The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC BEALTII. (From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar-General.) This return comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2,197 registrars in all the districts of England during the winter quarter that ended on March 31, 1860 ; and the marriages in 12,402 churches or chapels, about 4,228 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 631 Superintendent Registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on December 31, 1859. The marriages at the end of the last year ex ceeded the usual number. The first quarterly return of the year 1860 pre milts nearly average results. The birth rate is above the average of the ten preceding winter quarters. The death-rate is slightly above the winter average, but below the rates of the two previous winters. The weather in the beginning of January was warm, but remained so cold and ungenial after wards as to retard vegetation and to swell the re turn of deaths. The prosperity of trade and the sanitary improvements of towns produced a coun tervailing effect. MARRIAGES. 101,000 persons married in the last quarter of the year 1859. In the Christmas quarter of the year the marriages of England are invariably more nu merous than in any other quarter of the year. Thus, 21,148 more persons married in the Christmas quarter than married in the previous autumn quarter. The average marriage rate of the season is 2.000, and the rate for the quarter was 2.020. The marriages in the year 1859 were 167,900, so 335,800 persons married. The marriage rate of the year was 1.700, the average annual rate being 1.692. BIRTHS. The births of 183,206 children were registered in the quarter that ended on the 31st of March last, or 7,777 in excess of the numbers registered in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The birth rate of the quarter was 3.693, or 0139 in ex cess of the average rate. INCREASE OF POPULATION. The births registered in the 91 days of the quar ter exceed the deaths by 60,564. So the natu ral recorded increase of the population of England and Wales was at the rate of 666 daily ; the pro bable increase of the population of England and Wales was at the rate of 999 daily. 20,784 emi grants, including 917 foreigners, sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom during the quarter; 5,954 were of English origin, and went to the United States and the Australian 'colonies in nearly equal numbers; only 9 went in this cold season direct tq the North American colonies.* PRICES, THE WEATHER, AND PAUPERISM. The births, deaths, and marriages of the popula tion are influenced by the weather, the prices of food, and the activity of trade. The average price of wheat was 445. sd. a quar ter, while in the corresponding quarters of the two previous years it was respectively 465. sd. and 40s. Bd. There has been little fluctuation in the price. Beef was sold on an average at 5-kd. a pound by the carcase at Leadenhall and Newgate marktts ; the average of the highest prices of best beef having been 64d., of the lowest prices 31d. The price of the inferior beef was ld. a pound lower than it was in the winter of the preceding year ; so the price fell 21 per cent. The superior beef only fell from 61d. to 64d. The average price of mutton was 54d. a pound ; the price of inferior mutton was 4=7,-,d. ; the superior mutton was 6; d. a pound. The price of the inferior mutton was the same as it was last year; the price of the best mutton was a farthing lower. The York Regent potatoes sold on an ave rage at 130 s. a ton at the waterside market, South- wark ; so the price, though lower than it was in the winter quarter of 1858, was 44 per cent. higher than the average price (905.) of last year. The mean temperature of the three months was 38.8 deg. ; February, being the coldest month, 35.7 deg. ; and March, 41.1 deg., little warmer on the average than January, 39.7 deg. The characteris tics of the season were—warmth on New Year's-day (16 deg. above the average temperature) and in the following days, until January the 25th, when cold weather set in and continued to the end of the quar ter ; the frequent and great changes of the atmos pheric pressure, and an almost continuous succession of gales of wind. Mr. Glaisher has described the meteorology of the quarter in detail. Pauperism is declining. STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 122,642 deaths were registered in the winter quarter. The rate of mortality cannot be precisely determined, as it is nine years since the census was taken; but if we assume that the estimate, based on the previous censuses, and the excess of births over deaths, is nearly correct, the rate of the mortality for the quarter was 2.472 per eent., or slightly above the average of the season (2.460) ; , which in the absence of epidemics is always the most fatal in England. The rate of mortality in the chief town districts was 2.613 ; in the small town and country districts, 2.338 per cent.; the latter rate is above, the former below the average of those districts respectively. The deaths in the quarter, at the rates actually prevailing in the healthier districts of the country, would have amounted to 88,708 ; the total deaths amounted to 122,642. Consequently the deaths from causes induced by the unfavourable sanitary condition in which large numbers of the people live amount to 33,934. The mortality of London was above the average ; it is described in the weekly tables. 9,987 persons died in the South-Eastern Counties; in.. Surrey out of London the quarterly mortality was above the average of the two preceding years; in Kent and Sussex below the average. In Ports mouth the births and deaths were increased by the accessions to her Majesty's dockyard. The popu lation of Southampton is in a comparatively healthy state. Smallpox was prevalent in the Abingdon district ; the registrar printed notices at his own expense, and affixed them on the church doors. Some parents were stubborn,others were negligent, and their children consequently suffered or died of smallpox. The deaths in the South Midland Division were below the average. 17 cases of fever occurred in Sunbury, Staines, and apparently owed their origin to bad sanitary arrangements. 71 deaths happened in the Colney-hatch Lunatic Asylum. The enforce ment of sanitary regulations is imperatively needed in the Toddington sub district, where 44 deaths were registered. In Caxt9n 4 deaths from diph theria (3 in one family);were recorded. About the fens of Cambridge ague and typhoid fever prevailed. 10,059 children were born and 6,336 persons married in the eastern counties; 6,580 deaths were registered, and the mortality was much lower than it was in the winter of 1858, bit higher than it was in the preceding winter. The births in Colchester, which is a garrison town, are unusually numerous; the deaths are below the average, but influenza and whooping-cough have prevailed. The cold winds have undoubtedly been severely felt in Norfolk and Suffolk, but the considerable amount of sickness has not greatly raised the mortality. In Stalhanyl and Fincham, however, the deaths exceeded the births; 16 persons died of diphtheria in Stalham, 8 in Fincham. 10,852 persons died in the south-western coun ties ; where 15,909 children were born, and 8,148 persons married. The mortality rate was lower than in the two previous years. Poole, in Dorset shire, has been in an unhealty state ; influenza ap parently prevailed there with some intensity, and proved fatal to children and old people. The deaths (83) nearly equalled the births(BB) ; the deaths in the whole district were 109. Smallpox and measles prevailed in South Devon. In Exmouth the re gistrar says : " The deaths are one-fourth above the average. 12 were from smallpox, but only one after vac cination, and in this case the variolous eruption - appeared seven days after the operation. Vaccination has been attended with the most beneficial effects, and has arrested the progress of * From a return with which the Registrar-General has been favoured by the Emigration Commissioners, the number returned as of English origin was 4,609, while the birth-places of 4,691 were not distinguished. In the above statement a proportional number of these have been added to those returned as of English origin. t The registrars notes are for the sub-districts, which always meant in this report unless the contrary is stated. disease. I believe there is scarcely a case remain ing in this district." Vaccination in this case was performed while the small-pox matter was developing itself in the sys tem ; hence it was not a case of smallpox after pro tection by vaccination had been effected. Such cases are ignorantly cited as instanct s of smallpox after vaccination. Vaccination is much neglected and smallpox has been fatal in Plymouth. Small pox, whoopingcough, and measles have raised the deaths in Bideford 16 above the average. A great number of illegitimate children are sometimes born in a small sub-district at the same time ; thus, in Lyme 6 of 27 children were born out of wedlock in the last quarter. Disease is propagated in parts of Cornwall by de fective sanitary arrangements. Thus diphtheria has been fatal in Kea. The Registrar of Callingdon makes the following observation : "This district is at this time rather unhealthy. During the quarter I have registered 8 deaths from typhus (probably typhia), 2 of which, those of mother and child, were in one house, and now the father and three other children are ill. The medi- cal officer, in his report to the board of guardians, dated the 28th of March, says that 'these children absolutely require removal from the wretched hot bed of fever in which they now lie ; they require careful and constant nursing, cleanliness, ventila tion, beef tea ad libitum, port wine, and: various other articles.' " Again, at Camborne 6 deaths occurred from scar latina, 2 from diphtheria, 8 from fever ; the latter occurring in parts of the town where drainage and sewerage are neglected. In the West Midland counties the marriages and births were above, the deaths below, the average numbers. 12,602 persons married ; 23,833 chil dren were born; 14,913 persons died. The health of the large towns of this division is evidently im proving; the fatality of disease is less than it was in Bristol and Clifton, where the deaths during the last three winters were 1,194, 976, 876 ; in Bir mingham and Aston 2,046, 1,925, 1,741. If the mu nicipal authorities succeed in supplying all the towns with pure water, and removing all the disin fected nightsoil and refuse to the fields, they will witness still further diminutions in the heavy death rate which is now levied on the inhabitants. South Staffordshire contains a great number of enterprising men, who are doing much valuable work; they extract coal or iron and manufacture hardware, but their attention has not hitherto been seriously directed to the preservation of the health of the people, who suffer from all kinds of pestilen tial diseases, and are in a deplorable sanitary state. In the district of Wolverhampton alone, for example, 979 deaths occurred in 91 days ; the mortality was high before, and, while Birmingham is getting bet ter, the health of the district of Wolverhampton is every year getting worse. Several hundreds of the inhabitants are every year disabled- by sickness; funerals are a staple trade ; parents lose their chil dren, wives their husbands, and children their fathers by the poison of the place ; workmen and people in trade are cut down at all ages in alarming num bers. Mechanism and chemical knowledge and ca pital abound in the Wolverhampton district ; why should they not be applied to render the sanitary arrangements perfeet ? The deaths are below the average in Wednesbury, and this the Registrar at tributes to improvements which the local board of health has effected in" supplying the town with pure water, attending to the sewerage, and compel ling people, as far as possible, to cultivate habits of cleanliness." This is satisfactory. The marriages and births increased ; the deaths decreased in the North Midland counties, where 6,322 persons married, 11,849 children were born, and 7,546 deaths were registered. Fever and diph theria have proved fatal in some districts. Thus typhus prevailed in three villages of Oakham ; it was apparently the work of overcrowded sleeping rooms and want of ventilation. Diphtheria, scarla tina, and typhus were fatal in several villages of Spilsby ; diphtheria killed 13 young persons under 26 years of age in North Kelsey. The registrar of East Retford comments justly onthe severity of the weather, to which he ascribes the fearful mortality throughout the whole of his district. The regis trar of St. Ann, Nottingham, en the other hand, records 224 births and only 127 deaths. " The deaths (he says) are below the average of corre sponding quarters ;" adding, " the sanitary arrange ments are excellent, and carefully carried out, to which cause, no doubt, the decrease in mortality may in some measure be attributed." It is evident that the severity of the season must have been felt all over the kingdom ; yet, notwithstanding the effects of the weather, the mortality decreased wherever sanitary arrangements were sedulously worked. Even careful observers sometimes, it may be remarked, refer the excessive mortality of their districts to the weather, or to some other causes over which people have little or no control. They do not bear in mind that foul air is more fatal than cold air, and that food and clothing and active em ployment keep out the cold. The marriages as well as births increased ; the rate of mortality decreased in Lancashire and York shire. 13,068 persons married, 23,192 births and 16,038 deaths were registered in Lancashire ; 11,122 persons married, 19,142 births and 12,614 deaths were registered in Yorkshire. The mortality fell in Liverpool and Manchester. The decrease of the mortality is ascribed to the rise of wages, the active employment of the people in the factories, and to the sanitary improvements which arc so impera tively required in these two great counties. In the Northern counties 5,206 persons married ; 10,880 births and 6,683 deaths were registered. The deaths are rather more numerous than they were last year, but the mortality is lower. Smallpox, diphtheria, scarlatina, and fever prevailed in some districts, especially those which are left in a dirty state. In Monmouthshire and Wales 6,382 persons married ; 11,771 births and 8,173 deaths were re giatered. The mortality was below the average of Wales. THE GLASGOW . GARIBALDI FUND, A meeting of the subscribers to the Garibaldi Fund, and other friends of the cause of Italian freedom, was held at Glasgow on Tuesday, to con sider the propriety of immediately forwarding the subscriptions to General Garibaldi ; Mr. Hugh Tennent in the chair. Mr. ROBERT M'TEAR stated that the meeting had been called on account of the peculiar urgency of affairs in Sicily. An insurrection had taken place there, but it had as yet been unsuccessful in consequence of the want of a leader. However, a telegram had reached Glasgow the previous day, an nouncing that Garibaldi and his staff had gone to Sicily, and in all likelihood they would hear of him next as gathering the Sicilians and others around him there. They would then have a new phase of that insurrection, and one more likely to be successful. Mr. M'Adam, Mr. Langdon, and himself had called on Mr. Buchanan, M.P., yesterday, and had had a conversation with him on the subject, and he seemed to think with the other gentlemen that im mediate steps should be taken to assist Garibaldi at the present moment, and that any funds over which they had control should be transmitted to him im mediately. It was for the meeting to come to a resolution, saying whether it was a fair mode of advancing the money raised by sending it to Gari baldi just now. It was a patriotic cause he was allying himself with at present, and there seemed to be no other man in the south of Italy capable of taking the lead with anything like a chance of suc cess, and there was no man more likely to draw around him the patriotic portion of the people. The insurrection had up to this time been unsuccessful, because the people had not had the means of carry ing it out. Mr. J. M'A DAm stated that. Garibaldi had writ ten to him soliciting the money, and he had replied that he would call the subscribers together that their sanction might be obtained. There was no doubt that Garibaldi and the national party under stood one another, and that there would be harmo nious action against the tyrants of the south of Italy. He knew that Garibaldi and the leaders of the national party were in constant communica tion, and he thought that Garibaldi had gone from Genoa to Sicily, if not with the express sanction of the King of Sardinia, at all events with his conni• vance. Resolutions expressive of undiminished confidence in the courage, patriotism, and discretion of Gen. Garibaldi, and authorising steps to be taken for transmitting the subscriptions to him without de lay, were then unanimously agreed to. An address was also adopted to the gallant general. GREAT FIRE AT TILE EUSTON HOTEL. Last evening, about five o'clock, a fire broke out in the Euston Hotel, in Euston-square. The build ing was one of two which formed a half-circle--the south front being left open for carriages, and the north for travellers to enter the hotel from the rail way. The building on the one side was termed the Royal Victoria Hotel, and that on the other, in which the fire commenced, was called the Euston. Both structures were six floors high, and had an underground communication between them. Each building had 93 sleeping apartments, and the coffee room of the Euston was splendidly appointed. It should here be stated that all the 93 beds had been engaged for the night, and if the outbreak had taken place at an advanced hour it is impossible to form an idea as to what might have been the con- sequences, not only to property, but also to human life. _ _ At the time above stated some of the inmates ex perienced a strong smell of burning wood, and having informed Mr. Wheeler, one of the managers, a search was instituted, but no one could discover the fire, and after a diligent search it was presumed that some wood had been burning in one of the kitchens. Shortly afterwards, however, a sergeant of the S division of police, in passing along the square, noticed a small flickering light at the side of a stack of chimneys on the north-west angle of the roof, but not such as to excite any apprehen sion. He, however, very judiciously apprised the inmates of what he had seen, and upon examining the spot it was found that that part of the premises was on fire. In the course of a few minutes the engines belonging to the railway company were brought out, but the fire was then found to be ex tending right and left along the roof of the upper floor. The officer in charge of the engines could at once see that they would be of little use in extin guishing so great a body of fire as was likely to fol low, and he sent telegraphic messages to Mr. Braid wood, the superintendent of the Fire Brigade at Watling-street, as well as to the stations in Crown street, Wells•street, Chandos street, Farringdon street, Holborn, and Waterloo-road. The engines at each of these stations were turned out, including, for the fii st time, the powerful land steam engine (equal to three of the others) built by Shand and Mason, of Blackfriars-road. This force was under the command of Mr. Braidwood, Acting-foreman Perryer, and Engineers Flemming, Wilkinson, Giraud, Flynn, &c. Fortunately, a good supply of water was quickly obtained, from which the parish; the railway, and brigade hand engines were set into full operation, and a vast quantity of water was discharged into the blazing floor, which ran down at boiling heat into the various rooms, including the coffee-room, partially destroying those fittings which had not been removed, as well as the costly furniture on three other floors. The fire, notwithstanding the water that was being thrown upon it, having fairly got into the roof, worked its way along and into each room in Euston-square at the top, and also to those forming three or four houses in Drummond-street, the flames rising so high as to lead every one to believe that they would consume every portion of the extensive property. Each floor, it is stated, was of fireproof construction, but one thing was quite clear,—that they were not waterproof; and it is extremely questionable whether the damage done by the scald ing water is not even greater than that done by fire. Mr. Superintendent Loxton and Inspector Mac donald, with a powerful body of the S division of police, were early in arriving, and they succeeded in clearing the square and Drummond-street, so as to allow the firemen to pursue their dangerous call ing without interruption. By 8 o'clock the fire was extinguished, but not until 62 rooms were partially destroyed, and the roof right round the building burnt off. The origin of the catastrophe is not precisely known, nor the offices in which the property was insured. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY. HATFIELD, WEDNESDAY. The inquiry respecting the deaths of Mr. Francis Leslie Pym, gentleman, and Geo. Venables, ' platelayer, who were killed by the recent accident to a Manchester express train on the Great Northern Railway, was resumed this morning, at 10 o'clock, before Mr. Sworder, the county coro ner, and the jury previously empanelled. Colonel Yolland, R.E., of the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade, again attended to watch the proc3edir gs. The company were re presented by Mr. Hall, barrister; Mr. Seymour Clarke, general manager; Mr. Oakley, secretary; and Mr. Brydon, engineer. Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Pole appeared for the relatives of the deceased gentleman, Air_ Pyrn. The Hon. and Rev. T. Talbot, rector of Hitchin, was present. Mr. Hall said the company were anxious to assist the inquiry in the fullest possible manner, and they had secured the attendance of the gen tleman who was a passenger in the same carriage, but in another compartment, as the deceased. The coroner said it appeared to him that their inquiry should be more immediately directed to the state of the crossing (the rails connecting the up and down lines) before the express passed over it. That was the gist of the whole case. Ward, the foreman of the platelayers who were at work at the crossing, was recalled, and he pointed out in a model of the crossing the posi tion of the rail which had been removed, the west wing rail which had been fractured, and the broken check rail on the east side. He added that the 15 feet where he had removed the ballast was on an equal side of the crossing, and the spot where the 6 feet were taken out was at the centre. It was reduced 43- or 5 inches in depth. The centre of the ballast was most go oat. Coroner—Have you any printed instructions as to your duties on occasions of this kind ? Witness—l have. I was under the direction of Mr. Norton, who was on the spot at 10 mi nutes past 8, and it was under his instructions that I commenced to remove the crossing. The Midland express passed over about half an hour before the Manchester express came up. . Coroner—Then how much work had you done between the time when the Midland passed and the Manchester came up ? Witness—Only a few minutes. We had been to get the new rail. The crossing was quite safe, although we were going to take it out. The end was a little worn, and we were obliged to remove the rail altogether, because nothing will work in with it, Nothing was done in violation of our rules. The four broken chairs of the cheek were pro duced, and the witness described how they were placed on the line. The through line was not touched. The rail on the west side was broke seven or eight inches to the north of the centre of the crossing, and it was this rail that I saw work up and down when the train passed. By Colonel Yolland—l - do not know how long the rail had been down, or when it was turned. Neither do I know how long since any change was made in the crossing. After the accident I looked to the fracture of the west wing rail, and saw there was a little flaw in it on the under side. I don't think that that flaw extended to the outer surface below. (The rail was brought into the room.) Colonel Yolland—There are appearances of other flaws in the rail. Do you think if you had exa mined the rail previously you would have detected any indication of a flaw or fracture on the outer surface ? Witness—l don't think I should. I am certain no portion of the ballast had been picked out from the bottom of the five sleepers. By Mr. Bartholomew—ln no place had we re moved more than two inches below the sleepers. I never saw a flaw transversely in the manufacture of a rail. lam sure I saw it broke after the leading and driving wheel of the engine passed over it. George Norton, inspector of the permanent way, said his attention was drawn to the crossing at the Hatfield station about three weeks since. The points were worn, and he ordered an obtuse cross ing. They, however, were quite safe for express or slow trains to pass over. He saw the crossing at eight o'clock on the morning of the accident. A little of the ballast was thrown out, and he thought a part of the north-west rail of the siding. His instructions to Ward were to take the crossing out. The points were worn. There was no other defect. He came back to the spot at one o'clock, and saw the west wing fractured rail. He did not know at the time that it was a turned rail. He saw there was a flaw; it was internal, and did not appear till the rail was broken. There seemed an old flaw from about the centre of the web of the rail downwards to about an eighth of an inch of the bottom. A piece of the flange of the rail had been torn off when the rail was turned. By the Coroner—l am responsible for putting whole rails down and seeing they are not cracked ; but I cannot answer for the metal: Colonel Yolland—lf you had seen this rail with a part of the flange torn off, would you have thought it a proper rail to be down on the main line for ex press trains to pass over ? Witness—No, I do not think I should. Coroner—Looking at the rail now, to the best of your judgment, could you have seen the flaw when the rail was put down ? Witness--:No, Ido not think I should. If the flaw existed at the time the rail was turned it ought to have been seen, but I do not think it did exist, because the man would not have relaid it. I cannot saw how long the old flaw has existed. George Morris, foreman of platelayers, spoke of the south-east rail at the crossing having worn flat. The chairs were safe. Between two and three months ago I turned the wing rail on the west side at the crossing. I cannot tell how it had been down. When I took it up I examined it, and thought it fit to go down again. It was worn out on the top side, which was my reason for turning it. I was the only person who examined it, and decided, whe ther it was fit to be turned or not. I did not see any flaw in it. The witness looked at the flaw, and said that he did not observe it when he turned the rail. What was at the top of the rail read been worn flat, and the side (flange) bulged 0u. 4 6, and he had to break it off to get the rail into the chair. Knocked the piece off with a hammer and chisel. There was no flaw in the rail when it w-as relaid, but there was a crack along the top of it, but, as it was turned, it would not be on the main line. Mr. W. Marr Brydon, chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway, was next examined. He said he was inclined to assume, from the circum stance of the rail on the west side being broke four feet nearer London than that on the other side, and that it was good, clear, bright metal, that the mis chief must nave first occurred on the west side. The result showed that there must have been some extensive violence on that side. He did not think that the rail which was turned two or three months since on the east side was an improper rail, or unfit for the position in which it was placed. Mr. James Dean, the London agent for a Brad ford firm, and Mr. Samuel Oldfield, of 12, Portland place, London, both passengers in the train to which the accident occurred, having been examined, The Coroner summed up, and left the jury to say whether the officers had been guilty of any negli gence which might have contributed to the acci dent. The jury retired, and after being away nearly two hours, returned at half-past nine o'clock, and found a verdict of " Accidental death," but adding, " They think the rail, in consequence of its being cracked, and the flange of the rail having been par tially knocked off, was unsafe, but that the crack was not visible, and was not known to the com pany or their servants, and that the ballast had not been removed sufficiently to affect the safety of the line. They, nevertheless, think the platelayers should have had instructions to signal to every train, especially express trains, when crossing points are under repair, and they also wish to state that in their opinion a more careful examination should be made by a superior officer before a rail is turned at the crossing." The proceedings then terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1.60. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 2. BOW-STREET. A FILIAL SAVAGE—John Larkin, a youth of about 16 years of age, was charged with attempting to stab his mother, a poorly-clad, but decent-looking woman. The com plainant, upon giving her evidence, said that she was not desirous of pressing the charge against him if he would promise to keep away from her. She would be sorry to send him to prison, but she must have some protection from his violence, as she went in terror of her life. Mr. Henry (to the prisoner)—You hear what your mother says. Will you promise to keep away ? The Prisoner (sulkily)—l'll keep away as much as I can ; but I don't know where else to go. Who's to keep me ? Mr. Henry—Surely a great boy like you ought to keep yourself, and not be a burden to your poor mother, who no doubt has to work quite hard enough without. Why you ought to be a help to her at your age. The Prisoner—l can't work this week, as I have injured my hand by the knife slipping while I was cutting some bread and butter. The mother observed that he had been at work notwithstanding, and would be paid his wages as usual. But, even when he was at work, she had almost entirely to keep him. Mr. Henry—Well, as he is so obstinate, we must go into the case. It is a very serious charge, and if I have to send him to prison he will think more seriously of it then. You must state the facts. The Mother—He was lying in bed about seven o'clock this morning when the other children had been up since six o'clock. I could not get to the cupboard-door till he was up, and I wanted to give the second boy his breakfast, and send him out to his work. I told him he must get up, and he said he would not ; he would lie there as long as he liked. I said I would make him get up, and I was about to lay hold of him when he seized a carving knife from the dresser, which was within his reach, and brandished it at me so as to keep me off. So I was obliged to let him lie. As he continued to threaten me, saying, •" I will rip you open," I became alarmed, left the room), and fetched a policeman, who took him into custody. The Prisoner—l only took up the knife and laid it down again. Mr. Henry—Don't you think it a very wicked thing to take a knife to your mother ? The Prisoner—lt was done on the impulse of a moment. Mr. Henry—That is an impulse we must restrain Well, have you anything to say ? The Prisoner—No, I don't know as I have. Mr. Henry—Not even that you are sorry fo it. Well, Sox will have time to reflect on it in prison, and I hope you will come out in a better frame of mind. The Prisoner (whimpering)—Yes, sir, I am sorry. I was sorry for it the moment I had done Mr. Henry—l see the fear of imprisonment is the only thing that has any effect on you. This is the first indication of a proper feeling you have giver throughout the case. Now I will give you one more chance, as your mother does not wish to send you to prison, if she can help it. It would be a very great disgrace to you to be sent to prison for attempting to stab your mother, and you would most probably lose your situation. Will you pro mise to keep away ? The Prisoner—l will leave on Saturday, when I get my wages. The Mother—No ; he must go today. I am afraid to trust myself and the children in the house with him another night. _ _ The Prisoner—Will you lend me the money to pay" for a lodging till Saturday? , The Mother—Oh, certainly. I'll find you a lodging, and pay the rent for you, if you will keep away and let me live in safety. The Prisoner—Well, then, I won't go near you again. Mr. Henry—Then I will let you go; but mind, I will punish you severely if you assault or annoy her again. I shall not discharge you now. I shall adjourn the case for a week, and you must then ap pear before me again, when I shall hear how you have conducted yourself in the meanwhile. The prisoner was then liberated. ARLB ORO UG EI - STREET. -- THROWING BOILING WATER UPON A BOY.—Elizabeth Seeker, a domestic servant, at 87, Regent-street, was charged with wilfully throwing a pailful of boiling water over the person of Alfred Charles Smith, a boy in the same employ, and thereby doing him much bodily harm. The injured boy was unable to attend, but Ser geant Edwards, 2 C, said ho was called to the kitchen of the house, 87, Regent-street, where he learnt the prisoner had thrown boiling water over a lad, who seemed to be in great suffering, and was conveyed without delay to the hospital, where he was immediately admitted ; his face and eyes were much scalded, and he said the prisoner had done it. The prisoner, in defence, said she did it in a passion. —Remanded. WESTMINSTER.—DARING STREET ROB• BERIES.—A well-dressed fellow, who gave the name of John Jones, was charged with the following expert street robberies : Miss Hannah Cullen, of 24, King-street, Soho, said she was passing over the temporary bridge in the Belgrave-road, where some extensive alterations are taking place for a new railway terminus, at about one in the afternoon, when the prisoner came in front of her, and inquired the way to Charing cross. She directed him, and he passed on imme diately, after which she found that her gold watch, value £l2, had been stolen, the chain to which it had been attached hanging loosely over her dress. She turned in the direction the prisoner had gone, and, overtaking him, said, " You wicked creature to take my watch," when he replied, " If you come with me, and don't make a bother, you shall have it again ; the other there has got it." Prisoner was in company with another man, who made off. Prisoner, on being asked it he wished to say any thing, replied, with a professional air, " This isn't a jury here." Miss Sarah Fennell, of Caroline-street, Eaton square, said that the prisoner met her a few days previously and inquired his way to Chelsea College, or Hospital, and when she told him they were both the same, asked his way to the Brompton Ceme tery. Directly after he left her she found her gold watch had been broken from its ring and was gone. Prisoner was committed upon the first charge and ordered to be brought up again on the other. ADJOURNED CAB SUMMONS.—Mr. Jones, M.P. for Carmarthenshire, and:his wife, attended upon an adjourned summons, for neglecting to pay a cab fare of 2s. 6d. The particulars of the case have been before detailed. Mr. Paynter, in the course of a very lengthened review of the whole case, thought the cabman enti tled to his full claim of 2s. 6d. and costs. Attaching the same amount of credibility to the single evidence of Mrs. Jones on the one side, and the cabman on the other, he was led by circumstances to the con clusion- that the lady-, in the excitement to reach the train in time, coupled with the mournful cir- cumstance of a family bereavement, which rendered the journey necessary, might have mistaken the exact route, and moreover thought that a driver was more likely to be accurate in that respect than a person conveyed. As regarded the alleged inter ference of the cabman, he remarked that ladies of Mrs. Jones's position in life were always approached with becoming deference and respect by their ser vants, and were unused to the coarse and not over polite demeanour of cabmen. There was nothing in complainant's conduct to justify him (Mr. Paynter) in refusing to give him the usual costs ; the act making insulting language or behaviour an:offence, not mere incivility; and Mr. Jones was therefore adjudged to pay 2s. 6d., the fare, and 1 ls. costs. THE EARL OF KINGSTON.—The summons granted to a poor cabman gratuitously against the Earl of Kingston, for an unpaid fare, was made re turnable yesterday. but his lordship did not appear. The Cabman said that he wait to his lordship's residence, 26, Duke-street, Manchester-square, to ask for £1 for a previous day's fare, when he told him if he would take him, to Beak-street, whence he was to convey some ladies to the House of Lords, he would pay him. He took his lordship and re mained two hours, when, finding he did not return he drove away. His fare was ss. Mr. Paynter adjudged the Earl of Kingston to pay that amount and ss. costs. The order for this and the previous claim would be served on his lord ship together. The Clerk remarked that there was anothe order against his lordship. Mr. Paynter asked whether it had been served. _ Knowland, the summoning officer, replied it had not. The servant at the house in Duke-street said his lordship had gone to Ireland. The Cab - man—lt is very hard upon me. lam crippled with a bad leg, and it was as much as I could do to get here, both last week and to-day. Mr. Paynter—lt is too bad. Give him ss. from the poor-box. TER LATE BARON VON BR UCK AND HIS ACCOMPLICES. ,1 - - The Nazione of Florence, in its number of the 24th, the day after Baron Bruck's death, contained the following remarkable particulars communicated to that journal in a letter written from Trieste on the 17th : " A few days ago there was arrested M. Rivol tella, along with other merchants, all under suspi cion of having been accomplices in the frauds of Gen. Eynatten. When matters have come to such pass, it is a sign that they are rather serious. "It must be observed that this M. Revoltella is an old friend and partner of the Finance Minister, Baron Bruck, and that since the latter became Mi nister they have become rich, because they have transacted very important affairs together. M. Re voltella was originally connected with the cattle trade, and in that business was a petty agent. He began to be something just after the head of his house of business was ruined. He contrived to turn out a friend from the post of agent to Eskeles and Arnstein, one of the first houses in Vienna, and to get the post himself in that establishment, which, after all, failed last year. Thus .he mounted step by step, and became partner in a company of which Bruck and others were members—a com pany. affording great facilities to persons inclined to ruin themselves. Thus they became rich, but the millions were made only after Bruck became a Cabinet Minister. The Minister informed his part ner and friend of the right time to speculate for a rise or fall of the funds, and the profits were di vided between the two. Revoltella thus became possessor of many millions, and because he had po sitively too many, he began to display a :magnifi cence and luxury far surpassing those of any other merchant at Trieste,;so that Chevalier Revoltella at length became a very important personage. Then he began to play the part of a patron of art and letters. He was surrounded by a little court. In company with another millionaire, he founded a school of design for artisans. He erected at his own expense an alter in the Church of the Jesuits. He built a palace which, if not beautiful, was at least immense, and lavished on it every conceivable expense. The money spent on his house and on his garden was very great. He was one of the largest subscribers in all philanthropic works, as - well as for building the Radetzky frigate, and, in fact, for everything that bore the stamp of impe rial and royal Austrian patronage. " When Baron Bruck had ceased to be Minister of Commerce, and before he was sent as internuncio to Constantinople, certain strange proceedings hap pened at Trieste. Immense frauds were discovered in the execution of contracts of meat made by the municipality. The number of persons implicated was very great, and amongst the rest was Bruck's partner, Chevalier Revoltella. " The Procureur-General, at that time M. Blum fold, had ventured to propose the arrest of several of these gentlemen, and amongst them that of Baron Bruck, the ex-Minister. The Procureur-General, Blumfeld, was in consequence dismissed froth his post, and was sent as Police Commissioner to Venice. He had wished to catch the big fish as well as the small, but the big fish broke through the net. " When Baron Brack re-entered tile Cabinet the municipal contracts of Trieste were but trifling matters. The speculation assumed a bolder charac ter. Amongst the more successful were those con nected with the sale of the railways • for it ought to be known that by degrees the Minister of Fi nance was selling everything that the State pos sessed, a mode of procedure of which Italy ought to be grateful. We hope that he will one day per suade the Austrian Government to sell its Venetian possessions. Baron Bruck invested his money in foreign funds. He bought lordships in Croatia, and all, of course, with his savings. He had, however, amon g st the confidential counsellors of the Aus trian Emperor, a rival, and this rival was Count Grunne, who was speculating after another fashion, who hated him most cordially, and who caused him to be hated by the rest of the military under the pretence that he wished to diminish - the ex pense of the army. When in April, 1859, the question was discussed in the Austrian Cabinet, if the new proposals for a Congress ought to be accepted, all the members were agreed as to the acceptance. The Emperor appeared to share the opinion of all his Ministers. Bruck telegraphed to his friend Revoltella, and the latter speculated forthwith on the certainty of peace. Count Grunne, on the contrary, speculated on war. Af ter the counsel held with his Ministers, the Empe ror gave orders to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Buol) to make the famous intimation to Sardinia to disarm. The agent of the Rothschilds at Trieste who speculated on the war made immense sums, whilst Revoltella lost, and became so embarrassed that there was even the dread of a failure. How ever, it would seem that his friends from Vienna came to the rescue, as it likewise seemed that both he and his friends did not lose sight of the chances of speculating in the war in the matter of the war contracts. " The whole affair caused much scandal, but it is nothing extraordinary. Such frauds are common enough, and poor Italy knows them from expe rience. But on the present occasion the swindle was effected on a large scale, and with still greater impudence. " These gangs of ' chevaliers d'industrie,' both at Trieste and at Vienna, as well as in the minor cen tres of the Austrian Empire, are all leagued toge ther. The plunderers are so many, and hold such high positions, that the matter generally ends with the punishment of some subordinate functionary, who is bought over to keep silence. This time, however, the big fish have also been caught in the net, and the affair is creating a greater sensation from the fact that the law officers, with a pertina city that betrays both personal animosity and an understanding with persons high in power, are doing everything to discover the relations existing between the swindlers of Trieste and their friend the Minister, Baron Bruck. " The great military functionaries have enriched themselves immensely in the period between 1848 and the present time, because they are always spe culating in buying and selling military stores, speculating on the movements of the troops, in conscriptions, and in Italy, even in the political trials. Now, as the Finance Minister wished to subject to contract certain items of the military in order that the deficit might not become annually increased beyond all bounds, these high military functionaries, who knew how greatly the Minister had become enriched, were perpetually at war with him. And because Gen. Eynatten has killed him self, and other military personages are notoriously implicated, the military functionaries are resolved to turn the tables on the great civil servants of the Crown who have been defrauding after their own fashion. " For the Italian people who desire the fall of Austria there is matter of congratulation in this strife. The subjects of Austria may learn a lesson from it, and as these subjects suffer frightfully from being pillaged in a thousand fashions, it is hoped that the lesson will not be forgotten. " Unless appearances deceive one these are. the symptoms of a decay in the Austrian system which ought to encourage Italy to proceed with boldness on her own appointed path. The day of justice cannot be far off." A FAST Boy.—" Stanley," said widower Brown to his hopeful of fifteen summers, " I want you to stay at home this evening." "What for, Pop ?, Where are you going ?" " That's a very impertinent question for a Ben to propound to his father, but I suppose I will have to answer it. lam going to pay my respects to Miss Sally Patterson this evening." "No you don't, Pop I I'm going to see her myself this evening, and 'taint no use of us both going to see the same gal at the same time." So saying, young Stanley took up his that and walked, leaving his worthy father perfectly confounded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.-TUESDAY.-(CONCLUDED.) A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs ; extra weight for winners. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Captain Christie's Brandy Ball, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Phillip's Weardale, 4 yrs, 7st ..... (Robertson) 2 Mr. Dawson's Professor Dick, 3 yrs, 7st 61b.. (Bullock) 3 . The following also ran :—Nutwith filly, Simla, Tedding ton filly, and Irish Emigrant. Won in a canter by four lengths ; a length between second and third; the same between the third and fourth. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Weight for age, &c. ; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Once round and a distance. 4 subs. Mr. Savile's fby Tadmore, out of Mainstay, 3 yrs, Est 41b .. (W. Bottom) 1 Colonel Townley's Job, 3 yrs, Est 51b.... (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Hargreave's Jessie, 3 yrs, Gst 91b.......: (Madden) 3 Won by half a length; a length between the second and third. WEDNESDAY. Biennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for three-yr .olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Second to save his stake. Castle pole, once round and in. 9 subs. Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, by Teddington, Bst 91b (Bullock) 1 Captain A.rchdall's Niger, Bst 61b... (J. Osborne) 2 - - Betting,-3 to lon Curlew. The running throughout was made by Curlew, who won by five lengths. The Members' Plato of 60 soya, the gift of the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor and P. S. Humberton, Esq., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, to go to the second horse. Three-yr-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bst 81b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. 7 furlongs. 5 subs. Mr. Edwards's Jack Spring, 6 yrs, 9st 31b.. (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Saxon's Defender, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Saunders's Yellow Girl, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Charlton) 3 Betting-2 to lon Defender. Jack Spring waited upon Defender to the distance, where he challenged him and won by a neck ; bad third. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft ; extra weight for win ners, &c. ; the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Cup Course. Two miles and a quarter. 176 subs, 59 of • whom declared, and pay 5 soya each. The numbers preceding the horses' names correspond with those on the card. 28 Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans, 3yrs, sst 31b (inc 101 b ex) 1 21 Mr. W. Day's Petra (h b), 4 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Adams) 2 11 Lord Portsmouth's Tame Leer, aged, 6st 91b (W ' . Bottom) 3 27 Lord Courtenay's Flitch, 4 yrs, sst 41b.... (Mitchell) 4 1 Mr. G. Foster's Underhand, 6yrs ' 9st (Withington) 0 3 Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 4 y rs , 7st 81b (G. Fordham) 0 4 Mr. Murland's Longr a n ge , yrs, .7st 61b (Charlton) 0 6 Mr. Jackson's Tunstall Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Bullock) 0 7 Mr. H. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Robertson) 0 8 Mr. Devon's Independence, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Custance) 0 10 Mr. Craven's Marine, 4 yrs, Est 101 b 13 Mr. Ten Broeck's Satellite, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (carried 6st 51b (Challoner) 0 14 Mr. G. Bryan's Precursor, 4 yrs, 6st 41b .. (Bradley) 0 16 Mr. Thomas's Birmingham, 4 yrs, Est 21b (H. Grimshaw) 0 17 Mr. T. Hughes's The Brewer, aged, 6st (A.Edwards) 0 19 Mr. J. Osborne's Miss Digby, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (Whiteley) 0 20 Mr. R. Bayley's The Squire, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (Entwistle) 0 22 Mr. Whitworth's g. by Vatican out of Lady Mary, 4 yrs, sst 101 b (Hardcastle) 0 23 Captain Reynard's Cheery Chap, 5 yrs, sst 71b (Metcalfe) 0 24 Mr. J. Whittaker's First Lord, 3 yrs, sst 61b (car. sst 61b) 26 Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs, sst 51b (car. Sat 61b) (Woodhouse) 0 29 Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, 3 yrs, sst 21b (car. sst 31b) (Bewley) 0 30 Mr. Merry's Apollyon, 3 yrs, sst llb (inc. 51b ex. (Buck) 0 32 Captain Little's Man-at Arms, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b (inc. 51b ex.) (Roper) 0 33 Mr. J. Ingham's Odo, 3 yrs, 4et 121 b .... (J Plumb) 0 34 Mr. Swindelrs Weatherbound, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (car 4st 131 b) 38 Mr. Robinson's The Prophet, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (Hunter) 0 60 Mr. Hare's Clara Webster, 4 yrs, 6st 61b (Page) 0 61 Mr. Mills's Pensioner, 5 yrs, Est 41b (Lamboum) 0 The Promised Land, Traducer, and the Common Sense colt were scratched at half-past nine this morning. Betting—i to 1 agst St, Albans, 8 to 1 each agst Petra and Birmingham, 9 to 1 agst Longrange, 15 to 1 agst Weatherbound, 100 to 6 each agst Man-at-Arms, The Brewer and Satellite, 20 to 1 each agst Flitch and Gaspard, 25 to 1 each agst Tame Deer, Apollyon, and Blue Ruin, 30 to 1 agst Independence, 40 to 1 each agst Tunstall Maid and Precursor, 50 to 1 each agst Marine and The Squire, 200 to 3 agst - Underhand, 100 to 1 each agst Twilight, Rising Sun, First Lord, Odo, and Pensioner. The start did not take place until upwards of half an hour after the appointed time. Several ineffectual attempts were made to get the horses off, Man-at-Arms, Petra, -The Squire, St. Albans, Flitch, and The Brewer being the most promi nent to get away. The horses at length quitted the post on good terms, and then the stillness which the dense mass of spectators had observed was broken by a simultaneous shout of " They're off." The first to show in advance were Flitch, St. Albans, Petra, and The Brewer, and they kept close company past the Stand, where The Brewer took a slight lead, with his stable companion, Flitch, second, St. Albans at their heels, third, and Petra at his quarters, next the rails, fourth. Heading the next lot, came Blue Ruin and Rising Sun, Cheery Chap and, Longrange lying in the extreme rear. On, entering the far side, Flitch and The Brewer ran nearly abreast in front, with Petra and St. Albans, who had been eased at the turn, next, and Twilight following them. Petra and St. Albans alternately led until after maEg the Grosvenor turn, and the next noteworthy change occurred after entering the straight. On passing the stand the second time Flitch and St. Albans raced for the lead, Tame Deer, who had always been lying forward, going in third, with Petra, next the rails, fourth, and Weatherbound next, Longrange being still in the rear. As they again quitted the straight, Flitch took her place, and Tame Deer took up the running, with St. Albans in waiting upon him. The favourite had now obtained a good position, which he kept with little variation. The first round the last turn were Tame Deer, St. Albans, Petra, and Flitch, Lord Portsmouth's horse having a little the best of it. But the race was now over, for St. Albans, full of running, came away at the distance, and won by a length ; four lengths be tween the second and third; bad fourth. The running-up horses were Independence, Birmingham, Gaspard, Pen sioner, Weatherbound, Rising Sun, Twilight, Precursor, Man-at-Arms, and Blue Ruin. Longrange was last but one, and Miss Digby last absolutely. The inhabitants of Chester have every year declared that they have never seen more people on the ", Cup day in their lives," and this assertion is fully warranted on the present occasion. The streets, the " rows," and the walls were thronged, not only by persons who took a pecuniarY inte rest in the great event of the day, but also by crowds of pleasure folks, who deemed the race a very pretty sight, and made it an opportunity for enjoying a holiday. Finer weather could not have been desired—not a cloud ob scured the rays of the sun, which shone with a mic l .- summer brilliancy. The only item of importance in the day's proceedings was of couree the Cup, and it com manded 29 runners. The favourite St. Albans won with great ease—and beyond recording the fact that the race was run at a terrific pace from start to finish we shall not add any comments to our description of it. The success of St. Albans caused him to be backed for the Derby at 5 to 1. ARREST OF BETTING MEN IN LIVERPOOL. — About half-past 9 onTuesday evening a body of police visited the Albion Hotel, which is' situate in Ranelagh-street, Liverpool, and has long been known as the resort of betting men, and arrested about 40 of the chief sporting characters of the town. Another detachment of police proceeded to the Talbot Hotel, Great Charlotte-street, and took 15 or 20 more gentlemen of the turf and prize-ring into custody. Both parties were lodged in bridewell, and yesterday morn ing were taken before Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magis trate,'Mrs. Smith, the landlady of the Albion, also among the group. 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Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and C 0.,; at:Soutk ampton, 4andal land Boa RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MADRAS. The directors of this company stated in their re- port that the progress made in the construction of the railway during the past half-year had bt;en satisfactory, and would bear a favourable compa rison with the results of any previous half-year. The increase of traffic on the opened portion of the line was considerable, and the working had been conducted with its accustomed regularity, care, Enid freedom from accidents. The total quantity of materials, stores, and plant for the railway shipped during the past half-year had amounted to 40,000 tons. The line was opened on the 16th of January ast from Goriattum to Amboor, a distance of 17 miles, and on the Ist of the following month to Vaniambody, ten miles further. Advices of the 13th of March announced a further opening of 14 miles to Tripatore, making the entire distance now open from Madras 137 miles. Those extensions had brought the railway into connexion with some of the principal roads of the interior. From Tripatore westward to Salem little more was required to be done than to finish the laying of the permanent way. The Board hoped to ba able before long to announce the opening of the railway on that important point, which was half way across the Peninsula, being 207 miles from Ma dras. The engineer was confident that before the end of the year the road would be laid through to Paulghaut. The works on all the district west of Salem were expected to be very near completion by the end of this year, and that but little would then remain to be done before opening the railway throughout froth one coast to the other. The le agth of the Bangalore branch as now surveyed and set out, was 841 miles. A great part of the land had. been handed over by the. Government to the com pany's engineers, and the works had been com menced in several places. An early opening of eight miles of the Bellary line from Arconum Junc tion to Trittany was anticipated. Tn the course of the year the engineer hoped to open further to Nag gry, and soon atter further to Curcumbady. On the Completion of the present issue of debentures, the amount of capital raised under the contract for the main or south-west line would be £4,000,000. A call of £5 per share was made on the 16th january last on the million of share capital, " 4th Exten sion," issued under the contract for' the Bellary or north-west line. The working of the traffic on the south-west line during the six months ending the 31st of December last had produced for conveying 357,757 passengers £14,357, against 151,300 pas sengers conveyed and £10,994 received during the corresponding half of the preceding year. The first class fares were reduced by one-third, and the third class fares to one-half the previous amount since the Ist of August last. The receipts for goods traffic amounted to £9,597 against £6,823 in the correspond ing half of the preceding year . The total receipts for the half-year amounted to £31,837, and the working charges to £12,166, or 38.21 per cent., against £21,760 and £8,740, or 40.21 per cent. re spectively for the half year ending 31st of December, 1858, showing an increase of £10,078, or 461 per cent, on the receipts, and of £3,416 in the expenses. The traffic receipts per mile had gradually risen from £3O per month at the first opening of the line, in 1856, to nearly £57 per month in the five last months of 1859, being an increase of 90 per cent. in three years. The payments into the Government treasury, at Madras, on account of net traffic earn ings to the 31st of December last, in reduction of interest advances, had amounted to £60,439 ; to which a further sum would be added on the adjust ment of the maintenance charges for the last 18 months. The rolling stock of the railway continued to be maintained in good and efficient order. The passenger trains travelled at 20 miles per hour, and the goods trains at 15 miles per hour. The total expenditure on capital account to the 31st of De cember last amounted to £3,426,076. 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN-MAY 1. The supply of wheat was good, and there was a fair attendance of farmers and factors. Trade ruled slow, at is below last week's rates. •. Old white 50s to 56s I Old red 478 to 52s New white... 488 to 54s I New red .. 488 to 52. HULL-MAY 1. There was nothing doing in wheat to-day, and prices underwent no change. Oats in demand. Peas searce, and in good inquiry. Barley inactive. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s6s Od to 582 Oct Old red New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 46s Od to 50s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 56s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 44s Od to 48s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 39* Od to 44s Od Barley.... English malting 4os Od to 44s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 34s Od Saai and Oderbruelc Holstein and Danish .. 34s Od to 35s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 1014 to lld Friesland and Dutch Oslld to 0811 Swedish and Danish Oslld to osll d Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon 4os Od to 428 Oct New tick. 42s Octto 44s Oct _ _ _ _ 4yp . - tian 37s Od to 38s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn ', 508 Od to 52s Od Linseed, c f ru eed ski in n g g. 44s Od to 50s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign 715 oto 8 5 0 Rape cakes 415 oto & 0 0 Bones 415 oto 6 6 0 DUBLIN-MAY 1. We had a dull market to-day, and we do not alter the quotations of Friday for anything, owing no doubt to the favourable change in the weather. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 33 0 to 35 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l5O to 15 6 N. d. B. d. Do., lityw 0 to 0 Ber® " - 13 oto 14 0 Rapeseed ..e t 20 0 to 23 0 Oatmeal . 15 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour l7 0t022 6 Indian corn 37 0 to 40 0 COAL MARIA (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d., :ET—MAY 2. the close of the market.) Walls End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .16 3 Davison's West Hart ley .16 3 Hastings Hartley .... 16 3 Holywell 16 0 Bell's Primrose l3 0 West Hartley 16 3 Wylam. ... 16 0 s. d. Framwellgate l9 6 Whitworth 16 0 Hunwick Wharncliffe lB 9 Eden 19 6 Byron .20 0 Hatton Riddell 18 6 Acorn Close 19 6 Carway and DuffrYn Malting 23 0 q, 36—Sold, 14. Walls End. South Durham ........19 6 Ships at mark) FOREIGN DIAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despatched by evening mails fronrLondon, and M by mining mails. IliZt DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mad of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and Mauritius, via ' Southampton May 12, M Southamp. May 10 Ditto, via Marseilles May 18, 11 May 4 Bahamas and Havana via New York May 12, E Liverpool.. May 10 Canada, &c. (bytanadn. pckt ) May —, E Liverpool.. May 2 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena May 5, E Devonport June 1 China, Penang, and Singa- . • pore, via Southampton -May 4, 31 , 8outhamp. May By Ditto, via Marseilles )May 10, .1 May 13 Gibraltar, via Southampton.. May 4. M Southamp. May 10 Honduras and Blewfields .... May 17, M Southamp. May 14 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton May 4, 'M Southamp. May 19 Ditto, via Marseilles May 10, E May 13 India (Bombay), via South ampton May 12, M Southamp. May 10 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands May 9, M Southamp. May 5 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto May 7 ,M Southamp. overdue Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 4,M Southamp. May 10 Ditto, via Marseilles May 3 E May 4 Mexico and Havana Newfbmirdland May 5, E Liverpool.. United States and British N America (by British packet) May 5, E Liverpool.. May 2 Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe May 23 E Liverpool.. May 10 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey tow., New Granada, ito. ,May —, M Southamp. May 14 BIRTHS. ARTIIUR.—On the 30th ult., at 32, Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, the Lady Elizabeth Arthur, of a son. BLANDY.—On the let inst., the wife of W. F. Blan.iy, Esq., of Reading, of a son. KING.— On the 2d inst., at Grosvenor Lodge, Highgate, the wife of John King, Esq., of Melbourne, Victoria, of a daughter. MARRLAGES. SALTER—HOWARD.—On the Ist inst., at the Cathedral Church, Lichfield, the Rev. Peter S. K. Salter, of Gor•• leston, Suffolk, to Julia Maria, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Henry E. J. Howard, Dean of Lichfield. WELDON—TitEIIERNE. — On the 21st ult., at the parish church of Aldershott, William Henry Weldon, of the 18th Hussars, to Georgina, eldest daughter of M. Tre hems, of Gate House, Sussex. DEATHS. CAMPBELL.—On the 29th ult., Colin A. Campbell, rect or of Widdington, Essex, fourth son of the late General C. Campbell, aged 67. EARDiEY. — On the Ist inst., at 33, Lower Grosvenor street, after a long illness, Isabella, wife of Sir Culling Eardley, Bart. EARLEs —On the Ist inst., at Brixton, Mr. Lain Earles, aged 37. Fox.—On the Ist inst., at 60, Chester-terrace, Regent's • park, Mrs. Sarah .Fox. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUILDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tit 4 SUPS Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, May 3, 1860,