The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

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eutstrian Bonde, 5 per Cent 76%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was afurther improvement in the value of Cotton
at Liverpool yesterday. The sales were estimated at
12,000 bales. The market closed with a strong upward
tendency. The market for Railway Shares was firmer,
It better business having been done at higher prices.
The accounts of the 18th instant from Frankfort,
state that Austrian and Spanish Bonds were rather
more in demand, and shares firmer. At Vienna, on
the iqth, -Funds and Shares were feeble, with-
out nay particular change, and the Amsterdam
Bourse; on the 19th was rather better for Mexican and
Peruvian Bonds. The three principal banks in Belgium
discounted, from the Ist to _the 15th instant, bills to the
amount of 4,130,598 frs. The Dutch civil list, exclusive
of the revenue from Crown domains, is fixed for the pre-
sent reign at 600,000 florins.
The letters and papers by- the steamer from America
have been received this morning.
The most interesting news is probably that which re-
lates to California, and many of the most sanguine par-
ties in the United States have altered their views on ac-
count of the most recent intelligence received. One
Writer observes—
" The news recently received from California has
created a revolution in the public mind relative to the
resources of that country, and the result of the enor-
mous emigration from the shores of the Atlantic to the
shores of the Pacific. We are anxiously waiting later
"vices, with the hope that more favourable accounts,r
Properly authenticated, may come to hand, and e
1 far
u the suspense which thousands labour under, who.
have friends and relatives on their way to that
uetant land. Our opinion relative to the realization
of riches from the gold mines of California has ma-
terially changed since the accounts have reach us
showing that the difficulties experienced in digging are
Such that very few can contend with them success-
fully. So far as the question of supply is concerned,
there can be but one opinion; but so far as the acquisi-
tion of gold is concerned, we are afraid that the ac-
counts recently received will be confirmed in every
Particular.- With gold, and a large production an-
nually, California holds out very moderate induce-
ments for a large emigration. It has no natural
resources but its mines of precious metals, and if
these fail, we can easily imagine the result. The
geographical position of San Francisco is highly
favourable for commercial pursuits, the magni-
ficent bay of that name being capable of floating
almost the marine of the world; but it has such a
limited extent of back country, that it cannot support a
very large population. The valley of the Sacramento
comprises the bulk of the soil adapted to agriculture
west of the mountains, the whole territory being but a
mere strip of land, compared with the immense prairies
this side seeking an outlet through our rivers to the
Atlantic. The emigration now on its way to California,
could hardly be supported from the cultivation of all
the arable land, when properly improved. Any com-
munication through the mountains would be of little
service to the inhabitants of the Pacific coast, as all
West of, the Rocky Mountains are represented as
sandy
plains. and deserts. The main resources of C ali-
°raja, therefore .are her mines of gold, quicksilver,
11ce; and if these 'fail, the groWth of that country will be
united and moderate. In the absence of other re-
sources, mining must be its main dependence; but an
annual product of ten or twenty millions of dollars
would give an impetus to other branches of industry,
and enable the people to command the industry of other
natioPe. This would be preferable to the employment
of
the balk of the population in the production of gold,
and Wauld give a greater impetus to the growth of the
country, and ensure a permanency in its prosperity."
The number of vessels arrived at Quebec this year, to
the 4th instant, exhibits a decrease of 22,770 tons,
compared with the corresponding period of 1848.
The advices from Mexico, contained in the American
Papers, and- not always to be relied upon, state that
M. Arangoiz, the Minister of Finance, had
resigned because in Congress there was some
!opposition to hie plan for a settlement with the bond-
holders, and this assertion is the more curious, because
we
are told that the Congress had resolved to pursue
the path of economy recommended by that Minister, and
that the President Herrera had submitted to a reduction
from 36,000 to 25,000 dollars in the amount of his
selary.
Ilavannah dates of July 30 'state that the place was
very sickly.
B°xnoil Ayres. accounts of June are given in the
papers; according to which a fresh attempt at ingurrec-
tbleidhiad Occurred in the province of Jujuy. There had
Shock of an earthquake at Mendoza, and several
Tlings were destroyed.
generally are
are not quite so buoyant, but holders
927,7411 Y are firm. Consols 92i for Transfer,_and
IP for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 445. to
Bank stock
and India Bonds 745. to 775. premium.
sStock
Cis firm at 200. The New Three-and-a-
liuttei peryesetenrtsda.
yh.ave been 931 i. The Paris Bourse
was flatter
Tli4e has been a moderate business in Foreign Stocks.
Mexicanallud tehave declined, owing to the rumour' ebove
, They have been 281 to 2811. Eqnadors ore
31 • Spanish Three per Cents. bring 34} iZ, and,Por-
tnguese Four per Cents. 81. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
Per Cents. have been 53k, and Austrian Bonds 761.
Shares look well again,. and although the transactions
are not-large, there are fully yesterday's advanced rates
Paid in' most cases..
In a statement by an influential stockbroker, we have
the folloviing concerning railways:—
" To this general decline, however, there are two ex-
ceptioes which deserve notice, as exhibiting, in a very
!harked manner, the most serious evil at present affect-
ing railways, and indicating clearly ;he means of restor-
ing Confidence by placing these undertakings on a sound
basis These are the North-Western and the Brighton
_lues)sin each of which the directors are pledged to a
ePeedy and final close of the capital account, and both of
which are consequently at a higher price than in Janu-
ary last. Years ago we pointed out, and repeated month
_by
.I:9nth, that railways could never attain their legiti-
T,F Position as investments, nor be other than a fluctu-
ating and hazardous property, whilst the capital account
now
to present a yearly increase ; and experience
,t2a! shows the value of these continued monitions. We
_Orpve peculiar satisfaction, therefore, from the sig-
-I,llicant fact, that the two railwyas which have at
length virtually placed a limit to their capital,
and
those which, in a period of general distrust
!ad decline, have not only sustained their price, but ad-
; need in public estimation. Much may yet remain to
done--the breaches caused by dishonesty may have to
zbe repaired, and the damages inflicted by incapacity to
?.e redeemed by a permanent diminution of dividend ;
the science of railway working may be still an unsolved
Problem, the data for which are scarcely yet obtained
froth the hands of a rude experience—but there is much
hope for the future, in the circumstance that two of the
must important lines in the kingdom have con-
curred in ' a fixed determination finally to limit
their expenditure. There is not the slightest
reason why the value of railway shares should not
be as clear and as • easily understood as it is
at present confused and unascertainable, the only data
required being a known and fixed capital, honest returns
-of revenue, and a correct rule (varying according to the
nature of the line, but which experience is fast deter-
mining) for ascertaining the cost at a hich such revenue
is obtained. Let each shareholder, therefore, consider it
his individual duty to insist at every meeting upon the
immediate and final closing of the capital account, due
allowance being made for the completion of works, if
any, in progress;. and more will be done to create confi-
dence and place railways in a sound position than by any
other means."
BRITISLI FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock • 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92%3/
8 per Cent. Consols Anns 92%%%
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
• New 314 per Cent. Anus. 937f434
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth', 1860 9 878
_ D 0.30 Years, Expire Octlo, 1859

. Indiiiiiok ,
Do. Bonds, 10001 77 74 p
Consols for Account .
Exchequer Bills. 11A d. 2d.
March. June.
'l,OOO/.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

. .
Ditto Small
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent . 53
' Equador Bonds 3SAN '
' - Grenada, 1 per Cent. ..,5....., —
. • Do. Deferred
' Mexican 80na5,1846; 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex. Coupons
, -- Ditto for the Account .. .
-Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent...... 81 .
- Spanish Blinds, 5 per Cent,1840
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34:Mi .
Dividends on the above payable in London. •
Dutch .2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 53
. Ditto for the Account
:1108INFAs DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
PAID. PRA 811/All.
iitrat - 11"WA"'
. 50 .... ... •.• • .... to .--
en •
A Ditto, Preference .. - ... ' tt: ""
)4 her., Notting , Boston, &c. 6 ....
tYrshire and Glilloway .... . . 71-A . 4 —
Belfast auleounty Down , .., 25 .• 4
Berh ..... ........ to
---
and Hants ExtenSion
14.(Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) Er - ......• to i•-• ~
Inrthn_ingliain & Oxford J unct., '
' '' b1ic7.:(1.11 pd, or with guar. 20 2614 ...... to --
_ r :, wit otit a guarantee... 20 . -. ..... . . to
--
01 nungharaWoL,& Dudley,
• calls duly pd,withguar. 10 ..... to
1, or
•,134-'lllv. --
,'without a guarantee... 10
iiiik ing:. Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s —
--.
enhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.. '
~,Tt n, Stamf., & Binning...7l. 4s — .. ..'. to --
unstol and Exeter
~,, Do., Thirds .....- 27% . . .... to
Duo •
kinghanishire..
°m
Caled •
an. 50
Ditto; Quarter Sharer 123%....
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ••••••
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
ester :
,k3li and Holyhead SO
Ditto
tto, preference -
Clarence. T.,783_-.4
"0., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
• D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
. Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to
' !Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 ......
Pundalk and Enniskillen ... 22% — ...... to
tut Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
quad L & D
Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ... ..
Dtto,3l. 10s., E. & H... 3%......
,ietern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
• • po.Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d
' •-•- • ‘.1),(1.,•d07...... .............. 135. 4d...
..,0., Northern & Eastern... 50 - x.d.... to
..,. r.
• 41°./ 5 per cent. - ...... to "e'

Do., Quarters..... ..... .. . . ... 12%..... -
Ditto, New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) .... . . ... -25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% . to
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 25
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto.— 22%......
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 ...... .... to
East Lancashire ... 25
Ditto. New
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares
East Lincolnshire 25 ...... 28% to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Exeter and Exmouth.. •. 21s. • — ••• .. to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated .....
Great Northern •20
Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 121,4 — -
Do. IA B 6 percent.
71A 5%-.... to —.
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ... ... 5
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% —.... to
Great North of Eng1and......100
--
Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 40
Ditto, ditto .... ....... .... 35 - ..• • to
Ditto, New 301. ... 30 ..„ „ -
Ditto, New 151...... ..„ ..... 15 ...... •
Great Western' ' • ...100 -
Ditto, Half Shares.... ..... ' 50

tO -

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O -
Do. New 171
Hull and Selby '5O . —
Ditto, Half Shares .. ... .. . .26 ...-. -- ... :
Ditto,Quarter Shares....... 12% —' •
to
Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50-
Do., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ' to
Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96 -
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares .. 46
Ditto Quarters 22% 17% to
Ditto Fifths
Ditto. Thirds-.•.. ... 15 ...... .. .. to
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 -
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50
Do., West Riding Union, 9 ....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - • •••• to .....
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... ......, to
Leeds and Thirsk
Do., New
Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... -
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9
Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth-
port.
London Az Blackwall I .........- 12%
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 , — -
De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ..... --
Ditto, ditto
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d — ....... to.

Ditto Preference 20
London ts North Western.....loo 129% tO 130
Do. New Quarters. ...... 12
Do. Fifths 2 ..... 6% It ... to "
Do. 40i. Shares...L. &Di 30 ...... -
Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.... 50 .
Ditto, New 504.-- . ..... 42% .
Ditto, New 401. 34
Ditte, Thirds... l6l. 132.4 d — dis. to
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct on Calla ... ... 5 .
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25
Do. Half Shares . .... . ..... 3%..... .. to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Do., Half Shares
Manch, Buxton, & blatleck 5
Dianchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100

_...., -
Ditto m Shares (No. 1) ... 23 .....
Ditto, ditto (No. '2) 25
Ditto, 1/8 Shares (No. 3 )... 124 ......
Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. ..
Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 — -
Ditto, ditto. ............ ...... 19
Ditto, ditto ...
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22144......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25
Ditto, Man. & Lin.:Union 41. 25....
Midland...... lOO .. ... 63
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo -, ....... to , •
Ditto, 501. Shares ...........30 -
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ...
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......1251,2 to
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 ... ..
Ditto ditto lBl. 12s. 6d ..
' Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 471,E —
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6

per cent. guar. ..
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ..••..

Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...... to ...-
Newmarket ... .... 23
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s — to
Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 ...... to
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .... . ..... ........ 20 , — ... .. to
Norfolk lOO -
Ditto New '2Ol.
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20
Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 .• •••
Do. Llwestoft (guar.4pct.) 20
_ _

. .
Ditto (guar. 6_ per cent. ... 13 ......
Do. do. Waveney Va11ey... 2
Northern Counties Union ... 4 -
North British .. .. .... 25 - •.• •• to •.•
Ditto Half Shares. ..... ...- 121% — . to
Do. Quarters O4 — ..... to
Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 84.-- ...... to
Ditto. Preference 3% —
North Staffordshire... -
North Wales 3% --•— • ...• to
North Western 13% — .... to
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15
Royston and Hitchin ...,. .. 4% — ~.... to
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland .... .......
Ditto, New 22% to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 11 — -
Ditto. ditto. Class.B. 7
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - •••••• to
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 3
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W . tilin.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ..• •• —•-••• to
Ditto, Oswestry ' 18%......
Ditto ,New)...
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 -
Shropshire Union 5%.« - ' to
South Devon .. 5O •••••• -- ..•... to -.

Ditto. Preference 25 - ...... to --
south Staffordshire B% - - ~to -
South Eastern 33%1 - .. 22% 14 ... to ..-
Ditto; No. I. - 32 • -
Ditto, No. 2. BO - ..... to -
Ditto, No. 3. .. 3O - -
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... - -
Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. - lO .. .., 7
South Wales - - .. to -
South' Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole lO - to -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 141%..... IVA... ... to -
Do. , do.. (South Div.) 5 ..... - -
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ... . . .... . 7
Taw Vale Extension ........ 8 ...... - •••••• to "-
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway 17% ..- -
Vale of Neath - -
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .•..•• -
to -
Wwaatteerfrfoorrd,daremiLoimrizrivckie.ki..w.: 47%... .. -
and Dublin . 3 - •••• • to -
Wear Valley 6 . per ()ant.
Guaranteed ...... ..... ...... 50 •••••• ... to ..-
Do. do. do. -
Do. do. do. ..... .. 15 ... . -
West Cornwall 6 - -.
Arhitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. -. ..... to -,
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western... .. . - .••••• to -.
Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 - to -
t ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - to 20
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 . ... 4%U to -
be.Hartlepool Dk. & Ely. 100
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preflreoce -
' _., FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . . •
-
Anglo Italian (late Italian .
and Austrian , ' 5 - - to --
Boulogn'e and:Anaiens 2O ... ... 61% ' to -
Central of, France (Orleans
and Vierzon) :....:....: 2Q - .....•• to -
Demerara. ..........,.., -
•••
-. ' tin -
Dutch. Rhenish • •
East Indian . :--"• 78t" 4 -
to -
Great Indian Peninsular .5 ......, -- -
Do. - "D0.1.‘....... .... ... ... 10s. - to -.
Loulain ila Sambre- ......... 71/2 - to
Luxembourgitto.. .., 0 .
- ' ' tte
D --t
Madrid and Valelitis ' ' 2 • - . ... to .--.
Namur and Liege.:...... .. .' ... 20 . ...
Northern of France. ' l4/ 83 - - dis to --
Orleans-and:Bordeaux ... ... 2 .
Paris and Orleans..., ' 20 - ........ to -
Pans and Ronen on
- 20% i.d to --
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 11 •
Duet' and Havre..... .20 -
Sasnbre' and Meuse • ' '2O • ..-... -2_ e.""' to -
to -
Strasburg and 8a1e...:...:... 14 .....
, . '••
, ••• •
Tours & Nantes— .'• -6. " , , "6 - .... tO ...
TOUrnitY, Jurbise, Laiden,. . . ~
and Hassell ......... ...... .. 20' :.......,-. „,... te, _
vest Flanders - ' fi4
Ditto ... - to -
'JOINT STOCK RANKS.,
~,,, :

, ,
Atistralada .. . ...... .......... •.. 40 ..4.. "v • 8,.. •
British North American .... 50 ~.... -._:
to .-.
Colonial ..... ••....••••••,. ........ 2.6 •••••• ..... . •• to
Commercial of London •20 ...... --
London Joint Stock ...-.....10 .....: -;,„ to
....,.
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial ofEngld. 85
Ditto, New , ...... • ..... •••• 1-0 ••••••• -7.- .• • • to -...
. 221,4 ..... --- -.. to --

Nationfil of Ireland .••......••• - _ -
Provincial of Ireland ......... 25 ...... .....: to
to
Ditto, New .......... - ..... 10 .....
Union of Australia - .. ... to
Ditto, New ' 2l ......
Union of London .. 10 -
Union of Madrid 4O .... '. . ...-
MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO ......
Asturian ...... .. ...- ... ..... 14 ...... .. .
Australian 3 -
Barrossa Range 2BB. ..... . .... .... ~ to
1 Blaenarven Iron and Coal
Bolanos Scrip - ...... to 1--
British Iron • l2 - ..... to --
Brazilian Imperial ...... .. ... 241% — ..... to --
Ditto Coates and Cuiaba... 30
Ditto St_ John Del Roy ... 15 - ...... to --
Cobra Copper .......40 •••••• 23 ... •• to --
General ;Wow 29 -r Wits tO ....!

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THE LATE CONVICT MARY BALL

AND 7iHE GAOL CHAPLAIN.
(From the Coventry Herald.)
The universal prevalence thrbughout this city of
certain reports respecting something alleged to have
occurred between the late convict Mary Ball and the
Rev. Richard Chapman, in the discharge of his func •
tions as chaplain to the gaol, coupled with the fact of
the removal Of the latter from his office, renders the
matter of such interest as to justify .us in laying be-
fore our readers the facts of the case, which are as
follow :

On Saturday afternoon, the 4th of August, the
governor of the gaol, Mr. Stanley, had occasion to go
to Birmingham. On returning, ' shortly after six
o'clock the same evening, he was informed by Miss
Winter, the assistant matron, that during his absence
the chaplain bad visited the prisoner, Mary. Ball, then
under sentence of death, and by force, in her pre-
sence, had held the condemned woman's hand
over a lighted candle, thereby burning and blis-
tering it. Mr. Stanley immediately ran to the
cell, when the prisoner showed him her hand,
which he found to be blistered as he had
been informed, the prisoner expressing herself
glad that he had come, and complaining of the
Rev. Mr. Chapman's treatment. In the absence of
Mr. Cope, the nearest resident visiting magistrate,
the governor instantly proceeded to the Rev. H.
Bellairs, of Bedworth, also a visiting magistrate, and
informed him of what had occurred. Mr. Bellairs
thereupon ordered that the chaplain should desist
from further visiting the prisoner, or from discharg-
ing any duties at the gaol until an examination had
been bad before the visiting justices, a meeting of
whom he directed to be convened on the following
Tuesday, the 7th instant. At the same time Mr.
Bellairs notified to the governor his intention to per-
form the morning duty, and preach the condemned
sermon in the gaol chapel on the Sunday, the sth
instant, which he accordingly did. In pursuance of
these directions, a meeting of the visiting magistrates
took place, the Rev. Richard Chapman being present,
and the examinations were gone into. Mr. Stanley
repeated the statement already related ; adding that
in the complaints made by the prisoner, she de
clared she would relate upon the gallows what had
happened. Susannah Winter also informed the
magistrates that it was about half-past five o'clock on
the Saturday afternoon- that the chaplain visited the
prisoner, and immediately on 'entering thb. cell he
called for a lighted candle, which was brought to him.
He then took the candle in one hanCl, and with the
other laid hold of the hand of the prisoner, Mary
Ball, which he held over the candle, and asked her if
she felt it. After a time she snatched her hand away,
having previouily endeavoured to withdraw it, saying
at the same time that she did feel it. The chaplain
asked her what that would be compared to the tor-
ments of hell, where her whole frame would be burn-
ing for a hundred years ? Whilst the chaplain held
the prisoner's hand over the candle, she tried hard to
get it away. Miss Winter gave it as her opinion, to
the best of her judgment, that the hand of the pri-
soner was held over the candle two minutes. The
candle was first held at a distance from
''her hand,
and brought nearer to it gradually. She tried hard
to get it away whilst it was being held. The
chaplain afterwards read some prayers, and went
away in about ten minutes. After this, Miss Winter
states she looked at the prisoner's hand, and finding
it very red and partially blistered, she applied some
yellow soap to it, and at this time (Tuesday) it was
much better, the blisters having broken. After Mary
Ball got her hand away Mr. Chapman told her not to
think be was actuated by any motives of cruelty to-
wards her, and that his design was to give her some
idea of what the torments of hell were.

_ _ _
These statements having been made before the
magistrates, in the presence of Mr. Chapman, he
admitted that they were substantially correct, with
the exception of the time mentioned by Miss Winter
during which he held the prisoner's hand over the
candle, which he did not think exceeded a few seconds
whilst subjected to the flame. He added that he was
actuated by the best of motives • and that what he
did was to facilitate her notion Of pain. Also, that
the prisoner was a woman of obtuse intellect, and
that he thought her mind would be more likely to be
acted upon. through the medium of the senses.
After these examinations were concluded, the magis-
trates passed a resolution to the effect that it was not
advisable to continue the Rev. Richard Chapman as
chaplain to the gaol, confirming the suspension of him,
as ordered by the Rev. H. Bellairs, and continuing
that suspension until an order thereon be taken•at the
next general quarter sessions of the peace.
The magistrates also declared their approval of the
prompt conduct of the governor of the gaol, and
further expressed their sense of the services rendered
by the Rev. a Bellairs in preaching the condemned
sermon, and in undertaking the duties of the gaol
under the circumstances above described.

It was agreed to send a copy of the depositions to
the Secretary of State ; and that the Rev. J. B. Col-
lisson, vicar of the parish in which the gaol is situ-
ated be requested to perform the duties of the chap-
laincy until the next quarter sessions.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT• GARDEN.—This
La the last week of the season, and in order to give Owe

an opportunity of enjoying good music who have hitherto
been prevented by economical motives from patronising
this magnificent lyrical establishment, the prices of
admission will be this week reduced so as to be
brought within the means of many who have hitherto
been compelled to deprive themselves of this rich musi-
cal treat. But, although the prices are reduced, the per-
formances will be of the same high character as ever.
This evening the Prophite will be performed ; on
Thursday, the second and third acts of the Huguenots,
and the coronation scene from the Prophete, and on
Friday (instead of Saturday), being the last night of the
season, Don Giovanni, with Madame Viaidot Garcia as

Zerlina.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT• GARDEN:IIer
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accom-
panied by her Serene Highness the Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge, Prince Richard Metternich, Princess Melanie
Metternich, and the Countes de Chandos, honoured
the 'performance at the Royal Italian Opera, on Saturday
evening, with their presence, and occupied her Majesty's
box. Her Royal Highness was attended by Mr.
Edmund St. John Mildmay. Among the visitors were'
his Excellency, the Russian Minister and Baroness'
Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner ; the Marquis
and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lord Mubert and the
Ladies Emily and Margaret de Burgh, the Marquis of
Titchfleld, Dowager Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies
Browne, the. Marchioness of Westmeath, 'Earl St. Ger-
mans, Sir William and Lady Georgina Codrington,
Countess of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Lady Mary
Bentinek, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Maldon, Viscount
Exmouth, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon.
John Coke, Hon. John Fortescue, Hon, Henry Coke,
Hon. George Wrottesley, Hon. Spencer Moiatague,
Hon. Edward Upton, Hon. Mrs. Oust, Lady Lawley;
Hon. Miss Talbot and Hon. Miss Jane Talbot, Hon,
Mrs. Abbott and Bon. Mrs. Murray, Hon. Theobald
Dillon, &c.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A BURGLAR.—Yesterday
evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. James's
workhouse on the body of Henry Edgar Blackwell,
aged 20, whose death was caused by a fall from a house
in Oxford-street, in the attempt, it was supposed, to
commit a burglary. It appeared from the evidence that
the deceased resided at the house of a man named
Greaves, in Blackfriar's-road. This Greaves was a very
bad character, and it seemed probable bad led the de-
ceased astray. At about two o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing Mr. J. Rallies, residing at 332, Oxford• street, was
awakened by his servant, who said that some men were
breaking in. He went down stairs, and on opening
‘a
landing window he heard a groan .from the area be-
neath, or the backyard. Ile gave an alarm; and tho
went to' the front of the house, and called for the police,
who arrived soon afterwards. There was a pane of
glass broken. in one of the- third story back windows,
and a part of the frame had • been cut away
with some sharp instrument. The noise of the
falling glass _had awakened the servant.. On
going down stairs into the back yard he found
the body of a man quite dead, . and bleeding
profusely from the head. From a subsequent examine-
tion, it appeared that the deceased, accompanied by
another man, secreted himself in the yard of the Argyll
Arms public-house. Thence they contrived to ascend
to-the leiuls at the back, of the-.house., They had re-
moved the top of a conservatory on those leads, and
having entered it, had commenced cutting away the
third floor window, in order to enter the house. Hear-
ing an alarm given, the deceased attempted to escape,
and in doing SO, fell to the ground, froth a 'height '-of 30
feet, literally dashing out his brains.- His accomplice
• also jumped or fell, and was so much injured that the
police captured him and conveyed him to the hospital,
where he still remains. The Coroner summed up these
facts to the jury, observing that the cause of death ,was
all that it was necessary for them to decide. It would
not be of any service that they ehould enter on the ques-
tion of how the deceased got on the -leads, but they
would use 'their ,own discretion as to dealing with it. The
jury returned a verdict ',That the deeehsed was killed
by a fracture of the skull, caused by a fall from the leads
of a house, while attempting to commit a burglary."
• THE ARMY.—The Diana, with Captain Durnford,
Lieuteuants Willis,,Buchanan, Chute, and Crawley, and
. Assistant Surgeon Bassano, 159 men,. 19 women, and
27 children of the 70th Regiment, from Cork, arrived at
Calcutta on the 16th of June. The Ratcliffe, with Majors
Cheap and Bush. Lieutenants Mundell, Allman, Lees,
and Jones, and Assistant-Surgeon De Lisle, 157 men,
11 women, 26 children, and Mrs. Bush and 3 children,.
96th Regiment, arrived at Calcutta, from. Australia, oh
the 23d of June. The Ursula, with detachments of the
83d, arrived at Bombay on the 25th of June.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The cotton
market closed at Havre on' Saturday evening with a
sale of 1,650 bales. Yesterday the demand was regular,
but buyers declined acceding to the increased rates
demanded by holders to any extent. The sales to two
o'clock were 1,224 bales. The rise since last quotations
was about 2 francs. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Normanby arrived 'yesterday at Havre, and are sojourn-
ing at Frascati's Hotel.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—In obedience to the com-
mand of her Majesty the Queen, the town of Cove, in
Ireland, will henceforth bear the name of Queen's Town.
If we knew all we desire to know, man would be
a 0 longer mane—Eliza Cook's Journca.