The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The following is the Royal Marine Contingent under orders to prepare for embarkation to China —4 captains, 5 first lieutenants, 4 second lieuten ants, 17 sergeants, 16 corporals, 4 drummers and buglers, and 300 privates fro m each division— Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham , and Woolwich ; and 1 captain, 4 first lieutenants, 5 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 buglers, and 80 privates and gunners df the Royal Marine Artillery—total, 1,500. The staff of this battalion will consist of Brevet-Colonel Holloway, L. H., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, com manding ; Lieutenant -Colonels Walsh and 'locker ; Captain J. 0. Travers (already on the station by special order of the Admi ra lty), Brigade-Major ; Lieut. J. C. Travers, Acting Adju tant of the Ist Battalion ; Lieut. H. N. C. Blanck ley, Acting Adjutant of the 2d B at t a li on ; Lieut. c. W. "Carrington, acting quartermaster of the Ist Battalion ; and Lieut. C. Gill, acting quartermaster of the second battalion. Three medical officers will be attached to each battalion. Colonel Holloway commanded the marine battalion in the expedition to Kertch. A new system of training naval cadets is about to come into operation afloat, in pursuance of the pro visions of an Admiralty circular dated the 23d of February last. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Robert Harris, is being fitted with accommodation by the dockyard artificers at Portsmouth for the first instalment of naval cadets who received nomina tions on the Ist of May to pass on the sth of August. The Illustrious is, we believe, to be stationed off Blockhouse, near the Gosport shore, which affords room alike for nautical observations and aquatic exercises. The appointment of the Rev. R. M. Inskip, chaplain and naval instructor on board her Majesty's ship Victory to be chaplain and, first naval instructor to the cadets has been made. The cadets are to remain in the Illustrious different periods, proportioned to their ages, those of 13 re maining 12 months. and those verging upon 15 only six'months. •Their course of study comprises Euclid, algebra, nautical astronomy, French, and drawing, and their practical course (which is the primary object of placing them in a training ship b e f.re sending them on sea service) will consist of instruction in rigging ships, managing boats, and the general princip!e of manoeuvring ships at sea, thus furnishing the ground work on which their fu ture prbfessionsl knowledge is to be based. The cadets thus placed in the Illustrious may still be considered under probation, as the circular expresses that should they have to pass the required exami nation out of the training ship, or should they seri ously misconduct thfmselves or show unfitness for the navy, the Admiralty have reserved to them selves the right tos discharge them. The cadets will be alloar'ed`tornnt only three months' time for the training ship, and will be permitted to pa's for lieutenant 1%04 eve years' service, including the three months, provided they have pissed the inter mediate examinations, which have been judiciously arranged to insure a steady progression both in science and seamanship. Captain Harris has long been engaged in training the " novices" for the fleet. The Actaeon, old 26, surveying vessel, Captain Bate, with her tender, Dove, screw gun-boat, Lieu tenant Bullock, left Simon's Bay, May 30, with the French brig Le Genie, for China. The Alacrity, Intrepid, Lapwing, Lynx, and Viper, screw gun-vessel, at Devon port, are ordered to be rigged as three-masted schooners, and pre pared for commission. The Frolic, 6 sailing-sloop, Acting Commander L. W. Peyton, arrived at Devonport, on Saturday, from the Cape of Good Hope. She left Simon's Bay on the 11th of May, and was towed clear of the land by the Shannon, 51, screw, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., the Shannon proceeding to Singapore, and Frolic to Table Bay. She is ordered to Chat ham to be paid off. _ _ and proceeded direct to Woolwich, where they will remain a short time prior to their le wing for India A number of extra hands have been entered in the Royal Arsenal, And workmen are employed extra hours, in consequence of the urgent demand for preparing ammunition, and especially Minis rifle balls, for shipment to India. Immense stores of these articles are available. THE NEEDLES LIGHT- HOUSE. This important b-acon is at length to be placed in a position where it can at almost all times be visible 30 miles from land. Many thousands of mariners have passed through this dangerous passage without ever hav ing seen the present lights at all. The first stone of the new lighthouse has been laid near the SW edge of the lower cliff, and when complete will be the greatest possible boon to the merchant service. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD FASTORY, AND GALLANT RESCUE BY THREE OF THE EN GINEERS. —An apprentice named Potam was, on Saturday, in the act of adjusting a strap in a cer tain position to do which he had to mount a lad der, when his foot slipped and his right band was caught under the drum. The poor boy's shrieks brought instantly to his assistance three of the en gineers, Sterrick, Hepworth, and Dyson, the first two of whom grasped the suffering lad by the legs and body, and so saved him from being whirled in among the machinery. It was a perilous moment for all. Dyson, with excellent presence of mind, drew his knife from his pocket and severed the "strap," thus by a "second" releasing the boy from a fearful death. He received instant medical attendance, and it was discovered that the poor lad's right arm was brolien in two places, besides his lower limbs and body being seriously strained, owing to his being held by the men. He was taken to Haslar Hospital, where, as a matter of course, he will receive the best medical aid and comfort. We will hope that the courage and presence of mind displayed by Sterrick, Hepworth, and Dyson, may be deemed worthy of Consideration at the hands of the proper authorities. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty : A. Anderson, W. C. Shuckburgh, G. F. H. Boy es, and T. Howes, midshipmen, to the Pylades ; E. B. Wadlow, K. Kerr, C. A. G. Bridges, and B. S. Hamilton, midshipmen, to the Pelorus ; M. R. M. Griffiths, C. B. P. Kelso, and G. H. Law son, naval cadets, to the Pylades ; G. Berton, W. E. Garnett, and John Anderson, naval cadets, to the Pelorus ; John C. Sabben, surgeon, to the Vulcan ; W. E. Hambly, surgeon, to the Firefly; A. Mitchell, sureeor, to the Pylades ; P. Slevir, surgeon, to the Pelorus ; J. F. Johnson, surgeon, to the Mohawk ; D. J. Dingair, surgeon, to the Assurance; J. T. Cuddy surgeon, to the Roebuck; F. T. Johns, to the Sparrowhawk ; W. Dickson, to the Chesapeake ; W. T. Carr, assistant-surgeon, to the Cheasapeake ; W. B. Adam, assistant-surgeon, to the Fisgard ; C. Morton, assistant-surgeon, to the Victory ; M. Magill, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Vulcan ; J. Patterson, assistant surgeon, to the Pylades ; R. Edwardes, assistant-surgeon, to the Pelorus ; G. B. Jenkins, assistant-surgeon, to the Chesapeake ; A. Jeffrey, paymaster, to the Pylades. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The half-yearly report of this company, to be presented to the proprietors on Friday next, Las just been issued. It states the amount of capit a l raised to the 30th of June, 1857, is 7,797,215/., consisting of mortgage debt, 1,942,9351.; deben ture stock, 1,000/.; preference capital, 1,234,7261.; consolidated stock, 4,618,554/. The total capit d outlay during the past half-year has been 6,5231. The principal part of this sum has been expended in the completion of the telegraph, which now ex tends over every part of the company's lines, and in the construction of works, &c., necessary for the public accommodation. The amount of unexpended capital at this date being only 1,068/., andthere being several works which cannot longer be delayed without injury to the traffic, it becomes the duty of the directors, in accordance with the intimation conveyed in their last report to call upon the pro prietors to sanction an application to Parliament for powers to raise a further sum of 200,000/. It has been so often demonstrated that business can only be developed and carried on with safety and advantage by a proper increase of the requisite ap pliances, that the directors do not feel it necessary to revert to the matter further than to assure the proprietors that, while asking them to approve of this application to Parliament, they will take care that no part of the amount is expended without the prospect of a satisfactory return ; in the mean time, they do not anticipate that any large portion will be immediately required, but in applying for such powers, they think it better to provide for cent; ngencies which may arise. The gro-s revenue for the half-year has been 349,2241., showing an increase of 6,5461. over the corresponding half-year of 1857. On examining the details, it is satisfactory to find that, although in the corresponding halt year of 1856 a very large revenue was derived from the Naval Review at Spithead, the peace festivities, and the return of the army and navy with their munitions of war, during the past half-year the traffic has reached au amount higher than that of the period in which those unusual sources of revenue °calmed, a result exceeding any expectation which could have been reasonably formed. The proprie tors will be glad to learn that there is every reason to believe that the West-end line will be completed to the river side by the end of the year, and judg ing from the manner in which the local traffic thus far has developed itself, the directors look forward with confidence to the realisation of their expecta tions as regards that line of railway. The fine weather which prevailed during the past half-year enabled the directors to proceed rapidly with the relaying ; accordingly 13t miles have been com pleted, and there now remain 10 miles to finish the main line throughout. This work is pro gressing, and will be executed before the end of the year. As previously announced the whole of this outlay is to be borne by revenue, which has been again debited with 3,000/. being the proportion due to the past half-year. The a'- tention of the directors has been heavily taxed during the current session of Parliament, by the introduction of bills affecting the interests of the company. In the case of two water companie,, at Brighton and Port-mouth, the protective arrange ments required by this company were a gree d to, and thus the necessity Of an opposition avoided. Five other bills were introduced for new lines of railway, viz.—lst a bill for a line from Havant to Casbam, with powers to run over and u=e the joint Portsmouth line and terminus. On the promoters perceiving the serious opposition which the bill would encounter, the clauses conferring the powers in question were abandoned. 21. A line hem). Clapham to London-bridge, containing powers enabling the promoters to take a portion of thiS company's London-bridge terminus. After two days' discussion before a committee of the House of Commons, the promoters withdrew from further contest. An excursion from the Mid Kent (Lewisham and Beckenham) line to Croydon, run ning parallel with this company's four lines of rail to that place. This scheme was also defeated in the House of Commons—a result which caused the abandonment of another scheme for a line front East Croydon to the Caterham junctions. The only bill which the directors were not successful in op posing is one for a new line to Epsom, starting from the South Western line between Wimbledo!l and Maldon. This bill was granted, although it was clearly shown to be a competing line which had previously been rejected by Parliament, not only when this company's Epsom line was originally granted, but also in a subsequent session. The directors are, however, glad to perceive a general determination on the part of the committees of the House of Commons tb adopt, at last, the policy so clearly pointed out by the select committees, presided over by Mr. Glad ' stone and Mr. Cardwell, who recommended Parlia ment not to allow money to be wasted in the con struction of duplicate lines, inasmuch as competi tion in railways can only result in injury to the public as well as to the shareholders. The departure in this instance from the principle acted upon in other cases can only be attributed by the directors to the little importance attached by Parliament to a small line of about five miles, but so strongly did other committees of the present session appear to coincide with the views enunciated in the report of Mr. Cardwell's committee of 1853, that in one of the cases, where a large competing line was re jetted, the committee based their decision on the recommendation of that committee. The dire c t ors feel that the proprietors will be interested in again perusing the recommendation referred to, which is as follows :—" Your committee consider that the principle heretofore established at law, that an act of Parliament constitutes an engagement between the promoters on the one side and the public on the other, is a principle deserving of more considera tionthan it has hith er t o o b ta i ne d as a gu id e t o future legi s l a ti on. T his principle, rightly under stood, conveys to the promoters no right that their privile ges s h all be exclusively maintained when they cease to ba consistent with the general advantage ; but it does imply, that r t e e sc urces orawx thepublic Legislature u sehe con , tru av ct eing begin . authorised by p h e i e n h ca v t e h e i w r o j r u k s s t for shall not be t a k en away upon any other than clear grounds of public policy. The ob-ervance of such a p r i nc i ple is valuabletotlie public as well as to the shareholders, since it is (,i importance to the whole community to develop by every n r *mg those communications on which tin freedom and facility of trade, and the safety an d convenience.of personal loccmction, now depend, and to ensure to a reasonable extent the stability of RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. The Hastings, 60, screw block-ship, Cap!ain W. B. Mends (1852), sailed from Devonport on Fri day, for Liverpool, to be employed there as a coast guard traiiiing ship. The Megeera, 6, screw, Commander Purvis, left Simon's Bay, April 30, for the Mauritius, with stores and troops. On her return she will take 600 men to Calcutta, as orders for that service and destination for her, instead of returning to England, will have reached the commander-in-chief by t')at time. The Mohawk, 4, screw gnn-vessel, at Devonport, is having her rig shifted to that of a square-rigged vessel ; artificers are working extra time to com plete her as soon as possible. The Orion, 91, Captain Erskine, at Colon, June 20, was to procaed shortly to Jamaica. The Pelorus, 21, new screw corvette, recently launched at Devonport, was commissioned on Sa turday by Captain F. B. P. Seymour (1854), for gervice in the East Indies. The Plu'o, 4, paddle, Lieut. Commander W. Swin.burne, having had her detects made good at Devonport, sailed on Friday for the west coast of Africa, taking a mail. The Satellite, 21, screw, Captain Provost, was at Vancouver's Island, on her impor'ant mission ; her consort, the Plumper, 12, screw, Capt. Richards, bad not overtaken her. She had broken her shaft and was laid up at Rio. The Shannon, 51, screw frigate, made her pas sage to the Cape in 52 days under sail, having ex perienced fine weather all the way. Two fatal ac cidents occurred on board during the passage—Mr. Coaker, master's assistant, fell from aloft, struck the fore chains, and fell dead into the water; and the other, George Brown, a boy of the first class, who fell from aloft inboard, and was killed. But for the admirable facility afforded by Clifford's plan of lowering boats, with which the frigate was fitted, the body of the unfortunate young officer could t bare been recovered, nor the life of another boy, who fell overboard, have been saved. On both occasions the vessel was going at from eleven to twelve knots under all sail, notwithstanding which tilt! boat was manned and lowered in little mare than a minute. JThe Vulcan, 6, iron troop frigate, Commander ohn Seccombe, is undergoing a thorough repair at Portsmouth, when she will be well coated with Hay's composition, which will enable her to ave rage nine knots an hour. She is p.egri-s-ing under her new pendant with all possible dispat -h. • The Calabar freightship sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon with the third portion of the 88th fur India, as fully reported there. The Sparrowhawk, 4, steam gun-ves , el, was com. missinned at Portsmoun on Saturday by Comman der J. C. Byng for foreign service. The Roebuck and Assurance, sister vessels, were also commi , - sioned on Saturday by Commanders Marten and Aynsley. Major Anderson's E troop of Royal Horse Ar ttllely, under orders for India, arrived ut head quarti-rs, Woolwich, at 7 o'clock on Saturday even ing, from Dublin. The whole of the artillery force destined for India will assemble at Woolwich f•r embarkation, and at present three troops of )yal Horse Artillery, and six companies of various battalions, are under order... It is not con templated at present to send out any of the heavy ordnatice. The Royal Artillery Regiment was on Satinal Ay morning paraded in front of Headquarters, Wool wich, and was formed into column, for the putpose of witnessing the distribution of the Sardinian medals. Colonel Bloomfield, aide-de-camp to the Queen, doing duty as commandant of the garrison, attended by his staff, arrived on the parade ground at nine o'clock, and having inspec'ed the column addressed himself to !he offi cers and teen about to receive the decoration, re marking at some length on the importance of this distinction conferred by the King of Sardinia to mark his estimation of their valour in the Crimea. He had been delegated, he said, by her Majesty to distribute the medals with every forrnali - y which might tend to impress upon them the value of the decoration as well as to stimulate their comrades in the exertion to obtain a similar reward. The gallant colonel then banded the medals in the followi ng order—to Major-General J. E. D upu i s , B-, Lient.-Col. H. J. Thomas, Lieut.-Col. E. B. Ila'nley Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. C. Fortescue, Bre vet Lieut.-Col. C. S. Henry ; Brevet-Majors H. P. Yates, G. Sh aw, G. C. Henry, L. W. Pen, and E Taddy Lieut. E. J. Ward, Lieut. F. A. Anley ; J. Hamilton, retired captain u in the Land Transport Corps ; Sergeant M. Hunter and gunner T. Ar thur. The entire numbi amonts te e r appointed to receive the general, 7 colonels, 19 majors, 7 lieu cu t sut., 2 g rni u r u g n s e o l ns, and 15 non-com missioned officers and sof the Royal Artil lery, th• ren a'nder of whom are on home or foreign stations, and to whom the medals are to be for warded. _ the property so invested." At the last half-yearly meeting the arrangements entered into with the Mid-Sussex (Horsham to Petworth), and the Lewes and Uckfield Companies were reported to and sanc tioned by the proprietors; the bills of those compa nies have subsequen'ly passed the House of Com mons, have been unanimous'y approved by a spe cial meeting of this company, and have been read a second time in the House of Lords. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account for the half year is 115,927/., out of which the directors re commend a dividend of 24 per cent. for the half year, amounting to 115,4641., leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of 4631. The freightship Regina sailed from Woolwich Saturday, laden with military stores and °" arn tion for Cape Town. The mi l i t ary store department at Woolwich have commenced deTatching grease(l. cartridges (marked, " For the European troops") for embarkation on board the freightships Monarai and Blenbeim, at Gravesend, destined for India ; and also five other ships, loading in the London Ducks, for the same destination, in the service of the East India Company. The freightship Spartan, in the London Dock, is b-ing l a d en with Ordnarcestores from Woolwich for Hong Kong and the John Brie, for the Cape of Good H o p e. The screw blockshin t Ila . i n 8 Inn 60, Capt. W. N. Mends, left Piy outh on Friday evening for Liver pool. On Friday 6 officers and 160 rank and file of the Royal Horse Artillery arrived at Dublin fr o m the Camp at the Curragh, and were inspected by Gen. DAcres. The troops embarked at about 4 o'clock on board the City of Dublin Company's steamer Pi ince, rHE SUN, _ LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1857 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YonK, JULY 18. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) MIDDLETON V. WHEA.TCROFT...—EDUCTION. Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Jones were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., for defendant. Mr. Jones opened the pleaings. Sarah Middle ton was the plaintiff, and Thomas Wheatcroft the defendant. The action was for seduction, and the declaration alleged that the defendant seduced the plaintiff's daughter. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that Rachel Middleton was not the ser vant of the plaintiff. Mr. Hill stated the case. The plaintiff is a widow, who was left with three daughters, and she brought this action against the defendant for the injury he had done by seducing her yotingest daughter. The two eldest daughters reside with their mother, the plaintiff, but are able to support themselves, as milliners. The youngest girl, Rachel, who was the person seduced, was educated at Saint Philip's School, Sheffield, where she afterwards bs aotthaersa,laanry of 201. a-year. She re d when not at school she e a d m w e t t e h a c h h e e r r m , assisted her mother in the household work. The defendant formerly carried on business at the town of Sheffield, as a butcher and baker. In Nov., 1855, he formed an acquaintance with the plaintiff's daughter. He proposed marriage to her, and was received in the house of her mother as the approved suitor of her daughter. In this case the jury could botinquire into any loss which the plaintiff 's daugh ter had sustained by reason of the breach of promise of marriage, but the promise became material as showing the footing on which the defendant was re ceived into the house, and as showing that he was base enough to take advantage of his position to when she was only 19 years effect of 1856 the defendant had effes ed the ruin of the plaintiff 'a daughter, who was e t f h a e g r e u . iii n o t f he th sp is rin g g iel, delivered of a child on the 12th of Nov. following. An order of affiliation upon the defendant was obtain ed ft om the magistrates of Sheffield, and the learned counsel for the plaintiff said that this ac`ion would possibly never have been heard of had not the de fendant, in the spring of the present year, gathered up his property, intending to proceed to Australia, and thus avoid the payment under the bastardy order. Upon this, the plaintiff was induced to take proceedings, which resulted in the apprehension of the defendant, who was compelled to give bail to answer this action. The plaintiff's counsel did not ask for vindictive damages, but for such a reason able sum as should recompense the plaintiff for the injury she had sustained. Mr. Overend, for the defendant, contended that there was no ground whatever for the sug g estion that Wheatcroft was about to proceed to Australia, and so rid himself of the rwponsibility of sup?ort ing his child, the fact being that this action was brought some time before a word was ever said upon that subject. No doubt the defendant was the father of the child, but he had hitherto done all that was necessary to support it, for when the plain tiff's daughter went before the magistrates, he did not require her evidence to be corroborated, but sub mitted to an order, on which he had regularly paid. The defendautwas in a small way of business, andthe learned counsel entreated the jury not to give heavy damages, and that they would not at all events give the plaintiff anything for the consideration of the tact Vim the defendant had promised to marry her daughter. The defendant had already been dragged before the magistrates, and now there was an action brought against him by the mother, and in all pro bability there would be another action at the next assizes, brought by the daughter for the breach of promise of marriage. He did not wish to say a word against thecharacterof the plaintiff or her daughter; on the con:rary he grieved for their condition, and admitted that the mother was entitled to damages in respect of the loss of her daughter's services, but he asked the jury not to let those damages be other ' wise than reasonable or temperate. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages 1201. that the marriage had not taken place, inasmuch as she ban said she would not have him at all. Mr. Wlntyre in replying on the whole case, said the " reasonable time) might wry we'.l be said to be the time before the child was born ; but the de fendant knew that the license would expire in three months, and that surely was a reasonable time. The defendant had never said a word about the dowry until after she was effectually in It's power, and he believed he could impose any condi. ions he pleased_ - . . The learned judge then summed up. He said the jury would consider whether the defendant had insisted upon a dowry as a good excuse to evade an engagement which he was bound in law, honour, and morality to fulfil ; or whether the plaintiff had taken advantage of the po:iition in which they were placed, and endeavoured to extort money from the defendant rather than marry him. If they found for the plaintiff, they would of course look at the fall which she had incurred by her intimacy with the defendant, and give her damages. The jury returned a verdict fer the plaintiff— damages 1001. The plaintiff and defendant were both in court during the trial. THE GLASGOW CASE. (From, the Lancet of Saturday ) •, , L, Angelier was a man of itiferior station to Made line Smith. He seems to have been a vain and im pulsive little coxcomb. Boasting much of his per sonal appearance, he evidently attribut e d t o th a t the conque he had made. Ho had means of ob taining arsenic. In 1832, and on several subse quent occasions, he confessed, without hesitation, to using it. The symptoms of the two attacks above-mentioned were such as an overdose of the drug, or too long perseverance in its use, would produce. Just such an excess is what just such a being would commit in his anxie.y to regain her affection by the god looks which had once won her, and which he probably attributed, in part, to the use of arsenic for his complexion. Moreover, he had similarly suffered on several previous occasions before at all knowing the accused. We suggest this explanation of the cause of thess attacks, as there was actually nothing to inculpate the prisoner on the cha-ges ; and the jury returned a verdict to this effect. We next find L'Anglier threatening to expose her by exhibiting her letters. He had probably detained them for same such purpose in case of her proving refractory ; for on a previous occasion he had urged her to sign her name at full length. On the 18th of March she purchwei some arsenic coloured with indigo, telling a deliberate lie as to the purpose for which she required it, but buying it openly and in the presence of witnesses. This was her third purchase of the poison, the first being made a day previous to the first of the two attacks above referred to, and coloured with soot. On Friday, March 19, she wrote inviting him to visit her after the family had !retired. He could not keep the appointment, but on the following Sun day night was seen going towards her residence. At an early hour next morning he was attacked with violent symptoms of arsenic poisoning. He vomited to the extent of six or seven pints. He made no mention of any suspicion that he was poisoned. He died, and on a post mortem examination twenty-seven hours afterwards, 88 grains of arsenic were taken from his , sto mach, and a co ns id era bl e quantity was found I in the small intestine, in addition to what had been vomited and that which, absorbed, had caused death. It was contended that an interview had taken place on the night preceding his death, and that then the prisoner had a d m i n i stere d th e po i son in a cup of coffee or chocolate. A verdict of not proven was returned on this charge. It has been asserted that positive evidence of this meeting was all that was required to supply the link of proof necessary to establish her guilt, and this has b-ea opinion generally expressed by the leading journals. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WORCESTER, JULY 18. (Before Baron Bramwell.) HAZELDINE V. HAMPTON AND WIFE—.DREACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Tbis cause presented the novelty of an action brought by a disappointed man against a lady and her husband for breach of promise made by her to marry him. Mr. Huddlestau, Q.C., and Mr. Byrne, for the plaintiff; and Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Phip son, for defendants. Mr. Huddleston stated the case. The plaintiff was a farmer and butcher at Stourbridge, and the male defendant was a lime and coal merchant at Brettel-lane. Mrs. Hampton (formerly Miss Darby) had been sued successfully by plaintiff, and mar riage had been agreed upon ; but she afterwards jilted him for her present husband. A letter to plaintiff from the lady was read, dated Sept. 14, 1855, iu which she said, " I am sure I have been crying all the time I have been doing this letter, for I have thought so much of you. I love you far better than woman ever loved, and some thing makes me think you love me, so I may say there is no love lost. I will not think any more of G. W., but I will thi n k o f you , so d o not say o r anythingabout hi m t o me. " Th ere were two other letters, d own t o F e b ruary, 1856, threewritten in terrnsofmoderateaffection, but in one she asked plaintiff to . lend her 101. or 201., in another she again desired him to "try and bring that money," and said—" T am much surprised to think you should put yourself so much over that young man. I am sure I was not with him the other Sunday. I was up at Brierly-bill on Sunday week at night, but I am sure I did not see him, for a married man brought me home, because it was late. It was Mr. Grove, a grocer, but if you like to be lieve other people you can. I don't care bow I have written this, for I am so h urt i n my mind about things." Winesses were called. Miss Parkes proved that t h e we ddi n g was twice fixed, but on both occasions a death in the family put it off. Mr. Haseldine, father of the plaintiff, gave similar evidence, and said that he had arranged to give up his business to his son upon the marriage of the latter. It ap pea-ed, however, that tae plaintiff had got Miss Darby's watch as security for the money which she had borrowed of him, and that he had also brou g ht an action against her for the money, and r ece i ve d a t3ho n e d l p g ol i ra v in4 en tli.if theollfaitd engaged a hou se , b oug h t f urn i ture,. .Mr. V ernon, d raper, proved that lady presents for her marriage. Mr. Skinner, in addressing the jury for the de fendants, ridiculed the idea of bringing such an action as this. He called the defendant's sister, Miss Sarah Hampton, Mr. Hampton, the father, and Mr. Isaac Hainptem, the broth er , w h o prove d that plaintiff called upon Mips Darby a t th e i r h ouse and bad an interview with ber, after which be was heard to swear at her, and say to her, "N ow go to --, I've got all I want from you ;" h o th en went acteay, taking her wat c h w i t h h im, and leaving her with her mouth bleeding. This was five weeks before the defendant, Mr. Hampton, paid his ad dresses to her. Some prope ty was left her, and plaintiff's father had been heard to say, "It'll b e a ars;e" but when it was knownttlement of it up on her gthoaotdtthhe inwgilflor secured our the her self at her marriage, he was heard to say, "She's worth nothing without her money." Plaintiff him self had talked very coarsely, and said he never wanted her. His lordship, in summing up, asked what on earth had been the man's loss ? Why, he had lost a wife, and if there was but one woman left in the world, there might be some reason for complaint in this respect. There had been a contract, but it had been broken. He concluded by saying that he should not be disappointed if the jury did not find a verdict for the plaintiff at all ; or if so, for more than the lowest coin of the realm. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. But a little attention to the medical evidence will show that the occurrence of this interview may be granted without any such implication of the ac cused. Nay, more, it is almost necessary for the explanation of the subsequent events. We learn that the quantity of arsenic administered certainly amounted to two drachms, and Dr. Christison rates the quantity at one-third higher. Now, it is simply impracticable for any but an expert chemist to suspend this quantity in a cup of coffee or choco late without immediate detection. O❑ the cessa tion of stirring, the arsenic rapidly falls to the bottom of the cup. If drunk slowly—a mouthful being taken at first, and then swallowed—the drug would similarly have settled in the interstices of the mouth and there have rapidly produced local irritation, never complained of by the deceased. In fact, the only manner in which the presence of so large a quantity of arsenic can be accounted for is, by supposing it to have been washed down by copious draughts of fluid, which supplied the large quantity vomited Ilwhen symptoms of poisoning ensued. This, we need hardly say, is totally in compatible with its covert administration by the prisoner. Moreover, she is not known or suspected to have procured other arsenic than that tinted with indigo or soot ; yet neither of these colouring matters were detected on examination after death, though the presence was manifestly apparent in a dog made the subject of careful experiment. L'AngPlier was shown to have just that tendency to suicide which Martel defines to be the attribute of a coward. He had previously attempted his life. Who can say what may have been the effect of the defiance which the heartless, moralless jilt very possibly hurled at him? For assuredly nothing could have been so certainly disastrous to her as his death and the discovery of his letters. L'ANGELIEIt A SUICIDE. (From the Medical Times) The presiding judge, caught, probably, by the advocate's sophittry, fell into a similar train of rea soning, in the course of which he showed a very general ignorance of the conduct and motives of suicides. The fact that L'Angelier sent for a doc inhgat most tor, or rather allowed one to be sent for, and th a t he did not proclaim himself a suicide, a s a rg x ue a d rk , e a d e gn of as the judge thought, that the man was not a suicid e . Our psy.:hologists will give us another reading. They will llt nan e l llu i s a t o h f at eni s o u i c d h e proceeding w ed sui cides instinctively do when they have brought on sympt)ms, without death , is to send for a d oc t or, and ei her to say nothing about, or even t o d eny , s jee The their ia ow . n deeds , hTobwisiser longana metpurrael sequence of .clitated, is and the n can d determined on o re ;et itmaotlastiLetit succeed, and suicide succeed in part only, and when the agony of body approaches, the mania for death disappears. The desire still to live increases with each pang that proclaims r ema i n i ng lif-. Then the horror of the act and the sh ame de -lvelo on p g ar eg the fo i r m l p ie impulse for a or de i s ir truinkcitnio a n f d ro ieappears. So from exposur e , what more instinctive than that the suicide should send for relief, and suppress or deny his crime ? We are not writing theory here ; for if we were we should be speaking as rashly as did those we would criticise. We speak from observat on and fact in cases of suicide. Another strong point is, that the amount of ar senic tak zr by the deceased is in favour of suicide. From the - proportion found in the stomach after death, it is probable that the real quantity swal lowed would have required for its solution nearly two quarts of any ordinary drink. How could L'Angelier have been induced to drink any such quantity ? or, how could it have been given in the sold form without his knowledge ? Any way to connect the prisoner and the crime, after the evidence that was adduced, was impossible. It is true she bought poison —arsenic twice—and that she tried to buy prussic acid. Ah ! well. What d;d she want with them, say you, except to poison L'Angelier ? Let us see. She says that she used the arsenic as a cosmetic, but the prussic acid she does not account for. Let these facts paQs. Let the scoundrel L'Angelier also move off the scene for a moment. Now what is the picture in the weeks-preceding L'Angelier's death ? A ruined hopeless girl, wrung with s rrow, mad with rage at her own folly and sin, dying with fear at her father's wrath, educated by her seducer to the idea that suicide is morally right, thinking death better than exposure. This is the picture. And now let us ask whether, in such an hour of despair or temporary madness, the poisons might not have been intended for a much more deeply inj ure d and broken-hearted vic tim than Emile L'Angelier 1 Great Northern Railway stock has shown great Grier' ness during the last few days, owing to the anticipation that the company must now commence their purchases to extinguish the stock fraudulently over-issued by Red path. As the ordinary and A stocks are still at a dis count—though in the former case at a very trifling one wit is presumed that there.cau be no legitimate motive for delay. 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The following is an extract from a letter, dated Ermballa , t, May 14, written by Mr. Evans, the gentleman who, having been made the scapegoat of the practical jokers at Canterbury, has most credit ably redeemed his position in the army, and was appointed to the 9th Lancers on the recommenda tion of Sir W. Williams for his good services at Erzeroum :—" Perhaps this may give you the first intelligence of the disturbance in this part of India, which is now in a very unsettled state. Since Thursday, Aprill6, we have had incendiary fires of frequent occurrence, without being able to find out the perpetrators. On the 16th a barrack and a hos pital were burnt down, and since that almost every night up to last Sunday some building has been set on fire. The bungalows, being low thatched build ings, are easily set on fire, which it is impossible to extinguish in a place so sadly supplied with water as this station. The native troops for some time have been showing a discontented spirit, without breaking out into open mutiny. There are here two native infantry regiments, the sth and 6)th, and one regiment of native cavalry—viz., the 4th Light, besides some Irregulars ; and we have only one regiment of Europeans—viz., the 9th Royal Lancers and two troops of horse artillery. Last Sunday, atter we had returned from church and had just finished our breakfast, at about 10 a m., the alarm sounded for the regiment to turn out. The men were lying in the barracks un dressed, and many of them asleep, but in an almost incredibly short time they were all on parade and mounted and fully equipped ; the artillery were ready nearly as soon. • When on the parade ground we found that the 60th Native Infantry had mutinied and turned out with their arms, but we could not go down because they had their officers prisoners and threatened to shoot them if we came down but that if we did not they would re turn quietly. If our men had had the chance to go in at them, they would have made short work of them, they are so enraged at having had so much nightwork lately in consequence of the fires, which are all attributed to the sepeys. They (i.e., our men) cnly get about two nights a week in bed. At twelve o'clock, noon, we were turned out again in consequence of the sth Native Infantry having turned out ; but we were again disappointed. They appeared to think us too attentive, and returned to their barracks. Forthe last two nights the wives of married officers are sent down to the canteen for better security. -An officer remains at the main guardall night, and an Artillery officer with the guns which are loaded, and ammunition is served out to the men. Two patrols go out every hour, and all is alert. Yesterday three companies of the 75th (Her Majesty's) marched in from Kusssowlee. They started at noon on Tuesday, and arrived at about 2 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday). The dis tance is 48 miles, a wonderful march under an Indian sun, when the thermometer was 92 to 94 degrees in the shade. They had not a single straggler." EXTRAORDINA k Y PHENOMENON. The following letter from the Hon. Charles Murray, her Majesty's Envoy to Persia, has been handed to us for publication by Sir Charles Lyell : —" Bagdad, May 23, 1857. My dear Sir Charles, —We have lately witnessed here a phenomenon so strange that a brief description of it may not be uninteresting to you. On the 30th inst., a few minutes before 6 p.m. (which is here about an hour before sunset), 1 wassitting with my Mirza reading some Persian letters, when on a sudden I became sensible of an unusual obscuration of the light on the paper; I jumped up, and, going to the window, saw a huge black cloud approaching from the north west, exactly as if a pall were being drawn over the face of the heavens. It must have travelled with considerable rapidity, for in less than three minutes we were enveloped in total darkness—a darkness more intense than an ordinary midnight when neither stars nor moon are visible. Groping my way amid chairs and tables, I succeeded in striking a light, and then, feeling assured that a simoom of some kind was coming on, I called to my servants. to come up and shut the windows, which were all open, the weather havi ng b een p rev i ous l y very sul try. While they were doing so the wind increased, and bore with it such a dense volume of dust or sand that before they could succeed in closing the windows the room was entirely filled, so that the tables and furniture were speedily covered. Mean while a panic seized the whole city; the Armenians and other Christian sects rushed through the gloom to confess and pray in the churches; womenyhrieked and beat their breasts in the streets, and the men of all classes prostrated themselves in prayer, be lieving that the end of the world had arrived. After a short time the black darkness was succeeded by a red lurid gloom, such as I never saw in any part of the world, and which I can only liken in imagina tion to the effect that might be produced if all London were in a conflagration in a heavy Novem ber fog • to me it was more striking (I may al mos t say fearful) than the previous utter darkness, and reminded me of that darkness visible' in which the poetic genius of Milton placed the demons and horrid shapes of the infernal regions. This lurid fog was doubtless occasioned by the rays of the western sun shining obliquely on the dense mass of red sand or dust which had been raised from some distant desert, and was borne along upon the blase. I enclose you a specimen of the dust. The Arabs here think that it came from the Nejd. The storm seems to have travelled in a circular direc tion, having appeared first from the south, then south-west, then west, then north-west. After about two hours it had so far passed away that we were able to open the windows again and breathe the outer air. It cannot have been a simoom, for during those which I have experienced in Arabia arid Egypt the wind is hot and stifling. On the 20th the wind was high, but only oppressive from the dense mass of dust that it carried w i t h i t ',— Professor J. Onekett, of the Royal College of Sur geons, having kindly examined the specimen of R-d d nstf , om Bagdad which accompanied Mr. Murray's letter, has informed Sir Charles Lyell that he could detect, under the microscope, only inorganic par ticles, such as quartz sand, in the dust. There are no relics of Diatomacere apparent; and, though a small portion of calcareous matter was present in the sand, yet he could observe no microscopic shells or other organic matter.—Literary Gazette. THE CASE OF THOMAS FULLER BACON. This prisoner, who was tried a few sessions back at the Central Criminal Court, with his wife, for the murder of their two children, under circum stances which at the time attracted a good deal of public attention, will take his trial at the ensuing assizes at Lincoln for the murder of his mother by poisoning with arsenic, and from facts that have transpired since the removal of the prisoner from the gaol of Newgate, the trial will doubtless create very great interest, as involving the question whe ther the prisoner be really guilty of the heinous offenceaof which be has been accused, or whether he has been the victim of unfortunate circumstances. The circumstances under which the murder of his mother was supposed to have been committed were involved in a great deal of mystery, and there is very little doubt that the decision of the coroner's jury was a good deal influenced by the disci° at e 3 NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Nawro wx . that took place upon the subsequ en t i nquiry JULY 17. relative to the death of the prisoner's child- (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn.) ren, and the astounding fact has come to light ROBERTS v. EVANS.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF within the last few days that Mrs. Bacon has MARRIAGE. admitted that she herself administered the poison The only civil cause for trial at these assizes was to her mother-in law. The details of the statement the above, in which the damages were laid ht 2001. made by the unfortunate woman, have, of course, Mr. M'lntyre and Mr. Vaughan Williams were not been permitted to appear ; ind-ed, there is a counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for good deal of reserve upon the subject, as it is hardly the defendant. known at present what course the authorities in- The defendant was a small farmer and horse tend to take in the matter. It will be recollected dealer living at Cwmyrannel, near Carne. He that the principal evidence against the husband courted the plaintiff for seven years, and even went upon the charge of murdering his mother con.isted so far as to procure a marriage license. She was the of proof of the purchase of arsenic, and that his ex- daughter of a small farmer, and her brother had planation of the circumstance was that the poison married one of the defendant's sist era. In Nov. 1855, was purchased with a view to destroy the rats with the defendant suggested that they should be married which hi s h„use w as inf e sted. The female prisoner in the ensuing December, and he went to a mercer's now states that this was the fact, and she says that shop in Newton to buy things for the wedding, she herself administered the arsenic to the old which, however, did not take place. Unfortu woman, and that her husband knew nothing about nately the plaintiff had, in an unguarded moment, it. It is understood that she has stated other cir- yielded to the solicitation of the defendant, and in cumatances which tend very strongly to show that the February following she gave birth to a child. she is speaking the truth, and there appears to be After this he did not marry her. It was now con very little doubt that the state of heir tended by his counsel that only a condition , I pro mind, at times, is such that she may have, miss was made, and that a reasonable time had not acted under a sort of uncontrollable impulse., elapsed. The promise was made upon the under and have been hardly aware of the consequences standing that they could agree as to the amount of of her acts. Besides the coroner's inquisition, dowry, but the plaintiff's mother would give no a bill for murder would, in the ordinary course, presented against the prisoner Thomas Bacon ; er shown that that batla e m th a in rr g y , h a e n r d da w ug o h u t ld er. have forced the defendant to the whole matter will be disposed of by one trial, and if the inquiries still pending should tend to The judge said the defendant himself bad fixed it is probable that no evidence will 1 - Je offerecf substantiate thestatement of the wife of the prisoner. to name another day. It was not a sufficient c t o h u e id dl, t a ita nd lt t was his place, having broken it off, a gainett h h a e v p in ri g so t n o er,andtha t t he he e V d i e l a b i e discharged vt a, no that the plaintat... rea4, z for breaking the promise to say that they --. as to the dowry, unless it could be 1 without — 4 of the original agreement. trial.--Dispatch. undergo another w as -I one was to blame It was alleged .1.1. -.. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. rußmsuED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EYE \ LONDON, FRIDA.Y, JULY 17, 1857. CANALS. Names of d Dividen, Names of t IDividend ' Price. . ..-. per price. x ~,, ,s per Companies. . Annum Tu Annum. 7.: -- -- £ £ Ashtn &Oldb 93 71. 1,. et 110 'Peak Forest 78 5! Os P•irmingham 40 41 . 90% I Regent's— 30 17s 16% Coventry. ir . 100 11.. 175 i Rochdale ... 85 U. 8111- Derby .•• • • • 100 61. 15s. Stftrd &Won 40 28: GrandJunetn 100 D. pr„ ct. Stourbridgv. 4 5 121. 10s. 310 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6' pr_ct Severn and 1 26 1/. 16s. 25 Grand tlniob 100 7s 6d Wye Rail. j Kent & Avi 40 6i. —Warwick & Leeds &L'vry 100 251. 490 I Binning. 3 100 2/ * 10 Leicester.... 'OO 51. ;Warwick & i Leicstr &Nit 83 17.55. 13 I Napton.. j, 00 21 " .... Loughborogl. 1(3 701 , Worestr & i Macclesfield. ISO 2/. 10s. 51 1 Birming. 78 10s. 16% Neath —•• •• 100 161. Wilts & Brit, - 7s. Od. Oxford.. •• •• 100 ; 105 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of Share. Paid Annum. Berlin ..... • . East London Do. 4 per Cent l'ref. 1)o. 5 per Cent I'ref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New •• •• Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark &Vauxhall West Middlesex ...... Do. Do, Name of Company. flungerford.... •• . Southwark Ditto New of % P.C. Water 100...... . ....... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Price 51. per cnt. 6t. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 44. per mt. I. per cnt 4'. per cent. BRIDGE' Dividend per Annum. £ 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. •• • • lOs per cent. X s. 25 0 103 0 50 0 ... 'lOO 0 0 li. 12s. Cd. 60 0 0 11. its. Od. 40 0 0 28s. 70 10 3 s. d 100 all Paid. .£ s. d. DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. 1 Price. Annum. Share. --- - £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial - Do. Preference 99 Stock. Pt - East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. 99 - Gtand ' 4 urry D. & Canal 41. per cent. 100 0 0 tOO 0 0 - Do. Loan Notes .... 9/ 100 0 0 iOO 0 0 I - Do. 5 per cent. Prcf. M. pr cent. 25 0 0 5 0 0 I - London .• • • ••• •• If • • Stock. 13tock. 101 St. Katharine •• •• .. •• 4%1. per cnt. Stock. ft 92 1 ,4 'outhampton .. -.. •• 4 per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i - Victoria ..•• .. •• •• ... 51. Os per c. 20 0 0 20 0 0 ; 89% Ditto New •• •• •• •• 91. 20 0 0 14 0 0 I - GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d. British rrovincial •• •• 71. per cent. 20 0 0 all - Brighton •• •• •• •• •• • , 5/. per cent 20 0 0 - 14 1 ,4 City of London .• •• •• 21. per cent. t5O 0 0 150 0 0 95 Equitable.. •• •• •• •• •• 2/. 50 0 0 all - European .... .••• • .. 6/. per cent. 23 0 0 - - Great Central .• ...... 8/. per cent 10 0 0 - 12 Imperial .. •• .• ...... 10/. per cent. 79% Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 G - Ditto Debentwes - Stock 100 0 0 - Do. Continental IstCap. 31. ss. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - 1)o. Do. 25 Cap. 4/. 15s. .50 0 0 41 00 ' - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent - London Pail. Preferen. 6 1 . per cent. 25 0 0 - 26 Phoenix Ratcliff --•.••• • • •• 5/. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers United General .• - - 2 % Westminster Chartered , 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 52 Ditto, New ..•• •• • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Western A - Ditto B •... •• •• INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. £ s. d Albion .......... •• - 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 10014 /Mama Bei:. and For. 71. 14s. 6d. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1694 Ditto Marine ....... q. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42% Ithenwain .......... - 1 0 0 all 16 Atlas .. - 4rgus Life .........•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - firitish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Church of England .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of London .. •... 5/. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Cleriel.aled.& Gen. Life spr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 . - County .............. 1/. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .............. 1/ 18s. 50 0 0 5 0 C - Eagle . Equity and Law...... 5% per cent. +OO 0 0 5 0 0 - European Life ll. , 20 0 0 all - Family Endowment •• 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - General 6 per cent. 5 0 0 all - Globe ......... 51. per cent. Stock, all - Gresham Life - - 47 5 a - Do. Do.. - 20 0 0 50 0 0 - Guardian Imperial Fire l2l. rer cent iOO 0 0 3) 0 0 - Inaperial Life - Indemnity Marine.... 5/.p.ct.&bs. 100 0 0 13 0 0 130 Law Fire ............ 2s &2s bons 100 0 0 210 0 4 % Law Lite •• -21 i. per sh 100 0 0 12 10 0 - Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London . . IL 25 0 0 12 13 0 321 A London & P . rov. Law • • 33. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Marine ..... .......... 18s. Se bs. ‘O6 0 0 20 0 0 - Med. Irmlid & Gen. Life 1% per cent 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Minerva - Monarch .......• .... 5L per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - New Equitable - Pelican ........ • 5/ p. ct. - - 50 Phoenix - - 170 Professional Life...... 5/. per cent 6 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life........ 12% per c. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life............ 7s. 5 0 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... 8 p c& bs Stock. all - Sun Fire ...... ;34 p. c &bs - 11 - Ditto Life ..... 1/ 14s. - 99 55 United Kingdom .... 4/. & bonus 20 0 0 510 0 - Universal Life .. Victoria Life - 5 0 0 - , JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ' - £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... 101. per cent. 40 0 0 all 90 Bank of Egypt ...... - 25 0 0 18 15 0 16% Bank of London ...... 51. per cent. 103 0 0 50 0 0 - British North American 9 per cent. 50 0 0 all - Ch Bk. Ind. Aust &Ch 4' per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 - City ... .... Colonial Commercial of London 7'. p. c. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22' - Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch 4+. per cent. 120 0 0 ail 18 I n Lond.Char. Bk. of Aus 51. per cent. !200 0 ! „ 17y, Do. New .... .... - X s. 40 0 25 0 103 0 50 0 20 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 lel. per cent. l 50 0 6!. per cent. 100 0 28 per cent. 50 0 18 per cent. 100 0 16pc.&bs 100 0 20 0 20 0 50 0 29 0 25 0 20 0 100 0 10 0 25 0 25 0 25 0 Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New London and County • • Lois. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock . • • Load n and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. 20 "o 50 0 10 0 20 0 35 0 10 0 5 0 22 10 Ditto New •• •• •• Ditto ditto Nationr.l Bank New oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. Ditto, New.— .... :onion.— „ „ , 31. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 5!. per cent.' JO!. per cent.! W. per cent.' South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Uniry Mutual ........ Western Bank or f.ond it 51. rer cent.) 15 0 50 0 100 0 100 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 O LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICER. e Dividend Anicuut Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - - 3 X s. d. X s. d. , Bank of Scotland -•• 7t. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19510 s 1 British Linen Company 8/. per cent iOO 0 0 100 0 0 224/10 ~,". Caledonian Bank .• ••• 81 . per cent 1 0 0 0 210 031 16s ? City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13/17s Clydesdale Bank ••.. 5 ~il. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 , 7s C mmercial Bank •• 7/. per cent. 5'.',0 0 0 100 0 0 248/Os Eastern Bank.. •• •• - EL par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14i 5s L Edinb. & Glasgow.. .. 3;41. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 51 2s National Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19310 s Northof Scotland Bank 5/.per cent 1 20 0 0 210 05/ lOs • Royal Bank of Scott. .. 5/. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 1491's Union Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106110 ' Western flank•• •• •• - 71. por cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 82/ Os . Alliance Fire and Lice- 8% /. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17112 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 Il 7s . Caledonian Fire Ensue, 10i.per cant. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 4s . Co onial Life .......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 /1 Os Edinburzh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28/15s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/„Aer cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ 6s ' Life Assoc. of 3cotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 0 61 15s National Fire *nd Life 61. 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 1/ 16s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 19s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ Iss Standard Life .. ••.. •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.----.-- - .£ s. d. .£ s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam sea •• .•••• • 6i. Ter cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart•• •• •• •• 2 1 4 /per cent 50 0 0 - Australian A :riculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21 Australian Trust •• - 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 -- Canada ... •• ••••• • .. 61. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51, pet cent Stock WO 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - I) tee', 6 per cent... 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 il. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Y. 4 Crystal Palace ...... 2 1. per cent. 5 0 0 all l Ditto Preference..., 98 o C i r t 3 y •s. N l:a v l i a g c a e ti o o f n F rt ra o n n c d e 4 s 3 7 % 1 per cent 2 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - 1 Smelt. - 0 all - R El n e g e . t wx, ric tti T s e . I c e o g p r . a s p m h 0 - - 61. per cent. Stock. 100 e - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. Ma T. Co. 50 0 0 all - g•- Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 10 0 0 0 00 0 0 - - Ditto New ... 50 0 0 22 10 0 - 1 Gen. Re•trs. &Invest. 11. p c and 11 100 0 0 00 n 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Cul. (Lim.) - 25 0 o all - Gen.SteamNavitration 101. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 4 23 3 4 London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all - 1 Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hangerford ........., 21. ss. 100 00 1 all - Basso. Ne. &Na. auso. - 1 0 0 0 all - 1 London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 4 all Rex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all - ti Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 50 0 3N N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - h all North of Europe, Stm. Si. per cent. 2 2 , 0 0 0 0 0 17 10 0 _ Priee'sratent Cand. Co - of l'eel River Land&Alln. - 5 0 0 all - all Pen. & Oriental Steam 69% 5 , Ditto New ...... • • 71. per _ cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 3 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%/. pr cent 100 0 0 all _ N Ditto New .... .... 31 2 /. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Vail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 581 Scottish Aus. Invest. 15 /. per cent. 10 0 all 1% L South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 7%. , . pr cent. 20 0 0 5 u 0 _ 10s. (100 0 0 28 10 0 _.-• ..... 1 1 ; a o n . LlDoivein.66pne'sr L ct a . n t ( il l B .. . 6 per cent. _ _ S - O o o I o I TBE "LATE HOUSE." Apart from the gravity of the subject under dis cths,on, t ere was something irresistibly droll in the manner in which the debate on Lord John Russ2ll's new proposition to admit the Jews was conducted on Saturday morning. For at least the last three-quarters of an hour it was really "as good as a play," and will not readily be forgotten by any one present. Commencing somewhere about two o'clock in the morning, after the house had been exhausted by a sitting of 12 hours' dura tion, it was continued until half past four, when the sun was far ahove the horizon. Thera were some 150 members present, aboute qually divided on both sides of the house, but they gradually dropped off, though the last of the many divisions which took place showed that at a quarter-past four o'clock upwards of 130 still re mained. Most of the great Pat liamentary chief , however hal retired from the scene, and the angry del , ate which ern ued was chiefly confined to younger and less exp€ rienced men. A few sleepy looking " strangers" lingered in the part of the House de voted to that class of the community, and several seats in the reporters' gallery were for some time suspiciously vacant. One of our contemporarie°, by the way, in its hot haste to rush into print on Saturday morning, stated, as an excue for not con tinuing its report of the debate to the conclusion, that at half-past four, when it went to press, the House was still sitting, th oug h i n po i nt o f f ac t ii had then iisen, while another characteristically enough ignored the discussion on the Jew Bill altogether. For some years past there has rarely be?ti se great an amount of party and personal feeling in troduced into a debate in either Howe. Even Roebuck, who on a very recent occasion asked the House if it was to be • "Content to dwell in decencies for ever," appears to have been alarmed at the license which some who took past in the discussion allowed them' selves, for he very properly appealed to the Speaker at one time to know if the term "bully," used 11 one hon. member who took a conspicuous part in the debate, was Parliamentary language. The member for Midburst, also, while speaking on one of the motions for adjournment, called the attention of the House to the light of the summer morning which reproached them, and in the same breath said he would remain for twenty-four hours longer lather than agree to the intrcduction of the bill. He conclud-d with some platitudes about " th e pt ople of England," which called up Mr. Locke , the new member for Southwark, who reminded the Opposition that he sat for a constituency sot 10,00(1 in number, who felt s t rong l y i n f avour 01 e the admission of the Jews, and, late as the hour was, he would stay in his place as long as Mr' Warren to support the motion before the House' Then there was an amusing little passage of arsoS between Mr. M'Cann, the member for Drogheda' and, we think, Mr. Newdegate, but this only lasted: fur a minute or two. It was followed by Coterie' Knox jumping up in his place on the Opposition side, and with great warmth and manner twiliug Lord Busy with his Canadian politics and his ultra' democratic sentiments as reflected iu the noble lord's county newspaper, an d c h arg i ng h i m with taking a very consp i cuous part i n the uproar w hich proceeded from ttqe Ministerial side. This gas l ., rise to a stor m o f disapprobation, which grew loud er when the colonel sa id something about the n oble lord's conduct that night being worthy 66 the Pe,l t : house meeting ove r the way," all u di ng to the gathering at the King's Arms, in Palace-yard,l the Jew question on Thursday. Lord Bury dente. that a Norfolk newsp a p er was any i n d ex o f his palici tics, cr that his con d uct th a t even i ng h a d j usi jae the remarks of Colonel Knox. Again, for ther e was no end of su c h i nc id en t s , L or d G a l wa y / e„ nearly half-past 4 i n th e morning, to )k advantag e of a moti on f or th e adjournmentof the house t 0 , revive a q uarre l w hi c h h a d b een sett l e d in t h e e sr.' part of th e s i t ti ng to as to the ad j ournment o f the Bath Election Committee on Thursday, an d cony plainecl of Mr. Webuck having spoken of hira i ,. ° impertinent t erms . Th e Speaker thereupon inted'' posed, and Lord G a l way sa id h e would w i t hdra" the offensive expression, and say that Mr. 131 buck had u , ed langu age on t h at occasion which was " not pertinent." Thi s i ngen i ous manner of avoiding a difficulty restored the good humour: ° 1 the house, but Lo r d G a l way was l ess succ essli! s when he attempt e d a minute after to support b i t motion for adjournment by telling the house 'al they had entered on th e J ew i s h Sabbath, whic.a elicited a roar of d er i s i ve l aug ht er . E ven tn a llyLe'; John Russell, who had looked calmly on for time from his seat on a back bench on the terial side, after making a significant remark as tE the temper of the house, withdrew the bone contention, and the wrangle was brought to an 0 n —Times. Country MarkeV. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Jut! 17. WHEAT. I BARLEY I oArs. f sl' i li First 66s oa 41s 6d 1 31s 6d 1 53s ki Second 44s 8d 1 37s 6d / 30s 10d I 453 ‘ , 4 Third 33s Od I 30s 6d 1 28s Od I 40s ; I Total quantity of wheat in market, 330 qrs., 301 ° id PP PI barley „ 182 qrs., 64 O i d 11 , oats ,; 169 qrs., 159 ni PP PP beans PP 37 qrs., 22 il y AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. ° Wheat, 2/. 4 8 9-12th s 1 Barley, ...11. 1-1 2t1 17 6 t i • Oats, ... 11. 10 10 10.12th s I Beans, .....24 8 1 7-I'., DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 16. , r Qrs. B es t . Current. .infeila 315 Wheat 61s Od 190 Oats ............31 s 6d 29s 6:l* 2 74 o j 170 Barley 3 Bs O d 34s 54d. 3 O, 0 4 2 , 3 Yeas & beans 49s Od Cis 7d ABERDEEN-JuLT 17. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 5 6 5 s 0 6 c c ). t t o o 2 2 6 1 5 s Od l 401bs per bush el Bere 1 0s Od to 32s Od 1 531135 ~ Barley 30 s Od to 32s Oil Wheat, red (spring)4ls Od to 41s Od „ white 4os Oil to 46s Od 1 621bs ' ~ Oatmeal 20s Od to 21s Oil per boll. Flour 45s Od to 46s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. ch it Beef, per lb 6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. s 10d to in j Mutton, per lb. 6d to Od I Eggs, p doz. Os Si to 0 3 1 . 1 Lamb, do., Os 8d to I/. 9 1 Hens, p pair 2s lid to 3 3 0 1 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os Oil I Chickens do. is 6d to 26 Oa Pork, perlb...os 6il to Os 7d Ducks, do. Os Od to (Y 0 1' Salmon, per lb is 2d Ducklings,dols 6d to 2 4 6d Grouse, per brace.....os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4'. a l Tallow, p stone, Os to lls 01 Potatoes, pr peck, 12d to la Rabbits, each 1 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... —s to 9 :il l Eggs, wholesale pri ce , p er d ozen RETAIL PRICES. 2a F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 6d Barley flour,l4lb.O s t o 2s ,„ ..i Oatmeal Os Oil to 2s ld „ dust, Beremeal —.Os Od to 2s Od ° IP per lb 2d to 25 . , Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Siis, 1 Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to la 6d 4-Ib. 10af...8d. I 2-Ib. 10af.,.4d. DUBLIN, JULY 14. We had an extremely dull retail market at our Corn .5% ' change .to-day. We do not alter our quotations of Tuesdah except for ludiau corn, which was again 6d to is dearer. White wheat, 35s 01 to 38s 6,1 ; red ditto, 3is 01 to 36i —s; 141 141 6d to 17 s; ditt o , ne w. "- barley, maltin g , 16 s 6d t o 25 1 6d ; grind; i 6 n d g ; ditto s t n o e Od to 0:1; oa:;meal, 15s to 17s 6d; bare, new, --3 to ; raoese• d, —8 Od to —s per brl ; bakers' flour, 193 " 1 ., Od to 24s 01 p er cw t ; Indian corn, 41s 61 to 43, 01 P°` 480 11. m. Letters from Castlebar state that the news of Mr• Moora's eviction from the House of Commons had creat ed tremendous excitement there. Lord John Browne immediately commenced an active canvass, in which h• is said to have been most successful. Col. Higgins 39 hourly expected, and everything portends a bitter COw test. BIRTHS. OF A SON, On the Dth inst., at the Piraeus of Athens, the lady of `V. E. Neale, Esq., her 111 ijesty's Consul for Continental Greece. On the 15th inst., at Wimbledon, Mrs. H. Cox. On the 17th inst., at Dartmouth-park, Highgate, the 11 0 ' of A. C. Hook, Esq. OF A DAUGUTBR, On the 16th inst., at 1, Carlton-gardens, the Viscountess Goderieh. On the 18th inst., at West-green, Tottenham, Mrs. W. B. Stephens. MA It It I E D. second dau g ht er of the late Joseph B. On the 16th inst., at Hornsey, John Whit e, o f E as t Ret On the 16th inst., at St. Luke's, Ch e l sea, M r. Theo d o re Roc, of Charles-street, Lowndes-s quare, second son of the la t e Ifolurdn't , N E o s t ci ts„ t o o t. t A h l e in c e i , ty of Loudon. Wm. Roe, Esq., of Hertford, to Marian Elizabeth Hewes, elder daughter of Johu Stevens, Esq., of Sydney-street, nil' ham-r,ad, and Jermyn-street, St. James's. DIED, On the 16th lust , at Falmouth, Comman ler Wentworth Parsons Croke, R N , aged 72. Ou the 17th inst., at 85, Great Portland-street, St. Marylo bone, Joseph Ager, M.D., aged 77. Ou the 16th inA., at Duddon-lodge, Cheshire, Mr. William Milburn, aged 39. On the 16th inst., at Oxley, Wolverhampton, W. Warner, Esq , aged S 9. On the 16th inst., at llawkhurst, Kent, the Rev, James Wetherel , aged 71. On the 15th inst., at Gatcombe-house, Isle of Wight, Lieu tenant-Co.'onel Daly, aged 61. On the 15th inst., Miss Morrill, of Park-road, Twicken• ham. On the 10th inst., at Gladswood, Colonel Spottiswoodo, of of Glad:mood. killed, in the mutiny of Delhi, Lieutenant E. A. 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