The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

A marble tablet is about to be erected at the
house where Admiral Caracciolo (the liberal Admi-
ral who was executed by order of Lord Nelson in
the early part of this century) lived at Str. Mergel-
lina, and on it is to be an inscription explaining the
injustice he met with at the hands of the Admiral
—an act which, in fact, will always be a stain on
the memory of the conqueror at Trafalgar.
The Peace Society has addressed a memorial to
Lord Stanley, praying that he would employ the
friendly offices of Great Britain with a view to ter-
minate the disastrous war which has so long raged
between the Empire of Brazil and the Republic of
Paraguay. His lordship, in his reply, gave evidence
of the fact that he has already offered his mediation
to the contending parties, but without success.
THE CONTRACT CORPORATION.—Yesterday, at
the Rolle' Chambers, the winding up matter of the Con-
tract Corporation was fully discussed in reference to an
application made for the payment of a further dividend
of I.s. in the pound to the creditors, making 4s. A large
sum was reserved on account of Barnard's Bank, and it
was stated that it would take about £35,000 to pay I.s. in
the pound. The Chief Clerk (Mr. Church) sanctioned the
dividend. Mr. Kemp, the official liquidator, attended the
meeting.

THE ROCHDALE TRAGEDY. —The farmer White-
oak, who about a week ago murdered two of his children
at Burnedge, near Rochdale, and then attempted to com-
mit _suicide by cutting his throat, died on Tuesday, in
great suffering, from the self-inflicted wound. It was
deemed necessary to remove him to the workhouse, but,
apparently thinking he was to be taken to prison, he re-
sisted violently, and it is not improbable that the excite-
ment caused by the removal accelerated his death.
DISGRACEFUL RAPACITY.- —About ten days ago
two gentlemen, Mi.jor Morgan and Mr. Tweedie, were
drowned off Millport, Firth of Clyde, by the upsetting of
a small boat. Though every effort was made to recover
the bodies, it was not till Monday evening last that any
success attended the dragging. On that evening two fisher-
men found the body of Mr. Tweedie, which, however, they
refused to give up unless the deceased's father gave them
£lOO. Mr. Tweedie, though perfectly willing to give a
handsome reward for the recovery of his son's body, de-
murred to such an extortionate demand, but the fishermen
were inexorable, and refused to bring the body on shore
till their demands were complied with. Ultimately the
police had to interfere, and on threatening to take the
boatmen into custody for unlawfully detaining the body,
it was reluctantly given up. Great indignation was ex-
pressed at the conduct of the finders, the more especially
that Mr. Tweedie had offered a munificent reward for the
finding of the body.

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LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
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rottigiGN IC Ai LWA rt*.
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ban raulo, lien., gua. 6 per cent., 171
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United Mexican,

DOCKS
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Australasia, 531
chartered liana of India, A.ustralla. and China, 191
Chartered der. o' India, London. and China, 20
English. scotch, and Australian Chartered, 10f
imperial Ottoman, 11 10fr
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I ondon and 11 estmlnater. cti
National rrOVincial of islnglaud,
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Union of Australia, 4:f j

MISCELLANXOUS:
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Atlantic Telegraph,
Ditto, is por cent , 74 80
Berlin Water Works,
Commercial Union. Insurance. 5 7-16
r.l4yptiau 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan„gua.., 01
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 12
London Financial Association, Um., 7/,
Reuter's Telegram,cl
Royal Mail Steam, 63
Scottish Australian Investment, Um.. 110
Telegraph Construct. aid Maintenance, 151

A FRUITFUL TIME.—The second quarter of the
present year is the first time that 200,000 children have
been born alive in England and Wales in a quarter of a
year. The exact number reached 202,892-2,230 a day,
a minute, if we might divide a child. The marriages
in 1867 had been fewer than in either of the three pre-
ceding years, but in 1864, 1835, and 18J6 they had, been
unusually numerous. The death rate in the second
quarter of the year 1868 being lower than in the spring
quarter of any year since the national civil registration
began, the extraordinary result is presented of no less
than 14 of the 40 cuttaties of England having twice as
many births as deaths—viz., Rent, Berkshire, Hertford-
shire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire,
Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Somerset, Staf-
fordshire, Worcestershire, Lincolnshire, and Durham. The
same may be said, too, of South Wales, taken as a whole.
rl'/1E ADMIRALTY INSPECTION.—We learn that
Mr. Curry will be prevented from accompanying his col-
leagues in the approaching visitation to the dockyards, as
his medical advisers consider it necessary to the more com-
plete restoration of his health that he should spend some
time at one of the spas in Germany. We understand it is
his intention to visit the dockyards privately later in the
year.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--THIS DAY.

MAR LB OROUGH-STRE .

STREET OUTIZAGE.—George Patterson, a shoe-
maker, of No. 50, Cleveland street, was charged
before Mr. Knox with assauliing Mrs. Emma Bed-
ford and Mrs. Emma Weakley, mother and daugh-
ter, residing at No. 5, St. inn's-court, Soho.
Mrs. Bedford said that at a quarter to one that
morning she was walking along the Tottenham-
court-road,
accompanied by her daughter, on the
way home from Camden-town, where they had been
to see some friends, when the prisoner and two other
young men came up to them, and the prisoner
wade a very insulting remark to her daughter.
She told the prisoner that he had no right to speak
to them as they were respectble women, upon
which the prisoner pulled her daughter about in a
most improper manner, tore her chess, and as she
(witness)
a blow in the temple and kicked her on the side;
was expostulating with him, he gave her
and had a constable not come up she did not know
what would have been done.

Mrs. Emma Wvakly, daughter of th 3 previous
witness, gave similar evidence, and also stated that
the prisoner struck her.

Police constable Cook, 96 E, said that hearing
screams in the Tottenham-court-road he went to
the spot, awl
saw the prisoner pushing the first
witness against the shutter, and she gave the pri-
soner in charge for assaulting her by striking her in
the eye. At that time the witness's dress was torn,
as it now appeared.

In his defence, the prisoner said he was walking
along the road when some remark was made to the
females, upon which they seized him by the hair of
his head, one on each side, mistaking him for
another person.

Mr. Knox said he believed the story told by the
females and not that told by the prisoner. He
thought it very unlikely that two respectable women
—a mother and daughter, would go up to a young
man and attack him without any cause. lie con-
sidered the prisoner's conduct perfectly heinous.
Women were entitled to the protection of the law ;
for such ruffianly conduct he should commit the
prisoner for two months' with hard labour.