The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

THE FRENCH IN SARDINIA. The following letter, says the times, from a gentleman who has just traversed the Mont Cenis, seems deserving of attention : S USA, MAY 17.—Here I am, on the eastern aide of the Graian Alps, almost on the very t rack of the last French inv aders. The road of Mont Cenis, hardened by the night frost, was all cut up with the tread of men's feet, horses' hoofs, and chariot wheels. It was a hard and deep road, yet our lumbering conveyance performed its 12 hours' task from St. Jean de Maurien ne to this place at its ordinary pace. Notwithstanding every variety of rumour to the contrary, it may be freely asserted that the French army had to deal with none of the greatest horrors of an Alpine journey, and, above all things, that deep snows never obstructed their way. They were soaked through and through by very heavy showers of rain, and had to walk for miles up to their knees in deep mire and slush ; but the road was kept clear before them, and they were detained, not on the mountain, but at the foot of it, here at Susa, by the inadequate means afforded by the one line of rails between this place and Turin. Here they had to lie, some of them for days, shel terless from the pitiless scourge of the flooding rain, without either accommodation or means of further progress—a cold and damp reception, owing to the mismanagement, not to the want of good will, of their southern allies. I believe an exaggeration of the difficulties of this passage of the Alps, and of the delay arising from it, entered into the strategic plans of the Emperor Napoleon, who thereby hoped to inspire the Austrians with rash confi dence, and wished to lure them on to Turin. For the rest, I met nowhere with the traces of very grievous sufferings on the part of the French. The hospitals of St. Jean and Modane are said to be full of their sick, but we know such hospitals cannot harbour even a few hundreds of men ; for the rest, the separate pickets we came up with, men of all arms, were late arrivals from the depots and not stragglers. We saw a few squadrons of linssars and other cavalry at the several Maurienne villages, and a fine regiment of foot, the 73d, is even ilow belly , stowed away in a long railway train on ;is way direct to Alessandria. But the great mass of French forces which is still on the move is journey ing rapidly down the great southern line to Mar seilles, there to embark for Genoa or other destina tion. What struck me much more forcibly than the march of troops, which, on this side at least, may be said to be at an end, was the rush of French volunteers to the scene Or action. I had them in my company, men of all ranks and conditions, in , every- class of railway waggons in every train, Parisians many of them. St. Antoine and St. Honore equally emptied themselves of their inmates. A few of them were my constant companions all the way from Macon—men who had the inevitable ' De' to their names on their cards, and were cer tainly not without the manners and cultivation of French gentlemen. They were free and easy in their talk, full of love of glory and adventure, with golden visions of epaulettes and smiling Italian beauties, but, above all things, of inextinguishable rancour against—not Austria, but England and the English. One of them, the best of the lot, a viscount, was joining the Piedmontese army, and intended to enter the military school at Ivrea. There was also a band of 100 rather noisy ragamuffians, without either the size, age, or strength for military service, half French, half Italians, under the orders of a Tuscan, who came to embarrass the Sardinian war ministry, to what purpose it is not easy to make out. So it goes on daily. lam told all France is going southward. , After the regular army, we have a second host in the rough to fill up the ranks as soon as they are thinned by the casualties of war. Were it not for the contingency of meeting Germany, no less than Austria, on the field, Italy might be said to be over whelmed by the help she was under necessity to invoke. But it seems very plain that every one is preparing for an exterminating war of races, and there is every probability that the Lombard plain was never enriched with so many Gallic and Teutonic corpses as it will be at this terrible junc ture. I can speak for the whole French race having at once become possessed with the evil spirit of destruction ; and I hear corresponding feelings spring up everywhere between the Rhine and the- Vistula. Both hereditary foes are at their place in the old battle-field, and the only new phenomenon is an Italian army, and a nation, with a King at their head, resolved to be up and doing, and very firmly hoping that destiny has better things in store for them than that of allotting themla helpless prey to the conqueror. " Military operations are at a perfect standstill, as we hear, on the plain, for, on the one hand, the French are still gathering their forces and waiting for their heavy materiel, and the Austrians only endeavour to withdraw in safety from their bung ling, blundering, marauding onset. Political intrigue, however, iS more than ever astir. I saw very ominous faces moving about me at the various stations. Poor Italy is now the field for all kinds of enterprise, and it is difficult to know whether she ought to pray for deliverance from enemies or from mis•named friends. There is a thick plot afoot for discrganising the Hungarian army in •the Austrian - service. The whOle of Piedmont, and especially Genoa, swarms with Magyar and Polish adventurers, and they tell portentous things of the inroad made by their proclamations and private communications into the allegiance of the troops under Gyulai. Doubtless, if Austria can reckon on the sympathies of the German States she must also expect to see the alien races of her empire arrayed against her. Any appeal to Teutonic nationality loosens that bond of discipline by which her empire holds. The bravest and noblest character among the Hungarians, Klapka, is now at Genoa, as I have been informed, and he has frequent interviews with Prince Napoleon—a man who, like all the Bonapartes, has more talent for intrigue than for any other kind of work. The result we shall see by and by. "In the meanwhile revolutions, or rather pro nunciamientos, as the Spaniards have it, are no less at a standstill in Italy for the present than warlike movements. What must have struck all lookers-on in all these recent Italian matters is the perfect method and discipline under which the people of the various parts of the peninsula are pro ceeding. No leaf stirs without God's will' (Non si muove foglia the Iddio non voglia') is the Italian proverb ; and the Italians, who have now taken the Emperor Napoleon and Cavour to their gods, keep within the line of operation traced out for them with a submission and confidence which gives them all the compactness of an army. We may look for great results from all this. Romagna is no less ripe for a change than Tuscany, but fate has de creed that no revolt is to take place in the Papal States, and not a leaf stirs.' The Tuscan move ment itself has been paralysed, and all but snubbed. The Tuscans are brought to a standstill, army and people wondering what is to become, or what is expected of them. They made a move for Victor Emmanuel II.; they wished to become one State with Piedmont, under one dictator, at least during the whole extent of the war, leaving the main poli tical question to be settled at its close ; but the King of Sardinia declines the dictatorship, charges his diplomatic agent, Buoncompagni, with th e duties of a Royal commissioner ; sends a Neapolitan officer, Ulloa, not a Piedmontese, to take the com mand of the Tuscan troops ; and recommends that the Tuscans should keep up their separate admini stration. In the meantime Prince Napoleon is preparing his ' detached' corps for action. What all this portends time will show. " Setting aside my private opinion, which would be of no worth whatever, I must . assure you that nothing more grieves and offends honest and ear nest Italian patriots, whom I everywhere meet, than the slightest hint of a doubt as to the purity and sincerity of Napoleon's intentions. No reference to past transactions or present appearances avails with them. Napoleon, they think , is perfectly honourable, utterly disinterested in his views. He wishes to drive the Austrians out of all Italy, and join Lombardy and Venice with Piedmont in one great northern kingdom. Ile has no designs on Central Italy for his cousin, no afterthought as to Naples in behalf of the heirs of Murat. He wishes for no land for himself, no crowns for his dynasty. The liberation of Italy is too noble a task to be sullied by sordid, selfish considerations. " Such perfect faith, you will allow, is beautiful to witnec..s. and may work wonders." " Turin, May 19. " Ata moment in which almost total suspension of hostilities causes the greatest fever of expecta tion among the Italian population, I deem it expe dient i to give some idea of the disposition of men's minds in this country with respect to the probable results of the present crisis. "Although the mere interval of 10 or 12 days seems to have given a somewhat new turn to the general current of fears and . hopes, still I should . say that the sanguine expectation of the Italians has suffered as yet extent, any material abatement. Faith, to aifgyroeaut depends on a man's own will, cypressintention, or doubt . as to the Em peror Napoleon's th or indeed power, to be as good as his word, that of answer . . of the Italian sounds very much like'tha_ofda religious enthusiast. Credo quia impossbni/oe none e asN No doubt the arises as . to the issue of the war ; j e a ns es to which . the French may put their certain v the Emperor is the emancipationoWital The aim of Italy, and its re-organisation on some scheme of union which may give the country all the strength aria compactness of unity. Such is the conviction of - the great mass of the Italians. A man of little faitl i is hardly safe among such stanch believers. " Nevertiieless, I have frequent oo .::asion to sound deeper and cooler heads, and from these I make out that this sublime moment is not altogether free from anxiety. Unless aided by defection among the Hungarian and other Austrian soldiery, or by di sorgan isation in the Austrian empire itself, there is no doubt that the struggle for which the French are now making ready is of such magnitude as may well baffle all calculation, grounded on mere his torical precedents. The people here think the mere tidings of the 'first battle' will make every thing smooth ; but it is very difficult to ascertain when there will be—and, indeed, whether there ever will be a battle. Unless the Austrians have a harum-scarum leader at their head, 'they will, I think, do all in their power to avoid an engage ment, and the Franco- Sardinians will no sooner have crossed the Ticino than they will find them selves reduced to that slow, tedious, spirit-quelling siege-work which is precisely the least suited to their impetuous and mercurial temperament. " I have no pretension to strategical knowledge, but I anticipate no very If the 2,000 or 3,000 brilliant deeds for the forthcoming campaign - French who are now gathering about Alessandria are to eat their own hearts in the weary siege of seven all but impregnable fortresses, I very much doubt whether they will not look for some other solid reward and emolument in a soil in which so ittle g lory is to be reaped. The present expecta ltion is that a three months' strife is to decide the fate of Italy, and for my part I should be loth to put French patience and generosity to a longer test. Should, on the other hand, Napoleon 111., dreading the unwholesomeness of that weary siege work, venture on a bold dash across the Alps and an attempt to dictate his own terms at Vienna, then we should have that general European war the final settlement of which would be put beyond control of the parties at present engaged. " Hence, I believe, there are some, though few thinking Italians who would not be sorry to see the present lull in the belligerents' movements taken advantage of by neutral Powers to bring Austria to terms. Such terms should, of course, begin and end with her renunciation of her sove reign rights over all Italy ; for her abrupt declara tion of war, the slackness of her military opera tions, and her brutal treatment of the invaded country, have dama g ed her in the estimation of her stanchest friend s, and her retreat, as every one r,weats, is more than equal to a lost campaign. Now, it is thought, it were the time for England, p res .sia, and Russia to apply the screw to Austria ; the last fortnight has dose more towards rendering her , impossible' in Italy than 10 or 20 years of her worst previous misrule. She must now be fain to give in, ant? if the mediating Powers could obtain so much front her as an avowal of this necessity, they might see that Italy alone, and not France, should profit by the change, and they might find the means of gilding the pill which the vanquished must needs swallow. Very vague, and, perhaps, very vain rumours are circulating here to-day about some such diplomatic negotiation being now pending. I know Cavour is absent from Turin on some mysterious errand, , and it will require no great stretch of imagination to guess that he is now at head-quarters discussing with the Emperor the chances of peace almost before the outbreak of real, serious hostilities. The Duke de Grammont is here. " Thoughts of peace, however, even if they flash across the mind of some of the far-seeing people, are nohindranco to the universal mustering of war. If the Italians trust the French and their leader, there is no doubt but they also rely on themselves. The whole Italian youth is rushing to arms, and if Sardinia do not within three months number 200,000 of her own combatants it will rather be from - her want of means or capacity for organiza tion than from any lack of materials to work upon. The volunteers are found among the people above rather than below the middle rank, as the abstract idea of nationality has of course struck deeper roots among the thinking and feeling part of the community. The army finds its recruits among the scions of the Lombard and other Italian nobility. Nothing can well be more touching than to see the young and almost boyish, fine-featured, delicately framed riflemen or lancers, clad in the coarse cloth of mere privates, walking arm-in-arm with their richly dressed mothers, or driving by their sidet in their coronetod chariots, longing for the day which is to rid them cf the tedious routine duties of the drilling depot, and send them forth as full-grown soldiers ready for .I.ctive service. " So far as they itiv able, and sa far as they may be taught, it would seem the Italians are willing to fight for national existence ; but the most anxious minds among them are veatly in doubt whether they will have a chance for' much display of their goodwill, for the Fredch bfing so vast a force of trained troops into the field that the regular army itself of the Piedmontese, to say nothing of their volunteers, will be utterly absorb .'d and lost by the juxtaposition. There are some who already com plain that both their King and Government, their army and people, sink into insignificance by the crushing weight of importance naturallyy, and, per haps unwittingly assumed by their mighty French auxiliary. The Frenchman comes down as' a mere second in Piedmont's death-duel with Austria,. but it is impossible not to see that the force of eircuna stances compels him to take upon himself the part of principal. ".The King's Government, and Cavonr especially, are not unmindful of their dignity, and some of their measures show consummate tact and ability. The King's order of the day, dated May 17, from Occimiano, awarding medals to those who dis tinguished themselves in the outpost encounters and skirmishes of the last three weeks, has given universal satisfaction. It would be difficult to know upon what considerations the bulletins (of which we have read the 38th) have been almost purposely vague and meagre, designedly making light of such actions as have been fought, and carefully avoiding all mention of such officers or soldiers as have had opportunities to distinguish themselves. The bul letins, indeed, were rather enigmatic, empty, and silly than otherwise, and we know both by private rumour, by French and Belgian papers, and by the Austrian bulletins themselves, that some of those partial fights were severe ones, and that the Pied montese have, in every instance, given evidence of dashing gallantry. The King's proclamation con firms all this beyond dispute and it is now to be hoped that the Government will for the future put aside all reserve, and give free publicity to the events of the :war, both without any vain-glorious ostentation and without any mincing modesty and prudery. The order of the day enacts that the medals awarded to some of the dead heroes should be given to their families, together with the pen sion annexed to the distinction. The persons thus honoured, alive or dead, are 46. " The arrest of Austrian spies in various parts of the Sardinian camp is one of the most melancholy episodes of this great national drama. One of them, a nobleman of Casale, by name Visconti di Prasca, has been detected by the vigilance of Gen. Cialdini, convicted of privy intelligence with the enemy, and shot, as he richly deserved. Papers were found about his person, which are said to criminate several of the wealthiest citizens of Casale. That town is said to have always been the head-quarters of the black, or Clerical and Itetrogradist party. Visconti had been a military man, a major ; he seems to have been actuated either by pique at some professional slight, or by a vindictive feeling against the Libe rals, who may, perhaps, have pushed too far their advantage at the time of the Parliamentary struggles against clerical privileges and ecclesias tical abuses. His family, men of note and influence, have obtained from Government that the fame of the wretched man should be spared as far as practicable b tu y e o i m a omitting h bulletins.i A mention no t a of r y of his the execution noble family y the f Provana, the owner of the castle of Verrua, some timerd the head-q uar t ers o f Garibaldi, his Idl' b tb was u t a t r h r e e st ed under grave suspi c i on ; but heinnocence and was set free. There i s no p Ita lians are rather too rash and eager in their mad dog cry and hunt after spies. Two or three persons, not only of the greatest respectability, but enthu siastically attached to the Italian cause—some of them foreign volunteers of distinction —have and subjected nction—haveb toeen pointed out to the mob as spies, h the ve s arrest, insult, and th e risk of ill-tre atment. Such glaring facts as that of Visconti woul d certainly seem to afford groundf or susp race, iciou and it suspiciousness. Butbehoves their are a quick, impulsive their rulers and leaders to prevent their pushing their zeal beyond the limits of discretion. (From the Correspondent of the Daily News) PIEDMONTESE HEAD-QUARTERS, May 19. The first rewar d s h ave been distributed. King Victor Emmanuel, who since Tuesday last has had his head-quarters in this place, has issued an order . of the day in which h e gra nts the silver medal of military valour to 14 officers and soldiers, and honourable mention (mensione onorevole) to 30 others. These brave men have distinguished them selves in the actions and reconnaissances of Frassinetto, Valenza, Vercelli, Casale, Cascine Stra, and San Germano. The prodigious activity of the King and General La Marmora may easily be ima gined when I tell you that before daybreak they arc both on horseback inspecting our lines and :riving orders as circumstances require. His Majesty (who yesterday received a visit from the Emperor Napoleon in this place) is deeply affected by the reports of Austrian cruelties which every day reach us from the invaded country. Whatever may be written from the Austrian headquarters, there is no doubt that the behaviour of the Austrian soldiers has been and still is of the most shameful character. Many poor fellows have been dragged to the Austrian staff pinioned, and lashes have been administerad to them with that generosity which distinguishes the officials of the Aulic military T l :a. SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1859, governmeß!,:. In the hospital at Alessandria I saw m 'vself a poor peasant, in his 60th year, bruised all rout 41 the body by the e ff ect of the bastinado, to w hi c h i Le had been subjected. He was kindly nursed by Count Gabrio Casati, the President of the Lom bardo Provisional . Government in 1848, who, leaving the comfort of his ; palace, has enrolled himself in the capacity of an erseer of the central infirmary. I learned, both from him and the patient, all the details of that agonising scene. The poor man was flogged by order of an Austrian general who wanted some information which the poor fellow was un willing or unable to give. The Duke de Chartres, second son of the unfor tunate Duke of Orleans, has entered one of the cavalry regiments belonging to this division. Two days ago his royal highness was ordered on a recon naissance in the direction of Trino. The young prince is scarcely 16 years old, and is very active and intelligent. Everybody here speaks of him in the highest terms. He did not meet the Austrians, but he came back with very useful intelligence about their movements. The report made by him on this occasion was presented by the King to the Emperor, who said he should be very happy - when he could send to the Duke the gold medal of military valour. What strange events we are witnessing ! The Aus trians are still concentrating on Pavia and Piacenza. Their outposts in this direction reach as far as Argine and Broni ,• their extreme right is still posted at Vercelli. On Monday and Tuesday night they made an attempt to occupy a Piedmontese post on the bridge of Valenza, but did not succeed. They were routed by a company of Bersaglieri, the bayonets of whom they could not stand. The Croats of the military frontier of Cronstad are not up to the mark for such a game. Both Italians and French are far superior in the bold and bloody practice of this dangerous weapon. Yesterday morning at daybreak the Austrians began to open a tremendous fire on some boats which were lying on the right bank of the Po near the railroad which leads from Alessandria towards Mortara. Their artillery did not, however, succeed in the attempt, although the fire was not discontinued till six o'clock a.m. The positions of the allied armies have scarcely changed since my last letter. There is, of course, a constant marching of French and Piedmontese divi sions towards the centre of the Austrian lines, but the movements are so rapid, and are kept so secret, that it is almoqt impossible to follow them even on the map. Since the day before yesterday, Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers' headquarters have been re moved to Tortona. His Excellency has taken up his quarters in the palace of Marquis del Garofolo, who was fortunate enough to present the old warrior with the very map on which the first Napoleon traced the movements of his army before the battle of Marengo. You have not forgotten that on that memorable day the headquarters of the First Consul were established at Torre del Garofolo, a sort of country house which belonged and still belongs to that noble family. In the joy of the victory the historical map had. been forgotten, and, as may be easily conceived, it became a treasure with the family. The arm chair on which Dessaix expired is also preserved by the Garofolos. The outposts of the marshal's corps d'armee are now placed at Casatisma and Casteggio. This is to be regarded as the extreme position of our right wing. Our centre is still formed by the different corps which strongly occupy those positions, which from Tor tona lengthen themselves towards Alessandria, Valenza, Occimiano, Mortara, down to Casale. The extreme left of the allied armies reaches as far as Biella, where Garibaldi is posted with his daring Cacciatori delle Alpi. The well-known General Cialdini is still at Casale, but his division is in specting the country around, and is always to be found where there is danger. A powerful corps d'armee will pass through Turin either to-day or to-morrow. It comes from Susa, and will be directed either on the Po or on Vercelli. The allies are thus swellins their number every day. The enlistment of Italian volunteers has not ceased, and I have been told that Colonel Anfossi, a Swiss officer, and General Zambecari, a Bolognese nobleman, have been entrusted by Count Cavour with the organisation of two new regiments, which will be called the " Cacciotori Italiani." A Piedmontese officer of the general staff told me this morning that the number of volunteers is already , 30,000. Money is collected for dressing and equip ping them. The Marchioness Pallvicino Trivulgio is at the head of a committee of ladies who collect funds for the purpose. Marchioness Teresa Doria does the same work at Genoa. Count Ala Ponzone, a rich nobleman from Cremona, has sent from Paris a battery of eight guns, three horses, and 8,000 f., to be Given as a patriotic present to the corps of Garibaldi. This brave general is still the idol of Italians and the terror of Crofts. He has a good number of French, Swiss, and even English volun teers among st the men under his command. He leads his ttalions to the attack, and is always to be found in the thick of the fire. Your readers will remember the accounts of him when he was at Rome. He was then clad in a most picturesque though eccentric costume—half Spanish and half Italian of the middle ages. The manto has been got rid of, and the Garibaldi of the present day has assumed the elegant uniform of a Piedmontese general. His men are dressed with a green tunic with white trimming over the shoulders, the officers' of silver. The corps of Guides wear a grey jacket with black trimming on the hussar fashion, large trousers of the same colour, a sabre, and a Colt's revolver. They are always ahead on ti:eir good chargers, and are much feared by Austrian sharpshooters and Croat marauders. The spirit of our army could not be better—it is panting for the day of action. P.S.—As I am closing my letter I hear that the Austrians have left Vercelli after destroying the. tete de pont they bad erected: They have also retired from Stradella, carrying with them as hostages the two Counts Pisani, and ten other dis tinguished citizens of that town. TILE LATE EXTENSIVE FORGERIES UPON BANKERS. No intimation has yet been given as to the extent of commutation of punishment that is to be granted to the approver Chandler, who gave such important evidence against the Wagner gang of forgers at the late trial at the Central Criminal Court ; but it is understood that, whatever the nominal sentence may be that is passed upon him, measures will be taken for his removal from this country. The pri soner, it appears, is very respectably connected, and he at one time actually, it is said, realised an income of nearly £2,000 a-year as a discount agent ; but his habits of life were so extravagant that he spent nearly double that sum, and, of course, speedily got into difficulties, and he then, appropriated the bills that were entrusted to him for discount to his own use, and also used to advertise as a money lender, and obtained possession of bills to a large amount, and he was known to the police as one of the gang of bill stealers that existed a few years ago. This dishonest means of obtaining a livelihood being at length put a stop to, it seems that Chandler very soon afterwards became acquainted with Wagner, and Bateman, his brother-in-law, and there appears to be very little doubt that the systematic plan of forgery upon bankers, which was subsequently carried out, was concocted by these three prisoners, and that the others, Hum phreys, Foster, and Bramwell, were merely subor dinate agents, although they rendered active assis tance in every respect that was required of them in carrying out the plans of their confederates. The public will remember that about three years ago a man named Saward, who was known among his fraternity as " Barrister Saward," he having been actually, at an earlier period of his life, called to the bar, and also as " Jem, the Penman," who was the head of a gang of forgers that had victimised the bankers of the metropolis to a very large amount by a most ingenious system of forgery, almost equal to that which has just been developed, was tried at the Central Criminal Court, with some of his com panions, and sentenced to transportation for life. It has been ascertained that the Wagner gang were all acquainted with this man Saward, and it would seem that when he was removed the leadership of the gang was taken by Wagner, but he, like his predecessor, kept as much out of active connection with the forgeries that were committed as possible, and was principally occupied in giving directions and obtaining genuine signatures for the purpose of their being afterwards copied and applied to forged cheques. After the conviction of Saward, the bankers of the metropolis appear to have had a respite from any systematic plan of forgery, but very soon after the release of Wagner and his bro ther-in-law Bateman, in 1856, under tickets of leave, fro m th e num b er o f f orge d c heques that were i'aid b y t h t a h t e , presented, and w hi c h i n t oo m any instances, unfor tunately, we re ucpleuinits, inquiry. dialtsourntehde peculiar circumstances out to be connected with the forgeries, no doubt was entertained that ano th er gu ilty confederation, similar to that of Saward and his associates, had been established, and that a m e than ordinary amount of tact and ingenuity was displayed by the mem bers of the gang to carry out th e i r . scheme of Plunder successfully, and at the same time to avoid detection. It was in vai n th a t eve r y exer tion was used by th e police to discov er th e . guilty parties, and they were for many months com pletely at fault. It a forgery was di scovere d, th e party who presented it appeared by the documents furnished to him so completely to be an innocent agent, and the dupe of the really guilty, th a t th ere did not appear to be the slightest ground f or de taining him, and the on l y caution that was requi site afterwards was, that the same person sh ou ld not be employed a second time to present a forged instrument ; but, having become mixed up with his guilty confederates, he was of course in their power, and he was generally employed in some other way to further the guilty objects of the association. It is rather a curious fact that the prisoner Bramwell would, in all probability, not have been taken into custody if he had not had the impudence to go to the office of Mr. Mullens, the solicitor for the pro secution, to ask for remuneration for the time he had lost in looking after the person who, as he alleged, had sent him to Drummond's bank on the 21st of January with a forged cheque for £275, and Watkins, who happened to be there accidentally, at once recognised him as the man who had em ployed him in the first instance to present a cheque "on the cross," as he expressed it, and he was given in charge, and the evidence that was then obtained clearly showed his complicity in'the guilty scheme. It is calculated that during the two or three years the gang have been carrying on their operations they have succeeded in obtaining from different bankers, by means of forged cheques, no less a sum than £lO,OOO ; and this large amount was the result of comparatively few operations, as the cheques were mostly drawn for large sums, so much as £440 being obtained by one forged instru ment. Wagner and Kerp, the old man who was principally engaged in copying signatures to be placed upon forged cheques, are both Germans, and tke latter is said to have been an extraordinarily clever penman, and to possess a peculiar facility in copying different handwritings. The police have made a strict search after him since the disclosures that have taken place, but no clue whatever has been obtained to his whereabouts, and it is believed that the moment he heard that Chandler was apprehended, and that the gang would be broken up, he left this country, as all trace of him appears to have been lost. There appears to be no doubt that Wagner, although he was the prime mover in the whole guilty transaction, was very anxious at the last to get himself out of the scrape by selling the whole of his companions, and it is consolatory to the public to find how slight a hold persons of this class have upon each other, and how ready they are to betray their companions at the first symp tom of danger. During the trial of the prisoners, the daughter of Wagner and the Miss Fairburn who lived with him as his housekeeper, and whose name was frequently mentioned during the trial, were seated in the gallery of the court, apparently listen ing with the greatest attention to all the evidence that was given ; but they did not betray the slightest emotion when the sentence was pronounced. The former is stated to be a very accomplished young woman, speaking several languages with facility . ; and she has, it appears, at one time filled the posi tion of a governess. The whole of the prisoners will shortly be removed from Newgate to the Millbank Penitentiary. THE LOSS OF LIFE A 7 THE WESMIN STER .HOTEL WORKS. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bedford resumed the adjourned inquiry at the Westminster Hospital, touohing the respective deaths of seven persons, who lost their lives by being precipitated from the top of the building, owing to the breakage of a scaffold on Friday se'nnight. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine appeared for Mr. Myers, the contractor ; Mr. Burchell attended on behalf of the Westminster Palace Hotel Company; Mr. Henry K. Moseley appeared on behalf of the widow of Cornelius Buckley. The board room in which the inquiry was held was densely crowded, and several directors of the company were present to watch the proceedings. Patrick O'Neil said that he was employed on the 13th of this month at the Westminster Palace Holel Company's works. He was there at the time the stage fell. He was not on it when the stage actually came up, but got 8 or 10 feet higher up in a northerly direction. There had been a stage 12 ft. 6 in. before the other came down. It had been removed a fortnight before. When that stage had been removed there was nothing placed under to support it. The timbers merely rested on the outer walls. ' By the Coroner—Nothing had been placed under. The stage consisted of 5 transoms, 9 inches by 5 in width. The width of the opening was 36 by 7, and he took the responsibility of placinc , a sixth tran som, bymeans of 6-inch deals. The transoms ran from wall to wall, and were covered over with boards, which extended over all. By Mr. Sturgeon—Mr. Myers said that he had never stood on a firmer scaffold during his time. He examined the timber before the stage was erected, and also afterwards. The first time he did not detect any knots in it, but since the fall he had noticed that there were knots in the wood. The dis tance from end to end was about 20 feet. He was a judge of the weight of mortar which was on the stage, and he should consider it to have been about two tons. About two days before the accident, a man named Shea said that one of the timbers had become splintered, and he told Mr. Coleman of the fact, and he came up and examined it, and said that it was only a slight splinter, and would do no harm, but on the contrary it was safe. He consi dered the stage was safe with three tons placed on it, and even with five if it was properly distributed over it, but the •nortar ought not to be placed in the centre of the stage. At a quarter to six o'clock the previous night there was very little weight upon the stage.—(A model was here produced, and the witness said it appeared to him to be perfectly cor rect.) He generally went round of a morning to see that the scaffold was safe. There was a great quantity of bricks and an extra amount of mortar placed upon the stage than he had seen before. He was positive that some of the materials hadbeen removed since the accident. He heard George Myers say, "Remove some of this, you know what I mean." By Mr. Ballantinc — He knew that another man was missing, whose body was subsequently found in the ruins. Mr. Myers was on the top of the building when the man was found. By . a Juror—He could not tell how many knots were in the timbers. _ By a Juror—He had warned one workman off the stage. He generally formed the scaffolding. He told the foreman that he wanted six boards, and he said that he thought five would have been enough. By the Coroner—ln a slight work like this it was not usual for him to ask any question ; but the foreman, being a skilful man, it was his duty to have informed him if any danger existed. Richard Smith, 3, Church-street, Lambeth, said that he was a joiner, and foreman of Mr. Myers' shops in Lambeth. He had made a model (pro duced), half an inch to the foot. The part that gave way was about 65 feet from the base. The width of the wall was about 20 feet and the length ,301 feet. The remaining transoms 29 feet long and three feet wide. The middle transom. was about six feet from the others. The transoms were not confined in the wall when he saw them. The pre mises were nearly in the same state that day as when he first saw them. John Haigh said that he lived at 25, More-street, Bryanston-square, and was engaged cleaning bricks on the stage, and had been so for half an hour before the accßent happened. He had been engaged the over night, also, by direction of Mr. Myers, jun. He left• off work at half-past six the previous night, and commenced wheeling bricks and mortar at half past five next morning. Two of his mates were landing and two taking away the bricks from the stage that.fell down. By the Coroner—He had no idea how many bar rows of bricks had been shot upon the stage, but he should say there were between six and seven tons of bricks and mortar upon or near the stage. Witness was within half a foot of the stage when it fell. At the time the stage was about falling four or six of the men were ordered to leave. Six teen wPre then removing bricks and mortar in hods, and they had been previously told to get off. He made a remark to Goodlakc, the foreman, that he thought the stage was not safe, as the bearings had, been taken from below. By Mr. Sturgeon—He had been working about an hour the previous night, and Mr. Joseph Myers said that he did not care a —, the stuff must be taken up that night. By a juror—The rubbish is less than it was under the stage. Orders had been given to remove it. Four men were employed removing the rubbish in baskets. He did not hear Mr. Myers say, " Good God ! we are standing on a body." By Mr. Ballantine—He did not tell Mr. Myers the morning after the accident that there were 500 bricks on the stage, There were 90 bricks generally placed in the barrows, but they were not always properly loaded. By a juror—He did not know that 67 bricks weighed three cwt. He knew that there was more weight of bricks than there was of mortar. By Mr. Sturge - m—From the hour on the previous night until half-past six the next morning, bricks and mortar had been conveyed up and placed upon the scaffold. By a juror—He had been at work since Satur day last. The stage had been employed for a fort night before, but he never saw it sp much loaded as it was on the present occasion. _ _ By Mr. Mosley—ln his opinion the stage would have borne the weight of three tons. The bricks were not taken out by hand, but shot in a body from the barrows in the bulk. John Connor said that he was a, general laisourer, and had been employed on the premises for ten weeks. His work was to fill the barrows with bricks previous to being hoisted. He had been employed on Friday morning at that work, and he should say tnat, being in a hurry, there were 60 bricks in each barrow. _ By the Coroner—Each load of bricks is generally understood to be about 5 cwt., and there were three loads placed upon the stage. Witness was engaged to do this work by direction of Mr. Coleman and young Mr. Myers. Mr. Coleman asked him the overnight whether he woujd have any objection to work a little extra time, and he said he had no objection. By Mr. Ballantine —He never heard Mr. Myers, jun.,"say anything about loading it. The cause of the accident was placing too great a weight upon the stage. After the accident, as he was assisting to remove the bodies, Mr. Myers, who was present, said, " Do all you can to save the poor fellows." ' By a Juror—He did not see any of the workmen removing the bricks after the accident. He could not tell the weight of the bricks placed. By the Juror—Mr. Myers did not give me instructions about taking up the bricks. Cornelius Donovan said that he was employed at the time of the accident hoisting up bricks. Each barrow contained from 60 to 65 bricks, each brick weighing about 411bs. He was present when the stage fell, and he assisted to bring some of the sufferers to the hospital, but they were dead. By Mr. Sturgeon—He did not know the weight of a barrow of bricks, but three might be sent up in about five minutes. By Mr. Moseley—He had heard one of the men say to him that Mr, Myers. jun., ran about putting them about, meaning, as he believed, that he in tended to hurry the men with the work. A man named Woodley came down from the top of the building, and said that he had told Mr. Myers the stage was not safe, and he added that he had given him directions to place the bricks at the back of the platform, so as to keep the weight off the middle. By a Juror—The night before the accident a two-horse van laden with bricks came to the works. Thomas Kellart said he was at work on the premises when the stage broke down. He had been slinging the barrows filled with bricks and mortar. He could not tell how many barrows of mortar went up. He could send up five barrows in five minutes. Young Mr. Myers told him that he was not to send up less than sixty bricks in each bar row. He could not tell how much mortar had been sent up to the stage. The day before the accident some of the men told him to slacken his work, and not send up so mach mortar and bricks, as they thought the stage would break down. Michael Driscoll, another labourer, said that he heard young Mr. Myers give orders to the men to hoist up the bricks quick. By Mr. Sturgeon—He had hear I none of the men remark that the stage was not safe. At this stage of the proceedings the coroner pro posed an adjournment, when Mr. Sergeant Ballan tine said that he was instructed to say that the lower stage and lower supports had been removed entirely without the knowledge or sanction of Mr. Myers. The inquiry was then adjourned, and the jury bound over to appear on Thursday next. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 23. The sittings of the Court for the May General Sessions were resumed to-day at the Guildhall, Westminster, by adjournment from Clerkenwell, before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge, Mr. Creasy, Deputy, and the following full bench of magistrates :—Mr. Pownall, chairman of the court, Mr. Kemshead, Mr. T. Turner, Mr. Sergeant Payne (coroner for London), Mr. Woolsey, Sir J. Tyler, Mr. H. H. Harwood, Mr. W. Bird, Mr. Dimsdale, Mr. Baylis, Mr. E. W. Cox, Mr. Goodhart, Mr. Dunnington Fletcher, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Hogarth, Mr. Faulconer, Mr. White, mid Baron De Bliss. The calendar contains the names of 94 prisoners for trial, 82 of whom are charged with felony and 12 with misdemeanour. The Assistant-Judge delivered the usual charge to the grand jury. Antonio Bombardini and Edward Murray, who were convicted at the last sessions at Clerkenwell of assaulting James Bentley, an officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex, to rescue from his custody one Sammerini, who had been arrested for debt, were brought up to receive sentence. Mr. Sleigh, on behalf of one of the defendants (Murray) submitted to the Cou r t w h e th er it wou ld hear and consider some additional evidence which, had it been adduced on the trial, he thought would probably have had the result of a different verdict being returned--at least as regarded his client. The Assistant-Judge said the Court could not do that, but it could be done through an application to the Secretary of State. He could only act upon the verdict as it had been given, and estimate the amount of punishment to be awarded to the defen dants for an offence which, upon the evidence, a jury had found them guilty. There was very little delay in such a course now, and the ladt application remitted to him from the Home-office came the second day, and was finally answered in less than a week. He had received letters having reference to this case which it was highly improper shouldhave been sent—one suggesting a further inquiry by him into the facts of the affair. He could not do that, because it would be tantamount to his sitting in appeal upon the verdict of a jury; that belonged to the office of the Home Secretary; and the other letter complained of the treatment one of the defen dants had experienced in the House of Correction, in being put to hard labour though not sentenced. With that, of course, he had,nothing to do ; the re sponsibility rested with those who had the duty of carrying out the regulations of the prison if there really existed any cause of complaint. The question of guilt having been decided by the jury, he had carefully considered the whole case. The prosecution was by a sheriff's officer for an assault and rescue. He arrested Sammerini for debt at the Union Hotel, Leicester-square, when the defendants, one of whom, Murray, Sammerini's partner, committed the offence. The sentence upon Bombardini was that he be im prisoned for six weeks dating from the 2d instant, imprisoned simply, for he could not under the form of the indictment impose hard labour, and even if he had the power he should not do so, and upon ' Murray, that he likewise be imprisoned without hard labour for the like term from the same date, and in addition pay a fine of £5, for it appeared that he had done more violence than Bombardini, by striking and kicking the officer, who was only discharging a duty imposed upon him by law. - Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Orridge for Bombardini. John R,adley, 25, was indicted for stealing some linen and other articles, the property of Henry Smith, an engine driver, from his dwelling-house, No. 23, Canal-terace, Islington. He pleaded guilty, and former convictions were proved against him ; his last sentence was four years' penal servitude. The prisoner begged very hard to be let off, on the ground that he was three parts drunk when he committed the offence, and that his friends in a month would give him an outfit, and send him to Australia, where he had a 'sister who would receive and provide for him. He never meant to do wrong again after his four years, but he was tempted to do this in an unlucky moment. The Assistant-Judge said there could be no doubt that the prisoner would have a far better prospect for his future life in Western Australia than here, but in the circumstances in which he was placed he must be sent there, if sent at all, at the expense of the country, and not of his friends. There was a regulation under which about 1,000 prisoners sentenced to terms of penal servitude of seven years and upwards were selected and sent out to Western Australia every year, and in the hope that the prisoner might be one so selected, the Court would pass upon him a sentence of penal ser vitude for seven years. Edward East, 15, was indicted for unlawfully and maliciously assaulting and wounding George Chas. Chapman with an axe. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Talfourd Salter, for the prosecution, said the assault was of so grievous a nature that the life of the prosecutor was for some time despaired of. and the danger in which he was placed was greatly increased 'by his having been previously in very bad health. The prisoner and the prosecutor were apprentices to a carpenter near Hounslow, and upon some slight provocation the prisoner, in a sudden paroxysm of ungovernable passion, seized a hatchet and struck the prosecutor a blow on the side of the head and face, which cut him fearfully and rendered him in sensible. It was not suggested that this was a pre meditated or deliberate act, but one done in a moment of passionate fury ; still it was necessary that such a desperately violent disposition should be curbeid by a salutary punishment. It was a mercy that the prosecutor had survived. Mr. Metcalfe said he was instructed by the pri soner's friends to appear on his behalf. Nothing could justify the use of a hatchet, but these boys had resorted to practical joking of a no t very calle d agree able character, and the prisoner had b bad names and threatened. In a moment of fsudden i anger, he committed this very bad act, for which he must be punished, but his father, a very respectable Phan, hoped that in dealing with him the Court would take such a view of the case as would as little as possible damage the lad'g future prospects in life. The Assistant-Judge, after taking time to con sider,prisoner a sentence of nine months'passed upon the hard labour. Thomas Paternoster, 30, a butcher, was indicted for feloniously em bezzlin g and stealing money which he had received on account of James Wm. Franklin, his master. lie pleaded guilty. Mr. Sleigh said he prosecuted on behalf of the Butchers' Association, and the charge of embezzle men.. + against the pri soner was a very serious one as regarded the amount he had appropriated to his own use. The prosecutor was a butcher in High street, Islington, and the prisoner, in whom he had reposed the most implicit reliance; had been in his service for a period of nearly 12 yeare. These defal cations extended over a period of nearly three years, and the amount, as at present ascertained, was about £240. • Mr. Metcalfe, for the prisoner, urged in mitiga tion of punishment that there had been no falsifica tion of books, and that the prosecutor had not been robbed of his money by any elaborated scheme of fraud. No doubt the prisoner had been tempted to take the money, but it was at lengthy intervals. The prisoner had been a man of most excellent cha racter until necessity drove him to dishonesty. He had been a faithful servant to the prosecutor for at least nine years, and under the circumstances the Court would perhaps feel it consistent with its duty not to pass a sentence of penal servitude. The prisoner had already paid a severe penalty in the loss of his character and prospects, and the disgrace he had brought upon himself and family. The Assistant Judge said the Court had laid down a certain rule with respect to cases of em bezzlement of large amounts by confidential servants. In this case they thought they could abstain from acting upon it. The case was one, kowever, which required a substantial punishment, and the sentence of the Court was imprisonment with hard labour for 18 calendar months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 23. BOW-STREET.—Priscilla Bryant was brought up on remand, charged with forging the signature of her husband, George Bryant, to an order for the payment of £lOO and interest, with intent to de fraud the Bank of London. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Mullens, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Prentice, the barrister. The depositions having been completed, Mr. Jardine observed the case was one which he should think it his duty to send to the sessions. Mr. Prentice said in that case he thought he should best serve his client by reserving the defence. Mr. Jardine then committed her for trial, admit ting her to bail in two sureties of £BO each. Josiah James was next placed at the bar, charged with being an accessory after the fact to the above forgery, harbouring and maintaining the woman. Geo. Bryant deposed that he 'as a stonemason, and the prisoner, whom he had known for 20 years, had lodged rvith him about six or seven years. They came to London together about 18 years ago, and had since been "bosom friends, almost brothers." When Mrs. Bryant ran away with the money, witness told James all about it, and showed him the letter she wrote to him. In a few days James left, and after stopping for a short time disappeared; but at the time when Mrs. Bryant was taken they were living together as "Mr. and Mrs. James." Some corroborative evidence having been taken, the prisoner was committed f or t r i a l, but admitted to bail in two sureties of £25, and his own recog nisance for £5O. CLERKENWELL.—WHOLESALE POT STEAL ING.—Joseph Lawrance, 18, described on the charge sheet as a carpenter, residing in Union-court, Hol born, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged on suspicion of stealing five pint pewter pots, three half-pint pewter pots, and two quart pewter pots, the property of Mr. Wm. Atkins, the landlord of the Rising Sun, 12, Tonbridge-street, Euston-road. The prisoner on- Friday afternoon was in the complainant's house, and had occasion to go to the back yard, where he was shown by the prosecutor. Sometime afterwards he went down again, and when he returned the ten pots were safe. He went down again, and, as business was rather slack, the prosecutor was sure that no one else went down. When the prosecutor went down on Saturday the pots were gone. Police-constable 31 E said the prisoner at first refused his address, and then said Union-court, but not the number. He had made inquiries, but could not find that the prisoner resided there. Tho prisoner, in defence, said he did not take the pots, nor did he know anything abo u t th em . Mr. Corrie said the prisoner would be discharged, as there was no evidence that he took them. The prisoner, who seemed surprised at th e de c i• sion, then left the court. ASSAULT AT MESSRS. WHITBREADS'.—Stephen Burdidd, aged 22, residing at 16, Swan-street, Borough, a vatmaker, was charged with being drunk, and assaulting George Brunt, a drayman at Messrs. Whitbread's, the brewers, Chiswell-street, St. Luke's. The representative of the firm said that the pri soner had been employed on the premises, and on Saturday, being the worse for liquor, was asked to leave, which he refused to do, and as he would not, and to prevent a recurrence of such a nuisance, he wished an example to be made of the prisoner. As Brunt was getting the prisoner off the premises, he was assaulted, but he said he did not wish to press the charge, as " if he had had a drop of drink he might have done the same." Mr. Corrie said, as the person who had been as saulted did not wish to press the charge he could do nothing but dismiss the case. If the defenZant was drunk, and assaulted any one that complained he would be punished. The defendant, who seemed elated at the decision, left the court. IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.—Mr. Samuel Brack ley, the landlord of the Admiral Benbow public house, Golden lane, St. Luke's, was summoned "for that he, being licensed to keep an alehouse, did on the 16th inst. unlawfully and knowingly per. mit and suffer persons of notoriously bad character to assemble and meet together therein contrary to the statute," &e. , Mr, Thomas Wakeling, solicitor, appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Evans, 22 G, that, about nine o'clock on the evening in question, he entered the defendant's house, and in front of the bar he found a number of men and women of notoriously bad character, some of whom had been convicted. He told the defendant that he had thieves in his house, when the defendant said he would not be threatened. He was at that time in plain clothes, and he had another constable with him, also in plain clothes, to whom some of the per sons in front of the bar spoke. There were two pots containing liquor on the bar. He went away, and returned in about a quar t er o f an h our with a policeman in uniform, and again told defendant the character of the persons he had in his house. They were the same persons as when he first went to the house. At 10 o'clock, when he and the constable wont away, he left all the parties in the house. In cross-examination the sergeant said that he did not hear defendant say that he would get rid of the parties as soon as he could. • Mr. Wakeling said that even thieves must be allowed a reasonable time to take refreshment. The defendant, as soon as he was told the ch aracter of the persons in his house, got rid of the m as soon as he could. His client had been i n th e h ouse about nine months, and this was the first complaint that had been made against defendant by the police. Sergeant Evans said the neighb our h oo d was in fested with thieves, and the houses were visited by the police two or three times a week. Complaints were made, and it was only a few days before that a gen tleman had his eye g l ass s t o l en f rom hi m w hil e passing down the street to the schools. Mr. Corrie said the act of Parliament was in tended for those houses at which thieves and bad characters met f or th e purpose o f p l ann i ng robberies, Mr. Wakeling said that the parties who had been pointed out b y th e po li ce h a d s i nce b een forbidden the house. Mr. Collie said it was a very serious thing for a publican if he was convicted of harbouring bad cha racters, and would affect his house. As a promise had been given that it should not occur again he would dismiss the present summons. The police had done their duty by pointing out the parties complained of to the defendant, and he ought not to have been irritated. The summons was then dismissed. ONVICTION OF A WHOLE SAL Jones, a dirty-l oo ki ng oh fellow was charged with stealing a pi n t pot, the property of Mr. Thomas Grammer, the prop r i e t or of SOUTHWARK. -s W TE A A R LE K R . . --C J wine vaults, opposite th e V !ctoria p New-cut, and a pint pot and, half pint pot from the Henry the Eiglith p u bli c house, 'theatre, r Pear ein n the Tree New Hi g h -street, Lambeth. William Hanley, barman to M r . G rammer, said that he saw the prisoner standi ng near a cask in front of the bar, where there was a pint-pot and a half-pint pot. Witness observed his actions, and saw him secrete the former under his coat and walk into t he cudy. Police constable 52 L said he found Mr. Gram • mer's pot under the prisoner's coat, and the other pots secreted in his trousers. Mr. Grammer informed his worship that his yearly loss from pot stealing was immense. He was the p ro p r i etor of two of the largest public houses in the New•cut, and although himself and his servants exercised great vigilance, they seldom were able to detect the thieves. The prisoner pleaded guilty, when Mr. Burcham said he had no doubt he was one of that class of thieves who visited public houses for the purpose of stealing pots. In the present in stence three pots were found on him, therefore he should sentence him to three months' hard labour. WANDSWORTH. ATTEMPTING TO ROB A PUBLIC HOUSE.—MEETING WITH A WARM RECEP TION.---A genteellooking young man, who gave the name of Alfred Watson, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham, charged with being concerned with two others in attempting to rob the Champion public house, Bond-street, Vauxhall. Mr, John Woodman ; the landlord, deposed that about half-past 8 o'clock on Sunday evening, the prisoner and two others e n t ere d hi s h ouse an d called for a pint of ale. His daughter served them, and in a few minutes afterwards she called his atten tion to them, and said one was missing from the front of the bar. She told him that she did not like their appearance, and he went out directly to seelf he could find the other. He looked into the kitchen, th© parlour, and yard, and could not see any person. His daughter obtained a light and went upstairs, at the top of which there was a landing leading to five bedrooms. He saw her go into one room, while he remained at the bottom of the stairs, and come out again. She went into the next, and as she came out the prisoner left the op posite room. His daughter screamed loudly' upon seeing him come out of the room, but she imme diately went up to him and pushed him violently down stairs. Before he could recover himself wit ness caught hold of him and dragged him into the parlour, and sent for a constable. The prisoner said he was looking after a closet, but at the station he declared he followed the young lady upstairs. When witness came to look for the prisoner's companions he found that they had both decamped. Other evidence was gone into to show that the prisoner and two others were seen watching about the house before they entered. Mr. Ingham inquired if anything had been stolen. The constable replied in the negative, but said • Mrs. Woodman's shawl had been removed from the place where she had left it in the bedroom. Mr. Ingham asked if the prisoner gave any ad dress ? The constable said he refused to give his address, and told him that he thought he would find out quite enough about him without stating where he lived. Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week• = COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER--MAY 21. The wheat trade was inactive to-day, and the business done was at no advance on the rates of the preceding week. Barley, beans, oats, and peas were also dull, at previous prices. Wheat, white s2s to 60s Beans, Mazagan..4os to 42s red 50s to 56s I Middle & small 42s to 46s Barley 3os to 40s I White peas 42 s t o 445 Oats 26s to 30s Grey.. 42s to 46s NEWCASTLE—MAY 21. At to-day's market there was a small supply of farmers' wheat, and the trade ruled quiet, at a decline of from 1s to 2s per qr. on the rates that had been realised last week. Barley in limited show, and very little doing, at late rates. Beans dull. In oats very little business. BISHOP STORTFORD—May 21. The supply was rather good, and English wheat met a fair sale at an advance of is to 2s per qr. upon the rates of this day se'nnight. There was a fair disposition shown to buy all descriptions of spring corn, at late prices. Averages for the week : Wheat . 307 qrs., at Barley.... —61 s 9) —B Od Beans —s Od Peas — 11 —s Od Oats 2O 71 Rye - /7 —s Od KIRKALDY-MAy 21. We had good supplies to-day of wheat and oats, but small of barley. Sales ilow, and prices generally is to 2s per quarter less for wheat and oats; barley maintained its price. Wheat (N). Barley (N). Oats (N). First.... 38s Od 31s Od 24s Od Second.. 51s Od 34s Od 27s Od Third .. 55s Od 36s Od I 28s 6d Wheat (0). Barley (0). Oats (0). First.... —s Od —s Od —s Od Second.. —s Od —s Od —s Od Third .. —s Od —s Od —s dO COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at KET—MAY 23. the close of the market.) Walls End. 0 . d . Eden 16 0 Acorn Close 16 0 Eden Main 16 0 South Hartlepool. l6 9 • Harton Braddyll's Hetton l6 7 Hetton Lyons Main 16 6 Hetton 18 0 Stewart's . l7 . 9 Trimdon. Thornley.. •• 16 0 Riddell.. 15 6 Hartlepool.. l7 6 South Hetton 17 9 Thorpe Framwellgate l6 u Carway and Duffryn Malting Coal 2l 6 Powell's DuirryuSteam2l 0 t, 86—Sold, 36. s. d. Buddle's West Hartleyl7 0 Clark's West Hartley. l7 0 Earsden Hartley 15 6 Howard's West Hart ley 17 0 Hastings Hartley 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley _ 17 0 Walker Primrose 13 0 Wylam l5 9 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes-12 9 Walls End. Gosforth Kelloe l7 0 Brandon. 'l6 0 South Kelloe l7 0 Heugh Hall 16 0 Ships at marks LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MAY 23. The market was quiet, with very little business doing. A better feeling prevailed, and prices at the close were firra• Birkenheads, 591- 60—Leeds Northern, 412—Blackburn, 111 I—North British, 51.11—Great Western of Cana da, 131 i—Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 }—Great Western, 5 1 # — Eastern Counties 101 7-17--Chester and liolyheads, 46 7 —Sheffields, 33- I Caledonians, 74—Lancashire and York shire, 84 .I—London and North-Westerns 86 i—Dutoh Rhenish, 6,1 71 dis.—East Lanca s hi re , 84 ' 1 -- Iderw ick° ' 84—Dovers, 18 I—Midlands, 931 MANCHESTER-MAY 23. There was a limited business doing most of the day, and prices closed rather steady. Leeds, 84±—Midlands, 931-- Doyen, 18 5-16—Sheffields, Six per Cent. Pref., I prem.-- Preston and Wyre Halves, 23±. BIRMINGHAM-MAY 23. There was a limited business done to-day in this market. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 70 71—South Staffords, 101—London Eighths, 2i . dis—Midland Derby, 7 0 —Birmingham Canals, 91—Birmingham Banking Co.'s shares, 28. [AnvEnTisintEwri—Holloway's Ointment and Pi llar Swollen Swollen Glands—Goitre- 7 lnflamed Vessels.—ln this 10 comprehended a class of diseases whose cure depends alto' gether on the watchfulness, care, and affe c ti on o f th o se by w a h rl o y m .our e , application youth 0 f i s the guarded right remedy, ca n secure ly ar'r'est ; vigilance al one , and th the progress of complaints which, b e i ng neglected, aselor,,„e entail on their victims weaknes s , deformity, or death. -- e cautious larent or consci en ti ous nurse will do well to fu se l reliance on Holloway's soothi ng an d cormctive ()Wiz en and Purifying Pills, whi c h w ill never blight their fon dest hopes or lead th e i r c h arges, pointing to the unsightly scar upon their necks, to upbraid them with neglect in those earliest days of life when future health and happiness ca ll only be secured. [ A DVERTISEMENT.j—A most interesting recovery ( fr dy or: . a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestion c P o e m Ps p ia ll ' n fi ts a , tal c e o n u e g e li delicious Reva lenta the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's . 3d April, 1854. , constipation, asthma, c 0 n n s e u r m v nervous, 0 , n bilious an dand debility,live r I C e u n r ta e A s ra 2,4 b 2 te 2 a . lungs, spitting of blood, liver Thirty-three years diseased ~ - the ears, constipation, cough, have been re movedFo„oßd,ridisgerheocoursdee, d F i ri u ni th ie e y following letter : Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, s and' by your 11 right, my hearing perfect, C ' ure No. ' 4, - marvel to all my acquaintances..--JAun* m debility, derangement, reeo recovery ery shortnesss deafness, o f la r a e l a n t g h l ,n singing and ln - "Eight • h 208. nervousness,debility, wit cramps and years dyspepsia, W. FLAWELL, Ridlington. Rectory, oc , food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. res . nausea, tori have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health - Nor folk.JUAN " Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years cough, indige_ ' r tion, and general debility have bee n removed by Du BarrY ? exce llent food. — JAMES PORTER, Ath o l -street, P er th. In tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; bib. 12s. 125.; 121b.f 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. ti ns carriage free, on receipt of pmt" office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lond°, l ,l; Fortnum, Mason, and C o., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 1 Graceehurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxf°r t e .. street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishorgiii, street ; 85, T o tt en ham -court-road. Also at 1 r c. ; Bewley and D raper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes anu„ to ° dat Liverpool, Ni xon and Thew ; at Manchester, Smi`, South' r Scott; at Yo r k, R a i mes, Blanchard, and Co.; at ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTS. BOURCIIIER.—At M eeanc h eer , H Lahore the wife of Lieu t.- Colonel Bou rc hi er , C . 8., Bengal Horse Artillery, of ti daughter. CONNOLLY.—On the 21st inst., at 111, Aldersgate-stre et, the wife of Charles T. Connolly, Esq., of a son. FORBES.—On the 18th inst., at Ham, Surrey, the Don. Mrs. Hamilton Forbes, of a daughter. YATES.—On the 22d inst., at Dalston, the wife of Mr. H. Yates, ail son. MARRIAGES. FARLOW—SOUTII WARD.—On the 21st inst., at the pari sh church, Hammersmith, Mr. Isaac Farlow, to Miner i i . a ',. only daughter of Mr. James S ou th war d , o f Westerm' place, Hammersmith. PETERS—STILWELL.—On the 21st inst., at St. Jarnes'ill Paddington, Joseph, second son of William Peters, Ett; of Wouldham Hall, Roch es t er , t o J ane C a th e rine, eldest daughter of George Stillwell, Esq., of Epsom. DEATHS. ALLINSON.—On the 3d inst., Sam ue l Alli nson , Esq. , of Philadelphia, U.S., and late of Mecklenburg-sq. " —I London. Baiss.—On the 21st inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Mrs. Jan leg Baiss, of Bushey-hill, aged 42. GRANT.—On the 31st March, killed in action, near ir Jerwah Pass, on the frontier of Oude, while bra ve fighting with a few men against very superior number', of the r l ebels Lieut. Robert Inner G ran t, Adjutan t °` te Sir the Ist Sikh nfantry, and younger son of the Robert I. Grant, Bart., aged 25. , - HILL.—On the 19th inst.; at the City Arms, West -square' Southwark, Mrs. Hannah Hill, aged 51. MONTRESSOR.--011 the 22d inst., at ()spring° If°11 , 1i :: Kent, Lieut.-Colonel Henry William Montressor , R. „:. third surviving son of the late General Sir Thomas Montressor, K.O .H., &c. POND. —On th e 22d i nst., in his 29th year, E d mon d Pond, second son of the late Radcliffe Pond, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YO UNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o. 1121 Strand, in the Precinct of ' the Savoy, in the county o f Middlesex, Tuesday, May 24, 1869. •