The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-31 00:00:00

Tli.3 L Iri FAT,IL ACCIDEN2' ON 2:111' SO UTIf- IV EST RN ILILL W.,1 Y. Dating the whole of ypsterclay Colonel Yolland, the Government Inspector of ---Ilatievaye, with Mr. Beattie, Mr. Godstoue, and Mr. Strass, having charge of the traffic, locomotive, and engineering departments of the South-Western Railway, were busily engaged at the scene of the late fearful acci dent in endeavouring to discover the causes which led to this mournful catastrophe. The result of their inquiries and personal examination will of course only be known in detail at the coroner's inquest, to be held this day at Wimbledon, on the body of Dr. Baly, F.R.S., and Phy sician Extraordinary to the Queen, who was killed instantaneously. What particulars may be elicited by the jury to find a cause for the accident, it is of course impossible to say, but up to yesterday even ing, in spite of the most rigid investigation, not a clue had been gained which could in any manner account for it. In fact, it seems to be as mysterious and inexplicable as that on the Great Northern a few years since, in which the Hon. Mr. Clive and other passengers were killed. The rails and per manent way are so free from injury, that it has not been necessary to repair or replace a single thing ; the gauge was found to be perfect, the sleepers un injured; and, in fact, since Monday night the ordi tiary traffic has passed every hour of the day over the same spot where, but for the hideous ruin of carriages lying below the embankment, there is nothing to indicate that one of the most fearful railway accidents of the year has occurred there. The spot where the carriages were thrown over is about the worst part of the line at which such an accident could have occurred, and the only wonder is how any of the passengers escaped with their li ves at all. About a mile and a half below Wimbledon, and a half from Malden, the main line is carried along an embankment, 25 feet in height. At this spot the branch line to Epsom and Leather head diverges to the left, of course on an embank ment of the same height. Close to the angle caused by the junction of the two embankments a high road passes from Malden to Kingston, so that two railway bridges are necessary—one for the Epsom line, crossingthe toad; and one for the main line, close alongside. It was at this latter bridge that the worst part of the'accident took place, the cause of which still remain in such total obscurity. For some 30 yards before the train reached the points there are unmistakeable evidences on the ballast and sleepers of one or two wheels being off the rail on the inside. The deeply-cut marks place this fact beyond a doubt. Yet, most extraordinary as it may seem, though these marks are inside the rail on the right, there are no marks to show that the corresponding wheels were off on the other side. How one or two wheels could have got inside the rail on the right, yet all the wheels on the left keep their places, is 'a mystery, especially as the gauge remains accurate in its width. These marks on the right hand side continue up to the points of the Epsom junction, where it is evident that the wheel or wheels which were off came in contact with the point, breaking off about 5 or 6 inches of the iron, and the jerk caused by this, no doubt, threw several of the carriages off the metals, for after pass ing the points there are marks of many wheels being off on both the right and left hand rails. Still the train kept on the line on the edge of the steep em bankment for some 50 yards further than the junc tion, and till abreast of the bridge over the Malden and Kingston road. There the engine driver states that he got a severe jerk, and the engine flew for ward. Looking back he saw that it had broken from the tender, which was in the act of jumping the parapet of the bridge down into the road. In another second two first class carriages, one second class, and a van were swung over the embankment at different places, one after another, and were smashed to pieces. The last first class carriage, though not on the rails, fortunately did not go over the steep embankment, but, after running on the ballast between the up and down lines for some little distance, at length fell over on the up line. Under this carriage poor Dr. Baly was found muti lated in the most awful manner. His death must have been perfectly instantaneous. The engine driver, seeing the fearful nature of the accident, acted with great presence of mind, and, without stopping for a second, let his engine run on at full speed for some few miles, when he pulled up, and waited for the up express from Southampton, due in London at 6 p.m., and then expected every mi nute. In a minute or two'it came up at full speed, and was stopped by the engine driver with the red signal lamp. But for this in one or two minutes more it would have reached the junction, and come full upon the carriage lying across the up line, and very probably have gone over the embank ment like the rest, when the loss of life would have been something fearful to think of. Having stopped this train, the engine driver again pushed on his engine at speed to Kingston, where he pro cured medical assistance, communicated with the South-Western authorities at Waterloo by tele graph, and stopped the down traffic. The news of the disaster, however, was not known in London till after three.other trains had been despatched. Had there been a telegraph station at either Malden or Wimbledon, it would have been known almost directly. Fortunately, however, it was known sufficiently early at Wimbledon to prevent any down trains passing, and all traffic having been stopped, the work of getting such of the wounded as could be moved back to London was at once commenced. Dr. Baly, as we have stated, was found dead; under a first-class carriage on the up line. His head was so crushed that the body is scarcely recognisable. The flesh was stripped from the right thigh; and the left thigh and leg fractured. A piece of iron of some kind seems also to have been forced through the head above, and into the right eye, apparently crushing it in its socket. In the presence of such awful injuries it is a gloomy consolation to think that death was instant and so far without suffering. It is said that evidence will prove that Dr. Baly, when he found the carriage off the line, opened the door and jumped out. His body was found under a first class carriage, all the the doors of which were locked. His untimely death is a most severe loss to the medical profession, of which he was one of the most eminent members. He was travelling to Guildford to attend a consul tation when the accident took place. The number of those seriously, and some it is feared fatally, injured by the unfortunate occur rence is unusually large. Mr. Taylor, an extensive linendraper at Portsea, was so badly crushed about the back and:ribs, that it was impossible for him to bear the pain of removal to a London hospital. He was, therefore, taken at once to the Mansell Arms, a tavern close adjoining the Wimbledon station. Yesterday he still remained in a condition of the most intense suffering, and scarcely a - .7y hopes are entertained of his recovery. Miss Power, daughter of ('ol. Power, of Talbot-square, Hyde-park, was brought up to St. Thomas's- Hospital with Mr. Pnllinger and Mr. Miall. Miss Power is most seriously injured abeut the head, so likewise is Mr. Pullinger, and Mr. Miell has several ribs broken and is otherwise dangerously injured internally. All these are in a dangerous condition, though we are glad to say that up to yesterday they were pro gressing favourably. A Mr. Turner and a Mr. Ford had each of them ribs broken, though other wise not Ina much injured to prevent their being conveyed to their own homes. Mr. Pewtress, of Gracechurchestreet,his received some most serious and dreadful scalp woutids, and, though able to be removed to his own home, is still in a condition of danger. Mr. Howell and Mr. Harris, both of Ports mouth, and Dr. Wyatt, of Southsea, were much contused and shaken, but were able to proceed to their homes. When the place where the accident occurred is considered it is almost marvellous how any escaped with their lives. All the carriages are nearly smashed to pieces, and every one is turned com pletely round, facing .towards London—the oppo site direction to which they were going at the time. The tender of the engine is broken to pieces, the tank being completely separated from the wheels, and both parts are turned round towards London, like the others. From this circumstance it would appear Alit, after leaving the rails, each carriage swung completely round as it plunged over the bank. it is an astoni3hing thing that neither the driver nor fireman wa3 on the tender at the time, as the little strip of metal between the engine and tender scarcely gives standing room. HA they been on the tender, they, too, would have met in stant death ; and then nothing would hav, , , stopped the Southampton up express from crush: g through the ruins of the carriages. It is stated that the distance signal at this junc tion was not alight at the time of the accident. This, however, is a sad mistake. The distance signal was alight, but when the signalman saw the fearful accident that occurred, he dashed the lever back to turn on the red, or danger, signal to stop all down trains, and the n ran to render what as -1 sistance ho could. It is supposed that in the ex citement of the moment he threw ,back the lever with such force as in turning on the red signal to jerk it out. All these matters, however, will be , fully sifted in the enquiry before the coroner to-day. CITY COURT OF B.ETVERS. Yesterday s ,at a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London, held at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Chria'tie , Commis sion, presiding, a the chairman of the cp :eetion of considerable public interest, especially as a a (4 'el: ting the poorer classes, was brought incidentally ue'd 4 ' r discussion, turning upon the large quantities of diseased and putrid meat exposed for sale, week after week, in the clitY markets. For years, week after week, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, has brought this matter under the consideration of the Court, but partiCularlY of late, the practice of exposing meat unfit for human food for sale having been greatly on the inaear, and yesterday he called especial attention to the subject. Ile reported on the state of 200 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 71 places for sanitary improve ment in various particulars. He likewise reported that during the week the officers had seized 3,6291b5., or nearly a ton and three quarters, of meat, in the city markets, as unfit for human food. 1,1041b5. were seized in Newgate-market by Mr. Fisher, 619 in Leadenhall-market by Mr. David son, and 1,906 in Aldgate and in Tyler's-market and elsewhere by Mr. Newman. Of these amounts, 3,3171b5. were seized on account of disease, chiefly rotten sheep that ought not to have been sent to the city markets, and 2541b5, were from animals that had died from natural causes. "It is high time," he added, "that some vigorous measures should be taken in order to check this dangerous trade, for it is not enough to seize the unwholesome meat which is sent for food to the city market, but it is necessary also to punish the dealers who sell it." "No one," he continued, " can estimate the amount of mischief caused by the sale of such food, for not only is the meat deficient in nutritive power, but it is likewise charged with powerful elements of disease. The poor are the chief sufferers from this kind of food, for the rich are not likely to use it except it be in the doubtful form of sausages. To the poor, however, it is offered at such a price—less than d. a pound—that they are tempted to purchase it, and using it, with their vital powers already prostrated by cold and want, the morbific effects of it are quickly manifested, and are allowed to have their fullest development. The results, therefore, often are either a low putrid or typhoid condition of the system, or acute irritation of the stomach and bowels. Taking into considera tion the danger arising from the use of such food, and the necessity for putting a stop to the sale of it, it has been thought advisable that proceedings should be taken against the dealers, under the Nuisances Removal Act, instead of your own Sewers Act, because the penalties are five times greater. I trust that the public interests will in this way be protected." The mortality returns for the week are still excessively high. Instead of an average of 63 deaths in the week, there have been 90, the same as in the preceding week ; indeed, the total mortality of the last three weeks has been 275 instead of 188—a number which is just 46 per cent. above the average—about one-third of the deaths in the week were among children of less than five years of age, and another third among old persons of 60 and upwards. As in the preced ing fortnight the chief causes of death have been diseases of the respiratory organs-22 deaths were bronchitis, 7 from pneumonia, and 10 from phthisis. Only 11 deaths were occasioned by diseases of the zymotic class, but of these four were due to measles, and three to whooping cough. Seventy births were registered in the week, and of these 40 were boys and 30 girls. Dr. Abraham, adverting to the re port, contended that the court would be wanting in its duty to the public in this very serious mat ter if it did not publish the names of the persons from whom the diseased and putrid meat in ques tion had been seized. Dr. Letheby, at his request, ran over the names of those persons, some 30 in number, but it was afterwards elicited by Mr. H. Lowman Taylor, from Newman, one of the inspec tors of meat to the commission, that several of the persons from whom the meat was taken had, of their own motion, last week, and on several pre vious occasions, called his attention to diseased or putrid meat in their possession, and that it was upon their voluntary statements that he had seized it; and upon that state of facts Deputies Pewtress, Far rar, Harrison, Davis, Alderman Pekin, Mr. Sim monds, and other members of the commission, sub mitted that it would be cruel to publish the names of the salesmen implicated in the matter from, per haps, no fault of their own, but from being the inno cent recipients of diseased meat sent them from the country by persons who were the really guilty par tles, and which salesmen, moreover, had them selves, on finding that part of the meat forwarded to them was diseased, come voluntarily forward and given notice of the fact to the inspectors. This argument appeared to meet with the general assent of the Court, and the more so on the in spector being further questioned, it was matter for doubt whether some of the salesmen had actu ally exposed for tale the meat which was taken from them in consideration of its diseased or putrid condition. Mr. H. Lowman Taylor contended that those who sent up diseased animals for sale in London were most to blame, and that it was they whom the Court ought to punish: Alderman Dakin submitted that a publication ofnames should only fellow a legal conviction for the offence of ex posing for sale meat unfit for human food. Dr. Abraham reminded the Court that this practice had been going on for years in the city markets ; that week after week Dr. Letheby had called their attention to it, and that it was only when a publi cation of names was suggested that all that morbid sympathy for the offenders was exhibited by some members of the commission. Dr. Letheby had more than once told them that diseased meat in large quantities was regularly sold in the city markets at a penny a pound to poor people ; and he (Dr. Abraham) contended it was a duty incum• bent on the Court in this matter to protect a class of the community who were powerless to protect themselves. Dr. Letheby said the fact that such large quantities of diseased meat came regularly into the city markets 'from week to week showed that there was a demand for it. On Saturday nights it was sold to the poor at Is. for 141 b., and he urged the Court to do what in them lay to pat a ' stop to such an iniquitous system. Eventually, on the motion of Mr. H. L. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Charles Young, it was resolved that the weekly returns of the inspectors of meat should in future distinguish between salesmen who themselves gave information of meat in their possession heir... b unfit for human f oo d an d t h ose w h o did not, and that the inspectors should in all cases in which a seizure was made ascertain the name of the sender, with the view to a prosecution, and if it was refused, to report the fact in their weekly returns. The Court then adjourned. ------- [ADVERTISEMENT.I—The difficulties and dangers of bringing up infants by hand or wet nurses have been en tirely overcome by Du Barry's delicious Rv I t Ab'a i Food, which feeds and strengthens, and reil e v n es l all r t a ho le se little pains and irregularities infants arc so subject . to. The , Stevenage, 16th Dec., 1850. following letter speaks volumes:.—" Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. 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I learned that we arrived in the vicinity of the Charleston Bar about midnight ; that all the coast lights had been extinguished, and that thus farit had been impossible to find the main channel. It is evident from these indications that the hospitable South Carolinians do not mean that we should go in without a salute. A light was seen on the coast, but we could not make out what it was. A little after three o'clock, we disco vered the light on Fort Sumter, and with these exceptions everything was dark. It was, of course, impossible to get over the bar without the lighthouse, and so we awaited the break of day. I have never seen a finer morning than the one which dawned upon us. The sky was clear, and the moon, a faint crescent of silver, had just arisen, and the low coast looked like a dense forest of evergreen. The spires of Charleston became visible in the approaching daylight, and on the walls of Sumter we descried the American flag float ting in the breeze. Now, about half-past 6 o'clock we see the lighthouse ; and now, too, we discover that the mysterious light just mentioned was that of a steamer at our right. Now the situation of thechannel is ascertained, and we are under weigk And now the steamer at our right is burning red and blue lights, and now she sends up rockets. There is no mistaking he''' movement; she is giving the alarm signal t o - 171' , rt Moultrie. the soLliers are below with loaded muskets, an O d n th w e e. O:7 ; 7ors are ready to give the word if there is any thing to do. it is brow; daylight, and we are making directly into the gu 'us of Fort Moultrie, whose black wails are distinctly visible. The little steCaer at our right is burning a signal light aft, And is making 111. possible head way up the harbour. Now We discover a red Palmetto flag at our left on Morris Islam..; , a Little village called Cum ming's Point, and apparently but little more than a mile from Fort Sumter. "Is it possible that those fellnwit have pot a battery off here ?" asks one. " No," answers another; " there is no battery there." But there is. It is now a quarter past 7, and we are about two miles from Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Ns lll ell are equi-dilltant from us, and suddenly whiz-z I comes a ricochet shot from Morris Island. It plunges into the water and skips along, but falls short of our steamer. The line was forward of our bow, and was of course an invita tion to stop. But we are not ready to accept the proffered hospitality, and the captain pays no attention to it except to run up the stars and stripes at the masthead—the gar rison flag mentioned before. A moment of anxious suspense, and bang goes a heavy cannon from the same masked bat tery. The shot falls short of us 100 yards or more, and bounds clean over our vessel aft, nearly on a line with the head of a sailor, but luckily a little above it. On we go, and—whiz-z I again goes the smaller gun first fired, and another ricochet shot skips along the water and falls short of us. " Booh l" exclaims the captain, "you must give us big ger guns than that boys, or you cannot hurt us." On we go, without heeding the compliments of our Charleston friends. Another moment, and bang 1 again goes the heavy gun. The ball now strikes our ship in the fore chains, about two feet above the water. A seaman was holding the lead to take the soundings, and the ball struck directly under his feet. It is not surprising that, under the circumstances, Jack was strongly inclined to take to his heels, and he begins to scramble up with might and main, when the captain assures him there is ne danger, one ball having struck so near him ; on the principle, I 'suppose, that lightning never strikes in the same place. Jack, re assured, patiently takes his place and drops the lead again. The ball, fortunately, was too far spent to go through the side of our vessel, although it left an honourable scar. The battery continues to play upon us, and a huge ball comes clean over us, near the wheel-house. We are net yet within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie, and yonder is a cutter in tow of a steamboat, preparing to open fire upon us. A moment longer and we shall be in range of these three batteries. The gunners on Morris Island are growing confident ; if they get a right ranga they will send a shot through our side, scattering death and destruction. Moul trie, directly in front, will bring her heavy guns to bear, and will drive their deadly missiles into our bow, while the cut ter will open on our right. Why does not Major Anderson open fire upon that bat tery and save us ? We look in vain for help ; the American flag flies from Fort Sumter, and the American flag at our bow and stern is fired upon, yet there is not the slightest recognition of our presence from the fort from which we look for protection. The unexpected battery on Morris Island has cut off all hope of escape by running the vessel aground near Sumter and taking to the boats. Is it possible that Fort Sumter has been taken by the South Carolinians ? If it has not, why does not Major Anderson show that he will protect us, or at least recognise us in some way ? To go within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie is to expose vessel, men, and stores to almost instant destruction, or to ' capture by the enemy. Helm out of port !" shouts the captain, and the Star of the West is turned about without any great loss of time as you may well imagine. We turn without accident, and steam away, with the stars and stripes still floating, and the battery still playing upon us by way of a parting salute. As we steam away the steamer near Moultrie having the hostile cutter in tow, steams away into Swash channel, evi dently with the intention of cutting off our retreat ; but she soon abandons the chase, and we sail out, without a man killed or wounded, with our stores unharmed, and proceed unmolerited, probably on our homeward journey. After the brief but exciting experience of the morning, I am prepared, without hesitation, to concur with the captain in the opinion that it is very unpleasant to be fired at with hard cannon balls without any chance to fire back. I wish to say, however, that no one on board displayed any symp , toms of fear. Captain M'Gowan and the pilot, Mr. Brewer, were probably especial marks for the Morris Island battery, since a good shot through the wheel-house would have been most disastrous. The soldiers, although two-thirds of them are recruits, appeared to be quite indifferent to the music, while the officers agreed that it was scandalous that they could not fight back. Soon after crossing the bar of the Charleston harbour : on our homeward course, we met a fine sailing vessel, the Emily St. Pierre, of Charleston. Captain M'Gowan stopped and hailed her. '• "Where do you hail from ?" said he. "From Liverpool," was the reply. " Whither bound ?" '• To Charleston." "What flag do you sail under ?" " So far under the American flag." "Then you can't go into Charleston," said our captain. "They will not let the American flag go into that port. was just driven out of there. They fired upon me when was sailing under the American flag." " Then .I suppose I must go in under the Palmetto flag," said he of the Emily St. Pierre. " Then I ought to take you," shouted our captain, with energy ; " war has been declared ; they hays fired upon me, and you are a lawful prize." " You can do what you like," replied the other, with a voice which seemed to be tremulous from one cause or another," you are the stronger party." Capt. M'Gowan concluded that, inasmuch as ho had not at present a commission from Government, ho would let the Emily St. Pierre go her way, but declared that if he had his commission it would he delightful to bring her off, after the treatment he had received this morning from Charleston. The military men on board highly complimented the South Carolinians on their shooting in this first attempt. They Fray it was well done; that all which was needed was a little better range, which they probably could have ob tained in a few minutes. Their line was perfect ; and the opinion is expre.esed that some one had charge of the guns who understood his business. " It was very good sport for them," remarked one of our officers, " to shoot at us, and there was nothing to trouble them. They Lad it all their own way. But when Uncle Sam gets a man-of-war in the channel, throwing shells into that sandhill, they will learn the difference." Two guns were employed ; the smaller, it is believed, a 12-pounder, and the larger a 32-pounder. This, howsvor, is only conjecture. Whatever their size, they were well manned. They wero fired rapidly, and with a will. _ _ _ . One of the officers hazarded a joke soon after we left the Charleston harbour. "The people of Charleston," ho re marked, "pride themselves upon their hospitality; but it exceeds my expectation. They gave us several balls before we landed." It is believed that if the South Carolinians had not made a mistake we should have partaken of their hospitality, whatever it may be, as prisoners. If the battery on Morris Island had waited 10 minutes longer before firing we should have been complettily at their mercy. It was only neces sary for them to wait until we were within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie, and escape would have been impos sible. So that, had it not been for this new and unex pected battery on Morris Island, and its Premature firing, we should inevitably have fallen into the hands of the enemy if we had escaped shooting and drowning. Although we had a surgeon on board, he had no instru ments or medical stores. - - It is believed that the cutter which was in tuw of the steamboat was the William Aiken, which was treacherously surrendered to the South Carolinians by its commander. [A-DvEnTrsEmENT.Vlolloway's Ointment and Pin s .— Bodily Infirmities.— he alternating frosts and thaws, keen winds, and foggy atmospheres, would try an iron con stitution. These vicissitudes are on all sides producing coughs, colds, influenza, ulcerated throat, asthma, and rheumatism. For the viler and cure of this catalogue of complaints Holloway's ointment should be sedulously rubbed upon the skin, as near the affected organas possible, and his pills should be simultaneously taken internally. The ointment penetrates and soothes all affections of the throat and chest, and is especially serviceable in rheumatic diseases. In tic doloreux, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular pain's HolloWay's ointment and pills have established for themselves a world-wide reputation. These remedies render respiration easy in the worst weather. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —Jan, 30. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Richard Corrie Bache, a gentlemanly looking man, boreiering on 70 years of age, was charged before Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, who sat for the Lord Mayor, with embezzling the nominal sum of £42 9s. Gd., re ceived by him on account of Mrs. Elizabeth Grate wood Tull, of Charlton Villa, Chertsey, on the sth of January, 1859, and also with embezzling va rious moneys, amounting to nearly £6,000, from 1848 down to the present time. From 1852, until towards the end of last year, the prisoner was a member of the Court og Cons_ mon Council for the ward of Langbourn. Sir R. Carden asked if he had engaged any at torney to defend him. The prisoner said he had an attorney, Mr. Red path, of Walbrook, but he had no means of com municating with him. The Alderman kindly deferred the investiga tion until a message could be sent to Mr. Redpath, and eventually Mr. Wontner at a moment's notice, attended to watch the inquiry on the part of the prisoner. Mr. Lewis said he appeared for Mrs. Tull, the principal in a rope manufacturing firm at 153, Fenchurch-street, with which the pri soner had been connected for nearly forty years as manager for the grdater part of that time, and the most implicit confidence had been reposed in him. The complainant's husband, Mr. Tull, died in 1851, and from that time, the business being continued by Mrs. Tull, still greater confi dence was reposed in him. One of the duties of the prisoner was to send a weekly statement to her of the receipts and payments in respect of the business; but of late, his accounts having excited suspicion, an accountant was called in, and the result of an investigation by him was the discovery of a defi ciency amounting to between £5,000 and £6,000, for which the prisoner had not accounted. Before the prisoner was given into custody an opportunity way afforded him of explaining the matter, if it were susa?latible of explanation. At first he treated the suggestion in an off-hand manner, but at length made some admissions as to the alleged deficiencies, ,od he was then pieced in charge of the police. Leighton Baxter said—l am a clerk in the employment of aiesers. Tull and Co., 153, Fenchureli-stre trope manufacturers. Mr. Bache, I Zs the prisoner, was the manager of the establishment, at a salary of £3OO, and had a free house besides. It was his duty to receive inoti:7 for the firm, and pay it in to the bankers, Messrs. Hankey. I have been in the employment of the firm nearly twelve y ors. I kept the books, with the exception of the which was kept by Mr. Bache. I posted g or from the cash book at his dictation, he calling out to me from the opposite side of a desk c th as e ll ier k' the amounts and dates. The cash-book was kept locked up by Mr. Bathe in his desk; I had no con trol over it, nor did I ever see the items in it. I had the key of a cupboard in which the ledger and other books were deposited. The two cash-books produced, beginning with 1847, and continuing up to the present time, are in the handwriting of Mr. Bache, including the cast ings of receipts do the six pages indicated. The prisoner had possession of the three bankers' passbooks produced. It was his duty to pay in to the bankers the money received by him on account of the firm. I was in the habit :of receiving the money paid over the counter, entering it in the petty cash-book, and then handing it daily to the prisoner to be paid by him to the nkers. All the sums entered in the petty cash book produced have been paid by me to him. Mrs, Tull is about 70 years of age. Mr. Tull, her husband, died in Jelly, 1851. It was the prisoner's duty, as I always understood, to send a weekly statement of receipts and payments to Mrs. Tull. I have seen him pre paring such statements. Cross-examined by m r .Wontner—Mr. Bache has been connected with the concern for about 40 years, and has had the entire management of it for a long time. He had to make payments, as well as re- I ceive money, on account of the firm. Mr. Frederick Whinney, accountant, 3, Bank buildings, said—l was consulted with reference to investigating the books of the firm of Tull and Co., and commenced the examination at the end of November last, Mr. Bache himself producing them for examination. I told him no balance sheet had been sent down to Mrs. Tull for 1858, 1859, or 1860. (It had been customary to strike a balance for each year up to the 30th of June.) I also told him I understood Mrs. Tull had been asked by him to pay in more capital to carry on the business, that she was not satisfied, and wished to know the state in which it was. I added I was about to examine the books from July, 1857, to the present time. The prisoner then produced to me all the books now before the Court. In his cash book, under the date of August 3, 1854, I find an item of £l4B 9s Gd not carried out into the cast-up column. There is no other receipt in the cash book on that day_ Thnt. amount, rine. not appeftr in the bankers' pass-book on that day or subsequently. In one page of the cash book the receipts are summed up £9,001 5s 911, but the casting up should really be £9,061 Os sd, the diffe rence being £59 14s Bd. At another page there are two miscastings—one of £29 and the other of £4O 17s. Ido not find any miscasting of the pay ments on his credit side. In subsequent pages there are miscastings to the amount of £57 is ld; £57 13s sd; and £286 13s 4d. On the Ist of March, 1856, I find £l6 13s 4d was received by him, but not paid in; on the 3d of the same month he received £709 3s lid ; and I perceive he paid into the bankers on that day £509 3s lid, showing a difference of £2OO. That particular page is also short cast by £286 13s 4d. On the 20th March, 1856, he received from the Board of Ordnance £299 9s 6d, and on the day after he paid into the bankers £209 Os Gd, a difference of £9O. No sum was paid in to the bankers on the 20th of March and that page was also miscast by £l6O. I have compared the entries in the cash-book with those in the petty cash-book; in the latter on July 19, 1856, there is an entry of £44 4s ,• but in the cash beok the amount received as " shop cash" is £3O 6s 4d, being a difference of £l3 17s Bd. On the 26th of July the recei p ts ar e put down at £ 6B entered A ed ga fo in r , petty cash ; but in on February 13, Os ld, but in the c ash-book at £4l 53 Bd, a differ encesl4s 5 is ter the cash-book the e ntr y is £33 a difference of £2B 16s sd. On anot her da y , in March 1859, the s um received across t he cou nter was £ 35 11s ld ; but the entry for t hat da y in the cash-book is onl y £2O, a diff eren ce of £l 5 17s ld. On the 16th of April, 1!;59, the entry in the petty cash-book is £44 2s 6d ; but that in the cash-book is £l6 5s 6d —difference £27 17s. On the 9 th of June 1860, the r eceipts are entered at £ 25 5 s 7d, but the cash book shows only £l4 9s 9d, the difference being £lO 15s 10d. On the 23d of June, 1860, the enter in the petty cash-book is £36 17s 10d; in the Caoh-book £27 19s 6d—difference £8 18s 4d. By Mr. Wontner—There is one wrong addition in the cash-book of £234 8s ld against the prisoner and in favour of thefirm; but on the other side of the account there is a short casting of £359 ss. Gd. By Mr. Lewis—The total balance of the defici encies is between £5,000 and £6,000 from 1848. Mr. Lewis then applied to have the prisoner remanded—a request in which Mr. Wontner joined, in the prisoner's interest, on the ground that he had been called in at a moment's notice to defend him. He was accordingly remanded until Thurs day next. Francis Lawrence, 32, a working man, was ac cused on suspicion of stealing a gold watch and chain of the value of £2O. The complainant, Samuel Chambers, a beer mer chant in Seething-lane, said the prisoner was at work for him on Tuesday, corking beer in the ware house. Witness placed his gold watch and chain in a desk in the counting-house, about a quarter to 3 o'clock, covering it over with some loose papers, but did not lock the desk. The prisoner was then at work on the same floor, and could see him in the counting-house. He went out after placing his watch in the desk, and on returning about an hour afterwards it was gone. Several other people were working on the same floor at the time, and witness said in the hearing of them all that his watch had been taken out of the desk, and unless it was pro duced he would have them all locked up. They all denied taking it ; the prisoner added that he had been in the counting-house, hut only to sign a book. A book had been signed for the delivery of bottles during witness's absence. The prisoner had a right to go into the counting-house; he had the oversight of the others, who were lads. At first he gave a wrong address. He offered to lie searched, but wit ness declined to do so. The prisoner afterwards gave a correct address, assigning as a reason for not doing so at first his unwillingness to be the means of alarming his wife, who was near her confinement. He protested his innocence ; adding that any of the other men at work in the warehouse might have gone into the counting- house while his back was turned. Sir R. Carden discharged the defendant, telling the complainant lie might as well have given any of the lads into custody for stealing the watch as him. WORSHIP-STREET. —Charles Douglas, aged 26, described as a porter at a house in the city, was charged with the following robbery : The case was somewhat complicated, but the sub stance of Mr. Beard's statement and that of his wit nesses was, that the prosecutor, Mr. Charles Gib bard, a general dealer, lodged at the house of a man named Cooke, in Wellington •street, Shoreditch, and the same room was occupied jointly by him and the prisoner. Beneath a table in this room the prose. cutor had a brown-coloured box about three feet long, which contained f,,43.9 in gold, five frock cats, and other articles, and this when he went out in the daytime ho left locked and safe. About 9 o'clock at night Mrs. Cooke heard the sound of footsteps in the passage, with a grating noise, such as would be produced by a box rubbing against wainscot, and on looking out at her door she saw the prisoner leaving with a box on his shoulder, which she at once recognised as that of the prosecutor, and en her telling her husband so Mr. Cooke went up to- Mr.. Gibbard's room, and foar4 the'boX of thF! 'pro secutor had•akenaway, though the prisoner's own was left, the prosecutor and Cooke went in ;each the prisoner, whom they found at a public 'louse, and accused him of the robbery, which h e denied, declaring that the box he had taken away was his own, and had brought to the house 20 minutes before to pack some clothes in. He then took them to another house, where he showed them a box, which he said was the same he had removed, but this was not the box of the prosecutor; and it was proved by a widow named Wallis. of Chick sand•street, Spitalfields, that within half an hour after the property of the prosecutor had been stolen the prisoner left a square box of the same descrip tion at her house, saying he should bring a larger one next day, but that on the following evening a strange man came and asked for the box which had been left, and carried it away with him. The pri soner was then given into the custody of Horne, of the H division, to whom he made much the same statement, and who on searching him discovered only sixpence upon him. Mr. Vann, for the defence, was instructed to give a total denial to the charge on behalf of the pri soner, who had been ten years in the service of one firm and lodged nearly three years in the house where the robbery had been committed, in both which neighbourhoods he bore an excellent charac ter ' • and as his client d ec l are d th a t th e property h e had removed was really his own, and it turned out that there were no less than seven other lodgers in the same house, any one of whom might have taken it, he hoped the prisoner's character would be taken into consideration, and bail accepted for his future appearance. • Mr. Knox, however, refused bail, and ordered prisoner to be remanded. GREENWICH.--Chas. Keller, baker, Queen's place, Blackheath-road, appeared to a summons charging him with having refused to weigh two hal f-quartern loaves, when required to do so by Mary Duke, by•whicli he had incurred a penalty of £5. The complainant stated that on the 23d inst. she obtained a ticket from a committee appointed to re• lieve distressing cases in the district, which ticket entitled her to a quartcrn loaf. She took the ticket to the shop of defendant, who gave her two half quartern loaves from a shelf, placing them on the counter. She then asked defendant to weigh the bread, which he refused to do, when she told him be had refused to weigh it on the previous day, and left the shop with it. Mr. Baxendale, a gentleman connected with the committee, said arrangements had been made with defendant and other bakers in the district to receive the committee's tickets given to deserving objects, the bread supplied being charged for at the ordi nary retail price and paid for out of the contribu tions of the public. In consequence of a complaint made that it was supposed defendant was issuing bread light in weight, a ticket was given to the present complainant to take to the defendant's, and to have the bread weighed. She afterwards returned with the loaves produced, which were weighed at a neighbouring baker's, and found to be nearly 6oz. deficient in weight. The defendant said he had offered to weigh the bread for the woman, but that she took it away, saying, "Never mind." Mr. Maude said that he could not but consider the complaint a very serious one against the defen dant, who had been engaged to supply bread to the poor, which was paid for out of funds provided by the benevolent public. The deficiency in weight was very great, and was a great consideration to poor people, more particularly at the present season and the present price of provisions. He should therefore impose a fine of £3 and costs. A DELICATE INVESTIGATION. Samuel Copping, formerly a detective sergeant belonging to the P division of police, and Adam Saunders, a pensioned constable from the L divi sion, attended before Mr. Elliott, at the Lambeth Police Court yesterday, to answer two summonses each, the one charging an assault, and the other wilful and malicious damage—in fact attributing to them an outrage of a most unusual character. Mr. Hutchinson, an attorney, appeared on behalf of the complainants to support the charge; and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by some gentleman whose name did not transpire, attended for the defendants. Mr. Hutchinson said he should charge the defen dants jointly with assault and battery, and after proving the charge, which was one of an outrageous character, it would be his duty to call on his wor ship to send the case to the sessions, that it might be dealt with as it deserved. The learned gentle man then called Mr. Charles Percival, a young man, into the witness-box. When sworn, he said he occupied apartments at the house, No. 1, Thorn bury-place, Walworth, and knew both the defen dants by sight, but nothing more. On Thursday morning last, at about seven o'clock, while partly dressed, he heard a loud knocking at his bed-room door, and asked who was there, but received no answer. He heard one of the defendants, he be lieved Copping—say, " Let it go," and both ap peared to be forcing the door. The door was forced, and he then saw both the defendants, each with a large stick. They did not say what they wanted, but were about to force their way into the room when a desperate struggle took place between them. Saunders was in front, and Copping was pushing him from behind, and while he (witness) was engaged in preventing Saunders from forcing his way in Copping poked his stick into his eye, but fortunately did not injure him much. Copping also kicked him on the legs, and both he and Saunders succeeded in getting into the room. On doing so they commenced pulling down the bed and tearing down the curtains, and then went away. Mr. Hutchinson—Now, during the whole of the time they were there, did the defendants, or either of them, tell you what they came there for ? Witness—They did not. I asked them if they wanted to arrest me ? and they said they did not want to injure me, but still they did not tell me what they wanted. __ Mr. Hutchinson—Have you suffered from your resistance to the violence of the defendants? Witness—Yes, I am injured inside by the struggle, and have been attended by a medical gentleman. Mr. Sleigh—Now, Mr, Percival, you say you have no notion whatever of the cause of the visit of the defendants ? Mr. Percival—l do. Mr. Sleigh—And you will swear that up to the present moment you are ignorant of the fact ? Mr. Percival—They did not say what they came there for, and I do not know it. Mr. Sleigh-1)o you know a Mr. and Mrs. Clark ? Mr. Percival—Yes, and I have known Mrs. Clark for 15 years—long before her marriage. Mr. Sleigh—And you were in the habit of being a good deal at the house of Mr. Clark, I believe ? Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—And you are aware that Mrs. Clark is separated from her husband. Mr. Percival—Yes, I am. Mr. Sleigh—Had not Mrs. Clark been in the habit of visiting you at your lodging in West iqinare ? Mr. Percival—Certainly not. Mr. Sleigh—That you will swear ? Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Were you living alone in your pre sent lodgings ? Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Do you mean to swear, sir, that there was not a lady in the room with you on the Thursday morning when the defendants called P Mr. Percival—There was no lady in my room, Mr. Sleigh—Pray, does Mrs. Clark reside there ? Mr. Percival—Yes, she is living in the same house, but in a separate apartment from mine. Mrs. Clark did not go there to lodge with me, and I do not know how long it was after my taking the apartment that she came there. Mr. Sleigh—Are you an unmarried man ? Percival—No; I am married, but separated from my wife. Sleigh—And you, a married man, and sepa rated from your wife, and Mrs. Clark, a married woman, and separated from her husband, live in the same house. Now, I wish to ask you, on your oath, whether Mrs, Clark was not found by the defendants concealed in a cupboard in your bed room ? Mr. Percival—That cupboard had a door which led from my bedroom to the apartment occupied by Mrs. Clark. (Laughter.) Mr. Sleigh—And that door fixed in the cupboard was opened at pleasure by.either Mrs. Clack or yourself, and would admit the one into the bed room of the other, and vice versa? Mr. Pe.reivol—Well, I suppose so. (Renewed laughter.) The witness, after being subjected to a further searching cross-examination, was asked some ques tions by Mr. Hutchinson, with the view of show ing that ill-treatment had been the cause of Mrs. Clark leaving her husband, but Mr. Sleigh objected to it. Mr. Hogwood, the landlord of the house, was called, and corroborated ii, part of the tvqirnopy of the last witness. He also complained of the scrim injury done to his property by the violence . of the defendants, who had obtained access-fd his house on the morning in question 'oy gettini over a high wall. In cross-examination said it was some time after Mr. Percival cape' to live at his house that Mrs. Clark ca me th o re. He further said that they Paid their rents , sepa rately, but admitted they some times lka" cneir meals together. tits being the case, Mr. Sleigh said it would be useless to deny the fact that Mr. Clark, having been made acquainted with the fact that his child had been taken to the house where his wife lived in a very equivocal manner with a married man separated from his wife, or, as he himself said, in an apartment or bedroom adjoining his, to which there was common access through the cupboard— (laughter)—he (Mr. Clark) was anxious to ascer tain the real state of things, and this in reality was the cause of the visit. He trusted that, under the circumstances, his worship would not only deal with the case as he was empowered to do, but con sider its justice amply met by the infliction of a fine of the smallest coin of the realm. Mr. Elliott inquired if the defendants, or either of them, were officers of police, or held any autho rity under the commissioners, and having been answered in the negative, observed that he never recollected a proceeding of a more outrageous description. Here were two men without a war rant, authority, or the slightest sanction of the law, getting over walls and into a person's house, and using unheard of violence. He did not feel helwould be doing his duty if he did not mark his reprobation of it by sending the case to a higher Court for trial. The case of forcible entrance was about to be entered on, when it was found th a t ano th er sum mons would be necessary, and the proceedings were adjourned to a future day. The court was much crowded during the hearing of the case. TILE SPRING HANDICAPS. The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday evening : ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBAN, The highest weight accept: raised to Rst 121 b, and the al ing being Bst 101 b, it has been tern in proportion. Yrs st lb Comforter .. .5 8 12 Lifeboat G 8 9 High Treason .. 4 8 6 Thunderbolt 4 8 6 Weatherbound .. 4 8 5 Lady Trespass .. 4 8 5 Cantine 5 8 3 First Lord .. 4 8 0 Fitz Avon .. 4 7 11 C here Amie—(dam Blame) .. 4 7 11 Sir William 4 7 10 Rising- Sun .. 4 7 9 Flitch .. 5 7 9 Royal Sovereign .. 6 7 8 Benbow .. 5 7 7 Maggiore .. 4 7 7 Apollyon 4 7 7 Ancient Briton .. 6 7 6 Seclusion 4 7 5 Angelo .. .. 4 7 5 Moorhen 4 7 4 Mutineer .. .. 5 7 2 Contadina .. 4 7 2 Ambush .. 5 7 2 Precise .. .. 4 7 2 Merrimac .. .. 4 7 1 Tightfit .. 5 7 0 Parmesan .. 4 7 0 Mountain Nut 5 6 13 Feodorowna .. 4 6 13 Physician .. 6 6 12 Sporting Life .. 3 6 12 Industrious .. 4 6 12 Dover .. .. 4' 6 12 Chance Shot .. 4 6 12 Vancouver .. 3 6 11 Henham Lass 3 6 11 Rouge Dragon 3 6 11 General Hess .. 4 6 11 Edmund Kean .. 4 6 11 Oliver .. .. 4 6 11 Rockley .. 4 6 9 Dreadnought .. 4 6 9 Siberia, by Autocrat Eleot's dam .. 4 6 9 Her Highness 4, 6 8 Cronstadt .. 3 6 8 Votella 3 6 7 Skeltono .. 4 6 4 Furious .. .. 4 6 3 Ellen .. .. 4 6 3 Atropia .. 3 6 2 Captain Fortibus 3 6 2 Consolation .. 5 6 2 Nessus ~. .. 4 6 2 Yrs st lb Balbam .. 3 6 2 ch. f. Avalanche, by Gladiator—Anetta 3 6 2 King Tom—Giraffe 3 6 2 Mousetrap .. 3 6 2 Rapture ~ 3 6 1 Belleislo 3 6 1 Guilder .. .. 4 6 0 Vinegar Hill 3 6 0 Tomyris 3 6 0 Sermo 4 6 0 acintha .. 3 6 0 Pounco .. 3 6 0 Cantab 3 6 0 Gabriel d'Estrees.. 3 5 13 Rupert .. 3 5 13 Star of the West 4 513 Nativity 3 5 12 Sister to St. Albans 3 5 12 Wombat .. .. 3 5 12 Pancake .. 3 5 12 f. by The Nob— Brawn .. 3 5 11 Sweetbread .. 3 5 11 Limeflower .. 3 5 11 Lisbon 3 5 11 Sir Edward .. 4 5 11 Strike .. 3 5 9 Sycophant 3 5 9 The Pope .. 3 5 9 Robinson Crusoe.. 3 5 9 Croagh Patrick .. 3 5 9 ' Promotion .. 3 5 9 Lady Clam .. 3 5 9 Warrior .. .. 3 5 9 Jingling Johnny .. 3 5 9 Knightsbridge .. 3 5 9 b c by Wild Dayrell —lntimidation .. 3 5 9 Sawcutter .. 3 5 9 Necromancer .. 3 5 9 Reindeer .. .. 3 5 9 Prince Imperial .. 3 5 9 Meyerbeer 3 5 9 Camerino 3 5 9 East Sheen .. 3 5 9 Canary .. 3 6 9 Letty West .. 3 5 9 Monastery 3 5 9 Hilarity .. .. 3 5 9 Mantrap .. 3 5 9 Pixie .. 3 5 9 Bravo .. .. 3 5 9 f by Stockwell—. Barbetta .. 3 5 9 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT METROPO LITAN STAKES. The highest weight accepting being Bst 81b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Yrs st lb Blue Jacket .. a 8 12 Clydesdale .. 6 8 10 - Umpire 4 8 8 Satellite .. .. 5 8 6 Black Prince .. 5 8 6 Newcastle.. .. 5 8 6 Lady Trespass .. 4 8 5 Pretendant 4 8 3 Horror .. 4 8 3 Starke .. 6 8 2 Northern Light .. 4 8 1 Chere Amie—Blame 4 8 0 Rattlebone . , 4 7 13 Lovett .. .. 5 7 13 Rupee 4 7 13 Bevis .. .. 5 7 11 Simple Simon .. 4 7 11 Timandra .. 5 7 10 Tho Rap .. 4 7 10 Moorhen .. 4 7 6 Nicholas .. 4 7 5 Merrimac .. 4 7 5 Simla .. .. 4 7 5 Parmesan .. 4 7 3 Bumble Bee 5 7 3 South Australian 4 7 2 King of Kent .. 3 7 2 Mountain Nut .. 5 7 1 Rouge Dragon .. 3 7 0 Kildonan 3 7 0 Physician .. 6 7 0 Chance Shot 4 7 0 Russley 3 6 13 Henham Lass .. 3 6 13 Vancouver 3 6‘ll Rlcho . , 3 6 11 Viscount Brignall 3 6 10 The Prophet .. 4 6 10 Yrs st lb Dreadnought .. 4 610 Voltella .. 3 6 8 Danae .. 4 6 5 Balham .. 3 6 4 Paul Clifford .. 3 6 4 Rapture 3 6 4 Guilder .. .. 4 6 3 Belleisle .. 3 6 3 Juno .. 3 6 2 Atropia .. 3 6 2 Ivanhoff .. 3 6 2 Jacintha 3 6 2 Lucy .. .. 4 6 0 Pounce .. 3 6 0 Betts .. .. 3 5 13 Highflyer .. 3 5 13 Black Sultan .. 3 5 13 Bandsman.. .. 3 5 13 Wombat .. 3 5 13 Sister to St. Albans 3 5 12 Philip the Falconer 3 5 11 Meyerbeer.. .. 3 5 11 Canary .. .. 3 511 Cross Stitch .. 3 5 11 Calpo .. 3 5 11 Mantrap .. 3 5 11 Pixio .. 3 6 11 Rollcall .. 3 5 11 Sycophant.. .. 3 5 11 Robinson Crusoe.. 3 5 11 Croagh Patrick .. 3 5 11 La Reux 3 5 11 The Rock .. 3 5 11 Jingling Johnny .. 3 5 11 b.c.by Wild Dayrell —lntimidation.. 3 5 11 Styria .. .. 3 5 11 ACCEPTANCES FOR st lb Defender .. 9 0 Horror .. 8 2 Black Prince.. • • 8 2 Wallace .. .. 8 2 Rattlebone .. 8 0 Schism .. .. 8 0 Skilful .. 8 0 Wild Rose .. 7 12 Starke . , .. 7 10 Butterfly .. 7 10 Speci,l License .. 7 10 Weatherbound .. 7 10 Faultless .. .. 7 10 Light .. 7 8 Umpire .. .. 7 8 Ben Webster .. 7 8 First Lord .. 7 8 Satellite .. 7 7 Simple Simon 7 7 Tame Deer .. .. 7 6 Fitzavon .. .7 4 Eskdale .. 7 2 Predictor 7 2 Petra .. .. 7 0 El Hakim .. .. 7 0 Man-at-Arms .. 7 0 Optimist .. 7 0 Mountain Nut .. 7 0 The Brewer .. 6 12 Feodorowna .. 6 12 Millionnaire .. 6 12 Chance Shot 6 10 The Lawyer 6 9 Doefoot 6 8 Sparrow Hawk .. 6 8 Chore Aniie 6 8 Russley 6 7 Birmingham .. 6 7 Killigrew 6 6 South Australian .. 6 6 King of Kent .. 6 6 THE CHESTER CUP. at lb Rajah Brooke .. 6 6 Precise .. 6 5 Jealousy .. 6 4 Satinstone 6 4 Dreadnought 6 4 Danae • • • • 6 4 Voltella .. 6 4 Yorkminster 6 4 Industrious .. 6 4 Sweet Hawthorn 6 2 Herne • • • • 6 2 Edmund Kean 6 0 North Lancashire 6 0 T. P. Cooke .. .. 6 0 Horace .. 6 0 Rara Avis .. 6 0 Bridegroom .. .. 6 0 Jacintha 6 0 iraffe 6 0 Pounce .. 5 12 Duchess .. 5 12 Balham .. 5 10 Pancake 5 10 Somersault 5 10 Vancouver .. 5 10 Cashio 5 9 Bravo.. 5 9 Snapdragon '5 9 Robinson Crusoe 5 7 Babette .. 5 7 Lady Evelyn.. .. 5 7 Spanish Fly .. 5 7 Blue Stone .. .. 5 7 Shepherdess 5 7 Slwcu tter 5 7 Waterwach 5 7 Meyerbeer 5 7 Sycophant 5 7 Wombat .. • 5 7 Rapture 5 7 Flirtation .. 5 7 THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. too. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris and London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. Stindard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg-. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1054 to 106 per cent., which, as compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But the loss of interest occa sioned by the delay in receiving back gold from the American Mints leaves no profit now on the transmission of gold to the United States. GRIMSTONE'S HERB TOBACCO.—THE "SMOKE CON TROVERSY" SETTLED.—Much difference of opinion exists as to whether smoking is injurious or not. Upon this poi n t doctors have "disagreed," as they have done upon raest others—but one thing is certain that smoking Grimstone's herb tobacco is beneficial rather than the contrary, and most astonishing cures of asthma, and other pulmonary diseases, have resulted from its use. To those who are troubled with phlegm in the throat on rising in th e morn i ng we recommend a few whiffs of Grimstone's tobacco before breakfast. To those who are troubled with a hacking cough on laying down to rest, we say take a pipe of Grim stone's after supper,—and to those who require a pipe during the hours of labour or study we recommend Grim stone's as possessing all the best qualities of V irginia tobacco with none of its disadvantages, Tte absence of the essential oils preclude the danger arising from the nar cotic weed—whilst the fragrant herbs and flowers of which Grimstone's herb tobacco is composed render it not only a untversal favourite with the valuable medicine aent, but a fair se; who bay() settled the "tobacco controversy" by deploring their admiration of the fragrance of Grimstone's as being far preferable to the smell of " that horrid nasty tobacco," - TUE LATE FATAL ASSAULT BY BOYS IN THE CITY. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Coleman street Ward-rooms, London-wall, to inquire into the death of John Silverside, a silversmith, lately residing at No. 4, Brown's-buildings, Finsbury, and who, it was alleged, had met his death from a stone throWn by one of four boys now in custody. It appeared that the deceased, who was em ployed at the Albion Hall lecture rooms, Finsbury, was trying to get rid of the boys, who were creat ing a disturbance outside the hall in question on Monday night, when an altercation ensued, during which several blows were struck and a stone thrown by the boys, which struck deceased, upon which he immediately fell, and never rallied, out died in a few minutes. The facts were fully described in our Guildhall police report yesterday. Mr. Simpson, surgeon, stated that he was called to see deceased. He found him in a fainting state. He made a post mortem examination of the body, and his opinion was that death wa3 caused by un due excitement acting upon him. He found the heart entirely empty ; there was not the slightest trace of any rupture of any vessel, and he could not find the marks of any external violence upon the body. He should think that if a blow had been struck very hard upon the deceased it might have caused rupture of some of the blood vessels, but there was no rupture at all, and no appearance of violence to account for death. The Coroner having summed up the evidence at great length, and with much clearness, pointed out to thp jury the evidence of Mr. Simpson as to the cause of death, and dwelling upon the facts of no external violence having been discovered, and no piece of brick or stone having been found by which it was alleged the deceased had been struck, re quested the public to retire. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that—" The deceased died from the effects of excitement caused by an assault committed on him by several boys, now in custody." COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK-JAN. 30. The show of wheat to-day was fair, but many of the samples were out of condition. The trade was limited, and prices receded is to 2s for damp sorts.. There was an in active business doing in barley. Oats a fair show, but the demand was flat. Beans in limited. show, at late rates. Peas less firm. White wheat, new, 54s to 76s Red do. 4Bs to 708 Old white s4s to 768 Red do.. 488 to 70s Barley, malting 388 to 45s Peas,.... Barley, grinding.. 28s to 355 Oats, old, ..32s to:3Bs New do 24s to 305 Beans.. 52s to 585 Beans, new.. 40s to 46s 48s to 545. SHEFFIELD—JAN. 29. At the market to-day there was a fair attendance, with an average show of wheat. The better samples were in demand at late prices, but inferior samples were difficult to sell. In oats a slight advance was realised. Fleur de dined ld per 141 b. In beans, barley, and other articles there was no material change. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od White 11 11 ...25s Od to 28s Od New red 79 ~ ...20s Od to 22s Od New white „ /I ...22s Od to 26s Od Beans 79 /7 ...20s Od to 228 Od Peas, per qr s4s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 3ss Od to 43s Od Oats 2ss 6d to 34s Od If Millers' prices for flour-2s 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL—JAx. 29. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance of the farmers, but business was limited. English wheat was 2s lower in price. Foreign wheat a very slow sale, at about former quotations. Barley at is less money. Oats in slow demand. Beans and peas unaltered. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 6ss Od to 69s Od Old red New white ~ „ New red .... , Dantzic Konb , &c. old white 628 Od to 66a Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, ld s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 4ls Od to 428 Od Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3BB Od to 408 Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 144 d Friesland and Dutch osl4ld to 0815 d Swedish and Danish oBl4d to 0814111 Beans ....English, old, per qr 498 Od to 518 Od New pigeon 448 Od to 45s Od New tick. 43a Od to 44s Od Egyptian Peas .. Foreign breakers . „ „.. 43s Od to 468 Od Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding .. . . 52s Od to 54s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 15 0 Foreign 8 10 oto • 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 6 0 0 Bones 5 0 oto 6 5 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—JAN. 30. The sales in the West India market this week consist of 490 casks of Demerara, which sold at about former rates. ' The offices are quite bare of any other kinds. The only sale of rum is a parcel of 52 puncheons Demerara, which were taken at the same rates as former parcels, COAL MARK] (Prim of Coal per Ton at a. d.l .iIT—JAN. 30.: the dose et the market Davison's West Hart- a, d. Walker Primrose 14 6 West Hartley ..17 0 Clark's West Hartley..l6 9 Byron ..19 0 ley ....17 0 Hastings Hartley ....16 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley Bell's Primrose ......15 0 Benton's West Hartleyl6 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting Tanfield Moor Butes..l7 6 Eden Main ...19 0 Haswell Gas. l5 6 Howard's West Hart- ' Walls End. Hedley 19 0 Hetton • . 2l 0 . Whitworth 17. 6 Cassop South Hetton ....21. 0 Frarowellgate l9 0 Acorn Close ..19 0 Heugh Hall 19 0 Russel's Hetton 20 0 Wharnclifte 18 6 Eden ....19 0 Braddyll's Hetton 20 0 4 9 D 140 • sold, •10 2. ley 17 0 Wylam lB 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 0 Craghead Hartley 16 3 Holywell 18 0 Ships at marke THE 31:AlLS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Feb. 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &a. .. • . Jan. —. Cuba and Mexico • • .. .. Jan. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Jan. 30. Cape of Good Hope, &c. . .. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'amtaton) Feb. 1. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Feb. 1. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, Sm. (via Southampton) Feb. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Feb. 10. ..........................Feb. eb. 4. Lisbon .. l. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Feb. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. Feb. 1. United States, California, &c. .• .. Jan. 30 . Western Coast of Africa Madeira, Teneriffe Fob. 10. West Indie s and Paciflc, ' Carthagena. Cuba, &o. Jan. 28. 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