The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-13 00:00:00

;,••:• CIISTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.- (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Parke.) Charles Howard, 29, William, Stewart, 27, and Charles pi n k, 30, were indicted for the manslaughter of Anne Legg- Mr. Payne prosecuted; Air. Metcalfe defended Howard. The facts of this case have appeared very recently in the police reports. It appeared that, about a quarter past seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th May, the prisoners, with another man, were in a light cart on the Tottenham-court-road, and Howard was driving. Ac cording to the testimony of the witnesses for the prose cution, this prisoner was whipping the horse, which was going at a very rapid pace, and the deceased, who was the wife of a respectable tradesman living in the neigh bourhood, who was crossing the road on her way to chapel, was knocked down, and received suc h severe in juries as occasioned her death a very few days after wards. After the acciti.. , ,ccurred Howard again whipped the horse, and r,led down the road at a furious pace towards us.ford-street, and upon their arriving at the corner of that street the cart came in contact with a post and it was overturned, and the prisoners were thrown out and were taken into custody. They all appeared to be intoxicated. It was elicited, in cross-examination, that when the deceased came near the carts he appeared a larmed and hesitat e d, an d one of the witnesses expre ssed an opinion that if she had gone on and bad not stopped as she did the cart would not have touched her. The prisoner Howard received a very good character from his master. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Baron Parke expressed his opinion that there was no evidence against either Pink or Stewart, as they appeared to have been merely passengers in the cart, and not to have done anything to encourage the other prisoner. The jury accordingly found those prisoners not guilty. The other prisoner Howard was found guilty, but re commended to mercy on account of his character, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. NEW COURT. (Befora the Recorder.) ilfonich, Peter Christian, a good-looking young Ger man, was indicted for stealing a quantity of plate and other articles from Diana Oliver. Mr. Duncan prosecuted. The facts have been very lately before the public. The prisoner had gone about to various places taking lodg ings, and as soon as he got in plundered the houses of all he could lay his hands on, and then decamped. He was found guilty. Sentence deferred. THIRD COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, Esq.) John Williams, 48, publisher, a gentlemanly-looking man,r,wa.s indicted for obtaining, by false pretences, books amounting is value to about 3,0001., the property of Richard Allen Spriggs, with intent to defraud. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Cooper and Mr. Giffard defended. The prisoner had, it appeared, originally been in busi ness as a bookseller at No. 106, Great Russell-street, but, falling into difficulties, the prosecutor had, after assisting him, at last bought the business, and the money to make the purchase being made by the trustees of the prosecutor's wife, the business was carried on un der the name of Hatchley and Co. After the prisoner had sold the business, the prosecutor retained him in the business, paying him a regular salary ; and in this position he remained for some time, but ultimately pri soner again went into business upon his own account, and failed. After this he came to prosecutor, who, out of kindness, again employed him at a commission to sell for him ; and whilst so engaged, the prosecutor, placing in him the greatest confidence, allowed him to have books of the most valuable description, and illustrated, upon the understanding that they were for different members of the nobility and gentry, amongst whom was the Earl de Grey, Earl Bradford, and Lord Calthorpe. The whole was a fabrication, and the fraud being found out, the books were ultimately traced to various pawn. brokers, where they had been deposited for sums in the whole amounting to 8001. Ths case was likely to last all day. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There was a fair average supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market, and the demand fur all kindarnled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. For foreign wheat there was scarcely any inquiry ; in deed, in some instances the currencies were almost nominal, To effect sales lower rates must have been submitted to. We had a dull sale for barley and malt, at last week's currency. The supplies were moderate. Oats moved off slowly, yet prices were supported. In the value of beans, peas, and flour no change took place. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. ARRIVALS THIS WREN. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 2,910 920 3,270 100 700 r - - 7,490 1 1470 sks. Flour. 720 9,610 BOROUGH HOP. The demand for most kinds of hops is steady, and prices are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. We had a moderate trade, at the following prices : —Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 4d; veal, 2s 8:1 to 48 8d; pork, 3s 2d to Is 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 13.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; light breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, June 12.--Wind, S. E. Arrived—George, from London, and sailed for Barbadoes. Sailed —Van guard, for the Mauritius. FALMOUTH, June 12.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Greek Slave, from Saffe ; Gladiator, Swansea, for Havannah, leaky. PLYMOUTH, Juno 12.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Tyne mouth, from London, for tho Crimea • H.M.S. Childers, Sheerness, for Africa. Off port Sir R. Peel, from New Ysrk ; Imperatrice Eugenie (transport), Crimea. DoVER, June 12.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Pacific, from Hartlepool, for Australia. . WELLS, June 12. The liaabet, from Konigsberg, grounded in the middle of the Channel, floated off after Fitly discharging, is much strained and leaky, and the cargo is considerably damaged. s NEWPORT, June f2.—Wiiid, S. Arrived—Uaria Teresa, from Antwerp, for Havannah ; Alfred, Bremen, for St : Thomas ; Hebe, London, for Jamaica. Sailed—Frigga, for Rio Janeiro. __ SUNDERLAND, June 12. —Wind, S.S.E. Arrived— Annthia, from Mau lmai n. SWANSEA, June 11.—Wind, N.B. Arri'ved—Rambow, from Havannah. _ _ _ CLYDE, June 11.—Arrived—Royal Exchange, from Manilla. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Arab, from Alexandria ; Ann, Santander ; Wellfleet, New Orleans. Sailed—Thomas and William, for St. Thomas; Amazon, Marthine, Montreal. QI7ERNSTOWN, June 11. Wind, S Clementhe, from San Sebastian. Sailed—Hibernia, Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.39 A . m. Wind, S.E. ; tide, half flood; raining. Sailed, Juno 12—Cockermouth Castle, for Malta; Elec tric Flash, Balaklava. Juno 13—Lourina, for Leer; Roehampton. for Cape of Good Hope; Harmony, Labrador; Tlendrika, Rostock; Brilliant, Geelong. - DEAL, Wednesday, 9.23 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; light, thick fog. Anchored—Moro Castle, f. r,ondon, for Newprt. Sailed—The Julindur, from ..on, for Ceylon. INQUEST ON A PAT SERGEANT IN THE GUARDS, Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an i n q ue st in the Orderly room, St. George's Barracks, relative to the death of Robert Sharman, aged 35, a pay sergeant in the Cold stream Guards. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased, who had been 18 years in the regiment, was found dead in his room last Saturday morning His head was shattered by a ball, and a discharged firelock was lying near him. He had not been in bed. There was no evidence as to the manner in which deceased met with his deceased's f death eelin ; but it w as state d b y a witness that gs appeared to h ave b een h urt prev i ous to his decease, by his having been replaced by another w hile drilling his men in Hyde -park, an d b y b e i ng repri manded in barracks for not drilling his men properly. Deceased bad said he had several obstinate recruits in his companyVerdict—"Th a t t h e deceased died from the effects gun-shot wound, b u t how inflicted th ere was not sufficient a evidence to show." r o 2 c s e t e h d i of c g - s io n At the last Court of Aldermen, a r eport of the Privi leges Committee wa spr 3 es o e t n h te o d f of Mayt their proceedings the references of the vember, 1854, relative to the inquirerepoit notfher Msatjstee f ty o ' 8 to - Commissioners appointed into h of f he 1 d g Ae e general the Corporation of London, and stat in g th at , being of opinion that important matters interests of the Corporation ati -- (I the affecting g'e Court c ti n g t cps in particul ar , are likely take such stays therein come under discu ssion, recom mend the Court to refer it to them to therein as they should be advised, and be authorised to employ all such persons and use all such means as in their judgment may be d eeme d necess ary to protect •an defend th e i nterests of the Corporation. The report l wsa read, ap proved into , (Mention. and referred back to be carried EWSPA.I)E:h • \ - . • 4 1.0„ I , • _ _ — l7?7 . e • tig 11 ; I I AIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 7, HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. Clause 116 was agreed to with a few verbal amend ments. Clause 117 was adopted without discussion. On clause 118 being put, which gave protection to the water companies of the metropolis, some 'discussion took place, and several amendments were proposed. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS objected to the clause, con sidering that the water companies of the metropolis were sufficiently secure, and required no protection. If the clause was persevered in as proposed to be amended, he should certainly give it his decided opposition. After some further discussion the amendments were withdrawn, and the clause as originally proposed was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses up to 123 were agreed to without material amendments. On clause 124 being put, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that it was objection able, inasmuch as it would call upon all parishes to pay their rates in a lumping sum. Mr. WILLIAMS was afraid that the clause would greatly interfere with the rights of electors. Sir B. HALL said that he bad been advised that the clause would not interfere with the rights of electors, inasmuch as the public officers of any parish might, if they chose, make these rates payable at a time that would not interfere with the rights of electors, The clause was then agreed to. The home then resumed. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday, at 12 o'clock, The house adjourned shortly before four to six o'clock, The house resumed at 6 o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. Cowan presented a petition from two places in Scotland, in favour of the Lord Advocate's Bill for Edu cation. Petitions were also presented by Capt. Scobell, from Bath, in favour of the Sunday Trading Bill ; by Mr. Schelefield, from the working-men of the metropo lis, in favour of opening the National Gallery and Bri tish Museum on Sunday ; and by Mr. Williams, from the clergy and architects of Lambeth, in favour of the repeal of the Beer Act of last session. OYSTER FISHERIES. On the motion of Sir G. B. PECHELL, copies of the several letters from the Board of Trade of the 28th day of April, 1847, to the Commissioners of Customs, and of the 31st day of July, 1849, to Messrs. Royston, Alston, and Gibbs, on the subject of the oyster fishery in the seas on the east coasts of England ; and a return of ail British and French fishing vessels that have been seized under the provisions of the act for carry ing into effect the convention with France concerning the fisheries, since the Ist day of January, 1852 ; with the date of such sei zure , were or d ere d to be laid upon the table. Capt. L. VERNON, adverting to the intention of placing the Ordnance Military Corps under the Corn xiander-in-chief, to the pressing necessity for keeping up the effective strength of the corps of Royal Engineers, and to the present half•pay list of that corps, asked the Under Secretary for War whether it was the intention to make any arrangements whereby officers of the corps of Royal Engineers on half-pay, who are able and willing to serve, but who, from its being a seniority corps, are barred from returning to its effective strength, may, equally with other half-pay and unattached officers be employed on the staff of the army, or be appointed to such civil positions under Government as are now held by officers of Royal Engineers on full-pay, who would then be enabled to return the duty roster of the corps, whereby the State would have the services of every avail able officer of Royal Engineers, whether on full pay or half-pay ? Mr. PEEL said it was not necessary to make any arrangements on the subject. There was nothing in any shape in the regulations which prevented officers on half pay from getting employment. VICTORIA GOVERNMENT BILL. Mr. J. BELL gave notice that on the second reading of the Victoria Government Bill he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. ADMINISTRATITE REFORM. Sir E. B. LYTTON wished the house to come to some understanding as to the course of business on Friday next. The hon. member for Aylesbury had given notice of a motion, on the order of the day for going into com mittee of supply, on the subject of administrative reform. Now, according to the rules of the house, no amend ment could be moved on that motion, and as there were many hon. members who were favourable to adminis trative reform who could not accept the terms of the hon. member's motion, it would be obviously unfair to the house and to hon. members in connection with their constituents, to be compelled either to appear in hostility to a principle which they advocated, or else accept with the principle the positions con tained in a motion which they believed to be inaccurate er unsound. He would suggest to the noble lord at the head of the Government the propriety of permitting the question to be brought forward as a substantive motion, in which case he (Sir B. Lytton) would submit an amend ment to the house which, he believed, would embody the views entertained by many hon. gentlemen, and which might meet the general acquiescence of the house. Lord PALMERSTON said he had already stated that the hon. member for Aylesbury should have precedence on Fridsy, and it was his intention to move the post ponement of the orders for that purpose. He could as sure the hon. baronet that the Government had no wish except that the question should receive the fullest discus sion, and be considered in such a manner as to enable every hon. member to express his opinion if he should think fit so to do. If the house thought it desirable the hon. member should bring forward the motion as a sub stantive motion, he should have no objection to make such arrangements as would enable him to bring it on in that shape. (Hear.) Mr. LAYARD was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the house. He was ready to bring forward his motion either on the house going into supply or as a substantive motion on Friday, or some early day.— (Cries of " Friday.") Mr. DISRAELI hoped there would be no mistake as to the arrangement. It appeared to be the opinion of the house, as well as of the noble lord, that the motion should be brought on on Friday in a substantive form. Mr. SCULLY trusted that if the hon. baronet pro posed any amendment it would be a substantial one, which might lead to some beneficial results. He had himself given notice of an amendment which, without blaming any one for what had occurred, would, he be lieved, lead to some substantial improvement. Lord PALMERSTON said that if the hon. member for Aylesbury would give notice to-night of his intention to submit to the house a substantive motion on Friday, he would engage to move on that day that the orders be postponed. lie trusted that any amendments which might be proposed would be placed on the books in suf ficient time. (Hear.) Mr. LAYARD then gave notice that he would bring the subject before the house as a substantive motion on Friday. DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. BROWN, who addressed the house in so low a tone as to be nearly inaudible, moved—That, in the opinion of this house, the initiation of the decimal system of coinage, by the issue of the florin, has been eminently successful and satisfactory ; that a further extension of such system will be of great public advantage ; that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will he graciously piea-;ed to complete the decimal scale with the pound and the florin, as sug gested by two commissions and a committee of the House of Commons, by authorising the issue of silver coins to represent the value of the one-hundredth part of a pound, and copper coins to represent the one thousandth part of a pound, to be called cents and mils respectively, or to bear such other names as her Majesty may deem advisa ble. The hon. member, after adverting to the commission appointed by Mr. Spring Rice soon after the destruction of the old House of Commons, and quoting some ex tracts from their report in favour of a decimal coinage, said that, although some inconvenience might perhaps at first arise from the change which he recommended, he was quite certain that it would be very speedily got over, and that the facilities which a decimal coinage would afford in the way of calculation would be a great national benefit. The adoption of a decimal system had been recommended by many conferences at Frankfort on-the-Maine and Vienna ; and the advantages which were derived from the existence of such a system in China were witnessed by Dr. Bowring, who, in his work upon that country, bore testimony to the ease and ac curacy with which calculations were made by the Chinese. The universal adoption of a uniform decimal system of coinage would greatly facilitate the calcula tion of exchanges between different countries ; and there were various modes in which the change from the exist ing coinage to such a system might be made, so th a t neither individuals nor the public would sustain any loss. Lord STANLEY seconded the motion. He had complied with the request of his hon. friend that he would do so, partly beause he had been a member of the committee which sat upon this subject two years ago, and partly because, however little personally acquainted with commercial matters, he felt competent to bear wit ness to the preponderance of opinion in favour of the change recommended by his hon. friend, which existed among the commercial classes in mercantile and manu facturing towns. To the idea which did, and might perhaps still, exist, that the proposition for the adoption of a decimal system was a visionary theory, which might be supported by the opinions of a few hon. members, but was not recommended by any great scientific autho rity, nor felt by the country to be a practical necessity, ho would oppose such authorities as Babbage, De Morgan, General Pasley, Herschel, and many others, whom he was only prevented from mentioning by want of time—the opinion of the committee which sat in 1838, that of the commission which re ported last year, and that of the committee appointed by the house in 1353, which approached the subject in a fair and candid spirit, and before which evidence of the most various kinds was taken. It was also supported by 200 or 300 members of the two houses of the Legis lature, who were declared partisans of the proposition embodied in the report of the last-mentioned committee ; and in addition to this, most of the chambers of com merce and great mercantile bodies, most of the banks and commercial establishments of the country were in favour of such a decimal system. As to the advantage of the ch ange , h e b el i eved there was no room for argu ment. Ther e was in its favour such an overwhelming pre vvnedlnettriN:: o had fevidence as amoun t e d a l most to unan i m i ty. for such a system o a system which proceeded by regular multiples of any number other than ten, the substitution had we not a decim a l a decimal system would be of great advantage in caic e f as it happened that not only which proceeded by regular jaertem,b not even a system proposed alterati n wenld have multi pl es two o fadvantages—first, the transition from a non-decimal to a decimal ; and secondly, the transition from an irregular to a regular system. Two practical questions had to be considered. First—and this was the most material—what was the proper unit or basis on which such a system should rest ; and secondly, whether any temporary or pertial incon venience might arise, which would be sufficient to coun terbalance in any material degree the ultimate advan tages which would be derived from the change. In re grrd to the unit or basis, three different plans had been proposed. The first gave what he might call the uniform penny system. The penny was taken as the basis of the coinage. The value of the next coin was 10d., and the next 100 d., or Bs. 4d. No doubt, it was in favour of this plan that it left undisturbed the particular coin in which all the smaller transactions we're carried on ; but it was to his mind a fatal objection to that it would destroy every other existing coin. (Hear.) Under such a system by far the greater part of the coinage of this country could no longer be used either for purposes of account or of circulation, Another 'objection was that the largest coin would be of the value of ohly Bs. 4d., and as all sums now written in potinds would have to be written in the new denothination, the number of figures would be doubled, and the labour of keeping accounts much increased. The smallness of the coin would also increase the proportionate expense of coinage ; and would, in addition, render it inconvenient for practical use. A further objection to such a system was, that it would be necessary in accounts to take the penny as the basis of calculations, and then you would increase the number of figures to be employed, and therefore materi ally add to the labour. The second proposition was this —ate retain the penny to make the next above a penny a tenpenny piece, and then, if necessary, to add another piece of one hundred pence. But in order to preserve the pound as the basis, it necessitated the making of twenty pieces of twelve pence each, or twenty-four pieces of ten pence each. If there was any respect in which the decimal system produced inconvenience it was where they were dealing with small amounts and with persons not conversant with commercial transactions ; but where the decimal system would be really advanta geous, namely, when it involved large calculations, that system failed altogether, and they were left to the cum brous and inconvenient methods now in use. The com promise that he suggested was to retain at once the penny and the pound. There had been great exaggeration as to the amount of interference with the existing course of affairs which was necessary to introduce a decimal system. Now, what was the system of coinage proposed by the committee ? It was to retain the shilling, the florin, the half-sovereign, the crown, and also, if possible, the half crown. Then it was said you required to destroy or remodel your who'e copper coinage. It was true they would require to change in a small degree the value of the copper coinage; but all that was proposed in the plan of the committee was to insert a new coin be tween the penny and the farthing, and that did not require the calling in of any coin now in use. By chang ing the value of the copper coinage they inflicted some slight loss on the holders of the copper coinage, but be apprehended there were no holders of copper coinage in any great quantities. But it was said that the penny was the poor man's coin, and in altering that they were exposing him to fraud. He (Lord Stanley) was quite content to argue that question on its owu merits. The only change that would be made in the value of the penny would be this, that twelvepence halfpenny, instead of twelvepence, would go to the shilling. once impress that fact on the publio mind, and the difficulty was sur mounted. Then it was said that in the cases of payment iu the army and navy and the Government offices some confusion would take place. That again was an assertion which had not been supported by any evidence, because, in point of fact, the payments were not made in copper. The only case where any real difficulty occurred was in that of the postal stamp and tolls levied by act of Par liament. There were two ways of getting over the difficulty about the postal stamp ; either they might reduce the price of the penny letter stamp by one twenty fifth, which would not be attended by any consider able loss of revenue ; or they might have recourse to the alternative of raising the penny stamp to a penny and one-fifth. As to the question of tolls and other pay ments fixed by act of Parliament, various modes had been suggested of overcoming the difficulty in that re spect. The simplest was this—to allow the use of the next coin above a penny for a limited time, and then to have recourse to the penny at its now reduced value. The introduction of the florin was, in fact, the adoption of the first step towards a decimal coinage. We had already a decimal coinage, so far as two coins were con cerned, and we only wanted a third to fit into them. With respect to the amendment about to be proposed by the hon. member (Mr. J. B. Smith), for calling together a congress of nations for considering the sub ject of a decimal coinage, he was inclined to think that no practical advantage would result from such a pre nosal, if adopted. The experiment had already been tried among the German States, and had not answered. He should therefore oppose the amendment; and he had only to express his hope that the Government would take in hand and endeavour to carry through the proposi tions embodied in the report of the committee. (Cheers.) Mr. J. B. SMITH said he quite agreed with his hon. friend the member for South Lancashire and the noble lord, as to the importance of a decimal system of coinage. He did not think they overrated the advantage of it ; he only condemned the principle which they were desirous of adopting. He thought the principle ought not to be adopted, at least without t^arther consideration. The committee of the House of Commons which sat on this subject, and of which he was a member, appeared to have been embodied for the mere purpose of reporting on a foregone conclusion. (Hear.) Every member of it, with but one exception, was of one opinion—(a laugh) —and it was very remarkable that ever y witness who was examined before them was in favour or the X unit. The ' fact was, that they heard no evidence but what was one sided. Now, what would be the effect of the X unit 1 It would -be equivalent to asking her Majesty to create a piece representing the one-hundredth part of a £, and an other the one-thousandth part of aX. They could not make use of it in the payment of any sum under sixpence. They could not pay a halfpenny or a penny toll. Sup posing the motion before the house was carried, they would have a decimal system of coinage and a duodeci mal system of weights and measures, and that would en tail very serious loss on the working classes. In America they had adopted a decimal coinage, but they retained the English system of weights and measures ; and the consequence was that in order to make the two systems harmonious they were obliged to resort to two coins which were absolutely illegal, namely, the I.Bth and the 1-16th of a dollar. He apprehended his hon. friend (Mr. Brown) did not intend that we should be always with out a decimal system of weights and measures. If it were possible to get the different nations of the world to adopt a uniform system of money, weights, and mea sures, that would be a greater advantage than we could derive from having a decimal coinage only. But if we failed in that object, then we should look out for that system which was the simplest, and which would create the least inconvenience in changing from our exist ing practice. It had been said that an international coinage would be as difficult to bring about as an inter national language, but he would remind the house that an international system of coinage had been attempted, and had been partly carried out with great success, The first idea of that kind originated in France. In 1790 Talleyrand moved in the National Assembly that the King of Great Britain and the sovereigns of the other nations of Europe should be invited to send representa tives to a congress of nations to consider the practica bility of adopting an international system of money, weights, and measures. At that time French notions were not very favourably received in this country, and we sent no representative to that congress, but the Nether lands and Switzerland sent two learned men, and they agreed in the system which was now in vogue in France. That was not the only instance, for Holland changed her coinage and adopted the samesystem as prevailed iu South Germany. He denied that the congress in Germany had been unsuccessful, as stated by the noble lord. It had only been adjourned, and not abolished. He hop' d the Government would not adopt any one-sided view of this question. England, he thought, was the first to proclaim free-trade with all the world ; and he thought it was equally fitting that she should now invite the na tions of the world to mutual intercourse on the subject of a common system of money, weights, and measures ; and he knew nothing that would tend more to produce feelings of goodwill among them than a course of that kind. (Hear.) The hon. member concluded by moving as an amendment—" That an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to invite a congress of representatives of all nations, at some convenient place, with the view of con sidering the practicability of adopting a common stand ard of money, weights, and measures," Mr. LOWE said he bad made it his business to look into this question, and he had formed a strong opinion upon it, but an opinion different from that of the hon. gentleman the member for South Lancashire. To do away with the compound rules of arithmetic in the reckoning of money would be an object well worthy their attention ; but the question they had to settle was the modus deci mandi, and he did not think the plan which the hon. gentleman had hit upon was the proper one. We had a system in existence already which, though it had many faults, was found to work well, and the house should be fully satisfied that the new system it would sanction was a much better one than that to be superseded. It ap peared to him (Mr. Lowe) that the unit which it was proposed to take was too high. The usual course taken by other countries was by way of addition, and not by division. We took the highest sum first, and then sub divided it ; they took the right course, which was to fix on a proper starting point in the first instance. Suppose we were to adopt the same course with the mile which it was proposed to adopt with the pound sterling, we would go on decimalising without getting any measure which any one would want. The florin had been forced into ex istence as the tenth of a pound, and its success as a coin had been vaunted; but the only success the florin could boast of, that he knew of, was that when he ought to reseive half-a-crown he generally received only a florin, and when he ought to pay two shillings he found he had generally to pay half-a-crown. Well, they were to have the florin, and then the cent, that is 2 2-5 d., which re presented nothing ; and then they were to have the mil, which had no other recommendation but that it was the thousandth part of the pound sterling. This unit was either too large or too small for practical purposes. We would, if the new system were adopted, be condemned to live on decimals. A man when he would dine at a tavern would be forced to pay for his dinnerin decimals. He (Mr. Lowe) thought it would be better to pay for his dinner in integrals than in decimals. They would also be obliged to use four columns in keeping accounts, and it would lead to the obliteration of all the mean coins in existence, as no denominations would be used gsoacit oexocuenptts.theltpowuansd s s o te i r o lin A g m a e n r d ic t a he an m d e a e n p d in off coins be would whichh e; and thus neverher Majesty bed. Taking us e would b strikinge the experience of other nations as a guide, he thought it would be unwise to introduce such divisions of the pound sterling as was now proposed. The principle that the house should go on was the adoption of a great scientific I decimal coinage, and that the un it s h ou ld be something which must divide a pound without any surplus. The main objection he had to the proposed plan was that if they went below 6d,, they would not find in the new scale any Coin; except the threepenny piece, which _bore any finite ratio with anything in this new currency of mils. The 4d. would have to be expressed in figures, as .01666666, with sixes ad infinitum ; the 3d. would have to be expressed .0125 ; the id. would have to he ex pressed .00416666, with sixes ad infinitum ; the wonld have to be written .00208333', with th.t - Oes ed in= rinitum ; and the farthirg would have to be written .001041666, with sixes ad infinitum. This was the simple system of computation whieh it was proposed to substi tute for that now in existence. Then there VI7;;F3 the case of tolls, the cases of vested interests, and the case of the reduction of foreign moneys into our new denom inations—all of.wbich were surrounded with difficulties. With resnect to fore* moneys; we world have to re duce the first to vulgar fractions of a pound sterling; and then to reduce them to the decimals of a Great multiplications and large fractions are serious matters in the caleulatin j g of the price s of articles, such as ribbons, and in his opinion the proposed adteeation Would entail enormous labour and serious loss instead of a saving of time and money. He was no friend to congresses of any description. He entreated the house, although this question had been powerfully supported, and though 2SO members had given their approval of it, to pause before they adopted it. Let them rather have a con= mittee before which gentlemen would be examined who represented different opinions, but let them not rashly rush into the new and very imperfect system proposed. Mr. J. MACGREGOR denied every one of the asser tions made by the ton. member for Kidderminster. (A laugh.) The divisions of the coin in Belgium had been of the greatest advantage and convenience to the poorer classes. With respect to the £ sterling, he regretted that it had not the natural relation to weight, and they should divide the weight so as not to give the ounce the awkward value of 31. 178. lad, The decimal coinage of France was not only most convenient in private accounts, but in financial accounts, and the accounts were mcst admirably kept in ;hat country. He thought the prin ciple of the decima should be applied to weights and measures, as well as to the coinage. He approved of the proposed scheme, but he recommended the hon. member not to press it at the present moment. Mr. HANKEY did not think there was any necessity for a congress. He considered that we were fully com petent to act for oerselves, and he thought it was con sistent with the general progress, and with the degree of intelligence which revailed, to adopt some system of coin age in substitution of that which we had, and which was a disgrace and discredit to a great commercial community. The whole system of our weights and measures was disgraceful. Foreigners were astonished at it, and said it was part of our constitution which was upwards of a thousand years o:d. If it was a thousand years old, there might be some merit in it. But that was not so, for till a recent time our system of weights and measures did rest on an intelligible basis. That system had been abrogated and lost by modern legislation. By the change, making the jiteund seven thousand grains, the confusion whit never existed before had been intro duced. The cwt. is the basis of all our calculations in commercial transactions, but that cwt. is 1121b5., and this made a cemplication in the whole system of com mercial calculations, which was altogether needless. If the hundred weight were 1001bs., instead of 1121b5., in the Custom-house alone, it would make a saving of 10,0001. per annum. He was not willing to leave this question entirely in the hands of the Government, and therefore he called upon independent members to take it up, and to continue to agitate the subject, because he was satisfied that when the public mind was well in formed upon it, they would at once see the great advan tage of applying the decimal system, not only to weights and measures, but to money also. Mr. J. L. RICARDO was anxious to hear what was the opinion of the Government on the subject, and to know whetter they assented to this proposal, or whether they themselves had aay measure to propose as a substi tute for it. As yet he had not heard a single argument against the proposal, which, he believed, was supported by all the great banking and mercantile houses in the kingdom. True, the change could not be made without its giving rise to some inconvenience, but all reforms were open to that objection, and he hoped the house would not allow itself to be led away from the question by the humorous statement of the hon. member for Kidderminster. Not only had two commissions re ported in favour of the proposed change, but the subject had been fully investigated by a select committee of the house, when nearly evety witness that was exa mined spoke in favour of a decimal system of coinage. As for waiting until a system should be devised which should be universally applicable to all nations, that was quite out of the question ; ii they waited for that period, there never world be a decimal system introduced into this country. There would be little or no difficulty in carrying out the proposed arrangement ; at least it would not be so great as some people imagined, for navvies on the Continent soon fell into the way of calculating by centimes ; and he would undertake to say that if this system were adopted, in less than a month the whole country would become qtite familiar with it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the house was under grea obligation to his hon. friend for having brought tins subject under its consideration. The first occasion on which a decimal system of coinage was propounded by any public body was in 1835, when a commission was appointed to investigate the subject of the measure of length, it consequence of the yard mea sure and certain other lengths of measure having been destroyed in the conflagration of the houses of Parlia ment. That commissiot in the course of its report ex pressed a strong opinion in favour of a decimal system of coinage, and sketched is clear terms precisely the plan which the hon. member for South Lancashire had laid before the house. In tke year 1853 a select committee was appointed to investigate the subject, who examined many witnesses, and ultimately they reported in favour of a plan which was precisely the same as that now pro posed. Last year another commission was appointed to report upon the beet mole of constructing a measure of length, and that commission bore testimony to the value of the report which the former commission had adopted. It was impossible for anybody who had heard the speech of his hon. frieud,to doubt the earnestness of his con victions, or his being actuated by public, and nothing but public, motives in ' ) ringing forward this question:. It was evident he had devoted much time and thought to this subject, while he ; was deeply impressed with its importance, and it fully deserved the attentive conside ration of the house, more especially as it was a subject in which all classes, front the greatest merchant or the wealthiest banker down to the poorest day labourer of the community, were equally interested. (Hear, hear.) But, doing full justice, as he was disposed to do, to the motives of his honourable friend, he must at the same time ask the house to reflect what would be the practical operation of his motion if it were adopted. Now the first circumstance that struck him upon examining this notion was simply that the pound sterling was to be retained as the unit or standard of our currency, and the next denomination to be taken between that and the penny was the florin. We had now the florin in circulation, but it was not money of account ; we did not reckon in florins, any more than in crowns and half crowns ; it was , imply a coin in circulation—extensive circulation he was ready to admit, but it was not money of account. The proposition of his hon. friend was to convert the florin into money of account, and he then pro posed to introdcce two new coins which were also to be money of account, one representing the hundredth and the other the thousandth part of the pound sterling, one to be called a cent and the other a mil. Now that was the outline of the system which his hon. friend pro posed for the consideration of the house, and if it were adopted the house would be pledged in any. future deal ing with the subject to a system which would restrict the currency to four denominations of coins. Now the subject had been considered by other persons besides the commissioners and the committee to which he had referred, and most of those persons had come to differ ent conclusions in laying down the basis of a decimal coinage. The first plan was that that proposed by Mr. Rathbone, which was founded upon the penny ; instead of descending it ascended from the penny. It proposed that there should be the penny ; a tenpenny piece, called an albion ; and a coin called an imperial, representing 100 pence, or Bs. 4. Another plan started from the farthing, proposed a second representing 2.3 d., a florin valued at 2s. ld., and a fourth coin valued at 11. Os. 10d. Sir John Herschel, the late Master of the Mint, sug gested a plan which recognised the penny, but which proposed that the mil should be equal to a farthing, ten mils to 2d., the florin to 2s. id., and the crown or Victoria to 1/. 0 , . 10d. Another plan proposed that the smallest coin should be a cash or a farthing ; five cashes being equal to id. fifty to is., 100 to a cent, and 1,000 to a mil. There were several other plans on record, but for the present he would confine himself to-the one now before the house. On analysing the plan of the hon. gentleman he found an objection, in the first place, to the cent and mil as coins. The cent, as a pure silver coin of the value of 2 2-5 d., would be too small to maintain its ground in circulation, and as a cop per coin of the same value would be too large and bulky ever to come into use. Then the mil was a coin some what smaller than the farthing, and the trouble of giving up all the calculations based on pence for a calculation based on a coin so infinitesimal as the mil was a trouble that few people would like to be subjected to. But neither the cent nor the mil were multiples of existing coins ; and the reducing the existing coins into those proposed by the honourable gentleman would involve the employ ment of a lengthy and tedious series of decimals. Thus the Mint price of gold, 3/. 17s. 10d., reduced into the new system, would be expressed thus-3 pounds, Bflorins, 9 cents, 3 mils, and 75-thousandths of a mil ; and the Bank price of gold, viz., 3/, 17s. 9d., would be 3 pounds, 8 ft., 8 cents, 7 mils, and 5-thousandths. (Laughter.) Then, in adjusting the new rates of duty or payment, it would be necessary to fix a sum either greater or less than the existing sum. That would be an endless trou ble if it were undertaken by Parliament ; and if, instead of Parliament, the matter were left to the discretion of the Government, that would be imposing upon them the solution c,f a question scarcely, if at all, capable of satis factory settlement. There were other difficulties that would accompany the plan, which differed materially from that of Sir John Herschel. Shillings and pence could not be abolished without a legislative act, for though the ancient prerogatives of the Croy n with re spect to the coinage were ample, those prerogatives had been so limited by succe , sive acts of Parliament that at present they could not apply to the case of a change of coinage so extensive as that in contempla tion. But suppose the address adopted, and the new coins struck and issued, there would be no act of Par liament constituting those coins moneys of account ; all the public tolls and taxes would be collected in the old moneys, and there would be no inducement to any one to put those coins in circulation. The simple effect of the adoption of the address would be that those coins would be struck at the Mint, and be collected solely in the numismatic cabinets. He (the Chancellor of the Ex: THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN I NG, JUNE 13 1855 chequer) had no doubt that the hon. member had only wished that the subject should, be discussed in the house, and that he did not desire to pledge either himself or the house to adhere to the' details of the plan now before them. For himself, he would be glad to see realised the principle of the hon. gentleman, if it could be done with dut inconvenienee; but he could not help thinking that the house would not be prepared to record by a solemn vote any definitive resolution rq&cin a subject so intricate. The question before them was not one of mere abstrac tion ; they were not legislating for a Utopia in which no customs prevailed or contracts existed ; they were not living in tepublicEe Platonis, but in fcescibus Romuli, Mr. CARDWELL was not at all surprised that the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not at once prepared to take a step in the way of altering the coinage; for the practical question really was whether the tithe hat] arrived at which they could act ?' He hoped, however, that the house would notice this important fact, that they were • dealing with no corn pleity of plans. The present was the plan recommended by the dothraistion of 1838 and by the committee of 1853. To the plan Sir John Herschel gave his entire concur rence, as might be seen frdm Ms evidence ; and he (Mr. Cardwell) was at loss to conceive how the right hon.gen tleman could have taken up the idea that SirJ.llerschel was opposed to it. As for the inconvenient size of the cent and mil, the silver cent being of the value of 2 2-5 pence, could scarcely be ally less than the existing three penny piece ; and as the mil'. was but 4 per cent. less than the farthing, the difference in the size would be quite in appreciable. While they had been favoured out-of doors with a perfect deluge of schemes for decimal coin age, not one of them had been advocated within doors. One point of the debate would therefore be, that the scheme of his honourable friend, being unopposed by any other, was the scheme at which the house arrived at the result of their discussions. He did not himself think that to a scientific mind there was any insuperable difficulty in the matter. He thought his hon. friend was entitled to a great deal of credit for the trouble he bad taken with it, and the manner in which he had brought it before the house, but he did not him self think that the time • was yet come for introducing the changes it was proposed to execute. Their practical course was to prepare public opinion for the adoption of the change ; but it would be hazardous, on account of the excitement it might create, to introduce that change without such Previous preparation. In the community of Athens, while their works of art were most elaborate, they were very far behind in their coins. The reason was, as we were told, that the ancient coioage had recommended itself by its purity, and had become so universally known by its primitive emblem that it would have been difficult to make any difference in its form without exciting great suspicion against it, and virtually contracting its circulation. The case was the same with Venice. The changes in our own coinage made by James 11. in his wars in Ireland were redressed in the reign of Geo. 111., and that was a change which took place without diffi culty. The conclusion of the whole matter was this : they had before them a decimal plan of great value ; they had prepared the intelligent portion of the public for the reception of that scheme ; but the working classes were not aware that scientific men had turned their attention to the subject, and to change the currency in which con tracts had been made without the concurrence of the great masa of the people would be premature and un safe. He thought the house was indebted to the hon. member for South Lancashire for bring for ward the sub ject ; but he hoped that the hon. gentleman would be content with the discussion which bad taken place, and would consent to withdraw his motion for the present. Mr. BROWN having briefly replied, refusing to with draw his resolution. Lord PALMERSTON said the hon. member must perceive that even among the advocates of a decimal coinage there were such differences of opinion as to the particular way in which that object should be effected that it would be inexpedient to press a resolution which pledged the house to one particular mode. For his own part, if he were called upon to carry out a decimal coin age, he did not know that he would take the pound as the unit. At all events, there were many who, thinking a decimal coinage desirable, would begin at the end, and make their unit the lowest denomination of coin. But the subject was one of such vast importance, and the adoption of the resolutions would excite such expec tations in the minds of the people—expectations which could not be realised, at least for a considerable time— that he hoped the house would not be asked to divide. Mr. BROWN said he was willing to withdraw all but the first and second resolutions, which were to the effect " that, in the opinion of this house, the initiation of the decimal system of coinage, by the issue of the florin, has been eminently successful and satisfactory," and " that a further extension of such system will be of great public advantage." The house then divided, when there voted— For the resolution Against it Majority . —79 The result was received with considerable cheering. EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. KENNEDY rose to move an add;ess for a com mission to inquire into the arrangements most desirable for rendering national education in Ireland more com prehensive and complete—lst. By means of industrial instruction adapted to the wants and circumstances of the several districts of Ireland. 2d. By securing the most efficient teachers by an adequate scale of salaries commensurate with their important and engrossing du ties. The hon, member said that his object was to in crease the industrial system of education which had for some time been adopted in Ireland. There were at pre sent 5,023 national schools, which were attended by 550,000 children, whereas they ought to contain nearly 1,000,003. The reason why the number was so small was that the industrial system was not sufficiently extended. The average attendance in the national schools was 111, whilst in the 43 industrial schools the average attendance was nearly 400. One-third of the industrial training was given in the workhouse schools, for out of the 65,000 children educated under that system, there were 21,486 in the workhousa'schools. The industrial branch was a ,graft on the institutions establishedby theNationalßoard which consisted of 15 persons, 6 of whom were members of his own profession. Now, in his opinion, a board of education ought not to contain so many barristers, but such men as Mr. Dargan,. Sir R. Peel, and Professor Sul livan, who were desirous of developing the resources and promoting the industry of the country. Ha thought a bene cial change might be effected by placing on the board mien who were conversant with the subject. In speak ing of industrial education, it would not be fair to pass over the good which had been done by independent in stitutions which were unconnected with any board or grant—such as the school at Bonmahon, where, in the course of two years an d a h a lf, t wen ty boys had left a balance in their favour of 500/. He believed the system acted upon in Belgium was perfectly applicable to Ire land. In Belgium a grant was made by the State to wards education, and another by the district in which the school was situated. The contractor was left free to manage thq institution, but the Government reserved the right of inspection, and the result had been most re markable. In Flanders there were 65 establishments of this kind, called workshops, and the result had been that in 53 of the districts in which these establishments existed wages had increased, and in 25 cases these work shops had led to the establishment of factories and other workshops. An Hor. MEMBER here noticed that there were not 40 members present; and the Speaker having ascertained that there 'were only 37, the house, at half-past 11, stood adjourned until te-morrow (this day). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JUNE 12. DECIMAL COINAGE. Motion made and question put, " That, in the opinion of this house, the initiation of the decimal system of coin age by the issue of the florin has been eminently suc cessful and satisfactory." The house divided—Ayes . 135, Noes 56. . , AYES.-135. Acton, J. Grosvenor, Ld. R. North, F. Atherton, W. Guinness, R. Hadfield, G. .22 O'Brien, P. Oakes, J. Baird, J. ad Barnes, T. Hankey, T. O'Connell, D. Baxter, W. Heywood, J. O'Flaherty, A. Beamish, F. Heyworth, L. Oliveira, B. Riggs, W. Hindley, C. Packe, C. Bland, L. A. Howard, Lord Pakington, Sir J. Blandford. Marquis of Hume, W. Patten, J. Bowyer G. ilutchins,:E. Peacocke, G. Brady, J. Hutt, W. Percy, 3. Bramley-Moore, J. Ingham, R. Phillimore, J. G. Bright, J. Jackson, W. i 3 ilkington, J. Brockman, E. D. Johnstone, J. Pollard-Urquhart, W . Byng, G. Jolliffe, Sir W. Piice, W. Cairns, H. Keating, H. S. Ricardo, J. Caulfield, Col. J. Kennedy, T. Ricardo, S Cecil, Lord R. Kerrison, Sir E. Robartes, T. Chambers, M. Kershaw, J. Rushout, Col. G. Cheetham, J. King, P. RusselL:F. C. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Kirk, IV. Sc•illy, F. Cobden, R. Knight, F. Scully, V. Co'ville, C. R. Lang ton, 11. G. Seymour, W. D. Cowan, C. Laslett, W. Stafford, A. Crook, J. Lee, W. Starkie, Le G. Crossley, F. Legit, G. C. - Stirling, W. De Vere, S. Liddell, IL G. Strutt, E. Dillwyn, L. Lindsay, W. Stuart, W. Duncan, G. Lytton, Sir G. Swift, Ti. DundasAG. Macartney, G. Talbot, C. Dunlop, A. Mackie, J. Taylor, Col. Dunne, Col. M`Cann, 3. Thompson, G. Egerton, W. Macgregor, Jas. Thornely, T. Farnham, E. Macgregor, John Tollcmache, J. Ferguson, J. MacMahon, P. Vyvyan, Six R. F,tzGerald, Sir J. McTaggart, Sir J. Warner, E. Foley, J. Maguire, J. 'Watson, W. Fox, W. ' • Meagher, T. Whatman, J. Gaskell, J. Illi 1 ligan, R. Wickham, H. W. George, J. Michell, W..., 1 Wilkinson, W. diadstone, Capt. J. M offatt, G. Willcox, B. Goderich, Vis. Moody, C. - Williams, W. Gordon, A. Mowbray, J. Woodd, B. Gower, F. .Murrough, J. TELLERS Graham, Lord W. Naas, Lord Brown, W. Grenfell, Chas. Norreys, Sir, D. Stanley,',Lord Acland, Sir T. Adcock, T. Ball, E. Baring, Sir F. Beaumont, W. Bell, J. Berkeley, C. Blackburn, P. liouverie, Hon. E. P. Brand, 11. B. W. Burrower, R. Dashwood, Sir G. 11. Dtyies, J. L. Egerton, E. C. Fergus, J. Fitzroy, Hon. IL Galway, Viscount. Grey, Sir G. Gurney, Hastic,:Alex. NOES-56. Headlam, T. Pritchard, J. Horsman, E. Sawle, C. Ho nom, Lord Smith, J. B. Howard, C. Smith, R. Trton, S. Smollett, A. Kendall, N. Spooner, R. Lewis, Sir G. C. Tancred,ll. Lowe, R. Thornhill, W. Malins. E. . Vance, J. Massey, W. Vivian, 11. 11. Mitchell, T. Walcott, Admiral Molesworth, Sir W. Walter, J. Monck, Viscount Waterpark, Lord Mon creiff, ,T. Wilson, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Wise. A. Osborne, R. Wood, Sir C. Pakentram, T. 11. Palmer, Robert TELLERS Palmerston, Visct . Hayter, W. Peel, F. Mulgrave, Earl of RECEIPT AND DRAFT STAMPS. — Yesterday a return was issued, showing the number of receipt stamps sold or issued in England, Scotland, and Ireland. In the four quarters ended Oct. last the number of penny receipt stamps issued was 62,320,803, and the revenue was 259,6701. Os. 3d. The penny draft stamp in the same period numbered 6,492,900, and the revenue 27,0531.155. Only two quarters have expired since the adoption of penny receipt and draft stamps. In the two quarters ended the 31st March last the number was 30,806,21 3 , and the revenue 128,304 4, 1 . Ed. ''OLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET.— Daniel Stephens, respectably attired in mourning, was charged with attempting to destroy, himself, and also with having threatened the life of Emma Wiggett. The complainant, an attractive and modest-looking young person, stated the prisoner-had been paying his addresses to her for about six months. On the morning of Tuesday, the 29th ult., while she was attending a cus tomer behind the counter of her employer's shop, the prisoner entered, and in an excited manner inquired whether she adhered to a determination she had ex pressed to break off his acquaintance. Witness replied that such was her intention, and she had no sooner ut tered the words than the prisoner drew from his pocket a small phial. which - he raised to his mouth pith the exclamation " Good bye," and instantly swallowed the contents. A lady who was in the shop immediately raised an alarm, and a policeman baying arrived the prisoner was given into custody. The witness added that immediately after be had ,taken the draught the prisoner pulled out the letter produced, and threw it behind the counter towards her, without making any observation; The communication in question:which was couched in a very desponding strain, contained expressions of pas sionate affection for the complainant, and after adverting to a recent conversation which had taken place between them, concluded with the words—" I am resolved to put an end to my existence, for you signed my death warrant last night, and if it can be effected you shall share the same fate." From the evidence of other witnesses it appeared that the prisoner, who, when given into custody was suffering excruciating pain, was found to have swallowed aqua fortis, and was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he had been up to the day of his examination be fore the magistrate. A razor had been found on his person when arrested, with which he said he meant to have killed himself if his first attempt failed. The pri soner ha,d been brought up at the Foundling Hospital, and was without relatives or friends. He had lately been in the service of a clothier in Paddington. Remanded. LAMBETH.— Robert Hicks, a cab-driver, was charged with using abusive language, and also with neglecting to give a ticket with the number of his cab. Mr. Shipton, a barrister, residing in Holland-terrace, Brixton-road, deposed that he engaged the defendant to drive him to his residence, and the distance being under three-quarters of a mile, be banded him sixpence, his legal fare. The defendant, on seeing the coin, turned it over in his band, and in a sneering manner said, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself for offering a poor felloW such a sum," and was proceeding to make some further remarks, when witness told him if he persisted in such observations he should summon him before a magistrate. The defendant's reply to this wag that there was no use in his doing so, as he had no witness ; and as he (Mr. Shipton) walked towards his door, the defendant called out at the top of his voice, and in such a way that several persons in the neighbourhood must have heard it, ",You are an old vagabond." . _ _ Police•constable 76P beard the defendant call out after Mr. Shipton and say, " You are an old vagabond." Mr. Elliott convicted defendant in the penalty of 10s. and costs, or ten days' imprisonment. THAMES.—Jeremiah. Foley was charged with the wilful murder of Hannah Robertson, of Five Bell-alley, Limehouse. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who had frequently been in custody for assaults and disor derly conduct, had been in the habit of visiting the de ceased, who was herself of very bad character. On Mon day night deceased was in her house, and with her two men and two women (prostitutes). The prisoner, who appeared to he mad drunk, rushed in in arviolent passion, and attacked one of the men, whom he tbrew from the top of a flight of stairs to the bottom. HO then furiously assaulted the two women, and on the deceased inter fering he struck her violently on the bosom with his fist, and also kicked her. She fell to the ground, groan ing heavily. The prisoner afterwards continued his ill usage of deceased, kicking her until she was nearly in sensible. The result was that she died a ; few hours after wards. Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner until Saturday. SPORTING , INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. Weights for the Goodwood Stakes. Two miles and a half. Forfeits to be declared on or before Tuesday next, June 19. Age at lb Rataplan Andover 4 9 8 Scythian. Typee 5 9 2 Little Harry 6 9 2 *Nabob Red Lion *Hnngerford 6 9 0 Virago King of Trumps 6 8 . 12 Defiance 5 8 12 Oulston Hermit Age et lb Nettle 3 7 2 Bonnie Morn 3 7 2 Hospodar • 4 7 2 Sultan 3 7 2 Chicken - 3 7 0 Shoreham Herald Mishap Bolton Diana 4 6 10 Saraband Quince Elvaston 3 6 10 The Archer 3 6 10 Bianca Corhampton Siding 3 6 7 Syvagee 4 6 4 Palmerston Raglan Monge Cossey Freddy f by Collingwod— Lucy Banks Ivan Mortimer Early Bird 4 8 7 Jonathan Martin 4 8 7 Pantomime Marsyas 4 8 6 Exile of Erin 4 8 5 Hercules Epaminondas Hervine Talfourd 5 8 0 Baalbec Royalist 4 7 13 Dr. O'Toole Domino St. Andrew Knight oftheShire 6 7 11 Humboldt Hesse Cassel Goorkah 5 7 8 Cobnut Mincemeat 4 7 8 Aurifer Kingstown 3 7 7 Ireland's Eye 5 7 7 Ammonia D.O. 4 7 7 Rotherham 3 7 6 Corcebus 3 7 6 Gamekeeper Pumicestone Newbold 4 7 6 La Belle 5 7 4 Calamus 4 7 4 Saucebox Kaffir 4 7 4 Cardigan Sailor Incubus 4 7 4 Amalgamation St. Clare ... 4' 7 3 Midsummer Robgill Naomi Vandal Wantage Venison . Katerfelto Louvat Neopl olemus 3 Crown Pigeon Challow Boy 3 Imogene 3 Nell Gwynne .., 3 Georgium Sidds 3 Surgeon-General 4 Malmsey Jujube Vulcan Le Fripon Bantheon Badinage. Instructress *Besika The Hind Homily c by The Libel— Splitsote Fulbeck Vandenhoff Top Sawyer High Priest Supplicant being entered without the will be struck out by the fly ordered to remain in. 3 'Those horses marked * knowledge of their owners, time appointed unless special RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. 5 0 5 0 4 12 4 12 4 10 4 10 LONDON AND 'SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending June 9, 1855 £18,433 19 3 Corresponding week last year 49,181 2 3 Decrease in 1855. £ 747 3 0 • LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffiereturn for the week ending. June 9, 1855 £13,661 14 7 Corresponding week last year 17,498 6 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 257,700 19 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 265,593 19 7 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic turn for the week ending June 9, 1855 £5,998 1 10 corresponding week last year 5,652 8 6 £345 13 4 Increase in 1855.. • THE FALL os' THE ATLAS•IHON Woitics.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the Eight Bells Tavern, Cross-street, Blackfriars, re specting the death of John Regan, aged 50, who died from injuries received by the falling of the Atlas Iron Works, on the 14th of May last. The evidence went to show that the building fell owing to the giving way of an arch, on which rested a pillar, forming the chief sup por;; of a main girder. After a long inquiry the jury re turned a verdict of "Accidental death." [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE WAR IN TUN 'EAST. —POWERFUL PAVENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. * By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable anc} extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3); inches, with an extra eye piece. will show distinctly Jupiter's mals, S a turn's ring, and the double s t ars; w ith th e same telescope can be seen a person's co un t enance th re e miles and a half d istan t , and object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing puwers accordingly ; while their vary ing rom 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian with his 6 satellites, &c:—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, new l y -i nv ented, very small, Powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting., deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, g amekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful _power.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is persons are most agea minute e preserved o an e d ev e l t e r y en t g h t e h i e r ne e d ig , ht an a d t v t e h i e 7 occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much lesexnagnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent' changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to aurpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing ',noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. 39, Albemarie-strest, Piccadilly. (Agave 7oppeeite the York Hotel. CO U. rTRY PIARKETS. • LIVI ;lIPOOL—.PiTNE 12. The imports of for( sign since Tuksday last are —of wheat, 14,235 qrs., the prin. aipal part of -which is from the 131 and Mediterranean I iorts • 9,219 qrs. beans; 3,268 qrs. In' dian corn (the exp( to' Ireland, 12,598 qrs.); of flonr , 27,231 sacks and 1,5.30 brls., which includes 15,48 sack° frozu South America, a new feature in our foreign ircpon of il3 l r. The wea'cher duri n g the -Week has been ever thin g tiot could be, desired for the g rowing crops, and ' bag had its effe,,et upon the trade, causing dulne ss and dePres g sion in prices:. Only a short supi.,ly of wheat, IPSWICH—,TUNE 5. transacted, the grey/km; steadily resisting all attemptg e°; merchants and millers to purchase at the reduction quot car,a on r Mark-lane, consequi.‘ntly most of the samples were ied. home. Of b ar l e y ve (lid not hear of a sample boo; shown. Extreme Other rates would have been given. articles very firm in and scarcely any business, in value. PER Qtqlrgg• PER QUARTER.. to -s Wheat, red (old) 74s to 76(siBirley, grinding ••• --1 -- 47 1 Ditto (new) ....._ Ditto, white (new) 80s ta. 84siPetls ................ 445 to ! Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 34s to 36E1Flour, per sack ... s to —siDitto (white) ........ AVERAGES FOR THE WREN ENDING June 9, 855. Wheat Oats 4) " Od Peas -g " ___... s 0(1 Beans - Barley ...... 00s to 0001 EITTLL--Jtari 12. A good attendance of farmers to-day, with * ffii !- Igti te P a P o ila of wheat. Buyers could Dot meet consuming bi de. markets give last week's prices, so that there Was onlY L: 0 business done, the few transactions being at is .h e r dr s , criptions neglected. Very litt►e barley' but firlo•nd w ell cline. Fine e foreign, seisnpeescsiadlloyinrgedi,Estaleable bat v . loos „nd oats hardly so good to sell. Linseed firm * eic but st:pprape coat in cake thiogittev4 'busk' flues in fair request. In bones 11 ness passing. Linseed, Black Sea... Peas , gre ey and black -iti to 6 3 to IR barg. ...Arcb Ditto Peter s Ditto Riga aud - to ~... angel ............ ..; Ditto Nonigsberg and 54 to 60 Newel ....... .. ..... per ,roo. Pis' c '' ilw" -1 / 0 5 ---/ 0, Od Ditto fine for. 001 Os to 001 05 Rapeseed.. ...,,,,Ts 6d to pica Od. ItaPe cages... 38e to 44 4 Tares, Buglisu.'"" 00s to Os 708006dd to 01 0 s to 0001p0.1 Guan0...... Cl°l 80d to 145, Oci IRTe Meal .. ................ —oi SI to 12/ 6s DDBttatteoos ift,of.i...eifiogl_4(4.o.. 0 8 Wheat, English, red 76 to 78 1 1 Ditto white BO to 82 Dantzie and Konigs berg Pomeratdanand Ham - burgh Da,nish, holstein, and _ _ _ Friesland 6B to 72) Russian an 4 Odessa 63 to 68 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 31 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 35 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 44 to 46( T• IrSBl°l3A —• COURSE OF EXCHANGE . • •••• 30 0 14 Amsterdam 11 18 Gibr altar •••:;.• •••• Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn •• •.......•••:: Rotterdam ............ 11 19 Genoa .... AntWerp .............. 2A 375y' milan • • • " 13171 25 37y; Venicc ..••••" , - 13 7 Naples •• ' - ..•••' )32 , 1 Palermo • • •"• . .•••• 53,0 Messina •• • '•....• " b3A Lisbon -• ******* : ..." ...- Oporto -••• •' .....' .-- Rio Janeiro.• •• • t ...... Bueno s Alre s •S;;,•• Wil ... NOV York , 6° ..... _ 4. Philadelphia •_:::;04, W" 9 PRICES OP iti„.4s3 170 ,s Foreign 0011 ,017:. g "0 Portugal Gold t.- .. (03 83111F:irwealill)bi:arilliOarilait':i:.''": 0 0 Brussels .. .. • . ........ Ilamburgh • • • • • • • • . • Alto_is, • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • Paris .. .... 25 12% Ditto, thrt > months .. 25 35 Marseilles .. 25 37% Bourdeaus ~ • .... .... Frankfort-on Maine 118% Berlin .. .............. Vienna •••••• • • • . • • •• • • 12 22 Trieste .. •• • • .. 12 25 Petersburg3ss4 Madrid •••••••• • • , • • • • 1 .9 % Cadiz • • • • • • •• • • Barcelona .... .... Seville ...... .• rAI Vst4°le whe t d ye --- pcp isup' oc Mi n ~.• DoN'O r ,..ptoV gwat› — "toi , ilf r pa. e 16 S°uDoren • 1 6 1) 0 ° E itlia ?W " 1 ,50 01 5 0t ,,,,,rt„ ;010 ' 0 P or n Boutl-to Pr" tol l goat _,ptol, 1 1 ,„ecedgli 0 00 ,• Do ver .: „ nfor 1 SOthaW O n B °T.sdo-to , Lo o roP sot Do ver ;;;toe so los .• Do ve t r iLzo torl son 0w1... LiverP Dover "er 6.Pton Jotalle ' Do ver •'' I 1 1 / o 'r f e p,,) , J Jo i° ° 10 irg 1 ,11/ JOn o 1 16 lax° i t o ' .p o slT a i a pt i r . P i F s i r e fr l ious P ° a;r o o u ir t e l, r a o: T i , ml ! I goutti 4 l t ;o ` ris !pacer li)over ;,;ptori ' isoutba SEABORNE MAILS. t ac cp— be 1 (N signifies that the maie sent fromtel.) by the night—and M by the morning—de"a Day when male' P 1 in General Post-. Office, n.'ce, Londo every Friday • • • ..... •••• '• 23d of the mon th.. 8,9, 24, & 30 Of In. 4th & 20th of mon. 17th of the month •• • —• " 9th of the month 9th a the month • • 9th of tbn month Mon.,Wed.,loFrid ; 2cl qc 17th of month Once a month.. • • 8,13, i 8,23,28 of in 4th & 20th of mon.' Twice daily ...• • • Twice daily.... • • 4,7, 17, 20, 27 °fa]. 2nd & 17th of mon. 'Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Daily „ 17th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon. 9tlt& 25th of month 17, 17, & 27 of mon ITwice daily ...• 7,9, 17, & 27 of tn. 9th of the monthl 23d of month ••••1 18,18, &28 of mon. 14th of the Math' f 75E1 2 tt hnt.dB privateit the t22hsstt hohf i n soo n : no nf o lita i t nooo h nntr .• r. lthif7th27thofin ?d & 27th of reol By private shipio..,thrw. sthlsth2htholif 25c11&115gth25toirnifinoll%,i1 FFrOV at vor, 7 teh ed. pisfo arer ol WOW' pto SOU tbl46 . DOTer I JO ' 0 94 '/11 tSt% tlfictr 1 6 „,r0u J...' I pot, I be 4° • wit] all watched on the following day. 011 5 R OA trie the • a When any of these dates fall on a Sta ea vo , :viten l be ,espateh, Southampton), and the Malta:both of whir,. preceding day. with the V& 17th 01 along? formation expired in the th a the deceased, FALLING IN ~iveci the dece - A V gr' • If , Payne, the o -----"----"--- r ATcrisTNEL.--On Satur of the for the city of Londoo, reic,,,,l, who and after tricated the folio e oo d id ea en th t of w affrdeniolf aStueyv,esnso, aogspoillilitievadreor making eased, with several others, was 00001,.0t following melancholy circumstances :---i t I L A i Brixton-hill, anli excavation for a railway, near tiled burte4 An alarm ased, with being raised every of W all n were 1; 'II, when several tons of earth fell aaieriotb, some other workmen, Under duallyfromaccident their perilous situation, and e ° outiOtbs in a most frightful v except the deceavd, who Os t t oe to suggest was cow! manner. Without loss (.0_ vibe, Mr. B,_syed to the above-nained institutliasfsi stbso and expired. Nothing had was promptlysank, on the spot, but the uofortunae_a be o . _ ocotla:100001 occurrence. aPprehension of the ni. BIRTU S. g rf' A rk, • of A SON. . Of tst , d el On the 10th inst ., at 8, Sussex - p lace, ~. 1 Francis Burnand. P 4l- rr .o° , On the 12th inst., at 48, InYerness4e la bor e the wife of C. F. Philips. wi fe d ..- A fe e w l e On the 10th inst., at Hollywych, th o Ramsden, Esq. 00 0100 4 On the 9th inst. , at Newnton Longfille' if ' of the Rev. J. Ro ydon Hughes: ir the On the 26th April, at Dharwar, Bom bay ' ji Cl ' Major Hebbert, Bonibay Engineer NeW-0 s. 0 , 73 , On the 10th inst., at Camden Cooper. ri;, 0° )1, A DAUGHTER. ,ves.r.A.,ool, , 0- n o°' On the 9th inst., at 33, Gloster-road, i l ' e b g i :rtl ster" . wife of Percy B. Whitestone, Bock, Dublin. dg 4 ' berjee On the 11th inst., at Banchory 1 ,4) •••o e ' the wife of James T. Mackenzie, Esq. MARRIED. oberlpft,,o°' On the 11th inst., at Plympton St- 141 1 / 111 01°45 0gb te' of Wyndham E Bowes, 73d Regt., SR o 'tbir d °°° 0 Esq.. of Beaumont, Plymouth, to MON, gitlf ° lo M il d and, at the same time. Captain gen*" '',a , -0. 0 .' 94' , the late Rear-Admiral Sir James Ilillyar, -doltae, tb ° Louisa, fourth daughter—of George liVei• P OP lre' 11. Little Efford, Devon. ° On the 9th inst., at St. Paul's, Ball's-Vbist.beellts JO' third son of Richard Greenhill, B o cl . ' of t he lb ta ford, Kent, to Eleanor, youngest daughtetx. ~41110,„ Perman Esq., Mosford-bouse, Ilford, lorolk , ..".ife!: On the 6th inst., at Trimley St. M iv erY , d, of li c ti — coroP .Fell, Esq., eldest son of Mr. W . T' ° l ' ~f ' r -• inn, London, to Emma, second daughtar" of Trimley St.. Mary. P 1 E P. . 0 01 1 t ( adoi C°I. e% Di e- triP • On the 10th inst., at Felpharq, 5t1 5 ..., 8 I ,' tO° ..f Tristram C. Squire, late 13th P.A. •Lag'" dial' I 73. John 0300.' A On the 6th inst., at Camden-toAD, ool9r. Esq., aged 26. of the Hand-in-Hand Fire Office, On the 4th inst., at P.ichmond, MrA. T4513.00111°!; 0000: On the 7th inst., at Beachwood, -, _Dee. , Rollick, Esq., of Gateacie, J.P., and -1-P onid l ; coanty of Lancaster, aged 67. ,lob" 1. I se On the 11th inst., at 66, Oxford-terrtcret:dro CIO Esq., of 39, Baker -street, I¢t© of the .10 O. gleP vice. Suffolk, George 3-',Ve:RtidOrel.° ' for On the 11th inst., at Boxford, J lob ° Esq.,.late of Hong Yong, China. Judi h. Wife ' , On the 29th ult., at Paddington, _ goti se,..,_ o o 9l , Gilbert, Esq., of the Admiralty, Somer7.. Coq., 0 t Olv On the 12th March, at Singapore, Coventry,Liet °A H.M.S. Rapid, thir on of John gate House, Haute, aged 30. 0 1 ' 1 1 1 LONDON : Printed and Published by 1,1033)`-' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (°Ce' otf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. iv ° Middlesex, Wednesday, Jane 13, isr4 COUNTRI&A America(byßrit.pack)N America (by United Sts. packet). ..... N America (by (Y. States packel.) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria ..........M Bahamas Belgium ............N Brazil .. Buenos Ayre5.... .... Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde • Ceylon (see r_ndia) Ceylon .... ..N Channel Isles ....N Chi 11..... China Constantinople ...... Constantinople Cont. of Europe N & N Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Gibraltar ........ „kJ Greece (see India) Greytown .......... Ilamburgh Havannah .......... . Holland ............M Honduras M India (viaSouthampt.)M India (via Marseilles)M; lodian Isles (see India)l Ireland & Lisbon ..............M Madeira , . M Madeira ............ N Malta (see India) _ Malta ..............N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N Mexico •• • • ****** •• 25 Naples_. I. •• • •••• • • . N New Granada As New Zea1aud.......... Papal States Peninsula • • • . • • • • • •34 Pera ..... .... .M • Per. Natal N Sicily •• •• •• .• .• ••N Tuscany. .• ••• • • •• • N Venezuela Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) west . -- : -- : I N ft 4 N ik