The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

DEB .ITE IN THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBER. The debate in the Prussian Chamber of Repre sentatives on the Hesse question was brought to a conclusion in the sitting of the 21st inst. On the previous day M. de Vincke brought for ward his motion approving the course followed by the Government: " M. Duncker, member for Berlin, declared that the articles of the final act of Vienna, which pro mised constitutional government, had been delibe rately and systematically violated, and that the policy of M. Metternich had made the Diet a mere police institution. Since 1848, he said, when the legal authority of the Diet was buried withe hatred and contempt of the whole German people and with the consent of the Princes, Austria had incessantly attempted to drug Prussia into compli city with her system of politics. It was now to be seen whether this attempt, which had succeeded during the unhappy ten years of the Manteuffel Administration, would equally succeed under that of Prince Hohenzollern. To give way now would be to submit to a defeat more shameful than that of Olmutz in 1850. I shall perhaps be told (he said) that I am exposing the weakness and divisions of Germany at a moment when the common enemy is at the gate. (Great excitement.) Gentlemen, I do not lose sight of these dangers ; I know what those words mean—'L'empire c'est la paix.' Europe has been divided ; thereupon the mask is dropped, and the theory of natural frontiers has been sub stituted for ' ideas.' It is of no importance that this theory has been taken up in some cases and repudiated in others. Every document which come from France is stamped with the same indifference to the rights of others, the same deter mination to take account of no interests but those of France. Have the European Powers found any where the strength necessary to resist this encroach ing policy ? Are they taking care to safeguard the common law of Europe in Switzerland, and to de- fend the rights which were conferred on that State for the good of all ? It cannot be said that they are. Russia has her own internal difficulties, and is think ing how she can make good her designs in the East. Austria is meditating vengeance on the Italian par venu, and perhaps also on the German parvenu. England, formerly so proud—England, which in the time of the great Prince of Orange could rally Europe around her—has almost made up her mind to sell her birthright for that mess of pottage, a treaty of commerce and navigation. Is it not, then, time for the monarchy of Frederick the Great to take in hand the task which formerly devolved on Eng land, and to render all ether alliances superfluous by a close and intimate union with the German people ? (Loud applause.) This necessary union, so imperiously demanded by the dangers of the future, would be bravely compromised by signs of feebleness in dealing with the Hessian question, and thus the course pursued by the Government is one not only of honour but of prudence. To aban don it and sacrifice the interests of Germany to a fallacious agreement with the Governments of Germany and Austria, would be to augment, and not to avert, the dangers which hang over us. (Loud cheers.) M. Duncker went on to say that he felt sure that the Government would persevere in the course on which it had entered, and that the Chambers of Germany would imitate the example of the Prussian Parliament. He hoped the motion of M. Vincke would be carried by an- imposing ma jority. " M. Reichensperger (Catholic) exhorted hon. members to preserve unity in Germany. The eyes of the man who watches over the pulsations of Europe were turned upon them, and he would act when he thought Germany was divided. If Prussia sowed disunion she would reap a mournful harvest. " M. Mathis reviewed the history of the Hessian controversy. He said it was Prussia which Austria really sought to strike in Hesse. He recollected Schwarzenberg's words, We must degrade Prussia in order to destroy her.' Unhappily, in 1850, there was a Prussian coterie to aid the Austrian Minister in that work ; but it was not so now. Let us,' said the speaker, keep a good conscience towards the German nation, and God will protect Prussia whatever may happen." The debate was resumed on the 21st by M. de Berg (a liberal Catholic, and ex-Member of the National Assembly of Prussia in 1848). He first replied to M. de Blankenbourg's attacks in the pre vious sitting against the demccrats. He attributed the defeat of Olmutz to the feudal party. M. de Blankenbourg now disavowed the policy of 1850, which humiliated Prussia before victorious Austria. Passing to the coffin°. of Prussia, M. de Berg re minded the chamber that when the King of Prussia declined the Crown of Germany he said that the election of the National Assembly of Frankfort gave him a claim. Now, every right implies duties and obligations. Prussia has thus assumed the duty and the obligat ions of defending the rights not only of the German Princes, but also those of the German nation, the duty of replacing the National Assem bly, of not allowint , faith and hope in German unity to be despaired of. (Loud applause.) The late Government failed in that mission, and caused Prussia to lose the sympathies of the nation. That fault had now to be remedied. "We hear (continued the speaker) of the dan gers that would arise from a schism in Germany. I can only see one danger—that is, that Prussia should not advance with sufficient boldness. Should Austria be excluded from Germany, it would be no great evil. • Dangers from abroad have been spoken of. Gentlemen, dangers increase in proportion to the fears they inspire. (Applause.) Confidence, not fear, ought to be inspired. Hope of victory and contempt for defeat are the sentiments which make it possible to overcome every obstacle." M. de Puttkammer did not think the report of the committee went far enough. He should like to see the dissolution of the Diet in consequence of the Hesse question. He concluded by expressing the - wish that the brave people of Hesse should finally be delivered from their unhappy position by the voice and, if necessary, by the sword of Prussia (Applause.) M. de Schleinitz (Minister of Foreign Affairs) made a sarcastic reply to M. de Blankenbourg's speech of the former sitting. Despite the opposi tion of the hon. member, he believed the Govern- ment was quite strong enough to hold its ground. The discussion having been declared closed, M. de Vineke, the proposer of the motion. ad dressed the Chamber. He replied to the Poles who had declared their intention to abstain from voting . He reminded them that, since the Treaty of Vienna, the Poles of the Grand-Duchy of Posen were Prussians, and that, if they took no interest in Prussian affairs, no interest could lie taken in them. In reply to the arguments of M. de Reichen sperger, M. de Vmeke developed the idea that the German Diet had no legal existence. It had been said that it supported the people of Brunswick against the Duke Charles in 1830. But on that occasion, when the Brunswickers had already done themselves justice, had the Diet attempted to de fend the Duke it would have had England against it. It gave proofs of weakness instead of strength. We may, therefore, should you deem it advisable, gentlemen, take cone of the Diet. (Laughter.) The Diet is dead by law recognised by all Go vernments. Invited, purposely, by M. de Schmer ling, I was present in 1848 at the solemn sitting in which the Diet decreed its own fate. I, moreover, remember a note addressed on the 25th of August. 1850, by the actual Minister of Foreign Affairs to our Envoy at Vienna, and in which it is said that the Prussian Government has never doubted that the German Diet has legally and for ever ceased to exist. Well, gentlemen, that which is dead irre trievably cannot be supported. (Laughter.) Coming to the Hesse question, M. de Vincke did not think the moment had arrived for Prussia. to withdraw altogether from the Diet. She would be forced to do so if the Diet went further—if it showed an intention to subject Hesse by force of arms. It would suffice for the present for Prussia to hold her ground. M. de Vincke then declaimed against any alliance with Austria. If, he said, during the last war, Prussia had been allied to Austria, she would' have made peace with France by guaranteeing to the Emperor Napoleon the left bank of the Rhine. We must not rely upon Austria, who has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing, and who is bankrupt. We are asked, what do we then want? We want, gentle men, a very s i mp l e thi ng. W e want the un i ty of G ermany, and of the German races under the hegemony of Prussia and to the exclusion of Aus tria ; that is what we want, neither more nor less. (Loud applause.) The chief opponents of this unity are the smaller States, which are too great to wish to be extin guished, and too little to- b? able to live. I should advise no coquetting wi t h those Stites. The Go vern tient must look t o the nationfo a r n s l yma . thy, and it will attain it by a fra n k and m Should the Government adopt much a policy Y l)o 1 with ell its consequences we would willingly grat the estimates for the increase of the army. But it is not by increasing the army alone, it is by obtaining the sympathies of the whole nation and of the that the Government will be able to resist :France. (Loud applause) On such a path w e may do great things. Let the motto on our flag b e "Prussia's rights," and victory will be our reward. Af. de Vincke sat down amidst loud applause. The Chamber then proceeded to vote. M. d e Jteichensperger's motion : '‘ Cons iiiering the actual political state of Eu nil*, the safety of the common country depends upo n th e n Ilion of all German States. The Cham ber express es the confidence that the Govern ment will cifect a reconciliation on the sub- ject of the difference caused by the constitutional' question of Hesse." The motion was rejected by a large majority. The resolution proposed by the committee on M. Vincke's motion, implying confidence in the Govern ment, in its conduct in the question oc Hesse, and expressing the hope that it would co,ltinue firm in adhering to it, was then put, and c; rried by 207 votes against 68. A letter from Berlin, of the 22d inst., says . : " The resolution of the committee on Vmcke's motion respecting Hesse has been adopted by 207 votes to 68. The interest taken in the debate was very great. Long before the doors were opened every approach was thronged by persons eager to get in. Prince Frederick William was present both days, and the gallery set apart for the diplomatic corps was quite full; the English Ambassador was present. The result of the vote was received with loud cheers. As the vote implied a vote of confi dence in the Government, the Ministers abstained from voting." (From the Times) We believe that few portions of the Times are looked at with less pleasure, or we might say with more impatience, by the general public than those letters which treat, however summarily and suc cinctly, of the internal politics of the German Con federation. In the first place, the proceedings of this mediaeval body, so often extinguished and so perpetually reviving, are in themselves very diffi cult to understand : and, in the next place, the spectacle they present of the manner in which the interests of a great nation are frittered away in order to serve the petty selfishness and paltry am bition of rival States, has in it something inexpres• sibly revolting to minds which do not dwell willingly on the weakness and follies of human nature. Amid the clash of minor ambitions are distinctly marked the forms of the would-be Athens and Sparta of this modern Amphictyonic Council — Austria, who trusts everything to the sword, the willing ally of every despot, the natural enemy of every oppressed people, small or great, the emblem of the past and the danger of the present, seeking to sacrifice every one else to a system to which she has so signally sacrificed herself; and Prussia, hitherto timid and irresolute, balancing between dynastic sympathies and liberal proclivities, too much a rival of Austria to be a sincere ally of despotism, too much committed to the cause of order and the hierarchy of Monarchs to appear as the uncompromising champion of German freedom. To these succeed several States of the second rank —Hanover, Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, and Electoral Hesse ; and below them, again, are a crowd of minute dukedoms and principalities, the six-pound householders of the monarchical class. To win the goodwill of these States has been the struggle of the last fifty years--a struggle still un decided, mainly because, though Austria has taken up perfectly intelligible ground and marked her position with the utmost distinctness, Prussia has vacillated between " I would" and " I dare not," and has naturally failed to conciliate confidence to a policy in which she appears to have no confidence herself. Thus has the great German nation been tanta lised and divided, the talents of her best statesmen wasted on these endless eternal conflicts, or em ployed in the business of a paltry State, compared with whose affairs the transactions of a large rail. way company are imperial and gigantic. As long as this dualism continues, German politics must continue to be what they are now—the most repul sive of subjects; and the affairs of the confederacy must go on from bad to worse. There seems no prospect of one of these great Powers annihilating the other. There remain, therefore, only two ways in which we can expect to see this unhappy state of things terminate. Either Austria and Prussia will come to an agreement which will result in combined action, or Prussia will at last define more sharply the difference between them, and the Confederacy will range itself definitely on one side or the other. Of the former result we regret to say that there appears no chance whatever. Austria has earned a character for constancy under misfortunes, but has never been celebrated for turning the lessons they teach to good account. Her influence is lowered by defeat, her power is paralysed by finan cial difficulties. Prussia, on the other hand, is developing daily a stronger tendency to liberal views, and it probably may he said of her with truth that, if Austria retains the confidence of Princes, Prussia has made some way in gaining fer herself the regard and esteem of nations. It is, there fore, probable that the stirring events of the last year, acting powerfully on the public mind of Ger many, may lead to a final disruption of the Con federation, and an occasion for such disruption is not wanting. By her shameful support of the Elector of Hesse-Cassel in the destruction of the Constitution of his States, Austria, at the time she needed it most, has effectually cut herself off from the sympathies and wishes of the German nation ; while Prussia, by protesting against this decision, and declaring boldly that she does not mean to respect it, has obliterated many disagreeable reminiscences caused by the conduct of the King in whose name she is still governed. An attempt has been made in the Prussian Chambers to censure the Government for its con duct in this affair, but that attempt has not only failed, but has resulted in the adoption of a resolu tion, moved by Baron Von Vincke, the leader of the Liberal party, cordially approving the proceed ings of the Government. The debate is itself very important. The majority-207 to 68—was decisive, and the public interest extraordinary. But what strikes us still more is the tone of the speeches throughout the debate. There was nothing abstract or pedantic about them—no attempt whatever to reduce the great interests and stirring events of national life to the formulae of some metaphysical system. No orator endeavoured to show that the present state of things in Germany was the de velopment of some principle or some idea, or the reconciliation of two contraries, or any such scho lastic trifling. The speakers spoke as men in earnest do speak—in plain, short sentences, and to the point. The speeches, on e and all, were perfectly intelligible, and there was a remarkable agreement between them. Prussia, it seemed to be agreed on all hands, has nothing to hope from Austria, overwhelmed with debt, sunk in the opinion of the world, having learnt nothing, having forgotten nothing, and medi tating plans for wresting Italy from Piedmont rather than for defending Germany from France. Prussia has no hope from Russia, occupied with her own domestic affairs, and full of designs on the East—no hope from England, bribed by her com mercial treaty, and unprepared to renew in the 19th century the coalition policy of William 111. in the 17th—no hope from the smaller States of Germany, too large to die and too small to live, clinging with desperate tenacity to any Power that will prolong an existence which, if estimated by the good it has done, ought certainly not to be desired. One might have thought that, having taken all these p a i ns t o s h ow h ow comp l ete l y they are isolated, and how urgent is their danger from a u the ambiti ous d es i gns of France, the Prussian o em w en ou t ; ld bu e t vi n ne o e thi s n e g o some ef symptoms a o p f p e a d r i s s e r at ors They tell us plainly that the only hope of safety left for Prussia and for Germany • the exclusion . of Austria, the leadership of Prussia, ls and the union of Germany under that leadershi Prussia kno . ws well that such an union can never be effected with the goodwill of the German Princes, and those who take up this ground, therefore , ,virtually maintain that the future safety of Germany against France can only he asserted by a revolution in the liberal sense. Prussia has, at any rat e , a f u ll perception of the danger with which she is menaced. She also appears to have made up her mind as to the only way of escaping that danger. i Her Cha m b er h as energetically supported these views, and it s quite possible that we may in a short time s ee th e focus of political interest removed from the south to the north of the Alps. THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—The state of fearful suspense to which the prisoner Charles Annois has been for so many months subjected, was brought to a conclusion by a respite during her Majesty's pleasure being sent to Mr. Jones, the governor of the gaol of Newgato, on Monday evening. The notification was made to him by the governor, and it is needless to say that he appeared deeply gratified for the clemency shown to him. The capital sen tence will in all probability be commuted to ono of penal servitude for a long period, possibly for the remainder of the life of the prisoner. 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More money than Mr. Pullinger embezzled has been embezzled bythe cashier of a bank, and that bank the Bank of England. On the Bth of July, 1803, Mr. Robt. Astlett, cashier of the Bank of England, was put on his trial at the Old Bailey, for defrauding the institution of £320,000. The facts I take from a little book, " The Life of Abraham Newland, Esq. Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1808." Astlett attracted the notice of Mr. Newland, when a young clerk, by the punctuality and ability with which he fulfilled his duties at the Bank, and acquired his confidence and affection in so high a degree that, had he not forfeited both by the g rossest misconduct, it is probable he would have inherited the bulk of that gentleman's property at his decease. The following extract from the volume I have named will show how Astlett effected his purpose : "On the Bth of July, at the Old Bailey, Mr Astlett, being put to the bar, was indicted for that he, being a servant of and employed by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, was en trusted with a certain paper writing called an Ex chequer Bill, of the value of £l,OOO, and another of the same value, and a third of the same value, of the 26th of February last, and being such servant, &c., did feloniously secrete and embezzle the said Exchequer Bills, and did run away with than, so belonging to the said governor and company. There were no less than ten different counts to the same effect. Mr. Garrow was counsel for the pro secution, and Mr. Erskine for the prisoner. The former stated that the Bank of England, being in the customary habit of purchasing Exchequer Bills, on account of Government, such bills are either brought to the Bank by one particular house (Goldsmid and Co.), or by the Bank broker, who purchases the bills in the market. On the delivery of these to the cashier, Mr. Astlett, he gives an order for payment, and the Exche quer Bills remain with him till a sufficient quan tity are selected together, and made up in bundles to deliver into the custody of the directors in the parlour. These bundles are then counted, and a voucher given to the cashier on their delivery. They are placed in a strong closet shut under three keys, and two of the keys are kept by the directors. Conformably to this practice, on the 26th February, 1803, these were transferred from the custody of Mr. Astlett, the cashier, to the parlour. One bundle of Exchequer bills to the value of £lOO,OOO ; an other, £200,000; a third, £400,000; total, £700,000. An entry was made in the parlour-book, and its cor rectness was vouched by tke signatures of two di rectors, Messrs. Smith and Puget. The entry thus vouched was nevertheless afterwards found to be for bills to the amount of £200,000 more than the actual value of the bundles. On this discovery it came out that Mr. Astlett had been re-issuing some of those bills to raise money ; and Mr. Bish, the stockbroker, who had been applied to with some of them by Astlett, suspecting that all was not right, gave in - timation of his suspicions to the Bank, when Mr. Astlett's eriminality became evident. After Mr. Garrow had gone through his case, Mr. Erskine, on behalf of the prisoner, showed that Mr. Jennings, who had signed those purloined Exchequer bills in the first instance, had not the proper authority re newed to him for so doing, as required by act of Parliament ; and further stated that Government had, since the commitment of Mr. Astlett, passed an act to remedy the omission. The Chief Baron [ Macdonald observed that the charge was for em bezzling a valid bill of exchange. However great the crime,- and the magnitude of the sum embezzled, —though every one must regret the cause of it, and the effect upon security—yet it was the bounden duty of the court to determine according to the regular, ordinary, and constant course of the admi nistration of justice. It was entirely clear that the present indictment was not to be maintained, as the charge therein alleged could not be proved. The late act of Parliament had recognised the invalidity of the bills which the prisoner embezzled. The other judges concurred in opinion, and the Lord Chief Baron directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. He was accordingly found not guilty. Mr. Garrow applied to the Court to detain him in custody, it being the intentio❑ of the Bank directors to issue a civil process against him for £lOO,OOO and upwards, money paid for the bills, which he had converted to his own use. " On Thursday, July 14, following, a half-yearly general court of proprietors of bank stock was held at the bank, for the purpose of declaring a divid end. In the course of doing this it became necessary for the chairman of the Court of Directors to state the loss which the company had sustained by Mr. Astlett. The actual loss he said was about £320,000. About £73,000, he added, had been employed in sources from which the directors think they shall be able to recover, and they were determined to prose cute for that purpose. It was also mentioned that the loss by Mr. Astlett would make no alteration in the dividend. That loss amounted to nearly the entire dividends of the half-year; but the affairs of the company were in so prosperous a state that they should be able to divide asusual. The chairman then proceeded to explain that the Court of Directors were not to blame for the malpractices of Mr. Astlett, who had succeeded in making away with the effects of the bank by interlining sums ' 'and by other contrivances. On this subject a very detailed and satisfactory explanation was given, in which the mode of executing the fraud was described. " At the Old Bailey Sessions, in September suc ceeding, Mr. R. Astlett was again put upon his trial by a new indictment, charging him with the embezzlement of the property and effects of the Bank of England. The evidence was nearly the same as on the former trial. Mr. Erskine, on be half of Mr. Astlett, took his preceding ground of objection, viz., that the Exchequer bills embezzled had been informally issued, and were no more than waste paper. Mr. Justice I.- Blanc said he would leave that point to be determined by the judges. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the facts, and the point of law was to be decided by the judges." On the 16th of February following Mr. Astlett was brought to the bar, when Baron Hotham said that the judges had agreed that the Exchequer Bills were effects within the meaning of the 15th of George 11., and the prisoner was therefore sub ject to the pain of death. Whether he suffered the extreme penalty of the law I do not know, but my authority states that " the blow Mr. Newland re• ceived from these transactions he felt to the last hour, and it contributed to accelerate his end." Another writer in a contemporary says :—The directors of the Union Bank have given an expla nation of the fraud lately discovered which cannot, as I think, be entirely satisfactory to the body of shareholders in that concern. First, the delinquent, W. G. Pullinger, must have made up the fictitious pass-book with his own hand. It seems wonderful that the ledger keeper was not struck with the uniform identity of that handwriting, and also that it was the writing of the culprit. But, secondly, the system of keeping the bank books must be egregiously defective. There ought to have been an account in their own ledger of the sums paid daily to the Bank of Eng land, and of the sums drawn out from the Bank of England for the Union Company, just correspond ing to the account kept in the ledger of the Bank of England, only reversing the debtor and creditor side. The ledger being called over nightly, of course it must have been immediately detected if the debit in that did not agree with the charge against the Bank of England in the day-book. Then, for the other side of the account, the checks drawn by the Union Bank, which are few and large, ought to appear in the Union Bank ledger, and the manager or one of the directors might have examined those and put his initials in the column of the ledger to certify the correctness of the two accounts. The Union Bank ledger itself would then have been as good an authority for the state of the account as that of the Bank of England; in fact, a duplicate. This method would also give the advantage of prompt examination of the Union Bank checks, and become a safeguard against forgery. (From the Tim es ' City A r ti c l e) The shares of the Union Think of London opened yesterday morning at about 26 to 27, but some sellers immediately appeared and a decline took place, until transactions were recorded at 24. Th ere was then a recovery to 241 to 251, and no further alteration occurred before the close. Another exa mination of Pullinger is expected to take place at the Mansion-house to-day (Thursday). lie pro. fosses to have answered frankly all inquiries put to him, but it is believed that an accomplice remains to be discovered, while there is also entire mystery as to the manner in which the greater part of the money has been made away with. The Committee of the Stock Exchange met yesterday to commence their inquiry as to the nature of the transactions alleged to have been carried on for Pullinger by certain members of that establishment, and the following letter has been addressed to the directors of the Union Bank : "Committee-room, Stock Exchange, London, April 25. Ciontleulen,—A report of the directors of the Union Bank of London relative to the frauds of their chief cashier, William George Pullinger, having appeared in the morning papers of this day, wherein it is stated 'that for a long time he had been engaged in an extensive system of time bargains on the Stock Exchange,' the Committee for General Purposes request to be furnished with particulars on which the state ment is founded, in order that an immediate inquiry may be instituted. " I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, " GEORGE LOVELESS, Secretary." " To the Directors of the Union Bank of London." THE ACTIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. HATFIELD, WEDNESDAY. An inquiry was opened this morning, at the Red Lion Hotel, in this town, before Mr. Sworder, the county coroier, touching the deaths of Mr. Francis Leslie Pym and George Venables, a platelayer, who were killed in the accident which happened to the train on the Great Northern Railway, on Monday morning, as already:stated in this journal. The pro ceedings appeared to create much interest. Col. Yollond, RE., the government inspector of railways, attended to watch the evidence on behalf of the Board of Trade. The company were represented by Mr. Hall, barrister, Mr. Seymour Clark, Mr. Oakley, secretary, and Mr. Brydon, engineer ; and Mr. Bar tholomew, with Mr. Powers, appeared for the re latives of Mr. Pym. The Hon. and Rev. J. W. Tal bot, rector of Hatfield, was present. The jury having viewed the bodies and the scene of the accident, the following evidence was gone into : James Barwood said—l was the driver of the en gine of the Manchester express train which met with the accident on Monday. We left King's-cross at one minute past ten—one minute late. The train consisted of eight carriages and two breaks. All appeared safe when we left London, and our greatest speed was from forty to fifty miles an hour. The train went on all right until we reached Hatfield, and on passing over the crossing by the foot-bridge at the station the engine began to oscillate. Coroner—What then happened ? Witness—The bell•rope broke and the bell rang —the communication between the guard and the driver. I immediately shut off steam and reversed my engine. We were then going at the rate of about 50 miles an hour. After passing the crossing the engine oscillated from one side to the other. I turned round after the bell-rope broke and saw the carriages jumping up. I was then pulling up as fast as I could. I could see that some of the coaches in the train were off the line. Before I stopped, the coupling of the guard's break broke away from the tender, and I put on steam a little in order that the break should not run into the engine. The en gine kept on the line, and when we stopped I ran back and saw a carriage lying on its side in the four-footway. Did not notice that the wheels were eft I saw a gentleman lying on the road between the up and down line about fifteen yards from the carriage. Ido not think lie was dead. I went on to Welwyn junction to stop all ineoming trains, and returned to Hatfield in ten minutes. At. the crossing I found a rail broke on the left or west side of the down line. Coroner—How was it broken ? Witness—Bight through from the top to the bottom. It had separated about two inches. Coroner—Did you observe anything else broken ? Witness—Nothing else except what the train had torn up. Nothing on the other side of the line. I did not observe that any of the aairs were broken, or that there was anything the matter with the sleepers. By Mr. Bartholomew--The oscillation was of a very violent kind. The thought struck me that a chair or rail might have sunk a little to cause the oscillation. It continued until we got about half way past the platform. The oscillation was most violent at the moment it commenced, and left off as the engine recovered itself. The engine did not leave the line. The shock of the rolling was the first sensation I felt. Could not tell which car riage was first affected by the shock. I felt it as the engine went off the crossing. Coroner—As you went along did you feel any other shocks ? Witness—Yes, I felt a strain upon the coupling. Joseph Moorhouse was next called. He said- 2 I was the chief guard to the Manchester express train on Monday morning, and saw that the coup lings, doors, bell, &c., were all right. The train consisted of the York van, a Newcastle composite, Leeds composite, Bradford composite, Halifax com posite, Huddersfield composite, Liverpool composite, Manchester second class, first class, and break van. I was in the van next to the tender. Mr. Pym was in the centre compartment of the Bradford Car riage, the fifth from the tender. Just before the train passed under the foot-bridge I felt a jerk, and the van rocked from one side to the other. We" were then going about 50 miles an hour. The next thing I observed was the train oscillating as it passed over the spot. The next I saw was a pair of wheels running by the side of the line, and at the same time I felt the shock of the Bradford going over. It kept coupled to the next carriage. The engine took the draw-bar out of the van and went ahead, and we stopped very quickly. There was no carriage between me and the Bradford carriage upset. The Bradford carriage was turned over on its side in the six-footway, - and Mr. Pym was lying on the ground some 30 feet from the carriage. He was living, and having been placed on cushions was removed to• the Red Lion. The Liverpool and Huddersfield carriages rested towards the woter column. The Manchester second class was lying on its side in the six-foot way, and the Manchester first class was off the line, out on its wheels. By Colonel Yolland—Mr. Pym was found in the track the Bradford carriage had been dragged along. Thomas Williams, the guard who was with the former witness, spoke of Mr. Pym being in the middle part of the Bradford carriage. There was a passenger in the second-class compartment of the same carriage who went on to Leeds. Mr. Colshore, a contractor, said he was a passen ger with a pass in the train, and rode in the first van. Just beyond the foot bridge at the station there waa a alight oscillation, and the witness con firmed what had been previously,stated. He found Mr. L'ym lying on the left side, and having looked at him for a few moments he said ." Mr. Pym," who replied, " Yes." There was a wound in his leg, which was bleeding, and he asked him if he had any limbs broke, and deceased remarked, " Oh my back." He was conveyed to this hotel. Mr. a Thomaspa passenger n \ N g inspecto r o f th e li ne , sa id —I was third (Halifax) carriage ' i e l r l iiantns the, from the engine. I felt some tugs as if there was a carriage off behind me, and the ballast began to fly up. I felt the train slackening speed, and the moment the train stopped I saw the Bradford car riage on its broadside in the six-footway, and 35 yards behind I saw the deceased in the six-foot way, and had him removed to the house. I after wards went to the crossing at the foot bridge. Coroner —What did you see ? Witness—l saw a rail on the left or west side broken, and some of the rails were displaced. Di rected it not to be touched until Mr. Brydon, the engineer, came from London. At the crossing the ballast had been taken away from the top of the sleepers, but not below it. Did not see that any of the sleepers had been removed. The tender break was lying on its side in the six-foot, and 10 yards from the crossing. Immediately ahead was the Manchester first-class, on its wheels, on the up line. The Manchester second-class was on its right side in the six-foot, and the Liverpool and Hudders field carriages were resting against the water column. I went further down the line, 128 yards, where the wheels of the Bradford carriage had separated, and the body turned over on the six-footway, and had been dragged along about 145 yards. I don't think Mr.. Pym was killed in the carriage. John Ward, foreman of the platelayers, Enid— I was at work at the Hatfield station on Monday morning. I had nine men under me, and we were at work up to when we heard the whistle of the Manchester express, and we stepped aside. We had been removing the ballast round about the crossing. Coroner—ln what state was the crossing just before the train came up ? Witness—ln exactly the same state as when the nine o'clock express and Midland express passed. We had not touched the rail nor the sleeper, only ballast. We were picking out the ballast be tween the sleepers when the whistle sounded. Coroner—Would that not have the effect of loosening the rail ? Witness—lt never moved. It was as safe to go over it as before the ballast was moved. We had picked out about 15 yards of ballast in length. Coroner—But would that not have the effect of loosening the steeper ? Witness —Not if we don't go below it. We had not removed a rail out of the main line,nor had touched them, but I had displaced a rail on the through line, o n th e west side, which joined the rail which broke, and had not been replaced. There was nothing wrong in the check rail when the express went past. W e h a d taken up the rail be cause the point of the crossing had become worn. No keys had been removed, and the chairs had not been touched. If we h ad been doing any thing to th e main line we should have had a man out with a green flag to give warning to the express train. I was standing about a yard and a half from where the rail broke. I saw the rail break, and it was caused by the leading or driving wheel of the engine. I saw the ends of the rail work about. The deceased George Venables was , one of my men. He was thrown into a ditch. saw a piece of rail four feet long lying just about where I saw him last standing. Coroner.—Did you exami ne th e spo t w h ere the rail broke P Witne?s—l did. I found the check rail clean gone, and the wing rail torn out. The sleepers were firm, No chairs were broken on the west side, but four out of five were on the east side. The tenails were sound. There had been no subsidence in the soil. I did not see the sleepers stir. Mr. Burke and Mr. Osbaldiston, surgeons, gave evidence of the injuries which the deceased had sus tained. In the case of Mr. Pym, his back was most shockingly cut, and he died about an hour after the accident. The right wrist of Venables was frac tured, and he received a severe blow on the hip, but his death arose from the shock to the nervous sys tem. As there were other important witnesses to be examined, the coroner suggested an adjournment in order that the friends of the deceased and their representatives might have an opportunity of con sidering the case and calling in other testimony. The jury acquiesced, and the inquiry at six o'clock was adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 25. BOW-STREET.--James Holland, a cabman, living in King-street, Drury-lane, was charged be fore Mr. Henry with brutally assaulting his wife, Jessie Holland, on the second night after her con finement. It was proved in evidence that the prisoner's wife was confined on Sunday evening, and being left without money by the prisoner, who was of drunken habits, she was obliged to sit up in bed on Monday night to do some needlework that she might be enabled to buy food for herself and children. On Tuesday night the prisoner came home furiously drunk, made an attack upon his wife, seized her by the hair, dragged her out of bed, and beat her savagely as she lay on the floor. The noise of her fall, and her piteous cries for help, were overheard by a friend, a Mrs. Healy, who had come to render some assistance in her trouble, but who was out of the room at the time. Mrs. Healey interposed, and so drew upon herself the fury of the prisoner, who threw her upon the bed, punched her in the face and sides, and, laying hold of her throat, attempted to strangle her. She contrived to release herself from his grasp, ran out to the street, and called in a constable, Mowley, 79 F, who took the prisoner into custody. The constable said the prisoner, who was very drunk, was sitting sullenly by the fire when he entered. His wife charged him, and she was much hurt by his blows. _ Mr.'Henry expressed much sympathy for the poor woman, and ordered a sum of ss. to be given her out of the poor-box. He remanded the prisoner in order that she might appear against him at a future day, but particularly desired that she should not be removed until she was sufficiently recovered. WESTMINSTER.—THE EARL OF KINGSTON AGAIN.—The Earl of Kingston was summoned for a cab fare of X 1 Os. 6d., but did not appear. His lordship was summoned last week for £l, when an order was made for that amount and costs in his absence. Skarle, one of the warrant officers of the court, proved that he served the present summons at his lordship's address, 26, Duke-street, Manchester square, on Saturday, Jossph Frederick Hall, the complainant, said that on Tuesday, the 17th, he was hired by his lordship at Duncannon-street, Strand, at five mi nutes past 11 in the forenoon, and drove him about the City all day, finally setting him down at the House of Lords at half-past four, when he was de sired to wait till six o'clock. He remained till eight, when hearing that his lordship had just crossed Parliament-street, he drove to the Refortn Club, where he knew his lordship sometimes went, and then to his lodgings in Duke-street, Manches ter-square, but did not find him, In reply to the magistrate, complainant said that his charge was for ten hours' time, and one extra person, there being three in the cab, which in cluded the time occupied in going from the House of Lords to the club and to Duke -street. Mr. Paynter said he could not allow the latter, and must reduce the time to nine hours, The cabman said he went to his lordship on the following morning, when he sent him down half-a crown ; and upon his stating that he should be under the disagreeable necessity of summoning him, his lordship put his head out of the window, as he (complainant) was going away, and told him that if he would take him to Beak-street, whence he wished to take two ladies to the House of Lords, he would pay him his fare. Complainant thought he mi.wht as well chance another hour's work, with the prospect of getting what was owing him, but found himself disappointed, for he drove to Beak street, and there remained two hours, but saw no more of his fare. Mr. Paynter supposed complainant had got another summons for that claim elsewhere. The cabman replied he had not, for he had not the means of taking out another summons. He had lost his place through not being able to take the money he earned by his cab home to his master, and had not the amount necessary left to pay for a sum mon s. Mr. Paynter said he should have one gratuitously. The cabman said he was much obliged to his worship. An order was then made upon the Earl of King ston for 183. and Lls. costs, and another summons issued against him as above stated. ANOTHER CAB CASE.—Mr. D. Jones, M.P. for Carmarthenshire, appeared with his lady, who had been summoned for a cab fare of 2s. 6d. This was the third summons which haul been ob tained by the cabman in the same case. In com plainant's early account of the transaction he said he had taken up two ladies at 82, Eaton-square, and having told them he could not drive to the Great Northern Railway in 20 minutes, had been told to hasten in that direction until he met a Hansom cab. He drove to Great Marylebone-street before he found one, when the ladies got into it and told him to return to 82, Eaton-square for his fare. He did so, ann there saw a gentleman, who did not pay him, but gave him, as the name and address of the lady against whom he had his claim, " The Hon. Mrs. White, Rectory, Lincoln." He accordingly summoned Mrs. White, directing the summons to 82, Eaton-square, but there was no appearance, as Mrs. White did not live there, and on the cabman declaring that, whatever the name of the lady, one whom he had carried did reside at that address, the "Court Guide" was consult e d, an d M rs. Vivian was next summoned; then, it having transpired that she had left the house long ago, Mrs. Jones was summoned, and now appeared. The cabman, John Hutchinson, having repeated his statement, with the addition that he had called to know whether the lady would settle the fare when she offered him a shilli ng , , Mrs. Jones was sworn, and stated that instead of pursuing the route directed the cabman went considerably out of the way, up sequestered streets, carefully avoiding cab ranks, and again and again refused to stop when cabs were seen and pointed out to him. Added to which, his horse was dead lame, and his behaviour was very unbecoming and impertinent. When told that he would have double fare if he made haste, but only single if he delayed, he absolutely walked his horse. A shilling was offered him by Mrs. White when she left the cab, and she (Mrs. Jones) absolutely put it into his hand, but he was very impertinent and refused to keepit. The cabman most positively denied the whole of this statement. He widely differed Li his account of the route taken, which he declared to be the nearest, and said the cabman who took the ladies from him would be an important witness on his behalf. Mr. Jones said the cabman came to him in Eaton• square and demanded 2s. 6d. He told him that if he would leave his address, and it turned out that lie was entitled to the money, he should have it. The cabman said that would not do for him, and he must have the lady's address, when he gave him Mrs. White's, as the call had been called for her, Mrs. Jones merely accompanying her to the railway. The cabman's conduct was very impertinent in the presence of the footman, and he did not give his ticket till he was asked for it. Mr. Paynter said he could not determine this matter to his own satisfaction as it at present stood. There was a conflict of testimony, and he could not make any distinction in, nor judge of, people by their rank. If complainant had gone the shortest way, as he described, he would be entitled to ls. 6d. —so that the tender of Is. (denied by the cabman) would not have been the fare; and the retain to Eaton-square, which it seemed had been suggested by the ladies, made it half-a-crown. He inquired of complainant whether he was content to take half-a-crown and the cost of the summons, as while the charge of impertinent and unbecoming conduct hung over his head he should not think of giving him any further costs ; or would he have an ad journment for the production of the footman and other cabman, if he could be found ? Complainant preferred the latter, and the case was accordingly adjourned. LAMBETH.—SETIVANTGIRLISM.—EIiza Good will, a pert-looking young woman, was placed a t the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of plundering her mistress. Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett, a lady, residing at No. 7, Elizabeth-place, Brixton-road, said that a month ago the prisoner entered her service on a month's trial, and in doing so made great pro fession of her h onesty, said the relation between honest servants and respectable employers ought to be such that nothing should be concealed by the latter from the former, and that she should therefore have access to all parts of the house, as well as the free use of all the keys, and parti cularly that of the beer barrel. " Believing her to be what she represented herself," said the witness, I gave her the beer key, but finding that when I wanted it myself it was not forthcoming, I insisted upon its being placed upon the bunch. This deter mination appeared to give her great offence. She said it was not respectful to her as an honest ser vant, that in fact it wr,s iniputte ion on her cha racter, and she therefore could not think of stopping 'if my order was carried out. I found, however, that it was absolutely necessary to restrain her from a free use of the key, as she was not only fond of beer but that she became talkative after 11 o'clock, and therefore told her she must go, and she was to have gone away this morning. On Friday evening she asked my permission to go out for a short time, but instead of a short time, she was absent from 6 to 10 o'clock. Last evening she wanted to go out again, and my niece objected to her going, and she then said she must go. Finding her so determined, I sent fora policeman to examine her, and he found a variety of things—tea, sugar, butter, and soap in her pockets, which she ac k now l e d ged to be mine. He also found upon her 34 sovereigns in gold, though she had previously acknowledged to me that all she possessed was 30s. Mr. Norton—What account did she give of this money ? Witness—She said part of it was hers and part her mother's, hei• mother being a poor charwoman. Mr. Norton—Can you say that any part of this money is yours ? Witness—l should not wish to say it is, though the prisoner has had access to the room where my money is kept, and a key which opens the drawer had been found. The constable in charge of the case produced the various articles found on the prisoner, and a quan tity of soap and candles found at the prisoner's mother's lodgings. The witness also said that the statements of the prisoner and her mother respect ing the 34 sovereigns differed very much. The prisoner's mother was called, and said she was a widow, and obtained a living by washing and charing. The sovereigns she said were her daugh ter's, and the result of many years' saving. The candles and soap found in her place were her own property, as she had purchased them from time to time. Mrs. Garrett again reminded his worship that the prisoner told her that 20 sovereigns of the money be longed to her mother, and the remainder to herself, though she had previously said that all the money she possessed was thirty shillings. She (witness) further wished to say that she found a bottle in her house in which the prisoner used to get her gin, so that she was not a lover of beer only. The prisoner and her mother still persisted in saying the money was theirs, though the fact seemed to be doubted by many in the court. There being no proof that the prisoner had been in custody before, Mr. Norton dealt with the case as illegally possessing, and convicted the prisoner in a pendlty of 40s. The money was at once paid, and the prisoner discharged. HAMMERSMITH.—EXTRAORDP::ARY APPLI CATION FOR A PROTECTION DITORCE ACT. — Ai 80( .;11 as Mr. ( . I ;:ttDER TINDER TUE Ingham, the pre siding magistrat., took his seat upon the bench an elegantly-attired and handsome - looking young woman stepped into the witness-box and applied for his worship's order under the Matrimonial Causes Act to protect her property, in the shape of a house full of furniture, from the hands of lve.r hus band. Mr. Andrew (the clerk) I What is your name ? Applicant—Anne Carrow. I am the wife of William Julius Carrow, and I reside at No. 24, South-street, Thurloe-square. Mr. Andrew —How long have you been married? Applicant (considering)—l think about two years. - Mr. Ingham—Can you give the date ? Applicant--I cannot remember exactly. It was earl• in March, 1858. Mr. Andrew —When did your husband desert you ? Applicant—About twenty months ago he first left me. Mr. Ingham ---I wish to know when it was he went away and abandoned you. Applicant—He left me unprovided altogether at Hull. We had a house of furniture, and it was sold by the brokers. He went away to avoid being taken for debt. I afterwards went on the Con tinent, and he followed me to Denmark. He came to me where I was staying. Mr. Ingham—What did he come for? Did he want to live with you again ? Applicant—Yes, sir. He came in a state of desti tution, with no means, He asked me for money and wanted me to live with him. I refused, as he was in that state, and had no home. Mr. Ingham—Them you deserted him, and not ho you. Going away from debt was not a desertion of you. Applicant---I had no place to go to but my friends. Mr. Ingham—But keeping out of the way to avoid a debt was not an abandonment of you. Mr. Andrew—When did you last see him ? Applicant—He came to me last week and wanted money. He asked me for £lOO, and annoyed me very much. I had not the power to give him the money, and he threatened to take my things. I have a house full of furniture. Mr. Ingham—How did you become possessed of the furniture ? Applicant—My mother left it to me, and she has now gone on the Continent. Mr. Ingham—What is given to you is given to your husband. I do not think your ease comes within the Act of Parliament. lam very sorry it does not. To give me power you must be deserted by your husband. Going away to avoid a sheriff's officer is not an abandonment of his wife. It is not a case for my interference. If you can make out a case of cruelty you have a remedy in another court. Applicant—He attempted to shoot me on one occasion. Mr. Ingham—Where was that ? Applicant—ln Denmark, where he came to me. Mr. Ingham—Did he fire the pistol at you? Applicant—Yes, sir ; and I have witnesses to prove it. - Mr. Ingham—That's quite sufficient for you to go to Westialinster Hall to the Court of Divorce on the ground of cruelty. When did it occur? Applicant—About 16 months ago. Mr. Ingham—Then take my advice, and have nothing more to do with him, and apply imme diately for a divorce. The applicant thanked his worship for his advice, and then left the court. REVISED ARMI ESTIMATES FOR • 1860-61. The revised Army Estimates have just been published, and are divided into six parts—viz., forces, civil establishments, supplies, works and buildings, educational, and non-effective, for which a total sum of £14,842,546 is asked, being an in crease of £1,983,249 on the estimates of 1859-60. The number of men to be provided for is 145,269, and the pay and allowances for this force amount to £4,736,701, further augmented by miscellaneous charges, put down at £620,285. The first of those items is £1,012,227, and the second £57,916 beyond those of last year. The embodied militia will cost £320,000, a decrease of no less than £240,000 on the previous year's estimate ; while the volunteer corps ask £20,000 less than last year, and figure for the comparatively modest sum of £68,000. The next division is that of the civil establishments, in which we find a large increase over 1859.60. The departments of the Secretary for War and of the General Commanding-in-Chief are put down for £196,224, an increase of £10,630 upon the last esti mates ; the manufacturing establishments, military storekeepers, barrackmasters, lodging money, rents, &c., are estimated at £374,005, an increase of £14,965 ; and the wages of artiaters and labourers at £865,234, showing an increase of £115,706. The third division includes cloth ing and necessaries, estimated at £324,600, a decrease of £126,000 on the previous year; pro visions, forage, fuel and li g ht, b arrac k furn i ture and bedding, &;c., figure for £1,278,377, an increase of £181,593 ; and warlike stores for land and sea service will absorb £2,088,088, an increase of £940,463 upon the estimates of 1859-60. The fourth vote comprises fortifications, civil brAldings, and barracks—the first item being down for £645,355, an increase of £196,783 ; the second for £206,500 ; and the third for £707,607, the two latter showing a decrease of £29,457 and £125,885 respectively. The fifth division —the educational--demands an increase of £7,190 upon the last estimates, and is down f or £277 ,547. These five divisions compre hend the effective services, and comprise a total of £ 1 2,707,923. The non-effective services., which in clude rewards for military services, pal; of general officers, pay of reduced and retired officers, widows' pensions and com passionate allowances, pensions and allowances to wounded officers, in-pensions, out-pensions, and superannuation allowances, de mand £2,134,623, a decrease of £12,582 upon last year; thus making up the total amount of £14,842,546 required for the coming year, and showing a net increase of £4,983,2.49 upon the estimates of 1859.60. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF LOVE AND SUICIDE AT SOUTHAMPTON.. Yesterday afternoon Mr. E. Coxwell, the borough coroner, concluded an adjourned investigation at the Crown and Sceptre Inn, Bevois Valley, a suburb of Southampton, into the circumstances attending the death of Elizabeth Harrison. The deceased came from Summerton, near Glas tonbury, and had lived in service in Dorsetshire, lotterly at Mr. Coventry's, neq,r Southampton ; but for thr, , c. wecics prior to her death she had stayed with a friend, Mrs. Cross, at 12, Bevois Val ley. On Thursday, the 12th inst., she went out with Henry Grey, who was the gardener at ,Ir. Coventry's while she resided there, and accompanied him to Cracknore Hard, on the opposite side of the Southampton Water. On their return Grey walked through Southampton with the girl, and when he parted with her, near the Ordnance Survey Office, she asked him if he was going to be married to a young woman with whom he had been keeping company ; he told her that he thought he should ; and the tears were observed to run down her face, and she said that she thought she had better not call and see him any more. She had often called to see him at his lodgings, and generally she ex pressed herself in terms of affection towards him. She proceeded to Mrs. Cross's, in Bevois Valley, and after washi ng h erse lf and hanging her dress, she came down stairs and nursed Mrs. Cross's baby for some time, but suddenly she complained of vio lent pains in her head, and clasped her hands to her forehead. Mrs. Cross gave her a cup of tea, when she became worse, and shrieked, " Good God, what can they have given me ?" She was unable to vomit, and was assisted to bed, where she was at tended by Mr. and Mrs. Cross, and by a nurse, Mrs. Thomas. She said she should die ; and never should get better unless she were sick, and she appeared particularly anxious that Mrs. Cross should not take for some vinegar a cup which she had used in cleans ing her teeth. She exclaimed, " Oh, my God; I shall die, I shall die." She took some antimonial wine, which she kept by her as a remedy for sick headache ; and Mr. Lawrence, the surgeon who WES called in, administered an emetic ; but all remedies were in vain, and after a series of dreadful tetanie spasms, the poor girl died. She was 26 years of age. She had saved nearly £2B out of her earn ings, besides purchasing a gold watch and chairs. On examination, the cup alluded to was found, to ' have in it a white sediment, and in one of her boxes was a small bottle containing a white powder, which, on being submitted to the ordinary test, proved to be strychnia. Similar poison was also found in deceased's body. The jury returned the following verdict :—" We ' find that the deceased, Elizabeth Harrison, came to her death by the administration of strychnia, but by whom administered there is no evidence to show: We should much wish the police to find out where the bottle and its contents were purchased." CO I4I Y 'l'll 1' .31A.RK B NEWARK-Arm 25. A very fair attendance, and a middling show of wheat. Trade healthy, and prices as high as last week. Oats wore a small supply, and ruled quiet. Beans as before. White wheat, new, 51s to 60s Barley, grinding.. 31s to 33s Red do. sls to Ms Oats, old, .. 3os to 33s Old white s4s to 60s New do 27s to 29s Red do. 46s to 48s Beans. 43s to 48s Barley, malting.... 39s to 46s Beans, new —l3 to —s HULL-APRIL 24. -- --- A thin show of farmers' wheat, at about the advance on last week. In foreign little passt lg . Barley scarce, and rather dearer. Oats, beans, acid peas sold at late rates. Wheat.... Old white....l;er qr. s6s Od to 58s Od Old red ...... ~ 1 , New white .. sss Od to 58s Od New red .... ~ Dantzic, Ti on b , &c, old white 46s Od to iOs Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 568 Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 44s Od to 48s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 39s Od to 44s Od Barley.... English malting 4os Od to 44s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 34s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 38s 041. Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 10Id to lld Friesland and Dutch oBlld to Oalltd Swedish and Dani s h o slld t o 081.1 id Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon. 4OB Od to 42s Od Now tick ... .. 428 Od to 448 Od Egyptian 37s Od to 388 Od Peas .. Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —B Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 15 0 Foreign 715 oto 8 6 0 Rape cakes 415 oto 6 0 0 Bones MELTON MOWBRAY-APRIL 24. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, with a slow business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, new, 53s Od to 57s Od ; red, 44s Od to 53s per 36 stone ; barley in small supply, at 40s to 45s for malting-, and 35s to 38s per qr. for grinding ; oats, 30s to 35s Od per 24 stone ; _beans, 44s to 56s for old ; new, 52s per 38 st. DUBLIN-APRIL 24. The market to-day was rather thinly supplied with wheat which sold steadily at fully last week's prices ; and for other articles a cautious but steady demand. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 33 0 to 35 0 Do., red .. 31 0 to 33 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 I Barley Oats Do., black 15. , -,0 to 15 6 s. d. s. d. Do., now 0 to 0 Bore l3 to 14 0 Rapeseed ... „ 20 0 to 23 0 Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MARKET—APRIL 25. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the mar s. d. Walls End. Walker Primrose 14 0 Tanfield Moor 14 0 Braddyll's Hetton.... Wylani .... l6 0 ' Framwellgate ... Hartlepool.... Heugh Hall 3 ; Trimdon. Hartlepool 0 Thorpe 0 , South Hartlepool..... 0 , Brown MoorHighMaii S. d. .21 0 .21 0 .21 9 .21 0 .21 6 .21. 3 .20 9 nl6 3 .18 6 Walls End. Kelloe 2l Hetton.... Acorn Close 21 Eden 21 Bell. Northumberland 17 6 ' Carway and Duffryt Belmont , 2O 3 Malting Haswell ... 22 0 South Hartlepool..... Ships at market, 60—Sold, 59. ,23 0 20 9 'ET LIST. tters are despatched by morning mails. Port of Despatch. Nett Mail due. May 12, M May 18, J IMay 12, E i April2s, Hay 5, E A M p a r y i 1 2 4 6 , ' E l ' April 27 ,M' I May M Southamp. 'May 4, April 26, El April 27, M May 3, Ei May April 27 AprilB7,3l. April 26 , E !April27, E! lApril2B, E' lApril,2s , Ej r April23 B /May 2, MI 'Liverpool.. Liverpool.. i Devonport , Sonthamp. 'Sou thump. ,S outhamp. Southamp. I Southamp, Southamp. i S authamp. 1 Southamp. Southamp. Liverpool.. Liverpool.. iSouthamp. LiyerpooL. May 10 ,111,ty 4 May 10: April 26 May S May Z April 2 _ April %.* April 29 May 2 April 26 April2s May 4 May 5 May 1 !April 25 !April 26 ;ay 2 May 10 Southamp. iltay if BI CAMERON.--On the 23d insi fair, Mrs. Cameron, of a d FRASER.—On the 24th inst. tain Fraser, of a son. REYNOLDS.—On the 24th inst., at 8 ThelValdrons, Croy don, S., the wife of th e R ev . 11. Revel Reynolds, of a, son. T H S. t,, at 43, Hertford-street, KV. laughter. atWoolwich, the wife of Car, MARRIAGES. TOWNSIIND-13Rmous.—On the 24th inst., at St. Pancras, Lieut. S. P. Townsend, It.N., of her Majesty's yacht, to Emma Maria, second daughter of J. W. Bridgea, Esq., of Tavistock-square, and of Birch, Essex. VINCENT—ERSKINE.—On the 24th inst., at St. George's , Hanover-square, the Rev. William Vincent, to Ladf Margaret Erskine, youngest daughter of the late of Buchan. DEATHS. }louse, BRANDLING .—On the 16th i ns t ., . at Woodsley Leeds, the residence of his brother-in-law Sir Voter Fah-bairn, Lieut.-C o l one l J ohn James Brandlingo aged 39. DYseN.—At Dogmersfield, Hants, the Rev. Chas. Dyson' aged 73. GRAFTON.—On the 17th inst at Cambridge, LieUt. - C° l ' A. Graft on, B ombay Army, aged 72. M is olt r u . r s s.. efalithther of t et a h t e C R o e l v. d c e c nl a o l s e , b h m is or r ri es s t agdsneeej 100 years. MutuaY.—On the 21st inst., Lady Murray, wife of fir R ' Murray, Bart., of Ardeley Bury, Herts. MEuiTox.—On the 22d inst., at Lee, Kent, Hannah', l'e liCt of Walte r A. Me riton, Esq., aged 99. t.ONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO yol N Lf s, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, Na. 114 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the matt Middieogt, ThuzgclAy i April 26, 1860. FOREIGN MAIL PAC. In the following table E signifies that lei by evening mails from London, and ➢I Despatch of Mails. DESTINATIONS. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewilelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, and P. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey-1 town, New Granada, &c. . The on all when Five price of Lla Tie POlO Frida; The The or Fit day, .2: Oth lungs c Sea: be issi Tic] be hal Ese•tc Pn or bef d y of blocks the cm Tick also pl usual 1 The. ject to CH] clo .Tom 1 ;lame Mr. J. 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