The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-31 00:00:00

7 CIIA_RG_ES ON FOREIGN TRADE. The CommisitPla of the House of Commons ap pointed to it Auire into the operation of the petty charges up' fa imports and_exports met yesterday for the fir A time—Mr. Moffatt in the chair. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the first witness. He stated that in the session of 1860 he propo'.ied small taxes upon entries inwards and out war'as. The principal motive for those charges was the necessity of obtaining the means of effecting a great operation with regard to the tariff, and it was also hoped that it would be possible to effect a re duction in the staff of the Customs department. The obtaining an improvement in the system of col lecting statistics was also an important considera tion in regard to exports, but it was pot so material with regard to entries inwards. The completeness of the alteration of the tariff of 1860 enabled the Board of Customs to carry out a large reduction of the establishment, but in accordance with the bene volent usages of this country, that all abolition of offices should be attended by large compensation, the immediate saving to the country, although con- siderable, by no means represented the ultimate advantage that would be derived. To crder to effect the reduction in the Customs establishment, toge ther with the alteration of the tariff, subsidiary funds were required, and the two charges now in question were proposed for that purpose, with the idea that they could be levied without causing trouble, delay, or vexation to eny portion of the cam mun ity. The Chairman asked why it was necessary to create new charges when the Customs establishment was reduced and its labours lightened. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the charges were accompanied by a reduction of duties to the extent of £2,800,000 in 1860, while the con templated reduction in the establishment was only about £lOO,OOO. The Chairman asked whether the penny tax on entries inwards was not imposed with a view of meeting the cost of statistics. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he could not say how far the question of statistics was con sidered, as that was a matter for the Board of Trade rather than the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The plan, as originally protosed, was a simple one to levy a charge of one penny upon goods generally, taking a unit of package, or a un it o f we i g h t or - bulk ; but that plan broke down, because it was found that there were many packages of small value upon which a penny would be a sensible tax. 'The plan was modified, and became, no doubt, more inconvenient for mercantile men, but more conve nient for statistical purposes. He believed that every effort had been made by the Customs autho rities to prevent trouble to merchants beyond what was necessarily incident to the levying of a tax. He had expressed his views upon this subject as far back as the 18th of April, 1861, in reply to a memorial from some merchants. He had received memorials from many large towns and ports, but he did not remember any complaint of undue obstruc tion being offered by the Customs department. 'rho penny tax inwards, producing £138,000 a year, he considered was bad in principle, but must be maintained for a time as an element in the balance-sheet. He took a different view of the charge upon bills of lading outwards. It had been originally intended to levy a penny tax upon packages outwards, but that plan was found defec tive, and the present charge of is. 6d. upon each bill of lading was substituted. That charge it was im portant to retain, in order to improve our statistics of exports, which had been very imperfect. He doubted whether mercantile men objected to the charge itself, although upon shipments of very small value it might be a sensible tax ; but those cases would form no perceptible proportion to the commerce of this country. The Chairman asked whether the charge was not imposed chiefly for statistical purposes. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the charge was imposed partly to enable the Govern ment to carry out the alterations in the tariff, but its value for statistical purposes was its principal recommendation. The Chairman—lf it should be proved that the Government could obtain statistical information without the aid of this ls. 6d. stamp, would you place this charge in the same category as the penny inwards, and remove it when the finances would allow ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not think there were the same reasons for abolishing this charge as for getting rid of the penny tax on en tries inwards. The latter charge caused delay and trouble over and above the pecuniary burden, which -was not the case with the former tax. The only objection he could find to the stamp upon bills of lading was in the case of small shipments of little value, and he remembered that he had a complaint from one gentleman who had to pay the ls. 6d. stamp upon a shipment of soda water, value 3s. 4d., to the Channel islands, Such cases, however, were comparatively rare, and he had received very few complaints from any persons. With respect to the value of the penny tax on entries inwards for sta tistical purposes, he was not prepared to give any opinion, but, upon the financial aspect of the ques tion, he frankly admitted that he could not justify, for the sake of the money it produced, the permanent imposition of a charge involving so much labour and delay and cost (in the shape of time) to the mercan tile community. With respect to the stamp upon shipping bills, his impression was that it was finan cially unexceptionable, unless it might be in cases which were too rare to be taken into acccunt, and for statistical purposes it was of great advantage. In reply to Mr. Hutt, Mr. Gladstone said he did consider that the charges created in 1860 were a return to the principle of nominal duties. Sir T. Fremantle, chairman of the Board of Cus tams, was the next witness. He said he could not admit that the penny inwards was useless for the collection of statistics. Before the imposition of that tax the Customs had no means of verifying the mer chants' returns, but the unit of entry now adopted affurded means of arriving at results approximating to the truth. Unless a tax of some kind were levied, the officers could not obtain correct re turns, and as to the tax itself, he thought that its present shape was the best that could be de vised. All the payment s I n L ondon were made by stamps in preference to money, and therefore he doubted whether a batter plan could be suggested. inwards was a m o d e of adjustment The penny of duties between the Crown and the inern , tars, and if after goods had been r emove d from the wh ar f or ship it was found that sufficient stamps had not been affixed to the order app licati on was made t o the importers for additional stamps, the re qu i s i te information being obtained from the wharfingers o r dock companies. No delay was caused in the de livery of the goods, because the merchants were allowed to remove them upon faith of their entries, and if those entries were subsequently found to be inaccurate application was made that the errors might be corrected. In the case of over-payments, when the fact was discovered notice was sent to the importer, and the over-payment was returned to him. Dutiable artieles are now reduced to 22 principal heads , which comprised a considerable variety of minor articles. Upon 149 arti c l e s the penny unit had been adopted and made a unit of entry. In order to obtain perfectly correct statistics the unit of entry should be extended to all goods, which would add about one-third to the present number of articles so treated. The penny stamp upon cases did not afford much statistical informa tion of the quantities or numbers of the goods they contained, as when once the penny was paid, and the Customs effieers were satisfied that the goods were free goods, it would be vexatious to make a thorough examination of the cases. In order to obtain accurate statistics, he thought the Board of Trade should simplif y their requirements, and re duce the list of articles now comprised in 23 long pages to a much smaller number of items. Statistics re l a ting to dutiable goods could be obtained with out the penny stamp, but upon free goods correct information could not be obtained without the im position of some tax. The computed value of i m portation of dutiable articles in 1861 was £80,000,000, and of free goods £1 30 ,000,000. There had been objec tions to the payment of th e t wo charges which were the subject of the inquiry, and some few comp l a ints bad been made, but upon the whole the system had worked smoothly since the I first three months. To ItNr• Lowe—Upon goods not paying duty, and having no unit of entry, tl e statistics of entry were not satisfactory. If importers were r quired to produce the invoices and bills of lading the collec tion of statistics would be facilitated; but although the Board of Customs had now the power to require the p:oduction of these documents, it had never been exercised, and he should be very unwilling to recommend it. The merchants would consider such a requirement as inquisitorial and causing loss of time. It was true that the statistics were collected chiefly for the benefit of those who were required to give the information, but he thought it would be impossible to induce them to produce the original documents. If the unit of entry was extended, and the requirements of the Board of Trade were modi fied, he thought sufficiently accurate statistics could be obtained. To Mr. Dalglish—He thought that the present mode of obtaining information was better than re moving the tax and rendering importers liable to penalties in case of incorrect returns. To Mr. W. 0. Foster--The vexation and trouble arising from these charges were traceable rather to the necessity of obtaining information for statistics, and not from the payment of money; but there were very few complaints now made. To Mr. Lowe—The extension of the unit of entry to all imports would put a stop to many frauds in passing dutiable goods as free goods. Sir T. Fremantle was then examined by the Chair man in reference to the ls. 6d. stamped bill of lading upon exports, and stated his belief that the system had tended to increase the value of the statistical returns of exports, the Customs officers being able to compare the different bills of lading, or shipping bills, with the ship's manifest. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until Friday, the 13th of June. THE IMMORALITIES OF THE HAY MARKET. A numerous deputation, composed of noblemen, clergymen, and tradesmen of the district surround ing the Haymarket, waited on Sir. S. Grey, yester day afternoon, for the purpose of calling his atten tion to the disorder and immoralities prevailing in the Haymarket and neighbourhood. Lord CALTHORPE introduced the deputation, and stated that their object was t 9, lay before Sir Geor ge Grey a memorial regarding the vices and immorali ties which prevailed in the Haymarket. He would be glad if the interview should result in the dimi nution of the evils of which the deputation com plained. - Dr. H. YATES then addressed the Home Secre tary, and stated that he had letters from the Earl of Shaftesbury and Sir C. Eardley, regretting that they could not accompany the deputation, but ex pressing their concurrence in the efforts now being made to abate the evils in and around the Hay market. Dr. Yates then read a memorial, numer ously signed, which set forth the great prevalence of prostitution in the Haymarket and the surround ing thoroughfares, and in Marylebone and Isling ton. The prostitution the memorialists attributed to the great number of brothels, gin palaces, oyster rooms, refreshment houses, low dancing and concert rooms, and casinos in the various localities. The memorial went on to say that the proprietors of licensed houses encouraged prostitutes to assemble in such houses, more particularly after 12 o'clock, when the casinos were closed. It was suggested that it would be advisable to compel the proprie tors of public houses and refreshment rooms to close their houses between fhe hours of one and four, or one and five in the morning. If the present laws were not sufficient to secure that result the memo rialists prayed the Government to introduce a bill which would be sufficient if not entirely to remove the nuisances at least to mitigate them. Dr. Yates then said the deputation represented all denomina tions of the community. It would have been easy to have procured the signatures of thousands of persons in the districts he had mentioned. A feel ing had been exhibited in the minds of the public that the time was come when something must be done to do away with a public scandal and a great shame to the nation. Sir G. GREY remarked that in the memorial, it was stated that the evils were unrestrained of which they complained. Did the memorialists mean that the evil was unrestrained in the streets or in the houses?, A number of voices—ln both. The Rev. G. DAVIS stated that he and others had visited the refreshment houses which were so much complained of. He believed these houses were on the increase. The reverend gentleman having de scribed some of the dancing rooms he.had visited, said he had afterwards gone to the Haymarket, where he had seen crowds of women who had left casinos and concert-rooms. These women were soli citing passengers. The speaker aftewards went into several of the night-houses, where he found more prostitutes, who accosted every gentleman who came in. Sir G. GREY said there was no doubt about the evil, but the question was how far the present laws wEre applicable to the case, and what new laws it would be necessary to pass in order that the evil might be met. With regard to the closing of houses, as the deputation suggested, that would require a modification of the existing law. As regarded the houses that were brothels, the existing law could deal with them, and he would like to know what steps had been taken to put those laws in force. A member of the deputation said the holders of certain houses evaded the law by not taking out a license. Mr. CLARKE, of Jermyr.-street, said he was en gaged by the parish authorities in prosecuting th' brothel-keepers. The result was, that several of the brothels had been shut up, and their keepers were suffering imprisonment. Sir G. GREY said as regarded the houses that took out licenses, their excuse, when they were charged with harbouring prostitutes, was that they did not know it. There was no doubt they did know it. He had in one case instituted proceedings, and a conviction had followed. Th a t conviction had, however, been appealed against, and the case was now before the Court of Queen's Bench. The Hon. GEO. BYNG said he had, as a magis. trate, refused licenses in several instances, but the magistrates on the bench at Clerkenwell sessions had afterwards granted them. In answer to some remarks touching the licensing system and the police, Sir G. GREY said he believed the police did their duty. There was no doubt that the whole licensing ' system must. soon come under the revision of Par liament. It might not be this year, but it would be the next.t. At the same time he did not think anythin g could be done until the magistrates put the present laws to the fullest extent into force. That the magistrates ' legislation had not done, and he did not ;think any Go vernment sa w c o u ld take place until the Go itained of. to the evhileswc-omf far the present law was appli cable Mr. ADAMS complained.that those bands drew the the streets, remarki ng of the bands of music in prostitutes together. Sir G. GREY replied that it was competent for householders to order the b an d s -- ay secute the players if they did not away and to pro. After some conversation, in which Mr. S. Morley and others took part, Sir G. GREY said the difficulty was that "they could only deal with outward appear ances sure the state of public feeling would never e was allo w the introduction into this country of the licenlElin— ewe system, as carried on on the continent. They would, in dealing with the evil, have to submit to some inconveniences. Dr. YATES said the refreshment houses that took out a license and had no shop tvQre the worst. Sir G. GREY said that a conviction had been ob tained against the keeper of one of these houses and if that conviction was confirmed, prosecutions would lie instituted against others. Sir H. VERNEY said it was quite true that the public feeling would never all ow the continental licensing of houses to be introduced here, but young men ought not to be subjected to the temptation which prostitution held out to them. He desired ~-• - , THE 'SUN, LONDON, SA r URD N that the police should not allowtprostitutes to con gregate in the streets. Sir G. GREY said he had instructed Sir R. Mayne to see that the law was put in force against these women, but he could not order them to be appre hended unless there was some charge against them. A member of the deputation thought a short bill might be introduced which would remedy the evils complained of. Sir G. GREY said the bill might be a short one; but he thought, considering the number of interests which would be involved in any bill which at tempted to deal with the evil, it was likely to be a long one. The licensing system of public-houses would have b be considered, and therefore the question might not be so simple as some persons imagined. After some further conversation, the deputation thanked Sir G. Grey, and retired. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY. The Report of the Queen's College, Galway, for the session 1861-2 has been printed. It shows an increase of nine students this session, which, added to an increase of 26 in the previous session, gives an increase of 35 for the last two years. The num ber of students who have entered since the opening session in 1849-50 is 490 matriculated, and 69 non matriculated ; total, 559. Of these 196 were mem bers of the Church of England, 279 Roman Catholics, 70 Presbyterians, 8 Wesleyans, 4 Independents, and 2 " various." The first year does not offer a fair ground of comparison as to the progress of the in stitution. Taking the second session, then, 1850-51, for our starting point, and comparing entrances as well as attendance upon the lectures, it will be seen that the entrances have increased from 26 in the former year to 40 in 1859.60; to 60, in 1860-61; and to 62 in the present session ; while the number of students attending lectures has increased from 63 to 118 in 1859-PO, to 144 in 1g80.61, and to 152 in the present session. Looking at the religious denominations, we find that the Roman Catholic students have increased from 28 to 91 ; the mem bers of the Church of England from 22 to 39. The success of the Queen's Colleges may be esti mated by a comparison with the Dublin University. In 1845 there was but one University in Ireland, with a Roman Catholic population of 6,500,000; yet in that year Lot more than 120 Roman Catholics were entered on the rolls of the Dublin University, of whom but a small portion were in attendance at its lectures. The number of Roman Catholics is now only 4,500,000, and yet there are 91 Roman Catholic students attending the Galway College alone—nearly as many as formerly attended the University from the whole of Ireland, Since the Queen's Colleges Commission made its inquiries the number of entrances in the three Colleges has in creased from 169 to 309, and the number attending lectures from 454 to 752. Of those 207 are of the Established Church, 204 are Roman Catholics, 247 Presbyterians, and 94 of other persuasions. " How far the Colleges have succeeded as seminaries of united education," says the President, " May be judged from the numbers of the differ ent persuasions united in their class-room, while the fact that in no one of the colleges has a single dissension on the score of religion ever marred the harmony that exists among the students sufficiently attests the possibility of uniting in the bonds of mutual affection the youth of our people, and of thus laying the groundwork of the future prosperity of our country." Mr. Berwick calculates, from admitted data, that the numbers of Roman Catholics and Dissenters that entered Trinity College in the last seven years are 112 and 85. In the same year 430 Roman Ca tholics and 598 Dissenters have entered the Queen's Colleges. He justly remarks that "no higher pa negyric on the wisdom of those who founded the Queen's Colleges can be required than that which these last statistics afford. With reference to the " rich lures" which it has been said attract students to these colleges,the Pre sident of Galway College remarks that there are 48 scholarships, averaging £22 each, tenable for only one year, to be distributed between 309 who en tered this session for the first time ; that is, there is one small prize fur about seven students. Again, there are 135 scholarships of abOut the same average value for students of the second and third years, and tenable for the same period ; these are to be distri buted among more than 700 undergraduates attend ing the college lectures, giving prizes in something like the same proportion. The Protestant Dean of Residence reports favour ably of the attendance of the students on the reli gious instruction, but the President laments that he " cannot yet announce the appointment of a Roman Catholic Dean of Residence, but he is delighted to bear testimony to the excellent conduct of the Ro man Catholic students. The report concludes with another earnest appeal for salaries to the Dean of Residence, who have neither station nor pay for duties prescribed by Act of Parliament. At the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which took place in this city yesterday, the chairman, Mr. Naper, of Longhcrew, on his being elected vice-president for Leinster, referred to the appearance of Ribandism among the people. He said it should be put down ; but at the same time they should be kind to the poor, and above all endeavour to improve their dwellings. Mr. M'Farlane protested against allusions to the state of the country from the chair. He reminded them that on a former occasion the introduction of political matter caused a disruption of the society, the Marquis of DownLhire being one of those who retired. A Wharncliffe meeting of the Midland Great Western Railway Company was hold yesterday to take into consideration a bill now pending in Par liament to enable the Great Northern and Western Railway Company to construct a lino to Ballina The object of the bill, as defined by the chairman (Mr. John Ennis, M.P.), is to compel the Midland Company to enter into partnership with the Great Northern and Western in carrying out this exten sion. The shareholders present were unanimously of opinion that any such conpect!on would be pre judicial to their own interests, and a resolution dis approving the bill was adopted. RAILWAY INTELLII GRAND TItUNK OF CANADA. It appears that a nieeting of the Board of Trade in Mon treal, on the 15th inst., was held for the purpose of oppoi•ing any further aid to the Grand Trunk Company, and, after a long discussion on the motion of Mr. H. Lyman, seconded by Mr. W. Workman, it was resolved, "That the bill now before Parliament, entitled 'An Act to amend the Acts authorising the union of certain railway companies, as re spects the Grand Trunk Railway, the Great "Western Rail way, and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway,' would create a huge monopoly highly dangerous to the trade and prosperity of the people of Canada ; that the mode proposed to establish the amount or ratio of compensation for postal service is extremely objectionable; and, inasmuch as in said bill it is proposed to confiscate the property of various classes of creditors of the several companies under certain conditions, which, if carried into effect, would inflict seri ous injury upon innocent persons, and would damage the teputation of the province generally—therefore this Board prcitests against the passing of the said bill, or any other act conferring greater privileges or immunities on the above named railway companies, or any powers interfering with the rights and property of the bondholders and other cre ditors. That the Council prepare petitions in accordance with the above, for transmission to the branches of the Provincial Parliament." RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the bill of the Birkenhead, Flintshire, and Holyhead Railway was thrown out. The case of the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny, to authorise a lease of the line to the London and North Western and Shrewsbury and Hereford, or either of them, was opened and evidence ad duced. The North-Eastern Company's opposition to the Hull extension of the Lancashire and Yorkshire was corn menced. The Lo. ds passed the bill of the Launceston and South Devon, but that of the Midland Company's exten sion between Rowsley and Buxton is adjourned until Monday, THE THAMES EmmonatENT.—Yesterclay, on the reas sembling of this committee, the Hon, Mr. Cowper in the chair, after hearing Mr. Sergt. Wrangham and Mr. Burke for the bill, Mr. Phinn. Q C., for the Metropolitan Board of Works, and Mr, Hope Scott for the City Gas Company, the committee decided on giving two arches of the embank ment, with a headway of Bft., in Front of the company's gasworks, instead of a headway of 4ft , as proposed by the TiroArg. Sonst. Wrangham was then heard at considerable length on behalf of the promoters of the measure, and said that in order to give due legal effect to the decision of the committee at their preceding sitting, he had to propose that, with a view to afford time for the further consideration of the best means of relieving the thoroughfares of the metropolis in connexion with the em bankment, it should not be lawful for the Commissioners under the powers of the Act, or without the further sanc tion of Parliament, to lay down any roadway ever that part of the proposed embankment situate between Whitehall Stairs and Westminster•bridge, and that nothing therein before contained shou'd prevent the dedication of the last mentioned portion of the embankment to such public pur poses as Parliament might deem expedient. The promoters had had no opportunity of dealing with this_ part of the subject, as developed in Mr. Pennethorne's plan, and it would leave the question open for further consideration. After hearing Mr. Calvert, Q.C., Mr. Baddely, Q.C., Mr. Nicholson, and other counsel, the room was cleared, and, on the readmission of the public, the chairman said the committee had come to the resolution that the preamble of the Bill was proved, leaving the consideration of all colla teral questions to bo dealt with and decided in committee on the clauses. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week ending the 24th of May, on 10,191 miles, to £526,137, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 9,936 miles, to £583,118, showing an increase of £255 miles, and a decrease of £56,981 in thereceipts. The gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggregate, on 6,629 miles, to £402,297; and for the corre sponding week of 1861, on 6,483 miles, to £454,521, show ing an increase of 146 miles, and a decrease of £52,224 in the receipts. The decrease on the Caledonian Railway amounted to £613, on the Eastern Counties to £2,312, on the Great Western to £2,874, on the Lancashire and York shire to £21,466, on the London and North Western to £4,872, on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to £3,677, on the London and South Western to £333, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £5,541, on the Midland to £5,860, on the North Eastern to £4,821, and on the South Eastern to £l,646—total, £54,015. But from this must be deducted £741, the increase on the Great Northern, £907 on the Great Southern and Western, and £143 on the North British—together, £1,791, leaving the decrease, as above, £52,224. The goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £202,401 and for the corresponding week of 1861 to £203,996, showing a decrease of X 1,595. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £199,896, against £250,525, showing a decrease of £50,629. The traffic receipts on 66 other lines amounted, on 3,562 miles, to £123,840, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 3,453 miles, to £128,597, showing an increase of 109 miles, and a decrease of £4,757 in the receipts, The great falling off in the traffic of the past week as compared with the corresponding period of 1861 arises from the depression of trade in the uniamiltuturing diataicAo, b ib oldefly from tho comparison being made with Whit-week in 1861, as shown in the passenger traffic. The traffic receipts of the past week show a decrease of £1,233, as compared with those of the preceding week ending the 17th inst. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ---'- -... „..----......----, ' 1862. 1861. 1862. 1861. ---- -- X £ Ballymena and Pert Rush.. - - - _ Belfast and N. Counties. •• . 136 136 2,941 1,914 Belfast and County Down.. 49 391 578 575 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. - - - _ Blyth and Tyne............ 22 22 1,948 1,942 Bristol and Exeter .... . .... 106 125 6,273 7,053 Caledonian 2l 2191 15,249 15,862 Cockermouth & Workington 81 217 212 Cork and Bandon . ~. Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l 207 250 Cork and Youghal 33 27 391 258 Cornwall .................. 5 531 [1,501 1,503 Deeside .... , .. ... ... . ..... 17 17 391 314 Dublin & . 8...... Jtmction. • 63 63 1,233 1,353 Dublin and Drogheda...... 63 63 1,684 1,686 Dub. & Wicklow (in•Kingst.) 4 4 401 2,158 2,799 Dundalk and Enniskillen .. 145 130 1,753 1,592 Dundee and Arbroath...... 171 17 1 - Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,007 1,236 East Anglian .! . . ......... 681 681 1,626 879 E.Counties,Nrti.,&E.Union 499 499 25,888 28,200 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • 1601 1601 6,951 7,504 Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 85 55 3,705 3,953 Forth & Clyde Junction .. • 30 30 290 312 Furness .. . ... •. . . ........ 50 57 2 , 474 2 , 516 Glasgowl South-Western 1831 1831 8,537 8,593 Great Northern ... .. ....... 330 330 25,128 24,337 Great North of Scotland ... 58 58 2,117 1,569 it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 0,393 8,397 Great Westcrn ... . ... . . .... 9 64 1 9134 56, 004 68,878 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno. 55 55 9 6 3 86 8 Irish South-Eastern ....... 25 25 21 3 7 269 Lancashire & Yorkshire.... 3951 3951 30,680 52,146 Leominster and liington .. 14 14 - - Limerick and Enni5........ 24 241 174 173 Limerick and. Foynes ...... 26 61 Llanelly .. .. .. .. ~ . . ..... 4 4 578 616 London & North-Western . 10611 1007 84,722 59,594 London and Blackwall ..... 5f 51 1,792 1,915 London & South-Western . 4001 400 21,819 22,152 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2411 2111 16,943 20,620 London, Chatham, & Dover 723 50; 3,681 1,445 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 1,231 1,280 Man.,Sheffield, &Lincolnsh 231 i 234 13,622 19,161 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 91 1,263 2,431 Maryport and Carlisle ..... 28 28 . 1,063 1,447 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 614 4 37,357 48,217 Midland Gt.Westn. of 'r ind. 1921 1924 4,352 4,726 . slonkland .-.. . .. . • ...... 76 56 1,515 1,654 Monmouthsh. ...... ,S; Canal 44 44 2,339 2,456 Newcastle and Carlisle ..... 78 78 3,033 3,905 North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon ... . “ N-Eastern(BedalelLeybrn) 800 789 37,268 42,089 North London 9 9 2,788 3,042 North Staffordshire ' 246 246 7,697 7,505 Oswestry and Newton 42 42 726 444 Rhymney l9l 191 554 685 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,043 1,959 Scottish Central 5 34 534 3,056 3,479 Scottish North-Eastern 1321 1321 4,482 . 4,609 Shrewsbury I Birmingham - - - - Shrewsbury and Chester - - Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 291 990 980 South Devon South-Eastern 306 305 21,659 23,305 South Wales l7ll 171/ _ S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - - Stockton and Darlington Taff Yale 55 54 4,7.9 4,758 Ulster 5l 51 1,816 1,806 Ulverstone and Lancaster - - Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 35 35 2,004 2,135 Waterford and Kilkenny Bl 31 262 381 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 271 851 770 ViT.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail 39 39 3,487 4,718 West Midland.. - - - - W'haven,Cleator,&Egliunt 7 7 541 485 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 711 747 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 701 715 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,091 I,c 63 Austrian B2B 673 34,273 36,316 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 261 282 3 00 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,155 2,454 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 3,982 4,962 Eastern of France 1032 1032 49,839 51,468 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1(.90 15,037 12,736 Great Indian Peninsula 4371 350/ 6,624 4,106 Great Luxembourg l3l 12 8 5,027 3,420 Great Western of Canada 345 345 8,955 7,491 Lyons and Geneva 142 142 5,254 5,341 Madrid, Saragossa &Alieant 301 284 16,482 15,212• Northern of Canada - - Northern of France 7Ol 623 - - Norwegian Trunk 44 44 741 686 Paris, Lyons, & Mecliterrn 879 872 94,877 80,915: Paris and Orleans 922 922 51,539 54,496 Pernambuco 364 -- 668 - Royal Danish 69 69 - - Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,446 1,280 South Austrian Southern of France . 777 773 26,262 21,659 Welland. .. 25 '25 365 324. 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The council of the Horticultural Society yester day laid their plans for Han anentrtnodation of a large number of persons, but therein set at naught all calculations. The show of flowers was announced as of American plants, and extraordinary attrac tions were provided. First of all there was the show itself. In one of the tents set up parallel to M. Veillard's refreshment department in the Exhi tion was a magnificent collection of azaleas and rhododendrons from the nursery of Messrs. Waterer and Godfrey, of Knap-hill, near Woking. Of the rhododendrons it is useless to speak in terms of ordinary praise. They were perfection—perfection in tint as well as in size, and in mass of flowers. We have never seen finer plants. But the azaleas were even finer. In their exquisitely bright orange they attracted the attention of every one, and the only matter for regret was that so few were en abled to visit the tent w hich containe d , we may say an almost unexampl e d s h ow plants. At two o'clock an o w r i t A h t o n n e t r i e c x a n a g fi g e o r si a , e t r i o i n n , 3 almost extemporised concert was given in the con servatory to an audience all too select , by the fol lowing French artists, the maj orit y of w h om are members of the Conservatoire Imperiale :—M. Che villard, M. Lefebure-Welt', M. Leroy, M. Marzolli, M. Maurin, M. Faquis, M. Theo. Ritter, M. Sab a , tier, M. Triebert, and M. Viguier. The first and second parts of Beethoven's " Septnor" were the main features of this concert, which was exceed ingly enjoyed by the too limited audience which dared the rain to gain the conservatory. When the rain h a d somewhat cleared off the b an d o f t h e I s t ILife Guards, un d er Jr.Waddell, an d th e b an d o f .the Roy a l Artillery, under Mr. Smyth, performed on the terraces a number of pieces to the great satis faction of th e visitors, who, as soon as the rain was over, entered the gardens from the Exhibition. To-day and during the month Wednesdays, and of June the exhibi tion of American plants continues open to the pub lie; on Mondays, Tuesday s , ' Thursdays, at ono shilling each person. EVENING, MAY 31, 186‘L. W-CE.I BANK OF RUSSIA. THE GREAT FLOOD IN THE FENS. LYNN, FRIDAY NIGHT. To day has been a time of great anxiety. The tides have rushed up the cut with terrific force, threatening to carry away every obstacle except those of leviathan strength which might oppose them. The natural consequence is that the water has risen to a greater altitude on the fens than it had before attained. Fortunately, the various efforts of cradging the banks, and other measures of a simi lar preventive character, have prevented any greater extension of the area of inundated land. Upon to morrow morning's tide depends the safety of the entire fens that are not at present inundated. The hole in the east bank was not filled up today when we let, nor was any attention being paid to pud dling the banks, an operation the necessity of which was felt on all hands. It is feared that the present heavy rain, which has been failing for hours, will help to swell the body of water on the land, and render more liable an extension of its bulk and acre. The framework of the coffer dam is expected to be completed on Seturclay night, by which time 52 piles, of a length of 53 feet each, will have been driven to a depth of 20 feet into the earth. To accomplish this about 10 engines have been used, and it has taken seven days to do it, which, it will be observed, is not a pile per engine per day. All these piles are girded together by iron bolts, fixed into the bed of the river, by an expert diver from Portland and Spithea d, and similar stays at the sur face of the water. The piles are "ift. apart, and in the groove are to be fixed panels of wood, Bin. thick, cased with an inch of sheet iron. This work is ex pected to be commenced tomorrow, anti the centre is to be filled up pith clink and puddle. It is in tended to make the coffer dam a sold piece of work, and not to have a sluice through it, as has been stated before. The question of getting rid of the water before the dam is completed (should that for tunately occur) is exciting much attention. We are enabled to state the plan which is intended to be adopted by the engineers is to lift the water over the coffer dam, which will be made as strong as possible, by means of powerful machinery, which is shortly to be erected. 50,000 sacks of earth has been thrown into the river, and 12,000 more have arrived for the same purpose. We believe it is pro posed to strengthen the coffer dam by laying a quan tity of clink and earth at the foot of the piles. The land that is under water was let at about £3 an acre, and a loss of £26,000 will be sustained, without taking into calculation the value of the cropping and the deterioration of the land. Alto gether, it is questionable if a million sterling will cover the whole expense. We are informed that Mr. T. M. Wilkins, solici tor, who has some property under water, has served more than 20 writs upon the Middle Level Com missioners, so there will be some fighting in the law courts. THE FORGERIES UPON THE IMPERIAL William Muller, the German who stands charged with having in his possession a number of plates and some paper bearing impressions of portions of notes purporting to be Russian ten rouble notes, and also with being concerned with a man named Reichberg and others in en graving upon certain plate impressions of the rouble notes, and with forging certain paper pur porting to be notes upon the Imperial Bank of Russia, with intent to defraud the Russian Govern ment, was placed at the bar of the Mansionshouse, before Mr. Alderman Finnis, who sat for the Lord Mayor, to undergo a final examination upon the above charges. The public is aware that at the April session of the Central Criminal Court five Polish Jews were convicted of conspiring together to obtain plates for the purpose of engraving forged 5 and 10 rouble notes, one of them, a man named Rosenberg, having been previously convicted of a similar offence, and they were sentenced to long periods of penal servi tude. There appears to be no doubt that these men were the principal agents in carrying out a most extensively organised system of plunder upon the Russian Government by means of forged notes for small amounts, which circulate to an enormous ex tent throughout the empire; and it is understood that since their conviction they have given infor mation which led to the apprehension of the pri soner now under charge, and which will in all probability result in putting a stop to these proceed ings in future. If they had been successful a vast amount of mischief would have been occasioned, as these small notes circulate to an enormous amount through the Russian empire, and sometimes as long a period as three or four year elapses before they are paid into the Imperial Bank, and the Russian pea santry, among whom these instruments principally circulate, are so excessively ignorant that there is very little chance of the forgery being detected in the first instance. It is rather a singular fact that there appears to be an impression very generally prevalent in Russia, and the dependencies of that empire, that it is considered only a very slight offence in England to obtain the engraving of notes of this description, and this may account for the readiness with which some of the parties have entered into the nefarious speculation. In Russia the offence of forging the Go vernment notes is a capital one, and the least punishment that would be inflicted for it would be one of imprisonment for life at the miner of Siberia. It will be remembered that some of the prisoners already convicted, during the negotiations they had with different engravers, upon one or two occ^r_ions expressed a desire to " peach" upon their companions , and since their ceuvietion it is beliond they have made a clean breast of the matter, and the result will in all pro bability be to put a stop to these proceedings in future. Yesterday Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Messrs. Oliverson, Lavy, and Peachy, again appeared to conduct the prosecution on behalf of the Russian Government. He said the evidence that had already been ad duced he thought was sufficient to substantiate the charge against the prisoner, for having in his pos session, without lawful excuse, a quantity of plates for fabricating Rnssian rouble notes, and a quantity of forged notes, purporting to be rouble notes ; and the evidence he proposed further to adduce would be in support of the charge for fabricating the plates and forging the notes. It had been abundantly proved that the prisoner was acting in concert with Rosenberg and the others who have been already convicted. He should call gentlemen who were lithographic printers, and who, under the direction of the prisoner and one of the other men, fabricated the plates, and who had acted as honourable gentlemen should in such a matter. They had, immediately upon their suspicions being aroused, given information to the proper parties, and had afterwards acted with their authority. The Russian Government had discovered, since the con viction of the other prisoners, that there was an enormous amount of fabricated paper in circulation among the poorer community of the Russian em pire, and a great deal of distress has been occasioned thereby. The prisoner was undoubtedly one of the confederacy from whom the forged paper emanated. There were others still undetected ; but he hoped very soon to have them placed at the bar for exa mination. Mr. Thomas Rawlin V, a lithographic printer, in Finsbury, was then called, and stated that the pri soner, with a man named Josephson, called upon him about May in last year, and Josephson asked him if he would have any objection to teach the prisoner, who he said was his brother-in-law, a portion of the lithographic printing. He wanted to know how to take an impression from copper plate and transfer it on to stone. He showed them the process, and they came continually until a few days before Josephson and the others were appre hended. They asked him on several occasions to print some copies from a plate which they brought with them. The witness identified one of the plates found on the prisoner when first apprehended as the same plate, and also identi fied the notes found on the prisoner as some of theimpressions which he took from the plate. He took about 300 in all, and the prisoners brought their own paper each time. The prisoner also called, with Josephson, upon an engraver named Hilhaser, who carries on business in London-wall, in the month of October last. They produced a circular zinc plate, and asked him it he could imitate it on copper. He said he could, and Josephson completed the order. Josephson called on him several times afterwards, but he only saw the prisoner two or three times. They told him the plate was for a label for a watchmaker's card. This witness identified one of the plates which we re f oun d in the parcel at Woolwich sta tion as the same which was given him to imitate. Mr. Sleigh said that was all the evidence he pro- Posed to go into, and esked that the prisoner night be committed fur trial. He thought it right, however, to state that there would be more evi dence forthcoming at the trial. The prisoner, who said he was quite innocent of the charge, was then committed for trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —May 30. GUILDHALL.—A respectable youth named Wilkinson was brought up, on remand, before Al derman J. C. Lawrence and Alderman Hale, charged with stealing a cheque for £5, and another for £270, belonging to Messrs. Peter Broad and Prit chard, his employers. It appeared that the prisoner had got into bad company, and had yielded to a sudden temptation, and stolen a crossed cheque for £5, but, in his hurry and confusion in tearing out the cheque from the cheque-book, he also tore out the £270 cheque, and, according to his own explana tion, he did not discover it until after the commis sion of the theft. There was no evidence of his having attempted to negotiate the large cheque, and the circumstance which led to his apprehension was an endeavour he made to get the other cheque cashed at Messrs. Muncaster and Warre's, pawn brokers, of Slinner-street, Snowhill. Mr. Broad, believing that it was the prisoner's first offence, declined to appear against him. Alderman Lawrence, having delivered a very im pressive admonition to the prisoner, said that he and Alderman Hale had come to the determination of discharging the prisoner, in the hope that the short imprisonment he had sufered while under remand would act as a caution to him to keep in the paths of rectitude for the remainder of his life. CLERKENWELL.—IMPORTANT TO THE MEAT CONSUMERS OF LONDON.--Mr. D'Eyncourt was occupied for nearly three hours in hearing 14 sum monses, which had been taken out by Mr. Inspector Judge, N division, against drovers for driving cattle between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., contrary to the orders, rules, and regulations made according to law for driving cattle within the Metropolitan police district. Mr; Barnes, of Spring-gardens, attended for the prosecution, instructed by the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Chitty, barristers, attended for the defendants. Mr. Langdon, acting superintendent of the N division, also watched the case. 'These proceedings were taken under the Metro politan Market Act, 1857, which provides that no cattle, sheep, &e., shall be driven through the pub lic street southward of the North London Rail way between the hours of ten a.m. and seven p.m., on any day except Saturday. All the defen dants are drovers, and were driving cattle on the market days from the New Cattle Market to the various butchers in the Metropolis and the imme diate suburbs. Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired whether Mr. Barnes was going for a penalty, or wished the case decided on a point of law. Mr. Barnes replied that he was instructed to ask for a penalty. Mr. Sleigh submitted that the new regulations were a great hardship, and if carried out would be a restraint to trade, and would inevitably raise the. price of meat. A meeting of the butchers had been held, and certain resolutions passed, and what he should ask would be, that the case be deferred, so that a deputation might wait upon Sir R. Mayne. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he was in this difficulty. The act was positive, and the question was whether the magistrate was to be made the judge of what was reasonable or not. He might say that he did not like to convict because he might think the new rules were not reasonable and too stringent, or only in flict a fine of one penny. Mr. Chitty—lt is for the magistrate to say whe ther the rules are reasonable or not. Mr. Sleigh—You might say that they are unrea sonable, and in restraint of trade, and that trade would not be carried on if the rules are kept in force in their present form. Mr. H. Darley, butcher, of Grove-terrace, Not ting-hill, and Mr. Giblett, wholesale cattle sales- gave evidence to the effect that to carry out the rules as now laid down would be a great draw back to trade, as cattle were coming into the market at all hours of the day, and butchers frequently did not commence to purchase until after 10 a.m. It would be the grossest inhumanity to keep 3,000 or 4,000 beasts and 20,000 sheep in the market all day without food or water. The layers did not afford nearly sufficient accommoda tion for half that number, and even if they did it would be impossible to separate them for the dif ferent purchasers as they would be mixed. The turning out of such a large quantity at seven in the evening would be very inconvenient, and would be the frequent source of accident. A great number of the animals were purchased for the outside of London, and often the purchasers wished to take them away with them. The real market, that was, the time of competition, did not take place until 9 a.m. To comply with these regulations, many of the purchasers would have to come to town the pre ceding day. For three months in the year a great deal of the supply was derived from foreign sources, and if the cattle, in consequence of these regulations, could not be brought to market, there would be a loss to the consignee of 30s. per head on beasts, and from 2s. to 3s. per head on sheep. It would be in human to keep them on board ship. Mr. Barnes said he was obliged to state that these rules had not been issued until after they had been fully considered by Sir R. Mayne. He had to ask for the magistrate's decision judicially in this case. Mr. Giblett said it would be impossible to carry on the trade under these rules without raising the price of meat. Mr. Barnes—lt may be a question of cost, but it is not impossible. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he did not think that this Court was-a proper tribunal to discuss the reason ableness of these regulations. Mr. Chitty would ask the magistrate to say that these rules were unreasonable and restriction to trade. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he would not give an opi nion on that point, although the evidence before him was strong. He would grant a case if it was w i s h e d. The rules had been. infringed, and he mutt a ct.. In one case he would inflict a penalty of ss, and costs, and the others would be adjourned for a week. A meeting of the butchers is to be held to consi • der what course, under the circumstances, is beat to be adopted. GREENWICH.— WHOLESALE UTTERERS OF COUNTERFEIT COlN.—John Jones, address refused, and Richard and Sarah Smith, married, of 15, Lance-place, Southwark-bridge-road, were placed in the dock before Mr. Trail!, charged with utter ing counterfeit coin, and also with being in posses sion of 33 counterfeit half crowns and 52 counterfeit florins. It appeared that on Thursday afternoon Jones entered the shop of Mr. Jea ns, butcher, Lewisham road, Greenwich, and, in payment of a small pur chase, tendered a florin, which was at once detected to be a counterfeit; but having suspicion of his customer, Mr. Jeans gave the correct change, and determined to watch his futrire movements. Jones then left, and after walking some distance he was joined by the female prisoner, who went into the shop of a nurseryman, and in the presence of Mr. Jeans, who had followed her thither, offered a half crown, also counterfeit, in payment for a geranium. The person in the shop not having change, Mr. Jeans gave the necessary change out of his own pocket to get possession of the half crown, with the view of ultimately giving her and Jones into cus tody upon meeting with a constable, and police sergeant Kitmer, 4 R, coming up shortly afterwards , Jones and the female prisoner were secured, another man who had been seen with them walking away. Suspecting this person to be the husband of the female, Sergeant Kitmer, on Thursday evening, succeeded in apprehending the male prisoner Smith in Kent-street, in the Borough, and on searching him a quantity of metal used for the purposes of coining was found in his possession. His lodgings was subsequently searched, when 33 half crowns and 52 florins, all counterfeit, were discovered, besides a quantity of plaster of Paris for making moulds. The prisoners declined putting any questions to the witnesses, and Mr. Traill remanded them for a week, directing the authorities of the Mint to be made acquainted with the facts of the case. HAMMERSMITH..--CONVICTION UNDER THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT.—Thomas Taylor, a respectable-looking man, was finally e xamined tile fore Mr. Dayman on a charge of appropriating funds of two friendly societies to his own t Order of Pride The prisonerof Kensington, subce o.f secretaryse c r . e e t u a rto oeo Court Portobello, Notting-hill, of the t e o d potheroane case Foresters, and he was also of misappropriation Kensington, Witnesses and two in Court Portobello. appeared for theg;re.ocsreectaurtyint: Mr. Martin, who w i were e called Court r s w e r c i h A d r : a nt p a : r r i f Y ov said there were a number of other cases, but the t F o o o re s s e t v e e r r s e w ly e . re not desirous of pressing the charge many societies he became" efenceledwianmsg,atshdhdaetlebdhe,:in.d lost a good in his accounts The prisoner's d s. In con sequence that into his consi segue and hoped hne hisc h e a ofd nt these worshipe se doubt proceedings there ooctei were mistake society, and b e business and his position in the - deration. mi.. Dayman said, in the first case, the prisoner would have to pay Bs., the sum he had misappro priated, a fine of iô and 20s costs, or one month's imprisonment her w su i m th o h f a r2 s l . a a b n o d u 2 r 0 ; 175., a furt month's imprisonment with hard labour. si.ucotshtes,seocroanncloctahseer, THE ALLLTGED MURDER AT KIINTG%S- CROSS. Yesterday Mr. G. :3. Brent, the deputy coroner for West Middlesex, :presided over a jury, at the Silver Cup, Cromer-sti - ce t, Gray's-inn-rord, to investigate: the circumstances attending the death of James Lj:iscoll, labourer,. aged 34, w ho, it is alle g ed, was killed :.nd slain by Edward Gregory, also a labourer, who v7i!ir.keu w, the Elouse of Detention, under remand from ch ell Police court. Inspector B:enna" of the G division of police,was present for the p.'liee commissioners, and presented a plan of the works N ihe,-e the fatal accident occurred. It represented an arch,, _at the curve of which the deceased was engaged oekr a derrick or upright post, and from which place h.' fell into the cutting from the exact height of 49 feet 3 i.aci2es. .labourer, in The body was identified by Elleo D riscoll, wife of the deceased, who st a t ed that he waa a the employ of Mr. jay , the contractor of G 'ne portion of the works of the M etro p olitan Under g ro, Ind Rail way. She last saw h im alive on Tuesda y las t, about three quarters of au hour before his death. N\ ritneaa had spoken E. , gainst the accused Gregory, wheal her husband said, " Oh, Ellen, don't have him injcred: if you can help it." No other words were used. He wandered a great deal in his mind. Mr. Sohn Daniei Hill, house surgeon of the Royal Free Hospital, said ,- Jte deceased was brought to the hospital on Montlay night last, about five minutes to seven. He w as ver y much collapsed, and suffering from two ma. rnpound fractures of both legs and abrasion on the left cheek. Finding and on his arrival th amputation was nenessarvy I s en t for Mr. Cook, I van had somewhat e rallied, and amputation of ,the: left leg, below the knee, was performed. The other leg was not then amputated, as he could not suotain the shock. The amputated limb had all the a l -teries taken away, and the skin torn off. He died at five minutes to eight on Tuesday night. No caportunity was afforded for amputating the other leg. In the post mortem examination there was found congestion under the abrasion of the face and forebk'ad• The brain was also congested , b ut there was no fFacture of the skull. The liver and kidne y s were ikacased.. On examining the remaining leg the bones were pounded into 15 or 20 pieces, but the arteries of that leg were not ruptured. The cause of death was shock to the system, and the fractures from: the shaking and severity of the fall. A fall would p 11).. duce such injuries. By the Jury—Witness was of opinion that he came down upon his feet , and the injuries on big head were from a blow. No questiot a were asked. as to the cause of the injuries. He wt.'s rambling, and not in a fit state to be questioned.. The only lucid interval was with the chaplain ,of the hospi tal, and the deceased then answered que ,stions, bat bed; au& witness removed a short distance from thal did not overhear what was stated. Some further evidence was g iven, and title jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Gnegory. THE MANCHESTER MURDERS. Yesterday morning the inquiry into the circunt• stances of the death of Mr. Meller and 3f the three , children was resumed before the magistrai es. The medical evidence and the evidence of tbo gentlemen who had analysed . .he organ. of the: chil dren were given. ThP ,peat-mortem examinations showed that the deaths of the three children were simultaneous; that the deaths must have been sud den; that the bodies were in a healthy state ; and that death could not have been the- result of natural causes, and must have been produced either or bby some our suf poison administered in the shape of vap y focation. The chemical evidence shoNwell that no irri tant or narcotic poison, or in fact poison of any kind, w as discovered. But those who made the exami nation deposed that though they did not find poison it was quite pos sible that death was the result of some poison—probably:chloroform.—Odmi nistered in the shape of vapour, and that if it was. so the chloroform could not be discovered. Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Professor of Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital, read a written report of his examination of the contents of the jars, and the conclusions he had arrived at. He said it was his opinion, from. what he had seen, and from the evidence he had heard, that the death of the children had been. caused by the vapour of chloroform, or by an act of smothering or suffocation. The prisoners were committed to take their trial for the murder of Mr. Meller. The charge with respect to the children was then disposed. COUN7 RY MA R-KL ~.~---~ LIVERPOOL—DIAV 30. At to-day's market there was a fair 9.ttendance of mil lers and dealers, and wheat has commancied an active in quiry for consumption at last week's prices ior all descrip tions except amber Milwaukee, which brings 2d per rental advance. Flour 6 d dear er. Indian corn is up from 9d to is per qr on the week, bu t the advance is by no means B f ree ly complied with. Oats and oatmeal steady. Barley rather dearer. WAKEFIELD—MAT 30. The wheat trade was firmer than on Tuesday, and last Friday's prices were obtained , w ith a steady sale for frmh parcels: Beans, oats, and shelling at late rates. DERBY—MA/ 30. At our market this morning the show of wheat was tolerably good, and the trade ruled - at an improvement of la per qr in favour of the buye r. No malting barley, and for grinding sorts sales were slow, at prices scarcely so hi g h as last week. Oats scarce, and moved off steadily at full prices. Beans a small show, and little inqu;ry. EXETER-MAy 30. The following prices were quoted this morning : W I heat, white 7s Od to 7s 6d Barley.. ...... 4socl. to 4s 4 d Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od Oats .. 3s to 3s al Flour, fine, 42s to 45s ; seconds , 40s to.—s pei sack. . _ CATTLE. The market to-day was moderately supplied with all de.. scriptions of stock. 1 Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10 s 0 d Ewes, per lb ....7d V7O Pork carcases, 8s 6d to 9s 6d Wethers, do. 7d tc 74i1 Lambs, fat ........8d to 81d Fat calves, d0...5d to ifily Rough fat, 3id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR--MAY 30. We have had some considerable arrivals this week Lott from llavana and the West Indies ; the only cargo on show, however, has been one from St. Vincent. in refined goods there is not mu doing, but the tone of the m arket is firm. Trade is steady, manufacturers refusing any offers below late currencies. In rum little doing. FOREIGN MAIL TACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. ------- - Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Junc 18, via Marseilles • Juno 1.2. 4razil and Cape Verde, by British paetet. Juno 4.. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 2. via Marseilles , June 12. Falkland Islands .. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and ceylon, via Southampton June 2. -- via Marseilles Juno 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles .. June 5. Lisbon June 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 2, via Marseilles June 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Juno 1. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Juno .—. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritlo .. June 10. Bahamas, via New York .. June 5. Mexico ...... .. Juno -- All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I June ..., California, and British C01umbia......... } __...........a BIRTHS. CONRAN.—On the 29 th ins t., at Cheltenham, the wife o? Major-General Conran , of a son. MlLniktAx.—On the 29 t h inst., at The Mall, Kensingtor the wife of Arthur S t. John Mildmay, Esq., of a Baugh! ter. at South End, Eltham, Kent, N E Amu —On the 28th inst., the wife of Austin Nearne, of a daughter. RAE.—On the 28th inst., the wife of J. Rae, EEI., of 9, Mincing-land, of a son. MARRIAGES. BABNBIL--AYLEN.—On the 29th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Hull, Fiederick William Barnby, Esq., of Hull/ to Mari > ~ aeyl Welton, Yorkshire. eldest daughter of Capt. Jonathan Aylen! • BOLTON—WILDMAN.—On the 28th inst., at Christ Church, Paddington, Thomas Bolton, Esq., of No. 2, Broad Sanctuary,W es t m i nster, to E m il y , d aug hter of James:Wildman, -Eq., of Yotcs Court, Kent. DEATHS. BANGOR.—On the 28th inst., at The Deanery, Bangor, the Very Rev. the Dean, aged 82. CATER.—On the 29th inst., at his residence, 5, Bloomfield, road, Maida-hill, Major-General Thomas Orlando Cater, R.A., aged 71. ELcE.--On the 29th inst., John Bice, of Chigwell, Essex, aged 67. FitEmt.—On the 28th inst., at 6, Western-terrace, Brigh. ton, George Freer, Esq., aged 65. OnxEs.—On the 29th inst., at Porehestcr House, Porches ter-terrace, Bayswater, Captain Edward Oakes, late of Calcutta, aged 71. STENHOUSE.—On the 26th inst., at Tynemouth, Mowbray Sten h ou se, Esq., aged 42. THOMA.S.—On the 27th inst., at Ashford Rowdier, near Ludlow, Robert Thomas, E s q., R e tired Commander R.N., aged 72. WitionT.—On the 28th inst., at 24, Devonshire-street Portland-place, Thomas George Wright, Eaq., aged 53. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN Offie, No.ll Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County Middlesex,—Saturday, May 31, 1862. ~..; '. I