The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-22 00:00:00

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" liberal for the )01 on the g for the bough it awing to cluentlY Lalf-nale [ will ia -un" ) winner Is, cane that tt he wa ?ortlard which credit GuineaS 3ivouaG. nothing Slam- Fl, the leriviug Lawyer He was, tta in a LmerouS ho wag pstakes, scretiott [y man- for tho tistance, t a verY his race reather- , owe - Ter. iheold y in it; was dis ed to a e Cam- les ever ) whom , und, of ake, as ught it uorning, towards Led with ,he day, ;d from rrevious .en Cup ['selves. ;tatters, MONEY MARKET AND CITY ZrETTTS. CITY, Two o'CLocii. From the manufacturing districts the accounts during the past week have been of a more satisfac tory character. The dealings in cloths at Manches ter have been to a fair extent, chiefly, however, for home use. The woollen trade at Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Bradford has shown symptoms of improvement, and a tolerable amount of business has been done in worsted hosiery at Leicester. In the hardware districts, viz., at Birmingham, Shef field, and Wolverhampton, trade generally has remained very quiet in all departments. Continued activity prevailed in the the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices were very firm. The sales were fully 15,000 bales. A further supply of gold, viz., £119,000, was sent into the Bank of England on Saturday. At the forthcoming meeting of the English, Scottish, an d A us t ra li an Ch ar t ere d B an k proprie tors, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. for the half-year will be proposed. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Austra lasia will take place on the 19th proximo. There is very little inquiry for discount accom modation, either in commercial circles or at the S tock Exchange, and accommodation is obtainable °t l lower terms than for some time past. Trade being exceedingly dull, the demand f or money on mercantile account is pro portionately restricted, and although symptoms o f improvement arc perceptible in certain depart ments of business, some time is expected to elapse before any great expansion can be experienced. 111 the meantime, the money market is likely to 4881 1ine an easier appearance, if the specie move ment should improve and the weather continue fa vourable for the growing crops. The Agincourt has arrived from Melbourne with about £BO,OOO in gold. A recovery, amounting to per cent. has taken Pace in the Market for Public Securities to-day, ° Wing to several purchases, mostly on speculative account. Consols have improved to 89t 4 for transfer, and 891 90 for the account. The advices 1.1311 1 America have created a favourable impres -Bjan• The New Threes and the Reduced are firm , t 89 1 e ; India Stock is flat at 219 ; ditto New 44 an. Scrip is 100; ; Exchequer Bills, March, are 10s. to ss. dis. ; and ditto June, 3s, dis. Business in the Foreign Market has been mode rately active, and prices have been tolerably well 411 1 3 Ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 791; tti tto, 1858, 661 to 67; ditto £lOO Bonds remain at 68 1 - and Sardinian at 781. Spanish are firmer at 18 t . 1, and Dutch 2 per Cents. at 631 64. The o p era ti ons i n the Railway Sha r e M ar k e t 11 4 've been on a limited scale, and prices have not , I `:viin any material alteration. Caledonian, Great estern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North ;astern (Berwick), and South-Eastern advanced ; and Midland and North British declined ss. The F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l li nes h ave rema i ne d all, at barely former quotations. South Austrian 7 11c1 Lombardo-Venetian brought 15/ .1, Great Plian Peninsula 95/ 951, and Bombay and Baroda eelined to 94/. Joint St oc k B an k and Miscellaneous shares very inactive at previous quotations. Crystal i palace Stock, however, improved about 53. BRITISH I , IINDS—CLOSING PRICES. , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l a `,: r Per Cent. Conswls Annuities ; , ew 3 per Cent. Annuities B 9i d I I 411 (li Stock Ditto 5 per Cent ... O Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct. 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 961 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,000 tiitto under £l,000 Cosigol s f or Account, Aug. 7 .. 89 i9O India St oc k for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent 991 ........ xchecitter Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2d Mar. p. day June 4p. ct D. ic) £6OO 5 dis 910 dis 3 dis Ditto Small . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEs. Bcazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 i llta.dor New Consolidated P eruvian 42 per Cent — ~ Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. • 85a 1 ttitssian 5 per Cent. 1822, ..£ St .. 103 Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 .. . 9O Ditto 3 per Gout. 1859 6l ' 4 ,,rdinian 5 per Cent. .. 'Tall uitto Account ish 3 per Cent D itto Account 48 Ditto New Deferred , i , Ditto Account 11 ,1 4 8h 6 per Cent .. 791 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account uitto £l.OO Bornis Dividends on the above payable in London. litto,9•tcli Cer 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull. Li tificatc,s, 4 per cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money B9l Ditto Account .01 4 90 ' - ')?_EIV CH RAIL WAY' OBLIGATIONS. It appears that the tenders for the new issue of ''‘'6,oooooo French railway obligations have (ohounted to about £94,000,000 and that as 2,300000 of the total to be allotted is to be gi ven t o exclusive establishments, whose subscriptions ca nnot be reduced, there is but £3,700,000 for pro rata distribution among the remainder—a sum which will enable each applicant to have only about 1 , per cent.7 o f th e amount as k e d . Thi s opera /Jo:I is officially described as a great success, which furnishes an imposing manifestation of the power of the country and a proof of the confidence which the Government of the Emperor inspires. If the French "people or French statesmen can persuade themselves to such an inference, there is no occasion for any outside observers to disturb the simplicity of the illusion. But, unfortunately, there are persons, even in England, and especially in high places, so little versed in practical finance as likely also to be led away by it. The process, however, is imply analogous to that of throwilig a certain sum 'of money to be scrambled for by a mob. The Go vernment having resolved to:make a loan, calculate Price at which it would be sure to command a Prenaium, and offer it, or a certain portion of it, at !his price, pro rata, to all who will apply and send an a preliminary deposit. As the stock is market 401e at 2 or 3 per cen t. prem i um f or s everal days be fore the date for closing the subscription lists, the ihtnber of appli can t s i s , o f course , s i mp ly li m ited to e number who can rake up or borrow enough coney to pay the deposit on th e amoun t th e y ask ° l' , and the result is that this vast multitude, after " i l thei r pa i ns , ge t a r idi cu l ous f raction assigned to g1 e 133 , the profit of which, in the gre a t major it y o f n -a t s es) Would form but a poor payment for th e i r l oss 0 - ` ti me. The affair in its effect is exactly as if the -°v crnment were to announce that they would issue 4 trillion of francs to be divided at the rate of 102 f. tr"g all who would make tenders. It has cap ;;tted some persons as if it were a wonderful dis dvell') but it involves loss to the Government and o ralisation to the people. Loans under such th 4c orastances are always issued at a price below th l t Which would be g i ve n by regu lar contractors, eke, Proper b us i ness o f th e nat i on at th e sam e time alltaers from the excitement, ba n ki ng disturbance, waste of time consequent upon the public ak ing deposits upon a hundred millions when t „ e re are only three or four millions of secur ities °e disposed of, and individuals, from the lowest t i the highest, are all encouraged into the arena of I:e,,lcjobbing, and taught that it is in this sphere, 8p her than by steady attention to their legitimate 'locations, that they can best distinguish them aeq,es as good citizens. It may be questioned if t , o ; °ll g the engines which can tend to corrupt a sv:,. llt rY any could be found more potent than this )1" 'Lein of offering bribes to the populace from the °ars e . Th, -e late rains have caused serious accidents in de Parts of France. On Monday last the driver of a att Benc e belonging to the Messageries Imperiales C o mpany k song to cross a rivulet running acr oss th e hi g h roa d A tibenas, in the Aredche, and which in ordinary sea the is ne ar l y d ry. Wh en th e coac h reac h e d t h e middle of -;ee current, sw o ll en by continued rains, it upset. Of th e Passengere in the coach, one, a commercial traveller t o and a child in its nurse's arms, were drowned, d r :Cuer with the postillion. Two of the horses drawing the 1 1 -B. , e nee were likewise drowned. The accident occurred at I„ eln ek in the forenoon. fi IRE CLERKENWELL.—Yesterday evening a aor°, attended with a serious destruction of property, broke n t in the premises of Mr. John Dawson Ashworth, iron d bra ss founder, and Messrs. Whitmee and Co., steel mill 'isker s ho lt . 11, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, near . the Sessions in t he Brat The fire originated, from some unexplained cause, 13- Oer, used as the factory, and, when discovered , Wa s obtain e d such a firm hold as to endanger the neighbour - Zia 6 t s i P i re'nisess En gines were soon on the spot, and there good Supply of water, but the flames net extinguished were Mr. Ash wort h' s and Messrs. Whitmee ' s prem i ses 444 u pa . rtia lly consumed. Th e l oss w i ll fall upon the Sun won Fre-ofuces• I I Closing Business Sharel Railways. I Paid i Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref: (issued at £si , all stock fsris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 01 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 20 21 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun 14 Do Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &5 c. 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c._ 100 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 107 109 stock Do. do. N o . 2 100 106 106 stock 1)o. New 6 per et stock. 100 122 124 stock Eastern Tinton, 4 per ct. 100 78 80 stock I Do. 5 percent. gear... 100 stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 109 111 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock I, Min. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77 stock i Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock IGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c 100 stock 'Great Northern, sp. ct 100 115 117 stock Do.sp.c.Redrn., 10 p.c.pm 100 110 112 1111 10 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 1)0. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 10 pt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock 5 G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 100 97 90 1 p. et, pref. stock ) 50 Great West. (Berks ant' Rants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Lo. Redecmable,4l p.ct 100 96 98 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 87 90 stock iDa Irredeemable, do lOO 88 90 SS stock IDa. Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 10 10 (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsli. all 161 174 1 0 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 101 101 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 204 I Do. Chester gua. shares all 1 0 0 21 b 131 Do. do. do. 2 0 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 pc. pref O9 stock Lan. &York 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Barnel.stXs 38 10d pc 100 stook Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock T,on.& Brig.s pc.gu.No i 100 114 116 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 114 116 stock Do. gua. 6p. o. stock Do. do 5 p.c. No. 4 100 114 116 stock Do. do. 44 per cent lOO 101 103 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares all 100 stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 150 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 71 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Fret lOO stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 88 98 Do.W. A reeiv. no div 10 Ex.A til 6pcispd on 1 all — 1 Do. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 31 stock Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp. et lOO stock Lon. & 5.W,7 p. et. stock 100 stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 23. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns at 2a. fid all 12 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all 12 T,ondony. & Ennis. 1 sh' all 134 11 stoc Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct' 100 125 127 6 Do. £6 stock Do. 3} per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 I 1 ., 121 7.laryport & Car., 4p. c all 124 Do. 41 per cent stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 134 136 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 103 1024 6 Do. 41 per cent 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at lOO 92 93 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1816 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 Block Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock North British, 5p.0. ~ 100 110 112 stock Do. New, gua. SP. c. 10 ) D o . B or . IT n . g . pt. ;he 5 1 11 p 10 i Do. do. do all at Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dek.Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pret 4 p.c. 100 91 93 st Do. 41 pa. redeemable lOO 101 103 st Do. G.N.E. per pref lOO I • c. 104 106 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. f (p P 120 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 -- 121 'Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 'Do. York, 11. &S. Purch. 10 4d 4p 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 224 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all 81 Scottish Central, new pi all st Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock lOO at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 -- et Do. 7p. a pref. stock 100 132 134 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 104 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 41 per cent. lOO 99 100 st Do.Fixed44p.c. lst is. 100 99 100 at South Wales, gua.l p.c. 100 88 st S. - Yorkshire, 4 at Do. 41 per cent lOO 98 100 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c., a al l l l at Do. 5 per cent' lOO P. c. gua lOO 85 90 264 271 25 Do. B 6 Der cent .. 100 100 124 4 12 4 T -- 4 25 Do. C 6 per cent . . .... all n 3 11 44 324 324 ftla a s t t W w ag i f d d _dz o 12l i kn et y er , u 6 a ti a . t . j. k st Do. 2d do 100 118 120 I st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 100 103 st Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pi 18661 100 120 122 ',? a t Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 100 115 117 SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDIIVARY SHAItES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Railways. j Paid. Frtoe. Done Share 50 Belfast and Ballymena all - 13.14 Bir., v'i'ol., and Str. Val, all 885 stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all —-- 20 Cork, tllrock., ,tl'assage all all 5 6 20 Coo A Cornwall..... 1 1 . 10 DC A gets no div. I all hasbeeni d. toB 10 Do B until 6pc peran. all 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 42 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 85 9 stock East Anglian lOO 174 18 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 495 505 494 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 39 41 stcerr Do do B do 100 28 30 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 135 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 87 89 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1 00 28 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 107 109 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 130 140 stock Great Northern lOO 10R 109 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 104 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 58 62 stock Lancashire & Torkshir€ 100 12 Trish South-eastern ll2l 12 stock London and Blackwall 100 50 82 61 iii stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 119 121 1191 1121 stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 44 45 465 7 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 941 951 94/ stock Lond. w Sth. Western lOO 95 06 96 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derryE nn isiolleli all 105 11 stock Man. Slid. & Lincoln 100 475 485 41 2 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 125 Do do 1 shares... all 10 Metropolitan • 75 4 S stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new.• ....•• •. • stock Do lairmlng. & Derby 1 00 95 97 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares — 25 Mid Kent. .. 10 Do, Cray Line - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk . stock North British .. 100 621 631 63 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 1100 stock D - i k itk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.Bl 100 stock Do B stock ..... 100 —' — stock Nth. Eaptern—leivvick 100 106 f 10 71 loot it 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 p 90 stock Do Leeds 100 63 64 625 325 stock Do York stock North London .. 1 0 Do new 6 19.15 4 North Staffordshire 175 45 41 413 s 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 10 104 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 86 85 872 10 feebler all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 335 345 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union." lOO 46 48 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all stock South Devon 100 39 41 25 S.-Durham & Lane. 13n. 225 stock South Eastern stock South Wales 100 63 65 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 95 97 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 395 405 25 Do do l3 90 100 p 25 Do New (1860) 3 51 61 p stock Taff Vale 109 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 -- 50 Ulster . 25 Do 20 2 5 31) 12 10 Do stock Vale o lNe a th 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 114 114 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick j all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London.. . all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class . stock Westliartlepool Harbr and Rail .f 100 stock West Midland—Oxford 100 46 48 stock Do. Newport 100 42 14 stock I Do. Hereford 100 86 88 864 7 PREFERENCE s: EIARE S. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. easing ! : Closing Business Railways. , I Paid. Leasing Closing BuBlnQaa Railways. Paid. Co.'s Price. Done. , -- Bedford and Bletalley, all Ln 43/N.W 9 . 1 i n 3 Bu3kinghamshire .... 100 Do .. ••• .. 526 63i Chester & Holyhead... 100 !D0........!. Do. 54 percent 100 'Do ... Do. 5 1 1 100 Po. ••• •• • --- ft i 112 Clydesdale June 1 100 Caledon...al 103 Colchester, Stour val all ,E.U.SLE.O 15i 16 6 .... 1.21 123 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c.! let) Gt. North. 132 134 E. Union,HarwichShs. all 'E.Counts. 4i 4 1 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 . Gls.Barr.&Neils.DrcY. 100 ,Cale . don-. Do. new : 100 I Do. .. ... Glostent Dean Forest all Gt.l West. llrtlp'l Dock & Rail..! all !Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all IYk.N. Md. 112 114 Do. halves. - Do. quarters......... all !D0....... Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c., 100 ILn&N.W. 200 203 London & Greenwich.! 100 IS.Eastern 59 61 Do. Preference .... 100 D 0........ 112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end l 100 Peto_&Co. 83 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk.. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. — Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlock all L NW&M 3i 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock lOO Midland.. 93 95 Newmarkt Burn,r ' 'v gua. 5 percent..... '• 5• 5.6. E' Counts. i 1 p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do., 56 57 Do. 6p. C. ...... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. C .., ... all Do. — North Western..,.,,, all Midland 15k 16 16/ Preston and Wyre. / all L& NW 1 —,t L.Yk. Do. i Shares .. • . .A. all Do. Rmystn.Tlitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 131 133 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 118 122 Do. do. 1 Do. 1 lip S.-Staffordshire ... ... all G I Clean — Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West B -8 90 WW/ 419 C 1 Q 314 C"Yda. 411 LA Br e am 81 91 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY HVENING, JULY 22, 1861. LATV INTELLIGENCE—(2his Day). HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Wensleydale, and other Peers. WHITEHEAD AND ANOTHER v. GALBRAITH ET AL EX PARTE AS TO CERTAIN RESPONDENTS. Mr. Anderson, Q.C., resumed and concluded his argu ment in reply for the appellant. This was an appeal from the decision of the Court of Session, in Scotland, dismissing the appellant's petition to apply a judgment of the House of Lords dismissing the respondent's appeal, with £320 costs, in 1859, to be paid within one month, in respect that the appellant's petition not only asked to apply the judgment of the House of Lords but also prayed for costs of the petition to apply the judgment of the House of Lords, and issue summary process by diligence and execution thereon. The Lord Chancellor allowed the appeal, and reversed the decision of the Court of Session, and remitted the case to the Court of Session with directions to carry this order into effect, with costs of the original appeal, £320, and costs of the court below, £l7O, and also costs of this appeal. The other noble and learned lords entirely concurred. APPEAL-THE DUKE OF MONTROSE V. SIR W. D. STUART, EART., AND ANOTHER. This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Session in favour of the respondent. The question raised is, whether the appellant was bound in absolute warrandice to the respondent against the future augmentations of the minister's stipend under: his feu charter of tho lands of Braco and others. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., is now being heard for the appellant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN. Mr. Henry Dundas Drummond, of 12, Devonshire-street, Portland-place, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furiously driving his horse and phaeton the previous (Sunday) evening in Regent-street, and also injuring an omnibus horse. Mickleborough, 307 A, said that on the previous even ing, about nine o'clock he saw the defendant gal loping his horse in a phaeton up Regent-street, and when past Beak-street he saw the wheel of defen dant's phaeton strike an omnibus horse on the shoulder. The defendant refused on his coming up with him to give him his address, saying he had done nothing wrong. The defendant was certainly drunk. He then took the defend ant into custody. By Mr. Davis, solicitor, of Bond-street—The omnibus horses were going at the usual pace. He judged Mr. Drummond was drunk, by his appearance, and not being able to speak plainly. Thos. Salisbury, 116 C, confirmed a portion of tho pre vious witness's statement, and said he would swear Mr. Drummond was drunk. By Mr. Davis—The horse did not appear to have tra velled far. In answer to further questions, the witness said the de fendant was like every drunken man. • John Dornon, 61, Grove-street, Camden-town, proved being the driver of omnibus 6036, and being run against by the defendant. His horse's knee was injured, and it was unable to work that day. By Mr. Davis—The defendant was the worse for drink. James Hodson, in the employ of Mr. Seymour, of Jermyn-street, said he was in Regent-street, and the omni bus driver pulled on to the defendant. Several other witnesses having been called for the de- fence, Mr. Tyrwhitt said be thought the constables had made an error, and that they had taken Mr. Drummond's excite ment I o have arisen from the wrong cause. He did not believe Mr. Drummond was drunk, and should discharge him. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LATE FATAL ENCOUNTER IN NORT.HUMBE.RLAND-STREET. CORONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY. The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of William John Roberts, lately occupying apart ments in Northumberland-street, Strand, took place this morning in the board-room of Charing .cross Hospital be fore Mr. St. Clair Bedford, the coroner for the city of West minster. Mr. Humphreys attended en the part of Major Murray, and Mr. Sleigh for the family of the late Mr. Roberts. The jury having viewed the body of the deceased, which presented a very shocking appearance, the first witness called was Mr. William Roberts, who said—l reside at Brunswick terrace, Camberwell. I am a solicitor's clerk. The de ceased was my father. I think he was about 45 years of age. He carried on the business of a bill discounter in Northumberland-street, Strand. Mr. John Joseph Skezg said—l was house surgeon to this hospital when the decead was first brought in. It was on Friday, the 12th of Ji.ly last, at half-past 12. His head was covered with blood, and ho was removed up stairs. On examination I found 13 lacerated wounds, the shortest of which was about an inch, and the largest eight inches. Thero was also a wound on the left side of the face, ante rior to the ear. On introdming the finger I found the bones fractured in various places. The eye was much swollen, and filled with blood. There were also bruises about the face. The left scapula was very much contused. The right hand was very much coatused ; there was also a frac ture of the fourth finger of the left hand, and a lacerated wound between the same finger and thumb. The left arm was very much bruised. He vt , as quite sensible when he came in, but I can't recollect that he said anything. His wounds were dressed, and he was placed under the charge of Mr. Canton. The man diEd on Thursday evening at a quarter past six, I, with Mr. Canton, made a post mortem examination of the body. Mr, Canton has the notes made during the examination. Mr. Canton was then called, but did not appear, and the proceedings were for some time stopped. Mr. Sleigh—l take the opportunity, sir, of suggesting that it would be desirable for the jury to view the rooms where the affray took place. The Coroner—Quite so. I intend that at the proper On the arrival of Mr. Edwin Canton the inquiry was proceeded with. He said—l am one of the surgeons of this hospital. I saw the deceased about one o'clock on Friday, the 12th July. I examined the injuries and found thirteen scalp wounds, chiefly on the right side of the head. In addition to injuries described by Mr. Skegg, 1 found the tem poral artery was divided. I made a post rsortem exami nation on Friday last. I found the scalp wounds as they have been described. A small quantity of blood was in a few places effused beneath the scalp. The right temporal muscle was in part reduced to a pulp, beneath it was a fracture of the right temporal bone. This fracture ex tended to the lowest part of the temporal region, and con- tinned across the roof of the orbit, which it had fractured in four or five places on the same side. On the edge of the orbit ';a fracture passed into the frontal bone, in a situation where it was discovered on the first examination of the pa. , tient. On the left side of the head a fracture was found also in the temporal region. From this spot I had removed four pieces of bone which were underpressed, and which I had found in this situation and in this condition during the life of the patient, From this spot a fracture extended through the roof of the left orbit, This fracture is also comminated. The check bone of the left side was broken. Upon remov ing the skull-cap the membrane of the brain was found to be congested, a clot of blood was found lying beneath the membrane and the bone. Beneath the fracture already mentioned on the right side of the forehead, a clot was also found in the right temporal region. Upon removing this membrane from the brain the surface of the hemispheres of the globe of the brain was found covered to a slight extent with furutent matter and lymph. The substanee of the brain on the left temporal region was injured, and there were also other serious injuries. The body I found healthy, and he died from the injuries done to the hoad and its contents. Coroner—How do you think the injuries wore produced ? Witness—l should say by some blunt weapon. No sharp weapon would produce the injury. There was no incised wound. .• Coroner—Were the wounds distinct in appearance ? Witness—Yes, each was distinct from its fellow. Coroner—You mean to say positively each wound was caused by a separate blow ? Witness—l should Mink it must have been. By Mr. Sleigh—ln consequence of the wounds being both lacerated and contused, I came to the conclusion that they were inflicted by some blurt instrument. I don't think the wounds were made by a poker. It must have been some thing that would tear, something sharper than a poker. The fracture on the cheek bone would occasion great pain in speaking. The patient made some remarks and did not appear to suffer very greatly at first, but towards his death he appeared to be in great pain. The clots of blood would cause pressure on the brain and render the patient very en feebled. It would be increased by loss of blood. Ono of the clots of blood was the size of a shilling, and the other was the size of the section of a pigeon's egg. I observed the contusion of the scapula, that is the shoulder-blade bone. That might have been caused by a fall or by a severe blow. By Mr. Humphreys—Roberts was sensible up till nine o'clock on Tuesday morning. He sometimes talked and made short remarks. He never made any statement as to the cause of the injuries. I think a pair of tongs would produce the wounds on the scalp. The wound between the thumb and the index finger might have been produced by a broken bottle. Mr. Humphreys—Did you see Major Murray ? That gentleman's name has not been mentioned, but I have no doubt it will. _ _ Witness —Major Murray is an inmate of the hospital. He is very anxious to give his account of the transaction to the jury, but I don't think he is yet well enough to leave his room. The Coroner—There is a great deal of evidence to be taken before we come to Major Murray, so I think we had better proceed. By a Juror—Mr. Roberts said nothing in my presence about his injuries, but I believe ho has made a communica• tion to some other person. Mr. Humphries—Was there any mark of a pistol shot on the deceased ? Witness —None. Mr. Thomas Clay—l am foreman of the Catalonian Cork Company (next door to the house where the affray took place). Last Friday week I had occasion to go into the house No. 16, Northumberland-street, on the day of the occurrence, about a quarter to 12 in the morning. After being there a few minutes I heard the report of firearms, and about five minutes after that I heard an other report. Having heard reports on former occasions I paid no attention to them. I was in the back yard when I heard the reports, and I am certain they proceeded from Mr. Roberts's chambers. His apartments were on the first floor. I looked up at tho window, but it was closed. The only remark I made about the shots was to one of our workmen. About five minutes after the last report the window of Mr. Roberts's chamber was thrown up, and a gentleman, whom I now know as Major Murray, came to the window and put out ono of his legs. I said, " Good God, what's the matter ?" He said, " There's been murder done here." Tho se were his very words. I told him not to way he intended, o r h e wou ld kill remain where he was until I e down toldhim the t o came him. I wont round to the front door and found it locked. I went u p stairs to g et as s i stance , and then I heard a smash of gla ss. I hurried d own t o t he yard , and w hen I got to the ba ck door I found the g entleman I saw himself. come I at the back window going over the wall of No. 16. 1 thought he was making his escape, and I caught hold of his coat. He got away, and on looking over the wall I saw him go through the passage into the street. I went there and I saw the gentleman at the door. He seemed to want to go away, but I told him he must remain. I h a d not seen his wounds at that time. When I got him to the door of No. 16 I saw he was wounded in the neck. I saw a police man and gave the gentlenkau into his care. I told him to get some sorgiOta advice. I did not see what was done after. I t?yet - Went up to Mr. Roberts's room with some more people to force the door, and I saw the stun() Poltdmnat I had given the gentleman to, and he said we had better wait till some more police came. On the arrival of two more constables a ladder was procured. I suppose some one got up, as the door was opened from within. On entering the room we found the folding doors closed. They were opened by the con stables, and Mr. Roberts was round in the left hand corner of the room crouched down in a corner an d covered w i t h blood. Two constables lifted him up and brought him into the back room and set him in a chair, and he was afterwards removed in a cab to Charing-cross Hospital. I Murray from what I haveon l only know hear the d .Ihe gentleman a s stateef t h 01Nlarjoeorm was disordered. A chair was broken, and there were a couple of large pistols on the ground near the window. The police took charge of the weapons. Mr. Roberts's rooms consisted of two on the first floor. The gentleman had part o f th e t ongs an d an umbrella in his hands when he appeared at the window. The bit of the tongs d r opped into the back area, but the police recovered it. There was a broken wine bottle near the window in a pool of blood. By Mr. Sleigh—lt was five minutes after the second re port that I looked up. The second was not so loud as the first. It appeared to me as if the pistol-case had been up set. I also saw a small pair of pistols in the hands of one of the police officers. It was in the front room that Mr. Roberts was found. The folding doors open 'towards the windows which look into Northumberland street. IVhest I caught hold of the gentleman's coat he did not make the slightest remark. I cannot tell how he got away whether his coat tore or whether his weight caused me to loose my hold. When I called for assistance, and as the gentleman and I were at the door of No. 16, some one came up and said to Major Murray, " You're shot," Major NurraY bald, " 114 d I had two Pio. tols I would have shot him also." Some one said, " The man that's done it may escape." He then replied, " I've served him out for this too much to permit him to escape." By Mr. Humphreys—The words the gentleman said at the window were, "There's murder being done here." It might have been "I'm being mur dered here." I cannot pledge myself to the exact expression. The large pistols are what I call horse pistols. One of them was out of the case, and lying on the floor. I don't know whether it was loaded or not. William Clark—l am in the employ of the Catalonian Cork Con.pany. I did not know the deceased. I don't know what the witness Clay has just said. I was in the yard of the house on Friday week, and heard the two shots fired. 1 should say four or five minutes elapsed between the reports. Very shortly after the window of the first floor opened ; a man came to it and put his leg out. Ile had the tongs in his hand, also his umbrella. Clay told me to go for a policeman. The gentleman at the window said, " There's murder been committed here." lam certain he used those words. I told him not to come down,lbut we (meaning myself and Clay) would come round and open the door. I wont to our warehouse and got assistance, and having sent for a policeman, we met Mr. Ramsay on the stairs. We tried to force the door open, and then some one called out, " He's in the street." We went down to the door and here we saw the man bleeding from the neck. Some said, "go to the doctors," but he said, " I want my umbrella." It was got for him and he went away. I then procured a ladder, it was placed against the back room window of Mr. Roberta' apartments, and a policeman went up. When I went up stairs the front room door was open. I heard some one say "Go for a surgeon." I went to Mr. Starkie's at the top of the street, and a gentleman coming from there he said Mr. Roberts had better be taken to the hospital, which was done. By Mr. Sleigh—l did not hear anything said about any one escaping. By Mr. Humphreys—l have heard pistol shots frequently fired during the previous fortnight. Our warehouse is at the back of the house in which Mr. Roberts lived. Mary Lines—l have lived at 15, Northumberland-street between five and six years. I have heard noises like planks being thrown down. I can't say positively that I have frequently heard the report of fire-arms. Between a quarter and 20 minutes past 11 on the morning of the occurrence, whilst I was sitting in one of the lower rooms of No. 15, I heard some high words. I did not know from whence they proceeded. They were men's voices. In about 10 minutes after I heard a noise, and in five minutes after I heard the noise again. I then heard a crashing of glass, and shortly afterwards saw a man coming over the wall with his face covered with blood. I saw a man catch hold of his coat, but he dropped to the ground. The next time I saw him was on the steps of No. 16. I saw spots of blood in the passage of No. 15. Police-sergeant Golden, 46 A—On Friday, the 12th of July, I was passing 16, Northumberland-street, and a number of persons called out "There's murder being done.' Shortly after I saw a gentleman coming out of 15, and he said he h'sd been shot by a man in No. 16. I afterwards heard some people call out, " Stop the man, we don't know who he is." I detained him. He did not offer the slightes resistance. He was coming towards me. He said, "the man in the first floor of that house," pointing to No. 16, " has shot me, go and take him." I handed him over to a gentleman who volunteered to take him to the hospital. I then went to No. 16, and found both doors on the first floor fastened. The back door was opened by the police, and I then entered the front room and there found the deceased. I said to him how did this happen, and he replied, " It was done by that man who has gone down stairs." Those wen the only words he spoke. Both rooms were in great con fusion ; in the back room close by the mantelpiece there was a large pool of blood, and on the opposite corner there was also a large pool near the window. I saw a brace of pistols lying on the floor. I now produce them. The case was on the table. I saw four bullets lying near the pistols, and close to a largo heap of paper. The table appeared as if it had been broken in the scuffle. In the front room the carpet was in a heap, olose to the folding-door, and a large quantity of blood was upon it, and also a pillow which was lying with the carpet. I also found six bullet marks about the room, four near the marble mantelpiece, and, two had penetrated the wall. The drawers in both rooms appeared to have been ran sacked. A great many of the papers were on the floor. The room presented the appearance as if a struggle had re cently taken place therein. I saw two broken bottles lying near the window. I also produce the broken tongs. By Mr. Sleigh—l did not pick up the bullets. I looked at one; it did not appear to have been discharged from a pistol. They might have fallen out of the pistol case. I heard several persons make the remark " You've been shot." The gentleman said, "Am I much hurt. The man is in the first floor ; why don't you go and take him." When I went into the front room I saw Mr. Roberts crouched up in a corner. Ho had his hand on the door handle. There was no key in the door, which was locked. The koy of the back room was in the lock, on the outside. The door was fastened by a bolt on the lock inside. By Mr. Humphreys—When I entered the room it appeared very much disturbed. On the left hand side of the mantel piece there is a book-case, and a small chair near it, upon which, apparently, some ono had been sitting. Near it was a pool of blood. There was also a high chair. It was near the book-case. Both chairs were close to the table The high chair was nearest the pool of blood. Mr. Henry Ramsey—l reside at 16, Northumberland street, and am a managing clerk. I only know what has been told me about this matter. On Friday week I was in my office when a man entered it and told me to come down, for there was a man being murdered in Mr. Roberts' room. I went down, and there found some people trying to force the door. I did not much like the operation, because I thought that a man who had shot one person might be be hind the door ready to shoot another. I went down stairs in a very agitated manner, and there saw a gentleman standing, bleeding from a wound in the neck. I asked the gentleman to come in, and he said "No ; come into the place where I have been nearly murdered." He then said, Give me my umbrella, and let me go ; I want to go to my office." I did not allow him to leave. The gentleman said "Am I wounded ?" I replied, " Yes, fearfully ;" upon which he said " There's a damned fellow up stairs who has shot me; his name is Grey." I said that was impossible, as there was none in the house of that name. He replied, " Oh, yesi that is the name he gave me." I told him I had just seen him in company with a short gentleman, and that person's name was Roberts. He said, " Yen; that's the man," I went with the wounded man to a surgeon's. On our way there ho told me he had just come by the penny boat, and, while crossing Hungerford-market, he met Mr. Roberts, who, raising his hat, said "Have I the honour of addressing Major Murray ?" Major Murray replied " Yes." Mr. Roberts then asked if he did not wish to raise capital for a hotel company. Major Murray said he thought there was something of the kind, but he did not know much about it as he was only one out of ten, and asked Roberts to give him his card. Roberts replied, my office is close by and my name is Grey. Major Murray said we went to his office, and after We had been talking the matter over a short time, Mr. Roberts walked to the bookcase and appeared to look for some papers. In a short time, after, Murray said he felt a stinging sensation in his neck and head and heard a report of fire-arms. In a few minutes ho fell near the fender. Roberts walked away to the other room, but re turned in a short time. He (Major Murray) lay on the ground paralyzed, whet Roberts came into the room again just as he was grasping the fender to raise his head. Roberts again deliberately pointed another pistol at him and fired. Upon this he determined to sham death. He laid quid for some time and then Roberts went into the front nom. He came back to look, and then Major Mur ray said he grasped the tongs and with a heavy blow, knocked him down. A serer° struggle ensued. The Major thinking he was getting the worst of it, took hold of a jag or something like it and threw it at him. He turned round and saw some beer bottles near him, he seized one of them and beat Roberts about the head with it. Ho then got the tongs and struck Roberts with ft. He thought he had quieted Roberts, but he got rep again and a struggle took place and they both got into the front room. He (Major Murray) closed the folding doors and then throw up the window and cried for assistance, oiling, 6 , For God's sake come up, I'm being murdered." It Itas about half an hour before this that he saw Major Murray and Mr. Roberts walking down Craven-court together_ towards Northumberland-street. He had seen Mr. Roberts two or three times that morning, and had spoken to him. As witness and Major Murray were going along together, the Major said he had never seen Mr. Roberts before in his life. Witness took ao notico of the firing, as Mr. Roberts fre quently fired. By Mr. Humphreys—ln the course of the narrative, Major Murray did not use the name of Roberts. He called him " Grey," or " that villain." The inquiry was then adjourned until to-morrow morn ing at ten o'clock. Shortly after the adjournment the jury proceeded to Northumberland-street, where they made a careful exami nation of the premises. THE SERIOUS CHARGE 49.AINST BARON DE VIDII. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.): The approaches to the court to-day presented the same crowded appearance as they have done on both occasions, when the Baron de Vidil has been placed at the bar. At three o'clock the accused was again placed at the bar in charge of Inspector Whicher and Sergeant William son of the detective force. The first witness celled was John Evans, who said—l am an engineer, and reside at the Railway Station, Twickenham, I recollect the 28th of June last. I went in the evening to the Due d'Aunialo's to see a friend. He was not at home. I returned to the high road, and while I was standing near the gate I saw that young man [pointing to M. do Vidil, who was sitting at the attorneys' table] with his hat off, and his face covered with blood. He crouched down between me and an old woman, and said something. While this was going on a saddle horse came up without a rider. A man then came up—the prisoner at the bar. He appeared very much agi tated, and said, " 'What's the matter ; what's the matter," and made an attempt to jump over the pailings, but slipped at the first attempt, he succeeded at the second ; but in getting over he got his hand on one of the iron hooks at the top of the gate. I then saw him get over another set of rails, and then he disappeared amongst some shrubbery. I noticed the elder man had what appeared a whip handle in his hand. I took the young man to the Swan publichouse at Twickenham. Before we got to ft , . c r .6. 4,4,, prisoner came up and us to take the young man to the inn. While I was leading the young man I asked how the matter had happened. He said his horse had plunged and threw him against a wall. Doctors had to be sent for. J u li a Fitzgibbon — of last month I recollect being near the Due d'Aumale's. I can't recollect the young Male a features, as WM Covered with blood. Mr. Evans, the last witness, was there. There was another gentleman there, but I should not know him. I picked up two pair of gloves and a riding-whip, which I took to the Swan public-house and gave them to the landlady. John Tanner—l reside at Twickenham. I keep the Black Dog public-house. I recollect the 28th of June. On that occasion I was in the road near Orleans House. I noticed two gentlemen riding together. I watched them for some time. They were near the Swan public-house. I was in the road going towards the ferry. When I ar rived there I heard some one say, " There's two of the duke's horses loose." I looked round, and then saw the two horses the gentlemen were riding when I first saw them. I saw the young gentleman bleeding from a wound in his forehead. I went towards him and asked him what had happened. The elder man (the prisoner) said he had had an accident and knocked his head against a wall. I asked prisoner what he was going to do, and he replied, " Take him to the nearest public-house." John Everett—l am private watchman to the Due d'Aumale. I recollect the evening of the 28th of June. I was sitting outside the Swan public-house at Twicken ham. I noticed two gentlemen on horseback. They w ere going towards the duke's house. In about four or five minutes I saw the horses return down the lane without riders. I took hold of the bridles, and they were as quiet as lambs. There was blood on the saddle and on the mane of the smaller horse of the two. I afterwards saw the young gentleman with Mr. Evans. The blood was running down his face. The prisoner came up in a few minutes, and I asked him how it had hap • pened. He said the young man was standing up in his stirrups in the saddle, and the horse shied and he struck his head against the wall. I asked him about a doctor, but ho made no reply. Dr. Alfred Clark—l am a surgeon residing at Twicken ham. I recollect on the 28th June being called to attend a young gentleman who was at the Swan public-house. I ex amined his head. There had been profuse bleeding, but little when I was there. It was all over his shirt and clothes. He said he was in great pain. I ordered him a little brandy and water. His face having been washed, I examined and found a starred wound on the forehead ; the skin was cut to the bone. I dressed the wound and then proceeded to examine the other part of the head. On the left side—at the back and towards the upper part of the head—l found another wound precisely similar to the one on the forehead. There were no scratches about the face, and no other wounds of any description about him. I asked how the matter had happened—if the horses had run away, but ho replied " No." I then asked him if he had fallen. He said " No." I then asked if the horses shied, and he said " Yes, he thought that was it, and that he was thrown from his horse against the wall." After I had dressed the wound, I felt the young man's pulse, and asked how he was, and whether there was anything else I could do for him. The prisoner was present up to this time. The young man took my hand and said Mr. Sleigh objected to the conversation, as it was not in evidence that the prisoner was present. Mr. Clark proceeded—l perfectly recollect that on one occasion the prisoner was present, because I asked him to get some brandy for the young man ; while he was absent I took the opportunity of asking him some questions, and he replied— Mr. Sleigh again objected to the evidence. Witness—Well ; in consequence of what the young man said to me I sent the wounded man back to London in the care of my assistant. _ _ Mr. Corrie—How do you think the wounds were caused ? Witness—lf there had been but ono wound, I should have thought it might have been occasioned by a fall, but as there was another of precisely the same description at the upper part and back of the head, I felt that that could not be the cause. I should think that the injuries could have been inflicted with the knob of a riding-whip. There would have been some scratches about the face if the in juries had been caused by a fall. Mr. Parker—l reside at Ware, Hertfordshire. lam a magistrate for Middlesex. The prisoner and myself mar ried two sisters. I know tho state of the family of the pri soner. Ho has but one son, M. do Vidil. The young man has a considerable fortune in money. I have corresponded with the prisoner, and am familiar with his handwriting. The letter handed me is in his handwriting. It was here put in and read. It was a communication from the prisoner making inquiries relative to his son, who, he stated, had disappeared from his lodging, suffering from an injury he received from the rearing of his horse. It dated from the Clarendon, and bore date the 29th June. M. de Vidil was then sworn. Mr. Corrio—Do you still persist in your determination not to give evidence in this case ? M. do Vidil—l do. Sergeant Williamson—l took the prisoner into custody on his arrival in England. Ho came to London accompanied by two French officers. Inspector Thornton produced the hat M. de Vidil wore on the day of the occurrence, in which there was a dcep indentation in front. Inspector Thornton—That is tho case. Mr. Sleigh—l am at a loss to understand what is the exact charge against my client. Mr. Corrie—lt has not been varied in the least. Mr. Sleigh—l hardly know whether you think there is any evidence against the prisoner. Mr. Corrio—Yes, I do. Mr. Sleigh—lf you intend sending the prisoner for trial, I shall not take up your time by any observations, but re eery() them for another occasion. I have, however, to apply that as you intend to commit the prisoner you will accept substantial bail fur his appearance. Mr.Corrie—Having determined to commit the prisoner for trial, I have now to consider your application relative to bail. From the peculiar nature of the case, and the position of the parties, I cannot but think it would be unadvisable to accept bail, because persons with ample means in cases like the present would be willing to make any sacrifice in money to evade the law. I shall therefore not take bail. If you are not satisfied with my decision, a judge always sits in town, and you can make application to him. The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial, and the whole of the witnesses were bound over to appear in the usual manner. The prisoner seemed greatly affected and astonished at the result of the investigation. THAMES. CONFESSION or A MURDER.—William Jenkinson, a remarkable looking man in appearance, above 40 years of age, was brought up in custody before Mr. Woolrych, in custody of Deeble, a detective police constable, No. 195 H, charged on his own confession with the wilful murder of Sarah or Elizabeth Jones, at Brentwood, in Essex. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner accosted a police constable named East, No. 29 H, on Saturday night last, and said I am a murderer, I wish to give my self up to the laws of my country. East immediately took the prisoner to the station-house, and ho ,there repeated to police Sergeant Egerton, 11 H, that he was a murderer, and, after repeated cautions, he made the following statement, which Egerton took down in writing— " H, or Whitechapel division, Police-station, Leman street, 3i p.m., July 20, 1861.—William Jenkinson says— I am 36 years of age, and carpenter of the ship Jane John son, which arrived in the West India Dock, from New York, on the 17th instant. About two years and three months ago I was keeping company with a female named Sarah or Elizabeth Jones, aged 23, living at a farm-house at Foot's Cray in Kent. She left that service and slept with me three nights in a public house in Limehouse. We then went to Brentwood, Essex, together, and through jealousy I shot her in the head with a Colt's revolver pistol, and afterwards buried her body in a field beside a hedge, about three quar ters of a mile from Brentwood. I also buried the pistol with her. Since then I have been in the East Indies. I can point out the place where I buried her, but I cannot describe it to you. The reason I give myself w) is lam very much troubled in my mind." After this statement was written, Sergeant Egerton gave the prisoner half an hour to reflect upon it, and then asked him to sign it. The prisoner did so, and said it was quite true. Deeble made inquiries at Foots Cray yesterday and ascertained that no female named Jones, or any other female, was missing from that place two years and three months ago. This morning the prisoner told Sergeant Egerton that all he had stated on Saturday night was un true. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. On Saturday a fancy fair and general fete in aid of the funds of this institution was held at the Crystal Palace. As heretofore, it proved one of the most attractive gatherings that has taken place at Norwood, and we can conscientiously recommend the public in search of a few hours' amusement to avail themselves of its continuance throughout to-day. All the most popular actresses are stallholders in the bazaar, and ply their trade as fancy shopkeepers with a winning importunity which admits of no denial on the part of purchasers. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Kelly, Mrs. Mellon, Miss Josephs, Miss Baton, Mrs. Mat thews, and a score of others are enshrined in pretty stalls of pink and white drapery, and preside over the rapid disposal of th e i r wa r es as if "'to the man ner born." For once hi g h pr i ces s eemed no check on large consumption, and, if we may judge by the progress made on Saturday the College is likely to be a considerable gainer by the exertions of these ladies in its behalf. The fancy fair, however, though a most important item, is after all but an item in the many attractions this fete offers. Mr. Toole has a peep-show for the lovers of thrilling melodrama ; there are Aunt Sally's, a Punch and Judy, and above all, a Tent of Mystery, of which we shall say nothing further here than that the public must visit it for themselves to appreciate its absorbing attractions. Miss Johnstone has also a Hermit's Cave, whence she dispenses her hoard of fortunes on really liberal terms. One of the most amusing of the entertain ments, however, is a theatre fitted up in the concert room, in exact imitation of the true old Richard sonian show, which has almost disappeared before the march of improvement of late years. There was the usual platform outside it, on which the traditional clown and pantaloon, the beautiful ladies and' mag nificent gentlemen, the man with the gong and pipes, and the rest of the fair-going accessories were all in their fullest and most exhilarating vigour. Never have such crowded houses been seen as thronged to the constantly repeated performances of this little theatre. The play stated to be "of the good old Bartlemy fair times and of days long departed" was entitled " The Midnight Spectre, or the Fatal Secret." In order to enable this thrilling monseau to be repeated as often as fresh audiences repeatedly desired a double set of actors were necessary, and the managers therefore announced in their bill that they had secured the services of a double company of,— " The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, come dy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comic, historical -pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical - historical- pastoral, scene individablo, of poem unlimited."—" Hamlet,' act ii., scone 2. That there might be no mistake about what was to be looked forward to the plot of the piece was amply foreshadowed in the bill as fellows The Plot—The Meet C in SENA—PADUA. lam, Mystery the k i7illain Foiled —the Gurgle—t Gasp—th—' Count Ristolaco (AcrVerrenumetat Ruffianicbe: theT TABLEAU OF EXCITEI?h°Tst • ) 4 n m n r. ob_l o ert N n in love with .d p o a l y o and d th M a C r. o W un i t - Beppo Derkista (A a Mr. Romer and Mr. C. J. S ), Ferdinand Bianchi (A young physician, otherwise____). Mr. Lewis Ball and Mr. Baron de Spattivonto (A Sicilian nobleman, full of unne cessaryre fears), Mr. Addison and Mr. Barratt. Gemma .. (His daughter, the Pearl of Padua, and the cause of much misery); Mr. Paul Bedford and Mr. J. Robins. Ghost .. • • • . (Accompanied by extraordin!try scenic effects and diabolical music) Mr. Phillips and Mr. G. Peel. It is needless to say how this drew, and how in finitely comic was the expression given to the Pearl of Padua, the fair Gemma, as personified by Paul Bedford. There was a second piece, Valentine and Orson, played later in the afternoon, by the members of the Savage Club, which was admirably I done, and to the full as successf u l as the first. I.MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS EVENING.) ROYAL ASSENTS. . The royal assent was given by commission to the follow ing bills :—Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Act Amendment, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (Ireland), Inclosure (No. 2) Local Government, Supple mental Transfers of Stocks and Annuities, Poor Assess ments(Scotiand),London Coal and Wine Dues Continuance, Queensland Government, Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavols, Chatham Dockyard Enlargement, Tylde Water, Blackburn Water, Treak, Ancholm, and Grimsby Rail way; Stockton and Darlington Railway (Capital), Leven and East of Fife Railway Companies (Amalgamation, &c.), Leven and East of Fife Railways (Extension &c.), Airdale Drainagr ; Londonderry and Loch Swelly Rail way,: Swanna Vale Railway, Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerby Junction Railway, Hammersmith, Padding ton, and City Junction, Barnsley Coal Railway, Lon don and North Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Caledonian Railways; Marlborough Railway, Yorkshire Railway (Keadley Extension), Wigan Gas Meter and Fitting Com - B:ailway,l/uloriCorporation Water, pany, Waveney Valley Bolton Corporation, Brighton, u d, and Tunbridge Wells Railway; Stockport,Timperlecy, and e Altrincham June. Railway; Harwich Polio? and Improvement, Kinross-shir e Railway, Eastern Counties . and Saffron Walden Railway, an d Llanrwrt Railway, Aberystwith and Welsh C C g a n s w t a rt a ilway, Bishop . Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Railway, Cleveland Railway, Forest of Dean Central Rail way, Haffield Chase Warping andp Improvement, Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, Ludlow and Clee Hill Rail way, Mersey Docks and Hartom Board, Much Wen jok, &c., Railway, Salisbury and Dorset Junction, Sout Easters Railway (Folkestone Harbour, &c)., Vale o Cl w yd Railway, Ware,,Hadham, and Buntingford Railway,' Ranizey Railway, Alva Railway, No rth London Railwa y (branch to City), Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Ponty pool Railway. The LORD Cavicruon took his seat on the woolsack at fire o'clock. POLAND. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition, which he had not been able to present on the night of Lord ilar rowby's motion in consequence of illness. - - lEEE DUCHY OF IVIODENA. The Marquis of NORMANBY rose to move that anhum ble address be presented to her Majesty for copies or extracts of any despatches relating to the affairs of the duchy of Mo. dena from her Majesty's Minister accredited to the Courts of Central Italy during the years 1855, 1856, 1857, and 1858. lie added to his motion a similar motion for papers relat ' i gn to the Duchy of Ferrara. He was n ot in the least pro r pared; when he gave notice of his intentlon to make this m o ti on g o ;2 . e time since, for the scene wh ich followed. lie had considerea Liens made ainst il.' . !t his duty to contradict the grave Glad a _ c stone, and to to inform ag the right ;2.° 11 ' e Duke of Modena by 11 I f, gentleman's colleagues that ; a he was prepared with sues contradiction. Re had Gladstone, and since been in correspondence u-..th M . en made to believe he believed that gentleman had b.:. the truth of what he (the Marquis of isTonnonnbV) 1g . , ( 1 3, said. He would first read to their lo,' correspondence between himself and Mr. G sli C... P cl eist , ° , 2 T This he proceeded to do. His first letter consisted .... ‘!. distindt denial on evidence which he gave of the statement adopted by Mr. Gladstone with reference to an IS ; execution in Modena,. Mr. Gladstone replied that e 1,.,1 n h t raade not admit that he - tad done wrong. Ile -- h • o c h had Celt nd the authen i y a single assertion no t . authorised by documents w i been before the public for two years, a a dded that he of which had never been questioned. He a e house statements thought the practice of answerlll4,in 'lord Normanby, in made in another was not desirabi.:', i whether a Minister answering this, said the question. rowileour4 statement of his of the Crown should allow which had gone forth to Baran° [LEFT SPESir, peer_tf_nr,egain uneontradicted. ------- T H h HOUSE U SP S B naft at four o'clock. report. y COMMONS-(THIg EVENING.) it AL COMMISSION. ins speaker was summoned by the Black Rod to attend in the tipper House to hear the Royal assent given b EixEortF,tvok AL - to several bills, for which see Lords' com missionPßlVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Blano Valley Railway (Lords) ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway (Lords) ; and Glasgow and Milngavie Junctioir Railway gJords). The folllowing bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Attinsota Twit EE}tate, Cornwall Aailwah Victoria Docks Gas, and West of Fife Mineral Railway and Charleston Railway and Harbour Companies. ____. AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGNS. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in the trial of the pyx which had just been made, Australian sovereigns coined at the branch of the Royal Mint at Sydney were submitted for assay, and if the quality of such sovereigns was equal to those coined at Tower-hill ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his hon. friend must be aware that the Australian sove reign was not a legal tender, and was not a coin of the united kingdom. That being the case the sovereign in question did not receive the benefit, if there were any, of the test to which the other sovereigns were subjected. How ever, this test was no longer necessary to establish the value of a coin, and the Australian sovereign had under gone a test that proved it fully equal to the sovereign of this country. Alderman SALOMONS gave notice that he would draw the attention of the house to this subject next session. CONTROLLERS OF CUSTOMS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer what arrangements had been made for the discharge in the outports of those duties which were formerly per formed by the Controllers, whose offices are now abolished : And whether provision had been made for employing the Controllers whose services had been dispensed with upon duties as nearly as possible analogous to those which they have previously had to perform, and for securing to them their fair chance of promotion to superior situations as they may fall vacant ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as the principal duties of the officer in question were other wise provided for, the office had been abolished. The former system which had been practised had boen discon tinued, and the consequence was that some of these officers had been employed as collectors or clerks, and some had received compensation. Employment could not be pro vided for all these officers who had been reduced, and they were placed on the retiring pension list. He could assure the hon. member that there was ever y: disposition to provide as far as possible for the reduction in the officials caused. by the alterations that had taken place in the customs. MR. LEVER. Mr. CONINGHAM rose to move the following of which he gave notice :—That Mr. Irwin's petition, relating to the, Royal Atlantic Mail Steam Navigation Company, be re ferred to a select committee, to inquire into the allegations of the said petition. The SPEAKER said that he understood there was no charge against the hon. member (Mr. Lever) since he be came a member, and he thought there was no‘precedent for the present proceeding. He would leave the matter in the hands of the house. Mr. LEVER said that as he was a mercantile man and engaged in large works it was most desirable that the charges against him should be investigated without delay. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that whatever the period might bo nt which the charge wan made, he thought the hon. member should have an opportunity of vindicating his character without delay. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said that he had consulted precedents on this point, and he found that it was only in cases where the charge made against an hon. gentleman affected his cha racter as a member of this house that an inquiry of this de scription was granted. Mr. LEVER, in accordance with the expressed feeling of the house, then rose to make his explanation. He went through the petition clause by clause, and denied the various allegations as they related to him. He denied that Mr. Irwin was the originator of the Atlantic Mail Steam Packet Company, and he entered into various details to show that the other statements were not sustained by facts. He stated also that Mr. Irwin had been convicted for forgery, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, and fined £5O at the assizes in Ireland in 1835. He said also that Mr. Irwin had availed himself of the benefit of the Insolvent Court to get rid of the costs of a suit against him insti tuted by him (Mr. Lever). After some further discussion, the motion was negatived without a division. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. The house then proceeded to consider the Lords' amend ments to this bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the house disagree with the amendments of the Lords which related to the proposed appointment of a chief judge of the court. Sir 11. CAIRNS seconded the motion, which was agreed to without a division. Some of the amendments up to clause 20 were agreed to, except those in question, which were negatived seriatim. On clause 21, which related to official assignees, ' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the house disagree with the amendments of the Lords to this clause. Mr. M. SMlTH•contended that they ought to postpone their decision relative to this clause until they disposed of some of the subsequent clauses when the whole subject in connection with official assignees was raised. Sir H. CAIRNS defended the bill as it originally stood, and said it did away with many grounds of com plaint in respect to official assignees, because it pro posed to remunerate them by salary instead of by per tentage as at present. Under the arrangement proposed by the bill, it creditors did not wish to have any official assignees to deal with the bankrupt's estate they were not compelled to do so. To some extent he agreed with the objections that had led the alterations in the other house in this clause. But at the same time at this period of the session he could not take on himself the responsibi lity of endangering the passing of the bill by offering any opposition to the clause. [LEFT SPEAKING.] TATTERSALLS'-(TillS EVENING). GOODWOOD STAKES. 7to 2 agst Elcho (take 4to 1) 7to 1 agst Starke (taken) 8 to 8 agst Schism (taken) 10 to 1 agst Brownie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Canary (taken) 100 to 9 agst Shipwreck (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agst Optimist (offered) 6to 1 agst Mons Etoile (taken) 7 to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) Bto 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ben Webster (offered) Ivanhoff was struck out at 9 a.m. this day. ST. LEGER. 100 to 6 agst Lady Ripon (taken) THE DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Cellarius (taken) 60 to 1 agst Lacydes (taken) BORING 211ROUGII MOUNT CENIS. A communication from an engineer, addressed to the Perseveranza of Milan, gives some details re specting the cutting of the tunnel through the mountain above mentioned :—" M. Ferruzzi, one of the Ministers, some deputies, several scientific men, and M. Somellier, a French engineer, went a few days back to Bardeneche, and for some hours wit nessed the working of the machines for cutting the rock. The opinion of the scientific men who were present, and among whom were MM. Sella, Cado lina, and Pecceto, is that the mechanical difficulties of the cutting will be fully overcome. The perforat ing machines, in somewhat less than an hour, made 70 holes in the mountain at the end of the opening. The holes which were made in the centre, in order to permit a breach to be effected by blasting, were three centimetres (rather more than inch) in diameter ; the 'others made round it for the same purpose were two centimetres. The depth of the holes was from 60 to 90 centimetres (rather more than 23 inches to about 35k.) From repeated ex periments made in masses of schist with a sin g le p er forating instrument , it w as p roved that 10 mi nutes' labour was sufficient to make a hole of 60 centimetres, whereas by the ordinary means three workmen would be occupied for an hour in effect ing one. The machine employedicuts simultaneously from 20 to 30 holes in a space of 4 square metres— that is one in which it would not be easy to employ three or four men. The machine thus presents an advantage which, as regards space, is three or four fold, and as regards time sixfold, what could be done by workmen. That advantage is, however, somewhat diminished by the fact that the machine must be dragged back to a distance of 100 metres, or more, whenever blasting has to be resorted to, and that it cannot be got to work again until after the ground is cleared of the fragments of rock, and until the front of the mountain is made tolerably smooth. But it is certain that when the work men shall have obtained greater skill they will be able to perform the three operations of bor ing, blasting, and clearing away in three or four hours at the outside. When operations can be commenced on the side of Modane, as they will be in a few weeks, it is certain that six metres of rock can be removed in a day. This will make more than two kilometres (five -eighths of a mile each) a year, and..s4 probable from what is now being aeeemP li ne " inated by the cutting of the tunnel may be t t e h rn e l engineer, that three kilometres may be obtained. In that case 1864. It follows that M. Grattoni , t said fi finished h h e a d s harder, water water runs little risk by offering to bet,r how done, 100,000 f. that this gretit o n i . in five years. Unforerec obstacles ever, arise from the ro i f ki b ° lealt h °ll l o of no great resistance, rocks place. But nothing obstacle: iv :o h-Asi be be feared. the side of Bardoneche, springing, or fissur s e: ch t thus far causes used by water filtering through, vitelicions veins ; and instea ofin T is he of roc s k a , iis zt iusufficien - cy and in which are a convenienceb einV of moisture. a s had been, feared, some is caused by 21118 DAY'S SIZIPPING. LONDON, July 22.—Wind this day at noon, South yiresterly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with occasional showers. DZAIJ, July 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Celerity, from the River for Cape Coast Castle; Columbus, from. the River for Quebec. BRIXIIIM, July 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Superb, for Newfoundland. PLYMOITTE, July 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sunde wall, from Belize. SWANSEA, ROT 21ind S.W.—Arrived—Pacific, from Ga cha ; 'C .—W ountess of Malmesbuy, from Bilboa ; Ceres, from Quebec July 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— PORTSI4OIITn , Stad u ft, from Quebec. Sailed—lndomitable, for the Cape of Good Hope. Hutt, July 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lobtornsten, from Quebec. W.A.nuntipouvr, July 19.—Wind W. — fined—HenryCook, from Quebec. (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES). SOUTHAMPTON, MOllday Puri-aing• Arrived—Stadacona, from Quebec. fr., andotomSaileerd— ,forGceoarrgeztui . La COO %;herbOUXg ArYlli ourt Fitz- Lmed. ;um- Par last. osed ;oat, is to a an .the and