The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1868, Page 6

C EUROPE. Parliamentary Adjournment and the Eng- lish Election Campaign. The French Telegraph Cable to America, AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN GREECE ENGLAND. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Parliament on the Eve of Adjournment—The Coming Election Campaign—A Literary Sen- sation—Qneen Victorin and the African Prince—British Volunteers=Sea Const De- fences, Lonpow, July 18, 1868. ‘The ministerial whitebait dinner'at Greenwich has ‘been fixedi for Wednesday next—s sure sign that Par- Mament#s about to adjourn. The members are now working away #% afternoon and evening sessions ‘upon ‘fhe Bribery bill, which must become law, as ‘Mr. Disraeli has announced before he wili advise the Queen to proregue Parliament. Under the pressure of this threat the House is very busy, i spite of the | excessively Warm weather, Indeed, all authorities agree that last Thursday was the warmest day ever known In England. But the most intense heat here 1s coolnesé itself compared to July and August in New York. The moment Parliament adjourns both parties will Plunge ¢t once into the toil and turmoil of an elec- Moneertng campaign, thus rivalling your proceedings ‘on the other side of the Atlantic. The future govern- mente of both countries are thus'to be decided during the next few months. Permit me to call your atten- tion ta advance to a very important element ef the English elections, The liberals expect an easy vic- tory upon the Irish Church question, on the ground that all the dissenters in England will vote with them. Thislsa mistaken idea. Thousands of dis- ®enters have resolved to vote with the government, on the ground that the Established Church is a bar- rier against Popery, and must be preserved in Ire- land for the present, no matter what its Zaults may be. The Wesleyans have already divided upon this uestion, and a large proportion of them will go with the government. ‘his is a curious politico-religious phenomenon. A small sensation wae caused in the literary world on Thursday by Professor Henry Morley, who an- nounced that he had discovered ‘in an old book at the British Museum an unknown and unpublished poem by John Milton, written in Milton’s own hand- writing on a blank page of the book and verifled by ‘his initials and the date. The 7imes was thoroughly taken in and done for by this hoax, and published Professor Moriey’s letter and Milton's suppoved poem in very large type and a conspicuous Tag Now it turns out that the poem is not by Milton, 1s not in his handwriting, and is signed “P, M.” instead of “J. M.” Professor Morley has clearly been hum- bugged by his own enthusiasm at the thought of making a most astonishing discovery, but everybody 4s laughing at the very tnfalible Zines, which has thus added another to its long list of blundera. Of course It has not yet acknowledged its mistake edi- torially, Litue Alamayon, the son of the Abyssinian Theo- Gorus, has been taken to Osborne and presented tq the Queen. When embarking for Osborne the volun- Yeers actually presented arms to him and he “in- Bpected” a company or two. The English wiil per- sist in burlesquing royalty by calling Theodorus a king and Alamayon a prince, and the court news- mau gravely chronicles the movements of this little negro son of a barefooted negro chief. Verily, the black race seems to be getting to the top of the’ tree In both hemispheres. They do not seem to see in England that to bestow royal titles with so lavish a hand renders their own Queen and princes riaicu- Jous. 1 should not wonder if Mrs. Lincoln were re- ceived on her arrival here with all the honors of a deposed sovereign, such as she once believed herself to be when President Lincoln's second term com- menced. The rifle shooting at Wimbledon, where the volun- teers have established a charming camp, and the ar- tillery experiments at Shoeburyness, which are con- ducted with oficial secrecy, but practical publicity, have no doubt attracted aitention among the scien: tifle gunners of America. But without describing these experiments now I wish to cail attention to @ few remarkable facta conected with the seacoast defences of England, which I have recently had oc- casion to inspect. To begin with, there can be no juestion that England's only real defence against foreign invasion at present is her fleet. Now, either the United States or France could hold that feet in eheck with their iron-clads or sink it outright if the English dared to risk a naval battle. The fleet nulli- fied, the Americans could bombard the seaports, the French couid land armies at a dozen different points Of the coast. It foliows, then, that the seacoast defences of Eng- Jand are p important, since no country dare Tey ‘Upon its navy alone, especially When that navy is in- ferior to those of other Powers. For this reason the Military authorities have been devoting their atten- tion to seacoast forts and heavy artillery, but as yet Without any practical results. In the meantime England is left defenceless. Dover has no forts worthy of mention—none that an iron-clad could not reduce in a few hours. Plymouth and Portsmouth, the most vital points of Engiand, are in the sane conditicn, The forts on Portsdown Hill are cut out of the chalk, and a few shots could crumbie them to dust other series of forts there is built on a quaking morass. In the earthworks ng the Hilsea lines the guns cannot be worked because the embrasures are too near together and are already choked with falling earth. ‘Thus the chief ports of England, in a martial point of view, together with countless arsenals, stores, lines of railroads and other advantages, are literal @t the mercy of an enemy. The quick eyes of ‘Ad- miral Farragut, who sees everything while he ap- pears to be noticing nothing, have caught these and a other weak points in the gefences of England, and It is by no means a boast'to add that if the gal- Jant Admiral were ordered to attack Great Britain by his own government, in the event of a war within the next four years, he would have n uch less dim- culty in planting the American flag upon the towers of London thap he did in rescuing New Oricans from rebels. facts ought to be known and remem- bered by Secretary Seward. They haVe a very direct Dearing upon the Alabama claims. FRANCE. The Cable Telegraph to America—Contracts and Concession, {Translated from the Temps, of Paris, July 18.) The 7emps, in ite number published on the 12th inst., reproduced a notice from the Minister of the Jnterior, inserted in the Moniteur of the 1itb, an. Bouncing that Baron Emile Erlanger and M. Julius Reuter had tendered and were declared contractors for a direct submarine telegraph between France and the United States of North America. ‘The Zemps followed this notice with a note published by the Daily News, of London, in which it was that a former concession had been gran’ ith of June last by the Minister of the In lessre, Kogene Delessert and William Blackmore, ad- Ging that (t deemed an explanation necessary. ‘The explanation is very simple. Measra., Delessert and Blackmore obtained no concession from the Minister. They Inerely had @ mere outline of tender on the 17th of June, nelsher signed nor approved, and in conse- Qvenee did not constitute any right. ‘Messrs, Deles Bert and Blackmore themselves perfectly understood their situation and allowed two successive adjudica- tione, on the 20th of June and 6th of July, to pass ever without any protest on their part. It ie dificult to understand haw these gentlemen cay now raise Pretensions that ere not justified and in support of Which they can produce no title whatever. =z Citizen Rights in Turkey—Relations to Pel- sium—Executive Electioneering=Revenne Receipts. ‘The Paris Moniteur gesdlishes the decree approv ing of the protocol sigaed between France and Turkey on the oh of June ‘ast respecting the admis. ston of French subjects to the right of holding real property in the Ottoman empire. The Minorial Diptomatique of Paria publiehes the foliowing:—We jearn from Brussel that the mews spread by certain journale of Paris and Rel- gium relative to an approaching imterview of the King of the Belgians with the Eynperor of the Freneh at Plombicres ia destitute @f all foun tion. If his Majesty had any reason whateve to converse with Napoleon If, the shortest would be that from Brussels to Pari«, W wing any occasion to go round by ‘What might have given rise to this erroneous runt it that the Queen of the Belgians, whc valth has been injured by her attention night and @ay to the Smpress Charlotte, is going to Spa, the ‘waters of that place having been recommended by e physicians. one Tnion and Siécle, of Paris, got into @ contro- veray on the question of allowing book hawking. ‘The democratic journals call for entire freedom in the sale of books and pamphieta, while their oppo- Menta oppose that course as dangerous to pubiic morality. The Paris Constitutionnel of July inaists on the ne- wessity of vg | @ great conservative party in vance to lighten the task of the governmen: at the and render les# and less indispensabie ections oMciai support to candidates. According to dechara- | cause tion of M. Pinard, the Minister of the Interior, the Cabinet will avail itgelf of the dmia .irative power only in cases of legitimate di. ce; und, im conse- quence, for the future many Aiscr pAucles in the sy8- tem of official candidateshyps will disappear, such, for instance, as decided ition to @ competitor merely becanse in some matter of municipal loan or railway communication, he may have expressed opinions at variance With the programme of the gov- ernment, The Moniteur du Soir, in its political bulletin, erie words lately pronounced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Legislative Body offer a new pledge of the moderate and conciliatory ideas which mide every step of the imperial diplomacy, The flarquis dé Moustier reminded the Chamber that France bas carefully abstained from raising ques- tions relative to Germany, and that, far from pursu- policy of distrust or imitation, she has left nothing undone to calm down public opinion. Never had she advised the Cabinet of Vienna to assume a hostiie attitude towards Prussia, and never has she dreamed of diverting Austria from the labor of in- ternal regeneration, which claims the warmest sym- why. hee return issued by the Ministry of Finance gives the recetpts of the indirect revenue of the empire for the first six months of 1868, compared with the corresponding period of the two ee ee years. The amount ™ 1368 is 616,925,000f., being an aug- mentation of 15,579,000f, on’ 1867, and of §,903,000f. on 1866. The principal items of increase on 1867 are the following in round numbers:—Native sugar, 14 millions; potable liquors, 34; customs and corn, 3353 Stamp, 334; Post Oitice, 154. There isa decrease of four milions in the import d ae on colonial sugar (tha* article is not comprised in the general customs return), and of three-quarters of a million on other foreign sugar. The direct taxes received during the six Months amount to 280,995,000f., in addition to & stm of 11,764,000f, arrears standing over from 1667. The total income from all sources for the half year ts thus 909, 684,000f. GREECE. ‘The Now American Minister—His Reception by the People and at Court. ATHENS, July 9, 1868, Mr, Tuckerman, resident Minister of the United States to the Court of Athens, arrived here in the last days of June, and it bemg known that he had formed part of the Cretan Committee in New York for the relief of the victims of the revolution in Candia he was serenaded by the resident Cretans en masse on the following evening. On appearing on the balcony of the Hotel des Etrangers he thanked the crowd and addressed them in a few kind and gracious words. The general opinion is that his nomination to Athens will be beneficial to the interests of the country, He was officially re- ceived by his Hellenic Majesty, and on handing his credentials delivered the following address:— SirE—I have the eminent honor to present to his ear the letter addressed by the President of (he United’ States by which I am accredited to his court as resident Minister. In fulfilling this agree- able duty it is not necessary to remind you of the long existing friendship and sympathy existing be- tween the two countries. Those sentiments were already more ably expressed than by any words I can now command at the late reception of his Ma- jesty’s representative at Washington. Now, by vir- tue of the act voted by Congress, they are rendered Still more ostensible by the permanent establishing of that mission. The people of the United States sincerely desire the well-being and all others, independent of the forms of gov under which their laws are executed; but by the nature of our own political institutions we regard any sitc- ceas of self-government in Europe with marked satis- faction. In this point may I be allowed to consider the present moment a happy period for my arrival in Greece. The dominion of law and order through the whole kingdom during the late excitement caused by the elections, and the submission of the mass of the people to the voice of the majority, are, from the point of view of our political experience, an evi- dence of free institutions. It 1s our earnest wish that Greece, drawing from the past the principles of public liberty and casting aside the elements of dis- cord that have caused its decline, and asain in fol- lowing a well developed system of political economy and internal improvements, should be abie to reali: during a patient term of peace the yows of its patr otic and persevering population. If my oiticial re: dence at his Majesty’s court could in any manner tend to fortify the already existing friendship b tween the two countries and give an advantageous impulse to their mutual interests, my ambition would be more than satisiled. His Majesty's reply ran as follows:— MONSIEUR LB MINISTRE—I thank you for the words just pronounced, It is with the greatest ple: sure that I see a Minister of the United States accr dited to me, The sympathies that unite the Grecian people to that of the United States date from the period of the struggles of the former to conquer its indepenaenc Participating entirely in my people's sympathies I decided during last year to convey an expression of the same to the President of the United States. The receplion of Mr. Bangabé by the Chief Magistrate of the republic and afterwards by the American people in general, the mission with which you are now charged, the wishes and sentiments expressed by you, are all proofs of the disposition evinced by the government and peo- ple of the United States towards us. My people and myself attach a high valueto the frietdship of the United States. There is more than one point of simi- larity between the two countries, In both respects the love of order and liberty forms the basis of their character, Both have had to conquer their inde- pendence by long struggles, and many trials have been passed to avoid departing from these two prin- ciples, Already beftig-Informet of your antecedents and your talents, I am pleased, Monsieur le Ministre, that the choice of your government fell upon you as its representative at my court. [shall always re- ceive you with pleasure, and I ieel persuaded that my government will hasten the establishment of tuti- Taate aud cordial relations betweea you. SERVIA. Arrest of Assassination Consptrators In Hun- gary—The Men and Their Antecedents—The Members of the Regency—Confession of Marich, the Murderer. VIENNA, July 7, 1868, The Hungarian government, acting on the repre- sentations of the provisional government of Servia, has arrested several Serbs, resident in Hungary, against whom proofs exist that they took a part in the conspiracy for dethroning, if not murdering, the late Prince of Servia. Among the arrested are Philip Stankovich and Trifkovich, the former the late see- retary of and the latter the present secretary of Prince Karageorgevich. As regards Trifkovich the charge is that letters from him of a nature to com- promise him have been found in the possession of some of the conspirators. The individuals arrested on Hungarian soll will not be handed over to the Servian government, for there exists no extradition treaty between these two States; but they will be tried before a Hungarian court of justice, if the Servian government shall be able to make a case against them. Of the three members of the Servian regency, as elected by the Skupschina, the Debatte says:—“The first member of the namely, the Minister of War, energetic nature, and takes up without hesttation or qualification the standpotnt of Prince Michel, and 1s, to boot, favorably disposed towards the Austro- Hungarian monarchy. Ristich coquets with Russian tendencies, but in any possible action he, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, might be disposed to take against Austria he willbe held in check by Blats Gavrilovich, the Senator, and the third mn the triumvirate, is a nobody. It is partic worthy of note that Marinov Who ts known to be a decided adversary of Austria and Hungary, and who was epoken of as likely to elected to the regency, has not been el election of Biatsnovach and the non Marinovich justify us in the assumption that the re- gency will adopt the friendly sentiments towards Austria, whieh Prince Michel cherished, and as Europe has the same Interests Ausiria has iu pre- serving peace in the east of Europe, Europe aiso can draw the most reassuring conclusions from { events of which Belgrade was yesterday the spec. tae the constitution of the regency tua Presse writes as t lumvirate:-—“The regene: row character of | action uch has been d aud a devotee of Russia. Kistch is a young, wide-awake stat ted, e time, AsKilful negotiator, aM adroit diplomat akes What is #ivantageous Wherever it is to be nd, and who would be ready to turn his back i) Russia immediately if any other Power | or Powers offered better ~— guarantees f | Servia’s development and enlargement. One | may ‘tto see him tack about adroiciy | between France and Russia, Even, Austria woul | find M. Ristich not inaccessible if’ sue deemed tt LUting oF possibie to make concessions to the great Servian idea. Him has Servia most to thank :or the successful lement of the fortifications question, to which he was able to interest Austria as well as Russia, Most recently, and during his last visit to Paris, whither he went to feteh away the young Milan, he was able to prepossess MM. Moustier aud Rouher tu favor of bis person and his ideas, The former Minister of War, Blatanovac sents the ideas of conservatisin and order. He de- tests adventures, but he could not be a Servian with- out desiring what every Servian child, from Belgrade to Alexinata, desires—vamely, the Mberatton of the kindred populations from the Turkish yoke, * * © The regency wii! not caurt the favor of any one Great Power exclusively, but, rather, will try to Make Servia courted by ail, It may safely be credited with a large measure of stateamanship, and one may be tolerably certain that it will abstain from a revo- Iutionary policy of aggression.” portion of the confession of the double murderer, ich, which was read at the (now interrupted) trial, throws valuabie light upon the motives of at least one of @ actors in the Topschider repre- provisional government— | Biatsnovach—ts an | * | waited Ir orite of the great servian party; but le ty, at the | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1808 body murdered my wife sihe pietic ery out, “That somebody was yourself !””) took my property, and the magistrates branded me ag a murderer and condemned tne, in spite of my denials, to the sever- est punishment, The from whom no appeal lies, can easily te an injustice. hile I remained in durance vile no one made in- auiries after me, even the ministers ignored my ex- istence, They went to reviews but, had no time to think of poor me. They left me to my moony fate, When my property went to the dogs I swore blooty vengeance against the Prince, for only thought? of Fevenge could pacify my emotions. In the House of Correction as Topschider | found kindred sp?rits to my own; but I will not name them. They ‘thirsted after vengeance on the Prince and his government as much as I did, and since April we bave always been on the Prin track, especially since we made for ourselves a secret means of entering the deer park. However, we did not obtaim the favorable Opportunity until June 11, INDIA, A Cholera Among Pilgrime=Ral'road Consolida- tion—Allies for Russia~Native Insubordina- tion, By way of England we have papers from Calcutta to the 11th and from Bembay to the 16th of June. The Calcutta Englismman reports the following news details:— Cholera is reported to have broken ont at Pooree ‘and its neighborhood among the pilgrims to the shrine of Juggernaut. ‘The government has made over the working of the Calentta and Southeastern Rallway to the Eastern bine + Railway. The two lines are already con- nected. Baboo Joykissen Mookerjee, the weil known Ze- mindar of Ooterparah, near Calcutta, has published a memorandum on the causes of the epidemic which prevails in the Hoogly and Burdwan districts, He attributes the Increased upheaithiness of these dis- to the gradual silting up of khalls (ponds or 8), rivers and watercourses. This stops drain- age and produces swamps, A small war has broken out in the Cuttack hill disiriets, and some hundreds of policemen have been | ordered to the seene of action. Asteong police guard is to be maintained on the eastern frontier of the Chittagong district to prevent the irruptions of the Kookees and Shindoos, le average price per chest of opium was rs. 590. ‘The monsoon broke ina heavy storm along the coast of Masulipatan northward. From the frontiggwe hear that Feroze Shah has resumed his position among the independent Yusufzye tribes. He openly proclaims his alliance with Russia, The Akhoond of Swat declined to sanction a jehad against the English in revenge for the blockade, and advised the mountaineers to wait till they were attacked. In ool matters are without change. Sirdar Yakoob Khan has gone to Maimanah to assume the direction of the campaign in Turkestan against Sir- dar Abdool Rahman Kian, who had again advanced from Balkh, . The Bhanmo expedition is reported to have been abandoned for the present for want of funds, Cap- ain Sladen’s oficial designation has been altered to that of Political Agent at Mandalay. The Madras ‘Chamber of Commerce has protested against the abolition of the Madras Mint on which the government of India had resolved. From an annual report as to the Calcutta volun- — it appears that there are 205, 150 being “etfec- tive.” ‘The French bark St. Bernard has been wrecked at Madras, and serious damage has been done to the pier by her coming against it, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Java papers mention the appearance of a disease among the cattle of that island, causing severe loss to the owners. A lady at Bologne, France, has challenged the editor of a humoristic journal for meddling with her affairs. A correspondent ofa Hamburg paper in St. Helena writes that the apartments formerly occupied by Bonaparte on that island are being repaired and newly furnished, It fs mentioned in correspondence from Constan- tinople that during his visit there Prince Napoicon received a deputation of Polish emigrants, and that after addressing them in moderation he subscribed $20,000 (owards the assistance fund. According to a statement of Dr. Letheby the daily consumption in London is about 4,200 tons of fish, 4,500 sheep, 700 oxen, 90 cows, 4,000 pigs, 5,000 chickens, 1,000,000 of oysters and ‘about. 1,000,000 of loaves of bread weighing one pound each, Correspondence from Vienna states that the Inter- national Telegraph Conference has decided upon using the Hughes printing system. The tartit of charges between the various countries will undergo @ radical revist Ina village near Lubeck, Germany, an Israelite ‘was engaed to be married to a Catholic young wo- man, but neither the rabbi nor the Catholic priest would perform the service. The diMicu.ty was, how- ever, solved by @ Protestant clergyman, who helped them through. — A house, formerly belonging to the Jesuits in Cata nia, Sicily, was ot purchased by the railway On taking It down a series of recesses ered in the cellar walls, in which were found several skeletons, evidently of persons who had been built in alive. From long slireds of cloth attached to some it is presumed they were priesis, Statistics afirm the number of human beings who have existed since the creation to have been 68,627,- ot 1. Dividing this number by the superfi- cial capacity of the globe gives each person about one-fifth part of @ foot square of terra ‘Erna, and in this case the earth is one vast cemetery. By the game calculation the digging of graves for all the dead since the création would be a work equal to turning over the surface of the earth 251 times, The Paris Charivart represents a figure of Peace try ingto avoid a series of cobwebs, among which the most prominent a the Eastern, the Roman and the German questions, The same paper, commenting on the serious frequency of hydrophoola, suggests that citizens obliged to go in the strects during the pre- sent season should protect themselves from danger by wearing an iron cage suspended from the shoul- ders, similar to a huge crinoline, A watchmaker of Paris possesses a wonderful watch, valued at $4,000, During the late international exibition the tdea occurred to him to over it for sale to the Sultan, who has an inclination for expensive jewelry; but although the royal Secretary admired tt @ assured the dealer that his Majesty would not pur: chase, having already a watch that gave him entire satisfaction, and to prove his assertion fetched it. What was the jeweller’s surprise to find that the watch was mounted on a ditmond about the size ofa stiver dollar and @ finger thick, having a value of at least $200,000, BOOK NOTICES. THE History OF IRELAND, FROM THE TREATY OF LIMBRICK TO THE PRESENT TIME, Being a continn- ation of the History of the Abbé Macgeoghean. Comptied by Jolin Mitchel, New York. D. J. Sad- lier & Co., Barclay street. Large octavo, 636 pages, in double columns, ‘The period covered by this history extends from the year 1691 (when the lasi stronghold of King James tn Ireland was surrendered to William of Orauge in the treaty of Limerick) down to the prea- emt tine. That period of a ceutury and a half em- braces full details of the breach of the treaty of | Limerick by the British government, the long sertes | of her penal laws, the exile of the Irish soldtery to Vranee, their achievements on the Continent, the eavcer of Dean Swift, the English coiontal nation- aitiy in Irelaud, the agitations of Lucas, the plot to | bring about the union of England and Ireland, the hinea, the negotiations with France, the isarrection Of 1798, the French expeditions to Ire- nd, the Union (so-called), the decay of trade, the fraudulent { upon. Ireland, the Jrangemen, th ‘onneil’s power, the 1 agitation, the great famine, the death of onnel!, te Trish congederation, the fate of Smith O'bricn and his irades, subsequent events and the present ‘ountry. A compre- housive, ¢ Valuable historical com. pilation fe * coutemporanceds sour nition of the and rerul This yolum ves us tie Iris! side of th question; butin preseuting his historical facts and | docume ‘ave compl vis ted that his case is #0 clear wie out as to need ao lengthened argu- hient to sustain his charg 1 specitications of British perddy, injustice end opp cession. The book, | however, npart from its characccr as an Irish sum= ming up’ ov British y » good book for the compiiation of in hail the material per. | eireumstaices covnected with this | budget of stirring and drowifui irish events of the last one hundred and years, Harrrns' MoNTiLy.—The Augos! number of this arm ine is unusaally rich in its Mlustrated es wih are entitled, “To and Upon the Amoor ‘Among tle Andes of Peru and Bolivia,” by 4. Squler (a highly interesting paper, as they now f, Upon the fortresses, gardens, temples, roads, bridges, &c., of the aboriginal civilization of the | Andes); ‘John Bull tn Abyssinia,” and another in- | stalment of “Woman's Kingdom, a Love Story,’ by the authoress of Jolin Hatitax. These are the choice pieces, In addition to Wich we have in this number he usual variety of sketches, essays, poetry and anecdotes. A handy book of light reading and solid historical matter it most fascinating shape for the rauiway train, the steam! rustic bower in the woods or “the cottage by POIsONING.—A terrible case of poisoning occurred at Pine Lake, Mich, « few days since. Mr, Thomas Cade went to town, and was to get some corrosive sublimat’, to be used upon a horse, and his son, about sixwven or seventeen years of age, wished him to get some tartaric acid fo be used ‘with aoda to form adrini, As soon aa Mr. Cade got home the son called for his acid, and received the paper of poison through fgarelessness. He mixed the drink, and several youny people drank of it, the poung man bimseif drinking Considerable, from which he tragedy. I committed the murder be- 1 had lost both honor aud property, Some- died on Tuesday, Tie others were very sick, but Will recover. NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—iN B’.nxRUPTCY. Decisions, Before Judge Blateynfora, In the matter of Marshal b, Dunham and Joseph Orr, composing the frm Q? M.L. Dunham & Co., Judge Blatchford yesterday rendered the following decision:—A petition fop adjudication of bankruptcy was filed by E. V. Hatch & Co. against Dunham & Orr, Two acts of bankruptcy are alleged—First, that the debtors in November, 1867, being possessed of a stock of millinery goods, with the lease, fixtures and furniture of the premises 334 Canal street, made a sale or transfer of the same to one Robert Orr, with intent to defraud the creditors of the sald debtors; and, second, that the debtors in January, 1863, being bankrupt or insolvent, made to said Robert Orr an assignment or conveyance of the book secounts and debis due or: to become fue to the debtors, with intent, to give preference to said Orr, The debtors have qlenied the acts of bankruptcy set forth in the petition. ‘The tes shows that te debtors did deliver a chatt gage on a portion of the millinery goods, flowers, &c., to secure the payment of the sum of $5,0000n dgpiand, with interest thereon from the date of the woOrtgage to the time of ent, which mortgage was lodged in the proper office to make it a valid instrument. The debtors commenced business in December, 1867, and failed the last day of December, 1867; but the value of the property mortgaged was between $2,000 and $3,000, covering all the property of the debtors except their book accounts, and that the debtors continued business and remained in possession of the mortgaged properly after the mort- gage was given until the 2d of January, 1868, when Orr foreclosed the morigage and had a sale of the same. Under these circumstances, although the mortgage Was not given for a present consideration, within the provisions of section one of the act, still it was ‘# mortgage on personal property of the debtors, held by the creditor, Robert Orr, securing the ment of a debt owing to him by the bankrupt, and thus within the saving clause of section twenty of the act; and it not being alleged that the mortgage was given when the debtors were bankrupt or imsol- vent, or contemplated bankruptey; it cannot, al- though it was made with the intent to give a prefer- ence to Orr as a creditor, be held to be within any of the inhibitures of the thirty-ninth section of the act, or made with intent to defraud the creditors, within the meaning of those terms as used in that section. ‘The iirst act of bankraptcy alleged 1s therefore not sustained. The second act of bankruptcy is as to the instrament in writing purporting to transfer sundry accounts against persons named therein, This i+ strument having ho internal revenue stamp upon it is declared nuil and void. The proceedings are there- fore dismissed with cosis to the respondent. Refusal of an Order to Show Cause. In the Matter of Wright, Gillies and James W. Gil- lies vs. William S, Cone and William M. Morgan.--This was an application by the two first named parties, who are creditors of the two last named, for an order for the latter to show cause why they should not be declared bankrupts on the alleged ground that they had fraudulently stopped payment. ‘The Couri, aiter due examination, rules that the order to show cause is refused, UNITED STATES DISTRICT cougT CRIMINAL BRANCH. Motion to Bond Distiflery Property Denied. Before Judge Blatchford. Archer & Brother, who held a mortgage for $10,000 on the distillery property of England & Evans, seized by the government for alleged violations of the In- ternal Revenue laws, moved, by counsel, that the property be admited to bond, on the ground that their mortgage, antedating the seizure, gives them a prior and superior iien to the government, Motion denied. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. Judge Garvin rendered judgment in the following cases:— Leonhardt vs, Flintje.—Motion costs, Van Wagner vs. Merrill—Order granted. Reed vs. The Sun Mutual Insurance ©. same Busting vs. Same.—Order granted. UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S OFFICE. Pardon of Internal Revenue Defauiic: =. Charles Hartman and Ferdinand Sulzberger were convicted at the June term of the United States Dis- trict Court for this district of conspiring to remove whiskey to a place other than a bonded warehouse, and were sentenced to imprisonment for ten days and to pay a fine of $5,000 each, and to stand im- prisoned until payment of the fine. The President now, oa the grounds that they have aiready served out their term of inpetecnment, are wholly destitute of means to pay their fines, have each a family entirely dependent Gs him for sup- dented, without whe port who are now suffering for the necessaries of life; and further, that their pardon has been recom- mended by Secretary McCulloch, Congressmen Chan- Jer and Woo ‘or Hoffman, John B. Haskin, Judge Brady, C, E. Howe, Shertf O’Brien and many others, unconditronally pardons them, COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. SuPREME CouRT—CHAMBERS.—Nos. 100, 107, 161, 176, 190, 196, 197. CITY INTELLIGENCE, Tue WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record Will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, 98 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, No. 218 Broadway, HERALD Bullding:— Average temperature. Average for Tuesday POARD OF AUDIT.—No claimants appearing and a quorum not being present at the rooms of this Board Yesterday, business, of course, was dull. Fata FaLt.—Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquest at 49 West Thirty-ninth street on the body of Jacob Schlessinger, whose death was the result of nin ries received by accidentally falling down a fight ol states, Loarp OF COUNCILMEN.—The junior legislators comprising this Board convened yesterday after- noon, and after a slight discussion, of no pith or mo- iment, in regard to redistricting the Twenty-second ward, and which resulted in a the paper Inid over, adjourned until the first Monday in Sep- tember. THe New York Yacut SQuapRoy.—There are al- ready some seventeen entries tor the cruise of the New York Yacht squadron, which wiil commence on the Sth day of August, Extensive arrangements are being made by the offwers of the squadron to make the cruise and its accompaniments enjoyable aud successful in every particalar, SINGCLAR Drowning Cas night Mrs, Sarah Lindsey was i inachatr at her residence, No. 48 E. Fighteenth street, with her infant tu her arms, Wefore awaking Mrs, Lind- sey’a child fell trom her arias ivto «tb of water standing on the floor and was drowned. Coroner Schirmer held an inquest on the boly and the jury returned a verdict oface.te ‘owning. SUBMARINE EXPLORATiONS.—Some very satisfac. tory experiments were made yesterday with a new submarine exploring apparatus at fhe spor where English frigate Hussar is supposed to have sunk On Tnestay on November 25, 1780, near the upper end of the Faat river, The operators yesterday remained be- low the y are believed to be remnants or rel frigute. CASUALTIES TERDAY.—Michael Force, paper vender, Was run over at the corner of Nassan and Ann streets by a ‘rack driveu by Johnjo’Conaell, and slightly tajaved in ene leg. A boy named Michael Murther, aged four years, wiile playing in front of his re ide 4. Ease Nineteemh street, was rin over aut seriously injured by an ice cw J, Meagher, aged forty-two, @ Inboror, residing at 20 Cherry street, about three ‘o'clock in the morning Was found in the siteets in a condition of raving madness and sent to Bellevue Hospital. Fact avn PLownst Exarsirioy.,—An exhibition of the Fruit Growers’ Society was given yesterday afters noon at the rooms of the association, 245 Broadway. ‘The show was rather Ilmited, but there were some fine specimens of the Lilium Auratum and gladiolus on e table. Blackberries constituted the only display of fruit. Some of the specimens from New Jersey Were exceedingly large and healthy looking, Mr. W. S. Carpenter presided over the discussion which followed the reading of a paper by Mr. William Parry on the cultivation of the blackberry, The attendance Was almost wholly comprised of agricul- tural fe Tue Work or Distnrection.—Under the general authority conferred upon them by the Board of Health the Sanitary Committee have ordered the 1m- mediate sprinkling with the disinfecting fluid of the streets comprised within the area bounded by Four- teenth street, Thirty-sixth street, Third avenue and the river, comprising the eastern portion of the Gaaruee and a portion of the Twenty-first wards, being the most unhealtby sections of both, and the work will be at once proceeded with. Other parts of the city will likewise receive due atiention ae qui! ‘a9 the facilities for distributing the Suid will permit Patrick | VALUABLE GOLD WaTcH STOLEN. verhill, No. 49 East Broadway, left his gold watch, valued at $200, in his room. Two domestics—Kate Connor and Harriet Newman—having access to the room, and having made an unusual exhibition of money, were arrested on suspicion of stealing it. Judge Mansfeld, of the Essex Market Police Court, before whom they were taken yesterday, committed them for examination. CaRRYING A SLUNGSHOT.—Yesterday morning Frank Ahrens, & Prussian, was arraigned before Jus- tice Hogan on the charge of carrying a slungshot, Wm. Killian, of 213 William street, being the com- plainant, The latter alleged that the accused was quarrelsome, wanted no eee <8 pararen he bed the slungshot in his jon with inten! . ‘Ahrens, who lives in Thirty-second street, was held for trial. LARCENY AND SUSPENSION OF A WeppING.—On Wednesday night detective Tully, of the Fifteenth Precinct, arrested Henrietta Monroe, colored, of 62 Laurens street, on the eve of her marriage to a ne- gro namod Joseph F. Vincent. It appears that Ma- guras Myerson, of 875 Broadway, had made a com- pista against the girl, charging her with stealing 60 while in his employ. On the arrival at the house the officer found the wedding gnests nssem- bied and awaiting the arrival of the clergyman. He at once arrested the girl and locked her up in the Fifteenth precinct station house. She was arraigned at Jefferson Market yesterday, committed for trial, and the marriage ha3 been indefinitely postponed. LARCENY OF Parer.—A laborer named Bernard Pilloin was arrested by officer Hamblin, of the Harbor, Police on the charge of stealing a quantity of printing paper valued at $42, the property of Messrs. Vernon & Brothers, of 65 and 67 Duane street. The accused was seen to leave the paper warehouse in Duane street and take the goods to a place in Frank- fort street. After being arrested Pitloin was ar- ralyned before Justice Hogan and committed for trial. It is alleged that large quantities of paper have heretofore been stolen from the premises of the Messrs. Vernon. ALLEGED BURGLARY AND RECEIVING STOLEN Goons.—Henry Goodstein was yesterday bronght be fore Justice Hogan, by Captain Petty and detective Field, of the Fifth precinct, on the charge of having forced an entrance to the store of Messrs. Hirschbeck Brothars, 397 Broadway, and stealing therefrom kid gloves, silk ribbons, velvet ribbons and various other goods amounting in all to nearly $3,009. A portion of the stolen goods was subsequently traced to the possession of Israel Leon and Jacob Smith, wno were also arrested by Captain Petty and detective Field. It is alleged that Leon and Smith received the goods in question from Goodstein well knowing that they had been stolen. The magistrate held the accused partics to bail in $2,000 each to await their trials. CHARGE OF ForGeRY.—Thomas C. Dessy, a man thirty-five years of age, was yesterday arrested by an officer of the Tombs Court squad on the charge of having endorsed the names of Messrs. Van Doren & Bement to a check for $80 on the North River Bank, purporting to have been drawn by Messrs. Shafer & Hamilton to the order of Van Doren & Be- ment. The accused had been in the employ of the Jast named firm, at 609 Broadway, and on the 14th of May last was sent to collect the amount. He has admitted that he received the check and obtained the money upon it. He had no authority to present the check for payment or to endorse thereon the names of his employers. He was committed by Jus- tice Hogan to answer the charge. BURGLARY IN THE FOURTEENTH WARD.—Between the hours of eleven o’clock on the night of July 28 and two o'clock on the morning of July 29 the store of Henry White, No. 212 Centre street, was entered by burglars and a quantity of silk plush and two dozen silk hats, in all of the value of $690, carried off. Entrance was effected by stretching a plank from the roof of the house No. 144 Baxter street, in rear, to the third story window of Mr. White's fac- tory, over which temporary bridge the burglars assed into the place. The thieves must have been isturbed in their retreat from the bui'ding or alarmed at some fancied pursuit, as the plush was subsequently found on the roof of No. 142 Baxter street, where it was probably thrown by them in their flight, the hats being afterwards discovered in the cellar of 144 Baxter street. A lad named Charles Harley, eighteen years of age, was arrested on sus- | picion of being concerned in the burglary, but upon examination before Justice Hogan he was discharged for insuMicincy of evidence against him. The property was all restored to the owner. POLICE GENERAL ORDER—NO. 536. The following is the oficial order issued by Super- intendent Kennedy to the captains of the several precincts in the Metropolitan Police district in the case of patrolman James Mee, of the Twenty-first precinct:— The Board of Metropolitan Police having been oficialiy informed by Captain Allaire, of the Twenty- first precinct, of the assassination of patrolman John Smedick, on the night of the 23d of July, while in the faithful discharge of his duty, and that patrol- man James Mee, of the same precinct, gave pursuit and courageously overtook and arrested the assas- sin, unanimously adopte. the following:— Resolved, That patroiman Jas. Mee, for his meritorious con- duct in arresting the murderer of pattolman Smedick, of the Twenty-first precinct, deserves apécial commendation, and in consideration thereof he is hereby appointed roun,tsinan on the force and assigned to the Twenty-first precinct for duty. You will read this order before each platoon at six P. M. muster on the day of and the succeeding day aiter receiving the saine. THE LATE OFFICER CORLETT. The following letter, received by the President of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners, explains itself: — Orrick ov Rror Retire Fuxn, } New York, July 16, 1588.( Sin—The Committee of the Riot Rell f Fund have learned with deep regret the death of patrolman Corlett, of the Thirty- second pi inct, while endeavoring to ue & passenger of the meamer Seth Low from drowning. The trust in charge of the undersigned is designed for the relief of the families of olicemen killed in defence of the public pence; but they bt Hieve they will act in full accordance with the sentiments of the subscribers to that fund by an appropriation for the reliet of the family of policeman Gorlett, The committee for that purpose enclose a check for $500. Yours, respectfully, z DW. JERUME, ISAAC KEI In addition to this sum of $590 the widow of oMcer Corlett will receive about 950 from the Mutual Aid Association of the Pol ce Department, while about $1,100 has been contributed by citizens, making in all the sum of $2,550, thus furnishing her the means of providing a home for her five children and herself, THE ELEVENTH STREET POISOAAG CASE. Inquest by Coroner Rolline—Strychuine Found in the Stomach, Coroner Rollins yesterday reconvened the inquest to investigate the death of John Spicer, which took place at his late residence, No. 75 West Eleventh street, on Sunday, the 19th. Dr. Doremus has made achemical analysis of the stomach of deceased and found unmistakavle traces of strychnine. The in- vestigation took place at the Fifteenth police pre- einct station house, ‘The first witness called was Joseph Simmons, who, when sworn, stated—I am a clerk in Frees’ drug store, No. 169 Sixth avenue; I have been with him | about three years; we put up our powders from seid- litz mixture; some of these are put up in boxes and powders up myself; there were about one hundred powders put up, all for retailing; we had a drawer | purposely for keeping them in; many of them had been sold previous to the 19th; when Mr. Spicer's servant purchased on Sunday I was on duty in the store with Mr. Bennett; I was not on duty until about eight tn the morning, and do not recoliect | selling any that morning; about a quarter to four a colored man came in for a setdlitz powder; I gave | him one from the drawer; we keep the powders in the led; they are sealed before they are put in; I 1 of the effect of that powder about haf ast four; the doctor (Bartlett) first informed Mr. | Bennett; the doctor asked Mr. B. who had been on duty the last half hour; he stated that he had: | he then asked who kad sold a seidlitz wader to | a colored servant; I recollected selling one to the party describe: doctor told | me that the man who took it had died within ff. een or twenty minutes after taking it; he then. ex- ined the powders and found nothing unusual in them: he assertea that Spicer had been poisoned by twenty or twenty-five grains of strychnine; Mr. Ben- nett asked If It eould not be possible that the sirych- nine had been put tm after the powder left the store; being somewhat excited at the time he said, “Probably not;’’ he also stated that he had a portion of the powder preserved, which he woull have tested; cer; we generally put these powders up in the back ax kept in that and never has been sre sealed in the basement; | sold any strychnine in the store, nor would f put up @ prescription without consulting Mr. Frees; | have not scen a prescription for a year; the strrchnine ia ki upin a ous oe ya there was strychnine in the powde! D! the colored Tuan: it was pore and free from any hen it left the store. Porn Be Gs wife of the deceased, sworn—t Spicer, West Bleventh street; deceased was Tay hasbend ms Lage | a he felt restless and unwell; on Sunday morning he eat a light breakfast about eight o'clock; after breakfast he seemed very sad or out of humor; he was peculiar; sometimes he acted in this way when things went ree but he would never conc it; he ia Gown pp the parlor floor and J went up stairs art of the establishment, & my knowledge; they have never ‘was arrested about half-past six by an offi. | basement; these were put up there; there is no | some singly for retail over the counter; I made these | to attend to my work; I was up stairs my beds when the church bella rang; when I wen! down stairs he was lying on the floor; I was asleep and did ‘not disturb him, as been well the night before; I returned up stairs to work; he was lying on his back, with his hand his face; I then washed my hair and returned abo noon to the room and found he had changed Bs po sition on the Noor; at this time he was near the place; did not look at me; 1 said to him, “1 have washed my hair;” he made no reply; I asked him how he felt; he replied “devilish mean;” I ask “where do you feel unwell?” “Here,” he repli touching his stomach; I requested him to up st 5 came. ; I will remain here,” he to feel angry towards me; I asked him down to dinner; he said, “Go on, I don’t want dinner, I won't ? Tasked brother George at dinner if he and John. ad had ay words, and requested him to find out- what was the matter, as I feared I had offended him; George sald he had had no words with John; after dinner I retired direct to my room, as I wanted George to see him before I did; when George came up I asked him if he had been in to see John and was informed that he had not, but would do 80 be- fore he went out; he went in and saw him; as goon: as George went out I went down into the parior; found him in the same pomiiony asked him if he was sick and requested him to go up stairs; he refused and told me to go away and not hother him; I said, “John, tell me what is the matter. Are you sick? Hi I offended you? Come wy staira;? he would give me no Satisfaction, and told me to go away; I then left him and proceeded up stairs; after a little while I went down and found him sitting ina chair at the window; I approached him and asked him to go up staira; he sal \. You £0 away—when I get ready I will go up;” his toue seemed more of sadness than anger; soon after he came up stairs and said, “I feel mean,” and inquired. about his stockings; he’ requested me to send for & seidlitz powder, and handed me five cents to pay = it; I despatched James, the colored man, for it, ant told him to go to Frees’; I then searched the roo:m for the stockings; brought out a pair which he de~ clared were not his; I then said, “1 will go down ard ask Jane if she sent your stockings up;” I inguired, of Jane, and she asserted that the stockings had been sent up; I squeezed the plaits of my hair, and in so doing I wet my hand; on my way ae stairs I met the boy, and as my hand was wet he lai the powder in the palm of it; I took it up stairs; oDe the Way up Isuld to myself, not thinking tat my, destruction and his death depended upon it, ‘We! they can’t make much out of that at five cents; £ never closed my hand upon it, but shoved it upon the burean, remarking, ‘There, John, is your pow- der; I then went up stairs and found he had taken three pairs of stockings out of the trunk; I closed the trunk; I thought as I was up there I would look through other trunks, and I did so; I was detained up stairs but a’ very short time; this: was a little storeroom; heard him say, “Lizzie, Lizzie; I sounped out into the garret; le said, “Are you looking for those things up there?” I said, “I am;” I advanced to the head of the stairs and found him standing about three steps up; he re- marked, “Ihave taken that powder and It 1s the meanest I have ever seen—as full of camphor as it can be;”’ we returned to the room and he sat dowm by the window; I took out a pair of stockings which he said were his; 1 thought nothing of the fact of the: ywder being bad, as it was his favorite medicine; si Few minutes after ne said again, “That powder is: awful mean;” ‘Well, why did you take it?” T neked » “Oh, because I got it and I might as well take it,’” said’he; “Then go and throw it up” I advised, and C told him I would go down and get some coifee; as L returned I found him with his fnger in_ his throat trying to throw up; he cried, wilurey up with that coifee;” I asked if he had thrown itup; he made no reply, butI believe shook his‘ head; after he had drank the coffee I said, “Now yow can throw it up, as you have something on your stomach,” he endeavored to do so, but failing, Baldy “Lizzie, Ican’t—I cannot get my finger down;” I then requested him to come in and lie on the bed; het acted as though he was very much frightened; he sat down on the and commenced trembling vio- lentiy; I then called Dr. Bartlett, who was on thi other side of the way; the doctor asked brs what was the matter; he informed the doctor that he had taken a seidlitz powder, and that there was camphor, init; Tasked the doctor if camphor produced suc! symptoms; he stated that it did sometimes; the doctor asked him if it foamed well; he replied “it did;” the doctor then said it was not likely to be a’ serious matter; I told the doctor: I thought he was poisoned; was frightened and told him I thought he ought to have an emetic as quickly as possible; the doctor left and James went for am emetic, for whicn the doctor Pagan] 1 charged the doctor to come back quickly; I was left alone with him; he threw himself back on the bed and had what I presumed to be a fit, as I had seen persons in fits; when he went into the fitsI screamed and called to Miss Winship, who came in just as he got over the first Mt; she asked him what was the mat- ter, when he stated that he had taken a powder that made him sick, and requested us to rub his hands and feet; I felt very anxious; looked out and saw the doctor ‘coming from one way and James from the other; the doctor tried to give him the emetic, but he could not swallow it, and had a convulsion; the doctor then examined the powder and said, “Spicer, yo are poisoned—yon had better prepare for death; his ~— was “Everything is right;” he asi him he had taken the powder himself and be replied that: he had; when the doctor asked for the powders Mr. Spicer pointed to the papers; the doctor teok them; my husband was very methodical in everything he did; Dr. Bartlett tasted the powder; when he told: John that he was poisoned he asked “Can’t you save: me?’ Although he sald everything was ail right L think had he lived he would have arranged his busi- ness better; the doctor took cha of the papers that surrounded the powder; after the socond spasm he died and I was oblivious to every- thing thereafter; he retained his senses to the end; I never saw strychnine in my life to know it’ and had none in the house; at all times he seemed to cling to life; never heard him say he feared that an accident might carry him off; his brother Francis said that strychnine was red; he was sick in the country last summer, ate a hearty dinner, had a sick. spell, and when they got him home he said, “I don’t know but Henry's wife has poisoned me;” "enry'’s wife is my brother's wife, a very bad, vindictive wo- man, whom my husband disliked; when the powders were given me I noticed the beautiful manner in which they had been put up; the place I refer to where he made the remark about Henry's wife was in Maine; that was the only occasion on which he ever spoke of poison, but he has never cherished that impression since he learned the cause of his sickness. ‘o Jurymen—He was always in the habit of mix ing his own powders; I can’t say how many papers there were on the bureau—whether one, two or 81x. To the Coroner—He has felt very sad lately, kind of quiet; he is a passionate man and would some- times say, ‘I would rather die than do 80 and g0;’? but he was very anxious to live, and often spoke of a home in the country; I have no idea what caused him to act so strangely; brother George and I have stairs, when he said, “No, clear out; go u ‘ou did not come to'see me when i. firs seemed to go often wondered if he would eventually become crazy; never knew him to have poison in house; if he ever had any it was unknown to me; | attribute the recent change in his manner to an inereased heaviness of the system. This closed Mrs. Spicer's evidence, and the in- quest was adjourned until next Wednesday at eleven olgjock. METROPOLITAN FIRE COMMISSIONERS. The Board of Fire Commissioners met yesterday at nine o'clock. Commissioner WILSON offered the following reso- lution;—"That the Treasurer be instructed to insist that tn the receipts for the half yearly or monthiy Pay rol! the words ‘and also all in fall of all demands against said department up to the date hereof’ be tn- serted,” which was adopted, Commissioners WILSON and BaILry, to whom was: referred a communication from John. H. White re- specting the engine house now in course of erection on the Bloomingdale road, reported in favor of ob- bese A afer of the same and the payment of all claims and liens upon the work, provided such did not exceed $6, Adopted, Commissioner MYERS offered a resolution to the effect that a board of officers, consisting of the As- sistant Engineer, the Surgeon, one district’ engineer and one foreman (the district engineer and foreman to be designated by the President), be appointed to examine and pass upon such cages of charges of in- competency against officers of companies as now are pending or hereafter may be brought before them, and that it will be competent for any Commis- sioner or the Chief Engineer to re; the name of any officer whom they may deem Incompetent for examination by such board, and that they shall re- port to the Board of Commissioners their action and recommendation. Adopted. ‘The Board then adjourned. BROOKLYN = INTELLIGEVCE, BANNER Ratstne.—A large banner was raised im front of the Republican headquarters in Washington street last evening, The event was not marked by any particular demonstration, CouNTERFEIT CURRENCY.—R. A, Wallom was take before United States Commissioner Jones yesterday charged with passing counterfeit United States fifty cent currency stamps. The accused gave bail in the sum of $1,000 to answer, APPOINTMENT OF A ConoNBR.—A despatch was received in this city yesterday to the effect that Cap- tain Edward ff. Flavin had been be inted Coroner by Governor Fenton in the place of Michael Slattery, deceased. To THE PRNITENTIARY.—A young man named John Keenan was sent to the Penitentiary for six months by Justice Cornwell yesterday for stealing a set of billiard balls from the saloon of George Keiber, of No. 27, Front street. TuRrt or Curts,—Jacob Winderuff was sent to the Penitentiary for one month by Justice Cornwell Pies for stealin William J. Burrell, of 198 Fulton street, ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—Burglara pried the win- dow shutters open at the residence of James Griffin, in Degraw street, at an early hour yesterday morn- ing. From some reason they did not extend their operations further. A Prisoner Rescved.—Edward Hart was rescued from the custody of oficer Aldrich, of the Forty- second precinct, on Wednesday night, by a party of his friends. The officer was struck over the head with @ club, but not seriously injured. ‘ 8 set of curia from the store of *