The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-31 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LONDON, July 31.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; pleasant breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, July 30.—Wind N.W. Arrived—Yhilo,
from Mai atizas.
FALMOUTH, July 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Martin
Luther, trum Itafigeou.

,BY ELECTRIC T LEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Jacobin, from Urroningen ; Ann Roberts, from
Port M.d,c ; Tagus, steamer, trout Lisbon; Star, trout
Newcastle.
Sailed—Queen of the Isles, for Aberystwith; Argyle,
steamer, for Carentan.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, July 31—Holywood, from Larva; Happy Re-
turn, arum Antwerp.
DEAL; Thursday Morning.
Passed—Johanna Maria, front Itotteroatn, for Batavia;
Nina, brig, flow the west, for London ; Hackers, from
Tminidad for London; Dorset (of Yartnuuto), from the
north, fur the west.

Bulliers Correspondence circulates the rumour
that the Emperor, who, with the Imperial Prince, will
probably be at the Chalons Camp on August 15, the Napo-
leon fete day, intends there to issue a manifesto, in which
ho will allude to all the great questions of the day.
ADDRESS TO MR. LAINO —At a meeting of the
dir etas of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce yester-
day, a sub-committee Wksti appointed to prepare a congratu-
latory address to the lion. S. Laing on his return from
India.
It is said that the unfair treatment which has
been su-tained by the Madras hrigation Company at the
hands of Sir Charles Wood wit, be brought under the notice
of the 11 ,use of Lo.ds on Friday next by Lord Shattesbury.
GOLD SENT TO INDIA.—A Parliamentary re-
turn states that in the four years, 1857.1860, gold tTeast.re
to the amount of £13,731,462 was imported into British
India from various countries, chit fly trout China.
Tne Czaa of Cracow denies the existence of any
conspiracy at Warsaw.
Dr. (-Juries and the other Roman Catholic pre-
lates front America left Dublin, en Sunday, on their way
home.
The works for the restoration of Ripon cathedral
are to be carried out under the direction of Mr. G. G.
Scott, at a coat of £30,003.
Tii E INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—TIie number
of visitors at the Exhibition yesterday, July 30, was :—By
season tickets, 4,791; ditto for is. days, 1,067 ; by pay-
ment, 50,922; tota.l, 56,780.
SUICIDE, ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.—Dr- Lankes-
ter, coroner for Central Middlesex, instituted an investiga-
tion at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hamp-
stead, on Monday, touching the death of Thomas Prestond,
aged 57 years, residing in 13rewhotiee-lane, Hampstea
Jane Preston deposed that deceased was her husband, who
was engaged in business as a pork butcher. On Friday
He went to bed at eight
evening he came home tipsy.
o'clock and slept till ten o'clock, after which time he be •
came very restless and irritable until four in themorning,
when he arose from his bed and went out of e thou•e.om She
never saw again alive. In answer to questions fr the
him last
coroner and jury, she admitted having struck
Tuesday night, but contended that they afterwards
Mrs.
became
reconciled, and that he did not complain of the ble,w.
Mary Fitzgerald, a neighbour, knew deceased for the last
15 years. She supped with him and his wife on Tuesday
night. Deceased was tipsy, and he and his wife vio-
lently quarrelled, which resulted in the former striking
the latter wi h a poker. Police-inspector Webb stated
that he was statiened at Hampstead. At midnight on
Tuesday last the deceased came to the Hampstead police-
station with his wife, whom he had given in custody for
stabbing him. H divisional
Ile was examined by the police divisio
surgeon, Dr. discovered
a who upon an examination l
a wound at the back of the left ear, and said it was but
superfie'al, though it bled profusely. The wound
had been
idlicted by a common table knite. The wife was detained
and tucked up in the station all that night, but deceased
declined to give evidence against her the next
she was di,.cherged from the custody of
the morning, and
Crane, a donkey driver, deposed that police. William
o'clock on Saturday morning, at half-past seven
Hampstead Heath, he found 'while he was at work on
Preston's. His suspicions a hat which he knew to be
were
Preston the day before, when he said he should "make e
hole in the water." He
and got the body out of went to the station for the drage, '
a
came and examined th pond on the heath. Dr' 13:;::
The jury returned a ebody, and pronounced hi:l_ from
drowning whilst in verdict of suicide by suffecTiti: The
a state of temporary inssn Y violent
gi
coroner at ma
r• Y censured Mrs Preston tor her
conduct towards her deceased husband.
or GOOD HOPE.--
EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE
of Good Hope from
Of the six ships that sailed to the Cape
this country during the season 1861-62 under theh auspices
of the Emigration Commissioners, the filialst an, of 700
tons, with 261 emigrant°, underh:bi, t
adirggeest timegte n-Suptr •
intendent Samuel Smith, to:1:
Johnr Vanner,
of 726
her
port of destination, undert charge of Su, ions'
. geon-Supetin-
with 239 entieraers,
the shortest period, there teing 29 days'
dent W. D. Store,
difference.
mn SAND FORESTS.—TORT WILLIAM.--.
THE 4--,; , of
The apPr°"'ng 12th August sever was so Lear with so
raging sporting prospects. The weather has been
disco
• ntly unfavourable for all kinds of game, and we learn
„vire
t in most places there will be a scarcity of grouse even
tbe
on the famous moors in this quarter. In travelling over
some of the best heather ranges in this district, we found
the coveys more numerous that we expected ; but they were
small in size and number, and looked weakly. They cs
be of no size worth at the opeciug of tho woos ila 10311
Plaonigrittfirt/A Cmegmo,