The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

M ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCE. As it is imagined in monetary circles that the measures adopted by the Bank directors will im part steadiness to the discount market, an inclina tion is evinced on the part of the joint-stock and private establishments to secure business at the new quotation. The mercantile community are, there fore, once more in a position to discount their bills in the open market on the same terms as those re quired at the Bank itself, and if the specie move ment should improve, as many appear to expect, facilities may be offered which will enable capi talists to find employment for their resources in the negotiation of commercial securities. At present business cannot be concluded under 4 per cent., but altogether the aspect of affairs is less unsettled than it was before the minimum was adjusted at that figure. Two alterations in the minimum rate of discount within a week had prepared the public for an un favourable Bank return, and the results are not more important than most persons had anticipated. The principal feature is a considerable addition to the amount of discount business transacted, and which, in fact, is the cause of the measures forced upon the Executive. The movements in the notes and gold, although adverse, are comparatively limited. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £20,683,110 Increase .• . 45,500 . Bullion .. 14,529,451 Decrease 00 00 gib .. 123,690 Rest .. 3,152,019 Increase .. .. • • 13,367 Public Deposits •• •• •• 7,610,278 Increase . .. 875,141 Other Deposits.. .. 13,983,654 Increase .. 256,098 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 585,205 Decrease 30,101 Government Securities .. ' . 11,151,395 No alteration. .. 20,236,420 .. 1,283,695 .. 7,661,395 82,920 Other Securities .. Increase .. .. Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. • • During the last day or two there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. On Wednesday business was suspended owing to the " Derby," and even yesterday the operations were on a very limited scale. Sugars have exhibited a slight decline, while good and fine descriptions of coffee have maintained previous rates. In tea, rice, fruit;, and spices there has been litte alteration. Tallow has been in fair demand at about previous quotations. A circular has been issued by the London and South African Bank announcing the issue of the 5,000 new shares of £2O each, resolved upon at the recent meeting of proprietors. The allotment is to be made in the proportion of one new share for every four shares now held at a premium of £2 each. The instalments are to be paid monthly, and will be completed on the 20th November next. Dulness is still the principal characteristic of the market for the English Funds, speculative as well as bonafide dealings being very much curtailed. Although a ffairs appear inactive quotations con tinue steady, Consols being 931 for money, and 928 I, less the dividend, for the account. Consi dering the recent alteration in the rate of discount, the unfavourable Bank return, and the tendency of the specie movement, the market has exhibited greater strength than might have been expected. Transactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 9111; in Bank Stock at 235; and in Exchequer Bills 4s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. are 1091 1101, and in the Enfaced 5 per Cents. at 1071. There is not much animation in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71j t; ditto Consolides, Mi ; Greek, 31/ 32; ditto Coupons, 14k 16; Spanish Passive, 341 35 ; ditto Certificates, 12i ; Portu guese, 49 ; Russian, 927 ; 2 ; Mexican, 35136; and and the Confederate Loan to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very limited, and in several instances prices have exhibited less buoyancy. Great Northern, North-Western, South-Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have declined about 55.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; South-Eastern, however, have improved about £l. For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been a moderate enquiry, at about previous quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally show a slight improvement. Chartered of India, Australia and China, have advanced to 29-1, London and Westminster to 79, and City Bank to 108. Italian Irrigation 6 per Cent. Bundy r..mained steady at 29. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 235 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3s a New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock _ _ _ Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent. Consols for Account, June 9 92} Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent — Ditto £SOO Ditto Small par FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account. Chili= 6 per Cent. Ditto 4} per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent loo} Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms — Ditto Account 3ll 21 Ditto Coupons l4l / Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Granada — Ditto Deferred lO P,ruvian 4/ per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 — Ditto Account BBl Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St — Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account ..... . 54e. Ditto New Deferred ****************** ' Ditto Account Ditto Passive ......................... 4 8- Ditto Account ....... .. 35 41 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 121 1 'Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 _ iliac) Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. 70/ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7ll i i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f..... 69f. 75c. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money i)itto Account 92i i xd The Emperor of Austria has commuted the punishment of Count Ferdinand Zichy to imprisonment for one month in the house of the Provost Marshal. (The original sentence was " hard labour for one year, and loss of nobility.") THE RIVAL SPARROWS.—In the interior of the Tyne Dock waggon shops the attention of one of the workmen was, about a week ago, attracted to the move ments of a pair of sparrows engaged in constructing a nest in a hollow where two girders meet for the support of the iron roof. For several days they laboured most assidu ously in preparing their abo de, when' by som A some sudden freak, the progress of the tiny fabric was suspended. few mornings afterwards tiv ears of the workmen s were and saluted by loud chirping and the fl u ttering of in from what t rans pi re d subsequently, i t was evident g that the female bird had severed the connubial bond, and en listed the affections of another, who now vigorously con tended with the rejected bird for possession of the nest. For several hours the conflict continued, until the usurper proved the strongest. The rejected bird shortly afterwards returned and hovered about the spot, apparently watching an opportunity for revenge. This speedily occurred, for in the course of a short time the newly-joined pair left for a brief period. In their absence the defeated sparrow approached the nest, and, placing his back beneath the feathery mass, raised it from its resting place and sent it to the ground. The surprise of the other birds, on their return, at beholding the demolition of their dwelling appeared to be great, and was amusing to observe. Notwithstanding this disaster, however, they commenced to build a second nest in the same place, the rejected mate Watching their proceedings with apparent interest. After wo days of incessant labour, they again left for a short time, and taking advantage of their absence, the disappointed bird again demolished their feathery residence. The birds, on their return, commenced to build their third nest, in which work they go WM engaged,—fi/oW4 Gazfete. SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share: Railways. I paid.! Closing Business Price. done. Wol., and Str. Val. ltlytlte and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andillitWo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8 8 9 83 85 1151 118 1151 6 ^l 61 10 Do .A 1- gets no di \ 10 Do. B 11 11 61) e ' P an ' 11" aid to 60 Dublin & e Belfast Jun B. c. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glaag. and S. Western. at GreatEaatern, Ord. atk at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at at GreatNorthof Scotland at Great Northern at Do A stock st Do B do at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland at Great Western .. —• • at Do Str Val gna. stock at Lancaahtte & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., sad Dover at Lon. & North Western et Lon. & Swath Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do i shares . 10 Metropolitan at Midland 5.4.0 Do New 40 42 13 14 91 93 107 109 52/ 63i 47 49 24} 251 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 104 671 (71 1104 111 784 794 118 120 41 42 1001 101; 1044 105! 44 45 111 1' 127 14 11d 96 Oti Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwtoh Do, G.N.E. purchas€ Do Lecds 51 514 24i 25i 101 102 58 684 88f 69} Do York _ Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo) ,Shropshire Union !South DeTon South Eastern 115 117 le le p 16 IN 111 )2e 118 120 454 154 98 100 SO 51 32 33 91} 92 E 8 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 fl 74 8 p 153 156 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, MG Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 5 Si 1. 3 1 St 12.1 'Ulster Do Do , Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and l'im Waterford Kilkenny !West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R ' West Midland -Oxford, Do Newport' Do Hereford' 53 2f 1251 1351 110/ i 1181 18 105 101 i 1 1 45 1 2i P slf 25* 102 a *1 891 9 BRITISH P Kai 1 ways Shari 100 am 1 204 10 100 1 stock a took stock 100 100 100 100 stook stook stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 stock ilock atlantic & St Lawrencf Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New ... Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Butralo,BrantAGodricl , 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1,18 Th Do. do. Juue 1, lb:9 Clcutta.& S. Eastn. (Li ) Cape Town & Dock Seri] Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canadf Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... 1)o. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. sic) k... Do. do. deferred...... Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. a... Do. Januiiry, 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. c. Do. 4t p. 0. Extension Dc. 4,4 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Nelb•Corp. 6 p. o. Both Melb. & Hobson's Bay Do. 7 p. a. Mortg. Bds Newßrunswick s Candu Class A. an 4 B N. Rl.C'da6 pc Ist t bds Scinde .......... Do. Delhi al Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. • .• •• Do. Indus.St Flo. J COLONIAL GOVERIN aII.GOV. 6 p.c.J a &Jul' 1877-81 Do. 0 p. c. Feb. & Aut.' Do. dp. c.3lar.& Sept Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock —CapeG.Hope, 8p I Do.Ap & Oct. 1881, Do. 1891 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.ll'7B, 8p c Maul itius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cont., ,N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1,14 ;t - Do. 5 p. c.,18,i to Lit - Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt. 'New Zealand 6 p cent. INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c S.Aus G6p.0.1678.& up - Vtc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to Bp.c. Ap.&Oct.. Paid all 100 (100 1 100 MEN 100 100 100 100 100 79 82 154 155 28 20 44 15 38 40 99 101 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 60 63 108} (09 1 p 5 i 6 i 71 108 109 1191 1091 110 112 1091 1091 11 lb 1 19 2 0 p 63 65 48 61 65 68 43 47 37 41 33 36 24 26 21 23 110 110 k 1 2 ; 1 1i 107 108 11! 12 9 8p 97 100 89 82 i 1 p 107 108 101 103 its 100 49 51 3 5 E 4 86 1095 107 Mb 107 6 IP l 1 0 7 ICB ip 10t 1(6 T SEC U RITIES. 106 1(7 lu3 1(6 103 106 96 97 95 97 111 113 112 114 112 114 115 117 113 115 109 111 109 111 1061 ill 1024. 1631 1061 97 61 13.14. 19.16.4 12.10 BRITISH MU Cambrian Con sol. Gold chtlord Amalgamated Devon G. Con, (Tavist ; , 1 East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea... E. W'i Russel (Tavistk.) IGamASLAubyn(Gwen.) HGreat South To)gus..., . Wheal Vor (Relston) 'Grenville j Herod's-Foot tiingston D0wn5...... Lady Bertha margaret (Uny Lett= t 11 arke Valley.. Illyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. Will Basset (1110 ;an North Wheal Crotty • , tar Consols (St. Blaney Providence (Uny Lel tat. South Caradon(St.Clcer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) heal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.tt Lead Min Tin Crott West Basset (Illov,an) 1 IV Caradon. (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) IV heal Kitty (U.Lelant) i WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ); Wheal Seton . . Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)! Wheal Union 22 24 515 525 974 10 id ip 3/4 8 334 8 S S 11 13 41 54 64 7 -1 54 6 47 19 24 3 31 33 7 4 8 1 i d 110 120 2 2,1 44 44 g 5 t 44 6 41 43 400 410 Si 31 1 85 90 35 37 '1 19 2 , ) 12 13 29 31 250 260 (5 70 50 55 5 54 154 164 250 260 16 17 44 5 l' 7 ' 3.17 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great northern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 111 Great. Western, Chester 8 per cent. pf. stock, 170 Midland 41 per cent. pf. stook rd., 1031 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct, £4 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 46 per cent., pt., 961 London and Blackwall, 4 per cent. stk., 101 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Hoiyhead, 96 Lowestoft, 6 per cent., 125 North Western, 17,i 17 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent, 201 Dutch Rhenish, 17k Great Luxembourg, 14} Namur and Lie e, gin. 6 per cent. pf., 21 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12i Recite and San Francisco (Rm.), gua. 7 per Cent., 171 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, a Dun Mount. Copper Min. - Co. litn., 1 Mont. Aureoß liraz. Gold Min. Co. (llm.), 21 United Mexican (Um.), 7 1 Vallanyasm. Gold, lim., Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lirn.), RANKS. alliance Bank of JOINT-STOCK London and Liverpool (UM.), 311 Australasia, 75 Bank of Queensland (um), 86 Bank of New Zealand (Um.), 111 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 286 91 0 Chartered tier, of Indi a, London, and China, 51i City, 18 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 176 186 Imperial Bank (lira.), 221 13 21 Imperial Ottoman, 20k Loudon London, Joint sB. Ayrestock, ;;6. andl It. Plate aim.), 221 London and south African, 27 London and Westminster, 71) Metrop. Bark. Bank (lim.), 116 Oriental Corporation, 55 Scinde, Puojaub, and Delhi MM.\ 28 6 Union of Ireland (lim.), 11 Union of London, 356 DOCKS. London, 61 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 8a Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1810 issued 90, 29 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., Ditto WO 31 TIIE LATE RIOT AT PRESTON.—Yesterday, at the Preston intermediate sessions, eight young men, named Michael M'Gough, Richard P)e, James Hoyle, William Harrison, Owen Clarke, John Harley, James Wil cock, and Jeremiah Cowen, were charged with unlawfully and riotously assembling at Preston, on the 22d of April, to disturb the public peace. Particulars of the disturbance in which they took part have already been given in our columns. All the prisoners were found guilty, and they were sen• tented as follows :—Pye, Hoyle, Harrison, Harley, and Clarke, six months' imprisonment each; 'Wilcock and M'Gough, 12 months' each ; and Cowen, three years' penal Servitude, 92i f 3 5i 100 100 100 100 100 'Business done 110 i 109 k / 1101 1.071 i 101 31 i 111} 10; 3.4.0 8.1.0 571 17s 6.16 4.12 4.;7.0 2.Q 6 94 4.3.0 2.4.9 1k 10.6.7 5.15.01 18.1.9 28.9. 17i 51 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58} THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OQUEBN'S BENCH. Their lordships were occupied the whole of this morning with hearing the arguments of tho Attorney-General in a case relative to the infringment of a certain design used in the ornamentation of woollen fabrics. The case did not possess the slightest general interest. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) POSTER V. FOSTER AND BERRIDGE, This cause was tried last term, and a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, the jury assessing the damages at £5,000. The petitioner was a major in the Indian army and applied to the court for dissolution of his marriage, and the present application was made on the part of the co re spondent to intervene on the ground that as both parties were domiciled in India the court had no jurisdiction. After hearing the arguments of counsel the application was re fused with costs. ARCHES COURT. (Before Dr. Luehington.) JONES (CLERK) V. JEFF (CLERK). This was a suit instituted by the Rev. Mr. Jones, the in cumbent of the parish of Llandebar,in Merionethshire against the Rev. Mr. Jeff, a clergyman of the Church of England, for preaching in an unconsecrated chapel or building after he had been warned that proceedings would be instituted against him before this court on letter of request from the Bishop of Bangor. The defendant admitted the allegations in the libel. Dr. Lushington, at some length, gave judgment, and said that the defendant had, in open defiance of plaintiff, preached in an unlicensed building after he had been warned that proceedings would be hatituted, and there fore he had challenged the present state of things. The act committed was against law and canonical obedience, and he should, therefore, admonish the defendant and condemn him in all the costs. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) SINGULAR CUSTOM AMONGST THE JEWS DURING PASS OVER.-BRAVO V. DUTTON. This was an action to recover for services rendered, plain tiff being a sailor, and defendant landlord of the Red Lion Bevis Marks. His Honour—Well, plaintiff, what is this all about ? Plaintiff—lt is a claim for serving out the rum and shrub during Passover. His Honour—For what f Plaintiff—Perhaps, I had better explain. You must know that the Jews are very particular during Passover week, and they will not drink any other liquor but rum and shrub. It is necessary that the publican should employ a person to attend specially to this duty, and I was chosen. I went down to the docks and tasted the rum, saw it cleared, and finally witnessed its being sealed up. His Honour—What was that for ? Plaintiff—So that it might not be tampered with. It is a very particular and old custom with the Jews to drink this, but it must be quite unadulterated, His Honour—Well, and what did you do besides all this ? Plaintiff—l served it out, so that there might not be any mistake. I charged altogether for these services £2 25., and I have received a portion of that sum. His Honour—Well, these are very peculiar services, and I suppose valuable in a particular point of view. Defendant is not here to dispute the matter, so you will have a verdict with costs. Verdict for plaintiff. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LATEST BETTING. THE OAFS. 4to 1 agst Borealis 6to 1 agst Lady Augusta 7to 1 agst Sea Nymph (taken in great force) 12 to 1 bar three (offered) Mr. Jordan and Mr, Boucicault. TO TIIE EDITOR OP TRE SUN. SIR,—In a l e tt er w hi ch appeare d i n Th e Su n o f th e 19th inst., Mr. Dion Boucicault attempts to explain away the sworn facts proved on the trial against Colonel Gibbon for false imprisonment. Will you grant me the favour and jus tice of an equal publicity to my reply ? Ido not desire to prejudice Mr. Boucicault by an ex parte statement of mine, but am willing that he shall be judged by his own explana tion of the shameless and heartless drama in which he played so unenviable a part. The cruel and ungenerous inuendoes he has thrown out in reference to conduct on my part, in order to relieve himself from the onus pertaining to his own acts, will be the subject of investigation elsewhere. My wife had never al peared on the stage during the five years of our marriage, and accepted the engagement under Mr. Boucicault's management at Drury-lane Theatre, in direct opposition to my expressed wishes. It had been my pride to maintain her from my own resources, and we had lived happily together until the time wnen, by her engage ment at the Drury-lane Theatre, she had been brought within the influence of Mr. Boucicault. The insinuation that we had previously lived unhappily, in consequence of my intimacy with another lady, is entirely untrue. Immediately after my wife's engagement I observed a marked neglect on her part towards our child, towards myself, and her duties as mistress of our home. Mr. Boucicault says Mrs. Jordan left her home in May, 1862, and, by my desire, he gave her an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre, when he opened it in June of the same year. I deny that Mrs. Jordan left her home until after her engagement with Mr. Boucicault, in June, when the theatre opened for the first time under his management. My constant practice, after my professional duties for the evening were ended, was to bring my wife home from Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Boucicault says Mrs. Jordan and myself were in the habit of riding with him to our home, I renArally preferring to sit on the box." I reply that he very rarely drove us home I never sat on the box except upon one occasion, when, being about to call a cab, Mr. Boucicault said there was plenty of room in his brougham, and offered to drop my wife and myself at our door. On that occasion my wife was accompanied by another lady connected with the theatre, the brougham was constructed to hold only three persons, and I, having just lighted a cigar, volunteered to ride outside. Mr. Boucicault never with my sanction or to my knowledge escorted my wife home, and the first time I heard of his having done so it gave rise to the trouble and misery which have ensued. In consequence of information obtained by me, I went about 12 o'clock on the night of the 3d Sept., 1862, to Pall-mall, and, while standing in front of the house, I saw Mr.Boucicault'a brougham drive up to the door, and my wife alight from it and enter the house. I saw Mr. Boucicault himself driven round to his chambers, in King street, and the brougham discharged, and in a few minutes afterwards Mr. B ouci • cault walked round to Mrs. Jordan's residence—he states, " with some books." My wife's statement was, that "he brought her some figs." We have it, therefore, from Mr. Boucicault, that he went to my wife's lodgings at 12 o'clock at midnight on 3d Sep tember last. My evidence on oath proved that he was ad mitted without knocking at the door by my wife—that she had been watching his coming from her window. "I had scarcely," he says, "entered the hall when I heard a knock at the door. Presuming it was some lodger in the house, and fearing my presence in the hall might cause some re mark, 1 withdrew to let them pa9e." Mr, Boucicault, therefore, by his statement, lest he should be discovered in the performance of an act of innocent civi- lity to my wife, "withdrew" h;mself to the third floor, up two flights of stairs above the apartments occupied by her, and into the bed-room of the only other lodger in the house, where, according to Col. Gibbon's evidence, he locked him self in, and from whence he did not emerge until I had been removed to the station-house ; that was my complaint against Col. Gibbon. Mr. Boucicault states that I manifested " neither anger nor excitement, and exhibited no violence whatever ;" that he " heard no disturbance ;" but he admits that he heard a remark by me that I only desired " to see Mr. Boucicault, that he might be identified." I leave the public to judge the truthfulness of Mr. Boucicault's expla nation by the evidence sworn to by Col. Gibbon. According to Mr. Boucicault's statement he did not hear or know any • thing of what was taking place, although all that transpired was within 12 inches of the door of his self-made prison. I have never seen nor had any communication of any kiLd with Mr. Boucicault since that night, except that four days after the occurrence I received a letter from him endeavouring to palliate his conduct. Mr. Boucicault says, "shortly after the occurrence (September 3, 1862) Mrs. Jordan left for America." Mrs. Jordan did leave his theatre, I believe, under the pretext of going to America, but she remained at an expensive hotel in London, without any engagement, until February, 1863—at whose expense may be inferred. Mr. .Boucicault says, in his explanation, " Mrs. Jordan returned to America, and I afforded her the means to do se." Mr. Boucicault undertakes also to say that "she (Mrs, Jordan) wrote to her husband to inform him where she was to be found." This I utterly deny. After leaving my house, my wife wrote to the nurse having the care of our child to send her (my wife's) trunks to 60, Pall-mall, but on no account was she to inform me where they were to be sent. Mr. Boucicault states he had no opportunity to defend himself in the ao,ion against Colonel Gibbon. He was, however, served with a subpoena to attend on the first notice of trial being given, and every exertion was used to have him subpoenaed for the day when the trial came on. The answer given to my solicitor, who endeavoured to subpoena him, was, that he had left town "for the benefit of his health." I was unable to obtain his attendance at the trial, as I desired. I regret to have been myself compelled to refer to the unhappy circumstances attending the separation with my wife, but I should not be satisfied to let any matters re lating to my conduct (or his) rest on Mr. Boucicault's explanations.—l am, Sir, yours, 80.9 GEO. O. JORDAN . Lyceum Theatre, May 21. .„ - --- THE NEWLY - ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF THE POLICE FOR THE ClTY.—Colonel James Fraser, the new Commissioner of Police for the City, has served in the army in various parts of the world, and passed through the several grades of the service as commissioned officer during 30 years of active duty. He was made ensign in 1831, lieutenant in 1834, captain in 1836, brevet major in 1846, major in 1849, lieutenant-colonel in 1851, and colonel in 1854, on full pay, with his regiment, and on the staff. Leaving active service in Jan. 1856, he was chosen, on the 14th of that month, and in the same year, as chief constable of the county of Berko, au appointment which ho at pre sent holds, Friday last a farmer named P a trick Lamb, wh o li ves in the THE KNIFE AGAI N .—W I CKLOW, M a y 18 . --on county of Wexford, had an altercation in the town of Carnew with Laurence Cummins, against whom ha has a decree, when the latter attacked him most furiously with a knife, inflicting five wounds on his arms and one on the breast, from the effect of which the doctor has pronounced his life to be in imminent danger. Cummins, who was immediately arrested, has been committed to Tinnahely Bridewell. THE PAST WINTER.—The registrars' returns, which have now been issued for Scotland as well as for England, show that the lowest temperatures recorded in the returns collected by the Registrar-General were, as far as England and Wales are concerned, 16'2 deg. at Lam peter, Cardiganshire, and in Scotland 9.9 deg. at Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire. Both were m November. The cold of that month fell with severity on and near the south coast, for though at Ventnor the therm ometer last wi n t er went but one degree below freezing point, it marked 23 deg. at Wor thing, 21 deg. at Bournemouth, and 19.8 at Hurstpierpoint. Further north many of the returns chow the cold not so Royston 24'2 deg., Dies 25.5 deg., great; the lowest temperature . in the whole winter at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was but 24.8 deg., at Barn staple 27 deg., Aldershot camp 23 8 deg., Leyton 24.1 deg., ,deßgOyaatlTarciservatory 14.1 deg., Down dNGerogar.nwtilleThahme2v72a4d.rie4agtdion in the . mean daily range of temperature Torquay at Ventnor 8.1 deg., may be seen from a few instances. In the first quarter of side College (near Bath) 12'1 deg., Grantham 9.9 deg., Derby 14 . 6 deg., Bedtord 16 3 deg,, Worthing t it h Aspley (Woburn), 7.1. At Scarborough it was about B'B deg., and at Bournemouth in w g a 8 10 15 . 11 1 t d 7 e . g s 16.2 deg., which, with the exception of Bedford, is the greatest range in all the 62 returns. Still greater were the variations in the amount of ozone. At Cockermouth the mean amount in the first quarter of 1863 was only 0.8, at Carlisle it was 4.6., and , at St. P aul ' s Parsonage, near Sil loth, 7'o. It was 4.3 at rorquay, 5.1 at Worthing, 6 6 at Bournemouth, 61 at Osborne. It was only 0.9 at the Royal Observatory and at Aldershot, and 0 6 a t Gl ocester, but 4 7 at Nottingham and 5.1 at Wisbeach. Several registrars, both in England and Scotland, note the p reva l ence o f small pox. A person died of it in Edinburgh, and his clothes were sent to Dunbar to be washed ; at this latter place vao cination had been greatly neglected, and the result was that smallpox was spread over the district. On the other hand, the registrar of Sandwich (Orkney) has reported that smallpox was introduced ther e i n the winter by a family of immigrants, but the infection did n o t sprea d ; the mi nister has for ; ,0 years vaccinated all the children, and in that period no native of Sandwich is known to have had smallpox either at home or abroad except (if it oan be called an exception) the child of a strang er which brought small pox into the world with it. Dr. Farr declares smallpox to exist now almost by suffer ance, and he suggests the holding of coroner sinquests in cases of death from small pox, in order to fix on the proper persons the blame of a criminal negligence as fatal in its consequenoes as the ordi nary offences of manslaughter, A NARROW ESCAPE. Having received intimation that a tiger had killed a bullock in a patch of jungle near Rajghat on the Jumna, three Nimrods, more valiant than discreet, started on foot a few mornings ago, de termined to carry out their plan at any risk. Hold ing in derision the usual mode of going on elephants, with a battery of guns within reach, they found their way to the forest on foot, each armed with a double-barreled rifle. Sportsmen in the Sewalict Hills are almost invariably followed by natives with spare guns, as in the case of the first missing there is generally time to take the second gun, and if not kill, at least turn the animal from you. Even this prosecution was neglected. The consequence was, that they stumbled on a tiger, which very soon managed to get the better of ons of them. Major Brownlow, of the Saharanpore Canals, received very severe injuries in various places, and is now under medical treatment. It seems that as they were walking a few paces apart from each other, Lieut. St. John, who was a little ahead, observed the tiger about a dozen yards off in the bushes. He fired his right barrel, then his left, one ball wounding the animal very desperately, it having entered his neck near the shoulder and passed into his body ; yet it was not sufficient to prevent his rushing to wards the sportsmen. As he approached within a few paces of Major Brownlow he fired, and then somewhat at random, for the ball whistled harm lessly by. In a second or two the tiger was upon him, and, striking him with his paw, at once laid him prostrate. Lieut. J— now advanced to his friend's rescue. He had discharged both barrels, and the only resource left him was to lay hold of the muzzle of the gun, and give the beast heavy knocks on the head with the butt—a feat which he performed in a manner that Milo, who, according to the historians of his time, could floor an ox with his clenched fist, might have envied. The blows were dealt with tremendous force, and had the desired effect of forcing the tiger to leave his intended victim and retreat, though at a very slow pace, into the adjoining thickets, where he was soon lost to view. Tbis was indeed, a providential escape, and though severely mauled the sportsman who came to grief will soon be able " to take the field" again, if he should be still inclined to risk life and limb in another adventure of this sort.—Times of India. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Both for rod and white qualities the demand ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices, compared with Monday. There was a full average supply of wheat on the stands. Sales progressed slowly in all descriptions; nevertheless, the quotations were steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate demand, on former terms. The supply of barley was very moderate, and the trade, on the whole, ruled steady, at full priees. In malt, about an average business was transacted, at pre vious quotations. The supply of oats was very large, and the trade was in a sluggish state for all descriptions, at a decline in prices, compared with Monday, of 6d per quarter. Beans and peas ruled firm, and prices were well supported. Most kinds of flour changed hands slowly, at previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...... 880 I 1 3030 I 100 I 1050 Irish— - - Foreign .... ..19,970 2,110 45,420 120 sks. 7,230 brio. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR HISTORY OF A THIEF—RECONNOITRING IN MAYFAIR —Thomas Coyle, a tall thin man, with one arm, and ames Goldsmith, both of whom lodge at low lodging houses in the neighbourhood of Tothill-street, Westminster, were charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Curzon street, Chesterfield-street, and Queen-street, Mayfair, and going down several areas, for the purpose of committing felonies. William Kelly, 63 C, said that yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, he saw the two prisoners loitering in the necghbourhood of Curzon-street. He watched th^m, and saw Coyle go down several areas, while Goldsmith waited for him at the top. Knowing that they had both been in custody for robberies, he took them into custody, when Coyle said that he had been to one of the houses, No. 4, Queen-street, to ask the housekeeper for a letter for the hospital, and on his taking the prisoner there the house keeper said that Coyle had asked for a letter. Goldsmith said that he only went with Coyle to assist him in getting the letter. At the station the prisoners were searched, but nothing was found on them, and, on making inquiries, he found they lived at a very low lodging•house in St. Ann's street, Westminster. Mr. Knox .sked if anything was known of the prisoners, when Sergeant Birch, 25 B, a most experienced officer, gave the following history of Coyle : _ Sergeant Birch said that two years ago Coyle was tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions, and was convicted and sen tenced to two years' imprisonment, for going to a house in Bolton-street, and while the servant had gone to ask her master a question for the prisoner, who had gone on a ficti tious errand, he stole a purse, containing a cheque on Messrs. Coutts' and Co.'s bank for £2O, and a number o' sovereigns and shillings belonging to the Rev. Mr. Smith, a clergyman from Dorsetshire. On the day Coyle was taken into custody on the above charge he had been to the house of the Hon.Xr. Walpole, Lowndes-street, Belgrave square, and stolen a gold chronometer of the value of 50 guineas, having asked the servant to get him a sheet of note paper that he might write a letter to the gentleman at the House. He had also stolen some property of value from the dining- room of the Misses Maitland, in Grosvenor-place. He also attempted a similar thing at Lady Somers', in Grosvenor place. At one house he visited he introduced himself to a lady of title, and shook hands with her, passing himself off as one cf the Russell family, but the lady found out the im petition, and instantly ordered him to leave the house. He alse called at Lord Howe's, Curzon House, Mayfair, but Lord Howe, seeing that he was an impostor, had him turned out of the house. Several other persons have been also visited by Coyle to their misfortune. Goldsmith has also been unfavourably known to the polio., it being his practice to call at houses with French polish, and, after leavir g, several things have been missed. He is also known as the associate of thieves. Mr. Knox committed them for three months each with hard labour. THAMES. MENDICANCY.—CharIes White, a poor deformed cripple, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with vagrancy. James Brady, a police constable, No. 42 K, said the prisoner was stationed close to the road, in front of the premises of Easum and Brown, ropemakers, in the Com mercial-road, yesterday afternoon, soliciting arms. He took him into custody. The prisoner was not at all offensive in his conduct. Mr. Wo ,lrych asked the prisoner why he was a beggar. The prisoner —What am I to do ? lam deformed in my limbs, and walk on crutches. Mr. Woolrych—You should go to the Union house, You are a cripple, and are entitled to relief from the poor. rate, The prisoner —It would be very bad to be imprisoned in a union workhouse all my life because I am deformed and a cripple. Mr. Woolrych—l am sorry for your affliction, my good man, but it is an offence against the laws to beg in the public streets. The prisoner —I cannot work. lam deprived of the use of my legs. I wish I could get my living by the sweat of my brow. Inspector Griffin—The district has been lately overrun with mendicants, many of them impostors and professionals. This man took the space vacated by the blind boy who was here yesterday. Mr. Woolrych—Where do you come from ? The prisoner —From Stroudwater, in Gloucestershire. I want to reach that place as soon as possible, In-pector Griffin—The prisoner had Is. 4d. upon him, and he is known to have spent money for food in the course of the day. Mr. Woolrych said the practice of indiscriminate alms giving in the streets was a very mischievous one indeed. It encouraged imposition. The blind boy brought before him yesterday maintained his mother by begging, and she paid a girl 15d. per week and her board to take care of him. The prisoner was an object of compassion, and ought to go to the Union -house. Ho should discharge the prisoner, but if he begged again he must commit him to the House of Correction. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Hornimates pure Tea; very choice at 38 4d. and 48. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 48 Sd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. THE HONOURABLE MRS. YELVERTON AND MRS. FORBES —lt was mentioned some time ago in our columns that an action had been brought by the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton against Mrs. Forbes, the lady who lives with Mrs. Yelverton's husband, claiming damages on the ground of the slanderous libel contained in the latter's letter to the London Examtner. Defences have been lodged in the Court of Session by Mrs. Forbes to the effect--first, that she is the lawful wife of Major Yelverton, and that as such her husband, if any person, is the party to be pro ceeded against ; and 2dly, that as she has no domicile or effects in Scotland, the Court of-Session has no jurisdiction in the case. The defences admit that the libellous letter in the .Examiner was written by Mrs. Forbes.— Caledonian Mercury. Dover and Calais are now within II hours of each other. The "James Penn " crosses the channel in that time. This due to late ng rapidity is due to improvements in the marine engine. Grey hair is restored to its natural colour, and tic doloreux and nervous headache scuucreeedss by innveeinrtuonr.deVr-gCounterfelte are Lam l e . offices, 32, s im m p a br ze m tic ent b s ru by sh t e h s e . g Batil.ool4ll - 3treCt, London, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is moderate. Prime beef and mutton command high rates; otherwise the trade is steady at full quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd nferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 ,liddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 ['rime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 mdsd Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. A fair average business continues to be transacted both in English and foreign hops, and previous quotations are well supported. The supply of the latter on offer is mode rately good. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . 7os to 126 s „ Bavariin Belgian American .. 70s to 86s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, and quotations generally are unaltered. SUGAR,—There has been a more active inquiry, but a slight downward movement has taken place in prices. In the refined market prices are also a shade lower, good com mon lump being quoted 47s 9d per cwt. COFFEE.—The dealings have not been very active. Good and fine qualities of both native and plantation Ceylon have generally sustained previous rates, while inferior descrip tions h ye, in some instances, been at reduced prices. RICE.—The market has been dull, and only a small quantity of East India has been disposed of, at about pre vious rates. T ALLOW.—Tbere has been a moderate inquiry for both present and forward delivery, and prices have remained firm. P.Y,C. on the spot is quoted 43s 3d, and last three months 46s 3d per cwt. SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, May 22.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, May 21. Wind N,E.—Sailed---Adelaide, for Portland and Gibraltar. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. The clipper ship William Duthie, Captain J. Duthie, which left London on Friday and Gravesend on Tuesday, with a full cargo and a large number of passengers for Sydney, was off this port at 4 a.m. All well. Under single reefed topsail, with a fair wind from E.N.E., blowing strong. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 21—Cumberland, from Datitsic ; London, from Norkoping; Salma, from G9ttenburg ; Frances, from Porto Rico; Portia, from Dantsic , Auckland, from Rot terdam ; Dolphin, frog► Grenada. Arrived, May 22—Oren, from Christiana; Carl, from Norkoping. Sailed—Early Bird, for St. Kitt's ; J. Rocerly, for St. Helena; Seine and Tamise. screw steamer, for Paris; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Chapman, from London for Bombay; Excel, *rom London for Algoa Bay. A great horror has been excited by the foul mur der of a National schoolmaster named Fitzhenry, near his own house within a few miles of New Ross, The deed is described by the Wexford papers as one of " brutal and fiendish atrocity," The victim was found on Sunday morning in a lane quite dead with his skull battered in and his brains scattered about, surrounded with blood. MUTILATED BODY OF A YOUTH IN THE REGENT'S CANAL.—An adjourned inquiry was concluded on Wednesday by Dr. Lankester, in the board-room of Mary leboneWorkhouse,relative to the discovery of the mutilated dead body of Charles Hewitson, aged 16. It appeared that the deceased was an errand boy to a tailor and clothier, in Newcastle-street, Edgware-road, and on last Saturday three weeks he left his place as usual, without any notice of his intended absence. He left home on the previous Monday morning, under his parents' impression that he was going to work, and at the time he had ls. 6d. in his pocket. He was not, however, again seen or heard of until his dead body on the following Saturday was turned up by a steam tug in the Regent's Canal, near the mouth of the Maids hill Tunnel, and from thence removed to the workhouse. The father there identified the body, and said his son was afraid of the water. Mr. W. F. Fuller, the resident sur geon, described the body as having several wounds upon it, with both arms fractured, and a sharp deep cut on the elbow, There was also a flint stene and some gravel in the mouth. He had no money upon him. Inquiries were then set on foot, when it was ascertained that deceased's aasoo ru d i dates were older than himself, that he was in the ha i t a ttending theatres two or three times a week, and further it was believed that he had forme d an impent connection with his master's female servant, who was then on the street. Several boys were examined, their testimony being to the effect that deceased had told them he was going to leave his plat e, and that he carried ajtottle of medicine secretly about with him. On tho Sunday before he was m issed he said to a boy " I shall not be long with Mr. Byford (his master), for I intend to put an end to my He was asked why, when he replied " Nothing particular." There being no further evidence, the Coroner pointed out to the jury that there were three points connected with the case , namely, that death was the result of ac c id ent, suicide, or by the act of some other person, but on neither of which they had any distinct evidence. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died from suffocation by drowning, but how he cam e u evidence to chow," m) the Water there was no Walk in the Streets of Canton. (FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) I have been spending a week at Canton. I went up by an American s'camer, one of their own peculiar kind, and cer tainly for c mfort and speed they beat ours. Canton is rather more than 80 miles from Hongkong. We ran up in six hours, leaving at 8 a.m. and breakfasting on board ; but for all the advantages you have to pay--Xl Ils. 6d. for 80 miles of steamboat travelling I On the way up there is nothing particular to see, the country lying low, with the White Cloud Mountains in the distance. The Europeans live on one side of the river, the city of Canton being on the other. The next day I crossed over to the city. The usual mode of conveyance here is in boats ; you are rowed out to dinner in large boats, which have a cabin like a small room. I went about the western suburb. The city itself is almost knocked down, thanks to our bombardment. It was very tiring work, not a single street, if that word can be used, being more than eight feet wide, most of them being about six feet ; and, as there are supposed to be three millions of people in the place, you can imagine the walking to be something like the Poultry at 4 p.m. In addition to this thronging, the streets are paved with granite stones like our curb stones, laid across, not along the paths, and these are very uneven, and, of course, with the least wet very slippery. Every minute you meet chairs carried along, and then you have to bolt into a shop or mako a pancake of yourself against the wall. You can easily imagine that all this, combined with tho scarlet and bright colours of the signboards, makes a walk in Canton rather fatiguing than otherwise. The city is, however, well worth seeing. It would be impossible to write down all the peculiarities of the place, but I will jot down one or two of the things which struck me most. In nearly every street you see something connected with gambling, and there are regular gambling houses where one monotonous game goes on all day. You know the Chinese "cash," with a hole in the centre Well, a man has a lot of this polished bright, and, taking a handful, he counts them off by fours, the spectators laying their stakes whether, when the last four are taken away, there will be one, two, three, or none left. This is the gambling game of China, and goes on all day long. At the street stalls you see small boys throwing dice, whe• ther they shall have one, two, or no cakes for their "cash." You see a wheel with a needle, like a compass, for the same purpose. Fortunetellers are frequent, some of them having a mechanical, others a live canary, that hops out and picks an envelope from a number of others, and that contains your fortune. Besides these outdoor attractions they have peepshows and toy stalls similar to those in London, selling quills to blow in wafer to imitate birds' notes, and such like small wares. The discipline of the place is, however, very good; at the end of nearly every street they have barricades that are closed at sunset, and to each district between these barriers a man is appointed who is responsible for any row that may take place, if he can't find the offenders. There are many curious things to be seen in the shops. In one I saw glass-blowing, small bottles and large cylinders more than seven feet high being made. In another, one of the baker's shops, a narrow building stretching back wards for about 10) yards, I counted 40 bullocks, about 12 at a time, engaged in turning the grindstones and grind ing the corn. I went into a confectioner's, and found everything laid out quite in Pursell's style, two or three rooms, each with cakes and sweetmeats of more or less value, according to the means of the customer. '1 here were also lists of prices hanging up against the walls. The pawn shcps are something wonderful. They are tall, square, brick-built towers, higher than any of the ne ghbouring shops, and quite fire-proof from outside. They are of dif ferent classes, some lending money for three months, some for eight months, and ethers for three years. I went over one, and the arrangement of the articles was very curious, every separate article being carefully done up in paper and labelled. I went over several temples, one containing 500 images of mandarins, each with a different expression of countenance. I also saw the ponds of carp and gold fish. I looked in at the exe.ution hall, and saw some of the police station cells, with the prisoners having the square blocks of wood round their necks, and others in fetters. 1 also saw the painting of the China vases, the process of dying silks, &c.—in fact, I completely " did " Canton, and it is well worth spending some time there. Suspected Death from Violence at Sandi, worth, An inquest was opened at the Oakfields Tavern, Booth-street, Handsworth, on Tuesday, before Mr. Hooper, coroner, on the body of a child nine years of age, named James Monk, the son of a gardener named George Monk, of Booth-street, Handsworth. The following evidence was given by the father of the deceased :—The deceased was nine years of age. He was in the enjoyment of good health until the latter end of March last, when he became very dull, and had no inclination to move about. On a Sunday morning in the middle of April I noticed that he had marks—more than six, of a dark colour and green—across his shoulders and the upper part of his back and left arm. I inquired the cause, but he seemed to be afraid to tell me. I then inquired of his brother John, who was also reluctant to tell me, but he afterwards said that Mr. Crockford, the master of St. James's School, Handsworth (which school the deceased attended, had beaten the deceased with a strap, and had knocked him down. De ceased still got duller, but 1 apprehended no danger till the 27th of April last, when his appetite left him, and he became sick. He had a fit, which lasted four hours and a half. I sent for Mr. Hopkins, surgeon, who attended, and ordered blisters to be applied to various parts of the body. The deceased was a little better on the following day, and was conscious on the two or three following days, but he seemed to be unwilling to leave his bed. On the Friday he was not so well, and at about twelve at night he commenced rolling his head about the pillow. On the next morning I brought Mr. Hop kins, who saw that the brain was affected, and ordered ice, which was regularly applied for a week. The deceased was not quite conscious at any time from the 2d of May till he died. Mr. Hopkins in quired whether my son had received any violence or had been hurt. John William then told me that he had seen Mr. Crockford knock the deceased down three times, but be could not remember the date. He said that Mr. Crockford struck the de ceased over and over again, and repeated each blow before the deceased could recover from the last. I told Mr. Hopkins this, and he said such violence might have caused the illness of the deceased. The deceased had everything Mr. Hopkins ordered him. He had a water bed. About three days before he died an ulcer appeared on his left shoulder—the shoulder upon which I had previously seen the dark and green marks. Mr. Hopkins said the system must be kept up by stimulants till the blood effused on the brain should be again absorbed into the system. About eight days before the deceased died an eruption broke out upon his body. I asked Mr. Hopkins what it was, and he said it was caused by sympathy between the brain and the stomach. The deceased died on Friday last, the 15th inst. I ap plied to Mr. Hopkins for a certificate of burial, but he said he could not give it, as there were rumours afloat upon the subject of the death of the deceased. He said he could certify that deceased died from effusion of blood on the brain, brought on by slow fever, but there were circumstarces connected with the case which required investigation. After I had pressed him to give me the certificate, he said, " there might have been fever of the brain." I then gave information to the police. I am of opinion that the schoolmaster's treatment had something to do with the death of the deceased. None of my family have been subject to fits. As so on as I heardand my son had been beaten I remove d m y c hildren e n district, went to Mr. Sheldon, the clergyman ofth had and told him of the treatment the deceasedCrockford on one occasion re ceived. I have since heard that l a a d o . w i tlh then hand, s and made his complained, and saiould not allow him to do beat deceased face a u n t d t h h e e a d h b e d I w nearly three years Since. 1 so again. That was " d a' eswveonrnyears d ofsa aidgeh,enhamadedheGeheoartgeseChaoro-i have heard that Crockford i ll -used other children. —A lad waso years. fe u cl leather he k r n ds e etc w re : p h . e d deceas e d , Who forrin g sevent on , his schoolfellow. About three weeks before Was illness the deceased was writing in his copybo o k h a is t school, when Mr. Crockford complained of his him many times \ about the head Mr. Crockford was and writing, hoc k a w nd it s n tr a a in ns a w g e r r ea h t im pa . ssion Mr. Crockford ase • on ß ce ec beateas e d d witnessno t about the head and neck, and his (witness's) mother complained of it, and showed Mr, C roc kf or d the marks left on witness's neck by th e b eat i ng. Mr. Crockf or d sa id he would not beat witn ess aga i n . Otherchi ldren had ebfehennvitnagkehneenawhaaydlyfrotvmeatthede school inconsequence by Mr. Crockford,—At this stage of the proceed ings the Coroner said the case had assumed a very grave and serious aspect, and he would therefore adjourn the inquiry until Friday, in order that a post mortem examination of the body might be made; that further evidence might be obtained, and that the schoolmaster might have an opportunity of attending.—Birmingham Daily Gazette. IMPERIAL PARLiAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BELPER presented a petition from Derby against the Prison Ministers Bill. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition. from Stockport praying for Government interference in the matters of Poland. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Earl of Fife's Estate, Gravesend and Milton Gag, Rotherham and Kimberworth Local Board of Health, Inverness an'l Perth Junction, and Perth and Dunkeld Railways, and Itchen Bridge Bills were read a second time. THIRD NGS. The Land ImprovementßEA CDlo mpany—lnverness and Perth Junction Railway—Mercantile Marine Service As sociation—Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egrernont Railway .—Bristol and Exeter Railway—Abergavenny Roade—and Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Bills were read a third time and passed. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The Duke of RUTLAND asked whether any determi nation had been como to relative to the purchase of the building at South Kensington ? Earl GRANVILLE said the site of the Exhibition be longed to the Commissioners of tho Exhibition of 1851, and the building was the property of the contractors. The Government had made a communication to the Commis sioners of 1851 relative to the terms upon which the site could be disposed of, and an answer had b:en returned to that communication, but no formal answer had been given tothele ha tte d r obfetehne arrived Co a missito,ntehrse. mAatstesorownnansladnyb,e thing definite submitted to Parliament. SAVINGS BANKS MONEYS BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of this bill. Lord REDESDALE thought the bill was a ve r y im portant one, as it related to the disposal of a large sum of money held in trust for saving banks, and he thought it desirable b postpone its further consideration for a short time. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his approval of the bill, and stated that he felt gratified at the spread of Post-office savings banks all over the country, more especially in Ire land, as the interest upon deposits did not fluctuate as did investments in the stocks. The bill was then read a second time. STOCK CERTIFICATES TO BEARER BILL. This bill passed through committee. CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill also passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned for the Whitsun holi. days. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Poonah, Captain Field, with the heavy por tion of the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings in all 176 passengers, among whom are Sir W. Codrington, Governor of Gibraltar, Chief Jus tice Adams of Hong Kong, Lady and Miss Coch rane, and Sir G. and Lady Whitlock and daughter. The Poonah brings on freight 1,820 packages Indian cargo, and 1,600 bales raw silk, value £.50,000 sterling. The Poonah left Gibraltar on the 16th inst. On the 17th, off St. Vincent, she spoke the Company's steamer Elton, with the outward mails of the 12th, and on the 20th inst. the bark Calypso, homeward bound from Jamaica. The French steamer Jerome, with his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon on board, arrived at A:exandra on the Bth inst. In the harbour were the Egyptian fleet, French frigate Perdrix, and Sardinian frigate Victor Emmanuel. The British ships Marlborough, Magicienne, Icarus, Trafalgar, and Revenge were in the harbour of Malta. Th American sailing corvette St. Louis,l9 guns, from Fayal laden with stores, arrived at Cadiz on the 11th; and the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Osprey, from Lisbon, also arrived at Cadiz on the same day. The Malta Times says that an exhibition of the productions of art and industry in Malta is to take place in the island next winter, and directors have been appointed to conduct the undertaking. Gentlemen of wealth and influence in Malta are invited to become guarantors of the expense at tending the Exhibition. The British brig Feronia, from Constantinople, laden with wheat, put into Cadiz on the 3d with toss of bulwarks. The British brigantine lanthe, from Cardiff, bound to Naples, was spoken off Cape Trafalgar on the Bth inst. The following British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar since last advises : steamer lonia, six days from Liverpool; schooner Ruby, 25 days from Cardiff; steamer Sydney llall, 61 days from Lon don ; brigantine Mary Grace, 9 days from Swansea; schooner Anne Elizabeth, 17 days from Swansea; brig Wellington, 10 ten days from Cardiff; schooner Elizabeth Anne, 10 days from Swansea; Chris- tins, five days from Liverpool ; steamer Saconia, 51 days from Liverpool; steamer Palestine, 6 days from Liverpool ; steamer Peninsula, 63- days from. London ; brigantine Clarissa, 14 days from Liver-. pool ; steamer Ceylon, 4 : 1, 1 - days from Southampton. GIBRALTAR, May 16.-90 days' date, Exchange on London, 507,- to 1; Paris, sf. 30c.; Mar seines, sf, 3c.; Genoa, sf. 33c ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, pm. ; Cadiz, s toe dis. ; Seville, 8 days' sight, .! dis. ; Malaga, par ; Barcelona, ! to pm. ; Aliveira, 3 dis. ; Valencia, pm. ; Alicant, ti dis. ; prem. on five francs pieces, to a P.C. P.M. Freight without change. Bank of England Return—Yesterday. - --t~ An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1863: TRADE DEPARTMENT. otes issued ......k28.341,C05, Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634.900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,644,501 Silver Bullion .... £28,344,505 £28,344,506 BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest t'ublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- DEPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead %% £11,151,3-5 Other Securities 20,238,420 Notes Gold and Silver 831,916 Coin counts) 7,610,278 Other Deposits 13,983,654 Seven Day and other Bills 585,205 £39,881,156 W. 09,884356 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. May 21, 1863. RELICS OF THE FORTY FlVE.—Cluny Macpher son, grandfather of the present chief, who acted a distinguished part in the first rebellion, was secreted among his own people for the long period of nine years, during which he had many hair-breadth escapes from the military, a party of whom were stationed at Ruthven Barracks, and the materials being were constantly on the look-out for him, a large reward being offered for his capture. Fora short period he occupied 1 _ ~...ce Mr. Mac a hole in the base of the wooded hill between the Truim and gamekeeper, in pursuit of a 'iv - 11 b i u d t io t t n -Place the Spey, and on the margin of the latter river, Which had g e m t s idten itself had beenbe droppeden fittedP purposely r I P :t u ß o w p i t Y h w e i t rh scooped ncon comparative n p o g a u r t a o t r i stream. v T h is , was compelled hastily to adandon it, fro m a - occupant whose known garrulity could not be trusted countryman, dentally stumbled upon it. A. short t' flan „, i ,' havi ng aeci n aa t d r fl u ha i ' t s one in el as adj°inin g 41 :• 3 1: 11c1"1 induced hbebriB t° which n o to f G lift leh when three swords were nnY's place o f - was them, and the brass bask discovered, the bl . C O Once,alment, These have et hilts of all, in acies of two of his chief, and form a appropriate) Y been tion of very not niaw presented by Glentruim to interest' in orthy addit' _lnverness Co • a highland relics icJn to the colleo urter •at Cluny Castle...- 1N Alt UPON C OPPER B „ , , (Iowa) correspondent" 4"TPlNB . — A K. " A.rr of the eokuk este here are Chicago Times wri te s the old eco . cocoPPen cent as ming qu i te fashionable for e the name of Or who a breastpin. A young Democrat werm b g ' Secet,h,' at the battlewent With his father to fight bad ) ; of Athens, an d t wo o f whose brother s an d one brother-in-law ar e i n th e U n i on army and, after his arrested by a Provo s t M ar ti a l, sn d discharge, s a i n inoffensive German gunsr.nith, by the nam e of Britene on coppe r f or those whon who had put pins and calledfasten ingss one r him and yt 4 p i.d aie., t h i ir , for it, WAS a l so arrested by the m ironed and impri sone d un til h e gave a a ssuranc r e o h o e s,, roui a d r n 4ot again make copper breastpins." This has di sgusted the lion. D. F. Miller, an old Whig member of C , Jngress from lowa, and a Republican Presidential Elector in 1856, who comes out and denounces the folly of the i'rovost Martial. He says :—" The artistic taste of the citizen may be ques tionable, who affixes one of those old 'coppers' on his shirt bosom ; but surely the portrait of 'Washington and the glo rious words 'Liberty' and the ' United States of America,' 1 which indicste the deep loyalty of the wearer, should pre serve him from Republican arrest and imprisonment." A. "government" that cannot stand a breastpin in lowa, is not much of a "government." A "government," indeed, that can be perilled by a copper breastpin is hardly Wor th preserving in a Republican country. But the raal, li ve bona ndsgovernment of the United States, that i s, the Old Constitution, can stand anything, everything- maven Bien and abolition. It is the "Administration" Faeces,- is f r ightened by butternuts and copp er east ton" Or. that Per brok lark Raper. by - - A5,---Aisti , SSE 1074 115 115 112 1111