The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1.0, 1861.

LIVERPOOL RACES.,(Ihis Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LATEST -BETTING.
TuE LIVERPOOL CUP.

2to 1 agst Heiress
4to 1 agst Doefoot
4to 1 agst Ivanhoff
sto 1 apt Feodorowna
QOODWOOD CUP.
,2 to 1 agst. Ivanhoff

LA TV INTELLIGENG'E—(IIas Day).

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
(Before Chief Justice Erle.)
TURNI3IILL V. BIRD.
The jury had not returned their verdict in this case when
we went to press. They had been in deliberation upwards
of three hours at that time.

ALLEN V. MIKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
The jury in this case were also locked-up considering
heir vet diet.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Wightman.)
Jane Palethorpe was indicted for the wilful murder of her
child by poison.
It will be recollected that the offence was alleged to have
been committed at Northampton-street, Somers-town.
The facts have already appeared in the Sun.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT ISLINGTON.

Frederick Strugnell was indicted with attempting to
murder Ann Redkinson.

The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for life.

He was then, with two other men, named Quilter and
Linney, indicted for stealing an iron box containing £lOO,
the property of Mr. Higgins, Chapel-street, Islington.

:The case was not concluded when we went to press.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

FICTITIOUS CHEQUES.—Louis Genesto, described as of
the Palace Hotel, Norwood, a tall, gentlemanly man, was
charged before Mr. Mansfield with obtaining the sum of
15s. from Mr. Robert Lewis, tobacconist, of 15, St.
James's-street, by means of a false cheque.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the prisoner.
Mr. Robert Lewis said—l have known the prisoner for
some time as an occasional customer. Abut six weeks ago
he purchased a pound of cheroots for £lss., and on the 20th
of Juno the prisoner called on me to pay for them, present-
ing a written cheque for £lO, drawn by Louis Geneste on
J. W. Cunningham, Esq , of King's College. The prisoner
asked me for the difference £8 155., which I gave him
believing his statement was true that it was a bona fide
cheque, and that as he said he was authorh ed to draw on
Mr. Cunningham. My son presented the cheque the same
day to Mr. Cunningham, who said he knew nothing about
it, and that cheques of the same kind to the amount of £2OO
had been presented to him within a fortnight.
By Mr. Lewis—l only know the prisoner as a customer
and trusted him believing he would pay. He said that Mr.
Cunningham was his father's executor, and that his father's
affairs were not settled. He also said that Mr. Cunning-
ham had authorised him to draw on him. He did not say
that Mr. Cunningham had received money for him as exe-
cutor, but from what the prisoner said I inferred that Mr
Cunningham would honour his cbeques. I have not seen
Mr. Cunningham myself.

Mr. Robert Joseph Lewis, son of the prosecutor, said—
I received the cheque produced from my father. I took it
to Mr. Cunningham's office, and a gentleman, whom I was
toldlwas Mr. Cunningham, came to me and said the cheque
was not worth the receipt stamp on it, and that cheques for
1200 had been lately presented of a similar kind.
Mr. Lewis (Inspector Bowles having asked for a remand)
said he was instructed that Mr. Cunningham was executor
to the prisoner's father's will, and at present there was no
evidence to show that there were no funds to meet the
cheque.
Mr. Mansfield said that Mr. Cunningham could be sent
for, but the prisoner would be remanded.
It appears that several other persons have been defrauded
by similar cheques—two having been presented at Fenton's
and the Wellington Hotels, and it is expected several other
charges will be preferred.

THIS DAY'S gAR.KETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat were much
restricted; but—owing to the arrival of American wheat
and flour—sales progressed slowly, for the most part, in
good and fine samples, at Monday's currency.
Most descriptions of foreign wheat moved off slowly, yet
very little change took place in the quotations, compared
with Monday. The market was well supplied.
For floating cargoes of grain, there was a fair, but by no
means active demand, at previous currencies.
The trade for barley was in a sluggish state, and prices
had a drooping tendency.

Malt changed hands to a limited extent, yet the quota•
ions were fairly supported,

In the demand for oats, there was no activity ; indeed,
inferior corn was very difficult of sale, and prices were
rather lower.

CROWN-OFFICE, jury 8.

Both beans and peas moved off slowly, at barely late
rates.

For flour we have to report a heavy demand, and Ameri
can barreled somewhat in favour of buyers.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eng1i5h........ 110 1 50 I 50 I 950
Irish -
F0reign........ 26,310 1,290 , 7,230 1 40 sack'
26,070 brls.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby Junction Rail-
way, and the Hammersmith, Paddington, and City Junc-
tion Railway Bills were considered and ordered for third
reading.
HIBERNIAN MILITARY SCHOOL, DUBLIN.
Mr. lIAGUIRE moved for a copy of correspondence
between the Rev. Mr. Leonard and the Lord Lieutenant,

in reference to the death of pensioner James Harrison, and
the alleged refusal on the part of the resident authorities
of the school to permit the Rev. Mr. Leonard to visit the
said James Harrison.—Agieed to.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Col. FRENCH gave notice that he would ask the noble
lord at the head of the Government whether, seeing that
the present mode of conducting the business of the house
was a complete failure, a select committee would be ap-
pointed to consider the propriety of making some further
change in the standing orders.
FICTITIOUS SAVINGS BANKS BILL.
S'

it F. BARING moved that the house go into committee
on this bill, which made it a misdemeanour to call banks
" savings banks" which were not under the law of savings
banks.

Mr. W. FOSTER objected' to the bill, on the ground
that it would lead to an impression that Government gua-
ranteed the depositors in savings banks, which was not the
case. He thought they ought to postpone further legisla-
tion on the subject, especially as it would interfere with a
great many works which were at present doing a great deal
of good. He should move as an amendment that the house
go into committee this day three months.
Mr. BAINES seconded the amendment. He knew a
large number of banks connected with Sunday-schools,
managed by piont and benevolent persons, and these would
be seriously interfered with. It was said that these would
not be interfered with, so long as they did not use the
word "savings," but that was the great charm of these
banks.
Mr. HENLEY opposed the bill on the same ground.
Every child knew the meaning of the word "savings,"
and he could find no word that could be substituted for it.
Mr. BAXTER said that there were in Scotland many
savings banks conducted by gentlemen merely for the good
of the working classes, and for no purposes of profit. The
guarantee to the depositors was excellent, and he did not
see any reason to interfere with them by such a bill as this.
Mr. HUBBARD considered that this bill was calculated
to protect those who were not able to protect them-
selves. Tho hon. gentleman quoted statistics connected
with several existing institutions with a view to show that
Parliamentary interference was absolutely necessary for the
protection of the public.
Mr. DENT said that in the town he represented (Sear-
borough) there were 18,000 inhabitants, out of which there
were 11,000 depositors in savings banks, 1,003 of whom
were connected with schools. The deposits did not amount
to more than £5OO, but the banks were admirably con-
ducted. and he should be sorry to see them interfered with.
Sir G. LEWIS considered that the bill went a very long
way in penal legislation. He thought some qualification
might be put in, showing that banks were not in connection
with the Government, which would remove objections to
the bill, but he could not approve a bill which visited heavy
penalties upon persons who might have no fraudulent in-
tentions.

After some further discussion the bill was withdrawn.
CHURCH RATES LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Mr. HUBB ARD spoke on the order for the second reading
of this bill. He remarked that the only measure which had
received any favour in that house was one for the total abo-
lition of church rates, but the majorities in favour of that
bill had so diminished that both parties might now
be said to be on an equality. It must be re-
membered that the Church of England was the
National Church, but that the greatest toleration should
be allowed to all who differed from its doctrines
or discipline. No doubt the abolition bill was the
first of a series of attacks upon the National Church,
and which, if they had succeeded, would have
prevented members of that Church from regulating
their own affairs by taxing themselves. He was willing
to exempt Dissenters from such taxation, and that object the
bill he now proposed would secure. There were four
main points in the bill.—l. The question what was
the legitimate purpose of a church rate. 2. To provide
that modern ecclesiastical districts should be formed
into parishes so far as church rates were
concerned. 3. To transfer all litigation from the ecclesiastical
courts to the quarter sessions, the county courts, or the su-
perior courts. 4. To assimilate the manner in which church
rates were collected to the mode in which the poor rates were
raised, A clause was also introduced which would exempt
a person from the payment of church rates, who declared
himself a Nonconformist. He was afraid that he should
have no chance of carrying the bill through this session,
and ho should therefore withdraw the bill. (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. TRELAWNY hoped that no other bill would be
brought in this year on the subject of church rates.
CLEFT SITTING.]

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Groat Seal of the United Kingdom, con-
stituting and appointing Roundell Palmer, Esq., one of her
Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law, to be her Majesty's
Solicitor-General.
CROWN OFFICE, JULY 6.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Longford—Lieutenant-Colonel Luke White
of The Grange, in the county of Dublin, in the room of
Colonel Henry White, who has accepted tho office of
Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead.
JULY 9.

City of Durham—Sir Atherton, Knt., of West-
bourne-terrace, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, her
Majesty's Attoruey-General,
ADMIRALTY, JULY 6.
Corps of Royal Marines—The undermentioned gentle-
men cadets to be Second Lieutenants, dated Ist July, 1861,
viz.:—Vivian Dalton Mathias, Frank Arthur Henderson,
Burnett Greive Hall, Charles Albert Louis Moore, Frank
Roberts, Thomas Lakin, Leslie Philip Smith, and Charles
Arthur Kennedy.