The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

THE PANAMA ROUTE. The Aliquis freight-ship. Captain Pain, embarked at Portsmouth, on Saturday morning, the remain ing pereon of the 3d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade for India, comprising Lieutenant-Colonel Macdon *dll, C.B. • Captains Lindsay Stephens, Deedes, and Egerton • Lieutenants Whalley, Fortescue, Cragg, and La.scelles ; Ensigns Broadbent and Hook ; 22 sergeants, 3 drummers, 352 rank and file, 24 women, and 17 children. Lieutenant- Colonel Wright, Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the south-west district, superintended the em barkation. The berths f.r the troops and women are admirable, and the accommodaiou for the offi cers firet-class. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort being the Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade, her Majesty notified to Major-General Breton, the Commander-in-Chief of the south west district, on Friday night, her wish that the ship might be detained in port, to enable the Prince to inspect her and the battalion before leav ing, which of course was done ; and at a quarter to 6 o'clock on Saturday evening the Fairy, with her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Prince Alfred on board, entered Portsmouth harbour under salutes from the garrison battery and flag ships. Her Majesty did not leave the yacht, which remained in the harbour channel. The Prince Consort and Prince Alfred landed from the Royal barge at the Queen's stairs of the dockyard, where the Port Admiral, Sir George Seymour, Colonel Wright, and the dockyard guard on duty fur the day, improvised for a guard of honour, under Cap tain Stuckley Buck, of the Royal Marine Artillery, were •in waiting to receive them. Their Royal Highnesses were conducted to the Aliquis along side the jetty, where General Breton met them and escorted them on board, when Colonel Mac donnell was presented to the Princes, and, accom panied by the commanding officers before men tioned, paraded the Rifles under his command for the Royal inspection. The Prince examined the cabins for the officers, and the quarters of the men, women, and children, and also the new improved rifle wi-h which the battalion is armed at the suggestion of his Royal High ness. After a minute inspection of the men and ship the Prince warmlyshook handswith Col. Mac donnell and took leave, wishing him and his officers, non-commissioned officers, and men a safe and pros perous voyage and fursher disteiction. On quitting, the ship the Prince was greeted with ageneral burst of cheers from the troops and ship's company, who also vociferously cheered the Queen on firet disco vering her Majesty viewing them . from the deck of the Royal yacht, which at about 7 returned to Os borne. Prince Albert's standard was hoisted at the dockyard during his visit. The Aliquis was towel to Spithead at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and her gallant freight were loudly cheered from the shore as they passed out of harbour. S-e sailed forthwith for Calcutta, wind and weather very fair. On Thursday next the. 42d Highlanders, about 786 tnen, from Dever ; the 97th, about 829, flow Aldershot ; and one wing of the 20th Foot, about 450. also from the camp, proceed to Portsmouth to embarkfor India in the great clipper sailing ships James Baines and Champion of the Seas, of 2,515 and 2,470 tens respectively, and the Whirl wind freight ship, appropriated as follows : In the-Whirlwind as many officers and men of the 42,1 Foot (including one assistant-surgeon) as may be required—ewith the detachment of the 19th Foot —to fill that vessel. In the James Baines the re mainder of ine 42d Foot, with medical officers, and 'the vesel t ► be filled up w ith a port i on of theo7th Foot, including a med cil officer. In the Champion of the Seas the remainder of the 97th Foot, with medical officers, and the vessel in like menusr to be tilled up with the wing of the 20th, including a medical - officer. The Deputy-Adjutant-General Col. W. F. Fors ter, K. H., arrived at Chatham Garrison on Satur day for the purpose of inspecting the troops at St. Mary's Barracks who have recently returned to this country from India, and claimed their free discharge. Several hundred men belonging to the cavalry:and infantry regiments serving in India have arrived at Chatham in the past month, the whole of whom have applied for their free discharge ac cording to the regulations of the service. Owing, however, to the aspect of affairs in India, the au thorities at the war-office are anxious to retain the troops in the service, and with this view the Deputy- Adjutant-General on Saturday assembled the men claiming their discharge, imforming them that the Government was desirous of retaining them, and thai . each non-commissioned officer and private who would ev;thdraw. his application to be discharged could remain in the service, and would be allowed three month-2 furlough before he would be required for duty. It is expected that a very few of the men will recall their application for discharge. Among those claiming to be discharged are some of the finest troops lately in the Indian army. The authorities at the Horse Guards intend raising immediately 12 second battalions, for the purpose of taking the place of those corps now at home who are ordered to embark for India. The Royal Artillery force proceeding to India is to be stationed in three divisional districts, — namely, Madras, the head-quarters, in command of ad. Barker, C. B. ; Beinhay, in comm an d o f Lieut.-Col. Phipotts ; and Calcutta, in command of Lieut.-Col. Fa ddy. On Saturday reinforcements for the 32d and 75th Regiments, to the number of 240 men, under the command of Brevet-Major W. C. Mollan, 75th Regiment, left the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, and embarked on beard the Ow avia for the purpose of joining head-quarters in India. On the same day detachments for the Bth, 16th, 32J, 35th (Royal Sussex), and 60th Rifles, from Chatham, also em barked on board the Monarch at Gravesend for Calcutta. The Fii st Divitsion of the 2d (the Queen's Dragoon Guards, from Maidstone, also arrived at Gravesend on Saturday, and embarked on board the East India Company's ships Blenheim and Monarch for India. The Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade will leave Alder shot to-day for Edinburgh, and the 26th and 79th Regiments for India via Portsmouth on Wednes day. The 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade arrived at Portsmouth on Sa urday evening from Winchester, and embarked in the Irish steamer yesterday for Dublin, to join the service companies. The Caledonia transport has arrived in Kings town harb and the Ist Battali of the tat Fo-ot embarked in her on Saturday morning. The troops consist of 371 rank and file, and about 17 officers. The Robert Lowe, screw transport, a:rived in Kingstown harbour on Friday morning. Nur Malta corresp rident's ,:deices reach to the 21st July. He states that the Scamander, screw steamer, arrived from Alex an d r i a w ith a gene r a l cargo, having on board th e A ustra li an ma il s, des patched from Sydney on the 25th of May by the Simla, which reached Suez on the 12th and Alex andria on the 14th of July, from which latter port they were sent on by her Majesty's C rnsulin charge of his son, Mr. Alfred Green, who continued his voyage in the Scamander for Liverpool on the same day, having only landed the portion of the mail intended for the overlaid route. The Jura, steamer, with the outward Australian mail from Southampton, reached Malta at 1 p.m., on the 20th, and the Cambria, from Marseilles, with the overland portion of the same mail at 8 p.m. The Jura left for Alexandria at 6 a.m. on the 21st, and the Cambria at noon on the same day for Marseil les with the overland mail brought by the Scam mender. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Desperate ar rived from Rhodes on the 26th. The Thessalia screw steamer, with a general cargo, arrived from Constantinople and Smyrna on the 18th, and left for Liverpool on the same day. The Vulcan, steam troop-frigate, C omman d er John Seccombe, is being fitted out at Portsmouth to carry troops to India. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, embarked H.R.H. the Prince Consort and suite, yesterday noon, at Osborne; and weighed at half-past 12, with his standard at her main, for Antwerp. The Windsor Castle, a new ship, one of Green's fleet, embarked her passengers and stick at Ports mouth on Saturday, and sailed yesterday for Bom bay, calling on the Malabar coast. The new screw corvette Pelorwt, 21, which was commissioned at Devouport on the 18th instant, IADVERT6Z • masr.l—The great injury inflicted ou many in- by Captain F. B. P. Seymour for service in the Talmo b East Indies, was docked on Monday, masted on Y dru g s increases the interest the public take in Da Burr* Bev a c l a l s ta pe Ar s il,bica Food, which cures . without medicine incilgestro n -Thursday,_ and is nearly manned. bilious, aud liver col), a i ),. flatulency, constipation, nervous, ! The screw despatch b , at Mohawk, 4, commis liiliE Ive quotet aints, congh, asthma, consumption, and eioned at Devonport on Thursday by Mr. G. D. euree by this deliciousafoef°d7 out of many thousand cases of • Perry, - master, for Comm ruder P. C. 0. — itoss ro t m the Dowager Countess of m.EO aetlestuart. Care 5 2,612, was placed in dude the same day, to revor, County of Down, Ire land, Deeember 9, 1864. —The Dowagere _Countess of Castle- have her copper examined. Stuart feels induced, in the interest The steam storeship Rhadamanthu4, Maker state that Du Barry's excellent ,tevale nt ","gr humanity,. to c indigestion, Food has ) portommander W. L. Browne, sailed from Devon cured her, after all medicines had failed, of y n ea g rs e , stion, great nervousness and irritability of many and yesterday for Woolwich. This food deserves the confidence of all Sufferer; The screw steam despatch boat Viper, having ( may Le considered a real , blessing. Inquiries will cheerfully had defec's made good, was put out of dock -at hiswered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Rose. 1 , 4;. Devenport on Monday ; and the trig Brit mart, 3 2,B36.—Three years' excessive nervousness, witikpains in my 8, was placed in dock on Tuesday to be examined It telt and left arm, and general debility, which rentieredmy life and re aired. v ery miserable, has been radically removed by D u Barry's health- reetretinefood.--Aeex. ST [TART , Archdeacon of Ross, Skib ereen. rr The mail s'elm-ship Candace, C omman d er - •Supported by to s tefeenees f ro m the celebrated p i . c ,f umr , cf . aaawkesl e y, sailed from Plymouth on Friday for Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey • Madeira and the West Coast of Africa. Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingram: The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Banshee (tender Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of castle- -to the flag-ship Fisg rd) Master Commander Allan, left Woolwich - Yesterday morning uuder atnart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, afid many other respectatle special directions to proceed to Dover to attend on Persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with fall in the Royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert, in stractiens, In canisters, Ilb, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 51b, conveying his Royal is ; 121 b, 225, The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, Highness the Prince Consort on receipt sectst-Office order.--Barry Du Barry, & Co., to Belgium to ba present at the marriage of the fearful Regent-, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the Archduke of Austria with the Princess Charlotte of e fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The V cc-Chance!. • for Sit' William Page Wood granted an Injunction en the Belgium. The Agamemnon, blaster-Commander Cornelius 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Ne4l, for imitating 'Du Bari7's Revalerita Atabica Food T. A. Noddall, arrived at Sheerneaaon Saturday, (From the Sydney Morning Herald) The treatment of the Panama qu , by the . Melbourne Chamber of Commerce at its first meet ing to consider it, does not c ertainly promise very well for a hearty bringing co-operation, but we do not des pair of seeing the question considered in a more sa tisfactory manner. In about co-operation Amongst colonies whic h, whilst in many respects united by common interest, are still in some respects • c omparisons, though they may be odious, are unavo idable. -We are prepared to bear • g ood d e al about the respective merits of Sydney and Melbourne, and their relative claims to precedence and supremacy. But w e are not prepared to see the great question which is proposed. for consideration, and which requires from us.a prompt and practical answer, smothered up by other considerations, of far less importance. We are not prepared to believe that the immense advantages which will accrue to Australia from opening at one and the same time a regular and swift communication both with America and Great Britain, will have to be surrendered because the citizens of Sydney and Melbourne cannot agree as to the exact share of the advantage which they should respectively gain, and for which they should pay. However string the spirit of rivalry may be, good sense, not to say self-interest, will assuredly prove stronger. The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce did not discuss the real question at issue. That, owing to the production of gold, the value- of the export from the port of Melbourne has reached the value of twelve millions sterling in a year, while the value of the .New South Wales export does not reach one-third of that amount, is a fact which is not in dispute, and which no one denies, but which does not touch the core of the matter under con sideration. The point to be determined in Mel boure is, whether it is worth the while of Victoria as a colony to make a contribution from the public funds in aid of the Panama service, and if so, what wouldbe the equitable amount of such contribution. There is nothing vague or uncertain about the nature of the offer made by Mr. Wetton. It is as clear and definite as such a proposal can be. There is to be a trunk line to Sydney, with a branch line, from New Zeal ind to Melbourne. A certain rate of speed is guaranteed, a fortnightly mail with England will be secured, and a fresh highway opened up to commerce and immigration. It is for the Melbourne people, knowing as they do their own positiou and want, to consider how :far such an enterprise willforward their iutereste, and how far, therefore, it is worth their while to contribute to establish it. Instead of discussing this point, which is really the only thing to be discussed, the Chamber of Commerce appears to have diverged into a con-ideration of - the poss.ble modification of the conditioni of the proposal. Now these conditions . are for the pre sent unalterable. They are not arbi-rary, but are founded on facts. Sydney is the first port of arrival, because of its geographical position, and it is the terminus, because of its harbour accommoda tion. These are facts which cannot he ignoted, and • which, must be taken-into consideration side by side with: estimates of relative commerce. Ali the speechifying- in the word would not alter them. When all is•said, Sydney is still to the east of Me- bourne, and the dt.y dock is at Waterview Bay, and not at Williamstoven. In course of time a. dock. may be con-tructed at Port Philip, which will offer all necessary accommodation t the largest class of steamere When that is the case, if the relative productiveness of the gold fields remains the same as it is now, the course of.'mail communi cation will he at liberty to follow that of c , mmerce. But at present the coneideration of harbour con veniences has a, constraining force which cannot be resisted. lt is said, indeed, that in two years' time a large paleut slip will be built at William- . stown. But every one who is ac q ua i n t e d w ith t he management of large steamboats knows that the, owners of vessels of two thousand tons burden, would .never trust them on a patent slip, except as a last resort, and certainly not if the convenience . of a dry dock could be obtained within a short dis tance; That Port Jackson must inevitably be the terminus of the Panama line for the present is sufficiently proved by the fact that it is pro posed to make it so. The Directors of the Royal Mail Coinkny know where the gold fields are as well es the mettil'ers of the Melaourne Chamber of Commerce do. And they have LO special affection for Sydney over Melbourne, or any desire. whatever to favour it. But they know the relative ac2Ordmodation the two harbours afford, and they know therefere that their vessels must refit at Port Jack,son. Cceteris paribus, they Would just as soon make one'port their terminus as the other. With the emulous patriotism of. the Sydneyite, anxious for the: supremacy of his native or adopted city, they. have no sympathy or concern. They at biass-K1 only by obvious facts, and by unbending calCulations of pounds, shillings, and peric3. Does .any man in his, senses suppose that the company wonld. not gladly carry their steamers on to Mel bourne if they could conveniently do so ? The ves sels are to stop short at Sydney, not because it is the oldest capital, nor because the Governor-Gene ral lives here, but simply because there is a splendid harbour and a commodiousdoc.k, and every facility for repairing vessels. We are not without hopes that our neighbours in Melbourne will come round gradually to see the matter in this light, and that though everything May not be as they would like it, they will be con tent to do the best with things as they are. If they eannot get everything, they can get a great deal, and certainly what they receive will be well worth whet they expected to give. Victoria has been the loudest to blame the con dua,cif South Australia in refusing to co-operate in this existing mail service, because the main ocean earner does not call at a South Australian port. lt is to beloped that the censure of such conduct irrnot the preliminary to its imitation. We notice with regret that the Legislative Assembly of S )utb. Australia, has, like the Council which preceded it, rejected a bill to vote a contribution to the postal subsidy. Hitherto the Adelaide mails have been put on board the steamers only in Consequence of apro naise made by the Colonial Treasurer of that colony to the 'Victorian Government that every exertion shOuld be used to induce the recalcitrant legislature to yield: To do the membersof he Cabi net inAdelaide justice ; they seem honestly to have fulfilled the pro niise of their colleague, and, short of making it a Ministerial question, they did their best to pass the bill. As, however, the South Australian Legisla ture has for the second time deliberately and posi tively refused to subscribe towards the subsidy of the European and Australian Mail Company, it re mains for these colonies which do contribute to con sider what measures should be adopted to meet the refusal cf co-operation. Tile Adelaide people t'lk ae if they had nothing to do but to fetch their let ters frone e Melbourne, but it is obvious that if they will not pay the fractional cost of their carriage be tween London and Melbourne, they cannot expect to receive them. It appears that Mr. Rowland Hill has written out to say that as the contract was made without the express assent of South Austra lia, the old division of postal receipts will have to be adhered to if that assent should be refused. And upon the basis of this statement it is assumed that the British Postmaster-General approves of the Adelaide mail being landed at Melbourne, just the same as if the colony contributed. But in the first place, .Igr, Rowland Hill's. words will not bear the construction put upon them, and if they would that gentleman has no power to dictate on the question. , The Home Gov ernmen t i s no t th e only party to the I contract. The joint colonies' of New South Wales' and 'Victoria, who have become equally responsible for the Australian half of the subsidy, have a voice in the matter, and are entitled to forbid any such comfortable arrangement as that which the South Australians hope to enjoy. A conference of dele gates from each colony is to meet in Melbourne on the Ist of June to 'open the tenders for the inter colonial branch service. Whether South Austra lia will send a delegate to this conference may be doubted, seeing that it has detached itself from co operation, but the 'delegates from the remaining Colonies may consult t )gether as t ) what is best to be done with the refractory renember of the confe deration. Naval and hmttary intelligence. from the Thames, to have her compasses adjusted. An accident, attended with disastrous results, oc curred when the ship's company were about to heave anchor from Chapman 's head, where she lay for the night on her course from Greenwich to Sheerness. It appears that the caution to lay on the check, termed the " pawl," had been disre garded. The steam having been turned on the vessel went ahead to ease the anchor, when the capstan overpowered the men at the bars and they were dashed about the deck, and 16 of them sustained severe injuries. Cots were primaptly provided, in which five of the most severe cases were conveyed on board her Majesty's steamer Widgpou (ender to the flagship Waterloo), and were despatchei to Woolwich. On being admitted to the Royal Marine Infirmary there some of the sufferers were found in an alm.qit lifele , s condition, having been maimed in the skull; ribs, arms, and legs. One poor fellow had suffered a fracture of an arm, and a double fracture of a leg. The Agamem non completed adjusting her compasses yesterday, and will leave this day at three-quarter flood, so as t ) clear the Sheerness Middle Ground. She is in pilot charge of Mr. Barnes, Queen's pilot. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : Lieut. A. H. W. Battiscombe, to the Pelorus ; Lieut. J. C. Purvis, to the Pylades ; C. J. Brown rigz, mate, to the Chesapeake; S. Bowden, surgeon, to the Pelorus ; W. Ross, surgeon, to the Assur ance; F. Leonard, assistant-surgeon, to the Ganges; A. H. Woodifield, assistant-surgeon, to the Ajax; J. Heath, clerk, to the Pelorus ; J. E. Evans, clerk, to the Royal William ; and G. Wooldridge, assis tant-clerk, to the Pelorus. during the clay. She died at 11 o'clock on Tues day night. The prisoner was there, but not Ifit wife. On the Monday brfore her death the prisoner told me he hid taken the rt-nt book. He t,ld me that he had taken it "a 3 it would be his right " In the course of Tuesday William Bauon asked for the book, and I said Thomas had got it. Whilst we were talking Thomas came in, and William told him he should not have taken the book, when Thomas replied "I have taken it." The vomits were thrown away. After her death I laid her out and placed her in the coffin. In the spring of this year I attended at Gi eat Casterton church yard. and saw Ann Bacon's Body exhumed. The coroner, Dr. Taylor, and Mr. Jackson were pre sent. Cr - es-examined—l thought the attack of which she died was very much like the one she had in March. The prisoner appeared very kind and at tentive to his mother. By the Court—l never saw the bottle that Mrs. Bacon spoke of. Ann Bacon recalled and cross-examined by Mr. Stevens—First mentioned about the bottles when she heard a suspicion of Mrs. Bacon's death. By the Court—On the night of his fire, he was accused of having caused it, and also with having poisoned his mother. That was the first she heard of it. The prisoner appeared extremely kind and attentive. Elizabeth Blacker—l am a widow, residing in Stamford. I went to nurse Ann Bacon on the Monday before her death. I found her in bed. She complained of pains, and said she had been very ill from the day before. She was very ill. I got into bed with her, at her requett. After I had been in bed two hours she began to twitch all over, and she said she felt as if she was paralysed from head to foot. About two o'clock the prisoner came and stayed one hour, and went away. H e cam e again about five, when he went to Dr. Barber's. I only gave her tea (luring the night. I remained till 11 o'clock on the Tuesday morning. She was worse when I left than when I went first. She was convulsed all over. Mr. Edward Barber—l am a surgeon at Stam ford. I knew the deceased, and attended her in March, 1855. She was suffering very severe 'pain. I gave her some medicine, and she recovered. In May following was called to see her at her son Thomas's house. She was suffering from cramps and vomiting. She appeared to be suffering from a disorder like the secondary sytnpkonas of arsenic. The symptoms under which she lab mred were con sistent with arsenic. Vomiting and purging are the natural effects of arsenic. The first action is vomiting. If given in a fluid it would b e th rown up, but if in a sufficient quantity to form a sedi ment it would be found iu the stomach. At the time I thought she had died of disease of the brain, knowing nothing of the arsenic. Cr. as-examined by Mr. Stevens—l have attended cases of arsenical poisoning, and seen inflammation of the bowels produced by it. . If the whole of the arsenic were thrown up I do not think there would be any secondary symptoms. Mr. Mark Willson Jacks am a surgeon living at S'amford. I was present at Great Caster ton churchyard, in. February last, when Mrs. Bacon was exhumed. I took charge of the body. I made a post mortem examination of the holy. Upon opening the lody the omentutn was loaded with fat. It was very fii m, and had v. peculiar red ness upon it. It was in a high state of preserva tion. The rest of the viscera were so firmly united that they could only be severed by cutting. It was a very peculiar condition ; but it is such as is de scribed as arising froth the effeCts of arsenic. The contents of the cheSt were examined. The lungs were in a state of decomposition. Those pins would not have been submitted to the action of the arsenic. I removed the whole of the contents of the abdomen and delivered them to Dr. Taylor. They were sealed up in jars and taken possession of by police-constable Mitchell. By Mr. Stevens—The coffin was in a good state of preservation. There were no holes in it. Dr. Alf, ed - Swain Taylor, examined by Mr. Mellor, deposed that he was present in Great Cas terton churchyard when the body of Ann Bacon , was exhumed, and that he made an analysis of the contents of the stomach and viscera. Mr. Mellor—How did you find the stomach ? Witness--The stomach was reduced to about one-half its usual size. The coats were thin, but firm. When laid open the inner coat was found covered with a thin, black, pasty-looking sub.tance closely adhering to it, and giving a dark colour to all its coat.. There was no redness on the mucous membrane, and no mineral matter could be per ceived by the magnifying glass when the surface was examined. The coats with the black sub stance adhering to the inside were examined kir mineral poisons, and arsenic was extracted from them. No other poison was extracted, and there was no trace of food. • Dr. Mellor—You also examined the spleen I be- . -nave? • Dr. Taylor--Yes ; I found the sp!een very small, and much diminished in size—that also contained arsenic. Mr. Mellor—What did you next do ? Witness—l examined the kidneys; they were of a reddish brown colour ; they bad shrunk to about one-third their natural size. I detected arsenic in them—a larger proportion than in the spleen, but not so much as in the stomach. Mr. Mellor—You then examined the heart ? Wit uess—l did ; and found it collapsed, its cavi lislsit ani z i v e nwee S te. rhx w ewtTe themaher exseamqionn more ventricleioti a t snr e i eedgdc e eow. l m otewehda p ra sree t . s y lrbt , i aTlca a tehrei n rdne d yle:yrnf i ewtdddpei distinguished. i s slntfel much hrgrevufeaai sttfh. preservation. r Tndm e h. bladder.d ae u lr v c :n e a2e e d ini voiv i ezec ner. s . were analysed, and arsenic was found in it in about the same proportion as in tee rest of the stomach. The gall bladder was also well preserved, and the inner coat was covered with a thick layer of bile. There were no gall stones. The gall bladder yielded arsenic in greater proportion than the stomach. The intestines also yielded arsenic in greater proportion than the stomach. From what I discovered I have no doubt that arsenic was taken by or administered to Mrs. Bacon shortly before her death. By the Judge — Arsenic taken in any state, as long as a person lives a quantity must be thrown off by the vomiting and purging. The secondary symptoms affected the brain, the nervous system, and the spinal ma marr o w produced stiffn ess , r i g idi ty, an d tw it ch i ng. numbness. T s I think the symptoms de scr ib e d by Mrs. Riley never heard of arsenic being used for iron ; in fact, it could no t b e . wore ßy produced xEr. arb mdeel hardening oi by i I nes. The' effect on the spinallt would be dissipated, a s it i s qu it e vo l a til e a t 353 deg. Evans, Bacon's appre n ti ce , was th en ca ll e d , an d proved having been sent by hi s mas t er , some t i me before his mother's death, f or 6 oz . o f arsen i c , w hi c h the chemistrefused to s erve hi m. H e was to ld if any questions were asked h e was t o say it was f or hardening iron. Mr. Pritchard, chemist, of Stamf o rd, p rove d th e selling 1 oz. of arsenic to the p r i soner on th e Bth of May, 1855. It was sold in the presen ce o f a with( se, and the prisoner signed the book f or it. He said he wanted it to destr o y rats. Mr. Halkins, of Stamford, said—ln May, 1855, I occupied one half of the house the prisoner lived in, and also had the cellar under Bacon's part. I had lived there five years before Bacon. I never saw but two rats in seven years. Mrs. Bacon , was then re-c died and re-examined by Mr._ Stevens.—Do you remember under what circumstances the deceaSed partook of that broth on the Monday? Witness—Yes; deceased said she should like some broth, and asked me to make some, when Mrs. Thomas Bacon said she hid some ready-made.- The prisoner was not then there. This was about two o'clock. She did not vomit after that. It re mained on her stomach. Mr. Stevens—Till you left ? In answer to a question from Mr. Stevens, Dr.- Taylor said that the longest time he had known of arsenic being in the stomach before it took effect was iiine hours. The case fur the prosecution having been closed, Mr. Stevens addressed the Court for upwards of two hours, and made a forcible appeal to' the jury on behalf of his client, who, he maintained, was being prosecuted through prejudice. He main tained that there was not the slightest proof of the administration of arsenic by the prisoner. That was not the first time his client had been charged with murder. He had jest been found not guiley of the muder of his children ; and his wife, who committed the crime, had been. acquitted on the ground of insanity. The learned council then en d.eavoured to show that the arsenic was adminis tere I to the deceased by Martha Bacon, the pri soner's wife. Mr. Mellor having replied for the Crown, The learned judge s ummed up the whole of the evidence in th e most careful manner, pointing out to the jury all the bearings of the evidence. The jury retired forfive minutes, a return into court they returned a .verdictncl ute;9ce, The learned judge, in passing se . said he u of fon guilty..t heir entirely coucurred in the verdict, for he ...'`elieved that the prisoner's guilt had been brought home to him without any r easonable doubt, and he should. order judgmen t o f death to be recorded againsthim. Judgment of death will recorded. accordingly. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--LINCOLN, July 25. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF BACON. A message having been received from Dr. Taylor that he would be in this city to-day, the Court ap pointed 11 o'clock to proceed with the trial. The learned judged took his seat at that hour. Every part of the court was densely crowded, but no pro ceedings took place till half-past 12 o'clock, when the grand jury came into court and handed in a true bill for murder, and a true bill for felony. The prisoner was then put at the bar. - Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Brewer appeared for the Crown. Mr. Stevens, by direction of the judge, defended the prisoner. During the whole of the trial the prisoner was weeping. Before the trial was proceeded with Mr. Mellor said, with his lordship's permission, he would pro ceed with the second count first, as be thought the ends of justice would be better consulted. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Mellor opened the case by stating that the' charge was for causing to be administered to the deceased a large quantity of arsenic. His moher was an ag d woman, and resided in Stamford—she was possessed of some property. On the 13th of May, 1855, she dined with her son. and was taken very ill, was purged, and vomited a great deal. She was taken home ; she recovered, and was well on the Monday, but on the Tuesday she was again ill and died. All the symptoms were those of arsenic, but the medical men would not pledge themselves that her death was caused by it, although there was no doubt it had been administered. Professor Taylor, on his analysis, found about three-quarters of a grain of arsenic. It was the opinion of Dr. Taylor that the poison had been administered shortly before her death. Although nearly three quarters of a grain was found, it must not be for got'en that she had shortly before her death been suffering from purging and vomiting, which of course would carry off a large quantity, and it was two years after her death before it was detected, when the body was exhumed from Casterton churchyard. The prisoner's mother was possessed of several houses, which he believed would c me into his possession at her death, and immediately after that event he took away the rent book; but it did not turn out that the property was left in that wax, as his mother divided it amongst the children. He should prove that the prisoner had purchassd arsenic only 8 days before his mother's death. He had some time before endeavoured to procure that poison. He sent his lad for it, saying that he re quired it for hardening iron, but the chemist re fused to sell it. The next time he procured it by stating that it was to poison rats. The first witness called was Ann Bacon, who deposed as follows—l am the wife of Wm. Bacon, of Stamford. He is brother of the prisoner. Iu May, 1855, we lived at Peter-hill, Stamford. The deceased Ann Bacon resided about five minutes' walk from us. I saw her en the Sa turday before her death. She appeared quite well. She was 63 years of age. On Sunday evening. May 13, 1855, I was sent for to go to *Mrs. Bacon's house. I found the prisoner there. He was in the front room. I asked him how his mother was, and he said she was seriously ill. He further stated that she was taken ill at his house. I went up stairsand saw Ann Bacon ; the prisoner did not go up with me, but followed shortly afterwards. In the pri soner's presence I asked Mrs. Bacon how she was taken ill. She said she was taken ill whilst having some broth. She was taken with violent sicknoss and pprging—that it lasted till she got home. I remsined with her till ten o'clock that night ; she was sick twice in my presence. I did not notice whet she threw up; she complained ofpain and thirst. Before I left her a draught came from Mr. Palmer's. I went home end sent her some barley water. By the Judge—Did it appear in the conversation what time the dinner was ?—Yes, immediately after cowing from church. Judge—That would be about 1 o'clock ?—Yes. Witness continued—The prisoner's wife was pre sent when I was there. On the Monday morning, between 6 and 7 o'clock, I went again to the house of the deceased. I found the prisoner in the room and Mrs. Riley. The deceased was very ill—in the same state I left her the previons night, or not so well. She sat up in bed and took some tea. She then got better ; the purging and vomiting had ceased, and she was very cheerful. In the course of the day the prisoner and his wife came in to see the deceased. The prisoner was there fre quently durine the day. Medicines were adminis tered to her during the day. Sometimes I gave them, and sometimes the prisoner. When I left on the Monday night the prisoner was there with Mr. Blake. lam not sure whether his wife was there. Ou the Tuesday morning I was going down to see the deceased, when I met Mrs. Riley. When I got to the house, the deceased's limbs were very stiff, and she was in great pain ; the prisoner was in the house. I asked deceased how she was, and she said she was very ill, that she could not think what was the mat er with her. At eight o'clock on Tuesday morning she remained unconscious, and remained so during the day. I stayed with her during the day ; she died at 11 o'clock that night ; she was quite stiff and rigid all day. I sent for Mr. Barber, the surgeon, in the morning ; he came. I had some conversation with the prisoner on the Monday, as I was leaving the bed-room of the de ceased. The prisoner referred his wife to a -bottle that was on the dressing table, saying he thought his mother had better have some out of that bottle. Immediately after Mrs. Bacon's death I saw a bottle in the prisoner's hands. He said, " This is no use now ; I may as well take it away." He took away a bottle ; it was a square one, not an ordi nary medicine bottle. It was whitish stuff in it. I cannot say whether it was thicker than water. There were other bottles and glasses on the table when he took the one away. Cross-examined by Mr. Stevens—The prisoner is a whitesmith. Bacon's wife was backward and forward several times whilst. I was there. Mrs. Bacon has been long absent from Stamford, and, as far as I know, is confined in a lunatic asylum. I hid not noticed the bottle on the table before Bacon took it away. Mrs. Riley said—l knew the deceased. I was one of her tenants. On the death of Mrs. Bacon the prisoner collected the rents. He did so be cause he became heir to them. I remember her death ; for some days before I had seen her every day. She was very cheerful a few days before her death. I saw her on the Saturday night before her dealt. Whilst I was talking to her the prisonerceme iii. I next saw her on the Sunday evening. I was fetched to her by Thomas Bacon. He said the old 1 tdy was taken very ill, and he thought elle would die. I went to her. She was in bed. She was very ill indeed. She was very sisk, but did not throw up much matter. She complained of her feet being cold and her limbs stiff. I made her barley water. She said she had dined at her son Thomas's, and was taken ill afterwards. She got better after the barley water, and had several hours' rest. The sickness ceased between 10 and 11 o'clock. The prisoner left about 10 o'clock, and took the key with him. He returned about one o'clock. He asked me hoveshe was, and I told him she was a little Letter. He "then left, and came again between three and four O'clock, and stayed about half an hour. He came again between five and six o' c l oc k. I rema i ne d w i th her all'clay. Oa I Monday she was mutt better. I left her about 1 nine o'clock and went to my own house. Between five and six on Tuesday morning the prisoner came to my house and said, " his mother" was worse, and he thought she would die - now."'• I went to her house, and prisoner went to Mr. Barber's. Mrs. Bacon had a great desire to know what Mr. Barber thought of her, and whether she would- die. She OXFORD CIRCUIT. —STAFFORD, July , 25 . was very feverish and delirious. At 11 o'clock that I (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) morning we put her into a warm bath.- She was , EKTRAORDINARY CASE. very stiff. She app eare d b e tter whilst in the bath ; Chas. Parish wasaciihdaiarzed. _ w sc it o h t : i vi . n p g ro s s t e o u l u en te l d 2 1 we put her to bed a , a i a ; s h e wa s so stiff; we could cows, the property of W. Gunlock and J. °oxen. not dress her. The prisoner, was Ake house Mr. wmahan 1 1 HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1857 and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Powell, de fended.the prisoner. The circumstances of this case and the mode in which it waa treated by the learned judge were out of the ordinary course. Parish had been in the habit of going about from fair to fair and selecting beasts at such plac-s and giving information to the various butchers, with the view to their purchasing them. On the 18th inst. Coxon and Curnock, butchers of Birmingham, the prosecutors, agreed to go to Oak!am fair and divide it—that is to Pay, all the beasts they bought at that fair should become common property, and a partnership should exist as to the cattle so pur chased. Parish was anxious to go to Oakham, and borrowed 10s. from Coxon to enable him to pay his fare. At the fair Parish saw 11 of 12 beas s, which he recommended to Coxon, and which were after wards b tught by him. C .xon and Curuock pur chased in the whole 36 beasts, 27 of which they sent by the railway to Wolverhampton. Coxon then went to Leicester with Parish, and while t-ere it was agreed that they should go to Mellon market, but when Coxon was ready Parish made some excuse, altered the marks on twelve of the beasts, and started off for Wolver hampton. He then took the twelve beasts out of the field in which they were lying, and drove them to Dudley, sold teem all at an uuder price, and when taken into custody he was asked what m mey he had in his possession, and he denied having more than half-a-crown. On being searched, 1121., the produce of the sale of the beasts, was found upon him. Mr. Huddleston, for the defence, contended that there was a partnership existing between the pri soner and Coxon, and that whatever he did was in assertion of a right. He proc eded to cut witnesses with a view to prove a partnership between the prisoner and Coxon. Mr. M'M .b.on replied, and commenced by stat ing that if he felt the facts of the ca-e did not war rant him in pressing the jury fur a c inviction, he should deem it his duty at once to retire from the case. Baron Bramwell—Then you would do wrong. I should deem it your duty—and I hold it to be the duty of every member of the bar—to try to prove, if requisite, that black is white • that he is bound, where any comm en t i s ca p a bl e Of being made upon the evidence, to make such comment fearlessly and without reference to his own conviction. Mr. M`Mahon—My lord, I should deem it my duty to withdraw from a prosecution if I saw there was no evidence. Baron Bramwell—No doubt that is proceeding on a very high principle, for which Mr. M‘Mahon is noted ; and he may be right, or he may be wrong. He may have, studied the subject more than I have, although I hive given the greatest attention to the question under discussion of late ; and I must ad mit that the gieatist ornaments of the bar who are no v upon the bench- have carried out the principle I have now stated to the fullest extent ; for what injury can be done in starting a proposition that cannot carry conviction ; whereas, if a subject is open to doubt, it is also open to argument. Mr. M‘Mahon—My lord, I still think that I am right; but I submit respectfully to your lordship's rule, and bow to it. Baron Bramwell then made some lengthy com ments on the duty of the bar in respect to the particular course he had alluded to. His lordship afterwards summed up, his observa tions going decidedly advers 3to the prisone-. In one part of his address to the jury, however, he requested them to acquit the prisoner in the event of their believing that he had acted in the assertion of his right ; yet, while the jury were deliberating in retirement, he ordered them to return into court, and intimated to the foreman that he had consulted with his learned brother (Baron Martin), who thought that he had propounded the law wrongly, and he now wished to say that every man was sup posed to know the law, and unless the prisoner had some right or interest in the property trey were bound to find him guilty. The jury, after remaining locked up for two hours, returned into court with a verdict of guilty. _ _ His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. It is said that - bets were pending to the amount of several thousands of pounds in the Birmingham market upon the probable result of this extra ordinary trial. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. The following is an abstract of the railway intel ligence of the week :—At the meeting of the Lon don, Brighton, and Sou. Coast the report was unanimously adopted,: lt and a dividend of 21. lds. per share declared for the half-year. The amount of unexpended capital being only 1,0681., the directors propose to apply for power to raise 2u0,0001. for the purpose of improving and repair ing stations, and for other works of ab3olute neces -ity. The gross revenue showed an increase of 6,546/. over the corresponding half of 1856. The expenses bad also been greater, arising from the cost of working the West-end line, now appearing for the first time, from the high price of materials, and from the cost of the tburolgh repair of the rolling stock. The relaying of the main line is nearly completed. It appears by the report of the auditors that Vie mortgage debt has increased by the sum of 36,8001., and the permanent way im provement account by 15,6441., 3,0001. of which has been placed to the debit of the revenue ac count for the past half-year. The net revenue of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton allows the payment of the full dividend on the first guaranteed stock, and one-half per cent. per annum ou the second. By the report of tee directors of the' Dutch Rhenish no dividend will be declared. Since the junction with the Prussian lines the expenses have swallowed up nearly all the receipts. The cost of working has been 45 per cent. during the summer, and 80 per cent, in winter. This increase is caused principally by the Govern ment requiring night trains. The Leomins er and Kington Railway will be opened on the 28th inst. At the meeting of the Madras Company the report was adopted unanimously. It appears that the number of miles opened was 81, which would be increased to nearly 100 by the close of the year. The line will be completed from coast t) coast before the end of 1859. The traffic had not been so great as was expected—a circumstance attributed to the railway not being extended far enough into the interior, and to the prejudice of the natives for the ordinary road. Some dissatisfaction was ex pressed against the interference of the local Govern ment. The balance in hand is now about 360,0001., and the next call will be on the 41 per cent: shares, but it cannot be made before October. At the meeting of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire the report and accounts were adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 11. per cent. per annum de clared. Explanations were given in reply to the statements of the London and North-Western re specting ;the annulling of the agreement between the two companies, and a vote of confidence in the directors was passed. The report of the directors of the North Staffordshire shows a large increase in the t eceipts from the railway and canal for the past half year as compared with the corresponding pe riod of 1856, mainly to be attributed to the local trade. The receipts are now equal to the maximum amount guaranteed by the London and North- Western, under the traffic arrangements formerly existing between the two companies. The net profits, exclusive of the large claims against the above company, will enable a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum to be de clared. A Bill to empower the Scinde Railway Company to construct a line from Meoltau to Lahore and Utnritsir, and to establish a steam flotilla between Hyderabad and Mooltan, on the Indus, has been approved at a meeting of the share holders. The flotilla will connect the upper termi• nus of the Scinde Railway and the lower terminus of the Punjaub. These arrangements will reduce *the time occupied in a journey from Kurachee to Mooltan to five days, being less than a fifth of that now occupied by the steamers on the Indus. REPRESENTATION OF BIRMINGHAM. —An announce ment was made by the mayor of Birmingham on Wed• nesday, at a public meeting, that Mr. Muntz will, in a day or two, be likely to accept the Chiltern Hundreds. —Birmingham Daily re.es. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Toe Home Department : Tbe office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire has become vacant by the death of Mr. Thomas Lloyd. The Duke of Marl borough has been appointed lord lieutenant of Oxford shire, in the room of his lather, the late duke. War Department : Mr. Marriott, late clerk, storekeeper's department, Bosphorus, has been appointed second class military store clerk, Tower, London, vice E. R. Liverotti, resigned ; Mr. Balmois, first class military btore clerk, Gibraltar, bas been appointed first class military store clerk, Malta, vice Suggate, placed on the redundant list ; Mr. M. Iretherick, late store-clerk, Crimea, has been appointed first clerk, Gibraltar, vice Balmois. Customs : Mr. J. Cox has been appointed a clerk at South Shields ; Mr. James Cory has been promoted from third to second class locker in London ; Mr. Sampson Bankes has been promoted from weigher first class to be locker third class in London ; Mr. E. H. Creswell has been promoted from second to first class weigher in London. East Indies: Major F. E. Voyle, de. puty comissioner in the Punjaub has been appointed a smri vice Major deputy commissioner of the first-classin Oude, vice Mr. C. E. Boileau, deceased ; Captain D. B r own , assistant commissioner at Taarrawaddy, has been appointed to act as e le a p p u ni deputy commissioner m tn is n s fa io c n i e a r te a in t TBenanseseem and Marta nrovinces ; Lieutenant M. B. S. Lloyd, officiating 4-e at Rangoon, has been appointed to act as as ofTharrawaddy, lice Captain Gazette. magistra.. ei.tant corunii,. Brawn,-Civil S'ermv ISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. —. £ s. d. •Z s. d. •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 A 0 0 0 10 0 0 African Acadian Steam Charcoal Ship r o . n . . . Assam lea •........ 6'. rer cent. 50 0 ii 20 0 0 Auction Mart.... •• ... 24 /per cent 50 0 0 _ Australian A2rteulturi 25 0 0 19 0 0 22 ' Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent, (00 0 0 25 0 0 11. - 10 s. 10 OCI all A t ri n g st i r o a .3 ft e n xi lt ca o l% ya s l l s in ia t. l . l 10 0i• all British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ... •• .... •• .. til. per ceLt 100 0 0 32 10 0 Do. 5 per cent Band* 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.pe r cent. Stock 100 0 0 Dtto, 6 per cent. .. 6/. par cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 it. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- per cent. 5 0 0 all Crystal Palace ...... 2/ . IN Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 1% Crys. Palace of France 4 0 0 all city Navigation Bonds 3%1. per cent ' Electric Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock. 00 0 0 109 Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. 5 0 0 all 1 % • Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. 50 0 0 all Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 nO 0 0 • Ditto New ...... ~. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 00 0 0 Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) 25 0 0 all Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 3N Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock 1 Flungerford ... V. 53. 100 0 0 all Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. 10 0 0 all London Reversionary 51, per cent. 15 0 . all Mex. & S. American 10 0 0 all Nat. Discount Comp.. 25 0 0 50 0 3% N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. at. per cent. 100 0 0 % Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all North of Europe, Stm. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co 29 0 0 all Peel River.Land&Min. 5 0 0 ail —. Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 00 , all 68% Ditto New ••.• • • • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 a ll Ditto New .. .. .. .. 41. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 o _ Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 50 0 0 60 Scottish Ans. Invest. 151. per cent. 10 0 all 1 % South and Loan 714 Land p . e p r r cent.cent. 2025 0 0 0 0 5 10 all 34% Trust Tea Diemen's Land • • 105. ' ..... ...., 1 Do. GOT! 6 Per ot.Lids. 6 PV . coat. 100 0 0 Ont , . = 428 10 -- 4) PR ICES OF 21111. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FR LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 2 CANALS. Names of ti, Dividend prke. Names of .. Dividend :-. per Companies. i per Companies. 3: Per Price. - n Annum. .£ 4 Annum. -- -- £ Ashtn &Oldb 98 7i. p. et. 110 Peak Forest. 7g 51 Os. Birmingham 40 41. 90 Regeut's •• . 30 17s 16% Coventry..• • 100 11,. 175 Rochdale... 85 41. 80 Derby .. •• •• 100 6/. 15s. Stftrd &Won 40 28i Grand.' unctn 100 2'• pr. ct. 'Stourbridgo, 45 12/. 10s. 310 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6' pr. ct Severn and i . Grand ''..Tniou 100 7s 6d W ye R a i l.. l 2g -11 lEs. 25 Kennt & Avt 40 6 I Warwick & 1 Leeds &L'v' l l 100 251. 4`.'o Blrmlng, j too 21. 10 Leicester.,.. 100 5/. IWarwick & 1 Lelcstr &N'tb 83 I/. ss. 13 Napton..,l 100 21 . Long h Lorogb tl3 731 IWorcstr & i 78 10s. 16% Macclesfield. 100 21. 10 s . 51 1 Bi rm i ng. Neath •• •• •• 100 16/. Wilts & Brk: - 7s. Oct. Oxford.. •• •• 100 105 WATER-WORKS. Name of Company. Dividend per Amount of Share. Paid Annum. Berlin East London Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Do. 5 per Cent Pref. Grand Junction ...... 51. per cnt. 66. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4.. per ent. Do. New ...... Lambeth New River Company .. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex .. • • .: Do. Do, . SI. per cnt. 4'. per cent. BRIDG Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. aungerford.... •• Southwark Ditto New of 7)4 p.o lOs per cent. Waterloo ... . ....... •••• Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 12s. Od. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. ss. Od. Vauxhall ........ •• •• 28s. DOCKS. Name of Company Dividend per Annum. Oommercial .. Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Burry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .... Katharine .• • • • • • • ;outhampton ........ Victoria .••••••• •• •• Ditto New........ GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Provincial .... Brighton •• •• •• •• City of London .. •• Equitable.. •... European .... ••• •• Great Central .. Imperial •• ........ into New. Ditto Debentures Do. Continental 1 s t Cap. no. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent ... Condon Preferen. Phenix .•• •• •• •• Rateliff •. • • . Surrey Consumers United General • • • • • • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • • • Western A. Ditto B . •• • Name of Company. Albion .... • • .. •• • • •• Bri;. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenaaam. .......... Atlas .. &rgus Life ........... British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .... Clericl.eled.& Gen. Life County Eagle.. Crown .............. •• •• Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment General•••••• 00000 • •• Globe • .. •• •• • Gresham Life . Do. Do. Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life • • • • Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ..... • . Law Lite..... Legal and General Life London London & Prov Law • • filed. Irwlid & Gen. Life Minerva ........ •• .. Monarch . • • • • • • • • • • • New Eq iltabla Pelican •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Phcenix Professional Life • • • Provident Life Rock Life • • • • • • • • • • •• Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire •• •••• Ditto Lite United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life Name of Company. instralasia.. Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... British North American Ch Ilk. Ind. Auit & Ch. City . . C010nia1.............. Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lord. Cnar. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • .... London and County • • Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg.C. London Joint-Stock • • • Londn and Westminstr Net. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. •• •• • • Ditto ditto gation.r.l Bank ••• • • • Now • oath Wales .. • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of froland Ditto, New........, f0nian.......... „ „ South Australia .. Union of Australia Ditto Union of Hamburg Union of London Crni , y Mutual Western Bank or Londn 51. pr cent. 61. pr :Ant. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4341. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. LT 'AND COIE. Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent 5/. per cent. 2/. per cent. 21. 6/. per cent. 41. per cent la per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. R /. per cent. 5% per cnt 51. St. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. X s, d. 10 0 0 Stock, 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. s. d. Stock. stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 25 0 0 stock. Steck. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 £ s. d 100 all Paid. s. d. Stock. oo "6 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 COMPANIES. Amount of Share. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 £ s. d, all 150 5 0 12 10 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 4 0 0 'RANCE COMPANIES, Dividend . per Annum. 'Ti. per c. V. 14s. 6d. 4. p.c.& bs. 15s. Od. & tF 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. Si. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41. per share ISs. ss. i% per cent 1/. 4i. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 57. per cent 121. per cent. "I4s. Si,p7ct. &bs 2s & 2s bons 214. per sh. 43. per share 18s. & bs. 1% per cent 5 , per cent 51. per cent. 6 , 4 per rent 51p. ct. 51. per cent 51. per cent 12% per c. 72 p c &bs p c & bs I/ 14s. 41. & bonus 51. & bonus. 5/. & 1 011U4, Amount of Blare. s. d. 500 0 0 iOO 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 MO 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 C 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 G 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 INT-srocK Dividend per Annum. 201. per cent. SI. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 5/. per cent. 7/. p. c. & bs. per cent. 51. per cent. lel. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per mint. lB'. per cent. 16pc.&bs 6/.per cent. 20'. per cent. 10!. per cent. 3/. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 5L per cent. 101. per cent.l 211. per cent.l ISL per cent.l B ANKS. Amount of share. 8. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 :00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0.0 , 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Paid, Paid. Z s. d 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 Sc, 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 1.! 5 0 0 5 0 a!, 4 0 0 47 5 ;: 50 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12'19 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 o o 0 10 0 5 io 10 0 0 5 0 0 s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 50 0 0 10 0 '0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amcuat Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- .£ s. d. 5. d. Bank of Scotland .. .. 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 195108 British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 224110 Caledonian Bank .. •• . 8/. per cent 10 0 0 210 03/ 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13117 s Clydesdale Bank .... 5 /. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 7s C mitercial Bank •• 71. per cent 500 0 0 100 0 0 248 /Os Eastern Bank.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14/ 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.. •• 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 5/ 2s National Bank •• •• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193, Os North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 2(0 0 .3/ 10s Royal Bank of S cod. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1401 s Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 10600 Western Bank•• •• •• .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 $2l Os alliance Fire and Life.. 8%1. pr cent. 100 P 0 11 0 0 171 I2s British Guarantee . Si. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I/ 7s Caledonian Fire Insur . 10c.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 4s Colonial Life 51. per cent. SO 0 0 3 0 0 6/ Os Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. eer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28/15s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51„nr cent. 60 0 0 3 5 041 6s Life Ass.c. of .Icotland 6/. percent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 15s Nationa, Fire and Life 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/15s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 16s Scottish Provincial .... 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 19s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 158 Standard Life .. •• 5/. per cent. 60 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os RES. LIDAY EVENIN 4, 1857. The inconvenience arising from the «bl l . lll Ol is, we hink, overrated by you, and really of s o l importance.—We are, Sir, your obedient 5e 0 6 , 1 0, R. S. NE WALL, (V, 24, Abingdon. s t ree t, W es t m i nster, July 25' Country Markets. 23 , DALKEITH G RAIN MARKET — JULY - f ir Qrs. - Best. Current. 3 0 ' 344 Wheat 60 s Od 4la B,id ......... ~f, 191 Oats 32s 6d . 29 s 7 4 d ........ . * 86 Barley 3Bs 6d 34s 100 ........ 1 3 23 Peas & beans 50 s Od 47s 2id ......... HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Jura - 9 tie WHEAT. BARLEY 1 OATS. K s l, First 6ss Od 40s Od 1 34s 6d , 4 '6 , , Second 4 55 Od ' 35 s Od) 31 s lld 1 4 ,,, Third 32s Od 30s Od I 28 s tid 1: 40 0 Total quantity of wheat in mar k e t, 413 qr s., liii barley ~ 130 qrs., oats 1 '0 ,1 154 qrs., 0 I. PP beans ~ 58 qrs., AVERAGES PER IMPIBIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 5 0 6-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 15 0 i t Oats, ... li. 11 11 3-12th s I B eans, . .... 21. 6 6 v 'J. , ABERDEEN—JULY 24. 1 Potato oats 255 : 0 6 d to d to 22563 s 6dF 401 W per d bd , Common oats ..... —25 Bere Barley ;11. 1 s s 0 0 d d to to 3 3 2 2 5 s Od Od J 1 531/311 i' Wheat, red (spring)4os Ocl•to 42s Od 1621bs 0 , white 3Bs Od to 46s Od Oatmeal 20s 04 to 21s 01 per boll. Flour 45s Od to 16s Od per sack. • 11 PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb lid t4 oi 6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. Os , Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. 0 3 8 to lo Lamb, do., Os 8d to O f , 9 Hens, p pair 2s 9", to /Pi Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d I Ohickens,do. is 6" 4 .„0 Pork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks do Os Oil salmon, per lb ... ...... l s 2d Ducklings,dois 6d t 0 44 Grouse, per brac e 0 s t o O s T ur k eys, eac h 4 s 0( 2,t to , Tallow, p ston e , O s t o ll s 01 P o t atoes, pr pec k, 1 4 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. . eto Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. to 7 1 4 F10ur,141b....0s Od t o 2 s 6 d Barley f10ur,14113. (4 ,„" .0 1 4 ' f 1 . Oatmeal - Os Od to 2s ld „ d us t , ..... Osn Bermes' Od to 2s Od per lb ...... . • „. Peasemeal... Os Od t o 2 3 4d SitYs, ...................... Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 1 2-Ib. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, JULY 21. Our corn market to-day was poorly s upplied- c ieiv was very dull, and oa t s ra th er fi rm a t th e c u ti t t o , Tuesday. The business in Indian corn was stngt ll, „ o ,o l ) reduced prices of l as t mar k e t were supporte d. - 1 pies of new rapeseed appeared, and were sold at from 28s to 355. White wheat, 35s 01 to 37s 6d ; red ditto,,3 01; ditto new, —9; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 253 s f,) ing, —s to —g ; oat s , o ld, 14s 6cl to 17s; ditto , n ; to it Od to —s 01; oatmeal, 15s to 17s 6d; bere, new, Od ; rapes° d, 28s Od to 35s per big ; haKts' ft° ll , r o l , Od to 21s Od per cw t ; I nd i an corn, 39 s 0.1 tO 480 lbs. , L Tins SESSION.—There seems to be no prouaoo 7 Parliament being prorogued before the 20th of . 41- 0 ,, Tbare are still some very important measures t° e'3 e Par l iame nt state,ed i ns tead of which it td is igthem v desirable to o mature t utro a e int o sion. The [louse of Commons now sits eveci_.,Y well as every night, and th e new inemb,rs vfo r ca seem disposed to keep u p th e i r atteadan till t he ~ of the session shall b e d one. [ADVERTISEMENT I P O' —Holloway's Ointment an d n ol ih , --By the joint actun of these two inestimable Br i o r d f all cutaneou eruptions are quickly banished - ,„ (° ,01 j 1 system, the worst description of Wounds or u'"," 0 0 0 ( ea4ily eradicated, the tnorbific mater which na t° ,oo, to her is throw n out, sad a thoroughly healthl.: . o4 the blood and fluids is the result, restoring a 0 1 io t oi and body after other treatment has been fop° de l i. cient, in litany cases savin g s urg i ca l operations, tio 1 1 41 0 1 , life itself by their miraculous power.—Sold by it a p e , tine vendors throughout the world, at Proles° o d Itway's Est a bli s h men t s , 244 , Strand, Londenr,; A ns to p Maiden-lane, New Y or k ; by A. Stampar..,,vlto• nople ; A.'G u idi c y, S myrna; and E . Muir, glib BIRTIIS. OF A SON, Co On the 24th in s t., a t 35, Rutland-gate, the ,l Munster. f lif. On the 24th inst., at 1, Grosvenor-place, th e o f Jamea R. Lane, Esq. 01 , 01 Sel, On Friday, th e 24th i ns t ant, at 61, UpPer a street, the wife 4 Henry S. Scobell, EMI' , Abbey," Pershore, was fifthly &livered of a Oil' ell OF A DAUGHTER, alto On the 23d inst., at Cleveland-square, HO AO wife of Richard Horn, Esq. w itHr On the 24th inst., at Albion-r oa d, St o ke l'r e " Mrs. Charles Barber. MARRIED. 01/ or re FrO hte On the 22d inst., at All Saints', Lambeth, - o' - co o B. Bloxam, Esq., to Marion Elizabeth, fourth ce,:: David Hutchison, Esq., of 10, Canterbury - P j beth. O r ' tli! On the 25th inst., a t St. George's, Southvr 3r k VgrOVP; Highsm, of Quornd on, L e i cestershire, to Mar/over eldest daughter of Robert Arm s t rong , Esq., Joy, Cheshire. • or DIED, , gali llf lor On the 24th inst., at 3, Queen's-place. w es 3ibid ir 1 smith, Mr. Jonathan Sawyer, late of 2, S• 74 f f l' V auxhall - bridge-road, Westminster, aged; S' 6l " °_, race, On the 25th inst., at Wimbledon -corc n° "' folP Caroline, wife of Charles Meredith, Esq. t ot' On the 2 4 th inst at 3 , Bower-terrace, Maidstone, it), . f Arkcoll, E sq ., aged 72. . vp- R e SilsrP On the 23d i ni t., at B ecc l es, Suffolk, • ' o -A l Esq., aged 66. On the 23d i ns t., d rowne d w hil e bathing at ace, ti th a le . Mr. Samu e l J o h n H arr i s, o f 2 7 , Pembroke-terT 1:0•1 donian-road, aged 57. Vs(l. , On the 224 inst., at Jersey, Buliner HodleY , t o, Commissary-Gene ra l, aged 31. o. ClO On the 21st inst., a t W or thing, the-Rav• Ge , —. rector of Warniingham, Cheshire, --------- 0 CIO , vol% LONDON : Printed and Publighod by MIIRDO . i 10; 34 % of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suo °, 141 : - otir lb 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo.y, in t'. C of Middlesex, Monday, July 27, 18570 THE ATLANTIC SUBMARINE TELE GRAPH.. The following letter has been addressed to the edit)]. of the Times : Sir,--We have just read in an article in VI Times of this day headed " Atlantic Submarine Telegraph" the following paragraph : " We have already explained to our readers hol t the cable is coated with closely woven spiral wire s, to prevent damage to the core in paying out ; hir r 4 in consequ ence o f th e t wo halves having been mat' at different plaes—one at Birk e nh ea d, b y Messrs.. Newall, and the other at Greenwi c h, by Glasse and Elliot, a most egregious blunder has been c° 111 ; mined. I t w ill scarcely.be credited, but is thele!:S true, that th,e twist of the spiral wires of tba Birkenhead h a lf i s i n exactly the opposite directly n to the twist o f t h e w i res in the half made at Greet wich. Thus, w h en j oined in the centre of the Ad lantic they will form a tight hand and a left it'o screw, and the te n d ency of each will be to seelst the other to unt w i st , an d expose the core. B X B i t• taching a solid wei g ht t o t h e centre joining tt hoped this difficulty and danger may be overcec r ; but none att em pt t o conceal. that the mistsir e la 's much to be ieretted. We are informed t J o i Messrs. Glass e an d Elli o t h a d nearly 100 tidiest their portion of th e ca bl e comp l eted before Mel; Newall comm ence d th e i rs, an d that then fore fault rests with the firm which, began last.' We rely on y our sen s e o f fairness to a 10 " . o . f letter a c o rn er i n th e Ti mes to rebtri the cbarg e r our haying committed a " most egregious blext e 'i 1. The concl us i on d rawn b y your correspor„j, that we ar e i n f au lt i s certa i nly not warrant Adthitt ng all th e prem i ses, h ow were we to 10 anything abJut Messrs. Glasse and Elliot's w or ld We have no entry to their premises, and co s know nothing of the lay o f the cable they' manufactured. 2. We took our contract from the Atlantic T ole d ,o graph C o mp any i n D ecem b er last, and we . t i) supplied by their en g i neer wi th a specimen et ! cable to be m a d e . W e constructed new machi°b' specially adapted f or t h e manu f acture of th i s e3' of the same lay as the specimen supplied to us' i We began t o manu f acture th e l ast week of .1:0 ruary, and when we I:vgan about 200 miles , bsen ma le at G reenw i c h . T he eng i neer of t company then f oun d t h a t th e l ay of the u',i, at the two works was in reverse directions, asked us to alter it in ours. We could not d° without alt er i ng t h e machinery, which, as bef , said, had b een spec i a l ly prepared for the ligi,"„o and this w ou ld h ave involved a delay of rmat weeks, so that the engineer decided against 4 alteration. As it h as t urae d out it would ear' , ly have been better to have altered it, for, though _we had not beg un our h alf of the cable.t. the Greenwich firm had completed about 2001 1 , 3 yet we had completed ou r p ar t w h en t h ey b 3 d 4l wards of 150 miles still to do, so that the -e have been ample time to make th e necess ary 3 ' l o ° o ations in the machinery without delay in the e l f. pletion of the cabl e . H ow e ver , th a t was n ° 3 t of ours ; we were bound to complete the cah la o a certain day under a penalty of 501. a-day',,,. we did it ; and if th e eng i neer expec t e d t he `i t ; punctuality from the other co n t rac t ors , We 0/ 1 he was right in n o t r i s ki ng d e l ay b y alteratl our machinery. 3. The specimen of the cable given to us fo r , 1 1: 1 guidance in the m anu f ac t ure was not madel)J,i but we believe it was made by Messrs. Glass Elliott. At any rate, it is for the engineer plain how it came to pass that different dire° were given to the two contractors ; and perhss gentleman who gave you the information O A are in fault can throw some light on the subili to how the specimen given to us happened t a contrary lay to the cable manufactured at wich. Price Paid. 4 s. d Price. Price, 101 W Price, Price. 49% 380 Price. 8% 65 24 22% 18% of l r INS , LAST T i after we( 1111 „ 4 °I . AL` A thnissioi 4 ' 4 at c in t he e , 4r ter five c A Lectiu on neglect Dr. Rah S o 1 lIORI ii 4(l inin t e T r r Mtl e! g their capita Der cent., reuonable Der cent.) ?. T ° el/ al give noti let of Aug e i l new licenc Zver, ge,nce, wii li cence very t ' e ti t ' ) hroch i ' e d : ' C o. 111, c &Tattled: N ote.-1 R II r Stamps Patent 0 Ph an , :evoitt of 1.7 )I In ti • alp ea , L Segue: ~_tg rest , 'myth 2 ,,, in t 1 W hatever 'IAGE, e qectuai: eradicate l ?rrna P -o Dat;i to, 0111 f ark, a rk(' e 4; ". It are dal l'aata3,i 1, rri rnic l al ° ' e ' l e , Pa ar.,l O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 Paid.