The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-22 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, DYING FOR LOVE. After which, will be revived Shakspeare's Tragedy of HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with IF THE CAP FIIS. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENING the performanoes will commence with THE BALANCE OF CObIFORT. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Followed by HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. into Committee—one after another negatived with out a division. Mr. GLADSTONE, like the Ancient Mariner, " hath his will." We may listen wist fully to that alluring bassoon of a reduction—here to 3d., there to id. —but after " beating our breast," like "the marriage guest," we—needs must pay. The Budget consequently is tin fait accompli—it is no longer painfully hypothetical. Among other great facts, there is this one clearly before the country by this time that during the half-year now ensuing all those who have incomes—Lit matters nothing whether NEWW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. I Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton. And (2d time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by (sth time) THE BABES IN THE WOOD. M e ssrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with the Ballet of LA PERLE D'ANDA LOUSIE, 8y the Celebrated Swish Dancers. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No tees to iorrants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. _...... _ they are precarious incomes or permanent in comes] —all those, without distinction, who pos sess incomes above £l5O per annum, derivable i from land, derivable from the funds, derivable from trade, or derivable from their intellectual labours in the learned professions, will be taxed to the tune of ls. ld. in the pound—while those who have incomes below £l5O per annum will be assessed at the rate of Bd. in the pound at the behest of Mr. GLADSTONE, and for his convenience in his capacity as Chancellor of her Majesty's Exchequer. There was before this a pretty general impression abroad among the right hon. gentleman's fellow-citizens that the country had been " sold" in a moment of petulance by the House of Commons to the Coalition. Hitherto "at what cost" may have been, to a certain extent, purely conjectural. The precise amount of that cost, however, is now becoming, bit by bit, tolerably obvious. Conspicuous now, at any rate, among other items in the long, growing, and already formidable account, there is clearly before us, not merely as a threat, but as a veritable and deplor able fact, this nominally almost doubling, this vir tually more than doubling, of that income-tax which Mr. BRIWIT last evening solemnly and deliberately pronounced to be a tax as hateful as ever a tax has been to the people ! That is the price which is now (just to begin with) to be paid by the country for the magnificent boon of the Coalition—for the rare and enviable privilege of being governed by half-a dozen of the Whigs, by four or five undoubtedly clever, but certainly besides that, most crotchetty and impracticable Peelites, amalgamated as nearly as possible for the time being (without, however, the faintest prospect of ever being assimilated), by a due admixture with those neutral-tinted nonde scripts among our administrators known as thoroughgoing Palmerstonians! For the happiness and consolation of having the destinies of the country " driven to glory," not precisely upon a triumphal car, but upon what the member for Cork county the other day facetiously designated the Omnibus of the Coalition ! An omnibus, according to Mr. VINCENT SCULLY'S notion of it—pretty tightly packed with its full complement inside ! An om nibus, moreover, having that experienced political Jehu the noble viscount the Member for Tiverton upon the box-seat, holding in his mouth the imme morial straw (to be thrown up every now and then with a chuckle, to show which way the wind blows) —and in the cunning grasp of his hands the old, well-worn, sinewy, weather-beaten reins of Govern ment ! Perched behind, upon his bracket, as Con ductor, that nattiest little man for a Cad, the noble lord the Member for the City of London—so placed, probably, as far as possible from the reins of Govern ment, because of his ill-omened reputation hitherto, for upsetting the Coach, now expanded into the Omnibus of the Administration. Seated on the knife-board on the roof, the subordinate outsiders (those not having a seat in the Cabinet), people requiring upon every possible opportunity some sort of a lift in any sort of a situation—the brisk batted elect of Calne, for example, late the ditto ditto rejected of Kidderminster. For the glory of having this bran new vehicle of the Coalition Om nibus started afresh upon the Road of Reform—to go up-hill or down-dale, anyhow or everyhow, to the right or to the left, just as any moment may suggest—is most advisable under the circum stances—without the patent safety-drag of any known principle good, bad, or indifferent ! For these and many other similar advantages accruing from the venture we have to pay down instanter 13d. in the pound to the gentleman who carries the way bill, and who brooks no delay whatever either in the extent or the manner of the payment. Not merely has it been now rendered matter of certainty to us after the proceedings in the House of Commons last evening that we are in return for the blessing of the Coalition, to pay 13d. in the pound during this next half-year upon our incomes, but it is rendered, at the same time, matter of absolute uncertainty to us how much longer we may—now that we have ensured to ourselves this same blessing of the Coalition—how much longer (a few days, weeks, or months) we may preserve, as the guiding prin- ciple of our foreign policy, what was indubita bly the guiding principle of that policy under the Derbyites—Neutrality ! ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directresa, Mis Swanborough THIS EVENING, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and O•Lavine. Followed by TH VERY LATEST EDITION O F THE LADY OF LYON E S. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDrS OPERA OF MACBETH, The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now , produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts heiug_in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepferre , aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and br illiant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve; written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in. Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France Belgium They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. The massacre of the innocents, it may be ob served, has already commenced in the lower House of Parliament. The permaturity, and at the same time the extraordinary case of their destruction, can only be regarded as in some degree comparable to certain similar effects observable now-a-days in actual warfare—effects attributable in the latter instance to the astounding improvements made in fire-arms and especially in field artillery. Some thing in its way quite analogous, quite as terribly destructive as those dreadful little, easily-limbered, brass, rifled cannon of pre cision which dealt such dire destruction around them among the serried ranks of the Aus trians at Magenta and Solferino—something in its way worse than the needle-guns, deadlier than the thud of the Minie bullet, or the plash of NORTON'S liquid fire, or the whirr of the flying missiles of death discharged at invisible distances by the ord nance of Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG—something actually worse than all this is now brought to bear upon the unfortunate Innocents in the way of sweeping, instantaneous, wholesale destruc tion. It is a simple contrivance, too—a purely Whig contrivance in the first instance —one now eagerly enough adopted by the Coalition Government. It is simply the ready weapon of procrastination. The signal for the measure is the utterance of the simple watch words, Next Year. They have a won derful efficacy. They sweep difficulties away at once as with a besom of destruction. Even the Peelite Chancellor of the Exchequer has adopted the system—his Budget this session is ac• cordingly no more than a mere stop-gap or make-shift. He warns us in the very act of making it, that his real Financial Statement will be brought before the house—next year. We are getting tired to death of the phrase. Next year ! It is to uslmoderns what the Greek Kalends'iwere of old. Even the hon. member for Birmingham, though himself not breathing a ministerial atmos- phere, appears to be infected by the prevailing and pervading influence—his attempt at the modifica tion of the injustice of the equal assessment of the In come-tax upon all incomes indiscriminately, whether permanent or precarious, he postpones, until next year shall have again brought the matter under Legislative consideration. It is no wonder, then, that the Bills, now fluttering feebly through the House, are brought down by twos and by threes— Il hiz z ! !—as if in preparation for the grouse of August, an d th e p ar t rid ge shoot shooting' bang THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AMY 22, 1.81i9s LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have be en received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, FRIDAY, JULY 22. The Mundellr contains the following:— The Emperor yesterday received the diplomatic corps The Papal Nuncio, speaking in the name and sincere congratulati ons on hi s diplomatic corps, offered th e E mpero r of the his earnest b. appy return , and on his resolution to c o n c l u d e pe acel The Emperor, in reply, said —Europe was in general so unjust to me a t the begin ning of the war that I was happy t o be enabled 'to conclude peace as soon as th e honour and the interests of France were satisfied, and to prove that it never could have been my intention to overturn Europe and to provoke a general war. I hope to-day that all reasons for disunion will disappear, acid that the peace will be of long duration. I thank the diplo matic corps for their congratulations. BERLIN, JULY 21. The Prussian Gazette mentions the news pub lished by the Mayence Gazette of this day respect ing certain proposals of mediation made by the great Powers, and declares that the communica tion, as far as it concerns Prussia, is void of foun dation. MARSEILLES, JULY 21. M. Kalergis, the new ambassador of Greece at :he Court of Paris, has arrived in Constantinople. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 13th inst. The Sultan has given up his projected journey to Egypt. The Journal de Constantinople says that he will merely go to the Dardanelles. Private letters state that Bulgarian women have been carried off by the Turks, and that the Bul garian families are in consternation. The Paris Correspondent of the 3forninq Post (Second Edition), says : " According to despatches I have received from Italy it appears probable—to say the least of it —that Sardinia will, with the rest of free Italy, continue the war. I give you this opi nion with reserve, because nothing is positively settled. The King of Sardinia only signed the bases of peace with reserves ; and it may be his Majesty will not send an envoy to Swit zerland to confirm diplomatically the peace of the two Emperors signed by them at Villafranca. I see nothing but troubles and complications in all direc tions as regards Italy. Garibaldi's army remains on a full war footing, and the King of Sardinia en couragss the augmentation of the Italian forces in Tuscany and throughout the free States of the peninsula." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. PARIS BOURSE, July 21.—Heaviness continues to be the leading characteristic of the market, and prices keep steadily declining. Threes, after hav ing been done at 68f., declined to 67f. 75c., and are now at 67f. 85c.; Mooilier varied from 800 f. to 790 f. ; Austrian, 560 f. to 555 f. ; Orleans, 1,340 f. to 1,335 f. ; Lyons, 860 f. to 857 f. 50c. ; Southern, 520 f. to 510 f. The following were the last quo tations : 41 per Cents. .... 95 60 I Credit Fonder .650 Do. end month .. 95 50 Belgian 4f — 3 per Cent 5....... 67 70 Piedmon:,ese (5) Do. end month.... 67 75 Roman B7 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier .. 790 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 792 50 Home Debt 4O 25 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JULY 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 65—lowest this morning and during the night. 77—this day at noon. BettomrrEn--29.83--still falling. RIB, Sonth-Westetly ; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY .—Morning, 6h. Afternoon, 6h. 26m 6h. 47m.—Afternoon, 7 h. 9 m , To-Moititow-Morning, Next to the reception of the Chambers, the Emperor NAPOLEON yesterday received the con gratulations of the Diplomatique Body on the happy renewal of Peace. The Papal Nuncio spoke in the name of the ambassadors, and well he might, for the POPE having been placed at the head of the Italian Confederation, his representative was, of course, the proper party to take the lead. The EMPEROR, in reply, seemed to writhe under the pressure of the circumstances, and vented his spleen in the following observations, which we give more to satisfy the curious than as the true exponent of feelings which are too deep for ex pression, or too reserved for discreet utterance : " The EMPEROR, in reply, said—Europe was in general so unjust to me at the beginning of the war that I was happy to be enabled to conclude peace as soon as the honour and the interests of France were satisfied, and to prove that it never could have been my intention to overturn Europe and to provoke a general war. I hope to-day that all reasons for disunion will disappear, and that the peaee will be of long duration. I thank the diplo matic corps for their congratulations." The accounts from Italy do not by any means promise a quiet return to Peace. Indeed the shock of abruptness was so great, so unexpected, and so unpeaceable, as to have startled every one from any confidence in the sayings, still less in the doings of Emperors and Kings. So far as the King of SARDINIA is concerned, he has done his duty nobly—most royally ; but, like other well meaning people, he is at the mercy of greater ones, and so must pay the penalty. _ . In fact, every thing throughout Italy is in one commotion—confused and aggrieved thanks to the magnanimous interference of the Emperor NAPOLEON, who has contrived to unsettle every thing without satisfying any party—no, not even himself. It appears the SULTAN has given up his pro jected journey to Egypt :—we never expected that he would go. The SULTAN in Europe, and the POPE in Rome, seem both to be like fish out of water. The amendments proposed last night in the Com mittee of Ways and Means upon the Chancellor o the Exchequer's resolutions in regard to the income tax and the malt credit—were one after another coolly negatived. These amendments were three in number, were reasonable enough in themselves, were proposed two of them by the hon. baronet the member for Evesham, and the last, and in some respects the most rational and the most important, by the right hon. gentleman the member for Buck inghamshire. The proposition made by Mr. DISRAELI was simply this—to omit the subjoined words in the first resolution submitted to the Com mittee by the Chancellor of the Exchequer-- "and such additional rates and duties shall be collected and paid with and over and above the first moiety of the duties assessed or charged under the Act." The consequence of which omission world have been at once to eliminate from Mr. GLameroNE's Budget the cruel wrong which must now be inflicted through its agency upon thousands and hundreds of thousands of honest taxpayers throughout the industrial mass of our already grievously overburthened population. The adop tion by the Committee of this most reasonable amendment would have prevented the monstrous anomaly of taxing the year's income of each indivi dual .by an additional fourPeßee—in reality, how ever,.raising that cruelly abrupt increase upon the first half-year's assessment ! So that for every in come above £l5O per annum the rate of taxation will not, as the financier's first proposal might have implied, amount simply to an aggregate tax of 9d e but will actually now attain by reason o f the egregiously complacent concession of the House of Commons, the outrageous maximum of 13d. for the next six months. As for the rejected amendments moved by Sir H. WIL LOUGHBY, they were formally placed upon the papers of the House, and must have been clearly enough unc,lerstood by every member in that House last oven in i - ; before they resolved themseves pro Arnie into a Committee. The first was simply the proposition b , y the member for Evesham, that in lieu of the pro posed additional tax of fourpence in the pound, on t lll incomes about £l5O per annum , gyring these 'lost six months, there should be a d4e l to the sd_ already insured to the Exchequer ell additional 341. in the pound. The amendment - subao qu entln submitted to the Committee of Ways 41113: .M eans' ey the 11 M. baronet proposed the reduc tion - 4.tb .„ tax on , Long Annuities to Id. for eye;y pow ud of d iv id en d- One after another, as Re , have said, these three very moderate amend ments wt 're set aside by the lious .. e,then formed , 41 , s • , * l4 1 • • ... 1 4 •11 - ;.\ cir 7 4, 4, • - • . ,P:10;' • 31? ../Morr • t;,. THE SUN. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1869. ing of September, by the unerring barrel of that old Whig dodge, the new Coalition dodge of— Next Year ! There was the Roman Catholic Relief Act Amendment Bill, introduced with all ceremony by Sir WM. SOMMERVILLE, fell through in this way last evening from the right hon. baronet's conviction of the impossibility of carrying it this ses sion—an avowal that led unanimously to the order for the motion for resuming the debate upon the bill being discharged. Shortly afterwards, last night, or rather this morning, the House goes into committee upon the Municipal Corporationsßill, and, after two divi sions and a'great deal of wrangling, the Chairman of Committees reports progress thereupon. But with what reasonable prospect again upon this and other matters of real, sound, prompt, practical legislation now at the fag-end of an already used-up session ? Scarcely any whatever ! And for all this is the country indebted to • those faction fights of party warfare, which fill up the chief part of each successive session—giving us plenty of leaves in the shape of another volume of Hansard, but hardly any ripened fruits of legislative improvement. HAY.RE cs- PA.RIS,via SOUTHAMPTON. We know of no greater source of discomfort to the traveller arrived at his destination than that which results from a want of knowing " which Hotel to go to." Having ourselves experienced this inconvenience on a recent visit to Havre, we think at this season of excursion trains we cannot confer greater obligations on such of our readers as nlaY contemplate a trip to Paris via Havre, than by re commending them to Wheelor's Hotel, 17, Petit Quai, Notre Dame. From the results of our ex perience we can recommend it as offering all the elegancies of the French hotels, combined with the substantial comforts and cleanliness of our English ones. We heard several of our fair coun trywomen loud in their praises of the kindness and attention of the hostess, and the civility of the head chambermaid—an English woman. The charges are moderate ; and we must not forget to mention that we there obtained Bass's bitter beer in a state of purity and perfection that should put to shame the majority of the vendors of that article in London. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Baroness de Sternberg, late of Bels field, Windermere, Westmoreland, has just been proved by the executors, T. Tilson, Esq., of Brix ton-hill, T. Johnstone, Esq., solicitor, Raymond's buildings, and Mrs. Armistead. The personalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. The will bears date date the 4th of June, 1859, and the Baroness died on the 21st of that month. The charitable bequests are numerous, and of large amount, exceeding £25,000. Her ladyship has bequeathed to the London Hospital, the Samaritan Society con nected therewith, and to the Marine So ciety, £3,000 to each. To the Whitehaven Infirm ary, £l,OOO, towards forming a fever ward ; £3OO towards repairing a wing thereto, which was built at her expense ; £l,OOO for a Samaritan Society to the same, and £l,OOO towards the support of a chaplain to that infirmary ; and has bequeathed to the Whitehaven Infirmary the portrait of the late Joseph Steele, her friend and benefactor, with a request that it may be placed in the board-room of that institution. To the Tower Ward School, in the city of London, £2,000 ; the interest to be ap plied yearly in apprenticing the most deserving boys of that school, who are to be called " Joseph Steele's Apprentices." To the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund £l,OOO, and a legacy of £5OO to each of the following institutions : The National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church throughout England and Wales, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Society for the Employment of Additional Curates in Populous Places, Society for the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels ; Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy; London Orphan Asylum, Clapton; Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead; Adult Orphan Asylum, Regent's-park; British Orphan Asylum, Clapham; Blind School, St. George's-fields ; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road ; Governesses' Benevolent Insti tution, Harley-street ; City of London Lying-in Hospital, City-road ; Middlesex Hospital, the Can cer Ward ; Brompton Consumption Hospital ; St. Luke's Hospital ; Asylum for Idiots, Redhill ; Refuge for the Destitute, Horton ; Eastern Dis pensary, Great Alie-street ; the Westmorland Society, for the maintenance and education of chil dren of Westmorland parents, or of a Westmorland parent, born in or near London. The whole of the bequests, whether charitable or otherwise are to be paid in full, without deducting the legacy duty. The Baroness has bequeathed to:her nephews and nieces legacies amounting to about £50,000 leaving also among them the residue. She has directed £lOO to be given to the poor of the parish in which she was buried ; £5OO to the Churchardens and minister of Allhallows, the interest to be applied in keeping in repair the vault of the late Joseph Steele, and the surplus given to the poor ; £3OO to keep in repair the altar-grave of her mother ; and £5OO to the Church of St. James, Dover. She leaves to her pensioners liberal legacies, as well as to all her servants. The will of the right Hon. William Earl of Devon, D.C.L., was:proved on the 15th of July by the Right Hon. William Reginald Earl of Devon, the son and sole executor. The will is dated the 25th of September, 1850, leaving to his Countess a small pecuniary legacy, and the re sidue of his estate real and personal to his son, the present earl. The will of General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., of her Majesty's Indian Army, was proved on the 6th of July by Malcolm Orme, Esq., and Lady Lushington, the surviving executors. The late Lieutenant-Colonel George Cordell, of the East India Company's Madras establishment, was also an executor. The personalty £12,000. The tes tator bequeathed to Lady Lushington for life his estate at Murston, Kent, and after her decease to his nephew, Charles Hugh Lushington, of the Bengal establishment, his• heirs and assigns, and bequeathed a pecuniary legacy amongst his nieces, and the residue to Lady Lushington. The will was dated 9th of July, 1849.—Illustrated London News. SUICIDES IN THE SERPENTINE.—Yesterday morning more than ordinary excitement took place at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house on the north bank of the Serpentine river, Hyde-Park, in consequence of the bodies of two adult males and a youth being taken out by the drags near Kensington-gardens-bridge. It ap - pears that Parsons, the principal boatman, was out in his boat, as is his custom every morning, when he made the discovery. With assistance sent from the receiving-house by Mr. "Williams, the superintendent, the whole three were brought ashore and placed in warm baths ; and Dr. Christian, the medical attendant to the Humane Society, was promptly in attendance, and for a considerable time endeavoured to resuscitate the bodies, but without sucesss, as life was quite extinct. One of the in dividuals appeared about 60, dressed genteelly in black, but no money or letters to lead to his identity were discovered ; the other man about 35, was dressed as a mechanic—noth ing was found upon him ; the lad appears about 18 or 19, and was respectably dressed. The bodies have been re moved to Mount -street Workhouse to await the coroner's inquest, and information has been sent round to all the me tropolitan police s tations, giving a description of the per sons of the deceased, clothes, &c. It is supposed that the three unfortunate beings precipitated themselves off the bridge into the water, as their bodies were found closely contiguous to the bridge. THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS DEFENCES. —This subject was brought up at the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board yesterday, the chairman in reply to a question, stating that he had consulted the mayor upon the matter, and that they coincided in the opinion that some movement ought to be made by the public generally in the first in stance ; that the Chamber of Commerce, for instance, and the owners of goods were the proper parties to take the initiative, rather than the custodians of the goods. Mr. Laird observed that Captain Mends, of her Majesty's steamer Hastings (stationed in the Mersey), had been re quested by the government to report upon the subject. Mr. Hubbuck gave notice of a motion, in order that the ques tion might be fully entered into at a future meeting. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—We have letters from Malta to the ;16th of July, announcing the intended departure that day of a squadron for Naples, under Vice- Admiral Fanshawe, to be present at the coronation of the new King, and to impress upon his Majesty the necessity of granting a constitution and of another squadron for Alexandria, under Rear-Admiral Mundy, to do honour, it is said, to the Sultan should he carry out his projected visit to the Pasha of Egypt, who seems to have incurred the wrath of the Sultan in not immediately complying with his demands for troops and money, threatened as Turkey is by Persia on her frontier. The Cressy, ship of the line, reached Malta from England on the loth of July. The Banshee left Malta for Marseilles on the 16th, conveying his Royal highness Prince Alfred and Major Cowell, his governor repairing to England at the solicitation of her Majesty. FALLACY OF "PERPETUAL MOTION."— How many truly beautiful mechanical contrivances have been constructed, with the fallacious idea that they would con tinue to go on perpetually I It is one thing to impart a sufficient amount of centrifugal force to overcome those of friction and gravitation, but quite a different matter to store it up and control it. A cannon acquires its propelling power by the chemical action of fire and gunpowder pro ducing suddenly a quantity of gas. The mechanical action or force of this drives out the ball, and the mechanical action of the air stops its flight, while the force of gravita tion brings it to the ground. In Galileo's Wheel, the power of velocity to overcome gravitation is demonstrated, but so long only as the force of the momentum lasts. After all, however, what are the most wonderful productions of the greatest human genius—even those of a Newton or a Galileo—when compared with the handiwork of One who is the only maker of Perpetual Motion, in matchless majesty and harmony I—aalileo'elrlisel,the,New Toy from Tuscany. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 922 25 .. 920 New ditto BlO .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean 855 .. 856 25 Geneva — .. 522 50 Southern Western 547 50 .. 545 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. Gc. ; money, 25f 4c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 94c • money, 24f. 93c. THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have received, by extraordinart , express, our letters and papers from Bombay down to June 23. The following is from the Bombay Standard of June 23 :—The present mail carries but little news of interest to Europe. The remnants of the rebel- lion, with their leaders, seem to have taken up their abode permanently in the territory of Nepaul, from which Jung Bahadoor does not seem inclined to oust or to disturb them. Most of our troops are seeking comfortanle quarters until the return of the cold weather, when we trust the work of crushing out every spark cf the rebellion will be fully and finally accomplished. In the meantime diplo macy, if all its resources have not already been exhausted, which we fear is the case, may do something in our behalf at the Court of Nepaul, and succeed in obtaining for us what our arms and our generalship have failed in secur ing. A line of defence is to be established along the frontier of 0 ide, by means of the new local military police corps. The line to be protected will extend from the north-western boundary of Goruck por to the borders of Rohilcund. At Toolseepore and Bhinga, Trans•Raptee, will be stationed equal forces of 400 infantry and 100 cavalry. In addition, the Rajah of Bulrampore will occupy with his troops three posts of minor communication on the same side of the river. A regiment of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry will be stationed in the neighbourhood of Bankee, and a force of 200 in- fantry on the side of the Gogra to the south of Singhai. These frontier outposts will be under the charge of Captain Hill. Further, the supports to the police line of frontier will be at Nanparah, the Moradabad levy at Baraitch, Ist Punjaub Cavalry, and sth Punjaub hfantry at Gondab (head-quarters Trans-Gogra) and H.M.'s 20th, a battery of Royal Artillery, Hodsons Horse, and Ist Sikh Cavalry, in the neighbourh,)od of Dokreah, where .the three frontiers of Nepaul, Oude, and Goruckpore de bouch. Several rewards have been bestowed recently upon natives of influence in acknowledgment of their services in sa.ving the lives of Englishmen, or whose loyalty was man fest and unshaken during the re bellion. The most noticeable case is that of Dig bejeo. Singh, of fulram pore, who has had the title of Maharaja bestmed upon him for the great ser vice he rendered in protecting and saving the life of the present (ommissioner of Oude, Mr. Wing field, and also the lives of other English officers. The enlistmentquestion, as it affects the European troops of the late Last India Company, has continued to disturb the met interested in the settlement of the question, andto occupy public attention. The subject has, howcver, been exhausted, and the men are now quietly mailing the result of a reference to the home authwities. The medals for : ) ersia, have been distributed to the 2d Bombay Euroican Light Infantry. A correspon dent, under date the 11th inst., writes us from Belgaum ar follovs :—" The whole of the troops at this station were assembled yesterday evening on the general parao3 ground, to witness the presen tation of the Persian medals to the 2d European regiment of light infantry. At five o'clock they wero formed up it three sides of a hollow square in contiguous eolanns at quarter distance, the 2d Europeans formiv the base, artillery and 56th the right side, and 1411 Regiment of Native Infantry and 3d extra battalior, the left side of the square. On the arrival :f General Farrell and staff the medals were disributed to the gallant 2d, who, I have no doubt, should opportunity offer, will be most anxious to place another honour beside the one they so gallaitly earned in Persia, The elite of Belgaum—civil and military—attended to wit ness the ceremony, but unfortunately the weather was not propitious, the troops having scarcely time to march past in quick time before a smart shower put an end to the parade much to the regret of the ladies, who, I observed, mustered very strong on the occasion." _ At many of the stations on this side of India cholera has been very prevalent during the month, in many places carrying off large numbers and ex hibiting itself in a virulent type. On the island of Bombay it has proved fatal to a large number of natives. We regret to say that Lieutenant E. M. Smith, RN., Admiralty agent of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Granada, has fallen a victim to it. The Lzwknow Herald, of the 15th inst., has the following :—" There is absolutely not a word of news of any importance from the interior or the frontier, nor is there any in Lucknow itself. Every thing everywhere is as quiet and satisfactory as can well be. We regret to hear, however, that Brigadier Horsford has arrived very ill of fever. He is staying with Sir Hope Grant at the Dilk hoosa, where, it is hoped, he will soon recover. We have not heard whether it is his intention to proceed to the hills, but possibly he may do so. His has indeed been a hard life during the last five or six months. Her Majesty's 73d and the Kumaon battalion were at Byram ghat on the 13th ; the former en route to Lucknow, the latter to the Kumaon hills. The Rifle Brigade were to leave Barraith this morning for Lucknow." The Scindian supplies the following from a cor respondent at Hyderabad:—" Your readers will be glad to hear that a field force, under command of Lieutenant Roonie, attacked and nearly extermi nated Adul Mahomed Khan's cavalry. This ac tion took place in the jungles between Tronda and Garrispore, early on the morning of the 10th May. As Lieutenant Roonie did not leave Mun growlie till the morning of the 15th, his force must have marched between 60 and 70 miles at a stretch. It was quite a cavalry affair, for on arriving at the village where the rebels had encamped, it was found that they had just left, the infantry were therefore halted, while the cavalry divided into three parties, and taking different roads, pursued at a gal lop. That portion of them led by Lieutenants Roonie and Bradford had not proceeded above three or four miles before they suddenly cam: , upon Adul Mahomed Khan at the head of a large body of ca• valry. This they at once charged and routed, and in the charge and subsequent pursuit (which latter was kept up for several miles) they killed numbers of the enemy, and among them some men of consequence. There is a report that Adul Khan escaped, but that requires confirmation. The cavalry engaged in this affair was that known as Mayne's Horse, and when it is considered that between the mornings of the 15th and 16th they had marched, fought, and pursued a distance of 70 miles, I think they are deserving of great credit, and it only shows what natives can do when pro pe'rly led and commanded. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. FROM 4TH TO 22D JUNE. The stringency of money which continued to prevail at the close of our last report has now been exchanged for an abundance equally great, and the bank's rates of accommodation having been lowered at intervals during the fortnight by 4 to 5 per cent., now stand at 6 per cent. for loans on Government Securites, and 7 per cent. for short private bills. The inactivity of our market for im ports, consequent upon the close of the fair season, and the large quantiities of bullion now held by the banks have been the chief causes of this sudden change. The rains, which commenced in this island on the 2d inst., have been heavy, but it is as yet too early to speculate upon the prospects for crops in the interior. In exports there has been a fair business doing, for though few buyers for shipment to England have come forward, a con siderable demand has sprung up for China, causing an advance in the value of cotton, which would otherwise have been on the decline. The abund ance of money has as usual caused some improve ment in the value of bank shares and public secu rities, and the latter have advanced to 87 for Five Cent. paper; although Fours, which appear to be much out of favour, are only worth 731 per cent. Cotton.—The reduced prices for the staple which were quoted at the date of our last issue, were not enough to induce many buyers for the European markets to come forward, and a further decline might probably have occurred, but for a demand which arose for shipment for China, turning gra dually to advance their rates again to rs. 145, rs. 139, and rs. 137, for Broach, Dholera, and Oomra wuttee respectively. Freights.—The decline in the rates to English ports has continued, in consequence of the sudden falling off in shipments caused by the eommence ment of the rains, and the increase of tonnage in harbour. Exchange.—There have been few bills in the market lately, and the tendency of rates has been generally downwards. First class paper is this afternoon worth 2s. Old. to 2s. Old., and document bills 2s. ld. per rupee. Sight bills on Calcutta are quoted 991 per cent., on Madras 891„ and 60 days' sight on China are worth 214 per 100 dols. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Colombian arrived at Aden on the 11th of July. H T delay had been occasioned by damage to machinery, which had been rectified. These mails will be conveyed from Alexandria to Malta and Southampton per Ripon ; and those for the overland route per Panther, to Marseilles, leaving Malta about the 21st or 22d of July. The Colombian will return from Suez with the outward. Australian mail. THE MEDITERR ANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Colombo, Capt. Field, has arrived. She left Alexandria July 10, Malta July 15, and Gibraltar July 17. The Orissa arrived out at Alexandria on the 10th. The Colombo brings 1 21 passengers, 9 packages specie, value unknown, 1,934 bales silk, and general cargo. She has a Mediterranean mail only. THE HAILSTORM AT SOUTIIGATE.—The village of Southgate was visited Wedntoenisdtarcnoauftmerninootnhowmitehmothrye most fearful hail and thunderstorm h-west direction all skylights of man. In the north and n and glass-houses of every description are one complete wreck, —the cornfields a mass of stubble, the corn being off, (.1. beaten down to the ground, so as either cut entirely Fruit a nd flowers ell gone, not a ves to be almost useless, g on the trees ; and the carriage tige of fruit remacinovineerende with leaves and branches, alto - drives and roads of devastation seldom to be wit gether presenting nessed, and of whlachscit would be impossible to convey an adequate idea, un ess, indeed, we compare it to some poor village through which an hostile army has unfortunate passed, spreading destruction around, the houses not having escaped, the w indows being completely shattered, and sky lights one quarter of an inch in thickness broken like sheet g lass. On the lawn of Mr. Samuel Sugden, of Oak Villa, h a ilstones found after the storm were the size of apples, measu ring four in ches in circumference, some of which were brought to town this morning, and 16 hours after wards measured fully two inches. Such a storm was never before known, and long may it be before the peaceful vil lage of Southgate again present so fearful a spectacle. 'jilt UNDERSTORMS.—SOUTHAMPTON,Thursday, This town and neighbourhood were visited by anotherstorm early this morning, which lasted with brief intermissions, f r om a quarter p ast 2 till about half- p ast 6. The thun de r was ve ay heavy, especially the last peal, which seemed to shake the earth, and roused from their slumbers even those inverately sound sleepers who were proof against the pre vious outbursts of the storm, The electric fluid descended the chimney of a house in Sussex-place, occupied by Mr. T. I'. Payne, dentist, tearing the gate out of its place, breaking the marble chimney-piece, and filling the room with sulphur and soot. Mrs. Payne, who was hi bed with her infant at the ti , ,ne, was providentially preserVed from harm, although, of course, much alarmed, and none of the other inmates of the house received any injury. The lightning was very fierce, and rain fell heavily. .About 4 o'clock, yesterday morning there was a little thunder, lightning, and rain ; and on Monday evening, between 8 and 10 o'clock, a heavy storm passed over the town. Several places in the upper part 01 Hampshire experienced severe thunderstorms during ye sterday, and at the Michcldever station of the South!. Western Railway 30 or 40 panes of glass were broken by the lumps of ice which fell. Like damage was inflicted upon the windows of different houses in other parts of the country. SUICIDE BY JUMPING FROM A WINDOW.—An inquest was held yesterday at St. George's Hospital on the body of Mary Abbey, aged 21, who was cook in the family of Mrs. Phillips, of Wilton-street, Belgraie-square. The deceased occupied a room at the top of the house, which was six storeys high, and on Monday morning about six o'clock she threw herself out of the window into the area. Both her legs were broken, and she was conveyed to the hospital in a dying state. No cause could be assigned for her com mitting suicide. Verdict, " Temporary mental derange ment," TILE NAVY. The Channel fleet, at present at Portland, will leave that anchorage, according to present arrange ments, on the 25th inst. for Spithead, where it will undergo necessary repairs, and the crews will have leave of absence ashore. The hired troopship Sea Breeze will embark at Portsmouth, for the Mauritius, a detachment of the 2d battalion sth Foot, consisting of four officers and 32 men. Surgeon Protheroe, R.A., and wife will also embark at the same time for the Mauri tius. The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander Hire, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead yesterday, where she was officially inspected by Captain A. Farquhar, of her Majesty's ship Vic tory. The Urgent will proceed to Deptford to-day to load stores for Malta, if some slight repairs to the crosshead of her donkey engine should be com pleted. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Capt. Crawford, has been removed from the fitting basin to a berth in Ports mouth harbour. The Undaunted,target ship, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and placed in the fitting basin, for the purpose of affixing some iron plates on her sides to be experimented upon from the gun nery ship Excellent. The Bacchante, 50, screw, on her being launched at Portsmouth on the 30th inst., will be taken in hand immediately, and brought forward for the second class steam reserve. The Odin, 22, on completing her repairs in the steam basin at Portsmouth, is ordered to be brought forward for the second class steam reserve. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Portsmouth yesterday by train from Dover, on the way to Osborne. His Royal Highness was re ceived at the railway station by Flag Capt. Farqu har, and conveyed to the dockyard in the carriage of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., where his Royal Highness embarked on board the Fairy, Commander the Prince Leiningen, and left immediately for Osborne. His Royal High ness travelled strictly in privacy, no salutes being fired or any demonstration whatever being made. The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com mander Dunn, from Sheerness, arrived at Ply mouth on Wednesday morning, with Mr. Paul, Assistant-Master-Attendant and his men, who were immediately transferred to the Octavius, 50, ap pointed to be towed from Plymouth yesterday morning for Portsmouth, where she is to be con verted into a screw. The screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, went from Plymouth Sound, on Wednesday, into Hamoaze, to have some defects made good. The screw steam ship Revenge, 91, at Plymouth, was receiving her guns on Wednesday. The gunboat Jackdaw was removed on Monday from Keyham to Devonport dockyard to expedite her preparations for sea. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, at Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Monday IN ith supernumeraries for the guardship Impregnable, and returned to Falmouth on Tuesday. The apprentices' brig Sealark, 8, Lieut. Marcus Lowther, tender to the Britannia, at Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesdoy. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Gladiator, 6, Com mander Hickley, went from Hamoaze on Tuesday into Plymouth Sound to try her engines. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Louis Geneste, to the Excellent ; Lieut. Hugo B. Burnaby, to the Nile ; Lieut. H. G. Belson, to the Imperieuse ; Lieut. T. F. Studdert, to the Diadem ; F. C. H. Petch, master's assistant, to the Topaze ; and E. F. Merewether, master's assistant, to the Mars. THE ARMY. A new and improved description of tent for military purposes, the invention of Major Rhodes, late of the 94th Regiment, having been brought under the notice of the authorities at the Horse Guards, the Duke of Cambridge has given direc tions for two of the tents to be pitched at Chatham garrison, in order to put to a practical test the superiority of the invention over the ordinary mili tary tents now in use by the army when encamped at Aldershot, the Curragh, Chatham, and other military stations. Two of the tents have accord ingly just been erected on the grounds adjoining , the Garrison Hospital at Chatham, under the per sonal superintendence of Major Rhodes, and during the storm and hurricane which swept over Chatham on Wednesday night they were found to be in every respect superior to the ordinary tents erected near the same spot. The largest of Major Rhodes's tents is about 30 feet in length, 15 wide, and 10 in height, and is a kind of oval and vaulted construction so that no part of the exterior presents a lodgment for moisture. Instead of the ordinary tent-pole, which is found to take up so much room in a tent, the interior is entirely free from this obstruction, thus allowing tables and seats, as in the soldiers' barrack-rooms, to be placed in the tents—an arrangement impossible in the present military tents. The covering of the tent is supported on light and ingeniously contrived bowed ribs, which fit into sockets, and can be moved and stowed away with the greatest ease and celerity. The system of ventilation is most efficient, the " roof" of the tent being provided with ventilating holes, which can be opened and closed at pleasure. Major Rhodes has named his large tent " the hospi tal tent." After the tent had been fixed on Wed nesday afternoon, ten of the portable bedsteads from the hospital were moved into it, and as many ,. patients directed to take possession of them. Not withstanding the tremendous storm which raged early yesterday morning, not the slightest incon venience was experienced by the inmates, who slept as dry as in an ordinary room, while many of the other tents admitted the water , which pouredin as through a sieve. Major Rhodes's hospital d tent can e y in a o. bout be pitched by eight men in 12 minutes 1 ; saonpeNgvsbeain-ed as in the present tents there are about 4700 pegs ss and d each, r t o h p e es ne t w o , di no secure ing the night to " slack ' the . rope matter _ e case necessity for the men to , turn ou i s n as.s r th ar with the present tents —a s erioti h s ,y ma sie e k r when that tent weighs about 1121bs. Majordut has ßh odteos,sbe performed less than the hospital marquee, and its whole hospital cost is about £3 under thecontract price. The field tent for troops, one of which . has also been erected close to the hospital tent, is of bell shape, and about 10 feet in diameter. The support in this tent a l so is in ribs, which form a kind of vaulted frame, over which the covering is placed. The middle area is hot diminished by a pole, and the men can stand up right with ease. This tent will accommodate 10 men, and is supplied with short ropes on which each sol- I dier can hang his accoutrements. TRE INCOME TAX. (Front the Times City Article.) In confirmation of the remarks made on the Budget the day before yesterday, complaints have been received regarding numerous special instances in which the proposal to levy the whole of the in tended increase to the income-tax in a single half year will operate with peculiar hardship. As mere matters of calculation, they are so precise and un deniable that they are certain, upon being properly represented, to receive attention. Whatever may be the opinion as to any recommendations of Mr. Gladstone, no one will doubt that they are always put forth with conscientious anxiety, and that there will never be a disposition to maintain them from the feeling too often manifested by less scrupulous financiers, that the protesting parties are so small a minority that they may be ill-treated without danger. It nny therefore be expected that the grievances in question will be redressed, or that, failing this, such explanations with be accorded as will cause them to be tolerated for the sake of public convenience at a particular emergency. Nine people out of ten who would resist the least infrac tion of their rights when attempted without apology, would submit quietly to sacrifices that might be asked from them with a candid appeal to their forbearance. With regard to the re-imposi tion of the income-tax on a scale to favour one class at the expense of another, the same argument ap plies. If persons realising more than £l5O per annum are to contribute in a heavier proportion than those below that sum, then those of £5OO should pay less than those of £l,OOO, and so oil until the principle is carried to its logical conclu sion in the case of the largest incomes. The experi ment was tried after the first French Revolution, and found itS natural result. In now reviving it, without pointing out its real character, and warn ing the public that the force of his name is not be lent to establish it as a precedent, Mr. Gladstone failed to perform a duty he owed to himself, no less than to the world. From any one without reputa tion for innate rectitude the matter would involve little danger, but the confidence of the public in the present Chancellor of the Exchequer is founded on a conviction of his honesty and unselfishness, and such an omission, therefore, on his part, cannot be passed over without regret. " NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN."—There is not in any department of science, or in all our mighty im • proven - lents, anything but putting to new uses old laws and properties of matter. All our great inventions, as we call them, are but the discovery and application of the laws of nature to our own purposes. Thus, steam always possessed the same power that it does now; the vapour arising from boiling water, with all its mighty forces, was a law of na ture ; the work which is now accomplished by that potent agent is but the application to new uses of what has existed since the world began ; and the so-called " new invention," the gyroscope, has been known for more than two centuries as the wheel of Galileo.—Galileo 's Wheel, the New toy from Tuscan;/. LITERATURE. The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith. Part VII. Longman. This seventh part completes the set of Sydney Smith's works in the cheap edition. We cannot doubt that the writings of one whose name has become a household word from his keen sagacity, his sound sense, and his genuine humanity, will receive a ready welcome from many classes of the community now they are accessible on such mode rate terms. In this seventh and concluding part the title pages and tables of contents requisite for binding the two volumes of essays are added. Sydney Smith's preface to his collected works is of course appended, and those who have not met with the larger edition of his works, may be interested in his own account of the origin of the famous Edinburgh Review : When first I went into the Church, I had a curacy in the middle of Salisbury Plain. The Squire of the parish took a fancy to me, and requested me to go with his son to reside at the University of Weimar . ; before we could get there Germany became the seat of war, and in stress of politics we put into Edinburgh, where I remained five yearn• The principles of the French Revolution were then fully afloat, and it is impossible to conceive a more violent and agitated state of society. Among the first persons with whom I became acquainted were Lord Jeffrey, Lord Mur ray (late Lord Advocate for Scotland), and Lord Brougham; all of them maintaining opinions upon political subjects a little too liberal for the dynasty of Dundas, then exercising supreme power over the northern division of the island. One day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Buccleuch-place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was ap pointed Editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The motto I proposed for the Review was, " Tenui musam meditamur avena." " We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal." But this was too near the truth to be admitted, and so we took our present grave motto from Publius Syrus, of whom none of us had, I am sure, ever read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able journal. When I left Edinburgh, it fell into the stronger hands of Lord Jeffrey and Lord Brougham, and reached the highest point of popularity and success. I con tributed from England many articles, which I have been foolish enough to collect, and publish with some other tracts written by me. To appreciate the value of the Edinburgh Review, the state of England at the period when that journal began. should be had in remembrance. The Catholics were not emancipated—the Corporation and Test Acts were unre pealed—the Game Laws were horribly oppressive—Steel Traps and Spring Guns were set all over the country-- Prisoners tried for their Lives could have no Counsel—Lord Eldon and the Court of Chancery pressed heavily upon mankind—Libel was punished by the most cruel and vin dictive imprisonments—the principles of Political Eco nomy were little understood—the law of Debt and of Con spiracy were upon the worst possible footing—the enormous wickedness of the Slave Trade was tolerated—a thousand evils were in existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these efforts have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review. I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of : I always endeavoured to fight against evil ; and what I thought evil then, I think evil now. lam heartily glad that all our disqualifying laws for religicus opinions are abolished, and I see nothing in such measures but unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment. The Parent's Cabinetof Amusement and Instruction. Part VIII. Smith and Elder. This admirable little miscellany is suited for young people of varying ages and degrees of intel ligence. It is written throughout in a clear and simple style, but it contains a good deal of informa tion that elder readers need not despise. Accounts of travels, of steam engines, inventions, manufac tures, biographical sketches, natural history, Sze., are mingled with anecdotes and stories of all de scriptions. It deserves to be extensively circulated in this new and attractive form, and should find admittance into every juvenile library. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(T.ZIIS DAY.) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) GRAND FIELD-DAY WITH THE TALLY-MEN. To-day was a grand field-day with the tally-men at this court, at least 40 of the list being these cases. Amongst the number were the following : ROY V. MARTIN. This was a summons to recover a sum due for clothes alleged to have been supplied to the defendant. Mrs. Martin pleaded that the goods had been purchased by her son, and that defendant (her husband) was only guarantee. Plaintiff denied this, and said that Martin, sen., himsel f had the goods. Upon inquiry, his Honour found that Mrs. Martin had authority to agree to pay the debt by Is. weekly instalments, and an order to that effect was made. ROY V. CANNAN. This was a summons to recover 9s. 7d. for goods sold and delivered to defendant's wife. Defendant appeared and denied all knowledge of the affair. Plaintiff—Why you paid me le. upon one occasion. Defendant—lndeed, I did not. I never saw you before, and I know you never saw me. Nonsuited. ROBJOHN V. FOARE. In this case the last plaintiff appeared, and stated that he had purchased the debts and business of Mr. Robjohnt who had retired. Defendant—Mr. Roy has nothing to do with me. I owed Mr. Robjohn the money three years ago. His Honour—Have you got Robjohn's authority to sue t Plaintiff—No. His Honour—Then the case must be adjourned. ROBJHON V. DUNN. This was a similar case, and Roy's collector stated th ll4 ho had received money from the defendant. His Honour—You must produce Robjohn's authority. Adjourned. TIIORNE V. LIPMAN. Mr. Roy said this was a case in which he had purchased a business, with a ll d e b ts and liabilities. Defendant D. paid witness various sums of money, and his authority had never been disputed. His Honour —You must produce Thorne's authority to sue. Supposing some person was to find out that Robjoha or Thorne had a dozen debtors in Gresham-street, it would be a very comfortable thing for him to sue and recover ill this court. Adjourned. SHARP V. GRAHAM. This was a summons for goods sold and delivered t° defendant, a single woman. A person who attended for defendent said—That peril° was an unfortunate girl, who had dealt with plaintiff for a veil long while ; in fact, had a running account. Defendant paid when she had any money. His Honour—Did plaintiff know defendant was an 49 ' 4 fortunate girl ? Witness--yes. The poor girl is quite destitute. His Honour —She has made a bargain and must keep I " She must pay at ls. per week. SHARP V. POLLEN. This was a summons to recover. the balance of a £3 105• tally bill. Mrs. Pollen attended and declared that her huibau cl knew nothing of this matter. In answer to inquiries, his Honour elicited that di original claim was £1 ss. for a shawl, and £2 6s. for song' silk. • His Honour—What became of these things ? Mrs. Pollen—l raised some money upon the shawl, and I and another woman had the silk between us. My husban d never saw either of the articles. Plaintiff called me a swindler. His Honour —And he was not far wrong. Plaintiff declared that the husband was cognisant of the transaction, and had paid him money, but Mrs. Pollen was 80 positive to the contrary that his Honour mid plaintiff could subpoena the husband. Mrs. Pollen—He is in the country. His Honour—Where ? will be at least 20s. His le contract s s H P o o n l ou n rTh or e thamptonshe. money Plaintiff—l shall withdraw. His Honour—That is your best plan. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7.HIS DAY) MARLBORO UGH- STREET. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN ST. MARTIN's-couRT.--* Frances Knipe, 20, Marsden-terrace, Camden -town, iva l charged with cutting and wounding John Wainwright with a razor with intent to murder him. William Wainwright, 15, Upper Rathbone-place, a taller , said the prisoner lived at his brother's, who was in the h O5- pital unable to attend. Last night, about 12, he was coming through St. Martin's -court. His brother was with Wu' . The prisoner ran against them, and asked his brothel: where he had been, and said, " He had got the key, butti°' that" (a razor), with which she immediately slashed h' across the face and throat, inflicting several severe wou: one of them b e i ng on the throat. Ho (witness) seized 1; and detained h er , an d a gentleman coming up, took 1111 brother to the h osp it a l , He took the razor from her, and it was at the time covered with blood. The razor was here produced and still bore marks ° f blood on it. The witness said he had been to the hospital that morn ing, and hi s b ro th er could only just speak. A large piece of his chi n h a d b een dangling down and was only kept frow falling off by bandages. The following certificate was then handed in by S tride ' 83 C:-- " Charing Cross Hospital, Friday'. " I hereby certify, that John Wainwright is sutferiq from three severe wounds about his face and throat, and unable to attend from loss of blood. "J. COTTON ARNOLD, House Surgeon. " The pri soner was reman d e d f or a week to see t h e row" of the injuries to the wounded man.