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

rIiIIIPBUILDING FOR THE ADI►IIRALTY TH E MERSEY v. THE TYNE. Tuesday last the Lords of the Admiralty de eded to accept the tender of Messrs. Laird, of Bir kenhead, to build an iron screw steam transport, at £26 per ton, and that of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, of Milwall, to construct a sister ship at £24 ss. per ton. The Army and Navy Gazette, of Saturday, in annouueing these contracts, has the following re marks ;—" It strikes us that this determination on the part of their lordships is open to very grave criticism. Here we have a difference of £1 15s. per ton, or a gross sum on the tonnage of £4,900 ; and when we take into consideration the fact that the Mersey shipbuilders have an advantage over their brethren of the Thames to the extent of 10s. per ton in the purchase of their iron, Bs. per ton on their coals, something considerable on their scale of wages, and no small trifle in the difference of the value of their premises—taking all these matters, we say, into consideration, we might arrive at the conclusion that either Messrs. Laird will make a very handsome sum out of this job for the public, or that Messrs. Samuda will have to regret their par ticipation in it ; but from information which has reached us we are enabled to say that a very emi nent London shipbuilder, who has never failed to give satisfaction to the country, was prepared to build the ships at even a lower price than Messrs. Samuda. The same can be said of another firm on the Mersey, another on the Tyne, and another on the Humber. All these gentlemen are of high standing in their profession, and were perfectly ready to enter into the required bond for the due performance of their contract, and were thoroughly willing to comply with all the requirements of the Admiralty. We may therefore safely say that Messrs. Laird made a hit of rather an enviable character on the 9th inst. We can scarcely believe, as several parties have insinuated, that the calling for tenders from eight firms was a mere farce, and that it was predetermined to give the contracts to the two houses already mentioned. It is to be hoped that the Government will be afforded an opportunity to explain their conduct in this matter, for as it stands at present it is " beyond our comprehension." It is rather difficult to see what is aimed at in this paragraph, the whole of the complaint seeming to be that Messrs. Laird have got a better price than Messrs. Samuda, and that the Government did not accept the lowest ten ders. Other firms on the Thames, the Tyne, and the Humber were prepared to build the ships at a lower price, and to enter into the required bond, .&c. But what is there in the arrangements made to warrant such comments, or to call for explana tions from the Government ? Eight firms were invited to tender, and the Admiralty, not being bound to accept the lowest offer, gave the contracts to the two firms which they considered, from their reputation and experience, the most eligible for such engagements. M r. Laird's tender was, it seems, £1 15s. per ton more than Messrs. Samuda's ; but both builders are, it is only fair to suppose, equally good judges as to what is the lowest prices they can afford to build at in a manner worthy of their re putation, and Mr. Laird could not be expected to lower his price to Messrs. Samuda's, with any more fairness than he could be asked to execute the work at the prices named in the tenders from those yards on the' Tyne and the Humber which the Army and Navy Gazette does not name, but concerning some of whom the report of the Galway Contract Com mittee, to be issued to-morrow or next day, will probably not exhibit quite so much squeamishness, if we may augur from the evidence. The total failure of the penalty system in the case of the iron eased ships has, it is believed, shown the Admiralty the necessity of employing only builders of the highest eminence, and who have worked in a punc tual and a proper manner, for the department be fore ; and to this cause, it is but reasonable to assume, the selection of Messrs. Laird and Messrs. Samuda in the present instance may be ascribed. It is no torious, and the lesson cannot have been lost on the Admiralty, that the firms on the Thames and the Tyne failed to complete the iron-cased ships by the time stipulated in the contracts, though working under heavy penalties for non-completion, because they knew by experience that the penalties would not be enforced ; and the lamentable break-down of the Galway liners built on the Tyne and the Hum ber at prices several thousands under what any builder of eminence on the Mersey or the Clyde would have constructed them for, is at once an example of that false economy which appears to be recommended by the Army and Navy Gazette, and a warning against its adoption by the Government. The Engineer of last week, probably a better judge of practical matters of this kind than the Gazette, after stating that the Galway Company paid S:60,000 for each of their vessels, and, after losing one on her second voyage through springing aleck, are now employing Messrs. Laird to make the others seaworthy at a cost of about £20,000 a-piece, observes very judiolougly, that "bad they given £lOO,OOO per vessel at the beginning, they might now be running four splendid steamships, built by such firms as Laird's or Samuda's and engined by Penn or Maudslay, and be returning ample profits to their shareholders." What is best for private companies must be best for the State also, and we are glad to see that the Government is at last alive to a truth so obvious. Lord Clarence Paget, if interrogated on the subject of these contracts, may justify the selection of Messrs. Laird, notwithstand ing the difference :of price, by the facts that the Dover, the first vessel built by the firm for the Admiralty, though more than 20 years old, is still in good condition; that the same firm have since built about 40 vessels for the Government, and 50 or 60 for the East India Company, all of which are known to have done good service ; and that the gun boats built by them during the Russian war, as fully shown by the report, were the only vessels of that class that were not found, two or three years afterwards, more or less affected by dry-rot. Surely it is better for the country to have its ships built by such a firm, than to follow the " penny wise and pound foolish" example of the unfortunate Galway Company, even though by the latter course there should be a seeming saving of a few thousand pounds in the first instance.—:Liverpool Albion. THE EUI'II.RATES VALLEY ROUTE TO (From the London and China Telegraph.) It is not too much to say that there is no existing or projected railroad that can for a moment com pare, in point of interest and importance, with that of the Euphrates Valley. It brings two quarters of the__ globe into juxtaposition, and three continents . bi Erope, Asia, and Australia—into co-relation. It iron 1 1' the vast population of Ilindostan by an Ink with the people of Europe, it inevitably entails the of colonisation and civilisation of the great valleys in a h Euphrates and Tigris, the resus citation, and the modernshape, of Babylon and Nineveh, re-awakening als of Ctsiphon and Bagdad of old. It will China —an the. mail route to and from Australia and Coortanna—an element of prosperity of a very great importance, for the passenger traffic colo e n e i from the Australian weekly, and ere the railwayes exceeds one hundred be five times that number if an h be completed will will take the shortest route, while more ti than half emigrants from this country who will preferenumber of sage of forty to over eighty days, may alsoleafrl expected to be very large. According to Sir John Macneill, who was assisted in the survey by n Cap tain Burgess and the officers of her Majesty's steam ship Stromboli, there is every facility for making a harbour in the vicinity of the ancient port of Sileucia, near the mouth of the Orontes, and the country via Antioch, Killes, and Ailam, to Aleppo, ninety miles in length, presents no engineering difn.- (tufty. By making a detour a rich settled country, dotted over with tow ns and villages, is accommodated, and branch lines would be unnecessary. A large traffic is already in ex istence, as the toll-books at a bridge on the Orontes show that about 1,200 camels and horses laden pass each day. This will be the most important portion of the railway, from the Mediterranean to the Per sian Gulf, the link from Sileucia to Aleppo is in itself a complete work, having a port at one end and the chief emporium of Mesopotamia at the other, to which the traffic from India, Bagdad, Sze., converges. Or should the railway be carried on to the Euphrates, 60 miles beyond Aleppo, by the route recommended by Gen. Chesney and Sir John Macneill, there would be a still more perfect work of about 150 miles in length, beginning at a port in a great sea and ending at the head of a naviga ble river in a greater ocean. This would be of itself, and by itself, a complete, perfect, and pro fitable enterprise; not only would a new country be opened up to European enterprise, but a direct mess in the route to India obtained, which few would believei who do not work it out on the map. laking the line of the Austrian railways to Trieste, thence by rail to Jabor Castle, down the a tresau of the Euphrates and by the I" • to Re r y a h ee, where the Scinde Railway, the first cornPlete e work waf Indian tl _ line, commences the future net a roue,s as direct lines, the traveller will follow pected. to avo r r e a ct as any railway can be ex will take the tra. Eight days and six hours thence the railway through Trieste to Sileucia, the head of the ttaYvivilhl take him in five hours to Three days and i'liregeale waters of the Euphrates. hours more will see the river voyage completed - to Bussorah , days—making in. all 14 —bring andthe three _m er or t e o Kurrachee, where the Scinde A ttu traveller keeps the webLein door of th :e railways of our Railway empire. Like most of the ( iater railways for which India is indebted to •An Andrew, this line from Sileucia to Jab or castle, though complete in its , olf, is regal :ded by him as the parent of further lines, whose construction will depend on the success of the parent line, and will gra dually lessen the distance between the Mediter ranean and the Persian Gulf. Thus he would ex tend his works by degrees along the valley of the river by Phumsah, the ancient Thapsacus, cross thence into Mesopotamia, working down the valley by Annah and Hit to the environs of Bagdad, and thence, by Babylon and Hillab, to the point where the Tigris and the Euphrates join at Kurnah, and the united stream becomes deep enough for steamers of the largest size. Other branches, too, might top the Persian Gulf at Schenster, or at Bussorah, where the trade is extensive, and the accommoda. tion for ships of large tonnage already ample. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the meeting of the proprietors on Friday next, states that the amount of capital raised to 30th June, 1861, is L 10,060,926, consisting of ordinary stock £4,620,0 00 ; preferential stock and shares, £3,083,577 ; mort gage debt, £1,614,715 ; debenture stock, £751,634 ; total, £10,069,926. The amount of capital ex pended during the half-year has been £252,110, of which full particulars appear in the capital account annexed. The gross revenue for the half-year has been £421,379, showing an increase of £30,768 over that of the corresponding half-year of 1860, in which last-named period a special credit of £7,901 appeared, consisting of old balances as explained in the report of that half-year. Of this increase of £14,674 arises in the goods and the remainder in the coaching traffic. The weather during the early portion of 1861 was most unfavourable ; still the de velopment of traffic caused by the opening of the Victoria station has produced results which afford satisfactory proof that the large expendi ture involved in this new undertaking has already become remunerative. Distinguishing the ordinary expenses from the amount expended in renewals, the general result of the comparison with the cor responding half-year of 1860 stands thus :—Ordi , nary expenses, 1860, £167,699 ; 1861, £183,108 ; renewals,lB6o, £16,358; 1861, £16,401 ;'total work ing expenses and renewals, 1860, £185,057; 1861, £194,509; per train per mile, 1860, 3s. 01-d. ; 1861, 3s. °id.; per cent. on trafficreceipts, 1860, 471; 1861, 47. The increase in the ordinary expenditure arises from the extension of the company's system and the additional service thereby entailed, which has produced its attendant expenses both in working and in taxation. The repairs and renewals in the locomotive department have caused a heavy ex penditure during the past half-year. The period is also approaching when several of the engines built between 1844 and 1848 will become unfit for profitable use, in anticipation of which, thirteen engines, forming at present an ad dition to the stock, have, as stated in several pre vious reports, been built and paid for out of re venue, and will come in aid of the replacements which will shortly be called for. There has been a considerable increase in the charge for interest on preferential capital, arising chiefly from the fact that interest on the entire outlay in respect of the Victoria station and its works has become a debit against revenue for :the whole of the half year. Although the traffic resulting from so important a metropolitan terminus has only been partially developed, the increase arising from this source has already produced an adequate return on the expenditure, while a further augmen tation of income may be reasonably expected. The works of West London Extension Railway are in a forward state, and the contractor promises to com plete them by the end of the year. In any case the line will be opened in the early part of next year. affording a ready access, by means of the Kensing ton station, for passengers from all parts of this company's railway to the Great Exhibition of 1862 ; while the permanent advantages attending a con nection with all the northern lines of railway will be apparent. The board are pressing forward the works on the Croydon and Balham line, which they hope to see completed at an early day; by this route a saving of nearly a quarter of an hour in the running of all the main line trains to and from the Victoria station will be effected, and the working of the constantly increasing local traffic on the West end and Crystal Palace line much facilitated. The attention of the directors is now given to the con struction of the line from the Mid-Sussex Railway at Pulborongh to Arundel, Ford, and Littlehampton, which will soon be in active operation. When com pleted, it will, in connection with the Croydon and Balham line, enable the traffic to Chichester, Ports mouth, and the Isle of Wight to be carried on in a very expeditious manner; as this new route will effect a saving - of nearly 13 miles. The only bill prosecuted during the present session of Parliament, which affected the interests of this company, was one by which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company attempted to obtain compulsory powers, obliging this company to forward their traffic to and from all parts of this railway, and en abling them to form a junction with this company's West-end line at a crowded part, and, as the di rectors considered, in a manner calculated to pre judice the public safety. The proprietors will be pleased to learn that the committee of the House of Commons refused to grant such powers. The net amount at the eredit of the revenue account is £116,656, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-year, amounting to £115,500, leaving a balance o the credit of the current half-year of £1,156. PROPOSED INSTITUTION FOR INCURABLES. On Saturday, at 2 o'clock, a very numerous and influential meeting of gentlemen was held at the Mansion-house, with the view to found in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis an institution for the suitable reception and care of the numerous and un happy class of persons afflicted with incurable ma ladies. The Lord Mayor acted as chairman. There were present, among others, the Marquis Towns hend, Lord Raynham, the Hon. Col. Cust, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. R. C, L. Bevan, &c. From an autho rised statement laid before the meeting it appears that in England and Wales 270 hospitals and other institutions exist at the present time for the cure of disease, by whose agency an incalculable amount of suffering and misery is from time to time re lieved. In England, of three only out of the many forms of incurable disease, 80,000 persons die an nually ; 5,500 of cancer, 9,800 of dropsy, and 64,000 of tubercular diseases • and of these it is estimated that 50,000 are absolutely destitute. If to these be added the victims of other forms of incurable disease the number becomes appalling, For a large proportion of these most afflicted of the hu man race there is no hope and no aid. The hospitals established for general relief discharge those found to be incurable, in order to make room for others whose cases afford hope of cure. No one, it was further stated, can really estimate, and few can realise, even in a faint degree, the vast amount of suffering and misery almost withdrawn from public notice. Without hope—frequently without the power of performing the most ordinary offices for themselves. 7 --amid days of wretchedness, and nights of agonizing pain, these sad sufferers are in truth a burden to their friends, who, fre quently, are almost as helpless and poor as them selves. To meet this great and crying want there , exists but one hospital in England, and that of re- I cent date. It requires no argument, it was said, to prove that no single establishment can possibly meet such urgent need ; and it is therefore intended to establish another Home for the reception of In curables, but not for such as are fit objects for paro chial relief. For this class provision is, in some ineasurei made by seusscehsfnmrtahyeradmit f the parish rates ; and a society has recently been formed which purposes to provide o r workhouse incurables as their to establish a Rome for ar© absolutely destitutre and plan proposed is—first, the recepti on o f th ose w ho ( apparently incurable, in the immediate vicinityioaf amiable metropolis, and w ithin the reach of that ani of the community whose time le an a d nd estimable class e . nergi o e t s a w r h e oll a de voted to the consolation of the afflicted ; and, se condly, to grant pecuniary assistance and medica l a id to those who are incura ble , bet n d es titute, in order that the lat ter m ay continue to y reside with their friends or relations who would further assist them. The Lord Mayor having, in a few introductory remarks, earnestly recommended forg persons e ffort s the objects in view to t he meeting, called c upon th Mr e . Bevan, who moved a resol ution to the effect that greatsuffeirdnegfi fromcie deficiency y incurableof di institutions seas e s for calleda aiding to establish others, a nd with a view to supply the want to some extent, an institution, to denominated the British 'Toms for Incurables, be now founded. Admitting the general prin ciple that it was desirable to relieve the poor in their own homes, he was nevertheless convinced that effectual aid could not be rendered in their own uncomfortable abodes to unfortunate persons in humble'life afflicted with incurable maladies. Hence the necessity for an institution of the kind contem plated ; and he urged upon the meeting the import ance of its management being confided to men of energy and of known reputation for benevolence and integrity. Mr. George Moore, the eminent merchant, of Cheapside, road to the meeting some statistics relating to the Royal liospitfa for Incur ables, near Croydon, which he with Dr. Reid and other gentlemen took an active part in establishing about seven years ago, to show the utter incapacity of a single institution to cope with the continually increasing pressure for admission by this unhappy class of the community. Of 30 candidates at the first election seven years ago 6 were elected ; of 44 at the second, 6 were elected ; of 52 at the third, 8 ; of 87 at the fourth, 10; and so on. At each of the SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY, 22, 1861. 11 subsequent elections not more than ten had been admitted, though the number of applicants on each occasion averaged 115. On those facts Mr. Moore argued that there is room for at least another insti tution of this kind in the metropolis, and for half a dozen more in the provinces. He spoke in high terms of the progressive improvement in the treat ment of poor persons afflicted with incurable diseases, in the City of London Union in particular, and others, and of the aid rendered by the Workhouse Visiting Society. He expressed his belief that many of the unfortunate creatures who applied in vain for admission to the Royal Hospital had after wards been driver_ to despair, and had died of actual starvation. Arnle obtained at the Royal Hospital that every applicant for admission was to be visited at his or her own home before election to the founda tion ; and Mr. Moore dwelt with natural pathos upon the painful and lasting impression which those visits had left on his mind, revealing as they did inconceivable scenes and incidents of wretched ness, especially in the cases of persons—and there were many—who in the hey-day of life had lived in comfort and even in affluence. Nothing in the whole course of his life had affected him more. He added that it had pleased God to place him in a position to do good, and he desired to do good. For those reasons his sympathies would always be riveted to the Royal Hospital, though, for reasons which he gave, he had been constrained to retire from its board of management. He spoke at some further length in favour of the project for establish ing another institution of the kind, and then seconded the motion of Mr. Bevan, which was car ried unanimously. Dr. Brady, M.P., also bore testimony on his experience as a medical man to the necessity of such an institution, as did also Dr. Stewart, the latter of whom suggesting at the same time a name for it less alarming to patients than the one proposed. On the motion of Colonel Cust, a series of rules, carefully prepared by a committee of upwards of 20 gentlemen, for the government of the HomeAwas adopted. The Marquis Townshend was appointed President ; the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Lord Mayor, the Bishops of London and Winchester, the Duke of Buccleuch, and other noblemen and gentlemen were nominated vice presidents ; the Lord Mayor and Colonel Cust, treasurers ; and Messrs. James Peek, George Moore, Charles Hood, and John Osborne trustees. A care fully selected board of management was also ap pointed. Donations to the amount of £1,400 and £575 in, annual subscriptions were announced at the close of the proceedings, and that there was a sum at the bankers of £1,653 odd. On the motion of Lord Raynham, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Lord Mayor, for granting the use of the Mansion-house and presiding on the occasion. THE SCOTCH DISSENTERS AND THE CIVIL COURTS. On Friday the First Division of the Court of Ses sion gave judgment in the case known as the ".Car dross Case," which has excited so much interest for two years past in Scotland and also among Dissent ing bodies south of the Tweed. The pursuer, McMil lan, asks the civil court to repone him against the sentence of suspension and deposition pronounced against him by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1858, on the ground of al leged irregularity and informality in the proceed ings against him, and the Free Church resists the action in its present stage on the ground that the proceedings were of a spiritual character, and not subject to the review of a civil eourt. The judges, on Friday, unanimously sustained the judgment of the Lord Ordinary, adverse to the claim of immu nity by the Free Church. The Lord President, in giving his opinion, said he could not accede to the demand of the Free Church. The question did not arise out of the proceedings of any institution on which the State had conferred jurisdiction, or to which it had delegated power or authority of any kind, but out of the proceedings of a voluntary as sociation, tolerated by law and enjoying its pro tection in the exercise of their religious rights. That body had a constitution and rules, to which its members had voluntarily subjected themselves, and in so far as they had done so the civil courts would not hold that they were entitled to complain when these rules were observed, unless there was in them something contrary to the law of the land, and in the view he took of this case it was not ne cessary to inquire whether there was in them any thing of that character or not. The pursuer alleged that the constitution and rules to which he had sub jected himself were violatedin the proceedin g against him, to his loss of emoluments and injury to charac ter, and he asked this court to repone him and to give him damages. The statements of the parties were completely at variance, and it was quite plain that till the facts were investigated the court could not know whether there had been any breach of con stitution or violation of contract. He could not assent to the defenders' plea that, however flagrantly these rules may have been violated, no redress could be given by the civil court. He thought redress might be given, and in the form in which it was now asked—in the form of damages. There was no incompetency, but, on the other hand, expediency, in accompanying the claim for damages with a conclusion to reduce the sentence. There was no proposal here to reduce the sentence on its merits, or in any proper and technical sense. That demand of the pursuer must be construed with reference to the object of the action—namely, to have the sentence declared null, so as to open the way to the restora tion of his right to temporalities, and it must also be construed with reference to the power of the court to which it was addressed. The Court might not have power to restore the pursuer to the ministry, but it might deprive the sentence of-any validity as an obstacle to the prosecution of his civil rights and interests., The defenders were exercising an abso lute and uncontrolled power in depriving the pur suer of his office, but they were bound to exercise a lawful right in a lawful manner—namely, in ac cordance with the rules to which the pursuer had submitted himself. It might be that the Assembly had not violated their rules, and that they were entitled any morning to take six ministers' names from the ballot-box and depose them, and, if so, the pursuer could get no redress, unless again there was something in these rules which the law could not recognise. But the Court must inquire into the terms of the contract, and into the facts of the case, before they could determine whether the pursuer was or was not entitled to such redress as this Court could give.—Lords Ivory and Curriehill concurred. Lord Deas, in a lengthened opinion, pointed out the right and duty of the civil court to give redress for civil wrong sustained by ministers of religion, as well as other members of the community. This Court, he said, dealt only with the civil or patri monial interests and consequences involved, and while vindicating or giving redress for these, it refused to go beyond them. , A minister was just as much entitled to rely upon his compact as any other man, and a breach of that compact, whereby he and his family were thrown upon the world to starve was a wrong which could only be left without a remedy in a country where law was un known. If, said his lordship, the ministers of the Free Church choose to agree that a majority of their General Assembly, or any other committee of the association, shall have power to depose all or any of them at pleasure, without cause assigned, let them do so. No man in this country has any power over another, in matters either religious or civil, beyond what the civil law itself confers, except by that other's own consent. But there is great latitude in the extent Ito which this consent may be car ried. It may go the length of enabling any leader of a Dissenting Presbytery, Synod, or Assembly, who can command a bare majority at the moment, to have any leading member of the minority at once deposed, without cause assigned; or to enable thcm to depose the whole minority. But such consent, to be effectual, must be clear on the face of the compact. The law will neither presume nor readily infer such consent where civil interests are in volved. The liberty of the majority may be the slavery of each individual, and of the whole mino rity. That is not the kind of liberty which the law of this country favours. Still less does the law favour or even recognise the liberty of one party to a civil contract to break it with impunity, or to interpret it in his own favour to the prejudice of the other party. The interpretation of all con tracts belongs, in the first instance, to the civil courts, to the effect of ascertaining whether they in volve civil rights; and, in the next place, if they do, of vindicating or giving redress:for the viola tion of those rights; and, although every human tribunal must be fallible, history has shown that nowhere else can these powers be more safely lodged. Rightly viewed, they are, in us, not powers but duties, which, when required by any of her Majesty's subjects, be their religion what it may, we have no choice but to perform. The interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary was affirmed, with expenses. It is probable that the judgment will be appealed by the Free Church to the House of Lords. 2HE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Ai it is almost certain that, if the American war continues so as to render necessary the raising the £80,000,000 sterling contemplated by the Presi dent, proposals will be made for obtaining a por tion of the amount in Europe, it is necessary that American financiers should recognise beforehand the disadvantages under which any such appeal would necessarily be made. Anything that might be said in London when a loan was actually brought forward would perhaps at once be denounced with the incoherent fury lately manifested in relation to every other proceeding of this country, and it is better, therefore, to prevent disappointment by re ferring to the question while there is yet time for its discussion. In the present contest the North point to the South as repudiators, and claim strong faith in their own financial integrity. This can be settled simply like any other matter of history. Of the 33 States of the Union nearly one-fifth are stained by repudiation, direct or indirect. But these do not all belong to the South. The balance of dis grace is nearly equal. The repudiating Southern States are Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida. In the North the chief offender is Michigan, but there is also a spot on Pennsylvania which has never been wiped out, and Indiana in an indirect way has placed herself in a position very little differing from that of determined default. Of the six compro mised States, therefore, three belong to the South and three to the North. There are modifying cir cumstances to be mentioned, but it is doubtful if these will alter the balance. As regards the South, Mississippi presents unquestionably the most fla grant case. Here not only has the doctrine of re pudiation been maintained as if it were among the sacred rights of man, but every appeal of the cheated creditors has been met with defiant taunts, the leader of popular sentiment in this direction having on all occasions been Mr. Jefferson Davis, who is now President of the Southern Confederation, and who, it may be hoped, in his new position, has be come sensible of the fatal character of this part of his career. Next comes Arkansas, which in the openness of its bad faith has been a steady imitator of Mississippi; and lastly we have Florida, which has always contrived to avoid a direct avowal of repudiation by resorting instead to a quibble of constitutional law. The debt of Florida was con tracted when she was a " Territory," and her plea is that for debts so contracted the Federal Govern ment are liable. The Federal Government take the opposite view, and the result is that between them the creditor gets nothing. Turning to the North, the only State whose conduct in any degree rivals that of Mississippi is Michigan. In this case, the repudiation is direct and unblushing, and is rather aggravated by the fact that, as there is a portion of debt which she has not repudiated, and on which she pays dividends, the Governor, in his annual message, generally introduces a flourish to the effect that, with the honour by which she has ever been distinguished, the State continues to provide duly for all her public obligations. Pennsylvania has never, in the general sense, been a repudiator , but her financial character suffers from a wound which derives its worst features from its smallness. She issued bonds for arrears of dividends at a full rate of interest, and when these fell due with an accumu lation of such interest, refused to pay them unless the holders would accept a lower rate. It is also to be mentioned that, although the State is under no other delinquency, the municipality of Pitts burgh—one of her chief towns, the Birmingham of America—have very recently refused to pay a large amount of railway - bonds issued on their guarantee, and, with the support of the populace, have defied even the mandates of the Supreme Court. Tho next and last State is Indiana. This State, after a tedious default, offered to pay dividends upon half her debt if her creditors would take the unfinished State Canal in payment for the other half, advancing at the same time sufficient for its completion. The value of the canal was considerable, because it took all the central traffic of the State, and was protected by a charter which it was agreed should be upheld against competing lines, either of canal or railway. The creditors accepted the terms and laid out the required sum, and instantly upon this being done the State authorities removed all protection, passed a law enabling the construction of opposition lines actually along its banks, and thus rendered the property entirely worthless. These are uncoloured facts which cannot be contradicted, and capitalists must form their own conclusions from them. But it will be said they do not bear upon the Federa Government, whose engagements, with the excep tion of the paper issues during the revolutionary war, have always been duly fulfilled. That is a point, however, for each individual to determine, according to his fancy as to whether a certain pro portion of unsound States among a limited Federa tion is to be reckoned as an element of danger. We must also bear in mind that it is not our place to decide which is the real offender with regard to the Florida debt—the individual State or the Federal Government, and, likewise, that although Mr. Jefferson Davis is now frequently assailed by speakers atWashington for his financial antecedents. those antecedents were never, until the outbreak of Secession, cited by Federalists or Northerners as disqualifying him for the highest offices of State. Finally, it must be remarked that the aggregate population of such of the. Northern States as have been compromised by default is 5,000,000, and that of the Southern only 800,000. Under these cir cumstances, it would seem there is not much to en courage our capitalists to interfere by supplying , means to either side ; while in a political sense it is certain that any such movement would injure our future good relations, since we should have a strong prospect that on the termination of the contest, either by force or compromise, the re-united friends would join to attribute the greater part of the ters t miseries an a a etheydestroying 0 y h i a n d g inflicted on each other to the British t t it e verygol d purposemaliciously e f giving supplied intensity s o i n t y r to aristocracy the eon_ free institutions.—,Times. be , COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS At a meeting of the Kennedy,e() une i l of this D.D., corporation head m a a ot master o . of Saturday,sh Shrewsbury yR Grammare v. B .I I . ( the council for ca the l School, was re-elected president of th , cur rent year; and A. Hill, Esq., F.C.P. the Rev. J. S. Howson, M.A., of the Collegiate Institution; Liverpool; and the Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., head master ulon of King's College School, London, were re-elected vice presidents. Dr. E. T. Wilson, F.C.P , was elected trea surer, and the following as members .—Mr. W. H. Carter, 8.A., Jersey; Mr. J. E. B. Eldridge, Royal Military Asy lum, Chelsea ; Mr. H. 11. Godwin, Royal Military Asylum, HChaewlskehaucstM;isßsevkl.u3h.bAar.danlea,rgmat.Ae ;., h /v e l a r d . G m . as K ter ilb o u f r t n h e e , bruLum ar School, Kingston, Jamaica; Mr. J. Robinson, Sampford Peverell ; Mi. B. Stlutilaii, 03WeStrY; Mr. J. C. Weykopf, Enniskillen. At the Elaine meeting th e diploma of Associate was granted to Miss A . A. Bingham, of the Royal Asylum, Brixton-bill, and to Miss S. A. Rogers, of King's-road, Chelsea, who had passed the re quired examination for that degree. It was announced that the General Medical Council has placed the College of Pre celpeZ be rs inr recognised n lis is t e ol a e guarantees institutions of first-class certific ates , a geed general gaticatin. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-CAMBRIDGE, JULY 20. The judges arrived in this town yesterday, and having opened the commission and attended divine service, this morning proceeded to dispose of the business of the assize, _ _ There were six prisoners and three causes for trial. In the case of Augustus Hilton, the man charged with the wilful murder of his wife at Parson Drove, in the Isle of Ely, it will be remembered the trial was postponed from the last assizes on the applica tion of the prisoner's counsel, in order that evidence might be obtained as to the prisoner's state of mind, a proceeding desired by his friends, and not at all by the wish of the unhappy man. The delay being granted, the prisoner at once expressed his disap pointment and regret at the trial not proceeding, and has since done so repeatedly to the gaol autho rities. With regard to any defence he also expressed his firm and unalterable determination to plead guilty to the charge. This was communicated to his counsel, also to the learned judge, and the pri soner was brought into the dock to plead with the other prisoners. His lordship, however, humanely ordered that he should be removed till Monday, the day fixed for trial, in order that he might have fur ther time for reflection upon the course he was pur suing, feeling, as may be imagined, a strong reluct ance to receive a plea of guilty upon such a charge, for upon the plea being recorded sentence of death must be passed, and the law take its course. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, JULY 20. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. J. C. D. CIIARLESWORTH-THE WAKE- FIELD BRIBERY PROSECUTIONS. The Attorney-General (Sir Wm. Atherton), Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, Q.C., and Mr. West, were counsel for the Crown ; Sir F. Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. Maule were for the defendant. This was a criminal information filed by the At torney-General against J. C. D. Charlesworth, for certain acts of bribery committed by him at the Parliamentary election at Wakefield in April, 1859. To these charges the defendant pleaded not guilty. The Attorney-General having stated the case for the prosecution, called the following evidence : Mr. J. P. Naylor produced the writ for the elec- tion of a member for the borough of Wakefield in 1859. He also produced the poll books. Mr. James Whithorn, town clerk of Wakefield, stated that in April, 1859, Mr. S. B. Harrison was elected auditor for the borough. He spoke of the writ being received for the election at Wakefield, and the publishing of the notice for that election. The candidates were Mr. Charlesworth and Mr. Leatham. There were 952 electors on the register at the time. The result of the poll was the election of Mr. Leatham, the numbers being for him 406, and for Mr. Charlesworth 403. The election expenses of Mr. Charlesworth were returned at £634. Mr. R. V. B. Davison said he was a banker at Leeds. In April, 1859, Mr. J. B. Charlesworth gave him a letter, accompanied with a debenture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. An account was then opened with Mr. Charlesworth, and he with drew several sums from the bank. On the 16th and 23d April he got out £l,OOO on each occasion. On the 22d April, £1,500; on the 29th, £500; on the 3d May, £250 ; and on the sth May, £5OO. Mr. J. B. Charlesworth was the next witness, and a free pardon having been handed to him from the Crown, he having received no certificate from the commissioners, he proceeded to give evidence. He said that on the 9th April he had a conversation with Mr. Fernandez relative to the state of the election. After that conversation he saw the defendant, and communicated to him the result. When he saw Mr. Fernandez he told him that there would be preliminary expenses connected with the election for runners, watchers, and obtaining the show of hands on the nomination day. He informed the defendant, who said that these expenses might be paid. On the 27th April he paid £1,500 to Mr. Fernandez, not in the com mittee room, but in a private room, at the Stratford Arms. Nobody was present but himself and Mr. Fernandez. He talked to Mr. Fernandez about the election, and he informed him that they were paying large sums for voters on the other side, and that it must be counteracted. On the 29th of April he went to the bank for money at the request of Mr. Fernandez. Did not ask Mr. Fernandez how the money had been expended. Did not say anything to him about its being a large sum of money. On the 3d of May he applied for another sum, no doubt at the dizection of Mr. Fernandez; but on the sth of May he withdrew money for himself to meet any expenses that might have been incurred. The total amount he took out of the bank was £4,754, of which sum £3,750 was paid over to Mr. Fernandez, who was not asked to render any account of these moneys. The defendant never required an account, and none was rendered to him. After the election he told the defendant that a great deal of money had been expended, when he said that he did not want to talk about it then, but would converse upon it at some other time. The petition against the election was then going on. At a dinner held about three weeks previous to the election the defendant said that he would not be one to bribe at the elec tion, and he would rather retire from the contest than be guilty of any, corrupt practices. Cross-examined—With respect to the £1,500, it was wanted to meet expenses previous to the elec tion. There was no idea that a single farthing of this money would go to bribing the voters. It was expected that there was then a majority of 60 in favour of Mr, Charlesworth, and of course there was then no idea of bribing. When he gave the £1,500 to Mr. Fernandez previous to the election the notion of bribery was not entertained. He was to go no further than £1,500 in drawing from the bank, as far as the defendant was concerned. No portion of the £1,500 was applied, or ever was intended to be applied, for the purposes of bribery. Mr. J. L. Fernandez, on being sworn, said he remembered the election at Wakefield in 1859. At that time he was residing at Wakefield, and was carrying on the business of a corn merchant in that town. He was well acquainted with defendant, wile was a candidate at that election, and had known him for many years. He had taken an active part in the parliamentary and municipal elections of the borough, and took the same side in politics as Mr. Charlesworth. He took an active part in the election of 1859, and canvassed for Mr. Charlesworth. lie knew Mr. Charlesworth's cousin well, and some short time before the election had some communica tion with him in reference to money. Mr. Fernan dez here stated that he should like to address a few remarks to his lordship in reference to the course he had thought it right to pursue at the last assizes. He then refused to give evidence, on the ground that he should be doing that if he consented which would tend to criminate himself. He still held to that objection, and thought that he ought not to be called upon to state that which might criminate him, as he had always understood that any and every witness ought to be protected. He deemed the sen tence he had received at the last assizes as one of a most harsh and severe character. Since that period he had applied to the superior courts to get the de cision of Mr. Justice Hill reversed, but he regretted to say that in consequence of the form of proceed:'ng it was impossible that this case could be argued upon its merits. The law as applied to his case was not at all in a satisfactory or convenient state, and he begged now most respectfully to renew the ob jection which he made on the last occasion. The course taken was of a vindictive charecter when he was examined before the commissioners. He felt himself in peril at that time and also at the last assizes ; but now he felt himself in greater peril than ever, notwithstanding the certifioate which had been given to him by the commissioners. That certificate was impounded at the last assizes, and was still withheld from him. Should his lord ship consider that he was bound to answer he must bow to that decision, but at the same time he hoped his lordship would properly protect him in the mat ter. Mr. Baron Martin said it was his duty to inform Mr. Fernandez that what he did at the last assizes had come before the three courts at Westminster hall, and all the judges had decided that he was bound to answer the questions put to him. He assured Mr. Fernandez that he was in no peril what ever, and was quite free from all penalties. The certificate which had been impounded was handed to Mr. Fernandez, when his examination was continued. He stated that he had had some conversation with Mr. Charlesworth upon the subject of money for the election. He told Mr. J. B. Charlesworth that from £l,OOO to £1,500 would be required preliminary to the election. Witness spoke to sums which ho had received and paid for the purposes of the election. Cross-examined—Had had no communication with the defendant as to how the money should be applied and expended. There was a majority of 60 upon the canvas, and bribery was not thought of. None of the £1,500 was applied in obtaining the votes of the electors. No bribery was men tioned until Brear came to him three or four days before the election; £1,200 or £1,500 was for pre liminary expenses to gain the majority upon the show of hands, for watchers and runners who were non-electors. He believed that the sum of £1,035 was paid by him to Holder to meet the expenses of the watchers and the runners. The defendant was not aware how the money was expended. He can vassed with the defendant, who had no idea of being guilty of bribery. If he had me ntioned,_ r the_ subject whilst on the canvass, he was sur e sMua; Charlesworth would not have approved of any proposition. Mr. Charlesworth was innocent Y of any charge of bribery . brought against him. I knew that we had a majority of 60 on the can.v.ast, he e d ha a a t dinner I heard hi. Charlesw or t h aay, Via rather lose his election than be guilty of bribery. He warned his friends present against bribery. This was a fortnight before the election. I never heard or saw Mr. Charlesworth do anything con trary to what he said at this dinner. Mr. Baron Martin expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which Mr. Fernandez had given his evidence that day. If he applied to the Secretary of State for a release from undergoing the remain der of his punishment, he might refer to his lord ship, in making the application. John Shaw deposed that he received £4O from Mr. Fernandez, and spent .£3O of it in bribing a voter named Richard Wilcock, a gardener. Wil cock took some vegetables to Bradford market, and did not vote at all. Cross-examined—Told Mr. Fernandez that I should want £4O for election expenses. Wm.:Wells said that he knew Brear, who gave him £4O. He said to Brear that he was tired of being asked for his vote, and told him if he voted at all he would vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Brear then left the shop. Samuel Giffard, tailor, Market-street, received £l5 from Brear to give his vote for Charlesworth. A few days after this, on the nomination day, he again saw Brear, who gave him another £l5. He then told Brear that he was not of Mr. Charles worth's way of thinking, and should not vote for him. John Whitehead (Bradford) knew a man named Moore, living at Bishop Auckland. I got the name of the " Man in the Moon," and when I went to Wakefield I was introduced to Brear. I was a stran ger in that town. I received money from Brear, amounting in the whole to £5OO. I became ac quainted:with a man,named Laing, to whom I think I gave £5O for his vote in favour of Mr. Charles worth. I gave a portion of the money, about £2OO, to a man named Dan. Robinson. George Laing said he received from the " Man in the Moon" £5O to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Dan. Robinson (Bradford) received £2OO from Whitehead to bribe voters. He gave Thomas Stead, a bread-baker, £6O for his vote. Thomas Stead admitted that he had received £6O to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Dan. Robinson gave him the money. This closed the case for the prosecution. Sir F. Kelly then addressed the jury for the de fendant. He said that he appealed confidently to them for their verdict ih favour of the defendant, who was a gentleman and a magistrate of the county, had been a member of Parliament, and had enjoyed, and still enjoyed, the esteem and confi dence of all who knew him throughout Yorkshire. The crime alleged against the defendant, being one of some magnitude, it was necessary that the evi dence should be positive and conclusive, but in his judgment it was not of that olear character as to justify the jury in convicting the defendant of bri bery. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said that the jury must consider and try the case in the same manner as they would any other in the criminal court on the other side. They must not convict upon suspicion, but act entirely upon the nature of the evidence that had been given. If they should think that the defendant did not interfere to prevent acts of bribery, but, with his eyes open, allowed these sums of money which had been named to be expended in influencing :the votes of the electors, then, as men of common sense, the jury would be bound to find him guilty. If they, however, should think that the evidence was not conclusive, they must acquit the defendant. His lordship referred to the Act of Parliament, and quoted the sections of it, telling the jury that if the defendant had in their judgment committed bribery within the meaning of the statute he must be convicted. Bribery, of course, had to be carried on secretly. A man could not stand in the street and bribe people openly ; he must be behind the scenes, and do it privately. The jury before they found a verdict of guilty must be convinced that the defendant was a consenting party to the payment of the bribes, the money for which had been placed in the hands of Mr. J. B. Charlesworth. If the defendant chose to keep his eyes shut and would not look at what was going on, but turned aside, the question was whether he was not substantially and in truth as much guilty of bribery as if he had with his own hands given the bribes. The jury retired and were absent for upwards of an hour, when they found a verdict of guilty against the defendant upon the first count, namely, that he had unlawfully given money to Mr. J. B. Charlesworth, with the intent that it should be expended, or some portion of it, for purposes of bribery. As to the other counts alleg ing specific acts of bribery the jury could not agree, and they were discharged without giving a verdict. The jury told his lordship that there was no pros pect of their agreeing upon these particular counts. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Wilde.) THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A SURGEON AT GREAT HORTON. William Randall Mackley, 33, was charged with the wilful murder of Martha Curtis, at Bradford ; also with making false entries in a certificate of death. Mr. Price, Q.C., and Mr. West prosecuted ; Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. Maule, and Mr. Wheelhouse de fended the prisoner. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. On the part of the crown, Mr. Price objected to a juryman who was a Quaker. The case has so recently been reported in our columns that the particulars will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. After the examination of the medical witnesses for the prosecution, Mr. Bliss inquired the necessity of pursuing the investigation, and wished to know his lordship's opinion whether or not there was any case against the prisoner to go to a jury ? The learned Judge said there were in the conver sation between the prisoner and Mr. Field circum stances of strong suspicion, but he would take the opinion of the jury upon the matter. The jury then retired, and after considering for a few moments returned into court, and stated that they thought the evidence was such that there was no necessity to prolong the inquiry. A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly re turned ; and as Mr. Price did not offer any evidence on the charge of making false entries, the prisoner was acauitted. BORING THROUGH MOUNT CENIS, A communication from an engineer, addressed to the Perseveranza of Milan, gives some details re specting the cutting of the tunnel through the mountain above mentioned :—" M. Perrnzzi, one of the Ministers, some deputies, several scientific men, and M. Somellier, a French engineer, went a few days back to Bardoneche, and for some hours wit nessed the working of the machines for cutting the rock. The opinion of the scientific men who were present, and among whom were MM. Sella, Cado lina, and Pecceto, is that the mechanical difficulties of the cutting will be fully overcome. The perforat ing machines, in somewhat less than an hour, made 70 holes in the mountain at the end of the opening. The holes which were made in the centre, in order to permit a breach to be effected by blasting, were three centimetres (rather more than 11 inch) in diameter ; the :others made round it for the same purpose were two centimetres. The depth of the holes was from 60 to 90 centimetres (rather more than 23 inches to about 351.) From repeated ex perimehts made in masses of schist with a single perforating instrument, it was proved that 10 mi nutes' labour was sufficient to make a hole of 60 centimetres, whereas by the ordinary means three workmen would be occupied for an hour in effect ing one. The machine employed'cuts simultaneously from 20 to 30 holes in a space of 4 square metres— that is one in which it would not be easy to employ three or four men. The machine thus presents an advantage which, as regards space, is three or-four fold, and as regards time sixfold, what could be done by workmen. That advantage is, however, somewhat diminished by the fact that the machine must be dragged back to a distance of 100 metres, or more, whenever blasting has to be resorted to, and that it cannot be got to work again until after the ground is cleared of the fragments of rock, and until the front of the mountain is made tolerably smooth. But it is certain that when the work men shall have obtained greater skill they will be able to perform the three operations of bor ing, blasting, and clearing away in three or four hours at the outside. When operations can be commenced on the hide of Modane, as they will be in a few weeks, it is certain that six metres of rock can be removed in a day. This will make more than two kilometres (five -eighths of a mile each) a year, and it is probable f ro m what is now being accomplished that three kilometres may be obtained. In that case the cutting of the tunnel may be terminated by 1864. It follows that M. Grattoni, the engineer, runs little risk by' offering to bet, as it is said he has done, 100,000 f. that this great work will be finished in five years. Unforeseen obstacles may, how ever, aris e f ro m the rock becoming harder, water springi ng , or fissures taking place. But nothing thus far causes such obstacles to be feared. The rock, at least on the side of Bardoneche, is of schist, which is of no great resistance, and in which are silicious veins ; and instead of in convenience being caused by water filtering through, as had been feared, some is caused by insufficiency of moisture." UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.--The chair of Civil Law in this University has been rendered vacant by the recent death, at an advanced age, of Professor Shank More, who had filled the office since 1843. The appoint ment is nominally vested in the Curators, but the Faculty have the right of nomination, and practically of election. Several candidates have been mentioned, but it has been resolved to postpone the election till November. FRIGHTFUL MURDER. On Friday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a frightful and evidently premeditated murder was committed at New Barns, a hamlet within the parish of Town Mailing, Kent. From inquiries made upon the spot we are enabled to give the particulars of the sad occurrence. About 17 years since a farm labourer named John Atkins married at Brenchley, in this county, a very respect able young woman, the daughter of a sawyer named Walker, living with her parents at Mile Oak. The husband shortly after the marriage behaved very strangely, and was exceedingly jealous of his wife, but, so far as we can learn, without the slightest cause. They moved about from place to place solely in consequence of the jealousy of the husband; and some three or four months since they came to reside in one of three cottages on the estate of Mr. James Graham, New Barns, Atkins being employed on the estate of that gentleman. Here the husband ap pears to have behaved most brutally, from time to time, to his unfortunate wife. His fellow-workmen, knowing his foible, were constantly in the habit of what is familiarly termed " chaffing" Atkins, who woad go home and beat his wife and turn her out of doors. Mrs. Atkins was the mother of 13 chil dren, of whom only three are surviving. She was confined with her last child about nine or ten weeks since, hut fortunately the infant did not live. Thr e e weeks ago the man had been plagued by the other workmen, and he went home and ill-used his wife, tearing successively no fewer than three dresses from her person, and at length turned her out of doors and threw a quantity of water over her. As usual, she sought refuge with her neighbours. On Friday afternoon Atkins was in his cottage con versing with his wife and a neighbour. He seemed in a jocular mood, and playfully pinched his wife's cheek, with the observation, " You know you have ! You are a bad woman." The neighbour went into her own house and upstairs to dress ; at the same time the only inmate of Atkins's cottage (ex cepting himself and wife), their youngest child,a girl, was upstairs putting on her shoes. Near ing her mother scream out, the child. wiferan down, when she saw her father holding by one hand, and in the other brandishi h ng e b a ueshuse knife. The girl at once ran to the neig ot get tithe his scket and called for assistance, but could a n te woman was door being fastened. The unfortutn next seen to rush from her house she o t U w e a door e o d f i t n h g e a woman neighbour, to which she cl t u . ng ; he r brutal husband profusely from the throaher from the door. In the followed her and dragged neighbour,_ . the of age, b eing meantime Mrs. Smith, nearly 70 years g with the evident intention came out of her cottag , . , Atkins' assistance, b ut the hus band going to brandishedMrs.the knife in her face, thr band ; the same w a y if she interfered eatening to serve her in a short interfered. Mrs. Atkins managedstaggered to scramble distance down the lane, and into a field o • throu a ain the heu,ge husband. opposite the cottages,closely ' pursued by the Here the parties were see little boy struggling together, and hero the fearful crime was consummated. Atkins then, ipav i ng the unfortunate woman in the field, not quite dead, returned to his t co ta— e , 6 took his wife's ca p, and went to the door of Mrs.' R . lld ey a cottage, where he endeavoured to wi • pe up the blood. He then went indoors, locki n g th e door after him. The 414r111, h -WOW, had been given and the house was ‘ closely watched by two men named Willett and Perch, After a short time Willett left Perch in charge to watch in the lane and prevent further violence, and went to Mailing for the police and a medical man. Dr. Pope was speedily at the place! and on knocking at the door it was at once opened by . the murderer, who had in the interim been busily engaged in wiping the blood from the floor and furniture. The body of Mrs. Atkins, who w as then quite dead, was removed from the field to the . house by Willett and Perch, and it was found that she . had been stabbed in the neck, and also s everely. cut in the left side of the throat. The cause of death was the stab, which had pene t ra ted as far as the interior jugular vein. Atkins was ti e t once i taken into custody, and was removed to Town th own Mailing police station. He was subsequent!, taken before Mr. Savage at that gentleman s private residence, St. Leonard's-park, wh e : formal evidence having been adduced, he sca, remanded until Wednesday, and was re move' : to the Maidstone county prison. On the same afte i r . noon an inquest was held, and the jury retur ne l; verdict of " Wilful murder" again . st Atkins , t will be tried next week at the Kent Assizes at Maidstone. I r ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LADY- HER DAUGHTE,R. On Thursday evening a shocking attereP t ;:f murder took place at the usually quiet villa need Paignton. A lady named Hooper, of the ad va ehis age of 81 years, has for some time resided ill beautiful district with her daughter, Miss Eels Hooper, whose age is understood to be ab eut 0 .. years. Their income places them in an ind e P, e o dent position. A little after six o'clock on t 5 evening mentioned the neighbouring inhabittl e r , were alarmed by hearing ;frequent calls of l l ea der." Upon hastening to the scene, it appe ar e d that Miss Hooper had made an attack upon the °g o y lady. She had armed herself with a large ite° at stick. With this formidable weapon she rusheu the unfortunate and helpless, object of her sa i l s , passion, and aimed a heavy blow at her head. 1 11 gt Hooper, though dreadfully frightened and alun t , paralysed by such an unexpected and brutal assa ll ii defended herself as best she could, though her , e 7p; feebled strength prevented her from disarming ton blow and more active assailant. She caught '"„ 0 blow upon her arm, receiving severe injury. uP" o t subsequent medical examination it was found 0 1 0 it was badly lacerated, the wound extending freir the elbow to the wrist. The entrance of the noir bours prevented !Miss Hooper from completing purpose. She was immediately secured, and 0 0 ,1,, cal assistance sent for. Dr. Goodridge was prom Pis; in attendance. He found Mrs. Hooper in an. e ff ceedingly prostrated state from fright and inJ e ili The lacerations on the arm were sewed up, b t ; r o was several hours before the patient recovered.. . ‘ , O , daughter, who was in a highly excited condit, l : b e was at once removed, and information given 01 ; 0 .. attack to Mr. John Belfield, chairman of the ?sn i t ton bench of magistrates. He had her brotiga, before him, when the above particulars aPP,e, ar t e he The hearing lasted a considerable time. Ab (d :th conclusion she was committed for trial. It was n v n er difficulty the police who had charge of the pr'syl e d prevented her from being rather roughly nar t 7 t io by the exasperated crowd who blocked uP to entrance to the house. It was found n ecessall e ,o remove her by a back way. As the family is 11 0 known in Paignton great regret is felt 11 J , s , lamentable occurrence.— Western Morning fie" COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK--JULY 20, t t , ig The attendance of factors and farmers to-day W— and wheat was a tolerable show. Trade firm, at tl eo' prices of the preceding week. Malting barley peariJodf minal; grinding in short supply. Oats in slow de o but late rates supported. 4 . 3 0 Wheat, red 45s to 52s I Oats.... ~ ..280 eat • • to White do .54s to 64s I Beans 4Es .-- 4 Barley .32s to 34s P eas .... .--$ to 4P Malt,'7os:to 72s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr ; goll r ' to 43s per sack. NORWICH—JrLv:I3. At this market to-day wheat was in better suprhoteof a dull sale, at a reduction of 6d t o i s on l ast wee o pPli and; little business d o i ng . Th e same remar k s to barley, oats, beans, and peas. Flour rather 10w,,u... 0 5 , 5 4 White wheat. 56s to 60s I R e d w h ea t 648 to 4 4° ls • Malting barley... .458 to 47 8 I Chevalier barley 4 to 3° Distilling d0......318 to 34s 1 Oats.. 26 5 er. Flour, 3840 d to 38s 6d per sack from the IPA— NORTHAMPTON—JULY 20. k ith At this corn-market wheat was in limited supPA6B s fot a firm business doing—prices ranging from 56s to ler . old, and 40s to 60s for new. A small show of li,ti r ts in malting 37s to 40s, grinding 33s to 35s per qr. L', 11 4 ., moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 205,.." - 45P per 24 stone. Beans, old, 34s to 55s ; peas, '440 t° peg Ryo, 37s to 425; malt, 70a to 744; flour, 42s to 4 5$ suck. LEICESTER—JULY 20. w ere An average supply of wheat to. day, and late prices„ qt fully supported. White wheat, from 66s to 74 5 „Itly e —red, 48s to 68s per 36 ston e; a very middling 514 barley, grinding, 29s to 31 s ; ma lti ng , 36 s to 400 Pe,. .` . 0 0 oats, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans were scar e 50s to as; new, 40s to 51s per 38_stone. CAMBRIDGE—JULY price° A limited supply of wheat, with a steady sale',l 5 4 ,!,' were rather higher—white, from 548 to 58s ; red, 308 . o 2e • dloo cO Barley in small supply, malting 28s to 30s, grin , o c,sr to 275. Oats varied from 22s to 30s. Beans were and a steady sale, from 36s to 40s per qr. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- 19. ampton) July i n„ Do. • ' • Aug. (via Marseilles) 4. Brazil and Cape Verds Aug' Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Cuba and Mexico .. .. • . July Canada, &c. (via L'derry) July 1, Cape of Good Hope, 84c. Alt 19. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S' am pt on ) Do _ (via Marseilles) Ju!..!, 19. • .se ill e 0.5..) Jst: i ty y , i 06 i , Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. • • : J u l i e 1 9 ' India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) J I P,/ 'l. Do. India (Bombay), (via:Southampton) (via Marseilles) (via Mar .. Lisbon Do. Ju V. , r , .. .. .• •• . . j i dy al , Malta, mi: ' it, and Aden (via Southampton) • • iy 'w 10. (via. Marseilles) . • I S ti ll iy 2: 4. Vigo, and Oporto . .. •• • • ' • Jul/ 10. United States, California, &c. . • • • • Aug' Western Coast of Attica, Madeira, Teneriffe . • r io . West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena. C u b a , &c. ' r i A o w [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine fit , — •••-,; gtavate and perpetuate diseases; their annols 11 ":0 0 2 appointment, and expense may be . avoided by r ' 4 in indifferent health sending only their address on S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London , an , e l l will receive gratis and free by post the " InvA119:„. GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicin e - O' psnse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound 11111 ;of r refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the r 00' of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver sool"tiO" nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousn ess, P° 111 .," I V!! cough, asthma, consumption, d ro p s y, fl a t u lency', ti` — o ela r dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarr' n tiol l s h noises in the ears, rheum a ti sm , gou t, i m purities, e rtk olP: hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, act ditY : n so o ;; tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramP o ' 60 0 " sinking, fits, bronchitis.—"UnnuestionablY the " ialit to health." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment airlieg e . Heart's Action.—The slightest irregularity in t'''' o bstit l o l function is felt throughout the entire system ; any re mo'f ; tion to the regular impulse of that organ mus t b d e i sns rd; lo tri; without delay, or the whole circulation becomes palpitation. comes on, to be succeeded by denger?u frog ness. In a multitude of cases these symptoms ariscuoipt stomach distended by flatulency, and are cured by 'a refit llolloway's Ointment over the pit of the stomach an, o Deo side ; and occasionally, likewise, over the heart an_ t iosl . It speedily relieves the harassing tire° ( 1 t ° Holloway's Pills should be taken at the same s ". •e ti move any accumulation from the alimentary canal, 10 throbbing pUT O re' b ea o r Zls, o o fi r an kid y n n e yoxs.ious matters from the stomach, BIRTHS. t, t il° GLYN.—On the 18th inst., at Upper Ee e l es ton-stre e o , wife of Henry Carr Glyn, Comman der R.N., S. Miranda, of a son. tl lB GOLD. _An the 19th inst., at Sackville-street, 1) 111)11° ' , wife of Mr. Henry Gold, of a son. afor° SMITIf.--On the 11th inst., at Shipley, neat' 131' 2 001 l Yorkshire, the wife of J. W . l -,-. of " i son Smith, ilisq *, and heir. MARRIAGES. 'Of KNOWLES—CHAPMAN.—On the 19th inst , at St. 11 1 ,/ ljtj s° l3 childof ir o F f r j a o n hn cis c e h . a Keswick, Charles G. F. Knowles, Lieut..R.N. °, 11 , j 0 0 , 1 11 0 square' park. el, -,..r. fol o le , p K m n a o n w , le E s s , q l3 ., a o r f t. c , iteovEeianlizaab.eth, L'—ilik MAvo n — ANDERSON.—On the 18th inst., at I lrevi l 'of Frederick Joseph Mayor Esq. of Rock - Villa, A ter rouadrr,aKy A ilb n u d rn er , so to n, L E il s l q ey , 'Ann, 'the youngest datir 'nsel . Murray of Tolliugton park, Iler DEATHS. AL N l , : r it fo 'r l O k N -s .— tre O et n , s th tr e an n di th ag in ed st ii4 R . iehard Aller ton, BARNES.—On the 17th nst., at Brighton, Alr' Barnes, aged 54. A ' g rg GARNISS.—On the 19th inst., at Park 'lane, Croyd°- Thomas Gamiss, aged 64. Cree l' GREENWOOD.—On the 18th inst., Captain Jos e p h wood, of H.M.'s 31st Regt. Li Quts HOOFER.— On the 16th inst., William Hooper , R.N., of East Harptree, Bristol, aged 62. potte lb POTTELL.—On the 13 th inst. , at Tottenham, Wil l ' - Esq., aged 7 6 . A Tt bel ROBERTS.—On the 15th i n st., C a ptain Richaru.° age of the Peninsula r and Oriental Company's Sery 39. 0 - LONDON : Printed and Published by 11 lIIRDO str_dis - No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tnn SuN 0 Moe, No. lisi-14(11.° in the Precinct of the Savoy, the Clowaty 0.- rdeashiY, July 22, nu. 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