The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-27 00:00:00

Sheffield Trades' Union Commission. EIGHTEENTH DAY (WEDNESDAY). At the commencement of the sittings to-day George Castle, secretary to the Sickle and Reaping book Grinders' Union, produced the books of that union. Mr. Overend discovered that several pages of the minute book which had contained Minutes for several months of the year 1860 had been torn out. Single pages and half pages had been also torn out in other parts of the book. Witness was unable to say why the pages had been torn out. He said the books came into his possession four years ago in the same state as they were in now. He bad never asked his predecessor why the pages had been torn out, or had inquired about it to any of the members. Mr. Overend said the fact of the leaves being torn out for a portion of 1860 looked very suspicious, because a sickle manufacturer had been blown up in that year, and it was supposed that the society had authorised it and paid the expense. One other very suspicious circumstance was that the edges of the pages which had been torn away looked very clean, as if they had been removed only a short time. Witness said one reason of their looking so clean was because the book had not been in use for some years; it had been locked away and a new book used instead. He could not positively swear that to his knowledge the leaves had not been torn out to prevent the examiners from seeing what they contained. During the four years he had been secretary there had not been more than six cases of rattening. The names of defaulters were read over at the general meetings ; he was not aware that the rattenings took place after the general meetings. All the branches of the sickle and hook trade were amalgamated for thepurpose of assisting each branch to carry out its rules. He knew that Mr. Rother ham, sickle manufacturer, was blown up, but he did not know who did it. He had never seen any entry of the matter in the society's books, and as far as he was aware no money had ever been paid by the society for it. Mr. 0 verend asked where the cash book was which contained entries previous to last September. Witness replied that the last time he saw it was on the fire in their committee-room. It was thrown on the fire in presence of the committee, but he could not tell by whom. It was full of entries running up to the 15th September, and he supposed because it was done with it was destroyed. He did not notice it on the fire till it was in flames. That was the only reason why he did not attempt to save it. Mr. Overend—A book like that would not burn quickly ; why didn't you take the tongs and re move it from the fire? Witness—Because there were none. (Laughter.) The committee had torn out some of the leaves which were not written on before the book was thrown into the fire. I was writing at the time, and therefore could not see who it was that threw the book into the fire. Witness was closely exa mined as to whether the book was not burned after the Commission was appointed, and the earlier en tries transferred from the old book to the one pro duced. The chief examiner pointed out that the entries up to February were carefully, cleanly, and accurately written in quite a different hand from the subsequent entries which were written evidently from time to time. Witness admitted the difference, said he was unable to explain it, but persisted in his statement that the whole had been written from week to week, adding that the old book was full when it was burned, and that he bought the new book in August, 1866. Samuel Stacey, secretary of the Edge-tool Grinders' Union, said—We ratten in our trade, and do not consider it a sin. lam not aware of any vio lence to person or property having been committed upon any one in our trade within the last 10 years. We have about 226 members in the Union. No threatening letters have been sent. In rattening we merely remove and hidethe property, restoring them when the men settle. If the men do not settle gene rally the bands are never found. Witness, in illustra tion of the system, named a late ea,s2 of rattening in which the man rattened was charged as. for the job, in addition to 10s. arrears. The man thereupon rat tened two other men who were also in arrears, and settled with me by paying ss. instead of 155., retaining the 10s. for rattening the other men. (Laughter.) Witness said the trade rattened for arrears only—not to compel men to join or to re main in the Union. _ _ This witness is secretary cf the trade which ob jected to the employment of a maker of engineers' tools by Mr. Ward, namedAddis. It will be remem bered that Mr. Ward had to pay £3O to the Union to settle the dispute. Witness admitted this. He denied that the assault committed on Addis was in stigated or paid for by the Union. He knew nothing of the matter until it was reported in the news papers. Power to recover trade contributions in the County Court would stop rattening, and be a very good thing. James Camm, secretary to the United Joiners' Toolmakers, said—The Union is composed of the following four branches :—Joiners' toolmakers, brace-bit forgers, filers, and grinders. I have been secretary nearly four years. Fattening is occa sionally done in our trade, chiefly to enforce pay ment of arrears of contributions. During the time I have been secretary there have been only some four or five cases of rattening. Power to recover arrears of contributions from members would do away with rattening in our trade. For all purposes ?—I never knew a man, who was not in arrear, violate tht rules in other respects. An occasional difficulty might arise as to appren tices. We restrict apprentices to the sons of mem bers, because our trade is over-banded. We should extend the privilege to others if the trade was un derhanded. In my branch a good workman will not average more than 275. a week wages. Our trade grind skates. Some time ago Widdowson, the secretary of the Surgical Instrument Grinders, ground skates for Mr. Camm, a manufacturer. .We called a meeting, heard his explanation, and then passed a resolution requesting him, as he had a good trade of his own, to keep out of ours. He complied, and there was an end of the matter. We should not have resorted to violence if he had re fused to comply. There has been no violence or threatening letters in our trade. Mr. Cutts, secretary to the File Smiths' Union, was recalled, and was asked whether he persisted in his former statement that rattening was not adopted in Lis own trade. He replied that he did ; but they were in alliance with the file grinders, who had ad mitted rattening. Charlesßagshaw, secretary of the Fork Grinders', and also of the Patent Scythe Makers' Unions, ad mitted the practice of rattening in both those trades. 1, It was clone, however, without the knowledge or sanction of the societies. On one occasion a man came to him to be paid for rattening another, but he refused to pay him anything, and the mau brought the case before the committee. Witness told them if any money was paid out of the funds for ratten ing be would cease to be secretary, and as a result no money was paid. He had set his face against rattening, and he only took office in the Fork Grinders' Union on condition that rattening in future should never be resorted to. There had been a good deal of rattening in the trade before that. lie was aware that three outrages were committed in the fork grinders' trade on one day—that was that powder was put into the troughs of three grindors. At that time he was not secretary, and could not tell whether the men who were blown up were in Arrears. Ile considered that the outrages looked very much like trade affairs, and he told the committee so. One of them said they were not in connexion with the trade, but his (witness's) belief was they were, and that they had been paid for out of the funds of the society. When he became sec retary of the Union the society had been almost broken up, and he was told by the committee that all the books with one exception, had been lost or were in the possession of one of the former secre taries. None had been destroyed in anticipation of this inquiry. There were 130 forkgrinders in union, and 30 out of the union. Of these there would be frcm 50 to 10 on the box. The contributions to the Union are about 4s. a week. The forkgrinders earn about £2 a week. The patent scythemakers earn about 30s. t week. _ _ George Bullers, secretary of the Foamakere Union, said they did not recognise " rattening," and he was not aware of any personal violence being used to members of the trade. There were 134 men in the Union, and about 40 out of the Union. About 17 were now on the box. The contribution amounted to 2s. a week for a man, and is. for a bpy. George Austin, secretary to the railway spring makers and also to the scythemakers.—There had been no rattening among the railway springmakers. But he knew of four cases among the scythemakers. He did not know who did the rattening, but he be lieved the trade encouraged them, thinking they were doing right. He had set his face against rattening, and had heard of no case for 18 months. In the scythe trade he heard of an outrage in Jan., 1866, when some bellows were cut in the neighbour hood of Keeley. He investigated the case, but could not ascertain how it was done. In the Railway Springmakers' Union there were 360 men, and only five or six out of union. The men out were of bad character. There were 48 men in the Scythe ' makers' Union, and not many out. This was quite a distinct trade from the patent scythemakers. Joseph Mallinson, secretary of the Razorgrinders' Union, said the Union was established in 1862, when be was appointed secretary. There had been no rattening since then, but before that time the trade suffered much from it. There were 290 mem bers in the Union, and about 30 out. The contri butions were 2s. a week per man, and is. per boy. An average earning for a man and boy at common work would be 365. to 40s. a week. On the finer class of work they would make £3 to £3los. a week. William Simpson, secretary to the work-board hands of the scissors trade, said they had 119 men in union, and about 40 out of union. The contribu tions were 6d. a week for a man, and 3d. for a boy. The average number on the box had been from four to five. A good workman would average about 275. a week, James Reaney, secretary to the edgetool forgers, said they rattened in extreme cases, when they could not get their contributions without. There had not been more than a dozen cases in the last ten years. He remembered a man named Addis coming from London to work for Ward and Payne. They did not want to stop him working, but they objected to his working along with their men. He got his head broken at a public-house, and his tools were rat tened. Mr. Ward came to him, and he told him he must send the man away. He made Mr. Ward pay £3O for the expense the Union had been put to. Addis offered to become a member of the Union, and he (witness) said he would not have him at any price. There were 370 men in union, and about 30 out. The contributions were ls. a man, and 6d. a boy. A man and his striker would earn about £2 15s. to £3 a week. Robt. Winter, a scissors forger, said he was not a member of the Union, and spoke to having his tools rattened because he declined to join the Union. He worked for his father, who had two pairs of bellows cut about the same time. Two of the men who worked in the shop were members of the Union, but were in arrear of their payments. He suspected Wm. Fearnley of doing it. Henry Presley and Jas. Halass, the two men in arrears spoken of by the last witness, deposed to the destruction of the bellows and the removal of the tools. They bad been threatened by the Union sec retary, who said if they did not pay they would be made to do so. Wm. Fearnley said he was working at Winter's at the time Presley's and Halass's bellows were cut. He was at the shop first the morning after the bel lows were cut. He knew they had been cut, because he cut them himself. Smith was in the shop when he did it, and might have seen him. He cut them because the master said he was to have some nail makers from the low country, and Presley was to teach them to make scissors. The secretary of the Trade Union told him to do this. The Court then adjourned till Thursday morning. The Sheffield Trade Outrages. MEETING OF TRADES' DELEGATES. Last evening a numerously attended meeting of delegates from the London trades was held at the " Sussex" Hotel, Bouverie-street, for the purpose of considering the atrocities which had recently been brought to light by the commissioners at present sitting in Sheffield, and of adopting resolutions thereanent. Mr. G. POTTER, chairman of the London Work ing Men's Association, having been voted to the chair, stated that they had assembled under some what painful circumstances. They were aware that' at the trades conference which took place at St. Martin's Hall last March, a committee was ap pointed to watch over the proceedings of the special commission which was then about to be issued. They were also no doubt aware of the terrible re velations which had during the past few days been brought out by that commission. These revelations were of the most disgracetul character. They had caused trades unions to be looked down upon, and in fact they had been the means of causing a trades unionist to be looked upon as worse than a Fenian. They had therefore met that night to denounce these proceedings and the men who had been guilty of such atrocities. He could say for himself that in the hottest periods of trades disputes he had always condemned having recourse to anything like intimidation and if there was any consola tion to be derived out of the present circumstances, it was that these outrages were confined to Sheffield, and that the trades unions throughout the country denounced and condemned them. _ _ . Mr. CONOLLY (mason) then moved the first reso lution, which was in effect that while it had long been notorious that the management of, and con duct pursued by, certain of the Sheffield trades unions in the grinding trades were such as could neither be approved nor • sanctioned by trades unionists generally, more especially the system called " rattening," the delegates of the London trades deeply regretted that the commissioners felt it neces sary in the discharge of their duty to examine Broadhead as a witness, thus enabling so great a criminal to escape the punishment he merited. Mr. SELF (the Secretary of the Compositors' So - ciety) seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. DREW (dyer) and Mr. LANG (baker), and unanimously adopted. Mr. LEICESTER (glassmaker) next moved the second resolution, to the effect that they entered their solemn protest against the attempts now being industriously made by the opponents - of trades unions generally to connect them with these out rages. Mr. DUNNING (secretary of the Bookbinders' So ciety) seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. BENGIES (brushmaker) and others, and adopted unanimously. _ _ Mr. SHIPTON (painter) moved the third resolu tion,which was that the meeting was of opinion that all trade societies in Sheffield whose secretaries or office-bearers have been concerned in any of these outrages, or who were suspected or tainted with participation in any - even of the minor crimes dis closed before the commissioners in that town, should be immediately reconstructed ; and that until that was done no trades union or individual trades unionist should transact any business or hold any communication with the societies in question. The resolution was seconded by Mr. PROUDFOOT, of Glasgow, was supported by Mr. LEE, compositor, and adopted. The last resolution was proposed by Mr. FAIRBAN, and was in effect that under the trying circumstance in which trades societies are now placed, the meet ing was of opinion that it was the duty of everyreal trades unionist to rally round and render every moral support to the executives of the various unions, and to show to the Government, the Press, and the public their determination not to allow these useful and necessary combinations to be made a scapegoat to suffer for the exceptional crimes per petrated by a few evil men in a provincial town. Mr. WasoN (shipwright) seconded the resolu tion. He could not help thinking that if the mem bers of the Saw-grinders' Society had looked after Broadhead as they ought to have done, he would not have been in a position to accomplish the crimes he did. The resolution was adopted, and the proceedings, which were most unanimous throughout, termicatod with a vote of thanks to tilt) chairman. The Late Riots in Birmingham. - The Recorder for Birmingham (Mr. Arthur Robt,srts Adams) in his charge to the grand jury on MoQday, at the opening of the quarter sessions, said :—Since the time when I last presided here circumstances of a most deplorable nature have occurred in this borough. It appears that a cer tain persons who considers it to be his duty to give lectures in various towns on points of belief held by a large number of our fellow-country men, he s, whilst delivering such lectures, made use .of expressions which have exasperated to a high degree many of those who hold a diffe rent faith, and in some of the neighbouring towns the Queen's peace bad been actually disturbed, and. in others it has only been preserved by extra ordinary precautions. Now, I hold that the right of free discussion of all subjects is one most dear and most to be cherished by us all, and I should be very sorry to say one word that would seem to militate against that doctrine, or curtail that right in any degree ; but, whilst claiming a right to free discussion, all persons are bound so to conduct themselves as not to turn freedom into licentiousness ; and in my judgment violent attacks, of a personal character, whether upon individuals or bodies of men, are beyond the legiti mate use of freedom of speech, and I deeply deplore that at the present time men can be found who can make nse of language which has been stigmatised by the present Home Secretary as such as could only be applied to the worst of mankind. Nor do I think that the object of the lecture is promoted by the use of intemperate or exciting language, as it is surely more convincing to a man of reasonable mind to hear discussion conducted in a sober manner rather than in a high state of excitement. Yet it does not follow but that the acts of others have been perfectly un justifiable. I hold that no language, however strong, can justify the use of personal violence, and still less the demolition of property by bands of men organised for that purpose. You will have some bills sent up to you wherein persons are charged with rioting. Now, the law on the subject is as follows :—Ti a number of persons congregate to do any act, and mutually to assist each other, and they do so in a manner which excites terror in the minds of reasonable people, they are guilty of a riot. The learned Recorder, having detailed the facts of the riot, said—lt is impossible to doubt that these acts amount to a riot. The inhabitants of the borough had to submit to the always unwelcome sight of an armed force bivouacked in the streets. No language that can have been uttered offers the least justification for these tumults, and it is neces sary that such riotous proceedings should be re strained by the strong arm of the law. We must all feel that this town has been lowered in the eyes of mankind by these disgraceful proceedings, and we must all regret that the civil force was unable to cope with the rioters, and that it was necessary to call in the military ; but I am glad to find that it was not required to fire upon the people, and that in most instances the simple pretence of the troops was sufficient to cause order to be restored. It is also deeply to be lamented that theological discussions cannot be conducted without using. terms of opprobrium, and that to confute arguments or assertions stones should be thrown at, and violence used towards, opponents. The cause of neither is promoted by such acts ; but when will people learn the duty of living in charity with their neighbours? I regret also to learn that during the time when the police were engaged in suppressing the disturbances men banded themselves together apparently with the ob ject of assisting the civil force, but, in reality, with greater effect to carry out a most nefarious design. I find that shops have been attacked and plundered, and houses ransacked, their owners having been driven out by violence. Such acts strike at the very rootsof society, and it is not to be believed that they arose from religious hatred, but rather that persons who live by plunder seized that opportunity of carrying on their nefarious trade. The learned Re cord:r, in reply to Mr. Yeatman, who is engaged to defend in the case of the rioters, said he would not proceed with the trials before Wednesday. THE SUN, LOiNDON, THURSDAY EVEAING, JUNE 27, 1867. The chief difficulty will be in adjusting existing con tracts with the new dollar ; but that will be lessened by the fact of these contracts being based upon the fluctuating value of paper money. Referring to the public creditor, he considers that the reduction can easily be adjusted in the payment or conversion of their securities, while private creditors might be authorised to recover on the old standard. Having ably and clearly laid down his views, which we have no doubt whatever will eventually be adopted by the world, he concludes by stating that he heartily sympathises with Mr. RUGGLES and others in their efforts to secure the adoption of the metrical system of weights and measures. The first step in this direction is uniformity of currency, but it will take some time to remove the shackles which fetter the actions of nations in adjusting their weights and measures to a uniform standard. The barbarous origin of the English system can be seen from the names by which weights and measures are known. A stone, a nail, a foot, a band, a fathom, a bide, a grain, all tell the expedients to which our ancestors had recourse in computing and regulating their barter. But they do not tell this alone ; for our adherence to the barbarous cus toms of our progenitors is a proof of the tenacity with which we cling to the customs we have inhe rited. This is absurdly illustrated by an incident which a occurred one r ed o among enlightened a com munity public schools of Eng ofthe Eng land. The Pall-Mall Gazette recently told a story current among Winchester boys to the effect that in old Dr. HUNGERFORD'S days the boys on the foundation were not allowed potatoes as a portion of the college diet. Oa representing the hardship of the case to the Doctor, he replied that if it had been good for the boys to have potatoes, they would have been provided for, by the original founder of suggested to him that t po he ta s t c o h es oo w l. ere W n h o e t n kn it s known in England until the dis covery of America, he remarked that this entirely altered the state of the case, and from that time forth potatoes were permitted. In the Isle of Man the copper coins were struck on a standard peculiar to the Manx. Thirteen or fourteen pence went to a shilling, and as the coin was stamped with three legs, the arms of the island, they were carried off as curiosities by the visitors, depriving the people of their currency. The difference in value gave rise to an incredible amount of trouble in the simple transactions of these primitive people, and it was found necessary to adjust the standard to the English scale. When this was attempted to be enforced, the Manx con ceived the idea they were being defrauded, and serious riots resulted. From this incident the diffi culties may be imagined of effecting a change in weights and measures, the scale, and the yard, entering into every household arrangement, and the whole economy of life. Though strongly im pressed with the magnitude of such a task as alter ing the weights and measures of a nation, and fore seeing therein the combined efforts of years of labour and disappointment, we agree with the Senator in hoping for the change, as well as in the concluding remarks of his letter, and we end this article with his own sentence, that such a result would be of greater value than the usual employ ments of diplomatists and statesmen. It will be seen elsewhere in our columns that the Master of the Mint has been directed by the British Government to attend the Conference, having asso ciated with him Mr. Wilson, of the Treasury, and Mr. Graham. One of our Paris letters informs us that the deliberations commenced on the 18th inst., under the presidency of Baron de Moustier, and most of the countries of Europe as well as the United States were represented.—Anglo-American Times. UNIFORMITY OF CURRENCY. In the Circular of Messrs. BOWLES, DREVET, and Co., of the 7th instant, published in our columns, will be found a correspondence on the uniformity of currency, between SAMUEL B. RUG GLES, delegate from the United States to the Special , International Committee now in session at Paris, and the Hon. JOHN SHERMAN. The importance of Mr. SHERMAN'S letter may be estimated by the fact that he is Senator from Mc), and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate. Mr. RUGGLES takes the opportunity of the Senator's presgnce in Paris to obtain from that gentleman, his views on the work the delegates have on hand. With this object he addressed to him a letter stating that the opinions of the Committee appeared to be running strongly in favour of adopting as the unit the exist ing 5-franc piece of gold. Supposing that to be adopted, what, in the Senator's opinion, would be the probable course of Congress, who, to bring Ame rican money into harmony, would have to reduce the weight and value of the American dollar ? If such a course commended itself to the honourable I gentleman's judgment, the committee would be materially strengthened by the favourable opinion • of the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the United States Senate, and the full weight of his assistance might be looked for on his return to his post. It was a fortunate circumstance that Mr. SHER MAN was in Paris at this time, and Mr. RUGGLES, by his tact, has managed to advance greatly the objects in view. Mr. SHERMAN'S answer is very distinct, and there are no ambiguous sen tences. Though as yet, Congress had not committed itself to any opinion, having but little discussed the subject, he was in a position, from his knowledge of the views entertained by several commercial bodies in the United States, couplel with the favourable nature of the time to make such a change, to feel quite sure that Congress will adopt any practical mea sure obtaining for the world a uniform standard of value and exchange. Having made this im portant statement the Senator proceeds to discuss the method by which it can be accomplished. Those who have read an article that appeared in our issue of the 30th of March lasi, will see that he arrives at the same conclusions. If Great Britain will reduce the value of her sovereign twopence, and the United States will reduce the value of her dollar something over three cents, we then have a coinage in the franc, dollar, and sovereign easily computed, and which will readily pass in all countries—the dollar as 5f., and the sovereign as 25f. He adds that as the gold sf. piece is now in use by over 60,000,000 of people of several different nationalities, and is of convenient form and size, it may well be adopted by other nations as the common standard of value, leaving to each nation to regulate the divisions of this unit in silver coin, or tokens. From the general discussion of the subject, the American statesman proceeds to enlarge on the measure as affecting the United States. In the first place, Congress alone can change the value of the existing coinage. By section 8, paragraph 5, of the Consti tution, it is enacted, "that Congress has full powers to coin money, regulate its value, the values of foreign money, and to fix the standard of weights and measures." As coin is not in general circulation in the United States, the size, weight, and measure of future issues can be more readily fixed, and it is not worth while to negociate with other powers that which can be done without negotiation, nor is it advisable to limit the nation by treaty restrictions. The United States is so large in extent, is so sparsely populated, and the price of labour is so much higher than in Europe, that more capital per capita is required. The larger part of the gold and silver of the world is also produced by this nation, and for these reasons, Mr. SHERMAN holds, that it is not advisable that the State should limit its coinage, except to the wants of its people and the demands of its commerce. He observes that in England the change is so slight that an enlightened self-interest will soon induce it to be made, especially if the United States under ; tabu 419 goat: change liewigary in t 14 9 .4 COLIKieI Reply to a Republican Leader. In our correspondence columns there is a severe 1 critique on an article which appeared in our issue of the Ist inst., headed " Rebels ;" and the " Re- 1 a nd failure,arksties;la publican Reader" after pulling our sentences to pieces, asks us to express clearly our own opinion upon the question at issue. If we compared notes we would find that our critic differed much less in opinion from ourselves than he appears to suppose. He has strung consecutively the broad differences between WASHINGTON and Davis, to prove, that the main difference was not that between success and failure ; but he has done this without convinc ingput them, we still adhere to our us. Great as are these differences, truly and he has put success or failure makes no sdfatiaffirteeyrmeanesneet.in a cause ; the right is the right whether triumphant, or steeped in the ignominy of the most disastrous defeat ; and it sometimes happens that fame accords the highest niche to the hero who re presents a train of misfortunes and a horrible death. But this is only accorded when time has shown the career of the patriot to have been pure is not easy for any, least of all for and disinterested, when his memory is venerated as that of a martyr. What place Mr. DAVIS will take , materially, it makes in history it Americans, to tell. Though morally, success or f a a ll ile t r h e e d ru iff ak er e e s nc n e o , a d n iff d ere in nee viewing this question, impressions of facts asthey glidea w a y beforei in a week, us recording N , ir , e e paatain, that the difference be tweenwe are bound to take the material as well as the moral aspect, and as publicists, writing what passes the " main" difference. a pa ga tr in io s t t o th u e r re se m nt a e y nc b e e , difference, perhaps darkened by Our critic attempts to kill two birds with one stone, success and to make his the clouds of adversity or lightened by the sunshine but tt fine e be sh tw ad ee e n a o a f re d b i e ff l of success." We had no intention whatever of apply ing this sentence to Davis as the rebel, or WASH INGTON as the patriot ; for we are well aware, if we did, it would be false to the fact. These remarks, therefore, are not applicable. The idea implied in the whole article was not, as our critic says, that success or failure, makes the difference, in the right, or wrong of actions. We do hold what we stated, " although under certain circumstances it may be the bounden duty of men to revolt, these circum stances are rare in the highest degree, and where they are not all combined to justify the movement, it becomes a wickedand insane act of folly, drench ing the land with wasted blood, giving the reins to the vilest passions of the most wicked natures, and involving ruin, suffering, and death to the innocent." The Southern rebellion, a s the " Republican Reader" says, was one of the greatest political crimes on re cord, the most stupendous and the most causeless of all rebellions, and we further believe that the word rebel, as applied to Mr. Davis and his associates, did signify the perpetration of a great crime. But we contend that the guilt has been expiated, that the South has endured, and is enduring, the result of its actions, and having paid the penalty it was for the interest of all parties to throw the veil of con ciliation over the sad past. This was our only ob ject, and however bad may be our argument Ic e have little doubt that even our " Republican Reader" will allow our intention to have been good. We ' believe in the truth of some theories, which are often ' sneered at, as the " Manifest Destiny" doctrine, and every step to the fulfilment of the prophecy is in our opinion a st ep i n the right d i rect i on . A grea t ' and united America, a continent under one rule, speaking one language, with the same laws and without a hostile force on any border, is what we would wish to live to see the great Republic. Such results can never be attained if the nation is to be torn by contending factions. It is for this reason we hope for the speedy reconstruction of the Southern States, and the obliteration over all the land of the vestiges of the rebellion. The memories it must leave are sad ' enough without parading them unnecessarily, and ' although our correspondent objects both to the arguments and to the tone of the article, he seems to consider that it would be wise to drop the term. " A new commandment I give unto you, that ' ye love one another." These were our SAVIOUR'S words, and if the unity of the North American ' Continent, under a great section of the Anglo- Saxon race, excites any enthusiasm in the minds and hearts of good men, it is because they see there in the future, the fulfilment of the command ment added to the Ten, by the lips of our Saviouß himself. If people foresaw nothing but jarring ' factions, a great overgrown power squabbling in parts and States for ascendancy and plunder, the . 6 ' Dianifebt Destiny" doctrine would not Lao 04 _ numerous enthusiastic believers. We can assure a " Republican Reader" that we have this as the end and aim of all we write, and we consider that it ought to be the end and aim of every journal that professes to represent the Great Republic.— Anglo •American Times. PARIS EXHIBITION. In Class 37, group 4, is to be seen the won derful Ferris Gun, which is at present attract ing such attention among military men. The gun is an invention of George H. Ferris, a gunsmith of Utica, New York, and patented by him in 18G1. The gun is a wonderful invention, and a descrip- tion of it will no doubt be interesting to many of your readers :—" Mr. Ferris, being a practical gun maker, has brought his target rifle' to a point of perfection in range and accuracy not dreamed of ten years ago, and in the invention of his cannon has combined the results of many years' experience and practice. Acting on this and on the opinion of Mr. Longridge, the English engineer, about the straining and bursting of metal, Mr. Ferris has built the barrel of his gun of the best wrought iron bars, all welded together, the softer at one end, and growing harder towards the other end ; then coiled into the form of a watch spring, then hammered into a flat washer-like ring, the softest iron forming the inner and the hardest the outer circle of the same. These rings are passed through rollers and brought to a uniform thickness and an even sur face. They are then laid together around a mandrell-bar, forged and thoroughly welded together, with heavy longitudinal and light vertical hammering, until a solid mass is formed, which after being bored, chambered, rifled in side, and perfectly engine-turned outside with a true taper from the breech to the muzzle, forms the core or heart of the barrel. The covering of this core is formed by a series of heavy steel rings, mechanically turned, inside and outside, and the inner surface made to exactly fit the core, the larger at the breech and the smaller at the muzzle, the rings being firmly secured in a peculiar manner to prevent loosening by the concussion of the dis charges. The steel rings are lubricated and forced into their places by a screw and cluth, and they can be removed by the same means, two or three men easily working the screw. The breech chest is of cast iron, and attached by heavy flanges and bolts. Through the breech chest the screw plunger is worked by a double screw, and driven in the rear by a bar wheel, five turns of which by the gunner will leave the chamber open for the insertion of the shot and charge, and the like number of turns drive up and screw the same. The upper end of the plunger is fitted with detachable steel plates, •so arranged as to exactly fit the chamber of the barrel, and being levelled at the end they cut away all fouling of the chamber, being bolted to a metal plug, which, firmly entering the base of the chamber, forms with the shot plates a perfect prevention of the escape of gas. " The plug holding these detached plates can be detached in a moment from the plunger, thus ren dering the gun useless in the bands of an enemy. In the discharge of the gun the heavy breech chest, with its strong flanges and bolts and the long screw plunger, must be torn away, before any leakage of gas or windage can take place, and as the strength of the breech is fully equal to that of the barrel, in the Ferris peculiar way, the effect is to allow the projectile to start easy and increase in velo city, while by that same peculiar method of form ing the barrel the ball or shell does not leave the muzzle until it has received the entire force of the powder. As the Ferris gun is breech loading the ball or shell is placed in the cannon by the hand, and is conical in form, surrounded with a lead band, which is prevented from peeling or flying off by levelled shots, while all the advantages of thorough slugging are secured. Around the projectile is a smooth groove coming up to the surface of the ball or shell. In the groove are four small transverse holes, reaching to the centre of the ball, where they intersect one or more longitudinal holes which the gas passes through at each discharge, and forces the cannon against the inner surface of the barrel and thoroughly cleans and lubricates it, thus obviating all necessity of washing or swabbing from the muzzle, enabling the gunners to work the piece at the casements of a fort or the ports of a ship with out movement of the carriage or exposure of the gunner. The ball is slightly conical, with a fiat point, which form of ball has been used by Mr. Ferris in his target rifles for many years. It would seem that this cannon has combined in its construc tion, shape, and discharge all the advantages of the Armstrong, Whitworth, and Longridge guns, while the objections to each are avoided." An International Magazine. We welcome with pleasure the announcement of a new. monthly periodical under the suggestive title of The Broadway—London and New York. The object is to provide an international magazine of light and amusing literature—neutral ground-- on which the best authors of both nations may meet and mingle their ideas. It is the custom of the great houses to publish a magazine, and for almost every field to which a glimpse of a chance has allured an occupant has been found. The path to the biggest field of all has not been so much over looked, as hitherto rendered impassable. The late war so roused and intensified prejudice that what would have answered in England would have been rejected in America, and what would have been welcome in America would have been unread in England. Between such stools the magazine would have gone to the bottom of the Atlantic ; but clear away these difficulties, and there is no periodical published that would have such a future as one so conducted that it would be read with pleasure and instruction alike on,both sides. If directed mainly to American subjects, and mostly written by English authors of high repute, it will command an extensive circu lation throughout the States. Let it be edited in a spirit of truth and fairness, somewhat imbued with American national sentiment, and no people will allow more latitudethan the Americansincriti cising their faults. It is not fair criticism that for merly caused so much irritation in America with English writers, but the gross ignorance of some, and the still s more gross mis-statements of others. It is not pleasant for a sensitive people to have their objects distorted, their intentions vilified, their acts falsified, and the very nobility of their designs sneered at and ridiculed, or belied by those who have attained to fame, whose statements are put forth with authority and read over Europe. The proposed magazine will appear in August, and con tain 80 pages, illustrated by the best artists, and published by the well-known house of Routledge and Sons. It will open with an original novel, by the author of " Guy Livingstone," and the writers here number among other names—The Rev. J. M. Bellew, Robt. Buchanan, F. C. Burnand, H. J. Byron, Amelia B. Edwards, John Hollingshead, Tom Hood, Charles Knight, Samuel Lover, John Oxenford, Percy Fitzgerald, Ernest Griset, T. W. Robertson, Hesba Stretton, Mrs. Riddell, W. H. Russell, of the Times ; G. A. Sala, Arthur Sketchley, Moy Thomas, Edmund Yates, and others. The Messrs. ROUTLEDGE are famous for their cheap productions, and at the announced cost of sixpence their magazine will be among the cheapest ever published. The circulation must be large to re munerate them for so costly an enterprise, but they have a field beyond all comparison greater than any other. It, iu truth, embraces the Anglo-Saxon race— the English-speaking peoples of the world. We presume it will appear simultaneously in London and New York. It will give to some American authors an English platform, and introduce to American readers some English literary men who deserve an attention they have not as yet there re ceived. The magazine can scarcely fail to have a beneficial influence ; and for this reason, if for no other, it ought to be supported by those who earnestly desire that " good-will " should reign between the nations. Every step in this direction has an especial interest to us, who hold that inter national organs are the great means of assimilating and connecting together the kindred countries, instead of allowing them yearly to stray further and further from each other. We, have had enough of stupid, bigoted ; and ill-natured criticio, and uow know pretty well what the effects are of an indulgence in such remarks. To write sarcastically, to pander to the lowest feelings and meanest prejudices, has been sufficiently easy and profitable to induce per sons unqualified for better things to enter this path. But a new day is dawning, and the great authors on both sides will remember that their readers are not American or English, but the Anglo- Saxon race. We will watch this enterprise with in terest, and have little hesitation in prophesying that it will be amongst the most successful literary ventures of the time.—Anglo-American Times. The New Breech-load.ng Competition. The sub-committee on breech-loaders has now concluded the first stage of the inquiry. It has gone carefully through the whole of the arms sub mitted, and has fired, nominally for accuracy and rapidity, but in reality rather with a view to ob serving the actual working of the guns, all those arms which were not prinui facie inad missible or dangerous. By far the larger pro portion of the arms failed to comply in every minute respect with the conditions laid down, and to which the committee have very properly closely adhered. Some were submitted too late ; others were too long or too short or too heavy, or other wise outside the limits prescribed ; and all the guns which so failed are out of the competition for the prize. But the question of their ultimate adoption is not prejudiced by this failure ; nor are the com mittee bound to recommend for adoption the arm which may chance to gain the first prize. The course which we understand it is proposed to. adopt is this :—From the arms which are within the prize competition a certain number have been selected for further trial. For the best of these arms, whether adopted for the service or not, £l,OOO will be awarded, and for the arm which, "while attaining a satisfac tory degree of excellence in other particulars, is se lected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism," £6OO will be the prize. If the best arm appears to the committee to be worthy of adoption, it will be placed in competition with the Snider rifle, which it will be required to beat before its adoption is con firmed. If, on the other hand, none of the prize arms should in the opinion of the committee satisfy the service requirements, then the best of those arms which from failure to fulfil the conditions laid down are out of the prize competition, will be selected on their merits to continue the contest ; and between the two sets of arms we may hope that a satisfac tory weapon will at last be found. The interest, therefore, centres for the time upon the arms which have been selected to compute for the prize. These are nine in number ; and it is no longer a secret that the fortunate competitors are Messrs. Albini and Braendlin, Mr. Remington, Major Fosbery, Mr. Bur ton (two systems), Mr. Peabody, Mr. Martini, Mr. Joslyn, and Mr. Henry. With these will probably be tried, not as a competitor for the prize, a rifle of Mr. Westley Richards', as the best representative of the self-consuming or partially self-consuming cartridge system ; the whole of the nine prize rifles being adapted for cartridges, either of paper or coil or copper, which have to be withdrawn after firing. Each of the accepted competitors will be required, within four months of his receiving the notice; to furnish for experiment at Woolwich six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm; and a sum of £3OO will be paid to each such competitor to cover the expenses of the six rifles and of the supply of ammunition. The committee may fairly be complimented on the progress which they have made in this important inquiry. To examine, measure, weigh,and classify 112 arms (for the original 93 have been swelled by late additions to this total) ; to fire 20 rounds from most of these guns, noting the accuracy, rapidity, and every mishap and failure; and last, but not least, to listen to all that every inventor has to say in praise of his weapon, is a task of no ordinary magnitude; but it is one which Colonel Fletcher and his associates have succeeded by zealous application in getting thrcugh in about two months and a half.—Pall-Iliall Gazette. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLEO JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Libel Bill, which passed through cominitee on Tuesday night with little alteration, embodies no principle which need alarm the most jealous censor of the newspaper press. It is, in fact, little more than a n ex t ens i on o f cer t a i n dis tinctions already sanctioned by the Act of 1843. Under the old law, the editors and proprietors of newspapers were " held liable, absolutely and with out qualification, for all libels therein inserted, though inserted without their knowledge." The hardship of such a rule was j us tl y f e lt t o b e into lerable, and experience has amply justified its aboli tion. The defendant in an action of this kind, after paying a sum of money into court by way of amends, has now the pri v il ege o f plead i ng t h at t h e libel was inserted without a c t ua l ma li ce or g ross negligence, and that a f u ll apo l ogy was subse quently published at the earliest opportunity. Where the defamatory matter is contained in an independent article o r paragraph, an d t h us circu lated, prima facie, on editorial authority, the relief thus granted is probably sufficient. Where it occurs in a bona fide report of the proceedings at a lawful meeting, the law still operates h ars hly. The con ditions under which the reporting system is carried on at present are such that a n occas ional lapse into libel is almost inevitable. Of course it may be said that, although inevitable, it should be visited with a penalty for the prot ec ti on of the commun i ty when ever it is committed. Th e ques ti on , h owever , is whether, in the first place, the community gains or loses most by vexatious c h ec k s on th e publi cation of faithful reports, and whether, in the second place, the responsibility for libellous utter ances may not be profitably transferred from the newspaper to the speak er . Th e bill , i n t ro d uce d b y Sir Colman O, Loghlen, was chiefly directed to this last object, in the interest, not of the press, but of the publi▪ c. it It was referred to a select com mittee, where underwent some modification, and has now assumed ft final shape w hich, as we ven ture to submi▪ t, is open t o no reasona bl e o bj ec ti o n. The clause which attracted most criticism on Tues day night was the first, to which Mr. Neate moved an amendment, or " rider," designed to render it nugatory. By the original dra ug ht of this clause it had been provided, in substance, that a true re port of speeches made " at any public meeting law fully assembled for a lawful purpose," and open to reporters for the press, should cease to be action able if published " bona fide, without actual malice, and in the ordinary course of business." This de finition of the meetings contemplated by the bill appears to have been borrowed from the comments of Lord Lyndhurst on a measure brough‘, forward by Lord Campbell in 1858. It was found, how ever, that it might exclude the meetings of railway and joint-stock companies, as well as other meetings not open, strictly speaking, to the public, yet of great public importance. It was therefore amended by the select committee, and the cause, as it now stands, applies to the proceedings at any " meeting lawfully assembled for a lawful purpose, open to reporters, and at which reporters were present for the purpose of reporting such proceedings for the public newsp ipers." Mr. Neate professed great alarm at the latitude given by these words, and pro posed that no meeting should be entitled to the benefit of the act unless held with the written per mission of the high sheriff of a county, the mayor of a city or borough, or the " local public authority" exercising control over a country town or village. No doubt it is possible to imagine cases, within the letter of the section, in which no report at all would be far preferable to " a true and fair report." Mr. Ayrton suggested that " anything that was uttered by three persons who met together to drink tea, and who chose to call in a reporter, would be privileged, and might be published with un punity by a newspaper." happily there is more than one way of escaping this formidable conse quence. It would be for the judges to say what degree of formality is essential to a ineaing, and whether the supposed gathering of gossips round a tea-table conk', under any circum stances, deserve that designation. What can admit of little dispute is that amateur reporters would fail to satisfy the last words of the section, and that professional reporters would not be com missioned by the editor of any public journal to chronicle the scandalous conversation of Mrs. Gamp and her neighbours. Moreover, as Lord Amberlev pointed out, the remedial provisions of the first section must be construed together with the restrictive provisions of the third, and, we may add, of the second. Not only will the publisher of a newspaper in which the report of a libellous state ment shall have appeared be compelled to print in a conspicuous place an explanation or contradiction thereof on demand from the party aggrieved, but a new remedy is given against the speaker. Defa matory language which does not amount to slander, as now understood, will henceforth constitute a libel if reported in a newspaper, and the person using it will be liable to an action. . Now, it is well known that a great many oitouarto unputattons be. long to this class, and that much which passes at stormy meetings, yet falls short of legal slander, is discreetly omitted by reporters, because it comes within the limits of libel. 'We may safely predict that personal abuse which is now exchanged, almost without protest on such occasions, will become far less common when people feel themselves directly answerable for what they say. If so, it is surely far better to suppress libel at its source than to punish those who innocently circulate it. No re spectable journal would, under any circumstances , deliberately give publicity to scurrilous abuse, with the risk, too, of having to insert a reply to it, anY more than we think it necessary to record the gross expressions and revolting details that our reporters are forced to hear in courts of law. If is only where the language employed trembles on the line between libel and no libel that any doubt can well arise, and the penalty of transgressing that line ought, in jus tice, to fall on the speaker rather than on the re porter. The new clauses, moved respectively by Sir Colman O'Loghlen himself and by 2,1 r. Locke, were properly rejected by the committee. The one would have exempted altogether from the Law of Libel the publication of Parliamentary proceedings and papers ; the other would have obliged the plaintiff, in all actions for libel against newspapers, to give security for costs, under a Judge's order. Mr. Henley's objections to the former proposal were quite conclusive. The policy of the bill is not to deprive the public of security against defamation , but to substitute, with certain safeguards, the lia bility of the publisher. But members of Parliament are protected by their constitutional privileges from all liability in respect of words uttered in debate, and a vast number of Parliamentary papers cannot be fathered upon any compiler in particular. There would, therefore, be no one responsible for anY libellous matter contained in publications of this kind, and nothing to prevent what Mr. Henley calls "a good stroke of abuse" from being originated in Parliament and disseminated over the whole world. The concession is the less necessary because Messrs. Hansard, on whose behalf it was specially advo cated, are not, like ourselves, expected to produce an expurgated edition of speeches within an hour or two after their delivery. On the other hand, we claim no exceptional protection against malicious actions. This journal, indeed, offers a broader mark for such attacks than a private individual, but then Mr. Locke's " speculative attorney" is well aware that menaces are lost upon us. Malicious. actions are seldom brought without the hope of getting bought off, and those who can and will de fend themselves are the least likely to be harass ed by them. For ourselves we have nothing to de mand, nor is it for our own sake that we rejoice at these changes in the law of libel. The meetings whose proceedings it is our duty to report are just those in which gross breaches of courtesy are veil' rare, and some of our provincial contemporari es have probably much greater reason to welcome the proposed limitation of their liability. We are far from doubting Mr. Neate's apprehensions that in creased liberty will be abused. After all, it is publi c sentiment, far more than legislation, which deter mines the tone of journalism in all its forms. I t was never more truculent in this country than le days when the press was under stringent regula tions, and the secret of its present moderation is to be sought in the improved temper and taste 01 society. RAILWAY _INTELLIGENCE. The Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad is going te try to squeeze a loan of $2,000,000 out of the Connec ticut Legislature. The stockholders of the Northern Railroad held their twenty-second annual meeting at Concord on ThursdaY' May 30, and unanimously re-elected their old board of_ directors, who subsequently organised by the choice of Onslow Stearns, of Concord, president; William L. F°s - of Concord, clerk; and George A. Bette], o f Boston , treasurer. Under the quickening influence of a new Preside nt and some open and sharp criticism many reforms ar e to be instituted in the management of the New York an d Nesv Haven railroad—one which will gain immediate pop ularity being the increased accommodations for getting into tbe, Sunday night train at New York, and the apporti onnng" of the fare to the distance travelled, as on other day s. The Philadelphia Ledger says—" It is reported that tue Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who have the manage ment of the Pittsburgh and Columbus Railroad, are ncge tiating with a view, if possible, of obtaining the manage ment of the Little Miami, Columbus, and Xenia railroad? to Cincinnati, Ohio, and thus extend their throng_n line direct from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, via Pi ttsborgu and Columbus. It is said that the Baltimore and 011 he 0 Railroad, in view of this fact, will endeavour to obtain t control and management of the Cincinnati and Za nesvilla Railroad, in order to compete with the Pennsylvaeie Central." THE ALEXANDRIA, LOLIDOUN, AND HAMPSHIRE FAIL' ROAD. The repairs upon the Al exan d r i a , Loudoun , and Hampshire Railroad are progressing well, and we reeY d justly hope in a short time t o c h ron i c l e that the roa d has been "reconstructed" to Leesburg. The trains continuo to run to Belmont, but the bridge over Sycolin Creek 15 now finished, and workmen will have finished laying the rails thereon this week. The remainder of the work to nu done between the present terminus of the rails and Lces" burg is of a light character, consisting merely in removing the debris washed into excavations and levelling 11 1 ) the embankments.—Alexandria Journal. A 3 per cent. dividend was declared and the old ofSccr g unanimously re-elected at the annual meeting of tb° Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad at Plymouth, OP Monday, May 27. The stockholders of the Boston and Worcester Rai/road were to meet at Boston, June 19, to consider the m atter cf consolidation with the Western Road. The capital stecl‘ of the Worcester Road has been lately increased $500.0 00 ' To accommodate the large amount of foot travel betwe en Holyoke and Willimanset, the Connecticut River Railroad is building an outside footpath on its bridge, be available to pedestrians in a fortnight. w hi c h Win COUNTRY MARKETS. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. The attendance was short, owing to the really rang cent weather for haymaking , cut being heavier OA for some years past. The supply of wheat shown w it ci limited, and the little business done wa s at the pri.,,e,s,/r last week. Grinding barley also at late quotations. -r,s'let7g, was only bought to meet present requirements• not beans, and peas were likewise moderately dealt in, bl' t quotably cheaper. fret The following are the quotations : — Whe at realise. —44; G2s to 72s ; barley, 323 to 40s ; oats, 26s to 33s ; to to 58s; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, f r om 53 ~51 7 Gd per bushel ; Best bread, 16d ; household ditto, per 81b loaf. Flour, 46s to 50s per sack. HULL.—T UESDAY. f At our market to-day there was a small supply fu ll lish wheat, fine samples of which sold readily- at the rid prices of last week ; in inferior sorts little doing. 133 03 ts a moderate show, and very little business was done. an d steady, and at fully late rates. Beans in small supPlslo, the demand was limited. Peas moderately re r ree and were disposed of at recent rates. English white wheat, 63s to 655; red, 58s to 635 t ; 63; sic and Konigsberg, 61s to 72s ; Baltic red , G 25 o Danish and Hambur62s to 64s ; Russian, 7- s to 5 4, Barley, English, 36s g I to 495; grinding, Medisterania, 34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s • 11g6 43S 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s ; foreignbite, to 445. Peas, English blue, 42 , to 44s Od ; foreign yr 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. LYNN—TUESDAY. and Since Tuesday last the weather has continued drYttia cold, with northerly winds. The hay harvest is or bin ly but little progress. Our market to-day again Nv 3 s,.,;ited• supplied with wheat, and tho attendance was fully The demand was not. active, but late values w ere feel o maintained. Barley and oats brought about last IN mo Now ney, and also beans hit e ' wheat, 68s to 72s ; new red, 62s to 66 s ; rc.7 for —s to —s ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Ba of, malting, 47s to 51s; secondary, 42s to 455. Oats,pneaSi 24s to 26s per 21 stone. Beans, small, 43s to 48s. 37s to 41s per 28 stone. MONMOUT EIS HIRE—TUESDAY'whest, r e° ' The following are the average quotations:— feriort 7s 3d to 7s 9d per bushel ; white, 7s 9d to 8 s 3d ; ' ll O , l 40( 1 ' 3 6s Od to Gs Gd; malting barley, 42s to 4 1 s pe r q r ; FA. ing ditto, 34s to 36s Od; beans, 43s to 45s ; white 6 to 29s 6d ; black ditto, 20s Gd to 27s Od. Births. r KEY—On the 23d inst.,tat Streatham, the wife 0 1 t -1 G. Key, Bart., prematurely, of a daughter. 0 11° LOWTHER—On the 25th inst., at 21, Wilt on -cresce nt ' ' wife of Henry Lowtr,of a son. i oe SEFTON—On the 25th i he nst., at Sefton H o use, Be'g r square, the Countess of Sefton, of a son. Marriages. ty PRICE—ALLEN—On the 25th inst , at the par ish c ' - f ° Weybridge, Charles John Price,. Esq., second s cil , o are t, Price, Esq., of Hornsey, Middlesex, to Maud 31 3 , r 5 of youngest daughter of the late Robert A. Allen, -1:441.' The Grove, Sudbury, Suffolk. • Ar c ' s" WALLIS—BniGus—On the 25th lust., the Catho lic • , ing tolic Church, Gordon-square, Charles, eldest surcillor• son of Charles E. Wallis, E q., of 44, Great Marlbois.gd, street, to Rhoda Martha, daughter of the late G. Esq., Lieut. R.N. Deaths. 0 0 BLicK—On the 25th inst, at the Rectory, R otherhitbe, Rev. Edward Blick, M.A., aged 75. t 110" DitAKE—On the 24th inst., at 27, Park -village aisir. gent's-park, Commissary-Gen. John Drake, ege c `,„ d oer FUSSELL—On the 24th inst., at Doulting Vicatage, ''" set, the Rev. Jacob Fussell, M.A., aged 530. r„., aO O KEY—On the 23d inst., Mary Ann , wife of Sir Is-. Key, Bart., of Streatham, aged 42. 13 ,1e1.' NEWMARCII—On the 25th inst. at " at Talbot House', n f tO hurst-hill, Henry Newmarch,'Esq l ate secreta h l " Union Bank of London, aged 50. WELLS—On the 21st inst., at Battersea-rise, v.'''. common, Wm. H. Wells, Esq., aged 61. o s, London Printed and Published by NVLLLIAII 21- 1\1131 !, 11 1 ', of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at TnE SON 0010 0 ? 0 ' Strand, in the Precinct o f the Sr v..)y, iu tho CO lll Juuo 27,18Q7.