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

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Commercial Union Assurance eompany'e report, to be presented at the ensuing annual meet ing, congratulates the proprietary on the satisfac tory position which the office has already attained, and states that after paying the shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent., the legal and other preli minary expenses have been fully discharged. The premiums received for the fire department up to Dec. 31 last amounted to £56,495 15s. 11d., almost wholly derived from home insurances. In the life department for the eight months ending December last the receipts were £9,298 2s. 11d., of which £5,245 Bs. sd. was the amount of premiums re ceived on 18C) policies assuring £171,300. With reference to the operations of the Company the business of the fire branch is stated to be satisfac torily progressing; the premiums received so far amounted to £22,000, exhibiting a large increase over those taken in the corresponding period of 1862, while the losses estimated do not exceed £6,800. The first year of the life branch is now completed, and the directors state that the pre miums received (exclusive of annuity consideration money) have amounted to £13,869. The marine branch was opened last January, and the premiums under this head taken since that time have ex ceeded £29,000, whilst the claims only represent £1,700. The whole of the capital called up, amounting to £225,000, has been fully paid up. The report also states that upon the allotment of shares the directors considered it desirable in antici pation of an early formation of local and colonial boards, to reserve 5,000 shares for future distribu tion, but as it is not at present contemplated to establish such offices, it has been determined to offer them at par, rateably, to the present shareholders. The Skara (Norwegian) Silver Mining Company is the title of a new undertaking just introduced, under very favourable auspices, to the notice of the investing public. The object is the purchase and working of seventeen silver mines comprising an area of more than 75,000 acres in the district of Skara, which place lies a few miles to the westward of Chris tiana, the capital of Norway. The history of these mines abundantly testifies to their metallic richness and to the large revenues they have at various times brought to the Government exchequer. It appears that on the separation of Norway from Denmark in 1814, the Parliament of Norway took these mines under its special care, and worked them with varied success up to the year 1856, when it was resolved to divide them into districts and call in the aid of pri vate enterprise. The average annual produce of the mines worked by the Government during the past 25 years has amounted to £55,110, while the expenses for the same term have only represented £10,910. The company will possess an exclusive right in perpetuity over all the precious metals found in the district of Skara for a nominal rent of about £l6 per annum, and the arrangements for the trans far of the property appears to be highly advan tageous, as the larger part of the purchase money is to be paid by shares, which are only to be ? , ntitled to dividends on the amount called up on the )they shares. The capital is to be limited to 050,000, which it is proposed to raise by shares of C 2 each, and as the company, as already stated, lucceeds to the right of the original grant from the ling of Sweden and Norway, there is every likeli. ►ood of its being early and fully subscribed. During the last few days less activity has pre• 'ailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets stock dtock Vock .ea, however, has fully sustained previous prices, Pile sugars in some instances have been held rather heaper. Coffee, owing to a good demand on con inental account, has slightly advanced ; while rice emained dull at about previous prices. Saltpetre nd tallow have been depressed, P.Y.C. on the pot being quoted at 435. 3d., and last 3 months' elivery 40s. per cwt. Two O'CLOCK. Rather less activity has prevailed to-day in the iarket for the English Funds, attention being so uch directed to the foreign department, where busi 38S is exceedingly animated. The high range of rotations now current in the English market nds to check speculation for a rise, but numerous lrchases are nevertheless effected, and buoyancy consequently experienced. Soon after business , mmenced this morning there was a rise in )nsols of 1 per cent, namely, to 934 94 for oney and the 7th instant, and to 94 s for the ac runt. This advance, however, has been followed 7 sales in realisation of profits, and a reaction has eurred to 934 and to 933 94 respectively. The Threes and Reduced Annuities remain firm at ; a few transactions have taken place in the )w 24 per Cent. Annuities at 774, and in the 30 ars ditto at 14 13-16ths, 15-16ths. Indian script ions also continue at steady quotations, the )er Cents. Loan being quoted at 1094 1104; and Bonds at 17s. prem.; Exchequer Bills are with t alteration at 58. to Bs. prem. The Foreign Department again presented a very imated appearance, and quotations have continued fluctuate to some extent. Turkish 6 per Cents., 58, have improved to 701 4 ; do., 1862, to 71 4 ; Consolides, to 534 4; Greek, to 324 4 ; do., upons, to 15 4 ; Mexican, to 364 4 ; New Grenada ) 161 171 ; do. Deferred, 94 101; Peruvian, 89 ; Portuguese Scrip, 54 jr prem. ; Russian, 934 ; anish Passive have receded to 364 4; do., Certi- Cates, to 114 4 ; and Italian are 72 4. The Con• erate Loan is 11 1 prem. [ncreased firmness has prevailed in the Railway are Market. Caledonians and Great Westerns 70 improved 10s.; Bristol and Exeter, 158. ; dland £1 ; Great Northern £1 55.; and London I Brighton, £2. ph o Foreign and Colonial undertakings have Ltinued in fair requ es t at steady prices. Dutch enish realised 17 ; Recife and San Francisco 17 tat Western of Canada, 111 ; East Indi an , 11 110; Great Indian Peninsula, 1104 4; and 9aub, 108. oint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in le instances at slightly higher prices. City ak realised 100 4 ; Bank of Egypt, 304; London artered of Australia, 284 • Peninsul ar and ental Steam, 77 ; and V a n Diemen's Land, 164. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. k Stock 233 r Cent. Reduced Annuities r Cent. Consols Annuities r 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es r 21 per Cent. Annuities 771 anties, 30 yrs, expire eth Jan., 1880 — itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 13-16 15-16 a stock itto 5 per Cent ,z,, 13onds ELOOO itto under £l,OOO .............. .. • • 17 pm ,ols for Account, May 7 he'l uer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 8 6 Ditto £5OO itto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ish 4 per Cent., 1863 itto Scrip, £65 paid ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l7f / ptian 7 per Cent 99 81 'k 6 per Cent., .1824-5, ex-Coupons — itto Account.. itto Coupons l5 i 14i lean 3 per C en t Lae Account.. 37 61 if 61 itto 2 Gra nada per Cent 33i itto De ferred lOl 91 ` 7S RO 4i Per itto 4 C ent Ai_PeuruCtent. 1862 — itto tugue„':l Dit to p " Ce nt., 1853 I Scrip, £3 O 1862 s i ma .5 per c,ntPaid ... 1 itto 4i per ce nt " T 8 2 , 1 2 * 8 1 it to 5 per Cent., .I'B6 — ' •• • • iieh i per Cent - ' --" . ' - tto Nev Deferre.d", itto Account.., I?' tto PISSIV(3 ................ - ish Cert. of Coup n o t fut i ( j e • a ... 11 121 111 :ish 6 per Cent. 1854 .... tto Account tto 6 per Cent. 1858 tto Acc0unt................ tto, £lOO Bonds .. tto 6 p er C en t. 1862 ........ 72 .............. 71i tto Account 74 1 )zuela, 3 per Cent tto Account 241 4 tto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. hoi per Cent., E x . 12 G u il 4 per C en t. C ert ifi cates Ln, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — tto Account ols, I Vone TWO O'CLOCK, tte y .. 93 1 i tto Account 931 i June ., ' • • 93i 4 stock stook stock stock stock 20 stock Stock Bt 4tock hroN E y MARKET SHARE A=KE TS. —T his day. ORDIN A itY SHAREN AND STOW.% Share/ Railways. p aid : Closing Busines , Price. done. Mr., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Boa t. , Sleat.,andMid.k.:o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wal I Do A A gets no die Do. B ti tip c.p an.hat. ai to B. Dublin & been Belf p ast d June. Dun.,perth.& Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Wester n . Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt S. an I W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock! Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' .h Western Lon. & Scy.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 8 8. 7 8 83 85 1121 113 85 4 1141 15 6 1 ei 40 12 13 14 91 93 106 108 52 t 3 46 48 24# 256 122 123 1241 125 k 134 136 101 103 66i 67 107/ 108} 76 77 114 /16 40 41 98 98} 102 103 43 44 12 12} 123} 124 1} 10 91 93 Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Sr Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. !North London Do New .......... 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun j Staines,Wok.,andVirok. Stockton & Darlington Do . . ............. Do New, 186 G ........ Taff Vale.. .. Do 8................ Do C ................ Ulster ................ DDo ................ o ... . .. . .. Vale of Neath .... .... Victoria sta. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POS Kai I wave 1t lantie & St Lawrem. itom.,Barodatt.Cent In, u Ga. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. 5hare5......... I Buffalo and Lake fluron a. Do. Preference fluflalo,Brant,&Godricl 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 ,, 72 ' O O. do. July 1, 1573 tut 'o. ,10. June 1, 1 , .4 10C %leutta.&S.N.astu.tl, • ' 100 ape Town Doe ti k 5 Sei.lol r , 10 Eamtn. Bengal g kw Indian. 5 p. c. 100 Do. do. G f Do. do. H do. .. I Grand Trunk of ranada 10( 1 )o. Ist Bonds.. ii Do. ,o. deferred.— al ?d Pret. Bowls.. al Da. do d fer ed...... al Do. 3d P ef. stock ... al Do. do. d , ferred...... 0.1 Do. 4th Pref. sfo k... al Do. do. deferred...... al Gt.lndlaPenth.gua sp.c 101 Do. New gua. 5 p c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 101 Gt. W. of Canada Sharea al Do. New .. ll Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. c. .. 101 Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 Dc. 4A 101 Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. kinds. 101 Melb. 4z Hobson's Bay. al Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all Newßr unswick Canda Class A. and B. al .N.RLC'da6 pc lst pf bds Scinde ( 11( Do. De1hi...,,,, ••' 11 O ) Do. do .... .. • . g Do. Funjaub t Do. Do. •—• 2 , 1 Do. In dus.St. Flo.) - 1 °LON lAL GOVERNM an. Gov. 6 p.c.J a &J u 1) 1877-8 I . Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 10 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept. 10 Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 10, I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 101 Cape G.Hope, 6p c,187 101 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 101 Do. 189( 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 101 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 101 'Matt , itillg 6 per Cent .. 10( Natal G(,ir. 6 per cant.. lot N. l 3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 101 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oc t. 1C I N. S. W. (.iov. 5 p 18 Do. sp. c.,18,, to La 1( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 16 New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. ster:ing, 18 75........ 101 IQueensland Gcv. 6p. a 101 S. Ala G 6 p.c.167a& up.. 101 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&July 101 Do. to a o.c. An.&Ont_ 101 FIRTTISII MI 2 Cambrian Consol. - ilitlorcl Amalgamated • - Devon G. Con.. eravist - East Bassett (Mogan ) 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 5 - East Caradon ...... •ti - Cam Brea.. • ... 3.1 - Nom. WI Russel (Tavistk) 8.1 - Gam.ASLAuDyn(Gwen.) 5' - Great South Tolgus r - li. Wheal Vor(Ilelston) - !Grenville - erod's- Foot l• I ingston Downs 4. Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant .) 11 arke Valley.. 4 \lyndy Iron Oro (Lim , 2, New Seton . 11 North Downs \.w h 'i Basset (1110 4 an t.l North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols(St. Blazey, li 10 'rovidence(Uny Leint.l 10., South Caradon(St.Cleer, 1 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.1 - Wheal Fran. (Mogan ts.l tStray Park 5 tramar Silvdiz Lead Min 4 10 l fin emit .... West Basset (Illogan) 1 %V Caradon (Liskeard) 5 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 1 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0 WhealLud, ott ........ 2.11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 Wheal Seton 5l - wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 Wheal Union 3.' PREFERENCE Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 Great N orthern, 5 per cent., red, at 10 per cent, pm., llie Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 90f Great Western, 5 per cent, red. prf., 104 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf.. 1051 a Midland 4i per cent, pt. stk. rd., 104 Ditto, 41 per oent. prf., 95 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10, London and S.-Western 4f per cent., 104 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8 Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Recite and San Francisco (Um.), gna. 7 per cent, 17 Sambre and Meuse, 10 West Flanders, 71 i 29 250 it 65 50 0.8 51. 51 1 too i6l. S/ 260 270 71 17 41 6 SHARES.— FOREIGN MINES. Caput Silver, f Cobre Copper, 19/ United Mexican (Um.), 7f / Alliance Ban JOIN T-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Ek of London and Liverpool (N 31 1 8 4 Bank o UnL Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 251 City, 100 i 100 EEnngigthil,aBneod icriSe.hanad23inlA2.u)';tsre I mperial Ottom an aliatt Chart ere d , 221 London, B. Ayres, Bank PI London and Brazilian 4 4 ny "(litn.), 22 1 London Chartered f A ustralia, London and Couuty, 43, 2B/ } London and South Airman, 28 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 241 Oriental Bank Corporation, 541 Scinde a ,l'unj ß au ri b t , iB a h nd so D u e th lhi Ai ni r m ica .l ,(2l Union of d England and France (1im.),1. 196 18 1 Union of London, 341 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 34} Joint stock Discount, 4; 1 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 77 S. African Irri ation Investment (11m.), 21 I Trust and Loan Co. of Up, er Canada, 51 Van Diemen's Lane. 161 A firmer tone is apparent iu the general discount market, owing to a slight increase of business. A small quantity of gold, namely £7,000, was purchased by the Bank of England authorities yes terday. BisnoP BLOMFIELD used often to relate the following anecdote :—Walking over one Sunday to his duty at Little Chesterford, he found on his arrival that he had forgotten to bring his sermon with him. It was too late to return ; so, for the first and only time in his life, he preached ex tempore, taking for his text the first verse of the 53d Psalm, " The fool bath said in his heart, there is no God." Being anxious to know how he had s eemed to succeed in an unaccustomed effort, he asked one of the congregation, on coming out, how he bad liked the , 8 . 6 , 11110,1 - " Well, Mr, Bloomfield," replied the man, " I lilted the sermon well enough ; but I can't say I agree with YOU; 1 think there be a Ciod."—Bishop • Ziff, 13.14. 4.4.0 X9.18.4' 'bar , 5313 48 1251 Ge 130 28 67 11 1082 782 8 9 118 19 182 412 992 100 99, 10$2 452 122 1282 92 8 1001 571 115 117 151 l 1 16 11} 12 118 120 43 44 98 100 48 50 32 23 92 621 67 69 99 101 3738 9 10 7 1 71P 150 153 41 5 3 S ip - -pl 154 155 28 30 100 I 43 45 100 37 38 100 198 100 SESSIONS. 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Id p 4. ,0 41 co 84 9 1.6 3 4 4 17 4 13 15 I 7 6 5 , 10 6 7 ' 16 5 4 51 • I ' , ' 47 gg , 7.0 24 3 0.6 1 t ik 30 32 3.0 74 8 1 4 d 191 120 330 21 17.4' 44 4 2! 1.0 41 5 44 5 .1 1 .7 11 4 i 395 405 15.6 31 44 1-.9 85 90 4. 35 37 0 204 21 3 4 12 1 5 4021 10? i 3 102 t 109 i 110; 11 102 9 3) 2) 11511 Rustnees don 2/ 3 Xit 1 n, 101 1051 iii THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1363. POLICE IN' This Day. MARLBOROUG El-STREET. NIGHT MARAUDERS IN PALL-MALL.—James Fitz. gerald, Wm. Martin, Wm. Holloway, and Ann Holloway, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering in Pall- Mall, near the club-houses, and also in the Haymarket, near Her Majecy's Theatre, for the purpose of committing a felony. Win. Gordon, (323 A, said that at eleven the previous night, he saw Martin and the man Holloway together in Pall-Mall. He watched them into Haymarket, where they separated and entered a crowd at the Opera-house. They shortly afterwards returned and joined the woman and Fitzgerald, who were waiting in Pall-Mall. The woman then left the men and went on down Pall-Mall and stopped a gentleman, who broke away from her. She then went on with Fitzgerald in her rear, and the others lurking on the other side of the way. The woman then stopped another gentleman, and Martin and Holloway crossed over to the woman, and Fitzgerald entered a public-house. The woman stopped another person who stood talking to her, and on his leaving all the prisoners joined and went into the Star and Garter public-house, where they stayed about ten minutes. The woman then went along, the three men following at a little distance. Near George court the woman stopped another person, but seeing him (Gordon) she returned and joined the others. He (Gordon) then stopped them with the assistance of Cook, 106 C, and took them into custody. While at the station the woman put her hand into Holloway's pocket and took out a handker chief, and on his (Gordon) taking the handkerchief and asking Holloway whether it was his own, he said it was, and that it was marked with initial " H.," but instead of that it bore the name of " G. Gunter." In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the officer said he knew the woman as a prostitute and to belong to a gang of notorious thieves. Martin worked at a photograph shop by day, but was a thief by a night. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there was no doubt all the prisoners were in Pall-mall for the purpose of picking somebody up, and if the woman could not do it, then the men were there ready to go up and knock a person down.. It was quite clear that the female was cruising about to rob some one with the assistance of the others. The prisoners were remanded for a week. James Fulcher, a lad, was fined 40s. for assaulting a little girl named Mary Ann Addis, living at 62, Piccadilly. The case was proved by Mr. F. Crane, hosier, of Regent street, and the little girl herself, the only provocation given the prisoner being the accidentally touching him with a basket. THAMES. ROBBERY IN A LODGING-HOUSE.--SaMUel Fitzherbert, a ship's carpenter, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing £ll in gold, 255. in silver, and a gold watch valued ten guineas, in the lodging-house of Mr. VT . Smith, Broad-street, Ratcliff. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Eliza Smith, wife of the prosecutor, that five weeks ago the prisoner lodged in her house for two days and three nights only, and at that time there was £ll in gold in a purse, 255. in silver loose, and a gold watch in a drawer in her bed-room. The money consisted of the hard earnings of herself and hus band, and was put by to pay the lent, rates, and taxes of the house. The gold watch was an heirloom. It had been in her possession twenty years. The prisoner came down stairs early on the morning of the third day he was in the house and teft it unperceived by Mrs. Smith, while she was in the yard in the rear of the house filling a tea kettle with water. His disappearance created no surprise until the middle of the day, when Mrs. Smith went to the drawer in her bedroom to obtain some money to satisfy the demand of a tax-collector. On opening the drawer she discovered that all her gold and silver and her gold watch were gone. She ran down stairs much agitated and scream ing, and as soon as she recovered herself made her loss known to the police. The prisoner was not apprehended until yesterday afternoon. He was taken into custody by John Fry, a police constable, No. 320 K, who asked him what he had done with the money he had stolen, to which he made a statement in reply that he had squandered it in drink and dissipation, and that money illgotten was never saved. Mary Ann Seymour, described as an unfortunate girl, dwelling in Richard-street, Commercial -road East, said the prisoner " took up" with her five weeks ago, and gave her a gold watch. On Friday last he told her to get £2 on it. She obtained £2 15a upon it, and sold the duplioate after wards. Alfred Gard, assistant to Mr. Lewis Laumberg, pawn.. broker in Broad-street, Ratcliff, near the prosecutor's house, produced a gold watch, which the last witness pawned at his master's establishment. Yesterday the woman Seymour came to the shop and paid the interest on the watch. At the same time she changed the name and address on the duplicate relating to the watch, and she said ehe had sold the duplicate. Mrs. Smith identified the watch as her property. It was the one stolen. In answer to a question, Mrs. Smith said—The money was all we had —our hard earnings, sir. It has distressed us very much. Mr. Woolrych—lt is very unfortunate, indeed. I am sorry for you. Fry said when he met the prisoner yesterday he ran a mile before he could catch him. The prisoner was then asked by the magistrate whether he would have the case disposed of here or tried at the ses sions ? The prisoner —Settle here at once, your worship. Mr. Woolrych—Are you guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner —Not guilty. Mr. Woolrych—Very well. I shall remand you for a week, and then commit you for trial. I cannot dispose of it myself if you plead not guilty. THE PARIS SLAUGHTERHOUSES. The Conservator of the Paris slaughterhouses, being of opinion that the mode of slaughtering oxen - by knocking them on the head with a heavy metal instrument must cause the animal excessive pain, endeavoured to discover another mode to avoid this suffering, and at the same time to preserve the slaughtermen from the danger to which they are exposed in the performance of this disagreeable duty. He thought that enervation would accom plish his object, and his opinion was founded on the doctrine taught by physiologists, who assert that the separation of the spinal marrow at once destroys animal life. Experiments were tried on more than 100 oxen, and it was demonstrated that although the ox was more quickly put to death, his sufferings were not the less excruciating, inasmuch as his entire vitality was preserved, and that death did not ensue until after an agony of 16 or 16 minutes. These experiments were repeated on calves and sheep, and in place of merely cutting the spinal marrow, the head was separrted from the body in order to observe the degree of vitality which would still remain in each of the separated parts. A calf was suspended, and a butcher's boy cut his head off with a knife. This operation was accomplished in a quarter of a minute. The head was imme diately placed on a table, and it lost two ounces and a half of blood in the space of six minutes. During the first minute all the muscles of the face and neck were agitated with rapid convulsions, and during the two following minutes the convulsions assumed another character. The tongue was stretched out of the month, which opened and closed alternately ; the nostrils opened as if the animal experienced a difficulty of breath. The convulsions became more active when the tongue or nostrils were pricked with a needle. When the hand was applied to the mouth or nostrils, respira tion was felt to be continued by the air entering and coming out. When a finger was brought within an inch of the eye, in the direction of the pupil, the eye was quickly closed, as if it wished to avoid the touch of the finger, and the same result followed at several intervals. At lsngth the eye did not close until the eyelid was touched. It was remarked that the eye remained closed as long as the finger re mained in contact with it. These phenomena be. came gradually weaker, and ceased entirely after four minutes. Even then, when the spinal marrow was pricked with a needle, the convulsions recom. menced in the entire face, tongue, and eyes. After the sixth minute all contraction ceased. While these experiments were being performed, the body, which remained suspended, was greatly agi tated. The agitation ceased gradually, and wits re placed by febrile contractions, which continued more than an hour. Bat this was always observed, in whatever manner the throat was cut. Forty calves and 50 sheep were decapitated, and they all presented the same phenomena. The Director of the Paris slaughterhouses convinced himself by these experim ents that an ox suffered more by being tate d of itrhoann; andby b t e h i a n t g t struck r., d hy o wn withpr od uci n g heavy ap bar an immediate stupefaction, prevents the animal g, whil e t h e bleeding, immedialy effected, deprives him of life b e f ore t h e headte re covers sensation. EXPENSE OF THE CHINA W AR.—From a return , and th e ex issued on Sturday, it appear s t h at the total amount issued from e th Exchequer i 1 859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, on account of the China war, n was £4,680,000 p en diture was £4,65 2 , 003 , leaving a balanc e of £28,097 i n the hands of the Paymaster-General. The claims by the Indian Department, after all deductions, amounted to £1,962,852, out of which £6,089 is the amount still un settled, SPORTING IE.--This Day. CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 2to 1 agst Stradalla (taken) 6to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 10 to 1 agst Plover (taken) 11 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) No other c h ange . Arrivala—Filly by Sweetmeat, Brilliant, Persuasion, Plover, and Fitz• Avon. TAT TERSALLS—YESTERDAY. CRESTED. CUP. 9to 4 aget Stradalla (taken and offered) 6to 1 agat Caller Ou (taken) 10 to 1 agst Plover (taken) 12 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dunkeld (taken) 20 to 1 agat Haddington (taken) THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agat Lord Clifden (taken) 6to 1 agat Macaroni (taken) 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Ghillie (taken) 22 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 40 to 1 agat Avondale (take 50 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Tambour Major (taken) 1000 to 5 agat Fantastic (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bro. to Morocco and King of the Vale coupled (taken) CITY BETTING--YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 2 to 1 agat Stradella (taken) 7to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 10 to 1 apt Plover (taken) 12 to 1 agat Asteroid (taken) 15 to 1 agst Haddington (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken) 33 to 1 agst Camerino (taken) 33 to 1 agat M. Phillippe (taken) 33 to 1 agat The Knave (taken) 100 to 1 agat Ben Webster (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —YESTERDAY. For the Chester Cup, Stradella, Caller Ou, The Plover and Asteroid were very firm ; and Haddington from his 30 to 1 of Saturday had friends at 10 to 1, but at the close a little more was offered. The supporters of Dunkeld refused less than 25 to 1, but took that very freely. During the early part of the day 30 to 1 was taken and asked against Camerino, but later on 40 to 1 was laid and offered. A re- port was current that neither Buckstone nor The Knave would see the Starter, and they were added to the friend less division. From our proximity to the scene of action at Chester, there will not be any betting to report as being done here until the conclusion of the Chester events. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. sto 2 agst Stradella (taken) 13 to 2 agst Caller Ou (taken) Bto 1 agst Plover (offered) 10 to 1 agst Haddington (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agat Asteroid (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered) 25 to 1 agat Dnnkeld (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agat M. Philippe (taken) 40 to 1 agst Camerino (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cowley (offered) 50 to 1 agst Buckatone and The Knave coupled (off) 100 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 50 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken) 2000 to 15 agst Flibustier (taken) 1000 to 3 agst Fantastic (taken and offered) For several weeks past the Roman Catholic chapel in Union-road, Cambridge, has been the scene of the most die ! graceful disturbances. It appears that a number of under graduate members of the university, evidently acting in concert, have been in the habit of attending the evening services, and interrupting the priest by laughing derisively, smoking long clay pipes, and other unseemly conduct. The Rev. Thos. Quinlivan, the officiating priest, has remon strated with them upon several occasions, but being anxi ous to spare them the disgrace and humiliation of a public exposure, he abstained from taking legal proceedings against them. This forbearance on the part of the rev. gentleman, however., instead of having the desired effect of quelling the disturbances, made the undergraduates more bold and insolent, and last Sunday evening they conducted themselves in so outrageous a manner that the police con stables who were in attendance for the purpose of preserving order foiled it necessary to take the ringleaders into custody. The proctors subsequently went to the police-station and bailed out the offenders. Yesterday morning the Borough Police .court was densely crowded in every part, a large number of university men being present, who manifested the greatest interest in the proceedings. The magistrates in attendance were—The Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. Swann Hurrell, Mr. Charles Balls, Mr. H. Marshall, Mr. C. F. Foster, and the Rev. Dr. Cartniell, Master of Christ's College. The Rev. Mr, Quinlivan and many of the university authorities were ac commodated with seats on the bench. Mr. Fetch, solicitor, appeared for all the defendants. Mr. ;Howard Simon Watson and Mr. Thomas Springett Watson, undergraduates of Pembroke College, were placed in the dock, charged with having assaulted Police -constables Larkin and Kirbyshire. Elijah Larkin, police-constable, said—Yesterday even ing I was on duty in plain clothes at the Catholio chapel in Union-road. A university man was given into custody by Mr. Quinlivan, the priest of the chapel, on a charge of disorderly conduct. With the assistance of Police-constable Kirbyshire I took the person into custody. Several univer sity men were there, and one of them said, "Now for the rescue." Several of them then tried to take him away from us. As we were going out of the chapel into the porch the defendant Howard Watson struck me on the forehead. In the chapel yard the defendant Thos. Watson endeavoured to pull me away from my prisoner, and in the struggle we fell. Somebody then kicked me, and the prisoner I had in custody got away. I sent to the police-station for assistance, and when it arrived the defendant Howard Watson was taken into custody. Another struggle ensued immediately, and just as we got on the Hill's-road I saw Thomas Watson take hold of the collar of the policeman who had Howard Watson in custody. I pushed Thomas Watson back, and he struck me twice on the head. With great difficulty we managed to get the defenlant Howard Watson into the police-station. The defendant Thomas 'Watson came in afterwards with one of the proctors. Ho was at once iden tified, and charged. In reply to Dr. Cartmell, witness said—The struggle took place inside the chapel, and the cry for the rescue was raised in the chapel while divine service was being per formed. There were between 15 and 20 university men there. I was in plain clothes, but I told them I was an officer. By Mr. Fetch, who appeared for the defendapts—Thos. Watson misconducted himself in the early part of the ser vice by laughing loudly, and Mr. Quinlivan left off his sermon on that account. I was sent to the chapel on ac count of there having been disturbances on previous occa sions. I saw the person who was given into custody by Mr Quinlivan for misbehaving himself. Ido not know who that person was. Police-constable Kirbyshire corroborated the evidence of the preceding witness, and deposed that he was himsell struck in the chapel, and again while going to the police station, by the defendant Howard Watson. Police-constable Badcock saw the defendant Thomas Watson assault constable Phillips on the Hills •road, Phillips then had the defendant Howard Watson in custody John Clarke, coachmaker, was at the chapel on the even ing in question. He could swear the defendants took part in the rescue. Saw Howard Watson strike Kirbyshire. Police-constable Phillips corroborated some of the fore going statements. Mr. Fetch then addressed the bench for the defendants, who had instructed him that this was a case of mistaken identity. In support of this defence he called Mr. Robert Glenn, student of Magdalen College, who said he did not see the defendant Howard Watson strike any one, but could not say he did not. Witness's back was turned towards him during a great part of the time. (Laughter.) Mr. Wm. F. Smith, of St. John's College, deposed that he saw Howard Watson in the chapel. Larkins stood near the door to prevent the university men from going out. They then forced their way out. Witness picked up Mr. Thomas Watson's gown in the chapel yard. Mr. Chas. Rawlins, of Pembroke College, said that Mr. Howard Watson laughed once at something the priest said. The verger went up to him and told him that a policeman was present, and he had better look out. In the yard all the university men joined in rescuing the man from custody, but witness did not see the defendants do more than the others. He did not see Larkin struck at all. The magistrates then retired for the purpose of consult ing together on the case. On their return into court, The Mayor said the offence with which the defendants were charged was a very serious one. It was a grievous thing that these disturbances of a congregation should have been going on for a considerable time. It was impossible to overlook this matter, or to punish it merely by the in fliction of a fine. The defendants would be sent to prison for seven days, without hard labour. On account of various circumstances the magistrates had determined to omit the hard labour, but they felt they should not be doing their duty if they merely inflicted a pecuniary fine. The undergraduate portion of the audience raised a per fect storm of hisses as soon as the sentence was pronounced, but order was soon restored. The prisoners, who were evi dently much surprised at the decision, and appeared to feel their position acutely, were then removed. Richard Ramsden, undergraduate of Trinity College, was next charged with assaulting police-constables Ayres and Kirbyshire in the execution of their duty. The evidence proved that the prisoner was taking a pro minent part in the disturbance, and that when some of the other undergraduates charged were actually in custody he cried out repeatedly, "To the rescue 1" At the police sta tion he struck Kirbyshire with his fist, whereupon Kirby shire struck him again, as the officer said (amid groans from the undergraduates), "in self. defence." On the fact that hirbyshire had struck the defendant ap pearing, the Bench recommended that this charge should be withdrawn, and it was withdrawn accordingly. This as regarded the assault charged upon Kirbyshire. The defendant was then further charged with assaulting A 3 res. It appears that assistance having been sent for from the police station, Ayres proceeded thence to aid his brother constables, and met them, the mob, and parties in custody on the Hills-road. The defendant, according to Ayres's evidence, pushed all he could, and incited others to rescue Ward. He was expostulated with, and told that if he pursued such a course of conduct he " would have to go himself," whereupon he replied " that he did not care about that,,, struck Ayres several times, and endeavoured to throw him down. He was seen by another constable to kick Ayres's legs. The defence raised by Mr. Fetch in this case was that if the police had used greater forbearance these occurrences would not have taken place. Mr. Fetch dwelt, too, upon the excitement which necessarily prevailed, and the probability under such circumstances of the officers being mistaken in the identity of the party committing the offences. The Mayor said that the magistrates considered the ease proved. They had the optics of sending the defendant to prison or inflicting a pecuniary fine. There was, however, some difference between this and the previous case. The defendant had committed no assault within the precincts of a place of worship, and there were some other mitigating circumstances. The bench adjudged the defendant to pay a fine of 14 and expenses, or to be imprisoned seven days. The fine was immediately paid George Ward, student of Trinity College, was then charged by Police-constable Maltby with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. Maltby was one of the reserve despatched from the police station, and met the police, the mob, and the undergraduates in custody in St. Andrew street, proceeding towards the station. He was, he said, struck three sharp blows on the back of the head, and turning sharply round, saw the defendant as though with drawing his hand after striking a blow. Thereupon he took him into custody. In cross-examination Maltby admitted that then) was a great many persons pushing and driving both witness and the defendant, but he said he aid not think the position of the defendant's hand was the result of pushing. For the defence, Mr. Thomas James Homes Culverwell, undergraduate of Emmanuel College, was called. He said that he saw another man in the crowd strike Maltby once from behind, and ho could swear that the defendant never struck him at all. Had ho done so witness must have seen him. The defendant put up his hand when the policeman turned round to pounce upon him, and about the same time. There was another witness for the defendant, hut the Mayor said that there appeared some doubt whether the defendant was the party who struck the officer, and the bench would give him the benefit of it. T he case was dis missed. Something had been said in the court inetnua t. nh that the police had used more force than was necessary, but it must be recollected that the police on such occasions as that which had just been the subject of investigation were compelled to use force or the ends of justice would not be achieved. So, it would be the better way for you ng men to avoid such squabbles, and then their character would be far better preserved than by their appearance in a court of justice. I g c e e c d o sheet,llw eg it e h There were other charge s e ntered u p o n the acn po a l er i against Robert Glenn, of M a g dalen College,m charged a tt e mpt at rescue; Wm. Woodgate , ofm and Wm. Francis Smith, of St. John's College, char with inciting to rescue and obstructi ng the police, but charges were withdrawn. e f these The defendants Watson were removed from the Town Hall to their exi t th from the e borough Town gaol, on Hall Parker's Pi ece'} gr ill ee a teg y w . ith ol tt the s t en torian sympathetic cheer from their ebireother undergra duates, but at the entrance to th o o gaol a d i ff erent audience aw aited them. The cpuipsoauetnts this also c h eere d l ust i ly, but it was because th e y w wo f goWilstnen going to priuon, It need hardly be said that the constituents of the two bodies were very different. CRACOW, April 27. The report circulated the last day or two as to Padlewski, one of the best of the insurgent leaders, having fallen into the hands of the Russians, after being contradicted, is now unfortunately confirmed. Padlewski, who was formerly on officer in the Russian army, which he quitted two years ago, is at present a prisoner in the citadel at Warsaw. This is the sixth military chief of distinction that the Poles have lost since the beginning of the in surrection, the others being Frankowski, Langie wicz, Bentknowski, Mielencki, and Cieszkowski. There is said, it is true, to be some chance now of Mielencki recovering, but he is so badly wounded that it is not likley he will be able to take part again in the present insurrection. Bentkowski is still at liberty under parole, and it is supposed that neither he nor Langiewicz will be brought to trial for some time to come. Frankowski was one of the first leaders who fell. As for the ill-fated Ciesz• kowski, he may be said to have died a double death, for he had already received a mortal wound when the Russians broke into the house where he was lying, and murdered the dying man in his bed. It is said that a Russian officer shot him with his own hand, after which the inmates of the house that for a time had sheltered the fugitive were murdered in the usual manner. A mass for poor Cieszkowski, six officers and all who fell with him at Cieszkowki's last battle, was celebrated a few days since at the Church of the Carmelites here in Cracow. In the public announce ment of his death and of the service to be pedal med for the repose of his soul the insurgent chief was formally entitled "colonel in the national army," and his loss was evidently felt as a national calamity. Not only was the church crowded, but the large open space in front was also filled by persons in black, or in black edged with white, the deepest mourning in Poland that can be worn. The seven coffins were covered with significant red cloth. Ti e ceremony was a very painful one, and had more of a private than a public character, from the fact that numbers of those present had evidently lost relatives of their own. The congregation was composed of persons of all classes, including a great many peasants. Immediately after the disaster which befel Lan giewicz's army, there was for some time but very little fighting on the other side of the frontier, near Cracow. But during the last three weeks we have heard of collisions, great or small, every two or three days, and since the funeral of the young Ostrowski (a cousin, by the way, of the Marchioness Wielo polska) the doors of the churches have been placarded every day with the names of the insurgents who have fallen. The chaplain of Gregowiz's detachment (mortally wounded at Szklary), was buried this afternoon, and we have to-day received news of the surprise and partial destruction of one of the com panies of Mossakowski's little corps, which entered the kingdom by way of Kobelane about ten days ego. It was supposed at first that as many as 50 men had been killed, but 35 of the missing number have since appeared in the flesh on this side of the fron tier. Among the fallen is a young Hungarian, for merly in the service of Garibaldi, who is said by an eyewitness to have fought like a tiger, and to have despatched a great number of Russians with his own hand before he received his death-blow. The Polish habit of regarding every one whose position is not at first sight generally intelligible as a spy, caused this young man to be looked upon as such when he was in Cracow, where he was publicly in sulted by a mob only a few days before he joined his regiment. Further in the interior, in the district of Plock, a battle of no great importance in itself has just been fought, in which young Siemienski, the son of Lucian Siemienski, the poet, was killed. When Siemienski heard of his son's death, he fell on his knees and thanked God for having allowed him to die in such a just cause. The young man (he was 19) was untP last February librarian of the Polish academy established at Les Batig nolles. As soon as he heard of the insurrection breaking out he lett Paris, and, his means falling short before he reached Cracow, performed the last 60 miles of his journey on foot, so as not to lose time by writing to his family and having to wait for a remittance. In his first battle he was shot through the lungs, and for some days had been lying wounded, with three of his comrades, at a country house, when the Russians suddenly appeared before the place, brought there for money by a German colonist, who it is not unreasonable tosuppose must have been of Prussian origin. Siemienski and his friends, exhausted as they were, met them on the threshold and defended themselves with revol vers for a few minutes, when Siemienski, who was an excellent shot, brought down three or four of his opponents. It is almost superfluous to add that ultimately the Poles were overpowered and massacred, the house plundered, and the grounds laid waste. Looking at the photographs of the most distin guished of the insurgents who have been killed in battle, it is astonishing how many of them are very young men, and lamentable to reflect that in a war in which personal heroism plays so large a part, and in which, as a rule, every man acts for himself, those who think more of attacking the enemy than of sheltering themselves are sure to fall the first. Segur says of the Poles who served in the army of 1812, that they engaged very lightly to do exceed ing difficult things, but that they kept their words ; and so in the present day you may hear insurgents of 18 and 19 boast that they will be the first of their detachment to touch the Russians; and, indeed, when the time comes they throw themselves upon them at any odds. In Mossakowski's detachment, the last that passed the frontier near Cracow, ayouth who had vowed that he would strike the first blow, was himself struck down before he could aim a second. In the same way ten of the Lancers were so eager to attack that they rushed upon a band of Cossacks 50 strong, and though they sold their lives dearly were killed to a man. As regards the officers, I am told that it is abso lutely necessary they should distinguish themselves in some brilliant manner in order to justify their appointment and cause their authority to be fully recognised by the rank and file, who in most cases know as much and as little about the art of war as their leaders. General Rechebrune owes entirely his reputation and his present high position to his almost unexampled personal daring. His former pupil, the son of Count Moszynski, a Siberian exile of the year 1825, who since that time has suffered personally and through his family by every calamity which has fallen upon Poland, had laid the artally founda tion of a similar renown when he w .d a e s Miechow. rn wounded at the headof his company inside who had under the orders of a French purposegen than that of It was strange that he should binthere fighting come to Cracow for no andothiet r would appear strange i directing his studies, English parents—not accustomed l d to a violent death as i n k e t h t e h e e x r tr o e l m ee e to to look the children. --to the probable end of any any oneadmiration hear the father speak with of the pre forwar, of fhose portrait. is in to the killed in battle ceptor, and refer with more pride than pain e f v a e te r y shop window is Boreisza, was might have been Another chief c y h o i u ef ng of so in n s . urgents, a milit aryj me B , ch m o o o r L e as if' looks, ust t he were going to a fancy dress against s avages, and has ss ball tha n t o a war rather the face of a timid, or at least a gentle Young girl, than o f the intrepid proved himself t o b e i n presence of the enemy. The hospital surgeons say that the young men who are lying wounded are so eager to get back to their detachmen t that their minds are never at peace, and that their restoration to health is de layed in consequence. I can understand this from the almost painfnl anxiety with which many of them ask for news either of the insurrection or of the proceedings of the intervening Powers. A Polish proprietor, in the kingdom, was sum moned not long since before a Russian General. charged with having rendered assistance to the in surgents, and solemnly cautioned against doing i ~ again. The p ro p r i e t or ex pl a ined his position. . I f , " he said, "the insurgents come to my place and ask There is a general expectation here that some sort of Constitution will be proclaimed for the king dom of Poland, and it is even said for the Russian Empire, including, of course, the Polish provinces, on the 3d of May, the anniversary of the adoption of the celebrated Polish Constitution of 1791. It is not hoped, it is rather feared, that this step will be taken. I do not say that the fear is altogether reasonable, but it exists, and has its origin in a very natural conviction that such a seem ing proof of an intention to govern Poland on equi. table principles would at once put an end to all chance of foreign intervention. It Would undoubt edly conciliate the Polish nobility, who until the Polish insurrection broke out were nearly unani mous in their pressing demands for a reformed go vernment, in which not only they, but all classes, in proportion to their importance, should have a voice. If it did not conciliate the Poles it would at least deprive them of a great ainsunt of sympathy, and would weaken considerably the moral basis of their insurrection. The object of this insurrection is, in the words of one of the manifestoes issued by the National Government, " not to obtain this or that concession," but to free the country from the foreign yoke" —a noble end, but one which the Poles un aided are by no means certain to attain. Neverthe less, in their present spirit they are not likely to accept any offers which are not equally extended to Lithuania and the Ruthenian provinces; that is to say, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine. Th e y ask for the independence of the Poland of 1772 as their maximum, and the union of the Russo-Polish provinces to the kingdom of Poland under the Russian Crown, with a national Diet, a national administration, and, above all, a national army as their minimum. Between the minimum and the maximum there is not very much difference, and there is, of course, no chance of Russia granting either unless compelled to do so by force of arms. The Poles are quite aware of this, but seem resolved to let their fate be decided by war, reserving to themselves the right, if the result should be against them, of endeavourtng to resume it in another 15 years, or whenever the opportunity may present itself. Whatever becomes of the insurrection, it is said hat the National Government, which is now stronger han ever, owing to the new and influential members that have recently joined it, is determined to render the Russian rule impossible in Poland. The National wirelar geo opposed Government, which for some time past has been obeyed byal w l h c o la i s n se t s h , e izl s i t i proprietors, to the present movement on the ground that it w as has now all classes represented in its d in in s g tan th ce e all the premature, the country having neither arms nor am. munition, 1 e_ -ow the working committee, and if on a given da, it j orders all the civil functionaries in the kingd om to . service, the civil functionaries will cert • quit the their places. It would be cu • ainlY g ive UP Russians would get on if nous to se 1, ministration, central and POstS IA the Ad.. local, thrown on their hands. Th vv:.-Te suddenly doted to a state of anarch e country would be re doubt be a good deal y, and Russia, would no would be benefitted perr‘it I , zed. How Poland 0 - -I however -Oa the other ha , is not quite so clear. hand a sort of project is said to be counterpart of the above and is even believed actually under consideration, nerally well informed by many persons who are ge- Government to have as to the plans of the Russian great scheme is t been already adopted. The throughout " C o establish military government kingdom into 20ongress Polanddivide the 0 districts, and in each district to place the minor Polish officials under the direct control of Russian officers. LEGRAPIIIC s t obt e e e. sum of COMMUNICATION WITH AusTRA- Australia with Java. It a l r t e is in p the field for co❑netting the north-west of Australia, o r n op th os e e s d ho to res la o y; the the cable G u lf °oaf Carpentaria, or to take it round to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. At this poiP t the cable would be in communica tion with the existing intercolonial lines, and New South Wales, Victoria, and South Autralia would thus be brought into connection with the countries of the old world. The cost of laying the lino from Java to Queem.land is estimated at £1,100,000; but from Java to tho north-west a cable c• uld be laid for £243,000. Considering the many risks to which their action, there can scarcely be a doubt as to the policy the submarine cables are exposed, andlunt.eherideelsousennaccrtoehs,rtettaoinbty. ofa. of selecting the cheaper route. An accident might impair the eftioieney of the cable, but the sh p o lit r azo t i e ruA r (e i a io,ft e oAi d e r (e o li u .eaol l ra d; repaired or renewed at so much less cost than the longer one, that it appears like a wanton risk of money to select the o n t o: ru t ) 11 : _iesutsceroaaisit.al Australian : a d lines w w e l l o a f n course, u G r go a zz e s I:i:ltaihnitdocleoio:nntoole;:sttiohbencecwnoilteilttlihemteaeleexsdir existing wmhoorleo expensive efrmt s cheme.h en o I rt f h t . h :i. e cablest elas ist o f £177,000, which would make together £420,000 s em from Java t THE MURDER NEAR HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, Monday. Alfred Algar was placed at the bar of the County Police•court, Canterbury, charged with the wilful murder of Richard Steed, at Maypole, a short dis tance from Herne Bay, on Saturday evening last, Mr. William Delmar presided, and Captain Starke and Messrs. Plummer and Neame were also on the bench. The prisoner, who is 32 years of age, is a native of North Kent. He has served 12 years in the army, first in the 92d and afterwards in the 52d Regi ment, and has been discharged without a character. He is married and has one child, and for about four months has resided at Maypole, having been en gaged as a labourer on the railway works in pro gress in that neighbourhood. The prisoner bears a very indifferent character. He did not display much concern at his position, though he watched the evi dence with interest, and occasionally cross-examined the witnesses.. The particulars of the murder have already ap peared. At the termination of the examination of the witnesses, the chairman said—lt is our duty to commit you to a jury to decide whether you are guilty or not. Prisoner—l do hope that something will be found out to clear me of the charge of murder, or at all events to lighten my crime. I have not seen the deceased since we parted after leaving Herne-street. He was then removed and conveyed to St. Augus tine's Gaol. GOETHE'S BIRTHPLACE.--The restoration o Goethe's house in Frankfort has been com menced. The object of th e Goethe Stift is to render the house what it was in 1749, when the poet was born in it, and what it remained during the years which he passed in it as a child. The small room at the top of the house, which was the boy's study, and which has for some time been shown to visitors in Frankfort, is being stripped of the papering that dates from the year 1836 (as is proved by a series of newspapers of that year being pasted at the back), and the old papering has been discovered under several layers of subsequent imposition. The most curious result of this discovery is that the paper of 1754 bears the old colours of the German Empire, yellow and black : an additional testimony to the formal and deliberate character of that geradliniger Frankfurter Reichsburger who was th e father of Goethe, an d o f w h om Mr. Lewes gives us so pecu liar a picture. ELIZA GRIMWOOD'S MuRDER.--Five-and-twenty years have elapsed since a thrill of horror passed over the town at the news of the murder of Eliza Grim wood. No reader, whose memory extends so far back, can fail to recall the intense interest with which every detail that came out on the inquest was watched. A girl, of the class we are accustomed to call unfortunate, was accom panied to her lodgings in the Waterloo-road by a man with whom she had some previous acqu a i n tance. He was known by sight though not by name to several of her companions. His appearance was more remarkable then than it would be at the present day from the large size of his whiskers ; he wore glasses, his dress was gentlemanly, and he was be lieved to be a foreigner. The pair were driven up to the house by a cabman, who had ample opportunity of observ ing the man as he stood talking to his companion for some minutes close to a lamp before getting into the cab, and they were let into the house by a servant girl. In the morn.. ing the woman was found dead on the floor of her bedroom. One savage cut at the back of the neck had divided the upper vertebrae of the spine, another in front had severed the windpipe and large blood vessels, and two stabs, one above and the other below the breast, had penetrated many inches. The murderer had disappeared. His person, as we have s a id, was we ll k now n to sev era l individuals; his clothes must hav e b ee n literally soaked w i th the blood of his victim ; on e wou ld h ave thought th at escape was next to impossible; y e t f rom that day to this, th ough a quarter of a century ha s e l apse d i n the interval, n o t race has been discovered either of the perpetrator. of the c r i me or of the motive for its com m i ss i o n.—The M i rror. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. --The council held their monthly meeting on Saturday. M r , s y d. ney Ringer, M. 8., professor of materia medico, was ap pointed assistant physician at the hospital. The council considered the rules of competition for the Joseph name and Ricardo scholarships in political economy andjurispru dence, and adopted an interpretation by W hi ch, after the present year, eandidates will be required to have attended the respective classes in the session immediately preceding the awazd. At the request of the council, Sir F. Goldamid, Bart., M.P., president of the senate and treasurer of the hospital, undertook, as representative of the college and the hospital, to accompany a deputation of treasurers of chari ties to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, t o press the claims of the institutions to a continuance of ex empt i on from in come tax. The attention of the council was called to the urgent need of public support for the hospital, and to th e fact that the committee at their last meeting Were indebted to the treasurer for a loan of £5OO to enable them to make payments on account to butcher and baker. THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OP A FRENCH GEN TLEMAN IN THE CITY.--M. Hippolyte Linde, who attempted to commit suicide at Fiveashe's Hotel, under such determined circumstances, still lies in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital in a very dangerous condition, but som e hopes are entertained of his recovery. T he unfortunate gentleman has conversed freely with Mr. Lawrence, the surgeon under whose care he is, and he has stated that he placed a six-barrelled revolver to his left side, with the in tention of piercing his heart. The clicking of the hammer e of the weapon, however, caused the st oc k to become de pressed at each of the three discharges, and t h e bullets con sequently took an upward direction, and did not produce outt h e o result or, d e r, which intended. circumstanceThreeof thebitrrla Were somewhat prevented hi m f rom dis charging all the six balls into himself, and h e re l oaded the discharged barrels with the intention of carrying out hie purpose. One of the balls, it i a thought, lodged in the upper portion of the left lung. Disgraceful Riot by University Nen in a Roman Catholic Chapel. THE INS' POLAND. (From the Times Correspondent.) for horses, carts, and corn, I must give them what they want, or they will hang me. If, on the other hand, I let them have anything more than I am ac• tually forced to give, you will hang me. However, if they hang me my son will never find a wife in Poland nor my daughter a husband, and 50 years after my death peope will turn their backs upon my children ; whereas if you hang me 1 shall have monuments erected to my memory. On the whole, then, as mere matter of calculation, I cannot refuse assistance to the insurgents." I believe that in this particular instance the Ge neral was satisfied with the explanation given by the proprietor, who . perhaps, might have added that before long all his class will be drawn into active co-operation with the national movement. Hitherto they, the actual owners of the estates, have left persons to represent them on the field, though they have supported the insurrection indirectly in and directly by means o f money c a o v n a t r r i i e b t a y ti o o f ns . ways, It is notorious that the spirit of the Polish women '3n o w is more Polish even than that of the men . Occa sionallybeeneonsapimrianng a N ta v h d o fig fo h r ti upwards his of 0 country_ Seals has in Poland, now in Hungary, now in Turkey, now in Italy—and reflects that it is still quite as much at the mercy of the partitioning Powers as ever, will have moments of despondency and count the cost of the insurrection, thinking how many villages will have been burnt, how many inoffensive per sons massacred, and, above all, how many of the best young men in Poland will have given their lives for the lives of an equal number of the most savage ruffians that the Russian empire can pre duce. All such reflections are looked upon by the Polish ladies not as uncalled for and out of place but simply as disgraceful in a moral point of view; and any one who talk s i n suc h a strain is avoided as though he had spoken a ga i ns t t h e Christian religion or attempted to defend the Marquis Wielop o l s ki . It is not strange that they should not dance now, and that they should all be in mourning, inasmuch as there is not a family here which has not lost a relative, either in a battle or in a massacre or by exile, for as many as 2,000 Poles have already been sent into the interior of Russia. ArilB. We hea r t o -d ay from Warsaw that Archbishop Felinski is confined to his palace, and that 14 canons have been arrested. An Archbishop has also been arrested in Sanaogitia, a part of Lithuania which is said, s i nce its comparatively recent conversion to Christianity, always has been Catho lic. This unceremonious treatment of the high Catholic clergy in Poland is perhaps intended as a reply to the Austrian Note. I cannot say that the news has produced an unusually bad effect. It has excited more natural indignation; but the last mea sures of the Russian Government are also locked upon as signs of a kind of madness which may lead. to a catastrophe. The cause or pretext for the ar rest was the refusal of the clergy either to forbid or to abstain from assisting in the procession in honour of St. Mark (26th inst.). The Archbishop was not m pr e e n s t en t t o a s t the ceremony, aythatheh b held hi u m t s w el r f ote to the responsibleG ofovrerin ts having taken place. When the news of the arrest of the canons and of the detention of the Arch bishop in his palace reached St. Petersburg orders were sent back to liberate them at once ; but it has been proved that the Russian Government at Warsaw does not see any impropriety in subject ing the clergy of the country to the orders of the police, and that fact of it se lf i s i mportant. The Archbishop of Warsaw, from being one of the most unpopular, is fast becoming one of the most popular men of the day, so thoroughly does the Russian. Government understand the act of turning even its fancied supporters into its open and declared enemies. 1081 110 91 noi i 111 1