The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-25 00:00:00

._.‘.o/ - ' / io , '' ' --...‘—e--'°l. ...<: WS PA' PER ort,ln dialiKik 4r, - .4:.:- .. Szrz 0 ,, , , 13 - -,.. • C 11 S ." 6 • ... • gIYI • At., eft DROIT. " 41111 RDINBURGH (Reduced FYres), from Irongate- Wharf, Tower. —Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck (sol diers and sailors (Juin 7s 6cl; r Aurn tickets (available for a•rnonth), 30s and 'tt s td. The cheapest and quickest sea mute by the solene A id new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPINC COMPANY, sailing every Wed nesday and S a t ur d a y, a t 10 nlorning. Apply at the Epreaci Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Irongate-wharf. - ,__ MONEY WIT LIOUT SURETIES. ";111.TIONAL DISCOUNT and LOAN FUND, 9, Adam-street, Adelplii, Strand, London. Loans from £5 to £2OO witho at sureties, at extra risk pre ;Mara ;toUn fi from £5 to £5OO with sureties, Bills discounted. 2ne3 , advanced on bills of sale. Loans advanced in hid, Nvt.thout deduction for inter est or expenses. Forms on ap plicatic n, 2d. ;or by post. 'Office hours, from ten to four. G. LAWRENCE, Manager. N°. 22,176. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1863 PRICE... .. ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE 110 N. MRS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL. CELEBRATION of the TERCtNTENARY of the BIRTH of SHIASPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart , K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs, Glyn and Co , bankers, London. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. ing signatary Powers of the Treaty of Vienna are, is his view, to be excluded from all ulterior share in accepting or ratifying the results of the restricted Conference. Now ready, with a LETTER from the Author , in 3 vole., F OURTH EDITION m LOST AND SAVED. By the Hon. MRS. NORTON. " Lost and S ed ' will I e read with eager interest by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel."— Times. Hurst and ifackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE RUSSIAN NOTE. The following " Further Correspondence" was published yesterday : 'NDON & SOUTI - I-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. _ .....NOTTCT , I IS ITERETIT GIVEN, That the next HALF- Of th RLY GENERAL. MEP:TING- of the PROPRIETORS COMPANY will he held at this Station on THURS- I. the 13th day of. August, 1863, at One o'clock p.m. pre ul!e3r, when the Directors will submit a Report on the affair: ?I tire Company, a Dividend win be declared, and the general business of the CorripanT will be transacted. And Notice is hereby urther given. th there will be sub at tltted for the consideration and decision of the Proprietors the said meeting, Articles of Agreement with the Oke _Vlnipton Railway Comp an y w ith re fe rence to th.. working of the railway of that Torn pany (Colebrook to Okehampton); and also the provision, in the Sidtnouth end Bud( igh Salt_ rton * lai l‘v`tY Act, I°6 ~ for authorising working arrangements between the C'omp 'lnd the Sidmouth end Budleigh Sal authoe,sed. tert" WaY Company anY' with respect' to the railway by that Th e tray.ister book s o f th e Companwlll be closed on Thurs day, the '3oth July, till Thursday, the 13th August, 1863, both dayB " The Vice-Chancellor replies that the Plenipo tentiaries of Austria and Prussi., airam y of a e St. Petersburg and consign th e c ' meet him at common resolutions adopted in the form of protocols, Th a e t ii;a , sl o . r s in any other shap e considered desirable. of the proposed dit3cussion would b e th e s i x polntQ, which contain nothing in principle contrary to the policy of the Emperor. France and England would be enablal by an cificia communication of the acts resulting from the deliberation of the restricted conference, which would contain the practical adap tation of the six points, to appreciate the confor mity of those acts with the spirit and text of the Treaty of Vienna.' "No. 1. " LORI) NAPIER TO EARL RUSSELL.—(Received Nov ready at all the L'braries, in 3 vols., L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDSAY," " This story is interesting y , nd entriralling throughout. Mary Lyndsay' is a most charming heroine "—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Monu mental Memorial, General Fund for opening gardens and celebration of Festival. July 23.) Name. School. of 30 The Ri.!ht lion. Lord] £ P. d. 165 0 0 £ s. d. £ 8. d. 10 10 0 Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., Bvo., 285., LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S FIFTY YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES. "We are pleased to acknowledge the entertainment we have derived from these amusing volumes—abounding in anecdote and full of kindly feeling. Intimately associated with nearly all the men of wit and fashion of the present century, Lord William Lennox has met wish good fellow ship all his life, and his reminiscences show that he was worthy of sharing it."—Examiner. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 0 5 0 o 10 0 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 By order, FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary. Waterloo-brid&e Station, London, July 23, 1863. THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 24th July, 1863. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Vacancy has occurred in the Court of Directors of this Company by the decease of John Barker, Esq. Notice is hereby also given, that, by the Bth Bye Law of the Company, it is ordained and appointed that every Candidate for becoming a Director sha 1 give notice thereof, in writing, to the Secretary of the Company, at least fourteen days before the day of election. Notice is hereby further given, that a SPECIAL GENE_ RAI, COURT of the Prof,rietors will be held at this Office on TU DitLY, the ISth day of August next, for the election of a Director to supply the s,id Vacancy ; and that, sh uld a Ballot be required, it will continue open for four hours from its commencement. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely. By order of the Court of Uirectora, JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. CHEAPEST PASSAGES to all the C o l on i es . PASSAGES guarantee; at CHEAPEST RATES to AMERICA, cANADA. BRITISH COLUMBIA, A.USTRA IIA, NEW ZEALAND, PORT NATAL, the CAPE, &c., Azt, by /Nil , team and Clipper Sailing Ships 'weekly from LONDON, LIVERPOOL, and other ports. Steamers for AMERICA and ANADA,, every few days, from £4 10s. to £5 55., sailing packets .V„ DDPassengers met at all the Stations 'And conducted to the ocks, thereby avo idi ng much irp.cosition, trouble, and annoyan , e. Free Grants of Land o: otalned and Outf i ts pro vided. Through Tickets issued tr• all the Wet Ports in Aus tralia and New Zealand, and `he Towns and Cities of the United States and Canada, to Halifax and St. Johns. Pull particulars, free P EARCE and CO., First 5f charge, upon application to 'iloor, 100, Leadenhall-street, City, London, or 43, Union-strett, Liverpool. Igar Panels and Pa r- it:ages collected, shipped, and invoiced. R. T. WARRICK begs to announce to his friends and the Public, that his Photographic In full full ope, s.. l2 nr-nt, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now on. Cartes de Visite, 10 for Ws. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, n d Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort- Then t It VASE S, Figuri os , Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas Cr, Parian, "..klarble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &I Ita ported and manrifactnred by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly e a cilitate be inter es ting study of MINERALOGY , CON cnoLoGya , ,nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 gu i neas ch. _PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE /U.lo{ly it, given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. ItoyAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President--The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to, the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitia'nle form—viz., that which is aecom- Muted by sickness Paid disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of t.nis great metropoli s . It requ i res b u t t h e funds in order to ',lave 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wiretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more on the average, th an 3 , 000 ou t- pat i ents a week. , The Weelciy Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST. APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward llas.ertnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; ilerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison amt Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Ca, ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool an_d at the HospitaL STANFORD S. WITH, Secretary. T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Com , ,anies' Act, 1852, by which the Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount of his S arcs. Capital ,£ ) 5 0 ,000, in 25,00 Shares of £lO each. (With power to increase t o o One Million Sterling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares, wher of a portion will be reserved for India. icat Denosit £' per Share on applion, and 'C £1 on . Calla not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval otallotment no three months between eac h ca ll t less DIRECORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8.,T Chair Man, late Lieuten an t- Governor of Bengal. Oolonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable Cannon-street, E.C. Sir Frederick Currie Bart . Member of the Council of Ineia ' Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Barodts Rail- Colonelompany. Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of t:d Marine insurance Conr an John Robert Th omson, e Esils Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, E sq., - late of the Bengal Civil Service. T. Ti. Walker, Esq.. 21. " , „la av i t T er ni ci e_ h ua • n e rer ßen- A Shareholder, to be e;eet e d I. and aliij)(l..°ll.lm. 'tad), 27, Cannon -84. General Meeting. IVA.NRERS IN Loy The Agra and United Service B street, .E.C. The London and. County Ban ,- , nan„„_equare, W. BANKVARB IN INDIA. The Isgra and Untied Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.G BROKER. • Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-chambers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. T eraPOrary OffiOes :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parlia ment-street, Westminster. The deficlem of H o tel accommodation in India, chi nas and other pl aces in the East to which Eut °peens now resort general in large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject of railway complaint ; and it is evident that the development of the means of transit by ocean and river steamers, and by s, which has been in rapid progTess now for some Years, must imperfectly fulfil all P.oportant objects, so far att4l.,V4.lropean intercourse with the East is conc,rned, until this want is adequately supplied. most SRC aset 'ngland ' and on the o'nt:tnent of Europe, it is now an. ce 'itained fact that the joint-stock system may fir sB nil Y be applied to the establishment of Hotels of the tit class. If this be s4l where good private Hotels before existed i n that an _ u large numbers, there seems no reason to doubt the a 'q al degree of PPliCatiOn of s - a tens. to the same object, i n colt d is great and commercial success is attainable by incr,..,,, n :,tries where, though the deman . s do ' -not exist. spects of tl:ken- In Calcutt s 4% it m a y almost be said that good private Hotels ' purchased :and undert a ," j oi nt-stock company has lately infe. red fronset ter; rimay be he ,"'"'e, asacommercial speculation, s the management of an Hotel, and the pro are quoted in the i s..e,r3' high premium at which their shares E nglishman , ,, - - tv .' - it,eutta. - mark t, see "Times" July 17, the Indian Mait, ,, v i e eKly Mail" of e June 8,1863, and "Allen s equal to 70 per ce .. , £25 paid, present value, XVI ex . div., ot 10 per ee n t . f .,. -t. Premium, and the payment of a dividend establiteMme to 20 pe r cent .ir the half-year ending 30th April last, equal the er annum. Bombay offers a wide field for early corn . ;nt of an Hotel of a first class character. The island 0:i. Ir Tian of vast lines of railway converging in the tion bet we :haY. and the more frequent steam communica- Plaer, M ust 0 that pert and Europe vvhich will soon take rriOda:tion. nrY much inc rease th e demand for ouch &loom _lt i s ti ,;,,!:.!: same may be said of Madras. k;otrip a „ y 7r These circumstances that the Oriental Hotels the pp.Ltunited) is established' in the ofi.'ent belief that not bete rlOn of European capital to India in this form will instance, :4toProtitable than useful. It is proposed, inAhe first Point pply the urgent requirements of Thimbay and win n ; t i turttn ile. There are equally important places which neli for exa 4 Lngago the early attention of the Company, p r reak of ins% vas SI - wires, Singapore, and Kurrachee h ; not Le .or at indta!tvir important rail xay stations in t e in ! ',where. at a corn ere there are now no Hotels at all, and for profitab e paratively small outlay, there is a large field The lar r eopei ations. eonveniengcees lass of the climste, an Company's Hotels will afford all the t o, the best European Hotels adapted to the tended; t the habits of the l . I; they are in comfort the iin " s m ose .or IV Om health and allest class, the It is i ntended n t in n atea will be carefully studied. in each Presider to itute local comiittees of management In the event of tvroe!te Hotels may be est ablished. being subscribed for. uuhirds of the first issue of shares not deposits will be returnedallotrnent will take place, and the tier. to the b flu scrib re, without deduc- It is proposed to pay to shareholders upon the capital as p a i,, _ p, 5 per cent, interest clared. . e until the first dividend is de- Prospectuses and forms of ppm ! had on application to the Bank ers ,cation for shares may be tart'. the Broker or the Secre- FORM OF APPLICATION FOR To be retained by the Ban SHARES. kers. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS CODspAN Y (Limited) To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Co ' r nPany (Limited). Gtntlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the aov named Company the sum of £ , I hereby re questbtheat you will allot me shares in the said C'otn anV; and I agree to accept such shares, or any 8 nailer nutnoe that v be allotted to me, and to become a Member of they Consan?,' and I authorise you to place my name on the Regist7t;" Members in res tof the shares to be allotted to tn pec ot es and I agree to be bound by all the conditions and regulations c . 0., taiued in the Memorandum and Articles of Association s 0 the Company, in manner provided by "The Companies Act, 1862." I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares allotted to me within ten days after notice of ailotment, and in default thereof , I autho rise you to cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall be forfeited to the Company. Dated this day ,1863. Name in full Firm (if any) ' -Business or Profession Place of Business ' Residence Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN. "A pleasant tale, naturally told. The fortunes of the heroine will be eagerly followed by many sy.opathetic readers."—Sun. "There is all the interest of a story wholly original about this work. It is full of pleasant and stirring incidents."— John Bull. Hurst and Blaeiett, 13, Great Marlborough-street 11" E X F O R D, e, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley Miss Ellison, 13 Messrs. Albert, Green, erriardi, finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Condpeted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the matvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. '1 he HALL his been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND iJ FINE ARTS GALLERY. The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CAN TATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. EVERY EVENING will be produced, with all the new nPTICAL EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE; The RISARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ten o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deus--Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and "Lucia de Lammermoor." Miss M‘Gregor, Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georgini, Mr. Vernon Rigby, &o. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. CHEAP TRIP to LONDON.—AII visitor s t o the metropolis should see LONDON at the COLOSSEUM, Regent's-park. This is without exception the most beautiful and stupendous work of art ever exhibited in this or any other country. One Shilling to the whole Institution. Acting Manager, Mr. A. NIMMO. I\TOTICE.—LISBON.—To TOURISTS —The I_ll Tarsus is one of the grandest rivers in Europe. See it and the CITY of LIS R ON before and after the Earthquake of 1755 at the COLOSSEUM. The most extraordinary exhibition of a scenic nature ever brought before a metropoli tan audience."—Observer. "The mast thrilling effect we ever experienced."—Court Journal. Admission, One Shilling. EXCURSION TRAINS.—PARIS for a WEEK. All who intend visiting* France should first see PARIS at the COLOSSEUM, Regent's-park. "One of the most extra ordinary pictures ever exhibited."—Times. "The Par orama is magnificent, and equally delights and surprises the be holder."—Morning Post. "The Colosseum, with all its wonderful attractions, is decidedly the most charming , resort in the metropolis."—Dispatch. Morning, 12 to 5; Evening, 7 to 10. MARBRES ONYX d'ALGERTE.—One Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comprehending every variety of work of decorative art, including clocks, candelabra, vase•, gun-idons, inkstands, tazze, card trays, jardinieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring stands, &c., are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in .1) glass or atone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemo,7dade, Soda-water, l'otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. nr 4 tEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti 1. mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They eFpecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 9s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 85, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrumen%, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that '° BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S LARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by;,Bow, London, E. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate TEAL MOROCCO CARD CASES is. 1,000 BUSINEQS ENVELOPES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS. Wholesale and for Exportation. Country dealers and the trade sup plied on advantageous terms. Superior Washable. flit. lengths —1 inch bead, flat hollow, Bs. ; f inch, 75. ; 1 inch bead, 7s. 6d.; bead, ss. 6d. ; 4 inch bead, as. ; 1 inch double hollow, 7s. 6d.; t inch, ss. 6d. ; a inch slip hol'ow, 55.;4 inch. 3s 6d per dozen. Discount off the abo ve by th e gross. Fancy Wood Mouldings, in 12f t. lengths-14 inch, 2s. per length, 11s. per halt dozen ; 11 inch, 2s 6d., 11s. 6d. ; 2 is ch, 35.. 16s. ed. ; 21 inch, es. 6d., 19s ; 21 inch, Is., 225. Best Gold Mouldings. For list of reduce i prices, see trade pric:. list, forwarded on receipt of stamp.—G. Polley, Wholesale Warehouse, 19, Wych-street, Strand, W.C. - • Leigh K P. 'Flower. Esq , Mayor Sir R.N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.B. Rev. G. Granville C. H. Pracebridge R. H. Hobbes W. O. Hunt Edgar Flower Charles K Flower R. M. Bird E. Gibbs John Baldwin, Lud dington R. Gibbs .. - M. C. Ashwin.. J. and G. Callaway Chas Thomas J. C. Jones, Loxley T. S. Burman W. Pearce G. T. Sm th, Goldi cote H. P. K. Peach, Idli cote A. Crowdy, Billesley H, J. Starkey, Rhine hi 1 J. R. West, 'Alscot park . Charles Lucy T. B. Lucy E. P. Shirley .. Thompson and Col bourne W. Gibbs, Alveston W. Lowry ..... James Cox emit Son J. J. Nason . • •• H. Samman W. J. Harding, Bara set . 10,11,0 • • • C. F. Loggin W. L. Norris.... C, T. Warde,Clopton. W. Greener John Lane Robt. Walker John New John Bachelor The Tercentenary C tion list to the nation. of Shakspeare for thei rest their claims uon the birthplace of S p hal all admirers of the gi home, the town he 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 HOWELL, JAMES. and CO., respectfully announce that, in accordance with their custom at this season of the year, trey will OFFER THIS DAT, and durint the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROIPERY. Atm, at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. TT., J., and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS. principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a variety of beau tiful ORGANDI MUSLIN S , which they have recently purchased at about one-half the value. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862 ' This Powder is quite harmless to an , mil l ife, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies , Cockroaches , Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the orizinal importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted other? to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets. ls., 2s 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 1s or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. PAurs-churchyari, London, E.O RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT .xrtinrrioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effntive nvention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring', so otten hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the .ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Nloo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn iuring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oir 3umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 225, Piccadilly. —.- - A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. G 6., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. i Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Sd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,c,Post- Alec, Piccadilly. E NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE -CAPS, dm, for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness a n d S we lling o f t he Legs, Sprains, &a. They are porous, l i aean o ght in texture, dud inexpensive, and are drawn on rdina stocking. Price 4s. ed., is. 61, 10s., to 16s. each. Postagry e 6d. JORN WHITE. Dianufactnrer t W. Piccadilly. THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. EIGHTH DAY. CHELMSFORD, July 24. (Before Mr. Baron Channell and a Special Jury.) ROUPELL AND ANOTHER V. HOWS AND ANOTHER. The trial was resumed this morning. Mr. Serjeant Shea, Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. J. Brown, and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger, were for the plaintiffs. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were for the defendants, Wm. Roupell was again brought down in custody. Baron Channell summed up the whole case to the jury. After some preliminary observations, his lordship said that the case they had now to dispose of was one almost unparal leled in the history of legal jurisprudence. The principal question they would have to decide was, whether the deed of gift about which they had heard so much was a genuine instrument or not ; but there were some very important col lateral matters connected with it which would require their most serious consideration. The action was one of ejectment, to recover possession of a portion of one farm called Bolens, and the whole of another called Herds, and originally there were two plaintiffs, Richard Roupell and James Surridge ; but it was admitted that the latter had not made out any title, and the only question therefore was as regarded the claims of Richard Roupell. He claimed as heir at law, and the point he had to establish to support his claim was, that his father died possessed of the estate in question, and there fore the material question was, whether he did really die seised of the property, or whether he had previously dis posed of it by the deed of gift, and whether the deed of gift which was the ground of the defendants' claim was a genu ine instrument, or whether it was forged, under the extra ordinary circumstances that had been narrated in the course of the trial. Some collateral questions would arise as to the will, but the validity of the deed of gift was the real ques tion in the cause. The case for the plaintiff rested a great deal on the evidence of Wm. Roupell, but it did not do so entirely, for there were many important collateral circum stances that were relied upon to support the evidence of this witness. No one could fail to be impressed with the earnest eloquence of the learned sergeant, and he joined with him in the hope that he was sincerely penitent. In a court of jus tice, however, they must deal sternly with the facts, and act upon evidence alone, and their feelings ought not to be allowed at all to influence their decision. There could be no doubt that Wm. Roupell was a man who had been guilty of great crimes ; he had in the first place committed the offence of the forging of the leases relating to this property, and then, according to his own admission, he had destroyed his father's genuine will, forged a fresh will, and in this par ticular case he had by means of forgery and fraud obtained from the defendants the sum of £12,000. If he now came forward and deliberately committed the additional crime of wilful perjury in order to regain possession of the property, his crime was of a still deeper dye, and this was the question they would eventually have to decide. He had said that William Roupell was a man who was deeply steeped in crime, and, as the law formerly stood, he would not have been a competent witness, but the law was now altered, and it was left to the discretion and good sense of a jury to decide whether a man in the position of William Roupell, who professed to be actuated by a feeling of sincere repentance, was speaking truth, or whether, as he had be fore stated, he had added to his former great crimes the ad ditional one of wilful and deliberate perjury. It appeared to him that a great deal of the evidence that had been ad duced for the plaintiffs was quite immaterial, particularly that portion of it which related to the legitimacy of the plaintiff, and he thought that there could be no doubt that the plaintiff Richard Roupell was the legitimate son of the deceased Richard Palmer Roupell, and that he was entitled to bring the present action as heir at law. As the most important witness in the cause, he should in the first place call their attention to the evidence of William Roupell, making such observations as he proceeded as he hoped would assist them in their deliberations. Ho said it appeared to be quite clear that William Roupell had great influence over his mother, and according to his own statement his father was very careful of money, indeed almost penurious, and that at the end of 1855 he was in great pecuniary difficulties, and owed large sums of money to his bankers and to the Guardian Insurance Office, and also to his solicitor, Mr. Whitaker, to whom he was intro duced by Mr. Watts, the husband of the lady who had been examined as a witness on the first day of the trial. The learned judge then alluded to the course alleged to have been taken by William Roupell with regard to the forgery of the leases of this estate, and he observed that these pro ceedings were undoubtedly of the most artful character, and he explained that the effact was that the property was made to appear of much larger value than it really was, and to enable him to obtain a loan to a greater amount than ho would otherwise have been able to obtain. With regard to these leases, it appeared to be admitted on both aides that there leases were forgeries, but the contention of Mr, Bovill, on behalf of the defendants was, that he was legally entitled to the property under a genuine deed of gift, and that the forgery of the leases was only committed for the purpose of enabling Wm. Roupell to raise a larger sum of money upon the property than he otherwise could have done, in order to relieve himself from the pecuniary difficulties in which he was placed. The question then was, whether the deed of gift was genuine or not. In reference to this subject he re minded them that a letter had beer. written by the sister of Wm. Roupell to Mr. Whitaker, at the dictation of the for-. mer, and he could not help observing that in his opinion, although this young woman might have acted incautiously in writing such a letter, there was nothing in the matter that reflected Upon her ; and with regard to her not having been called earlier in the cause, he could understand that from humane motives the counsel and the attorney who were concerned in the inquiry would have avoided, if it had been possible, calling a witness whose brother was in the painful position of Wm Roupell. Upon this letter it appeared that Mr. Whitaker, without any further inquiry, prepared the deed of gift, and he could not help saying that in his opinion this was a most imprudent proceeding. His lordship then re ferred to the circumstances under which the deed of gift was represented to have been attested by the witnesses Tru man and Dove, and said that the evidence given by Mr. E. Whitaker and Mr. Covinton certainly tended to throw some doubt upon the evidence of Wm. Roupell and those two wit nesses in reference to this transaction, and the jury would consider what effect this had upon the portion of the case to which he had called their attention, The learned Judge pro ceeded to read the evidence given by Wm. Roupell, and observed that it certainly was rather an extraordinary pro ceeding that he should not have read the genuine will after he had taken it out of his father's bureau until alweek after wards, and he explained that, in order fur the present plain tiff to have any title under this will independently of claim ing as heir at law, they must believe that Wm. Roupell had spoken the truth when he stated that by this will the War ley estate was devised to his brother Richard, the present plaintiff. His lordship next proceeded to narrate the re maining evidence given by Wm. Roupell, and to his admis sion that he had falsely sworn that the will of Sept. 2, 1856, was genuine, that he had practically cheated the defendants out of £12,000, that he had robbed his mother of £lO,OOO, that he had obtained £200,000 from other parties to whom he had sold or granted mortgages on the property, and that his object in telling the present story was " incidentally" to get the property back for his family. He then referred to the circumstances under which the deed was alleged to have been attested by the witnesses Truman and Dove, and to the statement that was made by the former that the sig natures resembled his own and Dove's handwriting, but that he had never seen Richard Palmer Roupell execute any deed in the whole course of his life, and that the latter ad mitted that the signature was his handwriting, and that although he did not remember the circumstance of attesting the deed, he should not have put his name to it if he had not seen Richard Palmer Roupell sign it. The learned judge next referred to the evidence as to the circumstances under which the signature of the old man John Muggeiidge was obtained to the alleged forged will, and to the testimony that had been adduced that this signature was a forgery, and he also called the attention of the jury to the fact that Mr. Longman had refused to advance any more money upon the security of the deed of gift because he could . not obtain the concurrence of the old man to the mortgage. His lordship then proceeded to call their attention to the evidence that had been adduced to show how Wm. Roupell and Mug geridge were occupied on the day on which the will of the 2d of September was alleged to have been executed, and that it was impossible they could have been together, or that the will could have been executed on this day. He then proceeded to refer to the evidence as to the handwriting,and to the statement made by one of the tenants, Nathaniel Springham, that the deceased had said to him about July, 1856, that he was going to give the *Maley property to his son William. He also alluded to the proceedings that had been taken by the present defendants against the tenants to recover rent, and to the fact that judgment was allowed to go by default in that action, and said it appeared to him that these proceedings ought not to be allowed to have the least weight in the present inquiry. After some further observa tions, the learned judge said that i tt', part of the defen dants very few facts appeared.to .have been proved, except such as were necessary to lay the foundationfor the evidence that was afterwards adduced as to handwriting; and he ob served that as, in the present state of the law, the jury had a right to examine and compare signatures and handwrit ing, it appeared to him that the evidence of experts, as they were termed, was of very little importance. They hall heard a great deal about the flourish at the end of the name, and various small peculiarities in the different letters ; and the object of the defendants appeared to be to show, by a mass of signatures to receipts, and a number of other documents, that the deceased had no uniform mode of signature, and sometimes signed in one way and sometimes in another. If they desired that he should read the evidence on this point in detail he was ready to do so ; but it appeared that, hav ing regard to . the nature of the evidence and the attention the jury had paid to it, he himself considered it was unne cessary to do so. The evidence on the part of the defendants was undoubtedly very cogent, and in such a case as this the jury ought not to give effect to the evidence of such men as Wm. Roupell, unless he was confirmed in every particular where he could have been confirmed. If, however, they should be of opinion that Wm. Roupell was the witness of truth, the plaintiffs were entitled to recover, and this was the material question for them to decide. His lordship, in conclusion, left the following questions to the jury : First—Was the deed of gift signed by old Roupell in the presence of the two witnesses ? Secondly—Assuming that it was not so, was it actually signed and sealed by him, whether or not in the presence of the witnesses ? Thirdly—Was the will of the 2d September, 1856, the will of the testator ? (the effect of which would be that the will of 1850 would be revoked). Fourthly—lf that will of 1853 was not revoked, did it devise this estate to the plaintiff, Richard Roupell ? The Foreman of the jury desired to have the questions in writing, and The learned Baron accordingly furnished them with the questions in a written farm. While this was being done, Mr. Bovill made a suggestion, in answer to which The learned Baron said the moment the plaintiff's heir ship was admitted it became a question whether the testator died seised of the estate. The defendants contended that he did not, because of the deed of gift, and the counsel for the plaintiff undertook to destroy that deed by showing it to be forged. He was not, therefore, sure that the ordinary rule of law as to onus of proof applied; but upon the whole of the case the jury would say whether the deed was or was not executed by old Roupell. The Foreman desired to know whether there was any evidence that William Roupell was in the habit of preparing deeds for his father. There was evidence that ho had been admitted as an attorney; but was there evidence that he had acted as such for his father in preparing deeds ? The learned Judge said he did not know that there was. Mr. J. Brown said he thought there was evidence that the old man was in the habit of reading any document he signed. The learned Judge referred to his notes, and did not find it, but found this—that he " was very cautious." The jury now retired to consider their verdict. It was about 25 minutes past 2 o'clock. There was no " bill of exceptions" on either side. A warm discussion now ensued between the learned counsel on both sides as to the transcripts of the shorthand writer's notes to be furnished on either side. The transcript on one side was objected to as having been "turned down," and on the other as having been marked. This, it was said, would serve to direct the attention of the jury to particular passages,and the most sensitive jealousy was shown on each side as to the notes of the other, and in the result. Mr. Bovill said he should prefer that the jury should come into court and refer to his Lordship if they wore in doubt upon any point, and that the notes on either side should not be furnished to them. [These transcripts of the shorthand writer's notes being verbatim notes of everything—question and answer—formed a pile of manuscript something like a foot in height, which would completely have everwhelmed the jury, who probably would have derived very little advantage from them, and found them "a mighty maze, and all without a plan."] After the lapse of nearly half an hour the under-sheriff came into court, and said the sheriff had sent the bailiff for the will, upon which the learned Baron sent it to them, The jury were absent for some hours. Shortly before 6 they returned into court, and, the officer calling on them in the usual way, "Are you agreed on your verdict ?" 'ihe Foreman answered,—Not quite. We are agreed as to three of the issues, but not as to the second (whether the deed was executed)—nor are we, as to that, at all likely to agree. The learned Judge desired to have the paper of questions he had given to the jury; and, looking at it, said he thought he need not trouble them to agree as to the one on which they were not agreed. His lordship handed it down to the counsel on each side to look at it, and they did so, on which Mr. Sergeant Shee said he thought the jury had better give their answers openly. The learned Judge asked if the second question were withdrawn by the defendants ? Mr. Bovill said he only desired a general verdict. The learned Judge said he had put the question to the jury, at the desire of the defelidants' counsel, and could not withdraw it without their consent. Mr. Bovill said it seemed to him the main print in the case. Upon this The learned Judge said he must desire them to retire again to reconsider that question. The Foreman—That is no more than I expected, my lord, (Great laughter.) The answers of the jury were as follows : To the first question—Was the deed of gift executed in the presence of the two witnesses ?—they answered it was not. Upon the second question, as to whether it was executed by the testator, they were not agreed. To the third question—Was the will of Sept. 2, 1856, the will of the testator?---they found it was not so. To the fourth question—Whether the will of 1850 devised the estate to the plaintiff ?—they answered that there was not sufficient evidence to enable them to find. The jury retired again about 6 o'clock. At half-past 7 they again returned into court, having been out five hours, and The Foreman, being asked if they were agreed, said—No, we are in the same position as when we went out, and. I regret to say that, however long we may remain together, there is no prospect of our being able to agree. A discussion here ensued between the learned Judge and the counsel on both sides, which being carried on in a low voice out of the hearing of the jury it was not easy to follow. From what afterwards took place, however, it appeared that the counsel for the plaintiff contended that upon the findings of the jury already given the plaintiff was entitled to recover upon his title as heir, as his heirship was ad mitted, supposing that there was no devise to any one else, which was now negatived as to the will of 1856, and not proved as regarded the will of 1850. The learned Judge then prepared in writing another paper, in which he said there was an alteration of the fourth question. Upon this the jury retired again. The alteration of the fourth question was understood to bo whether the will of 1850 devised the estate to any one else than the plaintiff. The jury being unable to agree, were discharged at half past 10 o'clock. THE LAMBETH WIFE MURDER.—At the South wark Police-court yesterday, Joseph Hawes was brought up for final examination upon the charge of wilfully murdering his wife. Mr. L. Lewis appeared for him. The evidence was to the effect that a fellow-lodger, hearing screams, went into the prisoner's room, and there saw the deceased lying with her shoulders across the fender, and the prisoner striking at ber. From the injuries then re ceived the woman died. The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder. "St. Petersburg, July 18,1863. " My Lord,—The French Ambassador was called to Tsarskt Se'o yesterday to hear the replica of Prince Gortschakoff to the overtures of the three Powers on behalf of Poland. I had occasion to meet his Excellency in the evening, when he in formed me that the Vice•Chancelier desired to see me for the same purpose this forenoon. I found the Duke de Montebello under a very decided impres sion of the bad effect which the Russian communi cation would have at Paris. The Bake gave me a brief outline of the tenour of the despatches with which he had been acquainted. The armistice was rejected; that we had foreseen. The conferences were declined ; that we had apprehended ; but the six points had not been distinctly adopted, and, what was altogether unexpected and most to be de plored, the intervention of France and England were set aside, and proposals were made to enter upon a separate discussion on Polish affairs with Austria and Prussia, as counterminous Powers pe culiarly interested, without any apparent provision even for the subsequent participation of the other Powers signataries of the Treaty of Vienna. Such an overture, in the opinion of my French colleague, would be regarded by his Government not only as unsatisfactory, but as most insulting, and as tend ing to a positive and immediat.e.,rupture. "I heard the intelligence with surprise and con cern, for I fully shared the impression of the Duke in regard to France, and I could not but feel that the determination of the Russian Cabinet would be highly unacceptable to her Majesty's Government. "After some consultation it was agreed that the French Ambassador should accompany me to Tsar shoe Selo this morning, in the hope that Prince Gortschakoff might be enabled to give us some ex planation of his views, which, on being communi cated to our respective Cabinets, might set his in tentions in a more favourable light, and mitigate the first impression which the perusal of his despatches would create. " We accordingly waited on Prince Gortschakoff this morning, who placed the three despatches in our hands. After we had carefully read them through apart, we returned to the Prince, when, after thanking his Excellency for his communica tion, I spoke to him in the following sense :—I said that I might have abstained from all remarks on the subject, and simply awaited the resolution of her Majesty's Government. I must beg him to under stand that any observations which I might offer were solely prompted by the hope that a fuller ex planation of his sentiments on one or two points might be found to be calculated to mitigate the feelings of dissatisfaction with which his resolutions would probably be received by the allied Govern ments. I ranch feared that his communication would be understood in England as an attempt to gain time and detach Austria from our alliance ; that a proposal which at the present conjuncture aimed to exclude two great Powers from the discussion of a question in which they had expressed the deepest and most deliberate interest would be regarded as far from conciliatory, and even as offensive ; that a scheme by which the interests of Poland would be committed exclusively to the hands of the Powers by which Poland had been partitioned, and in past times oppressed, would inspire no confidence; in fact, that no form of reply could, in my humble judgment, have contained fewer elements for a friendly or pacific adjustment. Nevertheless, in the eyes of England, at least, there was something to be pleaded in favour of the Russian argument, in so far as it professed, even in restricting the dis cussions to the three Powers, to go upon the basis of the Treaty of Vienna, which had been adopted by your Lordship as the ground of our mediation. 1 would ask his Excellency, for your Lordship's im mediate information, two questions : " 1. What was the form, and what the basis, which he designed to give the discussions which he proposed between Austria, Russia, and Prussia ? And, _ _ "2. W hether he proposed to exclude France and England even from any participation in the ratifi cation of the engagements which might be taken by the three Powers ; or whether he proposed to admit them in the same manner and in the same degree in which they had been admitted by the Treaty of Vienna ? " The Vice-Chancellor stated, in reply, that the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia would be received by him at St. Petersburg, and the results of this restricted Conference might, as in the Trea ties of Vienna, be consigned in the form of proto cols, or in that of a treaty, or in any other shape which might be considered desirable ; that the basis of the discussion (point de dipart) would be the six points proposed by the three Powers, which con tained nothing contrary to the views of the Empe- ror, as well as other points which he might deem it his duty to submit. "In reply to my second question, Prince Gort schakoff stated that the resolutions embraced in the Conference of the three neighbouring Powers most directly concerned in the affairs of Poland would be officially imparted to the Governments of England and France, which would be able to appreciate the conformity of those resolutions (which would em body a practical adaptation of the six points) to the spirit and text of the Treaty of Vienna. " I urged the Vice-Chancellor to declare unam- biguously whether hie resolutions did or did not ex clude the logical result to which a strict adherence co the method of the Treaty of Vienna would con duct him—namely, to the embodiment of the results of the restricted Conference in a general Conven tion, to which all the Powers bound by the engage ments of 1815 should be parties. The Vice-Chan cellor did not perhaps absolutely commit himself against such a conclusion, but he refused to admit it, and repeatedly asserted that he would accede to nothing which would give the Western Powers any right whatever of interfering in the internal con cerns of the Russian Empire, in which he seemed to include the Kingdom of Poland, though I did not cease to contend that we had a limited right of interference there under the Treaty of Vienna. " After a good deal of discussion of a desultory nature, in which the French ambassador took an ac tive share, the enclosed telegr a phic despatch in ,was drawn who sent it off to Baron B u db erg a n d Baron skodrawn up with the approval o f P r i nce G:s e t'Brunnow. c l ear , forwarded to your lordship under the present date, I can only hope that the part whi c h I have taken in endeavouring to elucidate the views of the Russian Nlinister may not meet with your lordship's r disapproval. I entered upon the inquiry in the hope of being able t o t emper th e e ff ec t s o f an unfor tunate communication, a 9 I deem it, and of furnish ing her Majesty's Government the means of maki n g explanations in P ar li ame nt for which the t ext of Prince Go r t sc h a koff's despatch migh t not have afforded the materials. " I have not given the Vice-Chancellor the least ground for supposing that the tenour of his de spatch to Baron Brunnow, or its present develop ment of its meaning, will be considered satisfactory " NAPIER." to her Majesty's Govern ment. —I have, &c., (Enclosure in No. 1.) " LORD NAPIER TO EARL RUSSELL. (Telegraphic.) " St. Petersburg, July 18, 18G3 _ _ "The Duke de Montebello and I have asked Prince Gortschakoff in what form and en what basis the discussions proposed by him respecting the affairs of Poland between Austria, Russia, and Prussia would take place, and whether the remain " No. 2. COUNT RECHBERG TO COUNT APPONll,—(COM municated to Earl Russell by Count Apponyi, July 24.) " Vienna, July 19. " M. le Comte,—Prince Gortschakoff's despatch .o M. de Balabine touches on three points which especially concern Austria, and on which the Im perial Government must declare itself categorically before coming to an understanding with the Go vernments of England and France, on the attitude to be assumed by the three Powers in consequence of the Russian answers. "I will not inquire whether Prince Gortschakoff was guided by a secret purpose when he wrote the three passages in question. I confine myself to ,asserting that they tend to throw a false light on the intentions of Austria, and to place her in a posi tion which she cannot accept. "The three passages of the Russian despatch which require to be at once contested are the following : " 1. That in which Prince Gortshakoff rretends that our despatch of the 18th of June anticipates, and, so to speak, approves, beforehand the refusal of Russia to adhere to a Conference. " 6 2. That in which a sort of assimilation is estab- lished between the Polish Provinces of the Empire of Austria and the country generally designated by the name of the Kingdom of Poland. 3. Lastly, that in which the Russian Govern ment proposes to come to an understanding with Austria and Prussia, in order to settle the condition of their respective Polish subjects.' " I invite your excellency to explain yourself very clearly on these three points to Lord Russell, so as to leave no doubt as to the sentiments of the Imperial Government. " As to the Conference, our despatch of the 18th of June to Count Thun simply asserts an evident fact by leaving it to be understood that its meeting depends on the participation of Russia. It is clear, in fact, that we could not negotiate in Conference with Russia if that Power were to refuse to do so. But it does not follow that such a refusal would have our approval. On the contrary, the proposal of a Conference, in our opinion, might perfectly be accepted by the Russian Government. We have, moreover, already instructed Count Thun by a tele gram to express himself in this sense, and to rectify this erroneous interpretation of our despatch. " With regard to the similarity between Galicia and the Kingdom of Poland, we must categorically reject any insinuation of the kind. " Lastly, with respect to the form of agreement proposed by Russia, we have also already declared at St. Petersburg that the concert established between the three Cabinets of Vienna, London, and Paris constitutes a connection between them, from which Austria cannot now disengage herself in order to negotiate separately with Russia. " Your Eycellency may read this despatch to Lord Russell. Recede, &c., " RECIIBERG.'' SUMMER ASSIZES. 'WESTERN CIRCUIT--DORCIIESTER, FRIDAY, CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willer.) Henry Dommett was indicted for the wilful murder of Charles Dommett, at Allington, on the sth of June. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Compton were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. H, T. Cole for the prisoner. The prisoner is about 45 years of age. W hen placed at the bar he seemed in a very desponding state of mind, at the same time very calm and col lected, and apparently quite aware of the dreadful position in which he stood. Upon being called upon to plead he hesitated for a moment, and then said Not Guilty." Mr. Collier then proceeded to open the case from which we glean the following facts :—The prisoner was a hemp sorter, and had been for some years in the employ of Messrs. Gundy, of Bridport. He was a man respectable in his position, moral, religious, and of good character, one of the best of husbands and of fathers ; he had a wife and family; his eldest child was 24, and his youngest four years of age. The facts of the case were short and simple. On the morning of the sth of June about 6 o'clock, the prisoner went to his work, he seemed to have been in a somewhat moody and me lancholy frame of mind ; he muttered some thing about a largo bill he would have to pay, and he gave directions to one of his fellow workmen to sharpen a knife for him, He returned home to breakfast at 8 o'clock, taking the knife with him. He breakfasted with his family. At 0 o'clock his wife went out, and he was left alone with his son Charles, a boy six years of age, of whom he was particularly fond. The only other person in the house was his eldest son, who was upstairs confined to his room by illness. Upon that occasion the prisoner cut the throat of that, his favourite boy, with the knife he brought home with him. His eldest son heard a noise below, and he came downstairs, and there he saw his little brother lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat cut from ear to ear. His father was sitting quietly in his arm-chair. He said, " Oh, father, what have you done!" He said something indistinctly. He then called his mother, who came in from the gar.- den. No motive for the act could be suggested. These were the simple facts of this unhappy case, John Dommett, son of the prisoner, was called, and he detailed the facts above stated. In his cross-examination he stated that his father was particularly fond of the little boy. He was a very kind father, and a very religious man. Of late he had remarked that a g reat change had come over his father. He had been so much depressed that his mother had talked to him about it. He was very restless at night.. He had come into his room several times in the night. He ad asked his father why he di d so, but he would not h answer him. He had gone to bed in the middle of the day. He had said he was getting very low and n ervou s. He had taken medicine for his head. His brother Charles Was ill on the day of the Prince's marriage. The rest of the family went out to join in the festi vities' but his father remain e d a t home with his little b r other. Had heard his father say he thought b e was going out of his mind. Mary Marshalsea went into the house directly after the deed was committed. The prisoner sat in a chair and looked like a dead man. He never wag ged foot nor finger. He did not an swer an y ques tions that we re put to him. She had lived next door to the prisoner for 20 years. He was tender and affectionate to his children. There was not a ten• derer-hearted man in England. Had noticed a great change in him some months since. He shoolt vio lently, and drew up his legs and arms. At length he said a policeman would come and take him away and then he would be taken before his good, kind master, and then he would be lied away to Dor chester, and then would be hanged. Wh en t a ken into custody he said, " Saul forsook the Lord and went to the witch, and he fell." Mr. Julie Goode, the surgeon of the gaol, had watched the prisoner. When in the gaol he seemed very ill when first came. He looked haggard and was in a prostrate state ; in a nervous tremour, scarcely any pulse, tongue white and flabby , anti eyes bloodshot. His manner was strange and ex raordinary. Ho was in a state of mental confusion. The symptoms of insanity had not been so decided lately. Did not consider him in the full possession of his senses. Thought he then knew that what he did was wrong. Cross-examined--The symptoms about the eyes 10 10 0 ommittee, in , most earnes r aid and ass the ground t ;speare, but 1 vat Poet's wi 'ed, and whet 10 0 0 5.0 0 0 5 5 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 1. , ) 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 10 10 0 210 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 52 10 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 submitting the subscripl ;fly appeal to the admirers sistance. The Committee that Stratford is not only the centre of attraction to corks, and that it was his re he lived and died. 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 P 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 were most indicative of insanity. There der of the brain. He had had suicidal Did not think that at the time he cm act he knew right from wrong. It was incipient insanity, only requiring time to itself. He was liable to a return of mania. balance of his mind had been gradually unhinged for some months previously. There was no acting. Mr. Cole then addressed the jury with great feel ing for the prisoner. They had before them one of the most painful cases ever heard in a court of justice. One of the most kind-hearted fathere, a. man eminent for his morality and piety in the neighbourhood in which he lived, stood at that bar charged with having murdered his favourite child, and this without a motive, without en angry word, without en unkind expression, without - . the slightest provocation. The eldest boy, hearing a noise, curiae down sheire, and what was the sight presented to him ? His little brother lying welter ing in his blood, and his father, in an apparent state of stupor, sitting quietly in his arm chair. Was that like a murderer? Could they doubt that reason had left its piece, and had been supplanted by idiots; or momentary imbecility ? The very Act itself almost proved the perpe!rator of the crime to he in- Fame Ho was aware it would be said that :hig was a dangerous doctrine, but still they must looh: at this as well vs other circumstances. Iney should give weight to the fact in justice to the unhappy man before them. The different circumstances t hey had heard showed the brain had for some time been disorder e d. Th ere were the sleepless nights, the midnight wanderines, going from roam to room; and had a medi ca l man b een called in he would hove knownoff thatits h t a h l e at s le ta e , te en o d f that precaution was unhapimaren'susmind taken. Had the man been sane uo one could have imagined him capable of doing an th unworthywith a h ct ; but certainly not such an a c t as th at w now stood charged. No doubt a ll homiwcidee he was murder, but it might be reduced by surrounding circumstances to a lesser crime, or to no crime at all. Through the kindness of the Judge the surgeon of the gaol (Mr. Goode) had been called. They had not had before them what were termed mad doctors to give theoretical lectures, but the surgeon of the gaol The symptoms showed that some. of the brain had been going on, but i f r r r o i m tat f i a o c n ts. , ne , r; ‘ 7l, o l. t . sghpraoedkabteeen followed by great depression the nervous system was competely deranged, all aristihnegwfrhoomie,thhee brain ; and Mr. Goode said that, upon na wa it s t p ui er t f h e e ct a l know the act he was committing ; and thereseee . he " ot e i ns theo i y e t e he ew opiniona u n t e l • l o a n t s was frequently the dal tendencies. In such cases it did not know that he was doing wrong; , he had su and regard. They object of his love, his affection, fact that the party attacked with violence the great would hardly, he thought , think it fit to consign him to a scaffold. If they acquitted him he wou l d not be set at large upon the wor ld, but he would be taken care of for the rest of his life. Mr. Justice Willes then summed up, fully eex plaining the law as regarded the question of in sanity, and going through the whole of the evid The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoner bowed, and walked quietly from the bar. Charlotte Cornish was indicted for the wilful murder of George Cobb, at Longfieet, on the 19th of April. Mr. Stock and Mr. Collins were counsel for the prosecution. It appeared that Hannah Cobb was delivered of a child at Poole, about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 19th of April. The prisoner who was a widow was engaged as a nurse for the child. As soon as the child was born it was given to the prisoner, who kept it in the room where it was horn for about two hours, and then took it down stairs, and when down stairs a curious noise was heard as coming from the room where the prisoner and the child were. The grandmother hearing the noise went downstairs and saw the child in the prisoner's lap. She went up stairs again. In the course of the morning the prisoner and the grandmother quarrelled, and the prisoner was dismissed about 9 o'clock. The child was then placed in the bed of the mother, and about three o'clock it was looked at, and then some marks as of finger nails were discovered under the jaw of the infant. The child died in the course of the fol lowing night ; it had not had any food during the 22 hours it lived. The surgeons were of opini on that the death was caused by the injuries it received on the neck. The ;thief evidence against the prisoner was that she had expressed a hope that the child would be born dead, as it might induce the mother to bestow more affection on the children of the former marriage, Cobb having mar ried the sister of the prisoner. The jury at once acquitted the prisoner. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DuRiIAm, July 23. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Charles Coop, a boy of 16 years of age, was in dicted for turning, and fixing a point on the Thornley Railway, with intent to upset and destroy any en gine or train travelling on the railway. Mr. Guliy prosecuted ; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared that on the 14th of March last a fore man and a labourer on the Thorniey Railway, while proceeding down the railway at a short distance from the junction with the Hartlepool Railway, saw the prisoner stooping down over one of the points or switches, and on getting within 30 yards of him they saw him placing a brick between the point and the adjacent rail. On shouting to him he ran away. The brick was removed by the men only just in time to prevent an engine and train of waggons which was coming on the line, and then only about 60 yards off, from running off the line, and, in all probability, coming into collision with other waggons. The prisoner admitted having placed the brick there, but stated his intention was only to see whether the pressure of the point would break it. He was found guilty. His lordship, in passing sentence, regretted that the punishment of whipping could not be adminis tered for such an offence to the prisoner, who was above the age when such a sentence could be carried out. That was the fittest punishment for so mis chievous and senseless an offence ; for he did not im • pute to the prisoner that he maliciously intended to upset the engine and train, and probably cause the death of persons he did not know. He had already been imprisoned five months, and the sentence of the court was that he be imprisoned with hard labour for 6 calendar months. THE ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, a deputation consisting of Mr. E. Wilson (vice-president of the Acclimatisation Society of Great Britain, and presi dent of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria), Mr. James Lowe (one of the secretaries of the Acclimati sation Society of Great Britain), Mr. L. Mackinnon (v i ce -president of the Australian Association), Mr. J. crockford, Mr. J. H. Walsh, and Mr. D. Mackin non had an interview with his Grace the Duke of Somerset, at the Admiralty, and laid before him a statement of their views as to the feasibility of ob taining the aid of her Majesty's navy in assisting the cause of acclimatisation. Mr. Wilson (after explain ing that if his grace had given a longer notice of his willingnessto grant an interview a larger attendance might have been secured) made a statement, setting forth the importance and present position of the various efforts being made to interchange various natural products between countries, and to intro duce novelties of importance. He ended by saying that the efforts now being so made deserved better en'couragement than to be left to the tender mercies of the purser's mates, cooks, or butchers of the-mer he vessels ls navy, o and appealed to the duke to allow such v the navy as were not being used for more cf important purposes to be detached for this service. The Dubs was afraid that he could not detach vessels specially for such purposes. It was usual in this country to leave such operations to the en terprise of private individuals. Mr. JAMES LOWE said that it was not without precedent for her Majesty's navy to be employed in aiding scientific objects. There were Sir Joseph Banks's expedition, and the voyage of the Blonde, and the Arctic expeditions. The DUKE replied that these were isolated opera tions ; but what was asked for seemed to be a con tinuous service. Mr. MACKINNON said that the Australian colonies had already expEndcd thousands of pounds in the endeavour to transport salmon, hut had failed for want of a proper vessel. After some discussion, the duke said that he was afraid he could not devote vessels specially to the proposed object . , hut that he might consider whether he could not allow the societies to avail themselves of the aid of her INLAjesty's vessels, if the captains could be interested in the objects. Eventually it was understood that his grace would consider the subject, and see the Lputation again upon it. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOE THE ENSUING WEEK.—Tuesday—Axclaamslogical Institute, Annual, at Rochester. WedueEday—Horticultural, Pro menade.--d thenauin, .0 0 et