The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-29 00:00:00

TILE JAPANESE EMBASSY. A telegraphic message sent from Newcastle-on - I Tyne on Tuesday evening stated that the Japanese Ambassadors had visited North Seaton Colliery oe that day. Some few additional particulars may be interesting. North Seaton Colliery is situate 14 miles north-east of Newcastle, quite upon the coast of Northumberland. It belongs to Messrs, Cookson, Strakers, Taylors, and Co., and the coal is the well 'known steam coal, " Straker's West Hartley." The depth of the shaft is 125 fathoms, and the pit is single-shafted and bratticed. The diameter of the shaft is 15 feet 6 inches. The pumping engine has a 76-inch cylinder, and a stroke of eight feet. The pumping beam is constructed of malleable iron on the tubular principle, and is protected by a martin. gale. The colliery works 1,000 tons of coal per day, and employs 520 men and boys, 320 of whom are hewers. As already stated, the Embassy with their suite left Newcastle on Tuesday morning, in com pany with the mayor and sheriff of the town and other authorities, and proceeded by special engine I on the Blyth and Tyne Railway to the colliery, ' being joined at Percy Main by Mr. G. B. Foster, Mr. T. E. Foster, and other gentlemen connected with the mine. On arriving at the pit mouth, a light, thin, watery vapour could be observed coming whirling up the shaft, the Ambassadors standing by and watching its emission with inquiring looks. One of them stepped forward and peered down the dark and gloomy-looking shaft, and when the cage came to bank some curiosity was expressed whether they would follow the example of the late Emperor Nicholas of Russia, who, when in this country with the Allies, was taken to Wallsend Pit with the intention of descending and examining the operations of coal-mining, but on being brought to the brink, and looking down the yawning chasm at his feet, gave up all idea of going down, declar ing that it was too much like the entrance to the infernal regions for him to adventure. In this instance the chief Ambassador proved the bolder man, for he, with five of his suite, accompanied by Mr. Wort, who bad charge of the party, Mr. Macdonald remaining with the two other Ambas sadors above ground, got into the cage, and de scended into the mine, The ordinary operations of the pit were stopped while the party was down. The bottom of the shaft presented the appearance of a lofty cavern, with drafts branching off into the workings. The pro gress of the party was rapid and comfortable, the height of the seam being such that at no part of their course were they compelled to assume any other than a slightly stooping position. Mr. G. B. Foster conducted the Ambassador to the face of the workings, where a man was hewing, and the process preparatory to blasting was explained through his interpreter. Having expressed a desire to see the Effects of a blast he was taken to another board, where a shot was nearly ready for firing. The charge was placed in the drill hole by the hewers and the party having retired and sheltered them selves in another drift, it was fired, and the dull sound of the explosion reverberated through the mind. The Ambassador was immediately brought forward byMr. Foster towards the spot. He glanced around at the huge fragments of coal which had been displaced, which he examined by the light of the lamp which he carried in his hand, in common with his attendants. Several fragments of the coal were taken away by them. The whole party then returned along the intake air-course, by which they had come, and they examined the stables and other parts of the mine with great care. On their return to the bottom of the shaft, and while awaiting the descent of the cage in which they were to ascend, the atmosphere being rather warm, the Japanese began to fan themselves with great industry, to the astonishment of the pit lads, R ho stood around with wonder-struck countenances. The cage ascended the shaft slowly, to give the Ambassador an opportu nity of examining the shaft in his ascent. The pump ing engine and other machinery were afterwards closely examined aboveground, and before leaving the collierythe partywere entertained at luncheon by the owners. Their journeyfrom Newcastle to Carlisle on Tuesday evening attracted large crowds to the wayside stations. Before leaving the North the Ambassadors expressed themselves much pleased with their visit, They passed through Carlisle on Tuesday even ing, on their way from Newcastle. On arriving at the station, the saloon and first-class carriage in which they and their suite travelled were detached, and drawn along a branch line by a special engine to the Citadel station, where they remained a few minutes without alighting, and proceeded to Liver pool by the evening mail. They arrived in Liver pool at about half-past 12 o'clock on Tuesday night. They were met at the Lime-street railway station by the Mayor (Mr. R. Hutchison), and conveyed in his state carriage to the Adelphi Hotel, where a suite of apartments had been secured for their reception. Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, they were waited on by the Mayor, upon whose invitation they went to Liverpool, accompanied by Captain Englefield and several other gentlemen, and proceeded from the Adelphi to the great landing-stage, where they embarked on board the Royal Mail steam tender Satellite, and made an excursion on the river. They were accompanied by the Chairman of the Mersey Docks Board, and a considerable number of the members. The Satellite had been placed at the dis posal of the Mayor by Mr. Charles M'lver for the occasion, and he also accompanied the party. From the landing stage they steamed down to the Canada dock, where they landed, and proceeded on foot to view the great deck gates, 100 feet wide, which are worked by hydraulic pow er, and which were opened and shut in the presence of the Ambassadors, who seemed much pleased with the celerity of motion and the effect of the ponderous gates. From the Canada deck they went to the Huskisson and Sandon docks, and also to the Sandon graving docks, with all of which, particularly the latter, they expressed obvious satisfaction andevinced no small amount of curiosity. Re-embarking on the Satellite, they passed upwards and across to the Birkenhead side, where they landed at the Woodside landing stage, and visited Messrs. Laird's ship-building and engineering works. Here they spent a considerable time in inspecting some of the complicated and powerful machinery employed by those gentlemen. From their inquisitiveness and remarks it appeared that they took considerable interest in mechanical ar rangements and mechanical appliances. Leavinr , Mt ssrs. Laird's w orks, they pr oceeded in the steam tender to the Co nwa y Scho ol frigate, where they lay alongside for a brief period, but did not go on board. They then steamed up to her Majesty's ship Majestic, and went on board, remaining _ for a considerable time, and carefully and minutely in specting the arrangements of the vessel. On leaving the Majestic they were saluted with 19 guns. They then steamed direct to the Hercu laneum Pier ; but, the tide having fallen during their stay on board the Majestic, they had to pro ceed about a quarter of a mile further up, and landed at the slip, thus causing them a considerable amount of extra walking before they reached the Mersey Steel and Ironworks, where a sumptuous collation was prepared for them. They were re ceived by Mr. George Henry Horsfall and Colonel Clay, and conducted to the luncheon-room of the new establishment. After luncheon they examined the works, and were evidently both surprised and delighted with what they se w there. They were first shown the forging of a portion of the stern frame of the armour-plated frig Ito Agincourt. This ponderous mass of wrought iron was in course of construction under one of the immense steam ham mers, of which there are six or seven in this esta blishment, besides a vast number of minor ones. The framework of this stern is indeed a mighty w( rk, which, when completed, will weigh between 40 and 50 t ons. The rolling of the i ron p l a t es also attracted much of their attention, and when shown some of the armour-plates 53 inches in thickness, 43 feet in breadth, and 14 feet long, their admira tion seemed to be excessive. From the rolling mills at the upper works they were conducted to the lower, or older works. Here they were shown the proass of turning and boring immense masses of w rought iron, and seemed to be much interested in the processes, and also much gratified by watching them. From the Mersey Steel and Iron Works the Orientals proceeded to the steamer, and in it Were taken to the landing-stage, whence they were taken on 'Change, where they were loudly cheered. They were then conducted to the Free L brary and St. George's-hall, and in the evening were enter tained at a banquet in the Town-hall ziiven by the Mayor in honour of their visit. ()UR OCEAN MAIL SER VICE. Nearly a million sterling is paid by the Govern ment to our steam-packet companies for carrying mails. To complete our mail packet service to British Columbia, Japan, Northern China, and Eastern Africa and Australia, would cost nearly half a million more. The pressure of taxation will render it difficult to get such an additional sum granted. The truth is, that in a political view the mail packets are not of the great importance they were—the telegraph has supplanted them. by years ago the Government could not than the packets. But now our ambassadors, consuls, and admirals send home political information and notices of the movements of foreign fleets by telegraph. The packets, however, though no longer absolutely necessary politically to the Government, are of very great commercial importance in carrying letters, and in enabling merchants to visit distant markets. They have unquestionably caused a vast increase of our foreign and colonial com merce. The time, however, has arrived for a re vision of our mail packet service, and when our ' colonies and foreign Governments should be made to contribute to its support. In reviewing the service can any rearrangement be made under ' which the aggregate amount of subsidies now paid would prove sufficient for that extension of it which British enterprise has rendered necessary One of the greatest difficulties in connection with the mail-packet service has always been its exten sion to A,nstralia, and the servico to that part is still objectionable. It is only monthly—it does not extend further north than Sydney. A mail is 55 days in witching New South Wales, when ac cording to the time taken for a mail to reach New York, it ought to be only 45 days. Australian mails are twice f.ranshipped on the voyage, and the mail is sent by way of India, while the gold colonies of Australia border on the Pacific. The Peninsular and Oriental Company, which alone carried the Australian mails with anything like satisfaction, has twice thrown up the contract, and it has never 11 , ,ien able to tempt Aus tralian passengers or gold on board its packets. The West India packet service is the most expen sive we have, costing as it does 1250,000 a-year. Commercially, the West India colonies are not worth such a sum being bestowed on them. But though the Royal Mail Company gets such a large amount, it is, or was, the poorest of our mail packet companies, partly from the wear and tear of their ships, the poverty of the West India Islands, and the perpetually troubled state of Mexico, which prevented that development of the trade of a rich country which would have greatly benefited the company. The company's prospects are, however, improving. The trade of South Western and Central America has greatly increased, owing to the Panama railway, and British Columbia has sprung into importance, to the com pany's advantage. If the Australian mails were sent by way of Panama, the Indian route, which costs £135,000 a year, could be abandoned; the West India subsidy need not be anything like so large as it is, and a mail communication could be established to British Columbia without any additional expense to the country. The West India line would have three great feeding branches, from Valparaiso, Aus tralia, and British Columbia to Panama, and the Royal Mail Company would be one of the richest mail packet companies. If the Australian mails were sent by way of America, they could be earried to Colon without any expense, and they would reach their destination about ten days quicker than at present. Besides this, New Zealand and many of the island groups in the Pa cific now becoming of importance lie between Aus tralia and Panama, Western Australia would suffer if the present mail route were done away with, but that would not be of much consequence, and if the Australian colonists wanted a steam packet com munication with India and China, they could esta blish it themselves. Politically and commercially the development of the resources of British Columbia, and the diversion of Australian traffic through America would be of immense importance. The Panama Railway is an American enterprise, and is one of .the best paying lines in the world. Already the line is overbur dened with traffic. If this were increased English capital would be employed in opening up another route from the Atlantic to the Pacific by making a railroad between the Mosquito coast and the Nica ragua lake, about 60 miles in length, not much longer than the Panama Railway ; and in digging a shallow canal, about 12 miles in length, between the lake and the Pacific. This scheme would no doubt pay. The Australian, and the central and north and south-western American traffic would supply both the Nicaraguan and Panama routes. The Pacific has not yet been bridged by steam, but a line of steamers will shortly ply between San Francisco and Japan and China. Everything tends to show that in a few years the Pacific will be reached by several avenues through the American continent. The rebellion in the United States has induced Congress, •in order to preserve the Pacific States in the Union, to hurry on the Pacific rail road from the Western States to California. The gold discoveries of Fraser's River and Cariboo have already drawn attention to a communication between Canada and British Columbia. Between those territories there will be first the bridle path, then the waggon road, and then the iron railway. Thus war and the thirst for gold will accelerate the march of civilisation. When avenues through Ame rica are opened up, then the Pacific will be crossed in many tracks by steam. Before many years have elapsed mails and passengers from Europe will most probably reach Jeddo, Pekin, Sydney, Mel bourne, and Otago through America, as the quickest ; route. The British postal subsidy system wisely adapted and regulated may do much towards im proving the communication to our great markets in North Eastern Asia and at the antipodes. Let us ask again, why should the over-taxed peo ple of England pay for carrying wealthy colonists and foreigners and their mails? Why should this country carry French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Danish mails respectively to the West Indies, the United States, Brazil, Goa, Macao, Manilla, and Java, for a mere song ? It was originally done, doubtless, to prevent those nations from running rival packets to our own. But it has at all events not prevented France from establishing mail steam packets to the West Indies, the United States, India, and China. And let her succeed. She will put English steam-packet companies on their mettle, not competition end Prevent the evils of a monopoly. England's merc antile sailing navy has far more than held its should ow n agai n s t a the of the world, and why mercantile steam navy do the same ? It will be l ong before foreign e s team merchant fl eets win compare avi tht i h a : ls se a fo ifi r med d ofthe s hips of the Oriental, West India, and of those of Canard's, r c, an d Cape Com panies, I for Europe for the fighting inn with the storms of the Atlantic and of France the &c. It o is as safe t cyclones battle of the China seas, as to be chafing from inaction in the Champs de Mars. Let France have her mail packets and her colonies, let her invade Mexico, if she is simple enough to do so, and pursue her conquest s efe in Cochin China. With valuabl e and d nceless mail packets on the high seas and dependencies se parated from her by the ocean, she would be bound over more tightly to keep the peace than she has ever been yet. —Daily News. SUSPENSE.—I believe that, to the young, sus- I pense is the most intolerable suffering. Active misery always brings with it it 3 uwn power of endurance. What a common expression it is to hear, "Well, if I had known what I had to go through beforehand, I never should have believed it possible that I could have done it." But it is a dreadful thing to be left alone with your imagination, to have to fancy thekworst, and yet not know what the worst may be; and this in early youth has a degree of acute anguish that after years cannot know. As we advance in life we find all things hero too utterly worthless to grieve over them as we once could grieve; we grow cold and careless; the dust to which we are hastening has entered into our hearts, TRH SUN, LONDON, . IfirrY.RSDAV - ENFINING„ MAY 20, 1:4, LAW INTELLIOENCE.—fiIay 28. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Cock burn, Justice Wightmau, Crompton, and Black- burn.) THE QUEEN V. TRAIN AND OTHERS.-THE WEST MINSTER TRAMWAY. Mr. M. Chambers said that since the last term the prosecutor, who was desirous of acquiescing in their lordships' suggestion relative to entering a nolle prosequi against the vestry, had applied to them to g i ve Mr. Train the required three months' notice under the contract to take up those dangerous rails, but they persistently refused to do so, and they still, as they always had done, resisted the law, and in a discussion of the matter by the vestry at their meeting some of them stated that it had not been decided that this tramway was a nuisance, so that the prosecutor had to ask the court to hear the rule relative to the vestry's liability when Mr. Train was again called up for judgment. The Lord Chief Justice asked if Mr. Train's secu rity for costs was good, why the prosecutor did not enter a nolle prosequi against the other defendants? Mr. Chambers said the difficulty was that if the prosecutor let the vestry off Mr. Train might say that he could not meddle with the highway to take up the tramway, the highway being under the con trol of the vestry. The vestry insisted that the tramway should not be removed. The Lord Chief Justice—What is the prosecu tor's object in persevering against the vestrymen ? Mr. Chambers said that prosecution was insti tuted by Mr. Greig, the clerk of the peace in his private character. He was substantially indiffer ent to the costs, and what he wanted was to secure the removal of this dangerous nuisance, but with regard to the latter the vestrymen threw every im i pedment in the way, and held the prosecutor at arms length. He had no doubt Mr. Greig would enter a nolle prosequi against the vestrymen if he could secure thereby the removal of the tramway. Every day accidents were happening, and yester day (Tuesday), a man was thrown out of his cart and seriously injured. The Lord „Chief Justice—Have you an affidavit from Mr. Train that he can't take up the tramway. Mr. Chambers—No. He wanted the Court to be stringent in having the tramway taken up. An offer was made to the vestrymen last term, when the rule was moved, but they had made no approach towards the prosecutor. _ _ _ Mr. Justice Blackburn said that by entering a nolle prosequi against the vestry, and bringing up Mr. Train for judgment, would be a speedy way of abating the nuisance. He could understand the desire for obtaining a local triumph over the vestry men, and making them eat humble pie. Mr. Chambers said that was not the prosecutor's object. The Lord Chief Justice said he should have thought if Mr. Train had power to put down the tramway he had power to remove it. Mr. Chambers said Mr. Train had no control over it. A company had been established, and if ho was to interfere he would be meddling with their rails. This was a public nuisance, and in fact the sheriff ought to take it up. Mr. Justice Wightman said he saw no objection to Mr. Train taking it up. The Lord Chief Justice said that if a nolle prose qui was entered the Court would be prepared to assist the prosecutor in putting down this nuisance. Mr. Chambers said he would communicate with his client upon the suggestion. being ignorant of his antecedents, I felt it best to give you information that he has the money. The defendant called no witnesses, and Mr. If awkins having addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. said, "'Phis is the way," pointing in another direc tion. "Thank you," he said, "I'll not trouble you further," and we separated. I next saw him again at the Bow-lane police-station, and identified him from among many other persons. I could have picked him out of a regiment. I stood on the boy's right hand, about a yard or yard and a half from him while I was in the bank. Ido not think any other person was at that part of the counter but the pri soner and the boy. I noticed the boy intent upon counting his money as I went into the bank, and while I was there no other person except the pri soner Weston and myself was near him. Cross examined—The boy was counting silver when I entered the bank. I did not see his bag of gold. I had not observed the prisoner come in. I was writing a cheque at the counter. Mr. John - JaaiesGoodchild, of 239, Shoreditch, was next called. He said—On Tuesday week, about halfrpast three o'clock, I stopped to speak to a friend outside the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. I observed the prisoner Harper standing within a yard of us. I took my friend into the bank, having a little business to transact there, and as we went in I said to him, " Hand me over the money." I afterwards left the bank with him, but before leaving ho handed to me a bag containing one £3OO Bank of England note, another for £lOO, and some smaller notes and gold. From Smith, Payne and Co.'s, we went to Masterman's bank, in Nicholas-lane, without calling anywhere. There I had to take up a bill, and for that purpose I took the bag from my pocket, and emptied the whole of the notes and gold upon the counter, near a desk farthest but one from the entrance to the bank. Two or three people were inside the counter, but outside, where I stood, there was no one. The bill I had to pay was £145, and I was counting some notes and gold for that purpose. As I did so a man touched me rather rudely on the right shoulder. Thinking it was a friend, I turned sharply round, and saw the prisoner Weston close to me on my right side. In his right hand he held a piece of paper, and his left appeared to be placed behind him. Ho asked in a somewhat foreign tone if I could tell him where he could change a draught. I felt irritated, and said "At the next desk." I looked at my money, and found the £lOO note missing. I counted the notes over again, and looked in the bag to be sure that it was really gone. Just as I was " scrambling" the notes and gold into the bag I saw the prisoner going to the door. I ran into the street after him, but he was nowhere to be seen. I wandered up and down in quest of him, but did not meet with him. I next saw the prisoners in an apartment below the justice room of the Mansion House among about 15 other people, and I immediately selected both of them. Mr. Wontner cross- examined the witness, but without eliciting any material circumstance. On this evidence Mr. Mullens applied to have the prisoner Weston committed for trial. Harper, against whom the evidence as to the robbery of the £lOO note, was not so conclusive, he submitted ought still to be dealt with under the Vagrant Act as a suspected person frequenting a public place with intent to commit a felony. Mr. Wontner, apprehending that Weston would be sent for trial, said he should reserve his defence of him until the peeper time arrived. With respect to the prisoner Harper, he submitted he had done nothing to warrant his being treated as a rogue and vagabond. He was seen, it was true, going from bank to bank with the prisoner Weston, and the question arose what was his intention. Was he present in any of the banks without the means of transacting business? On the contrary, when taken into custody, a very considerable sum of money was found upon him. Besides, the police-officer Haydon, who had watched him from bank to bank, did not see him do anything wrong in any one of them. Haydon said he found the prisoners had recently come from America. That was consistent with their saying, as an excuse for going from place to place, that they were looking for the Bank of England in order that they might change some notes. Then, their entering the Bank, and by the Rotunda entrance after the hour when the offices in that part of the establishment closed, showed ig norance on their part ; and while they were making their way to another part of the Bank in search of change they were apprehended. There was not a tittle of evidence to show that Harper had touched the person or property of any one of the three banks he was seen to enter. Nor was it even pretended that he was a person of bad character. The evidence, so far as it went as to character, was in his favour, seeing that when arrested he gave a correct address. Seeing the prisoner was a foreigner who had recently come to this country, it wassea sonable to suppose he had mistaken the Union and the London and Westminster Banks for the Bank of England; and the court would probably be of opinion that it would be hardly warranted in the harsh conclusion that he was there for the purpose of committing a felony. Mr. Alderman Finnis, believing the prisoner Harper was one of the class of persons in the habit of prowling about banking-houses to commit rob bery, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, as a rogue and vagabond ; and the prisoner Weston to be committed to Newgate for trial, THE MURDER OF A LABOURER AT KING'S GROSS. Edward Gregory, aged 34, a labourer, of 39, St. Helena-place, Clerkenwell, was charged before Mr. Barker, at the Clerken well Police-court, yesterday, with feloniously killing and slaying James Driscoll, a labourer, by throwing him off one of the iron ribs now in course of erection at King's Cross for the Metropolitan Railway. Mr. Layton, jun., solicitor, attended for the defence. The prisoner was seated during the examination. His head was bound up in surgical bandages. Michael Murphy, a labourer, residing at 8, Vern lam-place, Gray's-Inn-lane, said—l am employed at the Metropolitan, or Underground Railway Station, King's Gross. The prisoner is ganger there over the general labourers, the deceased being in his gang. On Monday evening, between six and seven, I was at work on the planks under the girders. I saw deceased go to near where the prisoner was at work on the rib. I had heard that the prisoner and the deceased had had some words in the course of the afternoon. I saw Driscoll go on to the same rib with the prisoner, they being about two feet apart. The ribs are to form the span over the railway, and the prisoner was on the highest part of the rib over the deceased. I heard Driscoll say to the prisoner " Go along, you cannot show us our work, nor do we want you." He made use of a blackguard expression to the prisoner. I did not hear Gregory make any reply, but the next I saw was the prisoner striking the deceased on both sides of the face with his fists. Driscoll was holding on the rib with one hand, but he said "God strike me dead, if you hit me again I will poke your eyes out. You had better come down, and I will fight you." Driscoll at that time had in his hand an iron progue. Gregory hit him again, and Driscoll bit at the prisoner so as to keep off his blows. I did not see where Driscoll hit him with the progue. Up to this time they were sitting on the rib with the girder between their legs. The prisoner had an advantaga, as be held by the derrick, while Dris coll had nothing to hold but the rib. A man of the name of Chandlr went between them, and said he would not have any more of it up there. The pri soner then got up from his sitting position, and again hit Driscoll, and Driscoll kept hitting at him with the bar. The prisoner leant over Driscoll, and I then saw him trying to take hold of a cord, but he missed it and fell to the bottom, a distance of 40 or 50 feet. Mr. Barker—Do you believe he fell from the blow or the scuffle ? Witness—He fell from the scuffle. The prisoner was in a better position for keeping his hold on the rib than the deceased. Cross-examined—The rib is about a foot wide. I assisted to take the man to the hospital. Mr. Abraham Dow ton, 259, Pentonville-road, a eheesemonger, said—On Monday evening, between 6 and 7 I was on the leads at the back of my house, which overlooks the new station at King's-cross. I heard a quarrel, and saw the prisoner hitting the deceased on each side of his face with his fists. I could not say who struck the first blow. I saw the deceased trying to ward the blows off with a piece of iron, but after the prisoner hit him again I saw deceased strike at him, but whe ther he hit him or not I cannot say. At that time both weresitting, but afterwards the prisoner raised himself higher than he was before, closed with the other man, took him by the shoulders with both hands, lifted him off the girder, and let him drop. The deceased's feet first touched the ground. Before this I heard some one say," I will throw him over," but I do not know whether it was prisoner or not. Cross-examined—Prisoner took hold of deceased by the shoulders. I judge that they were in hot blood, quarrelling together, and had it not been for that this unfortunate affair would not have hap pened. _ _ - Mr. Samuel Farley, a decorator, of 87, Harrison street, Gray's-inn-road, said—On Monday evening I saw the prisoner and another man on the ribs. I saw the prisoner strike the man several times. The man was leaning batik, as though t o avo id t h e pri soner's blows. The prisoner then rose up, leaned over, took hold of the man by the upper part of his body, wrenched him away, lifted him off the rib, and dropped him into the cutting. I did not hear any expressions made use of by the prisoner. Mrs. Farley confirmed her husband's statement. James Chandler, a labourer on the woiks, s aid — I reside at 3, Haver s t oc k- street, Camden-town. On Monday uyening I went up with the deceased to the top of the rib. The first that took place was, Dris coll said to the prisoner, who was there working, " Get out of this and !et us do our work. We can do it ; can't w h i, mate 9" I said " Yes, th e f oreman has sent us up," The prisoner told Driscoll he should do no more there, and Driscoll told the prisoner he was a fool, and that he was to get out of it. Prisoner then knocked Driscoll's cap off, and said, " I will hit you," following it up with several blows with his fist in the face. I believe Driscoll said, " If you hit me again I will crack y our eye ou t w i t h th e podger," meaning the piece of iron he had in his hand. The prisoner then struck him again, and I believe Driscoll struck him with the podger, but where I cannot say, although I saw blood on the prisoner's face as well as Driscoll's. I afterwards saw the prisoner's head was cut ; I then got between them. I saw that Driscoll was getting weak, and I saw him try to catch at the purlin. I made a knot and threw over him. They scuffled again, an d t h en Driscoll slipped off the rib into the cutting. Mr. J. D. Hill, house surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, said Driscoll was brought to the hospital on Monday evening. He died last night. The cause of his death was shock to the system and the injuries he had received. By Mr. B lrker—The cause of the death was shock to the system, which might arise from the fall of I have heard described. I have an order to make a post-mortem examination, so that I shall be able to state exactly the cause of death. Ann Driscoll—l reside at 4, Ely -place, Kingsland road, the deceased is my brother, and his name was James Driscoll. Police-constable Holloway, 52 G, said—l took the prisoner into custody, and he tried to make his escape. On the way to the station he said Driscoll struck me first, and I afterwards struck him. If you had struck me I should strike you again, or anybody else. Inspector Brennan, G division, said that when he told prisoner the charge he said the deceased would not obey his orders, and he smacked him in the face. The prisoner, who never said a word during the whole of the proceedings, under the advice of Mr. Layton, reserved his defence. Mr. Barker said he should remand the prisoner until Tuesday next. Mr. Layton applied that bail might be taken for his client's appearance. Mr. Barker refused the application. THE DOCTOR IN TUB BATH CHAIR. " Sedot atternumque sedebit I" Dover has narrowly escaped being thrown into hysterics by a scene at the bench the other day, when a certain John Collyer applied for assistance to regain possession of his Bath chair. He said that at three o'clock on the previous afternoon an order came to the chair stand for a gentleman to be taken up from a street at the back of St. Mary's Church; he took the chair round, and found Dr. Standen upon the door steps waiting for him. Not knowing that the people of the house had shut him out, and so got rid of a troublesome lodger, he assisted him into the chair, and had been driving him about ever since. Magistrate—What, ever since three yesterday afternoon—all night ? Applicant—Yes, sir, except for a little while. I can't get him out of the chair anyhow. I was wheeling him about from three in the afternoon until half-past two o'clock in the morning. (Laughter.) Magistrate—l can't see how lam to help you; he has got possession of your chair. Where is he now ? Applicant—He doesn't know I've come hero. I left him and the chair opposite Mr. Agar's, the butcher, St. James's -street. Magistrate—But has he had any refreshment all this time ? Applicant—Lor bless ye ! Why I've druv him to nearly every public-house in the town— 'specially the Pier-end; he calls for something to drink, and then gives the best part of it away— (laughter)—'cept what he puts in a little square bottle he carries with him. (Loud laughter.) Magistrate—Where did you drive him first ? Applicant—To the Burlington. After that he went to the Lord Nelson, the Bell, Bachelors' Lib rary, the Skylark, the Brussels, the Terminus, the Sceptre, and from there to the Druid's Head, and two or three houses up at East Cliff. Magistrate—And he didn't get out of the chair the whole of that time ? Applicant—No, sir ; and he hasn't got out of it yet. Oh, dear; I don't know what I s h a ll d o, as a lady wants it when I can get it again. (Laughter.) After driving him to all these places, I was tired, so I said to him, " When do you mean to go home again, sir ?" " That's my business," says he, "you mind yours, and drive me to the Pier-end." (Laugh ter.) And there, sir, we went from one house to the other until it was twelve o'clock, and he couldn't get anything else served. Then I dray him about the town. (Laughter.) Superintendent Coram raised a now roar of laughter by adding that at one o'clock in the morn ing he saw the chair pulled up close to one of the public lamps, by the light of which the doctor was reading. (Renewed laughter.) Magistrate—How long did he keep reading ? Applicant—Not long, sir. Soon afterwards he lit his pipe. (Laughter.) I was very co ld, an d he said I might keep him " moving," so I pulled the chair until between two and three, and we'd been all over the town ; and then I says to him, quite worn out, " Where are you going now ?" " Where areto ? " says h e . (L ou d l aughter.) , H says in I. Then he t o ld me h e h adn ' t any youom Home," home to go to,. and he asked me where I was going to put the chair ? I told him in the coachhouse, where I kept it. " Ah," says he, " th a t'll d o very well ; put me with it. I shall bo just as well in this chair as in bed !" And so you know he would, sir. (Loud laughter.) Magistrate—And so you locked him up in the coachhouse all night ? Applicant—l left him there about three, and looked in about five to see whether he was all right, and then he told me he had never slept more com fortably in all his life. At half-past six I took him a cup of coffee, part of which he drank, and told me he was quite ready to begin his morning visits when I was. But I ain't agoing to draw him about the town all day to-day. (A laugh.) The chair comes to 7s. for last night, and there's ever since seven o'clock this morning to add to it. Magistrate—Well, he can't make you draw him about; that's optional. What was he doing when you left him just now? Applicant—Reading, writing, or smoking. Magistrate—Really his friends ought to to some thing for him ; perhaps I had botter call upon them. Can't you drive him to the union ? Applicant—lf I ask him if he wants to go there he'll want to call at some other place first. (Laughter.) Sergeant Bailey was directed to accompany applicant to the chair, and try the effect of his uniform and authority upon the occupant, A small crowd accompanied them, and in due time the chair was found where Collyer had left it. He received orders from the doctor to call at the Druid's Head, and after a craftily qualified cup at this hostelrie the doctor was " caught napping." Collyer then procured the services of a sturdy butcher, and the key of an empty room attached to the Temp erance Hall having been obtained, Dr. Standen was lifted from the seat he had stuck to for twenty-two hours out of twenty-four, and deposited on the floor to awaken to the realities of his novel situation, his call at the Temperance Hall being certainly the first to that spot.—Sussex Express. ADAM'S BRIDGE.—On Monday morning was issued the following report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the practicability of shortening the voyage to India :—lt appears in evidence that a passage between the Island of Ramiscram and Point Tonitory, on the coast of Madura, in the Presidency of Madras, has long existed, Since the year 1837, when operations were commenced by the Madras Government, under the superintendence of Colonel (now Lieutenant. General) William Monteith, the channel has been deepened from 31 to its present depth of 11 to 12ft low water, spring tides, at a cost little exceeding £40,000. It is stated in evidence that the depth ccn be in creased to 15ft without an excessive outlay. The channel is largely used at all seasons by the coasting trade of India and the trade between India and Ceylon. Fr3m the Ist of May, 1860, to the 30th of April, 1861, 2,447 vessels passed through, having an aggregate tonnage of 205,529 tons, as against 146,565 tons in 1859-60, in which latter year 21 English vessels and ono French vessel made use of tho channel, one of the former, th e Bl ue R oc k, a ship 0f 666 tons, drawing 13ft. water in ballast. The report says r : a .; "The evidence does not enable you r committee to offer opinion of the cost of deepening the channel to the ve e s x s t e en ; t required to accommodate the general trade for largevessels; but but it is clear that great beneficial commercial of deepening been already obtained at a very moderate results codset.Tnhineg They thear y e therefore of opinion that the question channel and improving the t , s Government; and approaches is deserving th e early aaentionofher inquiries Majes should be prosecuted on theythe suggest that further spot as soon as possible to ascertain with certainty Wheth er the passage between C e ylon and the mainland o f I ndia can be made safe and practicable for the general trade at a mo mENT.]ollowa's Ointment and Pills.— " phs.— . Any unnatural discharge from the d Gt ;r fo a Ar t i e nouy e s rz ,ti e T, is .su e 7m . skin is at all times disagreeable ' • but in hot weather it be come!,fu ~ cro irritating , l, a ando ssometimesscorbutic u o t ff i c en offensive , }3ad are leg ell o ed ld , wounus,eruptions soothed, and cured by Holloway's Ointment. It at once arrests all diseases of the surface by purifying and regu lating the circulation in their neighbourhood, by giving energy to the nerves of the affected, part and by expelling all poisonous and noxious matters. It ejects the seeds of a ll virulent eruptions and ulcerations, and thus confers no partial or temporary boon, but a complete and permanent cure. By means of those remedies all sufferers may aim at attaiziug lAckaltlz And will iAvariOly /wood, MARRIAGB AND PoLnicA - si 1N FRA ' NC.g • -- ~- It has often been said that in the absence of poli tie9l liberty no municipal or religious freedom, however humble it s s ph ere , i s sa f e , O ur contem porary history gives the most striking confirmation to this truth. One must live beneath the Empire to understand how far the intervention of absolute power can actually be thrust into private life. Here is a curious example which forms the topic of conversation in the Parisian world at this moment. A wealthy merchant of Bouen, 111. Levavasseur, had promised his daughter in marriage to the young Vicomte de Bondy, son of an ancient peer of France, of very decided Orleanist opinions, and a friend from childhood of the Comte de Paris, whom he accompanied last year on his travels in the East. The marriage was on the point of being celebrated when an obstacle, assuredly quite un foreseen, knocked all the plans on the head. M. Levavasseur had married his eldest daughter to the Marquis de Conegliano, chamberlain of the Emperor. The Marquis repairs to his father-in-law, and bids him observe that the projected alliance with a family known for its hostility to the Empire would be ill-brooked (" tres mal vue," sic) by tho Government, that his own personal credit and the affairs of his father-in-law might suffer by it, and that after serious reflection he thought it prudent to dissuade the match. M. Levavasseur, it seems, appreciated the advice of the chamberlain, for he intimated to his daughter that he meant to chose her another husband than M. de Bondy. The young girl, with w h om th e po li t i ca l quest i ons af fecting her father went for nothing, answered that she, for her part, was resolved to marry no one but M. de Bondy, and that she would withdraw until her marriage to the house of her uncle, M. Fonte nillat (Receiver-General at Bordeaux). M. Fonte nillat received his niece. A few days after he was summoned before the Minister of Finance. M. Fould spoke to him at great length upon the inci dent related, expressed to him the keen displeasure of the Government; and declared to him that if he continued to encourage the resistance of Mdlle. Le vavasseur to the parental wishes he would expose himself to the loss of the high functions with which he was entrusted. M. Fontenillat replied, that if M. Fould spoke as a man of the world, he thanked him for his advice ; but if he spoke as a Minister, it was surprising that he should interfere in such matters. A few days later M. Fontenillat is in vited to appear with his niece before the Empress. The Empress addresses Mdlle. Levavasseur, and presses her to yield to the desire of her father, and to give up a marriage which would grieve her friends. "We have often received you with plea sure at the Tuileries," added the Empress; " after the [marriage which you wish to contract, your access to court would be impossible." "Madame," answered Madlle. Levavasseur, with sufficient firm ness, "I am very grateful for the kindness of your Majesty, but when I am married I shall go to the friends of my husband." While we write things are at this stage. It may be presumed that the marriage will take place in spite of the high in• fluences employed to prevent it. But can you con ceive one of your own countrymen called upon to treat of matrimonial affairs in Downing-street, or at Windsor P—Paris Correspondent of the Spec tator. THE QUEEN V. BLUNDELL. Mr. Sumner obtained yesterday a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why an attach ment should not issue against him for the non-pay ment of costs, and also why his recognisances should not be estreated. The defendant was an attorney, and had been convicted upon an indict ment for a libel, and the Master had taxed the costs, £lBl 12s. lid., which the defendant had refused to pay. The court granted a rule absolute in the first instance for the attachment, and a rule nisi to estreat the recognisances. . To-day Mr. Blundell appeared in court, in the custody of the officer of the Queen's Bench Prison, and Mr. Sumner's application was granted by the Court. THE MANCHESTER AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATION V. HALLIWELL. Mr. It. G. Williams said this was an action tried at the last Guildhall sittings before Mr. Justice Wightman, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. He moved to set the verdict aside, and to enter a nunsuit or the verdict for the defendant, on leave reserved, or why a new trial should not be had on the ground of the misdirection of the learned judge. It was an action on a promissory note at the foot of which was written the defendant's mark, and the words " surety for Thos. Brabin." The learned counsel contended that this was not an actual promise to pay, but conditionally to do so on Thomas Brabin's failure. The question on this point was, whether the word "surety" was a de scription of the person only or a modification of the liability. The second point was, that the only con sideration for the note was that it was given for a loan—an antecedent debt of a third person—and that there was no forbearance. The Court refused the rule. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief justice Erle, and justices Williams, Willes, and Byles.) WHITE V. STEELE AND ANOTHER. This was a demurrer to a declaration and to cer tain pleas in prohibition, in which it was sought to prohibit the judge of the Court of Arches from pro ceeiing in a certain suit for subtraction of church rates against a parishioner of the parish of Plum atead. The rate in question was made under the 3d George IV., cap. 72, sec. 75 (one of the Church Building Acts), for the purpose of paying for the purchase of an additional burial-ground for the parish. The commissioners had made their order for the purchase of this ground in pursuance of cer tain resolutions of the vestry, which it was alleged in answer had been improperly passed, a poll having been demanded and refused. This was admitted for the purpose of argument only in the court below, and the judge of the Consistory Court, and of the Court of Arches, on appeal, held that the order of the commissioners being regular they could not in quire into the previous proceedings. This the plaintiff in prohibition contended was a wrong con struction of the act, and that the refusal of a poll if properly demanded was a good answer to the claim for the rate. The case was argued last term, and to-day Mr. Justice Willes delivered judgment, and after enter ing fully into the reasons of tho case, said they were of opinion that the prohibition ought to go. Rule accordingly. BARNES v. PHILLIPS. This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Wil liams, at Westminster, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages £2O. Subsequently a rule was obtained for a new trial, or to enter the verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. It was an action for false imprisonment, to which the defendant pleaded first not guilty, and:secondly, a justification, on the ground that some person had feloniously stolen some of his property, and that he had reasonable ground of suspicion that the plaintiff was the thief, and had therefore given him into cus tody. The plaintiff was a rag picker, and the de fendant a rag merchant. A person named Goodall, one morning at six o'clock, looking out of his win dow, which overlooked the defendant's premises, saw a person running away from them, and two sacks lying in the street. He gave information to the defendant, who found that some of his property had been stolen, and also gave a description of the person he saw running away. The defendant saw the police; and on investigation an opinion was ex pressed that it was some one who knew the premises who had done it, and who had been in his service. On looking over the names of the persons in his ser vice, the defendant came upon the plaintiff's name, who had been discharged by him from his service in the early part of last year, and he then recol lected that he answered the description given by Goodall, who subsequently identified him at a pub lichouse. He was, therefore, given into custody, but discharged, and the action was then brought. The Court made the rule absolute, without call ing upon the defendant to support it. Rule absolute accordingly. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Keating and a Common Jury.) TONNE V. DANIEL-LIBEL. the City, against the e en - attorney, practising in to recover compen sation This was an action brought by the plaintiff, df an d ant, a clergyman at Ramsgate, The defendant in damages for a libel. pleaaed not guilty. were cou"%irs.elEdfowrartdhotTap the defendant. named Vaulk mlaeins,tile; . :11 a r n . d Hl i w r. k P in f s e , n Q t-ic .C e . w , that he had been engaged by a person It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff de fendant, and after writing several letters to him, man to recover a sum of £2 16s. Bd. from the and receiving no answer to them, at last the plain tiff served him with a writ. That seemed to give offence t o t h e defendant, who wrote to Mr. Vaulk man a l e tt er which, it was now contended, was libellous, an d which was as follows : " Dear Sir,—.l find from my son in New Bond street, who Caine last Friday to spend Christmas here, that you bad not sent for your small account. I therefore sent it with 58. to Mr. Towne, the law yer, his charge for writing to mo. He has not had ac knowledgment, and not the civility to send any COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, in Trinity Term, before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Bramwell, Martin, and Channel.) SCOTT V. LORD SEYIIOUR-ASSAULT-JUDGMENT. This was an action for an assault and battery, argued last term upon demurrer to pleas, and in which judgment had been deferred. The alleged assault was committed by the defendant, Lord Sey mour, upon the plaintiff at Naples, and the defen dant pleaded several pleas, which raised the ques tion whether this Court had jurisdiction in the case, the acts complained of having been committed in a foreign country. The Lord Chief limn, in delivering the judg ment of the Court, said it was concluded by the authorities that the circumstance of an assault and battery having been committed in a foreign country was, in itself, no impediment to an action being maintained for it here. Had it appeared that by the law of that country an action was maintainable for it there, he thought that none would be here, and this raised the first question—what was the meaning of the first plea? The defendant argued that it meant that proceedings to punish him had been taken in Naples, and that, except those pro ceedings, none could be taken, and that, therefore, none could be taken to recover damages; but they held that it meant that proceedings had been taken in the Neapolitan court, and, except those, none could be maintained, If so, it did not negative that these were proceedings in which compensation in damages might be recovered. This, then, was a wrong for which an action would lie here, and for which it might be (lammed one would lie in Naples, and it was no defence to the present action that proceedings :at the instance of the plaintiff were pending in the Neapolitan court. It could be no defence at bar, tor an answer even in abate ment of the writ, that an action was pending here in an inferior court, and how in law or reason could it be when it was pend ing in a foreign court, and when the action was in no sense lam!? The case of " Cox v. Mit chell" was an author{ty to show that an action pend ing abroad for a wrcng was no ground for staying proceedings in an action in England. For these reasons they thought that the plea was bad. The two other pleas demurred to alleged that by the law of Naples, until the iefendant had been criminally condemned, no other action could be maintained for damages, and that he had not been condemned. This, however, was a mere matter of procedure, and furnished no defence to the action. Supposing a man in England stele a chattel and went to New York, would it be reasonable that the tribunals there should refuse to entertain the suit of the owner of the article against tie thief till there had been a prosecution here ? 3efore the Extradition Treaty such an objection world have been preposterous, and it was not really less so now. For these reasons the Court thought that the pleas were bad, and gave judgment for the pldntiff. Judgment for plaintiff. WELLOCK V. CONSTANTTNE—SEDUCTION. This action against the defendant, a farmer, for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, aged 23, a servant in the defen(ant's service, was tried before "Ir. Justice - Willes atYork, and resulted in a nonsuit. Mr. Price, in now ihowing cause against a rule to set aside the nonsuit said it appeared from the evi dence that the defendant, when his wife was away from home, went inb tha young woman's bedroom and forcibly violated her person, and that she after wards gave birth to a child. She was examined at the trial, and, accorling to her statement, the de fendant had been guilty of a rape. The learned judge held that it vas a case for a criminal court, and not one for danages in a civil suit, and non suited the plaintiff. The Lord Chief Biron said the question was what was the duty of a jitlge sitting in a civil court when the evidence of a tril of this sort went to prove a felony. Mr. Overend subnitted that the learned judge ought not to have wihdrawn the case from the jury. Mr. Jones havingbeen heard on the other side, Upon the suggeston of the court, it was agreed that the case should stand over, to see whether the parties would censeit to enter a stet processes. (Sittings at Nisi Pius, before Mr. Baron Wilde and aCommon Jury.) MOSI4y T. CLEMENT. _ This was en actin; brought by the plaintiff, a pugilist, against tha defendant, the publisher of Bell's Life in Londox, to recover the sum of £25, money statkd by him with the defendant. The de fendant deified Ais liability. It appeared that a prize-fight took place between the plaintiff and a Nan named Kenwick, in Decem ber last, for £5O. ''.'hey both staked £25 with the editor :of Bell's Life The fight was not decided, a foul flow having been given, and the plaintiff there upou applied for his share of the stakes, but he there upon found that the whole amount had been paid over to the other side. The question turned upon whether the defendant had received two letters of the 7th and 10th January last, giving him notice that the plaintiff chimed his share of the stakes. For the defence saveral witnesses were called to prove that the letters were never received. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. GEORGE V. SHEPPARD. This was an action for slander. The defendant pleaded not guilty. It appeared that bath the plaintiff and defendant were attorneys of the City. General Pemberton having been mixed up in some manner with a loan society, gave the plaintiff a written retainer under the seal of the company, but shortly after wards he changed his mind and employed the defendant to act for him and to wind up the the affairs of the company. An application was then made to the plaintiff for the books and papers of the company which he had, and which he refused to deliver up, on the ground that he had a written retainer signed by the General. The defendant upon seeing the paper, alleged that the signature had been forged and that the plaintiff was the forger. The plaintiff now alleged that he had been damaged in reputation and business. For the defence the defendant and General Pem berton swore that the expressions imputed were never used. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. THE BANK ROBBERIES IN THE CITY. At the Mansion-house, yesterday, two Americans, giving the names of : John Weston and Wm. Harper, supposed to be fictitious, and charged on suspicion with being in the Bank of England and several other banks in the City of London with intent to commit felony, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Finn's, who sat for the L or d M a y or , in the custody of Michael Hayden, the detective police-officer, to undergo a further examination. The prisoner Weston, it will be remembered, al so stands accused of stealing a bag containing £27 4s. 11d. from the counter of the Unity Bank, and both prisoners aro farther charged with stealing a Bank of England note for £lOO from the Bank of Messrs. Masterman, in Nicholas-lane. The examination was conducted by Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Bankers' Protection Association ; and Mr. Won tner defended the prisoners. Henry Morris, a respectable-looking lad, about 10, in the service of Mr. Henry Meyer, a cigar maker, in Great Prescott-street, was first called. He said—On Saturday week, between one and two o'clock, he was in the Unity Bank, in Cannon street. There he received £4O 4s. 11d. from one of the cashiers, £l5 in silver, and the rest in gold. He counted die gold first; and putting it in a bag, screwed it up, and laid the bag near him on the counter. He began counting the silver, and while he was so engaged 8. tall man, whom he now recog nised as the prisoner Weston, leant over him on the left side, near which witness had placed the bag. Directly afterwards the prisoner passed behind him, and coming to his right side asked him if ho knew whether they changed Irish notes there. He said he did not know, and continued counting his money. After he had counted the silver he missed the bag of gold. The prisoner Weston had then gone. No one else had been near Witness on the left side. On mis sing the bag he immediately mentioned the circum stance to a cashier in the bank. He next saw the prisoner Weston on Wednesday last at the Bow-lane police-station. He was shown into a room where several people were, and among them he picked out the prisoner as the man he had seen in the bank. By Mr. IV ontner—He had not missed his money before the prisoner came to his right side. One other gentleman, a Mr. Crowder, whom witness knew, was at th© counter, b u t no on e came ne a r witness on the side where the hag of gold lay but the prisoner. Mr. Crowder, of the firm of Rose and Crowder, shipwrights,,rapping, said—l was in the Unity Bank on Saturday afternoon when the boy Morris was counting his money, and I saw the prisoner Weston there. I heard the prisoner ask if he could change some Irish bank notes, and thinking ho addressed me I said I thought not, but I would ask the clerk. I did so, and was told in the hearing of the prisoner they did not change such notes there, but that c h ange cou ld b e go t f or t h em a t Spielm an , s, the bullion d ea lers, i n L om b ar d- s t ree t. The prisoner left, and I followed him out. Outside I said to him I thought he was a stranger, and if he would allow me I would s h ow hi m S p i e l mann ' s shop, which I I should be passing. We walked across Cannon -street together. I was about to go up St. S within s-lane, when he turned as if to go along Cangon-street. I COUN7RI MARK.EIS. SALISBURY—MAY 27. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was good, and rather lower in price —say 50s to 58s. Flour also could be bought at is per sack less money. Barley had a down ward tendency. NEWARK-MAY 28. There was a short amount of wheat at market to-day; prices is per qr lower than last week, Farmers tried to get more money, which made business dull. Barley was scarce, and a heavy trade. Oats firm. Beans as before, with a quiet sale. White wheat new, 565 to 66s Red do. sos to 62s Old white 6os to 61s Red do. 46s to 56s Barley, malting 37s to 41s Peas, Barley, grinding 30s to 333 Oats, old, —s to:—s New do 233 to 28s Beans. 408 to 50s Beans, new 44s to —s 48s to 54s NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—MAY 27. At to-day's market trade was quiet. Arrivals continuo large. Wheat of all descriptions is under former prices. Flour in retail, and 6d lower. Oats unchanged. HULL—MAY 28. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr s4s Od to 58s Od Old red 463 Od to 52s Od New white .. ...... 60s Od to 638 Od New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 56s Od to 62s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59 s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 5OB Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od ... Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to osl3lcl Swedish and Danish oBl2id to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr, 46s Od to 48s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4OB Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers . 36s Od to 38s Od Grinding Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding ... 52s Od to 56s Od crushing i.e._ . 40s Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) X9 15 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 EDINBURGH CORN—MAY :S. Arrivals of foreign wheat continue large. (;they articles moderato. Farmers' supplies to-day small. Weather showery. Scotch wheat in great demand, and prices in favour of sellers. Scotch barley dull at about late prices ; foreign much the same. Scotch oats in request a' a small advance ; foreign quiet at previous rates. Beans akd peas unchanged. Flour dull. COAL M. (Prices of Coal per Ton at :ARKET. t the close of the market Walla End. s. d. Byass's Bebside West -- Hartley ....15 3 Holywell 15 6 Walker Primrose 12 0 Grey's West Hartley 14 6 Carway and Duftryn Malting 23 0 Do. Anthracite 21 0 Sleekburn ,West Hart ley l4 0 Hastings Hartley l5 3 Eden Main 14 6 Wylam ..15 6 Tanfield Moor l3 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 3 Easington l2 0 Carr's Hartley 15 3 Hartlepool West Hart ley South Peareth .12 6 Ships at market, Hough Hall 14 . 9 Trimdon Hartlepool l5 6 Trimdon Thornley 14 9 K elloe South Kelloe • 15 Hetton • • l6 0 South Hartlepool 14 9 Caradoc South Hotton 16 0 Haswell l6 0 Hartlepool 15 6 Braddyll's Hetton 15 3 Tunstall Cassop .......15 3 Framwellgate ........14 9 Whitworth 14 6 Riddell ..... • l4 3 Belmont 14 0 109 ; sold. 74. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Auplralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June 18. via Marseilles ......... June 12. iirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 2. Falkland Islands - . ~. via Marseilles ...June 12. ....... June 4. Gibraltar, via South am pt on .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 2. via Marseilles June 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles June 5. Lisbon Jane 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 2 via Marseilles Juno 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet June 1. by U.S. packet..., by Canadian packet. M ay 28. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ......... . Juno 10. ...... .. Juno 5. Mexico.. via ......... Y .. 0 . r . k .. ..... .... ....May 29, All parts of West Indies , i n c l ud ing California, and British Columbia.. ... 1 .. P .. e . ru .. 1 May 29. BIRTHS. C U RTIS.— On the 27th inst., at 22, Canonbury Villas, Canonbury, x 11 0 1r n s. the Charles 26th i . k. i . n O st u „ rt a is t , w o f i d a c s o o ra n b . Bath, the wife of A. G. Elli ngton, Esq., Scots Fusilier e•crescent, Guards, of a son. HARRISON.—On the 27 t h inst., at 145, Upper Thames street, E.C., the wif e o f M r. A. Stewart Harrison, of two daughters, ono stillb orn. E LiaT o r r . - MARRIAGES. Ly BOYD — ANDRE.— On th e 2 7th inst., at the parish ehurch,minster, Sussex, John Fredk. Boyd, Esq., of Auber villiers, near a Paris, ./ to Mary Lydia, fourth daughter of Peter A. Andre, Esq of 70, Oxford-terrace, Hyde prk. CUMING—GRANT.—On the 27th inst., at St. Thomas's, Portsmouth, Captain Cuming, Royal Artillery, to Esther Caroline, ,5 econd daughter of Henry Grant, Esq., of Portsmouth. DEATHS. I k - tow/v.—On the 27th inst., at Brixton-place, Surrey, T. Brown, Esq., aged 83. GEE.—On. the 25th inst., John Gee, of Welford, Northamp tonshire, aged 75. JEFFREYS.—On the 27th inst., at 1, Ring Edward -terrace, Mr. Thomas Jeffreys, formerly of Hatton-garden, aged 86. J ouNsoN.—On the 27th inst., Robert Johnson, Esq., of 6, Stockwell common, Clapham road, late of Plumbtreo Hall, Westmoreland, a ge d 73 . LILLY.—On the 26th i ns t ., at Broadway, Worcestershire, Win. M. Lilly, Esq., a ge d 38. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Tric SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in tho Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of M id dlesez,—Thursday, May 29, 1862.