The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-14 00:00:00

NIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being A:,ccnsiou-day, the directors of the Bank of England, according to their usual custom, Will not hold their weekly court until two o'clock. In the meantime the Money Market is in a state of Suspense, bankers and brokers refusing to negotiate bill of 3 per cent., the impression being that an advance in the official minimum may be adopted. _ - The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : 1863. 1862. Great-Western North-Western South-Western ... Brighton Midi 39,920 37117 South-Eastern 19,703 20,271 Great Northern Great Eastern „ „ 29,041 29,255 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... North Eastern 41,044 38,978 Bristol and Exeter Manchesrer, Sheffield, and Lincoln . 15,097 13,661 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western of Canada These returns are generally of a very satisfac tory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,882, on the North Western of £10,559, on the South Western of £3,030, on the Brighton of £646, on the Midland of £2,803, on the Great Northern of £239, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,014, on the North Eastern of £2,066, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,536, and on the Great Western of Canada of £1,148 The South Eastern, however, exhibits a decrease of £568, and the Great Eastern of £1,214. Two O'CLOCK. -a- special meeting of the shareholders of the London and South-Western Bank took place to-day for the purpo.e of amending the sixth clause of the articles of association, by which the bank is at pre sent restricted from transacting business within 30 miles of London. The thirtieth annual meeting of the proprietors of the National Provincial Bank of England took place to-day—Mr. J. M. Laurie in the chair. The report, which was agreed to, stated that the avail able balance from the business of the past 12 months was £181,764, and out of this sum the directors proposed, in addition to the dividend and bonus already paid, a further bonus of 6 per cent., mek ing the division of profits in 1862 in all 19 per cent, upon the paid-up capital, free of income tax, leaving the reserve as before at £135,015 3s. 7d. The market for English Funds is very quiet, but the quotations have been very well maintained. Con sols for money are 93/ g , and for the account, less the dividend, 92 g, showing steadiness. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911 ; India Stock is 232 ; do. 5 per Cents. 1091 110; Enfaced 4 per Cents. 98; do. 5 per Cents. 107 i, and Ex chequer Bills 4s. die. to par. The settlement of the account has engaged almost exclusive attention, and the fresh dealings have consequently been very limited; prices have been tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71/ 724 ; do., Consolides, 511 / ex div. ; Spanish Passive, 35 351 ; do,, Certificates, 12/ 4 ; Mexican, 36437; Greek, 321 4 ; do. Coupons, 15 if; Portuguese, 49,1 I; and the Confederate Loan 3 to 2 discount. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been of the most limited description. The favourable character of the traffic returns, however, has in some instances caused a firmer tone. Great Western and Midland have improved es.; North Western, 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 16s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained very inactive, without any material change in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little change of importance as regards prices. City Bank are quoted 102; Bank of Australasia, 731 ; London and Westminster, 78 to 78j ; Electric Telegraph, 103; and Naticn-al Discount Company, 91. HALF-PAST Two. The Bank directors have not made any alteration in the rate of discount, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities I per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9B Ditto 5 per Cent Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 per Cent 1 4 die par Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 1 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1839 and 1869 Egyptian 7 pet Cent lOOl Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 324 Ditto Account 32R i 1 Ditto Coupons lb/ Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account. 37 64 New Granada Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 74 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 B9 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 95 Ditto 4} per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account 4B} Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money i)itto Account 92 i xd CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE LATE MUTINY AT ELACX.WALL. Juan de Mato Manga, a Peruvian soldier, was indicted for the wilful murder of Emanuel Silva. The prisoner was on board the vessel when the mutiny broke out, and it was alleged that he afterwards took an active part in it. The death of Silva was occasioned by his jumping out of one of the portholes of the vessel to avoid tin' fury of the soldiery, but more particularly the prisoner. The identity of the prisoner was very defective, and the judge put it to the jury whether, under all the circum stances it was worth going on with the case. The jury were of opinion that it wou d be useless, and returned a verdict of not guilty. CHILD MURDER. Sarah Wigley, 26, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the capital charge, but found her guilty of concealment of birth. She was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) . , Samuel Robinson, 25, brass finisher, was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Haines. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. James Crowther and Samuel Goodburn surrendered to a n indictm en t c h arg;ng them w i t h consp i rac y and fraud. The case was very fully reported when the defendants were examined at the Mansion-house, and, it will be recollected, they were formerly in the service of Messrs. Lang and C o•• then brok ers , Mincing-lane, and the charge agains t hem was that th ey had given credit to a false extent4and that the Loose had been falsifi e d, and a great loss had been Occasioned. The defence was that they were not guilty of the charge, and that all that been done had been effected in the course of trade. The case is not expected to conclude to-day. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Alfred Collis pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously uttering a forged order for the pay ment of £7, with intent, &c. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Henry Ledell pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing various sums of money, the property of his master. The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to 18 months' i mprisonment. John Down, charged with feloniously breaking and en tering the dwelling house of Henry steer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. SHARE MARK ETS.---This day. ORDINARY SIT ARES AN ro :STOt.;E. Share Railways. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Sost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A I A gets no div Do. B till fip c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. l Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. I Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwtok Do, G.N.E. purchase. Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 6.4.0 .9.16.4 1 12.10 N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot 'Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an d Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall VV. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, Paid Closing Businet,. •i Price. ! done 8 8i 7 8 83 85 114114! 61 61 40 12 13 14 92 93 107 109 52i 536 474 48 j 24& 251 124 k 125, 127 12S 134 136 102 104 661 67} 109 1091 79 80 118 120 41 42 981 99} 104 104 i 44 45 111 1 1 ; 127 1271 14 Up 95 97 50i 51i 24 25 100 100 571 67f 88 88i 115 117 1 # It I 16 MI 111 12i 118 120 45} 16i 98 100 49 60 32 33 916 92 C 8 70 98 100 7 8 37 38 9 10 o 7} 711 153 266 5 o 3} 531 1 154 156 67J 1091 f 29 31 991 1001 105 not 161 i 44 45 38 4') 99 101 BRITISH P , oar 100 Ito Railways to too I 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stock Atlantic dt t Lawrenct Bom.,Barodadt.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New • .• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Las.e Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,AzGodricli p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. Juac 1, 18:4 Clcutta.,t S.Eastn. (Li! ) Cape Town Dock Seri! Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do defer red Do. 3d P:ef. stock Do. do. del erred- Do. 4th I'ref. s to. k... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.o. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. Sonth.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limitea Madras guar.. 5 p. o. D 0.41 p. C. Extension Dc. 4A d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. a Bndt. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. New Br unswick s Cand a Class A and B --- N.lll.C'da6 pc lat 1 bds Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• • g Do. Influs.St. Flo.) SSE; Paid, all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (um 100 2 100 k. stock ock ISIONS. Closin:, Price. ICBi 169 g 1 14 p if 5 li p 1 7 8 108 109 109 i 1104 110 i 1I 109 k 110 14 14p 1 19 20 14p 63 65 47 62 54 66 42 46 :17 41 33 36 23 26 21 23 110 1104 1 2 14 li, 107 108 11 94 9 99 101 89 C 2 I 1 - p 107 108 101 103 97 9 47 49 3 6 $4 86 1( 9 110 107 108 A fp 107 1(8 (Of (16 OLONIAL GOVERN MEN 6 p.G.Ja LJut . 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & At.. Do. d p. c.3lar. dr Sept Do. Ep. c. Jan.&.July. Do. 5 Inscribed stoct cape G. H ope, 8 p Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 Do. 189. - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p Mau. itius 4 per cent .. Natal Guy. 6 per cent.. N.13.G0v. p.c..) a.,irJ al) Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. p Do. 5 p. c.,18 ti to Do. d0.,1888 ctupwth New Zealand 6 p cent. ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1876 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c ,S.Aus G6p.c.1678.& up - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,July Do. to 6 p.c. A.n.&00t.. 1' SEMI 106 107 tu3 ( 6 103 I( 6 96 97 95 97 111 113 112 114 112 114 115 117 113 115 112 111 119 111 106& 1(.71 102} 103 i 103 1036 1031 1631; 112 114 (rosiness don. 110} 1 100 100 100 100 100 Mt 1074 L:3 115 1/2 114 110 112 dot mi Ill{.- 106.1 6 f 9E; 7 1061 111 101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol, Gold 1 id (littord Amalgamated Devon G. Con, (Tavist , 1 510 820 I East Bassett (Mogan). 30 95 1( 0 90 1 I East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. 3d ip 'East Caradon 1.14.( 344 354 354 5 East Cam 8rea..... 3.4.0 84 83 - - I E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.1.6 34 4 ;Gam.titSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 574 11 13 Great South Tolgus 17s 41 54 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 63 7 fGrenville 6.16.( 54 6 I Herod's-Foot 8.12 47 49 llingston Downs 4.17.0 24 3 Bertha !Margaret (Cny Leant' 93 31 33 —lllarke Valley. 4 !Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2k 1 4 d INew Setun .. 10) 110 120 North Downs 23 2 21 NAM '1 Basset (Illo.fan 2.17.(, 43 4i NTorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 13 43 53 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 11 43 (South Caradon(St.Cleer, 13 400 410 ,3. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 34 4 34 , Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 85 90 ;Stray Park 5 `Tamar Silv.tt Lead Min 43 - ITin Croft 9 193 204 19 - , West, Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 1 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 29 31 :West Seton I Wheal Basset (Ill ogan ) 1 54 G 5 70 - ) Wheal Buller(Redruth)l 5 50 55 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 2.0.8 - WhealLud, ott 12.10.8 53 53 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men ); 8 153 164 Wheal Seton I 583 260 270 , wheal Treiawney (Lis )I 7 164 173 - IWheal Union 3.17 44 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1174 Great N orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 1071 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 905 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 24 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 45 per cent., pf., 985 Ditto, 5 per cent. pf , 106 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 805 London, Chatham, &e., Metrop. Ext., B, n per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8} Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20} i Eastern of France, 201 FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h I)el Rey, 1 * East del Rey (11m.), 1 Gt. N. Copper of South Australia (lim.,) f St. John del Rey (lint), 50 Yudanarnutana of S. Australia (11m.), 3i A JOINT-STOCK FUNKS. ustralasia, 72; 3k Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 101 City Bank of Indi a , Australia, and China, 26 } Cit ar y, 1 English and Irish (11m.), 5} Imperial Ottoman 2 11 9 London and Westminster, 78) 8 MISC ELLANEOUS. Electric Telegraph, 103 Italian Irrigation (Canal anCavour), 5 National Disc ount Company aim), 9k Van Diemen's LA n d , 16 announcement of the re incredulity, but Mr. W. F. WINDHAm. m -- Th . h N a o s rw " ic m h a a d f e or i t t n u ig p h : siiic h e. hi lt , hweiafreivvvvb.o ::. mp Windhamdown t 0 doubt of its evidence conciliation has been received with the quarter from which it proceeds leavnees o f his accuracy. The issue directed to be tried by oral by Sir C. Cresswell will probably, therefore, I: a n on the ground of condonation. Mr. Windham" adheres, with tolerable steadiness , to the " working" and his passengers certainly display a tendency to increas in number, as the service is conducted with regularity and order. Mr. Windham grows more and more like a coach man of the olden times every day. He has thrown over board the Great Eastern Railway Company as an ungrate ful and unappreciative recipient of his arduous labours, and now mounts, when he is handling the ribbons, a large, white macintosh and a great sou'-wester, such as is worn by sailors. With these he defies the element. His stock of horses, harness, coach equipments, &c., all display an abundance of " capital ;" and, indeed, in addition to an annuity of £3,000 per annum, he has a reversionary in terest in other valuable propel ty. Mr. Windham has wholly left Fellbrig Hall (which has been purchased by Mr. J. lietton), and has resided of late at the Norfolk Hotel at Norwich. THE SUN,' ,LONDON, THURSDAY EVEIVSO, t . MAY . 14, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROITGII-STREET. EXTENSIVE UTTERING OF FALSE CREQtrES.— FRAUDS ON WEST-END TRADESMEN.—LIement Tudway, a tall, respectably-attired man, about 65 years of age, who refused his address, and was described as of no occupation, was charged before Mr. Knox, by Sergeant Joy, with ob taining a riding whip of the value of £1 155., from Mr. T. Callow, whip manufacturer, 8, Park-lane, by means of a false cheque on the bank of Messrs. Child, Temple-bar. Mr. Parkes, solicitor, defended. Mr. T. Callow, whipmaker, of 8, Park-lane, deposed that on the 27th April the prisoner came to his shop and asked to see some riding whips. He showed the prisoner several, and he selected one of the value of Ll 155., and then said that he would pay for it at once if he (Mr. Callow) would give him change for a cheque. The prisoner then mentioned the names of one or two of his customers, and believing the cheque to be genuine, he told the prisoner that if he gave his name and address he would take the cheque. The pri soner then gave him a printed card with the name of Clement Tudway, - street, Russell-square, upon it, and having given the prisoner change for the cheque which was for 4 on Messrs. Child, Temple-bar, and signed Clement Tudway, he left, taking the whip with him. Sub sequently he (Mr. Callow) paid the cheque to a person named Richard Morgan, who returned it to him as having been dishonoured by Messrs. Child. On going to the address on the card the persons there knew nothing of the prisoner. Mr. Robert Potter, cashier and clerk at Messrs. Child's bank, said that no person of the name of Clement Tudway had funds at the bank. Mr. Parkes asked the witness if they ever had a customer of the name, and the witness said they had a customer of the name of the Rev. Clement Tudway, some years ago, but his account had been closed. Sergeant Joy asked for a remand, as there would be other cases, he believed at least 30, the prisoner having uttered false cheques in all directions, and all on Messrs. Child's Bank. Mi. Knox said he had an objection to the court be:ng made the means of settling these cases. He would hear another case if it was ready. Mr Grandiard, assistant to Messrs. Farmer and Rogers, shawl warehousemen, Regent-street, said that on the 6th of May, the prisoner came to the house and selected a shawl of the value of LiO 10s., and tent ered a cheque on Messrs. Child's Bank for the amount, which, after some conversation, he consented to take, and the prisoner left with the shawl, Before taking the cheque prisoner added the date. In answer to Mr. Knox the witness said that it wa' be lieving the cheque to be genuine that induced him to take it. Sergeant Joy said there was a person from Messrs. Swan and Edgar's present who could speak to the prisoner at tempting to utter a ch, que there yesterday. Mr. Knox said that any further cases could go to the sessions. Sergeant Joy then said that his attention being called to the prisoner yesterday afternoon by a person in Messrs. Swan and Edgar's employ, he took him into custody on Mr. Callow's charge. The prisoner some time after asked him to go to Mr. Callow and try and settle it for him, but he told him he could not do so, as there were several other cases against him. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial, several tradesmen being in court to prefer charges against him. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DETECTION OF A RAILWAY SER VANT.—John Pollock was placed at the bar, charged with being found in the refreshment rooms of the Victoria Station, with intent to cemmit a felony. The prisoner wore the livery of the Crystal Palace Rail way. Mr. Arnold asked what position he held there, and was told that he was office porter at the railway. John Parish, 140 8., said—At half-past one this morn ing I was on the platform at the end of the lost property office leading to the refreshment-rooms. I suddenly heard a noise in the rooms, and Mr. Freeman, who was with me, went towards the room, when we saw a cat suddenly come through the fanlight. I told him I was certain there was something the matter. We sent to Mr. Fisher, the pro prietor of the rooms, for the keys, but the prisoner was discovered before they arrived, and taken into custody He tried to get out of the window and unfastened it to do so, and was found on the floor of the room. A railway guard got in and we brought him out by the window. Mr. Arnold—How had he got into the room ? Witness—He had got over the wall at the end of the hotel, and lifting a cellar flap entered the rooms from be neath them. Mr. Carpenter, superintendent of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Police, directed the magistrate's attention to a great number of articles upon the table, and an empty purse found at the prisoner's lodgings. The purse haft been left at the railway a few days ago, and then contained gold and silver. Parish produced a sewed purse which he said had been left by a lady at the station, and contained 16s. Alter apprehending the prisoner he searched his lodgings, and tht-ro found 19 bottles of wines and spirits, a box of cigars, a quantity of glass, and other articles of a miscellaneous character. Mr. Arnold—Will any of these things be identified ? Superintendent Carpenter—They will ; and if your wor ship will grant a remand we shall be enabled to complete the case against the prisoner. A great deal of the property belongs to Mr. Fisher. The prisoner was remanded for a week. LITERATURE. - ~---~-- lectures on the History of England. By William Longman. Lecture V. Longman and Co. , The first volume of Mr.Langman's History of Eng land—he himself still modestly calling it'' Lectures on the History of England"—is now completed. It. has grown u 1 slowly and steadily during the last few years, Lecture after Lecture. Accordingly, in fact, as these same Lectures have, one after another, been delivered orally at Chorleywood. Gradually accu mulating, as the printed pages have done, in this way, they have come at last to number up, in Vol. 1,, a goodly aggregate of 459 altogether. From the earliest times, from "Before the Romans,' Mr. Longman's survey of our annals has come down to nearly the middle of the fourteenth century. His Fifth Lecture presents to us a succinct epitome, and a readily appreciable estimate, of the Reign of King Edward the Second, that reign extending over an interval of a good score of years—namely, flerottmer A.D. res l s 3 o o f 7 t t ho s L D . e e l t 3 u 2 r 7 e . as Scattered through through h e d t e e . cessore, are several very curious woodcut illustra tions, one of these depicting the two-handed sword at Hawthornden, said to have belonged to King Robert Bruce, quaint old claymores, and lochabar axes, to say nothing of a map of Scotland in the 14th century, and a plan of the ever-memorable battle of Bannockburn. Hardly ever have we seen a more clearly arranged, a more searching, or a more ad mirably useful Index than the one here copiously tures.given at i t t h i e s a cl e o e s m e p o l f et t e his first synopsis Om s ' o l f u th e e o e f uu t t h e e Leo ntsui. the volume it is appended to—as complete, as In• dices always should be, if deemed worthy of com piling at all. The pleasantest thing to us, however, in all this last instalment of the First Volume of these Lectures of Mr. Longman, upon our national History, is the manly, outspoken, admirably well written Preface contained in it. A Prance we (eke to be at all times a rather difficult thing to write—judiciously, Mr. Longman's Preface, however, is really, in some respects, a kind of model Preface in its way. It is penned throughout in perfect good taste. It has a personal interest about it, as all Prefaces necessarily must have : and yet, in spite of that, it is not in the least egotistical. It is in no way deprecatory of honest criticism—on the contrary, by the tone of it, that criticism it seems earnestly to court. Its opening words of explanation no one will read with more interest or more zest, we should imagine, than that Veteran Author and Publisher, who has also himself written, upon a yet larger scale, the records of our native land, Mt. Charles Knight 1 An interest and a zest certain to be participated in hardly less, we should suppose, by another of the people's publishers further north—author as well y re t p ha u t ta t t h iu o n ug u h f tfa h l a s v c in h g ola p r e w un e ed me t a h n e a w s h p o ub h li a s s her t — he b Vestiges of Creation." Turning here, however, to the very opening paragraph of Mr. Longman's Preface, we read :—" I feel that some explanation is needed of the reasons which have induced me o step out of my province as a publisher, and en croach on the domains of authors; for, indepen dently of a natural feeling, akin to jealousy, which either author or publisher must feel if one or the other attempt to combine the two vocations, it is clear that they cannot, as a general principle, be united with advantage. I trust, however," adds Mr. Longman with dry humour, " that authors will forgive me, and not revenge themselves by turning publishers. There is, nevertheless, some advantage in a publisher dabbling in literature, for it shows him the difficu'ties with which an author hes to con rend—the labour which is indispensable to produce a work which may be relied on—and it increases the sympathy which should, and which in these days does, exist between author ani publisher." He then goes on to relate how it chanced that he found himself, about eight years ago, committed to the responsibility of lecturing upon The History of England. The circumstances which caused him, he says, to undertake the task at all, were solely and simply attributable to his neighbourly solicitude to forward the interests Gf a society established no further back than 1855, for the improvement of the labouring classes in and around the little village of Chorleywood, down in Hertfordshire. A year or two after the establishment of that homely asso ciation, Mr. Longman appears to have been incited by the local incumbent, to the Delivery of a course of Lectures on English History before the intelligent, though but poorly-educated, agri eulturists of the neighbourhood. The Reve rend Mr. Scrivenor, the clergyman in ques 'ion, to whom this fortunate suggestion (as it has proved in its results) presented itself, was him self induced apparently to throw out the hint by the success of a lecture delivered in 1857 by Mr• Longman, before the Chorley wood Association, upon the subject of Switzerland. "In an easy moment,', says Mr. Longman in his Preface, "I promised" — promised, that is, the delivery of the suggested course of Lectures on the History of England. And here, in this substantial " Volume One," is proof po sitive of the lucky thought of the incumbent of Charley wood, and of the earnest and conscien tious labours of the Author-Publisher, that have resulted from that lucky thought or suggestion. Addressing himself originally to plain thinking and (for the most part even it might be said) unlettered Englishmen, Mr. Longman has written his book throughout in clear and simple language. The fact that he has done so imparts to the work one of its chiefest charms—namely its exceeding lucidity and perspicuity both iu style and arrangement. CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED BUNYAN. The Pilgrim's Progress. Illustrated by H. C. Selous and M. P. Priolo. No. 1. Cassell, Pettsr, and Galpin. y It gives pro et raised i n Another monument to the fame of John Bu nyan, them i e s e T i o n f k b e e r e o i mi s n e g r e p b e e r g h u a n p s t o t hbee noblestsetup his honour. It is nothing less than the issue, in penny weekly numbers, of a wonderful ill ustrated edition of his masterpiece. A wonderful illustrated edition, we repeat, deliberately and advisedly, For the etabellishments comprised in each penny nom _ ber aro drawn and engraved with a grace and a delicacy that really demand the appli cation to the serial (ot which they are but the accessories) of that otherwise extravagant adjective. Speaking of the leaerpress, L or d Macaulay has said, in one of his most celebrated cr.ticisms, "This is the highest miracle of genius, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another ; and this miracle the Tinker has wrought. There is no ascent, no declivity, no resting place, no turnstile, with which we are not perfectly acquainted." Are not these high words of praise __ words pronounced by the greatest literary critic of modern times — justified to the full? Leh one can answer, from his own personal remembrance. And here, in this penny initial number of the new popular edition of the most famous prose allegory in our language (as Spencer's "Fair Queen" ii the most renowned in our poetic literature) here, once more we begin with Christian, pack on back and staff in hand, the immemorial Pilgrimage. Above the initial letter, on page one, over against Chapter the First "The Den and the Dreamer"—lles half recumbent his wallet slung by his side, his elbows r esting on the book—The Book—his nunds d--his ey es l ookini _ up to the starry crown of glory promised to him in the skies _ow p,, gr irn, Christian ! A little further on •• Evangelist Directs Christian to the Wicket Ortte"—that being the subject of the first half page illustration. The first full-page engraving is exactly opposite, representing "Christian setting out from the City of Destruction" —running ! awa y from taunts and jeers ! away from entreaties and supplications ! It we could but obliterate here and there trom the wondrous allegory a word or two of fiercest bigotry and most narrow-minded intolerance, words blurted out it the fervour of his Puritanical zeal by the otherwise all-but in spired Tinker-Allegorist, we should exult, without one qualm, over this further Popularisation of his marvellous:y impressive narrative. Aa it is—being a Puritan—the Tinker spe a k s the Truth but frag mentarily. But, such as it is, he cries it aloud with a strange enthralling eloquence, that, ever since the allegory of toe "Pilgrim's Progress" was written, has fixed the attention anti fired the imagination of generation after generation. With this one, but im portant reservation of approval we have spoken of, attaching simply to the original text, we cannot but admire the enterprise of the well known publishing house to which the English public are indebted for the issue of this singularly cheap and surprisingly beautiful edition of the Tinker's Dream of the Path leading up from Earth to Heaven. STANFORD'S MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND. An admirably distinct and peculiarly well-timed " Map of the Kingdom of Pol ind"—as it was ! and as it may yet be again !—has jam° nnw been issut from the press by Mr. Stanford. of Charing-cross It will be heartily welcomed by € very earnest stu dent of contemporary European History into whos. hands it may fall. For it shows more clearly than almost any atlas map of the country here delineated, not only its past and present extent, but the succt s sive Seizures of its Territory, by Ru,sia, Austria, and Prussia. Seizures made, some of them, further back than the first of the three infamous partition , —1772 being the date of the First Partition-1793 the date of the Second Partition -1795 of the alit d and final Partition. The anticipative cessions of Polish territory being made—one of them as far back as 1660, namely, that of Esthonia to Sweden. Another, a larger one, in 1667, to Russia. A third, in 1721, again to Russia, the latter cession ibeing that of the little northern State of Livonia. And so bit by bit, within a period of considerably less than two centuries, has Sarmatia been stealthily at first (in 1660) flagrantly, brutally, and insolently at last (in 1795) been disintegrated, and its bloodstained soil divided among its robber neighbours. Every murdered Pole buried away under it, however, by Russia, Austria, or Prussia is proving now to have been but as dragon's tooth sown in its soil. One ready ever to leap up afterwards at the first opportunity, an armed patriot, eager to fight or die in vindcation once more of his country's independence! Looking at this excellent map of Poland, as it was and as it yet may be again, we can hardly doubt but that it will be so, that it must he so in the end—Poland being at heart manifestly resolved to struggle to the last gasp for its independence, and Europe, the whole of Europe, saving only the three robber nations who have shared its spoils amongst them, sympathising earnestly in that sublime deter mination. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—William Neville, a rigger, who has been in custody 12 days, was brought up on remand, charged with cutting and wounding his wife in a very shocking manner. It appeared from the evidence of the wife, who was a very reluctant witness, and did all she could to save her husband, that she was dwelling with him and her five children in Sophia"street, Poplar, up to the 2d instant. On the even ing of that day she went to the White Horse public house, in Poplar, in search of him, and, finding him there, asked him for money to buy victuals fur the children. He came out of the house, and she spoke very angrily to him several times. Two of her children came up and spoke to him while he was speaking to a young man, and he gave one of the children 2d. They went home together, and she threw the halfpence at him, and aggravated him, and, of COMBO, he struck her with his knife which he always carried about with him. She had five children, and a better father to them and a better husband to her never lived than the pri soner when he was sober. Michael Barry, a police constable, No. 313 S, produced a rigger's knife of large dimensions with which .he prisoner had inflicted a severe wound on the arm and which caused a large effusion of blood. The prisoner said his wife in flicted the wound on her own arm. There was a pail with a good deal of water and blood in it in the room where the transaction took place. The woman was recalled and said she did not know whether her husband struck her or not. She got the blow in the confusion between the lights. Mr. F. H. Anderson, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and assistant house-surgeon at the Poplar Hos pital, saw Mary Neville on the 2d instant. She was evi dently in a slight state of collapse. There was an extensive lacerated wound with blunt jagged edges, evidently inflicted with some very sharp weapon on the right arm. It was three and a half inches in length and two inches deep. the muscles were cut through. The only wonder was how the knife escaped the radial artery. The woman was very ill, and lost a very large quantity of blood. The knife pro dueed would have inflicted such a wound. The prisoner said he did cut his wife with his knife, and was very sorry for it. They had lived happily together 15 years, ana he never raised a weapon to her before. She was a good wife, but her temper was " hot" and she provoked him very much,but for all that he ought not to have struck her. He had always endeavoured to do his duty to his wife and chil dren. His wife thought he had been at work on the 2d of May, but he had not, and he had no money to give her ex cept 2c1., which she threw at him. When the wound was inflicted he wanted to bind his handkerchief round the wound, but he was too agitated and was quite unable to do so, and that caused the fl.- or of the room to be covered with blood as described by the police constable. The depositions were completed by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, and the prisoner was committed for trial. SHIPPING ---This Day, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Courier (steamer), and Halcyon, from Havre; Georges, from Cherbourg. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wectnesiay Morning. Arrived—Criterion, from Porto Rico; Rifleman, from Jamaica; Margaret, from Trinidad ; Lena, from Wo:gast; Sea Belle, from Colombo ; Marksa, from St. Kitt's - Br.• bola, from Mauritius, li - ocean tram Savanna; from Port Augusta. Arrived, play 14—Telegraph, from Mauritius; Eliza beth Ann, from Colombo; L.oleroon, from Penang; Elec tric Spark, from Cal ao ; Este, ralda, from Tarragona ; Glenbrook. from Ja m aic a; E ico tt, f rom Trinidad. Sailed, May 14. -Owen Glendower, for New Zealand ; Royal Visitor, for Port Philip; vs. illiam Carey, for Wel lington, New Zealand • Ulysses and Darnall for Calcutta; Reba, for Nassau. Tuesday Mornin g. Passed—Truro, from Beliz D e • EAL, Osbert, from Trinidad ; Adam, f rom Calcutta (in tow); ' Salvadore, from Terceira; all for London; Morning St.r, from Lonaon for Antigua, Merida, from Lond on f or Jersey Lofner, from London for Montevideo; Augusta, steamer, from Liverpool for London. THE ORPHEUS RELIEF FUND.—The widows and relatives of the crew of her Majest3's late ship Orpheus, who have been paid allotments for the month of April from the relief fund at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, are requested to attend at the college at 11 o'clock en Friday morning, the 29th of May, when they will be paid the allotments for the month of May. Any other applications for relief from the fund will be considered at the s ame time, DR. GUILLOTIN. Carried away by his own enthusiasm, the worthy doctor went so far as to praise his machine and namesake, as not only doing away with all suffering, but causing actually a pleasing sensation. The " patient," he said, really did not feel the slightest inconvenience, but merely "une legire fraicheur sur le cou." The phrase caused some hilarity; and when the doctor continued, "avec cette machine je vous fais sauter la tete d'un elm d' mil et vous ne soujrez point," the whole assembly broke out into Homeric laughter. Louis XVI., says the Reader of Saturday, had no sooner heard of .he new machine than he desired to see a design of it, He accordingly ordered Dr. Anthony Louis to summon M. Guillotin to the Tuileries, together with Charles Henry Sanson, to give the necessary explanation's, it being understood by M. Guillotin that the presence of his Ma jesty should be looked upon as entirely incognito. The in terview, which took pace on the 2d of March, 1792, is de scribed as follows in "Les Memoires des Sa.nsons" The palaoe of the Tuileries looked already like the tomb of an exp ring monarchy. I i walking with Dr. Guillotin along the vast galleries, formerly flikd with smiling cour tiers, but now empty and silent, Charles Henry Sanson felt overcome by a sudden presentiment of evil. The servants whom they met looked pale and careworn ; sorrow was impressed on every face. Thus they arrived at the study of Dr. Loui-, whom they found sitting in an arm-chair, in front of a large table covered with green velvet fringed with gold. Atter a few compliments, exchanged between the two physicians, Dr. Louis demanded to see the plan of the new machine, and Guillotin handed him the design of Herr Schmidt, to which my grandfather had added a short description, indicating the use of the different parts by letters. While they were engaged in examining it, a door, hidden under tapestry, opened at the other side of the apartment, and a new corner entered the room. Dr. Louis, who sat till this moment, quickly arose, and Dr. Guillotin made a profound bow, which, however, was not acknow ledged by the stranger. The latter, addressing Dr. Louis, asked in a rapid mode of speech— " Eh, bien, doctor, what do you think of the machine ?" " It seems very complete," replied the doctor, " and to justify all that M. Guillotin has said about it. Here is the design." The stranger examin•d the sketch for a moment, and then, shaking his head, exclaimed— " But are you sure that this hollow knife is really what is wanted P How can a sword thus shaped adapt itself to all necks? The circle appears to be much too small for some, much too large for others." There was a momentary silence. From the commence ment of the entrance of the stranger into the room,Charles H. Sanson had not taken his eyes from him. He had heard the sound of that voice before, and seen that lace, and it flashed upon htm en a sudden that it was the king. It was, indeed, Louis XVI., in dark dress, with no signs of his august rank on his person. When his majesty made the observation about the concavity of the falling sword, my grandfather was struck with the truth of the remark. In voluntarily he lifted his eyes to the neck of the king, covered only by a thin lace collar, and saw at a glance that it was of extraordinary large dimensions, surpassing by far the diameter of the circle indicated by Schmidt. Acold shudder ran over him; and, while still meditating within himself, he was aroused by the voice of the king, who, pointing to him by a look, asked the doctor in an under tone— " Is that the man ?" " It is," replied Anthony Louis. "Ask his opinion," exclaimed his majesty. " You have heard the remark of monsieur?" said the physician; "please give us your opinion on the shalt, of the instrument." " Monsieur is perfectly right," answered Sanson, laying stress upon the word monsieur; "the concave form of the knife seems a real defect " The king smiled, being evidently pleased, and, taking up a pen, corrected the sketch, by altering .:he concave into an oblique line. He then retired through the door where he had entered, making a slight sign with his hand. In little more than ten months after, on the 21st of January of the following year, the head of Louis XVI. tell under the very instrument of death approved of and cot - rected by his majesty. DRAMATISED NOVELS.—The rage tor dramatising novels, says the Mirror, did not reach its height tiii the appearance of Mr. Dickens as a leader in the world of prose fiction. The reality of his pictures, which any one might test. without further knowledge than is acquired by a familiarity with ordinary life, and which was altogether different in its kind from anything that had been presented before, would alone have ensured a wider popularity than was ever attained by Sir Walter, whose admirers, at least on this side of the Tweed, belonged to classes more or less aristtoratic, while to the charm of matter and style was added the advantage of the serial form in which Mr. Dickens's works were given to the public, and which increased the number of his readers to an indefinite ex tent. The immense popularity of his works was at once detected by the London managers, and turned by them to profitable account. A dramatised " Pickwick," brought out before the novel was even completed, was the main support of the Strand, during Mr. Hammond's management, and not long afterwards "Nicholas Nickleby" and "Martin Chuzzlewit" drew crowds to the Adelphi and the Lyceum. Theatrical companies were then stronger than they are now, and people derived unbounded gratification from see ing how tar the characters of which they had read were adapted to the peculiarities of this or that favourite actor. The dramatised novel then reached its zenith as a type, its nadir as a species of theatrical entertainment. BANBURY CAKES.—It is worthy of remark that cakes had formerly not unfrequently a religious significance, from their being more used at religious seasons than at other times. The triangular cakes made at Con gloton, in Cheshire, have a raisin in each corner, thought to be emblematic of the lrinity ; the cakes at Shrewsbury may have had something to do with its old religious shows. Coventry, on New Year's day, has its God-cakes. Then we hive the Twelfth-cake with its bean; the Good Friday bun with its cross; the Pancake, with its shroving or con fession, and the Passover cake of the Jews. The minced pie was treated by the Puritans as a superstitious observ ance, and after the Restoration it almost served as a test for religious opinions. According to the old rule, the case or crust of a minced pie should be oblong, in imitation of the cradle or manger wherein the Saviour was laid the ingredients of the mince being said to refer to the offerings of the wise men.— John Ti,nbs in Once-a •Week. A MIRACLE IN TELEGRAPitY.—A " project of aw" was recently presented to the Corps L eg . s latif, which proposes that it should supersede the Morse apparatus now in universal use. T he pan-telegraph is termed an autograph and an awometeur. ‘‘ A despatch i written at Paris, ' says a correspondent , " s reproduced without the assistance of any clerk at Ma seilles, wi!h the most rigorous fidelity, as is also a portrait, sket, b, or draw ing of any kind. Nor does the Casselli apparatus need so great a supply of electricity as that of Morse, and it is much less affected by the condition of the atmosphere, Th, Empress has lately had her likenesses telegraphed to 6 , 1111 t of her friends in the provinces, and last week Casselli tele graphed a painting of a full-blown rose trim the Observe. tory to the bureau of the Telegraphic Administration. The petals were of a b,sutitul pink colour and the leaves of an equally good green—in short, were exactly like the tints of the original. Rossini also, not many days ago, tele graphed to Marseilles by his apparatus a melody which he improvised in honour of the inventor, and which ha, since gene the rounds of the Paris mom." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS —Last Evening. The SPEAKER to ~k the chair at ten minutes after 12. The Coventry Market House Bill, and Pembroke Town ship Bill were read a third time. The Bishops Waltham Railway Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. By Mr. ROEBUCK, from the working men of Sheffield, against the closing of public-houses on Sunday, and signed by the Mayor as chairman of the public meeting at which it was agreed to. An HON. MEMBER, in favour of the modification of the fire insurance duty; Mr. HADFIELD, finin the Law Society of Liverpool, in favour of the Ju iginentm Amendmenr Bill ; Mr. BAZLEY, frunt Man ; he-ter, to the same ffect. STATUTE LABOUR R ADS kND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) 0 T LAND) BILL. Yir J. OGILVY niov. d the second reading of this bill, the princ pies of which ho said were in accordance with the views and suggestions of public bodies in Scotland. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE supported the bill, and cha racterised it es a very valuable one. Mr. BLACKBURN and Sir A. AGNEW assented to the general prieciples of the bill, and suggested various amend ments of the details. Sir J. FERGUSON, as one of the Royal Commissioners on the roads of Scotland, assented to the necessity of the bill. Sir E. COLEBROOKE supported the bill, and trusted his hon. friend with whom this bill originated would listen to no compromise of any kind. After a few words from Mr. PALGLIBII and Sir G. MoyriaorttEra, the bill was read a second time.— (Commit tee on Friday.) STATUTE LABOUR. ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) TRANSFER BILL. Sir J. OGILVY proposed the second reading. He said it was based upon the recommendation of the Royal Com mission.—Agreed to.—(Committee on Fi iday.) JUDGMENTS, &c,, LAW AMENDMENT BILL, Mr. HADFIELD moved the second reading. He said the profession throughout the ci,untry were unanimously in favour of the bill. It would not have a retrospective effect, and wculd not apply to Ireland. Three-fifths of all th 3 re gistered judgments were actually under £lOO, and in the aggregate did not cover more than £3,000. The house could not reasonably continue to protect an interest of this kind. A t the present time a buyer must search to see it any judgment had been entered against the vendor, even though the transaction was completed at a distance. He cited causes where judgments had been entered within an hour of the actual sale, and this might occur at any time. It was important to alter the present system, be cause innocent, fair dealing people might have their purchases vitiatedby sharp practice on the part of attorneys and others. There was a conflict of opinion between Lord St. Leonards and the Master of the Itolls with respect to searching, the former contending that such a proceeding was imperative up to within an hour of the completion of a proposed purchase, whilst the latter held that it was not. The present law was obsolete so far as benefit to the public was concerned, and ought to be, therefore, abrogated. Mr.EIUMBERSTONE supported the second reading, as the present law was exceedingly vexatious and most in jurious to both the buyers and sellers of land. The law was pregnant with absurdities. For instance if a person put up a picture for sale for £l,OOO, the buyer was actually liable to lose his purchase money if he paid without searching to ascertain if there were any judgment against him. Mr. MALINS explained the past, the present, and the J pia proposed law, and said he should support the law because it was based upon just and rational principles, and would correct the absurd and anomalous state of the present law. It served the interests only (if the " money jobbers" and " 60 per cent." men, who trafficked on the needs and nEces • cities of persons driven to extremity to raise money on any terms. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that the sub ject was of area importance, and fully appreciated the ex cellent motives which induced his hon. and learned friend (Mr. Hadfield) to bring this measure forward ; but he obj,cted to the bill btc.i.use it would institute a retrograde movement by effecting the recently-settled lAws with re • Tect to debtor and creditor. The bill went no further than this: it would relieve people of the payment of 2s or 3s. toe searching to see whether persons with whom they were dealing had any judgment entered up against them, a course which it was obvious strict p• udence dictated. Phis was, strictly speaking, the sole purpose of the bill, which was a mere oagatello in comparison with the question of the bona fides of persons having property and offering it for sale. (Hear, hear.) He opposed the bill, because it would materially tend to nullity the faatute law which had worked well and usefully. The hou•e then divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading 23 Against it... Majority the second reading-20 POISONED GRAIN PROHIBITION BILL (IRELAND). Mr. PAULL moved that the order for the second read ing be discharged, in order to introduce an amended bill. Leave was accordingly given to introduce a new bill, and it was read a first time. JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND: BILL. Committee postponed until to-morrow. ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. Sir J. FE it GUSON said, in moving the second reading of this bill, that it was introduced with the consent and approval of the railway companies in the kingdom. (Hear, near.) He trusted, iherefore, that the house would give the measure an impartial consideration. It was much to be regretted that many people out of doors looked upon railways as enemies of the public, whereas they constituted the greatest benefactors of the present age. (Hear, hear.) hallway companies did not ask to be relieved of the re sponsibilities that properly attached to them in carrying the public, but they de ired to have their liability defined, which he had endeavoured to do by this measure. Referring to the law with respect to carrying goods, he contended that the responsibility of railway companies was clearly de fined, but in regard to passengers the law was un certain, and exposed the railway companies to the most extraordinary and most unjust claims. Lord Campbell's Act mended the law, but its principles were carried to a far greater extent than the noble and learned lord could possibly ever have anticipated. Passengers paying the same rates who were injured were most unequally compensated. The present law, too, opened . the door to frauds to an normous amount on the companies, and there were several cases on record of money having been obtained from railway ootnpa• nies for injuries which never occurred. Companies were im pressed with the belief that th-re was an organised body of medical practitioners and lawyers who got up the majority of cases against railways, and made a good living out of them, for they piled up masses of medical evidence, and unduly enlisted juries on behalf of their clients. Many cases, which merely deserved nominal damages, were thus magnified to unusual proportions, and the companies were amerced in enormous and really penal damages. The hon. baronet referred to a number of cases in support of his argument. The remedy he proposed to protect railways from fraud on the •ne hand, and prejudice on the other, was this. He proposed to limit the preferring of claims to one year, a principle laid down in the Merchant Shipping Act of last, year, and that the exact amount of compensation should be apportioned to each class of travellers, leaving them to insure their lives with the companies for such larger amount es they might thing proper. It might be said that. there was a Railway Passengers Insurance Company, which assured risks of this nature, but it was not at present the interest of the companies to promote the issue of its maul:- ranee tickets, because the amounts paid did not lessen their liability. He did not submit this as an arbitrary bill, be • cause he should be ready to amend it. in committee. Mr. LONOFIELD s ti gm atised this as one ot the most itiorp-trous and indecent measures ever introduced into the L« gislature. Men were to be appraised like cattle—like the beasts that perished—and this was the rate at which human life was valued by railway people in their market — first-class passengers, £lOO ; second, £3OO ; third, £2OO. In the time of Athelie one, the value of a churl's life was set down at £l3 65., and that of the monarch at £',500; and at one time in Ireland an eric, or price was set on the head of persons who 1. st their lives accidentally or otherwise. He deprecated setting up a tariff of human life after this nature—so much for an eye, so much for tetanus, and a maximum sum for complete annihilation of the lives of A B or C, according to the class be or she might have travelled. (Hear, hear.) The bill would place dividends in direct competition with human life, and he did not apprehend that the public would be carried more safely than at the present moment; indeed, the railway interest promoting this bill—and this day so fully represented in the house—had not dared to set up that argument in favour of the bill, which the proposer had supported by imputing perjury to juries and pettifogging tricks to lawyers and medical men. (Hear, hear.) The records of railway accidents testified that many of them were caused by the negligence of underpaid and overworked railway servants. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. BENTINCK seconded the motion. He attributed many railway accidents to overspeed, generated by exces • sive competition. Snch was the opinion of a s elect com mittee which sat for six months in 1858. and over which he had the honour to preside. There had never Mr. THOM ['SON supported the bill. been any attempt to assess the value of the Th p e lobs of ut only the ties in connection with railway accidents, fly This bill money value of the person's life by his f compensation for domestic proposed to affix a reasonable amountuiockly and cheerfully railway accidents, which would beq the expense and risk of paid by the companies withoutvy burdene cast upon them, litigation. Railways had r ni r . o e s d t h n e n a exorbitantth e North-Eastern o c r h th ar -E ac a te st r e . rn O l u t t a of and paid rates of carried 55,160,000 years on ly 181, or nearly 19, had been injure . d, and these that railways been n e s r i e d f e a r saferred. Rail way, with wilsegehew- a l s connected, during the last eight not of _ a serious kind, or I per annum, or one in two years hie a o c t f e t t d ,il so ed vco mmunication ooi oti v t e h i ya impoverishedt h t o a w d a e r v d e s r r b a e i s i w n a a ye: tshe(aii killed. tb ly e a p n r principles necs thei r p ip o n e s . p e r m eol h a s te d d. really dividends Juries vv h ie e dr r en n m i do h e sf a a had s he The SOLICITOR-GENERAL noott absolutely possibly be carried of t t o h e e ff b e i e l t l . were such o t ( h o ti o t p e y s were Passengers unlike cerri• ra of goods, who had theit value , tiee tied, Bible tor the safety of their and charged special , ii.ence caused accident er death. /i tes, except their own e s li the passenger to thea.g'nst: to insure companies What this . bill asked was for assen gerswould not, be liable. , tee alone to bietne then they principlest he their ownos insurance, whichw c h was a voluntary NV utterly opposed contract for a reasonable and legitimate bil l purpose. (Ilear, hear.) He set up these . objections to the ofproo,d without at all denying d that f the subject might not de serveoconsideration,re ol i ht a b i ‘ . 3 that, possible,. an equitable mode adopted in cases of compensation. (:sear, hear.) Mr. DUTTON cited cares of anomalous verdicts of com pensation awarded by juries in which he held the com panies were entirely blameless. (Divide, divide.) He suggested that the subject be referred to a committee up stairs. Mr. J. •• LAY defended the bill. Ho was the chairman .4 - the ." Railway l'a:sengers Assurance Company," and could recite to ih, bon. and learnt d mom!. r out of the house many c h se, that would make him laugh, and otbro' at which be would shudder, including one where then' was great reason to believe that murder hod ber,u eutn trotted in order to obtain competition. Mr. BOV ILL said be had had a good deal of experience in the courts, in conmoriou with compensation oases, and knew that frauds were practi s ed On insurance comps nie .9 I, a_o This wovid ,117,747t..4,""tr;c:ri- rall;ayk. et , , panies nearly all the rcsponatiMt.te . tio u i c i e , „ 2 of the cow and cast it 11))0T1 (iit_rtrPli_.tittehed to iht-tn, I _, to wow, ernedy. Let the conip.iny issue tlcis, „ tf_est a where the passengers were unprotected by higher rate where the company agreed to bear all tbo ~a z of compensation in the event of accidents. It would not be well to relieve railways of any of the proper responsibilities which at present attached to them, and a rigid rule could be drawn for general adoption. He could not un iersttind why railway& should be exempted from the consequences of their own carelessness, and every little stage coach or om nibus proprietor continued liable. Mr. AYRTON recommended the proposer of the bill to withdraw it, so that the sul.ject might be referred to a select committee. (Divide, divide ) Atter a few words from Mr P ALL Sir J. FERGUS SON replied. , The house then divided, win n then appeared— For the second reading Against it ... 70 90 Majority against the, second reading —2O The bill was cons. q uent l y l ost. CHUR.(7H RATES REDEMPTION BILL. Mr. ALCO..K tooyed that the second readiog, of the bill be fixed for the 10.11 of Juno. On a division the motion was rejected, the numbers being— For the motion Against 39 Majority ftga , nst the motion The other orders having been disposed of', the house ad journed at 5 minutes to 6 o'clock. MIEN THE NEW VOLUNTEER BILL, The Act introduced in the House of Comtnotni by Under-Secretary for War has been printed. It for the acceptan ce b y t h e d through lieutena n t s o f Cr o o v w id n e o s, f i s n er t v h i e ce fi s rs p t r p o l ff a e c r e e , counties, and for the immediate formation of corps on that basis. The permanent staff to be attacLed to every volunteer corps is to consist of an adjutant commissioned by her Majesty, and of so many ser geant instructors as may seem fit. Officers, except such as are on the permanent staff, will take their commissions from the lieutenant of the county,. Officers of the volunteer force are to rank with officers of her Majesty's Regular and Militia forces as the youngest of their respective ranks; and with officers of the Yeomanry force according to the rank and date of their commissions in the respec tive forces. The acceptance of a commission in the volunteer force by a member of Parliament will not render his seat vacant. The conditions on which a volunteer may, unless on actual mili tary service, quit his corps, are that he shall give 14 days' notice in writing, that ho shall deliver up all arms, clothing, and appointments issued to him, and that he shall pay all money due or becoming due by him, either as subscription or fine. Ap. peals are to be made to two deputy lieu tenants or to one deputy lieutenant and a justice of the peace for the county to which the corps belongs ; and t h e i r determination, after hear ing evidence on oath, will be binding. - Whenever any volunteers are on actual military service, or are undergoing in s p ect i on, or are voluntarily doing any military duty, her Majesty may put them underthe command of general or field officers of the army, but so, nevertheless, that the volunteers shad be led by their own officers under such command. An annual inspection of every volunteer corps is to be held, by a general or field officer of the Queen's army. The declaration of requisites of efficiency n ay from time to time be made by her Majesty in Council. The rules for officering administrative regiments fernitd by the union of two or more volunteer corps are similar to those laid down in respect to separate corps; and notwithstanding the formation of any such regiment the separate corps formed into the same will be severally deemed volun teer corps for all purposes of the Act. The second part of the bill relates to actual mili tary service, and it gives power to the Crown to dirct lieutenants of counties, in case of apprehended invasion, to call cut the volunteers. If any such officer, volunteer, or noncommissioned officer, not incapacitated by infirmity for military service, refuses or neglects to assemble or march he shall be deemed a deserter. An officer of the volunteer force disabled on actual military ser vice will be entitled to half-pay, according to his rank ; and the widow of such an officer killed on actual military service will be entitled to the like pension for life as the widow of an officer of her Majesty's army. A volunteer or non commissioned officer of the permanent staff, disabled on actual military service, will, according to his rank, be entitled to the like pension and other benefits, if any, as a soldier of her Majesty's army. The third portion of the act relates to matters of discipline; the fourth to the rules and property of corps; the fifth to the acquisition of land for ranges; the sixth to exemptions; and the seventh fo miscel laneous provisions. The schedule contains the form of oath to be administered to officers and volunteers, and the forms of warrants and certificates to be used in various cases. The act concludes with an un necessary statement that its terms do not extend to Ireland, STATE OP TRADE. DUNDEE, May 12.—S t. Petersburg advices report that the new flax is not turning out well, and that there will be little of really good quality shipped there this season. The Russian markets all keep high, and at Riga prices have again an upward tendency. Here holders are firm, and there is a fair consumptive demand. Fine tows continue in mode rate request, and maintain their value; but inferior sorts are not inquired for. Jute barely keeps its price, and sales can only be effected by meeting buyers to a small extent. Flax yarns of superior spin and quality are in good request, at full prices; but common are less wanted. Tow yarns, especially of second class spin, were in favour of buyers, and jute yarns, with the exception of a few sizes which are scarce, can now be got on easier terms than before. The American advices to hand yesterday are very discouraging for our manufacturers. An order bad been received from Washington to charge an addi tional import duty of 10 per cent. on all goods, either of all jute, or having any jute in them, thereby rais ing the duty from 30 to 40 per cent. on these fabrics. The order was instantly acted upon, and the mer chants have been compelled to pay the advanced rate, but they have done so under protest. The bet ter descriptions of linen continue in good request, and the Australian demand is taking up large quan tities of sacking. The district manufacturers still keep busily employed at LEICESTER, improve ment in the state of the hosiery trade. Business is 13th.— There In WOO?: there on the whole quiet. The orders that are received a lo t y es dpurle'hheas—ed are by no means large, and manufacturers produce There are no stocks n hand accordingly. At Hinckley and Loughborough great .--The I mar ket is distress avoeyrya lreietxt onlyl is e t sa change,p m a o r e ti g ltaihnyede what o operatives, hp ket is firm and high prices are made. c i pNao ll T y T f l o N r o p H re A s m e n , t i n 3 se th . gly quiet the last f ace trade has been Ver y l . for e t present have daY is prin. who have come in the mark few either of hosiery or yarns. The buyers goods in are in spu.rrecahuairseedmetnotsa. p ex i c a e in ed the 'Rime may be said y f finish onl l ittl e demand, and indeed very limited extent, onl 5 woh what t h i e s fancy actuallyt ra wanted, e a . n t elNdl,aanoudfanco without facturers created. The silk lace trade black silk laces for trimmings stoc k s Whatever are change. A little is doing in fashions being still i remains o m f m av in oo g r s aonfd the h i in qlatter n gs , goods.the The hosiery trade continues depressed. ROCHDALE, 11th.—The flannel trade keeps ac tive, the manufacturers being in full employment, many of them o❑ good orders for future delivery. The attendance of buyers in the market to-day, how- °t r, w as n t so TintneroUs ss fnst week, and the He Ual wits of fl , unels were nut very large, business btiog rather checked the firmness with which the inanutacZurers keep up their prices. The Yorkshire goods trade . s steady, buth as to prices and demand. Wools are firm in price , and a more active disposi tiotnto purchase has a,„, s i been shown to-day thr.o for tb fast iev, n vege : wx42 , - . I/ En AND THE CROPS..—nincie;hsvot lue w rlbehig, n eww u 6b t atal,ais o rit lea f urgen t priia ,: i i i t i wa:ng. „ii thon e i :; : .rm w e. e r :k ofiit a b :: ::E amt.er.n.csouti.bni,kji,e.i,cot, il o o lc s in ci - , ley es pe cially stunning in ne i c ,r d ov e e t , a i dd h l i t:n , a y l h. ,n, the same cause. On Monday tilgiht there hesVY tall of rain, which y w e; e p r r d: , i n , tiirnoing:, sapidfurCher ikvelopirieut, awl , geurriely luoking exit, Luely we ll i ,. , u ,,,,,,'' e • ihe wheat 8 are &vex. " ` l° "° ll, , Sutiolk, and , ø5