The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CIIINCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : Consolidated Fund (410,000,000). Census (Scotland). Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854) Continuance. European Forces (India). Poor-law Board Continuance. East India Stock Transfer. Prisons Scotland. Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts (1845) Amendment. Maynooth College. Hamilton and Strathaven Railway. Forest of Dean Central Railway (No. 2). Athenry and Ennis Junction. Caithness Roads (No 2). Beauchamp Almshouses. Domvile's Estate. Duke of Norfolk's Estate. Earl of Longford's Estate. Viscount Lawton's Estate. Giustiniani's Naturalization. LAW REFORM. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that ho should on. Friday next call the attention of the house to the measures of law reform which had been introduced aluring, the session, and make a statement as to the pro gress made therein. EDUCATION (IRELAND). Lord CLEMENTS moved ;for a copy of the correspon dence between the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland and Mr. Lewis Harkin, District Inspector of National Schools, explanatory of his visiting the National Schools in Farnaught, in the county of Leitrim, on the 26th of June, 1860, and directing the teachers to close their schools, no authority to that effect having been given by the patron. Earl GRANVILLE said there would be no objection to the production of the papers. The motion was agreed to. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. A number of amendments were made on the various clauses at the suggestion of the Earl of Donoughmore, Lord Cloncurry, and Lord Clements, but in such an indistinct manner that the import of them was quite inaudible in the gallery. SAVINGS BANKS. The Duke of ARGYLL moved that, inasmuch as the postponement of this bill will withhold a power of effecting a considerable annual saving which may be made under its provisions, and will thus practically continue for a time an unnecessary liability on the public, the circumstances which require legislation on this subject appear to this house to be of such real urgency as to render its immediate consideration necessary. The noble lord said although his bill was not one technically of supply, it was not a money bill. Lord REDESDALE considered that the bill was in no sense a money bill, but a regulation or question as to the management of savings banks which this house had as much right, and was as well able to discuss, as the other house. Lord MONTEAGLE supported the view taken by the noble lord (Redesdale). He could not see the question was one which could be considered even one of urgency. He thought the proceeding was a new precedent, which would in future be found to be highly inconvenient. After a short conversation, the sessional order was sus• pended, and the bill was read a second time. FORTIFICATION, PROVISION FOR EXPENSES, BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said this was a very important measure, because no doubt it would materially contribute to the defence of the country, and also because it showed the spirit in which her Majesty's Government now contemplated the state of things in Europe. He of course received this measure with great satisfaction, for during the last 13 years, on all favourable occasions, he had endeavoured to draw the attention of the house and of the country to the almost defenceless state of this kingdom, earnestly desiring that we should not remain unarmed in the midst of an armed world, for he saw the danger of it. He regretted that although the report of the Defence Com mission had been in the hands of the Government since the Ist February, it was only now in August that their lord ships were called upon to give any opinion on this urgent subject. They had lost four or five months, with the long days of the summer, during which the greater part' of these works might have been constructed ; and in fact the works had been thrown back a whole year by this delay. This bill was intended to increase the defences of our dockyards. At all times there had been some works to defend our dock yards, and it was necessary to. make them keep pace with the improvements in gunnery and steam navigation. There could be no doubt that the introduction of steam gave ex traor - *nary advantages to the power which took the initia tive. It enabled that power by a simple combination to bring his whole strength to bear on one point. There was no naval or military force we could possess which could pre vent an enemy, determined to run the risk, from effecting an invasion of this country, almost at any point whatever; and therefore we ought to take care that at every bay and every point of the coast where an enemy could hold a fleet and form a tete de point to land his troops, with all his materiel, horses, and guns, there should be a fort in each of those places which would not be easy for him to take. That was the principle which ought to be acted upon. It was proposed by this bill to act upon it with regard to Portsmouth and Plymouth, but not with regard to Torbay and the Downs. But it was not only on account of the alterations which had taken place in navigation and gunnery that it was desirable that this measure should be proceeded with. He went be yond that. He voted for this measure most willingly, be cause he entertained that thorough distrust of the French Government which Lord John Russell had frankly told the French Government months ago all the world would enter tain if that Government persevered in their intention to annex Savoy and Nice. He adhered to all the reasoning of Lord John Russell on that subject. He could not forget also the events of last year, explained as they had been by what had since come to their knowledge, that before the ex pedition of Italy was undertaken there was a secret compact between the Emperor of France and the Government of Piedmont, by which the Emperor of France was to receive Savoy and Nice on condition that the Government of Pied mont obtained the whole of Lombardy and Venetia, there being at that time no quarrel whatever between Austria, Piedmont, and France, and the quarrel having subsequently . been provoked by Piedmont, instigated and assisted by France. The result, however, of that campaign was that the whole conditions were not performed, Venetianot being annexed to Piedmont, and France could not therefore claim her reward, it being, always recollected that France distinctly declared that she only acted because Austria committed an aggression, and it, being recollected also that the greatest of all emperors, the Emperor Titus, the man who received the greatest honour which any human being ever received, could not haveused terms more generous, more disinterested, more noble, in explanation of the views he meant to sup port than the Emperor of the French did previous to enter ing upon the campaign. He could not forget these things ; for when a man once so committed himself by his conduct as to give reason to suppose that he did not act from pure motives, those who believed him afterwards de served the misfortunes which might follow. But what happened this year ? France in last March said this was not the condition under which she was to receive Savoy and Nice ; but it was a similar condition. Piedmont was largely increased in strength, and therefore it was ne cessary that France should receive some compensation and some security. That being proposed, one could easily ima gine the way in which the lion and the lamb should lie down in peace without the least apprehension on the part of the lamb, but no poet had ever imagined such a state of things in which the lion would not lie down with the lamb without previously taking good security for the lamb's good behaviour. But that was what France had done in the face of Europe. The answer of the people of this country was the establishment of the rifle volunteers. (Hear.) In six or eig:. ,- , months they amounted to from 60,000 to 70,000 men, and at the commencement of the present year, when Savoy and Nice were demanded by France, and while the legisla ture was sitting day by day doing nothing, the people had added to the volunteers another 70,000. That was the an swer of the English people to the French Emperor ; and he was perfectly satisfied that if the Emperor proceeded further in his course of annexation, a further answer would be given and in the same direction. And the effect was seen throughout Europe; a good understanding had been come to between the powers of Germany, so long separated from each other; and indications were witnessed of that distrust (which he confessed urged him most joyfully to vote for this measure) which prevailed on the part of all the powers of Europe. Those were additional reasons why he was satisfied with this measure. There could be no doubt that the Emperor of the French, who thoroughly understood the Principle of warfare, although he had not had very large ° PPortunities of acquiring the knowledge of its practice, would never venture to attempt to land in this country with an army, without in the fi rs t i ns t ance , secur i ng a t e t e d u au l ,_t to cover his communication s with th e sea . N ow , o f sv : totes d u pont, the Isle of Wight was the best. There harbuOubt that the Isle of Wight commanded Portsmouth of Wig ' that s a D au own ay was the key of the Isle ht. 11e therefore confessed that he had seen with regret that ti l ca s u Proposed new fortification s at S a ndo wn Bay were not it4de t rably stronger, inasmuch as that pl ace the Isle of Wight. "Ptthcad' because it was the key of var i o us measures Ile would n o t go f ur th er i n t o t h e formed the commission Re by th e e • tifi for the defence s le e Gentlemen n of the several yards, but there was one point, and that a most essential the defence of Woo lwich . On that point theone, G Government had abstained from following out the r ecomme n dations of the commission ; bat of all the question sc n onnected with the defence of the couretry this was the 'nos. 4 • m Portant. Those acquainted with the subject believed that, i,.., 4 ., -- the event of a battle being fought in advance of London, that bate berg lost, terms f or th e capitulation of London mild be enter d into. Th a t o f a ll con siderations was the moat ! g amin , ° L and yet he could not conceive such a state of thin gs , 1 Canso he was perfect' y satisfied that if the Government had in their m i n d & th e necess ity for defendi ng Lond ; 11 street by street, and house by house, they never would I have consented to leave Woolwich in such a defenceless condition. He thought that the defence of Woolwich would materially affect the fortune of that battle which it was expected would be fought ix advance of London. The general who commanded the troops would consider that, under all the circumstances, it was not on the whole a favourable occasion to attack the enemy, and his proposition might be to retire, if he could retire, to a better position, but he would be left to retire on a very much worse position. Woolwich being undefended, no position could possibly bo more than 15 miles round London. The attempt of the enemy would not be on London, but on Woolwich, because Woolwich being destroyed, those arms would be struck out of our hands with which we might have had the power of defending London. Woolwich was essential for the defence of London. We might regret that it was where it was, but since it was there we ought to make all the .advan tage of it we could, and it was absolutely neces sary that it should be placed within an entrenched camp, so that those defending London might derive the advantage of the materiels of war only to be found at Woolwich. Some people said that it was impossible to for tiff London, but they forgot that in point of fact a great city \ vas a great fortress in itself, and that, if defended by barricades, with bold men behind them, with plenty of arms, ammunition, and guns, no prudent general would be very willing to attack them. He would know that if he entered with troops those barricaded streets he would run the greatest risk of being defeated : but if he hesitated before a city, what would be his hesitation if, on his right hand at a distance of six or seven mike, there was a great entrenched camp protecting a great arsenal—a sort of Sebastopol, com municating by covered railways, on both banks of the Thames, with the city to be defended, open in all directions to the country, so as to be capable of receiving all the rein forceraents that could be sent ; if we were in possession of Woolwich, so fortified, the defence of London would be so easy that no enemy would attempt to interfere with it. Wool wich should be made the citadel of London. As he said be fore, he might regret its situation, but still it was our duty to make it the citadel of London, instead of throwing into the hands of an enemy the immense material of war which it contained. There was the very important statement of Lord Overstone in the report of the commission, which showed by no means too strongly the dangers which would result from the occupation of London by an enemy. He entirely agreed with all his lordship there stated on the sub ject. Lord Overstone was desired to give his opinion on the supposition that private property was to be respected. What would have been his opinion on the rational supposition that private property would not be respected ? Depend upon it if London should ever be in the possession of an enemy the sack of London would stand in history by the side of the sack of Rome by the Constable of Bourbon, and would equal it in all its horrors and atrocities. It was to pre vent these that he ventured to suggest to the Government that they should take the means which were in their hands for the purpose of rendering the fortifications of London secure, and of rendering it impossible for an enemy to effect their purpose. If we were to fall, in the event of an invasion, let us at least fall with arms in our hands and with honour; and, at least, let the people of London. do as much as the people of Palermo in resisting regular troops. One word as to the number of the regular army. There could be no doubt that this country derived enormous ad vantage from what was called our volunteer movement. He trusted it would prosper and succeed, and that we should not only have a greater number of men, but that they would increase in skill. It was impossible to speak too highly of the movement, or of the persons who carried it forward—(cheers)—or of its immense importance to this country. (Hear, hear.) It was by far the greatest, by far the most valuable event which he could recollect since the battle of Waterloo. It really did give strength and consi deration to this country; but it was contrary to reason to expect that these men, brave as they were, and skilled as they would be, could act in an open plain as regular troops against a well disciplined army. They would act admirably from hedges and in woods ; and as light troops in defence of houses and villages, they would be of immense importance to a general ; but, after all, it must be on a regular army, on ' the number of that army and its strength, that ultimately the fate of this country would depend in the event of that terrible misfortune occurring—the misfortune of invasion. He could not, therefore, but express his deep regret that our regular army was not much larger. If we would act on the principle of concentrating our forces for a great blow —if we would not act on the old system of endeavouring to defend everything, which must; prove utterly futile ; if we would use against the third Napoleon the principles we might learn from the writings of the first Napoleon, there would be no cause for fear, if we only put in the hands of an able general an adequate force. We had not that force ; but if we were to reduce unnecessary expenditure, the Govern ment might have sufficient means to secure the safety of the country. For more than security he did not ask. No man in the world had less idea than himself of placing a military force in the hands of the Government for offensive operations. He desired nothing but entire security for the country against invasion. He said so, not only desiring to avoid the dreadful horrors of invasion, including the destruction of credit and the ruin of trade, but because he was quite sure that if an enemy's army were three weeks in this country it would be in vain for us, no matter how the retirement of that army might be effected or obtained—it would be ire. possible for us practically to re 'establish the constitution under which we lived. He felt perfectly satisfied that the whole people, indignant with the Government, and indig nant at the form of government, to which they would at tribute their misfortunes, would insist upon vast alterations whether in a revolutionary sense or in a republican sense, or (which was equally probable) in the direction of the Crown, and giving greater authority to the Executive, he would not say; but in whatever direction they went, those alterations would be equally fatal to civil liberty and destruc tive of the free institutions which had made us what we were. (Cheers.) Earl DE GREY and RIPON said there were one or two points of the noble earl's speech upon which he felt it his duty to make a few observations. The chief point was the omission of Woolwich from the scheme of fortifications which the Government had presented to the house on the recommendation of the commissioners. It should be borne in mind that the recommendations of the commissioners, which were confined to the erection of a fort on Shooter's • hill, were far from fulfilling the large and extensive scheme for the defence of London which the noble earl sketched out. The commissioners simply proposed that there should be a redoubt, which, although giving some shelter, would be far indeed from affording a complete defence of that ar senal, which lay in a most exposed position, commanded on every side, and a complete defence of which would require very different measures. The Government had the autho rity of Sir J. Burgoyne and Sir H. Douglas for the course they had taken in not at present adopting the recommenda tion of the commissioners in regard to the erection of that particular fortress. They were of opinion that it would not afford so great a defence of Woolwich as would justify the necessary expenditure it would require, and that if it stood alone it would be of comparatively little value in de fending the city of London. Sir John Burgoyne had ex pressed a very decided opinion that for the defence of Lon don we must look to operations at a distance, and to opera tions in the field, which must take place long before the enemy could approach the neighbourhood of London. The scheme of the noble earl was one of the greatest magnitude, involving very large expenditure, and unquestionably of the greatest difficulty—defending this vast city street by street, and house by house. He (Earl de Grey and Ripon) would misrepresent the views of the Government if he were not to say that this subject was one which had occupied, and must continue to occupy their most serious attention, but it was not included within the scope of the present bill, which did not deal with fortifications for the defence of London. For that defence we must look, in the first instance, to our naval resources, which constituted our first line of defence; next, to our army and volunteers; and then to hose subsequent operations which would be resorted to, be fore it was possible for the enemy to force their way to Lon don. The noble earl had alluded to the smallness of the force at home, which we would be enabled to bring into the field. He entirely agreed with the noble lord that we must look very much to our regular troops in such a time of danger as was contemplated. But our means of defence had been greatly improved by the creation of that noble volunteer army which Vad sprung up in the country, through the devotion of the people, within the last few months. (Hear, hear.) This fact would be of great importance in maintaining peace, by the manifestation which it gave of the determina tion of the people of this country, He also believed that in the hour of peril these volunteers would be of the greatest possible service in defending fortresses and operating on the flanks of the enemy; and some battalions, no doubt, might take part in the operations of the field. It was a question for the consideration of Parliament whether they would increase the public burdens by a much larger regular army. The force in the country at the present moment was much larger than it had been at almost any previous period of our history of late years. It had undergone no diminution during the last few months, but stood now at a higher point than in the spring of 1859. Whether that force was sufficient or not to meet the emergency contem. plated by the noble earl, in the judgment of the Govern ment it was sufficient to fulfil the exigencies of the mo nient. This bill would enable the Government to utilise the force which it possessed. Ihe object of these measures was purely defensive; they were aimed against no country; they had reference to no Government ; but were founded simply on the great changes that had taken place lately in all directions in the aspect of affairs in Europe. They threatened no nation ; and they were not to be regarded as warlike measures, but as measures best adapted to secure the preservation of the peace of Europe. (Hear.) The . Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that when he suggested the importance of making Woolwich impregnable, he had clone it on very high authority, that of Napoleon I, —not of course with reference to Woolwich, but to Naples. He recommended the Government to read those letters in which Napoleon gave advice to his brother Joseph as to the defence of Naples ; and that was the manner in which he advised the Government to defend London. The bill was then read a second time. CUSTOMS (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. - STAMP DUTIES (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed attr e shrent Houses and Wine Licenses (Ireland) pit; JERSEY COMMISSION. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. CLIVE said that he had made an inquiry with re spect to the Jersey commission, and found that it was not ready. However, it might possibly be laid on the table to morrow. ROYAL COMMISSION. Col. CLIFFORD, yeoman usher of the Black Rod, sum moned the members to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to several bills. The SPEAKER on his return announced the names of the bills, for which see Lords' report. PRIVILEGE-THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE SAVING BANKS BILL. On the bringing up of the report of supply, Mr. MELLOR, who had the following notice on the paper :—" To call attention to the refusal by the House of Lords to entertain a bill sent up from this house, intituled, A bill to make further provision with respect to moneys received from savings banks and friendly societies; and to the assumption by the House of Lords of the power of limiting the time and prescribing the conditions upon which bills sent up from the House of Commons shall be received and entertained by the House of Lords," said that after he understood that her Majesty had afforded the House of Lords an opportunity of reconsidering their decision in regard to this bill, he had altered the form of his original resolution to that in which it appeared on the paper. The House of Lords had agreed to retrace their steps, and decide on the measure with reference to its merits. A very important constitutional question was in volved in this matter, and in the absence of hon. members of high position and authority, he did not think he was justified in proceeding further with the matter, but he gave notice that early next session he would bring the sub ject forward. LORD CLYDE. Sir DE LACY EVANS entered into an explanation to the effect that Lord Clyde had never stated, as had been alleged, that the officers of the Indian army were unfitted for divisional command. All the noble lord said was, that they should not have more than a fair proportion of such command. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION, In reply to Sir W. GALLOWAY, Mr. COWPER said he agreed with the hon. member that the conduct of the Commission in question could not be too strongly condemned as regarded the state of Vic toria-street. However, the Government could not now interfere in the matter, but if the hon. member would move for a committee of inquiry into the subject next session he for one would not oppose it. NAVAL ARMAMENTS. Mr. LINDSAY drew attention to this subject. The hon. member said that the national expenliture for the year was £76,400,000, and with the prospect of a bad har vest and the consequent discontent of the labouring classes, there was actually more danger from within than without, and it was more important that the Government should seriously consider the effect of this increasing and enormous national expenditure. Compared with France they had a much larger number of vessels of war, and as regarded screw steamers they had 2 to 1 as compared with that country. He was one of th)se who believed that the commercial treaty with France was calculated to lead to the greatest benefits, but the naval preparations of this country were likely to nullify the advantages of the treaty. Mr. HADFIELD made a few observations to the same effect. COMPANIES BILL. Mr. MALINS said he hoped that the President of the Board of Trade would not proceed with the bill this ses sion, but that he would bring it forward next year. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the bill in question had been prepared with great care, but as it proposed very consider•• able alteration in the law, it was intended to abandon the bill this session, but it would be brought forward next session. POSTAL COMMUNICATION IN THE COUNTRY. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR drew attention to the defects of the existing postal system in the country. He himself received a letter from a distance of five miles which was four days coming, and he complained that the Post-office did not avail itself of the facilities afforded by railways for the rapid transmission of letters. DELAY IN PRODUCING RETURNS. Mr. CHILDERS drew attention to the fact that a return ordered two months ago, in connection with the Treasury, was not produced until this morning. Mr. LAING said this was the first time that he had heard anything relative to the return alluded to, but he would inquire into the subject, and take care that in future no unnecessary delay should take place. With respect to the remarks of the hon. member (Mr. D. Seymour) there had been no commission to inquire into the subject of pos tal communication, as the commission sitting was appointed for a different purpose. This question was always open to the consideration of the Postmaster-General. The reason why the Post-office did not avail itself of facilities for the conveyance of letters in certain districts was on the ground of economy, and the post-office was a self-supporting insti- , tution. THE MASSACRE IN SYRIA. Mr. MONSELL drew the attention of the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) to the explanation ha had given to his (Mr. 3lonsell's) question the other day. The noble lord had said that the hostilities in Syria were commenced not by the Druses, but the Maronites, and he endeavoured to exonerate the Turkish Government from any blame in the transaction. Lord PALMERSTON said it was not by any means desirable that the Turkish Empire should be dismembez ed, which the hon. member appeared to approve of; but he did not say to which foreign Power he would have that empire transferred. There was no doubt much to be com plained of with regard to Turkish rule, and it was not from any regard for the Turkish character that he was opposed to any such dismemberment, but because it would lead if not to an European war, to consequences of a very serious description. He contended that the Maronetes had commenced the dis turbances, and he referred to the statements of Lord Cow ley and other competent persons in support of that asser tion. Although some of the Turkish authorities and offi cers acted in the way described, the conduct of the Turkish Government subsequent to the disturbances, proved that it was not favourable to the cause of the Druses in regard to these disturbances. NAVAL ARMAMENTS. Lord C. PAGET said the statements made by the hon. member for Sunchrland (Mr. Lindsay) as to the relative naval strength of France and England were derived from a French pamphlet. He alluded to the greater number of French war vessels that were being built in France as compared with this country.- BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. V. SCULLY strongly deprecated the manner in which the business of the house had been conducted this session. SUPPLY. On the vote of £15,000 for affording increased accommo dation in the National Gallery, Mr. CONINGHAM proposed that the Royal Academy should be removed from that institution, inasmuch as they had faUe 1 in the object for which they had been constituted. The management of the Royal Academy fell, no doubt, into the hands of the majority of the directors, who natu rally regarded the interests of their own body instead of the interests of the artistic world in general, as well as those of the public. All he asked was a postponement of the con sideration of this question to another year. Lord PALMERSTON said he thought his hon. friend laboured under a misapprehension as to the facts of the case. Upon this one point he believed they were gene rally agreed, namely, the advantage of the study and the cultivation of the arts by the members of the Royal Aca- - THE SUN, LONDON, TI 11i EVENING, AUGUST t;nB6o, Poor Relief, &c. (Ireland) Bill ; Gunpowder, &c., Bill ; and: the Ind=ustrial Schools Act Amendment Bill. demy. That was a question which came practically into the discussion. That the Royal Academy should go else where was, he apprehended, a question which was already decided. The material point to be decided was where they were to go to. The arrangement now making involved the intention of appropriating the whole of the building to the national pictures. If the Royal Academy had constructed a new building and been prepared to remove to it imme diately, the National Gallery would then be given up alto gether to the national pictures. But even under such cir cumstances what they were now doing would be absolutely necessary for the national collection. So far, then, as they had proceeded, they had done nothing which precluded the carrying out the arrangement which was so much desired by the hon. gentleman. The sum voted would render the building better adapted to the purposes of a National Gal lery. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL. The. Earl of BESSBOROUGH, having moved the usual declaration (rendered necessary by Lord Redesdale's ob struct ive resolution), to the effect that the consideration of this hill was a matter of real urgency, moved the second reading of the bill. Tho Earl of LEITRIM (who spoke with his back to the gallery) was understood to complain of some recent exer cise of the prerogative of the Crown in the remission of punishment. He also objected to officers of the constabu lary being raised to the bench as stipendiary magistrates, and entreated the Government to abandon the system. Lord MONTEAGLE bore testimony to the general effi ciency of the Irish police, but objected to the mode in which their services were rewarded. He had known mur ders occasioned by improper appointments in the magis tracy and the police. The Earl of BESSBOROUGH said he had a large ac quaintance with the stfpendiaty magistracy, and the best ware those who had been raised from the constabulary. Mr. J. LOCKE thought the noble lord had not put the matter very clearly before the house. It was, however, satisfactory to know that the Royal Academy was to be removed, and that the present building would not be occu pied by them longer than could be avoided. The original intention was that it was to be wholly adapted to the Na tional Gallery. By the removal of the wall in front the whole building could be rendered completely applicable to its original purpose, if the Royal Academy were removed from it. The noble lord said the vote was necessary for the Royal Academy. The bill was then read a second time. DEFENCE OF THE REALM BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of this bill, observing that it was a necessary consequence of the Fortifications Bill. The bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. Lord PALMERSTON said he had not stated that the vote was necessary for the Royal Academy. What he said was that it was essential for the purposes of the National Gallery. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER. took the chair at 20 minutes to four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the West Cork Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. Mr. J. LOCKE was of opinion that if the Royal Academy were removed from the building that this outlay of £15,000 would be altogether unnecessary. Mr. H. SEYMOUR, thought that no arrangement could be more simple than that of removing the Royal Academy to the gallery constructed at Kensington, which being of iron was not found to answer its purposes, and to bring the pictures that were there into the National Gallery at Char ing-cross. Mr. HENNESSY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer, whether he would entertain the applications of certain officers of the Customs who, owing to the recent changes, have been obliged to retire from the service, for a commu tation of their superannuation allowance into money pay ments, taking into consideration the special circumstances of each case. Mr. KINNAIRD expressed his regret that the resolu tion had been agreed to before the correspondence moved for by the hon. member for North Staffordshire had been laid before the house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not aware that any such applications had been made as those mentioned by the hon. member. The practice was not to make commutations of superannuation allowances to public officers, because if these officers subsequently fell into bad circumstances after receiving such commutation, Government might be considered to have a right to provide for them. In the case of the officers alluded to some ex ception might be made, as a number of them had left the public service at an early period. Lord H. LENNOX said he was willing to let the case go before the country as it had been stated by the hon. member for Brighton. He should certainly feel it his duty to bring the matter again before the house in the next ses sion. He was happy to hear from the noble lord that the removal of the Royal Academy was a settled matter. They had, however, heard that stated so often that he for one could place but little faith in it. The report on the vote was then agreed to. On the next ♦ote being reported—that of £75,000 for civil contingencies, Mr. E. JAMES said he was of opinion that this vote had been passed in too much haste, and he had no oppor tunity of expressing the objections to it which he enter tained. He had intimated to the Secretary of the Trea sury that the house ought to have some explanation of the sum of £3,668 17s. Bd., paid to Messrs. Baxter and Co., parliamentary agents, for the preparation of the Reform Bill of 1858. (Hear, hear.) That was a most extraordi nary charge, considering that there was a counsel receiv ing £2,000 a year for drawing the Government bills, and he did not hesitate to say that the drawing up of a Reform Bill ought to devolve upon an officer M the Crown. He would not say that the bill in question had not been ably drawn—indeed, it stood out in favourable contrast with the measure which emanated from the present Govern ment. (Hear, hear.) He confessed, however, that he had never heard of a charge of this kind being made before. The principle was altogether objectionable, as it trans ferred from the Government officials to a firm of Parliamen tary agents the responsibility of framing a bill affecting the constitution of the country. Hear, hear.) There were members of the Manchester school who were in the habit of talking largely to their constituents on the necessity for reform and retrenchment. It was, however, very remark able that those hon. gentlemen were absent from their places on the occasion of supplies, leaving to some twenty-five or thirty members of that house the onerous and difficult task of controlling the public expenditure. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAING would endeavour to explain the items to which the hon. and learned gentlemen had alluded, and for which Government was responsible. First, as regarded the charge for collecting returns in relation to the Reform Bill of this year. It would be recollected that the returns before the house were considered by some members to be inaccurate. With the view of testing these returns the hon. and learned member for Cambridge moved for certain re turns in reference to the payment of assessed taxes in cer tain boroughs. As it was found impossible to procure such returns within the time specified by the ordinary means, the noble lord at the head of the Government recommended that extra assistance should be obtained, and hence the item the hon. and learned gentleman had referred to. (Hear.) As regarded the entertainment of distinguished person • ages, the explanation was very short. He might say that, from time immemorial, it had been the custom to grant the expenses of those persons when travelling for public objects on board one of her Majesty's ships. The only question was whether, in the present case, the personages alluded to came fairly within the title of distinguished personages. Now some people were born great, some achieved greatness, and some had greatness thrust upon them. Nobody could doubt that, as regarded one of the personages—his right hon. friend tho Chancellor of the Exchequer—he came within the second category, namely, bad achieved greatness. (H ear , h ear .) The King of the S andwich Islands might be fairly taken as one of those wh o as coming within the first category. (Laughter.) He, therefore, thong - 4 tho item was one which the house might fairly pass. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that Govern ment had almost purposely delayed the introduction of the estimates to the very end of the session, in order to have an opportunity of passing almost any thing they liked without comment. Well, what was the fact f Why, as regarded the large army and navy e e a s r t i l m y a p t e e rt d t o h f e y t h ewseert e s i o brought oforwardn February—andat a n unusually a all the large votes were discussed in full houses and passed at not an unusually late period. The vote on fortifications was carried by a large majority. The civil service estimates were the only ones remaining, and upon that point he would remind the horse that in point of fact, whatever the charges that might be brought against the Government in respect to these estimates, the practical result was, that whereas for 10 years previously they had had an annual increase of £200,000.01er the preceding year, there was a reduction, t £300,000., as compared with last year, o f, i n roun d (Hear, hear.) This wo u ld s h ow th at were not neglectful of the i n t eres t s o f tnp economy. e smi Governmenttbiveers The vote was then a.Teed to. Mr. CONINGII A —ll objected to the vote ; and moved it s AO for Kensington Museum, On the vote of 17 rejection. The committee then divided, — For the vote Against it ..... 2l Majority On the motion that the expenses for the Public Works (Ireland) Bill be agr ee d to, Mr. V. SCULLY objected to that item in the vote which wa s proposed for the establishment of the Cork Model School, an establishment which, as he was informed, was started in oppostion to all existing schools in that city. He therefore moved that the vote be reduced by £2,000. Some discussion ensued, in which Mr. Deasy (Attorney- General for Ireland) supported, and Mr. Maguire, Mr. Hennessy, and Mr. Brady opposed the vote. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the vute ..... 5B Against it 13 Majmity WAYS AND MEANS. The report on Ways and Means was brought up by Mr. MASSEY and agreed to, CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. This bill was brought in by Mr. LAING, and read a first time. ought not to receive. (Hear, and cheers.) The first pre cedent for this practice was in July, 1854, and it had been acted upon in similar instances since. His opinion was, however, that such a practice ought not to continue, and he had already intimated that such clauses would be objected to in future. The objection was not, however, so strong in this case, because it was amendedi and not an original bill. He, therefore, hoped the house would agree to it now, but if it occurred again he would call upon the house to resist it. He was, however, in the hands of the house. Mr. HENNESSY moved that the bill b e laid asid e . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was a necessary provision to give assent to the act, and he hoped the house would agree to it. Mr. E. JAMES said that as the matter was of great im portance he moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord PALMERSTON seconded the motion, and the debate was adjourned. The Trustees, Mortgages, &c., Bill was read a second time. The Chancery Evidence Commission Bill was read a second time. METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE (DOCKYARDS) (No. 2) BILL. Lord CLARENCE PAGET moved that the house go into committee on this bill, and explained that it was de sirable to introduce the police into the dockyards, to check the peculations which had of late taken place in some of them. The bill passed through committee, and the other orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, AUG. 20. CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE ANTIMONY POISONINGS AT LIVERPOOL. Thomas Winslow was this morning arraigned for the wilful murder of Ann James, the proprietor of an eating and lodging house in Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, with whom the prisoner lived as mana ger, &c. Mr. Bliss, Q.C. (with whom were Mr. Aspiaall and Mr. Temple) appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Little for the defence. In opening the case Mr. Bliss said that the pri soner was charged with the crime of wilful murder by means of antimony, which it was alleged he had administered in small and repeated doses. The deceased, Ann James, died on the 24th of June last, in the Liverpool Southern Hospital. She had been attended by Dr. Cameron at intervals from the preceding January. From the 6th or 7th of June until her death her excretions were preserved, and with one or two omissions were found on analysis to contain antimony, as did also the viscera and in testines, when examined after death. She died, however, of cancer of the crecum, a natural disease, which had perforated the bowels and caused her immediate death, and the prisoner was accused of aggravating that disease by the administration of small doses of antimony, and so accelerating her death. She had been attacked before with re peated vomitings and purgings, the former com ing on suddenly after taking food, and par ticularly sago, and then ceasing suddenly, and though she recovered she manifested after such attacks extreme nervous prostration and muscular debility, which, with other symptoms, induced the medical men to believe that such administrations of antimony had hastened her death. If the jury thought the prisoner was the person who adminis tered this antimony, and that he did it wilfully with the intention of taking life or doing grievous bodily harm, it would be their duty to find him guilty of murder. Having described the early history of the deceased and her family, the learned counsel came to the time when the prisoner became ac quainted with her. This was in 1854, when the deceased was keeping the eating-house in Vaux hall-road, and when her sister (the late Mrs. Townshend), Mrs. Townshend's husband, and their three sons, Martin, Samuel, and William, and the daughter Jane, all lived in the house. The pri soner was first a customer, then a lodger, and after wards left his business (in a foundry) and came altogether to live with Mrs. James and to assist her in the business. He very soon acquired great ascendancy over her, and became in effect the master of the house. In 1854 Jane Townshend married Henry Cafferata, a japanner, residing in Manchester, and in 1855 went to live with him in that town, though he was occasionally afterwards at Mrs. James's on a visit. Martin Townshend was a baker, and was occasionally absent (once having enlisted), and William and Samuel were musicians. Henry Townshend, the father, did little, and was in delicate health, and the whole family were almost dependent upon Mrs. James. At the prisoner's suggestion, the house was made a night as well as day house for refresh ments and lodgings; it had 14 beds, and the prisoner slept wherever there was a vacant bed. Mrs. James occupied the back parlour over the cellar, the cellar being used for refreshments and cooking. The prisoner cooked what was wanted in the night and slept by day. Ho had access to the deceased's room at all times for the purpose of getting change and giving her money; when the door was locked the key was placed on the floer under the door so that the prisoner could get it from the outside. Mrs. James had tolerable health until Christmas last year. She was fifty-six when she died. She had thriven in business, her stock and furniture being worth about £2OO or £3OO. She had four shares in the Liverpool Gas Company, worth £204, and £l3O in the savings bank, and at the time of her death she had about £3O in cash in the house. Such was the state of matters when in September last year Elizabeth Townshend (sister of the deceased) fell sick and died, and in the follow ing December William Townshend fell sick and died, and in January last Samuel sickened and died. Mrs. Cafferata was sent for, and came over when her mother was ill, and she nursed her, She also attended Samuel, and after his death returned to Manchester. At the beginning of February Mrs. Cafferata received a letter from the prisoner saying that her aunt was extremely ill, and that if she wished to see her alive she must come over immediately. She came, and found her aunt suffering from ex treme vomiting and purging. About this time the attendance of Dr. Cameron commenced (at the pri soner's suggestion), and he immediately discovered that the deceased was labouring under a cancer of the czecum. Under Dr. Cameron's care deceased got better, he ceased his attendance, and Mrs. Cafferata went to Manchester again. O n th e 29 t h March Dr. C ameron was sent for again, deceased being attacked with th e same symptoms. He at tended, prescribed, and she was better. On the 26th April Martin Townshend left the family, and during the night the prisoner was assisted by a person named Henry Bagnell. On the 3d of May Mrs. Cafferata again came over to see her aunt, and never left her until the deceased was removed to the hospital. Dr. Cameron was again summoned, and on the 19th he left Mrs. James much better. He was called in again on the 19th, found her suf fering from excess of vomiting, and from that time he never lost sight of her till her death. During May and about this time Dr. Cameron's suspi cions as to the administration of poison were ex cited, and in connection with this the learned counsel wished the jury to recollect that on the the 29th March Jane Cafferata was absent in Man chester with her husband; that on the 26th April Martin left and did not return till the 31st May, so that the prisoner (with the exception of the servants) was the only person who prepared food for the deceased during these intervals. lie wished them also to remember two other facts— EAST that on th e 26 t h o f M ay th ere was f ound in the LYDIA LOAN TIT T,T,. drawer in dd's room a aperpurporting to This bill was read a thi r d t i me and passed. i eceasebe a n o ti ce for the withdrawal her savings THE SPIRITS DUTIES BILL. bank deposit and interest. It was signed "Ann This bill was read a third time and passed. James." On th e 28th of May the prisoner went MILITIA PAY BILL. t o the office of the gas company and inq This bill was read a second time. whether Mrs. James's shares could not beuired put into his name. The prisoner was told that it PARTY ENIBLEMS (IRELAND) BILL. could not be done, except by her making a re- This bill passed through committee, ular transfer or bysame day the her will. The -- GOVERNMENT ACT (1858) AMENDMENT g prisoner went to a Mr. Lloyd, solicitor, and ar (No, 2) BILL. of ranged for the making the will, though he was The house went into committee on this bill, not present when the deceased gave her instruc- Clause 1 to 11 ware agreed to without discussion. Lions, The deceased by that will left the • prisoner LOCAL Clause 12 was negatived without a: division, and was ac- • all her stock in trade, goodwill , &C., the residue of cordingly struck out, herproperty being left in thirds, one t M o rs. Caf- The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the and ferata, one to her child, one to Martin, the pri house resumed. soner being made sole executor. Thus Winslow LAW AND EQUITY BILL. was empowered to get possession of everything ; This bill was read a third time and passed. could sell the shares, draw the money from the TITLES TO LAND (SCOTLAND) he (No. 2) AMEND bank, and the rest of the family might have re- This BILL , mained utterly unacquainted with deceased's hav- This bill was read a third time and passed , ing any property at all. On the 6th June Dr. DIVORCE COURT BILL—BREACH OF Cameron s suspicions induced him to have the secre- PRIVILEGE. Lions preserved; these were analysed by Dr. Ed- On the motion that this bill be now read a second time, wards and found to contain antimony. Dr. Cameron Mr. HENNESSY rose and said he had to call then communicated with th© police, and on Sunday the attention of the house to a breach of privilege. morning, the 10th of June, he Went with two police This bill was brought down to this house from the of fi cers to the house and insisted on Mrs. James's Lords, and looking at the sth and 7th clauses he found removal. Now, it was most important for the jury that they applied to 14 money" matters, which rendered to remember that on Saturday night, the 9th of the measure one that this house ought not, in his opinion, June, Mrs. Cafferata. made her aunt a little sago. to receive. The sth clause stated that it should be lawful The deceased partook of it, and Mrs. Cafferata for the court, when any matter was brought before it, in afterwards removed the cup downstairs ;the de which proctors claimed expenses to order those expenses to ceased went to sleep, and at two or three next be paid to the proctors, as provided by the bill ; and th e 7th morning she brought her a cap of tea and an egg, clause gave power to employ counsel, and in case the pros- which however her aunt did not take, and which tor should not be satisfied with his costs, to obtain pay- Mrs. Cafferata. placed on a chair bY the bedside. meat of them out of the funds applicable to the suit. He She then slept by her aunt's side until between 10 (Mr. Heauessy) was a very young member of the house, and 11 next morning, just before the arrival of Dr. and he submitted to the Speaker that these clauses should Cameron. She then found that the cup of tea be printed in ,"red ink," and begged to ask his opinion of had been removed, and that on the table near the bill. (Hear, hear ) her aunt's bed was a cup containing sarro. The SPEAKER, in reply, said if the hen. member had The prisoner about five o'clock that morning had given him notice of his question, he would be prepared to made Mrs. Xamea some sago, and had brought give an elaborate answer. But this he would say, that it up to her. She partook of it, and the rest was him the provisions of this bill were of a very objectionable left in the cup upon the table. This cup was taken ture, and that it w as a bill Willa, it 4 his opinion, this hottae .by th e police and, on its contents being examined, antimony was found. After the deceased's removal to the hospit a l, the excretions found iin her bed- I room were analysed, and found to contain antimony in a free state—that is recently taken into the stomach. During the 14 days ending the 24th June that the deceased remained in the hospital her excretions were carefully preserved, and, on analysis, they all, with some exceptions, gave depo sits or traces of antimony. Still the medical men were of opinion that no antimony was administered at the hospital, the antimony found in the hospital discharges being eliminated and not free. The learned counsel then described the conduct of the prisoner after Mrs. James's death; his communica tions with the police; his endeavours to throw suspicion upon the Cafferatas ; and his statement when arrested to the effect that on the morning of the 10th he did prepare some sago for Mrs. James, of which she partook, but that there was no anti mony in it, though he (Winslow) knew the use of a a ntimony , and h a d g i ven it to cattle some 18 years ledo. An examination and analysis of the viscera the medical men to the conclusion that during life antimony had been administered in small and repeated doses, and that this had hastened the death of Mrs. James by the aggravation of the cancer of the cfccum under which she was labouring. With regard to the prisoner's having sought to obtain or had antimony in his possession; evidence world be called to show that in July, 1858, he had offered a servant of Mrs. James .E 5 to procure him some antimony from Dublin, whither she was going, but that she refused ; that four or five months before:Mrs. James's death a person described as the prisoner called at a Mr. Miller's, druggist's shop, for antimony, but did not get it ; that a per son named Ann Foley had been sent by the pri soner to purchase antimony " to kill a dog ;" and that a person named Maguire had been sent to a druggist's shop to purchase what he did not recol lect, but he identified the jar from which it was taken by the assistant, and this proved to be the antimony jar. Maguire (who was in the employ ment of the prisoner) would also state that he had seen the prisoner preparing bread and butter for • Mrs. James, and that while doing so Winslow took from his pocket a paper out of which he took some thing between his thumb and finger and sprinkled it over the bread and butter. When asked by Maguire what this was, Winslow said it was " fine salt," though there was plenty of salt in the house, which he might have used if it was requisite. In conclusion, the learned counsel said that the fact of the discovery of the sago containing antimony in the cup on the morning of the 10th, coupled with the facts to which Maguire would depose ' were sufficient to warrant the indictment. The examination of the witnesses occupied the whole of to-day and yesterday. The verdict is not expected to be returned until late to-night. The prisoner is a small, thin, undersized man, of a mean and unprepossessing appearance. He appeared to watch the trial with a great deal of anxious and fidgetty interest. He has a small head, dark hair, a cunning intelligent expression of face, with a projecting under lip and low fore. head. He appears to be about 40 years of age. THE STEPNEY MURDER. Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury, assembled at the Railway Tavern, Grove -road, Mile-end, to investigate the death of the deceased lady whose name was given as Mary Emsley, aged 70 years, of No. 9, Grove-road, Stepney. Mr. Rose, the solicitor, was present. The room was densely crowded long before the inquiry commenced, and a number of the guardians, trustees, and friends of the deceased were present to hear the evidence, and the utmost interest was manifested by all in attendance. The jury, having been sworn, accompanied the coroner to the house to view the body. They after wards went over the premises to examine them. While the coroner and the jury were absent, it was ascertained from Mr. Thornton and Mr. Tanner, the two detective officers who have inquired tho roughly and with great intelligence into the case, that they had found money to the extent of £4il in the house, £32 in gold and £l6 2s. in silver. The police expect a still larger amount of money has been secreted. Mr. John Faith, of Park-house, Bow-road, was the first witness examined. He said the deceased was his stepmother. The property left by her husband would go to the daughters of the late Mr. Emsley by his first wife. He did not know whe ther the deceased had any other relatives. Catherine Wears, of 3, Jamaica-place, said she knew the deceased. She saw her between half-past 4 and 5 o'clock last Monday evening. The deceased called upon her for her weekly rent. She was then in good health. When the deceased called she asked in the usual course for her money. Her husband was at home at the time. He worked for any one who would employ him. He was a labourer. Mr. Faith, in answer to the Coroner, said that the deceased kept no servants, but a person who had been connected with the family 20 years used to go and see her. He did not know where she was. Mr. Walter Thomas Emm said he lived at Emsley brickyard, and was a shoemaker. He collected rents for Mrs. Emsley. The last time he saw her alive was last Monday afternoon, at Barnsley-street, Lamb's-fields, Bethnal-green. She had just collected her last rents from Barnsley -street. The deceased looked at some taps he put on, and had some conver sation with him about them. Witness told her that he wanted more taps, and she directed him to send to her house for them. He sent his son for them on Tuesday, in the morning and at night. He went himself on Wednesday, twice, his wife accompany ing him. He went again on Thursday, but still finding that she was out, he sent his daughter at 6 o'clock on Friday morning to see whether anything was the matter, but she returned without obtaining admission to the house. He then told his wife to go to the house, and not let anybody in, as he in tended to go to Mr. H. Rose, Mrs. Emsley's legal adviser. Mr. Rose met him afterwards at Mrs. Emsley's house, and an entry was made by a police. constable who had been called. By a Juryman—He did not call a policeman on the previous night. He thought the deceased had received £25 or £26 on that day. That was about the average amount. She was never in the habit of showing large sums of money, and he did not be lieve that she ever kept large sums of money in the house. Several que s ti ons were put to the witness as to his motive for sending his daughter to Mrs. Emsley's at six o'clock in the morning, in reply to which he said he had a suspicion that she might be ill. The questions generally were quite irrelevant, and the coroner more than once checked the jurymen who put them. Edward Dillon, police-constable 19 K, deposed that from instructions he had received he had in spected the premises, and opened the house so as to make an entry. He went up stairs with Mr. Faith and Mr. Rose, and after searching the rooms they proceeded up stairs to the top floor, and in the front room he saw the deceased lying on the floor with her head t o th e partition. He found a mourning ring and th ree halfpence, but no other money. '!'here was a bed and bedstead in the room, but it had no appearance of being slept on. On the bed were a number of pieces of paper-hanging, and under the ar ms o f the deceased were two or three pieces of the p a p er. He observed blood on the par tition and near to where the deceased lay. The body was not touched, by the direction of Mr. Rose, until the surgeon had seen her. She was dressed at the time, except one slipper. He saw also blood marks on the door-post. The whole of the rooms were open, and neither the front nor back doors were locked. In his opinion the de ceased's head struck the door-post, as the blood upon the panels could not have been caused if the blow had been given while she was on the floor. The blow was, therefore, given while she was standing, by her falling against the door-post. Dr. Lawrence Gill, of Bow-road, was called on Friday last between 1 and 2 o'clock. In the front room on the top floor he found the deceased, and he believed she had been dead some time. The de ceased was lying at full length on the floor; a por tion of her gown and petticoat was drawn up over the head. A portion was screwed up as if blood had been wiped upon it. On removing the gown and pet ticoat he found that she was Iping with two pieces of paper at the back of her head—one was open, and she was lying with her face downward. She had all her clothes on except one slipper (the left one), but her head was uncovered, having no cap on. He found the hair of her head matted with blood, and the back of her head hanging in shreds, the bone protruding. He then turned her on her bac k The face was green and swollen, showing decom position had set in. There was an entire loss of countenance, her hand was clasping 'the leg of a table. He found blood on the door posts and on the panel, an d a l so on the paper which laid over her head. Th e bl oo d on t h e wall was bright and shiny, quite different to the blood decomposed on the floor. Th e next d ay a cap was found with an ornament torn off, an d i n t h e cap w as a circular hole. He had since made a post monein examina tion of the body, and in the head he found a lacerated wound one and a h a lf i nc h l ong on the left side, and a contused wound, half an inch long, on . the right side; also a woun d, an i nc h. and a hall long, over the left eyebrow. The head was full of ex t rava: at blood ; th e vesse l s on the left side were much con gested; the extravasation of blood extended ever the temporal bone, which was fractured, as also the occipital bone, which was broken through and forced into the brain. In removing the skull cap it you a l mos t bloodless. The chest, the abdomen, and the body generally was healthy. The wound on the back of the head he believed to have been caused by a heavy circular blunt instrument, and could not have resulted from a fall against the door-post. The cause of death was the laceration of the brain. Inspector Kerrison said, from information he re ceived, he went to the house of the deceased, and was admitted by Sergeant Dillon. He went hp stairs/and saw the deceased lying on the floor ; he examined the house and found the shutters closed but unfastened ; the window was up a few inches. He searched the garden, and also the gardens of the adjoining premises, but could find no footmarks whatever. He searched the deceased, and only found a knife, but no money. On his going down stairs, on the first floor, he found a piece of paper with marks of blood upon it, and also marks of blood on the lower stairs, as of a foot mark, which he had carefully covered over with oil skin. He had caused the very privy to be emptied, but could find no instrument which would have caused the wounds. He had taken great care of the piece of paper he found with blood on it down stairs. A juror asked how he supposed the parties had entered? The witness declined to answer. The Coroner said it was better not to ask any questions at present. They had quite enough be fore them to show that the deceased had died from. violence to justify their adjourning the inquiry. The jury acquiesced, and the inquiry was ad journed to Monday next. Mr. Sergeant Thornton and Mr. Tanner 'have the Government charge of the case as detectives, and the house is still being searched. The police are most active in their research; the coroner himself had a private interview with Mr. Thornton and Mr. Tanner after the inquest ad journed. COUNTRY' MARKETS. LE ICE ST E R—ln G. 18. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, in fair condition, and prices is higher. White w i neat, 65s to 685 —red, 60s to 64s per 36, stone; a moderate inquiry for barley, grinAing, 33s to 34s ; malting, ?As to 44s per qr..; oats, 33s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 50s to 525, new 46s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine tour, 45s I Seconds, 43s Thirds, 41s per 20 stone. NORTHAMPTON—AuG. 18. At this corn-market wheat was in fair average sup ply, with a firm demand, prices ranging from 588 to 64s for white, and 578 to 60s for red. In barley a dull business, malting 42s to —s, grinding 378 to —a per qr. Oats in steady sale and prices well maintained, quoted at 308 to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 6738; peas, 448 to 48s. Rye, 36s to 40s; malt, 68 s t o 72 s ; flour, 33s to 37s per sack. CHELMSFORII--Ata. 17. A fair supply of wheat. Prices is per qr advance on the currencies of last week. Very little doing in spring corn, with prices as b e f ore. The weather still continues unsettled. Wheat, white 448 to 62s red 43s to 58s Barley 34s to 405 Chevalier 3ss to 40s Grinding 32s to 36s Malt 61s to 67s Chevalier 64s to 69s Oats 25s to 30s Peas, Partridge 423 to 43s White 42s to 45s Boiling 42s to 45s Dun 37s to 403 Beats, Tick 398 to 45s Harrow Ticks 40$ to 480 Mazagan 37s to 424 COLCHEST. There was a fair supply o: qr. over late rates. Beans past week has been variable, Wheat, white 6os to 64s red s4s to 58s Barley 2Bs to 32s Oats —Au o. 18. wheat, which sold at is per ad peas rather dearer. The nit mostly wet and cloudy. Beans, Mazagan 371 to 40s Middle & small 40s to 44s White peas 3Bs to 400 Grey.. 40s is 425 KIRKALDY—AUG. 18. We had fair supplies of wheat to-day, and prices were Is to 2s per qr. dearer than last week, with' a ready :sale. Very small supplies of oats, at about late rates. NO barley. Wheat Barley Oats First.. ..54s Od —s Od 28 s Od Second, ~. 608 Od —s Od 31s Od Third .. 63s Od —s Od —s Od .RAIL WAY INTBLLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE NigEEli. 1.5 Miles Opened. Receipts. Railway s. e _____....._____ . IS 1800. 18511. 1860. 1 1859. 2 X 11 . Belfast and N, Counties.... 65 65 1,392 1,223 Belfast and County Down.. 20 20 628 573 r. Birkd., L ane., &C hes. June. 32 32 3,240 2,96 9 3 ., Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,805 1 , 65 ,1 Bristol and Exeter 125 125 7,891 7,,,„ 8 , 1- Caledonian 2l 2194 16,237 15, "' e Ches.&Holyhoad(withMold) 94 -"' 1 Cockermouth& Workington 8 81 31; 272 it Cork and Bandon 2O 20 31 9 272 .d Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 319 272 n Cornwall 534 53 1,629 1,24 k D eeside l7 17 4 29 465 d Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,454 1,342 d Dublin and D rog h e d a 63 63 2,016 1,972 'y ~, Dub. &Wicklow(in.King - st.) 404 40 1 2,477 2,313 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath 174 171 856 71 1 t Dundee, Perth, & Ab er. J un 3l 31 1,104 1, 19 ° East Anglian 674 674 1,040 873 0 Reounties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 489 27,036 25,491 d East Kent l9l - . - - _ E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 _.- Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 78 78 1,936 4,144 ~ Forth & Clyde Junction J Furness d Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 9,025 7,717 I . Great Northern 283 283 27,421 26,723 Great North of Scotland ', qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 226 8,647 6,952 d Great Western 466 466 38,765 36,547 d Hull and Holderness __ - lnverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 55 1,103 1,055 ••• Irish South-Eastern 254 254 250 267 I Killarney Junction - - Lancaster and Carlisle (in 1 Kendal and Windermere) 1 1 - - n Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 395 395 42,989 37,940 Limerick and Foynes 2 4 154 t Llanelly 4 4 21 603 555 London & North-Western 1 London and Blackwall 54 54 1,824 1,761 „ London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2234 2024 22,355 20,445 - Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 424 40 2,630 2.751 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 1734 174 12,200 10,660 3 Manch. S.Jun.&Alt r i nc h am 91 1,077 1,084 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,325 1,098 , Mi dland 1 midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 177 177 4,271 4,246 Monkland 52 52 1,500 1,073 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,490 2,487 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,899 3,416 Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 5O 60 - - North British (in. Dalkeith), 161 161 8,629 ' 6,889 North Devon 0 35 35 560 499 North-Eastern 7 61 764 42,641 39,740 North London 9 9 2 , 5 92 2,6 C! North Staffordshire ' 246 233 8,422 7,989 North-Western 46i 461 _ _ N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Di _.... _ Oxford, Wore., - & & Wolver - Peebles . .... 181 1 _- Scottish's Canal & Railway 30 30 2,041 1,898 Central .......... 50 50 3,483 3,656 Scottish North - Eastern.... us 115 4,350 4,255 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 294 2,184 2,2C0 Shrewsbury and Chester... 48 48 3,664 3,521 Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 5 1 51 2,160 1,961 Shropshire Union 291 29i 947 ,942 South Devon South-Eastern 306 302 28,839 26,795 South Wales ..... . ..... . S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 108 2,448 2, 760 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 251 251 1,713 1,898 Warrington and Stockport lO - - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 310 339 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 274 771 650 W .Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail act 39 4,732 3,835 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 736 600 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 711 621 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 460 314 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam... 52 52 1,175 1,190 Austrian B2B 673 36,354 , 36,917 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 26/ 287 255 Buffalo and Lake H uron Detroit and Milwaukie..- .. 185 185 1,845 2, 033 Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada 970 880 11,193 9,116 Great Indian Peninsula 277 1944 3,732 3,394 Great Luxembourg ... . Great Western of Canada 345 315 5,882 6,508 Lombardo - Venetian - -„ Lyons and Geneva .. - ... , 7 , , L „ " Madrid, Saragossa &:Alicant 310 284 1'1 , ,713 I ' 4- _ Maria Antonia 2l 21 - Northern of France 613 602 44,1633 43:85013 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 810 :76 : 0 '6 5 83,216 Paris and Orleans 922 922 52,059 47,087 Paris and Strasburg 1032 1,016 Royal Danish 6 9, 69 647 590 Sambre and Meuse 6B 1,258 1,165 Southern of France 777 773 18,930 16,804 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 74 275 730 43,124 40,408 BIRTHS. BELPER.—On the 16th inst., at Kingston, Notts, Lady Belper, of a daughter. SIMEON.—On the 1711 inst., at Swainon, Lady Simeon, of a daughter, Isle of Wight, 19th TA v e of ll e O n n r y iv inst., at Riverd a l e , H amp t on, t h e park, of a daughter. A —t he Tatham, Esq., rd Talbot-square, Hyde- MARRIA GES. W On the 18 t h inst., at the parish Tlerwald Crauf ar dW a k e, C. 8., fourth son les Wake, B ar t., of Courteen Hall, to e . A . h xz : c — h, SBlTirinvhßaLof Sir CharmL. , Lucy, the fourth d aught(ir of the l a t e Si r G eorge Sitwell, Bart., of Roni s h aw. WooLLETT—MouTEN—On the 18th inst., at St. John's, Notting-hill, John. Prederick Sanford Woollett, Esq., The Terrace, Kennington -park, to Emmeline, sister of Alexander Alorteu, Esq of 1, Elgin-crescent, Kensing ., ton -park. a DEATHS. " L LRN.--On the 17th inst., Miss Charlotte Lucas Allen, I of The Highlands, Upper Norwood, aged 48. B .tx:NATYNE.—O n the 16th inst., at Bathford Hou se , So rnersetshiro, George A. Bannatyne, Esq., aged 66. BOUTCHER.—On the 17th inst., at Broadclist, Devon, E. Boutcher, Esq., aged 84. CHAPMAN.—On the 18th inst., at 4, Cavendish-square, Mr Thos. F. Chapman, aged 59. LOVAT.—On the 17th inst., at 14, Montague-street, Port man-square, Samuel Lovat, Esq., late of Lincoln's-inn, aged 81. 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