The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

THE WILL OF HE.R ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF O.RLEANS. A . letter from New York, dated Aug. 24, says the Atlantic telegraph still towers above all other alaj% cts in public interest, as much as it surpasses all of her interests of the present day in importance. To lig upon this side of the Atlantic, the day that saw the cable stretched from shore to shore, so as to put us in immediate communication with the Old World, is second in importance only to that when the new shores first broke to Columbus's view. Forgetting that the Old World does not look upon the enterprise with the same eyes, we wonder that the wild enthusiasm with-which success was greeted here has not been responded to in London. When I last wrote - we had just finished the first demon stration by burning down a part of the City hall—an outburst which the Mayor facetiously suggested should be followed by the destruction of the Mansion -house in ond. On he folow ing day . the Niagara arri L ved. on It s was t about l five o'clock in the afternoon. As she sailed up the beautiful bay it was alive with steamers carrying persons from their business to their summer homes. The sun was shining brightly, the air was t ransparently clear, and the heavens were of the deepest blue. Boat after boat, passing under her stern or across her bows, greeted her with enthu siastic cheers, and several, turning in her wake, kept her company up the bay. Th cannon of the quarantine forts and of the foreign men-of-war in the harbour greeted her with salutes, and at the battery she was welcomed by the huzzas of several thousands. She was at once taken round to the Navy-yard at Brooklyn. Her procession up the East River, through the shipping of New York, escorted by steamers and ferryboats, every craft dressed and crowded, was triumphant beyond ex pectation—l had almost said beyond imagination. The next day the Herald published its corre spondent's account of the voyage of the Niagara. When this letter reaches you it will probably be too late for many extracts from this journal. 'You may perhaps have room for at least the account of the landinc , of the cable at Trinity Bay : " About 20 minutes after we started from the beach we_reached the station of the Atlantic tele graph on this side of the ocean, where we found some half-dozen of the inmates awaiting our arrival. The station is a large frame building, two stories high, and eight windows wide. On the first floor is a kitchen, an office, and a sitting apartment, dignified with the title of parlour. The door opens on the side of the house, and there is no means of exit from the front, for the simple reason that the first story is eight or ten feet from the ground. This singular arrangement is explained by the fact that the building is situate on the east side of a hill, and that there is a considerable difference between the height of the front and back walls. The second story is divided into sleeping apartments separated by a single corridor, and the whole establishment will lodge about a dozen *persons. A beginning has been made in the clearing away of the forest in the immediate vicinity of the house, and in the course of a year they will have as pleasant and as com fortable a dwelling, perhaps, as any in Newfound land, if it should not have all the luxuries of civi lised life: Of the details of domestic life at the telegraph station more will be said hereafter. Meantime we must continue the particulars of our narrative. " On the arrival of the procession the cable is brought up to the house and the end placed in con nection with the instrument. The deflection of the needle on the galvanometer gives incontrovertible evidence that the electrical condition of the cable is satisfactory. The question now is how shall we properly celebrate the consummation of that great event ? How, but by an acknowledgment to that Providence without whose favour the enterprise must have ended in disaster and defeat. Every one feels that this is all that is necessary to make the celebration complete, and to make the undertaking as the work of two great Christian nations. When, therefore, they all gathered together before the telegraph station they understood the purpose for which they were assembled. Captain Hudson took up his position on a pile of boards, the officers and men standing round amid shavings, stumps of trees, pieces of broken furniture, sheets of copper, tele graph batteries, little mounds of lime and mortar, branches of trees, huge boulders, and a long cata logue of other things equally incongruous. " We have,' said the captain, ' just accomplished a work which has attracted the attention and en listed the interest of the whole world.' That work,' he continued, ' has been performed, not by ourselves ; there has been an Almighty hand over us and aiding us, and without the Divine assistance thus extended us, success was impossible. With this conviction firmly impressed upon our minds, it becomes our duty to acknowledge our indebtedness to that overruling Providence who holds the sea in the hollow of his hand. ' Not unto us, Oh Lord, not unto us, but to Thy name, be all the glory.' I hope the day will never come when, in all our works, we shall refuse to acknowledge the over ruling hand of a Divine and Almighty Power. It is He who can rebuke the winds and calm the seas. He works in a mysterious way for his people. His path is on the mighty waters. We have seen His power in the tempest, and when we have called upon Him in the time of trouble He has heard our voice. And yet how ungrateful we are for all His favours, and how soon we forget Him when the trouble passes away, like the summer cloud or the morning dew. On a solemn occasion like the present we should feel more par ticularly our indebtedness to Him, and it is with a feeling of heartfelt gratitude we should acknowledge the many favours which He has be stowed upon us. There are none here, I am sure, whose hearts are not overflowing with feelings of the liveliest gratitude to Him, in view of the great work which has been accomplished through His permission, and who are not willing, to join in a prayer or thanksgiving for its successful termina tion. I will therefore ask you to join me in the following prayer, which is the same, with a few necessary alterations, that was offered: for the lay ing of the cable : " 0, eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea, who hast compassed the waters with bounds till day and night come to an end, and whom the winds and the sea obey—look down in mercy, we beseech Thce, upon us Thy servants, who now approach the throne of grace, and let our prayer ascend before Thee with acceptance. Thou hast com manded and encouraged us in all our ways to acknowledge Thee, and to commit our works to Thee ; and Thou hast graciously promised to direct our paths and to prosper our handiwork. We desire now to thank Thee, believing that without Thy help and blessing nothing can prosper or succeed, and we desire humbly to commit all who have been engaged in this undertaking to Thy care, protection, and guidance. It has pleased Thee to enable us to complete what we have been led by Thy providence to undertake, that being begun and carried on in the spirit of prayer and in depen dence upon Thee, it may tend to Thy glory, and to the good of all nations, by promoting the in crease of unity, peace, and concord. May Thy hand of power and mercy be so acknowledged by all that the language of every heart may be, " Not unto us, 0 Lord ; not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory ;" that so Thy name may be hallowed, and magnified in us and by us. Thou hast con trolled the winds and the sea by Thy almighty power, and granted us such favourable weather that we were enabled to lay the cable safely and effectually. Finally, we beseech Thee to implant within us a spirit of h um ility and childlike depen dence upon Thee ; and to teach us to feel, as well as to say, " If the Lord will, we shall do this or that." Hear us, 0 Lord, and hear us in the se our petitions according to Thy previous promise, for Jesus Christ's sake.' " The ' Amen' which followed the conclusion of this prayer showed what a sincere response it re ceived from the hearts of all present, and the depth of feeling it excited." The same evening most of the prominent persons in town, including Lord Napier, called upon Mr . Field. On the following evening Mr. Field cards for a reception. is own house . (a larg l e ss o u n e e) and his brother's house adjoining it were thrown open. Both were In dwelling filled with an enthusiastic com pany.foenit i the L se little details I fear that I cannot make i e n xoit o o n a don how the success of this expedition has than one-half whole heart of this large town , More than origin. Of the _ of our population are of E native element t here a r e few or none among o t the her leading busines s men that have not crossed th e Atlantic —few' who have not friends c side, none who are not observant of European news and European politics. To all, London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna are now brought into instant communication. To say that they feel this, that they are excited by it, is to feebly represent the great enthusiasm which per meates the whole mass, and rouses it to such demonstrations of interest. This it was which gathered together in August so large a congratula tory meeting at Mr. Field's house, and which col lected the thousands of uninvited guests about his door ; which brought there a band to serenade him, and called out the hearty huzzas in response to his speech from the balcony, to which the good natured crowd summoned him about midnight. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medi cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1858 :—George Sellwyn Morris, Guisborough, Yorkshire; Morell Mackenzie ; Edwin Wilkes, Salisbury, Wilts ; John Dearden, Ac9rin6ton. In addition, one gentleman passed bia find extuumatio4 (From the _Liverpool Albion) This remarkable and hitherto unpublished docu ment having had to be proved in Doctors' Conmwns, we are enabled to lay it before our readers : This is my will. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. In dying I commend my soul to God, and in the name of Jesus Christ I implore His infinite mercy, praying Him to receive me in the eternal abode, there to re- unite me to those for whom I have mourned upon this earth. I leave my maternal blessing to my be loved sons, and pray the Lord to guide them through this life, to give them prosperous days, and to grant them eternal felicity when they shall have nobly fulfilled their destinies here below. I bid them here a last adieu, whilst thanking them for the happiness they have contributed to my existence. I entreat the Queen to accept the last expression of my re spectful gratitude. I bid farewell to my mother, to whom I owe so much ; to my brothers and sisters, for whom I have ever felt sincere affection ; to my mother's family, whose tender hospitality has light ened the bitterness of exile of my sons and myself; to my friends and servants, whose fidelity in the midst of misfortune has inspired me with grateful attachment ; and, finally, I bid farewell to France, which I have loved so much, and where the happiest years of my life have glided away. I recommend my sons never to forget that the fear of God is the beginning of all wisdom, that it is a guide and bea con in prosperity, and a stay amidst misfortune ; to remain ever faithful to the precepts of their childhood, and continue steadfast likewise in their political faith. May they observe it both by their constancy in adversity and exile and by their firmness and devoted patriotism when the course of events shall restore them to their liberty. May France, restored to her dignity and liberty, may constitutional France reckon upon them to defend her honour, her grandeur, and her interests, and may she find once more in them the wisdom f their grandfather and •the chivalrous qualities of their father. They should ever bear in mind the political principles which have made the glory of their house, which their ' grandfather faithfully observed upon the throne, and which his father, as his will and testament bears witness, ardently adopted. His last directions have been the guiding rule of their education. In quitting this world I recommend my children to the Queen. My beloved son, the Count de Paris, will obtain his majority the moment my will shall take effect ; yet, notwithstanding this, I count upon the moral influence of the Queen and on her respected authority to replace me in his counsels ; I likewise reckon upon her maternal solicitude in entreating her to accept the guardianship of my beloved son, the Duke de Chartres. Such duty will not, I trust, appear to her too onerous, for I beg my brothers to assist the Queen in the administration of the fortune of their nephews. I know full well the feelings which animate them for the children of their deplored brother, and I am sure that they will at all times testify towards them a sincere af fection. I charge my sons to remain ever closely united; the indissoluble union of the two brothers forming the condition of their strength and mutual happiness. I desire that my eldest son shall, from the day that his legal majority permits him, take part in the family council appointed to watch over the interests of his younger brother. It is also my desire that those tried and faithful friends who have surrounded my sons, and who, after having been the devoted adherents of their father, have never ceased to give us proofs of attachment in ad versity, will still continue to remain about them. Having acknowledged that the property and secu rities comprised in the deed known in English as the indenture or deed of trusteeship, dated the 28th of July, 1849, are my personal property, save the giving an indemnity to my children for the sums in which I might be indebted to them as guardian in the exercise of the right which I reserved to myself by the said deed, and by an additional one in continuation thereof, dated in the year 1853 (both deposited with Mr. Coutts, of London), I declare hereby to revoke, abrogate, and annul, in the most complete and absolute manner, all and every the clauses, conditions, and stipulations of the said deed, wishing and intending that such deed be considered as null and of no effect, and as though it never had existed, it being my wish and intention that the said property and securities shall revert freely, and without any and_ of transfer, substitution, or other charge, to my per sonal fortune, so that I may do with and dispose of the same as I may think fitting. I make this pro vision in case the aforesaid deed and its continua tion should not have been revoked and annulled before my death, it being my express will that my property, the securities of which it is composed, everything which might and should le g ally revert to me, and indeed all that I am at liberty to dispose of, shall be equally divided between my two children. With this intention I likewise divide between them, as equitably as possible, the following articles in my possession, leaving, to wit, to the Count de Paris, my pearl necklace in four rows, which he will, I trust, one day give to the Countess de Paris; the six diamond pendants with chain ; the red album, containing the fine collection of water colours by French artists, which belonged to the Duke d'Orleans ; all my furs, and Seheffer's picture of The Holy Women' (les Saintes Femmes). To the Duke de Chartres, my set of pearls, composed of brooches, pins, eardrops, bracelets, and a diadem. This set came to me from his godmother, my aunt Adelaide. My ruby bracelet, bequeathed by the Queen of the Belgians; two ruby buttons; the sapphire ring and the ruby ring ; my fine cup in lapis ; the Prayer-book which was made by his father's order ; the necessaire d'armes, and my lace. I hope that these jewels and lace may be worn by a Duchess de Chatres. Besides the foregoing articles, I bequeath, as souvenirs to the Count de Paris, the large portrait of his father, by Ingres ; the marble bust of his father, by Tallet ; the large picture of ' The Iron Gates,' by Dauzats ; the small picture of the Col de Teniah,' by Philippoteaux ; all his father's manuscripts, papers, letters, small notebooks, as well as his father's letters addressed to myself. I know that he will always look upon these papers as a precious treasure, and I believe that he will one day be enabled to use them with discrimination, so as to make known the character of him whom France has mourned without' even being aware of all his merit. I leave him the portraits of my two mothers ; the water-colour, by IVinterhalter, re presenting the Queen with the children of the Duke de Nemours ; the oil portrait of the Duke de Chartres, by Winterhalter ; the fine poniard ordered by my sister-in-law, the Duchess of Wurtemberg, for the Duke d'Orleans ; two of the albums, con taining his father's drawings ; the Psyche, which was presented to me, by the city of Paris on the occasion of my marriage ; the equestrian sta tuette, in bronze, of his father upon a pedestal of black marble ; the large pendule of Breguet, which struck the hour of his birth, as well as the chimney ornaments belonging to it ; the ena melled box containing his father's watch and several other souvenirs; the case containing the seal and silver-gilt knives, which I always use ; one-half the fine engravings of his father's portrait, by Ingres ; the small water-colour of the Duke d' Orleans on horseback, copied from H. Vernet ; one of my four beautiful fans ; my marriage fan, in filagree, which has been used also by the Queen ; his coral, which aIL tbe Queen's children have like wise used ; my bracelet, containing a portrait of his father, intended for his wife ; my carved pray ing -desk, containing his father's mask ; my papers, lette rs small nooks of souvenirs, which I have left in En g:r rd ; his father's sword, which he wore on the day of his death, and the palm which was pre sented to him by his Division on his return from the Iron Gates. I bequeath as souvenirs to the Duke de Chartres the equestrian portrait of the Duke d'Orleans by De Drcun ; the small portrait of his father, by Ingres ; the large picture of the " Col de Teniah," by H. Vernet ; the head, in marble, of his father, copied from the Mausoleum of Triquetty ; the water-colour of the Queen by Winterhalter ; my portrait, by Henriquel Dupont ; the furniture of my desk (inkstand, penholder, and blotting-book in silver -gilt); the miniature of his godmother; my small watch ; the " carnet," in tortoise shell and gold, adorned with family -portraits ; one of my four beautiful painted fans ; the bracelet, adorned intended for his portrait and th a t o f hi s f a th er , for the Duchess de Chartres • the water-colour of Eugene Lamy, representing the Review of the Chas seurs d'Orleans at the Tuileries, 1840 ; the large portrait of the Count de Paris when an infant, by Winterhaltcr ; two or the albums, containing , draw ings of the Duke d'Orleans ; the other half of the engravings of the portrait of his father, by Ingres ; the triumphal arch Djimilah, by Dauzats ; my Alex andre organ ; my marriage corbeille ; and my eques trian statuette, in bronze, of his father,. with the anda specialfwhiche two bronze vases ist t a h cc e o s m oi p n a ,e n n y ir i s t. wh l ic h h av l e b s e et g down u po n affection, c fr on il , y and I n des s . to accept as a last token of themselves there my sons to divide be tween, suchremainder of the articles I may leave, as albums,ln their power, bronzes,the books, furniture, and sundry: lie ti my - sons I de s i re sons to fulfil, as far as may wishes that I shall hereafter express and su ile c o h nnti a .te s ha l et may subsequently express in codicile oism .l them to continue to Monsieur do B faithful f r iend of their father, of themselves, and me, as well as to Monsieur Asseline, who for so many years has shown us such deep attachment, the annual sums of 4,000 f. each ; to Madame d e Bontems, my former governess, the annual sum of 4,000 f. ; to Monsieur.Kennecke, my . ,tutor, the an nual sum of 1,600 f; to Madame Gassier, the annual r► am. A -, THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. sum of 1,500 f. ; to Mademoiselle Tuccrow, my for mer fenzine de chanibre, the annual sum of I,ooof. ; and to Holdet and Escoyer, the two valets de eliantbre of the Duke d'Orleans, the annual sums of 1,500 f. to the former, and I,ooof. to the latter. Having at heart the prosperity of our house, it is my will that, in case, through improbable but pos sible misfortunes, namely, that my two sons should, by dying before me, without leaving direct heirs, Fender me the proprietress of a portion of their pro perty, the estate which I may leave shall be divided among the princes of the House of Orleans, and in their default among the princes their sons. In such event the wishes I have above imparted to my sons would, as regards their relations, become obligatory charges, together with the desires I may subse quently express in codicils. I beg Mr. Vremyn, senior, my attorney, to accept the duty which I confide to him in the appointment of my executor, and I hope he Will recognise in this a proof of my gratitude for his enlightened counsel. I desire my sons to present to Mr. Fremyn, senior, from me, a diamond ring of the value of 3,000 f. Whatever the place of exile where my days may close, and what ever the tomb I may happen to find, I request my sons, and, in their default, my heirs to have my remains conveyed to France whenever our family may return to it, there to deposit them in the mor tuary chapel of Dreuxbeside the tomb of my hus band. I here close my last will with an assurance of pardon to all such as may have offended or afflicted me, and with an entreaty to all those I may in my turn have offended or pained, not to retain the memory thereof. My last words are for my beloved sons—a prayer and a blessing. " HELENE, DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS. Eisenach, Jan. 1, 1855." FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. (From the Belfast Mercantile Journal.) It must be very gratifying not only to the in habitants of the British Islands, but also to. the greater portion of the better classes in Erance, to know that our Queen has again met the Emperor of the French in friendly intercourse, even, al though it hasbeen at one of the strongest and most formidable fortresses in his kingdom. It is truly delightful to find two great nations, that used to consider themselves as natural enemies to each other, thus linked together as brethren, but we must nevertheless confess that there is something about this vast warlike construction at Cherbourg that weakens our faith, and raises doubts in our minds as to the durability of the union between the two greatest powers of Western Europe. That Great Britain and France 'ought to main tain the most amicable relations, is a truth based not only on the general desirability of peace, but also on the specific capabilities and requirements of the two countries. The course of policy pur sued by both, however, has been eminently un favourable to the intercommunity of the two peoples. War generated taxes, and taxes generated custom house tariffs, which, in their turn, surrounded each country with a hostile barrier, calculate d to dimi nishto the lowest amount that profitable intercourse which would have woven a threefold co rd of amity not to be severed but on the most serious occasion. A Custom-house is a commercial fortress con structed for hostile purposes ; and a Custom-house officer is a commercial soldier, whose employment is to make war on the trade of nations--to prevent or limit their commercial interchange, and thereby to diminish as much as possible the reasons founded on material interest, which would induce nations to cultivate peace. So long, then, as France and' Britain do not engage in a commercial interchange, far more extensive than that which exists at present, there is no real or solid bond of union between them. A political bond can never be the substitute for a COM mercial bond. The moment the occasion passes which leads to a mere alliance of arms, the poli tical bond may be snapped, because it contains nothing more solid than the opinions or tempers of statesmen. Opinions may change, and tempers may. become irritated ; new parties may arise, whose policy is of a different character; or misunder standings may occur between individuals, which may lead to misunderstandings between govern ments ; the bond of amity may thus be severed, because, in fact, there is no real interest between them. It is quite otherwise with the commercial bond. The commercial bond is not a mere alliance is a complete net-work of positive and pecuniary interest, and its severance wherever it has been allowed to exist, would carry with it such a ramifi cation of loss and detriment, that every effort is made to avoid the danger, and almost every claim complied with, rather than break off the profitable interests of reciprocal trade. We see this in the United States, where the slavery and anti -slavery 4 parties arc morally as hostile to each other as if they were at war. The north would willingly deliver itself from all connection with slavery. It abhors slavery, and, above all, the fugitive slave law, which brings the abomination into its own territory. But it dare not sever its connection with the south, except as the very last resource, when union would be no longer possible. It is bound by the mighty tic of a free commercial intercourse. The south supplies it with its cotton and its pro duce ; and, in return, it finds in the south a market for its own manufactures, its calicoes, hardware, plantation goods, machinery and other articles. It has a free trade with the south, and this free trade is almost the only bond that keeps the States together in a condition of internal peace. Let a range of custom-houses be established along the line that separates the free States from the slave States—let the two parties mutually tax each other's goods, and let there be as little commercial interchange as there is between France and Britain—and a disruption would inevitably take place. War would probably ensue, and the two countries would set up separate governments of their own. The same principle applies, though to a modified extent, to the relations between Britain and the United States. The planters are far from being friendly to Britain ; and were it not for their commercial interests, the y might rashly seize some pretext for strife. But thev are bound to Manchester, to Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, by the golden bands of trade. They would.willingly—to use their own expression—" thrash the Britishers ;" but the Britishers are the only people who can buy their cotton crop, which would rot, on their hands were the trade to be interrupted by war. They would be ruined, in the first place, with considerable chance of being beaten afterwards ; and few men arc willing to engage in an enterprise which promises them certain ruin and only proble matic glory. Our present alliance with France, then, we regard as by no means secured until we open up a trade that would make the interests of the two people identical. Trade has this advantage, that it brings profit to both parties. It differs from gambling, where the sum gained by one party is lost by another. Trade, on the contrary, is a real and genuine profit to both. If we buy cotton from America, it is because the cotton is more valuable to us than the articles given in exchange ; and if the Americans sell their cotton, it is because the articles received in exchange are wore valuable to them than the cotton. Owin° to the stupidly restrictive system still dominant in France, our trade with her is miserably small compared to what it could and would be under a wiser and more liberal policy. British manufactures are sought after with great avidity in that country, but, owing to the restric tive tariff imposed, they are comparatively so dear that they can only be used by the rich. h a t d e I duties concern ed,esimposed suffers hera s n e b t r yl i i o n u she Frenchman s y s , nation a o n w d i n n e t n o The province of Ulster, with which we are more i t m he m h e i d g i , yarns. The recent exhibition in Paris must have e l a s l u e s d t a i t n e ed a y a n e n h u s a e l n ly . c l gr e e a a r t l y o r e s s v t h i n e consequence of this prohibitory policy. For the article of linen alone, the French nation pays at least one-fifth more than it would do under a mo derate system of duties ;the loss am oun ti ng an nually to at least 2 millions sterling, or 621 mil lions of francs. The French Government loses a handsome revenue, formerly derived f rom thi s source, while the aggregate capital employed in the flax spinning trade in France is not greater th an the annual loss sustained by t hat nation in keeping up these prohibitory , duties. The consumption of linen in France is very great. Linen napkins, as well as table-cloths, are used at table by all classes. Linen is generally , used for under-clothing, and the linen blouse, either dyed or undyed, is the universal outer garment. In con sequence of this general use , the linen manufacture of France is of great magnitude , being reckoned at 7 yards for each person, or about 250,000,000 of yards per annum. Estimating the value at 11 franc or ii. English per yard, the annual value must be about 312,500,000 f. or £12, 500 , 000 sterling. Messrs. Herdman, Grimshaw, and Patterson, in their valuable report on the Paris Exhibition, pre sented to the Chamber of Commerce, in 1855, from which we take the above figures, are of opinion that the same fabrics could be produced in Ireland and Scotland at 20 per cent. less, on account of the lower price of our linen yarns, which are now ex cluded from France by these prohibitory duties. During the year previous to this prohibitory system being adopted by Louis Philippe (1841), the mil A li t ons export of linen yarn from Great Britain and Ireland thate ftriamnces.an. to France was ten millions of killogrammes, or ten thousand tons, value 41 millions of francs, and a duty was paid to the French Government of six agitation was commenced by the French flat and linen yarns by. to . exclude British linens Goyenament Prohi . b . itory duties, and the Louis Philippe acceded to their THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1858. urgent solicitude, and in 1841 passed the required prohibition. This was nominally a duty of 20 per cent., but in consequence of being levied by weight on a wrong basis of value, it was at that time 33 per cent., and in a few months was more than 50 per cent., the duty remaining the same, while yarns had fallen in price. Although British and Irish linens and linen yarns were thus ex cluded from France, the linens and linen yarns of Belgium were admitted at half the duties, and, strange to say, this privilege is still continued. In order to exhibit the exact difference, we now append the following tables of the duties charged on unbleached yarns and brown linens imported into France from the United Kingdom and from Belgium. They have been carefully made up, and give examples of the different classes ; that of the yarns being suited for the English and Irish, as well as for the Scotch mode of making up. It can be no matter of surprise that our exportation has fallen off, and a mere glance at these will be suffi cient to show the good grounds our spinners and manufacturers have to complain of the partiality shown to Belgium : DUTIES ON 'UNBLEACHED LINEN YARNS IMPORTED INTO FRANCE. From Belgium. 61bs. or No. 8, 31bs. or No. 16, 21bs. or No. 24, 11b. or No. 48, alb. or No. 96. p.s.p.bd. p.s.p.bd. p.s.p.bd. p.s.p.bd. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. 4 19 51 131 41 141 3 14 2 81 From the United Kingdom. 11 46 61 28k 7k 311 51 241 31 151 DUTIES ON BROWN LINENS IMPORTED INTO FRANCE. Duty 071,221b5. English. *8 *l2" *l6 20 above *2O s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. From Belgium United Kingdom 64 2 115 5 214 0 274 2 374 4 * The number of threads of warp in 1-sth of an inch. NOTE.—In order not to complicate the tables, the duties on bleached linens and yarns are not given ; but the differ ence is in a like proportion. Belgium has for a long period supplied France with linens and yarns, but with a much smaller quantity .of the latter. Previous to 1843—the year immediately following the imposition of the differential duties—there had not been exported to France much above 900,000 kilogrammes of yarn in any one year. To prove most conclusively how this country, under moderate duties, was able to supply France cheaper—competing successfully with Belgium— . -and how the people were quite prepared to become manufacturers themselves on getting a lower priced article, it is only necessary to give the importations of yarns into France at two different periods—the first under the existence of high, and the other under. moderate duties FROM BELGIUM. FROM U. KINGDOM. Kilo. Kilo. In 'lB3O, In 1839, If, then, afreer trade between Britain and France is desirable—and a trade can never properly be called free until it is unrestricted—the present time is perhaps the most favourable that has occurred in our own day for pressin.. r' . the subject on the atten tion of Government. British statesmen have been gradually brought to perceive that Free Trade has proved a blessing to the country. The tide has turned, and'every year we may expect to see more efforts made to overthrow the barriers which sepa rate with Franee—Louis -Napoleon -has already shown us from other countries , , Nor is it otherwise himself willing to modify the. hostile duties of France; and; if met by a cordial reciprocity on the part of Britain, he might be' induced to revise his tariff,. and to admit. our goods. and manufactures at such rates as could not fail to create an extensive trade. When the town of Dundee, on an occasion not very remote,' presented a congratulatory address to the Emperor, hinting at the same time that a free trade ought to be established. between the two countries, the memorial was received in a friendly and liberal spirit. In fact; of all the rulers that France has had .since the . days of the great Em peror, Louis Napoleon is the most likely to break up the restrictive and prohibitory system which keeps 'France in a state of commercial isolation. He hag the poWer, and we have Mach reason to in fer that, if urged by Britain, he would also have the will. The course, then, for our merchants and manufacturers appears clear. Louis Napoleon is not inaccessible to memorials and deputations. Let our merchants, manufacturers, and trading towns memorialise both our own Government and the French Emperor, setting forth the great ad vantages that would arise- from cementing our friendship still firmer by the bond of commerce. For our agricultural implement makers and textile manufacturers, France would open up a vast field of doubly profitable adventure—profitable to the in dividual trader, and profitable to the nation, by re moving us farther and farther from the possibility of war. France and Britain freely trading to gether would eventually carry in their train the rest of Europe. Belgium and Holland would fol low first, and then the Rhine would be opened to our enterprise. That noble river—the finest and most available on the west side of the Continent of Europe—has hardly more traffic than Glasgow would put on a moderately-sized ditch. A stray steamer and a few clumsy corn boats are all that can be seen on a river which might rival any river in the British Islands, and that has on its banks cities, towns, and villages, and an industrial popu lation capable of consuming an enormous amount of British goods, and of furnishing to us timber, wine, fruit, cattle, flax, an immense variety of fancy ar ticles. Offenbach wares, and many other things which we should take either for consumption or ex portation. Germany, however, will not move until France and Britain have shown them the example, and therefore we should begin with France. Nor are our . capitalists and merchants less interested in this question than our manfacturers. If the Continent were open to a free trade, we should supply it with almost the whole of the colonial pro duce it requires, because, by our s t ea mers, we could d o so eheapecrapthitanal, any y ps and , other country. British capital would command both trades—both export and'imperat'least until the Continent has learned to develop its own resources. The present time, therefore, we regard as the period when an unusual effo r t ought to be made to abolish the restrictive system established by the wrong headed politicians of the past. Trade is the _true. Peace Society—tending, on the one hand, to reduce despotism into constitutional rule, and, on the other hand, to secure order as . the necessary condition of its own existence. And. not the least considera tion is, that a free trade invading the Continent would carry in. its train the elements of a free thought. FEARFUL ACCIDEN7. A most fearful ateident occurred on the Blyth and Tync Railway at Flatworth, about two miles and a half froM Shields, shortly after 12 o'clock on Saturday. In. con sequence of the wet morning the farmers in the neighbourhood had knocked off the reapers at noon, and a party of women who had the Blyth and Tyn e been so employed were returning down the side of ew Fr H an a c ils es , n t t e Upilway to their homes at Percy Main. Among them was an old woman Matthew a Hails, ttl whoe paralysedhad her boy 7 g ryaenadrsso of age, with her. As they were coming down an in cline towards Flatworth, and when near to the Dun Cow publichouse, the little boy suddenly ran on to the line between the rails, and the poor old grandmother immediately, observing the train from Blyth and the pit districts of Hartley, with miners and their wives puoceeding to Newcastle market, approaching, rushed to his rescue. She could not lay hold of in time, but she jumped before the engine and pushed him from between the rails. She sacrificed her own life in doing so. She was immediately knocked down, and, the wheels of the engine and carriage passing over her abdomen, she was literally severed in two, the lower part of her body being carried about 20 yards from where the other was left. The train was speedily stopped, and two medical men being in it they immediately got out and assisted. The remains of the old Woman were gathered together, and inquiry was ma de for the child, when it was found that she had sacrificed her life in vain. The poor boy had been struck on the head by the engine and was lying unconscious. He was immediately removed to the Dun Cow and attended to by Mr. Davidson and Mr. IVheldon, surgeons, but those gentlemen entertain no hopes of his recovery as he is suffering from a severe con cussion of the brain. The body of the old woman has been taken to Percy Main to await a coroner's inquest, but it cannot be alleged. that the engine driver or the guard of the train were to blame, as the occurrence was momentary, and they had no time to stop the 'engine besides, the train was running down an incline at the time. Considering the immense coal traffic on the Blyth and Tyne line, it is but poorly pro tected from trespass, and at the present time the company is liable to penalties of £lO a da y for neg lecting to make bridges at the Percy Main and Prospect-hill crossings within the prope r time, which the corporation of Tynemouth, as the Gene ral Board of Health have given notice they will enforce. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — I, William Cole, of 12, Wood-street, Cheapside, he reb y de clare th a t I have used Holloway's Ointment and Pills for about a month for most violent pains in the chest and sto mach. These pains were supposed by the medical men of Liverpool to indicate consumption. I was told that nothing could be done for me, and that my case was hopeless. At last I was obliged to quit the police force at Liverpo ol, and come to Lond on . I was admitted into St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Even there I obtained no relief whatever, and was ultimately persuaded by a friend to try Holloway's me dicines. These effected a perfect cure in four weeks.—Lon don, 31st July, IssB, Such testimony as this needs no comment, IRELAND, On Wednesday a special meeting of the General Assembly was held in Belfast, to take into conside ration the refusal of General Peel to appoint the two ministers nominated by the Assembly in Derry to - the post of chaplains to the army. The pro ceedings, which commenced at an early hour, did not close until one o'clock a.m., and were then ad journed to the following morning. The delibera tions of the reverend body were not conducted with the strictest decorum, and occasionally the flights of language reminded one' of the scenes enacted in Conciliation-hall, when that memorable arena was about to close its doors for ever. At the evening sederunt of the Assembly, and when the speakers might be fairly supposed to have been worn out by the length of the sitting— " Dr. Cooke thought they should adjourn. He could sit as late, and rise as early, as the whole of the assembly put together—(langliter)- - out he thought they should look after their bodily and mental health. He therefore moved the adjourn- meat. " Dr. Goudy said that this was virtually an attempt to crush the question. He regretted that there was occasion for his occupying the invidious position which he was com pelled to stand in on this subject. He felt it to be his duty to stand up for the honour, the indepen dence, and the liberty of the Church. (Applause.) " Dr. Cooke said he would not allow Dr. Goudy to stand up and say that he was the only person prepared to assert the independence of the Church. " Dr. Goudy—l stated that I would stand up for the independence of the Church. Dr. Cooke has already spoken a dozen times on this subject, and I'll not permit him to misrepresent me. (Confu- sion.) " Dr. Cooke—l'll not allow Dr. Goudy to Goudy me here till morning. (Renewed confusion.) . "Dr. Goudy—l'll not allow Dr. Cooke to Cooke me here day after day. (Laughter.) I stated that I will stand up for the independence and dignity of the Church, but I did not say I stood up alone. I am glad to hear;however, that Dr. Cooke is pre pared to stand up for the rights of the Presby terian Church. (Confusion.) " Mr. Rogers insisted that the question should be put to the vote, and that the roll should be called. " The roll was then called, when there appeared —79 for going on with the business, and 59 for adjournment. " The Assembly thenproceeded with the business. " Dr. Cooke thought they should have a time fixed for adjournment. " Mr. Dill considered that Dr. Cooke should not waste the time of the Assembly by this trifling. " Dr. Wilson proposed that the Secretary-at-War should have a copy of all the resolutions passed by the Assembly on this question, for he believed the private statements which the Secretary-at-War had received led to the misrepresentations which had taken place. The other resolution which he would move was that the Government be informed that the Derry resolution, appointing Dr. Goudy and Mr. Rogers, was unanimously passed by the As sembly, " Dr. Cooke—l say it was not passedurianimously. " Dr. Wilson--I say, yes. (Confusion.) " Dr. Cooke—l say, no. " Dr. Wilson—l say there was no member who made any objection to that , resolution. (" Hear, hear." and cries of " No , no.") " Dr. Cooke—l did. " Dr. Wilson—l say no member attempted to negative that resolution. "Dr. Cooke—l did. • " Dr. Wilson—l deny it. (Renewed confusion.) " Dr. Cooke—l assert it in your face that I did, and I can prove it. " Dr. Wilson—l appeal to the Assembly as evi dence that you did not. " Dr. Cooke—l can produce living men to prove in any court of law that I did. " Dr. Wilson—Let the clerk produce the record, and let us see if you did. " The Clerk—l am prepared to state, before this house and before the world, that the resolution at Derry was passed without the slightest opposition —(applause)—and I was never before cognizant of there being any opposition to it. (Applause.) " Dr. Cooke—l can prove by ten living witnesses that I objected to it. (Uproar.) I will not be put down by this. I would not depend upon my own recollection,. but I can prove by ten living wit nesses that I most decidedly objected to the resolu tion, for upon no consideration could I ever approve of it." Dr. Wilson's resolution having been seconded, another tempestuous discussion followed, e.g. : " Mr. Richard Dill next addressed the assembly, and mentioned that Dr. Cooke had consented to allow Mr. Rogers' name to be put on the list of candidates at Derry. " Dr. Cooke—l consented to no such thing. " Several Members—You did. " Dr. Cooke—l never did. " Mr. Rogers—lt is very unpleasant for me to interfere here ; but Dr. Cooke stated in the school room at Derry that he would permit my name to be put at the top or bottom of the list, by way of ornamentation ; and the assertion which he has now made is worthy of the man who does not know the difference between memory and imagination. (Applause.) " Dr. Cooke—l am above the insult as lam above the man who uttered it—(applause)—but if I am to stand here to receive these insults I will remain no longer a member of this meeting. (Hear, hear " Mr. - Ro n mers—l will never retract the am prepared to stand over it." (Confusion.) Finally, the motion of Dr. Wilson, informing Gen. Peel that the nomination of Dr. Goudy and Mr. Rogers was the unanimous nomination of the Assembly, was then put to the vote. The mot ion of Dr. Wilson was carried by a majority of 74 ap•ainst 16. Dr. Cooke gave notice of protest for himself and for all who would join him. THE CARDINAL IN IRELAND. Cardinal Wiseman continues to monoplise Irish attention, and, according to the Freeman's Journal, he has succeeded in one particular to the position of the late Daniel O'Connell. "He is," says the organ, " that unenviable individual on whom the largest amount of vituperation is heaped, without provoking in his acts the penalties with which he is visited." His Eminence left Dublin yesterday for Dun dalk, his movements being closely watched all along by vigilant reporters, who duly chronicle everything that occurs in his progress. The article in the Times in reference to the omission of the Queen's name at the Ballinasloe Clerical Reunion has elicited the following apolo getic remarks by way of explanation, from the Freeman's Journal of this morning : " It was a meeting of ecclosiastics to honour a distinguished member of their church. A few lay men were present, but that trifling ingredient did not alter the nature of the meeting, or invest it with a public character. At private meetings it is not usual to propose the Queen's health, nor is such a mark of respect ever expected. Nothing was done to exalt any personage or potentate above the Queen or the Government of England. But if the hosts of the Cardinal at Ballinasloe erred, much more did the Cardinal himself ! He spoke, it seems, of the Catholics of England and Ireland as subjects of the same Sovereign, but ' still more closely allied' as members of the same church. Why, what is there objectionable in such a statement ? Which is the closer bond of union, the temporal or the spiritual ? The world knows there are such bonds, and, if they once clashed in Ireland, the time of conflict has long passed into the twi light of tradition." THE DUBLIN POLICE FORCE. Saunders' of this day says :—" A paragraph having appeared in this paper, which has been copied into others, that Colonel Browne, Commis sioner of the Metropolitan Police, had resigned, without any explanation, we are authorised to state that Colonel Browne applied to Government to recommend him to the Treasury to be allowed to retire upon his full salary, on the grounds of length of service, and his having arrived at the age of 68 years. The Treasury having acceded to this, Colonel Browne will retire as soon as the necessary forms are gone through, and will be succeeded by Colonel Lake, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen, an officer of great experience, and highly distinguished at the defence of Kars against the Russians, and on other occasions. Colonel Attwell Lake, C. 8., aide de-camp to the Queen, who has been appointed to succeed Colonel Browne as Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, is associated with one of the most heroic and gallant events of the late war—the defence of Kars. Colonel Lake's appoint ment is deservedly popular, and is as creditable to the Government as it is likely- to prove satisfact o ry to the public ; he brings with him the reputation of being a high-minded and courteous gentleman as well as a tried and skilful soldier, and is reported' to be in every way qualified for the important office which, in just appreciation of past services, has been worthily conferred on him." THE CORIVACKS. The just strictures of nearly the whole of the London press upon the recent disgraceful exhibi tion at Nenagh have found an ech o in a res p ectable Roman Catholic journal. Honestly ashamed of the whole proceedings, the • 'Cork, .Reporter writes : " A meeting has been held at Nenagh, for which we are ashamed. The sentiments enunciated were violent, extreme, and unwarranted to the extent of being actionable. We do not at all mean to enter into a discussion of the trial, - which was managed in tho usual fashion. There was, as usual, a pre liminary investigation before magistrates. A grand jury found the bills, A Crown prosecutor : ¶t13.9% any earthly object, performed the case. A jury of 12 men found that the facts were proved. A judge, who had nothing to say to the finding of the facts; directed the law. A conviction being announced, he sentenced the prisoners, who had seven weeks to refer to the Court of Criminal Appeal if they had any cause of complaint. The_ mode of pressing their claims upon the reprieving preroga tive of the Crown was open to them. Probably the ablest advocate of the bar in such cases, Mr. Rollestone, was retained, and pleaded for them. Now, a public meeting of some 10,000 of Tipperary men has been held to express sentiments of the rankest dissent from this result of an open trial. We regret to say that in that county where, even by the evidence adduced upon the trial, it was apparent that the murder of landlords was reduced to a faultless idiosyncrasy in popular belief, many priests sanctioned the assemblage, not alone with their presence, but with their spoken assent. Un doubtedly, paid assassins can be procured there to work the will of any per,,on murderously inclined. A long series of outrages can attest it, and one of the Crown witnesses avowed it. In the face of such incontestible truths we refrain from publish ing what some of the speakers were not ashamed to advocate—the moral rectitude of taking the law into their own murderous hands. It is with deep regret that we advert to such a matter even inci dentally, but it is impossible to pass that which has been so carefully emblazoned. We coincide with the expression of the Dublin Evening Mill, with which we seldom agree, that the Government should not pass over this case, but visit it with Punishment both exemplary and decisive, both in the case of the speakers and the chairman, who, holding an official position, still warranted with his presence the rabid abuse which was heaped upon the administration of criminal law in this country without a shadow of reason. The notion of placing blame at the door of the judge who tried the case when, if any objection could be raised, it could only be attributable to the learned counsel who was retained for the defence, is quite absurd. If Mr Justice Keogh were faulty in his rendering of the law the Court of Appeal was open, and he left abundant time that such correction might be availed of. If the jury were so depraved as to murder two men by a perjured verdict, yet the right of applying to the Lord-Lieutenant re mained. It seems to us most unjust, unconscien tious, and cruel that such an occasion should, be used to satisfy party feeling against a judge em ployed in a case where life or death was in the issue. As we have said, we turned to this subject with much and serious dislike, and we now leave it with a hope that such a lunatic exhibition of popular rancour will never again appear in Ire and." DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM. An inquest was:held at the Red Lion, Heathen cote, near Towcester, by Mr. A. Weston, deputy coroner, on Saturday, the 28th ult., on the body of Wm. Rush, aged 11 years. It appeared from the evidence of the boy's mother, and of Mr. E. F. Watkins, surgeon, that the deceased had received an injury of the foot some weeks previously, which had resulted in a considerable shortening of the great toe and enlargement of the corresponding metatarso-phalangial joint. No surgical aid was called in until a few days before his death. Mr. Watkins was then requested to examine the foot, but, in consequence of the boy's screams and resist ance, and the acute pain caused by the slightest manipulation, the • examination was not satisfac tory. As it was absolutely necessary to decide whether the case was one of dislocation or diseased joint, Mr. Watkins proposed another examination under the influence of chloroform, to -which no ob jection- was offered, the mother being made to understand that the boy " would be put into a sound sleep, during which the examination might be ac complished without causing any pain. Accord ingly, on'Friday, the 27th, Mr. Watkins was called, and having, placed the bo on a bed, proceeded to administer the cholroform by inhalation. As the ob ject was merely to secure insensibility to pain during the very short period required for the examination of the foot, it was intended to in duce the very slightest state of anesthesia com patible with the attainment of that object. The handkerchief upon which the choloform was applied was a stout cotton one furnished by the mother, and two of the corners folded over the part which was moisted with chloroform were interposed be tween the latter and the lips and nostrils of the patient. Though the boy seemed somewhat afraid of inspiring the' vapour freely, it caused neither cough, sneezing, nor any sign of irritation of the air passages. Mr. Watkins had himself taken a full inspiration from the handkerchief before apply ino• it to the patient. After an interval of from 30 to 40 seconds the desired effect being apparently produced, Mr. W. took hold of the foot, but had no sooner done so than the boy sprang up and screamed lustily, declaring that he would not submit to the examination, and placing his other foot across the affected one, succeeded in preventing it ; thus prov ing that the apparent effect of the chloroform was not real. An interval of two minutes or more was spent in pacifying and reassuring him, and the handkerchief was again moistened and placed lightly over the lower part of the face ; he evaded the inhalation of the chloroform for some 20 or 30 seconds by first holding his breath and then suddenly turning his head aside and taking a full inspiration quite clear of the handkerchief, but, on being encouraged, he steadily inspired the vapour. After some six or eight inspirations the -desired condition appeared to be produced ; the putse had not indicated the slightest disturbance of the circulation, the countenance was perfectly composed and natural in colour as well as in expression, and the breathing was soft and uni form as in natural sleep. Mr. Watkins, having given the handerchief into the mother's hand, was again taking the foot when the patient made two short stertorious inspirations. The chloroform was at once discontinued; but the change from a slight to an extreme condition of anesthesia became rapidly apparent, the pulse fell at once, and after a very few hurried and feeble beats, ceased to be perceptible at the wrist, the lips assumed a livid hue, which almost instantaneously spread it self upwards and downwards over the whole surface, and a small quantity of frothy mucus ran from the mouth. Cold effusion was instantly applied, and the patient was turned over, care being taken to keep his mouth from the pillow—twice or thrice a suc cession of short, laboured inspirations induced the hope that the heart was resuming its functions. Hot water was on the spot, and flannels taken from it were immediately applied to the epigastrium, but all in vain, for the patient ceased to breathe in in about ten minutes. As a last resource, artificial respiration in the direct manner was commenced and carried on vigorously for several minutes, but without any sign of the re-establishment of the heart's action. In reply to a question from the coroner, Mr. Watkins emphatically stated that he was not using the chloroform experimentally, for that his experi ence during the late war had made him so familiar with its effects and the mode of its employment as to render experiment superfluous, and he had since been in the habit of using it very frequently, and with the greatest advantage, in private practice, both in midwifery and surgical cases. In reply to another question, he stated that the habitual presence of two medical men during the employment of chloroform would het'quite imprac ticable in country districts,•more especially in mid wifery cases • but at the same time he wished it t o be clearly understood that he should never think of attempting, under the use of chloroform, any ope ration embracing the section or ligature of blood vessels, or in any way attended with danger of hemorrhage, except with the assistance of another surgeon, whose special business it would be to re gulate the anesthet ic condition No.ftshteonpeatiNevnats sum. Mr. Farmer, surgeo n, of Silvers, cd ~ moned by the coroner and examin , union oe• . to ilg w t t h tl e t teri regard to the care employedrin assist the jury in arriving at a corr adm ect ims op chloroform, the fact of Mr. I\ atkms being justified in using it in this case, andthe . coreectness of the means employed in the end em ours to restore the patient. The evidence of Mr. Farmer on these points was such as to exonerate Mr. Watkins from any impu tation of unskilfulness or of want of due precaution, and to justify the use of the chloroform in such a case. The jury, after a short consultation, found "That the deceased came by his death from the effects of chloroform, administered by E. F. Watkins for the purpose of producing insensibility to pain." Mr. Watkins said he was under the impression that the use of, a cotton handkerchief of a much stouter texture than the silk, cambric, or lawn handkerchiefs, which he had most frequently used, might possibly have pr e vented the due admixture of atmospheric air with the vapour, and thus the chloroform might have entered the air passages in a more concentrated form than that which was con sidered perfectly safe—viz.,s per cont.—and this opinion derives some weight from the report of the fatal case at Epsom, on the same day, in which the chloroform is said to have been placed on a " nap kin."—Northampton Herald. THE CHARTER HOUSE.—The subscription for a monument and a scholarship at the Charter House, in honour of General Havelock, and of the other old Carthusians who fell iu the Crimea and - India, has nearlyreachad the sum of £5OO. Among the subscribers are Lord Panmure, the Bishop of St. David's Sir Proby T. Cautley, Sir Henry Storks, Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Lord Justice Turner, Sir F. Currie, Bart., Sir E. H. Leckmore Bart., Sir Charles Trevelyan, Sir Charles Eastlake, the Queen's Advocate, Sir J. D. Harding, the Dean of Durham , T. Collins, Esq., M.P., Charles Du Cane, Esq., M.P., and several other gentlemen of tlistiuction,—Oort Cir Mar. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A Cate LECTOR OF TAXES. At the meeting of the Richmond bench of magis trates on Saturday the court was occupied for 0 , considerable time in the investigation of several charges preferred by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue against Mr. Henry Burbridge, their late surveyor and collector of income and assessed taxes for the town of Richmond, of having embezzled the public money to a very considerable amount, and also with having illegally received taxes from seve ral of the inhabitants after he had ceased to hold the office of collector. There was a full attendance of magistrates. Sir T. 11. Reeve presided, and there were also present, Capt. Price, Capt. Penhryn, and Messrs. Cohen , Lambert, and Lacy. The prisoner was brought up by habeas from the Queen's prison, where he has been confined under the warrant of the commiF4 - sioners as a defaulter. Mr: Hurrell, instructed by Mr. Jacob, conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and an attor ney named Hall appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Hall, at the commencement of the proceed ings, applied to the bench to allow the case to stand over for a week. It was a very serious charge, he said, against a person who had heretofore filled a respectable position in society, and for which, if convicted, he would be liable to transportation, er a long period of penal servitude. He was, therefore , very anxious that he should have the assistance of counsel, and he at the same time said he had hoped that with reference to the deficiency in the pri soner's accounts, a proceeding would have been taken that would have obviated the necessity of any prosecution. The bench said that ample time had already been afforded the prisoner to prepare his defence ; and with regard to the suggestion of a compromise, the case was now in the hands of the magistrates, and all they had to do was to ascertain whether the evidence established any criminal offence against a party accused, and they were not aware that the Crown possessed any more power to compromise a charge of felony than any private individual had . The evidence in support of the charges against Mr. Burbridge was then gone into. It appeared that he had carried on the business of a timber merchant at Richmond, and Vvas appointed income and assessed tax collector for that district in the year 1854. He continued to hold the office virtually down to the month of Dec., 1857, but it appears that it is the custom for the commissioners to re appoint the collectors every year, and the appoint ments are made at the close of each financial year on the sth of April. It appeared that Mr. Bur bridge was not re-appointed on the sth April, 1 80 7 , but he continued his duties in order to close the ow; standing accounts for the year 1856, and remaine d in the position of collector until the 12th of Dec., ( 1857, when his accounts were investigated by M 1..; Sells, the surveyor of taxes for the distriet, and 1" was ascertained that the prisoner's accounts were deficient to the amount of £713, and he admitted that he had embezzled and misappropriated th e , public money to that extent. In consequence el" this discovery the commissioners exercised the pow er vested in them by the statute in such cases, and th e prisoner was committed under their warrant V ) Horsemonger-lane Gaol until he should pay t il ! money. It subsequently transpired that the prior.' after he had ceased to be collector, had received considerable portion of the taxes that were due le` the year 1857, and the consequence was that those inhabitants who had paid him were compe lled te pay the amount a second time, and under these ci f ,: cumstances the prisoner was charged with hac l e 6 obtained the sums in question by false p r etences. A Mr. Hall, the prisoner's attorney, cross-exam ine ' Mr. Sells at very considerable length, apparently with the object of showing that the conimission er ! had treoted the deficiency in the first instan t u merely as a debt, and, that they had received a Pe , 1 7 0 tion of the amount by the seizure and sale of tri prisoner's property. Mr. Hurrell said he was unwilling to throw any difficulties in the way of any one in the position ' 3 , 4 Mr. Burbridge, but it really appeared to him th a t the cross-examination was quite irrelevant, and te r the only question before the Court was wh eto d e money had been obtained by false representatiel''' or not? The Chairman said that he was of the se — a opinion. The matters referred to might be very g oo es topics to urge before a jury ; but the magistra t e had no power to try the case, and therefore WI were now quite irrevelant. In answer to a question by the Bench, Mr. Se l l 4 ~ stated that the prisoner had no authority whatel': to collect taxes for the year 1857. He added ths.iu he appeared to have received some of the ineeel, before the books for that year were even made ou, and he had altered the date of the receipts for 18°6 to 1857. Mr. Hurrell then stated that there were a "r., ett „ t number of cases in which the prisoner appeared '- have received money from different inhabitant s ; but he considered it would only be necessary to Pr °- ceed upon four of them, in which the prisoner peared to have received the sums of £l5 4s. 31" £7 12s. 13d., £2 19s. 101 d., and 16s. 4d. The Rev. Mr. Hillier, a Wesleyan minister, wll2O had paid the first mentioned sum in respect of t iv l' o Wesleyan Institution, Captain Wood, and t . other inhabitants wo had paid the remaintl°, sums, were then examined, and they proved I .l' t payment to the prisoner, and that he gavg a ree,e ll o l o and Mr, Sells deposed that the prisoner ha had authority to receive those sums, and that he ' never accounted for them on behalf of the pub lic _; l l The prisoner, upon being asked in the us to form whether he had anything to say in answ er , the charge, replied he had nothing to say at zi o sent, and he was then fully committed to take trial upon the whole of the charges. COUNTRY MARKETS. ROCHESTER-SEPT. 4 At this market there was a fair show of wheat to--11t41. Little or nothing doing in barley ; grinding qualities and in some instances 6d advance was obtained. 193 ` 5 1 ki st dull sale, and 6d lower. Beans and peas the same as week. NEWCASTLE—SEPT. 4. o f At this morning's market there was a large sliPP, fe l l r a• wheat, but the trade closed dull, at rather over the o et o l' cies of this day se'nnight, but we make no alteration it quotations. Barley held firmly for previous rates. ' oats is per qr. lower. Beans and peas unaltered. YORK—SEPT. 4. 10 1 At the market to-day an average supply of both obi lo y new wheat ; purchases were made at the opening of _„ b iiito ness at last week's rates, but towards the close a d0'16.4, took place. Old white sold at 46s to 475, red 44 s t°, oe• new wheat 46s to 48s per qr. Oats 18 3 d t o is 4d. per S t,.At Other sorts of grain remained stationaryabeans 48s to 51s. LEICESTER—AUG. 30. Our corn exchange to-day was again well attended' , t r. a good supply of all kinds of grain, which met a firill 1:13 ket at late prices. DUBLIN—SETT. 3. fo to g g White wheat, new, 50s to 52s Barley, grinding.. -:--, s , to 3 64 Red do. s6s to 48s Oats, old, 12st .. — 34 ' 4 ., 1 4 Old white 44s to 46s New do 308 , 534 Red do. 40s to 42s Beans.. 58$ 08 t o . d,3 6 Barley, malting.— I 38s to 40s Malt BRITISH CoLumßiA.--The La Plata, which Southainpton on Thursday with the West India mkt of it detained off Osborne for two hours, waiting the resn' to bo Cabinet Council held there, deciding on instructions coo, given to a detaehmatit of Royal Engrossts under th„e„,lo wand of Captain Parsons, who wer e g oin g out to P,.—„re. Columbia to prepare for the formatio n o f a colony tit On the breaking up of the Council Sir Edward B. I , ,r the the Colonial Secretary, with his suite, went on boar",„o , La Plata, and delivered to Capt. Parsons his instruc t He also shortly addressed the detachment. . • , BIRTHS. " Aff ir COCKEIL—On the 2d inst., at Hohie Chase, nea r -nicer burton, Devonshire, the widow of Major Cocke r, ter House, Oxfordsiiire, of a daughter. FULLER.—On the 3d inst., at Kenley, near Croydon, se rey, Mrs. Francis Fuller, of a son. MAXWELL.—On the 2d. inst., at Scarthingwell Will, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Constable Maxwell, of a son. i f olf PRENDERGAST.—On the 11th July, at Calcutt a, tile of Lieut,-Col. W. Prendergast, of a daughter. . . MARRIAGES. • L at gi lf t o f . . . STANIUM-11ENDERSON.—On , the 2d inst ai., --•, 0 4- Abbott's, Kensington, the Rev. Lewis St . ;nhal il ',. - of . of St -Mary,•lslington, to Anna, second daught e " . Henderson, Esq., of• Kensington. 1 14 WIDGINTON—AtASON.—On the 31st ult at the ell u A r ia...; the Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, Mr. J. I`'• ' c ylef" ington, of the Old Kent-roa, -to Sarah Ant all" - r oe daughter of Mr. William Mason, of Great Doi Southwark. DEATHS. lq, , DA.SITWOOD. — On the 4th inst., at 9, Seamore-plecehte fair, Lady Isabel Anne Dashwood, widow of tl l ' 3 `'- P) ~, Dashwood, Esq., of Hall-place, Bexley, Kent. ,sci FOSTER.—In Bundelcund, of sunstroke, while s6rr ill ,:r. W the Central India Field Force, Captain J . C. Fa s ' o . e - O POMEROY.—On the 2d inst., at Sussex - p lace, Ile' park, Mrs. Pomeroy, aged 92 . 11 i lle' MATT. --On the 29th ult., at 44, Cambridge-ter rce ' park, Thomas Natt, Esq., aged 78 . so l)P S A XBY.—On the I st inst., at Greenwich, Robert Esq., formerly of the Royal Marines , aged 6 8 . ./ 0 SEAFORTI.—On the Ist inst., a t Edinburgh , of BAbeo' Charlotte, daughter of the late Francis , Bal.' - 6 , forth. 13 W H ITE.—On the 2d inst. at 5, Northampton-P' pond, Mr. F. White, of Lloyd's, aged 37. QUI 46 LONDON : Printed and Published by 1%1U111)0 YOU 11%, of No. 112, Str and a , Printer, t The Bun Oface, r 4° ' o , Strand, in the. 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