The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-19 00:00:00

COLONIAL..

TEA—The market has been quiet but firm. The sales
advertised for Tuesday next include about 15,000 packages,
among which are some oa.ary, and fair qualities of greeue.
SUGAR—There has been a good demand for the home
trade, and prices have been steady. The private transac-
tions reported are about 4,000 bags Mauritius, which rea-
lised about former values.

COFFEE—FuII quotations have been maintained for all
descriptions, and the demand for home consumption is

RICE. —No business of any importance has been re-
por, c 1, and prices may be quote :I rather lower.
SPICES.---Pepper, mace, and nutmegs hlve realised full
rates, and ginger has shown a slight average on previous
rates. . _

COCHINEAL.--A decline of about 2d. per lb. may bo
quoted on the lower qualities of Honduras silvers. Other
descriptions maintain their values.
SALTPETRE. —The market continues (hill, and prices
generally are lower.
TALLOW —A. moderate business has been done, and the
market is firm. P.Y.U. on the spot is quoted 603. to 60,.
64., last three months 575. per cwt. Home melted in de-
mand at 575. 6d. per cwt.

NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE —At Sir Ilmjamin
party to his Royal ii,gfiness the Duke of Cambridge, on
-Wednesday evening last, a very young lady, niece to the
Right Hon. Baranet, went. out on the b4conv with a
friend, to look at the variegated lamps which were huriv
amidst the ivy. Some part of her head-dress fluttering
over the flames, ignited, and in one moment she was
wrapped in a blaze. A gentleman behind her, with ad-
mirable presence of mind, tore off his coat and enveloped
her completely, putting his hat on her head, where her
hair was already on tire, and extinguished the flames.
The whole scene was beheld from H de Park, where
number of persons were collected looking at the illuini
nation, when the accident occurred. It is understood
the gentleman was Sir Edward Buiwer Lyttan. The
young lady escaped with a few slight burns on the
shoulders and back, and the hon. baronet was burned in
the hands. B ith parties are, however, doing well.
THE SOCIETY FOB THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN FOREIGN PARTS —The annual meeting of this society
was held yesterday at the Mansion-house. The chairld
was taken by the Lord Mayor. There wasa very large
attendance, the body LA the meoeting being chitfly El
by ladies. The Bishop of Chichester moved the follow-
ing resolution, which was carried unanimously
the discontinuance of general collections, under autha.
rity of the Queen's letter, whereby the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel has sustained a loss of 10,000/.
a year, seems to call upon the Church at large for new
and increased efforts to sustain the inis,ionary opera-
tiOns of that society ly.th in the colocies and heathen
dependencies of Great Britain."

THE A TTEMPTFD MURDER IN THE ETAYMARKET.—'
Charles Melbourn (a report of whose trial at the Crimi-
nal Court appeared in the Sun of yesterday) has been
sentenced to transportation tor life.
THE LATE CASE OF VITRIOL THROWING,—John Brett
was yesterday sentenced by Baron Watson at the Crimi-
nal Court to 15 year's transportation,
CRICSET.—SIX GENTLEMEN OF SURREY WITH FMS
PLAYERS V. DITTO OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE —ThiS'Matail
commenced yesterday. at Kennington Oval. The fol,
lowing i the score :—Surrey, first ineinge, 109 ; second
innings, t ,o wickets down, 17 ; Cambridgeshire, firth
i 74.
SUICIDE AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Josepb
lick, ptrnan at the Royal Princess Victoria public' •
house, adjoining the Princess's Theatre, having been ill,
the habit of frequenting the theatre for orders, enter
at the -tags door about ten o'clock yesterday roorninq.
under the plea of collecting the pots. Nothing was seen,
of him until late in the day, when he was found bangicb
by a rope to a beam over the stage, quite dead.
FIRE IN GRAY'S-INN-LANE.—Last night, about tee
o'clock, a fire took place on the premises of Mr. Thick:
broon, cap and bonnet manufacturer, Gray's-inn-lac''
The inmates—seven or eight men, women, and children
• —it is supposed escaped in safety, but the premises Sea
all they contained were destroyed. Some adjoining
premises were damaged. Two other fires also took Plea:
yesterday in the same neighbourhood, at each of &lie"
a greet sin tint of property was consumed.
The African, Steamship Company have issued the
annual report prepai atery t,, a meeting on the 24th. Tra
directors are unable to declare a dividend, as during tuy
greater portion of the year only four out of their sit veE'
eels have been employed, and the company has been er
posed for the 1%4 six months to competition with a lie
°
if steamers running from London to the coast of Africa.
Having considerably reduced their working exPeligsee°
they,hope for better results next year. The accoun"
show a lost of 4,0751 .
ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—" ELIJAH" AND Virg;
WORKS.---We are happy to see that the directors of
establishment lave yielded to the expressfon of Pubd;
taste, and refrain from giving an exhibition of firewot,
on the evenings when• an oratorio is performed. d
mirable as the display of fireworks no doubt is (au
we willingly vouch for the fact), still we think tbat
with the feeling-1 cha,tened by the magnificent reisderci
ing of the immortal works of Handel, Mozart, out
Haydn, a dispiay of fireworks would be decidedly oil
of p ace.
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.—The second exhibition Oil:
year of the Royal Botanic Society took place yesterday
at the gardens in Regent's-park. Many prizes, as usual;
were awarded to successful exhibitors, and the show ws.
suffic ently beautiful to at ract a large number of vied
tuns, among whom were the Duchess of Cambridge_eac,
Prince's Mary, the Duchess of Marleorough, the Nay
chioness of Aylesbury, the Earl and Countess , f Wiltort
and C iuntesses Dysart and Citesterfield, Lords G. Len'
n x, 11. Grosvenor, G. Beaccle, k, Ladies BeaucbansPi
Dacre, Clinton, Grey, and Holland, and the Bishop
°
‘Vinet, et r
DEATH OF MISS ANNA GURNEY.—Miss Anna Olir;
ney, a member of the well-known Gurney family, sli.ee
lady of some little note in the literary and scientter
werld, died a few days since at the residence of her,
brether, Mr. Hudson Gurney, at Keswick, near Sicoe
with. Miss Gurney published an excellent translator
of the Saxon Chronicle, and, living at NorthreisPes for
•he c ,a-t, she took a lively irtsre-t in inventions to
saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners. To pre °3:00
t e letter object she had a gun manutactur.-d at b".,:iioti
exoense to fire tiff a line to a storm-tossed wreck. '
Gurney at the time of her death was 61 years of age'nis,
OXFORD MIDDLE CLASS EXAMINATIONS.-01c110.
Joe. 18.—Tile new statute on middle cans 00°)ciot,
t one, which .as promulgated in congregation on Friltiee
June 5, and accepted by that body on Wednesday, to'
10, was submitted to the members of convocationa 0
day, and finally carried by a large majority, as we
tee ti-le of A. A. (Associate of Art,), the latter forte
re,
the subject of a separate vote. The following is the 73;
suit of the voting. For the entire statute—Planss4rie•
Non-Plecet, 17. For the title—Placet, 52 ; DTPirwere
o t 36. Two other decrees of small importance
then put to the vote, and carried.
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TESTIMONIAL TO SIR JOSHUA WALMSLE.."-' Nir
Tuesday next a testimonial is to be presented t° be
Joshua Walmslev, at Leicester. A procession is t°o
formed to the market-place, where the presentatiocce;
the Electors' and Non-electors' Address, the La st•
Testimonial, and the Ladies' Flag will take place' It
social tea meeting will be held in the evening, whelisqe
Joshua Walmsley, Dr. Noble, J. F. Hollingess„eioSt
and the other gentlemen engaged in the presen's
will he present. Solitb;
JUDGMENTS IN COUNTY COURTS.—In
wark Court yesterday, the judge gave a decisiothese
some importance to parties having business 41 413
courts. The point raised was, whether the plaintle;ele
sue for the damage due on a judgment previous art
tained in a couuty court. It was contended on the pittiS
of the d, fendant that the action would not lie, ancl
a 'judgment once obtained, it must be pursnear 001
being the intention of the Legislature, for the purP°oo
avoiding the multiplicity of suits for one and the 50001
debt. His Honour said the practice was that 110
_ectietf
action would lie on a judgment obtained in a cot.
court. The verdict must therefore be for defenden l
GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL.—As it has been strops r
urged upon the managers of the Festival to arrange.til
an extra performance on Saturday at a reduced priced.ey
right that it should be announced that it is utterlYincl
possible that the reclotraendation can he adopted, tp
that with the performance of "Israel in Egypt" this `"7!.
the Festival will most certainly be brought to a clog; 'the
very large proportion of the performers, particular) arts
chorel body, is composed of persons from various Plat
of the country, who have only undertaken to afford e to
services on condition of their being able to retuifros
their respective homes within the present week, 10°40
have provided themselves with railway tickets stress
won d become useless at a subsequent period• osi
and other circumstances combined effectually Pre
the possibility of any extension of the present art
ay
tnents. rO
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL S01:11910,d
Teur-day.—The Belgian Royal Mail Company's 14„0
ship Constitntion, Captain E. Pougin, arrived he- ielio
day, o t her voyage frem Antwerp for New York'risiog'
captain reports that he left Antwerp yesterday in°oorai
and nothing occurred till 45 minutes past 12 this dOO
ing, when the vessel was between BeechysheaA Llesr
Dongenees, and a-fine breeze from N.N E. en",i bet
weather, steering west by compass, all sails set, a.,°0210
lights burning. At this time a vessel was obsera'oool:
the starboard bow, well clear of the Corist`ieegi
steering east. When about three or four cables
lose
distant, her head abreast of the starboard bow, theceesd‘
suddenly altered her course, and approached the
merlon, the helm of which was immediately put el' coot
s arhoard. Captain Pougin states that be did this tbal
trary to the usual sailing regu'ations, for the reaa?°l3o,
if he had pursued the usual course and perted I°o4l
an immediate and serious collision must have °c°
as the strange vessel was so far on the Constitudier
starboard bow. The steamer's engines were stops effr
' mediately, and the other vessel continuing t° f''etstife
the two came in collision, neither of the vessels Oa 00
ing much damage. The captain, second mate, anbetll
of the men of the strange vessel (which proved tcesicll
L Genova, Captain Cubitt, from Palermo for ate
leaped on board the Constitution ; and they reeP„ol is
that the Genova had half an hour previous u."10-jer7
collision with a brig and thereby received serion9,lteid,
.in her bows, the water-tight compartment forwards
full of water. The lifeboat of the ConstituticPeteirs
lo.vered and sent back to the Genova with the °913 60
and mate, the two men being subsequently fo'lntjeo'
I have concealed themselves on board the Constlt°ooo
The damage done to the Genova was fouud not t°
been so serious as the captain had at first itnsgl She
and the latter resuming the command of bis sbiPt
the
two vessels proceeded on their respective coursebe;eir
Genova for Lorick), and the Constitution for Si/Pt°j
ton. The above statement is from Captain ie/4
who, together with his officers, has had them eciejir
in a legal protest. The Constitution sails at i
f it New York. f t"
THE BEST AUTHORITY.—IS he a burglar, or °itilet
swell mob ? I do not accuse him of occuPYing eirif°,%l
position (which would be libellous), but I ask for err,
relation. Because my mind is tormented by hirere t
tually getting into houses into which he would sjieiO4
have no lawful open way, and by his contirruallY
limb
into people's pocket books in an otherwise
manner. In respect of getting into the Queen 6 oil'
the Boy Jones was a fool to him. He knows ereriosli
that takes place there. On a late auspicious °%ett
when the nation was hourly expecting to be fletit.s.reelee
with joy for the ninth time, it is surprising what 'Jiver
on the question of chloroform, Now, Dr. Locockie Pee
to be the most trustworthy even of doctors ; al3r
Majesty's self-reliance and quiet force of characte bosref
passed into an axiom. I want to know, thereforeporitt
when, where, and from whom did the Best isle,
acquire a'l that chloroform information' which Pr, 0°
for months, pros ling about all the clubs, trial% bitli's
down all the streets, having all London to dine wteorej
and going out to dine with all London, for the ;weer
purpose of diffusing? I hope society does not °9a e
that I should be slowly bothered to death by aejid',/
without demanding this much satisfaction.
come by his intelligence, I ask ? The Best le bar
must have had an authority. Let it be producee;ecipbe:e
mentioned h pocketbeok in which he °
the
secret ent rusemany of tbem written, probe to
invisible ink, for they are non-existent even
...oat
o ener's eyes. How does he coins by all the arnhe'Dgeso
letter-bags, and by a• 1 the note-hooks of all the iteell'hei
Who gave him all the little scraps of paper that., of
Mr Palmer wrote and handed about in the cour;:eseoflie
protrac,ed trial f He tells all sorts of people w,,l'a,"„ 000
them all ;he inn-t have seen them, surely. "1-oliet
out for him the accounts of this journal! Who call it 5,
for him the sum total of profit 1. And when r:
quite convenient t, him to name an early dal
Wibe
trig over to the Conductor the very large balaec.„ey'sert
several ciphers at the end of it, which clearly ''"rids °4
owing tie said Conductor, as he has never laid heffe eao
it yet ? How did be get into the Russian lines I .aoglist.
al.veys there ; just as he was always in the lireiei
camp arid always coming home to put Mr. Russeet tbs,
end seoing back again. It etas he who found °
0 e
the Commissariat wouldn't give the Times rations
Bleil,e
and that the porkless Times would never afterward Poi
the Corutniesariat alone. Had he known Wl,b
telekot
Russian leaders before the war, that he began the 9:10
them so tamiliarly by their surnames as soon Et IP,r
teal fired ? Will any of us ever forgg.e:s..eo, cou,
memory holds her seat in these distracted c
soiling beads, what we suffered from this Ma, „, of oal
rox-on with the Roden ? Can the most Cbrisgtiairdoo._lo
ever forgive the lies he told us about the :1_74 ter
ePo
I roreht myself overlook even those injurie e's tts,
detested fortress on table-cloths, with salt-syncnnocrs
ers and wine glasses!. pick
having put so many people up to making Plan 5, for B's
.itp.gtrt dishes, nut-Crack
"Household Words."