The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

IMPIBIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat on the woolsack at five o' clock. - Loy rd ARUNDELL of WARDOU it presented a petition from a plaoe in Scotland, complaining of prosleytism under the Poor-law Act. DANGEROUS EXHIBITIONS. The Ee,rl of MALMESBURY called attention to the late fatal accident that occurred at Birmingham to an unfor tunate person called a " Female Blondin," who met with her death by being precipitated to the ground whilst performing on a rope fixed at a great altitude. Atter the accident the greatest indifference was exhibited by the people, and the committee having direction of the fete allowed the sports to go on, notwithstanding the terrible accident. He wished to know whether the Government had not some power by which a stop could be put to these highly dangerous exhibitions ? Earl GRANVILLE said he quite agreed with the -noble earl as to the danger of such exhibitions, which ho thought could only be enjoyed by those of the most morbid appetite. They had, however, now gone on for some time, and had hoped that public opinion would have discouraged such performances, but such was not the case. With respect to the particular case now before them, it would be better to wait. until the termination of the - coroner's inquest before the matter was fully inquired into. The Government had no power to put a stop to such exh;- bitions. All they could do was to write letters to the managers or lessees of places where they were understood to be performed, warning them of the extreme danger of such exhibitions, and informing them, at the same time, that they exposed themselves to all the legal responsibilities in the event of accidents. In the metropolis that warning had been attended to, but the same feeling did not seem to pervade the provinces. He believed the great attrac tion of such exhibitions was the extreme danger of the per formance, and the same remark might apply to foxhunting. He had hoped that the good sense of the public would have led to the cessation of the perf4rmances, and he regretted it had not done so. The Earl of SHAFTESB URY said that the extreme interest that attached to these exhibitions was the tremen dous danger to which the performers exposed themselves. He believed that if the same exhibitions were to be given on a rope three or four feet from the ground, with plenty of sawdust underneath, not five people would go to see it. The most effectual means for its extinction would be the Press, and he felt extremely gratified that the conductors of it had taken the matter in hand. It was greatly to be hoped that before long a more refined taste would prevail, which would lead the multitude to have a greater regard for the lives and limbs of their fellow• subjects. The subject then dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Scottish. North Eastern and Dundee and Arbroath Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a third time and passed. REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. TRUSTEES (SCOTLAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. NAVY PRIZE AGENTS' BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was brought up and received. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Lord CRANWORTH moved that it be read a third time that day three months. A long discussion ensued, at the conclusion of which the house divided— ' ; For the third reading—Contents 4O Non-contents 25 Majority for the third reading —ls Lord CRANWORTH then moved, as a proviso to be added to the bill, " Provided always that nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with any rights held at the time of the passing of this Act under royal grant or charter, or possessed from time immemorial." After discussion the house divided— For the proviso —Contents .. 23 Non -contents Majority against the proviso A motion by the Earl of DONOUGHMORE to restore the 20th clause was negatived on a division by a majority of 25, the numbers being 12 against 37. The bill as amended was then passed. The Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) Bill, the Public Works and Fisheries Acts Amendment Bill, the - Vaccination (Scotland) Bill, and the Exhibition Medals Bill, were each read a third time and passed. The Nuisances Removal Bill, the Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill, the Companies Clauses Bill. and the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill went through com mittee. The Railways Clauses Bill, the Waterworks Clauses Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, and the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill were each read a second time. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF. COMMONS.---Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty five minutes past twelve. DENMARK AND GERMANY. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he was unwilling the session to come to a close without endeavouring to obtain from her Majesty's Government some ex planation with reference to the present condition of matters between the German Confederation and the King dom of Denmark. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill made ample provision for the diplomatic service of the country, and, amongst important places involved, Frank• fort and Copenhagen held a principal place. He regretted that while the friendly relations between other Powers appeared to be only strengthened, those between the Germanic Confederation and the Government appeared to be embittered. He considered that the federal occupa tion of Holstein would be most menacing to Europe, if Denmark resisted it. He thought it would be important to know what steps her Majesty's Government would take under the circumstances. Lord PALMERSTON said this was one of the most complicated subjects that ever engaged the attention of statesmen in Europe. Ho should not enter into details of what was called the Schleswig-Holstein affair, which was involved in the utmost obscurity of former times. The G , rman advocates referred back to 1640 as the ground on which they maintained stricter relations between Schleswig and Holstein than those admitted by Denmark or any other Powers, He entirely agre ed with the hon. ge ntleman (Mr. Fit zgera l d) that i t was a matter of British policy to maintain the independence and integrity of the Danish monarchy. It was not a large one, but it had its rights as well as larger States, and its geographical position rendered it the more important to this country that these rights should be secured. The position the Government had always held was, that Holstein was a member of the German Con federation, and that that Confederation had a control over the affairs of Holstein as it had over other members of the Germanic Confederation, and that any arrangement made by the King of Denmark, opposed to this fundamental rule, was not justifiable. But they held that, with regard to Schleswig, the German Confederation had no control, and the Germanic Confederation had no more right to prescribe rules for it than Spain, Portugal, England, Russia, or any other sep ara t e an d i n d e p en d ent S tate. They held t h a t Schleswig was a matter of European arrangemen t. B u t s till there were m an y G ermans th ere , an d t h e G overnment h e ld that the German Confederation had a right to represent, if such ccha case existed, th a t th e G erman i n h a bi tan t s were no t upon an equal footing with the subjects of Denmark. Such matters Ought not, however, und e r a ny c i rcums t a nces, arms. to ju s tify an appeal to ( Hear , hear.) As to Holstein, the last sta ge on l y was that which was worthy of considera- • tion, and that arose out of the patent issued by the King of He did Denmark in M arc h l ast. not know what step the German Confederation intended to take on the matter, but of he remembered that an anecdote Talleyrand, who wh e n he desired that the Germanic Confederation should not take a certain step which he considered might be injurious to France, recommended them n o t to nota proceed with inconside rate haste. Now precipitation was characteristic of the Germanic Confederation, but he was sure that their good sense would prevent them from taking a step whi c h would be damaging to the peace of Europe, if u war broke out there, it must extend further, f atl en a in volve many other states in its disastrous coneci As to the policy and course of the Government as to theseees disputes, he might say that the Government were desirous that the rights of Denmark should be maintained, and that it any attempt were made to overthrow those rights they should be resisted. He trusted, however, that these matters would be subject for negotiation and not for war. Every effort should be made by her Majesty's Government to induce the parties to include all disputes within the limits of diplomatic intercourse. (Blear, hear.) He had no doubt those efforts would be suc cessful, and he had no apprehensions of either immediate or remote danger. (Cheers.) THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.— PRIVATEERING. Mr. COBDEN called attention to the exploits of the Oreto alias the Florida, the Alabama alias the 290, and the Japan alias the Virginia. The hon. gentleman hav ing dwelt upon the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and to the attacks which the above-named vessels had made upon the merchandise of a friendly power, remarked that every vessel which was captured by them was taken note of by the American Government. In all cases the value of the vessels sei,:;. , :d were taken by deposition on oath, and in all eases a claim was made for compensation on this country. The Government always resisted these claims, but that was the most serious part of the matter, and he contended that in such cases every man ought to constitute himself a detective policeman in order that these proceedings might be frowned down. By every feeling of reciprocity towards the American people we ought to strive to put down these illegal practices. He thought there was 3;37 claim upon the 6overnm3nt to la-event these armed vcaeols from leaving these ehores, On this point he conatantly eaW fallacies running through the speeches of Earl Russell and the Solicitor-General, for they constantly confounded two things, the evidence necessary to detain a vessel, and the evidence necessary to con In one case a Confederate vessel went out with api is party ; that was a most deceptive act, and the Gove nment might have prevented it by putting a Custom- e officer on board. He hoped that by no technica sion another vessel for Confederate purposes would be a wed to escape from these shores. The terrors of the civil war in Awe- rica were frightful, but he hoped they would not be ex tended by any connection with it on our part. All he asked for was neutrality. (Cheers.) Whatever might be the issue of this dreadful war, let England keep clear of it. His voice would be mute, and what he asked was that Eng land should be silent and sorrowful until this dreadful civil war was over. Mr. LAIRD denied that the Alabama went out of Liverpool in an improper way. Mr. COBDEN said he quoted Lord Russell. Mr. LAIRD said he was not responsible for what Lord Russell said. She went out of dock in the broad daylight. Mr. COBDEN—Did she take a clearance? Mr. LAIRD—She did not require a clearance. THE lOMAN ISLANDS. Lord J. MANNERS complained of the conduct of the Foreign Office in excluding Turkey from the proposed con ference to whom is to be referred the cession of the Jordan Islands to Greece. He should like to know whether Turkey had made any demand to be admitted to the Conference. lie considered that the cession of the lonian Islands was the :nost unpolitic, uncalled for, prejudicial Act ever com mitted. Conference would the the M C r o . iernedbwefhoreethtehre mtheeetinopginioofn lonian Parliament ? Lord PALMERSTON said he had listened with great gentleman (Mr. Cobden), but it attention to the hon. appeared to him that he an d her Ma j esty's Government, and he thought the cou ntr y at large, started on the consi deration of the matter from a different point. He (the n oble lord) looked upon the two p arties as in arms a g ainst each other, and as such, belligerents, and therefore entitled to all the rights and privileges of belligerents. That which was running in the head of the hon. gentleman, and which guided his reasoning, as well as his feeling, was that the Union was in legal existence, that there were not two belli gerents, but a legitimate Government, and a rebellion against that Government. Now, what was the duty of a neutral with regard to two belligerents ? The American Government had laid it down for themselves, for they had laid it down that a neutral might supply a belligerent with ships, arms, ammunition, or any thing else, although they might be important ingredients in naval and military operations. The hon. gentleman complained that her Majesty's Government had not taken proper steps in this matter, but had rested upon information derived from the American Minist3r. He could assure the hon. gen tleman that that was not the case, and he believed that the hon. gentleman and the Federal Government were not en titled to say that the Government had omitted to do anything by law they could do in reference to this matter. At the same time he thought this country ought to enforce its law in these matters as stringently as possible. With regard to the ques tion of the noble lord (Lord J. Manners)he said the Sultan was not an acceding party to the protectorate. A treaty would be signed by the Powers before the meeting of the lonian Parliament. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. AUGMENTATION OF BENEFICES BILL. This bill, with some modifications, passed through com mittee. The Rum Duty, the Clergyman (Colonies), the Super annuation (Union Officers), and the Alterations in Judges Circuits Bills passed through committee. The Colonial Acts Confirmation Bill was read a third time and passed. The sitting was then suspended. At six 'o'clock the house resumed. BANKRUPTCY FEES. In reply to three questions from Mr. COX, relative to the remuneration to the Crown Solicitor in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the terms of the order under which such remuneration was made, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the gross sum he had mentioned on a former occasion as having been paid to Mr. Aldridge, was only the sum paid from the account standing in the name of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy, and would not include sums paid to him in respect to other branches of his employment, and which were paid in the ordinary manner. The gross sum received by Mr. Aldridge from all sources, during the first year of his appointment, was £3,56585. 5d.; and deducting the disbursements, the net sum received was £1,519 7s, 10d., and the gross receipts during the third half-year from all sources was £1,689 Bs. Bd. ; and deducting the disburse ments, the net receipts for the third half-year was £663 le. 11d. With regard to the second question, the facts were these : The Lord Chancellor had originally made arrange ments for a single year's remuneration, but subject to revi sion after the working of that year. On looking at the ac count of the last half-year of the first year, the Lord Chan cellor said that a larger sum had been received than he had anticipated would be the case, and therefore in December, 1862, he directed blr Aldridge to be told that his remunera tion for the future should not exceed two-thirds of the for mer amount received under the original arrangement. The future remuneration of Mr. Aldridge would not exceed £1,200 a year, including everything. NEW ZEALAND. In reply to Mr. W. FORSTER, Mr. FORTESCUE said no application had been made by the Governor of New Zealand to the Governor-General of India. But the facts were these : The Governor of New Zealand, Sir G. Grey, had by the last mail written home to the effect that he had great reason to apprehend that the murder of the officers and soldiers of one of her Majesty's regiments would be the signal for a renewal of the war, and a formidable attack by the natives upon the European set tlers ; and he made an urgent application to her Majesty's Ministers to increase the force in New Zealand by the ad dition of one European regiment and of two regiments of Sikh troops from India; it being the opinion of military men in New Zealand who had served in India that those troops would be well adapted for New Zealand warfare. Her Majesty's Government bad had 'that application under consideration; and, in consequence of the critical condition of the colony, they had come to the decision that it ought "o be complied with. COURT-MARTIAL AT MHOW. In reply to two questions from Mr. CONINGIIAM, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said there was no ob. joction to lay upon the table a c - py of the warrant granted to the Commander-in-Chief in India, confirming the sen tence on general courts-martial on officers. Lieut. FitzA mon had not yet been removed from the adjutancy of the Enniskillen Dragoons, and if the hon. member referred to Army List, he would see his name still appeared there as adjutant of the regiment. It was true, however, that Lieut. Fitzsimon had been suspended by Col. Crawley, subject to the sanction of the Commander in -Chief, who declined to take any further action in the matter until the conclusion of the court-martial on Col. Crawley, which was to take place in this country. One of the most important points the court martial would have to decide would be the difference be tween the statements of Col. Crawley and Lieut. Fitzsimon. He thought, therefore, the Commander-in-Chief was per fectly right in not sanctioning, in the meantime, the sus pension of Lieut. Fitzsimon. Mr. BOUVERIE said that two memorandums had al ready been laid before the house. Now, the second of those memorandums had been produced at his (Mr. Bouverie's) request. That memorandum was marked "Private," and was not the document which he desired to obtain. Indeed he did not think it ought ever to have been published. He now wished to know whether there was another document signed by the Adjutant-General ; and, if so , w h et h er ther e would be any objection to its production ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that a consider. able amount of correspondence had passed upon the sub ject. He did not think it would be fair or conv en i en t th at he should produce one:ou t of a series of documents. (Hear.) If the hon. member wished to move for the production o f compliedt Secretary of twith, o b u u l t d u con sidernder thew ‘ h v o h l e e th o e f rththeepapers, h request could be re the circumstances, he thought i t would be an unfair t e Sec THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY pro ceeding to produce ono document ou t of the entire series. CARRIAGE. Mr. BLAKE asked the President of the Board of Trade whether bis attention had been called to a late murderous . attack by a maniac on two fellow-passengers a railway carriage on the North-Western line, between Liverpool and London, whereby they received wounds seriously endan gering their li ves ; an d w h e th er th e G ove rnmentintended taking any an d w h at steps t o compe l ra il wa y c ompanies to provide means to enable passengers to obtain assistance in the event of outrage or accident? Mr. M. GIBSON said—We have frequently sent circu lars to the companies, calling their attention to the neces sity of having communication between the guards and the drivers, but I do not know that we have ever suggested that there should be communication between the passengers and the guards, Whether that is right or not it is not for me to say, but it is a subject well worthy of consideration. JAPAN. Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary of State for India whether any application had been made to the Governor- General of India for troops to be employed in Japan, and whether the Governor-General had the power of ordering troops for foreign service without the previous sanction of Parliament? Sir C. WOOD--I am not aware that any application has been made to the Governor-General of India for troops for Japan. THE SEAT OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, for the purpose of going into committee on the East India revenue accounts, Mr. G. MIFF called attention to the expediency of t ra nsferring the seat of the Indian Governm en t to some point more eligible than Calcutta. Sir C. WOOD said he thought it would be unwise to re. move the seat of Government from Calcutta until a more desirable pace was neon, arrl that Mr. Duff had not thrown any additional li3ht on thin subject. After a conTersation on the subject of the employment of Indian troops out of inoia, the house went into committee. THE INDIAN BUDGET. Sir C. WOOD rose, and laid on the table the following re olution.o 1. That the total net revenues of the territories and de- 1 partment under the immediate control of the Government of India for the, year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £3,098,196 sterling, and the charges thereof for the same period, other than military charges, amounted to £2,857,876 sterling. 2.t the Thatyea year h e e n t d o e t d a 1 April l r revenues , o , f Bengalthe a mounted to zlO Presidency, 66sl3 for sterling, and the charges thereof, for the saperiodelh er than military charges, amounted to £2,140,555 sterling. 3. That th' total net revenues of the North-Western Provinces, for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to £6,026,080 sterling, and the char g es thereof ,for the ame period, other t h an military charges, amounted to £ 1,845 , 48 7 4. T hat the p r il3 total 0: 18 net revenues amounted ex 2 of the t 1 : 671 785 Punjaub, sterling,for t he year ended A and the charges thereof, for the same period, other than military charges, amounted to £1,257,805 sterling. 5. That the net revenues of the territories and depart ments under the immediate control of the Government of India of the Bengal Presidency, of the North-Western Pro. vinces, and of the Punjaub together, for the year ended, April 30, 1862, amounted to £22,864,574 sterling, and the charges then upon, including the military charges, amounted to £15,469,629 sterling, leaving a surplus available for the general charges of India, of £7,394,945 sterling. 6. That the total net revenues of the Madras Presidency (Fort St. George), for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to L 5,925,140 sterling, and the net charges thereof, for the same period, amounted to £5,605,809 sterling, leaving a surplus available in the above Presidency, for the general charges of India, of £19,331 sterling. 7. That the total net revenues of the Bombay Presidency, for the year ending April the 30th, 1862, amounted to £6,931,348 sterling, and the net charges thereof, for the same period, amounted to £4,627,011 sterling leaving a sur plus available in the above presidency, for the general charges of India, of £2,304,337 sterling. 8. That the total net revenues of the several Presidencies, for the year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £35,721,062 sterling, and the charges thereof amounted to £26,002,449 ster:ing, leaving a surplus tevenue of £9,718,613 sterling. 9. That the interest on the registered debt of India, paid for the year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £3,134,897 sterling, and the charges defrayed in England on account of the Indian territory, in the same period, including guaran teed interest on the capital of railway and other companies, after deducting ret traffic receipts of railways, amounted to £6,634,344 sterling, leaving a deficiency of Indian income for the year ended as aforesaid, to defray the above interest and charges, of £50,628 sterling. He was happy to say that on the present occasion he had a satisfactory statement to make, namely, to state the progress of the Indian revenue and expenditure for the last two years. The accounts with which they had to deal were those of 1861.1862, and the estimates for 1862-1863 With regard to the years 1861-1862, he was happy to say the accounts showed a steady increase of Indian revenue, and that in stead of there being a deficiency of £600,000, the actual de ficiency was only £56,000. (Hear.) The actual revenue was £43,829,000, and the actual expenditure was £42,911,000, showing an increase of £918,000. The estimated expenditure was £43,800,000; the actual expenditure was £13,906,000, showing an increase of £374,000. There had been consider able increase in the land revenue, and a de6rease in the salt revenue, for English salt had been substituted for the salt manufactured by natives. There was a considerable increase in the army expenditure, owing to the payment of some arrears ; and a decrease in the duty on opium. But he thought he might congratulate the house that at so early a period after the Indian mutiny the Indian finances were in so favourable a condition. He had sometimes been accused of taking too sanguine and sometimes too desponding a view of Indian finance. His object, however, was to take a fair view, and it was satisfactory to find that his anticipations had been carried out. He now came to the regular estimates for 1862- 3 of the probable expenditure. His budget estimate of 1862 showed a probable surplus of £900,000 and a probable defi cit of £BOO,OOO. In 1861-2 the estimated expenditure of re venue would be beneath the mark, and it appeared that the revenue was increasing more rapidly than it was expected it would be in April last ; and although the expenditure was increasing, it had not increased to the same extent. About December last a despatch was received that the revenue was £920,000 higher than it was estimated by the council in April, and that the expenditure might be about £600,000, reducing the anticipated deficiency by £320,000. But when he came to the regular estimate, he was glad to say that while the increase of revenue was greater, the increase of expenditure less. The revenue in 1861-2 wa5£43,829,000, while that of 1862-3 was £45,105,000, showing an increase of £2,134,000, Of that sum an increase of no less than £1,552,000 was received from opittm, making £7,886,000. The increase on salt was £284,000, and on the other articles of necessary consumption also an increase, which made the entire about two millions. The expenditure was higher by about £440,000 than had been calculated, but the reduction as regarded England was £395,000. There was a charge for the construction of the India House, for guarantees to rail ways, and other matters, but the result was that the increase would be about £440,000. The case would then stand thus: Taking England and India together, and deducting the re venue from the expenditure, a clear surplus would remain of £1,287,000. (Hear, hear.) He believed that that was rather below than above the mark. The committee would also be glad to hear that in India they were in the habit of under-stating the revenue, and Mr. Laing, calculating for 1861-62, did so to an amount of over £200,000; but compar ing the revenue of 1862-63, which was £45,105,000, with that of 1861-62 as £43,289,000 there was a net increase in the re venue of £2,134,000. Of that sum the increase inopiumwas £1,500,000, and in salt of £770,000. The expenditure for 1861-62 was £37,245,000, in 1862-63, £37,228,000, being only a reduction of £17,000, but that was owing in a great degree to the necessity of keeping up the army in a state of effi- ciency, and the construction of public works of great utility. He might add that, taking England and India together, the increase was about £46,000. The committee would see it was satisfactory to find that, while a decrease in the con sumption of a great many articles had taken place, the re venue still kept increasing. (Hear, hear.) He would come now to what the probable revenue and expenditure would be in 186364. The revenue was estimated at £45,376,000, the expenditure £44,490,000, so that there would be a pro bable surplus of £816,000. In that prospective state of revenue the Government of India felt themselves justified in reducing taxation to a certain extent, and to give a pledgo that the income tax, which caused so much dissatisfaction, should be taken off altogether. (Hear, hear.) In the mean time it was intended to take off a penny in the pound, end take off 10 per cent duty on raw materials and other articles. These reductions on Customs duties, and the income tax would amount to £335,000, leaving a surplus of £418,000. In this estimate of the revenue, as in 1862-63, opium figures —for it was calculated to produce eight millions; and the principal cause of the increased expenditure was the con struction of public works, which increased from £400,000 to 500,000 ; the establishment of a system of police to pre. serve order and the tranquillity of the country, and other improvements found to be absolutely necessary. (Hear.) So far as the revenue went then, the committee woull per ceive that it evinced a very general improvement in the material condition of the country, and he was bound to bay that the reduction of the expenditure was mainly due to the exertions made by tho Indian Government. Within the last three or four years that reduction had gone on steadily. In 1859-60 the revenue was Z 50,470,000, but in 1860-61 it, was reduced by £3,475,000.; , in 1862-63, £3,044,000, and the reductions had gone on increasing up to last April ; but there would be an increase in the next year of £625,000, having a surplus of £418,000. The main reduction arose from a diminution of the military force, the cost of which, in 1858-9, was 25k millions, while in the present year it would be only 141 millions. It was still higher than before the mutiny occurred, but that was owing to the substitution of European troops, and the diminution of the native force. They had also abolished the Indian navy after a careful con sideration, but he was bound to say that during its existence it rendered most distinguished service, and performed all the duties assigned to it in an admirable manner. So that taking altogether the highest charge, which was in 1859-60, £5O 475, 000, and the had effected a reduction of £6,665,000. He did not suppose they could effect much reduction in the civil service in con sequence of the improvements which took place in the judi cial establishments, and the large number of civil servants who proceeded to India every year. There would be some reduction in th e guarantees of interest to ra il ways, b y ex changes, and in o th er ways; but the item for publ i c works would largely i ncrease. rate of mortality iu India, e g a r r e , at hear) misapprehensions W i t h r egard existed on the subject. The rate of mortality in Bengal in 1861 was 34 in a thousand, nearly half of which were cholera cases. In Madras it was only 12, and in Bombay 20, while in many of their colonies it was much higher. In Ceylon it was 38, in the Bermudas 48, and in the Mauritius 24, which, considering these temperate climates, ranged much higher. It was no doubt the duty of the Government to improve the sanatory condition of the army, not only as a measure of humanity, but on the score of economy. (Hear.) That, he assured the committee, would be attended to. Then as to reproductive works, Sir Charles Tre velyan had drawn up a very able minute on the subject. The total mileage of railways now opened was 2,500. 647 miles were opened last year and 759 miles in 1871; and he was happy to say that the Great East Indian Railway was now all but complete. The estimated expenditure on all the great lines of railways was £60,000,000. Of that sum £56,000,000 had been sanctioned, £48,000,000 raised and £46,000,000 expended. The railway traffic had increased from £390,000 in 1861-62 to the estimated receipts of £868,000 in 1863-64. With regard to the statement that the demand for the purchase of waste lands had entirely ceased since his administration of the affairs of India, he gave it the most unqualified denial. The charge originated in the fact of the Government not being able to supply maps of the lands to intending purchasers ; but they had offered no obstacle whatever to the purchase of waste lands. In the i l . t , iv e rt a t l io en and of ‘r.au North-Western province, for example, the governor re ported that a l most all the available land had been purc h ase d. In the next p l ace, he was happy to be able to state that the 2 in cinchonaiden likelycbia. to r bark uraonrvdoen a very fo quinine6rumcewereaessfou occasion I n a n he especiallyes hadten the Madras p res explained the measures taken by the Government to etinaue THE; • SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1863. late the production of cotton and to facilitate its transport to the seaboard. Those exertions had been continued, but it was found that the gins sent out from Manchester did not answer. The right ho:, gentleman next showed that the consumption of British salt 11.-,d largely increased in India, the natives allowing .heir prejudices to be overcome end admitting that clean salt was much better than dirty salt. Now, what had been done with reference to the debt of India? That debt was reduced during the last year by about £1,000,000, but beyond that he had issued a notice in refer ence to debentures which became payable, £5,000,000 in October, and £3,000,000, stating that it was considered de sirable to create India ~tock at a lower rate of interest than the present, and offer to the holders of those debentures to convert them into a new stock at 4 per cent over a period ca 25 years. He hoped the debt would be wiped off to a consi derable extent by the conversion of debentures into stock, but if his offer were not accepted he would still be in a position from the surplus revenue to pay off a considerable amount, for the policy of maintaining large cash balances in India had been entirely denounced. He hoped that his statement on the position and finances of India had proved satisfactory to the committee, and he attributed the general employment and improved condition of the people of India, the peace, con tentment, and loyalty which pervaded from one end of the country to the other, to those measures which had passed the Legislature, and received the sanction and approval cf the Home Government. The right hon. gentleman con eluded by formally submitting his resolutions. Colonel SYKES descanted upon the high rate of mor tality among the European troops in India, and advocated the reduction of the force, and the employment of a larger number of native troops. _ Mr. GREGSON complimented the Chief Secretary on the satisfactory statement he had made, but complained of the excessive duty levied on salt, which was equal to 1,700 per cent. on the invoice price of the article. Mr. VANSITTART also observed that the statement was one for congratulation to the Indian Govoinment, who had, mainly owing to Mr. Laing's policy, got the country out of a condition of chronic insolvency to one of compara tive prosperity. He hoped they would not again reduce our military force to such an extent as to endanger the safety of our countrymen who were scattered over so vast a territory. Mr. BAZLEY trusted that the measures which were being adopted to stimulate the growth of cotton in India would prove successful. Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Buxton, and M r, Ayrton having also addressed the committee, Sir C. WOOD briefly replied, and the resolutions were agreed to. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mr. C. FORTESC UE explained the reasons for intro • ducing the measure and the objects contemplated by it, adding details of the condition of the colony, and its pro gress, and the character of the population. He looked for ward, he said, to the time when British Columbia would be most valuable to this country. Mr. WYLD said that the success of the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island had not been as great as it would have been under better management and a better constitution. The Hudson's Bay Company had exercised too much influence over the Colonial-office ; and, as an in stance of it, of the 15 members given by the present consti tution to Vancouver's Island 12 were the nominees of the company. (Hear.) In the two colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island the population, instead of increas ing, had decreased. The total population was 12,000, and it was proved that although large numbers went temporarily to search for gold, they did not become settlers and colonists• The number of defaulters among public officials was very great, and the amount of their defalcations was enormous. There was a strong feeling in favour of the Sovereign of these realms ; but the people saw a better Government under the United States in neighbouring territory, and far less corruption. (Hear, hear.) He gave credit to the Duke of Newcastle for the attempt to form a road to the Pacific, - with telegraphic communication, but he should like to see that project carried out independently, and not through the intervention of the Hudson's Bay Company, by whom the interests of the colony had always been sacrificed. The telegraph line would pass through territory occupied by hostile tribes, and he was afraid that the Colonial-office, by granting land to the new company who were to stand in the place of the Hudson's Bay Company, would involve this country in a war as expensive as the Caffre War. Mr. AYTOUN objected to the bill en the grounds that it conferred enormous powers upon the Crown, and that it formed part of a great scheme of the Colonial Secretary for an intercolonial railway, which was a wild project that would affect the interests of the taxpayers of this country. The house then went into committee upon the bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, except the fourth, which was negatived. The Partnership Law Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Colonel DICKSON called attention to Mr. Bateman's re port on the river Shannon, and moved for copy of reports made by the Inspector of Fisheries and by Mr. Forsythe, C.E., to the Commissioners of Public Works. Mr. PEEL did not object, and the motion was agreed to. Colonel DUNNE called attention to the report of the Committee on Holyhead Harbour, and moved that the re commendations made in the report be adopted. Mr. M. GIBSON said that, as yet, the Government had had no opportunity of considering the evidence taken by the committee, and of judging whether it bore out their re commendations. He admitted the present landing accom modation was insufficient, but he could not allow that the Government were bound to do anything more than provide for the landing of the mails. After some conversation, the motion was negatived with out a division. The house adjourned at one o'clock. The Alleged Murder in Gower-street. Last night Dr. Lankester resumed at the Lord Wellington tavern, University -street, the inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Michael Quin, aged 45, who was alleged to have been murdered on the night of the 27th of June. On the night in question, it will be recollected, deceased was seen to tall off the steps of 87, GchNer-street, and being picked up insensible he was carried to the station house as being drunk. He was subsequently re moved to the University Hospital, where he died in a few hours. It was then found that his skull was fractured and several of his teeth knocked out. The endeavour to find out who had inflicted the terrible injuries o❑ deceased brought to light some strange facts. It appeared that deceased was a native oi the south of Ireland, where he bed a wife and family. Some time since they fell into great dis tress ; the eldest son enlisted in the 18th Royal Isist, and the wife came over to England. In her absence the deceased formed an illicit connection with a young woman named Margaret Fergusson. 'this intrigue being discovered by the neighbours, he came over to England, bringing his paramour with him. He found lodgings for her in the house where his wife lived. When that fact became known there was, of course, a great disturbance, and the woman was turned out. Quin followed her, taking with him his furniture and leaving his wife in great dis tress. Meanwhile his son had deserted, and had become almost the sole support of his mother. The deceased asked the son to leave his mother and go to live with himself and Fergusson, who would " make him more comfortable." The young man, at first, it is said, refused indignantly, but after wards said he would go, and take " the - Fer gusson from his father." He went, and in a month induced Fergusson to elope with him, and at the same time carried off his father's furniture. The father, furious at having been duped, gave informa tion to the authorities with a view to having his son arrested as a deserter. The latter, however, got clear off, and it is said he cast off Fergusson within a month. The deceased then formed A connection with a woman named Walshe, and it was said that threats of various kinds had been made with regard to him. Inspector Garforth now produced several witnesses whose evidence merely went to show that deceased was a very sober man, and was quite sober when seen near the Marble Arch on the night in question. The inspector said that all efforts to dis cover the deceased's son had been unavailing. The coroner, iu summing up, said that there appeared to be every reason to believe that the case was one of wilful murder, but there was no prospect now of evidence of the fact. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from fracture of the skull from a blow, but how or by whom the said blow was in flicted there was no evidence to show." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfec,ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,014. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de ,Police. Cure, No. 48,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley , Surrey, of , hirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion , gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. ►be Rev. James 'l'. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 5112, lls ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason:, and all grocers and clic.mist3 in every town of the United Lingdom. SPIRIT or THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —Taking occ sion tthtii d Memorial re cenUy presented to the Foreign Secreiaty by sou, Liverpool firms, Mr. Cobden yeate, - day brought b.-- fore the House the question of building vetZis for tot eign belligerents. When a speaker so much In earnest, and generally so conversant with the mar. ters he discusses, can add so little to our knowledge, it may be presumed that the subject is pretty well exhausted, and this is indeed the case. Politicians and lawyers, Federal partisans and Confederate sy in. pat hisers, the law officers of the Crown their opinions, and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer have given and both politically and leeallY the subject is per . fectly well understood. lir. Cobden, by arguing or the abstract propositions contained in the Liverpool memorial, and pointing the dangers of such an interference of individattols ; 1 might have quarrels as the law is now said to p er mitt have given a use ful turn to the discus s i on but he preferred to treat the question as one of British injustice to the Fede ral States and possible Federal resentment. That great we, in our ill-will to th e Republic, are aiding rebels in a piratical war against it, and that we con sequently find to our cost that we have incurred its anger, are the assertions by which Mr. Cobden hopes to influence the British Parliament, and obtain a revision of the law. But we need not say that this is not the ground taken by Liverpool memo rialists, who look solely to he the consequences of Chief Baron Pollock's doctrine in case England shall at any time be engaged in war, and who ask for a c hange in the law, as a means of inducing the world in general to agree to a principle more favourable to belligerents possessing a large i. mercantile marine. g Whether the Chief Baron's be upheld or not, it is perfectly clear that r t u h l e n Foreign Enlist ment Act is a purely domestic enactment, intended to bind Englishmen for the advantage of England, and thin eo interpretation of it can give t cause of All that grievance to a foreign country. _ tAmerica or any other Power can demand of the British Go vernment is that it shall not do, or allow any British subject to do, anything which is ry to inter national law. Mr. Seward or M c r un A tr d a a I Adams hal., s no thing at all to do with the 59th of George 111., I more than with the Act of Parliament which any regu lates our street cabs. The Foreign Enlistment Act gives no belligerent any right which he does not derive from the doctrines which are accepted by nations as binding on neutrals. The whole question , then, is whether international law forbids a neutral to build for a belligerent a ship which may be used for warlike purposes. Now, without presuming to anticipate the decision of the Court of Exchequer next Michaelmas Term, we may say that the reason of the case combines with high authorities in favour of the affirmative. A ship is contraband of war, but so are rifles, cannon, powder, lead, cordage, and all other goods capable of being used in war. Yet that these may be supplied by toe neutral to either party without any breach of neutrality has never been contested, except in an irritable moment by Mr Seward last year, and even Mr. Seward did not per sist in an opinion which would have been contrary to everything that has been written and acted upon on either side of the Atlantic since his own nation has been in existence. Our traders have sup plied both parties with rigid impartiality during the present war, taking their chance of capture by Federal or Confederate cruisers, which have an equal right to seize a cargo destined for Charleston and a cargo destined for New York. Do these ships come under a prohibition which does not apply to rifles and gunpowder ? We cannot see it, and we believe that no case and no passage from r atty legal writer has been cited to that effect, thoug h all the ingenuity of the Federal lawyers has been at work. On the other hand, the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act, as well as the dicta of lawyers and politicians, seem to indicate plainly that merely building a ship and selling it unarmed to one belli gerent gives no ground of complaint to the other. The words of the Foreign Enlistment Act are "equip, fit out, or arm a ship or vessel." As the Act was expressly intended to prevent anything that might be " prejudicial to and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of this kingdom," the absence of any prohibition whatever as regards the building or selling a vessel shows that the framers of that law had no idea that such an Act could be made a griev ance by a foreign Power. The equipping and arm ing of a vessel makes the port of the neutral practi cally a belligerent port, and if the vessel be thus equipped and armed it sets out at once a formidable enemy, and gives a just ground of complaint to the belligerent whom it attacks. Bat what identity is there between such a case and that of a mere un armed vessel which is sold t o a belli g erent ? Such a vessel leaves the neutral port unarmed and defence less ; it is just as easily captured as any other piece of contraband goods ; as soon as it is three miles from the neutral coast it may be seized by the enemy taken into port, and condemned, even though it be in the charge of a crew put on board by the builder, and thougn it may claim to be neutral property. It is precisely in the position of a cargo of gun powder or other material of war. The ship, the guns, the powder may all be consumed with equal legality by the neutral ; and it is the business of the other belligerent to look sharply after such specimens of contraband, and to prevent them coming together in some foreign port, or on the high seas, and by their combination constituting that " equipped, armed, and fitted out" ship of war which the Foreign Enlistment Ac t, as well as the princi ples of international law, forbids us to send out of our ports. If this view of the subject be correct, it is evident that, according to the doctrines of inter national law, as they are accepted at present, the Federal Government has not the smallest ground of complaint against this country. If our shipbuilders sell vessels to the Confederates, the Northern officers must try to get hold of them as they come out of the Mersey, and before they take their armaments on board. In default of such vigilance they must be content to hear of a Confederate man-of-war cruis ing about in the Atlantic. As to Mr. Cobmuch den's course of argument, it is not likely to have effect on the people of this country. With the usual infelicity of his school, he appeals to the most un worthy motives. He would frighten us into chang ing our law by threatening us with the future ven geance of his American friends. If certain vessels are allowed to sail, it " will probably lead to a rup ture between this country and the United States." We are to consider the effee' of such a state of things on the minds of the shipo wners of New York and Boston. The American Government has ed shi nt aepositions as to the va lue of each capturp and cargo, and claims for the amount "H haver e been made on the English Government. Ma jesty's Government had refused to a d e mand could c knowledge these claims, but some day when the made most inconveniertly for the Government, the result would probably be either humiliation or war." We need hardly say that such considerations will be treated very lightly by the British nation. We take our stand on ri g ht and i n ternational law, and if we have these on our side we care not Cobden's for the res entment of any peop le whatever. Mr. speech "called attention o the memor whateverial of the Liverpool merchants, but hatd nothing do with it. These gentlemen do not assert that any breach of international law has been committed by the selling of ships, b ut they are alar at how weak international law is, and they desire that England shall call a Congress to change it. They advise that the Foreign Enlistment Act shall be made more stringent, and that then the Foreign office should endeavour to " secure the assent of the Government of the United States of America, and other foreign countries, to the adoption of similar regulations in those countries also"--thus admitting that even by the law of the United States the acts which Mr. Cobden incriminates are perfectly of t legalhe We have no wish to dispute the proposition Liverpool merchants, that the present , state of the law gives advantag es to a weak naval State against an d may consequent l y be p re j udicial a strong one, to England in some future war. But that is nothing to the point. The question is what is the law, and it is evident that the document on which Mr. Cobden founded his speec h expressly assumes the prihciple against which he inveighs. POST.—On the eve of the prorogation of Parlia ment the relations between Denmark and the German Confederation certainly demanded a p ass e ing word. Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald only ex pressed the sentiments entertained by the majority of Englishmen when he deprecated any Denmark attempt by the German Powers t through the medium of a Federal execution. It is scarcely probable so long as a large proportion of the Duchy of Schleswig are Germans, and so long as that province remains an er integral port ion d exist of the Danish Kingd om, that pfect oncord between the latter and the great Federation of Cen tral Europe. Whilst Germans inhabit the Duchy and supply a pretext for interference, and whilst that Duchy, with its port of Kiel, remains an object Of envy to the German Powers, Europe may expect to hear from' time to time those demands made of Denmark by the German Federation, which are spe cially characteristic of mighty States when address ing those which are comparatively weak. The sub ject matter of the dispute which has so frequently j:eopardised the peace of the North of Europe may bevel been, as Lord Palmerston yesterday observed, ls ee of the most com p licated which has ever n ly aged the attentio n of statesmen, and its originemaera; possibly be conc ealed in the obscurity of imes ; but, at all events, recent transactions have ended so much to clear away complications and to ispel obscurity , th at it is b y no means anti 'flnecessary to be either a profou nd statesman or a lear ned umes t o u nderstand fully the merits of true between the D anis h monarchy and thethe exietie g German iet. It is so c learl y the policy • maintain unimpaired the independence an of dinte grity of the Danish Kingdom, that one might be justified in treating with indifference threats which, if carried into execution, would have the effect of fighting up N war in which England would es.ur.di!. b- round on the side 01 D. am :I.k . But, ue torte (lately, the tone in which certain B- utsti STotteemt 14ve treated tne question at t.su, between D- ntpari , -lid the Confederation has given rise abroad, to some enable misconception. Oa risinv from a peru parus._ ' , heated despatch which Earl Russell sal of the ctn.._ '-h Government in the autumn addressed to the Dan._ the question which Commonsl a - . esterd . ay by owfaslasptut year in o t e e might House w o e f l Federal would executiont. the eMver.ntS.oFfittzhgeettahlrde—atWothaat lbne Lord carriedhenceforth Palmerston n u ? the T h e German i s rep l y r Powe rs etaos s this u i w n ae haveill s e t o a n r ns given e t h u b, ! e l for tem p ig t n t o o r eD n e e n c in e necessary y c ° bys is en' armedciu e cinoegrcth e n or ne l so c t e. a ny " Ar spect to these disputes, the Government to the policy and course of the Govertnamreelditesiinroro% and tha if that rightshoeny attempts o t D emnemr were Denmark made shouldto overthrow r t,maintained,hrow those is rights they would be resisted." This a clear outr spoken policy, of which there can be In no itself lb appe hension, and which will recommend to ever) one. Denmark is not a large State, but it is as sovereign and independent as _Russia ; whilst, as the Premier observed, its geographical position ren ders it a matter of great importance to this country that its rights should be secured. Since the I romul gation of the ordina nce o f th e 30th March, giving to the Duchy of Holstein a separate constitution, all pretexts for interference by the Gorman Confedera tion in the affairs of the Danish monarchy has been completely removed. England, said Lord Palmer ston, recognises the right of the Diet to exercise the same control over the affairs of Holstein which they are empowered to exercise over those of the other States which constitute the Confederation:; but in respect to Schleswig they were considered to have no more right to interfere than in regard to any independent State not a member of the Confedera tion. This is so indubitably true, that it is to be regretted that Lord Palmerston entertained for a moment the frivolous pretext under which the Diet justify their interposition in respect to Schleswig. " There are many Germans in Schleswig," said Lord Palmerston, " and the Government held that the German Confederation had a right to represent, if such a case existed, that the German inhabitants were not placed on an equal footing with the sub jects of Denmark." But is there not a fallacy lurking under the expression, ' Germans 9" If by that term was meant German subjects, then the ground for interference by the German Power whose subjects they were would be intelligible. But if by the term is simply meant persons speaking the Ger man language, and possibly cherishing German likings and German traditions, then the ground for interference becomes so shadowy that if entertained, and generally acted upon, there would be no end to the complications to which it wuuld give rise. The population of Schleswig, it is needless to say, are Schleswigers and Danish subjects; sieve that Duchy forms as intimate a part of Denmark as Ireland does of the United Kingdom, and they can no more be called Germans because they speak the German lan• guage than Belgians can be called French because they speak French. Without for one moment at tempting to j notify any distinctions which the Danish Sovereign may draw between different classes of his subjects, if any such distinctions exist, it is evi • dently not open to a foreign Government to dictate to him in the management of the affairs of his kingdom. The Diet, indeed, confess that in regard to Schles wig they are not entitled to interfere, and it ie only in the Duchy of Holstein that they threaten a Federal execution. But by the royal ordinance of March last the Holsteiners are placed in a position which leaves - them nothing to desire, and their pro tectors, the Gernian Powers, nothing to demand. Hence the dissatisfaction of the latter at the pros pect of their sole ground for interference in the affairs of Denmark being removed. In the course of the spring several of the German powers " pro tested" against the course taken by the Danish So vereign in giving to his subjects in Holstein a liberal constitution, and a Federal execution was as usual threatened. The German Powers are, how ever, far from precipitate, and in the present condi tion of European affairs there is little probability of the execution taking place. Lord Palmerston has pledged the Government to make every effort to retain this much vexed question within the field it has so long occupied—that of diplomacy. He is more sanguine a b ou t t h e resu l ts of f r i endly nego tiations than we are. As for the Danish Go vernment, the course they have to follow is simple enough. They cannot admit the p r i nc i p l e o f f ore i gi interposttion in the conduct of their internal affairs. On the other hand, we hope—though we doubt it —that the German Powers will at length admit that a common tongue and a common lineage do not give them a right to prescribe the political privileges which the subjects of a foreign State should receive at the hands of their Sovereign. The Fatal Accident at Aston-hall, The inquest on the body of the woman calling herself the "Female Blondin," killed by falling from a rope at Aston-hall, on Monday evening, was opened on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. W. S. Poole, one of the coroners for the county of War wick. The first witness was Edward Powell, the husband of the deceased, who stated that he resided at King-street, Borough•road, St. George's, South wark, that he had been married 17 years, and dur ing that time his wife had followed the theatrical profession ; she belonged to the original " Huntin e" family. She had been accustomed to walk upon the tightrope ever since she was three years of age, and had been in every town in England, Ireland, and Scotland ; and never had a fall till nine years ago, when witness caught her. Mr. Charles Porter, the surgeon, who came up after the deceased fell, said that the fall was the primary cause of death. He judged the deceased to have been about 6 months advanced in pregnancy. The secretary of the Hall and Park Company was called to prove the letting to the " Foresters" for a fete. Nothing was said about the kind of entenainment to be provided, ner did the park committee act in any way as a check, or interfere with the And of amusements. The " agreement " having been pioduced, it set forth that the committee of Foresters had the use of tte park and bowling-green ; also that one-fourth of the gross amount of he receipts at the entrance to the park and grounds, and for the sale of tickete, was to be paid to the company. The coroner called the attention of the company's secretary to the posting-bill, which gave a programme of the fife. and announced that " the committee had at an im mense outlay secured the services of extraordinary artists, the Female Blondin, Madame Genieve, &c." having done so,he asked whether, upon that bill being published, t he attention of the Aston-park committee was called to it, and any remonstrance made against it. To this the secretary replied that no " official communication"was made to him about the bill; that nothing was said to his committee about it, and that they did not interfere. He admitted that the com pany had engaged the services of Blondin himself; but that they had refused to have anything to do with women. On Monday there were about 14,000 persons present in the park, while on one occasion, without the " sensational class" of amusement, the attendance did not exceed 4,000. The rope on which the woman was walking belonged to her husband. In reference to its condition, Mr. Henry White, foreman to Messrs. John and Henry Wright, rope makers, was examined. He said that he had looked at the end of the rope which was broken. Supposing it to have been sound it would have taken a weight of four tons to have broken it ; the rope might have been examined before the breakage without the flaw being detected. The outward ap pearance of the rope was such as might deceive any one. To properly examine it part must have been opened. It appeared to have the dry rot—to have been used when wet and then put by. Each of the threads of which it was composed was supposed to be capable of bearing one hundredweight, but the rope was rotten and had no strength, the strands might be almost rubbed to pieces with the hand. In reply to the coroner, this wituess said that a man unskilled in the examination of ropes might not have been able to detect that this one was defec tive ; but it was b ad i n every p l ace an d bad a ll through. In the st a t e thi s r ope was, and it hav ing to break been subj ect t o extra stra i n , the weight from a ' n person's body would b e qu ite sufficient it. was a questi on whether it had been in another part The rope had not b een s pliced at the ends ; as to for the hu s b an d o f th e deceased. Powell having been appealed to by the coron e r said " that the that he bought rope had not been spliced by h im, " supplied all the , it from a maker in London w ho profession with these ropes, and that h e gave 11 1 d. per lb. for it. The Secretary of the Foresters' Com mittee was examined; he stated that he had never heard any comp-a-- i in before the accident about th e rope not being safe ; at the time it gave w a y th e deceased fell straight for a short space, and then upon her back. At this stage the inquest was adjourned. The rope was suspended thirty feet high, not thirty yards, as aeci entally stated. The Foresters' c •mtoittee had rid rtiked to the public :bat at an "immense our la'Y' I,ey had secured the sf . rviett4, &e. The following; iett.-:r to the secretary of the - romm“ tee of that body marks the truthfulness of that sratement,aa shows for what a small amount the writer was willing to imperil his wite's lite :—"6, King-street, Union street, Borough-road, Londor., June 17. answer to yours, just received, permit me to state hat the lady wilt appear twice in the day and night —once in the afternoon, and the other at night with fireworks, if you think proper; terms, £l5. We find all our own apparatus. You will have to find ,bout six bc,ffoid poles and a crab or winch to tighten the big rope; poles of course you can bor row. This lady is the principal artist now in E g land. Should this offer meet your approbation an answer by return will oblige,—Yours respectfully, M. E. POWELL," Much blame is considered tc be attached to the Aston-park Company, not only for m.king no remonstrance against a performance of such a character as this, which has terrctinated so fatally, but still more as the amount to be paid to them was dependent on the receipts, of which they were to have one-fourth of the gross. SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, July 23. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Bpecial Jury.) WRIGIIT V. IZOD. Thia was an action on a bill of exchange for £l,OOO brought by the endorsee against the acceptor. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr. Powell, and Mr. A. S. Hill were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Kenealey, and Macna mara were for The dofeudant. '1 he plaintiff was Mr. Edwin Thomas Wright, of 'Wolver hampton, and the defendant was Mr. William had, of Bir mingham, and the defence was that no consideration had been given by the drawer for the bill, and also that the bill was obtained from the defendant by the fraud of the drawer, who was Mr. Samuel Griffiths, of Wolverhampton, an ironmaster there, who has lately figured in the Bank ruptcy Court, and that the plaintiff took the bill with no- tice of the fraud and without consideration. The accept ance was obtained as part of a payment of £3,000 to be made by the defendant to Mr. Griffiths for a supply of melting iron, upon a contract for such supply made between them on the 27th of December, 1861. upon a representation made to the defendant that Mr Griffiths had 200 or 300 tons of melting iron at Bilaton Brook ; that he was making 40 tons of iron per week, and that he would deliver 600 tone in a very short time; whereas the defendant said that there was no such iron there, and that they were not making iron at the rate of 40 tons per week, and that in fact, he never got the iron, though he had p*id the consi deration for it. The plaintiff denied all tuis, and it ap peired that the defendant had got a part of the iron, whisk, however, he appropriated to a cheque for £l,OOO, which he paid as another part of the £3,00A, and that he had also got £5O, and had received £l,OOO, which he put against another £l,OOO bill, the other part of the £,3000 pay, tent. The case had occupied the Court since 11 o'clock, and has not yet concluded. COUNTRY MARKETS. - • -'b - MANCHESTER—JULY 23. At our market this morning there wa- a moderate at tendance of buyers, and there was a limited dem*nd for wheat. Eoreign held for an advance of 3d per cental art last week's prices, whilst the little English ()IL ring brought extreme rates. Flour L eglected, but no change in prices. Oats and oatmeal at the rates of last week. Beans and Indian corn at 6d per qr more money. BIRMINGHAM-JULY 23. The supply of wheat was less than usual, with a fair de mand, at prices the turn upwards. Oats not so well sold. —English wheat was sold at 48s to 568 for white, and 40s to 50s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 32s to 4p2esasp2e3r6sqtro; 4g4rBinpderin3g6, stone. e. to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 st one ; I r i sh, 2 2 s to 2 5 5. B eans , 38 s t o 44 s per qr. EDINBURGH GRAIN-JULY 22. A fair supply o f farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at about the prices of last week. Barley in good demand, at full prices. Beans a fair sale, at abGut former prices. Oats met a slow sale. Wheat on the top 2s Od down average Os 7d up. Barley on the top 3s Od up average is 9d gown. Oats on tho top Os 6d up Beans on the top is 6d down average Os 9d down. Total Supply and Sales. - Wheat .. 912 qrs Sold 653 qrs 8ar1ey........ 79 qrs Sold 48 qrs Oats Beans 52 qrs Sold 6 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42a Od ; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 38s Od ; fine, 36s Od. CORK-JULY 22. -- --- The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 8s Od to — s Od ; w h ite, 10s 3d to —s Od , barley, 6s 7 Od to Os Od ; oats, 7 s 6d to Os Od. ; black do.,s 2d to Os Od.:—Red DERBY SMITHFIELD—JULY 21. A good supply of fat beasts to-day, although the quality of the greater part was only of the inferior sort. The number of sheer and lambs in the pens was lar g e, and fat calves were plentiful. Fat pigs were a good show, buk sales heavy. Beet ............ 6d to 7d Veal 6d toNid Mutton .... 6d to 7d Pork . 5d to sio Lamb ........... Bid to 9d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stone Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins. 5d to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. :' , ..ustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. IS. via Marseilles ... Aug. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pachet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Si. Helena. July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.Aug. 2. via Marseilles July 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2 via Marseilles July 27 , !ndia (Bombay), via Southampton July 26. via Marseilles Aug. 4. Portugal.... :',:,dttt, Egypt, and Aden, via southamptou July 26 via Marseilles Newfoundland .. ..Aug. b )porto and Vigo .. '.. . 8. and British N. America, by Brit. packet . , .. July 30. by U.S. packet.,. by Canadian paeltei.July 24. W.C. o f Africa, Madeira, and Teneride .. Aug. 10 1 illiatnas, via New York ........... . July 30. Mexico.. All parts 01 West Indies, including Chili, Peru, ( July 29 California. and British C01umbia. ...... ..... f Colonel Doboys-Fresney, whose nomination as Commander in the Legion of Honour has just appeared in the htonitear, served in the army from 1783 to 1817. He is now 105 years old. The France says We are able to annnounce as certain that M. Pietri has requested the Emperor to put an end to the mission he fulfils at Bordeaux. His Majesty has accepted the resignation, and given the' honourable senator a testimonial of his satisfaction. We learn that M. Pietri's successor has been selected, and that his nomina tion will soon appear in the Moniteur." SEVERE FROST.—On Wednesday night last we bad frost of unusual severity at this season of the year. In sevez al districts in this neighbourhood the potatoes are completely destroyed. We observed some fields yester day in Cromdate, Abernethy, and Du.hill, in which the potato tops were thoroughly blackened, and laid down flat upon the drills. This is a serious matter, as it i s very likely to involve the entire loss of the cr op.—Elgin Courant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— In diseases of the skin and its glands the functions of the body become gradually depraved, through the blood becom ing tainted, and the nerves irritated. Hence arises the ne cessity of using Holloway's remedies in the ea r li est stage s of these affections, before t he y have inoculated the system. Many scrofulous patients , who have been co mp l ete l y cure d of their revolting afflictions, heartily recommend Holloway's Ointment and Pill. to the consideration of all fellow-suf ferers. After fomentation the ointment should be rubbed twice a day on the affected parts. The pill s s h ould b e ta k e n w hile the unguent is applied; they assist in the work of pu rification, and facilitate the removal of all poisonous and ob noxious matters from the body. Births. Ginns.—On the 23d inst., at Down-street, Piccadilly, Mrs. Thomas Gibbs, of a son. LOVELL.—On the 23d inst., the Lady Rose Lovell, of a daughter. • RENNY.—On the 18th inst., at Ash Lodge, Surrey, the wife of Major Renny, of a daughter. Marriages. COREALLIS—JERNINGRAM —On the 21st inst., at the British Embassy, Brussels, James Henry Corballis, EKI• of Rutoatti Manor, co. Meath, Ireland, to Constance , daughter of Frederick Jerningham, Esq. GREEN—BYERS. —On the 22d inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Henry Green, Esq., Fakenhanft Norfolk, to Mary Ann, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Byers, Esq. Deaths. EYRE.—On the 23d inst., at 26, Primes-square, Sophia Le Grice Emily, wife of G. L. P. Eyre, Esq., aged 42. GEDGE.—On the 21st inst., at Bury St. Edmuud',/, Peter Geroge, Esq., solicitor, aged 25. GOLDSMITH. On the 21st inst , Mr. J. W. Goldsmith. of Egerton House, Beckenham, and 32, Parliament street, aged 39. WARD.— On the 21st inst., at Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, Richard Ward. Esq., aged 64. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDRFAVS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tuz Sun Office. No. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of die 'Savoy, in the County 0 1 Atiddleaez.—Friday, July 24, 1863.