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ORRITORNE.-PRIVATE EVENING FETES k.} at the Royal Cremorne Gardens, on THURSDAY, July 18, and WEDNESDAY, July 24, in aid of the Funds fbr the Relief of the Spitalfields Weavers and the Spital fle!ds Emigration Committee. LIST OF LADIES PATRONESSES (from whom vouchers for tickets must be obtained). Duchess of Wellington. Countess of Hopetoun. Duchess of Hamilton. Countess of Malmesbury. Duchess of Beaufort. Countess of Yarborough. Duchess of Marlborough. Viscountess Combermere. Duchess of Manchester. Lady Harriette Ashley. Marchioness of Downshire. Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Marchioness of Ailesbury. Lady Egerton of Tatton. Marchioness of Clanri,arde. Baroness Lionel de Roths- Countess of Chesterfield. child. Dowager Countess of Essex. Baroness Anthony de Rothe- Countess of Derby. child. Countess of Kinnoull. The Lady 011iffe. The Entertainments, Illuminations, and Decorations will be upon a scale of more than ordinary attraction. Admission Ticket (in exchange for a Lady Patroness's Voucher), Half-a-Guinea, admitting to all the varied enter tainments without any extra charge. Vouchers for Tickets will be exchanged on and after Thurs day, July 11, at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Vouchers not exchanged within two days of each Fete will be charged Fifteen Shillings. SPECIA_L NOTICE.—It having, been sugerested that some Amusements at an early hour migh t be acceptable to the Juvenile members of the families who may be present at the _fetes, it is proposed, with the sanction of the Ladies P atronesses, to arrange an Hour's Entertainment, from halt-past 5 until about half-past 6or 7 o'cl ok, to include the Inflation and Ascent of the Balloon—the starting of 12 small Balloons, of varied colours, as a Race—Madlle. 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Hollis 01 Consultation.-10 to 3 and 6to 8 ; suudays, 10 till 2. , , giZ 47/47 • . ? A f a f t 4 r 4eff An THE 4 rje ( I * - 11•17 v It was ycsterday announced o lc oc__- g , .0# yard that, by a new regulation about to take effect, the Admiralty receiving-ship Crocodile, of 8 ping, • \• 4, '4;;' • 'a te % , e / -17 :;CA 1 - U ,; R O IT • Commander Wm. Greet, many years stationed off • the Tower, is to be removed, and the station to be abolished; in lieu of which a branch office apper taining to the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, will be appointed in London, in charge of a Master, R.N. PRICE 4d STAMPED sd AN ESCAPE AND QUICK REC•APTURJ The Royal Alfred, building at Portsmouth, and with her timbers all in position as a 90 gun screw, has a gang of shipwrights employed upon hertaking the preliminary measures for her alteration to a 50 gun plated frigate. Her keel " scarphs" have been separated amidships, where she will be lengthened 18 feet, and a number of her upper timbers have been removed. It is expected that she will be taken to pieces as low as her fifth futtock, to all.Riw the necessary alterations to her ports, which are: to he rendered similar to the Warrior's. Her stern •was taken out yesterday, as in her new form of a-plated frigate it will fall in at its upper part, instead of projecting outwards, and will also be divestf:d of any "head," with its rails and accompanying crip pling weights, resembling, when complete, the Defence more than the Warrior. The Euryalus, 51, screw, in the first-class reserve at Portsmouth, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and officially tested her machinery, under the charge of Capt. Breadheed and the officers of the dockyard. She has been fitted with a poop, for service as a flagship, and is now ready for im mediate commission, and with her armament on: board. The following curious narrative of the escape of two convicts from Milbank Penitentiary on Sun day night and their recapture within three hours afterwards by the officers, who were instantly sent on their track, is such a striking proof of the efficiency and vigilance of the polic e as t o well deserve recording. It is very seldom indeed that any escape ever takes place from the great, prisons where convicts undergo the first instal ment of their sentences to penal servitude.. As a matter of course, among such hardened inmates half of whom are skilled in housebreaking, and all are more or less proficient in " dodges" of every kind, attempts to break their bounds are fre quent. But long experience of these ventures aids the restrictive measures of the prison authorities to such a degree that, as a rule, they are always equal to their task, and a successful or unsuccess ful attempt to escape becomes a mere question of superior strategy and cunning on both sides. The immense strength of Newgate, Dartmoor, and other new prisons, renders efforts to escape from them almost utterly hopeless. Not so, however, with the Penitentiary, which, intended for a bar rack, was built of brick, and was afterwards with difficulty converted into a prison, and, probably, now holds within its walls more desperate cha racters than could be found in the same circum ferenceoton a y s them again in any other part of the globe. The clas sification of these, th ere f ore , i s i m portant to the warders, w h o soon see the men who are lik e l y t o is endeavour to g e t away , an d w h o a t once t a k e mea suresell knownn to t frustrate he m a n h t i h m e s i el attempt s ,himself. ke e s h e but e tocapture of Sunday w a s planned by f haunt of every f e l on li kely to break his bounds is as w three u convicts . , o e successful iet.s Thus and two succeeded. From the way in which it was effected it must have been an affair carried on for many weeks. The three men were confined in one of the basement cells, from which an iron ventilator in the wall communicated with a cellar beyond. At a quarter to nine the hammocks in the cells are let down, and by nine all the convicts are in bed, and an open grating in the door of each cell allows the sentry to see that every man is sleeping, while once or twice in each night the cells themselves are entered and examined. The first care, therefore, of the three convicts was to make a perfect dummy with a regular nightcap, which was put in the hammock in place of the one at work. The next move was to get out the bricks round the ventilator. This must have been a long operation, for their tools were bad and the walls very thick, and, what was more, in order to enable the sentries to detect a The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. H . Stewart, C. 8., at Spithead, is under sailing orders, and no one leaves the ship except on duty. She is expected to leave for the Mediterranean this even ing or to-morrow morning after a concluding trial of her machinery in Stokes Bay to-day. The Accountant-General of the Navy, Sir Richard Madox Bromley, K.C.8., accompanied by Mr. IL. W. R. Walker, first-class clerk in Somerset-house, is now engaged in an official visit to the Devonpoit dockyard and the other naval departments in the port of Plymouth. The crew- -of llNguardship of sailing ordinary `Wellington, 72, Commander Cannon, flag of Admi ral Superintendent Sir Thomas Pasley, were paid off at Plymouth yesterday. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Capt. T. F. Birch to the Amphion, vice Capt. Cochran, invalided; John Robson, promoted to chief engineer; Wm. F. Cap, engineer, to the Icarus; and Wm. Powell, fi rs t- c i tlsa assistant-engineer, to the Marlborough. 1 attempts of the kind the bricks were white washed. But the convicts imitated this whitewash, and when they replaced the inner wall of bricks each morning made a composition to resemble mor tar and whitened it all over with the whitening they are supplied with for cleaning their tins, se that the most careful scrutiny in the day failed to detect the aperture. With such exquisite nicety was this done that even after the men were gone and everyone was marvelling how they could have escaped the opening was not discovered. As soon as the cellar 'beyond was gained the men only worked from one in the morning till about four. In this cellar was another ventilator leading out into the prison grounds, though still within the walls. The convict working at removing the bricks round this ventilator had a string fastened to his waist, the other end of which was held by his companions in the cell. Whenever they heard anything unusual, or thought the sentry was coming to enter the cells, they pulled the string and the convict at work instantly returned through the narrow hole in the wall, replaced the ventilator and piece of brickwork, and was in his hammock again in a .minute. At last all was ready for getting through the walls. The three men being employed during the day in making up Eoldiers' greatcoats for the Government had contrived, by little and little, to get together a great quantity of string, which they p l .atted into a long rope ladder, and hid in the cel lar. They also managed, though how no one knows, to get three of the soldiers' greatcoats there also, and Sunday night last was fixed for the attempt. The time chosen was between half-past 8 and 9, when the men are sent to their cells for the night. After 9 sentries are posted all round the outer walls, so that the men knew they must be away before that hour or not at all. They accordingly went to their cell, let down the hammocks, and two of them put in their dummies with nightcaps on under the clothes. But at this point the heart of the third, who had only a three years' sentence, failed him, and he refused to go. Of the other two one was a very desperate character, who had been transported before, and was then under sentence of 15 years' penal servitude. The other, though not so bad, was bad enough, for he also was a returned transport, and was again convicted last autmn, and sentenced to 15 years'. These two therefore were determined to risk everything to escape, and they accordingly got through the wall into the cellar, where they put on their soldiers' greatcoats. With the aid of their twine ladder they quickly scaled the inner high prison wall, then the outer, and running across the grass enclosure near Vauxhall-bridge, climbed the railings, and ran away. Just, however, as they cleared the railings a gentleman saw them and re cognised their partly convict dress as they made off. He at once gave information at the gate of the pri son. An alarm was sounded, the cells were searched, and dummies found in the hammocks of the two runaways. Instantly the case was put into the hands of four warders most skilful in tracing con victs. An examination of their previous notes about the men showed conclusively that there were two thieves' haunts to one of which they were certain to go, and with this to guide them, they started in. pursuit. Inquiries in the neighbourhood of the pri soon ascertained that the fugitives had taken a Hansom cab, telling the driver to go as fast as he could, as their sister had met with an accident, and been taken to an hospital at the east end of the town. This direction quite corroborated the conjectures of the warders and they accordingly started in a cab to the first of the two places the convicts were likely to make for. Here distributing themselves, a series of observations and cautious "Inspector Bucket" like inquiries were made, the general result of which soon convinced them that the fugitives were not there. Two warders, however, remained to lounge about and watch, while the other two proceeded to draw the next thieves' covert in the purlieus of St. Luke's. Ten minutes sufficed to convince these ex perienced runners that the men were thereabouts. As, however, the neighbourhood was a very bad one, and the convicts were not likely to return for the asking, the warders got the assistance of four constables of the G division in plain clothes. With this accession to their strength and detective sagacity the track was quickly and cautiously followed up, and the runaways traced to a public house. A few careless inquiries and a little lounging in and out and the police felt certain that the men had been there, and that, though they were not there then, they had, nevertheless, not been seen to leave. This enigma was at once understood by the detec tives. The convicts had been there, changed their clothes, and gone away without being recognised again, and this proved, actually to be the case. With this slight clue to show them that they must no longer attempt to follow their track by their dress, another way was tried, and the fugitives' steps so closely followed that at last the detectives got posi tive information that both the convicts, very respect ably dressed in their new clothes, would pass down Britannia -street at 11 o'clock. Here, accordingly,the six pursuers concealed themselves, and waited. But 11 o'clock came, and five and ten minutes, and then a quarter past, but still no convicts. At last the warders and police iss ue d ou t t o t ry back upon the tracks, and, as they w ere i n th e a ct of turning the corner of Britannia-st re et, ca me full upon the walking of anything two men, who, a little behi n d th e ir time, were b u t their quickly arm-in -arm, thinkingand recapture. There was an instant recognition, as instantly a desperate strugg l e , the warders and. w hi c h taxed the strength and determination of police, for the men fought, andkicked, off h bit tferaoteia ously. One, indeed , was so near getting policeman had to use his staff. As soon as they were fairly overpowered cabs were brought up be fore an alarm could spread or a rescue be attempted, and before 12 o'clock both men were ironed ani' back in their cells at Alillbank. Thus they trade their escape at 9, before half-past 9 the warders and detectives were in pursuit of them ; an hour afterwards the police were Gil a certala track, and soon after 11 4 in spite of all disguise, the men were retaken, and before rnidnightwere restored to their prison again. Fouche's annals contain nothing more cleverly managed on both sides than this escape and quick recapture. • TUE LATE TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION AT HACKNEY WICK.--Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Hum phreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the London Hospital respecting the death of Andrew Luck man, aged 29, who lost his life by the explosion on the pre mises of Mrs. Landon, a bone button manufacturer, at Hackney Wick, on Wednesday morning last. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 18610 THE UNITED STA2ES. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, JULY 2. I have made every possible exertion to secure a copy of the President's Message, and of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in time for trans mission by this packet. Whether it will be success ful or no the last Washington post before the sail ing of the packet can only show. Should they come, I will forward them in a postscript. Meanwhile, lest they should not come, I will indulge in a fan ciful budget, founded upon the known resources of the country. Before doing so, however, let me say that while there is a great capacity for direct taxa tion yet undeveloped, it is the opinion in New York that it will not be resorted to for the present neces bides of the country. This belief is founded upon the known wish of the Administration that the coming extra session should be a short one, and upon the impossibility of maturing and digesting in a short time a new system of taxation, affecting a country of such diverse and varied interests. Direct taxation for the necessities of the Federal Government is a thing unknown to living Ameri cans. The other and indirect sources of revenue have hitherto proved sufficient for the moderate wants of a Government endowed with no municipal powers, and with none of the varied functions here vested in the several States, but elsewhere in the national. vereignty . The mode of levying such taxes, a 11 tlan z wachinery for collecting them, must be c eated out of chaos by the Government. It is supposed in New York that the Government will not attempt the task until the regular time for the assembing of Congress. It may not, however, be uninterestiug to Englishmen to know how suc cessful such a tax will be when attempted. .1 believe that the taxable property of the loyal States, taken at the ordinary reduced valuation, may be set down at about 7,000,000,000 dols. One per cent. upon this would yield the pretty little sum of 70,000,000 dols. and, for reasons stated in former letters, I apprehend that the Government will be forced in self-defence to resort in the end to this sort of revenue. A nation that is not willing to make a sacri fice in the present generation, that evades direct taxation by shifting the entire burden of war upon future generations in the shape of loans, must lose its own self-respect and the esteem of the world. The North are not disposed to make that mistake. The holders of property understand perfectly that without money the Government cannot sustain its enormous efforts to maintain its integrity, and un less I greatly mistake the popular feeling they will respond to any reasonable call that may be made upon them without more than the average amount of grumbling. If, however, the Government decide, as I think they will, to defer the call until a more convenient season, there are other springs of revenue entirely untouched, from which the tap of the Secretary's rod may bring forth abundant streams of supplies. Tea and coffee, for instance, have been for nearly 20 years upon the free list of this country. The annual consumption of tea is (I believe, but I write without the figures before me) about 32,000,0001 b., of which the greater part is consumed in the Free States. Assuming that the consumption in the loyal States is about 28,000,0001b,—au assumption probably below the truth—and putting upon this consumption a duty of 15c. per lb. (not quite one half the British duty), we have an aggregate of 4,200,000 dols. from this article alone. The con sumption of coffee in the United States in 1860 was 177,530,6231 b., being about 25,000,000 less than 1859 and 74,000,000 less than in 1858. Assuming the war consumption in the Free States to be 150,000,0001 b., we find that a duty of sc. a-pound would yield 7,500,000. I think that coffee would' bear this amount of duty. Large stocks are on hand in this market awaiting the expected rise following a duty, and I should not be surprised to see such a duty followed by a steadiness in price, owing to the increase in supply that the dealers in that article think would take place. Sugar is another article which would bear a large increase of duty. The consumption of sugar in 1860 in the United States was 423,281 tons, of which 119,046 tons were o f d omes ti c p ro d uc ti on , 304,235 acquaintedtt tons n 4 s c .ot per ea f rt or pw e wo ig i pound, tnhnhd a, theg accordingradu marketsa production.ted duty to ufor t yThosether at h who n i sa article t i e are bestle esti mate article,sGtoavtee Government n om t i h en e no r tt e al w e rs o es u v l te d hnu b t: l e a e 03f3 c 0 0 1,7 n 0 :m 00u000 q g u in a g lit f y r e m of 2 t i h e e . , p too t on i consump tion d oy i i n ise.l, t da h inn e Free dg that the by putting a corresponding scale of duties upon molasses the Government would receive 3,500,000 dols. additional. Thus, by a judicious system of customs' duties upon these several necessary arti cles, a revenue of 32,200,000 dols. might be raised, and it is thought in *New York that the Secretary of the Treasury will, in some form or other, propose to avail himself of these manifest resources. It is, however, in the opinion of the best judges, unsafe to look for more than 60,000,000 dols. from the customs during the war, even with these increased y taxes upon e the necessariesmeet o f l t i h f e e . 0 r T d h i n i This w r y o u e l u d r r n e n o t t expenses of the country, and the interest upon the debt that must be contracted for the extraordinary war expenses, for the total expenses of the Govern ment, conducting war upon so gigantic a scale, can not reach less than 300,000,000 dols. a year. Should the war unexpectedly be prolonged be yond the twelvemonth, the Government would pro bably find its credit anything but good for the next year's loan, without a resort to some other sources of taxation to meet current war expenditure. Seve ral such sources are open to it. First, it may levy excise duties which would be little felt, and would yield large returns. An excise duty on malt and spirituous liquors at the rate of the English excise on similar articles would probably yield 50,000,000 dols. on the Northern consumption alone. Would it, then, be too much for a Secretary to the Treasury to assume to " realise" 35,000,000 dols. from this sourse ? An excise duty might also be put upon tobacco, of ; which. the annual consumption in the loyal states is about 50,000,0001 b., upon which an excise duty of sc. would yield 2,500,000 dole. Malt and spirituous liquors and tobacco are luxuries which might well be put under contribution when tea and coffee are made to pay tribute. Other articles and trades might be brought under contri bution in the same way, making an aggregate of about 100,000,000 dole. of revenue, before the ap peal is made to direct taxation. With such great and pure sources of revenue, a Secretary of the Treasury ought not to go wrong in making up his budget. He will undoubtedly have to make immediate calls for money before any of these sources can be made available, and to rely issue Treasury he m y upon th e cre di t o f t h e country f or t h e supp l y . B u t a by judi c i ous l y fostering that credit by i ncrease o f taxation Notes confidently o r ask Ex c a h l e o gu an e , r B i lls , o rauthority to sure that they can be negotiated at fair rates of interest, and that the credit of the Government will be sus tained. You are in as good a position as we are to judge whether as much can be said for the Confede racy of the South. If they are as well able as is this Government to carry on a great war, and are as determined to maintain their independence as the loyal States are to restore them to their allegiance, there is, indeed, a long and a bloody struggle before us. The sources of revenue which I have indicated must be unfailing, and must supply this Government with the necessaries of war, and with ample credit for whatever campaign it chooses to embark in. It is not believed here that the Confederate States have a ny similar means to rely upon. Cotton is at once their king and their slave, their taxable property and their circulating medium, and cotton is for the present hope lessly locked up by the ships of the United States. They pay their bills in depreciated Treasury Notes and more depreciated bills of petty , interior banks,not current with the solvent Jenks of Mobile and New Orleans, and they have not yet shown a disposition to meet the charges of war by practicable financial remedies—or rather, I should say, such is the best information we can get here about them. The story of the attempts of the Governments of the two sections at a compromise turns out to be, as I supposed it would, a mistake. There are no ele ments of compromise i n thi s quarrel as it now stands, and no desire for a compromise—at least, on this side. The Northern will is unmistakably ex pressed for a prosecution of the war till rebellion is conquered. For this object only, the loyal States have under arms 250,000 of their citizens, and for it they are preparing to make a great forward movement, whenever the military gentlemen in command shall give the word. The word " com promise" is not listened to to-day; nor will it be when Congress comes together. Not until the approaching battle is fought, certainly'—and pro bably not until others have been fought after it— will any terms of settlement be listened to short of subjection on one side or independence on the other. General Scott has now over 60,000 troops in and round Washington, including a column of some 3,000 or 4,000 men under Colonel Stone, who are thrown up the Potomac as far as Point of Rocks as a corps of observation, and the troops in Baltimore under General Banks. This great force lies upon both sides of the Potomac, near Washington— about 31,000 on the Virginia side, and about 28,000 on the Maryland side. The troops on the Maryland side are mostly about Washington, or so distributed through the well-reconnoitred country at the north of it as to prevent any surprise from that quarter. The force on the Virginia side is distributed along a line of some 10 or 12 miles, from below Alexandria to Little Falls, above Georgetown. A glance at the map will show you that this disposition makes an attack upon Washington, except by a vastly superior force, a certain failure. The columns of General Patterson and of General Cadwallader, numbering together about 20,000, of which 1,000 are regulars, have not materially changed position since my last letter. General Johnston, of the rebel army, with an inferior force, has managed to keep them in check by moving back upon Winchester, and has apparently thus far out-generaled them, gradually making i w s ay of the Kanawa his G e n w e raayl through a n th d e , o v w e s e t v h e ever, towards the same point, and must inevitably force General Johnston to fall back upon Manassas Gap. General M'Clelland is (to speak in plain terms) a man of different calibre from either of the other Federal generals operating on Gener a l J o hnst o n's lines, and will not be held in check by an inferior force. Whenever he reaches the scene of action General Johnston will probably be unable to main tain himself longer. It appears to be the opinion of the New York press that General Scott is preparing for an imme diate advance. If that be true, it is a changed policy. I have understood from the beginning that Gen. Johnston was to be driven back before the advance was made from Washington. The three columns are moving upon Winchester for that pur pose only. When they have done their work the coast will be clear for Gen. Scott's advance. Until that is done I doubt whether there will be any ad vance from Washington. Nor do I believe it will be made (I speak without information on this subject) un:il Gen. Scott is able to push forward a column of at least 50,000 men, and until he is fully supplied with waggons, ambulances, and means of transport, in all which the army is at present deficient. The Federal Government have at last taken com plete possession of Baltimore, and effectually put down the treasonable element in that town. The military commander of Fort M'Henry has deposed the Chief of Police and all his commissioners, and brought them within the walls of the fort as pri soners charged with treason ; and he has organised a local force in the place of the disaffected force, and assumed, on the part of the general Govern ment, the administration of the police of Baltimore. Thus the ultimate destruction of the Secession ele ment in Maryland and the triumph of the Union element, which gave several thousand majority at the late election, is rendered more certain ; and the possibility of an attack in the rear after the advance from Washington is guarded against. As I am writing, the news of Gen. Patterson's advance across the Potomac and renewed occupa tion of Harper'syerry is received. The New York Times publishes the usual yearly summary of the traffic at this port : The imports for the year ending June 10, Dols. 1861, were .. .. 191,328,000 Besides the above amount of merchandise there was imported of specie 33,197,000 Making a total of .. The exports from New York for the same period were— -117,933,000 Exports of dome s ti c produce .. • • /9 foreign articles re-exported 73 „ specie .. .. 23,845,000,05,000 .. 224,525,000 148,813,000 This shows a decrease of imports as compared with the return of the previous year, including specie, of 70,834,000 dols., and an increase of ex. ports, including specie, of 10,775,000 dols. Mr. Wilson, the Treasurer of the New York Cen tral Railroad Company, died yesterday of the in juries received by throwing himself, in a moment of derangement, from a window. The public are assured that there is nothing in his relations with the company calling for any suspicion. He was a gentleman whose reputation for integrity was un questioned. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money continued very cheap for call loans, but in the absence of even a fair business in commercial circles, and a consequent demand for business purposes, there were more lenders than borrowers :—Loans on call, Stock Securities, 41 to 5; ditto, bond and mortgage, 6 to 7; prime endorsed bills. 60 to 90 days, 6 to 7 ; ditto, four to six months, 10 ; first class single signatures, 7 per cent. per annum. The following is a statement of the condition of the banks of the city of New York for the weeks ending June 22. J une 29. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Loans Specie Circulation ... • 8,444,830 8 ,338,559 Dec. 106,271 Deposits registered, Sixes, 37 ; New York 87,602,843 88 ,721,752 Inc. 1,119,409 The following are the latest quotations offered for stocks : Hudson River Railroad, 32 ; d lar ) doa B d s , ; 4 V 3 i i rgi ; n m ia ie S h i i x ot es : s 22 ; Reading Rail 4rUc 05entandi Southerncr Missouri 2i Railroad, a u t e Guaranteed,r sS Michigan i i x x ee7ss3,i3l7BaCBE2l;e6r, Central rteere ;Tennessee Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, 55 ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 231 ; Panama Railroqd, 105; Illinois Central Railroad, 651 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 89 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 34 ; Galena and Chicago Railroad, 60i ; Delaware and Hudson Canal, 80 ; Pennsylvania Coal Com pany, 78 ; Pacific Mail, 60 ; Cumberland Coal Company Preferred, 41 ; Harlem Railroad Preferred, 224. The interest on the city debt of New Orleans and the state debt of Florida had been provided for in New York. Kentucky and the city of Louisville would also meet their engagements. Among the financial disasters at the West were the fail ures of William Belcher, of the Chicago Sugar Refinery, for 300,000 dole ; Mr. T. R. B. Eldridge, of the Bank of St. Paul's, and the disappearance of the cashier of the Green Lake City Bank, leaving depositors minus 40,000 dols. Cotton continued buoyant, with a fair demand ; price had further advanced le. per lb. middling upland, 141. BLONDIN.—M. Blondin made a most successful ascent at the Tivoli Gardens, Margate, yesterday, in the presence of an immense number of persons, notwithstand ing the unfavourable state of the weather. lle will make his twelfth ascent, at the Crystal Palace, on Thursday next at four o'clock. [ADVERTlSEMENT.)—H ollowa y'sOintment.—Measles, Scarlatina.—These are the first great trials after birth to which our children are obnoxious. Both diseases are very infectious, and both require judicious management. In one but the mother or nur se will find in H o ll oway ' s Oi n t men t the chest, in the o th er the throat, is most likely to suffer; a sovereign bal m f or these distressing symp t oms. Wh en rubbed upon the throat, chest, and back it is absorbed ; the respiration becomes more tranquil, th e cough less trouble some, the lip s grow l e ss livid, the eye brightens, and the countenance loses that anxious gaze always the forerunner of a sei ions assault on the constitution and nervous system. This invaluable ointment not only cures th urgent symptoms, but dispels all dangerous sequels, THE AFFRAY 1N NORTHUMBERLAND- STREET, STRAND. The police-court in Bow-street was about to be closed yesterday when Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, accompanied by the brother of Major Murray, waited upon Mr. Corrie to make an application. He stated that the Major, who is still lying in Charing-cross Hospital, a sufferer from two bullet wounds, had sent for him and begged him to in form the magistrate that he was most anxious to make a full and complete statement of all that had occurred in the office of Mr. Roberts be tween that gentleman and himself. He was most anxious to do this at the earliest possible opportunity permitted by the medical gentleman in attendance upon him. It was thought that in a few days the Major might be sufficiently re covered to do this without peril to himself, although from the ghastly nature of the wound in his throat, he (Mr. Humphreys) was not so sanguine as others appeared to be on this point. At any rate,Major Murray wished it to g o f or th di st i nctly tha Roberts was a total stranger to him, and that they had never met before this lamentable oc cas i on . againstwished himßob Roberts, sa,pbpul but was to his advisedw or tients being under the surveillance of the police. Mr. Corrie—l believe that is so. I t s h hni a pf t af t co h tr is tah c we ou aM r r s r e aajn was not necessary—both th e pa tients Mr. Durkin, superintendent of the F division, stated that both the gentlemen were in custody. There was a police officer in attendance on each. Mr. Corrie—No doubt care will be taken that neither of the persons, if both are spared, will escape a full examination here. At present the affair is wholly inexplicable. In answer to inquiries at the Charing-cross Hos pital last evening, it was stated that the condition of Mr. Roberts is neither better nor worse than it was on Saturday last. It has been ascertained, how ever, that no portion of his fractured skull presses upon the brain, and he is therefore conscious, but the severe beating he received has rendered him so weak as to leave him unfit to make a deposition, and indeed he exhibits no inclination to do so. The medical men in charge of the unfortunate man seem very hopeful that they will be able to save his life, but of course at present they are doubtful on that point. Major Murray is doing well, and bids fair soon to recover ; no wound, however, is so treache rous in its character as that inflicted by a shot, and hence the surgeons are always prepared, even when the case seems to be progressing most favourably, for a change for the worse. Existing circumstances seem, however, to indicate that such is not likely to be the case with respect to Major Murray. It may assist the public, who will no doubt eagerly peruse the above report, if we append such facts as have transpired since the publication of our latest notice on the subject. Roberts, who remains very ill, has after close questioning volunteered a statement in reference to the occurrence. He admits that he had never before Friday last spoken to Major Murray, and adds that his conversation with that gentleman was com menced by himself in Hungerford-market, and that it bore reference to a loan which was required for a hotel company, which he was anxious to arrange on behalf a client. When questioned as to the identity of his client Roberts gave the name of a gentleman named Anstruther, whom he described as anxious to advance the money. He admits hav ing invited Major Murray to his chambers, and states that on his arrival there the major first shot himself in the back of his neck, and then attacked him with the tongs. On being asked whether any altercation had occurred previously to Major Mur ray "shooting himself," Roberts says distinctly " No." This is all that has been elicited from Roberts, but from papers found upon his person, taken in connection with documents discovered in his chambers, no doubt whatever is entertained by the police authorities that a clue to the whole affair has been ascertained. The documents referred to do not in any way compromise Major Murray, and a strong impression prevails that when the facts are known the object of the attack will be made perfectly clear and intelligible. It is not expected that Major Murray will be able to appear at the police -court before the close of the week. THE KINGSWOOD 31URDER. REIGATE, MONDAY EVENING. This morning Johann Carl Franz, charged with being concerned in the murder of Martha Halliday, at Kingswood Rectory, on the night of the 10th of June last, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Sherrard, chairman, Mr. W. Street, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Hackulock, at the Town-hall, which, as on the previous occasions, was crowded to excess. Besides the magistrates there were present on the bench Mr. Alcock, M.P., the Rev. S. B. Taylor, in cumbent of Kingswood, and Mrs. Taylor (at whose house the murder was committed); Capt. Hastings, chief constable of Surrey, and many of the leading inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The prisoner was brought up from Horsemonger lane Gaol handcuffed. He listened with marked interest to every portion of the evidence. Mr. Grece, solicitor, of Red-hill, again acted as interpreter. Inspector Whicher (who has charge of the case) informed the bench that since the last examination of the prisoner, a reply had been received at the Foreign-office from the British Consul at Dresden, who had been requested by Lord John Russell to make inquiries as to the antecedents of the prisoner. It appeared from information thus obtained, that the prisoner left Konigstein in April last, where he had been working on a railway, and had worked his way by water to Hamburg, in the employ of Mr. Bremer, a raftsman. He then came to Hull by steamer. The prisoner had borne a very indifferent character in Germany, and had suffered two years and eight months' imprisonment there for felony. He had left a wife and two or three children at Shandau, in Saxony, of whieh place he was a native. A number of witnesses were examined, including Mdlle. Tietjens, with a view to prove the identity of the prisoner, but no new facts were proved. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was then committed to the assizes for trial, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. Mr. Colquhoun, Secretary of the Embassy of Saxony, attended the inquiry, and towards its close had a brief conversation with the prisoner. What transpired it is not necessary to state, but for the first time since his apprehension he seemed to realise the full extent of his position, and shed tears for several minutes. The chairman before leaving the bench begged to express the thanks of the magistrates to Mr. Grece, the interpreter, for the assistance he had rendered during the inquiry, and also to Inspector Whicher and Sergeant Robinson, whose services had been productive of the most beneficial results. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—It CoSt £5,709 to light the houses and approaches in the year ending the 31st of March last. The expenditure upon the building and furnishing, lighting and ventilating of the Houses since the commencement of last year has been £35,769 ; this is in addition to the current expenses of maintenance and re pairs, lighting, and ventilating, and it does not include the cost of decoration with fresco paintings and statuary. 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The column, which was encamped at Woolmer from the 4th to the 12th inst., consisted of the B battery- Royal Horse Artillery, No, 6 field-battery 4th Bri gade Royal Artillery, a detachment of the Military Train and Commissariat Corps, and 2d battalion of the 16th, and 29th Regiments. With the ex ception of this force, the whole division at the camp took part in a field-day in the course of last week, in celebration of Her Majesty's birthday. The following troops took part in the manoeuvres, which were, as usual, brilliantly executed :—lnfantry-Ist battalion 10th, 2d bat talion 20th, 2d battalion 25th, 32d, 2d battalion Scots Fusileer Guards, 41st, 45th, 53d, 78th High landers, and 84th Regiments. Cavalry-2d Life Guards, sth Dragoons, 9th and 16th Lancers, and 18th Hussars. Artillery—A and I batteries Royal Horse Artillery, 7th, Bth, and 11th batteries 4th Brigade, and 2d, 6th, and 7th batteries Bth Brigade, the A troop Royal Engineer Train, and 2d and 33d. companies Royal Engineers. The following changes were yesterday made in the batteries of Royal Artillery to fill up the vacancies caused at Woolwich and Sheerness by the embarcation of 1,000 non-commissioned officers and. men of the Royal Artillery for service in India : No. 3 battery, numbering 170 non-commissioned officers and men, under the command of Captain. Dirom and Lieut. Stevenson, of the Indian Artil lery, from Great Yarmouth ; and a detachment of 350 gunners and a due proportion of non-commis sioned officers from Woolwich, for Sheerness, where they will be attached to the Depot Brigade at that. garrison. Yesterday the reinforcements for the Ist battal:ton of the 4th King's Own, to the number of 120 non commissioned officers and men, proceedeet from. Chatham garrison to Gravesend, and embarked on board the chartered East India troopship Cospet rick, 1,119 tons, Capt. C. Scott, belonging to the firm of Duncan Dunbar, for Bombay. The troops proceed to India in charge of Ensign William H. E. Stone and Ensign Edgar Montagu Kemp. Yesterday the screw-steamer Hydaspes, 2,249 tons, Capt. G. H. Forster, belonging to the East India and London Shipping Company, embarked at Gravesend 21 non-commissioned officers, 150 gun ners, 150 drivers, 20 men, and 12 children of the Royal Artillery, for Calcutta, with the following officers :—Captain J. Barton, Lieut. J. Macgregor, Lieut. J. Keith, and Lieut. R. H. Grant. The Hydaspes will leave the Thames for her destination to-day. The hired troopship Adamant, Captain Sheard, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, at an early hour, with a detachment of the Royal Artillery Depot, commanded by Col. Kennedy, to proceed to Cal cutta. The Adamant having been carefully in spected by General Sir Richard Dacres and Staff on the preceding day, the troops embarked on Sun day evening, in readiness to sail with the first tide. They consisted of Major Light, of the Indian Artil lery, in command; Lieuts. Gardner, Smith, and Kelso ; Assist.-Surg. O'Leary, 10 non-commissioned officers, and 275 gunners. A second detachment, likewise belonging to the depot, consisting of 360 of all ranks, was paraded at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Having been formally inspected by the commanding officer, Colonel Kennedy, it left Wool wich for Sheerness; the detachment was commanded ' by Capt. Hanwell, Lieut. Cottingham, and. Assist.- ' Surg. Forshall, who will return to headquarters,the L Woolwich, after giving over the detachment 2 to ' depot at Sheerness. A detachment of 6 drivers yesterday morning from the adepotlso leftfo for Aldershott.Woolwich THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. In accordance with his promise, Mr. Coningham, the member for Brighton, put a question to the Under Secretary for War last evening, in the House of Commons, as to the employment of a body of the Royal Engineers on the new barracks at Chelsea, in the place of the masons who had struck work. The reply of Mr. Baring was looked forward to with great interest by the building operatives, as to whether the Government would justify this inter ference between the masters and the men. On the reply being communicated to the deputation in waiting they expressed themselves in strong terms as to its unsatisfactory nature, and their determina tion to get the subject brought before the house in another form, which wou ld ena bl e severa l .m embers io i who symp a thi se w ith th e men i n t h e i r ol ppo it n t :re to express their opinion s on the subject. to the interference on the part of the exAeo meeting uti of the committ ees w ill b e h e ld this day, 0 decide • 1- on the course to be pursued. The bricklayers yesterday made progress in ob taining some important recognitions of the terms of the compromise. There is a c l as s of m en b i n the building trade, more especially in the l a r n a t n c relating to brickwork, who, having firms who contracts from the own ,arge employers w conveniently yards of their join together abnendnottballeye havesuob-r more on their hands than they c an_ . manage, the materials being suspupb-c ontractor cases manage, the large have introduced the hour system, and who have rur:sued cannot obtain the necessary supply of skilled workmen, and contracts under hand, finding they and that their works are lying idle in consequence, have resorted to the above method a evading at the Exhibition wor t k h s e ; fi_nd themselves placed. This course has been n difficulty in which they orough _for some time by Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, - and within the last few d ays Mr. Smith, of Chelsea, who has the building o f sub-contractors the Royal Marine Baths, at Charlton ; M r. t., Mr. Wilson, of ti ae rasseY, Old-street-road ; and Sews' Hosp: t al , who is building the in Albany,- 4 Jaturday, , 1 ; a,reet at Norwood, and some new schools the ' have oublet their contracts, and with ',he jobs on the compromise, Gs. Per d a y of terms of the . have engaged the men to go on - 1 0 hours for five days, with 3s. for who _ea vin employed 100 bricklayers at the Chelsea Bar racks, 80 of whom hour g work at 12 o'clock. Mr. Higgs, left him when he enforced the system, finding he could not supply their places, on Saturday discharged the 20 who re mained, preparatory it is understood to the contract being sublet, with liberty to the sub-contractor to pay the men as he pleases. Mr. Myers, also, yesterday, offered one of his large London brick jobs to a sub-contractor, who it is expected will commence the work to-day under the terms of the compromise. The 20 bricklayers who accepted the hour system from Mr. Higgs, but who have been discharged as above, at an hour's notice, will have no claim upon the society for pecu niary aid. The first instalment of the weekly levy of ls. per man from the carpenters and joiners work ing under prot es t was p a id into the mamons ' strike committee yesterday. Each mason who ii; w orking under the comprom i se i s pay i ng a weekly levy of 3s. toward s th e su pp or t o f th e r aen on st; ike. of ve ye Fr. .3r! he is- Ler DTI 'tic em rey NW :XI nd ral Ws i 44 I.Bs k4ll S 0' ❑' )13 0- of