The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

nirERIAL PARIIANENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack ai Jive o'clock. Lord ARUNDELL of WARDOVR presented a petition from a place in Scotland, complaining of prosleytism under the Poor-law Act. DANGEROUS EXHIBITIONS. The Earl of MALME ST - CRY called attention to the late fatal accident that occurred at Birmingham to an unfor tunate person called a "Female Blondin," who met with her death by being precipitated to the ground whilst performing on a rope fixed at a great altitude. After the accident the greatest indifference was exhibited by the people, and the committee having direction of the tete allowed the sports to go on, notwithstanding the terrible accident. He wished to know whether the Government had not some power by which a stop could be put to these highly dangerous exhibitions ? Earl GRANVILLE said he quite agreed with the noble earl as to the danger of such exhibitions, which he thought could only , be enjoyed by those of the most morbid appetite. They had, however, now gone on for some time, and had hoped that public opinion would have discouraged such performances, but such was not the case. With respect to the particular case now before them, it would be better to wait until the termination of the ' coroner's inquest before the matter was fully inquired into. The Government had no power to put a stop to such exhi bitions. All they could do was to write letters to the managers or lessees of places where they were understood t o be performed, warning them of the extreme danger of such exhibitions, and informing them, at the same time, that they exposed themselves to all the legal responsibilities in the event of accidents. In the metropolis that warning had been attended to, but the same feeling did not seem to pervade the provinces. He believed the great attrac tion of such exhibitions was the extreme danger of the per formance, and the same remark might apply to foxhunting. He had hoped that the good sense of the public would have led to the cessation of the performances, and he regretted it had not done so. The Earl of SHAFTESB URY said that the extreme Interest that attached to these exhibitions was the tremen dous danger to which the performers exposed themselves. He believed that if the same exhibitions were to be given on a rope three or four feet from the ground, with plenty of sawdust underneath, not five people would go to sea it. The most effectual means for its extinction would be tho Press, and he felt extremely gratified that the conductors of it had taken the matter in hand. It was greatly to be hoped that before long a more refined taste would prevail, which would lead the multitude to have a greater regard for the lives and limbs of their fellow. subjects. The subject then dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Scottish North Eastern and Dundee and Arbroath Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a third time and passed. REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. TRUSTEES (SCOTLAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. NAVY PRIZE AGENTS' BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was brought up and received. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Lord CRAN WORTH moved that it be read a third time that day three months. A long discussion ensued, at the conclusion of which the house divided — For the third reading—Contents Nun-contents Majority for the third reading.... —l5 Lord CRANWORTH then moved, as a proviso to be added to the bill, "Provided always that nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with any rights held at the time of the passing of this Act under royal grant or charter, or possessed from time immemorial." After discussion the house divided— For the proviso —Contents 23 Non-contents Majority against the proviso A motion by the Earl of DONOUGHMORE to restore the 20th clause was negatived on a division by a majority of 25, the numbers being 12 against 37. The bill as amended was then passed. The Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) Bill, the Public Works and Fisheries Acts Amendment Bill, the Vsccination (Scotland) Bill, and the Exhibition Medals Bill. were each read a third time and passed. The Nuisances Removal Bill, the Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill, the Companies Clauses Bill. and the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill went through com mittee. The Railways Clauses Bill, the Waterworks Clauses Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, and the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill were each read a second time. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock. HOUSE OP COMMONS.---Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-.five minutes past twelve. DENMARK AND GERMANY. Mr, S. FITZGERALD said he was unwilling the session to come to a close without endeavouring to obtain from her Majesty's Government some ex planation with reference to the present condition of matters between the German Confederation and the King dom of Denmark. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill made ample provision for the diplomatic service of the country, and, amongst important places involved, Frank • fort and Copenhagen held a principal place. He regretted that while the friendly relations between other Powers appeared to be only strengthened, those between the Germanic Confederation and the Government appeared to be embittered. He considered that the federal occupa tion of Holstein would be most menacing to Europe, if Denmark resisted it. He thought it would be important to know what steps her Majesty's Government would take under the circumstances. Lord PALMERSTON said this was one of the most complicated subjects that ever engaged the attention of statesmen in Europe. He should not enter into details of what was called the Schleswig-Holstein affair, which was involved in the utmost obscurity of former times. The German advocates referred back to 1640 as the ground on which they maintained stricter relations between Schleswig and Holstein than those admitted by Denmark or any other Powers. He entirely agreed with the hon. gentleman (Mr. Fitzgerald) that it was a matter of British policy to maintain the independence and integrity of the Danish monarchy. It was not a large one, but it had its rights as well as larger States, and its geographical position rendered it the more important to this country that these rights should be secured. The position the Government had always held was, that Holstein was a member of the German Con federation, and that that Confederation had a control over the affairs of Holstein as it had over other members of the Germanic Confederation, and that any arrangement made by the King of Denmark, opposed to this fundamental rule, was not justifiable, But they held that, with regard to Schleswig, the German Confederation had no control, and the Germanic Confederation h a d no more right to prescribe rules for it than Sp a i n , P or t uga l, E ng l an d, R u ssia, or any ot her sesN a v aparat e and independent State. They held that they© Schleswig was a matt er o f E uro p ean arrangemen t. But still were many Germans there, and the Government held that the Germa n rm,n Confederation had a right to represent, if such a ca placed upon existed,an equal that th e G erman i n h a bi tan t s were n ot footing with th e su bj ec t s o f D enma rk. Such matt ers Ought appeal not, howeve r , un d er any c i rcums t ances , the last to justify an to arms. (H ear , h ear. ) As to H o l ste i n , stage only Was that which was worthy of considera tion, and that arose out of the p a t en t i ssue d b y t h e Ki ng o f Denmark in ai ateh last,German Confederation He did not know what step the intended to take on the matter, but he remembered thattha an anecdote of Talleyrand, who when he desired that Gahm:a:loi: Confederation should not take a certain step which might be injurious to France, recommended theta saideredproceed with inconside rate haste. Now precipitation t° not a characteristic of itie Germanic Confederation, but he was sure that their rod sense would prevent then p x efareoem taking a step which would be damaging to the for if a war broke out there, it niust extend Europe, for and in consequences. volvo many other states in its extend s ve r i tt ient, as to these As to the policy and course of the Go rat were desirous disputes, he might say that the Govern maintained, and that the rights of Denmark should be that if any attempt were made to overthroawinttah negotiation they should be resisted. He trusted, ne o h ae ow ri ev h a t r s , that these matters would be subject for and not for war. Every effort should be her Majesty's Government to induce the parties to includ e eby all disputes within the limits of diplomatic intercourse, (blear, hear.) He had no doubt those efforts would be slic e - . cessful, and he had no apprehensions of either immediate or remote danger. (Cheers.) THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.- PRIVATEERING. Mr. COBDEN called attentbn to the exploits of the Oreto alias the Florida, the Alabama alias the 290, and the Japan alias the Virginia. The hon. gentleman hav• ing dwelt upon the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and to the attacks which the above-named vessels had made upon the merchandise of a friendly power, remarked that every vessel which was captured by them was taken note of by the American Government. In all cases the value of the vessels seized were taken by deposition on oath, and in all cases a claim was made for compensation on this country. The Government always resisted these claims, but that was the most serious part of the matter, and he contended that in such cases every men ought to constitute himself a detective policeman in order that these proceedings might be frowned down. By every feeling of reciprocity towards the American people we ought to strive to put down these illegal practices. He thought there was every claim upon the Government to prevent these armed vessels from leaving these shores. On this point he constantly saw fallacies running through the speeches of Earl Russell and the Solicitor-General, for they constantly confounded two things, the evidence necessary to detain a vessel, and the evidence necessary to cony -t. In one case a Confederate vessel went out with a pi ::•r is party; that was a most deceptive act, and the Government might have prevented it by putting a Custom- e officer on board. He hoped that by no technics' sion another vessel for Confederate purposes would be al wed to escape from these shores. The terrors of the civil war in Ame rica were frightful, but hs hoped they would not be ex tended by any connection with it on our part. All he asked for was neutrality. (Cheers.) Whatever might be the issue of this dreadful war, let England keep clear of it. His voice would be mute, and what he asked was that Eng land should be silent and sorrowful until this dreadful civil war was over. Mr. LAIRD denied that the Alabama went out of Liverpool in an improper way. Mr. COBDEN said he quoted Lord Russell. Mr. LAIRD said he was not responsible for what Lord Russell said. She went out of dock in the broad daylight. Mr. COBDEN—Did she take a clearance? Mr. LAIRD —She did not require a clearance. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Lord J. MANNERS complained of the conduct of the Foreign Office in excluding Turkey from the pro p o sed con ference to whom is to be referred the cession of the lonian Islands to Greece. He should like to know whether Turkey had made any demand to be admitted to the Conference. He considered that the cession of the lonian Islands was the most unpolitic, uncalled for, prejudicial Act ever com mitted. the Conference C. NT co . nfe BE cew l o N u r d K be lonian Parliament P inquiredtaienbwefhoreethtehre m th e e et o in p g ini o o f n th o e f Lord PALMERSTON said he had listened with great attention to the hon. gentleman (Mr. Cobden), but it and he thought the country at lar g e, appeared to him that he and h er Majesty's Government, started on the consi deration of the matter from a different point. He (the noble lord) looked upon the two parties as in arms against each other, and as such, belligerents, and therefore entitled to all the rights and privileges of belligerents. That which was running in the head of the hon. gentleman, and which guided his reasoning, as well as his feeling, was that the Union was in legal existence, that there were not two belli gerents, but a legitimate Government, and a rebellion against that Government. Now, what was the duty of a neutral with regard to two belligerents ? The American Government had laid it down for themselves, for they had laid it down that a neutral might supply a belligerent with ships, arms, ammunition, or anything else, although they might be important ingredients in naval and military operations. The hon. gentleman complained that her Majesty's Government had not taken proper steps in this matter, but had rested upon information derived from the American Minister. He could assure the hon. gen tleman that that was not the case, and he believed that the hon. gentleman and the Federal Government were not en titled to say that the Government had omitted to do anything by law they could do in reference to this matter. At the same time he thought this country ought to enforce its law in these matters as stringently as possible. With regard to the ques tion of the noble lord (Lord J. Manners) he said the Sultan was not an acceding party to the protectorate. A treaty would be signed by the Powers before the meeting of the lonian Paz liament. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. Thiq bill was read a third time and passed. AUGMENTATION OF BENEFICES BILL. This bill, with some modifications, passed through cam mittee. The Rum Duty, the Clergyman (Colonies), the Super annuation (Union Officers), and the Alterations in Judges Circuits Bills passed through committee. The Colonial Acts Confirmation Bill was read a third lime and passed. The sitting was then suspended. At six o'clock the house resumed. BANKRUPTCY FEES. In reply to three questions from Mr. COX, relative to the remuneration to the Crown Solicitor in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the terms of the order under which such remuneration was made, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the gross sum he had mentioned on a former occasion as having been paid to Mr. Aldridge, was only the sum paid from the account standing in the name of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy, and would not include sums paid to him in respect to other branches of his employment, and which were paid in the ordinary manner. Thu gross sum received by Mr. Aldridge from all sources, during the first year of his appointment, was £3,565 Bs. 5d.; and deducting the disbursements, the net sum received was £1,519 7s, 10d., and the gross receipts during the third half-year from all sources was £1,689 Bs. Bd. ; and deducting the disburse ments, the net receipts for the third half-year was £663 is. lid. With regard to the second question, the facts were these : The Lord Chancellor had originally made arrange ments for a single year's remuneration, but subject to revi sion after the working of that year. On looking at the ac count of the last half-year of the first year, the Lord Chan cellor said that a larger sum had been received than he had anticipated would be the case, and therefore in December, 1862, he directed Mr Aldridge to be told that his remunera tion for the future should not exceed two-thirds of the for mer amount received under the original arrangement. The future remuneration of Mr. Aldridge would not exceed £1,200 a year, including everything. NEW ZEALAND. In reply to Mr. W. FORSTER, Mr. FORTESCUE said no application had been made by the Governor of New Zealand to the Governor-General of India. But the facts were these : The Governor of New Zealand, Sir G, Grey, had by the last mail written home to the effect that he had great reason to apprehend that the murder of the officers and soldiers of one of her Majesty's regiments would be the signal for & renewal of the war, and a formidable attack by the natives upon the European set tlers; and he made an urgent application to her Majesty's Ministers to increase the force in New Zealand by the ad dition of one European regiment and of two regiments of Sikh troops from India; it being the opinion of military men in New Zealand who had served in India that those troops would be well adapted for New Zealand warfare. Her Majesty's Government had had that application under consideration; and, in consequence of the critical condition of the colony, they had come to the decision that it ought to be complied with. COURT-MARTIAL AT MHOW. In reply to two questions from Mr. CONINGRAM, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said there was no ob jection to lay upon the table a copy of the warrant granted to the Commander-in -Chief in India, confirming the sen tence on general courts-martial on officers. Lieut. Fitzsi mon had not yet been removed from the adjutancy of the Enniskillen Dragoons, and if the hon. member referred to Army List, he would see his name still appeared there as adjutant of the regiment. It was true, however, that Lieut. Fitzsimon had been suspended by Col. Crawley, subject to the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief, who declined to take any furthei action in the matter until the conclusion of the court-martial on Col. Crawley, which was to take place in this country. One of the most important points the court martial would have to decide would be the difference be tween the statements of Col. Crawley and Lieut. Fitzsimon. He thought, therefore, the Commander-in-Chief was per fectly right in not sanctioning, in the meantime, the sus pension of Lieut. Fitzsimon. Mr. BOUVERIE said that two memorandums had al ready been laid before the house. Now, the second of those memorandums had been produced at his (Mr. Bouverie's) request. Tbat memorandum was marked "Private," and was not the document which he desired to obtain. Indeed, he did not think it ought ever to have been published. He now wished to know whether there was another document, signed by the Adjutant-General; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to its production ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that a consider.. able amount of correspondence had passed upon the sub ject. Ho did not think it would be fair or convenient that he should produce one:out of a series of documents. (Hear.) If the hon. member wished to move for the production of the whole of the papers, the Secretary of State would con sider whether the request could be complied with, but under the 'circumstances, he thought it would be an unfair pro ceeding to produce one document out of the entire series. THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Mr,. BLAKE asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention had been called to a late murderous attack by a maniac on two fellow-passengers in a railway carriage on the North-Western line, between Liverpool and London, whereby they received wounds seriously endan gering their lives; and whether the Government intended taking any and what steps to compel railway companies to provide means to enable passengers to obtain assistance in the event of outrage or accident ? _ lars to the compan i es , ca lli ng their attentionand Mr. M. GIBSON sa id—W e h ave frequentl t y o s t e h n e t n c e ir ee cu s : sity of ha • communication between the guards the that dri ve rs, ther b e u s t ho l ul d d o be no co t m kn m o u w nica tt n etwwbehaeveen and the guards, Wheth er th a t i s r i g h t or not i t i s no t f or me to s a y, b ut it is a subject well worthy of consideration. JAPAN. whether e th ve e r p s a u se g e g n e g st e e r d s . Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary of State for India any application had been made to the Governor- General of India for troops to be employed in Japan, and whether the Governor-General had the power of ordering troops for foreign service without the previous sanction of Parliament? Sir C. WOOD —I am not aware that any application has been made to the Governor-General of India for troops for Japan. THE SEAT OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, for the purpose of going into committee on the East India revenue accounts, Mr. G. DUFF called attention to the expediency of transferring the seat of the Indian Government to some point more eligible than Calcutta. Sir C. WOOD said he thought it would be unwise to re move the seat of Government from Calcutta until a more desirable place was fixed upon, and that Mr. Duff had not thrown any additional light on this subject. After a conversation on the subject of the employment of :radian troops out of India, the house went into committee. THE SUN, THE INDIAN BUDGET. Sir C. WOOD rose, and laid on the table the following resolutions 1. That the total net revenues of the territories and de partment under the immediate control of the Government of India for the year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £3,098,196 sterling, and the charges thereof for the same period, other than military charges, amounted to £ 2 , 857, 87 6 sterling. 2. That the total net revenues of the Bengal Presidency, for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to £11,066,513 sterling, and the charges thereof, for the same period, other than military charges, amounted to £ 2,140,555 sterling. 3. That the total net revenues of the North-Western Provinces, for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to period, other £6, 026, 08 0 st e thanr li n and military the ch c a h r g a lgs es amounted her e o f, sterling. 4. That the total net revenues of the Punjaub, for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to £2,673,785 sterling, and the charges thereof, for the same period, other than military charges, amounted to £1,257,805 sterling. 5. That the net revenues of the territories and depart ments under the immediate control of the Government of India of the Bengal Presidency, of the North-Western Pro winces, and of the Punjaub together, for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to £22,864,574 sterling, and the charges thereupon, including the military charges, amounted to £15,469,629 sterling, leaving a surplus available for the general charges of India, of £7,394,945 sterling. 6. That the total net revenues of the Madras Presidency (Fort St. George), for the year ended April 30, 1862, amounted to £5,925,140 sterling, and the net charges thereof, for the same period, amounted to £5,605,809 sterling, leaving a surplus available in the above Presidency, for the general charges of India, of £19,331 sterling. 7. That the total net revenues of the Bombay Presidency, for the year ending April the 30th, 1862, amounted to £6,931,348 sterling, and the net charges thereof, for the same period, amounted to £4,627,011 sterling leaving a sur plus available in the above presidency, for the general charges of India, of £2,304,337 sterling. 8. That the total net revenues of the several Presidencies, for the year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £35,721,062 sterling, and the charges' thereof amounted to £26,002,449 sterling, leaving a surplus levenue of £9,718,613 sterling. 9. That the interest on the registered debt of India, paid for the year ending April 30, 1862, amounted to £3,134,897 sterling, and the charges defrayed in England on account of the Indian territory, in the same period, including guaran teed interest on the capital of railway and other companies, after deducting ret traffic receipts of railways, amounted to £6,634,344 sterling, leaving a deficiency of Indian income for the year ended as aforesaid, to defray the above interest and charges, of £50,628 sterling. He was happy to say that on the present occasion he had a satisfactory statement to make, namely, to state the progress of the Indian revenue and expenditure for the last two years. The accounts with which they bad to deal were those of 1861-1862, and the estimates for 1862-1863. With regard to the years 1861-1862, he was happy to say the accounts showed a steady increase of Indian revenue, and that in stead of there being a deficiency of £600,000, the actual de ficiency was only £56,000. (Hear.) The actual revenue was £13,829,000, and the actual expenditure was £42,91:,000, snowing an increase of £918,000. The estimated expenditure was £43,800,000; the actual expenditure was £t3,906,000, showing an increase of £374,000. There had been consider able increase in the land revenue, and a decrease in the sa lt revenue, for English salt had been substituted for the salt manufactured by natives. There was a considerable increase in the army expenditure, owing to the payment of some arrears; and a decrease in the duty on opium. But he thought he might congratulate the house that at so early a period after the Indian mutiny the Indian finances were in so favourable a condition. He had sometimes been accused of taking too sanguine and sometimes too desponding a view of Indian finance. His object, however, was to take a fair view, and it was satisfactory to fin.] that his anticipations had been carried out. He now came to the regular es imates tor 1862• 3 of the probable expenditure. His budget estimate of 1862 showed a probable surplus of £900,000 and a probable defi cit of £BOO,OOO. In 1861-2 the estimated expenditure of re venue would be beneath the mark, and it appeared that the revenue was lam easing more rapidly than it was expected it would be in April last ; and although the expenditure was increasing, it had not increased to the same extent. About December last a despatch was received that the revenue was £920,000 higher than it was estimated by the council in April, and that the expenditure might be about £600,000, reducing the anticipated deficiency by £320,000. But when he came to the regular estimate, he was glad to say that while the increase of revenue was greater, the increase of expenditure less. The revenue in 1861-2 wa5£43,829,000, while that of 1862-3 was £45,105,000, showing an increase of £2,134,000. Of that sum an increase of no less than £1,552,000 was received from opiam, making £7,886,000. The increase on salt was £284,000, and on the other articles of necessary consumption also an increase, which made the entire about two millions. The expenditure was higher by about £440,000 than had been calculated, but the reduction as regarded England was £395,000. There was a charge for the construction of the India House, for guarantees to rail ways, and other matters, but the result was that the increase would be about £440,000. The case would then stand thus: Taking England and India together, and deducting the re venue from the expenditure, a clear surplus would remain of £1,287,000. (Hear, hear.) He believed that that was rather below than above the mark. The committee would also be glad to hear that in India they were in the habit of under-stating the revenue, and Mr. Laing, calculating for 1361-62, did so to an amount of over £200,000 ; but compar ing the revenue of 1862-63, which was £45,105,000, with that of 1861-62 as £43,289,000 there was a net increase in the re venue of £2,134,000. Of that sum the increase inopiumwas £1,500,000, and in salt of £770,000. The expenditure for 1861-62 was £37,245,000, in 1862-63, £37,228,000, being only a reduction of £17,000, but that was owing in a great degree to the necessity of keeping up the army in a state of effi ciency, and the construction of public works of great utility. He might add that, taking England and India together, the increase was about £46,000. The committee would see it was satisfactory to find that, while a decrease in the con sumption of a great many articles had taken place, the re venue still kept increasing. (Hear, hear.) He would come now to what the probable revenue and expenditure would be in 1863.64. The revenue was estimated at £45,376,000, the expenditure £44,490,000, so that there would be a pro bable surplus of £816,000. In that prospective state of revenue the Government of India felt themselves justified in reducing taxation to a certain extent, and to give a pledge that the income tax, which caused so much dissatisfaction, should be taken off altogether. (Hear, hear.) In the mean time it was intended to take off a penny in the pound, and take off 10 per cent duty on raw materials and other articles. These reductions on Customs duties, and the income tax would amount to £335,000, leaving a surplus of £418,000. In this estimate of the revenue, as in 1862-63, opium figures -for it was calculated to produce eight millions; and the principal cause of the increased expenditure was the con struction of public works, which increased from £400,000 to £500,000 ; the establishment of a system of police to pre serve order and the tranquillity of the country, and other improvements found to be absolutely necessary. (Hear.) So far as the revenue went then, the committee would per ceive that it evinced a very general improvement in the material condition of the country, and he was bound to say that the reduction of the expenditure was mainly due to the exertions made by the Indian Government. Within the last three or four years that reduction had gone on steadily. In 1859-60 the revenue was £50,470,000, but in 1860-61 it was reduced by £3,475,000; in 1862-63, £3,044,000, and the reductions had gone on increasing up to last April ; but there would be an increase in the next year of £625,000, having a surplus of £418,000. The main reduction arose from a diminution of the'military force, the cost of which, in 'lB5B-9, was 251 millions, while in the present year it would be only 141 millions. It was still higher than before the mutiny occurred, but that was owing to the substitution of European troops, and the diminution of the native force. They had also abolished the Indian navy after a careful con sideration, but he was bound to say that during its existence it rendered most distinguished service, and performed all the duties assigned to it in an admirable manner. So that taking altogether the highest charge, which was in 1859-60, £50,475,000, and the lowest in 1862-3, as £12,825,000, they had effected a reduction of £6,665,000. He did not suppose they could effect much reduction in the civil service in con sequence of the improvements which took place in the judi cial establishments, and the large number of civil servants who proceeded to India every year. There would be some reduction in the guarantees of interest to rail ways, by ex changes, and in other ways; but the item for public works would largely increase. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the rate of s 34 imnorlittaaloaritiyizinuidt, na l W nd se i a a or , nl great misapprehensions existed on the subj ec t. The rate of mortality in Bengal in 1861 w y ly ha l2 l , f a o n f d winhißchomwbaeyre2o,w while cases. e in many of thei r co l on i es it was much higher. In Ceylon ain a h it was 38, in the Bermudas 48, and in the Mauritius 24, which, considering these temperate climates, ranged much higher. It was no doubt the duty of the Government to improve the sanatory condition of the army, not only as a measure of humanity, but on the score of economy. ' (Hear.) That, he assured the committee, would be attended to. Then as to reproductive works, Sir Charles Tre velyan had drawn up a very able minute on the subject. The total mileage of railways now opened was 2,500. 647 miles were opened last year and 759 miles in 1871; and he was happy to say that the Great East Indian Railway was now all but complete. The estimated expenditure on all the great lines of railways was £60,000,000. Of that sum 1 £56,000,000 had been sanctioned, £48,000,000 raised and £46,000,000 expended. The railway traffic had increased from £390,000 in 1861-62 to the estimated receipts of £868,000 in 1863-64. With regard to the statementthat the demand for the purchase of waste lands had entirely ceased since his administration of the affairs of India, he gave it the most unqualified denial. The charge originated in the fact of the Government not being able to supply maps of the lands to intending purchasers ; but they had offered no obstacle whatever to the purchase of waste lands. In the North-Western province, for example, the governor re ported that almost all the available land had been purchased. In the next place, he was happy to be able to state that the cultivation of cinchona bark and quinine was on an exten idve scal e an d was likely to prove very successful, espec i al l y in the Madras presidency. Upnn a former occasion he had explained the measures taken by the Government to stinaus late the production of cotton and to facilitate its transport to the seaboard. Those exertions had been continued, but it wiiilound that the gins sent out from Manchester - did not answer. The right hou gentleman next showed that the consumption of British salt had largely increased in Inlia, the natives allowing their prejudices to be overcome and admitting that clean salt was much better than dirty salt. Now, what had been done with reference to the debt of India ? That debt was reanced during the last year by about £1,000,000, but beyond that he had issued a notice in refer ence to debentures which became payable, £5,000,000 in October, and £3,000,000, stating that it was considered de sirable to create India stock at a lower rate of interest than the present, and offer to the holders of those debentures to convert them into a new stock at 4 per cent over a period of 25 years. He hoped the debt would be wiped off to a consi derable extent by the conversion of debentures into stock, but if his offer were not accepted he would still be in a posit,on from the surplus revenue to pay off a considerable amount, ' for the policy of main taining large cash balances in India bad been entirely denounced. He hoped that his statement on the position and finances of India had proved satisiactory to she committee, and he attributed the general employment and improved condition of the people of India, the peace, con tentment, and loyalty which pervaded from one end of the country to the other, to those measures which had passed the Legislature, and received the sanction and approval c f the Home Government. The right hon. gentleman con cluded by formally submitting his resolutions. Colonel SYKES descanted upon the high rate of mor tality among the European troops in India, and advocated the reduction of the force, and the employment of a larger , number of native troops. Mr. GREGSON complimented the Chief Secretary on the satisfactory statement he had made, but complained of the excessive duty levied on salt, which was equal to 1,700 per cent, on the invoice price of the article. Mr. VANSITTART also observed that the statement was one for congratulation to the Indian Goveinment, who had, mainly owing to Mr. Laing's policy, got the country out of a condition of chronic insolvency to one of compara tive prosperity. He hoped they would not again reduce our military force to such an extent as to endanger the safety of our countrymen who were scattered over so vast a territory. Mr. BAZLEY trusted that the measures which were being adopted to stimulate the growth of cotton in India would prove successful. Mr. Kianaird, Mr. Buxton, and Mr, Ayrton having also addressed the committee, Sir C. WOOD briefly replied, and the resolutions were agreed to. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mr. C. FORTESCUE explained the reasons for intro • ducing the me9sure and the objects contemplated by it, adding details of the condition of the colony, and its pro gress, and the character of the population. He looked for ward, he said, to the time when British Columbia would be most valuable to this country. Mr. WYLD said that the success of the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island had not been as great as it would have been under better management and a better constitution. The Hudson's Bay Company had exercised too much influence over the Colonial-office; and, as an in stance of it, of the 15 members given by the present consti tution to Vancouver's Island 12 were the nominees of the company. (Hear.) In the two colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island the population, instead of increas ing, had decreased. The total population was 12,000, and it was proved that although large numbers went temporarily to search for gold, they did not become settlers and colonlsts• The number of defaulters among public officials was very great, and the amount of their defalcations was enormous. There was a strong feeling in favour of the Sovereign of these realms; but the people saw a better Government under the United States in neighbouring territory, and far less corruption. (Hear, hear.) He gave credit to the Duke of Newcastle for the at empt to form a rote' to the Pacific, with telegraphic c,runiunication, but he should like to ewe that project carried out independently, and not through the intervention of the Hudson's Bay - owpany, by whom the interests of the colony had always been sacrificed. The telegraph line would pass through territory occupied by hostile tribes, and he was afraid that the Colonial-office, by granting land to the new company who were to stand in the place of the Hudson's Bay company, would involve tnis country in a war as expensive as the Caffre War. Mr. AYTOUN objected to the bill en the grounds that it conferred enormous powers upon the Crown, and that it formed part of a great scheme of the Colonial Secretary for an intercolonial railway, which was a wild project that would affect the interests of the taxpayers of this country. The house then went into committee upon the bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, except the fourth, which was negatived. The Partnership Law Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Colonel DICKSON called attention to Mr. Bateman's re port on the river Shannon. and moved for copy of reports made by the Inspector of Fisheries and by Mr. Forsythe, C.E., to the Commissioners of Public Works. Mr. PEEL did not object, and the motion was agreed to. Colonel DUNNE called attention to the report of the Committee on Holyhead Harbour, and moved that the re commendations made in the report be adopted. Mr. M. GIBSON said that, as yet, the Government had had no opportunity of considering the evidence taken by the committee, and of judging whether it bore out their re commendations. He admitted the present landing accom modation was insufficient, but he could not allow that the Government were bound to do anything more than provide for the landing of the mails. After some conversation, the motion was negatived with out a division. The house adjourned at one o'clock. The Alleged Murder in Gower-street. Last night Dr. Lankester resumed at the Lord Wellington tavern, University -street, the inqairy into the circumstances of the death of Michael Quin, aged 45, who was alleged to have been murdered on the night of the 27th of June. On the night in question, it will be recollected, deceased was seen to pickedtall off Gower-street, and being he w as carried to the station house as being drunk. He was subsequently re moved to the University Hospital, where he died in a few hours. It was then found that his skull was fractured and several of his teeth knocked out, The endeavour to find out who had inflicted the terrible injuries on deceased brought to light some strange facts. It appeared that deceased was a native of the south of Ireland, where he had a wife and family. Some time since they fell into great dis tress ; the eldest son enlisted in the 18th Royal Mali and the wife came over to England. In her absence the deceased formed an illicit connection with a young woman named Margaret Ferguson. This intrigue being discovered by the neighbours, he came over to England, bringing his paramour with him. He found lodgings for her in the house where his wite lived. When that fact became known there was, of course, a great disturbance, and the woman was turned out. Quin followed her, taking with him his furniture and leaving his wife in great dis. tress. Meanwhile his son had deserted, and had become almo't the sole support of his mother. The deceased asked the son to leave his mother and go to live with himself and Ferguason, who would " make him more comfortable." The young man, at first, it is said, refused indignantly, but after wards said he would go, and take " the - Fer gusson from his father." He went, and in a month induced Fergusson to elope with him, and at the same time carried off his father's furniture. The father, furious at having been duped, gave informa tion to the authorities with a view to having his son arrested as a deserter. The latter, however, got clear off, and it is said he cast off Fergusson within a month. The deceased then formed a connection with a woman named Walshe, and it was said that threats of various kinds had been made with regard to him. Inspector Garforth now produced several witnesses whose evidence merely went to show that deceased was a very sober man, and was quite sober when seen near the Marble Arch on the night in question. The inspector said that all efforts to dis cover the deceased's son had been unavailing. The ' coroner, iu summing up, said that there appeared to be every reason to believe that the case was one of wilful murder, but there was no prospect now of evidence of the fact. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from fracture of the skull from a blow, but how or by whom the said blow was in flicted there was no evidence to show." [ADVERTISEMENT J—Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag gravate I and accelerated by drugs of every description, but erfec ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few. —Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 1/.5 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hope of her recovery from tyre last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with f arful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of Thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting - of blood, liVt r derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Mies Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervousfancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. Ibe Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, Ob, 2s 9d ; 2ib, 'ld Sib. 8; 121 b, 225; 241 b 105. Barry du Barry and C.., No. 7i, itegent-street, London ; also Fornum and anon ; and all urocers and chemists in every town of the Lrthed SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Times.—Taking occasion from a memorial re cently presented to the ForeigSecretary by some esday bro ug ht b e - Liverpool firms, Mr. Cobden fore the House the que lv st h io s n o l . : bteruilding vessels for foreign belligerents. earnest, and generally so peaker so m uc h i n conversant with the mat ters he discusses, can add so little to our knowledge, it may be presumed that the subject is pretty we ll exhausted, and this is indeed th e case. Politi c i ans and lawyers, Federal partisans a nd Confederate s y sr ,_ pathisere, the law officers of the c rown and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer have given their opini ons , and both politically ~nd le , tlit y the subject is per fectly well understood. Mr. Cobden, by a the abstract propositions c on t a i ne d inthe r gulug u Liverpool .n memorial, and pointing oat the dangers of such an interference of individuals in foreign quarrels as the law is now said to permit , might bu have given a use fulhe preferred to treat turn to the discussion the question as one of Briiish t injusrice to the Fede ral States and possible Federal Republic, That and th a a r t e we aiding con. we, in our to the great rebels in a piratical war against g.t we j e t' have incurred its sequently find to our cost th w a b t i Mr. Cobden hop, s anger, are the assertions by to influence the British Parlia e at h ent, and obtain a Liverpool say that this revision of the law. But we need qu o o oes ofChief is not the ground taken by the memo rialists, who look solely to the consequences England shall at Baron Pollock's doctrine in war, caseund ask for a any time be engaged in the world change in the law, as a means of inducing who in general to agree to a principle morefavourable to belligerents possessing a large mercantile marine. be . upheldor Whether the Chief Baron's ruling not, it is perfectly clear that the Enlist ment Act is a purely domestic enactment, intended England, to bind Englishmen for the advantage onft, and that no interpretation of it can give grievance to a foreign count r y . All that Americaeauseof or any other Power can dema nd of the British.Go - vernment is that it shall not do , or allow any British subject to do, anything which is contrary to inter national law. Mr. Seward or Mr, Adams has no thing at all to do with the 59 th of George 111., u more than with the Act of Parliament which a regu lates our street cabs. The Foreign E nlistment A c gives no belligerent any right which he does not question, derive from the doctrines which are accepted by nations as binding on neutrals. The whole then, iii whether international law forbids a neutral to build for a belligerent a ship which may be used for warlike purposes. Now , without presuming to anticipate the decision of the , Court of Exchequer next Michaelmas Term, we may say that the reason of the case combines with high authoritie s in favour of the affirmative. A ship is contraband of war, but so are rifles, cannon, powder, lead, cordage, and all other goods capable of being used in war. Yet that these may be supplied by tee neutral to either party without any breach of neutrality has never been contested, except in an irritable m oment b y Mr Seward last year, and even Mr. Sewa rd did not per sist in an opinion which would have been contrary to everything that has been written and acted upon on either side of the Atlantic since his own nation has been in existence. Our traders have sup plied both parties with rigid impartiality during 'he present war, taking their ch ance of capture by Federal or Confederate cruisers, which have an equal right to seize a cargo destined for Charleston and a cargo destined for New York. Do these ships come under a prohibition which does no , apply to rifles and gunpowder ? We cannot sea it, and we believe that no case and no passage from any legal writer has been cited to that cfDvt, thouen all the ingenuity ot The Fe dara w, trear h.. n work. 0 ) the o'fier 41A, ! I :e-re-L,3t F Eatietmant Aca as .kef .awyers :111 , pOlittetUnS t seem toir,dic : pi Airily that merely nuilding a ship and setting it tll4 rated to one belle gerent gives no ground of compiaint o the other. l'he words of the Foreign Enlistment Act are " eqnip, fit out, or arm a ship or vessel." As the. Act was expressly intended ,o prevent anything that might be " pr, judicial ;o and tend to endanger tie peace and welfare of this kingdom,"- the absence of any prohibition whatever as regards the buLdine or selling a vessel shows that the framers of that law had no idea that such to Act could be made a griev- Elute by a foreign Power. Tne equipping and arm , ing of a vessel makes the port of the neutral practi cally a bolligerent port, and if the vessel be thus equipped and armed it s ets out at once a formi to the dable enemy, and gives a just g round of complaint belligerent whom jt attacks. But what identity is there between suctfa case and that of a mere ucun armed vessel which is sol d to a belligerent. Sh *vessel leaves the neutral port unarmed and defence iece less; it is just as easily captureai a s any other p of contraband goods ; as soon as it ie three ene miles from the neutral coast it may b e seized by the taken into port, and condemned, even though it be in the charge of a clew put on board by the builder, and though it may claim to be neutral propety. It is precisely in the position of a cargo of gun powder or other material of war. The ship, the guns, the powder may all be consumed with equal legality by the neutral ; and it is the business such of the other ,belligerent to lo ok sharply ent them afr specimens of contraband , and to or prev the high coming together in some foreign port, on seas, and by their combin ation constituting that " equipped, armed, and fitted out" ship of war which the Foreign Enlistment Act , as well as the princi ples of international law, forbids us to send out of our ports. If this view of the subject be correct, it is evident that, according to the doctrines of inter national law, as they are accepted at present, the Federal Government has not the smallest ground of complaint against this country. If our shipbuilders sell vessels to the Confederates, the Northern officers must t r y to get hold of them as they come out of the Mersey, and before they take their armaments on board. In defe'tlit of such vigilance they must be content to hear of .4 Confederate man-of-war cruis ing about in the At:tantic. As to Mr. Cobden's course of argument, it 1.5 not likely to have much effect on the people of this country. t With most the usual infelicity of his school , he appzsals o the worthy motives. He would fri g ht ing our law by threatening us with Ole future ven geance of his American friends. If cerlaain vesse's are allowed to sail, it " will probably lead id a rup ture between this country and the United States." We are to consider the eff e c t of such a state of things on the minds of the ship owners of New York and Boston. The America n Government has taken depositions as to the valu e of each captured ship and cargo, and claims for the amount shave been made on the English Govetnment. r Ma jesty's Government hadrefused to acknowledge these claims, but some dav, when the demand could be )nilde most incoevertiertly for the Government, the u esuit would probably be either humiliationsirier et or war i ." We need herdly say that s ch onnoe s will be treated very lightly by the British nation. We take our stand on right and international law, and if we have these on our side we carve not for tai resentment of any people whatever. r. C of the obden's speech "called attention" to the mernoriai Liverpool merchants, bu t had no thing whatever any r to do with it. These gentlemen do not a ssert, that h breach of international law as been committed by the selling of ships, but they are a larmed at fieldtht ing now weak international law is, and they desire interna tional England shall call a Cong ress to change it. They advise that the Foreign Enlistment Act shall be made more stringent, and that then the Foreign office should endeavour to "secure the assent f o she Government Government of the Unit ed States of other foreign countries, to the adoption of similar regulations in those countries also"—thus admitting that even by the law of the United States thele acts which Mr. Cobden incrim inates are perfectly gal. We have no wish to d is p ute the prop os ition of the Liverpool merchants, t hat the present state of the law gives advantages to a weak nav b al Stat pre e against a strong one, and may consequently e j to England in some future war. But that is nothing to the point. The question is what is the law, and it is evident that the document on w hich Mr. Cobden founded his speech expressly assu mes the principle against which he inveighs. .—On of the prorog ation of Parlia- POSTment the relations the eve betwe en Denmark and the German Confederation certainly demanded a pass ing word. Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald only ex pressed the sentiments entertained by the majority of Englishmen wh Powersdeprecated any attempt by the German to coerce Denmark through the medium of a Federal execution. It is as a large proportion of scarcely probable so long the Duchy of Schleswig are Germans, and so long as that province remains an integral portion of the Danish Kingdom, that perfect concord wLI exist between the latter and the great Federation of Cen tral Europe. Whilst Germans inhabit the Duchy and supply a pretext for interference, and whilst that Duchy, with its p ort of Kiel, remains an object of envy to the German powers, Europe may expect to hear from time to time those demands made of Denmark by the German Federation tug, w when h are spe cially characteristic of mighty Staaddress ing those which are comparatively weak. Tho sub ject matter of the dispute which has so frequently jeopardised the peace of the North of Europe may have been, as Lord Palmerston yesterday observed one of the most complicated which has ever en gaged the attention of statesmen, and its origin may possibly be concealed in the obscurity of ea times; but, at all eve nts, recent transactions haver tended so much to clear away complications and t dispel obscurity, that it is b y no means necessary too be either a profound statesman or a learned anti query to understan d full y the merits of the ih existing eue between the D anish innnercey n Diet. It ,s cieraiy tt.-. e t,b Gitcs, Bl‘ithe Gertz. ,r, maintain unimpa i r ed eiende nee etri d: i' nt: ' ,_ .2' PI , of the p., ad orn , . 1 , , "Pmight 1,4 justified in treating with indifference threats which, if carried into execution, would have the effect of lighting up - awar-in which-England- would assuredly be found on the side of Denmark. But, unfortu nately, the tone in which certain British statesmen haVe treated the question at issue between Denmark and the Confederation has given rise abroad to some pardonable misconception. On risingwnhieh Ear from l Ruapsesrellu sal of the celebrated despatch addressed to the Danish ove ek thernmencit uineetthieenauwtuhmrbi which of last year one might well ask was put in the House of would EnglandCommonsyeste d r e i da e y t b h 3 , Mr. S. Fitzgerald—What event of the threat of a Federa l question execu ivetigonbe b ein carried out ? The reply to this Lord Paimerston is of so reassuring a character the, henceforth the German Powers will have no excte. for ignoring consequences of any . t an armed force. "A: byy the Government in r, 'erupt) t p ec h e t policy u to t he e s these: coerce 'n u disputes, e sp i ne s sr . assr t aek h r o e ybi Goveril tnent are desire e teat the rights or Denmark shout(' be r ma t inta t int , - ,, 0 and if any attempts were made to ( Ivethw r hf rights they would be resisted." Thisis .cea o spoken policy, of which there can be i °lmisappre hension, and which will recommend tse to ever one. Denmark is not a large State, but it is as , sovereign and independent as ktussia ; whilst, a s the Premier observed, its geographical position ten dere it a matter of great importance to this country that its rights se o u ld b e secure d, Since the promul gation of the ordinance of the 30th March, giving to the Duchy of Holstein a separate constitution, all pretexts for interference by the German Confedera tion in the affairs of the Danish monarchy has been completely removed. England, said Lord Palmer ston, recognises the right of the Diet to exercise the same control over the affairs of Holstein which they are empowered to exercise over those of the other States which constitute the Confederation ; but in respect to Schleswig they were considered to have no more right to interfere than in regard to any independent State not a member of the Confedera tion. This is so indubitably true, that it is to be regretted that Lord Palmerston entertained for a moment the frivolous pretext under which the Diet justify their interposition in respect to Schleawig. " There are many Germans in Schleswig," said Lord Palmerston, " and the Government held that the German Confederation had a right to represent, if such a case existed, that the German inhabitants were not placed on an equal footing with the sub jects of Denmark." But is there not a fallacy lurking under the expression, " Germans ?" If by that term was meant German subjects, then the ground for interference by the German Power whose subjects they were would be intelligible. But if by the term is simply meant persons speaking the Ger man language, and possibly cherishing German likings and German traditions, then the ground for interference becomes so shadowy that if entertained, and generally acted upon, there would be no end to the complications to which it wuuld give rise. The population of Schleswig, it is needless to say, are Schleswigers and Danish subjects; since that Duch) forms as intimate a part of Denmark as Ireland does of the United Kingdom, and they can no more be called Germans because they speak the German lan• guege than Belgians can be called French because they speak French. Without for one moment at tempting to justify any distinctions which the Danish sovereign may draw between different classes of his subjects, if any such distinctions exist, it is evi • dently not open to a foreign Government to dictate to niro in the management of the affairs of his kingdom. The Diet, indeed, confess that in regard to Schles wig they are not. entitled to interfere, and it it enly in the Duchy of Holstein that they threaten a F deed execution. But ny the royal ordinance of it) I . Vi !.;el l (14-Sire, 1,11,1 heit , tetors, the Ge.rui-,t, Pow, ts, no; bine, to &wand. HF nce the dtssatislaction cl the latter at the pros or•c, of their sole geoued for interference in ter .ffora of Denmark being removed. In the coursr ot the spring m-vertil of the German owers " pro ;eared' aga i nst the course taken by tee Dinisti So vereign in giving to his subjects in Holstein liberal constitution, and F decal r.xi-curion was as usual threatened. The German Powers are, how ever, far from precipitate, and in the present cot,di lion of European affairs there is little probability of the execution taking place. Lord Palmerston has pledged the Government to make every effort to retain this much vexed question within the field it has so long occupied—that of diplomacy. He is more sanguine about the results of friendly nego tiations than we are. As for the Danish Go vernment, the course they have to follow is simple enough. They cannot admit the principle of foreigt interposition in the conduct of their internal affairs. On the other hand, we hope—though we doubt it —that the German Powers will at length admit that a common tongue and a common lineage do not give them a right to prescribe the political privileges which the subjects of a foreign State should receive at the hands of their Sovereign. The Fatal Accident at Aston-hall. - -- The inquest on the body of the woman calling herself the "Female Blondin," killed by falling from a rope at Aston-hall, on Monday evening, was opened on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. W. S. Poole, one of the coroners for the county of War wick. The first witness was Edward Powell, the husband of the deceased, who stated that he resided at King-street, Berough , road, St. George's, South wark, that he had been married 17 years, and dur ing that time his wife had followed the theatrical profession ; she belonged to the original " Hun tin e" family. She had been accustomed to walk upon the tightrope ever since she was three years"of age, and had been in every town in England, Ireland, and Scotland ; and never had a fall till nine years ago, when witness caught her. Mr. Charles Porter, the surgeon, who came up after the deceased fell, said that the fall was the primary cause of death. He judged the deceased to have been about 6 months advanced in pregnancy. The secretary of the Hall and Park Company was called to prove the letting to the " Foresters " for a fete. Nothing was said about the kind of entercainment to be provided, nor did the park committee act in any way as a check, or interfere with the kind of amusements. The " agreement " having been produced, it set forth that the committee of Foresters had the use of the park arid bowling -green ; also that one-fourth of the gross amount of the receipts at the entrance to tire park and grounds, cad for the sale of tickets, was to be paid to the company. The coroner called tae attention of the company's secretary to the p sting-bitl, which gave a programme of the fete, ,nd announced that " the committee had at an in, ense outlay secured the services of extraordinary artists, the Female Biondin, Mad 'me Gel:neve, &c." having done so,be asked whether, upon that bill being published, theattention of the Aston-park committee was called to it, and any remonstrance made against it. To this the secretary replied that no " officiai conamunication"was made to him about the bill; that nothing was said to his committee about it, and that they did not interfere. He admitted that the com pany had engaged the services of Blondin himself; but that they had refused to have anything to do with women. On Monday there were about 14,000 persons present in the park, while on one occasion, without the " sensational class" of amusement, the attendance did not exceed 4,000. The rope on which the woman was walking belonged to her husband. In reference to its condition, Mr. Henry White, foreman to Messrs. John and Henry Wright, rope makers, was examined. He said that he had looked at the end of the rope which was broken. Supposing it to have been sound it would have taken ' a weight of four tons to have broken it ; the rope might have been examined before the breakage without the flaw being detected. The outward ap pearance of the rope was such as might deceive any one. To properly examine it part must have been opened. It appeared to have the dry rot—to have been used when wet and then put by. Each of the threads of which it was composed was supposed to be capable of bearing one hundredweight, but the rope was rotten and had no strength, the strands might be almost rubbed to pieces with the hand. In reply to the coroner, this witness said that a man unskilled in the examination of ropes might not have been able to detect that this one was defec tive ; but it was bad in every place and bad all through. In the state this rope was, and it having been subject t o extra stra i n, t h e we i g ht f ro m a person's b o d y would b e quite sufficient to break it. The rope bad not been spliced at the ends ; as to whether it had be en i n ano th er part was a question for the husband of the deceased. Powell having been appealed to by the coroner,said ''that rope had not b een spl i ced b y h i m, " that he bought the ght it from a maker in Londonw that he gave 1 who supplied all th e profession with th ese r opes, and never heard t l e b e . W fo a r e it e . xa T m h i o ne S d er h et e ar s y tat o e f d th t e ht F it o h re e s h te a r d s' e° heard any complaint before te mttihee it g , 3 accide7t , about , the sod; bale, ; a , h •icee ase d f e ll straight for a short . 4pon h" . 1)9 k At tl4 stow. th e inquo4 was adjourned. The rope was suspended thirty feet high, not thirty yards, as acci dentally stated. - The - Foresters'-enmmittee-had ad vertised to the public that at an " immense outlay" they had secured the services, &c. The following letter to the secretary of the committee of that body marks the truthfulness of that statement,aLd shows for what a small amount the writer was willing to imperil his wife's life:—"6, King -street, Union street, Borough-road, London, June 17. Sir,—ln -:newer to yours, just received, permit me to state Ita. the lady will appear twice in the, day and night --once in the oitternoon, and the other at night w1(11 fileworks, if you think proper; tetras. £l5. We ticoi ail our own apparatus. You will have to find six ic.ffc,in poles and a ct%,.1) or winch ro 44:)teti thv 'oh; rop, ; poles of course you CA) bur' `this isdt is tie nrincipi artist now in E• g mid. Shrink) this offer meet your approbation an newer by return witl oblige.—Yours respicitully, M E. POWELL," Much blame is considered tc. be Attachen to the Aston-pack Company, not only for m..king no remonstrance against a performance of such a chanicter as this, which has terminated so fatally, but still more as the amount to be paid to them was dependent on the receipts, of which they were to have one-fourth of the gross. SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT--STAFFORD, July 23. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr: Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) WRIGHT V. IZOD. This was an action on a bill of exchange forgl,ooo brought by the endorsee against the acceptor. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr. Powell, and Mr. A. S. Hill were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Kenealey, and Mr. Macna mare were for the defendant. The plaintiff was Mr. Edwin Thomas Wright, of Wolver hampton, and the defendant was Mr. William Ized, of Bir mingham, and the defence was that no consideration had been given by the drawer for the bill, and also that the bill was obtained from the defendant by the fraud of the drawer, who was Mr. Samuel Griffiths, of Wolverhampton, an ironmaster there, who has lately figured in the Bank ruptcy Court, and that the plaintiff took the bill with no tice of the fraud and without consideration. The accept ance was cbtained as part of a payment of £3,000 to be made by the defendant to Mr. Griffiths for a supply of mel ting iron, upon a contract for such supply made between them on the 27th of December, 1861, upon a representation made to the defendant that Mr Griffiths had 200 or 300 tons of melting iron at Bilaton Brook; that he was making 40 tons of iron per week, and that he would deliver 600 ton- in a very short time; whereas the defendant said that there was no such iron there, and that they were not making iron at the rate of 40 tons per week, and that in fact, he never got the iron, though he had paid the consi deration for it. The plaintiff denied all this, and it ap peared that the defendant had got a part of the iron, which, however, he appropriated to a cheque for £l,OOO, which he paid as another part of the £3,000, and that he had also got £5O, and had received £l,OOO, which he put against another £l,OOO bill, the other part of the £,3000 payment. The case had occupied the Court since 11 o'clock, and has not yet concluded. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER-JULY 23. At our market this morning these wa , a moderate at iendance of buyers, and ther-, was a limittd demand for why at, E , r,i , 4n held tor an advance of 3ri per cental ou 'as , week's prices, whilst :,be hale English oft ring brought ex•reme twee. Flour , eglected, but no change in pric s. Osts and oatmeal at, the rates of last week. Beans and Inctan corn at Gd per qr more mousy. BIRMINGHAM—JULY 23. The supply of wheat was less than usuat, with a fair de ll a id, at prices the turn upwards Oars not so well sold. —English wheat was sold at 98s to 56s tor white, and 400 ro 50s per 36 stone tur red. Barley, new malting, 328 to 428 per qr; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 80 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 38s to 44s per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 22. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at about the prices of last week. Barley in good demand, at full prices. Beans a fair sale, at abut former prices. Oats met a slow sale. Wheat on the top 2s Od down average Os 7d up. Barley on the top 3s Od up......... „average is 9d . own. Oats on the top Os 6d up Beans on the top is 6d down average Os 9d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .. 912 qrs Sold 653 qrs 8ar1ey...,.... 79 qrs Sold 48 qrs Oats Beans 52 qrs Sold 6 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42s Od ; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 38s Od; fine, 36s Od. CORK—June 22. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s Od to —s Od ; white, 108 3d to —s Od , barley, 60. Od to Os Od ; oats, 78 6d to Os Od. ; black do., 7s 2d to Os 01 DERBY SMITHFIELD—JuLy 21. A good supply of fat beasts to-day, although the quality of the greater part was only of the inferior sort. The number of sheep and lambs in the pens was large, and fat calves were plentiful. Fat pigs were a good show, but sales heavy. Beet ............ 6d to 7d Veal •••. 6d tor6l a Mutton .... ....... 6d to 7d Pork Lamb .... Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Aug. I, B ' via Marseilles ... .. A ug . 1 3. &tun and Cape Yards, by British packet. Aug. 4 ° Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. July 29 , China, Penang, and Singapore, via Seuthampton.Aug. 2° via Marseilles . „ . July 27 , Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and C ey l on, via Southampton Aug... . via Marseilles July 27 , India (Bombay), via Southampton .. July 26 ' via Marseilles ... . Aug. 4. Portugal.... ... Aug 4 . % , alta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southatupto). .July 26 via Marseilles July 27 ~ / ewfoun d la nd Aug. b. ° :porto and Vigo U. S. and British N. Amorica, by Brit. packet.... July 30. .. by U.S. packet.... . _ by Canadian packet. July 24. W.C. of Atrica, Madeira, glad Teneritie .. N Bahamas, via ew lork J u l y 30. Mexico... All parts of West Indies, including Chili, I.(ru ' 1 J u ly 29 California. an d B r iti s h Columbia Colonel Daboys-Fresney, whose nomination es Commander in the Legion of Honour has just appeared its the Monitear, served in the army from 1783 to 1817. Il e is now 105 years old. The France says:—." We are able to annnounce as certain that M. Pietri has requested the Emperor to Pu t an end to the mission he fulfils at Bordeaux. His 14 + 61 has accepted the resignation, and given th. , honourable senator a testimonial of his satisfaction. We learn that Id. Pietri's successor has been selected, and that his nominir tion will soon appear in the Aloniteur." SEVERE FROST.—On Wednesday night last we had frost of unusual severity at this season of the year. In several districts in this neighbourhood the potatoes are completely destroyed. We observed some fields yester day in Cromdale, Abernethy, and Du hill, in which the potato tops were thoroughly blackened, and laid down fia t upon the drills. This is a serious matter, as it is very likely to involve the entire loss of the or op.—Elgin Courant. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and In diseases of the skin and its glands the functions of the body become gradually depraved, through the blood beconl ing tainted, and the nerves irritated. Hence arises the ne cessity of using Holloway's remedies in the earliest stag° of these affections, before they have inoculated the system . : Many scrofulous patients, who h ave b een comp l ete l y cured: . of their revolting afflictions, heartily recommend Hollowafo Ointment and Pills to the consideration of all fellow-suf ferers. After fomentation the ointment should be rubbed twice a day on the affected parts. The pills should be takes while the unguent is applied; they assist in the work of ply rification, and facilitate the removal of all poisonous an d 0;4 noxious matters from the body. Births. GIBBS.—On the 23d inst., at Down-street, Piecadillio Mrs. Thomas Gibbs, of a son. LOVELL.—On the 23d inst., the Lady Rose Lovell, of a daughter. RENNY.—On the 18th inst.. at Ash Lodge, Surrey, th e wife of Major Renny, of a daughter. Marriages. CORBALLIS—JERNINGHAM.—On the 21st inst., at the British Embassy, B russels, James Henry Corksllis, Esq . of Rutoath Manor, co. Meath, Ireland, to Constance' aaughter of Frederick Jerningham, Esq. GREEN—BYERS. —On the 22d inst., at St. James' s Church, Piccadilly, Henry Green, Esq., FakenholTZ Norfolk, t o M ary A nn, the eldest daughter of the late W. Byers, Esq. Deaths. EYRE —On the 23d inst., at 26, Primes-square, Sophi 6 Le Grice Emily, wife of a L. P. Eyre, Esq., aged 42. GEDGE.—On the 21st inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, Peter Gedge, E,Sq., solicitor, aged 25. GOLDSMITH. • On the 21st inst , Mr. J. W. Goldsmith• of Egerton House, Beckenham, and 32, Parliament" street, aged 39. WARD.— On the 21st inst., at Saihouse Hall, Norfolk, Richard Ward. Esq., aged 64. S, Loo don : Printcd and Published by WILLIAM AN DE FIr 1i ; ut o. 112, maid, ut Int ;i•urr 141ce. 1 .1) * n ; trano, in the l'recinet the in the cou.ao -Fri a,. July • 4 -.63