The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

DEER STALKING and GROUSE SHOOTING.—TO THE SPORTING WORLD.—The under signed (who in the Great Exhibition of all Nations received a Prise Medal), has a choice assortment of all the necessary Clothing for Deer -Stalking, Grouse-Shooting, Salmon Fishing, &c. Plaids, Tar tans, Socks, Stockings, Bonnets, Wrappers, Capes, Cloaks. Zetland Goods. &c. Very fine Plaids and Tartans for Ladles. The High land Dress correctly made up, D. MACDOUGALL, 12, High-street, Inverness. TlizIAW: AO XAL tUalliAAKka. Under the management of Mr. BuCkstone. THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters ay Mr. Buckatone and Miss E. Chaplin. After which, Senora Perea Nena will dance La Cachuca. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To be followed by a Ballet. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO likititT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CILULIII KILAIG THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Qieen Ka tharine, Mn. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. ----... THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, lace Celeete• THIS EVENING, Will be rerformed HELPING HANDS. Characters by Messrs Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, ac. ; Madame Celeste, rs. Keeley, dr.c. After which, FRATERNISATION: 'To conclude with OPEN SESAMES or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. edford and Keeley ; Misses Woolgar , Cuthbert, Wyndham, M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE: Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS:ETENni CI, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. Followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, and Mr. A. Wigan' Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Bromley. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. MR. FLEXMORE and MLLE. AURIOL'S GRAND NIGHT, And their last appearance in London (previous to their departure for the provinces), On WEDNESDAY, Jaly 18, The performances will commence with the popular Comedy of TIME TRIES ALL. After which, the Cavatina from Bellies Opera of NORMA. To be succeeded by the Operetta of the WATERMAN. MENO- To be followed by a Petite Ballet from Fleamore's BELLA. After which the popular Farce of JOHN JONES. In the course of the evening a variety of other Entertainments. To conclude with the celebrated Serio-comic Pantomime of DON JUAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Linctee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. AND EVEIZY EVENING, In compliance with the universal wish expressed, the interesting Spectacle, Lord B , ron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild florae. in which r. William Cooe's hiehl-trained horses will appear for the first t i me. The piece k will exhibit all the or iginal thrillingly electric effects ! To conclude with the SCENES in the CIRCLE, by Equestrians of high repute. Box-ortice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting M an ager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Eq uestrian Director, )lr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 54 min.after 3 E ven inglOmin. aft. 4 l'o-Nosacrs-1-Nornin227 min.after 4 I Evening 42min. aft. 4 THZ WHETHER. --Sum Onto, July 17. TILIBMONITNS, IN THN SHAMS. 71 —highest since noon yesterday. 5 3—L owes t this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. 3A RONETER, 29.72. Wes, W.N.W.—Fresh, with indifferent weather, Last evening we had a heavy storm of rain. 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This charge namt still be made to those in remote places;, unless the Postmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-o f fice, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. 5 Ant LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1855. The scapegoat has been accepted—the victim offered up—the sacrifice completed in every par ticular. The undetectel members of the Cabinet revel in conscious security, in the undoubting an- ticipation that, the present session being tided over, the shoals and quicksands escaped, they have six months of uninterrupted power, during which they can do just as they like, undisturbed by parliamentary control or remonstrance. It is true that they are still to be once more arraigned at the bar of " legislatorial," not "public," opinion—that the prosecutor is fully qualified for the task, and of unimpeachable integrity ; but they well know that the ju r y is packed, and that many professional " boot-eaters" on the panel prevent the possibility of a hostile ver dict. They are hissed, but they continue in office—receive stringent castigation, but retain " power, patronage, and pay"—to strut bravely under the storm of popular indignation, w hi c h would crush persons less accustomed to censure. Like the veteran occupant of the pillory in " the good old times" they were quite prepared to be pelted with rotten eggs and the most unsavoury compounds, provided the spectators refrained from missiles of a more dangerous character that might possibly terminate the official existence so highly prized—that while it continued all other things were tolerable. The victim last night chaunted his " political death -song" with a stoicism worthy of a North American Indian. He attempted to justify his inconsistency and vacillation by arguments picked up in the new school in which, unfortunately for his own reputation, he became a scholar late in life. He did not, however, in a ny degree imp rove his own posi tion or that of his colleagues. On the contrary, his convulsive struggles only buried him deeper in the mire, and involved him inextricably i n " the slough of despond." He mystified nobody but one, and that one was himself. The German school of _diplomacy, into which _he so recklessly plunged, .was too much for his intellect. He was thoroughly bamboozled by his wily opponents, and seemed to be utterly incapable of distinguish ing between right and wrong. At the close of his defence we really pitied-him. There is no d o ubt tivit he had rouderoci es) Awe good, ;or- I 1 vice in his day—that he was once the vigorous and energetic champion of much-required reforms. The senile twaddling of one who had once commanded the attention of an admiring Senate occasioned melancholy reflections ; and there would have been deep pathos in his allusion to those feeble friends who owed their positions to his patronage and influence had it not been for the asperity with which it was mingled. It would have been far better had he avoided speak ing of the contempt which he felt for the time servers. Still, every allowance must be made for the natural irritation of the man—• —" Deserted at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed," and as yet unconscious of the decadence of the qualities that previously commanded their sup port. The Archbishop cf Toledo did not receive , in good part the well-meant hint of GIL BLAB. He thought the composition that provoked the unwelcome criticism one of the most eloquent and able in every respect he had ever framed. So Lord JOHN considered his dodging at Vienna, and since Mg return, peculiarly clever, and was therefore doubly irri tated with poor " GIL BOUTERIE," who undertook the invidious task of telling unwelcome truths— and showing how different was the opinion enter tained by the community from that which the ex-Plenipotentiary hugged himself in retaining. We confess that we cannot reconcile to our selves the withdrawal of the motion, without the views and sentiments of Sr r i G. GREY, Sir C. LEWIS, and Sir C. WOOD having previously been elicited. Right or wrong, there is a very general impression abroad that these Right Honourable Barts. are intent on obtaining peace at any price —and that they fully concurred with Lord JOHN RUSSELL in urging the specious and obnoxious principle of " counterpoise" on the Cabinet. Through the course adopted by the Opposi tion, they have, for the present, escaped. But Mr. ROEBUCK wants "to know the traitors in the Cabinet ;" and we fancy that he will make a determined effort to lift the flimsy veil with which these Right Honourable Gentlemen have thought proper to disguise their opinions. The Home Secretary declined to answer the interro gatory pointedly addressed to him ; but we hope and believe that it will be repeated this evening in terms that will compel the parties expressly named to respond fully and completely. The country demands it ; and, however their refusal may pass cuvrent within the walls of Parliament, they may rest assured that it will not improve their position with the co un t r y. This evening Mr. ROEBUCK will brine , forward his mode n ! A touchstone will be supplied to test the sterling character of the professions of Honour:Able Gentlemen, a matter that will be particu].arly useful when the appeal to the coun try, which cannot long be deferred, at length arrives, and they are called upon to render the accoun is of their respective stewardships, and to ask a. renewal of confidence from their consti tuent 3. Notwithstanding the energetic and efficient exer Lions of the Committee of South American Bondholders nothing satisfactory has yet been crincluded in reference to Buenos Ayres Bonds, or t , ,) render to the aggrieved bondholders the satis faction which their fraudulent debtors can, if they think proper, easily afford. If, as we sometime since stated, the Republic was still involved in difficulties so great that it could not meet its just liabilities, every indulgence would be accorded by those whose confidence in its solvency and integ rity was so great, that they paid the high Price of 85 per cent. for the all but repudiated bonds. But such is not the case. It is not the ability, but the will that is wanting. The money has been had and expended, and the recipients now find it more convenient to make futile pro , positions of compromise than to make an honour able and manly effort to redeem the character already seriously compromised. This disgraceful conduct, of course, excites the indignation as well as the disgust of every fair dealing man of business in any degree connected with the affair. If Buenos Ayres is to become bankrupt, its assets should be honestly surrend ered and equitably divided amongst its bona fide creditors. But it will not do to show the means of payment—to boast of a surplus revenue, and then to require those who have patiently waited for thirty-one years not only to relin quish a considerable portion of their just demands, but to let all interest even on the original debt entirely terminate, and to accept, in payment of the principle, sums that would about meet the accruing interest, without any provision for the enormous arrears, far ex ceeding in amount the first liability. This, we say, will not do. It may appear very smart to the transatlantic repudiators, but it will be re garded in this country, and by every right minded and honourable man all over the world, as equivalent to a national act of bankruptcy ; or, still worse, of repudiation—from which the Republic can never by any possibility re cover, even though permitted by the Eng lish Government to continue its discreditable course. The representatives of the Province of Buenos Ayres may rest assured that, amongst states as among private individuals, " honesty is the best policy," and that those who collectively struggle hard to maintain their integrity will, in the long run, be far better off, and in the enjoy ment not only of credit and consideration, but of greater national wealth than their neighbours, are seduced into the flowery but deceptive paths of repudiation. The example of the neighbouring State of Chili might lead the authorities of Buenos Ayres into a better course. For a time the Chilian Govern ment was unable to meet the claims made on it, but it did not therefore relinquish the task. The arrears of interest were converted into a Three per Cent. Stock, on which interest was punctually paid, as well as 6 per cent. on the original loan. Nor was this all : a consider able sum was annually transmitted as a sinking fund to provide for the gradual liquidation of the whole. What has been the result ? Chili is looked on with regard and respect. Its credit stands deservedly high. The Chilian 6 per Cents. were yesterday quoted on the Stock Exchange 103, while the 3 per Cents. are about 68 to 70. Thus for the Chilian liability of 1001., for which we believe only 70 was originally paid, with 14 years' arrears, are worth 172 ; while that of Buenos Ayres, for which 85 was given, only fetches, with 31 years' arrears of interest, about 60, or little more than one-third of the amount. " Look on this picture and on that, the coun terfeit presentment of two brothers." Let the men of Buenos Ayres consider the in vidious light in which they must be regarded dur ing the existence of such a state of affairs, and for very shame's sake they must make an effort at improvement. It is said that the Minister of Finance, Senor DE LA RIESTRA, is a man of ability, and, what is f'tr more imPertant, of integrity—that he has: been taught in an English school, having been for some time partner in an eminent mercantile firm. It is 13 0(1104 ~to flay_ that, undez euch, cirgunr THE SUN, LONDON, _TUESDAY .. EVE.!kVIN GL JULY 17, 1 Ititi. stances, he must be well disposed towards the bondholders. He is, however, hampered by certain colleagues, who have not as sound financial views, and who have as yet too strong support in the House of Representatives to be overruled. But let the bondholders only stand firm, and they may rest assured that " there is a good time coming," in which their just claims must be fairly met. Buenos Ayres has the means —she must show the will. There is a healthier state of public opinion arising in South America, and when she has seen what Chili has done she cannot remain insensible. There is also the by no means improbable intervention of the British Government, and that at no distant day, in favour of its defrauded subjects. A remonstrance from Lord CLARENDON, conveyed through a few ships of war, will speedily produce better results than those now demanded, although the matter has been done with a bad grace, and when repudiation is no longer possible, will not retrieve the damaged ' reputations of those who were dishonest so long as it was possible, and would still continue to do so if they dared. We hope that they will not await so stringent a notice of their misconduct, but strive to regain their characters while there is yet time, and before the " light cloud" has passed away, and carried with it the sole remaining hope of Buenos Ayres. In another part of to-day's impression will be found a Report of the proceedings at the First Annual Meeting of the Times Fire Assurance Company, to which we feel justified in drawing attention. The company, as will be seen, have granted 6,395 new policies during its first year of operations, of which ; 2,629 are for fire and 3,766 for plate glass. The last description of policy is evidently growing more and more popu- Ilar, and promises to form a very important part of the business of this company. LONDON AND souTri-WESTERN RAIL. WA Y—ADJOUJOED MEETING.: (THIS DAY.) The adjourned special general meeting;was held this day, W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P., in the chair. In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Macaulay read the notice of the aljournment from the 13th inst. The CHAIBILIN then annour ced the result of the polle taken upon the two resolutions and two amendments, which were :—For the Chairman's Resolutions, 501 voters, 1,922,2861. capital; for the Amendraeuts, 101 voters, 269,858/. capital. After some slight discussion on the subject generally, the meeting separated. COMMITTEE ON TEE CITY OF LONDOI WRIT. Yesterday morning the committee assembled for the purpose of hearing Baron Roth:-child by counsel. Mr. Walpole presided, and there were also present the At torney and Solicitor-General, Lord Seymour, Mr. Fresh field, Lord Hotham, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. T. Duncombe, and the Lord Advocate. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., who, with Mr. Honyman, ap peared for Baron Rothschild, volunteered every infor mation on the part of the Baron, but at the same time expressed an opinion that the evidence already taken before the committee was complete, and that the ques tion was ripe for decision. The Chairman—ls there any other evidence that you wish to bring before the committee ? Mr. Bramwell replied that he could not at present suggest any other materials. There were two points to which be would direct the attention of the committee. First, whether there was any contract at all ; and, as- 1 Burning that there was a contract, whether it came with in the meaning of the act of Parliament which dealt with such matters. He submitted, with very considerable confidence, that in this case there was no contract. He contended, moreover, that the burden of proof was with those who said there was a contract, and not with those who denied it. The learned counsel having detailed the faots connected with the loan, and critically examined the act of Parliament authorising it, proceeded to say that no contract had been entered into, but merely a provisional agreement, and that no one was bound in any way to the baron in virtue of that agreement. If Baron Roths child died the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury could not come down upon his executors for a fulfil ment of the agreement ; nor were the Lords Commis goners themselves responsible. The arguments of counsel, which were of an abstruse character, occupied the whole of the sitting. EXAMINATION FOR THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. Yesterday morning the examination of candidates for civil service in India took place at King's College, when 113 candidates presented themselves. The following are the subjects of examination, with the names of the ex aminers : English Literature, &c.—The Right Hon. Sir James Stephen, K.C.8., LL.D., professor of modern history, Cambridge • the Rev. F. Temple, M.A.,, principal of Kneller Classical.—The Rev. G. Rawlinson, MA., Exeter College, Oxford • the Rev. R. Congreve, MA., Wad ham College, Oxford. Frencb.—M. Baron, doctor of the University of France and member of the University of Belgium ; M. de Vericour, professor of modern languages, Queen's College, Cork. Italian.—Mr. A. Panizzi, British Museum. German.—Professor Max Muller, M.A., Taylor In• stitution, Oxford. Mathematics.—Mr. A. Cayley, M.A., Trinity Col lege, Cambridge ; Mr. G. G. Stokes, professor of mathe matics, Cambridge. Natural Science.— Mr. G. J. Allman, M.D., professor of botany, Trinity College, Dublin ; Mr. G. D. Liveing, M.A., lecturer on natural science, St. John's College, Cambridge. Moral Science.—The Rev. J. M'Cosh, LL.D,, pro fessor of logic, Queen's College, Belfast ; Mr. Alexander Grant, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford. Arabic.—Colonel J. W. Ouseley, professor of Arabic, Haileybury: Sanscrit.—Mr. Monier Williams, M.A., professor of Sanscrit, Haileybury. The examination will close on Saturday, the 28th instant. tain the attitude it has assumed in consequence of the reFolutions of the Diet of the 9th of December and the Bth of February. She hopes that the devotion with which she has def4nded the interests of Germany will entitle her to the esteem of her confederates." AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY AFTERNOON. The paddle-wheel steam-ship Pacific, Capt. C. Thompson, arrived in the Sound this afternoon with dates from Sydney, April 14 ; Melbourne, April 19 ; Kinn ° . George's Sound, April 28 ; Mauri tius, May 26 ; Cape of Good Hope, June 12 ; St. Helena, June 22 ; St. Vincent, July 4 ; and Ma deira, July 11. She brings 36,845 ounces of gold dust, and 4,151 sovereigns, valued in all at 151,5311.; a few packages of merchandise, and 86 first-class passengers, among whom are—from Auckland, Mr. Swainson, Attorney-General of New Zealand, and Lieut. R. K. Murchison, 58th Regiment ; from Sydney, Mr. James Donaldson, Mr. W. R. Scott, and Mr. Geo. A. Lloyd, J.P. ; from the Mauri tius, Capt. Williamson, and Lieutenant Glynn and Higge, 85th Regiment ; and Captain Manyard, of the screw steamer Propontis ; from the Cape, the Hon. C. B. Pine, Lieut.-Governor of Natal, and Mr. Blanc', M.P.; and from Madagascar, the Rev. W. Ellis. The Pacific burdens 1,500 tons, and has engines of 500-horse power. . She was built last year by Mr. Scott Russell, for the purpose of running be tween Melbourne and Sydney. She left Plymouth, outward, on the 30th of October, but the circum stances of the coasting traffic had so changed that the colonists decided on sending her back to Eng land, under the charge of Mr. Lloyd. She would have made a good run home but for the delay in calling at so many ports where coal was not ready. She is, however, only 34 days from the Cape, in chiding 6} for stoppages at various ports. - During the whole voyage home she has been under steam only 59 days. The news from Australia is, on the whole, satis factory. Everything was quiet, and gold-dust was coming in as usual. Goods were still low, and not likely to rise while importations continue so large. The mail from England of the 4th of February had not reached Melbourne on the 19th of April, but was daily ex pected. The Red Jacket was to leave for Liverpool on the Ist of May. The Great Britain, with 39,500 ounces of gold, cleared out 18th of April, for London. Gold at Bendigo, 31. 15s. per ounce ; fine flour, 361. per ton ; and 12s. 6d. per bushel given for best samples of wheat ; masons and bricklayers, 15s. per day; blacksmiths, 4/. 10s. to 6/. per week, with rations., At King George's Sound was the bark Forres, which was to sail on the 29th April for Calcutta. At the Mauritius great dissatisfaction existed in consequence of the abandonment of the steam pos tal communication. While proposals were making to the Pacific to take up the line, it transpired that the Governor of the Mauritius offered 15,0001., and the Governor of Bourbon 10,00 u/. per annum, for a monthly mail to Ceylon or Aden, or via the Cape of Good Hope, if it could be accomplished in the same same time. The mails are now carried by two French Go vernment schooners and two English chartered LATEST NEWS. REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS BY THE ALLIES. PARIS, TUESDAY, 7.30 A. M. The .bloniteur announces that the Minister of War has received the following telegraphic de- spatch CRIMEA, JULY 15, 6 P.M. The night has been a successful one on the side of the Malakhoff Tower. About 1 o'clock the Russians made a sortie with three or four bat talions, and made vain efforts to carry an ambus cade, on the glacis of the Malakhoff Tower. Re ceived by a brisk fire at close quarters, and by the fire of batteries 15 and 16, they retreated, carrying away a number of killed and wounded. The ground in front of the ambuscade was found covered with muskets in the morning ; there were also five dead bodies on the ground, one of which was that of an officer. The combat was obstinate, and does honour to General Ulrich, who was on duty in the trenches, and to the Lieutenant-Colonel of the 86th. Our loss was 9 killed and 11 wounded. A.mong the latter is Captain Catel, of the Zouaves of the Guard. MARSEILLES, -MONDAY, JULY 16. The Indus, which left Constantinople on the oth inst., has arrived. The news from the Crimea is to the 7th. Despatches leave at 8 p.m. General Sol, and 1,600 men, have left for the Crimea. AUSTRIA. The Independance Beige publishes the following as the text of the last declarations made by Austria to the Frankfort Diet : " The Conferences are closed without the result ex pected from them. In presence of this failure of the cork of peace the Austrian Government thinks it right frankly to explain to the Diet the real state of the ques tion, to indicate her future attitude, and to submit to it the resolutions which we will have to adopt. " The Imperial Government will be happy to learn that its confederates appreciate the devotion with which it has taken up the defence of the interests of Europe and of Germany. "The evacuation of the Principalities, the occupation of which by the Russians was the primary cause of the war, and the chances of peace which then existed im posed a double task upon Austria. "On the other hand she had to ewer her frontier touching upon the theatre of war, to shield German in terests on the Lower Danube, and to make sure of the support of her German confederates ; on the other hand, she had at heart to facilitate and hasten the resumption of negotiations between the belligerent Powers. Ener getically to support her proposals, based upon equity, and of a nature to guarantee Europe against a repetition of similar Complications, Austria sought the assistance of her confederates, which was assured to her by the additional article of the 23th of November and by the federal decree of the 9th of December. "The documents which will be laid upon the table of the 'Assembly by the President (text of the treaty of the 28th of December, and protocols 1 to 14 of the Con. terence) show the persevering energy dieplayed by Aus tria in her endeavours to procure peace. "France and England declared at the commencement of the war by a solemn treaty that they would net seek to derive any individual advantage. The notes of the Bth of August, in their turn, drew up the bases of a durable peace for Austria, Germany, and Europe. At a later period an understanding was come to respecting the four points of guarantee. "The members of the Diet will learn how to appre ciate the dignified language of the Imperial Cahinet at the Conferences, the moderation and equity it displayed in the solution of the questions discussed. " The Government of his Majesty does not think it necessary to give explanations respecting the protocols submitted to the Diet. The Austrian Plenipotentiaries explained clearly enough the policy of their Cabinet in the course of the Conferences. "The Dien will find by protocols I. to V. that the negotiations led to a satisfactory result as regards the two first points. " The concessions obtained on the two first points con cerning the Danube and the Principalities are due to the initiative of Austria. "The negotiations failed of the third point. It is true that an understanding was come to respecting a formula on the subject of the integrity of the Ottoman empire by means of a note of collective guarantee ; but no agreement could be obtained as regards the means of patting au end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. " Austria was as much interested in the solution of that question as of the other points, for she admitted that the development of the naval forces of Russia in the Euxine was a perpetual menace against Turkey. "It was for the weal Powers first to explain them selves on the conditions of that guarantee. "Austria had agreed with the Western Powers before the opening of the negotiations that the basis of the solution only should be dwelt on, as the solution itself depended too much upon the events of the war to be de fined beforehand. "The propositions brought forward turn about by the plenipotentiaries of France and England and by the re presentatives of Russia not having led to any arrange ment?, Austria had to consult with her allies on the pro posals to be made to Russia,: The negotiations between the Imperial Government and the Cabinets of Loudon and Paris were long and laborious. They did not lead to an understanding. The Court of Vienna did not think it incumbent upon it to join in a war on account of an interpretation of the third point which it did not approve, and which did not appear to it to respond ti the interests of Europe. All that remained for Austria to do was to make a last effort at conciliation. She found the elements for it in the negotiations which bad preceded. When, finally, the plenipotentiaries of the Western Powers demanded the closing of the Confer ences, the Government of his Majesty declared that it would always be ready to give its energetic support te any equitable proposal, from whatever quarter it might emanate. " It is with regret, and this regret was shared by the German Governments, that Austria saw the hopes she had founded upon the Conferences vanish. "On entering a new situation she made a severe exa mination of the obligations present circumstances im posed upon her. She will frankly explain to her Ger man confederates what view she takes of her position, and how she wishes all partes to understand her. " There was a difference of opinion between Austria and the Courts of Paris and London on a question of applidetion ; but the principles established in common lost nothing of their force. The bonds of the alliance continue to exist, and in the eyes of the Imperial Cabinet no change has taken place in the relations of the allied Powers between themselves. " The Emperor did not think that it was in the interest of his country to take up arms for the inter pretation given by France and England to the third point. The belligerent Powers exercise their right ; the views of his Majesty respecting the object to be obtained in common remain the same. Resolved to persevere in the actual path, Austria will invariably maintain the recognised bales for peace, she will sup port them, commensurately with the obligations she has contracted, with all her influence and all her force. " A peace which would not assure the carrying out of the four points of guarantee as defined (poem) at the Conference would not offer sufficient guarantees to Austria for the future tranquillity of Europe. "Austria considers, then, as an acquired fact the agreement (entente) on the first two points. " She has pointed out a means for the settlement of the third point ; it is necessary that this question should receive a clear and precise solution, assuring the seourity of European interests, but the acceptance of which should not be offensive to the dignity of any of the Powers. " Austria has proved by her intervention how much importance she attached to the integrity of the Ottoman empire ; she will also for the future persevere to place Turkey under a general and efficacious guarantee. "Not only will she herself respect that guarantee, but she will know how, if necessary, to make it reepected by others. " Already does she consider herself, by the position she has assumed on the Danube, called unen to :catch over the maintenance of that principle. Her tuoops will remain in. the Principalities mate the cenclueion of peace, and'she hopes to be able to fulfil her tuiesion to the end. " As regards the fourth point Austria refers to the sympathies of Europe for the Chrietiene placed under the rule of the Ottoman empire. She does not doubt that when the moment ellen have come all the Powers will take to heart the interests of the Christians in the East, with due respect always to the sovereign rights of the Sultan. "The Emperor would feel happy if, in a proximate future, the work of peace could be resumed. He had it declared in the Conferences that he would not ask for anything in his own personal interests, but that he would support any demand made with a view to the general interests. He will remain in the present attitude as long as he can retainethe hope of obtaining the object of " In this state of things his' rajeety his pacific' endeavours. has thought fit to lighten the burdens which weigh upon this country. Nevertheless, in consequence of the uncertainty which prevails in the situation ef affairs, the measures taken willba such as to leave preparation for every eventuality. Changes wilt take place in the po:ition of the troupe who are on a war footing, but they will be so cteehined as to allow the army to resume its former positions within the shortest possible delay. fr Autria sekp the Geirsoic Coaocleption to wing vessels. The Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the Acting• Governor to levy a tax of 3d. per bag on rice and grain, for the purpose of purchasing two steamers. The French schooner Estafette, with the mail o. the 22d of May, left Port St. Louis on the 23d for Ceylon. The bark Phoebe Duncan, from Ceylon, arrived on the 26th. Document bills at par to A per cent. discount. Sugars, vacuum clairced, 4. 45 to 460 ' • very fine yellow, 3 80 to 3 90. Sugar shipped and left to the 24th of May, 182,532,8241 b. Freights have declined to 3/. 10s. for England, and 2/. 10s. to Australia, nominal. The Cape Parliament was prorogued on the 13th of June by Sir George Grey, in a speech which was well received. The colony was quiet. The Trans vaal Republic had severely punished, or, in fact, destroyed, the tribe who murdered eight of their citizens. Several extensive failures had occurred in Cape Town, and others were expected. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Hydra, 6, the brig Frolic, 16, and the schooner Dart, 3, were in Simon's-bay. The steam-frigate Penelope, 16, with English news to the 12th of March, arrived on the 3d of June. At Natal the culture of the sugar cane had commenced on a small scale. The Dutch frigate De Ruyter, from Batavia, for Holland, was lying at St. Helena. The Pamper() steamer, so long under repairs at St. Vincent, made a successful trip on the 4th of July, and the next day started for England, via Madeira, but had not reached the latter port when the Pacific left. The bark Star of Freedom, from Newport, ar rived at St. Vincent July 2. The United States' corvette Jamestown was at Madeira. The steamer Retriever, with the African mails, left for Plymouth on the 9th of July. The Pacific spoke, May 4, in lat. 26 57 S., long. 102 E., the Thomas Fielden, from Hong Kong for Melbourne, with Chinese coolies ; June 4, in lat. 35 S., long. 25 E., the barque Dumfries, from Arra can. for Carlingford ; June 14, in lat. 29 30 S., long. 12 E., the ship Arabian, steering N.W. ; June 30, in lat. 12 42 N., long. 22 W., the barque Chevy Chase, from Liverpool for Melbourne ; July 10, in lat. 32 N., long. 17 W. the French ship Petropolis, steering S.W. ; July 13, the barque Sea Queen, from London, steering S.W., July 14, passed a large screw steamer steering towards Eng and. THE OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA AT THE EAST END OF LONDON. OFFICIAL VISIT OF MEDICAL OFFICERS FROM THE BOA.ItD OF HEALTH. A few days since two of the medical officers connected with the Board of Health paid an official visit to Har ris's-court, Brook-street, Ratcliffe, in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, where the recent case of cholera was reported to have proved fatal to a poor Irish boy, who died after an attack of seven hours. Toe medical gen tlemen proceeded to the house where the deceased lately resided, and found the place over-crowded and ill-venti lated. Sickness also prevailed among the inmates, who were all of the poorest class, and several were in great distress. The other houses in the court were similarly over-tenanted, and the area in front of the dwellings was dirty and in an unwholesome condition, from the want of a sufficient supply of water. Mr. St. John Buller and Mr. Cleland, the parochial surgeons, have been attending to several cases of cho lera in the district of the Stepney Union, and, the board of guardians have issued orders to the medical gentle men to afford immediate assistance to the poor in all cases of emergency during the prevalence of the epi- demic. From inquiry made yesteiday morning, the reporter was informed that the guardians had received a commu nication from William Baker, Esq., the coroner for East Middlesex, relative to the filthy state of the houses in the wretched place called Claremont-square, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, where the houses (12 in number) were not fit for human habitation. A. child died in one of these fearful abodes, which the coroner very properly termed "a pest-house." The jury, after hearing the evidence of the surgeon (Mr. Ross), said the place was a disgrace to the pariah, and would breed cholera, fever, and other diseases by wholesale, unless some immediate measures were taken to cleanse the whole of the pre mises in question. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, July 17.—Wind thisday at noon, S.W.; light breeze, and cloudy. SHEERNESS, July 16.—The Louisa, arrived here on the 13th inst. from Quebec, had been run into on the 12th by the J. G. Richardson (American ship), and received much damage. PORTSMOUTH, July 16.—Wind, W. to N.W. Arrived — Caroline, from Quebec ; Magdalena (s. transport), from Constantinople ; H.M.S. Gorgon, Malta; City of Aber deen (s. transport 20), Deptford. PLYMOUTH, July 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Rose, from Quebec ; B eliance. London, fur Balaklava. FALMOUTH, July 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Anne Sophia, from Barbadoes. Sailed—Edith, for Cape Coast Castle. Off port — Lima , from Caldera; Symmetry, Que bec, for Exmouth. OFF DUNGENESS.—HumboIdt, from New York for Hamburg. I LFR ACOMBE, July 16.—Wind, W.N.W. _Arrived— Elbe Packet, from Cardiff, for London, put bee.: from off Lundy Island, very leaky.. (PEE, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tueaday Morning, Wind, N.W. Arrived—Holyhead, from New Orleans ; Reindeer, from Halifax ; lone, Alexandria ; Sabina, Marseilles ; Jane Cockerill, Alexandria. DUBLIN, July 16, Wind, W.N.W. Arrived.—Nathalia, from Bordeaux; Aurora, Memel. QUEENSTOWN, July 15, Wind, S. Arrived—Mary Blane and Mooree, from Constantinople. Amieia, Genoa ; Dora, Mogador ; Serpent, Mazagan. (BY SUBMARINE AND BBITISH TELBGBAPII.) GRAVESEND, Tueschy, 10.15 a.m. Wind, W.S.Tir ; tide, low water ; weather fine. Arrived, July 16—Wave, from Modemblik. DEAL Ta , e.do,y, 0.47 a.m• Wind, W.N.W. ; moderate. Passed, itAh—Seth 50..1,0e, from St. F_Ueplitan's ; Via. tory, Faro ; Fisherman, Trieste—all for Loudon. • Passed, 17th---Abeona, from Cadiz ; &nct Jenny JOAOSI from westward—both for London. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. The terms of the new French loan of 30,000,0001., published yesterday, are nearly identical with those of the loan for 20,000,0001. contracted at the commence ment of the year. The subscriptions, as in that case, are to be in Four-and-a-Half per Cents. or Three per Cents., at the option of the lenders. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents., which in the former loan were issued at a net price of 89f. 7c., are now to be issued at 89f. 46c. ; and the Three per Cents., which were then fixed at 63f. 17c., are to be at 63f. 27c. The average margin of pro fit compared with the existing quotations on the Bourse is rather smaller on the present occasion, as it is a little ' below 3 per cent., while it then amounted to nearly 34 per cent., the avidity of the public to subscribe even for a larger sum on less favourable conditions being reason ably relied upon, from the extent to which the applica tions for the previous loan exceeded the total required. The period of nearly 20 months allowed for the comple tion of the instalments is a favourable feature, as it seems to indicate confidence that the resources of the Govern ment may be sufficient during that time. It is understood that Messrs. Rothschild will open a list in London for the new French loan. Messrs. Baring have not yet intimated their intention. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Wednesday), at Osborne, Isle of Wight. The directors of the London, Brighton, and South Coact Railway have decided upon recommending the payment of a dividend for the half year of 2/. 2s. per cent. on the consolidated stock of the company. Ma. ROEBUCK, M.P., AND Ma. URQURART.—For the last fortnight Mr. David Urquhart has been ad dressing meetings at Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bradford, and other manufacturing towns, endeavouring to make political capital under pretence of supporting Mr. Roebuck's motion of censure on the Aberdeen Government for the mismanagement of the war. At the Sheffield meeting Mr. Urquhart stated that "he bad all his life looked upon Mr. Roebuck with suspicion," but, believing that he bad been " startled into ho nesty" by the awful facts disclosed before the Sebastopol Committee, he now gave his confidence and support to Mr. Roebuck. The petition adopted by the meeting having been forwarded by Mr. A. Booth, the chair man, to Mr. Roebuck for presentation to the House of Common=, the honourable member replied as follows : —" 19, AShley-place, Pimlico, July 6.—Dear Sir, — The petition shall be presented to-night. I am very grateful to my constituents for the support which they thus give me. I cannot refrain, h owev er, from remark ing upon the observations of Mr.i Urquhart on myself. He takes upon himself to say that he looks upon me with suspicion, and all because I have never put faith in the idle ravings in which he (Mr. Urquhart) has for so many years indulged. I bad a good opportunity of judging of Mr. Urquhart's ability and judgment when he was a member of the House of Commons, and a mot e inefficient and weaker person I never saw there. He evinced great an i mos i ty an d grea t imbecility, uttering strong opinion s , always supported by weak arguments, damaging every cause he espoused, doing mischief even ito the truth—it, by any strange accident, lie was on the side of truth. That such a person looks upon me with isuspicion is, I think, a circumstance rather in my favour. I remain, sir, your obedient servant,J, A. Boma,— Mr. A. Booth.'" HONE Y AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'Ccocx. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed steadily, without change in prices. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, comprising 50 Pernam and Maranham, at 61(1. to 7d.; 200 Bahia at 6gd. to 6lcl. ; 300 Egyptian, at 611 to 81cl., and 400 Surat at 4d. io 4id. per lb. The Rail way Share Market closed quietly, with a decline in prices. The public sales of indigl are still progressing satisfactorily. Mauritius accounts, of May 26, give a favourable report of the plantations, and of the state of trade in the colony. Accounts received from Berlin state that the stock of wool had increased considerably, and that holders were very firm, although there was not much doing. ACcounts from Madrid state that the Cortes had sanctioned the plan for a new loan, but that very little was likely to be paid voluntarily, and that the forced subscriptions must be relied upon. The clergy still strenuously opposed the sale of their lands, and the Bishop of Toledo had fulminated anathemas against curates or others who should afford any information to the Government ofLials. It is mentioned in a foreign journal that Schamyl, the celebrated Circassian chief, had been assassinated. It is remarked that under the Plan of the French Government, giving 50 francs of rentes, there must be a capital paid up which will involve fractions, a very inconvenient proceeding. The English Funds have been again rather unsteady, and the abandonment of Sir E. B. Lytton's motion has not done the market much service. The speculators are looking to the French and Turkish loans, the weather and politi cal embroilments, and our own heavy expenditure, as being likely to keep down the quotations. Coa -1 sols have been marked 901 to 90i for transfer, and 901 I for account. The New Three per Cents. have realised 921 to -a, and the Reduced 911 Bank Stock has been very firm at the advanced prices of 213 and 214. East India Stock is quoted 230. Exchequer Bills are 245. to 275., and India Bonds 355. to 375. premium. Within the last half hour, Consols are firmer at 90. The foreign securities have been very steady. Turkish Bonds are still supported, having been 87/ to 88k. Mexican stock is at 21i. Peruvian are up again, being 75 to 76. Nothing has been done in Spanish. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7; Mexi can, 21i to 21i ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 53 to 55 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., t 2 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cants., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 18/ ; ditto 3 per Cents., 36Y to 36/ ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 4i. The settlement of the account has not caused the Railway Market to alter much. The East Indian line is flatter. Sambre and. Meuse are rather dearer. United Mexican Mine are heavy. Banks are supported. Crystal Palace are dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES . Prom the Ogicial Lis Business done Burk Stock .........• 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...." 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9oi 4 0 4 1 Yew 3 per Cent. Annuities Lenz Annuities, Expire sth Jan., WO -16'15-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16,1 India Stock India Bonds, 21010 Ditto, under £lOOO 34 Consols :or Account, Bth August 9O/ I 1 Omnium tic:Lever Bills, 2in 2d. 21000 2500 2l 7 7 Small - Exchequer Bonds 1858, 33 per Cent.... 101 100 k PRICE OF POREIGI4 FUNDS Talh' DAY. New Brazilianßonds, 1.829 dr 39. 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 185•4, 4.) per Cent 93* %lexica!' 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent ... . 75 6 Ditto for the Account . . Ditto 3 per Cent.. Russian Bonds, 43 per Cent.... OO Tirkish Bonds, 13 per cent B7l 8 9 Ditto for the Account BBl 7/ 81 3 a 9 Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent. — Ditto for the account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds, 23 per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 43 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 931 Dutch Exchange, '4 per Cent. 12 Gnil 63/ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols , Ditto for the Account.... voi 1 THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN HYDE PARK. 111 A RKET I saw him appealing by gesture to an inspector of police who l was present, who ordered him to be taken off. Mr. Hair was a tail, thin man, apparently in d elicate health. Mr. Mair did not incite the people in ess hearing, nor tell the people to maintain their ground and not mind the police. Before the assault -on. Mr. Mair the crowd was as quiet as such a number of people could be expected under the circumstances. NS T he lt Mr. Mair was carried off by the police many persons cried out " shame." Such cases were so usual there that day that the usual amount of commiseration in such cases was all that he noticed. The police used unnecessary vio lence, by pushing or thrusting females and well-dressed persons on the turf, and in all directions. They were determined to make the people move on, and they made no distinction of sex or dress. He could not recol lect an individual case of a female being struck by a police man with his truncheon, but he saw a greater amount of ruffianism used towards them than he thought possible could have been done. The police, in numbers of twenty, rushed against the people without previous notice, which . caused much excitement on the par of the people. He could not say he heard the police use offensive language. Ho never SAWi r ... 6 body of police before that day diepersing a crowd. H e saw mounted inspectors giving what he considered instruc tions to the police to form in companies of 20 or 30, and immediately after they charged the people. Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—At times witness was 8 or 10 yards from the road, according to the state of the crowd. Mr. Mair, when he first saw him, was standing still. Mr. Mair's stick was not lifted up when he parried the blows, and he should not infer he was struck on the head. He should say the police did not positively strike at Mr. Mair, but he might have been struck in the scuffle which the police caused when they rushed through the crowd to Mr. Mair, whom they made the object of their attack. What caused the police to do so he could not say. Witness was there about three quarters of an hour, and he considered the excitement got up by the police most unwise. Several persons were arrested by the police. The police rushed from the road , to the park. They were trying to drive the crowd from the rails, but were doing ilia an unusual manner for a body who otherwise behave well. He was unable to estimate the number of people congregated on that day. If the object of the police was to disperse the people, a larger number should have been present for the purpose. He saw notices put up. but did not read them, con sidering he had a right there. He did not make a noise, and ho thought any one who did so, and thereby frighten the horses, would be doing an unjustifiable thing and should be prevented. Re-examined--There was no positive outrage that he saw on the part of the people, such as rushing into the road and seizing a horse or throwing stones. There was * little shouting, comprising the slang of the day, and " go to Church." The noise of the populace was sufficient to frighten a spirited horse, but there were so few horses in the road he did not notice that such occurred. He was there about three quarters of an hour, when he deemed it advisable to retire. He went there for recreation. There appeared to be a degree of antagonism prevailing. He observed the police use their truncheon's on many occa sions, but not in Mr. Mair's case. Mr. Francis Henry Mair was then called and examined by Mr. Mitchell—He stated that he resided at 44, Charles wood-street, Warwick-square, Pimlico ; carrying on busi ness as an ecclesiastical agent, for the sale and purchase of advovesons,at7,Tavistock-street,Covent.garden. He entered the park on Sunday, Ist July, about five minutes to four o'clock. He went along the south side of the ride towards the Serpentine. He crossed the road on to the green when he was pushed forward violently by two policemen, who never spoke to him ; when on the green be placed himself near the corner post ; the rest of the rails were filled up by people four or five deep. He stood still, and never spoke to any person. After being there a few minutes he saw a person in uniform come up on horseback, and spoke to the police ; immediately the whole body of police in the ride went up to the rails with their truncheons in their hands, and ordered the people to go back from the rails. They held them up in a menacing manner, but the people in front from the crowd being four or five deep could not got back, when the police struck at them right and left. Police constable 378 A struck at hint with his truncheon ; whets first the police came up, he was unable, from where he stoo 1 , to ste;) laok, or he would have hit him. He said, •‘ W hat are you going to do, fellow s are you going to kill me ?" He said, " They are our orders." Witness, under the excitement, said " Damn such orders. " The policeman rushed through the rails, and struck at him again. Witness had a stick in his hand, and seeing him comin g parried the blow, by which the point of his , stick touched the policeman's groin, and the end of his truncheon touched witness on the thigh. Witness said Del' me liately. " Ilea% your pardon. I did not mean to strike you." He appi ehended the policeman was about to strike him, and he held his stick up by the middle involun stwil dragged g ah h geg t n l e y dh . tafily, and it was the end that touched the policeman he him was Several about e p :1 I i2i into te yards custody ud n as t t ow h d e i y n t h h c collard lrl great aa r ti e d d him nothing violence.a d used him very roughly. He made no resistance, but they pulled him by the coat and waistcoat, and tore his shirt. people to excite them. He heard them cry "shame" 0 ° being put into a cab, he held up his hand and asked "who will f ,llow and see fair play ?" He was taken to Vine . ' street Station, and charged before the Inspector with as' sault and riotous conduct. He was then removed to a cell. A gentleman named Bruce attended to state what he saw ill to the the park, but the inspector would not hear him. Mr. B r uce, a barrister, and editor of the Civil Service Gazette , offered t o bail him, but the Inspector said he would not take bail for two or three hours. He was then locked:up in a cell with three drunk and disorderlies. The cell was about 10 feet long, 7 wide, and 8 feet high ; there were three small ven tilators in it, and a privy. Afterwards two other " Park rioters" were brought in (one a barrister) and the whole were kept in the cell during the nights it was a very hot night, and he suffered much; and bad he not had some water given him he should have ' fainted. ' He laid on his baek on the floor for some hours, finding the air there more pure. One of the disorderlie s said he had been removed from a lower cell, and that the one witness was in was a heaven to the one he had left. He was kept locked up until 10 o'clock the next zuorninge Mr. Skelton, 10, Caroline-street, Bedford-squa re ' earn. the on Sunday night to bail him, but it was refu sed, inspector stating he had orders not to take bail. Witness was in delicate health. On M on d a y morning ap plication was made by Mr. Mitchell, his solicitor, for wit" ness to have some wine and water, on account of his deli cate health. It was at-first refused, but given about four o'clock in the afternoon. Witness was very ill the re mainder of the week. He remained at the station durin4 Monday in a room with about 100 persons, and the polie s behaved very disgracefully. When his solicitor came to speak to him Policeman 370 A came and sat halvest them, and in his absence his sergeant, so that he should hold uo communication with him. 370 A said that what he heard witness speak in the Park he knew him t be a gentleman, and he was determined to take a gentle' man as an example to the rest." Witness told one o f ti t ; i . e . policemen in Vine-street that he was a member of t u . press. file said that as he was such a person of resp eet ti lity, if he spoke to the superintendent, no doubt he won _ , dismiss him. That was about the middle of the day °I; Monday. Witness published a small circular in con nectio n with his business. When his case came before Mr. He 7; INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT wicke it was dismissed, that gentleman stating there wat!!` e . OF THE POLICE. imputation against him. He was discharged on enterl" into recognisances to keep the peace. This morning the Hon. S. Wortley, Recorder of Lou- Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—Witness felt no diffioll it i don, R. B. Armstrong, Esq. , Recorder of Manchester, and in stepping back from the rails when ordered to do so. Lee G. Henderson, Esq.; Record er of Liverpool, opened a By Mr. Wortley—There was a noise at the time w 'et: but rather to have a lark. There was a large number a into an alleged disturbance in H y court of inquiry at the Exchequer Court , Westminster, orders were given by the police, but no disposition to 1 1 o f de Park and other streets p erso ns present-3 great manyrespectable persons, a u .; adjacent, on Sunday, I st July , and p articularly into the some ver y rough-looking. The r n e o s ise c was not so grea t conduct of the Metropolitan police in connection there- when the people return from a Derby-day. He had complain of being confined 26? hours before being taken with. • before the magistiates. Bat little interest appeared t o be excited in the proceed- Mr. William Purcell, 75, Jermyn-street, captain i n ti in there bein not more than 20 pe rsons in the Court at 11 l : ' 50th Foot, examined by Mr. Mitchell.—He was in ,4 gseg the commencemet of the proceediogs. Towards the close park on the day in question, between 4 and 5 o'clock. Se of the day the number was slightly increased, but at no saw him in the park and when he was being taken aw es '"? time was the court half full. by the police. Mr. Mair did not appear to be offering e ,' l ro resistance, but the police seemed to be handling r oo fs The Commissioners having taken their seats, the Royal roughly, which was quite unnecessary. He saw about 1 or livepolicemen around him. The populace were e t commission for holding the inquiry was read by the Recorder of Liverpool. ing at cabs. The Recorder of Londo n said, the commissioners had By Mr. Wortley—He could not say how sa many petal ° had referred to them so me p etitions that had been pre. were policemen pr Se esent—about 150,0J0 people. He w cabs7ll in them, at which the people shouted. '''' rented to Parliament, relative to the alleged misconduct of no private carriages there. ie . the pOlice. One or tw o of them appeared to allege specific Mr. Wi lliam iiowniug Bruce, 9, Victoria-square, bf+trthe complaints. If those p ersons, or any others having com- ter, and editor of the Civil Service Gazette.—He was iu,,e plaints to prefer were present, the commissioners would parkive. on The e crowd, above da at y, the walkin time e along th Mair e cert:o dr Mr. Th e y hear them. taken into custody, was pretty orderly. .- 1 -', 4 4 The first case entered into was that of Mr. William was a little shouting. The attack ge t '' was . 11 ,4, Oliver, 15, Great Quebec-street, Montagu-square. to clear the footpath, and not Mr. Mair in partic i l l ic y Mr. Mitchell appeared for the complainant, and Mr. About 20 or 30 policemen were engaged at that point, e s o , Ellis, of the firm of Ly on, Barns, and Ellis, for the p olice. used their truncheons indiscriminately on men, vie_Diejj and children. He thought he saw Mr. Mair struck ta4,ir Complainant stated he was i n the Park about halt- p ast lower part of the body, bat he did not notice Mr. -,, t o 4 o'clock on the I st inst. He saw p oliceman 413 A run stri ke in return. He onl y saw him defending hinesergeit after a man, who fell down, when the policeman struck any other person so eituated would have done. Mr . ' - '0 him on the hand with his truncheon, and on the back. did not resist the police, and was need very roughti• he the police s statio?, - after Mr. Blair was in custotio. It occurred in the park, between the Serpentine and the Marble Arch. He considered the policeman used 'es asked . whether lo,e was . a witness for the l',bele e or the prisoner —be saidfor the prisoner, " 0 unecessary violence, the man lying on his face as he fell. the Policeman refused to let him see the Inspector. 5,j. Witness called out " shame," the people called out " ras cal," "scoundrel." After the man was taken up he ap- had since lost the number of the policeman who so 1 oe, He thought the police, who generally behave vee,,io peered much hurt, his eyes looked as if ttarting from his Bead, and he was very pale. He could not ascertain at the butno t shouted and made a noise, very great before r oot' such occasions, behaved very ill in the ark;p the a te time, nor had he been able to do so since, who the man was so struck. The man appeared to be about 30 years of age.attack on I s .4G p attack the police the made an unnecessary _ fp, were attacked by the police ; he did not see any P e , He did not see him resist the police. Two or three po ice men took the man away. The hurdles of the park were sol c c i liers. The soldiers wished to get out of taL oo lee t torn down, but he was unable to say if the man was res- an were . cheered by the people. He examined on L e a; / cued. He considered the conduct of the people that after morning the cell in which Mr. Mair was confin • the no on very good. He only heard shouting whe n a carriage smelled very hot and offensive. passed, , end then the policemen commenced using their By Mr. Wortley—The Grenadier Guards were truncheons, and running after the people. He left the middle of the park about six o'clock. The p op 1 ;0 1 7 , Park. and on his return, about eight o'clock, he saw from cheering them, and they wished to get away.. Do _!, l 0 137 , have it. The'? di et 10 to 20 policemen running after the people. He did not appeared very good-natured. Had heardldiers eel On thing, he was near enough to see the police strike any women or children. Mr. Ellice'asked what course the Commissioners would shout 10 or 12 of them. T h Th e r fr take in the proceedings ? he police told the sold le e ellq go sway, and pleehed them about very muc . . _ et eet numbered about 39. The police sent for a pon y A tb 'i t Mr. Wortley said the commissioners bad no power to e at from the barracks, and, he believed, chalr; 9il e a adjudicate on the cases brought before them. They had with riotous conduct. The nature of the crowd li e e- e ee e .f merely to inquire into the alleged bad conduct of the police as servants in their 'relation to the Crown and re- IA he thought it might have led to a breach of tne.teeeij and it was desirable by judicious means to disPer ee fee sit port thereon. The most convenient course for Mr. Ellice would be to croes-examine each witness, and answer It caused great excitement in the neighbourhood. Thir used towards the police . tbe ( not notice any violence ..0 the charges at the conclusion of 'the evidence. conduct on this occasion contrasted greatly 11 " eV Examination resumed—He did not hear the police make good behaviour•and, his speaking fie general sie ete s. use °Tang hadlanguage. • t them, he raid they had special orders. for, ~ Cross-examined—He had not preferred a charge ageing mr George Smith Strodder, builder, of Staid ° l se 41.3 A before then, nor .had he given him an intimatio H n e Victo . ria od, Kenn ton, carrying on buffoe t,0, 10 , that he should prefer this charge to-day against him. •hh r ' n If sl g ' the parkfrom two north .51"0 - mg ts ridge.— e was in ,t ,ti did not attend before the magistrates. 'ny o'clock walking along the drive on the uf gtc oe. o e Re-ox.amined—He did not notice if the police gave a ' - -Re Henry • an d - ira ti t notification of their intention to charge the people before He saw the attack on r. y air, shad 4t e close to him that had he Made use of any % a ct ' ti ell , doing it. it. The police Soars 0 s o . e t Mr. Henry Salisbm'Ye examined by Mr. Mitchell. He he must have heard not' . Mair .. e e , , but he could say if Mr. :, ohs ;f o e! stated 'he se at No. 4, Slaverton-terrace, Walworth- truncheons, kin a noise when the pal e • stePtri road, he was a tailor ;be first saw Mr. Henry Mair in The people wore nia g . He w oe br e ticalar spot. saw one or e d to Hyde-park on Sunday the Ist of July. Witness entered the them at this par did right. The most rufflanlY s ', O s De park by the Marble Arch about half-past three o'clock, where the police ice acea's' ce o I was near a park-keeper's e clone, t and walked across the park towards the Serpentine. He attack of thyo t) agt tuns side of the k About 0 e tio o o paa . d ir- r, was standing at the east end of the Serpentine near where Duke of tinted police, one of whom gav e sof: 3 ' o llJ the footpath crosses leading to Albert-gate. There are saw t theooad of aleout twenty thousand P er pe severed posts near the read, where he was standing. He clear . on t be ec es 'lP . . , c . The policemen rushed t iy• al, noticed 71U. Mair in a great crowd, much excited. He half oldwhich g res e° ft' -necking down an woman, il au .A-, t o was attacked by three policemen, the numbers of whom he k 3 le. He did not charge the 13 0 — e was unable to notice: They were rushing at him and the p - °P pushing the old dovio; e ste', intentionally using as much violence as if he had been committing an wards he found the roadway was ordered to lar g e o ,: e rev s , ' assault; they pushed their hands against his collar and e thro hsome • used great violence. lie appeared to be parrying blows, brin,, h th=en l prisoners. , and builderet 00 p o utoe and had a slight stick in his hand. Witness did not see of i f °n o g g • - )eole , e, such as masons commenced shouting e 0 ' II 10 the police strike him, but what he saw led him to believe an boa hete, who then r two inet oce er d ig iv blows had been struck. If Mr. Male had struck and horses appeared He saw one or a which •- 31) ii t ° ,o/ 4 the police, he must Lave seen it. The polic d n . ' t h n ave ll b ee .g a"ernade alarmed,ie populace eal,l6`,llgetitisea);;lisi with unnecessary violence dragged • him into theffirha t oconsents ' an- 7 e e " s, "Go to church,' ° e'esee. ,ll il) f He should have thought Mr. heir's appearan ce BUd men . _ ,l ot t ie carriage , ____ ly. kfte r _ _ o 1 0 . _ 0 - o, to protect, himself from such violence. lie vea , e sainiMl -re• Gs A - anOr'S pule very '''' j elo oli' .ilo the poP„ e p eae rept at resist- occurrence the noise was tremendous, hi m• by throe policemen. He made no atte there the eh h their sympathy for him. -l' ii gee ' eine onto escape. During the time he was stapolice _ 1 r ytos ow . th oat forbearance, or v ho did not bear xr, mar s ay a pythipg to the . lie the time acted V. V Ti w Xi To Lit I torn Pt r ead for