The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET, AND COXISIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC: There is more disposition in the general discount market to negotiate first-class thre-mouths' bills at the Bank minimum of 7 per cent, the brokers and bankers having within the last few days received an important addition to their available balances by the high rates now offered for deposits. Since Monday last the imports of specie amounted to £443,200, while the exports have only reached £193,800. There was no alteration of importance in the Fo reign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, A slight decline has taken place in the value of the English Funds upon a few sales in the pre sent inactivity of business. Consols are 89; 90 for money, and for the account 90 1. The New Threes and Reduced are 891 1 ; E :chequer Bills, March, 102. to ss. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 1042. Li the Foreign Market there is not much ani mation, quotations are firm. Turkish 6 per , Ce nts., 1862, are 691 70 ; do. Consolides, 50 1 ; 4 exican, 29 1; do. New, 261 ; Greek, 23; 241 ; B Panish Passive, 291 ; do. Certificates, 101 ; and the Confederate Loan, 77 79. Business in the Railway Share Market has been m oderately active, but prices have not varied to any Important extent. Great Western and Metropo. luau have each declined ss, and Great Northern A Stock and North Eastern (Berwick) improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in very 'united request, without any material change as regards prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, at about former rates. The shares of the Gencerouz 'loci Iron Shipbuilding Company are quoted 11 2 Preto, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~ GO VERNMENT FUNDS. ° Per Cent. Consols ~ Do Account, Aug. 9 Newo per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent B9l i 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 D o 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — '. lll rnities 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — . 130 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June, El ellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 7 1)0 1;500 , Do £lOO and £2OO zank England Stk, 5} per Ct. Do Account. ... — IND I II.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Do Account . Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates bo Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5t per Cent., May, 1879 :• Do 4 per Cont., Aug. 1866 Do 13onds Xl,OOO lO Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Attstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Do 1859........ Do 4/ per Cent., 1852 -58-60 Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ... Chili= 6 per Cent. Do 45 pei Cent. — C olombian 6 per Ce Cuba, 6 per Cent. .. ... Do 5 p er C en t. 1864 4 ,,quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 •gYptian 7 per Cent — Do, Second Issue .) - lO3 tlr rs eck 5 per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coupons — 21 Do Account ., .. Do Coupons — Do Account.... ~ , — 'lle remala 5 per Cent. .. ita u,o 1839 and 1859 , T • nai l 5 per Cent (Maremmaii. kailwaY) -,L if , Kle - Ai t,c.,,,. ° pe L C en t _t_io Account " L i,,° 6 Per Cent, 1864 e 263 i / D 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e.. — die -uo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — , i , bitto Scrip, 123 paid toorish Imperial 5 per Cent "e.T.sw Granada — 3 -'„o 2 per Cent. _Nu() Deferred D u o Land Warrants (Hectares) e i ru ) 7 „i'm 41 per Cent .. Cent.Uribar D o e Ce D O -i per nt. ( , 1862 ren) .. 1 , 0 Account — o i\ rt tlz, uese 3 per Cent., 1853 N :-',O Accou n t .. ' O3 1856 '7 '9 Per Cent., 1856, , , , ) Do _ '6O 62'3.. 48 li, Account tl 4 B ian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St '-'0 45 per Cent., 1850 .. D ° Do 1860 b 3 per Cent 1859 b 0 6 per Cent, 1862 0 Anglo-Dutch Bar,i- Scrip, 440 paid -14 ien 6 per Cent is 110 Account .... 84/ P f t , 46 'h per Cent E° New -1,(34-New Deferred 0 Accou n t — D o ,passive Account °.sua _Account 29a I I 'VIIOI Cert. of Coup not funded — a, D O lot i e , L o 8 -, :i per Cent Tu k• °II P 460 paid . Pm r 18h 6 1 1854 D o A.T _Per Cent. Ij o 6 """ont — , Per Cent. 1858 -.Jo g, eo D o 4 ,,,,unt D o g ji° Bonds -,-, ‘, Per Cent. 1862 4,10 Accou n t .. 70 -u( ' £ l OO Bonds 691 i . 0 Do 1863 17.2 G -,, Lezuela p e r t tard, 4 per Cent. 4 ,4e Cent. D 0 Accou n t — o 6 ¢per Cent., 1862 — ? ,Ac?ount 11 ° crip 430 paid '-' 0 11 pe r C ent - ..._ Dividends on the above payable in London, Austrian 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. -- to • , P , - gla n 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f 1,4)0 Account ... Itl teb. 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 62} i -u , ) 4 per Cent. Certificates 'I an, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — " D Account Fret„ich Relates 2 per Cent ~r ertivian. Dollar Bonds, 4} per OLE'. 4s. riedmoatese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK, C onsols Money DclAccount .... 90 it T aE " OWL" REDITITUS.—Many persons will ive been surprised at the . sudden popularity of 'ha lat ely -published Owl, and its equally . sudden extinguish at. Some Some unpleasant pressure , f it is understood, caused that erratic sheet to disappear the light of day ; and o r rthe owlets are about to 4 _ ) Vf it is rumoured that some e a facetious character, partly ; I t ::: a larger paper, h... w e, Partly opinion, also and at the price of the former sheet, bat ith an illustration or " cartoon," to use the language .ra the conductors. —Zen Review , It will appear once a fortnight.-- exea":,(4II3ERFITL ARE THE VERDICTS OF JURIES ! wee ' t ee the Law Times of to-day. If ever there was a of ; calth it for the protection ~,,... for the interposition of Maste r etched woman against the l c a r w uelties of a tyrant Such a catalogue of el er „ r, it Was that of Mrs Ilopley. fr i ii -e,atie Miseries even a sensation n S o u v e elistwould have are not in all Ea t° i nvent. We believe—we hope—there e ar '4 t ngl ead 12 other men who would have turned toa deafthe l aver ° -- . r appeal, and condemned her to return tit; . / t rcra which she tenfold '4l that - would be multiplied . ka ~,,. her sufferings prayed release, with the cer -Zngetnentof the attempt to break the chain tat t;. 3 , 4 , 8 h er- To treat expressions used in letters, 4Q 411 , ii.,B"3' Written in fear and for the sake of avert -3.411„' "ea chastisement that would have followed rebellion, either-ttndonation of the previous acts of cruelty, argues a aBtouncling obtuseness, or an absence of that manly tipirit ',..is: tch. loves to protect the weak and the defenceless 4:8:kat:: posh Allowerful and the cruel. It was the most un- IlngliB4 verdict we ever remember to have seen, and how thatthat the ,- as unfeeling it was is proved by the fact the to the Victim has fled from the country rather than 13 3' th e i,. Power of the tyrant to whom the jury . sought, NOWT -eat unsatisfactory decision, to consign her. thi s ' 1 EASTERN RAILWAY.—The directors of di e"ny have decided on recommending a _vi de Iviek ad ap t he rate of 51 per cent, per annum on the Bar -311 t't „ ° , ek : ° f 4 .1 per cent, per annum on the York stock, of I) D „ er - ' ll t. per annum on the Leeds stock, of 7 per cent. :,: 14 -t 'llei on the Carlisle stock, and of 8 per cent, per an- Oth "L the pazlington stock for the half-year ending the of J 440. 151LARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARN SHARES AND STOOLS, Sham Rtrat'ays. ll ra i d I Closing Business I • Price. done. Bir., "%Vol., and Str, Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,,foadMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian...... leork and Bandon 'COrnwall $ $ ..... _... 9 9i 85 41 MI 121 i 6 7 Do A IA Bete no di Do. B v tillepe.pan.bas been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,ttzAb. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk ..._. 35 36 16 17 91 93 110 112 48 49 Ditto A stook Ditto East Anglian 81 GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do Bdo .... Gt. S. and W. Of Irelann Great Western Do Str Vat gua. stook Lancashire & York - shire, London and Blackwall Lon., Brig,ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor`h Western, Lon. & Soi.th Western Man., BURL, & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Leo t shares Metropolitan 'Midland 7} 7f 133 140 157 153 128 131 co 9! 70 70} ;21i 121 70 72 10(5 103 43 44 117 1171 PR 119 66 G 7 1114 1124 139 13971 Do New . Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Illid Kent --• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purohase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London 107 109 65 66 25 26 110 111 85 66 97i 984 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stock 126 129 1 2 70 81 tut 11} 126 130 38 40 Do Soot:Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpoo, Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 67 59 $5 17 93 931 103 105 8 9 1 374 384 104 114 p 84 94 165 /70 8 7 1 3 t Do Do New, 18GG Taff Vale- Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pita Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har,&K West Midland —Oxford! Do Newport! Do Eterefordl BRITISII POSSE, all 100 7$ all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ICO 10) 34 37 SSIONS. Closing Price. 58 60 101 102 park p o 56 7} 86 75 80 75 80 75 80 97 99 94 96 102 104 102 103 par 4 p par 6 p 196 206 72 74 81 63 66 68 55 57 48 51 43 (5 28 SO 26 28 102 103 par 4p gg (01 9} 91 Ili 10/ 89 01 82 84 d i 8 994 1001 93 85 8) 91 58 0 3 6 82 84 101 i 101 100 101 pr ip 93} Itoi OS 95 Railways tlantio tic St Lawrence 13ora„Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. ST)cr cent Do. New . ...... • • Do. E. Buttalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187'. Do. do. July 1, 187::, Do. do. June 1, 1871 Clcutts. astn . (Lin) Cape Town tr:, Dock Seri] Hutu. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. Ci Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian. Branch Limited Madras, guar., 5 p. Do. 44 p. o. Extension Do. 4t d 0...... • . Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Melb..lz Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrun.swick Cands Class A and B. N. Itl.C'da3 po Ist pi bds Soinde ) e l Do. d u o nib .. a . u ... cl e r Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all 100 (100 1 100 ; I 2 il all . 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITII , Th• et.) uly 1877-81 .............. 100 98 1(0 981 Do. Ap. c. Feb. (tr Aug. 100 100 103 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 103 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. lOC 87 80 87/ Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 87 8) Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 105 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 ;Mauritius N0v.1878, 6 p 1 00 111 113 !Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 105 107 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 156 108 1N.8.G0v.6 p.o..la.&July 100 90 101 9) I Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. (1 ov. 6 p 2.,1803 103 97 9 9 Do. sp. c.,18/1 to 1870 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 & upwth. 100 971 9 8 4 97 1 New Zealand S p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0. sterling, 1875. lOO 100 102 Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100 103 105 S. Awl Gdp.0.1878.& up.. 100 106 108 Vio.Gov. *p.c. Ja.&July 100 'Do. to isu.o.An.&Cot.. 100 110 111 1091 BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 5d ulifford Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist j 1 675 685 East Bassett (Mogan) 30 09 71 —•East Clog - au Gold Ltd F.ast Caradon ...... 281 295 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 8 85 Srlßussel(Tavistk.) 8.13.0 45 41 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 581 6 8 Great South Tolgus 17s 25 21 G. Wheal Vor (Id.elston, 40 28 30 Grenville . 8.16. c . 61 71 flercd's-Foot ...... 8.12 88 40 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 3/ 45 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 91 8 10 11 arke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 21 15 t d New Setun .. 19f 75 85 • North Downs 24 15 2 N.Whlßaseet (Mogan, 3.1.0 15 11 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.5.9 31 45 I Par Consols (St. Blaze); 20 Providence (Uny Lelnl.) 10.0.7 39 41 SouthCaradon(St,Cleer; 15 455 475 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 45 50 !Stray Park 30.17.0 28 30 - I rainarSilv.& Lead Min - 'Pin Croft 9 17 18 --- West Basset (Illogan). 1/ 9 10 W. Cs radon (Liekeardj 5 15 17 West Solon WheaPßasset (Illogan) 51 871 1s Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 27 29 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 13 15 Wheal Oeton . 581 225 230 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. per cent pE, 98 Great Western, West Mid., Newport perp. 6 per cent. opt. till '69, 116 London and S.W., Portsmouth perpet, anus, of 2s. 6d., 2f PREFEKENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. Midland New £5 shares, 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& London and Chatham, 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 89 3 / 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per cent,, 17J Dutch Rhenish, 19i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 101 Ditto (all), 191 _ _ " •• FOREIGN MINES, St. John del Rey (lira.), 40 United Mexican 5 1 4 BANKFLI lk.g7a and Misterman'S (UM.), 1471 Alliance (lim), 67 61 A.nglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 734 Bank of Otago, lint., 31 Chartered her. of India, London, and China, 08 Consolidated Bank, lim., 1111 Continental, 1im.,:18 p e English.riai BankSco t Scotch, ), 3 h Australian Chartered,:2li Imperial Ditto, new. 24 Imperial Bank of India, China, and Japan, lien., 6; Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 111 n., 74 London and County, 784 London Joint Stock, 494 London and Northern, lint., 23 London and 11 estminster, 95/ Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 194 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 271 Midland Bank (lim.). 154 National Provincial of England, 147 Oriental Banx Corporation, 591 South Eastern, lim., 9/ Union of Australia, 521 Union of London, 644 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 23 British Indian Tea, lint. ;74 Commercial Union, Insurance, 94 Credit Foncier, 14 Electric Telegraph, 1681 Financial Corporation, 11 Fore-street Warehouse, lint., 71 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 74 Ditto, new, 4 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 9/ International Financial society, lirn., 104 International Land Credit. 11m,. 44 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redern. 1870, issued 90, 831 4 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7/ M idras Irrigation and Canal, 1 Milwall Iron Works, 5 National Discount Company, lira., 141 National Steam Navigation, lim., 10 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Urn, 191 Royal Mail Steam, 101 1 Societe Financier° d'Egypte, lim., a/ Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 64 NEW ACT ON CATUEDRAL MINOR CORPORA• TIONS,—By a new act juet printed, to substitute fixed in stead of fluctuating revenues in certain of the cathedral churches in England, lands, and hereditarnents may be transferred by cathedral corporations to the Ecclesiastical Col:tank-6mm for money payments, 13.14. 4.16.1 12.10 Shan 100 Sk 1 20 2O 10 MO 1 Fi tetk ■took stook stook stook stook stook stook stock Stook THE StIN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before a Special Jury.) CODBINGION V. CODRINGTON AND ANDERSON. This was a suit instituted by Admiral Codrington for dissolution of marriage on the geOund of the wife's adul tery with the co-respondent, Colonel David Anderson, of the 22d Regiment of Foot, who denied the claw e• The respondent, in addition to denial, pleaded that if she had committed the adultery it had been con doned by the misconduct of her husband. Adultery was also charged with a Lieutenant Mildmay, but he was not made as co-respondent to the suit. There were two children the issue of the marriage. No damages were asked for by Admiral Codrington. Me Bovill, Q.C., Mr Serjeant Ballantine, and Dr Spinks appeared for the petitioner; the Queen's Advocate, Mr Hawkins, Q C., aid Mr. Inderwick for the respondent Mr Price, Q C., and Mr Swabey for the co-respondent. The marriage took place on April 9, 1849. at the British Embassy, Florence, as Mr. and Mrs Smith, the lady's parents, wore residents there. There are two daughters by the marriage, eleven and twelve years old. The co-reFpon dent is colonel of the 22d Regiment, and Lieut. Mildmay is in the 3d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. Mr Bevil], in opening the case, said that he should not have to trouble the jury with any account of the first Seven years of the marriage, which had passed in a flow of unin terrupted happiness. Its first check was in April, 1856, when Admiral Codrington was ordered to the Crimea, but in leaving his wife he gave her a companion of her own choice, Miss Emily Faithfull of the Victoria Press, and they lived at 10, Taviton-place, Russell-square. On his return in August some minor elements of disagreement arose between them, but it was not suggested she was guilty of any serious derelic tion of her duty. In the spring of next year Miss Faithful' was still staying with her friend, and Mrs Codrington, actuated by some freak, insisted on sleeping with her, and leaving her husband's bed. The admiral appealed to her parents, who at once carne and inquired into the case. At the instance of Mr Smith, Miss Faithful' was ejected from the house, and a parcel, sealed, was deposited in the hands of Sir 'William Codrington, for the purpose of justifying his brother, the admiral. That seal was still unbroken, and it would lie with the discretion of the lady's counsel whe• ther it would be broken or not. The petitioner, in 1858, was appointed superintendent of the dockyard at Malta, and the parties lived in the official residence attached to that post. Their habits of life, however, were not congenial, and Mrs Codrington often stayed late at balls and the opera, whilst her husband went to bed. But a gondola was always kept waiting for her to carry her across the harbour from Valetta, and the officers, amongst others Anderson and Mild may, often escorted her home. During her stay at Malta he was in a position to prove circumstances fraught the gravest suspicion. On one occasion, after the admiral was in bed, she desired the maid to let down the bar of the back door, as she particularly wished to see Col. Anderson, and when the maid declined to do so she did it herself. Again, after an entertainment in May, 1863, given before their departure to the officers then in Malta, the respondent and the colonel were seen at midnight in an outer yard bya Policeman under circumstances which, if true, were scarcely compatible with her innocence. On their arrival in England they went to stay at Hampton Court, and afterwards took a cottage at East Moulsey. Anderson immediately appeared, as was shown by entries in Mrs Codrington's diary. From this date down to October, in spite of her husband's remon strances, as was learned from the same source Col. Anderson was a frequent visitor. He in that month went down to Scotland, and amongst Mrs Codrington's papers, found in her desk, and taken possession of by the admiral's legal adviser, his direction, " St. Germain's, near Berwick," was discovered. But beyond this, in the same depository, a draft of a letter had been lighted on, in Mrs Codrington's handwriting, evidently written to Col. Anderson, and in answer to one from him announcing the fact that he was going to he married to a cousin. It contained these pas sages—" What can I say to your letter ? Again and again I have read it over to see if I clearly understood it. You tell me you are engaged to your cousin. . . . Surely before you entered into such an engagement you were bound in all honour to write and tell me of the changed state of your feelings. . . . I cannot believe the feel ings of the two last years can be obliterated in so short a time. Let me beg of you solemnly, by all you hold sacred, by the true-hearted affection I have for you, by the memory of the past, think well before you bind your self for ever." The letter further solicited a farewell in terview at Taviton-street, her friend's house. Did this look like innocence? What' had a married woman to do with true-hearted affection for another ? The petitioner's suspicions were at last aroused, and he set a watch upon his house in Eccleston-square, to which they had now returned. The Ist of November was a Sunday. The admiral went to church in the morning, and no sooner was his back turned than Colonel Anderson came to the house, and stayed there through most of the morning ser vice, and going away by a by-street ho met the injured hus band face to face. On the following day he sent to his wife to say he should not return that day. Left to herself, in the evening, after paying a visit to Mes Faithfull, she drove ahe's" o'n/'.k ';* 13 Psis the Colonel lir cd. He joined her, and they went to the Grosvenor Hotel, where they stopped till 12. She then walked home. In the diary occurs this passage :—" Nov. 2, evening—Saw E. (Emily Faithful') ; afterwards dined at G." The question with re ference to Mr Mildmay was an episode in the stay at Malta. Mrs Codrington, in May, 1860, took a trip into Piedmont with her parents, and was followed by him. At Cormayeur they stayed in the same hotel, and Mrs Codrington was in the habit of sending letters to him from her bed-room, till the maid refused to take any more. At the St. Bernard hospice their rooms were opposite, and in the night she disappeared from her room, where the maid was also sleep ing. The learned counsel concluded a long address by in veighing in forcible language against the pleas put on the record by the respondent; and called General Sir Wm. Codrington, who deposed to the receipt of a packet from the petitioner's father, and to the general kindness of the admiral towards his wife. G. Duck—l was in the service of Admiral Codrington in 1856, for six years at 82, Eccleston-square, and at Malta. I knew Lieutenant Mildmay ; he used to visit often. He often came home with Mrs Codrington late. She used to come by the boat. The admiral had often gone to his room. Sometimes Mildmay came into the office, which had been made a sitting-room. There was a screen there before the door. They were sometimes without lights. I remember one day, about 12 p.m., towards the close of 1860, Mildmay was with Mrs Codrington. I saw him in the passage with his arm round her neck. I thought he was gone. One afternoon about three I saw Mildmay go to my mistress's bedroom door. I did not see him go in. The door is in a recess. A did not see him go away. The Gondola used occasionally to get out of trim when my mistress and Mild may wore on board. It was difficult to row, and the boat• man made me stand the other side to keep the balance. You cannot see persons inside. They often came back very late. One day Mildmay came I heard kissing on the basement. I saw Mrs Codrington come upstairs afterwards. I heard her say " There's some one thero." I picked up a bit of velvet on the spot next day, I left in July, 1861. I have been in my present place as butler for two years. Cross-examined by the Queen's Advocate—This first time was in 1860 or 1861. I don't know the month. I was after a party at Mrs Lee's. It was late; the city was all closed. I said nothing to the admiral or Mrs Codring ton. I first mentioned it this year. I told Mr Bird, I told him that I thought Admiral Codrington must have known of it. The gondola went out of trim on two occa sions. It takes eight minutes across, in fine weather, with four men. It was smooth those times, I gave the velvet to the lady's maid, Lydia Clarke. Mrs Codrington often complained of me. I left of my own accord. Re-examined—l said that about the admiral because he has eyes as well as I have. I thought he must have noticed Mildmay's coming too often, Sarah Nichols, a servant, deposed to travelling in Pied mont with the respondent and her parents ; to their having met Mildmay at Cormayeur ; to his going into her bedroom once when she was in bed, and to his having operated on a blister on her foot, and to habits of general intimacy. It appeared, however, in cross-examination, that she had a jacket on in bed, and the witness had told the r%ttorney, Mr Few, that eho never saw any impropriety between Mrs Codrington and Mildmay. Robert Rivers, lately in Mr Mildmay's service, deposed to Mrs. Codrington's having visited his master's quarters in Fort Ricasoli, alone, about ex times, in the afternoon and evening, about five or six o'clock. The case had not concluded when the Court nose. ~~~ Several additional witnesses were examined this morn ing, but the case was net conelnded when we went to press COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Goulburn,) IN RE RAWLINGS-THE LITERARY GAZETTE. The bankrupt was a clergyman at Merstham, Surrey, and was formerly proprietor of the Literary Gazette journal, and to-day was appointed for last examination and discharge. Mr Brough appeared for the assignee, and said that ho was instructed that all the creditors had been applied to, and none having expressed any desire to oppose, the assignee, who was also a creditor, and had been appointed by the largest creditor, did not offer any opposition to the bankrupt passing or baying his discharge. Ur Commissioner Goulburn said that it was a very sad ease—here was a clerical gentleman coming before the court owing upwards of £2,000 without a shilling of assets. Mr Reed said it was deeply to be regretted that such was the case; but in 1860 the bankrupt unfortunately pur chased the Literary Gazette, but in loss than 12 months ha found it to be a failure, and he lost all that he had invested. His Honour said that it did not appear by the accounts that the bankrupt ever had any capital. The bankrupt said he lost £l,OOO of his own money. Mr Reed said that out of the £2,000 debts now standing most of it was from friends who did not press him ; pro bably £2)O would be an excess of debts recently contracted. Ilia Honour said he hardly know how to deal with such cases, when educated persons came beft,i e the court and could give no account of their affairs ; ought they to faro better than ignorant and uneducated men, who pleaded their ignorance as an ezetoe ? He thought that for the bank- upt's own sako he ought to file a fuller account; but as no creditor opposed, the discharge would be granted. SE CUDDEN..-EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE WINE TRADE. This bankrupt was a wine merchant in Great Tower street, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. From the: statement of Messrs, Hart Brothers and Hayles, who had been engaged in the parliamentary investigation, and now appointed accountants to the estate, it appears that the total debts and liabilities amount to £20,000, to be met by good debts and property almost to the same amount. 'OLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. TRE SLEEP or DANGER—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— William Bullock, a cabdriver, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taping care of his horse and car- riage. Police-constable Page, 101 B, said that at 2 o'clock this morning he was on duty at Chelsea, when ho saw the de fendant's horse and cab coming towards him at a round pace. There was no driver on the box, and nobody in charge of the horse, and oily a few yards in front of it was an open sewer opposite Stmley.villas. Seeing the immi nent danger in which the lone was placed, and not being aware whether there might not be somebody in the cab, he rushed over a plank crossing the sewer and stopped the horse in time to prevent an 7 accident. Mr Arnold—Where was the defendant during this time ? Wit nes s—Inside the cab and drunk. Mr Arnold —Then if youhad not fortunately stopped the cab he might have been kilbd. Witness —A very serious accident might have taken place. Mr Arnold (to defendant) —What have you to say to this ? Defendant —I got inside wail° waiting at Cremorne. Mr Arnold —Why did you get inside? Defendant —I got inside kilt to have a sleep. Mr Arnold—And left nobody in charge of your horse ? You have not only seriously endangered your own life but got inside the cab, who was t a o ls l o oo th k a a t f o te f r th th e e p h u o b r l a ic e . If yoi ? Defendant—lt was upon the rank when I got into the cab. _ _ VV Page—lt was a long way from Cremorne when I saw it, and the rank had been dispersed an hour previously. It was here stated that the bottom of the cab was found to be broken and the cab much damaged, for which redress was required by the proprietor. Defendant declared that he was not drunk, and coolly said that he could not prevent the horse running away. The case was then adjourned for the production of further evidence, and defendant was locked up. THE YELVERTON CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln recognising with gratitude the very able and just statement of my case in your article of this morning, will you allow me a short space to correct an error which moat Englishmen, together with yourself, would naturally fall into, viz., that the decision of the three law lords is final ? Such is not, however, the case. A Scotch declarator of mar riage is proved by " writ or oath," and the one may follow upon the other. The next legal step, therefore, to be taken in Scotland is a reference to oath of parties, until which process shall have been gone through the opinions of their lordships in this country will not be ratified. In other words the High Court of Session in Scotland will not " extract judgment." Had the House of Lords, at the request of my counsel, the Lord Advocate, granted tho judicial examination, then the judgment, as you truly state, would have been final, be cause both methods of proving marriage would have been exhausted As it is, the reference to oath is competent. Perfectly agreeing with you that it can be no satisfaction to be the wife of Major Yelverton, yet the nature of the ac tion brought against me and the defence set up in answer t• mine are such as to deprive me of honour and fair fame, un less I succeed in establishing my wifehood. The very peti tion of the action is such as to indelibly brand any woman against whom it should be granted. Against such a sentence I have struggled for six years, and probably may for six more, if life by litigation is not stunted. You will also allow me to remind you and the public that the verdict of a jury confirmed by four judges is still unannulled in Ireland, and that by the laws of my church I am Major Yelverton's wife, and during his life can never be another's. Such, I beg to submit, is my actual position, and to do what is right and best in it is my sole and earnest prayer.—l remain, sir, yours truly, THERESA YELYEUTON. 29, Cambridge- terrace, July 29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,—ln this momentous crisis of my miserable fate may I ask of the press and the public, to suspend for awhile their judgment, and not to believe that the opinion of some of the law lords has finally deprived me of the status of wife. The case, asl am well advised, has not by any means terminated, a reference to oaths being competent, and the inherent right of parties seeking to establish a marriage. Even the opinion given on Thursday by their lordships is merely an opinion until it is affirmed, or in legal phrase extracted, by the High Court of Session in Scotland ; and prior to that the examination on oath will take place, which in justice and fairness should have been granted when applied for by my counsel, the Lord Advocate. I be lieve it is the first principle of English justice, on which we pride ourselves over all other nations, that a man should not be condemned unheard, and that ho should be allowed to question face to face his accusers. Yet this is exactly what I have been deprived of, but which at this stage of the case I can, and do, demand. The reason why the Scotch Court did not have recourse to the examination of parties was simply that the Scotch lords, being so much more familiar with their own law than Englishmen can be supposed to be, were at no loss to discern a marriage on the written evidence before them; and the Scotch horror of perjury ever induces them to defer to the last extremity the examination of the parties themselves. The practical result of this reference to oaths would be that should one party prove sufficient to establish a marriage—or the other fail to show that none had taken place—the Court of Session would refuse to en• dorse the opinion given in the House of Lords, and the whole case might be again brought before them. Hence, I appeal to the publio through your medium to suspend their judgment until this last ordeal shall have bean tried, and that the more especially as the Irish verdict of a jury and four judges, declaring me the wife of Major Yelverton, still stands unannulled. Had the action raised against me been one of nullity, or an action to prove that the marriages, Scotch or Irish, were neither of them legal, I should not assuredly have wasted six years of my life, my health, and fortune in the conten tion to be the wife of a man who refused to recognise me in that capacity. But the form of action raked up from ob scure barbarism, and held forth as a means of escapo to an unfortunate and desperate man, is such as to load me with infamy and drag me down to the depths whence there is no degradation deeper for a woman. A hundred years ago there was such an action in Eng land, called jactitation, resorted to by men to rid themselves of the claims of those they had dishonoured. No woman with a soul above a slave's would submit in silence to such contumely. By this action they have left me but the alter native which the noble Wallace gave to his men—" To do, or die." I hold my honour as a precious gem, which it is my duty to defend with my life, and by every power and strength of mind that God has given me ; and as I am an honest weman in the sight of Heaven, I will so defend it till the last pulsation of the heart, and never desist until I have cast the foul slander from my hitherto untarnished fame.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., THEYESA YELVERTON, 29, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, July 29. MARKETS--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Moderate supplies of fruit and vegetables are on offer here to• day. Most descriptions ccnimand a fair sale at tho annexed quotations FRuIT. O. d. s. d. B. d. s d Pine apples 1 6to z 6 Raspberries,prpt 0 6to 0 7 Colonial do., each 1 6to 3 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 6 Grapes,per lb 2 oto 0 Foreign ditto, pnno oto 0 0 Foreign do ooto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 10to 1 3 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 &I:Ties, per hf-sy. 1 3to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 oto 14 0 Peaches.. . 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 8 0 Currants, per h.sv 2 oto 3 6 Gooseberries hf Five?, oto 2 9 flume, per d 0... 2 6to 3 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 3to 0 6 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 3 ShallotS, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 3to 1 9 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 116 Red ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz ooto 0 0 perer ditto 16to 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdzo9 to 2 0 Beet, doz. .. 00to 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 70 0 tol2o 0 Smallsalad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 oto 5 0 Cos lett,• score .. 0 Bto 1 8 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dx hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sy. 1 oto 1 3 Tomatoes, d 03... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 2 oto 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums , per dO 0 oto 0 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 o to 0 0 Rhubarb , per bun 0 Spinach . . 0 4to 0 6 , Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 4 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oso 0 0, Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, 4s 6d to 6s Od each; goslings, 3s 6d to 5s ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; pigeons, Os 4d to Os lOd each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares , Os Od to Os Od ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; p h easa nis, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snip ; Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od; wild ducks, Os Od to Os l,d ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Oct to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Ild to is Od ; English, is Od to is id per lb ; English eggs, 7s Gd to Ss 6d ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, is Gd to 4s Gd ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE . Salmon, Os 9d to is 3d ; trout, 9d to Is ; eels, 6d to 10d ; ,;!awns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb • turbots, 4s Oct to 218; cod, Os Oct to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Oa , , , . doreys, 2s 6d to 1 08 Od; mullets, Os 6d to 18 6d l o bsters, is i:0 4s:Od ; crabs, is t o 4s Od ; p laice and g ur nets, Od to Os Od ea,.: }l ; soles, 6d to 38 Od per pair; common .7atives, 64s to 70s per bush. ; whitings, o y s ters, 12s to 188 ; Os Od to Os •, haddocks, Gs to 13s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, —s to —s p er 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per ICP ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. • NEWPORT. Beef, from from 2s 10d to 46 2d ; mution, 35 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb,.ss Od to 65 Od; veal, 3s 6d to 45 4d; and po r k, 3 , 4d to 48 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WILT i:CHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 2a : mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od to 65 Od ; veal, 3s 6CI. to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 45 4d per Sibs by the carcase. - BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the met loaf. ropolis are from 61d to 7d; of household do., 5 d to 6d per 41b HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 611 b, 3d to —43 ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 31,d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to sd; 961 b t o 1041 b, Od d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7 s 65 to Os 05 ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —8 Od to ---8 Od ; Downs, —8 Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s 3d to 5s 95; shearlings, 3s 6d to 4s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 108 to £5 ; new do., £3 to Li ss; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s; and straw, £1 to £1 10s per load. Trade steady. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow nay, £2 lOs to i 5 ; new do., £3 to £4 ss; clover, £ 4 Os to £5 158 ; and straw, £1 to £1 12s per load. A firm demand. WITITECHAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2 10a to L 5 ; new do., £3 to 411 ss; clover, £4 to £5 15s; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per load. An active inquiry. COAL M PriOell of Coal per Ton al e. d. dtKET. the close of the market. Lambert's West Hart- 1 ley 17 6 Hastings Hartley l7 ilolywell 15 3 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 6 Eden brain l7 6 Wylam ....15 3 Walls End. Ha5we11...... ...19 0 Hartlepool .. 18 9 East Hartlepool 18 9 K elloe.. ..... .. S ou th Kelloe 18 0 R ou gh Hall 18 0 South Hetton 19 0 KeiperGrange 17 9 Hetton 19 0 )t,[49 ; sold. 36. Walls End. Braddyll's Hetton 18 01 Ships at market HOW to IMPROVE PARK-LANE AS A iIIOROUGII FARE.—If the houses on the east aide of Park•lane were taken down from Piccadilly as far as No. 12A, and the houses on the west side above Glocester•house were removed as far as Holdernesse. garden, and a small portion of the garden opposite to the south curlier of Scamore-place were thrown into the road, there would be a safe and noble continuous thoroughfare at the service of the public, in which, if no shops were allowed to be established opposite to Gloucester-house, there would be little, if any, check to traffic. 13 j I 159 i 74 691 121 1 43i 1 71 17 98i 1121 1 1381 9 8/ II I 55 26 411. 101 II 101 6 , 4 74 98 72 584 i Business dont 102} 1001 100 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Tux HAYMARKET NIGHT HOUSES AND THE PUBLIC HOUSES CLOSING ACT,-Mr. Knox perceiving that there were but few charges this morning from the Vine-street police-station. remarked to Inspector Wilton, of the C di vision, that he supposed the coming into operation of the amended act regulating refreshment houses had something to do with it. Inspector Wilson said he believed it had. There was not one drunken charge from Vine -street. The coming into operation of the amended act in refe rence to publichouses and refreshment houses has already had its effect on the Hay market, a nd will probably before long completely put an end to the business of night-house keeping, the act so much affecting some of them as to render it an utter impossibility for the owners to continue the busi ness. The scone about one o'clock, the hour at which the houses are compelled to close by the not, now becomes one of a most exciting nature, the Haymarket, at the general turn out, being densely crowded, and but for the inter ference of the police in removing the crowds which col lect the place would be impassable. A keeper of one of the houses, probably thinking that many of the patrons of the " market"—a very different class of persons to those who, in former days, visited the place—might return as soon as the houses were re-opened at 4 o'cluck, that being the time at which they are allowed to re-open by the Act, threw open his doors, but with a sorry result, his customers being so few and far between as to make it a non-paying business to continue the practice. Prior to the introduction of the amended Act, the work of the "night house" busi ness, through the interference of the police, was broken. The number of charges at this court having been wonder fully diminished. and the Public-house Closing Act, 1864, as the amended one is briefly called, doubtless, will act as a finishing stroke. THAMES. DANGEROUS LARK IN TUB HAYFIELD.—CharIes Chater Barrett, boot and shoemaker, of No. 80, High-street, White chapel, and No. 25, Globe-road Stepney, appeared on bail before Mr Paget, to answer a charge of attempting to steal a silver watch from the person of Mr Samuel Higham, a clerk, of No. 1, Edward-street, St. Peter's-road, Stepney, at the Hayfield publichouse, in the Mile-end-road. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, cross-examined the pro secutor, who said that when he was standing before the bar of the Hayfield, and his watch was taken out of his pocket by the orisoner 12 otbpi- Th. did not pull out nts own gold watch. He did say to the, prisoner, "Your watch is only an imitation." He told the prisoner he could lock him up if he liked for attempting to steal a watch or something to that effect. He should not have given the prisoner in charge at all if ho had made an , apology. Police Serjeant Bride; No. 4 K, said, he had made in quiries about the prisoner, and found that he was a very respectable tradesman, but one that often went out for a lark and was fond of a spree. With respect to the dupli cates of the gold watches found on the prisoner, he had ascertained that one was out of date, so far back as January, 1862, and that the prisoner bought the ticket of the other and that it was honestly obtained. Mr Charles Young said he had half the tradesmen in Whitechapel to speak to the high character and integrity of the prisoner, who merely took the prosecutor's watch out o f his pocket in joke. The case had been described as a dangerous lark in the Hayfield." It was a dangerous lark, for the reputation of a respectable man had been sullied by this vindictive prosecution. The watch was never detached from prosecutor's chain. There was never; Mr Paget wou ld not trouble Mr Young to call his wit nesses. The whole question was that of intention. The case was one of grave suspicion at first, but the matter had anthy intention: to st ea l it, an d th ere was no occa sion for is proceeding. been cleared up. He did not believe the intention of the prisoner was to steal the watch, and Mr Higham said he should have been satisfied with an apology, and stood upon his dignity. He discharged the prisoner, and was satisfied this would be a caution to him as long as he lived. SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, July 30.--Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderato breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. —Arri red—Bertha, PLYYOUTI I, July S.W. from Savannah. B R uiTord, JulY 5.W..-Arrived—Premier, from Demerara. cLymi , July 29,"."Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, from Savannah. 1111"4,13(ouTn, JulY 26 .—Wiud NAV,—Sailed—Radnor, for Havre. /12i90--o—uatypeo, from Sundewall—London, (B y VAGNETIC mumUnt.) _ , , from Christianstad—Zeemee GRAVESEND Saturday Morning: • Activ, , from New York—Ann Elizabeth, from Bruges—Cordelia, from Trinidad de Cubs—Cyy of Pekin, from Calcutta— unAt,rfrriovmedp, Midlothian, from Tobago - _ - _Juillieta, from Buenos Ayres— Wansfell from Moreton Bay — Dragon, j or ti t l o y from Hamburg— Cicerone, from Nassau—Fentabella, from Algoa Bay. Arrived, July 30 —Bengal, from Akyab—Audax, from Trinidad—Marie, from Gottenburg—Mary Fry, from Que bec—Erdragt, from Worcum. Sailed, July 30—Thyra, for Cuerros Ayres—Trip, for Bermuda—Diana, s teamer, for Arastardam—Juanita, for Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, July 29—Margret Kerr, from West, for London. Anohored—Wooloomooloo, and London, for Sydney. Passed, July 30—Seine and Tainisem from London, for St. Edmund's fro ' Rouen—Bury . Mauritius—Liberator, from Sydney (in tow) --Consignment, from New York—all for London. T AaTeßyEra bWeilinlle, r e w - i o l I p t e b e e , n e e p a r r e e . 24th September, and, o a g n e d n ,.acc T er b d e in e g em to . DRIIRY-LANB the addition of Mr T. Cres truejeoizicesclateonlesahrna,tcepngliettrheheilnedFbauyeit Position he held last the e lea of railway worked by d p u en ce y d is w th ith be M st i r s e s n DOYER RAILWAY.— sweiaeLskoo,n;llDlrONP, heelupsATrieitAagin,inAgND The tr cO ffi ra c pa r n ec y ei a p m ts o ounnttelid inst. to £13,218, of Zle milelfloorlt. week endi ng th e 24th '2O per 0, ag e i n g £7,731, or £B3 per mile, on 93 miles, for the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of fe5, 487 . RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS LUDGATE-HILL.—The operation of swinging and fixing the first girder for the London, Chathani, and Dover Railwby Company's viaduct over Ludgate hill was commenced on Thursday by the contractors, Messrs. Pete and Betts, and accomplished skilfully and successfully. A body of the City police was in attendance, and the traffic was temporarily stopped. The I great bridge over tho T hames approaches com p letion, and i t according to present expectations, the lino will bo opened to the Ludgate station early in October. NEW ACT ON CLERKS OF THE PEACE.—Under an Act of Parliament just printed, on two justices being of opinion that a clerk of the peace has been guilty of misconduct otherwise than in the execution of his office, a complaint in writing may be exhibited at the sessions, and if proved he may be suspended or removed, and another appointed. Within three months the suspended or re moved clerk may appeal by motion to the Lord Chancellor in a summary manner, and his lordship may reverse, con. , firm, or modify the decision of the general er quarter :seeeLas, or to remit the ccoa with dirntia.e. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—Yesterday. The business of the session of Parliament for 1864 ter minated to-day. At 3 o'clock the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lord Wensleydale, Earl St. Germans, and Lord Sydney entered the house robbed as Royal Com missioners, and, having taken their seats in front of the throne, The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the Usher of the Black Rod to inform the Commons that their lordships desired their immediate attendance in that house. Ina few minutes afterwards the Speaker of the house of Commons, accompanied by Lord Palmerston, Sir (3. Grey, and a large number of other members, appeared at the bar. The LORD CHANCELLOR then informed them that her Majesty, not thinking it fit to attend and prorogue Par liament in person, had directed the same to bo done by royal commission. The Royal assent was then given by commission to the following long list of public and private bills : —Consoli dated Fund (Appropriation)—Exchequer Bonds (L 1,600,000) —Fortifications ( l'rovision for Expenses)—Scottish Epis copal Clergy Disabilities Removal—Turnpike Acts Continuance-- Registration of Title Deeds—loaian States Acts of Parliament Repeal—. Turnpike Trusts Arrangements— Bank Notes, &c., Signature---lle fence Act Amendment Acciden, Compensation Act Amendment—Burials Registration—Bleaching and Dyeing Works Act Extension — Sale of Gas (Scotland)—Justices Proceedings Confirmation (Sussex) -- Expiring Laws Continuance Bank Post Bills (Ireland) Corn Accounts and Returns Westminster-bridge Traffic Stamp Duties (1864) Act Amendment—Naval and Victual ling Stores—Public Schools—Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) — Harwich Harbour Act Amendment—Portsmouth Dockyard (Acquisition of Land)—Local Government Supplemental (No. 2—Criminal Justices Act (1855) Extension Armagh Archiepiscopal Revenues—New Zealand Gua rantee of Loan—Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) —Poor Removal—Sheriffs Substitute (Scotland) —Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) —West Indian Ea cumbered Estates Act Amendment—Poor Relief (Me tropolis)--Weights and Measures (Metric System)— Limited Penalties—Cranbournestreet—Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act Amendment—Poisoned Flesh Prohibition, &c.—Naval Discipline—Judgments, &c., Law Amendment —Highways Act Amendment—Railway Companies Powers —Contagious Diseases—Thames Conservancy—lmprove • ment of Land Act, 1864—Pier and Harbour Orders Con firmation—Dublin, Rathmines, and Rathgar Railway Great Eastern ailway Junction—Alford and Mable thorp Railway—Drayton Junction Railway—East Glou cestershire Railway—Glasgow (City) Union Railway— Kingsbridge Railway—Lancashire Canal Transfer — Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction Railway —Liverpool Central Station—Metropolitan Railway (Not ting-hill and Brompton) —Scottish Central Railway (Sta tions)—Swansea Vale, and Neath and Brecon Railway —Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway-a.Woreester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway—Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway (No. 2) --Railway Con struction Facilities—KilkennyJ unction Railway—Parsons - town and Portumna Bridge Railway—Much Wenlock and Severn Junction and Wenlock Railway Companies—Metro politan and St. John's-wood Railway—Alton, Alresford, and Winchester Railway—Bembridge Railway, Tramway, and Pier—Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway— Breoon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway (New Lines) ' —Dublin Improvement—Great Western Railway—North Devon and Somerset Railway—North Staffordshire Rail way (New Works)—North Staffordshire Railway (Silver dale Madeley, and Drayton)—Petersfield and Bishops Waltham Railway—South Eastern Railway (No. 4) — Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway—Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Station and Railways)— London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Additional Power) —Metropolitan Railway (Trinity-square Eaten sion)—Neath and Brecon Railway (Extension)—Port patrick Railway—Portpatrick Railway (Steamboats) — St. Helen's Canal and Railway—South Wales Mineral Railway—Exmouth Docks—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Steamboats) —Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway—Metropolitan Districts - Rail ways—North Western and Charing-cross Railway— Sheffield Waterworks (Bradfield Inundation)—Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon Extension Railway—Aldborough Pier and Railway—Holy well Railway. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's speech on the closing of Parliament,immediately after which his lordship said, by virtue of the royal commission, he de clared Parliament prorogued until Thursday, the 13th day of October. The members of the House of Commons then withdrew, and the proceedings terminated. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past two o'clock. STANDING ORDERS. Mr FORSTER gave notice that he would move, next session, for an alteration in the standing order No. 7, FIRE INSURANCE. Mr SHERIDAN gave notice that, next session, ho would repeat the motion he had made for a reduction in the insurance duty on house and stock property. THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION. In reply to Sir H. VERNEY, Lord PALMrRSTON was understood to say that, so long as the Conference was sitting in this country, the Government interfered, but at present they did not think themselves bound to make any proposals in reference to the subject, THE WOUNDED RIFLEMAN. Mr H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether the 20th section of the Volunteer Act of 1863 would apply to the case of a private (William Lodge, 146, Cannon street-road, St. George's-in-the-East,) of the Third London Rifle Volunteer Regiment, who was disabled while under official inspection, and therefore in actual military service, viz., on the 16th of May, 1864, at West-end Park, Kilburn—the section referred to being as follows :—" A volunteer, or non-commissioned officer of th. ‘,-,1,-mt.-er Derman Ant staff, disabled on actual military service shell, according to his rank, be entitled to the like Pension and other benefits, if any, as a soldier of her Ma jesty's army." Mr HUTT, in the absence of the Marquis oi Harting ton, said that.unfortunately, except in the case of injuries inflicted in consequence of an invasion of the country, a member of the Volunteer corps would not be entitled to a pension. PRISON MINISTERS ACT. Mr HENNESSY called attention to the proceedings of the Middlesex magistrates with reference to the Prison Ministers Act; and moved an address for papers. He said that a petition numerously signed had been presented against the practice that prevailed at Coldbath-field Prison, in ,conformity with the instructions of the visiting jus tices of Middlesex. That practice had reference to the manner in which Roman Catholic prisoners were treated in regard to being compelled to receive spiritual instruction from scripture readers and clergymen of the Church of England. which he contended was in direct contravention of the Prison Ministers Act, and the spirit upon which legislation had proceeded in dealing with Roman Catholic convicts, in order to prevent their con scientious feeling being outraged under the circumstances in which they were placed. He denounced in strong terms the conduct of the visiting justices, which he argued was a proof that the old feeling of animosity against members of the Roman Catholic body was still in existence in this country,and developed itself frequently notwithstanding the alleged feeling of religious tolerance which was stated to prevail. Mr NEWDEGATE defended the justices of Middlesex from the imputation of the hon. and learned member. He said that Mr Pounall (the chairman of that body) was a guarantee that nothing of an unfair description would be sanctioned by him. He read the resolution agreed to by the justices which prohibitedinterference with the spiritual instruction of the prisoners. Sir G. GREY said that his attention had been drawn to this subject, and from inquiries he had made he was quite satisfied that there was no foundation for the charges that had been made against the justices of Middlesex, and he rdiculed the idea of such a body compromising themselves in the mode in question. MEXICO. Mr KINGL AKE called attention to the state of our present relationswith Mexico, and moved an humble address to her most gracious Majesty for the production of certain papers in reference to the subject. Ile said it was rather anomalous that the French invasion of Mexico, which re sulted in the occupation of only a small portion of the terri tory, should have led to 39,000 French soldiers being stationed there. Lord PALMERSTON said that the policy which was pursued by this country was to enter into amicable relations w i,'l.l every Power, whether a monarchy or a republic, when e i t h e : of their forms of government had been established. Before the Archduke Maximilian went to Mexico the Go vernment of the country had declined to enter into any re lation or trek ty with him, as being opposed to the practice of government. 01, . However, when the people of that country ed him, they then entered into re co with him. The principal • ground friendly relations .w f this country in regard to Mexico of complaint on the par , (!, ten governed by some chiefs who was that it had hither to u. in%rpose of plundering and ill used their authority for the h regard to a change in the a treating British subjec ts . 'lst be remembered that G overn ment of that country , it nk l arge portion of the population w ert: to which in favour of the same, they had not being satisfied with Spanish rule been so long subjected. PROROGATION •OF THE HOUSE. At a quarter past three o 'clock, Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD? Usher of the ilack Rod summoned the Speaker and members to the Upper House to hear the Royal Speech proroguing Parliament bj com mission. The right hon gentleman, accompanied by eslve ral members, then proceeded to the House of Lords, ant .; after a short absence, returned. The SPEArER having read the Royal Speech, the mem bers shook hands with the right hon. gentleman, which terminated the session of 1864. The Turkish line-of-battle ship Paiki Niraet, Capt. Arif Bey, bearing the flag of Admiral Edham Pasha, which was towed from Spithead to Southampton on Tuesday afternoon by her Majesty's steamer Lucifer, is now in dock at the latter port discharging her guns, anchors, and other heavy materials, preparatory to her going into the large graving dock. The Paiki Nusret is an entirely new vessel, built under the inspection of the Turkish Government at their dockyard at Constantinople. She has come to this country for the purpose of receiving her machinery. She carries 34 6S-pounders on the lower deck, 42 32 .pounders on the upper and main deck, and two Si - pounder car ria g e guns. Th Mayor of Southampton (Mr G. S. Brinton) paid the Ad m'.ral a visit on board the frigate on Thursday, and cor dially welcomed him to the port. In accordance with instructions received at headquarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, a number of trained non-commissioned officers and men have been selected from the various companies on the home establish ment to proceed to Persia, for the purpose of being employed in laying down the overland telegraph fr om ~ the Red Sea. through Turkey and Persia, t o India.. I he non-commis sioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers already engaged in the under taking, under the command of Colonel P. Stewart, Royal Eng i neer s, have proved i nsu ffi c i en t f or the work in consequence of the unexpectedly h eav y d u ties and the heat o f the climate, and their numbers are ac cordingly ordered to be augmented. The men who will compose the detachment have been selected from the telegraph school at headquarters, and none but those of robust health and constitution will be employed in the undertaking. In addition to their ordinary regimental L pay the serge a n ts sele c te d f or this dut y will receive o Lid per month, the corporals £l4, and the sappers £l2, and will at the same time receive a step in promotion bctoio Waving England. Floating befor a Swimming ; or, Every. Man his own Corks, DEDICATED Ti 3 THE HUMANE SOCIETY. A few practical observations on what is called swimming may tend to save the lives of some, and teach many others to remain easily and quietly on the surface of the water, in• stead of making the usual violent exertions called "trying to swim," with the attendant exhaustion and gulping of water, which often ends in discouragement, if nothing worse. It may draw attention to the subject to commence with what might seem (to some) a paradox, namely, that the movements of swimming have nothing at all to do with the main point of safety in the water, which is —remaining on the surface. To walk is necessary for locomotion on land, and so is swimming for locomotion in the water; but swimming could prevent nobody from going to the bottom if he wore not epecificalls lighter than water, that is, naturally capable of floating in a state of stillness. It is is for this reason that people even take some time in drowning themselves —that is, by overcoming their ignorant and terrified struggles the natural buoyancy which, if left to itself, would keep them on the surface. Without, this buoyancy they would go down at once ; as they would in spite of this buoyancy if they were loaded with stones, and no swimming could have the slightest effect. Corks of course keep people higher out of the water, but they are worse than superfluous, as they impede swimming, that is, motion through the water, which is the proper meaning of the word. It is on account of its buoyancy that a log of light wood floats, and not because it can swim. The log of wood floats because it is lighter than water, and floating does not need an exertion of the will ; but it cannot swim, because it has no will to exert. It displaces as much water as is exactly equal to itself in weight, but less than itself in bulk, and the difference of bulk remains above water.* So it is with our.. selves. Every man, woman, and child in Great Britain would be as safe from sinking as this log of wood, if they would think as little about it and remain equally quiet. Nay, the fattest and heaviest out of water would be the most buoyant in it. Any boy might float like the "buoy at the Nore," and the fattest alderman sing " I'd be a butterfly," poising himseif lightly on the waves. They have simply to keep their limbs well under water, for these, in proportion to their size, float them while in the water, and sink them when out of it. They may lay themselves on their back, as in a luxurious water-bed, and stare at the sky—' Supinos ad sidera tollite vultua'— only keeping the mouth shut. The mere nose above water would be qaite enough for breathing, and no gobemouche ci bouche Halite has any business there at all. The human body is lighter than water by about the proportion of tha head, and the head will therefore remain above water, if every other part be below it.t Any practised person knows the greatest difficulty is to dive or sink (that is, to strive against the natural buoyancy of the body), and not to float. Let anyone try to pick up a bright object from the bottom, in about five feet of water. ee him bottom tthat . t itThe is e s a t s r i o e n r g t o r e r s e i m s t al i ce a h t e t h m e e t e o t p s w t h i t a h n wt to will ll g c o o n t o vin t h c We may say with Moloch in Milton (but with reference to a much denser fluid), " Descent and fall to us are adverse— With what compulsive and laborious flight We stink thus low—Th' ascent is easy then I" The advantage of floating over swimming is, that it may be practised in a moderate-sized bath, or in any depth that is sufficient to prevent grounding by the stern. This chief point gained, the motions of swimming will come with the mere desire to move about, the limbs as usual obeying the impulse of the will. In learning to swim, instead of to float, we begin at the wrong end, and with the wrong notion that swimming (instead of our own natural buoyancy) floats us in the water. Taken in the right order, they both coma naturally—" Beier, mon ami, commencez par le commence-. ment." When any quadruped, as a horse or dog, gets out of depth, it finds itself at once lifted up, and floating with the head above water, and having no fears on that score, its desire to reach the nearest point prompts the natural motion of the four limbs. Man has not, like the quadruped, the ad vantage of finding himself in the water in his ordinary po sition; his uninstructed reason becemes a worse guide than the unerring instinct of the brute. Fear prompts him to raise his arms out of the water, and then they tend to sink him, while the necessary position of the beast's four limbs keeps them under. T hue the efforts of the timorous to save themselves are the very causes of their drowning. Tossing with the arms above water, screaming with the mouth wide open, they get out of breath, water supplies the place of air, and they are choked or stifled—that is, drowned. But the time that it takes to frustrate their natural buoyancy proves the very thing they ignorantly doubted, for if not lighter in themselves than water they would have suck like a stone. Nature has benevolently given us this buoyant principle of safety in common with the beasts, and we per versely mar it by our ignorant terrors, and by absurdly fancying (according to the vulgar error) that the action of swimming, which is only moving through the water, keeps us on the surface, and not our own natural buoyancy. J. F. D. * It is just the reverse with a body heavier than water ; this displaces as much water as is exactly equal to itself in bulk, but. not less than Itself in weight, and the difference of weight takes it to the bottom. A body of exactly the same specific gravity as water will remain at rest in any part of it, and fishes have the power of adjusting themselves to this condition. Their fins, like our limbs, serve only for locomotion, and have nothing to do with floating them. t A correspondent, who is as much at home in the water as the writer of this, says—" People are continually being drowned through their own unreasoning action, when their lives might have been saved had they merely remained quiet and kept their arms under water. I believe that women in general would float naturally if they lay flat upon the water with the face and cheek-bones (and nothing else) out of it." Women, having smaller bones and lighter tissues than men, are of course rather more buoyant. A few of the very thin nest men, with a large preponderance of bone, might find it less easy to float. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, WHITEHALL, JOLT 27. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Rev. William Conway, M.A., to the place and dignity of a Canon of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, with the Rectory of the parish church of St. Margaret's, Westmin ster, thereunto annexed and united, void by the death of Dr. William Cureton. WHITEHALL, JUIN 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend James Stewart to the church and parish of Peterhead, in the Presbytery of Deer and county of Aberdeen, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend James Mitchell to the church and parish of South Leith. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend Ewen Campbell to the church and parisa of knock, in the presbytery and Island of Lewis, vacant by the resigna. tion of the Rev. James McDonald. DOWNING STREET, JULY 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry, Shaw, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of St. Vincent. JULY 29. The Qaeen has been pleased to appoint Anthony Mus grave, Eeq. (now Lieut-Governor of the Island of St Vincent), to be Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of Newfoundland and its dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint George Berkeley, Eeq. (now Colonial Secretary for the colony of British Honduras), to be Lieut-Governor of the Island of St Vincent. ADMIRALTY, JULY 27. The following promotions of Engineer officers of the Royal Navy have been made :—Mr Thomas Frith Pyatt Shelley, Mr John Taylor (B), Mr George Purkis, Mr John Ertiugton Warner, to be First Class Assistant Engineers — and Mr Alfred James Tout. Mr James Nelson, Mr John Ferguson (B), Mr George Quick, Mr James Lurie, to be Acting First Class Assistant Engineers. ADMIRALTY, JULY 28. To be a Paymaster-in-Chief—John Nott, Esq. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 20. Notification of the Raising of the Danish Blockade of the Prussian Ports in the Baltic, and of all Por s and Har• hours on the Coasts of Sleswig and Holstein. It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen an official notification (published by the Danish Ministry of Marine), of the raising of the blockade of the Prussian ports in the Baltic, and also of all ports on the coasts of Sleswig and Holstein, from the 22d July inst. The following is a copy of the said official nobileation above referred to : The to t the concluded Ministry efsuspensionMemn b l ockade of the Prussian ports Colberg, Carlin:dn. lade, \v ol . arin e notifies o f herewithhostilities, and Sletrrig, will be raised f as also all ports of Holstein from gest, Greifswalde, Stralsund, Barth, Danzig, and Pillhu, the 20th inst., at noon. in that the laccording 0• LVILEN. Mthistry of Marine, Copenhagen, the 19th July, 1864. --......• upholsterer,merchaAlot, tChrutched-friars BANKRUPTS, sea, H an t s n baker, Bic • William Ita3r Birmingham L. Birch, pewterer , Birmingham Thomas • John Robert Wyatt, builder, Wandsworth-road Henry Lee, clerk, Chelsea Nathan Cropley, clerk, Ely W jam ill e ia s ra m ll oo o r b e e , Jane Hugoe, dressmaker, Upper Holloway Phillips, baker , e F r li C k h in el g t h en am ham Robertson, u John Robert Taylor,Phil William B. Tyzack, auctioneer, Norwich Charles Newcombe, builder, Bermondsey Wm. Bruce, linendraper, Heckinondwike Matthew H. Andrews, butcher, Worcester SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Edward Webb, batter, Aberdeen Alexander Laing, ironmonger, Forres James Macmillan, tea merchant, Inverness Course of Exchange,--This Day. —' Amsterdam Ditto 1 2 1 Rotterdam — 12 Of 1 Antwerp -• • 25 621 25 65 Brussels — 25 621 25 65 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 05 25 70 Frankfort on Maine.. -- 120 1201 Vi 11 85 11 90 Triesteenna -- 311 31 Peiersbnrgh .. Berlin .............. Madrid ...........• 43 4Si 25 721 Cadiz .............. 1:5 75 Leghorn .......... the Lea at 11, ;be o' ol IAL cbt no' ;47 1