The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-04 00:00:00

CARDINAL WISEMAN UPON IRELAND_ AND THE IRISH. •71-V -e Last night Cardinal Wisemanrelated his impres- Mons of his recent visit to Ireland before a large public assembly convened in the Hanover-square BOOMS.. The audience was admitted by ticket, at prices varying from 3s. 6d. to ls., and the proceeds were to go in aid of the funds of certain poor schools in the metropolis in connection with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The lecture, as it was called, was announced for 8 &clock, but it was half-past 8 before his Eminence presented himself to the meeting, and the company had begun to as semble fully an hour earlier. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Agra and Mr. Bowyer, M.P., were among the gentlemen on the platform, and Lord Overstone was among the general company. The reserved seats were to a large extent occupied by ladies, most of whom were in even ing dress. It might have been expected that the audience on such an occasion would be in a very great part composed of Roman Catholics, and this was manifest by the murked manner in which par ticular passages in the Cardinal's address were cheered during the delivery. His EMINENCE, on entering the room, met with an enthusiastic reception. He began his address, which lasted upwards, of two hours; andef which we give a necessarily brief resume, by saying that he had been requested to embody in a lecture the im ,...„..mressions made on his mind by a recent tour in Ire land. Glancing for a few moments at the difficulties which he said. environed the subject, he said he would unfurl his flag at once, premising that dur ing his sojourn in various parts of Ireland it was natural for him to-trace out and examine the ob - 4as having the grZmt'st Interest for him. He *Uld say at once that he went as a Catholic, and looked at everything lie saw with the eye of a Ca - tholic. He was sent to Ireland by no one, he e.sked , leave of no one to -go,. and he communicated his intention tg go no more than if he had. been going to Birminghani or Liverpool. It was his own work; he had no instructions; and he had nothing to do but to preach. two - sermons and come back again, though it pleased the people on his arriving there to give a different form to his visit. It was not a journey of observation; he did not make a single memorandum of what he saw or heard ; and his ob servations were confined to what passed before him as he went from place to place. Reducing to a single point the converging impressions made on his own mind, he would say that the thought which he had brought back with him was that Ireland at. this moment represented a great nationality rising itself from a state of depression into which it had been sunk for many years.. (Cheers.)` To illustrate that impression he did not think it necessary to• dwell on the evils of the past, or to say.a word be yond alluding to the knowledge of his audience of certain notorious facts. There was hardly a more interesting period in the history of any country than that in which there was a transition, and one made on a great scale, from an unhappy and an unprospe roui state to one of success and promise. In olden" times triali of a depressing kind were long and. affecting. Seventy years' capacity for trial was con sidered sufficient for a chosen people, but when they (the audience) came to look back to a period of 300 years, how many generations did that absorb in sorrow ! Those among them who with himself had passed the middle stage of life could remember Ireland when it was completely in the hands of one party of men, who sought entirely to depress the other. That was the condition to which it was re duced. In the meantime, while the poorer part of the population were starving in the midst of plenty and fading away in a climate that seemed capable of bestowing the most stalwart strength, the great body of them still clung to one thing,and that was . hope. What was religion but hope brought back to ( the poor and afflicted? They were ridiculed because they dwelt in. mud, cabins k in the bog ; but often when the last spark bad died out in the turf on the cabin floor, when the storm was beating around it, and. the rain penetrating every chink and cranny, there was a brightei light in that miserable hut to cheer the desolate inmates than Could have been communicated by the dazzling splendours of a palace. That had been the condition of Ireland for many years, until recent times, and the greatest of trials was the consideration that that which formed the religion of the mass of the people was, so far as human power could effect such an object, swept away. At one time not a church was left, not place to assemble for the worship of. God : not a college,,nor a school, nor an institution by which religion could be supported or the functions of the Church performed It could have been by little less_ than a miracle that their religion, under circum 7 stances so adverse, was kept burning in the hearts of the entire population. For hundreds of years they were subject to every form of oppression and wretchedness, and then there came a still worse and more difficult trial than all. After so long a struggle with the power of man, it appeared as if the power of God had been brought suddenly to bear against them., Famine and fever, grown almost to the di mensions of a pestilence, invaded the greater part of the country, and those parts suffered most in which there were less means of resistance or of remedy. The bare and distant mountain regions on' which the poor peasantry dwelt, and the small towns and hamlets in which others of them were congregated, those were the scenes and the subjects of that dread ful visitation ; and they who had so long suffered the injustice of man were seen to bear a series of calamities with a patience of which he doubted there was an example in the history of nations. (Loud cheers.) That, howeVer, was the turning point in the history of the country, and from that time they had to date for it the commencement of a bright future. Three changes might be said to have occur red in that period. One was the emigration which naturally took its origin in the desolation ,and po verty in which the great bulk of the population was plunged; another was the change in the sys tem -of agriculture; and the third was the letting loose of property to pass into the hands of those who,. according to the laws of nature, ought to have had their fair share of it. (Cheers.) What had been called the Exodus began and continued until it created alarm in the minds of those intrusted with the Government of the country ; 'but under the guiance of Providence it found a certain level, by which the condition of those who had gone as well as of those who remained at home was manifestly and permanently improved. That emigration had not been the mere rush of desperate men to seek better fortune in distant lands, nor had it severed -. any of the links that ought to bind together mem bers of the same family ; and in that latter circum stance was seen the genuine soundness of the Irish heart. After a passing expression of regret for what he called the sad monotony of food to the cul tivatiott.of which the people - so long confined their energif* and were obliged for the most part to live, his Eminence said that during his recent visit he- - had not is in many parts a regular rotation' of crops, attillliad seen fields Of various kinds 'of agri cultural produce far more effectually tilled, and in a mare promising condition, than he had seen in 'England before he went or since he had returned, though it might be without that finish which obtained in this country. Let any one (be con tinued) go to Ireland now who had been there be fore, and notice the cattle, and he would find that -it . was not only greatly improved, but the whole system - on which it was bred and managed totally' changed for the better. It was well known that for ages the land of Ireland was comparatively in the hands of a few ; that the landlords held large tracts • of country; add that if they endeavoured, as they did in-many cases, to extort unreasonable prices for its occupation froM the starving poor, it was not al together so 'much from avarice as from necessity that they did so. There were 'so many outgoings from the land that . - frequently the owners of lordly domains were themselves little better than paupers. Gradnally in many _cases they sank into penury, and that led to so much land being thrown into the Market, which had now become the property of smaller holders. It was not the first purchasers under the . new system, whore many bought from mere motives of-speculatianAvho in the end would become the actual holders: Under a system of subdi vision, by means of.sale, persons with comparatively small capital - would - become purchasers of land ; int§nien in towns. would._ invest their sayings in, r ea Vroperty ; and - so in the'course of a few years, a new and respec tabl e race or landowners would spring up. Ireland, in fact, from the touch of that Ea therl y Rand, severe as it had appeared, had started on :a d ,gnificent career of development which pro raisc4Amore even than one, would ntur t pres a ge. The: as he saw them were now e . h eal th y in appearance as a body, and substantially Clothed, 'while ho feeling akin to abjection, the result of past destitution, lingered among them. Wherever he went he saw in the great bulk of the people a warmth and an expansion of heart totally different from w hat was found in other co un t r i es. (Cheers.) . There was a spontaneity of expr ess i on — a facility of giving utterance to their thoughts, and a brilli which p:rvaded w h ole ancy-and a poetry., of the their the -peasantry. The smile .on countenance was the licht of the eve was not only bright andeheering , brilliant but tender, and during his had occasion to observe among large congregations of the people that kind of natural gentleness of n • bearing which was peculiar to t hem. His His Emi nence proceeded 'at some length to show p, minant feelings which the great development nn th e material condition of the Irish people had pro duce d in. their minds. Ridiculing the notion he occasion ally-found expressed- in newspapers and reviews, that _the Catholic portion of the-people of Ireland had become less susceptible to the teaching of their priests., as - their material condition had iraptoved--- ;Alfa t hey - were gradually emancipatingtheniselves - `from the influence - of a certain great city in Italy (a laugh), and were likely in..the. end_ to become CC) ortabiareethinkers, -be said he noticifml on all hinds, Wherever he went; that the popular feeling Was now unmistakeably expreSsed in the building of churches, and, what was more, in the direction of magnificence and accuracy in ecclesiastical archi tecture, in which they never before took any in terest. ,The Church in Ireland was now developing its artistic power—a thing never thought of. 20 years ago—and he regarded it as an instinctive in dication of the nationality of the people that they should have taxed themselves to the extent they had done in this direction. Their progress was fur ther evinced by what he called " nationality of cha rity," of which he cited many instances in the larger towns, especially in Dublin ; and he dealt a passing rebuke on the attempts made at one time inParliament to bring the nunneries under the supervision of . the Leg islature . Their nationality of attachment to the oly See he also mentioned as another mode in which their physical amelioration expressed it self, a sentiment which elicited loud cheers , in the meeting • and he concluded with an elaborate eulogium upon the Irish hierarchy, and with many expressions of gratitude for the warm-hearted re ception he had met with from them and the great bulk of the people. It was far on to 11 o'clock before the meeting separated. AURICULA.R CONFESSION IN THE CHURCH . OF ENGLAND. MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON. • A large public meeting, convened 1)7 the church wardens of the severalparishes and districts in and. around Southampton ' was held on Tuesday even ing, at the Royal Victoria-rooms, to consider cer tam resolutions to be proposed to the' meeting, protesting against the practice of auricular confes- , sion and priestly absolution in the Church'ef Eng- . land. " The rooms were crowded to excess, and numbers left unable to gain admission. • • Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY took the chair, and among those present on the platform were General" Bullock, Messrs. Fall, Bernard, and Pearce (magis trates of the borough), the Rev. Mr. Adkins (hi-de pendent minister), and the following clergymen of the Church of England :—The Revs. Fitzgerald, Harris, Cashman,;Masters, Jennings, Burton Brock, Russell, and Oke. Notice was made of several letters received from gentlemen unable to attend, among whom were — Lord Palmerston, Lord Shaftesbury, the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P. for the county, Messrs. Weguelin and Wilcox, M.P.s for the borough, Col. Crabbe, &c., each of whom expressed regret at their unavoidable absence, and gave their sentiments in favour of the objects of the meeting. . The meeting having been opened by player, Lord CHOLMONDELEY said—We have met to gether this evening for a very important object— an object which concerns us all, both as members of.the-Church of-England and lovers Of Protestant truth. We have this evening to determine whether we shall unite in condemning practices which have of late sprung up in the- Established Church, and which we hold to be opposed to the true spirit and teaching of that chinch: - He alluded to the practice of auricular confession and priestly absolution. These practices have sprung up in the Church of England ; it was for the meeting to determine whether or no they were in accordance with the teaching of the. Church. He hoped he should not be misunderstood in calling upon the meeting to condemn such practices. God forbid that he should say one word which might create a coldness bet Ween a minister and his people, or that any one, who was anxious about his soul should be prevented asking counsel of a faithful minister on matters relating to his immortal welfare. But what has this to do with. aricular confession ? Simply nothing. What was meant by auricular confession and priestly absolu tion? It was this : I, a weak, fallible man, am to, go to another man as weak and as fallible as myself, to confess to him all the sins of my, past life--of _omis sion as welt as commission—that 'I may receive at his hands absolution 'and pardon, which can be - given by no mortal man. In matters of this kind: we must fall back upon the Bible, and' there we shall find that we have no need of a priestly intercessor on earth, when we read that Christ ever •liveth to make intercession for all who come unto God by ; him ; we feel that we have no need of an earthly mediator when we read that there is one Mediator between God and man, the' man Christ Jesus. Auriculur confession was practised by not a few of the clergy of the Church, and it was not even distasteful to some of the prelates of tin Church, although °Re of the articles of the Church saith that Holy Scrip ture'containeth all things necessary for salvation. After reading several statements on the practices of the confessional in the metropolis; his lordship said . —What is the difference between practices such as these and the practices of the Church of Rome ? And yet this system is defended by numbers of the clergy of our Church who call themselves Protest ants and are still eating the bread of the Church of England. He called upon the meeting to protest against such practices. He did believe that if they were allowed to spread the Church of England was a doomed Church, and instead of being one of the brightest lights Ot Protestantism it would become a by-word and a proverb. We ought to lift up our heads to God and pray that He may keep this evil from us, and keep our candlestick in its place. He believed the social grievance of the system also con cerned us deeply as fathers, husbands, brothers, wives, mothers, and sisters. It is more particularly among the gentler sex that these practices are being disseminated ; and the apostle meets the case where he says, " Of theie kind are they who creep into houses leading captive silly womenUaden with sins," It was intended that a memorial be presented to the Queen on this subject. It was a wise and consti tutional course to pursue, for he believed the Queen of England was as much opposed to such practices:, as anyone at that meeting. (Cheers.) There fore he would' say let us carry -the subject to Majesty; and-having claimed the sympathy . of our earthly sovereign, let us take it to our Creator,Who is King of kings and Lord of lords, and by whom kings reign and princes decree justice. Mr. Alderman PALK proposed the following resolution :—" That, repudiating the practices of auricular confession and priestly absolution, and repudiating the fiction of there being priestly orders in Christ's church (our great High Priest hiinself being the only priest), this meeting sees with grief and indignation that not a few of the clergy of the national church have of late been actively promoting the introduction of such practices among their flocks." Mr; BATEMAN, of Rugby, seconded the resolu tion. • He could not see the slightest difference between confession as practised in the Romish church, which the Bishop of Oxford looks upon with so much horror, and the confession of the 4nglican church, which he looks upon with so much delight. The work of putting an extinguisher on the confessional must be done by the people themselves. J. DEVERELL, Esq., of Purbrook Park, proposed the next resolution :—" That this meeting desires to express jf,s,•determination to resist to the utter most the introduction of practices so opposed to the principles of the Reformation and to the whole spirit of the standards of the Church of England, and likewise so fraught with danger to the spiritual and civil liberties of the Church and nation." He remarked that the people of England were truly Protestant. They would not submit to the dictation of any priest, and auricular confession was no part of the doctrines of the Church of England,. If he believed in confession, and put faith in it, he would rather receive it from the Church of Rome. There was an infatuation, a fashion, and a charm about auricular confession which' led the upper classes to use it, on the same principle that the lower classes would fly to the beer-shop and the gin-palace. He detested all usurpers ; and, if asked which usurper he detested most, he would say it was he who takes away the Saviour and puts a -priest in his stead. Lord. Chatham has said, "If the breach in the Protestantism of England be repaired, the people will of them selves return to a state of tranquillity. If not, may discord prevail for ever. I know to what• point this doctrine and this language will appear devoted, but I feel the principles of an Englishman, and I utter them without apprehension or reserve." Mr. LE FEUME proposed the next resolution, " That a memorial founded on the foregoing reso lutions be presented to the Queen, praying that her Majesty, as head of the Church and defender of the faith, will be graciously pleased to take such steps as her Majesty may see ., fit, with a view to doing away with the scandal and offence caused to many of her Majesty's f!aithful subjects, by the practices complained of, and be signed by the chair man and churchwardens now present on behalf of this meeting " The resolutions were put, from the chair and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. [AnvEnnsr.mENTl—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses,. Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of ltd. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures 'an actual saving in the keep. 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Lemon Oliver, described as a stockbroker of 4, Atistinfriars, was. brought up On remand and placed in the felon's dock at Cluildhall, charged with -unlawfully appropriating to his own use a sum of £5,000, intrusted to him by Miss Caroline Adelaide Dance, of Southsea, Hants, for the purpose of in vestment in the purchase •of Six per Cont. Canada Government Bonds, and Six per Cent. Great Western of Canada Railway Debentures. Mr. Alderman Carter presided. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Messrs. Desborough, Young, and Desborough, appeared as before for the prosecution, but the prisoner was undefended. Mr. Martin, the Chief Clerk, having read over the depositions, M iss Dance was- recalled and sworn. Mr. Bodiin—You will remember, *sir, that on the last occasion I read a letter from the prisoner, dated Jan. 9, in which he proposed several modes of disposing of this money; and Tom now going to prove that. Miss Dance gave him instructions in writing and what those instructions-were. Now, Miss Dance, just look at this letter, and tell me if it is the one you sent to the prisoner in answer to the one you received from him on the 9th of Jan. last. - Miss Dance—lt is, sir. Mr. Bodkin—l propose to read this letter. -It is dated Jan. 10, 1858, and is as follows : " Sir,—l thank you for your kind consideration in hav ing given so much attention and thought to the matter of which your letter received this morning treats. You have put it so clearly before me, and I am so satisfied of the soundness of your judgMent regarding it, that I have no hesitation= in begging you • to invest the £5,000 capital for me in two equal parts in the two first concerns you mention —viz., the Great Western of Canada Debentures and the Canada Government Bonds.' I fully appreciate the neces sity which you put before me of losing no time at- such a period in money affairs as the present, but I am sorry to say that my cousin, Mr.. V.- Johnson, informed me a few days ago that it would be necessary to give a seten days' notice to. Messrs: Coutts, in whose hands the "money is placed, ere it can be 4iitharawit.' By . this post I write to Mr. V. Johnson both at his chambers, m town and at my cousin's (C. L. Grimshawe) lionse, in Bedfordshire, where he told' me -he might by this time be, so that 'no further time than what is unfortunately unavoidable may 'be lost. I th - ank-you very much for your expressed will ingness to afford me further information, but nothing sug gests itself to me that I need ask at present. But I shall hope to hear either from yourself direct, or through the medium of my cousin, anything which it may be thought advisible I should know. Once more fhanking you for your explicit and satisfactory letter, I am, sir, yours truly, " ADA LPANCE." Mr. Bodkin—These, sir, are the writtoin instruc tions required by the act. I will now call Mr. Johnson to prove the payment of the money to the prisoner. Mr. H. R. V. Johnson, a barrister-at-law of Lin coln's-inn, said—l was one of the trustees for Miss Dance under her uncle's will. • Mr. Bodkin—Wds the sum of £6,000 to which she was entitled deposited at Messrs. Coutts's house? Mr. Johnson—lt was, sir. I cannot say the exact time, but it was - deposited there at the close of last year. Mr. Bodkin—Did you in consequence of a com munication = from Miss. Dance take the necessary steps to withdraw that money from Messrs. Coutts's bank ? Mr. Johnson—l did, and drew the cheque, which is also signed by Mr. Grimshawe, my co•trustee, on Messrs. Coutts for £5,000 on the 20th of Jan. I delivered the cheque produced to the prisoner, William Lemon Oliver. _ _ Mr. Bodkin--Was that the same day or the next ? Mr. Johnson—No, Sir, I believe I delivered him the cheque late on the day before the date it bears. - Mr. Rodkin—l am afraid you are mistaken, and that it was on the date of the cheque it was deli vered, but it does not matter.. Mr. Johnson—l gave it to .him After banking hours, and from a memorandum I made at the time I believe it was on the previous day I 'gaie the cheque to the prisoner. - Mr. Bodkin-I-Had yonany conversation with the .prisoner at that time ? Mr. Johnson—l told . him fur what purpose it was gave' him the cheque. Mr: Martin—What Aid you say fo him ? Mr. Johnson-1 cannot remember the precise words; but I believe I said this was the check which. I had undertaken to give him on account of Miss Dance. Mr. F. Esse said—l am a clerk in Messrs. Coutts' bank. The check produced for £5,000 was_paid at our bank on the day-it bearS date. Mr. Bodkin—Was it paid after banking hours through the clearing-house ? Mr. Esse—No, sir ; it was paid Over the counter aftex the Cletiring-house and banking hours. It was, presented by the London and. County -Bank. We do not attend the clearing-house. Mr. Bodkin—l should state, perhaps, sir, that since the last examination inquiries have been made which have 'led to the_ full development of this fraud. • After calling your attention to the act of the ith and Bth of Geo. IV., c. 49, sec. 29, under which these proceedings are taken, I will show that two offences are provided for as against bankers or agents—the one for appropriating money intrusted to them for a specific purpose, and the other for converting or dealing, in violation of good faith, with securities intrusted to them for safe cussody. Now, sir,- I am, in a position to prove both these offences acrainst the prisoner. I shall show, sir, that of this sum of £5,000 the amount of £3,449 has really been invested' in Canada bonds, and that almost immediately after they were deposited with the London. and County Bank. The prisoner bor rowed £3,000 upon them, and .by so doing cora mitted =the offence of dealing with securities in trusted. to him. for safe custody. Alderman Carter—Then,,it does not appear that the other £1,500 was invested at all ? Mr. Bodkin—No, sir ;.the appropriation of that money is the other offence provided for by the act of Parliament. , _ ::- Policeman 112 said—l took the prisoner into cus tody, and. found on him one of the letters from Miss Dance. The rest of the letters, with the prisoner's books, which I now, produce; - I found in his count ing -house. I produce the prisoner's cash book and his pass book of the London and County Bank. Mr. Bodkin—Now, .Miss Dance, I must trouble you to look at this cash-book, and tell me if the fol lowing entries are in prisoner's handwriting JANUARY, 185 •8. _ _ Jan. 20.—Dance, Miss,per R.H.T. Johnson, ' Esq., 857, 863, 865 - £5,000 0 0 Jan. 28.—From bank, London and County; loin on Canada Bonds, at 5 per cent. 3,000 0 0 Jan. 20.-857, Barkworth, £2,000 6 - per cent. Government Canada Bonds, at 1091 2,190 0 A Jan. 21.-863, Sims and Hill, £l,OOO Great Western Canada Bonds 1,037 7 .2 Jan. 22.-865, Terry, Canada Governt. Bonds 222 0 ..0 June 30.-88,,,London and Colinty Bank Miss Danee—The whole of these entries, with the exception of that dated June 30, I believe to be in the prisoner's handwriting. Mr; Bodkin—These entries shom;•-that prisoner received the £5,000 from Miss Dance s that he in= vested £3,500, and, obtained an advance upon the securities so purchaSed of £3,000, which it now ap pears he repaid to the London and County Bank in June last. • Mr. Grey, from the London and County Bank, said—On Jan. 28th last the prisoner obtained a loan of £3,000 from our house, and left in our hands as security 6 per cent. Canada 'Government bonds and 6 percent. Great Western of Canada Railway de bentures. _ Mr. 13 odkin—Who made the advance on those securities ? . Mr. Grey - --The - general — manager of the bank. The loan was repaid on June 30, and the securities were then withdrawn. - Cecil Gardner:--4 am now a stockbroker, but I was - clerk to Mr. Barkworth about the timo the bonds in question were purchased. On Jan. 12 the prisoner bought some Canada bonds of Mr. Bark worth. Mr. Bodkin—Give us a full account of the trans action, if that book will allow you to do so. Mr. Gardner—On that day I bought for the pri soner the following bonds, to be delivered - on the 20th of Sanitary :—Canada Government Bonds,No. 16,253, £l,OOO ; Nos. 16,618 to 16,627 inclusive, being 10 bonds for 100 each. Mr. Bodkin—What was the cost of them ? Mr. Gardner—At . 1091 each they came to £1,095, which, with the bond for £l,OOO, made a total of £2,095. . - Mr. Robert Hill said—l am a stockbroker, at 3, Bartholomew-lane. On the 21st of January last we purchased for the prisoner £l,OOO Great Wes tern of Canada Bonds, . _ Mr. Bodkin—How many bonds were there ? Mr. Hill—Two for .£5OO each. The cost of them was £1,037 7s. 2d. Mr. Bodkin—Did you sell any bonds for the prisoner ? Mr. Hill—On the 27th of June last we sold £2,700 of Canada Government Bonds, 6 per cent. to be delivered on the 30th of June. The numbers were £l,OOO-16,253, and 16,618 to 16,627 inclu sive, and 12,143 and 4, making 12 bonds of £lOO each. Mr. Bodkin—These you will perceive, sir, are the -bonds which appear in the prisoner's cash-book as having been bought on account of Miss Dance, with the exception of the last two, and they were purchased by Mr. Terry, who is now present. Mr. Hill—We sold the bonds for £2,200, and they realized £2,557 10s. Mr. Bodkin—What did the sale of the whole of the bonds realize? • Mr. Hill—The total was 4567 10s. ; but with interest, &c., it was £3,579 19s. 10d. We gave the prisoner a cheque for £3,472105. lOd., there being a balance in our favour against him on other tram actions. That cheque was returned to me paid. This is the cheque. It was drawn. on Jones Lloyd's bank and crossed by the London and County Bank: • - Mr: - Thomas Teti-, here made his appearance, and on being sworn- said,---I-am a stoc purchased for the prisoner in lamiary last two Canada Government Bonds for £lOO each, num bers 12,143 and 4. Mr. Bodkin—Have you transacted any business for the prisoner since he has been in custody ? Mr. Terry—No, sir. Mr. Bodkin—Recollect yourself. • Mr. Terry—None whatever, sir. Mr. Bodkin- 7 -Are you quite sure ? Be careful now, and remember you are on your oath. Have you not received a note from the prisoner, instruct mg .you to sell off everything at any loss ? Mr. Terry—l have not, sir. Mr. Bodkin—And you say that on your oath? Mr. Terry—l do. I received no note from the prisoner, but I had word from his clerk to close everything. Mr. Bodkin—Then what are we to understand by that ? Mr. Terry—That refers rather to buying than ' selling, as there were one or two things in hand which he wished me to close. Alderman Carter—l should take it that to close everything meant to sell as well as buy. A gentleman, who, we understood, was also a victim, but whose name did not transpire, here said,—A note was sent to Mr. Terry, for I saw it in the prisoner's office, and the words were " Sell all at any risk," and it was addressed to " T. Terry." Alderman Carter—From whom did you get your instructions to close everything ? Mr. Terry—From the prisoner's clerk, but I should have done so, under the circumstances, with out" instructions. Mr. Bodkin—This, sir, is all the evidence I have to offer in this case, and I will therefore ask you to commit the prisoner for trial on both charges. Prisoner—l wish to state that not only was no letter sent to Mr. Terry, but that I never wrote such a letter. Alderman Carter—lt is my duty to caution you before asking you if you have anything to say m answer to the charge. Prisoner—ln the - absence of my solicitor I shall reserve my defence. Alderman Carter—lt is not in my province to comment on the heartless and cruel manner in which you have treated this young lady, but I feel it my duty to commit you to Newgate for trial on the charges now preferred against you. Mr. Bodkin—With reward to bail, sir, in, the event of any attempt being made to procure the liberation of the prisoner perhaps you would fix the amount ? Alderman Carter—lt must be most substantial. bail, and I shall require two sureties in £5,000 each. Mr. Bodkin—l cannot allow this case to go with out expressing publicly my opinion that persons cannot exercise too much caution in employing per sons advertising themselves to invest money in public securities. - I think that no . person should part with a farthing without exercising the greatest caution in making inquiries and ascertaining that the brokers about to be trusted are persons of good character and the strictest integrity, and at the same time members of the Stock Exchange. Alderman Carter—l Perfectly endorse everything you have said, and, from cases which have come under my own personal observation very recently, I have witnessed the result of that want of caution which you deprecate. Such persons are too readily trusted, without inquiry of any kind being . made. ' The prisoner was then committed for trial. In the course of the afternoon Mr. H. James, the barrister, attended to prefer another charge against the prisoner on behalf of Mr. Swan, an independent gentleman of Northumberland, for unlawfully deal ing with some. North British and Australian and Crystal Palace Shares, which, it was alleged, the prisoner had abstracted from a box of deeds he was instructed to deposit at the London and County Bank. The prisoner was accordingly again placed at the bar, when Alder Man Cubitt, who was presiding, decided upon takingthe evideuce of the prosecutor, after which the prisoner was remanded; but, as the case is at present in a very confused and in complete state, we reserve our report till the next examination, when it is highly probable that other charges may be brought forward against the pri soner, the publicity the case has obtained having already induced the prosecutor to hasten from Paris to look after his securities. THE POISONINGS AT BRADFORD. • The excitement caused by the calamity at Brad ford increases. New returns of illness and death are made almost hourly. The total number of per sons reported to be ill is now 169. The names of those who have since died are, SosephHouldsworth, aged seven years, Rutland-street, Bowling; Briggs Ramsdell, aged 24, of Thornton, elogger ; and Mark Clover ; Low Moor. On Tuesday the borough magistrates made an inquiry into the circumstances of the selling of the poisoned lozenges. The Mayor presided over a full bench of magistrates. Captain Cobbe was also present. William Goddard, the youth who sold the arsenic,, was placed in the dock. He is the son of a widow living at Colne. Mr. Lees appeared on his behalf, and Mr. Watson for .Mr. Neal. William Burniston, detective officer of the police force, said that he heard 'on Sunday that several children had died, and he went to the house of Mark Burran, Jowett-street, Brick-lane, where he found two children dead, and learned that Burran himself had taken some of the lozenges ; and having learned from whom he had bought them, he went up to the house of William Hardaker, North Wing, and inquired respecting them of that person, whom he found in a state of suffering. Hardaker at once stated that he had purchased them from Joseph Neal; of - Stone-street, and , that :he had got four parcels of 101bs. each, insall 40Ibs. He then found that Police Constable Campbell had got possession of them, and he went directly to Mr. Neal's, who told him the lozenges were made partly from a mineral called daft," and that he had pur chased it from Mr. George Hodgson, druggist, of Shipley. He (Burniston) then took Neal with him to Shipley, but when they went to Hodgson's house he was from home, and they saw the young man Goddard, and asked him if he had. not sold a man some stuff about a week ago, on the previous Monday ; and in reply he asked me if it was " terra album," or " daft." He then said he had sold 121bs. of it. He took them to the cask from which he had taken the quantity named, and showed them the material, which Mr. Neal immediately said was not "daft." As they were further examining the article Mr. Hodgson came in, and at once told them that the cask contained arsenic, and held 1 cwt. After some further conversation the officer left, bringing Goddard with him, accompanied by Neal. Goddard had only been about three weeks with Mr. Hodgson, and knew little about the business. The statement had got abroad that the cask was labelled poison; but Burniston says 'that they examined it minutely, and could not find any such label upon it. James Archer, the man who purchased the " daft" from Goddard, said that he was requested, when going to Baildon, to bring_ t to Mr. Neal in his cart, and he accordingly did so. He Asked for Mr. Hodgson, but was told that he was sick, and when he said that 121 b. of the " daft" would oblige him, Goddard went and brought it, wrapped up in two bags, and he took it away and laid it on the floor of Mr. Neal's shop, and it was afterwards given to the man who makes the lozenges, whose• name was James Appleton, and he was employ ed` by Mr. Neal. Witness had been with Mr. Neal for two years, - but had - never been before for'" daft." In answer to a question from Mr. Lees, solicitor,. who watched the case for Goddard, Archer admitted that Goddard told him that Mr. Hodgson con sidered it would be better for hini to let it alone, until he - could see about it himself, and that it was after he asked to be obliged with the 121 b. that he received it. Mr: Bell, surgeon, stated that he had attended the children of Mark Burran, and that . when he saw them first, about 4 o'clock on Sunday after noon, they were both evidently dying ; their pulses were low, their - cheeks blanched, and the pupils of their eyes dilated. Both died shortly afterwards. From all symptoms And appearance, his impression was that death had resulted from poison. Mark Burran himself, who also took part of the lozenges which he had purchased, - laboured under similar symptoms, as also did Isaac Tillotson and his wife ,Mary. Witness analysed one of the lozenges, and found it to contain arsenic. Mr. Felix M. Rimmington, analytical chemist, who was requested by Mr. Bell and Dr. Bronner to analyse one or more of the lozenges (many of wh ich had been received from various patients), said that he had done so, but did not at the time estimate t he exact quantity of arsenic contained in each , and ha d no orders to that effect. Each of the lozenges, however, he ascertained to contain nine g ( r i ams f of arsenic, one half of which was • an ample ose or he said, was any adult ; 4f - grains of arsenic was generally con sidered a poisonous dose.. Daft," simply plaster of Paris, or sulphate of James Appleton, r. Neal's wor kin g confec tioner, stated his having received the papers con taining the arsenic from Archer, and told how he had made it up with gum, and sugar, and mint, into what, when dried, made 401bs. of llizenge s which had been ordered b y Hardaker, an d which contained more daft" owing to the lowness of the price. Hardaker's assistant also proved 'having sold part of the lozenges - in the m arket , after his employer (who had taken one of them) had to be Velit home in a cab. This was further prtived by James Hardaker,who waited at the stall in the .market {luring part of the day. Joseph Neal was afterwards called upon and put through a severe examination, in which he con- Tessed to the liberal us e o f " daft" in making the lower qualities of spices. He fenced 'elaborately with several of the questions, and some of his statements appeared in some respects to contradict each other. Nothing, however, was ' elicited to criminate him in any respect. Mr. Hodgson, whose arsenic had been sold, was then ordered into the dock, and the further hearing of the case was adjourned to Wednesday, in order to allow time for a post mortem examination of some of the bodies to be made. Mr. Jewison, the coroner, opened his inquiry on several bodies, at the Packhorse Inn, Bradford ; but, after examining several of the witnesses who had been examined at the Court-house, he adjourned the inquiry to Tuesday next. Mr. George Dyson, coroner, also opened an in quiry at Low Moor ; and Mr. Taylor, of Wakefield, opened inquiries at East Ardsley, on two bodies lying dead in his district. THE SUFFOCATION OF A FAMILY AT NEWPORT. CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY. The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate man Webb, who, with his three children, was suf focated three weeks since in his dwelling, in Jones'- court, Pillgwenlly, was resumed at the Tredegar Arms Inn, on Tuesday, before the deputy-coroner, Mr. W. H. Brewer. The wife has, since our last reference to the melancholy subject, been removed to the workhouse, and still lies there in a condition of great prostration. Should she recover, of which the medical gentlemen give but the faintest hopes, the probability is that she will have lost her reason. The first witness called was Ann Powell, wife of Chas. Powell, living in Church-street, who stated —On Thursday night, the 16th, I smelt gas in the house very strongly—in the pantry more particu larly. I never smelt it in the house before. I live in the front, above Webb's, and there is a house between us. _ The Coroner—Can you account for the smell of gas, and did you see anything done to the drainage ? Witness—No ; I saw nothing, except the mud cart going after the drain had been filled in. I don't know that it touched the pipes, but it was somewhere where the pipe burst. The ground had been opened, and the clay was being removed. The Coroner here intimated that during the ad journment a person had stated herself to be ready to prove that the supports of the soil during the opening of the trench had been drawn away by horses, and after they had been so drawn, away there came a very str on g smell of gas. If that were so, it might naturally be supposed that the pipes were fractured just at that moment. Mr. Bryan, the manager to the gas company, said the person referred to was Mrs. Saunders, and he had informed the superintendent of it. Superintendent Huxtable—Yes, this morning ; and I immediately promised she should be fetched. Mr. Nicholson, overseer of the drainage works (to Mrs. Powell)—You stated to the court that you saw the cart drawing away dirt on Thursday ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Nicholson—Then I must bring evidence to rebut it. Our books will prove that not a load of dirt went out of that street on the day mentioned. The last time was on the Tuesday evening before. Witness said she was correct, and after the wheel sank a piece of board was placed under, so as to prevent it again. Mr. Nicholson remembered a case somewhat similar, and felt it must be that alluded to by the witness. The dirt slipped away, and the offwheel of the cart became imbedded about four feet from the wall, and consequently at least nine feet from the pipes. . . The Coroner put it to the jury whether it would be desirable to go into the evidence alluded to by Mr. Nicholson. For his own part, he did not see it would be of any service. The jury thought no good would result, one of them observing that if they entered upon extraneous matter the inquest might last a month and no satis faction be given at the last. The Coroner—Then we will examine Mr. Bryan. Mr. Joseph Bryan was accordingly sworn. He said—Before alluding to the cause of the death of these poor persons, I should wish to say a few words upon some of the evidence hitherto given. In reply to the allegation of the witness, Mrs. Dunstan, that a letter had been sent to the gas works and no notice taken of it, it can be shown that on reference to the men's time book there appears on the 29th and 30th of March three men William Gillman, William Palmer, and George Redman—were engaged, on the one day ten hours, on the other day eight hours, in searching for escapes of gas in. Church-street. As no materials are entered for the repair of mains on those days, it is presumed they either found no leaks or that they had occasion to set up the joints only. And, further, the same time book shows that on the 6th of July last a new service pipe was laid through the passage immediately under the witness's house to supply Mr. Gammon's skittle alley " with gas. Had there been an escape of gas any where in that locality at that time, it must have been discovered. I myself was on the spot more than once then, and certainly smelt no escape, nor heard any complaint. Mrs. Dunstan, therefore, not having observed the last, may not have noticed when the men were employed ,the first time in searching for leaks before her honse—in other words, her notice was attended to without her knowledge. Although the circumstance may be, and is, irrelevant to the present inquiry, yet I beg to observe that on Friday last, Mr. Phillips, the drainage contractor, informed me that his men employed in sinking the drain opposite High-street, in Church-street, experienced so strong a smell of gas the day before that they were unable to breathe in it, and that the smell still con tinued, but not so. bad. The nearest point where our gas main is at this time is 75 yards from the spot. I went down into the drain and discovered that it was not the gas we make but sulphuretted hydrogen gas, the product of decayed and putrid animal and vegetable matter, a gas very common and prevalent in low marshy land ; and about six months since an explosion of the same kind of gas took place in one of the drains from the east side of Commercial-road ; and for weeks afterwards I was employed with some of my men examining the main to discover the possibility of some of our gas having escaped into those drains, but found it was not so.. I have frequently been called in to exa mine for leaks of gas which eventually have been proved to be this kind of gas. And if you examine a Mrs. Saunders she will state that on the Thursday evening before the accident she was watching the drainage men removing the surplus earth, and more especially removing a plank which had been used as a support to keep up the side of the drain ; but as a portion of the earth had been filled in, the men were.eompelled to apply a chain to it, and with horse-power to effect its removal ; that immediately afterwards there arose such a strong smell of gas that she was compelled to retreat into her house ; that her husband took off his coat to lay it at the bottom of the door to prevent the gas getting through there ; that sh e wen t f or t wo hours out of the way, and on her return the smell was not quite _so bad—no doubt owing to the subsidence of the soil driving the escaping gas elsewhere. Mrs. Powell will corroborate' witness. She remembers four years ago, when 'she first came to the house in Victoria-row, some little girls were playing, and said they smelt gas from a hole in the raised pave ment in front of her house ; she went herself and discovered it was so. Now, this hole was made for the purpose of carrying the rain-water from the spout immediately over it, which being connected with some drain must have conducted a large quantity of this sulphuretted hydrogen gas, which prevail s from time to time in this part, but more especially previous to rainy weather. I know_ that since the com mencement of the drainage the pipes have been loosened at the joints; and leakages must take place —but a man has been sent from time to time to set them up to the best of his power. The Coroner (to Mr. Bryan)—You are satisfied the men were there ? Witness —I did not see them myself, but I have no reason to doubt it. In answer to a remark from the jury he added that he did not pretend to deny that there had been a smell of .L. gas during the pro gress-of the drainage works, but men had been em ployed, when the pipes cou ld b e got at, to tighten . the joints and assist in moving them. Escapes oc curred over the whole district. It was rather the duty of the town surveyor, after the drains were made, to see that such gas pipes as were disturbed were properly redeposited, and the earth which had been removed rammed under them again in a pro per manner. The Coroner entirely dissented from the witness, believing it to be his and the company's duty to see to the pipes. Therefore the witness should not attempt to put it off upon the town surveyor. A Juror—Perhaps a pipe may break to-night. The town surveyor may not notice it. To-morrow there is some accident. Witness remarked that his attention was called to an escape of gas, and he repliedthat it could only be remedied when the ground had settled. He passed over the place, but perceived nothing to lead him to believe there was anything wrong under. neath. In answer to the Coroner, In my experience of 23 or 24 years I have heard • of such accidents as this. There was a ease near i Mr. Saunders's. lie complained of the smell of gas. 1 We couched, but could find no leakage. I went i :I I .'I , down into a deep dwelling, worse than Webb's if possible. The family resided in a small front room, sleeping in a little back room without any light or ventilation whatever. In this house there was a strong smell of gas, and upon searching minutely the service pipe was discovered to be broken next door, but the escape was more in the house I am referring to. Jane Saunders, living at 5, Church-street—l lived in the same court as the deceased nine years back. There was always a dead, heavy smell of damp and gas, so bad that I was ill the whole of the last year I was there. The drain in Church-street was opened about six weeks. I noticed a smell of gas the whole time. It was very bad. I noticed it to Mr. Williams, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Phillips, and asked them to re medy it, which they promised to do. The evening of the accident I was standing at my door. I saw the men raise two large deals from the drain. Half an-hour we smelt this tremendous smell of gas. I was obliged to close the door. I became ill, and my son, who had been bad, became worse. A month before this we were annoyed by the gas, and slept with the bedroom window a little open, while the window downstairs was thrown completely up. I spoke to the lamplighter, and requested him to name it to Mr. Bryan. When the piles were pulled out timber was put under them as they gra dually rose. My belief was that the gas-pipes were strained. A dobbin cart was filled ofter that, but it was not removed until the Friday, the day the deceased was discovered. The cart was exactly op posite my door. The men were waiting for the piles to be removed in order to fill the carts. Mr. Nicholson asserted that he was correct in stating that no cart was filled after the Tuesday preceding the occurrence. Examination continued—The piles were not drawn opposite Webb's house, but opposite the house above mine. The Coroner remarked that the evidence of the witness consequently threw no light whatever upon the breakage, and in further conversing with the jury, observed that it appeared still to be a matter of doubt whether death resulted from carburetted hydrogen or sulphuretted hydrogen. Mr. Jennings' opinion was in favour of the former. Mr. Jennings—There can be no question about it. Death resulted from gas made from coal. The Coroner here said this was all the evidence to be adduced as far as he was aware, unless they desired more or were anxious to wait to see whether the woman might yet recover, although he did not see what further information could be obtained. A paper had been just handed to him to this effect : A Juror—That is merely a matter of opinion. The Coroner—Quite so ; and if the jury wish it I will proceed further. To this the jury dissented, and they were then briefly addressed by the Coroner, who remarked that the testimony brought forward did not, in his opi nion, throw any criminal blame upon any individual or parties. It was their duty to decide that, and in returning their verdict he called upon them to be guided by neither fear, favour, nor affection. The room was then cleared. Upon the readmis sion of the public in about a quarter of an hour, the foreman read the following verdict :—" We find that the deceased Charles Webb, John Webb, 'Margaret Webb, and Mary Ann Webb, died from suffocation, accidentally caused by inhalinc, carburetted hydro gen gas, and we cannot separate without expressing our decided opinion that•there has been gross care lessness either on the part of the gas company or the contractor for the drainage, or both, though from the absence of any direct evidence we are unable to determine upon which party the blame should rest, and we recommend both the gas com pany and the contractor for the drainage to be more careful in future operations. The jury also wish to express their entire concurrence with the remarks made by Mr. James, the surgeon, that the houses, or rather hovels, in Jones's-court are, in their present state, entirely unfit for human habitation, and beg to call the earnest attention of the local board of health to them with a view to their im provement or condemnation." The proceedings then terminated. QUARTERLY .RETURN OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. General Register-office, Somerset-house, Oct. 28, 1858. This return comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2,197 registrars in all the districts of England during the summer quarter that ended on September 30, 1858 ; and the marriages in 12,303 churches or chapels, about 3,997 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 629 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on June 30, 1858. The depression of the country diminished in the spring quarter of the year. The marriages never theless remained below the average number. The birth-rate was slightly below the average in the summer quarter. The mortality was less than the average of the summer season, and this is to some extent the result of sanitary improvements. MARRIAGES.-39,909 marriages were celebrated in the quarter ending June 30th, con sequent l y 79,818 persons married in three months. This is nearly 20,000 in excess of the numbers mar ried in the previous quarter, but is somewhat less than the numbers in the corresponding quarter of last year. The people married at the annual rate of 164, the average rate of the season being 171, in 10,000. The rate of marriage is lowest in winter ; and in the last winter it was 125, or 16 below the average of that season ;' so that the improvement of the prospects of the people in spring is evident. The agricultnral counties of the south of England, northern counties and London, were but slightly affected; Staffordshire and Lancashire experienced the greatest degree of depression, but that was not very considerable. BIRTHS.-157,449 children were registered in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30th, or 3,766 less than the births in the corresponding quarter of the pre vious year. The birth-rate was 3.195, or slightly below the average rate of the season. INCREASE OF POPULATION.-157,449 births and 98,260 deaths were registered, consequently the natural increase of the population in the 92 days was 59,189, or 643 daily in England. The probabl e natural increase of population in thertUnited King dom w as 264 d a ily. 10,803, or, allowing fo r per sons of undistinguished nationality, 12,844 English emigrants sailed from the ports at which there are Government emigration agents in the last ,three months ; 6,859 to the Australian colonies, 692 to the North American colonies, 4,877 to the United States, and 416 to all other places. The emigrants from the .United Kingdom amounted to 29,354 ; or to fewer, by fifteen thousand, than have emigrated in any correspondin g quarter since 1847. THE WEATHER THE PRICE OF P ROVISIONS. —The price of wheat fell progressively from 725. 3d. a quarter, in the months of July, August, Sep tember, ,1856, to 595. 1 ld. in 1857, and to 445. 7d. on an average in the corresponding three months of the present year. The decrease of price was thus 38 per cent. The price of beef by the carcase at Leadeilhall and Newgate markets fell in the two years froin. 5%d. to 51d. a pound; mutton 6d. to 51d a pound, or 8 per cent, in price. Potatoes (York regents) were sold at 78s: a ton at the waterside market, Southwark ; or 26 per cent. less than the prices of the same season in the previous year. In this year ' 301bs. were sold for a shilling ; in the last year 211bs. only. The price of potatoes is now the same as the price was in 1856. The weather during the three months presented some peculiarities; at Greenwich the temperature of the (.ls adieg.), rin July was belo w , i n A ugus t s li g htly above in September 4.0 deg. above the ave rage of 87 years. The humidity was below, the barometric pressure above the average. The rain fall 5.4 in. in the three months, or nearly two in. below the average. The rain-fall was not so scanty in the north ; in lat. 52 deg.-53 deg. it was 7.1 ill., in lat. 53 deg.-54 deg. it was 8.4 in, In the Isle of Wight, Devon, and Cornwall- from 7 to 8 in, of rain fell. STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH.-98,260 deaths were registered in 92 days ; and the mortality was at the rate of 1,994 per cent. annually, or 146 below the average. The average rate of the season ex ceeded 21 ; the actual rate of the last quarter was less than 20 in 1,000. During the last summer the annual rate of mor tality in the population of the country, of villages, and of small towns, was at the rate of 17 in 1,000 ; the average rate being 18. And in the same time the town population died off at the annual rate of 24 in 1,000 ; the average rate being 26. The deaths in the 92 days amounted to 98,260. If the mortality had been at the standard rate de duced from 63 of the least unhealthy districts, the deaths would have amounted to 73,088 ; conse- quently the deaths in excess of the comparatively healthy average, or the unnatural deaths, amounted to 25,172 ; of which 20,146 happened in the large towns, and 5,026 in the small towns and villages. Diphtheria, which is often called "throat disease," has prevailed in some districts of the south, and has now extended northwards ; it has been fatal in the Horncastle district, Lincolnshire; prevalent in Newark ; and several children have died of the disease in Sheffield. Districts of the East Riding and of the North Riding of Yorkshire have been visited by the epidemic dipththcria. Typhoid fever, which a young physician, Dr. Murchison, proposes to call pythogenic fever, to point at its origin from putrid animal effluvia, has been prevalent in some districts. Several deaths occurred from it in Daventrr- All the cases were confined to a small space which was 'badly drained. The Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford has recently written an interesting report. on. this fever occurring iv the parish of Great Horwood. The township con tained a population of 704 in 1851; and 125 had been attacked-18 killed by the fever up to July 9, the date of his report. He shows how the village , on the ridge of a hill, in a parish pleasantly wooded , with fine pastures and fruitful corn fields, occupied by a population wholly agricultural, was attack d by the 'fever ; how the first case, appearing bes t Michaelmas in last year, occurred in one of the b e t houses in the place. The patient had been at Bu,e' ingham, and there was much fever at the time. The then tells how the brothers and sisters of the ser: want, and the servant herself, finally fell in their home ; how all the people of a room over 0 1 1 water, in the worst house in the parish, were at tacked, and three of the family died ; and then lief the inmates of a new row of houses and of old cev tages were visited by the village plague. He s uvis up by ascribing the continuance of the dis ease ; during the last nine months in various degrees wait ter, overcrowded dwellings, putrescent wait ter, and an insufficient supply of fresh air,,or, 0 4, is called, bad ventilation. The ev il is most gr,l e ous in the sleeping rooms. "We can do no more , said one woman, "than keep c l ean that which re have. We cannot get our landlord to give m o re air, or make the windows we have to op en Women,' lie said, are best shut up.' " e ' te n a awake stifled," said another woman, " and me my husband go and sit at the window." The PI, I people, however, can remedy the other great eN k, from which they suffer ; " accumulations of le r , filth, and piggeries close to human dwellings?' ere is the type of fever and its causes in agrieult U districts. COUNTRY 111112KRTS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE—Nov. 2. try A small supply of wheat to-day both from the coup i• and the coast. Trade, however, was dull, and wher e bu tted ness was done in new wheat a decline of is per qr upon o rates of last week had to be submitted to. Old foreig u g s. offered at a similar reduction, but without finding 131137 ;d0 Rye as before. Fine barley at previous rates, but go" r rather lower. Malt dull. Beans is to 2s and peas is L e d qr lower. Oats, with a good arrival, were 6d eheapert flour flat at 6d to is per sack decline. HULL—Nov. 2. gisr At this morning's market there was a f a i r supply o f t lish wheat, which was taken off at a decline of is to 2sP e e d, qr., 40s per 1041 b being the va l ue o f goo d ru ns of w/ In foreign little doing. B ar l e y i n b r i s k d eman d, and „ lo frif, and feeding peas rather dearer. O a t s me t more 111( 1 and slightly improved. Wheat.... Old white p er qr. ..... ... 44 s Od to 4.6 5 o oa Old red New whit e .. ~ ~ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 508 Od to 5 45 0 Dutch, B e l g i an , an d F renc h 47 s Od to 4 85 0 ,1 Baltic and Hamburg; red 4ss Od to 47 5 n A St. Peter s b urg an d Riga, old 4os Od to 425 ‘oi Barley.... English malting . 32s Od to 3 65 o a Grinding 3os Od to 3 25 n A Seal and Oderbruck ... 33s Od to 36s ',',71 Holstein and Danish .. 32s Od to 338 ', l ' Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga ' per st lB Ofd to 13 94, Friesland and Dutch is lid to 15 A Swedish and Danish oBllld to 15 03 Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 42s Od to V i od New tick. Egyptian 398 Od to 46 , Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 40s Od to 410 85s Od to 993 07 Tares ....Winter 34 5 Indian Corn 32s Od to s ' Linseed, feeding .. 543 Od to 575 crushing 50s Od to 656 0 01 Linseed,cakes (Hull) • £9 5 oto ..- 010 0 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 6 ,6 0 Bones ROCHDALE—Nov. 2. %OA o f At this corn market to-day there was a fair 0--ibotit wheat, and the amount of business was limited, at al last week's prices. of In the provision market there was a large slic' potatoes, and the trade was heavy, with lower prices at close. Flukes, 9s 6d; radicals, 8s to 9s; Wellingt°' per 2521 b. GLASGOW—Nov. 1. whea t ' At this market there was a moderate supply t oil Good barley maintained its value. In oats there wa i ve d much doing. In other descriptions of grain there was little doing. BELFAST—Nov. 1. The market was dull, and the business transacte d the descriptions of grain manifested no improvement on prices of last Friday. CORK—Nov. 2. Ite d The following were the quotations this morning : i 5 04 wheat, 19s Od to 21s; white, 1 9 s Od to Os Od ; barley 1 1 to 16s 6d; oats, lOs 6d to 12s 10d. ofs In the butter market upwards of 1,500 firkins life 936 sale. Prices—First quality, 104 s; second, 1008; third, fourth, 87s ; fifth, 725.; sixth, 50s. DUBLIN —Nov. 2. o il Market slow, and wheats barely maintained last Wei' prices. Spring corn of all descriptions also dull; ra"'A da . e t barley same as last week ; inferior qualities reduced 10 r quarter. d 1 ' d i s. • 13 _ s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6 D o ., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new Barley • Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 Do., new ..... 11 6to -„ 6 B ere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 , Bakers' flour 6 Indian corn COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at :ET—Nov. 3. the close of the market) Walls End. s. d. Davison's WestHartleyl4 6 Gray's W. Hartley.. — 0 Haswell Gas. 13 0 Howard'sWestHartley— 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley • .14 6 North Percy Hartley — 0 Walker Primrose 0 Lambert's W. Hartley 14 6 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9 Wylam l6, 0 Nixon's Merthyr 2l 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 Bate's West Hartley 13 6 Cowpen Hartley 0 tr. - 0 Northumberland.. ••• • •__ 0 Jesmond ........ 17 9 Framwellgate ........ 0 West Stanley.. ....... 0 Bell ......... 3 South Hetton ........ 0 Stewart's ........... . 6 Kelloe .............. 0 South Kelloe ........ 0 Thorpe .............. . 8 , s 6 Trimdon Thornley •• • • 1 1. 6 0 Evenwood ....... 0 Acorn Close ..... . .... • 3 Gosforth ............ 11 0 Eden i g 0 Russell's Hetton • 6 Kepler Grange 1 0 Heugh Hall 0 HarBISWI ton n n o iatv kr :7 . 0 Lambton ...... t, 77—sold, 52. Walls End. Bradyll's Hett0n......18 3 Belmont .16 9 South Hartlepool 18 0 Caradoc Riddell 0 Cassop lB 6 Hetton 19 6 Haswell .. . l9 6 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 3. The market steady at the opening, and afterwards proved, closing firm. Eastern Counties, 12 5-16 I—Chee t e and Holyhead, 37i B—Caledonians, 83 31— Lancaellir and Yorkshire, 94 I—London and North-Westerns, 8 9 Sheffield, 3511—Midland, 961 7—North British, _As Berwicks, 92i 3—York and North Midland, 76 4—L e 7, Northern, 47 /—Dovers, 22 5-16 I—Dutch Rhenish, ri ; k dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 5-16 7 -16— Great We ete ,.. of Cinada, 18 I--Birkenheads 66 f—Blackburns, Great Western, 54i, s—East fiancashire, 93i 4. MANCHESTER—NOV. 3. The market was quiet, and prices rather easier. Leeds, 941—London and North Westerns, 891—Dovers 22i" Sheffield, 351—Leeds 6 per Cent. Preference, 140- - "N e l 6 port 5 per Cent. Preference, 91—South Staffords, 10 1 " —Midlands, 96g. BIRMINGHAM—Nov. 3. The closing price s i n thi s mar k e t t o -day were—Gr eat Western Birmingham Gu aran t ee d Stock, 721 73--Shr2- shire Unions, 44—Birmingham and Stour Valley, Birmingham•and Derbys, 70—South Staffords, £lO is ou• Market. dull. BIRTHS. BEALEY.-ofi the 2d i ns t., a t 27, T av i s t oc k- sq uare, t h e wife of Adam Bealey,"Esq., M.D., of twin daughters. DENmAN.—On the 3d inst. , at 14, Eaton-place snith, d i° Hon Mrs. George Denman, of a daughter. JONES.—On the Ist inst., at Chester-place, ICenningt°lll the wife of Mr; Richard Jones, solicitor, of 5, New-ice, of a daughter. VEICNON.—On the 2d inst., at 37, Montague-square, 308 ' Gouran Vernon, of a.daughter. MARRIAGES. JONES—JEDEIN.—On the 2d inst., at St. Jude's, Live r c i pool, Charles Gwillim J ones , E sq., o f Gray's-inn, alif Porehester-square, London, to Hope, e ldest daughter o f John . .Terdein, Esq., of Liverpool. f MANLBY---GILBERT.—On the 2d inst., at the Chapel of Ease, Bishop's Tawton North Devon, H. J. ManleP.,,„ ° the Bank of E ng l an d, t o Janet, second J daughter of ou -- Gilbert, Esq., late of the Calcutta Mint. DtATHS. ARNISON.—On the 2d inst., Mr. John Arnison, of Eas t Moulsey, aged 61. ALDRED : —On the 2d inst., at Great Yarmouth, Mr. S. 0. Aldred, aged 85. CAMPBELL.—On the Ist inst., at Brighton, Colin Carer bell, Esq., late Physician-General in Bengal, aged 81 ' 4 , DENNEY.—On the 21st Oct., Michael Lee, aged 16, ci ao. ' son of Michael Denney, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn-fields. FOSTER..—On the 2d inst., at 14, Upper Berkeley - et °t Portman-square, Mr. John Foster, aged 71. HOPE.—On the 27th ult., at Brompton, Kent, FraneiS Hope, Esq., aged 76. MAITLAND.—On the Ist inst., at Brighton, Fuller _, l l4a l t i. land, Esq., of Park-place, H en l e y- on -Th ames , POYNTON.—On the 3d inst., at London-wall, Mr. 'lei . " Poynton, aged 70. SPARROW.—On the 27th ult., at Brighton, Captain I°b e li d Sparrow, late of Weymouth-street, Portland-place, 81. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Y— - tjO , 12 of No. 112, St ran d , Pr i nter, at The Sun Offi c e, NO. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coal/ betddlesex, Thursday, Noyezabor 4, 1 8 68 . 4.:01T JULE. - :.;