The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

present; but in all respects, notwithstanding the immense numbers in attendance, the proceedings were most efficiently conducted. The arrival of the Duke was announced by a discharge of cannon, and he and the mayor at once proceeded, in company with Lord Calthorpe, to plant the " inauguration tree 3." The only observation made by the Duke was—" By the permission of the mayor I have now the honour to say that the park is open to the people," and, as might be expected, enthusiastic cheering followed. It is impossible to describe in detail the extraor dinary illustrations and exhibitions of the day, but it may be safely said that, owing greatly to the munificent liberality of MI. Ratcliff, the mayor, and the popularity of the Duke of Cambridge, no fete has ever been celebrated here with such eclat. The terms upon which Lord Calthorpe assigns the ground as a working man's park may be stated in a few words. So it is given by a contemporary : " If the use which the public make of this ground for the next two summers prove that they really desire a park for the purposes of recreation, I will at once take measures for giving them a long lease of it on merely nominal terms. If, on the contrary, it is not used to any extent, I will take it for granted that such a park is not required at present, and will reserve to myself the right of either extending the experiment or of keeping the ground wholly under my control." Amongst other gentlemen we noticed present during the day (in addition to those mentioned) were Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Spooner, M.P., the High-Sheriff and Under-She riffs of Warwickshire, and other influential parties. The entire expenses of the festivities are paid by Mr. Ratcliff, the mayor, viz., the cost of the open ing of Calthorpe-park----dinner to 214 gentlemen to meet the Duke of Cambridge at Dee's Hotel—a free concert for the people in the Town-hall—and a free ball for the people in the Broad-street Music-hall. To-morrow his Royal Highness will visit the principal manufactories of the town, and before his departuba to London will luncheon with a select party at Dee's Hotel. Naval and Military intelligence. In pursuance of a garrison order, which was is sued on Sunday evening at Woolwich, the whole of the 'officers non-commissioned officers, and gun ners of the 12th battalion, and 1 officer and 20 non commissioned officers and men from each of the battalijns Horse Artillery and field batteries, were paraded in the Riding house at seven o'clock a.m. this morning, to witness the infliction of corporal punishmeut upon Gunner John Cook, of Captain Gibbon's Q field battery, sth company, 12th batta lion. The prisoner had been convicted of the charge of stealing a pocket- handkerchief upon the evidence of " a woman of the town," in whose possession the handkerchief had been found, and who swore that it had been given to her by the prisoner. He received 50 lashes. A repetition of the experiments with Martin's shells was made in Woolwich Marsh on Saturday, over the usual range of 400 and 600 yards. The shells, filled with the ordinary amount of molten iron, 281 b. each, were levelled at a bulkhead, as on the former occasion, and the first shell which struck the object produced the desired effect of speedily:igniting. Fourteen similar shells w ere thrown in succession, some of which passed com pletely through the bulkhead ; four others fell wide of the mark, and the remainder proved to be as successful as the first. Some additional experiments were likewise tried, the object being to prove the solidity of sundry plates of steel and iron, the former 3 inches in thickness, and the latter 4f inches. The shot em ployed.for the test were of cast and wrought iron, and were fired over the usual range 400 and 600 yards, from a 68-pounder gun erected on a newly invented dwarf platform. The effect was clearly visible from the first shot, which passed through the entire structure. Between 20 and 30 shots were fired with a similar result. Major-General Lord H. Rokeby, K.O. 8., will hold the annual inspection of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry to.morrow. The following officers have joined the depots of their respective regiments at the Provisional Bat talion, Chatham—Capt. F. W. Foster, 78th High landers, who has taken the command of his depot, and Lieut. W. B. Logan, 24th Regiment. Dr. R. Mould has also joined the Provisional Battalion for the purpose of doing medical duty with the troops. Yesterday afternoon a large body of troops selected from the Indian depots at Chatham garri son , and in charge of Capt. W.' Croker, 27th Ennis- . killer's, ' • Capt . . 0, .Venables, 74th Highlanders;'' Lieut. C. Speneer, 32d , Regiment ; Theut. 0. C. Gore,- 83d Re li iment ; Lieut. Y. G. Coates, 86th Regiment ; Eris' N., 83d Regiment ; and Eueign.G. S. - Jackson, 86th Regiment, pro-' ceeded to the fortifications near Prince Henry's Daation for tha purpose of zoing through a variety of escalading operations in conjunction with the troops of the Royal 'Engineers, the authorities having decided ou having the whole of the troops of the Provisional Battalion at Chatham instructed in escalading : - previously to their embarking to . join the head-quarters of their various regiments in the 'lndian presidencies. His Itayil. HioarsmsS replied in the follosking terms :—" Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham,—l acknowledge with the deepest gratitude the very flattering ad dress you have presented to me, and I am extremely sensible of the reception I have met with in this important and most interesting borough. The expressions of goodwill towards myself as head of the army are the highest compliment that, as a sol dier, could be paid to me, and it will ever be my, earnest endeavour to do justice to the confidence' reposed in me by a gracious Sovereign, and thus to merit the good opinion of_ yourselves and of the country. (Cheers.) - But - I appear among you to, day more in my social position in. civil life, anxious by my presence to do honour to - a great work judi, ciously designed, and, thanks to the liberality of a generous nobleman, sufficiently completed to be inaugurated on the present occasion. (Cheers.) Undertakings of thiS description must tend to the improvement and general advancement of all classes of the community ; and it is a great plea.- sure and happiness to see so many joining in • their various ways towards furthering so useful and excellent a design. -(Cheers.) May its objects be fully and completely attained, and may they con duce to the . happiness of thousands of our fellow .countrymen who inhabit the important borough in which we ale now assembled. (Cheers.) The public are indebted to all of you, gentlemen, who have assisted in this goAl'.work, and I am happy to be permitted to congratulate you on the success of such an occasion. Again I thank you for the honour you have done me in asking me to, become your guest, and for the loyalty of the sentiments ex pressed in your address towards her Majesty and her family, and for the warmth of your reception to myself. (Great cheering.) • • - The following address was next - read from. the Sedan Arms Committee ; and at' the present time after the recent clebatee in Parliament upon the subject of the Ordnance estimates, it is somewhat intert sting : TO HIS ROYAL mainsitss PRINCE GEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM CHARLES, DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE, KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER, THE GENERAL •,00MMANDING IN Sinn` HER MAJESTY'S FORCES. " May it please your Royal Highness—O n behalf of the military arms trade of Birmingham, I tender to your Royal Highness the expression_ of our lively sense of the distinguished honour conferred on the town by your auspicious visit, in which we gratefully recognise a kindly interest in the progress and well-being of the manufacturing community of this midland metropolte. In the name also of our workmen we desire to express our thanks. :W . e feel peculiar:grati fi cation in knowing . that the Coopi ng areongst us of your Royal Highness ..has for ',its 44ject the moral . elevation and physical improvemenkofour working men—those men on whose productive .iinsltistry depends in so large a degree the prosperity of our town. It is our earnest desire as employers . we may profit by the encouraging example placed before us by your Royal Highness in thus re cegnidirik -the• libetality of the noble lord to whom this 'town is- already so much indebted. Among • the manufacturers of• this district few can boast of more connection with the locality than our own. From the time of William 111., the gunmakers of Btr mingbam have very largely contributed by their labotire to the efficiency of the army and navy of England, and it heti been a source of gratifying pride to us to have been pertriitted to render material aid during the pro gress of the late war. We rejoice in the present oppoi. %unity of expressing to your royal highness our warm at tachment to our beloved Queen, and it also affords us tinnsual gratification to be able to render this expression of our loyalty to a prince so eminent for the noble qua litAes - which have_ever characterised the Royal family of England, and w h o , as Cortimander-in-Chief of her Ma- J"t•Y's . forces, has BO heartily and ably devoted hinaelf to the service of our country and our Queen,—Signed b . the authority and on be half of the Birmigham Small • Arms Manufactureis. - (Signed) , „ - . GOODMAN, Chairman. June 1 1857 " " Birmingham, When these presentition were concluded, the duke descended from the dale and proceeded to the mayor's carriage, p rov ided p _ e crvey him, his host, and the town-clerk to the a he. was appointed to. inaugurate. (A.ovezenszazier."--We quote a fow more of the extraordi nary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious Ond.of the Ine'sf Pleaking featitres of-the proceed.- manner in health-restoring Revalenta. Arabia Food of Indigestion ings within the hall was the admir a bl e Sunday School), (Dyspepdia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and ;which the children (charity an d Liver Coinplaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility: 600 in number, gave the National Anthem, under Cure No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipa the direction of Mr. E. Reel and tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered seen 'Under r a e v a e t m be is e e n ry eire a c n t d ua w u hic c h ure no d m b e y diLi u ne could ,a re F move ood i o n r relieve, Mr. Mr. Stempson, the organist of the Town-gall. On leaving the hall the procession, which reached short time.—W. R. effectually cured Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Curs C‘al to the length of the new street, made les way a n fi c u t No. 4,208.--" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, an a sw er an y a the enthusiastic cheers of tire populace .ti) th e N ew with • cramps , spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had ralltecl Ile ' advice of many, have been effectually cured by Park. The appearance of the Duke, Lord h in ea ci l u t h. h- i r e e s stor t i l i e ig r Shal John W. nalv. ell be rt h i mpj to thorpe, and the " Liberal Mayor," elicited the most enthusiastic cheering. Every street upon the -Rectory, Norfolk." No , 32,836.—" Three years' excess ive gt°i whole line was decorated with banners, and densely, Ill_e e rv iie n!ness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and crowded with the working classes of the town. Th e , h K as aeindradebillity, which rendered -my life 'very miserable, removed by Du Barryqe health- redtming cortege, which. in point of numbers and general Food.--41er..eale7 Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." arrangements, as well as popular effect, has never . mil:ported by t e ,,a rt o • from the celebrated Professors of been excellcd:in Birmingham, went from the Town Dr. ; Campbell c i e If; . 13 ew U . re ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey e Gl4tiker,.• Dr. Wurzel* ; 'Dr. Ingram Newrs`reet, the. Bull-ring, Diabe'h, Lord Sturt, Dowager Countess Smithfield Brolnagrove-stre'tt; the Bri,tor-road, atuart; Major- . Ge e. Thts; the ons, whose health bas as be i en g ' of Castle and many other respectable and SPeqcLweP•road, to the, Palk., Where the sere- pers are referred toarDurisaprre;'. nanny of inauguration area p vc f„ K ,,,A, means of cure had failed. For r i o: r tze i d by i i t o , u a i fter all other jog this invaluable focid our readers by the Duke of Cambridge. It is ,calculakd that . s announced, not fewer than 100,000 persons could have been advertisement in another part-of elk vap sh ,, • . A binquet of the officers of the 2d (Queen's) Dragoon Guards took place on Monday at the London Tavern, the Hon. H. F. C. Cavendish, ,colonel of the regiment in the chair. Among thoSe present were Lieutenant' Colorel W. Campbell, Captains Keene, O'Hara, C. Hutchinson, G. P.. Smith, Seymour, Silvester, Calvert, F. Aleynell, ho. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL AND HOME. The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this charity,was held yesterday at the Thatched house Tavern, St. James's-street ; the Hon. A. Kinnaird,. M.P., presided. Amongst the gentlemen on the 'platform were the Hon. Captain Maude, R.N., Rev. G. Fisk, Captain Fisbbourne, R.N., Rev. M‘Moran, Mr. P. F. O'Malley, Q. a, Mr. R. Smiting, Rev. E. H. Bickerstetb, and Rev. C. B. 'Gribble. There were a large number of ladies present, and the children of the school occupied seats at the end of the room, and attracted much attention by, their neat, and healthy appearance. , The CHAIRMAN, in urging the claimS of the in- Stitution on the meeting, dwelt on two features which rendered it peculiarly' worthy of support:-- first) the sound Protestant Christian character of the institution and the management ; and next, the fact that the object of the managers was to pi,e pire the girls for domestic duties, to make them good servants, and fit wives for working men. The report,, alter expressing gratitude for the favour vouchsafed to the institution during the year, stated that the, chaplain reported the progress of the children , in religious instruction and sound' scriptural knowledge, as most satisfactory. " It was trusted that the deep trial of faith whnh one of the orphans had passed through was not withdut kits blessing in the sympathy and spirit of prayer ,e;eired amongst the rest, and the strengthening of the- Protestant principles in which they are nur tured. _ The _general sanitary condition of the se,hool, was excellent. One of the principal objects of the institution was. to train the children in tt e ,knowledge of domestic duties. Twenty-four girls, over 12 years of age, discharge all the 'duties of the- kitchen, the laundry, and the dormi tory. Attached to" the school was a temporary, home. for fornier pupils, who were receiyed . when out of & situation. During the year, a new infirmary had been erected ? but notwithstanding that expenditure the committee bad been enabled to invest 4001. in the funds. 745/. 9s. 4d. had been received as the proceeds of the collection' in a num ber of churches on occasion of the general thanks giving for the peace. The school could only accom-; modate 50 children. The next election would take placein June, when there would be three vacancies to be filled up. _ _ The balance-sheet showed that the expenditure for maintenance, rent, &c., had been 1,7921. 19s. 7d. ; the receipts had been 2,4261. 9s. id., includ ing 916/. 4s. Bd. subscriptions and donations, 311. 13s. sd. collected at the annual meeting, 7671. 15 3 . 10d. church collection, 841. interest, 1741. 16 e . from the Patriotic Fund, and 4511. 19s. 2d. from the trustees of the late school at Hampstead. Th e amount of the funded property of the institution was now 2,917/. 2s. 2d. At the close of the proceediogs the children sang the National Anthem. SEM ,!SUN, EMNDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1857\ POLICE INTELLIGENCE—June 2. BOW-STREET.—Jim — e - aleary, the young man who stood charged with having attempted to mur der his wife by cutting her throat in Little Russell street, was brought up and again remanded for a week. It was stated that the wife had progressed vary favourably within the last few days, although un able, of course, to leave the hospital at present; and there is now every hope of her ultimate recovery. FORGERY.—Thomas Brooks, late clerk in the employ of Messrs. Barton and Abbott, news agents, of Upper Wellington-street, was charged with for gery, and uttering forged cheques. It was proved that the prisoner had been in the habit of collecting orders for advertisements, &0., receiving Bs. per week and a commission. He was discharged a short time since, and on May 20, a yo ung man answering the prisoner's description went to the Temple-bar branch of the London and West minster Bank, and applied for "a new cheque book for Mr. Barton," prdducing a written order for the same, purporting to be in his late employer's handwriting. The cheque-book was handed to the applicant, Mr. Barton having an account at the bank, and from this time a number of forged cheques for various amounts were circulated among the tradespeople having btisiness with Mr. Barton. In each case the prisoner contrived to get a con siderable amount of change, besides' the article pur chased with the cheque, and it was stated that forty of these cheques had been used. The remain der were found in the prisoner's possession when he was apprehended. The prisoner was remanded till-Thursday. MARLBOROUGH-STEtEET.---.ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. —Henry Palkett was charged with having stolen a 51. note and a diamond ring, the property of Mr. John Bradley, 24, Gilbert-street. The prisoner was employed in the house to brush Clothes and clean boots. On Wednesday last a 5/. note and a diamond ring were missed from Mr. Brad ley's sleeping apartment. Mr. Henry Bradley said he was living in the same house., From his daughter's dressing case 241. had also been taken. Gideon Crocker, police.sergant, said he took the prisoner into cus tody, after taxing him With the robberies. The prisoner admitted the theft, and said he had taken the 51. note and the ring. He went to the prisoner's lodgings and found a new watch, a quantity of new clothes, and a concertina. From the prisoner's Mother be alse . got 41., which the pri soner said was the remainder of the money he had stolen. The prisoner said. he had been to the races, and had lost the rest of the money in betting on the Derby and the Oaks. The prisoner having pleathd guilty, Mr. Beadon sentenced him to six months' hard labour. • ne - is then is.* Tobn Make a - remark to- a--lad-who was in attendance, pointing towards Joiners'-street. The lad then dragged the truck to the latter place, arid remained with it, when John followed it, and met Beaumont, with whom he had some conversa tion. Beaumont then left him, and went to the truck in Dean street, *here it had been removed, and witness saw him take two parcels in brown paper from ona of the casks, with which he walked away. Witness took him to the prosecutor's pre mises, when all the prisoners were given into cus tody. Mr. Drysdale, the manager of the firm, identified the property produced ; and added, that they had been robbed lately to a serious extent, which caused them to call in the police to detect the delinquents. Mr. Combo remanded the prisoners. LAMBETH. .-43IIRGLARY AND ROBBERY. Cornelius Hagarty was charged with burgla r iou s ly breaking into the dwelling-house of Mi ss E. C row , 13, Crosby-row, Wal worth-road, and stealing there from three shawls and other valuable articles. CLERKENWELL.—WomaN BEATING.—John Symonds, a wood sawyer, was placed at the bar be fore Mr Collie, in the custody of Robert Lambert, 135 S, one of the warrant cfficers of the court., charged with brutally beating and ill-treating Sarah Ricketts. When the woman got into the witness-box her face seemed one mass of braises, and almost of every colour. She stated that the lived with the prisoner, and on Monday last, tbout half-past 8 in the evening, he came home abort half-an-hour be fore his usual time, and becausehis supper was not 'ready he began to abuse - her ik the most brutal manner. He knocked her about the head and face till she almost lost the use of herey es ; but not con tent with this ill-treatment, whet she was lying on the ground he kicked her once Os twice. She bad been so ill ever since that it was tbt until yesterday afternoon that she was well enoulh to apply to this Court. . The defendant had before ill-used her, btit not in such a way as she now was Robert Lambert, 135 S, said tlat when he went to serve the warrant he found the defendant in bed drunk. The room was bespatterxl with blood in several places. He found that the )risoner, his wife, and the complainant all resided together on the same floor. The wife of the prison3r had been ill for some time, and the woman had &tie the household duties and had also had two childrei by him..; Defendant—We all lived together. The com plainant was in the habit of getting drunk. - Mr. Corrie remarked that it was quite shocking to bear of such a state of immorality, How many children were there Complainant—l have two alive by my former husband, and two since I have live} with the de fendant. His wife has been ill for along time, and I have lived with them. • The prisoner, in defence, said that be hoped- his worship would,be lenient on account of the illness of his wife, and because he was the tole. support of the children. The woman got drunk and spent his money, and that very much aggravated him ; and, therefore, having had a little drink, he certainly did hit her. He was now very sorry, and said that nothing of the sort should occur again.' Wish 1.4., 1.11121 Lim , of that I want is for him to keep the peace. Mr. Corrie said that this case was very bad in every point of view. He could not be lenient, but must pass on the defendant such a sen tence as will be a terror to other evil doers. He should send him to the House of Correction, with hard labour, for six calendar months. He would allow the woman Bs. per week for one month. He supposed the wife would go to the workhouse. DARING WATCH ROBBERY,r-ThORIRS Ryan, alias Barry, a fashionably-dressed young man, was charged with having stolen a gold watch from Mrs. Maria Brooke, a lady residing in Park-street, Islington. It appeared from the evidence or the complainant and police-constable Newbold, 151 N, that the lady w ent wast o when the prisoner I she, was telling him, the p o li ceman ( w h o was i n private clothes) went up and stopp e d th e p r i soner , an d a sked, the lady if she had lost anything ? On finding that she bad lost her gold watch, the con stable took it from his hand. Mr. Inspector Judge of the N division, said there were other cases against the prisoner, and asked for a remand. Mr. Comics remanded the prisoner until Satur day. • FORTUNE TELLING. ---A poor, thinly-clad, and miserable-looking female, aged 47, a dressmaker, Who gave the name of Sa*ah Di c k son , res idi ng a t 3, Wright's-building, Goswell-street, St. Luke's, was charged with obtaining the sum of 10d., by pretending to tell the fortunes of Ann Flowaas and Mary Ann Meadows. It appeared that the two women went to the house of the defendant and paid her 6d. and 4d.. which bad been previously marked by a police-con stable for the purpose of entrapping her. As soon as they left the house, police-constable Thomas Evans, 145 G, went and t o ok th e d e f en d an t i nto custody with the marked money in her possession. The defendant was committed as a rogue and a vagabond to the House of Correction for one month. Elizabeth Crow deposed that her shop had been entered the night before, and a quantity of goods carried away, and amongst them those produced. The thieves had obtained an entrance into the shop by removing a portion of a skylight over it, and then loweringthemselves by a rope, andthey seemed to have taken away the property the same way. The prisoner, upon whom part of the property was found, was remanded. THAMES. -..--DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY..—W. Shannon, a young man who is well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Yardley on a charge of assault and highway robbery. It appeared that Mr. Cornelius Deloy, a boot maker, living at 29, Baton's-buildings, Upper East Smithfield, was passing along Ratcliff-highway, opposite Ship-alley, on Saturday evening, when the prisoner suddenly accosted him, struck him, and, while he was staggeriag from the effects of the blow, the prisoner snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket, and broke the chain in doing so. The prisoner immediately ran off with the watch, and was pursued by the prosecutor and taken into custody. He was committed for trial. ATTEMPT TO DIURDBR AT ROCHESTER. The Rochester magistrates were engaged for several hours yesterday afternoon in the investiga tion of a charge of attempted murder, preferred against a young man, named George Parker, re siding in the parish of Northfleet. Mary Ann Eliza Taylor, who was allowed to be seated whilst giving her evidence, said she had kept company with the prisoner for several months, and was employed by him to assist at a refreshment stall in Rosherville-gardens. On Thursday evening they had a quarrel, on which prosecutrix left his service, the prisoner on that occasion having struck her. On Saturday evening she went to the refreshment rooms for the purpose of procuring her clothes. Pri soner was there, and asked her if she intended to have him. She said she could not think of such a thing after what had occurred, and proceeded up stairs to get her clothes. Prisoner followed her up, and again asked if she intended to marry him. She said she did not, and passel him to go down stairs. As she did so prisoner took a pistol from his pocket, telling her she should have the contents of it. He then snapped it off, and prosecutrix rushed down stairs out of the house. Prisoner followed her, and on overtaking her stabbed her twice, once in each side, so that the blood poured through her clothes. Another young woman deposed to the stabbing, and other witnesses stated that directly afterwards Parker went into his room and discharged a pistol at. himself. Two pistols and a large clasp knife were found on him ; one of the pistols bad just been discharged, and in the room a bullet was found which had struck against a beam and fallen to the floor. .. SOUTHWARK. -- hiPIIDENT ROBBERY ON EP SON RACECOURSE.--Thomas Jones, a well-dressed young fellow, was brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with having stolen a gold watch from Mr. Joseph Anderson, residing at 7, Cleveland-square, Hydepark, on Epsom race-course. The prosecutor stated that on Friday afternoon he was on Epsom race-course to witness The Oaks, and shortly before that race was run he stood along side of the. prisoner, close by the ropes near Tat tenbara-corner. iken hadhis watch safe in his waistcoat pocket. Just-as thorace . waa over, some one called out to him—" You've lost your watch," and at the same time saw tho prisoner seized by two men, and his watch fell to the ground. Wit ness picked up his watch, and when at the police station at the grand stand he handed it to a con stable. He valued his watch at 201. The prisoner made a long rambling statement, from which it appears that he had committed the act in a lit of jealousy. He Wa3 committed on the 'charge of attempt to murder. In cross-examination by Chipperfield, wit ness said he saw the prisoner standing near him for soine minutes before he missed his watch, but he did not see the watch in his band. It was twisted from the guard, and the ring was broken off. Win. Blackman, 59 . 1 7 , said he was on duty on the race-course on the Oaks day, in private clothes, and he stood near the side of the prisoner while that race was being run. As the horses were coin ing in, he saw the prisoner put his handkerchief to wards the prosecutor's waistcoat, and suspecting his intention, he caught hold of his right hand, and called out to the gentleman, "You have lost your watch ;" and a moment afterwards' he said that he had. Mr. Combe committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for six months, with bard labour. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ItY SERVANTS. —John Rudd and James Hedd, two )oung men in the employ of Messrs. John and Thomas Wallis, mustard and black lead merchants, No. 20, Duke-street, Lon don-bridge, opposite the railway termini, were charged with having stolen a large quantity of valuable property belonging to their masters ; and Wm. Beaumont, a general dealer, residing at No. 3, Cambridge-road, Milo end, was charged with receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to be stolen. wtiaotenshehdo thereceived from Inspector Hunt, a detective oficer, said that from instruc morning, Maeldutosh he loadinc, arm prosecutors' premises on Saturday %.% about L o'clock he saw John .61.:cid 1-• 6 a buck outsid3 the door. While doing so -e saw Beaumont abut 30 yards from Joiners'- street, whistling to him and beckoning. John Hudd then looked round, arid went inside, when Beau mont walked away cbwn Joiners'-street. At 20 minutes to one the .wo Hudds were loading the truck with what appeared to be empty casks. Wit. TIIE RIVAL RIFLE FACTORIES. Mr. Disraeli has stamped an entirely new ques tion with the character of high national import ance. It is so grave, he says, that it must ulti mately, and perhaps speedily, be brought to some conclusion by the House of Commons. It does not concern the representation of the people,- nor the diplomatic relations of the kingdom, nor the dis tyibution of power between the two great parties, nor the Chinese quarrel, nor the Maynooth Grant, nor Popular Education, nor Church-rates. To none of these subjects, notwithstanding its moment and it's urgency, is it in any degree related. It arises entirely out of the manufacture of Small Arms for the use of her Majesty's forces, and even here is independent altogether of any principle involved in the actual equipment of the troops. The question, in short, is not whether our soldiers shall be armed with new rifles, but where and by whom these rifles shall be made. Our readers will recollect that some time ago a Government factory was established at Enfield for the construction of the new weapon, by which it was evident that the regulation musket must be as soon as possible superseded. This establishment, we were assured in the debate of Friday evening, had not up to March last turned out a single rifle, but it must at any rate have turned out most influ ential model, for " the Enfield rifle"—an improve ment on the origival Minie—is now the title of the British weapon half over the world. However, be this as it may, the factory is evidently obnoxious and abominable in the eyes of the Warwickshire gunmakers, and Mr. Spooner and Mr. Newdegate conveyed the wrath of their constituents to the ears of Government without suffering it to lose much in the passage. According to the Birming ham manufacturers, this is an establishment main tained out of the taxes to which they themselves contribute for the purpose of damaging their own position by its " competitive" operation. On the side of the Government it was declared that the factory WAS not " competitive" in the strict sense of the word ; that it served particular ends, as was the case in other departments, and that t was of great utility to the public. We think the last of these arguments will be the safest one to rely upon. It is of no use splitting hairs in attempting to define the precise conditions which would give any establishment a "competitive" character •in its relations to another. In substance, the Warwick- Shire manufacturers are no doubt right ; indeed, to 'suppose otherwise would simply be to assume that the wearer cannot tell where the Shoe pinches. If the good folks of Birmingham did not feel the pres sure they would certainly not complain of it. Lord Palmerston argues that to prove competition it would be necessary to consider the Enfield estab lishment as working against private factories for the sake of better profits, just as opposition shops do. This, of course, is not the case ; but, although the Enfield people may have no design of, underselling the Birmingham makers in open market, the latter are undoubtedly kept down in their terms and up in their work through the instrumentality of the former, and this is pretty much the essence of the petition. At Enfield the Government authorities can not only investigate with patience and accuracy every successive improvement suggested in the con struction of the 'rifle, but cam determine by their own productions the proper standard of quality and the fair amount of price. The result furnishes an effective check upon the price and quality ruling in othermarkets, and the producers for these markets are proportionately incensed at an annoyance created —as they- urge by way of gravamen—out of the taxes contributed from their own pockets to the ser vice of the State. Moreover, the Government factory is certainly intended to turn out rifles, and, we should hope, in considerable numbers ' • it would also, as a matter of co urse , b e appea l e d to in the first instance for any supplies that were needed, so that, if there were not a great many rifles required at once, this national shop might monopolise the best part of the custom; and . take 'away so much trade from the old manufacturing districts. We do not see, therefore, how it can be denied that the Enfield factory does operate as a " compe titive" establishment in most of the essentials of competition. If it were not for this factory the Birmingham gunsmiths would certainly have more guns to make, and would probably be able to make them at a somewhat less expense and a somewhat greater profit. But to admit this much is not to admit that the manufacturers in question are en titled to these advantages, or that there is any error of policy in the establishment at Enfield. On the contrary, it appears to result directly from the ar guments employed that the public service gains materially by the arrangement, since, in so far as , the army is Supplied from the open trade market, - it is supplied better and more cheaply ; and ; as Mr. Drummond tersely remarked,' .There was one thing which .was edea -more - important 'than commercial and economical principles, and. that -was that the- country should- be supplied with the best article." Neither have the manufac turers thoshamal you any +rmn grnn nrl of rtnm - plaint respecting the employment of public money for the purposes referred to. It is not as gunmakers, but simply as - citizens, that they con tribute to the Imperial Exchequer, and as citizens they have a common interest with all other classes in the objects proposed. If the Enfield factory has really the effect of cheapening the annual vote for "Small Arms," the country at large gets the benefit, and taxes will be so much lighter in Birmingham, as well as everywhere else. The duty of Government is to consider the advantage of the whole nation, not of any particular class, and when all classes thus forego their particular interests the aggregate gain becomes the property of the entire community. All this is so very plain and rudimentary that it scarcely needs propounding, biit Mr. Disraeli and his friends may undoubtedly require to be shown that the conditions on which the argument is based are actually fulfilled-tits other words, that the Enfield factory can reiffY take the lead and set the example in the construction - of first-rate articles at low prices. Lord Palmerston- delivered certain doctrines upon this point in very comprehensive terms. "It was a mistake," he said ] "to suppose that public works of this description were conducted on so expensive a plan as' to make the articles pro duced more expensive than could be purchased from the private trader. Take, for example; Lancaster shells.- He had- -seen at Woolwich the manufacture of those shells, and he found that they -were not only =better than thoselsup plied by theetrade, but that they were manufac tured at abont one-third of the price. So it would be in all things." If this is the fact we can only say that " all things"- ought to- be supplied from Government establishments ; but we confess to considerable doubts in the matter, and suspect that his lordship took safer ground when he -described the advantages of Enfield as consisting in a good " standard of quality" and a certain amount of supply. The sum total of the expenditure upon the Enfield factory is presently to be printed wider a single heading,. and then, perhaps, we can arrive at a more accurate, estimate; on this ,point ; but, though Government works may possess superiority in particular respect?, they are not usually distin guished for economy. It was said, with 'perfect truth, that if the Enfield factory was a competitive establishment as regarded the Birmingham houses, so the national dockyards would, be competitive establishments as regarded the shipbuilding trade ; but, though Portsmouth and Plymouth may turn our better men-of-war than the yards on the Thames or the Clyde, we doubt if they have much to show on the score of frugality or thrift. In fact,, it would' be rather. difficult 'in a Government establishment so to bring, every outlay to book as to get at a true result. To make a long story short, we believe that if all the expenses of the Enfield establishment from its very beginning were fairly reckoned, and charged, as they should be, to the account of the weapons now producible from the factory, it would sot be found that the Enfield rifle was exactly a cheap article, or so cheap, in fact, as m i g ht h ave been procured by open contract at first. But we believe also that the, pattern at length approved is of a superior quality, and that the standard thus obtained is decidedly higher . than it would other wise have been. Very possibly;. .too, if the cost of maChinery and experiments' be set aside as incurred and satisfied, once and for all,--the actual weapon may now be turned out at less expense than would be involved in a private factory: where no such capital had. been sunk, and, as a matter of bourse, the country may as well get the 'benefit of these facilities, as far as practicable. As a general rule, private enterprise is better than Government un dertakings, but there are some cases where the infallibility of su p p l y an d the abe,olute certainty of excellence are -of ,such importance as to counter balance extraordinary expenditure. Among these cases the manufacture of small arms for the use of our troops may deserve in some degree to be reckoned, but the experience of the last few years shows that anything like pressure will inevitably " distribute the demand, not only over all England, but.'over foreign countries too.—Tin es. [ADVERTISEMENT].—HoIIbwmy'B Ointment and Pills Miraculous Remedies for the:Cure of Bad Legs.—Mr. Allison, of Bowling, states, in a letter to Mr. Uropleby, druggist, of Bradford, that after a severe cold caught last winter, his legs began to swell, and ultimately sores broke out on each, for the cure of which he tried a va• riety of remedies without avail, until he used Holloway's pills and ointment, and he says that it was perfectly :Astonishing to see the effects these wonderful medicines bad on his legs, as both were very quickly healed.— Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the - at Professor Holloway's Establishments 's • world ; London, and 80, Maiden-lane. '"' z 44, Strand, Stamps, Constantinople ; A new York ; by A. Muir, Malta. , Ouidioy, Smyrna; and E, ~ THE BROMLEY HURST MURDER. Since the committal of George Jackson and Charles Brown, charged 'with the murder of Mr. W. Charlesworth, both the prisoners have made confessions. That of G. Jackson is as follows : " I went to the Coach and Horses on Friday night, and was looking at theta bowling, and they. made me make one. This young man was then in the house. I sat in the house on 'the contrary side to Mr. Bamford: Mr. B'aroford and Mr. Charlesworth were quarrelling, andl listened to them. John Cresswell (called DulOimer Jack') and Brown were making a bargain,to go and frighten Charlesworth. Cresswell said, go and put another jacket on, so that he won't knnw a,nrl when sign;nat. Mr Fitchett's hedge he said, You must not say any thing, we shall have something to-night.' He said to me and C. Brown, Go on after him, and follow him, and lay hold of him, and I'll follow.' I felt very tipsy; and me - and' Brows went on, and I was going on and Brown said , Oh come on, we shall have some money to-night. I was that tipsy I did not know what I was doing. I pulled a stake out of the hedge as I was going along, and Mr. Charles worth asked me where I was going, and I told him I was going' alert. , the road, and he catched me a stroke with his Stick. He said, " I know you are alter me ; you mean to rob me." Then he up with his stick to hit me again, and I got this stick, and I hit him on the back of the head and knocked him down, and I was so sorry I tumbled down myself. I was very tipsy, and I did not know what I was doing, or I should not have done it. That was all as I did at him, and Charki Brown picked his pockets and gave me the money, and I put it into my pocket ' • and he picked up the stake, but whe ther he hit him I cannot tell, 'for I was that put about 1 sat on the hedge, and was rather sick directly after. He (Brown) said, " Come on," and we did, and we went off along the road across the fields. When we got towards our house he asked me for some money. I gave him three halfcrowns. He said, ". The ether will do at night, and we parted at . that, and ..I. never saw no 'more of him till next day .at the Coach and Horses. " Dulcy Jack" . came to me and said, " You must not say anything ;". so that's how it was settled." Brown said, " I did not pick up the stick nor did not persuade him to go with me. I picked one pocket, he picked the other. I gave him the money; He gave me two halfcrowni. That's all. A FEMALE IBM PREACHER--A RIVAL TO MR. SPURGEON. (From eke Permanault Mail.) A correspondent, in whose truthfulness we can rely, sends us the following :—" On passing through the townland of Drumcreen, in the neigh bourhood of Ballinamallard, on Sunday, the 24th in.st., my: attention was attracted by large crowds of very respectably-dressed people—young and old—winding their way towards a green field contiguous to the road. Cariosity led me to inquire the nature of such a demonstration, and I was in formed, that a female was to preach there that evening. My curiosity being still excited, I ac cordingly waited, and I thank my God, was one of the fortunate spectators on the occasion. Precisely at 4 o'clock in the evening, a young female, whose name I understood to be Elizabeth M‘Kinny, from the neighbourhood. of Fintona, in the county of Tyrone, emerged from the -house of Mrs. Beatty, who very kindly granted the field on the occasion, and ascended. a rustic platform erected for the pur pose, and after- the usual preliminaries of singing and prayer, this young female, unadorned with anything but the visible grace of God, quoted her text from the 2d chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, and Bth verse—' For by grace are ye saved, - through faith, and that not of yourselves ; it is the gift of God'—and there preached to a dis cerning assembly of at least 3,000 persons an elo quent- and most impressive discourse, for the space of an hour and a quarter. She had preached once before in ..Ballinamallard Primitive Methodist Chapel, and lectured once in Lowtherstown, within the last six months; It appeared that all persons who could avail themselves of the opportunity, for five or seven miles round the country, were there. I could observe them from . the neighbourhood of Tempo, LisbellawrEnniskillen, Kesh, and Trillick ; and although the great multitude was • composed of Presbyterians; Protestants, and a very large number Of. Roman Catholics, yet nothing could exceed the good conduct and becoming de meanour of all parties ; the only. breath that could be heard was an. 'occasional burst of thanksgiving to God, and admiration of the visibly Divine inspired preacheress, for I learned she was no other personage than the youngest daughter (about 20 or 22 years of age) of a small farmer in the county I have already mentioned, and only attended and preached on this occasion by the special invitation of the Primitive Methodist body in this neighbour hood, amongst whom she is, in a spiritual view, an extraordinary ornament. She was very plainly attired. .Her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, are almost white, and which, together with a rather pale but a good-featured countenance, give her, on the whole, the appearance of one who had received a commission from on High. I understand she has ha,2 very manylnvitations to preach from different parts „: the country, and even from Scotland. She accepts no etLtthly fee or reward for her tr o uble, and states that ri is obedience to an answer t o in her prayer, aboi4 12 months ago, she is thus prompted to act, • INAUGURATION GR OF CALTHAIIORPE PARS, 1. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday Calthorpe Park, presented condition ally by Lord Calthorpe as a place of public recrea tion to the artixana of Birmingham, was formally inaugurated by H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, the mayor of the borough (J. Ratcliff, Esq.), Lord Calthorpe, and other influential noblemen and entlemen connected with the town and neighbour hood, The day was unusually fine, and observed as a general holiday in the manufactories, for whose i nma tes the grounds are intended as a place of out door pleasure and amusement. Calthorpe Park," as it has been designated by the corporation, consists of five meadow fields thrown into one piece of about 30 acres, intersected with gravel walks, and planted, in addition to the old trees, with a variety of choice if not highly va luable shrubs. The surface of the ground is some what flat, but the neighbouring hills of Edgbaston and Moseley, by which it is surrounded, give the seene a picturesque effect. It is situated on the Pershore-road, about a mile and a-half from the centre of the town, and is in all respects admirably suited for the objects to which it has been this day dedicated. _ _ ---------- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived at the Great Western Railway station, Snow Hill, at •about half-past 12, and after a short stay accompanied the mayor to the Town-hall. Here a large company awaited his attendance. The'streets on the line from Snow-hill to Paradise-street were handsomely decorated with. banners, and the recep tion of the Duke most enthusiastic. On their arrival at the Town-hall, his royal high ness was entertained to a sumptuous luncheon, at which were present aniOngsFotbers, the Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Calthorpe, Lord Leigh, the Bishop of Worcester, Earl Talbot, Lord Ingestze, the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Hatherton, and other parties At local importance. The entertainment being 'concluded the Comman der-in-Chief proceeded from the ante-room into the hall, and received addresses from the Corporation, the Committee of Small Arms, the Proprietary School, and the Society of Arts. That from the Corporation, as a matterof course, took precedence. The following was read by the town clerk : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM CHARLES DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, KNIGHT OF THE MOST - NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER, THE GENERAL COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF HER MAJESTY'S FORCES. " May it please your Royalkliglaness—We, the mayor, aldermen, sad .lnirgesses of the borough of Birming hami in the county of Warwick, in council assem bled, approach your roy al highness on this auspicious occasion with feelings of the most sincere and earnest attachment .not only to your royal person, but to your august and beloved cousin, our sovereign lady Queen Victoria. During the recent campaign in the Crimea, we contemplated, with the deepest interest, the devoted manner in which your royal highness emulated the noble examples of your gallant ances tors, .and we acknowledge the high and just posi tion with which the Queen has been pleased to reward and honour your distinguished services with the utmost pride and satisfaction. We regard with high apprecia tion the improvements commenced by your royal high ness in the administration of the army, which, in our opinion, are calculated alike to vindicate the condition of the soldier and increase the efficiency of the army in the field, and we look to your royal highness for such progressive improvements as will not only secure under Providence the honour of our arms, but gain for your royal highness, as it did for a - noble relative now de ceased, the honourable appellation of the soldier's friend. The ready condesnension with which your royal highness accepted the invitation of his worship the mayor for the present occasion assures us that the benevolence of your royal highness is not confined t) the army, but it is ex tended to the wide circle of her Majesty's subjects; and we hail : with delight your presence among us this *day, to do an act which cannot fail to reflect honour on your name, concerning as it dues so intimately the advance ment and improvement of the moral and physi ca l con dition of the industrious - clasiee of the kingdom. In common with the inhabitants of the metropolis and other large towns of the empire, we are conscious of a grow ing and absolute necessity that the toil-worn artisans of our teeming population should have convenient oppor tunities for recreation in the fresh air; and, by the libe rility'and philanthropic spirit of a generous nobleman,, we have now the satisfaction of inviting your royal. higt, _nese, to inaugurate Calthorpe Park for the healthful' re• creation of the inhabitants of the borough, to whose to no, doubt the presence of your royal highness will contri bute much to induce the noble donor to secure it, if the inhabitants show a due appreciation of the value of the gift. That it may please the Divine Ruler, who pro tected and spared your royal hi g h ness am id thel perils of the Crimea, long to preserve your valuable life among a , contented people, blessed by a protracted peace, is our devout and humble prayer: Given under our - corporate common seal this first day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1857." -B -A N- _ is IS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 16th day of May, 1857 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,787 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman -- Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 29,805 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 30,616 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,773 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. • Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,885 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb 15,449 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,037 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,596 Blandford. Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,582 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 84,937 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 15,011 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 36,245 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Beva,n, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 29,247 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co .. 34,755 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and C 0..... 58,111 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,482 Bury St. Edmunds' Bank, Bury St. Edmunds 3. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 13,704 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 48,312 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 30,209 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 21,056 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 3,754 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,440 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 33,982 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 45,909 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,224 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 21,099 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 76,063 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,"TVlon mouth Old. Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,454 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 12,558 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 44,602 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 7,758 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,095 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 71,792 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 91,236 DevonpOrt Bank. Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,448 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 48,054 Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter' and Co 87,644 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 53,841 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 43,764 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 25,705 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. - Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,815 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,683 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 14,889 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 32,024 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. • Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-- Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. IT uu 6iub,iivu Turru and IJounty lfwnic , Iffuntaa,- don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich rank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexander. and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 12,257 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co ----- Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co 21,332 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson 19;387 and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons B, 987 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son 5,215 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 33,256 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—lVfolineux and Co 25,809 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 104,188 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 26,148 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock 6,920 L3rmington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. - 14,599 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co -- Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 9,312 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 17,529 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 27,670 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 16,975 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,095 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark 13ank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co • 53,681 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 19,000 Newmarket Bauk, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 46,390 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich--Gur neys- and Birkbeck 98,36,0 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,367 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 3 312 Naval Bank, . Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 9,313 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, TOnbridge and Ton - bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—t. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. • 11,495 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Baierkty Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 47,314 Penzance Bank, Peiizance—Batten and Co 10,208 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D.-Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest — J. and W. Walters - Reading Bank; Reading—Simonds and Co 30,117 Reading "Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co 6,921 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. .. ......... . ..... ... .... . .... Rochester, Chathara ' and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 6,495 Royston Bank, Rolston--Fordham and Sons 12,951 Rugby Bank, Rugby-t—A.- Butlin and Son .. .. 11: 6 00 0 3 0 7 Rye Bank; Rye—R.' C. Pom f r e t , 4 Co_ . Rosa Old Bank, • Ilercdfordshire, R oss Allaway and . _ Maciougal Saffron Walden and 'North Essex Bank, S a f. from WAlden-r-qibsons end Co. ........... . . 4,361 27,410 i THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAP.H CABLBI We larn that ber Majesty's ship Agamemnon,; , : 4 f left Sherness at 5 20 a.m. on F r id a y, f or Liver-`..:a pool, and may theref< re be expected here hourly. She has been specially fitted for carrying and lay ing the Atlantic Telegraph cable, and is as Well suited for the purpose as if she had been expressly built with that object. Her engines being situate!' nearer to the stern than is usual enables the Cable to - be stowed almost amid-ships, so as to preserve the trim of the vessel. A large hold, capable of re ceiving the cable in one coil, of the form which has ;'-`• been found by experience to be the best, has been cleared out, and a fluorin(' t' laid over the kelson. The size of the division of the hold fitted for the cable is about 50 ft. square, and the coil of 1,250 miles of cable will be about 11 ft. high. At present she draws only 19 ft. of water, her armament Ana • . superfluous stores having been removed ; w hen the cable is on board this will be increased to • 25 feet. A guard, or cage, of wrought-iroo .• • has been placed over the propeller, so a s .to .. avoid any chance of the cable getting foul of it. The machinery for paying out the cable, which is being made at Manchester, is of the most complete character, providing for every possible emergency ; - , the precise strain borne by the cable, the exact am , ,unt delivered, the rate at which it is payed off ~ and other important parti cu l ars , b e i ng i n di ca ted during the whole process. The peculiar arrange ment of the apparatus is such as to provide for every contingency which experience has pointed: out as possible to occur in the paying out of either - . light or heavy cables. Frigates' masts have been fitted to the Agamemnon, in place of the heavier, • c ., gear usually carried by her, to. render her more, suitable for the operation. Her engines, which are iby Penn, are considered to be equal, if not superior • to anything afloat. They are nominally of 800 ,- •,. horse power, but have been worked up to 2,250. This power will not be needed in this case, for it is, .o now to be expected that the cable will be laid at more, than four to five knots per hour. 1,100 miles of the cable have now been completed by Messrs. Newall and Co., at Birkenhead, out of the 1,250. 1 miles to be made there. This inlaid in four coils, of about 25 feet diameter, and will be shipped in siltit , , , T able vessels and coiled into the Agamemnon; in UM , . Sloyne. Much as it i s t o b e regretted that LiVeic' -I' pool has not been favoured with the anticipated „ visit of the United States' steamer Nfagara, origi nally intended to take on board the cable at Bir-ILen-r-"." head, it will be seen from the , foregoing that the 'i sudden derangement of the plans previously .01, signed is not likely to cause delay i n carrying 010 f : 2 this great enterprise, through the• meas ures ' which are being so promptly taken by the Government to provide an additional ship to compensate for the „ ', . very great disappointment which has been s o g ene'. ,' rally felt at the peculiar construction of the , Niagara unfitting her for this particulsr service, although so splendid a specimen of nave architecture in other ways. Mr. Chas. Bright, the ,: engineer of this great undertaking, has been io ' Liverpool during the last week making the necessary arrangements for coiling the cable on board of the ~ Agamemnon. She will lie in the Sloyne, in cons& quence of her breadth not allowing her to enter the r, Birkenhead Dock, and the cable will be carried to her in other vessels. M r . B r i g ht expec t s th a t ho - plans will allow of the Agamemnon leaving here < on the 15th July, to meet the other ships at Coll; . on the 18th, so that we may expect the cable to be laid in the first week in August, which is the period . of the year most free, on th e average , f r O m wind and fog, and therefore best calculated for the com pletion of the undertaking.—Liverpool Albion. Country Markets. CHELMSFORD-MAT 29. Wheat to•day experienced a rather flat sale, but the best samples must be quoted is dearer, while inferior WV' firm at last week's prices. Spring corn firm at last wee4. o quotations. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.3l new 34 red, old 29 new 29 S. lg. iv 71 Oats, 4131. qr•.... ...... 24 30 70 Peas, Partridge "41 . 4 61 White 39 4 ,1 61 Boiling 39 • ' 46 Dun 37 „ i 9 54 Beans, Tisk * 46 Harrow ticks 39 n ; 77 Mazagan 34 : 3 ,1 . 79 Ditto, new 34 oq Barley 35 Chevalier 4O Grinding 35 Malt 73 Ch9valißr 75 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., recelle i in the port of London, from the following ports, fto llll May 25 to May 30, both inclusive. "g S g 6 M Colchester llO -- 100' -- Harwich 413 410 Leigh - Maidon ; 622 250 -- 76 i-='-- COLCHESTER— MAT 30. To-day we had a fair supply of wheat, which had ! 1 ready sale at about 2s per qr. advance on last week. lu Spring corn of all kinds very little doing, and the prim e were the turn in favour of th e se ll er . - Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 66. s to 704 red, 56s to 625; barley, 44s to 488 ; oats, 24s to 28$ ; besot; Mazagan, 38s to 40s; middle and small, 42s to 465; P OOl white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 42s to 465. KIRKCALDY—MAT 30. A very good supply of wheat to-day ; which sold.si is to 2s per qr. higher than the prices of last week. 001/ a few sacks of barley and oats, the former sold at the l'i oels of last week, the latter is advance. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. First 6os Od 39s 0.1 I' 33 .Od Os 04 Second s2e Od I 38s Od 29s Oct Os Od Third ' 32s Oct I 36 s Od I 26s c id I 00 (I COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton al s. d, Longridge's Wst Hartley 16 0 Tanfield Moor l4 3 Wylam West Wylam 15 0 North Percy Hartley .13 0 Davison's West Hartley 16 0 Bebside's Hartley 16 0 Bell's Primrose l3 6 Holywell ...... ........ l6 0 Walker Primrose l4 0 :ET.—JIINE 1. t the close of the market. Wallsend, &e. 1 0 d . &corn Close l5 3 13raddyll l5 9 Framwellgate l5 3 Hough Hall 14 9 Elaswell 1 3 6 Stewart's l7 0 Riddell l4 f, Whitworth 1 5 v Hartlepool l6 0 14 3 Flarton Toes l7 ° Uosforth l4 S Eletton l7 ° South Hetton 16 ! [Copier Grainge ... l6 ‘ 138 ; sold, 106. Wallsend, &a. Russell's Hetton 15 9 West Kelloe 15 0 Montague 15 0 Lam bton l6 t Kelloo 16 0 Ships at market, This day closes the period within which Englob sculptors can send in models for the great monument t O , the Duke of Wellington. Foreign artistes are allowe d to send in up to June 25. The models mill be abotfo to the public early in July. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The advantages of the neW graving docks at Birkenhead have been exemplified bf the despatch given to the repairs of the screw steamshiP Khersonese. This vessel arrived on the 22d inst. with , broken shalt and minus her screw, and was docked net t day in Mr. Laird' s l arge d oc k . To-day she was afloa t again, having had several new plates put in her bawl* and a new screw shaft (which bad to be forged) fitted' She will sail early in the week for Portland. WRECK OF A LONDON AND ST. PETERSBURG STiu)l lo ° —On. Saturday afternoon a telegraphic message fron l Stockholm was posted at Lloyd's, announcing that the Imperatrice (crew steamer), Captain Adams, bound to London, from Cronstadt, with a cargo of wheat and . low, had stranded ou Saloo Reef, off Taros /slaw!, 00 the coast of Sweden, but that the crew were saved.,.. Al' rangements were being made, with a view of recoTeria some of the cargo. It is feared, from the natue* the coast where the steamer has gone ashore, that .ant wil l not be got off. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the 31st May, the wife of Mr. J. S. Charlton, few ei Lodge, Manor-park, Streatham. 1r On the 31st May, at 73, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-ro ' the wife of Mauri ce J ame i O'C onne ll, E sq., o f Lakerio o, Killarney, Kerry. OF A DAZOUTER. On the 30th May, at 36, Chester-square, the wife ' a•CA Steele, Coldstream Guards. On the 31st May, at Dulwich-common, the wife a J ail , Young, Esq. MARRIED. On the 30th May, at St. Pancras Church, the Rev 1 1 ' Hugo, vicar of Exminster, Devon, to Maria Sykes, thira daughter of Nicholas Dennys, Esq., of Savage-garden' , and 26, St. Augustine-road. On the 13th April, at St. Paul's Cathedral, - Calona" , Sir James W. Colville, of Ochiltree, to Frances Elin° l :l eldest daughter of J. P. G rant , Esq., of the Bangs/ 011 Service. DIED. On the 31st May, at Sbaubally Castle, the Right 1100. Viscount Lismore, aged 83. On the 31st May, Eiger Stephenson, Esq., of 53, L/ 01°. street, city, and Weybridge, Surrey, aged 37. On the 30th May, at Beaumont-square, Mile-end; S r ' W. Hobday Bel inger. On the 30th May, at Bournemouth, Robert E. Stuart , eldest son of the lion. and Rev. Andrew Godfrey Stuar t ' aged 20. 1 Oa the 29th M ay , a t H as ti ngs, su dd en l y, Li eut. -G o ner* Ramsay Skardon, H.E.1.C.5., of 5, Lansdowne-terra ce ' Notting-hill, aged 72. On the '2Bth May, at Ruislip, near Uxbridge, William Wood, Esq., F.R.S., L.S., aged 84. On the 29th May, at Swynnerton Hall, Francis Fi bert, Esq. Sarah O n t E he li z 2 a 9 b t e h t I M , a r y e , l i a c t S t of t a thenst e al late e nea r il Thomas ina Bishop sGa t s E o r o t q f d o f • 26, Aldersgate-street, city, distiller, aged 52. LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO-YOl7l Ol of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Moe, 11° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eouni/ of Middlesex, Tuesday, June 2, 107. 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