The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-29 00:00:00

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KB r conies tO becauoe h ) reply) ''/I sate state co on the Lie of a del I two girl ° ' .4 ar e doing Cap t a in las arrived Ingers fuld IV( ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market the inquiry is reported moderate, and the rates continue to range o per cent, under the minimum of the Bank of England. The Gazette retw:n to appear to-morrow afternoon is expected to sb ow a further reduction in the other securities. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, the rates were generally firmer. Upwards of throe quarters of a million sterling has arrived this morning, the City of Washington from New York. having brought £211,417, and the Tasmanian, from, the West Indies, £514,600. About £75,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The first annual meeting of the Oriental Commercial Company took place to-day, when a resolution in accordance with the recommendation of the directors was proposed to the effect that 15 per cent. be apportioned to the capital paid in, reckoned from and upon the dates and amounts of payments, that an amount equal to 10 per cent. be carried to the credit of preliminary expenses, and that £l,OOO be placed to form a reserve fund. The profits for the working 9 months represent £6,092. At the half-yearly meeting of the London and Middlesex Bank to-day, Viscount Torrington in the chair, the report stated tb.at the gross earnings during a period of 10 months since the commence ment of business, were £13,398, and after deduct. ing from that amount, current expenditure, interest to customers, and 'making provision for bad and doubtful debts, Vile available balance was £3,114 With this sum the directors proposed to pay a divi dend at the rata of 4 per cent, per annum, carry £l,OOO towards forming a reserve fund, to write off £250 from reliminary expenses, and place the ie.- mainder, viz., £1,082, to the new account. Mr. Sohn Labouchere, one of the partners in the banking house of Williams, Dei.con, and Co., expired at his town residence, in Portland-place, this morn ing. The decermsed was 64 years of age, and the only brother of Lord Taunton. Two O'CLOCK. The Paris Three per Cent. Rentes, this morning, aecordiv.g to Mr. Renter's telegram, opened at 66f. 97c.; heavy. The Market for English Funds to-day has been very quiet, and the few transactions that have teken place have not occasioned any change, Con sols being 928 93 for money and account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 92i 93 a ; Bank Stock is 2371 9 ; India Stock is quoted 1081 g ; the' 54 Eafaced Piper, :16 ; the Deben'ures are loa a ; the Bonds 15s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills, 3s. prem. The downward movement in the Foreign Market has abated, and a partial reaction has occurred upon purchases and the closing of I .‘ bear" accounts. The Confederate Loan recovered to 13 11 die., but has again dropped to 16 15 die. ; Mexican have ad vanced to 35/ 4 ; Greek, to 311 9 ; Spanish Passive, to 311 ; ditto Certificates, to 121; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, to 661 67 ; do. Consotides, to 481 1 ; Italian, to 701 I; Portuguese, to 471 I; and Egyptian are 102 Q. In the Railway Sbare Market the principal busi ness transacted has been in connection with the last monthly liquidation, and prices have in several instances slightly improved. South-Eastern, Lan cashire, and Yorkshire, North-Western, and Mid land have advanced 5a., while Bristol and Exeter receded 10s., and London and Brighton £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally are a shade firmer. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares fully maintain previous prices. Imperial Bank have advanced ss. ; London and Westminster, 10s. General Credit Company realise 21 . International Financial Shares have improved to ;9 ; and Peninsula and Oriental Steam to 78 9. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237} 7 9 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuities New 2} per Cent. Annuities.... A.unutties, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent loBk k Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent i it tto 5f per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100 I Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 i Ditto tiondsl£l,ooo — Ditto under £1,000 Consols for Account, Aug. 6 92i __ March' Exchequer Bills, £l.ooo 21 per Cent.. 3 pm par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small — June FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Egyptian 7 pet Cent.. lo 2t 2 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 3Ol 11 Ditto Coupons.. Italian b per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 781 Mexican 3 per Cent P..,ruvinn 44 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 471 i Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 934 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. l2 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Venezuela, 3 'per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Italian, to per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7o} I I TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto August Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (RETJTEB:B TELEGRAM.) Firm, strong, no change. Sales, probably, 8,000 bales; im-ports, 7,200 ; previously, 15,240. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 29.—Wind this day at noon—West ; light breeze, and fine weather. KINGROAD, July 28.—Arrived—Cassimus, from New York for Gloucester. FALMOUTH, July 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Shannon, from Smyrna. _ _ CARDIFF, July 28.--Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ellen Ed wards, from Bilboa. Sailed—Meteor, for New York ; Day Star, for Bilboa. CLYDE, July 277—Wind W.—Arrived—lngleborough, from Quebec; Antigua, from Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH. July 28.—Wind S.E.— Sailed—Here fordshire. for Calcutta. POOLE, July 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.--Avenue, from Havannah. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, W ednesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Hare; Gyde, from Gothenburg; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Isabella, Confidence, Harriet, and Minerva, from Sunderland ; Economy, from London ; Great Britain, from Middles borough; Supply, from Se a h am . Sailed —Argyll, Argyll, steamer, an d L'E to il e, f or C eren t an ; ed D a rt, for Leith; Cricket, for Cork; Janet and Mary, for Shields. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, July 28—Belinde, from Guernsey; Elizabeth, from Stettin; City of Benares, and Sebastian Cab o t, from Calcutta; Jessie , from Grenada; Siloam, from Smyrna. Arrived, July 29 —Zephyr, from Gravelines. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Ancliored—Nuovs. Fortuna, from Alegrana, for Lynn. Passed—Hind, for Cardiff; Sate, for Nassau—both from London. THE CLARE ELECTION. --Mr. Reeves, who was reported t o have intended starting for Clare, has, it appears, relinquished the intention, and Sir Cam= c'Loghlen will probably have a walk over. CRYSTAL PALACE.—MdIIe. Adelina Patti and Signor Mario, with Madame Carvalh o, Si g nor Tamberlik, Signor Graziani, and Herr Formes, will appear at the grand concert this day, to be given in the centre transept, oorameneing at three o'clock. SHARE MARKETS--This day. -:h Frei Railway, t 3.141 10 et Ht 50 20 ~. u":„ Wol., and Str. Val. itlytht. and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,and Mid .Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian • • 'ark and Bandon orn wa I; ; 2 l'tS nil 11, , k, A 1 B tillApr.pan.ha Do. been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth,& Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. tilasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthoi Scotland , Great Northern ..... • • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Irelani , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae & Yorkshire London and Biackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lou. & Scy.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares . Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwici• Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New I North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool: Do Scot. Mid. stock ' Shrews. and Wekhpoo. Slirop3iiire Union --`lsOuth Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun :_ , taines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Datlington 8 84 - - 84 81 85 $ 12) 121 i. 4.0 4.16.4 Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall V. Hartlepool Har.&lt West Midland Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford. 6i 7 40 41 15 15 941 951 111 113 53 54 51 52 241 251 128 129 128 124 I:is 140 101 103 661 661 113 1131 ; 77 78 116 117 43 44 1011 102 105) 1014 43} 44i 111 12 1271 ;28,4 14 11, 97 99 54 55 26 28 103 1031 59 60 89/ 90i 118 120 l e i lf 1 1 16 6 11 121 122 124 466 471 99 101 N 62 31 33 915 92 70 72 100 102 75 8 94 10,1 711 801 153 156 5} 3 34 t), 79 81 168 16 ) ORDINARY SHARES AND STO:=l' 85 1201 53i I 51i 1181 76} 116 44 lull 2 104 6 12E1 8 921 2 Closingßusine,,, -n , d.i'rice. done, 27 29 451 (61 39 41 101 106 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closiu, Sailways Paid. Price. rtusiness don 100 t.antic &St Lawrem , All 62 64 atlt f torn.,Baroda&.Cent I. 107 leB Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 404 ltutialo and Laae ilur.a: At, 54 51 15 i „ 10 Do. Preference all V/ 8f , intlalo,Brant,&Godricli (00 / p. et. bds. Aug. 1, IE:2 ,06 Uo. do. July 1, 1N73 i,a 100 .u. .(o. Ju L. st tit.,V 1,/iSth. 100 106) 107 st ,'apeTown .t Dock Scr i 100 I. 8 109 1085 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 (08 169 stock East Indian. gm. sp. c. 107 l'•8 107 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 15 14u 20 Do. do. H do. Stock Grand ]'runt of Canada t...‘ 194 04 19/ 100 1)0. Ist Pro• . Bonds 7O 72 70 100 Do. uo. deterred...— all 53 to 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds., at i 61 66 100 Do. do drfer •ed all 50 63 1 00 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 35 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. sic) k all 25 26 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 21 23 stook GLlnchaPennugua.6p.o. too 1074 103 t 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. e l2 1 16: 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) uaranteed 5 per cent. too 1064 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shan E. all 10 114 11 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 97 100 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 1 p 2 4 stock Madras guar., sp. c. 106 10 65 41 74 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 101 102 stock De. 4, , d 0........ 100 '7 99 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bud , 101 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 54 56 100 Do. 7p. c. along. Bds. alt 20 Nrwßrunswica & Cand, Class A. and B. all 3 6 N.RLC'da6polstpibds 100 84 86 stock Soinde ..........1 07 108 ( Do. Delhi.. lOO 1064 107 st 1 Do. do •• • 1 t 2 4 if) 20 Do. Punjaub &. 1 all ——p st Do. Do. „ , ,11 0 1065 1071 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.J 10( ,1024 1035 1035 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 ~n.tion. ti p.c.J aIJ in: 1.077-01 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & AtiL 100 106 (8 Do. dp. c..11ar.& Sepi 100 106 1(8 Do. Ip. c. Jan. &July. 100 96 97 951 61 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 CapeG.Llope, 8p 0,187: 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct 1881 100 112 114 ' Do. 1891 100 113 115 ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. lOU 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1 , 78, 6p c 10c 113 115 Mall' itius d per cent .. 100 106 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 1)0 110 112 : 1N.13.60v.6p.0.Ja.&Ju1; 100 106 07 , DO. 6 / p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10C - N. S.W. ov. 5 p 18 100 100 101 I Do. sp. c.,1 6 / 1 to 1 i 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 dzupwdt 100 101 102 1011 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 ,Nova . §cotia Gov. 6 p. c. stening,, 1875 lOO 1064 1074 108 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 0 112 't".Atis (16p.e.1078.& up i 100 110 1 1 2 iVio.Gov.6p.c.Ja..tJul) 100 107 109 Do. to qu.o. An.&o6t, 100 112 1124 112 BRITISH MINES. 32} 2 3 i I Cambrian Consol. Gold kAitlord Amalgamated Devon G. Coup. 'l:avist ) East Bassett ( [Hogan East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... • • • • East Care . E. W'l Russel (Tavist k.)I kitisn.,lzSt.Auttyn(Gwen ) (treat South Tolgus • 4. Wheal Vor (Ralston) (•3, renville ilerod's. Foot ingston Downs.— Lady Bertha Jlargaret (tiny Lelar t arke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim New Setun .North Downs i.li Basset (1110 4 - ab North Wheal Crotty ear Consols(st. Blazey, Vrovidence( Uny Lam.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Care Brea (Illogan) .Wheal Fran. Stray Park rarnar Silv.& Lead Min. tin Croit West Basset W G radon (Liskear& West Setos Wheal Basset (Illogan' Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud: ott Wheal Al aryAnn (Men ) Wheal Seton . . w heal Treiswuey (Lis.) Wheal Union 474 5* 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58* 3.17 21 3} 11 13 35 225 15 17 3t 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 109 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 103 London, Chatham, and Dover .. per cent. pref., 100 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 LINES LEASED Ale FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln, g - ua. 6 per cent., 140 London, Tilbury, and bouthend, 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 , Dutch Rhenish, l7'}Recite and San Francisco (ilm.), gua 7 per cent., 161 Royal Danish, 174 1 San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 211 I FOREIGN MINES. Santa Barbara Gold Mine (llm.), 1 Yudananiutana of S. Austr%ita 3i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 112 Bank of Egypt, 27) Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 30 29) City, 111 10 English and Irish (lim.), 9 English, Soo, ch, and Australian Chartered, 23) Hindustan, china, and Japan aim.), 171 Imperial Bank 1} London and Couuty, 45: London Joint Stock, 3 4) London and South African, 251 London and Westminster, 754 National Provincial of England. 123) Ditto, new, 351 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57} Union of Australia, 63} Union of J.ondon, 35 p 41 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 61 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Gen. Crt dit and Finance of Lonaon, lien., 21 International Financial Society, lim., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 56 Joint •stoilc Discount, National Discount Company, lim., 9 Oriental Gas (lim.), 1# Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 4} Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 79 8 Ditto, new, 47 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 NEW ROYALTY THEATRE.—Mr. Frank Herbert and Mr. James Hicks take their benefit at the above com fortable little theatre this evening, and have secured such a combination of talent and variety of performances as cannot fail to draw a full house. A LARGE FEE WELL EARNED.—" Mr. Thompson, the surgeon who performed an operation on the King of the Belgians, has," says the Journal de Bruxelles, i‘ re ceived a ice of 100,000 f., and the Cross of Commander of the Order of Leopold," 8.4. , 8 6.6 6.16 4. 8.01 2 8 o 1.3.0 161 2.17.. 2.4. v .4 0 28.9. THE SUN, LONDON, WED ESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1863. iNTELLIGENCE--This Day SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Common Jury.) EXTRAORDINARY FALSE IMPRISONMENT CASE.-START LINO DISCLOSURES.-MACNAB V. FEREDAY AND AN- OTHER. This was a writ of inquiry sent down from the Court of Exchequer to assess damages laid at £l,OOO in an assault and false imprisonment case. Mr. Kenealy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ba lantine for defendant. Mr. Kenealy, in opening plaintiff's case said, —My client is the public accountant of the Oriental Banking Corpora tion of Threadneedle-street, one of the defendants, Mr. Fereday is an attorney of Bedford-row, and the other Mr. Martin is a bill discounter. In last year a bill to which plaintiff was a party, came into the hands of defen dants who sued him upon it ; plaintiff, by his attorney, obtained permission to plead, as he had a good defence to the action. Notwithstanding this, a ca. sea. was lodged in the hands of a sheriff's officer, and defendant was arrested. He told the officer that he was protected, but the officer (Mr. Hilliard) refused to listen to anything. Mr. Evans (plaintiff's attorney) was sent for, and he ten dered the money under protest. Mr. Masud refused to receive the m,ney, and said he had instructions to take plaintiff to Whitecross-street. After some delay, the officer allowed plaintiff to remain at his offices until a settle ment was arrived at. Defendants were communicated with' at 7 o'clock, but plaintiff was not released till 10 at night Defendants will say this is a mistake, but you, gentlemen, will, I am sure, protect an officer in a public situation from such indignity and harsh treatment. I ask you to give sub stantial damages for a most unwarrantable and unjustit- able outrage. Plaintiff was called, and fully bore out the statement tif his learned counsel. Cross-examined—l receive £9OO per annum from the bank. I also carry on business as a paint manufacturer at Hill-street, Finsbury. I carry on that business as Sinclair and Co. The bill on which I was sued was for £7O. I do not know if it was accepted in the name of my firm. I know that it purported to be signed by Sinclair, Roberts, and Co, The learned sergeant commented strongly on plaintiff's contradictory evidence. Plaintiff—l saw the that bill was accepted by Sinclair, Roberts, and Co, on the summons. I uo not know that there are thirty or forty bills out signed by my firm. I here are some, I have taken no steps about them. the bill I was sued on is a forgery, but I have made no inquiries as to the person whom I sus pect. Roberts is my clerk, at a salary of £2 per week. He never was my partner. Roberts may have drawn and ac cepted bills with my full consent. He has not done so since January. There were trade bills before that time drawn in Roberts' name and circulated by me. There may have been. I know of no instances, I cannot recollect. I have never taken up bills drawn by Roberts. They may have been taken up by my firm. All the bills you show me are in the handwriting of Roberts. I kept a bill book. I have not brought any of my books. My attorney advised me not to do so. These bills were never entered in if y books. Mr. Elliot, my new clerk, carries on the business for me now. Roberts left me in February. I saw Roberts two days ago. Up to January my firm was Sinclair, Roberts, and Co., now it is only Sinclair and Co. I now assert that this bill is a forgery. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Roberts is in court. Why do you not give him into custody ? Plaintiff gave no answer. was grossly N M I r r .. i e a a r i d y p s r a o i v d al th a a r t r e t s h t e in w g r o th n e g pslausi sustained exaggerated by the line of cross-examination pursued by defendant's counsel. Defendant had admitted the wrong, and it was not right to mystify and transmogrity the jury. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in a very powerful speech, stated that the whole affair arose out of the mistake of plaintiff, bat. if plaintiff's attorney had only acted coin te ously, and given due notice of the entering of the appear ance by the plaintiff, all might have been avoided. Th_ learned sergeant then commented very strongly on the fact that all the plaintiff had was £9OO a year at the bank; he was carrying on a different business under a name not his own. Roberts, although only a clerk in plaintiff's em ploy, was set forth as a partner, and Roberts had put out to the world bills of exchange as the bills of the firm. Honest men had parted with honest money on those bills, and the owner of the firm repudiated them. But Roberts had not b3en given into custody, or a very different state of facts would have been brought out. What he (the learned ser geant) set out was that these bills were the plaintiff's. He boldly said that. the whole matter was a shuffle from begin ning to th 3 end, and a farthing would be quite enough for the plaintiff, who had given his evidence in his own manner. The learned Secondary briefly summed uii, and the jury awarded plaintiff £5O damages. One of the jury was challenged by defendant before the case was opened, and he was directed to retire and give place to another juryman. and got away from the person, and on Cane, a constable, coming to my assistance my prisoner (Hepburn) knocked the constable's hat off and then struck him three or four times on the face with his stick, at last breaking it. On the way to the station Hepburn struck me two or time times but did not hurt me much. Hepburn—He has told a deliberate lie when he says he wee pinioned from behind. I told a friend to rescue me, but not to strike you. Win. Cane, 35 C, after cornborating the previous wit nesses, said—l was struck three or four times in the face by Hepburn, who called out, "Jack, rescue me." Mr. Mansfield—What became of "Jack r' Hepburn—There didn't happen to be a "Jack" in our party. We did not say we wanted another Cremorne row, but that the police wanted it. Mr. Mansfield—You have not done very great damage to the police, or I should have felt it my duly to have dealt very severely with you. For this piece of folly you must pay 40s each, or a month in default. Mr, Mic4ael Win. Balfe, of 69, Great Portland-street, gentleman, and Mr. Theophilus Harris, 9, Bell-yard, Doctor's-commons, solicitor, were charged by Alwood, 186 C, with behaving in a disorderly manner and causing a crowd of persons to assemble in Coventry-street. Mr. Mansfield said he considered the - punishment the defendants had undergone in being locked up sufficient, and discharged them. WESTMINSTER. LAWLESS AND SERIOUS OUTRAGES BY BOYS.—Michael Rearden, a ragged urchin about 11 years of age, was charged with stealing fruit from a garden at Thames-bank. Mrs. Hannah Harris, wife of an inspector of the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway Company, said that she re sided at Thames-bank. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to her garden, and went up into the pear tree, where he picked the fruit and threw it down to his companions. Mr. Arnold—There were others there ? Witness—A number of other boys. Mr. Arnold—Did you tell them to go ? Witness—Yes, but it was no use. I told the prisoner. - _ Mr. Arnold—Do you know anything of the prisoner ? Witness—l have seen him in our garden repeatedly. He was there several times yesterday, and I e nceavoured to get rid of him, but could not. When he was not on the tree picking the fruit, he and the others were throwing stones at it. ➢lr. Arnold—Why don't you keep them out of your garden ? Witness—We can't. I wish we could, for every thing is destroyed. and I am afraid of being severely injured. Mr. Arnold—How do they get iu ? Witness—Sometimes by the gate, but they have no occa sion to do that now, for they have pulled the fence down, and walk in and out as they please. If we interfere to pro tect our own property, they abuse and threaten us. This boy happened to fall from the tree yesterday, or we never should have got him. Police-constable Tucker, 249 K, said that he had seen the prisoner there before, and took him yesterday. There were a great many boys there. Mr. Arnold—Where is this place? Policeman—lt is a piece o f ground at th e en d of Thames bank, formerly in the occupation of the Chelsea Water Company, but now belonging to the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway. _ _ The boy's mother here stood forward and said he was always at school, but there were haidays when he was not. Nobody had ever in the least complained of the boy before. Mr. Arnold asked him what he had to say ? Prisoner—l only took one pear, that's all. Mr. Arnold—You have often been there before. Prisoner—Well, they did not do anything to me. Mr. Arnold—That is a greater reason why you should not have gone again. Mrs. Harris—When my servant assisted me to secure this boy, the others fell upon her to resue him, and I Ras obliged, for ber protection, to beat them off, and they now threaten what they will do to us when they catch us from home. Mr. Arnold—This is very serious. For this the firs offence, of which he has been convicted, I fine the boy ss. The Mother—l can't pay it. Mr. Arnold—Then he is committed for seven days. REPRESENTATION OF PONTEFRACT, Mr. Monckton Milnes has issued the following farewell address to the electors of Pontefract : " Gentlemen, —Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to offer me a seat in the U pp er House of Parliament, I resign into your hands the representation of your ancient borough, which I have held continuously, and with so much satisfaction, for 25 years. "No m an could close so long and intimate a connexion without emotion, and there has been much in our relations to excite peculiar feeling s of g ratitude on ray part, and, it may be, of interest on yours. " I have been, in more than a constitutional sense, the representative of all of you, without disubaction of political parties; and I have endeavoured, by moderation irt my views and by discretion in my public conduct, to express what I believed to be the sound convictions of the large majority of my constituents and the general opinion of the inhabitants of your district. " In so doing I have been able to contribute by my vote and voice to the sucuss of every serious measure of political improvement, of religious toleration, of public utility, and of social progress, that has engaged the attention of Parlia ment during a quarter of a century. I have owed to your geerous confidence and your kind appreciation of my mo tives a position of personal independence rarely conceded to a parliamentary representat.ve ; but I must not forget that I have acted in conjunction with men whose principles and services I highly value, and that I have long followed the lead of an illustrious statesman whose name is a watchword of liberty throughout the world, and the continuance of whose wise and temperate Government at home I believe to be the best security fur the prosperity of our country. " To alt and each of you I now bid a grateful and affec tionate fa• ewell. As your neighbour and personal friend I shall ever maintain a lively interest in all that concerns your individual fortunes and your common welfare. And if I leave on your minds the impression that I have done my best in your service, I have all that I desire. " I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, and faith ful friend, "RICHARD MONCRTON MILNES." POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GUILDHALL. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—CharIes William Terry, a respectably dressed man, was placed before Alderman Phillips, charged with robbing his employer. Mr. Barnes, of the firm of Knell and Barnes, 18, Basinghall-street, said the prisoner was in their em ployment as warehouseman. This morning four pieces of alpaca, valued at about £ll, were missed, and from certain circumstances the prisoner was asked whether he knew anything about it. He denied all knowledge of the property, but afterwards he said he wished to speak privately to him. Ha then acknowledged taking three pieces of stuff, and offered to pay for the goods. This was, of course, refused. Sergeant Funnell, of the City detective force, took the prisoner into custody on the above charge. On searching him a number of duplicates were found, some of which re lated to stolen property. He had not had time to procure the attendance of the brokers. Alderman Phillips asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge. The prisoner replied he could hardly think it could be called stealing, as he had offered either to pay for the goods or produce them within an hour. Alderman Phillips—But you had no business to take the things away. Sergeant Funnell said there were other cases against the prisoner, and therefore he should not ask for a remand until Monday next. The application of the officer was granted. BOW-STREET. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—John Collins, a builder, car rying on business in Drury-lane, was placed at the bar charged with assaulting the police, Police-constable M‘Leod, F 40, said he was on duty last night in Drury-►ane when he heard two persons quarrelling, and on proceeding in the airection of the noise he found the prisoner and his next door neighbour, both of whom carried on the busin , -ss of builders, disputing in a very loud tone of voice. The quarrel seemed to be occasioned about the pay ment of some money, for which a summons is still pending. He attempted to persuade the prisoner to desist, and finding it useless, he took him into custody, whin he seized him in a very violent manner and threw him to the ground. The prisoner's wife and son then came to the rescue, and suc ceeded in getting Collins into his house, but as he (the constable) had been very much injured by the fall he entered the prisoner's house from the aajoining one. Here another disturbance occurred, and it was with 'extreme difficulty the prisoner was got into the street. The wife and son again attempted to prevent the police from securing the prisoner, the latter of whom seized a shovel end began flourishing it about in a most desperate manner. The pri soner afterwards attacked the constable in a most desperate manner, and after great difficulty he was conveyed to the station-house. Mr. Abrams, who appeared for the prisoner, said the quarrel had arisen in consequence of a feeling of jealousy existing between the prisoner and his next door neighbour, who were rivals in trade. He admitted his client was ex cited by liquor, but being excited by Marshall, he incau tiously interfered with the police. He trusted that portion of the case would be met by a fine im.tead of imprisonment. Mr. Henry said it was a most savAge assault, and said the prisoner ought to think himself very fortum - 4ta he was not standing at the bar on the charge of murder, for cer tainly had the s h ove l s t ruc k th e constable it would most certainly have kill e d hi m . H e s h ou ld, th er efore, sentenced the prisoner to p a y a fine of £5, or go to prison for a month. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE IN THE T riAYMARXET-GENTLEMEN AND THE POLICE. ---Mr. Oliver Jones Trinder, of 22, Adelaide-row North, St. John's-wood, and Mr. Henry Hepburn, of 29, Wellington-villas, Finchley-road, gentlemen, were charged before Mr. Mansfield with being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in the Haymarket. Trinder was further charged with assaulting Sergeant James Ward, 290 A, and Hepburn with assaulting Sergeant George Appleton, 20 C, and Wni, Cane, 35 C. Sergeant Ward said—At half-past 2 this morning I saw the defendants with three others walking arm in arm, there being at the time a large crowd in the Haymarket in conse quence of a disturbance. I requested the defendants to go away, but they refused, one of them saying, " We shan't go ay. ay ; you want another Cremorne row," Upon this the crowd began to hiss. I requested the defendants to go away, and they went a short distance but returned, the crowd by this time numbering ab ,ve 100 persons, mostly prostitutes and low men about the Haymarket. As the defendants caused a great disturbance, I took Trinder into 3ustody, when he put his foot behind mine and tried to throw me down, and he then gave me a blow on the head, but it did not hurt me much. I then took him to the station. Trinder—l never attempted to trip you up. bergeaut Appleton, 2 C—l heard the prisoners halloaing and a large number of prostitutes and thieves assembled, I saw Trinder try to trip up Sergeant Ward and then strike him. I took Hepburn into custody, when he said he was if he would gu quietly, and called " Jack rescue me." and I then felt myself pi n ioned from behind. I struggled LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. Her Majesty, on a representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on E ,, ucation, has appointed Horace Waddington, Esq., M,A. , of University College, Oxford, to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. WAR.OFFICE, PALL MALL, JULY 28. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. Reginald Arthur James I'aibot, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Edward Heneage, who retires ; Thomas Henry Clifton, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. R. A, J. Talbot. 3d Dragoon Guards—Surgeon Robert Marshall Allen, hav ing completed a period of 20 years' full pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal War rant of Oct. 1, 1858. 7th Dragoun Guards—Cornet Henry Bulkeley to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Edward Henry O'Dowd, who retires; Evan Aubrey Thomas, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bulkeley. sth Lancers—Major Frederick Beswick, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Majoi ; Captain and Brevet Major Francis Richard Charles Grant to be Major, by pur chase, vice Beswick, who retires; Lieutenant and Adju tant Edward Francis Weaver to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Grant; Cornet Ludovick Montefiore Carmichael to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Weaver; Cornet Godfrey Clement Kynnersley Baldwin, from the 16th Lancers, to be Cornet, vice Carmichael ; Lieuten ant Frederick Sedley to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Weaver, krumoted. 9th Lancers—Captain Erskine's promotion bears date 10th July, 1863, and not as stated in Gazette of that date. 13th Hussars—James Tardy Hone, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thomas Edward Stopford Hickman, whose appointment has been Cancelled. 20th Hussars—Lieutenant Elliot Henry Macnaghten has been permitted to retire from the service by the resigna tion of his commission. 21st Hussars—Lieutenant Fletcher Hayes Grant has been permitted to retire from the service by the resignation of his commission. Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Desborough to be Lieut.-Colonel; vice Brevet-Colonel Murray Octavius Nixon, deceased Second Captain Charles Frederick Cockburn to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Desborough ; Lieut. Henry Edmearles to be Second Captain, vice Cockburn; Gentleman Cadet Edwin Henry Hayter Collen to be Lieutenant, vice Edmeades ; Gentleman Cadet George Frederick Darley Sutton to be Lieutenant, vice Charles pusher Foulger, deceased ; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Andrew Hugh Bogle to be Adjutant, vice Second Captain Alex ander Hadden Lindsay, appointed Brigade-Major. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Spaight's appointment is vice Jackson, removed from the army consequent on the sentence of a General Court Martial, and not by the sentence of a General Court Martial as previously stated, Coldstream Guards Lieutenant and Captain George Robert Fitz Roy to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lord Eustace Henry Brownlow Gas coyne Cecil, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Denzil Hugh Baring to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Fiiz Roy; Gentleman Cadet Charles Napier McMurdo, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baring. 9th Foot —Ensign Robert Dillon Hare to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice James Edward Henning, deceased ; Gent Cadet Archibald Graham Wavell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hare. 9th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Henry Walker to be _ Assistant- Surgeon. 20th Foot—'tall Assistant-Surgeon William Hausman, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 21st Foot— Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Land, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 26th Foot—Major Henry Torrens Walker to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Andrew Timbrell Allan, who retires ; Captain George Bent to be Major, by puchase, vice Walker; Lieutenant Henry George Ramadge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bent; Ensign Wm. itigsby Brown to tw Lieutenant, by purchase, vice tiamadge ' • , entleman Cadet Hans Robert Rath bone, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brown ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Armstrong to be Assistant- Surgeon. 36th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Herbert William Kennedy, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stainsby Henry Pigott, who retires; Staff Assistant -Surgeon Tertius Ball, M.D., to be Assis- tant-Surgeon. 37th Foot —Captain William Worsley Worswick, from the, 3d West Indian Regiment, to be Captain, vice Joseph Jones, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew W. Edward Gossett to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Joshua G. Jebb, who resigns the appointment. 64th Foot—Ensign Almeric George Spencer to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Henry Frederic Scobell, who retires; Gentlemen Cadet Frederic Buckley Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Spencer. 78th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Mackenzie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Clement Belmore St. George, who retires; , Ensign William Thorp to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v ice Thomas Mackenzie; Gentleman Cadet Hugh Gough Grant, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thorp. 98th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Forbes Calland, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Archibald Rowan Hamilton, cashiered by sen tence of a general court-martial. 103 d Foot—Lieut. Alexander Wm. Bradfield Caldecott to be Adjutant. 107th Foot—Lieut. Fredk. Wm. Leman to be Adjutant. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Chas. Harrison Hignett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thos. H. Selwyn Donovan, promoted. 3d West India Regiment—Captain Joseph Jones, from the 37th Foot, to be Captain, viceWorswick, who exchanges. IMPERIAL PAM MONT 1 SPORTING HOUSE OF COMMONS —Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair—for the last time this Session—at 20 minutes to 3 o'clock, There was a fair at tendance of members. RETURNS. A number of unopposed returns were agreed to. NEW WRIT—PONTEFRACT—ELEVATION OF MR. R. M. MILNII§ TO THE PEERAGE. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to be issued for this borough, in the room of Mr. R. M. M lines, who had resigned. The motion was met with some cheers, and appeared to afford general satisfaction to the house, it being understood that he is to be elevated to the peerage. REMOVAL OF RAILINGS ROUND PUBLIC STATUES—LABELLING. PICTURES. Mr. E WART asked the F Commissioner of Works whether the iron which surrounded the statue of Achilles in Hyde-park, and those which surrounded other s t a tues, would be removed, as iad been done successfully , with respect to the statue of Charles the First at CL aring cross, and that of George the Third :also, whether, on the wa t e r-colour drawings of Turner and othera:lists exhibited at South Kensing t on , labels would be public informatio n as to the sub j ects, and the painters d, giving the o iniv f such water-colour drawings ? Mr. COWPER replied that the railings round the public statues had been removed without any damage ensuing, and so far as auth orit y extended, he should direct entaserge, re moval of any railing s or other obstacle which obstructed the view of public statues or their pedestals It was the duty of the authorities connected with our picture galleries to affix descriptions to the various pictures, and the names of the artists. BANKRUPTCY ACT RETURNS. Mr. MURR.a gave notice that early next session he should call attention to the fact that the sated ly bankruptcy promi retuserns had not been laid on the table, though re pd, as required by th e HreE cent act. T METRIC SYSTEM. Mr. EWART intimated that early next session sub je he should seek leave to introduce a permissive bill on this ct. BENCHERS. Sir G. BOWYER gave notice that early next sess ion he he should introduce a bill to re g ulate the proceedings fbenchers. STANDING ORDERS. Mr. AYRTON intimated that early should propose an alteration in the standing o is t give ample time for the consideration l?dextorSeesrBsi°,nsobase stages. f in all their THE ALIENATION OF THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. D. GIAIFFI m i n timated that nex t session he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Secretary of S ate for Foreign Affairs had not recently ex pressed an opinion that the Crown could not alienate any of its possessions without the consent of Parliament. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. BUT C gave notice that next session he should move an address to the Crown on this subject. PRECEDENCY OF MAYORS AND LORD PROVOSTS. Mr. BR 'J WN- WE S I'HEAD askedthe Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received a com munication, from the Lord Mayor of York, on the question which had arisen between the Lord Provost of Edinburgb and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and claiming, on the part of the dignity of the office of Lord Mayor of York, prece • dente next to that of the Lord Mayor of London; and whether he would direct that the claim of precedence of the Lord Mayor of York over both the Lord Provost of Edin burgh and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, be settled by the proper authority ? Sir G. GREY replied that the Lord Mayor and Corpo ration of London were entitled by charter to personally ad dress the Crown, so that the precedence of the other Lord Mayors and the Lord Provost could not arise. (Laughter.) THE CASE OF CAPTAIN MELVILLE WHITE. Sir G. BOWYER asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Senate of Hamburg had yet accepted the friendly office of arbitrator between her Ma jesty's Government and the Government of Pert in the case of Captain Melville White; whether any agreement had yet been signed by her Majesty's and the Peruvian Government, fully establishing the bases upon which this case is to be arbitrated, and how much longer it was likely to be before the claims of Captain Melville White against the Peruvian Government would be definitively settled ? Mr. LAYARD replied that the exact terms of the arbi tration had not yet been definitively settled ; but he hoped that no great time would elapse before a settlement was arrived at. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea sury what would be the nature of the guarantee to be entered into to prevent the future acquisition of the lonian Islands by any other power than Greece; and which of the European powers would be the parties by whom that gua rantee would be executed ? Lord PALMERS't ON replied that no step could be taken in the direc , ion indicated without the consent of the powers that were parties to the original protectorate by Great Britain; SUEZ CANAL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether there was any truth whatever in the assertion made by M. Lesseps, in his report to the shareholders of the Suez Canal, in which, for the purpose of palliating or defending the employment of forced labour on that work, he undertakes to say, "The Company of the English steamers, in their establishment at Suez, is provided by the Egyptian Government with the porters and labourers neces sary for the embarkation and debarkation of their cargoes, by means of forced labour (travail obligatoire) Lord PALMERS lON replied that he could not be answerable for the opinions of M. Lesseps. (Laughter.) The Government did not know whether what was stated was a fact or not. No doubt when the firman of the Sultan, advisedly enforced, was put into operation, all the labourers would have the benefit of the concession. M.—This Da, GOODWOOD RACES—Tins DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRLFR, GOODWOOD STASES. 7to 4 agst Anfield (taken) 100 to 15 agst Bellman (taken) 100 to 15 agst Blondin (taken) 10 to 1 agst - Balham (taken) 100 to 7 agst Wasp gelding (taken) 20 to 1 agst Magnum Bonum (taken) CRYSTAL PALACE. Early yesterday the brass band contest com menced. Twenty-one bands competed, seven being placed respectively at three stations in the gardens. At platform No. 1 the judges were Messrs. Hurst and Hanson ; at No. 2, Messrs. Smythe (Royal Ar tillery) and Charles Godtrey, sen. (Coldstream Guards) ; and at No. 3, Messrs. Baguet (60th Rifles) and T. Coward (organist, Crystal Palace). When the various bands had each done their best, there was a general assembly of all the musicians in the Handel orchestra. The concert that then ensued was conducted, as usual, by Mr. Enderby Jackson, some of whose own compositions were amongst the most attractive features of the pro gramme. On the conclusion of this concert a con test commenced between the twelve bands which nad been selected as best among the twenty-one, namely, the Brighton, Civil Service, Albion Mills, Blandford, Kirkstall, Leyburn, Cornwall, Dews bury, Darlington, Doncaster, and Kirkbriston. After a prolonged competition, the prizes were awarded as follows : First Prize, £3O, together with free gift of superb massive cup, worked in aluminium gold—Blandford Band, Mr. R Eyers. Second prize, £2o—Dewsbury Old Band —Mr. Jan Peel. Third prize, £ls—Matlock Bath Band, Mr. James Grooms. F ou rth prize, £ lO -- D arlin g ton Band, Mr. H. Ro ggen. In addition to the g eneral prizes here named, a special prize of £lO in money, together with a free gift of splendid cup, elaborately worked in aluminium gold, was awarded to the Brighton, Ist Susses Volunteer Artillery Band. The following Special Solo Prizes were also awarded : . Ist. A silver gilt and richly engraved cornet-a-piston, price £2o—Mr. Robert de Lacy, Solo Cornet of the Leyburn Band. 2d. An e l e ctro-plated and gilt e legantly chased baritone horn, price £2o—Thomas Hunt, 010 Tenor of the Bland ford Band. The Mysterious Di illcoverKof a Skeleton at MwalL Yesterday morning Mr. H. Rsfiles Walthe w, deputy coroner for East M iddlesex, held an inqui ry i i at the Queen's Head, Higli-street, Poplar, respect ing the death of a person unknown, whose skeleton was,dis+ered some feet beneath the surface of the ground, ea Thursday last, at Millwall. John Itarris, 22, Dock-street, Poplar, said that on Thursday last he was exavating tor a dry dock at Mr. Dulchen's ship-yard, Folly-wall, Mill-wall. About seven feet under the surface he found a skeleton. For three feet down there was gravel, and four feet under the surface of the clay the skeleton was found. The gravel had been placed on the spot within the last few years. He heard people say that there had been a creek at that place, and that the gravel had been put there to fill it up. Dr. W. Peliew Bains said that he had examined the remains and found them to consist of the skeleton of a tall female. The height was about sft. 7in. The teeth were all present and were in perfect preservation, and from their condition he in ferred the age to have been between 20 and 30 years. The size of the pelvis and the comparative smallness of the head were ponclusive as to the sex. The Isle of Dogs is exactly seven feet below high water mark, and the skeleton being found about seven feet beneath the surface, it was about the level of low water mark. It was therefore quite possible that the body might have been floated to where it was found by the river. The blue clay in which it was embedded had a preservative effect, and the body might have been there for fifty or even possibly one hundred years. It must have been there for more than two or three years, as the bones had been permeated by the blue colour of the clay. The bones bore no mark of injury, and though some few were absent, the skeleton was a very fine and complete one, The Coroner asked whether the workmen had searched for the remains of clothing, coins, &c. The witness Harris said that they had dug down some distance, but had discovered no trace of any thing but the bones. The place appeared not to have been disturbed for some length of time. The Coroner having summed up, The Jury returned the following verdict : " That the remains of the deceased female, unknown, were found dead at the Folly-wall, Millwall, de posited seven feet beneath the surface of the earth ; but how, when, or by what means the said female became so buried there the evidence was not sufficient to show." Tao proceedings then terminated. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar General's Report.) With the progress of the summer months the mortality continues to rise, in consequence of the increase of the diar ri_cea or cholera, fatal chiefly to infants, that is peculiar to the season. The deaths in the three weeks ending the 18th of July were successively 1,187, 1,287, and 1,364. In the week that ended last Saturday a further increase occurred, and 1,452 is the result. The average number of deaths derived from 10 corres ponding weeks (viz., the 30th in each of the years 1853-62), is, after correction for increase of population, 1,253, from which it appears that the actual number of deaths in last week was 200 in excess of the estimated amount. The deaths from diarrhoea, which had been in the pre vious weeks 91 and 148, rose to 233 last week, of which 178 were among infants less than a twelvemonth old. Besides the number reckoned under diarrhoea there were 20 from cholera, two of which cases were returned as Asiatic. On the 21st inst. a labourer, aged 33 years, died in the North street Infirmary, Popular, of cholera Asiatica (36 hours) ; and on the 20th inst. in the Workhouse of St. George, Southwark, a chaff-cutter, aged 74 years, of cholera Asiatica (5 days), consecutive fever (3 days). It may be asked whether the sanitary condition of Islington is not capable of improvement in some parts of the district. There has been much scarlatina in it; and last week the deaths from diarrhoea were 22. There is reason to hope that the further spread of small pox in the metropolis has been checked. The deaths by it, returned last week, declined to 34, which is lower than any previous weekly number since the end of March. A seventh part of the mortality from this disease in the week occurred to persons who are stated to have been vaccinated. There were 110 deaths from scarlatina; 15 of which were in Islington, and 9 'nth° sub-district of Sr. Peter, Walworth. Last week the births of 994 boys and 898 girls, in all 1,892 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,818. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.699 in. The readings fell to 29.321 n. on Wednesday, and lose to 29 . 97 in. on Fri day. The mean t, mperature of the air in the week was 57.3 deg., which is 4• ) deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week, and had also been )4elow it on the last three days of the preceding week. The lowest night temperature 3c - curred on Sunday, and did not exceed 381 deg. The highest day temperature was 74 deg,, and was obtained also on Sun ' day. The range of the thermometer on that day and also in the week was therefore 35 . 3 deg. The difference between the mean dew .point temperature and air temperature was 6.9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was7B (com plete saturation being represented by 100). The air was un usually dry on Sunday. The humidity was only 63, but on Tuesday it rose almost to saturation. The wind was gene rally in the south-west. Rain fell to almost nine-tenths of an inch, about half of which fell on Tuesday. The mean of tie highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 66 2 deg. ; that of the lowest was 64 deg. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam . 11 1811 11 181 Antwerp — 25 52§ 25 5 Th Brussels — 25 521 25 574, Elamburgh — 13 8f 13 8f Paris Ditto Marseilles 119 1 519 Frankfort on Maine -- -1 11 38 11 63 Vienna TRAMES, A MARINE SWINDLER. — JauIes Johnson, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with obtaining 10s. and a new jacket by false pretences of Mr. Abraham Harris, a Jew clothier, of No. 170, St. George-street. A few evenings since the prisoner called upon Mr. Harris, and said he had made a voyage in the ship Junius, in the Commercial Dock, that he had wages to receive, and in tended to deal with Mr. Harris. The prosecutor anxiou s to do business hailed the sailor as a customer and lent him 10s. to be repaid in the usual manner when the ship was paid off. On the following morning the prisoner again waited on Mr. Harris and obtained a new jacket from him. He then said he wished to be driven to the Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe, and obtain sufficient money fr,,m his captain to pay Mr. Harris. The prisoner and Mr. Harris got into a cart, and when they were about half way to the Commercial Dock the prisoner made an excuse to leave the cart, and ran away. H e was subsequently taken into custody and remanded. Mr. William Douglas, an officer of the Commercial Dock, said no ship named sue Junius had been in the clock_ior two years He also said the prisoner had attempted ,to impose on another Jew and ordered £8 worth of clothes. Be.ore the Jew parted with any money or clothes he made inquiries at tile dock, and ascertained that the prisoner was an impostor. The prisoner declined to make any defence, and Mr. Woolrych committed him for trial. ROBBERIES AT THE RAYDON-SQUARESTATION.—Patrick Macarthy, ar. Irish labourer, age d 27 years, and lately em ployed at the Haydon-square goods station of the London and North-Western Railway Station, was brought up o n remand charged with stealing 49 pairs of worsted stockings. There were three packages of worsted stockings in a hamper at the Haydon-square station. The packages were in a perfec, state when delivered atthe station. Mr. Thomas Rowden, a clerk at the st a tion, afterward s discovered that oue of the packages had been cut open and a portion of the - contents abstracted. Hugh Andrews, a police constable, o. 62 H, made inquiries and found that the prisoner had been dealing with worsted stockings precisely similar to those in the packap, and he found an odd stocking, which had never been worn, in the prisoner's room. The prisoner admitted to Andrews that he had taken three pairs of worsted stockings out of the package, and that was all. The manufacturer, from Leicester, was in attendance to prove the idenity of the odd stocking. h Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, on behalf of the prisoner, said he ad been eleven months in the service of the London and . charge a North- Western Railway Company, and there was no pre viousguiNility to the unlawful possession of the odd stocking. against him. The prisoner would plead mr. Woolrych—No, no; to stealing as r. Stoddart hoped the magistrate would treat the case Mr. Woolrych—lt is a very serious case one of unlawful possession , ad pass a light.punishment. broken a package open, and 49 pairs of stockings, valu.d at £3, taken our. Mr. Stoddart--The prisoner has only taken three pairs. Mr. W a lt er W orl i dge, detective officer, in th e service of the London an d N orth-Western Railway Company, said there had been a good deal of petty pilfering g oin g on at the station, an d t h e company had been great losers. A re ward of £5 was given to any one detecting an offender and bringing him to justice. The prisoner then pleaded guilty to stealing stockings. Mr, Wo o l ryc h —You are sentenced to fourmonths'im prisonment and hard labour in the House of correction. MARRETS—This any. MARK LANE. - The show of samples a English wheat at Mark-lane to day was small. A few picked samples changed hands at Monday's decline in the currency ; otherwise, the trade was very dutl,.at next to nominal quotations. In all descriptions of foreign wheat sales progressed heavily, and p r i ces h a d a downward tendency. Floating Cargoes of grain moved off slowly on former terms. The supply of barley was very moderate, yet the demand was in a sluggish state at late rates. A few parcels of new Kentish produce were on offer. In malt a limited business was transacted, , at late rates. The supply of oats was moderate. All descriptions met a slow sale on former terms. Beans and peas sold heavily at about stationary prices. The market was but moderately supplied. No zhange took place in the value of flour, but the de mand both for home and foreign descriptions was in a sluggish state. ARRIVALS THIS 'crux, Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. :Owlish.— • • 510 • Irish.. 370 Foreign.-- 2,940 1,580 I 1 13,250 I 2,280 brls BOROUGH—HOP. The business doing in our market is very moderate, at late rates, The accounts from the plantations are more favourable, WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate for the time of year, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s fld to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. FEMALE BLONDlNS.—Application was made on Friday to the magistrates of Kidderminster for per mission for a circus to visit the town. In the course of the proposed performances two " female Blondins" were to run along a rope 50 feet from the ground, starting from oppo • site ends of the rope, and on meeting in the middle one lady was to vault over the other. The applicant stated that the rope would be extended above a tent, and if there should be a slip the performer would be caught on the canvas. The mayor, however, objected, and the BP plicant had t o un d er t a k e that thi s " sensa tion ,. feat (s 8 the bills had it) should be left out. Amended bills were subsequently issued accordingly ; they stated that a 4 . tional e n t erta i nment " wou ld b e prov id e d, including Pug listic encounters. 11 60 11 0 Trieste ** Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 48i 49i Cadiz Leghorn — 25 60 25 65 Milan .......... .. Genoa ........ :'. - 25 60 25 65 25 60 25 65 Naples 25 62i 25 67 Palermo . . Nlessina Lisbon .............. , , 52 1 52 1 Oporto .............. 621 54 Foreign Gold in 'Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars . . ... . _ SNEAKING AWAY FROM A SERMON.—The pain• ful process—as thus graphically described by the Ls'aturday _Review :—To move to the door as the clergyman moves to the pulpit is considered by an ordinary congrega-, tion as neither more nor less than a breach of good man ners. It wants a face of brass to beat an open retreat under the general frown of disapproval. One is almost tempted to recur to the schoolboy expedient of affecting a sudden determination of blood to the nose.; Nothing but the exhibition of some such symptom of distress is held to be a valid excuse for quitting church prematurely. Apart from the unpleasant consciousness of shocking the feelings of your fellow-wor shippers, there are physical which beset your retreat. Pew-doors have a nastyawwaoy oo first sticking fast in defiance of all the known f o l pening f obstacle; mechanics, then of creaking loudly, and lastly,ho w fa i n th e, a a n na ex c p o l v o e s r i s v ethbeouinnvceo,inwahry echoesoaose ofthrtohueg disturbancethe saed i ht almost see in with confusion. A tender conscience privilegesthis evinced e j d u dbgymneantt a f : T r as to have left behind Then you may have been so unluckya ray 1 , er-book, stick, or ii.ttisagintieoogrezonceingtodisspeoiruitrusael. you, in your nervous agirationa, reappearance, which gives umbrella ;and this necessitatesod impenitent look. When at you a peculiarly hardened uar perturbations ;are not at an last the door is gained question decisive of an often mooted as to the regarded end. The mie cclesiastical tadraeenfdtos etss d hh o oen o bt r ssant ra hin a ada y ktnie b nio e g, tn i n i na g tgh s e e l t - gnattr o o p c at e ir on its hinges. The coaxing cuauseasTortydiotowrshgaetia way you I w t il i l s , • method are equally ine tri ff ,o e ny c , t o u an a n l d . anwe A rt t hed l a a lii t, inp r w e en c a o re v dtr e ae r locksmith ofm more e e intothee emeoonfeemind anything but omi:ysteshteesiyi:nongfefinrtsuomictoyndosef:rPticlie Plantagenettr the m ystery period, flushed, you d in em a 7 r g a heated, Tudor devo tional. POLAND. In reply tara question from Mr. HENNESSY, Lord PALM ERSTON said it would be unadvi able to adopt the suggestion of the hon. and learned member that the Government should withdraw the Queen's Ambassador at. St. Petersburg, or refuse to recognise the dominion of Russia in Poland. NENAGH ASSIZES—LIMERICK. Mr. BLAKE repeated his question with respect to the man Philip Hayes, tried at the late Nenagh Assizes. Mr. MON SELL asked if the Queen's proclamation, now that Limerick was peaceable, would be withdrawn ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND replied that the matter was under the consideration of the Execu tive Government. In the case of Limerick, no doubt a favourable result would PfßOollow its now peaceable condition. ROGATION. Precisely at one minute attar 3 o'clock, Sir AUGUSTUS L t Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, advanced to the table and summon ed the Speaker and the house to hear the Royal Commissioner read her Majesty'a Speech on the prorogation of Parliament. the whole of the members, The Speaker, accompa nied by immediately left the house and repaired to the House of Lords. At a quarter to 4 the Speaker returned, and, calling the members round the table, took up his position at the place of the Chief Clerk, and read the Speech, written on paper edged with black. The right hon. gentleman then shook hands with the 40 or 50 m embers present and then retired. Thus ended the session of 1863. A CHARITABLE BEQUEST IN DANGER Some three or four years ago there died a venerable spin ster, Miss Agnes Hamilton by name, who had for a long t i me managed, and that with si g nal succes s , a g ro c er y business in Hutchesontown. Sho left about £20,000, the chief part of which was invested in heritable securities. Forty years before, that is, in 1821, she had caused a will to be made, indicating how she wished her means to be disposed of. In this deed, after providing respectably for a sister and a servant, she directed that the interest of the balance should be expended in the payment of annuities, not exceeding £4 each, to decayed natives of the barony of Gorbals, or persons who had lived there for 40 years, their moral character being good, and their age not under 65. The execution of this trust—the whole patronage and guar dianship of the fund, she confided to the managers of the barony—a body who then boasted a vigorous life, such as gave fair promise that it would be permanent. It is exceedingly probable that the sum she possessed when the will was made was small in comparison with the value of her estate when she died ; but there is ample evidence that through all the intervening years, and amid the accumula tions which they witnessed, she continued steadily to cherish her benevolent purpose. Twice over, in 1834 and in 1854, trifling changes were made on the deed by the addition of codicils, though its leading provision was left unaltered. But, prior to her death, the office of " Manager of the Gorbals" was swept away. The Municipal Extension Act was, as is well known, the death of all separate and ind t - tha pendent jurisdiction in the barony. Henceitthhea p s tr P l e n n t pre there is no tine in a p os iti o n to a dminister citiely according to t h e ma nner in which it was devised. The question arises, shall this hitch utitsearloywfrunusedreartet theh the careare - tention of the testatrix? The estate e Court of Seesion. A of a judicial factbr appointed by 7 n ext of kin to the deceased movement has been made by to have her testament wbolltt;es et a side, so that the funds h ught by some philanthropic may come to them. It i 8 that there are valid grounds for and public-spirited resisting are a number of poor and aged this applicrireo:atil securing the fulfilment of Miss Hamilton's design. suit the description given folk living in the GorTbahelseantwl: benefit. It is hard to see of those whom she directly intervene for their prutec• how others haved themselves a just standing-ground lion ; but they on w hich to go before t h e court. That step has been re solved upon. Those i n t ere sted in the business wish, how ever, some token of public countenance and aid. To that, we th i n k, they are extremely well entitled. '1 he object of the bequest is one of the most exemplary kind—one of w hi c h even )ir. Gladstone, with all his horror of death bed chari t i e g and the abuses which they engender, would f ee l himself constrained to akprove. In point of e quity there can be no quelition that the Vitae pre sented is a good one ; no case could- well be stronger I n point of actual law there is every reason to hope for a favourable decision; the Dundee people are about to celebrate the recovery of a sum designed for the esta blishment of an hospital there, which was made under cir cumstances greatly more inauspicious and problematical than those that exist here. Some money will be needed ero even a venture can be made towards trying the case ; but it is surely impossible that any serious embarrassment can arise on that score. We learn, at any rate, that steps will be immediately taken to bring the whole matter under public notice ; and we have tue confidence that a generous ,and public-spirited interest will be evinced in regard to it —.North British Mail. CAPTAIN GRANT IN SCOTLAND.—Captain the hero of the . Nile, arrived in Elgin on Thursday night, and was the guest of Mr. Alexander Cameron, writer. Captain Grant, we understand, is on his way to Dingwall, on a visit to his mother, who tesides there. Arrangements are making in Nairn, his native town, for giving him a public entertainment and presenting him with the freedom of the burgh.--. Elfin Courier, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Atetralia and Mauritius, via S ou thampton. ...... Aug 18. via Marseilles Brazil and Cape V er ds, by British paeße t. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles ...July 27. Falkland Islands ..........••••• Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July 26. India (Calcutta), aad Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Marseilles July 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Alarseilles Aug. 4. Portugal..• • Malta, .E gy pt, and Aden, via Southampto n July 26. via Marseilles July 27, Newfoundland • ~..•Aug. ‘5, y 28. ~