The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Symptoms of increasing easiness are still per ceptible in the general discount market, although the demand is tolerably well maintained. Repay ments to the Bank of E n gla n d t o -d a y have exer cised some effect, but there is plenty of money, and bankers appear desi r o us o f e m pi o y i n g th e ir resources in the negotiation of commercial bills at the current rates, evidently in anticipation of lower quotations. A further sum of £86,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has been very little animation in the foreign and colonial produce markets. Sugar has been rather cheaper, while full prices are maintained for tea, coffee, and spices. Rice has been dull, while a heavy tone has prevailed in the tallow market, in consequence of a pressure of sales. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 425., and last three months' delivery 455. per cwt. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Accidental Death Insurance Company, the report, Which was adopted, stated that t he premiums re ceived from all sources during the year amounted to upwards of /65,776 against £47,878 in 1861. The claims during the year were £34,579, giving a total, since the commencement of the society, of £215,579. The office of managing-director has ceased, and his duties are now performed by the board in rotation. Two O'CLOCK. I '9' At the first half-yearly meeting,held to-day, of the North British Australasian Company, Mr. Samuel Ellis presiding, the report presented for the appro val of the shareholders stated that in consequence of the anxiety occasioned by the late unsatisfactory result of the colonial management, the directors had commissioned Mr. Eustace Anderson, the chairman, to undertake the task of visiting all the properties, with the view of making a thorough examination of the company's affairs, and a full report of his labours is promised at the next annual meeting. The return issued by the East India Railway Company shows that the traffic receipts fir the week ending the 26th April last, amounted to £14,117, on 604 miles open ; while in the corre sponding week of the previous year on 3591 miles the sum received was £8,605. On the North-West Provinces Division for the same period the receipts represented £6,522, and for the corresponding Week of 1862, £2,729 At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were heavy, at 68f. 50c. to 68f. 45c. A rise of * per cent. has occurred this morning in the English Funds, and the market is consequently very buoyant and animated. This improvement is attributable to a variety of favourable circumstances, such as reinvestment in console, the easiness of money, and the encouraging hopes regarding the coming harvest. Consols are 921 z for money, and 92f for the account. Foreign Securities are dull and rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 611 ; do. Consolides, 508 f; Mexican, 374 4 ; Greek, 354 4 ; do. Coupons, 161, ; Portuguese, 481 ; Peruvian, 87 ; Spanish Passive, 33i ; do. Certificates, 124 8 ; Venezuela, 56 57; Egyptian, 104-1- ; and the Confederate Loan, f, dis. to par. In the Railway Share Market the operations have again been on a very limited scale, prices in one or two instances being ratner firmer. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Westarn have advanced 55., and North British 10$. ; while Caledonian have declined 55., and Great Northern A Stock 108. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Lines con tinues very inactive, and there is no change of im portance to record in values, For Bank and Miscellaneous Snares the in quiries were of the most limited description. Lon - don and County have improved to 44; 5 ; Char tered of British Columbia are firm at 11 to 11k; and Crystal Palace Stock at 38k ; London Financial shares are quoted 11 to 11 prem. ; International Financial ditto, 4j to 5k prem. ; General Credit ditto, 11 to 11 prem.; Hudson's Bay Company, ditto, par to 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Trading Company, ditto, 1 to 1i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237 9 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 31per Cent. Consols Annuities 92i I 921 1 / New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es . Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 211 India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent . s ... 108 1 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100/ I 1 Ditto ditto Ap r il, 1864 1001 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l.OOO Ditto under £l,OOO l9 pm Consols for Account, Aug. 6 92/ March Exchequer Bills, !£l,OOO 21 per Cent.. 3 1 pm Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 6 per Cent • • • Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lO4/ Ditto, Second Issue . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 351 1 Ditto Account — Ditto Coupons l6l 1 Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 791 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account — New Granada .. Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) .— Peruvian 4/ per Cent. . Ditto 1862 Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 4B/ / Ditto Account — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9l/ Ditto 4/ per Cent.,:lBso Ditto 1860 .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 5B/ Ditto 5 per:Cent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account... : 33t June Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 562 7 6i Dividends on th e a b ove paya bl e in Londou. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account C onsols, Mon ey TWO O'CLOCK. .. D itto August .......... 'verpool Cotton Market--This Day (REVTER'S TELEGRAM.) Sales about 4,000 b ales. Dull. No Impor Previousl y 237. According to a nirteliti,;%r (7 ----"w f " drawin re sn i t of the silk crop in Messrs. Arles-Dafour and Co., of Lyon s , aclose, i s f ound to exl i Europe, which is no w and Syria, a d ec id e d bit, with the exception o n l y e g f Z ) improvement in comparison witlTtiu ewohfether this iru tity as well as the yield of the meoon e:ast as regards quan- From the issue of next year's crop it will be ascertained. provement may be ascribed to the declin moderate, merely to the exceptionally fine weather, E verywhere in silk at ye per i od of enabling the throwsters to make contracts foernr and rv roa r f ted, rates about 10 per cent, below the correspondi n : w last year. Contracts for thrown silk have bee n the stock of old silk being still rather heavy, Wren; being disposed to operate with the greatest calla so long as the American trade shall remain without reco very. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. —lt appears that the directors of this company have been informed by their financial agent in Canada that the loss on through traffic collected and converted, as certained up to 27th June last amounted to 249,938 dols. (£51,357), and that there remained a further sum of Ame rican funds for conversion at that date of 8,819 dole. In addition to which there were balances in account with con necting railways still unajdusted. Share SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO6 S. raid.l Closing Business I Price. done. Railway. .14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. ,5 Blythe and Tyne. 10 llost,Sleat,andhlid.Co at Bristol and Exeter 3t Caledonian i 0 Cork and Bandon :0 Cornwall A gets no di 10 Do. B 10 Do A 1 fill6p c.p an. ht• been paid to B. i 0 Dublin & Belfast June 15 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June it Edinburgh & Glasgow. 1 3t Glasg. and S. Western. 1 3t Great Eastern, Ord. stk I it Ditto A stock it Ditto East Anglian st 1 ad GreatNorthof Scotland at Great Northern it Do A stock at Do B do it Gt. S. and W. of Ireland it Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stock ' at Lane.ashlte & Yorkshire it London and Blackwali at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & So'ith Western at Sian., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do f shares l 0 Metropolitan at Midland 4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase I St Do Leeds st Do York at Do Carlisle at North London 1 0 Do New .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool at Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 Do New, 180 at Taff Vale. ... •••• 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall at VV. Hartlepool Har.&R st West Midland Oxford at Do Newport at Do Hereford 8 si 81 8 85 87 114 1181 15i 119} 6 66 40 41 15 16 95 96 leg 11 1 52i 531 49 6! 241 15 127 i 1281 129 130 134 136 101 1 03 67 67 113 k 114 76 77 118 120 44 46 1021 103 105 106 45 46 121 14 128 k :28i 1 4 lad 97 99 51 66 24i 25 103 103, 1 39 41 1 104 108 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shari Railways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 3tlantic &St Lawrence all 61 63 itk j Rom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc pa 107 1(8 1074 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . ...... 20 Do. E. Shares. 74 114 p ‘Ol Buffalo and Laae Huron all 51 64 10 Do. Preference .... . all 7i 8 100 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godria ( 6p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1(472 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1.89 100 st Cleutta.m S. Eastu. (I,i ) 100 106 107 st Cape Town ,Sz Dock Scull 100 1084 1091 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1084 1C94 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. fon 1064 1071 1 0 6; 74 64 20 Do. do. G Ext lO • 14 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tub 20 21 100 Do. Ist ['rel. Bonds all 73 75 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 57 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...— all 60 63 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 35 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto:k all 28 30 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 24 stook Gt.lncliaPenln.gua.sp.c 100 1074 103/ 20 Do. New gua. sp. 12 1 2 P 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 14. stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1061 1071 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 114 114 20 4 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 44 p stock Madras• guar., sp. e. 100 106 107 1061 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 100 1004 stock Dc. 44 do ........ 100 a 99 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Nlelb.Corp. np. o. Bncl, 100 50 slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 54 100 Do. 7 p.c. 51ortg. Bds. all 30 vewßr unswick x Candy Class A and B all 3 6 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist t bds 100 84 86 stock Scinde -. • • (100 1081 1091 1081 Do. Delhi. • 4,s 1 00 1( 6 107 st ( Do. do ' ‘ ,9 126 fp 20 Do. Punjaub 15 14 Lc} at Do. Do. ........ , 100 106 107 took Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1.100 103 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J &J ul; 1877-S1 . Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 106 118 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 tO5 11 , 7 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 95; 96; 96} ; Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 , Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,187 F 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189( 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 ;Ceylon, N0v.178, 6p c 100 tl3 115 (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 105 107 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont. 100 109 111 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 1051 1061 Do. 6p. (LAN& OeL 100 - IN. S. V. G ov. 5 p 0.,18r( 100 100 101 I Do. sp. c.,187i to ltll 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 101; 102 i !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - iNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 1051 106 i Queensland Gev. 6p. e lOO t 112 - S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up l OO 110 112 -.I Vlc.Gov. 6 p.C.Ja.&JuI) 100 107 109 Do. in 6 ma. An.&Oot. 100 1115 112 111; ; BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / Id uhliord Amalgamated 25 27 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 540 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 75 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sa. id /I) East Caradon .... 2.14. e. 28 29 201 East Cara Brea... 3.4.0 81 St 8 -- E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.1.6 2t Gam.&St. Aubyn(Gwen.) 573 S 11 Great South Tolgus 175 41 4} 3. Wheal Vor (Relston , 40 6/ 7f IGrenville 6.16 F 51 6,1 Herod's-Foot 8.12 41 13 2 Hingston Downs 4.17.0 2} 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (Gay Lelar t 9k 35 87 ark e Valley.. 4 llyndy Iron Oro (LimV V 11 4 d New Setun l9l 110 120 North Downs 2i 2 26 N.V4 h'l Basset ( 1110 ;au 2. 17. t 3 31 gorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 11 4 5 20 Vrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, If 1415 425 8. Carty Brea (Illogan) 3.15.6 2} 21 F..W heal Fran. (Mogan 18.1-.9 75 80 Stray Park ramar Silv.dt Lead Min. 41 fin Crott v 21/ 221 , West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13 W C . radon (Liskeard) 5 23 25 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) I/ 67/ 721 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 50 tO Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (M en ) 8 12 14 Wheal Seton 5Bl 215 225 Wheal Treiawney (Lie.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 3. 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 21 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 107 ! London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 1001 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, si I • Great Luxembourg ' 14 Paris and Orleans, 401 FO REIGN MINES. Yudananautana of S. AustrqUa (lim.), 301 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 110 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 111 11 English, Soo! oh, and Australian Chartered, 231 London and Comity, 441 5 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 35 Union of England and France (11m.), 9.1 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 38k' Ditto, pref.. 113 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. £B7O issued 90, 581 71 Joint •stock Discount, 5; London Financial Association, lien., 61 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about it per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 0 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10 the I,er cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 156 to 157 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 43 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE FIRE IN LANGUAM PLACE.—Mr. Maurice's• premises have fortunately only been slightly injured by the late lamentable conflagration. ME ARC DE TRIOMPHE has for some time lighted 11 P the Avenue de l'lmperatrice by the means of two enor. , moue electric lights that are placed cn the summit. ENGLISH AND FRENCH POSTAGE.—A redaction to one-half the charge made on letters to and from E ngland is likely to be the first result from the deliberations of the Poat office conference now sitting at Paris. 130 29j 67f} 114 i 444 Iv 3 21 55i 5 103} 8% 90/ S 9 60 90 90! 118 120 1 I 11 16i 114 122 124 46 17 99 101 60 52 32 83 92 424 69 71 100 102 74 8 38 39 10 11 v 8 8} 153 166 51 51- 3 34 ), 78 82 156 160 27 29 46 47 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) THE COUNTESS DE LA SETTA. V. LORD VERNON. This cause, which has attracted so much public interest, came before his honour this morning for hearing, on ad journed motion that the Countess de la Setta should have access to her children, the appointment of guardians, and that the trustees should be restrained from appropriating any part of the sum of £l,OOO secured to the Countess and her children, as set out in the deed. At the conclusion of the arguments, His Honour delivered his decision, which was to the effect that the children, or infants, were to be made defen dants in the suit, and that the truster under the deed were to be the guardians of the children. With respect to the increase of the sum of £4OO, now payable to the Countess, to £7OO, his honour made no order, but said, if a want of funds should arise, application could be made to him at chambers. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. --- s ---- OLD COURT. (Before Chief Baron Pollock.) CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. Thomas Lidbetter was indicted for the wilful murder of Martha Lidbetter, his wife, and also of his son Daniel. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, The prisoner was a cabinet bar-fitter, residing in the Borough-road, and for some time had given way to intem perance in consequence of several contracts which he had taken turning out a pecuniary loss. The unfortunate man had no ground of quarrel with his wife, and after he had inflicted the wounds on them which produced death, delibe rately went to a medical man residing in the neighbourhood with whom he was acquainted, and intormed him of what he had done. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity, NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. Mary Ann Payne, 21, married, was indicted for the wilful murder of her son, Charles Albert, aged two years and three months. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It will be recollected that the prisoner resided with her husband at No. 8, Alsop•.terrace, Marylebone, and that on the Bth of June, about half-past eight, a great excitement was occasioned in the neighbour hood in consequence of the prisoner jumping out' of the second floor window. On being picked up she was conveyed within the house, and a surgeon sent for. It was afterwards discovered that the infant child of the prisoner died from wounds which had been inflicted on its throat. When the surgeon arrived he found the prisoner in a state of insensibility, and when she partially recovered she told him she had met with the accident he was attending her for, from falling from a door-step. She had no recollection of having jumped out of window, and when she was told of the death of her child she appeared perfectly bewildered. Mr. Sleigh, for the defence, appealed to the jury to acquit the unfortunate woman at the bar on the ground of tem porary insanity. She had suffered very much previous to the birth of her child, and as she was then pregnant, he in sisted that the morbid state of mind, consequent upon that circumstance rendered her an irresponsible person. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE INDECENT ASSAULTS ON WOMEN. James Smith, alias Arthur Robert Willoughby Wade, 35. a gentlemanly -looking man, described as a soldier, pleaded guilty to several indictments charging him with indecently assaulting a number of pregnant women. The circumstances connected with these charges will be in the recollection of the public. The Recorder said the prisoner had pleaded guilty to five indictments of misdemeanour. Upon the first count he should sentence him to twelve months' imprisonment, and on the second to six months—the latter sentence to com mence at the expiration of the first. Wm. James Martin, shipwright, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with stealing a gold chain, the pro perty of Wm. Robertson. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Thomas Redwood pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing him with stealing a number of miscellaneous articles, the property of Samuel Johnson. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. Wm. Smith pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a watch, the property of Philip Dods well. _ _ He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO UGH-STREE r. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A DISCHARGED SERVANT,— John Davis, now a cabman, but formerly in the employ of Mr. George Himes, laceman, of Sydney-alley, Leicester square, was charged with stealing a piece of linen, the pro perty of his employer; and he was further charged, on suspicion, of stealing a parcel of lace, &c., of the value of £46, the property of Mr. Humes. Mr. Himes said that on Tuesday last he went out of town, and on his return he missed from his shop a parcel of lace, of the value of £46—the parcel containing trimmings, flounces, &c., sent to him on approbation. He called in Sergeant Joy, and placed the matter in his hands, and afterwards learned that the prisoner, who had formerly been in his employ as a porter, had been seen watching about his premises. He had not traced any of the pro perty, but s girl in his employ gave him the duplicate re lating to a piece of linen, which duplicate she had bought of the prisoner. The piece of linen had been taken from his shop while the prisoner was in his employ, and was his property. Sarah Gibb, a young woman in the service of Mr. Himes, deposed to buying the duplicate relating to the linen of the prisoner, and said that she saw the prisoner near Mr. Himes's on Wednesday last. Mr, limes said he had been to the pawnbrokers and seen the linen, and it had his private marks on it. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, proved apprehending the prisoner out side Mr. Himes's shop, the prisoner at the time being en gaged in watching the shop. On telling him the charge he made no reply, and on showing him the duplicate he ad mitted selling it to the female servant in Mr. Himes's em ploy. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES. ALL FOR LOVE.—Eugene Metcalf, a pale-faced and me lancholy looking young man, aged 20, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with attempting to commit suicide. A police constable named George Crouch, No. 330 K, stated that the prisoner, who was a young man of good character and ability, was porter at a respectable house in the city, and had become attached to a young woman with whom he had quarrelled, and the little affair preyed on his mind. On Saturday night, at a late hour he was found near Messrs. Garford's oil mills, Limehouse-hill, labouring under the effects of poison, and apparently in a dying He was was called to the prisoner, who was foaming at the mouth, in great agony, and his eyes were inflamed. A doctor was sent for who administered a powerful emetic, which dislodged some of the poison from his stomach. The prisoner was then taken to his dwelling at No. 29, Phobe-street, Limehouse, and was still in a very low state, and suffering from the effects of the poison he had taken. Mr. Woolrych—What poison did he swallow? Witness—Oxalic acid. The prisoner said he bought it at No. 23 Ludgate-hill on his way home on Saturday night, and that he had been in the practice of buying oxalic acid there to clean leather. The prisoner also said that, having quarrelled with his sweetheart, he determined to end his life. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very much upset by what had occurred between him and his " young woman," and that caused him to act as he had done. Mr. Woolrych—Why this is an act of madness. You have acted very foolishly indeed. You ought to have ex hibited more firmness than attempt to commit such a wicked act as suicide, You will be confined for a week, under the care of the excellent chaplain of the House of Detention at Clerkenwell. ANOTHER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE LONDON DOCK. --A young woman named Emily Grant, who has been leading a wretched life, and was for some time servant to some of the Ratcliff-highway prostitutes, was brought be fore Mr. Woolrych, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction in the waters of the London Dock. A police-constable, named Brown, No, 61 H, said that the prisoner deliberately threw herself from the Old Gravel lane Bridge into the London Dock basin last night, at a quarter before 10 o'clock, and went down. A dock watch man put off in a boat with grapnels and a long staff and boat-hook, and brought her out of the water. She said she was in great distress, and did nut know what to do. The woman was very ill. Mr. Woolrych said this was very shocking. He lectured the prisoner on the folly and wickedness of her conduct in a very forcible manner, and then remanded her to prison for a week. SUICIDE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—Last evening, about 7 o'clock, one of the housemaids attached to the castle at Windsor, committed suicide by throwing her self out of a top story window on to the parapet beneath, a distance of about 70 feet. When the body was taken up, it presented a fearfully mutilated appearance, and life was wholly extinct. It appears that the deceased had for some time past been under the medical advice of Dr. Brown, who had enjoined that she should not be left alone, but she made some excuse to her attendant for quitting the room, and immediately proceeded to commit an act of self-destruc tion. A coroner's inquest will be held upon the body, but being within the Royal precincts, it will be before the special coroner. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF COMMONS.—This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Edinburgh Water Bill was read a third time. FORTIFICATIONS (PROVISIONS FOR EXPENSES,) Mr. MASSEY brought up the report of the resolutions, making provigon for the expenses and payments to the • Bank of England, already agreed to. The house then went into committee, and a clause to this effect was embodied in the bill. • The house resumed. UNION RELIEF AID ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. CHILDERS rose to move, " That, in the opinion of this house, it is desirable that any monies raised under this bill, by way of loan on the security of the rates in the dis tressed manufacturing districts, should be applicable to assist emigration to such colonies as may bo will ing to co-operate in carrying it out." H; for one had not much faith in the employment of the distressed artisans on public works, believing that the greater proportion of the money would go into the pockets of the contractors and in the purchase of materials ; but as the general opinion of Lancashire was in favour of the plan, he had felt it his duty to give it his support. Supposing the war in America to shortly cease, it would take at least four or five years before the cotton trade of Lancashire could be restored to its former condition. For many years the influx of people into the cotton districts bad been at thereto of 35,000 a year, and he attributed the great increase of crime last year to the inability of these people to obtain a living, and thus they became a component part of the dangerous classes. The emigration from this country and Ireland from 1852 to 1858 was far larger than in the four or five preceding years. In the years 1860-1-2 there had been a great falling off, so that in prosperous years the emigration had been much greater than in those of an opposite character. In the present year, however, there had been a great augmentation of emigration. Acts of Par liament were in existence to enable parishes to assist the irremovable poor and orphan children to emigrate by a charge on the rates not to exceed one-half of the average rates of the three previous years; but the adoption of such a plan in order to relieve the distress in the cotton districts would be but as a drop in the bucket. But by the adoption of his motion, as an addition to the bill, parishes would be materially aided in promoting emi gration, and they would find that the colonies would readily co-operate in so good a work. Many of their southern colonies had ceased to a great extent to be pastoral, and now presented a multitude of these mining and manufacturing occupations which went so far to make up the wealth of nations. Hence there was an ample field in our colonies for the profitable employment of the distressed artisans in the cotton districts. It was absurd to say that the English mill hands could not stand the climates of our colonies in the southern hemisphere, because they were particularly adapted, on account of the genial warmth that prevailed, the absence of snow, east winds, and fogs, to renovate the impaired health of these artisans. Though numbers of emi grants had gone during the last year or two to Australia the labour market had not been disturbed nor wages re duced. He contended that the "assisted" emigration he proposed would be a great boon to the distressed cotton hands, who, he was satisfied, were most desirous of emi grating. In the course of a year or two a sum of from £200,000 to £300,000 would be available, out of colonial funds, for the promotion of emigration, provided the emi grants themselves contributed a little stun. He appealed to the house to accede to his motion, and thus mitigate the prevalent distress. Mr, MARSH seconded the motion. He spoke from great experience when he said that our colonies would be glad to receive a great accession of emigrants. The colo nies did not want particular specialities in emigrants. If they had good 2 common sense and kwere f willing to work they would be sure to succeed. For instance, in the old days of transportation, it was found that London pick-pockets made the best shep herds. (Laughter.) He quoted statistics to show that wages in Queensland were high, and food exceedingly cheap. It was, too, a capital place for women, because there wero no shops. (Laughter.) Mr. NE WDIGATE supported .the bill, because an ex ceptional resource was needed in the present extremity, and he was satisfied that this was the best one that could at the present juncture be devised for the relief of the distressed cotton-workers. The emigration, under proper guidance and protection, of women was exceedingly desirable, in order to correct the present glaring disproportion of the sexes in this country. Colonel W. PATTEN denied that the Lancashire com mittee were hostile to the emigration of the distressed cot ton hands. They had no right to expend money placed in their hands for the relief of distress to a foreign object not indicated by the donors. (Hear, hear.) The committee were taking steps to guard against the distress that might be apprehended in the winter, and he hoped the house would believe that the committee wo uld do their best to meet all the rational requirements of the distressed opera tives. (Hear, hear.) his mbe Mr. FE RRA.ND considered that th e hon. me onmber cause (Mr. Childers) would not succeed in carrying the manufacturers had leagued themselves with the Go vernment to keep them in the vicinity of the mills, in case their services should be required. It appeared that £460,000 out of the £1,000,000 subscribed had alone been devoted to the operatives, making, with the £200,000 lately raised under this bill, only 30s. per head on the 400,000 to 500,000 needing aid. There were actually 30,000 able-bodied men out of employment in Lancashire, and he advised the local committee to direct their attention to var ying them into the districts where he knew for a fact there was at that mo ment a paucity of haymakers. Mr. BAGWELL adverted to th e lam entable distress among agriculturists in various parts of Ireland, especially, in the west, and said the way the two classes of her Ma jesty's subjects—those in Ireland and in Lancashire —were treated presented a remarkable contrast. Nothing was done for the former, but if the Government did not afford these poor people succour, he warned them th at the people would rail in their loyalty. Mr. HIBBERT contended that the prese nt state of the Law afforded every facility to parishes to aid in the emigra tion of distressed inht bitsnts willing to leave their native land. After a foor wards from Mr. ADDEELEY, Mr. VILLIERS adviseet the hon. member (Mr. Childers, (LEFT SPEAKING•) TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Op enel Receipts. e ....--•-•"---- 1863. 1852. £ £ , 2,237 2,296 Belfast and N. Counties,., 136 1 3 6 . 698 652 Belfast and County Down 49 7,';', 2,022 1 , 621 Blyth and Tyne 28 4-1,1. 6,668 6,97 7 Bristol and Exeter 1214 ----* 17,414 16,055 Caledonian Cockermouth &Workington B4 ''''2 432 361 Cork and Bandon . . Cork, Blackrock, & Passage i n 516 390 Cork and Y0ugha1.......... „ 3a 2 7 ,, 1, 522 1,307 Cornwall 5 34 .'.7 390 8 61 Deeside l7 ~•,,' 1,188 1,254 Dublin & Belfast Junction ... • 63 r, 1,783 1 , 765 Dublin and Drogheda 75 "`' 176 Dublin and Meath ... . .... . - 1,641 Dub. &Wicklow and Wexld . 181 481 1,204 119 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l . 3 1 7,878 Edinburgh and Glasgow 30'z - Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c V s') 8,831 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.U n i on Great Northern 330 330 27,085 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,865 ot. Northn. & Wes tn. (Iron) 7li 661 n 5 0 91 ., Stt.Southn. & Westn.arind.) 3541 329 °,',)' Great Western 10564 1004 4 61,3 85 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 8 64 73 4 1,431 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,772 Irish South-Eastern 25 261 1 - Lancashire & Yorkshire 395 3i 2 1 37,22 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26 2 276 Llanelly 46 4 721 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 54 1 2,138 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 72 72t 5 , 411 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 _ 1.085 Lond. Tilbury, & Southend 1 Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 94 gi 1, 3 9 2 Maryport and Carlisle 28 28 1,434 Metro p olitan 34 - 2091 75 40,870 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 64 ls 61 42,, Midland GtWestn. of Irind 2591 1924 5,393 5,241 8 Monkland 74 714 1,481 1,663 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 2,311 2,352 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Can 8944 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton... 5O RhymneY l9l St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 394 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 55 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 254 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.Hartlepool Harbr. &Rail W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1854 Buffalo and Lake Huron 1614 Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 Dutch Rhenish lOB4 Eastern of France ....... East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 495 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, SaragOSSit&Alicant 439 Northern of Canada ...... •• • • 94 Northern of France 6 ,6 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 774 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B Railways. 1863. 1862. 1,224 1,134 7,074 2,353 7,902 31,543 29,979 2,004 480 8,4:i5 e 5.542 33,822 663 105,761 2,016 32,709 23,431 5,510 1,918 14,105 1,116 1,290 3741 13,385 11,870 8784 43,975 41,931 9 3,454 3,402 252 8,488 7,751 42 1,077 908 19i 902 833 52 2,221 1,915 56 3,968 3,468 1321 5,145 4,629 394 447 304 754 3,943 3,898 306 24,772 25,870 183 65 5,534 5,459 51 i 1,826 1,820 10 176 197 25i 2,004 1,'31 31 322 345 77 1,324 1,369 27i 973 878 48 4,253 3,451 7 632 430 12 857 630 35 853 675 62 1,561 1,236 828 30,519 33,644 26i 319 314 132 k 3,148 863 185 161* 1,914 1,395 - - 1 , 5 48 1 • 4,883 4, 312 1060 50,654 48,0 46 633 i 18,58 i 10,979 1690 -- 4371 8,690 7,372 134 4,740 4,619 79 592 453 345 - 435 18, 275 15,980 94 2 537 2,057 978 44 755 713 315 182 1354 40 llO ,0 117, 047 1204 58,314 55,714 747 574 03 - 69 6 68 1,336 1,166 SPORT: :GENCE, TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENIN G. LIVERPOOL CUP. 9to 2 agst The Knave (taken) 9to 2 agst Oakapple (taken) 6to 1 agst Joey Jones (taken) Bto 1 agst Erin go Bragh (taken) Bto 1 agst Victor (taken) Bto 1 agst Fantail (taken) 100 to 7 agst Flytrap (taken) 100 to 8 agst Barchettina (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Bellman (offered) 10 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 100 to 8 agst Knutsford (offered) LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, JULY 13. The Sefton Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for all ages. Winners extra. Half a mile. 20 subs. Lord Stamford's Cerintha, 3 yrs, Gst 81b ....(J. Loates) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Don't Come Late , 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Morris) 2 Betting-5 to lon Cerintha, who waited upon the non favourite to the centre of the Stand, when she went up _ _ and won, hands down, by a length and a half. The Sefton Stakes of 50 sous each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 10113, and fillies Bst 61b. Winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 5 subs. Lord Stamford's Barchettina, Bst 61b .. (A. Edwards) w.o, A. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds and up. wards ; weight for age ; winners extra, with maiden allowances. The winner to be sold for 100 soy& Half a mile. 8 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Confidence, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (J Goater) 1 Mr, Hodgman's Virginia, 2 yrs, Est 51b (Morrie) 2 Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (A. Edwards) 3 Betting—Even on Confidence, and 5 to 2 agst Antipodes, and 3 to 1 agst Virginia. Virginia with a slight lead made play in the centre of the course with the favourite on her whip hand, and Antipodes next the rails, the latter running any way but straight. At the distance Confidence joined the young one, the pair run ning locked together to within a few strides of the chair ; when the former obtained her advantage and won by a head; a bad third. The Bentinck Testimonial,`a handicap stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 soya (in specie) added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The second saved his stake. One mile. 18 subs. Mr. Gorden's Johnny Armstrong, 4 yrs J Doyle) 1 Mr. T. Hunt s Misfortune, 4 yrs (Thomas) 2 Mr. Bell's Flo wer Safety, 3 yrs (J. Grimshaw) 3 Gemma was scratched at 3 20 p.m. Betting-9 to 4on Johnny Armstrong, and 4to l agst Misfortune. They bolted from the post, the favourite with the lead, Misfortune going on second, with Flower Safety at her girths, to the Bridge turn, rounding which Doyle set his horse going, and was never after caught, and won in a canter by a length. Flower Safety was beaten off upwards of a dozen lengths. The Tyro Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya each, 2 ft to the fund, with 50 sovs added, for 2-yr-olds. The winner to pay 10 soya to the fund. Half a mile. 20 subs. Mr. Hodgman's Virginia, 7st 81b (T. French) 1 Mr. Saxon's Lady Mary, 7st 41b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Goodlass's Guicowar filly, 7st 101 b (Whiteley) 3 Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, 7st 81b Mr. W. Owen's Glasgow, 7st (Oystead) 6 Mr. J. George's Flash filly, Bst .. Mr. Barber's Macbeth, 7st 71b (G. Noble) 7 Betting-2 to 1 agst the Sabra colt, 3to 1 agst Lady Mary, 7 to 2 agst Virginia, 100 to 15 agst any other. Virginia cut out the work, having Lady Mary, Glasgow, and the Sabra colt as her immediate attendants to the dis.. tance, where Mr. Saxon's filly took a slight lead, which she retained to the stand, where Virginia got to her. The pair finished a punishing race home, te he latr winning te n n the post by a head; there was a lengh and a half betwee the second and third ; the others, who were beaten off, passed the chair as placed. A Selling Race of 5 soya each, with 30 sovs added, for all ages; 2-yr-olds Bst, 3- yr - olds 9st 10Ib, 4 yrs and upwards lOst 61b, fillies and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 7.00 sovs in the usual way. If entered to be sold for £5O allowed 71b, £2O 141 b. Half a mile. Seven subs. Mr. H. Owen's Boeotian, 2 yrs, 7st (£2O) (W. Oystead) 1 Mr. J. H. Cuff's Gaiety, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (£5O) (Lancaster) 2 Mr. Fowler's Gun Trick, 5 yrs, 9st (£5O) .... (J. Osborne) 3 Betting-4 to lon Boeotian, who, with, the best of the start, made running to the enclosure, where he was caught by Gaity, the pair running together to within a short dis tance of home, where Gaiety swerved considerably towards the favourite, who won at last by a short head, a couple of l eng ths separatisg the second and third. The winner was bought in for 22 guineas. The Great Lancashire Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 sovs added; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; un tried stallions or mares which never bred a winner al lowed 31b ; both, 51b. The winner of the New Stakes at Ascot, July Stakes at Newmarket, or of any other 2-yr old stakes of 500 sovs clear, 51b, or of any two of such stakes 101 b extra. Horses having started three times without being placed allowed 51b. The second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs towards the expenses of the course. T.Y.C. 36 subs. Mr. J. Saxon's Lady Mary (51b), Bst 21b (J . Grimshaw) 1 Mr. I. Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. Fobert's Syren, Bst 71b (J. Doyle) 3 Mr. T. Stevens's Fisherman's Daughter (31b), Bst 41b (A. EdWards) 4 Mr. Merone's Cardinal (31b), Bst 21b (T. Merone) 5 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Little Saxon (31b), Bst 71b (Challoner) 6 Betting-5 to 4on Fisherman's Daughter, 7to 2 agst Syren, and 7 to 1 agst any other. In consequence of the extreme fractiousness of Lady Mary, who resolutely refused to join her horses, the start was delayed some time. When the flag was lowered the favourite next the rails was first off, and came on for 200 yards, when she was headed by Lady Mary, who was shortly afterwards followed by Syren and Lord Adolphus, the latter obtaining the second place opposite the Stand, but was never enabled to reach Mr. Saxon's filly, who won cleverly by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Fisherman's Daughter was an indifferent fourth. RACING FIXTU Jui fRES FOR 1863. 'LT. Hungerford l6 I Southampton. 22 Pontefract 16 Cambridge Stamford ..16 Knuteford 23 Winchester 2l I Hartlepool Nottingham 21 1 Goodwood 22 AUGUST. Bright= Brighton Club 6 Plymouth 20 Lewes Wolverhampton 11 1 St o ckton Reading l3 Oxford Wenlock SEP TI Devon and Exeter 1 Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn 3 Warwick .. Leicester lO Doncaster 15 OCT, Coventry . 6 Bedford Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. 0. 12 Nov] Worcester 3 I IRI AUG' Heath.... Wicklow ll OCT, SE P TE' tIBER. Word sley ZI Brecon .. '2 1 Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket let Oct. 29 Edinbtggh, Lc. Club 30 IBER. Lincoln Autumn 20 Kelso 21 Gloucester 22 Newmarket Houghton 26 MEER. 1 Shrewsbury Autumn....l6 SH. MST. ...,_. Londonderry . .., ....14 BEE. Curragh Carlow . 9 Listowel 2l Curragh Limerick ....22 Jenkintown Park 23 20 WRIGHT'S RACING RECORD.— The summer edition has just made its appearance. It contains a com plete return of the races that have taken place this year up to, and inclusive of, the Ipswich meeting, besides an index to all the horses that have run in Great Britain, Ireland, end France, as well as the nominations for all the principal races yet to be decided. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 14.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON , TneSclay Morning. Arrived—Hammonia (steamer), from Hamburg; Georges, from Cherbourg; Rangoon (steamer), from London ; Havre (steamer), from Havre. Sailed— Gertha, for Elsinore. . BY M AGNETIC TELE GRA d PH. GVESEND, Tues d ay from Omeg Morning. Arrived, July 13— Ba ttie, from Dantsic ; a, RA Manilla;;lßruno, from Pitea. Sailed—William Nicole, f or lier nosan d; Helvellyn, for New Zealand. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Renow n, from London, for Calcutta; city of Calcutta, from London, for Glasgow; Vision, from Londo, for Port Phii Levant, from Sunderland, for Mauritius - Eden, from Shields, for Pahneria ; Crawford, from 1 Indies, for London. West The Channel fleet left under sail this morning f or yar. mouth. ----:---------..... 11.—Cotton.--The cotton ma r k e t the week, without any change GLASGOW , quiet during has been in the qUOtatiOnS of last week. Goods and Yarns.—The market has been firm, without any change in prices. Ir on .— There has been great activity in the pig-iron market this week, and on the strength of speculative purchases an advance of nearly 2s. per ton has been established. To. day a fair busi• ness was transacted in warrants at about 555. cash, and for ward delivery in proportion. The close was quiet, sailers prevailing G. M. 13., Nos. 1-3, 545., 635. 6d. ; Gartsherrie, Nos. 1-3, 595., 545. 6d, ; No. 1, Coltness, 595. ; Calder, 55 e , ; Glengarnock, 545, 6d, ; Eglinton, 545. Banquet to and Grant, Last evening the members of the East India United Service Club entertained Captains Speke and Grant, the discoverers of the source of the Nile, at a sumptuous banquet—the first public dinner given by the club —at Willis's Roome. About 160 gentlemen were present, including General Jacob, C.B. (chairman), Colonels North and French (vice chairmen), Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein; Lord Stanley, Sir J. Lawrence, Sir R. I. Murchi son, Sir L. Peel, Sir G. Everest, Sir J. Currie, Sir G Back, Sir James Hogg, Sir C. Nicholson, Sir R. Vivian, &c. The usual loyal toasts having been given, The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the even ing, " The healths of their fellow members and brother officers, Captains Speke and Grant," whom he characterisei as the two modern heroes of the Nile. He adverted to the fact that from the time of Herodotus the source of that river had been a subject of curiosity, and quoted from Lucan to show that the ancients regarded it as the Indians regard the springs of the Ganges, as a kind of divine Mys tery. He said that 30 years ago, in reading a work on Egypt, he had bsen struck with the wording of an ancient inscription which it contained—" I am he that was, that am, and that shall be, and no mortal can lift the veil that surrounds me." That was popularly attributed by the Egyp tians to the Divine hand, but it might not in appropriately be applied to describe their ideas of the origin of their sacred stream. That origin, however, had now been discovered by their friends Captains Speke and Grant, and he heartily congra tulated them on their great achievement. (Loud cheers.) There were some objectors who asked, " Cui bono ?" in the same spirit as the Scotch ma , - thematician, who, when invited to a perusal of Milton, quietly inquired what it would prove ? (Laughter.) To these objectors he could only reply that anyone who unravelled a leaf of the book of nature, and who, as " the priest and interpreter of nature," expounded one passage in her open scroll, was a benefactor to mankind. (Hear, hear.) If they exulted in the researches of a Taschandorf, who succeeded in finding an original manuscript of the fourth century in a convent upon Sinai, how much more pride should they feel in the labours of their friends, the results of which had an import ance that nono could estimate ? When Newton brought a ray of light into a dark chamber, and separated it into its component elements —when Galvani experimented upon a poor frog, and made its limbs quiver by means of an agent to them un known, their experiments might have been re garded at the time as trivial, but what immeasur able power had they not put into the•hands of man And so with their guests It was impossible now to foresee what consequences to science might arise from their discovery. Who knew what new fields it opened to us, in language, in ethnology, and in geographical inquiry ? (Hear.) It might be the means of introducing us to a new country of gorillas, and possibly might even supply Professor Huxley with his "missing link." (Laughter.) They did not even fully understand the dis covery, much less were they able to estimate its value, and they must wait for the book Captain Speke had promised them to gain further information upon the subject. (Hear.) CtTtain SPERE, in acknowledging the compli ment, paid a graceful tribute to the hospitality of his entertainers, and dwelt upon his attachment to the service of which both he and they were mem bers. He then stated that after being ten years in India, he took furlough, and instead of coming direct home, spent some time in Africa, which had since become the land of his adoption. They were all aware of what he had done there. (Hear, hear.) It was not every expedition of the kind that was successful, and on his first journey he was speared and kicked out of the country. (Laughter.) That was at the time of the war in the Crimea, and as that was too great an inducement for him to with stand, be proceeded thither. On returning to Eng land, the Geographical Society, then in full force, wished a large tract in Africa to be explored, a piece of land which was described by certain church missionaries to be as large as the Caspian Sea. At the suggestion of Sir George Back, an expedition was accordingly organised, in which he (Captain Speke) took part, and laid down what they saw in the map before them—the southern end of the Vic toria Nyanza lake. He believed from the first that the Nyanza was the source of the Nile, as he had sur veyed in Thibet, and saw such a strikingresemblance between some of the lakes there and that to which he referred as led him at once to the conclusion. When he returned he had no sooner shown his maps to Sir Roderick Murchison than he said to him, " Speke, we must send you there again." (Cheers.) Captain Grant, an old fellow-sportsman in India, volunteered to take a part in the expedition, and a more honour able, upright, and honest man he never met with. (Hear, hear.) He had told them all the tale, and now returned his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done him in making him one of their guests on that occasion. Captain GRANT also briefly returned thanks. The " Home Government of India," proposed by Colonel North, and acknowledged by Mr. Mills, vice-president of the council, and " The Visitors," concluded the list of toasts. - V THE LABEDOYERE COLLECTION has been bought for the Imperial Library for 80,000 f., containing all the newspapers, pamphlets, caricatures, and bills that were pasted on the walls during the whole of the Revolution; altogether tha most extraordinary colleetion of the kind ever gathered together. BRITISH FISHERIES.—The annual report of the Fishery Commissioners show that the herring fish- ing off the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man was very productive in 1862-830,934 barrels were cured, an in crease of above 162,000 barrels over the previous year — and 494,910 barrels were exported, an increase of 101,99 6 barrels. The quantity branded increased by 81,365 bar rels, showing the increased reliance of the Continent upon the brand. The Continent is the only important foreign market; the large trade to the West Indies before eman cipation has shrunk into nothing. Last year for the first time several boats fished off W ick for her: rings in the winter. They were found with roll± and roe, with the appearance of becoming full flaberm three or four weeks. The experiment will probablyale)raiT.. peated and extended. The opinion is now very ge r. The entertained that the herring spans twice in theyea fishing. cod and ling fishery of 1862 was about anwas Several vessels went to Rockall, but the appear to have been very successtul ; severet ad v entu re e rag eweather does experienced there, and it was thought that that too many at• this caused several tempted the enterprise at once, and3l4th4 boats, manned by to come away disappointed; 43,50 S fishermen and boys an increase of 183 boats were l s dl2,;nployed in the herring and cod and ling fisheries in and 757 men; and th e estimated value of the boats, nets, It is estimated that these fisheries and lines was L 811,355. b 3,000 other person also gave employment to Lao . 8. A Turin letter contains thefollowing : -- ' 44 A. the importance has solemnity of which es just taken place at Turin, under not been sufficiently remarked is the institution of the national rile shootingfete which. —is the patronage of Prince Humbert. TV,' • awakening of the military spirit is c alculated to a ttract attention, T he nation feels ins tinctively that it will be great and powerful only a s f a r as it sh all be armed, and able to de f en d • itself. Na tional rifle -shooting societies exist more or less in all free countriesinEurope, but scarcely anywhere 0 . In Switzerland is it esse n t ial t i y i a monarc hical and conservative institution. b ea rs a very marked political e pa rt of the population t a k e part ino i o t u . r , I a n n I d ta o l y n l , y e nathceercteanin trary, it is governmental and conservative ; and everywhere the upper classes apply themselves to the exercise. Prince Humbert was invited, by a deputation of the Swiss marks men, to be present at de-Fonds, A s the the Fed era l r ifl e f es ti va l at Chaux acceptation involved an official journey abroad, the question had to be submitted to the Ministers, e , who decided in the negative The Ministry considered on tto allow the hereditary Prince t o t ravel abroad or the of his majority, on the oc cas i on of a fete possessing so marked a character as the Swiss national rifle raeeting, would be inopportune. Had Prince Amadeus been the person invited, the Go vernment would have made no objection; but much greater reserve is necessary with respect to the pre sumptive heir to the throne. Besides, Prince Humbert is to go to Naples during the month, which is the principal reason alleged for declin ing the invitation to the federal fete. The camps for mili tary instruction have commenced in Italy. They have been formed in Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia, and Tuscany. This is the first time, since the war of 1859 and 1860, that Italian troops have been assembled in training camps That fact is the best proof of the re-establishment of tranquillity, and of the complete absence of disquietude in the interior. Although the provinces are deprived of troops, order and calm prevail everywhere," CRYSTAL PALACE, ONE SHILLING DAY, MON DAY, July 13.—Admissions on payment, 7,731 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,099; total visitors, 8,830. swimina N . SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. LIVERPOOL RACES.-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL CUP. The Knave - Eleven rail. WELTER CUP. True Heart Cutler MERSEY ST ARE S. Persuasion .... Pretty Girl filly Practitioner Four ran. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 13. At the W ex f or d A ss i zes on S a t ur d a y Joseph Kelly w as conv i cted of the murder of Mi c h ae l Fitzhenry, a national schoolmaster. Ttx Solicitor- General went down specially to conduct the case. There was not hi ngo freligio us animosity, or party spirit, or agrar i an combination father h a d a small farm r connected with the crime. It app eare d from h evidence that the pri soner'stthaebei estate of Lord Carew, the rent o whichf he of h was on was arranged,with the consent eto pay. It .landlord, parthat the farm should be tra ns f erre d to Fitzhenry,e of the consideration being th a t t h e support the prisoner's father, a man aboaauter7Oshould of age, or pay him £6 a year. The prisonera the rs after wards repenting of this bargain wished to take old man with him to Am eri ca , whither he was pro ceeding with his wife, and offered to accept £6 from Fitzhenry as a commutation of his life interest. The schoolmaster would not consent to this, and the prisoner expressed his feelings about it iu bitter terms to several of his neighbours, but nothing came to the knowledge of the deceased to create suspicion, for the parties were together in the town of New Ross on the 16th of Nay, and were drink ing together in several places, both there and on the way home. The prisoner managed to keep himself sober, but the deceased became intoxicated, and was described by one of the witnesses as "staggering drunk." The prisoner's wife and another person were in their company on the way home ; but they were ultimately seen proceeding together after midnight, the deceased leaning for support on his companion, and occasionally falling from the effects of drink. The schoolmaster was found next day lying dead in a ditch by the roadside, his skull frac tured over the temple and beaten in behind, and a wound over the thigh as if made by forcing a blunt instrument into the body. It was proved that pri eoner had purchased two bars, one of red and one of horsehoe iron, that day in Ross, and that he car ried them home. The wounds were such as the heavier bar of iron would have inflicted, and it was found on the prisoner's premises. The trial com menced on Friday, the jury were locked up during the night, and on Saturday it was concluded. The prisoner was ably defended by Mr. Hemphill, Q.C.; Serjeant Armstrong replied on the part of the Crown ; the Judge, Baron Hughes, briefly charged the jury, who, after 15 minutes' consultation brought in a verdict of guilty. The Judge, in passing sen tence of death, stated that the jury would have been guilty of a violation of their oath if they had come to any other conclusion than the one at which they had arrived. The prisoner declared he was inno cent, and the Judge said it was useless to address any observations to him while in that state of mind. The following scene then ensued : The prisoner (who appeared quite unmoved by the dread ful position in which he stood) said—l would have gone 100 miles with Fitzhenry and seen no harm done to him. When am I to be hanged ? The Judge—On the 11th of August. Prisoner—Where am I to be buried P The Judge—Within the precincts of the gaol. Prisoner—ls it next Monday I'm to be hanged ? The Judge—No, OR the 11th of next month. The prisoner was then removed, but was subsequently ordered back into court, it having been ascertained that the 11th of August was Tuesday and not Monday. His lord ship then sentenced the prisoner to be executed on Tues day, the 11th of August. Notwithstanding the unsettled condition of the United States, there is little if any diminution in the number of emigrants from this country. Hun dreds of the peasantry depart every week by the Cunard, Inman, and other steamships calling at Cork harbour. On Thursday two steamers, the Georgia and the City of London, sailed from that port for America, taking out 500 emigrants ; 350 shipped on board the City of London and 150 on the Georgia. A Strange Scene in the Paisley Police Court. (Front:the Caledonian Mercury.) A SERGEANT OF MILITIA SENT TO PRISON FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.—On Thursday at the Burgh Police Court, Paisley, before Bailie Caldwell, Sergeant Thomas Henderson, and John Cook, Alfred Henderson, Nicholas Fynn, and George Gardiner, drummers in the Renfrewshire Militia, were charged with having on Tuesday last com mitted a breach of the peace within the house of A. being e x _ Thomson, VI illiamsburgh. After the examination of several witnesses, who deponed as to the b reac h of the peace being committed, fighting Sergeant M.Lean was called, who, on 1 amined by the Fiscal, the following strange scene awaresaw tahly—tghyotillgl. . took place : By the Fiscal —Did you see any fi .... d A i : fighting? r i e lo y t ou sayl I\Wiaigtnisetsrs II are in a Witness—Perfectly, sir. Court Fiscal.—Did you see any Witness —I heard a noise, sir. magistrate —That is no answer to I s hall put it in su ch a manner the question. t o say aye or no to it. Did as you will require fi g hting in Thom s " , , you see any person public hours of one ic•house on Tu e sday, b e t w een the __. _ and six o'clock ? ....,.... Witness—l heard a noise, but I paid no attention to it. Magistrate—Do you know the meaning of the word fighting ? Witness —Please to tell me the meaning first. Magistrate —I am not here to answer questions. Answer me the question. Witness—l ask you that question ; answer me. Assessor—You are put into that box as a witness, and you are bound to answer any pertinent ques tions, and I consider the above is one, and if you re fuse you are liable to be sent to prison. Witness—Striking of hands is fighting. Assessor—l suppose that you mean that fighting is when one person strikes another ! Witness—That will do now. Assessor—Do you understand English Witness—Perfectly. The Assessor again repeated f the the ci e ue vc s ' t i i t o n n ess whichsaw the magistrate prev iousl y any fighting, to which he ret p u u r t ne l d the sameanswer. the ques tion, A se ,sor said he would a g ain The Assessor p at his (witness's) peril to refuse Witness andt to answer(n answer it . we e r to the question)—Do you want me to tell a falsehood? I cannot answer the question. Magistrate—Then you will go to prison. Assessor—l recommend that he be sent to prison. The magistrate then sent him to prison for ten days for refusing to answer the question. Mr. Thomas Campbell, writer, agent for one of the accused, proposed to cross-ex mine Sergeant M'Lean, but to this the magistrate objected, on account of his being committed to prison. The ma gistrate was supported in this decision by the as sessor; and after the commitment had been written out by the clerk the gallant sergeant was marched off to prison, not a muscle of his face betraying either surprise or indignation at his being sent to durance vile in such a summary manner. After the examination of two other witnesses, Sergeant Cook and Drummer Gardiner were found not guilty, but the others were found guilty, and fined in five shillings, or five days' imprisonment. Arnaziah Goodwin has just died at Lyman, Mr, United States. He was 100 years old. 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