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

THIS DArs AfARIC.ETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were very moderately supplied with wheat. Good and fine qualities moved off steadily, at full prices, but other kinds were a dull inquiry. Oats rea li se d quite previous rates ; but other kinds of spring corn were in heavy request, and the flour trade ruled inactive. Throughout the Continent the corn trade has been very inactive, and next to nothing has been doing for export. Advises from the United States report great depression in breadstuffs. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were much restricted. From abroad we received 25,289 qua rters of wheat; 1,130 barley, 17,632 oats, 2,830 beans, 2,810 peas, 763 linseed, 2,290 o il see d s, 2,650 ma i ze, 87 s undry seeds, 345 sacks, and 16,412 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat were much restricted, and the general quality of the samples was vety middling. Good and fine qualities met with a somewhat improved inquiry, and last week's currency. was fully sup ported. For inferior descriptions, however, the trade ruled inactive; nevertheless, prices were maintained. The cut ting of Talavera wheat has already commenced in the for ward districts of Essex and Berkshire. The transactions in foreign ;;i:;;T;ere mostly of a retail character ; nevertheless, importers of all descriptions were Arm in their demands, and the quotations ruled quite as high as on this day se'nnight. The show of samples was large. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request at full currencies. For most kinds of barley we have to report a slow de mand, but without leading to any quotable change in their In malt only a moderate business was doing at late rates. Good and fine oats sold steadily at very full prices, to 6d per quarter aJvance. Inferior samples were in slow de mand on former terms. No change took place in the value of either beans and peas. The show of samples was small, yet the trade ruled inactive. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices in most instances were firm. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —B --s Ditto, white, new 458 58s Ditto, old —s —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B —8 Ditto, new Rye—Old —B —8 New 28s 308 Barley—Grinding 27s 32s Malting • —8 —8 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 68s Brown Ringstown and Ware • 526 708 Chevalier 7os 72s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2lB 27s Potato Youghal and Cork, black : 21a 26$ Cork, white 2la 288 Scotch, Feeding 24s 28$ Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 52s Boilers sos 548 466 55s Flour—Town-made Suffolk Stockton and Norfolk. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. -- --- There was a full average supply of each kind of foreign k on offer into-day's market , and the. demand ruled in active at barely stationary prices, to slightly reduced rates. From our o wn grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably good as to number, but somewhat deficient in quality. Prime Scots, crosses, and short-horns were in fair request at about stationary prices ; but inferior breeds moved off heavily at, in some instances, 2d per 81bs less money. The best lots sold at 58 per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, we received 1,550 short-horns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 1,200 various breeds; from Scotland, 200 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers. There wag a fair average show of sheep in the market. Downs and .half-breds commanded a steady sale at extreme currencies. Other breeds moved off slowly, but at full prices. The best Downs changed hands at 5s 4d per 81bs. Good and prime lambs moved off freely at fall curren cies. Inferior breeds ruled chill at about previous rates. Calves—the supply of which was good —were a dull in quiry at last week's prices. The demand for pigs was much restricted, at last week's prices. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d., s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 B)Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 10 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 inne. S'thdown d 0.5 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 8 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 5s Od to 6; Od. Suckling calves, 22s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. POREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 25,290 Sheep Calves Pigs ... 350 Pigs The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 10,609 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 15,120—in 1859, B,lol—in 1858, 7,958 —in 1857, 5,948—in 1856, 6,825—in 1855, 6,259 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 439 .. 1597 .. 691 .. 531 .. 43 Harlingen .... 106 .. 910 7.. 10 .. 165 .. 893 Hamburgh .... 321 .. 2370 Ostend .. Calais. Dordt Amsterdam — .. 431 .. .. Bremen Boulogne — Tonning 443 Medemblik Antwerp .. - .. 30 .. - 37 - • • ....." • • 753 .. 154 .. •• - •• .. 30 .. Total .... 1552 .. 6343 .. 984 .. 794 .. 936 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1860 2047 .. 10,373 f.. 1220 .. 740 .. 740 18.59 707 .. 5,888 .. 667 .. 466 .. 73 18.58 1,121 .. 3,954 .. 662 .. 1115 .. 762 1857 661 .. 3,609 .. 513 .. 676 .. 489 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, July 23, 1860, and this day, Monday, July 22, 1861. ..._. - - - Per 81b. to sink the offal. July 23, July 22, 1860. 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 6t03 10 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 6 5 0 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 410 5 2 4 4 410 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 4 6 4 8 Beasts .. Sheep and lambs 28,040 25,490 Calves Pigs.. • • 240 390 .SUPPLIES ON SALE, JULY 25, 1859.—Beasts, 4,14.0; sheep and lambs, 28.900; calves, 32.5; pigs, 440. JULY 26, 1858.—Beasts, 4,392; sheep and lambs, 26,920 ; calves, 730 ; pigs, 480. NEIVGAT A LEADL. The supply of meat E ND is only moderate, ENHA andthe trade for all descriptions ruled firm, at very fall prices. Per Slb. by the carcase. a d e (1 1 sdsd Inferior beef . 3 2 3 6 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Middling do. 3B 4 Prime Frim o o largo do. 4 2 4 Veal do .. 46 4 8 38 4 4 Do. small do. .. 4 6 4 4 Largo pork .... 3 10 4 8 Small po r k .... 4 8 5 0 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 2 BOROUGH HOY. The accounts from the Plantations are much more fa vourable, and the duty has advanced to £120,000. All kinds of hops are a dull inquiry, and prices rule next to nominal. There were no imports of foreign h ops i nto Lon don last week. Mid and East Kent pockets 90s to 210 a per cwt. 8 'Weald s oa 180 s Sussex 20 21 0 s „ „ Yearlings BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes continue on a mo derately extensive scale ; but the receipts of foreign aro very limited. Compared with last week the demand has de cidedly improved, and prices are well supported. Shows are selling at from Ms to 80s, and Regents 100 to 130 s per ton. SEEDS. Tho business doing in seeds is confined to a few small parcels, at prices about equal to those current last week. Cakes move off slowly, at our quotations. Turnip, White,p.bus.26s to a Carraway 30s to 348 Swede —s —a Coriander lBa 20s Mustard, Brown .. 8s 12s Henapseed, per qr 4Bs 528 White, new.... 5s lOs Linseed,Eng.sowing 62s 66s Tares, Old per quarter 3fis 40s Baltic s4s 58s Canary, per quarter 306 50 s Od essa Rye grass, sew 26s 28s Linseed Cake, p ton 54s 58s Clover, Red Eng., ct —s —s English .£lo Os.£lo los White —a —a Foreign £9 les 10 15s Foreign Red.... —s —s Rape Cakes,p ton 51 103 61 Os White. —a —s Rapeseed. pqr .... 70s 76s Trefoil, new........ —s —s WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool have commenced, and prices, compared with the previous series, have fallen quite lid per lb. on the average. Australian—Clean sheep's, is 6d to 2s 21d ; scoured, is bd to 2s 7d ; handwashed, is 4id; lamb, Is 31d to 2s; locks and pieces, is to 51d. Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 6d to 2s 2d ; secured, is 7d to 2 s Old ; handwashed, le 31d ; lock s , is Id to is 7d. Van. Diemen's Land— Clean sheep's, is 5d to is 111 d ; l amb, is 8d to is 10d; locks, Is ld to is 91d. N ow Zea lancl—Clean sheep's, is 41d to is 7d ; scoured, is 6 to 1,44; grease, lld to 130 Id. Swan Itiver—Clean sheep's Is 5 1d to la 9 d; scoured, is 6d to Is 9d per lb. By privat e Lo l n st rac Mao business doing.. in English wool is limited. 637 week's i" , Poris w ere 739 b a l es f rom P or t A ugusta, from Port Philip, and from 1,517 Morctown Bay. • „ , Our market TALLOW. p, y. c. being cobt i nues dull, at f ur th er re d u ced rates. rooted, tions. Roue h fat 2s. 7d. to _day, at 48s. per cwt. in all'posi per Sibs, . 1857, 1. ___ • • 1859. 186). 1861. 5880 d to '4883d to 5:1,11 t . O 53s b Stock thk 4147. •• • '. 13 455 , 14,702 2 -7: --- --- ---- Price of Y.C. .. { ___ B od ,833 3 1 152 55 004 —8 Od to 48g Cd to Delivery last wcck 1,526 /;724 - i' , ',, u ,,C —8 0(1 --8 0(1 Ditto frOM June 1 10,323 9,250 1, 156 1 ,479 1,503 12,9 N Arrivals 1 ..4 week 1,781 951 2 , 5 15 8,746 Ditto from Jun,. 1 11,214 12.427 15,9.8 1 2 ,S6l 1,408 Price of Town •••• os 3d 50s Oct 524 9d 5` 6 "4 9 „. 4 64 ,893 -,... ,,,, ed lIIPBUILDZIN FOR THE ADMIRALTY THE MERSEY v. THE TYNE. On Tuesday last the Lords of the Admiralty de tided to accept the tender of Messrs. Laird, of . Bir kenhead, to build an iron screw steam transport, at £26 per ton, and that of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, of Milwall, to construct a sister ship at £24 ss. per ton. The Army and Navy Gazette, of Saturday, in announcing these contracts, has the following re marks 1—" It strikes us that this determination on the part of their lordships is open to very grave criticism. Here we have a difference of £1 15s. per ton, or a gross sum on the tonnage of £4,900 ; and when we take into consideration the fact that the Mersey shipbuilders have an advantage over their brethren of the Thames to the extent of 10s. per ton in the purchase of their iron, Bs. per ton on their coals, something considerable on their scale of wages, and 'no small trifle in the difference of the value of their premises—taking all these matters, we say, into consideration, we might arrive at the conclusion that either Messrs. Laird will make a very handsome sum out of this job for the public, or that Messrs. Samuda will have to regret their par ticipation in it; but from information which has reached us we are enabled to say that a very emi nent London shipbuilder, who has never failed to give satisfaction to the country, was prepared to build the ships at even a lower price than Messrs. Samuda. The same can be said of another firm on the Mersey, another on the Tyne, and another on the Humber. All these gentlemen are of high standing in their profession, and were perfectly ready to enter into the required bond for the due performance of their contract, and were thoroughly willing to comply with all the requirements of the Admiralty. We may therefore safely say that Messrs. Laird made a hit of rather an enviable character on the 9th inst. We can scarcely believe, as several parties have insinuated, that the calling for tenders from eight firms was a mere farce, and that it was predetermined to give the contracts to the two houses already mentioned. It is to be hoped that the Government will be afforded an opportunity to explain their conduct in this matter, for as it stands at present it is " beyond our comprehension." It is rather difficult to see what is aimed at in this paragraph, the whole of the complaint seeming to be that Messrs. Laird have got a better price than Messrs. Samuda, and that the Government did not accept the lowest ten ders. Other firms on the Thames, the Tyne, and the Humber Were prepared to build the ships at a lower price, and to enter into the required bond, &c. But what is there in the arrangements made to warrant such comments, or to call for explana tions from the Government ? Eight firms were invited to tender, and the Admiralty, not being bound to accept the lowest offer, gave the contracts to the two firms which they considered, from their reputation and experience, the most eligible for such engagements. Mr. Laird's tender was, it seems, £1 15s. per ton more than Messrs. Samuda's ; but both builders are, it is only fair to suppose, equally good jadges as to what is the lowest prices they can afford to build at in a manner worthy of their re putation, and Mr. Laird could not be expected to lower his price to Messrs. Saniuda's, with any more fairness than he could be asked to execute the work at the prices named in the tenders from those yards on the Tyne and the Humber which the Army and Navy Gazette does not name, but concerning some of whom the report of the Galway Contract Com mittee, to be issued to-morrow or next day, will probably not exhibit quite so much squeamishness, if we may augur from the evidence. The total failure of the penalty system in the case of the iron cased ships has, it is believed, shown the Admiralty the necessity of employing only builders of the highest eminence, and who have worked in a punc tual and a proper manner, for the department be fore ; and to this cause, it is but reasonable to assume, the selection of Messrs. Laird and Messrs. Samuda in the present instance may be ascribed. It is no torious, and the lesson cannot have been lost on the Admiralty, that the firms on the Thames and the Tyne failed to complete the iron-cased ships by the time stipulated in the contracts, though working under heavy penalties for non-eompletion, because they knew by experience that the penalties would not be enforced; and the lamentable break-down of the Galway liners built on the Tyne and the Hum ber at prices several thousands under what any builder of eminence. on the Mersey or the Clyde would have constructed them for, is at once an example of that false economy which appears to be recommended by the Army and Navy Gazette, and a warning against its adoption by the Government. The Engineer of last week, probably a better judge of practical matters of this kind.than the Gazette, after stating that the Gal Way Company paid £90,000 for each of their vessels, and, after losing one on her second voyage through springing a leak, are now employing Messrs. Laird to make the others seaworthy at a cost of about £20,000 a-piece, observes very Judiciously, that " had they given £lOO,OOO per vessel at the beginning, they might now be running four splendid steamships, built by • such firms as Laird's or Samuda's and engined by Penn or Maudslay, and be returning ample profits to their shareholders." What is best for private companies must be best for the State also, and we are glad to see that the Government is at last alive to a truth so obvious. Lord Clarence Paget, if interrogated on the subject of these contracts, may justify the selection of Messrs. Laird, notwithstand ing the difference :of price, by the facts that the Dover, the first vessel built by the firm for the Admiralty, though more than 20 years old, is still in good condition; that the same firm have since built about 40 vessels for the Government, and 50 or 60 for the East India Company, all of which are known to have done good service ; and that the gun boats built by them during the Russian war, as fully shown by the report, were the only vessels of that class that were not found, two or three years afterwards, more or less affected by dry-rot. Surely it is better for the country to have its ships built by such a firm, than to follow the " penny wise and pound foolish" example of the unfortunate Galway Company, even though by the latter course there should be a seeming saying of a few thousand pounds in the first instance.—:Liverpool Albion. THE EUPERATESVALLEY ROUTE TO INDIA. (From the London and China Telegraph.) It is not too much to say that there is no existing or projected railroad that can for a moment com pare, in point of interest and importance, with that of the Euphrates Valley. It brings two quarters of the glob into juxtaposition, and three continents —Europe, sia, and Australia—into co4elation. It binds the vast population of Hindostan by an iron link with the people of Europe, it inevitably entails the colonisation and civilisation of the great valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris, the resus citation, in a modern shape, of Babylon and Nineveh, and the re-awakening of Ctsiphon and Bagdad of old. It will also settle the mail route to and from Australia and China—an element of prosperity of a very great importance, for the passenger traffic from the Australian colonies exceeds one hundred weekly, and ere the railway can be completed will be five times that number—of whom more than half will take the shortest route, while the number of emigrants from this country who will prefer a pas sage of forty to over eighty days, may also be fairly expected to be very large. According to Sir John Macneill, who was assisted in the survey by Cap tain Burgess and the officers of her Majesty's steam ship Stromboli, there is every facility for making a harbour in the vicinity of the ancient port of Sileucia near the mouth of the Orontes, and the country na es i A ntioch, Killes, and Ail am , - t o Al eppo, ninety miln length, presents no engineering diffi country, dotted mak ingove a culty. By r - detour a rich settled accommodated, and with towns .and villages, is ea 1 n e l a sn brid g e la dt att r i t a n ffi ch e is lines would be unnecessary. A. large istence, as the toll-books show that about 1,200 each day. This will be the of the railway, from the INTediterriain hno a ta :or o l aso r ner e Astt a htall d oneea y ptdtopheportionis nss. - coniplete work, having a port at one end sian Gulf, the link from Sileucia a it n s d elf th a e chief emporium of Mesopotamia at the other, to which the traffic from India, Bagdad, t lec-- on to Or should . the railway be eal 8 ;e-, converges. the Chest . . - ty and Sir John route t he Eup recommendedhrates, 60 m by ile a s en b . ey . ond Ale l 2, -. 1 ,0, by Macneill, there would be a stit more perfect work of about 150 miles in ler.gib, beginning at a port in a great sea and eri v nng ' at the headofa na b v e f i naviga ble river in a gr ea t e r ocean. This woul d itself, and 1 . - ,,, itself, a complete, perfect, and pro fitable Praterprise ; not only would a new country be opened up to European enterprise, but a direct ness in the route to India obtained, which few would believe who do not work it out on the map. Taking the line of the Austrian railways to Trieste, thence by rail to Jabor Castle, down the stream of the Euphrates and by the Persian Gulf to Kurraehee, where the Scinde Railway, the first complete Indian line, commences the future net work of Indian lines, the traveller will follow a route as direct as any railway can be ex pected to afford. Eight days and six ho urs will take th e traveller through Trieste to Sileucia, thence the railway will take him in five hours to the head of the navigable waters of the Euphrates. Three days and three hours more will see the river voyage completed` to Bussorah ; and three mart, days—tnakins in all 14—bring the traveller to Kurrachee, where the Scinde Railway keeps the western door of the railways of our Indian empire. Like most-of the other railways for which India i s indebted- to Mr. Andrew, this - line from Sileucia to Jabor Castle, though complete in: itself, is regarded by him as the parent of • THE StIN, L'ONDON, MONDAY Eir JULY 22, 1861. farther lines, whose construction will depend on the success of the parent line, and will gra dually lessen the distance between the Mediter ranean and the Persian Gulf. Thus be would ex tend his works by degrees along the valley of the river by Phumsah, the ancient Thapsacus, cross thence into Mesopotamia, working down the valley by Annah and Hit to the environs of Bagdad, and thence, by Babylon and Hillab, to the point where the Tigris and the Euphrates join at Kurnah, and the united stream becomes deep enough for steamers of the largest size. Other branches, too, might top the Persian Gulf at Schenster, or at Bussorah, where the trade is extensive, and the accommoda. tion for ships of large tonnage already ample. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the meeting of the proprietors on Friday next, states that the amount of capital raised to 30th June, 1861, is £10,069,926, consisting ofordinary stock £4,620,000; preferential stock and shares, £3,083,577 ; mort gage debt, £1,614,715; debenture stock, £751,634; total, £10,069,926. The amount of capital ex pended during the half-year has been £252,110, of which full particulars appear in the capital account annexed. The gross revenue for the half-year has been £421,379, showing an increase of £30,768 over that of the correspondinghalf-yearoflB6o, in which last-named period a special credit of £7,901 appeared, consisting of old balances as explained in the report of that half-year. Of this increase of £14,674 arises in the goods and the remainder in the coaching traffic. The weather during the early portion of 1861 was most unfavourable ; still the de velopment of traffic caused by the opening of the Victoria station has produced results which afford satisfactory proof that the large expendi ture involved in this new undertaking has already become remunerative. Distinguishing the ordinary expenses from the amount expended in renewals, the general result of the comparison with the cor responding half-year of 1860 stands thus :—Ordi nary expenses, 1860, £167,699; 1861, £183,108 ; renewals,lB6o, £16,358; 1861, £16,401 ;'total work ing expenses and renewals, 1860, £185,057 ; 1861, £194,509 ; per train per mile, 1860, 3s. 0 d. ; 1861, 3s. Old.; per cent. on traffic receipts, 1860, 471; 1861, 47. The increase in the ordinary expenditure arises from the extension of the company's system and the additional serviee thereby entailed, which has produced its attendant expenses both in working and in taxation. The repairs and renewals in the locomotive department have caused a heavy ex penditure during the past half-year. The period is also approaching when several of the engines built between 1844 and 1848 will become unfit for profitable use, in anticipation of which, thirteen engines, forming at present an ad dition to the stock, have, as stated in several pre vious reports, been built and paid for out of re venue, and will come in aid of the re pl acemen t s which will shortly be called for. There has been a considerable increase in the charge for interest on preferential capital, arising chiefly from the fact that interest on the entire outlay in respect of the Victoria station and its works has become a debit against revenue for :the whole of the half year. Although the traffic resulting from so important a metropolitan terminus has only been partially developed, the increase arising from this source has already produced an adequate return on the expenditure, while a further augmen tation of income may be reasonably expected. The works of West London Extension Railway 'are in a forward state, and the contractor promises to com plete them by the end of the year.' In any case the line will be opened in the early part of next year. affording a ready access, by means of the Kensing ton station, for passengers from all parts of this company's railway to the Great Exhibition of 1862 ; while the permanent advantages attending a con nection with all the northern lines of railway will be apparent. The board are pressing forward the works on the Croydon and Balham line, which they hope to see completed at an early day; by this route a saving of nearly a quarter of an hour in the running of all the main line trains to and from the Victoria station will be effected, and the working of the constantly increasing local traffic on the West end and Crystal Palace line much facilitated. The attention of the directors is now given to the con struction of the line from the Mid-Sussex Railway at Pulborough to Arundel, Ford, and Littlehampton, which will soon be in active operation. When com pleted; it will, in connection with the Croydon and Balham line, enable the traffic to Chichester, Ports mouth, and the Isle of Wight to be carried on in a very expeditious manner; as this new route will effect a saving of nearly 13 miles. Th e on ly bill prosecuted during the present session of Parliament, which affected the interests of this company, was ono by which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company attempted to obtain compulsory powers, obliging this company to forward their traffic to and from all parts of this railway, and en abling them to form ajunetion with this company's West-end line at a crowded part, and, as the di rectors considered, in a manner calculated to pre judice the public safety. The proprietors will be pleased to learn that the committee of the House of Commons refused to grant such powers. The net amount at the eredit of the revenue account is £116,656, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 21 per cent. for the half-year amounting to £114,500, leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of £1,156. 11 subsequent elections not more than ten had seen tidniitted, thotigh the number of applicants on each occasion averaged 115. On those facts Mr. Moore argued that there is room for at least another insti tution of this kind in the metropolis, and for half a dozen more in the provinces. He spoke in high terms of the progressive improvement in the treat ment of poor persons afflicted with incurable diseases, in the City of London 'Union in particular, and others, and of the aid rendered by the Workhouse Visiting Society. He expressed his belief that many of the unfortunate creatures who applied in vain for admission to the Loyal Hospital had after wards been driven to despair, and had died of actual starvation. A rule obtained at the Royal Hospital that every applicant for admission was to be visited at his or her own home before election to the founda tion ; and Mr. Moore dwelt with natural pathos upon the painful and lasting impression which those visits had left on his mind, revealing as they did inconceivable scenes and incidents of wretched- • ness, especially in the cases of persons—and there were many—who in the ley-day of life had lived in comfort and even in afiluence. Nothing in the whole course of his life had affected him more. He added that it had pleased God to place him in a position to do good, and he desired to do good. For those reasons his sympathies would always be riveted to the Royal Hospital, though, for reasons which he gave, he had teen constrained to retire from its board ormanageraent. He spoke at some further length in favour of the project for establish ing another institution of the kind, and then seconded the motion of Mr. Bevan, which was car ried unanimously. Dr. Brady, M.P., also bore testimony on his experience as a medical man to the necessity of such an institution, as did also Dr. Stewart, the latter of whom suggesting at the same time a name for it less alarming to patients than the one proposed. On 4Le motion of Colonel Cust, a series of rules, carefully prepared by a committee of upwards of 20 gentlemen, for the government of the Home,'was adopted. The Marquis Townshend was appointed President; the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Lord Mayor, the Bishops of London and Winchester, the Duke of Buccleuch, and other noblemen and gentlemen were nominated vice presidents; the Lord Mayor and Colonel Cust, treasurers ; and Messrs. James Peek, George Moore, Charles Hood, and John Osborne trustees. A care fully selected board of management was also ap pointed. Donations to the amount of £1,400 and £575 in annual subscriptions were announced at the close of the proceedings, and that there was a sum at the bankers of £1,653 odd. On the motion of Lord , Raynham, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Lord Mayor, for granting the use of the Mansion-house and presiding on the occasion. AgSTZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—CarannimE, JULY 20. The judges arrited in this town yesterday, and having opened the commission and attended divine service, this morning proceeded to dispose of the business of the assize, There were six prisoners and three causes for trial. In the case of Augustus Hilton, the man charged with the wilful murder of his wife at Parson Drove, in the Isle of Ely, it will be remembered the trial was postponed from the last assizes on the applica tion of the prisoner's counsel, in order that evidence might be obtained as to the prisoner's state of mind, a proceeding desired by his friends, and not at all by the wish of the unhappy man. The delay being granted, the prisoner at once expressed his disap pointment and regret at the trial not proceeding, and has since done so repeatedly to the gaol autho rities. With regard to any defence he also expressed his firm and unalterable determination to plead guilty to the charge. This was communicated to his counsel, also to the learned Judge, and the pri soner was brought into the dock to plead with the other prisoners. His lordship, however, humanely ordered that he should be removed till Monday, the day fixed for trial, in order that he might have fur ther time for reflection upon the course he was pur suing, feeling, as may be imagined, a strong reluct ance to receive a plea of guilty upon such a charge, for upon the plea being recorded sentence of death must be passed, and the law take its course. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, JULY 20. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. 3. C. D. CHARLESWORTH-THE WAKE- FIELD BRIBERY PROSECUTIONS. The Attorney-General (Sir Wm. Atherton), Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, Q.C., and Mr. West, were counsel for the Crown ; Sir F. Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q,C., and Mr. Maule were for the defendant. This was a criminal information filed by the At torney-General against J. C. D. Charlesworth, for certain acts of bribery committed by him at the Parliamentary election at Wakefield in April, 1859. To these charges the defendant pleaded not guilty. The Attorney-General having stated the case for the prosecution, called the following evidence: — Mr. J. P. Naylor produced the writ for the elec. tibn of a member for the borough of Wakefield in 1859. He also produced the poll books. Mr. James Whithorn, town clerk of Wakefield, stated that in April, 1859, Mr. S. B. Harrison was elected auditor for the borough. He spoke of the writ being received for the election at Wakefield, and the publishing of the notice for that election. The candidates were Mr. Charlesworth and Mr. Leatham. There were 952 electors on the register at the time. The result of the poll was the election of Mr. Leatham, the numbers being for him 406, and for Mr. Charlesworth 403. The election expenses of Mr. Charlesworth were returned at £634. Mr. R. V. B. Davison said be was a banker at Leeds. In April, 1859, Mr. J. B. Charlesworth gave him a letter, accompanied with a debenture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. An account was then opened with Mr. Charlesworth, and he with drew several sums from the bank. On the 16th and 23d April he got out £l,OOO on each occasion. On the 22d April, £1,500; on the 29th, £500; on the 3d May, £250 ; and on the sth May, £5OO. Mr. J. B. Charlesworth was the next witness, and a free pardon having been handed to him from the Crown, he having received no certificate from the commissioners, he proceeded to give evidence. He said that on . the 9th April he had a conversation with Mr. Fernandez relative to the state of the election. After that conversation he saw the defendant, and communicated to him the result. When he saw Mr. Fernandez he told• him that there would be preliminary expenses connected with the election for runners; watchers, and obtaining the show of hands on the nomination day. He informed the defendant, who said that these expenses might be paid. On the 27th April he paid £1,500 to Mr. Fernandez, not in the com mittee room, but in a private room, at the Stratford Arms, Nobody was present but himself and Mr. Fernandez. He talked to Mr. Fernandez about the election, and he informed him that they were paying large sums for voters on the other side, and that it must be counteracted. On the 29th of April he went to the bank for money at the request of Mr. Fernandez. Did not ask Mr. Fernandez how the money had been expended. Did not say anything to him about its being a large sum of money. On the 3d of May he applied for another sum, no doubt at the direction of Mr. Fernandez; but on the sth of May he withdrew money for himself to meet any expenses that might have been incurred. The total amount he took out of the bank was £4,754, of which sum £3,750 was paid over to Mr. Fernandez, who was not asked to render any account of these Moneys. The defendant never required an account, and none was rendered to him. After the election he told the defendant that a great deal of money had been expended, when he said that he' did not ' want to talk about it then, but would converse upon • it at some other time. The petition against the election was then going on. At a dinner held about three weeks previous to the election the defendant said that he would not be one to bribe at the elec tion, and he would rather retire from the contest than be guilty of any corrupt practices. Cross-examined—With respect to the £1,500, it was wanted to meet expenses previous to the elec tion. There was no idea that a'single farthing of this money would go to bribing the voters. It was expected that there was then a majority of 60 in favour of Mr. Charlesworth, and of course there was then no idea of bribing. When he gave the £1,500 to Mr. Fernandez previous to the election the notion of bribery was not entertained. He was to go no further than £1,500 in drawing from the bank, as far as the defendant was concerned. No portion of the £1,500 was applied, or ever was intended to be applied, for the purposes of bribery. Mr. J. L. Fernandez, on being sworn, said he remembered the election at Wakefield in 1859. At that time he was residing at Wakefield, and was carrying on the business of a corn merchant in that town. He was well acquainted with defendant, who was a candidate at that election, and had known him for many years. He had taken an active part in the parliamentary and municipal elections of the borough, and took the same side in politics as Mr. Charlesworth. He took an active part in the election of 1859, and canvassed for Mr. Charlesworth. He knew Mr. Charlesworth's cousin well, and some short time before the election had some communica tion with him in reference to money. Mr. Fernan- Gz here stated that he should like to address a few remarks to his lordship in reference to the course he had thought it right to pursue at the last assizes. He then refused to give evidence, on the ground that he should be doing that if he consented which would tend to criminate himself. He still held to that objection, and thought that he ought not to bo called upon to state that which might criminate him, as he had always understood that any and every witness ought to be protected. He deemed the sen tence he had received at the last assizes as one of a most harsh and severe character. Since that period he had applied to the superior courts to get the de cision of Mr. Justice Hill reversed, but he regretted to say that in consequence of the form of proceeding it was impossible that this case could be argued upon its merits. The law as applied to his case was not at all in a satisfactory or convenient state, and he begged now most respectfully to renew the ob jection which he made on the last occasion. The course taken was of a vindictive charecter when he was examined before the commissioners. He felt himself in peril at that time and also at the last assizes; but now he felt himself in greater peril than ever, notwithstanding the certificate which had been given to him by the commissioners. That certificate was impounded at the last assizes, and was still withheld from him. Should his lord ship consider that he was bound to answer he must bow to that decision, but at the same time he hoped his lordship would properly protect him in the mat ter. - Mr. Baron Martin said it was his duty, to inform Mr. Fernandez that what he did at the last assizes had come before the three courts at Westminster hall, and all the judges had decided that he was bound to answer the questions put to him. He assured Mr. Fernandez that he was in no peril what ever, and was quite free from all penalties. The certificate which had been impounded was handed to Mr. Fernandez, when his examination was continued. He stated that he had had some conversation with Mr. Charlesworth upon the subject of money for the election. He told Mr. S. B. Charlesworth that from £l,OOO to £1,500 would be required preliminary to the election. Witness spoke to sums which ho had received and paid for the purposes of the election. Cross-examined—Had had no communication with the defendant as to how the money should be applied and expended. There was a majority of 60 upon the canvas, and bribery was not thought of. None of the £1,500 was applied in obtaining the votes of the electors. No bribery was men tioned until Brear came to him three or four days before the election; £1,200 or £1,500 was for pre liminary expenses to gain the majority upon the show of hands ' for watchers and runners who were non-elect ors . He believed that the sum 'of £1,035 was paid by him to Holder to meet the expenses of the watchers and the runners. The defendant was not aware how the money was expended: .1.-ie•can vassed with the defendant, who had no idea of being guilty of bribery. if he had mentioned the subject whilst on the canvass, he was sure Mr. Charlesworth would not have approved of any such proposition. Mr. Charlesworth was innocent of any charge of • bribery brought against him. I knew that we had a majority of 60 on the canvas, and at A dinner I heard M. Charlesworth say, that he 1111" PROPOSED INSTITUTION FOR INCURABLES. On Saturday, at 2 o'clock, a very numerous and influential meeting of gentlemen was held at the Mansion-house, with the view to found in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis an institution for the suitable reception and care of the numerous and un happy class of persons afflicted with incurable ma ladies. The Lord Mayor acted as chairman. There were present, among others, the Marquis Towns hend, Lord Raynham, the Hon, Col. Cust, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, &c. From an autho rised statement laid before the meeting it appears that in England and Wales 270 hospitals and other institutions exist at the present time for the cure of disease, by whose agency an incalculable amount of suffering and misery is from time to time re lieved. In England, of three only out of the many forms of incurable disease, 80,000 persons die an nually; 5,500 of cancer, 9,800 of dropsy, and 64,000 of tubercular diseases; and of these it is estimated that 50,000 are absolutely destitute. If to these be added the victims of other forms of incurable disease the number becomes appalling. For a large proportion of these most afflicted of the hu man race there is no hope and no aid. The hospitals established for general relief discharge those found to le incurable, in order to make room for others whose cases afford hope of cure. No one, it was further stated, can really ' estimate, and few can realise, even in a faint degree, the vast amount of suffering and misery almost withdrawn from public notice. Without hope—frequently without the power of performing the most ordinary offices for themselves—amid days of wretchedness, and nights of agonizing pain, these sad suff erers are in truth a burden to their friends, who, fre quently, are almost as helpless and poor as them selves. To meet this great and crying want there exists but one hospital in England, and that of re cent date.' It requires no argument, it was said, to prove that no single establishment can possibly meet such urgent need; and it is therefore intended to establish another Home for the reception of In curables, but not for such as are fit obj ec t s f or paro chial relief. For this class provision is, in come measure, made by the parish rates ; 'and a society has recently been formed whieh purposes to provide such further aid for Workhouse incurables as their cases may admit of. The plan proposed is —first, to establish a Home for the reception of those who are absolutely destitute and apparently incurable, in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, and within the reach of that amiable and estimable class of the community whose time and energies are de voted to the consolation of the afflicted ; and, se condly, to grant pecuniary assistance and medical aid to thos e w h o are incurable, b u t n o t w h o lly destitute, in order that the latter may continue to reside with th e i r f r i en d s or re l a ti ons w h o wou ld further assist th em . Th e L or d M ayor h av i ng , i n a few introducto r y remar k s , earnes tl y recommen d e d 23. e obje c t s i n v i ew to the meeting, called upon Mr. B evan, who mo ve d a reso l ut i on to the effect that the great deficien c y o f i nst i tut i ons for aiding persons suffering from incurable diseases with diseases called for efforts t t o be w esta a b n i t ish to ohniero s, h d e e n n o o ni w i n a f o t e u d n de th d. e British Adm extent , , ainvstiietwutitoon2sutpopblye Ifomlefor Incurables, ciple that it was desirableto relievegener t a h l prin e in their own homes, he was nevertheless convinced r that effectual aid could not be rendered in their own thteoimnaeploirotr uncomfortable abodes to unfortunate persons in humble e life afflicted with incurable maladies. Hence the necessity for an institution of the kind contem plated of .being meeting confided plated i a t n s d m h a e n u ag eg e e m d e u n p t o ,b n ei t the eminent energy and of known repu tation for benev olence and integrity. Mr. George Moore, he merchant, of Cheapside, read to the meeting some statistics relating to the Royal HOspital for Incur ables, near Croydon, which he with Dr. Reid and other gentlemen took an active part in establishing about seven (care 5.8•3 , to show the utter inc a p acit y of a single institution to cope with the continually increasing pressure for ad m ission by this unhappy class of the community. Of 30 candidates at the first election seven years ago 6 were elected ; of 44 at the second, 6 were elected ; of 52 at the third, 8 . ; of 87 at the fourth, 10; and so on, At each of the 2HE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. As it is almost certain that, if the American war continues so as to render necessary the raising the £80,000,000 sterling contemplated by the Presi dent, proposals will be made for obtaining a por tion of the amount in Europe, it is necessary that American financiers should recognise beforehand the disadvantages under which any such appeal would necessarily be made. Anything that might be said in London when a loan was actually brought forward would perhaps at once be denounced with the incoherent fury lately manifested in relation to every other proceeding of this country, and it is better, therefore, to prevent dis4pointment by re ferring to the question while there is yet time for its discussion. In the present contest the North point to the South as repudiators, and claim strong faith in their own financial integrity. This can be settled simply like any other matter of history. Of the 33 States of the Union nearly one-fifth are stained by repudiation, direct or indirect. But these do not all belong to the South. The balance of dis grace is nearly equal. The repudiating Southern States are Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida. In the North the chief offender is Michigan, but there is also a spot on Pennsylvania which has never been wiped out, and Indiana in an indirect way has placed herself in a position very little differing from that of determined default. Of the six compro mised States, therefore, three belong to the South and three to the North. There are modifying cir cumstances to be mentioned, but it is doubtful if these will alter the balance. As regards the South, Mississippi presents unquestionably the most fla grant case. Here not only has the doctrine of re pudiation been maintained as if it were among the sacred rights of man, but every appeal of the cheated creditors has been met with defiant taunts, the leader of popular sentiment in this direction having on all occasions been Mr. Jefferoon Davis, who is now President of the Southern Confederation, and who, it may be hoped, in his new position, has be come sensible of the fatal character of this part of his career. Next comes Arkansas, which in the ' openness of its bad faith has been a steady imitator of Mississippi; and lastly we have Florida, which has always contrived to avoid a direct avowal of repudiation by resorting instead to a quibble of constitutional law. The debt of Florida was con tracted when she was a " Territory," and her plea is that for debts so contracted the Federal Govern ment are liable. The Federal Government take the opposite view, and the result is that between them the creditor gets nothing. Turning to the North, the only State whose conduct in any degree rivals that of Mississippi is Michigan. In this case, the repudiation is direct and unblushing, and is rather aggravated by the fact that, as there is a portion of debt which she has not repudiated, and on which she pays dividends, the Governor, in his annual message, generally introduces a flourish to the effect that, with the honour by which she has ever been distinguished, the State continues to provide duly for all her public obligations. Pennsylvania has never, in the general sense, been a repudiator, but her financial character suffers from a wound which derives its worst features from its smallness. She issued bonds for arrears of dividends at a full rate of interest, and when these fell due with an accumu lation of such interest, refused to pay them unless the holders would accept a lower rate. It is also to be mentioned that, although the State is under no other delinquency, the municipality of Pitts burgh one of her chief towns, the Birmingham of Americo--have very recently refused to pay a large amount of railway - bonds issued on their guarantee, and, with the support of the populace, have defied even the mandates of the Supreme Court. The next and last State is Indiana. This State, after a tedious default, offered to pay dividends upon half her debt if her creditors would take the unfinished State Canal in payment for the other halt, advancing at the same time sufficient for its completion. The value of the canal was considerable, because it took all the central traffic of the State, and was protected by a cherter which it' was agreed should be upheld against competing lines, either of canal or railway. The creditors accepted the terms and laid out the required sum, and instantly upon this being done the State authorities removed all protection, passed a law enabling the construction of opposition lines actually along its banks, and thug rendered the property entirely worthless. These are uncoloured facts which cannot be contradicted, and capitalists must form their own conclusions from them. But it will be said they do not bear upon the Federa Government, whose engagements, with the excep tion of the paper issues during the revolutionary war, have always been duly fulfilled. That is a point, however, for each individual to determine, according to his fancy as to whether a certain pro portion of unsound States among a limited Federa tion is to be reckoned as an element of danger. We must also bear in mind that it is not our place to decide which is the real offender With regard to -the Florida debt—the individual State or the Fe . tleral Government, and, likewise, that although Mr. Sefferson Davis is now frequently assailed by speakers atWashington for his financial antecedent:4, those antecedents were never, until the outbreak of Secession, cited by Federalists or Northerners as disqualifying him for the highest offices of State. Finally, it must be remarked that the aggregate population of such of the Northern States as have been compromised by default is 5,000,000, and that of the Southern only 800,000. Under these cir cumstances, it would seem there is not much to en courage our capitalists to interfere by supplying means to either side ;' while in a political sense it is certain that any such movement would injure our future good relations, since we should have a strong prospect that on the termination of the contest, either by force or compromise, the re-united friends would join to attribute the greater part of the miseries they had inflicted on each other to the British gold maliciously supplied by our aristocracy for the very purpose of giving intensity to the con test and destroying free institutions.—Times. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of the council of this corporation on Saturday, the Rev. B. 11. Kennedy, D.D., head master of Shrewsbury Grammar School, was re-elected president of the council for the cur rent year; and A. Hll, Esq., F.C.P., of Bruce Castld; the Rev. J. S. Howson, M.A., of . the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool; and the Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., head master of King's College School" London, were re-elected vice presidents. D r . E . T. Wilson, F.C.P., was elected trea surer, and the following as mem b ers : —Mr. W. H. Carter, 8.A., Jersey; Mr. J. E. B. Eldridge, Royal Military Asy sociat op Enniskillen Asy lum, Chelsea; IV r. H . H. Go d w i n , R o y a l Military Asylum, t; Chelsea ; Miss Hubbard, Margat3 ; Mr. G. Kilburne, Hawkhurst ; Rev. J . A. M i lne, M.A., head master of, the e was Gramma r S c h ool, Kingston, Jamaica ; M r. J . R o bi nson, y, Brixton-hill, and to. Miss S. A. o he miss sameA. A. meeting of diploma of As , of the R oyal As lum Ro.gers, of. Rinses-road Ch e l se a, who had passed the re quired examinati on for that degree. It was announced that the General M e di ca l Council has p l ace d th e C ollege of Pre ceptors in the list o f i nstitutions w h ose fi rs t- c l ass certificates are to be recognised as guarantees o f goo d general educat i en. At the tt rather lose his election than be guilty of bribery. He warned his friends • present against bribery. This was a fortnight.before the election. I never heard or saw Mr. Charlesworth do anything con trary to what he said at this dinner. Mr. Baron Martin expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which Mr. Fernandez had given his evidence that day.' If he applied to the Secretary of State for a release from undergoing the remain der of his punishment, he might refer to his lord ship, in making the application. John Shaw deposed that he received £4O from Mr. Fernandez, and spent £3O of it in bribing a voter named Richard Wilcock, a gardener. Wil cock took some vegetables to Bradford market, and did not vote at all. - _ . Cross-examined—Told Mr. Fernandez that I should want £4O for election expenses. Wm.'Wells said that he knew Brear, who gave him £4O. He said to Brear that he was tired of being asked for his vote, and told him if he voted at all he would vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Brear then left the shop. Samuel Giffard, tailor, Market-street, received £l5 from Brear to give his vote for Charlesworth. A few days after this, on the nomination day, he again saw Brear, who gave him another £l5. He then told • Brear that he was not of Mr. Charles worth's way of thinking, and should noty vote for him. John Whitehead (Bradford) knew a man named Moore; living at Bishop Auckland. I got the name of the " Man in the Moon," and when I went to Wakefield I was introduced to Brear. I was a stran ger in that town. I received money from Brear, amounting in the whole to £5OO. I became ac quainted:with a man named Laing, to whom I think I gave £5O for his vote in favour of Mr. Charles worth. I gave a portion of the money, about £2OO, to a man named Dan. Robinson. George Laing said he received from the " Man in ,he Moon" £5O to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Dan. Robinson (Bradford) received £2OO from Whitehead to bribe voters. He gave Thomas Stead, a bread-baker, £6O for his vote. Thomas Stead admitted that he had received £6O to vote for Mr. Charlesworth. Dan. Robinson gave him the money. This closed the case for the prosecution. Sir F. Kelly then addressed the jury for the de fendant. He said that he appealed confidently to them for their verdict in favour of the defendant, who was a gentleman and a magistrate of the county, had been a member of Parliament, and had enjoyed, and still enjoyed, the esteem and confi dence of all who knew him throughout Yorkshire. The crime alleged against the defendant, being one of some magnitude, it was necessary that the evi dence should be positive and conclusive, but in his judgment it was not of that clear character as to justify the jury in convicting the defendant of bri bery. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said that the jury must consider and try the case in the same manner as they would any other in the criminal court on the other side. They must not convict upon suspicion, but act entirely upon the nature of the evidence that had been given. If they should think that the defendant did not interfere to prevent acts of bribery, but, with his eyes open, allowed these sums of money which had been named to be expended in influencing :the votes of the electors, then, as men of common sense, the jury would be bound to find him guilty. If they, however, should think that the evidence was not conclusive, they must acquit the defendant. His lordship referred to the Act of Parliament, and quoted the sections of it, telling the jury that if the defendant had in their judgment committed bribery within the meaning of the statute he must be convicted. Bribery, of course, had to be carried on secretly. A man could not stand in the street and bribe people openly ; he must be behind the scenes, and do it privately. The jury before they found a verdict of guilty must be convinced that the defendant was a consenting party to the payment of the bribes, the money for which had been placed in the hands of Mr. J. B. Charlesworth. If the defendant chose to keep his eyes shut and would not look at what was going on, but turned aside, the question was whether be was not substantially and in truth as much guilty of bribery as if he•had with his own bands given the bribes. The jury retired and were absent for upwards of an hour, when they found a verdict of guilty against the defendant upon the first count, namely, that he had unlawfully given- money to Mr. J. B. Charlesworth, with the intent that it should be expended, or some portion of it, for purposes of bribery. As to the other counts alleg ing specific acts of bribery the jury could not agree, and they were discharged without giving a verdict. The jury told his lordship that there was no pros pect of their agreeing upon these particular counts.; CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Wilde.) THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A SURGEON AT GREAT HORTON. William Randall Mackley, 33, was charged with the wilful murder of Martha Curtis, at Bradford ; also with making false entries in a certificate of death. Mr. Price, Q.C., and Mr. West prosecuted ; Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. Maule, and Mr. Wheelhouse de fended the, prisoner. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. On the part of the crown, Mr. Price objected to a juryman who was a Quaker. The case has so recently been reported in our columns that the particulars will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. After the examination of the medical witnesses for the prosecution, Mr. Bliss inquired the necessity of pursuing the investigation, and wished to know his lordship's opinion whether or not there was any case against the prisoner to go to a jury ? The learned Judge said there were in the conver sation between the prisoner and Mr. Field circum stances of strong suspicion, but he would take the opinion of the jury upon the matter. The jury then retired, and after considering for a few moments returned into court, and stated that they thought the evidence was such that there was no necessity to prolong the inquiry. A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly re turned; and•as Mr. Price did not offer any evidence on the charge of making false entries, the prisoner was acquitted. FRIGHTFUL NU.RDER. On Friday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a frightful and evidently premeditated murder was committed at New Barns, a hamlet within the parish of Town Melling, Kent. From inquiries made upon the spot we are enabled to give the particulars of the sad occurrence. About 17 years since a farm labourer named John Atkins married at Brenchley, in this county, a very respect able young woman, the daughter of a sawyer named Walker, living with her parents at Mile Oak. The husband shortly after the marriage behaved very strangely, and was exceedingly jealous of his wife, but, so far as we can learn, without the slightest cause. They moved about from place to place solely in consequence of the jealousy of the husband; and some three or four months since they-came to reside in one of three cottages on the estate of Mr. James Graham, New Barns, Atkins being employed on the estate of that gentleman. Here the husband ap pears to have behaved most brutally, from time to time, to his unfortunate wife. His fellow-workmen, knowing his foible, were constantly in the habit of what is familiarly termed " chaffing" Atkins, who would go home and beat his wife and turn her out of doors. Mrs. Atkins was the mother of 13 chil dren, of whom only three are surviving. She was confined with her last child about nine or ten weeks since, tut fortunately the infant did not live. Three weeks ago the man had been plagued by the other workmen, and he went home and ill-used his wife, tearing successively no fewer than three dresses from her person, and at length turned her out of doors-and threw a quantity of water over her. As usual, she sought refuge with her neighbours. On Friday afternoon Atkins was in his cottage con• versing with his wife and a neighbour. He seemed in a jocular mood, and playfully pinched his wife's cheek, with the observation, " You know you have! You are a bad woman." The neighbour went into her own house and upstairs to dress ; at the same time the only inmate of Atkins's cottage (ex cepting himself and wife), their youngest child, a girl, was upstairs putting on her shoes. Hear ing her mother scream out, the child ran down, when she saw her father holding his wife by one hand, and in the other brandishing a pocket knife. The girl at once ran to the neighbonr'shouse and called for assistance, but could not get in, the door being fastened. The unfortunate woman the 1)1 was next seen to rush from her house to the ofdoo.eeir(hig neighbour, to which she clung. She was In the profusely from the throat. The husbandbreutaolor. followed her and dragged her fromhthourd a woman meantime Mrs. Smith, the neig b nearly 70 years of age, being - the evident intention much 'frightened', came out of her cottage, wa y if she interfered laTeitoliasosistance, but the hus bandof going to Mrs. Atkins' assistance, face, threatening ort distance down the brandished the kni a f to serve her in the same opposite the cottages, closely enable throu h • g a gap in were lane,M r s Atkinsand managed staggered el tdo ospcpr husband. Here the parties struggling together, and here was consummated. Atkins then, the pursued d g e by into thea fi pur the fearful cram© seen by unfortunate woman in the leaving the wipe upfield, not turned to his cotta e quite dead, of ... r g , took his wife's returned to the door a little boy where and wen the blood. He NI .9. Ridley% cottage, ndeavoured to be e then went indoors, locking the door after him. The a l um , however, had been given and the house was I' closely watched by two men named Willett and Perch. After a short time 11,rillett left Perch in charge to watch in the lane and prevent further violence, and went to Mailing for the police and a medical man. Dr. Pope was speedily at the place, and on knocking at the door it was at once" opened by the murderer, who had in the interim been busily engaged in wiping the blood from the , floor and furniture. The body of Mrs. Atkins, who , w as then quite dead, was removed from the field to . th e house by Willett and Perch, and it was found tha t *she had been stabbed in the neck, and also severely cut in the left side of the throat. The cause of death ,was the stab, which had penetrated as far as the interior jugular vein. Atkins was at once taken into custody, and was removed to the ' Town Mailing police station. He was subsequently' taken before Mr. Savage at that gentleman's private residence, St. Leonard's-park, where' formal evidence having been adduced, he was remanded until Wednesday, and was removed to the Maidstone county prison. On the same after noon an inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Atkins, who will be tried next week at the Kent Assizes at Maidstone, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LADY BY HER DAUGHTER. On Thursday evening a shocking attempt et murder took place at the usually quiet village 0, Paignton. A. lady named Hooper, of the advanced age of 81 years, has for some time resided in 05 beautiful district with her daughter, Miss Emma' . Hooper, whose age is understood to be about 3 8 ' years. Their income places them in an indepen dent position. A little after six o'clock on the evening mentioned the neighbouring inhabitants were alarmed by hearing frequent calls of "mur der." Upon hastening to the scene, it appeared, that Miss Hooper had made an attack upon the aged lady. She had armed herself with a large knotty stick. With this formidable weapon she rushed at the unfortunate and helpless object of her savage passion, and aimed a heavy blow at her head. Mrs. Hooper, though dreadfully frightened and almost paralysed by such an unexpected and brutal assault, defended herself as best she could, though her en feebled strength prevented her from disarming her stronger and more active assailant. She caught the blow upon her arm, receiving severe injury. Upon subsequent medical examination it was found that it was badly lacerated, the wound extending from the elbow to the wrist. The entrance of the neigh bours prevented !Miss Hooper from completing her purpose. She was immediately secured, and medi cal assistance sent for. Dr. Goodridge was promptly in attendance. He found Mrs. Hooper in an ex ceedingly prostrated state from fright and injury. The lacerations on the arm were sewed up, but it. was several hours before the patient recovered. The' daughter, who was in a highly excited Condition' , was at once removed, and information given of the attack to Mr. Johni3elfield, chairman of the Pair' ton bench of magistrates. He had her brought . before him, when the above particulars appeared. The hearing lasted a considerable time. At the conclusion she was committed for trial. It was with difficulty the police who had charge of the prisoner prevented her from being rather roughly handled by the exasperated- crowd who blocked up the entrance to the house. It was found necessary to remove her by a back way. As the family i s well known in Paignton great regret is felt at this' , lamentable occurrence.— Western Morning News. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK-Jury 20. The attendance of factors and farmers to-day was fair, and wheat was a tolerable show. Trade firm, at the full prices of the preceding week. Malting barley nearly 1: 1 D . minal ; grinding in short supply. Oats in slow demand , but late rates supported. Wheat, red 45s to 52s Oats.... 2ss to 30 5 White do .548 to 64s Beans ..48s to 54 8 Barley .328 to 34s Peas ....—s to -- 4 Malt, 705:,t0 72s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr. ; flour, 416 to 43s per sack. NORWlCH—junir:l3. At this market to-day wheat was in better supply, with it dull sale, at a reduction of 6d to is on last week's rata* and; little business doing. The same remarks will apply to barley, oats, beans, and peas. Flour rather lower. White wheat 568 to 60s I Red wheat 52s to 55 0 Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 4 41 Distilling do.. ....31s to 34s I Oats.. 26s to 30 6 Flour, 38s:Od to 38s 6d per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—JULY 20. At this corn-market wheat was in limited supply. witb• a firm business doing—prices ranging from 56s to 68s for old, and 40s to 608 for new. A small show of barley--- malting 37s to 40s, grinding 338 to 35s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at :20s:to 36 11 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 34s to 555; peas, 44s to 455. Rye, 37s to 42s ; malt, 708 to 745:; flour, 428 to 46s Pa sack. LEICESTER-JuLT 20. An average supply of wheat to-day, and late prices 'were fully supported. White wheat, from 66s to 74s per qr —red, 48s to 63s per 36 stone; a very middling supply of barley, grinding, 29s to 31s • malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans were scarce—olds 50s to 5Ss ; new, 40s to 51s per 38 stone. CAMBRIDGE-JULY 20. A limited supply of wheat, with a steady sale ; priest; were rather higher—white, from 54s to 58s ; red, 38s to 540. Barley in small supply, malting 28s to 30s, grinding 25s to 275. Oats varied from 22s to 30s. Beans were scarce• and a steady side, from 36s to 40s per qr. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- ampton) Do. 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