The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

fi E PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES. (Front the Morainy Post.) The difficulties attending the complete purification cf the Thames and the drainage of the metropolis are doubtless very great. As it now seems determined that it shall be done—that it shall be done by the present authorities, and at the expense of the city, it may be well to make a short r 4 uadi of the subjeot, and the theories and errors that have been promulgated thereon. Toe principal difsculties are these : — Th e only outlet for the sewage is a tidal river ; that is one which runs westward for thirteen hours. and hack a g eastward for eleve n h ours , out of every twenty-four. e country ounti through which it runs is a dead,flat for many to mil., and asses are numerous la r g e . and important ns its baidne whose we lfare must be considered. w Besid e s on this, an xtensive district which is to be drained is teat cely above high-water mark.. It is only when the tide is down the sewas e from tans can escape, and these sewers are scarcely emptied when the tide rises again, and carries the filth up the river to descend again by the next ebb, arid oscillate backwards and forwards through the very centre of the most densely-populated city in the world. Several remedies have been proposed. One, the for- Metion of gigantic brick tunnels and erections of enor mous steam engines, by the combined means of which the sewage may be partly enticed and partly compelled to make its way to a point below Barking-creek; other, - the cutting of two open rivers of filth to run on each side cf the Thames and convey the matter down to Sea Beach. These black Tartaresque floods will not be offensive, say their projectors, for we can always ad mit enough water ham the Thames to dilate their con tents, forgetting that, when diluted, as now, by the whole volume, Cr rather when the *hole Thames is pol luted by them, the smell is intolerable. Others propose the narrowing the stream by enormous embankments on each side, under which the sewers are to flow. The objections to this last scheme are —first, the tremendous expense, the difficulties of construction, particularly below bridge, and the fact that if by means of contract ing the channel the river runs down quicker, it will run back again at a corresponding rate,and, worse than all, will bring back-the filth with it again and again, as it does now. It is true it may get rid of what are called "the foreehores," or shallows, whereon the mud is de posited ; but experiment has proved the original sin to be in the pollution of tho flowing, moving, tidal volume of the Thames itself. The remedy proposed is merely wipirg the fouled margin of the foun tain, not diverting the poisoned stream into other and lower channels. The objections to the first scheme are the magnitude of the undertaking, the enormous cost, stated to be five millions of money ; the pouring all the filth at once into one part of the river, under the very nose of several important towns ; and last, not least, the length of time that must elapse be fore the works could be finished. The city may be de populated by fever or cholera before one ounce of sewage can be diverted from its, present channel, if no scheme but the most full, the roost entire be at once adopted. Bat though a great length cf . time must necessarily elapse, and much money be spent. before a complete job may be made, can nothing be done at once to lessen the evil—is there no ready way at once to get rid of a large portion of it I It appears to us there is if we seek it. If a man meet; with a severe accident in the etree, we do not let him lie there untouched till we can get the very first surgeon in London, and the very best bandages. We try to stanch the wounds with the first thing that comes to hand, and send for the nearest Desistence, lest he should bleed to death btfore Brodie or Holt could arrive. If we walk to the tops of Greenwich or Highgate bills, if we glance at any map of London with the levels or contours marked, we shall find, though there are considerable tracts but little above high-water mark, that by far Orel anger portion of North and South Len den is actually on a Let us treat of the former first. Cteapside and Piccadilly are more than 40 Let above high-water mark—Trinity datum. Whitechapel and Bethnal-green are 30 feet ab ire the same, and the whole r'f Lon lon then rises rapidly northward towards Highgate and Hampstead. The top of the Regent's-park and the heart of Islington are each ono hundred and twenty feet above high-water mat k. Surely there ought to be but little trouble in draining these high and pepu lons districts. Begin and drain the eat once, and take time for the difficult' and low levele. D that which is easy at once, and be leisurely with that which craves care and precision. - - The rising grounds or hills on which the north of London stands are intersected by two valleys —one, corameacieg from the river at Thackfriars, passes in a rortberly direc ion, and is the channel of the ancient river Fleet ; the other arises from the marshes to the east of L. , n 'on, and has two branches, one pass ing westward through Hackney to Ittrogsland and Islington ; the other, starting from the same point, goes north ward to Stol: e-Newingt in, d then makei a sweep eastward to Holloway and the foot of High gate-hill. Through cheer branches of the latter wally it has been proposed to construct sewers to "intercept," as it is called, the present sewers—that is, they are to be se deap that the latter may diecharge themselves into the new sewers, and so convey the filth away to Bowe p , let down the river where the v.-lame of watt r is so great that it shall be so diluted as to be cum pat atively hart:ale:a—at any rate, so far that tee tide w 3.1 not *carry it back to London. This enures nppeeire so obvious and so feasible that it seems marvel )us it was nut set about and fleiste I long a;o. But, like most things in England, we are not content with what is good, but; must strive after eerriethieg better ; and then we gat into heavy difficulties and expenses, eked the end is, no thing is done at all, but the old evils and nuisances re main. No I we must have one gigantic scheme ; high and low, difficult and easy must he joined together, and the result has been that neither the skid cf our engineers nor the depth of cur pockets can carry out the whole itbo_t inordinet3 larstion and a dolay of five long par , . "Le minx est reuneini du bien," is a good French proves'',; it would be well if it cirri.] be natura -1 i;ed here. • New, let us leg:lire whence comes this obstructiveness. 0-ic of the first degrees laid down was to proiide for the it cr. use of popu'ation. This in many inetaimes is er •per, but not when time and circumstances pre.s heavily The wisest coarse with regard to the tutor-, perhepe, le to do as a new railway otten does—to buy land enough f r tan lanes, hut to lip down only one till the iecreaee of traffic juraVies it. Of course, as a firet tree, this provision for posterity, the !deeming sewers not only fur the present but the future, very much in creased tbe-amounts of the es:larvae. The sic ad great can )e of expense ea-, that it was determined the new sewers should take off all the ram water as will ae the sewace,ardc tnscquentiy it st a • nectasary that they should be large eeough to carry away the greatest qaaeitity cf water that had ever been known t ) fat? in the shortest space of time. Tois was sub aqu.ntly ranch modi fied, but at the eeltueted rates of a fall of a quarter of an loch of rain in twenty-four hours, and cf the pas sage of thirty genera of sewage water fir each individual of ay. population, in the rime time, tl - .e k 23 of sewer required _few the former was d mblo that of tee later. The sewers, therefore, as planned, were three time s as large, arid three tiM33 as CJStiy as they would have b een if intended to carry aff sewage ()lily. The method of caltutati, g the fell cf rain seems a'se to have been very arbitrary. lo the City, shoo every ?ore is c ivered %eh either roofs or plows, all the water that fe Is [roe) the heavens (except that a Elena Ll:ay be evapenafee) meat go down the towers ; •hut in dieti ie.te svb:,re every b , Use has a gardeu the lei•,. eat pertiee f the run is fee-,oe bed by the thir s ty rat t h, tEd surplus soakB k lowly down till it nasots +Ash some etre um not perrneafle, waters it forme west are technically cated " land springs," whi sh never gat int.a to ears at all, arid yet no such die tinteiin seem+ to have Leal reed,: in the celctfletion. B t'a..;o4h it is clearly etsiree to prevent filth fl axing into the elver, what hurt can 'rain ao 1 Can there be any oliji elicits to this flowing into the Thames I The mud frem:the streets is remove I by tlrp tart., and e f the little that lieds its way down the gall-ya the chief con;- peneet part is the abraision from the gran i te. By all ns let OA, be prover:tett from going lila/trete/a tete the river if is he f)nrej, irjarieus, but let us immediate ly divert fi lth and disregard the rani. Oee is hie:Zi on e the other p isocuus ; ono affects the eye, the other touches life. It appears to U 3 that nethieg is mere easy tt en to do this Let the ordinary sewage piss off La the neer channel, the now iefeeceptirg sewer; but let theflashes of ral e , l e t the storm-eaters, when thiechau nal it; full, ram an d pass off by the old t xistira e d sewers till the low keel intercepting sewer is completed. But there V. OA another eireueateece often moaned . over as a cause tf great difficulty end expense. It would be easy to .draw the sewaps of three-four.he of Noith Lordoo to the ver s e of the Victetia-perk, from *berms there is the am pie fall of 30 feet, or five feet per mile, to Barking Creek, Bat, ol; I the difficulty, the ground hilts so rapidly at tbis,firet named point, that 20 feet are last at once in the first half-quarter of a mile, and then the tardy. Mugge h course is nearly level :o Barking, ' I. " a° unusually large sever must he mule to coovey away its 1.-ty content?. A Romeo engineer would at once s r u. have aaa , e t n i l u v , E d d u t c .l c d r i u ty, nickinghis " NOW, VC& world peculiarl y it on an embankment. the 'alai, for the work; Weul Y tl I:uitpat,abeovceornadeitinoanrigef. able Raver lira , Lae s ave 1 1, 0 t 50 V v e e x e r n e s a e ,. y o f a sandin g Culverts under its bed, a n d A OU I7 to whatever outlet might eventually be d . echled upon. cease ttlls utos I:ith ue lit i ni v la r r e t : ::ty, with the same Common current, drained lower le:vale. • Why, then, should all Lee" .211eiit:atiiesechtahragte, at one point Let the sawage 02 te e L . out further to sea than that of ttie low dis a v i e c i t be t r' '.u' diffit• u hies of engineering would be touch diminished" and Brith arid Gravesend world no Leger t'° the vast t f filth proposed to be pe ear a o ? t , b a e lu ter ol their windows; in erre dense volume. The sa me r,asor log spplieieto the snnih of London as to the ner Tire main difficu:fy has been cl areti aces 1 Y - met t. Tee enurces are now defined, an I the lurid- neer. now be !easily raised. Want of in they is no te stack, But tutneor states there is still to Le scioli, iota thevilsli.ti, ternpo:i-ine, epeeehifyiug, and squab bling among the b. met, frerri whom eo ]meta tea liar , xpeettil so much a: d Lave got nothing but alk. If ti ie he- ira, representative institu reins art t of ooly cn their bet tan tic broad, precipitsue road to hat-al and waterer. Let no hour t e lost. Ali 1-1 /13 are levers have been taken toot y ' cars ego. Let p rations -be wade and wee ' g— relieving the Thames 'ref ert7tH:nteireed in f o directly far end let this be carried oat Ca ifs 'um:ANT. , eit t hie a few reoethe. Le' the pr and mete difficu:t f l in due course. If no t, let us aAriewleclge the a a b rat cf . a'l cane- re ed. jai cf ~ to cot.scruct thr and, as (ain' sent to the Etr'U vast Cloaca maxima tl:2Laii:ut om ., , 1 France, or let us entsge—tre ni,-;,47,6..t, Fer' to .e eleven dip fortified Sehastopel, reed sage err who cur lives by acknowl Vging the linorarce cf our ngeets. glt - , TAI UN, LONDON TIIITiRSDAY EV .ENING, JULY 22, 18581 TEE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ordinary roads by means of spur-wheels and pinions, enabling the engine to drive one travelling-wheel with a slow motion, as Clayton's, with a simple steerage, and Garrett's, which is guided by a horse. It will be a great step in advance when threshing and steam-ploughing engines are able to walk with their load of machinery from farm to farm ; but at present these adaptations seem better fitted for smoo h turnpikes than for deep or rugged clay lanes. Here also is Tuxf , rd's massive traction engine with Boydell's wheels (both driven by most ingenious friction-boxes). In walking through the stands we observe Richmond and Chandler's chaff-cutters ; Smith and Ashby's hay-maker ; Per reaux's pumps, fitted with the ingenious india rubber valve • Seaman's model of a new s'eam plough ; on Ransome and Sim's stand, a novelty in the form of a horizontally rotating root-slicer, the knives, of a " bomerang" shape, being fixed, with screw-blades in the hopper, carrying round and pressing down the roots upon then. Here, also, are the noted bean-cutter, oat bruiser, and an as sortment of patent prize ploughs, including the pony plough, weighing 65113. Keevil's cheese making apparatus, of very simple construction, for better separating the whey from the curd, especi ally in manufacturiug rich cheese, is a remarkably clever iuvention, and likely toeffect great improve ment in our dairy pract . ces. On Priest and Wool- Dough's stand is a singular contrivaece intended to destroy that troublesome enemy the turnip-fly; by means of small fanners, the flies disturbed from the rows c f plants are to be drawn into a current of air as they jump, and blown out again behind the machine, intermingled with a cloud of ft: e ashes and lime, which thus dusts the plants. As a m anure distributor it may prove a valuable little but experience has yet to determine will think of the treatment. Ho i w m h p a l t e I)t flies ward, of B dferd, shows his patent prize ploughs, horse hoes, rakes, and a new chaff-screen • Bentall, his well-known broad - sharer and subsoil plough, his harrows, and especially efficient root-pulper. On Garra.'s stand is a reaper with revolving rake-off, which contains the g erms of considerable improve ments. On this stand, and also on that of Ran some and Sims, we find the American Eagle mowing ma tine, which we are glad to say has fully proved by its performances during the hay harvest the correctness of our opinion expressed last year in its favour. Weofo's paring plough is a tool working with remarkable accuracy, with a one-inch slice, to as deep as may be required ; Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co. and Messrs. Lawson exhibit wonder ful collections of seeds, samples and specimens of agricultural produce; and there are numerous stalls of articles of a miscellaneous rather than rural character. Yes'erday the point of interest in the trial yard was a racing contest between .the four picked thrashing machines—namely, Clayton and Shuttle worth's, Hornsby's, Ransome and Sims', and Hum phries'—all running tcgether with their respective engines of 451 b. pressure on the inch, and each sup plied with 775 sheaves. Clayton's ran 44 minutes ; Hornsby's, 44/ minutes ; Ransome's, 47 minutes ; and lluniphries', 61 minutes. So great has b3en the number of implements and machinery far trial thtt the prizes could not be adjudicated in time for us to receive the particulars. The dinner takes place to-day in the Shire-hall. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT,—CHELMSFORD, July 21. The business of the an;z.s for the county of Essex commenced this morning, Mr. Justice Wiles presiding in the Crown Court and Mr. Baron Bram well at Nisi Prius. The cause list contains an entry of 17 cases, two of which are to be tried by special juries. The gaol calendar contains the names of 16 prisoners, but the only serious case is the Dagen ham murder. Mr. Justice Willes, in his charge to the grand jury, made particular allusion to this case. He said the most serious case in the calendar was a charge against a man named Geo. Blewett, of having mur dered. a policeman named Clark twelve years ago, and the case, so far as the evidence was concerned, was of a very peculiar character. He had read and re-read the depositions most attentively, with a view to ascertain what the theory of the prosecu tion was, and what was the evidence in support of that theory, and it appeared to him to be this : —A woman who, in 1846, at the period the murder was committed, was the wife of a man named Page, who appeared to have died in 1848, now came for ward, nine or ten years after that event, and stated that the prisoner George Blewett, her hus band, and some other person, were the parties by whom the policeman was murdered 12 ye'ars ago. Her statement appeared to be to the effect that on the day of the murder, the 26th of June, her hus band came home, and in consequence of somethie.g that occurred she expressed her determination to go out with him, and accordingly she accompanied him to the house of the prisoner, Blewett, who was at this time emp!oyed as a horsekeeper to a farmer in the neighlaJurhood - named Brittain, and that Blewett made a proposition that he and her hus band and - some other person should go to his mas ter's house and steal some corn. She then stated that they proceeded to the barn for that purpose, and that she was left outside to watch, and upon her giving an alarm that Clark, the policeman, was approaching, her husband and Blewett went out and attacked him and murdered him. This was the sum and substance of the statement made by the witness referred to, and they would see when they came to hear the ,other evidence how far it accorded wi.h it and with the place where the dead body was actually found. It appeared that this woman was,silent until last year, when she made a communication to a woman living in the same neighbourhood, and shy repeated the story a short time back, and the prisoner Blewett was then taken into custody and committed upon the present charge. A good many remarks and suggestions would necessarily arise upon evidence of this de scription. No length of time, of course, would wipe out the stain of murder, and if they should be of opinion upon all the facts that there was evi dence of the accused person having committed the crime he would still be amenable to the justice of the country; and it would be their duty to return a true bill ; but where it appeared that the story was not Id until after the lapse of so many years from the occurrencelaking place they would all naturally Icok to see if there was any corroborative tes imony to show the truth of the story. If they should find that there was no evidence to confirm the statement of the witness, it would be for them to consider whether they could place entire reliance upon her veracity, and if they should be of opinion that her evidence could be relied upon, or that it was c mfirmed to any extent, they would, of cows', not s put a- stop to the inquiry. There were other matters, however, in connexion with the witn es in que,:Vciti to which he felt called upon to direct their attention. He had already told them that it ance. , red to him that there was no corroboration whatever of her statement, and it appeared that while she was under cross-examina tioe before the magist-ates she was undoubtedly labouring under different hallueinaf.ions. Ore of there hallucinations was ,that since her husband's death she lad repea - edly seen his ghost, and that she was, in fact, constantly haunted by his ghost. She also stat-d that she had seen a fire-engine in her room, and that the nei,glabsurs considered that she was apt to wander in her mind. She likewise appeared to have said that when she sat down to h, r vic,nals a devil used. to come and eat her food. He theught• it right to call the attention of the grand jury to these circumstances, and also to the additional fact that the witness appeared to be under the impression that Blewett had taken away 2/. 10s. of her husband's, money, and that she ap peared to entertain an ill-feeling against him on that ac ounte They would, however, no doubt, look Carefully at the whole of the evidence that would be laid before them, and if they shoUld be of opinion that the pet y jury were not likely to convict the prisoner he thought ,hey ought not to Lind the bill ; but, on the other hand, if they should consider the evidence was of such a nature that the petty jury were likely to convict the prisoner upon it, it would then be their duty to return a true bill and have the matter fully inquired into. The grand jury in the course of the day came into court with the bill agains - George Blewett for the DJgeLham murder, which they returned not found. Baron Bramwell disposed of several common jiity c Imes, but none of them furnished any mate rials for a report. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 21. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C,, Assistant-Judge at Westminster.) Hannah Lucas was brought up to be dealt with as a rogue and vagabond under the Vagrant Act, she having been guilty of riotous and indecent con duct in a certain public highway, al. er hiving been convicted summarily as a disorderly person under the same ac'. The court sen'enced her to six mouths' hard 1 tbour. _ R ibert Johnson, 23, was indicted for stealing a portmanteau, containing ao ticlea of the value of 81., the property of Sir. J. T. Norris, M. P. Mr. Norris stated that he resided at Sutton Courtney, in Berkshire. On the night of Ilia sth he took a cab from Devonshire-place to Long-acre, and a portmanteau was placed on the roof. W hen the cab got to Long-acre, the por t man teau wa s missed, and having Made some inquir ies abou t i t, he went to Bow-street station, and there he found it in the possessian of the police. The cabman said as be classed Seven-dials, on on n e the portmanteau was safe o lj f -l t ri h g e -a a c a r b e , , but when he got to Lang ' acre it was gone. Michael Bowen, an errand boy, gave evidence showing that the priSoner, with five or six alien, the top was concerned in getting the portmanteau off the cab. The prisoner put it on his shoulder and walked down Drury-lane with it. The witness told a policeman, who went alcer rho prisoner and asked him where he was going to take the portmanteau. He said ho had found it in' a doorway, and as he could not make out an owrax he was going to take it to the station-hou , e. The p •lieeman called his attention to the circumstance that he was going in a direction away from the station, with the proper road to which he was not unacquainted, for he was welt known about the neighbourhood, arid com pelled him to carry it to•the station, where he was detained. In a few minutes-Mr. Norris drove up in the' cab, and was not a little surpri-ed at finding the stolen property had got there before him. The jury found the prisoo er guilty, aud the Caurt sentenced him to t ix months' hard labour. Mr. Norris gave the boy Bowen half-a-sovereign for the promptitude with which he gave the Mot.- ma ion which led to the redavery of he property. Snnw, 25, was convicted of stealing a copper belor;'the property of John Borsley, the same being fixed t ) a building. The prisoner was a well-known off, nder, and had been sentenced to seven years' transportation. The Court pas;ed upon lion a sentence of ten 3 ears' penal servitude. Win. Brant, 18, was indicte 1 for unlawfully and maliciously wounding Rob'. Howitt with a knife. Mr. Abram was counsel for the prosemtiou. The prosecutor said be was a cabinet-maker, and lived at 152, B2thnil-green-road, and was also a coffee-house-keeper. fie knew the prisoner from' his hiving been a cu,tomer, and on the 10ih inst. he was walking along the Bethnal green-road wi , h his wife and another person, when he met the pri sonu, and in consequence of. something which had occurred he cautioned him not to come near his place again, as he was only after his birds. The pri soner nude some saucy answer and ihe prosecutor and the friend w h o was w i h him walked on,. leav ing his wife behind. He looked round, and seeing the prisoner in the act of - sparring at his wife, he went b ick and pushed him away. The prisoner then ran at hint and struck him on the wrist with a kale. The blade s - uek in the wrist, and prosecutor finding he could not pull it out himself, ran off to a Yurgeou's, whereit was taken out, and he then fainted away. He lost but little blood. The surgeon's assistnt who extracted the blade from prosecutor's wr st said the wound was not dangerous, but might have provei so if an artery 1 - 1,.(1 been severed. The prosecutor v;as still under troatment. _ _ The prisoner, who said - nothing in his gefonce, and in whose manner there seemed something very strange, was found guilty, and the Court sentenced him to eight months' hard - labour. • THE CHILD STEALER. &trait. Myers, 18, who was convicted on Tuesday of steaal ng a child, was brought up for judgmen t . The Assistant-Judge told the pry-Duet she had been -c:::nvic . ed of a most- o di o us crime, that of ),tealing a poor child from its parent', under cir cumstances of a very atrocious character. There was reason t) beli too much unfortunately that she had pinched atid to: tured the child, will tilt view of exciting pity by its kuffeL ings, and thereby the better carrying on her trade of begging. If it were a man who had been guilty of this, the court would without hesitation have passed upon him a sentence of penal servitude for a long term of years ; and had the prisoner been an older person, a sentence of the last description most certainly would ba passed upon her. As, however, she was so young, and was suffering from a very painful disease of the eyes (they were bandaged up), he thought, under all the circumstances, the sentence he was about to pass would be suffic.;:ent. The Court must protect the children of the poor, who almost of necessity played about the s'reets, from such wicked practices, and her caso would be an example to deter _other equally evil-disposed persons from such iniquitous proceedings. The sentence was, that she be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for 18 calendar months. The Court Mani an appeal by special appoint ment, " Henry Fleming against the refusal of the justices of the Tower division to grant a licence to sell exciseable liquor, under the 9th Geo. IV., c. 61, to the Star, Prusuni's Maud, New-crane, St. George's E Ist." The heipe had formerly been licensed, but the licence had lapsed, and the present appelLtnt was a new tenant. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Messrs. Wire and Child, supported the appeal ; Mr. Cooper, in structed by Mr. Burnell, appeared in support of the decision ot the Court below. The Court granted the licence. (Before Mr. ,Creasy.) Richard Waters, a cripple, and Fanny Waters, his wife, were indicted for keeping a brothel, 83, Wells street, Oxford-street ; and Louise Flainant,a middle-aged Frenchwoman, was indicted for a Lice 9ff,ulce, the house being No.lo, Duke-street, Portland place. In a second indict ment she was charged with keeping a brothel, 42, Charlotte-street, Portland-place. Mr. Metcalfe, assisted by Mr. Abram, appeared for the prosecution, instructed by' Mr. Randall, solicitor to the parish of Marylebone •, and Mr. Sieigh and Mr. Dunbar were engaged in the de fence. Evidence was given which clearly proved the character of the house kept by the Waterses, and they were found guilty. In the case of Flautant evidence was given to rebut that adduced on the part of the prosecution, and to show that the house, 1.0, Duke-street, was let out in lodgings to resPeetable persons, and that pirt of it was th.tcupied as offices for the Societe Francaise de Bianfaisance, but the jury, with little hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty, and Madame Flamant was ordered into custody. On being removed, shs declared her innocence, and said she would never go to prison, and resisted violently. The sentences were postponed. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. THE SUNDAY 'QUESTION --RESULT OP IHE POLL. It may be remembered that, at the half yearly meeting of shareholders of the company, held on the 30th of June last, it was moved and carried by a show of hands : " That in the opinion of this meeting the open ing of the palace and grounds to' shareholders on Sunday afternoons is desirable, and that it be re ferred to the Board of Directors to make such arrangements as they may consider best for giving effect to this resolution." At a subsequent stage of the proceedings it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Sotheby, that a ballot, of the shareholders should take place upon the question. The ballot oommenced on the afternoon of the meeting, and was then reopened on Tuesday last at the Crystal Palace, and continued until Satur day afternoon, when it finally elosed at four o'clock. An adjourned meeting of proprietors was held yesterday, at the Cry stal Palace, for the purpose of announcing the result of the poll on the question, whether the shareholders should be admitted into the Palace on the Sunday, and also for the elec tion of one director—Mr. T. M. Farquhar in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that the only business for which they were met on that occasion was to de clare the resnitof the pAI, which, according to the report of the scrutineers, stood as follows : _For opening the Palace on the Sunday to shareholders 43,480 Against _ Majority . 24,075 The announcement was received with cheers and The CHAIRMAN said that the board would take steps to carry into effect the wishes of the share holders. (Hear. ) Mr. L. SOTHEBY said that, whilst he of course bowed to the decision of the majority, be could not but express his opinion that the conclusion arrived at was the most suicidal that had ever taken place with respect to the interests of the Crystal Palace Company. It was most suicidal, and it— The CHAIRMAN said that they were met on that occasion simply for the purpose of declaring the result of the poll, and he could not allow the ques tion of the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sun days to be re-argued. (Hear.) Mr. SOTHEBY thought that he had a right to say some , hing on the presentation of the report. - Mr. Etras—The decision of the proprietors is an answer to the question. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN—Yes. The report which has been read is conclusive, and I cannot have the question re-opened. Captain Yaw; said that be should avail himself of the power he possessed of testing the legality of the proceeding. He had the opinion of Sir R. Bethel', which was opposed to the step about to be adopted, and if the directors were determined to act upon the resolution, he gave notice thAt it wculd involve the company in further litigation. The result of the poll for a new director was as follows : For Mr. Reed „ Mr. Laurie „ Mr. Spiller 6,021 A vote of thanks to the ECrutinectrs terminated the proece dings. CITY SEWERS COMMISSIOY. The Commissioners of Sewers met on Tuesday at Guildhall—Mr. Deputy Christie presiding. Mr. DAW read the falowing, which will explain itself : "Metropolitan Board of Works, tg_l , Greek-scree-, Soho, July 13, 1858. , . . . " Dear Sir,—l regret tht in consequence of other pressing demands upon my time, I could not look into the matter referred to. in your letters of the 18th and 24 h July last. "The passage in the report which you cite has rcfcrenca to the main drainage loan, contracted by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, amount ing to 140,0001. The board first charged a portion of this debt on the City, in common with the rest of the metropolis, and the total amount for which the City would have become liable by that course would hove been 14,185/. 3s. lid. mortgAge debt, and 1,5331. Os. sd. in respect of the previous instal ment, Me: est, be., making together 15,7181. 4.9. 4d. , Upon coming into office the board fourvi that sum of 140,0001. entire ; and though they temporar'ly applied a portion of it to their cu. rent expenses pending tl e collection of their assessments, a part of the amount is still in their posses-ion, and the remainder will be replaced as coon as the whole of the precepts issued have teen complied with. The Ifowl, therefore, still exists, and a portion of it, nearly equal to the debt, viz., 14,9311. 15s. 91, and a further sum for interest rec-Aved from tLe bankers, would stand to the credit of the City of L-ndon. When the coarse first proposed by the board in this respect was Objecttd to, the board ex punged the debt so charged to the City, and at the same rime reapportioned the shove amount of assets among the other parts of the metropolis. "lathe present state of this question the com mittee considered the legal position of the City and the other districts to be this :—lf the board now proposed to commence the main dra'nage, and to carry out cne or more contracts, amounting to • 155,000/., they would. hwe 140,010/. in hand on account of the m , tropolio, exclusive of the City, and the 15,000/., villich woul Ib3 the sh•tre cf the City, would have to he raise I by a separate loan, or might possibly ha demanded, by precept, in one payment. This the committee ctnsidered to be attended with inconvenience, and they made a re commendation for remedying it in the manner sug gested in their report.—l am, (isc. " G. H. WOOLTCYCLI, Oleric - of the Boird. "T. l aw, Esq., Gnildh :11," Incidental to this communication a long discus sion took place upon the Metropolis Loa3l Manage ment Act Amendment Dili, in the course of which --;vl..ile the nee 534 of speedily dealing with the main drainage question was fully tecogni ed—the &tails of the new scheme w ere freely canvassed, and more especially cotnpulszTy deolorisation was objected to, unless preceded by experiments to prove whether deodOri a ion might not be dispensed with, and so a vast outlay saved without public danger or inconvenience by the points of °natal being fiked, as provided in the till, " at any !dace on the left bank or shore of the said river not higLer than the west bank cf Bar king-ci eek, and any place on the right bask or shore of the said river nut higher than Crossness Pint or Erith Marshes." Eventually it was determined to petition Parlia ment to wake the t cleodorisation discretionary with the. Metropolitan Board. LIFE-BOAT STATISTIGS. It appears that, from some valuable returns made to the Royal National Life-boat Institution by the o fficers of the c•mss' guard service, and by Yome age.As to Lloyd's, then are Glad litional life boats considered to be. required' on the coasts of the British Iles. Tie proposed new life-boat stations are as follows : England—Staiths, :Yorkshire ; W e lls and Blakeney, Norfolk • Orforduess, Suffolk; Packaster Cove and Brook, isle of Wight ; Stud_ land B.ty and Citapman's.Poole, Dorset; Exmouth, H ope.Cov , ,, Banthair, and Bigbary Bay, Devon ; Fowey, Falmouth, St. Ives, and New Qu,y, Corr.- wall; _Port Talbot, Peuarth, Portbcawl, Milford, Poi - erillaen Wales ; Fleetwood, Lancashire ; Ma! yport and S both, Cumberland ; and Douglas, line of Man. Scotland—Haddington,thire, Ber wickshire,, two life-boats ; Elie, Fife ; Donmouth and Newburgh, Aberdeen ; Losiemouth, ; &tuff ; Sylester and Dunbrwh, Caithnes4 ; Siorth .Ronalishay, Orkneys; Esdale, Sate Island Obav, Argyle ; Scrahster Harbour ; Campldtown and omore ; Mull of Galloway ; Tumberry, Ayr and Troou. Ireland Dundrum Bay North, Orandlield Point, County Down ; C 1 glrer • Head or Dundalk, County Louth ; Carnsore Morris Castle, County Wexford ; Dunmore, Tra more, and Dungatvan Bay, County Waserferd ; Ballinakilligs Bay or Dcrrynane, K-ntnare River, and Kingstown and Dingle ; County Kerry ; Acbil Beg, Kilara and Bolmullet, County Ith.yo ; Ru lang and Cam; County Donegal ; Po , t rush and Carrickfergus, Coun y Antrim. Ti le average cost of a complete life-boat establiArnent, suc't as that provided by the National Lift-boat Socie y, is 3001. ; this amount includes tha oc , r of hfe-boat, life-b-ltt, and g ar, traisportirg c and a substantial hi:use for' their rte -ption It will thus he seen that a considerabVsnm will be required from the public to make tile lif-a-boat 75; , 5` p rie . y complete on our court. The i 4 stittv ion has acly 70 life- t , ts c.ittheati• n with it. To maintainnihese b o o ' as . in a st.fte ef - rough Efficiency re. quirts a large parnnnerit an- Loral ou lty. List }car t i, h o e d. life-bo -is of the so y, and hose of me, rescued 299 pt r ns frolic) shipwrecks l o , ti v o . 2 ur co st; ; dur.ng the last ttereo yews same invaltn:V.e means, savPeacirs"foin " were, I.y the grave. 0.1 the other hand it is me r lancho a ly le tt i t a e ed that, &nine , tie same short pero], 1,: - .22 poi r cr atuva,pe rah , cl on our coasts from these sad d:e as t e; s. I. i 3 believed that a considerable prop ti on of this large T . :wither might have Leen p:o_ served to Veir families and their county, if addi tion-el life-b ate hid been on the coast. We, therefore, appeal with confidence to the pu;,lic, CD behalf of , ho National Life Boat Institu tion, t) enab!e it to carry out its truly philan thropic and n4tional.object MEETING AT CHESTER. The present meeting bids fair to surpass all that have preceded it, not only because the show of Jive stock is unusually excellent and very numerous in all the classes, the implement exhibition much larger and more multitudinous than before, the yard itself many acres greater in area, the trials seve ral days longer and more strictly conducted, the competition closer, the five shilling visitors more profitable than on prior occasions, but from the fact that the district of the show has been thce roughly canvassed by the active local committee, no less than 5,000/. having been obtained and ap propriated by them in special prizes for horses, dairy stock, cattle, and sheep of Wales, and the other divisions of the "district," for cheese, but ter, and rewards to dairymaids and cheesemakers. And undoubtedly the interest created by these labours will bring out proportionate crowds of visitors from the different counties by the network of railways which connect Chester with a large population on all sides. Warm and bright weather has continued so far, sprinkled at intervals with those heaiy drops to which Cheshire farmers owe their luxuriant grass and forward green crops. And festivities are not forgotten amid the agricultural excitement ; there is a flower-show on the Rhode° ; gay doings at the Gray Friars, whence Mr. Coxwell launches, skyward, in his balloon ;illuminations , fireworks, a circus, with a horse taming genius ; promenade concerts in the Linen-hs,ll, resounding with the strains of the Coldstream Guards' band ; and, lastly, a grand ball in the same building on Thurs d Wednesday being the day appointed for the pub lic trial of the steam cultivators, a large concourse of spect.:tore assembled is the fields near Blacon chosen for the display ; partly, indeed, to witness the working of the new reaping machines which were tryng their capabilities on an adjacent piece of rye. Two new steam ploughs had appeared since the first series of experiments' were made—viz., Eddington'a windlass with a portable engine placed on the top of it, 1 auling Fowler's balance plough by' means of wire ropes and a self-shifting anchor age, the engine and windlass moving slowly along the end of the work required ; and a wonderfully neat arrangement of a windlass attached to 'any ordinary engine, just invented by Mr. Fowler, and manufactured by Messrs. Ransome and Sims, Two grooved drums on upright axes are hung in a frame constructed of angle iron, which unites great strength with lightness, a space being provided be tween the drums to receive the fire-box of the engine boiler, one drum thus revolving under the boiler, and the other at one end of it. A strap from the flywheel drives the 'very simple wheel work connected with the drums for winding up the wire rope, and the slow - advancing motion and the steerage are very simply effected. Such a light and compact machiae, with few wheels, andre quiring but a comparatively small outlay, is just what the farmer has been wishing for, a seven or eight horse engine, to which it is adapted, being powerful , enough to work a two furrow plough or bieali up stubbles with a scarifier'. Mr. Howard's apparatus consists of a Clayton and • Shuttleworth's eight-horse double-cylincler engine driving by strap the rigger of a stationary windlass of two drums for coiling the wire rope. The rope is passed nearly round tie plot to be cultivated, the anchored pulleys at the ends of the work lying very easily fastened to the ground and removed as required. i The peculiarity of the system is in turning the m; pletnent at the ends by Smith's patent "tur.nbow; hence there is so much difficulty in ploughing . fur rows all laid one way that the operation no`• attempted ; grubbing or scarifying is the prieprincip is al. proce-is, and the only approach to real p!otigi!ing the throwing up the ground in " baulks" or ridges, with a double-mouldboard plough. These ridges, about 30 inches wide, with ti.e bottom of the fur rows broken up by subsoiling tines attached behind the implement, expose a very large extent c f sur face to atmospheric fertilisation, and, thoe.e.h the ground covered up by the slices is unstirred, •yet the noxious vegetation ceases to grow, and after a time a s-::c - ind oper-stun completes the tillage of the whole surface. The largest b e:idth of work done was with the three-tin d cultivator on the heavy land at Blacon, at the . rate of ab iut seven acres a day, and a cost (including wear and interest) of 7s. per acre. The spade-shaped cutters, pointing downward, rise up the bard and foul greund into large and small pieces, without turning them over, so that the greater part of the rough and thistley sward remained visible upon the surface ; and the second operation of ciossing this work with a wider scalier, takin.4 five feet breadth (at the rate of ten acres a-day), b:oke the pieces into smaller clods, but Still with grasS and rubbish unburied, ready f-r perishing under the blaze of a summer sun, or for easy extractiou by harrows and rollers in the usual manner. Indeed, though the cost of the two processes is about 125., farmers declare theta to be well worth 1/. per acre. Howard's machinery, therefore, while able to trench up and subsoil heavy laud for a winter fallow, or to ridge in manure fur sprinz cropping, is pre-eminenlly adapted and intended for cleaning s ut bics in alibi nn, and by thus eradicating root weeds when just al:0.)a to shoot vigorously, saves most of the laborious tillage in ploughing, cross ploughing, dragging, Are., which are incurred by the practice of waiting until spring. Farmers everywhere would b gal to autumn-till more of their fields had they but tractive force en,ugh on elfeie firma to accomplish it ; and Ills advent Aga and rich pro mise of the steam cultivator are its turnishing power enough to work the land by great lyeadths at a time, just at the best season, without involving any . counterb slancieg expense in feeding and main ta mug until wanted again. Again, as the stca.w. engineaants for strength, and n7.t forwearinesa, its working-day hours are (July limited by the dawn and even twilight ; and, with relays of men, it can cultivate nine to twelve acres, instead of five to 'seven, for many weeks afterharvest. No wonder, therefore, that cultivetien by steam-power is being widely adoptel by age iculturists who only expi ct it to acc.Anpliill a pat of their tillage, end thae they should be largely purchasing the particularly compact and clnvenient low-priced machinery exhibited on the present occasion by Mr. Howard. - There are many, however, who look will further, and, seeing the immense advantage of being able to plough lea ground for wheat in an effieient meaner, e.t.d to do this on moist soils without the injurious treading of hard hoofs, prefer Fowier's mixhine—some:lung more expensive is the first- outlay, but cheaper in working-I.y which they can either pleugh furrows, or tt-ench double depth, or draw a scarifier with as good effect as the oiler apparetuscau. Yesterday, both I the -erulibieg and combined baulk-ploughing and subsoiling were shewn, the latter proving itself to be a very excellent operation. Fowler's pleugh, dile lee! fur furrows at once,- made -beautiful work in a piece of light land grass, at the rate of one acre per hour ; though the time lost at- the ends was merea ell by the pressure and ieterruption of I e asaanblecl visttore. Boydell's traction engine Iwas dragging a frame - cf ploughs, taking, six fur -1 rows at crece Manystoppages, however, occur d iu c nsequerc , ) of the implements choking with grass. Rickett's rotary cultivator was also digging in ano her piece. Ire j in r good, tolerably upstanding, but green field, three reaping mt cas and rake) i carries attracted a great deal of attention. The E(ibeaya meansavy o leA r m e of a tingled. ian w manranunable s where he t o (`f'ood's) deliver , )th.e crop cut 1 4. me r;can machine, with angula r k n i ves vibrated. through slots in finge re by means of a crank movement, acid dnetcut w a e n l d ; ; rand reaperhe:fguci i a men t ller,jioi,i o rake off, d niwastha that Burgess I with the screw platform would have done y he work in every respt:c , , deliveri ng i n a continuous' swath without any aid, had it been brought out of the yard. It seems, tiler:lore, - that, tliia l eh tor surpass, el mowers for hay atid artificial gessoes , 1 the e American machines have not yet edapted themselves fer coping with the pettplexities of au E glib gnarl crop. A c - udely contrived machine, with two revolving horizontal s ickle - edged disc's-, was tried, but would not work at all. By an improvement in the eatThgue_n,,,,,ly, a Map of the city and plan of the yard, with reference t ) each stand—you can at (nee find the locality of any stand or mr:chine-shed, the cattle, pool ry, seed-, cheese, and butter, tlr3refreshment stalls, or tle various offices of the secretary, directors, and i,t,:tyard?. The) entrances and exit doors are, unfor tunately, so close together, and the approach . by the Water-ga,`e ereh so rest i ted, that we antici pate considerable inconvenience during the meat thton;inf; dey ; but every arra ngement within the yard is edniii able, including the ez ,tablislenent of a useful tele!.rapli oflico. Walking through the en tire long , h of the trial ground, before coming to the regular rows of shedding, we find here the show ol machinery in raetien, it eluding a great number cf steam-engines working thresbing-machince, among which are toespictscus Flayai's steew elevator, carrying, straw for tie marehiae some 25ft. high ; , OroB3Ell'i imniensely lowerfnlbon -mill; But ne's singular bone rasp:. ; Chamberlain's-rotary brick making machine ; Sperkes's saw table ; Clayton and Shrittlee - orth's fixed threshing machine ; Elerrisby's, Garrett's, and Barre t and Exall's fired barn- works ; and (a walked feature in the , xlilbition) uvula , two or threi-ehorse power Lortable engine, —as Haywood's., Nicholscn's, Smith and A..!hle ) ' s , Williamsob'6—driving their respective n re i ino m t ut l s el t ss r :c a bo l ru ti e n s ue tuc re st a ,ed& li es forlsv f e o el r small f-ilp(r,t fa op notice self-propulsion j t aiel lei otvnag: PRIZES ON DN ESD.A.Y \ NIGHT. Portablo. steam-onzi3es.—Hornsby, 251, 12. horse power ; Tuarcord, 251, 8-horse power ; Chyton and Shuttle worth, 101., ditto ; Barrett and Co., 10/., 10-horse Power ; Hornsby atd San , 101., d,tto ; Ransoms and Sims, 10/., boiler. Portable threshing machive.— Garrett, 101. Corn-dressing machine.—Hornsby, Si. ; Garrott, 51. Screen.—Bailey, 3/. Chaffeutterc Caroni, 51. ; Samuelson, 3/. hand chaffenttErs.—Ran some, Si. ; Richmond and Chandler, 2/. Linseed crushers. —Rensorne aid Sims, 51 Oileake breake:s.— Bentall, 51. ; Niel.o'son, Si. Bone-mi 101. Turnip cuter.—Ransorne and Sims, Si. ; hand ditto, Samuelson, 31. Chars.—Burgess and Key, 3/. ChEesemcking apparatus:—Grlfath and Co., Si. Cheese press.—Carson, Si. P.ROSP.ACTS OF . Tif FLAX CROP. Mr. John Boyle, of Leeds, in a letter to the Belfast Mercantile Journal, says :—.Elavine• a day to spare, anti being mo-t anxious to take Aserva dons in one locality of County Antrim how the crops appear, from different seeds, I did so last w. ek. I am delighted at the appearance, but sorry to find thtt so tew hive so am, especially as compared with last season. -In the following parishes—Tern plepatrick, Kolbride, Donegore, and Antrim—the crop is fully equal to any I have ever seen, growing from 34 to 44 inches long, and the colour gener.slly vary good yellow, and fine in the straw, and what is of great moment for fine fibre, ' few ,bolls on the tops. If properly handled from this time, - a very good quality will be secured for the spinner. The crops will be pretty equally ripe in two or three weeks. When I asked the peo e le who hod sown it had they their bards of rushes prepared for binding from the field to the mill, not one of tht m had any prep !ring, as in former times, whiTh ri.glect will 10 - ,efuly two stones to the acre ; arid lying wirh flax lards ough!, not to be, as every stalk lest is to-s ere t lid to•sell. Being a seller of flixseed from England. asd having saved my seed these.four years for ssviieg in Irish soil, I was most anxious to follow out the growth, by juciging from comparison, and a few who sowed my seeds with other sorts are fully satisfied. A friend has pro mised to give the result of produce from the scotch mill. I want British produ,re, if possible, to answer all our islanls, so as to enable us to keep our mou-y at home. Many farmers have said they regret not having a quantity - sowed this year, as, to all appearance, it will be a paying crop. Now, as to my observa tion I find that the crops on stubble laud are the" best of ~asy, ripeeing yellow, which is said to pro duce most weight and finest titre. I may mention names, that parties ierterested' may see and judge for them-elves. Mr. Tirol. Shaw, • Billypalidy ; John Milford, Springvale ; Mr. William., Fisherwick ; Joh s Gawn, Donago:e; Ad rin Gray; Danadry; the !set r 11 id a tine crop of wheat gro win g on th e l an d that his flax was on last year, which proves that flax stub `!] thel ia'disi'Stotriedyrimghatni:,ogtealtiN‘rell o , nf a o f r te wheat, previded r the flax is off, s and where oats or b trl y was before fl ix. I 'understand M r . Geolge Miners has a splendid crap of flax, from seed that he got from me, in the ne'ghbeurhood of Ahoghill, of which he will give at dr report, after scutchieg, as to profit, &c. - A lirele mechanic ii skill should be applied to farming as it is to manufactures, and it is to be hovel cl.at theowoers of the soil, landlords, agents and all .in.tersted, u ill attend to the wants of im provement better than they have done, and not peralit other nat'ons io get ahead of them. In England, where many more implements are in • use than - here, but which can be inaport4l, • and manufactured here, theypair their stubble land the day after their cro s are rem we 1. - No weeds ate ptrtritred to grow, and no hiug but the crop sown is to be sr , en on their land ; every weed they &Big , n ate a robber, an 1 extirpate it at the proper season. Farmers ! takie my r>clvice and look i:ov to the land that you in end for fl-‘x next year, and prepare in time, and then a good crop mty be expected. I am moat anxious Viet the linen trade be supported by the farmers in Ireland, then the best cu , tomers, froin 1 thourer a to m chanies ' will consume at your own door all you have to sell. . One [licit more to the landlords and their agents and I have d no. I have meditated on the condition of the three islands, and the amount of capital in circulation compared from stet . stical figures, viz., England trot 26/., Seal old Mt,- but Ireland his only 4/ a head f, r the p Tula ion, which shows that she is far I.ehind, and must exert herself in improvements The report. , f Selt i-loert Kane States tha Ireland has water power goinq to loss equal to the whole steam powerbf Eirglarid. Think of this before your ;An ng sons of E in emigrate to work in foreign cli ra Isere I be iev'a I act as the farmers' friemd . in giving you this advice. The acivo'cate and frond f the agricultural labourers' classes is machine:llr, wide!) you must keep going instead of si:nding mill owners to the Continen tto support a people who tax our yarns and linens 40 to 60 per cent., made from their o wn flax.- • EARLY WHEAT, eze.—ABIg(IDON MARKET, ,Monday. - -To-day we bad a sample of new wheat offering, the wl - bob of - the piece carried and threshed ; q ualit y fi ne, and the lid. I very g oo d ; also sense new pea and seve red samples of new seed,. There will b e a grew quin tity of corn carri e d thi s wee k if the weather keeps fine. The cr , pl remarkf!.blv good.. , [AevEramnmeNr.l--The Medical Liberty of the Subject.-- The case of Lady Balwer Lytton.- -People of England! - For many years we have called your attention to this important question, tut hi herto without much effect. There is, no , ' doubt, thousand s. of our fellow creatures unjus tl y confined. Will yeti allow such perso as t o be 'detained Merely upon the 03rtificates of tiro doctors whicli may be h ad an y d ay by Plying for them? • Jamcs'llorison ;th e bygeiSt, upwards of 30 yea s ago iv rased you on thi s question, and that'yone liber ties were nut wor t h one farthing so long as "medical liberty" was not proclaimed. Wo say ag in look to it, and insist for an inquiry. Let uot this case of Lady Bulwer's be hushed uP ! We ;ire, fellow-c , natlymen, yon - obedient servants, The Ll.ln`Jers of tlio British C.,llego of Health, Euston-road, London, for the Society of Hvgei•ts. [ADVERTISEMENTI-110110Way: . 5 Ointment and cal m%ltreatment and neglect, and i mpru dence on the part of the sufferers theraielves, annually destroy thousands of lives that might hare been eared with the greitest case, by the trio of theSe perfect autidetes to di ease, external. and jitter nat. Multitudes of .rheumatic sufferers are now limping to the grave with Contra:AM jointi, and in cOnstaut agony, who milit be cured in a few weeks by the Ointment ; and the vital strength of a st:11 greater number is oozing away through scrofulous sores, abscesses, a,nd other exhazstinv outlets of suppuration; which might be promptly and safely cured be the stme-means—Sold at Professor Holloway ' s, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors throughout the 01 , 1100 world. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 21. GUILDHALL.—EIIen Adams was charged with stealing a purse containing 31., and the haloes cf a 201. at.d a 51. note, from the person of Frederick Pettrnan, Esq., a county magistrate, residing at Sandwich, in Kent. Mr. Pettinan, an old gentleman, apparently about 70 years of age, said he had been a c:)mptrol ler of her Majesty's Customs, and was at present staying at Bailey's Hotel, in Paternoster-row. He could net say exactly, but he believed it was about half-past 10 o'clock on Saturday night last that he met the prisoner and another woman somewhere in Fleet-street. He was sober, but he had taken a little beer. H© thought they spoke to him first. They asked him to treat them, and he gave them half-a-crown. They then went into a gin palace, but he wou!d not go in with them. They soon after returned to him, and the woman not in cus tody was rather Jude to him. He walked with them to different ports, but did not know where they took him. He, however, felt a sudden tug at his pocket, and found his watch chain was broken, and immediately discovered ho had log abut 281. in, all. His purse contained 31., and 25/. in half notes. The pulse was a silk one, and fastened to his chain. He did not lose his watch. When he found his purse was gone be went to the police station and gave information, and upon afterwards going in s?arcli of the two women he found the prisoner, and gave her into custody. He had not seen the purse since one o'clock that day. Police-constable Galvin, 340, said that he took the prisoner into custody on Ludgate-hill about one o'clock on Sunday morning, and she was searched but nothing telatiog to the charge was found upon her. Mr. Pettrnan said he thought it was the other woman who took his purse, but the prisoner was present all the time. _ _ _ Alderman Phil ips said the prisoner had given a correct account of herself, and as no portion of the property was fouud upou her she must be dis ch2rged. M. Pettman said he was very sorry for it. Alderman Phillips added that he was also very airy to find a gentleman of the prosecutor's posi tion and years in such an equivocal situation. MARYLEBONE. —William Vorley, described as a merchant, residing at 73, Camden-road-villas, was re-examined on the charge of grossly indecent conduct. At the former examination (a report of which appeared in our paper of Thursday last), it was stated that the prisoner, who had taken a room at No. 25, Grange-road, had o❑ several occasions dressed himself up in woman's clothes, and con duced himself in a most indecent manner at the window. The landlady, a woman lodging in the house, and a third witness, swore most, positively to this sta.ement. Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, now attended for the prisoner, who wal accompanid to the court by friends of the highest respectability. The learned counsel said that the room was taken by the ac cused, who had, in conjunction with other young gent'emen, Made up their minds to get up a private theatrical performance, and he was desirous that his fathyr shoul'l no; know anything about it. The women, as he understood, were not forthcoming, and surely his client, who was present, was entitled to be discharged. Sergeant Westlake, 2 S, said that he had seen Mrs. Mayers and Mrs. Wilson, and they had told him they did not mean to appear. Mr. Brought in—l am,not surprised at it, from the violent and unjustifi Able attack made upon them this day week by Mr. Keene. A man of pro perty may have it in his power to keep witnessas away, and I don't consider that I should be justified in acqui Being in the counsel's wish. Mr. Sle:gl►—They know what characters they sir, and wouldn't like to submit to my cross exaMination. My cli nt is here, sir, with a Lost of friends of the highest respectability to testify, if calf-d upon, as to his character. Mr. Broughtun remarked that it was not a ques tion of character, but one depending upon lads, with which he had alone to deal, and be was deter mined to sift the matt er th or oughly ; it was not to be pooh pooped out of court owing to the alsence of witn-asses. More gr, - ss abuse than they were subjected to from the solicitor, for whom generally speaking he had much respect, he hal not for a long time he Ard. 100 S said, that from inquiries which he had made, he had reason to believe the woman Wilson was a common prostitute. -Mr. Broughton said he should remand the case to a future day. He could Lot think of cJnsenting to the defendant bring discharged. Mr. Sleigh observed that beyond all doubt the grossest poljury imagiLahle had been committed ; he isaA, he hoped it would go forth to the woddthat he (the magistrate) had given no opinion as yet on the case. _ _ The accused was held to bail in the same eum as before, viz., 100/. for his re-appearance on next Wednesday week, Aug. 4. WESTMINSTER.—A gentleman, who gave his name John Dixon, and his residence Crystal Palace Hotel, Syclioiharn, was charged as follows : Charles Barnes, 216 V, said that at 4 o'clock that morning he was On duty in Milman's-row, near ()femora°, and heard the defendant shouting in a very loud manner. He requested him to b 3 quiet and go away ; his friends also used their utmost endeavours to pacify him, but as he refused to de=ist and was very much Vie worse for liquor, the witness was obliged to take him ins o custody. Defendant said the sta!ement of th:3cumtable wos perfectly true. He was very sorfy. • Paynterr—What are you? Defendant—l do not feel myself called upon to tell you. Mr. Paynter —That is cm tainly not a very polite reply. I shall dettia you, sir, t'll you please to answer me. . , A cabnaan here'stepped forward and said tat he was iriliing'6-road !hay morning, when the deren &AntLied him, and fold him to wait, which he did fur over half an-h Our, Def.ndant's friends then tried to get him int ) the cab, but he wou!d not enter it, and ran away. Witness pur3ue-1 him for his fire, but he refused to give any money, threat wkness, tried to hit him with his stick, and struck 5 - iim with his knuckles in the mouth. He r4turned to the c , b, dug the horse iu the ribs with his stick, .and then commenced to shout and make a . noise, and was taken into cust , dy. Mr. P,lnter—lle does not ser m to be sober now, is lie Denis, the gaoler, sa,'d he really thought he was not,. Riynter---Put hail back t;11 be is. In the course of the day the defendant was again brought; up, when Mr. Paynter said—What have you to say to the two charges of being drunk, and refusing to pay your cab fare ? Defendant—l told you before. This morning, about two o'clock, I was drunk, and might ha%e been noisy ; and although I told you that, you sent me down to a horrid cell. Mr. P ynter—l did so, because it appeared to me and others that you were not scber ; and I therefore could not proceed with the case. What have you now to say ? Defendant (pointing to Denis, the gaoler)—Ask this gcntleman. He answers for me. He told you his morning I wasn't sober. Mr. Payntrr—l wish to know whether you have anything lo say to thß charge ? Defendant—Theo I'm not before him ; I'm be fore you. I've Lot heard the charge of the cabman. I should be glad to hear it. Mr. Pay n ior—lt was stated in your presence this morning. Defendant—l did not hear it. lam here to be udged by you, and I should like to see my accuser 'ace to face. The cabman was then called and repeated his (irnaer statement. Defendant—l am perfectly willing to pay him his fare. Mr. Paynter—You're put down on the police sheet as a gentleman, and I nm informed that you are a lieut.-colonel in the army ; if the latter, you ought to bo the former. Defendant—lf it's any satisfaction to you, I may as well tell you that I am not a lieut.-colonel in the army, and as regards the other part of the remark, my conduct is sufficient to prove what I am. Mr. Paynter then fined defendant 205., and or dered him further to pay the cab fare demanded, ls., with costs for the cabman's attendance and loss of time, and in default to be imprisoned ten days for the first, and seven days for the second. Country Mariets, NEWCASTLE-JULY 20. A good supply of farmers' wheat, which went off slowly at a slight decline on late rates. The market closed firm. Barley rather dearer. Beans scarce, and peas la dearer. Oats unchanged. Flour is per sack lower, but the de mand was better. HULL- JULY 20. A fair supply of wheat, but the trade was dull, at about Is to 2s under the last week's rates. Barley as before., Foteign wheat held above the ideas of buyers, and but little changed hands. Spring corn at an advance, and a good consumptive demand. Wheat, English red, 42s to 46s ; white 453 to 49a; oats, 24s to 28s ; barley, 32s to 36s ' • Indian corn, 37s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 91 10s to 9l 12s 6d; ditto, foreign, 8/ ns to 9/ Os Od • rape cakes, 51 15s to 6/ Os Od; guano, 0/ to —l. ; bones, 61 10s. Od. to e./. 155.; flour, —s; tares, —s to —a. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JULY 20. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to Ils 6d per kemple of L 6 stone , : tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to Os 6d ; barley do., 7361 to 9s 01. Hay from ltd to 13d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JULY 20. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, eaok weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 40s Od and —3. DALKEITH MEAL .KET-JULY 19. There were in the market to-day 6 bags of oatmeal, ocf barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od i —s (Id Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od •^8 oa Cot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od a Od —s Od DUBLIN-JULY 20. We had a dull market to-day, without alteration in the currencies of last Friday, exz.ept for Indian corn, which wt.s in some cases 61 chcapar. White wheat, 26 61 to 28s 6d; red ditto, 24s 01 to 23s 61, ditto now, 2336 I ; barley, malting, 13s tol7i 01; grit& ing, -s to —s ; oaa old, 15s to .16s 61; ditto, new, —s to 163 61 ; oatmeal, 14s 61 to 16s 3d; bore, new, —s to --3 31; rape d, —s 01 to —s 01 per brl ; flour, 14s 01 to 183 61 per cwt; Indian corn, 349 01 to 363 01 per 189 rrk., COAL - JULY 21. Prices of Coals per ton al the elese of the market d. s. Benton West Hartley.l4 0' huddle W. Hartley l5 t• Htl'pool West Hartley 14 6 Wykuu Wallsand, &o WaUgand a &o. Edon lietton Hilda l4 0 Russell's Hotton 15 ti Ships at market, 30—Sold, 28. LOCAL AtARKRT.S. LIVERPOOL, JULY 21. STOOK EXOHANGE—The market to-day was dull after the opening, but became animated in the afternoon, most of the heavier stocks a dv anc i ng a b ou t A per cent., clo ing firm. North British, 12 —l.. ) ..irkenheals, 67 I—Midland, 931 3 —Leeds Northern, 23 1 Dutch Rhenish, t 5 die.—York and North Midland, 35 4—Graxd Trunk of Canada 91 ti—Dovers, 2J ./—Etist Lancashire, 901 91 —London and North-Western, 91a f—Sheffield, 36 Chester and Holyhead,l9l s—Easteru Counties, 12i 7-16-- -Great Western, 491 50—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91i 2 Great Western of Canada, 17a a—Blackburn% 11l 1— Berwicks, 221 i—Caledonians, 38L 91. s 4. Keiper Grainge l6 0 itew at's 17 0 south Eletton 17 0 Whitworth l4 0 Cassop l6 0 Brown's Moor High Main 14 0 Nixon's Duffryn. 21 U DIA.NCHESTER, JULY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices were rather- steady to-day, more business done, and, after various fluctuations, closed at a slight advance. Midlands, :3 —Dovers, 20 7-16 — Leeds, 91i - Trunks, 9 11-16 Ditto Dividend Debentures, lls. 3d. to lls. Sheffielda, 3ih —Ditto, 6t. pref., 11.16 p. —Blackburns, lli—Londons, 92. ACCIDENT ON TEES EDIkitIRGH AND GLASGOW RAIL- WAY. —An accident occurred on this line, near Polmonti ‘-`) yes erday morning. A special excursion train, from Ediu burg), with nine carriages, in consequence of the driver not having kept a good look-out, ran past a red signal which was exh bited to protect some waggons which were being shunted into a siding, and before he could pull up his train it came n contact with them, with sufficient force to bring one f two ( f the passengers' heads into slight collision, rc- , suiting, however, in nothing more serious than a few scratches, No damage was done to the plant,"and the train proceeded to Glasgow after a few minutes' delay; necessary to get the waggons into the sidine, and arrived r in Glasgow at proper time. —North British Daily Mail of yesterday. 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Eichatds, of the 2.id Royal Welsh Fusiliers, elder son of the 11ev. John Richards, of Guildford, Surrey, Lg3d 21. LormoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YO UN' , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tits Su., Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the emu) , of Middlesex, Thursday, July 22, 1859. R 1 AICKETS and 3,53. G_ R I FA !rota a fort "eat 4 red 11.,11t I ' FA and Mil `ord Parties of and. 455. M KT haven a n e now Issued W I I 1,1"( 'Ares (rail IS Return T 1 Fares (rail R able f Jr 8C or 17 Chepstow, Fares, 70s C i r R 1 rz one month threeperso —.......... LON: NO ?EARLY Dan? Will Station, I at O ne 0 ?sport on elared, itn acted. And No following ei lion of With the ail d Pier ( the wi n seriptlonth, the n um Railway c glare e at , / The Bo( !rill be c i a 'he 7tit da Waterio B e The Wa the 30th h Proximo, 2 2d Jun -___ N . 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