The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

Upson , weller Inas, of d with ntity of Mrs. rthy, ,of o 11 c om ho .11 on, az id brokt ii stair s, top of t to tl to vorth,y, ;s Were he pro- ;ed o been ded for d been ;ry be- Le there 1 other due of out the Jn, the 1 July, wants, a lying house house, open, s, and p -d oor ref:Ling lu•und )a the Le 3d, tl4 ud- •st reet to 53, . On found open, w - n to cl on ar ther house m arks loot- at 62, rooms one as ;upied lotice, ice, a place, se the n the is the lg. I fcer I street NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Continued steadiness prevails in the general dis• count market notwithstanding the diminution in the demand for accommodation, and the lowest rate for first•class three months' bills is 34 per cent. • The Bank of England return for the week to Wednesday last, es was exp cted, exhibited an im portant diminution in the Other becurities and the Private Deposits, cons.quent upon the rephyment of the recent extensive advances to brokers and the public, The particulars are as follows : Active Circulation .. £21,539.015 Increase .. 158,1 5 Bullion .. 14;749,876 Decrease .. •• 75,093 Rest .. 41. *4. Ipo 04 3 , 277,029 Increase .. •• r• 32,754 Public Deposits .. .. 4 948.458 Decrease •• 645,376 Other Deposits.. .. •• •• 16,381,914 2,214,804 Decrease .. • • •• Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. • • • • Government Securities .. Other Securities .. Dec, ease .. • • .. Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. .. • • ▪ . 655 981 • • 1,617 11,046,888 • No alteration • 20,908,633 • 2,594,815 • 6,997,080 .. 236,040 At the halt yearly meeting of the Aliianee Bank of London and Liverpool, held to-day, a dividend of 10s. per share was declared. At the halt-yearly meeting of the sank of New South Wales, held at ;Sydney on 29th April last, a dividend was declared at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, and a bonus ot 21- per cent, on the paid up capital, making 20 per cent. per Lnnum. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank ot New Zealand was held at Auckland on 30th April last. The balance-sheet showed the net profi , s to amount to £35,910 10s. Bd. A dividend of 10 per cent. was declared, and the surr. of £24,000 was added to the reserve fund. The dividend to be recommended at the forth coming meeting of the N.tionai Discount Company, is at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum for the last half-year. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets has contitued moderately active during the last few days. Tea, however, continued dull with out any change to record in prices. Ci ffee has, in some instances, slightly declined, while full rates have been sustained for engin., rice, indigo, and wool. Tde tallow market has been dull, and prices have shown less firmness for both present and future delivery. Two O'CLOCK. A decline of 4 per cent. has taken place this morning in the English Funds, and the market consequently wears a heavy and dull appearance. The fall bas been induced by speculative sales, and not from any overt, political, or social causes. Consols are 92i 93 for money, and 93 L- for the account, The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 93 1. Bank Stuck continues firm at 236 237 ; India Stock at 226 228 ; the 5 per Cent. Len at 1081 a ; the 5 per Cent. En faced Paper &.t 1078; and the 51 per cent. ditto at 1161. Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem. A general decline has taken place in the Foreign Market, and business is dull. Turkish 6 per Cr nue, 1858, are 71 1; do. 1862, 671 68; do. Consotides, 51 Mt; Mexican, 371 Q ; Portuguese, 481 ; Greek, 35 I ; Spanish Pas,ive, 331- do. Certificates, 121 ; Peruvian, 871 ; Italian, 711 1 ; Egyptian, 1034 1041 ; and the Confederate Loan, I dis. to par. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have in some instances slightly given way. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorksnire, and South Eastern, each receded 55., while North Eastwrn (Berwick) have improved 65., and Caledonian 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinue inactive at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no mate rial alteration in values. International Financial Shares are quoted 41 to 5 prem. ; General Credit, 1/ to 11 prem.; London Financial, 1/ to 11 prem. ; E4yptian Trading Company, 1 to 1 prem.; and Hudson's Bay Cumpany, dis. to par, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Dank 5t0ck.,,~, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9.Lnuities, 30 yrs, expire 4th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 India Stock 226 8 Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl 1 8 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lo7* , „tto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Consols for Account, Aug. 6 93/ 3 Exchequer Bill s , £l . OOO 21 per Cent.. par 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CI4O,K. Brazilian 5 per Cent • • • Ditto 5 per Cent., 1843 'Milian 6 par Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Egyptian 7 pet C ent „ .. Ditto, Second I ssue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup. Ditto Account.. ............ 35 1 Italian b per Cent.(Marernmana Railway ) 801 Mexican 3 per Cent I )itto Account . .... 371 4 P:rucian 4f per Cent. , . ........ ~.. • Ditto 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18.53 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — r Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St -- Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 6 per Cent .... — Ditto Account 9O Spanish 3 per Cent: Ditto Passive Ditto Account ....... 33 i i i Spanish Cert. o f Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account .. 124 t Tura sli 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto A (s. , tonnt .... ...... •• 71 1 1 1 ipitte, £lOO B onds 74 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account. ........... Dividends on the above payabl e i n London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs - Ditto Account 7ll gonsola, M oney TWO O'CLOCK. 3 Ditto August Account SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 17.—WincT this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breEze, and fine weather; but rather cloudy. SY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Marie Louise, from Norkoping; Alma, from Gottenbutg; Victoria, from Padstow ; Gordon A. l'homp son and Mary Ann, from Cardiff. Light and Sign, from Briton Ferry; Marquis of Bute, from Sunderland. ".Sailed—Emeraid, for Cardiff. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH . GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 16—Maria, troll, Rrs . las ; Reciskea, from Gottenburg ; George Rubinson, fr m Frederickstadt,. DEAL, Friday Morning. P"sed—liawthona. screw steamer, for Malta , Una, screw ste,mer, for G-nott - both from London , V.G.R N., Commerual Code, from the West, for the North, SROOTING P ---------- - ofr onaßree,aedeapelboainaeu ATILOLE. The i"P EC2B IN BREADALBANE AND and ° t ll h Shooting prospects in the extensive districts and &thole are highly encouraging. The are abuude nt, all the dry and well ehelterel moors, wing, and r i ce at e Young broods are now strong on the grounds of Breadalbaan ceonsiderable di s t ance. O n the high O FFICIAL v ALITATI E O arne is also plentiful.—Scotsman. Cheapening of goods sin SO great h as b een the fixed at the Custom-h ouse th - a -e the official v a l ue was p ro duce and manufacture: the official valuation of our £210,720,8 59 , while the real valexported in 1862 was or about half. The cotton value but £123,992,264, the declared value of £30;548,731, but aetstbezported were of they were officially reckoned worth 4125,16e3 Custum•house AUSTRALIA -PLYMOUTH, The rb d ' 2sl ' Light of the Age, from Sydney, April 17:. --The ship Channel off this port th s morning. s he has brin pas s passed up No gold, but a full cargo of wo o l and hie s, Pas sengei s. She landed four of her passengers hero to-day b y a pilot boat. __ _ THINGS TAXABLE.—The Urbana (Ohio) uni on has a few taxes to propose: — Fo r n ot bowing to a nigger, one dollar ; for reading the p roceedin gs of Con gress, 25 cents a day—Sumner's s p eeches in full, 10 dollars extra ; for swinging on a gate, 55 cents ; for pulling a cat's tail, 10 cents ; for eating staak more than three times a day, three dollars; for counting the stripes in a balmoral, 50 cents; for not appreciating " John Brown's" song hourly, one dollar; for lending a newspaper, five dollars , for trying to "escape history," two cents. (See President'', Message.) PREFERENtIE SHARES. Midland, Leicester And Hitchin 4 per et.. 95 Scottish North Eastern 7 p r cent. pref.. 140 West Midland gua. 5i per cent, 1863, 5 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, dm., Metrop. ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 881 London and S. - W estern 44 per cent., 1054 LINES LEASED AC FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 99 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C.. 902 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira., gua. 7 per cent, 201 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 211 San Paulo ;lira.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, 212 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 32 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), Yudanamutana of S. Austrdia (lim.), ; JOIN T-aT , ../CK .TANKS. Bank of New Zealand, 11 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 23/ Imperial Ottoman, 19. f London and Brazilian (lim.), 42/ London Joint Stock, London and South African, 26 Union of Australia, t3i AIISC EL LANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 8) Electric Telegraph, 10e Gen. Cr. dit and r fnanes of London, Bin., 31 I International Financial Society, lim., 9tr 10 Joint •stock Discount, 5} 6 Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 5} WANTED, ANOTHER UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. —The scheme proposed by Mr. Baylis of a great trunk line from Stratford to Oxford-street or Hyde pirk-corner, would remove from the City streets a great part of that heavy omnibus and goods traffic, which now encumbers the Poultry, Cher pride, Luigate-hiti, and Fleet •st, eet. There is equal need for another line, or an extension of the Metropolitan, to the rear of the Bank, and thence again to Fenchurch-street, to establish communica tions between the north and west of London and the lines that erealreadyen rapport with the Metropolitan and the east • ern suburis and valleyof ttieThames. Until some such exten sions of railway communications are made, we must expect an Increase, not a decrease, of traffic in the streets, and seeing that to street improvement there must be a limit, we must hope for increased space by railwaye blow the surface, for therein do we best see the promise of an effec tual remedy for the evil which threatens to grow too great f or us. If we consider the wretched means of communica tion with the City at present possessed by the Metropo litan Railway, which carries 30,000 passengers a day, the imPortance of extension will be seen to be in no way secondary to any consideration of public convenience, and f the extension hid to be made out of public moneys, we b,lieve that in the end public interests would be pro moted Columensurately with the outlay.—Grity Press. June pai 3 p par 3 p par 3 p SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND sTOup share Rai rway, `Vol.,Bir., and Str. Val. iilythe and Tyne. , IBrittol and Exeter ICaledonlan Cora and Ilandv.qi Cornwall Do (A vets no div B"''ti II pa.pan.has a been paid to 11. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow.l iGlazg. and S. Western.l !(,neat Eastern. Ord. st i;! Ditto A stock Ditto Fast Anglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do .Gt. S. an W. of Irelan Great Western ...... • . Do Str Val gua. stocl. Lancash.ze & Yorkshir. London and Blackwal Lon„ Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do Z shares Metropoll tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 Elates Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwtei., Do, G.N.E. purchas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New .North Stafordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot A. E., Aber. stoci , Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews, and Welchpoo] Shropshire Union south Devon South Eastern 'South Wale s S. York. and River Dut, Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, ihM, Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IN. Hartlepool Fl a r &R West Midland Oxiora Do Newport. Do Hereford Closing Burine , Price. done. 8 Si 85 87 81 1194 J 204 6 6i 40 41 15 16 95 96 no 112 534 54i 50 52 244 :54 1281 129 i 130 13• 134 136 101 1031 66i 67k 114 1114 76 77 118 120 44 46 102} 103} 1054 1064 450 4t4 12i 121 129 29i 97 99 55 57 26 28 103 1031. 59 60 90 904 118 120 1} 11 18i 16} 111)1, 122 124 16 17 99 101 N 12 31 33 924 43 70 72 100 102 1 St 88 39 10 11 8 84 153 ib6 54 3 34 1 p 79 81 166 460 27 29 46 17 39 41 104 106 1201 1 1 54 1 4 114 k 119 181 55 i i i BRITISH POSSESS' , risTs. Closiu_ ..a., ,tatiyvrty.- Paia. Price. Kusiness don 100 i 7 antic &St Lawreni ill 62 Or tom.,Baroda&.Cent In, , 107 17 8 Gu. 5 percent.. 20 DO. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. :0 4 Butlati. all Lake tier, n 64 64 10 Do. Preferunce . 001 ituffalo,Brant,,SiGodrich 6p. et. Ws. Aug. 1, Is'', - - .0' Do. do. July 1, 187.- - - (00 .0. 010. Jun, 1, it-. ••• •••. - - s 1 , lleutta.&S.Lasti, 1 100 106. 'O7 st 'aperf own ,t Dock Se, 100 84 1094 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. Sp. 10. 09 • 1 ,, 'took Last lnthan. gu. sp. 4. : 71 ' t 4 7 1 8 1074 20 Do. do. G Ext.... 10 14 14p 20 Do. do. H do. swel. Grand Trunk of 20 ..1 1 . 017 .(o. Ist I r , ~ Bonds it 72 74 10 0 Do. c.o. deferred all 55 t 8 100 .'u. Pret . Bon••s sti 65 67 100 D.. do d fer ed all 50 63 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 1 00 Do. do. d-lerri d.... al. 35 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. so k alt 26 30 100 Do. do deferred all 22 24 stook GLlndiarenin.guit.sp.c l,O 1074 104. 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. e l< 1 14 20 Do. January, i 862 stock Gt. South.of lndia(Lin.; _uaranteed 5 per cent. 1061 107, 2 0 4 Gt. W. oi Canada Shari.e• all 1 , 4 114 204 Do. New ... • c 94 9 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100 100 Do. 61j p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 90 .2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 # P stock Madris guar., sp. c. (00 IC6i .074 107} 7 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extensioo (0C 4 064 10 1614 stock tic. 4 do lto 8 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 - - stock ilelb.Corn. rp. c. Bud- - - 51. Melb. & Robson's Bay. all 53 65 100 Do. 7 p.c. Motu. Bds. al: - - 10 Nowßr unswick &Cana Class A sit 1 B Itl.C'dati pc Ist pt bdk lilt 84 86 - t s o t S o t n h . all 3 (1 , 08; 109 : Do. do • • 0 100 1t641t 74 . 2 20 Do. Punjaub g lt. 14 4 at Do. Do. , , leo 1 ,, 6 $ 1(7 . .ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k. to- 1024 1( 3 7 . 0L0N1 AL 0( VERN 5.1 LN l it 1; 1 i'f 1. - 1577-84 - Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Au . 101 '7 6 7 8 - Do. 4p. c.ll ar.a3 Set!' 1010 •u 5 107 , Do. Sp. c. ll,' 96 97 96} I - Do. 6 Inscribed stock 104 04 96 'ape G. 'lope. ep c,167: to, 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 186( 100 112 114 Do. 169 :13 , 15 - ;Do. Jan. & July. 1891.. 10'. 112 ;14 - Ceylon, .Nov.lr7B. op t 113 115 - Mau• 'bus .i per cent .. 100 106 107 - NaLai Gi•v. d per cant.. 1)0 110 112. -- IN. 4.60v.15p.e.J a.&•1 0 , , 106 1 1 ,7 - ' 6p. c.Ap. & Oc: lOU- - S.W. Dos'. 5p !.,18 iOr 100 101 - j Do. sp. c.,18‘. to 1 .4 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 & upwdi 107 , 1014 102 i 101! - New Zealand 6 p 100 110 112 - Scotia Gov. 6 p..• _ steriing, 1875 M. 116 107 - [ Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 0 112 - Aus thip.c.1676.& up.. 101 1(0 112 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jit..&Jul 10 , 107 109 - Do. 10 ()p.c. A.D.dr.Oat lOO 114 1121 1124 RIITTISH MTNie,S. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Id hooru Amalgamated 25 27 I t )evon G. Con.. (l'avlst E 540 60 Blast Bassett (111(gran 30 76 78 1 lEast Clog - au Gold Ltd. 53. id kt , ' East Caratton ...... 274 284 284 East Cana . !.4.! 8 84 - - E. Al Russel (Tavistk. 8.1.6 2/ Ai Gam4St.Auoyn(Gwen ; 8 11 Great South Tolgus 17, 44 44 Wheal Vor(Helston 10 64 7t !Grenville crud's-Foot ..1! 41 13 .lingston Downs 4. 7.0 24 24 • Lady Bertha I Vlargaret 'tiny Lelant 4 35 37 vlarke Valley. 4 ‘lyndy Iron Ore (Lim el 14 -- New Seton . 19; 'lO 120 - ..North Downy .4 2 2.4 Basset (I )io _cat 1.17. 3 34 - Wheal C'rolty . 2.4. E 4 44 l!ar Consols (nt. BluzeN IA 4 5 20 I rovidence(Uny Lelni t 0... .2 44 , louthCaradon(St.Cleei, 11 f 415 425 ,S. Cara Brea (Illogan) 3.15.61 2i 24 -1. Wheat Fran. is.l .9 75 80 i Stray Park r larnarSilv,S4 Lead Alin. 44 ! Lin Croit t 2i5 224 224 ;Vest Basset (Illogan) 1 q 12 13 4V C radon iLlskeard 5 23 25 West Soton Wheal Basset (Illog,an, 54 674 724 V,beal Buller( Redruth; 5 50 t 0 8 heal Kitty (U.Lelani, 2.0.6 WhealLud ott iV heal Mary Ann Olen l2 14 - Wheal Seton . . 584 215 225 . teal Tretawney (Lis., 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 3.3 4 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1863. THE INSURRECTION IN NEW ZEALAND. (From a Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, OTAGO, May 18. The assurance given to the House of Commons by the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies as to the prospects of peace in New Zealand will not have prepared the British public for the announce ment that the colony is on the eve of another war, if hostilities have not by this time been commenced by the Governor, for the natives have already struck the first blow. Another of those murderous attacks which characterised the opening period of the last Taranaki war has just occurred at Taranaki, resulting in the deaths of two officers and six men of the 57th Regiment. They were escorting some provision carts, and, surprised by a Maori ambus cade, were shot down and tomatnew lied, their bodies being afterwards horribly mutilated. Before proceeding to detail the circumstances in connexion with this melancholy off sir, I will briefly recapi:u late the events which have ted to it. The condition of the settlement of Taranaki has for a long time bee❑ a scandal to the colony. The unfortunate settlers, whom the last war had made houseless and homeless, and who were earning only a scanty pit tance as road labourers, had anxiously expected a visit from Sir George Grey ever since his arrival in ihe colony, but it was not until the early part of March last that his Excellency had been able to proceed to Taranaki. The General Assembly in the last Session passed a vote of £200,000 " for the reinstatement of Taranaki," such reinstatement to be effected in such manner as his Excellency ono his advisers should deem advisable. It was for this purpose that his Excellency visited the settle ment, and it is from this visit that have arisen the circumstances which have followed. During the list war at Taranaki the settlers lo cated on a block of land a few miles to the south ut New Plymouth, which is known as the " Tatarimeka Bock," were compelled, owing to the unprotected state of the position, to desert their farms and come into the town. Tne Tataraimaka was of no value as a strategic point, and the enema were allowed to occupy it, and destroy and plunder the deserted homes of the settlers. At the cessation of hostilities there was no agreement made as to the restoration of Tataraimaka, and the natives occu pying it were permitted to rest in possession; at least, co attempt was matte to dislodge them. Consequently ever since the close of the last war, until quite re cently the " Tataraimaka Block" has remained in the possession of the natives, who, with some shoe of reason, claimed to have conquered it by force of arms. It must be borne in mind that there was n( question of title involved in the possession of thin bock of laud. The legal right of the Europeans to It was never called in question by the natives ; therefore ita occupation was a question affecting only the natives immediately concerned, and not as in the case of the Weitara, a matter in which the whole native population, or at least numerom powerful tribes of it, was interested. It was ob vious that no reinstatement of the settlement or New Plymouth could be k ffected so long as a bud) of rebellious natives occupied one of the finest por tions of tne district, the actual property of the settlers, and within a few miles of the town. le was, therefore, always expected that the reoccupa tion of the" Tataraimaka Block" would be one of ►he first steps of his Excellency, and it was toleratety certain that if this was effected by force a general disturbance would be the result. His Excellency had evidently paved the way for this step months before; and while the colonists were blaming him for neglecting Taranaki, he had, by a wise and far sighted policy, been taking measures for the restore -ion of the land peaceably and quietly. A short time before proceeding to Taranaki, Sir George Grey made a flying visit, privately and withou. ceremony to the Waikatoes—a numerous and powerful section of natives living on the Waikato river. TheWeikato is the stronghold of the "King' party, and here reside the Maori King and his most influential supporters. Ugly rumours had been promulgated respecting the disorganised state 03 this district, and Sir George determined to see for himself. He accordingly left Auckland, attended only by two or three chiefs in the employ of the Government, and, unannounced and unexpected, be succeeded in reaching the very centre cf disaffection, and penetrated even to the sanctum sanctorum of Maori Royalty, but the dusky Monarch was away with his Court at some other place. It was not long before Sir George was recognised, and the new, spread like wildfire that the Governor was among hem. Deputations of chiefs came in from all direc lions, all anxious to rub noses " with their father tie Governor." There was universal rejoicing all along the river; a picked crew of young eni e t s padded the Governor's canoe from peace to place, young girls and women chanted songs of welcome, end the greatest kindliness prevailed. Still, it is worthy of remark, as strewing how little reliance is to be placed on these manifestations of personal regard, that they went no further than this. The natives forgot the Governor in the friend, and so long as his Excellency maintained that position they were content to bury the remembrance of the quarrels and disputes which had occurred previously. But it would not do for the Governor to content himself with paying and receiving friendly compli, rnents. He had come to judge for himself of the intentions of the natives, and to endeavour to die suede them from the suicidal opposition to his plans which had been organised. A magician's wand could not have wrought a more sudden change than did theintroduction of political subjects. The chiefs who had been foremost in their demonstrations of welcome now grew cold and silent. In reply to his Excellency's advice to give up their "King" movement, as it would certainly bring them into trouble, they positively refused to do so. They were disposed to concede every other demand bat this. Their opposition to roads and steamers, and the 'Taranaki question, were minor considerations com pared to their support of their King, as the embodi went of a distinct nationality. A sudden attack of illness compelled Sir George Grey to return withou extending his visit as he had intended, but before he '.eft he made a memorable declaration to the "King" chiefs. He told them he intended to go to Taranaki and take possession of his land there, mean*. Ta.teraimaka. It is tolerably certain that his Ex cellency obtained a promise from the Waikato chief: not to interfere with his movements at Tataraimaka. This promise, there is reason to believe, has been kept, as evidence is given of letters having been sent to the Taranaki natives, counselling them to give up the land to the Governor. . . _ On March 6th his Excellency, accompanied by Gen. Cameron and the Colonial Secretary and Native Minister, left Auckland for Taranaki. H« first had an interview with the Taranaki settlers, and his next step was to order the miiitary in gar rison to march out and occupy Watreka-hill, a coin manding position south of the to wn,the gallant taking of which during the last war by the men of the Niger, under Capt. Cracroft, will be remembered. This position, abandoned after the war, and since occupied by the Maories, lay between the town and the Tats.ratmaka Block. It was quietly taken pos session of by the troops, and a stockade completed on the 17th of March, just three years that very day since the outbreak of the last war. Deputations of native chiefs waited upon the Governor to deprecate the steps he was taking, but his excellency told them very plainly he intended to take possession of all land the rightful property of the Europeans. As to Waitara, it should be investigated. I❑ order to prepare for any emergency, as the attitude of the natives round Taranaki. was not very assuring, strong reinforcements were sent for from Auckland, and 100 men of the Royal Artillery, under Captain Mercer, were formed in'o a body of irregular cavalry ro co-operate with the mounied force being orga nised under the Colonial Defence Act passed last session. This latter force has been placed under the command of Lieut.-Col. Nixon. A demonstration of the troops in garrison was made in the direction of the Tataraimaka ; but, as the reinforcements had not arrived, no attempt at occupation of the position was made, and the troops returned to town. No natives were encountered, and beyond the vaguest rumours there was no evidence of any intended opposition to the occupation. On the arrival of the reinforcements, a strong force, consisting of 200 of the 57th, uudsr Col. Warre, and 100 artillerymen acting as cavalry, but having two guns, under Capt. Mercer, was at once marched out to Tataraimaka, his Excellency and Gen. Cameron accompanying it. No opposition was ()titled ; on the contrary, the Governor was re ceived with white flogs flying and general shouts of welcome by the natives, who had congregated in considerable numbers, unarmed, to receive his Ex cellency. this peaceful solution was no doubt brought about—first, by the admirable and powerful disposi tion of the military force; and, secondly, by the knowledge on the part of the natives concerned that they could not count upon any active assist ance, in case of resistance, from their powerful allies, the Waikatoes. Although they had given up Tataraimaka so quietly, more than one dark hint was thrown nut that the Governor must stay his hand there, or else trouble would result. It was not long before a complication arose. I must state that the Taterai make block of land is divided from the settlement of New Plymouth by a belt of country the property of natives, and through which no Eu ropean is allowed to pass. The road to the Tata raimaka from New Plymouth skirts along the beach. Some alterations were deemed necess try in this road, and a military road party was put on it. It tad occasion to take some stones out of the bed of a rivulet running from and through the native land. Tnis proceeding gave great offence to the Maories, ..nd their etti.tea was esteemed so dangerous that earful of a possible collision, the road party was withdrawn. Every precaution was taken to avoid disputes with the natives, and it was hoped that hey would gradually settle down into quietness, but it soon became evident that the quiet manner in which Tataraimaka had been given up was nothing upon which to build hopes of peace. The natives distrusted the Governor, they saw he was quietly getting round them, and they evidently felt that they were in his toils, from which nothing but a vigorous struggle could extricate them. Tney would not believe that, having come so far and brought so :erge a force, the Governor would be content with simply taking possession of his own land. The whole aative population in the neighbourhood of Taranaki became excited, and the marching of armed parties, witnessed from the redoubts, the burning of large beacon fires at night—ail denoted a high state of fer tneut. From the Waikato district the news was dis court gcng. An armed party of 200 natives, under the flag of ihe King, had proceeded to pull down a court house being built by the Government ; they had then marched to the establishment of Mr. Gorst, the com missioner of the district, and who had lately incurred some odium among therebel natives by issuing a news paper in the native tongue to counteract the journal published by the Maori King. Mr. Gorst was not at home at the time, sod the Maories broke open his printing-cffice and carried off the printing-press, type, Bec. It was evident mischief was brt wing iu that locality, and it was not long before Mr. Garet and his family had to leave the district. Since then the Europeans residing in the Waikato country have all been compelled to leave. Many of these bad tnarried native women, and their hell-caste chil eren had been carefully educated and well brought up; these the natives, in conformity with their old customs, have taken possession of. Even the mis sionaries have been dr,ven from the district. Intelligence was received in Auckland that a large party of Waikato natives were marching down o laranaki, and Gen. Cameron, who had ouly lett the latter place a few days previously, at once hur ried back in the steamer. He did not arrive at an oo soon. Matters were looking decidedly ugly; ell sorts of rumours were flying about, and it was considered advisable totake extra precautions. On April 25 a warning wee sent to the Governor by Nome friendly natives that the rebels intended to commence fighting on the day but one following (Monday). Similar intimations had been conveyed to the settlers living outside the town, and they were all in a great state of trepidation, many of them coming into town. His Excellency chose to disregard this warning, and even endeavoured to induce the settlers to go back to their farms, as they had nothing to fear. It was a most fortunate thing that his advice was not taken, and that it had not been necessary to send oat small detached parties of military during that day, as it was afterwards dis covered that an ambush of three armed parties of rebel natives had been stationed on the road be tween New Plymouth and Tataraimaki, with the -.vowed intention of cutting off the first Euro peans who should pass that way• Still, singular as it may seem, although the threatening atti tude of the natives was publicly known and com mented on by the Taranaki journals, no steps were -aken by the Governor—or, at any rate, only very imperfect steps—to guard against the danger. It would appear that his Excellency would not believ e the Maories intended to fight, and he was deter mined, if pussible, not to be the first to strike a blow. The result is soon told, and a melancholy tale it is. Two escort parties were passing along the Tatarai tnaka road on Monday, May 4, when they were fired Into by some natives in ambush. One of the escort parties managed to retreat in safety, but the officers end men composing the other party were, with one Paception, shot down, and their bodies afterwards brutally mutilated. Those killed are Staff Assistant Surgeon W. A. Hope, 3.1.13., Lieut. T. H. Tradgett, 57th Regiment, Sergeant Samuel Hill, 5 7th Regi (nem, and Privates Edward Kelly, John Flynn, Bartholomew Macarthy, end William Backs, 57th Regiment. When found, the bodies presented a 'rightful spectacle, and those of the officers had been iniost entirely stripped of their clothing. Mr. Hope l a d been shot through the right shoulder, the ball laving penetrated both lunge and lodged near the pine on the left side. There was a tomakawk wound over the left side of his head and a deep spear wound through the face and upper jaw. Lieut. Tradgett nad been shot through the chest and through the ~ high, but had no other wound. The other victims read various gunshot wound, and had been hacked tbout the head w ith tomahawks and speare d throu g h Ihe chest. Mr. Tradgett appears to have died almost instantly, but Dr. Hope must have struggled hare with his assailants. The sergeant was senior colour sergeant of his regiment, and Kelly had five medals. The receipt of the intelligence produced a pro found sensation in Taranaki. Alarm guns werc tired from the redoubt on Marsland bill, and mes engers despatched into the country to order all the out-settiere into the town. Two hundred volun teers were told off for patrol duty. On the follow ing day the troops were marched out and took up a position on native laud, and a redoubt was hastily constructed. No natives were encountered. I forgot to state that the arms and ammunition of the murdered men and the carts of provisions were taken possession of and driven uff by the eatives. Sir George Grey adopted the plan of re garding this outrage as a murder, and thus, if pos stble,depriving the oircumstencee of the character of a successful combat. An inquest was accordingly held on the bodies, when the jury found a verdict in accordance with the circutniatences, adding to their verdict their opinion that, though the Govern aunt were in possession of information of the dan gerous state of the road, owing to the threateneu recommencement of hostilities, sufficient precautions had not been taken. The greatest excitement prevails all over the colony. Her Majesty's ship Eclipse has just returned with a reinforcement of 300 troops from Auckland, and has gone back for more. The Governor has delegated his authority to the Superintendents of the North Island Provinces, authorising them to call out the militia it necessary, and by the eteamer just arrived at Port Otago a communi cation has been received from the Governor stating that the G vernment have determined on occupying the native land between New Plymouth and the Tatarimaka, in °tier to place thereon a settlement of persons able to protect themselves. Free grants of 50 acres of land and one acre at the situ of the viliages, arms, ammunition, and rations are offered to all who will hold the land on a system o) military tenure. Stockades are to be built on the land. The greatest enthusiasm on the subject pre vails in Otago, and I have no doubt a sufficient number of volunteers will come forward. There are now about 30,000 able-bodied men in this pro vince, and it is seriously contemplated to raise a volunteer contingent of 1,000 men. Of course, -it is impossible to predict what will be the result of the late outrage. By the last advises, a large body of 'Waikato natives were marching down to Turanaki, and if the Governor should fine it necessary to proceed to hostilities it is very pro• bable that the whole native population south of Auckland will be drawn into the struggle. It may be safely stated that fully 20,000 natives are located in the country between Auckland and Taranaki, and these tribes are openly hostile to th e E uropeans. It is a fortunate thing that the natives appear will ing to confine hostilities to the old theatre—Tara naki; and, unless further complications arise, it is improbable that any attack will be made upon Auckland. The military road is now open to the Waikato river, and fully commands the approach to Auckland on the south, and it is not likely the natives will be able to threaten the capital from any other direction. One thing is very certain,—that Sir George Grey will not precipitate matters, anc. the colonists have every confidence in his judgment. If wir ensue it will be nothing of his seeking, and he will be the better enabled to strike boldly when the necessity arises from the knowledge that every other alternative has been exhausted. The Waitara, that old bone of contention, has been give❑ np by the Governor. This I have on the most undoubted authority. Au investigatiot , has been going on quiet ly for some time, and I be lieve his Excellency has decided upon handing over the disputed land to the rival native claimants to settle the matter among themselves. This is a wise and politic measure, and will remove the last plea for antagonism on the part of the " King" natives. It remains to be seen what effect it will have on the natives, and if it do not result in silencing their opposition it will prove that they are actuated only by a spirit of determined hostility. Sir George Grey may depend on the general sup port of the colonists at this crisis. All eady a com mon danger has enlisted a common sympathy, and although the Governor has been blamed by a large section of the colonists, all differences of opinion art now merged into a general expression of sympathy and support. _ _ Most of the men of the 65th Regiment, whose term of service is almost expired, are going to re main as settlers in the colony, facilities for that pur pose being under the consideration of the Govern ment. It was intended to purchase Tataraimak. from the settlers, and place a military settlement there. It is satisfactory to state that, apart from the native difficulties, the colony is rapidly progressing. The Middle Is:and provinces, being untrammelled with native ff.irs, are going rapidly ahead. Much of this is no doubt due to the impetus given to every branch of industry by the gold discoveries in Nel son and Otago. Some idea of the pt ogress the Middle Island is making may be gathered from the following comparative, statement of: imports, ex ports, and revenue : IMPORTS. 1862. 1861. North Island £1,273,293 £937,385 Middle Island .... 3,352,798 1,556,426 EXPORTS. 1862. 1861. North Island £265,585 £212.540 Middle Island Increase for 1862. £335,808 1,796,372 Increase. 553,045 998,549 CUSTOMS' REVENUE. 1862. 1661. In c rear* North Island £141,686 £120,909 £14,677 Aldo's Island „ 256,686 134,004 122,682 Miss Rye's mission to this colony has bas been a subject of general interest, and has, on the whole, beau successful. Like most first attempts, some mistakes have been made, but the experience that lady has obtained will enable her to prosecute her philanthropic efforts to find homes and employment for the thousands of our fellow-countrywomen suf fering in England. Miss Rye was not so fortunate in her selection of emigrants as she might have been, and the consequence as that her protegees were a longer time in obtaining employment than they would have been if they had been of a better clues. While there is a steady demand for good domestic servants, there is but little chance for women who have been entirely unaccustomed to work. For governesses, sempstresses, and women of light occu pation, there is but a very limited opening indeed, and any large emigration of these classes to New Zaaland would only end in misery. Really well educated governesses will generally find employ ment, but a great proportion of those who come to Vie colony in that capacity have not fulfilled that condition. It is a great mistake to suppose that any ordinarily educated person can obtain employ went as governess here. A movement is going on in the colony for the purpose of bringing out families of the distresseO cotton operatives in England, and establishing pecial settlements in various parts of the cololis. Several schemes are at present being discussed, but cis yet nothing definite has been decided on. The goldfields of the colony are steadily pro, 4ressing in exten• and value, and several ships car rying large freights of gold have left for England direct. 1 reserve further particulars respecting the New Zealand goldfields for another communication. THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. At the Chelmsford assizes yesterday an action came on before Mr. Baron Channell and a special jury, Roupell and another v. Haws and another, to recover by writ of ej.ct ment an estate at Great Worley, to which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled as heir-at-law of the late Mr. Roupell. The defendants pleaded that they were legally in posses sion of the estate in question under a conveyance by Wm. Roupell, the illegitimate son of the deceased, to whom i t had passed by deed of gift iron, his father, and the important question involved in the cause was whether this deed of gift was forged, or a genuine instrument ; the case on the part of the plaintiffs being that Wm. Roupell had forged this deed, and al-o e. will, by means of which he came into pos session of the whole of his father's property. This he has since parted with, and the object of the present and other actions that are pending is to recover back the estates from the parties who had purchased them, on the ground that Roupell, who at the present time is under sentence of [tonal servitude for life, became possessed of the property by forgery and fraud, and, consequently, had no legal title to convey it away. An action of a similar kind, it will be recollected, was disposed of at the last summer assizes at Guildford, but upon that occasion the defendant con sented to compromise the matter, and agreed to pay the plaintiff half the estimated value of the estate that was the subject of the action. It is understood, how• ever, that the defendants in the present action are deter mined not to come to any terms, but to take the opinion of a jury whether William Roupell is truly charging himself with forgery and fraud, or whether it is not merely a con trivance to regain possession of his late father's property for the benefit of the family, and this is the important question involved in the present proceeding. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. J. Browne, and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were counsel for the defendants. Sergeant Shee, in commencing his opening of the case for the plaintiffs, explained the nature of the action, and said that it was brought to recover possession of two farms, one called Bury farm, and the other 11 urd's farm, in the parish of Great Worley, in Essex. The plaintiff, Richard Roupell, claimed as the heir-at-law of Richard Palmer Roupell, who died on the 12th of eptember, 1856, knd his case would depend on the validity of a deed of gift, alleged to have been made by Richard Palmer Roupell, and which he shotrld prove by the evidence of William Roupell, in who,,e favour the deed of gift was made, was a forgery, and that the signatures of the attesting witnesses were also forgeries. He should likewise prove that a will, under which William Roupell was appointed executor, and took possession of the whole of the property of his deceased tether, Richard Palmer Roupell, was also a forgery. The ease for the plaintiff, therefore, as heir-at-law, was simple. He should prove that he was the only legitimate child of the deceased Richard Palmer Roupell, and that if the deeds to which he referred were forgeries, and he should prove they they were so by the evidence of William Roupell himself,aw andh would be entitled to claim this property as heir-art the defendants, who only derived a title under Roupell, would be bound to give up the propettyors u appeared Although, however, the case for the heir-at that he to be a very simple one, still it would betawniiy, in order that should give a few details relative to the tand the nature of the jury might be better able to understand the of William the inquiry into which they were a explained that in the year 1835 t t a he_ . g e eon, Richard Palmer Roupell died, leaving a fortune hieort:t to e nter. He then the amount of between £300,0Y0 me eventually into the was possessed Roupell, of at leas , X 100,000; whole of which ea au at his death, in 1856, h e who was the illegitimate son, °Pe.,;en. vi William Roup pos.. and i 400,006, of th he oldsho prove to be a forgery. H e under the will whiesahy dispetheejaatirteßnl;isCll4ahred onlyßU U a i m m a o n p o e f r theeproperty to alloy ed and although he was rolling the thought most i p t e r nh i in wealth, down to the y gu e hr s ito u ut p os port of his establishment at Brixton, and annum for t on ly £1 a week to his son William Roup-11, whom he had a rticled loan att orne y , and who, there was n o doutt, was a manef great ability, and of most determined spirit, and a man who possessed great Coolness, and who would carry out an y plan that he had del ermined upon without any regard to the consequences. Notwithstanding the position of William Roupell at this period he appeared to have entered very largely into speculation; in the beginning of the year 1856 he was in the pecuniary difficulty, and this drove him to commit the forgery under which the defendants claimed to be entitled to the property now in dispute. Re should show that he owed his solicitor, Mr. Whittaker, £2,600 for money that had been advanced to hire, and to different banks sums exceeding £20,000 ; he was bound, under the guarantee of Mr. Whittaker, to replace a sum of .C 12,000 in May, 1856, at the London and Westminster Bank, and it was impossible for him to do so without making away with some of the property of his father. The learned sergeant then proceeded to state that Richard Palmer Roupell was possessed of a great many estates in different parts of the country, and explained the mode in which William Roupell had, by means of forging deeds of gift from his father, con trived to obtained possession of the g.eater portion of this properly, and to raise large sums of money upon it, It will bo unnecessary to go into the details of the proceedings that were resorted to in this respect. as they have frequently been made public, and it will be sufficient to state that the suggestion on the part of the plaintiff was that William Roupell had, during his father's lifetime, been carrying on a system of fraud and forgery, which was consummated by the forgery of his will in order to raise money to relieve himself from his embarrassments. Mr. Bovill, in the course of the speech of the learned sergeant, objected that he had no right to give any evi dence having referetoce t) other forgeries than the alleged forged deed of gift relating to this particular property. Baron Channell, however, said he did not think he could exclude the evidence, but he would take a note of the objec•. tion. Sergeant Sheo then proceeded with his narrative, and he said that a most extt aordinary part i f the case was the fact that William Roupell went boldly to his own solicitor, Mr. Whittaker, and got him to draw up the forged deed of gift upon which the defendants relied, and after it had been engrossed. William Roupell returned it to Mr. Whittaker, with the signature of his father apparently attached to it, and he should prove that this signature, and those of the two attesting witnesses, were forgeries. Endeavours were made to procure the sum of £12,000, which was so press ingly required at this time, but a difficulty arose as to the title, and one gentleman who had agreed to advance the money, ultimately declined to do so unless Richard Palmer Roupell joined in the security, and the negotiation went off upon this ground. This was used as a strong fact in sup port of the suggestion that the father was utterly ivy - Taut of such a deed of gift being in existence, and that if he had hen applied to the while of the fraud that had been prac tised in relation to the property would hsve been discovered. The learned sergeant then proceeded to state that down almost to the very period of his death, the deceased had evi dently acted upon the supposition that the whole of his pro perty was at his disposal, and had not been in any way in t rfered with, and he executed a codicil to a will only 12 days before his death to that effect. When the jury had neard the evidence they would entertain no doubt that Wm. Roupell was guilty of the act of forgery and fraud to which tie had alluded, and that the heir-at-law, who had by means of this forgery and fraud been deprived of his property, was entitled to recover in the present action. He did not deny that W illiam Roupell had squandered the whole of the property of his deceased father, and that the object of the present action was to recover back the property of his family. The heir-at• law, however, had nothing whatever to do with the proceedings of William Roupell, and if he should make out the facts to be as he had stated them, the jury were bound to give a verdict in his favour. He should call Wil liam Roupell as a witness. It would be useless to deny that he came from the gaol to give his evidence, and that he was under sentence for another forgery, but the jury would not forget that although he had undoubtedly com mitted a great crime he had also made a great reparation. The evidence for the Vaintiff was then proceeded with. The first portion of the case consisted of proof that the plaintiff was the only legitimate child of the deceased, and that he was consequently entitled to claim in the present action as heir-at -law. As this was, of course, merely formal proof, it will not be necessary to give the evidence in detail. Mr. Bovill put some questions to Mrs. Watts, the sister of Mrs. Roupell, in reply to which she stated that through the proceedings of her nephew, William Roupell, she had been reduced to poverty, and was penniless. Before this she had been in the hatdL of going to Paris, amd c ther places on the Continent, but she was now unable to do so. She expected to get something by the present proceedings. The witness here became very excited, and objected to answer such questions as had been put to her. Baron Channell told her that she was bound to answer the questions. She then said that what she meant was, that Messrs. Linklater, the solicitors for the plaintiff, had promised to in tercede for her. She was on very intimate teams with Mr. Roupell. She did not remember ever having said that the property was left to Mrs. Roupell to save the 10 per cent. legacy duty. Witness was acquainted with the eldest son, John Roupell, and she believed that he annoyed his father a good deal, and that he went abroad that he might reclaim himself, and she understood that his father allowed him £'.:oo a year. Wu.. Roupell's father was very fond of him, and witness also was proud of him, notwithstanding his misfor tune. What she expected of Messrs. Linklater was to get back a house that belonged to her which 'Wm. Roupell had mortgaged. Ever} body was fond of Wm. Roupell, but she could not say that he was his father's favourite son. He used to say that West Roupell would be a great man some day. " And so he was," said the witness. She was not aware that old Mr. Roupell was very keen atter money She knew nothing about his habits. Evidenc , ) was then given that the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Roupell took place in December, 1838, and that the plait tiff was burn in July, 1840, that at this time Wm. Roupell was six years old, and his brother John ten years older than he was. It appeared that the reason for the delay in the marriage taking place was, that Richard Palmer Roupell believed that if he married, his father would not leave him any of his property. One of thr witnesses who was cross-examined said that old Roupell was a very energetic man in business, and his turnaces were constantly going. He carried on the business of a lead smelter, but he was unable to say whether he melted anything else besides lead. The peculiar tone in which the witness said this caused a good deal of merri ment. Baron Channell said he did not see that they had any right to inquire how a man made his money. Money was made in a variety of ways. (A. laugh.) Mr. Hawkins asked the witness whether the furnaces were nut always lighted and " ready for anything P" (A laugh.) He merely smiled, and did not answer the question. William Roupell, the convict, was then examined, and his appearance created a good deal of sensation in the court. He was not dressed in the prison garb, but the large beard and moustache he exhibited on the last occasion when he was examined had besa removed. He gave his evidence with the utmost coolness and self-possession. He said—l rememb .r living at Peckham with my father and mother. They then passed as Mr. and Mrs. Carter. I think we left Peckham to go to live at Aspen-house, Brixton, in 1839, and they then went by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Roupell. I had an older brother, John, and two sisters younger than myself at this time, and I remember the birth of my brother Richard, the present p 1 )intfl. I think he was born in 1841. (The witness made a mistake ; the birth took place in 1840.) My father spent the greater part of his time at Cross-street , Blackfriars-road, and that was in fact his dwelling-house . His place of business was in Gravel-lane. He used only to go to Brixton on the Sunday, and he remained all day and returned on the Monday morning to Cross-street. He w6„s very careful and inexpensive in his habits. v?.: ar ti c l e j in 1849 to Mr. Haslam, a solicit or, in Cop I was afterwards gned to Mr. th a a c. court, and one p assi Rees, who a 11 ro und a week. c Mr. Bovill subtaittes4 that evidence o f this ch er tain deed arac t e r was rea lly immaterial. The qu;2stion was whet her ix l i n strument datee the 9th of January, 16,56, was a g enu or not. , him t h a t the evidence Baron Channell said it appeared tt. airt nt ca,e, and he was admissible ; but it was a very lur e -/ thought that th e should take a note of the objectioro_aa an acizniseible fa c t t r eatment of the son by the father W in the cause. Roupe ll was then continued. 11 The examination of Mr h9a ll o wance to 258, a wee k i n e said—My father inc reased rrie 30s. a week. I had t• 1852, and he afterwar is g , dinner in the City, lie con provide my clothes and In, ce down w the period of his death. Ai "i n difficulties as to money matters. tinned this allowance the end of 1855 I was father e e l .): i s m () e t u c ecl additioniro m t t o h the tyinalle my lowance Those dif&ultieras I'd omitted to give and in January, 1856, owed my bankers, the London and 'Westminster Bank . a large sum of money. I kept an at this time with Messrs, H • account ernes and Co., t h e B a nk of England, and I think also with the Unity B a nk. I owed the London and Westminster Bank at this time £12,000. That snm had been borrowed in August, 1 855, and it was to be repaid i n January, 1856. I wasver des i r ous to repay this su m, b ut my accounts were very low at all my bankers, and I owed Messrs. Herries and Co. £4,800, if not more. I also owed £lO,OOO to the Guardian Insurance Company, and a large sum to my solicitor, Mr. Whittaker —several thousand pounds. I had no means whatever to pay these debts, and my father knew nothing about them. The witness here proceeded to explain the circumstances connected with the copyhold portion of the Great Worley estate being surrendered in his name in order that some beneficial arrangement might be made I with the steward of the manor. Mr. Roupell went on to say that in consequence of this he obtained possession of the title deeds relating to the Essex property. His father, he said, opened the strong box at Cross-street, and he took the whole of the deeds relating to the Great Worley estate, and at his father's request he gave him a receipt, but he described the property as the " Havering property" instead of the Great Worley property. He said that he purp.isely confused the two properties, but his father discovered the error and corrected it. Mr. Roupell then went in to say that after he obtained pos. eesion of the deeds ho made fair copies of them, and also procured copies of the leases to the tenants, and he took all the docu ments except the originals afterwards to Mr. Whittaker, his solicitor, and he kept the original deeds in his own possession, and locked them up in his bureau. ' At this stage the cause was adjourned, --- LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. SCOTT V. SCOTT, This was a petition for restitution of conjugal rightis by Captain John Sowden Scott, late of the 31st Regiment of Foot, praying that his wife might be eompelled to re turn to cohabitation. The respondent answered that she hi ed not left her husband without reasonable excuse ; that the peti tioner had been guilty of divers acts of cruelty. The case was opened yesterday by evidence of the wife, who stated that her husband had been guilty of threatening to shoot her, and had left her on several occasions without money in a strange place. The petitioner was examined at considerable length, to show that nothing more than the usual quarrels that occur when a mother-in-law is: a resident in the house ever took place. A number of witnesses twere examined this morning to bear out the allegations of th.e petitioner. The case will not conclude before late this evening. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a (Ammon Jury.) SINGULAR ACTION UPON A PROMIS SORT NOTE.--JACOBS V. REES. This was an action upon a promissory note, and defend ant had put no less than five pleas on the record. Mr. Thos. Angell appeared tor the , plaintiff, and Mr. Charles Robertson, of Crosby hall Chambets, for de fendant. Mr. Jacobs said he lent money, and he. advanced defend ant money on the promissory note int question. De fendant paid maLy instalments, and failing at length to keep up the sued.payn.entwaasskedif Mr. Robertson herethere was not an agreement t 0A pay f te r in writing P Plaintiff—Not relating t o that promissory defendant was rued he called upon me and wannottede. tt,e balance without costs. Cross-examined—The note was made by a person named Herne. Ido not kno w if Herne made the payrw nt.The tued book produced com es from my office. No payments have been made that are not entered there. I cannot swear there was not an agreement made in reference to the amount ad vanced on the note. 113 65. was advanced on the epo no ß t i e.. The note was for £ l6 . Mr. Robertson said that his client was simply in tion of surety, and that he ought not to be liable for any sum further than that advanced. Mr Angell urged that plaintiff was not bound to lend hi s money for nothing. A person was as much entitled to charge a profit upon his money as a person who opened a shop had to make profits on goods exposed for sale. Plain tiff had only charged £2 14s. for 12 months, and surely that was not exorbitant. The learned Secondary briefly summed up, and the jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount; The learned Secondary granted a certificate, SMALL-BEER CHRONICLES. (From All the Year .Rozoid.) In the second column of the Times advertisereent-sheet appeared, the other day, these mysterious words, " Audi, vidi. tace"—coupled with the announcement that a trust worthy personage was just about to start for the Continent with a view to certain " private inquiries." The advertise ment was inserted by one Messrs. Pollaky and Co. Now, here is a new state of things. The organised spy system has sprung into existence quite recently. By the advertisements isued from this office of Mr. Pollaky's, and from another similar establishment kept by retired Inspec tor Field, you are invited to place in the hands tel these genlemen any affair you want cleared up, entrusting the particulars to them, relying on their secrecy, and on the diligence they will show in serving you. But what. sort of inquiries are those in which the ex-detectives are ready to engage ? What sort of people are those who apply to Messrs. Pollaky and Field for their secret services! I wonder to what extent the establishments of these pur • veyois of useful information 'are patronised by the public? Of one thing I am quite sure—there are more men to be seen standing about at the corners of streets than there used to be. Are these men—they are generally seedy in their attire, and in the habit of sucking small pieces of straw or chewing the stacks of leaves to while away the time—are these men the agents of Pollaky and Co., and for what are they on the look-out ? For more things, depend on it, than are dreamed of in our philosophy. When Mrs. Drinkwater Dreggs gives two dinner-parties, ono following the other, ail the guests who are invited to one of those festivals are instantly seized with a firm conviction that the dinner to which they are not askel is the distinguished one, while the meal at which they are invited to figure is the second-rate affair. Now, it is not too much to suppose that these suspi cious personages are in the habit of putting their difficulties in the hands of Messrs Pollaky and Co. Away goes the trustworthy emissary to Wilton-cresent. He plants himself under the lamp-post, he observes what proportion the cabs which drive up to Mrs. Dreggs's door bear to the private carriages, he studies the appearance of the guests, and, be ing a shrewd individual, forms his own opinion as to their rank in the social scale ; or, if unable to do this, perhaps he will get into conversation with the waiter, who comes to the door for a little air while the gentlemen are over their wine, and from him learns exactly what sort ot com pany is being entertained within. With the information he has gained, the trustworthy one returns to his employer, and next morning the Seedy, mane, who were at the first party, and who had the pleasure of meeting a society of nobodies, who, for the most part, reached their destination a cabs and flies, learn that, on the occasion ot the second festival, there was a "regular swell turnout, with only one cab, and that a Hansom ; and that the company comps ised, amo ng other distinguished pet sons, a baronet and his lady, a dowager-countess, a genius, two members of parliament, and consorts, and a cabinet minister." This knowledge the Seedyrnans then take to their hearts, and batten thereon to their souls' hurt, but with a certain malignant pleasure, nevertheless. B a nk of England Return---Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending of July, 1b63 the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. on Wednesday, the 15th day ISSUE DET otes issued 'ARTMENT. Government Debt .£11,615,1C0 Other Securities 3.6340 4 00 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,886,095 Silver Bullion £28,536,095 £28,536,09 5 BANKING DEPARTMENT. orietors' Capi- i Government Sem p i al .............. £14,553, 000 '1 r i t i es (including Rest . . ............ 3,277,029 Dead WeightAn- Public Deposits n- nuityl £1 1 , 048,888 eluding Exche- 20,9.8633 quer, Savings' NOothtee: Securities , 6,997 080 Banks, Commis- i Gold and Silver Si ' missioners of Na- i Coin -63,781 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Orhe un r t 4ep ) . .... ........ 1:,93g:: n'even Day and o ther Bills ...... 655,98 £39,8 t 6,3 31. ' July 10,1863. • 439,816,3F2 [A RSHALL Chief Cashier. NOTiceBE punfoll ow i ng art Chicago .Tim le d cs, which to the order o f General B urnside for the su ppression of the paper. It appeare d in its Washington correspondence,inTO under date of t h e 27th of May :--" No one who sees Mr. Lincoln now can fail to be struck with his altered appearance as com , pared with his looks of two years ol d e r, and the expressionf his face is ago. He looks 10 years o care worn in the extreme. His eye haggard and times wit y h e is restless and is constantly w andering, at most in a manner indicative of a vacant expression, at others the demeanour of a man whoserest is and to whose pillow tranquil broken by remorse, sleep is a stranger. God knows, he has done enouh to cause him a lifetime of re morse. But he has been g d knowing the Weakneeeenmda irresolution victim of the men who, h of his character, placed him where he is in order direct his ,actions, make hi t at they might guide and andhim the instrument to work their will. T 1 —e is, and hasbeen nothing more than H the servant of Ben. Wade, Chandler, ha, Horace Greeley. He realizes the fact now, Sumner,' an and strives to emancipate himself from their malign influence, but in vain. ' I: hey compelled him to issue his emancipation proclamation; to dismiss Generals M'Clellan,. Sumner, l'orti r, and Franklin from the army; to appoint the butcher of Fre dericksburg to supplant M'Clellan ; to place the gallant army of the Potomacunderthehead of the boasting Hooker. They have compelled him to keep Hooker in command of that army when the whole country knows that by doing so its efficiency is entirely destroyed. And they instigated the infaulow proceedings against Mr. Vallandignam, and com pelled the President to approve them and sustain Burnside. Such are the men who control the destinies of this once free Republic I" M AILS FOR MEXICO, &e.—After the let of August next, the rates of postage upon letters to Cuba and Mexico, by the French packets leaving St. Nazaire on the 16th of each montt,,, will be ls. for each letter not exceeding fez., and ls. for each additional loz., which must be paid in advance. The summary of the Melbourne Argus of the 23th of May says : " The business accomplished by the Parliament of Vic toria during the month has been small in amount. The Legislative Council have laboured with some diligence, but the results have not gone beyond the advancement by a few stages of the measures submitted to them. The Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the Local G ove rnmtent Bill, and the Customs Laws Amendment Bill have PaB.ed through committee; and the Immigration Bill, the Reforma tory Schools Bill, and the Youthful Offenders Bill have been read a second time. The Immigratio n bill will again be con,idertd in committee. Some members have tann objection to the composition of the advising body sitting i 1 London proposed to be created by the bill, and over th ed is bone there has been considerable skirimishing. It is hop the , [ however, that the information brought by last m ail, al to [ formation of a Victorian Emigration S oc i e ty in London ) (such as the Government contemplates), and the desire that i has grown up among the Lancashire people to seek Austra lian shores, will induce a majority of the Council to fall in with the Vie Wt. of the Ministry and the Lower House. By L the passage o f the bill , a sum of about £25,000, now lyin g in the Treasury fur immigration purposes, would be platA, at the disposal of the Agent-General. lay. 1 with was ing in pear- merit, 'den- ;nor ice of ugh atody mons i the June drove 3hep- From enor box, lents Ind it the orto- ;o see terse, G pay k the He rards iare. r fare mis nt I uade my , nnt, liave fur the gain iot • ;the as a bar and he hen Lich Luld 3.14. b .16.4 I all all all all 100 10C 5.1.0 100 Paid. 682 7i 14 129 i i 161 1 921 a 1051 liiiC7~: 1 L