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• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EVITASIONS to the NORTH at LOW FARES.— EXCURSION TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON at 10.20 a.m., for OXFORD (fares 6s. 6d. and 4s. ; Ban bilrY (Bs. and 55.); Leamon and Warwick (10s. 6d. and 61.) ; Birmingham (125 a nd 75.); West Bromwich, Wed nesbury, and Bilston (128.6 d. and 7s. 6d.); Wolverhampton fl3s. and Bs.) ; Wellinczton and Shrewsbury (17s. 'and 10s.); 08 westry, Llangollen Road, Wrexham, and Cheater (18s. 6d. and lls ),• Birkenhead and Liverpool (21s. and 12s. 6d.) on SATURDAY. July 21. returning on WEDNESDAY, July 25 on WEDNESDAY, July 25, returning on MONDAY, July 30; on MONDAY, August 6, returning on WEDNESDAY, August R ; and on WEDNESDAY, August 8, returning on MONDAY, August 13. —For time of return and further par ticulars see bills. TWENTY - THIRD REPORT of the DIRECTORS of the COMMERCIAL BANK of LON DON, for the Half-year ending June 30, 1860. At the ANNUAL GENERA L MEETING of the Share holders, held at the Banking-house, Lothbury, on TUNS DAY, the 17th July, 1860. DIRECTORS. MARK HUNTER, Esq., Chairman. John Alfred Chowne, Esq. ' Robert Stracey Price, Esq. James Clay, Es M.P.P. John Savage, Fsg, George Clive, E sq ., M . P. I erbert Taylor, Esq. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. !Joseph Thompson, Esq. William Jackson, Esq., M.P. !homas Winkworth, Esq. Sir Joseph Paxton, 31. P. MANAGER—Mr. Alfred Richard Cutbill. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Upton, Upton, and Johnson, and Messrs. Norris and czon. Present—Forty-five' Proprietors. The advertisement calling the meeting was read. and after wards the following - REPORT. The balance-sheet for the half-year ending 30th June last, which the directors have now to submit to the shareholders, shows a net profit (including .£1.1 , 5 4s. Pd. breught forward from last account) of £16,535 135. 4d., after paying all ex penses of management and making provision for bad and doubtful debts. The directors are therefore enabled to recommend a divi dend for the half-year ending 30th June last at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, making, with the' dividend already paid, 7i per cent. for the past 12 months. After payment of this dividend, which will require £12,000, there will remain a balance of £551 2s. to be carried forward to new mount, £3,94115. 4d. having been allowedfor rebate on current bills not vet due. The dividend will be paid on and after 28th instant. In compliance with the provisions of the deed of settlement the following Directors, viz., John Alfred t howne, Esq., Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., and Joseph Thompson, Esq., re tire from office, but being eligible offer themselves as candi dates for re-election. July 17, 1860. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LnNDON. BALANCE-SHEET TO 30TH JUNE, 1860. DR. Capital subscribed .. ........ £1,500,000 Capital paid-up, £2O each on 15,000 shares.... £300,000 0 0 . Guarantee fund................ .......... 75,000 0 0 Balahces (fue 6 to the customers of the bank.. 979,708 19 10 . Balance of undivided profit, 31st • • December, ;852 1,285 4 i 3 ) ) Net profit for the half-year end - ing 30th June, 1860, after pay- • - t• ing income tax and deducting • ; • , all charges and expenses, and making provision for bad 'and doubtful 15,250 ' 9 1 • Balance carried down... 16,535 13 4 X 1,371,244 13 2 Dividend at the rate of £8 per cent. per an num, for the half-year ending 30th June, 860 • • Rebate of interesZon current bills carried to £12,000 0 0 profit and loss new account... Balance carried to next half-year............ 551 2 0 416,53513 4 CR. Cash in the bank and at call, at the Bank of England, Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, and Government Securities 250,785 17 0 Bills discounted, loans on stock, and oilier se curities 1,117,458 16 2 Strong-room, fittings, and furniture (premises held on lease) 3,000 0 0 £1,371,244 13 2 Balance brought down . £16,535 13 4 £16,535 13 4 The report and balance-sheet having been read, It was resolved,—That the report and balance-sheet just read be approved, printed, and circulated amonfat the Pro prietors. The Chairman, Mark Hunter, Esq., on the part of the Directors, declared a dividend on the paid-up capital of the Company, at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, free from income tax, payable on and after Satur day, the 28th inst. Resolved —That the following Directors, viz. Joseph Alfred Chowne. Esq., Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., and Joseph Thompson, Esq., who go out of office in pursuance of the Deed of Settlement, be re-elected Directors of this Bank. Resolved—That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Chairman and Directors, for their attention to the affairs of the Bank during the past half-year. Resolved—That the thanks of the Shareholders be given to the Manager, Mr. Cutbill, and the other officers of the Bank. MARK HUNTER, Chairman. nOMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.- The Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a DIVIDEND on the raid-up Capital of the Company, at the rate of £8 per cent, per annum, for the half-year ending 30th Tune, 1860, free from Income tax, will be PAYABLE at the Banking House, in Lothbury, on and after SATURDAY, the 2Sth inst. By order of the Board. A. R. CIITBILL, Manager. Dated July 17, 1860. NO PILE OF DIVIDEND. - BANK OF DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 30th June, are ready for delivery, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. July 10, 1880. Pfo4peotuses and forms sent free on application. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ivr R. A. ESKELL, Surgeon Dentist, 8, .Lower - Grosvenor -street, begs to introduce to the notice of the medical profession, the nobility, gentry, and the public, his newly patented invention for the construction and adaptation of AitTIFICIAL TEET R. with all the modern improve ments, upon a novel, painless, and unfailing principle, a ,pe 'dor to all other methods hit lerto discovered, whereby one set of teeth absol u t e ly l as t s a l i fetime, dispensing with the nhssitwhich mouth for a second, or reserve set, notithstanding any cges may take place in the from natural ab- sorption of gums or removal of teeth or stumps. To persons residing abroad, or in the country, this limn ,. tion is invaluable, as it places within their power the adjust ment of their artificial teeth, under all circumstances without the aid of a dentist. Teeth stopped with gold, and Mr. Eskell's Osteo-plastic Enamel, which permanently retains the colour and restores • the use of the natural tooth All consultations Free. Charges strictly moderate. 8, LOWER GROSVENOR-STREET. r inEETH-1860—Post free, th ree s t amps. A • REATISE EXPLAINING Messrs. GABRIEL'S IMPROVEMENTS in lAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE CORALITE GUMS,AR TIFIC whereby one set will wear - longer than three ordinary ones, and being fitted without .• springs, wires, or metals, and without any operation, prove • a valuable desideratum to all who have occasion for the den tist's services. None but pure first class materials and workmanship employed, while the expense is even less than half the ordinary cost. To be obtained only of Messrs. Gabriel, dentists to the Prince Dottajana, established 1815, see diploma, No. 110, Regent-street, IV., (next Mechi's) and 33, and 34, Ludgate-hill, City. " The advantages obtainable by Gabriel's system render it pre - -eminently superior, and the nearest approach to perfec tion yet attained."—Observer. " Gabriel's treatise should be read by all who value health; their system will save much money and more annoyance."— Morning Herald. For obvious reasons it is necessary particularly to note the / name, and that the entrance to the city establishment is up -_, the private-passage between Benson, the silversmith's, and .he State Fire Insurance Office.— Liverpool, 134, Duke-street. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. JUST PUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS ‘-, CIRCULATION, a new edition of 20,000 conies of THE WAR NING VOICE. By HENRY SMITH, Doctor of Medi cine of the Royal University of Jena. &c. A Medics' Work on o 1 he Causes, Symptomsnd Cure of Nervous Debilit3r, Loss I Memory , Dimness of Siieht, Lassitude, Indigestirm, Blush ing*, Dislike of Socially, Thoughts of Self-destruction; Fears of Insanity, and her Mental or Nervous Disorders, which, if nezleeted, or ini ropoesrltyf treated, result in consump fromtion and Premature deathP. observation, on r ee m pt of . a tree to any address, se , ure gimped directed envelope. Sent direct from the Author's r ide ce, 8, Burton-crescent, Tavistock-square, London, vir.j . B n A MEDIC CUR AL ESSAYTIS ON MAON NIIOO D NEW EDIT ION TIVE DIS EAS E AND GENERA ES. Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is, sold by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, MANFIOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and rip.:our. ByJ. L. CURTIS, 15, A:bermarle-street, Piocadilly, London. • CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. cal CHAPTER IL—Causes of Supennatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage;of whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VL on the mod e rn Treatment of Glonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting OaSe, r t o which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive aliloll..rtis on Nranhood.— REVIEWS OF THE WORK. truly valuable work, an , d , 23d M a the hands of ;ran i ; and Sunday Times," It Th, 471,1856. little et ilzthor has conferred a great boon or , bY publisthosehingdiseases this whick pro . 1 1 which is described the source o du old age ,, „ce decline in youth or more frequently premature At „ Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. hom e 1 0 g un d iii , m in t r consultation, daily, from 1- n till 3 and '6 to 8. DIEDICALL ADVICE. DR. the'LA-"MER R • L.S.A , Member of Londe glstere!l Medical societY, 31,73 Honorary of the University ofErla on lionital co AS TI, on all cases of Debility, rerenvO t e less m a a n y d on the Secret In d firmities of Youth and Maturit y u trom'Eleven till Two' an from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD. Dr. Lallert has just publishekprice Sixpence, wit h S Q I3 ARE, LONDON nu inerous Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his W SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, • 39 ; Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Right stamps. ork, CONTENTS. SECTION I.—The Physiol .ogy of the Generative Organs. SECTIoN IL—Puberty- Manhood -The Morale of Genera- SECTION Physiology —True and False Morality. SECTION llL—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physicalao- Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—tidy , ages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offsoring• _ _ SECTION IV.—Sperrnatcrrhcea and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Se xes — Self-inflicted Miseries. SEcTrox V. -Th e Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION V l , —Treatment of Nervous and (generative De o - f Witty—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Re suits it various 'Hazardous specifies —The Author's Principle i s rom of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derive° Twenty Years' successful practice The above work is intended for the peruse strict rules have In early life been induced to swerve from the are of morality. In its Dazes facts of par:mannt utility d ;noon - I of those who brought together, wholly' divested of tne delusions an medical sistenoies so largely introduced into certain quasi o f publications given to the world philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," 1 gratis, under the guise aremen and others, whose tamperinga with the constitution t frequently followed by serious oonacquenooft. PECTACLES.-SIGHT AND HEARING.- Li DEAFNESS. —A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice. Conductor. 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Illustrated Analogically, Statistically, and Morally. By JOHN GROSSMITH. This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects, but ttpon a great variety of questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, and Taxation of the country. Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in it a compilation of facts well worthy their attention. LO'ndon : Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. (I N TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; V with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Bickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the' last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemple It are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide Is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. 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CULVERWELI,, Memb er o f th e R oyal C°Rego of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as 4bove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss o f Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, Has Just published, price ls. ; by post, 11 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled" OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our GenerationCure. - The Origin of Disease—Symptona, Treatment, Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagla Gonorrhcea), Shermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Preacriptions. &o, FEMALE. The Physiolov an d Anatomy of Women - Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness —Choice in Marriage_ Their. Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterilitv---The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Bpeculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility , Nervousness, Dy-spepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : ['heir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love ;11c1 other Matches, Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off .pring secured. No. X. 'THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRACEA, Their Causeq, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessione *n u Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &e. To be had of Mann, 39. Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice t. the Workine Classes. tee TTalf-a-Guinea. Dr. Culverwell, consulting assistant and sole successor to his late brother, IL J. Culverwell, ( SPAPER P E . . t• AM . 4' t •4, ..TVF k \ C * it di .64 r A ' 6 404C? r s (6 /N 40 l4 -' „io l x R, EL ,:f 2V 11) :___ S:11 . 1 v 7k :: 4 : 4,4 t, 4, , a' ' • ' • ' , ;-; `)?-4- ' "go,l•* • 0•S ; 1 . • • "--'\r/,f •y I • • .."• L/F 44 4, • ''' .46 *'" ....... THESD.A T THE CHANNEL FLEET. The arrivta of the Channel Feet, consisting of 11 sail-of-doe-line, in Bantry Bay, on ,Saturtlay, has Created' a .considerable stir in the locabty, and 1 ! 1, demand for freblo provi6o /14 _1 /4s. g i ve:a ;im petus to the beef trade. One dealer slaughters daily 20 head of cattle for the supply of the - flt>et.- TELE GALWAY SIIIIBEIPt 'DRAMA. Plum 4 11 . STAMPED, which was taken up to deceased, but he could not touch it. The daughter then ate some of it, and also gave. some to her little boy. The prisoner tried to persuade them not to eat it, and proposed that it should be kept hot for the deceased for another time. They both fell ill with vomiting and burn ing pains in the mouth and throat, but ultimately recovered. Samuel Wells continued ill, and died in a week after taking the gruel. Some hens and chickens had pecked the vomit and died. The medi cal evidence proved that deceased htzd died ft:om the effects of arsenic. Letters were put in, written by prisoner, expressing sorrow for what she had done, and stating that she did not mean to kill her master. The Galway deputation arriveci'in Dublin yester day, and held a second' indignation meeting at the office of the Irish committee on Eden-quay. 4. resolution, among others, was adopted, protesting against the right of the Loudon directors to trans fer or sell the subsidy without the consent of the shareholders. SERIOUS STRIKE OF MINERS. It ig btated that the workmen in the employment of the Mining Company at the copper mines of Bon, mahon, amounting to several hundred persons, have struck for higher wages Fearing injury might result to the property of the company, who have very expensive machinery :•ntl much valuable materiel in the neighbourhood, a party of the rekrve con stabulary force in the Phce nix- park were despatched last night to Bonmahon, to reinforce the local police. For the defence Mr. O'Brien urged that the pri soner was young and did not know the consequences of her act. There was not sufficient motive proven for the commission of murder, and he submitted that it could only he considered a case of man slaughter. THE PARTY RIOTS IN THE NORTH. - According to all the local papers the excitement in Lurgan is still at white heat, and grave apprehen sions appears to be entertained of another outbreak between the rival factions. The battle of Derry macash on Thursday last shows pretty plainly what might follow from anything like a general arming of the people, whill it fully justifies the course taken by the Government in regard to the Irish volunteer movement, It is clear that the time has not come when it would 'be prudent to recommend a change in the Act of Parliament, which denies to Irishmen the right enjoyed by the people of Great Britain. THE POTATO DISEASE. .. The broken weather which, with the exception of a few make-believe summer days, has marked the month as far, as it has gone, has revived the annual alarm of failure in the potato crop. Already spine,4lj4greeablci - reports ba.v9 Inn. pikidu-,34e42„,,,,, lation, which, on closer investigation, have proved to be almost utterly without foundation. . - The learned Judge having summed up, The Jury retired for about half an hour. On their return into court they found a verdict of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The Judge then put on the black cap and pro nounced the sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner was conveyed from the dock in a Mating fit. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BEDFORD, JULY 17. (Before the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.) _ _ HARTWELL Y. YEAST AND WIFE. Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Couch were for the plain tiff, and Mr. 'Keane and Mr. Browne for the de fendants, This was an action for slander, the declaration alleging that Mrs. Veasey falsely and maliciously spoke and published of the plaintiff the words fol lowing; that is to say,- " He kissed and embraced Anna. Mafia-Brewer." The defendaint .pleaded Eind•not:ggilty: The plaintiff. was at, the time in questiOn, in the employ of, the Duke of Bedtord; riatren oP frho p'ati;la church of. Woburn, his 'cluileslieieng to clean' the attend,. tO .the : A.as in .the,charch, ; schools, yards, &c,.,.at ,a Marc , 0t,125. - 10d. per week. The.git.l the plAiritiff, :Was Cliaided.' liaiidg-"liisS6tl arid '6115 bi•aCed". vas „ servant of the schoolatUttess., aP4 ;helped; to teach in thL infantsehool. Th,e,Oajn,tiffis . 67 years of 'age, was for eleven yeararmy , 'having the hnving longtht. at-Waterloo 7 ,;I• L; • - • , THE SOUTH WESTERN AVD. _EXETER -RAILWAY. The Exeter and Yeovil Railway-=the first idea - of ): ot w of : l i r : e h was originated as bug 'hick as; :1844, emu .pleti,ng the' communication between Eieter and • 1-oodon by the same route as the old coach road,— Tinw finished, under the London and South- Aire's(eirf "COrnpany'S auspices; and is to be opened 9- m orr o gauge—through Ti uh . whatwha what o p n a t n e i s t t: d l . l a Ll ; l d ic narrow t —through what : abstirdittes of legislation this rail wiy has been carried in the long interval between 1844 and 185,:5, .wheit the bill finally passed, it would be tedious, and unnecessary to relate. Suffice. - it to say that the people of Exeter have been throughout porsistent in'their endeavour" to , stand upon their old ways," while the London an , :l South- Western Company have been no less co•astant in supporting them. jgry 'retur4e4 a yerdict ; for the-p.aintiff— flamages, . r • TIE GREct-P SOLAR ..POLIPSE. OF • : ' 2'0 7 ,1)4Y; Ju.Li..lB, ~• • • - BY J. GLAISHER, ESC;t,' F.R.S. • This eclipse will rank among the most remark able, as the time of absolut e tot a l ec lip se i s very nearly the longest :possible. The breadth of the greatest shadow-iine•possible is about 180 miles, audio this eclipse it is about 130 tnile3, and its passage over the earth about 7,000 miles, and the interval of time from the shadow first touching the earth in California, and finally leaving it in Egypt, is about three hours, and within this space the eclipse will be total. The shadow will first touch the earth, or the eclipse become visible, in the North Pacific Ocean, near the cost of Upper California ; from thence the shadow will pass over North America, crossing Hudson's Bay, Labrador, and the Atlantic. It will first touch Spain at the bottom of the Bay of Bis cay ; passing across in a line from north-west to south-east, over and nearly parallel to the river Ebro. Leaving Spain between Valencia and Tor tosa, it crosses the Mediterranean and the southern most of the Balearic Islands, and enters Africa be tween Algiers' and Constantine, and finally leaves the earth near the shores of the Red Sea. The public have been long familiar with the rail road from London to Salisbury, which city was or a long period represented in Parlia:roent by a former chairman of the South-Western Company, the late Mr. Chaplin, M.P. The extension to Yeovil, a dis tance of 41 miles ,was completed l ast mon th. Th e remaining 46 miles, giving a second railway route between London and Exeter, by the important t owns of Axminster and Honiton is now finished, and its opening for traffic will be inaugurated to-day by a grand dinner to be giveU to the directors of the South Western Company by the mayor and corpo ral ion of the western, city. The new line, which has been constructed by Mr. Errington, of the firm of Locke and Errington, presents few engineering difficulties, except one of a tunnel through green sand near Honiton. The railway crosses three rivers—the Otter, the-Colley, and the Axe, all well known to fishermen—by iron and stone bridges ; and the country which it tra verses is eminently picturesque, abounding in scenery of the most beautiful character, thickly dotted with the residences of many distinguished families. Considering the phases of the eclipse beyond the limiting parallels of totality, near to them the eclipse will be almost total, and is more and meta removed from totality as the distance increases. In England the magnitude of the..e'clime may lee judged from the following considerations: . If we consider the diameter of the sun .to be represented by 100, then, at all those places situated on or near a line joining London and Liverpool 83 parts of the diameter of the sun will be obscured; at places situated.,near .parallel to .the,aboye . through Dublin• anc Edinburgh rispectively, 87 such parts will be obscured on the former, and 79 on the latter; and at intermediate places, the magni tude will be interiiu•.diate. The greatest eclipse in the British Isles will therefore be in Ireland, and the smallest in Norfolk. The value of this extension as an important link of the narrow gauge system cannot be overrated, whether regarded in a military or commercial point of view.. When the bill was before Parliament some attention was directed to it as affording a connecting link in the national defences, the idea being that it must ultimately lead to a connection between the great naval arsenals of Portsmouth and Plymouth ; while, in. a commercial point of the view, it restores to Exeter a great amount of trade once carried on through the. - diStrict - travi-n:sed shortens the existing railv,ruy distance to the metro polis Ivo less than 27 milr.s. Although formally opened for traffic to-morrow, the service of expref,A trains will not commenec until the Ist of •Augb.st. . . . The point of the sun's border on which the moon will first impinge is situated on the right hand and' a little below a horizontal line drawn through his centre, and the last contact will be at a point on the left band, or eastern border a:love the horizontal line passing through his centre. The following are the time; of the beginning, middle, and ending of the eclipse, in local time, at each place: VICTOR BUG°. ~-o- The Progres of Hayti, just received, publishes the following letter from Victor Hugo, in reply to one from the editor, M. E. Hourteloup, thanking him for his eloquent defence of John Brown : " Hauteville House, Jersey, March 31. "Your letter has deeply moved me. You, sir, are a noble specimen of that black humanity which has been so long despised and misunderstood. From one end of the earth to the other there is but one spirit in man, and this is shown by blacks such as you. Were there several Adams ? That is a ques tion which naturalists may discuss—this much is certain, that there is hut one God. And since there is but one father, we must be all brothers.. This is the truth for which John Brown died. This is the truth for which I struggle. You thank me forany efforts, and I cannot tell you how much I am gra tified by your thanks. Upon this earth there are neither whites nor blacks, but only spirits ; of these you are one. Before God all souls are white. I love your country, your race, your liberty, your revolution, your republic. Your magnificent and gentle island is now dear to the eyes of all free souls ; you have set a good example •, you have crushed despotism. This example will aid us to shake off our slavery, for servitude in all its forms must disappear. What the States of the South have killed is not John Brown, but, slavery. Henceforth the American Union, in spite of all that is said in President Buchanan's disgraceful message, must be considered as broken. I regret it much, but there is now no help for it. Between the South and the North there stands as a great gulf the gibbet of John Brown. Solidarity is impossible. Such a crime cannot be split in two. Continue to stigma tise this crime and to consolidate your generous revolution. Go on with your work—you and your worthy fellow-citizens. ✓ Hayti is now a burning and a shining light. It is well that among the torches which illuminate the path of progress one should be held by a negro hand.—Your brother, " VICTOR HITGO." The Eclipse begins. Middle of the Eclipse. The Eclipse ends. h. m. h. In. h. m. At London At Oxford At Cambridge At Dublin At Edinburgh . • 1 39 p.m. 1 32 p.m. 1 39 p.m. 1 3 p.m. 1 17 p.m. 2 49 p.m. 2 A i 2 p. m . 2 48 p.m. 2 15 p.m. 2 26 p.m. 3 51 p.m. 3 48 p.m. 3 53 p.m. 3 22 p.m. 3 31 p.m. Although the phendnifsna of this eclipse in Eng land will fall far short of those in the line of totality yet it is the largest of any solar eclipse that will happen here till the 22d day of December, in the year 1570; and the next, and only one in this century, will be in the year 1887, on August 19, and which will be nearly total. TA TE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, July 17:—The yarn market has been very quiet. There have been some few sales for India, China the Mediterranean, Germany, and the home trade, but they have been on a small scale, and lower prices have had to be taken in every case. In cloths there has also been but little badness. if there has been any change in prices they have been a little easier, but hardly to a quot able extent. There has been a moderate business in all sorts et cloths suitable to India and China ou these terms, but sellers disposed to hold for full prices have not been able to effect sales. The letters from India continue discouraging. In cloths for other markets, such as longcloths and T-cloths, business has been rather flatter, and in longcloths especially, which are somewhat affected by the accounts from Syria. There is a meeting this afternoon of Messrs. Freeland's creditors, not yet concluded. The lia bilities are expected to exceed the amount at first anticipated. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report : —" Since our last report there has been a steady demand for T-cloths, longcloths, and printers, and a fair amount of business has been done in them at the full rates of last week. India and China goods are still comparatively neglected ; but a moderate business is doing in them at prices slightly in favour of buyers." Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. say : " Our market to-day has been without improvement, and lower prices are accepted in many cases both for yarns and goods. India shirtings are about lid. per piece lower than on Tuesday last, and India yarns about id. per lb. lower. The extent of business doing continues limited. LEEDS, 17th.—The cloth-halls have not been visited by many buyers to-day, and those present purchased but sparingly. For the season of the year, however, and looking at the amount of business doing directly between merchants and manufacturers, the aggregate amount of cloth sold to-day was satisfactory. Manufacturers, whether small or large, continue in full work, but some of the dressers and finishers are rather slack. Prices of both cloth and wool are firm, unless it be that some kinds of mantle cloths, rather over the season, are lower. ROCHDALE, 16th.—There have not been many transactions in wool to-day, owing chiefly to the lowness of stocks in the hands of dealers and the high prices asked. The flannel trade is active, Not only is there a fair business doing in actual purchases of goods for immediate delivery, but good orders are being given out for autumn and winter. The advance in the wages of the operatives, and also the increase in the price of wool, necessitates an advance in themanufactured article, which rather checks trade, and causes manufacturers as well as merchants to act cautiously., PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris s about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25 ' 121 iper £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Erw lish Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3/ per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg tha n in London. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight with the dnddifference ; but,of interest, is 1091 to 1091 per cent., which, when comp are d Mint par betwee n the two countries, shows that the ex change is favour sfa li r g e h h tl a y rg i e n saf tran of England g a l a a after making the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. PUGILIsIII. JOSEPH GOSS (OF NORTHAMPTON) AND BODGRR CRIITCHLEY (OF BIRMINGHAM), FOR £lOO A-SlDE.—Al though these combatants are both provincials, they are well known to the metropolitan patrons of pugilism, having before contended in the London ring, Goss having met and defeated the game Rooke, while Crutchley had to succumb to the artistic Bos Tyler. In the present match the belligerents were confined to 10 stone, and when, they went to scale both were found to be within the prescribed limits, there not being more than a pound difference in their specific gravity. Goss trained at Northampton, Crutchley had been backed by Bob Brettle, of Birmingham, g and credit is due to his trainer, Join Hodgkis, for the con dition in which he brought his man to the ring. The start had this j b u e d en icio a h rr s an ar g r ed ang to em ta s k h e t c p a l u a s e e e d a m t afitvteerso'tcolotekrmiiar.innagi,tte in a o n n. d a satisfactory manner, on a spot of ground near to where DanTh earr a n ge m e ntsr i ng wThomasa w as form e d ha obtainedd b e e n by hisc o mpletedt h v e i c t commissary,o r victory thovere b e lli gerents rents of e Brighton. The and . w hen. these within the ropes. Goss won the toss for corners, but this wln betting Crutchley wa s the favourite, his fri en d s f reely lay ing the odds of 5 to 4. By half-past eight o' cl ock the men had received the finishingas not much touch advantage, to th e s cratch. Many were the changes th a t occurre d i n thi s pro t ra cted and arduous strug g l e . N ow would the gallant fronitheir eir for seconds, there and were tl conducted s Brum have a decided superiority, and again, the tide of battle would turn in, a moat unmistakeable manner in favour of his antagonist. For unflinching gstmeness both men proved themselves of equal worth, In the whole 120 determined rounds were fought, occupying three hours and twenty minutes, when Brettle, finding that his man had no chance, threw up the sponge for Crutchley. Goss, for the last twenty rounds, had had the " trump card" in hand, his youth and perseverance having prevailed over the tact, skill, and judgment of the Brum. Mrs. Ross, the mother of the champion'. rifleman, is the daughter of the late Colin M'Cree, Esq., of Cornhill, Perth, who was a large planter in. Demerara mid South America. She is a lady of comparatively short a tature, but many of her feats with gun and rod are recorded along the banks of the Tay and on the moors an,d rivers in. Aberdeen shire, and many a heavy salmon has she la nded, and brought down not a few moorfowl. One of her shots is well known among the tenantry on the estate (A' Aboyne, where in 1849 or 1850 Mrs. Ross killed a gr °use with a single rifle bullet at a distance of a hundr ed: "yards.— Arbroath Guide. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1860. Q URREMnjanRS . - TO-NIGHT. MR. K- 1 BALFE'S SECOND GREAT 1113 ICAL FESTIVAL, at which the following artists will appear :—Madlle. Parepa, Madame Louisa Vinning, Miss Medora Collins, 3liss Poole, Mr. Patey, Mr. Perren, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Mr., Viotti Collins and Miss Arabella Goddard (her only appearance this season). Admission, ls. To commence at 7 o'clock. TO -NIGHT. WASHINGTON FRIEND'S Grand Musical and Pictorial Entertainment, entitled TWO HOURS in CANADA and the UNITED STATES.- 5,000 MILES of beautful Scenery.—The Falls of Niagara, River St. Lawrence, VICTORIA TUBULAR BRIDGE, Illustrations of American, Indian, Emigrant, and Negro Life, &e., ac., with his Songs, Anecdotes; and Melodies, Daily, at 3 and R o'cla . k.—Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Gallery, is. -St. James's Trail, Piccadilly. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea dilly.—Open every Evening, with the celebrated Band conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A macnificent SMOKING ' SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission, is. Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament. . APPROACHING CLOSE OF THE' SEASON. TTHENATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn (formerly Casino de Venesej, the most beautiful and costly decorated Ball Roo r, and Best Band in London. Open Every Evening. To-night, and until further notice, the .programme will include the. Overtures Zanetta and Zampa, Quadrille, Songs of the olden times ; Waltzes, Kathleen Mavourneen and Nelly Grey; Polka, D'Amour ; the St. James's Galop, &c. Doors open at half-past eight, and close at 12 o'clook punctually. Admission, is. PARLIAMENTART COMMITTEES. " THAMES EMBANKMENT. The committee appointed to consider the question of the embankment of the Thames, re-assembled yesterday, Sir J. Paxton in the chair. The members present were Mr. W. H. Cowper, Lord R. Montague; Mr. Roupell, Mr. Walter, Sir J. Pakington, Lord J. Manners, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Beamish, and Sir S. M. Peto. Mr. Ledger, wharfinger, of Queenhithe' was ex amined, and said that the plans w hi c h he had seen for a Thames embankment, would take 30 to 40 feet from his wharf wall, and if effected he should be compelled to put his barges into the stream, as the plan would deprive him of nearly the , whole of his present wharf convenience. The distaice between the pillars supporting the embankment should be as distant from each other as would be equal to the length of his barges, which was between 60 and 70 feet. They were taken in sideways, as they had no rudder. His wharf stood rather more in the river than most of the other wharves in the neighbour hood. As the current would be increased by the embankment, it would require more men to navi gate the barges. If his barges were to be placed outside the embankment, it would increase his ex penses by £BOO per annum. The grain he received at his wharf found its way to every part of the kingdom. There was now very little current near to his wharf wall. The barges were aground half of every tide. The steamboats agitated the water,.and kept - the banks clear, while docks would collect mud and be more objectionable than the present state of the banks. Mr: Gould, another wharfinger, said he was the largest occupier on the Thames, and his premises were adjacent to those of the last witness. He con sidered that the proposed embankment would be most injurious to his trade. The colamns would be the least objectionable. His frontage extended for 90 feet, and the barges required 85 feet. He admit ted that the embankment would be a great public convenience, but it would militate against his inte rests. A majority of the wharfingers objected to the embankment: His rent was about £2,000 a -y ear for 90 feet. Mr. Bazalgette said that he expected, to underpin the warehouse by . 4 fe4 t6;get a foun dation, whereas from 12 to 40 Tedt had been re quired for that purpose. • Mr. Smith, another wharfinger, about 300 feet to the west of Queenhithe, said he had a frontage of 60 feet, his business being principally in the different descriptions of grain. He had a3O feet wharf at a ground -rent of £l3O, and he had laid out several thousands of pounds upon it to make it convenient. The , ernbankrneut would reduce Ms present wharfa ,, e, instead of extending it. Mr. Kennard said he occupied premises on the banks of the Thames. An embankment would give great facilities from the City to the West-end, and at the same time greatly relieve the crowded state of the streets, so that it would be a great pub lic convenience. It would be a great public im provement, and would be the best way of giving facilities for traffic between both ends of the town. He did not, think it would injure his premises, and all that it would do would be to increase the ex, pense of .his lansiness. .But it"was the duty of ever" one to give up `.something to effect a- great conve nience. There wchild - be no - inconvenience in barges': lying outside the embankment, as the river was wider there. He had driven piles into the river to keep the barges safe and firm, and the barges were kept there without any difficulty whatever. Mr. Hadley, of Puddle-dock, was examined. He said he had a frontage of 60 feet to the. Thames. He said his premises were erected in 1850 at a cost of £30,000. They are flour mills, and manufac tured a thousand sacks of flour daily. A large pro. portion of that was sent out by water carriage. If a dock was formed in front of his premises, with facilities for the barges going in and out, it would be a great advantage. If there were to be a dock of 150 feet in width in front of his premises, it would be satisfactory, but while this embankment was being made he wanted to know what was to become of their trade. He should be glad to give his assent to any scheme which would give them greater facilities, but at present they had all the facilities they required. Any compensation to be given to the wharfingers for tlfh obstruction of their business while the embankment was being made should be given after the work was done, for until that time they would be unable to properly estimate the loss which hag been occasioned. The streets would be greatly crowded or stopped during the making of this embankment. They would also become stopped if a sewer was made down the Strand and Fleet-street. All they required was that their barges should come in and go out as they do at present. In two or three years he expected to carry on a larger business, and to be able to grind 800 qrs. of wheat daily. Mr. Graham, an iron merchant, said his dock was at the narrowest part of the river between Black friars and Southwark bridges. He said that all he required was a proper facility for his barges to enter the docks. A suspension bridge near Queenhithe would remove his objections. Mr. White, of Carron Iron-wharf, said the pro posed embankment would interfere with his barges, and if it was made they would be compelled to lie out in the stream. If any public benefit could be arrived at without doing them an injury, of course they would be ready to give their assent to it. Their frontage to the river was 130 feet, the front age towards Thames-street 150 feet, and the depth 200 feet. Mr. Josiah Harvey, of the Grand Junction-wharf, Whitefriars, said they had at present 205 feet of wharfage, and this embankment. would take two thirds of it. They should require space for their barges to get in and out of the docks. If he was to obtain by the embankment the same facilities as he now possessed he should not offer objections to it. He paid a rent of £9OO a-year, and the term of his occupation was for 31 years. This embankment would be so limited in its advantages that he did not think it would be desirable. If there was to be a fine wide roadway, which could be used as a pro menade, and the river could be restored to its former purity, there was no doubt that it would be of great advantage to the Population in the present crowded neighbourhood. Mr. Rathbone, of Thames-street, gave similar evidence. cul M ty r. w ß ou a l y d rr b .e e n e t x g p a e v ri e en it ce a d s i h . n i his e o s p p i e n c i t o o n f t t h h a e t c a o u d m i ffi n s proposed. One wharfinger would require them to be a certain distance apart, and persons'the proposed r o p o s e d premises. l an Mr. Alderman Rose was exam tl i l n at ed 7 a u u l d d s h a a i v d e th th a e effect of cau s i ng somet of th em to b e in front of other would take away the whole of his premises. He said there was great misapprehension as to the dock entrances, and he felt assured l six months they would be fill e d up with m mechanical means could be pro v id e d for removingituong from time to time that objection would no r:. exist, but hi s e x peri e nce of the riv er s h owed to l him that an ac cumu l a ti on of mud would take place. There would be great difficulty in getting the barges into the docks on account of the strong run of the tide. He believed that the docks would be imprac ticable, as there was such a great inerease of trade that they would require a dock entrance to every wharf. In his own case he had sometimes to un load or load a barge in a single night to save a ship, and he preaumßa his neighbours required 'the same, and to enable them to carry on their ness they ought to have a dock entrance to every W'aarf. Although engineers had given evidence that there would be no difficulty in carrying out tiis embankment in reference to the trade on the river, he would rather take the opinion of a London lighterman, who knew the dif ficnitiesof working barges on the river, which had not been touched upon by the engineers. The whole of his property would require to be under pinned, and as he had some expErience of under. pinning his own warehouse, he knew that it wont(' be most expensive. Queenhithe was not an en croachment on the river, but was the identical dock where Queen Elizabeth landed her wines. The committee then adjourned. INT_ERNA2'IONA L 874T1S TICA L CO2 CRESS. Yesterday'the Congress r'e'opened at 10 o'clock in six sections, under their respective presidents. In the first section (Judicial Statistics), in the course of the proceedings, Lord BROUGHAM, the chairman of the section, said the term " Judicial statistics" signified' the re gular and constant record of the whole particular's connected with the administration of the law in all its branches, its administration by.- all courts,-civil and criminal,. local and general ; the state of those courts, as to the judges and other office 7 bearers; their whole proceedings through every stage, together with every Matter concerting the working oT:the .14w; though not having come within the cognisance of any tribunal—in a word, the record in minute, and for the most part in a tabular form, of all the facts connected with the execution of our laws. Without such information they could not exercise their legislative functions safely, not to say effectually. How could they know huw a la'W Wotlickt unless - :tliay!hltsl:aktlie factS before. them It behoved' them , therepFe, to • collect statistics , con 7 stantly with ierereno to theWcirkinir of their Four years ago he had Lbronglf this , .4ubyet . -b'etlire the House of l i orsols.7 .Government was too apt to be nennx ayise' ana pottna , A very in:ere - Sting iliSeiasionvthenlooE plaVe on, tke subject of salaries tqad vs gad judici4l.l 3 SrAgPs in various parts of the Continent, the fees and modes of payment ; together, with tb9ir, qualiac.a.t ) ions, the manner of their' appointnept, 'and, the - nature of their ,duties. Several orthe .delegates gage variety of very interesting details. At 12 'o'clock his Royal HighnesiS"thi. ) PfineeConsert entered the section, and Lard:Brougham explained to:him:that a discussion hasl q takon place on the salaries 'of judges in various countries, when it appeared that their salaries were in most cases exceedingly small, and that in certain countries—which he very much commiserated—the judges were elected by univer sal suffrage. It was agree d " that the statistics of juries should show the number and description of jurors in the book, the number called during the year for one or more times, number of days and hours the jurors were employed, number of trials by jury in civil and criminal cases, distinguishing special juries, the remuneration of jurors, the num ber of jurors; and the cases in which trial by jury is obligatory, cases in which it is optional, and cases in which juries were unanimous, or have given their verdict by a mere majority, or by some other proportion, the number of jurors discharged, and on what grounds." • In Section 11. (Sanitary, Lord Shaftesbury pre sident) a lengthened and interesting discussion took place, the result of which will be consolidated and reported formally to-morrow." . In Section 111. (Industrial, Sir Roderick - Mur chiffon. president) au interesting discussion, took plade, which, chiefly referred to the questions re lating to naines and mining, in which Mr. Hunt., of the Mining Record Office, and M. Visschers took part. • On the entrance of his. Royal 'Highness the Pre-' sident'of the Congress, . . Thet CHAIRMAN explained that Mr.' Hunt had. .made some interesting statements on the important question of coals, and had shown that we might .with advantage apply to our country the Belgian systeM, and render our mines mere profitable by the employment of.engineerA Who-had the confi dence of the Government of the-couutry. 'These gentlemen would have rto diregalu.thority or influ ence over:the mines, but would give, their counsel and advice., Ije Ives just saying, as his Royal' Highness entere4 , -:tliat they'N,i , ere doing-the best they could to instill& such a class of gentlemen, and when it became known that they were fully qualified to go out and give advice on these subjects, no doubt their services would be more generally called into requisition, and this would prevent the upper beds of coal being totally destroyed for the sake of getting at the richer beds beneath them. In 'Section IV. (Commercial Statistics, presided over by Mr. Nassau William Senior) the whole morning Was occupied with the discussion of a paper by Mr. Newmarch, on "The Statistics of Prices 114. 'Wages in the Principal Trades." In. Section V. (NaVal and Military Statistics, - 4ver which Bail. Stinhopepresided) a paper by. Mr. V. T. Hammack was read by the author, on " The Census," referring to the means of obtaining the necessary information as to theenumera.tion of 'the. population, and the existing methods in connexion with the recommendations of the Congress to ob tain the most satisfactory results. The discussion on this paper occupied the whole of tae morning. In Section VI. (Statistical Methods, over which M. Quetelet presided), a paper on the statistics of literature was read by Mr.T. WINTER JONES, of the British Museum, in which the following general propositions were put forward. The literary sta tistics of a country ought to embrace all that is the result of the exercise of the human intellect, so far as the same i s man if es t e d t h rough the P ress . The most epheme ra l s t ree t b a ll a d must fi n d a place . its detail s , no l ess t h a h the work of the highest scientific character. The Press affords an index to the material, int e ll ec t ua l , an d mora l con di t i on o f a nation ; and, if carr i e d suff i c i ently far, w i ll show the special character of the industry of every coun try. The several points - of inquiry ought to be— The number of new works and volumes published annually under the several classes of theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, an d sc i ence ( pure an d applied), history, geography, and biography, fine arts, general literature, the classical writers of Greece and Rome, dictionaries, grammars, and educational works, periodi ca l pu b l i cat i ons, includ ing the transactions of le arne d and scientific socie ties, newspaper literature, and b a ll a d lit era t ure . After some discussion, a vote was taken, affirm. ing the general principl es l a i d doWn. The propositions were then discussed in detail, and, with the exception o f t h at referr i ng to the number of copies printed, which several gentlemen practically acquainted with the subject showed it was impossible to get at, were accepted. The Congress assembled at two o'clock under the presidency of the Right lion. W. F. Cowper, M.P. The first business was to read a list of the repre sentatives of departments and societies in foreign countries not actually deputed by their respective Governments, attending upon the Conference. Belgium—M. Corr Van Der Maeren, President of the International . Customs R e f orm A ssoc i at i on . France—M. Chatelam , of th e S tat i st i cal Depart ment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prussia—Dr. S. Neumann, delegate from the Central Society of Prussia f or t h e Improve ment of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, and from the Society of SCientific Medicine of Berlin. Russia—Captain Siera korski, delegate from the Russian Minister of War. Professor Kaponskine, representative of the Uni versity of Moscow, and Gregorief, Fellow of the Imperial Geographical Society, and member of the Central Statistical Committee. United States--Dr. Jarvis, delegate from the Government of the United States, and President of the American Statistical Esq., James.from th Wynne, e n G n e e Ographi ca l an d St a ti s ti ca l Esq., and Sheppard No n Societies of America. The B r i t i s h A ssoc i at i on, the National Association, and th e M anchester Statisti cal Society were also represent e d. M. CHEVALIER L. DEBR AUZ DE SALDEPENNA Society.s urged that the whole of th e proceedings should I be in French, which was the international lan- guage. The CHAIRMAN said it was optional at these Congresses to speak in French, • or in the language of the country in which the Congress was held. In this they followed the precedent of the Congress at Vienna. i4 e l . e r Deb r Chatelain, and M. Carr Van der m n were secretaries. A variety of foreign delegates, R uss i a n, Prus sian, Dutch , Norwegian , Swedish, and others read addresses, French,metod in w hi c h th e busi ness was managed, wore a a u z, appointed l‘'l. foreign the AISS. o f w hi c h, w confused t the mostlyin h given unf a i r ly t o one re porter; he of course went off with them, and thus gentlemen representing other j ourna l s were de prived of the opportunity which had been pro mised them of siimmari4ing their contents. Dr. C. N. DAVID (Denmark) gavo an account of the progress of statistical science in Denmark, and •stated the nature of the contents of the volumes, 21 in number, published under his di rection. Re deplpred the Wain of on m unifo system as regards weights and measures, and ex pressed his conviction that in no country were suicides noted with sucfioient accuracy and fulness. Dr. ASHER (Hamburg) spoke in English. It was impossible that any Legislation could proceed with out an arithmetical knowledge of the factors that come into competition in forming a law. They could least of all dispense with this knowledge in all questions of financial legislation. He laid before the Congress valuable tables relating to the gross revenue of H am b urg f rom 1818 to 1859 ; both inclusive, with the average of every five years, And a variety of other matters. The value of the imports subject to duty had increased about 117 per cent., forming one-fourth of the entire value of im ported goods. The value of the imports for the laSt three years was about 5871 millions of marks banco—an increase of about 709 per cent. as com pared with 1815. The export duties had varied, and as many of them as remained wei e abolished in 1857. He referred to a general asylum for the poor, supported partly by voluntary contributions and partly by the State. During the last seven years the State had provided 80 per cent. of the . expenses, or 356,500 marks currency out of 447,000 marks a year. There had been a decrease of pau perism in the septennial period ending 1859, as compared with the septennial period ending in 1852, of 7 2-sths per cent., though the number of births had increased 9.27 per cent. Mr. L. K. DAA spoke in English, and described the official statistical publications of Norway which he represented. From 1815 to 1855 there had been decennial censuses, which had been gra dually it* :roved and enlarged, embracing (a) the number of the people, arranged according to Age, -sex, marriage, and employment ; (b) the do mestic cattle—horses, oxen, sheep, goats, swine, 'and reindeer ; -( o ) -seeds: of different - kinds sown annually., 'Every fifth year sincolB3o, the county .rnagjstrates. collected statistics. as to. agriculture, 'fisheries; - trade' Mentifactures, mines, poor-rates, rate of wages. savings - ..banki,:&c: He raid !oh..the ahle, these,. deports froinlmic to, 1855, and- stated That . reports were • alsomade 15j; . : tti 'clergy' and • -f •- • • .A. l l4lorohk .Otber: delootes ~ spoken, the proceedings were, ..9.4ouree4. till till% day at-ten o eloCk; when the Congress will reopen in sections, and afterwardg ihassenibie- in ith dollective• capacity nt two o'cltclE o .,• • . • • • #l2lilgikY?, l A - S'*IZE. T.. 'll WESTERN PIRCITIT.,--WINCHESTER, July 17. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) MURDER OF A WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. William Henry Whitworth, a soldier, aged 39, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mtrtha, his wife, and Frederick, William, Robert, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, and Ellen Whitworth, his six children, at Saudown, in the parish of Brading, Isle of Wight. Mr. W. M. Cook appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cole for the defence. It will be remembered that Whitworth, who was a sergeant in the Royal Artillery, was the master gunner at Sandown Fort, in which his quarters were situated, there residing with his wife and six of his children. the seventh being absent. On the 18th of May Whitworth ran across the parade ground, and threw himself upon his knees before Captain Robinson, and exclaimed, " For God's sake, sir, save me !" He handed to Captain Robinson his watch, some papers and money, and added, " He's used me dreadfully ! He's held a pistol at my head, and swore he'd shoot me if I didn't cut my throat." He then opened the collar of his coat, exhibited his throat cut and covered with blood, and There's awful work down there! Pray go down !" :He was sent to the hospital. On entering the house: the_ whole, of the inmates were found inurdered. • The prisoner, when placed at the' bar; stared vacantly about the court, muttered some incoherent sentences, and was apparently eating something. A jury was empanelled to try the question whe ther the prisoner could understand the pleadings to an indictment, and • Dr. Lyford, the surgeon to the county gaol at Win ehster,. stated . that the prisoner's Mental powers•were almrost entirely extinct, arising frOin the softening , of the brain, a disea se w hi c h had apparently been going on for some time. The prisoner, who had placed his arm round the neck of the turnkey who had him in charge, smiled at and pointed to his lordship, and appeared to be much amused at the 2ppearance of the court. After an explanatory address from his lordship, The jury found that the prisoner was unable to plead. • His Lordship said then he should direct the usual order to be itade The gaoler motioned to the prisoner to leave the bar, but he appeared quite unable to comprehend the meaning,- and when he was led away by the arm, he exclaimed in a loud tone of voice, "Gracious God, look down upon you all, miserable sinners." LOVE AND SUICIDE.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER. Robert Simpson, aged 23, was indicted for wounding Sophia' Rowe, with intent to murder her, at Winchester. Mr. Gunner prosecuted. The circumstances of this extraordinary case formed one of those recurring instances that " truth is stranger than fiction." It appeared that Rowe, who had been a domestic servant. is the daughter of a brickmaker, named James Rowe, residin g a t Stowmarket, in Suffolk, and on the 24th of last December, being out of a situation, she went to the Painters' Arms, a public-house in Sussex street, Winchester, to assist the landlady, who was in ill-health, and there she remained until the morning of Saturday, May 12. Previously to this she had become acquainted with the prisoner ; the Thursday and Friday nights preceding the 12th they slept together; and on the Friday morn ing the man said he was tired of soldiering, he should cut his throat, and requested that Rowe would obtain him a razor. She told him that she would not borrow one, upon which, according to the girl's account, he became so unhappy that she gave him ls. 6d. to purchase a razor. He bought one, re turned to the Painters' Arms, and remained there for the rest of the day, giving the razor to Rowe, who locked it up in her box. At night, when they went to bed, at the prisoner's request, Rowe took the razor out of the box and placed it under the bolster. Another girl, Rachel Welby, also got into the bed, being accustomed to sleep with Rowe ; she arose at seven o'clock the next morning and went down stairs. A bout five minutes after wards Simpson took the razor from under the bolster, and Rowe desired him to cut I.er . throat. He replied that he had not power to do it, and Rowe declared that if he did not cut hers he should not cut his o wn. Simpson asked her to lay her arm down for him to put his head on, and she then laid her arm down and he laid his head upon it. At that time he had the razor in his left hand, and with it he first cut Rowe's throat and then his own. Mrs. Watlen, the landlady, heard some noise, and, on running up stairs found them both lying on the bed with their throats cut and bleeding. Rowe held out her hand, and said " Good bye." Simpson said, " This is love," and Rowe added, " I shall die happy." 1 Mr. Buckle, a surgeon, was called in, and on an examination of the wounds discovered upon Rowe a very large incision in the neck, dividing a por tion of the trachea, attended` ith much hemorrhage. The prisoner's neck was not so seriously lacerated. The jury convicted the prisoner of the attempt to murder. His Lordship characterised the conduct of the parties as a foolish and wicked act—an offence against morals, religion, and law ; and ordering sentence of death to be recorded against the pri soner, told him that he would have to suffer a long term of imptisonment, MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER, July 17. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) Hannah Holmes, 16, domestic servant, was in. dieted for the wilful murder of Samuel Wells. Mr. Merewoather and Mr. Sargeant for the pro secution ; Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Palmer defended the prisoner. Prisoner had been a domestic servant to the de ceased Samuel Wells, and they had had daily dis agreements. She had been heard to say that she hated him (deceased), and that "she wished the old devil was dead." Prisoner was sent by her master to the house of Henry John Wells, a son of deceased, for some wheat and some arsenic. A small bag of wheat was given her, and a packet of arsenic containing lb. Afterwdrds the packet was returned to the son's house, and it was found that the packet then contained 21- ounces. On the following night Samuel Wells wished to have son►e.gruel for supper, and prisoner made him some. On taking it he remarked that it was thick, and he could not "get through it." Shortly afterwards he was seized with vomiting, which continued all night, and he kept his bed next day. On the evening of that day his daughter-in law ordered prisoner to make some thin gruel, and LAST WEEK BUT ONE. 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