The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
The usual half-yearly meeting was held yester-
day at the Waterloo Station—Captain Mangles in
the chair. Mr. F. Clarke (the secretary) having
read the notice convening the meeting, the report
(an abstract of which has already appeared) was
taken as read.
The CllAtiotvg, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he regretted that the reduction of divi-
dend which the directors in February last had inti-
m tted that as honest men they should feel them-
selves bound to recommend for the next half-year
would now have to be proposed. It was not a very
large reduction, but inasmuch as it might be unsa-
tisfactory to some of the shareholders, it therefore
could not be pleasing to the directors as their re-
preienta,tives. The directors, however, felt that this
was not a state of things that ought to continue,
and he assured the meeting that they should feel it
their duty to exert their beat energies to the utter-
most for the reduction of the company's expenditure
--(hear, hear)—whether by checking the introduc-
tion of new lines or extensions of their old line, or
by devoting their best attention to the working in
the most advantageous manner of our present sys-
tem of railways. On the former occasion he so fully
explained the causes that the board expected would
lead to the reduction of dividend this half year that
he need not trespass again on their attention, ex-
cept to say that, though some of those causes still
existed, he was yet able to say that brighter days
for the future were now beaming over them. The
directors did not attempt to disguise that the naval
review had brought some additional £5,000 or
£6,000 to the earnings of the line, still the surplus
as compared with the corresponding six months of
last year showed an increase of £17,600. This the
directors considered a very satisfactory result.
(Cheers.) The traffic of the last week as made up
to Sunday (the usual day) showed an addition of
£1,700 as compared with a similar return of last
year. During the last half year the following receipts
bad come in, viz.:—£s9 65.-sd. on account of or-
dinary stock ; £94,586 9s. 10d. to the 4i and 5 per
cent. preference stock ; £28,626 to the perpetual 4
and 41 per cent. mortgage stock, or, asit was usually
called, debenture stock, and £197,251 mortgage
bonds or debentures. With reference to the debit
side of the capital account, it would be found that
there had been expended on the older lines £139,746;
on works in progress, £173,245 ; and on new plant,
£36,303. As regarded the last two sums they would
doubtless produce hereafter an entirely new and
increased revenue, the former by opening up new
sources of traffic, and the latter by furnishing the
plant to work that new traffic. With regard to the
first item, he held in his hand an analysis of the
expenditure to the last shilling. He would not ex-
haust the patience of the meeting by going through
the whole of the items, but a few of the principal
ones it was important he should advert to. Taking
the items £16,666 17s. 9d. and £22,215, those were
for the original line, and it should be remembered
that whereas the original line was only the 78 miles
to Southampton, they now worked upwards of 500
miles. It would therefore be obvious that they
must have larger platforms, larger stations, and other
accommodation in proportion. These sums could
hardly therefore be called a continual increase of
capital, but ought rather to be regarded as an in-
creasing outlay for plant to carry on their works.
'he h tholdi that any outlay of

MIDLAND.
The report of the directors of the Midland Rail
the meeting o

tainly most creditable :to their officers. (Hear, Carlisle Railway, the time for the completion of
hear.) He then alluded Ito a letter which appeared which will be governed by the tunnel through Blea
in the public papers of the Hth instant, and which Moor, and the viaducts and cuttings adjacent thereto.
by its mild and temperate tone might favourably The necessary preparations have therefore been made
contrast with many attacks upon public boards, and for proceeding at once with these portions of the
therefore was entitled town sideration. (The letter work.' Messrs. Barlow and Liddell report that the
chiefly referred to an apparent increase in the works of the Bedford and London line, and the
working and maintenance account for the company's branch to join the Metropolitan Railway, have ad-
Channel Islands and Fret ch coast steamer, out- vanced rapidly during the last six months, and that
standing accounts, and m aiutenance of the per- if the weather continues favourable the line may be
manent way; but the chairman explained to the expected to be ready for goods and mineral traffic
satisfaction of the meeting -that the complaint arose in the course of September ; also that considerable
simply from the manner in -which the accounts were progress has been made in the London passenger
stated.) The chairman concluded by congratulat- train, about two-thirds of the foundations of which
ing the proprietors that they did not owe one shil- have been completed. With respect to the parlia-
ling of temporary loans—(hear, hear)—and, after mentary session, the directors regret to report that
having shortly summarised sand explained the vari- although the bill for the amalgamation of the Mid-
ons paragraphs of the report, moved its adoption land awl Glasgow and South-Western Railway
and reception by the proprietors. Companies received the sanction of the house of
Count EIRE, one of the directors, seconded the Commons after a prolonged investigation, yet the
committee of the House of Lords, to whom} t was
motion, which was carried unanimously.
Dr. BRENT, as representative of the committee of i referred, carne to a resolution that it was not ex-
the shareholders of the Western Railway Compa- pedient to proceed further with the bill.' It was
nies, then proposed the following resolution strongly urged by the opponents of the bill that,
"That any schemes promoted for extensions or in- until the works of the Settle and Carlisle line were
crease of capital should, under ordinary circum- further advanced, the proposed amalgamation would
stances, be communicated to the shareholders in the be premature, and the argument appears to have
half-yearly reports of this company published in had weight with the committee. This additiona
August, and that if extraordinary circumstances investigation in Parliament has, however, con-
arose afterwards, requiring extensions, a special firmed the opinion entertained by your directors,
meeting of the shareholders should be held for the and those of the Glasgow and South-Western
consideration of the proposed bills before any ex- Company, of the great value of the proposed
penses are incurred." Dr. Brent then at some amalgamation to the public, as well as to the com-
length explained the causes which had led panics. Much as the directors regret the loss of the
to the formation of the committee he represented, bill on this occasion, they believe it is only a ques-
and expressed himself much pleased with the candid tion of time as to when the companies shall be thus
and open manner in which they had been met by closely united. The directors have negotiated an
the boards of the different western companies. This agreement with the Metropolitan Railway Company
being the first company which had held its half- for the use of that company's railway between the
yearly meeting since the committee last met, he St. Pancras branch of the Bedford and London
begged to assure those present that their objects were Railway and Moorgate-street, London, including
not obstructive, but rather to assist the boards of the stations at King's-cross, Farringdon-street,
the companies in which they wereinterested. (Hear.) Aldersgate-street, and Moorgate-street. The object
Mr. ELLIS seconded the motion, which, after some of the agreement is to enable the Midland Company
discussion, was carried unanimously. to run its own trains into the heart of the city of
After some conversational discussion, in which London, and to connect the Midland system with
Mr. Bowden, Col. Higgins, Mr. Ellis, Lord Bury, , other railway companies south of the Thames, and
Mr. Benyon, and other proprietors took part. with tits meat and poultry market at Smithfield.
Mr. BURKE, Q.C., addressed the meeting at some The terms for the use of the railway are a mileage
length in favour of associating themselves with the proportion of the passenger fares, 6d per ton for
Waterloo and Whitehall Company, whereby the goods, and 4d per ton for minerals up to 50,000 ;
South-Western might remedy one great defect of 3d per ton for every ton beyond 50,000 tons in any
their old scheme, viz., that they could not land their one year; the receipts from the traffic to be not less
passengers on the north side of the Thames. in amount than £4,000 for the first year, £5,000 for
Several shareholders having expressed their disap- the second, £6,000 for the third, and £7,000 for the
probation of any further outlay for extensions of fourth and subsequent years. The rent of the
any kind at present, the subject dropped. Moorgate Station to be £4,000 for the first year,
A resolution was then carried for thepayment of a £4,500 for the second year £5,0
, 00 for the third
dividend at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum for year, and £6,000 for the fourth and subsequent
the past six months, payable on 2d Sept. next. years. The rent for the use of all
to the oth
revision
hardship upon the suburban residents of abolishing expiration of three years, and to cease if the Midland
the privilege of using return tickets the following Company ceases to use those stations. The agree-
day, which was a much more important matter than meat will come into operation as soon as the lines
might at first sight appear. are completed and opened for public traffic. Reso-
The CHAIRMAN said that was hardly a matter for lutious will be proposed at the meeting for consoli-
the half-yearly meeting ; but if the hon. proprietor dating or converting into capital stock of the corn-
would lay it before the board in the usual way, he pany such of the £9 shares as shall have been fully
would guarantee that his representations should paid up since the last half yearly meeting. Also, a
resolution to authorise th th e following fur expend
the fullest attention.
The proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of diture on capital account, viz., for rolling stock,
thanks to the chairman and directors. £350,000." •

Stanford, Harford, Halswell, Bashford, Colonel
Wood, Mr. Charles White, Captain Morley, and
Mr. Sharpe.
The court then adjourned.

Industrial Scl

;stitute Girls.

Yesterday an interesting ceremony took place at
Ealing-house, Ealing, Middlesex, on the occasion of
the inauguration of the building as an industrial
school for homeless and destitute girls, which, in
connection with the Refuge Home, 19, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury, was for several years carried on at
Acton. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presided, and
was supported byJudge Payne, the Rev. W.Relton,
Mr. J. H. Fordham, &c. A large tent had been
erected in the extensive grounds at the back of the
house, and a band was in attendance to perform on
the occasion, but the unfavourable weather rendered
it necessary that the business of the day should take
place indoors. The result was that the company
were introduced into the schoolroom, which was
scarcely large enough to accommodate them—a cir-
cumstance which caused much regret, but did not
militate against the successful result of the gathering.
It appeared from a statement read by Mr.
WILLIAMS, the Secretary to the Refuges for homeless
and Destitute Children (with which the present
institution is associated, that in July, 1852, the com-
mittee began their benevolent work to benefit desti-
tute girls. The funds at their disposal were then
very small, and conseqnently only six girls could be
admitted into the home at 19, Broad- street, Blooms-
bury. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided at the in-
auguration of that building. Fears were at that
time entertained as to whether anything could be
made of the poor girls, but all objections to the work
soon vanished, for it became apparent that the
minds and hearts of these girls were as susceptible
to good impressions, and were as capable of yield-
ing to the training and discipline under which
they were placed, as the offspring of a higher class
The number of inmates gradually increased until it
reached about forty. Applications of a pressing
nature being still made for admission, the committee
were led to extend this branch of their work still
further, and consequently they hired a large house
at Acton as a branch home. This house was also
inaugurated by Lord Shaftesbury on the 3d July,
1860. The inmates here, as in the Broad-street
Home, gradually increased until, in June, 1866, the
number reached over 40, when possession of the
house was given up, as the committee and the
trustees of the property were unable to arrange for
converting the stables into a suitable washhouse and
laundry. Every effort was made to obtain suitable
premises, but without success, and a house was
therefore taken temporarily at Kilburn, and the girls
were removed there. In March last the present
premises were pointed out to the committee as likely
to suit for a home, and ultimately arrangements
were made for purchasing them. The premises are
copyhold, but nearly equal to freehold, as the quit
rents only amount to a few shillings a year. They
were in a very dirty and dilapidated condition, and
a considerable sum has been expended in repairing
and cleansing them. The total cost for the pur-
chase of the property and the repairs and altera-
tions was over £2,600, towards meeting which ex-
penditure and for annual subscriptions for the sup-
port of the girls an earnest appeal was now
made. There were now 44 inmates in this house
and 48 girls in the home, 19, Broad-street. The
committee intended to increase the number to 50 in
each home, so that they might have 100 girls under
their care. The girls in each home are fed, clothed,
lodged, educated, and trained for domestic service.
They are taught all kinds of domestic work, so as
to fit them as far as possible to become useful and
efficient servants. Since the establishment of the
homes down to the close of last year 710 girls had
been admitted, and 586 had been sent to service at
home or abroad, or otherwise provided for.
The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting, said
he was quite satisfied that this undertaking was one
of paramount importance in the present conditionof
the country. He had long been of this opinion, and
he had hoped that greater efforts would have been
made ere now for the welfare of such poor girls as
were intended to be benefited by this association
They had established many reformatories and other
institutions for the benefit of boys; but it was only
lately that the idea seemed to have been enter-
tained that the girls were entitled to an equal share
of public consideration. All history showed—and
experience supported the lessons they learnt from
history—that the moral condition of the male
population depended, to a great extent, upon the
character of the women. (Hear, hear.) It was not
so much the employers of labour as the fathers and
mothers of the children who were responsible for the
degradation which beset a large portion of the juve-
nile community. The present movement was one in
which everybody (from the Queen on the throne to
the costermonger) had a personal interest. (Hear.)
The object of this home was to provide good
domestic servants, and he sincerely trusted that
it might achieve the same success which had
attended the operations of the Chichester training
ship. The scheme was undoubtedly a very large
one, and it was eminently deserving of public sup-
port, seeing that it was calculated to give to this
country a new generation of wives and mothers.
(Cheers.)
The Rev. W. Belton, Mr. J. H. Fordham, Judge
Payne, and others, severally addressed the meeting
to a similar effect, and the proceedings terminated
with a collection of subscriptions at the entrance
door.

NATIONAL REFORM UNION..

A meeting of the executive committee was held
in Manchester on Tuesday evening. The agent,
Mr. J. D. Morton, read a voluminous correspon-
dence from members of Parliament, secretaries
of branch associations, vice-presidents, and others
interested in the question of Parliamentary
Reform. The agent reported that the Knares-
borough branch had held a public meeting
to protest against the Lords' amendments, and
,that
a petition had been forwarded to Mr. J. Holden,
M.P., for presentation to the House of Commons.
Meetings had &so been held at Warrington, Roch-
dale, Bradford, Glossop, and many other towns,
and petitions adopted, though, as it appeared, un-
fortunately with no effect, so far as concerned the
clause which provided for the partial disfranchise-
ment of Manchester and other constituencies having
three or more representatives. Reports were re-
ceived from several towns, in reply to a circular
issued by the executive, stating the unsatisfactory
way in many respects in which the bill would affect
them. In a communication from Mr. T.Wimhurst,
of Glossop, it was stated :—" As far as we are able
to estimate, this bill, should it become law, will give
about 100 new voters in the town of Glossop. The
members of our branch think the bill a good instal-
many people for a
ieve that the present
mf e ewn ty,
ea andrs, ob nu et
theythau ut
omaycannot
t satisfyb el
unjust redistribution scheme is at all a settlement,
nor can they rest content with such a state of the
law as allows 5,000 or 7,000 inhabitants to return a
member, _while Glossop,with a population of 20,000,
has to rest content with a part only of a county
member. They would prefer that the House of
Commons should reject the bill altogether rather
than accept the restrictive amendments of the Lords.
Mr. Morton informed the committee that be had
duly forwarded to Mr. Thomas Bazley, M.P., the
petition adopted by the meeting held on Tues-
day week in the Free Trade Hall, and that he
had received the following reply : " Yester-
day I had the honour, in the midst of the
cheers of the house, of presenting the petition
which you confided to my care. I feel deeply
humiliated that the future voting power of the first
manufacturing and mercantile city of the world may
be reduced to the level of the most insignificant
borough." Several letters from Mr. Hugh Mason,
deputy president of the union, were read, in one of
which the writer, referring to the three cornered
clause, said—" I do not know when I felt so dis-
heartened as I now feel with the minority' clause.
Cranborne I can understand, and Lowe I can under-
stand, but these impracticable philosophers, Mill,
Fawcett, Hare, and Co., are very queer people.
Earl Russell grieves one most of anybody. How-
ever, we must not cave in. We must take fresh
courage, and go on working. The new Parliament
may be made to do great things for us." A length-
ened discussion on the minority clause, especially as
it would affect the constituency of Manchester and
the other large towns, followed, and the committee
adopted the following resolution : —"That this meet-
ing of the executive of the National Reform Union
hereby expresses its unqualified disapproval of the
minority clause introduced into the Reform Bill by
the House of Lords, and accepted by the House of
Commons, as being unjust, unprecedented, and un-
constitutional ; furthermore pledges itself to use all
constitutional means for obtaining its repeal." No-
tice was given that a special meeting of the execu-
tive would be held at an early date, to take into
consideration the Beform Bill just passed, and the
manner in which it is likely to affect the borough
and county constituencies of England and Wales.
It was also intimated that the conference of dele-
gates from the various branches, previously resolved
upon, would be held some time about the end of
September, when the character of the present
measure of reform, and the future course of action
of the organisation, would be fully considered
and discussed.

THE SULTANS RETURN TO CONS7AN•
TEVOPLE.

(From the Levant Herald of Aug. 7.)
At nine o'clock this morning the prolonged roar
of the guns from the men of war in the harbour
and the laud batteries, and the sharp roll of
musketry from the troops who lined both shores
of the Bosphorus, announced the Sultan's
return to Constantinople after his memorable six
weeks' journey to Western Europe. His Majesty
and his suite reached Scullin on Friday the 2d inst.,
and, accompanied by Midhat Pasha, governor of the
vilaet of the Danube, and some Bulgarian notabili-
ties, who had gone on to Pesth to meet him, arrived
on Sunday evening last, the 4th, at Rustschuk, and
left yesterday (Tuesday) morning, by the Rust-
schuk and Varna Railway, for Varna, which he
reached at a quarter past four in the afternoon. A
correspondent writes that great preparations had
been made there for his arrival. A new jetty had
been built near the custom-house for his Majesty to
embark from; the caimakain had ordered all the
the streets had been
whitewashed ;the
traderserleesaunit s wept,bt
being
iri fumigategatni a
tth
Varna
als
walls
presented
quite a spruce
appearance. The Grand Vizier and the Seraskier
had both left for Varna and Ruschuk since Wed-
nesday last to meet their Sovereign. A'ali Pasha
having expressed a wish to go by an Austrian steamer,
the Austrian Lloyd's agency here placed one of the
finest vessels of its line, the Neptune at his high-
ness's disposal. On arriving at Varna at 4.15 p.m.
yesterday the Sultan must have gone straight on
board the Sultanieh, and started at once, for it was
quick work for the imperial flotilla to cross the Black
Sea and make the Bosphorus this morning after a
run of only 16 hours. Notice was issued from the
Grand Vizier's office last night, and this morning
the heads of the various religious communities of the
capital, the Turkish civil, military, and ecclesiastical
functionaries in vessels provided by the Government,
and members of the diplomatic corps in the despatch
boats of the embassies, went out to the entrance of
the Bosphorus to welcome the Sultan home. The
nuts of his approaching arrival gave a fresh stimu-
lus to the preparations making here for his recep-
tion, and the finishing touches are now being
given in all directions to arrangements of flags
and festive devices, garlands, and triumphal arches.
The shores of the Bosphorus will be ablaze with
light, and it seems likely that Bebek and Einirghian
especially will be the chief centres of attraction.
Great ingenuity and taste have been lavished on
the yali of the Viceroy, up on a raft in front of
which a graceful little Ea
erected, whence fireworks will
temple has been
will be discharged. The
illuminations of the palaces of Mustap ha. Kiritli
Pasha and of the Persian Minister promise to be
conspicuous for their brilliancy ; a large triumphal
arch at the landing place of the latter is crowned
with the Persian and the Turkish flags. The gar-
dens of the Grand Vizier at Bebek will sparkle with
the illuminated device of
Padishah tchok yasha'
(long live the Padishah), and with a orescent sur-
rounded by a constellation of stars, standing out
in vivid relief against the dark-wooded heights in
the rear. The adjacent handsome palace of Kimil
Pasha will also be bright with a light. All along
the quay, in front of the Hakim Bashi's yali, now
inhabited by the Minister of war, thousands of lamps
are hung, repreentin, various combinations of
military trophies. In all directions, ill fact, the
coining fete in honour of the Sultan's return from
Europe promises to be the finest ever witnessed in
the Turkishcapital. The festivities will continue for
three days, during which the custom-house and all
the public offices will be closed, and there will be
three nights' illuminations. The whole city is gay
with flags and decorations, and alive with anima-
tion. To-morrow evening the Grand Vizier will
give a grand official and diplomatic dinner at
Bebek, to which 300 guests are invited, and on Fri-
day evening the public fete will take place at his
highness's yali, at which there is a rumour that the
Sultan himself will be present. The release of small
debtors and of persons convicted of minor crimes ;
large sums
given in charity ; and a general amnesty
for all political and prese offences, are spoken of,"

Lord Palmerston on Gunnery.

The following letter, written by Lord Palmerston
;en years ago in the midst of his numberless avoca-

tions as Prime Minister, affords so remarkable an
illustration of the activity of his mind and of the

prompt, vigorous grasp which he was capable of
taking of matters of scientific interest that it seems
well worth preserving. The letter was submitted

or opinion by Lord Panmure to the officer whom
ue usually consulted at that period :on subjects of

gunnery, with the following characteristic note :
" My dear —,—Read and inform me on the ab-
struse philosophy of our Prime Minister ; I wonder

where -we are to find a circular range of a mile
radius.—PANMURE." Lord Palmerston's letter is
as follows :—" December 20, 1857. My dear Pan-

inure,—There is an investigation which it would
be important and at the same time easy to make,
and that is whether the rotation of the earth on its
axis has any effect on the curve of a cannon ball in
its flight. One should suppose that it has, and that
while the cannon ball is flying in the air, impelled

by the gun-powder in a straight line from the can-
non's mouth, the ball would not follow the rotation
of the earth in the same manner which it would do

if lying at rest on the earth's surface. If this be so,
a ball fired in the meridianal direction, that is to

say, due north or due south, ought to deviate to the
west of the object at which it was aimed, because
during the time of flight that object will have gone
to the east somewhat faster than the cannon will
have done. In like manner a ball fired due east
ought to fly less far upon the earth's surface than a
ball fired due west, the charges being equal, the
elevation the same, and the atmosphere perfectly
still. It must be remembered, however, that the
ball even after it has left the cannon's mouth will
retain the motion from west to east which it had
before received by the rotation of the earth on whose
surface it was, and it is possible therefore that ex-
cept at very long ranges the deviation above men-
tioned may in practice turn out to be very small,
and not deserving the attention of au artilleryman.
The trial might be easily made in any place in
which a free circle of a mile or more radius could
be obtained ; and a cannon placed in the centre of
that circle, and fired alternately north, south, east,
and west, with equal charges, would afford the
means of ascertaining whether each shot flew the
same distance or not.—Yours sincerely, PALMER-
STON." It has been ascertained that the rotation of
the earth produces a sensible effect on the oscillat-
ing pendulum. The error into which Lord Palmer-
ston fell of supposing that the deviation of a ball
fired due north or south would invariably be wes.
terly will not escape notice. The deviation due to
the earth's rotation is of course different in each
hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere the devia-
tion is alwa) '3 to the right of the gun, in the southern
hemisphere it is always to the left. Thus the de-
viation of a gun fired north in the northern hemis-
phere is east ; when firing south it is west ; when
the practice takes place in the southern hemisphere
it is west in a shot travelling north, and east in a
' shot travelling south. The subject is one which has
often engaged the attention of philosophers, to whom
it has more interest than it can ever possess for prac-
tical men ; for so many corrections have to be applied
and the error is in itself so small that the deviation
of projectiles due to cosmical causes may well be
disregarded, and the experiments which Lord Pal-
merston suggested were never instituted. But Lord
I'almerston's letter possesses an interest quite inde-
pendent of its practical value, and has been pub-
lished by Lord Dalhousie's permission in the current
number of the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery
Institution.—Pall-111a11 Gazette.

ASSIZE IN7 ELLIG EN CE.

110111 E CIRCUIT.-CROYDON, Aug. 15,

(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common

Jury.)
HEAVY DAMAGES FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
The case of " Fislaley v. Cooper and another"
was an action to recover damages for wrongful dis-

missal and false imprisonment upon a charge of em•
bezzlement. The defendants pleaded in effect tha

the plaintiff was guilty of the offence of which they
had accused him, and that they were, therefore, jus-
tified in the course they adopted.
Sergeant Parry and Mr. Bosley were for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and
Mr. Talfourd Salter for the defendants.

This case occupied the court a considerable time,
and the circumstances were of a somewhat
extraordinary character The plaintiff had been
a commercial traveller and collector for seve-
ral highly respectable firms in the City prior
to his introduction to the defendants, who arc
wholesale grocers in Lime-street. He was engaged
by them in April to travel about the country to
collect orders and receive moneys, the salary to be
paid to him being £l5O a year, and V. a day travel-
ling expenses. At the time of entering the service
of the defendants he had made a proposal to a
guarantee society, with which a certain amount of
insurance was to have been effected, but owing, as
was alleged on the part of the plaintiff, to some
mistake the guarantee was not completed, and
therefore upon the counts relating to the wrongful
dismissal it was admitted that the defendants were
entitled to a verdict. The question relating to the
false imprisonment was of a much more serious
character. Very shortly after plaintiff's engage-
ment he, while on a journey, sent a statement of
moneys received, among which was a sum of £ll
16s. 6d. from ono customer, which he had duly
entered. The total amount he received was not
transmitted. Some correspondence then took place,
the result being that the plaintiff was ordered to
return home to make out a statement of accounts,
which he did. The defendants were not, however,
satisfied, and they discharged the plaintiff, after he
had been in their service only about four weeks.
A certain amount of money was at this time in his
hands upon balance, and he made a claim for salary,
which not only absorbed the balance in his hands,
but made defendants his debtors. As he kept the
money, one of the firm went to the Mansion-house
to see whether a charge of embezzlement could be
supported, and to obtain a warrant for the appre-
hension of the plaintiff, when one of the clerks, upon
his stating the facts, expressed a strong opinion
that a magistrate would not be justified in granting
a warrant. Notwithstanding this the defendants
obtained the assistance of a City detective officer,
who apprehended the plaintiff upon the charge of
embezzling the sum of £ll 163. 6d., and he was
locked up all day and night, and in the morning he
was taken before the Lord Mayor, who adjourned
the inquiry for a week, but admitted the plaintiff
to bail. At the next hearing Mr. Wontner, the
solicitor, attended for the defendants,; and ad-
mitted that he was unable to support the charge
of embezzlement, and the plaintiff was then dis-

Naval and Military Intelligence.
It is usual at this season to detach " flying
columns" from the Aldershott division to march
certain routes and encamp at various halting places.
Accordingly a column, consisting of the 54th,
56th, and 70th Regiments, a field battery, and a
regiment of cavalry, will leave the camp on Tues-
day next for Sandhurst.
The Ist battalion 18th (the Royal Irish) Regi-
ment, under the command of Colonel Call, now
stationed at Aldershott, is held in readiness to
move from the camp at an early date. The head-
quarters and four companies will proceed to Ches-
ter, two companies to Liverpool, two companies
to Bradford, and two companies to Weedon.
The 65th Regiment, under the command of Col.
Wyatt, C. 8., now stationed at Aldershott, is under
orders to leave the camp for Ireland, and is ex-
pected to proceed to its destination about the 12th
proximo.
The dismounted detachment of A battery, C
Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, at Aldershott, is
under orders to leave the Farnborough station of
the South-Western Railway this morning, and pro-
ceed to Dorchester. The move of B battery, C
Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, is deferred until
early next month, on account of a detachment be-
ing ordered to Shoeburyness for practice.
A general court-martial, under the presidency of
Colonel C. Cameron Shute, 4th Dragoon Guards,
assembled on Wednesday in the court-martial room
at Aldershott, No. 17 hut, " Q" lines, South Camp,
for the trial of prisoners. The principal business
was to investigate the serious case of insubordina-
tion in the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards, which
was noticed in 7'he Sun a few weeks ago. The
finding and sentence will not be known for some
time.
A Court of Inquiry, consisting of a field-officer
of the Ist brigade, an engineer officer, and an officer
of the barrack department, assembled at the hut on
the iron bridge in the South Camp at Aldershott,
on Wednesday, to investigate and report upon the
circumstances under which a fire broke out in the
hut on the 9th inst., and also the quantity of bar-
rack furniture injured. The proceedings of the
Court were to .1)~ forwarded to the office of the
Assist. Qii trtermaster-G en.
Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Port Admiral
and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth,
yesterday inspected officially the Mersey, screw
frigate, 35 guns, 1,000-horse power, Capt. J. Cor-
bett, preparatory to her departure for Queenstown,
on flagship duties at that port.
The Gladiator, 5, paddle, Captain D'Aplin, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning with seamen
and marines on board from the Princess Royal, paid
out of commission the previous day at Devonport.
In the bri,:f notice given in The Sun of yesterday
of the trial by court-martial, on board her Majesty's
ship Victory, at Portsmouth, of Lieut. Moultry,
who was serving as senior lieutenant on board her
Majesty's late ship Osprey, at the time of her recent
loss near Algoa Bay, we stated that " the Court

charged.
'The jury, after consulting together for about a
quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff—Damages, £4OO.

A NIGHT IN THE PARKS.—Of all the public dor-
mitories, the largest and best is the Mall of St. James's-
park. There are canopies of foliage to keep off the rain,
and those of the benches that have backs or a tree close
behind them aro at a premium. Oa an average each seat
has three occupants. Some prefer tore recline at full: le
others rest with outstretched legs, pketed beau',
well down, buttoned-up co'lt's, and hats half way over their
noses. Lads combine in a heap, and, towards dawn, rise to
shako their wits together, and enjoy a stimulating scratch.
Not only from the lowest class are the guests recruited.
Many of the sleepers are dressed tidily, almost well ; and
conjecture may busy itself as to the causes of their alfresco
slumber.—Once a Week.
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found the statements made against Lieut. Moultry I SPIRIT OF T
were fully substantiated." It should have read—
" Were not fully substantiated."

TlMES.—After a perseverance worthy of a better
and a happier cause Mr. Hardy has succumbed,
and the Parks' Regulation Bill has disappeared for
the session. We congratulate the public on thiscon-
cession, and thank Mr. Hardy for perceiving,
though very tardily, that his measure was too inop-
portune to be carried through Parliament. It is,
however, to be regretted he should proclaim that ho
yields solely to compulsion, and that he withdraws
the bill only because a strong-lunged minority
threatens to talk for a month rather than let it pass.
Persistence carried to the point of obstinacy, and
then followed by a sudden collapse of purpose, does
not add to the reputation of a Minister or a party.
Mr. Hardy, who has been, perhaps, secretly incited
by a desire to avoid the weakness of his predecessor,
appears in the end before the public in not a very
different guise ; for both Ministers, after challeng-
ing a pertinacious opposition, have yielded to it at
the last moment, and the victory of Mr. Beales out-
side the House is not very unlike that of the Radical
obstructors within it. When Mr. Hardy proposed
yesterday that the character of the-bill should bo
altered, that the first clause—the prohibition of
public meetings in the Parks—shouldte withdrawn,
and that it should become a mere Regulation Bill,

the penalty being made £5 instead of-405., it was
not difficult to see the end of the measure. It was
a fatal error in generalship to make such a display
of irresolution at the last moment, and to convince
the minority that one more afternoon of talk would
gain their ends. The objection of moderate men was
not to legislation absolutely, but to present legisla-
tion. They believed that the Government bill,
brought in on the eve of the Demonstration of May
last, coupled in everybody's mind with the undig-
nified though necessary withdrawal of the Ministry
from a conflict with the crowd, and with the down-
fall of Mr. Walpole, was a measure that ought to be
abandoned and, if possible, forgotten. That mea-
sure had been modified on a previous occasion,
and the debate of Tuesday turned on a proposal
essentially different from that which the former
Home Secretary had laid before Parliament. Amid
all the verbiage of that debate it was plainly to be
seen that the sense of the Opposition was not
against a proper regulation of the Parks, but
against a bill which had already changed its original
character, and which could only pass in a very muti-
lated form ; while to pass it at all might provoke
acts of violence. Mr. Hardy might have seen that
the new alterations he proposed yesterday would -
remove none of the objections to the scheme. It
may be advisable, as a matter of local police, to
place the Royal parks under the same regulations as
those which have been made by the Metropolitan
Board of Works ; but to do this now would be no
less a demonstration by Parliament against the
League, and a challenge to that pertinacious body,
than if its leaders had been mentioned by name.
Such has been plainly the sense of the public, and,
in spite of the official majority which the Govern-
ment gained yesterday, we have no doubt it is the
sense of the house. Everybody, not excepting her
Majesty's Ministers, will be glad that the matter is
at an end, and the only reason for regret is that the
whole of one afternoon and a large part of another
have been wasted at a period of the session when
every hour is valuable. It may be that one or two
bills of importance will have to be thrown over
because the Government has desired to display its
consistency and make a parade of its firmness.
There is little cause to fear for the preservation
of Hyde Park during the recess, and the comfort
of those who frequent it. In the dull months of
autumn and winter Hyde Park is little visited,
even though the three millions of Londoners do
not follow the " upper ten thousand" and their
nurserymaids into the country. If, after a short
interval of repose, Messrs. Beales and Dickson think
it necessary to " demonstrate " anew amid the mists
of November or the chill of January, they may
have the park pretty nearly to themselves, The
Government must be content to keep the peace by
means of the existing law, and we doubt not it is
sufficiently strong for practical purposes. Of course
it is rather unfair that only the small flies should be
caught in its meshes, while such bluebottles as the
chiefs of the League break through. But such is
the order of destiny, and should there be any real
annoyance to the public through the defective
powers of the Executive, the next Session of Par-
liament will find the country more tranquil, and
the House of Commons in a better condition to
examine the subject.