The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-25 00:00:00

T URKEY.

Constantinople letters and journals to the 16th
have reached us. They all agree in representing
the winter as of unusual severity. The Levant
Herald has the following :
" The Commission named to frame a scheme for the orga-
nisation of a new Bourse gave in its report to the Grand
Vizier on Monday. It recommends that the new establish..
ment shall consist of three classes of members, namely—
stock, cargo, and ship brokers, of whom there shall be forty
of the first, eighty of the second, and twenty of the last.
Of these the stock-brokers shall be required to make a de-
posit in the Caisse d' Amortissement, by way of caution-
money, of either 1,600 liras in effective, or of Government
securities of that value at the market prices of the day.
The four-scorn cargo brokers shall similarly lodge 400 liras,
or their equivalent in stock, and the ship-brokers the same.
In addition to a yearly subscriptiun of 1,000 p., each mem-
ber of the three classes shall pay a lump entrance-fee ; that
fixed for the stock-brokers being 60 liras, and for the others
in proportion. Finally, the three classes shall pursue their
business in separate parts of the establishment, which last
will be open for only three hours daily, and be under the
control of a Porte commissioner and a committee consisting
of two members from each of the three class of subscribers."

THE 'TARTLET COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A sub-
scription was commenced yesterday in Mincing •lane for
the benefit of the widows and families of the pitmen who
have lost their lives in the Hartley mine. Nearly £4OO
has been contributed by the merchants and brokers in the
immediate neighbourhood. The list lies for signature at
the London Commercial Salerooms. In the Stock Exchange
likewise a N ery considerable sum is being raised.
THE DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A com-
mittee meeting of the corporation of Reading was held yes-
terday, and the members, before separating, took into
consideration the Lest means of assisting in the relief of the
distress which has befallen so many f tmilies in consequence
of the terrible catastrophe at the New Hartley Mine, and
it was decided that a subscription should immediately be
commenced, in preference to incurring the delay that would
be occasioned by calling a public meeting. A sum of about
£4O was at once raised, and subscription lists are lying at
various places in the town. In charity, be prompt—and
twice blessed.

CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT.—A charge,
made by a servant girl of 14 against the Rev. Evan Berry,
the minister of Croft Chapel, Hastings, has caused great
excitement in the neighbourhood. The case was brought
yesterday morning before a bench of magistrates, the Mayor
presiding. The girl gave her evidence with a degree of
assurance perfectly astonishing in one so young while de-
tailing the alleged offences. Beadon Wrentmore, a carpen-
ter, who is a lodger in Mr. Berry's house, deposed to several
facts which had come under his notice, and which led him
to believe that the statements made by the complainant
were true. Superintendent Glenister, of the police, stated
that last witness had taken a prominent part in bringing,
forward the accusation, on the ground that he thought mo-
rality was being outraged. Witnesses were then called who
proved that it was quite impossible that Mr. Berry could
have committed the offences of which he was accused at the
time and places specified, and that the girl had given a very
different account of Mr. Berry's conduct towards her. After
the examination of the second witness for the defence, the
bench stopped the case and dismissed the accused. On
leaving the court the rev. gentleman made a narrow escape
from a crowd of blackguards collected at the door of the
court room.