The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

MANSLAUTHTER.—SHOCKING AFFRAY.--A long
inquiry took place this morning relating to an affray
which occurred on Saturday week, and which re-
sulted in the death of a German publican named
Verumbulam, the landlord of the Wellington public-
house in the Cannon-street-road, adjoining the
Church of St. George-in-the-East. His , wife
Dorothy Verumbulam, was now charged with man-
slaughter. Mr. Charles Young appeared on her be-
half. It appeared that the prisoner and her husband
quarrelled on the 11th instant about some domestic
affairs. He struck her twice, and was about to re-
peat the blows, when she took up a knife and
stabbed him in the right side. He lingered until
yesterday (Sunday) morning.
Mr. Cousley, jun., surgeon, who had attended
the deceased, said that no post-mortem examina-
tion had taken place, and he could not say what
was the cause of death.

Mr. Charles Young, on behalf of his unfortunate
client charged with this serious offence, and who
had been unintentionally the cause of her husband's
death, said that she was labouring under extreme
irritation when she wounded him.

Mr. Benson—lViien will an inquest be held ?
Mr. Charles Young—To-morrow, sir.
Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner until Thurs-
day next.

rousIGN RAILWAYS.
Rabin and San Francisco. li.n., Rua, 7Iper cent., 15
Namur and Liege, gun. 6 per cent. pt.,;21

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rouRIGN MINIM
Choutales and. Silver Mining, Um., 2
Fortuna, lim., lf
Port Phillip, 1 11-M
Scottish Australian, Um.. 1
St. John del Key, llm,lBi

BANHE;

Agra, lim., A, 11
Ditto, B,
Anglo Egyptian, lim., 181
Australasia, 521
Bank of Egypt, 311 6
Chartered Alen o' India, London, and China, 281
Consolidated, lim, 41
East London, Bin., 31
Imperial Bank, lim.. 17
Imperial Ottoman, 111
lonian, 26
Ditto, new. 5
London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 11m., 131
London and County, 521
London Joint Stock, 34
Metropolitan Bank, lim., 71 1
New South Walea, 41
Oriental Bank Corporation, 44 I
Union of London, 35i
MISCELLANZOUBI
B. and I. Magnetic Telegraph, Um., 115

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

&astral's and New Zealand, via Southampton„,,, July 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles.... ........—•." ."July 11.
Ditto, via Panama Ji'ly 23.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Aug. 4
Ditto, by terenoh paoket • ... ...... July a
Cape Verds, by Brazil packet ....... , ..... Aug. 4.
Cape of Good liope, Ascension, and St. lielena....Aug. 12.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—July 18.
Gibraltar, via Southampt,a July 18.
Indta,via Southampton ..... . ... ..... ......• July 13
vitt°, via Marseilles July 13
Malta, Egypt, &.3... ... ... ... July 18.
Ditto, Marsuillea
... July ,7.
Ilauritlue, Cape of Goal II ipe, and Natal; via

.
Southampton
Ditt), Marseilles July 18
Newfoundland...... July 2)
eartugal ........... Aug. 1.
United States, t anada, California, &c., by British
packet . ..... July 18
Ditto, by Canadian packet . ......... July 17.
Ditto, by L Lited states packet
Data ditt' (Baltimore)
. • .•
West In Iles and Pa.nlie, (except Mexico and i3alia-

mis)
July 14.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 17.
Falkland Islands Sept. 3
Cuba and Alexico
Bitia.mas, via New ir , -
Liunauda, yla 1.1,4111aX .. ...., July 29.

DEBIT OF MR. STERLISG COYNE.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Joseph
Sterling Coyne, which took place at his residence,
61, Talbot-road, Westbourne-park, on Saturday
last, in the 65th year of his age. Mr. Coyne, the
son of an Irish Commissariat officer, was born
at Birr, King's County, Ireland, and was edu-
cated at Dungannon School. He was intended
for the legal profession, but soon abandoned it for
that of literature. His first attempt was a farce
called " The Phrenologist," brought out in
Dublin in 1835. In 1837 he came to Eng-
land, and was introduced to a London
audience. His success was decided, and
many farces and dramas, some of which achieved
an exceptional success, remain to testify his
ndustry. For a number of years he acted as
dramatic critic to a weekly paper, and con-
tributed occasionally to other newspapers. He
produced some minor works of fiction, and a work
called. " The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland."
Mr. Coyne was, jointly with Mr. Mark Lemon and
Mr. Henry Mayhew, one of the projectors and ori-
ginal proprietors of Punch.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PROCLA3IATION.

The following is the text of President Johnson's
Am nesty Proclamation : .

" Whereas, in the month of July, Anno
1861, in accepting the condition of civil war which
was brought about by insurrection and rebellion in
several of the States which constitute the United
States, the two Houses of Congress did solemnly
declare that that war was not waged on the part of
the Government in any spirit of oppression nor for
any purpose of conquest or subjugation; nor for
any purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of the States,
but only to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution of the United States, and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and
rights of the several States unimpaired, and that so
soon as those objects should be accomplished the
war on the part of Government should cease. And
whereas, the President of the United States has
heretofore, in the spirit of that declaration, and
with the view of securing for it ultimate and com-
plete effect, set forth several proclamations offering
amnesty and pardon to persons who had been or were
concerned in the afore-named rebellion, which pro-
clamations, however, were attended with prudential
reservations, and exceptions then deemed necessary
and proper, and which proclamations were respec-
tively issued on the Bth day of December, 1863,
on the 26th day of March, 1864, on the 29th day of
May, 1865, and on the 7th day of Sept., 1867 ; and
whereas, the said lamentable civil war has long since
altogether ceased, with an acknowledgment by all the
States of the supremacy of the Federal Constitution,
andof the Government thereunder ; and there no
longer exists any reasonable ground to apprehend a
renewal of the said civil war, or any foreign inter-
ference, or any unlawful resistance by any portion
of the people or any of the States to the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United States ; and whereas,
it is desirable to reduce the standing army and to
bring to a speedy termination military occupation,
martial law, military tribunals, abridgment of the
freedom of speech and of the press, and suspension
of the privilege of habeas corpus, and of the right
of right of trial by jury, such encroachments upon
our free institutions in time of peace being dan-
gerous to public liberty, incompatible with the in-
dividual rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius
and spirit of our Republican form of Government,
and exhaustive of the national resources ; and
whereas, it is believed that amnesty and pardon will
tend to secure a complete and universal establish-
went and prevalence of municipal law and order,
in conformity with the Constitution of the United
States, and to remove all appearances and presump-
tions of a retaliatory or vindictive policy on the
part of the Government, attended by any unneces-
sary disqualifications, pains, penalties, confisca-
tions, and disfranchisements, and, on the contrary,
to promote and procure complete fraternal
reconciliation among the whole people with
due submission to the Constitution and laws ;
Now, therefore, Be it known, That I, Andrew John-
son, President of the United States, do by vi.tue of
the Constitution, and in the name of the people of
the United States, hereby proclaim and declare un-
conditionally and without reservation to all and to
every person who directly or indirectly partici-
pated in the late insurrection of rebellion, except-
ing such person or persons as may be under pre-
sentiment or indictment in any Court of the United
States, having competent jurisdiction upon a
charge of treason or other felony, a full pardon and
amnesty for the offence of treason against the
United States, or of adhering to their enemies dur-
ing the late civil war, with restoration of all rights
of property, except as to slaves, and except also
as to any property of which any person may have
been legally divested under the laws of the United
States. In testimony whereof I have signed these
presents with my hand, and have caused the seal of
the United States to be hereunto affixed. Done in
the City of Washington, the 4th day of July, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the ninety-third.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President—
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

" WASHINGION, July 2."

LAWS OF BOAT RACING.

The following are the new laws of boat racing settled
by the committee of the Thames Regatta :-
1. All races shall be started from boats moored for the
purpose, the sterns of the competing boats Wing held by
men appointed by the committee.

2. The starter shall ask the question, "Are you ready?'
and upon not receiving a reply in the negative, ho shall
give the signal to start.

- 3. if the starter considers the start unfair, ho shall at
once recall the boats to their stations.

4. Any boat not at its post at the time specified, shall be
liable to bo disqualified by the umpire.
5. The umpire may act as starter, if he thinks fit;
where ho does not so act, the starter shall be subject to
the control of the umpire.
6. No fouling whatever shall bo allowed; the boat com-
mitting a foul shall be disqualified.
7. The umpire, when appealed to, shall decide all ques-
tions as to a foul.

8. A claim of foul must be made to the judge, or to the
umpire, by the competitor himself before getting out of his
boat.

9. It shall be considered a foul whon, after the race
has commenced, any competitor, by his oar, boat, or any
part thereof, or person, comes in contact with the oar,
boat, or any part thereof, or person of another competitor.
10. In case of a foul, the umpire shall have the power—
(s) To place the boats, except the boat committing the
foul, which is disqualified, in the order in which they
come in. (B.) To order the boats engaged in the race,
other than the boat committing the foul, to row over
again on the same or another day. (c.) To ro-start the
qualified boats from the place where the foul was com-
mitted.
11. Every boat shall abide by its accidents.

12. No boat shall be allowed to accompany a competitor
for the purpose of directing his course or affording him
other assistance. The boat receiving any such direction
or assistance shall be disqualified at the discretion of the
umpire.

13. The course for the races shall be between Putney
Aqueduct and Chiswick Eyot (except for the champion-
ship, which shall be from Putney Aqueduct to the Ship,
Mortlake), through the centre arch of Hammersmith-
bridge, and:any competing boat not passing through the
centre arch of Hammersmith-bridge will be disqualified.
14. Each boat shall keep its own water throughout the
race, and any boat departing from its own water will do so
at its peril.
15. A boat's own water is its straight course, parallel
with those of the other competing boats from the station
assigned to it at starting to the finish.
16. The umpire shall be the sole judge of a boat's own
water and proper course during the race.
17. The jurisdiction of the umpire extends over the race
and all matters connected with it, from the time the race i
specified to start until its final termination, an 4 his decision
in all cases shall be final and without appeal.
18. Any competitor refusing to abide by the decision, or
to follow the direction of the umpire, shall be disqualified.
19. Tho umpire, if he thinks propel, may reserve his de-
cision until ho has consulted with the Committee.
20. The umpire shall b 3 appointed by the committee.
21. No amalgamation of north and south country craws
will be allowed.

22. No competitor will be allowed to enter for more than
two races.

23. In the four-oared races each boat must carry a bona
fide coxswain.
21. The holder of the Championship will not be com-
pelled to start in the trial heats.
23. The entry fee of each competitor shall b 3 2s. Gd.,
and the competitors entering shall sign a memorandum to
the effect that they will abide by the rules of the com-
mittee.

26. The committee rosorvo to themselves tho right to
refuse any entries, and from time to time to amend and
make new rules as they may think fit.

ILLNESS OF THE RECORDER OF LONDON.—(This
Day).—lntelligence was received to-day at the Lord
Mayor's Court to the effect that the Right lion. Russell
Gurney, M.P., Recorder, had been seized with illness in
the coUriSO of yesterday.

IMFBitiAL

HOUSE OF COMAIONS.-SATURDAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.

Mr. O'BEIRNE called attention to the recent experi-
ments at Shoeburyness with respect to the proposed Ply-
mouth fortifications.

Mr. D. GRIFFITH appealed to the hon. gentleman not
to delay public business by proceeding with the subject of
fortifications, and thereby delay the prorogation, as it was
a fact that whilst hon. members were remaining in the
house other people were canvassing their constituents be-
hind their backs.

Mr. O'BEIRNE said he had not brought forward the
matter without notice. It had been clearly proved that
the shields wore useless, and they were condemned by the
committee appointed to report. Great sums of money had
been expended on the experiments, but it was satisfactory
to know that the Bermuda and Gibraltar shields had been
found efficient in resisting arms before the department.
entered into the large expenditure involved in the con-
struction of the useless Plymouth shields.
An Hes. MEMBER moved the house be counted, but a
rush of members from the lobby into the house prevented
the motion being successful.
Mr. O'BEIRNE wished, in conclusion, the right hon.
baronet the Secretary of War to give an assurance that ho
would suspend the expenditut e upon the shields until the
report of the committee had been received, and to consi-
der the result of further experiments.

Sir J. PAKINGTON said ho was not prepared to give
the required pledge, becausa the report ou the latest and
most important experiments at Shoeburynoss had not
been received. The experiments had been carried on with
tremendous severity, and that being so the shield was not
in a condition to withstand the experiments made upon it.
He believed he might however say, speaking from the re-
ports of the payers, the shield had stood remarkably well.

Lord ELCHO condemned the construction of the shields
as quite useless, as they would splinter and crumble to
pieces the first time they were fired at by the guns of an
enemy.