount. The principal export of the colony at pre sent is wool, of which upwards of 5,000,000 bales, the produce of 3,500,000 sheep, are annually- ex ported. The quality of this staple is also of surpass ing fineness, and if there is anything in the building which rivals the softness and beauty of the Cash mere fabrics it is a dress length exhibited here by Mr. Bazley as an illustration of the Queensland cotton and wool. It is manufactured from No. 250 lace thread, spun from pure cotton grown inQueens land, the wool having been spun from the finest sheep's wool, also produced in the colony. There are also a few samples of silk of excellent quality, and the climate :is said to be well adapted to the growth of the mulberry tree, so that in this impor tant branch of industry the colony may some day or other make a greet figure. Wheat appears to be a crop not much in favour with the colonists at pre sent, and, indeed, according to some authorities, the soil and climate are unsuited for its production. The specimens shown here, however, both of wheat and flour, are very fine ; and it is said that some agriculturists have grown wheat very successfully on the western slopes of the great dividing range of the colony. At present, however, in common with their neighbours of New South Wales and Victoria, the colonists are importers of breadstuffs to some extent ; and in 1860 the amount sent out of the colony for wheat and flour was £94,339. The most generally cultivated crop is maize, which on the rich brush lands on the banks of the Brisbane is wonderfully prolific and rem anerative. There are some splendid cobs shown here, and one sample is said to have been grown 1,600 ft, above the level of the sea. Samples of arrow-root, coffee, tobacco, sugar canes, tamarinds, manna, wine, and honey furnish additional illustrations of the capabilities of the colony, and we must not omit to mention the fibres of the banana, the phormium tenax, and a malvaceous plant said to grow with great luxuriance near Brisbane, which are all of remarkable strength, and may no doubt be turned to a variety of purposes. One of the most remarkable products of the colony is the dugong oil, procured from the bubbler of the dugong—a fish which is found in large herds at the mouth of the Bris bane. Its curative properties were first discovered 1 1 the natives who gorge themselves with the flesh, audit is now exhibited as a substitute for cod hand, li • cod liver It contains no iodine, but, on the other tissesaweet and palatable, and oes not pro duce nausea. There is also a collection of medicinal barks of s e ; e;and a specimen of coal from about 20 miles from Ipswich. Of f e t l h te e d b ß ea a u nk ti ;P: l i l t : cas the building, cases of stuffed birds, the native the collection of woods, which is implements, and 'the jewelry, we have already fi w n e e ll st of in in a most effective manner. ill and is arranged Moreton Bay osPnekoefn'thaes pine, the iron bark, the blue - guns, the box, which are of the highest value for all building purposes, immense size in the Queensland grow to an while in the violet wood, tulip, acacia, and cypress furniture woods of the colony possesses unrivalled beauty. The Australian woods, however, are per haps seen to most perfection in the Tasmanian Court, where they form the chief feature, and if w e are to judge from the prominence given tc the spa rs and planks, and the trouble whim has been take n in arranging them, the colonists of Van Diemen's Land seem to pride themselves more on their mighty forests than any other of their natural resources. In th e octagonal trop hy, which lifts its tall head behind the organ in the north eastern transept, are to be found splendid speci mens of all the principal trees of Tasmania —some almost green, others carefully seasoned, and others which have stood the test of 30 or 40 years' ex- THEtS UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1862 posure to sun and rain. Of the blue gum—which, uniting extraordinary strenth and elasticity, is per haps the most valuable of all the Tasmanian timbers, there are several beautiful spars, and at the base of the trophy will be found planks of the blue gum and of the stringy bark, which show at once the immense thickness to which these trees attain. The heart of Tasmanian timber is almost always unsound, and the width of these planks shows the width of the tree outside the heart. There are also samples of the white gum, silver wattle, Blackwood, all timbers of great value for ship-building pur poses, which the Tasmanian forests can supply in almost any quantity ; and in the Horticultural Gardens may be seen planks of 80 and 90 feet long, for which room could not be found here, and a spar of not less than 230 feet long. From Port Arthur there are some magnificent ships' knees, which be fore the days of iron ships would have been almost invaluable, and the split palings show the extraor dinary splitting powers of the swamp gum. As evidence of the toughness and durability of Tas manian timber, we have doorposts and flooring joists of Huon pine and blue gum from the old gaol and old Court-house of Hobart Town, which are as sound now as when the first builder made use of them forty years ago. Of ornamental woods there is also a great variety, among which the myrtle tree is remarkable for the beauty of its veins, and in the rich and varied tints of the Huon pine, dog wood, pinkwood, and muskwood, the cabinetmaker will find ample scope for the most fanciful designs. An important branch of Tasmanian industry is the Southern whale fishery, which furnishes employ ment for some 25 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of 5,746 tons. Last year the exports of sperm oil and head matter was 710 tons—in value about £60,350. This is illustrated by two handsome whale boats, which hang at the sides of the trophy, fitted with all their gear complete, except lines and oars ; and by the jaws of two full-sized sperm whales, one of which produced £1,150 worth of oil. There are also specimens of the oil of the black whale, sperm whale, and porpoise. A very attractive portion of the Tasmanian Court is the case containing the beautiful furs, most of them of black and grey opossum. These have attracted very general admiration, and, as the prices asked are remarkably low, very few of them yet remain unsold. The Tasmanian build ing stone has a high reputation in the colonies, and many of the public buildings in Melbourne are constructed of it; and there are also here some fine specimens of black and gray marble. Of coal, too, the island possesses several seams, both of anthracite and bituminous, of which we have samples here— though it is believed that beds of still greater value than those yet worked exist in various parts. There is a speeimen, too, of a curious combustible mineral called dysodile, from which the colonists manufac ture petroleum. Though gold is scattered freely over the surface of Tasmania, it has never been dis covered in sufficient quantity to pay for working, but a small portion is shown here to exhibit its characteristics; and in the same case are some brilliant topazes from Flinder's Island, mounted with great taste. The fruits of Tasmania are re presented in admirably-executed wax models. Of wheat there are some fine samples; and, lastly, there is a very showy collection of the birds of the colony of every variety of hue. Russian Empire. The Government has already ordered the inauguration to be postponed to the Bth September. In fact, the symptoms are alarming. The proclamations find their way even into the Im perial Palace, and are reprinted in many towns." THE ALLEGED POISONING OF A LADY. At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, again met the jury at the Plough Tavern, Kensal-green, who «ere empannelled on the 13th inst. for the purpose of investigating the circumstances attend ing the death of Mrs. Frances Phillips, aged 27, the wife of a wealthy horsedealer at Knightsbridge, whose death it is alleged was caused through the administration of poison. The death took place in February last, and on the 28th ult. a written statement of evidence was forwarded to the office of the late coroner (Mr. Wakley), requesting an exhumation and inquest on the body, but on the death of that gentleman the statement was presented to his colleague, Mr. Humphreys, who issued his order for the required exhumation. At the first meeting the identification of the body only was taken, and on Friday last the reception of evidence was further adjourned for the attendance of Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who was engaged in the Court of Exchequer. Mr. V. Blackburn, instructed by Mr. Gold, jun., of the firm of Gold and Son, attended on the part of the friends of the deceased; and Mr. Sergeant Bal lantine, instructed by Mr. Potter, of the firm of Lofty, Potter, and Co., represented Mr. Phillips, the husband of the deceased. Mrs. Diana Little, the mother of deceased, was the first witness, and she deposed that she resided at York. She was in London in January, and ihe came up from York to attend her daughter's con finement. The deceased was confined on Jan. 28th. The child was born without the assistance of Dr. Cahill. Witness resided in the house some days afterwards. About the middle of the second week after her confinement she found her crying, and she said that Mr. Phillips said she would die. Wit ness told her it was no such thing, and witness fetched Drs. Cahill and Oldham, who were in the dining room, and they assured her she would not; one of them also remarking that Mr. Phillips should not have said so. On the 12th of February Mr. Phillips told witness that she must not go into her daughter's bed-room, but, that she might remain in the house. She afterwards followed him to the bed-room door, and heard her daughter say, " Where's mother?" Mr. Phillips remarked, that the doctors said no one was to be in the room. At five o'clock witness sent deceased some tea and toast. About six o'clock witness was in the kitchen, with Miss Eliza Green and several others, when they heard aloud scream, and a cry for a light. Witness and the others ran to the room and found, Mr. Phillips there. Deceased said that " Mr. Phillips had poisoned her." Witness asked how he had done it, and she replied-, " He leaned over me twice, and forced the medicine down my throat. It was so strong that it took my breath away. She then turned to Mr. Phillips and said, " You wilful mur derer, you have Palmered me !" The deceased's face was very black, and she begged her to go for a doctor and a magistrate. Miss Anne Little, sister to the deceased, corrobo rated part of the evidence of the previous witness. Deceased said, "My husband has poisoned me." She also said that he leant over her twice when he thought she was asleep, and put the bottle in her mouth, and that the poison was so strong she could not cry out until the blood came from her nose. Mr. Phillips said nothing. Witness was not allowed to see her sister when she was dying. On the morn ing of the 12th Mr. Phillips remarked to witness that deceased had the constitution of a horse, or she would have been dead long before. They generally lived on good terms together. Deceased was jeal ous of the other Mrs. Phillips, who was no relation. Mr. Phillips wished the deceased to associate with Mrs. Phillips, but she would never do so. By the Coroner—On the morning of the 12th ift shehedescaewasGedeosrpgoek,ethqeufiotreermaatino,ntaulrin her mother out.y' and asked her Deceased asked for a stomach-pump and some mus tard and water to get the poison out, as she wished to live for the sake of her child. Never heard of there being any madness in their family. Mr. Henry Richard Phillips, in his cross-exami nation' said Mrs. Little was very violent, and rushed about the yard crying out for a stomach pump and a doctor. She created_such a scene that it was impossible to describe it. Mr. Phillips during his examination was moved to tears. Dr. Cahill, Dr. Holden, Dr. Brown, and Dr. Martin all gave an opinion that deceased died from exhaustion consequent on puerperal mania. They all agreed that Mrs. Little, the mother, was too excited to be in attendance upon her daughter, who required the utmost quietude. The servants an( nurses said that Mrs. Phillips did say that her husband had poisoned her, - which the doctors stated was usual with such disease, being of a character to fill the mind with imaginary ideas. The servants alluded to many acts performed by Mrs. Little, such as getting her daughter out of bed at an improper time, putting a wet towel on her feet because they were warm, and also bathing her head- with cold vinegar and water. She had also given her eight or nine oranges, which caused wind and diarrh:en. It was also stated that Mrs. Little had flourished a carving knife, and had said she would stab Mr. Phillips. There was some con tradiction in the evidence as to when:she was pos sessed of the carving knife. Dr, Martin said the mixture alluded to was composed of citrate of iron and chloric ether, to be taken in drops with lemon juice, and that the iron would cause the slackness in the mouth, and the liquor would be of a red colour. There was no blood about deceased's face. The bad breath and contaminated blood Would account for the swollen tongue and sore noouth. Dr. James Edmunds, licentiate of the College of Physicians, and practising in Spital-square, made the post-mortem examination, and found a lascera tion of the periaeum, which was accounted for in the birth of the child. He delivered the heart, lungs, stomach, and its content s t o P ro f essor H ar l e y for analysis. He was of opinion that death was caused by exhaustion attended by delirium. Dr. George Harley, Professor of Medical Juris prudence at the University College of London, de scribed the resu.ts of the analysis made by him, and the appearance of the various parts delivered to him by Dr. Edmunds. He found a number of crystals—salts—which proved to be phosphates, and in the throat a ragged ulcerated spot, three eighths of an inch in breadth, and two-eighths of an inch in depth. He found no mineral poison. He tested for acids and alkalies, but found a neutral reception. IL the fluid round the heart and lungs theee was alkaline. The contents of the stomach and intestines, on analysis, he found chiefly to con sist of one of the alkaloids of opium, namely, morphia. There was no reason to believe poison had been taken. His opinion was that the person died from exhaustion, from loss of blood from con finement, and loss of sleep. The Coroner then summed up, showing that the deceased herself had alleged that the husband had poisoned her, and that from the affidavits which had been placed in his hands he found it was the subject of a very proper inquiry. The Jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes," which was received with applause, but was quickly suppressed by the Coroner. LAIV INTELLIGENCE.—June 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) HANCOCK V. WEBB-CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN. The further hearing of this case, which commenced on Saturday, was resumed this morning. Mr. Huddleston, Q C., and Mr. Prentice, were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. James Brown were counsel for the defendant. Mrs. Catherine Webb deposed—l am the defen dant's wife. The plaintiff entered my service as a general servant. I keep a nurse to attend to the children and the nursery, and there is a boy to assist the general servant. A fortnight before the 2d of December I had occasion to complain of the kitchen area doors being kept unlocked at night. I re quested her to lock them, but she declined. On another occasion I found the doors unlocked, and she refused to lock them, or go to bed, or come in to prayers. After I had gone up to bed, and whilst undressing, my husband had occasion to go out to visit a patient, and at my request he went down to the kitchen, where he there found the plaintiff and the doors still unlocked. A police man was called in and went over the house, and' the plaintiff afterwards went to bed. She, in con sequence, gave me notice to leave, but afterwards spontaneously withdrew it, saying, " She was sorry for what had occurred, and wished to remain." She consequently remained. It was her duty to empty the bed-room slops. The boy attends to his own room, makes his bed, &c,, but he had left shortly before the 2d of December. My husband, previous to this, punished my elder daughter at my request in consequence of her having told a falsehood that would have caused her younger sister to have been punished. The plaintiff's sister did not like the child to be beaten, but they both said it was neces sary to be done. Plaintiff did not give me notice to leave in consequence. 4-The boy's utensil had been brought down to the water-closet, and I re quested the plaintiff to empty it. She at first said she would do so, but did not; and on my again de siring her to do so, she refused, saying she would not do it for me or for auy one else. She per sisted in refusing to do so, on which I told her she must leave at once. She said she would leave in a fortnight. The same morning I found a large blackbeetle pinned alive to the kitchen table, which I ascertained she had done. As I went up the kit chen stairs she called me a nasty beast for having asked her to carry the slops, which she continued shouting till I got to the breakfast-room. While we were at breakfast she passed up and down the kitchen stairs, laughing in a defiant manner, and talking to her sister. I sent the boy twice to her to desist. The first time she returned an answer that she would make as much noise as she liked. I sent for her mother, but she could not come, and sent her daughter Ellen. I refused to see her the (the daughter); and at my husband's suggestion, I went to the mother, but before that I told her she might remain the fortnight. She said, " No, I will go now, and have my fortnight's wages." I saw the mother, and told her what had occurred. She could not come to her daughter, but sent her daugh ter Ellen, thinking that would be the means of get ting her daughter to leave quietly. On my return I found the plaintiff outside the dining-room door, where I had left her. After I had informed my husband what the mother said we all three went into the surgery. She there signed the book pro duced for her wages, and the money due to her was given to her. She held it in her hand for a short time, and then threw it on the table, saying she must have a fortnight's more money, her sister, who had, come down stairs, saying to her, "Don't take it—don't take it." The plaintiff was very impu dent. She continued asking--" Will you give me more money ?" I was afraid of her excited state, and I went into the dining-room. As I passed into the hall, she shook her fist close to my face, and called me a " vile woman," and after wards, in the presence of my daughter, she called me a "vile w re t c h." My h us b an d l e ft f or a s h or t time, and on his return he said to the plaintiff, " You have been paid your wages. You are an in truder now in this hous e , an d y ou h a d b e tt er go ." She said she would not go, and sat down on a chair, close to the chiffonier. My husband said to her— " I am going out, and you had better go at once, or it will be my painful duty to turn you out." My husband had locked the door of the surgery. Plain tiff said, " I am as strong as you are, and I won't go," throwing her arms back in a violent manner, upsetting the bottles and breaking one. My hus band took her by the shoulders to put her out, and I opened the front door. She slipped down on the floor, and her shawl caught a light table in the sur gery and upset it. She made a great noise, shout ing and kicking the floor, which caused a great crowd to assemble outside in the street. She re sisted violently being put out. My husband placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her shouting. mylimsband said if our presence excited her we had better leave her. Just at that time the surgery bell rang, and my husband opened the door, and Elizabeth (the sister) came in. We left the surgery and went into the dining-room, leaving the plaintiff and her sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth, together for about five minutes. My husband called in three policemen who were passing. My husband did not strike the plaintiff on the mouth with his fist, or on the face with his open hand. She never had her face on the ground. My husband did not lift up her clothes and assault her on her person, neither did I hold her legs whilst my husband beat her. I did not say she has not had enough, nor did my husband reply, "Get me a stick." He did not slap her with her clothes down. My husband locked the passage surgery door because her sister Ellen was following, and she was not wanted. The mother afterwards came, and was very violent. Martha Coward, the nurse, was a widow woman, about 40 years of age. At my request my husband went up one night to the front nursery, where , there is no bed, and where no person sleeps, to as certain what was tde noise. Coward made no complaint to me about her master. On the follow ing morning she laughed, and said, " Mater nearly came into the room when I was undressing." She remained in my service some months after that. Twelve years ago my husband punished a boy in our service for stealing an egg, and telling a false hood about it. The boy remained two years after wards in our service. There was no chain put up to the surgery door. George Cockram, boy in the defendant's service, deposed that lie had been with him about nine months. When the plaintiff was told by mistress to clean the chamber she damned the chamber and mistress too. She added, she would rather break it than clean it. She afterwards went up stairs talking . loud, and making a great noise. I heard the plaintiff tell mistress that the latter was a, nasty beast to ask her to clean the chamber. Catherine Elizabeth Webb, a little girl, eleven years of age, daughter of the defendant, was next called, and having satisfactonik i hnswered the ques tions put to her by the Lord .1111ef Justice relative to the nature of an oath, deposed that about a fort night before the alleged assault thq plaintiff said she would "serve out my mamma worse than ever she had been done before, and have my papa put into prison for taking her down into the yard in the night." That was in reference to the open area doors. I heard her refuse to clean the chamber. I saw the plaintiff shake her fist at mamma and call her a vile woman and a wicked wretch. I heard the screams in the surgery. Elizabeth said, "Be a good girl and mind the baby, because I want to go down stairs." I heard Elizabeth say she liked a crowd, for she enjoyed it—she was in her glory then. Edward Robert Webb, 10 years of age, who also satisfactorily answered the preliminary questions put to him by the Lord Chief Justice, deposed to the plaintiff's threats towards his ma and pa rela tive to the not locking of the doors. Elizabeth afterwards said she would have papa put into pri son, and that she had plenty of rich friends who would pay the expenses. Mr. Wontner, jun., deposed that he took down the evidence of Mr. Webb's daughter so long ago as last January. It was taken in writing, and he now produced the notes. Mr. Henry W. Payne, surgeon and resident medical officer of the Pimlico Dispensary, deposed that on Dec. 10 the plaintff came there with a swollen face in company with her mother. There was no swelling about the mouth. After I had ex amined her it was said the injury was the result of a blow from her master, and I was asked to give a certificate as to the nature of the injury. I re plied it was so trivial that I declined to do so. The swelling, which was at the lower part of the jaw, might have arisen from decayed teeth. She did not complain of her mouth or of any bruises. There is an entry of this case in the register of surgeon's patients in Mr. Edgcombe's handwriting. H e i s since dead. I saw the plaintiff with him. (Th e entry was read. It stated, "Injury of lower jaw from a blow 10 days since," followed by the word query in a parenthesis.) It also stated that she was weak, and was suffering from diseased teeth. This was the defendant's case. The jury expressed a wish to have the police examined, and in consequence Serjeant Andrews was called, and examined by Mr. Serjeant Parry.—l was called in by the defen dant as I was accidentally passing the defendant's house on my return from the Westminster Police court. I saw the plaintiff and endeavoured to per suade her to leave. There was not the slightest blood on her mouth. She was greatly excited and held her handkerchief to her mouth. She removed it occasionally. There were no marks of blood on it. I know the qv lour of blood when I see it. The petition to sue in forma pauporis, signed by the plaintiff, was brought; from the Queen's Bench Office, and examined with reference to the charge of forging the plaintiff's signature to the wages book, e 8 alleged by the plaintiff. She also wrote her name on a piece of paper in court, and the three were submitted to the consideration of the jury, together with the name as written by the defen ntered his se rv i ce . dant in the book when she %."' sent for, dep ose d t o Inspector Howard, who wao the defendant coming to the st,ltioll on the 2d of Decetnber for assistance. The learned Counsel having addre:ssed the jury, The Lord Chief Justice summed up. The jury returned a verdict for the deandant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex. Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) I3EIIRENS AND OTIIERS V. ALLEN-LIBEL. This was an action to recover damages for two libels published in the Manchester Guardian, and the defendant, in addition to "not guilty," pleaded that the alleged libels were true in substance and in fact. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Edward lames, Mr. Pope, and Mr. Butler Rigby appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Bovil;, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. J. A. Russell were for the defendant. _ The case for the plaintiffs was that they were merchants and commission agents, in business at Bradford and Manchester, and the firm consisted of four brothers, who were natives of Hamburg, .but who had been established for 29 years at Bradford and for 22 years at Manchester. They were in the habit of sending silk, linen, and cotton goods to all parts of the world, and their annual returns were about £400,000. Messrs. Dalton Brothers were the sons of a gentleman who was formerly in business very extensively as a printer of cotton goods, but who had retired, and was supposed to possess great wealth. The course of the trade of the sons was to purchase grey cloths, and to get them bleached and printed according to their own designs. In June, 1860, the firm became Daltons and Heap, and their credit was untarnished until they failed for £78,000. An examination took place in the Bankruptcy Court, and on the 17th October, 1861, there appeared in the Manchester Guardian the first libel now complained of. (The article re ferred to statements made in the Bankruptcy Court that the bankrupts had bought grey cloth goods, and sold them a few days afterwards at a conside rable reduction to Messrs. Behrens, and after stating the circumstances, said, Such is the disclosure to which we wish to call attention as having been made in these proceedings. It exhibits no isolated case of making a good bargain,' such as necessity on one side and ready money on the other often bring about, without leaving any reflection upon the parties, but points to a regular and systematic course of transactions which, though probably be yond the reach of the criminal law, were clearly inconsistent with honest trading. We have a firm of calico printers purchasing grey cloths on credit, and selling them at a loss for cash, and we have an agent always ready to accommodate them by pur chasing. The question may yet be raised whether the latter cannot be made to restore the goods obtained in this way from a house evidently on the high road to bankruptcy ; but it i s pl a i n enoug h that it was hisinstrumentality which allowed the rotten business to go on. And just as the Fagins of a lower rank in the social scale are justly visited with severer reprobation than the Artful Dodgers whom they train and encourage, so here we con ceive the commercial community may properly show its blame of the practices acknowledged by the Messrs. Behrens. Can it not, we should ask, find some practical means of giving expression to its displeasure ? The Jockey Club can exclude a black sheep from Newmarket, and we believe some of the societies of London merchants, holding their exchanges at the various coffeehouses, can keep their places of resort free from company they do not like. May not their example be imitated with advantage to the respectability of the Manchester Exchange ? We throw out the hint as one method of punishing offences against the ordinary rules of trade such as those we have been here considering.") . After this publication the plaintiffs offered their books for examination by Mr. Williams, who wrote commer cial articles for the paper, upon the condition that if he were satisfied that the transactions were cor rect, the editor should state this and express regret for his error. This offer was not accepted, but Mr. Behrens was told that any letter he wrote in expla nation would be inserted in the paper ; and he did in fact write two letters which were published in the paper. The plaintiffs also offered to have the circumstances investigated by the Chamber of Com. merce, and they further advertised, complaining of the false and calumnious charge made against them and challenging investigation. Another meeting took place in bankruptcy, and on the 24th October the second libel was published. (This consisted of a comment upon the later circumstances, and the writer in substance adhered to what had been said before, refused to retract or apologise, and said that the plaintiffs might appeal to the law.) A vast mass of evidence was laid before the jury, principally upon the question whether there was or not any impropriety in the dealings of the plaintiffs with Messrs. Daltons and Heap, and the case occu pied three entire days. The jury, after considering the matter for a short time, found a verdict for the plaintiffs—damages, £l,OOO. THE FIRES IN ST. PETERSBURG. The St. Petersburg Gazette publishes a series of decrees suppressing various institutions in conse quence of the recent fires. Among others the Chess Club, two Sunday schools, and other establishments are suppressed, on the ground that political discus- sions of a revolutionary nature were held at them. All the public reading-rooms are closed, The fol lowing is the order issued by the Military Governor of St. Petersburg : " I. The Military Governor-General of St. Peters burg, deeming it his duty, under the present cir cumstances, to take all necessary measures to calm the anxiety which prevails in the public mind, to prevent the propagation in the capital of reports devoid of foundation on actual events, has thought it advisable to close the Chess Club until further orders, as it was there that such erroneous opinions were formed and circulated. '2_4.li. The baneful tendency of some of the public reading rooms recently established, and which have offered fewer facilities for reading than oppor- tunities for propagating among the persons who frequented them works of a nature to excite the people to agitation and disturbance, as well as false reports, has rendered it necessary for the Military Governor-General to close, until further orders, all public reading rooms actually existing." Meantime, despite all the exertions of the police and the military, the fires continue, not only at St. Petersburg, but in other towns of the Empire. Detachments of volunteers have been organised to assist the fire-brigade. A letter from St. Petersburg, in Za Pr esse , dated the 12th of June, gives the following account of the conflagrations in the capital : " You will doubtless already have heard of the numerous conflagrations that have extended their disastrous ravages over our capital. Behind these flames there is a dark mystery which alarms the Government. No ono here believes that these con tinuous fires are the result of accident. The details of these conflagrations, and, so to say, their geo graphy, show a concerted plan and a clever organi sation. To be convinced of this it will suffice to follow their course. On the 2d of June, at 5 a.m., fire burst out op posite the police station in the Grand Okhta-street ; fanned by the wind, three streets were burnt down. While the fire brigade was actively employed in putting out the flames, another fire burst out, at 2 p.m., in the Georgewska-street, which consumwl 25 houses and their dependencies, as also the Chap - el of Our Lady of Smolensk. " On the following day, the 3cl;the fire brigade was hastily sent for to the Kamskaia quarter ; six houses were in a blaze. The flames shot across to the left side of the Ligowska, where all the build ings are of wood. They were all consumed. " On the 4th of June, at 2 a.m., flames burst forth from one of the barracks ; 40 houses were burnt down. The fire brigade had scarcely returned to their quarters when, at 3 p.m., bright flames lit up the Grokowa Market, the streets Kobylowka, Ly gowks, and Nazicwae. The number of houses de stroyed is not yet known. At the same moment a commercial house was burning in the Bechkutoff street ; finally, at 11 o'clock at night, a house oppo site Nacziwisk burst into flames. I cannot describe the effect of these terrible man eeuvres. Consterna tion prevails. Political discontent, armed with torches, is taking the revenge of savages. " On its part, the Government responds to these provocations by the sternest measures. A ukase is published to-day to the effect that any person in whose house shall be found combustible materials shall be tried by court-martial within 24 hours. This is a most severe measure, as in every house combustible materials are to be found, necessary for daily household purposes. Various arrests have been made by the police. A special committee of investigation is sitting. A military governor has been appointed in every quarter of the town. Another source of anxiety is added to these incendiary acts. Hand-bills, exhorting the people to revolt, are largely circulated by the revolutionary propaganda. One of these, printed and circulated by thousands of copies, contains an energetic appeal to insurrection against despotism. A second, called Zownskaia dunia, or National Chamber, is a project of constitution. A third (Rowhaia pravda, or Russian truth), demands the independence of Po land, and conciliates the Russian movement with the cause of Poland. "A fourth is devoted to the memory and history Of Captain Alexandrow, who, employed at the t elegraph-office, altered a despatch sent from St. Petersburg to Gen. Luders, in April last, ordering the severest measures to be employed in case of a demonstration, to a milder form, recommending measures of persuasion. Captain Alexandrow was sentenced to be shot,but his sentence was commuted to exile in Siberia. "Finally, other proclamations denote the moment for a general rising at the anniversary of the inau guration of the monument of Istovogorod—the 2d of August—the anniversary of the foundation of the ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The hopes which some zoologists perhaps rashly enter tained that the late arrival of a living specimen of the Echidna hystro at the Zoological Gardens would have enabled r.s to study the habits of the living animal for a lengthened perbd, were cut short on Saturday, the Bth instant, by tie death of the _Echidna after twenty days' existence, in the Regent's Park. Through the kindness of Mr. Bartlett, the superintendent of the gardeas, we had an opportunity of inspect ing the specimen a few hours after death, and prior to the detailed anatomical examination, which, we under stand, is to take place. The chief superficial characters which attracted attention were the length and flexibility of the tongue protruding several inches beyond the narrow oral aperture ; the large size of the auditory holes ; the tex ture of the hairs and prickles, which are disposed in equable series on each side of the dorsal suture, the setose structures being undeveloped on the inferior half of the body, a char acter enabling the keeper to support the weight of the ani mal on the palm of his hand; and the uniform manner in which the points of the prickles were directed posteriorly, so as to enable 'he Echidna to pass through a narrow place, and at the sane time, probably by the action of powerful cutaneous nus3lcs, to permit the erection of the spines as instruments of defence. The _Echidna does not possess the power of rollin - ; itself up in a ball like Es. inaceus or Div pus. On the same day which witnessed the demise of this unhappy lyenccphale, parturition was effected by one of the seals in the seal house, but the young one was produced dead. The mother a few hours after was gaily swimming belly upwards in the pond, apparently hi the enjoyment of the most robust health. We are sorry to see that the birds of paradise do not show us yet any sign of the further,de velopment of the beautiful lateral tufts characteristic of the male sex, and that the generalisation which a distinguish° men'ther of Parliament made a few days ago, that the ani• coals in a living state in the Regent's-park were more use ful objects of poimlar instruction than tho se in Great Rus sel-street, is not appli ca ble to paradise birds , echidna:, or nionkeys.Me&cal Times and Gazette. MR. SMITH, of Stockwell, has purchased all Mr. W. Day's yearlings in one lot, and they will shortly be brought to the hammer at Stockwell. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 24. MARLBORO UGH-STREET.—Hypolite Rey nand, a Portuguese merchant, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt for final examination, charged with having indecently assaulted and exposed himself to two children named Ann Bland and Elizabeth Pearl. Mr. Edward Lewis was for the prisoner. At the former examination the following evidence was tendered : Ann Bland, aged 11 years, went into Kensington gardens with another girl about the same age. While skipping •in the broad walk the prisoner, who was on one of the seats reading, called to them, and said in broken English he would give them 4s. if they would come and sit beside him. The pri soner, to make his meaning more intelligible, held up four fingers. The prisoner removed some dis tance from the public walk to a tree, and then he called the girls to him again. They went, and then, according to Ann Bland's statement, the pri soner committed one at least of the offences with which he was charged. The statement of Eliza Pearl went to convict him of both. As soon as the girls released themselves they ran to the north walk and told a park-keeper what had occurred. He went back with them, and they pointed out the prisoner, who was sitting on a seat, as the person who had assaulted them. The park-keeper went towards the prisoner, who, seeing them approach, got up and walked away. The keeper followed and took him into custody. Mr. Lewis cross-examined both the little girls, and having elicited some discrepancies in their depositions, he made a strong appeal to the bench, urging the improbability of a person of the re spectability of the prisoner, who had come over hero on business" connected with the Exhibition, conducting himself in the way described. Mr. Fontaine, a silk merchant, of Golden-square, spoke to the respectability of the prisoner, and his belief that he was incapable of misconducting him self in the way described. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there were undoubtedly some discrepancies between the evidence of the two chil dren—but had they told their story in the same words the suspicion of collusion would have been warranted. He would carefully consider the evi dence before he gave his decision, and for that pur pose would remand the prisoner on light bail for a week. Yesterday Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had fully consi dered the evidence, and giving all the weight to the discrepancies in it that he ought to do, he had come to the conclusion that the case was onefor se t n h d e tdhee cision of a jury or for conviction. _ Mr. Lewis hoped the magistrate would eas said ho would conv i ct and sentence to i Mr. r. T a y j r u w ry h tt the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. This would give the prisoner the opportunity of appeal ing against the conviction if he thought fit. Mr. E. Lewis said with due respect to the court, he should appeal against the convi c ti on . Joseph Barber, C 69, the appeared in the papers of yesterday, was charged with assaulting Mrs. Margaret Lawrence, of Silver street. The particulars i n 8 i I ve c r ° - m s tPrelaeitn,are app e n a e r a e r d l . y the same as those which have alr ea d y The w a h t o t h keeps l l a 0 greengrocer's r a e eng neighbourrer' s shop who ail rang t: had offered to bour was go to market with her. This accustomedneigh to be rung up by th e p olice, who were paid asmall sum for the service.. t The defendant, fancying .the complainant was m er er ing with his perquisites, assaulted her, and, after a good deal of resistance, took her to the station-house, and charged her with assaulting and obstructing him in his duty. Oa the way the complainant dropped her pocket with £3 10s. in gold, and when restored to her by the police £1 was gone. The defendant was the constable who returned her pocket, and who had seen her on previous mornings ring at the same bell. The defendant said he heard some one ring a bell and walk away, and thinking it was some improper person who had done this be went forward, and wa.3 attacked violently, and his f ace and hands scratched. He k ne w nothing about the money said to have been in the complainant's pocket. Mr. Tyrwhitt was sorry suchshould a case come before him. The police were generally a well-regu lated body, but there were now and then improper characters admitted, and it was when detected that a great outcry was made by those who were no friends to the force. The defendant's conduct was without palliation. He could not have taken the complainant for a disorderly person ; he must have acted solely on the idea that his emoluments for ringing up people were interfered with. He had no hesitation in putting in force that clause in the Police Act which gave magistrates power over such cases. He sho u ld no t go i n t o the ques tion of the loss of the money, but should deal with the case under the 14th section, and inflict a fine of £lO, or one month's imprisonment. LAMBETH.—Robert Ames, badge 11,107, and the driver of the cab 10,934, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer to the following charge of gross misconduct : Mr. Richard Woodley said that on Friday week , the 13th inst., he engaged th e d e f en d ant i n Covent garden market to take him to the Waterloo station. On reaching the latter place he put up two six pences through the hole in the roof of the cab, end placed them before the defendant, and then made the best of his way to the train. On taking hi s place in one of the carriages the defendant came up and said he had no t paid him his fare, and_ he re plied. that he had and placed two sixpences on the roof of his cab, The defendant upon this com menced a volley of the most scurrilous abuse, called him a rogue and a scoundrel, and told him he wanted to "bilk" him of his fare. Not wishing to have any more noise about it, he (witness) paid 0 0 defendant a second shilling and got his ticket. The defendant, with the utmost effrontery, ad mitted he had called the gentleman a rogue a nd scoundrel, and also accused him of attempting to defraud him of his fare i because he was in a state of excitement at the time, having driven the gentle man very fast, and it not being the first time he had lost his fare at the same station. Mr. Elliott told him his conduct was most repro hensible, and convicted him in a penalty of 10s. and costs. THE .13ISASTIE AT THE UNDERGRouIVD RAILWAY. The apprehensions entertained as to a probable further fall of the broken Fleet sewer have been so far verified that upon a more minute examination of the southern portion, it was decided by the en gineer very early yesterday morning to extend tke artificial watercourse upwards of 300 feet from Vine-street, towards the City boundary b e yond Castle-street, Great Saffron-hill. At this point, should the engineer in chief this day (Tuesday) ex press his opinion that the remainder of the sewer (which is skirted all along on the eastern side by the retaining wall of the railway) has not given indications of deflection or insecurity, an opening will be made, and the sewage, to relieve the Cop pice-row cutting, will then be turned into the spa cious channel of the Fleet lying underneath Farringdon-street to Blackfriars Bridge. At five o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Dethick, the contractor, put upon the work from Vine street to Castle-street upwards of 400 navvies, who, dining the day, made extraordinary pro gress in extending the "grip " in the required direction, the trench becoming gradually deeper and wider from Vine-street to the proposed open ing for its waters into the sewer. At the dam which failed on Saturday night to stem the turbu lent current, and to prevent its further inroad into the cutting of the railway line, a number of men were also employed all day yesterday, whilst other gangs, as in the former case, wore era ployed all night in driving piles and filling up the dam (about 20 feet by 10), and making it secure from the effects of the stream when the new* channel is opened, which it is hoped will be within 24 hours after nightfall this day. Powerful engines have been provided by Mr. Dethick for forcing purposes, and when once the " grip" is fairly opened the work of restoring both the railway and the now long length of damaged sewer will be pro ceeded with with all practicable vigour by all parties. We learn that immediate steps are about to be taken by the New River Company for the removal of the broken water main, the failure of which we re ported yesterday. This main, which was fortunately empty at the time, the supply having been divested by the engineers ever since the early part of the disaster, is one foot nine inches in diameter, and lies immediately contiguous to the railway line at the point where the sewer first failed. During yesterday the ruins were visited by several foreign engineers of eminence, who evidently took great interest in the proceedings of the workmen. COUN2BY MARKEIS. , b, GLOUCESTER--JUNE 21. A small supply of wheat from the farmers, which sold at an advance of 2s per qr on last week's prices. Foreign wheat in moderate demand, and 6d to is per qr higher. Barley for grinding fully as dear. Oats were dull. Beans and peas as before. COLCHESTE: •JUNE 21. " To-day there was a small supply of wheat at market; but millers were . very cautious, and prices were much the same as of late. Spring corn scarce, at late values. Wheat, white. 56s G2s Beans,Mazagan..3ss 38s red 52s 58s middle & amall.3Bs 42s Barley —s —s Peas, white 38s 42s Oats .—s —s gray 38s 429 CHELMSFORD—JUNE 20. Wheats fully maintained the slightly improved quota' tions of last week, and a few beat samples may be qupzed is higher. Trade dull. Spring corn at late rates, hr. a slow sale. Wheat, old white 43s 55s Peas, Partridge ... 37s 41s new 42s 59s White .... 39s 42s old red....42s 47s Boiling . 4ls 44s new 47s bss Dun . 368 40s Barley 30s 39s Ditto row —B --8 Chevalier ..30$ 42s Beans, Lick, old ..34s 398 Grinding 24s 32s new.. 34s 398 Malt 6ls 67s Warrow Ticks ..36s 428 Chevalier . ..... ,64s 69s new..36s 41s Oats 22s 29s Mazagan .......32s 40s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—JUNE 21. We had small supplies to .day of wheat, only two parcels of oats, and two parcels of barley. Sales quick, at an ad vance of is per qr. on every kind of grain. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....46s Od 285,0 d 24s Od Second „Ms Od 30s Od 26s Od Third....sBs Od 40s Od 30s Od FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 3. via Marseilles June 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .............. June 26. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. July 3. via Marseilles.... June 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton June 26. via Marseilles June 2). Lisbon Malta June 21. , Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 26. Newfoundland via Marseilles June 20. June 25 Oporto and Vig o U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet June 25. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. June 18. W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Teneriffe July 1 0. Bahamas, via New York July 3. Mexico .: .. June 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 June 28. California, and British Columbia BIRTHS. LAMISERT.—On the 20th inst., at The Lodge, Great Mal vern, Lady Lambert, of a son. ROLLESTON.—On the 21st inst., at Oxford, Professor Rol. leston, of a son. BARNARD.—On the 21st inst., at Cambridge House, Chel tenham, the wifo of Major B. C. Barnard, of a son. MARRIAGES. DORNlElt—Frren.—On the 19th inst., at Dalston, Mr. C. to Miss E. F r second daughter of Mr. William Fitch, of ECaDromitecrh, of se London-terrace, Hackney-road, Hackney-terrace, South Hackney, and Old Fish .street hill, city. VANDERPANT —MARGETSON. -- On the 22d inst., at John n l y a nddaeorgphatnetr, of Barnes maddox - Church o S n u d r e r n e , t F i‘ r i a a n r c y i Francis Mary a J n o o h , Parker Margetsan, Esq., M.R.US. DEATHS. BAILY.—On the 21st inst., at Worlington, Suffolk, Wm: James Baily, Esq., late of Shenley House, Bucks, aged 75. Bmnow.—On the 21st inst., at Wood Villa, Leatherhead, ,Mr. James Barlow, of 14, King William. street, city, aged 65. GBEAVES.—On the 22d inst., at 25, Eaton-square, Anne, wife of Edward Grea.ves, Esq., M.P. HAnDY.--On the 21st inst., at Hemstead-park, Kent, Jane B abel, daught er o f Gathorne Hardy, Esq., MY., aged WYNN.—On the 22d inst., at Cefn, St. Asaph, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Watkin Williams. Wynn ) M,P. for Montgomeryshire. FORSTER. —On the 21st inst., at Amwell, Sarah Selina, relict 1, f Andrew Forster, Esq,, formerly of Mount-street, Lambeth, sur geon, aged 93. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Niddienz.—Tuoday, Auto 24, 1864. ~~