The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1866.

THE FOREST GATE ESTATE.—The CON-
SERVATIVE LAND SOM.:Tr.—The allotment of
the FIRS V PORTION of this valuable Building Property,
affording eligible sites for houses and villas to suit all classes
of the community, will be commenced on VIIURSDAY, the
l3th instant, at the Offices No. 33, Norfolk-street, ttrand,
London, W.C., where plans and particulais may be obtained.

CHAULE§ LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.
Prospectuses of the Investment Departments, Shares, and
Deposit will be Bent free of chargi.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
t TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.

H E O X F OR D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,
THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON.
Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's " SLYTY•SIX." Misses
Russell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Mears. St. Albyn, Mader,
and Bury.
Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert
Fraser (Buffo Vocalie.t and Comedian—a great success), Mons.
Peterson with his high:y trained troupe of Performing
Dogs.
Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE
DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Misses TmssY and SAHA
GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and baloony, is ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 108. 6d.
Open every evening at 8.

WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
11 LBORN.

Proprietors, SWEASEY and IieLLAND.

' The most triumphant success ever attained in any
Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's
Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag-
nificence never before attempted at any Mnsic
Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number,
three and four calls nightly. A uew and original overture
composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels
by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French,
Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers,
and Los Freres Risoralis. Band of 30 first-class per-
formers, and large Chorus chosen from hor Majesty's and
Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. I'.
CORRI.

Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, is. ' • Area, 6d. ;
Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office,
between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every
Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past.

MADAME TtISSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.

NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the
PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group
of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN.
Admittance, 18. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra
rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 a.nt. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10.

ARGYLL. ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re-
decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert
and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luca CURTL Manager,
M. GRENET.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

Reserved Seats, Two Shlliiisgs.

DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,

Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

" V.R." IRISH WHISKY.

DUN VILLE and CO.'S "V. R." OLD IRISI
w RISKY, BELFAST.

London °likes and Stores,
4, BEA.UFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 18(S. Quotations on application.

FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real
Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear-
ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered
to the trade for the sale of this genuina old spirit, which is
coming into universal consumption through England.
For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.O.
Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780.

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."—l.oucton Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the `• Times."

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders In bond :ad for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-bou.e-square, London, E.C.. the only house in the
square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by relerence to the "Journal of
Commetca of Victoria," by which it will be scan that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per c. se over the next
best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a c :se or .r the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old
mellow whl.ky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, suppled on the
most reasonable terms.

STAMM MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used In the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862.
Sold by all Grow n% Olandtom &c. ko.

GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be bad at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500
guineas ; also single Spedimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils,
and Recent Shells,Geological %TaT.s. Hammers, all the recent
Publications, ac.. o' J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
Majtsty, 119, Strand, London.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralo,gy and Geology by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

SAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS'
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SA.UCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS.
The public are respectful;y cautioned against worthless
imitations, and should see that Lea and Perdue' names are
on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PER RINS' SAUCE.
So7cl wholesale and for export by the Propeetors,
Wor-
cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons, London, &a. &c.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally.

DEAFNESS.—The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.-
It fits into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant
sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed.
It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them
to hear distinctly at church and public assemb'ies. Every
other land of hearing instrument.—Messrs. SOLOMON, 30,
Albemaele-street, Piccadilly.

DINNE F ORD 'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical profession for Thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for
Acidity of the Stomach,. Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and
Indigestion ; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted
for ladies and children. Prepared by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 41a,
172, New Bond street, London ;
And sold through:ut the world by all respectable chemists.
CAUTION,—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

UTINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and filty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, sre garden, me tdow, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. X 2,000 required.

, .
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.O.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.

It appears from the return issued by authority of
the Registrar-General that in the week that ended
on Saturday, Dec. 1, the births registered in Lon-
don and 12 other large towns of the United King-
dom were 4,420; the deaths registered 3,199. The
annual rate of mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons
living. In London the births of 1,085 boys and 1,043
girls, in all 2,128 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-
65, the average number, corrected for increase of
population, was 2,019. The deaths registered in
London during the week were 1,459. It was the 48th
week of the year ; and the average number of
deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase
of population, 1,596. The deaths in the present
return are less by 137 than the estimated number.
Three deaths from cholera were registered during
the week ; and the epidemic is now virtually extinct.
The 15 deaths from diarrheaa are below the average
number of previous years. The total deaths from
cholera in the present epidemic have been 5,148,
exclusive of 2,692 deaths from diarrhoea, due in part
to the cholera element. In tile year 1849, when the
population of London was about two millions and a
quarter, cbo!era slew 14,137
people of all ages ; in
1854 not less than 10,738 out of two millions and a
half ; and in the present year, when the population
exceeds three millions, the deaths have been 5,548,
of which 3,909 occurred in the East London dis-
tricts, and 1,639 in the rest of the metropolis. The
deaths to every 10,000 of population were 62, 43,
and 18 in the three epidemics all over London. In
the present epidemic the West districts lost 4,
the North districts 6, the South districts 8, the
Central districts 9 ; and it was only in the East
districts where the ravages recalled the violence of
former epidemics that 3,909 people, that is 64 in
every 1,000 of the unhappy inhabitants, perished. In
London cholera has not only been less fatal than it
was in previous epidemics, but its fatality has been
reduced almost to insignificance in several of the
districts by the mere force of hygienic science, before
which the destroyer has retreated step by step ;
never, however, losing an opportunity of asserting
its full power whenever negligence or ignorance
either in England or in cities
Europe. Cholera obeys certain
of
fr etshe
the
tceodn
tainn
eonpt eonfi nEgu,
laws, and the knowledge of those laws renders its
subjugation in Europe practicable, provided all the
people as well as the Governments will co-operate in
the work. This it may be hoped will be done, and
it only remains for the metropolis of this empire to
hold its own and keep the lead. The annual rate
of mortality last week was 25 per 1,000 in London,
30 in Edinburgh, and 31 in Dublin ; 21 in Bristol,
25 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 28 in Manches-
ter, 31 in Salford, 27 in Sheffield, 33 in Leeds, 26 in
Hull, 39 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glas-
gow. The rate in Vienna was 29 per 1,000 during
the week ending the 17th inst., when the tempera-
ture was 2.6 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same
week in London, where the rate was 26 per 1,000.

which

population in the various countries of Europe
whence we draw our chief supplies. According
to the latest statistics the number of cattle in
each country named to every head of population
stood as follows :—Belgium, about 31; United King-
dom, 3. ; Prussia, 3 1-3 ; Russia, 3 ; France, 21;
Austria, 21; Oldenburg and Schleswig, each 1;
Denmark and Bavaria, each I- ; Sweden and Hol-
stein, each 1-3 ; Spain, 1-6th. From which we may
conclude that if every one of the countries con-
sumed to the extent we do in England, there would
be no margin for exportation as far as number
goes ; whilst it is remarkable that in Belgium and
England, both better stocked than any of the
other countries, the prevailing cry of high prices
charged for meat is most unmistakeable. In the
figures to which attention has been drawn the
author thought there were good grounds for
concluding that we are not likely to increase our
importations to any material
_extent unless we en-
courage the trader which encouragement will consist
in a maintenance of the existing system of live mar-
kets ; and, with deference to the opinions of those
who hold a contrary doctrine, he submitted that
there had been no case hitherto made out for an in-
terference with the present system of ,foreign cattle
traffic ; and unless some plan is introduced bearing
marks of an improvement without the drawbacks of
discouraging senders from supplying us with their
stocks, he could not appreciate any rearrangement
of the traffic, which would only di,turb without im-
proving our present system.
Mr. Clare Sewell Read, M.P., the representative
farmer-tenant, occupied the chair, and the discus-
sion which followed the reading of the essay was
very wide and general. The chief speakers were
Mr. S. Sidney, Mr. H. Chester, Mr. Rudkin (the
chairman of the City markets), Dr. Crisp, and Mr.
Woodleigh, the tenour being in the main in favour
of having abattoirs for slaughtering the animals at
the ports of importation.

Crystal Palace and South London Railway.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders of this company was held atVictoria station
on Tuesday ; Sir Cusack Roney in the chair.
The report by the directors was tztken as read.

The CHAIRMAN explained that. the meeting had
been adjourned from the half.yearly meeting held
in August, and that the directors had deferred meet-
ing the shareholders until the present time in order
that the whole circumstances connected with the
present position of the company might be laid be-
fore, them. From the report they would see that
by an net obtained in 1862, and by which the capital
of the company was limited to £900,000 (£675,000
in shares of £lO each, and £225,000 iu debentures),
the London, Chatham, and Dover Company under-
took to work the line, and pay the surplus receipts
to the Crystal Palace Company until they reached
4i per cent., after which any excess watt to be di-
vided in equal proportions between them. Subse-
quent to this an arrangement was entered into with
Messrs. Peto and Co., by which these gentlemen
undertook to purchase the land and construct the
line and stations, according to the plans of the en-
gineer, for a sum of £756,000, and to receive in pay-
ment £531,000 in shares, and £225,000 in deben-
tures. In 1863 a prospectus was issued inviting
subscriptions for £337,000 " B," or preferred shares,
the shares of the company having been divided
under the powers of the act into "A" deferred
and "B" preferred shares, and ou these Messrs.
Peto and Co. undertook to pay 6 per cent. per an-
num until 12 months after the line had been opened.
That interest had been paid up to January last, as
also the interest on the debentures, which had been
created by a resolution of the shareholders iu Feb.,
1863, and the proceeds of which had been handed to
the contractors. As regarded the relative positions
of the company and the contractors, the board were
not prepared to admit the representations of Messrs.
Peto and Co., and therefore proposed placing the
whole matter in the hands of their solicitors. With
respect to their position with the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company, it was in every respect unsa-
tisfactory. An agreement had been entered into by
the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South East-
ern Railways, by which the whole of the suburban
traffic of the latter was to have access to the Crystal
Palace line, and the board had made some progress
with the junction which under the agreement they
were bound to make. The Chatham and Dover Com-
pany had, however, failed to perform their part of
the contract, and had given Parliamentary notice to
extend the time allowed for construction by two
years. At tho latter end of 1864, the Crystal Palace
Company agreed to abandon its junction with the
Metropolitan Extension of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, near Brixton, in consideration
of the Chatham Company making a link between
Walworh and Peckham. Here again the Chatham
Company failed them, having been unable
to procure funds to complete the construction of
the section. The directors thought they had great
reason to complain of the Chatham and Dover train
service. It was hardly possible to conceive any-
thing more unsatisfactory than the way the line had
been worked. He had information to show that

instead of the traffic developing, as the traffic on

other lines developed, it was as near as could be
stationary. lie could only say, without going into
particulars, that any gentleman who has gone once
or twice over the 'inc.: had declined going again. The
London, Chatham, and Dover Company also con-
tended that the working agreement was not in ope-
ration, because it had not been submitted to the
shareholders of either company, and they likewise
asserted that the receipts did not cover the charges.
The most painful subject to the directors was the
non-payment of their debenture interest, but they
hoped that, in the settlement of contractors' ac-
counts, there would be a balance which would en-
able them to liquidate the outstanding liabilities.
It was a difficult thing to speak of the future of a
railway. Statements had been so often made that
the results had not justified that he did not like to
come forward with positive assurances ; but their
position could not be worse than it was at present,
and whatever change took place it must be a change
for the better.

Mr. SINCLAIR, who had resigned his seat at the
board since the last meeting, rose to state his rea-
sons for doing so.

The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Sinclair if it was true
as rumoured, that he had ceased to have any interest
in the company ?

- -
Mr. SINCLSIR replied that so long as the shares
stood in his name he remained a shareholder of the
company. He then proceeded with his explanation,
and declared that the directors originally appointed
were nothing more nor less than nominees of the
contractors and directors of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway. He condemned the lax manner
in which the working agreement had been drawn
up, and was of opinion that it was not legally bind-
ing. Respecting the financial position of the com-_

pany, they had £20,000 of assets and £60,000 of
liabilities, in addition to which there was the deben-
ture interest becoming due, and the contractors'
claim of about £71,000, making a gross adverse
balance of £132,000. Ile thoroughly believed the
affairs of the company had been grossly mismanaged,
and it was on learning this that he left the board,
and publicly sold his shares for so'nething like 20s.

or 30s. each.
A lengthened discussion ensued, in the course of

Mr. SURGEY moved the appointment of a com-
mittee of investigation.
Captain HOFFMAN moved as an amendment that
Mr. Lynch Stanton and Captain Leveson Gower be
nominated directors, and that the board be re-

quested to elect them.
Mr. SURGEY thereupon withdrew his motion, and
that of Captain Hoffman was carried unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN intimated that the wishes of the
meeting would be cordially acquiasced in by the

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board, who would be happy to give the new direc-
tors all the information they posibly could.
Mr. NEW lAN, solicitor, intimated that in the
event of litigation between the company and the
contractors he would not act for either party.
In reply to a question, Mr. TURNER, the engi-
neer, said.the cost of making a line from Peckham
to New-cross, by which access would be had to the
South Eastern line, would be £23,000, irrespective
of land.

A cordial vote of thanks to Sir Cusack Roncy
terminated the proceedings.

Serious Charge against the Deputy-Receiver

of the Charterhouse.

Mr. Benjamin Gore Booth, a gentlemanly-look-
ing, middle-aged man, was yesterday brought before
the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, upon a
warrant signed by his lordship, in custody of Ser-
geant Funnel], the City detective officer, charged
with embezzling and stealing several large sums of
money, the property of the above corporation, his
masters.

Mr. Freshfield, jun., of the firm of Freshfield and
Sons, the solicitors to the Bank of England, attended
on behalf of the prosecution ; Mr. Buchanan ap-
peared for the prisoner.
Mr. Freshfield said he had the honour to appear
on behalf of the governors of the Charterhouse, to
prefer a charge against the prisoner, who had been
in their service, of having stolen several sums of
money which had come, into his possession on their
behalf, which he had appropriated to his own use.
He should not be able to complete the case that day,
and he only proposed to go into evidence in relation
to two sums of £9O and £5O, sufficient to justify a
remand, and on a future occasion he should give
further evidence with regard to.other large sums of
money. The circumstances under which the offences
were committed were these :—The prisoner went
into the service of the Charterhouse, in 1863, and
in 1864 he was appointed deputy receiver, under
Mr. Keightley, who was the head receiver, and his
duty was to receive rents and other monies due to
the corporation and to enter them in a book, and at
certain periodS pay them in to the Bank of England,
where the governors had a drawing account, and
the office-book kept by the prisoner ought to have
been a correct copy of the pass-book of the Bank of
England. He was sorry to say, however, that in
order to conceal his defalcations the prisoner had
made up an entirely fictitious pass-book, in which
false entries of the amounts paid in were inserted,
and the prisoner would probably have gone on for
some considerable time longer without being de-
tected, but for the circumstance that during his
absence from the office on his holiday this fictitious
pass-book was sent to the Bank of England to be
examined, and the fraud was immediately discovered.
The specific charges he should at present prefer
against the prisoner were that on the24th of August
he should have paid into the Bank of England the
sum of £299 10s. 10d., whereas, in point of fact, he
only paid in £209 10s. 10d., thus embezzling and
misappropriating the remaining £9O ; and that on
the 9th August he received a sum of £225, which
he did not appear to have ac3ountc3 for in
any way whatever. He should also prove
that on a subsequent occasion, when he should
have paid in a sum of £9OO, he kept back £5O ;
and he should show that with regard to this
item and the former one of £9O the prisoner
had made false entries in the fictitious pass-book he
had before alluded to. Upon these facts being proved
he. should ask for a remand, and on a future day the
case would be completed.
Mr. Archibald Keightley deposed that he was the
receiver for the governors of the Charterhouse, and
the prisoner, who had formerly been employed as a
clerk, was appointed to assist him in his duties in
September, 1861, and he occupied a portion of wit-
ness's office. It was his duty to receive the rents and
other moneys that were due to the governors and to
enter them in a book, and also to enter in the same
book the amounts paid in by him to the Bank of
England to the credit of the Charterhouse. There
was no particular period fixed for the prisoner to
pay the money he received into theßank of England,
but the sums generally paid in varied from £2OO to
£4OO, and in the meantime the whole of the cash and
securities were in charge of the prisoner. He had
referred to the book that was kept by him, and he
found that on Aug. 24th he had received a sum of

£299 10s. 10d. from various sources, and it app3ared

by his book also that on that day he had paid the
amount into the Bank of England to the credit of
the governors, and it also appeared by another book
which the prisoner represented to be the pass-book
of the bank, that this sum had been paid in. lle had
since ascertained by an entry in the genuine pass-
book of the Bank of England that the prisoner, in-
stead
of paying in £299105. 10d., only paid in £209
105.10 d., and this not on Aug. 24th, but on the
28th and 29th. On Aug. 11th it also appeared by
other entries in the prisoner's book that two sums of
£451 11s. Bd. and £4BB 3s. ld. had come into his
possession, and that he had paid those amounts
into the Bank of England, but upon examining the
genuine pass-book it turned out that he had
kept back £5O of the amount. Mr. Keiaht-
ley went on to say that by a receipt that was pro-
duced, dated Aug. 7, 1866, the prisoner appeared to
have received the sum of £225 for half a year's rent
due from a gentleman named Longstaff for some
property occupied by him belonging to the Charter-
house at Dunsby, in Lincolnshire, and no entry
whatever appeared to have been made by the pri-
soner in reference to this amount, except that in the
fictitious pass-book there was an entry under date
of Aug. 13 of "Sundries, £225." There was no
entry relating to this sum in the genuine pass-book
of the Bank. The prisoner went for his holiday on
Aug. 24, and during his absence the supposed pass-
book was sent to the Bank of England, and the de-

falcations were at once discovered.
Alr. Buchsahnoaunlasdaeidclintheapintuattstghe case must be re-
manded he a)iy questions.
Mr. Goodall, a clerk in the private drawing-office
of the Bank of England, deposed that the governors
of the Charterhouse kept an account with the Bank.
The prisoner was the person who generally paid in
money on account of the Charterhouse, and on Aug.
28 he paid in the sum of £209 103. 10d., and an en-
try of that amount was made in the genuine pass-
book. The prisoner handed him a slip on which
were the different amounts of which the £209 108.
10d. was composed, and the items were in his hand-

writing.
Mr. L Baynes, another clerk in the Bank,
.pro-
duced the
genuine pass-book showing the true state
of the account between the governors of the Charter-
house and the Bank, and he also stated that the
other boak in which the false entries had been made
was entirely fictitious, and did not in any way re-
semble the books used by the Bank of England.
Mr. Woollard, a clerk in the Batik, proved that
on Aug. 4 the prisoner only paid in a EUM of £BB9

lis. 9d. instead of 1939 14s. 9d., and upon this
evidence the further consideration of the case was

adjourned for a week.

The prisoner it was stated is very respectably
connected, and has a large family. When he was

apprehended a seven-barrel revolver was found upon
him, every chamber of which was loaned with powder
and bail.

A PRIZE FIGHTER lii TROLTIILF,.—At the Mau-
sion House, yesterday, Samuel Hurst, the " Staleybridgo
Infant," and a man named Thomas Coburn were chargod
with being drunk and disorderly. A police-constable
stated that at four o'clock that morning the defendants
were fighting and creating a noise in Oldham-street. Mr.
Fowler (looking alternately at the "Infant" and Coburn,
wbo was a man of low stature and slight build): These
two fighting ?—Constable : Yes.—Mr. Fowler: Which
won ?—Constable: They both tumbled, for they were
both drunk. (Laughter.)—Mr. Fowler said Coburn had
not been there before, and he would be discharged.
Hurst was well known ; so he must pay a fine of 10s. or
go to prison for 14 days.

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" Whenever any ship, whether a steam or sailing
ship, proceeding in one direction meets another ship,
whether a steam or sailing ship, proceeding in an-
other direction, so that if both ships were to con-
tinue in their respective courses, they would pass so
near as to involve any risk of collision, the helms
of both ships shall be put to port, so as to pass on
the port side of each other ; and this rule shall be
obeyed by all steamships and by all sailing ships,
whether on the port ur starboard tack, and whether
closehauled or not, unless the circumstances of the
case arc such as to render a departure from the rule
necessary in order to avoid immediate danger ; and
subject also to the proviso that due regard shall be
had to the dangers of navigation, and, as regards
sailing ships on the starboard tack closchauled, to
the keeping such ship under command.'
" Extract from Regulations in Force since Jan. 13,

1863.
" Steering and Sailing Rules.
" Art. 11. If two sailing sLips are meeting end
on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of colli-
sion, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that
each my pass on the port side of the other.
" Art. 12. 'When two sailing ships are cross-
ing so as to involve risk of collision, then,
if they have the wind on different sides, the
ship with the wind en the port side shall keep
out of the way of the ship with the wind
on the starboard side, except in the case in which
the ship with the wind on the port side is close-
hauled and the other ship free, in which case the

latter ship shall keep oat of the way; but if they
have the wind on the same side, or if one of them
has the wind aft, the ship which is to windward
shall keep out of the way of the ship which is to
leeward.
" Art. 13. If two ships under steam are meeting
end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of
collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so
that each may pass on the port side of the other.
" ' Art. 14. If two ships under steam are crossing
so as involve risk of collision, the ship which has the
other on her own starboard side shall keep out of
the way of the other.
" Art. 15. If two ships, one of which is a sail-
ing ship and the other a steam ship, are proceeding
in such directions as to involve a risk of collision,
the steamship shall keep out of the way of the
sailing ship.

" Art. 16. Every steamship when approaching
another ship so as to involve risk of collision shall
slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse ;
and every steamship s'►all, when in a fog, go at a
moderate speed.
" ' Art. 17. Every vessel overtaking any other
vessel shall- keep out of the way of the said last-
mentioned vessel.

" Art. 18. When, by the above rules, oue of
two ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall
keep her course, subject to the qualification con-
tained in the followiiig article :
" Art. 19. in obeying and construing these rules
due regard must be had to all dangers of naviga-
tion ; and (Inc regard must also be had to any
special circumstances which may exist in any par-
ticular case rendering a departure from the above
rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.'
"The changes made in 1863 are evidently very
material. The addition of the clauses 14 and 18 is
must important. The imperatiVe order to port the
helm is now confined to the case of vessels meeting
end on' or nearly end on,' which rarely hap-
pens in the open sea.

"It is urgently necessary that the officers of the
watches, who in the smaller men of war may be mid-
shipmen, and sometimes warrant officers, and in
gunboats even quartermasters, should know the
existing rule of the road by heart, so as to be able
to apply it on the shortest notice."

The Fenian uniforms and arms seized last week
at Liverpool are probably the first fruits of a large
harvest to be gathered in transit', from America to
Ireland. There are some ladies in Dublin so alarmed
they are afraid to go to bed at night, especially since
they heard that Gen. Sir Thomas Larcom had re-
solved to sleep in the Castle with a strong guard,
and that other extraordinary precautions are being
used by the authorities. The news that Stephens has
left America and is on his way to this country will,
of course, increase the fears of the timid ; but those
who reflect do not apprehend any invasion.
They expect that the Fenian armada will be
disposed of by our gunboats before it reaches Ban-
try'l3ay or any other harbour. Since the laying of
the Atlantic telegraph the Fenians should have
given up in despair. They would have done so pro-
bably but for two causes—first, the pleasure of re-
ceiving large sums of money and exercising power
and patronage employed by the leaders, and next the
pleasure of annoying and tormenting England. This
is, perhaps, considered by many of the party as a
sufficient reward in itself for their labours and dan-
gers. The extentto which this stinging and goading
process succeeds, though carried on by venomous
creatures so weak, and so easily crushed if they could
only be caught, should teach the Legislature the
wisdom of removing, if possible, the matter in which
they are engendered ; for this plague is like the
cholera or the rinderpest—it can be stamped out
effectually only by destroying the sources whence
it emanates and the bad sanitary conditions by
which it is attracted. In the meantime the pesti-
lence seems to be spreading over the country.
What occurred at Boyle on Monday is probably
only a sample of what happens in most towns in
Ireland wherever there is a fair or any assembly
which serves as a pretext for the appearance of
strangers. There a great number of strangers
thronged the various lodging-houses, many of
them suspicious-looking characters. The wealthy
graziers could not have contemplated the
visitors with much comfort when they heard. that
down
ewn policen amlei asd
abnedenmpaaykiinngg doothmeirciilnialruyirviiessit!
Peopletak' Mg
feel now the truth of what is stated—that this new
trouble arises in a great measure from the looseness
and leniency experienced by the Fenian conspirators
last year. But the lesson will not be lost if pirates,
robbers, and ruffians caught in the act of making
war upon society are treated as they deserve, and
as they have a right to expect to be treated.
COUNTERFEIT SOY P. rt F.IONS.—It appears neces-
sary to warn the public of the appoefar,anacreticouflacroud
coun-
terfeit sovereigns and a half sovereign
a-
scription which were lately stopped presented resented at a.
bank in Manchester. The counterfeits in question are not
rough casts taken from real coin, but have been struck in
a press from false dies; and what is more remarkable they .
all contain gold, although, of course, in a less proportion
than the standar]. The fabrication of such counterfeits
requires arrangements for engraving and stamping, and
also the use of a certain amount of capital, quite beyond
the means of the ordinary forger. They consist of a sove-
reign of George IV., dated 1822 (a George and the Dragon)
containing gold to the value of about 145.; a sovereign of
the present reign, dated 1852, worth 17s. Gd. ; and a half
sovereign of 1819, worth about 7s. The half sovereign is
under weight, but the sovereigns are not. To detect the •
forgeryart
will require a close inspection of the piece, on the
p
most people, and a comparison to be made with a
of
genuine coin. It will then be perceived that the engrav-
ing is coarse and light, to give the appearance of wear,
and the le tors of the inscriptions not sharply cut, nor
arranged with the regularity of the genuine coin.

NEWSPAPER
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The Rale of the Road at Se
A "Flag Officer," writing to the Tinte.e last
Tuesday, draws attention to the rules now in force
to be observed when one ship or steamer is passing another at sea. The collisions of late have been
so frequent, and so fatal in their consequences,
that too much publicity cannot be given
to so important a subject. " Flag Officer"
states:—" I have good reason for believing that the
alteration which was made by an Order in Council
in the sea rule of the road in 1863 is not so generally
known by the young officers of the Royal navy and
merchant service as it should be.
" The rule in force previous tot he 13th of January,
1863, is to be found at page 168, Article 20, of the
printed Admiralty Instructions.
" The regulations now in force are to be found at
page 40 of the Addenda to the above instructions.
I will proceed to show the material changes which
were made in the rule of the road by the Order in
Council of 1863 by giving both regulations,—
omitting, however, in the latter those clauses which
do not specially apply to steering :
`c ' REGULATIONS IN FORCE PREVIOUS TO JANUARY
13, 1863.

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