The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The usual half-yearly meeting was held yester day at the Waterloo Station —Captain Mangles in the chair. Mr. F. C larke (the secretary) having read the notice convening the meeting, the report (an abstract of whiclt has already appeared) was taken as read. Th e CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the said be regretted that the reduction of divi report, dend which the directors in February last had inti mated that as honest men they should feel them selves bound to recommend for the next half-year would now have to be proposed. It was not a very large reduction, but inasmuch as it might be unsa tisfactory to some of the shareholders, it therefore could not be pleasing to the directors as their re presentatives. The directors, however, felt that this was not a state of things that ought to continue, and he assured the meeting that they should feel it their duty to exert their best energies to the utter most for the reduction of the company's expenditure —(hear, hear) —whether by checking the introduc tion of new lines or extensions of their old line, or by devoting their best attention to the working in the most advantageous manner of our present sys tem of railways. On the former occasion he so fully explained the causes that the board expected would lead to the reduction of dividend this half year that he need not trespass again on their attention, ex cept to say that, though some of those causes still existed, he was yet able to say that brighter days for the future were now beaming over them. The directors did not attempt to disguise that the naval review had brought some additional £5,000 or £6,000 to the earnings of the line, still the surplus as compared with the corresponding six months of last year showed an increase of £17,600. This the directors considered a very satisfactory result. (Cheers.) The traffic of the last week as made up to Sunday (the usual day) showed an addition of £1,700 as compared with a similar return of last year. During the last half year the following receipts had come in, viz.:—£s9 6s. sd. on account of or dinary stock ; £94,586 9s. 10d. to the 41 and 5 per cent. preference stock ; £28,626 to the perpetual 4 and 41 per cent. mortgage stock, or, alit was usually called, debenture stock, and £197,251 mortgage bonds or debentures. With reference to the debit side of the capital account, it would be found that there had been expended on the older lines £139,746; on works in progress, £173,245 ; and on new plant, £36,303. As regarded the last two sums they would doubtless produce hereafter an entirely new and increased revenue, the former by opening up new sources of traffic, and the latter by furnishing the plant to work that new traffic. With regard to the first item, he held in his hand an analysis of the expenditure to the last shilling. He would not ex haust the patience of the meeting by going through the whole of the items, but a few of the principal ones it was important he should advert to. Taking the items £16,666 17s. 9d. and £22,215, those were for the original line, and it should be remembered that whereas the original line was only the 78 miles to Southampton, they now worked upwards of 500 miles. It would therefore be obvious that they must have larger platforms, larger stations, and other accommodation in proportion. These sums could hardly therefore be called a continual increase of capital, but ought rather to be regarded as an in creasing outlay for plant to carry on their works. He could assure the shareholders that any outlay of that sort was carefully watched by the board, and that the constant tendency of their operations was to charge new expenditure to revenue rather than to capital. Respecting the first item there was a charge for the Nine Elms yards and goods sheds, amounting to £5,648, caused by removing the loco motive department from one side of the station to the other, and turning the old l o comotive shops and worksmen's places into goods sheds. Then came £1,230 for hydraulic machinery and weighing ma chines ; new sidings, £92 ; ne w signals, £582, and so forth. As to those new signals, he felt bound to remark that during the last half year the company had expended £5,600 upon what was called the " block system." It was perhaps a very proper title, because it did sometimes effectually block up their line—(a laugh)—but they were, in fact, in a very difficult and delicate position. The Board of Trade, fortunately or unfortunately for them, had recom mended, or at all events spoke favourably of that system, and the shareholders would doubtless under stand that if the company went before a jury in a compensation case, and it could be shown that the company had neglected anything the Board of Trade had been pleased to recommend, the consequences would be something serious. (Hear.) They had thus been put to an expense for what they really did not believe was necessary, because they feared, first, the direct consequences of disobedience to their lawful masters, the Board of Trade; and, secondly, the indirect consequences if they got before a jury without having attended to that board's recommen dations. Then for new works at Nine Elms there was £26,126 14s. 11d.; that was entirely for ma chinery for the locomotive department. It might be thought a large item, but he assured the meeting that there was no railway company whose works had cost so little as those of the South-Western. Machinery must economise labour, and he was sure that outlay must in the end prove remunerative. For Clapham Junction there was an item of £1,036 103. 101; that was a sum paid to the contractor for the loop line on the north side of their line at the junction, and would enable the South-Western to work their line at great advantage for the future. T he last item ho would refer to was the new station at Leatberhead, where they had striven very hard with their neighbours, the Brighton Company, to have but one station between them ; but in vain. Ha supposed they feared they would Ise some por tion of the traffic, and therefore when they refused there was no help for it. The station was on an embankment and very expensive, but the board con sidered that was fairly a matter for capital. (Hear.) Then with regard to the revenue account, that had not been so satisfactory as could have been wished, but under all circumstances he did not think that was much to be wondered at. He knew very well that he had not so much money as he bad fouryears ago, and he dare say that was the case with many others—(a laugh)—at all events the public had not so much money to spend in travelling, but he was happy to say the goods had shown a slight increase as against the small falling off in passengers. As regarded payments, it would probably be recollected that when he was unwell last year, and Mr. Castleman took the chair, that gentleman stated it was the intention of the directors to investigate, and, if possible, reduce the expenditure. Following up that intimation, he was happy to say that, very much to the credit of the company's officers, the reduction then contemplated had been very nearly realised. (Cheers.) There had been a diminution of no less than £4,445 and £4,989 in the locomotive and car riage departments. In the traffic department there had been a reduction of £2,906, altogether making a total of about £12,340, added to which the saving as represented by the superintendent of the steam ship department would be found to work out so nearly to the anticipated saving that the difference was not important. It was about £16,000 for the half-year, and he hoped the reduction for the whole year might be £30,000. Without, therefore, as suming to themselves the faculty of prophets, the board might congratulate the shareholders that the result they proposed to themselves bad, thanks in some measure to their officers, been most satisfac torily realised. (Hear, hear.) He felt bound to say that in all departments their administrative staff had most cheerfully put their shoulders to the wheel, and to their co-operation the satisfactory result to which he had alluded was in a great measure to be attributed. He was bound to say, however, that the saving effected had been almost neutralised by some e xtraordinary expenses, such for instance as those for the Kensington Station. The Weymouth and Dorchester tolls had almost been swallowed up in a similar manner. He congratulated the proprietors on the very small items for com pensation, amounting in all to £2,535, only . £5OO of which was for accidents on the line. Shareholders would know by experience how very severe the public were upon a railway company when one of them lost his portmanteau. A SIIAREHOLDER—Yes, and when he had- not lost his portmanteau. (A laugh.) - The Claw—Just but the result wets ce tainly most creditable :to their officers. (Hear, hear.) He then alluded to a letter which appeare d ' in the public papers of the 14th instant, and which by its mild and temperate tone might favourably contrast with many attacks upon public boards, and therefore was entitled toconsideration. (The letter chiefly referred to an apparent increase in the working and maintenance account for the company's Channel Islands and French coast steamer, out standing accounts, and maintenance of the per manent way; but the chairman explained to the satisfaction of the meeting that the complaint arose simply from the manner in which the accounts were Istated.) The chairman concluded by congratulat -1 ing the proprietors that they did not owe one shil ' ling of temporary loans—(hear, hear)—and, after having shortly summarised and explained the vari ous paragraphs of the report, moved its adoption and reception by the proprietors. Count EYRE, one of the directors, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Dr. BRENT, as representative of the committee of the shareholders of the Western Railway Compa nies, then proposed the following resolution "That any schemes promoted for extensions or in crease of capital should, under ordinary circum stances, be communicated to the shareholders in the half-yearly reports of this company published in August, and that if extraordinary circumstances arose afterwards, requiring extensions, a special meeting of the shareholders should be held for the consideration of the proposed - bills before any ex penses are incurred." Dr. Brent then at some length explained the causes which had led to the formation of the committee he represented, and expressed himself much pleased with the candid and open manner in which they had been met by the boards of the different western companies. This being the first company which had held its half yearly meeting since the committee last met, he begged to assure those present that their objects were not obstructive, but rather to assist the boards of the companies in which they were interested. (Hear.) Mr. ELLIS seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, was carried unanimously. After some conversational discussion, in which Mr. Bowden, Col. Higgins, Mr. Ellis, Lord Bury, Mr. Benyon, and other proprietors took part. Mr. BURKE, Q.C., addressed the meeting at some length in favour of associating themselves with the Waterloo and Whitehall Company, whereby the South-Western might remedy one great defect of their old scheme, viz., that they could not land their passengers on the north side of the Thames. Several shareholders having expressed their disap probation of any further outlay for extensions of any kind at present, the subject dropped. A resolution was then carried for the payment of a dividend at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum for the past six months, payable on 2d Sept. next. Mr. BERKELEY, of Cliertsey, complained of the hardship upon the suburban residents of abolishing the privilege of using return tickets the following day, which was a much more important matter than might at first sight appear. The CHAIRMAN said that was hardly a matter for the half-yearly meeting ; but if the hon. proprietor would lay it before the board in the usual way, he I would guarantee that his representations should have the fullest attention. The proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. MIDLAND. The report of the directors of the Midland tiding way Company, issued previous to the meeting o, the proprietors, to be held at Derby on Tuesday next, is as follows: — "The directors have again the satisfaction of re porting to you an increase in all descriptions of traffic upon the railway for the past half year; the receipts, compared with those of the corresponding period of 1866, show the following.result, viz:— An increase from coaching of £25,816 ; from cattle of £7,349; from merchandise of £2,8.40; from minerals of £24,677 ; total increase, £60,682. The gross amount of the traffic for the half year is £1,365,853, to which has been added the sum of £74,787, taken from the balance due to revenue from the amounts received from the Great Western Railway Company under Mr. Phip son's award, and from the English and Scotch traffic obtained under the decision of the Court of Chancery, which amounts have not been included in the weekly traffic returns. The working expenses of the half year have again ex ceeded those of the corresponding period of 1866. The excess has arisen party from the payment out of revenue for the reconstruction of the Apperley viaduct ; for the repairs to other works damaged by the floods which occurred during the autumn of last year, from the increased expense incurred in working the traffic over the lines of other com panies, during the interruption occasioned by the fall of the viaduct referred to , an d b y the great landslip at Bugsworth which occasioned the closing of the new line to Manchester after it had been opened for goods traffic. And to the above causes may be added the continued advance iu the cost of labour and materials. The balance available for dividend is £500,033 15s. 11d., of which the sum of £6,550 16s. 3d. is the balanca brought forward from the account cf the previous half year ; and the directors are enabled to recommend the declaration of the following dividends (less income-tax), pay able on the 2nd day of Sept. next : —£2 15s. upon each Consolidated Stock ; £2 ls. 3d. upon each £lOO Consolidated Birmingham and Derby Stock ; £3 on each £lOO Consolidated Preferential Stock ; £3 on leach £lOO Consolidated ErewashiValley Stock ; £2 ss. upon each £lOO Consolidated 41 per Cent. Pre ferential Stock ; £2 upon each £lOO Leicester and Ilitchin Preferential Stock ; £2 ss. upon each £lOO Consolidated Irredeemable 4i per Cent. Preferen tial Stock ; £2 10s. upon each £lOO B 5 per Ceut. Preference Stock ; £2 103. upon each £lOO B 5 per Cent. Preference Stock ; 4s. 11id. upon each £9 share, at £5 10s. per cent. per annum ; 6s. per share upon each £lB 5 per Cent. Preference share, being half year on £l2 per share, at 5 per cent. per annum ; 4s. 11d. per share upon each £lB Inconvertible 5 per Cent. Preference share, being half year on £8 per share, and 166 days on £2 per share, at 5 per cent. per annum ; ls. 3id. per share upon each £22 5 per Cent. Pre ference shares, being 104 days on £4 10s. per share, at 5 per cent. per annum—leaving a balance of £4,702 9s. 11d. to be carried to the account of the current half year. The dividend recommended is less than that declared for the corresponding half of 1866 ; this diminution has been occasioned chiefly by the continued large outlay on new lines and works not yet productive, the amount under this head during the half year having reached about £5,000,000. The Rowsley and Buxton Extension to New Mills was reopened in February last, the traffic is progres ing satisfactorily, and on the completion of the com pany's merchandise and mineral station in Manches ter a large increase of traffic will no doubt accrue. The Furness and Midland Railway was opened in June last. The line has been constructed at the joint expense of the Furness and Midland Companies, and connects the new port of Barrow, the extensive ironworks at that place and at Carvforth, as well as the lake and haematite districts of Westmoreland and Cumberland, advantageously with the Midland sys tem ; and already a considerable traffic has been exchanged. Mr. Kirtley reports—' That the rolling stock is in good working order, and that during the half-year ending June 30, 1867, the mileage per formed by trains has been as follows :—With pas senger trains, 2,630,965 miles ; with goods and mi neral trains, 3,562,257 miles ; total, 6,193, 9 22 miles. Compared with the corresponding period last year this shows an increase of 325,799 miles. Tl re newals of locomotive stock for half year. carriages, havelebeen a 4 g B gon s ir. l C l r b oss re l a e k y B an e d ni 2 n B es w , va n s , Te O t 6 s — ll 'r horse That bo x t e he railways and works under his care have been kept in good repair, and that 28i miles of single line have been relaid during the half year, the whole cost of which has been charged to revenue. That with respect to the railways in course of construction, the Duffield and Wirksworth line will soon be ready for traffic, and the works upon the Shef field and Chesterfield, the Cudworth and Barns- Icy, the Derby and Melbourne, the Thornbury and Bath lino, and the Newark branch are pro ceeding favourably. That considerable progress has Intimad9 in gtabing out the line of the Settle and Carlisle Railway, the time for the completion of which will be governed by the tunnel through Blea Moor, and the viaducts and cuttings adjacent thereto. The necessary preparations have therefore been made for proceeding at once with these portions of the work.' Messrs. Barlow and Liddell report that the works of the Bedford and London line, and the branch to join the Metropolitan Railway, have ad vanced rapidly during the last six months, and that if the weather continues favourable the line may be expected to be ready for goods and mineral traffic in the course of September ; also that considerable progress has been made in the London passenger train, about two-thirds of the founlations of which have been completed. With respect to the parlia mentary session, the directors regret to report that although the bill for the amalgamation of the Mid land and Glasgow and Sout'i-Western Railway Companies received the sanction of the House of Commons after a prolonged investigation, yet the committee of the House of Lords, to whom it was referred, came to a resolution that it was not ex pedient to proceed further with the bill.' It was strongly urged by the opponents of the bill that, until the works of the Settle and Carlisle line were further advanced, the proposed amalgamation would be premature, and the argument appears to have had weight with the committee. This additiona investigation in Parliament has, however, con firmed the opinion entertained by your directors, and those of the Glasgow and South-Western Company, of the great value of the proposed amalgamation to the public, as well as to the com panies. Much as the directors regret the loss of the bill on this occasion, they believe it is only a ques tion of time as to when the companies shall be thus closely united. The directors have negotiated an agreement with the Metropolitan Railway Company for the use of that company's railway between the St. Pancras branch of the Bedford and London Railway and Moorgate-street, London, including the stations at King's-cross, Farringdon-street, Aldersgate-street, and Moorgate-street. The object of the agreement is to enable the Midland Company to run its own trains into the heart of the city of London, and to connect the Midland system with other railway companies south of the Thames, and with the meat and poultry market at Smithfield. The terms for the use of the railway are a mileage proportion of the passenger fares, 6d per ton for goods, and 4d per ton for minerals up to 50,000 ; 3d per ton for every ton beyond 50,000 tons in any one year; the receipts from the traffic to be not less in amount than £4,000 for the first year, £5,000 for the second, £6,000 for the th, and £7,000 for the fourth and subsequent years. ird The rent of the Moorgate Station to be £4,000 for the first year, £4,500 for the second year, £5,000 for the third year, and £6,000 for the fourth and subsequent years. The rent for the use of all the other stations to be £5OO per annum, subject to revision at the expiration of three years, and to cease if the Midland Company ceases to use those stations. The agree ment will come into operation as soon as the linos are completed and opened for public traffic. Reso lutions will be proposed at the meeting for consoli dating or converting into capital stock of the com pany such of the £9 shares as shall have been fully paid up since the last half yearly meeting. Also, a resolution to authorise the following further expen diture on capital account, viz., for rolling stock, £350,000." MEETING OF MIDDLESEX AMGIS 7RATES. A meeting of magistrates for the county o. Middlesex took place yesterday at the Sessions. house, Clerkenwell-green, for the despatch of the usual county business. Mr. Henry Pownall presided. The following magistrates were present :—Mr. William Kemshead, Sir A. Spearman, Dr. Jervis, Captain Morley, Mr. Charles White, Mr. H. 11. Harwood, Mr. Halswell, Mr. B. H. Adams, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. T. E. Baker, Mr. Stutfield, Mr. B. Sharp, Mr. B. J. Armstrong, and Capt. D. O'Brien, CORONERS' FEES. The report of the committee for accounts and general purposes stated that they had examined the accounts and vouchers delivered in at the present session by the coroners for the county and by the coroner for the city and liberty of Westminster, of disbursements made by them respectively on the holding of inquests, and it recommended that orders on the county treasurer should be made for payment of such accounts, viz. :—To Mr. John Humphreys, coroner for the eastern district of the county, on taking 152 inquisitions from the 24th June to the Ist August, 1867, £282 2s. 6d. ; Mr. Edwin Lan kester, coroner for the central district of the county, on taking 131. inquisitions from the 24th June to the Ist August, 1867, £304 Os. ; Mr. James Bird, coroner for the western district of the county, on taking 42 inquisitions from the 25th June to the 2d August, 1867, £74 ss. Gd. ; Mr. Charles St. Clair Bedford, coroner for the city and liberty of West minster, on taking 52 inquisitions from the Ist June to A th f e te 3 r l s s o t m J e ul f y e , w l r B e 6 m 7 ' ark l s o o o n comparing the sums the number so f lS I e o s s f r s . inquisitions Humphreys e and id b L y a n k e s - ereach, i t nt , h w e i a th ecu the amounts N were A r h D O : I o d RerD courtept t ouc i o rtFs b hu e ea g rn p t a e i d a ot . CRlMlNALS.importance noi e' dre of w the Mr. attention . FTRANSPORTATION . resuming object in transportati on thiss subject b f j c e r c i t m f in or a w ls a . rd H w e as sa t i o d endeavour at some future time to obtain such an opinion system drawing nof from ppea nt memorial i ee servitudei, nor i court a l c to o n a c ts e h r ew n i would dn t hl justify failure Secretary them h o e f n l the o in n 0 ul l d n q o u r o d t e e r f t o r o s m h o w t ii e h os j v n p d e i c n i a al l servitude s t pao h cfu e tbpeldias, rhlhei aed subject. mw for ent t , h f e rn u m se wofhitchhe it m e a m ppe be a r r s e o d f t t h h e e r i e -lo w u e s r e e s , in 1866, 113,000 criminals at large in England and Wales ; and to keep this criminal population in o th rd n e c r r i im t r i e n r is ire a d t a l a f r o g r e c e w o 3 u ;i t 2 o B n ticket police. of leave, some of them whose time oe ha of 23,728 expired, and the rest who were well known thieves. lie was of opinion that when a criminal had committed certain offences, such as garotting and other brutal assaults, and was such a character, and there were many such, as required several constables to look after him, such a man should be sent to a place where there would be no danger to the public, as there was when such a ruffian was let loose upon society on a ticket of leave; and in some instances, to his own knowledge, it had taken nine policemen to recapture a powerful ruffian of that type. He further said the gaols were getting overcrowded, and it would soon require two millions to find extra gaol accom modation in the country. Capt. MORLEY thanked Mr. Stanford for bring ing the question forward. He thought that trans portation should be resumed, and that a memoria' should be drawn up by the members of that court, and a deputation from it to wait upon the Home Secretary with such memorial. After some remarks from members attacking the statement made by Mr. Stanford, The CHAIRMAN said he more than doubted the correctness of the statement made, that reforma tories had done no good, as to his own knowledge there were several criminals who had been convicted four and five times, and at last, before it became too late, had entered a reformatory, and were now earning honest and rt.spectable livings. He re marked at some length on the great injustice it would be to any community in any part of the world to thrust 2,000 criminals on them annually, and the difficulty which would arise in getting any place at all to receive our criminal population. lie hoped and trusted that the court would let the matter stand where it was. With respect to criminals who had used personal violence, he was strongly of opi nion that severe chastisement should follow it--- (hear, bear)—and he thought such chastisement would sufficiently keep those offenders in check. After some further discussion an amendment was proposed, " That Mr. J. F. Stanford having drawn the attention of the court to the great importance of resuming the transportation of criminals, a com mittee be appointed to consider the whole subject, and report thereon to the court on the next court day." The amendment having been seconded, was carried by a majority of 7 to 4, and the following gentlemen chosen to act on the committee ; Uogrg, Stanford, Harford, Halswell, Bashford, Colonel Wood, Mr. Charles White, Captain Morley, and Mr. Sharpe. The court then adjourned. NATIONAL REFORM UNION.. A meeting of the executive committee was held in Manchester on Tuesday evening. 'lhe agent, Mr. J. D. Morton, read a voluminous correspon dence from members of Parliament, secretaries of branch associations, vice-presidents, and others interested in the question of Parliamentary Reform. The agent reported that the Knares borough branch had held a public meeting to protest against the Lords' amendments, and that a petition had been forwarded to Mr. J. Holden, M.P., for presentation to the House of Commons. Meetings had also been held at Warrington, Roch dale, Bradford, Glossop, and many other towns, and petitions adopted, though, as it appeared, un fortunately with no effect, so far as concerned the clause which provided for the partial disfranchise ment of Manchester and other constituencies having three or more representatives. Reports were re ceived from several towns, in reply to a circular issued by the executive, stating the unsatisfactory way in many respects in which the bill would affect them. In a communication from Mr. T.Wimhurst, of Glossop, it was stated :—" As far as we are able to estimate, this bill, should it become law, will give about 100 new voters in the town of Glossop. The members of our branch think the bill a good instal ment, and one that may satisfy many people for a few years, but they cannot believe that the present unjust redistribution scheme is at all a settlement, nor can they rest content with such a state of the law as allows 5,000 or 7,000 inhabitants to return a member, while Glossop,with a population of 20,000, has to rest content with a part only of a county member. They would prefer that the House of Commons should reject the bill altogether rather than accept the restrictive amendments of the Lords. Mr. Morton informed the committee that he had duly forwarded to Mr. Thomas Bazley, M.P., the petition adopted by the meeting held on Tues day week in the Free Trade Hall, and that he had received the following reply : " Yester day I had the honour, in the midst of the cheers of the house, of presenting the petition which you confided to my care. I feel deeply humiliated that the future voting power of the first manufacturing and mercantile city of the world may be reduced to the level of the most insignificant borough." _Several letters from Mr. Hugh Mason, deputy president of the union, were read, in one of which the writer, referring to the three cornered clause, said—" I do not know when I felt so dis heartened as I now feel with the ' minority' clause. Cranborne I can understand, and Lowe I can under stand, but these impracticable philosophers, Mill, Fawcett, Hare, and Co., are very queer people. Earl Russell grieves one most of anybody. How ever, we must not cave in. We must take fresh courage, and go on working. The new Parliament may be made to do great things for us." A length ened discussion on the minority clause, especially as it would affect the constituency of Manchester and the other large towns, followed, and the committee adopted the following resolution : —" That this meet ing of the executive of the National Reform Union hereby expresses its unqualified disapproval of the minority clause introduced into the Reform Bill by the House of Lords, and accepted by the House of Commons, as being unjust, unprecedented, and un constitutional ; furthermore pledges itself to use all constitutional means for obtaining its repeal." No tice was given that a special meeting of the execu tive would be held at an early date, to take into consideration the Beform Bill just passed, and the manner in which it is likely to affect the borough and county constituencies of England and Wales. It. was also intimated that the conference of dele gates from the various branches, previously resolved upon, would be held some time about the end of September, when the character of the present measure of reform, and the future course of action of the organisation, would be fully considered and discussed. TIIE SULTAN'S RETURN TO CONS7AN TEVOPLE. (From the Levant Ilerald of Av. 7.) At nine o'clock this morning the prolonged roar of the guns from the men of war in the harbour and the land batteries, and the sharp roll of musketry from the troops who lined both shores of the Bosphorus, announced the Sultan's return to Constantinople after his memorable six weeks' journey to Western Europe. His Majesty and his suite reached Semlin on Friday the 2d inst., and, accompanied by Midhat Pasha, governor of the vilaet of the Danube, and some Bulgarian notabili ties, who had gone on to Pesth to meet him, arrived on Sunday evening last, the 4th, at Rustschuk, and left yesterday (Tuesday) morning, by the Rust schuk and Varna Railway, for Varna, which he reached at a quarter past four in the afternoon. A correspondent writes that great preparations had been made there for his arrival. A new jetty had been built near the custom-house for his Majesty to embark from; the caimakam had ordered all the the streets had been ctrieaadnersswtoepraingdat the th hew ei a r hollssnpesw;ly whitewashed ; the result being that Varna presented quite a spruce appearance. The Grand Vizier and the Seraskier had both left for Varna and Ruschuk since Wed nesday last to meet their Sovereign. A'ali Pasha having expressed a wish to go by an Austrian steamer, the Austrian Lloyd's agency here placed one of the finest vessels of its line, the Neptune at his high ness's disposal. On arriving at Varna at 4.15 p.m. yesterday the Sultan must have gone straight on board the Sultanieh, and started at once, for it was quick work for the imperial flotilla to cross the Black Sea and make the Bosphorus this morning after a run of only 16 hours. Notice was issued from the Grand Vizier's office last night, and this morning the heads of the various religious communities of the capital, the Turkish civil, military, and ecclesiastical functionaries in vessels provided by the Government, and members of the diplomatic corps in the despatch boats of the embassies, went out to the entrance of the Bosphorus to welcome the Sultan home. The news of his approaching arrival gave a fresh stimu lus to the preparations making here for his recep tion, and the finishing touches are now being given in all directions to arrangements of flags and festive devices, garlands, and triumphal arches. The shores of the Bosphorus will he ablaze with light, and it seems likely that Bebek and Etnirghian especially will be the chief centres of attraction. Great ingenuity and taste have been lavished on the yali of the Viceroy, upon a raft in front of which a graceful little Egyptian temple has been erected, whence fireworks will be discharged. The illuminations of the palaces of Mustapha Kiritli Pasha and of the Persian Minister promise to be conspicuous for their brilliancy ; a large triumphal arch at the landing place of the latter is crowned with the Persian and the Turkish flags. The gar dens of the Grand Vizier at Bebek will sparkle with the illuminated device of Padishali tchok yasha' (long live the Padishah), and with a crescent sur rounded by a constellation of stars, standing out in vivid relief against the dark-wooded heights in the rear. The adjacent handsome palace of Kimil Pasha will also be bright with a light. All along the quay, in front of the 11:tkim Bashi's yali, now inhabited by the Minister of war, thousands of lamps are hung, representing various combinations of military trophies. In all directions, in fact, the coining fete in honour of the Sultan's return from Europe promises to be the finest ever witnessed in the Turkislicapital. The festivities will continue for three days, during which the custom-house and all the public offices will be closed, and there will be three nights' illuminations. Th e whole cit y is g a y with flags and decorations, and alive with anima tion. To-morrow evening the Grand Vizier will give a grand official and diplo matic dinner at Bebek, to which 300 guests are i nvited, and on Fri day evening the public fete wil l take p lace at his highness's yali, at which there is a rumour that the Sultan himself will be present. The release of small debtors and of persons convict ed of minor crimes ; large sums given in charity ; and a general amnesty fox all political and prom offences) are spoken of." Industrial Sc. ;Mute Girls. Yesterday an interesting ceremony took place at Ealing-house, Ealing, Middlesex, on the occasion of the inauguration of the building as an industrial school for homeless and destitute girls, which, in connection with the Refuge Home, 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, was for several years carried on at Acton. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presided, and was supported byJudge Payne, the Rev. W.Relton, Mr. J. 11. Fordham, &c. A large tent had been erected in the extensive grounds at the back of the house, and a band was in attendance to perform on the occasion, but the unfavourable weather rendered it necessary that the business of the day should take place indoors. The result was that the company were introduced into the schoolroom, which was scarcely large enough to accommodate them—a cir cumstance which caused much regret, but did not militate against the successful result of the gathering. It appeared from a statement read by Mr. WILLIAMS, the Secretary to the Refuges for Homeless and Destitute Children (with which the present institution is associated, that in July, 1852, the com mittee began their benevolent work to benefit desti tute girls. The funds at their disposal were then very small, and consequently only six girls could be admitted into the home at 19, Broad- street, Blooms bury. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided at the in auguration of that building. Fears were at that time entertained as to whether anything could be made of the poor girls, but all objections to the work soon vanished, for it became apparent that the minds and hearts of these girls were as susceptible to good impressions, and were as capable of yield ing to the training and discipline under which they were placed, as the offspring of a higher class The number of inmates gradually increased until it reached about forty. Applications of a pressing nature being still made for admission, the committee were led to extend this branch of their work still further, and consequently they hired a large house at Acton as a branch home. This house was also inaugurated by Lord Shaftesbury on the 3d July, 1860. The inmates here, as in the Broad-street Home, gradually increased until, in June, 1866, the number reached over 40, when possession of the house was given up, as the committee and the trustees of the property were unable to arrange for converting the stables into a suitable washhouse and laundry. Every effort was made to obtain suitable premises, but without success, and a house was therefore taken temporarily at Kilburn, and the girls were removed there. In March last the present premises wore pointed out to the committee as likely to suit for a home, and ultimately arrangements were made for purchasing them. The premises are copyhold, but nearly equal to freehold, as the quit rents only amount to a few shillings a year. They were in a very dirty and dilapidated condition, and a considerable sum has been expended in repairing and cleansing them. The total cost for the pur chase of the property and the repairs and altera tions was over £2,600, towards meeting which ex penditure and for annual subscriptions for the sup port of the girls an earnest appeal was now made. There were now 44 inmates in this house and 48 girls in the home, 19, Broad-street. The committee intended to increase the number to 50 in each home, so that they might hare 100 girls under their care. The girls in each home are fed, clothed, lodged, educated, and trained for domestic service. They are taught all kinds of domestic work, so as to fit them as far as possible to become useful and efficient servants. Since the establishment of the homes down to the close of last year 710 girls had been admitted, and 586 had been sent to service at home or abroad, or otherwise provided for. The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting, said he was quite satisfied that this undertaking was one of paramount importance in the present conditionof the country. He had long been of this opinion, and he had hoped that greater efforts would have been made ere now for the welfare of such poor girls as were intended to be benefited by this association They had established many reformatories and other institutions for the benefit of boys; but it was only lately that the idea seemed to have been enter tained that the girls were entitled to an equal share of public consideration. All history showed—and experience supported the lessons they learnt from history—that the moral condition of the male population depended, to a great extent, upon the character of the women. (Hear, hear.) It was not so much the employers of labour as the fathers and mothers of the children who were responsible for the degradation which beset a large portion of the juve nile community. The present movement was one in which everybody (from the Queen on the throne to the costermonger) had a personal interest. (Hear. ) The object of this home was to provide good domestic servants, and he sincerely trusted that it might achieve the same success which had attended the operations of the Chichester training ship. The scheme was undoubtedly a very large o ne, and it was eminently deserving of public sup port, seeing that it was calculated to give to this country a new generation of wives and mothers. (Cheers.) The Rev. W. Belton, Mr. J. H. Fordham, Judge Payne, and others, severally addressed the meeting to a similar effect, and the proceedings terminated with a collection of subscriptions at the entrance door. Naval and Military Intelligence. It is usual at this season to detach " flying columns" from the Aldershott division to march certain routes and encamp at various halting places. Accordingly a column, consisting of the 54th, 56th, and 70th Regiments, a field battery, and a regiment of cavalry, will leave the camp on Tues day next for Sandhurst. The Ist battalion 18th (the Royal Irish) Regi ment, under the command of Colonel Call, now stationed at Aldershott, is held in readiness to move from the camp at an early date. The head quarters and four companies will proceed to Ches ter, two companies to Liverpool, two companies to Bradford, and two companies to Weedon. The 65th Regiment, under the command of Col. Wyatt, C. 8., now stationed at Aldershott, is under orders to leave the camp for Ireland, and is ex pected to proceed to its destination about the 12th proximo. The dismounted detachment of A battery, C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, at Aldershott, is under orders to leave the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway this morning, and pro ceed to Dorchester. The move of B battery, C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, is deferred until early next month, on account of a detachment be ing ordered to Shoeburyness for practice. A general court-martial, under the presidency of Colonel C. Cameron Shute, 4th Dragoon Guards, assembled on Wednesday in the court-martial room at Aldershott, No. 17 hut, " Q" lines, South Camp, for the trial of prisoners. The principal business was to investigate the serious case of insubordina tion in the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards, which was noticed in The Sun a few weeks ago. The finding and sentence will not be known for some time. A Court of Inquiry, consisting of a field-officer of the Ist brigade, an engineer officer, and an officer of the barrack department, assembled at the hut on the iron bridge in the South Camp at Aldershott, on Wednesday, to investigate and report upon the circumstances under which a fire broke out in the hut on the 9th inst., and also the quantity of bar rack furniture injured. The proceedings of the Court were to be forwarded to the office of the Assist. Quartermaster -Gen. Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, yesterday inspected officially the Mersey, screw frigate, 35 guns, 1,000 horse power, Capt. J. Cor bett, preparatory to her departure for Queenstown, on flagship duties at that port. The Gladiator, 5, paddle, Captain D'Aplin, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning with seamen and marines on board from the Princess Royal, paid out of commission the previous day at Devonport. In the brief notice given in The Sun of yesterday of the trial by court-martial, on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, of Lieut. Moultry, who was serving as senior lieutenant on board her Majesty's late ship Osprey, at the time of her recent lON near Algoa Bay, wQ stated that " the Court found the statements made against Lieut. Moultry were fully substantiated." It should have read— " Were not fully substantiated." TlMES.—After a perseverance worthy of a better and a happier cause Mr. Hardy has succumbed, and the Parks' Regulation Bill has disappeared for the session. We congratulate the public on thiscon cession, and thank Mr. Hardy for perceiving, though very tardily, that his measure was too inop portune to be carried through Parliament. It is, however, to be regretted he should proclaim that he yields solely to compulsion, and that he withdraws the bill only because a strong-lunged minority threatens to talk for a month rather than let it pass. Persistence carried to the point of obstinacy, and then followed by a sudden collapse of purpose, does not add to the reputation of a Minister or a party. Mr. hardy, who has been, perhaps, secretly incited by a desire to avoid the weakness of his predecessor, appears in the end before the public in not a very different guise ; for both Ministers, after challeng ing a pertinacious opposition, have yielded to it at the last moment, and the victory of Mr. Beales out side the House is not very unlike that of the Radical obstructors within it. When Mr. hardy proposed yesterday that the character of the bill should be altered, that the first clause—the prohibition of public meetings in the Parks—should be withdrawn, and that it should become a mere Regulation Bill, the penalty being made £5 instead •of 405., it was not difficult to see the end of the measure. It was a fatal error in generalship to make such a display of irresolution at the last moment, and to convince the minority that one more afternoon of talk would gain their ends. The objection of moderate men was not to legislation absolutely, but to present legisla tion. They believed that the Government bill, brought in on the eve of the Demonstration of May last, coupled iu everybody's mind with the undig nified though necessary withdrawal of the Ministry from a conflict with the crowd, and with the down fall of Mr. Walpole, was a measure that ought to be abandoned and, if possible, forgotten. That mea sure had been modified on a previous occasion, and the debate of Tuesday turned on a proposal essentially different from that which the former Home Secretary had laid before Parliament. Amid all the verbiage of that debate it was plainly to be seen that the sense of the Apposition was not against a proper regulation of the Parks, but against a bill which had already changed its original character, and which could only pass in a very muti lated form ; while to pass it at all might provoke acts of violence. Mr. Hardy might have seen that the new alterations he proposed yesterday would remove none of the objections to the scheme. It may be advisable, as a matter of local police, to place the Royal parks under the same regulations as those which have been made by the Metropolitan Board of Works ; but to do this now would be no less a demonstration Ly Parliament against the League, and a challenge to that pertinacious body, than if its leaders had been mentioned by name. Such has been plainly the sense of the public, and, in spite of the official majority which the Govern ment gained yesterday, we have no doubt it is the sense of the house. Everybody, not excepting her Majesty's Ministers, will be glad that the matter is at an end, and the only reason for regret is that the whole of one afternoon and a large part of another have been wasted at a period of the session when every hour is valuable. It may be that one or two bills of importance will have to be thrown over because the Government has desired to display its consistency and make a parade of its firmness. There is little cause to fear for the preservation of Hyde Park during the recess, and the comfort of those who frequent it. In the dull months of autumn and winter Hyde Park is little visited, even though the three millions of Londoners do not follow the " upper ten thousand" and t heir nurserymaids into the country. If, after a short interval of repose, Messrs. Beales and Dickson think it necessary to " demonstrate " anew amid the m ists of November or the chill of January, they may have the park pretty nearly to themselves, The Government must be content to keep the peace by means of the existing law, and we doubt not it is sufficiently strong for practical purposes. Of course it is rather unfair that only the small flies should be caught in its meshes, while such bluebottles as the chiefs of the League break through. But such le the order of destiny, and should there be any real annoyance to the public through the de fective powers of the Executive, the next Session of Par; liament will find the country more tranquil, an d the House of Commons in a better condition to examine the subject. COUNTRY MARKETS. . ERIS TOL —THURSDAY. On our market to-day the only English wheats on offer were a few samples of new white, of indifferent quality but fair condition ; somo small lots changed hands at 613 S per 4961 b. In foreign wheat, which met a limited inguni , prices were is lower. Barley, with a trifling demand, made previous rates. Old oats at rather increased prices. Mai° met a fair trade at previous currencies. MANCHESTER—TnuitsDAY. Our market this morning was fairly attended. Ther°, was only a retail business in wheat and flour • the stocks on hand prevented any pressur e to sell, and prices can only be called the turn in favour of buyrs. No changs in other articles. BURY ST. EDMUNDS—WEDNESDAY. The supply of wheat at this market to-day was small, and trade ruled dull, at is to 2s per qr under the quotA tions of last week. Grinding barley asked for. Other grain unchanged. Average prices : Wheat, 69s 8d ; barley, 36s 7d; ottill —s Od; beans, —s Od. BIRMINGHAM —THURSDAY. At this day's market there was a fair supp l y of Vg3:t lish wheat, for which quotations were the same as List week, although in some instances a decliii of is to took place. Barley, oa's, beans, and peas were in litt request, and ruled at former prices. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, Os 6d down average, is 3d dosci l * ' Barley on the top, 2s 6d down average, Os 8d deal Oats on the top, Os 9d down... average, Os 3d 111 3 . Beans on the top, 5s Od up average, Os lld nil. Total supply and sales. Wheat 736 qrs sold 539 Barley 127 qrs sold 112 Oats 837 qrs sold 429 Beans 74 qrs sold 35 Average prices. Wheat, 63s ld I Oats, 34s Od Barley, 37s 6d 1 Beans ...48s 4d 1 Town-made flour sells as follows : — Wh i t e, 53s Od; 00 superfine, 51s Od; superfine, 49s Od; fine, 47s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was thinly attended, and the busine_sll done in wheat and flour was quiet, at a slight dec line _ v o former quotations. Barley in small supply. In 1 30 4 . and Indian corn the trade was steady. Yeas 6d deg' , 0 Foreign oats the turn dearer. itblo [AuvEurisincENT.]—ileueeforth no one will doubt the va'' l ,lo properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Alb Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessweo it has already received from Invalids whose position hac l .2 3e pe. deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the r°, , , r a whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirtY toe of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " 6-5 71, - du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—" The heah all the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoniug„.o other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du ii"ftil Revalenta Ara.bica Food, of which he consumes a 1 3 ' 6 a e isli at every meal. It has in oduced a surp e'risingly benef effect on his health, and his Holine ss c annot praise of excellent food too highly." We extra ct a few °utheso more than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 53,216, of the Marchi_o, de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wastingpnil debility, nervousness, with a nervo us p al p itation all over , ne r d digestion, constant sleeplessness , a nd the most intolerable vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de Deeics , Lieutenant of Waterford, of many y ears' d y s p e p sia. No. 49, e o, Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, norvo9o,od asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sicknes s 'rte , vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James It ° ,loo ,l ' of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of . 1 1 ' 00 ,/, liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Cat. l ;.tiol , Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is must , ciously attached. In tins at ls. I d.; 1 lb. , 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d.; 5 1b52, 0. /1: 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 40 s. —BARRY DU BARRY and Co., alf a tegent-street, London; also Fortnam and M ason, 182, Pieci T 091 and at 61, Gracec h urc h-street; 4, Cheapside; 63 , 150, so ' Oxford-street ; 330 Strand ; and all grocers and chemists Births. i bso D'AncY —On the 14th inst., at 1, Clarendon-road, Sollo ' the wife of Commander D'Arcy, H.M .' s yacht 0° of a son. ife MONK 0 n tho 15th inst., at 5, Buckingham-gate, the of of Charles J. Monk, Esq., M.P., of a son, who on 19 vived his birth an hour. WILD—On the 15 th inst. , at West liarn, the wif e °I Wild, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. ,„ r el) , BROWN— S NELL--On the 13th inst., at St. Andrew's CR„.,„ - tit. Plymouth, Joseph J. Brown, Esq., of the Adra" l l , et Whitehall, to Fanny Catherie Skinner, eldest daug-i of olt the late Wm. W. Snell, Esq. , DICEY—CILAPMAN— 0 u the 14th inst., at St. Mary's C, l3 lst ° Richmond, Edward Dicey , E s q ., second son of tli e ." to T. E. Dicey, Esq., of Clayb rook Han, Leicestershil e ' a . Anna ;Greene, youngest da u g hter of the late lion Chapman, Esq., of Boston, U.S.A. Deaths. .1 B UCKL AND —On Bic, 13th inst., at 31, Cla bam-roituTt ifi C. Henry .Bucklaud, Esq., vicar choral of St. ''''''' Cathedral, aged 41. ri , i t 9. BLACK—On the 13th inst., at The Grove, Highga te ' ` ° Black, Esq., aged 66. ., Sir M 41.7 AGGART —0 u the 13th inst., at Ardwell, Stranra,:t John M`Taggart, Bart., aged 79. 11.‘ALPix—On the 12th inst., at Rowland' Daniel M'Alpin, Esq., late of Bread-street, City, ag e ` cd ' r , POPE—On the 13th inst., at Harewood, Bletchingley, rey, Thomas Pope, Esq., aged 54. hir e ' STRICNLAND —On the 11th inst., .11, Stonyhurst, LAIIC3S Captain W. Strickland, R.N., at 42. --- --- London : Printed and Published by WILLI:N.)I AN1 ) ...,. iii. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tile SUN 011100, 1 ; 1 of s Castle, 0111: Strand, in the Precinct of the SP.aoy, in the C° i 5114t1leSsx.--Friday„AugtuA 10, 1867. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1807. Lord Palmerston on Gunnery. The following letter, written by Lord Palmerston ten years ago in the midst of his numberless avoca tions as Prime Minister, affords so remarkable an illustration of the activity of his mind and of the prompt, vigorous grasp which he was capable of taking of matters of scientific interest that it seems well worth preserving. The letter was submitted for opinion by Lord Pa,nmure to the officer whom he usually consulted at that period lon subjects of gunnery, with the following characteristic note : " My dear —,—Read and inform me on the ab struse philosophy of our Prime - Minister ; I wonder where we are to find a circular range of a mile radius.—PANMURE." Lord Palmerston's letter is as follows :--" December 20, 1857. My dear Pan mure,—There is an investigation which it would be important and at the same time easy to make, and that is whether the rotation of the earth on its axis has any effect on the curve of a cannon ball in its flight. One should suppose that it has, and that while the cannon ball is flying in the air, impelled by the gun-powder in a straight line from the can non's mouth, the ball would not follow the rotation of the earth in the same manner which it would do if lying at rest on the earth's surface. If this be so, a ball fired in the meridianal direction, that is to say, due north or due south, ought to deviate to the west of the object at which it was aimed, because during the time of flight that object will have gone to the east somewhat faster than the cannon will have done. In like manner a ball fired due eas ought to fly less far upon the earth's surface than a ball fired due west, the charges being equal, the elevation the same, and the atmosphere perfectly still. It must be remembered, however, that the ball even after it has left the cannon's mouth will retain the motion from west to cast which it had before received by the rotation of the earth on whose surface it was, and it is possible therefore that ex cept at very long ranges the deviation above men tioned may in practice turn out to be very small, and not deserving the attention of an artilleryman. The trial might be easily made in any place in which a free circle of a mile or more radius could be obtained ; and a cannon placed in the centre of that circle, and fired alternately north, south, east, and west, with equal charges, would afford the means of ascertaining whether each shot flew the same distance or not.—Yours sincerely, PALMER STON." It has been ascertained that the rotation of the earth produces a sensible effect on the oscillat ing pendulum. The error into which Lord Palmer ston fell of supposing that the deviation of a ball fired due north or south would invariably be wes• terly will not escape notice. The deviation due to the earth's rotation is of course different in each hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere the devia tion is alwa3 s to the right of the gun, in the southern hemisphere it is always to the left. Thus the de viation of a gun fired north in the northern hemis phere is east ; when firing south it is west ; when the practice takes place in the southern hemisphere it is west in a shot travelling north, and east in a shot travelling south. The subject is one which has often engaged the attention of philosophers, to whom it has more interest than it can ever possess for prac tical men ; for so many corrections have to be applied and the error is in itself so small that the deviation of projectiles due to cosmical causes may well be disregarded, and the experiments which Lord Pal merston suggested were never instituted. But Lord Palmerston's letter possesses an interest quite inde pendent of its practical value, and has been pub lished by Lord Dalhousie's permission in the current number of the Proceedings of the loyal Artillery lnstitution.—Pall-Mall Gazette. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Aug. 15. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) HEAVY DAMAGES FOR FALSE IMPRISCrNMENT. The case of " Fishley v. Cooper and another" was an action to recover damages for wrongful dis missal and false imprisonment upon a charge of em bezzlement. The defendants pleaded in effect that the plaintiff was guilty of the offence of which they had accused him, and that they were, therefore, jus- tilled in the course they adopted. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Besley were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Talfourd Salter for the defendants. _ _ . This case occupied the court a considerable time, and the circumstances were of a somewhat extraordinary character. The plaintiff had been a commercial traveller and collector for seve ral highly respectable firms in the City prior to his introduction to the defendants, who are wholesale grocers in Lime-street. He was engaged by them in April to travel about the country to collect orders and receive moneys, the salary to be paid to him being £l5O a year, and £1 a day travel ling expenses. At the time of entering the service of the defendants he had made a proposal to a guarantee society, with which a certain amount of insurance was to have been effected, but owing, as was alleged on the part of the plaintiff, to some mistake the guarantee was not completed, and therefore upon the counts relating to the wrongful dismissal it was admitted that the defendants were entitlectto a verdict. The question relating to the false imprisonment was of a much more serious character. Very shortly after plaintiff's engage ment he, while on a journey, sent a statement of moneys received, among which was a sum of £ll 16s. 6d. from one customer, which he had duly entered. The total amount he received was not transmitted. Some correspondence then took place, the result being that the plaintiff was ordered return home to make out a statement of accounts, which he did. The defendants were not, however, satisfied, and they discharged the plaintiff, after he had been in their service only about four weeks. A certain amount of money was at this time in his hands upon balance, and he made a claim for salary, which not only absorbed the balance in his hands, but made defendants his debtors. As he kept the money, one of the firm went to the Mansion-house to see whether a charge of emb2zzlement could be supported, and to obtain a warrant for the appre hension of the plaintiff, when one of the clerks, upon his stating the facts, expressed a strong opinion that a magistrate would not be justified in granting a warrant. Notwithstanding this the defendants obtained the assistance of a City detective officer, who apprehended the plaintiff upon the charge of embezzling the sum of £ll 16s. 6d., and he was locked up all day and night, and in the morning he was taken before the Lord Mayor, who adjourned the inquiry for a week, but admitted the plaintiff to bail. At the next hearing Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, attended for the defendants,: and ad mitted that he was unable to support the charge of embezzlement, and the plaintiff was then dis charged. Ihe jury, after consulting together for about a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages, £4OO. A NIGIIT IN THE PARKS.—Of all the public dor mitories, the largest and best is the Mall of St. James's park. There are canopies of foliage to keep off the rain, and those of the benches that have backs or a tree close behind them are at a premium. On an average each seat has three occupants. Some prefer to recline at full length ; others rest with outstretched legs, pocketed hands, heads well down, buttoned -up coats, and hats half way over their noses. Lads combine in a heap, and, towards dawn, rise to shake their wits together, and enjoy a stimulating scratch. Not only from the lowest class are the guests recruited: Many of the sleepers are dressed tidily, almost well; and ' conjecture may busy itself as to the causes of their alfresco slumber.—Once lVeek. ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's rills are the proper medicine for people whose faculties are faded, and whose energies are exhausted by excessive heat, too much work, or over indulgence. A few doses of these pills always prove a simple, safe, and coo lin g treatment for all stomach and liver complaints ; a longer course will set right every organ whose action is impaired, strengthen every structure whose tone is diminished, and renovate that blood whose purity is tainted. Giddiness, headache, nausea, flatulency, and all other dyspeptic symptoms, yield with surprising clrtainty and celerity to these surprising pills, which lay siege to the seat of these distressing sensations, and carry off, without any pain or other disagreeable drawback, those piccant matters which are disordering the entire Jammu =chink SPIRIT OF T 'HE PUBLIC JOU RNALS.