The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

THE LATE CHARLES DICKENS The public regret for the sudden loss of so widely PcPular an author as Charles Dickens is vividly displayed in the eagerness to obtain every scrap of intelligence which his friends or associates can furnish. Many sin gular and touching incidents have been mentioned in con nection with his unlooked-for end. A melancholy signi ficance now attaches to the last words in the last num ber of "Edwin Drood," in which the story, in the author's words, " Comes to an end for a time." 'lt is related of him that when startled -and distressed by the news of the death of Thackeray even more Sudden than his own, Charles Dickens said, " I wonder whether I shall be missed as much." If he could have foreseen the universal expressions of regret from the Queen herself downwards, which are current to-day, he w °old not have doubted the answer. Her Majesty always Prompt in expressing the sentiments of her people when those sentiments most deserve the expression, has lost no time in communicating her regret to the bereaved family, and the following telegram has, through the agency of t he "Central Press," been forwarded throughout the country : "Mr. Arthur Helps, on becoming acquainted with the death of Mr. Charles Dickens, telegraphed the lamentable intelligence to the Queen at Balmoral, and immediately received the following sympathetic reply : " From Colonel Ponsonby to Mr. Helps, Council Office. "The Queen commands me to express her deepest re gret at the sad news of Charles Dickens's death." ' This feelin g message was a t once t ransm i tte d t o t h e ethe r many at G a d s hill, an d w ill d ou btl ess t en d more t h an any expression of human sympathy could possibly do, to soothe them in their distress. 4 ,,,The -Daily News states that when Mr. Dickens visited the Queen a few months since her Majesty was personally °she °light in her public capacity, express her sense of the of Mr. Dickens's services to his country and to lite rature. The Queen was ready to confer any distinction j a y . i lleh Mr. Dickens's known views and tastes would permit L ux to accept, and after mor e th an one titl e o f 'allour had been declined, her Majesty desired that he Would, at least, accept a place in her Privy Council. A Ipleasant anecdote of the Queen's kindly appreciation of 11 , 8 work s h as b een told. When Mr. Helps, the Clerk of Is " Council, was l as t a t B a l mora l, h er M a j es t y ca ll e d "ma into her own private library, and shewed him the set of Mr. Dickens's works which he 'adpl recently sent to her- among her chosen a uthors. S h e d i rected Mr. Helps, knowing his m r jeudship for Charles Dickens, to tell the author where e sa d placed his books. She little th o u g ht the kindly b,ge would come too late, fo r it did no t reac h Gads '"'LL till its owner lay unconscious. The following liarticulars of the circumstances attending Mr. Dickens' eath have been supplied :—Some particulars are sup klied to us of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Charles Dickens. He was at Rochester on Tuesday the 7th inst. ; on Wednesday he I A B employed at his literary labours until dinner time. hen at dinner he was seized with a violent pain in the ad, and fell do wn b eco ming totally unconscio us . 14e was placed on a sofa in the dining-room as wae not considered advisable to remove him upstairs. r • S. Steele, of Strood, his local medical adviser, was Bent for, and found him labouring under a severe form of 4P° Plexy. Stertorous breathing had taken place, and the extreraities.very soon became cold. Mr. St e ele remai ne d s or b him until near midnight, when Mr. F. Carr Beard, Og e un, of Welbeck-street, London, an old per.ional nd a Mr. Dickens, arrived with Mrs. Collins, and 6,, 1 as Dickens, daughters of the great novelist. Mr. Beard Vuediately consulted with Mr. Steele, but they had rttle hope. Mr. Dickens was still unconscious, and )I° l •tined in that state up to the time of his death. Mr. beard remained with him all night. , Dr. J. Russell aleYnolda, the eminent physician of Grosvenor afteet, was telegraphed Messrs and arrived on Thursdy •er° °° ll He agreed with . Beard and Steele, in Oeusidering the case a hopeless one from the first. The eath took place at a quarter past six. The deceased ass Well on th e W e d nes d ay, an d wro t e agrea t d ea l d ur i ng f , u e aY. He had lately had no premonitory symptomsaffection of the brain. He had not been ill since his h dis position, about twelve months since, arising from h a , f atigue of trav e llin g . A p os t- mos t examination d o een talked of, b u t seems uncer t a i n . Th e day of his ea th was strange to say, the anniversary of the StaplF "urt accident, in which it will be remembered he was . in great peril, and fromwhich some of those nearst to him e°lleider he received w a physical shock from which he f ever really recovered. The friends in the habit e ' flee ting Mr. Dickens privately recall now the scene,ellrgY with which he depicted that dreadful d r and how as the climax of his story came, and its u t e ad interest grew, he would rise from the table, and h,,, er allY act the parts of the several sufferers to whom he .p„,`"' lent a helping hand. Now that he is gone it is re j4l-telabered, too with absolute pain, that one of the first a u g eons a the 'day, who was preseht when this Staple th-ar.' story was told soon after its occurrence, remarked di the the worst o f th ese ra il wa y accidents was the te n ,`"itY of determi n i ng th e p er i o d at which the sys th;', Fould be said to have survived the shock, and liostances were on record of two or three years having Q„ , t —e . by before the life sufferer knew that he was seriously mate But th e me di ca l t es t imony as t o th e imme cause of Mr. Di c k en s's de a th is definite and br a -ce • Apoplexy —an effusion of blood on the re a t the cause an overstrained system, and the ag n t tule which was only staved off injunctionstwelemonths a nd ' he was induced to obey his doctor's .. a„,_ suspend his readings in public—has carried him at a conmaratively early age. Several of our con 4e'Lulloraries give interesting details Of matters which have , 7 ° specially under their individual observati M. The News, with which Dickens was so intimately -Bociated, tells us how he carried his habit of thorough i.`P r rgY and earnestness, even into his amateur theatricals. uharles Dickens was eminently dramatic in his genius w 4il e d re lliB tastes. Some of time dearest and closest friends and m the time of Mr. Macready to that ,I, M r a : c ke r t s Cherhi f s r c e hosen intimates included many of the chief lights of the British stage. As an amateur actor he self was unsurpassed and unsurpassable. Those remember the performances on behalf of Guild of Literature and Art; those given p r ivately at Tavistock-house about a dozen years Memorial and those held on behalf of the Douglas Jerrold i'eulorial Fund, know that the dramatic readings which f ° °k the world by storm of late years were the ripened :1; 114 of a long and intense admiration for and leaning to Ir e stage. The most powerful and the most painful of R•_. Dickens's impersonations—Fagin, the Jew—Bill th t ( es, the murderer, and his victim—had their germ in _e, d elineation of the light-house keepsr, in the drama g i rl e tte n Mr. Wilkie Collins expressly for his hap ; and some o f t h e most competent judges i n ,„v, declared th a t th e E ng li s h stage lost an orna da„? which w ou ld h ave rev i ved its brightest Qb.? bY Charles Di c k ens succee di ng as an author and earnest literature his profession. B u t M r . Di c k ens ' s sh nid lt e u r ees was such that he not only took upon his own "late 8 the most arduous tasks connected with the h e 8 of t p e rformances for charitable objects with which 1 „_ en associated himself, but superintended the s ure detail, and often worked with his own hands to en uvien what he held to be the necessary effect. There are men day g who remember his occupying himself for a whole x eli Trith rp, ..anarner and nails on the stage of Miss had while it was matter for playful jocularity c•O n •av e spirits who have gone before that Dickens eat iL er ted himself into an amateur check-taker, and lon g at the re,.ceipt of custom with Arthur Smith all day Performki - allery of Illustration, when the Jerrold raue toances 'were about to be given. This is not the ~e5t0 , 4 , e , ,, °Peak of the intense and laborious care he Lond,„", upon the performances given at his auPer-in - t ""se, or of the days he devoted to the at endenc e of stage effects. The only place tir n ,':' s ° l ?. there was a chance of seeing Dickens at this there 41 d hici intimates, was on the amateur stage, and foin v i absorbed in the subject of the hour, he would be at ti-l`e, resting one arm in the hand of the other, looking cor n i„ 1:11 : 0 108, and cogitating upon th e i r e ff ec t f or th e Prop e Pligilt or working like any scene- s hift er a t th e and lea, 'his was Dickens all over. He never res t e d, alas seemed to tire. His active mind has, Xemp,„„ lv f ° , lll out his frame, and he has died, like 411 is a,W e .it, pen in hand, literally from over-work." rer nark I ,v l tY he carried into everything. It has been Ileth a ,7u that " Thackeray in Houndsditch, Thackeray in a, „ '°taale--"n or at Camden-town, would have appeared lho rrie ' lB ;as well could we icture Carlyle at ere when T ennyson at Garraway's_, • but Charles Dickens, L t hose , was übiquitous. He was to bo mot, by 4 - 1 101 %3 '',;) knew hmi, everywhere—and who did not se em • Who had not heard him, and who had not ° llluib ue ' s Photographs in the shop windows ? The bi ttt; air, co nductors knew him, the street-boys knew have b:__P,Frhaps the locality where his recognition would of th e Ilileaq frequent —for all that he was a member w,ould turn • " -11e1 1Pli Club—was Pall-mall. Elsewhere he c 'elneup in the odd t places and in the most hill, on 'weather •in es ' • Ha ,Ratchff Hig way, on vers . took to andaw ort erwell-r en , in Gray's Inn-lane, the w t. Fol gate Ll oad, at Hammersmith Broadway, in Nor uled 'and at Rensal New Town. A handsome ,uere Y the Bell and Horns at Brompton, and The s ' Bien:ltkjrinenagriles. Dickens striding, as with seven-league y in the direction of North-end, Fulham. atatio n . gro Politan Railway sent you forth at mg Bneed v i e f y aild You met Charle . s Dickens plod to be to wards the Yorkshire Stingo. He / et of the met rapidly skirting the grim brick be°a46 the g r isou in Coldbath-fields, or trudging Aierg, under even Sisters-road at Holloway, or w aw, or r a steadypress of sail, underneath Highgate th loih a u tridPursuing the even tenor of his way up the ge-road. He seemed to prefer the lengthy an c :i re Mfare a bette r 4ltr ioate of our exterior boulevards to narrow acid nstreets. They offered, perhaps,. a ° l l Port ta sk f or t i le ° I tY for fair and honest walking, he , of _ Performance of that self-appointed atpa,d uileuestrianism which for so many years r u a,,, w hereve e r r t ic°ll, an which well-nigh undeviatingly, Whrood -ee, in hal e was sin London, at home at Gadshill, ail d furl or in America—he performed to its last ere and had looked Where he had travelled longes . t, hailer Londo_ deepest and learned most, was in f u nd ßarb. u • Re was no Regent-street lounger _ .es to .r?ioever. mentions Pall Mall he rarely 'l4l°/lable Pi ccadilly : he is not much at home in I°B ' Mile quares ; he is not to be found in the vi lent' a park he is not at home at Brompton, or in the 10,4 Ric or in Great Gaunt-street, or at Green atreet °Y Th ack !!u, or any o f the localities so well be )l,4_ 8 behi nA '-; L .R. But he knew all about the back ,„, ti ough . _u liolborn, the courts and alleys of the a q u i !, o rhs,V e ' e c __ Shabby sidling streets of the remoter l er ; ozy crooked little alleys of the City, the dank ou u s a e ts of tne water-side. He was at home in all 4 83 station-houses, cottages, hovels, Cheap Jacks' caravans, workhouses, prisons, school-rooms, chandlers' shops, back attics, barbers' shops, areas, back yards, dark entries, public-houses, rag-shops, police-courts, and markets in poor neighbourhoods. And, curiously, from these localities, unseemly and unsavoury as they might be, he brought pictures of life and manners, and produced characters of men and women and children that have been the wonder and delight and edification of millions, not only of his own countrymen, but of strangers, at the uttermost ends of the earth." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. H OUSE OF COMMONS. —FRIDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY BILL. Mr. GILPIN moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. G. GREGORY thought it was not an unfit oppoltu. nity of considering the state of the railway company, par ticularly with respect to fares and tolls. He admitted that the railway was well worked, but he thought the company should not have such enormous powers without the House considering the bill. He should not oppose the second reading, but he hoped that any committee to which the bill might be referred would have the attention of the department of the Government to which such ques tions belonged. Mr. GILPIN said that-the bill contained no allusion to the subject on which the hon. member had been speaking. That was the first time he had heard of any intended or suggested opposition. During the progress of the bill in another place, no petition had been received complaining of the South Eastern Company's actual charges, nor had the company had any complaint made to them. The hon. member went on to shew that the company were required to run by law 30 third class trains, whereas, they actually run 524. He also spoke of the.facilities afforded in respect of workmen's trains. The bill was read a second time. THE BOROUGH OF SLIGO. Colonel FRENCH presented a petition against the pro. posed disfranchisement of the borough of Sligo. THE GAMBIA SETTLEMENT. Mr. ROBERT FOWLER asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether it was true that ne gotiations had taken place with the view of the transfer of the settlement of the Gambia to the Emperor of the French, Mr. MONSELL said negotiations had been going on be tween the Governments of France and England with re spect to the determination of the limits of the territory belonging to the countries on the West Coast of Africa and the transfer of the settlement of the Gambia was one of them. The English inhabitants of that settle ment consisted of 39 males and 8 females. (Laughter). :npany Perhaps able to xt bill. lgs and, d ea l of -seekers form a 3r taMly causes, Sans of Out made enough) One e of the e main )ver run sheet of astened [1 down there is ;o let it Lintains that a gone Ipetent icensecl illowed Again, mild be I never taterial water- 3d per y, it is com- le 0110 eenock le c ao- un for- bourer spirit shop irhood range- Id run should The down 3 1 1 the ced to e the 1g in- The h this It is ted to v ay of nately d like what u fait Litton has 7 is I,llg* asks, ish to Ebr so ab worse which ; of es ty. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 11. 1870. performed their duties, did think that it would be a great advantage to them if the occupiers were on the commission. He agre6d with the mover of the resolution that there was a considerable divergence of opinion between the Commissioners of Supply and the representa tives of counties who sat on that side of the House. Mr. I\PLAREN supported the motion. Colonel WILSON-PATTEN thought there were more com plaints made in towns as to expenditure than in the counties. He was not opposed to the representation of the ratepayers, but he should go with the Government believing that the question should be examined in all its bearings. Sir E. COLEBROOKE and Sir W. GALLWEY having ad dressed the House, a division took place and the motion was lost by 61 to 39. THE MINT. Mr. Murrrz drew attention to the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to intended o perations at the Mint, and would have moved that Go vernment manufactories were injurious to the commercial classes, and a burthen on the tax-payers, and that it would be unseemly that her Majesty's Government should compete with commercial houses for contracts with foreign powers, had not the forms of the House prevented him. The hon. gentleman at great length, but in a very thin House, argued against the principle of Government manufacturing establishments. He protested against the Government, which suffered no loss and paid no rates or income tax, using its funds and plant in competition wlth private manufacturers. He asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to proceed with the foreign coinage. Mr. WHEELHOUSE supported the views of the member for Birmingham. Mr. M. CHAMBERS contended that in cases of emer gency they had not been able to rely upon private manu facturers of arms, whereas at Enfield an immense num ber of useful arms had been obtained. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon. member for Birmingham had spoken on subjects of which his motion did not give any idea. He remarked that it was found that when in 1850 it was contemplated to let the work of the Mint be done by contract that it would be to the disadvantage of the public. It was the practice of mints all over the world to do work for different countries, and he thought it was much better t o take contracts with foreign countries than keep up an expensive establishment, and the employes in idleness. It was much better to keep the workmen employed, and the machinery in gear, than kept absolutely idle in order that the work might go to Birmingham. The real ques tion at issue had nothing whatever to do with Govern ment manufactures. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the Enfield Factory had de prived Birmingham of considerable employment in the manufacture of arms, and therefore it was only natural that the member for Birmingham should regard with sus picion the operations in respect of the Mint. The subject dropped. REAR-ADMIRAL ASTLEY COOPER KEY. Sir JOHN HAY called attention to the removal of Rear- Admiral Astley Cooper Key from the superintendence of Portsmouth Dockyard. Mr. CHILDERS, in a very lengthy speech, explained the cause of Admiral Key's removal. He mentioned the articles which the officer had rejected, and said the allow ances had been made for the inferior quality of the articles by the contractors. He paid a very high compliment to the ability of that officer, and said that he was removed to the office of second in command of the Mediterranean fleet because it was deemed to the public advantage. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE Con sidered that no real explanation had been given as to the cause of removal, and he said it was because Admiral Key was too honest. The subject then dropped. THE GAME TAWS. Mr. LocH called attention to the attempts that had been made during the last and present sessions of Parlia ment by private members and by the Government to amend the laws relating to game. The object of the hon. gentle man's remarks was to show that it was expedient to insti tute an inquiry into the operation and effect of the laws relating to game through a committee of the House, espe cially as regarded Scotland. Mr. MACFIE thought good grounds had been shown for an inquiry. Mr. C. PARKER said his constituents did not wish for the total abolition of the game laws, but simply that some limit should be made with respect to ground game. Viscount ROYSTON defended the game laws, and con tended that a gentleman had a perfect right to do as he liked with his land. Mr. RYLANDS said it was utterly impossible that the game laws should remain as they now were. Sir L. PALK and Mr. KINNAIRD having made some ob servations, Mr. BRUCE said there was a strong feeling on the sub ject in Scotland, and it was for that reason that the Go vernment had attempted to deal with such an extremely difficult question. With great care they had framed a bill, which was now upon the table of the House. He denied that the members of the House were ignorant of the facts connected with the preservation of game but how to deal with them. He believed the bill would have a great effect in reducing the quantity of ground game. He guaranteed on the part of Government to give a day as early as possible for the full consideration of the sub ject. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE AMERICANS AND CHARLES DICKENS. A telegram from Washington says that the deepest regret has been occasioned by the news of the death of Charles Dickebs. The papers speak in the highest terms of the merits of the departed novelist, and testify to the sorrow that will be felt by every A merican household. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CONSUL. John S. Fiske, United States Consul at Leith, was brought up to-day at the Edinburgh Police-court, and formally remanded on a charge in connection with the Boulton and Parks case. He will be conveyed to London to-night. THE CONTROL DEPARTMENT. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would lay upon the table a return in detail of the savings effected by the Control Department since its establishment in the War Office. Captain VIVIAN said there would be no objection to Lay the papers on the table. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE GAMBIA. Sir JOHN HAY asked whether it was likely that the set tlement of the Gambia would be transferred to the Em peror of the French without the consent of Parliament being obtained ? Mr. GLADSTONE said his impression and belief was that it would not be so. There never had been any intention to take any proceedings of that kind without the sanc tion of Parliament. CANADA RAILWAY LOAN. Mr. MONK called attention to the correspondence laid before Parliament relative to the Canada Railway Loan Act, 1867, and moved that, in the opinion of the House, the provisions of Lhe Act of the Canadian Legislature, 31 Vic., c. 13, did not satisfactorily fulfil the require ments of the " Canada Railway Loan Act, 1867." Opposed as he was to the whole system of colonial guarantees, believing that they increased the taxes of the ratepayers of this country, he should not have felt it his duty again to have brought the subject before the attention of Parlia ment, if satisfactory explanations had been given to the House, or if he had not concurred in the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, that the spirit and intention of the Imperial Act had not been complied with, that the investment of money under the limits of the Privy Council of Canada was in violation of the provisions of that Act. He reminded the House that in 1867 an Act .was passed for guaranteeing the payment of interest upon £3,000,000 sterling for the purpose of constructing an inter-colonial line between Quebec and Halifax upon cer tain conditions. One of these conditions was that an Act should be passed by the Parliament of Canada providing first for constructing the railway, and then for its use by her Majesty's troops. It also required that the route should be approved by the Secretary of State. In the next place, it provided for the raising, appropriation, and expenditure, for the purposes of the construction of the line of the £3,000,000, and further, for the raising of a sinking fund managed by trustees. It was to this point of the subject that the hon. gentleman directed the atten tion of the House. He quoted from the Act passed in Canada in December, 1867, providing for the raising of £1,000,000 additional in order to complete the railway. He felt some degree of surprise that the Lords Com missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury should have without a little more consideration expressed their satisfaction at the terms of the Act. He thought they would scarcely contend that it was the intention of the Imperial Par liament that the money which was raised under the authority of Parliament should be used in paying off temporarily a portion of the debt of the Dominion. He thought that with the Commissioners of the Treasury in 1868 must rest the blame if they signified their approval of an Act which did not fulfil the requirements of the Act of 1867, and he thought Parliament and the country would hold them primarily responsible for the temporary misappropriation of the loan. Mr. WHATMAN seconded the motion. Mr. MONSELL in reply said he differed from the hon. gentleman who had brought forward the motion. He believed that Canada was faithfully discharging its duty and proceeding with the railway in the most satisfactory manner. They were pushing the works forward with the utmost despatch, and he believed the railway would be opened in the year 1872, and that there was no ground to find fault with the Canadian Government. The great point in the matter was, Did the Canadian Act satisfy the Imperial Act, and after con sulting the best authority he could he had to say that he could discover no divergance between them. Indeed there was no divergence between them ; and the one fulfilled the other in every single requirement. He thought the hon. gentleman had altogether failed to substantiate his motion, and he hoped therefore the House would not givo its assent to it. Considering the gallant conduct of Canada, it was unwise, unjust, and far from generous to raise the question. As he had already said, he believed that the Canadian Legislature had faithfully carried out all that was required of them. The motion was withdrawn. • LOCAL TAXATION. Mr. CAMPBELL called the attention of the House to the subject of county government, and moved that in the opinion of the House the principle of representation ought to be applied to the Government and financial ad ministration of counties. The hon. member urged the desirableness of forming county financial boards all over the country, and expressed his opinion that the best results would follow such a proceeding,. With regard to repre sentation, he said that those who paid the rate should have the power of expending the money which they contributed. In Scotland, he went on to say, a knot of country gentle men had the power, according to the present system of petitioning Parliament in name of the county, whilst their opinions were in direct opposition to those entertained by the county which they professed to represent. The hon. gentleman commented on the vagueness of the functions of a Lord-Lieutenant of a county, and remarked that he was selected not only on account of his character, but his politics, family influence, and property. The powers of nomination possessed by the Lord-Lieutenant in respect to the magistracy was condemned by the hon. member, who remarked that on the point he had indicated a great and radical change was required. Mr. BRUCE alluded to the wide scope of the speech made by the hon. member, and remarked that if the House assented to the motion they must be prepared to give effect to the large scheme of local taxation which the hon. gentleman sketched out in his speech. He called attention to the fact that in the Queen's Speech it was stated that the admission of the representative principle into the local administration in counties was necessary, and the principle was assented to by both sides of the House. The Government could not adopt the motion of the hon. member, and he referred to the committee appointed with reference to County Financial Boards. Sir R. ANSTRUTHER, without saying a word as to the way in which the Commissioners of Supply in Scotland COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained the principal objects aimed at by the measure. On the motion of Sir L. PALK, the debate was ad journed. JEWISH UNITED SYNAGOGUE BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported. PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, this bill was read a second time. TELEGRAPH ACTS EXTENSION BILL. The Marquis of HARTINOTON moved the second reading of this bill, which was agreed to. VACCINATION ACT (1867) AMENDMENT BILL. The debate on the second reading of this bill was adjourned until Monday. STOLEN GOODS ADVERTISEMENTS BILL. The Attorney-General obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to advertisements respecting stolen Goods. DIVIDENDS AND STOCK ACT (IRELAND), 1869. Mr. STANSFELD moved for leave to bring in a Bill for extending to Ireland the Dividends and Stock Act, 1869. Leave was given, and the House adjourned at one o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) THE CHRISTY'S TORMENTOR.—Jane Green, a low-looking woman, was charged before Mr. Knox at Marlborough street Police-court with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in Piccadilly. A constable saw the prisoner about six o'clock yesterday evening outside St. James', Hall in Regent-street. She was in a state of intoxication, had a crowd round her, and was making use of bad language, and on his telling her to go away she threw herself on the ground, again made use of language of the worst description, and was then taken into custody. The constable said the prisoner was the same woman who was charged on Monday last with annoying the Christy Minstrels by shouting through one of the windows whilst the performances were going on. She was sent to prison for four days. AN INCOaRIGIBLE VAGABOND.—John Forbes, a dimi nutive lad of 16, with all the habitual criminal cast about him, was placed in the dock, at the Westminster Police court, charged with stealing a shining brush, the property of Daniel Lynch, a member of the West London Shoe black Society. The prisoner, with the most unblushing effrontery, au'initted the robbery. It was stated that the prisoner had, from a very early age, been an incorrigible thief. At 10 years of age he was committed to the Refor matory at Walthamstead for five years, but was not long out before he was again preying upon society, and was at this court only last week for felony, when he promised to join his father in Wales. Mr. Selfe said prisoner was a regular bad boy, and would become one of the dangerous classes, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour. SUICIDE AND REMORSE.—Mary Ann Senweder, an un fortunate woman, was brought up on remand before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police-court, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction, by cutting her throat with a knife, at her dwelling, 5, Richardson-street, Stepney. While she was in a fit of despondency, after a fit of drunkenness, she began to cut her throat at her bed side, and was detected by a laundress named Phoebe King, to whom she stated she was tired of life, and if she was not given into custody she would rid herself of life another way. She inflicted a serious wound on her throat. The wretched woman was still in a state of despondency, and her mind seemed affected. Mr. Lushington said it was a very shocking case, and he would remand her for another week for the purpose of her receiv ing the spiritual ministrations of the chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention. Ellen Cross, aged 36 years, dwelling at No. 11, Upper Chapman-street, St. George's-in-the-East, was also charged with attempting to commit suicide at that modern Tar piean Rock, New Gravel-lane swing bridge. She was a very dissipated woman. She was also remanded. The recent reduction of fares in the omnibus route from Wandsworth to the City has largely increased the number of passengers, and an extra number of omnibuses have been placed on the route. The Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland has unanimously passed a resolution conferring the hono rary degree of Doctor in Science on Professor William King, in recognition of his scientific attainments. Messrs. Tattersall have received instructions from the Earl of Stamford and Warrington to sell by auction, at the Newmarket July Meeting, all his horses in training and his valuable breeding-stud. THE THRONE OF SPAIN. A meeting of the partisans of the two rival can d:dates put forward to the throne of Spain was held at Madrid yesterday evening. It was reported that the Duke's supporters in tended to propose him as king to the Cortes to-day - , and that in case of a refusal they meant to propose that the Regent should be invested with full regal powers. An explicit declaration from Marshal Prim was looked for. f The following news appeared in our First Edition pub ished at Eight o'clock this morning :—] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Among the sufferers by the fire at Constanti nople are many Maltese. The English Consul has afforded assistance to numerous families who were in great distress. More than £16,000 have been subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the Ex change Establishment and the bankers. In the Italian Parliament the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated, in reply to a question, that the Italian Go vernment would render all possible services to the destitute. He said that 900 dead bodies had been found at Constantinople since the fire. THE FRENCH BUDGET. M. Chess nelong has presented his report on the supplementary subsidies of the French Budget of 1868-9-70, in which he says that with prudent management and perseverance they will soon, if circumstances are favourable, place the budgets in a satisfactoty condition. A surplus of eight million francs is estimated in the Budget of 1870, which is very encouraging as matters at present stand. The Bourse is firm. THE QUARREL BETWEEN POR TUGAL AND ITALY. There seems to be no doubt that an actual and open difference has occurred between Portugal and Italy, two nations whose dynasties are connected by marriage, as their peoples are by sympathy. The Marquis Aldoini, the Italian Minister at Lisbon, is to be recalled on leave, until the Portuguese Govern ment have given some explanations to the Italian Cabinet. 'I his is not an unreasonable act if report speaks truly, since the new Prime Minister of Portu gal refused to receive the Marquis on hearing that he did not approve of the pronunciamento which dis lodged the old Ministry. THE FUNERAL OF COUNT BATHYANI. Count Bathyani, the Hungarian, was interred at Pesth, on Thursday. There was an immense crowd at the funeral, and representatives attended from all the prin cipal Hungarian societies, the procession occupying more than an hour in its passage. ANOTHER FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. A melancholy boat accident is reported from Ryde. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hunlow, jun., son of Alderman Hunlow, of the town, went out with two friendsin a small sailing boat, which suddenly capsized about a mile from land. All were lost. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Paget .•• Heygate ••• ▪ ... 1,775 ▪ ... 1,576 Two o'CLocK. Liberal Return. Paget ... ... ... ... 2,207 Heygate .•• ••• ... 2,437 Conservative Return. _ . Paget . Heygate • • ••• ••• • THREE O'CLOCK. Liberal Return. ~ 2,194 ~ 2,566 Heygate ••• ••• Paget ••• ... ... ... Conservative Return. . 2,728 ~ 2,340 Heygate •• • 2,832 Paget ...2,339 FOUR O'CLOCK. Conservative Return. Heygate ..• •• • ... 2,955 Paget ••• •• • ••• ... 2,421 Final state of the poll. Conservative Return : Heygate •• • ••• 3,292 Paget ... • ... 2,570 No Liberal return was issued at 4 o'clock. At the last general election Lord Curzon polled 3,223; Mr. Pell, 3,111 ; Mr. Paget, 2, 859. Mr. Heygate did not address the electors at the close of the poll, but Mr. Paget did in Leicester Market-place. He confessed his defeat, but could not say by how many votes he had been beaten, owing to the imperfect management of the telegraphs. A lthough defeated now, as was said in another place, it was for this time only. They who laughed might win, and so with the Liberals. It was the last time they would be defeated for South Leicestershire, and the Conserva tives knew it, when the ballot came into operation. ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION. NINE O'CLOCK. ... 276 ... 257 Cochrane (C.) Moffatt (L.) ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Conservative return, not including Yarmouth. Cochrane (C.) ... ." 520 Moffatt (L.) ... ... 481 G rea t excitement prevails. Fifty "lambs" and forty policemen have arrived from Portsmouth. Sixteen police men are on their way from Southampton. One hundred and fifty special constables have been sworn in. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Liberal return. Cochrane ... 690 Moffatt 668 • •• ••• • ••• Conservative —Return. ... 646 - ... 990 ... ... 853 ... 1,011 ... 958 Cochrane . Moffatt ... ... ... ... ONE O'CLOCK. Conservative Return. Cochrane Moffatt Two O'CLOCK. Conservative Return. Cochrane Moffatt CLOSE OF THE POLL. Liberal Return. Mr. Cochrane (C) Mr. Moffatt (L) ... ... 1,303 ... ... 1,280 THE REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL. A meeting of members of the Bristol Liberal Associa tion was held yesterday, when a vote of condolence with Mr. Robinson on the loss of his seat was passed. Mr. Frederick Terrell, Mr. Robinson's chairman, pro posed that Mr. David Kirkman Dodgson should be asked to come forward as a candidate. The resolution was car. ried unanimously. Mr. Robinson sent to say he would work heartily on behalf of Mr. Hodgson. A meeting of Mr. Odger's friends was held last night, when it was re solved to take him to the poll. Mr. Odger announced by telegraph that he would be in Bristol to-day. It is expected that Mr. Hare will stand as the Conservative candidate. GOLF MATCH. Yesterday a golf match took place at Westward Ho, North Devon, between Tom Morris, the champion, and John Allen of the West of England Golf Club, when Allen beat the champion by one hole. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. A crowded and excited meeting was held in Plymouth Mechanics' Institute to-night to consider the Contagious Diseases Act. Mrs. Butler was amongst the speakers. A resolution was carried against the Act by a largo majority. A GOODS TRAIN ON FIRE. A goods train on the South Devon Railway caught fire to-day, near Plympton, and the contents of three trucks loaded with vitriol were destroyed. POLICE VISITS. The Liverpool magistrates decided yesterday that police officers in plain clothes were fully justified in entering houses where there was a reasonable supicion that beer was being sold without a license. This practice is said to be very common in Liverpool, and to be one great cause Of the prevailing drunkenness. SCULLING AT OXFORD. The final race for the Oxford University Challenge Sculls took place this evening between Mr. A C. Yar borough, Lincoln College, the holder of the sculls, and Mr. Chapple, Brasenose, the survivor of the other competitors. Yarborough, who was the favourite, won easily by thirty five seconds. THE DRUIDS AT SUNDERLAND. The A.M.D. of Druids terminated their sittings at Sun derland yesterday. After a discussion of two days on the proposal to alter the constitutional rules and centralize the Board, it was resolved by 10,637 votes to 8,839 to ad here to the present constitution. Sheffield was elected as the seat of the Board of Management, and Bolton for A.M.D. next year. Mr. Geo. Wood was elected Grand Master, and Mr. Thomas Cooper Vice Grand Master. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. The Nonfonformists of Cambridge held a meeting last night, at which were present the leading members of the various Nonconformist bodies in the town. It was resolved to memorialise the Vice-President of the Board of Education to withdraw all national sup port from denominational schools, and the meeting ex pressed the view that all new schools should be undenominational, and that if the Bible was used in schools there should be an ample conscience clause. The meeting also formally expressed a hope that all lawful means would be used to defeat the Government measure if denominationalism was not given up, .and further stated its regret that a Liberal administration should produce a scheme that gratifies its most resolute opponents and alienates those who have been its firmest supporters. A year's delay in legislation, it was urged, would be pre ferable to the bill. THE ODD FELLOWS, A.M.C. The proceedings of the Annual Moveable Committee of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows concluded yester day. The business of the week has been chiefly of a formal character. Yesterday Deputy-Grand Master Barnsden, of Sheffield, was elected Grand Master in the place of Mr. Lovesey of Worcester, who retires. Post Provincial Grand Master Ginn, of St. Ives, is to be De puty Grand Master. Bury St. Edmunds was selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting. Yesterday the son of Mr. Alderman Thurlow and two others were drowned by the capsizing of a small boat in which they were sailing on the Solent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES. -F RIDAY. The Trafford Park Stakes of 5 sovs each. Thre quartes of a mile. Mr J Osborne's filly , by Cathedral—Empress, 2 yrs, sst 111 b Mr T Dawson's Performer, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (in 71b ex) (Hudson) 2 Mr Peter's Black Duchess, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (Wood) 3 Won in a canter. The Grand Stand Plate of 100 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr Foy's Patrician, by Newminster—Sauntering Sally —5 yrs, 7st lllb (Parry) 1 Mr Boynton's Honesty, aged, Bst 121 b (Cameron) 2 Mr Bourke's Hetty, 3 yrs, 7st llb (in 71b ex) (W. Platt) 3 Prior, Ismael, Morphia, Lady of Croome, alsso ran. Won by two lengths. The Salford Borough Cup of 100 sovs. About a mile and three furlongs. Mr S Murland's Badinage, by Dundee—Jeu des Mots, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Mr J Dawson's Fearnought, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Doretty) 2 Mr Eastwood's Hawthorndale, 3 yrs, Est 21b (West) 3 Whinyard also ran. Won by half a length. The Wilton Handicap of 5 sovs each. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr James Dawson's Surgeon, by Cure, dam by Saun terer—Troicu, 4 yrs, 7st 71b . (Hudson) 1 Mr Briggs's Aurora, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Cook) 2 Mr Jackson's Mate, 3 yrs, Est 121 b.. (W. Gray) 3 _...... Vintner a . lso - ran. Won in a canter. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; weight for age. Two miles. Mr Hudson's Torreador, by Picador---Stolen Moments, 3 yrs, Bst (Platt) 1 Mr Eastwood's Hawthorndale, 3 yrs, Bst ... (Snowden) 2 Mr T. Dawson's Performer, 3 yra, Bst (Hudson) 3 My Uncle and Eskadale also ran. Won by a length., The Irwell Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. Half a mile. Mr Owen's Truth by Lifeboat—Untrue, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Fox) 1 Mr Barber's Disturbance, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (West) 2 Mr Jackson's Mate, 3 yrs, 7st Won by a neck BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Bto 1 agst Myosostis (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) 9to 1 agst Kennington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 10 to 1 agst Five per Cent. (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mysostis (offered) GRAND PRIZE. 3to 1 agst Bigarreau (taken) 4to 1 agst Sornette (offered) CROYDON RACES. -FRIDAY. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sovs each. Five furlongs. Mr J. Wright's c by Master Bagot—lnfanta, Bst 21b (£7O) (Newhouse) 1 Mr James's f by Lacydes—Dodona, Bst 21b WO) (Wyatt) 2 (Penfold) 3 Mr Frost's Harlequins, 84 21b (270) - Won in a canter. The Scurry Welter Race (Handicap) of 5 sovs. About five furlongs. Mr Sherwood's Master Dick, by Master George— Esther, 3 yrs, lOst llb (in 51b ex) (Marsh) 1 Mr Dean's Vivandiere, 3 yrs, lOst 31b (in 51b ex.) . _ . (Penfold) 2 Mr Alfred's Bright Weather, 3 yrs, 9st 91b (in Mb ex.) (Deacon) 3 Hawthorn, Cawdor, King Theodore also ran. Won in a canter. The Stroud Green Plate,Y7osovs: Three quarters of a mile. Mr Alfred's Contempt, by King Tom—Sneer, 5 321 . 035 t 21b (Wyatt) 1 Mr J. Dillon's Victoria, 3 yrs, 6st ... (J. Pa.) ne) 2 Mr W. Burton's Lady Clinton, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Killick) 3 Won by a neck. The Norwood Plate (handicap) of 40 sovs ; winners extra ; the winner to be claimed for 50 sovs. About five furlongs. Mr Lawrence's Miss Thackeray, by Vengeance or Ather stone—Becky Sharpe, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Penfold) 1 Mr Alfred's Bright Weather, 3 yrs, Bst 41b... (Wyatt) 2 Mr Richard's Kate Saville, 3 yrs, Bst (Killrck) 3 Won by three lengths, A Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each. One mile and a _ quarter. Mr Ray's Cawdor, by Van Galen—Thane, 5 yrs, llst 21b (Mr Wickham) 1 Mr Pickford's Merrymaker, 4 yrs, lOst 41b (in 51b e xtra) (Killick) Mr Alfred's Contempt, 5 yrs, 11st 71b (in 121 b extra) (Deacon) 3 Adonis and Masterman also ran. Won easily by three parts of a length. Consolation Scurry Handicap Plate. Half a mile. Mr Dillon's Victoria, 3 yrs 7st 91b Mr W. Burton's Lady Clinton. 6 yrs, Bst 51b (car Bst 61b) (Mr Bambridge) 2 Mr Dean's Vivandiere, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Penfold) 3 Maurice, The Chief and Hawthorn also ran. Won in a canter. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS. 3to 1 agst Bigarreau (taken). sto 1 agst Recorder (taken) LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. FRIDAY. GRAND PRIZE. Bto 1 agst Bigarreau (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Sornette (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Coutta (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Recorder (taken and offered). 7to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered) 100 to 9 agst Nobleman (taken) ASCOT STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Strathnairn (taken) 12 to 1 agst Judge (taken) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE Bto 1 agst Myosotis (taken) 10Ito 1 agst Fleets (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mysotis (taken) ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—The most popu lar medicine for the cure of Female Complaints. After many years experience in all quarters of the globe it is incontestably proved that there is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for the cure of diseases incidental to females. Their invigorating and purifying properties render them safe and invaluable at all times, and under any circumstances. They may be taken by females of all ages for any disorganisation or irregularity of the system ; the cause of either they will speedily remove, and kindly yet effectually restore the sufferer to robust health. As a family medicine they are unequalled, and may be taken by old and young, reviving health and energy after every other means has proved unsuccessful, THE MONEY MARKET • o M 1;IWIAL NTELLIC ENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. As usual there was not much doing on 'Change to-day, I and the attendance was very limited. There has how ever been a trifling increase in some of the funds. The settlement begins on Monday. .Consols are now 921 to 92f ; dittolAcccount, 92 . 4 to 93.;. New and Reduced, 92-8 to 92i ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem; India Ten and a Half per Cents., 209 to 211; Ditto Five per Cents., 111 to 1111 ; Ditto Four per Cents., 102 to 1021 ; and Ditto Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. In the• Foreign Market Mexican are now 16± to 161 ; Spanish 1867 Loan, 312 to 314 ; that of 1869, 31* to 311 ; The New Loan is at 3to 31 prem. Peruvian of 1865 901 to 901 ; the new Scrip is 11 to 1 prem. Turkish Five per Cents., 53 to 54 ; and the 1869, 64; to 64i. In the Railway Shares, London and Brighton are now 44a to 444 : Caledonian 77 to 771 ; South Eastern, 76Z to 774 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 421 ; Metropolitan, 671 to 671; Great Northern, 124 to 125 ; Ditto A Stock, 1354 to 136± ; London and North Western, 1301 to 1311 ; Midland, 1311 to 1321; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 134 to 135 ; Great Western, 744 to 75 ; and London and South Eastern, 761 to 77 4. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 161 to 14 ; China Submarine, 3 to 21 dis. ; French Cable, 151 to 154 ; Construction and Maintenance, 304 to 301. American Five-Twenty Bonds are at 89± to 891; Ten- Forty Bonds, 864 to 87 ; Erie Shares, 17-i to 171 ; Illinois, 1114 to 112; ; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 274 to 284 ; and the Debentures, 344 to 35 1 - . Th• shares of the New Rosario Mining Company are 1 16 to 3-16 prem. The shares - of the Blaenavon Iron and Steel Company are quoted 1; 1} prem. Subscriptions have been invited by Messrs. C. Deva,ux and Co. for 7 per cent. certificates of the " Roumanian Government Iron Bridges Annuity" to the amount of £434,331 at the price of 86. They are redeem able at par in eleven years by an annuity granted by the Government during that term, and reckon ing this circumstance they will yield a return of 101 per cent. per annum. The annuity is secured by the revenue of the salt mines, which, in 1848, was stated to amount to about £220,000. The object of the grant was the construction of 22 bridges, 19 of which have already been completed, while the others are in progress by Messrs. Brassey and Co. The wholesale dealers in tea have held a preliminary meeting, at which they object, in a series of resolutions, to the action taken by the large tea importers with regard to the future regulations for the public sale of tea. A telegram has been received from the agent of Wheal Grenville, stating that the new lode in the 80 East is worth more than £BO per fathom, and the two stopes in the 80 West worth £3O per fathom each. The agent of East Wheal Grenville telegraphs that the lode in the 55 East is worth 5 tons of good copper ore per fathom, the 75 East 1.1 tons, 95 East 1 ton, and the 45 has improved, producing green carbonate of copper. The report of the directors of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company states that the total re ceipts for the half-year over 308 miles amounted to £173,283, compared with £175,855 in the corresponding six months over 306 miles, thus showing a decrease of £2,571, This decrease, however, is only nominal, and arises from the different modes of treating the carriage of the com pany's own materials in th• two accounts. Deducting the credit under this head, there is an increase in the general traffic of £5,661 over the corresponding period. The net profit for the half-year was £24,023. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Lon don Joint Stock Bank is called for the 21st of July. A dividend of Bs. per share for the half-year ending 30th April last is recommended by the directors of the African Steamship Company. The report of the Ceylon Company (Limited) for the year ending 31st March last states that the net profit was £74,264 14s. 7d., and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent: per annum is recommended. The official scheme for re-organizing the affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, issued by the President on the 18th of May, 1870, has already received assents exceeding in amount thirty millions of dollars, or More than one-half of the total debt of the company. The A. N. Lezard and the Hope have arrived in the West India Docks from Truxillo (Honduras) with cargoes of mahogany and fustic, consigned to Messrs. Bischoff *helm and G-oldschmidt on account of the Honduras Rail way Loan. Advices just received state that the Grenmar and Queen of the South were loading at Truxillo with similar cargoes on the same account. THE MEN IN PETTICOATS. EXAMINATION OF FISKE AND HURT AT BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) This morning there was considerable excitement in the neighbourhood of Bow-street, as soon as it became known that John Stafford Fisk, one of the men against whom an indictment for misdemeanour has been found at the Cert. tral Criminal Court, in connection with the case of Boulton, Park, Lord Arthur Clinton, and others, was in custody., having been brought up from Edinburgh in charge of Mr. Superintendent Thomson. Upon Mr. Henry, the presiding, magistrate, taking his seat, Mr. J. Abrams, from the office of Mr. GoatleP i solicitor, of Bow-street (who appeared on behalf of the persons in custody and also for the others not at preset 4 in the hands of justice), made an application under the fol lowing circumstances : Mr. Abrams said he had an application to make on be half of Mr. Louis Hurt, whose name had been mentioned in the case of Boulton and Park. Indictments had bees, preferred and found against them, in which his name will( included. This had been done without any notice being. given by the Treasury, and he (Mr. Abrams) thought ha might be allowed to say it was a most extraordinary pro. ceeding to take such steps. He might add that the ques tion of bail was mentioned when the bills were found. His application was in consequence of what fell from Mr. Justice Blackburn, before whom the matter of bait was brought. The learned Judge said, " Upon this matter I will not determine as to the amount of bail, as I am so far ignorant of the facts, and you had better, therefore, let the application be made to the magistrate who heard the case, as he is cognisant of all the facts." His (Mr Abrams') application was now to know whether, upon the surrender of the young man Hurt, the learned magistrate would grant bail. Mr. Flowers—How can I take bail for a man who is not before me ? Mr. Abrams—He will come up and surrender to-day. Mr. Flowers—What is the indictment against him for P Mr. Abrams Conspiracy, and that being misde meanour, of course, sir, as you know, you have power to take bail. Mr. Abrams, after some conversation, said the Attor tl , ney-General consented, and had had a letter from th% solicitor to the Treasury, referring to one of the proposed, bail, and saying that some one else must be proposed. Mr. Flowers—Very well. Then I will deal with it when you renew your application with the needful cer. tificate. Mr, Abrams—Then he will surrender to-day, sir, and I will renew my application on Monday. It afterwards transpired that whilst Mr. Abrams was making the application on the part of Mr. Hurt, Sergeant Keley, of the detective force, went to the Bedford Hotel, where he apprehended him in virtue of the warrant in his possession. Shortly before two John Stafford Fiske, who holds the office of United States Consul at Leith, and Lewis Charles Hurt were placed before Mr. Flower. Hurt is a tall gentlemanly person, and Fisk a short slim young man, with strangely marked Yankee featurrs. Mr. Pollard, from the Treasury, having informed the magistrate that true bills had been returned against the defendants and others not in custody, on a charge of misdemeanour, called, Superintendent Thomson, of the E Division, said he held warrants for the apprehension of John Stafford Fisk and Louis Charles Hurt on a charge of misdemeanour, true bills for woich had been found at the Central Criminal Court. The defendants were those persons. Mr. Wills said he appeared on behalf of Mr. Fisk, and applied that he be admitted to baiL His client had done all that was in his power when he found that his name had been mixed up in these transactions, and he had not the slightest desire to keep out of the way. Mr. Flowers said the question of bail and its amount must, be determined by a judge at chambers, and, there fore, he should not entertain the application. Mr. Abrams made a similar application on the part of Mr. Hurt, but Mr. Flowers refused in his case also, Both prisoners were then removed in custody, but Mr. Wills said a Judge would be applied to as soon as pos sibly. ~~ The ) SeX per ith a I the , As )male aided yard. the was must some osed, ❑a SO it is cried ,ants, the sew° lava_ ,11 an ) s to e l e ct ng- ,9. ;rds9 liogl AY• , at "to ue d clis ,tecl