The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocs. There is a steady enquiry for money in the dis count market, and as the rates range as low as 51 Per cent. very little business is taken to the Bank of England. . _ About 110,000 in gold was sent into the Bank si of England yesterday. At a preliminary meeting of the creditors of Mr. James Grieves, in the Australian trade, who sus Fended last w ee k, an approximate statement of affairs was presented, which 'gave the liabilities at com mittee£6B,ooo, an d the assets at £43,000. A com mittee of supervision was appointed; „It Was announced yest er d a y a ft er noon that si : les srs. 8 Rocca B ro th ers , I ta li an merc h an t s , had 81 4S Pended i n consequence of unexpected delay in Si j e e aliSi ng their resources. The head establishment 51 at Genoa, and the stoppage has taken place owing sI to the receipt of a telegramfrom that city. I e e n the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday great 1 8 3 ; j eit ement prev a il e d, an d a l arge amoun t of busi " was concluded at full prices. The sales ex ceeded 35,000 bales. 8 There has been a meeting to-day of the United kingdom Electric Telegraph Company, at which ref erred dir ec t ors ' report was adopted unanimously. It :1: 7ferred t o the active progress of the works, 300 st , miles of the line being already constructed, while et th e whole system will probably be completed next st mouth. T he Koreas has arrived from Victoria with £42,000 st ' llB Pecie. The deali ngs i n the mar k et f or P u bli c Securities st have, be en rather limited to-day, but the quotations sfit a, well maintained, Consols being 891 90 for f i "e Ytand 90 901 for the 7th proximo. Business i b 7 e l 7 dull owing to the quietude of speculation. New Threes and the Reduced Annuities have InP l.°7 ed to 89: ; Bank Stock is fiat at 230 ; st m ditto at 219 and 220/ ; ditto 5 per Cent. is st at 99 1:; but the New Scrip is firm at 1001; the et s Per Cent. Enfaced Paper has risen to 94k ; and it the 8 } per Cents. to 1011 t• et In Foreign Securities the dealings have been st exceedingly limited, and prices are rath er firmer. 6,1 .. t orkish 6 per Cents. have improved to 791 ; ditto, 18 58 to 671 ; and the £lOO Bonds to 69 and 70 ; 19 Dutch 21 per Cents. are 631. st The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : st Great Western L 49,359 00,552 7 3. I Corth-Western . South -Western, ************* 91,832 90,658 trighton 23,197 22,290 et , kidland Gr• eat 43,965 40,475 al 25,130 25,528 8 .1 ,Ireet Northern 28,505 25,246 t"Qashire and Yorkshire unstol and El ktim 6,689 7, 415 Nort h - Eastern 42,572 38,012 ,!anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln . a . t, North British Ibiriepta South and West Ireland 8,834 8,185 .nd Great Western '6lT_t_bru•gh and Glasgow o rt ' a gow and South Western 8,640 8,768 at! nd Trunk of Canada o at W es t ern of Canada 'these returns, with one or two exceptions, are of a favourable character. On the North Western there 48 an increase of £1,174 ;on the South Western, of t s £907 ;, the Brighton, of £1,94 2 ; the Midland, of 8 ,7 490 ; the Great Northern , of £ 3 , 259 (the in - :I by in these two instances, being accounted for at "Y the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society a t Leeds) ; on the North Eastern there is an aug- IZentation of £4,560 ; on the Ediuburgh and Glas 13Nv, of £l6O ; on the Grand Trunk of Canada, of 861; and on the Great Western of Canada, of 34 7. The Great Western shows a decrease of k 1,193 ; the South Eastern, of £398 ; and the Lan %shire and Yorkshire, of £298. The dealings in the Railway Share Market were st/ t 8. very moderate character to•day, but owing to t he more favourable character of the traffic returns, ° lle or two of the principal lines realised a slight ad vance. North Westerns, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwicks) improved 55., and Manchester, ...hefrield, and Lincoln 15s. ; East Anglian and Neat Westerns declined Sc. In the F ore i gn an d C o l o ni a l M ar k e t s th ere h as d en lll very little activity. Recife and San Francisco e improved to 11 1 ; East Indian are steady at %: -4- 9 ; Great I n dian Peninsular at 951; Bombay 'lldtaroda 94; ; and Eastern Bengals at 19}. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares enlain inactive, at former quotations. t alik sI3tRcITISII FUNDS—CLOSING P 2 R 3O IC 3 E I S. 3 ° ~, Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89- 1 I 90 891 90 „Peer Cent. Consels Annuities r .w. 3 Per Cent. Annuities B9& I if nala Stock. . 220 k 19 21 Dit}„ ...... • •• 99 4 I I I .1 0 per Cent Ditto Loan Scrip, • sper cent Cent. e 79 L:l i ) i i i t tt c° , Pl p f e a r eed Paper, 4 per Cent 94 5 Ditto s nt loli I •uitto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 961 ti,4o,llj , ii ttotti Ditto Ditto Mc) April, 1864 961 t 'Yto Bonds £l,OOO un for d A er ec tl un ,oo t o , Aug. 7 • 11 7 dis .. 90 89/ la Stock for Account 5 per Cent ilia ° s cr i p . , x.,,1, iie quer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d — 2d Mar. p. day l Ju d n i e s 3 3 1 p di c e D'tto £5OO .. 10 dis D itto s ma ll FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bu enos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Account 71 b treek • ' eruvian 41 per Cent Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent _ Ditto Account • • . • . 721 Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. .......... ~ Ditto Account 'llrkish 6 per Cent Ditt o Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above paya ble uil in London. 3)ll .tch 2i p er C en t., Exchange 12 G . HR . . TEE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account B9l 90 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF LORDS—JULY 23. I to ,. IRREMOVABLE POOR BILL. to e d that the bill be now read a second time. Objected An amendment moved to leave out "now, and —Bert Pat day six months." On question that " now" 31, t of the motion f—Contents, 40; Not-contents, 4,„, CONTENTS. `P $D CR ANCEL LORDSeatbu il , LOR MARLS LORDS Shaftesbury Elgin (E. Elgin Ne v , 131 i xts Spencer and Kincardine) S oh ," Nine —.erg o t VISC Forte OUNTS Foley scteu (eller) Eversley (V. Eb 41481441tQuis Stratford de Red- rington) ury cliffe Harris A irli, E ARLS Sydney Heytesbury Caithness BISHOPS Llanover 41cli Carlisle Lyveden tla "ter b e t r , e4 clort London 0 verstone b e 'rey LORDS ronsonby (E. Bess :°4 Boyle (E. Cork and borough) (teller) It l lville Orrery) Portman ,r i . Dartrey (L. Cre- Rivers Iv °Nyby 1 4to morne) Somerhill (M. Clan -I'4l k. 8 6 11 Deman carde) De Tablet' Stanley of Alderley Ge rmans IVod ehouse el ftela b t li d lCE 13 041 43/ qt ISES '` ) Etiisb ury t 4tll llZ lll.B C ealie llarn iP a tVO kerby 1 )4141 e81311 —ry tradb„it? NOT-CONTENTS. VISCOUNTS LORDS Dungannon (teller) Lovel and Holland Lifford (E. Egmont) Melville Polwarth LORDS Raglan Chelmsford Redesdale (teller) Churston Saltoun Colchester Silchester (E.Long- Colville of Culross ford) Delamere Tredegar Dunsaudle and Tyrone (M. Water- Clanconal ford) Egerton Wynford Kingsdown 7-1- CASE OF BARON DE VIDIL. tiol7 te h l. da T Y, Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, made an applica ° d Chief Justice sitting at chambers for the l 'elett ee p ° L baron de Vidil from custody, on bail. Mr. barotells appearance te ndered two sureties in a large amount for the Of th e r , to take his trial at the ensuing sessions in " ent re' Criminal Court ; but after having been heard terf ° e -P re Nl t of his request, the Chief Just ice declined to in bare,,, "l w ith the decision of the police magistrate. The er efore will remain in Newgate to await his trial. 1) 0n, "----- at pi' gal, 99, screw, Capt. S. Osbern, C. 8., arrived bri nni uth on Tuesday evening . , from Gibraltdar6lc2otnhviincstst.. Woolf,th etd:rtai:ll, Sly naval two naval and 35 military invalids, t caught (1 . a v ery fine passage till Mondsy,aWhenlhe was ' and in the "." 4 -8., who was lost out of the fore chains, and gale, and lost two of her seamen Thos. ~,,311bustle. occasioned in attempting to rescue him Thomas eaanTordinary seaman was blown overboard by l'a B siad ellar g e of a signal gun. bn Monday the Donegal 40 N , ItLe Marlborough beating to the westward in lat. 47 Pro cr i °llO l W. At Gibraltar were the St. Jean d'Acre, /owl:: 411 - Itedpol e ; and at Algeciras eight Spanish. war s chief ;iation, irected useful resents ie lan from ler to views." ,ley. eh the ices to I ques !brated ews on before '® now form, among iValure Long- of the licated, dicious 3h time 3S, has ice and rutting en table results 3' way convey rdians. .ng has .firmed as, and ave be hts or rnings. aces of rent of 1) We D to all ions, or milarlp Ickford, hich is mleroui Terence. tablish kerefore public public nd and L The names .niched. schools fight by aber of ere are icholar private e, there d in the r readi -1 infor ) one or PILL, , but he Ifni and He was r on all variably in anf 9 of his ity and. ntellect. e of ad vill, late .he Rev. ary and M. Mel-- abay. ORw g at these s of the nmittee, tickets he lady previous onsider- ing but i at Cre -1 deserv ig's fete ects, the nanage :ould be utmost ided for In of the be but a kerning ce it to r Wohl on races tal—tbe bard (by :he most ave yet 'et to be ;ardens, riegated ?d with the re fill next, IA from meelves they are 3impson e him a the past lularity, t forget essfullr EST. d others =wood rt in the d to -day Middle md Rad ar, M. P .9 iddlesex, t part in e shoot sing the Is. v The •s stand :he neat iver Cup, Lrmoury lie rang• mly, the to-day's rs, with ;o of 500 Lng of a L a Lon second aCeling , 9' rifle' comers, 3 of 500 d above riggers, 6inlgar SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY)• Share: Railways. 50 Belfast and Ballymena 3.14 ( Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. :ock Birk., La., and Ch June 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. andMicl.Co lock Bristol and Exeter , lock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 Cork and Bandon 20 ( Cork, illrock., kPassage 8 84 84 85 6 7 92 94 991 991 :0 Cornwall• A gets • no div. 10 Do A 1. 0 1 6 pc peran. 10 Do " rhasbeeni d. toB 1 i 0 Dublin (Sy Belfast Juno :5 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno >ck East Anglian >ck Eastern Counties >ck Eastern Union, A stock :or Do do B do !if Do Nw A, late EU3ds. Ick East Suffolk Ick Edinburgh & Glasgow )ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Ick Furness )ok Glasg. and S. Western 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland Eck Great Northern Ick Do do A stock Ick Do do B do Ick Gt. S. & W. of Ireland )ck Great Western )ck Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South-eastern )ck Lancashire & Yorkshire )ck London and Blackwall )ck Lon., Bright. & S Coast )ck Lond., Chat, and Dover )ck Loud. & Nth. Western )ck Lond. & Sth. Western 15 L'derry & Coleraine 15 L'derry & Enniskillen )ck Man. Shef. & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 121 Do do shares 10 Metropolitan )ck Midland 4.0. Do new ock Do Rirming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do shares 25 Mid Kent ....... •••• • • • 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and C trlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe. ock Norfolk . ...... ock North British ock Nor.Dev.Bail&Dk.stock ock Dn 4 stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B ock Do B stock • • ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do do , U.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds ..... ••• • • •• • • ock Do York ock North London .. 10 Dq new .16 4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction ock Not. & Grantham Rail 10 Feebler 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock ,ock Shropshire Union ..... 0 Sittingbourne do Sheer. ,ek South Devon ...... 5 S. -Durham & I ,anc. rck South Eastern • • • • )ck South Wales • • . • ck S. York. and River Dun :0 Staines, Wok,. and Wok :5 Stockton & Darlington :5 Do do . .•. :5 Do New (1860) >ck Taff Vale .... • • ••• • • >ck Do Pref. No 1 15 ThamesHavenDk&Rail l SO Ulster .. • •• . 15 Do .......... )ck Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim )ca Watertord & Kilkenny SO Waterford & Limerick !O West Cornwall ........ !O West L0nd0n.......... 10 Do Ist class ....... !O Do 2d class .. 2 , ) ck WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail )ck West Midland—Oxford )ck Do. Newport ck Do. Hereford 5 6 42 43 Si 9 17i 18 49 50 39 41 28 30 46 48 43 15 86 88 ORDMARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 701 1 1 lilt 1184 47 4 6k 944 4 47 I 111 I PREFERENCE SHARES. Cl os ing Business tt Pail Price. Done 122 } li i I) 107 81 I 8 4 87 89 28 29 107 109 132 134 104 1044 99 100 129 131 104 106 70} 701 58 62 1114 112 50 112 118 120 46 18 931 1* 85i 06i 10 11 46i in 4 ad 1214 122 1 It p 95 0 8 6dl 57 69 821 631 ion 107 i 4 1p 624 63 934 94 96 98 41 4k i 10 10i 87 88 115 117 34 Ag 88 90 46 48 39 41 so} 801 64 66: 95 97 4 7 394 404 94 106 p 5 4 6 i P 55 56i p d 1p 111 111 5! 6} 1 I Closing Business Share Railways. ( Paid I . Price. D one . I 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 pert a pref. (issued at £5l , all stock (iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstoel; 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock i Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 101 103 stock 'Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. 1 00 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 5/ 81 14 Do Ist Class Frei all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c._ 100 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.a 100 105 108 100 107 109 stock K Coon. Ex. s p. a No.l stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 103 stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 122 124 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 108 78 80 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 109 111 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. IN 75 77 754 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c 100 stock Great Northern, sp. ct 100 115 117 stock Do.sp.c.Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 110 112 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c.Redm. 5 p.c. pmBo 106 108 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock jGt Sn. & W (Ireland) p. et. pref. stock l 1 100 97 99 50 , rest West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. et stock Lo. Redeemable,44 p.et. 100 98 98 stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. et 100 87 00 steck Do Irredeemable, do.. . 100 88 90 stock Do. 5 p.ct Redeem. Pref. 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 95 10 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.a pf.sh. all 164 175 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 101 101 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 263 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 134 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref 6O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Barnsl.stEs 3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . 100 stock Lon.& Brig.s page. No.l 100 114 116 stock Do. sp. a No. 2 100 114 116 stock Do. gua. 6p. a lOO 137 140 stock Do. do sf.e. N°.4 stock Do. do. 4 per cent-. lO0 0 1 10 14 1 103 116 5 Do. do. .4 p. a shares all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 150 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 -27 130 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 71 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 9* 92 Sei IDo.W. A rceiv. no div 10t Ex.A til 6p cispd on 1 all t Do. B B. & Brom ex. all ' 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 35 stock Lon. and T' .W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et lOO stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. et. stock 100 stock Do. 45 per cent lOO Is. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. Bd.. . ... ..,. all Do. .£6 . 12 Londondy. i • COl . e. 4 sh, all 127 i Londony. & E nni 5.5 sh all 134 14 stoc Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et , 100 125 127 stock ii i 6 P D DDO o o.. . 4 3 r 1 cd p e e e r in ce o l er cent i Marycort & Car., 4p. a all et— stockocek D DD 0 00 ... etc:en?. Leis r. t r 1 : e s . . lin & I tt ß . 1 r 6 p stock Do. 4i p P . e a r cent all stock Mid. on. 6p c. stock lOO 100 134 136 pref. stock lOO 100 102 103 Ex.pref. st 100 91 93 stock Norfik 5 p.pt. 1846 100 stock Do. 54 p. a Pref. do 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock North British, sp. 0... 100 1 10 — 112 Stock Do. New, gua. sp. a... . 100 108 110 101 Do. Bor. n. O g. pf. s he 5 1 ii 10 f Do. do. do all P .1 , at N th.Dev.Rail. & Dek.Co. 100 _ st N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p.c. 100 91 93 i st Do. 44 pc. redeemable.. 100 101 103 ' at Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. TOO 104 106 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. 1 1 p p ' 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Porch. 10 4d 1p 20 North Staffordshire . all 22 23 . 10 Rhyrtney Guaranteed. all 84 Scottish Central, new pt all st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 at Do. 7p. a pref. stock 100 132 134 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 104 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Readin g Ann., 1.0.8) st Do. 44 per cent lOO 99 100 at Do . F xed44p.c. let is lOO 99 100 I- st South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO ) st Do. 44 per cent. — 100 st Do. 5 per cent: lOO et S.-Yorkshire, 4p. a. gua lOO 85 90 25 Stock & Dar. Asp. e all' 265 274 1- 25 Do. B 6 tiler cent all 31 325 25 Do. C 6 percent all 315 324 ly st Watrfd &Kilkny, 6 p.c. 100 45 48 at W.Mid -Oxi Ist Gua stk 100 124 126 125 at Do. 2d do 100 118 120 st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 100 103 at Do.Perpet 6 p.c. pf 18681 100 120 123 id st , Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 115 117 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. raid.l Leasing !Closing Business Co.'s I Price. Done. ! _ Bedford and Bletchley all ILn &N.W .. .. Bu3kinghamshire ....I 100 iDo i9l 96 Chester & Holyhead...! 100 1D0... 521 531 Do. 51 per cent 100 iDo 1.21 123 Do. 5 „ i 100 1130. lll 112 Clydesdale Juno . 100 Cale.don...'lol 103 Colchester, Stour Val , all E.U.&E.CI 151 161 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c [ ICO Gt.North. l l32 134 E.Union, H arwich Shs all E.Counts. 41 41. Do. W oo dbridge i 100 „ Gls.Barr.&Neilg.Drct 100 ,Caledon... Do. new . 100 ,Do. ... . . Gloster & Dean Forest all ;Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all ; Gt. Hull and Selby. , all Yk.N. Md. 112 114 Do. halves. I all , Do. • - - Do. quarters... .....] all , Do. ...• • • Lanc.&Carl. gua.sp.c.! 100 Ln&N.W. 198 202 London & Greenwich. ) 100 , &Eastern 59 61 Do. Preference .... f 100 t 00.„,,.. 112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -en d! 100 IPeto &Co, 83 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 ,NorfOlk.. Do. 6 per cent lOO iDo. 3inc., Bxtn.,&Matlock all IL N W&M 31 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer guenca.e s S p to e c r k eent..... n. F & la ß e as d t 5 u.. p 5 . : i e .; all all ID D o o.. . 5 . 100 Midland.. 93 95 Nownlerkt,BuryEx. ) 5. 5 6.l',Counts. i 1 p 55 57 No r,D rt oo h .. ti p. c. all 'Do - --- North Western ...... ~' all Midland L - 51 _l - 61 Preston and Wyre.l allall LD&koL.N.yWk.I 13 .0 s b o ry . e i s wtus.bljryi Shares l iii, Do. S.-Staffordshire d 0 . e & r e S f h o e r P d 1 1 0 0 100 i T G . t B . N r a o s r a t e h y . 1 1 - 3 1 1 8 513 Do. 1 11p all M'Clean... Wilts and Somerset lOO IGt. West. 9,8 90 RmigedouliCroyclu Ali IL.earrig2 tok ti THE SUNA LONDQN, ITHWISDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1861. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LATE FATAL ENCOUNTER IN NORTHUMBE.RLAND-STREET. ADJOURNED INQTJEST.—(THIS DAY.) The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of William John. Roberts, lately occupying apart ments in Northumberland-street, Strand, was resumed 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 on the part of Major Murray, and Mr. Sleigh for the family of the late Mr. Roberts. Mr. P. Lamb said—l have offices at 16, Northumber land-street, on the second floor. T knew the deceased very well. I was last there about eight or ten months since. The rooms were then in perfect order. On Friday, July 12, I heard the report of fire-arms. After a couple of minutes I heard another report. I had often heard these reports before during the last 12 months. Shortly after the reports I heard very strange noises, as if some person was striking a wool mattress. About two minutes after a client came in, and then I heard the cry of " Murder I" I opened the door and went downstairs. The back door of Mr. Roberts' apartments was open. I met young Mr. Roberts on the stairs. He cried out, " Oh, Mr. Lamb, some one has been and murdered my father." He asked me whether I would go in and see him. I said I would rather not, and stood on the landing. I saw Mr. Roberts taken away, and then I went in. I went towards the windows and saw two pistols —one in a case and one on the ground. I took the one off the ground and examined it, and then placed it on the table. I then picked up a smaller pistol, but it did not ap pear to have been recently discharged. Mr. Humphreys—You have stated that you heard strange noises a short time after the report of the fire-arms. Had you ever heard such noises before ? Witness—No. The Coroner—Did you hear any scuffling ? Witness—No. Dr. Canton recalled. Mr. Humphreys—When you made the remark, on the examination of Major Murray, as to the mark on the back of the neck, will you state what you said, and whether Major Murray made any reply. Dr. Canton—l remarked upon seeing his neck, "Here's a circular mark," and Murray replied immediately, " Ah, that's where he put the muzzle of the pistol." Mr. Sleigh—Might not the pistol have been discharged when he was on the ground as well as when he was sitting in a chair. _ _ _ Dr. Canton—l don't think that is consistent with the mark of the ball. I think when he was shot he must have been passive and unprepared. Mr. Sleigh—lf he had been stunned or rendered insen sible, might not that appearance have been produced ? Dr. Canton—Yes, it might. Mr. Sleigh—Have you examined the matter on the razor? Dr. Canton—No ; I've not been asked to do so: Inspector Mackenzie recalled. Mr. Humphreys—Was there any portion of the statement of Mr. Roberts made to you which you omitted to state when you were before examined ? Inspector Mackenzie—Yes ; I omitted to state one ques tion I asked Mr. Roberts. I asked him if there had been any altercation between him and Major Murray, and he said there had not. That was at the time when Mr. Roberts was describing the scene that occurred in the room. A conversation also took place between himself and Major Murray on the evening of the death of Mr. Roberts. Shortly after the death of Mr. Roberts, Dr. Canton, myself, and Mr. Durkin, and witness, went to Major Murray's room. Dr. Canton, addressing him, said a person in whom they had taken some interest had gone on from bad to worse. Major Murray said, who do you mean, and the reply was " Mr. Roberts." Dr. Canton then told him that he was dead, and Major Murray exclaimed, " Dead, by Jove ; is he ?" The Major then said, " I've nothing to reflect upon about the death of the man—he was no man." The Major then asked whether Mr. Roberts had seen a clergyman with regard to his future prospects. Mr. Durkin said he had, as the clergyman had been sent for. The Major then asked whether Mr. Roberts had made any statement, and he replied that he had made a statement to him. A number of questions were put to the witness to ascer tain whether young Roberts had ever previous to yesterday stated that his father knew Major Murray, and the answers were to the effect that he had not. William Roberts recalled—l did not see the contents of the letters I posted to Major Murray. They were sealed up. I don't remember that one of them was addressed to the Army and Navy Club. I don't recollect where either of them were addressed. I only recollect that one of the letters had Major Murray on it and some address. I have been to Liverpool. It was about three months ago, as near as I can say. I can't recollect whether it was in February. It might have been in March. I did not go alone ; a youth went with me. His name is Watson. He is about my own age. I had no particular business to transact in Liver pool. It was for the purpose of going abroad. I had £4O with me. I took it out of the bank where I bad put my savings. It was the Camberwell and Dul wich Savings'-bank. It is in the Camberwell-road, near St. Giles's Church. I drew the £4O out of the bank. I did not take another £4O with me. I made no arrange ment as to the ship I was to go to. My father followed me the next morning. He did not bring me back ; he asked me to return, and I did. While I was at Liverpool I lived at an hotel. It was kept by a perion named Smith. I don't recollect the name of the hotel. Mr. Humphreys —Upon your oath, did you not collect that £4O and run away with it ? Witness—l went away with it. I did not collect it before doing so. I drew it from the savings'-bank, where I had put it myself. By Mr. Sleigh—l have never been accused by my father of anything dishonourable, or anything to be ashamed of. The money was the accumulation of my own savings. My father told me that Major and Mrs. Murray and himself had dined together. I have never said I dined with them. By Mr. Humphreys—l think my father said it was at the Grosvenor Hotel, but I don't recollect. By a Juror—When I was at the bedside of Major Murray I knew it was he. By the Coroner—No one told me when I came to the hospital that it was Major Murray. Miss Emily Clarence Parsons—l am unmarried. I have known Mr. Roberts for some years, and was at Northum berland-street about ten weeks ago. The last time' I was in the rooms was on Saturday last. The rooms were ge nerally untidy. The place was generally dusty. I used not to pay much attention to the place when I went, as it was always business that took me there. Generally there were a great many papers lying about the room. By Mr. Humphreys—l called upon Mr. Roberts for the purpose of borrowing money. He received articles from me which I don't think it necessary further to mention. Anne Maria Moody—l reside at Elm-lodge, Talbot-road, Tottenham. I am unmarried. I knew the deceased for the last thiee or four years. I have often been at his rooms in Northumberland-street. I was last there on the Wed nesday before the occurrence. The rooms were always untidy—papers strewn all over the floor. Mr. Roberts always threw his papers on the ground. I know Major Murray. [The witness here burst out crying.' I never saw the deceased and Major Murray in company together. lam quite certain they never spoke together. Major Murrayknew the deceased by sight, but not to speak to him. I am certain he did not. The deceased knew Major Murray, but he did not know deceased. About two years since the Major and I were walking down past the Horse Guards ; we passed Westminster Abbey, down Victoria street, and on to the new Railway Bridge at Pimlico. We walked along by Eccleston-square, and then to the water side, and I saw them raise some of the ironwork. We re turned the same way, and at Charing-cross the Major put me into an Atlas omnibus. It would be about four o'clock. About a week after that I went to deceased on business, and he Said to me, so you can;walk:about town with gentle men who don't choose to offer you their arm." I replied that I had walked with no one who was ashamed to offer me their arm, and that if he had seen me with any body it was the Major. He then said that he had seen me with a gentleman go down past the Horse Guards ; that he watched us to the corner of the Abbey ; that he then saw me go into a house (meaning one of the four Gothic houses there) by the side of the Abbey. He then took a cab, and remained in it until we came back again. As we were crossing the road by the new hotel he said he saw us, and that he allowed us to pass him. He got out of the cab, followed us to Charing-cross, and there saw the Major put me into an omnibus: He then followed the Major to 33, Harley-street. He never entered the house described. He lost sight of us at the turning of the Abbey. I am certain deceased knew the Major, as he had told me he had watched him about to Harley -street and to Holles-street. I am certain no correspondence was ever carried on between Major Murray and deceased ; I am perfectly certain of that. 1 don't know the name of Grey at all ; I never heard that deceased assumed that name. I never heard deceased ex press exactly what could be called ill feeling against the Major. I never heard him make any threat against him. I have heard the deceased say that he had pistols, and he might use them if I annoyed him. Coroner—What feeling did deceased express for Major Murray ? Witness —No ill feeling. He never spoke to me much about him. Coroner—Had ho any object in getting Major Murray out of the way ? Witness—Oh, yes. Coroner—What ? Witness—He wanted me. Coroner—Did you ever hear him express any wish to get rid of Major Murray ? Witness—No. Coroner—Did Major Murray reside at your address ? Witness—Yes, on and off, at different times. Coroner—l shall now leave you to tell the jury anything you may know of importance that you think relative to this affair. Witness--About five or six weeks ago deceased sent me down a letter askipg we to call at his dace on business About the Grosvenor Hotel, as he heard that they wanted money. Mr. Sleigh—Have you that letter ? Witness—No. Knowing that the company wanted money, and that the Major held a great many shares, I went down the next day. He asked if they wanted the money, and I told him they did, and the sum was about £40,000 or £50,000. He said that was a capital thing, and he thought he knew a client who had that amount of money and wished to sink it. I asked him who it was, and he told me it was Mr. R. Anstruther. I told him I thought some one was going to advance the money. A week after that I went down to him and told him the money would not be required. [The witness here became hysterical, but in a few minutes she recovered and proceeded.] I went down to de- ' ceased and told him I thought they had obtained the money, and at the same time I said, " I hoped he had not men tioned the subject to Mr. Anstruther, as it might have raised his hopes." "Oh," he said, "if you are not certain about it I may as well see Mr. Anstruther." He then asked me if I would stay in his chambers while he went for a time table. I waited five minutes and he returned with the book. He then looked at the time the boats left Boulogne for Folkestone. He said they were too late and too early for the baronet to cross. He appeared so im patient to see Mr. Anstruther, that he said he would have gone that very day had he been well enough to take the jour ney. Before leaving he said to me, " I met the Major yester day." I said, "Did you. Where did you see him ?" He said, " I had just got too late for the boat, as it was starting from London-bridge, and I waited with him till the next boat arrived. We both went up in the same boat together, and got out at Hungerford-market. The Major walked up in front of him to the Strand, and there he lost sight of him. Ho asked me if that was the usual way the Major came to town. I told him he always came up by boat, but returned by the train. The deceased asked me to let him know whether they had got the money. I said, " You ought to go to the secretary." He said, " Oh, no, that won't do, because he would get the credit of advancing the money ; and if Idoit I ought to get it." I then said, " Why don't you go to the board ?" He then said, "If I were to write to the Major and ask him to come to my chambers, he would come." I replied," It would be better to write to him, and he then would get an answer." The deceased asked me if it would not be better to go go the Club and see the Major. I begged of him not to do so, as it might appear as if the Major had private business. I advised him to write, telling him he would get an answer by return of post. He then asked me if the Major had ever taken me out. I said he had not, but that we were going the follow ing Monday to see Blondin. The Major did not know of my visits to Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts did not tell me that he had spoken to the Major on the boat. On the Wed nesday before the occurrence I had occasion to go to de ceased at his chambers. He asked me again about the money. I said I really did not know for certain, but 1 thought they had got it. He then said, "Oh, I've seen Anstruther," and he named the day I was to call again. I don't recollect what day I was to call. I was about to leave, and he said "What a hurry you are i n ; can 't you stay a little friend"while ?. '' He e replied, th en said,' N Is saw w m ygoing and the Major, withto par a visit to a your little child and nurse, at the Palace." I said, " I don't think it could be the nurse you saw ; where on earth were you sitting ?" and he describe d t he form we were sitting on near the terrace. The description he gave was correct. I then said, " How was it I did not see you; surely I must have seen you if you had been as close to us glasses ?" He run away when s a a s id y , ou “ O sa h y, no or ; was you r l l l i e tt o l k e in eh g ild thr h e a u d gh ja t s ha t the nurse ran after it." When I heard that he had been watching the Major I Mt annoyed, and I said to him, " What could have induced you to go doyen to the Palace the day I went ?" He said, as far as my recollection serves me, "My wife and sisters went ;" that he took tickets for the reserved seats, thinking that "all of you were likely to be me to remain out when the next t s h id e e r . e, B " e a f n or d e th l at leitftwohulimd b h e e be a t s t k er ed fo m r e meeting of the board took place) and whether it would be at the same time as before ? 1 told him I did not know, as the Major vas in town so frequently ; but I thought there would be a meeting beforo the week expired. He asked me when he should see me again, and I told him I did not know. Coroner—Does anything else occur to you? Witness—No ; nothing. By Mr. Sleigh—l have known Mr. Roberts for three or four years. years. Mr. known Major Murray between seven and eight Mr. Sleigh—May I ask you if you have always been living by the name of Moody ? Witness—No, in his name. Mr. Sleigh—How long have you gone by the name of Murray ? Witness—Since I've known the Major. Mr. Sleigh—When did you adopt the name of Murray? Witness—Five or six years ago. Mr. Sleigh—You have never been married ? Witness (crying)—No. Mr. Sleigh—When did you first go to live at Elm Lodge ? Witness—Last May twelvemonths. Mr. Sleigh—Was it taken by you or Major Murray? Witness —Major Murray. Mr. Sleigh—Were you in the habit of frequently calling on deceased ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Did he know you were living with Major Murray ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Did you conceal your visits to Mr. Roberts from Major Murray ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Were your visits to Mr. Roberts of a busi ness or of an intimate nature ? Witness—Of a business nature; never of an intimate nature. I never was on intimate terms with him. The reason of the fear was that he would make known to the Major that I had been there for money and it would have highly displeased the Major, that I had taken that course rather than ask him for the money. When first I went to him it was on business, but not latterly. He held such awe over me that I was always fearful to displease him, fearing that he might make my home unhappy. Mr. Sleigh—What was the nature of your business with the deceased ? Witness—About four years ago I went to borrow money. It was small in amount—£ls; but the bill I had to give was for £2O. I never owed more than £2O at one time. I have read the whole of the proceedings relative to this matter that have appeared in the newspapers. I never was later in Northumberland-street than six or seven o'clock in the evening. My visits never exceeded an hour. Sly first acquaintance arose from the circumstance of calling upon Mr. Roberts for the loan of £l5. There is no settlement by any person on me. The reason of my second visit to Roberts was to tell him that I should only be able to pay the interest. It was about two months after I had the money. I told him at the end of three months I would not be able to pay him all, but that I would pay him the interest ; it was to be £5. He said I need not trouble myself about it, and that if I would be his he would forgive me all. I replied I hat I came there to pay him honourably, and that I hoped he would treat me in the same manner. The reason I told Roberts to write to the Major was, that as I knew him to be so fond of mon e y I f e lt h e wou ld no t neverattempt tor received ved anything presents about my transactions with him. from Roberts, neither has my little girl. I never mentioned to the Major where I thought it was likely he could get money. (Mr. Sleigh was very pressing on the point, but nothing contradictory was elicited.) Mr Humphreys—Mr, By - introducedßoberts 'has many times wished me to be to his wife. I refused him, and doing. When I left home I went Murra and I to live with Major Y± have lived with him from that time to the present as his ae. It:was in consequence of an illness that I went t tl of borrow money of Roberts. Major Murray was frequen some _r t o t ya kome for a month together. After my confinement a li e bills became due, which I did not want Major Murray Mr.Kn confidential friend of mine, a l lady, oiloobfzrtn:lheitfiwrsatstlnnee7ll gave him reasons for so sequence of this that I went to hear Spurgeon. i That told all my affairs.person told me she to whom I lentamoney, and she gave me Roberts's when he knew I was acceptance for £2O - at three months, address. I gave my to and received £l5. I have been the Crystal Palace two heard kn ew ofa person him through w h o going. He once gave me sur .se went with a friend, and to raY. Pri saw Roberts and his wife and children sitting the next seat. Roberts but wished me to go to Scotland,l refused to do so. I have seen Roberts at Tottenham. or three times, and he met m a e t t ie h k ere et After I had been there two or three months I went into the village on business, and was returning home when I thought I saw hini in a Ransom cab. I to a shop. looked behind, and saw him g o P. He was out in an instant and into the cab again. J. went straight home. The cab went in an opposite direction: After I had been home a little while I felt certain_ it . _ was Roberts, and being anxious about it I thoughi_ had. better go to town and see if it was him, and if I . tound it was to beg of him to desist following me. I did . not find hi m th ere, and as I was coming d own stairs Rl e a rt _s_camekushing up stairs, and said that he had just ha h after me. He said nobody seemed to know m e, a nd t at it was too bad of me not to give him any address, for he would never lose sight of nae. Major Murray had always treated me in the most noble-hearted manner that man Could do. His disposition was amiability itself. Roberts knew that I loved and idolized the Major, and that was the hold he had on me. I would never have been at the beck and call of Roberts if it had not been for that hold he had on me—my fear that h e wou ld t e ll Major Murray that I had been to his office to borrow money. Major Murray had been most generous to me, and the rea son I did not like to tell Major Murray that I was slightly in debt was, that he had several calls upon him and did not wish to appear to be in want of money. I did not like to seem to encroach upon Major Murray's noble generosity by asking him for extra money. By Mr. Sleigh—Mr. Roberts introduced me to his wife at the Surrey Gardens. By the Coroner—l never dined with Major Murray in presence of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. The witness, who gave her evidence in the most straight foriard manner, then retired, amidst the suppressed ap louse of .the court, after having been upwards of three hours under examination. The proceedings were then adjourned for half an hour. On the reassembling of the jury some letters addressed by Mrs. Murray to the deceased were read. They were couched in affectionate terms, and frequently adverted to the happy days they had spent together. Letters of a simi lar character from Roberts to Mrs. Murray were read, in which he spok e o f hi s " absurd folly," and which also con tained expressions of love for her. Mr. Painter, surgeon, of Brydges-street, said—l have re ceived a razor, a shirt, one towel, and two pairs of socks, with marks upon them. The marks on the wearing appa rel are bl9od, The OA brown 0,11004c0 94 ate rag had the appearance of blood. I took portions of it and placed them on slides of glass in various solutions, and examined them under the microscope this morn ing. No evidence of blood globules was discern ible. It was a substance on the razor not soluble in water. Professor Taylor also agrees with me that the marks on the raz or were no t th ose o f blood. Mrs. Murray (recalled)—The letter placed in my hand I should think was written about two years and a half ago. I had known Mr. Roberts at that time for 12 months. About 10 months after he made the dishonourable proposal to me. The letter was written from St. John's-wood, and transmitted to Roberts through the post. He always ap peared to mistrust me. By that I mean that he always ap peared mistrustful ; that in the event of my wanting any recreation I should prefer asking others to asking him. The expressions of love in the letter were mere craft. He had sent presents to the child, and I was obliged to accept them through fear, though I would much rather have refused them. Roberts had often said to me, "If you would only say dear& to me I should be satisfied ; for you are so cold to me, whilst you speak kindly and warmly to others." For this reason I did write " dear," but I was in debt to him, and I was in fear of his exposing the circumstance that I had borrowed money of him. Ido not disguise the fact that I wrote the ten ler ex pressions in the letter to please him. I never cared for him at all. I was actually afraid of him. By Mr. Humphreys —I was always in fear of Roberts, as he was constantly asking me to go off with him. The jury then proceeded to one of the upper wards of the institution, when Major Murray was examined. On the oath being tendered him, he repeated audibly "So help me God." He said—l live at 33, Holies-street, and at Tottenham. I have sold out of the army. I was a Major in the 10th Hussars. I know a little of what has passed about this matter. The Coroner having explained to Major Murray his position. The Major replied that he understood the position, and he had nothing to keep or disguise. On Friday morn ing, the 12th, 1 left London-bridge by the penny boat for Hungerford. I left London-bridge about half-past eleven; as I was going down the righthand side of the mar ket a man came up to me from behind on my left hand side and said, I believe lam speaking to Major Murray. I said yes, that is my name, and he then said I believe you are a director of the Grosvenor Hotel Company. I said yes, and pray who are you ? He said his name was Grey. I never saw the man before. I asked him how he knew me, and he said from seeing me at the public meetings of the cam pany. I asked him if he was a shareholder. He said no; but he had a client who had a large. sum of money to lend, and as he understood the company wanted money, his client was anxious to get the investment. I said I have no power in the matter, as lam only one of 10. But if you give me your name and address, I'm going to the offices this morning, and I will there mention what you wish. He said that would do, but he would feel greatly obliged if I would go to his office for a minute, as he had a few other questions to put. I asked him where his office was, and he said close round the corner. I then re peated to him that I was but one of ten, and that any ques tion I answered I did so without implying any zesponsi 'bility on the company. He said he understood that perfectly, but he would like to get an insight into what we required. He then said, there's one thing I wish to ask you at once, and that is, do the directors give any person security in addition to the security of the building ? I said —Decidedly not. Beyond our individual stakes in the concern we give no security • mine is a heavy one. He said—l know you are one of the largest shareholders in the company. I told him there were several gentlemen had as much as I had in shares, but I believed I was correct in saying lam one of the largest shareholders. By this time we had got to his office or house, and •he asked me to walk up, and showed me into a back room, and pointing to a chair told me to be seated. I had never been in that house before. I took a seat, and he then said, " Would you excuse me one moment," and left the room. I sat in front of the table facing the window, with my back nearly to the folding doors, which were shut. When he left the room I took a look, and thought it appeared to be the most extraordinary place I had- ever seen. Torn up paper, broken bottles, and other things, lying about in all directions. He then came in and took a seat in front of me, and took a pen in his hand and said, " I should be glad to know what interest you would give. I said I was not is a position to say; I would hear what his client would take. He said—Oh, then the offer is to come from us. I said, certainly not, for under any circumstances we should not give more than 5 per cent. He said that would do very well; and I then asked him for his card of address. He said, immediately. He got up, went to a square sort of desk, and began rummaging about the papers. I thought he was looking for his card-case and took no notice of what he was doing. Presently I felt a slight touch on the head, a report of a pistol, and fell off the chair on to the floor. I felt per fectly paralysed. I could not move my hands or feet—my head alone was perfectly clear. When he fired the pisto I think heleat the room, but can't be certain of that. After a little I felt returning life in my left arm. I was just rising myself up on my arm when I heard a door open, and he came in. He walked up behind me, fired a pistol into my right temple, and I dropped back on the carpet, and blood came out in a regular torrent. He knelt down over me, for I could feel his breath, and watched to see if I was dead. I pretended to be so. I felt life coming back, and I felt a tingling all over my body. I knew if I could get on my feet I should be able to make a fight for it. After he knelt behind me for a short time he got up and walked away. I then opened my eyes and looked, and saw a pair of tongs a few inches from my hand. Feeling that my strength had returned to me, and that there was the whole length of the room between us, I seized the tongs and sprung to my feet. He was then tending at the win dow. Hearing me get up, he turned round and faced me. I rushed at him, and made a blow at him, which did not take effect. I seized the tongs by the middle, and made a dash into his chest and face, and knocked him over on his back. As soon as he was on his back I got upon his chest and tried to smash his head with the tongs, but he got hold of them with both hands. I struggled for some time, but finding he was as strong as I was I could not do it, so I looked round to see if there was anything shorter I could hit him with. Close to my right I saw a large black bottle, which I took in my right hand, and seeing that he had hold of the tongs, I hit him with the bottle right in the middle of the forehead, which broke the bottle all to pieces. That made him quiver all over, but it was not sufficient, so I got hold of a metal vase, which I threw at him but missed him. Then, as there was nothing else at hand, I set to work to get the mastery of the tongs, which he was hold ing all this time. He was lying on his back close under the window, After several strong wrench es and a good struggle I got the tongs. As I got them I fell back, but was on my legs in an instant again. By that time he was rising into a sitting position, which gave me a fair, full blow at his head with the tongs, which I gave him with all my might and main. I repeated it three or four times. He had his head down to avoid tine blow, and I then struck him across the back. In order to disable his hands I hit over the wrists. I then thought he was disabled, and tried to get out, but I found the door locked. I was coming through the folding doors when I met him coming towards me. I stepped back to get the full swing of the tangs, and I struck him a blow on the head, and he fell forward as if he was dead. Ho lay between the two rooms. I took up his feet, and pushed them into the front room, shut the door, and went to the window, where I saw two men, whom I told I was being murdered and asked to come to my assistance. I had one leg out on the widow sill. They called out they would come if I opened the door. At first I was inclined to do so, but then I thought that for men who had heard pistol shots, and to take no notice, they might be in league with the murderer, so I did not choose to trust them. As I heard tisem coming up I looked through the window to see my best means of escape. I first tried to get down a square wooden pipe, but found I had not strength to do so. I then hung on the window silllwith my hands, put my feet ou :the window frame beloiv, and took my measure for a spring upon two wicker baskets below. I succeeded in getting on to them and clambered over the wall of the next house, went through the passage and got into the street. I saw a policeman standing on the op posite side of the street, and told him to go in and take charge of a man who had been attempting to murder me, bent he said that he could not. He said he was watching the house, but would send for assist ance. A gentleman then came up, and he told me I was badly wounded, and that I had better get surgical aid. I Was taken to a chesnut shop in Hungerford-market, and from there I came here. No angry words passed be. tween us before the encounter. I have not the wildest notion as to what could have been his motive. 1 never htd a conversation with the man, good, bad, or indifferent. I did not know there was such a man in existence. By Mr. Humphreys—lt was an ordinary kind of chair. I don't recollect anyone taking held of my coat. I don't think I lost mach blood from my wounds. I think what I did lose brought life back to me. I recollect in the early part of this year receiving an anonymous letter. I burnt it. I showed it to a gentleman named Thomas. It reflected on the character of another man, and offered to give me in formation. As it was anonymous I put it in the fire. I think it wanted me to meet the writer near some archway about Spring-gard ens . The person mentioned was one of the directors of the Grosvenor Hotel Company. I received the letter at the Aresy and Navy Club. By Mr. Sleigh—l never saw Mr. Roberts at the Grosve nor Hotel. I never heard or knew anything about Roberts before his decease. What I have heard about this matter has been communicated to me by my friends. The con versation was carried on while I stood, the remainder took place as we were going to the house. I did not hesi tate to accompany Roberts. Northumberland-street is a very respectable street, and I did not dream of an attempt on my life at 12 o'clock in the day. The only question he asked me while we were at the table was about the interest for the loan. I did not scream out when I was shot. I never tried my voice ; and when you, sir, have to fight for your life I advise you to fight in silence, and not to lose your power in talking. It is the first time that I ever was engaged in such a t murderous encounter. When I threw the metal vase at him, Roberts said—" That won't do Master Will When I hit him with the tongs h e said—" Give me fair play." The first actual blow I gav e him was from the bottle. I pushed him do wn, if - you call that striking, while he had hold of the t on g s. The tongs were broken by the blows I dealt Roberts. During the enc f oun . ter I made no alarm, and all he said was, give me air play. Mrs. Murray knew the fact tha t the company wished to raise a loan. I only used one bottle in the struggle. By Mr. Humphreys—l had had conversation with Mrs. Murray about the Hotel Company. I used to talk to her about the business when I got home. I bsed to make ob servations as to how our loan was getting on, whether favourable or otherwise. Mr. Humphreys—Then what you did was simply to pre serve your own life ? Major Murray—What I did I did to preserve my life. If I had not got the better of him I was a dead man for certain. I felt my only hope was in getting the better of him. Mr. J. T. Dark—l am secretary of the Grosvenor Hotel Company. Major Murray is one of the directors, of which there are 10. I never saw the deceased present at any of our meetings. Major Murray had no power of negotiating a loan. No director has any power to do so. By Mr. Sleigh—l never saw the deceased before. I saw him when the jury viewed his body, but I am confident Roberts was never present at a board meeting. No one but the directors were present on those occasions. Reginald Dudley—l am a medical student at the hospital. I was at the bedside of Major Murray when young Mr. Roberts said he had never seen him before. I head Major Murray distinctly say to the young man, "have you ever seen me before," and he replied, "never." The major asked him whether he knew that his father had, and he said no, not to his knowledge. Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Day, and Mr. Stevens, medical students of the hospital, stated they were round the bed of Major Murray when he was:first brought. They each heard young Mr. Roberts deny all knowledge of Major Murray. Mrs. Roberts widow of the deceased, said—On the day of the occurrence f met my son William on the stairs of 16, Northumberland -street. He told me Major Murray had inflicted the injuries on his father, and that he had seen him before. I was taken to Major gurray's bedside iA the hospital. I said What have you hurt Arr. Roberts for. He said I never saw the man in my life ; who are you ? I said I heard Mr. Roberts speak of you, and I've been out with Mrs. Murray. I asked if she had been sent for. Murray again asked who I was, and then he said, I think you are as mad as your husband. I have been in Mrs. Murray's company three times. The first time was three or four years ago, at the Surrey Hall. Mr. Roberts was with me. I was introduced to her by Mr. Roberts. Nothing passed but the usual civilities. The next time was when she \cent to witness the opening of Parliament; and the third was last summer. Mr. Thomas Balcombe—l am a clerk in Chatham Dock yard. I have been on a visit to my sister, Mrs. Roberts, since this affair. Some conversation took place, and young Roberts said he had seen Major Murray in the Strand three months before, his father having pointed him out to him, and that he had also seen him on the landing of No. 16, Northumberland-street, on the day •f the occurrence. The Coroner then commenced to sum up, and proceeded to read the evidence, when the foreman of the jury said there was no need to read the whole of it. The Coroner, having read Major Murray's statement, THE VERDICT. The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, and that what Major Murray did he did in defence of his own life, believing it to be jeopardised. The proceedings then terminated.] MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(TIIIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. BEERHOUSES. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition which was, he said, most respectably, signed, complaining of the abuses arising from the present system of licensing beerhouses. The petitioners proposed some schemes for remedying these abuses, but with them he did not concur. NEGLECTED CLAIMS. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition from a Mr. Joseph Maule, complaining that, in 1849, he submitted some plans for the drainage of the Metropolis to the Govern ment, which have since been used, but for which he has received no remuneration. He prayed their lordships to procure for him compensation from the Board of Works. THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY said he would to-morrow pat a question to the noble earl opposite (Earl Granville) with reference to the business now standing before the two Houses of Parliament. DURHAM UNIVERSITIES BILL. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition against this bill from the mayor and corporation of Durham. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Railwa Mr. Vane Tempest's Est at D Bill was read a secon d time, and the Petersiield y ( eviations) Bill was read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA (HIGH COURTS OF JUDICATURE) ASCOT RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Prince Plausible Furious .. Knightsbridge Five ran. £lOO PLATE. Golden Fleece Woodford Lefty . Long 3 .... _ Twelve ran. £5O PLATE. Gauntlet Chirper • , 2 Tartlet Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Pixie . 1 British Pri nce 2 Ten ran. £5O PLATE. Gaylad Brown Stout Chirper Five ran. RAILWAY PLATE. Prairie Hen filly 1 Eheu Brown Stout Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Redpsle • Barb Pigeon LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 3to 1 agst Elcho (offered) sto 1 agst Starke (taken) 100 to 8 agst Balham (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Brownie (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Shipwreck (offered) GOO to 400 on Mr. W. Day's lot agst Mr. Ten Broeck's. GOODWOOD CUP. 4to lon the field (offered) 500 to 100 agst Thormanby (taken) THIS DAY'S ALIREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 60 8 7,3 . barley, 30s 3d ; oats, 25s 9d ; rye, 38s 3d ; beans, 42's 8d ; and peas, 378 10d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 51s 9d ; barley, 31s 9d ; oats, 25s 5d ; rye, 36s 4d ; beans, 43s 5d ; peas, 39s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 56,401; barley, 868 ; oats, 2,331; rye, 17 ; beans, 1,318 ; peas, SO quarters. BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he would take this opportunity to state his objections to this bill. Its principle seemed to him to be the amalgamation of the supreme court and the Suddar court. He did not think this amalgamation desirable, the two courts had no affinity for each other. We ought to have a bill of a tentative and not of an ambitious character. He would propose to alter the bill so as to give powers for the appointment of two additional judges to the court at Calcutta, one for each of the courts of Madras and Bombay, and one for the North-west provinces. This arrangement would render it possible to detach judges, when necessary, for duty in the provinces. One principle involved in this bill he strongly deprecated. By its provisions any person, whether native or European, who was brought up to the law, might be appointed to the new court. H e th oug ht this absolutely opposed to the principles on which India was governed. He also spoke warmly against the great expense which would be thrown on India by the appointment of the 35 judges who would be created under this bill. He deplored, in conclusion, the deaths of Lord Dalhousie and Lord Elphinstone, whose counsel on this subject would have been so very valuable. Earl DE GREY and RIPON paid a compliment to the manner in which Lord Ellertborough had expressed his views, but defended the provisions of the bill, It was the opinion of her Majesty's Government that it was not desirable to get up a court having judges deriving their authority from two different sources. It was not, he also said, the intention of the Governmentlto appoint any new judges if the bill was passed, but simply to incorporate the two courts. Lord KINGSDOWN rose to address the house, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis DAY.) The SPtAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Atkinson's Trust Estate; Cornwall Railway; and Vic toria Docks Gas. THE MINISTERIAL CHANGES. On the motion of Mr. MitaND a new writ was m dered for the borough of Morpeth, vacant by Sir George Grey, having accepted the office of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and for the City of Oxford, vacant by the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, having accepted the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought up and received. On the motion for going into committee of supply, General PEEL drew attention to the estimates for mili tary expenditure, which, he contended, did not really con tain the amount that would be reqnired. He did not com plain so much of the military expenditure which the Government had made last year, but he did strongly object to provision being made for the same by the votes of the house, and the amount that was necessary having been con cealed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He considered at the same time that retrenchments ought to be judiciously made, without impairing the effioiency of the provision for the defence of the country. The hon. and gallant member then entered into different details to illustrate his opinion. He com plained that these army estimates were not made until fifteen months after the financial year. On five votes for 1859-60-61 there would be found an excess of expenditure over estimates of nearly a quarter of a million. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail that the term for making up the army accounts was fixed by law, and the delay that might take place was not chargeable to any person. From the time when the accounts were made up the estimates were necessarily founded on insufficient data. He denied that the Treasury had any perfect control over the number of men that were to be employed, and they were not necessarily cognisant of the increase in the number of men, nor the amount provided for by Parlia ment. He adverted to India to show how impossible it would have been for the Secretary of War or the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to have made a correct estimate of the number of the men that were required, in consequence of the events that had occurred in that country. He con tended that it was quite impossible that the Government could foresee the claims that might arise in any prospective year. If there were anything defective in the existing system it could not be remedied by a discussion in that house, but by a minute investigation of details, which could not possibly be carried on at a sitting of the whole house. The right. hon. gentleman then proceeded to de fend the expenditure that had been incurred in respect to China. As regarded the appropriation of the surplus arising from savings in certain military to other votes, it was the absolute duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to make a transfer of these surpluses before asking for a vote of credit. With respect to any alleged misappropriation of the funds voted for China if there was anything wrong in respect to that vote, heshowdo the responsibility was with the War Department. He considered, however, that no benefit would arise from the general question rais ed b y t h e gallant member being discussed at so late a p eriod of the Session. LEFT SITTING. BANE OFTENGLATTV. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending of July, 1861: Ile Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 24th day ISSUE DEE Notes ie55edi.......X25,517,450 , ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,867,480 Silver Bullion .... £25,517,480; £25,517,480 EPARTIKINT. Government Secu rities_ (including Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities 18,851,783 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 852,610 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 1,123,460 Other Deposits 11,984,227 Seven Day and other Bills 626,526 £34,688,387 M. _ £34,888, 38' .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated July 25, 1861. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 25.—Wind this day at noon, South- Westerly; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather, with some rain, DEAL, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady Mel vine, from Calcutta ; George Marshall, from Rangoon ; Matchless, from Antigua. COWES, July 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Fulton , steamer, for New York. Queen Marie Amelie sent an order from Claeraer mont a week or two ago to the Sevres manufactory near Paris for a certain number of articles to compalett:a service:instruo of porcelain. The answer said to tions had been received from Queen or for Minister of State to execute no order for the of tbheegiDveenparwstment of the to the Imperial dy nasty State is M. Walewski. What danger any other member of the Orleans family 1 The Minister greater dramatist dreaded in allowing hal - - _ f a dozAn cups and saucers to be manufacture d this great statesman and for an illustrious lady —illustrious in every respect—the said M. Walewski only knows. " After the July Revolution," says a biographer of this Minister, " M. Walewski, hon oured by the notice of the Duke of Orleans, had reason to hope rapid advancement in the army, in which he was a Captain in the 4th Regiment of Hussars, but ho grow tired of garrison life and resigned. He was destined to arrive at public life by journalism and literature. The same year (1840) M. Walewski entered the diplomatic career. M. niers, then President of the Council of Ministers, b oug h t up the llfessager (Walewski's paper), and gave a post t o it s editor—a mission to Egypt. Under the Ministry of M. Guizot M. Walewski got various missions, and was at last attached to the Legation at Buenos Ayres, when the Revo lution of 1848 broke out." Queen Marie Amelie, you need not be told, is the mother of M. Walewski's early patron and it must be admitted that the little affair about the Sevres cups and saucers, if correctly reported, is quite worthy of the ex protege. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was only a limited supply of beasts on offer in our market to-day. Prime Scots, &c., commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; but all other breeds moved off slowly, at late rates. Sheep—the show of which was moderately good—realised Monday's currency ; but the demand for them was by no means active. We have to report a slow enquiry for lambs, but at full quotations—viz., from ss. to 6s. per Sibs. The veal trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The supply of calves was good. Pigs and milch cows met a dull enquiry, at late quotations. Per Slb. to si ink the offal. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8} Primecrs-wool do. 4 4 4 10 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 !Pule. Vthdowndo.s 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 i Large orse. calves 3 6 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0' Prime small do 4 2 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 I Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 5s Od to 6s Od. Suckling calves, 21s to 29s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.. .. 11,850 Calves Pigs 340 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l9O Sheep .... Calves .. 300 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEIDENNALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand generally is inactive a% our quotations :—Beef, :from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 8d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od, to 4s lOd per Blbs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 24.—Our market to-day was season ably well supplied with each kind of stock, which moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef,3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 58 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6. Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD July 24.—Prime stock sold readily at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l6 Os to £l9 Os each. RAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; new do., £2s 10s to £4 Os ; old clove' do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ; now do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 Os per load. A slow trade: CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; new do., £2 lOs to £1 Os : old clover, £3 lOs to £5 18s ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 Os per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; new do., £2 lOs to £4 Os ; old clover, £ 3 lOs to £ 6 Os Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; aid straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per lead. Trade dull. COAL M. ET—JULY 24. the close of the market Walls End. (ram of Coal per Ton al s. d. Holywell 15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 . . s. d. Kelloe Trimdon Hartlepool l9 6 Hetton 2O 0 Haswell 2O 0 Braddyll's Hetton 19 0 Trimdon Thornley 17 0 South Hetton 20 0 Harton 17 6 Keiper Grange.... lB 9 Acorn Close ...18 3 Russel's Hetton 19 0 Whitworth ....15 3 Framwellgate ....18 3 Hartlepool...... ..... .19 9 Thorpe ....18 0 ,t, 49 sold, 48. Do. - Anthracite— 21 6 Wylam l5 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley 16 3 Eden Main 18 3 Howard's West Hart- ley 16 6 Hastings Hartley l6 6 Walls End. Tees l9 9 South Hartlepool 18 6 1 Heugh Hall 18 3 Ships at marke THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and M aur itius (via South . .. Ally 19. ampton) D . o . . • . .. Aug. 4. Brazil and Cape Verds .. _ 0• • Buenos Ayres,. Monte Video, & .• : : July 0. • • • (via Marseilles) Aug. 12. Cuba and Mexico .. .. • • • • C ana da, &o. (via L'derry) .. . Cape of Good Hope &c... . • • • .. Aug. 1. .... July —. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) July 19. Do (via Marseilles) July 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) . • .. .. July 19. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) July 19. Do. (via Marseilles) July 27. India (Bombay), (via:Southampton) . • • • July 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. •. July 20. Lisbon • • ~. . • • • • • • • July 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. July 19. Do. (via Marseilles) .. July 20. Vigo, and Oporto .. California, '. • . .. July 21. United States, &o. .. . • .. July 24. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Aug. 10 . West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &e. July 29. A , HEN IN A CHINA Silo hen, in the course of a leisurely peregrination, strutted into a shop in Wick, and after a brief survey of the premises , mounted the counter, jumping thence into a corner where. a large quantity of brittle ware was deposited. Bore c.hucluef contrived to upset and destroy various valuable crockery, and having thus far succeeded she flew in the direction of the window, upsetting and smashing b°t tle l low : and threatening to commit greater destruction. ll ' e lders ever, she was secured, and, as a warning to ari 17 , sum : she was then and there, without the benefit of t a Mai articles o manly decapitated and thrown_ into Ensign. op an e, there difficult ILLEGITIMATE B IRTHS . g and settling in a place rendered very A correspondent of the Medial ...... the r B N tree ß . AV:T h A er .-: piv Z ‘g m ' s ha a t e n4 :th G e d aze o t t l i d o s wr ys i t t e i m ng offromcloseTrurzgadb.udrs.g's marryincountrySHOP. —On is the nuraber of illegitima . te children so large as in ore, d ß i a ffi v c ari ult a. by: c h co e r p d a ris ing h t e o e m . .. . r ß n o u .nf d olai l a n Y °, there . 1828-37''n Piedmont, in 100 births two l. ll '• i egiti. mate ones ; in Sweden, 1831-35, A -*- ; in Eng land, 1842, 6.7; in Belgium, 1842, 61 ; in France, 1842 , 7; ' P the years E d e , 1841, 7-1 : in Denmark, 1835-39, 7.3 .-- u m ma ...movers 1842, 7.8 ;in Austria, 1842, 11.3 -in W ' in berg, 1842, 111 ;in Saxony, 1841, 14'9 ; Baid ' inß um ' 1828 29 20-6. M. Scraemli has lately furnished the following n u m bers' —Amongst .. 1,000 newly-born infants there are 209 illegitimate in Bavaria, 150 i n S ax ony, 149 in Bohemia, 76 in Bel • glum, 73 in Prussia 71 in France, 69 in Switzer land,. 51 in Holland, and 36 , in LombardY• The numbers given by these foreign writers for Bavaria are by no means too high, as is shown by a table taken from Hermann's contributions to the statistics of la Bavaria, Nvb .ich refer to the years 1835-44, and 1851. vhESeurrlbteuenrday, during 5 7. Durinr; the former nine years 1,094,795 legiti mate and 21 i 8 441 illegi t i ma te children were born, that is, 2 09 illegitit note in eve ry thousand ; in the seven years from 1851-57, 210 illegitimate births took place in a thou sand—the =timber of them thus showing an extraordi nary penman • ene e. It is often said that the increase of 1 the indtu3te lel classes of the population is the cause i of the incro ased number of illegitimate births ; but the num bers just ; given evidently refute this view. England, w ith its fret none industrial population, shows only one fourth of the amount of immorality observed in Bevan!. The same is. the case in ißelgium, France, and Prussi a , w here industry is much more developed th an in BaVallt. The canton o f Zurich has a male population of 48 per _ e ' en of farmers, Si I per cent. of industrial. classes, and . 16____It cent. of artisa me ; one illegitimate birtbt. takes . place c in h r i 758 inhabitan ts ; and there are only 44 illegitalnat4 in 1,000, whq e there are 210 o;eh is R'rlarial