The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY AND NAVY.

The United Service Gazette is pleased to learn, from the
statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday
by the Secretary of State for War, that there is a proba-
bility of a system being shortly adopted by which " every
man in the army who wishes to work at a trade
may obtain employment." It also says that the
Director-General of the Army Medical Department
having called attention to the desirability of sending ex-
perienced military surgeons to the head-quarters of the
French and Prussian armies, for the purpose of studying
and reporting upon the effects of the more recent inven-
tions of modern warfare, and the most approved methods
of transporting the sick and wounded, the Secretary
of State for War promised to endeavour to
carry the suggestion into effect. Orders have
been given by the Board of Admiralty to suspend for the
present the sale and breaking-up of the few of our
wooden vessels left to the service from the short-sighted
recommendation of the Controller of the Navy.—Captain
J. W. Hozier, of the Scots Greys, has been appointed an
extra aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, vice Captain Sterling, R.A., appointed
a paid aide-de-camp to his Excellency.—During
the last week a commission has been sitting
at the War Office upon the very important
question of the administration of our Army Hospitals.
The object of Mr. Cardwell, as submitted to the Commis-
mission, is to modify the action taken upon Lord Herbert's
Commission of 1858, so as to throw upon the surgeons a
greater responsibility, and to bring about a more
cordial co-operation between the Control and Medical
Departments than exists at present. This, doubtless
in the event of war, will prevent many of
the calamities which attended our Army in the Crimea.
According to present arrangements, the ships for the
flying squadron will be commissioned about August 25.
The squadron will be composed of five vessels—three
frigates and two corvettes—the Narcissus hoisting the
flag. Captain W. Codrington, 1869, will be flag
captain to Rear-Admiral Seymour.—lt has been
decided that Colonel F. F. Maude, V.C., C. 8.,
Inspector-General of Militia in Ireland, is, on
and after October Ist next, to undertake the duties of
Inspecting Field Officer of Recruiting in Ireland, vice
Colonel Budd, who retires upon half-pay. Colonel Maude
will take the rank of assistant adjutant-general.—We
learn that a telegram has been forwarded to Valparaiso,
ordering the return to England forthwith of the Flying
Squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral
Hornby, C.B.

The Army and Navy Gazette says :—A communica-
tion has been received at the War Department
from the Admiralty, in which their lordships have
requested the proper authorities to see that, without loss
of time, all reserves, of ordnance, &c., which might be
required by the Mediterranean Fleet shonldbe despatched
to Malta. At the same time an intimation was conveyed
that there is at present no intention of making any addi
tion to Admiral Sir Alexander Milne's command.—
Major-General Sir Alfred Horsford, K.C.8., accom-
panied by Captain F. Markham, Rifle Brigade, aide-de-
camp, has left England for Malta to assume command of
the Infantry Brigade, vice Major-General W. S. Newton.
—By our private advices from China we regret to find
that the health of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett,
the Naval Commander-id-Chief, has been affected by the
climate, and is therefore not so good as his friends could wish.
Commodore Dowell, C. 8., an officer of distinguished and
lengthened service, has beer nominated a naval aide-de-
camp to her Majesty the Queen.—Lieutenant-Colonel
Kinght and most of the officers and men of the late Cape
Mounted Riflemen, who have not settled down at the
Cape of Good Hope, have arrived in England during the
last few days.—The reappearance of Mr. Childers in the
House of Commons after his recent illness was
welcomed by cheers from both sides ; probably, the
loudest proceeded from the Opposition, where the First
Lord of the Admiralty has very many sincere friends.- -
The prospect of the sub-lieutenants of the Royal Navy is
not one of a cheerful character. There are at present
on the list about 400 of these officers. During
the current year there have been promoted thirty.
Most of these being caused by the recent heavy
retirements, Mr. Childers has declared his intention of
filling up one vacancy in every four retirements of
lieutenants, and this has been so far been done. Now,
however, the greater part of the men who wished to
retire have done so, and, consequently, there is no
promotion. No increase of pay after three years has
been offered, and no commutation on retirement
allowed. The list is every day getting larger, and the
prospects, of course, becoming worse. Keeping the
Lieutenants' List for some time larger than is
proposed, or offering a small retirement to men to go,
is the only way we see out of the difficulty, unless a
better one occurs to the First Lord of the Admiraly and
his advisers.

THE DEATH OF M. PItEVOST-PARADOL. A
curious story reaches us from New York in regard to this
deplorable event. It is to the effect that on M. Paradol's
arrival at Washington Mr. Fish, an old and intimate
friend of the French envoy, said to him, "As minister of
France I welcome you ; as a man and a friend I forbid
you to enter my door." Mr. Fish, it should be
understood, was the person who induced M. Paradol
to deliver the lectures by which he achieved so great a
reputation in the United States some two or three years
ago. The cause for this cool reception is alleged to have
been the fancied defection of M. Paradol from his old
principles ; and it is stated that it thoroughiy paralysed
and crushed the unfortunate gentleman. We give the
story for what it is worth. Certainly that in itself is
quite insufficient to account for the melancholy catas-
trophe.—Standard.

TH. SUICIDE OF JAMES W. LING ARD.—The
announcement that J. W. Lingard, the well-known
theatrical manager and actor, had committed suicide
created a sad sensation throughout the city of New York.
In theatrical circles particularly the tragic end of this
once popular man was almost the only subject of con-
versation. Deceased may have had his faults, but those
who knew him best speak of him as a man of generous
impulses and free nature. He was liberal to a fault, and
when fortune smiled upon bins his hand was ever ready
to share with others the favours. it conferred an him.
Since the loss of his theatre by fire, in 1866, Mr. Lingard
has had to Extiggle with adversity. This no doubt
preyed upon his mind, but it is to be feared that other
circumstances more grave impelled him to the commis-
sion of the act which has so hurriedly called him from the
stage of life. —New York Herald.

LAW AND POLICE.

THE RELATION OF BANKS WITH PUBLIC COMPANIES.—
On Saturday morning Vice-Chancellor Stuart delivered
an important judgment bearing on this question, the cir-
cumstance givinc, rise to the litigation being that the
Birmingham Patent File Company had had .0.0,000 ad-
vanced to them by the Birmingham Bank on the security
of future calls, such security being one of the prefer-
ence over ordinary creditors. The Vice-Chancellor said
that the question of fraudulent preference was one
which required serious consideration. None of the
authorities quoted by counsel had had reference
to transactions in which the creditors were bankers, and
there was a most important distinction between cases
where the claimants were in that position and where they
were ordinary creditors. if an ordinary creditor was pre-
ferred, for no good and proper motive, and under circum-
stances that sheaved that an undue preference was in-
tended, there was no doubt that the case came within
th.t which was contemplated by the Legislature. But
the case of a banker was widely different. How could it be
said that if the arrangement was made with a banker in
order to enable the company to carry oil bitsitiess, that it
was done with a -Vie* to defeating and delaying creditors ?
The immediate object was to ensure the payment of
ordinary creditors. Here was a company carrying on
business, with large.accomodation from their bankers, and
wanting larger. Under those circumstances the bankers
naturally wanted more security, and he considered that
in the present instance the transaction was perfectly
legitimate and honest, and that the security, instead of
being fradulent, must be declared to be perfectly valid.

IMPUDENT .ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
A young woman, named Louisa Hurn, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police-court
with assaulting John Sullivan, a coachman, living at No.
23, George-street, Grosvenor-square, and also with at-
tempting to rob him. The prosecutor said that he was
passing along Oxford-street that morning when the pri-
soner accosted him, and then caught hold of him, and
struck, bit, and kicked, him, at the same time making a
snatch at his watch, and breaking the chain. He then
gave her into custody. The prisoner admitted assaulting
the prosecutor, but 'denied attempting to rob him. Mr.
Henry Taylor; residiiig near the Edgware-road, having
given similar evidence to the prosecutor, the prisoner was
remanded.

A VIOLENT RUFFIAN.—Thomas Collins, a rough-looking
fellow, was charged at the Westminster Police Court with
assaulting Edward John Sheppard, barman at the King's
Arms, Cremorne-road, Chelsea, and further with assault-
ing a constable in the execution of his duty. The barman
said he was cleaning the windows, and the prisoner was in
the bar with his mother and niece. They had a pot of
beer and some words arose, when the prisoner knocked
his mother down and dragged her outside. He used very
bad language, and returned into thl house, where he
knocked his cousin down. The barman then inter-
fered, and told him not to knock a woman about,
when he turned round and struck him on the
head. Witness took hold of him to put him out, and he
struck him again on the side of the head; he Was not sober.
They fell together, witness underneath, and while on the
ground one of the companions of the prisoner caught him
by the hair of the head, and knocked him about on the
ground ; he would not go away, and struck the constable
who was fetched in the house, and knocked him down.
While on the ground the prisoner kicked at the con-
stable's head, but fortunately missed it, and knocked his
helmet off. He assaulted the constable and barman
again, and then escaped into his mother's house,
where the police had to break open the door to
apprehend him. He resisted violently, and his mother
came to the station and made a noise, whereupon she was
locked up. Prisoner denied the assault, and said he was
only having a laik with his mother and cousin. The
mother was called up, and denied that he knocked either
of them down ; they were only having a game together
and pulling each other about. Mr- Selfe said, of course
she would s.ireen her son ; but he should not allow the
police to be assaulted in this brutal way, and sentenced
the prisoner to 10 days hard labour.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A DRAPER'S ASSISTANT.—
Edward Howlett, a draper, aged 30 years, was brought
before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-court;
charged with stealing a large quantity of property from
the establishment of Messrs. Hawkes and Hazard, drapers
and silk mercers, in the Commercial-road, Ratcliff, and
Harriett Howlett, a well-dressed woman, who has passed
as his wife, was charged with feloniously receiving a
portion of the property, she well knowing it to have been
stolen. Mr. George Hazard said the prisoner had been
engaged with high testimonials as first man of the firm,
and that for the last fortnight he had suspected him of
robbing the firm daily. On the preceding night the
prisoner was leaving the premises on the termination of
business, and he was stopped and searched, and articles
of drapery and ladies' net and lace sleeves were found
upon him. The property was valued at 10s He had
missed black silk worth £25. The prisoner : I have had
the ' black silk, your worship. It is worth 10s.
only. Mr. Hazard : One piece we have lately
missed is worth £25. James Briden, detective sergeant of
the K division, said the prisoner was given into my custody
last night. On searching him I found two handkerchiefs
upon him and the ladies sleeves. I afterwards went to
the house, No. 12, Haverstock-street, City-road, the
lodgings of prisoner, where I found the young woman.
She passed as the male prisoner's wife, but she only lives
with him, she is not his lawful wife. She was wearing
this dress. The officer here produced a silk dress he took
from the female prisoner and it was identified by Mr.
Hazard as his property. Mr. Lushington remanded the
prisoner for a week. The female appeared in a very ill
state of health, and could scarcely walk in or out of the
dock. -

THE BANKRUPTCY OF EVANS AND
EVANS.

On Saturday, in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice
James reconsidered his judgment in the bankruptcy appeal
of Evans and Evans. The bankrupts were brothers,
who carried on the business of hop merchants
in partnership from 1865 to 1869. They purchased
the business from their father, to whom they allowed
£BOO a year. The concern was then in debt to the amount
of £25, 000, and they assumed the responsibility of it though
they had no capital. When they stopped payment in
1869 they owed debts to the amount of £126,000,
to meet which they had assets to the extent of £35,000,
thus leaving a deficiency of £91,000. J. C. Evans had
during his four years trading, drawn out for his private
expenditure £21,000 ; and in the same time R. P.
Evans had drawn £15,000 ; and the father had been
allowed to draw £4,000 over his annuity. Under these
circumstances, when the bankrupts applied for their
discharge, Registrar Brougham was of opinion that the
bankrupts had been guilty of unjustifiable extravagance,
in living, and that they had thus brought themselves
within the terms of the Bankruptcy Act of 1861. The
Registrar, therefore, in granting the discharge, subjected
them to the following conditions, viz. : That each of the
bankrupts should file with the official assignee an account
of their net profits for each year, and that after allowing
the bankrupts a net income of £l,OOO per annum, the
balance, if any, should be equally divided, one half going
to the bankrupt and the other half to the creditors ; and
this to be continued until the creditors had been paid
7s. 6d. in the pound. The case was argued a few days
ago; and
The Lord Justice James now delivered judgment. He
said his alteration of the registrar's order would be more
in form than substance ; it was to substitute " income "
for " net profits," the word " income " to be such as
would be liable to income tax. The registrar had
gone upon the idea that these gentlemen had acquired
a considerable knowledge of the quality of the
article in which they dealt, and which would enable them
to realise a fair income. He had allowed them a fair sum,
and offered them sufficient to induce them to exert them-
selves. His lordship hoped that the bankrupts would
act in the spirit of the order, honestly and honourably ;
and they would find that there was a luxury in using
their talents to pay off their creditors sweeter than any-
thing they had had in the mad intoxication in the four
years of wild extravagance which they had indulged in. -
The costs of the appeal should come out of the estate.

Mr. .Tohn Williamson Brown, solicitor (firm of
Messrs. Chater, Forster, and Brown), Newcastle, has
been appointed a Commissioner to administer oaths in
Chancery.
The Sporting Gazette says the Duke of Richmond and
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar will entertain large
parties at Goodwood House and Molecomb in the week.
The meeting promises to be a decided improvement upon
recent anniversaries, so far as sport is concerned, not-
withstanding the. drawback caused by the state of the
course, consequent upon the long-continued drought and
present dry weather. The French horse, Capitaliste,
first favourite for the Stakes, is already in the neighbour-
hood, and Cerdagne and Satinstoe were expected on
Saturday.

ROYALTY IN MALVERN. - Great preparations
have beers made in Malvern for the visit of Prince and
Princess Christian to the town. Their Royal Highnesses
intended to visit the Continent, but owing to the warthey
resolved on visiting Malvern instead to the great delight
of the loyal inhabitants. Since 1842, when the late
Queen Adelaide paid a visit to the Malvern Hills, no
member of the English Royal Family has been in the dis-
trict. Her present Majesty, when Princess Victoria, resided
at Holly Mount in 1830, but has not revisited it.
The local press cautions the inhabitants not to be too
demonstrative in their loyalty, lest they should be intru-
sive, and disgust the Princess with Malvern, as the resi-
dents of Brighton did Queen Victoria some years ago. The
first reception of the Prince and Princess was all
that could be desired, and as they drove through the town
in an open carriage the people had full opportunity of
seeing their illustrious visitors. There was, hoWever, no
cheering or tumultuous demonstration, iu accordance with
the Royal wishes.
MINISTERIAL BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE.
--No less than eleven of the Cabinet Ministers. have
accepted the invitations of the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress to a grand banquet at the Mansion house, in
honour of her Majesty's Government, on the evening of
Saturday next, the 30th inst. These are the Primellinis-
ter, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of
Kimberley, Lord Halifax, Lord Hartington, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bauce, Mr. Cardwell, Mr.-
Goschen, and Mr. Forster. Among others who have also
expressed their intention to be present are the Belgian
Minister, M. le Vicomte de Lesseps (to whom the freedom
of the city is to be conferred on the afternoon of the same
day), Mr. Ayrton, the Attorney-General, Lord Sydney,
Lord Carington, Lord Truro, 'ield-Marshals 'Sir John
Burgoyne and Sir George Pollock, Sir Colman O'Loghlen,
Mr. W. H. Gladstone, the Governor and Deputy Gover-
nor of the Bank of England, the Deputy Master of the
Trinity House, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Admiral Sir Spencer
Robinson, and Sir 'Thomas Bazley. The entertainment
promises at the present time to attract great public
interest.

AYE SUN, LONDON MONDAY MORNING, J LILY 1870,

BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.

The Parliamentary business of the week shews a
marked falling off in importance. There is much miscel-
laneous work to be done, but very little of
the highest moment. For to- day the Forgery Bill
and Ecclesiastical Tithes Repeal Bill are set down,
and another attempt will be made to get through the
second reading of those unfortunate measures, the High
Court of Justice Bill, and the Appellate Jurisdiction
Bill. Compulsory Pilotage and Habitual Drunkards will
have their share of attention. Mr. Percy Wyndham,
frightened at the state of affairs on the continent, will in-
quire about our stock of ammunition ; Colonel Sykes will
ask about the late outrage in China ; Mr. Samuelson will
hint at the establishment of a Minister of Education.
Mr. Gladstone will move that on every Tuesday
during the remainder of the Session, orders of the
.day have precedence of everything, else, and Government
orders come first. Attention will be called to the enlarge-
ment of the National Gallery ; and Mr. Vernon Harcourt'
will make a motion respecting the control of voluntary
schools, assisted by Government grants. For Tues-
day the Sunday Trading Bill and the Census Bill
are set down: Mt Charles Reed will move that all
letter carriers throughout the kingdoin be exempted from
labour on Sunday. On Wednesday there is the debate on
the Ballot Bill, adjourned from the 16th of March.
On Thursday there will be more operations
ujon the Post Office Bill recommitted. Mr. Watkin
illiams will move that it is desirable to
lay down a uniform scale by weight for the carriage of
newspapers, without reference to the quantity any packet
may contain. On Friday the Burials Bill, recommitted,
will be considered. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer will again
raise the question of Greek brigandage.

DISASTROUS FIRE IN LONDON.

LOSS OF SIX LIVES.

Shortly before three o'clock on Saturday morning, an
alarm was given at the Waterloo-road Fire-engine Station,
Southwark, that the premises of Mr. John Hill, furni-
ture broker, situated near at hand, were on fire. The
engines were immediately turned out, and ladders fitted.
The turncocks were quickly aroused, and an abundant
supply of water was procured. Upon the arrival of the
firemen, Mr. Hill was seen at an open window on the
second floor, with Mrs. Hill, both in their night-dresses.
The poor wcman had only given birth to a child some
three weeks ago, and the infant was in her arms at the
time. Mr. Hill, it is said, unable to bear the suffocating
heat, jumped out upon the wooden platform which serves
as a shop front for the display of goods. His wife, who
seemed hi a frantic state, then threw out of the window
her infant, which was safely caught ; and subsequently
she was herself rescued by fireman Williams, who, in his
exertions to bring her down the ladder, sustained some
severe injuries. It was known that at this moment six
youthful lives were in imminent peril in the attic storey,
and the firemen were seen attempting to ascend to
the garret windows as manfully as they could.
The flames, however, rushing up through the
floors of the building, and out through the
windows obliged them to descend, leaving the
six unfortunate children to perish. It is necessary here to
explain the construction of the premises, and the place
where the fire originated. Mr. Hill occupied two houses,
opposite the Bible Christian Chapel, where he had the
misfortune to have a fire last August. The corner house,
Granby-street, has been recently purchased by him ; and
the partition walls and staircases had been removed so as to
make the premises useful for the purposes of showrooms for
his stock in trade and the workshops, which had been erected
in the. ear. In one of these, situated behind the corner
house, and below the level of Granby-street, the conflagra-
tion originated. We are informed that in this cellar
workshop, at a late hour on Friday night, some new iron
bedsteads had been deposited. These are usually well
wrapped in straw bands. It is thought that a spark from
a candle or a match must have accidentally come in con-
tact with the straw, and that the fire, thus originated,
smouldered some time before it was observed. The steam
and other engines arrived in quick succession after the
discovery of the fire ; but the contents of the
houses burned so furiously, that although im-
mense quantities of water were poured into
the building, it was upwards of an hour before the fire
could be brought under sufficiently
.to enable anyone to
attempt to enter without imminent risk to life.
The suspense and anguish of the sympathetic crowd below
all this weary hour of anxiety for the fate of the six little
ones in the upper story of the house may be imagined,
not described. Men and fathers, with tears in
their eyes, vainly endeavoured, despite the re-
sistance of the police on duty, to force their way
to a hopeless rescue, and women were heard screaming,
for some one to make an effort to save the lives before all
hope had fled. The roof, however, gave way shortly after
the escape arrived, and then all chance of rescue was im-
possible. It was a painful sight to see the bodies of the
children when the firemen forced their way in, and found
them charred and disfigured by the fire. Silently, but
hurriedly, on the arrival of the coroner's officer, the
remains were tenderly enfolded in blankets, and
passed down the ladders, and placed in the shells
brought for the purpose, and amid a sorrow-
ful sympathy, as distressing as it was conta-
gious, carried away to the dead house at Lambeth.
Their ages varied from fourteen years to four, three
boys and three girls involved in one lamentable fate. The
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, found kindly shelter in the
house of an opposite neighbour, Mr. Tidstall, paper-
hanger. The stock and premises are insured in the

JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF THE VICAR

OF F ROME.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Phillimore, Dean of Arches,
delivered judgment on Saturday morning, in the case of
Sheppard v. Bennett. The defendant is vicar of Frome,.
and this was a criminal, suit, in which the office of jre%e
was promoted by virtn.e of letfers patent, at the reque6i,
of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The learned Dean
said the defendant was charged with the maintenance and
promulgation of certain heresies contained in a work
called " The Church and the World," and an essay entitled
" A Plea for Toleration in the Church of England."
These doctrines were with respect to the Real Presence of
our Lord in the sacramental elements, and it was alleged
that these articles were heretical, and contrary to the for-
mularies of the Church. Having given a lengthy historical
and legal sketch of the- position of the Church with
regard to its doctrines from the time of the Confession of
Augsburg in 1530 down to the time of the publishing of
the present prayer book, his lordship observed that when
he came to examine the specific charges against the
defendant it would be his duty to consider
whether the Church had defined the mode of
the Presence of Christ in the elements, or had left it
entirely to the liberty of her children. That certain limits
were allowed by the teachings of the Church on this subject
had been laid down by the Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council and other courts, and it was laid down
by that Court, in the case of Gorham, that there was a
certain liberty to exercise private judgment in this respect.
Now he had read the words on the Real Presence of our
Lord, used by the defendant in the first edition of his
work with much surprise and sorrow, inasmuch as in this
case a clergyman stepped out of the ordinary course of
his practical duty to enforce a doctrine, which, it had
been said by an eminent divine was a matter
rather to be treated in the silence of the
heart, knowing how much hasty and ill-chosen
language on the subject had contributed to schism
in Christendom. Now, he (the learned Dean) had
no hesitation in pronouncing the words used by Dir.
Bennett as in contravention of the teaching of the Church
of England ; but it was due to say that in a second edition
of the work in question, having been apprised of his error,
those words had been so modified as no longer to lay him
open to the grave charge which his previous words
invarad. His lordship then proceeded to read the
opinions of various eminent divines, and the decisions
on similar cases in other courts, eyentuallyi pronouncins-
hudgamnt to the following effect :—The learned Dean said
e was conscious of the great length at which he had
stated. these premises, and that he might be open to the
charge of prolixity, but it should be considered that while
he had had an arduous duty to discharge he had not had
that assistance which he ought to have received. Mr. Bennett
who had caused all this litigation, had not appeared
before the court to justify or defend himself. The ques-
tion had been argued on one side only. But he (his lord-
ship) could not shut his eyes to the faet that he was
not trying Mr. Bennett, but men of learning and piety.
whose words he had not only quoted but caricatured,
119 therefore felt it necessary to go into all the authorities
affeetheg the case, and gave the result of research with his
own ied.renent. As he had said, he had no doubt Mr. Ben-
nett 1ta..1.-.,ontrovened the. plain meaning of the formularies.
of the Church in the words he had used with reference
to the Real Presence, but he was not there to try Mr.
Bennett. Had it not been for the modification of the
wore alluded to in the second edition of the works, it
woell ve been a question whether he should not have
prohibited him from the use of such words in future, but
as they had been withdrawn, he should pronounce no sen-
tence on the point. With regard to the two
otkz,;. pulet.3, time speaking of the elements as
a sacrifice and the adoration of the same, bis
lordship said he pronounced that Mr. Bennett bad net
exceeded the liberty allowed on this subject, and, uudzz
all the circumstances, be should make no order for r;oFti .
Lioere, Proctor gave notice of appeal.

Mr. James Westland has been appointed Superin-
tendent and Remembrancer of legal affairs to the
Government of Bengal.

The Prince and Princess of Wales will, according;
to the Dundee Advertiser, arrive at Abergeldie Castle
about the 12th of August, and her Majesty about the
17th or 20th of that month.

A Norwich correspondent telegraphs that, in
addition to £21,000 which Messrs. Gurney and Co. have
undertaken to pay for the good-will of the Crown Bank,
they will also pay £21,000 for the premises of the
bank and its branches. It is doubtful now whether
the liquidation of the Crown Bank will not have
to be undertaken by the Court of Chancery ; Sir
Robert Harvey having died before he was adjudicated a
bankrupt.