The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

r.ahe Union Bank Forgery Case. OnTlxursrlayJohn Henry Greatrex, Sewell Grim- I t haw, a cid Thos. Grimshaw were placed at the bar of the aigh Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, charged. with the forgery of nearly 1,400 £1 notes of the Union Bank of Scotland. The indictment charged the prisoners under the Act 45th Geo. cap. E'9, with forgery and the possession of forged &commits, as also at common law with forgery and uttering. There were 21 charges, the first relating to the forgery of 1,323 notes, as per inventory, in the premises of Greatrex,who was a photographer in Glasgow, the second to the possession of these notes, the taird and fourth to the possession on the part of the Grimshaws of the said notes, and the remaining charg s to the forgery of individual notes, and to the utt :ring of them in shops in Glasgow, Greenock, Stirling, Edinburgh, and Dalkeith. The prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty." The firat witnesses called were Mary Gibb, Elizabeth Robertson, Margaret Sinclair, Elizabeth Kennedy, and Alexander Hutcheson, who had been employed by Greatrex. Their testimony was to the effect that the Grimshaws had in the spring and summer of 1866 come constantly to the premises of Greatrex, that a room (formerly the laundry of the house) was cleared for some operations unconnected with photography, in which the Grimshaws constantly worked from an early hour in the morning till a late hour at night, and that Greatrex also spent much of his time there, especially latterly, when his business as a photographer began to fall off. A new lock was put upon the door and no one was allowed to enter it. Some of the witnesses had seen a small copper-plate with the word " One" upon it ; and Sinclair, who was the domestic servant, had seen stones brought to the kitchen fire to dry, on one of which she had seen something that she thought was A picture. She was not allowed to go-into the laun dry for water, as formerly. About the end of July the things were removed to a room on the street floor, and she saw a large machine removed which she now identified as the lithographic press shown her. The witness Kennedy saw something like the shape of a 11-note on one of the lithographic stolies. Several witnesses were then adduced to prove the materials and apparatus purchased by the prisoners. A person like Sewell Grimshaw bad bought a quan tity of " loan" paper, such as is used for bankers' receipts, and resembliug bank note paper, from William Anderson, stationer, Glasgow. David _ _ Greig, engineer, Edinburgh, had sold to Greatrex lithographic press, on which he hal paid £4,. leaving the balance still due. He bought the press, stating that he had introduced a new mode of photography. Alexander Leggie, Edinburgh, received an order in August for two lithographic stones, to be " nice cream-coloured and pure, as they are for a parti cular purpose." 'William Spowart had given Grea trex instruction in lithographic printing, and evi dence was led as to the purchase by Greatrex and Sewell Grimshaw of a type case aad types, type leads, and transfer paper. The next class of wit nesses spoke to the subsequent sale of the materials so bought at the rooms of Hutcheson and Dixon, auctioneers. William Telford deposel to purchasing the press, stones, and rollers, which he gave up to the police in the condition in which he bought them. Alexander M'Call, superintendent of police, after the forgeries were rumoured, traced the lithographic stones to Telford's, and they were then put into the hands of George M`Donald, litho graphic printer, who deposed that there was no visible impression on them when he received them, but, by the application of a preparation used for brining, up faint impressions, he brought up on one of the stones the impression of a Union Bank note, and on another there were indications in two places of the word " One." These impres sions corresponded exactly with the forged notes. For lithographing the notes the impression must have been carried to the stone from a plate by transfer paper. The numbers on the, notes were evidently stamped in with types. The signatures' appeared to have been written, but the words " p. accot." and "p. cashier" were impressed on the stone. John Cairney deposed that the forged notes were .produced in two printings, the word " One" being printed separately from the rest of the note. It would probably take four days to print 1,300 copies of the two impressions. The case was resumed on Friday, when Jane Weir, who had accompanied Greatrex in his flight to New York, was examined. She had been for some time in the employment of Greatrex. The Grimshaws began to come about the place in Jan., 1866. They took no part in the photographic department, but worked in a back room formerly used for lumber. Greatrex often went down to the room where the Grimshaws were. When Greatrex was wanted in the photogra phic department they had often to go down for him and knock at the door of the secret room, which he would only partially open. She had seen stones at the kitchen fire, as if drying ; no such things were used in photography. About six weeks before Great rex left, Glasgow he told her what they were doing in the private room. They were out walking, for they had become acquainted by that time, when he told her that he and the Grimshaws had been mak ing experiments, and had found out a way of making Union Bank notes. They had tried photography, and afterwards gAlvano-photography, but these had failed, but they had succeeded by engraving the note on a copper piste and transferring it to the stone for printing. He told her it was Sewell Grim shaw who engraved the plates, and that Thomas was to advance the money and give his assistance gene rally to the work. On subsequent occasions, almost daily, Greatrex toll her how the work advanced. He took her into the room one day when the Grim shaws were at dinner and showed her one or two of the printed notes. She saw the printing press and a stone upon it from which the first impressions were evidently being taken in a blue ink. Some time after wards Greatrex told her the notes were completed, and. he said he had written the signatures. She saw bundles of the notes in a cupboard. About this time Greatiex proposed to her to leave the country with him. She was to tell her father she was going on her holidays, which she did. She went to Aberdeen to stay with some friends while Greatrex and the Grim shaws were to go about the country and get notes ex changed. Greatrex came to Aberdeen unexpectedly. He came to inquire for a remittance of £3O he had sent her. She had received no such remittance. She had gone to Rosehill, and had not got the telegram he sent her from Stirling. The telegram was as fol lows : —" From J. 11. Rivers, Stirling, to Jane Weir, 46, Dee-street, Aberdeen. £3O sent. Have you received it ? £6O more sent to-day." Greatrex had called at Dee-street before following her to Rosehill, and had got the letter with the £3O, and the £6O arrived that day. She went with him to Forsyth's Hotel, and on her return from the station, whither she had gone to inquire for two boxes which were to be forwarded in the name of Mr. Rivers, she found Greatrex in an excited state, he having seen in the newspapers an account of the discovery of the for gery. He said he should require to leave immedi ately, and left for London that evening. He told her to address to him as " Mr. Gray, Brown's Pri vate Hotel, Strand, London." She left for London two days after and joined Greatrex. They then went to Mitchell's lodgings, Waterloo-row, where they lived for a week. In the course of that time he was in receipt of the Scotch newspapers containing the news of the forgery. At the end of the week they resolved to go to New York, and went to Southampton together. He took a passage by the Herman, and went off at once. She waited a week later for the boxes from Aberdeen, but they did not come. When she reached Nevr Yerk Grew rex was on the pier waiting for her. They went first to a hotel, and afterwards to lodgings, where they parsed as Mr. and Mrs. Parker,which was the name they sailed under. A few weeks after her arrival there Greatrex was apprehended by Superintendent M'Call, and taken back to Scotland. While in Aberdeen Greatrex told her that after reading the newspaper he had burnt the forged notes in his possession. Cross-examined—There were no bad notes among the money sent to her in Aberdeen. Greatrex gave her money to bring her home from New York. Evidence was then led to show that Sewell Grim shaw was an engraver, and was " so good a work man that hegenerally got the finest jobs," and that Ilad a set of extra fine tools. John Gilmour, of Gilmour and Dean, Glasgow, deposed that they printed draughts and checks for the Union Bank, but that their notes were printed in London. He bad examined the notes in evidence and found them to be forged. The genuine note was engraved by a much more elaborate process than the forged ones. Jacob Perkins Bacon deposed that his firm engraved the notes of the Union Bank, and that the forgeries showed many points of difference. There were in the forged note only 35 lines behind the word " One," instead of 37; the engraving of the vignette was imperfect, especially in the shoulder of one of the figures. They were certainly not prepared by his firm. Some of the forged notes had numbers the same as those he had manufactured. Peter Lamb and William Cairns Wy per, clerk in the Union Bank, whose names were on the notes, de posed that the signatures were forgeries in every case. A number of witnesses were then called to prove the uttering of individual forged notes, and to show that some of the articles bought by Greatrix (generally trifling things for the sake of getting change) were found in his possession at New York. Some tenders of forged notes were also proved against the Grim ahaws, in -whose possession some articles purchased I were also found. Evidence as to the apprehension of the Grimshaws was nex. - , brought. A shop lad in Dalkeith, named Robert Blair, who had read in the newspapers a paragraph as to the forgery, ex amined a note tendered by Thomas Grimshaw, thinking the word " One" was fainter than usual, and having taken it to the branch of the Commercial Bank it was there pronounced to be a forgery. The bank agent took steps to put others on their guard, and the attention of the police being called the Grim shaws were apprehended. About £BO in gold and silver and about 20 forged notes were found on Thomas, and about £4O , on Sewell, and in their baggage found at Eskbank station, near Dalkeith, 1,292 notes were found, and about £3O . Alexander M'Call was recalled to tell the story of his search for Greatrix, whom he traced to New York, and apprehended there on the 27th of Novem ber, eight days after his arrival there. Greatrex and Jane Weir were living in lodgings there as Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Witness gave particulars as to the contents of their boxes, including the boxes re turned from Aberdeen, which went out in the same steamer with himself. He found a felt hat, a purse, a pair of boots, and a pair of slippers, which other witnesses deposed to having been purchased in Scotland. The declarations of the prisoners were then read. Greatrex stated that he was 38 years of age ; that the Grimshaws had come to him to receive instruc tions in photo-gal vanography and photo-lithography. He received £l5O from Thomas for the instruction given. He had hastened from Aberdeen on seeing the paragraph in the newspapers, fearing he should be suspected from having been so much associated with the Grimshaws. but he denied all knowledge of the forgery or possession of forged notes. Sewell Grimshaw called himself a commercial tra veller, and said he was a native of Lanarkshire, and 32 years of age. He admitted having had a hand in the manufacture of forged notes, but declined to say who assisted him, or where the manufacture took place. lie afterwards said an agreement had been made with Greatrex to join together in the manufac ture. Thomas Griinsbaw said he was 86 years of age, and had no fixed place of residence. He admitted that the notes were manufactured on the premises of Greatrex, and that he had a share in the work. There was very little exculpatory evidence. Mr. Davies was called for Greatrex to show that the ap paratus might have been used for the purpose refer red to in his declaration, and several witness to cha racter were called in behalf of the Gritnshaws. On Saturday the Court resumed, when the Soli citor-General (Mr. Miller) addressed the jury for the Crown, and Mr. Scott and Mr. M'Lean for the pri soners. The Lord Justice-Clerk then charged the jury, who, after an absence of 35 minutes, brought in a verdict of guilty on ten of thecharges, including the first ; the other charges having either been with drawn or not insisted in. The prisoner Greatrex was sentenced to 20 years' and the Grimshaws to 15 years' penal servitude. The court was quite crowded during the trial. The wife and child of Greatrex were present throughout the case. The prisoner Greatrex was up to a recent period a regular preacher on Sunday nights on Glas gow-green, and it is said he preached on the Green on the morning of Pritchard's execution. Miscellaneous American News. The following are the earnings of the Pennsylvania Railway for March. The table shows a decrease both in receipts and expenditure, from the result of the preceding March, which, under the recent de pression, was fully anticipated. This return must be highly satisfactory to the proprietors : Gross warnings. Expenses. Net Earnings. Mar. 31, 1867 ...$1,201,093 16 $928,516 31 $272,576 82 Do. 1866 ... 1,281.190 36 953,340 42 327,849 94 Decrease The second track of the Western road between Westfield and Russell was opened for travel on Monday, April 15, and several trains passed over it. About a year bas been spent in building the road from Springfield to Russell, 16 miles, and only 22 miles now remain to be built to complete the double track from Boston to Albany. Real estate at Shelburne Falls has gone up at an astonishing rate in anticipation of the early com pletion of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad to that place, and houses of all kinds are scarce and firmly held. A number of Pittsfield capitalists and business men met at the Pittsfield National Bank on Satur day, Aprill3, and talked over the Sheffield Railroad matter. All were anxious to have the road com pleted as speedily as possible, and the only thing now necessary to accomplish it is to dispose of the stock. About 150 shares were taken at the meet ing, and these having the matter in charge are sanguine that the necessary amount will be raised and the work commenced the present season. Some persons in the interest of the Troy aad Boston Railroad made a raid upon North Benning ton on the night of the sth April, and stole niue cars held by an officer under a writ of attachment, and one belonging to the Cheshire Road, which was loaded with ties and belonged to Smith and Page, the lessees of the Rutland and Bennington Road, and ran them all into the State of New York. Work on the Hoosac Tunnel in the past six weeks has advanced more rapidly than was expected, and at the same rate would be completed in eight and a half years, at a total cost of $3,700,000. On the east side 91 feet heading was made in March, and 39 feet in the first two weeks of April. No express matter of the Adams Express Com pany is now carried over the Norwich and Wor cester Railroad and by boat to New York, on account of a difficulty between the companies ; and, iu the meantime, the railroad is carrying on a local express business to accommodate people along their line. The difference between the companies is about $B,OOO, the sum heretofore paid by the express being $15,000, and that now demanded $23,000. The Merchants' Union Company are negotiating with the Transportation Companies for the privilege formerly accorded to the Adams. THE EASTERN SHORE RAILROAD.--The bill to incorporate the Eastern Shore Railroad Company has had its second reading in the House of Dele gates, and as it passed without opposition to en grossment will, in all probability, speedily become a law. The bill provides for the opening of books of subscription at Drummondtown, iu Accomac county, under the direction of Messrs. E. P. Pitt, George T. Garrison, Abel T. Johnson, John D. Tyler, E. 0. Finney, Thomas Hall Kellam, S. W. Powell, W. D. Cooper, W. S. Byrd, and John W. Field, or any three of them, and in Eastville, Northampton county, under the direction of Mesirs. S. B. Nottingham, John C . Dal by , W. H. Parker, Thos. Shady, John E. Nottingham, jun., A. W. Downing, R. A.S. Carter, Wm. J. F. Peed, E. C. Fitchelt and L. L. D. Heath, or any three of them. The capital stock of the company is halite:l t o $2,000,000, divided into shares of $lOO each, but the company is entitled to the privi tges granted in the act of incorporation, when $lO ),000 shall have been subscribed. The road is to extend from some point on the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia, to some point on the Chesapeake Bay in Northampton county. It is to connect on the boundary line with some railroad brought down to said line, and the connecting roads will be of the same gauge, in order to allow the cars of either road to run upon the other, and any railroad company in which the State of Virginia holds no interest may subscribe to the stock of the company.—Richmond Inquirer. THE WESTERN FLOODS.—KANSAS CITY, MOBILE, April 18.—The river is higher at this point than it has been since 1844, and is still rising. The track of the Missouri and the Union Pacific Railtoad be- tween the State line and Wyandotte is overflowed to a depth sufficient to extinguish the fires in the locomotives. Most part of the bottom lands on the north side of the river is inundated, and it is feared the entire bottom will be submerged. The water comes mainly from the Platte river, which is now reported as receding slowly. ST. Louis, April 25.—The Government Commis sioners to-day accepted the 7th section of thirty miles of the Union Pacific Railway, Kansas Branch. This brings the road to Salina, fifty miles west of Fort Riley, to which point freight and passenger trains will run on Ist May. The amount of tran- sportation done by this toad for the United States Government for the month of March was $34,865 one-half of which was returned to the United States Treasury, in accordance with the Pacific Railroad Act. This is equivalent to 8} per cent. per annum on the whole amount of Government bonds issued in aid of the road ; in other words, the company is paying all interest for the Government, and refund ing the principal of the loan at a rate which will nearly extinguish the same at maturity. The Democrat's Omaha special says the Pacific Railroad has been repaired to North Platte, two hundredand ninety-three miles west of Omaha, and trains will run regularly after to-morrow. The road east of Council Bluffs is still badly out of order. Rev. Dr. David D. Field, himself one of the pro minent New England theologians and preachers of the last generation, and the father of one of the most widely known and distinguished families of the country, died suddenly at his residence in Stock bridge, Connecticut. Rev. Dr. Field was born at East Guilford, Connecticut, in 1780, and was 86 years old at the time of his death. He graduated at Yale College in 1802, and after a pastorate at Haddam, Connecticut, was settled at Stockbridge in August, 1819, where he continued until his dis missal, Feb. 12, 1837. He then returned to his old parish at Haddam, where he resided for seve ral years, but afterwards came a second time to Stockbridge, about 1848, and spent the remain. ing years of his life with his son, Jonathan E Field. . _ Dr. Field was a worthy successor in a pastorate which had been filled by such men as President Ewards and Rev. Dr. West, and during his ministry was marked as one of the strong, earnest thinkers of his day, and a vigorous de fender of the strictest New England theology. Latterly, however, his mind had utterly lost its early powers, and though his physical strength and health continued undiminished, all thought and intellect seemed to have abandoned him. The members of his own family were strangers to him., and his only recollections were of events many years past. Though a graduate of Yale, Rev. Dr. Field was for many years a steadfast and active friend of Williams College, and that insti tution conferred on him the degree of doctor of Divinity in 1837, besides graduating four of his sons and a grandson in its regular academic course. The Field family, all of whom, with the excep tion of the eldest, David Dudley Field, were born at Stockbridge, have attained a national fame, and the name of the father is rendered more dis tinguished by the reputation of his sons. David Dudley Field, who has few peers at the New York bar; Matthew D., of Southwick, formerly an extensive civil engineer and bridge builder in the Southern and Western States; Jonathan E., a Stock- ' bridge lawyer and president of the Massachusetts Senate from 1863 till 1866 ; Cyrus W., of Atlantic cable fame ; Stephen J., of San Francisco, Cali fornia, and judge of the United States Supreme Court ; and Henry M., for many years the editor of the .New York Evangelist, are the six brothers, sons of the Rev. Dr. Field, who have each made themselves a conspicuous and prominent position in the professions in which they have been engaged. All of the brothers but Matthew and Cyrus are graduates of Williams College, and it is a curious fact that the attempt was not made to educate the latter because he wasn't thought worth the experiment. Besides the sons above mentioned, one other, Timothy, entered the naval service, and is supposed to have died on some foreign station, many years ago. Of the two daughters the elder, Amelia, married Rev. Mr. Brewer, a missionary to Greece, and, after a long and useful life in that service, returned and died several years since. The other, Mary, the youngest child, married Mr. Frederick Stone, the business partner of her brother Cyrus, and, -after his death, went to Paris for the improvement of her own en feebled health, where she died. Dr. Field had been riding out in the afternoon, and returning home sat down in a chair, when he died in a minute. He had been telling the family of his grandson, with whom he lived, all the afternoon, that he wanted to go home'and see his father, imagining himself, as he often did, away from home and in a strange country.• Although the big horse show at Springfield is more than fuur months distant, the gentlemen concerned in the enterprise are working up the preliminaries with an energy and enthusiasm which augur a brilliant success. A disposition to make the exhibition a finer one than Springfield or the country has ever seen was manifested at the meeting of the Springfield Club, April 15, and thousands of dollars are already pledged for this purpose. A committee of eleven was appointed to report in a week a complete or ganisation for the Exhibition, with the most desir able date of holding it, and other like details. Althoughroepsepantisoi operation loi t ft h y e mo afclub the ep prominent nr t ,e ak ntbt e emy t he entire financial and elsewhere in its management. e willn, both invite o f the Spring fieldo Arrange ments will be made to secure the best and fleetest horses in the country, and nothing will be spared to make the Exhibition a magnificent success. A champion silver ball has been procured by the Fraxklin County Base-ball Association, to be played for by the clubs of the association during the season. While crossing a field where base-ball was being played at Meriden, John Logan, 12 years old, was struck in the head by the ball and killed. BOSTON CRICKET CLUB.—The following is a list of officers of the Boston Cricket Club for the pre sent year :_President, S. Frank Crockett ; Vice- President, George E. Collamore ; Treasurer, A. J. Mercer; Recording Secretary, W. H. Davis ; Cor responding_ . Steic.rieltaarigyb, L D a . n ß ee e y id ; , G. 11. Mason,BusinessCom- , J. mitteei have pleasantallwillunitepromotethe a good growing interests in t h e noble g ame of cricket. The club intends to visit New York and Philadel phia during the season, to meet their friends of the St. George, New York, and Young America. THE YOUNG AMERICAN CLUB AND ITS OFFICERS.—This club, which belongs to German town, - and has recently erected a new club-house and enlarged its grounds, held an election a short time since, with the following result :—President, E. M. Davis, juu. ; Vice-President, George M. Newhall ; Secretary, Alfred Mellor ; Treasurer, Bayard Butler ; Ground Committee, E. M. Davis, jun., Rodman Wister, W. B. Johns, jun., C. A. Newhall, and W. K. Wright. Between the Young America and the Philadelphia Clubs cricket pro. rises to be exceedingly lively in and about the Quaker City this season. MANHATTAN CRICKET CLUB.—At a meeting of this club, held April 5, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing season :—Pre sident, Jos. Fearless; Vice-President, C. Tyler; Treasurer, S. F. Simpson ; Secretary, J. F. Love ; Managing Committee—B. F. Jenkins, Jas. 'Scores, J. Higgins. The address of the secretary is J. F. Love, 243, Hudson-street, New York. ST. GEORGE CLUB.—The new grounds on Bergen Hill, purchased at a cost of $35,000, are expected to be in fit condition for play and the acconunoda- 'rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1867. tion of spectators about the middle of May. On the Bth April the club celebrated its 27th anniver sary at the Everett House. It is officered by the undermentioned gentlemen : President, R. Bage ; Vice-President, A. H. Gibbs ; Treasurer, G. M. Vanderlip ; Secretary, W. C. Mumford ; Ground Committee—R. Waller, A. Cater, C. Vinten, H. Torrence, and A. Kendell ; Professionals—Norley and S. Wright. WASHINGTON CLUB, D.C.—The opening game of the season took place on the President's grounds on the 13th April. The club has now 36 members, and is reported to be in a very prosperous condition financially. The regular practice days are Tues days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and the general practice day is the last Saturday of each month. The officers are--President, Thomas I'. Stacey ; Vice-President, K. C. Woodley ; Treasurer, J. C. Jansen; Secretary, James Cross; Corresponding Secretary, W. Huffman ; Ground Committee Albert Woodley, Thomas L. King, and Arthur Warman. PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB.—This organisa don opened play on the 20th April. It has one hundred and sixty members, and is officered by Wil liam Patch Wister, President; Albert A. Outer bridge, Vice-President ; C. Stuart Patterson, Vice- Secretary. The r with Mr. Ch ar l es Bar of the above i practise every Monday, P G r r eli d n e d n t C ; o a m n ra d t te H e o r i a s c composede g e e , above named , e d i ti n g . en t , l r e h m e e c n l , u t b o w g e a t s h to e Tuesday, and Thursday throughout the season, and play every Saturday. CHANGE OF NAME.—The name of the Roxbury Club was changed to Metropolitan Cricket Club at a meeting held on the 10th April for the purpose of effecting a reorganisation. At the same time the following members were elected officers :—President, J. Coulson, jun. ; Vice-President, E. W. Beal ; Secretary and Treasurer, T. L. Harlow ; Executive committee —F. C. Pratt, W. Barton, and G. Avery. TILE RACKET ALtTCHES.—The play began at New York between the champion racket players, Frede rick Foulkes and William Gray, on Monday after noon, April 15, at the racket-court on Thirteenth. street. Five games out of seven were played, the last of which was lost by Gray by reason of a mis hap to his racket, the catgut of which was broken by the ball. In the next game he had an advantage of oue ace, when a postponement became necessary because of the darkness which attended the storm. Foulkes has now three games to Gray's two, and the latter is six aces to five in the game in progress. FOOT RACE FOR Two THOUSAND DOLLARS. — A foot race between the famous sprint-runner, John Thomas, of Newark, N.J., and an unknown named Davis, for $l,OOO a-side, had been made, and was to come off on Wednesday, the 24th of April, at Finley's half-mile track, on the Bloomingdale-road. The distance . was 105 yards, and an exciting race was expected. We remark with pleasure that a stringent law against prize fightin g b as pass ed the Pennsylvania Legislature. It makes th e p en alty for engaging in a prize fight, or taki ng p ar t as second or bottle holder, a fine of not more than $l,OOO, and solitary imprisonment not exceeding two years. Every per son being present at such a fight, and encouraging the same, or laying any bet or wager on t he result thereof, whether present or not, shall be considered a participant therein, and may, at the discretion of the court, be punished in like manner. General U. S. Grant and his lady are in Phila- delphia. The Hon. E. B. Washburn has been ordered by his physician to go to the Spas of Hamburgh (near Frank fort-on-the-Mair.e), and arrived there on Saturday. He ex pects to remain there two or three weeks. General Wright, our Minister to Berlin, con tinues in a very critical state of health, and has been ad vised to go to Carlsbad as soon as the weather will permit. Brigham Young, jun., son of the ex-Governor of Utah, and husband of half a hundred wives, is stopping at Paris for a few days. Dr. Krapka, of St. Francisco, has received his exequatur of United States Consul-General for Moldavia and Wallachia. William M. Mayo has been appointed United States Consul to Otranto. Mr. D. G. Mason, son of the celebrated musician, Lowel Mason, of Boston, and one of the firm of Mason Brothers, of New York, is at Paris with some of the un rivalled American organs manufactured by Mason and Hamlin. Mr. Chickering, of the United Piano Manufac tory establishment, is now in Paris, representing that house with some of their celebrated pianos. William B. Duncan, of the Banking House of Danew, Sherman, and Co., of New York, is attending the Exposition at Paris. Edwin Stevens, of Habolleo, one of the promi nent men of New Jersey, arrived vith the Great Eastern. J. R. M'Donald, of Hambufgh, the eminent and Leading American merchant of that city, is stopping at the Hotel .lairabeau. Mr. Jones, United States Mtrshal of the Northern District of Illinois, and who accompanied the Hon. Mr. Washburn from New York, is at the Holland Hotel. He returns to New York by the Great Eastern. Bishop Stevens, of Penns7lvania, now in Paris, intends to return to the United States by the Great Eastern. Julius Morius, of Buffalo, has been appointed United States Consul to Coblentt. Governor Orr, of South Carolina, estimates that one hundred thousand people in that State have not tasted meat for thirty days. The destitution is great, andseveral cases of starvation are reported. Mrs. Stowe is delighted with the climate of Florida, and has p urchased a place on St. John's River. m May or th e b eginnin where she intends to reside. The title under w hich Ki ng George of Greece t r avels incognito i s that of t.ho llarquis o f S parta. g of of It is said that the Emperor Alex ander of Russia jwuilnlev,visit d Paris at probablyet end ofe there King William Prussia. Mr. Jefferson Davis is reported to be writing his out in the G uerr i ere, Sands n is likely t o succee d Admiral a utobiography, whic h is not to a pp ear till after his death. Admiral Farragut relieves Admiral G o ld s b orough in the command of the Mediterranean squa d ron ; Rear- Ad m iral Davis relieves Admiral. Gordon in command of L vt Brow n res id e d a th n e dT S Ah ode DavisDv s n h h lioraag Al cabin n ie t o i c tr ce s q uin u nma a vu d iwaralo: which . , observatory grholr JohnarY at Washington. while a citizen of Kansas is to be sent to the Paris Ex- regret to announce the d ea th o f Willi am which both sides of the position.of Pennsylvania, well known as th e i nventor o f of one of his new mac hi nes at the Ledger of fi ce, His death was the result e e l w ta s n p e a o P t e ts r ly pr p e r ss int , b o d y . sago whil e superinten di ng t h e t. A few day sago adjustment aniennn Philadelphia, his foot was crushed by a belt. Amputation became necessary, with fatal result. Henry M. Phillips, of Springfield, has received the commission of brevet captain of United States volun teers "for gallant and meritorious services during the war," the commission being issued u p on the recommendation of liajor-General Godfr e y W e i tzel o f t h e regu l ar army. Governor Bullock has appointed Everett Torrey of Charlestown an inspector of tha state prison for three years in place of Ettes Howe, whose term had expired. Mrs. Caroline Cermanati, of Portsmouth, died recently, and left the whole of her $300,030 property to her brother, Lyman Pray, a Charlestown cooper. In speaking of George Peabody, the Springfield Republican remarks:—"Ttie beggars were not at all rebuffed by the generous banker's considerate treatment of their 4,000 letters, and have sent him 1,003 more." John R. Livingston, a lecturer in B i rnum'a museum at Now Yo r k, was s h ot d ea d about one oclock on Thursday morning, April 18, by Vincent Cady, in a saloon in JeffersOn-street. The murderer was at once arrested, and claims that he fired the shot in self-defence. Governor English has appointed R. W. Wright, of New Haven, his private secretary. Madame Ristori sails from New York for Havre on the 18th instant. She is estimated to have cleared £30,000 by her American tour. 'Thaddeus Stevens is still ill, though not now confined to the house. John 11. Surratt has not yet been tried. His counsel has moved that the Court fix a day, but the Go vernment is not prepared to prosecute. Several actions for damages have been laid against Major-General John E. Wool for false imprison ment during the war. Damages are claimed of $lO,OOO. It is probable that similar suits will be brought against the Secretary for War, Mr. Stanton. The Hon. W. W. Murphy, Consul-General at Frankfort, left Paris to return to his post on Thursday evening. There is a very flattering notice in the Spectator of Bacon's descriptive " Ilaud-book of America." The writer says :—" We have submitted this work to native judgment, and have heard it praised for accuracy ; this judgment we can fully endorse." Ir, George Dawson, for thirty-six years con. netted with the Albany Evening Journal, has sold a part of his interest to Mr. George W. Demers, who for two years has been the principal editorial writer on the paper, and the editorial control now passes into his hands. Mr. Dawson, however, continues his connection with the paper as one of the publishers. Yale College is exceedingly rich, and the faculty are making the very most of the money to raise it to the highest standard of excellence. They have for building purposes fifteen hundred thousand dollars, and design soon to erect an entirely new set of brown stone dormi tories, a memorial chapel, the Peabody geological museum, and a now Divinity Hall. The Round Table informs us that— Mr. C. P. Culver, a Georgian, is writing " The Distinguished Civilians of the late (so called) Confederate States of America; or, The Inside and Outside View of Secession." Mr. T. W. Higginson is writing a novel. Professor Hoppin, of Yale College, will soon lublish a book on "Old England: its Scenery, Art, and People." Rev. Dr. Anderson, President of the Roches ter University, has been elected President of Brown Uni versity, Providence, vice Dr. Sears, who becomes Super intendent of Mr. Peabody's educational scheme for the South. Dr. Daniel Read, formerly a professor in the University of Wisconsin; has accepted the Presidency o the University of Missouri. The Rev. W. C. Burns, missionary at Pekin, has published in the Mandarin colloquial dialect the first part of "The Pilgrim's Progress," and expects to publish the remainder during the year. He has also completed the translation of the Psalms into Chinese. It is said that, iu accordance with the recom mendation of Wade Hampton, one-third of the delegates to be chosen to the South Carolina constitutional conven tion will be coloured men. Pittsford is the great egg mart of the State of Vermont. During the month one man at that place has exported 2,700 dozen, and is now sending them off at the rate of 500 dozen a day. In the past year he has shipped about 30,000 dozen, most of them finding a market at Troy, New York. GENERAL SHERMAN'S EXPEDITION TO THE HOLY LAND. Captain Duncan, who is to have command of the little expedition to the Holy Land, including among its members the distinguished Lieutenant-General Sherman, has just left Washington. He takes with him a highly interegting letter from the Secretary of State, a copy of which is to be transmitted to all the ministers,. consuls general, consuls and con sular agents of the United States. The letter is as follows : " Department of State, Washington, April 10, 1867. " To the Ministers, Consuls-General, Consuls and Consular Agents of the United States • "The rule of this department obliges it to for bear from granting official introductions to di plomatic and consular agents abroad, except in favour of agents of the Government itself, or of con stituent States of the Union. Wm. T. Sher man, the Lieutenant - General of the United States armies, has obtained from the Secretary of War a leave of absence from his command for a period of several months, and is ex pected to spend that vacation in a visit to some of the more interesting parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The services which this distinguished soldier has rendered to the Republic, while by their brilliancy they have elevated the national character, are gratefully acknowledged by all its enlightened citizens, as having essentially contributed to the triumph of the Government in our late unhappy and lamented civil war. " In consideration of these services the President has directed me to depart from the rule which I have mentioned, and to commend the Lieutenant- General, with the members of his family and the friends who shalt accompany him, to the hospitable and respectful attention of the diplomatic and commercial representatives of the United States at such places as shall be visited by the Lieu tenant-General. You will, therefore, do whatever can properly be done on your part to promote t he General's observations, and his acquaintance with the Governments and public character of the coun tries in which you reside. You are authorised, if it shall in any case become necessary, to say that although the tour of the Lieutenant-General has no purpose or object affecting the United States in her foreign relations, yet the interest which the Presi dent feels in behalf of General Sherman, personally and officially, will cause the attention which he may receive in foreign States to be highly and gratefully appreciated by the Government and people of the United States. " Wm. H. SEWARD.r The Secretary of the Navy has given orders to supply the steamship Quaker City and her party of ezcursionists•with a battery of guns, and a sufficient quantity of ammunition and flags to be used in returning salutes given by Governments or com munities abroad. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TlMES.—Every creature, as Mr. Mill observes, fights with his own natural weapons; and the na tural weapons of Reformers of the extreme Liberal school appear to be numerous and noisy demonstra tions. No blame, therefore, attaches to Mr. Glad stone and his Lancashire constituents if they hope to modify the Reform Bill in their own sense by the simple expedient of an exglursion train to the me tropolis and a muster at Carlton-gardens. There is an old saying, indee(l, about using one's head to save one's heels, and if these two hundred gentle men had stayed at home and spent a few minutes in toning down their address into something like courtesy and common sense, they might have saved their railway fares and, to some extent, the credit of their cause. Excepting the presentation of an address, the first four lines of which contain four distinct and -separate items of invective and a de claration of continued confidence which was evi dently not felt, the multitude had nothing to say, did not even know the precise object of their visita tion, and could only reiterate in shriller tone than ever that " something must be done." Indeed, never was there such a cry of despair, and if frantic words can be taken to indicate the ruin and despera tion of a once great party, then the Liberals are done for altogether, and realise their sad condition with painful sagacity. Not a morsel of comfort could they obtain at Carlton-gardens. Mr. Glad stone only tells them that English gentlemen have lately taken to the unprecedented folly and crime of thinking for themselves, and that, through this abuse of private judgment, his party has become less and less in his hands, till it resembles that he first had to deal with about as much as a squirrel running up a tree does a fox getting ahead of its pursuers. The party gets less and less, and Mr. Gladstone appears to be under the impression that the minimum is not yet attained. He did not even suggest how the remnant was to be held together. The deputation was still more without resource. They abused the House of Commons in terms which must be sweet to their foes, but which had the effect of driving out of the room at least one gentleman at the preliminary meeting. More peti tions and more meetings are all that Mr. Bright himself can devise for the emergency. But the mem bers of the deputation aver that even at Manchester the people will not sign petitions—will not meet, will do nothing at all, and nobody can make them do anything. They say that petitions are a farce, which, of course, everybody knows ; and the mild suggestion of one of the company that some simple forms of petition should be sent all over the coun try, to have as many names tacked to them as pos sible, is not calculated to remove that impression. In the extremity of despair a gentleman predicts that the passage of the bill, which he now ta k es fo r granted, will be the commencement of a new and terrible agitation, vastly worse than any we have yet known, though why people who cannot be agi tated now will be easily agitated then he does not say. His prediction is a threat, and nothing more. But what i s the precise point upon which these two hundred Manchester gentlemen have rushed up to re-assure their Parliamentary leader and to promise an agitation of unprecedented fury and effect? It is one of the finest and most curious matters that ever raised a night's debate in this country. Is the British householder to be put to the smallest con ceivable trouble and cost in the acquisition of that suffrage which all these discussions assume to be a pos session of the greatest dignity, value and importance? We say the smallest conceivable, because it really is so on the grand scale of the talk we hear every day. In the great majority of cases two or three shillings will be all the difference between the full rate and the composition rate, and matters will probably be so arranged that five minutes will suffice for the pro cess of paying the full rate, even if this is not under taken by the landlord or somebody else who makes it his business. It is confessed, however, that this very trifling cost and this possible trouble will be sufficient to prevent several hundred thousand so-called compound householders from acquiring the franchise. There is hardly one of them who would not spend the money and give a whole day to an outing, or a bit of amuse'nent•of any kind, or for the pleasure of spending Monday in doing nothing at all. But they won't, we are told, give this for the franchise. This is not only admi , ted, it is even maintained with great earnestness as the very basis of the case against the Reform Bill as it now stands. One member of the deputation declared that he was the only one of 2,000 £lO householders in his town compounded for by their landlords who availed himself of the act by which he was enabled to pay his rate in his own name and be admitted to the register. His inference is that the several hun dred thousand householders under now to be invested with a potential franchise will showy the same indifferenc?, to this inestimable boon. The in- ference is sound. Indeed, it is quite evident that the great mass of the people will not interest them selves in politics, unless it 1;e some matter in which they are specially concerned, and which is generally a matter not between them and the Government, but between one class and another. For Parlia mentary reform they cannot be got even to sign petitions brought to their very doors, or to attend meetings, unless they are to hear a first-rate speaker. Nor will they pay a shilling or two, or give five minutes, for the privilege of British citizenship. Everybody knows this, and everybody knows that when this class of voters does take an interest in • contested elections it is for particular and personal reasons more or less creditable, but not for the grand reasons assumed in all the stilted talk we are compelled to listen to and to print in this contro versy. Mr. Gladstone, who had possibly been stu dying with some advantage the declining figures of the Liberal side in the divisions, no sooner finds half Manchester in his dining-room than he re turns to his old possession, and positively rages about the " disfranchisement of the compound Householders." He is forced to admit, for it is impossible to disguise, that every one of them may obtain the franchise at the cost of a-few shillings and five minutes. Nay, one great point of the argu ment against personal ratepaying is, that the thing will be done wholesale for the compound house holders, without their ever knowing anything about it. But that they are not enfranchised by this bill he stoutly and furiously maintains ; and his argu ments is, that if you limited the franchise to one legged men, you would be virtually disfranchising two-legged men, inasmuch as you would clog the franchise with the penalty of amputation. But what must be his estimate of the people whose cause he is undertaking, when he intimates that they will no more give half-a-crown and five minutes for the franchise than they will sacrifice a leg for it, and they ought therefore to have the franchise without the cost of half-a-crown or five minutes? We can not remember a single instance of a point so exag gerated, or a statesman so carried off his legs by the impetus of a party. The question of enfranchisement and disfranchisement is made to depend on the impo sition of about as much trouble as is necessary to do one of the most ordinary affairs of daily life, the arrangement for a meal, the purchase of a garment, or the sending a short message. If there is to be thk. smallest trouble about it, Mr. Gladstone says the people are disfranchised, or, what is worse, they are delivered into the hands of the bad men who happen to feel some little interest in politics, and who accordingly will do the cost and trouble for their neighbours. But it is quite evident that, if a man will not walk to the end of his street or pay half -a crown extra for the possession of the franchise, he must be at somebody's mercy or disposal ; and it is quite as well he should be, for no Reform Bill or Constitution that can be imagined will ever make him a really free, independent, and self-governing man ; and this Reform Bill meets his case as well as any other would. THE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE" ON ENGLAND'S CHlLDREN.—Englishmen have of late years re ceived some severe lessons, which, though they may prove useful for the future, are not pleasant, nor conducive to the keeping up of our insular pride and self-satisfaction. The day is gone, at all events for the present, in which England in Continental politics took her stand on the side of right, and fought for the maintenance of order, of religion, and of the k apacy ; her hand is with drawn from the affairs, and her voice is almost excluded from the councils, of Europe. But though this may be galling to pride, it is not so real a cause for genuine humiliation and sorrow as the revelations of the internal corruptions and plague-spots in the very vitals of the nation. Where is the religion so much boasted of for the last three hundred years as being the pure reformed Christian faith, shining through the land with the brightness of Gospel truth, and extinguish ing all Popish darkness? It is broken and pounded to fragments. The masses have no belief at all; Evangelicals, and Ritualists, or whatever name they like to be called by, are seeking in their several ways to restore what is lost, while the other great party, known as broad Church, pro fesses to be only seeking after or arriving at enlightenment. And what has befallen—another great boast of the Englishman—his commercial areatness ? Fraud and swindling ; false weights and adulteration of goods have shamed and dis graced it to an extent that cannot be soon re covered. But there are other things which have to be acknowledged, and, let us hope, rectified also. And among them there is nothing which calls for more serious attention than the wants of England's children. We have had horrible revelations of the iniquities and miseries of the workhouse, where husband and wife are separated from each other, and froni their children, and all are consigned to an atmosphere of vice and misery. Not long since a mother killed her child because she could not endure to be parted from it in the workhouse, or that it should live as she knew it must ; and it is but recently recorded how an old man murdered his age d wife and tried to kill himself in order to avoid the hated place. These are but striking instances of the dread and horror which the people with good reason have of what England has provided br her helpless poor and their children. And now we have another revelation of the way in which England's children are treated. A sixth report of the Children's Employment Commission has been printed, revealing a system of the degra dation and -pollution of the souls and bodies of children which even the workhousecan scarcely equal. It deals with " agricultural gangs," a system under which children and young persons are em ployed in severalof the &stern Counties. In these counties there appears to be a great lack of cottage accommodation, considerably increased by land lords actually pulling down many of what cottages there were, in order so far to get rid of poor-rates. This leads to a scarcity of hands for labour, and to meet the want the gang system is provided. This system consists in bodies of women and young children being collected by a gang-master under whom they work in the fields, and to whom a per centage on the number of hands he provides is paid. Early in the morning he will colect his gang, which includes children from six, and even five years old, as well as boys growing into young men, with girls and women of every age. They some times have several miles to walk before they reach their work. A mother states that her little girl, six years of age, walked eight miles to her work, then worked from 8 till 5.30, and received for such a day's work but 4d. The words of the poor mother are,. " She was that tired that her sisters had to carry her the best part of the way home." A clergyman states that if the children are idle or careless, they are urged to work by oaths and curses, or an occasional kick, or are beaten with a stick, sometimes so as to inflict upon them perma nent, injury. The masters are reported, as a rule, to be men of bad characters, " of indolent and drink ing habits," and often worse than this. On the road they are given to encourage the singing of ob scene songs, and the use of foul language; or, if they are not so disposed themselves, they cannot prevent it in the gang. We cannot enter further into the details of the depravity and sin that abound in these gangs, but the testimonies of clergymen and parents tell a miserable tale of the general and utter corruption of the children when they become little more than boys and girls. "If I had a bairn," says a man who had formerly been a gang-master, " I would rather let it go on bread and water than work in a gang." Another labourer said he would prefer even the workhouse for his girls. A la bourer's wife said to the Commissioners, " The gangs are not fit to be met on the road by any re spectable people. They will insult any one, and swear and behave ondecent,' " which another woman supplements with the words, " Girls don't ought to go with boys." These extracts give but a bare idea of all that the report reveals. And it is not the first time the evil has been made known. In 1843 a report was laid before Parliament " On the Employment of Women and Children in Agri culture," but it led to no result. Englishmen have been ready enough to exclaim against anything they could find amiss in other nations ; travellers and tourists take notes of whatever seems amiss, and publish it to their admiring countrymen as proofs of the degenerate, unenlightened, or some other such state of foreigners. Peasants who are busy in their fields, but not in gangs under a brutal gang-master • who go to Mass, and kneel in prayer at the sound of the Angelus bell ; who listen to the instructions of their priests, and lead simple, virtuous lives—these are scorned as priest ridden, ignorant, uneducated boors. The Govern ment which cares more for the true welfare of its people than for railways, telegraphs, and postage stamps, is sneered at as " paternal" and as being behind the age, while applause is lavished on 0: State that robs the Church, dissolves the monas• teries,. which are the true Christian workhouses ; ruins the people with taxes ; corrupts their morals, and gives them all the other benefits of what is called modern civilization. There is a loud outcry against negro slavery, and millions are spent in its suppression ; and here, in the very counties from which some of the chief philanthropists have come, we find the agricultural gang system at work, with all the worst brutalities of slavery. And all this takes place in the rural districts, where what is boasted of as being the pure re formed Church is supposed to have its chief sway, less opposed by dissent than in the towns, and still less by the Popery of which the unhappy people have been robbed. But the towns likewise have their tales to tell of the treatment of children ; and Parliament is at present engaged with the grave question of the employment of children in fac tories which is somewhat of a counterpart to the agricultural gang system, and of which we hope to say more in a fUture number. A good and noble feature of the Englishman of the present day is, that with all his prejudice and pride, when things like these are brought home to him, he sets to work to put them right ; and, though the report of 1843 led to no result, we think it will be different with that of 1867. - _ - THUNDERSTORMS. At sunset on Friday and at daybreak on Satur day two thunderstorms broke over London, which, although they lasted a short time, were very violent. About 7 o'clock on Friday evening the sky became very dark towards the south and west, and was sud denly lighted up by vivid flashes of lightning. They were followed by heavy peals of thunder and gusts of wind and rain. Between 8 and 9 the storm had cleared away, but a dark cloud stood out in the north-west against a clear sky, and was lighted up at intervals with the most dazzling flashes of sheet lightning. Towards the east and south, where the sky remained cloudy, lightning was also visible, and slight peals of thunder were heard throughout the night. The second storm, which was also accom panied with wind and rain, broke out about 5 o'clock in the morning of Saturday. The lightning was very brilliant, and was followed by several frightful crashes of thunder, but it does not appear to have caused any serious damage. In Buckinghamshire the storm of Friday evening was very violent. The goods station at Winslow was partly unroofed by the wind, and 86. panes of glass were broken by the hailstones, some of which, when measured by the police, proved to be five inches in circumference. Similar damage was done at Swanbourne and Claydon stations. Nearly every pane of glass in Addington danor-house—the resi dence of Mr. J. G. Hubbard, M.P.—was broken. A flue old oak tree, on the premises of Mrs. Frank lin, at Diuton, was struck by the lightning, and cut down. The storm extended to Aylesbury, while it blew down trees and walls, and flooded the streets. But it was in the vicinity of Buckingham that most damage was done. In Castle-street and High street panes were broken in every window. The glass in every greenhouse, garden-frame, or any similar building was smashed to pieces. The storm has been very destructive to the crops, especially at Winslow, Stowe, and Akeley ; and the borough authorities at Buckingham have stated their inten tion of opening a subscription list to assist the poorer class of the inhabitants, who have suffered very severely by the calamity. At Cambridge the storm• commenced about 11 o'clock on Friday, and continued at intervals during. the day and night. The lightning was very vivid, and many of the by-roads were rendered im passable by the floods. At Barrington, Cambridge shire, a labourer named Patman was struck by the lightning and killed. He was in a field ploughing with his master's son and four labourers, and when the storm came on, about 1 o'clock, they all took shelter under an adjacent straw stack. One flash of lightning rendered them all insensible. The others, upon reviving, went to their companion Patman, and found him lifeless, with his shoes, leg gings, anclhat torn to atoms. He was removed to his lodgings in the village, where an inquest was held in the evening. The deceased was a widower, 56 years of age, and had been in Mr. Coleman's employ for about 40 years. A boy at work in the same field had the upper portion of one of his shoes cut clean out by the lightning, and a piece of flesh, about the size of a shilling, from under his great toe. A horse was killed by the lightning at Wal ton's coprolite diggings, near Coldham's-lane, Cam bridge. _ Ou Friday evening a sharp storm visited New castle and the lower reaches of the Tyne. The lightning struck West House, St. Anthony's, the residence of Mr. Cook, chemical manufacturer. A huge stack of chimneys was knocked down and fell through the roof. It broke the furniture in the rooms through which it passed, and a little girl who was sitting in the drawing-room had one of her shoulders dislocated. Considerable damage was done. Rain fell heavily in the north on Saturday , and in the evening the wind got round front the north and blew somewhat cool. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—MAY 11. A fair supply of wheat. Trade rather slow, and in the business done prices were is per qr decline on last week' Beans and peas very scarce, and sellers had the advan tage. Wheat, white 03s 74s Beans, Mazagan......3ls 3'6 red: 6 a 67a lanidle and 5ma11..411 483 Barley .... 428 43s Peas, Wine 38s 42i Oats grey —.365 428 CHELMSFORD—MAY 10. This market was well supplied with wheat, the best samples of which were disposed of at last week's prices, and inferior sorts declined is per qr, but business was by no means brisk. Spring corn remains unaltered, with WV . transactions. Whest, old white 528 668 new b3s Os old red 51s 606 new. 53s 62s Barley . 266 3:-a; Lhevalier 1 s 538 Grind lig 1 66 3:ts Malt 668 748 Chevalier 66s 768 Oats •• • 2OB 266 react, Partridge 4^B 42 9 White ..346 386 36$ 40 9 Dun.... sB9 400 ditto, new - - s - 7. 61 Beane, Tick, old 400 tie new 39s 4 06 Harrow t icks 42s 4 66 new 41s 459 Mazagan 39s 436 ABERDEEN—MAY 10. At our market to-day all kinds of grain were advancing in price, but there was not a great deal of business done• Millers being bare of oats had to give an increased price, and an advance of is per qr was asked. White wheat Red wheat 50s 58s 0 0 d d to to 6 58 3 5 s 0 0 d d } 621 b 13 bushel _ Potato oats 28s Od to 29s Od 401 b bushel. Common oats 26s 6d to 27s Odf Bore 3ss 6d to 36s seg 53 1 bUSI-0". Barley 35s 6d to 36s 6d): Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21s 6d boll of 280 lb Flour, fine 52s Od to 54s Od Vsack of 280' KIRKCALDY—MAY 11. Good supplies of all kinds of grain. Wheat brought 10 quarter less money. Barley and oats at last week's prices' with a fair sale. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First. c,7s 6d ' 35s ud 1 28s od t"econd.... tOs Od 38s Od 30s Od Tuird..... 61s 61 394 Od 31s td COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. d. Walls End Hetton lB 6 Kelloe S. a South Hartlepool...... 17 g East Hartlepool ...... 17 6 ...... - Holywell Main l6 6 Cassop - l7 3 Bradyell'sHetton l7 3 Hartlepool Wharncliffe West Hartley Haswell Seaham Primrose Caradoc l7 6 Northumberl'd Main. 10 Ships at market, 69—sold. 63. Births. HIBBERT —On the 11th hid., at Broadgate, Barnstaple. the wife of Lieut.-Col. Hibbert, 7 th Fusiliers, of a daughter ; SCARSDALE --On the 10th inst., at Kedleston, D erb y ehil." the Lady Scarsdale, of a son. SOUTHAMPTON — On the 11th inst., at 42, South.-str eet ' Park-lane, the Lady Southampton, of a son. Marriages. A f alt BOWLER —CHESTERS —On the 9th inst., at the Catheuvon Manchester, Henry, son of the late S. B °s. to Esq., of Birchfield House, Chorlton-upon-Mod locl, f Anne Jane, eldest daughter of Th omas Cheaters, Eisq" - Parkfield House, Ardwick. e a, DAY—POPE—OD the 9th inst., at Clifton Reynes, as theßF Rev. Edward Day, incumbent of St. Mark s, bury, to Catherine Mary, only daughter o f Tbos. Pop e, Esq., late of Chesham, Bucks. Deaths. EAGLE—On the 12th inst., at Eagle Villa, Torrieri°- avenue, Kentish-town, Win. Eagle, Esq., aged 6 5 . lo p, DUNLOP—On the 10th inst., at Edinburgh , Henry n ull , of Esq., of Craigton, Deputy-Lieutenant of the coup* Lanark. ueit Lowz— On the 12th inst„ at 133 , Richmond-road, }lack Robert Lowe, Esq., aged 58. DO ° NICHOLAS—On the 12th inst., on Richmond-green; Sarah, widow of the late Sir N. H. Nicholas, GA/" K.H., aged 68. I,adi SHAIRP—On the 11th inst., at Southend, Essex, Shairp, relict of the late Sir Stephe n Shairp, EA/ Ru;sta Consul-General, aged 97. e ws. I London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDO 02 , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TH..E SIIN Mee, 1 4 °' Q f Strand, in the Precinct o f the Savoy, 41 the Conuti laiddlesexerlttetaday, May 14,1867.