The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

THE NAVY. On Wednesday evening the Duke of Somerset and Rear-Admiral C. Eden, C. 8,, arrived at Ports mouth Dockyard from London. The Duke pro ceeded to Osborne in the Fire Queen steam tender, remreining there until yesterday morning, when he ret 7 arned to Portsmouth in the Fire Queen, and. was received on landing at the King's-stairs of the dock yard, by Admirals Sir H. Bruce, Ron. G. Grey, Eden, and Robinson. The Duke, accompanied by the officers named, then examined the Royal Sove reign, converting to a shield ship, and afterwards paid a lengthened visit to the Defence, 18, iron fri gate ~ Capt. R. A. Powell, .C. 8., in No. 10 Dock. Tb e Royal Alfred, converting to an armour-cased igate, was next visited, after which their lord 'ships went on board the Psyche, new Admiralty paddle yacht, in the steam basin. From the Pysche 'their lordships visited No. 11 Dock, just begun in its construction, and other parts of the yard. After visiting the Admiral-Superintendent's office, the Duke of Somerset and Rear-Admiral Robinson re -turned to town ; Rear-Admiral Eden remained behind, and proceeded to Fort Cumberland, the head - quarters of the Royal Marine Artillery. :The Zebra, 17, 200 horse power, Commander A. 11. Hoskins, will remain at Sheerness a few days longer, in order to have some defects in her ma chinery remedied. When taken out of harbour on her trial trip a few days ago, it was found almost impossible to get the requisite amount of steam from the boilers to the engines, although the former had a pressure of 201 h. It was also found that the screw would not tack turn at all. These defects, together with the requisite alterations to the valves, are now being remedied, after which the Zebra will proceed to SPithead to await orders. She has her full com platy ant of officers and men on board. ,The Rhadamanthas, paddle, Master-Commander r.iturdee, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Woolwich, laden with boilers and machinery. The Shannon, screw frigate, Capt. Wainwright, - went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spit head. She will be placed in dock to stop a leak in her bottom and for other purposes. In consequence of an accident to the machinery of H.M.S. Mullet, 5, Commander C. H. Simpson, after her return from the trial trip, she was removed from the Little Nore to the basin at Sheerness dockyard to be reraired, having first discharged her powder on board the flagship Formidable. The result is that the Mullet will not be able to proceed to her desti nation on Friday, as was reported in The Sun of yesterday, but will be detained at Sheerness for 801310 days. The Fidget steam gunboat, 20 -horse power, after having undergone very extensive repairs in her hull and machinery, was taken out of No. 4 dock in 'Sheerness dockyard and placed in the 3d division of the Steam Reserve at Sheerness. The Lizard, 3, paddlewheel tender, Lieut. and Comm.anderW. Spratt,has left Sheerness for Dover, to be employed in laying down targets for practice from, the guns at the fort: 72he Resistance, 18, iron-plated steamship, 3,668 tons, 600 horse power, is being brought forward '.cith great rapidity. Her masts are all fixed, and her rigging nearly completed. She will in a short time be ready for commission. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—George Simpson, of the Coquette, confirmed first-class assist.-engineer ; Adam Young, of the Banshee, promoted to first class assist.-engineer ; William Fraser, of the Im perieuse, confirmed as second-class assist.-engineer; T. W. Dearden, of the Cumberland, in the Medusa, 'confirmed as second class assist.-engineer; and J. W. Owen, of the Dasher, in the Speedy, confirmed as second class assist.-engineer. Commander C. D. Bevan has been appointed an inspecting commander of the Coastguard vice Wasey, whose period of ser vice has expired. Commander E. Nares has been appointed an inspecting commander of the Coast guard, vice M'Donald, promoted to be Captain. THE ARMY. The Secretary of State for War, Sir G. C. Lewis, accompanied by Captain Caffin, R.N., C. 8., Direc tor of Stores, and Mr. G. D. Ramsay, Assistant Director of Stores, inspected the Army Clothing Establishment at Pimlico on Monday last. He was conducted over the establishment by the several officers in char ge of the respective departments; Major-General J. Bloomfield, ,Inspector-General of Artillery, has left town for Yarmouth to inspect the ;;oast Brigade and batteries. The gallant Ge r4eral afterwards willpay official visits to Lowestoft and Harwich. Major-Gen. A. B, Stransham, C. 8., Deputy- Adjt.-Gen. Royal Marines, yesterday inspected the Royal Marine Artillery, in their practice, with ship, field, and siege ordnance. The Major- General, accompanied by Col. Schomberg, Royal Marine Artillery, and Capt. Travers, Aide-de-Camp, arrived at the outerpractice ground at two p.m, and vas received by Col.-Commandant Fraser and staff. After some little delay, Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C. 8., arrived, when the practice commenced from the gun battery with 32-pounders and 8-inch guns, firing shot at 500 yards' range. The first shot grazed the top of the target, but the second carried it clear away, and the remainder of the shots fired were directed merely at that portion of the sandbank where the target had originally been fixed. The time and precision of fire from these guns were all that could be desired. The mor tar battery, containing seven mortars, 8 and 10 inch, was next visited, and several rounds of dead shell fired at 600 yards, At the conclusion of the mortar practice the Major-General next proceeded to the &cis cm the south front of the fort, where a field-battery of 12-pounder Armstrongs and a rocket field - b4ttery of 7 and 12-pounders, with one 2-1- porhnd siege -rocket tube, were in position. These tatter were, as usual, somewhat uncertain in their range and flight, but some excellent practice was made from the Armstrong at 1,500 and 2,000 yards' range. Excellent practice was also made from the 8-inch gun, smooth bore, mounted on the south-east angle of the fort. AR inspection of the laboratory, and some further practice with Armstrong guns concluded the day's proceedings. The men had been previously inspected in their broadside and pivot gun drill;, and an inspection had also been made, in the et:ictest sense of the words, of the men's kits, barrack -rooms, regimental boots, &c. On Wednes day the men were paraded on Southsea-common for battalion movements, but the weather was so bois terous that it was impossible to convey the words of command along the line, and the greater part of the movements passed in dumb show. It is not impro bable that both corps, the Artillery and Light In fantry, may be brigaded together previous to Major- Gen' %transham leaving the garrison. The inspec tion O f., , 'us Light Infantry will be proceeded with to-aay. Yesterday Col. Nedham, commanding the Royal Artillery i n the Chatham district, resumed his in spection of the b field battery, 13th brigade, Royal Artillery, quartered at Chatham garrison. On the previous day the insp iotion was confined to a close examination of the k ite and accoutrements of the men, and the harness, &c., of the battery. Yesterday the entire battery, which numbers nearly 250 men of all ranks, together With a the horses and six of the Armstrong field guns, Proceeded to Cha thstn Lines, under the command of Major N. M. Mackay. Each Armstro n g gun cartridge.was s uPPlied with twenty rounds of blank Colonel Ned ham, attended by his staff, arrived on th e g roun d soon after the battery was formed, when he directed - the officers and men to execute a variety of manoeuvres, many of which wero of a highly inte resting description. They performed them in an exceedingly efficient manner. Colonel Nedham sub. sequently inspected the battery, dismounted, on the parade ground of Brompton Barracks, and brought his inspection to a close by the inspection of the official books and documents of the battery. The half-yearly inspection of the Royal and In dian Engineers at headquarters, Chatham, was brought:to a conclusion yesterday by Col. Harness, C. 3., who inspected the 29th, 37th, and 38th com panies at Brompton Barracks, and afterwards exa mined the books and accounts of each company. Owing to the large arrivals of troops from India and the colonies at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, it has been found necessary to remove the depot of the 51st Light Infantry, under the command of Capt. G. B. Macqueen, from that establishment to the Hut Barracks at Brompton, where the 3d bat talion of Infantry, to which the 51st is attached, is quartered. The depot of the 51st is very strong, the companies having been augmented to 250 men by volunteers from other corps. The headquarters of the regiment are in India. The East India troopship Newcastle, 1,250 tons burden, Capt. C. Wiltshire, belonging to Messrs. Green and Co., London, 96 days from Calcutta, with a large number of troops from the regiments serving in the Bengal Presidency, numerous pas sengers, and a valuable cargo, arrived off Grave send on Wednesday evening, and yesterday disem barked her officers and troops at Customhouse-quay, Gravesend, under the direction of the officers of the staff from Chatham garrison. The Newcastle sailed on the 16th of January, and reached St. Helena (the only land touched at) on the 15th ult., sailing thence the following day. She brings home 57 men of the Royal Horse Artillery, six of the Royal Ar tillery, nine of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, nine of the 34th, one man of the 35th, seven men of the 38th, two of the 48th, 11 of the 52d Light Infan try, 15 of the 54th, 29 of the 77th, one man of the 88th Connaught Rangers, two men of the 90th Light Infantry, four of the 97th, and three of the Rifle Brigade, with 31 women and 41 children, and the following officers—viz., Captain M. C. Farring ton, 51st Light Infantry; Lieut. L.W.Desborough, 27th Emaiskillens ; Lieut. A. Ford, Royal Artil lery; and Staff• Surgeon J. Meane. Four deaths and one birth occurred on board during the voyage. The troops on• landing at Gravesend yesterday were medically inspected by the staff from Fort Pitt Hospital, when 22 men were selected for admission into the hospital, and the remainder forwarded to the Chatham invalid establishment. The Royal Artillery on landing proceeded at once to Wool wich. The cargo brought home by the Newcastle consists chiefly of Assam tea, rice, and indigo. The troopship Holmesdale sailed from Calcutta on the same day as the Newcastle, but took the ground on going down the river. The Lady Jocelyn, screw steamer, with upwards of 200 troops on board, from Calcutta, arrived at St. Helena on the same day that the Newcastle took her departure from that island. We have to record the death of Sir John Kin caid, senior Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, and one of the few remaining officers who were present at the battle of Waterloo. The deceased was born in 1789, and was consequently in his 73d year. Having received his education at Polmont School, in Linlithgowshire, he entered the army in 1809 as an Ensign in the Rifle Brigade, and was present at the Walcheren expedition, and subsequently served in the greater portion of the engagements of the Peninsular campaign. He was one of the leaders of the storming party of the Light Division at the siege of Cuidad Rodrigo. He served also through out the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battle of Quatre Bras, the retreat on the following day, the battle of Waterloo (where his horse was wounded in five places, and killed under him), and capture of Paris. In 1845 he was appointed one of the Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard, and on be coming senior Exon in 1852 received, according to usage, the honour of knighthood. In 1847 he was appointed Inspector of Prisons in Scotland, and in 1850 Inspector of Factories there. He was the author of several works in relation to military mat ters, among which may be mentioned " Adventures in the Rifle Brigade," and "Random Shots from a Rifleman." In recognition of his military services he had received the silver war medal with nine clasps for the Peninsula, and also the medal for Waterloo. Sir John retired from the army in 1831, and was unmarried. . THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. There probably never was a more gigantic illus tration of the mere principle of work than is shown by the every day progress of the interior of the building. To be seen as an industrial exhibition it should be seen now, with its thousands of opera tives of every class, trade, and profession, from the bricklayer to the sculptor-artist, all hurrying, all striving to perfect their own individual tasks, all labouring or made to labour with such an unre mitting perseverance and economy of time as changes the aspect of every part of the interior with every hour that passes. Each visit shows a newer and, generally, better arranged display. What in the morning is only roughly prefigured as an exhibitor's stall is a trophy or a beautiful case before night, and from early dawn till dusk all the hive is busy, and there is such multiplied subdivision of labour as proves that even by Thursday next something like order will be worked out of the present chaos of packing-cases, straw, lumber, deal, barricades, bricks, and cordage. That the Exhibition will be complete in all its wonderful details of art and in dustry is literally almost impossible, but it will be as much more perfect in its arrangement for the opening than that of 1851 as the Exhibition itself will be superior in nearly all that relates to material progress. Every day shows more and more clearly that as an exhibition of arts and manufactures it will be one of such general perfection and complete ness as the world has not yet seen. Each class and each country confesses itself surprised at what others have accomplished. Thus, France says, " We knew what we intended to do, but we had no idea that Prussia and Austria were coming out so strong." Pottery is surprised at hardware, machi nery at textiles, Sheffield at Birmingham, and so on through them all. Eazb is conscious of how they themselves have striven for perfection, though none seem to have thought that others were actuated by the same motives ; and the result of the combined efforts is a general astonishment at the completeness and worth of all, even rivals. The foreign division of the building, in si ite of the care and labour of its indefatigable superintendent, Mr. Owen, can not possibly be even half-arranged by Thursday next. As a rule, most, though not all, of our foreign competitors are behind, and almost as much so in their picture galleries as they are in their courts. A day or two after the opening, however, will soon overtake this lost ground, when the English will have to look to themselves, for the continental courts being limited in space, and therefore in con tribution, show only their chef d'oeuvres in each class, and the general perfection of our own branches of manufacture may be lost sight of before the sur passing excellence of isolated specimens from abroad. Austria has sent some superb groups in marble to decorate the entrance from the dais leading to her court, though unfortunately, as most of these are evidently only intended to be seen from the front they lose half their effect when placed as central figures. Belgium has also sent some admirable bronze statues, but one of the best and most spirited came in from Sweden yesterday. This represents two men strapped together after the old Runic fashion of duelling and fighting to the death with knives. The story of the fatal encounter, from its first outbreak to the widow weeping before the un couth Runic stone which marks the grave of husband and lover, is simply but forcibly told in bas relief beneath the groups, some of which are literally copied from the old Runic original. These fine statues are cast in zinc bronzed over, and, even allowing for some slight faults, which are probably due to the metal itself, the whole group is beyond a doubt the most spirited and lifelike in the build ing. Berlin is showing a very beautiful collec tion of porcelain works of art under the western dome. Conspicuous among these are two exqui site busts in Parian of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, which are actual portraits in their minute resemblance to the originals. In this class also Dresden has entered the field in great force, and the works from the Royal Saxon manufactory at Meissen will be among the chief attractions in this Portion of the foreign side. Some of the Dresden Chandeliers, mirror frames, and groups of figures, are re a l marvels of ceramic excellence, both as to colourin g ; and form of figures and outline. Sevres, also, is sending, . some su p er b o bj ec t s t o th e F re nch c ourt, wnich,lik e those of Dresden and Berlin, will b e characteristic of th e i r own pecu li ar exce ll ence; and, each branch • it is said the English collection 0 e, be equal to its many un tllig w h il in as a wh ol e, rivals, it will not, as a national manufacture, be characteristic of anything beyond our successful and, too often, almost servile imitation of the forms of others. The painting and gilding of the trophies in the THE SUN' LOADON, FRID EVENINA-, APRIL 25, 1862. nave is advancing very fast, and the result becomes more inharmonious every hour. The great mistake that appears to have been committed is in not having in the first instance restricted the erection THE MERRIII4C AND THE MONITOR. (From the Mobile Register of March 18.) We annex below a communication sent into Con gress (Confederate) on Thursday by the President, with reference to this victory, and covering the official report of the engagement : " To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF of trophies to manufacturers only. Retail dealers, who manufacture nothing, but sell almost every thing, have therefore seized upon the occasion to erect their so-called trophies, and turn them into an advertising column ugliEr, if possible, than that celebrated French one which so long withstood the assaults of the Duke of Wellington in front of Apsley House. Had some rule of this kind as to manufacturers been laid down at first, there would have been no intrusion of tawdry vulgarities upon the nave, such as the execrable toy trophy, and which, in spite of its repainting, still remains so paltry that it would be utterly beneath notice, but for the offence it gives to everybody in the building, English and foreign. Though this unhappy in truder is the worst of its class, it is not altogether alone, for on the whole there is far from being an improvement in the art designs of English exhibi tors of cases and trophies since 1851. Then so little was attempted in the way of decoration of the cases that none were much shocked at failures, but now trophies are not only to be trophies of manufacture but trophies of decoration also, and it is evidently thought that the principal means to that end con sists in a profuse application of gilt and colour. When proper artists have been employed of course gold and colours are used sparingly and always with the best effects, but in the majority of in stances the cases and f trophy-stands are strik ingly at variance with the good taste shown by the same exhibitors in the manufacture of the articles they themselves wish to dis play. Thus, Defries's great glass chandelier is a noble specimen of good taste and artistic manufac ture, and yet the ambitiously-designed framework from which it is to hang is conspicuously ugly both in form and decoration. Naylor and Vicars, of Sheffield, have put up a noble peal of cast-steel bells, the largest of which weighs five tons. The belfry framework of this peal was most effectively decorated; but, not content with this, the belis them selves have now succumbed to artistic treatment, have been painted ultramarine, varnished over, and gilt. All semblance of their real nature, and the cleanness of their casting has thus been completely hidden, and, viewed from the floor, they now look like so much papier-mache work. In these matters, perhaps, every one has a right to his own bad taste, but there are some things which are so conspicu ously offensive and ill-judged that the general manager will interfere to procure their mitigation, if not their removal, before the opening. The Commissioners have given notice that at the close of this day all empty packing-cases must be removed out of the building, and have issued posi tive orders to the various superintendents to see that this rule is carried into effect, whether the owners of the packing-cases are ready to receive them or not. But empty cases are not the only obstructions. • It is those which are still full that are chiefly in the way. Exhibitors should come down to the building without loss of time, and see to the unpacking of their goods, for they may depend upon it that, after a certain date, the Commissioners will be compelled to issue a stringent order against more cases being unpacked until the opening has taken place. Cases, both full and empty, were for a long time an utter obstacle to progress in the an nexe for machinery in motion ; but since a party of the Royal Naval Reserve men, under Captain Maynard, have been sent down, the building has been cleared, and is now progressing fast towards its final adjustment and good order. At 10 o'clock on Wednesday next the building will be cleared entirely of all the exhibitors and their workmen. There will positively be no relaxation or depar ture from this rule. The building will then be swept out, dusted, and put in tolerable order, and the full rehearsal of the great musical programme proceeded with. All sorts of statements and mis statements as to the unfortunate differences which have arisen as to who is to conduct certain portions of the music have been afloat for some time, Into these we certainly will not enter. The musical world has long made up its mind as to the merits or de merits of the quarrel, and if it had not we should never attempt to guide it to a decision one way or the other. Where there are many musicians no one expects harmony ; so it is sufficient to say that this portion of the opening arrengements is complete. The majority of the places from which the coun try chorus were selected have been visited by officers of the Sacred Harmonic Society, and the musical qualifications of those engagf d severely tested. As the committee reserve to themselves the right of similarly trying the capabilities of each performer, on arrival in London, from those districts which it has not been possible to visit, an amount of choral excellence will be secured far exceeding that at any former great musical ceremony. The places and stands in the great orchestra are all marked out. The band will occupy the front part of the great platform—the violins disposed on the right and the left, and the wind instruments in the centre, the whole being flanked by the 90 double basses and violoncellos, with the three sets of ket tledrums at equal distances in front of the chorus. A considerable echo having been found to exist under the dome, the orchestra will be covered at a proper height with a drumhead-shaped, oiled and hardened striped canvass awning, which will not only destroy the echo, but materially aid in pro pelling the tone through the length of the nave and , the transepts. All the music will be truly and entirely choral. From the outset it was foreseen that, encum bered as the main avenues would be with lofty trophies and hangings, solo voices would be almost quite inaudible. Even the solo portions of " God save the Queen" will be sung in unison by all the voices ; and there is no doubt but that the effect of this large mass of voices pealing down the length of the nave will be immeasurably fine ; it will be sung at the opening and conclusion of the ceremony. The " Hallelujah Chorus" and the " Amen Chorus," from the Messiah, will also be performed. The remaining vocal music will consist of an Ode by Professor Bennett, the words by Tennyson. This work is also entirly choral, with full orches tral accompaniments. Written and composed for the occasion, and performed as it will be by nearly 2,500 carefully selected artistes, it will doubtless prove a most valuable port ion of this great musical display. At the request of the International Com missioners, M. Sainton will be the conductor of Professor Bennett's Ode. The instrumental music will comprise an over ture by Meyerbeer, written for the opening. The parts are all engraved. It concludes with a well known English national air, and this coupled with the high repute of this distinguished composer renders it a work of great interest. The March by Auber, also written at the request of the Commis sioners, will be equally interesting. The official outline of the programme of the pro cession appears in another part of our impression. Its great error—apart from those little inelegancies of composition which have been peculiar to the official notifications on this occasion—is that it limits the hours for the arrival of visitors from 12 to half-past 1 o'clock. This rule is simply ridiculous. Such a number of season tickets have been sold, and the sale is now increasing with such rapidity, that there will probably be not less than from 25,000 to 30,000 spectators in the building on Thursday next, and this number cannot possibly set down from their carriages and pass through the turnstiles in the specified time. None, certainly, can be admitted after half-past 1, but, unless the Commissioners want to exclude a large proportion of the visitors whom from the mere sale of tickets they know are coming, they must open the building to the public , at 11, instead of 12. 1 [A DV En T l SEXENT.]—Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Inflammations of sensitive parts, piles, fistulas, and such like painful diseases, may, without consulting any one, be presently relieved and ultimately cured by the proper and diligent use of thin cooling and healing ointment, whose action should in such cases bo assisted by judicious doses of Holloway's pills. Ere many days have elapsed the anxious patient will experience a wonderful degree of ease from this treatment. Doubts and fears will soon disap pear, and the sufferer will bless the day on which he fi rs t applied these remedies. They are equally suitable to both sexes, all ages, and any climate ; nor is their efficiency im paired by long keeping. Their action on tho frame is soothing, safe, and certain. TEE YELVE.RTON CASE. The celebrated case of Thelwall v. 'Yelverton was reopened in the Court of Common Pleas on Wednes day by the motion of Dr. Ball, Q.C., on behalf of the defendant, the Hon. Major Yelverton,to amend the bill of exceptions by omitting the finding of the jury upon certain collateral issues mentioned— namely, that a marriage, valid according to the laws of Scotland, was contracted between the de fendant and Maria Theresa Longworth or Yelver ton, in Edinburgh, in March, 1857, and that a mar riage, valid according to the laws of Ireland, was celebrated between theni in the Roman Catholic chapel of Killowen in August, 1857. Mr. Ball said it was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a sum of about £250 for goads, &c., sup plied to the defendant's wife. The defendant's pleadings denied that the goods, &c., were supplied to his wife ; and the issues raised on those pleadings were, whether any goods were supplied by the plaintiff to defendant's wife, &c. When the case came for trial, at the sittings after Hilary Term, 1861, the plaintiff, to prove his case, produced Mrs. Yelverton as a witness, and in the course of her evidence she deposed to the celebration of two cere monies of marriage between her and the defendant ; one a contract in Scotland, in March, 1857, per verbs de presenti, and the other the perfotmance of a ceremony in Ireland by a Roman Catholic clergy man at Kilowen, in the County Loath, in the month of August, 1857. This question of marriage did not arise on the pleadings but on the evidence. The Chief Justice charged the jury, and pointed out to them that this question of marriage must determine the case. There might be a valid marriage either in Scotland or Ireland. The jury, as stated in the bill of exceptions, found that a marriage was en tered into, according to the law of Scotland, in March, 1857, and that a marriage, according to the law of Ireland, was solemnised in March, 1857, and that the goods were supplied to Mrs. Yel verton, &c. The defendant objected to this special finding upon questions collateral to the questions raised on the pleadings. These questions were, no doubt, proper oues to be put to the jury, but were not proper questions to be stated on the bill of exceptions. Judge Keogh—Were there any objections to them questions being put to the jury ? Sergeant Sullivan (with Messrs. Whiteside, Q.C. and J. F. Townsend)—No, my lord; they went to the jury by consent. Mr. Ball—Upon a bill of exceptions parties were not entitled to have a new trial motion. In the bill of exceptions the verdict should not appear at all, or anything but the exceptions. Counsel then re ferred to the statute of " Edward the First " on the subject, and the case of "Davies v. Lounds," and other cases, in support of his argument. The object of the plaintiff was to have a bill of exceptions, and at the same time to have the advantage of a new trial motion, which was irregular. There were five exceptions altogether, two to the charge as to the Scotch marriage, and three as to the Irish marriage. The Chief Justice said that when his attention was called to the case he thought it doubtful whether this matter should not be introduced in the bill of exceptions ; and therefore he thought it bet ter to do so, and leave the defendant to move to expunge it, as if he decided otherwise, and was wrong, the plaintff might have no means of setting him right. Sergeant Sullivan—All the questions were sub mitted to the jury by consent. Judge Christian—The jury, as it appears to me, might not have been unanimous as to either of the marriages, and yet the exceptions might have been taken. Six of them might have been in favour of the Scotch marriage and six for the Irish marriage, which shows it is a collateral question. As it happens, we know that they were unanimous as to both questions. Judge Keogh—l do not see how the jury could have compounded two half marriages in the way suggested by my brother Christian, in order to make one valid one. Mr. Whiteside—The jury must necessarily have been unanimous as to one of the marriages, or there could not have been a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr, Ball, in continuation, contended that upon the statute, and cases decided upon it, the Court should strike out the findings on both marriages from the bill of exceptions. The Court then adjourned. THE LATE FORGERY OF £445 ON COUTTS' 8./11VX. - - - SUSPECTED MURDER AND ROBILERY 1N HOLBORN. Yesterday Mr. Payne, the coroner for the City of London resumed and concluded an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Thomas David Coade, a reader employed at the Morning Chronicle office, who came to his death under very mysterious and unexplained circumstances. It appeared that deceased and a number of other persons employed at the Morning Chronicle office, held a meeting at the Ben Jonson Tavern, Shoe lane, Fleet-street, on Saturday night, the 6th inst., to caaelder what steps should be taken in conse quence of the stoppage of that paper, and after attending that meeting the deceased left to go home, At the corner of Brook-street, Holborn, he was found the same night, under very extraordinary and suspicious circumstances as stated in the follow ing evidence, his wife being unable to hear any tidings of him for a week, and then she found him in the above hospital. Thomas Gregory, a compositor, said on Saturday night, the 6th inst., he was, in the company of a woman, about 11 o'clock, coming from Gray's-inn lane towards Brook-street, when the female who was with him drew his attention to a man who was reel ing and staggering at the corner of Brook-street. Another man had just left him, and was running in the direction of Leather-lane. Two or three persons had collected, and one of them asked witness to go after the man and bring him back. Witness pur sued him down Leather- lane, where he lost sight of him, and then returned to the spot where he left the deceased. A policeman had come up, and the female witness was supporting the man's head, and her apron and hands were covered with blood. Wit ness suggested that the man should be taken to a sur geon at the corner of Castle-street, but the policeman conveyed him to the hospital. He should not be able to identify the man who ran away. but he was short and wore a cap. He did not observe whether or not he had his hands in deceased's pockets, but the reason he ran after him was that he was under the impression that the deceased had received some injury from him. He could not tell whether or not he had robbed him. The deceased was about a foot from a lamp-post when he fell. When witness got back to the deceased he was quite insensible. Isabella Perry, the woman referred to, confirmed the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Moore, house surgeon, said the deceased was brought into the hospital on the night of the 6th of April, with a large lacerated wound on the back part of the head, and such as might have been in flicted by some blunt instrument, such as a stick. On the Sunday afternoon he had five fits. He went on well at first, but afterwards a change took place, and he died on the 15th inst. from the effects of the injuries. He had made a post-mortem exa mination and found a fracture of the skull four inches long from the base of the brain. The brain was highly congested, and large clots of blood were on its surface. The jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died from injuries received, but how occasioned there is no evidence to show ;" adding to it—" The jury also express their regret that nearly a week should have elapsed from the time the deceased re ceived his injuries before his wife was enabled to obtain any information as to her missing husband, although she inquired at Fleet-street and other stations, and notwithstanding that a pocketbook and its contents would have enabled them to dis . cover his place of residence and friends." Mary Aylmer alias Gibson was brought up a, Bow-street, on remand, charged with being con cerned in forging and uttering a cheque for £445 on Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s bank in the Strand. Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Bankers' Association, prosecuted; and Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, ap peared for the prisoner. Louisa Debenham, assistant to Messrs. Bradshaw, linen-drapers, Bishopagate-street, deposed—On the 31st December a woman earns to our shop and made some purchases. She was dressed in a dark dress, with a dark velvet mantle, and she had a lace fall over her bonnet. It was so thick a fall that I could not see her face. She made some purchases, and tendered a£s note in payment. She wrote on the back of the note" Clarke, - Windsor-terrace." I asked her if she meant Windsor-terrace, City-road? Shr said "Yes," and I added the words " City-road." In consequence of something that occurred Mrs. Brad shaw gave some instructions to the boy. William Gregory, a lad of about 15 or 16, deposed —I recollect at the end of the year being directed to watch a female. I saw her join a gentleman a little way down the street, and she went away with him. Cross-examined-1 should not know the gentle man or lady. Mr. Lewis asked whether the magistrate thought this was evidence against the prisoner ? Mr. Hall could not say, at this stage of the case. Mr.Mullens was sure the magistrate would allow him to conduct his case his own way. Benjamin William Lloyd, assistant to Messrs. Masters an d. Co., drapers, Shoreditch—At the latter end of December a lady purchased some goods at our house, and paid them with a £5 note, now pro duced. I requested her to write her address, and she wrote the address, "5, Creeds-place, Green wich." I believe the prisoner to be the same person. Cross-examined—She had a veil on. It was not very thick. It did to some extent conceal her features. She did not raise her veil or fall. There were black spots on it. When I first saw her at this court I had my doubts, but now that I have seen her standing up I am sure she is the person. I did say at first that I thought she was not the woman. She was sitting down then. I saw her sitting down in our shop, but I noticed her more particularly when standing up. It was a fortnight since that I saw her here. I told Hay don that I could judge better if she were standing up. He did not tell her to stand up. He said that would do and I might go. I was not here this day week. John Hemmant, assistant to Mr. Tarn, draper, Newington-causeway—The note now produced is one which was paid to me by a female for some goods she had purchased. I know that from an entry on the note. I took down the name and address which now appear on that note at the die. tation of the lady. The name is " Groves," the Christian name having been torn off, and the ad dress is 4, Park-street, Greenwich. I cannot say when it occurred. Could not say whether it was Ist April, or whether it was this month or no. Mr. Lewis—Mr. Mullens thinks it was the Ist of April. I should say it was very likely. Mr.Mullens—lt was paid into the bank on the 2d. John Hester, assistant to Mr. Rabbits, of New ington-causeway, boot and shoe manufacturer—The note now produced was paid to me three weeks back by a female for goods she had purchased. She gave me the address, which I wrote on the back of the note, Miss Mary Groves, 4, Park-street, Greenwich. Cannot speak to the prisoner. Elizabeth Monday-4 am in the service of Mdme. Lechertier, 60, Regent-street. The prisoner is my sister. Her name is Mary Monday, or was till s h e was married. Her name is now Gibson. Mr. Lewis—Were you present at the marriage ? Witness—No, I was not. SHOCKING DRATII OF A YOUNG W OMAN. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. Yesterday evening Mr. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, held an adjourned inquiry at the Druids Arms, Tavern, Greenwich, into the circumstances attend ing the death of Mary Heddie, who was drowned in the Thames on the night of Saturday, March 15. From the evidence taken at this and previous in quiries, it appeared that on the evening of the 15th March the deceased, who was 14 years of age, with a girl named Sophia Spencer, aged 16, had been drinking at several public-houses with Robert Richards, master of the steamtug Esther, and a lad named Mathew Ball, employed on board the smile vessel. The parties all became intoxicated, and proceeded about 11 o'clock to the river-side, where they were met by a woman named Webb, who en deavoured to induce the girls to return home. Richards however told Ball to place them in a boat and row them to the steam tug, and then return for him. The deceased and her companion were rowed to the tug, on nearing which the boat upset, and the deceased was drowned. It was fully proved that the deceased wished to return home, but was forced into the boat by Richards, and both girls were so much intoxicated that they were unable to sit, and rolled about in the boat. The coroner recapitulated the evidence at length, and observed that Richat ds had endeavoured to pal liate his conduct by stating that he was so drunk as not to remember what took place. It must be ob vious, however, that drunkenness, instead of being an excuse, was rather an aggravation of his tails• conduct in putting the girl into the boat in oppo sition to her wishes. A more disgraceful state of things he never heard of on the part of those who called themselves human beings, It was clear that Lichards was the party directly responsible, and his conduct was more reprehensible than that of Ball, as he was master of the steam-tug and directed the whole proceedings. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Robert Richards and Matthew Ball," who were subsequently admitted to bail to answer the charge at the Old Bailey sessions. .. Mr.Alullens— , No doubt the young woman thought she was married. Do your parents live at 18, London-street, Brighton ? Witness—Yes. Michael Haydon, the City detective, deposed—A few days since 1 went to 18, London-street, Brigh ton, and saw Mr. and Mrs. Monday. I received a letter from Mr. Monday, signed W. Gibson, which. I produce. I searched some boxes which Mr. Mon day showed me, and in which I found a considerable quantity of papers. Amongst them are a number of bills for lodgings, &c., against a person named Gibson, at 5, Creed's-place, Greenwich. Mr. Lewis objected to this as not being evidence against the prisoner. Mr. Hall could imagine a variety of ways in which it might be evidence, but at present the letters cer tainly were not evidence. A long technical discussion arose, in the course of which the question arose whether the prisoner was Gibson's wife, Mr. Lewis urging that the pro secution had opined that she was not. Mr. Mullens—Her sister says she is. Mr. Lewis's case takes a strange turn when he thinks it neces sary to th row suc h an imputation on hi s c li ent . Mr. Lewis—lt is your case. The sister said her name was Mary Monday.. Elizabeth Monday, being recalled, said that she only meant that was the prisoner's maiden name. Believed the prisoner was roarr'ed to Gibson. Mr. Lewis—Were you present at the wedding ? Witness—No. Mr. Lewis—Do you know where they were mar ried, or when .. - . hr..... .----- ....-.-......-a..,... , .................. .........-..... _ Witness—l do not. I first heard a bout it two F.E.ARFUL 31 URDI 7 R -YEAR R EDS CH aa_...... ____ ___ . years ago. RELIDITCH, TIIUnW AT. Mr. Hall said in some cases rep ute was sufficiet It ground for a presumption of marriage. A frightful and delibere.a e murder has been coma Mr. Samuel Gen, clerk to Mr. Butler, said he witted at a retired lumina se, called Outhill Farm, knew the handwriting of Gibson, who was formerly about five miles from this t own, by a farm labourer a client of Mr. Butler's. He believed the endorse- flamer George Gardiner, his victim being a fellow ment of the name, "E. Grills," to be in the hand- , iervant named Sarah Hark y, a modest and well writing of Gibson, as also a letter produced by c (Inducted girl. The folk 'wing particulars are Haydon, which he had received from Mr. Monday. g i 'eaned on the spot. The g: irl had bee n spending The various notes produced, all of whic h were a k iw days with her f riends,. and retinaued to her part of what had been given at th e bank in p a y - magi, `ar's on Monday. Ga rdiner had been out drink• Tuesday, and y meat oft he cheque, were shown to Mr. Gell , and jog on yesterday morning went to his attention directed to certain end orsements on plough accompanied by a by. The boy did not o them, but he was not able to identify the m as bein g please, hi. m, and he threatened him once tlr twice. old him " there woula l be murder done in Gibson'a handwriting. Obenfeeeaelineitg. ht . " Mr. Edge left hone' about holf-past Mr. Mullens said he had been in s t ructed that , 'riling to go and sell a co avi and s hortly ,in the ant air. Gell could prove the handwritin g on these left the prisoner went ta' the huse, notes, or he should not have asked the question. after he bad -Tased for her master's ua'+ a dou,' 9l e - As to the letter, bills, &c. he did not at present and asked d e g h ags kept loaded in the kitchen. S. propose to read them , He 'would charge the pri- barrel, whic h g u u and proceeded with her work, on' soner with being an accessory sifter the fact to the pr; er deliberately took the c,rips off forging and uttering. gave him tho , where the poor girl was, Mr. Lewis Lewis said it was quite clear that the pri- the nipples and c. which the loaned them. He then proceeded soner was Gibson's wife. Mr. Mullens said the prisoner's own atatetnent scions of evil, proceee to the hack kitchea f the barrels at her. The shot int; with her work, and delibera that her name was Aylmer, and also her statement ately fired one or both'. neck, and stie fell a life ho t as to her mode of life, was quite consistent with the supposition that she, was living with Gibson, cor pse avithout a groan et ' entered the Doris),backof w th h e o x acts , a. struggle. Mr. Ed es as housekeeper for her and not married to him, If Mr. Lewis could prove that she was Gibson's wife, the prosecution was at nephew, hevring the explosia ta went to Gardiner an end. He had been astonished to hear the wit- aunt (Mies ated with him for firing off a gun Iv ness Monday say - the prisoner was married. a ti n ie d e h a ot - l s o e s , tut n ot knowing at the time what hadl- Mr. Hall—Quito so. A wife may be an acces- been its fatal• . effect. He at first laughed at her, sort' before the fact, bet not after, dering him out of the house his Mr. Lewis applied for an adjournment to the fol- but on her ,or. A larmtog, and Miss Davis retreated lowing (this) day, that he might produce evidence manner w t h are she locked herself in. Gardi tothepabreicoaumr,e of the marriage, which, after some conversation, ner endeavoured tk a force the dm'', but did not was agreed to, and the prisoner wag accordingly succeed, and he theta went to the kittlhen, and with remanded. open Mr. Edv . 's desk, where a coal hammer forced ho usually keeps his mak ley- It happened, however, that there was only 6-.14., and some staanps in the took and then made b ig desk. These the prisoner' ~ , way out of the house, taking the gnu and ammuni tion with him. A hue and cr) ' was xaised by thee police and Inhabitants, and a lar l je pal •ty set out ill pursuit of the fugitive. They traced him to Wool ton, where he said the shot-pouch, and 6, -, eno e to Strat ford-on-Avon. Here he took a ticket fo. r Oxford by the West IN 11 : IS land line. On the journey' he ha,d to change earriae'es at the Stratford junctio a with' the main line at Huney bourne, near Evesham, where In the mean; he was captured by the police. Mr. Edge had returned home, and Mr. Morris, sur geon, of Studley, had been sent for. He found the girl quite dead, and in his ovation death bad been instantaneous. The inquest is expected to be held to-morrow. The motive for the murder is believed to have been jealousy. l'he prisoner had attempt ed once or twice to take liberties with. the deceased? which attempts she had always resiVed. ........,••• .e..... PI2.OTOGLRAPBIG SIIAVOTVS. --- Of every face in.this town there is a view to be taken, and a I,;ght and shade to be select eel, which will show it to advantage or disadvantag e. To subject all to the same glaring light, desceilding on all alike, and to. all unbecoming, is scarcely* the way to produce agreeable results. Yet we have known a photOgrapher standing under his own light, and most hideously disk!ortegl by that circumstance alone—without the additional help of his instrument —to argue with us, the wretched sitter, that WO were none the worse for his light I. It is difficult to s po.v4k strongly enough about this ciuestion of sha dows and their value. Queen Elizabeth, in her igno rance, t`hought shadows unbecoming the glory of her Majesty, and wished to be painted w ithout any at all ; and, C,loubtless, there are people ''hotnow-a days think shade a s mud gy dirt y thing, he less of which corn 943 upon their countenances the better. But light canno: be thrown out in its full brilliancy , nor forms showil in their variety, withont its aid. Wh one of the ,main differences between a fine lies in the shadows which pr o clai clay y, and a dull one m the first, and .re wanting in the other. O n n a wet, dull day, as y vu stand in the grey sickly all i round about in vain glare is over all thingg light, you may look for your shadow ; it s not to be fouvd• A cheerless, monotonous' The sun comes out, and the first thing it does is to cast your shadow dsr.k and clear and sharp upon the ground—your shat,low and that of the trees, the buildings, and all a I . ngs else that come within reach of its rays. How different everything looks then ; how solid, how bright, how finished Those shadows are larger in the ea.rly morning and again as the day declines, and it is one reason of our admiration. of those two seasons that then the rising or sinking sun catches but one side of every object, and leaves so large a portion of the scene lost in a mysterious and softened shade.—. Dickens's "All the Year Round" _ - - CO UN 2 it 11-" APRIL 24. BIRAIINGHAD.of E :_ lag -lish wheat, which sold There was a short supply 'is day week. Barley slowly at barely the currency of IL oh - 1 peas firm. was 2s per qr higher. Oats, beans, NEWARK_APRIL 23. -trley at market There was a fair amount of wheat and h. to-day ; business dull, and late prices were at:'out realised. White wheat new, 60s to 63s Barley, grinding ‘• .29s to 319 Red do. ..55s to 51s Oats, old, .. Old white 60,3 to 63s New do '23s to 27s Red do. 46s to 56s 1 Beans. 4 to 470 Barley, malting... ,32s to 395) Beans, new.. 44s to -- -0 Pew, ....48s to 54s PLYMOUTH—APRIL 22. The market was fairly attended, with a tolerable demand for wheat and flour at about the last week's rates. White. wheat, 62s to 66s ; red, 63s to 64s per qr ; French do., 60s to 62s ; American, as to 63s ; 74s to 76s ; Bus - Sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s per, qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, 22s to2Bs ; Ana beans, —s to —s; flour, 43s to 44s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAlN—Arita 23. Wheat on the top 2s Od up .average Os 8d up. Barley on the top is Od up. average Os ld d o wn. Oats on the top Os 3d down average Os 2d down. Beans on the top 3s Od up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .. 999 qrs Sold 691 qrs Barley... 7Ol qrs Sold 628 qrs Oats l6OO qrs Sold 1097 qrs Beans 146 qrs Sold 116 qrs CORK—APRIL 23. The following were the quotations this morning :.—ltea wheat, 22s 9d to 24s 61; white, 26s 6d to —s Od; barley 20$ Od to —s Od ; oats, lOs Od to 16s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—APRIL 22. There was a moderate supply of fat beasts to-day, and a brisk demand. Sheep in short supply, at high prices. Beet 6d to qd Veal . 6d to 6/ Mutton .. 6ld to 7di Pork Lamb .. Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 3d per stout • Hides, 3d_ to 4d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. THE CONFEDERATE STATES. " I herewith transmit a letter of the Secretary of the Navy, of this date, covering the official report of the naval engagement between the James River squadron and the enemy's fleet at Hampton Roads on the Bth inst. The officers and men of the navy engaged in this brilliant affair deserve well of the country, and are commended to the con sideration of Congress. The disparity of the forces engaged did not justify the anticipation of so great a victory, and it is doubly gratifying that it has been won upon an element where we were supposed to be least able to compete with our enemy. Special attention is called to the perfidious conduct of the enemy in hoisting, •on the frigate Congress, a white flag, and renewing fire from that vessel under the impunity thus obtained. " March 11. " JEFFERSON DAVIS. " Confederate Screw Steam Battery Virginia off Sewall's Point, March 8. " Flag Officer,—ln consequence of the wound of Flag Officer Buchanan, it becomes my duty to report that the Virginia left the yard this morning at 11 o'clock steamed down the river past our batteries, and over to Newport News, where we engaged the batteries ashore and also two large steam frigates, supposed to be the Minnesota and Roanoke, and a sailing frigate and several small steamers, armed with heavy rifled guns. We sank the Cumberland, drove the Congress ashore, when she hauled down her colours and hoisted the white flag; but she fired upon us with the white flag flying, wounding Lieutenant Minor and several of our men. We again opened fire upon her, and she is now in flames. The shoal water prevented our reaching the other frigates. 'Dais, with the approach of night, we think, saved them from de struction. Our loss is two killed and eight wounded. Two of our guns have the muzzles shot off. The prow was twisted and the armour somewhat damaged, the anchor and all flagstaffs shot away, and the smokestack and steampipe were riddled. The bearing of the officers and men was all that could be wished, and, in fact, it could not have been otherwise after the noble and daring conduct of aw flag officer, whose wound is deeply regretted by all on board, who would gladly have sacrificed themselves in order to save him. We were accompanied from the yard by the Beaufort, Lieut. Parker, and Raleigh, Lieut, Alexander, and as soon as it was discovered up the James River that theaction had commenced we were joined by the Patrick Henry, Commander Tucker; the Jamestown, Lieut. Bar ney; and the Teazer, Sergeant Webb, all which were ac tually engaged, and rendered very effective service. En • closed I send the surgeon's report of casualties, etc.—l have the honour to be, Sir, " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " CATESBY AP R. JONES, " Executive and Ordnance Officer. " Flag Officer F. Forest," The official report of the naval battle in Hampton Roads was read. The accompanying letter of the Secretary of the Navy states that Flag Officer F. Buchanan was disabled near the close of the engage ment by a painful wound, though not very dange rous. The report was made by the executive officer upon whom the command devolved, Lieut. Jones. The Confederate vessels engaged were the steam sloop Virginia, of 10 guns ; the Patrick Henry, Com mander Tucker, of six guns ; the Jamestown, Lieut. Commander Barney, of two guns ; the Raleigh, Lieut. Commanding Alexander; the Beaufort,Lieut. Commanding Parker; the Teazer, Lieut. Command ing Webb, each of one gun. With this force (20 guns) Flag Officer Buchanan engaged the enemy's fleet, consisting of the Cumberland, 24 guns; the Congress, 50 guns ; the St. Lawrence, 50 guns; the steam frigate Minesota, 40 guns ; the enemy's bat teries at Newport News, and several small steamers, I armed with heavy rifled guns. The engagement commenced at half-past 3 p.m., : and at 4 p.m. Capt. Buchanan had sunk the Cum berland, captured and burnt the Congress, disabled and driven the Minesota ashore, and defeated the St. Lawrence and Roanoke, which sought shelter under the guns of Fortress Monroe. Two of the enemy's small steamers were blown up, and the two transport steamers were captured. The Cumberland went down with all on board, her tops only remaining above water, but many of her people were saved by boats from the shore. The flag of the Congress and the sword of the officer commanding at the time of her surrender are at the Navy Department.. The report concludes as follows : "To the dashing courage, the patriotism, and eminent ability of Flag Officer Buchanan, and to the officers and men of his squadron, our country is indebted for this brilliant achievement, which will hold a conspicuous place among the heroic contests of noval history. "S. R. MALLORY, Secretary of the Navy," (From the Charleston Mercury.) The iron-clad steamer Virginia cost 185,000 dols. to fit her up,and in one day destroyed over 1,100,000 dole. worth of York property. She lost her prow in striking the Ericsson a slanting blow, and not by running against the Cumberland, This can be replaced in two day, and then she will be in as good, if not better condition than ever. We give an extract from a private letter from Mr. John L, Porter, the naval constructor of the Virginia. He writes : "I received but little encouragement from any one while the Virginia was progressing. Hundreds—l may say thou sands—asserted she would never float. Some said she would turn bottom side up ; others said the crew would suffocate ; but the most wise said the concussion and report from the guns would deafen the men. Some said she would not steer; and public opinion generally about here said she would never come out of the dock. You have no idea what I have suffered in mind since I commenced her ; but I knew what I was about, and persevered. Some of her inboard arrangements are of the most intricate character, and have oaused me many sleepless nights in making them ; but all have turned out right, and thanks are due to a kind Provi dence, whose blessings on my efforts I have many times in voked. I must say I was astonished at the success of the Virginia. She destroyed the Cumberland in 15 minutes, and in 30 more the Congress was captured. The Minesota would have shared the same fate, but she got aground, and the Virginia could not get at her. The Virginia steers beau tifully, and her speed is three miles more per hour than it ever was. She is very comfortable ; there is not the least unpleasant sound from the guns, and all the officers are highly pleased." PORTRAIT PAINTER'S STUDIO. The pictures which hung round the artistic din ing-room—and many of which had no frames— were ordinarily of elevated subjects :—Titania with Bottom wearing the ass's head, Ophelia hovering over the brook, Ugolino gaunt with starvation, Vir ginius sacrificing his daughter, and other exhila. rating companions to the dinner-table. There they hung, a perpetual monument to the want of taste of the British public, and there hung some of the portraits which the artist had been driven to paint, when he found that high art left his dining-table with nothing more eatable upon it than an army list or a number of Blackwood. Among these latter works would be included " Portrait of the Artist," painted evidently at the Ugolino period, glaring round at society out of hollow, sunken eyes. The artist's father, his mother, and a general officer, who bore a strong resemblance to the artist himself in a Nathanic red coat and epaulets. What wonder that one should go up from such a dining-room expect ing to hear in a soothing voice the words," Open a little wider," with an accompaniment of rattling instruments in a drawer P And what a place was the Studio itself when you reached it. That win dow was blocked up as to the lower half, so that there was no chance of seeing anything of the street unless it was the garret-window and the parapet of the house opposite, :with an old flower-pot, a dangling fragment of clothes-line, and a row of hideous distorted chimneys showing their gnarled and twisted arms against the dull grey sky. To spend an afternoon looking at such . a prospect was not hilarious. Nor was the interior of the room much better. The half-finished pictures leaning against wall, the studies from nature, or copies o matters—old enough to have grown up iato misters by this time—the plaster casts of nude arms doubling themselves up so as to bring out the the o old the muscles in a very unnece ssary manner, f or no b o dy ever said they were not muscular, the antique heads, with noses on which the blacks and dust had gathered loweringly ; their hollow parts and sunkenlines protected by the nobbier por tions relieving with a white and brilliant glare the bits of old tapestry, frouzy costume, and improbable armour, all these matters made up an interior which if it was picturesque (which it wasn't) was infinitely dismal and disheartening. You were seated on a throne, too, which to persons not of the regal class was in itself disconcerting. Some ques tion of perspective, or of points of view, rendered it needful that You should be raised ow high, and so you were perched up on a green-baize throne. You sat on a cut-velvet old-fashioned chair, whose tim bers creaked responsive every time you sighed, and more old-fashioned chairs were placed about the room, which might h av e reminded on e of ancient times, if they had not been so much more sugges • five of Auction Marts and nosey brokers. What an afternoon's entertainment l—Dickens's" All the Year _Bound." L U CIFER-MATCII MAKERS. Prodigious, almost incredible, is the extent to which these little affairs are now manufactured. Even as a question in the timber trade, the lucifer question is anything but a trifle. Let us take a case, for, the accuracy of which our own eyes can vouch. There is an establishment in London where an enormous pile of the best yellow pine is always in store, expressly for the making of lucifer matches. It is literally true that this is the best pine—no refuse or inferior wood being admitted. And there is good reason for the selection. So intricate is the machinery, and so delicately sharp the implements, that knotted or irregular timber would inflict an amount of injury more than an equivalent to the _ difference ip, the quality of the wood. The sele t c b ed deals, tikeb i nches in thickness, are, rapidly cut y circulars a, , J , 0 toiso blocks about four inches long. These biottlis ar !placed in a machine of most inge nious cont.strallion Fifty or sixty very sharp knives or: aaem sore ranged with the ir p oin ts in a row, and at distances apart equal to the ordinary thickness of-- iucifcr match. These knives, by a slight moveatitx;t of a frame in which they are fixed, makes 0 or 60 cuts in th e sur face of a block ; while a long, k een blade, descending in another direction, severs a compl ete slice from the block. The movements of the fr ame are so timed that the 1 in . a row on a flat iron bed, with two series of zuttifigs succeed each other. Five blocks are ranged aga . inst the machine, are cut into and these blocks, the grain of the scow* horizont a l ; when pressed up slices, and the slices immediately afterwards cut up into splints. The celerity is astonishing. The k n i ves make 120 reciprocating movements per are severed at each movement; as o long enough for two matches, there min ea u c t h e ; splint 25 splints is are 60,00 0 matches made in a minute. As the cut,four they fall into a trough, whence to a drying-room ; when. dried, theyi n c h s a p r l e i n conveyed are they are packed into bundles and sold to the lucifer- I's, who divide each splint into two dur ingm (Lt c t h h e t7 s ake i c ub quent operations. It affords a curious illustratiou 'of the extent of this manufacture, that ~ 60 or 40 full-sized deals are cut up every day, and that a tan of mo i s t ure i s d r awn out of the wood during tin drying. FOREIGN .111 - 211 L PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..May 1 1 9 ' via Marseilles ... Ma) , 3 Airazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. M a y 4.. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 3 . China, Penang, and. Singapore, via Southampton,May 2-, via Marseilles ...April 2i• Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... ....... April 26. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 2' -- via Marseilles April 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. April P. via Marseilles May 5. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 25. via Marseilles April 27. Newfoundland April 30. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, -U by ty Brit. acket April 24. S. packet,, by Canadian packet. April 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 10. Bahamas, via New York May 8. Mexico. ............ : ... ..... : ........... April 2 8 . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 April 2 8 C a lif orn ia, and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. CAMERON. —On the 24th inst at 43, Hertford - str eet, Mayfair, Mrs. Ca meron, o f a daughter. DEwlfußsT.—On the 23d inst , at Lymm, the wife of ° co. B. Dewhur s t, o f a d aughter. . HAYNE. —On the 23d inst., at Stamford-hill, the wife Of Henry Wm. Rayne , Esq., of a son. TURNER.—On the 20th inst., at Turner Hall, .A.berdeeth the wife of Capt a i n T urner , of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ARKWRIGHT—PELLEW.—On the 24th inst., in Norwich Cathedral, the Rev. Godfrey Harry Arkwright, of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, to Marian Hilare Adelaide, the, youngest daughter of the Hon. George Pellew, D.D., Dean of Norwich. PENGELLEY—BRYANT.—On the 24th inst., at St•Georgo's, Hanover-square, the Rev. Charles PengelleY, to Augusta D' Oyly, daughter of the late Major-General Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., of the Bengal Army. DEATHS. FARMER,—On the 22d inst Miss Marian. Farmer, of 3, Hollywood-grove, M eat 131•0TGWU. FEAD.—On the 22d inst., at Woolwich, Caroline, widow of Lieut.-C010n...4 George Fend, C. 13., Grenadier Guards, aged 75. - KINCAID.—On the 22d inst., at Hastings, Captain Sir John Kincaid. TYLER.—On the 23d inst., at Handcomb Hall,West Eastbourne, Sussex, Samuel Iyler, Esq., for m erly of Little Bowden, Northamptonshire, aged 82. WATKINS.—On the 22d inst., Thomas Watkins, Eeq., of St. John's-wood, aged 63. WILSON.—On the 23d inst.,. at Highbury, Marthe, eldest daughter of Effingham Royal Exchange. WALDRON.—On the 20th inst.,_ at Theale, n ear Reading) Henry Waldron, E s q ., aged 40. LoNnoN : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, i n the Precinct of the S avo y, i n th e C o unty of of No. 1 12, Strand, Printer, at THE Surr Office, No. 112, )81iirtialllt0io—gridob 4141 . 25, 1862, ft.f Tor eve: arri Iva] dool Gre tow ] Prcn TO[ at E Al &all) ..—__ Just , tLA) 1111iVE Ti /.7 - )ild Pri tio - n , Ili MI, 1 13 - 1 . fre e 4:3 1 1 : 1 Zip] lALtatt exces th%e ®t rue . 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