The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

Sheffield Trades' Union Commission. SEVENTEENTH DAY (TUESDAY). At the sitting of the Commissioners to-day, John Wood, a sawmaker, one of the auditors of the Sawmakers' Union, was called at his own re quest, and stated that he never saw such an item in the society's accounts as £7 10s. expenses paid by Mr. Barker. He denied that he ever passed such an item, or, indeed, ever saw it. He was aware that Barker bad been in debt to the union in the sum of atout £l7 or £lB. lie admitted that he had been a bad auditor, and that he had not gone carefully through the accounts. Mr. 0 verend—Then you have not done yourself much credit in coming here, because you have shown that you have audited the accounts im properly. The item might have been in or it might not, for anything you can say. John Blenkiron, the other auditor, also denied that there was such an item as £7 10s. paid to Mr. Barker. William Dronfield, honorary secretary to the De fence Committee and secretary to the United King dom Alliance of Organised Trades, was the next witness. He said, as secretary to the Defence Com mittee, be issued a circular in February last to the secretaries of the various societies in the town and neighbourhood. The circular had reference to the Commission sitting in London and the Trades' Union Commission, and, among other things, it re quested that information might be given as to the outrages committed in each trade, the method of enforcing claims, &c. The answers in the circulars returned were read. The answers returned by Broadhead created some amusement. The question _ . relating to outrages was filled up with a list of the crimes with which the public has lately been sur feited, and, added Mr. Broadhead, with reference to Linley's case, " Whether these outrages on Linley were perpetrated by union men or others has never been ascertained." At the end of the list he wrote— " And there is the Hereford-street outrage, which I was nearly forgetting (if it is to be attributed to our trade)." He also professed the readiness of the officers of the union to attend before the Commission and give evidence of what they knew, " which was very little." As to the mode of enforcing claims, he said, "If the men cannot be prevailed upon to observe the rules and regulations they often get rattened, but as a general rule the bands are re storei when the difficulty gets settled. A few of the societies admitted the practice of rattening as a means of enforcing claims, but the greater number of them said the only means they had was " per suasion," and in the event of that failing calling out the men with whom the refractory members were working. The course adopted by some was to strike members who were iu arrears from the benefit of the union. The only societies which ad mitted rattening were the Saw Grinders', having 200 members ; the Scythe Grinders', 60 members ; and the Sickle and Hook Forgers', 190 members. The Edge Tool Grinders, a small trade, admitted annoyance, but not rattening. On the contrary, of the societies who had filled up schedules, societies numbering 4,000 members denied rattening alto gether. Sixty schedules were sent oat, and replies from 40 societies only were received. Broadhead said rattening prevailed extensively. Witness could not speak of his own knowledge to that. He was not prepared for Broadhead's statements there at all, and he did not believe that rattening pre vailed to the extent he stated. He believed it was confined exclusively, or almost exclusively, to the grinding branches. There are 34 trades united together in the Association of Organised Trades of Sheffield, and of this number 18 are grinding trades In some trades, as, for instance, the saw trade, there is an amalgamation or understanding among the unions of the several branches, by which one branch assists another in enforcing obedience upon the members. In this way the grinders " rat" for the other branches of their own trade, the other branches bearing the expense. That is effective in this way, that when the grinders are stopped the other branches are necessarily brought to a stand also. In such cases it seems to have been the prac tice for the trades for which the grinders rattened to pay the wages of the grinders for such time as they were unemployed in consequence of the rat tening. Battening has existed among the grinders because of the facilities afforded for the carrying off bands and nuts, especially in the old grinding wheels on the rivers, to which there was the easiest possible access. Witness believed that the granting powers to the unions to recover contributions from members in the County Court would do away with rattening. It could only then be used to coerce members into joining the unions; and that object could be accomplished by the union men refusing to work for employers who had non-union men. The practice of rattening ceasing to be used to enforce payment of arrears would fall into general disuse. He did not think the unions were prepared to give up their rules restricting the number of apprentices but they could be enforced by " taking out" the men where necessary. In reply to Mr. Overend, witness explained that the old grinding wheels were worked by water power. The wheels were, as a consequence, built upon the streams running down the valleys surrounding the town, mostly in lonely situations. There were low buildings, exceedingly easy of access. He believed the facilities thus afforded for taking wheel bands had originally led to the practice of rattening which was peculiar to Sheffield. John Wilson, pen and pocket blade grinder, gave evidence to the effect that he was formerly a mem ber of that Union, but he left it in consequence of things being transaeted of which he was ashamed. On one occasion he saw a man come to the society and get paid for blowing up a wheel at Dronfield. Some little time afterwards he ceased his connection with the Union. He said that rattening was exten sively carried on in his own trade, and that the money for it was paid out of the funds. He also said that rattening was carried on in all the grinding trades. If rattening failed to make members pay or to in duce them to adhere to the rules, force was resorted to, either by the men being withdrawn from the shop where the refractory members worked, or the master was asked to use his " good offices," which meant, witness said, that the screw was to be put on. He considered that the majority of unionists in the town went into the Unions voluntarily, but he said there was a large number of society men who joined Unions through fear of their tools being destroyed. Henry Cutts, secretary to the Filesmiths' Union, which consists of the file cutlers and forgers, was the next witness. The society was in affiance with the grinders and hardeners for the purpose of car rying out the rules of the Union, but not for the purpose of committing outrages or rattenings. There had been a few rattenings of men in the trade, but they had not been done with the knowledge or sanc tion of the society. One case of rattening occurred during the lock-out which took place in 1866. The man who was then rattened was working in com pliance with the rules of the Unio n, and witness at tributed the rattening to private malice. Another case of rattening occurred during the same lock-out, the man rattened being a member of the Union and receiving box pay. In February, 1864, the men who were working for Mr. Wm. Torr, a file manu facturer, were taken out by the Union because he was not paying according to the statement of prices. He remembered Mr. Torr's hardening cistern being pierced, and the hardening water in consequence running away; he also remembered that in the same year Mr. Torr's warehouse was broken open and some of his books taken away. He knew nothing whatever of the warehouse being broken open. At th It time Mr. Torr's men were out, and his manu factory was picketted—that is, men were stationed outside, so that when men applied for work they should be informed why the others were out. Ile could not give any reason for Mr. Torr's warehouse being broken open ; he knew that all his men left bins with the bitterest feelings of enmity against him. He was not particularly obnoxious to the trade, so far as he knew of, except this—that he re duced the prices of his men. His men had come out on three different occasions, and at length he agreed to pay according to the statement of prices, and the men resumed work. At the request of Mr. Torr's manager he furnished him with a list of the men wt-to had been out and the SL Which the society had paid them. Mr. Torr had never spoken to him about returning the books which had been stolen from his warehouse—in fact, he knew nothing whatenr about them. The lock-out in 1866 lasted 16 weeks. The cause of the lock- out was in consequence of the grinders asking for an advance in prices, which the masters refused to give. Witness was examined by Mr. Overend for the purpose of ascertaining whether the men who were rattened during the lock-out were working at the old prices or at the advanced prices. He said he believed they were not working at all, because at the time they were rattened they were receiving scales. Witness had no doubt that Mr. Torr's con duct had been brought before meetings of the society several times. lie could not say how many times his name had been before the meeting before his ardening cistern was pierced. It was generally - understood that old water was the best for harden- ing purposes, but it was not true that if a cistern was pierced a manufacturer was stopped working for several months. Witness denied that he ever paid a man named Wolstenholme £5O to induce him to leave Mr. Torr's employ, but it came out iu reply to some other questions that he had paid Wolsten- holme il a week scale for about 50 weeks. Witness admitted that at one interview respecting Mr. Torr's men resuming work he stated that if Mr. Torr would pay £8 175., the sum which the society had paid to his men, the Union would allow the dispute to be settled. He admitted that the picketting system was well carried out during the dispute with Mr. Torr, for whenever he sent out any steel to be made into files it was watched to ascertain where it was sent to . He remembered that on one occasion Mr. Torr want• Log some work done sent it to a Mr. Diet, whose shop shortly afterwards was broken into. He con fessed that that looked very much like a trade affair, but the society had no knowledge of it. The pickets were paid a little more than the ordinary amount of scale ; they were ordered not to use any intimida tion, and that if they did use any they would have to stand the consequences. He believed that ratten ing was almost universally adopted in all grinding trades. In 1864, when so many manufacturers had their men out, he received a letter on which were drawn a pistol and a coffin. Underneath these were the words, " Death is sure and time is short." lie attributed this letter to a non-society man named Benjamin Taylor. He had been intimidated several times by non-society men, some of whom carried knives and pistols for him, and on one occasion his windows were smashed. The number of members in his Union was upwards of 3,000, who now paid a contribution of ls. 6d. each a week. The non- society men numbered only about 100. Messrs. Turlon and Son's men were now out, in consequence of their employing a grinder named Jeffcock, who had seven apprentices. In the File Smiths' Union the rule was that no apprentice should be taken un- less he was a son of one of the members of the trade. This rule was occasionally broken to the con sent of the trade ; for instance, 200 apprentices were taken some years ago to meet the demands of the manufacturers. If Jeff cock were turned away or reduced the number of his apprentices, Messrs. Turlon and Son's men would no doubt return to their work. Christopher Rotherham, sickle manufacturer of Dronfield, a very aged man, said he was a very de termined non-Unionist, and he had had to suffer for it. He had had his works blown up three times, nine pairs of bellows destroyed, 12 bands rattened, and other damage done. Once one of his homes was blown up, and his two nephews, who were sleeping therein, narrowly escaped. He had also received numbers of threatening letters. The out rages had been commenced because he had refused to compel his men to join the Union. He had per sisted in allowing them to please themselves whether they joined the Union or no. The last time an at tempt was made to blow up his works was about 18 months ago. On opening his warehouse one morn ing a two gallon can full of powder was found in side. The fuse attached had not burnt down. Close to the works were rooms occupied by five members of his family, and had the power exploded nothing could have saved them. Shortly before the explo sion he received several threatening letters. He had since advised his men to join the Union, as he could hold out no longer. They paid small sums and were admitted, ani he had not since been interfered with. Mr. Overend—Have you paid to the Union ? Witness —No ; I would rather rob them of a sovereign than give them one. (Laughter.) Mr. Overend—After the explosions did you go to the secretary of the Union and complain ?—Not I. I would rather have blown them up. (Laughter.) The secretaries used to come to our men ; but they would not see me, as they did not like me. (Laughter.) Thomas Holland, joint secretary with Mr. Cutts, was next called, and confirmed generally the evi dence given by Mr. Cutts. He also denied that any of the ratteniugs or illegal acts that had taken place in the trade were done with the sanction of ,the Union. Joseph Rolly, secretary to the File Grinders' Union, said rattening prevailed in the trade, but it was not approved by dm Union. In 1857 a file grinder named Gillott was blown up. At the time he was not subscribing to the Union. That was the last outrage, he believed, that had occurred in his trade. If a member fell into arrears with his con tributions he ceased to participate in the bene fits of the Union. Nothing was done to him. The contributions were 2s. 6d. per week for a man and ls. 6d. for a boy. Two days before Gillott was blown up a general meeting of the trade was held and a committee was appointed to investigate cases of men who were in arrear, but witness denied that the outrage was connected with the trade. Gillott was not more obnoxious to the trade than the other men who were in arrears. Gcorge Gillott, file grinder, the person referred to by the last witness, said one night in 1857 some person broke the cellar grate of his house in Bramble street, and put down into the cellar a can of gun powder. Six persons were in the house at the time, but they escaped uninjured. The house was very much shattered by the explosion. Some time before a man named Royston threatened to blow him up if he did not join the Union. Royston was apprehended on suspicion, but was discharged. He believed he was blown up because he refused to pay to the Union. his house was blown up 21 years ago, and he had also been rattened. Ile had never re ceived any threatening letters. The Sheffield Trade Outrages. A special meeting of the General Council of the London Working Men's Association, including de legates from the various local branches, and from the trades' societies affiliated to the association, was held last evening at the offices in Bolt-court, Fleet street, to express an opinion on the late revolting disclosures before the Sheffield Trades' Commission. Mr. George Potter occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had a most painful duty to perform—to denounce the conduct of men who had hitherto been looked uponiwith respect, but who by the perpetration of the most atrocious crimes had brought disgrace, not only on themselves, but on the cause of trades' unionism, and placed "a weapon in the hands of the enemies of trades' unions which they would not be slow to use to their purposes. This Council, he believed, was the first organised body of working men which had met together to denounce these atrocities, but on Wednesday even ing the delegates of the London trades connected with the late conference would assemble for the same purpose. He had conversed with many lead ing trades' unionists during the last few days, and he found but one feeling of shame and indignation at the disgrace brought upon them by Broadhead and his wretched associates in crime. The only consola tion in the matter was that these outrages were con. fined to Sheffield, an,l even there to a certain num ber of trades connected with the grinding and cut lery trades. On behalf of the trades' unions of the kingdom, he repudiated with indignation the idea that they had any sympathy with or complicity in these detestable proceedings of cerain of the Shef field trades. A long and animated discussion then took place, every speaker denouncing most strongly the out. cages which had taken place, and the following reso lutions were ultimately unanimously adopted : Mr. Broadhurst (mason) moved, and Mr. Smith (bootmaker), seconded, a resolution :—" That, -while this committee have long been apprehensive that the management of and conduct pursued by certain of the Sheffield trades' unions in the grind ing trades were such as could neither be approved nor sanctioned by trades unionists' generally, more especially the indefensible system called rattening,' they were totally unprepared for the terrible revelations of outrages on life and property perpetrated for so long a series of years with im punity by Broadhead, the secretary of the Saw Grinders' Union, and the miserable men associated with him in his crimes; and they deeply regret that the Commissioners felt it necessary, in the discharge of their duty, to examine Broadhead as a witness, whereby he has been enabled to escape the punish ment he worthily deserves for his manifold crimes." Mr. Howe (polisher) moved, and Mr. Packer (turner), seconded a resolution : " That this com mittee most emphatically protest against the attempts now being made by the opponents of all trades unions to connect for their own purposes trades' unions generally with the atrocious crimes perpe trated at Sheffield, convinced as we are that every intelligent trades' unionist throughout the empire will cordially unite with all other classes of the people in repudiating with horror and indignation any the slightest sympathy with those atrocities or their wretched and misguided authors and abettors." Mr. Troup (printer) moved, and Mr. Edbrooke (porter) seconded, a resolution :—" That this com mittee is of opinion that all trades' societies in Shef field whose executives or office-bearers have been concerned in any of these outrages, or who are sus pected or tainted with participation in any even of the minor crimes disclosed before the Commission in that town should be immediately reconstructed ; and that the United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades should withdraw their executive and head quarters from Sheffield, to mark the indignation of the trades in other towns at the laxity in tke busi ness transactions of many of the Sheffield trade so cieties by which alone such foul deeds as those de vised by Broadhead could be paid for from the funds of those societies." . The above resolutions were at once telegraphed to Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, and other towns. _ . The meeting then concluded with a vote of thanks :o the chairman.. THE SCOTCH REFORM . BILL. A numerous and influential deputation from Scotland waited upon the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in Downing-street on Monday, for the pur pose of laying before him their views in reference to the propositions contained in the Scotch Reform Bill, and urging the necessity of increasing the re presentation allotted to Scotland. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Dalglish, the senior member for Glasgow, and was accompanied by Mr. Mon crieff, Mr. M•Laren, Sir J. Matheson, Mr. M'Lagan, Mr. Aytoun, Mr. Kinnaird, Sir J. Ogilvy, Mr. Carnegie, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Merry, Mr. Robert son, Mr. Ellice, Sir A. Agnew, and several other Scotch representatives. The Lord Provost of EDINBURGH stated that he was accompani3l there by the Lord Provosts of Glasgow, Perth, and Aberdeen, and by many pro vosts, magistrates, and town councillors of the Scotch royal burghs, as well as by representatives of the convention of royal burghs. They wished, in the first place, to call attention to the fact that the Scotland of the present day was something very dif ferent from the Scotland of the period of the Union. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1867, the number of the representatives of Scotland which certainly has never been exceeded. Therefore, I may appeal to that Bill as an evidence that it is the desire of Her Majesty's Government to deal liber ally, largely, and effectively with the question of Scotch representation. Now, I don't want at all at this moment to be wearisome ; neither of us have sufficient time to enter into any minute criticism of the Government measure. It is now before Parlia ment and the country, and we have wished that it should remain for some time in order that it might be well considered, particularly by the representa- . _ tives and people of Scotland. We do nct consider ourselves bound as to the details of the representa- tion which the Bill confers, or even to the number of representatives proposed. On the contrary, those are questions open for criticism and for friendly communication between members and the Government. I have never supposed that the mea sure or any measure of this kind would be precisely carried as it was at first proposed ; but the general principles on which we wish to deal with the repre sentation of Scotland are there clearly enunciated and applied without reserve. It is for the Govern ment and for the members for Scotland, without re ference to party, by friendly and frank commu nication, and by that spirit of compromise and mutual concession without which no public business can really fairly and satisfactorily be accomplished to agree upon the terms of a measure which will, on the whole, give general satisfaction. Therefore, I wish it to be clearly understood that we are ready to receive any representations as to the details of the measure, and that we shall fairly consider them. (Cheers.) With regard to the great question which particularly interests this deputation, namely, the increase in the number of the repre sentatives of Scotland, I can only say, on the part of her Majesty's Government, that they wish to see a fair and adequate representation of Scotland. (Cheers.) They have proposed, in that respect, a considerable measure, but, generally speaking, all have to say now is this, that they are resolved to carry a measure for Scotland, if they can, which shall considerably increase:the number of its repre sentatives. (Cheers.) I will not go into the con troversies which are now raging as to how this in creased numbers are to be supplied, whether by in creasiag the number of members of the house or in any other way. These are subjects on which we have pretty well made up our minds, but I will not enter into the controversy here. This, however, I will repeat, that we are resolved to carry a mea sure by which the representation of Scotland shall be increased, and when I hear of difficulties upon that subject I say that when the Government are resolved to carry a measure so far as its influence is concerned, I really think; if the Scotch members are unanimous in supporting the Government, that there can be no doubt upon the matter. (Loud cheers.) Colonel SYKES, M.P.—The right hon. gentleman has overlooked one part of the question put to him—namely, whether he will take care that the opinion of the house is taken in reference to the Scotch Reform Bill before the English Bill is finally passed. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —I was never asked any question upon that subject, and my hon. and gallant friend must really allow us to manage the business of the House of Commons in the way in which we think best. (Laughter and cheers.) _ _ Mr. M'LAREN, - 1 ‘ 1 .1 3 ,---The question raised by t he member for Aberdeen is one which it is not neces sary that we should discuss now, but I should like to mention one fact, if the right hon. gentleman will take it into consideration —namely, that the number of representatives that was added by the Reform Bill of 1832 was quite adequate to the re venue of Scotland at the period. A glance at the figures will show that the English revenue at that time was 9i times larger than the revenue of Scot land, but it is now only seven times larger. If you multiply the number of representatives, namely, 53 by 9i, you will arrive at the proportion given by the Reform Bill of 1832, but taking the proportion duo to England as only seven times more than that of Scotland, the numbers now will be 75. The deputation having thanked the right hon. gentleman for the courtesy with which he had re ceived and listened to them withdrew. At that time the population was under a million and the amount of the public revenue was not more than £150,000. Now, in 1867, the population amounted to 3,200,000, and the public revenue amounted to £8,441,000 per annum. In all mat ters of social concern Scotland had made a very great advance. lle did not deny that a correspond ing advance had been made in many parts of Eng land. It appeared, however, from statistics recently laid before Parliament, that since 1832, when 53 members were allotted to Scotland, the public re venue of the country had increased at the rate of 67 per cent. per annum, while that of England had only increased at the rate of 17 per cent. Under these circumstances the people of Scotland consid,•red that they were fairly entitled to be heard on the question of representation before anything was de finitely done as to the distribution of se sts in Eng land. They regarded it as an exceedingly hard case . _ hat while small towns in England, with a popula• tion ranging from 2,000 to 7,000, and possessing a very small number of electors, were to be still al lowed to return one member each, in Scotland towns ranging in population as high as 17,000 were to be grouped as they had hitherto been, in half dozens, for the purpose of electing a single member. Feel ing that circumstance very acutely, and observing that the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, which was geo graphically Scotch but politic ally'English, was ; with its 13,000 inhabitants and 731 electors, still to re- turn two members, and knowing that it was a town notorious for its corruption, they were of opinion that the manner in whieh it was proposed to deal with the Scotch boroughs was most unjust. As the redistribution of seats generally was now engaging the attention of Parliament, the time had come when the question of the proper representation of Scot land should be fully considered. They therefore hoped that before the English bill passed through committee the Government would endeavour if pos sible to introduce a resolution affirming the prin ciple that something more than was now proposed should be done for giving additional representation to Scotland. It appeared from the returns to which he had already referred that as regarded population Scotland ought to have 69 members, while as re garded revenue it should have 86 ; but they were not inclined to press too hardly upon the Govern ment in favour of equal electoral districts, remem bering that the Constitution was full of inconsis tencies. There was a general feeling in Scotland that the country was entitled to at least 15 addi tional members. The LORD PROVOST of GLASGOW said there was an unanimous feeling in the city he represented, which contained one-sixth of the entire population of Scotland, that the proposed addition to the re presentation of Scotland was most inadequate, the country now forming part and parcel of England. The LORD PROVOST of ABERDEEN said that unless some adequate representation Nitre now allotted to Scotland there would be a deep feeling of disappointment engendered in the minds of the people in the district he represented. They had been told since they came to London that unless something in the shape of a compromise were come to there was little chance of Scotland meeting with its due share of representation. They thought that it was for her Majesty's Government to propose some such concession to the house, and that too be fore the English bill was passed. Mr. ROBERTSON, M.P., did not agree with one remark which had fallen from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, namely, that the increase in the repre sentation for Scotland should be taken from Eng land. That was a matter which the Scotch mem bers thought might safely be left with her Majesty's Government. The Provost of DUNDEE having quoted statistics to show the inadequacy of the representation of Scotland as compared with that of England and Ireland, thanked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the very large measure he had introduced for ex tending the franchise. That measure gave to Scot land the very largest extension it was ever proposed they should have, and the people of that country were deeply grateful for the generosity with which, in that respect, they had been dealt with. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I have received this deputation with much satisfaction, and I have listened to the statements which have been . made by the eminent municipal magistrates who have addressed me with the attention which they deserve. You must all of you acknowledge that Her Majesty's Government have introduced a Par liamentary Reform Bill for Scotland which is marked by its liberal character. The franchises, as has just been admitted, are extended by it in a manner which has never before been proposed, and there has been a :proposition made for increasing THE GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTL It may, perhaps, not be uninteresting to many of our readers to know that within a fortnight's voyage of London new and most important gold discoveries have taken place in the British pro vince of Nova Scotia . Six years since the pre cious metal was found in the sands of the sea-shore on the Atl an ti c s id e o f t h e d to the beli e f th a t a m i nute search on the mainland w o uld prove that the rocks i p n r o many i nc e , of a bounding the provinc e, al most the whole length n t d h e t h b i a s y I s e from east to west, were auriferous. After much' labour, Professor Campbell, of Halifax, reported to the Provincial Government that he had found gold at many places he visited specially for the purpose ; and within a few months after the pub lication of his report numerous leases were granted by the Crown, and mines were opened at Oldham, Waverley, Renfrew, Montague, Wine Harbour, Stormont, and many other places. In fact, it turned out that the band of metamorphic rock ex tending from Yarmouth to Cape Canso, a dis tance of more than 300 miles in length, by from 10 to 40 miles in width, contained gold in greater or lesser quantities. Had these discoveries taken place in any other province but Nova Scotia, there would have been a sudden rush of popula tion to.the gold fields similar to that which oc curred in California and Australia. Not so, how ever, here, for the Nova Scotians are a quiet, plodding people, not easily excited, or tempted to leave their homes, more particularly as the gold was found embedded in the quartz rock, and so widely disseminated therein that nothing short of powerful machinery for crushing the rock, and apparatus for amalgamating the gold would be likely to pay for working ; and, as the province had but little capital unemployed, nothing of im portance was done in the shape of gold mining for the first year or two. A few Americans, it is true, began to prospect the different districts, and quietly established themselves in the most advan tageous positions for working, Some of them quickly realized ample fortunes. Others, not quite so fortunate, worked on with much perseverance, and are now making large returns on their capital. Many instances could be quoted, showing their profits to range from 30 to 1,000 per cent. on the capital invested, and Some idea may be formed of the richness of these gold fields when it is known that small grants of land, k d wor e only by labouring men without machinery, have been sold, after a few months working, for from 20,000 to 50,000 dollars. One of the latest of these was known as the Ophir Company's grant, at Renfrew, within a few miles of Halifax. This company commenced working last September twelvemonth, and the first year's report states that " after paying the expenses of machinery, crushing_ mills, houses and plant, there remained in the banker's hands the large surplus of 137,000 dollars, or £27,000." Had these gold discoveries been made ten or twelve years ago, one half of the unemployed popu lation of the British Islands would have soon been on the way to the golden land, and millions of Eng lish capital would have been subscribed for the de velopment of the mines. The recent monetary panic has, however, eff ectua l ly damped the ardour for speculation ; and gold, the great talisman, lingers in its native beds, until some more fortuitous moment shall awaken the British capitalists to the necessity of unloosening the golden treasures buried in the soil of this wonderful province. —Westminster Ga zette. Rowlands' three great preparations for the hai , , the com plexion, and the teeth are known in all quarters of the globe. Their fam ous " Macassar O i l " h a s been ()mint .r -felted in France, Germa n y , an d elsewhere, but none of the spurious preparation s h ave posses sed the extraordinary properties of the genuine article. Rowlands' " Kal y dor" for the complexion h as retained its prom inent place among fashionable cosmetics notwithstanding the numerous new articles introduced for the complexion. The " Odonto" for the teeth is highly other dentifrice for y ears. Rowlan d s ' g reat success durinl prized by thousands who h ave used no the past two generation;, and their present prominent position as manufacturers, may justly be attributed to the excellent character of their articles, and to the fact th it, unlike many other proprietors of established fame, they do not allow their Cosmetics to deteriorate in quality.-- L Boston Transcript!! THE 4 6 EVIVERS" ON KING-MURDER SINCE 1789. In speaking of the frequent occurrence of the'' crime of Kingmurder since the Revolution of 1789, M. Louis Veuillot has given great offence to M. de Girardin, of the Presse. In retaliation, one of his retainers has drawn up a long catalogue, almost as long as the Homeric catalogue of ships, of accom plished or attempted King-murders prior to 1789. From this list it appears that as there were great men before Agamemnon, so there were assassins of Princes before Agamemnon died at the hands of Clytemnestra. • In reply to NI, de Girardin's paper, M. Veuillot makes the following remarks in the Univers : A henchman of M. de Girardin has taken it into his head to prove to us that Kings and Grand Dukes were assassinated before 'B9. He takes incredible pains in the matter, and omits no case. From him we learn that Brutus killed Caesar, and that Alex ander of Pherm, tyrant of Paphlagonia and of else where, died at the hands of his own wife. Aga memnon, too, was destroyed by Clytemnestra, a crime with which politics had not a little to do. These examples make up a total of three columns, but to-day ➢I. de Girardin's henchman adds two columns, and declares that he is by no means ex hausted. He appears to be one of those who gets up his Encyclopedias, and whose zeal is much above boiling point. He may go on if he likes, but we confess to him that he has won his cause. We sur render. It is true there have been political assas sinations before the Revolution. Yes, Clytemnestra did kill Agamemnon 'before having read the Decla ration of the Rights of Man. What remains to be proved, however, is why there have been more attempts at King-murder since 1830, only thirty-seven years, than in the thousand years which elapsed between the death of Charle magne and the death of Louis XVI. It has yet to be explained how—without any personal wrong, without any premeditation—the idea of so great a crime entered into the mind of the first miserable man who calmly committed such an act in the hope of acquiring glory. It is, indeed, remarkable that these abominable assassins, for the most part, be long to the most vulgar class of criminals, and are only conspicuous by a stupid sort of vanity. They conceive the idea of the crime as one catches a cold in a draught, or a fever in traversing the marshes. If they reflected at all, it was to look upon the scaffold as a short cut to glory, as the pathway of the weak. But of all this, the assassination of Alexander of Pherw, by his wife, is not much of an explanation. At the time when attempts against the life of Louis Philippe occurred, at least once a year, M. de Girardin, at that time a Deputy and a Conservative journalist, gave another explanation, which was very much more like our own. It is the business of M. de Girardin's henchman, to read up his old papers, and to consider whether his former explana tion, now contradicted, be not the truer. But do not let us deprive our adversary of his final flourish of trumpets. He declares that if we hesitate to declare ourselves vanquished he will only give us the option between ignorance and bad faith, but he reserves for himself the right "to substitute the cumulative for the alternative charge." _ _ We have nothing to say to this sally of M. 0. B. Lohe's, unless that it seems to us in bad taste. But retailers of second-hand knowledge are subject to this defect. Scarron said : "prands savantas, nation incivilo !" Let it be, then, as M. 0. B. Lohe chooses. If he likes he may pile on us ignorance and bad faith. lie may please himself, but we, nevertheless, shall not cease to listen to him with a moderate but suf ficient politeness. Miscellaneous Foreign News. The late news from New York about Mexico, not received by the Cable, informs us that I,ooooz. of gold 77as the bribe paid by Escobedo to Lopez for betraying the principal fort of Queretaro. Escobedo is reported to have killed a number of prisoners himself after the surrender. Maximilian appears to have behaved with such bravery as to have inspired the Imperial officers with the deepest respect. Nor has he been distinguished for bravery alone, as he has shown much self-denial during the campaign. On the 16th May Escobedo marched with a large force to join Porferino Diaz in the siege of the capital. Gomez continues in revolt against Juarez at Tampico. The Americans in Paris have arranged for a cele bration of the approaching anniversary of American Independence, to take place at the Pre-Catalan in the Bois de Boulogne. Special pains will be taken to make the entertainment pleasant for ladies and children. A dinner will be furnished—good music and dancing, illuminations and fireworks, in the evening. We are gratified to learn that no public speaking will be allowed, and that all citizens of the United States who may be in Europe are invited to join. The American Bankers will have tickets for sale. On Tuesday last, at Paris, at the commencement of the day's sitting of the Senate, Baron Dupin rose. to enter a protest in favour of the principles of humanity and international law, which he feared were about to be violated in Mexico in reference to the Emperor Maximilian. This protest, which was seconded by M. Troplong, the President, was re ceived by the assembly with loud cheers. The imbroglio down South in New Orleans has reached a pretty pass. It will be remembered that General Sheridan removed the two rival boards of the Louisiana Levee Commissioners who were con tending for the public spoils. One of these Boards had been appointed by Governor Wells ; the othe was an old Southern Board, to whom people are in the habit of affixing or pre-fixing the word rebel. Governor Wells appealed to Washington, and Mr. Stanton was directed to suspend General Sheridan's order, and to call on that officer to give his reasons for their removal. The Commander did not mince matters in making his reply. He declared the Commissioners to have been corruptly appointed by Governor Wells, and to have misappropriated the public funds. But the fiery General did not stop there. He is in the habit of making clean work of his opponents, so he removed Governor Wells himself, stigmatising him as a dishonest and traitorous person, and an impediment to the faithful execution of the law. Mr. Thomas Durant whom he appointed to the vacant post, declined to accept the nomination, and Mr. Benjamin Flanders was named by the General in his stead. That the Government can allow such high-handed proceedings isimprobable, or the States of the South will become so many despotisms under military dictators, from whose decisions there would be no appeal. The following is the text of the General's order : _ " Headquarters, Fifth Military District, New Orleans, June 3, 1867. (Extract V.) " His Excellency the Governor of Louisiana, J. Madison Wells, having made himself an impedi ment to the faithful execution of the act of Con gress of March 2, 1867, by directly and indirectly impeding the general in command in the faithful execution of the law, is hereby removed from the office of governor of Louisiana, and Mr. Thomas J. Durant appointed thereto. Mr. Durant will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of "Major-General P. 11. SHERIDAN." It was reported that President Johnson intended to issue a proclamation, declaring that military dis trict commanders were not authorised to remove Southern State officials. The case appears to have been submitted to the Attorney-General, whose decision was reported from New York on the 19th instant, that the military commanders cannot legally re move State officers. _ General Pope has revoked Colonel Shepherd's order, suspending the publication of a Republican newspaper in Mobile. The paper, in the view of the Colonel, had tended to create and embitter the bad feeling existing between the blacks and the whites by advising the freedmen to arm themselves, and instructing them in the use of arms. In revers ing the order, General Pope says that free speech is to be tolerated and encouraged, and editors and speakers, no matter what they say, are not to be meddled with. The military are to wait for overt acts with which the civil power may be unable to deal. With reference to his own action in remov ing the authorities of the city, he observes that the military are not sent into the States by CongreF4 to do nothing, nor to do everything, but to see that life and property are made safe. This can best be done by supporting the civil authorities against insurrection and anarchy, and where the civil autho riti a through weakness, stupidity, or malice, fail to protect the individual, by superseding them, and putting capable men in their places. He acts under a law of Congress which declares that in the States lately in rebellion life and property are not ade quately protected. The means of protection he finds in existence he intends to help as far as possible. It was generally anticipated in America what the vote would be on the Impeachment question. Five voted against and four for impeachment, so that matter ended in a triumph for the President. Buc Mr. Johnson Was not permitted wholly to escape, as 7 voted for and 2 against a severe condemnation of his course. The subject has lost its interest, as the intemperate proceedings of the Chief Magistrate which originated the investigation have faded into the distance. The members who voted for impeach ment are—Messrs. Boutwell (Massachusetts), Wil liams (Pennsylvania), Lawrence (Ohio), and Thomas (Maryland), 4 ; those who voted against it—Messrs. Wilson (Java), Woodbridge (Vermont), Churchill (New York), Eldridge (Wisconsin), and Marshall (Illinois). When we state that the two latter are the only Democrats on the Committee, how the vote of censure was carried, can be easily under stood. Mr. Wilson, Chairman of the Committee, gave his voice against the impeachment. Two re ports will be sent to Congress—that of the majo rity against impeachment, and that of the minority for impeachment. It is said that Mr. Ashley, backed by General Butler, will move the adoption of the report of the minority when Congress meets, and endeavour to have impeachment ordered by the whole house. The New York correspondent of the Standard informs us a trial has just been concluded in Newmarket (Now Jersey) which deserves to rank among causes celebres. On the night of February 23 the wife of a phy sician named Coriell was brutally murdered. Suspicion fell upon the one servant of the family, Bridget Dugan, whose conduct, bath at the time of the discovery of the murder and afterwards, was of the most extraordinary character ; it was Bridget, in fact, who alarmed the people residing in the vicinity of the Coriell house. She ap peared at various doors at one o'clock in the morning, attired only in her under garments and bearing in her arms the child of the Coriells. She told a strange story of an assault committed by two men, whom she named, and begged that assistance be immediately ex tended to Mrs. Coriell. The house of the Coriells was at once visited. Door and windows were discovered to be open. Smoke was issuing from ono of the rooms. In this room the body of Mrs. Coriell was found. The unfortunate woman was quite dead. She had received 37 stabs from a knife. Tho neck was torn open as if by the teeth of a wild beast ; the jugular vein had been bitten through. The shoulders were torn and mangled. The breasts were dreadfully lacerated. The legs and arms were covered with wounds ; on the back, following the spine, wore twenty-one incisions, evi dently made with the point of a knife. The body was covered with contusions. The assassin had fired a bed--the intention evidently being to burn the house. The walls and floor of the room were one smear of blood. In this coagulated gore a great number of feathers were sticking. Tho woman Dur gan was arrested. She said that certain parties had done the deed. These persons were apprehended, but their innocence was easily shown. Durgan next pointed out two of the coroner's jury as the guilty parties. Her statement was not hooded ; she was fully committed for trial as the real assassin. The evidence is wholly circum stantial, but it shows very clearly that to try Durgan has been to pay her a very great compliment. She is one of those wretches of whom the crowd say, " Hanging is too good for them." It is established that Durgan first attacked her mistress with a chair as a weapon. In this assault Mrs. Coriell was beaten almost to a jelly. When the chair had been reduced to splinters the assassin flow at her victim with teeth and nails. Masses of hair, with portions of the scalp attached, were pulled from Mrs. Coriell's head. The dress of the unfortunate woman was torn to ribbons; the exposed portions of the person were terribly scratched and bitten. An hour elapsed, and Durgan re newed the assault—this time with teeth and hands. The poor victim's neck was bitten open. Then Durgan has tened to the kitchen, seized a knife, and returned to finish her work. The dying Mrs. Coriell made one effort for self defence. She snatched from the bed a leather pillow, with which she sought to ward off the stabs. But Durgan slashed and thrust, forced her victim to the floor, and there stabbed and cut until long after life had ebbed away. It has been shown that she tore with her teeth a largo mass of flesh from the shoulder of the corpse. The crime was ap parently objectless ; the only explanation given is that Dur gan had been " warned" to leave the house, and that she supposed that if she killed her mistress she would be retained in service to take care of the child. Durgan has been convicted; the jury were absent from the court-room only 15 minutes ; the convict will soon be sentenced to death. The case has excited unusual interest, not only in New Jersey, but throughout the neighbouring States. COMMERCIAL. (From Messrs. Bowles, Brevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Putts, June 21 (Via Queenstown). Our market remains unchanged. The Sovereigns have left, and" those who were buyers, in view of their arrival, are now sellers. Rumours, both favourable and the reverse, to a continu ance of peace, as the result of these interviews, aro cur rent, resulting in a general inactivity and hesitation—a feeling not confined to Paris, but shared by all European markets. There has been but little animation, and but trifling change in quotations. Americans, closing in our last at 821 are to-day the same, and the variations of the week have not exceeded I per cent. Scree transactions have occurred in the issue of 1864 at 78 to 79, in that of 18.65 at 84 to 1 but, as may be seen from the quotations, Bonds of these dates aro only placed with difficulty and to much disadvantage, as com pared with those of 1862. The Rente closes at The Italian closes at Exchange on London, 25.161. (Front E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, June 19.) Our advices from New York by the Africa roach to the 4th inst., and report a moderate demand for Government bonds, with slightly easier prices for those of the older issue, while 7-30's and 10-40's were firm at a fractional advance. The railroad market had been dull and heavy, but no material alteration in quotations was reported either in shares or bonds; at the close there was a slight dispo sition to buy. In State stocks wo note a further improve ment, in Tennessee of $5, and $2 in North Carolina. Money was steady at 6 to 7 per cent. to brokers. It had been generally expected that the forthcoming statement of the National Finances to the Ist instant would show some slight increase in the indebtedness of the Government, owing to the largo payments of gold out of the Treasury for interest on the 5-20 Bonds; the disburse ment for June, however, being small, it was anticipated that the Ist July statement would show a recovery of the amount lost, but by the official statement, which we give below, we find that the total debt of all kinds, instead of being augmented, has been decreased by $5,170,159. The portion of tho debt bearing interest payable in gold has increased $61,410,600, whilst that carrying in terest in currency has decreased $11,423,915 ; the greater part of this difference is owing to the ex change of 7-30 Bonds for 5-20's. This operation has now been carried on at a rapid rate for the last few mouths, the amount of 7-30's absorbed in the past year being over $300,000,000. We shall be glad to see the whole amount dealt with in this way, as until this is accomplished we do not look for any very material reduction in the pre mium on gold. It may be interesting to compare the state of the national Treasury at various periods, and to give the present resources of the Government. Before the com mencement of the war, say 1861, the national debt stood at about $65,000,000. In July, 1864, it was $1,805,523,561; in Aug., 1865, $2,737,253,275 ; Aug., 1866, $2,633,099,276 ; June, 1867, $2,515,615,937 ; thus showing a decrease of $241,637,348 in two years after the restoration of peace. Of the debt now owing, the Bonds carrying interest payable in gold require about $90,000,000 pmr annum, and those pay able in currency not quite $50,000,000. Now, to meet those charges on the revenue of the country, we have the follow ing receipts for the fiscal year from Ist July last : Gold. Currency. First quarter Second do. Third do. Fourth do. estimated 10,223,016 ... 67,892,344 $175,000,000 $313,000,04)0 or together, $188,000,000. Out of this the expenditure in the various departments of tho Government, including interest, was for the first nine months $25-1,219,085, esti mated for last three months $99,780,315; total, $351,000,000, so that there would appear to 1)3 a surplus of $131,000,000 available for the reduction of the debt during the fiscal year ending Ist July. Whether it will be practicable or (if so) wise to continue the present rate of taxation for any considerable length of time is a question fairly open to dis cussion, as there can bo no doubt that the heavy impost on the people must be a serious drawback to commercial and industrial pursuits ; still, so far, the burden has been patiently, if not cheerfully, borne, and with a return to ordinary pursuits, and an average amount of success, the South would help to bear the burden, and so by diffusing the collection of revenue over a wider surface than for the last few years make it easier to raise. There has been almost complete stagnation in the I London market for American securities during tbo past week, and prices remain with but little alteration, United States 5-20's closing 72-i to 731; Illinois Central Shares, 79 to ; and Eries, 40 to Atlantic and Great Western Consoldated on some renewed inquiry close at an advance of 1 per ont o tho 1a t prioo bothg 251 to 261. HIS IL POPE. The Civiltit Cattolica, in its issue of the 15th of June, proposes a new tribute to the Pope by was of supplement to the two which are now offered to Pius IX. To the tribute of Peter's Pence in compensation for the robbery of domains of the Church, and to the tribute of blood in taking up arms in defence of the civil sovereignty of the Papacy, the CiviM Cattolica now suggests the tribute of the understanding in the following strik ing formula :--44 To St. Peter, the blesed Prince of the Apostles, I, N.N., moved by the desire of offer ing to you, and in you to your successors in the Apostolic chair, a tribute of singular devotion which on the one hand compensates you for the outrages done to the Roman See, and, on the other, impels me to offer it greater honour, vow to hold and pro fess, when occasion offers, even at the cost of blood, that doctrine now most commonly held by Ca tholics, which teaches that the Pope, in defining authoritatively in his capacity of Universal Teacher, ex cathecfro, as it is called, that which has to be believed, in matters of faith and morals, is infallible,' and that, consequently, his dog matical decrees are infallible and binding on the conscience, even before they have been fol lowed by the assent of the Church. May it please you, 0 most glorious St. Peter, to offer ill my name to the Divine Founder of the Church, from whom descended to you and to your successors all the prerogatives of the high pontificate and of the supreme magisterium, and obtain for me to be now and henceforth so bound to your See, and so docile to the authority of your successors, that by constant firmness in the Faith I may participate in the supreme blessedness of never erring in the way of salvation." Catholics in England, we are con vinced, will gladly and heartily join with those of Italy in offering so noble a tribute to St. Peter. In commenting on this tribute of the understanding, the Unita Cattolica, of the 19th inst., says that the last time the bishops were congregated in Rome in 1862 they said to Pius IX. " Te loquente Petrum audimus " (when you speak we hear the voice of Si. Peter). But if Peter speaks by the mouth of the Pope, we cannot doubt, in the very least, the veracity of that word, or make reserves, or await tacit or express consent. No ; when the Supreme Pontiff speaks solemnly on matters of faith or morals, St. Peter speaks ; and not being able to doubt the word of Peter, we cannot doubt the word of the Pope." Such is our firm convic tion, and such has always been the firm conviction of the bishops and of the doctors of the Church. In illustration of its statement, the Unita quotes the concluding words of the letter of Mgr. Sebour, Archbishop of Paris, addressed to the Pope in 1850, in reference to the definition of the Imma culate Conception. "We submit ourselves," says the Archbishop, " in this, as in all other things; to the infallible judgment of the Vicar of Christ.' — . Westminster Gazette. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. Tho corn market to-day had a very poor attendance, and millers were again acting on the reserve ; consequently, what business there was done in wheat was at about the same as last week. Spring corn dull. BRIS T OL—TUESDAY. To-day at our market there was about an average, as Wheat was held very firmly at former price., and millers not holding a large stock were obliged to bui in some instances at 6d per qr dearer. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 67s to 74s - red, 65s to 69s per 36 s tone : Barley for malting, 40s to 52s' per qr ; feed, 32s to 38s 1 3(31 30 stone. Oats. old, 30s to 355; new, 28s to 32s per 24sb, Beans, old, 52s to 545,; new, 45s to 50s per qr. • LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. We had a fair attendance at our market to-day. Wheat f was in moderate request for consumption at an advance ot 2d per cental on white and mellow descriptions of red , 1)1 ! other kinds were unaltered. Flour firm, with a good bug,: ness. Barley scarce, and fully maintained last FridnY prices. Oats and oatmeal were without change i n " 111 6 d with only a retail s de. Beans and peas at a decline of per qr. Indian corn more freely offered. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. • 01 0 Thorn was very little business transacted to-day i „f corn trade, and only a small attendance. Where sal n es -. wheat wore effected the finest sam pl es b roug ht late pric es ' inferior sorts neglected. Spring corn quiet, maiutain'tib' late rates. Beans steady. Al Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. b us h e l s 2 ' s Od to 25 8 . White do New red do do do 2, 4 0 0 88 Od od 2 2 9 1 ; ° 6 l New white do do 23s Od 2as od Beans do do tOs Od 2 ' od Peas, per qr. 35, Od 38 ' ° i Grinding ba• ley, per qr ls Od 488 ( n d Malting barley, eo 278 Us - Oats, - do F10ur....2s 4d to 2i td per 141 b. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—T UESDAY. Old white wheat, 70s to 72s ; new red. 60s to 68s per 56 stone. Barley, fine, 52s ; other kinds, 23s to 36s per 30 st old . f Oats, new, 26s to 358 ; old, ,34s to 35s per qr. Bean s, 46s to 535; new, 428 to 47s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &Australia and Now Zealand, via Southasapton......July 2 0 • Ditto, via Marseilles . ..... .....July 14. Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 1. Ditto, by lerench packet . June ?2 Cape Verds. by Brazil packet . July 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 27. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton July 3 Ditto, via Marse il les Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. June 27 ' India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es July 77. . 1 Malta, Egypt, .to. June 27 , Ditto, Marseilles... Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Ju ly 2°' Southampton. Ditto, via Maraei les July 14 ' Newfoundland July Portugal July 4. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... ........... Ditto ditto to Lisbon .............. United States, Canada, California, &c., by British !. 7. packet Ditto, by United States packet ............... • Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) June Ditto, by Canadian packet July 4. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe.. ••- - West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baba- 2s. mss) „J 28 ' Cuba and Mexico ... Jun e 27. Bahamas, via New York ........ JulY 3 ' Bermuda, via Halifax For the past three years four million d° ll ' v s : worth of boots and shoes have been shipped for W°r:eto ber, U.S., annually. This business gives emplorneh. 2,000 hands in the city, and as many more i n the nelb bouring villages. • °7lO o.' FADVERTISEMENT. .1 —Holloway's _ de , How much thought has been bestowed, and what P, rous volumes written, upon this plague of every house' of hold, which is safely and certainly dispersed by a Ceti; fear this purifying, soothing, and tonic medicine, witheal'aQl of relapse. It acts directly on the stomach , liver, the bowls ; more indirectly, though not less effectively' °lirder brain, nerves, vessels, and glands, and so comma longer be throughout the entire system. Dyspepsia ca n no 1 0 °h - f il t hy' the bugbear of the public, since Holloway's-' Pills ar e ", - ; 0 5 competent to subdue the most chronic and distras'oe cases of impaired digestion, and to restore the ut se a at sufferer to health, strength, and cheerfulness. Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, ild. a all medicine vendors throughout the civilised BROWNE—On the Bth May, at ßirths Kishmaghur, 130. , 4 1 ' tile Lady Ulrick Browne, of a son. , n .roac l, BURNAND—OR the 25th inst., at Ivy Cottage, Sets& coo. Croydon, the wife of Captain Norman Burnand, stream Guards, of a son. lace, 1114" COTTERELL—OR the 2.lth inst., at 8, Setualore-p— -fair, Lady Cotterell, of a daughter. Marriages. BAXTER—S WANN— On the 20th inst ,at St. LukedS 0116-e1 teuham, J. 11. Churchill Baxter, BIA of Jesus Cambridge, to Geraldine Frances, youngest daughter 0 the late C. H. Swami, Esq., of the ' Middle TernP le ", u , r els TAYLOR—ELLIOT —On the 18th iust ,at the parish late of St. Michael's, Batley, Charles, sou of tlit3. Charles Taylor, Esq., of Bishopwearmou th, to lie l4' vr i torl youngest daughter of George Elliot, Esq., of 1 1 ° Hall, Dur Lam, and Batley Hall, Stalfordshire. Art f°°' Deaths. ALLCHIN—On the 23d inst., at Cranford-place, 13' William Allchin, aged 00. f 2 M .. BRIGGS—On the 25th inst. , Thos. Briggs, Esq , lington-streot, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields , abe HILL—On the 25th inst., at Gloucester - gat e, Regent Charles Charles Hill, Esq., late of Clifton, Bristol , aged Vi'Nol" MARRIOTT—On the 24th inst., at Narborough folk, Robert Marriott, Esq., aged 58. AP' PHELPS -On the 22d inst. at St. Lawrence Vienr9gNanu pleby, the Yen. Win. %V. ' Phelps, Archdeacon and of Carlisle, aged 69. a ill SASSCON—On tho 23d inst S. D. Sassoon , Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park, aged 35. London Printed and Published by WILLIA.g Al lp . sr lt o 1 13 ', of No. 112, Strand, Printer , a t TilE Sus Office , t Of Strand, in the Precinct of the fie toy, in the CO alatliCieL.—WeducOAy, June 23,138„