The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. SENT COAST, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the Victoria Station ; Sir C. Roney in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in he Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the satis factory position of the company. He stated that after the payment of debenture interest and general charges the net balance of revenue to the 30th of June list amounted £11,228, out of which they had been enabled to pay a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the preference stock of the com pany, and carry forward a balance of £2,202 towards a dividend upon the A shares. The receipts for the first half of the year were usually not more than half those of the second half, arising from the traffic being largest during the summer months. The report was then adopted, and the meeting having been made special the directors were autho rized to convert the 30,250 A £lO shares and the 12,000 new shares of £lO each into £422,500 ordi nary stock. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEERNESS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, John-street, Bedford row ; Mr. L. Simpson in the chair. _. _ The Secretary read the report, which expressed the regret of the directors that they were unable to announce the close of the long-pending arrange ments whereby the debts of the company were to become liquidated by preferential shares, which could not, they feared, be carried out without Legislative enactment. The agreement between this company and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, under which the latter company worked the line, expired on the 19th of July last, and the directors were now negotiating the terms of a per manent lease to that company, with the object of including the entire undertaking of this company in the lease. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, regretted he was unable to lay a more satis factory report before the shareholders. He had been in hopes that before this meeting the whole assets of the company would have been realised, its liabilities ascertained, and the final arrangement with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company completed ; but, unfortunately, the affairs of the company were so complicated that the whole of the past half-year had been occupied with legal matters affecting the rights of the preference shareholders, which would be fully explained by the solicitor. An offer had been received from the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, but the arrangements had not arrived at that stage when it would be prudent to state the terms. They were all aware that they could not receive a less sum than the minimum agreed upon, £5,000 per annum ; but he thought the line ought to produce a much larger sum. (Hear.) The report, after some discussion, was adopted. Messrs. Comyn and Leese, the retiring directors, were re-elected. The meeting was then adjourned until the 25th of October, to give time to the directors to com plete their arrangements with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, and to consider whether it would be more in the interests of the shareholders to refer the matter to arbitration or to apply to Parliament for further powers. A vote of thanks to the ehairman concluded the proceedings. COCKER/EOLITH, KESWICK, AND PENRITH. The ninth half-yearly meeting was held on Satur day, at the Keswick station ; Mr. T. A. Hoskins in the chair. The report stated that the directors had reason to believe that the cost of the line would not ex ceed £lO,OOO per mile. The receipts from the opening of the line to the 31st of July were £11,168, and the outlay £7,086, leaving a balance of £4,082. The amount of £2,360 was available for a dividend, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, less income tax. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the prosperity of the line during the seven months it had been open. He had every reason to believe that the cost of construction would not exceed £lO,OOO per mile. He believed that there would be no limit to the expansion of the tourist and passenger traffic, so general was the wish to visit the beautiful scenery of which Keswick was the centre. During the last few weeks the goods traffic had very much improved, especially in pig iron, which had tra velled along their line to Hartlepool and thence to Rotterdam. The mineral traffic also gave fair pros pect of increase. Although nothing official from the London and North-Western Company was known, he believed it was not their intention to lease this line at present. He alluded to the importance of preserving friendly relations with the London and North-Western Company, who had behaved most loyally towards them, every way aiding them to de velope traffic,and making no attempt to compromise their independence. Mr. I. FLETCHER (deputy-chairman) seconded the motion, which was carried. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend at the rate of £2 per cent., less income tax, be declared on all paid up shares, made payable on and after the Ist of September. Mr. I. FLETCHER seconded the resolution, which was carried. The retiring directors and auditor having been re-elected, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. AYLESBUEY AND BUCKINGHAM. The report of the directors states that the com pany's application to Parliament was successful for further powers. They regretted to report that the contractor suspended operations in consequence of a delay in payment of £1,723, which, with a further amount of £6OO certified, was the last cash pay ment due under the contracts, although works to the extent of £45,194 remained to be executed. None of the capital authorised by the acts of 1864 and 1865 had yet been raised, but arrangements were in course of settlement which would enable them to raise as much thereof as might be re quired to complete and open the line up to Ayles bury as a single line without delay. The accounts, Which have been duly examined by the auditors, showed an expenditure up to the 30th of July last of £82,573, lea.ving a balance of £2,871. OGMORE VALLEY. The report; of the di rectors stated that since the last half-yearly meeting the amalgamation of this company's urdertaking and the Ely V a ll ey Exten sion Railway had received the sanction Parlia ment, and the amalgamation was formally e ff ected. The railways in both valleys were completed ; but in the Little Ogmore Valley the sidings to connect the collieries had not been finished, and some little delay might; therefore, arise in the receipt and transmission of traffic on that portion of the line. This brawl was laid on the mixed gauge. In the Ogmore Valley the lines, sidings, and inclines were now completed, and the traffic over the line had commenced. An arrangement, commencing on the Ist of July last, had been made with the lessees of the duchy minerals for a minimum payment of £5,000 a year for their traffic over this company's line, increasing in „Foportion to the tonnage carried. Contracts had beetu entered into with Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and Co. (limited), for the supply of six locomotives, three of which had been delivered ; and with the Lan caster Waggon Company (limited) for 500 waggons, 200 of which were made and in process of delivery. The Llynvi Valley Railway Company had compia :ted the laying of their narrow gauge from this lino ito Tondu and Porthcawl. In order to expedite ti he progress of the works for deepening the harbt )ur of Porthcawl, the port committee, with ti .e approval of the Lynvi Valley Company ; and this company, closed the harbour during the months of June and dtilY last, and, cons 3quently, the traffic on this ec m l Parly's railway fa r shipment of coals at Porth cavil could not be con unenced. On the Ist August the outer harbour wag 3 re-opened for vessels with a g reatly-increased depth of water, and an improved and sheltered entrance. The coal tipping stage, the machinery for which had been supplied by Sir Wm. Armstrong, would not, however, be completed for a few weeks longer, and the traffic was, therefore, ne cessarily limited. The breakwater had been extended to its - full length during the past summer. Very shortly the permanent end would be raised above the water level, and the directors saw no reason why that portion of the new works should not be completed before the winter. The directors were unable to complete any satisfactory arrangements with the Great Weastern Company for providing a narrow gauge route to Cardiff, with connections to the other narrow gauge railways. The capital account showed that £80,718 had been expended, leaving a balance of £15,677. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN The committee of bondholders appointed to inves tigate into the financial position of this company have reported that the sum of £970,143 constitutes the total capital liability of the company. The seve ral acts obtained by the company only authorised the raising of £524,000, so that the capital had been exceeded by £446,143. The railway was only 20 miles in length, and the cost of construction, includ ing Parliamentary and other expenses, had conse quently been nearly £50,000 per mile. The bonds were, it was said, issued in many instances at a heavy discount. The only hope for the bona fide shareholders and bondholders to receive any return on their investments was the probable sale of the undertaking to the Manchester and Milford Com pany, and if this should be the case it was believed that about one-third of the nominal capital expenses would ultimately be realised. NORTH AND SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at Euston Station on Friday ; Mr, H. Tootal in the chair. The report stated that the recent working under the agreement with the London and North Western and the London and South Western Companies had reduced the receipts from merchandise and minerals. The receipts amounted to £4,893, against £5,538 in the same half of 1864, and £4,325 in the same half of 1863. The decrease in the receipts from passengers was attributable to the general reduction of fares, necessitated by the opening of the Ham mersmith and City line, and to the abstraction of traffic by that railway from this company's Ham mersmith branch. It was proposed to liquidate the debit balance on renewal account s amounting to £1,240, by annual instalments, debiting all addi tional relaying to the same account. The directors proposed to carry to the credit of this account the sum of £258 premium realised on the issue of the new share capital. The general result, after pay ment of interest on debentures, was a net balance to the credit of revenue of £2,484, from which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving £234 for the current half-year. The capital account showed that £88,619 had been expended on the main line and £23,650 on the Hammersmith branch—total, £112,269. The revenue account showed that £5,195 had been received, and £2,137 expended, leaving a balance of £3,058.1 The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he trusted that in the next, half-year they would be able to pay the usual dividend of 6 per cent. per annum. Mr. MANGLES seconded the motion, which was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared for the half-year. LAMBETH-BRIDGE. The report of the directors stated that the arbi trator had made his award in the action brought against the company by Messrs. Porter, the contrac tors for building the bridge. The sum claimed was £8,466. The amount awarded as due was £3,914, with £3OO for costs and £219 for half the expenses of the award, making in all £4,433. The directors had required payment of an amount of unpaid calls on the shares on which £1 only had been received, sufficient to meet this sum. As Mr. Davis's lease was now drawing to a close, the directors recom mended that the dividend fer the last half-year be made at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum only, as they were at present not aware of the actual amount of traffic. This would leave £1,020 in hand. The directors believed that £5 per cent. would be the lowest dividend paid by the company in future. The capital account showed that £45,749 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £1,789. Birmingham Working Men's Exhibition. - 111. - The working men's industrial exhibition for Bir mingham and the Midland Counties was inaugu rated yesterday. At half-past one o'clock yester day a procession—in which the exhibitors were joined by the magistrates, the members of the Town Council, the local clergy, the 'volunteer rifle corps, the fire brigades, &c.—started from the Bull-ring, Birmingham, to Bingley Hall, where the exhibition is held. At Bingley Hall, the different bodies form ing the procession were received by a committee of working men, and conducted to seats. The Rev. J. C. Miller, D.D., rector of St. Martin's, Birming ham, presided. He was supported by Lord Leigh, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire ; Lord Lyttelton, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire ; the Mayor of Birmingham (Mr. Henry Wiggin), the Ven. Arch deacon Sandford, the Ven. Archdeacon Hone, Mr. C. N. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. W. D. Bromley, M.P., and a large number of gentlemen of local in fluence and position. The 100th Psalm having been sung, the Chair man offered up an appropriate prayer, and then made some observations introducing the business part of the proceedings. An inauguration ode, composed by a working man, Mr. Coombes Davies, and set to music by Mr. Thomas Anderton, a promising young musi cian and composer, was then performed, under the direction of Mr. Anderton. Lord Lyttelton then delivered the inaugural ad dress. He said it would be unbecoming of him to take up the time of the meeting by any professions of his ability to perform adequately the function which he was about to attempt, though he could not but remember with some uneasiness that in other parts of the country a similar function had been discharged by several of our most distinguished public men. By discharging that function they had shown their sense of the importance of those exhibitions, and therein of that larger subject of which those exhibitions might be looked upon as a part—the voluntary and intelligent intercourse be ween different classes of the community. He observed that it was, he thought, too much the fashion to speak of it as being an obligation resting peculiarly upon the rich to promote that intercourse whereas the great middle class were really just as much called upon as either of the other two classes to promote intercourse with those above and below them. He thought that intelligent and voluntary intercourse featurepurposesfo h i e amnsoure extent times. before. Hedi did not Hespayut on it never side the question whaetsher that in the middle ages and in earlier times there w intercourse between greaterseveral lc m la a sse o s u w n o h t ic f h kindly the s some persons supposed there was. But looking to com paratively recent times, Daniel Defoe wrote, 150 years ago, that although the rich necessarilyknew something of the doings of the poor, still the suffer ings and the vices of the poor were confined to them selves, and were carried on, so to speak, by them selves. Twenty years ago a remarkable book wa s written by one of those distinguished men of whom who eaalrir. there had been but too few combined literary with political eminence. He meant Disraeli, and the title of the book was " The Two Nations." If he was not misinformed the purport of it was that the working classes, and e s p eciall y the manufacturing working population, were as little known to the upper classes as if they were a separate and distinct nation living within the borders of England. He doubted whether that assertion could with truth be made now in as broad a sense as it was then. There were persons of a cynical and satirical disposition who complained somewhat of the many attempts to draw the different classes more closely together. "Why dont you let the working classes ruiE SUN, LONNIN, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29 1865 alone ?" they said. He thought such persons went against the whole tendency, not only of the upper and middle classes, but of the working classes themselves —(hear, hear)—for it was constantly found that the co-operation of the upper and middle classes was directly requested and solicited by the working classes, as was the case in the instance of that exhi bition. (Hear.) It was a great mistake to suppose that the working classes were trying to keep aloof, and that the upper and middle classes were running after them. There was on the part of all classes a very strong desire to know more of each other ; of which the literature of the day in its lighter and more popular form afforded sufficient indication. For many years past he knew very well that the works of fiction in which the upper classes took the most pleasure were those which purported to deal with the daily life of the classes below them ; and taking the converse, the small and cheap works of fiction and periodicals which circulated amongst the poorer classes of London, and which were to be seen in the shop-windows of the humbler streets, all—without one exception in a hundred—related to the lives of the upper classes. He knew very well there might be evil mixed up with this ; but he spoke of it as a matter of fact, and it was a matter of fact that on the part of all classes there was a very strong desire for closer intercourse with each other, and a more intimate knowledge of each other. His lordship then went on to say, that every man ought to work ; according to the words of Scrip ture, "To every man his work," and he said that exhibitions of that kind were valuable, because he believed they were an encouragement to men to work. To men employed in the higher walks of labour it was encouraging to know that their works would be appreciated by the classes below them. When in the National Gallery, or at a fine collection of sculpture, men of the better classes were found admiring great works ; or when Mr. Dickens saw the labouring people of this country literally devour his writings, that was a great part of the encou ragement which men of genius looked for from their countrymen, and which he was sure they would be very sorry indeed to be without. (Cheers.) Why, then, should it not be encouraging to the artisan to see his works admired ; and he was sure that the admiration of the visitors to that exhibition would be ungrudgingly given to the very beautiful collec tion of articles exhibited. (Hear.) His lordship then went on to say that on account of the great variety of trades in Birmingham, that town was peculiarly fitted to furnish an excellent working men's exhibi tion, and he concluded with an expression of hope fulness for the future of the working classes and of mankind. A vote of thanks was passed to his lordship for his address. A vote of thanks was also passed to the Mayor. The exhibition was then formally declared open. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamer Corea• Yesterday the following communication was re ceived from China, relative to the missing com pany's steamer Corea, which it is feared foundered with all on board during a fearful typhoon : " Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, July 11. " Gentlemen,—lt is with the utmost sorrow that I have to inform you that the company's steamer Corea is missing, and that the greatest fears are entertained of her having perished in a typhoon, which she is known to have en countered on the night of the 29th ult. She was despatched from this port in the evening of the 29th at 6 o'clock, on the usual east coast voyage, to Swatow, AMoy, and Foo-chow. Eor some days previous the heat had been very intense, the barometer inclined to be low, and the weather had the unsettled appearance so common hero at this season of the year; still there was no striking indication of immediate bad weather, and at the moment of leaving Captain Bird expressed his belief that if it should blow at all, it would be nothing more than a monsoon breeze. This was at 6 o'clock, and the suddenness with which the storm burst on the coast may be gathered from the report of a steamer called the Oriflamme, which left this only two hours before the Corea, and narrowly escaped foundering, having been more than once on her beam ends and with her fires extinguished, and several feet of water in her hold and engine-room. This report has been extracted from the newspapers, but has been verified by reference to the officers of the Oriflamme, so there is no doubt of its correctness. " ' The Oriflamme steamship, Captain Lane, reports that she left Hongkong June 29, 1865, at 450 p.m., for Shanghai, weather fine, with a fresh breeze from W.S.W., barometer 2975, being about the same as it has been for sometime past; 6 p.m., Nine Pins bearing N., found a rolling swell from S.E., could see no indication of a cyclone; made sail, as we had a gentle breeze from westward; 8 p.m., barometer 2968, thermometer 84; Single Island bore N. by W., lightning over the land; 1020 p.m., Pedro Blanco bore S. by E., five miles; 11 p.m., barometer 29 60, thermometer 81, blowing a gale from N., thick rain, a screw steamer in company supposed to bo the Corea, sea beginning to be quite high. June 30.- 1 a.m., barometer 29.40, wind still N., and blowing a hurri cane, sea high, and confused wind so strong that it blows the boat in the trough of the sea, we laying badly ; 2 a.m., barometer 29 30, wind blowing apparently as hard as it can ; put over port bow 100 fathoms of 10-inch hawser, to help to keep us up to the sea ; 3 a.m., barometer 29, thermometer 80, still blowing, some of the squalls terrific, fires all out in furnaces, &c. ; 4 40, barometer 28.50, thermometer 82, wind came in terrific gusts from S., till 8 a.m., it blew with perfect fury, sea running high ; 9 a.m., barometer 29 65, moderating and clearing up in the east, the bad weather about west of us. During the gale we lost three boats, two blown to pieces, one filled at the davits and left us, stove in wheel-houses, decks to guards, and damaged things in general about the decks ; 6 p.m., barometer 29 70; ther mometer, 80, midnight, wind and sea going down. July 1, —All night moderate and pleasant from S. and W. ; 11 35, came up with one of our lost boats, sent a boat for it and took it up the davits ; saw a bark with loss of foretopmast, maintopgallantmast, main yard, &c., bound here. On the , way in from Pedro Blanco, passed three junks dismasted, one bottom up, and five fishing boats wrecked, also' passed large quantities of wreck stuff—china, cargo in mats, dead hogs, one dead body; - 35 miles outside, picked up two men, and within 20 miles of Nino Pins picked up 37 Chinese from off different rafts.' " The intelligence of the Corea not having reached Swatow was first brought to me ve►y early on the morning of the Bth by the Azof. On hearing that the Corea was missing Captain Baker very properly obtained immediate despatch from Swatow, and came down as close along the coast as it was safe for the ship to do, but without obtaining any tidings of the missing steamer. " I then applied to the admiral for a gunboat to visit the various bays between this and Swatow, and make inquiries of the Chinese authorities whether any seamen had been wrecked on the coast. But there happened at the moment to be no vessel of this class ready for sea. lat once de spatched the Azof again on this errand, sending in her an armed party of sailors and marines, with a lieutenant in command, whom the admiral placed at my disposal, as on many parts of this piratical coast it would he dangerous to land without duo protection. " My instructions to Capt. Baker were to visit all parts of the coast as high as Swatow, and on arriving there, if no intelligence had been obtained to induce him to proceed else where, he is to return to this port in a more easterly direc tion, and on his way to examine Prates Shaol, if by any remote possibility the Corea might have been driven there. " Besides the Corea there is also another steamer missing, which left this port four hours before her on the same voyage, the Chanticleer, belonging to Mr. Douglas Lapraik. No trace of-this has been heard of either. " In estimating the chances of the Corea having escaped, the fact of another steamer being missed is not favourable, for were either of them safe the probability is that in the 12 days which have elapsed since the gale she must have been heard of. The direction of the wind and current have been continually from the south ; and this fact is also omi nous, as had the steamer run off in the only safe direction —viz., the south to east, the prevailing win is, even had she been disabled, would have driven her towards the coast again, the only ground of hope then appears to be that she may have been dismasted, or her machinery also disabled, so that progress of any kind is for the time impossible. I can not hold out this as a strong hope, but I deeplyregret to say it seems the only one—one which professional men enter tain, taking all the circumstances into consideration. " The Corea had on board a very small cargo and only three European passengers, besides the commander's wife, Mrs. Bird. That lady had only been here a few months, but she was in delicate health, and Capt. Bird asked to be allowed to take her to Swatow on a visit to some friends. Of the other passengers one was Mr. Noble, manager of the Agra Bank, one was a Portuguese, and one a German. wtahn : dre f ot e nh o ee m :v m ihopi un ceh i s cate these details with much pain, and would gladly smother th e f ears I have been compelled to express l o e f a s u a u f e o t t y b greater;share, e7t that a it t iasnmaywdf awful y catastrophe tonarrate h a e s plain l l t e r n u tthh,es these tw o howeverst steamers n e f r u a l . withinl tis a the fe scvommo hours of common dread, h e a e c i l leaving this port. "I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " THOMAS SUTHERLAND, Superintendent of the Company's Works, Hongkong. " To the Managing Directors, London." It will be observed that the above letter is dated tho 11th of July. The managing directors have received telegrams from Hongkong up to July 31st. Nothing further was known of the Corea. The following is a list of the officers who were on board: —Capt. J. W. D. Bird, commander; Mr. J. M. Guy, chief. officer ; Mr. J. D. Muir, acting second officer ; Mr. Richard son, third officer ; Mr. Young, fourth officer ; Mr. H. Map pleback, head steward ; Mr. J. Forrest, chief engineer ; Mr. R. K. Arr, second engineer ; Mr. R. Campbell, fourth en gineer; and Mr. A. C. Alford, boiler maker. Her crew num bered in all 100 hands. The Corea was 600 tons register and 200-horse power. Another Attempted Murder by a German or Germans. On Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, the inhabitants of West Ham were alarmed by the report that a brutal mur der had been attempted in a house inhabited by foreigners, No. 1, Edith-cottages, near the Chandos-road, Stratford, and that the two men concerned in the outrage had made their escape. The rumour, and cries for help, on the surrounding neighbours arising from their beds at hearing the calls of " murder," had too great a foundation, as a man named Joseph Kruchen was found in the road in the arms of his son bleeding from six wounds about the shoulders, and one large stab in the abdomen, from which the entrails were pro truding. Dr. Mugliston, of the Leytonstone-road, was im mediately called up, and promptly came to the unfortunate man's assistance. After putting back the bowels he sewed up the wound, and as the man appeared to be fast sinking, he recommended Mr. Inspector Standage to lose no time in having his depositions taken. A cab was obtained, and he was at once sent to the London Hospital. From what in the hurried excitement of the moment could be gleaned from the wounded man's son, he was last in company with Jacob Brenner, aged 24, a cabinet-maker in their employ, and also a lodger in their house, and in the company of a man named Charles Hems, aged 24, a sugar baker, re siding in Whitechapel. A full description having been given to the police, measures were taken for their ap prehension, and some of the neighbours also started in search. Nothing during the night was seen of them, but about half-past eight yesterday (Monday) morning Mr. Philip Pride, a gentleman who resides in the next house, was informed by some one who came there that a man answering the description of one of the suspected men was seen coming from a neighbouring field, but on being ob served made a stand, and then turned; back. Mr. Pride then went out to see if he could find him, and on going to the field he also saw a man resembling the one they were on the look out for. On going towards him he endeavoured to walk sharply away, and succeeded in reaching a shed, and on Mr. Pride following him there he found Jacob Brenner crouching down under a cart. He said to him, " What made you stab that poor man last night ? They are looking out for you, and you had better go quietly to my house." The man then felt in his pockets, as though feel ingfor a weapon ; but he (Mr. Pride) showed him the stick he had, and recommended him to come quietly. Brenner then said,l" Me have no knife; me have no knife at all.' , Tho other man supposed to be concerned, viz., Charles Hems, was discovered in the neighbourhood by the son of the injured man. He endeavoured to make his escape, but after a sharp run was taken about a mile and a half from the spot, at a place called Stratford-grove. _ _ _ - . . On Monday morning, at a late hour, the wounds of the injured man were considered so dangerous that the pro priety of sending for a magistrat e from the Thames Police court was discussed. silence which has characterised him ever since tho committal of the offence. He is a young man of middle height, somewhat muscularly built, with a pale counte nance, and having a set, determined expression about the upper lip; but his general expression of features is not such as would load to the conclusion that he would be guilty of a crime such as the one now charged against him. Committal of a Chemist and Druggist for Manslaughter. ilOyE, BRIGHTON, Monday. This morning Mr. Richard Noakes, a druggist, of North street, Brighton, a man of the very highest respectability, and a member of the Society of Friends, was taken into custody under a magistrate's warrant, and charged before Mr. C. Carpenter, Mr. M. Scott, Mr. Allfred, Mr. Hurlock, and Mr. Young, the magistrates sitting at the county bench, Hove, on a charge of having caused the death of Mr. Thos. Boys, of 74, Lansdowne-place, by accidentally substituting tincture of aconite for tincture of henbane, in a bottle sent to him to be refilled. Tho proceedings excited very great interest in conse quence of the coroner's jury having returned a verdict in which Mr. Noakes was not incriminated, and of his appre hension having been brought about by means extraneous to the family of the deceased. The accused was represented byMr. Merrifield, instructed by Mr. Ewen Evershed, solicitor. Mrs. Boys, widow of deceased—My husband was 81 years of age. About a month ago in consequence of his infirmity Dr. Dill prescribedfor him 30 drops of henbane, to be taken occasionally. On Sunday week he went to bed at 11 o'clock, after reading, as was his custom. He said he was afraid he should not be able to sleep, and that he would therefore take a dose of henbane. He took a bottle out of his medicine chest, held it up to the light, and counted out 30 drops, which he put into a rummer. He then told me to fill up the glass with camphor julep. I did so, and he drank the contents of the glass. About ten minutes after wards he said he thought a little went the wrong way, and that it felt hot Still a quarter of an hour late; he jumped up in bed and said his hands and legs felt benumbed, and he hoped that Noakes had sent the right stuff. I said "Then I had better send for some one." He said, "No ; I'll have no ono disturbed at this time of the morning." He sat up in the bed and looked at the bottle again. Holding it up to the light, he said, " It's all right." Half an hour or an hour afterwards he said he felt very sick ; and I got up and called my servant, and desired her to get some warm water. I gave him a tumbler of it, and it produced violent attempts at retching. All the inmates of the house then got up, and I again wanted to send for a surgeon, but he said, in very decisive tones, " No." Let some one go in the morn ing, but not before six." He desired Mr. Noakes might be informed that he had been very ill all night, and that the bottle should be sent to him, a small quantity being first poured out to be retained. He then lay down apparently to sleep. In about five minutes I went to the side of the bed and put my arm round his neck, and asked, " Are you asleep ?" He did not reply; he never spoke again. At a quarter to five I knew he was dead. Evidence was then given to show that the bottles were sent to Mr. Noakes's shop to be filled, and that they were filled and sent home, and that the bottle labelled " Hen bane" was filled with aconite. Dr. Harrison deposed, however, that deceased had suf fered for ten years from disease of the heart, which a pro per dose of aconite would tend to alleviate. He believed that deceased died from disease of the heart, and he would not say that his death was accelerated, by taking aconite. Deceased had had aconite previously prescribed for him, and these proceedings were not taken at the instance of any member of his family. Dr. Phillips said he had made a post-mortem examina tion of the body of deceased. His attention was entirely directed to the condition of the heart, in consequence of Dr. Dill, his medical attendant, having informed him that deceased had suffered with disease of the heart. (The wit ness described the appearances of the heart.) The state of the heart was quite sufficient to account for death, there fore I did not examine the stomach or the head. Aconite, or nicotine, if it had been taken, might have been found in the stomach after death, but it must have been by an ex pert. I cannot state positively whether on this occasion aconite had anything to do with the death, though I in cline to the opinion that it had. The question is not free from doubt, not blowing the previous condition of the de ceased, or the, precise strength of the tincture. Wm. Bottell, a Hove constable, stated that he went to Mr. Noakes's shop that day week, and told Mr. Noakes an inquest would be held on the body of Mr. Boys, at the Town Hall, Hove, at 6 o'clock that evening, and added that he had " put up" that bottle of stuff for Mr. Boys, and Mr. Noakes said, "Unfortunately I did." Mr. Merrifield then addressed the bench on behalf of the accused. It was by no means clear that the aconite even accelerated the death of the old gentleman. The prosecution was not instituted by the family of the deceased man, and those who had experience in assize trials could predict with absolute certainty that the sympathy of judge and jury in such a case would lead to an acquittal. He therefore called on the magistrates not to inflict on the accused the annoy ance and inconvenience of a committal for trial, which could never end in a conviction, and which was not called for by public policy. After a brief consultation among the magistrates, Mr. Carpenter said the magistrates regretted that they felt themselves called upon to send the case to a jury. It might be that the case would end in an aquittal, but the magistrates thought it one that must be sifted in another court. Of course bail would be accepted, the accused in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each. Alleged Deaths from Malaria in Bethnal . green. Yesterday Mr. Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, opened an inquiry at the Gossett Arms Tavern, Gossett-street, Bethnal-green, respecting the alleged death from malaria of a child named Walter Cannell. Wm. Cannell, 70, Gossett-street, cabinetmaker, said that the deceased ,vas his son, and was aged six months. He was taken ill about three weeks ago, and was attended by Dr. Sarries until his death on the 20th inst. Witness did not know what ho died from, except that Dr. Sarries said that his stomach was out of order. Witness was certain that a nuisance at the back of his house was injurious to the health of his family. Witness had stated that he believed his child had been injured by the nuisance. The nuisance of which he complained was the collection and detention of blood. The smell arising from the collection witness thought was injurious. The Coroner said that Professor Harley had been in structed to examine the premises on which the alleged nuisance existed, and his report upon that would not be ready for a few days, and therefore he (the coroner) would adjourn the case at the present stage. The witness Cannell said that he had papers to show that he had buried three persons who died in that house. It was stated that the nuisance complained of was caused by the collection and retention of blood, for use in the process of sugar baking, and that in the hot weather the malaria arising therefrom was shocking. • The proceedings were adjourned for scientific evidence. Dr. Sarries, the medical officer of health for Bethnal green, handed to the coroner the following report to the sanatory committee as to the dangerous nuisance in ques tion : " Aug. 24,1865. “Report.—Since my last report, dated July 6, 1865, upon the method of conducting the business at Mr. Hempleman's, Gossett-street, Hope Town, blood purveyor, I have ascer tained that he wilfully suppressed certain particulars that it was necessary I should know. You are aware I stated that 1 was informed by Mr. Hempleman, and fully believed, that the blood underwent no process whatever. I have since as certained by personal inspection, from three to six a.m., on July 22, 1865, that a process was carried on as follows : ” The blood being allowed to remain at the slaughter houses for some time became congealed, and in some in stances in a partial state of decomposition. In such a state it is unfit for the sugarlrefiners, and to render it fit for their use the coagula is broken up by a machine, during which process offensive stenches are emitted which I consider highly injurious to the public health. I, therefore, beg to suggest that the business be entirely discontinued.—l am, THOMAS SARRIES, Medical Officer of Health." The report referred to above states that the blood under went no process, but that a stench arose from the sinking of blood into the unpaved ground. A notice was then served on the proprietor to completely pave the sheds and white wash and otherwise cleanse the place. That notice was, to a certain extent, acted upon, but the result of further in spection is detailed above. A notice to discontinue the nuisance was served on Saturday; the result, as yet, re mains to be ascertained. Foreign Mail Packet List. THE EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS. At the West Ham Police-court, the two prisoners, Jacob Brenner, 24, residing at No. 1, Edith -cottages, near the Chandos-road, Stratford, cabinetmaker, and Charles Hems, 24, sugar-baker, Whitechapel, were brought up by Mr. Inspector Standage, of the K division, before Nathaniel Powell, Esq., charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Joseph Kruchen, aged 40, a master cabinetmaker, with in tent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoners not being able to understand English, the services of MrJohn Schwytzer were obtained as interpreter. Immediately upon the commencement of the proceedings some little delay was caused by a German in court persist ently endeavouring to communicate something to the pri soners while they were in the dock, and it was only by the prompt exertions of Inspector Standage that he would desist. Leonard Kruchen said—l am the son of the injured man. I live at home with my father, Joseph Kruchen. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night my father came running up stairs and knocked at my door. He said, " Come down stairs directly, as they are beating me." When I got down stairs I saw the two men hitting him. I then saw Jacob Brenner stab my father six or seven times in the arm. I will swear he gave him six stabs in the house. My father then went into the yard. The prisoner followed him and stabbed him in the belly. He did it with a knife that they use in cabinet work. It was a table knife, but he sometimes uses it for his work. The Magistrate—Has the knife been produced ? Inspector Standage—No, it has not been found yet. Witness—When my father came into the house he fell down, and when I came to look for the prisoners they were gone. I did not see the prisoner Hems stab my father. I only saw him standing outside the door. Inspector Standage—l shall be able to show that a short time previously they had all been together. We do not know what the injured man may say if he should recover. T hey had been drinking together in the evening. Witness—We had had a friend at our house in the after noon, and they had been to see him off by the train. The prisoner Brenner, in answer to the usual question as to whether he had anything to say, said that what the pre vious witness had said was all false. Dr. G. T. W. Mugliston said—About half-past 11 o'clock on Sunday night I was called to see a man who was stabbed. I went to No. 1, Edith-cottages, and saw Joseph Kruchen. I found six superficial wounds about the shoulders, and one severe wound in the abdomen. It was about long, and there was Bin. of gut protruding from it. I en larged the wound and put the bowels back, bandaged him up, anal recommended him to be conveyed immediately to the London Hospital. Mr. InspectorStandage—About 1 o'clock this morning, from information I received, I went to the house of Joseph Kruchen. I there saw he had six cuts upon his arms, and one upon the abdomen, as described by the doctor. Accord ing to his instructions I had him conveyed to the hospital. I produce no certificate from the hospital, as the prisoners were not apprehended. Police-constable Foote, 484 K—l am stationed at West Ham. About a quarter-past 8 this morning, from informa tion received, I apprehended the prisoner Hems in Strat ford-grove. I told him the charge, and he made some reply which I did not understand. From other information which I received I apprehended the prisoner Brenner at a house in Edmund's-road, Stratford-new-town. I told him the charge, and he made some reply which I did not under stand. Mr. Inspector Standage—There are marks of blood on the prisoner Brenner's shirt bosom and wristbands. Dr. Mugliston said if the wounded man survived a re mand would be required for some time. The prisoners were then remanded. The Murder at Wolverhampton. Yesterday an inquest was held at the Graisley Brook Inn, Wolverhampton, before Mr. T. M. Phillips, coroner, on.the body of the young woman Harriet Seagar, who was mur dered by Charles Christopher Robinson, at the residence of both in Sidney-street, in that town, on Saturday evening. Mr. Thomas Walker, solicitor, was present, watching the case for the defence ; and Mr. Bartlett was there, instructed by the chief constable and by the friends of the deceased, for the prosecution. Emma Silleto, servant to Mr.lsaiah Fisher, of the Queen's Arms, deposed that on Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, she saw Robinson coming down the stairs of Mr. , Josiah Fisher's house, with a razor in his hand, having blood upon it. She asked him what he had done to the deceased, and he said, "I have shot her." Alfred Fullwood, aged 8, who lived with his parents in Ablow-street, deposed that he was playing with a son of Mr. Josiah Fisher in Mr. Isaiah Fisher's yard. His play fellow told hint that ho had seen Robinson strike deceased with his hand while she was sweeping the yard. Pre viously witness had seen him attempt to kiss the deceased. She pushed him away, and he then struck her in the face. She was crying before he did so. Shortly afterwards, and whilst the deceased was in the back kitchen, Robinson same and sent him (witness) away, shutting the back door after him. _ _ . Mary Ann Lewis, of Ablow-street, deposed to the cir cumstances of the murder in terms substantially agreeing with our narrative of yesterday. The girl was respect able, steady, and modest. George Henry Wilson, clerk, of Melbourne-street, de posed that Robinson was an intimate friend of his. Knew that he was paying attention to deceased, and they were always on the best of terms. On Saturday afternoon he was with the two, at Mr. Josiah Fisher's house, from a quarter to three to half-past four. He and Robinson were shooting sparrows about the yard. When he left Robinson and Seagar were very friendly. Did not think that Robin son was sober. At one time during the afternoon he said that Seagar was crying, but he did not know what for. Ho was very dull and sullen. Josiah Fisher deposed that he was a house agent, and the deceased lived with him as servant of all work. Robin son lodged at the house, and was his first cousin. Six or seven weeks ago there was a slight quarrel between de ceased and Robinson. Deceased wished him to go and see a child who was ill, and who was a niece to witness. Charles said he would not, and squeezed her on the throat, and she was in consequence offended with him for some tine. Robinson bad taken to drinking of late, but his committing a murder was the last thing he (witness) should have thought of. Police-inspector Thomas and Mr. Llewellen Summers, surgeon, were also examined. The Coroner adjourned the inquiry until this day (Tues day) fortnight, at two o'clock, when it is expected the murderer will be able to attend. The alleged murderer now lies in a private ward in the South Staffordshire Hospital, which is guarded by a police officer. He was removed to that institution late on Sunday night, and the ward was specially prepared for his recep tion. Before he was removed he got out of bed at the house in Sidney-street and walked across tho landing into the deceased'sbedroom. He was brought back again by the officer who had been set to watch him. He re-entered his own room, and eyed himself in the looking-glass, and then got into bed, maintaining during all this the MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton... —Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pauet Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Sept. 22 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena Sept. China. Penang. and Singdpure, via Sou hampton Sept. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles Aug 26 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. 25. Ditto, via Marseilles :..Sept. -. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil . Sept. 4. Newfoundland .• 4 Aug. SO Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Sept. 1. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe . Sept. 10 . West Indies and Pacific (3xcept Baha , nas, Cuba, and Mexico Aug. 28 Bahamas, via New York. Sept. 13 Bermuda, ditto Cuba and Mexico Aug. •.' 6. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—A few days ago an event occurred at Bonn, the results of which will furnish a critical test of the institutions and manners of the Kingdom of Prussia in the 19th century. A Frenchman named Ott, a native of Strasburg, and a cook by profession, was passing through Bonn on his way to Coburg. He had attained such eminence in his calling that he bad been for some time in the service of our own Royal Family, and was, indeed, proceeding at the time to join the Queen's establishment during her Majesty's stay in Germany. After this he was to be chief of the kitchen in the household of Prince Alfred, and it appears that in celebration of this appointment he had been entertaining a few friends at supper on the evening of the occurrence to be now related. At 10 o'clock at night, in company with four of his guests, he left the tavern, walking arm in-arm with two of them, while the other two fol lowed about a hundred yards behind. They pre sently encountered a party of students, including a soldier in uniform, and some words occurred be tween them which produced a scuffle. The students, who are represented as being some twenty in num ber, laid about them with loaded bludgeons, and soon stretched M. Ott's two companions on the ground. In the meantime the soldier drew his sabre and dealt poor Ott two tremendous cuts on the head. This done, the party all ran away, and when M. Ott's other two friends came up to the spot they were just in time to catch him in their arms and take him to the hospital. There his wounds were dressed, but the next day locked-jaw set in, and the poor victim at last expired after a period of most horrible suffering, which the very strength of his constitution only served to prolong. That the public may receive a fair and unprejudiced V ersion of this re volting narrative we will now recount all the circum stances which can be discovered or suggested in ex planation. It is not alleged that M. Ott and his friends were intoxicated, while it is positively denied that they gave their assailants any offence. Still it is stated that they left the tavern " singing," and as the occasion had been a convivial one, they might perhaps have been a little excited, and might have claimed to take or keep the wall to the prejudice of the students. We are, indeed, informed that the dispute, such as it was, did originate in the offer of M. Ott's party to take a certain side of the way, though it is not insinuated that they did so against rule or without right. The students had probably been carousing also, so that the original character of the affray may be conjectured without difficulty. The presence of the soldier in uniform admits, too, of ready explanation. He was actually a private in a regiment of Hussars quartered in the town, and was acquitting himself of a year's service in the Line, preparatory to a commission in the Prussian Militia. By a favour not unusual under the cir cumstances, he was allowed to pursue his studies at the University at the same time, so that his appear ance and equipment are easily accounted for. We may also add that according to the military laws of Prussia soldiers are permitted, under certain con ditions, to resort to their arms in self-defence. These details contain and exhaust every plea which can be urged in mitigation of this cowardly outrage, and to what, let us ask, do they amount ? It is utterly improbable, considering the characters of the two parties, that these three civilians, even if a little the worse for wine, should have offered the students any offence. It is absolutely impossible that the students could have been compelled, in self-preser vation, to have recourse to the violence which they used. They outnumbered their opponents by five to one, and they were armed with formidable wea pons. We are expressly assured that M. Ott him self had not so much as a stick in his hand, and yet it is upon this poor, single, unarmed man, standing helpless before him, that a Prussian cadet draws his sword. We must now state that the name of this cadet is Eulenburg, and that he is a nephew of the Prussian Minister of the Interior. We observed that the public morality of Prussia would be judged by the conduct of the Govern ment and the action of the laws upon this occur rence, and we are willing for the present to con sider the question as open. Still, we cannot omit to state what has already been done, or, rather, left undone. Our readers will, of course, conclude that young Eulenburg was at once ar rested and placed in custody to take his trial for the homicide. Nothing of the sort. He remained at large and unmolested in Bonn till the very day of his victim's funeral, when he betook himself to Ber lin, and it is only just now that we hear of his being " put under arrest." Nor is it certain that this will lead either to his trial or his punishment. On the contrary, the universal impression in the country is that he will be allowed to escape unharmed. For this assumption, too, the most damaging reasons are openly given. It is not that life is held cheap in Prussia, or that assaults arc regarded as beneath the notice of the law. So far are the Prussians from holding these opinions that when some time ago an Englishman, under circumstances of almost irresistible provocation, struck a railway servant a harmless blow with his fist, he was imprisoned for months, and ultimately brought to trial as for a most heinous crime. It is not in the law nor in opinion that young Eulenburg is expected to find his protection, but in the privileges of his class. He belongs to the aristocracy, and it seems that in Prussia young nobles assume a licence which in other parts of Europe is two centuries out of date. We may read in the pages of Swift or St. Simon stories greatly resembling this affair at Bonn. In our Queen Anne's time a young gentleman sallying out of a tavern thought it no derogation of his honour or his courage to run a poor watchman through the body, and scenes of a similar kind were then of no infrequent occurrence in the streets of Paris. We connect such doings with bygone days and principles, but it appears that in Prussia they are practised still. However, there is a chance that on this occasion retribution may follow. The vic tim was a French subject and in English employ. It is reported that her Majesty has already inter ested herself in the case, and the Emperor Napo leon may not improbably think proper to prefer his just demands for redress. That such redress may be both speedily and amply obtained will be the earnest hope of every Englishman who reads the story. Posr.—The committee of the so-called Emanci pation Society have announced the dissolution of that association in an address which, as regards al most every one of its statements, is, we regret to observe, inaccurate. This society was, it appears, established about' three years ago ostensibly to " en courage the United States Government in the pro secution of an emancipation policy," but in reality to co-operate in the prosecution of the civil war be tween the North and the South. It was fermed, as the address affirms, to counteract the " erroneous and mischievous views of the origin, the nature, and the objects of the war" which were entertained by the " leading journals" and the " public men" of this country ; that is to say, for the purpose of di verting the current of English opinion into a Fede ral channel. The highly rhetorical compliment paid to certain " names which are illustrious in the in tellectual world," may be passed over as a pardon able exaggeration ; but the assertion that the " movement" was " sustained by the enthusiastic support of the masses" requires confirmation. It is, however, in describing the " result of our united labours" that the committee have made the absence of fact most conspicuous. They take credit to themselves for having been the means of preventing her Majesty's Government recognising the Con federate States ; the seizure of the famous steam rams was, they pretend, owing to their interference ; and the sum total of their efforts is represented• in the dissipation of the " dream of a slave empire," and the collapse of the " pro-slavery . Government established at Richmond." So many mistakes, in cluding such a wide departure from historical veracity, were never perhaps brought together in any address of equal length. The suggestion that the common policy of the Governments of England and France was in the smallest degree influenced by the action of the Emancipation Society is sim ply preposterous ; and, in point of truth, no " slave empire" was created in the South, nor has any " pro-slavery Government" collapsed at Richmond. Slavery was an institution of the Republic from the beginning, and North and South were equally answerable for its existence. Mr. Wendell Phillips advocated in one sense the measures which Mr. Jefferson Davis, as the elected President of the Southern States, carried out in another. The antagonistic ideas met at the same terminus, and both led directly to diseinion. Negro slavery, it is assumed, has perished ; every slave is emancipated, and therefore the " peculiar work" of this society is practically accomplished. Whether the liberated slaves die of starvation, or how they exist—whether they improve their freedom or abuse it, does not Concern the Emancipation Society. Its " peculiar work" is done, and it is formally dis solved. Of course it would be uncharitable to infer that the committee imagined they could, by the dis solution of the society, relieve themselves from the responsibility which, according to their own account, they have incurred. We may think that the Eman cipation Society exercised no more influence over the Government of Washington than it did on the Governments of London and Paris, but inasmuch as the committee profess to believe that their asso ciation formed an important link in the chain of events, they cannot be allowed to run away from public observation through the convenient plea of " peculiar work." Having interfered so far, they might, at least, propose a subsc r ipti on to alleviate the misery of the freedmen, and send over a depu tation to confer with the President on the subject. They must know that in the United States the gradual extinction of the coloured population is re garded as the only feasible solution of the problem which the emancipation of the slaves has pro pounded. The " miscegenation" theory is con temptuously scouted, and quite recently one of the organs of Mr. Johnson's Administration took the trouble to prove by a formidable array of figures that ere long the negro difficulty would die out. It is said to be merely a question of time, that the blacks cannot hold their ground, that they have been cut off by thousands in the war, and that disease and deprivation will continue to sensibly thin their ranks. The Emancipation Society may conceive that it is better for the negroes to perish in freedom than to subsist in slavery, but on that supposition it might not be easy to justify a tremendous sacrifice of human life. To emancipate the slaves, to abate a nuisance, to get rid of a stum bling-block is intelligible enough, but it is not philanthropy. The Federal generals, as the rule, threw their black troops first upon the Confederate bayonets, and it would seem that in so doing they were acting up to the spirit of the emancipation policy; but to associate the names of Clarkson and Wilberforce with such proceedings exhibits more than a disregard of accuracy. The committee ven ture to express a hope " that the great republic may long enjoy peace and prosperity, and that equal laws may be re-established ;" and the aspiration is not only proper, but exceedingly opportune. Peace and prosperity depend, however, upon the re-establish ment of equal laws, and the equity of things must be admitted before the hope can be reasonably en tertained. The Emancipation Society may satisfy its sense of justice by mildly intimating an expecta tion, but the public conscience will not be pacified so easily ; and if it was moral and expedient to form an association in this country to co-operate in the emancipation of slaves in the United States, the morality and expediency of expressing an opinion on the action of the Republican Government on cognate questions cannot be disputed. If it was right to en courage the Americans in what was assumed to be a work of humanity, it cannot be wrong to remind them that their conduct in other respects appear to be averse from humanity. We might say, for exam ple, that to subject the Southern people to the bon dage and oppression from which the slaves have been emancipated would not consist with a humane po licy, and that Mr. Jefferson Davis was also " a man and a brother." The English nation has, we appre hend, no special call to protect negroes in foreign countries. We are not aware that they have any peculiar claims upon us, and we cannot be insen sible to the sufferings of persons who, if their com plexion be fair, possess human feelings. For our part, we do not complain that the Emancipation Society intervened to encourage the North to pro secute the war against the South ; but the right, if it was one, might be equally exercised on the other side, and, so far from being awed by " names which are illustrious in the intellectual world," whatever may be referred to, we still think, with Mr. Gladstone, that the Southern people virtually conquered their independence. But if the Emanci pation Society could influence the Government or the people of the United States, it is remarkable that it has dissolved itself at this moment. We are not disposed to believe all, or nearly all, that is said in the Republic of its relations with England and France, or to suppose, as some do, that sentiments of hatred and aversion are taking root in the Ame rican mind ; but when an English association makes a merit of having assisted in the prosecution of a war in which England stood neutral, it may be thought that its labours could be profitably ex tended in the interests of peace. Those who claim to be peculiarly the friends of the Republic might be warranted in expressing more than a faint hope that the sober sense and reason of the American people would regulate their policy both at home and abroad. We have no wish to disturb the Emanci pation Society in its retirement, but while the negro question is not sealed, there are other questions in which philanthropy and humanity are not less concerned. The slaves have gained nothing by their enfranchisement that they are in a condition to appreciate, and the Government which has achieved their emancipation is fairly at a loss how to treat them in freedom. But, quite apart from this and every other embarrassment, it should be distinctly understood that in abolishing slavery the American Republic has only followed the example of other Powers. The measure was and is exclusively its own affair, and the merit accruing, whatever it may be, does not in any degree affect the international position of the United States. COUNTRY MARKETS COLCHESTER-AUG. 26. Another week of very bad weather, and outstanding crops much damaged, and m os t o f those housed aro in very bad condition. A moderate supply of wheat, mostly new ; prices vary. Old wheat in good demand at advancing prices. A few parcels of new barley, quality very different to last year's. Beans and peas scarce, and turn dearer. Wheat, white ..46s 54s Beans, Diazagan.„....33B 383 red 42. 49. Middle and small. . 358 400 Barley Oats . .......20s 25, grey ...35s 400 NORTHAMPTON—Aua. 26. Here to-day wheat came fairly to hand, and prices were is higher than the previous week. There was a small show of oats, which made fully as much money as last week. Beans limited, and high prices asked. A good breadth of corn has been cleared during the last ten days. New white wheat, 45s to 47s ' • new red, 42s to 45s ; old white, 44s to 46s ; old red, 42 s t o 44s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 25s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 33s ; new, 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 44s ; new, 35s to 38s per 38 stone. Peas, 35s to 38s pei 36 stone. CHELMSFORD-AUG. 25. The attendance at the Exchange was good, and the sup ply of new wheat fair, but much of it out of condition, and therefore could not obtain last week's prices. Old whesto much in demand, and about Is in advance of last week. Spring corn of all descriptions about the same. Whegt, old white....46s 528 Peas, Partridge 37a 391 new 46s 52s White ..3us 34S old red 4os 45s Bulling 388 428 new. 40s 41s Dun ..31s 3 59 8ar1ey...... 25s 32s dit o, new... —s —g Chevalier 263 Z3s Beans, Tick, old ......31s 37s Gritld ng Os Ss new.. ..—s 9 Malt 6lB 67s Harrow 1 icks.3s4 9 Chevalier 64s 68s new....—s - 0 Oats ... 2os 26s Mazsgan . 348 37s GRANTHAM-AUG. 26. Here to-day the quantity of wheat on offer was only moderate, and what changed hands was at an advance of 2s per qr. The supply of barley was middling at late cur rencies. In oats (of which there was a small supply) there was no material change. Old white wheat, 46s to 50s; old red, 42s to 465; neW white, 46s to 50s ; new red, 40s to 45s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, —s to —8 per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 27s to 32s ; new, 22s to 27s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 475; new, 36s to 38s per 38 stone. Peas, 35s to 39s per 36 stone. - ABERDEEN—AUG. 25. At this day's market there was a very limited show of samples, some portion of which was new, various in qua lity and condition. We quote all kinds nominally as last week, with few transactions. White wheat Red wheat 33s 35s 0 0 d d t t o o 8 40 65 s 0 0 41 1 Potato oats 20s 6d to 21 s 6d 401 b ? bushel . Common oats 20s Od t o 20 s Od Bere 238 . 0 d to 24s Od 621bi1l b u shel. 58Ib V bushel. Barley 23s Od to 24s Od Oatmeal 16s 6d to;178 6d 11 boll of 1401 b, Flour, fine 33s Od to 34s Od ? sack of 28016. KIRKOALDY—Ama. 26. Small supply of wheat, two samples of barley, and three of oats. Wheat and barley is per qr. dearer. Oats, n° change. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 41s Od I 29s 6d 25s Od :•ecoad.... 42s 6d Ws Od —8 Od Third..... 43s Od —BOd i —s Cd COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley l7 9 Hetton Lyons... lB 3 Hetton 2O 0 S. 1: Braddyell's Hetton 19 9 u Kelloe Tunstall Eden Main West Belmont l9 Tees Walls End Haswell 2O 0 South Hetton Ships at market, 39 ; sold, 11. Births. BANNISTER,—On the 26th inst., at Maidstone, the wile of Major C. W. Bannister, of a daughter. BOYD.—On the 26th inst., at 61, Chester-square, Mre• F la ' derick Boyd, of a daughter. ROYSTON.—On the 27th inst., at the British En ba si l' Paris, Viscountess Royston, of a daughter. Marriages. Goon —DRAKE.—On th e 25th inst at St. Mark's Reel; park, James G oo d , E sq., Staff Assist.-Surgeon,.to J-L v a es, Mary, daught er o f Commissary-General. W. Id. C. 8., K.L.H., &c. HODGSON—WARD E—On the 24th inst., at Harpenden, g Henry Tilsden Hod g so n , E sq B.A ,of Trinity C° lle i nt Cambrid g e, t o Ch ar l o tt e P. Lloyd,' second daughW,,, the late Charles T. Warde, Esq., of Clopton JO Warwickshire. ALLEN.—On the 24th inst., at Chircombe, r near Bidefo6° Deaths. Joseph Hammond Allen, Esq., aged 74. BAILEY.—On the 25th inst., Hannah, relict of 'W. 11 1 ° W Bailey, late of 46, Fleet-street. BLACKBURN.—On the 27th • Mot comb-street, inst., at 25, Mocorn Belgrave-square, Mr. W. F. Blackburn, aged 54 . xn r- COE.—On the 25th inst., at Eglingham Vicarag e 'lu j i — i " thumberland, the Yen. Richard Charles Col o, aed 6. uel NAY g LOR.—On the 24th inst., at Hammersmith, Stoll,. Naylor, Esq., of Great N ew port-street, Leicester -mi l ui"' d, aged 91. ROBERTSON.—On the 25th inst., at Airfield, county Di1b.1i73,..: Robert Robertson, Esq., advocate, Sheriff of Stirhnb aged 64. _ O. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM A.NDIEWV,I2, of No. 112, Strand, Pi inter, at Tim SuN Office. 14° 4 '; of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coullv Atiddlesexv—Tuesday, August 29,1560. I I