The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-23 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL,DRURY . LANE.' Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, MONDAY, June 23, 186', the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITAL FIELDS WEAVER : Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stc,vins. After which, THE COLLEE V BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Colestd, Jessie bl‘Lean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. G. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATKE-R0 Y A 1.. HAN Al ARIC.ET. Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, MRS. WHITE. Mr. Comp ton, Miss Caroline Hill, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed(llBth time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. suck atone• Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Fokowed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nona, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GYMS r. LOYAL LYCE UM THEATR E. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 189th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Cl ara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna WMtty_and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—lfr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at hall-past 8, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from II till 5. Commence a 7 R UYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Hiss M. Harris. ' After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis de Franchi, Mr. Charles Kean ; Messrs. Jordan, Everett, R. Cathcart, Meadows, &c. ; Mesdames Fielding, Chapman, R. Leclercq, Henderson, and N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT. ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BAVrN• Mess rs ' C. Verner, Emery Billington, Stephenson, Eburn e, C. J. Smith : Romer ; Bliss Agnes Bendette, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Hrs. IL Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. - C ANTERBURY HALL STECKEL, The Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock. Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, "DON SEBASTIEN," (Produced here for the first time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell and Signor Tivoli. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth (the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, "Or any other man ~). Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz.:— E. Marshall (in Paul Pry), J. G. Fordo, A. B. Hollings worth, Miss Georgina Smithson, and Joe Brown, the re nowned Dancer. T H E • 0 X F O R D, 6 , OXFORD STREET. The miraculous STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeze, in new and unapproachable feats. Verdi's "LA TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," S I MON BOCCANEGRA," &c. ;G. Linley's " JOLLY BEGGARS ; " G.A. Macfarren's " MAY DAY. ' Principal Vocalists - Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those unrivalled Ethiopian Comedians, Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob.Eugene,and Unsworth (the original " or any other man"). Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Great International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 10m.—Afternoon, I Ih. 41m. To-]SORROW. -Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. • A • 4. T • ' lo ' ' - THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1862. A week's later news from America leaves M'CLELLAN in the position he retained at what is now to be known as the tattle of Fair Oaks. In deed, the constant rain had so swelled the Chicka hominy that the valley was impassable for troops, and enforced an armistice of many days. During that time he has, however, been making assurance doubly sure, for he has been reinforcing his army by considerable additions, but whether to the extent of 60,000 men, as reported, may be doubted. He has now given us an exact account of his loss in the last bloody battle ; it amounts to 89) killed, 3,627 wounded, and 1,222 missing -6,739 in all. This, therefore, is his least loss. What that of the Confederates was we have no means of knowing accurately. 8,000 was mentioned in a Richmond paper; from the nature of the last day's fight, it having been a battle with the bayonet, it must have been severe. There is no information at all trustworthy of Confederate proceedings. We are left to conjecture whether they will evacuate Richmond, as they have done so many places, before the Federals know anything about it, or -whether they will fight to desperation. if the former be their intention, the weather has singularly favoured them ; since, on account of the swollen state of the River Chicka hominy, which keeps the Federals five of six miles north of the city, they could not pursue them, nor even know what is going on. We hear no more of the rumour that the Federal gunboats had forced a pas sage before Fort Darling, from which they were repulsed in the recent attempt. We fear the worst; though a ' fierce attack, repulse, and subsequent evacuation of a place seems to be quite a Confede rate line of things ; yet Richmond, their capital,— with the toss of which they would be far worse off than Italy without Rome, which he has not yet had—may prov e an exception. If they cannot bring up force s in proportion to the rein forcements M'CL-ELLAx is receiving, of which they are su re to hear, they will probably not fight ; but if any of BEAU REGARD'S army can get r ound by the very long route open to it, in time, and th e y can adequat e ly reinforce themselves, they will the n probably fight to desperation, and the locality of the battle m ay deserve the name of Aceldama. In the West the Federals appear to be entirely triumphant. BEAUREGARD'S army seems to be melting away, probably from want of the means of support. They have stripped the country, for HALLECK finds the women and children of all classes perishing for want of food, the men having been Paced into the army. Money, be says, is use less, food must be sent them, and, to the credit of the North, this is being done with the utmost promptitude and generosity. A great number of prisoners have been taken who at first wished to be exchanged, but, on second thoughts, have pre ferred to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Perhaps they find they have better commons for carrying a Federal musket. BEAURE GARD'S losses by casualties, prisoners taken, and desertions are estimated at from 20,000 to 30 ,000. Some of the last are men of Tennessee.and Kentucky, who were being taken south between m ore trusted reg i men t s . The naval victory on the Mississippi was com plete, and Was followed by the surrender of the river capital, and Por t o f t T ennessee, Memphis. But one of the Confederate gunboats got Away, and she was being p ursued. e are not told how many vessels the Federals had, but we know from a pre vious account that they w . ere in a superior condi tion. The rebels had eight . On this occasion we had a little illustration of naval fighting with "Rams." The commander of th e ', Re __ gives us a description of his work. m Fleet" Republicans as r~ 11 •7 the North are, they seem to think royalty and prowess go together, for one of these steam rams is named the Queen, another- the Monarch. The Queen struck a Confederate boat, and stuck to it some little time, but on drawing out its iron beak the Confederate began to sink. But the Confederates played the same game, and the Queen herself Was struck and disabled, though not fatally. The Monarch then went to work, and sunk the boat that struck the Queen. Another boat strikes the Monarch, but the Monarch heeds it not ; on the contrary, her Majesty dashes into and beats in the sides of the Beauregard, who also gets a shot into her boiler from another gunboat. Meantime the Monarch dashes at the Little Rebel, but not having enough head way, pushed the smaller ship before her, the com modore and crew escaping—how is not said—in boats, probably. Then the Monarch seeing the Beauregard sinking, and desirous to save a trophy, turns round and tows her into shoal water to cradle herself there. Our Admiralty will surely endea vour to get full particulars of this rEnovation of the battles of antiquity—battles fought with brazen beaks and banks of oars—and now on the Missis sippi with beaks of iron and steam for the motive power. Assuredly, it will not do to build our gun boats and larger ships too fast. Memphis surrendered in better style than New Orleans. There does not seem to tave been much cotton burnt, or much if any waste of property ; and with a little mob resistance, the Federal flag was hoisted on the public buildings. The Union ist sentiment was, however, not to be found. The Mississippi may be said to be quite open, for Vicksburg can oppose no resistance to the combined fleets. But the North has still three important seaports to take, Mobile, on the Gulf of Mexico, has had a squadron beleaguering it some time, but is not yet captured nor do we hear that Fort Morgan, which guards the channel has been taken. Savannah, in Georgia, has been left unmolested, even since the fall of Fort Pulaski, its only important defence, but against Charleston a serious move has been made. The Federals have taken possession of islands which command the place, and they will be sure to make an example of the Traitor City, the prime mover in the Rebellion, and the first to fire on the Federal flag and trail it in the dust. The cry in the North is that Charleston must be made like Sodom and Gomorrah ! On the whole, the Federal arms seem to be again everywhere triumphant• BEAITREGARD'S army is dispersing; FREMONT is in hot—too hot—pursuit of JACKSON; M'CLELLAN is in his position before Richmond, largely reinforced, and waiting only the falling of the waters ; and it hardly seems probable that the Confederates, who failed to crush a part of his army first, can now crush or resist the whole. To all appearance a battle substantially decisive of the great military campaign must be heard of in a few days. The only alternative sug gested is, that the remains of all the Southern armies should make their way to Texas. This, however, would be useless. The North would never let them rest there ; and woe to the French EMPEROR if he should venture to acknowledge the South, receiving in return its acquiescence in a French protectorate of Mexico. The Cotton Famine increases. In Blackburn alone the number of unemployed now exceeds ten thousand. Of these 1,00 are receiving, certainly, irregular employment just for the time being, at the rate of a shilling a-day from the local board of guardians. Enough, and probably (in:remembrance of their families) but little more than enough, to keep body and soul together. While a solitary thousand out of the ten thousand and upwards thrown out of regular employment by the compul sory closing of We factories in Blackburn and its immediate neighbourhood, are thus humanely kept alive by the care of the guardians of the parish— not less than 9,500, it is calculated, are there abso lutely without any occupation whatever. It will be uuderstood,then, through this single instance of the town of Blackburn, bow lamentably true was that remark made the other evening in the House of Commons by the hon. member for Stockport, to the effect that the cotton famine meant in realty a dearth of food—destitution—starvation. And the deplorable results of this lack of the raw material of cotton go on increasing and multiplying. As the summer advances, and the terrible winter sea son comes more distinctly within our ken, at but a very little distance from us, there in perspective— the miserable plight of the poor factory operatives at Blackburn—(fixing our regard for awhile upon the state of things just now visible at Blackburn simply as a case in poin')—the utterly forlorn con dition of those poor factory operatives at Blackburn appears every day to become more and more piteous, and more and more threatening. To show how seriously beyond the average is the general amount of destitution now afflict ing that particular locality, it will be enough to bear in mind for a moment the afflicting contrast brought to view, upon a comparison of the returns laid before the guardians by the relieving officers of the parish, in the single week but just past, and those which were in the same way presented to the guardians for the corresponding week in the last twelvemonth. The week particularized was no other in point of fact than the one ending on last Saturday. During that week more than eleven thousand (11,193) persons had been relieved. A cost being thereby imposed upon the parish of £660 2s. 4d. Whereas in the corresponding week last year the exact number relieved was set down at 2,432 persons—this comparatively moderate ex tent of parochial relief necessitating an outlay of of £132 98. 4d. It is particularly lamentable to learn, as we do, that out of the eleven thousand and odd who a week ago received aid in kind from the parish authorities at Blackburn, over four thousand of these (4,064) are described in the returns as "ablebodied." Altogether the re cipients of parochial relief down at Blackburn are kn own to h ave a l rea d y i ncrease d s i nce last year at the rate of more than 6.0 per cent.—the advance I in the sam e wirs . in the number of th ose see ki ng an d obtaining r e li ef this year and last year in the con tiguous districts of Darw i n and Oswaldtwistle, at a ra t e o f li tt l e more than 100 par cent. Withi n a singl e y ear , remem b er ! at thatamount o u o n n t e f d i t s h tr e i cltocoal destituti on of considerablyf B lackbur n an i ncrease i n the over 600 per cent. ! Prom that one particular, from that one isolated il lustration of the state of things now being witnessed down i n the manufac• be readily h ow turing districts, it may imagined very serious, how very alarming the consequences of the cotton famine have become. Besides all that has been here mentioned in regard to the actual state of things at this moment down at Blackburn, there is a supplementary intimation yet to be made to the effect that nearly two hundred (190) more inmates than there were last year are now housed in the Blackburn Workhouse. All this while, apart from the energetic efforts made to re lieve the prevailing distress in that locality by the parish guardians, the Relief Committee is hard at work, and that unceasingly, in the same generous endeavour. The members of that benevolent Re lief Committee having within the self-same week, IRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1862. / ending last Saturday, distributed there among the carefully-selected recipients of its bounty, among other items, 13,9701b5. of bread and 13,8001b5. of oatmeal. Alas ! that we should have to add, after our previous remarks as to the wretched condition of that unemployed manufacturing community at Blackburn, ex uno disce omnes. Blackburn is simply, we repeat, a case in point : and unhappily, too, but little more than:an average case. If the parish authorities of Blackburn have had reason to number up during this past week 9,500 destitute persons looking for prompt aid to their benevolence, the guardians at Preston have numbered up still more within the same interval—they have num bered, in fact, as many as 10,810, who during the past week have received out-door relief at their hands, at a cost of £661 1 ls. 9d. That, in the midst of so much wretchedness, there should have been no outrages on the part of the suffering population, is, in truth, a noble and affecting indication of their loyalty and of their endurance. Her MAIESTY had reason to to comment in terms of affectionate pity and ad miration—through the speech delivered by her Royal Commissioners at the opening of the present session of Parliament—upon the calm and brave manner in which. the inhabitants of the manufacturing en durance met the evil fate brought upon them by the lack of cotton consequent upon the blockade of the Southern ports of North America. Her MAJESTY will have still greater reason to utter the same comment couched, of course, this time, in language still more emphatically expressive of those feelings of mingled pity and admiration through the medium of the Speech from the Throne with the vicarious delivery of which the Lords and Commons will now very soon be dismissed from their legislative duties. In the presence of this Cotton Famine and of all this consequent destitution among our English cotton manufacturers, two :responsibilities are quite manifestly, and, we hope and believe also quite irresistibly thrust upon the rest of the com munity—not a:innerly afflicted. First—the re sponsibility, so far as may be in any way prac ticable, of affording relief to the increasing multi tude of sufferers. And, secondly, of taking measures, so far, again, as may in any way be practicable, to prevent the recurrence of any like calamity in future among our cotton manufactures. How this is best to be accomplished we all know now perfectly well: namely, by rendering our cotton manufacturers independent of the Southern States of North America for the bulk of the supplies of the raw material annually required to keep the cotton factories of England in full and active operation. "Do you grow your own hemp ?" whimsically asked CHARLES LAMB, when writing to a corres pondent of his in Australia. "We must grow our own cotton" ought henceforth to be the axiom of our English importers of that raw material for the use of our manufacturers. We have certainly a large choice of new cotton-growing countries, ready to hand, for irrigation and planting in our own colonies. Far and wide they lie absolutely at our command—lndia, Ceylon, New Zealand, Jamaica, Guiana, Australasia. All we have to do in this matter is to make a judicious choice, and then at once energetically to commence operations. Everybody, in turn, is still asking, "Is the EMPEROR coming to London to see the Exhi bition P" Here is Midsummer already past, here is June rapidly hastening to its close, the Parliamen tary session has nearly come to an end, and not a hint yet as to the realisation of what was once in the early spring a very general expectation. It will be remembered, in effect, that the statement of the EMPEROR'S approaching arrival here in Eng land was formally announced but a few months back, in a semi-official communication that bore upon it all the appearance of its perfect authen. ticity. A telegram one forenoon was even flashed under the waters of the Channel, mentioning the number of the Imperial ships of war that• would be in attendance upon his MAJESTY on his passage from the shores of France to those of England. NAPOLEON would be accompanied, it was said, by his Impeiial Consort, and by their youthful son, the heir apparent to the sceptre of DAGOBERT. Her Majesty the QUEEN, it was understood had placed Buckingham Palace at the command of her imperial guests during their stay. If anything could retard the coming of the latter, it would only be delayed a little while, according to the general impression, until • the return of the Prince of WALES from his tour in the Holy Lands. Since then, however, his ROYAL HIGENESS has returned. But not a sign as yet of the EMPEROR'S advent. His Imperial Highness the Prince NAro LEON, it is true, is at this moment in London, and on Saturday paid his first visit to the Exhibition building in South Kensington. But, instead of there being any indication of the approaching arri val upon our shores of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS and tho PRINCE IMPERIAL, preparations have for some time been making for another elaborate and systematised tour by NAPOLEON through a part of his dominions hitherto unvisited by him since the date of his accession. The London season is passing by, therefore, rapidly under another manifest disad vantage, and one which, at its outset, was not by any means anticipated. In the unavoidable absence of the QUEEN from the metropolis during the year of the Exhibition, it was confidently expected that our Imperial Ally would for a brief interval again have been the guest of the capital in which both the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, but a very few years back, received so cordial a reception. It is, per haps, not yet too late, however, for the tardy fulfil ment of our almost abandoned expectations in this m'atter. The EMPEROR'S coming is still, in other words, a possibility. We can hardly venture to call it any longer, however, a probability. Russia is in a singularly excited state. The pas sive resistance of the Poles excited much sympathy in the capital ; and the suppression of the Univer sity was not in accordance with popular feeling; but it seems there is a political excitement which will find manifestation; and the CZAR has found him self obliged to put down military Sunday Schools Chess Clubs, and Reading Rooms. It seems that every kind of meeting, in which intelligent persons can assemble, has become actually dangerous to the Government of St. Petersburg. But the numerous, and, unquestionably, incen diary fires, appear to show that even a humbler stratum of the population is in a state which seeks wild revenge, or in which it takes this violent means to force attention to its wishes. In not fewer than twenty-seven places has the city been on fire in one week, and the public buildings and stores of wood seem to be special objects of attack. Th ere i s a d e t erm i na ti on t o pu t an en d t o the old or d er of things. The serf emancipation has unsettled all c l asses. Th e no bl es cannot get the i r rents, as the s er f s cannot b e move d f rom t h e l an d , yet Wi ll not pay for it. The serfs think the concessionfull of what is promised them is unreason a bl y delayed. While all, parties the is indeedotfi c i al so n o b i li t iso r s ecorruptio n against bare notor ious — it y of Russia,is fair to add so necessary t o w their subsistence—that they are the objects of universal detestation. What with the deep unquietness at home and the national aspirations of Poland, Russia has not within living memory been in so dangerous a state. The disturb ance at the accession of NICHOLAS was a trifle to the deep unsettlement of all classes throughout the Empife. LATEST NEWS. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. The. Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, arrived at 9 p.m., with mails in charge of Com. Pritchard, R.N„ naval mail agent. She brings 42 passengers (of whom 28 are first class, six second, and eight deck), £3,094 ls. 2d. in specie, 598 half-chests and 72 boxes of oranges, 65 boxes of lemons, 155 boxes of eggs, and 6 packages of sundries. This packet left Lisbon on the 17th inst., Oporto on the 18th, and Vigo on the 19th. From Lisbon to Vigo she had strong northerly winds, thence to Ushant fine weather and fresh N.E. to N.W. breezes, and subsequently moderate to N.W. winds and fine weather. On the 20th, at 6 a.m., in lat. 44 N., long. 8.40 W., the Tagus exchanged signals with the Alhambra steamer, steering S.W. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THE NEW COMEDY. This ❑ow agreeable and popular theatre reopened on Saturday evening with a new and original comedy, by Mr, Watts Phillips, entitled " His Last Victory," which achieved a complete success. The story, which is laid in France, and in the present day, turns on the passion with which a young and wealthy widow—the Countess Beauregard—has inspired both an uncle and nephew, the former a military veteran, General Lacroix, who are mutually ignorant of the fact. The widow, who reciprocates the feelings of the nephew, Felicien Doucet, but finds him apparently indifferent to her, and in order to draw him into a declaration encou rages the attentions of the uncle, till he is urged to this end himself. She is, however, tempted to turn him into ridicule by keeping him on his knees before her till her visitors have entered the room and raised a loud laugh at his expense. Springing to his feet indignantly, the old general resents the insult and quits her house, informing her that lie shall live to obtain his revenge. In the second act it is afforded him. The widow has placed herself in the power of a Parisian roue, Baron de Fauconvike, wbo possesses some letters, which he wields as a threat against her in order to compel her to marry him ; but her lover, Felicien, discovering it, challenges the Baron, in order to compel him to give them up, which chal lenge, falling into the hands of the uncle, who has by this time learned the state of Felicien's feelings, is delivered by himself instead, and the result is an encounter, ending in the roue's defeat and the re covery of the needed documents. If there was no particular novelty or strength in these positions, they afforded abundant scope for acting, and were very well sustained both by Miss Herbert as the Countess and Mr. G. Vining as the General; the ladylike bearing of the one, and the military bluffness of the other contrasting very happily in their several scenes. The General's servant, Sergeant Pons, was also very well played by Mr. Belmore—an artist in everything he does— and the Parisian roue, gambler, and dead-shot, a sort of chateau Renaud, was very effectively sus tained by Mr. Charles, who is rapidly advancing as one of our young gentlemanly comedians. Mr. Ashley was also amusing as an astrologist, Mr. Copernicus Kopp. The great merit of this comedy, however, is its thoughtful and brilliant dialogue, Mr. Watts Phillips's great distinction among his brethren at present, which tended not a little to ensure its entire success. At the fall of the curtain he was loudly called for, as well as Miss Herbert and Mr. Vining. We must not omit that the comedy is very charmingly placed on the stage. The house was crowded to the roof. PORTUGAL. When the Tagus left Lisbon the House - of Depu ties had voted a great part of the budget, and it was expected the session would close about Satur day, the 21st. It was stated that the bill relating to the dowry, &c., for the King's marriage would be passed before the close of the session; and it was confidently expected that the Princess Maria Pia, daughter of Victor Emmanuel, is to be the future Queen of Portugal, which will be very popular in the country. The French transport Orenoque left Lisbon with the Sisters of Charity on the 9th, their embarka tion being treated with indifference by the people. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena arrived at Lisbon on the 15th inst., and sailed for the Brazils the same day. The exchanges for this packet were, at three months, for London, 531 ; Paris, 532; Genoa, 524 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 42.50. Three per Cent. Stock, 462 to 46; ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 558 to 560; Oporto Bank, 253 to 255. CASSEL, JUNE 23. The Government proclamation, mentioned on the 21st as being in preparation, was issued here yesterday evening. It relates to the re-establish ment of the constitution of 1831 and the electoral law of 1849. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 21.—The market, which opened at a slight decline on the closing quotations of yes terday, has since somewhat recovered, but there is but little improvement visible as regards Ole amount of business done. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 35c. Railway Share Market quiet, but with a few exceptions pretty firm. The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3180 Credit Fancier 1645 Piedruontese Fives 72 95 I ta li a n Loan 72 80 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes — HOMO Debt rA.ys. Cash. Account. Orleans 1260 .. 1262 50 Northern New ditto 995 Lyons and Mediterranean 1092 50 .. 1093 75 Geneva 362 50 .. Southern ..... 846 76 .. 846 25 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 612 5O .. 613 75 4t per per Cents 96 60 Do. end month 96 95 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 30 New 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 30 Credit Mobilior 846 25 Do. end month 847 50 RAIL' DO9 SHOW AT THE NEW AGRICULTURAL BALL, ISLINGTON. Up to 6 o'clock on Saturday evening the arrivals of the representatives of various distinguished canine breeds had been so numerous that some idea could be formed of the magnitude and singular variety of this exhibition, which has expanded from the num ber of 250 dogs—shown in Birmingham three years since, and then considered an egregious quantity— to upwards of 1,000 dogs of every size, shape, breed, and quality, from the toy Maltese to the great Cuban bloodhound—the tiny worrier of rats to the hunter and puller down of man. The "music" in the hall throughout the day from " Brauts," " Gellerts," "Boxers, "Leos," "Roses," "Tartars," " Vixens," and the like was such as would have driven any poet but Somerville ou t of his ears. Nor was the day without its incidents, as now and then some mastiff, of panther-like proportions, would slip his collar, and forthwith " Foigh-a-ballagh" was the word, and " Clear the way" the cry, until Mr. Appleby, or some of his 200 "young men from the country," got the honoured brute back again into safe keeping. This was occasionally varied by a fight whenever any two dogs of equal propor tions happened by accident to be half an inch too close to each other, and thus have an opportunity for deciding. which was the better dog without the intervention of the judges. There were some remarkable dogs, among which were specially noticeable a black and white foreign boar-hound, a dog to be remembered from Snyders's pictures. He' stands more than a yard high, and would weigh, it is thought, about 2001 b. Near him are two of De Saussy's noble St. Reynard mastiffs, th e cry an d howl of which, once heard, will never be forgotten. There is a mastiff of Lord. Kingsdown th a t l oo k s every inch a prize dog; and Leo, an English mas tiff, and Ringwood, a thoroughbred Cuban blood hound, the property of Mr. Boon. Nor should the secretary's dog Yep be passed over as a curiosity. He is a Tartar dog, and " right black through, sir," for his tongue is black:and his throat inside is black. Two .Newfoundlands, one of them the property of Mr. Felix, the celebrated cricketer; three exqui sitely delicate black and tan terriers ; a model ter rier bitch, for proportion, strength, and beauty; a grand upstanding English mastiff, clean and true bred ; a black muzzled mastiff, of fine colour, sitting up in a corner, and looking like the celebrated negro picture Am I not a man and brother ?"—these, apart from sporting dogs, are the gems of the exhibition. Of course we except the Dake of Beaufort's 40 hounds, which arrived in a carriage drawn by four post horses at a late hour—a noble pack, for which their illustrious owner has declined to receive the prize of a silver cup, inasmuch as so great was their repu tation that other foxhound owners declined to compete with the Badminton kennel. At the re- , quest of the duke, therefore, the cup stands over as a rrizo for next year's show, his Grace only reserving to himself the right of entering the same dogs again. The arrival of the dogs was watched by a numerous crowd with the same animation as attends the anticipated coming of some distin guished guest aat national festival. This was a curi ous sight; nor was it less so to mark the affectionate parting, and the painful scenes that took place on the various masters leaving, their dogs for the five days over which the exhibition is to extend. The injunctions as to feeding were very impressive, and in some instances the excellent character given some dogs as to temper were singularly in contrast with their askant looks and well armed jaws at the approach of a stranger, At the time of closing, the singcrs at the Suburban Music Halt in the nn mediate vicinity must have enjoy - Ed a sinecure, for the bowling was in full chorus. The decision of the judges will be given this day, immed iatel y after which the exhibition will be opened to the public. - --- Messrs. George Peabody and Co., the American house, have given to each of their clerks £1 worth of tickets and three days' holiday, to enable them to visit the Exhibi tion, in addition to the period annually allotted for reerea tim 7HE HANDEL FESTIVAL. Although the commencement of this great musical fes tival js BA for to-day, the performances on Saturday must be considered to be the actual beginning, for assuredly a more magnificent " rehearsal" never took place, the more so as upwards of 20,000 persons were present. In a musi cal point of view, the term rehearsal cannot be applied to the performances of Saturday. A rehearsal is a private preparation for a public performance, not the public per formance itself. The chorus and the instrumental orchestra, the individual singers and players—are mus tered under the standard •of their chief, are arranged in their proper places, go through privately what they are afterwards to go through publicly, every error being vigilantly observed and corrected by careful repeti tion, till the requisite precision is obtained. But this is a thing which cannot be done in presence of a crowd of audi tors and spectators. Let there be ever so many mistakes, .they must, unless they are so great as to amount to a posi tive standstill, be quietly passed over, and the so-called rehearsal becomes nothing more than an imperfect perfor mance. Nobody knows this better than the able conductor, Mr. Costa, who, it is well known, makes a point of his rehearsals being private in every case in which he is con cerned, save only the Handel Festival. To have a rehearsal, with 4,000 performers, at the Crystal Palace, was perhaps impossible, or at any rate would have involved a heavy expense, while a nominal rehearsal would produce a large amount of profit; v hile it so happened that many of the pieces performed on Saturday, particularly the choruses in " Tho Messiah," were so familiar to the performers that they stood little in need of rehearsal. One advantage cer tainly was gained by the rehearsal of Saturday. The various bodies were " brigaded together," taught to know their places and their neighbours, and formed into an or ganised whole. _ _ - This musical host was such a one as never was assembled before. Not to go back to the " great commemorations of Handel" in the last century, which, though matters of wonder at the time, have now become insignificant, the growth of these armies, in our day, has been enor mous. So recently as 1857 the musical strength at the Crystal Palace was about 2,500; in 1359, about 3,000; in 1862, about four thousand ; and, at the same rate, we may prospectively estimate the assembled host, three years hence, at 5,000, or perhaps a still greater num ber. Whether this accumulation of numbers is a real in crease of strength, is a question into which we shall not now enter. The number just mentioned, of 4,009, includes the chorus only. There is besides an instrumental orchestra nearly 300 strong, in addition to the great organ. The choral voices are drawn, not from London alone, but from all parts of the kingdom; Birmingham, Norwich, Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Brad ford, York, Halifax, Huddersfield, and many other places contribute their quotas, and before this day those detached masses have only been twice brought together, at Exeter hall on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning at the Crystal Palace. The readiness with which they seemed to coalesce, and the smoothness with which, on the latter oc casion, they moved together, was really surprising, and gave a striking proof of the high condition which chorus singing has reached in England. We may note for the curious in these matters, that while at the Westminster Abbey Handel Commemoration in 1784, 48 first violins were supported by 21 violoncellos and 15 double basses; and in 1834, at the same place, 40 first vio lins were backed by 18 violoncellos and 18 double basses — an improvement certainly—on Saturday, 98 violins had 75 violoncellos and 75 double basses to give roundness and depth; while the improvements in bass wind instruments, and their greater relative number, put all comparison as to instrumental effects out of the question. The drums, too, deserve a word, The three large kettle-drums in the centre, under the manipulation of Mr. Chipp, and the immense tambour of Distin, would have delighted the tympanum of the giant composer, could he have obtained them in his time. That Handel wss anxious for resonant drums in his own performances of his oratorios, is shown by a curi ous fact lately brought to light—namely, documents, signed by his own hand, acknowledging the loan from the then Master-General of the Ordnance, of the " Tower Drums," and entering into engagements for their safe return. These very drums are now preserved at Woolwich. They were ' taken by the Duke of Marlborough at the battle of Mal plaquet, in 1709, and long after Handel's death were in frequent request at festivals and State ceremonials. They were, however, outstripped in size by the "Double Kettle Drums" provided for the Handel Commemoration Festival at Westminster Abbey in 1784, a full description of which is given by Dr. Burney, in his account of the Commemora tion. The dimensions of these are again vastly exceeded by the splendid drums in the present orchestra, by far the largest ever made. The selection on Saturday consisted of the following pieces, beginning and ending with the National Anthem. Chorus : For unto us a child is born, " Messiah ;" chorus, Hallelujah, " Messiah ;" air and chorus, He shall feed his flock—solos by Madame Sainton Dolby ; Let the bright seraphim, "Samson," Mdlle. Tietjens, with trumpet obligate by Mr. T. Harper, encored. The Dead March fro m "Saul;" the concluding passages from Dryden's Ode to St. Cecilia's Day—Mdlle. Tietjens and chorus; the passage from Dry den's Alexander feast, beginning, Revenge I revenge, '1 imotheus cries—Signor Belletti. The noble and patriotic chorus, Tyrants now no more shall stand, from " Her.. cubes. Hush, ye pretty warbling choir, " Acis and Ga latea," Madame Lemmens Sherrington, admirably ac companied by M. de Folly on the piccolo. This was fol lowed by Mr. Sims Reeves singing Loves in her eyes, from the same serenata. Then, altar a pause, in which there seemed to be some slight hitch in the arrangements, came the chorus from " Solomon," May no Rash Intruder f o llowed by the chorus from " Acis and Galatea," Wretched Lovers. The first part ended with the air and chorus from Milton's " L'Allegro," Haste thee, nymph, in which Mr. Weiss led the chorus of laughers in the repeats of the last line. The second part of the Rehearsal contained ten pieces. The chorus from " Deborah," Immortal Lord ; the lerae itish woman's air, So shall the lute, capitally sung by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington. The solo and chorus from " Solomon," Music, spread thy voice around, by Madame Sainton-Dolby and the choir ; with the sequent choruses and airs from the same oratorio, Now a different measure try, through the we ll-known descriptive j m os u h s u ic e l that com position. com position. Oh, had I Jubal's lyre re t (~ was then splendidly sung by Mdlle. Tietjens, who was hailed at her entrance with prolonged plaudits, and honoured trio with another burst of enthusiasm before retiring. from " Joshua," introduced in " Judas Maeneal; The mus,' See ' the conquering hero comes, was next sung by Tietjens, Madame Lemmens-Sberrinblon, and Madame double Sainton- Dolby. The single and chorus took three up the jubilant strain, and all parts hwereen b the again. T demanded by acclamation, and sung chorus executed, _sublimely, the wondrous chain of , choruses from "Israel in LEgypt," which recount the hailstones, darkness, and plagues sent upon the Egyp• tians. Tho duet, The Lord is a man of war, by Signor Belletti and Mr. Weiss, ended the rehearsed selec tion. A t its close the immense auditory stood up uncovered, once again God save the Queen was impressively performed, and the vast assemblage• rapidly broke up to disperse them selves amid the sparkling fountains and gay parterres. The rehearsal inspired unanimous confidence in the mu sical success of the Festival, which, there can be little doubt, will far and in every respect excel its predecessor of 1857 and 1859. On Wednesday the miscellaneous perform ance will take place ; and on Friday the Festival winds up with the incomparable oratorio of " Israel in Egypt "—the oratorio of the plagues and miracles, the delivery, the Ex. onus, and the thanksgivings. MARKETS---THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. The leading country markets, held on Saturday, were scantily supplied with wheat, for which the trade ruled firm, and in several instances prices advanced is per quar ter. All kinds of spring corn fully supported previous currencies, and flour changed hands somewhat freely on rather higher terms. _ _ The French markets continue dull, but in the north of Europe rather more firmness has been observed in the wheat trade, and prices have had an upward tendency. At New York the market both for wheat and flour is less active. Very small supplies of English produoe were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were 20,316 quarters of wheat, 11,891 barley, 50,938 oats, 4,300 beans, 4,386 linseed, 1,108 rapeseed, 320 maze, 305 sundry seeds, 197 sacks and 9,638 barrels of flour. A very limited supply of home-grown wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, both from Essex and Kent, for the most part in tolerably dry condition. The trade, however, for all qualities, was devoid of animation; nevertheless, a clearance was effected at the close of busi ness, and, compared, with Monday last, prices exhibited a rise of fully is per quarter. Millers appeared determined no: to effect sales beyond their actual requirements, and there was an almost total absence of speculation in the trade. The show of samples of foreign wheat was tolerably ex tensive; generally speaking, the demand ruled steady, and in most transactions an improvement of is to 2s per quarter was obtained. The business doing, however, was, for the most part, in retail. Floating cargoes of grain wore in fair request, and the currencies had an upward tendency. aline was a fair supply of foreign barley on the stands, the receipts of English produce were much restricted. Both grinding and distilling sorts met a steady sale, and prices were well supported. _ _ In malt a fair average business was transacted at full quotations. Very few samples of English oats were on offer, but there was a large show of foreign qualities. Good and fine qualities were in fair request at full currencies, otherwise the trade was dull at a reduction of 6d per qr. Foreign beans were in fair supply, and the market for them was steady, at full prices. English parcels were scarce, and quoted as dear as on Monday last. The market was very scantily supplied with peas, for which the trade ruled firm at full quotations. Flour moved off somewhat freely, and the quotations were on the advance, especially as regards American barrels, which were 6d dearer. 1858. 1859. 1860. i 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 14,515 12;165 24,968 ( 56,185 35.349 Price of Y.C. .. 5256d to 5559 d to 5259 d to '5253d to 46s 9d to 1 —s Od —s 6d —s Od 53s 3d 47s Od Delivery last week 846: 1,028 1,822 846 2,110 Ditto from June 1 3,142 3,301 6,224 3,315 6,147 Arrivals last week 1,514 1,012 1,234 734 1,075 Ditto from June 1 6,120 3,585 4,098 3,046 2.184 Price Of Town .... 52s Od 55s 9d 53s 6d , 528 Od 475 3d CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —B - Ditto, white, new s6s 59s Ditto, old —B -8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —5 Ditto, new Talaurs, Rye— -s -s Barley—Grinding 2Bs 29s Malting —s -s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 705 Chevalier 66s 25s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 21s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9B 26s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 23s 26s Beans—Tick 34s 37s ---- - --- Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 398 42s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3sB 425 Stockton and Norfolk.. • 3Bs 398 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, but its general quality was very middling. Sales progressed slowly, and prices had a droop ing tendency. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scot land, the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were only moderate, the time of year considered, but their general quality was tolerably good. Compared with last week there was less activity in the beef trade, and in some in stances prices gave way 2d per 81bs. The beat Scots and crosses realised 4s 8d per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire comprised 2,000 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses; from other parts of England, including Lincolnshire, 1,050 various breeds ; from Scotland, 300 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 20 oxen and heifers. The general quality of the sheep exhibited was somewhat superior, but the supply of most breeds was large. Prime Downs and half-breds changed hands steadily, at full rates. Otherwise the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, and pricer were 2d per 81bs lower than on this day se'nnight. The top figure was 5s per 81bs. Owing to the unseasonable weather the lamb trade was in a sluggish state, at Friday's decline in the quotations, which ranged from 5s to 7s per 81bs. The supply of lambs was large. Amongst it were 100 from the Isle of Wight, and 430 from Ireland. Calves were in moderate supply and slow request, at late rates. Tho top price was 5s per 81bs. We have to report a dull inquiry for pigs, at previous currencies. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 2 10 3 2 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 8 Second quality do. 3 4 3 6 Prue. S'thdowirdo.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 4 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 8 Large h0g5...... 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 1 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 10 Lambs, 5s Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 10s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 19i to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 30,210 ' Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 4lO / Pigs .... A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, June 24, 1861, and this day, Monday, Juno 23, 1862. Per 81b. to sink the offal. June 24, 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 6 to 3 10 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 410 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs 26,750 Calves Pigs.. 440 SUPPLIES ON SALE, JUNE 25, 1860.—Beasts, 3,800 ; sheep and lambs, 24,600 ; calves, 294; pigs, 440. JUNE 27, 1859.—Beasts, 3,718 ; sheep and lambs, 31,100 ; calves, 336 ; pigs, 400. The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 8,212 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 10,075—in 1860, B,oB3—in 1859, 6,366 —in 1858, 3,964—in 1857, 4,924 —in 1856, 2,464 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAsl WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 200 .. 2,107 .. 205 .. 452 .. 17 Harlingen .... 126 1,095 .. 21 .. 262 .. 159 Hamburgh .... 111 .. 2,809 7 145 Calais. ........ Corunna Dordt • Amsterdam Vigo Antwerp. Carril • • Boulogne .. Oporto ..... . Nieu Diep June 23, 1862. 2 10 to 3 2 34 3 6 38 4 4 46 4 8 36 3 8 310 4 2 44 4 8 4 10 5 0 50 7 0 40 4 6 48 5 0 310 4 4 4 6 410 4,560 30,210 VW SO Total .... 497 .. 6,123 .. 549 .. 722 .. 321 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: — Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Plgso 1861 794 .. 7,370 .. 646 .. 72 5 • • :1,, 1860 6OO .. 5 7 46 .. 736 . , 6 69 .. ` 1859 275 .. 4 ' 464 .. 990 . • 8'59 48 1858 778 .. 3 ' 763 .. 934 .. 452 27 • • 1857..., ll5 .. 2:518 .. 463 • • 811 90 • • 167 144 • • 1856 l6l .. 1,566 .. 500 • • NEIVUATE AN]) L/EADENIIALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking the demand r ules steady, and prices are well supported. Inferior lamb, however, however, is diflicnlt ofsale. Per Sib. by the carcase. s f 4 (1 [nferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 Middling mutton Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Primo do 4 Prime large do. 3 8 4 0 Veal Do. small do. •. 4 2 4 Small pork 4 6 Lamb Large pork • • .. 4 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 sdsd 4244 4648 31048 4850 5464 SEEDS. Scarcely any activity was observed in the seed trade; indeed, many descriptions of seed were quite nominal in POLICE- -THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CARRYING A SWORD-STlCK.—George Faquard, a gen tleman residing at 24a, Old Cavendish-street, was charged as follows : Francis Walker, 30 C, said about half-past 12 on Satur day night he saw the dgfendant drunk and making a dis turbance at the door of a cafe in Coventry-street. He requested him to go away, but he refused ; and on his calling another constable to his assistance, he said he would stab him, The defendant when he went up was baying an alter cation with one of the waiters, who refused to give up a sword-stick belonging to him. On the way to the station, as the defendant threatened to stab•lo3 C, and put his hand into his waistcoat pocket and pulled out a knife, they threw him on the pavement and took it away by force. The defendant said that first of all the constable said he threatened to stab 103 C, and then that he meant to stab himself. George Pope, 103 C, said, after the defendant had threatened to stab him, he seized his arm, and, not being able to get the knife from him, they threw him down and got it away. The defendant denied the fact that he was drunk and dis orderly. He had been to dine with some friends at Ful ham, and on retiring, drove to the cafe to have some coffee. In this place he met with a friend and had some words with him, and while talking, the sword happening to drop from the stick, and the waiter seeing it, and thinking, perhaps, he meant danger, seized the stick and refused to give it to any one but the police. On the way to the station he put his hand to his pocket to save a good deal of money from falling and then the knife fell out, and was picked up off the ground by the constables. He thought if there was any case as to the knife that it would not have been given up to him when he was bailed. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should order the defendant to find two bail in the sum of £lO each for six months. He was evidently a dangerous person when drunk. The sword-stick was ordered to be detained, Mr. Tyr.- whitt stating that it was a dangerous practice to carry such a thing. a fair demand, and the value. For cakes there was tations ruled firm. Turnip,White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede —s —8 Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, 7sod 9sod Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Old per quarter 3 4 s 42s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new -s —s Clover, Red Eng., et. 40s 618 White Foreign Red 4nB 48s White s6s 808 Trefoil, new 24s 26s Carraway —s to - s Coriander —s —s Herupseed, per qr 46s 48s Linseed,Eng,. sowing 70s 72s Crushing Baltic s4s 588 Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —s -s English £lo Os.E 10 5s Foreign £4los 10 10s Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15s Rapeseed, per qr.... 64s 68s WOOL. Since our last report there has been a somewhat improved demand for English wool, and, in same instances, a slight advance has taken place in the quotation. Colonial and foreign parcels, however, have commanded very little at tention. Last week's imports were 1,147 bales from Laun ceston. 1,996 from Melbourne, 1,711 from New Zealand, and 694 from Algoa Bay. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is very moderate. Prices have undergone scarcely any change since we last wrote, and good 'and fine qualities may be considered firm. The plantation accounts are less favourable. Mid and East Kents 126 s to 168 s per cwt. Weald of Kents l2os 135 s „ Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of old potatoes is very small, and prices must be considered nominal. New produce is in fair supply and moderate request, at 180 s to 200 s for Essex Ware, 160 s to 200 s for Jersey ditto, and at 140 s to 170 s for Cornish ditto. The show of foreign potatoes is seasonably good, for which the demand rules steady, at from 130 s to 170 s per tou. TALLOW. Increased firmness has been observed in the tallow trade to-day, and a further advance has taken place in prices, P.Y.C. being quoted at 46s 9d to 47s per cent, on the spot, and at 49s for the last three months' delivery. Rough fat is selling at 2s 4fd per 81bs. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT OUTRAGE BY BOWS.--James Parkins, aged 14, was charged before Mr. Arnold with assaulting Mary Sanford, between 70 and 80 years of age, an inmate of some almshouses in the Cromwell-road, and with also snaking use of abusive and indecent language towards her. I a l y he night,complainant e prisoner, stated wthat twith somea about t ten otherboys,o'clock o c a n m S e a u in r t o the garden in front of the houses, and threatened her, making use at the time of very bad language. The pri soner is the leader of a gang of boys who are repeatedly in the habit of annoying the old ladies in these houses by flinging stones at them. The inmates are in fear cf tham. Mr. Mould-- - W hat did the prisoner do last night P Complainant —He came about ten o'clock with some more boys. Complainant told him to leave, and observed that she had seen him there before. He urged his com panions to fling some stones, when she remarked to him. "Be a good boy, and go away." He did not, but taking up a stone, he gave her a severe blow with the stone which he had in his hand, and tried to fling her. He also urged the other boys to assist, observing—" They (the inmates) cannot run." A witness stated that he was called by the complainant for assistance. He (witness) heard screams for help. Whon he got to the gate he saw the prisoner with the atone in his hand, and strike the old lady. Prisoner used bad language towards him. (Witness produced a stone which weighed above a pound.) Mr. Arnold observed that he must make an example of the prisoner, who had acted in a most outrageous manner. Prisoner was sent for two months to the House of Correction. THAMES. DREADFUL ASSAULT BY A. MAN ON MS WIFE.—Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, applied to Mr. Woolrych for a warrant to apprehend a dock labourer named James Elson, of No. 4, Salter-street, Canon street-road, for committing a savage assault on his wife. He pointed to a woman who was in a weakly condition, and who was supported by another fe male. Her eyes were frightfully swollen and blackened, and her face on• mass of bruises. Mr. Stoddart said the woman's husband came home intoxicated on Friday night and demanded money, which she could not give him, on which he beat her with his clenched fists about the head and body, and when she fell he kicked her on the side.. She had been under medical treatment. She had been rais9d from her bed, and brought to this court on Saturday evenin g, but ()Wing to a pressure of business she could not see the magistrate. Dr. Kay, of the Commercial-road, who had been in attendance on Mrs. Eisen, said she was much in jured, and was afraid her nose was ken. About twelve months ago the husband was charged at this court with an aggravated assault en his wife. The case was adjourned for three weeks to enable the parties to come to some ar rangement. Mr. Woolrych—You may have a summons against the husband. Mr. Stoddard—Will you grant a warrant, sir. This is a very bad case. Mr. Woolwrych—lf the husband will appear to the summons there is no occasion for a warrant. If he does not appear to the summons, I will grant a warrant for his apprehension directly. CATTLE DRlvlNG.—lnspector Allison, of the K division, applied to Mr. Woolrych for six summonses against as many drovers, for driving cattle along the streets and roads of the district, between the hours of 12 at noon and seven in the evening, contrary to the regulations laid d own Sir Richard M ayne, C omm i ss i oner of Police of th Borne Secre tary. Metro polis, and app rove d by Sir George Grey , the °wilby regulations, Woolrychand be had ie w te is cl do s m eve o r f al drovers for for violating the law. i f the rek, He wished to know ula. had n o doubtaialready y o f c on the v tions had been promulgated ? Ilave they been published in the news- Mr, Woolrych— papers ? Al li so n —I cannot say that has been d one. Inspector Inspector Allison —Yes, sir ; very extensively. Large placahrdaysecobneteaninipnogstetdheatneevwerryegvuollaicteiosntsa,tiin printedn ire large type, the metropolis, at the Metropolitan C a t t le Ms rket , and at all th e w harves where cattle are landed iro m foreign ports. Mr. Woolyrch—lt is desirable that every drover, grazier, butcher, and others intrusted in the sale and care of cattle, should be made fully acquainted with the new regulations. Inspector Allison—The regulations are well known, and have been extensively circulated. Dlr. Woolrych—Very well, take your summonses. IRELAND, DUBLIN, JUNE 21. The Special Commission for Tipperary opened at Clonmel yesterday morning. Thomas Bohan Was arraigned, and pleaded "Not guilty." A great number of witnesses having been ex amined on the part of the prisoner Bohan, to prove an alibi and to testify as to his character, and the Solicitor-General having replied, denouncing the defence as a conspiracy, the jury, after a few ciliates' deliberation, brought in a verdict of Not Guilty. The result was received with tremendous cheering by th e populace. rt", L A. irc bi he pr tb