The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS IN PRUSSIA. The following passage from the recent Circular a Count Eulenburg respecting the appr oachin g elec tions will give some notion of the extraordinary ideas prevalent in high quarters in Prussia as to the duty of Government officials cial s E w s p h e o c a i o a I p a o t e t i e t i n o t o i on n eon t c extensive i n fl u ence. You yo urself, t with is respectto beg e t n h et o thos e c . al offi c o i fa a under th t e h m e , m i a , f or a o t a o t e t r h e e t pomubgliivce com i ng importance your own position is. w hat political r. President, know of • The beneficial p ower of a Government body cannot possibly be exercised if its President entertains a political idea which differs p er a s e f s r i o v m ely, that ae o d f othpepoTeavetrhno ment, either actively or measures of Government, instead of taking care to secure for them a complete execution. It is the same case with the Landraths. The Government cannot permit that a Landrath should employ his influence against the Government, and by his atti tude deceive the inhabitants as to the King and his Government. A district secretary is also not to be tolerated who, forgetful of his duty as a Royal official, makes known and seeks to disseminate, in his daily intercourse with the population, opinions hostile to the Government. These are merely ex amples that I cite. I leave it to yourselves to judge of what great importance it is to again restore in official circles the consciousness of the wide extent of the obligations which are assumed on entering the Royal service, and without delay so to act that no doubt can arise with the Uovernment as to the reliability of the officials of certain, and in this respect important, categories. This doubt, however, must arise in cases where — the Government relying, and being compelled to rely, on the entire devotion and co-operation of their organs—these officials maintain a passive position, and thereby contribute to the success of the oppo nents of the Government. He who has sworn as an official to be submissive, faithful, and obedient to the King his most gracious Sovereign,' is not relieved from this oath, either as elector or elected; and when his Majesty traces out the determined constitutional path in which his officials are to accompany him, all are bound to comply. But they who, by the King's favour and special confidence, have been appointed to places of political importance, are bound besides to give their energetic support to the King's Go vernment. That you will yourself act in this sense, I suppose. Make the officials of the administration of your district thoroughly understand that the Royal Government expects and requires from them daring the approaching elections such conduct as befits faithful Royal officials. At the present mo ment questions of too great importance are agitated. The opposition which has arisen is too sharp and antagonistic for the Government to renounce the right which it possesses over its officials, and ex hibit a forbearance which under other circumstances it might have been inclined to show. Were the Government to allow:the enemy to do as they liked in our own camp, the Government would thereby become a traitor to the cause which it has under taken to defend." ASCENT OF NADAR'S BALLOON, A letter dated Paris, Sunday night, says :—Science has run a match to-day against sport, and the former, " steered" by M. Nadar, has won easily. The event came off on the Champ de Mars, from which densely-crowded plain Le Go ant ascended at five o'clock. Before speaking of the balloon I must say a few words of M. Nadar, whose photographic esta blishment ail your readers who visit Paris, and especially those who go to the Grand Hotel, will certainly know. M. Nadar has got that which Lord Melbourne used to say " would make any one a bore if it did not ruin him outright"—an idea. He be lieves that, in a time not far distant, men will mount the air on "screws" attached to small umbrellas and sail away through the sky, rather shaming the birds. All that is wanting is a beginning ; to get that beginning money is required; to get that money M. Nadar has built the largest balloon on record ; intends to exhibit it throughout the world, and, with the proceeds of the exhibition, the modern Icarus means to build the screw balloon, which is_to carry out his idea. Do you smile ? So men smiled at gas, at railways, at electric telegraphs. The bal loon—that is the inflated globe—seems to me to be much like other balloons, only larger. There are in it, for instance, 20,000 yards of silk, which cost £6,500 ; but the car is curious and ingenious. It is of wicker work—a square-shaped basket, about 20 feet high, and 15 feet long, by 12 wide. It con tains two storeys ; a rez dechause'e—stop! can there be such a thing in the air ?—let us say a ground 1 floor and a terrace. The ground floor is divided into a " captain's cabin," a washing room, four cabins, with separate berths, a printing office, and a photographic studio, with dark chamber. "They are not large," remark sceptical readers ; but there is space for what is required—space to sleep, space to photograph. The cabins are fitted with air beds, suspended on cords ; nothing lighter, nothing more comfortable. The " terrace" has glasses of great power. The outside of this quaint aerial craft is decked like Robinson Crusoe's hut—which, indeed, it resembles in many things—with guns, wheels to carry off the car when it lands, axes to cut ita way through the forest in which it may fall, and tubes, which equally act as " buffers" while landing or as life-buoys if the course of the balloon should change elements. To-day, before starting, the outside was also embellished with legs of mut- ton, chickens, vegetables, and bouquets. Now I must trouble you with a few statistics —only a few i —for I dislike them as much as your readers. The i balloon when inflated was exactly fourteen yards lower than the Tower of Notre Dame. There are two balloons, one within the other. The gas in flated amounts to 6,098 cubic metres, and it is cal culated to support a weight of from three to three tons and a half. The walk from the Place de la Concorde, by the Avenue de la Motte Picquet, to the Champ de Mars, was a curious scene. I can only compare it to the walk from Doncaster to the Town Moor on a very great Leger day. The Gant was towering in the centre of an enclosure within two other enclosures on the great review ground in face of the cavalry barracks. To enter the outer circle you paid one franc, to the second two francs, and then came the innermost ring —the temple of science—to which money would not admit, nor police, if they could possibly help it; and here let me pause for a minute, and abuse the French police. Insolent to foreigners, they are tyrannical to their own countrymen ; are never in the way when they are wanted, always in the way when they are not ; a disgrace to a free country, and a laughing -stock for one who has ever been brought in contact with the police of any other civilised capital. " Can I pass ?" asked a French gentleman, very civilly —nay, meekly —of a hero in a cooked hat, a sword, and his moustache i l'Empereur. dd Are you comfortable there ?" thundered out the official. di Pas mal," replied the gentleman. " Then stay there, and be contented," shriek e d t h e police gen tleman. di If the public are unreasonable, we shall interfere." "They are beasts, the p o li ce, " later observeda' ‘ n e lderly' lady, who had asked her w ay out of the ground, and I beg to endorse her Of course the ground w as k ept opinion. by ; first infantry, but later a t roop of d r agoons a picket of Spahis took possessi on of de Mars, and held it against all corners. At four o'clock the balloon was fully i n - Hated.soldiers al enclosure; presented a curious sight ; earth by a company within, the Vas- globe held or rather "castle"— crowded The ground" presented t h e "car"---or car of people without the centr thowdands Of engineers; . Paris standing roun d , held to "good soci ety," a dmiring with that lazy rap ture, '' which cannot be with curiousvisito.erst;:he beau monde of peculiar to am used, and scorns to b e a them the science and literat ure tThuercAoznaamnditeaof the metropolis; E fe m w bassy, aswa rmo f Spahis, some astonished —mixed with Turks. When the engineers moved the vast i nflated monster tow ards the car, excitement NM intense. Winn they let it slowly THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIN'G, OCTOBER 6, 1863. The • Igational Social Science Association. (From the Scotsman.) Am .nng distinguished strangers who have already arriv ed in town to attend the meetings of the asso- ciat;,on may be named—the Hon. Judge Longfield, President of the Department of Trade and Interna tional Law ; and Mr. Thomas Hare, Secretary of the Chari%y Commission. In all the departments papers will he read of great interest, some of which are expe zted to lead to important discussions. In the dep - irtment of Trade and International Law, sub jects of great national importance at the present time will be discussed. The question of Interna- tional Law as to blockade will be under considera- tion in that department, and it is anticipated that some interesting information will be given as to the number of ships which have run the blockade in America. Mr. Westlake, the Foreign Secretary of the Association, whose opinion on the law of blockade is entitled to great weight, will in all probability lay a resolution on the subject before the Depart ment of Trade and International Law. It is also expected that a resolution will be proposed on the question of allowing neutral Powers to build ships for or to sell them to a belligerent. Mr. William Forsyth, Q.C., will be added to the list of vice-pre; bidents in the Department of Trade and International Law; and on account of the pressure of businessnb -sec. come before the department there will be a of tion appointed, at the request of a number ship owners in Liverpool and other towns to ships — de a r the question of the best mode of valuingdin the shipping subject of importance to all en trade, as it appears that at valued. pgraeergsieeynt there is great difficulty in getting ships properly which the depart- On Thursday, the firstd ay will bees follows: merits meet, the leading businessartment will be chiefly —The Jurisprudenc e Department dePdiscussions on "The De occupied with fects of the presentsystem papfera of Statutory Legislation," Evidence in Civil and Criminal and "The lavithoe Education Department (which Causes." ! 4},lenAssembly Hall), the papers on univer sitymeets in .--. nm w o i r ll ni fi n r g st be taken up, in which the education and evening classes at the propriety of universities will be discussed. Working men's colleges will also engage the attention of the de partment. In the third department, criminal statis tics and criminal legislation will form the subject of the leading papers. In the fourth department Professor Christison will read a paper on the Changes that have occurred in the Type of Disease in Edinburgh during the last 50 years, and papers will also be read on Disease in Cattle. The fifth department will be occupied all day with papers on Emigration. The sixth department will be chiefly occupied with papers on Direct and Indirect Taxa tion. On Friday the business will be as follaws :—ln the Jurisprudence Department, Civil Procedure in Scotland, and the Bankruptcy Law of Scotland, will form the subjects of discussion. In the Edu cational Department the entire day will be devoted to papers and discussions on Netional Education, and the Assembly Hall will no doubt be well attended during the whole day. Among the papers read will be the following :—Professor Milligan on the Parish Schools of Scotland ; Rev. Dr. Bell, QM, on the Revised Cude ; the Rev. A. Fraser, On the Present State of Elementary Education in Scotland, with suggestions as to a commission of inquiry." The third department will de occupied all day with the kindred subjects of ragged schools and reformatories, and among the papers will be one by Dr. Buchanan " On the Advantages of Ragged Schools," and another by the Rev. Dr. Robert Lee 4 ' On the Advantages of Reformatories." In the fourth department a paper "On the Recent Sani tary Works," from Miss Nightingale, will be read, and Provost Lindsay will read a paper "On the Pollee Improvement Act of Scotland." The subjects of the drainage of towns and unhealthy houses will also be brought under consideration. In the fifth 'department (Social Economy) nearly all the papers will refer to charity and relief of the poor, one of them being "Oa the Lancashire Cotton Dis trict," by Mr. Edmund Potter, M.P. In the sixth department there will be read papers on the Patent Question, on a Uniform System of Weights, Measures, and Coins, and on Decimal Notators. On Saturday the Jurisprudence Department will consider papers on the Torrens Sy!iem of Convey ancing, and on the Extension of the Landed Estates Court to Scotland. In the second department In dustrie]. Education will occupy the entire day, there being four papers on that subject. In the - third department two papers will be read on the Convict System, one by the Right Hon. C. Adderley, M.P., , oa the "Reports on Penal Servitude and Prison Discipline," and another by Mr. John Hill Burton, on the Evidence at the Penal Servitude Act Com mission, not printed with the report. In the fourth department there will ho among other papers two on Colonial Schools and Hospitals by Miss Night ingale. In the fifth department there will be five papers on Co -operation, two onApprenticeships, and one on Trades' Societies. The sixth department will be occupied all day with papers on Scotch Trades. On Monday the Jurisprud ence jnrisprud ence D e p ar tment will hear papers on the Banking and Curr e ncy Laws of the United Kingdom, a eh nd on a proposed pu bli c Register of R a il way be discussions on the subject s entures of breach There will also forec large each of con t rac t by workmen, facilitiesthe working cl asses ac quiring house prop er ty i n town s , debt actions by retailers against consumers small price of necessaries. O n t h e ers for the last-nam e d su bj ect Sheriff Hallard, of Edinburgh , will read a. Department will be o • The Education occupied with papers on the two important t • opics of middle class education and the state of f • oreign education. The third department will again devote the whole to papers on the convict s day system. The fourth de partment will take up papers relating to sani • tary arrangements in Edinburgh, Leith, and New haven. The fifth department will take up all the day with papers and discussions on important subjects relating to the con dition of the working classes, such as the dwellings of the working classes in large towns , hinds' labourers' houses, Scottish agricultural rural cot tages, Post-office savings banks, l year y societies, and the early closing movement, Dr. B egg having a paper to read on the last-named subject. The sixth department will hear three papers " On In ternational Law," the discussions on which will occ upy - the entire day. Among the papers will be one by D r . I). Chalmers, " On the Capture during War of Private Property at Sea." On Tuesday the Jurisprudence Department will take up papers Oa the Marriage Laws and the Lunacy Laws" as affecting the medical profession. The Educational Department will be occupied with hearing a variety of miscellaneous papers, including Papers on Sabbath Schools, Music Schools, &c to the . The ~v,third department will t ake up papers relating causes and prevention of crime,the licensing system in Scotland and the traffic in strong drink being arnonp, Provost Lind -0 the sub j ects of the papers. say will r ead • ti The Granting of Cer tificates for L. one paper on The fourth department to Public -houses in Scotland. be taken up with the reading of a number will miscellaneous sub jects, including tu ber of papers on . the Being of NI "On the Influence of Smoking on fifth department!lli" by Mr, Thos. Reynolds. The will be all with papers on the em pio ' occupied ai. flay department pape , Y m ent of women. In the sixth Fisheries, the Iriskhßewill be read on the British prac tical finance of life Salmon fisheries, and the The arrangements sflo7l;cese. the meetiag, will d - -neaday , the last day of _ depend, , to a large the manner in which the bus; extent, upon --nese i n th de partments is overtaken on the re vl • "8 day s . e various TIIE UNIVERSITY CONVERSAZIONE TO SCIENCE Assoc TUE SOCIAL ASSOCIATION, We understand that great exertions: made by the professors to make the are cony ' being oniThursday evening mamost t one of the ersazime a nd original things of tho kind ever brilliant in Edinburgh. The noble library, 190 feet se" long, the eastern hall, staircase, and reading-room are to be illuminated with gas. The different recesses are to contain selections from the various museums and collections of the institution, so as to illustrate the science and arts taught within its walls. The Photographic Society of Scotland will present the chemical s pecimens of photography. Mederu gal- vano electricity will be applied to new practical results; and the rare manuscripts of the library will be displayed by the librarian. It is anticipated that the reunion will constitute an exhibition of the sciences by the professors, calculated alike to in% struct, please the public, and interest the learned. c a ar ip i a t w li a t s tle a , t an it d a ae p re eop e. "Not gas blundered height. mount, a nTdhdown a , i h ea e m d Goen i a t ;t t o t„ ho t eo h waiting enough" was the verdict; but wae s e o e o e n n a ae man,oe "scouring g ning with a box in the lain " They we re for a forgotten parc e l. P • Well; perhaps a pate. " Now it mounts! T But down A itownt five comesveo'clock, e again,e theand military Ve\thieheacrowd bandseebeigeiinrlel to doubt. playing " Malbrook s'en va," M. Nadar and his eleven friends rise and float away from Paris on a strong south-westerly breeze, which seemed to get more westerly es they rose. They expect to be in the upper air in a few hours, and to stay there four days! They have circulars printed in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Dutch, which they mean to scatter to the winds, and which they hope will be sent to the telegraph offices, and keep their route before the public. I must not omit to tell you that an English advertis ing tradesman has been in treaty with M. Nader for a contract for the scattering to the winds some millions of handbills. M. Nadar was interrupted when telling me the story, so I am unable to say if they came to terms. I must add, in conclusion, that this event has created the most extraordinary sensation. There could not have been less than half a million of spec tators. The streets were more densely crowded than on the night of the Fete Napoleon, and M. Nader and his balloon were "household words" throughout Paris. The day was cloudy, with a good deal of wind and a cold air, which I should think has found out our balloonatices before this time. Gahgnani's Messenger says :—" At the moment of going to press a communication has reached us, signed by the captain, M. Nadar, and all those who had taken places in the balloon, stating that on alighting yesterday evening at 9 o'clock, at Barcy, near Moaux (Seine-et-Marne), three severe shocks were experienced which bad the effect of com pletely capsizing the balloon and inflicting on its occupants several rather severe contusions." The State of Bethnal-Green.—Alleged Defamation on the Parish. Last night, at the weekly meeting of the board of guardians of the parish of Bethnal-green, in the board-room, Waterloo-road, Victoria Park, the fol lowing proceedings took place with reference to the recent disclosures as to the state of the district , Mr. Collins occupied the chair. Mr. COLLINS (addressing Dr. Moore, w h o had given evidence on the inquest)—Dr. Moore, 'NI"' Ward, the mother of the child on whom the inques t was held in Hollybush•place, complains that though you attended her child nine days you refused to give a :certificate of death. The board wishes to know why you refused. Dr. MOORE—Because I was not satisfied as to the cause of death, and I wished to have an inves tigation into the case. Mr. CoLLINs asked what was the first entry in the book as to the illness of the child. Dr. MOORE said dentition with regard to the youngest child, and there was debility i n the ear of the other child. But children did not usually die of teething. That child died fr om the impure atmosphere. There was no specific disease. He never asked the coroner's officer to get up the He went to the coroner and told hi m the feet°. The coroner said that if the cause o f d eat h was no t clear a post-mortem examination sho u ld b e ma de- Mr. ComaNs—Would it not h ave b e en more satisfactory if you had had anot h er medical man with you upon the post-mort em exam i nat ion ? The verdict of the jury was giv en on your unsupportedcase. testimony and without th e j ury v i s i t i n g the pre raises for themselves. Dr. MOORE—I would have wished get one, but I was qualified to make th e pst,martem exami nationa, doctor myself. But I had no ti me t o get —the body was decomposing. Mr. COLLINS—Don't tell the board that, doctor. You had time to run about to the Fountain Tavern and to the London Hospital aft er th e corone r. Dr. MooRE said he was a l wa y s glad t o have assistance, but he was not bound to get it. The report of the doctor's evidence before the coroner was read ; and Dr. Moore said t hat there p rincipally were some verbal inaccuracies—it was correct. Dr. MOORE said that he had attended the children of Butterfield and the Mandrells in Ilollybush place. He said before the coroner that the children had died from similar causes as the c hild of the Wards. Dr. Brotherton a tt en d e d for him at times, and he gave a certific a t e th at th e c hild of the But. terfields, eleven days o ld, di e d from asphyxia. Dr. Brotherton thought th a t th e d ea th was from blood poisoning ; but he g ave a certificate o f asphyxia, which was a term th at i nvo l ve d impure air, &c. He (D r . Moore) po isoning from in the case of the Mandrells' child ren , because there gave a certificate had originally been a di sease , sca rlatina. Scarla tina was a disease th a t can b e neouely by foal air, a n d t h en pr opagated by con tagion. gen erated sponta e , and we Mr. COLLINS—Yon s t a t e d before th e coroner that the children di e d f rom bl oo d-poisoning , wish to show from y our own cer tificates that they died from other cau ses . Dr. MooRE said th a t h e b e lieved that all the children had been a ff ecte d b y t he same influence , but he was clear that the children died from poisons from the foul atmosphere. Mr. COLLINS—yo 4 have appointed sanitary in spector, that you were your troublesome reports yo u were dismissed. When were you appointed p stated andte that owing to a Dr. MOORE said th at he h a d be en directed by the board to exa m i ne and repo rt on the state of nuisances, &c., in th e par i sh. Se and his colleague did so, but the res u lt was tha t before Dr. Pierce was elected to the p a id off i ce t h e board put forward an advertisement expressly exc luding every gentle man that held an ap po i ntment u nder the board from the post. That w as a v i rtua l dismissal, and several members of the b oar d told h i m that the object was to shut out all th ose doctors whose reports were troublesome, and w h o were run ning about " stink hunting" in the p ar i sh. Several memb ers d enied t h a t such an advertise ment had been p u bli shed, but Dr. Moore was posi tive on the point. Dr. PIERCE sa id t h at in j us ti c e to Dr. Moore he wished to state th a t h e had h ear d in 1856 that no one who then h e ld t h e posit i on o f sa nitary inspector should hold the p a id appo i ntmen t. The Wards, th e M andre l' s , a nd the Butterfields were then called i n with a v i ew to show that the s deaths were from sc a r l a ti n a, or other natural disease , and also app arently to show th a t Dr. Moore had been guilty of" n eg l ect i ng his patients," because Dr. Brotherton, wh o h ad f requ ently attended in his absence, was not hi s legally ointed deputy. The man WAR D app said that Mr. Englehart, one of the board, had come down to his room and behaved in an impertinent and overbearing manner. He said that the place was a beautiful one, that the view was like Finsbury-square, and that he would not take a lie from any one. Mr. ENGLERART said that he only said he would not be misled by any one. He was certainly sur prised when he looked out and saw the flowers in gardens round about. WARD said the nuisances were in another direc tion, and they were shocking. No Government in spector visited the place. Mr. PEREIRA asked why he remained in th e If h e h(eM shouldr . Pe Pereira) consider o a 13 ) found sider this would ld family'sbe man slaughterl live s e endangered p l ace , s i a f i h d e th d a i t d h n e ot w in as " a e. WARD shoemaker, and could were le l ar E ce ß e c so E nw , l y ni ers e no dical officer of health, sa id t h at not easily get a p l ace. w e n o; s a e in than h t a h n e H cowshed,ollyb us h n -place a 6 c 6 e 'Therem a D n r y . The distance from the shed to the houses was 18 yards, not 8. He had directed some alterations to be made. Each person in nollybush-place had 250 feet of air; child ren an d all. Mr. GOODWI N , v i ce - c h a i rman the parish had been maligned, a nd c that Dr. ne d Moore that nore was 3i a r. t A th u e b sTl o N tt , om lan o d f it. lnr d of Hollybush-place, said that mis-statements lied been made about his pro perty. Ho admitted, however, that some of the closets were not trapped ; the drains were, and he was now repairing the place. The place was not very clean, but it was not very bad. After some further discussion the meeting wa s adjourned. by. He (Thorogood) went there and examined the house, but no money was found, only some letters. Wm. Seymour French said he lived at No. 46, Liverpool street, King's-cross, and was a cleik at Messrs. Smith and Son's book stall, at the King's-cross Station, and on the morning in question the witness Thorogood spoke to him, and they both went into the booking office. The detective and the prisoner were a little distance past the first-class waiting room in the booking office. The prisoner, when charged with the robbery, said, " Oh,what nonsense; I was going to read it." That book was the only one in stock. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said on the day in question while at the station, in front of the stall, having been to the railway to see a friend off, he observed the book called the Alpine Guide, and some time ago having had a book of a similar description, he wished to ascertain whether it was the same or another edition. He took the book from the stall, and while examining it the detective cams up and seized him by the collar, charging him with stealing the book, of which charge he was entirely innocent. He (the prisoner) wished, if the book had been a new work, at some future time to have purchased it. The letters which were found on him would give him an excellent character, and he trusted the jury would deem him a man utterly in- capable of committing such an act. The jury, having consulted together for a few minutes, returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Poland said the jury having given their verdict, he would state that on Nov. 12 the stall was left in the care of a boy, Mr. French being engaged elsewhere. The prisoner came up, and took a book off one of the shelves. He asked the price, when the boy observed him about to place the book in his pocket. He was asked whether he wanted to buy it. The boy not suspecting him, owing to his being respectably dressed, said nothing to any person. The learned Judge then sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six calendar months. James M'Mahon, 22, labourer, was charged with unlaw fully and maliciously committing damage to a pane of glass, value £l5, the property of John Thompson Gideon. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. James Pocock said he was a barman at the Prince Albert Tavern, Kentish-town, in the service of the prosecutor. On the 21st of September, in the afternoon, the prisoner came into the shop with several other ram. The prisoner was drunk, and having been there for some short time, began wrestling with another man, who was standing at the bar. Ho (the prisoner) required some drink, but being riotous was refused. A struggle ensued, and he was ejected from the premises, and afterwards pushed his fist through a thick pane of glass. Roymon Bosley, police-constable 124 S, said he took the prisoner into custody. He was drunk, and said nothing. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had no intention to break the window. The jury immediately returnel a verdict of guilty. Mr. Payne, in passing sentence, said he was constantly in the habit of remarking as to the evils arising from intem perance ; and here was another instance. Here was a man who, being drunk, goes into a house and wishes to be served with drink, and the barman, very properly, seeing his condition, refused him, when the prisoner gave vent tohis feelings by smashing the window. It being highly desirable that shopkeepers should be protected from these attacks — an act of Parliament having been framed for that special purpose—he (Mr. Payne) trusted the sentence ho was about to pass would act both as a warning to him and to others. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for nine calendar months. Charles Roper, 19, shoemaker, was indicted fcr stealing a coat, value £2, the property of James Adams. The prosecutor is a van proprietor, and on the 30th of August he was about leaving home for a drive. He took off his coat and put it on a dog-cart outside the stable-door. He went into the stable for a short time and on his return he found that it was gone. Mary Ann Western, of No. 10, Ogle•mews, said the pri soner took a coat to her and asked' the value of it, and she told him that she thought it would fetch 10s. by daylight. He took it away. It was the coat produced. Alfred Hebburn, assistant to Mr. Crouch, pawnbroker, of No. 35, Sussex street, produced a coat pawned by a female on the 31st of August last. John Bell, police-constable 101 E, proved receiving the prisoner into custody on this charge. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and, when about to be sentenced, The prisoner said he was engaged by a cab proprietor to work in his stable, and had been in that situation for some time, when a policeman of the C division happened to find him out and told his master that he had had four months' imprisonment, upon which his master immediately dis charged him. Mr. Payne said he should like that fact to be ascertained, and told Mr. Lockyer, the prison officer, to make inquiries as to the truth of the prisoner's statement, and also to ascer tain his antecedents. Having conferred with the other ma gistrates on the bench, his lordship said that he should defer passing sentence until next session, when he would be brought up for judgment. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—A recovery of 2or 3 per cent. in the quotations of the Confederate Loan, and a revival of the rumours respecting the recognition of the South by France, are the natural consequences of the last news from America. A defeat in Tennessee, a check in Texas, a pause, to say the least, in the siege of Charleston, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the North, are more than enough to disturb the money-market on both sides of the Atlantic. Such fluctuations do not always represent the sober calculations of far-sighted men, but the efforts of speculators to make a profit by the hopes and fears of more nervous capitalists. The next mail may possibly bring intelligence of a Fe deral victory, and then the " movement" will be reversed. in the meantime, however, there is one circumstance favourable to the Confederate cause which does not depend for its importance on these oscillations in the fortunes of war. The position of France in Mexico, and the conditional acceptance of the Crown by the Archduke Maximilian, amount to something more than a diversion in favour of the South, inasmuch as they are a forcible and practi cal protest against the idea of one dominant Repub lic on the North American Continent. If an inde pendent Monarchy be established in Mexico, the motive for subjugating the Confederate States is sensibly weakened, and who can say but that the princip.e of a balance of power may be borrowed from Europe, and introduced into the New World ! At all events, the growing antagonism between the interests of the Federal States and those of France, coincident with fresh successes of the Southern armies, will afford a fair opportunity of testing the charitable estimate of our policy that seems to be accepted by the war party in America. According to the organs of this p ar ty, the blindest self-interest gaverns alternately with the basest cowardice the conduct of the British Government. When they thought they could bully the United States with impunity they made no secret of their Southern proclivities ; when they heard that Vicksburg had fallen, that Lee had re treated, and that Charleston was threatened, they laid an embargo on the steam rams at Birkenhead, and gave Mr. Mason the cold shoulder. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the tidings which sent up gold to 42 prem. at New York will produce a corresponding effect on the language of Earl Rus sell and the public opinion of England ; whether Lord Wharncliffe and his friends will be allowed to have their own way, and Mr. Mason invited to come back; and, if nothing of this kind happens, what new unworthy motive wills rib attributed to us by our American critics. It is, perhaps, unknown to these gentlemen, but it is a fact, that our country men resident in the Southern States are just now loud in their indignation against the English Go• vernment for truckling as they allege, to the Cabinet of Washington. Their grievance is that their pro perty is not respected by the invading Federals, but seized or destroyed with as little scruple as though it belonged to Confederate owners, and that Lord Russell has omitted to exact, or even to demand, any reparation for it. The hardship of their position has been brought home to them still more painfully by the result of an application made by certain British capitalists on their own behalf to the State Department at Richmond. What they requested was that the Confederate Government should un dertake to guarantee cotton purchased by British subjects, and stored in the interior of the country, against the risk of destruction by order of the Confederate commanders to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. Mr. Benjamin answered, in effect, that he could not consent to involve his Government in any such responsibility, unless he received the corresponding assurance that restitu tion would be rigorously enforced from the Federal Government by that of Great Britain if the cotton should be destroyed or confiscated by the Northern Generals. Moreover, he astutely ex plained that it would not be enough for the captors to reimburse to the neutral proprietors the value of the cotton at the time and place of seizure,inasmuch as that value might be no more than a fifth of its worth iu the United States, so that they might profit to the extent of 400 per cent. by the act of spoliation. Unless, therefore, the enemy could be effectually bound over to lea%e such stores of cotton untouched, he could not pledge the Confederacy to idemnify their owners against its destruction by Southern hands for military reasons. We cannot be surprised that this reply—coupled with the fact that no interference on their behalf had been promised by ',the British Government, though a representation was made so long ago as August, 1862—should have excited a good deal of irritation among English merchants in the South. Before, however, we condemn Lord Russell for not making a peremptory demand that would probably have been resisted, it is right that we should advert to one or two material points which the parties in terested may not have suffi cientl y considered. In the first place, it is clear from a letter of Mr. Ben jamin to Mr,Mason that the operations contemplated MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 5, (Before the Assistant-Judge.) The October general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Ses sions House, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of 73 prisoners com mitted for trial, 64 being indicted for felony, and 9 for mis demeanour. . The grand jury having been sworn, the Assistant-Judge briefly addressed them on the nature of their duties. John aßailey,a other 27, gardener, articles, valuew as 4i theB, icte p d r o f ; e r r tproperty stealing ofm James 2 e 3 brooches, ta l s Bradfield The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. E. T. Smith, the propr i e tor of Cremorne Garden, as gasman, and a t a quar t er to 4 o'clock on the mornin g of the 19 th of September police- b Mayhew, 319 V, who was on d u t y i n th e gar d ens, on Millard. e saw the prisoner passing a glove-shop which is in the gar dens. The hinges of the door leading to the shop had been unscrewed, and shortly afterwards, on pulling the door aside, he found the prisoner inside the slop. He said to h i m , " Hallo, what are you doing there ?" and he said it wa s all right, and seeing the door unfastened he had gone in there to lie down. The policeman said he knew they did not allow persons to lie down there, and that he must tell him a better tale than that. The policeman then wanted to know what he had got in his pocket, and he said it was all right. The policeman said it was not all right, and that he must go with him to the station-house, upon which the pri soner struck him a blow in the face. He laid hold of the prisoner by the neckerchief and collar. The prisoner had a knife in his hand, and having seized the policeman by the hair he kept "jobbing" at him with the knife,and they were up and down struggling together for about 20 minutes. The policeman receiv e d several cuts and scratches about the face and hands, While they were struggling together the pri soner cut his neckerchief through with his knife,and having succeeded in throwing the policeman to the ground,got away a nd contrived to escape out of the gardens. The policeman pursued him ; but he was stopped by another police-constable about 150 yards from the gardens. The prisoner was taken to the station-house, and, being searched there, brooches, bracelets, pins ; and other jewellery were found in the pri soner's pockets. The property belonged to Mr. Millard, of No. 2, Piccadilly, dealer in French gloves and fancy articles, and he had also a stand for such things in Cremorne gardens. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the indictment, and begged the compassion of the Court for the sake of his wife and family, who would be altogether without support while he was in gaol, and this would be a severe lesson to him for the rest of his life. The Assistant-Judge said he did not sit there to provide for his wife and family, and the prisoner himself ought to have thought of them before he made up his mind to rob his master. The police•constable Mayhew said the prisoner struggled very violently with him, and kept continually jobbing at him with the knife he held in his hand. He was quite sober at the time. The Assistant-judge sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. Henry Platt, 39, porter, and Henry Darcy, 24, porter, were indicted for stealing a bronze figure of the Emperor Napoleon 1., value £l5, the property of Geo. Attenborough, Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton appeared for Platt, and the other prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor, a dealer in curiosities, living at No. 72, Strand, missed from his stock on the 29th of August last a bronze figure of the Emperor Napoleon 1., and upon in quiries found that the last time it was seen on the premises was on the 20th of August. He wrote a description of it and sent it round to the police and pawnbrokers. A few hours after the publication of it he received an intimation that it had been pledged with Mr. Aldous, a pawnbroker, of Berwick-street, Soho. The figure was taken from a gutter on the roof of the house, where it had been placed for the purpose of improving its appearance, and was of the value of £l5. Enoch Cook, police-sergeant 7 C, proved that on Sept. 21 he was called to the shop of Mr. Aldous to take the prisoner Platt into custody, and he said he was one of the men who had pledged the figure of the Emperor Napoleon, and that the other man's name was Darcy. On the evening of the 21st ult. he went to 71, Strand, and saw the prisoner Darcy, Witness told him that he was a police-sergeant, and asked him if he knew anything about a bronze figure, and he said that he did. Witness told him that he should take him into custody, and anything he said might be used against him. He then stated that he went to Platt and told him that there was a bronze figure on the roof of a house, and he thought they could sell or dispose of it. Platt wont with him to look at it, and when he got to the door of 71, Strand, he said he would not allow Platt to go upstairs, and so he fetched it down himself. Both prisoners were found Guilty. The Assistant-judge sentenced them to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four months. Thos. Cornell, 35, Thos. Tebboth, 35, and Chas. Salloes, 18, were indicted for stealing three tons of rags, value £659 the property of Messrs. Dickinson and Co., papermakers, of the Old Bailey. Mr. Metcalfe (instructed by Mr. T. Beard) prosecuted. The prisoners were undefended. Thos. Jones, a police-constable, 274 D, said about a quar ter past nine o'clock on the night of Sept. 9 he saw the three prisoners together in the Harrow -road. Tebboth was draw ing a truck, and Cornell and Salloes were pushing behind. In the truck were two bags of rags, and having his sus picions he saw an officer who was in uniform, and told him to follow him. He saw the prisoners in the Harrow road, near to the Paddington Vestry-hall, and they were going towards town over the railway bridge. When the prisoners saw witness speak to a police-constable, Cornell and ealloes ran away, and he took Tebboth. In the truck were two bags of rags weighing about 4 cwt., and he had shown them to Mr. Cole, the foreman of Messrs. Dickin son and Co., who identified them as having been stolen from their stores. He asked Tebboth where he got the rags from, and he said he was called by the other men to assist to bring them from the towing-path, b ut h e did no t k now w here they were going to. The two oth er men who were w ith Tebboth he had seen on the previo us Th ursday w i t h a t ruc k i n which were three bags of rags, and having some suspicion he called the attention of a police-constable to them, and told him to watch them. On that occasion they went towards Maida hill. On the morning of the Bth witness went to the place and found an entry had been effected under the door, and that then access had been gained to the place where the rags were. He took Salloes on the following Thursday, and on telling him the charge, he said, " I expected it. I'll go quietly." Mr. Cole, foreman to Messrs. Dickinson and Co., said on the police-constable coming to him he went to the station house and saw two bags of rags there. They were part of their stores at No. 16 Wharf, at Paddington. He went to the place on the following day, and missed three or four tons of rags, in 40 or 60 bundles, and they were worth about £65. He found a box of Lucifers and a pieee of candle in the loft, which had not been left there by any one belonging to the premises, as there was n o use w h a t eve r for them. Charles Brooks said his f a th er k ep t a s hop near the Har row-road, and he knew th e pr i soner S a lloes hired a truck two or three times a week. Th e t ruc k was the same one that had been stopped by th e o ffi cer . The jury found all the p r i soners gu ilty. A previous conviction was proved against Salloes, d The Assistant-Judge sentenced S a ll oe s to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months, and Cornell and Tebboth to 12 months each. The prisoner William John Cumming, 48, yne su rgeon, of supe rior educe- t o ion, was charged with stealing a printed boo k, the p roperty f T W h m. Henry Smith and another. Mr. Poland - appeared for the prosecut ion. The prisoner was undefended. Mr. Poland, i n h is opening a dd r ess, said this was a prose cution by Me ssrs S mith, th e well known railway booksellers, and the priso ner was charged w ith stealing one of their b o oks under circum s t ances whic h he would mention to the j ur y . The prosecutor k ept a b oo k-stall at the Gre at Northern Railway Station, French. and the stall in q uestion was kept by a per son of the nam e o f On the day in question lie (French) had n o ti ce d t h e defendant abou t the station and close to the st a ll. From the suspicious mann er of the pri soner a detecti ve o f f i cer was requested to watch , and in con sequence of such i nstruc tions he watched th e p risoner, and observed him ma k e an a ttempt to reach a book from the plea:Bedefnnroet Arguriltrya. ) stall. He aft erwards wa lked away a little distanc e, the de tective having o b serve d him remove a book from the stall, The prisoner w a lk e d th r ough the booking-office and was making his way into the street. The detective then went up to him and as k e d hi m for the book , to which he re p lied, "I have not g o t i t ," an d on being se arched a book called the "Alpine Guid e " was f o und upon h im. He was taken into the superintendent' s office, and the stall-keeper, having heard of his apprehension, gave him into custody. Josiah Thorogood said he was a constable stationed at the Great Northern Railway Station. About half-past three on the afternoon of Saturday, the 12th September, ho saw the prisoner on the downside of the platform at the King's-cross Station, and watched him closely. The prisoner put his hand twice towards a book on the stall, which was covered, and drew it back as if CODECiO US that some one was looking at him. He went round the b ookin g -office and came back again. Ile put his hand on so me books which were on the stall, and the on e p r oduced was standin g u p in the racl . r. Tho prisoner t oo k the book, and a fterwards concealed it under his coat. Ho walked t hrou g h the booking-office and w as ma king his way out o f the station when witness spoke to the keepe r o f th e s t a ll, and the pris oner was shortl y afterwards apprehended. When stopped he (Thorogood) said to him, " I shall charge y ou with stealing a book. The prisoner rep li e d " I've no book." Witne ss p ut his " read." book, o g ffee hand into the prisoner's pocket and took the book in ques tion from it, the prisoner remarking " I only took it to Re was told he would have to go to the police-office ep h explanation r i t s ioslodne r witness said, H t a h t a e hy r o e i n. lived . vge o oci n t ayt g o going n rc downhi p o r u4 a til y; let l plat formome me , . gano.dugive t the prisoner had been suggested by the Confederate Government, and were intended to benefit the State quite as much as the neutral speculators. " In order to prevent the monopoly by the Northern States of the accumu lated staples now held by our people, no measure seems less objectionable nor more appropriate than to encourage the merchants of neutral nations to purchase in advance these products, and to leave them here in depot till the ports are opened." We do not mean to say that this ruse was not perfectly legitimate, or that the legal character of the owner ship would be affected by it ; but we can well under stand why the adviser of her Majesty's Govern ment should have hesitated to give it their direct sanction. Nor must it be forgotten that the gua rantee demanded was prospective. Lord Russell was requested to engage beforehand to give all such property effectual protection if it should fall into Federal hands. Now, the laws of war with respect to private property found in the territory of an enemy are by no means so " unquestionable " as Mr. Benjamin seems to think. Dr. Phillimore's proposition, that neutrals have a right to trade with belligerents, which he quotes as conclusive, does not touch the difficulty at all, and we can well con ceive cases in which an invading army would be fully justified in converting the goods of a neutral land owner or householder to its own use. This may or may not be one of them; but at all events the in tervention of our Government should be reserved for the redress of actual injuries, and not bespoken in advance for hypoth etical contingencies. The pressure to which this country is now subjected on every side to depart from the path it has laid down is no more than every wise man must have foreseen. This is just what is meant when we speak of the danger of being dragged into a war. No nation ever was or ever could be dragged into a war in the sense in which an Irishman may be dragged—that is, bodily—into a faction fight. What happens is that a multitude of passions and interests, veiling themselves under specious names, invariably possess the popular mind and ally themselves with the instinct of pugnacity which no civilization has yet extirpated, obscuring and keeping out of sight the colossal evils which war ever brings upon the victors no less than upon the vanquished. It is at such times that Governments are often wiser than peoples, and when we can look back calmly on the part played by England dur ing the American war we shall see that experience and statesmanship are worth something, after all, in foreign policy. Had feelings alone, however natural and honourable, governed our conduct as a nation, we should long before this have been goaded by the in sulting tone of Northern demagogues and journalists into some deviation from impartiality. Let us con tinue to practise the same forbearance and self-re straint when we are taunted by the South with undue subservience. Taunts are no more like arguments than threats, and arguments of the gravest and most solid kind are the only considerations which can properly be addressed to a great nation in mat ters of such moment. Lord Russell's speech at Blairgowrie defined in clear and dignified terms the proper attitude of Great Britain towards the two American belligerents. We have hitherto had good reasons for remaining neutral to the extent of ab staining from recognition. When those reasons fail —and we are neither bound nor disposed to specify beforehand upon what conditions that failure de pends—it will be time to change our ground. If this time should ever come, we shall at least have the satisfaction of feeling that we have acted upon our own judgment, as we must needs act upon our own responsibility. HERALD.—The last report of the Chief Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works proves that our cloaca maxima, if not actually approaching com pletion, is at least giving satisfactory s igns of pro gress. Those only who knew by experience the diffi culties and delays which have to be encountered and ov ercome in a work upon such a sca le can r ightly estimate the labour and incessant vigilance which is required to keep dilatory contractors up to the mark, and to prevent idle or dishonest contractors from playing tricks with the public money. - Still more so is such the case when operations, as in the present instance, have to be conducted upon a scale which precludes their being entrusted toa single firm, and when half a dozen di f f erent establishments have accordingly contracted for as many different portions of the great scheme. Much delay has also been the result of the uncertainty which pre vailed for so long a time as to the course which Parliament would ultimately adopt with respect to the Thames embankment. Until this was finally determined, it was impossible to deeide defini tively upon the course to be taken by the Low- Level Sewer on the north bank of the Thames, which drains, in all probability, the largest area assigned to any single artery, and the completion of which, under any other circumstances, would probably have been attended with a greater amount of inconvenience, and consequent expense, than that which has been occasioned by any other portion of the work. Wo are now, however, as it would appear, in a fair way to witness the accomplishment of this magnum opus. The plans for the embankment from Waterloo-bridge to the east end of the Temple -gar dens have been at length passed by the committee and approved of by the board. The portion of it be tween Westminster and Waterloo bridges has been already let by public tender to Mr. Ridley, and will be proceeded with as soon as the necessary bonds have been prepared and executed. Within two years at farthest we are promised that the whole shall be in working order, and that roadway above and sewer beneath shall both be applicable to their respective purposes. Meanwhile, a substantial ad vance has been made with all those portions of the undertaking which affect the land alone. Messrs. Brassey and Co. have actually completed about ten miles and a half of the Middle Level Sewer and of its numerous feeders. From Old Ford, up to Clerkenwell Sessions House, the line is now com plete, with the exceptio n of a few trifling breaks caused by local obstruct ions, and the fixings of the wrought iron aqueduet by which the Metropolitan Railway will be crossed at . Victoria -street. The Fleet Sower is in cou rse of diversion from its ancient channel, and the di ffi culties presented by the nature of the ground, and of the tenements by which it is covered, are rapidly. being surmounted. Of the Western Sewer , which is in the hands of Messrs. Maxon, more than two miles have been actually finished. The Northern Outfall Sewer, five miles and a quarter in length, is actually a fait accompli. Some portions of the earthwork of the embank ment still rema i n to be finished, the bridges are at present without their parapets, and the apron has still to be fixed in the bed of the river ; but the sewage of the High and Middle Level Sewers has now been permanently turned into a portion of it, and is discharged through the tumbling bay direct into the Thames at Barking Creek. The temporary measures adopted during the summer for the diver sion of the sewage from the river Lea have thus been superseded by its conveyance through the proper channels ; and it is satisfactory to learn that the change has been effected without the slightest symptom of leakage having manifested itself, either from the ironwork or the brickwork. One compartment of the great reservoir at the exit of the Northern Outfall Sewer is already finished, and another is in a forward state. The founda tions of the remainder have been commenced, and all will be in readiness long before the time that their services are likely to be actively called into requisition. At the pumping station, also, all the works are fast progressing. In fact, from one end to the other, upon the northern side of the Thames, there are the signs of a healthy activity which pro • miss well for the future. The Southern Low Level Sewer is less advanced. A mile and a quarter of the main channel has been constructed by Mr. Webster, and three miles of the portion entrusted to Messrs. Aird and Co. have been completed in Bermondsey. Between Great Guildford-street and the B lackfriars road progress is also making. But the low level at which the whole of the work has to be carried on is adverse to expedition, and upon the whole less relative advance has been made upon the south than upon the north bank of the Thames. Into the cost of the whole operation we do not now propose to enter. Work has already been certified as actually performed to a value exceeding that of a million and a quarter, and it is needless to say that under this item cannot be classed at present a single yard of the Thames Embankment. The i drainage of London a nd its environs is n every sense of the word the m ost stu p endous operation of the kind which has ever been attempted by science, whether we look to the amount of superficial area which has to be drained, the costly character of the necessary works, or the numerical ratio of the popu lation which will be affected by them. When com pleted, they will be the greatest improvement which England has witnessed during the present century, the drainage of the Lincolnshire Fens and of the Bedford Level not excepted. Our noble river will at least have reached the first stage of its trans formation from a state in which it is a public pest and eyesore to that of being the ornament of the city through which it flows. If there is any faith to be placed in sanatory science, the health of London will be vastly improved by the change. In deed, the first result of it is that one of the most magnificent of the stately edifices which it is hoped will now again line the banks of the Thames is to be the new hospital at Stangate, located here at the express recommendation of the medical mem bers of the board. In convenience and appearance there will be no comparison possible between the regime which is and that which is to be. Whether fish will, as we are told, be again caught " between the bridges," or apprentices have to revive the clause in their indentures which prohibited their being surfeited with salmon, is a problem which remains to be solved. But we see no reason why these, and even stranger things than these, should not come to pees. Hitherto we have occupied our- selves pertinaciously in fouling, abusing, and ren dering useless one of the most priceless of the gifts of a bounteous Providence. W hen we have once fairly turned over a new leaf there are hardly any bounds that can be set to the development and utilisation of which it may be rendered capable. TRAWL AND LINE FISHING. On Saturday the inquiry into the state of the British Fisheries was opened at Hull before Mr. Caird, M.P., and Professor Huxley. Several trawl fishermen were examined, all of whom stated that the fish were in no way diminished in size or yield, and it was also their opinion that trawling was a beneficial system in every case. Without it, it would be impossible to supply the large demand which had sprung up since railways had taken it to the inland towns. The trawl also tended to increase the number of the fish, for it ploughed up the sandy bottom, and in this way exposed in numerable slugs and worms, on which the fish fed. On almost all the grounds frequented by the trawl fishermen the supply had considerably increased during the past 20 years. Mr. William Isaac Markcrow, one of the largest smack-owners at Hull, stated that 20 years ago there was only one fishing-smack sailing out of Hull, and at the pre sent moment no fewer than 300 trawlers belonged to the port. Trawlers had visited the ground off Flamborough for the last 30 years, and they were still catching immense numbers of fish. The total capital invested in trawl fishing smacks at Hull would be about £300,000. The number of trawlers in the port had considerably increased during the past 3 years, and not less than £300,000 had been invested during that time in that class of vessel. Notwithstanding much more fish was now caught and brought to market, the price had considerably increased. Haddocks, a class of fish which used to sell for about 2s. 6d. a basket,were now worth 10s. or 15s. As a proof that trawl fish was not scoured and bruised, as represented by the enemies of trawling, the witness stated that the Hull fish was preferred to that from any other port, and it was sent from the Hull market in very large quantities to London, Bath, Cheltenham, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and even to Edin burgh and Glasgow. The weight of the fish landed at Hull would be fully 12,000 tons. The average price was £l5 per ton, making the total annual value of the fish landed at the port £lBO,OOO. The witness stated that he had never seen spawn brought up in the trawl, neither did he believe that the spawn was deposited on the grounds fre quented by the trawlers, but on the rocky shores of Norway and in other parts of the northern seas. All the witnesses who were called gave similar evidence. The commission sat on Thursday at Filey, and on Friday at Flamborough. At the former place Benjamin Simpson, an oid man, deposed as to the falling off in the yield of the fish, and stated that since trawlers had visited their coasts the line fishermen had been almost unable to make a living. About £lO,OOO had been spent in line-fishing boats at Filey during the last 20 years, and this money was the earnings of the fishermen. Several other fishermen gave similar evidence, and said that they would like to have the trawlers all condemned. The evidence at Flamborough was precisely similar, both as re garded the difficulties of the fishermen, and the increase in the number and size of the boats. At Hull the inquiry lasted nearly six hours, and at each of the places above named about three hours. COUNTRY MARKETS. IV- GLOUCESTER—Ocx. 3. There was a fair show of English wheat to-day, and the currencies of the last week slightly declined. Foreign wheat was again dull, and in some instances is per qr dine. Barley sold very slowly at a reduction of Is per qr. Beans and oats were without change. COLCHESTER—Oar. 3. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, but the demand was slow, and the rates of last week were slightly lower. Barley of fine quality scarcely realised late prices. Peas about is per qr cheaper. Wheat, white 42s 49s Beans,Mazagan..33s 36s red 36s 44s middle & small.3ss 42a Barley Oats RD-0 CT. 2. ay there was an ample supply Barley slow, at a reduction d own. Peas, Partridge, 378 405 White 39s 40s Boiling 4os 435 Dun 338 36s Ditto new —s —s Beans, Tick, old 34s 39s new --8 Harrow Ticks 3ss 40s Blazagan 3OB 385 Es. d CHELMSFO: At this corn exchange to-di of wheat, with a heavy trade. of about is per qr. Peas is Wheat, old white 30s 47s new 44s 48s old red 36s 42s new Barley 2tis 36s Chevalier 2Bs 39s Grinding 22s 31s Malt. Chevalier 64s 69s Oats 20s 28s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—OcT. 3. We had fair supplies of all descriptions of grain to-day at market. The trade was slow. Wheat and barley un changed in price. Oats 6 d to is per qr under last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....3ss Od 1 27s Od I 2 0 s Od: Second ..36s Od 28s Od i 20s 6d Third....4os Od 31s Od I 21s Od COAL Prices of Coal per Ton al a. d. B ates' sWest Hartley 16 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 3 Hastings Hartley l7 3 Car way and Duffryn Making , 20 0 Eden Main l9 3 Lambert's West Hart- 6.1 - 11KET. the close of the market. Walls End. 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Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange • ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,616. The Rev. Jas; T, Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment." 40s. Barry 33u Barrylb.,2s.9d. and C0.,21b., 451,T0 .6d; . 7 6 7, Ibß.,eglles.a;t:l22tlrbe.e,t, Lo ndon; 22s. ; 24Ib' also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocers and Chemists iA every town of the United Kingdom. Births. MANNERS. —On the 4th inst., at Pyt House, Tysburn the Lady Manners, of a daughter. STEWART.—On the 2d inst., at Urrard, Blair Athole, the wife of Captain Boxer Stewart, of a son. TALBOT.--On the 2d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Major Talbot, 8.A., of a son. WRIGHT.—On the sth inst., at 66, Princess-square, DIY° s water, the wife of W. Wright, Esq., of a eon. Marriages. GARDINER—COOPER.—O n the Ist inst., at Marylebonet William Dundas Gardiner, Esq., barrister-at-law, eldest son of William Gardiner, Commander R.N., to Georgian Mary, the youngest daughter of Thomas Sidney Cooper, Esq.,:A.R.A., of Dorset-square, and 'Vernon Holm°, Kent. LINDSAY--MUNCISTER.—On the 3d inst., at Benched , Aberdeenshire, Hugh Barlow Lindsay, Esq,, Bombs,' C.S., nephew of the Earl of Crawford and Baleares, t° Jane, Lady Muncaster. Deaths. BELL/UE.B.—On the 2d inst., in London, Sir Wm. Bellairs, of Mulbarton Lodge, Norfolk, aged 70. BATSON.—On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Henry Batson, Eeq., late Bengal U.S., aged 83. BATEMAN.—On the Ist inst., at Croydon, Captain Joh n Bateman, formerly o f Oak -park, Killeen, and M.P. fo r Tralee, co. Kerry, aged 71. HAMILTON.—At Cochna, Dumbartonshire, N. 8., Claud Hamilton, Eeq. HANnunY.--On the 4th inst., at Frob.sderf, Eastbotuseo the wife of R o b ert Hanbury, Escl-9 M.P., aged 36. LEVER.-0 11 the 28th inst., a t Florence, Charles Sidnd Lever, lat e o f t h e 2d Draoon Guards, only son or Chas. Lever, Esq., aged 36. LEGGE.---01 1 the 2d inst., at Bramdean, Honors, widow of the late Ho n . an d R ev . Augustus George Legge, age' 89. London: Prin zed and Tublisiled by WILLIAIIIANDR .E . ;/ .6 ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office NO. 1 12 e Strand, in the Precinct of the Eiavoy, in the CountY hildtilelex,- 7 Tueolayt, o Ct9Der 60t63. Cap: Cha Co!c 11. I Sc 3Tor C( Sir , P. is J. T It IV. ] Pa Aron Pc A. A