The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-17 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE AT ISLINGTON. Yesterday another of those dreadful occurrences which have too often of late shocked the public mind in connection with the great question of "the social evil," was brought to light, and cause great excitement and sensation in the parish of Islington and the immediate neighbourhood, it having be come known that a dreadful murder of a female had been committed by a man, who is at present un known, and that the victim was an "unfortunate," of the name of Phillips, better known in the neigh bourhood as "Mrs. Cooke," who resided at 10, Park-road, Barnsbury-road, a place of apparently great respectability. The circumstances connected with this case are of the most melancholy description, at once show ing that the commission of the dreadful crime was premeditated, and actuated by jealousy. The un fortunate female was one of that vast number who swell the " social evil" of the metropolis ; but al though not in the habit of throwing herself in the way of her admirers by common parade, she was, to all intents, one of that number. She made assign ations, and thus carried on her means of livelihood. She `teas about 32 years of age, of somewhat mas culine appearance, nothing particularly prepossess ing in feature, but dressed fashionably and gay ; and although, it is supposed, under the care of one gentleman, she received the attention of others. Her house was handsomely furnished. It was not what was generally known as a " common," but as a " gay" house, and the neighbours affirmed that broughams, gentlemen on horseback, and others moving in a high sphere of society, were constant visitors, and that a female lodger had there resided about three months. A wealthy tradesman in the neighbourhood was also stated as being one of her numerous admirers, and it was at first thought that the deceased was his son. A most melancholy portion of this tragic scene is that themale deceased, although his mind must have been fully prepared to commit this dreadful murder and suicide, a short time previously to its commission actually ac companied a s'reet organ with his voice in its per formance of the " Old Hundredth," at the same time having in his possession a loaded six-barrelled revolver—the instrument with which he intended to carry out his murderous designs, and a new clasp-handled knife with a blade fully six inches in length. The cause of this shocking affair was pro bably jealousy, as in the pocket-book of the man was found a document, on which the following words were wril ten in a very legible hand :—" I said it should not last a twelvemonth. Mr. Els mere and Mr. Horlick are to blame, and I leave them to the everlasting curse of a dying man." On the back of the document there was written, "In Chancery At the suit cr very.'" The supposi tion is that the unfortunate man was attached to the law. On searching the male deceased, in his pockets were found the portrait of a ballet-girl, and in his pocket-book several poetical effusions, illus trative of his love of female society were also found, as also several receipes and matters connected with science. He was very fashionably attired, and from the connection of the female withlhimself there did not appear to have been the slightest mistrust on her part, as on Thursday next there was an ap pointment existing between them for visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent's-park. About 12 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Inspector Judge, of the N division, was informed that something was believed to be wrong at the above house, in consequence of the only other lodger in the house, a female of the name of Sarah Scott, not having seen her landlady or "her friend" about during the morning. In the most prompt manner Mr. Judge, accompanied by Sergeant Witherington, 24 N, and Police-constable Ryan, 137 N, proceeded to the house in question, and having knocked at the back parlour door, found they could not gain admittance. Finding that the door could not be forced the in spEctor directed the constable to procure a ladder, which having been done, an entry by the back par lour window was effected. In that small room, about eight feet wide by ten feet long, a most hor rible sight met their gaze. On the bed was disco vered the lifeless body of a young man, fully dressed, with a revolver having still a charge in it, weltering in blood, and by his side the victim of his jealousy, dreadfully wounded, and quite dead. The top part of the bed and the floor presented a very dreadful appearance, both being literally covered with blood. Mr. Judge at once sent off for medical assistance, and Mr. J. W. Wilson, surgeon, of 22, Brunswick place, arrived shortly after one o'clock, and proceeded to make an examination of the bodies. Mr. Wilson found on the female two pistol wounds above the left ear, each wound being about an inch from each other. There was a great amount of effusion of blood under the left eye-lid, which cause] it to have the appearance of having received a severe blow, with rigidity of the body, showing the deceased; had been dead some hours ; the body, however, at the time being a little warm. On examining the body of the female lie found no external marks of violence, although this cannot be clearly ascertained until the pest mortem examina tion takes place. It may be stated that the deceased had every appearance of being pregnant, although this could not be easily ascertained, as the police at present could not allow the bodies to be re moved. On examining the body of the man, it was discovered that b )th his hands were much con tracted, and one of them was blackened by the effects of the powder. The police took the re volver, which was firmly clenched in deceased's right baud, and on removing it, proceeded to examine the body as to the spot of the mortal wound. This was not a matter of muoh time, for, although the escape of blood 'resent e d a frightful appearance, yet its source was easily and at once to be traced, a large pistol shot wound with laceration of the in teguments being found in the front of the forehead, the wound penetrating the skull. Mr. Wilson's opinion is that the deceased must have placed the pistol direct to his forehead, and without a mos meet's thought h ve discharged it, the ball p ass i ng into the skull, and completely shattering the brain. No mark of the ball could be observed as having passed through the back of the head. The mouth was next examined, for the purpose of ascertaining whe her the deceased had placed the pistol therein, but from the appearances presented there is not the slightest reason for so supposing, as the teeth are not in the least disturbed, nor the mouth blackened or smelling of powder. There is every reasonable belief that the man destroyed himself in the way described, and that death must have resulted instantaneously. From the calm and com posed appearance of the unfortunate woman, the supposition is that her life was taken during sleep, as she was lying in bed undressed. The only lodger at present in the house, Mrs. Sarah Scott, who states that she is a married woman, but not residing with her husband, informed Inspector Judge that she only knew the deceased man by hearing the unfor tunate female call him " her dear friend Henry." Last night he came to see h er an d h a d w i th them some " old Torn." She left them, as usual, sitting in the parlour, and. then retired to rest, her bedroom being on the floor immediately over that 'in which the tragical occurrence hap pene']. She, being a sound sleeper, was not dis turbed in bed during the night, and in the morning got up and went down stairs about nine o'clock She went about the house and did her work in the ordinary manner, and when she had finished was lather surprised that she had seen nor heard any thing of either party. She knocked at the door some time, and not nceiving any answer went up stairs, and f eling alarmed sent for the sister of the deceased, Mrs. Lorenza Phillips, residing at 19, Trinity-street, in the immediate neighbourhood. She shortly afterwards arrived, and tried to break open the door,, but without avail, and the police were then sent for. Although it has been previ ously stated that three Shots were fired, Mrs. Scott says that she never heard the least noise or disturb ance whatever. That the noise of the explosions was heard is plainly proved by the following statement, volun teered by a female residing three doors off, and which was given in our reporter's hearing. She said :—" This morning, abut two o'clock, I was sitting up in bed with the face-ache. It was light ning at the time. I heard a report, which lat first thought was thunder, although it did not sound so strong, and it caused the dog to bark. About two minutes afterwards I heard a second report, and after the same interval I beard another. After that all was quiet." Other and closer neighbours, it may be remarked, also heard the noise of the explosions. fol A lo s w t i h n e g d d e e ce se a r zed t. m an is not known, we give the iin ip e ion of him, premising that the whole of his 0;,-1 light complexion, "H. R. H. is rather thin, N , i i t ).,t complexion, about five feet ten inches i n perfectt has t light and bushy whiskers, grey eyes, ii ;etb, and hair light and inclining to be sandy. Tweed.. waistcoat, is dressed in Tweed liepper-and• silt coat, dark and dceskili treuseis, with a small stripe down the side. H s PI pattern and necktie • is what is generally known as the "Cambricloebl ne,' and he had a tourist's brown hat without the maker's name. The revolver, which is not a new one, is a Six barrel one, also without the maker's name. Great praise is due to Mr. Inspector Judge for the cool and deliberate manner in which he carried out his arrangements, and for the efforts he made to identify_ the body of the deceased man. The inquest will be held, it is stated, on Satur clay morning. 1 ili SU - S, LONDO N,.• METHODICAL MENDICITY. Of all unprofitable methods of almsgiving that of bestowing indiscriminate charity upon the beggars in the streets of London is perhaps the worst. Mendicity, unfortunately, is a profession or trade, and a profitable one too. The beggars have their regular beats. They have special methods of working upon the sympathies and tender feelings of charitable persons ; they look to the steady prosecution of their calling for a subsistence which can scarcely be called precarious. The office of interfering between the outstretched hand of charity and the wretched crea ture who to all appearance is sunk in the lowest depth of human misery is an ungracious one, but it is one which, for the sake of the deserving poor should not be neglected. There are, un doubtedly, to be met with in the streets of London objects worthy of all c ommiseration, but how are we to distinguish between real and fictitious misery? The chances are as about ninety to one that a Lon don beggar is an impostor. There are some per sons of excellent intention who would say "For the sake of that one turn not away from the ninety." It is added that we ought not in any case, save one of notorious and patent imposture, to harden our hearts against thespectacle of human misery, lest in the end we prove too successful, and become, in fact, indifferent to the sufferings of our fellow-creatures. Now suggestions of this descrip are very captivating at first sight. There are few persons removed themselves from absolute misery who would not be disposed to afford a certain mea sure of relief to any poor creature who might be iu their way, could they feel the assurance that by so doing they were not encouraging imposture. It is not from want of compassion, but from the absence of certainty, that men who know this town well have brought themselves to turn a deaf ear to the beggar in the public streets. Even men like Lord Shaftesbury, who have made charity, as it were, a career, have told the public that if they would not work more evil than good they must rush past the street beggars without any idea of affording them relief. They are for the most part mere impostors. Just the same is the case of the begging letter writers, and of other who tell their piteous stories to the public through the advertising columns of the daily journals. To make our meaning clear with reference to this last class we will take a few headings from the Men dicity Society's report, such as are commonly em ployed in this form of application :—" To the charitable, benevolent, or affluent ;" "To the humane and benevolent i " "To those who can feel for the sick and hungry ;" " Awful distress of a clergyman's daughter ;" " Distress of widow with a large family—unparalleled suf ferings—literally starving." Against all such head ings, and the applications to which they serve as introductions, we pray all our benevolent readers to be continually on their guard. If they should be sl ill-advised as to attend to any of these heart rending requests, the probabilities are that they will be merely affording encouragement to some idle and profligate person to continue a career of vice and shame. The question then arises, " What is to be done?" Is is pretended that misery does not exist in the back streets and blind alleys of London ? Surely not ; misery is there to be found in many very terrible forms, and misery which requires all the assistance which can be spared by those who have been blessed with more abundant means. If it is desired to deal with it—in the first place, we would say let every one attend in the first instance to those cases of distress which fall within his own immediate knowledge. How few of us are there who are able to do all we would wish to do in alleviation of the well-ascertained misery around us which we know to be real ! In the next place, there are the metropolitan wagistrates, who are among the best almoners that wealthy and cha ritably-disposed persons can find. Not 5 per cent. of the contributions to the poor-boxes of the police-courts is expended upon impos tors. There are the great Hospitals—there are the clergy in the more distressed quarters cf the town. There can be no difficulty in applying any spare sovereign to the relief of real distress. But if any one should desire to be his own almoner he can become so with safety if he will but call in to his assistance the organization of the Men dicity Society. By the outlay of a very trifling sum in the form of au annual subscription to this most useful institution any one can procure that every application to him for alms, either in person or by letter, shall be thoroughly investigated. Tirero ara persons employed by the society well acquaint ed with the chronicles as well as with the con temporary history of London Rascalism, who will follow the applicant to his home and test the value of his assertions. If he comes well out of the investigation steps can be taken for his relief with confidence—if not, an impostor is unmasked. It is some time since we have seen any public document half so interesting as the Fortieth Report of the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity, which has just been published. Well nigh every form of imposture practised by the London mendicants is herein discussed, and suitable cautions are given to unweary Samaritans. For example, the society tell us that since the commencement of the late war a system of fraud has been practised by a gang of im postors, " who, on hearing of the death of any officer in the army or navy, find out his relatives, and make unfounded claims for debts pretended to have been contracted by him, either fur money lent or goods supplied, and remaining unpaid." Rather than submit to unpleasant proceedings, which might involve the good name of a deceased relative, his family discharge the claim, and only find out their mistake when it is too late. Then we are told of Dr. Dewhurst, now styling himself Brier, who is bringing out a pub lication of enormous general interest, but, unfortu nately, there is a breakdown about the preliminary expenses. There is the " American Dodge" too, which should not be altogether ignored. A pack of swindlers on the other side of the Atlantic are in the habit of addressing letters to " dead men" in this country, dated, let us say, "Gaol Hospital," and comme' cing, " Dear —," or, "Kind and Honourable Benefactor." It may at first excite surprise that these fellows should select their corre spondents from the churchyard, but their hope is to extract a remittance from the piety of surviving relatives, out of respect for the memory of the deceased. To described the multifarious forms which Lon don mendicity, whether personal or literary, as sumes, would be to transcribe the report with which we are now dealing. Let us, however, en treat our readers to be on their guard against all persons unknown to them who come to their houses with begging petitions. Their object is a great coat. With regard to the beggars who expose their sores in the public streets, we would only sly that vitriol, judiciously applied, can do a good deal. Then, again, about the pale, piteous widows with children, who look so wan that a man at first f e e ls like a ruffian when he passes them by without re lieving their apparently dire distress. Babes are hired—by the hour, and the day ! Twins com mand a ready market. There are also many unfor tunates who have just escaped shipwreck ; a good many of them are involved in marine misfortunes off the Kentish coast, and are only saved by the exertions and well-known gallantry of the Dtal boatmen. Not a few noble relics of the various searches after Sir J. Franklin are still extant among us—it is fair and natural that they should apply to us for relief. They need never be hindered by any d'fficulty of expression, for in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane and crher such places petitions exactly s ti t o li n t g ed u t b o y e t v h e e ry gross_l, category of human misery can be arnes. POLITE ATTENTION TO FRANCE. ( Prom Punch ) Our firm ally is arming fast Against some foe unknown ; 'Twould be an inattention vast To let him arm alone. His foe, of course, must needs be ours, His battle we must share ; But which of all the foreign Powers To fight shall we prepare / A steam fleet must invasion mean, But whom will he invade ? No matter ; put our own marine In case his force to aid ; To aid, and just a little more; With ample odds to meet. In short, to guard Britannia's shore, Get up a Channel fleet. Gibraltar is the key of Spain ; Look out, it you are wiac Alarm, perhapp, is weak and vain, Fcr we aro close allies. For arming 'gainet a sudden stroke Our cau►e may turn ont none. Then our Ally has had his joke, And araied himself for fun. But his example we should take If but to be polite, And ample preparation make With any foe to fight ; The compliment at least to pay Of walking in his track, While 'tis impossible t) say Whose shores he may attack. The detachment of Royal Marinas, under the co mmand of Li eu t enan t M‘M ee k an, pa id off from her M R j esty ' s ship Monarch, yesterday received wages at 'Woolwich, each man receiving an amount ranging from 30i. to 60i. MANNING THE NAVY. The following letter has been addressed to a con temporary : Sir,—The subject of procuring seamen for her Majesty's ships is again to be inquired into by a commission appointed at the instigation of Sir C. Napier, and its exertions seam likely to be quick ened by the warlike preparations of the Emperor. If the alarm these excite should induce our rulers to overhaul their own conduct, and deal more justly and wisely with seamen, its effects will be benefi cial. Their mods of procuring men for the navy was for centuries an outrage of humanity and an opprobrium to statesmanship. From the reign of Williamlll. to the close of the reign of George 111. they laboured incessantly on this subject. The num ber of acts passed for the encouragement of seamen and for manning the navy was very great, and till 1853, we are assured by the late Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. Osborne, " no satisfactory results had been produced." Now the Navy is more in want of men than ever, while our neighbour can summon ; 7 0,000 men into his vessels with the swiftness of despotism. Enlarged bounties, little pensions, and small rewards, have all been tried have failed. The Royal Navy is about the only employment in the whole civilised world which never can get a sufficiency of men. This is the more singular when the gladsomeness of the sailor's life is considered, and the honour in which his pro fession is held. There is never any want of colliers, miners, scavengers, &c. ; and that our adventurous maritime population do not willingly enter the navy is one of the most extraordinary facts in the history of society. Officers are plentiful, marines abundant ; a want of men in any other employ ment where funds exist to pay them is unknown ; andifor this singular want of seamen by the Navy, both in peace and in war, there must be some cogent reason equally singular. Our statesmen and our admirals have not found it out, or will not acknowledge it, and we can scarcely expect that much light will be thrown on the subject by their new Commission. In fact, the source of the evil is in the minds of our statesmen. It has no root in the popular mind, or in the great law of population in relation to em ployment. Thoroughly ignorant of that, as was proved by their having given bounties on the pro duction of people, and unable, as aristocratic civi lians, to comprehend the possibility of enterprising youth loving the adventures of a sea life, they acted on their own fear, and rashly resolved to seize the seamen, as in olden time they had seized ships, and compel them to serve in the navy ; or the state con inued the old practice of stealing the seamen after it had learned to respect the property of shipowners ; it continued to expose the seamen to unrighteous slavery, and the usual consequences followed. For the country they have been most disastrous. True, it has been well defended, the navy bas gained great victories, but at an enormous cost. While every other employment has been abundantly supplied with hands, without trouble or expense, never from the reign of William 111. till the close of the French war were seamen obtained without press-gangs and guardships, tenders, numerous officers, soldiers, and all the apparatus of a great system of coercion, the total cost of which would have hired twice the number of willing men. Always did this system invest each man-of-war with the characteris'ics of a gaol, and the whole naval service with the attributes of felony. It was in consequence abhorred. When the press was at the hottest, and men were most united, the seamen left their ships and fled into the coun try, or fled with their ships to Holland, or fled in crowds to the United States, and thus that costly system actually drove the best men out of the country when they were most wanted. It reached the climax of expense and mischief when to recover our seamen it led to a war with the United States, which tarnished the flag and lowered for years the naval character of England. It was not (said the New York Tribune of the 29th ult.) against the right of British ships of war " to search and detain the merchant vessels of other nations," as the Union alleges, that the war of 1812 was undertaken. That right, for certain purposes, and to a certain extent, was fully admitted. It was against the right to deprive American merchant ships of a portion of their crews, and that too at the risk of the frequent subjection of Americau born citizens to a life of slavery in the British navy, that the war of 1812 was persisted in ; and it was in the character, and in the character alone, of a war on behalf of sailors' rights a s against British press-gangs, that it took such a hold on the hearts of the people. The whole cost of that war, in money and repu tation' as was remarked in the Edinburgh, Review of October, 1824, when the matter was fresh in memory, was the consequence of our system of impressment. If the country were defended by impressment, it was at an enormous sacrifice. But there is abundant reason for saying that impress ment, instead of contributing to its defence, only blighted, while it lasted, the natural energies of the people. The real basis of our naval superiority is the natural character of our seamen. They are at once the most daring and the most numerous mari time population of any civilised state of the world. For upwards of forty years itnpres , ment has been suspended, but it has never Leal' formally abro gated, and the Admiralty, clinging to it still, hold up firced service in the navy in, terrorern to the seamen. If the tyranny, too, be dead, its exhala tions still polute the atmosphere. The system of cruel coercion which grew from it, constituting dis cipline, still prevails in our ships. They still carry soldiers and unnecessary officers to keep the sailors submissive. If these be heroes they are gaolers, and the imprisoned slaves cannot be allowed to share the higher honours of the profession. These are monopolised by the Greys, the Russells, the Elliotts, and the Percys. t was justly deemed a grievous evil that the aristocracy could by purchase monopolise all the high places of the army, but without purchase they monopolise them in the navy, now little better than an appanage to the scions of some noble houses. The seamen, as Mr. Osborne stated, could never hope to reach higher offices than those of warrant officers. In civil life every post in the law, in the church, and in commerce, is open to talent, but till 1853 the high places of the navy were reerved for a Brahmin caste. By accident a cook might reach the wardroom or the captain's cabin, but as a rule the men never hare a hope or a chance of passing into the rank of commissioned officers. In 1853, indeed, it pleased the Admiralty to submit for her Majesty's approval that warrant officers, " for ex emplary conduct and acts of gallantry and daring," might be " eligible to hold commissions in her Ma jesty's fleet," and might "receive 1001. as an out fit." In what spirit the niggardly proposition has been carried out is not app aren t, an d t h e c l asses continue to be distinct. As a consequence, too, Of impressment, the detestable cat-o'-nine-tails, the spawn of ancient barbarity, is still the prevailing instrument of discipline. In 1853, according to the parliamentary return, No. 48, session 1857, 24,959 lashes; in 1854, 35,479 lashes; and in 1855, 42,154 ltshes, were scored on the flesh of her Majesty's gallant seamen. To the general public, these dis gusting punishments—partly inflicted for insubor dination, insolence, quarrelling, skulking, and other trifling offences against discipline—are un known ; but amongst the sea-g: ing population they are continual topics of talk, and keep alive iu their hearts the great hatred and detestation of the naval service which have descended to them from the time of impressment. When such degrading and cruel punishments are banished from our gaols, to retain them as the means of discipline in the navy is to make the service more odious and degrading than crime. To have the navy readily and freely supplied with seamen it must be implanted in the affection of the people. There must be a moral reform at head-quarters, and all the consequences of impress. ment must as soon as possible be swept away. Ministers must place a little trust in human na ture, and believe that it is possible for men readily, and even patriotically, to enter on board her Majesty's ships on a emergency. They must, from that belief, frame a system of discipline con sistent with the usages of civil life, and impose neither restraints nor privations on the men not indispensable for the public welfare. Mar::inetism or irksome discipline, for the gratification of in div:duals, must not be tolerated. All situations must be avowedly open to merit, and officers and men , must be treated as one and the same class. Corporeal punishment must be indignantly de ler(s fois p , flounced, and fo r ever a b o li s h e d ; so ldi ers emp l o y e d only as sentinels and g uar d s over seamen s h ou ld be r it proposes, e:, in and our as was strips, ,i Sir N in t the i_o Ed r in re a p s 0 burgh Review in 1824. The attribut of s a gaol must 1.):-! for ever swept fr, m a man of war, and the naval service must never again ba deal aded into felonry. Wages mu,t be mada conform ' to circumstances and exig enc i es. T he ra s e that might be sufficient before the corn laws were repealed, and gold was discovered in Cali fornia, w ill not suffice now. I n s h ort, i f the navy is to be recruited from society it mus t keep pace with society. So it will become b e l ove d by the people ; men will make interest to obtain a berth on board ship as they do to be made a tide waiter or a guager, and the only punishment ne cessary to maintain discipline will be dismissal from he service.—l am, &c., A RETIRED COMMANDER, THURSDAY EVENIN'Op._ JUNE 17, 1868. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE i WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar General.) The population of London now appriars to be in a very healthy condition. In a metropolis, which in a few years more will be able to count its third million of inhabitants, the deaths in a wee): do not often fall below a thousand ; for a reducti on of the weekly deaths below this point occurred only nine times in 1857, though the total mortality of that year was less than the average. At this season of the year the mortality has been obs€,rved to be least ; and last week, ending June 12, the deaths, which had been about 1,100, fell to 963. In the 10 years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the week corresponding with last week was 982, but as the present return is for a population which has annually increased, for the purpose of compari son the average should be raised - in proportion to this increase, and it will then appear that the deaths of last week were less by 117 than would have occurred under the average rate of mortality for the early part of June. The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the same period by 663. Last week the births of 854 boys and 772 girls, in all 1,626 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,507. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.846 in. The highest barometrical reading was 30.04 in. on Sunday (the 6th), which decreased to 29.71 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the week was 63.8 degs., which is 6 2 degs. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). Wednesday was the warmest day, and on it the thermometer in the sun rose to 1051 1 . deg., and that in the shade to 82.9 deg.; the lowest point was 55.6 deg. and the mean temperature 68.5 deg., which is 11 deg. above the average. The lowest temperature of the week was 49.1 deg. on Tuesday, and the entire range was therefore 33.8 deg. The mean daily range was 24.5 deg. The differ ence between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 8.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 74, complete saturation being 100. The mean degree of temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.8 deg. The direction of the wind, which was north-east on the first two days, was afterwards generally south-west. No rain fell, except a few drops on the evening of Tuesday, when there was a thunder-storm of short duration. exists': the Himalayas. " I have long thought," Sa' - 's General Tremenheere, "and have endeavoured to make known my opinion, that if the districts in the vicinity of Monghyr were thcroughly investi gated, and the iron, the coal, and the limestone brought within easy access of one another, the most valuable results might be obtained." Lime is wanting in India, but its place is supplied by " kunker, ' which is an impure carbonate of lime, used for building purposes. Vegetable and mine ral opulence thus present themselves, and only re quire the aid of European skill to be turned to the best account in a country where labour is cheap, and the natives apt at receiving instruc tion. We may judge of the cheapness of food by the fact that the prices of wheat at Lahore and Mooltan, as stated by General Tremenhere, were equivalent to ls. 6d. and is. 31d. per Winchester bushel of 601 b ; and it is expected that the cost will be much lower when the Punjaub canals are formed and uninterrupted traffic established down the In dus to Kurrachee.—Morning Herald. HARBOUR OF BBFUGE AT WICK. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) We have already called attention to the great necessitythere is for establishing a harbour of refuge at Wick, not only for the protection of the fishing trade, but also for the benefit of the vessels, British and foreign, continually passing by the Pentland Sket ries, to which such a harbour would prove in valuable, while in case of a threatened descent on our northern coasts, it would be indispensable for our national defence. There would be but one opi nion as to this necessity, were it not fora project that looks very much like a job in favour of Peter head, whose rival claims aro patronised by the authorities of Edinburgh, and have the benefit of more industrious and skilful tactics than fall to the share of Wick. It is of the utmost importance to the nation that the harbour of re fuge in the north should be placed where it is really wonted, and will confer the greatest amount of benefit, and we therefore again call at tention to the subject, as the question which must soon be decided, ought to be so settled as to occasion no disappointment, and no vexatious discovery of a mere job, instead of a great and useful national work. The whole question, in its present aspect, is dis cussed in a very able manner in a communication from the pen of Mr. John George Sinclair, son of Sir George Sinclair, directed to the Editor of the John o'Groat Journal. Mr. Sinclair deserves the thanks of his countrymen and of the nation for the pains he has taken to sift the evidence taken before the Harbours of Refuge Committee. He shows how clearly, not withstanding the bias of some of the witnesses in favour of Peterhead, the evidence points to Wick as the only proper place for the pro jected harbour of refuge. Any one who had for him self to ascertain the merits of this case would be obliged to wade through heavy blue books and bulky pamphlets, as well as to collect many impor tant facts that have not been brought forward, and could be obtained only by the expenditure of much time and money. We are glad to find that Mr. J. G. Sinclair has gone fully into these investigations, and reduced the whole question to moderate di mensions ; added to which, he has demonstrated the fallacy of those claims which have been ad vanced in favour of the Peterhead job. Wick re quired such an advocate as Mr. Sinclair, aq not withstanding its unquestionable and exclusive fitness to be the spot selected, it seems, as he states, to have been supposed " that its peculiar necessities and advantages were so self-evident, that they spoke for themselves more eloquently than the ablest advocate could do." Mr. Sinclair has, in his luminous resume of the whole question, furnished us with the means of placing it in its true light ; and we hasten to do so, in the hope that the public in this part of the world will see where the truth lies, and give to it their undivided support, as we are quite satisfied that the subject is of sufficient importance to ocsupy a large share of public attention The clever tacticians who are fighting in favour of Peterhead, seeing the undeniable claims of Wick, have, wisely for themselves, proposed that a har bour should be constructed at each place. We hope that this scheme will be seen through and ex ploded. There is no necessity for two harbours of refuge on the north or eastern coast of Scotland. Mr. Sinclair, alluding to this proposal, very justly says, "I think we may make up our minds that such an opinion will not be adopted by Govern ment ; that if Peterhead is selected, it is most un likely that we shall ever obtain a sufficient grant for Wick, and at any rate not until we have ex hausted in useless and, perhaps, injurious con structions the funds which we would more effec tually employ in utilising the 'benefits of the break water, nor until the general interests of the country and our own localty have suffered irreparable losses from the dangerous and unprotected charac ter of our coast." We earnestly protest, therefore, against the attempt to settle these rival claims by admitting them both. The decision must be in favour done or other of those places, not of both, and it will b 3 very easy to settle the matter wisely and for Vie benefit of the nation, if the facts ad duced by Mr. Sinclair are properly weighed. Mr. Sinclair takes the evidence of Mr. Stephen son, the most important witness whose object is to bolster up the claims of Peterhead, in favour of which he has a sort of hereditary prejudice. This gentleman, however, has too much professional skill, and too much candour, not to admit that " the claim of Wick to the protection of the fishing boats is more urgent and important than those of Peterhead." He also admits that " the breakwater at Peter head should be con structed concurrently with sufficient protection for the fishing interest of Caithness" in which Wick is situated), and says, " If not more than 100,0001. should be appropriated to the construction of a har bour, Mr. Stephenson adinits that it should all go to Wick." Let us notice more particularly what can be said in favour of the Peterhead scheme by its most earnest supporters. It is urged that the number of vessels passing Buchanness outnumber those passing by the Pentland Skeriies by about five to two ; the number seen by day from the respective lighthouses being 7,763 against 3,113 ; and that, consequently, a harbour of refuge would be more frequented, and would be of more benefit there than Wick. Now, it so happens, that those statements are wanting i❑ the elt ment of truth and accuracy, and that Mr. Sinclair has detected the deficiency of these essential qualities. As the statement of this gentleman is of such vital importance, we deem it well to quote his cwn language :—" Considering the return of the vessels when passing Buchanness by day to be fallacious, I obtained from the Light house Commissioners a statistical statement of the numbers paying tolls for Buchanness and Noss Head respectively, and that, though even those amended statistics are not absolutely to be relied on, the proportions are materially altered in f►vour of Wick—the number of vessels paying for Noss Head being 5,157 against 9,975 paying fry Buchan ness. whilst by comparing the tonnage, which is ob viously a safer guide, we have 713,609 tcns paying for Nos Head, against 1,112,631 paying for Buchanness ; the proporti ma against Wick being thus reduced from 5 to 2 to about 3 to 2 ; and I may add that, whilst nearly all the tonnage attri buted to Noss Head passes close to Wick, not one in fine of the Baltic vessels which are placed to the cr, , dit of Buchatiness, ever sights that point. This I have ascertained by inquiring from the leading Baltic merchants at Leith." To this correction in the statistics drawn up in favour of Peterhead, Mr. Sinclair adds other considerations, by which their assumed importance is considerably reduced. He shows that vessels passing Buchanne-s neol not be compelled to sail in unpromising weather, as it would be easy to foresee the sort of weather they might have before arriving off Peterhead ; and that even when off that point, in a storm, the vessel has the advantage of an open sea or shelter, either iu the North-East or South-East bay. It is not so with a vessel in a gale off Wick, ;,bound for the Pentland Frith, which, to avoid a lee chore, must run out of her courso to the Orkneys, or the Baltic, or backwards to Cromarty or the Forth. Mr. Sinclair ob serves that " the map will show any one that a vessel off Pet , rhead has nearly twice as much cir cumference of open sea as a vessel off Wick, going north, which is hemmed in on all the west as by a wall of beetling cliffs, by the Caithnes coast and the Orkney Isles." Our readers who will take the trouble to glance at the map will see the correctness of this st dement, and will discover that Peterhead is a pl tee where a harbour of refuge is not wanted, and teat Wick, with its northern Aspect and dati;;erous surroundings, is the spot where it is essential for the salvation of human life. As the question is row pressing for a decision, and of the most vital importance, we shall 'fume d'ately return to Mr. Sinclair's important state ment. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills, for Indigestion, and Stom ac h an d Liver Cowl tinti.—Persons stiff ring from any derangement of the liver, stomach, or the organs of digestion, should have recourse to Holloway's Pills, as there is no medicine that acts on these particu lar c insplaints with such success. Its peculiar proper- ties strengthen the st anach, increase the appetite, and purify the liver. For bow el complaints it is admirable, as it removes every primary cause, thereby restoring the patient to the soundest health and strength. Nervous or sick headaches and lowness of spirits may be cured by taking these pills.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's, 244, Strand. RICHES OF INDIA. • The first report of the select committee appointed to examile witnesses on the policy of colonising por tions of British India with Englishmen who would make that country their permanent home is now in the hands of the public, and it contains much va luable information. Till the Company's charter was renewed in 1813 no Englishman could reside in India without a passport. In that year the exclud ing enactme n t was repea l e d ; b u t th e p ower o f hold ing land was not conceded till 1837, when the In dian Government passed a law to that effect, in conformity with the 86th clause of the parliamen tary act of 1833, w hi c h d epr i ve d the company o f it s trading privileges. Mr. Theobald, barrister, who was examined before the colonisation committee, sated that even to this day some legal doubts are entertained on the subject, which arise from a con struction put upon that chapter in the Indian penal code which is entitled, "On illegal entrance into the territori es o f the Est India Company," pro. viding penalties for such illegal entrance. The authors of the penal code were also the authors of the Indian Act of 1837, and, unless it be presumed that they have c mtradieted themselves wilfully or ignorantly, they must have been of opinion that the act of 1837 did not repeal the prohibition, and hence doubts have arisen. We have alluded to these facts because, to a. certain extent, they ac count for the small number of Englishmen who have permanently located themselves in India. The class of persons who ought to emigrate to our Eastern empire are very different from those who emigrate to Australia, New Zealand, or Canada. These three countries, scantily populated, require labouring men of all trades, but in India they would be superfluous ; nor, indeed, could they work out of doors in the plains, on account of the heat of the climate. The emigrant to India should be a capital ist, having a knowledge of European arts, and capa ble of directing native labour, so as to derive the largest result from the least expenditure. Thus a new field is open to a new class, who struggle in vain at home against the severity of competition, but who may easily enrich themselves in India, either by agricultural or mineral pursuits. Hitherto English settlers have confined themselves to the manufacture of sugar and indigo ; but India is rich in vegetable productions, such as wheat and other cereals, cotton, opium, hemp, flax, tea, and timber. In the culture of cotton the value of Eu ropean supervision is strikingly illustrated by a s'atement made by Mr. Turner, who declared that his house lost 7,0001. a-year by the dirt and refuse with which the cotton is mixed, which would have been saved had Europeans been living on the spot, by whom its picking, cleansing, packing, and trans mission to Liverpool would have been superin tended. The culture of the sugar-cane also would be very much improved if Europeans directed the process, as the natives conduct it in a very unsci entific manner, and it is desirable to introduce the West Indian method. Indigo, transferred from the West to the E fist Indies, has been so improved in quality by English management, that it now readily commands the best price in the markets of the world. General Tremenheere gives an in teresting account of the operations at the Poosah Stud Farm, on the Gauges, under the supervision of Colonel Apperley, where, by improved agricul ture, mere than 700,000 bushels of fodder were produced, the yield, under careless management, having been only 458,281 bushels. Carrots were grown at this place fourteen inches long, and weighing four pounds each, the cost of which, when fed off, was only is. per ton. The natives pay little or no attention to manure. In many plac-s they burn it for fuel, and in the neighbour hood of villages beeps of scattered bones remain untouched, which Turopeans would convert into bone-dust and mix with the soil. Gen. Tremen , heere remarks as a curious fact, which does not appear to have attracted much attention, that "the surface of the land in India is very often covered by a saline efflorescence which is impure carbonate of soda. I believe that to this moment no one knows the correct chemical properties of this substance, or what might be made of it ; but I have no doubt that if it were mixed with the carcasses of animals it would produce nitrate of soda, which is very ex cellent manure, for the nitrogen given off by the decaying eubstance would combine with the soda in this saline substance. I have no doubt that through the prevalence of this substance lands which have' been rendered sterile might be turned into fertile tracts." This would be an operation suited to British skill, as well as the constructi on o f works of irri gation. Mr. Hooker, who visited India as a b itanist in 1848, and who gave evidence before the committee, stated that there were very great capabilities for extending the cultivation of tea along the Himalaya mountains, and indeed the whole distance from! Assam to the Indus, about 1,300 miles, following tg9ourse of the Himalaya. Tea succeeds excellently and is a very favourite beverage in India, , atlit Mr. J.-looker think s th ere wou ld be no "limit to'the cultivation gild consumption of tea in Asia, both in Central Asia and India." He further con siders that Dae feeling, in the Himalayan range, elevated to some is an eligible positT 0 , n Oo f O r o t m o B w , o h o i c O h fe ß e r t i a t i b s o h v e e n t t e h r e p s r e i s a e , might establish trade with Central Asia. We have there a sanitarium f o r i nva lid s , an d the climate is excellent. Sikkim is the shortest mountain pas• sage across the Himalaya into Tibet, and is the direct route from Calcutta to Lassa, the capital of Eastern Tibet. That the hill tribes would gladly trade with us is proved by the fact that when Dr. Campbell established a fair about thirty miles from Darjeeling, it was very much frequented by the natives. Ponies, silk, and woollen cloths, musk, amber, beads, and salt, were brought from the hills and exchanged for the products of the plains. In Tibet gold abounds, and Mr. Hooker says, "according to report, it must be another California.' Mr. Turner, who was sent into the country by Warren Hastings in 1783, t open up trade between Calcutta and Tibet, stated tliet it was produced in great abundance in the al luvial soil of Tibet, and that the quantity was so great, that d ur i ng a severe frost, when the ground open's, the value of gold, from so simple a cau-e very much decline I—from 21 to 9—because it was e ataieed. Strange to sey, sections of tea made up in the for m of bricks are used as currency in parts of Central Asia. These bricks are also cut into per ions, and Ouse portions represent the sir culating medium. Woollen manufactures would lied a ready market among the Tibetans, and even in 1775, ae it appears from the report et Mr. -Bogle to the Government of India, the trade must have been considerable in broadcloth. In these hills, b th u e s n in , e i s e s a e o m y p e l d o u y c m i e te n d t y i o n un E g ngmlae n n d w m h o ay ca r i e l a r l o is t e fi a n n d independer:ce. India is alsorich in mineral wealth especially coal and iron, copper and tin. The coal beds of Burd wan and the Nerbudda are excellent in quality and most extensive in range. Iron is abundant in the Hima layas and the Tennasserirn provinces, andalso in the Kumaon and Gwalior territory. There are large deposits of tin throughout Tennasserim, and copper POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 16. MANSION-HOUSE.—The court was crowded with fish salesmen, and others connected with Billirgsgate-market, in consequence of a large number of summonses for breaches of the market regulations being then returnable. They were supported by Mr. Pearson, City Solicitor, while Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared for the principal defendants. The firsi case called on was that of Mr. Thomas Baxter, in opening which Mr. Pearson said the defendant was summoned for a breach of the third bye-law of the market, by which any person who placed any basket, tub, or parcel of fish in any other part of the market than that marked out by the clerk of the market for that purpose, should be liable to a penalty of 501. The defendant, who held four stands out of sixteen in the lower or shell-fish market, had so offended on several occasions, and, as it was found neces sary to enforce the regulations, the present pro ceedings were instituted against him and others. Mr. Gearing, clerk and inspector of the market, was then called, and deposed that there was au understood limit, beyond which the defendant had no right to place any goods, but he admitted that " no limits" were marked out, as the bye-law required, in the lower market. Mr. Pearson said that, under the circumstances, he could not support his case. The summons was, therefore, taken as with drawn, and Mr. Atkinson suggested that, as there had been a good deal of uncertainty on the matter in the minds of the salesmen, the same course should be taken with regard to the other summonses of a similar character. Mr. Pearson, after conferring with the Chair man of the Markets Committee, who was in court, said he was quite willing to adopt that course, upon receiving a satisfactory assurance from Mr. Atkin son that his clients, for the future, would respect the regulations of the market. Mr. Atkinson attended there principally for Mr. Poland, who might almost be said to have been cradled in Billingsgate-market, since he was first carried there in a basket by his mother—(laughter) —and bad risen to his present position by industry and integrity in his dealing. That gentleman com plained that he was brought into that Court upon a charge of which he was quite innocent,—namely, of exposing for sale fish unfit for food ; but he and the other salesmen were most anxious that good order and harmony should prevail in the market for the future—that the regulations should be carried out in a conciliatory spirit ; and he (Mr. Atkinson) suggested that, as a peace-offering upon the part of the authorities, all further proceedings should be suspended for the present. Mr. Pearson said he was assured by the clerk of the market that be entertained no hostile spirit towards the clients of his learned friend ; and the Chairman of the Markets Committee accepting the declaration just made, as to the desire of the de fendants to respect the regulations for the future, was willing to abandon all further proceedings ; and he (Mr. Pearson) hoped that for the future, Billingsgate-market would be a pattern of good temper, good order, and general content. A loud burst of cheers, which could not be sup pressed, followed this announcement, and the sales men then rushed out in a body. Two master lightermen named James Smith and Thomas Riley, waited upon the Lord Mayor to call his attention to the present state of the docks and the river, the effluvia arising from which was often so overpowering as to prevent them from following their occupation, and sometimes seriously to injure their health. They said the state of the river was well known generally, as it had already been made the subject of comment in that court and other places, but it did not appear to be so generally known that the docks were in a state as bad, and they thought much worse, than that of the river. In support of their statement they produced three bottles filled with water from the London Docks, the St. Katherine's Docks, and the River Thames respectively, and upon the corks being removed it was found that, while the contents of all three of the bottles smelt most vilely, the water procured flora the river (if possible) was somewhat less noxious than that from either dock—a fact that may probably be accounted for by the comparatively stagnant condition of the docks and the everlasting motion of the river, which tends in some degree to throw off its noxious properties. The applicants also sated that a man, who fell into the London Docks a few days ago, was found to be quite dead, although he had only been under water two minutes, and had received no bodily injury, having been actually poisoned by the deadly properties of the water. The Lord. Mayor said he was afraid some terrible pestilence would arise during the present hot wea ther, unless something were done to cure the evils complained of ; but he could only advise the ap- plicants to take their bottles, and make their re presentations to the Board of Conservancy. The applicants, who promised to do so, then thanked his lordship and withdraw. SOUTH WARK.--UNwHoLEsomE MEAT. -Mr. Wellman, the sanatory inspector of St. George's, Southwark, entered the court with about 301 b. of beef in a filthy state, which he had seized from a shop in Kent-street, where it was being manufac tured into savoury saveloys for the million. He informed his worship that he saw it in the shop about bring cut up and mixed by the shopkeeper for saveloys, and finding that it stunk and was un fit for human food, he seized it, and brought it for his worship to order it to be condemned under the Nuisance Removal Act. Mr. Combs having examined the inspector on oath, condemned the meat, and ordered it to be destroyed. Re also, at the request of Mr. Well man, granted a summons against the shopkeeper, who, on conviction, will be liable to a penalty of 101. and cost,. GREEN WI CH. —ErtrLov MENT OF POLICE IN PLAIN CLOTHES.—Mr. Josiah Andrews, landlord of the Rising Sun Tavern, Rushey-green, Lewis ham, appeared to a summons, at the instance of the police, charging him with having his house open for the sale of liquors before one o'clock on Sunday, the 6th inst. Mr. Hobler attended for the defendant. Police -constable George Nunn, 374 R, deposed that he was employed by his inspector to watch defendant's house on the morning of Sunday week. Witness arrived there about half-past nine, and haxing walked about for an hour, went with four or five men into the defendant's house. They had some beer, and on witness being asked by the men to stand treat, he did so, and received id. change from 6d. for a pot of half-and-half. Wit ness then called the defendant's wife and asked her if she was the landlady, and on her telling him she was, he told her that he was a police constable, and that she was doing wrong, to which she replied that she was sorry for it. In cross-examination by Mr. nobler, the con stable stated that he did not know any of the men whom he followed into the house. 13 e was not aware they were haymakers, and that they had walked a considerable distance, one of them as far off as Faversham. Had himself walked, on the morning in question, from Keston to de fendant's house, a distance of six or seven miles. Did not wear his uniform at the time, but was in plain clothes. He did not see the defendant at the time. Mr. Hobler said the answer of the defendant to the charge was, that the men in question were haymakers, who were in the habit of coming from year to year into the neighbourhood, from long distances, and lodging at the defendant's house during the season. They had so arrived on the morning in question, and were, tog ther with the constable, simply treated as -travellers. The de fendant's house had always been well conducted, and under the circumstances stated he hoped his worship would not consider him guilty of the offence with which he was charged. _ The defendant here said that he had kept the house for a period of 25 years, and had never be fore been complained against. Mr. Inspector Wilson confirmed the defendant in this statement. _ _ _ The defendant said the constable was found in the kitchen of his house a quarter of au hour after the others had left. Mr. flobler remarked that two of the haymakers had promised to attend as witnesses, but he sup posed that the nature of their work would not ad wit of their being present. . Mr. Seeker said he would give the defendant the benefit of his having conducted his house for so long a period without complaint, but that he had been guilty of a breach of the law, and for which he wo uld pay a penalty of 205., and 2s. costs. The money having been paid, Mr. Hobler, on leaving the court, turned to the constable giving evidence in the case, and, in a sup pressed tone of voice, said he considered his con duct very reprehensibl e , on whi 1 Mr. Seeker expressed a wish that whatever con versa' ion or remarks Le (Mr. Hooler) might have to make to officers, should be done in some other place than within his (the magistrate's) hearing. Mr. nobler replieJ, that he had no intention that his remarks should reach his worship's ears. He 4ad simply told the constable that he consi dered his conduct exceedingly reprehensible iu going into the defendant's house as he had done. He repeated that he still considered the constable's conduct in such light—o•ng in plain clothes—hav ing,,by his own statement, walked a long distance, ands apparently being considered, with the other men, as travellers. It was a very difficult thing to get working-men to atteild as witnesses, they not being in a position to lose their time, and not always able to obtain leave of absence from their work. Mr. Seeker having reiterated his previous re marks, and said that, in his opinion, the consta ble's conduct had been perfectly correct, The whole of the parties then left the court. THE WHITTINGTON CLUB. The provisional committee having at length ar ranged for the the immediate completion of the new buildings of the Whittington Club and Metro politan Athenreum, Arundel-street, Strand, s meeting of the friends and supporters was held last evening in one of the spacious rooms of the new club house, " for the purpose of inspecting the building, and to decide upon the time and mode of re-opening." Some time before 8 o'clock a large and influen tial party assembled at the club and went over the various departments. Great surprise was expressed at the forward state to which the building had been advanced, and the style in which the various de tails had been carried out elici ed much praise. We might mention, however, that the building is far from. being completed. At about half-past 8 o'clock Mr. Ald. Mechi took the chair, and after some preliminary business the worthy alderman said that, from what he had seen in their countenances as they had passed through the various rooms, they were gratified at the change which had come over the Whi' tington Club during the past three and and a half er four years. When the fire took place the club was in good condition; that was, they had 1,000 subscribers, and were paying their expenses. He need not tell them there bad been some difficulties with their landlord but they hal been surmounted, and he believed the club would now be more sound and useful than ever. As to the future, he had to in form them that another 1,5001. was required, not to be given to the club, but to be invested, and if they found they could not get 1,000 members at two guineas a year, they had better at once let it at a profit rent. He then dwelt at some length on the merits of tbeinstitution, contending that it had always been conducted in that spirit which met the great social want. In conclusion he paid a high compliment to the committee for their exertions, and wished the institution God speed, promising all his support to the club, but at the same time he warned them that they must do their utmost to maintain the club. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWSON in moving thel first resolution, went at some length into the history of the club and the various matters of detail in reference to the delay which took place in the rebuilding the club after . the fire. They had, however, now got a handsome and useful building, but still some 1,5001. was re quired to put some furniture in D. He trusted what the committee had done was satisfactory, and appealed to his hearers to support them now in placing the club amongst the first institutions of the day. Iu conclusion he moved the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the Whittington Club and the Metropolitan Athe mem is worthy the cordial support of the public ; and having heard the statements made on behalf of the provisional committee, declares its belief that the opening of the now club house will be attended with much success, and accordingly that energetic endeavours should be made by all persons inte rested in the well-being of the middle classes to carry into effect the objects of the institution which are so well calculated to confer permanent benefit on society." Mr. SHAEN seconded the motion, and congratu lated those present on meeting once more within the walls of their own club, and expressing his • pleasure at seeing so many old faces present. The motion having been supported by Mr. Galt, Mr. Morris, and others, and carried with acclama tion, Mr. HANNAN then proposed the next resolution, and in doing so explained the plan of the Building Fund and Furnishing Association for completing the building, decoration, and furnishing the pre mises, being that of issuing shares of 1/. each at 5 per cent. interest, with other privileges. The re solution was as follows :—" That this meeting, ap proves of the plan adopted by the Building Fund Association for raising the amount necessary to complete the furnishing of the club house, and pledges itself to raise immediately the sum still re quired for that purpose." The motion, having been seconded by Mr. Pea cock, and spoken to, was carried unanimously. Thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. Country Market. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JUNI; 15. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to lls Od per kemple of 16 stoneF; Lion ; wheat 'do. 7s Od to 10s Od ; barley do., 8s 01 to 94 6d. Hay from l Od to 13d. ' EDINBURGH MEAL-JuNg 15. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 40s Od and —s. DALKEITH MEAL AIARICET—Jume 14. There were in the market to-day 9 bags of oatmeal, 0 01 barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal,, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. imperial -s Od 39* d Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od --s Cd Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od a Od --1 vul DUBLIN—JUNE 15. White wheat, 263 6,1 to 28a 6d ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26 , 1 Gd; ditto new, a 03; barley, malting, 13 8 to 17s Od; grin": ing, —s to —s ; (mos, old, 15a to 16a Od; ditto, new, to --s Od; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 168 3d; bere, new, to 03 ; rapes. , d, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, I" Od to 183 6d per cwt ; Indian corn, 35s 01 to 37s 6d P' 430 lla. COAL MAR: :ET.-JUNE 16. Prices of Coals per ton the close of the markot Wallsend, /so. Middle W. Hartley l4 Boll's Primrose ll Howard's West Hartley • d. Benson. l4 a!, Whit wor th l4 9 Rough Hall l4 6 fletton Lambton lt; 9 south Kelloe 15 i Hunwick l4 ! Riddell l4 • 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 2 0 Shineliffe 14 ' Pees l6 6 south Hetton ld C h Russell's Hetton 1 5 " daswell .... 16 9 ~ 86 . ; sold, 66. Netherton l4 C Fanfold Moor l2 5 %lorpeth West Hartley 14 3 13obside W. Hartley 14 Wallaend, Zzo. Framwellgate l4 Braddyll . l5 Bell Eden Acorn Close l4 Eden Main l5 t Ships at market [Aavauri9lmmT.]—The greatest happiness of a journalt i t is to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculet to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures Nv l 'l ° 4 , has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is IT" this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to of following extracts from Du Barry's interesting Repor t ° Cures without medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency' Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cougi`: Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, by Du Berry's W s , lenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 180.—Twenty-five yeare' vousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from ifu l u c i a I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine c o remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Bar i- I t food in a very short time.—W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-Wet,: London. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable H ea lth-restor ing o Arabica Food.—Magdalena Purvis, M o ff a t, S c otland. Cu r l i No. s,46l.—Sixty years' partial paraly s i s , a ff e cting one -1 15 of my frame, and which had resist e d a ll o th er remedies , yielded tojDu Barry's Health-restoring Food, and I now c old sider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a heartV e , age.—Wm, Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's College, Caxabrl_g Supported by testimonials from the following eelebrated r f ; ; fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr. 1 10/ 03 ° ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. lug Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestu or Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectabl e f lie r sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all 12 , ft °. means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in ; tams, In canisters, 1113. 2s, 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 511) • 1 re . 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free ° I/ 74 ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the , T ir fal dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancell or William Page Wood granted an Inju nc ti o n of the 10th ... 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. BATE—On the 14th inst., at Malvern Wells, - Charles James Bate, Esq., of a son. HAMER —On the 15th inst., at Hafod, Caernarronshirg, the wife of J. P. Hamer, Esq., of a son and heir. o f PRIcE—On the 14th inst. ,at 8, Portland-street, Beth, wife of Lieut.- Colonel Price, Bombay Army, of I s l e o 1 WOOD—On the 15th inst., atVe,t-hill, Shanklin , 4 ji Wight, the wife of Captain J. Andover W0 0 : 1, ..". son, stillborn. MARRIIGEIL LEIFCHILD —CLARKE —On the 15th in Henry Sterol: Leifchild, Esq., of Stanhope-street , Regent's-Park' Marian, eldest daughter of Henry Clar ke, Esq• id o otr HARTING—CROWE—On the 15th inst. at St. papo, Catholic Chapel, Sutton -street, Soho, , John H. 131 U/ P. Esq. , of Kensington , to Mar y , the only daughter 0 Crowe, Esq., of Glocester-street, Queen -squat.. DEATHS. A d e ltoir BUNTING—On the 16th inst., at his residence,_Mpi square, the Rev. Jabez Bunting , D.D., aged 841 :op CHAWNER— On the 14th inst., at 6,Trafalgar - t err a rbe rs timer-road, Kingsland, after a lingering illness, .11 Chawnor, Esq., agtd 57. Bri st ol ' ILIwKER—Ou the 13th inst. , at Cliston, neer . iv ,. General Sir Thomas Hawker, Colonel of t he 6th m goon Guards (Carubineers), aged 81. 0 0 JEsSE—On the sth inst. , at Margaretting Vicarage, Rev. Wm. Jesse, M.A., aged Wt. eq'' SEAMAN—On the 13th inst., B. C. 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