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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKRIrtook the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were severally read a third time and passed-oday and Skipton Road ; Haslingden and Todmorden Roads ; Kinross-shire Railway ; Leslie Rail way; Selby and Market Weiilaton Road. The following bill were considered and ordered to be read a third time—Elie Harbour ; Lancaster and Car lisle and Ingleton Railway ; Metropolitan' Railway ; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; Newport, Abergaveony, and Hereford Railway ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway ; Thames and Medway Conzer vancy ; West London and Crysta Palace Railway. Fleming's Estate BO! was read a second time. TIMES ASSURANCE AMALGAMATION BILL, Mr. C. FORSTER moved bhat, in the ease of the Times, A thenmum, and Beacon Assurance Coin oanies Amalgamation Bill, the standing orders Nos. 70 and 199 be suspended, and the ex4rniner of petitions for pPi vate bills have leave to sit and proceed forth with upon the petition for additional Provision. The motion was agreed to. NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Sir B. HALL moved for a copy of a letter, dated the 30th day of June, 1857, a dressed by the First Commissioner of Works, &c. to the Lords of her Ma jesty's Treasury, containirg the award of the Judges appointed to report upon the designs for the proposed new government offices.—Ordered. THE DIVORCE BILL. PROTESTS. Dissentient,— 1. Because the effect of rejecting this amendment will be to confine the dissolution of marriage upon the adultery of the husband to the four cases stated 1 1 in the Bill, which we consider to be not only inex pedient, but, as contrasted with the relief upon the adultery of the wife, partial and unjust. 2. Because, as the clause is framed, although the husband should be living in the most open and no torious adultery, and should even bring his mis tress into the family residence, insulting the wife by ner presence, and should endeavour by ill us ige to compel her to submit to this disgrace, such a case would not come within its provisions. 3. Because the adultery of the husband, accom panied with the commission of the greatest crimes, and even the most infamous vices, would not entitle the wife to relief under this clause, 4. Because the adultery of the husband, although coupled with his condemnation to penal servitude, even for life, and the consequent degradation and misery of the wife, would not, under the provisions of this Bill, enable her to obtain a dissolution of the marriage. 5. Because many other cases of similar injustice and hardship are excluded from relief under this clause. 6. Because to allow a divorce for the adultery of the wife, and to refuse it in these and other cases of adultery by the husband, coupled with acts of deep injury inflicted upon the wife, is manifestly unjust. r. Because, although the adultery of the wife may lead to the imposing a spurious offspring on the husband, andentitlehim to a divorce for areason whichwould not apply to the case of adultery by the husband, other circumstances may, and frequently do, occur in connection with the adultery of the husband, giving the wife an equal claim to this remedy. 8. Because no distinction is made in Scripture between the case of the man and of the woman in the commission of adultery. The sin is the same in both—both are included under the same prohibi tion. 9. BeCause the whole tendency and spirit of the Christian religion is manifestly calculated to raise women to equal rights and equal responsibilities with men. "It has "in the words of an eminent writer on general law (Chief Justice Story) " ele vated woman to the rank and character of an equal, instead of being an humble companion or a devoted slave of her husband ;" and accordingly we find that as Christianity ex'ended itself, and its influ ence was brought to bear upon social and civil affairs, so the condition of woman has improved, and her rights to protection and redress were ac knowledged. Will. respect to marriage and divorce te e rule of the Roman Catholic Church applies to both sexes equally, while all Protestant Legisla tures (except our own), in declaring that marriage may be dissolved for the cause of adultery, have accorded to the wife the same rights and remedies as to the husband. 10. Because by our ecclesiastical law (the only law at present applicable to this subject), the same judgment is pronounced in the case of adultery, whether the crime he committed by the husband or wife, and there appears to us no reason why, in ex tending the remedy, the princ , ple should be changed. 11. Because as to the objection that fue exten sion of the law to cases of adultery by the husband will give occasion for a great number of suits for divor,e, we think such apprehension is altogether groundless. The proceedings cin originate only with the wife, and she has, both as to feeling and interest, so much at stake, so much to relinquish which must be most dear to her, that we think there is little fear of I er resorting to this remedy, except in extreme c-ises, and after all hope of amendment has ceased. 12. Because by the law of Scotland the adultery f the husband with respect to divorce is placed on the same tooting with the adultery of thewife. This law is found to be attended with no inconvenience. The evidence on the subject is above all exception, and we deem it most desirable that laws which so deeply affect the social and moral condi tion of the people should, in contiguous parts of the same empire, be in ace irdance with each other. HUTCHINSON. HA R UINGTON. LYNDH URST. TALBOT DE MALA.HIDE. BELMORE. Dissentient : — 1 1. Because the contract of marriage is the most solemn engagement into which a man can enter, and in which he promises to love, comfort, and honour the woman, and keep her under all circum stances of sickness or of health, and adhere to her as long as they shall both live. 2. Because the purposes of this engagement, as adduced from Scripture, are of the deepest interest and importance—viz., for the birth of children to be brought up in the love and fear of God, for a remedy against sin, and for mutual society, help, and comfort, both in prosperity and adversity. 3. Because by wilful desertion not only is this sacred promise impiously violated, but all the pur poses for which this ordinance of God was instituted are wholly frustrated. Even in the most ordinary contract the breach of it on the one side puts an end to the obligation on the other, and we sea no reason why a different rule should be applied to the con tract of marriage, and more especially in a case de structive of the entire objects of the union. It ap pears to us to be contrary t 3 all principle, and most unjust, that the husband should be pertnitt-d to set at naught an engegement followed, as it must be, by such consequences, and that the woman should continue to be bound by it. 4. Because we feel strongly the extreme cruelty of such conduct towards the deserted wife in the utter dis pponituaent of berconfiden.t. expectations of hap piness from the promised love, comfort, and society of her husband, and leaving her without hope to the contempla ion of a long, dreary, and desolate future. HONG KONG. Mr. FORTESCUE moved for copies of, or extracts from, any papers connected with the confinement of Chinese prisoners at Hong Kong, and with the trial of a baker and others on the charge of poisoning.— Ordered. _ MEDICAL PROFEr , SION (No. 1.) BILL. Mr. ILEADLAM, after presenting a great number of petitions in favour of his bill, moved its second reading. Mr. CR&WFORD rose to move that the' bill be read a second time that day six months. The hon. gentle man proceeded to describe the difference of opinion that existed when the subject of medical reform was formerly ' under their consideration, and re gretted that the bon. gentleman had not thought it necessary to consult the committee that had sat upon the subject, and that by adopting the present course he had totally disregarded the resolutions that had been agreed to. He strongly objected to this bill, as if passed it would not carry out its object. Now the bill of his noble friend was one of a totally different nature, its provisions were so admirable that he felt it a great honour to have had his name placed at the back of the bill. The hon. gen tleman concluded by comparing the present bill with that of Lord Elcho's, and said the lat'er was by far the best, as it would.greatly improve the medical profession, and benefit the public. 'Viscount BCRY supported the bill. The object of the amendment was to throw out the bill of the hon. member for Newcastle, and to substitute for it the bill of the noble lord. Col, SYKES said be approved of the principles of both bills, the object of both being to improve the system of education of medical men, and to extend the liberty of practising to the whole of the Unitel Kingdom. (H• ar, hear) He approved of some of the points in loth of the hills; but in consequence of the bill of the noble lord providing for nominations by the Crown, he should oppose it, and vote for the bill brought forward by the non. member for Newcastle. . THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COMMITTEE. At this point in the debate, Mr. DEISY appeared at the bar, and reported that the Cambridge Committee assembled this morning, and after sitting an hour—the Marquis of Blandford being absent—a telegraphic messsgs was received from the noble lord, stating he was attending the deathbed of his father, the Duke of Marlborough. Since then he had received another communication from the noble lord, to the effect that the nob!e duke was dead. He therefore moved that the Marquis of Blandford be discharged from further attendance ou the committee. The motion was agreed to.. The debate upon the Medical Reform Bill was then resumed. Colonel FRENCH said in order that the house might know the exact course t‘ , e noble lord intended to pursue he ought distinctly to state his intentions. Mr. W. EWARP greatly preferred the bill of the noble lord (Elcho), although the system proposed by the hon. member for Ne vcastie was very alluring. The former bill he considere more workable. He did not seilt that there was any objection to the Crown nomina tion as the board was a national one and responsiole to Parliament. ' Mr. BLACK said he should have preferred a more liberal measure than ember of the bills, but he thought that No. 3 bill was the best, and such beling the case he should support the amendment. Mr. NEALE said be sand vote for the second read ing of the present bill, as he considered it the best of the two. Mr. VANCE supported the motion for the second reading of the present bill. The bill of the noble lord violated existing rights, which had been granted by Royal charter, while that of the hon. member for New castle protected them. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he should oppose both bills, as he looked on them as anything but reform bills. (Hear, hear.). The examination of practitioners he thought should not rest either with nominees of the Crown or self-consituted bodies. What the public wanted was liberty to select their own medical attendant. We had a State church, a State la N, and the present was an attempt to . force upon the pulslio State physic. (Laughter.). It was stated to be the object of both the bills on the paper to put down medical quackery, but be thought that there was a quackery which required putting down just as much as that, and that wa legisla tive quackery. The bodies which this bill sought to pro tect he had no Confidencs in, as they had committed some of the moat egregious blunders possible. This assertion was borne out by the fact that the inventor of ft. tourni quet and the prescriber of cantharides had both been • sent to Newgate at the instance of the head of the Col• lege of Physicians. The Medical Reform Bill the public required Was one with a schedule Ain it. (Laughter.) Lord ELCHO defended his bill, and said he only sub mitted his measure from a sense of duty -'--not to ob,truct the medical protesion. The existing anomalies required amending. If the principal medical adviser of her Majesty in Scotland—Professor Simpson —was called to consult upon the state of her Majesty's health in this country, be would be liable to prosecution. Another of the ano malies wastbat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had the privilege of granting medical degree-. without passing an examination. The bill in which he was interested had been approved of by a committee of this house in preference to that of the hon. miinter for Newciatte, • and* therefore he coni,ended it was the best; and ought to meet with the approval and in - 4;6a of the house. The noblelord then compared the principle and provisions of the bid of the committee and that of the hon. member for Newcastle, which he con trasted; and said 'Oat the bill of the hon. member for Newcastle would establish a monopoly ,which he (Lord Elcho) very much objected to. (Hear, hear.) After some further remarks in favour of his own bill, the noblelord said that he bad received a memo raodurn from the medical professors ef Jersey, asking to be placed under the provisions of this bill, and be also referred to the unanimity of the profession in its favour. He called upon the house to reject the bid No. 1, and &dot.* tell No. 3. _ _ 5. Because divorce from'this cause is justified as Scriptural by the highe.t eccl-siastical authorities. It is well known that at the Reformation the subject was anxiously and carefully 'considered by prelates and divines eminent for learning and piety, and that they came to the conelu.ion that wilful asser tion was a scriptural ground for divorce. We find the names of Archbishop Cianiner, of the Bishops of London, W ncliesrer, Dy, Exeter, and other! , ; of Latiuier, Parker, &c.; of Peter Ma kyr, ---Wf .artin Bucer, Beza, Luther, Melaucthon, Cal v i . :, , j zo. . among thoes who ma i nta i ne d this opt n i on, and which was adopt , -11 by the whole bod- 1 Protes tants on the cintineiit of Europe. of Accordingly, this has be,n the acknowledgfd doctri ne o f a ll their churches to the present d ay. W e fi n d th e s .me doctrine e x p ress l y stn red and ad o pt e d i n t h e g Bth Article on D vorce ie . ,. the 4, Reform a ti o L e um Eccle-ia-ticarurn," no'apiled und er th e authority of Henry VIII. and E.,:iward VI., which body o f l aws —alth oug h it div a not receive the confirmat . on of the Crown, in consequence of the early and unex r;Jected de.aila. of King Edward, h as a l ways, as the Commissioners on the Law of Divorce, in their re port, ,ustly observe, been considered of great an tio:tt • . We also find that at a more recent period a right rev. prelate, eminent for learning and talents (Cozens, Bishop of Durham), in his celebrated argu ment delivered in this house, in the case of Lord Roos, maintained the same opinion. His words are these—" The promise of constancy in the marriage ceremony does not extend to tolerating adultery or malicious desertion, which dissolve the marriage." 6. Because, by the law of Scotland, wilful deser tion, as in all the Protestant churches on the con tinent, is considered to ' t oe a Scriptural ground for divorce, and the la 7; in this respect is regarded by all the first autkorities in that country not only to be free from teconvenience, but as just and highly beneficial. W e f urt h er d eem it to be most desirable 7:eon such a subject as m arr i age an d divorce, t a I I I I". a .: i ct l ing as it does the whole social system, the same law should, as far as practicable, prevail in bo,h parts of the kingdom, and the more so as con- The Peninsulor and Oriental Company notified tinned experience has sown the great inconvenience by the difference and anomalies of the terdav that a Ter:notion of 25 per cent. w ouldb yes in their ratsa of passage money for all officers on' male two systems. occas ioned pired furlough compelled to return to India durinunZ next two mouths. It i s sa id t h at the number o i ! fur- 7. Because, as to the objections of thd of its ten proposed lough is 800, e xtension of this m - asure on the groun deney to demoralise society, thisis not only dis [Areizari3z]ieyr.l—We hive re- ; d with much pleasure Du Proved by the example of Scotland, but a careful 'Barry's report on the cure of tßseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( ( dyspepsia),' Flatulency, Constipa- tholic countries examination of the state of * society in Roman Ca will we think, lead to the conclu tion, Nervous, Bi!ions, awl iverComplaints Cough, Asthma, z , ion that the Consumption, and Deby:ity. The following are a few extracts riage is far le morality than the less favourable to . I appeartomeritthe attention of many :—Cure whic i No. 47,121. - • opposite doctrine, accom principle panied with a cautious —Miss Elizabetli JacObs, of Hazing Vtarage, Waltham cross, exercise of the power of divorce in such extreme Beds; a cure, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather ings, low spiAts, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314. cases as those of adulte, whatY and malicious desertion. Miss Elizab,eta Yeoman, Gateacre, near LiverpBol: a cure of 8. Because, as to . 10 yea rs ' • Ayspeps i a and all th e horrors of nervous irritahhility. to the law of our to courts we answer that the object of the present billthrow bout • is urged with reference Cure 62 1854,- ,tll2.—Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9 . t Dec., , r Countess of Castlestuart feels Induced, g is to -.The Do amend that law and in t 4 •-=she interest Of a ' e tr • , humanity, to state that Du Barry's i to render it more .consistent eYcenent Itevaleusuta suffering Food has cured her, after with reason and justice ; and, with respect to the all , medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great Church of England, we will merely repeat what we -tervousness and i rritability of many years' standing. This - find stated in the argument of the learned !relate lood deserves dm confidence of all sufferers, and may be con to which we have already referred —viz , that " W sidered areal blessin an g. Inquiries will be cheerfully cannot see why they are to be styled the Chun, e 1 of his reed by testimonials from the c elebrated prolsoors of England who join with the Council of Trent, rather Chemistry, Dr. Andrew DTs. D r l l ' el • Dr Harvey , Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattike e ; ijrh ran ~ Dr . . Ingiwn : i than those who join w ith all the reformed churches, Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dow.age urzer, e of sc e. I I and plead against the canon of the Church of Rowe, btuart; Major-Con. Thomas King, and nia r Counter u c a ta ... e Tie bl Iwhich hash laid an anathema upon us if we do nut persons, whose health has been restored b y y? the f r ' re - s ii othe 1 • te a . h th m " t r agree With e . means of cure had failed. For further i)r , ine this invaluable food oui readers are ref ,oculars lespm- 0 sired toDu Barry's advertliemenii in another part of th , 1 „,,. ? „,. i. • . Air..NAPIER supported the bill No. 1. He entered into the principle of both the bills, contrasting it and their details with the report of the select committee appointed last session to enquire into the principle and de'ails of Mr. Headlani's medical bill of that session. He called upon the house to eupPort the second reaoing of the bill, which which would have the effect of improving the profession generally throughout the country. Mr. COWPER, in reply to the hon. and learned member for the University of Drolio, expressed his surprise that the representative of an uni versity could be found to support a bill that proposed to deprive it of granting medical degrees. Ile (Mr. Cowper) approved of the bill No. 3 over that of hilt No. 2, and expressed an opinion that the principle in discussion did not rest on the formation of the coun cil under either of the bills, but that how they should provide hereafter legally quAlified practi. tioners.. After sorn , further remarks on the gen:n.3l •qtiestion of - medical education, there were loud cries o f divid., on which the hon. gentleman turned ro - ond and said, " We shan't divide just yet, and if I leave off some body else must speak." (Loud laughter.) Die right hon. 'gentleman, nowever, continued to addr,ess the house amidst continued cries of " Divide." 31 A 'H lit EADLA having rerlied, The hone divided, when the utir.ibers were— For th e secon d rea di ng .. 225 Against it .•••• Majority ... 147 The bill was then rea ,. ., a second time. Lord ELCIIO MEDICAI4 PP LOFESSION (No. 3) BILL. eithdres; this bil'. Sir , Y. ,P. - OCII D ALE ELECTION. J. I .dt.TLLER brought up the report of this ebm •mittee, w'Ach declared the sitinz memb e eled. The °Aber ord ers were disposed ot, and r duly the hm ect e ad jourßea at six o'clock. LYNDHURST. Ht/TCHINSON. Zta . val and Military intelligence. The first detachment of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, numbering eight officers and 126 men, under the command of Brevet Colonel Glynn, left Aldershot yesterday for Portsmouth, to embarkifor India. The other detachments will follow on the 9th, 22d, and 26th inst. Ott Tuesday morning 13 officers and 266 men, constituting the left wing of the 60th Regiment, left Dublin for Kingstown, where they embarked in the Medina transport for Colomho, Ceylon. The names of the officers were as follow :—Major Hob b-1 t, commanding; Captains Barnes, Tupper, Bun bury, and Thompson ; Lieuts. Lee, Leach, Meyer, and Edge, and Assistant-Surgeon Davies. The Captain Cook, transport, is at present lying in Kingstown harbour, and will this morning take on board the head-quarters of the 50th, consisting of 18 officers and 384 men, two officers' wiveß, and five children ; and 28 soldiers' wives with 38 children will likewise take their passage in the same vessel. On Tuesday the Lord Lieutenant, with a large mi litary prty, held an inspection of the 79th Regi ment, and of the battalion of the Rifle Brigade re cently arrived. Among the dark ranks of the lat ter two men were conspicuous who had recently received the Victoria Cross for "valour" from the hands of their Sovereign, besides other well well won proofs of daring in the recent Crimean cam paign. ___ - tie sailing three-decked ship Princess Charlotte, Capt. G. St. V. King. which left Portsmouth on Friday last in tow of the steam frigate Leopard, for China, and whose progress, in consequence of the news from the East Indies, was suddenly arrested in the Channel on Sunday morning, left Plymouth finally yesterday morning at half-past 4 o'clock. She got under way on Tuesday afternoon, but the hawser by which she was attached to the Leopard having been snapped by a strong breeze from the south-west, she was detained until yesterday. The Princess Charlotte, while lying in the Sound, was inspected by Brigade-Major Ibbetson, for the pur pose of ascertaining her capacity for the conveyance 'of troops to India. There was ample space for 300 men, but the lower deck ports being caulked, it was impossible to secure sufficient ventilation, especially for the tropics. The Princess Charlotte is ordered to touch at Madeira for water, and ,to set up her rigging. After calling at the Cape of Good Hope she proceeds direct to Hong Kong. She has the spars and rigging of a 50-gun frigate, and mounts only 12 guns. Her officers and crew are 490 in number. She has a large quantity of shells and ammunition for the army, and paints, oil, tar, ma chinery, & - c., for the fleet, and it is supposed that on arrival she will be converted into a barrack-ship. Vice-Admiral of the White Edward Harvey, C. B. &c., arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday evening, and yesterday his flag (white at the fore) was hoisted on board the Formidable, guardship of ordinary. The Victor, 6, screw' steam gun-vessel, Com mander Algernon F. R. De Horsey, was paid off at Sheerness on Tuesday. Lord Bloomfield, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Berlin, went yesterday, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Bloomfield, Major Moller, and a numerous party, to Woolwich garrison, and were Present at a field-day of the troops on the common. In anticipation of his lordship's visit the squadron of Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Colonel Wood, C. 8., and the remnant of the field battery corps, in command of Col. Teesdale, ware ordered to assemble in field-dayorder on the review ground. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams resumed the command of the garrison for the occasion, and pro ceeded to the ground at half-past 12 o'clock, accom panied by his visitors, and attended by Colonel Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Se cond Commandant of Woolwich, Brigade-Major Shaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, Aide-de-Camp to the Genera], and a numerous staff in undress uniform. On their arrival the band of the corps performed the national anthem, when the troops commenced marching past, retired to the left, and approaching the centre fired a volley, which was repeated will extraordinary rapidity several times. The rain induced the company to withdraw, when, after a few evolutions, the troops again wheeled past and retired to quarters. The visitors thence repaired to the gymnasium, after an inspec tion of which and visiting the institution, Museum, dsc., appertaining to the establishment of the Royal Artily-ry, the party (consisting of about 20 rola ti-ves and personal friends of Colonel Bloomfield) were entertained at a repast in the mess-room. They subsequently witnessed three rounds of mortar practice performed by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Fortescu's 6th company of the 11th battalion. 21 shells were fired at an elevation of 45 degrees ovor a range of 600 yards at the usual butt, a flag-staff erected on the common. The practice was pro nounce" extremely successful. The 'visitors left ' Woolwich at five o'clock, and returned to London. A number of extra hands have been appointed to cpmplete the screw steam-ship Edgar, building at Woolwich, which is ordered to be completed for being launched about Aptil next. A new steam ship of a similar dimensions or thereabouts, to be called the Anson, is ordered to be laid down in the same slip after the launch of the Edgar. The freight ship Liverpool, in the London Docks, is taken up by Government to embark military stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Hong Hong. The freight ship Harrowby is likewise chartered by Government to convey Ordnance stores from Wool wich for Hobart Town. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Gabriel Johoston, to the Coast Guard service ; Lieutenant G. T. H. Parker, to the Gang es ; W . D yer, to b e Secretary to Vice- Admiral Harvey ; Francis J. Davy, Assistant-Sur geon to the Boscawen ; David Porteous, Assistant- Surzeon, from the Impregnable, to Plymouth Hos pital ; J. W. Leahy, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Ganges ; Simon Willis, Assistant-Surgeon, from the Victory flagship, for Haslar Hospital ; M. W. Cowan, to the Victory flagship ; T. M. Ramsay, Paymaster, to the Boscawen ; H. C. Lory, Assis tant Clerk, to the Bosoawen. • QUARTERLY OBITUARY. Officers whose deaths have been officially reported since the 20th of March 1857 : Admirals.—Right Hon. Lord William Fitzroy, K.C. B. Thomas Brow n . Vi ce Admirals.-_I Hon. drauville George, Lord Radstock, Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart. Reserved Half-pay— Admiral Henry Manaton OmmaneY• Captains..—Reserved Half-pay—James Creach. Re t ired —James Oliver, George Edward Marshall, David Edwards. C.;otnmanders.—Frederick Arthur Egerton. Re served Half-pay William Nehemiah Clarke, George Sherass Britain. Retired, 1830—John Finlayson, John Thompson (a), Richard Tillidge Siinthill, Sack vill•J Burrougues. Retired Com mander (Master's List)—Jawes Wood. Lieutenants.--Charles Bagehot, John Hill (a), Thomas James, Charles Pearson (a), William Frederick Warren, Edmund Sueyd Grove. Re served Half-pay.--Edward Moore (b.), Ralph Gore (a.) John Summers. Masters.—Reserved Half-pay.—John Oliver, John Jones, James Sprent, John Dallas, John Haynes, James Hill Ashton. Mare.—Thomas Bowes Pratt (act,) Second Master.—Charles Sullivan, Naval Instruct..)rs. —John Nicholas Laverty, George Edward Birch. liispectir of Llopitala and Fleets.—Retired.— George Magrath, KC. , M. D. , K. 13. , F. R. S. Sur4e ins.—Jam .s Laird. Retired.— George Grant, M.D. Unfit List. —Peter Comrie, David Finlay. Assistant Surgeons.—Douglas Nicholas Tucker, Edward Ross Prance, Samuel Magill, M, D. - Unfit, —John Baiston. Paymasters.—Henry W. V. Warrington. Retired, —Goats Gurdon, William Wallis, William Young, (a.). Royal Marines.—General, Retired—J. Robyne, K.H. Captains, Retired—John. Evans Jones, Joseph Reid Jackson, Captains, Reserved— Robert Stevens, Edgar Walter, John Manger. First Lieutenants, Reserved—Thomas B. N. Edg worth, Alexander Murray, Richard Hickman. Second Lieut:nant, Reserved Joshua John ....ma um. .....1 REMOVALS. Lieutenants.—W. B. A. F. Paterton (discharged service by court-martial), W. H. Nurse (name removed). Paymaster.-1/ W. Sanders (deserted). Second Master.—R. Mundord (discharged ser vice). Assistant-Surgeons.—Geo. Ryding, M.D. (dis charged service at own request), F. Lekeux (dis charged service), H Croskerry (discharged service at own request), W. A. White (discharged service)„ Only a t:ifliug amount of foreign gold was sold to the Bank yesterday, but it is stated that sovereigns con tinue to be sent from Seotland. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.--Earned for the cure of liver coua plaints and derangements of the stomach, the liver being justly esteemed the noblest part of the body and fountains of life, thus it is when the Viingl hecome9 poisoned, life itself is threatened,and Ott suffer ing patient is in the most eminent danger. But thou sands have borne willing testimony to the power of this potent remedy, cleansing the blood from all im— strengthenim; the stomach, discha_r v g in in g r.4. d ' istmse _,,unties,lineagvianlgt obstructions throughoutttrace atchee w or and behind. i,s 0 d b i .ni l medicine c h ill i lee without ,retu vendorso y. y Laments, 244. e. ,at Professor Hollow a y' s E qtab- New York • , o t ran d, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, Smyrr- • by a Stampa, Constantinople A. Gamlicy, And E, I?luir, gales. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2, )P57 PETOVIA-ON-THE-SE A . more fortunate proprietors in the former l com panies. ; I have a word or two to add yet, upon the com position of the lste ornmite, ut co-operation, which was moved for by Mr. J. Yates. Every mem ber of it was, I believe, a personal friend of one or other of the directors, with the exception of myself and Mr. Godson. If the committee did not work together so harmoniously, in making things plea sant, as might have been wished, it is to be re• gretted ; and all I can say on that point is, that having seen something of reports of committees of investigation, I was most anxious, and perhaps needlessly so that no stain of professed cookery should attach to a report proceeding from a com- Imittee of which I had the honour of being chair man ; and it was in defence of the character of the committee against such a not impossible swpic'on, and of the rights of proprietors, who alone ought to determine the effect of toe report, upon the chi.- ratter of those whose conduct was the subject of that I refused to sign it, unle , s the paragraph so needlessly proclaiming the integrity and honour able motives of the board were withdrawn from it. Apologising for the length to which these obser vations have extended themselves, I am, &o. JOHN ABEL, late Chairman of Committee. 96, Webtbourne-terrace, 24th June, 1357. (Front the Railway Times.) Who can or will throw oil on the troubled waters? Mr. Abel records, in our columns of . to-day, a pro test against the proceedings of the investigation committee which authenticates the charges and sup ports the conduct of Mr. Godson. It seems to have been felt, however, even at the commencement of the inquiry, that these two gentlemen would not e d in their endeavours to probe the system of past management, nor be able to speak out with that force and distinctness which a free and iude peudent inquiry should elicit. It will now be oh-erved, without our pointedly calling public attention to the fact, that more than one curiosity attends the leasing of the company's boats to the Tilbury and Southend. True, the price paid is to be exactly that which was extorted from the Eastern Counties; but it is not likely to ba forgotten, that, at the time the Eastern Coun ties hired these vesQels, Mr. Waddington rowed in the same boat with Sir S. M. Peto. Nor can it be overlooked, while remembering that the chairman of the Steam Navigation is lessee of the Tilbury, that such contracts, even when at fair prices, ate not looked upon favourably by the law. It may be that the chairman of the Victoria Docks is better fitted to inquire into the conduct of his own tenant than either Mr. Abel or Mr. Godson, who are no thing more than shareholders. But it can scarcely be asserted that Mr. Lawrance, who enjoys the re putation, if not the credit, of being the money broker of Sir M. Peto, or that Mr. Young, who contracts for certain freights to Denmark, as well as being with Mr. Lawrance intricately intimate with the concerns of the Royal Danish, are the most disinterested colleagues which Mr. Morrison could obtain. At all events, a whitewashing from persons so delicately interested in sustaining the financial dignity of their chief is not quite so effi cacious as it might have been bad the only two in dependent members of the committee added their signatures to the report. Though stubborn, these gentlemen, let it be added, are not vindictive ; they hope, although the North of Europe has been to them a ruinous undertaking, that it has been at least useful in making up the imperative dividend for the more fortunate proprietors in the three com panies of which their chairman is lessee. But, per haps, even in this charitable conclusion they may be disappointed. The secret cannot always remain undiscovered. THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE. SECOND DAY. The trial of Madeleine Smith was resumed at Edinburgh yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Win. Stevenson was further cross-examined.— Ile deposed that there might be from 250 to 3110 letters found in repositories of deemed. There was a large number of them in the handwriting of Miss Perry ; probably one-third as many as those of Miss Smith. This witness's evidence showed there had been considerable irregularity on the part of the prose cution in the means taken for the attestation of the documents. Dr. Hugh Thomson had attended deceased on various occasions, and in particular about the end of February, when he had severe vomiting, which witness then ascribed to a bilious attack. After the death an examination of the body was made by witness and Dr. Steven. Their report stated that death might have arisen from irritant poison, or from internal congestion, caused by cold or fatigue. Dr. Steven gave the particulars of deceased's la.t illness, and corroborated some of the former evidence. Dr. Penny, examined by the Lord-Advocate—l am Professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian Uni versity, Glasgow. On 27th March last I was com- NORTE OF .EUROPE STEAM ArA VIG A - TION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE RAILWAY TIMES. Sir,—l am induc e d o n account of the i m p or t ance municated with by Dr. Th omson . H e came to t h e of the principles i nvo lved in the questi on o f th e University and delivered a b o ttl e . It was secure l y investigation of th e affairs of public companies by closed and sealed. I broke the seal and ma d e an ex committees of sh are h o ld e rs, to address to y ou a f ew amination of the con t en t s . Th ey were a stomac h observations upon th e r esults obtained by this corn- and a reddish colo ure d fl u id. T was requeste d t o 'Tattoo during its p rotrac ted sittings and inquiries make the examiner on f or th e p urpose o f ascertain into the past man agemen t of the above-named com ing if those matters contained poison. I commenced find pany, for which I h o pe you will be able to analysis the on the f allowing day, th e 28 t h. O ne room in the Railway Tim •s ; more especially do I of the clerks of the Fiscal called with Dr. Thomson request this of you from the circumstance of there and it was done at his request. Till I made the having occurred, in the report of the proceedings at analysis the jar and its contents remained in the the adjourned meeting on Thursday last, several state in which I received it. (Shown report of first inaccuracies, of interest to the shareholders, and of analysis and read it.) The amount of arsenic in the importance as bearing upon the question of coin- bowels was equal to 82 7-10th grains, or nearly one rnittees of investigation and of committees co-ope- fifth of an ounce. Having carefully considered the rating with boards of directors. results of this investigation, the report concluded— Allow me, then, first to correct the statement "I am clearly of opinion that they are conclusive which I saw in one of the papers, that the company as showing, first, that the matters subjected to ex had incurred a loss by trading, to 30th June last, of amination and analysis contained arsenic, and se -60,1201. Toe actual amount of loss, as appears in cond, that the quantity of arsenic found was consi the report of the committee, was upwards of 4,0001. ; derably more than sufficient to destroy life." (The neverth- less, it is quite true that a dividend of 8 report went at great length into the verious pro per cent was declared and distributed to the pro- cesses used to detect arsenic.) Hew much arsenic pr etors at that date. This sum of 60,1201. there • would destroy life? It is not easy to give a precise tore shows the loss of the company for the whole answer to that question ; ca.ee are on record in and not for the half-year of 1856. which life was destroyed by two and four grains ; Again, with reference to the selling of their shares four or six grains are generally regarded as suffi by directors, whilst all this mischief was realising. cient to destroy life, and the amount I determined lam represented at the meeting as defending ilie as existing in the stomach was 82 grains. On the board from this charge and from the suspicion that 31-t of March I attended. thn exhumation of M. they knew very well what was going on, a- illus- L'Angelier's body. I saw the coffin opened, and the trated by such a course of proceeding. lam sorry portions of the body removed. These portions were to say that I did not, because I could not, defend carefully preserved and submi t ted to a chemical the beard from the imputation--although I was analysis by myself. They were placed in jars which very happy on being appealed to, both by Sir M. I never lost sight of. I made au analysis of the Peto and Mr. Baeshawe, to exclude both those get, content, and found arsenic, and the result of my tlemen from the ° charge. The fact is, that whilst in analysis is that it must have been taken by, or ad -1856, some of the directors were getting out of the ministered to the deceased while living. The company altogether, at the expense of the remain- actual quantity was not ascertained. The pre ing shareholders, other five of them reduced their sence of arsenic in the brain does not enable holding in the aggregate from 800 to 275 shares ; me to seer when the arsenic was taken. I and this fact, which I thought of peculiar siguifi can see no physiological reason why the cance as beating upon th e qu es tion of ignorance or arsenic should not make its appearance at the . body. the proprietors i n our re p or t. instinct, I insisted was ono to be made known to same time in the other textures of the By the Lord Justice-Clerk—Purging would ac- And. now -ww.....,...urenee to what fell from Mr. count for a similar portion' of arsenic being found Godson at the meeting. Although I was not at a ll in the large intestine. surprised at the impatience manifested at the ex- By the Lord Advocate—When my analysis was cessive tediousness of his statements, and would completed, on the 11th April, 1 returned the por also express my opinion that the first step of that tions of the body to Edinburgh. They were de gentleman in parting with his shares, previous to livered to Dr. Christison. These were powder from his appointment to serve on the committee, was a contents of stomach, fluid from contents of stomach, false one, and one which effectually excluded f rom portions of small and large intestines, liver, heart, consideration his claim to read m i ss i on t o th e corn- lung, &c. They were in my custody till delivered mitts, on his repurchase of shares with that object, to Dr, Christison. They were portions of L'An- I would, nevertheless, do him the justice to say, gelier's body. I was asked to make investigation that there was much, very much, in his observe.- as to arsenic at the shops of Mr. Currie and Mr. tions entitled to the grave consideration of the pro- Murdoch, to ascertain if the substance sold by priotors, and which it was far easier for partisan- them as arsenic really contained that proportion. ship to cry down than to answer. On the 18th I purchased from Mr. Murdoch's shop Mr. Godson imputed great blame to the chair- 11 oz. of arsenic in the state in which it is usually man of the company for putting forth statements sold. On the same day I purchased from Mr. Cur without proper foundation, an d which with refer- tie's 1 oz. of arsenic. I find they contain the fol ence to the mysterious letter from Mr. Coleman, o f lowing proportions of arsenic acid—that is, pure the 18th Oct., were positively false. And so do I ; white arsenic :—Mr. Murdoch's. 95.1 per cent. ; for I am utterly unable to reconcile the statement Currie's, 94.4 per cent. The other substances were of Sir M. veto that, " not one of their ships arrived inorganic matter, and in Mr. Murdoch's carbona without the figures of the freights and the estimate ceous matter, and in Currie's particles of indigo of the expenses being laid before him," with the and carbonaceous matter, with ash or inorganic declaration of a dividend of 13,342/. upon the losses matter. The arsenic bought at Currie's contained detailed in the report of the committee. To any man an extremely small portion of colouring matter of of plain intentions, the cheering of personal friends, indigo. Tee greater part of that colouring mat to be succeeded by the farce of a vote of teanks for ter, by peculiar and dexterous manipulation, his explanations, cannot weigh for a moment could be removed, and the arsenic would against so palpable a mystification as this. afterwards appear white to the uuassisted eye. If a Mr. Godson further stated that the books were sufficient portion of that arsenic was achnieistered not in a proper state for examination by the com- to cause death, and prior to death great vomiting mittee. The report of the committee says the same had ta ker, p lac e , I would not have expected to fi n d thing ; but Mr. Coleman, the company's account any portion of the indigo. The indigo would show ant, indignantly denied Mr. Godson's assertion. I a blue colour in solution. must say 1 entirely agree with Mr. Godson on this B y the Lord Justice-Clerk— The quantity of in point also, and should likevery much to be informed, digo was s o small that it would not colour wine of with reference to the accounts of this company, any sort. audite Iby a public accountant--of what use is such By the Lord Advocate—ln regard to the arsenic an officer as a protection to the public, when it purchased from Dr. Murdoch, that was mixed with appears from his own admission, that Mr. Coleman carbonaceous particles. If that had been adrainis sanctioned the payment of a dividend upon insuffi- tered, an d if the arsenic had settled down from the cient iufornaatiou relating to a portion only of the contents of the stomach, as in this case, I should company's business, and which was in f act the only have expected to find carbonaceous particles. S u p_ profi. able portion ? I would further ask, was it or t:ose there bad been prior administration of arsenic not one of the functions of a public acomutant, a month before, similar to what was purchased from in passing accounts, to take care of the question have expected to find Murdoch'e, I would not of a depreciation two ? for thi s was a vital one as traces of that carbonaceous matter. .Various anti affecting the value of shares in public market. ties were delivered to me by Mr. Wilson, aid to Another question arises in the accounts for trans- have been foundM. in .L'Ai e melier's lodgings. port service in 1855. It appears that these accounts They were 15 articles, . viz., 12 bottles, two paper were charged short the sum of 9,1331. 16s. 10d. forchocolate. I packages, and a cake of exammed arsenic, and to ascertain their extraordinary repairs. How was this ? And lie, them, specially for sides, it should be observed that in the accounts, ge neral nature.. No. 1(a bottle) contained a br own both of 1855 and 1856, the whole receipts of the liquid, containing magnesia, epsom . salts, soda, and company for trading and for Government trees- rhubarb ; No. 2, sugar and ammonia i_No. 3, cam ports, are presented in one BUM, so as, and as if, phorated oil ; No. 4, laudanum , No. 5, bottle effectually to screen from the shareholders the containing colourlessliquid, . a very weak solution bottle containing whitish actual results of each, and consequen ly the legi- of aeon: tie 3 No. 6 , - . . , a . ,ogar, and cinnamon chiefly ; No. 7, pow timate prospects of the company. Was this purely der, chalk, accident a l ? These are very important c on s id era - olive oil • No: 8, a, brown liquid and brown sedi - Using, and concern the welfare of public comp an i es ment coritsining chalie, cinnamon,k of powders, an d ast rin intimately ; and before closing this part of the sub- gent .matter ; No. 9, foui" T e° a,,gfes quinine , e N rs, o cop (); jeet, I will relate an incident which occurred in sitting exclusively of sulptaa:;:' se , cl eated ch . elk ; No. Committee, which throws light upon the subject of Eau de Caloge• ; No. 11, campho. - package—a accounts presented to shareholders in joint-stock 12, cake of chocolate ; No. 13, page. 'led gly co mpanies, and it is particularly illustrative of the dried plant ; No. 22 , empty phial, labels , . -- -7 0 e u e ; system pursued by our own company. rine ; No. 23, small bottle containing a rem.. When I withdrew from the committee, our re- cement. Witness then identified the various bottles port was nearly ready for issue. At that moment which contained the stomach. None of these solu the accounts to June 30, 1856, as furnished by Mr. tions, excepting that containing solution of aconite Coleman, p resented a pro fit o f 1,7001. ; but having are poisonous. It was extremely weak, an d th:e casually recolle c t e d a remark which fell from that quantity I found was not sufficient to destroy life. gentleman at a former sitting of the committee, I There were nearly two ounces in the phial, and it called for an explanation, and thus, I believe, was was more than half full ; if the whole quantity saved to the proprietors an error amounting, in the taken out had bee n s w a l lowed, it would not have account about to issue, of not less than 5,7001. I been sufficient t o destroy lite. I cannot speak to am, therefore, tempted again to ask—of what use the effects of aconite. I never h ear d o f prussic to the security of a company is the office of a acid being used extirnally as a cosmetic ; I should public accountant • or, was this oversight, and think it highly dangerous to use it i n t h at w ay. I all other "unfortunate errors," to be laid at am not aware of any beneficial action it exerts. I the dea r of Captain Andrews, as the more con- should say it would be verydangerous to use arsenic venient mode of disposing of them ? Thera were for a similar purpose. If rubbed on the skin it some other facts of interest to the shareholders, might produce constitutional symptomsof poisoning which I could have wished had been found in th e by arsenic ; it would produce an eruption on the report. I canno t do more than glance at them, skin. I have heard sf its bein g use d as a depilatory, The losers of the company last year, in connexion to remove hairs from the skin, mixed, however, with the Royal Danish Railway alone, amounted with other matters, lime generally, solid. It is not to no less than 18,30tet . arsenious acid that is so used ; it is usually the Of the 4 9 7 'l,' • ' " ' 3 - shy yellow euliebite -, 8 -ips belonging to the company, on., , ' • 7 were employed at a T',.,", ; l ';l' . - 7 -4 .; of these 27 Cross-_ exemined by the Dean of Faculty—ln the ships' five new 1 "; "i s: built, is) accumulate entire stomach a., erl its contents there was arsenic the amount V " 8 s"rThat was exclusive of , of our losses; and during tisk; three equal to 82 7-10thsgrain ',. ge e t amined. The yeterS 185 3, 1854, and 1855, the total profit of the the white powder h I w tc i I ex commercial L i' teer being dried trading of the ceespany upori a paid:Up white powder thati I attested at- • ,_ arsenious capital o f 30 0 - OONT amounted' '- ' -] 4'4 we• li 152 10 h • 11 A profit Of about s, '• , only to an i.ve.:, ee - . 1 g e(• - t . grams, l an. that was ersenic -° lacid. "id .1,6871. per annum, or about 9s, 6d. I se _ not doWmine the quantity of • per cent., w e •t edst the laet two calls were madeand in the l I' brain o rti oge e ; I can give no were paid by i , 'dishareholders. these otZang s i on and in ....,,. e under the impres- potion of the quantitythat might be in ... . ' word, that —in the small intestines it must have ...name upon Sir M. Peto 's trio coon) derable, because when its contents were ~ company was hiuhly osperous. acid Crystallised out of that liquid Our chairman is l'• of the Royal Danish, the repose, arsenious the vessel. Tilbury, and le • and deposited abundantly on the sides of of the Victorie Dock, to the proprie uch arsenic as it tors of which 1 b • - t fix d d'vi ees a e di vi- That indicated the liquid had as m send of 6 believe he guaran temperature. I can't Per cent. Now althoug ~ h the North of could hold in solution at the .„, . Europe Com •give any idea of the quantity in the small intestine. Company has been' to us a ruinous under- Might it be several taking,lt was decidedly appreciable. yet let us k that it has been at least use- ful in making ope : ... up the imperative KliNltlwad for the , grains ? It would be a mere matter of guess, and I should not like to guess in so serious a matter. If the deceased, when attacked by symp . o,ns of arsenic 1 poisoning, vomited a great d-al, and in large quautitie, it won d depend on the mode of administration whether a quantity would be carried off. If given with solid food, and in a solid state, a great port - on of the arsenic would be ejected from the stomach if all that food were vomited ; but if the arsenic were stirred up with a liquid, and thereby thrown into a state of mechanical suspension, I would not expect that so considerable a portion should be ejected by vomit ing. By solid food I mean bread and the like. In the case of the arsenic being taken in a fluid, I could not sly what proportion might be ejected. I should not be surprised to find that as much had been ejected as remained. Judging from what I found on the examination of the bedy Vie dose of arsenic must have been of very unusual size There are cases on rec -rd in which very large quintities of arsenic have been found in the stomach and intes tines. I know this as a matter of reading. There are examples of larger quantities being found than in thepresent. I there think is a case in which 2 drachme were fen I—that is, 120 groins That is the largest quart ty which occurs to my mind at this moment as having been found. The cases in which a very large quantity of arsenic was found did not turn out to be cases of intentional murder by a third party. In the cases to which I refer, the arsenic was taken by the party voluntarily, with the intention to cemrnit suicide. It would be very diffinile to give a large dose of arsenic in a liquid ; by a large dose of arsenic you exclude many vehi cles in which arsenic might be admitted. Nothing which I found in my investigltion indicated the time when the arsenic must have been taken. The ordinary period that elapses between the adminis tering of this poison and the symptoms being mani fested is eight or ten hours in the cases on record ; that is the extreme time ; there are some cases which show thereselves in less than half-an-hour ; we have cases in which death has resulted in a few hours, and cases in which death has been delayed for two or three days. As to the arsenic obtained from Currie's shop, the greater part of the colour ing matter might be removed by dexterous mani pulation ; if you were to throw water in the arsenic and agitate the two by this, and after the arsenic has subsided, you tnrow off the liquor, a portion of colouring matter is thrown off ; but it you keep the vessel shaken in a particular way you may coax the greater part of the colouring matter away, Murdoch's arsenic was coloured with carbonaceous matter ;it had the odour of coal soot. I cannot tell from examination whether the arsenic found is administered in one dose or in several. It ' would he very dangerous to use arsenic externally in any way. There are cases in which it has been applied to the entire or whole skin, and in which the symptoms of poisoning have been produced —vomiting, pain, but not death. In one case it was rubbed on the head, I think ; but I don't re member the case. Flora the remembra nc e o f general reading, my impression is that it p ro d uces eruption of the soiled skin. - If cold water were used. I should not like to wash in such water my self. You cannot give me any other answer ? No, I cannot. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—There are cases in which inflammation of the intestines has been produced by external application of arsenic. By the Dean—Arsenic is not an instant poison ; it is absorbed into the blood, I presume with great great rapidity, and through the blood is reaches all the organs in which we find it. By the Lord Advocate.—ln administering large doses of arsenic nroy vehicles are secluded ; cocoa or coffee is a vehicle in which a large dcse might be given; there is a great difference t etweeu giving rise to suspicion and actual detection ; I have found, by actual experiment, that when thirty or forty grains of arsenic are put into a cup of warm chocolate, a large portaaa of the arsenic settles down in the bottom of the cup, and I think a pe son drinking such poisonous ch wo:ate would suspect something when the gritty part•cles came into his month ; but if the same quantity, and even a larger quantity was boiled with the ch , co!ate, instead of merely being stirred or mixed, none of it settles down. I could not separate the sort by washing from Murdcch's arsenic ; but a very large quantity of it might be separated. Suppose a person the subject of repeated doses of arsenic, 1 have no evidence on which to form au opinion whether the last dose would be fatal more rapidly. I delivered to Dr. Chi istison some of the arsenic I got at Currie and Murdoch's. By the Dean—ln case of chocoiate being boiled with arsenic in it, a larger proportion di,solves and does not subside. This is what I find to the case from actual experiment. Coffee or tea could not be made the vehicle of a large dose of arsenic. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—The period in which the arsenic produces its effect varies in different in dividuals, and according to the mode of adminis tration. Pain in the stomach is one of the first symptoms, and vomiting usually accompanies the pain, but it may be ve;y severe betore vomiting actually begins. Ten, fifteen, or twenty grains might be given in coffee. The Lord Justice-Clerk—Certainly, Dr. Penney, more satisfactory, lucid, or distinct evidence, I never heard. Amad‘e Thuot deposed to being with deceased on one occa.ion when he tapped at a window near Blythswood-square to hand in a letter. He after wards pointed out the window to a policeman. He understood him to have secret correspondence with a lady. Auguste Vanvente de Mean, Chancellor to the French Consul in Glasgow, knew of Lngeher's intimacy with Miss Smith. Some weeks,fore his death witness t , old deceased of a report that she was to be married to some one else. L'Angelier said that must be false, but that he had documents iu his possession which would at least f Tbid the banns. He saw Miss Smith shor ly after deceased's death, when she denied having seen L'Angelier on ttte Sun day evening. He questioned her about the let er re ceived by dec-aced at Bridge of Allan, on account of which he had come home, and asked her how she could explain it, she being engaged to another man 'I SI:e said she bad made te appointment for Satur day evening, which he did not keep, and her purpose in writing to him was to try to get back her letters. In cross-examination witness stated that deceased had once become suddenly sick after taking a long walk him him at Helensburgh ; tha , he hod spoken of having had cholera ; that h was in the habit of taking laudanum, and had once had a conversation with witness as to the probability of taking arsenic without dangerous results. The Court adjourned till next morning (this day.) LOCAL SHARE MARKETs LIVEIIPOOL, JuLT 1. STOOK EXORAN4II:.—The market is dull, but steady. Eastern Counties, 11g—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1001 Lon ion ar,d N rth-Western, 103 s—Sheffields, 44 Midland, 833 4—North Eastern and Berwick, 221 a — South Eastern, 24 if f —Grand Trunks, Us. 3d.—Luxem bourg constit., 111 d. M.A.NCEIESTER, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market opened rather weaker, but improved slightly towards the close. There was very little business transacted. Grand Trunks, 13i A —Leeds, 100 4—London'y 103 i —Sheffield,, 43g 83— t) Dovers, 221 5-16 —Canadas, 21k—Do. new, p.—Eastern Counties, 11 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The transactions in this market t o -day were chiefly in local stocks. South Staffords 9 13-16 - Staffordshire Gas, 101—New Waterworks, 16i —Bir mingham Old Union Mills, 13 z —Great Westerns, 64a London and is . Torth WeAern, 103— Birminghana Banking Company,2--Shropshire Bauks, • Loss OF LIVES IN THE RlVERiTHAllES.—Yesterda men morn ing. about seven o'clock, whilst several y oung ' boys were bathin2 in the River Thames, at Hor sley- ant , - cry was raised that a boy was seiz e d w ith t h e down, e• was drowning. The poor fellow was seen to cramp, a" -nil after spinning round in the water shalt, then rise, ••• sucked under the shipping, se veral times', be w- • nva4, dived several tmesafte A r man , dressed inlight ce.. • -h -im. The previous evening him, but was amble , to ilea _ at Bankside, w hi c h way a man was drowned iv as satnilar ,„athing in rive rs i n shows the great danger of perons up and do wn , which steamboats are c ,ntinaally pas: in s , IMFORTANCE OF SNOWING FRENCH.—In this. happy country of (arra, where any man may be anythin''' from President downwards, everybody should know a of everything, particularly French, so as to be prepared for an emergency. Several capable men have misted good appointments as foreign Ministers because they could not speak any language but their own. A know ledge might be the means of securing an embassy, per haps to France, where a smattering of the language will be found extremely convenient to an ambassador. Our present representative to the Emperor of France la bours under the disadvantage of not being able to speak the language of the country ; but fortunately for us the Emperor can speak English, so that our Minister can have intercourse with him without the aid of an interpreter. But all Frenchmen cannot speak Eng lish, and Horace Vernet, the great battle painter, is one of them. We are likely, it s eems, according to a correspon dent of the Providence Journal, to be deprived of the servic es of the great French artist in departing our na tional capitol because he does not understand English, and our Minister cannot speak French. Mr. Mason, it is said, received instructions to make an offer to Vernet, and sent for him to communicate the intelligence to him. The Minister read the de-patch to the artist, who could n, un d ers tand a word of it ; and when some one asked I .. -•hether he Intended going to America, he replied him N." .1 not know he had been invited. Perhaps some that be t:.. found before this to act as an interpreter friend bas Oen Minister and the artist, and the French- • b etwe en the L. have leas the honour that has been paid him. man will m• —Noe York Tiflli • BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 29th June, at 2, Alfred Villas, Upper Holloway Mrs. George Armitage On the 28th June, at Eggington Hall, Barton-on-Trento Lady Every—prematurely, stillborn, OF A DAUGUTER. On the 27th June, at Bessingby, Yorkshire, the lady c' t s W w i a l n l n i n, he a t m 5 : 2t . h 8 itGt h ar je f gu o inin it . h e; Esq. On Regiment. Cheltenham, the wife of CaptaiA _ _ _ MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Newton, near Wisbech, by the Re/' J. W. Berryman, John, only son of Hugh Wooll, EA' , of Upwell Hall, C a mbridgeshire, to Martha Elizabetbr only daughter of the late John Cole, Esq., of GuanotO Gate House, Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire. On the Ist inst., at the church of Allhallows, Barking , Mr. Anthony Brough. of London, to Emma, only Baugh' ter of Charles Law, Esq., of Fleetpond, Hampshire. On the 30th June, at Chepstow, the Rev. Wm. Talmilo:- . -mbent of Thames Ditt on, S urrey, an d F e l low O' Kiulacy. ' ollege, C am b r id ge. to Charlotte, third daughter of the late Jat.qes Evans, Esq., of Tutshill-lodge, Chepatosfs Iit:ALT.H UP LOArboN DURING THE WE (h.o,n, the Report of the liegtstrar-General.) The numi - er of deaths registered in Loudon in the week that ended on Saturday, June 27, was 1,005. In the tea years 1847-56 the average num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,090 ; but, as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, the average should be raised with a view to comparison propor tionally to the increase, in which case it will be come 1,199. The deaths now returned were there fore less by 194 than would have occurred if the average rate of mortality towards the end of June had prevailed. The deaths produced by the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were last week 195 ; the corrected average of correspor idi ng weeks is 264. The mortalii y of this class is considerably I,ss han usual; and on reference to particular heads it will be seen that the reduction is in typhus (including common fever), searlatina, and small pox. Four cases of small pox and one of varicella. (chicken-pox) were fatal in the week. Although the heat was exces-ive, and the mean temperature of last week higher byB deg. than that of the previous three weeks, tie mortality from diarrhoea has not yet shown any important increase, the weekly deaths from this com k laint during June having been 26, 20, 35., and 33. Besides the 33 of last week, three deaths of children were registered as caused by "English eltol- and " cholera infant urn." Whooping cough, which carried off 46 children, and, in the next place, measles, which carried off 36, are at present the most fatal diseases of .he zymotic de scription. Three deaths from meas'ea are returned from each of the following sub-districts ;—West HaAney, St. Clement Danes, and Mile-end Old town Lower. Five children died of whooping-cough in the sub-district of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. Three persons are recorded as having died of in temperance, besides six cases in *which the cause of death is stated to be delirium tremens. A deaih which occurred in May, and on which an inqu-st was held, was caused by star vation. The two oldest persons in the returns are, women, aged respectively 91 and 95 years. Last week the births of 867 boys and 805 girls, in all 1,672 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847' 56 the average number was 1,563. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.058 in. Tue mean daily reading was above 30 in. on five days ; the highest reading attained was 30 25 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was 67 . 3 deg., which is 6.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 4 ; years (as determined hY Mr. Glrshier). On four days the mean tempera ture was from 8 deg. to 10 deg. above the average. The highest temperature in the shade occurred on Sa urday, and was 88.5 deg. ; the highest in the sun occurred on the same day, and was 116 deg. The lowest temperature was 501 deg. on Thurs day, and the range of the week was 37.8 deg. Tue mean dew-point temperature was 58.2 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 91 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.8 deg. On Saturday the theremometer in the rivet rose to 71.7 deg. The air was frequently calm. Rain fell on Sunday to the amount of 0.21 inches. None fell during the rest of the week. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEER ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . . Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidney; &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. 1 Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 39 Atrophy Old Age Sudden ' 1 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperan ce 76 Causes not specified --, DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES MO • Population Deaths in corre• • Dos e' Enumerated. aponding week i n lb. 1851. of 1856. Wei' West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 543 Fomales 462 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,118 Males Females.. , 867 805 Total .»......„.._. 1,672 Country MarketB. EDINBURUH HAY AND STRA.W MARKET. JUNE 30. Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 108 Od per kemple of i s tone' trop; wheat do., 78 6d. to 9s Od; barley do.. Oi 0.1 to 61. Od. Hay from is 1d to ls. 4d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JUNE 30. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and —O. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JUNE 29. f There were in the ma r k e t t o -d ay 8 b ags of oatmeal, 0 ° barleymeal, and 1 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Tb/V o l i imperial Barleymeal, per ditt o Peasemeal, per ditt o —s Od — s Od -s Flour, new, per ditto Pot-barley, new, pe r ditt o — s Od s Od —8 v" DUBLIN, JUNE 30. We have again to report an exceedingly depressed Wa re ket. Oar qu o t a ti ons h ave on l y reference to su,all reto` transactions, to which business w a s en ti re l y confined. dian corn fully is lower. T White wheat, 35. 61 to 39 a Od ; red ditto, 31s 01 to 3 ,1 ~ Od ditto new, —s; b a rl e y, ma l t i ng, 168 6d to 25s 6d ; grioci; ing, —a to ; oats, old, 14s 6 , 1 to 17s; ditto, new, ; o,t to —a Od ; oatmeal, 15 8 t o 18 s Od ; h ere, new, -- s to 01, r tnesezd, —B Od to --a Od per brl ; bailers' flour, 2v „, ' 01 to 24s Odper cwt; Indian c orn , 38 s Odto 39, 01 r , 480 lbi. BRISTOL SUGAR—JULY 1. The sugar market bas been very inactive during week, and the sales of West India are under 200 bads., , e easier rates. A parcel of ab o ut 75 puncheons Jaurtil— th rums has been sold, but tue price has not transpired. COAL MARKET.—JuLy 1. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market. s. d. Welleend, ate. Bates's West Hartley ~ 14 0 1 s d i Bebside's Hartley 16 3 ,1 ll 16 a Htl'pool West Hartley...l6 Olp ees ll ; Haswell Gas l3 6. 1 - letton l7 ; Canfield Moor Butes 14 0 Braddyll l5 $ Walker Primrose ... ...... 1,3 3 Heugh Hall 15 Haswell Hartley I ,° 9 0 South Hetton 16 9 Wm . il ' 6 Eden Main l5 0 Wel!send, dte Haswell 17 0 Stewart's 17 0 Kepler Grai n ( ' l6 g Rid de ll l4 6 kt as sell's Hatton 15 9 Hartlepool Hetton 16 0 seaham l5 A South Kelloe Ships at marker ;, 49 ; sold, 39. DIED. On the 30th June, at 36, Ladbroke-square, Kensington' park, Notting-hill, James Braidley, Esq. On the 30th June, at Sydney-place, Brompton, Herd Samuel Daller, Esq., of H.M. Paymaster-General's' office, aged 62. On the 30th June, Jennet Herriot, eldest daughter °, the late Robert Thomson, Esq., of Mincing-lane, city, alw Mrs. Thomson, Balmoral Lodge, Brixton, On the 29th inst., ar Duke•street, Portland-place, Jae2 ol Edward Wells, aged 53. On the 28th June, at Strood, Curry Wm. Hillier, Escl' Commander R.N., aped 80. On the 22d June, at Ilkley, Yorkshire, the Rev. Joh n Cheap, aged 2d. On the 26th June, at 22, Beaumont-square, H. French' , aged 59. Ou the 25th June, at Lymington, Hants, Mr. William Good, jun., aged 49. On tee 23d June, at Necarn Castle, Fermanagh, Ireland, W. R. Judge L'Arcy, Esq., D.L., J.P., aged 64. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27 Sun Office, Na Shand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cal"' of Igliddle2ex, Thursday, July 2, 1807. oft Nal Lon the selx riea that port the of al the i Julll ques truss ing 1 be ii estal tarp Moz rece Mai( by tl the bas Step be sc Matt that bran with °rata gage take arel is at give] T mud July Pers, Docl be r, not', 1118 and 'lido by bout Peri