The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-10 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND At the forthcoming meeting of the - Union Bank of London a very satisfactory dividend will be declared. During the fortnight ending yesterday the amount of hills drawn by the Honourable East India Company on the three Presidencies were as follows : otal 35475 6 7 Between 50,000/. T and 60,000/. £ in , gold was sold to the Bank of England yesterday. The demand for money in Lombard-street is quiet, and 5i to 51 are the current rates for the be,t descriptions of paper. At th e B an k th e ap- Plications ar e limited. The market for English Securities is firm, but there is a continued absence of animation. Both real and speculative operati ons are un i mportant, all parties being a nx i ous f or the receipt of advices from India. Consols have been 921 for money, and 92/ for account. The new 3 per Cents, are 924 and the Reduced 92$ e. Bank Stock is heavy at 2121, and India Stock is 215 to 217. The Small Exchequer -bills are par to 3s. premium. In the Foreign Market Peruvian 41 per Cents. h ave decli ne d to 801 81, and the 3 per Cents. are also nominally flatter, owing to the result of the de putation to L or d C larendon yesterday. His ..-L,aordship contradicted the statement that the Zritish Government had entered into a territorial ,treaty for the p ro t ec ti on of the guano deposits of -rent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 951 961, and the 4 per Cents. 1021 1. Spanish 3 per Cents. were 2 5k, and the Certificates 511. Dutzh 4 per Cents. have been 98, Portuguese 451, and Equa dor New Consolidated, 14k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stooks ;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexican, 2 _ 2 i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 80 82 ; ditto 3 per I,7ents., 55 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5i ; Russian 5 per Cents . 9 6 98 ' S panish , 109 111 ; ditt o 41 per C ents., Deferred 25khg 3 ; Per Cents., 401 ; ditto New Passiv e ditto Certificat es , 6# ; ditt o Messrs. 51 6 D. Bell, Son and Co., report that the market f or American Securities has continued dull during the past wee k, w ith a general decline in Prices. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES . Red eemable. Per Cent 134 i 17 .tetilted d States 6 per Cents. 1867--1868_.106 106. States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 106 411 tbazn STATE SECURITIES. a 5 per Cent trarYland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) iess.achnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) Bondsl Pi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk tenll. . 2 .. 7 :, . .......1841-1871... 40 42 -41148IPPi-5 . er . .Ce ... t.. . U . i Bk. Bonds ... 20 22 .:nuilaylvania 5 per Cent. Stock sylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877-. 80 81 VTu„..nnessee 6 per Cent. Bonds - rgplia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 81 83 i tginia 5 par Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 „. s o , ton 4a per Cent. LOANS B.ndB 1883... 90 92 OF CITIES. t!entreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865 ... Ne w Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortg a ge, lB7s... 86 87 ...,.i.lot Convertible per Central 6 per Cent 1875... 84 86 In • illola Central 7 per Cent. Freeland / 3 0 d ' 103 .tili i! a 1860...101 kino.is Central (Shares), $3O paid.... ... 13 14 p ch.,;gan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860.- /Z e 4- ' ° ' do. do. 1869... 89 91 1 1 w 'York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 88 90 aw York Central 6 per Cent., not ~,convertible 1883... 77 79 "ew -York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage -. .• . . 1883... 80 82 t.: York . .a.ii'd .... .. ; 7 .. Cell . t. Convertible 1862... 72 74 York . . . 3.4.1.. . ............. ! .. ? . :3 . 11 . ,.. . !i..1 . 1 . p uud Erie p 1875... 76 79 N 4 anltt 7 Cent., Ist Mortgage Sinking 862..' Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. ist M0rt.1880... 86 88 t s _The deali ngs in the Railway Share Market have ueeu more numerous, but in alm )st all ilit•tatices, Itt a slight reduction in value. North-Westein Illighton, Great-Western, Great-Northern, and ter York, declined 55., Oxford, Worces ter and Wolverhampton, 10s. and Manchester, lieffield and Lincoln, and Nodh-East ern Berwick, 1 58. • East Anglican improved about ss. The F rench " ,lines were at nominal values, no business e aving been transacted in them. Th e C ana di an We re also dull. Great West of Cana W ere a s h a d e hi g h er, but Grandern Trunk were notda dealt in. Dutch Rhenish ruled firm. Mining shares are ne g l ec t e d ; the only business 6 re Mining being Cobre Copper whi c h realised 51 to 4 . to Jo int Stock B an k Sh ares fl uc t uated to some 11tex- Bank of Australasia advanced 55., London County,London and Westminster de b ed 55., Union of Australia 10s., and National 'crovincial of England, it. 1 .. In the Miscellaneous Shares there was little tuoltsoisn.esss done. Royal Mail Steam have receeded St. St. 25 20 100 -. 78 -- 20 ." 89 91 20 ...100 -- 911 ItitITISR PUNDS 4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. th e Officsal List;) Business done. kak St (From 21 1 a Per v °eig •• 3 , -014. Reduced Annuities ,2 2 ) ! i i I.l; e r Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 92a 6 Per Cent. Annuities des nnuities ex ire sth Jan. 1860.... 2 ... 7-16 o k p ti ks e .................... , ............... _ _ ~ els for -9.4 i A4elleciner bills 21d. ELlOnami 1 v 1,14 ......... OEB OF PO IEIGN ... FUNDSAT ONE O'CLOCK. I,cluadorNew Consolidated l4l eirinvian Bends, 4i per Cent — ibo pi t an Account . ... ........ Bl 80i jP i g u ese bonds; .. . Pe . .... Cent ., Con. 1841 - : Itilsidato 18 53, 3 per Cent 451 kbit ' t 4 ,Ronds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.— Nrd i ? °mall )1111144 P4:112d13. g per Cent. - . Qi B euds, 3 per Cont. Ditto New erred, . ' • 3 per t.,en•. b Litt° Account 11, 111 tdm, n 25i atitk.-,- ,4inunttee,,Cert. of Coup , not fun SB 1)7;141 Bonds, 6 per cent -- 13;‘,10 Account 96 D' t ll° Guaranteed, 4 por Cent. .... lo 2i ii, 0 AcCount 102 i •utitg, L . Wends 3, the above , oL Abto In 2..‘ mien. 4)0-11. rehange, 24 per Conl., 12 Guilders bit._ Per Cent., Certificates ..., Account .......... 9B TWO O'CLOCK. mon92 C (31111014, for A count 92 i i f 8 3 kAe . a,,, e4 cling to a letter from Honolulu, of February a B a , Nie-„,lBll4rurea 1 1r., King of the Sandwich Islands ,. w sti. ttit e T to the grade of master In the masonic lodge t in ti n pt 4 there in 1842. This participation in an ins r uo a 1411 eXelusively European character was conside re d t o Pled Pledge of kindly sentiments on the part of the K ing . the s i rd . p such strangers and navigators as might visit "Ilitklit Wands. 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 a 20 50 100 100 20 COMMERCI IL INTELLIGENCE. 131 CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed with an upward tendency, and, compared with Friday's rates, all descriptions of American were id., Brazil and Egyptian id., and Surat id. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was inactive, and prices remained unaltered. The dulness lately noticed in the colonial pro duce markets, previously so active, still continues, and, except in one or two articles specially influ enced, the transactions during the past week have been very much contracted. In sugar, business has been limited, and very little is offered publicly, while the quotations have further receded. For coffee there is a good inquiry, and full rates are maintained ; tea has been in request, at high prices; and rice is dull and somewhat cheaper. Pepper and pimento are rather lower ; but other spices are without particular variation. An active demand has existed for saltpetre, owing to the India affair, and enhanced prices are current. Tallow has been quiet. At the adjourned meeting of the South Austra lian. Banking Company, held to-day, the resolution Passed at the former meeting for an increase of capital was confirmed unanimously. The Bank of Fiance return completed for the month, ended yesterday, is now before the public, and in most respects it may be consi dered unfavourable. as indicating an adverse movement. It is evident that the demand for money, a ndithepressure upon the resources of the establish- ' went, occasioned by applications for loans in stock and shares, have increased, and if this Makes further progress there is little probability of 1 Money becoming cheaper at present. The bullion , ' S it will be observed, is smaller by 895,0871., but 2 this is not usual at the present time of year, when 1, the Italian Banks draw large sums in gold in order s, to assist the operations of those engaged in the silk 2i harvest. The amount of advances on stocks and shares is large, and it is clear that the demand for 1( a ccommodation has been active. It is stated that the Australian Agricultural st Company will pay a dividend forthwith of 10s. per St share. 50 Rates of Exchange— Amount. On Ben ga l, 2 s Old per rupee... £29.332 16 5 St. Bt. On Madras, 2s 04d per rupee... 4,732 11 11 St. On Bombay, 2s. Odd. per rupee 1,409 18 3 25 ; Day. iver, and I.lr. Bing-- the Pre il-uming a • ;no, and ❑sive cabs id not ap an active. I that, on e saw th& ry furious b manner after the He found the lash ery weak ble to go, :ompelled a speed the horse than four y, as the ordered to i the pri• had bees i the tin. 4a., costs was pa id. 1-onerl.Y. iteatine A rosectr tot prisa.ner ent. The s a tick e!' an him If A of ,the ,cting roces gi op )r woman ceived io 7ESDLT; upward& T.Y.C. lwarde) (stance) iatman) ter, MOO agst Mie. agst all s between with Bird I. upward& (Wells) 1 4lb (Bray) % orman) 3 ter, Mat' Sian USI igst Hua• pt Sneer cond aoa rent water for two t half of .(Bray) Sharp) 2 7lb Mani)) 3 dcroft) 4 t,ichmood lily, and Beeswax rd. Sore illy, and ince, and eign and he Bass inet few iting the e fourth. Fasciae, Scourge olted ott Ingthe in )ptional. furlongs 2 yrs Ikner) 1 lumb) 2 Bray) 3 oti, and ) 2 art off. copped, Idwood w, the nile 1 2 M. W.; .W.- 3,mage 7 ), Bth ►r (s.), raffia, 'T )r a. ,h 61 it SHARE MARKETS —(This Day.) ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. RAILWAYS. Paidi RAILWAYB. Leasing 7,ompanies Closing Prices 1 Bnsi yesterday. this RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday The Princes of Owle, attended by a numerous suite, honoured these popular gardens with a visit yesterday, and remained for several hours enjoying the various attractive features which this popular place of amusement presents. Their Highnesse, arrived about six o'clock, and were received by Mr. Simpson, who conducted his distinguished visitors through the grounds, and shortly after introduced them to an exhibition of singular novelty for Orien talists —the ascent of a balloon, which, aft er afford ing an opport un it y f or a marvenous display of agility to a couple of contortionists (the Italian Brothers), I ascended most majestically, taking a south-west direction. Business done this day. St. St. 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydeeale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. SL. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. i Shares all Lon.dtGreenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 74 'Do. Bark. Sh . all Ihfanch.Baton. The Princes retired from the balloon-ground to the theatre, where they seemed much interested in the performance of the new ballet. Subsequently, they visited the Marionette Theatre, where an op portunity was afforded them of hearing their Chi nese neighbours satirised with good-humoured se verity in the spectacular burlesque of " the Prince and the Peri." During the interval between thin performance and the dashing scenes in the Cirque, which their Highnesses appeared very much to en joy, they amused themselves in one of the saloons of the hotel, which overlooks the promenade and dancing platform, when they were conducted to the firework gallery, from whence they witnessed a magnificent pyrotechnic display, including several set pieces in their own special honour. The Princes, upon leaving, expressed to Mr. Simpson their unqualified admiration of the gar dens and its amusements. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. I 54 Newmarket SuryE.G.spc. l all N. dt Est.s p.c.l all Do. 6 per ct.. all Do. Fixed 5p c all Prest. dg Wyre ; all Do. Shrs. A 'lOO Roystn.& Hit. all Shrews.& Her all S. Staffordsh all WearVal.g6pc all Do. . 100 IWilts&Somrst PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS. Who has not, at some time or other, in traversing the streets of a large town, longed for a draught of water. Yet nothing is, ordinarily, so difficult to obtain. There are the greatest facilities for purchasing every thing which will heat the already heated blood, and in m crease the thirst already suffered ; there are certain cooling drinks which may be bad for money, though not readily ; but the great natural provision for thirst can scarcely be had at all. The weary wanderer, who has hardly the means of procuring food, the very many poor children whom various causes send into our streets, suf fer unrelieved ; nor should what the animals kept for convenience endure, be overlooked. In some town,, here and there, the stone troughs and iron bowl by which past generations rendered some old spring avail able to the wayfarer and to the workman may yet be seen. In others more modern contrivances have been adopted. As population increases there is the more need for the extension of so excellent a sys tem. The subjoined extracts show what has been done in some places. In the metropolis there are seve ral instances of the same benevolent provision. We heartily recommend to our townsmen the imitation of these laudable examples, believing that a sufficient sub scription for the erection of public drinking fountains in Leeds would be readily obtained. The Liverpool Year Book says :—" One of the most spirited•and practical efforts ever made to increase our local sanitary appli ance has emanated from a private individual, Mr. C, P. Melly, of this town. Since March, 1854, Mr. Melly has erected at his own cost numerous drinking foun tains in different parts of the town, which afford a constant supply of pure and refreshing water to the thirsty wayfarer. The first fountain was erected on the 31st of March, 1854, at the south end of Prince's Dock ; it was of polished Aberdeen granite. In the course of the same year six small cast-iron fountains were erected along the north end of the dock property. The cost of these latter was, to a certain degree, re funded by the Town-council, who promised to erect several more, and to maintain a good supply of water to all. In neither respect did they fulfil their promises ; and in the commencement of the past year (1856), Mr. Melly, despairing of seeing the number of foun tains increased by the Town-council and finding from statistics that their usefulness far exceeded his most sanguine expectations, again commenced erecting some new ones at his own expense. Mr. M'Donnell, of Aberdeen, seconding him, by offering to furnish polished granite fountains, according to Mr. Melly's design, at prime cost, without profit to himself ; and we have the pleasure to announce that 14 polished drinking fountains have been erected in the course of the year. Each fountain has two galvanised iron ladles attached by slight chains to the wall on each side, and is ornamented with a handsome bronze head of lion, boy, satyr, or other design, furnished by Messenger and Sons, of Birmingham. On the 6th and 7th of July, the number drinking at different fountains along the south end of the docks exceeded 2,500 persons per day at each." The British Workman adds,—" We are glad to learn that Birkenhead and Runcorn are following the good example of Liverpool, and we trust that in London heartsand many as by whom water for th e people w ill b e p rovi d e d b y means l o a t r h g e e r a p e l d a epee parses e e e n tl a e e m h e n e a w v y i l a e h a m f r o . u m n d e ii wi y of these public drinking fountains."—Leeds Mercury. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—In consequence of the weak and exhausted state of Mr. Robertson, the inquiry into the charge has been adjourned for a week. The wounded man is pro. gressing favourably. FATAL FALL FROM A WINDONT.—A shocking occur rence took place at noon yesterday, in the Southwark- bridge-road. During the temporary ab•ence of its mother, a female child 14 years of age, daughter of Mr. James Cooper, residing at Mr. Wehrle's, climbed on to a chair which was close to an open window on the third floor, and on looking out overbalanced herself, and fell to the pavement —a depth of nearly 40 feet: The back of the skull was completely flattened, and the flagstones were covered with blood and hair. The unfortunate ehild was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, but died before her admission. THE MAILS, &I.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday —The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar, Captain Jel licoe, sailed to-day with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, 62 passengers, specie value 33,200/., jewelry value 32,0001., and a full cargo. The European and Ame rican Company's steamship Argo, Captain Benson, which left New York on the 24th ult., arrived here early thls morning bringing 150 passengers and a general cargo for Southampton and Bremen. She sails for Bremen at daylight. Os her passage she passed the American ship Exchange, in lat. 43 49 N., long 42 14 W. steering to the southward ; the American ship Potomac, in lat. 46 20 N., long. 36 10 W., steering to the eastward ; and the barque Janet Henderson, in lat. 47 21 N., long. 31 33 W., steering to the westward. The American steamer Vanderbilt, which left yesterday for New York, took a ship letter mail, 122 passengers (chiefly from Havre), and about 1,000 tons of cargo. The basis on which the amalgamation of the Royal Mail Company and the European and Australian Royal Mail Company is proposed to be tarried out is stated to be as follows :—The capital stock of the two companies is to be fixed at 2,000,000 i. Half of this is to be re presented by 15,000 Royal Mail scares, at 661. 13s. 4d. each, which are regarded as fully raid up. The remain. ing 1,000,000/, is represented by 9,000 European and Australian shares, at 661. 13s. 4d., which would amount to 600,0001., and unis sue d s t oc k km. 400,0001. On th e European and Australian sh ares 200,000/. has yet t o b e paid, which will be c a ll e d f or by f our instal ments. These shares are not to recOlve any dividends for a year, reckonin g f rom t he first of J u l y, 1857, it being provided th a t an y profits from th e Australian service, together with toe surplus profits of the Royal Mail Company after the latter have paid the usual di v id en d on th e i r s h ares, S h a ll b e carr i ed dur ing that peri o d t o a un i te d reserve f un d. A fterwards both sots of shar es w ill ran k a lik e. The condition s are subject to the approval of the shareholders of the respec tive companies, and also to a p rov i so for an exten s i on o f two years of their existing contracts ,sing obtained from the Government. PAUPERISM AND THE POOR Law,--pThe ninth annual report of the Poor Law Board (fir the year 1856) has been printed in the form of a blue-book of 100 pages, with appendices, &c. In the year envied Lady-day, 1856, the sum of 6,004,2441. was expended or the relief of the poor, being equivalent to an increase of 114,2031. as compared with the sum expended in the preceding year, or 1 9 per cent. The rate per head on the population was 6s. 3i.d. The increase was distributed over th e counties as follows-viz., in Stafforde, 1, •7 pe r cen t. ; in Nottinghamshire, 9'5 ; in Chester . Leicester shire, 58; in Salop, 57; in Bedfordshn 6; in Mid dlesex, 5 4 ; in Anglesea, 5 . 1; in Lanc as hi re, 4 8 ; in Yorkshire (W e st R i di n g) 4.5 ; in Pembrokeshire, 4 . 4 ; in Radnorshire, 4.4 ; in Derbyshire, 4 2 ; in Yorkshire (East) 4.0 ; in Herefordshire, 3 . 9 ; in Durh am , 3. 5 ; i n Flintshire, 3.5; in Worcestershire, 35; i n Bucking hamshire, 3.4; in Carnarvonshire, 34 ; in Mon. mouth, 3 . 1 ; in Carmarthen, 2 . 8 ; in I t rierioneth, 2.8 ; in Cardigan, 2.1 ; in Somerset, 2.1 ; in Rutland, 1 . 7 ; in Devon, 1.5 ; i n Gl am organ, I'4 ; in C orn wall, 1 . 2 ; in center,Northumberland, k s 1:1 0 ; 8 ; i aM i n o nt g Southampton,o m er, I'o ; in Glo ll • 0.8 ; in Oxford, o's ' ; in alerts, 0.4; in Wilts, o'2 in Northamp ton, 01 ; and in Surrey, 0.1 per cent. The decrease was as follows :-viz., in Brecon, 0.1 percent. ; in Suf folk, 8 . 6; in Denbigh, o'B ; in Essex, 09 ; in West moreland, 0 9 ; in Warwick, 1.3 ; in Huntingdon, 1 4 ; in Cambridge, 1 . 5 ; Bent, 1 . 5 ;in Cumberland 1•6 ; in Lincoln, 1 6 ; in Dorset, 2 0 ; in York North), 2 . 6 ; in Sussex, 3.3 ; and in Norfolk, 3.6 per ck e t. The in crease is mainly attributable to the high Rice of provi sions. An increase is also noticeable in tie number of persons receiving relief. Subsequent returin, however, indicate a progressive decrease in the numbe. o f paupers, and the commissioners see grounds for exoecting that both the number of paupers and the amounCof expendi ture will have a tendency to diminish. The average ex penditure of the 23 years occurring between IEB4 4 ,61856 was 6s. 2d. per head on the estimated population, that in the year 1855-56 having been slightly above the ave rage. The commissioners report that they save endea voured to avail themselves of every practicalle opportu nity to promote the education of children in workhouses, and that their views have been shared and acted upon by many boards of guardians. The average number of chil dren attending workhouse schools in the half:par ended at Lady-day, 1856, was 17,666 b o ys and 14,416 girls, and the average number of children attending district schools 1,488 boys and 1,284 girls. 26,6164 was the amount paid to boards of guardians out of the Parlia mentary grant in respect of the salaries of workhouse and district school teachers in the year ended Lady-day, 1856 ; only 211 persons were assisted to emigrate during the year. The number of insane paupers chargeable to the poor rates on the Ist of Jan. 1857, was 27,643, of whom 17,192 were lunatics and 10,501 idiots. The total cost of maintaining these paper lunatics appears to be 480,2801. The number of persons vaccinated by public vaccinators in England and Wales during the yea r w a s 435,012, ani of these 422,281 were successful. THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVE _ HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO ALDERSBOT. • The dull routine of camp life at Aldershot was en livened , n Wednesday by a State visit. Her Majesty, at. tended by the Court - Ind a numerous staff, was present at a most brilliant field-day, and afterwards made a for inal inspection of the whole cantonments, including toe real camp where the tents are pitched among the firs and little dells of Cove Common. The Royal party arrived at the private station on the South-Western Railway soon after 9 o'c'ock, and at a few minutes before 10 reached Farnborough, where a de tachment of 7th Hussars was in attendance and escorted the cortege to camp. Her Majesty was mounted on a superb bay charger and wore her scarlet riding habit with a military sash and open riding hat with a small plume of red and white feathers. Prince Frederick of Prussia, in the uniform of a colonel of Prussian Dragoons, rode on the right of her Majesty. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, in a Field-Marshal's uniform ; the Duke of Cambridge, the Princes Charlotte of Belgium, and the Prince of Hohenzollern, were on the left. There were less than 9,000 troops upon the ground. The actual numbers were-390 officers, 30 guns, and 8,200 men. Yesterday were represented the manceavrep, by which a sudden attack is met and a superior f rce kept in check during a retreat. The heavy cavalry (the Ist and 6th Dragoons), with a troop of Horse Artillery, wheeled round in columns of troops, and advanced to the foot of Camar's Camp, so as to form the extreme left of the defending army, while the light cavalry (the 7th and 15th Hussars), with another troop of Horse Artil lery, were rapidly advanced in front, the infantry moving across the plain in solid columns to support. The light cavalry and artillery performed this duty of advancingso effectually that they moved quite out of sight, and ap peared to have gone to threaten Winchester or Basing- stoke. that the means were in the prisoner's hands of corn miffing the crime. The possession of poison wit be the first thin(' that is absolutely necessary ; an , on the other hand the fact that the deceased on on , occasiou was ill from the consequences of poison and ou tLe second occasion ho was ill from the same cause ; and that on the third he died from the effects of poison. But it wouli be the most defective of all proofs of poison to stop at such facts as these, for one Jerson may bs in the pos session of poison and another person die from the effects of poison, and yet that proves no thing. You must have a third element. You must not merely have a motive—and I shall speak of a motive by and by 7 -you must not merely have a motive but opportunity, the most important of all elements. You must have the opportunity bf the patties coming into personal contact, or of that poison being carried io the murdered person through the medium of another. Now, we shall see how far there is the slightest r nom for such a position here. The Dean then ex amined the first charge against the prisoner, the admi nistration of poison on the 19:h or 20th of February. Mrs. Jenkins —than whom he never saw a more accurate and trustworthy witness—was able to fix a date for the second illness —namely, the 23d of February; but she said that the first was eight ea ten days previous to the second, which would bring tiietn back to the 13th, or thereabout ; and that he was ill about the 13th was preyed by one of the letters and by the testimony of Mr. Miller. As to Miss Perry, she did not recollect the date of his first illness the first, the second, or even the third time she was precognosced, and it was only by the most improper interference of one of the Fiscal's clerks, who read to her a date out of a book which has been rejected as worthless in fixing dates, that she fixed upon the 19th. But Suppose the 19th was the date, notwithstanding that the prosecutor had sea rc h e d a ll th e druggists' sleeps in Glasgow they had been unable to find that the prisoner bought any arsenic at all till the 21st, when she went so openly into Murdoch's, signed her name, and let it go to her father's account. He left his learned friend to choose one or other of the horns of this dilemma—either that the deceaseid was ill from the effects of arsenic on the first occasion, in which case it must have been adminis tered by other bands ; or that he was ill from some other cause—a fact which destroyed the whole theory and foun dation of the prosecutor's case. As to the second illness, there was no proof whatever that the parties met after toil purchase at all. Mrs. Jenkins saki - she did not think L'Angelier was out of the house on Sunday night the 22d. ,She said she had not given him the latchkey that night, which she always did when he was to lee out late; that she should have recollected it had he borrowed it that night; and M. Tonau said he certainly did not lot him in that night, which was the only way he could get in if he left without the latchkey. Letter 107, how ever, was founded on to prove they met that night ; a letter which had no date—and which, though it had been found in an envelope with the clearest date, it would be madness to convict upon ; and with all the possibilities of such a letter finding its way into a wrong envelope, even in the hands of deceased, and still more in the hands of those by whom it was recovered, and V. ith the date quite illegible, and which the Crown wit ness said had an "r" in the month, which she iced it could not be "Feb."—s, that even the Crown discarded their own witness to carry out their theory—he was en titled to say that there was not merely a conflict of evi dence on the point, but an accumulation of evidence disproving the theory that they met that night M all ; and the failure to prove that certainly put an end to the charge. If, then, deceased was ill from arsenical poison on that occasion, the inference he again drew was that he was in the way of receiving arsenic from some other hand. The Dean then proceeded to consider the third and lace; charge. He referred to the missing letter de ceased received from the prisoner at Bridge of Allan on Friday. That letter evidently contained an appoint ment for a certain night, and when he found he could not keep it he knew it was useless to come without a special appointment. He then came to the second letter for warded to Bridge of Allao bearing the postmark 21st March, and, a s h e held, making the appointment for the Saturday evening. When was it she waited and waited! Thursday evening. The letter from the deceased to Miss Perry conclusively proved that. When was it likely she would write hernextsummons I I should think the next evenieg, for she almost invariably wrote in the evenieg, and when she did not write in the evening she mentioned the hour of the day. This all-important letter was written, therefore on the Friday evening, and posted on Saturday morning, addressed to Mrs. Jenkins, and appointing the meeting for the Saturday evening, It was written with the same notice which she usually gave him oat of their appointments, and she believed him to be in Glasgow. There is no appearance throughout the correspondence of any meeting having l taken place withdut previous arrangements being made, and she bad constantly repeated her warning against his making any signal at the window, as it was sure to lead to discovery and risks of various kinds. On every occa sion she watched and waited for him. He never came without preconcert. Having broken his appointment for the Thursday, he never supposed he could procure an appointment for the Friday. He waited till he got ano ther letter, and when he broke his appointment on the Saturday why should he expect to have one on the Sun day ? On the Sunday night the family are at prayers, the servants cone down stairs and go to bed one by one, the cook not retiring till 11. The prisoner and her youngest sister descend to their bedroom between half past 10 and 11. They take half an hour to undress. The prisoner goes to bed with her sister, and, so far as human evidence goes, the house is undisturbed and un approached up to the following morning. Do you think there could have been a meeting and no evidence of it 'I The policeman who knew him had not seen him that night ; and you must remember that this is not a bust lieg part of the town, but a quiet west-end square, about which the appearance of a stranger at a late hour on Sunday would be sure to attract attention. Neither within the house nor without the house is there the slightest vestige or ground of suspicion that the meeting appointed for Saturday took place on Sunday. Then, as to L'Angelier, it is said he came to the house to see the prisoner on Sunday night. Even if that were a reasonable assumption, it would not advance the prosecutor's case one step, but the supposition was not a reasonable one—to suppose that he came that distance to keep a meeting which had been appointed for another evening. We do not know what other letters he may have received at the Bridge of Allan, and its one of his own he says " I have re ceived no letters from Mr. Mitchell, and I should like to know what he wants with me." The Crown has not told us who Mr. Mitchel is, and Ido not know. Who can tell that he received no other letters at Bridge of Allan, and for what purpose he came so unexpectedly home. L'Angelier came to Glasgow, and there is also considerable mystery thrown over his identity in the course of the journey. Ross did not describe a person like the prisoner, andßoss was not shown the photograph. The snail guard professed to identify him from it, and yet the Crown objected to onr relying on the photograph when identified by the druggists. No one is called from the inn to identify L'Angelier; and what was the account the supposed L'Angelier gave of himself to Ross I Why. that he had come from Ailoa, and that he was going to Glasgow to cash a cheque, of which payment had been refused to him as a stranger—an account of which, if given by L'Angelier, the Crown had taken no means to teat or account for. If L'Angelier was not with Ross he gives no false account of himself, and the evidence of the druggists at Coatbridge, Baillieston, and Gallow gate, from whom he bought laudanum, who all identify the likeness, and one of them the purse out of Which the money was paid, were consistent with each other. If these three witnesses were correct h e was ill ; an d fi na lly in Miss Kirks shop he purchased a white powder, and Miss Kirk can't tell you what this white powder was. He comes to his lodging —he goes out at nine—is seen in different streets, but not in Blythswood-square ; so that this proves nothing at all. He calls on M'Ales• ter. Why is M'Alester not here, that he might, per chance, tell what brought him to Glasgow, and if he knew anything of Mr. Mitchell ? From half-past 9to half-past 2he is absolutely lost sight of, and the Lord Advocate admitted that the fact that prisoner and de ceased met that night is founded on inference and con jecture. Good heavens, inference and conjecture ! In ference and conjecture. whether on the night he was poisoned he saw the prisoner who is charged with this murder I I never beard such expressions made use of in a capital case before as indicating or describing a link in the chain of a prosecutor's case. I have heard them many a time in the mouth of a prison counsel, and I dare say you will hear more of them Wm me to-day, but for the prosecutor himself to describe such a part of his evidence as a piece of conjecture and hypothesis is to me a most startling novelty. And yet my learned friend could not help himself. It was a necessity he should so express himself ; for if be intended to ask a verdict at all, he could ask for the verdict he did only on a series of • unfounded and incredible suspicions and hypotheses. The Dean suspicion to on the his m i mind statementsthat he had a s toL'Arenogeievlieedr having poison from the prisoner, and said, if that were true, they toq were lac from t hi t l Bth quantity asked grains, ar t ii o believ e arsenic oe prisoner, in which that he to theorke lurkedthe poisoned s o great cupa and as fr w o a m s s t u h ffi e c h i e a n n t d to s 0 1 feaoveneonwhhoismst be e swuhs ipeetic,t eadechoarddibnegetnopprarc.teishinrigstoinsohni,sli femight. h I a t v w e a a s m a e d e o n s t e . ed to 240 grains. It was a dose that, so far as experi ence went, never was before successfully administered by a murderer, and it was most difficult to conceive a vehicle in which so great a quantity could be admini ste red, far less to one who had his suspicions pre viously excited. Then the Crown bad shown that the colouring matter of any arsenic could after- - wards be fouud in the stomach, but their eitneases say their attention was not called to that circum stance. Whose fault was that ? The Crown must have known the importance of this inquiry, and the pri soner had no means of being represented in this chymi cal analysis. Such was the evidence of the last charge. 11 the case is a failure on the first and second charges, it is a far more complete and radical failure in the last. In fact, I have demonstrated that it was absolutely impos. sible to bring guilt against the prisoner. It remains not only not proved, but the whole evidence connected with the proceedings of that day seems to go to negative such a supposition. I might stop there, for nothing can be mere fallacious than to suppose that it is for rue to ex plain how the deceased came by his death. His lordship will tell you a defender in this court has no further duty but to stand on the defensive, and maintain that the case for the prosecution is not proved. No man living pro bably can tell h.eee L'A.ngeher came by his death ; nor am I under the slightest obligation even to suggest to you a possible manner in which his death may have been c orn- • passed without being at the hands of the prisoner. But it is but fair that when dealing with matters of suspicion and conjecture you should consider whether the supposi tions ou which this charge is founded are preferable in reepeet of higher probability to other suppositions that may be fairly made. 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The Rifles dodged from bush to bush, crowding behind the trees and mounds, lining the hedges, always on the move, but never slackening their fire for a single instant. The Horse Artillery, with the heavy cavalry on the extreme left, supported them with a smart cannonade ; but the help was apparently unavailing, as, after a fierce defence of an orchard and farmhouse, the retreat was sounded, and the Rifles fell slowly back. They stole across the open ground in twos and trees, turning every now and then to fire, until they gained the shelter of the light cavalry, when the assemblee was sounded, and the whole regiment drawing together, re treated in double time. The light cavalry manoeuvred to cover the movement, and in this they were supported by the troops of Horse Artillery, which commenced the cannonade in hot earnest. The resistance, though gal. lant, was supposed to be of no effect. The Artillery were ordered to limber up and retire, and the whole force commenced a rapid retreat. This was one of the most brilliant and animating movements of the day . The heavy rumble of the field batteries as they moved off, the rapid movements of the cavalry, and, above all, the ceaseless din of trumpets and hoarse cries which rang from rank to rank, with all the hurry and confusion that seemed to pervade the force, gave to the whole scene the aspect of a veritable field. The Horse Artillery were the last to retire. They emerged from the low plantations, pressing their horses to the utmost, and thundering across the plain with a rush apparently as resistless as the sweep of destiny. As they fell back the regiments of infantry formed massive squares upon the common, through the intervals of which the mounted troops retreated, and formed upon the flanks of the squares to cover their retreat in turn. In this manner the greater portion of the plains of Aldershot were traversed, the Court and staff moving from height to height, and having a Full view of every movement that took place, The in. fantry were deployed into line, and opened file firing, and a field battery at each end of the brigade contributed to swell the din ; but the retreat nevertheless went on as rapidly as ever, so the spectators were left to suppose the advance of the enemy was overwhelming. The cavalry and Horse Artillery made a last desperate effort to re trieve the fortunes of the day, and advanced to the point in two magnificent lines, with the guns on either flank. After two or three preparatory wheels over the ground, as a hawk might turn before he stooped upon his prey, the 7th and 15th Hussars formed line and halted. The trumpets sounded the advance, and with a dull jingling sound the line moved on faster and faster, till the charge rang out from every rank, and on they came, like a whirlwind over the plain, shaking the solid earth, and scattering the turf like dust behind them. The grandest and most terrible feature of real warfare was here pour trayed with a fidelity which made the very crowd seem awe-stricken and appalled. Hardly had the dust in the r l e ig p h e t a t c e a d v b a y lry t h t e ra D ck rag subsid ed h ow swept n h e p t tt e h e m p a l n a i ce n u fr v o r m e e was nd to end. As each charge was made the mounted troops fell back further and further, until they finally retreated on the flanks of the infantry, who had deployed into line at the foot of some steep heights surmounted by the field batteries. Here the last desperate stand was made. A. fierce file fire was opened, and every one of the 30 guns upon the ground was taxed to the utmost to keep up the cannonade. Not till all parts of the common were wrapped in smoke, and the whole scene as invisible to the Court as to the crowd, did the volleys cease. With this final effort the movements of the day were brought to a close. TRIAL OF MADELEINE SMITH. EIGHTH DAY—WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. The Hieh Court of Justiciary met again at ten o'clock on Wednesday. The Dean of Faculty addressed the jury on be half of the prisoner. He said—Gentlemen of the Jury—The charge against the prisoner is murder, and the punishment of murder is death ; :Led that simple statement is sufficient to suggest to us the awful solemnity of the occasion which brings you and me face to face. But, gentleman, there are pe culiarities in the present ease of so singular and strange a kind—there is such an air of romance and mystery invested about it from the beginning to the end—there is something so touching in the age, the sex, and ?he social position of the ae,cused—aye, and I must add that public attention is so directed to this trial, that they watch our proceedings, and hang on our very accents with such anxiety and eagerness of expectation, that I feel almost bowed down and overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task which is imposed on me. You are invited and encouraged by the prosecutor to'snap the thread of this young life, and to consign to an ignominious death on the scaffold one who within a few short months was known only as a gentle and confiding and affectionate girl—the ornament and pride of her happy family. Gentlemen, the tone in which my learned friend addressed you yesterday could fail to strike you as most remarkable. It was cha racterised by great moderation—by such modera tion as I think must have convinced you that he could hardly expect a verdict at your hands, and in the course of that address —for which I give him the highest credit—he could not resist the expres sion of his own deep feeling of commiseration for the position which the prisoner was placed in, which was but an involuntary homage that the official prosecutor pays to the kind and generous nature of the man. But, gentlemen, lam going to ask you for something different from commise ration. lam going to ask for that which I will not condescend to beg, but will loudly and importu nately demand--that to, which every prisoner is en titled, whether she be the lowest and vilest of her sex, or the maiden whose purity is of the unsullied show. I ask you for ju.tioo, rand if you wid]kindly lend me your attention for the requisite period, and if Heaven will give me patience and strength for the task, I shall tear to tatters that web of sophistry with which the prosecutor has striven to invest this poor girl and h er sa d, s t range story. The Dean then reerred to the first introduction of L'Angelier to the prisoner —au introduction made in the street in such a way as showed he could not procure it otherwise or elsewhere. He described him as an unknown adventurer, and, relating such parts of his earlier history as had been brought be fore them, he described his character as vain, con ceited, and pretentious, boastful of his personal at tractions, and ever courting the society of ladies above him in station, and endeavouring to push his fortune by means of marriage. He referred to his changeable and excitable character, and his frequent threat of suicide while suffering from disappoint ment in love. Returning to the commencement of the prisoner's acquaintance with L'Angelier, he said he thanked the Lord Advocate for his adthis sion, that, at that time, though their correspondence was improper, because clandestine, yet the let ters of the young lady breathed nothing but gentleness and propriety. The correspondence, however, also showed that if L'Angelier had origi nally in his mind to corrupt and seduce this poor girl he had entered on the attempt with consider able ingenuity and skill. Their correspondence was apparently soon after dropped through the young lady's own sense of propriety, but in the spring of 1856 it was unhappily renewed, and it was but fair to suppose rather on the importunate en treaty of this young man than on the suggestion of the lady. The correspondence was for a time put an end to by Mr. Smith, and for a time that inter ference had effect, but alas ! the next scene was the most painful of all. In the spring of 1856 the cor rupting influence of the seducer was successful, and the prisoner fell. How corrupting that influence must have been, and how vile the arts were to which he resorted for his nefarious pur pore, could never be known so well as by looking to the altered tone of this poor girl' letters. She had lost not her virtue merely, but, as my learned friend said, her sense of decency. Whose fault was that? Whose doing was it? Think you that, without temptation, without vile teach ing, a poor girl falls into those depths of degrada tion ! No. Influence from without, most corrupt ing influence could alone account for such a fall. And yet, gentlemen, through the midst of this frightful correspondence, which I wish to God could have been concealed from your eyes and those of the public—and if it had not been, as my learned friend thought, absolutely necessary for the ends of that it should be produced, I feel satisfied lie would not have done so—but even through the midst of this frightful correspondence there breathes a spirit of devoted love towards the man who wronged her that strikes me as most remarkable. Entering upon the case, the learned counsel re marked upon the little evidence that existed to prove that the parties had ever met in the house in Blythswood-square. From the 18th Nov. till the death of L'Angelier there were only two interviews proved to have taken place within the house. From all her letters it appeared that the condition of getting access to the house depended upon the ab sence of her parents from home. "If M. and P. go from home I could take you in at the front door, and I won't let a chance pass." But that chance never came. The Lord Advocate seemed to say that there were some concerted signals by rapping at the window or on the railings with a stick in order to attract attention. This you will find is au entire mistake. L'Angelier did on one or two occasions take that course, but the prisoner immediately for bade it, and ordered him not to do it again. In a letter which bears the postmark of Dec. 5, 1856, she says—" Darling, do not knock at the window;" and again in a postscript, "Rememb er do not knock at th e d oor ," earnestly repeating ' this cau tion. Independent of their communications at the window, whatever they were, there were only, two occasions—namely, those of which Chris tina Haggart spoke, on which they were proved to have met within the house in Blythswood square at all. About this time it is quite obvi ous that they had it in view to accomplish an elopement. It was quite plain that the consent of Miss Smith's parents to her union with this young Frenchman was not to be thought of any longer. That hope was altogether gone, and accordingly there are constant references in the letters, about this time, to the arrangements that were to be II made for carrying her from her father's house and accomplishing a marriage either in Glasgow or Edinburgh. The opportunity for that, however, never came. The Dean then proceeded to say : We now arrive at a very important stage of this case. On the 28th Jan. the prisoner accepts Mr. Minnoch, and my learned friend says that from that time the whole character of her mind was changed, and she set herself for the perpetration of one of the most cool and deliberate murders that ever was committed. I will not say that such a thing is absolutely impossible, but I do venture to say it is well nigh incredible. lie will be a bald man who will seek to set limits to the depths of human depravity, but on that subject all past ex perience teaches us that the perfection even of de pravity is not rapidly attained. It is not by such short, easy stages as the prosecutor has been able to trace in the career of Madeline Smith that a gentle, loving girl passes at once into the savage grandeur of a Medea or the appalling wickedness of a Borgia. No, gentlemen, such things are not possible. There must be a certain progress in guilt. It is quite out of all human experience to suppose that, from the tone of love in which the letters that had passed before were written, there should be a sudden transition, I will not say to the loss of affection for one particular object, but to that savage desire of removing by any means the obstruction to her wishes which the prosecutor imputes to the prisoner. Think for a moment how foul and unnatural a murder is imputed to ber— ate murder of one who within a very short space was the object of her love —an unworthy object— an unholy love ; but ye t while it lasted, an d it s endurance was n o t brief--it was a deep, devoted passion. Yet it is the object of this passion she is now said to conceive the murder of. Such is the theory you are asked to believe ; but surely, gen tlemen, before you believe it, you will ask for de monstration, you will not will beconnottentheedewniottliighconto jecture o r susp i c i on , and say that the theory of the prosecutor is the most probable that is offered to us. Oh, gentlemen, is that the manner in which th e j ury are to deal with such a case Is that the kind of proof on which you are to convict of a capital offence ? On the li)th of February, ou the 22d of February, and on the 22d March—for the prosecutor has now alosolutely fixed on these dates —the prisoner is charged with administering poison to the deceased. Observe, he does not ask you to suppose merely that by some means or other the prisoner conveyed poison to L'Angelier, but lie asks you to affirm that on those three occasions she with her own hands administered the poison. In all three charges he says, that she did wickedly and feloniously administer to, or cause to be taken by, the said deceased Emile L'Angelier, a quantity of arsenic. I do not dispute, gentlemen, that these charges may, iu the absence of eye-wit nesses, be proved by circumstantial evidence, but you must al wa y s b ear i n m i nd that circumstantial evidence must come up to this—that it must con vince you of the perpetration of these actg.. Now, then, iu dealing with such circumstantial proof, what kihould you expect t 9 find poYed Of C9Urkes A FRENCH - BURGLARY The Court of Assizes of the Haute-Garonne has just been occupied two days in trying eight men for burglary and six women for complicity in the same. It appeared that a very old gentleman, named Mon tauriol, resides in a large house called Chateau dei Bastards, in the commune of Mongiscard, and has all his life been accus tomed to keep a large part of his f or t une, which is in epecie and bank notes, in his house. The male priso ners, all worthless characters, of the adj acent v ill age of Montesquieu, formed the project of breaking into the house and stealing the money. Accordingly, in the night of the 25th of September la s t, t h ey went to the chateau, carrying with them several sacks which they proposed to fill with the money, and also taking a horse to carry their booty away. To effect an entrance they began cutting a hole in the outer wall, but the dogs barked so furiously that they deemed it prudent to take to flight. Two or three nights after they renewed the attempt, but for the seine reason it failed. At length, in the night of the Ist Dec. they went to the house, and while some kept watch around it the others made a hole in the wall which enabled them to undo the fastenings of a door. They then entered and ascended to the room in which old M. Montauriol was sleeping. His female servant, who was the only person in the house besides himself, hearing a noise, came from her room, but the men pushed her back into it, and fas tened the door. The old man having been roused uttered loud cries, and one of the burglars, dragging him from the bed, told him they were 20 in number, and would murder him if he stirred ; but he continued to cry out, and they beat him violently about the head until he was silent. They then went into the room in which the money was kept, and breaking open a cup board proceeded to fill their sacks with money. Mean while, the female servant, opening her window, gave the alarm. Some farm labourers, in the service of Mauntauriel, hearing the cries hurried to the chateau ; and on their approach the burglars took to flight, carry ing with them the money which they had collected. They afterwards divided the booty in different propor tions aocording to the share each had had in the bur glary. As to the women, who were wives of six of the men, they also received portions of the stolen money. On some of the burglars being arrested, one of them made full revelations respecting the whole affair. The precise amount which was stolen was not known by M, Mon tauriol, but the prisoners thems e l ves con f esse d t h at it was 35,835 f. The jury acquitted the six women and one of the men, who was very old, and convicted the other seven prisoners. The court condemned them to periods of hard labour, varying from six to 20 years. In the course of the trial it was stated that the sum M. Montauriol was accustomed to keep in his house was not less than 1,000,000 f. of which about 100,000 f. were in gold, 100,000 f. in bank notes, and the rest in silver. It was also stated that his total fortune is about 2,000,000 f., and that he made it by speculations in houses, lands, and corn ; but that, notwithstanding his wealth. he lived in the most miserly manner, and was stated for many years not to have eaten meat cr game. The old man, who was called as a witness, is per fectly blind, but he proved to the court that he could by the mere touch tell one banknote from another. -- Galignani'a Messenger. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTInta RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 4, 1857 ~....21,1P)0 12 4 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending July 4, 1857 . £16,96616 3 Corresponding week last year 17,097 9 3 Total of the h a lf-y ear t o thi s d ate, 1857 16,966 16 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 17,097 9 3 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 5, 1857 —268,502 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.--Traffic return for the week ending Jime 23, 1857 £21,550 15 6 Corresponding week last year 21,257 6 7 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Traffle return for the week ending July 5, 1857 £6,776 0 0 Corresponding week last year 7,135 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE BAlLWAT.—Traffie re turn for the week ending July 5, 1857 16 6 Corresponding week last y ear ................... 24,897 19 8 GREAT LUXEMBOURG R AILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending July 5, 1857 Corresponding week last year ........................ 700 3 5 Little expectation is now entertained that there will be any Australian mail arrival this month to supply the gap occasioned by the breaking down of the Oneida. The agent of the company in Australia contemplated despatching the Simla, supposing she should arrive in time, but there is hardly any prospect of that arrange ment having been found possible. It was only by this means, or from the despatch of an extra steamer by the Bombay Government, that there could have been a chance of the receipt of later news from India pending the :next telegraphic accounts by the regular overland 57 8 , for ism°. , for ider• che; rch- Bte ; Za rm.