The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-10 00:00:00

CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS A.ND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, (First produced in England at this Establishment) , With a Chorus of Forty Voices. Also, Verdi's IL CORSARO, never performed at any other Concerts. Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy. The Comic Department comprises the Brothers Conrad (in their new and inimitable entertainments), Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, Mr. Marshall, Mr• Blanchard, Mr. Hol lingsworth, and Miss Rose Howard. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.-11orning,1 2h. 14m.—Afternoon, 2h. 28m To-itoßßow.-Morning, 2h. 34m.—Afternoon, 2b. 58m, Tau WEATHER.—Sux OPIPICE, MAY 10, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 44—rowest this morning and during the night.. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.75. WIND—S.-E.—moderate; with dull weather. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. L es see, Mr. J. B. Eackstons. THIS EVENING, the performances will oottimense with a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Mr. Buckstone, Kr. Compton, Mr. Howe, &v. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, &c. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the ate Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN . Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- .11) Lessee and Manatfer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, Shore, F, Matthews, dtc. ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq, To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi " Census " every Evening. THIS EVENING, 11th time of a new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. Atter which (176th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boncicault, D. fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, r. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mr s . Boncicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. L.. Toole, Eburne, 'Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. rhorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; MAY 10, 1861. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1881. Aristocratical institutions are, indeed, on their trial now in the United States ; or, rather, they have been tried and failed. The sole cause of the present crisis threatening such painful results to a noble country, is, aristocratic pride, and aristocratic determination to retain ascendancy. Virginia, the Carolinas, and the leading Southern States, started with an aristocratic basis. They were the country of the Cavaliers, of the Church and King party, of " the Chivalry," as distinguished from the New England States, the descendants of the Republican Puritans. All the traditions of the South are aris tocratic—those of the North, popular ; and hence followed the grand result, that the Northern States, rapidly east off an institution so radically inconsis tent with the genius of Republicanism as slavery, and reaped a splendid rewari in the enriching achievements of free labour, and in becoming the natural resort of emigrants from Europe who, having generally only their labour to depend on, naturally went where industrial employments were held in honour and enjoyed free scope. The Southern States, not being republican by their traditions and temperament, as naturally clung to slavery. If all white men must be on a legal 'equality, it was no slight compensation that the white men should be an aristocracy, and an aristo cracy of the first water, too. A large part of them could boast aristocratic associations in looking back to the mother country, and it was quite in keeping that they should reign by right divine, and therefore reign most absolutely, over a large popu lation who were completely at their disposal. It is certain that this aristocratical feeling of the South is one of the principal causes of the secession and the war. The South, though very different in polish of manners from what it was soon after the revolution, still retains all the pride of a noble class looking down with supreme contempt on the North as a country of workers, tradesmen, and manufac turers; and its deep interest in negro slavery is by no means that of profit merely. As was the case with our planters before the abolition of negro slavery, the pleasure of absolute supremacy, so dear to those who have once enjoyed it, is the strongest reason for their mad preference for slave institutions. All fact and argument proves that they would be gainers by free labour, but they would lose their aristocratical supremacy over half the population. This sentiment also it was which gave such deter mination to their resolution not to submit to a poli tical defeat. They could not brook being beaten once in tho election of a supreme magistrate, and beaten, too, by " the vulgar Republicans of the North." Southern chivalry would reign. If it could not reign over all, it would reign over half. It was to them, one of the cases which exemplified most perfectly the famous adage of HESIOD, for, under the circumstances, "the half was much better than the whole." By the last accounts little information was brought respecting the Southern Aristocracy and their doings, and that little not so altogether in their favour as formerly. They have entered upon a fierce fight with freemen and republicans for the utmost extreme of aristocratical privilege; and, one of the first facts we met with is that the subject class are escaping from their dominion r Five hun dred slaves have, it is said, already run off from Maryland, and it is much feared in the Border Slave States, that if the contest last long, it will not be worth their while to fight for slavery, for slavery w ill—may we use th e p h rase—have " cut a nd run." It would be, certainly, a most amusing result if the Border States should thus become Free States, not through any attack from the" e intemperance of the Souther n North, but through the Aristocracy in precipitating a war with the North. We might even imagine, then, the next tier of slave states losing their slaves into the newly created slave States, and thus even without a ser vile war, the whole becoming ultimately free. Too pleasant dreams, however, these. are plainly in Progress. Sadder realities Happily we hear of no more bloodshed; but pre parations are making for it on a fearful scale. 'Washington appears to be now placed pretty well beyond the reach of danger, by the arr i va l o f regi ments from the North. Nor does it appear to want supplies. It has, a t provisions and present, the undisturbed command of tho Potomac, to the sea, no batteries having yet been placed by die Vir ginians on the shores of the river to obstruct vessels pa ss i ng to an d fromthe Ratio na l metropolis. The troops hitherto, however, have been sent thither, not by conveying them up the river, but up the Chesapeake Bay to Anna polis in Maryland, about sixteen miles from Wash ington. In other respects the scale this time went i n favour of the North. One or two undefended forts have been taken, as a matter of course, but Fort Pickens has been reinforced ; the army before it is not in a condition to attack it, indeed seem to be fading away ; and several ships of war are riding off the harbour. The blockade seems likely to be soon enforced with vigour, and the whole of the Southern ports from Baltimore to New Orleans will probably soon be effectually closed. The South will therefore be soon driven in all probability to commence a serious war by land, and as Kentucky will not move either way, Virginia, and perhaps Maryland are not unlikely to become the scene of the first conflict. In Maryland the negroes are comparatively few, and the Union feeling strong in a great part of the country. It is through Mar/ - land also that Washington must keep up its com munications with the Free States. There are com plete railway communications through Baltimore with the North, but if that city will not let the troops and supplies pass through, no alternative is left but a land route to Pennsylvania, of at least sizty miles, or the Potomac, if it canlbe kept open, and the sea. The Virginians seem now to be the most dreaded. For the safety of the capital, they must also be the first object of Northern attack, the more Southern States must, of course, come to the help of " the Old Dominion" when attacked by the North, and hence we should not be surprised to hear soon of fierce conflicts in Virginia. It will be seen that agents from the South are in all probability in England seeking privateers; and doubtless Mr. MAGUIRE and Mr. BOWYER Will tell us that they have as good a right to them as GARIBALDI had to English volunteers ; and we may add, as the POPE had to the heroes of Spoleto. Happily, we cannot doubt that the whole country will practically differ from the hon. members, who, however, we may well hope, will agree with the rest of the country, that no Englishman can take a part in this war. He cannot join the - Southerns, and make a :gain of fighting for slavery ; he can not join the North, which probably will not ask him in a fratricidal war. No man could retain his place in English society who could fit out a priva teer to plunder American vessels, whether of the Northern or Southern confederacy. Mr. COBDEN has, at length, turned his footsteps in a homeward direction. He is reported to have arrived in Paris from his recent sojourn in Algeria, and to have alighted at Meurice's. How soon he may be expected to appear in London we know not ; but it is to be hoped that many more days will not have elapsed before he takes his place once more by the side of his friend, Mr. BRIGHT, on the second bench below the gangway on the Minis terial side of the Commons House of Parliament. He is wanted there very urgently. The time has just arrived m hen his reappearance in the Legisla ture would be regarded by all parties as singularly opportune. For is it not borne only too vividly in recollection that to Mr. COBDEN'S hard head was entrusted the responsibility of negotiating that soi-disant Reciprocity Treaty between France and England, one of the most remarkable results of which we are but just now beginning to appre ciate. Everybody in the House of Commons we believe to be, at this moment, more or less desirous of hearing from Mr. COBDEN, viva voce, some clear, distinct, categorical explanation as to the meaning, as to the value, as to the origin of those portions of the Commercial Treaty be tween France and England relating on the one hand directly to Paper, and on the other hand directly to Rags. Perhaps Mr. COBDEN, when he resumes his place in the House of Commons, may be able to ex plain that matter to us now in someway satisfactorily. Any more of those little generalised letters haughtily "putting down" this and that objection, and at the same time blowing the trumpet in favour of what is nominally a Reciprocity Treaty, and doing so, oddly enough, upon the plea that it is the latest and the most signal evidence of the triumphant extension of Free-trade Principles—any more of those small epistles addressed by Mr. COBDEN every now and then of late to " My Dear Sir," Some where—will fail to be accepted, as in any parti cular even, acceptable. The English people are beginning at length to want, instead of these almost pert generalities, something in the shape of a candid and matter-of-fact explanation. The impost upon Paper has at length been defini tively removed. The question was last night decided, just for once and for all, between the Government and the Opposition. According to the numerals upon the division list, the dispute was put an end to by, as nearly as might be, two to one—at any rate, while the proposed evasion of the matter was sup ported by 54, it was triumphantly scattered to the winds by 100! The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, it was decided, should not report progress at that particular stage of the ,proceedings. The resolution, instead of that, being put by him and agreed to by the Committee. So that the question has been again—(shall we say now positively for the last 1 time ?)—settled. It was decided, most people thought, several days back, when the great Party Fight brought the Opposition to grief, and gave the palm to her MAJESTY'S Government, by 1 fact of the famous clear majority of Seventeen. But there is a scarcely calculable amount of vitality in the Opposition to the paper duties; so that, after all the heads of the hydra had been lopped off, one after another—lo ! and behold there was yet one more (a very small one—one in no respect by any means formidable), sprouting forth last evening from the yet almost raw and bleeding, and apparently fatal wound, inflicted by that deadly master-stroke of " Seventeen." However—as we have remarked—the matter yesterday was settled for once in a manner the most off-hand, summary, and we will try to believe now, conclusive. Accepting the decision of last night as conclusive, there still remains, however, after the Question of Paper—the Question of Rags. And certainly we are not far wrong when we assert quite plainly in regard to these two Questions, that the general impression, the almost universal impression in this country is, that in the matter of Rags and Paper Mr. COBDEN has blundered wofully in his negotiation of the French Commercial Treaty. The popular impression in this matter may be erroneous. But that has yet to be demonstrated. We shall be heartily glad if it can be so demon strated. And it i s p rec i se l y b ecause we want to hear what turn forthwith to hisarpel Mr- COBDEN has to say in ex planation that w e one can of course sp ea k solicitous for his re ace in Parliament. No with the au th or it y th a t he can in respect to everything relating to the Commercial Treaty : he hi mself having been chiefly and primarily the means of calling it into existence. It is simply a question of figures that the House wants to have decided—it is purely , a matter of calculation. Is there this blunder? Fins Mr. COBDEN been g uilty here of this egregi ous oversight ? It looks uncommonly like it. We cannot in any way understand at this moment how it can be otherwise than as we actually see it. Yet it is the nation, it is the House that may in g all thi s these glo omy Mr, be labour while u n d er an error in cherishing anticipati ons. W e wan t the in quiry plainly put to - r. COBDEN himself, as the responsible negoti a t or of the Commercial Treaty- - we want the query p u t to him in his place in the House of Commons. And we want t o li s t en th er e to what lie—the fittest person of all to speak in this matter—has to say in the way of explanation. Abolished the Customs and Excise duties upon paper—will not our . own paper. manuf ac t urers i here in England be placed forthwith at a glaring disadvantage as compared with the foreign paper manufacturers? The belief is that—by reason of the continental nations imposing an export duty upon rags amounting in the average to £9 per ton —our English paper - manufacturers will to placed at an immense and obvious disad vantage. Mr. COBDEN may' have some arguments stowed away in that wonderful brain of his, that may prove to absolute demonstration the fallacy of this wide-spread opinion. If so, let him, in the name of fortune, hasten homewards with all convenient despatch, and from his old:familiar post below the gangway upon the Ministerial side of the House, dissipate into thin air, by a few words of his masterful common-sense, by a few "passes" with his potent forefinger—these delusive and lugubrious misapprehensions. A simple communication from a minister of reli gion, who has recently left England for Jamaica, is really well worth more attention than a mere publishing of the letter. It gives one little fact, which fact, however, seems capable of indefinite repetition. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON said of his plan for building the Crystal Palace, that it was a series of repetitions of one large greenhouse. And may we not say of cotton cultivation in Jamaica, that to supply Manchester from thence would be but to obtain a series of repetitions of the missionary's garden experiment. On the 9th of March, he writes, that, only six months previously, he took out with him some cotton seeds; and, by the time he wrote, he had three bags of beautiful cotton in his possession. We are accustomed to hear so much of the elaborate sys tem of cotton cultivation in America, that we think of it as almost a mystery ; something certainly not to be done off-hand and informally. Yet, for ought we can see, there is nothing to prevent every negro in Jamaica who lives in a suitable locality,from be coming at once a cotton grower, and supplying forthwith the loss, should it occur, of the past American crop. One would think all Liverpool and Manchester would prick up . its ears at the following statement :—" Although I am a Minister of the Gospel who had not be stowed an hour's thought on cotton culti vation till I met you in Manchester, not a year ago, I think I could now grow cotton as well as any American slaveholdEr• It is the simplest thing imaginable in this colony, at any rate ; a delicate London lady could manage the whole affair. Scratch the grass off the surface of your garden with a nice hoe ; make a hole with your walking stick, or the heel of your boot, deposit the seed, and in three or four months your wife and little ones, basket in hand, will start out to the ' pick ing' with as much delight as ever an English mother and her little daughters went to gather roses or gooseberries. My dear boy, who is not three years of age, is a capital picker." The plant seems to be exceedingly beautiful, while flowering and blooming it was quite an ornament to our missionary's garden, and he ex presses the wish that he could persuade 50,000 British families to come out with him and grow this beautiful and valuable plant." It may be hoped that Mr. FLETCHER'S example, on the island will be contagious. The -negroes readily follow the lead of their religious teachers, and if other mis sionaries take the same course, it might be to cotton growing in Jamaica, what Father MATHEW'S example and influence were on behalf of temper ance in Ireland; nor would it be unworthy of their sacred calling, for putting the people into the way of an honourable and profitable industry would be doing much towards making them steady and respectable Christians. Unsettled and indolent habits are at least unfavourable to religion. So favourable is the soil and climate of the island to the production of cotton, that the Jamaica Cotton Company received by the last packet foety samples of very superior cotton picked from stray trees on different estates in the eastern part of the Island; four of them the largest and best, were sent by ladies. Wha with India, Jamaica, and all our tropical possessions, it will be a disgrace indeed to us if we cannot save the operatives of Lancashire from ever wanting cotton to spin and weave. DISCONTINUANCE OF SECOND MONTHLY MAIL TO CHINA.—The second monthly mail to Penang, Singa pore, and China, viz., that now despatched via Southamp ton on the 20th and via Marseilles on the 26th of the month, will be discontinued after the month of Jane next. Commencing with July, therefore, the mails for Penang, Singapore, and China will only be forwarded via South ampton on the 4th and via Marseilles on the 10th of eaeh month.—By command of the Postmaster-General. Row- LAND HILL, Secretary. FRANCE, SYRIA, AND ENGLAND.—The Indepen dance Beige says :—" A report of great importance was cur rent yesterday in Paris. The Government, it is said, with a view to develope the moral resources of France and to enlist auxiliaries against the clergy, intends to complete its decree of the 22d of November, 1860, by a series of measures which will modify in a liberal sense the laws on the Press. Another rumour statesthat a treaty offensive and defensive has been concluded between France and Italy, which will lead to the renewal of diplomatic relations between both countries. The discussion on the occupation of Syria is to come on on Monday next. Whatever be the result, it is doubtful whether it will have much influence on the reso lutions of the Government, which is bound by its engage ments to England, and if the latter Power insists on their being fulfilled, France must either comply or assume the responsibility of whatever consequences may arise. The proposal of a joint occupation by France, England, and Sar dinia, having been rejected in London, it is said that the French will not retire—that they will remain at Beyrout and in the Labanon—that the English will occupy St. Joan d'Acre with 8,000 troops drawn from Malta, and that a communication to this effect was made yesterday by Lord Cowley to M. Thouvenel." CENSUS RETURNS.—The result of the census for Newcastle-on-Tyne has been published. The total of the population is 109,000. In 1851 the population was 90,156 and in 1841 the numbers were 71,850. These returns are, exclusive of the - census of the river, which is taken by the Customs, and whioh is not published. The most re markable increase in the numbers of the popu lation is in the parish of Elswick, in which Sir W. Armstrong and Co.'s ordnance and engine works are situated. In 1851 the population of this parish was 3,539. This year the population is 14,345; and in Westgate, where many of the men employed in Messrs. It. Stephenson and Co.'s and in Messrs. Hawthorn's works live, there is a population of 21,225, as against 16,477 in 1851. In this latter parish, however, there has also been a large increase in the number of respectable houses since 1851. In the parishes of St. Nichol s and St. John's, where extensive building improvements have been the means of Blearing away a number of wretched tenements, infamous in cholera annals, there is a falling off in the population; but in the parish of All Saints, where a number of rookeries were cleared away by the great fire, the population has increased from 26,117 to 29,490. The following is the result of the Census for the city of Canterbury :—Males, 10,545 ; females, 10,778—total, 21,323. Houses—inhabited, 3,921; uninhabited, 120 ; building, 25. Increase of population as compared with 1851, 3,120. THE OPERATIVE SHOEING SMITHS.—Last night a numerously attended meeting, convened by circular by the Amalgamated Society of Farriers, was held in Soho Theatre, Dean-street, Soho-square, to protest against the introduction into the trade of horseshoes made by machinery. Several addresses were made, and it was resolved, " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the steam-made shoes are in nowise fit for the animals; therefore they (the operatives) pledge themselves not to use such shoes in any shape or form." A resolution was next passed thanking those mas ters who had met the men so liberally by adopting the Saturday early-closing system, after which the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ANOTHER RESULT OF THE FRENCH TREATY. — We published recently an advertisement from the Man 4 Chester Guardian, in which a " gentleman of Lyons" ex • pressed a desire to form the acquaintance of an English or Svotch young lady with a view to a matrimonial alliance, as he expected to be stationed at London for commercial purposes. This notificatim has called forth another ad vertisement in the same journal, which is a favourite " me dium" for such announcements, a " young lady of London" notifying that she is " most desirous to make the acquaint ance of a French gentleman wittt v i ew t 9 a fUrther alliance," 4c, .A IEST N E WS. MADRID, MAT 9. The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day says : " Spain has at present entered into no engagement in reference to the annexation of San Domingo. Slavery, however, is not to be introduced. The legislation will be the same as that now valid in the Antilles." MESSINA, MAY 5 (via Marseilles). No popular rising has taken place, although one was expected. Great uneasiness, however, prevails here. The troops are encamped outside the town for fear of being taken by surprise. NAPLES, MAY 8. Yesterday about 200 Bourbon soldiers were de feated by :the National Guard at a village near Capua: They are now surrounded at Caserta Vecchia and Marroni by the National Guard and a detach ment of Bersaglieri. SERAJEVO, MAY 9. The town of Niksich has been supplied with pro visions according to the arrangements made be tween the foreign consuls and the Christian inha bitants. The Porte has agreed that the European oommission shall proceed to the Herzegovina. :NDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, MAY, 8, 9.25 P.M. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, with the above mails, has arrived here from Alexandria. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 10. The Ellora, with the heavy portion of the Bom bay and Mediterranean mails, arrived off Hurs' Castle at 11.15 a.m. COTTON IN AND FROM JAMAICA, The Rev. Mr. Fletcher, a missionary in Jamaica connected with the London Missionary Society, has written a letter to Mr. Hayward of Man-' chester, dated Chapelton (Clarendon), March 9, 1861, in which he states as follows You and the cotton supply friends will I doubt not be gratified to hear that I have now beside me three bags of what I think you would call a beau (a sample of which I herewith send from the seeds I brought out with me beau tiful grownt t s c i o x o months n Although I am a minister of the Gospel who had :not bestowed an hour's thought on cotton cultivation till I met you in Manchester, not a year ago, I think I could now grow cotton as well as any American slaveholder. It is the simplest thing imaginable in this colony, at any rate ; a delicate ' London lady could manage the whole affair. Scratch the grass off the surface of your garden with a nice hoe ; ma ke a h o l e with your walking , : stick, or the heel of yo u r boot ; deposit the seed, and in three or f our mo nth s your wife and little ones, basket in hand, will start out to the pick. ing ' with as much delight as ever an English mother and her little daughters went t) gather roses or gooseberries. My dear boy, who is not three years of age, is a capital picker. The cotton while flowering and blowing is quits an ornament about our premises—in fact, a beautiful flower garden with every variety of tint. To-day the flowers are snow white, to-morrow they are pink, next day red, and so forth. I wish I could prevail on 50,000 British families to come to Jamaica to grow this beautiful and valuable plant." This is the very thing which has been so long wanted in countries hitherto desolated by slavery, namely, the encouragement and example to the labouring classes of the white man and his family. It is evident that Mr. Fletcher does not think that there is anything degrading in useful labour, and he brings up his family to delight in it. So long as everything in the shape of labour was forced from the black man by the terror of the lash, it could not be otherwise than ill and reluctantly performed. Mr. Fletcher has set a noble example to his brother ministers and their families, and from the general adoption of this plan we anticipate a rapid improve meat is the quality as well as quantity of cotton thence supplied, as well as a return of general pro sperity to the people. But this is not all ; the last packet brought to the Jamaica Cotton Company 40 samples of very su perior cotton, picked from stray trees, on different estates in the eastern part of the island. Four of these samples, the largest and best, were sent by ladies, who desire to show how well adapted the climate and soil of their beautiful, but too long ne glected, island is to the production of the finest de scription of cotton. If, three years ago, the gentle men of Manchester could have been induced to fol low the example of their intelligent and public spirited citizens, Messrs. Thomas Bazley, M.P., and Thomas Clegg, and to have co-operated with emi nent capitalists and experienced men in setting on foot an example of successful_cultivation of cot ton, which would no doubt have been followed out by West Indian proprietors in general, they might by this time have • had a million bales of cotton leveryateThyoweaervferr, even omt he West Indies. It is not too now, if they can spare a little time for reflection. * Whether this superficial mode of culture would be found to answer in the dry or the very wet seasons, or whe ther the level lands near Chapelton are adapted for European settlers, is yet undetermined. Th-it the elevated mountains on which fine cotton has been grown, are, there can be no doubt ; or that cotton wi ll pay for good drainage and deep ploughing. WELLINGTON REVERSZONARY AN• ZTUITY ASSURANCE. SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the share and policyholders in this society was held on Wednesday afternoon, at the head offices, N 0.3, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, for the pur pose of receiving the report of the directors for the past year, and also for election of the directors who retire in accordance with the deed of settlement. The chair was occupied by Lord Henry Gordon, chair man of the board of directors. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he would open the business of the day by calling upon their manager to read the directors' report. Mr. ROE then read the report, which was as follows : "Your directors have much pleasure to submit to the shareholders their annual report of the business transacted during the past year, 1860, and in doing so, they consider the increased progress of the Society, more particularly during the latter portion of the year, a source of much con gratulation both to the shareholders and also to the mem bers assured. The following statement of the proposals made to the Society during 1860, and of new policies actually issued, will at once bear out the above remarks. No. of proposals offered the " First-class" branch, 352 ; Industrial do., 4,102. Amount proposed for assurance, £118,440. No. of policies actually issued, in the " First-class " branch, 244 ; " Industrial " do., 3,523. Amount assured thereunder, £Bl,Bll 165., producing new annual income of £3,029 Bs. 4d., leavinc , proposals for £36,680 uncompleted ; of which amount, proposals for assuring £15,530 were de clined by your board, and £21,150 was not completed, chiefly because your boa , d, considering it necessary to charge extra premiums, the proposers declined to assure. The average amount of each policy completed in the " First class" branch, is £234. " Your directors have exercised every proper considera tion and care in accepting proposals, and when any life offerel has been found to be other than' select,' an increased premium,commensurate with the extra risk, hasbeen. charged, your directors feeling sure that the safety and well-being of a Life•office depend both upon the class of lives accepted, and the adequate premiums charged upon those, not abso lutely of the select class. "Your directors beg to offer a few remarks upon the latter portion of the year 1860, having been more produc tive of business than the first part. The reasons were these : That in April circumstances determined your directors to discontinue the connexion which had previously existed with another company, and to give a fair value for certain assets and policies transferred over to your society, and after doing so to strengthen the Board by adding to its members some gentlemen of position and standing, thereby re-esta blishing an independent direction, in order to carry on the Wellington business with increased energy; and at the same time combined exertions were made in every depart ment of the business, more particularly in the agency branch, and your directors are happy to state that since these arrangements have been fully completed (vir. since June last year) the amount of business done has in creased in the proportion of 4 to 1, and it must be a source of great satisfaction to the shareholders to know that the same ratio of increase is still continuing, so that on the next occasion of your directors reporting the progress of 1 business, a very much larger result will be shown. The policy claims during the year have been on a mode rate scale as compared with previous years, and consider ably under the estimated average, and when the large increased mortality during the whole of last summer and autumn in all parts of the kingdom be taken into account, this may be considered a very favourable feature. " Evei y assurance claim has been promptly met, and your board congratulates the shareholders and members upon the great and widely spread benefits they have been intrumental in affording to hundreds of families in the hour of bereave ment. " The industrial branch of the business, which was esta blished about seven years ago, in order to afford the benefits of life assurance to the respectable working portion of the community, has hitherto proved a valuable adjunct to the general business, and so long as such is the result your directors consider it advisable to continue this branch. " Your directors, whilst being resolved to use every legiti mate exertion to increase the business of your society, will not lose sight of the necessary system of economy in its general working, feeling that this is the surest means of placing the society on a secure and permanent basis. " Looking at the operations of the year 1860, your direc tors beg to recommend that interest after the rate of £5 per cent. per annum be paid upon the new share capital of the society. " As the time has arrived for the periodical declaration of bonus upon the participating policies of five years' stand ing and lupwards, your directors will (upon the valuation of the actuary being concluded) call a special meeting for the purpose of making a report upon the result of such valuation. "The following gentlemen having been elected of the society during the past year—viz.:--Lord Henry Gordon; Francis Brodigan, Esq. ; Jas. Bancks, Esq. • Sidney Besly, Esq.; Edward A. Lamb/Esq.; Ponsonby A. Esq. Col. William J. Morris • and Robert F. Power, M.D., this meeting is hereby asked to confirm their election accord ingly. "The following directors retire from the Board by rota tion, via.:—Francis Brodigan, Esq. ; Edward A. Lamb, Esq. ; and Robert F. Power, M.D. ; all of whom being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly. Henry Croysdill, Esq., public accountant, of Old Jewry Cham bers, City, and S. Bell Carpenter, Esq., accountant, of the Oriental Bank, City, also retire from the auditorship, and beg to offer themselves for re-election. " To conclude,—Your directors feel that they cannot too strongly impress upon the shareholders, agents, and general body of policy holders, the great advantages to themselves of renewed exertions on their part to obtain fresh busluesS during the present year, and if each policy holder would only make up his mind to introduce one fresh assurer, your directors se ould be able upon the next occa-ion to report a most eetiefactory increase, which, looking even at the pre sent p;rogrese, - they Toot cntilleent of being able to osta- Wi sh.. The CIIAIRMA.N, in moving the usual resolution for the adoption of the reprt, said he felt great pleasure in meet ing the policy-holders that day, because he felt that they would all agree with him in thinking that the report which they had read was a most satisfact)ry one. (Hear, hear.) It was a great pleasure to find that their business was steadily and rapidly improving, notwithstanding the sharp competition which now existed for life assm ances. The extension of their business he attributed t o the advantages held out by the Wellington to those of prudent habits, to the energy and activity of the direc tors and agents, and the sound basis on which the society was founded. Looking at the number of new policies that had been completed during the year just closed, he must say he felt great pleasure, because it showed a steady and progressive increase on those of the preceding year. He sincerely trusted that success would attend their future efforts, and that at their next annual meeting he should again have to congratulate them on the pleasant theme of increased business. lie begged to move that the report be received and adopted. Mr. MooRE said he had much pleasure in seconding the motion of the chairman. The report they had just heard read was most satisfactory and encouraging, but the report the directors would have to make to the policy holders next year might be made still more interesting if, in addition to the policies that would come to them by way of but iness, each policyholder was to introduce one new assurer. (Cheers.) Each man had his friends, and from amongst them it did not appear to him a very difficult matter to persuade one at least to insure his life. Theirs was a good, sound society, and was well worthy the strongest recommendation. Another great recommendation that could be most forcibly urged was that it was not a liti gious one, for in their report it would be seen that their law expenses amounted for the year to just £4 10s. (Hear, hear.) The name they possessed was a good and strong one, and he felt satisfied that the society was equally as good and as strong as its name. (Hear, hear.) From the many features introduced in that society, all classes would find their wants provided for in a most liberal manner, and in a few years he certainly anticipated that the 'Wellington would stand second to none amongst the assurance companies in the United Kingdom. (Hear.) The Cilikinmsx then put the resolution for the adoption of the report to the meeting, and declared it carried unani mously. It was then moved—" That the retiring directors, Francis Brodigan, Esq., Edward A. Lamb, Esq., and Robert F. Power, Esq., be re-elected." The proposer thought the business transacted proved that they could not get a better set of gentlemen to manage their affairs than these which they at present possessed, and therefore he had great pleasure in moving their re-election. (Cheers.) The resolution having been seconded, was carried unani mously. Mr. BRODIGAN returned thanks on the part of himself and colleagues. Their only anxiety was how they could best serve and further the interests of the society. Resolutions thanking the manager, the general provincial superintendent and agents, and the other officers of the society for their exertions during the past year were agreed to unanimously, and acknowledged by Mr. Roe, Mr. Yelland, and other gentlemen. A vote of thanks to the noble chairman terminated the proceedings. The following are the new features of thh society alluded to by Mr. More : TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PREMIUM. Persons assured upon the whole life tables, of this society for five years and upwards, and being unable, from any unforeseen circumstances, to pay a whole year's premium when it falls due,—can, by giving 14 days' notice to the directors, and paying a small fee to the Office,—be allowed credit for three-fourths of such year's premium, by merely paying the remaining one-fourth, together with five per cent. in terest annually upon the debt, which will be deducted from the amount of assurance payable at death, and the policy will still be continued in full force and effect. EDUCATIONAL ANNUITIES.—A system of annuities peculiar to this society, by which the means of education is brought within the reach of all classes, by the payment of a small quarterly premium for a certain number of years, at the expiration of which time Vac) annuity becomes pay able, regularly every quarter or half-year, to furnish the p trents with a sum of money to pay the schooling or college expenses, and to continue till the child attains a certain age. when it is supposed to leave school or college altogether. POLICIES PAYABLE DURING LIFETIME OF ASSURED. —All policies issued on the Participating Tables are made payable to the assured himself dining his lifetime, without any increase of premium, by applying the Bonus Profits to converting the policy into an Endowment Assurance, Pay - . able at a certain age. BUILDING SOCIETIES POLICIES.—This branch of till business has been established, to supersede and remedy the defects of Building Societies generally, and also to embody in one simple system the advantages of those .Societies, and the security of Life A ssurance i n connection with them. FREE POLlClES.—Assurers of seven years standing and upwards, who may be unable (from unforeseen causes) to continue their policies, can have their full values secured, by means of ti ..eqicy, given to them, without any cliarge. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). VOTTRT OF EXCHEQUER, (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) HATCH V. LEWIS. - This case, which has excited so much interest, was pro ceeded with this morning. The principal heads of the case appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The first witness called was Mrs. Hatch, who was examined by Mr. Garth. She said—l am the wife of the plaintiff, the Rev. Mr. Hatch, who was chaplain, in 1859, at the Wandsworth House of Correction. We had an adopted child named Lucy Butler. In 1859 we advertised for some children for education. In that year we had a communication with a Mr. and Mrs. Plummer, and the result was they sent their daughter Eugenia, who arrived on the 11th of August in that year. After she had been with us a fortnight her sister, Stephanie, also came, and on the following day Mrs. Plummer fetched both her daughters away. Some time after that my husband received a letter from the Bishop of Winchester, in the month of October. Lucy was about eight years old, Eugenia was in her 12th year, and Stephanie about eight. The letter from the bishop was dated in the first week of October. I did not see the letter for some time after it was received. My husband left his home very shortly after that. He was in great pecuniary trouble. That was the reason we had the children to help us. There was an attachment against him from the Gene ral Indemnity Insurance Company. He left his home be cause he thought he would be arrested. That was on the 28th of October. At the time he left his home he was in a very disturbed state of mind about his debts—he thought of nothing else. He was away from home about a fort night. I was in constant communication with him all the time. After that, in November, there was a warrant issued against him. Lord Chief Baron—Have you the warrant ? Mr. Garth—Yes, my lord ; I will put it in. The warrant having been examined by the magistrate's clerk, the examination was proceeded with. My husband surrendered on the 12th of November, at Ridler's Hotel, in Holborn, on that day. He was to appear before the magistrates at Wandswcn th Police -court on the Monday. On the Saturday when he gave himself up to Mr. Pratts, they first said they would let him go home, but he was not allowed to do so, but was taken to the police station, where he remained till the Monday morning. On the Sunday I did not know who to go to, but I selected Mr. Lewis from the Law List, and I saw him at his residence the same day. I told him of the position of my husband. I also showed him the letter from the Bishop of Win chester. Mr. Lewis looked the papers over, and said— Sergeant Shee—The letter referred to ought to be read, as it forms part of the conversation. The letter addressed by Mr. Plummer to the Bishop of Winchester, dated Sept. 16, 1859, was r ut in and read. It complained of the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Hatch towards his two daughters, Eugenia and Stephanie. Examination proceeded—l did not know all the contents of the letter. When Mr. Lewis looked over the papers he almost immediately said, "'phis case must go to trial." He afterwards said he must be informed of the facts of the case, and that he would do his best, and that he would be down at the Wandsworth Police-court to see the witnesses before they went into court, and also my husband, but he did not do so. I and the witnesses were there seen after 9. He did not come till a little before 10, when he ran in just as the court opened. He saw my husband for a moment, and said he would come down and talk with him before he went into court, but he never did. He seemed in a great hurry. He did not examine or speak to any of the witnesses. I was to pay him three guineas. That was the fee he fixed. I did not go into the police-court. I saw Mr. Lewis after the examination was over, when he said " You must get bail as soon as you can." I then paid him the three guineas. I asked him if he would see the witnesses and talk to them , but he said he had to go away. Amongst the witnesses were my mother, Mrs. Dillon, Miss Howe, the governess, two female servants, Lucy Hatch, Mr.. Williams, Mr. Onslow, the governor of the prison, and Mr. Gibb, the under chaplain. I don't think anything else was said before my husband was committed to Horsemonger lane Gaol. I could not procure tail to the amount of £5OO and two sureties in £250. I saw my husband in gael. My husband made complaints about the conduct of Mr. Lewis. By my husband's directions, I frequently went to Messrs. Lewis's offices, in Ely-place. The day after my husband was in gaol I went to Mr. Lewis's, and there I saw Mr. Lewis senior, whom I wish I had never seen. I told him my husband wanted to see him immediately, and wished him to go to Wandsworth and see the witnesses. He pro mised t 3 go at once. On my way to Lewis's, I went to Field's, the detective's office, but he said Field was a fool, and he would send a better man down to Plummer's, to get information. Mr. Lewis never went either to my hus band or Wandsworth. I saw Mr. Lewis altogether six times, but I had been to his office about nine times. I saw Mr. Lewis's brother in Horsem.onger-lane Gaol. It was in the large visiting room. I did not then know him. Miss Grove and Mr. Coward were with me. I left Mr. Lewis with my husband, ;but e teeie time I went to Ely-place I begged of Mr. Lewis to go and see my husband and the witnesses. I begged and prayed of him to go, but he never did. When I found he did not go, I Ted him if I should bring the witnesses to him, but he said he could not see them until after be had seen my husband. I wanted to have Mr. Ballantine to defend my husband, but Mr. Lewis said that would be very expensive. I again wished him to see the witnesses, but he said he could not do so until he had seen my husband. Some time after Mr. Lewis told me he was going to have Mr. Ballantine, that the case was in his hands and he would do the best ha could. Mr. Lewis said he was very lucky in getting people off. On another occasion, Mr. Lewis said he could not see the witnesses until after he had a consultation with Mr. Ballantine. Mr. Lewis said all he wanted me to do was to get friends to speak as to my husband's character. I again asked him to see the witnesses, but he said he would not do eo, as they ;would not be wanted. I said they would all be in court, but he said he did not intend to call them, so it would be taking useless trouble. My adopted daughter never went with me but on the first Sunday I went to Mr. Lewis. I told him she was one of the witnesses. He never asked anything, but told her to go into another room, as he did not wish her to hear anything. When I heard that Mr. Lewis was not going to call witnesses, I said, "I wish I could see Mr. Sergeant Ballantine," He said it would be irregular, as attorneys always conducted the business with counsel. Mr. Lewis said my husband was sure to be acquitted, and that all 1 had to do was to get witnesses as to character. He said the reason he did not wish to call witnesses was because Mr.`Ballantine wished to have the last word. On one occasion when at Mr. Lewis's I saw one of his sons, and he remarked he had known people to come out of prison after two years' confinement fatter and better than when they went in. (Laughter.) I attended the trial at the Old Bailey with all the witnesses—Miss Howe, the governess, Airs. Dillon, Lucy Hatch, my two servants, and nearly 100 witnesses as to character. I saw Mr. Lewis hurrying by me in the passage. I said, " Mr. Lewis, will you speak to the witnesses." He said " They could all go home again as they would not be wanted." I told Mr. Lewis I had something important to coramuni site to him, but he said, "Don't bother me, you must not interfere with me." I was not in court during the trial, but I waited outside. I was present at the trial of Eugenia Plummer when she was tried for perjury. I saw Mr. Lewis. He first held out his hand to me, and he said I hey* just been in court to do you a service. I asked him what it was, and he said he had been in to tell them it was all Mr. Ballantine's fault the witnesses were not called on the .first trial. After my husband was convicted Mr. Lewis said to me " Well, Mrs. Hatch, if he is guilty we must pray God to forgive him." I said, "he is not guilty." All I said at the trial of Eugenia Plummer was true. Cross-examined by Sergeant Shee—l was married to my husband in 1849, in Australia. We did not remain there more than a year after. From that time, until this unfor tunate occurrence, we have lived happily together. He never hid any secrets from me. 1 recollect Mr. Hatch re ceiving a letter from the bishop, I had no knowledge that anything oppressed his mind but money matters. When the letter arrived we were at breakfast. He did not show it to me. I asked what it was, he said a letter from the bishop. I pressed him to show me the letter, and in a few minutes after he handed it to me. I could not make it out. I knew of no charge against him. He never told me of the contents of the letter of Mr. Plummer to the bishop for a long time ; he said he did not like to tell me. Until he was apprehended he never asked any body if they recollected what passed when Mrs. Plummer left the house: I cannot remember when he first asked if anybody recollected what took place while Mrs. Plummer was there. Never until the 12th of November. He never asked me or anybody if they recollected anything about what passed in the garden after Mrs. Plummer had left her daughter Eugenia. Mr. Hatch surrendered on the 12th of November. He said he • eild not tell me the cause of his arrest. He told me no thing about walking about the garden with the children, or asked if 1 recollected anything. We All knew w h at occurred. Mr. Hatch left his home on the 28th October, and up to that time he did not seem to think anything about this case. I saw him, after he left, a t Pop lar. He did not seem to think much about the charge of Mrs. Plummer; his money affairs seemed to affect him the most. A discussion here arose with respect to the production of a copy of the letter of Mrs. Hatch to Mrs. Plummer, which was handed to Sergeant Shee. It was dated the 28th of October, and appealed to Mrs. Plummer in the strongest terms to forgive Mr. Hatch, as what had occurred had driven him distracted from his home, Cross-examined—lsaw him before he left; he said he did not know where he was going, but he said he would write to me. I will swear I did not see him at Plummer's. It is true Eugenia Plummer came to our bed every morning ac cording to the wish of her (Eugenia's) mother. She cam in her night dress. I don't recollect that he kissed her. He has not told me that he had sworn that he had done so. Ho may have told me, but I don't recollect now. Eugenia was never in bed with us for more than two minutes. I will swear she was not under the counterpa6 upon the bed for a quarter of an hour. I will swear Eugenia did not lay on the counterpane with Mr. Hatch whilst I washed Lucy of a morning. I Will swear the girl was no: in the bed more than two or three, minutes at a time, and that was only to please the mother, Will tiwor it W t‘A giziAlttcN 91 R clAtirte; vf l 3 hour, If I had called the maid she would have- known a grown up girl was in our bed. Mrs. Dillon would have known it. When the case was tried it rested on the statement of Eugenia Plummer, but it ought not to have done so. Mr. Hatch never told me the details of the case. The papers my husband gave me I gave to Mr. Lewis. I did not read them. I will swear that while he was at Poplar he did not have Lucy Hatch two or three days with him to talk the matter over. • Lucy Hatch is in attendance in this court. When I saw Mr. Lewis at Wandsworth Police-court it was very late. Mr. Lewis never told me on that occasion he would go into court and read the paper Mr. Hatch had sent him quietly. I don't recollect the date when Sergeant Ballantine was first re tained. We never had any difficulty about getting funds to carry on the trial. Re-examined by Mr. Garth—When Mrs. Plummer brought her daughter to us she said her children had been used to be greatly petted, and that they had formerly been at the Rev. Mr. Bright's. Mrs. Plummer asked me to let the children lay on the bed in the morning, and the fear of losing the children made us consent to such an arrange ment, although we did not like it. I recollect when Mrs. Plummer left Wandsworth, Mr. Hatch, Eugenia, and Lucy followed the fly. I was at the window with Mrs. Dillon and several others. We could see them distinctly as they returned. Mr. Sergeant Shee objected to the line of examination. They ware not now trying the guilt or innocence of Mr. Hatch. The Lord Chief Baron thought the learned counsel for f the plaintiff mist confine himself to the case before the Court. Mr. Garth said he was only re-examining the witness in the points alluded to by Sergeant Shee in his cross-exami nation. He was going to ask if certain 'witnesses were exa mined at the former trial. The Lord Chief Baron—That is perfectly unimportant. We cannot re-try the case of Mr. Hatch and Eugenia Plummer. The only question we have to try is whether Mr. Lewis at the trial exercised a sound discretion in what he did. Mr. Garth—We want to show what his witnesses would have proved. The Lord Chief Baron—That is quite another question. Lucy Harriet Hatch, examined by Mr. Gordon Allen lam nine years of age. Some time beforo November, 1859, I was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Hatch. I always called them papa and mamma. I recollect Eugenia Plum mor coming to Mr. Hatch's. I was there when Stephanie came, and also up to the time they were taken away by her mamma. I recollect a fly coming to take the Misses Plum.. mer away. Lord Chief Baron—What do you intend to prove by this witness ? Mr. Allen—What the witness would have proved. Lord Chief Baron—That is quite immaterial. We have to try the question whether Mr. Lewis exercised a wise discretion. Mr. Sergeant Shee said he should object to having the whole of the former trials gone through. The witness was examined before the magistrate, and what she stated was laid before the judges. The Lord Chief Baron—l will consult the judges if you doubt the course I am pursuing. Mr. Sergeant Shee—l don't attempt to fix the guilt of the charge on Mr. Hatch. Mr. Garth—We want to show that had Mr. Lewis ob tained proper information from the witnesses in attendance to give evidence the case would have been very different. The Lore Chief Baron—l will consult my brother judges on the point as to whether counsel can ask the witnesses the nature of the evidence they would have given Mr. Lewis, supposing he had asked. After a short absence his Lordship returned and said the judges thought the learned counsel could proceed in the way he proposed. The witness was then examined at great length, but in effect it was merely a repetition of the facts of this case as far as she was concerned, with which the public are already familiar. The case will occupy some days. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A LADY'S PURSE.—CLEV;; Edward Malony, a well-dressed young man, described as a cigar maker, from the neighbourhood of Brick-lane, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing a purse from a lady named Mellin, residing at 16, Tichborne-street, Hay market, and who has just arrived from Germany. Serjeant Cole, 23 C, a very active officer, said—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past three, I was in Oxford-street, near the Circus, and having seen the prisoner walking about that afternoon I watched him, and saw him feel the outsides of several ladies' pockets, and afterwards near 118, Regent-street, I saw him put his left hand into the ptose cutrix's pocket and take out the purse produced. The pri soner then rata across the road, and emptied the purse into ^^ l, ^ 4 -. nna while doing. so I came un he lana seized him. The prisoner then gave him the purse, saying " Here it is." I then took him to the station, and on searching him found £1 16s. on him, and at the station a Prussian thaler was picked up behind some constables' capes which the prisoner had no doubt thrown there, and which was identified by Mrs. Mellin. I also found in the purse a shop bill of some goods Mrs. Mellin had just bought. Mrs. Margaret Mellin, of 16, Tichborne-street, having identified the purse and Prussian coin, The prisoner, whose debut it evidently was, and who cried nearly the whole of the time the evidence was being taken, said he was guilty, and was oommitted by Mr. Yardley, who said he would assume it was his first offence s for 6 months, with hard labour. • % :14.--* • A-A THE SUN. THE gANT.ERBURT HALL. Tho Canterbury Hall is giving constant evidence of the enterprise and taste of the management. Another evidence of the untiring zeal and activity of the management may be found in the new selection from Verdi's opera, " Un Ballo in Maschera." This opera has never yet been per formed in England, so that its production, in its present compressed form, is actually in advance of our Italian ope ratic entrepreneurs. If anything could add to the claims of this music hall to distinction, as affording a medium through which the popular taste for music is sedulously cultivated, it would be found in these repeated instances of enterprise, in presenting the works of foreign composers, which our more ambitious musical institutions suffer to remain on the shelf. Very recently, Verdi's " Il Corsaro" has been presented in the form of an operatic selection, under the same circum stances. "Un Ballo in Mfschera" (The Masked Ball), judging from the morceaux of the selection, is one of Verdi's most spirited productions in its entirety, alth3ugh there is an absence of that decided melody which, as it is found in his other compositions, se soon becomes the property of the public, from the drawing -room to the barrel organ and the little urchins of the streets. The subject of the opera closely resembles that of " Gustavus the Third." There is the same sort of intrigue and the same avenging fate for the principal character. The selec tion has been skilfully put together, and is presented with a large additional chorus—the artists who take part in it numbering upwards of forty. There are some very striking concerted pieces, and the final quintette and chorus preced ing the assassination of the hero is worked up to a grand and fiery climax. Miss Russell saag the soprano part with her usual finish, and distinguished herself in the ballets, commencing " Volta la terre," and in the rest of the airs as signed to her. The scene and aria of the avenging lover were impressively rendered by Mr. Greville, the new and admirablessrs. i s a v r i i and the quartet, in which retributive justice foreshadowed, was extremely well executed by e nuish, Beaumont, and Miss Russell, ier b e a i t i o e n , The tenor part was sustained by Mr. H. Herbert, but this music was rather of an uphill character, and exhibited some of the least inviting phases of Verdi's style. The general effect of the selection is imposing, even if there is an absence of those isolated airs caught up at once for their originality and melody. The management deserve praise for this additional evidence of Heir enterprise, and praise is equally due to their musical coadjutcr, Mr. Jonghmans. The fourth and last division of the 78th High landers, from Edinburgh Castle, embarked at Gran ton on Wednesday, per Caledonia steamship, for London, whence they proceed to Aldershott. They have been replaced by the 26th (Cameronians), the second division of which regiment arrived at Edin burgh Castle on Tuesday. MRS. (FORBES) YELVERTON.—With reference to statements that have appeared in some of our morning con temporaries, to the effect that since the late trial of Thel wall v. Yelverton, Mrs. (Forbes) Yolverton had been so journing in Scotland with Major the Hox.W. C. Yelverton, and also announcing on a recent occasion their arrival in Kingstown, we have been requested to state, from an au thentic source, that tho rumours in which these paragraphs had their origin are without any foundation, the fact being, that within a very few days after the result of the trial be came known that lady left Dublin, for the purpose of join ing her mother, Lady Ashworth, with whom—and with her sister, at Brighton—she has since guiliterruptedly re ,tided,—.Dublin Evening MO. THAMES. FRIGHTFUL CASE OF STABBING ON BOARD A DUTCK SHlP.—Albert Guigo, a Dutch seaman, belonging to the Holland ship Martha Jacobi, lying in the St. Katherine Dock, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, on remand, charged with assaulting and. wounding Thomas Brown, a Belgian sailor, who was brought from the London Hospital to give evidence. Cornelius de Bauer, upper steersman (chief mate) of the Martha Jacobi, said that several of the crew came on board on Wednesday night intoxicated, and made a disturbance. He put one of them in irons. The prisoner, who was very noisy, was sent below, and ordered to remain there. The prisoner disobeyed orders, and came up with a knife, and wounded one man in the arm. He did not see what wit of $ knife it was. He took the knife from the prisoner, and gave him into custody. Thomas Brown, a Belgian whose right arm was ban• daged said, he did not belong to the Martha Jacobi. He went on board that ship to bid a friend good night. There was a row on deck among the Dutchmen, and the prisoner was brandishing a knife. He endeavoured to take the knife from the prisoner, who struggled with him. Hie finger got cut, and he was obliged to let go the knife. The prisoner then rushed upon him like a madman, and cut his arm, which fell by his side. There were two cuts on his arm which went round by his shoulder, and he lost a good deal of blood. Medical evidence was given of the nature and extent of the wound, and that it would be some time before the Bel» gian would be able to luso his arm. Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Very limited supplies of English wleat were received up to our market this morning. All samples, in dry condition, were disposed of without difficulty, at full prices; but other kinds ruled dull, at irregular currencies. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably extensive. For most descriptions there was a moderate retail demand, and prices were fairly supported. The transactions in cargoes afloat were by no means nu merous; nevertheless no change took place in.their.value. Good and fine barley moved off steadily, at full quota• tions; but inferior parcels were a dull sale. The malt trade ruled firm, at quite previms rates. Oats realised full currencies, with a steady demand for all good and fine corn. Beans wore held at very full prices; but peas changed hands slowly, on former terms. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. American barrels, however, were very firm. ARRIVALS THIS wtzx. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Foreign.— 14,1T0 1,770 , English.... •• 630 I 320 I 4,680 I 10 880 1ri 1 1 1, 5 340 ° I 400 auks NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very moderate supplies of both town and country-killed meat are on sale here, and the trade generally rules firm at fully previous currencies. Per Mb. by the carcase. sdsd sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 8 Middling d 0. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime do .. 4 10 5 0 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Veal 4 4 5 4 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Small pork Large pork .... 4 4 5 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a steady demand for all good and fine samples of hops, and prices are well supported. Inferior qualities, however, still attract but little attention, yet their value remains unaltered. Mid and East Kent pock e t s 80 s t o 200 s per cwt, Wealds 6os 168 s If Sussex .. Yearlings TEA,—The market has been quiet, and prices have shown no change of importance. SUGAR. —A better demand has been experienced for the finer qualties, the trade having operated to some extent. and prices have shown increased firmness. In the refined market late prices are readily realised. COI - TER.—The inquiries for Plantation Ceylon have been moderately active, and good and fine descriptions have fully sustained previous prices. Rice.—There has been an active demand for export t tion to New York, and prices have advanced for most de. t. change in va l ues . per e w dealings have been entered into swciistihpAotLiuoTtnpasEnTlysit material d . a-t t e o mr i 2 ao s ld TALLOW. — The market has continued dull, and prices remain steady. P y - • Q the spot, 58s, and last three mouths 65s Oil per cwt, 22 pen 60 im Na Ea Mu de< mil Bai 3 pi 3 p Nei a pt Ind R 1-i-f T ur pat D ece, tut sit; lli