The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

A4 l. ;6,4. ▪•▪ s Z qtr ‘l , \, st, ' k .. , ‘ ;2V:tor ..5 3 .% • lekaremr•Vt.eram.....ramor.. l, . NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. — C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Qneen, 39, Bruton-street. Bond-street. having been selected by the Committee to make the '*BADGE" to be worn by the Members of the "National Rifle Association," begs 'respectfully to inform them that . it m 7s. ayed. be procured at GOLD his E s t a blishment, in SILVER, .price , and in ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas. THEA TRE -ROYAL, HA MARKET. Lessee, Alt.. J. B. Backatone. TVIIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE !TATTIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Alter which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. M a thews, Buckstone , E . Villiers, R ogers , Arc.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--, Lessee and Manam, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, A.S.S. Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Cathcart, Miss R. Leclercq, &c. Followed by WERNER. Mr. Phelps, Mr. Ryder, Mr. E. Phelps, Miss Atkinson, Miss R. Leclercq, After which, a new comic drama, called A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder, Shore, and Miss M. Harris. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Co!leen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census " every Evening. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (215th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. eisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. lifessrs. J. f.. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Chorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY - HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas, including Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following. favourites • —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Ho llin g sworth ; t he NERVES , by . Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T H E 0 X FOR Ds 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy , of lig,hting, render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Ever y Lvening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from " Macbeth" and "tin Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned I.cvv—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the I\4 erves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission, Hall, sixpense ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEIIII DA.Y.—ldOrning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. 4m. To-stounow.-Morning, 412. 24m.—Afternoon, 4h. 44m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 25, 1861. 7;, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday.: 59—lowest this morning and during the night. CG—this day at noon. _ _ _ Ba.RomETRR-29.81. WlND—South-Westerly ; rather fresh, with rain. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1861. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1861. The Ministerial intentions in regard to the law changes consequent upon the lamented death of the Lord High Chancellor may now be stated, we believe, pretty confidently. They are throughout precisely what we ourselves at the very first moment anticipated, They run exactly in the order marked out by us in our earliest impression yester day afternoon. The Attorney-General, Sir RICHARD IiETHELL, is to be advanced with a peerage to the woolsack, to be England's new Lord High Chancellor. The Solicitor • General is in due sequence to advance, in his turn, by a single step to the post vacated by Sir RICHARD BETHELL— the post of the Attorney-Generalship. There will then remain to be filled up the secondary, but highly responsible, position of the Solicitor-General. And Who—is it asked—shall we have as Solicitor- General ? Let us answer the inquiry according to our belief—Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER is the lawyer whose name is set down for the post of Solicitor- General by Lord PALMERSTON. But Mr. PALMER it may objected lacks at this moment a seat in the House of Commons ! True—but that, too is, of course, taken into consideration by the PREMIER : and thus is the objection proposed to be removed ! The Appropriation of Seats Bill having been pushed through Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to claim the recognition of his new Radical, Free-trade, ex-Con servative opinions by winning the day as the new representative for South Lancashire. And—(don't you recognise the adroitness of it all at a glance ?) Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER, the new Solicitor-General, the Puseyite Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER is to slip quietly and snugly into Mr. GLADSTONE'S aban doned post as M.P. for the University of Oxford. So that after all there will only remain, to be decided upon, the selection of a newcandidate for the repre sentation of the Liberal Borough of Aylesbury. The tributes paid to the memory of the late Lord Chancellor CAMPBELL in the House of Peers last evening, though as brief and as cursory as could well be, did honour alike to the noble and learned lord so very recently and so very suddenly deceased, and to the generous feelings of the Upper House of Parliament. The absolute silence maintained on the contrary, in regard to this very lamentable occurrence, in the House of Commons, yesterday, still remains to us, up to the present moment, utterly inexpli cable. That obdurate and wholly incomprehen sible silence could not be attributed to any formal regard to Parliamentary etiquette, in respect to mere precedent it could not be attributed to any consideration for any kind of precedent whatsoever—remembering as we do, and as the Earl GRANVILLE well put it last evening, that the occurrence by which the whole country has just been startled is itself altogether and absolutely un precedented. Having opened his remarks in the House of Lords last evening by saying—" I venture to ask your lordships to agree to the adjournment of the House and the future consideration of the business marked upon the paper :" the noble Presi dent of the Council closed his brief but graceful allusions to the departed Chancellor by observing— I venture to ask your lordships to give an unani mous consent to this motion, and unless I felt con vinced that that unanimity would be displayed I should have refrained from asking your lordships to agree to a motion for which there is no pre cedent, because the case itself has no precedent that I am aware of in the annals of your lordships' house Whereupon the House of Lords—as nobly became it —adjourned accordingly. Lord BROUGHAM 'ming previously spoken with great emotion of the Noble and Learned Chancellor deceased, who had fallen un d er this astounding visitation of Divine Providence ; and Lord ST. LEONARDS, another illustrious and venerable Law Lord, having abruptly broken down, choked with tears, while en deavouriNg to offer a similar tribute to the departed Chancellor. Yet at the same time the sitting of the House of Commons was passing away without one word of respect being proffered to the memory of the late occupant Of. the Woolsack, Without the utterance o f one ' passing syllable in reference to the sudden death of Lord CAMPBELL, by any one of the noble and learned lord's Ministerial colleagues. Etiquette, we repeat, would not by possibility have had anything what ever to do with it—the terrible event being, as we have remarked, in itself quite unprecedented. The First Lord of the Treasury could vindicate the Government from blame in sending 3,000 troops to Canada on board the Great Eastern—the Home Secretary could indulge the house with another attempt to gloss over the gross favouritism shown towards that scion of a noble house, the redoubtable Mr. KING HARMAN of Cremorne Gardens notoriety : but neither Lord PALMER STON, nor Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS, nor any other of the members of the Cabinet from whose Council's the late Chancellor had but jest been snatched with such startling sudden ness could open their lips to breath one little sentence of regret or of commiseration. To-night we earnestly trust that this hardly decorous silence will at length be broken, and that the House of Commons will echo some of those sentiments of respect and regard already uttered in the Upper Branch of the Legislature. It takes a long time for our Northern American friends to open their eyes and understand the plain truth about Old England. One sensible article in a New York commercial journal we had occasion to notice not long ago. In our simplicity we really thought it impossible that a paper written with such intelligence, fairness, and manifest truthfulness, should not be extensively quoted into other papers, and produce quite a revulsion of opinion. It seems we had indulged a very absurd dream of the power of the press, or at least of truth through the press, in America, for the accusations and libels against poor old England are as virulent as ever. Our condact is contrasted with that of France, though France has followed us step by step. France, we are told, of different blood, religion, and laws, with cotton interests at stake as well as England, and interested like us in a low tariff, has not followed our un worthy policy ! And all this, while it would be hard to name an important circumstance in which France has differed from England in regard to this quarrel. The policy of the two countries is one. There is not, that we are aware, any difference whatever except in the details arising from adapt ing the same policy to diverse laws. We are utterly at a loss to conceive how the single fact of our not treating the Southerns as mere rioters, but regarding them as a body of men numerous enough to be dealt with as belligerents, —yet without any recognition of their Government, —could be construed as it has been. France, however, proceeded much further, having spoken of the Southern Confederation as one which all the powers of Europe will one day recognise, as the EMPEROR recog nises, the Kingdom of Italy. Let our Northern friends, however, take comfort ; we shall most certainly never recognise the Southern Slave States, as a Slave Confederation, unless driven to do it. So deeply as our interests are involved in the Cotton Question, we yet are confident that the supply of cotton is of less consequence' in our countrymen's eyes gene rally than the extinction of slavery. Were not the North so half-hearted on that subject, she would have the unmodified good wishes of this country for her success. What chills our zeal for the North is, that she fights—not to extinguish slavery, but to return to co-partnership with slave-holders. All her efforts are directed to making the Empire of the United States one half a Slave Empire, the other half a Slave-hunting Empire ! Let her choose a nobler aim, and she will have her reward. The last accounts in regard to slavery look both more hopeful yet more suspicious. The Cabinet appears to have restrained General BUTLER, it may have been in regard to the comm'asariat only, from taking more slaves into his works. Still he is not instructed to return them. On the other hand, the slaves are represented as running off in in creasing numbers; or what comes to the same thing, their masters are running away from them. Virginia seems to be quite broken up. The eastern part is only saved to the South by the pre sence of Southern levies, who are guessed to num ber about 50,000 or 60,000 men. The Western part has organised a' Government for itself, in order to remain faithful to the Union, and justifies its action by treating as null the old Government of Virginia on account of its treason. The Eastern half is now hemmed in on the North, West, and East, and can communicate with the South only, and it seems not unlikely that Gene ral SCOTT is maturing his plans with caution for a move southwards when he does make one, which will sweep the whole of that part of Virginia which is still in rebellion. North and South Carolina will follow, and when the latter is vanquished the poor helpless Gulf States will strike at once to save slavery. Mat is the bane of this whole struggle. The North is willing that slavery should , be saved—it hopes thus to purchase the surrender of the South. By proclaiming this to be a war of Emancipation against every State which has rebelled to keep its slavery—it would break up the whole cause of the war. Slavery and Secession would fall together. Well done M. THOUVENEL ! The Parisian diplo matist has certainly done the Delphic to perfection. It would be hard to find a despatch which seems to say so much for two opposite views—so much in favour of the POPE'S keeping his present position, and yet so much which leaves its author free to relieve him, or permit him to be relieved of those temporalities which clothe in sackcloth and ashes his spiritual rule. At first sight Italians might complain that their capital was hopelessly occupied t b i y th ont e h i e r h g o r l e e a l t ho stile ally,silvanieh vanishes. but on alancloonseargoinssopemecs indeed to be the opposite of withdrawal at pre sent, but the avowals and reasonings of the paper are such as would justify the Emperor of the FRENCH in putting to the decision of the ballot and universal suffrage at Rome his " oui" or "non' on the question will you have your POPE as your t em poral Ruler also ? France is made to sp ea k at once as a dutifully Catholicna s t o io e n n , la a r nd yet a s a as well as nation which has political and religious duties. G Il L u a Last y, r a s s d k ay od , L o o u r r d r s e o ad ri e N rs ß w u i s l s l E r L e Termesbpe respmecting a proposition from Spain and AustriatothaoctrtoorgE.e ther in support of the temporal power of Lord JOHN did not give any important particulars of the despatch, and it might not have been easy to do so unless the members could have it, as they now have, before their eyes. Nothing can ' be more polite in words to the two Governments ; their sentiments are in entire conformity with those of the Government of the EMPEROR." The EMPEROR shared their sorrows over the aggressions directed against the Pontifical States, and had neglected nothing to limit their consequences. 'The corps of occupation at Rome was augmented without delay, and the POPE being able to dwell with security in his capital in the midst of the tur moil which agitated Italy, has been indebted to the French troops for the preservation of a part of his territory; , His Government is gratified that the two Catholic Powers express their ap proval of some of his acts, and he testifies again "To the profound and invariable sympathies which animate it in relation to the chief of the Church." M. TIIOUVENEL, however, glides easily into the position he desires really to take ; " The precarious situation in which circumstances have placed the temporal power of the Holy See, do not excite less distressing sentiments among the Catholic nations, and as it concerns the peace of consciences that such serious questions should not remain for a long period in suspense, it is certainly the duty of governments to unite their efforts, in order to simplify them and facilitate their solution." But the question then arises how are they to unite them ? For one thing the temporalities of the POPE cannot remain in an abnormal condition ; as he happily describes it—a system according to which the States of the POPE and the city of Rome should constitute, so to speak, a morlmain property apropriated entirely to Catholicism, and in virtue of an unwritten law, placed above the rights which regulate the condition of other sovereignties." Awkward, indeed, is the position in which he places the Ecclesiastical Legitimists when he first shuts them off from antiquity, and then shows that the temporalities of the POPE are a subject on which the non-Catholic powers have a clear right to be consulted. " I confine myself to recalling the fact that neither the most ancient nor the most recent historical traditions appear to sanction that doc trine, and that England, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden—Powers separated from the Church— signed at Vienna, with the same authority as France, Austria, Spain, and Portugal, the treaties which restored to the POPE the possessions he had lost." Then we have an alternation seemingly in favour of the " Mortmain" of Catholicism :—" The highest expediency—l hasten to proclaim it—agrees with the greatest social interests in requiring that the Chief of the Church maintain himself on the throne occupied by his predecessors for so many cen turies; the opinion of the EMPEROR'S Government is very firm on this point." Who would not sup pose from this that the POPE was to be temporal Sovereign of Rome for ever, if France could carry out her views ; yet, in immediate connection, we are told that the EMPEROR'S Government " thinks also that the wise exercise of the supreme authority and the consent of populations are in the Roman States, as elsewhere, the first considerations of the solidity of power." This seems as much as to say that, if the POPE wishes to enjoy an unshaken throne, he must imitate the example of the King of ITALY, or rather, possibly, that of the EMPEROR—in first conciliating the soldiers and the peasantry, and then banishing or silencing all the patriotism, genius, and independence of the country. It then remains politely to say, we mean to do all ourselves, without any help from you. The gravest dangers of Rome are from without—our occupation meets present difficulties, but " the future remains exposed to hazards which we wish sincerely to avert." He remarks that Austria and Spain, while agreeing with him in their objects, do not indicate how they wish to attain them. He regrets that the stipulations of Villafranca and Zurich were not completely carried out, being deeply grieved, doubtless, that they led to the annexation of Savoy and Nice. But whatever is done must be done on the principle of non-intervention which has saved, this year, the peace of Europe. The occupier of Rome lecturing on non-intervention, is certainly something curious enough. But what are we to say to the mysterious closing paragraph of this Despatch ? " There exists in our eyes a strict connection between the regular acceptance of the facts which have so considerably modified the situation of the Peninsula, and the solution to be given to the Roman question. The Government of the Emperor will, then, be very happy to learn that Austria and Spain deem it possible to enter also in the only path which, as seems to it, can conduct without new shocks to a practical result ; but it does not hesitate in any hypothesis to give the assurance that for its part it will not adhere to any combi nation which is incompatible with the respect it professes for the independence and dignity of the Holy See, and which would be at variance with the object of the presence of its troops at Rome." Well, we suppose by the announcements in the Moniteur, that the Emperor has "regularly accep ted" the facts in Italy. What sort of a connection does he mean to show between so doing and the settlement of the Roman question ? What is the object of the occupation ? What mean the " Independence and dignity of the Holy See ?" Does the latter mean temporal independence, which it has not certainly now ? Does it mean spiritual independence such as the King of ITALY is willing to guarantee? All such questions this clever dispatch leaves unsettled—but the only consolation the friends of Italian freedom can find, it is that it does not commit itself to the wrong side ; while at Madrid and Vienna they are probably but too thankful that it does not commit the EMPEROR to the right one. The Mercnntile Law Amendment Society has recently forwarded to us certain important argu ments of theirs anent the Bankruptcy Bill as amended by the Lords—arguments that, to say the least of them, are entitled to very serious conside ration. They relate especially to the two princi pal amendments suggested by the Select (and, we may add, Secret) Committee of the Lords, amendments afterwards carried into effect by the Lords themselves, and now remain ing to be refused or accepted by the Commons, with Sir RICHARD BETHELL'S bill, as originally framed by him, and as passed by the House of Commons with scarcely any modifications, acting under the guidance of the Attorney- General. First of all, the amendment striking out all the clauses relating to the appointment of a chief judge of the new Court of Bankruptcy. And secondly, the amendment leaving the creditors' assignees still without any control whatever over the official assignees. The arguments adduced by the Mercantile Law Amendment Society against this interference on the part of the House of Lords irtehgear Committee to the first.of the I t i s Mercantile are chiefly noti cea bl e in regard to the second point, and scarcely w or thy o f an y l e ngthened discussion n ment Society that h their memorial of March one single word in opposition to the appoint went of the Chief Jud insisted, Law correctly A ee n d by- t e merchants of Manchester, in chlast, contained not ge of the C o urt of Bankruptcy. Another ar at Hudders fieldn memorial emanating in the same month from the Chamb ers o f Com merce, make ak Bradford,ea great 'td point of telli ng us, contained no objection whatever to the sugges tion of that New Judicial appointment. There was moreover, we are reminded, on the 18th April last, a meeting held in London, attended by representatives of the Manchester Association for the Protection of Trade, the Manchester Guardian Society, the Cham bers of Commerce at Birmingham, Bristol, Bradford, Hull, and Worcester, the Law Amendment Society, the Association for the promotion of Social Science, And of the Society for the promotiou of Mercantile Law Amendment. At a meeting a sub-committee was appointed "to consider what amendments in the Bankruptcy Bill, as it had passed the House of Commons, should be pressed in the House of Lords. This sub-committee met on the,l9th April, and were engaged the whole day in considering the bill, but no opposition was suggested to the scheme for the appointment of a Chief Judge, although one of the most active and intelligent members of the Manchester Association was present and took a prominent part in the discussion. Further on, taking courage to themselves from all this, in their advancing of the notice of a new Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy, the Mercantile Law Amendment Society's Committee advances I thus from a negative argument in its favour; observing—" During the present session, petitions have been presented to I'arliament, signed by one hundred and two leading banking establishments, and between three and four thousand of the princi pal mercantile and manufacturing firms in the kingdom, representing a business whose average annual returns exceed three hundred millions a year, and who have outstanding debts exceeding fifty millions. These petition's prominently asked that a (hicf Judge should be appointed to preside over the Court, and that the creditors might deter mine whether a bankrupt's estate should be realised by the official assignee or assignees chosen by themselves, visited by a paid manager." Which last sentence, containing within' it a sort of double barrelled petition relating to the Chief Judge and to the creditors' assignees, brings us to the argu ments now brought forward in favour of the en hancement of the powers proposed to be awarded to the latter, that is the creditors' assignees. Be fore referring to these arguments, however, in reference to the creditors' assignees—lt is worthy of remark, en passant, in respect to what has been here said about the Chief Judge's appointment, that all the absence of objections to it in this Cham ber of Commerce or in that, in this memorial or in that, nay all the requisitions made in favour of it at London meetings or sub-committees of mer cantile delegates, and so forth—just go for abso lutely nothing in the recollection of the statement made last week in the House of Lords by a noble and learned lord, speaking upon the subject with great authority. The statement still remaining to this moment uncontradicted alike in the Lords and in the Commons ! The statement namely that, sup posing the Chief Judge really to be appointed, it would be almost impossible to find him more than fifteen days full work within the twelvemonth. When Sir R. BETHELL has shown this statement to be flagrantly founded in error (as he may), then, but not before, we shall be disposed to enter more fully into the various suggestions for the maintenance of this appointment. Not thus doubtfully, however, are we invited by the Mercantile Law Amendment Society to rediscuss the question as to the granting of large powers in the way of revision to the creditors' assignees. A sug gestion thoroughly swept aside, as the public knows full well by the House of Lords, acting under the advice of its select committee. " The Select Committee," we are now reminded, with much reason " have given :effect to the principle, that the creditors to whom an insolvent debtor's estate rightfully belongs, are the proper persons to decide in what manner and by what agents it shall be realised. They have passed those clauses in the bill which enable a majority of creditors to wind up a debtor's estate under a trust deed, in any manner they think fit, without the slightest official inter ference or control, and without any provision for the security of the assets; they have also sanctioned that part of the measure which provides for the removal out of the Court of a bankrupt's estate at any stage of the proceedings, where a majority of the creditors desire to wind it up under a private arrangement. In direct antagonism, however, to the principles acted upon in the above instances, they decided that creditors should not have equal control in eases where safeguards were provided for the safety of the assets, and for an efficient audit of the accounts, and where creditors could punish a debtor for misconduct. They may do whatever they please where a majority choose to keep the estate out of the Court, or to remove it after it has got there, but so long as it remains in the Court, a totally different practice is to prevail. If the Select Committee had laid down a general rule that all insolvent debtors' estates should be assignee, that would at wound up by an official least have been intelligible, but to afford ample facilities for creditors to realise their debtors' estate in all cases except where security is provided for its prop e r realisation and distribution, does appear most incomprehensible." We are yet san guine, however, that some honourable compromise may be arrived at between the sweeping revision .by the Lords, and the not unatural indignation of the Attorney-General at the scope and variety of the Lords' amendments. We believe that the succession of Sir Richard Bethell to the Chancellorship has been resolved on. Earl Granville, Lord President of the Council, had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, and delivered to her Majesty the Great Seal of England. THE ADRIATIC,—This noble ship made the most rapid voyage on record. She reached St. John's in five days and ten hours, and New York in nine days ! This surpasses anything hitherto accomplished in transatlantic navigation. BANQUET TO Mn. CDBDEN.—The Lord Mayor has invited Mr. Cobden to I banquet at the Mansion-house on the 10th July. A large number of eminent free traders, both English and foreign, will be invited to meet the hon. gentleman. Among the latter will be M. Michel Cheva lier, whose cordial co operation with Mr. Cobden has con tributed so materially to the conclusion of the commercial treaty baween the two countries. THE FATAL ACCIDINT IN MOOR-STREET.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the barmaid who lost her life by the explosion of a burning cask of rum was con cluded before Mr. Bedford yesterday. Several persons were examined who had been :n front of the cask when the acci • dent took place. It appeared from what they stated that it was placed before the bar and some feet from a jet at which customers were accustomed to light their pipes. No trace, however, could bo found of the way in which it caught fire, The top of the cask sudienly blew up, and at the same time a large volume of flame burst out. In the confusion of the moment the cask was overturned, and the flames, spreading on all sides, set the premises on fire. Mr. Findlay, the pro prietor, said that the rum, of which there were 20 gallons, was 32 degrees above hoof, and that it was a common prac tice for licensed victuallers to allow such casks to stand in front of the bar until it could be conveniently removed to the cellar. The coroner and jury condemned the practice in very strong terms. A verdict of "Accidental death" was pronounced. THE PorE's ITLNEss.—A letter from Rome of the 16th inst. says — 44 On Tuesday next the Pope will probably be conveyed to his country house at Castel Gan dolfo. At court and elsewhere alarming rumours about his health continue, What is most dwelt on is the gradual weakening of his mental faculties. As to that lam able to assure you that the Pope's illness is in fact rather moral than physical, and that it proceeds especially from the deep melancholy in which he has been plunged by the re ports of the Italian bishops that schism is inevitable, un less the church be put in accord with the national senti ments and the present needs of the Italian people. You can easily imagine that the Jesuits are already trembling ; consequently they surround the Pope as much as possible, and take him into the country in order to remove him from every other influence, and manage him after their own fashion. I know for certain that a personage highly placed and closely connected w.th the General of the Jesuits has stated that the Pope his often moments of delirium, in which he says things t 1 at it is desirable nobody should hear. It may very well be that what they call his morbid eccentricities of speech 1,1•3 only some sensible talk on his part—some expression of views more in conformity with the interests of the state. tut it is most likely that the great apprehensions expressed as to the health of poor Pius IX, are only too well fevwded." M. BENEDICT'S ANNUAL GRAND MORNING CONCERT, ST. ,TAMES'S HALL. We anticipated, from the contents of the pro gramme, that this concert, which took place yester day, would afford a great treat to those who attended it ; and our anticipation was amply realized. The artistes who essayed their services were of the highest class, evidenced by the names of Mesdames Alboni, Sainton-Dolby, Lemaire, Lemmens-Sherrington, Mesdlles. Titiens, Parepa, Sims Reeves, Guiglini, Belletti, Herr Formes, Beart,Weiss, Delle-Sedie, and Mr. Santley amcng the vocalists, while the instrumental department was supported by Miss Arabella Goddard, Benedict, Wieniawski, Ole Bull, and Piatti. The opening trio, "Pappataci," was charmingly sung by Belart, llelle Sedie, and Belletti, and put the audience in the best of humours at once. Madame Alboni gave the cavitina from Oberon, " Donzella nata in sen," and Rode's variations, " Al dolce canto," with an effect which elicited her re appearance. The entrancing tone and purity of her voice, combined with the mellifluous ease of her execution, have rarely been equalled. She sustained a part of the duet from " Semeramide," " Giorno d'orrore," with Madlle. Titiens, which was so deliciously given by both that it narrowly escaped the cruel trespass of an encore. The latter lady sang " The Lase Rose of Sumner " most exquisitely, and was recalled with en thusiastic applause. Madame Sherrington, in Benedict's recitative and air, " Quand tout d'un coup" created a sparkling effect, and Miss Goddard wound up the first division of the concert with her usual brilliant performance of Benedict's solo for the pianoforte, " Where the bee sucks." Among the instrumental execution, we must make especial mention of the duet for violin and violoncello. played by Wieniawski and Piatti. This violinist is a most attractive performer, being smooth, vigorous, and impressive in his touch and tone, and destitute of much of the mere trickery on four strings which is often mistaken for sound music. Piatti's power on the violoncello is beyond criticism. The mellow softness and speaking notes which he evokes from his unwieldy agent are wonderful in effect, and enchanting to the listeners, as they tes tified by rapturous expressions of delight. Bene dict's "Undine" was supported by. Madlle. Titiens, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Sims Reeves, Weiss, and the Vocal Association Choir, The whole of the music was sung beautifully, Madlle. Titiens rendered the sweet song, "Nark the Waves that Rippling Play," with a delicacy and taste not to be excelled, and Sims Reeves was quite at home in the recitative and air, "My own Undine." Indeed, the entire of the music was exquisitely given ; the only draw back to it being that, probably, it was rather too long for a miscellaneous concert. Giuglini excited great applause in the romanza, "In terra ci divisero," and was recalled to receive the homage due to him. M. Benedict played a pianoforte composition of his own with infinite delicacy and richness of style. The lucid and fresh character of his touch is very rare, and imparts an interest even to his accompaniments. The concert was, altogether, of a character to satisfy the most fastidious lover of Apollo's art, and arranged and conducted with un exceptionable care, merely requiring the "cutting out" of some of the latter portion of the programme to bring it within reasonable length. The hall was densely crowded with a most elegant and select audience, who seemed to thoroughly appreciate the zealous endeavours and love of his art so signally and unceasingly exhibited by M. Benedict. RAILWAYS IN FRANCE. A Bill has been presented to the Legislative Body authorising the construction of 25 railways, of a total length of 823 miles, which are to cost £14,692,000. They are—the Paris girdle railway on the left bank, to cost £BBO,OOO ; from Chateaulin to Landernau, to cost £932,000; from Napoleon Ven dee to La Rochellee, to cost £700,000; from Roche fort to Saintes, to cost £380,000; from Saintes to Contras, to cost £824,000; from Niederbronn to the Metz line at Thionville, to cost £1,712,000; from Louviers to a junction with the Rouen line, to cost £60,000 ; from D'Annonay to St. Rambert, to cost £280,000 ; from Dijon to Langres, to cost £472,000 ; from Chatillon sur Seine to Chaumont, to cost £442,000 ; from Chaumont to Toul, to cost £908,000 ; from Bergerac to Libourne, to cost £600,000; from St. Girons to the Toulouse line at Tarbes, to cost £200,000 ; from Grasse to the Toulon line at Nice, to cost £152,000; from Napoleon Ven dee to Sables d'Olonnes, to cost £268,000; from Napoleon Vendee to the Angiers line at Niort, to cost £728,000 ; from Napoleonville to St. Brieux, to cost £662,000; from Auxerre to the Nevers line at Chagny by Clamecy, to cost £920,000; from Clermont to Montbrison, to cost £158,000 ; from Commentory : to the St. Germain des Fosses line to Clermont, to cost £688,000 ; from Port Vendres to the Spanish frontier, to cost £440,000 ; from Dieuze to the Paris mad Strasburg line near Rechi court, to cost £140,000; from Sainte Marie-aux- Mines to Schelestadt, to cost £64,000; and from Boulogne to Calais, to cost £60,000. The expenses. upon railways up to the end of last year have been by the State, £32,440,000, and by companies, £152,000,000, making a total of £184,440,000. On the Ist of January of the present year the State had contracted to pay the railway companies £7,870,000, and the companies had un dertaken works for railways already conceded to cost £57,320,000; and for lines to be hereafter conceded to cost £12,000,000. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—A most murderous out rage was committed at Chatham at a somewhat early hour on Saturday morning, by a convict named Burkett, a most desperate character, on one of the wardens of the convict establishment, named Cooper, who, but for the timely arrival of some of the guard to his assistance, would, there is little doubt, have met with his death at the hands of his brutal assailant; as it is, however, the unfortunate keeper has received such fearful injuries that, even if he survives, he will be totally incapacitated for further service. In describing the murderous attack it is necessary to state, that for several weeks past the whole of the convicts have been withdrawn from the dockyard and the other public works at Chatham on n hich they were employed, in order that they might be occupied in brick making, the authorities having wisely determined on rendering the labour of the prisoners more profitable, by employing them in manufac turing the bricks hich will be required in building the large docks and basins about to be constructed at Chatham. Early on Saturday morning the convicts were marshalled as usual to commence their daily toil, each gang being under the charge of a warder, who was furnished with means to defend himself in case of being attacked. The gang of which the warder Cooper had charge included the convict Burkett, the prisoners being employed in preparing their tools. At this moment Burkett, who had not received tho slightest provocation, rushed at the warder, and dealt him a terrific blow on the back of the skull with a spade with which he was about to commence work. Fortunately, the thick cap worn by the warder acted as a protection to the head, or there is little doubt that the blow would have cleft the skull in twain. As it was, however, the spade cut through the cap and inflicted a ghastly cut, several inches in length, from which the blood poured in a torrent. Before the unfortunate warder could do anything to defend himself his assailant followed up his first blow by another, which knocked the warder down. From the marks on the body of the injured man, it is evident that the intention of Burkett was to murder him—indeed, he subsequently ex pressed as much—there being a severe cut on the shoulder from which the clothes were torn, and also one on each of the arms, all inflicted with the spade. The most serious injury, next to the wound at the back of the head, which Cooper has received is a severe cut on the right hand, which is nearly cut in half across the knuckles, his brutal assailant having " jobbed" the spade down on his hand as his intended viclim lay on the ground. Should the warder recover from tho effects of the injuries, he will never again have the use of this hand. The cries of Cooper at tracting the attention of the ether warders and guard, they hastened to his assistance, and having secured Burkett, the injured man was removed to the prison infirmary, where, owing to the character of the \rounds he had received, it was at first thought he would not survive. On inquiring at the prison yesterday, however, it was stated that he was better. Cooper is described as bearing a most exemplary character, and of a harmless, inoffensive demeanour. He has been employed in the convict service a great number of years. No reason whatever can be assigned for the mur derous attack on the part of Burkett, except that he is a man of most brutal character. A short time since he at tempted to make his escape, for which he has since been working in irons. He was also one of the ringleaders in the late mutinies. Immediately after the occurrence on Saturday he was placed in the cell and heavily ironed, to await the directions of Sir Joshua Jebb, after which he will be handed over to the civil power. HUNSTANTON RAILWAY.—At the meeting of the East Anglian Railway Company, the shareholders decided that the proceedings of the Directors should be carried out. The Railway is therefore safe. We are informed that Mr. Le Strange has made arrangements for letting land adja cent to the shore on building leases, and it is certain that so soon as the rail is commenced, -building will commence also, LATEST NEWS. FRANCE AND ITALY. PARIS, JUNE 25. The 111oniteur• of to-day says : " The Emperor has recognised Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy. " In notifying this determination to the Cabinet of Turin, the Government of the Emperor declare that they decline any responsibility in enterprises of a nature to disturb the peace of Europe, and that the French troops will continue to occupy Rome so long as the interests which caused their presence there shall not be protected by sufficient guaran tees." TURIN, JUNE 25. The Opinione of to-day says : " Baron Ricasoli will probably communicate to morrow to the Italian Parliament the note of France and the reply of the Cabinet of Turin relative to the recognition of the kingdom of Italy." The IV ationalites affirms that the state of the Pope's health is more precarious, and that much uneasiness is manifested by the Cardinals on that account. NAPLES, JUNE 24. The National Guard have arrested a band of brigands on Mount Vesuvius. ROME, JUNE 23. On Thursday last, when Cardinal Antonelli was officially informed by the French Ambassador of the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy, he replied, " This is where we have been led by the solemn promises made by your Emperor at the beginning of the wai." The health of the Pope has improved. BERLIN, JUNE 25. The Crown Prince and Princess Frederick Wil liam, with their two children, left Berlin yesterday evening by the express mail train, for Cologne, on their way to London. TURIN, JUNE 24. To-day the Chamber of Deputies, after an ani mated debate, adopted the bill on the national armament by 218 against 30 votes. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 23. Their Imperial Majesties returned yesterday from their journey to Moscow. THE HAGUE, JUNE 24. Baron Sloet van de Beele has been appointed Governor of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies in the place of M. Pahud, who has resigned. THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Valetta, with the above mail, left Malta for Marseilles on the 23d inst. at 11 p.m. The Sultan, with the heavy portion of the mail, left Melia for Southampton at noon on the 24th, and may be expected about the 2d proximo. The new shaft which the Behar had on board was fitted at sea, and works well. She arrived at Suez on the 19th, and will take her regular turn. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY MORNING. The Vectls, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 o'clock this morning. The mails leave for London at 10 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 24,—Prices remain about the same as on Saturday, business continuing within the narrowest limits. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f. 65c. Railway Shares heavy, with but trifling change in quotation. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 96 65 Do ead month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 65 Bank Shares 2922 501 Credit Mobilier 696 25 Do. Account 695 Credit Foncier 1025 Belgian 41 — Piedmontese Fives 73 65 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 49 50 Home Debt ILAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... New ditto 895 .. -- -- Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 .. 946 25 Geneva 4OO Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 492 50 492 50 LAW INTELLIGENCZ—(Thts Day). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice •Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley.) 111 4 LARTY V. MIDDLETON-iUDG3IENT. This case came before his Honour on exceptions to his chief clerk's certificate in taking partnership accounts on the dissolution of partnership and sale of the mercantile ship Shummack, and others under mortgage by this com pany. His Honour, in delivering judgment, entered very fully into the particular mercantile transactions and very complicated accounts between the parties, and after considering the Mercantile Shipping Act of 1845, and the Act 8 and 9 Vict., cap. 1859, came to the conclusion that the accounts showed nothing was due to the defen dants at the time of the sale of the ships under mortgage. His Honour declared that the plaintiffs had no relief against Messrs. Haliburton and Company, and that the bill must be dismissed as against them, but without costs. And with . regard to the defend an t s Middl eton, as they were not entitled to sell the ships in question, the balance of 1900 is to bear interest at 4 per cent., and the ascertained value of the ships at 5 per cent. from 19th Sept., 1856, and direct the defendants to pay the amount thereof to the plaintiffs, with interest and costs of suit. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) LEDGER V. STANTON. It appeared that the lessor and lessee entered into an agreement; the lessor to demise his lands under a charge of £1,200, in consideration of a rental of £3OO a year, with power to pay the £1,200 at the rate of £4O per annum over the rental during the currency of lease, until the sum of £1,200 was completely paid up. And the question was whether the defendants were liable to pay annually £3OO or only £250 of reduced rent. It was contended that this agreement was a release of the original lease. His Honour, the Vice-Chancellor, decreed in favour of the plaintiff, without costs. The executor's costs to be paid out of the estate. IN RE WYLD. This was an application under Lord St. Leonards' Act to have a sum of money paid to a legatee before attaining majority. His Honour expressed an opinion to the effect that in future he would not, except in administrations, entertain such applications (by motion) unless a bill was specially filed for that purpose, and then he would decide on bill and answer. His Honour declared that the trustees were entitled to pay a fifth share to the children, and that they were to pay costs out of their share. IN RE THE INCUMBENT OP WIIITECHAPEL. His Honour declared that the railway company were bound to pay the expense of pulling down the houses, with costs. DIVORCE COURT. (Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Special Jury.) WALKER V. WALKER, CRAW AND NICOL. This was a suit by the husband, a shipping agent resid ing at Liverpool, for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with both co-respondents and other persons not known, to which the respondents pleaded simply denial. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., Dr. Spinks, and Mr. Lloyd were counsel for the petitioner; andlthe co-respondents were re presented by Mr. Edward James, Q.O ~ Mr. Colridge, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Dr. Pritchard. The respondent did not appear by counsel. From the statement of Dr. Phillimore, who opened the case, it appeared that in the summer of 1851 the petitioner was travelling in different places in the Mediter ranean, and that he became acquainted with the respondent, who was the daughter of Jewish parents living at Leghorn, and that being smitten with her he proposed marriage and was accepted. They then came in the same vessel to Eng land, and were married in June, 1857, at the Scotch Church, Liverpool. They cohabited at Manchester and Liverpool until 1858, when the petitioner, who had become a bankrupt, resolved to go to Corfu in order to improve his. situation, and it was arranged that his wife and family should join him when he was settled there. He accord ingly left England, and his wife remained at Liverpool until the following year, when she sent the children and furniture by sea, and followed by overland route. How ever, before her arrival, Mr. Walker discovered amongst the furniture letters that aroused his suspicion, and oa his wife's arrival he refused to cohabit with her. He returned to England, and from information he received he determined. to adopt the present proceedings. The learned counsel then proceeded to state that Mr. Craig was a medical man, who attended the petitioner at Seacombe in 1857, and after wards visited Mrs. Walker at times when he was absent on business. Having discovered this circumstance, Mr. Walker wrote to him, and the visits were discontinued. It was alleged on the other side that these visits were purely professional, in consequence of Mrs. Walker's state of health ; but though they were as often as three and four times a week, and extended over a period of three months, it appeared that Mr. Craig made no charge for his services. Shortly after Mr. Craig ceased calling at Mr. Walker's, Mr. Nicol, who was an acquaintance, and had a wife and family, became a frequent visitor, and if the evidence of the petitioner was to be relied on, an immoral intimacy almost immediately commenced between him and Mrs. Walker: The marriage having been formally proved, Margaret Jones was called. She stated that she lived in service at Mr. Walker's, and was engaged by him while he and his wife were staying at Seacombe, in 1857. She ac companied them to Liverpool, and they had two other female servants, Jane Green and Mary Hamilton. They lived at Blackbourne-terrace, in Liverpool. Dr. Craig generally called at the house about 11 o'clock, and Mr. Walker used to be out on business from ten o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon. It was usual for Mrs. Walker to send out the children between ten azd eleven o'clock in the morning. Dr. Craig saw Mr. Walker only three times after he left Seacombe, and his visits subse quently were entirely to Mrs. Walker. Dr. Craig used to remain an hour, and sometimes much longer, in the room with Mrs. Walker. She recollected one morning carrying up coals to the breakfast room, and entering the room without knocking. Mrs. Walker was seated on the sofa with her jacket off, and Dr. Craig was also on the sofa. He was buttoning his boot, and his trousers were unbut toned. Mrs. Walker had no stays on, but she had on her petticoat. Mrs. Walker snatched the coals from her and desired her to leave the room, Some time afterwards Mrs. Walker came to her in the kitchen and called her a brute for coming into the room when Dr. Craig was sounding her. She also threatened to discharge her. Mr s . W a lk er always gs when sh e expecte d Dr. Coverheard a conversat i on had ra g d e . s s e s r h t b e r r e o m u g e h m t b i e n r e o d n h m a v o ni n g n between Mrs. Walker and her husband in the course of which he said he had written to Dr. Craig, who did not call more than two or three times subsequently. When Mr. Nicol called, Mrs. Walker, contrary to her usual prac tice, used to dress early. She never saw Mr. Walker angry except on one occasion when he taxed his wife with receiving visits constantly from Mr. Nicol. Mrs. Walker used always to let Mr. Nicol out herself, and she remem bered on one occasion them going into the dining room together and her locking the door. Some evidence confirmatory of the preceding witnesses's statements was called. (The case was not concluded when we went to press.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CASE.—ASSAULT ON A TAVERN KEEPER Ift A GENTLEMAN.-Mr. George Evans (alias Tracey, of 25, St. James-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with the following assault on Mr. Aucompte, proprietor of the Round Table, St. Martin's. court Mr. Aucompte said this gentleman was in my house last night. I was coming out of my coffee-room, and there were 20 or 30 gentlemen at the bar at the time. The defendant made use of a most disgusting expression towards me, call ing me an old —. I refused to serve him, and told my barmaids, in consequence of the disgusting language, not to serve him, as I had been subjected to his abuse before. He then struck me two or three times, once with his gold knobbed stick on the arm. The defendant then insisted en having something to drink, and called for a bottle of cham pagne. His disgusting language continuing, I sent for a constable and gave him in charge. Defendant—He is jealous, because I speak to his girls over the bar. Charles Davis, waiter to Mr. Aucompte , p ro ved seeing the defendant poke Mr. Aucompte with h is stic k , and heard him make use of disgusting language, and say it w ou ld take 20 such humbugs to put him out of the house. Defendant said that what he said was in a jocular way. Mr. Aucompte denied this, and said:the defendant's lan guage was most disgusting before females. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to find two bail in £lO each for three months. AUSTRIA. The debates in the Reichsrath at Vienna are be coming very animated. The proposition of M. Nluhlfeld for the appointment of a committee to prepare a bill for securing the liberty of the person and another to secure the inviolability of letters, gave rise to an angry discussion. M. Rieger, the organ of the anti-unionist party, attempted to in troduce the question of nationalities, but was stopped by a call to order. M. Rieger then said—" Liberty of speech is then restricted !" The President re plied—" Order, order." M. Rieger exclaimed— " Huzza for liberty of speech as practised in Aus tria !" The President said—" I call you to order !" and M. Rieger retorted, "I call you to justice !" Vienna letters state that the health of the Em press of Austria is again very delicate. Her Majesty in the course of the present week is to leave for Possenhofen, and will probably go to Corfu. The Emperor is to accompany her Majesty to Salzburg. PUBLIC REVENUE .AND _EXPENDITURE. The following tables analyse with some minute ness the various sources from which the national revenue has been derived and the various channels through which the national expenditure has flowed. since 1843. The abbreviations in the first table re fer respectively to Customs, Excise, Stamps, Taxes, Income-tax, Post-office, and Miscellaneous items, and the figures appended under the various heads show their proportionate per tentage in each year :- Year. Cus. Exc. St. and Ta. Inc. Ta. P.O. M. 1843 .. 39.9 .. 24.5 .. 21.1 9.9 .. 4.6 1844 .. 411 .. 24.6 .. 20.9 .. 9 6 .. 3.2 1845 .. 38.1 .. 25 8 .. 22.4 .. 9.5 .. 4.2 1846 .. 38.3 .. 26.0 .. 21.8 10.1 .. 3.8 1847 .. 38.8 25.0 .. 22 9 .. 10.6 .. 2 7 1848 .. 39.3 .. 26.4 .. 20.5 .. 10.1 .. 3.7 1849 39 . 0 .. 26.4 21.1 10 3 .. 3.2 1850 .. 38.7 .. 27.0 .. 20.7 .. 10.2 .. 3.4 1851 .. 39.5 .. 27.5 .. 19.1 10.2 .. 3.7 181,2 39.1 .. 27.9 .. 19 0 .. 10.3 .. 31 1853 .. 38'4 .. 28.2 .. 18.6 .. 10.3 .. 4.5 1854 .. 36.6 .. 28.4 .. 171 .. 13.1 .. 4.0 1855 .. 33.1 .. 25.8 .. 15.4 .. 21.6 4.1 1856 .. 33.0 .. 25.5 .. 14.9 .. 23.1 .. 3.5 1857 .. 32.2 .. 25.3 .. 15.3 .. 22.4 .. 3 8 1858 .. 37.2 27.6 17.4 .. 11 9 .. 5 9 1859 .. 38.5 .. 29 4 17.5 .. 9.5 .. 5.1 1860 .. 32.6 .. 26 9 .. 16.0 .. 18.8 .. 5.7 A similar calculation applied to the expenditure gives the following results. The abbreviation " Na. Debt," it should be premised, comprises the charges incurred for the interest and management of the national debt, funded and unfunded. Under the head of the Civil List civil charges of all kinds are also included :- Year. Na. Debt. Civil List. Army. Navy. 1843 57.3 .. 14 . 3 .. 15 . 5 .. 12.9 1844 60.2 .. 12.2 .. 16.0 .. 11.5 1845 .. 57.3 .. 10.8 18.1 .. 13 : 8 1846 .. 55 . 1 .. 11.8 17'8 .. 15 . 3 1847 51'6 .. 11.5 19.2 .. 1 17 6 1848 .. 52'8 .. 141 .. 17.9 13 6 1849 .. 551 .. 13.2 .. 1 7 . ..• • • i 2 .8 1850 .. 60'0 .. 13 4 17' 8 • • 1851 .. 56 6 13.9 .. 17.6 • • 11.913.1 1852 .. 55 . 0 13 2 . • - I ° . ' • ' 1853 .. 51 3 13.8 .. 18.9 .. 13.0 1851 .. 46.3 12'7 • • 20'7, .. 22.5 .. 20.3 1855 .. 32 7 10.0 834 1856 361 10 . 7 • • 32 1 .. 20.1 1857 46.5 14 9 .. 211 .. 16.9 1853 47.4 15.0 .. 2PI .. 16'5 1859 44.5 11.8 23.3 17. 4 1860 39.4 15 . 9 .. 25 6 .. 19.1 The tables illustrate two patent facts-first, the growth of direct taxation, and, secondly, the state of affairs which has entailed upon us such heavy additional expenses for defensive purposes. The British taxpayer has already learnt this lesson to his cost, but will possibly derive a certain amount of satisfaction from the financial autopsy vhich is here presented to him. THIS DAY'S MARIfili:S. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIEL D.—'Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; Olovar do., £3 10s to £slBs ; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND. . M eadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £2 03 p er moo:. Both hay a n d straw moved off heavily at our uotations. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; clove', lOs to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per lead. Trade 7ull. Several loads of new hay have been on offer to-day, which have sold at from £2 lOs to £4 per load. COLONIAL. TEA., —The market has continued very dull, the dealers having deferred their operations until the forthcoming public sales, and prices have shown no change of import ance. SU GAM—Only moderate transactions have been recorded both for home consumption and for exportation, without lily material change in prices. In the refined market there has been a slight upward movement in values. COlTEE.—Business has been dull, but prices have slightly tended upwards. RICE.—The dealings have hen very restricted, without any change to report in quotations. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull. but owing to the destruction of about 8,800 casks at the disastrous fire in Tooley-street, prices have slightly advanced, P.Y.C., on the spot, being quoted 53s 9d to 64s •; and last three ment he delivery, 518 94 to 52s per evil.