The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-27 00:00:00

A letter from Malta, dated Aug. 21, says : " Since despatching my letter on Saturday there have been two or three 'farther arrivals of French steamers, with troops, mules, and stores, on the way to Beyrout. On the 18th, the steam transport Reine Mathilde came into port, from 'Marseilles, with 1 officer, 14 men, 23 mules, and provisions. On the following day, the Messageries Imperiales steamer Jourdain arrived from Algiers, with 16 officers, 25 non-commissioned officers, and 486 men; also, the French steam corvette Eumenide, from Toulon, but she brought no troops. All these ves sels, except the Eumenide, which is still here, left with all possible despatch for Beyrout. " The Ottoman steam yacht El Hami Pasha, Capt. T. Hinson, arrived on the 18th, from London, in 92 days, Falmouth and Scilly 47, Gibraltar 32, and Bona 5, and left to-day for Constantinople. " On the 19th the Turkish screw frigate Muh biri Surur arrived from Tripoli, with the ea-Gover nor-General of that province, Haggi Ahmet Izet Pasha, who has lately been recalled by the Sultan for maladministration, and Mahmoud Pasha ap pointed in his place. Izet Pasha is accompanied by his suite. The submarine and subterranean electric cables, to connect the different forts of Malta with head-quarters at the Palace, have arrived from Eng land, and were to be tested yesterday by the officers of the Royal Engineer department.' A letter from Corfu, dated Aug. 8, received by the Meg:era, says : " Her Majesty's frigate Doris returned to this port on the 26th ult., and remains on this station. A transport ship is expected here shortly to take the 2d battalion of the 9th Regiment to relieve the 2d battalion of the 2d Regiment at Santa Maura and Cephalonia, the latter regiment being ordered to Gibraltar, vice the 25th Regiment, ordered home. This will reduce our garrison to one battalion. Three men of the 4th and 9th Regiments were tried on Monday, the 6th instant, on separate charges for striking and threatening to strike their officers, and sentenced severally to four, six, and tsn years' imprisonment. Another letter from Corfu, dated Aug. 18, says— " Her Majesty's gunboat Alacrity arrived here from the Adriatic on the 13th inst. His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner left Corfu at three p.m. on the 15th, in the lonian Government steamer for a trip to the islands. Her Majesty's frigate Doris accompanied him in his trip, which will pro bably extend over three weeks or a month. Her Majesty's steam troopship Magtera arrived from Malta at two p.m. on the 15th." The screw steam gun vessel Torch, 5, Commander T. H. Smith, from Chatham, bound to the coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth on Friday ; her defects will be made good in the Sound. The troopship Lady Clarendon, from Calcutta, which landed the 53d Regiment at Plymouth on Thursday, left the Sound on Friday, under tow of a Government steamer, but owing to a strong gale from the westward was obliged to return to her anchorage. Preparations are being made in the slip of the Devonport dockyard, from which the Gibraltar was recently launched, to lay down the keel of the screw steamship Ocean, 101. The new storeship Rhadamanthus. F. R. Stur dee master, on passage with machinery from Wool wich for Devonport, will, on arrival, be cleared with all despatch. The new contract-built steamboat Heron, at Devonport, having had s her planking examined, is to be coppered. The Russian screw frigate Gromoby. 50, Capt. Ponafidine, from Cronstadt, last from Torquay, ar rived in Plymouth Sound on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning saluted the flan , of Port-Ad miral Sir Arth ur F ans h awe , K.C.8.,6 which was acknowledged by 'the Impregnable, 104, Capt. Lord Frederick Kerr, in Hamoaze. The Osborne, Admiralty yacht, Master- Comman der Bower, is under orders to proceed from Ports mouth to Holyhead to be in attendance on the Lords of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's War Department steamers Lord Panmure and Balaklava arrived at Woolwich on Saturday from Dublin and Devonport. The Etna, 16, floating battery, 200 horse power, has nearly completed her repairs at Chatham dock yard, and will be ready to be undocked at the ap proaching spring tides. This vessel is found to be in a sounder and in every respect better condition than either of the floating batteries which have yet been examined. The immense strength of her con struction and the thickness of the wrought-iron plates with which she is protected render her al most invulnerable to anything but the Armstrong and Whitworth rifled cannon. At a meeting of the Great Yarmouth Town Coun cil, held in the course of last week, it was stated offi cially that the fort projected at the mouth of that harbour would, in all probability, be commenced during the present year. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander 0. M. Crewe Read, to the Cumberland ; Commander F. T. C. Strode, to the Eagle, commissioned as a training ship; Lieut. Francis Hewson, to the Hogue, additional, for ser vice in the Harpy tender ; Charles S. Broome, mid shipman, to the Diadem; Colman M. Hammond, second master, to the Avon ; Theinas 11. Hayman, second master, to the Lizard; John Williams, second master, to the Rhadatnanthus ; Percy C. Smith, master's-assistant, to the Emerald ; John M'Lloyd, master's-assistant, to the Diadem; Augustus A. Lyne, clerk, to the Centurion ; and Thomas Mit chell, clerk, to the Cornwallis. TILE ARMY. Three troops of the Ist (or Royal) Dragoons left Dublin on Thursday, two to be stationed at New bridge and one at the Curragh Camp. 'The 2d (or Royal North British) Dragoons arrived in Dublin on Thursday from the Curragh, and occupied quar ters in Island-bridge Barracks. The 4th Light Dragoons arrived in Dublin on the same day from the Curragh, and occupied quarters in Portobello Barracks. We understand (says a Dublin paper) that the Curragh Camp will shortly be broken up for the winter. The Himalya, screw troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe, embarked the troops enumerated in The Sun of the 22d inst. alongside Portsmouth Dockyard on Satur day, and sailed for Plymouth Sound and the Medi terranean at 6 a.m. yesterday. The detachment of the 2d Queen's which was ordered to disembark at Gibraltar, and wait there the return of the head quarters of the regiment in the Himalaya on her retur n from Corfu, are now ordered to proceed to Corfu direct to join bead-quarters th:lre. On the Himalaya's arrival at Corfu she will be placed at the disposal of the authorities, in the event of her being required for particular service. The follow ing are the names of the officers embarked with the troops :—For Gibraltar.—Lieut. Harrison, 2d Bat talion 7th; Assist.-Surg. Jay, 2d Battalion Bth ; Capt. Clery, Lieut. Davidson, and Ensigns Lawrel and Tanner, 100th Foot. For Malta.—Lient Groves and Surg. Crocker, 2d Battalion 3d ; Assist.- Burg. Hinton, 2d Battalion 15th; Ensigns Gar wood and Farley, 2d Battalion 22d ; and Capt. Hill, 40th Foot. For Corfu.—Ensign Bates and Surg. Hindley, 2d Battalion 2d; and Ensign Wil liams, 2d Battalion 4th. One sergeant, 14 men, three women, and three children of the 53d Regi ment also embarked for passage to join head-quar ters of the regiment at Devonport. Two batteries from the 15th Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at Gosport, will early this morning embark on board a steamer at the Royal Clarence-yard, and be conveyed out to Spithead where they will be transshipped on board her Ma jesty's ship Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. H. Cumming for conveyance to Alderney, where they will re lieve two batteries of the 10th Brigade, which will return to Spithead on board the Emerald. The detachment of the Bth (King's Own) arrived from India on board the Lady Clarendon are hourly expected to arrive at Portsmouth, and will be sta tioned at Parkhurst, Isle of 'Wight, until the arri val of head-quarters from India, which according to present arrangements,will be stationed in the south west district. The City of London Hon. Artillery Company ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon by steamer from Ryde, Isle of Wight, on the way from San down to London. The weather has been most un favourable during the stay of the corps in the island, and but little profitable practice or pleasure has re sulted from their visit. The detachments of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and , the St. Helena Regim e nt select e d to proceed St. Helena will embark at Gravesend o n Thursday next, on board the chartered vessel u,r, which will convey 51 met of the Royal Artii __LET, 23 , 182 Tio 4 . ' eo Sappers of the Royal Engineers, and ne xnissioned officers and men of the St. Helena r aent, from the depot of that corps at Chatham, be ° e noyal Artillery and Royal Engi adarti%loyed in repairing the present a n n e d er e s r a e r c e ti t u4., o r the 3 .1 foriifications at the island, and moan tint , 2 aul 68 pounder guns with which the dePenees areto be furnished. The Akbar will also take out a quantity of military stores for the island. Capt. A. R. Le'nPrie I .'ll -E Who ha s recen tl y returned to England from the North A mer i can boundary expedition, under Lieut,C:al;t at the Hawkins. RE., has :liven ordered to join head. cl e rs Royal Engi ne er establishment, Chatham. A rumour has been for some days in circulation in Woolwich Arsenal to the effect that Sir Av . Arm strong was about to resign the Superintendenc e of the Rifled Ordnance Department ; and on Saturday it was announc,d as a fact that, although his re signation had not been accepted by the Government, the Secretary of State for War had requested him ' to retain his post until the close of the present ses sion of Parliament, when a new arrangement would be finally made. It is supposed that the long-con templated intention of re-appointing a Director- General of Artillery, which has been strongly re commended by the Military Organization Com mittee, will be acted upon, and that Col. Tulloh, the present Inspector-General, will receive the ap pointment, uniting under one head the Director- Generalship of Artillery and the manufacturing branches of the Arsenal throughout. In addition to the above announcement it is stated that the superintendence of the royal gun factories will be assumed in chief by Mr. John Anderson, the present resident or assistant superintendent, who has car ried out with perfect success the absolute direction of the department, with an occasional visit only of Sir W. Armstrong, since its foundation under the new system. TEE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. In accordance with arrangements stipulated be tween the commanding officers of the corps and Viscount Sydney, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, it strong body of the Royal Arsenal Volunteers at - Woolwich mustered on Saturday at 3 o'clock for the purpose of a general inspection by his lordship. At half-past 4 o'clock Lord and Lady Sydney ar rived at the Arsenal, and the inspection commenced shortly after. The men were drawn up in line to the number of about 1,500 of all ranks, and ex tended the entire length of the avenue from the paper factory to the archway at theentrance of the Royal gun factories. The Artillery Brigade was commanded by Captain Ellis, in the absence of Colonel Fullom on leave, and the battalions of Rifles were in command of Colonel Parkyn and Colonel Anderson. His Lordship, accompanied by Colonel Tulloh, Brigadier of the corps, Colonel Morris, Colonel Luard, and Major Oram, rode up to the front of the column, upon which the men fell into open order and presented arms. The three bands united thereupon and struck up the national air. His lordship and Staff then rode down the front of the line, and went through the inspection, carefully examining the appearance and bearing of each man ; and, having assembled the commanding officers, he desired them to make known the satis faction which he had derived from the inspection of the corps, established for the protection of the Royal Arsenal, and to assure them he was confident that the trust which her Majesty had so willingly , confided to them would never be misapplied or dis graced by one among them. He could, he said, but admire and extol their ready and persevering loyalty, even under the adverse state of the wea ther, when so many were assembled, which was a good guarantee for their honesty of purpose. The corps then marched past and proceeded up Wel lington-street, along the front of the Artillery bar racks, and returned by the Old Chariton-road, when they again assembled in the Arsenal and were dismissed. A Volunteer review took place on Thursday in Oakley Park, Suffolk, the seat of Sir E. C. Kerri son, M.P. The Volunteers present comprised the companies formed at Eye, Stradbroke, and Botes dale, which are upwards of 160 strong. A variety of mancoavres were creditably executed, and the Volunteers were afterwards entertained at dinner by Sir Edward Kerrison, M.P., and Lord Henni ker, M.P. The Bristol and Glocestershire Artillery and the City of Bristol Rifle Volunteer Corps were to have been inspected on Saturday by Col. M'Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteers. Great prepara tions had been made for the event. The Duke of Beaufort despatched the Stapleton and Dodding ton troops of the Royal Glocestershire Hussars to keep the ground. The ladies of Clifton and the vicinity had subscribed for some handsome silver bugles, which 3 were to have been presented to the two corps by the Mayoress (Mrs. Bates) and Mrs. General Whish. The weather, however, proved so unpropitious that the inspection was abandoned. The Nottingham Robin Hood Rifle Corps has advanced to a very efficient state with respect to drill. The ladies of Nottingham have commenced a sub scription for the purpose of presenting the nine companies of the corps with a silver bugle each, with banneret and colours; also with a horse for the use of the adjutant. The amount of the funds raised now exceeds £l3O, but no specific date has yet been named for the presentation to take place. In a short time the Peterborough Rifle Corps will be presented with a silver bugle. The ceremony of the presentation is to be performed by Lady Ver non and the Hon. Mrs. C. W. Fitzwilliam. A butt is being erected for rifle practice at the expense of the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam (captain of the corps) on the Caistor-fields, in the neighbourhood of Pe terborough. The Holbeach Volunteer Corps assembled for ball practice a few days ago, when the result was most satisfactory, the number of points obtained by the three successful competitors being 30, 19, and 18. The average number of each member was 151. There were also present detachments of the Boston, 11th GloceStershire, Cirencester, and Westminster Rifle Corps on the ground. Tho great Rifle Volunteer review, to take place at Glocester on the 18th of September, is likely to be remarkable as a military display. Alroady about 40 corps have intimated their intention of attend ing, and to this number an addition of 40 more is expected. They will come chiefly from the county of Glocester and surrounding counties. The Go vernment has appointed Colonel Dick, Assistant- Inspector•of Volunteers, to superintend the details, and excursion trains on the Great Western, Mid land, South Wales, and Hereford, Ross, and Glo cester Railways will be run. The Glocestershire Hussars will attend the review. The Duke of Beau fort has intimated his intention of " franking" the Badminton troop to and from Glocester on the occasion. The Worcestershire Volunteers, which consist of 18 companies, have been constituted two battalions —No. 1, consisting of 10 companies, under the com• mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Knight, M.P. ; and No. 2, consisting of eight companies, commanded by Lieutenant• Colonel Scobell. On Saturday a meet ing of captains was held at Worcester to take steps for acquiring some proficiency in battalion drill, preparatory to the review at Glocester, at which the two battalions will attend. The Stourport com pany have commenced rifle practice at targets placed on Hartlebury-common. The other Wor cestershire corps continue steadily their regular drills. Under the superintendence of Captain Hornby, R.N. (the Earl of Derby's representative), Major Harman, the Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers, and Captain George Molly, the arrangements for the Knowsley review have been completed. They are calculated to give general satisfaction. The forth coming event has created so much interest in Liverpool that for weeks past all the public vehicles have been engaged by persons intending to be present. Lieutenant-Colenel Gladstone and Major Tinley, of the 2d battalion Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, are vigorously exerting themselves to render the Hightown Shooting-ground a model establishment. Already they have erected 15 perfect ranges, from 300 to 1,100 yards in length, and they purpose erecting 15 more. If necessary the range can be in . creased to a mile with safety. In order to enable Volunteers to render themselves competent to shoot for the prizes at the county meeting in October next, the terms for the privilege of practising at Hightown have been arranged on a very liberal scale. Honorary members pay £2 2s. per annum ; honorary effective members (that is, persons con nected with any corps) pay 111 ls. only. Members of the 2d battalion pay 10s. 6d. per annum. The object is to make the ranges as generally useful as possible. Very comfortable and healthy arrange ments have been made for the early encampment of the 2d battalion at Hightown. [ADVEILTISEMENT.]—The following are some out of many thousand extraordinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious Health Restoring Reva lenta Arabica Food : —Cure No. 41 , 61 7.—Winchester, December 3, 1847.—Gentlemen,—I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use ; dis• tressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been, removed, and a feeling of re stored health induced. 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Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £3,000 against Alfred H'oper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. Gd. ; Sib. 11s. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and. Co, t,,T I -dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street, ity ; at 127, High Holborn; and all grocers. rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1869. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. some time been progressive in all its branches, and in the single item of pigs causing a diminution on the half-year of over £1,360. The outlay charged to capital expenditure was much reduced this half year, having been in the half-year ending June, 1859, £6,457 ; December, 1859, £6,050; June, 1860, £3,451. The outlay had been for addition to rolling stock, £1,237 ; Parliamentary expenses, £754 ; and works along the line, £978. The com pany's bill, which had been unanimously approved by the proprietors, received the royal assent July 23. The rejection of the bill for the sale of the Kilkenny Railway opened the way for negotiations with the directors of that company, which had terminated in the Limerick Company undertaking an agree ment for the working of the Waterford and Kil kenny line, which was to take effect as soon as pos sible; also a prospective agreement for the working of the extension line to Mountrath, for which a bill had been obtained, and which they trusted would afford a considerable increase of traffic. They had also within the last few weeks completed arrange ments with the Limerick and Castleconnel Company for the working of their extension line, which was open to Birdhill, and in course of completion to Killaloe. These agreements had been arranged on terms which, while advantageous to the other com panies, would, the directors trusted, be found fairly remunerative to their company. The capital ac count showed that £1,197,257 had been received, £1,233,815 expended, leaving a balance of £36,558 against the company. The revenue account for the half-year ending 30th of June showed that £32,278 had been received, and £13,600, or 42.14 per cent. expended, leaving a balance of L 18,671. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, The report of the directors of this company states that the policy of the board has never been aggres sive, but they have been too frequently forced into litigation and Parliamentary contest in defence of the interest of the proprietors. Mutual concessions, however, and the consequent amicable arrange ments entered into with all opponents, have left them free to develope the resources of the line ; and although they have still to liquidate law expenses already incurred, little outlay in Parliamentary or legal controversy with other companies has this year been requisite, nor is it anticipated that it will , be necessary in future. [ The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June showed that £43,531 had been re ceived for passengers, &c., against £40,965 for the corresponding half of 1859, showing an increase of £2,566. The receipts for goods and minerals amounted to £98,427, against £85,765, showing an ' increase of £12,662. The receipts for the canal amounted to £69,863, against £67,233 at the cor responding period of last year ; and the expendi ture to £27,116, against £26,533, showing an in crease of £583. The net profit of the canals amounted t 0142,747, against £40,700 in 'the cor responding half of 1859, showing an increase of £2,047.. The quantity of materials, such as rails, chairs, fish-plates, &c., required in the half-year for the maintenance and renewal of permanent way has been considerably in excess of any former similar period ; but the directors see no reason to depart from their uniform course of charging the whole to revenue, rather than to adopt the practice, now very generally pursued by other railway corn ' panies, of carrying any part of it to a suspense ac ' count, to be redeemed in fixed yearly amounts from future revenue. The rates received on the Bid ' dulph line for 32,677 tons of minerals and goods amounted to £3,836. But this must not be taken as any criterion of the value of this extension of the North Staffordshire mineral trade. No passengers have as yet been carried over it. The directors, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, lay ing aside a reserve of £3,000, and paying every expense chargeable to revenue, are enabled to re commend to their shareholders a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which will leave a balance of £1,040 for next account. The articles of agreement between the London and North-Western and the North Staffordshire Companies have re ceived the sanction of the London and North-West• ern proprietors, convened at a special meeting. The capital account showed that the total amount autho rised was £5,820,000, of which £436,033 remained uncalled. The total expenditure on account of the canal was X 1,170,000, an d on the railway £4,191,179 —together£s,36l,l79. The balance in handamounted to £22,717. The canal revenue for the half-year ending the 30th June amounted to £69,863, and the expenditure to £27,116, leaving a balance of £42,746. The railway revenue amounted to £156,283. in cluding £12,476 from the London and North-West ern, and the expenses to £77,900, tolls to Midland £3,884, leaving a balance of £74,499. 'NOTTINGHAM AND GRANTHAM. The report of the directors states that the name of this undertaking was changed by the Act which received the royal assent on the 15th of May last, from the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, to that oC the Nottingham and Grantham Rail way and Canal Company. The other principal fea tures of the Act were a reduction of the share capital to £1,014,000, in lieu of £1,056,250, and of the bor rowing powers from £358,333 to £265,000. Look ing to the desirability, as expressed by the proprie tors 12 months since, of discharging the existing debenture debt of the company as from time to time it became due, and there being many proprietors who desired at once to pay up in full, the directors had resolved to a:low interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per anrum to shareholders paying up the un called £2 per share of the capital. The general business of the undertaking contrasted favourably with that of the same time last year, or any similar period, the increase on the railway being in every class, and amounting in gross to £3,253, while the tonnages on the canals showed an addition of £139. The amount received of the Great Northern Com pany for traffic, station rent, and interest, with the net earnings of the navigations, showed a balance to the credit of revenue of £14,878, which would admit of a dividend of 3s. 6d. per share, or 31 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £9l. The capital account showed that £1,029,041 had been received and £1,028,987 expended, leaving a balance of £54. The revenue for the half-year ending the 30th of June on the Nottingham canal amounted to £3,132, the expenses to £994, and the balance to £2,138. The receipts on the Grantham canal amounted to £2,164, the expenses to £714, and the balance to £1,450. Those balances, added to £15,213 received from the Great Northern, and £Bl from the last account, amounted to £18,882, the interest on loans and the expenses to £4,004, leav ing £14,878 for dividend. POLICI? INTEL 1,10- ENCE-Aug. 25, WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DIS CLOSURES.—AIien Fairrie Johnstone and Sarah Elliott, the latter a vulgar-looking but well-dressed and well-spoken woman, with a nervous affection of the eyes, and a large sear on the left hand, were brought up for further examination, charged with stealing a valuable child. The child, Jane Smith, a very pretty, precocious little girl of five years of age, is very intelligent, and although so young draws large audiences by singing at various concert-rooms. Three weeks ago the female called upon the child's mother, and, under pretence of buying her a new sash, as she was to sing at the Spread Eagle, Wandsworth, that evening, absconded with Johnstone, with whom she cohabits, taking the child to Southampton, and the prisoners were apprehended at Portsea, by In spector Street, of the Portsmouth police, with the child in their possession. Firman, Inspector of the A reserve, who has had charge of the case, said since the last hearing the mother of the female prisoner had given money to the child's mother not to press the charge any further, and he had stopped the mother in the act of leaving the court. Apart from this he had some very important facts to communicate to his worship. The female prisoner had passed by the names of Arnold, Randall, Elliott, Hapgood, John stone, Farrar, Lady Fortescue, and other aliases, and after making diligent inquiry he found there were more than 20 cases of fraud against the pri soners at Southampton, and he had several people present who had been duped by the female, in con sequence of her making various false representations to them. They (prisoners) had visited almost every lodging-house keeper in Southampton, absconding without paying, and had on one occasion repre sented that they had obtained the child for the purpose of taking her to sing before Lord Palmer ston. The mothe r o f the female too had come to London, and representing herself as the aunt, had, he believed, obtained some of the property the pri soners had become possessed of by fraud. Mr. Paynter asked if Johnstone was a party to ' the frauds ? Mr. Firman replied in the affirmative ; .he had been living with her all the time. He then called Mrs. Clara Gregory, who said—My husband is a house painter and decorator, and I keep a wardrobe shop at 52, Dorset-street, Portman-square. I know both prisoners, and the dress and bonnet the female has on are mine. I knew her as lodging in the same street, and on the 21st of June she brought me several letters to prove she would in a few days be iu receipt of large sums of money. She also said she was the niece of Lord Palmerston and Lady Fortescue in her own right, but had married Mr. Johnstone unknown to her friends; and, on the faith of her representations, together with the let ters she produced, 1 let her have three dresses and three bonnets, of the total value of £9 3s. 6d. She was to pay on Saturday following, and I was, to go • to her house, whi c h I did, w h en s h e h a d left word LATEST PARTICULARS. she was out o f t own , an d on the .Monday I heard It has already b een s t ate d t h at application had been made by th e aut h or i t i es o f the Home Office to she abscond e d f rom h er l o d g i ng, and had pawned one of the dress es on t h e same day she obtained it issue a reward fo r th e appre h ens i on of the mur of me, derer or murd erers , an d that Mr, Faith and Mr. The female prisoner —Did I not tell you I was in Whittaker, the two sons-in-law of the deceased, the habit of mee ti ng gentlemen, and wanted the had also declared th e i r w illi ngness to add £2OO as a further rewa r d o f th e assass i n or assassins. The articles for th a t purpose ? Prosecutor (most emphatically)—You did not, or application to the Home Office in this respect would you would not have had them, appear to be successful, for during Saturday after- Mr. Paynter asked prosecutrix how she had al- noon the police were busy posting at the various lowed herself to be so duped. There was nothing in police stations, and throughout the Eastern dis prisoner's app earance t o s h ow she was a lady. triers o f t h e metropolis, monster placards, as well as ; d_is g tr i i s b a uti o ng small hand-bills, of which the Prosecutrix replied she spoke in so plausible and follow ladylike a tone that, coupled with showing the let- ''' a " 1 HRECE copy POUNDS REWARD.—MURDER.-- tors purporting to be signed by noblemen, one Whereas, ' Mary Elmsley,' widow, has been brutally mur dered at 9, Grove-road, Mile-end-road, on or about Mon- Defendant denied this charge and all others that shall day, the 13 , th August, 1860, £lOO reward will be paid i by ap a pe e n rsln n lead to might be brou g ht aga i ns t h er, and then looking Governmentthe to n r r yd a 3 a nd v in e g o s n u vi h etio n n formation Majesty tZs s round the court, and scrutinising the persons ready of the guilty person or persons; and the Secretary to give evidence against her, she admitted she had of State for the Home Department will advise taken lodgings of several people and had not been the grant of her Maja!dy's gracious pardon to in a position to pay. any accomplice, not being the actual murderer, Sophia. Dawson, 16, Southampton-terrace, 'Pater- who shall gi ve suc h i n f orma ti on as shall lead to 100-bridge, said—l l e t apartments, and know the the same result. A f ur th er rewar d o f £2OO w ill also be paid by Mr. R a t c liff, so li c i tor, D ean Colet House, Stepney, prisoners. Th e y t oo k apartments on the 6th Febru- to any person who shall give information as Etove l . B3o A . ary last for one week, as man and wife, under the mourning ring to the memory of ..T..Jo . nes, who di d name of Elliott.' They slept there two nights, and a dark-coloured pocket-book, containing an acceptance of £25 • also a cheque on the Bank of London for £lO are then went to Southampton. They returned on the miss'in Information to be given to Inspector Thornton, Ist of March, and stayed till the 24th, again going or Seq, g, eant Tanner, Detective Police, Scotland-yard, or to to Southampton, where she told me she was to meet Inspector Kerressey, Bow Police Station, K Division.— her uncle and obtain some money from him. On Metropolitan Police Office, August 24, 1860." April 3d she came back again, stating that she and Amongst the various rumours that are afloat as her husband had quarrelled. She often told me she to the murderer of this unfortunate woman, none was Lord Fortescue's daughter, and that Lord Pal- appears to gain so much credence as that which merston was her uncle, and on the 14th she said assumes that the party who committed the crime she was going to call on som e f r i en d s t o l unc h w i t h was well known to the deceased, and that he had them, and at half-past one would return, and bring been to see her upon some business connected with her friends with her to dinner ; and to carry out this the rent for one of her houses, or the pretence of is the course of the morning a large quantity of purchasing some of her paperhangings. On Satur poultry, lobsters, prawns, and other dedcacies came day, however, a curious circumstance occurred, in. She said after she hail lunched with her friends which has put the police upon quite another track. she was going to call on Lord Palmerston, and asked , During the morning, three well-dressed foreigners, me to lend her my watch, chain, and brooch, which who could speak English tolerably well, and who, I did, and never saw her again. She also stole an we believe article of we ar i ng appare l b e l ong i ng to me. , gave their n ames an d a dd resses, called at the police statio n , near A r b our-square, Stepney, watch, chain, and b rooc h , did she styFortescue she was Lord Inspector Griffin of th e K di v i s i on, then on duty, ? that they had a strong suspicion as t o w h o were Mrs. Dawso n . —N o; b ut s h e had thatfrequently account told the murderer s . Th ey sa id the i r suspicions rested me so before, an d I b e li eve d i t, and on lent her the thi ngs , D ur i ng her sta with me in upon three or fou r F renc h men w h o had been for y some time lurking ab ou t th e E ast - end of London, March, too, sh e s h owe d me a life policy, purporting whom they knew to have been French convicts, and to be for £l,OOO, and her will, and I thought her a who upon their release or escape from the bagnes lady of great property, had made their way to England. They stated that The female prisoner denied this charge, and said these men were in the habit of going about in twos that the watch and chain were the property of her and threes with slippers, which they represented as husband, as she called him (Mr. Johnstone), and of French manufacture, and on gaining access to that she had slept with two men, one of whom was premises for the purpose of effecting a sale, they laid Mr. Blackman from Lambeth, while in Mrs. Daw- their hands upon anything which was within their son's house, reach. Several house robberies and burglaries Mrs Dawson denied this, have lately been reported as perpetrated by The prisone r th en s t ate d t h at h er mother ' s name foreigners answering the description given of these was Hewett, and her proper name Hewett ; but she men. The most remarkable part of the representa was the illegitimate child of a csentleman named tion, however, is that the three foreigners stated to Fortescue, and she did not consider it was wrong the inspector that they have seen the individuals to to use a name to which she thought herself entitled whom they refer since the period of the murder, —the name of her father. and that they are now well-dressed and have been Mr. Firman here produced the life policy and spending a deal of money. It is their impression will, which he said were shams. The will was her that one if not t wo o f t h ese men had called upon g own, and she p re t en d e d t o b e willin awe y far ge the deceased, and having gained access to the sums of money and property, while she was worth house, and finding she was alone, had committed nothing except what she obtained be her fraudu- the murder. Whether the police authorities lent practices. attach any imp or t ance or not to this representa tion Paynter said h e did not think there was any tion remain s f or t h emse l ves to decide; but certain case made out her e , as th e pr i soner had not made it is that i n th e course of the afternoon Sergeant the false represe n t a ti ons to Mrs. Dawson at the ' time she obt a i ne d h er watch arid chain. Coppia one of on of the dete c ti ves o f t h e K di v i s i on in Miss Ann H emm i ngs of Davis-street, Berkele the case, a n d w h o h as b een directing his energies square, w as th en ca l led, and said—l let m house y- to a particula r quar t er w h ere he has suspicions, re in apartm en t s , an d h ave at present a y ceived a c ommun i cat i on from head-quarters, Scot there, and thi s woman has among otherrince thin lodging l an d- yar d , to turn his efforts in quite another direc deavoured t o t a k e away my character and the gs e cha- n- tion, but in w h a t di rec ti on t h e pol i ce very properly abstain from aff or di ng i n f ormat i on . I t was stated racter of my h ouse . Sh e did not come to lodge with at the inquest th a t th e d ecease d, w h en di scovered, me. I should b e very sorry to have such a person in wa s p er f ect l y d resse d, w i t h t h e exception of one my house, b u t I went to see the last witness, my slipper, having one on, and the other laid a short sister, one day, and heard that the femal e prisoner distance from the left foot. It has since been dis wished to be introduced to me, and my sister intro- covered that these slippers are apparently quite duced her to me, which circumstance I shall ever new, and of a kind which Mrs ; Emsley had never regret. On that occasion prisoner and myself had been seen to wear before. a long chat together, and she showed me several letters, one of w hi c h b ore t h e In the pl acar d o ff er i ng the reward for the appre pretended signa- In of the murderer, it will be observed that tore of a solicitor, and stated that she would re ceive £5,000 on p ro d uc ti on o f her marriage book, with an acceptance for £25, and a cheque for cite. She also told me she was going to Cambridge £lO on th e B an k of London. It has since been House. I could n o t b e li eve i t at f i rst, and when ascertained that th a t c h eque was paid to Mrs. she came back, re mar ki ng on my not crediting her Emsley on M on d ay, the 13th, the day of the sup story, she read m e a l e tt er f rom Lord Palmerston, posed m ur d er , i n the evening, by Mr. Carryer, of and showed me th e enve l ope it carne in, which bare the firm o f Pi c k er i ng and Carryer, operative Lord Palmerston' s cres t, an d when she showed me this, I believed h er other statements to be true. chemists, for th e rent of premises • they occupy b e - She told me sh e was go i ng again to Cambridge Bethnal-gre en . U p s to Saturday afternoon that y cheque had not been presented at th e B an k o f L on- Palmerston, who wou ld get L ord Palmerston to in- don. Mr. Carryer has, however, been to the bank tercede with her (prisoner's) aristocratic family in and stopped it, stating the circumstances. The order to reseore peace between them. This, of person, theref ore , w h o presents, should any one do course, was not t rue; an d among twenty-two other letters which s h e s h owe d me at that time, several so, will of c ourse b e d eta i ned, and the chequ© may prob a bl y l ea d to the discovery of the murderer. bore the signatu res o f t h e nobility. These I have During the afternoon, Inspector Kerressey waited ascertained to be forgeries, for I must tell you she H h the at his office • upon Mr. ump reys, coroner, can write no less than seven different hands. Spital-square, and inti ma t e d t o hi m h i s hope that Lord Palmerston w Mr. Paynter inquired whethe r th e l etter from sham o r no t ? he shall b e a bl e t o pro d uce some evidence calculated as a to elucidate the my s t ery, w hi c h up to the present Mr. Firman repli e d, h e h ad every reason to be- on time is almost eq ua ll y pro f ound as that of the mur lieve the lett er was, but not the enve l o p e , f or be. der at Road. Se rgean t s C opp i n and Venables, upon sides it havin g L or d P almerston's own crest up a receiving their f res h or d ers, at once set out upon it, he had b een t o D owning -street and was told letter had b een wr i tten to her by Lord Palmerston's their new line o f i nvest i gat i on, and it is hoped their secretary, but as t h e l atter was out of town he (the efforts will be attended with succes s . S ergeant inspector) cou ld not f i nd out the purport of it. Miller, another detecti ve o f the K division, ha s a l so prepared pl ans o f t h e premises and of the spots Mr. Pay n t er sa id no doubt she had written to where the f oo t mar k s o f b lood were found on the strayed the ori g i na l l etter, su b st i tutin obtain p ossess i on of the seal, and had then de stairs, in ord er t o l ay t h e same before the coroner for it. g another eand jury a t th e a dj ourned inquest to be held to-day (Monday). There can be no doubt that the large re- The female prisoner declared that Lord Palmer- ward offered will stimulate the police to energetic ston himself had written to her making an appoint- action, and if there are any accomplices it may lead men t with her; she had often been to s ee him, but to one turning Queen's evidence , as it is understood it was not likely she was going to say there what that not only the reward but her Majesty's free connexion there was between her and Lord Pal • - pardon will be accorded to any one except the ac morston. (A laugh.) tug! assassin. It appears that the income of the Miss Hemmings continued —Daring the con ver- deceased, althoughvery lair was by no means so e, sat ion she and I had, she stated that she was Lady great as has been represented, and it turns out that. Fortescue and Lord Palmerston's niece ; that she she had on l y a life interest in th e p ro perty left by was short of money, b ut would have some in a few her last husband, Mr. Emsley, which now passes days, showiree me letters to that effect, and into the hands of Airs. Faith and Mrs. Whittaker, asked me to ° lend her some, and believing her her stepdaughters. With reference to her character, story I did not hesitate. I first lent her a although attempts have been made to deny that she sovereign, and then £4 10s., receiving an I 0 U for the mon e y. Th ese sums wee, to purchase various was of slov en ly an d penur i ou s habits, th e state of the pl ace , f or a woman of h er we alth, c l early estab her a ver y h an d somely -worked and valuable articles t o v i s i t L ady Palmerston in, and I also lent fishes the accuracy o f th e first point ; an d the dis petti- covery of the mone y secreted in the c e ll ar amongst coat, but never saw her again. the coals, coupled with her general appearance and The female Prisoner—You lent me the money to her dealings generally, is ample_ evidence of the go to the Argyll R ooms with, to see a gentleman . latter. There is one trait in tille deceased's character Miss Hemmi ngs (i n an ironical tone ) — How do admitted on all hands by her t enants which ought you make that out ? You were a lady in your own not to be overlooked, and that is, th t ' a in all in right, and one gre a t person and the other. Surely' stances where her rent was paid regularly she was THE STEPNEY MURDER. CORNWALL. The directors' report states nat although the proceeds of the half-year have not fully come up to what might have been expected, the resources of the county are being steadily developed; large quantities of potatoes and other vegetables, and fish, have passed over the line, and the advantages which have been supplied by this improved mode of tran sit have been so appreciated in the London markets, and have afforded such facilities to producers in the west of Cornwall, that a continued and considerable increase of traffic from these sources may be reason ably expected when better appliances have been secured for the purpose. The receipts on account of revenue have been £29,144, and the working ex penses £17,328, leaving a surplus of £11,815, but as the amount of interest falling due in the half-year on debentures, guaranteed shares, and on money re ceived on loan from the associated companies, and payable exactly at the end of the half-year, amounted to £22,287, the financial result of the working of the line, from its opening to the 30th June last, is a debt on the revenue account of £6,433. Several circum stances, partly arising from the imperfect completion of the line as a whole, and others of a temporary and accidental character, have contributed to this result. Until the beginning of this half-year little was done in the way of goods' traffic ; and the appliances for this branch of the business, -lotwithstanding every exertion was used to provide them, were not in a state of tolerable efficiency until the end of February, and even these additions and improvements were required; but none of them have been in use long enough to have had any effect on the accounts of the current half-year. One of the most serious obstacles to the proper development of the traffic from the west of Cornwall, atad particularly in the carriage of fish and vegetables, has resulted from the con tinuance of the narrow gauge on the West Corn wall line. The directors therefore, have been under the necessity of preising on the West Cornwall Com pany the expediency of taking measures to terminate at the earliest possible moment an exceptional sys tem, which the directors believe to be equally pre judicial to the public in general. The directors continue to look, as they have ever done, to the ex tension of the line to Falmouth as the natural and legitimate means of completely developing the re sources of the undertaking. They have now brought the whole question before the associated companies in a manner which they hope will lead to a decision, and they have observed with much pleasure the progress which is being made in the construction of the docks at Falmouth. The revenue account showed that £1,512,087 had been received, and £1,517,836 expended, leaving a balance against the company of £5,749. DUBLIN, WICKLOW, AND WEXFORD. The report of the directors states that, notwith standing the long winter and the continuance of in clement weather during the spring and summer months of the past half year, there had been an increase of the traffic receipts. The increase of traffic receipts on the Wicklow line amounted to £991, and on the Kingstown line to £174, making together £1,165, as com pared with the corresponding half of 1859. On the whole year, ended the 30th of June, 1860, as compared with the corresponding previous 12 months, there had been an increase of traffic re ceipts of £5,127, viz., £3,519 on the Wicklow line (on which the traffic amounted to £38,905 as against £35,.386), and of £1,608 on the Kingstown line, on which the traffic receipts were £61,832, against £60,224. The total receipts on both lines for the half-year ending 30th June last amounted to 146,174 including £28,222 on the Kingstown line, and £18,620 expended, including £9,698 on the Kings town line, leaving a balance of L 27,554. Out of this sum was paid to the Kingstown Company and its officers £18,593, leaving as the net profit for the half-year £8,961. The interest, rent, rates, and taxes absorbed £8,666, leaving £293. To this sum was added the balance brought from the preceding account of £6,382, making a net sum of £6,5",5 to the credit of revenue. The gross revenue of the Kingstown line for the year just closed .having ex ceeded £55,000, the Kingstown Company had be come entitled, under the lease, ,to the contingent rent of 30 per cent of such excess, in addition to the fixed rent and the compensation rent for diversion of traffic under the agreement of Oct. 1, 1859. The 1 payments of these three rents amounted to £17,914. The bill promoted in Parliament by the two com panies, for giving validity to the agreement of Oct. 1859, received the royal assent on the 25th May last. Out of the balance of £6,575 the dividend for the half-year on the 6 per cent. preference shares was payable. The final call on those shares having been made, they had now been fully made up; and the dividend for the half-year ended 30th rune list amounted to about £5,989, leaving the surplus (£586) to be carried forward to next account. The arrangements of this company for its part of the improved postal and passenger communication with England has been completed. The works on the first section of the Gorey Extension line were in active progress, and the remainder of the exten sion down to Enniscorthy had been laid out, an,l the working plans were near completion. The act for -the extension from Gorey to Enniscorthy was passed on the 15th of May, and the shares by means of which the capital for Gorey and Ennis corthy extension was to be raised were in course of issue. It had been found expedient to continue the doubling of the line from Dundrum to Bray, with a view to the more convenient working of the in creased traffic on the Bray line; and a new station had been established at Miltown, on that line. The capital account of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Water ford Company showed that £1,019,168 had been received, and £985,169 expended, leaving a balance of £33,999. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH. The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern—Mr. Taylor in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report,which stated that the total capital paid up to the 30th of June was £24,472. The directors regret that in consequence of unexpected difficulties the contractor had been unable to continue the work, leaving about 30 miles incomplete, which will be immediately commenced by the company's engineer on a different plan, but within the original estimate. During the past half year private wires have been erected for different firms, with whom agreements have been concluded for forwarding messages from any of the company's stations free of charge to the sender. The directors have decided on the erection of wires round the Isle of Dogs, by which the large shipbuilding, en gineering, and other establishments in that locality will be served, and also to run lines parallel with the bank of the Thames by which an improved sys tem of communication between the several wharves and warehouses will be established. The profit and loss account showed the receipts for the half year to be £551, and the expenses £2,282. The engi neers' report stated that the new lines completed embrace extensions to the Commercial-road, Poplar, East and West India Dock-road, Bunhill-row, black friars-road,Westminster-road,Great Northern Railway Coal Depot, and Paddington. Eleven ad ditional miles of wire have been added to the exist ing supports. Twenty-nine new offices have been fitted with instruments, the totai number being 80. The CHAIRMAN said they only commenced their works in February last year, and had not yet had an opportunity of seeing the results. One of the difficulties they had h a was that of obtaining a staff of young ladies, which had been attended with great anxiety, but had been eventually overcome, and they now had 90 of these operatives, who were now educated in the working of the system, and were equal to the requirements of the whole of their offices when open. Another of their difficulties had been that of getting the consent of persons to allow them to carry the wires over their houses. The directors had thought that, as they brought the system to every man's door, there would have been no difficulty in getting their con sent; but, on the contrary, in many instances they had been obliged to give a trifling consi deration for that privilege, and in some cases they had had to take the wires down again. The directors had decided to reduce their own remune ration fixed by the shareholders at £l,OOO to £5OO. After some comments on the position of the company, and pointing out that the share holders could not reasonably expect any large re turn or increase of business until the whole of their system was conpleted, The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Alderman ROSE seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, was carried unani mously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings. FALMOUTH DOCKS. The report of the directors stated that since the meeting in Febniary last, the works had been car ried on in a satisfactory manner, although impeded by the unfavourable weather. The Prince of Wales Breakwat er h a d b een comp l ete d w i t h granite for a length of 310 feet, being beyond low water mark, from which point its construction would be continued as quickly as possible. Great progress had been made in the excavation of the graving dock, the•granite work for the caisson was in course of erection, and would speedily be completa. The gridiron was also far advanced. A large portion of the rock from the graving dock having been found suitable for filling the breakwater, an exca vation for a second dock would shortly be com menced, from which the further quantity of stone required for that purpose would be supplied. The directors anticipated that the breakwater, graving dock, and gridiron would be ready for use at the end of this year, and they intended to erect a ware house on a suitable spot. The Cornwall Railway Company had surveyed a line to connect their un dertaking with the docks, which would admit of favourable gradients and easy works. The present capital of the company amounted to £42,675, and as the directors were satisfied that this amount would enable them to carry out the section of the works now in progress, they proposed to defer the question of raising further capital until the meeting in February next, when they hoped the shareholders would see the works in ac tive use and producing revenue. The capital ac count to the 30th of June last showed that £14,898 had been received, and £7,240 expended, leaving a balance of £7,658. en the 11th inst. the balance at the bankers amounted to £10,771. THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST Two RUSSIAN CAPTAINS. —On Friday an inquest was held at Newcastle on the body of Lucy Gray, the unfortunate female sup posed to have been thrown into the Queen's Dock, and in reference to which two Russian captains had been appre hended upon suspicion, as when the deceased fell into the water they were seen to run away. It was found that the deceased was intoxicated, and fell into the water through her own imprudence, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," but disapproved of the conduct of the two Russian captains in running away. It was explained WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. that in their own country it was the psactico to lock up witnesses as well as persons implicated, and the fetr of this The directors of this company state in thei,:. report, caused them to run away from the spot. The accused ha e ,hat the receipts for the past half-year amounted been discharged. o £32,278, against £31,908, showing an increase [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Pills and medicine invariably ag over the corresponding half of last year of £370. eravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis- After payment of the working expenses of the line, l appointment, and exp ense may b e avo id e d by persons health sending only their address to E. , indifferent the interest on loans, and dividend on preference n shares, there remained a balance available for divi- S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they lend on the original shares of .£3,561. The direc will receive gratis and free by p o st th e " INVALIDS' owN tors therefore recommended that a dividend of ss. p O e as , 0 , , f ' p o e r rf e t 'a t t u d r i o a e l s t n i o e n s t o s r t e r r o , n , w n it e h r o v u e t s. a m o e u ci a l d cin lu e ner o a r a e n x d . per share (being at the rate of 1 per cent, per an- refreshing sleep, to the mos ' t enfeebled, insuring the removal num) be paid on the original £5O shares, and on the of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, quarter shares in the like proportion, free of income nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, tax ; and that the balance, £1,061, be carried to cough, asthma, cmsumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhea credit of the current half-year. The increase on dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, the traffic had been less than on some former occa- noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, sions, caused by the general failure of the root hysteria,a heartburn,ne uralgia, h irritability d sie a e a p d l e e a ss a nes c s r , a a m ci p d a ity a , p p a a am lp s i : crops, which affected the traffic in live stock, pre venting the increased development which had for s a inking, fits, bronhi e tt a s d . ac ` h `Unq e a s e p stionabl y ; the safest Guide to health." - - Lady Fortescue cannot want to meet gentlemen at very kind and obliging, and would do little repair s the Argyll R ooms. Your worship, the.prisoner is or anything to make their places comfortable with the greatestoy for years swindler going ; she.'everybs peen robbin g out h es i tation ; but when they failed to pay the , paying nobody ; can write, as rent, which she never, unless in cases where the tene- I said, seven different hands, and has been known meats were let quarterly, allowed to fall into arrears to receive 40 letters a day, written, I suppose, by beyond one week, when she became exceedingly herself. She has at various times been maid, wife, displeased and arbitrary. and widow, and has been seen in widows' weeds, that being part of her system. She speaks in a plausible and ladylike way, which disarms all sus picion ; in fact, she is up to every dodge there is. The last witness, we are given to understand, hearing of these and other worse cases, had been most persevering for weeks in following the pri soners about from one place to the other, both in London and the country, and had at length got everything in train to bring them to justice, when the police apprehended them for stealing the child. Mr. Firman said he had another case against her of obtaining a pianoforte, which she had left when she absconded from Mrs. Dawson's, but the parties were not present ; and she had also endeavoured, under the title of Lady Fortescue, to obtain a Brougham and pair of horses, but fortunately did not succeed. SACRILEGE IN THE CATHEDRAL OP NOTRE DAME, PARIS. A considerable robbery was perpetrated on the night of the 22d inst. in the cathedral of Notre Dame. Yesterday morning the beadle of the church, on entering the sacristy, perceived that all the presses which had contained the valuable ar ticles used in the celebration of Divine service were open, and that a great part of those objects had disappeared. Information was immediately given to the Commissary of Police, and an examination of the place was instituted. It appears that the thieves had during the night introduced themselves within the enclosure of planks which surrounds the place where workmen are employed in the repair of the building, and by means of a ladder which they found there effected an entrance through the ogival window. They then got into the inner part of the building, and broke open the presses. A large ostensoir, in solid gold, was found jammed between the grating of the window, being too large to pass through. The articles stolen consist of a number of chalices, vases, crosses, &c., ornamented with brilliants and other precious stones. Among them was a cross in diamonds, given by the Emperor on the occasion of the baptism of the Prince Imperial. The Commissary of Police of the quarter and the Chief of the Police de Surete, on being informed of the robbery, hastened to the spot and commenced their investigations. After examining the spot through which the thieves entered they were led by different footmarks towards the parapet wall of the quay, to the right of the sacristy, and in lean ing over this wall they discovered the end of a cord attached to a ring which was just below the level of the water. Thinking that this cord might be in some way or other connected with the robbery, they sent some boatmen to the spot, and when the cord was drawn up it brought with it a fisherman's net very badly fastened, and which contained the greater part of the valuable articles taken, but many of which had the diamonds and precious stones removed from them. Orders were then given to procure divers in order to ascertain whether other articles might still remain at the bottom of the river. From the discovery of those ar ticles, as above described, the supposition is that the robbers, after having deposited their first booty in the net, and sunk it in the river, whence they could have removed it at some future time, returned to the church to make further researches, and that they were then disturbed by the barking of a dog, and had hastily taken to flight, dropping some of the objects on their way out_ By an unfortunate chance there was no watchman on duty on the night of the robbery, for being indisposed he had not come, and a priest who usually slept on the premises was absent in the country on leave of absence. There was a dog near the spot whose barking probably in terrupted the robbers in their operations, as he was heard giving the alarm between one and two o'clock in the morning, but the robbers were not discovered until the men employed on the repairs went to work at six o'clock, when they were surprised at seeing various sacred objects lying on the ground. A press in the sacristy, which was not touched, contained a precious relic, known to contain a piece of the true cross. This object, which is never touched by any but consecrated hands, is not shown to visitors like the contents of the other presses. It is supposed that that circumstance caused the robbers to pass over the press containing it. The following are fur ther particulars :—The value of the articles stolen is estimated even as high as 500,000 f., but that amount is a great exaggeration. Although several of the articles were, from their artistic workman ship, and from the precious stones which ornamented them, of considerable value, yet they do not repre sent very large sums in a money point of view . ; and, as a number of them have been recovered, the amount of those stolen is supposed not to exceed 25,000 f. Divers were employed yesterday between the Ponts de l'Archeveche and l'Hotel Dieu, but their efforts have not as yet been attended with any success. A large crowd assembled on the quays to witness their proceedings. The police are continu ing their investigations. • The witnesses in the case of the child were then bound over to prosecute at the sessions; and the prisoners were about to be remanded for the two frauds upon Mrs. Gregory and Miss Hemmings, when A gentleman stepped forward and said the female had lodged in his house in Dorset-street a fortnight, and had absconded without paying a farthing. The instant she had obtained the dresses from Mrs. Gregory, she wanted his servant to pawn one, but he would not allow it ; and Mrs. Dawson said she had pawned her watch and chain in the Strand, a few hours after she ob tained it of her. Mr. Paynter said in the first case it was merely a matter of debt, and he could not interfere for Mrs. Dawson, as her case was insufficient to convict upon. Mr. Paynter then remanded the accused, and in timated that, unless thejvariousicharges were taken up by some solicitor, they must utterly fail. , The following, received by Mr. Firman, was handed us : " I hereby certify that banns of marriage between Allen Ferric Johnston, a bachelor, and Millicent Helen Lavinia Zara Hewett Portescue, a spinster, were duly published in St. Mary's Church, St. Marylebone, on three following Sundays, viz., Sunday, June 17, Sunday, June 21, and Sunday, July 1, of this present year, 1860. " Witness my hand, " Aug. 24, 1860. " H. H. GYTON, Parish Clerk. " The above parties were not married at St. Mary's Church." And by means of this trick it appears the creditors were brought to the church expecting the marriage, leaving the prisoners a clear field for quitting their then place of abode, and going elsewhere to commit further frauds. C OUNTRY _MARKETS. STAMFORD—Aua. 25. We had a short supply of wheat at yesterday's corn market, which met a fair sale, and last week's rates were again exceeded is to 2s per qr. Barley in moderate sup ply, and prices unaltered. Oats a small show, and quite as dear. Beans made full rates. Wheat s9s to 65s I Oats.. 26 s to 325 White do 64s t o 69s I Beans 46s to 509 Barley ... ..34s to 3Ss 1 Ditto, old ........46s to 503 YORK— AUG. 25. The supply of wheat was again moderate, and currencies were 3s higher. The barley trade was slow. Oats were the turn dearer. Beans in request. Wheat, red .62s to 68s ! t )at13.... 3os to 32s White do .66s to 70s 1 Beans ...... e ....48s to 506 Barley .33s to 35s I Peas ..„—s to -- - s Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 38s per qr. ; flour, 46s to 48s per sack. CAMBRIDGE—Aua. 25. There was a limited supply of wheat, and, with a read,' sale in the trade, white wheat moved off at 58s to 645, red, 54s to 58s per 36 stone. There was a small trade in barley again ; malting, 34s to 40s ; grinding, 30s to 345 per 30 stone. Oats at 24s to 28s for new ; old oats, 28s to 295. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale —new, 405 to 44s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone ; peas, 408 to —s Per 36 stone. White eloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to •50s per qr. EXETER—AuG. 24. Business was firm in the corn market to-day, and quo.. tations were rather above late rates. Wheat, white.. 8s 3d to 8s 6d Barley, 4 s 4d to 4s 6d I Ditto red 7 s 9d t o B s Od Oats,, 3s 6d to 3a 10i Flour, fine, 46s to 475; seconds, 44s to 45s per sack. CATTLE. There was a • large attendance of dealers at the market, and a good supply of stock, but prices were unaltered from last week. Business dull. Pat beef,p score, Ils to 12s6d Ewes, per lb 6d to 7d Pork carcases,do lis to 12s Od Wethers, d 0...... 7d to 74d Sheep, per lb. 7d to lid Fat calves, d 0.... 6d to 7d Rough fat, 4d per lb. DUBLIN. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. € l .• Wheat, white.. 33 0 to 36 0 Do., new —oto 0 Do., red 3l 0t033 0 Bere Do., new .... 0 to 0 1 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black l5 oto 15 6 Indian corn .. 37 oto 39 6 -Auci. 24. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) Aug. 30. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. Aug. 29. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Aug. 25. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, & c . ( v i a Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Aug. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Bra z il s , B uenos A yres, &c. Sept. 5. Malta, Egypt, and Ad en ( v i a S ou th ampton) .. Aug. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &c. A ug , 00. Western Coast of Africa Madeira, Teneriffe Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific:Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug. 28 • FRIGHTFUL BOAT ACCIDE NT . The Aberdeen Journal report s th a t l as t S un d ay as a boat, containing 12 persons, w as p rocee di ng a l ong the Beanley t o the sacra mental services at B onar B r id ge, it wasupset by a sudden gust of wind and six of its occupants were drowned. BIRTIIS. FREENIAN.--On the 25th inst., at 21, Spring -gardens, S.W., the wife of William Henry Freeman, Esq., of a son. APATAnox.—On the 24th inst. Mahon, , at 3, 111- errion-square E., Dublin, the wife of Major M 1 4th (King's) Light Dragoons, of a son. OLDHAM.— On the 20th inst ., at F oye Vicarage, Hereford shire, the wife of Charles Oldham, Esq., of twin daugh ters. MARRIAGES' BAILING—GRAirAm.—On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, LieyounColonel C. B ar i ng, Coldstream Guards, to Helen, g Graham, Bart.est M.P. daughter of the Right H on . Si r J as . STEvENs—CLI:PP.—On the 25th inst., at St. Olave, Hart street, W. C. Stevens, only son of John Stevens, Esq, The Chestnuts, Marsh-street, Walthamstow, and 33 9 Mark-lane, to Flora Hastings, eldest daughter of Wm. Clutf, Esq., Grosvenor House, Walthamstcrw. DEATHS. BAsNZTT.—On the 24th inst., at Camberwell-green, Sur rey, Edward Basnett, Esq., of Serle-street, Lincoln's inn, aged 70. BO UTCHER..—On the 17th inst., at Broadclist, Devon, E. Boutcher, Esq., aged 84. CHAPMAN.—On the 20th inst., Richard Chapman, Esq . of Great Ealing, Middlesex. HAD.TLEY.—On the 24th inst., at Bootle Marsh, near Liver pool, Jesse Hartley, surveyor of the Liverpool Docks aged 80. 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