The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

I~'l. II 1 _ -------- THE GREAT VESTMENT QUESTION. THE E. well.suthenticated instances of clinical suffering was pub lished by the late secretary of the Poor Clergy Relief Society, in a pamphle t entitled " Startling Facts." Those who are not oontent with " other witness" than their own, ' can have ocular demonstration of the reality of the cases by calling at the office, 36, Southampton - stre e, Strand, where the secretary, Mr. R. Turtle Piggott, II always ready to answer any question, to offer proofs of the care taken to administer justly the funds placed at the dis posal of the committee, and to satisfy all doubts es to the authenticity of the cases relieved ; arid as every candidate for aid must be recommended by the bishop, archdeacon, and rural dean, or, at least, by three beneaced clergit, nen, there can be no fear but that the wants are sorely felt before an application is made. ____—....., 'RESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1866 ---------- --------------- tended to lie down on the metals and allow custody. tmin to run ove r him. Witness then took him into The prisoner m id he merely crossed line for • near the out. Mr. Dayman—What have you to s ay for making the statement to the oonstable ? Prisoner —I don't believe ou I said so. Mr. Dayman — l believe y did. Th e c onstable has no reason for taking ell this trouble to bring you here. Sergeant Newman—He to • great deal of trouble at the station. We were obliged to keep a man in charge of him all night. Prisoner—l did not go on the line to make away with BRITISII AND FOREIGN COBB TRADE. and of commerce both agree to extend the period of relaxa tion and holiday-making by anticipation, the contraction of our weekly review becomes a necessity. however, the weather has lately been very much spinet merrymaking : In these latter' neither the clods nor the flags have been companionable. The farmer who has got his wheat sown may bs happy ; but, if short of the money, the flail can do little for him without frost. lie must now study h ects while he has foun d something out in the year lust r e xpiring, viz., that the world, as well as his own fields, may not always yield its strength. There is thus a chanos for him still, as the best and highest tillage doubles that chance. The wheat trade, in proportion as we have become better ac quainted with results of our best harvest, has recovered something of its ancient prestige and perhaps was lately advancing beyond reasonable bou n ds at so early a period, so that the late check in such case has been rather serviceable than otherwise. But, with money now at 3j per cent. instead of 10 per cent. as recently, when frost shall permanently have set fast the Baltic ports, I and reached to the South of Russia, we may yet see a I further movement upwards, and already the markets I show an improvement of le. per qr. New York has, indeed, been making shipments, while British markets have been declining, the old habit of go-a-head not being easily abandoned, and there certainly is no granary-rent to pay to crossing the Atlantic. Petersburg, Stettin, SDI Danzig are now all fast, and seem likely to remain so ; bu holders abroad do not lose courage, the best cargoes free Danzig being held at 68s. to 70s. per qr., cost and freigl included. France has more than recovered the recen decline. Danzig wheat, not firstrate, being worth 695. pet GGt•„ and Spanish white 70a. 6d. ; the same wheat at Bordeaux being quoted 755. Cal. Belgium shows more firmness, as well as Hamburg. and the frost in Germany has not lessened prices, though this has reduced business. Spain has felt the influence of Fren orders, and neither Great Britain nor any part Europe indicates a return to a low range. The arrivals the coast since the 14th of December were 46 cargoes, which 32 cargoes were wheat, 4 maize, 4 barley, 3 rye, ant oats. Business was transected as follows :-Wheat, '.. cargoes in all, viz., Ghirka at 53a. to 615., Cubanka at Ms. Berdianski at 60s. to 605. • Moldavian at 555., and 6.(w qrs. Ghirka at 595. 6d.; Maize, 1 cargo at 365.; list 3 cargoes at 295. to 315.; Rye, 3 cargoes at 31s. Gd. 335. 9c1.; Beans, 1 cargo ai de at 40s. per qr. The i noted last week were 71,022 qrs. English wheat at 60s. against 91,844 qrs. in 1865. The London heavingves' 645. 10d. on 2,794 qrs. The imports into om the week ending Dec. 15 were 668,679 carts. wl 181,907 cats. flour. Monday in Mark•lane opened on moderate suppl English wheat, but the foreign arrivals were abundant bout two-thirds Russian. The show of samples from 1 and Kent was very limited, and condition, as migl expected, after such a long prevalence of damp, poor generally. All fair and dry samples of • went off pretty freely, at Is. per qr. advance ; but the not in order, was very difficult to quit at the pret rates. The foreign trade was on a small scale, and sionally prime dry Russian qualities made rather money, brit it was not generally the case. Fine fl( cargoes were a free sale, at improved rates, but not ricer qualities. On Wednesday there were 210 qn coast, and 23,410 qrs. foreign. With a very small of samples on the Essex and Kentish stands, priors very firm, all prime samples going off freely at tot sinus rates. The foreign trade, though not brie% very steady, all tine samples being held at full There was aortae supply of flour on Monday, in country , Russian sacks, and American rels. The entire trade was very firm, but sale not free. Norf olk' were held at fully as much 1 so were French, Spanish, and Russian sacks anc rican barrels ; but the qualities of the two gal scriptions were not such as to attract buyers. qualities were unaltered in value ; the top price ing 375. per qr. On Wednesday there were .16 neat coast, 6,620 sacks foreign. Norfolks were th dear, as well as all good country marks. In ' though not much was doing, olders required fully sinus rates. Town millers til tl not alter quotations. was a large arrival of maize on Monday, which becsinn dull sale in consequence, though holders did not of newly-arrived cargoes at less money. Ott Wednesday was no change of value. The supply of malting ba Monday was on a limited scale, but foreign were liberal. Though former rates were demi malting sorts, both English and Scotch, there we same ready sale as o fwhile inferior and le my foreign was fully la. per qr. lower, with but inquiry. On Wednesday there were 790 qrs. p 1,840 qrs. foreign. The quantity of fine still being small, there was no alteration i and no change of value could be noted in me low foreign sorts, though the demand was slaci little was doing in malt on Monday, but prices ' much as previously. The week closed without feature in the trade. There was a very heavy foreign meta on Monday, with fair supplies growth, though but few from Scotland, and not Irish ports. The abundance, and approach of : gave a dull tone to the market generally ; In Russian sorts, as well as Swedish, were no chi inferior new were rather in buyers' favour-sal to Cal. per qr. On Wednewlity there were :a foreign exclusively. This aniple arrival, after plenty, made buyers very cautious; still, the that foreign supplies would soon be lin& frost, made holders reluctant to abate the There was a fair arrival of English beam day. and a moderate supply of foreign, chic All English sorts were Is. per qr. lower were held at the previous rates, 1.1 scarcely any in store. Wednesday's market' change. lingliali peas were in better supply and there Wt4 s a parcel of white from Komi trado for both feeding and boiling sorts wt about Is. per qr. lower than last week ; but further decline on Wednesday. Scarcely any reported, and this seed was therefore very firm. fair demand, and so they continued on the The seed trade generally was confident and as respects cloverseed, trefoil, canary, uiustai country wheat markets have not been slow i to the improved advices from London, tin dull reports having been very rare. Several proved tendency, but more generally an of fully Is. per qr., which, as at a few other places, was exceeded. among those where a rise of Is. w: Liverpool on Tuesday was only firm. But was noted in the value of spring corn, but was decidedly cheaper. At Glasgow and wheat trade was quiet, but spring corn rather in favour of buyers. Dublin advice' foreign wheat and rather dearer for he maize was Is. per barrel lower. The Paris flour trade during the past wt rising. The six marks for the current moot 761. 50c. per 137 kilos. (equal to 622. 20. - f l or 'aris n h ec as em al be so r rise c i for January and February, 77f. (495. 4t1.) ; ro ye four months, 75 1 . sx:• (508. 2.1.) ; for Mat 7 1 8 00 f. k r4lc ilos . . ( , 7k be . in 4d g .) quo T ted YPe lbs. • for January and February, 49f. for the four months from January, 49f. and four months from May, 50f. (51 Flour for consumption has followed For extra marks 78f. per 157 kilos. (50s. i quoted; for No. 1,77 f. (495. 2d.); for , for ordinary, 74f. (47a . 2d. per 2801bs. 7 has been steadily improving. The rat wheat of home growth has been 43f. 50c. kilos. (665. Gd • to 70s. 4d. per qr.), an:. for (635. to 675. 4d. per qr.) Blanquille, remained at 24f. per 113 kilos. (38s. 6d. \ barley also war , quoted 24f. per 100 kid Fine black De neauce and De Brie oat 111141 . . i ( . 3oll. s 4 . er p r e i r r. ) R e ed qu c o l t nercd fin w es as t Trefoil as previously. The wheat trade markets was higher, most markets sb vanes of from 25 centimes to 1 franc (7cl. to 2s . 4d. per qr.) Marseilles Bordeaux fully 1 franc (or 2s. 4d. per , wheat trade at Liege, contrary to expect an upward movement, holders generally I per qr. more money, but this checked and barley, however, were rather ii Wheat, 655. ; rye. 375. 6d. ; barley, 38s. per Mlbs. Brussels also quoted higher - native and Polish, 665. • white, 675. ; per qr . it m 7o e, Y er s. prices , At i i .,, , , , ,: t v r) 3i . n u thaierelswas. pi Rotterdam a demand for Belgium has ape Zealand wheat, which had caused an ad old Was worth 121. 20c. ; new, 595. Gil' tered, the best being worth 40s. 9d. I Cal. to Is. 61., and oats Gd. per qr. Re burg was very firm, and occasionally sol -60 s. 6d. It was also held at is . ad, ports. Rye wax dull ; Mecklenburg was frost hal reached to 8 degrees Return' plenty of snow had fallen. Business had 1 consisting principally of the liquidation of end of the year. Fluctuations had omen closing firmer. Much rye had gone to r to ies unryod.rtbyent l aw s ;to .. ti ; f:w f t :t v r! r "b2issp,lteh.ledi spring. teoo;4l3o:et,.:its.s4oll;doriieosr.i.ted3d.towf:flhoro.osiesispetrairf,tic f9dhitinnocessi.oraerotie., continued to accumulate , and therel s. )fon River navigation had already beconi temperature at Dantzic mei 4 to 5 degrees were impeded by the weather and want I being employed at present for• fine wheat, instead of declining, somewhat in value. The only srtict of grain continued to arrive in Kingeton were not so liberal as of late. Superior 50 c. per bet (355.); No. 1, 7 d. 2D c. (275. 9, good. Superior extra flour to 8 doll. pp superdas, 7d.10 e. (29e. U.) Spring . thdailll)l7epnwair'l2s3ll,l4.rwkhlAierinetileEzPi"CialMS3 of labwir i i i I 1. i 1 1 l' ( I. 11 : i . ' 1 i ' I 1 r ; , 1 1 1 I I l / 111 I ~ 1 1 I I't I ' i 1 I 1 • I . It $ i .t. iii ,1 111 , 1 o II , lew - THE POLICE COURTS. • (From "Once a Week.") While the church is being divided into two par ties about vestments, the one great vestment question, which concerns all alike seems more than ever likely to fail to the ground • anethongh we all know that " when rogues diffecl hoosit men get their rights," we fear that the wit of one man and the wisdom of many " contained in the proverb, will fail in its application, and that the sta tistical return given below will remain to the world at Lege, and even to the body of the church itself, • dead letisr. And yet this same statistical return blazons forth • great wrong • and sa there is something 'specially eonvinemg about figures to our John Bull notions, we shall make no apology for the following extract : " About thirty years ago, out of 10,478 benefices, from which returns were laid before parliament-297 were under 501. pm. annum, 1,629 ware between 501. and 1001., *ad 1,602 were between 100 L and 150/. So that these were 1,926 bmefices under 1001. • year, sat 1 3 528 under 150/. ; of this latter number, 13 con tained each a population of more than 10,000 ; 51 • popu lation of from 5,®0 to 10,000; 2M a population of between 2,000 and 5,000 ; and 1,125 a popularion of between 500 and 2,000. Now, although a vast deal has been done since that time in the way of permanently sugmenting the endow ascot of small benefices, yet par/ passe the creation of new dietricts, and these for the most pert poor ones, has but Increased the eviL So much so, that at the pre 00 sent tim e it d is calculated that there are no fewer than 5,0 benefice clergymen whose incomes from the church which they serve are under 150 t. per annum." —Report of the Bristol Church Congress, 1864. Nor is it as if th e recipients of this pay were curates with one foot upon th e first round of the ladder of romo p tint; them five thousand bee nothing further to hope for , nefices are held by men who, in the majority of cases, hav and of whom but a small minority are in the happy case of the fine old Vicar of Wakefield, who, by reason of his private fortune, could make over to the widows and the :W. he derived from his living. 'be days are g one by when the injunction that "the labourer is worthy of his hire " held much weight though we have no wish to advocate that all church livings should be such as to induce a man to adopt the profession for the sake of " filthy lucre," we do urge enable a man to devote himself fully to the holy work he has chosen ; and, on the one hand, while it is a sin and a shame that such institutions as the " Poor Clergy Relief Society " should be required ; on the other, the require ments§ being incontestable, the shame and sin that touches us most deeply is, that its funds are at such low ebb. For knowing, as numbers of people must do, that poverty exists in the church —it may be close, too, at their own doors—it i• • scandal that Ruch a th at sum as 3,699/. includes all its receipts for 1866 ; and hose who dare not, if they would, admiiiister private charity, should not contribute to a turd open to application from all denominations of needy clergymen. The society acts promptly, and receives contri butions, not only of money but of clothing, which is care fully Dotted and dispensed once a fortnight. The week before we sterile this, not less than fifteen parcels of such clothing (old and new) were despatched from the office : no unwelcome gift to a family where six or seven children, as many a poor vicar's wife writes, have no change of clothes, and cannot for very shame's sake beg the " squireena" for a share of the wenn blankets and garments she distributes among the parish ioners. The latter needy as they may be, have no appearance,' to 'keep up, and their case is thus infiniteiy to he Deferred to that of their rector, who way say, AS did a gentleman to a friend of mine—" if I'd been a cottager, I'd have been a happier man ; it is the curse of icing a ofgen tle man, and having to fi g ht a g ainst the long odds poverty without disgracing my cloth, that is killing;, may not work with the hands God has given me ; Ood help me'. my mind is well nigh gone already, so brain work is impossible." beautif " Charity.'" saith the proverb, " begins at home ; " and surely, in the strouges t meaning of the ul word, the church is our earthly home, and as such has the greatest possible c laim u p on us, in a temporal as well as spir itual sense ; and that her interests may be up cently, it is indispensable that they who minister in it should do so feet) from such temporal anxieties of mind as hinge ;Ton food and raiment. We talk of " Church anti State," and yet leave five thousand ministers of that church to starve, or to give, if they eau, their labour gratis ; and yet we might truly say that a state which permits its own clergy to crave public charity is not touch honoured by that dimming fact. " Each man for himself and Goa for us all," is the cry. The parson must look out for himself; he need not go into the church, unless he has private means. and can give his stipend to the poor, and " feel a secret plea sure in doing his duty without reward:' or, unless he holds fir other views than our good friend the vicar aforesaid, who, we know, was of the opinion " that the honest man who married and brought up a large family did tame ervice than he who continued single." A curate with SOL p e r annum, advancing t o a benefice of 11.0" ., cannot afford to be a worthy man after the vicar's reasoning; and, what is more to our purpose his case, the ex:in:pie and influence exercised by an educated duly over the women in his parish is lost, and his home denied the cheering light of woinan'e presence. No MAO, in our estimation, has more need the of a wife than up h on as is cletdigy mau ; and it is one o f the greatest slurs , tribution or church endowments, that the prudence of an early marriage should be opeu to theed, or admit of a q uestion, as we must confess it dues under the existing code. The curate in a populous parish where dinners are con sidered the 1. ird.intale means of social enjoyait . iit, and who has his tulle: 's dills paid out of the parental exchequer, may get through his tints on a stipend vary ing from 807. to 100'. per annum ; but suppose the oirate is not in a social neighbourhood, or is not lucky enough to become popular, or b.i 1.10 family exchequer open to tailors' bills, his case is Rood) , a very hard one, and his stilamil a beggarly pittanee. Still, as we said, he has his foot upon the first round..`. ladder,and " hope points before." lie may fall in for a Shan: of the loaves and fishes of the mother church. Youth. we know, is naturally sanguine ; and he does nut 'utter his eves to see the other and darker side-- the deep valley:, which lie between the mountains. But for the incemhent of what is sonietimes facetiously styled a " living," anti sometimes a " starving," hope sheds ILO such genial distant ray. We have been thinking and talking a good deal of reform lately ; let us talk a little inure and act a little mote, and have a sweeping reform in church endowments. The neces .ty of a society such be well as that for the relief roof the clergy is a ill ; the beggar:), endowmentsour small lit ;digs are a disgrace ; a nd thou g h it may have pro priees in the church , as in all other fesi not a ons, though it is well to have hill s and valleys, and dead level, yet neither very high mountains nor very low binds are tlesirittde. Poverty always stands in a man's way. Even in secu lar life a poor relation is a family bugbear, and everyone knows the keen wit of the line--" Nobody sendeth of apples to him who bath not got an orch.trd." Poverty, then, being so hard a matter in a general sense, must fall even doubly hard upon those who are called upon to fulfil the duties anti requirements of educated social life, who bold a public position, and to whom hundreds of their fell ow -nien loos for ip in the way of precept and example, to say nothing of practical aid ? Thus strait ened means are not only a sore personal trial to a clergyman, but a formidable obstacle to the advancement and welfare of religion ; and it was because they di sa all this, and dared enterta in no ho p e of any immeate w re dress of the grievance, that • few well-meaning and warm hearted men established the nucleus Cm fund for the relief of the poor clergy in temporal distress or difficulty. The cases brought before the committee of this society are alnioat too sad for insertion in such a periodical as " Once a Week ; " and yet, feeling that the dark side of nature should be known, and that a simple s t a t e ment of facts is always strong evidence, we shall sub;oin three or four ext racts from cases which came under notice on a recent board day. 1. Attested by the Bishop of Chester and two beneficed clergymen, is the case of a rector whose only available cle ricsl income is 00/. per annum, and upon whom a severe ill ness fell in ! and 11'415. During:lolll4 , monthsof those years he was totally incapacit ated from duty, having, of course, to pr,eitle a substitute at his own expense. By reset= of this illnee.e the poor man had to relinquish tuition, which had brought in a few pounds up to that time -, further, his wife aryl children were taken ill, and, as he pleads, " 3tede d attendance, added to other expenses incident upon sic"iness, has placed me in very straitened circum stances." To this application the committee granted 251. 2. Represents a vise where alter a faithful term of service insanity supervened, and where a wife and four children four children are left to subsist u p on the charity of a d who can ill afford the aid. To the urgency of this case and the strict mond character held by the afflicted clergy man and his family, the Bishop of Edinburgh and De an Ramsay bear evidence. Here, too, the society gd H 3. The widow and seven children of a bard-working London clergyman. From sinking health he was oblig ed to give up hie duty for a time ; and, as one personally known to the family writes, " He never left his bed after he heard that he had lost his curacy." Clothing and 217. went to supply, in a measure, the present wants of the widow and orphan children. 4. Is the case of the orphan and only child of a curate left dep , ndent upon an aunt, who writes :—" The income 1 receive is derived from my situation as governess, and is quite inadequate to provide for the child witho ut assist ance ; the few pounds I had saved I spent in getting medical advice for him and paying for him at a grammar school in—. If I can get a little aid, I should be able to provide a home for him before I return to my engage ment. Even M. would be invaluable." Accordingly 101. was granted. Hundreds of such cases, nay some times even more heart-rending, might be recorded'; and a vest number of • The committee, in their last annul report, give assurance that the lowest ulna of each grant of clothing may be fairly stated at five pounds. In the winter season new blankets, 'flannel, and calico are sent out to the most necessitous cues. t The Poor Clem Relief Society was established in the year 1866 for the immediate assistance of the clergy, their widows and orphans in temporary &strew. Mak se, Southampton-Must. Strand. M.C. BOW-STREET. Charles Mansell, a well-dressed young man, was charged with assaulting an elderly woman na med Willy, the wife of a componoor, and Martin Burke, a porter.to the Spotted M. Willy said she went on Saturday night Dog, in the Strand, to see if her husband was there, and meeting Martin Burke and his wife at the door, she stopped a moment to speak to them. The prisoner and a friend were passing at the time, singing " Chippety Chop," the prieoner suiting the action to the word withtin time with his elbow. In so doing he struck her such violence as to throw her down on the footway. Though much hurt by the fall she would have been satisfied with an apology, but the prisoner and his friend went on without taking the EXECUTION OF NEW ZEALAND MURDERERS. least notice, and when Burke followed and stopped him, --4-- and demanded an apology, he refused to make one. (From the Otago Daily Times, Oct. 20.) Martin Burke said he was sitting on a chair outside the nablio-house talking to his wife when Mrs. Willy came up. It was recently stated that Burgess, Levy, and feudant and his friend, both intoxicated, went by, and, Kelly had been tried and found guilty of the murder of in passing, the prisoner struck Mrs. Willy deliberately and Felix Mathieu, one of four persons who were murdered by purposely. Witness followed him, seizedlim adding he collar, the prisoners, in company with James Thomas Sullivan. and asked him what he meant by doing that, that Sullivan was afterwards tried and convicted of the murder if it were accidental he might have apologised. The of James Battle, an old whaler • but the sentence of death prisoner, without making any answer, !truck him . so pon him was commu t ed to penal servitude for violently in the mouth is to loosen two of his teeth, which D is e le i d n counsideration of his having been the means of con- he was afraid he should lose. Witness struck him . in sitting the other three who were left for execution. return and he then threw witness on the ground. While he was' down the prisoner's friend struck him with his On Fri g day, October 6, ' the sentence was carried into effect on Bargees, Levy, and Kelly, in the gsol-yar dst umbras. . eLson. All the wen died protesting the truth of th e P01101310•11K1114, 125 F. stated that he came up at the statements they had made, and Kelly and Levyepes ~___A•t t- time, and the prisoner was _giv . en dr iL L W his custody. The t.rds THE CHEISTHAS LEGAL VACATION.-Yes- y, edly declared themselves innocent. Burgess was the Brat prisoner and his friend were both to speak. He declared that Sullivan was the murderer of aware that be struck The prisoner said that he was not . ruing. bir. obnusitteasclosiming m ai pethnededofficeauntuof Saturday y m m o o n law courts, Battle, of Mathieu, and of the surveyor Dobson, and that or pushed the woman, or he should have apologieed. If he Levy and Kelly were entire . b , • ly innocent of all the murder' , did so it was by accident. The prisoner 13urke overtook Judges' shamanchbers, and disposed of a number of summonses. Justice Mellor and Mr. Baron Martin attended at the lie acknowledged himself morally guilty of Do son s d 'th t • Ipbe will be re-o ned on Saturday, but there 1 liim about 20 yards from the house, an wi ou saying ah e re pe murder, because he knew of it both before and after it . word seized him by the throat, upon which provocation will be no judge in attendance until the following Wed was perpetrated ; but he aaserted that Sullivan was he struck Burke. actually concerned in all theHe expressed himself The prisoners friend, a Mr. White, of Southampton. made in pa:nadingthemrest,toterrecseveral organ f were happy on a morning so glorious and bright,.and _had it.. gave evidence in support of this statement, and alleged Levy and Kea •, he could ' a ' intended knock her not been for the regret he felt at the unmerited tate ot , that they were both quite . sober. THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL RoBERT REID.— die hasp 7+ and almost joyously. 1 Mr Flowers was willing to believe that the blow Kelly read a long statement, o the style and characttr . billeted on Mrs. Willy might not be toany steps have as yet been taken . . It does not appear, from the inquiri te es e w b e ta h m ave a m e ad em e m , t u h t t of which the following extracts will give an idea. It , down, but might have been given in a foolish and not commenced," A good morning, but an unpleasant morning I very creditable lark, or it might ha,e lreen socidenW. e_ Lower .. tionnvicted of the murder of his wife, Ann Reid, in a house of the sentence passel upon Robert Reid, who was myrtle-street, Liverpool. There was a rumour to younall, all, gentlemen, countrymen, brothers, and specta- \ Indeed, though the witness Burke said it was done pur- an tors of one of the most awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful, yowl), and deliberately, yet from what he said it was prevalent after the trial that a representation would be shameful, painful, mournful, revengeful, hateful, wrong• ful. unjustifiable, ignominious, ingloi ions deaths and mar- 1 evident that he thought at the time it might be Red. mode to the Home Secretary on the unhappy man's be dental. He (Mr. Flowers), however, was satisfied that den that ever took place in the , wide world since the creation I both the prisoner and his friend were drunk. With the matter. The criminal has shown, since the ex half , but so far, we believe, no action has been taken in of Atlam4 and a sad morning to my poor self ; and mav i 1, respect to the second assault be had to decide between God be merciful to e a sinner and not a murderer ! 1 the testimony of Burke and NVliite, and he thought the same composure and self-possession that marked trees sentence of the law was passed upon him, the his demeanour during the triaL He seldom al After referring to theatonemen t of Chriat, he continued, ' latter evidently had a confused recollection of the case, as Since I have been born I trust Almighty God has , in some particulars his statement was inconsistent with searched and tried me, to see if there has been any , 1 the constable's evidence. For the assault on Mrs. Willy lodes to the circumstances attending his convic tion ; but when lie refers to the subject his remarks seem such wiegedness in me as ever to knoir the certainty he should fine him 405., or 14 days' imprisonment, and for to imply that he entertains the opinion that her Majesty's clemency will be exercised on his behalf. Being a pro of the Blaungatapu murders until Sullivan confesscd. 1 that on Burke 405., or a month. testant he is attended by the Rev. R. Appleton, the chap felt I never be forgiven my sins upon earth, or after I i The finer were pa id. shuttle otf t•gis mortal coil and appear before Almighty , Burke applied for and obtained a summons against Mr. lain of the gaol, who is unremitting in his attention to the convict. Reid seems to realise the awful position in God, if. I am not innocent of killing, or being with any 1 White for striking him with an umbrella. . person that did kill, on the Maungatapu or elsewhere, any : An unusual number of persons were charge d with being which he is placed, and pays marked attention to the spi ritual instruction which is afforded to him. He attended other murdered men in the world. Hmy assertion and dying woras be not the truth, I hope that after I ascend 1 drunk and incapable , CLERKENWELL. yesterday, with the other prisoners, at Divine service i.i the fhtal and unwelcome scaffold, and the bolt is drawn I the prison chapel. On Saturday he was ved by two of Edwin Baker, a shopman, was charged before Mr. Cooke that will launch me out of this world, and that whilst my 1 his relatives -cousins, we believe-who arc iesident in 1 with robbing his employer, Mr. B. Smith, 65, llrill-row, frail and worthless body of clay is dangling in the air, the aryl]. will be watching for the moment Lily soul departs .Somers Town. Liverpool. The interview was a painful one, but during ion. If the law takes The prisonerhad been , a porter in the employ of prosecutor it Reid exhibited great self from this body. and that it may be borne on the wings of I for the past seven years going behind the counter to sweep its course the sentence will r a c e a ss rried out on Saturday, the devil to the bottomless pit of hell at a speed morethe 12th of January.- Lire rpoo/ /lb nary. and to fill up tea bins. On Saturday last, between eleven rai:ia than the light of the sun reaches our earth. Yee, at COLLISION ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. — ' and eight in the evening, the prosecutor ordered him to mix at a apeei as quick as that which I believe to be th fasteet thing that travels, for I can think to heaven in up some green tea to fill a canister. and put the remainder On Saturday evening a serious accident happened near in a small box. After he had filled the canister he put the Grant's House on the East Coast , or Berwick , line of the an instant.' He next termed Sullivan " The Demon of I tea that was left in a box used for keeping tea in, usually North Britian Railway, by the collision of train natil e t t ra b i a n t the West Coast, and the dlaungatapu alomitains kept in the warehouse. The prosecutor told him to leave leaving Edinburgh at 5.53 and Aasassin." lie prayed for a blowing on the heads of the . the box containing the remainder of the tea in a hogshead station. The express or " Flying g soote s h "Inn""fe'rom the people of Nelson for their efforts to discover the bodies • in the shop, out of the reach of the customer' , and where south being heavily laden, as the through trains ma usually are of the murdered men. He praised what had/ taken place . on the part of the people at the town named after the he could see it. The prisoner dia as he was directed, and a at the Christmas season, was an hour late at Berwick, and short time after the prosecutor sent then ieoner on an other trains being also behind time, some derangement gallant hero of the sea and ocean, and the conqueror errand, an•l whilst be was sway the prosecutor had the box of traffic took place. When the mail from Edin of Old England's enemies, Nelson, the inimitable won- , . and tea weighed. It weighed 201 . Lioz. gross. The burgh was approaching Grant's House station, on der of sea fights and war, and hoped he was happy ; proaecutor thin had the box put back to the place where rounaing a sharp curve it ran into a goods train pro calling upon God to bless hint, for he liked a patrtot. 1 , the prisoner Iral left it. When the prisoner returned the ceediug before it to Ber wick . Excepting that the engine He then copied a hymn referring to the hour of prosecutor told him to take the tea into the warehouse was somewhat damage,l, •m il M fortunately pea larting with all earthly things, and concuded his slying upstairs. lie took the tea there, and from the time he injury ; but the guard a van of the goods train was smashed speech thus :-" And this hour has be e ne fully before , ace op the prosecutor inspected something was wrong. to pieces, and aeveml trucks were . also . much dm:gaged. me the great part of my life, but never as it should i When the prisoner came into the shop he noticed his One or two persons sustained slight injunes , but the (oily have been, until my arrest But may I find life and ,trousers pockets were bulky. He then sent him out person seriously hurt was the guard of . th ß e e goot .e l k s thin -ias heaven with my Goa! So farewell to everybody,and whilst be was away he had man named Thompson, who resides at . , vet Tommy Noon, =Mel Kelly." levy evinced the least from eilio- . for some arlaeB' i the same lox brought down into the shop and employed as an occasional guar . pea it juries a're i very lion. He complained that the authorities did not allow weighed. It then only weighed 201 b. S soz • serious, and on Sunday his cond was regar ded as hint money to secure witnesses, that be had been unfairly l ich seriously short. The prisoner entered the shop whilst the dangerous. A block of the line tookce, wla . treated be the press, and that hail he been tried elsewhere 1 box was being weighed, and seeng what was taking place, interrupted the traffic, the express from the south being he wouldhave been acquitted. He appealed to the editor made an effort to go through tthe parlour into the yard. delayed fur upwards of two hours, and the London mail of the Co/moist to „give his statement full publicity, and 1, The prosecutor followed and got in front of lain, and being also somewhat delayed. aeclareilby Jehovah tputting on his hat), and mentionini . said, " Eawin. that box of green tea which you fetched a 2HE FATAL GAS EXPLoSION. -In reply to in the place of the murder of the four men, that he en( , this evening I had weighed before you took it upstairs. Kelly hall been six corn away from the society of Burgess guides at the Royal Free Hospital and St. Bartholomew's , I have weighed it spin, and it is now short of the weight, and Sullivigu. Ile complained of his treatment in prison, Hospital yesterday, it was stated that n 3 further deaths ' and you have the tea in your pocket." The prisoner said and offavru, favour having been shown to Sullivan , amid con- • had as yet taken place ; but the man Joseph Inca, lying he had not, on which the prosecutor said, "It in no use eluded by protesting his innocence. The preparatioas • in the tomer hfarital, was stated to be in rach a pre you saying you have not, out with it." The prisoner again being completed, the men ascended the scaffold with carious condition that his recovery is regarded as hopeless. RAW he hail not. The prosecutor then said it Was of no their religious advisers, and all knelt down in l At St. Bartholomew's Hospital Luigi Scartici was stated use, on which the prisoner put his hands into las trouser' ' tocket ana took out a parml of tea (produceal. wrapped aP prayer. Burgess protease , ' penitence and hope in to be in a very critical position, but it is hoped that be God, thanked the officials for their kindness, and said °toady without twine. The p ‘ riso hen said, " I hope you may survive. The woman Siren Grego is doing well at he was ready to slat mit to the sentence of the law.present. Dr. Lankester, the coroner, has received notice Kelly ejaculated, " 0 God, lam not ready. Give will look overit." I replied. ' No; marl believe you have been me a robbing me for year' ." While the police-oonatableW3B hying of the deaths of Dominica Villa, William Cole, anti the fewimore minutes to speak.." The napes were adjusted, , youth Pietro Brazini. The inquests willbe opened on Thurs i sent for, the prosecutor again said to the T cal the caps drawn over their eyes. Levy, who was Mill '' riwner ' "Yo 'l day next at the Royal Free Hoepital, and afterwards ad i have got sonic more tea in your pocket." He said, "No •.' laPelillg OD the drop, cried out in a bowl and distinct , journed to the tarn Antis tavern, off the Gray's-inn but afterwards put his bawl into his trousers pocket and voice, " I an innocent." Kelly, while kneeling, attempted 1 road. The %hock of the explosion isdescribed Si being terrific. took out a leper containing half a pound of coffee. When to row n ot g the people rosembled. Ile called out,lt was diatinctly felt in the streets at the other able of 'I the prisoner was charged his resi d ence wits searched, and " I am not being hanged, I mu being murdered. ' the Farringdonroad, where the houses were shaken as if Th e ' about half a sack full of parcels contraning several articles drop fell t on a short time the men were dead. Burgess , they were about to fall. The windows in the immediate of saoeery, which there could be but little doubt belonged appearea to aie instantly, without a struggle ; Levy locality were broken to a great extent. The ruin of two to the prosecuter, was found. suffered two or three convulsions ; Kelly showed sigma of I Mr. Cooke said it was a case which he should send for houees which were blown down was complete. At present life the longest. While in gaol an ingenious attempt was . trad. zhe street is completely blocked up with the tkbria, which lushes by Levy to convey a note to Burgess, of which the . . is piled up in the roadway to the height of several feet. if freed Nolen aged 2:1, a labourer, of 1, Suffolk-street, Colaitig give. the following account :-" One of the under- The poor woman Dominica ITilla was seen to fall out into Cleraenwell, iind,Peteea Herrand. aged ?.2. of 3, Smith's assietants in the gaol had been attending on Levy at the street immediately after the first shock of the explo builaings, Islitiston, a Labourer, were charged with assault breakfast, and levy asked him to take a small fish to don was felt. She fell with a bed apparently Las RS if she ha Mr. William Marshall, tobacconist, of lligh-street, Burge.; for Lis I 1 reakfiest. 'f he man was proceeding * had run to it and caught held of it. The gas then, a to do so, when one of his snrs stopped him, and . Clerkenwell. bystander says, a sheet of flame ',baying over her and all on opening the fish found tale small billet . The proucetor, on Saturday afternoon. was stanaing at the san der A man caught hold of her ana dragged her • artfully the earner • of the Liverpool-roaa. when the prisoner Nolan, aincenled within. It was couched partly in elattg - , away lip to the footosah, and as lie did so, the flesh whom he L a d not seen before. and to whom he had not but its Main import was to the e ff ect that, if he and Kelly s e e mea to drop off her thighs and arms. Nevertheless, spoken. hit him a violent blow in the eye, arid blackened were to put their heals t •gether tot dvotr to get o ff , she lived for eighteen hours after. The boy Brazini was for it. ' Ph i s was done in the presence of Police-constable Burgess must bear them out in wha they said. The con- several hours under the ruins in the middle of the street, Faulkner, aaa N. to whom the prosecutor gave the prisoner eluding part of the note stated that Levy was pued how and the firemen stood upon the rubbish which concealed into custody. When the otter prisoner saw this, he hit to account for the 'ana, or the money he haa about himhis body to play upon the fire, in ignorence of the fact the prosecutor on the back of the head, and cannel him when he was apprehend -.1 ;and that if he could only 110 that lie was under their feet. At one o'clock on Sunday much pain. Both the prisoners heti been drinking, but that it would be hopeful, or some expression of a like morning, illem shifting some planks his remains were well knew what they were about, and on the way to the nature. When Levy learned that the note had been found ; he was then of course quite dead and fearfully police-station they were exceedingly violent and wade use covered he became greatly agita ed, and implored the of hail imi . g crushed. officer tor: turn it. saving that he would not on any ac- The prisoners pleaded arunkennesi as an excuse, and A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CoNVICTED OF As count that the rabbi shottla know he hail written such a Baia that they were Lawry far what they hail done. SAI I.T.- At the Haddington Sheri ff Court, on Satan ay, note, as it would cause the rabbi to think wosie of him. Mr. Cooke said that Ilninkenness was no excuse for such before Slicii ff Clark, Mr. John Fletcher, yr., of Salton, lie was bad that the note was eke cly in the hands of the disgraceful conauct. and if men liked to drink to such an anti two of his gamekeepers, named r,•spectively David authorities, and that the r ,bai woul•1 ceraainly know its excess as to make beasts of themselves, they must put up Young and George Anion, were chiugal with assaulting a conteets. Levy, on tlds, became :as pale as death, snit with the c o nsequence s . He should enter each of the pn- miner, named David Scott, on the 'Jth November trembled violeutly. Ile was supplied with restoratives, Boner% to pay a fine of ita or in default of payment they last, by pashina hoe into th e river Tyne, near Salton, which be could not properly convey to his lips." woula go to'the House o iCorrection with hard labour for and finella keeping him in the water against Ins will, and assa-r . one calendar month. to the honey of his person. Mr. Fletcher pleaded guilty • The prisoners were locked up in default to being art and part concerned in the assault ; and the AcETCULTrRAL PP.OSFECTA.-The week openea THAMES. keepers admitted the charge as libelled. Mr. W. Watson, with a mirxierately dry ..ay, but foggy and thick at them Pa Nei/jars, sn Irish labourer, WM brought before writer, on behalf of the accused, made a statement to the and wind mostly blowing from the south-west. alonalay court of the circuanstances under which . the assault had Mr. Partridge. charsed with being drunk and incapable of morning was il -nip and thick, with slight rain. and a takes place. There had been a ehootang-party on the moist rameeplacie throughout the day ; whet S.S.W. ; taking rare of himself. thermometer, Pa degrees ; barometer, alaan ibehes. This A police-constable minuet Ringmse, of the K division, 'lay hc, , t named h the akteeSpaelmtone,arerane u d pon in se t e h t e t course tehing o s f inip tai ng e said that lie found the prisoner with a child, two years old is not suitable weather fur wheat•thrashing, arid the which he was swinging by the leg in a manner calculated births on the lands of the home farm. . The place where he . WR . II found WRIT by the side of the farmers are rending in but small supplies' to market in con to endanger life. The prisoner was very drink and river, and within the range of the fire of the sportsmen. sequence ; scarcely sufficient, indeed, for the imineliate noisy, and for the protection of the man and the infant he wants of the millers, who are anxious buyer' of any per took both to the station-house. The child was restoied to He was there found illegally on the ground by the keeper.. eels in fair condition, and have generally had to pay snore its mother. Provoked at the shooting-party being thus disturbed, and money, notwithstanding this is the week when usually Mr. Partridge-Did he injure the child? judging from a statement made by Scott that he was a notorious poacher, the keepers ordered him to recross the large amounts are forcal to market, ma prices nine Witne.s-No, sir ; but the infant Was very much with the head downwards, river, which was about four feet deep at the place. This years out of ten recede from the diddle of December frightened. He swung it about up to Christmas. This year is an nEI the peat ana it Was in great daneer. the man refused to do; and Mr. Fletcher coming up at the liarity of last harvest, and until searching minas have The prisoner-The child is my own. moment, and learning the st.te of affairs, approved of las keepers' threat. Under his encouragement, therefore, the blown through the stacks, there is not much probability Mr. Partriace-Is that any reason you should swing it of dry sample+ nprearitig. The mille r s, the nre t om about in that dangerous manner'. keepers compelled the man to go into the river, and as he Palled to resort to foreign qualities. to en ante thein to fur- The pri•oner-I am very sorry. I hope you will not would not cross, kept him standing in the water for a short nub their customers with the matiufsetured article. send me to gaol. for I ha• e to appear at the Miaallesex time. It was urged that what hail been done was Tuesday wan a thick, muegy day. but the evening was Seesions on the ith of January. under provocation of Scott having illegally put bright and fine, with a high barometer up to 30.2 . • inehes. Mr. Partridge-For what? himself within the range of the sportamenat fire, Our advice' on that day from the West Riding of York- and under a mistake RS to his id 7 , The prisoner-For assaulting a police-constable. lam end • and that shire stated :-" The mild, open weather enables fanners bound over to appear at the seasions. Mr. Fletcher had taken no actual and in the to sow close up, as the turnips are eaten off, and tine Lied Mr. Pa. ti•lge-Your conduct has been very disgraceful assault. Sheriff Clark, in passing sentence, said becomes moderately ary, but there must be a areat breadth Julia w charged with a ultina indeed. You are fi nal :a. for being drunk• that in his mind the statement which had been made did not alter the character of the charge against Mr. Fletcher. .a ]mud that cannot he worked until sprme. ' Front the Fast Riding it was remarked :-" The weather still conti- hn Lucca, a young man, as c and attempting to rob William Kenny, %labourer. 6 Considering Mr. Fletcher's education awl station, and w eg h u li a t ny the gu y noes very mold for this period of the year, and navigation co l u t ld w. onl e y no loo ug k h utpohant he ad with the nortaern 1, rts, Russia excepted. is still iminter- The corn lament, a very table man, who was that be bail encouraged and supported his servants in il h ty ad wit i h °nP tlie h m e . and white woollen scarf, stated that he us rusted, and steamers are enabled to run as usual." This wearing a large r ed was ing along the Bow-road at half - p• 12 nt night, affects the fanners more a s regards supplies taan fiela work of any description, but is still of interest t. thau at the and when nearly opposite the Plough, a roadside public- forgotten the high position in which ha war placed, 2 and moment. From Northumbertana our adiic. , s inn :-" The . • ouse he met with the prisoner, another young man, and had taken the law into his own han Is, w areas, as a good weather has been dempaaringthe put week, with westerly three women. He was walking very fast, he scarf was subject, and one who, from his high station, ought to be winds." Wednesaay was a fine dry day. with some appear- loose about his neck to keep his throat warm. and he did the moat ready to regard and respect the majesty of the arcs of front at night. being so very clear ; while such a . not anticip ate any attack whatever, when all at once the 7 law, he had taken it upon him to become the interpreter day would give seine fanners an opportunity of comma one- p in frontof him and rabbed dust and mud pnsoner came ing to thrash, and a little of this work might be accom- into his eyes rand face. At the same time the others came - ther said he was glad to find that , by at once admittin plished. From the west conast of Scotlana , the weather in front of ]ti nt, and pullet his scarf very tightly about his hadmade ' 11 the amendment in the offence, Mr. Fletcher a he and boisterou. Throughout neck and trial to pull him down. He struggled hard, his power for what he had done ; and he believed and w " re rted t° "wet - • - • called out police. and got away from his assailante, who trusted that no greater punishment could be inflicted Thursday a dense foe prevailed, after a slight frost ; wind, N.N.W. ; thermometer in the morning :al, and at noon ail all ran away. He, pursued the prisoner along the Grove- upon a gentleman in tech a position than the fact of his degrees ; barometer, 30.45 to 311.40 inches. Our advices road and caught him. He was soon assisted by a police- standing convicted of such a crime. The Sheriff men ta= Warwickabire remark " Weatber during the week man and others, anti the prisoner was secured. tenced Mr. Fletcher to a fine of 10/., with an alternative has been unusualls - mild for the season, mostly fine, hut In to Partridgethe •tn 'd li . neck answer err. en ess SRI 111 of ten days' imprisonment , ea • ana the keepers to a fine of • foggy, dull, and dreary. Wind chiefly W. and S W." was swollen, and very had. and that he was not robbed of each, or five days' imprisonment. The fines were imme- Friday the atmospliere was thick, but not so fuggy as the On anything lmit a street-door key. His scarf was pulled very di e g , tel i P aid ' tightly about his neck. I..APTURE OF " SMASHERS" IN LIVERPOOL.- precious day : wind W.N.W. ; berometer still high, up to 35.40 inches, but slightly inclined to fell. On Saturday The prisoner !said he was innocent, and that when the Yesterday twomen, named respectively Thomas Coup and the fog returned, and was thick all the day, with scarcely prosecutor laid hold of him he struck him on the nose and \ Thomas Williams, who were respectably dressed, and had any wind ; thermometer :Ft aeerees at mid-day ; barome- made it bleed. He was a portmanteau maker by trnde. the reputation of being perfectly artistic " smashers," meter 30.25 inches, and falling. At night a change of Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said that a medical were charged before the stipendiary magistrate at Liver weather appeared very probable, slight drizz li ng rain student and hie brother were attacked by garotters in 1 Poe! with having a large quantity of counterfeit coin in having set in.-Mark Lane Express. Russell-street, Stepney, on Friday night. The gentlemen their senior . They are London men. Coup was ap robbed of bus watch and chain. The student's arehended as a auspicious person in Islington, at three ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. The b aas rother, a lad of fourteen , was kicked and ill-used. o'clock on Monday morning, and the officer who took him, number of patients relieved at this hoopital, during tbe Mr. Partridge--I shall remand the prisoner for a week after receiving two contradictory statements about the week ending Dec. 22, was 3,449, of which 1,118 were new for inquiries to be made about him. man's place of residence, went to a house in Kill-lane, cases. WANDSWORTFL where he found in a room occupied by the prisoner base [Advertisement.l-EioLLoway's OINTMENT AND Charles ; half -crowns florins shillin sad six Herrinaton, 55, a prdener, was placed in the coon -° . , P. Penoes. PlLLS.—Marvellous ceres of 'm.l/fit:a. stiff joints, paralysis of the dock, charged with attempting to commit suicide by having said he had been to a christening in Hunter- Coup Umbs, and other crippling &manes of the bones, sinews, and muscles, have been accomplished by Holloway's ointment. It is E _. l t c „, ha ruing himself on the London, Chatham, and Dover khi h street, the officer too m t ere to a house where he the only unguent which Pr time. any ha on these tom- tut found Williams in bed. In the bed, concealed, the eon- Plaints. The pills also work wonders. The ointment and pills Police-consta le Ba er, 1 waY a a t la. k 121 W, said that on Saturday stable discovered a bag containing 401. worth (nominally) should be used at the same time. for the action of the one as night he was on duty in Larkhall-Line, when t h e prisoner of base coin. They were both locked up and the coin Se greatly assisted by that of the other. Why should any human T an past him, exclaiming " Oh, oh !" He fol , l owe d hi r , cured. Skerce, the offioer, baring given evidence to this brine suffer from the above-mentioned maladies, when Iloilo- and asked him what was the matter, when he replied that effect, the two men were remanded. way's ointment and pills are to be found In every city and town in the world? These noble medicaments are composed aaa he intended to go on to the railway to commit suicide. HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA .ettc.I ; -- aa The prisoner climbed over a fence on to the line. Wit- i Pallg.--The number of patients relieved at this institution balsams. and areas benign and wil. " they ar ° p o • • w hen th e prisoner spin said fie In. ' during last week was 1,356, of which 272 were new eases. abiscleas. nem fo ll o wed him, myself. Mr. Hayman—l shall remand you. Alexander rife a young man, who refused his address, was charged with stealing a coat- On Saturday afternoon the prisoner was seen with two other men in the Wandsworth -road. He first went to a linendraper's shop, and tried to take a piece of cloth. Not suooeeding, he went next door, the shop of Mr. Folkard, a pawnbroker. He lookedat a coat which was hanging about two feet inside the door, when he pulled out something, and cut the cord which fastened it. He went to his compa nions, and, after speaking to them, he returned and drew the coat down. He wand the act of of putting the coat on when he was stopped, a struggle ensued. The prisoner denied the charge. He said that he was walking with `another gentleman" when he picked up the coat. Mr. Dayman remanded him for a week for inquiries to be made. I , . 1 1. ' k i ,! ' ''', ' \ i t , -:, i• i , ~ii ,1 i , . , . i 1 , , 4 ••"") 1 1::: , - ..... bnaheL Barley 691 otitis par 50114. (525. Bd.) Ogee to 38 cents gs. 7d.) per 40lbs. . liceseh 92 cents pes git,,,. eilsoan. lid 'forpermheat a: . Batoesak_ f uses & ho e : in'" . gumption, et full ries!. Oeskilllas cir ileur kid iiiii; I• i V , to 545. 6d. per 21301 be., choice qualities being as high as . - -_- . _. _ 6775. per 2tlolbe. Flour treat Aragon had brought 50s. per 2801b5., the great difference in price being from the searcite of the former. Some maize from Tortoni brought 38s. 6d. Wheat was very soiree ,• some from Urgel brought 63e. per qr. Breadseaffs at New York had expo. rienoed a further reduction. Flour 10e. to 25c. per h om y ..:.: Ni • lower, and wheat 2 to 3 cents per bushel; extra State 60er to 10 dole. 25e. (31s. 3d.), Ohio to 13 dub. (43e. Gd.). N 0.3 IMPS to 1 klilwaukie wheat 2 dela perbusbel(49eBd.per 4801babsmber (to leave • raestle, • I 2 d015.87c.(71e6d.), prime Californian to 8d015.38c.(834.91) lifitY ANT 3 Maize had fallen Be. to 100. per bushel, Western afloat to Mar awe.. • 1 dots. 10e. (27e. 6d.) Shipments Ist to 30th November: Paw& an' a Flour, 58,525 tangle • wheat, 95,871 bushels ; maim. or 7 11 174,025 bushels. At Maleraukie No. 1 wheat was que l l MO Y - 1 , 2 d o ll . 13c. per bushel, and about the slime at Chicago. !.r . ----•'-'-'-------- it C U A N ME tn MINING , STATISTICS. the A..• bete. 5, a A report issued by the Select Committee sp . at HOW ta pointed last said= to inquire into the operation of the lowing or P at Ls, t he for the regulation and inspection of mines, and rots bl jt hi trans* Te A e a k i " u t 8 rte the complaints contained in the petitions from miners d ng Great Bntain, states thet • great number of whammies to have been examined, but that on certain _points it toey. nd perhaps, be desirab l e to hear further andence. It Ins nit therefore remeramended that the committee should be re om appointed next session. According to a return prepaid gh an t by the Government Inspector of South Durham, it spews AB: see. t that the deaths from explosions of Ire-damp in (;tae cabin, el per Britain in the ten year s, 1856 to 1865 were 2,019. Out i t J. 11. Cu at this number 412 occurred in South Wales, 340 in York. Burns, so Lo re shire, 238 in North and East Lancashire, and 126 in South MI6, the Lawn : or in Staffordshire and Worcestershire The total number d Nonce or iced explosions from fire•damp in Great Britain waa Zil in 185 e, New Yor inch and 377, 215, 95, 363, 119, 190, 163, 94. and 168 MN,. BOStuil, • t of sively on the nine following years. The deaths trots falls - ST a off in Great Britain in the sauteporied (11i56-65) amounted is a, of 3,953, 745 of which occurred in South Staffordshire and hid 3 Worcestershire, 530 in fl• ni th Wales, 358 in 'pest T ll / 1 ,t, Z.l Lancashire and North Wales, and 23S in Yorkshire. f e Beata Ms. the ten years the number of deaths from accidean ii i • 6.000 shafts was 1 , 710, and from miscellaneous man ea the carrying irley, surface of the earth and in mines, 2,234. The tow d. to number of deaths from all violent causes in the tee years 6 sales was 9,916. Out of this number 1,357 occurred in South I. 3d., Wales ; 1,302 in South Staffordxhire and Worcestershire; Cabin I were 1,141 in Northumberland, Cumberland, and North Due la, he in for ham ; 970 in West Lancashire and North Wales ; and Forward Pawnee. cheat, in Yorkshire. In 1856, 1,0'22' deaths occurred from ell violent causes in Great Britain and 1,122, 931, 'J05,1,109, ;f er al.l d lies of 936, 1,133, 907, 867, and 91;4 successively in the nine and MA . i t. en d following years. Of the 9,916 deaths, 2,019, or 20 pre , Essex cent., were from fire damp exploaions ; 3,953, or 40 pee Light be cent., were from falls of roof and coal ; 1,710, 0 , 17 pa ), very cent., were shaft accidents ; and 2,234, or 23 per cent., tavonri White were miscellaneous accidents in mines and above mud. Ship he red, In the last two years (1864 and 1865) the returns for Great re Britain show a reduction of 1 191 deaths in proportion t o Arago d mor e the increased quantity of coal raised, or nearly 35 per Fulton Arsgo ✓ more cent., as compared with the fatality in the two pestle:lse floating and 1857. In the lye years, le 56 to 181.0, there were - Fire For ft Lot rote- 5,089 deaths from co ll iery accidents in Great Britain, sad ars. per during the same period 381,067,047 tons of cull were nine \ To )FR Co.. y II s h o w In the succeeding lye years, 1861 to 13,4.5, 468,548,905 toss s e wer e of coal were raised, so that if the dexthe had inereseed is the pre- the same proportion as the quantity of coal Wee B' i sk, was the deaths in the latter quinquenumal would have bees fine n i prices. 6,257, whereas they only amounted to 4,827 being La in th e t h s e e t t 1 ni b will be ,y, both less than in the former quinquenuiad. Thi s shows a re. (weath win b or . auction of fatalities to the extent of 23 per cent , in fi n Black dm we re years, being at the rate of 46 per cent. per annum in Ma and st Linly money ; tion to the coal raised. In the three years immediately p . , a t Ante- succeeding the passing of the Duplicate Shaft Act GSM after de. the deaths in Great Britain were the lesein proportion to . Town ioaftecolyalprecrteengtthahen purring z n w g e o re f ST • e remain• twin sacks per IK:A th e number of tons of c oal raised in Great Bribes horse , f u lly a , was 71,787,552 ;in 1565 it was 104,911 , 169. Taking tks Cap i f ore ign, several groups of inspection districts into which the coal. are y the pre- fields of the country are divided, the return shows the fol. Fares wi . There lowing results for 1305 :-To one death tbe number of to t. li became a miners employed was 1142 in South Wales ; 238 in Wet 14111 Towe t o ff er the Lancashire and North Wales ; 25e in Northumberland, ✓elay there Cumberland, and North Durham ; 2tte in South Stafford. barley on shire and Worcestershire ; 32:. in Mount•nteshire, Glower A • supplies .r.siure, Somerse• shire, and Devonshire ; 3.!0 in . Derby lau ded the shire, Is ottinghatneinre, icestendnre, and n areiekshue; was not the '340 in the western districts of Scotland ; 3:A.; in North tad A 1 low grind- East Lancashire ; 403 in North Staffordshire, Shropshire, it a limited and Cheshire ; 414 in South Durham ; 450 in the teeter' per coast, districts of Scotland ; ami d 636 in Yorkshire. I Le malting .- - •-•-• -- !!'-T - M .- -- in prices, MARKETS. A tedium and Lack. Very ._-...--- w remained LONDON WEEKLY DOCK REV.-BM-We. 21 . f any new _________•lntportd Deluerd Pr. Stoat. leg. • • arri val , of SUGAR-W.l Mids. Rtres. I 74e , .2.ras , 84,673 15,449 lo f "ame" Do. . ..... hrs. &bags , , 2.52 , 1,840 I 7.50 , 7,226 *thing from 'Mauritius bogs - , LW i e.;. 347 122713 • Christmas, East India hags{ 11,999 1 4,010 1 215,122 216,320 but fine old !Siam ... ........ baskets' - ; 49 RI g ihearr, and rein" bags' 30,413 Out, • 949,9 d 6%499 I VA" ....... • , leXee l . 7,.) \ 3,:04 MVO 4e;gl6 sa y iron ' ;2 * Fore gulluscovaanasegs, - :341 ; if4s tent • :01,890 qrs • e r ,L paekagea - , tr 33 . 27,570 b,lfai ,er a previous Beet Root ... ..... maks. le. 7 • lls4 2,a54 me conviction Do. .... . . hags' 105 310 ; 1,419 40.535 tiou am' by the Coeree-W. I packagea - 120 I 712 '2.14 d o icir demands. Do brie & bugs, -- - - - tr.,' ns on Mom Ce y l ; n o . .. ::iii i . ..... 1 t ..1 2 €. 3 .. ii; '1 1 13 7 r.; 14 3 4 . ; 1 6 1 9 lefty French. Mocha .. ... .. packsies 21 45 • 1.404 1,449 but foreign other E. India packages, 1,627 1 1,506 36,551 42,151 'there be.ng Erozil A. Costa Race bags: - 1.699 30.499 t was without 0 009 A begsi 224 , 397 • 14,,,41 14,5 45 bags - , 1. yon lilowlay, . Bu F m ore i g n casks , 4:• , 7 • 1,145 i 23,265 11,C4 ;igsberg. The I D o . Mids.' - - - ma belly'' , anti j MGR, East India tons' 1 T 35 ' 495 • 30.52) \34 41d there was no ' SAL2O;2III - - tons' '5455 • hal . 10,349 , 448 ny linseed was - -- ,rm. Cakes in I.7rF.RPoOL, Dee. 21.-The cotton and share markets ere next market. both closed to-day. cheerful, both I ._-___- tard, ke. Thu I CORN.-Letie, DEC. 24 .- The attendance at market ol noted an tin 1 scriptions remain unaltered in value. Beans and pew lieininre:taponneedisnogf 1 wdeasmanverYdedliminitledpri; prices soufppTluyeorelf awybleaaett.W"Tarslineyall'of allwhidt Ye a improvement dull but no cheaper. Per quarter imperial to the Va. Salisbury and grower :-Wheat. white, old, 621bs. to 631te., 62a t i I. Hull was to li3a.; red, ditto, 621bs. to ',Albs., GOA to 21 . wee reporte.j. . white, new, Glib,. to tk:..'11.i., :i9ii. to ze.l. I little variation ditto, albs. to G2 l bs., Sea. to 625. Barley, best chevalier inferior bailey I Malting, fi3lbs. to 541b5., 465. to 515.; ditto runs chevalier or Edinburgh the ; ditto, 521bs. to 531ba.. 40s. to 445. thit4. 361hs. to Os. k t was generally , 245. to 265. Beans, G3lbs. to 4.511a5., 44e. to 48s. Po, es were finn for maple, 631 95. to 641 be., 375. to 418. / 1.. iome-grown, but -.-----. a. CATTLE -LIVERPOOL, Inc. 21.-Tbis being Christine Le:hpefowrrereztr,ezfit..4dt; eve the attendance of buyers sma ll . Mall, tbe torT l l week his been also of cattle and sheep being 'The demand good I , at full prices for both cattle and sheep. Beef, lia• W a . T : 7 1 i 0 d 60 ... m sh u ee tto o n s , 000 7 d. to 8).1. per lb. Cattle st market, arch and April, , " - " ' c see. 48f. 75e. per ' COALS.-LONDON, DEC. 24.-Budille's West Hartle!, 49e. 9d. per 240 11.75. lid. • Cowpen Hartley, 17s. 9.1. ; Davison'e trea ?- l e. ( 50 a. ;W.) i llartley,'l7s. lel. ,• Walls Eud Gosforth, 17s. 9(1.0 1 :_, 118 ,:tdril:)c7t.if . (5 ( °1. 48s . 4.' t k l . 1 ) . .; E H n a d r t 1 ep oo Horton ,l, al The wheat trade market, 58 ; 2 ar?ild, g- 6d 51. ; 51s. per 28011,s. ) Haswell, 21s. ticl. ; Walls End Hetton, 20s. 6d_. ;n ne the movement. End }Eaton Lyons. 17s. 9.1. ; Walls End Turatall, per 2801 M .) was 17s. 911. ; Walls End Cassop, 19s. thl. ; Walls End 4 24 17s. 9d. ; Eden Main, Dle. Cel. ; Wau5...r.,.. ingeof prices for ' ...e-,-------------••" il. k. to 46f. per 120 Walls End Tees, 20s. 3d.Shiys II er red, 41f. to 44f. TRAFFIC RETURNS. 47f. (72a.) Rye . ___-..- per qr.) ; the best ; RAILWAY& ilos. (3es. per qr.) I lles rsa- cbsabs. lfer- T i alal. w. 1414 ,.. opera. @engem . Week audit* Dec. Dee. I. A A • .."21 oats, 24a. per 100 mile in the country m w ei as t n in ew enlm, with Week ending Dec. 6. Week eading Dec. T. qualities. Detroit and Milwaukee.... 199 -- ""' a ' iv 0 Gran w d Trunk of Canada ..137T 11,051 19,066 29,117 aie- ' ' showing an art Great weween of c . 0 .d.. 3 , 5 _. -. 10,531 130 e per hectolitre Week ending D ec. 16. s was also dearer. Brecon and Merthyr ...... 69 SOO 55 9 1151 1.371 m r qr.) higher. The Week ending Dec. 22. ectation, exhibited eonenn.erighton,e.i.Coast 5141 15,9• N 6,442 2 " . " 0 .‘ass lCl ~ C. y demanding Is. tel. South Esstern ..... 330 19,214 6,512 2,5746 2..- 1 the demand ; rye ` rBaPricefisou; flou r, 48s. 48 w s. hee 6' t 1 , .....-. • in buyers' favour . ' .-e-- BIRTH% IfARRIAGES, AND DEATH& Baltic, white. 70s. ; BIRTHS. 'ars thu s i. per qr. lower. At .1. 11 MeAvoy, Esq., of a &Mehl a.. r _. _ ~,,m , 80% es was a ready sale for MeAYOY.-December 21, at Arthur-road, 11,1 s, sprung up for white Blltge*F;f-:?erther Tly,j.at Irw,fimllltlzr.t ad e I advance. One year 117.:We1Ne..- December 2 1 1,. oat.Leatifierhead, Mrs Hew les, sold at higher rates Gal. ; rye wax unal• ' a son. salvance in the out-.--,..... tbr Barley had declined SERB . -December 21, at tienlaws House, Boxbustlu."-• Led wheat at Ham. wife of W. S. Kerr, Esq., of a son. 51 ACTURIC.-December 20, at Ryeland 4 i ol, was sold at 3145. The . Lewip . h.j. - cent r 1, the to Saxony, but flour ' ,of a son. .umur at Berlin, and MARRIAGV. • 1 the- 101 tad been fairly active, ' BURIDGE-L.A.-Deeember 22, at rd. Martin s. n. „..,......, ;on of accounte for the Iby the Rev. Mr. Cooper, Mr. A. • Berridge, of huig. 7 7ri Abingdon. Berks. occurred, with prices Wlr str fle :el f , 0 8 6e tra G n . ( 1 34 , l'eci to n2 fitu rk.iq uaa, 4. John's Clued ilt refers remained dull. , 111'0111,34--WALLIM-Decernber 28. at . .. ~.t. ,..we, • .bin. Richard Hugh Hughes, 1.4%- `a " ." . 4 Der me impeded. Heavy I elleateth , widow of the late Frederica 'Walk r, bat, - May. 2oll paid. The , ham-green. b! VW.' Reaurnur. Sup- ; MARTIN -FACLES.-December el, nt Westmlnater restiot frost; and by rail they i the Rev. 8. Martin, C. I'. Martin, Ead , to "ea , . ant of waggons, these I T. K. Yantis, Reg., of London. military trensport. ' DEATHS. Ediaberldh Is le limited w i de • b u t ' ARNOTI.- December 21, at Weeps-place, lug, had haidened note Esq. Tee.Q A -December 20, at Derby, W. Elm lle i• BART.-December ft, at Reigate. article quoted lower : BLldSi r . qr. A week's sales ' 1,...i7ue1hn0tcr:,..,,,,.:::-.:7uturhuu..44C:ireitts 1 475. to 61s. per qr. ; i Rm. . ; 800 qrs. barler . e LARUZ.-Deeember 21, Mr. J. Large, of The 1 Wag filmed by r:cet, I Norwood. Soiree. aged 01. o f 'L I ' w•"%ten Marla, wile Tye , f or Deom b er, I NICHOL& -December it, at e-e- . , Nichols, aged Til ..we. 0 • Though fair supplies ' BrBeEY.-Deeember 21, at Holly Lodge. Tarnbama- - emtent (Canada), they i diesel, Mr. O. Sibley. penor extra flour 8 al. I (275. 9d) Businem at •- Ulla - • Feinted gad Pablidied b WUJJAM ILO' i i st i wessitiee, stocks being - L iii .eadeerest, ita tal• 01 1.1114014 4r-iTiggioe toga p. barrel ( 330 4 1 Office lie lembereetreet. i lls Fra 62° ‘ 4 Eliza, tb imuswid6 r, wife 1 4 % 14 ring wheat 1d.55 c. per UMW, Dnengesnit 96. 1995. . ) . • 11111.11111111111111