The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YBBTERDAr. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Edinburgh and Glas gow and Stirling and Dunfermline Railways Bill, and Fife and Kinross and Kinross-shire Railways Bill, were considered and agreed to. The Severn Valley Railway (Extension of Time) Bill was considered, and ordered to be read a third time. REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP BILL. Viscount GODERICH moved the second reading of this bill. The object of the measure was a very simple one. It merely proposed that all persons who entered into partnership, or who traded either under other names than their own, or under the indefinite appellee tion of a " company," should be required to make known to the public who and what the partners were. To obtain that object he proposed that the names of persons so trading should be entered in a register, and be open to the examination of all persons interested and requiring information. That being the single object of the bill, it appeared to him to be worthy the considera tion of the house, first for reasons which recommended the adoption of such a system necessary, and then be cause he thought he should be able to show that the adoption of such a system had received the sanction and approval of a large portion of the commercial commatest - nity. He thought no one would deny that the neatest facilities should . be afforded to the trading Public of knowing who-the parties really were with whom they were dealing. The present system of persons trading under the name of old and respectable firma admitted of great fraud. There were numerous instances of such frauds on record, but be would not detain the house under the present state of the surrounding atmosphere —(hear)—which he thought ought to be remedied with out delay—(hear)—by entering at great length into them, but he should content himself with quoting two instances, which,would illustrate the whole working of the sy stem, and which it was the duty of the house to take im ed iate steps to remedy. Oae was the case of Mr. Stephens, who was connected with the Eastern Banking Company, who in his examination before the Scotch Bankruptcy Court admitted he was the head and sole representative of a variety of firms, each trading under a distinct and separate name ; and the other was a recent case in Dundee, where a person in insolvent circumstances bad for a number of years maintained a false position and credit on the faith of the name of the firm. The bill had been introduced at the request and on the approval of all the Chambers of Commerce in that part of York shire which he had the honour to represent. The history of the bill was this: In 1856 the Commercial Association of Manchester took the subject into their considera tion, and, with the aid of legal assistance, they drew up a paper on the subject in accordance with the heads of the bill before the house, and the machinery it pre vided for carrying out its object. In 1857 the heads of the paper referred to were submitted to the considera tion of the Mercantile Law Conference, presided over by Lord Brougham, and at that conference a resolution was agreed to approving of the principle embodied in this bill. The Chambers of Commerce of Leeds, Brad , ford, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Manchester, Bristol, Wol verhampton, and other places in England had petitioned the house in favour of the bill, and the Chambers of Commerce of Edinburgh and Dundee had petitioned that its provisions might be extended to Scotland. It was true that a petition had been presented from Manchester against the bill, and if that was to be urged as a reason for the house not approving of the bill, he bad a right to say that he had a larger number of the commercial community in its favour, whose opinions, he contended, were entitled to weight and consideration in that house. The bill had been characterised as an in quisitorial measure, but he thought it an inappropriate appellation. If the commercial community were un willing to receive such a measure, that would be a suf ficient reason for the house rejecting it, but that was not the case, and he hoped the house would agree to his motion. The motion having been seconded, Mr. COLLIER considered the bill would inflict injury on the trading community without a corresponding ad vantage. The bill would press heavily on the poorer classes, for if it were carried any two coatermongers or fish- women who joined in a speculation only one day would be obliged to pay half a-crown each for registra tion before they could recover the value of the goods they had sold. This bill was iuquisitorial in its charac ter, and would complicate and perplex the already diffi cult question of partnership. This measure was a step in the wrong direction. It was re-enacting protec tion, which was contrary to the principles of modern legislation. The commercial community did not require the measure, but the registrars generally throughout the country. They were the prime movers in the affair. They had a strong organisation throughout the country, and they were continually agitatingregistration, and he believed they would never be satisfied till they had registered everybody and everything. If the shop keepers of the country really knew what the bill, if carried, had in store for them, they would unanimously rise against it, and petition for its rejection. He moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. Mr. MOFFATT seconded the amendment. He con sidered the bill would prove a mockery, a delusion, and a sham with regard to the trading community. Mr. BUXTON was in favour of the measure. It would be a protection to the country. It did not med dle with the law of partnership. It left that where it was, and all it proposed was to provide a check against dishonest firms carrying on business under false pretences. Many of the objections to the bill could be considered and, if necessary, remedied in committee. They did not apply to the principle of the bill. The main evil in this country, as contradistinguished from most others carrying on large commercial transac tions was, that firms were allowed in this cenntry to re tain and to use their original designation and titles, when the old and monied partners had retired from the concern, and young men of no capital traded on the reputation and credit of the old concern. Mr. WARREN considered the legislature ought not to interfere in matters of this kind. Lord Mansfield was the illustrious founder of the mercantile law in one of its great aspects, and that learned authority said the mer cantile law flourished most when it was not interfered with by the State, but when it was left alone to deal with matters connected with its own welfare. He had a fundamental objection to the principle of the bill. He believed the unexpected but sure effect of the bill would be to drive capital ontof trade. Money was advanced by capitalists to a greet extent to traders for the double object of increasing the means and furthering the interests of those to whom the capital was advanced, but this bill would prevent its continuance. and the effect would be to cripple trade by diverting the salubrious stream of capital from the channels of com merce. This bill, if carried, would disturb exist- Tt would inflict loss on the most sober auu la111 c ; << lcr and prcr.. , int their becoming legitimately large traders. Mr. M. T. BAINES supported the bill. The objet, tions that had been made to it were more of detail than of principle. He considered one of the leading effects of the bill would be to check fictitious trading and false credit, and these were the persons who mostly dreaded the passing of this measure. There could be no harm in compelling firms to give in formation under this bill they were compelled to give on pleas of abate ment, after putting the creditor a great and unnecessary expense. Mr. WEGUELLIN bad a strong objection to the principle and the details of the bill. Parliament ought not to regulate commercial transactions, but it should be entirely left to individuals themselves to perform. He thought it was impossible , to separate the details of the bill from its principle. He denied that business was carried on under false pre tenoes, for tradesmen trusted only those they knew. (Hear, hear.) The public were mostly interested in knowing who left a firm, and not who joined it because the former generally took their capital with them, and that information was provided for by its announcement in the Gaunt under the head of dissolutions of partnership. Mr. SPOONER concurred with much that had been said about the details and machinery of the bill, but the question before the house was whether or not they should recognise the principle that a person who gave credit should have the means of ascertaining to whom he was giving credit. He agreed with the principle of the bill, but he disagreed with many of its details. H e suggested to the noble lord not to press his bill this session, for no one would be disposed to go into a com mittee-room, in the present state of the Thames—(hear) —and hear evidence, and enter into a discussion that must last for weeks or months—(hear, bear)—before they could get sufficient practical information on which to found a practical bill. Mr. CARDWELL said publicity was the principle of the bill. Secrecy was no part of free-trade, and was no ornament to commerce. The objections that had been raised to the bill ought not to find favour in that house. He, however, concurred in the suggestion that it was desirable there should be delay in order to ascertain whether the commercial community of the country were ready to adopt or reject the principle and details of the measure. He should support the second reading of the bill if his noble friend passed his motion. Mr. HENLEY considered the house and the country had not sufficient information on which to deal with the measure before them. He was not prepared to ask the house to affirm or repeal it until they had had an inves tigation into the subject by a committee of the house. Mr. GURNEY opposed the bill. Mr. HORSFALL agreed to the principle of the bill, but objected altogether to the details. coel PAT'TEN said that though his name was on the back of the bill he hoped the second reading would not be passed at so late a period of the session, as there was no ehance of passing it this year. After a some remark from ....Tinrd GoDEIUcH.. The bill was with dr next year by a select committee a w n , i hr ot it e l e i . rn a view to inquiry early The motion and ae ndt ui nn t tw ti lrew ithlrawn, and the of order for the second r ea di ng bill was discharged. ELECTION COMMITTEES SCRUTINY BILL. 00 the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. S. WARREN moved that th e bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LOCKE supported the bill. After some remarks from Mr. Barrow, Mr. Steuart, .nd Dlr. Walpole, Mr. COLLINS, who introduced the bill, asked the case to affirm its principle this session, and send it to select committee as early next session as possible. Mr. M'MAHON said the object of the bill was to revent scrutiny, or a break of residence after the 31st 'uly, and as that was the law of Ireland, be saw no ob. •ction to its 'being applied in England. As bit by bit ',form legislation was the object of the day, he saw no caeca why the bill should not be passed this session, It THE would not interfere with a comprehensive immure of reform. Mr. GREAVES opposed the bill. The house divided. The numbers were-- For the second reading B7 Against it • 125 Majority against it The bill was consequently lost. PIERS AND HARBOURS BILL Mr. PAULL moved the second reading of this bill, the object cf which was to save the expense of procuring private bills for the erection of piers and formation of harbours by the substitution of some general authority for that purpose, viz., that when a scheme had received the approbation of the Admiralty it should be considered a public bill, and passed as such. Mr. S. WARREN seconded the motion. Lord LOVAINE doubt ed if they were j u stified at this period of the session in reading so important a bill a second time, and he suggested that it should ose of be read a second time and w ithdrawn for the purp its being introduced early next session for further considers _ tion. After some remarks from Mr. M'Mahon, Mr. W. S. Lindsay. and Mr. Ridley, Mr. FITZROY objected to the principle of reading bills a second time pro forma, and thereby pledge them selves to a certain course. As there was a committee sitting to consider the state of private business, he thoug ht this bill should stand over, and he suggested the withdrawal of the bill. Col, WILSON PATTEN considered the bill, at this time of the session, should be withdrawn. If it had been earlier in the session, he bhonld have voted for the second reading, in order that the subject might be investigated. It was one of great importance, and he agreed sv:11 its principle. Admiral WALCOTT gully Mr. WALPOLE had no o! of the bill. concurred in the principle ing the bill a second time iiection to the house read pro y o ,"'uta, and he concurred in the opinion that it had better be cv".' thdralv . n ' Mr. PAULL stated hie readiness to withdraw the bill. The motion for the withdrawal cf the bill was t. to, and the house divided on the original motion. For the second reading 136 Aagainst it 33 Majority fer the second reading —lo3 The bill was then read a second time. Mr. PAULL, in deference to the suggestion made, moved its committal this day three months : rAgreed to. 'ejected WEEDON ESTABLISHMENT. Colonel BOLDERO moved the discharge of the order of the day for the adjourned debate on Weedon establish ment. He would bring the subject forward on a future day in supply. Mr. D. NICOLL objected to its discharge. Mr. WALL'OLE said it was not usual to object to such a course when hon. members had an opportunity of brin 4 ing the subject forward on another day, with a better prospect of ultimate success. BOLDERO said he intended to move a resoln tion in accordance with the motion before the house, and bring it forward on the first supply night. After some discussion, the order was read and dis charged. LETTERS OF CREDIT. Mr. HORSF'ALL obtained leave to bring in a bill to make letters cf credit transferable. The other ordars were disposed of, and the house ad journed at 25 minutes past five o'clock. AFFAIRS OF THE LEVANT. (From the Daily Aces.) Eastern difficulties spring up as fast, and even faster, than negotiation can settle them. The affairs of Montenegro and of Candia have scarcely been smoothed and put in a way of arrangement, than another and a more serious event startles Diplo macy, and promises to interrupt the Conferences of Paris. These Conferences were actually taking place for the desired and avowed purpose of plac ing On dominious of the Sultan under a general European guarantee, and yet at such a moment and . with such a negotiation pending in Paris, Turkey and Austria have concluded a separate agreement and alliance, by which the latter Power engages to send forces to Bosnia in case of any insurrection in that province. This is the old case of Russia and the Principali ties. On the score of contiguity, and of the danger arising to absolute Governments from turbulence or agitation on their fro utiers, Russia not only marched armies, whenever it pleased, over the Pruth, but obtained the forced consent of the Porte to its doing so. It was this which produced the war ; and the war, if it have any result, must have that of finally putting an end to such agreements. The Powers undertake to supersede Russian action upon Turkey by a general and preconcerted action ; and yet in the very teeth of this law, which it sought to esta blish, Austria has concluded a separate agreement with Turkey for the contingent occupation of Bc snia. The fact is that Austria is now very openly play ing the same game which Russia did of old. Austria guides the acts, and directs the councils of the Porte ; demands and obtains the liberty of interfering in its name in those provinces, which it finally hopes to appropriate. Bosnia is just as much an object of Austrian ambition as Moldavia is of Russian ; and catering to the one is just as impolitic and unjust as catering to the other. Austria is as menacing a neighbour to Turkey as Russia could be. Up t )1857, indeed, the power of Russia was so preponderant, owing to her fleet in the Black Sea, and to the prestige accruing to her from having recovered Hungary for the Court of Vienna, that Austria, as the weaker Power, rallied to the Porte, and carried on its resistance to Russia under Turkish ensigns, as it were, and in the Turkish cause. But since the war Russia has ceased to be a naval Power in the Euxine. Austria not only considers herself the exclusive patron of Bosnia and Servia, but dictates her will in Bucharest itself. The agents of Austria predominate, England having put herself under the wing of Count Buol. All this is but a mere shifting of danger, a change of preponderance, a substitution of one despotism and military power for another in the affairs of the Levant. England and France have one interest in their dealings with Turkey, and that is to prevent that empire or its provinces from becoming the prey of either of its great neighbours. Austria and Russia have precisely contrary interests. Both wish to encroach ; both wish to extend their empire and influence, and both further their views, now by intrigues with the Christian, now by ascendancy h.vo the interest of keepinr, as far as they are able, the Western Powers truul meddling with the provinces and the people they hope to influence and annex ; and they gave ad mirably attained this end by the clause of the Treaty which prevents all armed vessels from en tering the Black Sea. England has thus been in duced to trust to Austria as the guardian of those provinces against Russia, forgetting that such Powers can agree at any moment for their own mutual profit, and for the discomfiture and exclu sion of the States of the West. What is most suspicious in the conduct of Austria is its throwing obstructions in the way of the Paris Conference comingito any conclusion respecting the Danubian Principalities. Austria has evidently as little desire as Russia to see Danubian questions settled under the common conserat of Europe. Count Buol has acted all along with England in this question. But England, although opposing the Union and insisting on Hospoders, cannot, with any degree of consistency, propose the abolition of conststueional government. Austria opposes the thing and the name, and is not satisfied until Moldo- Wallachia be assimilated to Hungary. Owing to this, as well as for other reasons, the Congress of Paris has made no progress ; and this last affair of Bosnia, for which Sir Henry Bulwer has been hastened to Vienna, has, we may say, given the coup de grace to the Conferences. It was whispered some fortnight bask that the Diplomatists of the Conferences had taken a great step towards the settlement Of what they were en , gaged in. Embroidering, or exaggerating, or leap ing to a conclusion upon this theme, the Patric, Count Waleweki's paper, announced that the ques tion of the union was decided in the negative. The Conference, however, has not even yet gone so far. For as the affirmation of the Union could not take place without considering what prince would be chosen, so th 3 HO3P odora4e cannot be re-established without d ec idi ng the constitution and the mode of election that are to accompany it. The discussion in the Conference ou these ques tions assumed at one said,time,iirtoirsttd by Ai a ttia and very s serious form. When England , supported Turkey, proposed its plans, the reply of France was, that this experiment had already been madeofolrl and had produced i t s results ; and th at if it was now proposed to repeat the ex p erim ent, France would not oppose, but at the same time it would not approve, or by so approving take upon itself the responsibility of a system which it knew must fail, and lead to great disastere. If France and Russia persisted iu holding this language, it would we need not say, amount to a complete abrogation of the Treaty of Paris, two of the chef powers withdrawing, from its principal stipulation. Had Lord Palmerston remained in power such proliab'y would hive teen the issue cf the C arferences— a total breaeh—England and Austria guaranteeeig the integrity of Turkey, and France and Russia altogether withdrawing from that engagement. The present admiuist ation is, however, not so unreservedly Austrian as the last, and evPently aims at bringing the Courts of the Tuileries and Vienna to something of an accord. This is a difficult, and, we believe, an impossible task. And, indeed, it is apparently under the idea that she is losing the unqualified adhesicn of England that Austria has gone upon her own hook to concl u d e th ese un f or tun a te hole-and-corner treaties with Turkey for the military occupation o' Bosnia. Into such an inextricable labyrinth has our policy been lea by want of A atmightforwatd, resolute LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIING, JUNE 24, 1858. SUN. ,LWit.," Vese. The future fate and condition of the Da bian provinces should have been decided by y U End *land and France, counselling their ally, Tur key, after the fall of Sebastopol. Lord Palmerston Id have stuck out, not for the beggarly village s c , l l I g rad, but for that half of Bessarabia which R uss ia •consented to cede at Vienna. That would h av e removed Jassy from the line of the Russian froati Fir, and would have formed a Principality un der tla e Sultan's suzerainty that Russia and Aus tria in ust have, been made to respect in their own interes is as well as in the interests of Europe. Inst Sad of such straightforward and manly policy w e fiv, it went to war, and after having conquered, we iris -rted those whr.in we had defeated and those who wt nild not help us, to participate in the settle meat. kJf course they have made use of the liberty given th em to render all settlement impossible and to leave' things in a still more unsatisfactory state than the . y were in before the war. W e are • glad to see that, however complicated these Leva ntine questions may be by the events of Bosnia, the insurrection of Candia is likely to ter minate. • Trete Turks, however, are likely to give trouble, as we see from the outrage upon the British Consul at Belo,rade. In the whole of Servia there is but this handful of Turks who garrison the cita del of Belgrade. Their isolation amongst the Christians only increases their fanaticism, and as their ignorance is such that they do not know friend from foe, and could not distinguish between Eng lishmen and Russians, we see the result. No good can come of Mussulman garrisons in Christian countries except to breed mutual exasperation and provoke mutual slaughter. to incapacity and indifference. The real truth is, the work is so important and critical that we shrink from committing ourselves to any one man. But what is to be done ? The responsibility must not always be reason against it. It is a serious thing to select a profession, to marry, to chocse a residence, or a school for our children ; but we do these things nevertheless. Even though the choice may not always be the best, almost any choice is better than no choice at all, and the worst thing we can do is to sit still and do nothing. When, there fore, we have done away with the double Govern ment for India, may it not be time to amalgamate and simplify the administration of Public Works as far as the metropolis is concerned ? The present system has the unhappy effect of multiplying ideas and dividing the attention that should grasp and decide upon them. A host of engineers are invited into the controversy, and plenty of plans are put on paper for carrying out this or that scheme ; but the very problem to be solved has not yet been decided on. This is not a question simply for en gineers, who are apt to deal too exclusively with the material, and to put human beings out of the question. A very good farmyard may bo a very bad neighbour, especially when it comes 'twixt the wind an I your drawing-room. A farmer does not care for this ; he snuffs it up, and thinks of a heavy crop. Engineers are sometimes equally biased in favour of ingenious construction, and useful con version ; so let us have them, but let us also have the best men England can find to set them the work to be done.—Times. L 111" INTEL LIGENCE.—Juice 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. —WESTMINSTI R. (Sitqugs at Nisi Prius, before Lord Campbell.) HA.NDL EY AND OTHERS V. STACY. Mr. Edwin James, Q C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. Godfrey (of the Chancery bar), and Mr. Gates ap peared for the plaintiff'; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Huddle3ton, Q. C., and Mr. Needham for the defendant. This was an issue directei by the Court of Chan cery to try whether a certain paper writing, dated the 15th of December, 1853, and which purported to be the last will and testament of Thomas Eld ridge, of Tauxhall, was or was not his last will and testament. The plaintiffs were the next of kin of the tes tator, and the defendant was the devisee, who under the will was entitled to the whole of the testAtor's property, about 10,0001., with the cxcep tk:n of an annuity of 1001. a-year left to the defend ant's youngeit daughter. The defendant having to establish the will, his case was first proceeded with, but, though it occu pied the whole day, it was not nearly concluded when the court adjourned. of mutton, value9s., the property of Tames Holmes his master, and the latter for felonionidy receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Ribton appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. F. H. Lewis d efended Gaines ; and Mr. Sleigh was for Haines. This , wr4 another prosecution by the Butchers and Salesmen's Association, and frem the evidence given in support of the charge it appeared that the prisoner Caines was in the service of Mr. Holmes, a butcher, in Silver-street, Golden-squ are , an d had to carry out meat to customers, among them the proprietor of the Scotch Stores. On one occasion, when he was going to that establishment with some loin of mutton to be cut into chops, he was watched in consequence of suspicion being entertained as to his honesty, and was seen to take with him a piece of mutton which had not been ordered. He was followed to a publichouse, where he was joined by the other prisoner, and the meat stolen by Caines was found in a tool basket such as carpenters gene rally use, which ho (Haines) had with him. It seemed that they had been in the habit of meet ing there for same time past, the one having his tray and the other his basket, and it was in con sequence of considerable quantities of meat being missed from time to time that a watch was put upon Caines. Both prisoners received a very good character from several witnesses. They were found guilty, and recommended to mercy. Tice Court sentenced them each to eight months' hard labour. Williams Collins and Mary Collins, and Thomas Brain were brought up for judgment. They had pleaded guilty to keeping brothels at 29, Cirences ter-place, and 4, Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-square. Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Randall on be half of the parish of Marylebone, was for the pro secution ; Mr. Ribton for the defendants. These prosecutions were instituted by direction of the parish authorities of Marylebone, and it ap peared that the defendants had continued the nui sance which led to the proceedings after the ses sions at which the bills were found. Mr. Ribton urged that, as the defendants bad now given up the houses, a nominal jugdment would be sufficient to meet the justice of the ease. The Court sentenced William Collins to three months' hard labour, and a fine of 405., Mary Cul lins to three months' bard labour, and Brain to six weeks' hard labour. John Chambers and Ann Jones, alias Chamber?, convicted of keeping a brothel, 1, Barron-street, Pentonville, were sentenced each to two months' bard labour. (Before Mr. Payne.) David Ryan, 21, was indicted for stealing a watch, value 4/., the property of John Galvin (printel in the calendar "Galoin.") Mr. Way prosecuted, Mr. lorry was for the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he lived at John's hill, St. George's, and on the 14th June the prisoner followed him and a black man, the steward of an American vessel, into a (public-house, and asked him to buy the ticket of a watch. Same conversa tion took place about watches, and they went to his (prosecutor's) house, when some watches were shown to the black man, who wanted to purchase one. The charge against the prisoner was that he pur loined one of the watches so exhibited, and the evi dence of the black man and Mrs. Galvin, in addi tion to that of the prosecutor, clearly proved the case. The jury found him guilty, and he was sen tenced to six months' bard labour. THE QUEEN Y. RATHBONE.-THE QUEEN V. KELLY. These were cross indictments arising out of a case of assault. The defendant Rathbone, who was }Tosecutor in the case of Kelly, lodged in the house of the latter, 37, Upper Baker-street, and in consequence of something which had occurred, Rathbone rushed into Kelly's room and struck him. Kelly ejected him by force, and he then ran up stairs and procured a cane-sword, with which he made a thrust at Kelly, but without effect, and a constable was called in. In ejecting Rathbone from his room Kelly gave him a black eye. An amicable arrangement having been come to between the parties through their counsel, no evidence was offered on either indictment, and the case was satisfactorily terminated by each defendant being found not guilty. Mr. Metcalfe was for Kelly against Rathbone ; and Mr. Sleigh for Rathbon3 against Kelly. Susannah Bishop, 33, Ella Bishop, 24, and Catherine Bishop, 22, sisters, described in the calendar as daily o.ovErnesses., were indicted for stealing three gold rings and other articles, of the value cf 31., the property of Emma Boisormade. A second indictment charged them with stealing a pair of drawers and other articles, value 2/. the pro perty of Susannah Clack and another ; and a third indictment charged Ella and Catherine with steal ing a lace fichu and a lace lappet, value 161., the property of Daniel Bedell. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Hawthorne were for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton and Mr. Kenealy de fended the prisoners. The particulars connected with these charges have been ful'y detailed in the police reports. The prisoners evidently were accomplished shoplifters, and iu two cases they were found guilty. In the other they were acquitted, it being admitted that one of them committed the theft, though it c3uld not ibe shown which of them it was. Susannah was sentenced to nine, and each of the others to 12 months' hard labour. Frederick Stephens was indicted for stealing ss. which had been intrusted to him to give to another person as a Christmas box from his master, Mr. Hicks, glass merchant, St. George's-street. The jury acquitted him. Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted, Mr. Kenealy de fended the prisoner. Johanna Foley, 30, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting and beating Julia Foley. Mr. Abram was for the prosecution, Mr. Horry for the prisoner. This case ar-se out cf an Irish row. The par ties, who we relatives lived in Nightingale-build ings, Limehouse. Two men got fighting, and the women interfered. The prisoner got hold of the forefinger of the prosecutrix's right hand and bit off the first joint, which she spat out of her mouth, n(1 it WIR pr'ri' l e' r l ' ll 1 ! '"*f. i 1 a r!1:14S 1)1!19. S'l' wibo bUtAnd gwity and 6wuteLLCOli to three 111011[1lb' hard labour. Air. Payne said he had received a letter respect ing two soldiers who refused on the previous day to uncover in court, which he read to the jury, the slava jurymen being . then in the box as when the soldiers' case was tried. It was as follows : " Orderly.room, Grenadier Guards, Horse Guards, June 23. " Sir,—l am directed by the commanding officer of the regiment to inform you that, bis attention Laving been drawn to remarks in different newspapers relative to the conduct of a noncommissioned officer and two privates of the Grenadier Guards at the Middlesex Ses sions at Westminster, he begs to express his regret that these men did not immediately comply with the order to take their caps off; but at the same time begs to re mark that upon inquiry into the case he finds they acted entirely under a misconception of orders, and without any intention of treatirg the court with contempt, as cer tain members of the 133 r are stated to have remarked. "The serjeant was actually on duty, having to take charge of the corporal of the Stafford Militia, who was a prisoner, and for this reason thought he was justified in refusing to obey an order at variance with the orders of the regiment and the custom of the service.—l have the honour to be, sir, &e., "J. M. BURGOYNE, Captain and Adjutant." This, he said, was most satisfactory, and was just what might have been expected from the hig.ily honourable and gentlemanly feeling of the com manding officers. He was quite sure at the time that no formal orders were in existence for soldiers not to uncover in a court of justice, and that the re fusal of these particular men to do S 3 was by a mis take. This letter put the matter right, and there fore he communicated it to the jury. POLICE 'NTS LL IGENCE.—June 23. - -..- o e Th tt li i liee o Lane" c i n at af - o a ri nntgeklle prosecutor o purpose Sundayrposedeposedof last.gteitaitng MINS I ON-HOUSE.—John Jones was brought up on remand, c h arge d w i t h steal i ng a c6tton hand kerchief and a sovere i gn from Henry Sm i t h , i n P he som we e n c t lo t tes too h th a o bargain, ha v i ng hi s money, a sovere i gn, care f u ll y tied up in a corner o f hi s poc k et h an dk erc hi e f . w his way through a crowd he saw the prisoner with a handkerchief, which he fancied to be his own, in his hand, and finding upon feeling his pocket that his handkerchief was gone, he de sired the prisoner to return it or he would ' oive him into custody. B u t th e pr i soner , i nstea d o f doing so, pushed him on one side, while a man, who was evAently a confederate, pushed him on the other, and sl they kept him playing between them like a shuttlecock till a policeman came up and took tke prisoner, the other man getting away, and most likely carrying off the spoil, as neither sovereign nor handkerchief was found on the prisoner. A policeman said he had in - vain attempted, since Monday, to find the prisoner's residence. Prisoner—, Nl , by, I havn't got any residence. I am always about the country, and came from Hitchiu last Saturday. I never took the man's handkerchief, I assure you, sir. Prosecutor—Please, my lord, he said at the sta tion that he was a conjuror, and at all even . ts he couldsh he it hack s conjured my sovereign out again, of, forny pocket conjure lama poor tnan, and worked very hard to b 3 able to save it. a i The Ipsrd Mayor—lt's a very hard case. Areyou a conjuror, prisoner ? Prisoner—Yes, and a " werry honest one, too." Tho Lord Mayor-01 1 2 indeed , I've no doubt you do the thimble-trick as you go about the coun try. But, however that may be, it was a shameful thing to rob this poor man of his money. Prisoner (impudently)—Oh, I don't believe he lost any money. I dare say he lost his handkerchief, but he don't look a man who could be worth a so vereign, and he has only trumped out this tale be cause he thinks you will give him one from the poor-box. The Lord Mayor—That's an impudent defence, and only makes your case worse. I shall send you to prison for six weeks, with hard labour. The Prisoner (with a knowing leer)—Then I should prefer to have the case decided by a jury. The LLord Tvlayor—But I have preferred to de cide it myself. The Prisoner—Then there is no choice for me The Lord Mayor—No choice whatever, except to go prison for six weeks. The prisoner—Oh, very well—that's justice, I suppose. lie was then locked up. GUILDHALL. Sarah Lee, a respectable middle-aged woman, whose address on tl:e charge sheet was at Mr. Pearce's, 104, Broad-street, Rotherhitho, was charged on suspicion with robbing Mrs. Walsh, the wife of a draper at Battersea, of her purse, containing two sovereigns and 30s. 10d. in silver. Mrs. Walsh said.—l was going to Goodyear's, in St. Paul's Churchyard, yesterday, to purchase some hats, when my little boy expressed a wish to visit the Cathedral. I accordingly took bim in ; and while there this lady (►he prisoner) came and sat down close by my side. Her dress was spread out over mine when she sat down. She asked me if the service was over, and upon my telling her I could not inform her she entered into conversation about the paintings in the dome. There was a young man sitting at the other end of the form, and my son was walking about looking at the monu ments. When my son returned to me this lady rose, and wishing me very gracefully good morning, she walked away. I then went to the door without looking back, and just as I was going out I missed my purse from my pocket. Alderman Mechi—What kind of purse was it ? Witness—lt was a long purse, with two odd slide rings. Alderman Mechi—How much was in the purse ? Witness—Two sovereigns and 30s. 10d. in silver. Frederick Walsh, a lad about 12 years old, said— I am the son of the last witness. We left Battersea about 9 o'clock in the morning and stopped about an hour at Pimlico. We walked into the city. Mr. Martin What money did your mother bring out with her ? Witness—Two sovereigns, Sir, and 30s. 10d. in silver. It was in a long purse with two different rings. James Phillips, draper, at 212, King's-road, Chelsea, said—l saw the prisoner and Mrs. Walsh sitting down together, and when I took my seat they both rose. Mrs. Walsh went out of the north door, and the prisoner went round the cathedral and down the west aisle inspecting the monuments. In a few minutes Mrs. Walsh returned greatly confused, and in looking for the prisoner she was going out of the south door when I called her back. We then pro ceeded round the cathedral and found the prisoner looking at the monuments in the aisle leading to the west door. Mrs. Walsh said she had been robbed, upon which the prisoner handed over what pro perty she had about her to the policeman, and ex pressed a wish to be searched. Police-constable 343 said—l found on the pri soner a purse containing two half-sovereigns, ls., and an old coin, a gold watch and chain, and a letter addressed to the prisoner. The Prisoner—That letter refers to a Post-office order which I received, and had just got cashed at the Post-office. Alderman Mechi (after reading the letter) said— I feel bound to say that this letter shows the pri soner's connections are highly respectable, and satisfactorily accounts for the money found upon her. There is not the slightest ground for the present charge against you; Madam, and I am ex ceedingly sorry you should have been placed in such a cruel position. There is no evidence to throw the remotest suspicion upon you, and you will therefore leave that bar without any stain upon your character. Tue prosecutrix walked all the way from Pimlico, and it is therefore pos sible she may have lost her purse before she got to the Cathedral ; for we all know that it is no difficult matter to find 100 thieves between Cha ring -cross and the city. In addition to which when the purse was missed this lady did not at tempt to leave the Cathedral, as any guilty per son would have done, but waited to inspect the monuments. The prisoner was then liberated, and the pro secutrix was cautioned to be more careful in future, and not giver a person into custody until she had some evidence cf the fact. WORSHIP-STREET.—John Hoare, a middle aged man, described as a labourer, was charged. upon his own confession, with violently assaulting Mary Hoare, his wife, and thereby causing her death. Critchell, of the It division, said—Last night, at 11. o'clock, I was on duty in Bell-green, Syden ham, when I saw the prisoner standing against a fence, and I heard him say, "I hope God will forgive me for what I have done." I asked him what it was he had done, and he replied, "Go below, and you will hear what I have done ; it is very bad." He then hesitated, but added, " There was a piece of work at home, and I took the poker, struck my wife with it, and murdered her." Prisoner—That is false ; I did not say that I had murdered her. Officer—Yes, he did say " murdered her." I then asked him where he came from, and he told me Sarah's place, Brick-lane, -Spitalfields. He was perfectly sober, and said no more about his wife then ; but I afterwards asked him where ho did it, and at what time, and he said about a fortnight ago. I then took him into custody and at the station at Sydenham he made a statement to the sergeant on duty, who took it down in writing. By the Prisoner—When you first met me you were standing on the footpath, and when you said 1 -) 1 ,"I I:J.lglit y.O u.ean, gu do the hill to a public-house, as persons were aboul.. • S€rgeant Strength, 49 It—About a quarter past 10 last night I was in lower Sydenham, and saw the prisoner in custo ly of the constable Critchell, who, in his hearing, told me what he his now stated upon oath. White at the station-house prisoner expressed a desire to make a statement, as he was very unhappy. I gave him the usual caution, and then took down in writing this confession, wHch he signed. He afterwards remarked that his wife was buried at Bow Cemetery. The Sergeant then read the following :—" About a fortnight ago I was at home with my wife and the girl. Some words arose, and the girl took up the poker ; I thought to strike me with. I got it away from her, and then my wife took up a stool and struck moon the head, causing a wound. Iliad the poker in my hand, and struck her an the ribs with it. She called police-constable 81 H, but he seeing the blood on my head refused to take the charge. My wife got ill, and went to the London Hospital. They wished her to stay, but she came home, got worse, went again, stayed a few days, and returned. I fetched some medicine from a (lector's shop near Whitechapel Church, but she died on the following Monday.—John Hoare."' Sergeant Strength—When the prisoner signed this he was sober, but excited. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Have you ascertained how far this is correct Sergeant Strength—l have not had time, sir, to make minute inquiries, but I believe the woman died from violence. Mr. D'Eyncourt—l will remand the prisoner, and let the officer alluded to in the statement then be present. Prisoner—l had been drinking. I recollect no thing about it. The accmed was then ordered to be brought up on Wednesday next. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday at the Goldsmiths' Arms, Bouthwatle-bridge, on the body of Emma Bell, aged 22. The deceased Lad for some time cohabited with a photographic artist, with whom she lived unhappily, in consequencs of j ea l ousy on h er par'. On Tuesday, after quarrelling with him, she took a quantity of cyanide of pota slum, and died almost directly. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." ENGLISH INFLUENCE IN GERMANY.—The Paris Presse n)mplains of the dec!ine of French i. fluence in Germany. It affirms that a general sentiment of aversion towards France predominates in Germany, and adds that this feeling is unconnected with political motives. The " disc interested, cosmopolitan, and humanitarian genius of France," has only (it opines) Leen temporatily ( ed in Germany by the "genius ( f E gland." "Doting more time two centuries," says the Presse, " Au-trig was distinguished by her regard IT France. Our lan guage, our customs, our literature, ruled unquestioned. This tended to soften the harshness and the excesses of the governmental system. In 1830 this it,fluence com menced to wane ; but neveitheless the Frenchman could still hold up his head in the streets of Vienna. To-day it is sought to extiuguish it entirely, and English in• fluence is visibly dethroning that of France. Our wares, our books, our custotw, have teased to obtain preference in Vienna. The English tutor has replaced iu great fami lies the French tut( r ; English literature has supplanted that of Fiance. The Austrian capital is now utterly given up to everything English. Doubtless this rude Anglo-mania dues not please all parties, even in Vienna. Sincere Catholics deplore it in particular. But their complaints are lost in the mania which has seized upon the government to which they appeal ; for the English alliance cannot be purchased too dearly,". THE THAMES, 20 WIT. It a respectable, well-conducted boys' school, the dining-room, which was also that in which the boys event most of their time, became subject to a disagreeable smell. No account could Le given of it. The young gentlemen were cleanly in their !,''bits —rather particular than otherwise. The room -was well built, the servants did their duty, the situate.; was airy. It was a perfect mystery. The master cams an d snuffed about ; his lady took ". a whiff of it and walkedout ; the builder was sure about the drains—they were sound and well trap inegd. ; ther Whate c c o o u u l 1 , I d ibe t b n e o rats, ? A s t' there r e was am n e o o o n p , e n in spite of open doors and windows, the smell got worse ; the boys became pale and headachy, soon tired over their lessons, and got off their feed. By and by two or three were taken home, and the thin" was talked about. So the master, finding all was at stake, sent for the builder, and told him he must find it out at any cost. As the smell could not come from the walls or the ceiling, it must be from the ground. The carpenter therefore ripped off the skirting, and tore up a good piece of the floor. Then the mystery was revealed, and was as horrible to the eyes as to the nose. The fact was, that through the combined efforts or neglects of butcher, cook, and carver, the young gentlemen Lad often a quantity of fat or underdone meat on their plates. When they sent up their plates for a second supply they found it apparently adjusted to the uncousumed,remanets from the first, and therefore short of the new demand. A hint r two from the master explained the fact, and took away hope of a remedy. So the young gentle men, with a legerdemain of their own, smuggled fat and "red" under the table. After dinner they smuggled all into one or two convenient boles they had found in the skirting and the floor. The practice had gone on for months and years, and the result may be imagined. The boys had been living, in fact, over putrefying remains equivalent to several dead carcasses. Strange to say, in their blessed ignorance of chenois'ry, they never once connected the daily deposit with the nuisance. The hole was all-devouring and bottom less. It might go to the heart of the earth for aught they knew. The master was answerable for the sweetness of the room. Of course the floor was re moved, the abyss emptied and purged ; and for the future the schoolmaster bore in mind that, though boys have strong stomachs, they have often delicate palates, and like fat and " red" as little as Profes sor Liebig says they ought to do. What is this London but just a respectable, well conducted school, and we all aparcel of school-boys, getting rid of a nuisance without a thought of the consequences ? We just make a hole in the floor, and down with all, nobody knows where. Of course, it all turns up iu time, and that wi h a vengeance. There is nothing people are so blind about as con sequences every step of which is not before the eye. In fact, that anything should ever come to light again after being once under ground is a surprise. Thera are in this country several rivers that flow under ground for miles, and people seek a surprise by dropping straws and bits of paper above, and watching their reappeance ; below. In these cases we look for the reappearance, and are disappointed at its failure. When we wish to be rid of a thing, we forget it altogether. Add to this univet sal neg lect of consequences an almost equal thoughtlessness as to the effect of combination, of multiplied results. Union is force, for ill as well as for good. Here is a nuisance to be multipli dby three millions. It is bad enough in Ireland, where the family, the pigs, the horse, the cow, and the poultry live in one room, and where the filth is only occasionally trans ferred from the ground inside to the ground outside the door. It is bad enough in a Swiss chalet, where the cattle and servants sometimes occupy the ground floor, the family that above, and thence to the roof is all barn. An Englishman cannot sleep for the solid stench that pervades that Noah's ark, and impregnates the very timbers. No wonder half the family are goitred. But when, instead of one such chalet, with its accumulations of many years, its dozen brute occupants, and half-dozen human, we have half a million habitations all huddled round one huge cesspool, it may take time to develops the nuisance, but time will cer tainly do it. On this point we may be sure as Holy Writ that "our neglects will find us out." If we are content with staving ofl the evil we shall some day have "to eat our peck of dirt" all at once. That means a good deal in the matter of London. It once meant the Great Plague and the Great Fire. What monstrous birth of time it will next mean, what hideous pest or frightful scourge, no man can now tell. Wilai, is net ye,, duiy a - A T:slier:l.d is, net the present snug, comfortable, selfish way of getting rid of nuisances does not get rid of them. It only postpones and accumulates. It is one of those habitual delays which even Virgil says peopled hell. It is a joint-stook canpany, with limited liability, as we all fondly believe ; but when the crash comes we shall all suffer. Everything indi cates a positive accumulation which must certainly prove worse, because more active and more unbear able, than the dead weight of the National Debt on England's shoulders. That which issues from the sewers into the Thames is daily becoming more deleterious. It is impregnated with the gas we burn in our lamps, and other gases the p• oduct of manufacture or natural putrefaction. No settling, no filtering, no deodorizing can ma terially mend it, and they who talk of these processes can hardly know what Thames water is between the bridges. Every known ahomiaa tion, with many an unknown one, finds its way jute the sewers, or directly in' o the Thames. There, as we all know, it passes and repasses before our eyes, and it is by no means certain that the more solid part of what is committed to the river ever finds its way to the sea. A float dancing up and down with the tide affords very little indication as to matter which settles and forms mud, or impregnates it. So there is absolutely no measuring how far the accumulation may go on, with a continual increase in the matter, in the area, and in the variety of noxious ingredients. That increase must be in a much greater ratio than the increase of the me tropolis. The suburbs of London, the fields, the gardens, and the waste places, to which offensive matter was taken only a few years ago, are daily receding, and the handiest and cheapest course for everything is to let it down the ever-ready sewer. So the work grows upon us. No scale that was likely to be adopted thirty years ago would be suf ficient now, and the probability is, that if we do .something immediately—that is, in the course of the next ten years, which is all the promptitude we can expect—it will be barely sufficient by the end of the century, unless, indeed, something comes to stop the growth of London. These considerations, which are of a most sub stantial and practical character, indicate that the country should apply much more earnestness and energy to the subject. They show, as we conceive, that we ought to have a much more effective 'ad tainistrat:on for the subject. The metropolitan wcili(o Boards,tileeais,liliioioi oughttig i ta to be construeted with the view of doing something, not of doing nothing, which is evidently th e d es i gn o f th e p resen t rival Thards atuhtehyorairteiesn.ow e It , is ns e t ai t i. u le t n , d, tthivat 11 oe on throwing schemes at on e another to all eternity. It is plain, to o , that we must be prepared for a very large expenditure—that is, for as large an expenditure each yea r f or same years as we were incurring each week during the Russian war. Be fore it is assumed that the nation must pay the bill, 1 t us know hew much the metropolitan dis oticts will bear. There is much more reason in applying a coal tax to such a purpose than to the cons truction of new streets in this or th a t fa voured locality. A correspondent who writes a very able letter suggests that it is au absurdity to make the Commissioner of Works a poli tical functionary, going in and i out. The rea son of the existing practice s the infusion of new spirit and new ideas by the change, but the change may be from ability and zeal FOUL STATE OF THE COUPT AND PASSAGES. In the course of the day, Mr. James called the attention of his lordship to the foul state of the court and passages. Lord Campbell said that, if he were assured that the state of the atmosphere was such as to be dan gerous to the lives of the counsel, jurymen, and witnesses, he should feel it to be his duty to ad journ the court. His lordship inquired whether there was any medical men in court Mr. John Bredall, who was attending the Court as a witness in the cause which was being tried, here came forward, and, being swo n, in an wer to questions put by Lord Campell, he said he was a surgeon, at No. 3, Moorhall place, Kennington lane, and had been compelled to leave the court three times in consequence of the bad smells. The atmosphere in court became irrespirable, and it was quite as bad in the passages. The smells came from the Thames, or from sewage of snore kind. He gave it as his opinion, as a medical man, that it was dangerous to breathe this atmosphere. He thought it would be dangerous to the lives of the jurymen, counsel, and witnesses to remain. It would produce malaria, and perhaps typhus fever. Lord Campbell said that, in the di , charge of his duty, he would adj .urn the Court ; but, address ing the counsel, his lordship said that if they were willing to remain he was quite ready to do so. Mr. Sergeant nee said the counsel were ready to do whatever his lordship thought best. L'rd Campbell said he would not keep the jury men against their will. The jury said the smell was very offensive in the passages, but they didnot smell it so much in court. The tritl then proceeded. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—WESTMINSTER. (Sittings at Nisi Plias, at Westminstor, before Justice Cockburn, and a Common Jury.) HELLIWELL V. HOBSON AND ANOTHER. Mr. S3rgeint Hughes and Mr. Bell were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Macaulay, Q C., and Mr. Archibald for the defendants. This was an action for libel brought by the libra rian and manager of the Derby Mechanics' Insti tute against the defendants, the proprietors of the Derbyshire Advertiser. The libel complained of was the following paragraph, piked in that publi cation : " Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's Entertainment and the Librarian to the Mechanics' Institute.—On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. German Reed gave their admi rable entertainment at the Lecture-hall, Darby. Some of our readers may probably have remarked that this entertainment was not announced in the Derbyshire A deertiser, and as the °miss ion was equally unjust to our interest and Mr.'and Mrs. German Reed's. we may with propriety mention the cause of it here. It appears (and we state the fact from a conversation with Mr. Reed himself) that Mr. Helliwell, the librarian to the Derby Mechanic's Institute, received instructions from Mr. Reed to advertise the entertainment in the Derby papers, and to forward the usual free tickets to the editor of each journal. Presuming on his position, and thinking, perhapq, that he could with safety gratify a personal feeling towards this journal, Mr. Helliwell di,- regarded these orders. Tee advertisement was forwarded to the Mercury and Reporter, but neither advertisement nor ticket found its way to our office. Mr. Helliwell should know that he will not ba allowed to pursue with impunity a similar course of conduct to that of which we have had to complain. The subject is only worth alluding to in order to pima professionals who may intend to vit it Derby on their guard, so that they may not in future Le defrauded of that publicity which they dekire." The declaration laid tivs mAr.ning to be elat the pi ....ill ~iia his said office, and disregarded his instructions and duty in order to gratify personal feeling towards the defendant, who pleaded " Not Guilty," and true in substance and fact. that the paragraph was It appeared that in the autumn of last year Mr. and Mrs. Garman Reed, by the agency of a Mr. Magrove, agreed with Mr. Helliwell to give their entertainment at Derby on certain terms, but it seemed clear that all the arrangements in the country were to be made by Mr. Helliwell, and that, beyond expressing a wish for publicity, Mr. Reed had given no specific instruc ions as to the the insertion of advertisements in any particular paper. Mr. Carson, a reporter on the 4dvvtiser, finding that the paper had not received any direc tions to advertise or any tickets for the entertain ment, called on Mr. Helliwell and inquired the reason of the omission. These two gentlemen gave a very different account of what passed at that interview. The former stated that the plaintiff made very inconsistent excuse?, whence he inferred personal feeling, and the latter alleged that he told Mr.. Carson that ha should give, or that he had given, the advertisement to the Telegr4h, and that he should have the next turn • that on being asked for tickets he intimated to Mr. Carson that if he left his name on a card at the door he would be admitted, upon which he sail, " You are a rubbish ing lot, and I'll publish you next week." Much contradictory evidence was aiduCed, a detail of which would not interest the leafier, the learned judge several times suggesting a settlement, and giving it as his opinion that the whole dispute was based on a series of misunderstandings. Mr. Macaulay, in addressing the jury for the defence, said that it was a touch-and-go case on the vet y verge of the law, which had been kept seething and smouldering since Decmnber in London, to put money into the pocket of Mr. Fie wker, the attor ney for the p'aiutiff, and that it ought to have been tried at Derby in March. The L - trd Chief Justice, in summing up, re repeated that there had been mistakes and miscon ception on both sides, and that it was a great pity that th, defendants had not made a graceful apology and withdrawn their second tole% He then went carefully through the evidence, commenting upon the different versions given of the conversations between the plaintiff and Mr. Carson, and The jury eventually found a verdict for the plaiutiff--Daml ges, 25/. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. —June 23. (Before th e Assi s tant-Judge, at Westm inster. ) Cii:orge Curry, 17, and Thoma; BacAl and Richard Tadnell, wh o 13, James Webb, 23, Win. Baker, surrendered were indicted for stealing 102:h. of fat, the property of Stephen Camden. Mr. Ribton and Mr. John Dunbar were counsel for the prosecu•ion, Mr. Mete Alfa was for Tadnell, and Mr. Sleigh for Bacon. The three other pri soners were not defended, The prosecutor was a bone merchant at White chapel, and the property in question was stylen from his premises on tne 31st of May. The evidence more or less tended to implicate all the prisoners, but an alibi was proved on behalf of Tadnell, who was acquitted, as were Baer - in and Curry ; Webb and Biker were conv;c . ed and sentenced—th 3 for mer to 9, and the latte. to 6 month's hard labour. Ceorge Cainer, butcher, and Cha , ..flaines, a car pentor, were indicted—awl/armor fyr stealing Mb. THE VINE DISEASE. The following new and important facts concern ing this operation form the subject of a raper just presented to the Academy of Sciences by M. de la Vergne :—" 1. The oidium does not spread to any alarming extent, except when the temperature is day and night above 20 deg. Centigrade (68 Fehr.), as is the case in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux, from the end of May to that of September. When ever northern winds prevail in the interval, or frequent winds lower the temperature considerably, the growth of the oidium is stopped, to acquire fresh vigour as soon as the sun adds warmth to the humidity with which the parasite is saturated. The same vine plant is not always equally subject to the attacks of the odium, nor at the same si ne of the year; nor are different species of vines equally in vaded in different soils or situations. Hence, the ope ration of sulphuring need not extend to every point attacked, or be repeated during the whole duration of the malady. 2. The action of the sulphur is circumscribed, and almost strictly local. Its cu rative properties have no effect below the tempera ture of 20 deg. ; hence the warmth necessary for its action is preciselythat which favours the growth of the oidium. As wind and rain carry off the sul phur, this substance can only protect the vine during a limited period. MOT cover, it does not re store grapes already spoilt to their normal condi tion. Butsulphur destroys tho shoots of the oidium of recent formation, and thus prevents it from spreading. It is a great mistake to think that too much sulphur cannot be administered to a vine ; the particles of flower of sulphur contain minute portions of bulphuric acid, which, when accumu lated to excess, will burn the plant itself, often in juring it irretrievably. Fifty kilcnrammes of sul phur per hectare, if properly administered, are quite sufficient for a season. 3. As the vine.grovr ing districts of France are deficient in bands, it be comes a matter of importance not to increase the labour of cultivation unnece , •saaily by untimely sulphuring. No vineyard is attacked by the oidium , at once throughout it whole extent ; there are al ways some vines that are the first to betray the ex istence of the enemy, and it is they that point out the proper time for sulphuring. Tuey are generally situated near buildings or ditches, or trees casting a shade over them. Whenever a whitish or farinace ous spot appears on the leaves or stem of these plants, in a temperature exceeding 20 deg. by night as well as by day, it is certain that all the vines are attacked, although the eye cannot discover a trace ot the fungus elsewhere, and glen every plant of the vineyard must be sulphured at once." While we are on the subject, we may add a few practical remarks just published by the committee of the Accademia dei Georgofili of Florence, appointed to inquire into the results obtained from sulphur during the years 1856 and 1857. The committee state in their report that although the oidium appeared in those years to be naturally on the decline, yet the beneficial effects of sulphur could not be denied. The operation was con ducted with mcre or less care in different localities, which circumstance accounts for the dif ferent degree of success obtained. The wines were excellent • the slight sulph urous twit° they some times haddisappeared in a short time. The wash ing of the grapes immediately after the tying of the vines with from 51b. to 71b. of glue dissolved in 100 lb. of water, and with the addition of a little flour or clay, had produced excellent effects. Laying the vines down, so as to brin g the grapes as near as possible to the ground, bad also been found advantageous. Lastly, the report mentions the curious fact that the grafting of American vines upon those of Tuscany produces a great in crease in the quantity of grapes, and that vines tO grafted are little liable, if at all, to be invaded by the oidium. But this system is attended with two serious drawbacks—the wine-grower loses the pro• duce of two years, and the wino obtained, though extremely abundant, is inferior in quality.—Calir nani's Msssenger. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Jura; 22. Supplies of all kinds these last six days small. Oat straw, from 7s 04 to 103 Od per kemple of 16 stone y ; tron ' • wheat do., 8s Od to 9a Cd ; barley do., 8s Od to 9 4 6d. Hay from 104 to 13d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JUNE 22. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, ese i weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 40s Od and —..s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JUNE 21. There were in the market to-day 7 bags of oatuuoal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, por sack of 2801bs First. Second. Thirdj imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od — s Od —8 'AI Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od --s Oct —s O d Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od a Od —s IP DUBLIN—JUNE 22. Our corn market to-day was as dull as possible ;in fa 42 business was confined to mere retail to supply the WW I " of the moment. • White wheat, 26s 61 to 28s 6d ; red ditto, 244. Od to 2 6 „ / 64; ditto new, Od ; barley, malting, 139 to Od; ing, —s to —s ; oa.a, old, 15s to 16s Od; ditto, new, to —a Od; oatmeal, 149 6d to 16s 3d; bare, new , —s to --- Od ; rapeseed, —s Od to 04 per brl; bakers' fionr, 4 1 _ Od to 183 64 per cwt ; Indian corn, 34s Oa to 26i 6d 1 4 ' 430 lbw. BRISTOL SUGAR—JUNE 23. The market has been quiet this week ; indeed, scarcelt any sugars but Barbadoes have been offering, of which On e kinds maintain their value, while brown and moist Soto have been selling rather cheaper. No transactions in ru p to report. P.- JUNE 23. the close of the market Wallsend, &c. s. " Benson. : .. l4 0 ‘Vhitworth l4 3 Ifiengh Hall 14 Brown's Moor Haigh g Main 13 6 iletton l6 0 Lanibton in U rl - anw:li.. l4 ni , 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam '' 6 tees lu .3 south Hetton lb 6 Haswell 16 6 Stewart's. , 16 0 Chorp lu 4, 71 ; sold, 42. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton a s. (1. Wylam Walker Primrose 12 0 Tanfield Moor l2 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9 Hastings Hartley... 14 9 Holywell l4 C North Percy Hartley l3 ( Wsllaend, Arc. Framwellgato l4 1 Eden Acorn Close l4 9 'Luton l3 Braddyll l5 0 Hetton Lyons Main l3 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL—JuNE 23. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market was firm at the 00. 4 "; ing, but closed quietly Subjoined are the closing ---oprices, Dutch Rhenish, 41 dis-- Gravid Trunk of Canada, 9 0 , —Caledonians, 39 Blackburn, 10i --Birkenhe A s oo , 69 I—Chester and Holyhead, 171 i —Eastern Coun t s 12A —Groat Western, 49 :I—Lancashire and Y o rksbi t li, 894 —East Lancashiro, 83i 91—London and No r th Western, 94 —She ffi eld, 36i 7--Midland, ail i,llj. British, 12 —Berwicks, i—York and North and, 35' J—Leeds Northern, 22i i—Dovera, 20 7 4 u Great Western of Canada, 178 /. MANCHESTER, JUNE 23. ; STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened. rather sice Ord • and a moderate business was done, but prices were W e L .g/ towards tho close. Leeds, 894—Birkenhead Stock. de, Blackburns, 10f, —Dovers, 20a—Alidleso 914—Sheffields, 37t1 —Londons, 90A—Eastern Coull BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 23. STOCK EXCEIANGE.—There was a steady market per t i ro day, and a fair amount of business doing, Great We: closed at 49 —Ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed Stow 73 —Noi th Stafford, at 51d—South Stafford 10 4. _O,O BIRTHS. t he ABRAHAMS -On the 23d init., at 27, Oxford - terra ce ' wife of Michael Abrahams, E sq ., solicitor, of a 8013. t he BAXTER—On the 22d inst., at 11, Porchestersqua re 'd wife of Richard Baxter, Esq., barrister - at -lay' ,- son. GRIBBL7-- On the 22d fast., the wife of Thomas a ll ' Esq., of a son. HOW -On the 22d inst. at fI2, Queon's-gardens, 81 park, the wife of William How, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES, , Ti,. 51 ! HEYWOOD -LANGTON—On the 22d inst., at tee . 11 0- church, Eccles, near Manchester, Charles Janntist e _, youngest son of Sir Bar jamin Heywood, Bart. , wont, to Anna Margaret, third daughter of " Langton, Esq., of the Rookery. tibur cil i s TOWER—BAIRD—On the 231 lust. at St. James -, - ,, n o•• ° Piccadilly, Thomas, second son of Christopher 'l.': til, ° Tower, Esq., of Wield Hall, Essex, to Sarah A-.1` 13 4 ...ri, eldest daughter of Francis Baird, Esq of 22, I ‘ ll. •; gate. DEATHS, 13 8Plu B VAN—On the 2011 inst.. at Camberwell, Esq., aged 79. 0011 BEEMAN—On the 22d inst., at Leo, Kent, Mr. I. IRO of 70, high-street, Borough, ap.d 64. : f oe' GARDNER— On the 22d inst., at 1, Westhourn e- Ilyde-park, Philip Gardner, Req. ife' S° o 1 3 • • HOST -On the 2Rh January las t, at Adelaide, j ok Australia, Robert llenyrean, eldest and 014 Burl son of the late Admiral Ffony man. ort't Onn—On the 19th inst., Major Sutherland G• late commanding 3d Regiment of Hyderabad CO aged 42 0 10 PILCIIER—On the 21 st inst. , Mr. Robert Filcher, up of 32 years of S.M. Customs. TunNER--On the 20th inst., Dawson Turner, Egg's 11. and F.S A., late of Great Yarmouth, aged LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO -° e of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sure Oi lice : 0 0.1 14 112, Strand, in the Precinct of th e Savoy, in O . - of aitidOilex, Tlaure lay,. 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