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MELANCHOLY kN-D FATAL ACCIDENT IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK. Mr. Abraham Foakes met with his death on Saturday last whilst taking a drive with his family and uncle, Mr. Oliver. The body was brought to Windsor, and an inquest held on it on Monday by Mr. H. Marlin, coroner for the borough, when Samuel Oliver, of New Windsor, Berks, deposed The deceased Abraham Foakes was a resident of Col- chester. He was going to America. He came to my house with his wife and two children on a visit on Sa- turday afternoon, the 4th August, previous to leaving England. I ordered my horse and carriage to be at my house at six o'clock that evening. I started about that time, accompanied by the deceased, his wife and two children, my wife, and a niece of mine. I drove into the Great Park, to .the top of the Long Walk, Up to this time the horse went very quietly. We proceeded down Snow-hill at ;amoderate pace. On arriving at nearly the bottom of the hill the horse suddenly started forward and commenced kicking. The deceased, Mr. Foakes, jumped from the box of t-lic,carriage where he was sitting with me, and fell on his back on to the ground. I endeavoured to pull the horse up, but he galloped about half a mile before I could do so. As soon as I had stopped the horse I .got down, and the ladies also alighted and went to seek for the deceased, :and I followed. When I got to him I found he was dead. lVIr. Holderness, the surgeon, arrived soon after, but he pronounced life to be extinct. Mrs. Matilda Oliver, of Ealing, Middlesex, corro- borated the above evidence, and said that the horse took fright from some deer crossing the road. Mr. W. B. Holderness, surgeon, deposed I found the deceased lying on the ground quite dead. He had received a fracture through the base of the skull, and also a fracture of the spine close to the head. The in- juries received would account for his instant death. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

PRIZE EIGHT. The prize fight recently arranged between Jem MacE, -and Joe Goss, in direct consequence of the more than doubtful exhibition made by those men when last they met so pretentiously and contemptibly in May last, was fought last Monday morning. The" sell" at Farningham had unquestionably blighted .the reputation of the prin- cipal actors in it, and the effect of the fiasco was evident in more ways than one. Of the considerable number who surrounded the first ring in May but,a .small pro- portion came up to witness the combat which had been confessedly got up to retrieve lost reputation. The tip w.as given .at Langham's publichousc, and those who applied for it paid one sovereign each for a ticket and the whispered injunction to be on St. Paul's Pier by five ,o,clock.a.m. When that hour arrived a low and rough crowd had come up to the place. Very few indeed, if any, of those who are known as supporters or "swells appear to have risked any of their early rest upon the announcement that a real fight was coming off. The morning was dull and damp, and when a steamer came up to take.off the expectant ticket-holders,more cheerless, dull, and dirty looking company could hardly be met with than the fiercely independent crowd upon that narrow deck. The steamer sped away past the .as yet qiuiet wharves, down to a spot near the Long Reach Tavern .at Purfloet, where so many fights have taken place. The first people taken ashore from the steamer when she stopped were the men whose duty it was to pitch the ring. Conformably to the character with which it was evidently intended from the first to invest this .contest, so as to retrieve the odium .of .cowardice or chicane shown in the last encounter, it had been stipu- lated in the articles signed by the men that the ring should be 16 feet square, instead of the usual 24 feet. The ropes were set up without delay, and almost before all the spectators got ashore the men were ready to begin. Both of them appeared in good training. Close and rapid fighting is the strong point of Mace, and all through the combat the smallness .of the ring was an advantage to him. There was this time plenty of determination and earnestness on both sides, and during just thirty minutes the fight was fieroe, and at times terrific. Twenty-one rounds were got through in this time. There was a good deal of tough wrestling, and several times Mace hit.and countered with that swift and terribly skilful precision for which he first became famous. Goss, too, found opportunity to display se- veral times a mighty power of fighting and strong dogged qualities, which are valued in such contests but they are qualities which can never compete with even somewhat inferior powers of like character when .greater skill is added. This was, in a great degree, Mace's position. He exhibited that remarkable cease- less vigilance for the time to strike .and the time to stop, and that art of utilising all his force for the proper op- portunity when and where that has got him a character .as perhaps the best fighting boxer of the day. He had the advantage of Goss all through the fight on Monday for these reasons; and although his opponent struggled hard and gamely to win, the sponge weat up for Goss, albeit apparently without his consent, for he tried to renew the fight afterwards—in proper time. He was considerably punished, and much exhausted. Mace was leojoiparatively unharmed. When the sponge was thrown Mp Mace advanced to Goss, shook hands with him, and kissed him on both cheeks. Goss shed tears, apparently of disappointment. The fight was .concluded without any interference by the police. Too stakes were £ 200 ,a side.

WHERE TO (GO DURING THUNDER.—A person surprised in a street should keep away from the walls, and not seek shelter under a doorway. An open square must be especially avoided. It is foolhardiness, when in the open country, to advance in the face of a storm-cloud. The best thing is to seek shelter in some hollow of the road, or low situation, avoiding ponds or running streams. According to Guden, if the observer places himself 50 m the rear of a hous.e or tree, he may be as secure nv nr,^ex^ibitiou of fireworks. Persons in a carriage instance wi«f* £ should proceed slowly and in the first safest nlscp willdows put up, the interior is the down and lead on horseback should get Tock or stake, but not Ithe rTs,' 01' fastei\l1; distance from it. It is ,12 f ld down at a little exempt from being struck t D° 0116 avoid trees of all description! t ™S' ™ Pl'°,? n suppose that certain trees, or" i luriitninrr r>: without leaves, are never struck by lightning. But, as before said a short distance from a tree, or between two trees is a' favour- able position ratkci" than otherwise, especially in recumbent posture. U the case of be placed between the person and the storm. ]^0r is if, prudent to seek for shelter under a bush, especially if on a plain or behind a stack, for lightning often strikes all collections of vegetable matter. The shepherd lies down among his sheep, the farmer amidst his horses and cattle, but not close to them; and the traveller, first ridding himself of all metallic objects, is safest lying down in a rat, dry ditch, or earthy, sandy, or rocky hollow, till the storm has passed by.-New Monthly Magazine. AUDACIOUS !-The French Moniteur has been seized at Frankfort for having published an article in which it speaks of that unfortunate city." SIJSKHILAR MATRIMONIAL STORY.-The Hon. Oba- diah Browne and Mrs. Cora Browne were re-married a short time since at New Haven. They were first married nearly a quarter of a century ago, lived happily for some time, and became parents of two sons, now grown up. Troubl (came and they were divorced. Mr. Browne married again, and after living with his second wife for a number of years was divorced from her. He finally renewed the acquintance of his first wife, and the result was that he has now led her to the altar for the second tilne.-Chicago Tribune.

13REACH M PROMISE OF MARRIAGE CASE. On Monday, at the Town-hall, Leeds, a jury was em- pannelled before Mr. Wheelhouse, the sheriff's assessor, to award damages in an action," Langthorii v. Ellison," in which the defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. It had been brought for a breach of promise of marriage, the plaintiff being a weaver at Mr. DewhursfiJ mill at Skipton, and the defendant is a cattle dealers Carlton, near that town. Mr. H. D. Robinson, of Settle, appeared for the plain- tiff; and Mr. Bruce was counsel for the defendant. Mr. Robinson said the plaintiff was 19, and the daughter of the Clerk at Christ Church, Skipton. The defendant, whose age was 32, became acquainted with her at Whitsuntide, 1864, when he got the mother's ap- probation to visit her at her home. The intimacy soon became closer, and letters passed between them. The first vras dated Sunday evening, and he (Mr. Robinson) thought it was evidently the first, because in it he ad- dressed ithe plaintiff as "My dear Miss iLangthorn." The others which followed were couched in terms of greater endearment. One dated Carlton, Tuesday evening," called the plaintiff "My Dear Mary Ann;" :and in it, after explaining that he had been travelling, he said, Please to meet me to-morrow night (Wednes- day) in the fields in Broughton-road. Cress the line at the gate-house. I will not keep you long, Mary Ann; don't be afraid to come, for you have no cation to be frightened of me. I will be there at the time specified to meet you-From your own dearest JACK." The plaintiff met the defendant as re- quested, and he appeared then to have seduced her. That he took that opportunity of doing so would ;appear from the following letter: Carlton, 14th (June), 186.My Dear Mary Ann,—Areyouvext at me, For I am vext at you to leave in such a, manner as you did last night; you no occasion to Be afraid of me, to think I really entend nothing but to make a fool of you. For I have no such thoughts in my head. Neither have I ever thought of such a thing. Mary Ann, think nothing about last night. I ask forgiveness of you, and I hope to be forgiven. I shall not rest content till I hear from you by return of post, to say you arc all rite with me, and I still remain, your dearest lover, JOHN ELLISON. And God bless you." Mr. Robinson went on to say, that the plaintiff was delivered of a child on the 2nd of April last, and nearly up to Christmas last the defendant continued his visits, being about that time married to -a lady at Manchester. It was contended on behalf of the plaintiff that the defendant had deliberately intended to break his promise, and, therefore, the case called forexemplary damages. The only question was as to the defendant's circumstanccs. He had told the mother of the plaintiff that he did a large business, and was not at a loss for a few hundreds, and could earn 18s. a day the year through. He had also told the plaintif fib,-at:a man at Gai-grave owed him £ 100, .-and he was going to have a lawsuit about it at Liverpool. He had talked to the plaintiff about receiving telegrams from Scotland, relative to cattle, and that he had been riding frona nine o'clock on Monday morning until eleven on Saturday night, and from these circumstances the jury would be able to form an opinion what he could earn. The plaintiff had obtained an order in bastardy against the defendant, and the magistrates who lived in the same locality as the defendant, and would know his circumstances, had made an order upon him for the highest amount which the law allowed. Jane Langthorn, the mother of the plaintiff, said her daughter had lived with her all her life, and had been a good daughter up to this job, which was a bad <one. The defendant as ked her to let her daughter accompany him, saying she would come to no harm. She, in a sense agreed, and he used to stay to supper, and was always very agreeable. He told her that he was situated well in life, and her daughter would be all right. She had heard him say, he could make 18s. a day. He did not come to her house for eight weeks before he was married. She told him that he was going to be married, and he said it was correct. The day;aftcr Christmas-day he told her and her daughter he was going to be married. Mr. Bruce then addressed the jury in mitigation of damages, contending that the defendant was not I,cattle dealer, but merely a driver. The learned Assessor having summed up, the Jury y retired, and after being locked up nearly four hours awarded the plaintiff zC68 5s.

THE ODD FELLOWS. The fate which befd the Foresters on the occasion of their last annual meeting at the Crystal Palace attended the Odd Fellows on Monday, when they.assembled there to celebrate their .anniversary. A more .unfavourable day for a monster gathering could have,-scarcely occurred in the month of August; and only for the internal re- sources of the Palace and the excellent spirit in which the brotherhood bore the great disappointment caused by the bad weather, the entire affair must have proved a failure. At it was, however, many thousands of men, women, and children from distant parts of the provinces, ,as well as from London, contrived to spend .a pleasant day under cover, and ite make the most of the hours between 10 o'clock and dusk in seeing the numerous sights which nothing .but a November fog can render invisible at Sydenham. Monday's fete was organised by the Manchester Unityef Odd Fellows. This society, which was established in 1812 numbers nearly 400,000 members. Ithaslodges in most parts of the British Empire, and can boast of a local habitation and a name" even at Constantinople and among the gold diggers of California. To,attend Monday's anniversary members of the Order came from Birmingham, Man- chester, Bristol, Oxford, -and many other provincial towns, excursion trains having been run for their ac- comodation. The various lodges which intended to take part in the day's proceedings assembled early in the morning, and, attended .by their bands, set crait for the various metropolitan stations from which persons ,are now conveyed to the Crystal Palace; but the rain had begun to fall before their arrival, and, except during very brief and uncertain internals, rain and wind ,steadily obstructed all their ialteinpts at out-door amusements. They were, however, enabled to view from the terraces a display of the .great fountains and waterworks, which took place at half-past 4 o'clock. A part of the programme was military sports on the ground near the Cedars," the competitors to be men of the Guards, horse and foot; but even to Guardsmen hurdle races in the open air after six hours of yesterday's rain were an impossibility and, accordingly, no attempt was made at a start. Dancing on the sward was also out of the question; but there was ,a good deal of music, both vowasid instrumental, by the Christy's Minstrels and other professional performers. The manager of the Crystal Palace united with the Odd Fellows them- selves in doing all that could be done under the circum- stances to make the day pass agreeably. That no small degree of success attended its joint effort was proved by the fact that the great mass of the visitors remained in the building till an advanced hour of the evening.

SUICIDE OF A SUPPOSED MURDERER. i-I On Sunday evening last a man, apparently of middle ao-e, applied at the .Coach and Horses, near Clapham., on the Chichester-road, for a bed; the house, however, being full, he could not be accommodated, hut was allowed, after some pleading, to sleep in a loft over the stables, where he was found, on Monday morning, sus- pended by the neck from the beam, having hanged him- self with his black silk handkerchief. On searching the body the sum of £6 10s. in gold and between 6s. and 7s, in silver was found in the pockets of the deceased, who, prior to committing self-destruction, had carefully de- stroyed all traces of his identity, the mark on the band of his drawers having been cut out, and no other evidence existing on any other portion of his apparel which would be likely to Lead or furnish any clue to his indentification. A copy of the Daily Telegrapk of Thursday last was found near the body of the deceased, on the margin of which was written in pencil, Beware of the name of Plummer-he has been my rain." It is stated that the body bears a strong resemblance to the description which appeared in the morning papers last week of the wretched man Jeffreys, who is suspected of the murder of his son, the little boy who was discovered on Monday morning week at 15, Great Earl-street, Seven-dials, brutally murdered by having been hung, the particulars of which have already appeared m our ^S^superintendent of the Worthing police, Mi", Henderson was at once informed of the occurrence, Henderson, was at once informed of the occurrence, Sd after examining the body that gentleman at once communicated with the London^po^ce^

A CHILD SMOTHERED BY 1AfCfr'1^4s onthebo^ held a few days since, at Appletoid, B walker of an infant child of Christopher and mother aged six weeks. The child was placed by itsmotlae in a cradle, and shortly afterwards the cat J £ fid laid on the child's face. The mother, not■ appre- hending any danger, but rather pleased than o l at what she thought the cat's affection, went ana called a neighbour to see the two lying asleep, and on their going into the house they found, on removing the cat, that the infant had been smothered. The jury returned a verdict of Smothered by a cat." FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—A most melancholy occur- rence has taken place in Leeds. While Thomas Lock- wood, a clerk in the Leeds Post-office, was in a beerhouse in York-street, he laughingly presented an old gun at the landlady, Mrs. Spink, "being unaware that the piece was capped and loaded. The gun went off, and the charge lodged in Mrs. Spink's Mad, causing immediate death. The young man, who was horror- stricken at what had occurred, at once gave gjmself into

THE POLICE AND THE LATE HYDE PARK DISTURBANCES Police-constable George Rvall, 110 X was summoned J before Mr. Knox on Saturday, at the Marlborough- street Police-court, for assaulting George Mortimer, of Dorset-street. Mr. Harris, who appeared on behalf of the com- plainant, being instructed by the Reform League, said the object of the League in instituting this prosecution was to ascertain the powers of the police and those who gave them instructions in striking any of the mob with their truncheons. He then expounded what he called truncheon law," and contended that the circumstances of this case were not such as to warrant the constable in using his stick. The complainant stated that he was at the jMarole- arch about half past ten o'clock on the 24th of July, the night of the riots. At the time there was no violence on the part of the people assembled there, and there was no riotous mob. He was near the gate with some friends when he saw an old man thrown out from the park, and a constable was about to strike the old man with his truncheon, when complainant went up and warded off the blow with his stick. He then walked into the centre of the road, and the defendant came after him and struck him upon the head with his truncheon. His head was broken, and the blood flowed from the wound. The defendant then took hold of him by the neckerchief, and gave him several blows upon the shoulder. Several of the complainant's friends confirmed this statement. Mr. Wontner stated the case for the defendant, and contended that the police were justified, under the cir- cumstances, in using their truncheons for their own protection, and to prevent the mob from committing an outrage upon the public property. The evidence of numerous policemen went to show that at the period in question there was a mob of from i1,500 to 2,600 persons in front of the Marble-arch; that showers of stones were thrown at the constables 1 on duty, and many of them were knocked down that in -consequence of these riotous proceedings they were ordered by the assistant-commissioner, who was present, to disperse the mob and that they did so without using more violence than was necessary. Mr. Knox said that by law the police were justified in a case like this in suppressing the riot. If force was used by the persons assembled the police were right in opposing force to force, both for their own protection and for the protection of the public peace. The constables were placed, on duty not from any in- clination of their own, but to protect the park. It was probable that they would much rather go into a battle where blows were given and returned than submit to be attacked and ill-used by a tumultuous mob of persons who came there of their own accord to create a diss- turbance. Much sympathy had been expressed for .the old man, but he had heard none expressed for the police, who had had a most arduous duty to perform, and had suffered severely from the attacks made upon them. The witness for these prosecution had misled him on many material points, particularly as to the number and character of the mob, and he could not, therefore, place much reliance on their evidence in respect of the assault. If the complainant had been accidentally struck when he was not using active measures against the police, it was his own fault for being amongst the mob. If, under such circumstances, he had been-struck down by a chance blow, he should blame those who turned loose the scum and refuse of the town on the peaceable inhabitants of London. The charge was then dismissed.

A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE. Recent events in Germany may be productive of some problems in our social system. The King of Hanover may, under cetrain contingencies, lose his throne. He may therefore return to this country, resume his rank as Duke of 'Cumberland, and descend from the heights of sovereign rule to beeome a junior member of our Royal Family. The circumstance of'the succession to the throne of Hanover by the late Duke of Cumberland has left open a question of iprecedence and dignity among those descending from -a Royal stock. Trie children of the King of Hanover are the only members of our Royal Family in the fourth generation from the Sovereign. It is a matter of doubt what would be their title and precelience. The Act of Henry VIII. regulating precedence gives rank only to such of the Royal Family as are sons, 'brothers, uncles, grandsons, or nephews of the Sovereign. The eldest son of a duke<of the blood Royal takes rank after dukes, and the younger sons after earls, by tables of precedence dating respectively 1399 and 1485. They certainly are not entitled to the qualification of "Royal Highness." In fact/that appella- tion was never even given to the grandson, of a Sovereign until the marriage of the late Duke of Gloucester to the daughter of George III. Previously, his qualification had been simply" his Highness." Perhaps the eldest son of the present Duke of Cumberland \would be entitled to the prefix, together with the title of "Prince; but the title of the younger sons would be that only of '"Lord George," or "Lord Henry," like the sons of any .other Duke. On the death of the present Duke of 'Cumberland his eldest son would succeed to his dukedom, taking rank among Dukes only according to the date of his patent. The younger :soiis would remain as they were, and their children would .degenerate into plain esquires, presenting the anomaly .of untitled persons *who are nevertheless in the succession to the throne. The -title "Royal Highness" is one which has given rise'to many disputes. When Napoleon wrote from the Bellerophon to George IV., then Prince Regent, the latter observed that it was tl-oe,most proper letter he had ever received. He referred to the fact that it began Altesse Rovaile," a dignity which, though claimed by French Princes, was never conceded by them, even in exile, to the Princes of England. The younger sons of Franco claimed equality with sovereigns. whom they addressed .as "brothers:" and "Roya Highness" wasoii-ilially-the exclusive' property of Sovereigns. Fven some minor Sovereigns idid not :aspire:to it. The late Duke -of Coburg, father -to the Prince Consort, never, till the marriage of his son with [ the 'Queen, assumed any style but that of Serene Highness. Since them the "Royal Highness" has been twice conferred iiby Her Majesty .once, oit Prince Louis of Hesse, and more re- cently on Prince Christian. While the right of Her Majesty to confer such title is unquestioned, it is clear that the title confers -no -rank. In fact, Prince Christian, except by courtesy, will enjoy no precedenee whateyer-iii England; nor will his children have airy legal status in this country except <as esquires. The same may be said of the Prince of Teck and his chil- dren, whose precedence in this country will rest solely on the grounds of courtesy and hospitality. A princess of England, though she transmits the right of succes- sion, can confer MO interim advantage <of precedence or degree. Among many conventional errors none is so great as that styling the Princess Mary, Princess Mary of Cambridge. Had her father never have been created Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness would still have been Princess Mary of Great Hritaill-her real appellation. The titles of the fathdfS .dukedom have been added for the sake of distinction, as when there were two Prince Georges—one the ■son of the Duke of Cumberland, the other the Duke of Cambridge. But to adopt this form when there are no duplicates is a clear redundancy and (V,ulgarism.-The Owl.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT CLIPTIA.M. On Saturday Mr. J. Payne held an inquiry at the Plough, Clapham, respecting the death of Sarah Jfdie White, a little girl. The first witness called was Mi'. John Brook, who stated that on Wednesday evening last, between seven and eight o'clock, he was passing :along the road leading from Balham to London which runs through a portion of Clapham-common, with his wife, in a chaise, when he observed another chaise, con- taining a gentleman, and a girl and boy. The boy was, driving. At the side of the road there was a quantity of rubbish, which had been thrown up from the exca- vations now being made for the purpose of forming a sewer. In front there was a heavy waggon loaded with potatoes, and he observed to his wife at the time that he hoped the boy would not try to pass the waggon. His attention was then drawn to the hardness of the soil, when he heard a crash, and, upon looking round he found the chaise lying on one side upon the ground, in front of the waggon. The little boy and girl were thrown out. The gentleman was also thrown out and so much injured that it became necessary to remove him to the hospital. Previous to the accident witness had been admiring the careful and steady manner in which the little fellow had been driving. Isaac Tillman, a labourer em- ployed upon the works, said he saw a waggon heavily laden with potatoes coming up the road. It appeared to him that the father was attempting to take the reins oufof the boy's hand, which made the horse swerve and drag the chaise on the rubbish, when it fell over. He ran towards the little girl to pick her up, but could not because her head stuck to the wheel. He then had the waggon backed," and found that the hair was adhering to the wheel. He took her up in his arms, and ran to the doctor's, but she was quite dead. He then took her to the Plough. George White, the little boy who was driving, said he was eleven years of age. He wanted to pass the waggon, and thought there was not room, when he drove the horse a little over the rubbish. He believed the weight of his father on the one side with the tilting of the chaise caused by the earth on the other overturned it. The horse was very quiet, and he had driven his father to town for the past six months, being well able to drive. George Vincent, the driver of the waggon, stated that he was walking alongside the horses and did not know the chaise was near until he saw it overturned in front of his waggon, He tried to stop the horse, but could not until the little girl was run over. It was the front wheel which had killed her, for the hind wheel had not reached her. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER IN 1865. It appears from the Judicial Statistics of England and Wales" issued that the total number of murders reported last year was 135, exceeding by 1 the number in the precedihg year. Seventy-six were reported from the counties, 51 from boroughs, and 8 by the metropo- litan police. In Lancashire 28 cases occurred, of which 6 were reported by the county constabulary 13 cases occurred at Liverpool, 4 at Manchester, and 5 in other boroughs. In the preceding year the number of cases was 23, of which 5 were reported by the county con- stabulary 9 occurred at Liverpool, 3 at Manchester, 3 at Wigan, and 3 in other boroughs. In Yorkshire there'were 15 cases, 7 reported by the county constabu- lary, and 8 in the boroughs. In the preceding year there were but 5 cases in the West Riding, with 1 at Bradford and 1 at Sheffield. In Durham there were 10 cases, inclusive of I at Sunderland in the preceding year there were but 3 cases in the county. In the me- tropolitan police district 8 cases occurred, against 14 in the preceding year, there having been no case in the City of London in either year. In Somerset there were 7 cases, 4 in the county and 3 in boroughs in South- ampton 7, 5 in the county and 2 in boroughs; in Devon 6, 5 in the county and 1 at DeVonport; in Kent 6, 3 in the county and 3 in boroughs in Gloucestershire 5, inclusive of 1 at Bristol; in Staffordshire 5, inclusive of 1 at Wolverhampton; in Worcestershire 5, inclusive of 1 in the city of Worcester; in Berks and Leicester 3 each; in Cheshire 2, including I at Birkenhead; in Lincolnshire and Shropshire, 2 each in Norfolk 2, in- cluding I at Norwich in Oxfordshire 2, including 1 in the city of Oxford; in Sussex 2 including 1 at Hove in Cumberland, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, War- wickshire, and Westmoreland, I each in Derbyshire, 1 at Derby; and in Monmouthshire, 1 at Newport. In Wales 8 cases were reported in Anglesey, Brecon, Denbigh, and Merioneth, teach; in Glamorganshire 4, inclusive of 1 at Cardiff and 1 at Swansea. In 13 English and Welch counties, no case of murder occur- red. There were 54 attempts to murder, 32 of which were reported by the county constabulary, 5 by the metropo- litan, and 17 by the borough police in the preceding year the number of attempts to murder was 46, of which -30 were reported by the county constabulary; 15 were in different boroughs, and 1 in the City of London. The cases of manslaughter were 279, showing an in- crease of 65, or 30* 3 per cent., as compared with the number in the preceding year. Of these 123, or 44. 1 per cent., were reported by the county constabulary; 9, or -34-1 per cent,, were in cities, boroughs, &c.: 57, or 24'4 per cent;, in the Metropolitan police district; and 4, or 1'4 per cent., in the city of London. In the pre- ceding year, of 241 cases, 101, or 41*9 per cent., were in the counties 88, or 96'5 per cent., were in -cities, boroughs, &c,; 49, or 20-3 per cent., in the metropolitan police district; and 3, lor 1*3 per cent., in the city of London.

THE DUKES OF AUSTRIA. Exactly five hundred years have passed since the Dukes of Austria were formally iiwested as owners of States which they are now called upon to defend. The fortunes of the house of Hapsburg passed through as important a crisis in the years which followed 1300 A.D. as in those which have elapsed since 1800, and their culmination in 1366 answers negatively to the climax which seems to have been reached in 1866. In 01300 the duchy of Austria had only been in the hands of that family of wealthy marriages for some twenty odd years, and additional counties and duchies were accruing to them with a marvellous ra- pidity. It seemed that in :spiteof all accidents some power ensured to them success. The cruel and tyrannical oppression of 'Gessler in 1304 pro- mised to result in a catastrophe as great as did the -successes of Napoleon in 1804, when the empire of Germany -was dissolved. Shortly after, Albert the Lame, deformed and paralytic,;saw his brothers and all their male issue die out one after another, and with himself, now nineteen years married and hopeless of off- spring, the ;newly risen though ancient house bid fair speedily to expire. But to the poor paralytic were born unexpectedly four sons and .two daughters. The prudent Duke saw that he .had too many sons, and therefore decreed the perpetual indivisibility -of the possessions of Austria, :a family arrange- ment which 'his youngest son -everthrew, which yet the lapse [of centuries has carried out by the failure of collateral branches. Rodolph, the lame Albert's eldest son, soon showed that the threatened extinction of his race was in reality its new birth. He took the title of Archduke on the strength of a concession made by She Emperor Frederick 1. to the Bamberg line of Dukes of Austria, but he could only make lesser men acknow- ledge his title, and the Emperor, declined to do so. Thus we find in a Gompact dated 1365 that the obsequious Bishop and Chapter of Passau style Jhim erz-herzog," while Charles IIV. calls him duke only, even in the curiotts document of 1364 which gave to the Emperor and the Dukes of Austria the right of mutual rsucceesion to each other's territories in case of :a failure of male heirs in either family. It was this Rodolph who managed the matter of the 'Tyrol inheritance. Muckle-imouthed Meg or Margaret Maultasch, -so familiar to readers of Carlyle and tourists .in the Meran district of the Tyrol, had been declared by the Pope to be not the lawful wife of Louis of Bavaria, and therefore their son Meinhard, Count of Tyrol, was illegitimate. JEodold married his sister io this son, and persuaded the Pope to restore him an blood, for which favour Margaret Maultasch declared the Dukes of Austria her heirs, failing male issue of her son, in spite of lier own mar- riage settlements, which gave her possession in that ■case to Bavaaaa. In 1363 the contemplated case oc- -curred, and two years later Margaret Maulthsch herself died, when Bavaria and Austria raised rival .claims. In the early summer of il366, .exactly five hundred years ago, the Emperor Charles gave solemn investiture of the Tyrol, with Carinthia, Carniola, and several other present possessions .of the Hapsburgs, to the Dukes Albert and Leopold of Austria, Rodolph having mean- time died. It remains to be seen what another Em- peror will do in the matter of .the Austrian possessions in .the year of grace 1866.

FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. 'The Parliamentary Return of the Insurance Duty paid in 1665 has just been published, and is the last return which will embody the differential rates on stock (Is. 6d. per cent.) and on buildings and furniture (3s. per cent). For the purpose of comparing the business of each company in 1865 with that in 1.864, we have made up an account for the two years as though the duty had remained at.Ss. per cent. We thus get a measure of the progress .of leaeh company, and the result is as follows. Increase in M65 over 1864. Northern .m. jE373 ROYAL.. £ 17,708 Church of England 850 Alliance and Birmingham Salop 268 District [Amalgamated] 5,690 Norwich Equitable 245 Phoenii 4,983 British Nation 245 Sun 4,882 Nottinghamshire and North British ILd Mer- Derbyshire 241 cantile 3,376 Yorkshire 188 Queen 3,146 Prince 155 "Western 2,960 Emperor 153 Norwich Union, 2,814 Lancashire. 124 Law 2,753 Midland Counties. 112 London and Lancashire 2,575 Essex and Suffolk 94 County. 2,475 City and County. 87 Commercial Union 2,185 Friend-in-Need 70 London 1,804 Royal Exchange 63 London and Southwark 1,716 Shropshire and North Scottish 1,714 Wales 60 Manchester 1,607 Birmingham 33 Birmingham Alliance 1,583 Netherlands 28 Albert 1,431 Preserver. 4 Home and Colonial 1,319 Stswrarton, Dunlop, and General 1,310 Fenwick 3s. European 1,309 Decrease. West of England 1,244 Oldham 4 Guardian 1,174 National of Ireland 12 Atlas 1,168 Volunteer Service and Law Union 990 General 109 Scottish Union 824 Scottish National 157 Provincial 760 Haad-in-Hand 221 Scottish Provincial 693 Union 490 Caledonian 684 Imperial 767 Hercules 579 Westminster 942 Kent 533 Liverpool and London Royal Farmers' 473 and Globe 14,471 Patriotic 435 The above statement seems to show that the Royal" is increasing its fire business far more rapidly than any other Insurance Office in Great Britain and Ireland.

THE FASHIONABLE LIE "NOT AT HOME."—Bishop Atterbury was once addressed by some of his right rev. coadjutors to the following effect My lord, why will you not suffer your servants to deny you, when you do not care to see company ? It is not a lie for them to say you are not at home, for it deceives no one—every- body knowing it means only that your lordship is busy." He replied, My lords, if it is (which I doubt) con- sistent with sincerity, yet I am sure it is not consistent with that sincerity which becomes a Christian bishop." What a curious argument it is, that because a falsehood should be known to be such by those who hear it, they are bound to receive it as a truth, or to believe there is no guilt in uttering it. A VILLAGE INUNDATED.—It appears that the flood which came so rapidly during the late rains in the Rye valley, North Riding, has been the highest of many years. A vast quantity of land was flooded, and much hay was wasted. [At Neenington, owing to the bursting of the banks, the water flooded the street street and houses some feet deep. A similar accident occuned at the Norton brickyards, and much damage was dene.

NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION. | For the first time, the volunteer artillery tried their hands on Monday with the Armstrong gun. So stormy, however, was the day, that nothing like a fair test was afforded; and the utmost that can be said is that, with j the weather against it, the rifled gun managed to do about as much as the smooth-bore would accomplish under favourable conditions. Supposing that men ac- customed to practise at short ranges with the old infantry I musket—half fondly and half contemptuously called Brown Bess,"—had a modern small-bore rifle placed in their hands, and were told to hit a target at 800 or 1,000 yards, the position would be very much akin to that of the artillery volunteers who drilled on Monday with a cannon furnished them by the War Office, wherewith to shoot for the Queen's prize. Only in the spare hours of their short period of encampment at Shoeburyness, have the representatives of battalions in various parts of the kingdom had any opportunities of growing familiar with the gun which, from this time forward, they will be permitted to handle; and the experienced Artillery officers who witnessed a trial conducted under such overwhelming disadvantages, readily testified to the good gunnery that could contrive to avert a total failure. The rules of the competition were entirely different from those in the case of the smooth-bore guns. The ranges were 1,500 and 2,000 yards, the first shot at the shorter range, the second at the longer, and so on alter- nately, but no shot was to score anything unless a target hit should be made. The targets for 1,500 were 12 feet square, the 2,000 18 feet. Ten minutes were allowed for the five shots, and for any time above this points would be deducted in the proportion of one point for every thirty seconds. To the left of the targets, which were, of course, out at seaward over the Maplin Sands, the one a little under a mile distance, the other a little over, a van was stationed with the markers, and a mounted artilleryman galloped out after each shot to look at the target and give the value. The first detach- ment to fire at the sea wall battery was the 1st Kin- cardine, who won the toss for the lead. It was by the Encardine artillerymen that the highest average score was made during the day; and thus another sprig has been added to the laurels lately twined with the heather. The tug of war is yet, however, to come; for the wild and generally ineffectual fire of Monday ceased at half- past four o'clock, when the rain was coming down and the tide was coming up so fast that continuance of the contest was not only useless but impossible. There is, as may be supposed, very little to tell which can interest anybody concerning Monday's half of the battle. The first shot, though in excellent direction, scored nothing; the second was an outer, scoring 2 their third 6 (for an inner centre); their fourth 2 and the fifth 6 making 16 in nine minutes nine seconds the time being scored by a "time of flight instrument "—a marvel of horo- logical industry and ingenuity. The first detachment of the 2nd Surrey then fired, and fired smartly too, for the five shots were discharged in three minutes less than the time allowed; but this haste told badly. The No. 1 must have used greater haste than was requisite in laying the gun, for only one shot made a direct hit. The second detachment of the same corps followed, and though they fired just under time, they only -scored an outer centre, giving them four points. The first detachment of the 1st Durham fired, and made a equal score with the West York's three first de- tachments, namely, only hitting the target once. It is due to the men, however, to say that as the day wore on the wind and rain increased to an extent that made good firing, even if the competitors had been adepts with the rifled gun, a matter of impossibility. The second de- tachment of the 4th Cinque Ports, who fired in the old battery, made sixteen points in the five shots, namely, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, and the time of firing was only six minutes twenty-seven seconds. The 1st Middlesex, first detach- ment, was smartest in point of time on the sea wall battery, for they scored two good shots of inner centres, twelve points in all, in six minutes fifty-eight seconds, but their other shots were not on. On Tuesday the shooting for the Queen's prize was concluded, and the trial for the badges will follow. To so late a period of the afternoon did the contest continue that the usual march-past which concludes the meeting was dispensed with. Although not in a financial point of view successful, the second years encampment of the National Artillery Association at Shoeburyness has greatly conduced to the firm establishment and the future growth of the institution. Lord Longford's gift of X50, with other encouraging signs and tokens of the approving sympathy of the nation and of the Govern- ment, are very acceptable to this patriotic association, which has not yet passed quite through that proba- tionary lack of pence" that not only vexes public men, but threatens the peace of public societies. The National Rifle Association had its early trials, and has trium- phantly surmounted them. May it be the same with the National Artillery Association one of these days The active promoters, Lieutenant-Colonel Harcourt, and Captain Rutley, the secretary, may, with their friends in council, be congratulated to the extension of this year's operations. The 60 representative detachments, as against the 25 of last year, show an increase which augurs something Eke an embarrassment of riches. The difficulty will be in bringing into play all the de- y 1, tachments which may next year come upon the ground. There are two ranges already in use; there can only be three and the sole way of providing against the want of accommodation for future trials will be to limit the number of representatives from each battalion. There is one very probable, nay,-certain benefit in this necessity, and that is, the causing of increased competition at home. The discipline of the camp may be a little irksome at times, perhaps, to men not always accustomed to habits of unreasoning obedience; but there is so determined a spirit of subordination that the least infringement of rules is a« likely to be visited with censure from volun- tcers themselves as from the commandant, Colonel Fisher, or from officers in command under him. For instance, two men who had neglected, somewhat grossly, the duties imposed on them by the Queen's regulations, •were, on Monday morning drummed out of camp, •everybody joining in the tune of the "Rogue's March," with any sort of unmusical instruments which came first to hand—pans, pots, kettles, plates, and bowls. The sequel was rather amusing, as it showed the indig- nant movers aLd followers in the demonstration that they themselves were transgressors. Colonel Fisher, acknowledging the good spirit which had prompted them to resent the conduct of two of their number, said at the same time that the punishment of all misdeeds Was in the hands of the commandant, and the camp had done wrong to play the Rogue's March."

The birthday of the Duke of Edinburgh was cele- brated on Monday. His Royal Highness completed his 22nd year. According to the Prussian military correspondent of The Times, General von Moltke has been the real origi- nator of victory for the Prussians. This skilful strate- gist, who lias been the chief director of the movements by which the three Prussian armies, starting from different points, were collected at the necessary hour on the field of Koniggratz, has never, except at that battle, appeared in the front of the armies. Some distance in the rear, sitting ealmly at his desk, he has traced on the map the course of his troops, and, by means of the field telegraph, has flashed his orders to the different generals in more immediate command with such skill and fore- sight that not a movement has failed, and every com- bination has been made at exactly the right moment. A quick, light blue eye, a high forehead, and a well-set figure, mark him an intellectual and energetic man, but though quick in action he is so prudent in discourse and so guarded in his speech that from this quality and his wide knowledge of European languages he is known in the army as the man who is silent in seven tongues. Careful and laborious, he has workrd out out with his own hand and himself calculated almost every detail of the operations in which he has taken Europe by sur- prise from the lightning rapidity of his strokes and the tremendous consequences of his dispositions, before which the Ausrian army has withered away almost be- fore it was gathered together, and which have won for him from his countrymen the title of the first strategist in Europe. MEMORIAL TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—A handsome column of grey polished granite on an ex- panded base of three steps has been erected at Strath- fieldsaye, in memory of the late Duke of Wellington. The column, which has taken three years to build, weighs nearly sixty tons, and is an CR-tiro block of granite, surmounted with a Corinthian capital. Above it is a figure in bronze of the great duke in his uniform as field marshal, standing uncovered, with his face to the east, his plumed hat in his left hand, and his right resting on his hip. The position of the figure is free and graceful. It is one of Baron Marochetti's most suc- cessful productions. The figure stands 9 feet in height. the entire column from base to summit being 82 feet and some odd inches high. The memorial is erected on the high road between Basingstoke and Reading, im- mediately in front of the Hcckfield Lodge. On the east side, in gilt characters, is the simple word, Wel- lington." On the south side is inscribed, He was honoured abroad, for in all mighty conquests he was just, considerate, and humane and on the north, He was beloved at home, for he had great power, and ever used it well. He was firm in friendship, and his hand was ever open to the poor." The remaining com- partment in the plinth to the west bears the following inscription :—" Erected by Arthur Richard, Duke of Wellington, and by the tenants, servants, and labourers on the estate of his father, as a token of their affection and respect. 1863." The completion of the column was signalized on Tuesday by an entertainment to the tenants who belonged to the estate during the Duke's life. A distinguished company was invited to Strath- fieldsaye on the occasion.

CURRENT PRICES. i-erur. WHEAT. s. s. PEAS; S. S. Esses, Kent, red, 1864 50 53 Grey 33 35 Ditto, 1865 39 47 Maple. 35 38 Ditto, white, 1864 52 58 White 37 46 Ditto, 1865 41 55 Boilers 38 40 Foreign, red 45 49 34 40 Ditto, white 49 59 RYE 2G M BARLEY. OATS. S. S. English, Malting 80 35 English Feed 20 25 Chevalier 37 41 Potato 25 30 Distilling 26 30 Scotch Feed 22 26 Foreign 19 26 „ Potato 25 30 MALT. Irish black 19 24 Pale 54 67 "white 20 25 Chevalier 64 68 Foreign Feed 20 24 Brown 48 53 FLOVL BEANS. Per Sack. Ticks 41 43 Town-made 47 58 Harrow. 43 46 Country Marks 34 37 Small 46 50 Norfolk and Suffolk 34 36 Egyptian 37 41

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here in but middling condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily at full quotations. Otherwise, the demand was heavy, at late rates. The top figure was 5s 8d per 8lbs. The show of sheep was moderate. Downs and half-breds sold freely, other breeds slowly, at late prices. Lambs commanded rather more attention, at from 6s 8d to 8s per 81bs. The supply was by no means extensive. Calves were very firm, with a fair supply in the market. In pigs scarcely any business was transacted. Per olbs. to sink the offal. T s. d. s. d. a. d. o d Inferior beasts.. 3 10tot 2 PrimeSouthDown Second quality.. 4 4to4 10 Sheep 5 10to6 0 Prime large oxen 5 0to5 4 Large calves. 4 4to4 10 Prime Scots, &c.5 6to5 8 Prime small do. 5 0to5 4 Inferior sheep 3 10to4 2 Large hogs 4 0to4 6 Second quality.. 4 4to5 0 Nt. emallporkers 4 8to5 0 Coarse wld.sheep5 2to5 8 Lambs 6 8to8 0 Suckling calves, 20s to 23s; and quarter-old store piss, 30s to 32s each. TOTAL SUPPLY.-Beasts, 962; sheep, 9,820; cows,—; calves, 362; pigs, 420. FOREIGN.-Beasts, 2,240; sheep, 3,200; calves, 299; pigs, 45.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. These markets are but moderately supplied with meat. On the whole, the trade is very inactive, at barely last week's Quotations. Per 81bs. by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. d. Inferior beef.. 3 8 to 4 2 In. Mutton.. 3 6 to 4 6 Middling ditto 4 4 to 4 6 Middling ditto 4 8 to 5 4 Prime large do 4 8 to 4 10 Prime ditto.. 5 6 to 5 8 Prime sm. do. 4 10 to 5 0 Veal 4 0to5 2 Large Pork 4 0to4 4 Small pork.. 4 6 to 5 0 Lambs 6s Od to 7s Od

PROVISION MARKETS. In the Irish butter market there was rather more busi- ness transacted last week, chiefly in finest mild Clonmels, &c., at 112s. on board; 112s. to 114s. landed. Some best Limericks sold at 108s. on board. Foreign met a better sale; best Dutch 112s. to 114s. The supply of best Waterford bacon being barely equal to the demand, prices further advanced 2s. per cwt. PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &C. BUTTER, per cwt. a. s. I CHEESE, per cwt. a. a. Friesland 114 toll6 Cheshire 72 to 84 Jersey. 90 104 Dble. Gloucester..74 78 Dorset.116 122 Cheddar 76 84 Carlow. I American 66 74 Waterford — HAMS: York .90 100 Cork — Cumberland .90 100 Limerick — —I Irish 90 100 Sligo — — BACON.— Fresh, per doz., lis Od to Wiltshire 74 80 14s 6d. Irish, green 70 74 14s 6d. Irish, green. 70 74

MINCING LANE. SUGAR.—The market continues quiet, at the previous currency. The private sales include Jaggery Madras common, at 23s 6d; and middling grey Porto Rico, at 29s to 31s. Refined Owing to the diminished demand, prices have given way; common lumps are now to be had at 44s 6d to 45s. COFFEE.—With the exception of a parcel of washed Rio at 72s, no sales are reported. TEA.—The market continues dull. FRUIT.—There is only a limited demand, but the business doing is at firm prices. SPICES.—A moderate business is doing in black pepper, at steady prices. Ginger, Jamaica, has sold well, at Is to 2s advance; and Cassia Linea at Is advance. Other spices are without change. Pimento sold at 2!d to 21d for good; cloves, good Penang, Is Id; Ginger, Jamaica, common and ordinary, 59s to 66s; low middling to good, 67s to 105s. Cassia lingea, first pile, 106a second 100s to 101s; third, 98s to 99s. RICE and RUM.—No sales reported. COCHINEAL has sold at irregular prices. Honduras silver at about Id per lb. decline, 3s 3d to 3s 9d; black at Id to 2d decline, 3a 7d to 4s 2d. JUTE was sold steadily, at fully previous prices com- mon to fine, F,13 to X22 15s.

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKETS. Fair average supplies of potatoes are on sale. On the whole, the trade is steady, at late rates. Regents, old. 100s to 140s per ton Ware shaws. 8Ds to 100s „

HOP MARKET. Our market is very quiet, but a shade firmer; holders having shown more disposition to wait than to submit to reduced value. The report, from the £ £ £ » £ not so favourable this week. The cold nights have re- tarded the jpowth of the bine, and in the important Snaspx f andk East Kent aDd portions of West Sussex fresh vermm have appeared, which, with ungenial weather, may tend materially to reduce the crop. From the Weald of Kent, Worcester, and Farnham, we have rather better accounts; but it is still the general opinion that the yield will prove light. New Mid and East Kent pockets 105s to 180s per cwt JNew Weald of Kent do 100s to 140s New Sussex 90s to 140s Yearlings to 130s FOREIGN Hops. he imports of foreign hops into London last week consisted of 92 bales from Boulosnp 48 Dunkirk, 10 Hamburg, and 482 bales from fc York.

HAY AND STRAW MARKETS. SMTTHIFIF,LD.-Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—A good demand. W HITECHAFEL.- Trade firm. nf SMITHPIELD. CUMBERLAND. WHITECHAPEL; Meadow Hay 90s to 120a 90s to 120s 90a to 120s £ !over ^Os to 135s 100s to 135s 100s to 135s Straw 50s to 60s 50s to 60s 50s to 60s At per load of 36 trusses.

WOOL MARKET. Since our last report the transactions in this market have been on a very limited ecale, arising from the high range in the value of money, and the immense supply of colonial wool in warehouse, nearly 100,000 bales, for-the next public sales. The export demand has been heavy in the extreme. J Current prices of English wool (per lb.) FLEECES.—South Down hoggets ..is 4*d to la 5id Half-bred do is 6d to Is 7d Kent fleeces Is 7d to Is sd Sauth Down, ewes and wethers Is 4d to Is 6d So™ShT;d0- S SI^VI

J COTTON MARKET. nf iT IF8 veei^ hmited> and part of the advance of Jd to Id per lb. obtained during the early part of the ee, i9A)efnl r^. Tlle sales comprise 460 bales on the spot; 120 bales Tinnevelly at 9gd to lOid; 190 bales Western at 10td to 10id, barely fair to fully fair; 20 bale Oomrawattee at lid, good fair; 50 bales Bengal at 8d fully fair; 30 bales West India af 15 £ d, good fair; 50 bales Venezuela at 16d, middling fair.

COAL INIARKET. Hastings, Hartley, 17s 6d-Hulywell Main, 17s 6d- H,ll; 1 Original Hartlepool, 20s 6d—Tees, 20s.

LONDON MARKETS. The supply of English wheat on the sale here to-day was but moderate. The trade however, ruled quiet, at late rates. Foreign wheat was in fair supply, and slow request, on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain met a slow sale, at late prices. Barley was in fair supply; the trade ruled quiet, on former terms. Malt changed hands slowly, at late prices. The supply of oats on sale was very large. Good and fine samples ruled firm but for other kinds, the trade was dull. Beans and peas were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. There was but little inquiry for flour, at late rates,

4 TALLOW MARKET. The market is steady, at the following rHcea --Tn™ tallow, 42s 6d; Petersburg Y.C on tbP o?? 44s 6d; October to December, 45s 9d to 46s hecembef 47s. J

Comm^ASPr?RTRAr Ex™!«iox.-The Lords of the t Council on Education have decided that he Exhibition of National Portraits, at South Kensirg- ton M ill be closed on Saturday, the 18th August, and that from Monday, the 6th August, to the close, the price of admission will be threepence each person, and the children of schools for the poor accompanied by their teachers will be admitted on pavment of one shilling fer every thirty students and one teacher. An editor says, in a recent letter to a friend At present I am in the country, recovering from 14 years' editorial life-bad eyes, crooked back, and broken nerves 0 with little to show for it." Anyone would think the three aiticles enumerated were quite enough to show for it.