The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

CaYSTAL PALACE.—TO-MORROW N...) ONE SHILLING. Open from Nine o'Clock. Concert at Three, giving ample time for a quiet stroll through the Fine Arta Court. Half-a-crown. CRYSTAL PALACE.--POPULAR CONCERT. PYNE AND HARRISON. r HE FLOWERS at the CRYSTAL PALACE 1- are now blooming by Hundreds of Thousands. The Ornatra mental Beds on the Terraces, on each side of the Cenl Walk, and round the Great Circular Fountain Basin, are Brilliant with Flowers. The Slopes of the Rosary and the surrounding Beds are also unusually Beautiful. NoTu,— The Upper Series of Fountains at two o'clock. CRYSTAL P A LACE.—SATURDAY CON CERT.—TO- DlORRoVir.—Voc,a.tists Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. Harrison, .and Signor Faranti. Pianotorte : M P adame de Vaheran. ROORMOTEue,— 1. OvertUre, Leonora," Beethoven. 2. Aria, " Den. vieni non tardar,' Mozart, Miss Louisa Pyae, Miss Susan Pyne. 3. Aria, " Largo al factotum," Rossini, Signor Faranti. 4. Duet, " In the deep ravine" (Crown Diamonds), Auber, Miss Louisa yne and Miss Susan Pyne. 5. Ballad, P R emem ber me" (Bohemian Girl), Balfe, originally sung by Mr. .He.rrison. 6. Duetto, " Quanto amore," Donizett Miss Louisa Pyne and Signor Faranti. 7. Solo, Piano, " Concertstiick," C. M, v. Weber, Madame Vaucheranßallad, " I'm alone" (Lily o f N.illarney, Benedict, Miss Louisa Py e. 9. Trio, I' m not . the Queen" (Rose of Castile), Balfe, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, and Mr. William Harri , on. 10. The International March, Lambert, first time of performance; Conductor, Mr. Manns. Opea at Nine—Fountains at Two—Concert at '1 kree— Organ after Concert—Admission, Half-a-Ciovrn ; Children under 12, One Shilling ; Reserved Sei.ts, 2s. 6d. extra. NOTE. —A few thousands of quite new surplus chairs to be sold at half-a-crown each, well worthy of attention. Be not ap atti' —MENDELssonN—‘ 1 even 14-4 Romish game-sters are acting without my keynote sanction, altho' made their ' will'-Bth Deputy by '9l Act (1820-2 5 , by Castlereagh's Calvin precedent to FEscir, in his double office of Archbishop of Lions, and Cardinal of Canada — holy see'ng)—Quebec, as Crown probate-surrogate. BALLOON ASCENTS without 4 , LE NOR MA.ND'S" 1783 PARACHUTE FALL AlD :gni° —The' Cruelty to Animals Act' gives civic cause for magisterial stoppage of these it. c. Coal' rs fra-foolery ex citements, without wisdom being manifest in TOKEN a col-. lapse efflux retreat,—at Over-3-mile Zone-electric to gas lb. within the baboon, as seen—above Wolverhampton's poor ' Union mill' of the Dudley Sonierie Swinford Exchange— at which point of 26 in -bar me ter Foulairdrop, the £ grant out-brace spring Parachute ought to have been spread, on 17th July—vide Accidents and Offences Bill. -16 •' =26= 3- :: 36 in. Mr. Coxwell's omission to take up, car-affixed, the pure oxygenic wax taper flame (obtained in Piccadilly), u se d i n its vehicle ' the lamp of life,' for nasal vace.shield-bone inhalation —by all Aeronauts, against the 151 b square inch atm , ,sph. tic pressure on the lungs—accounts for Blue lip'd Glaisher s ffe ring the 451 b in., tho' descent-saved by hy drogen gas -lif e circumvention—reminding him of Shen stone's i'ulchan 'straw-call' couplet (on 'Nun' Qu'endrida of Tip . ton ), for bringing down the mayn°6thmilkuser : ( 4 , That in Clent, as + martyr'd, under a thorn 6' s Lieth, King Ken'elm with head off-shorn.' a s the defunct ancestors of Emp. Conrad IL's G.-daughter Agatha, Malcolm m's maternal eLiz-offspring, now in Spa nish Escurial of Philip ir., (whose daddy, CAR. v., was Gaunt. ,constable of England), as Saxon kin of Edward 111., herein ambush'd—' Salve Lucrain' Pompeii'd, yr. 79. The quicksilver drop 16—tn. show aloft, w ith di-luced Net expansion of balloon, evidenced th e absence of xitro-inoist fog within the motive p ower, and influx of the dry it elec- tricity, by the drowning - li ke effects on the system —the pm, a - e at beat of a Tucked - up heart, o'er its key-diaphrag gounded the Thumb-inch tic-dirge music of thehe spres,' w hilst the wiry hair and ruffled paper gave a Monochord that they were entering 'Paradise ' where the first pair meet" at 15in. degree, for Sp e cula-crystalizatthis of the blood—on Airey's 31 barometer scale, false to latitude. So a Windsor bowl-waft Z-o'erhead Ofcot, Cole region of wehr-Wultra Hampton. of EDGAR'S sister—phn-lifeseat till Phazt•on'd collapse belly-paunch-like) bull'srun, to the Lang-hamlet of Oakharn-n,—on Union deputy D.O L. Pal merston's '9l Tulchan. pope vise, by x Wrottesley's O t ,h y Dudley- Wardship of Bassett-wilton *Stamford, This' civil education code '3l evil—shows a prevention on known gas'ous change at heights, also of low fire• d mp —ss well as man's safe re-a eriform- within, on impulse rarifi cation of the breath, for purification of the blood against any rrusian-police blue'skin-discolour of hands at four miles altitude' absence of Winged life—shows a precedent for future Pendurtonbrella-like dipfalls, tho' opposed to Cox "WELL'S aeranaut-miltonic idea, with Virgil's oct-troy 9th 6iscord line—to Mundane -oval of Henry B's-lease at liennington-nutt's, et ceteras 1791, of sham Duchess of hanker star's white-albs - Fait. " Facilis defcendsus Xverni." • • *N 1 Atkpis- Montague C. X ACKERLEY, Ex6c, 5• • 1-2 W. iv., Nom. 54, • Chamberlayne' Gie-sworn. • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842 unpaid •.f • China Rug wall circuit horizon of , - , London, Aug. 1. • 1862) its Montezuma-inch Admiralty red flag, not in Brant's power to give up IMP. 1793 China, to Idrcy, & GREY cause of Capt'n's xi-yr support, tho'N,n's. ministers use his brains, and mock him &c to death, with /ntimorito della voce, del Padrone sul'onde,' for holding to 1820-25-37's Carib-protectorship oath on its £3l yr retaining fee for his duty expenditure of £1,600 for Indian of America, which the Treasury refuse to pay or reply to their own unrelieved Sentinel appointmen's, under the polar map inch survey act of 1818, '§ 9, for Deputy soil title (on As-iuration act 1791, § 7, to Ackerley's R.N.-voice) —to Romish Catholic corporate &c. of Labrador, Baltimore maryland, and Brazil, under Luther church pay—for their office o tth, unknown to him till. Peter's arrival in 1851, as pontiff's de, uty—recognised by Earl Grey's November letter tat Indian ju-ztice should be done '—by his election as the Ile h puty High Constable of England 'etc.' To M. Jefferies, & ailiffs of Tame-(worth), Stour-Trent Anker J. river fishing under Poor Law 0. S. audits, March 25, and its Rate in aid on 3d. Elia... on part of Guy's Hospital by 21 July, 1521-2-CAlth. v. &H. 8, of Southark bar' for Clapham's ex.,cutive Conjugate reciprocity treaty, in Zoll verein trusteesship, on 4 Geo, iii. c. 74—barometer lb. (See Sun April 19, 2S, May 16, & July 19.) ANTERBURY HALL. The renowned Performers, DEBONNAIRE and AUUONARD (from Paris). Grand Selections from " DON SE BASTIEN" and " IL TROVATORE," Principal Artistes— Miss Russell, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The great Corn l c Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth the oricrinai Stump orator, "Or any other man." Ale the fol lowing Comic favourites--'kfarshall, as " Lord Dundreary J. G. Forde, A. B. Hollingsworth, and Miss Georgina Smithson. Visitors to Londo are informed that the Picture Gallery is open to the public n on Sunday evenings. T " OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. cc TF E DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata coinvosed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MaTTmsoN. Esq., in honour of the Marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, EVERY EVENING, in 'addition to the usual entertainments, which include operatic selections by Muss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unsworth (the original " or any other man"), and the astounding feats on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAIitE. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. D. Boucicault, sole Lessee. This Evening, TIT E SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Itessrs. Atkins, F. Robinson; Sara Stevens. After which, THE COL LEEN HAWN. Ur. Boucicault, Mdme. Celeste, ago. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. t ‘s vening, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After ' ..,I`-'l-,lt A MERICAN COUSIN Messrs. Buckstone, ABA ' jur * NbIS C. Young, Miss Oliver, & c. `Pith T LA CON POST. A Perm Nena, &c. And DEAF AS A Commence at 7. NEW T HEATRE -ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Pro• .rietor and Mar, ager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. This Evening, T HEART. 3lessrs. Benjamin N v,.bst r• “ L AY. Toole, k ; bliss Woolgar, &c. And ink' sail,LlNt. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRlNcEss, g THEATRE. Less ee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THE RENDEZv G HENRY V111 " .. 13B * After which, at a This Even , quarter tO TkiEICE MAAR/k i p. and Mrs. Charles ;Lean, &C . With c o mmence at 7. v - PEUM Trip, ROYAL L 1 ,-, mr. I , ATII.. Fold Leese A and Manap.;er._ • Messrs, drant,4 1, This Evening, .... . 14•011o,,w!lbj xaseisiconer, - -...... F r o'DA.i: l, tl emer. Addison; Mrs. Bowers, Conclude with IHE COLLEEN "V' '" SIIITTL I .g e TEY. LAST. Charles Selby and Lydia Toomson. '' l) AT Commence at 7. .------. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Mr. Batty. This Evening, MAZEPPA : Mr. C. )S r. Brilliant Scenes in the Cir( le by the unrivalled Troupe of British and Foreign Equestrians. Concluding with a Cornic Ballet. Commence at 7. ___....:...! • T HE CONVICT BURKE.—The convict Burke, who at the recent assizes was found guilty of the murder of his vice by poisoning her, is stated to be at present self-pos sessed, and apparently reconciled to his wretched fate. During the last fev days he has been frequently visited by one of the clergy of his church, the Rev. Mr. Phelan, C.C., and it is said he has wholly yielded to the thoughts and duties of religion, without making any reference to the crime laid to his c harge. A memorial on bal ehf of the p r i so ner has been got up in Waterford, and it is rumoured that great influence will be brought to bear on the Exe cutive to commute his sent-nee, in accordance with the recommendation of the jury who tried him. It is alleged that in the confusion arising from the pressure of the spectators to hear t he verdict of the jury on ‘s Wednesday evening last, the w ords addressed by the foreman i ll of the jury, Mr. M. Coleman,to Baron Deasy were not fu intended to at the time. It appears that what the jury hte y to h a ve conveyed to the learne d j ud g e was, that while they were all unanimous in the verd ict the y had r eturned, the we t a al so anxious to express to h is lordshi p an opinion adverse t o infliction of capital punish ment. Th e prisoner' s nea r eahir ; his brothers'victho are chiefly farmers , reside him in his cell on Frid a y last. Th e convict receivedisaited superior education. Through th e late Sir J. Burke, hart., other patrons, he was appointed a v ice g uardian for and i 6 f ind in 1850, chiefly by the support , t i l t m 4 oz. Union in 1848, of the board, t he convict was elected j ex officio members . erk of tine ni e Water ford Union by a large ttjority. His vileaintel ligent woman, and w as daughter of a recrZeZ very aie man in Clogheen, the late Mr. J. iii Grath, who had bee n for seve ral years in the service and confidence of the L I • —m o " family.—Litncrick, Paper. EVERY WEEK. ONE PENNY. than last year ; and it was anticipated that the present prices would bring much excellent cotton from Madras, and larger quantities than ever from the interior, the poor ryots stripping themselves we may suppose willingly and making their rags do double service, to take the benefit of the present prices for their raw material. Had Manchester but looked after them by proper buyers, in a climate where clothing is almost a luxury, it can hardly be doubted that the natives would have sacrificed a great deal of what they use in ordinary times in their desire to make money while they had the chance. Had they but seen " the sahibs among them," as Mr. SAUNDERS says, looking after it, there would have been an increased growth cf cotton, which would have been a most valuable relief. As it is, we may well be thankful that India will at least somewhat alleviate the pressure this NOTICE. Ail remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sulk newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. I4m.—Afternoon, sh. Um. ro-MORROW.-Moming, bh. 50m.--Afternoon, 6h. 12m year. We may be sure of one thing--these debates will afford infinite pleasure throughout Yankeedom. To see the Parliament of England busied in dis cussing the deep distress of thousands of men turned out of work and bread by their blockade—this is a trophy indeed. Conscious of the moral unjustifi ableness of their position, the Yankees have been in a constant fever throu g h fear of Euro pean inter vention—half t heir hatred of us i s due to the wrong satisfaction and injury they do us, and have d one us , an d ye t their f a ct press distress with greater malign than ofour The Lancashire people have at last obtained very nearly all they have asked. On Wednesday they carried a majority of the House with them, in asking, as Mr. VILLIERS rightly understood it, the power to borrow, as well as the power offered by the Government to obtain aid directly from the union. Last night Mr. VILLIERS brought up an amendment of the kind they wished ; but as the power to apply for a rate in aid had been fixed at the rates reaching ss. in the pound, he had adopted the same rate as the line at which borrowing powers should commence. This arrangement, however, gave general dissatisfaction to those who advocated liberty to borrow, and ultimately Mr. VILLIERq capitulated for a line of 3s. in the pound ; he marched off, however, as he considered, with the honours of war, because this was nearer the rating at which he had originally proposed that the rate in aid should commence. __ As we understand Mr. VILLIERS' language last night, when he stated his modification of the amendment he had brought up, the union is to be the borrowing party, and is to have the option— when the rates in any parish exceed 3s. in the pound—of charging the excess on the common fund of the union, and so on all the parishes in the union, immediately ; and then to borrow on the security of the union rates, when the rating of all its parishes exceed 35., thus lightening the immediate rressure It is very unfortunate. But it appears to be in evitable. There is a sort of fatality, we suppose, about the whole neighbourhood. Yet it is—fatality or no fatality—deeply to be regretted, more espe- on the union. If this be his meaning, the excess o: rates above three shillings in the pound in any parish will be in any case thrown upon the union but the union will have the option of borrowing for a term of years. When the union expenditure exceeds jive shillings in the pound, Mr. VILLIERS proposes to throw the excess upon the county. Mr. PULLER'S proposal was, on Wednesday, that the union, as the better security, and therefore able to raise money on better terms, should be enabled to borrow for the distressed parish ; the parish, we presume, when able, to reimburse the common fund of the union. As it now stands, the union is to meet every excess above three shillings in the pound either by a rate in aid on all its parishes or by borrowing, and when the maximum of ss. is reached, the county is to be responsible. The advocates of borrowing are taunted with in cially just at this particular period, within the very year of the Great Exhibition, when all the World and his Wife are up from the country, when Monsieur, Madame, et ses enfans, are over from the continent—it is, indeed, deeply to be regretted that such a deplorable accident should have oc curred I Everybody who has passed through the Finest Site (observe, not Sight !) in Europe must have remarked it. There in that fatal spot— in that place, so like " another place" that should be nameless, seeing that it is, in a manner as one may say, literally " paved with good inten. tions"—there in the very centre of Trafalgar-square it has occurred, this melancholy little casualty. It afflicts each side alternately. Sometimes both sides (of the centre, that is) together. The turncocks of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields—(so called pertinaciously notwithstanding that there is not a blade of grass anywhere within the range of obser vation)—the parish turncocks, we say, ought de cidedly to look to it. For it must surely come, by right, within their jurisdiction. The fact appears to be, so far as it can be in any way correctly regarded, that a number of water-plugs have burst there in clusters, in the immediate neighbourhood of what Londoners have for the last dozen years or so got ,into the habit of facetiously designating the Trafalgar Square Fountains. Instead of our two charming ginger beer bottles being allowed to foam over at their own " sweet will" upon the top of that melancholy pair of dumb-waiters in front of the National Gallery—these unfortunate water plugs seem to have burst, out of sheer malice, to dis grace our principal square more flagrantly than ever by squirting in rivalry with the ginger beer bottles aforesaid. It is sheer malignity to insinuate, as some have ventured to do, that these squirtings and cross-squirtings are absolutely intentional—that they have been designed in cold blood, as well as realised in cold water by some ambitious wight con nected with the office of Public Works, that is to say, of course, in the public waterworks department. The base insinuation is only no doubt to be scouted as utterly ridiculous. It must be set aside at once as a " miserable invention of the enemy." And, instead of reprobating Mr. COWPER and his assistants for another and a worse blunder even than any they have yet perpetrated, we ought—(we endeavour to encourage ourselves to believe this)—to commiserate them upon the unto ward casualty that, befalling them where it has done, and when it has done, must be considered seriously to amount to little less than a misfortune. consistency in wishing borrowing powers to com ence at a lower point than 59., but we cannot think with reason. They preferred not to go begging for help to their neighbours, for one thing ; but they also, with the full persuasion that the calamity is tem porary, wished to save the parishes from being crushed by exceptionally heavy rates for a short time. They are composed of shrewd men of busi ness, some of the wealthiest of whom have known what it is to save their general course of busi ness from derangement by sown exceptional pres sure through a loan on good security. It may probably be looked upon as almost the habit of these enterprising men to balance the inequali ties of the action of trade by obtaining advances. They cannot bring themselves to believe that even AMericans will go on eating each other up they know, must soon feel—in fur ever ; India , deed, Mr. CRAWFORD showed it was now feeling —the effect of high prices, and hence all they ask is to be allowed to manage their own business in their own way. Mr. COBDEN, with perfect con sistency, declared his preference for fixing no sum at which borrowing powers should commence, but leaving it entirely to the discretion of boards of guardians. We have not the smallest doubt that It is the result of that fatality, therefore, we will presume, which has always been attendant upon everything connected with that ill-starred and ridiculously miscalled " finest site in Europe," Trafalgar-square. II is another and the latest, (would that we might hope that it will prove the last !) result of that old familiar fatality—this lamentably ill-timed bursting up of the water plugs around the soi-disant Fountains. A fatality to which we already owe so much ! For example, the in completeness to this day (to our disgrace as anation) of the only open-air public monument here in London to the memory of him who has been well called "the darling hero of England !" Or, the retention of that empty pedestal in the north-west corner of the square ! A national emblazonment of the fact that we despair of ever finding a match (thank Heaven, however; be it said, in sober seriousness, for that!) to that tailor's dummy of a King [" waistcoat, under waistcoat, more under-waistcoat—nothing!"] for merly entitled by our infatuated sires " the First Gentleman in Europe," but more aptly described by Mr. THACKERAY " the Royal Snob," his most gra cious Majesty Fum the Fourth Again there is— in the place of honour—that miserable abortion of a public building, the stone cruet-stand ycelped the National Gallery; conspicuous alone for its onate pep per-castors. There is Pura the FOURTH'S own statue —ostler-like, mounted on a bare-backed steed, with a horsecloth gracefully covering his shoulders, and a rolling pin held truncheon-like against one thigh. ould that the horsecloth were but large enough to cover the effigy altogether from our eyes, and place it effectually beyond reach of prov ing a provocation to more horse-laughter. There is CHARLES the FIRST, again, on that wonderful charger of his.—saddled without anything what ever in the shape of that girth which is found re quisite to keep all ordinary mortals erect when figuring away as equestrians ! Sir EDWIN LAND SEER, too, is certainly paying the authorities in their own coin, now that they have been inconsiderate enough to select a painter to do the work of a sculptor—for in lieu of placing the folir couchant lions on the empty pedestals, so long waiting for them at the four angles of the base of the Nelson Column, Sir EDWIN LANDSEER, we are seriously told, is only beginning to prepare for his work by studying tne habits of the lions in the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park ! Looking around us there in the midst of that jumble of absur dities littered about the stony waste of Trafalgar square, we can only regret that—while the foun tains and the burst water-plugs are in full play— ?: floodgates of the neighbouring washhouses at b e be ck of the National Gallery cannot safely e opened in a discharge of sufficiently copious streatu. of cold water, to sweep all this stone and bronze rtibili,h beautiful elear away into the Thames, leaving only that Corinthian pillar in solitary grandeur in the vacated site. S t of the otherwise vacant and this is the wiser course. The Poor Law Board can hardly believe that it has not the wisdom to prescribe by rule for all the varied cir cumstances of all the parishes and all the unions in the kingdom. We have much more faith in the guardians themselves. They are, with the exception of the magistrates belonging to them ex officio, composed of gentlemen who have shown their business capacity by conducting well, first, their own business. And we should think they, of all persons in the world, may be trusted to manage it in the present case. For no man's integrity and fair ability as an administra tor has the country more respect than for those of the President of the Poor Law Board; but we can not think that he and all his staff will manage a Lancashire Union's pecuniary difficulties so well as the guardians themselves of the union. We have reason to be thankful that the Lanca shire members succeeded by the aid of numerous Tory coadjutors in carrying their main point. Sudden collapse is the danger in many of these manufacturing parishes. When the mills close all must close. Not only the hands who watch the spindles and the looms, but the numerous artificers and workmen directly employed by it, are thrown out of work, and the numerous tradesmen who sub sist entirely on the custom of the workmen. No thing can be more correct than Mr. COBDEN'S Com parison of such a parish, to an agricultural one in which sterility had smitten the entire soil. If th e cause of that sterility might be with certainty d r ento _ e _ in a year or two, there could not be a worse policy th an to annihilate the property of the few who h ad r e u til l i t u . g left, so that they should be in capable c :e. A ting again the fields when fer tility return ed , loan would be infinitely better. 71 & is is the real d r i ft : f the Lancashire people. They W ant to prevent r u ese ree nt calamity from de stroying antirelythe reno vill 13a itt e i o e f to th r o e s g e ai w n h t o h , e w ir h o e i n d it has passe d away, position. It s eems singula r to see the country gen tlemen so ready , to back the m e n , ,of Manches ter, b u t their interests in this case are The forme r cannot Wish the identical. rates in aid to reach too so on the agricultural onts; the latter desire to save their own communities f rom the crushing rates which W ould require a rate n 1 aid. The facts men ti one d by Mr. CRA WFORD are en couraging, as fa r as th e y go. He showed ► by exact information from India, that it has been a mis statement when the Indian supply of this year was represented as certain to be less than that o f last year. The reverse is the fact. Up to the end of June the cotton coming from India was sixty thou . sand bales more than last year at the same time ; the numbers being 405,751 bales this year, and last year, up to the same time, 345,394 bales. A larger quantity also, happily, remains to be sent A n admirable suggestion, as it n ow been thrown out by the anonymous just appears to us, ha 9 cor respondent of a contemporary. It has reference to THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY, EVENING. AUGUST 1, 1862. the application of the magnificent sum of money collected together to pay for the construction of some superb and colossal memorial to the PRINCE CONSORT. At the outset it will be remembered that the favourite idea in regard to this national monu ment of love and gratitude to the gifted Prince so very recently and, as it it appears to us poor pur blindhuman so prematurely deceased, wasthat Obelisk or Monolith. The creatures, of a stupendous w idowed QUEEN herself regarded the notion of that being the central point of the proposed memorial, with favour. And knowing such to be the desire of her MAJESTY, even those who failed to recognize anything whatever appro priate in the notion of a Monolith to commemorate the fair fame of an European Prince, waived all such considerations in order that they might aid, so far as might be practicable, in realizing the projected design. The erection of a monolith, however, proved to be impracticable under the circumstances. The difficulty of find ing a block of granite of adequate grandeur in its proportions, and yet sufficiently near to the site upon which it was intended to be raised to ren der the expense and labour of its carriage not the source of any formidable objections—was consi dered at last, and, we believe with reason, to be almost as one may say, insuperable. A different application of the Funds at the disposal of the Royal Commissioners has been but very recently resolved upon. According to this new plan, the blending of sculpture with archi tecture is to result in the fabrication of a memorial in Ilyde Park upon the site of the Crystal Palace of 1851—a monument worthy in every particular of the great and good name to be inscribed upon it. An improvement, hcwever, upon even this idea has to-day been suggested, through the columns of a contemporary : namely, the appropriation of the chief part of this large fund, collected for the pur poses of the ALBERT Testimonial—to the relief of the distress in Lancashire ! Reserving only sufficient to raise a noble white marble statue of our lamented Prince upon a suitably grand and enduring granite pedestal upon which pedestal, beneath the name of " ALBERT the Good," the fact of this suggested appropriation of the rest of the fund (mentioning the very amount if such should be deemed advisable) might be inscribed ! Th thought, we repeat, is in itself really beautiful. And it is certainly a suggestion worthy of being taken very seriously into consideration. Paris. (By Telegraph to Bombay.) LATEsr NEWS. ROCHES POINT, AUG. 1 11.15 A.M. The Inman steamer Kangaroo, from New York on the 19th of July, is now coming in. PARIS, AUG. 1. The Moniteur of this morning announces the ap pointment of three vice-admirals. MADRID, AUG. 1. General Concha leaves this capital to-morrow for It is stated that his mission is to endeavour to establish an understanding been France and Spain upon the Mexican question. PARIS, JULY 31. The Patrie of this evening states that, in conse quence of fresh information, orders have been issued by the Government for the energetic maintenance of a strict watch upon the Roman coast. The same journal announces that very animated discussions take place in the conferences now being held at Constantinople on the Servian question several of the Powers expressing divergent views upon the subject. INDIA. (By Telegraph from Suez.) BOMBAY, JULY 12. The Supreme Court of Calcutta was closed on the 30th ult. The letters patent relative to the constitution of the High Court will be published on the 18th inst COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shirtings active. Mule twist in good demand. Cotton higher prices demanded. Copper quiet. Malwa opium, 1560. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 2s. op. Government Securities.---Four per Cents., 94i; ditto, Five per Cents., 104 k, Freights, 655. CALCUTTA, JtTLY 12. Shirtings quiet. Mule twist dull. Copper nothing doing. Government Securities,—Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 114 t. Freights 70s. BOMBAY, JULY 12. Broach, 282 rupees per candy, advance 29 rupees; Dollera, 289 rupees per candy, advance 32 rupees. Freights, 65s per ton, advance 20s. Exchange, 2s ON per rupee, steady. Broach will cost 9 893 d per lb, with freight, or 98d; and Dollera, 10.004 d per lb, with freight, or 10d. Shirtings-50-39in, 61b, 5r 2a, n©t 8s 3d, advance 6 annas; 54-39 in, 71b, 6r la, net 9s 9d, advance 8 annas ; 60-39 in, 81b, 6r 14a, net lls, advance 10 annas; 64-39 in, B.lolb, 7r 2a, net 1 ls. 6d, advance 6 annas; 54-45 in, 811 b, 6r 6a, net lOs 3d, advance 3 annas. Market brisk. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 1. The Massilia, with the above mails, passed Hurst Castle at 11.25 this morning. 4 4 - l• M 44. ? 4. 4 - • 43:, 4 ;t 0 7.4 .DROir THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1862. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 31.—The market has shown rather more buoyancy, and notwithstanding the arrival of English Consols with a fall of per cent., prices are higher, Threes, for the Account, being now at 68f. 70c. The Railway Share Market is also firmer, and some lines show a slight improvement. The market closed as follows :- 4t per Cents. 97 60 Bank Shares 3170 Do. end month.... 07 70 Credit loncier ll9O 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 75 Italian Loan 72 35 New 3 per Cents .. Roman — Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 836 25 Spanish Threes — Do. end month.... 835 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOlO .. 1011 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1095 .. 1095 Geneva . Southern Western . 552 50 .. 552 50 Eastern .. 540 .. 537 50 Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 6lB 75 .. 620 THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. The following is a copy of the address presented to his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt : " We, the undersigned, belonging to various bodies of Protestant Christians in Great Britain, gladly embrace this opportunity of approaching your Highness with sentiments of high respect and sincere gratitude. it Deeply interested with the provisions made by the Hatti Humayoun of 1856, for the protection of the subjects of the Turkish empire acting according to their religious convictions, we beg to offer to your Highness our cordial ack now l e d gmen t s f or the evidence of your determination to act upon the same principles of just and benevolent toleration in the country under your rule. " It is greatly to our comfort and satisfaction that we have learnt the interposition recently made, under your Highness's authority, on behalf of a native Christian, who was suffering severely from a fanatical outbreak in the city of Seyut, for having undertaken to defend a native woman, herself also persecuted on account of religion. " We have likewise heard with pleasure that mis sionaries of all persuasions in Egypt have liberty to travel in the performance of their duties, free of charge, on the Government rail ways. ,s We rejoice to recognise in these facts, and in the general tone of your Highness's Government, a fi xe d determination on the part of your Highness t o give effect to the great p r i nc i p l e o f re li g i ous freedom throughout the territories dependent upon your authority, and we earnestly pray that your long be spared t o ru l e w ith i n - H i g h n ess's:life may c reasing glory over a prosperous and devoted popu lation." _ _ The address was signed, among others, by the following persons :—The Bishop of L on d on, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Stratford de Red cliffe, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Radstock, the Hon. W. As hl e y, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Brook w. Bridges, M.P., the Chairman and Secretaries of the Evangelical Alliance, a n d t h e secretaries of most of the other religious societies. The signa tures of the Bishops of Oxford and Salisbury were also attached at the request of the Secretary of the Church of England Mission to the Moslems. To this address his Highness the Viceroy re turned the followin g rep l y : Mr.President,—l am both honoured and deeply touched by the sentiments of sympathy which you hav e expressed to me in the address which you have transmitted to me yesterday, and I am happy that my conduct in regard to the Christians of different communities has been judged worthy of the approbation of the illustrious personages whose names appear at the foot of your address. " Although it has been a principle with me to grant an equal protection to all forms of worship without distinction, the approbation of the .distin guished ni:.,mbers of your association will be an ad ditional motive with me to persevere in the course which I have traced out for myself. "Be kind enough, Mr. President, to be the in terpreter to the Evangelical Alliance of my senti ments of lively gratitude for the wishes which it kindly cherishes for my preservatio n an d p ro - Verity, and to convey to it my perfect esteem and my high consideration. " MOHAMMED SAID "To the President of the Evangelical Alliance, London." THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. The Bishop of Oxford has addressed the sub joined letter to his archdeacons : Cuddesdon Palace, July 30. " My Dear Mr. Archdeacon, —May I request you to communicate to the clergy of your archdeaconry the following injunction from me as ordinary ? That, on the Sunday after the receipt of it, they give notice to their congregations, at the conclusion of the Nic6ne Creed, in these terms : " You are earnestly desired to make your humble supplications to Almighty God, who is the author of peace and lover of concord, that He will promote peace among our brethren in America, and inspire their hearts with Christian unity and fellowship. " To allow of which prayer a short pause will for the present be made after the suffrage in the Litany, ' that it may please Thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and also in the prayer ' for all sorts and conditions of men,' after the words 'we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate.' " I am, my dear Mr. Archdeacon, Your faithful friend and brother, S. OXON. Baron de Beust, the Saxon Minister, is, it is said, taking steps to overcome the opposition of the petty States to the French treaty. He has had an interview for that purpose with Baron de Dalgwigk, Minister of State of the Grand Duke of Hesse. The Tribunal of Sienna (Tuscany) on the 25th condemned two Carmelite friars, Fathers Onorato and Emiliano, to twenty months' and six months' imprisonment respectively, for writing and circulating two pamphlets, one entitled " The Temporal Power of the Pope," and the other, " A Gross Untruth of the Revolution ;" in which the King and Government of Italy, the army and the na • tion were spoken of in the most insulting language. The prior of the convent, Father Hilarion, was acquitted for want of evidence. Unfavourable advices respecting the young game have been received from many districts in Belgium. The extensive shooting grounds in the neighbourhoods of Ma lines, Louvain, and Namur, and between Cortemberg and Brussels, have suffered considerably from the rain. From Luxembourg and the Ardennes the information received is more re-assuring, the partridges having suffered but little, and for some days past have become much stronger. The police of Lyons seem at last to have disco vered a clue which may lead to the punishment of the person who murdered the little girl found strangled near the Vaise railway station, in December last. A man, named X—, who, at the time of the murder, was a sergent de vile, was arrested last week for a criminal assault on a girl only four years old. It appears that he had previously been apprehended for a similar crime, but had succeeded in proving an alibi. The examining magistrate charged with the investigation into this last charge, struck with these repeated arrests for the same kind of offence, was led to suspect that the person in custody might be the author of the murder in December. It may be remembered that the poor victim had been gagged with a cotton handker chief, which remained in possession of the police. After X—'s arrest, the commissary of police of Vaise went to his house, and while X—'s wife was engaged in answering the questions of the agents, he contrived to slip the handker ehief above mentioned into a bag containing foul linen ready for the wash. When the contents of this bag were afterwards turned out before the woman, she recognised the handkerchief as one belonging to her husband, and which she had not seen for months. X— was immediately charged with the murder, but he protested his innocence. Owing to the light apparently thrown upon the affair by this discovery, a fresh investigation has been instituted. THE - VICEROY OF EGYPT.—The Faid Gehaad left Woolwich yesterday, at 3 o'clock. Some carriages, purchased in London, having been put on board, the ship • wrights and others employed on the repairs and alterations were hastily ordered ashore. Under the personal superin tendence of the Viceroy the machinery was put in motion, and the Egyptian flag was then hoisted at the mainmast of the Fisgard ; 21 guns then announced his Highness's de parture. The steam-tug Bustler and a number of riggers from the dockyard attended the yacht at Greenhithe, to adjust compasses and prepare her for sea, under the com mand of Master Commander Petley. She is expected to sail for Gibraltar, and will call at Cherbourg on Saturday next. His Highness was accompanied by the Hon. Chas. A. Murray, Mr. Larking, and Mr. Hugh Thurburn. Mr. Larking, who has directed the transactions of the Viceroy during his sojourn in England, placed in the hands of Mr Brine, chief inspector, a purse, containing £lO6, as a gra tuity to the police of the Arsenal. Mr. Larking at the same time stated that he had been directed to purchase a valuable gold watch, as a recognition of his (the inspec tor's) attention on various occasions. Seven carriage horses were purchased by the Pasha last week, under the super vision of the veterinary surgeons of the Royal Artillery. They cost on an average £4OO each, and are to belconveyed overland to Constantinople, in charge of an English coach man and grooms engaged in the Pasha's service. EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HO PE.— Of the six ships that sailed to the Cape of Good Hope from this country during the season 1861-62 under the auspices of the Emigration Commissioners, the Rajasthan, of 700 tons, with 264 emigrants, under charge of Surgeon-Super• intendent Samuel Smith, took the longest time to reach her port of destination, and the John Vanner, of 726 tons, with 239 emigrants, under charge of Surgeon-Superin dent W. D. Stone, the shortest period, there being 29 days' difference. THE MOORS AND FORESTS.—FORT The approaching 12th of August never was so near with so discouraging sporting prospects. The weather has been eminently unfavourable for all kinds of game, and we learn that in most places there will be a scarcity of grouse even on the famous moors in this quarter. In travelling over some of the best heather ranges in this district, we found the coveys more n umerous th at we expec t e d ; but they were small in size and numb er , an d l oo k e d we akly. They can be of no size worth at the opening of the season in many pl ace s.-Idinburgh Courant. ARMY PRIZE MONEY.—Forfeited and unclainwl shares of prize money since the year 1809 have accumulated to the amount of £421,549. This sum has been so largely increased by interest, and by investments made when the price of funds was low, that from this source there has been paid over to Chelsea Hospital, at different times, n . o . leas than £595,215, besides £40,000 to th e Royal Military Asylum, and £44,144 to the Exchequer. THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. Subjoined is an abstract of the notice put forth yesterday afternoon for the issue of an additional sum of £1,097,600 Egyptian bonds to tha holders of the existing loan of £ 2 ,195,200. Every possessor of £2OO of the old stock will thus be entitled to £lOO of the new, provided application is made in form on or before the 11th inst., after which date no claim will on any ground be entertained. The price of issue, reckoning div i dend and allowances of all kinds, corresponds with that of the existing loan, Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen having strictly preserved in this matter the utmost rights of their original clients:— " EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT LOAN. " Second issue in bonds for £1,097,000, offered to the holders of the first issue of 841 per cent, including a coupon of 31 per cent., due Ist of September. " The bonds to bear interest at 7 per cent, per annum, payable half• yearly in London. The loan to be redeemed in 30 years by an accumulating sinking fund. The bonds to be drawn by lot half-yearly, and paid off at 100. The first drawing on the 6th of September, 1862. Agents in London—Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, 12, Austin-friars. " This second loan has been contracted by the Viceroy of Egypt with the Bank of Saxe-Meiningen, in order to complete the extinction of the floating debt of Egypt. The circumstances under which it was contracted are stated in an official letter written by order of the Viceroy to the re presentative of the bank of Saxe-Meiningen, which is pub lished in the public papers. " This loan is specially secured by a second charge on the revenues of the Delta, which amount to upwards of £600,000, while the interest and sinking funds on the two loans will not exceed £264,000. The Sultan's authority and the special appropriation of the revenues of the Delta, as security, will be stated in the bonds. " The general bond for the sum of X 1,097,600 has already been signed by the Viceroy of Egypt, and is deposited and will remain for safe custody in the Bank of England, for security of the holders of the loan. A certified copy can be inspected at the office of Messrs. Freshfields and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings. " Under the terms of the general bond, the requisite funds for the half-yearly interest and sinking fund will be regu larly remitted to Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen in London. '• The drawings and the half-yearly interest on the new issue have been made to coincide with those of the first loan. Accordingly, the bonds now offered will bear a coupon of 3} per cent. due on the first of next month, which will be re ceived in part payment of the second instalment. " Allotments will be made on the following terms : " Every holder of £2OO of the old stock will be entitled to £lOO of the new stock, provided that the application for the new allotment be made at the office of Messrs. Fruhling and Goachen on or before the 11th inst., and be accompanied by a deposit of the bonds or certificates of the old loan held by the applicant, which stock must remain in deposit for a period of two clear days, when it will be returned with the scrip of the new loan. " Parties desirous of availing themselves of the option of taking this stock must understand that no application will be received after the 11th of August. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen cannot be responsible for those cases where the advertisements may have been overlooked, Gr the appli cations from any cause not sent in. " As the applications must be accompanied by bonds or scrip, it is particularly requested that they may not be made by letter. All risk of loss in transmission must rest with the applicant. " The price of the stock will be 841, including the coupon due the Ist of September, payable-20 per cent. on appli cation ; 20 per cent. on Ist of September (less 31 per cent. coupon) ; 20 per cent. on Ist of October; 21/ per cent. on lst of November. " subscribers will have the option of paying the instal ments in advance on the Ist of September or Ist of October, under a discount of 7 per cent. per annum on such pre-pay ments ; but, in default of due payment of the respective instalments, all previous payments will be liable to for feiture. "The drawings for redemption of the bonds will take place in London in the presence of a notary public, every half-year, in the months of July and January, and the bonds thus drawn will he paid off at 100 on the Ist of Sep tember and the Ist of March next following. The first drawing will, under the terms of the general bond, take place exceptionally on'the 6th of September next, and the bonds then drawn will be paid off at 100 on the 30th of the same month, provided that the instalments om the corre sponding scrip have all been paid." THE PERUVIAN LOAN. The Peruvian Loan of £5,500,000 in a Four and a-half per Cent. Stock at 93, with dividend from the Ist of July, and a sinking fund for the redemption of the entire loan at par within 10 years, has been announced this afternoon by Messrs. Heywoods, Kennards, and Co., in the following terms. The security is to consist of the proceeds of the British and Belgian guano contracts, the dividends are to be paid by Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Sons, and a discount of 41 per cent. is to be allowed on pre payment of the instalments PERUVIAN LOAN, £5,500,000. " Messrs. Heywoods, Kennards, and Co. beg to give notice that they have been authorized by his Excellency Senor Don Mariano Jose Sanz, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Peru to the Court of Her Britannic Majesty, to receive subscriptions for the above loan. " The interest will be at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist day of January and Ist clay of July in each year, and will commence from the Ist of July, 1862, and will be paid as heretofore by Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Sons. " The sinking fund is fixed at 8 per cent. per annum, 4 per cent to be applied each half-year, the first application to be made on the Ist of January, 1863, and is accumula tive—that is to say, the interest on all bonds bought up by the action of the sinking fund will be applied in further reduction of remaining bonds. "The price is £93 for every £lOO of stock, and is payable as under : " 5 per cent, on application ; 8 per cent. on allotment ; 20 per cent, on the 17th of September; 20 per cent. on the 13th of October ; 20 per cent. on the 14th November ; 10 per cent. on the 12th December ; and 10 per cent. on the 22d December—total, £93. " Four-and-a-half per cent. will be allowed on all cash payments in advance. " The receiving the existing bonds in part payment will entirely absorb them, and will thus release the guano now hypothecated to them. " In addition to the general pledge of all the revenues of Peru, there is given as security for the due fulfilment of the engagements entered into by the Peruvian Government a special hypothecation of the whole of the guano imported into Great Britain and her colonies, and also of that im ported into the kingdom of Belgium. '• The nature of the security will be best understood by the perusal of the subjoined copy of an official letter from Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Sons, the consignees of the guano, and financial agents of the Government :--. Taking the average sales of guano at 154,000 tons per annum, and the profit at an average of only £6 per ton, the produce in cash is .. £924,000 Proceeds of average sales in Belgium—say, 45,000 tons, £6 .. (Sales last year amounted to 52,000 tons) .. 270,000 £1,194,000 Interest, 41 per cent. on 5,500,000=- - X247,500 Sinking fund, 8 per cent, 687,500 Leaving as surplus at disposal of Peruvian Govt. £606,500 " The bond; will be of a similar character to the existing bonds, with coupons attached, and will have all the benefi cial clauses which they contain. " Holders of the Anglo-Peruvian Four•and-a-Half per Cent., three per Cent. Uribarren and Regan bonds will be preferentially considered in the allotments. " Prospectuses and fortis of application to be obtained at the banking-house of Messrs. Heywoods, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-street, or at the office of Mr. Lewis H. Haslewood, broker, 7, Lothbury, E.C. " Messrs. Lippmann, Rosenthal, and Co., of Amsterdam, will receive applications for Holland ; and Mr. L. R. Bill choffsheim, of Antwerp, will receive those for Belgium." BANK OF _ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day of July, 1862: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........X32,215,130, Government Debt £11,01 5,100 Other Securities .. 3 634,90 0 Gold Coin & Bullion 17,565,13° Silver Bullion ,••• ...._.-- L 38,215,130 £32,215,1301 Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in - eluding Exche- Buer, Savings' anks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and iPARTBIENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) uri .. . ..... £11,002,995 Oth er Sec-ties .. 1 9 , 442 371 Notes ............ 10,024995 Gold and Silver 883,313 Coin ............ Dividend Ac counts)sos.B4o Other Deposits 16,903,068 Seven Day and 70,90 1 other Bills £41,35 1,358 W. July 31, £41,351,338 MILLER, Deputy Ca'luer. THE IIEALTII OF THE HON. M R S. THERES A YEINV'T °N *7 The general public, who sympathise so Ae iy w i t h. this much injur e d Indy, w ill be happy to le arn that she is now recovering from the shock she received by 1, .ord Ardmill an' s derision, So much improved has her health been during the past few days that she hopes to be able, in order to its perfect restoration, to proceed to Cannes neat weeke—Cglccioniax Mercury. EXCITING SCENES AT 7 HREE FIRES. Yesterday morning an alarming and destructive fire which was nearly attended with fatal results to several persons., happened on the extensive premises belonging to Mr. John Morris Jones, Court hosier, No. 17, Piccadilly. The fire was discovered by a police-constable of the C divi sion, by seeing smoke pouring forth from the front shop. The officer at once gave an alarm, and after much trouble he succeeded in arousing the inmates, when Mr. Jones, finding it impossible to descend, made for the roof in only his shirt, and John Lewis Cotton, another of the res►dents, made his appearance at the third floor, and at the came period the other occupants could be seen rushing in a state bordering upon frenzy over the housetops of the adjoining buildings. At this conjuncture Charles Arnold, the con ductor of the Royal Society's fire-escape, luckily arrived with his machine from the St. James's Church station, and having placed his escape in front of the house, he gallantly ascended to the roof, and took Mr. Cotton on his back and carried him down the escape. The conductor next returned and assisted Mr. Jones down the ladder, and they fortu nately escaped meeting a horrible death. He next went in search of the other inmates, who had fortunately escaped, and during his praiseworthy efforts he became completely prostrated with smoke, and dropped near the window, and no doubt would have been suffocated had it not been for the timely arrival of Conductor Robinson from Golden square, who pulled him out of the room, and he was obliged to slide down the escape. The engines of the London Bri gade, under Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C district, the Duke of Sutherland, and Engineers Paul Gerrard, Wilkinson, and Gatehouse. were soon in attendance, and they admirably directed the firemen. The powerful steam engine of Shand and Mason, of Blackfriars, was also soon in attendance, and a good supply of water was obtained. The firemen went to work in an admirable manner, but the fire could not be extinguished until a serious amount of mis chief was done. The persons saved have sent the following certificate to the Royal Society's office :—" Had it not been for the timely aid of the escape we must have been suffo cated." Another fire, which was of a most disastrous character, and nearly attended with fatal consequences to a great number of persons, took place on the premises of Mr. H. Wiseman, a carcass butcher, of 21, Crisp-street, Bromley. The flames were discovered by Police-■erjeant Nunn, 12 B. After repeatedly knocking at the street-door the inmates were aroused, and messengers were dispatched in sundry quarters for assistance. In a few minutes several persons appeared at the windows, and Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman, who cried piteously for help, were told to remain a few minutes until the Royal . Society's escape attended, but they both jumped out of window, expecting to be burned to death if they remained any longer in the house, and by so doing they were both severely if not fatally injured. The engines of the London Brigade and parish were early in attendance, and a good supply of water having been pro cured from the mains of the East London Company, the engines were called into operation, but the flames con tinued to spread with more than usual rapidity, and they actually ignited the fronts of two houses on the other side of the road. The fire could not be subdued until the pre mises were entirely consumed. The origin of the fire is un known, but the suffel-er, it is supposed, was insured in the Pheenix Fire Office. The premises of Mr. J. Sheffield, draper, No. 20, were also extensively damaged by fire and. water—insured in the Phoenix Fire Office; No. 1, opposite, belonging to Mr. D. Giller, has the front of the premises slightly scorched—insured in the Norwich Union Fire Office; No. 2, belonging to Mr. G. Reader, has the build ing similarly damaged—insured in the Sun Fire Office. Another fire took place on the premises belonging to Mr. J. Rees, dealer in marine stores, No. 11, Cornwall-road, Lambeth. The engines of the London Brigade and the ponderous one from Hodge's Distillery quickly attended, but the shop and contents, with the fixtures and other effects were severely damaged by fire and water and the plate glass broken. Insured in the Sun Fire Office. The origin is unknown. MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT SHEERNESS. Early on, the-morning of Wednesday the body of a man was found lying in a wheat field, a short distance from Sheerness, in a frightfully mutilated state, leaving no doubt that he had been barbar ously murdered. The body was soon identified as that of a man named Wm. Elliott, 30 years of age, a single man, who was employed in Sheerness Dock yard: The deceased was last seen alive on the pre vious evening, but at whose hands he met with his death it has been impossible, up to the present time, to ascertain. It would appear that the unfor tunate man was shot in the road, after which the body was dragged into the wheat field, where it was discovered. Yesterday an inquest was held on the body by Mr. T. Hills, the district coroner, at Sheerness, when the following evidence was adduced : John Cheeseman, shoemaker, Sheerness, identi fied the body of the deceased as that of Wm. Elliott, late of Queenborough. Deceased was a labourer, and about 30 years of age: Mr. Edward Stride, surgeon, said he was called to see the body of the deceased a little after 1 o'clock on the previous morning, and found it had been re moved to that house. On making a careful exami nation of the body he found externa; marks of gun shot wounds on the right side of the chest, as well as some on the forehead and the whole of the face. Witness opened the body, and on the right side of the chest he found that, with few exceptions, the shots had entered the lungs. One of the shots had passed through the eye, and those in the face had penetrated it deeply. It ;was possible for all the wounds to have been caused by one discharge from the gun. Witness had no hesitation in saying that death had been caused by the shots penetrating the lungs, and the shots had proceeded from a gun held on a level with the chest of the deceased. No other marks of violence appeared on the body, nor were there any signs of the deceased having been engaged in a struggle. Superintendent T. M. Green, of the Kent county police, deposed that from intelligence he received he proceeded to a field called Pheasant's Field, at a few minutes past eight on the previous morning. The field was about a mile from the Halfway House publichouse. About eight or nine yards from the fence separating the field from the road witness found the body of deceased lying on its back with the hands by its side. On the road side of the fence he saw blood, and there was also blood on the fence, as if the deceased had been dragged through it. About three yards within the fence there was more blood, as if the body had been left there a short time, and marks were then visible of its having been dragged on the back in a semicircle about five yards further, where it was found. There was a great deal of blood at that spot. The Coroner here informed the jury that as there was no further evidence to offer, which would throw any additional light on the barbarous murder, it would be better to adjourn the inquiry. The inquest was then adjourned for a week. 7HE CASE OF SYSTEMA7IC POISONING. Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, was to have been brought up at Lambeth Police-court yes terday, for further examination, charged with hav ing caused the deaths by poisoning of Mrs. Atkin son, of Kirby Lonsdale, and of Mrs. Soames, of Alfred-place, Russell-square. The two daughters of the late Mrs. Soames, who had been summoned from Germany, were in attendance to be examined as witnesses in that case, as was also Mr. Barnes, the father of the deceased. After the night charges were disposed of, Mr. Chipperfield, who has the conduct of the prosecu tion, entered the court, accompanied by Professor Taylor, Dr. Nunneley, of Leeds, Mr. Whidhorne, and Mr. Nairne, the last being the medical gentle men who had repeatedly attended the late Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. Soames in their last illnesses; and the former the gentleman to whom had been entrusted the chemical analysis in both cases. Mr. Chipperfield, addressing Mr. Norton, said that he understood that the accused party had been attacked with illness, and was not in a fit state to been sent up from the prison. be brought up on that day, pursuant to a remand on the former hearing, but no medical certificate suggestionilad of Mr. Norton, Dr. Nunneley Chipperfield proceeded to Horsemonger t o A t that a the h e e ffec t rtain the prisoner's condition. On 'their as intimated that the governor, Mr' Keene, a e n e t and u e e nr to 1 f:a; ascertain declined himself the responei" p au t t h h e orit prison h e f t r he in su h r e g r eo th n en of co th n ; g aol. The parties in attendanc • d ics i i t i i i I L o w l i s t h e n o d u i t n t g h e u e waited for a consider able time, until at length one of the warders of . Horseinonger-lane Prison arrived, and presented to Mr. Norton a certificate, signed by Mr. Harris, the surgeon of the gaol, to the effect that the pri soner was labouring under an attack of diarrhoea and sickness, and therefore unfit to be removed. On this a long colloquy ensue d with reierrnce to the fixin g a day for the further examination of the prisoner, so as to suit the convenience and profes sional engagements of the medical witnesses. Ulti mate] . y a day was named, dependent on the condi uml of the prisoner. ANONYMOUS."—A few days since (the 24th ult.) a gentleman called at the Charing-cross Hospital and inquired of the porter whether some money he had just put into one of the collecting boxes would be safe. Having been assured it would, he immediately went away. The same day a friend of the institution,walking past the aboYe' mentioned box, saw, or fancied that he did, something in it. On applying his penknife carefully he succeeded in extract ing 2 . 2 £lO-notes. 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