The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-31 00:00:00

THE FRENCH IN'MEXICO, (From the limes' Correspondent.) MEXICO, DEC• 16. In the early part of the month a decree was published prohibiting all communication with the ports of the Gulf upon pain of death, and, as the Legation couriers of friendly and neutral Powers are included in the prohibition, I was unable to send you any account of our proceeding by the French packet. That the French courier should not have been allowed to start surprised no one, but the policy of extending such a prohibition to the couriers of friendly and neutral Powers may fairly be questioned. The avowed object was to prevent any intelligence being conveyed to the French camp; this, however, might have been ac complished by merely sanctioning the transmission of letters to foreign parts, and not allowing any communication direct with Vera Cruz. To deprive the Legations of England, Prussia, and Spain of the moans of communicating with their respective Go vernments is rather, .a strong measure. It is the first time her Majesty's courier has been stopped, and the inconvenience to mercantile men generally, who, even in the best of times, have ever considered this mode of transmission as the only safe one, will be muc felt. I informed you in my last that, much to the sur prise of every one, Comonfort had come to the rescue of the Central Government with about 4,300 men. He has since been appointed Commander-in- Chief of the Army of the Centre. The force under his commend may perhaps amount to 8,000 or 9,000 men ; but they are badly paid, badly fed, and worse armed. His presence in the capital may act as a cheque upon the extreme republicans, who, under the veil of patriotism, would gladly rob, plunder, and murder every foreigner within their reach; but I doubt whether it can afford any effec tual protection to a set of men long tottering to their fall, condemned by their own misdeeds, and threatened by a French army of 30,000 men. Ortega appears to have concentrated all his forces in and around Puebla ; they are said to amount to 25,000 men ; but I believe that 17,000 is much nearer the mark. Even these—the flower of the Mexican army --are in a sad state o f di sorgan i sat i on, an d cannot be relied upon for any operations in the field ; they make a stand behind walls, but that is the utmost that can be expected of them, Guadalajara is said to have pronounced in favour of French interven • tion, and Dublado is reported to have left Guanax uato at the head of 2,000 men, with the view of again reducing it to obedience. The intentions of Comonfort and Doblado, whose views are known to coincide, in thus upholding Juarez and la's party, to whom they have ever been opposed, have afforded scope for much speculation. To me they are trans parent enuugh—they seek to impose upon the French by making a show of resistance, and thus obtain for themselves terms which they otherwise could not hope for. When the proper time arrives they will neither of them, in my opinion, be difficult to deal with. Up to the present moment the French have not extended their operations beyond Jalapa and Ori zaba; they are still in want of land transport, and are not likely to march upon the capital until fully supplied. A large number of mules and waggons are said to be on their way from the United States. What Gen. Lorencez could have been about during his lengthened stay at Orizaba not to have supplied this deficiency, at least to some extent, is an enigma to every one. Here the two great questions of the day are—will Juarez and his party be able to offer any effectual resistance ? and, what do the French mean to no when once in possession of the capital ? That both Mexico and Puebla are to be defended to the last extremity we are to be solemnly assured ; but these assurances have been so often given and so seldom verified that few attach to them much importance. That Peubla will be defended, I believe, but that the defence will he obstinate I much doubt. The troops are without enthusiasm, the officers without experi ence. Ortega, the Commander-in Chief, only four years back was a practising attorney at Zacatecas. Is such a man, at the head of such troops, likely to prove a formidable opponent to General Forey, at the head of 30,000 French ? To judge by the past, the French have not a very arduous task before them ; for, if with 6,000 men they were enabled to retain possession of Orizaba for upwards of seven months, and keep their communications open wit Yera Cruz, it is fair to presume that no very serious opposition need be apprehended when 30,000 of the finest troops in the world are brought into the tieid. Once in possession of the capital the Liberal party will be deprived of all its resources, and unable to keep together any considerable body of men. The contest will then resolve into a species of guerilla warfare, supported by a few bandit chiefs. This may give the French some little trouble at first, but can never become formidable, from the simple fact that the nation is not heart and soul in the cause, and that all the wealthy and respectable portion of the inhabitants are most dci ; cidedly in favour of French intervention. How the Emperor intends to carry out this intervention has not transpired; but if he really means to re organise and settle the country, it is quite clear that he must for some time, at least, establish a purely military Government—the only one which can contend with the frightful anarchy engendered by 40 years of continual revolutions, and put down those numberless petty chiefs who, under the pretence of ranging themselves under the banners of one or other of the contending fac tions, have become virtually independent of all authority—rob, plunder, and murder with the most perfect impunity, and have become the curse of the country. Until these have been disposed of Mexico can know no rest. VERA CRUZ, DEC. 1. I arrived here on the 30th ult., having left Real del Monte on the morning of the 16th in company with a silver conducta bound for Tampico. Having upon a recent occasion narrowly escaped being sent to the interior, having little confidence in the for bearance of the Mexican Government, and still less in the protection of her Majesty's Minister, I thought :t advisable to absent myself from the capital for a time. The difficulty was how to get down to the coast. All applications for passports by Orizaba and Jalapa had been refused, and it was not likely that the Mexican authorities would be disposed to make an exception in favour of the 7 itnes' corre spondent. I might have gone by way of Acapulco and Panama, but that would have necessitated a long detour; or 'might have tried to break through the Mexican lines, but that would have been at tended with much risk, as the military commanders of this highly civilized country are not over-parti cular as to whom they shoot. Ail my difficulties wire solved, however, by Mr. Auld, the director of the R ea l del Monte Company, who informed me tat 1 was at liberty to avail myself cf the conduata e n about to start for Tampico, and who kindly suppliedrecluire for with horses, mules, and all that was iated of 160 a 10 days' journey. Our escort con mounted at, men, paid by the company, w e ll armed ; we had nothing, there fore, to fettr l TZ eil 170 men, withllirobbers. In all we must e red about about 300 h orses an d mu l es . I s h a ll not attempt t o g v t h r ough which we a description of the country scenery of the Sierr: e pb . v l 4 suffice it to say that the s teen beautiful in the ex treme, and would h ave of perfect had it been interspersed wit - 1 some stet l ack of water e lovely Swiss felt in all Mexican scener makes itself y, we wend our way through a lab For yrinth%7 days did mountains somet i mes ascending the highest pea others descending i n to valleys abounding with te„%t tree, Dlantana, and every other .description or tr. ° , pical fruit. In one day's ride,while winding through a beautiful valley , we crossed the stream 63 ti mes. I need scarcely remark that there were no brid ges . The road, which is nothing more than a mule track, is impassable during the rainy season. The accom modation throughout is wretched in the extreme— one room in a mud hut is your lodging for the night, Tat take with you a stretcher to lie down upon, a "scrape" to cover yourself with, and any little de lie' cies you may require on the road. The country through which you pass merely provides eggs, tor. tilias, and frigoles, and those to a very limited ex tent. On the fifth day we emerged from the moun 'Wile and entered the Hunstein, a plain whiela ex- tends as far as the coast, and which may be said to comprehend nearly the whole of that part of the State of Tamaulipas which lies between the coasts and the mountains. It is supposed to be (ne of the richest tracts of land in the whole rt public ; in many of its parts it is well irrigated : at present there is but a small portion of this plain under cul tivation, nearly the whole of it being smothered in a rank tropical vegetation. lam inclined to think from all I could hear and see that this portion of the State of Tamaulipas is destined before long to become one of the finest cotton growing countries in the world. At Ozuluama we received intelligence that the French were in possession of Tampico, and the Pre fect refused to allow us to proceed upon the ground that the French were in search of horses and mules, and that they would assuredly seize all our animals. Remonstrances were in vain, but other means more powerful were resorted to, and we were, after some little detention, allowed to proceed on our journey. We arrived at Tampico on the 26th. The French took possession of the town without firing a shot, the Mexicans retreating in the greatest haste as soon as the squadron appeared off the coast. The garrison consists of about 2,000 men, composed almost entirely of the 81st Regiment, The most perfect discipline is preserved, and the inhabitants have every reason to congratulate themselves upon the change. An expedition to the interior was talked of; but I do not seo how it can be carried ont for the present, as the force was deficient in land transport. The mere occupation of Tampico will, in my opinion, insure a pronunciamiento in favour of French intervention at San Luis and other towns of the interior dependent upon that port for its supplies. The day after my arrival I called upon Admiral de la Graviere, and met with the most courteous reception. The affairs of Mexico, of course, formed our principal topic of conversation. The garrison of Vera Cruz does not exceed 800 men. General de Bertier, with 6,000 men, is at Jalapa. He experienced no opposition on his march. At Cerro Gordo one Diaz Morin, formerly a little shopkeeper at Vera Cruz, but now a Constitutional General, drew up his men, 2,000 strong, and made a show of resistance, but upon a demonstration being made on his flank, 1,400 of his men at once dispersed, and the rest retired upon Puebla with their gallant chief. General Forey is at Orizaba, with the bulk of the French forces, and it is supposed, if they have not already done so, that they will extend them selves to San Andres de Chichicuhuela. As I feared, her Majesty's courier has not been allowed to leave for Vera Cruz, so that we are without ad vices from Mexico. It is supposed, however, that the correspondence will be sent by way of Aca pulco. It would be well for English houses, at all events for some time to come, to send duplicates of their letters by that route. Her Majesty's ship Orlando, Captain Randolph, is at anchor off Sacri ficios, where there are also some French men-of war and a considerable number of transports. THE GREEK REVOLUTION. (From the Times' Special Correspondent.) ATHENS, DEC. 20 (Afternoon). Decidedly Fridays and Saturdays are the days for a change in the situation. Four weeks ago on those days the demonstrations began in favour of Prince Alfred, the week after the agitation for the plebiscite, a fortnight ago the election of the Sove reign and of the representatives for the Assembly, last week on Saturday the collective note was signed by the three Ministers here, and the news arrived of Mr. Elliot's mission, and to-day the news ar rived of the refusal of King Ferdinand of Por tugal. Already last night there was a rumour to that effect, without anybody knowing exactly where it came from; to -day these rumours are confirmed by a telegram received by the Government from London. According to this, King Ferdinand re fuses on the plea that he does not wish to leave Portugal. The effect is as if a great impending calamity had been removed. It is only at this moment that one can thoroughly appreciate his unpopularity as a canoidate. Any candidate supported by England and France could not but produce a certain im pression on all thinking people, above all, con nected, as he was, with such palpable advantages as King Ferdinand has been shown to be in the prospective. The reasoning classes tried, there fore, to suppress the dislike which he excited, and began to discuss it ; but the very manner in which he was discussed showed a determination to find every imaginable fault with him. He was a Catholic and a German; no one had ever heard of him; he rvresented nothing which could excite en thusiasm ; no one could, therefore, espouse his _ _ cause, and make him popular and acceptable. The fact was, that the transition from Prince Alfred to King Ferdinand was too great and too sudden. The popularity of the former is as much matter of feeling as of reasoning, not only among the mass of the people, but among the educated classes and even the politicians. He is the beau ideal of the future King of Greece, possessing all advantages and not one fault. His name had become synony mous with all that is good and grand ; it was a guarantee and a promise. It represented wealth, prosperity, and constitutional Government, honesty, and morality. In one word, it was the symbol of national regeneration, and Prince Alfred is the first love of the fair Hellas. Even the most accomplished suitor would have but a poor chance against " Al fredaki;" how much one less who, whatever may be his good qualities, does not at all appeal to the imagination! The very name Don Ferdinand grated on the ear of the people; it reminded them of Roman Catholic priests, who go here by the title of Don. Both his native and adopted country are as mythical in the eyes of the mass as Scythia once was in those of the Old World. Mr. Gladstone or any English nobleman with a great -name would have had more chance of taking hold of the popular mind. And, after all, in popular movements such as the present such follies cannot be altogether lost sight of; the refusal, therefore, of King Ferdinand himself, if confirmed, is only a happy solution where failure was unavoidable. It is considered as the only good news this week from Europe. In vain have all the papers and letters been scanned and turned over which came by the last mail. There is not a ray of hope in them for the accomplishment of the national wish. The conti nental press probably foresaw this general gloom and disappointment, and it was really kind of it to try to excite a little hilarity by its accounts of the state of Greece, of the bloodsheds, rows, of the regime of terror, of the clubs which don't exist, of the fury during the elections, of the attacks on the French Legation, of the French, Austrian, and Rus sian marines, which alone keep us in order and pre vent a general massacre. As every one on the spot has been long agreed that this has been, and is still, the most respectable and dullest revolution the world ever saw, it is pleasant to read the amusing manner in which this dullness on the spot can be made highly entertaining and exhiliratiug by skil ful hands—in the distance. From different local causes the elections have been delayed iu several provinces, and above all in the Greek communities abroad ; the consequence is that only about 100 out of 300 deputies have arrived hitherto. There was a talk about putting off the day of the opening of the National Assembly from the 22d to the 30th, but it has been decided to keep to the date fixed and go through the formAlity of opening, although real business can scarcely begin before another week. The whole ceremony is to be gin with a prayer, then will follow the instalment of the Presid en t b y age , an d t h en t h e prorogation for a few days. The programme is not yet out, but I am assured this will be the Order of the Day. To day the Deputies who have arrived are to hold a \ preliminary meeting to agree on the President by ge. e ilnib the 1•1 4 , Majesty ,?r of the officers who were exiled after C a p tain PA'a affair are giving a dinner to-day to ,i 3 Zk v and to some of the officers of her gratitude as token of their esteem and , fo? th s i e nl ic e a , ll 4 you will reraemberYlia rteby shown to them during their journey to ou board the Pelican. As tilthee;rqronhbc3r:):l73 availed them- Nauplia, all thos e w r ce irFling to the capitulation of to go could embark English men-of wona rb whichoar. d o f were either n selves of the offer, and "Lem Went on board the relian, RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. BURTON-ON-TRENT AND SOUTH LEICES TERSHIRE. The Parliamentary estimate for the proposed line from near Hinckley to the Leicester and Burton line of the Midland Railway at Desford is £60,000 INDIAN TRAMWAY. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider the policy of proceeding with the construction of a line of road in the Bombay Presidency; Sir Mac donald Stephenson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had met to consider the policy of proceeding with a tramway in the Bombay Presidency, for which the board had re ceived a tender from a responsible contractor. The line referred to would connect the Palej station of the Bombay and Baroda Railway with Jumbooseer, in the cotton districts. The contractor was Mr. G. Wythes. The company was formed in the early part of the year, the object being to supply the greatest want of India—cheap intercommunication. Most of the members of the board knew the country well, and, having personally experienced the evils of the want of roads iu India, had suggested those most needed. The terms proposed by the Government had proved inadequate to raise the required capital, ex cept to a limited extent. The remedy was simple, and the board had taken the most effectual means to provide it. They had induced their colleague, Sir J. Login, to proceed to India to state to the Govern ment that the terms originally proposed were insuf ficient, and that, unless those important works were to be indefinitely postponed, it was indispensable that new and more liberal terms should be at once conceded. The subject in all its bearings would, therefore, be promptly brought under the recon sideration of the Government of India and of the Home authorities, and the board looked forward with confidence to an early and satisfactory termi nation to their negotiations. Some months must necessarily elapse before those terms could be ob tained, and it was especially with reference to the course to be pursued in the interval that the board were desirous to take the opinion of the shareholders. Although the capital had not been subscribed to the extent anticipated, the subscriptions amounted to a sufficient sum to enable the company to proceed with one line experimentally which might be completed in 18 months under contract and would confirm the value of those works and yield a fair rate of remuneration upon the outlay. It was for the meeting to decide whether the line should at once be proceeded with. Under the circumstances, he thought the course sug gested would be the wisest and best—while requir ing from the Government of India amended and adequate terms of support as the indispens able con dition of proceeding any further with those works, the urgent necessity for which was admitted throughout India, and by no one more strongly than by the Government, to at once construct one short line. This would demonstrate the utility of such lines, and their remunerative character. If the meeting approved those views, they would be car ried out by the board with all possible despatch and economy. Although the terms were not such as to l i enable them to obtai❑ a large amount of capital, they could not incur much risk, and might do much good, by placing those works in their true character before the public. As to further operations they could then await the return of Sir J. Login, and the result of the new negotiations with the Govern ment of India. He concluded by moving the fol lowing resolution : " That the shareholders approve the course sug gested of undertaking the contract for the road from Palej to Jumbooseer, being a short line capable of easy and early construction at a fixed contract cost, and forming an important link between the cotton districts and the trunk line to Bombay, on the un derstanding that the Board will not enter upon the execution of any more lines until the Government of India shall have conceded such terms as in the judgment of a special general meeting, to be con vened for the purpose, shall be considered satisfac tory." In reply to a question, it was stated that the con tract for the intended line would amount to £62,000, but, including interest at 5 per cent, per annum during construction, and other charges, the total cost would not exceed £70,000. Between 5,000 and 6,000 shares had been recently taken up in India. The motion was then carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting desired to impress upon the Go vernment the policy of encouraging by every means in their power the construction of light railways or tramways throughout India in connection with the trunk railways now approaching completion with a view to develope tho resources of India, and to render the railways productive at as earlyas a period as possible. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1862. to the gradual rise in prices, both of cotton and yarns, manufacturers are to-day asking a further advance in all descriptions of goods ; but, PO far, buyers have not responded to the advance, and the business of the day has consequently been on the most limited scale." LEEDS, Dec. 30.—For a Tuesday's market, and that the closing market of the year, there was a to lerably good attendance of both buyers and sellers in the cloth halls to-day, but the actual sales were of a restricted character. A few light goods for spring, and some small parcels of ordinary cloths, were almost all that changed hands. At present the foreign as well as the home trade is rather quiet, but there is a fair amount of business doing for Canada and America, the season of the year and the internecine war considered. The non-arrival ad vices this month from Melbourne has not been favourable for the export of goods to our Austra lian colonies. The wool and the cloth market are both firm as to prices, and bon are in a fair, healthy state. NEWPORT (1110NmouTusiliRE), Dec. 29.—The iron trade evinces increased activity since the pre liminary meeting of the ironmasters. There is no change as yet to report as regards employment at the works. Considerable improvement is, however, expected to take place shortly. The following are the average quotations at the works :—Rails, £5 12s. 6d. to £5 15s. ; merchant bars, £5 15s. The coal:trade generally is in an active state, and the different collieries are fairly employed. House and gas coals command a good inquiry, and there is also a fair demand for steam coals. There is no alteration to report in prices. The tin trade gives slight indications of improvement. The Pontvmoile tin works will shortly be in full work. ROCHDALE, Dec. 29.—There was a rather small attendance of buyers in the flannel market to-day, and there was a falling off in the demand for fancy goods. Common flannels sold well, as also did Yorkshire good, especially linseys and blue unions. So groat has been the demand for these goods that stocks are quite exhausted. So extensive a demand, coupled with the high price of cotton warps, has caused prices to advance considerably. Wools keep very firm in price, but manufacturers are not buy ing very actively at present. Mr. NORTON, a director, seconded the motion. In reply to a question, it was stated that the cost per mile for a single line would be £3,500. The Government provided the land, embankments, cul verts, and earthworks, which were equivalent to one-fourth of the cost, They would aleo give a subvention in money and every facility, but they wished to avoid granting a guarantee on the capital, The motion was carried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 30.—The yarn market has been very firm, and a fair business is reported. It is thought we should have had much greater acti vity, and at extreme prices, but for the weakness exhibited by the Liverpool cotton-market. Yester day there was an exceedingly large business in that market ; 20,000 bales sold at advancing prices, and many buyers of yarns came here to-day prepared to operate, but were checked by the early telegram on the Exchange from Liverpool stating that the cot ton-market was pausing, and that the sales would probably only exceed 6,000 bales. There was a very general inquiry to-day for yarns, including buyers for China, India, Germany, and the Mediter ranean. Tho home trade were also among the buyers, and the classes of yarns taken by this branch of the trade were decidedly dearer, some of our spinners asking for the finer counts as much as ld. to 2d. per lb. more than last week's prices. Although the market was checked, there is more doing than for some time past, and many spinners have sold out their stocks, though unable to get prices which will induce them to take contracts. In cloths we have had less business doing decidedly, and this is also attributed to the flat cotton-market, for, while manufacturers are asking an advance proportioned to the increased cost of cotton, there has been wanting the spur which was most likely to urge on buyers. Buyers, indeed, seem less dis posed to respond to the upward tendency of the market than they were last week. Still, there seems to be a firm conviction in the market that pi ices will go higher, and, not only are manufac turers firm, but holrlers on speculation appear to have gained confidence. Some of the latter are asking unheard-of prices. What little business has taken place has been in small quantities, and for such orders (mostly given by buyers who have urgent necessities) hig her rates have had to be given. It will be seen by Mr. Farnall's report this week to the committee of the Relief Fund that there is a further falling off in the number of the persons receiving relief in the district to the extent of over 5,000. It has been stated in previous reports of this market that this was likely to be the case, in asmuch as contracts have been entered into during the last three or four weeks enabling manufacturers to re-open their rills. In the monthly trade cir cular of Messrs. John Pender and Co., of Saturday, this is confirmed :—" The demand for goods (during the month has been chiefly for those sorts used in the home trade, or by calico printers, and for these goods purchaaaa have not only been made from old stocks, but contractv, to make have been placed to a moderate extent." There ie no confidence h°re that this improvement in the position of the working-classes will be long maintained, but if it is only a temporary relief it is one which will be regarded with much satisfac tion. In their report of this day's cloth market Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" Owing to the large business done in 04 WAWA 111ATket, And TIM DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE, THE MANSION-HOUSE COMMITTEE. —ln the course of yesterday the sum of £l,OOO was received through Messrs. Matheson and Co., being the bal ance of the first instalment from Hong Kong. Amongst the amounts which have come to hand during the last two days were-1;100, being a seventh instalment from Bermondsey ; the parishes of St. S within and St. Mary Bothaw, £100; Hoxton Academy Chapel, £4O ; Islington, £250; collected at St. Etienne and Basle, per Messrs. Leaf, Son, and Co., £167 ; Harrow-on-the-Hill, sixth donation, £100; St. Dunstan-in-the-West, £100; Messrs. Staines, second donation, £156 7s. 7d. The total amount received since Saturday was about £5,100. THE LIVERPOOL FAT CATTLE SHOW AND THE DISTRESS FUND.—Yesterday the committee who conducted the proceedings of the late Fat Cattle Show in Liverpool handed to Mr. R. Hutchison, treasurer of the Liverpool fund, the sum of £2OO, as part of the proceeds realised by the late exhibition of fat cattle. The committee expect a still further contribution from this source. The fat cattle com mittee also handed in as donations from the follow ing gentlemen :—Mr. Robert Rankin, Mr. Henry Deacon, and Messrs. Jas. Hall and Son, the amount of the prizes respectively won by them; from Messrs. Thomas and Henry Banks the amount of their commissions ; and from Mr. George Barnett the amount paid to him for services rendered to the committee. ARDWICI SEWING GIRLS.—On Saturday even ing the sewing girls employed at the Chancery lane and Bank Meadow sewing schools were treated to tea, defrayed by special sub scriptions. A meeting was afterwards held in the Bank Meadow School, at which the Mayor (A. Heywood, Esq.) presided; and addresses were de livered by the chairman, by Mr. R. Rumney, Mr. Brierley, and others. SALFORD SEwiNo SCHOOLS,—A few weeks ago, several ladies connected with the sewing school in St. Stephen-street, raised a subscription to Treat the women and girls in the school to a Christmas i . ... dinner, but at the suggestion of the mayor the plan was extended so as to include the whole of the schools then established by the relief committee, containing about 900 inmates. A com mittee of ladies was therefore formed for carrying out the necessary arrangements, and the dinner would have been held in accordance with their first intention ; but atter the announcement of the muni ficent gift from the Lord Mayor, providing the means for a Christmas dinner to the whole of the persons in receipt of relief in the manufacturing districts, the ladies considered it would be best to change their intended treat from Christmas to New Year's-day, and somewhat extend their plan, if sufficient funds could be raised, by adding to the dinner a moderate supply of coffee, tea, and oranges, and filling up the evening with music, , songs, and recitations. Several volunteers for this desirable entertainment have offered themselves to aid the ladies in making the dinner a great success. I'he present number of women and girls in the sew ing schools is 1,100, and it has been one of the prin cipal difficulties of the committee to find a room in Salford large enough to hold so many persons at one entertainment. This difficulty is, however, obviated by the mayor and town-hall committee offering the large room at the Town-hall, free of cost, in which to hold the dinner, and it is now being fitted up with tables and seats, and will be ornamented with evergreens for the occasion. The ladies have con tracted with the proprietors of the Irwell Dining Rooms for the supply of hot roast beef, potatoes, and plum pudding, to be served at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The Mayor has expressed his intention to preside, and invitations are sent to the subs cri- bers and ladies of each school committee. All ar rangements for preserving order and promoting the success of the dinner are completed, and a telegram has been received by Mr. D. Chadwick, from the United Cooks' Society, Cheapside, London, stating their intention to send the monster plum pudding, weighing 991 b., to grace the principal table at this great New-year's dinner to the Salford Sewing Schools. Asirrox-UNDER-LYNE.---The returns read at the usual meeting of the Ashton board of guardians on Monday showed that during the past week the total number of persons relieved in the union was 32,465, at a eost of £2,141 125., being a decrease on the pre vious week of 85 persons and £lOl 2s. 2d. in the expenditure. The increase on the coresponding week of last year was, in persons, 30,419, and in amount, £2,014 53. 2d. The number of inmates in the work- house was a short time ago over 500, but during the last few weeks it has gradually fallen to 454. Pro ceedings at law were ordered to be taken against the overseers of Matley for recovery of arrears due on calls, and the same course will be taken with Motram unless the money due is immediately paid NOT SO PIISIIING.—An American paper states that those who go round with the contribution-box in Californian churches plead and argue the case in the pews as they go alcng. The following dialogue, it is said, took place between one of these gentry and an honest-look ing miner. Parson L— extended the box to Bill, and he slowly shook his head. "Come, William, give something," said the parson, " Can't do ir," replied Bill. " Why not ? Is not the cause a good one ?" asked he. "Yes, good enough, but I am not able to give anything," answered Bill. " Pooh, pooh ! I know better; you must give me a better reason than that." " Well, I owe too much money; I must be just before lam generous, you know." " But, William, you owe God a larger debt than you owe any one else." " That's true, Parson, but he ain't pushing me like the rest of my creditors." The argument was conclusive, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—II )lloway's Ointment and Pills.— Paralysis, deep-seated rheumatism, and stiff contracted joints may always be cure,' by these medicines, if they have a fair trial. But such diseases are not cured in a ' , thltisle day. The patient must have a little perseverance and determination, and then with these powerful medicines he cannot fail to conquer his disease, however obstinate it may be. The Ointment should bo briskly rubbed into the parts affected, after they have been fomented with luke warm water. The Pills by their action on the blood, and the humours of the body, are an admirable auxiliary to the Ointment, and improve and invigorate the whole system. Directions for the use of these mec!icines accompany each pot BO box, HEALTH OF LONDON. The returns issued by the Registrar-General ex hibit a further decrease on the high mortality of November. In the week that ended on Saturday the number of deaths was 1,292. The average num ber for corresponding weeks in the ten years 1852- 61, with a correction for increase of population, is 1,560. The deaths last week were fewer by 268 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had ruled. The births in the week ex ceeded the deatbs in the same period by 318. Twenty-eight cases were recorded in which small pox was fatal. Eleven of these occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. Measles was fatal in 61 cases, 24 of which were in the districts on the south side of the river. There were 4 in the Belgrave sub district, and 9 in Islington. There were 77 deaths from scarlatina, 4 of which were in the snb-district of St. Mary, Paddington, 8 in Isling ton, 6in Hackney, and 4in Peckham. Diphtheria was returned in 18 cases. Both phthisis and bron chitis show a decrease on the results of previous weeks. Six persons aged ninety years and up wards died in the week. A widow died at the age of 98 years ; and another is stated to have arrived at the age of 100 years, and to have been born a fortnight before George IV. A woman died of abscess in the hand caused by the scratch of a cat. A man of erysipelas from punctured wound of the thumb. A woman was suffocated by swallowing a false tooth and metallic plate, which lodged in her windpipe. Last week the births of 829 boys and 781 girls, in all 1,610 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852 .61 the average number (corrected) was 1,861. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.094 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the last four days. The barometrical reading was 29.53 in. on Sunday ; it rose to 30.33 in. on Christmas-day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.2 deg., which is 5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day except Monday; and on the last three days this excess was as much as from 8 degs. to nearly 11 degs. The lowest night tem perature was 33.4 deg. on Monday. The highest day temperature was 50 deg. on Thursday and Friday. The range of the temperature in the week was therefore 16.6 deg. The mean daily range was 8.2 deg. The range on Sunday and Friday was only 5 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, com plete saturation being represented by 100, which point was attained on Tuesday, and nearly reached on Wednesday and Saturday. The wind blew from the north on the first two days; afterwards from the south-west and west. On Sunday the maxi mum pressure of the wind was 151bs. to the square foot. The gale lulled at four o'clock on the morn ing of Monday. The whole amount of rain did not exceed 0.08 in. The mean of the highest tem peratures of the water of the Thames was 42.2 deg. ; that of the lowest was 39.4 deg. Kensington : St. Paul's, Hammersmith—At 8, Lilly-terrace, on the 19th December, the wife of a chemist, aged 51 years, " from absorption of puru lent virus into the system, producing general blood poison in consequence of an abscess in the hand occasioned by a scratch from a cat." Not certified. St. George, Hasover-square : Belgrave—At 47, Dorset-mews, on 22d December, a coachman (do mestic servant), aged 60 years, "erysipelas and blood poison from a punctured wound of the thumb with an awl." Mile-end Old Town : Eastern—At 3, Caroline place, on 16th December, a female domestic servant, aged 56 years, " violent death, swallowed a false tooth and metallic plate, which lodging in the upper part of the windpipe caused suffocation." (Inquest.) St. Saviour : St. Saviour—At 17, Little Guild ford-street, on 19th December, the widow of a hair dresser, aged 100 years, " natural decay." This woman was born a fortnight before King George the Fourth. EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL FRAUD-. A stout, respectable-looking middle-aged man, named W. Fairman, and described as a commission agent, and who declined to give his address, was placed at the bar of the Mansion-house yesterday, before the Lord Mayor, to undergo a preliminary examination upon a charge of conspiring, in March, 1861, with a person named Charles Frederick Hunt, now in Whitecross-street Prison, to defraud the Hon. Richard Cambden Bingham of £BOO, by means of false pretences. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, and briefly nate ated the facts of the ease, from which it appeared that in the month of December, 1860, the prosecutor, the Hon. Richard Cambden Bingham, in consequence of an advertisement which he observed in the limes newspaper, came in communication with a person named Charles Frederick Hunt, and at various times advanced him several small sums of money, to the amount of about £BOO, and received as collateral security for the money which he had advanced 173 tea war rants, which Hunt told him were worth very much more. In March, 1861, the prosecutor wished for his money again, and spoke to Hunt about it, and he proposed to sell the tea, and repay the loan, and he asked the prosecutor to let him have a few of the warrants to test the tea. On the Ist or 2d of March the prosecutor gave him 11 of the warrants. On the 4th March Hunt wrote to him, and stated that he had found a purchaser for the tea, and asked the prosecutor to meet him at the Royal Exchange, at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 6th March. The prosecutor went to the Royal Exchange, where he saw the man Hunt, who said he would take him to his broker, who had purchased the tea, and took him to the Commercial Sale-rooms, in Mincing lane, when the prisoner said, " Let us go and see if he is here." They both went into the sale-rooms, and, seated at a bench, the prosecutor saw the pri soner, who made a sign of recognition to Hunt, who said, " There's my gentleman," and went up to him, leaving the prosecutor in a passage. In about five minutes he came back to the prosecutor, and they passed through the luncheon-room into an inner room, and the prisoner went in and called Hunt away, and after some moments' conversation together Hunt went back to Mr. Bingham and told him he had an offer for the teas 'which suited him, that he would lose on some of the teas, but would would gain on others. The prisoner then came up to them and wanted to know the answer, and they again retired together, and after a few moments' conversation they both returned to the table where the prosecutor was sitting, when Hunt offered him £1,300 or £1,400 for the teas, and proposed that the prosecutor should take a bill from him drawn upon and accepted by the prisoner, whom he had intro duced as Mr. Taos. Edwards, for the whole amount, and when the bill came to maturity to pay to him (Hunt) the difference between the £BOO and the £1,300. The prosecutor said that he would not do so. Hunt said if he drew two separate bills he would put the parties to an extra expense. The prosecutor objected to taking a bill, stating that he I wanted the money, and Hunt said, " Money you shall have then," and that he should have £lOO then, and £3OO or £4OO on the day after the morrow, and in the meantime the prisoner would accept a bill. The prosecutor said he could not take a bill from a perfect stranger; he wanted ready money. Hunt said the prisoner was a man worth £lO,OOO, and he himself had had dealings with him to the extent of £20,000, and that he had chambers "upstairs," pointing above the sale room. Hunt also said that it was customary in the tea trade to pay a small deposit down, and to give a bill at four days for the remainder. The prosecutor believed these state ments to be true, and ultimately consented to take £lOO as a deposit, and a bill at four days for the balance. Hunt then produced a bill stamp, and drew out a bill (which was produced) for £BBO, which he directed to Thomas Edwards, Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, and which he handod to the prisoner, who accepted it as " Thomas Edwards." The bill was then handed to the prosecutor, toge ther with a £lOO Bank of England note, and he .old Hunt that ho had drawn the bill for £lOO too much, and at hie (Hunt's) euggeetion he wrote a re- ceipt of £lOO on account at the back of the bill. At the time all this was going on the priscner was making a great display of bank notes, and from the careless manner in which he tossed the £lOO to the prosecutor, apparently without selection, he thought they were all for £lOO. The tea warrants wero then handed to the prisoner, Mr. Bingham not knowing at the time that he was the victim of a well-concocted scheme. Upon the bill not being paid, he sued Hunt for the amount, and who was at present in Whitecross-street Prison. From infor mation which he had subsequently received, how ever, he was satisfied that there was no such person as Thomas Edwards occupying chambers in the Com mercial Sale-rooms as a tea broker, and that he had been defrauded of his money. The prisoner had not since:been seen, or at all events all efforts to apprehend him had been unsuccessful until the previous day. The case, as it at present rested, was one of conspiracy ; but it would remain to be considered whether it would not ultimately resolve itself into a forgery, inas muchas the bill was accepted in the name of a non existing person, which in itself constitutes a forgery, and in the uttering of which both the prisoner and Hunt would be principals. The Hon. Richard Cambden Bingham was called and his evidence entirely corroborated the facts as narrated by Mr. Sleigh. Richard Moon, a porter at the Commercial Sale rooms, Mincing-lane, said that there was never such a person as Thomas Edwards occupying chambers in the Commercial Sale-rooms; and to his know ledge, there was no Thomas Edwards a tea broker. William Keeley, police-constable 48 M, said he took the prisoner into custody on the previous after noon. He gave his name as William Fairman; but he refused his address, and described himself as a commission agent. The prisoner said he wished to explain that it was out of no disrespect to his lordship or his officers that he refused his address, but he discovered that the person who apprehended him had no warrant or other document signed by his lordship, and that ho was not an officer of justice, but belonged to an office termed a private inquiry office in the Temple, carried on under the direction of a person named Field; and he wished his lordship to say whether it was right to capture a subject upon such a charge as appeared against him upon the charge sheet without a warrant or some document signed by a magistrate. He was in a house in the Borough when the party came to him, and called him by his Christian name, which he had no doubt was a ruse to catch him, and after a time said he was a detec tive officer, and said something about apprehend ing him upon the charge mentioned ; but he told him he knew nothing about such a charge. He was removed to Seething-lane station, certainly in a respectable manner, for he was conveyed in a cab, and he was there kept waiting two hours. There, again, he must say he was treated , respectfully, for he was all owe d t o s it be fore the fire instead of being locked up in a cell, while the party who had given him in custody upon no other document than an authority signed by Mr. Bingham went to find some one to make the charge against him; and the inspector himself was doubtful whether under the circum stances he was justified in detaining him, and when the person returned he said he had been looking after Mr. Bingham. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, said it was cer tainly rather an extraordinary proceeding to give a person in custody without a warrant upon such a charge; but the person who had signed the charge sheet was not in any way connected with that office. The case might, however, turn out to be one of felony, and a person would be entitled to appre hend another without a warrant on a charge of felony. The defendant said the party who apprehended him said he had been in the Mansion-house and had seen Mr. Goodman, who authorised him to take such a step. Mr. Goodman said he had certainly seen the soli citor in the case, but he had not seen the person alluded to, nor should he have entrusted him with a warrant if one had been granted, under any cir cumstances. The defendant said, when the person gave him in charge he said he lived at 23, New-street, and when asked what he was, he said, " Oh, you can put me down as a gentleman," and described the pro secutor as Mr. Rd. Bingham, a tea broker,. Cori:. mercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, The Lord Mayor said it was an irregularity for which no one at that court was responsible. The defendant said it was merely that his lord ship might understand that it was out of no disre spect that he had not given his address, and he thought that it was a matter which some one ought to take up. The prisoner was then remanded, his lordship granting his application to be admitted to bail, if he could procure two sureties of £250 each, in addi tion to his own recognisances in £5OO. Mr. Ignatius Pollaky, who was formerly connected with Mr. Field's office, was present during the statement made by the defendant, and he wished it to be understood that he was in no way connected with this alleged irregularity, although he was applied to to take the matter in hand, but refused to do so. Shocking Attempt of a Father to Murder his Daughter. The man, Isaac Thompson, who, for the heinous crime of wilfully roasting his child to death at the Straits awaits his trial at the forthcoming Stafford Assizes, has again for the third time been at his murderous work with another of his children. In this case, although the child has very narrowly escaped immediate death, the particulars are no less revolting. We may say at the outset that its recovery is regarded by the medical men as impossible. On Sunday night, about half-past 11, Thompson returned home, having been carouing in a public-house up to that hour with his wife. He appears not to have come home with her, for on his arrival he demanded to know of his daughter Hannah, a girl about 9 years old, " where her mother was." Hannah is the oldest child but one, and all the other chil dren were in bed upstairs. She replied that she did not know. He directed her to search for her, and the child re turned without finding her mother. lie at once seized a poker, which is about 18 inches long, and worn to a sharp point at the end, and thrust it into the head of the child to a depth of about 31 inches. The blow penetrated above the left ear, and, bursting through the scalp to such a depth, it is questionable whether it did not go into the brain. Sho bled profusely, her clothes being completely saturated with the blood. Another daughter, Rachel, the eldest child, hearing the noise and the groans of her sister, rushed down stairs, and sought by her screams out of doors the assist ance and attendance of their only neighbour, Mrs. Sprud son, the house being detached and isolated from other houses. A number of people were attracted by the cries, and on arriving did all they could for the poor girl, and at once fetched the police. Having put Thompson in safe custody, Sergeant Tomlinson sent for Mr. H. Ballenden, surgeon, of Sedgley, who attended and resorted to such expedients to save the child as his medical skill suggested. At the time our reporter despatched his parcel he had just learned that the state of the poor girl was pezilous, and scarcely the shadow of a hope remained of her recovery. The prisoner maintained quite a cool and indifferent de meanour from the time of the trmsaction to the hour he was lodged in gaol.—l3irnaingham Gazette. MR. THOMPSON'S FRITIT.—Mr. Thompson had the finest crop of fruit this season that any one can remember in all Wimbledon ; and when it was all ripe enough for picking, the apple was the only one willing. So Mr. Thompson picked him; but the plum, the pear, the grapes, the peach, and the nectarine would not be picked at all, much preferring to enjoy the fine weather, of which they had not had too much, so they were loft hang in g' Now, the sparrow, the thrush, the blackbird, the redstart, and the jay—indeed, all little birds from jack starling down to jenny wren—were very glad to hear it, an d down they came in great numbers. So w h a t w ith the, hot sun shrivel lingy them up, and the birds eating them up, the poor fruit soon began to laugh on the wrong side of their mouths, and to wish with all their hearts that the had been picked at the same time as the apple. They all apple-pie) ; he beoaru fox e came to miserable ends, and were of no use at all to any one but the littl3 birds. While the jolly apple was h onoured little b y them r a y l, (who e was was made alwaysinto on a d of fi pp fine largeie_i,ie apple-pie sauce for the great Mic haelmas goose, who w ou ld h ave been nothing without it ; and, best of all, they made hi m into good bright cider, and in it they drank (as they always should), "A health to Mr. Thompson, and may he have good crops of fruit for seasons to come." "He was a sen sible app le, certainly; but, after all, they bad to cut him up before they could honour him." " Yes," said Father, "but one would rather die doing one's best, than shri-el u p with doing of nothing."—Charles 13 r 8 As' eiinft tones told by -tqqf 411048 00(1.00,A Execution of FerdinandO Petreani at Winchester. Yesterday morning at eight o'clock the dread finality of the law was perfected upon Ferdinand° Petreani, on the scaffold erected over the gatewaY of the gaol of Winchester. The remarkable fact of an execution taking place at an inland town for such an offence as that for which the miscreant suf. fered drew a more than usually large crowd of per sons to witness the scene. Since his condemnation the wretched man 11 0 behaved himself with calmness and propriety, never having entertained any hope that his life would be spared after it was intimated to him that the only doubt on the subject was solved by the decision of Mr. Justice Byles that the point of law raised 11 the learned counsel for the defence was not tenable, The Rev. Father Pacificou, of the order of cap' chins, visited the hapless man on Saturday, the 13th inst., and has been in daily attendan ce upon him. On Monday he visited him at the usual hour , and at the culprit's request remained with nil° throughout the night, which was passed in con' stant prayer. What statement he made to the rev; father is, of course, secret, under the confessions' vow, but through the kindness of Dr. Sanders, erl e of the regimental surgeons in the garrison, we are able to state that th e cr i m i na l f u lly ac k now l e dge' his guilt, but attributed the commission of his crime to the woman, who desired to cohabit with 'lira' and constantly importuned him. Her desires, her/' ever, he rejected; and on account of that sbe Wa g always setting the captai n a n d th e fi rs t ma t e ag ainst him, causing him constant annoyance and ill treat' ment. Ho averred that he never should have cos' templated his crime but for th e m anner i n which he was treated—not with violence, but as to th e difference with which h e was use d, even com pared to the most menial of the crew, particularly instan i ; ing the fact th a t w h en th ey were a bb e to b u y se . ' bread they were allowed to do so, while he was r e i stricted to ordina r y s hip' s bi scu it. H e e xpressed himself in the most grateful terms of the mannere d which he had been t r eat e d by th e govern or and the other officials whilst in confinement, and con,: trasted it in most emphatic word s w ith t • at to whi ch he would have been subjected if he had been i ll 4 carcerated in his own country, wh er a h e wet have been loaded with i rons an d su bj (!c t e d t o the utmost indignity. At a quarter be fore eight o'clock the under-sheriff, Mr. W. Broolr.s ; the g el vernor, Mr. Henry Barber; the surgeon, D: Lyford, with the other priso n officiales, visited til° unhappy convict in his cell, and Calcraft, the exeew e tioner, proceeded with th e r it e s o f hi s o ffi ce . The culprit expressed an ea rnes t d es i re t o b e a 1m0 5 6 stripped of his clothing, an anxiety which sc il humanely acceded to as far as consistent with Pr e ; priety by the governor, and the wretched man r , therefore without his coat and wa i s t coa t, h av ing e. a very finely-worked fronted shirt. Father PO.; ficos, who was dress e d i n th e f u ll ves t ments o f 111 , order, continued th e r e p e titi on o f th e prescr ibel; formularies of the cre e d o f hi s Church with !t o utmost vehemence, and the rep e titi on of prayers by the culprit was distinctly heard by th e persons in the lanes opposite the gaol long befo id, the dread procession wa s vi s ibl e upon th e scaff° l , o On reaching the drop th e f a th er con f esso r, lv",, waved the crucifix in front of the criminal, el horted him to repentance, and the wretched culpri,,: who then trembled violently, j o i ne d earn estly 4' the prayers with apparently de e p con t r ition. . 1 ' the midst of the prayers the drop f e ll, an d the co n fessor, kneeling by the side of the pendant bodifr prayed with great fervour. The f a th er c onfos u ji continued on the scaffold r ep ea ti ng p ra y er s un til half-past eight, when he des cen d e d an d thaw ed the governor for his exceeding kindn ess to the nn fortunate man who had paid the penalty of Per crimes with his life. The body was cut down i f hanging the usual time, and the crow d ran' dispersed. COUNTRY MARKETS. - LEEDS—TUESDAY. To-day at our market the show of grain is not 1 1; The best samples of wheat brought about is per qr acift t , on this day week, but inferior samples mostly remain;s7i sold. Fine barleys at rather better prices, and second sorts dull. Oats and beans unaltered. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. f At our market to-day there was a fair attendance 0-a town and country trade, with a good consumptive denst,, o for wheat, and an advance of Id to 2d per 100 lb took leio on American red winter and spring, but other descriptTop were not dearer. Flour neglected. Oats and oatmeal , 5 4 0 of sale, and barely brought late rates. Bar!ey and '"„ e , - 3 5, unchanged, but there was an easier business doing in r' Indian corn in demand. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. „e a White wheat, 48s to 53s ; red, 45s to 49s per 36 SO% Barley at 35s to 40s pe r qr ., gr i n di ng 28 s t o 30s per 3.9 to Oats, 28s to 325; new, 20 s t o 24 s p er 24 s t. ; beans, 318 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. IVO The supply of wheat was small. For the b es t qua. - I vaa isitOaturday's rates were f u lly ma i n t a i ne d , and i n 50 s PREfances an advance of 6d p er load of three bushels cv`" given. Flour and other articles changed hands at itb °° , previous rates. Ocl Iced wheat, per load of 3 impe r i a l b us h e l s... 2o s Od to 21 5 0 a White 97 , ...22s Od to 23 5 4 j New red , . , ...I6s 6d to 1 85 `6,1 New white „ 9, ...20s Od to 21 5 6 a Beans ** 5, ...16s Od to 1 85 ~a Peas, per qr s6s Od to 60s . t Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ Oats ** Flour, is 9d to 2s Id per stone 233 . ososss°°°add tttooo 331:5 v°l\ida MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDAY. The following wore the currencies :—New w hite Wm f ; 50s Od to 54s Od ; new red, 44s Od to 48 s per 36 afoot, ; beans, 48s for old ; new sorts, 34 s t o 38 s per 3S for barley, 36s to 40s for malting, and 30s to 32s per cl l. ' grinding; oats, 20s to 30s Od per 24 stone. NEWCASTLE -UNDER -LYME—MONDAY. Cel The supply of wheat was limited, and a fair attend an e re There was a better f ee li ng i n the trade, and prices fully Is per qr ad vance on l as t wee k' s prices. BarieJ scarce, with a good d eman d, a t i s d earer. O a t s br°,, ,,,11t z,q, quite as much mo ne y as o f l a t e. B eans i n li m it e d o,"' Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauriti Dec.'" via Southampton....... -12. via Marseilles ......... Jan. 4. Brazil and Cape V er d s , b y B r i t i s h packet. ....... Je.l. Cape of Good H o p e , A scens i on, and St. Helena.. Feb.l China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.pe c ' 1 2, Falkland Island s via Marseilles ...Je ll ' 4. .. Gibraltar, via S ou th am pt on ...... Jan' „ India (Calcutt a ), an d C ey l on, v i a South ampton..ie„°' via l‘larseilles....Je'''' 10 , India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... 4. via Marseilles JO' Portugal J t a.a. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S ou thampt on oa th 4, via Marseilles Newfoundland .. Oporto and Vigo u. S. and British N. America, by B r it. p ac k e t.. • • Tan by U.S. packet.. • • 2. by Canadian packet. J 3 10 , W. C. of Africa, Madeira, and T ener iff e .......... J a! ' . 15. Bahamas, via New York .... 29. Mexico .. • • Deo. 9 , All parts of West I n di es , i nc l u di ng Chili , Peru, } Deo. - 2 California, and Briti s h Columbia. SINIOM COLONEL PATRICK STEW A RT.—One day L °ra Clyde received a message from the Viceroy, ru na be, thus—" Do not let Pat Stewart be killed. He cannot eS' replaced." Raising his eyes, he saw the object of the as a volun te li e t r sage snea king out of the camp, rifle in hand, broil ' co on a particularly dangerous expedition. He was back. " Confound you, sir," said the chief ; "wh at 7 . 12 : t you to do there ? If you're killed, sir, by George, li—cs you I" Births. MA cthtraon.—On the 30th inst., at 17, rembridge-gIW dens, the wife of Major It. G. MacGregor, of a soli. , 11 MACNEAL.—On the 27th inst., at Stafford-street, ,4; burgh, the wife of Captain M a cneal, of Ugadale, .0f P' and heir. RUSSELL.•—On the 29th inst., at 1 0, Fitzwilliam-sq ll3 l Dublin, the Lady Katharine Hamilton Russell, of daughter. TRIBE,—On the 28th inst ,at Kennington, th e w if e of gr' Arthur D. Tribe, of a son. Marriages. Fi e' p Am mt . .--R OsE .—On the 29th inst., at St. Jarees be tlf Fo ti r i:y o , ll C l y ha d rl u es g latPacker,erof vm o f . II F e a g rr e n i t - o s s t e r , e o Esq., to jl, i ° l it e 5 t. sq uare, Southwark. Chou; jjEv'' B lN a . n — ke o B n l t o h m e li 3 n Oth E in g st at Trinity If orl- • Teterboro', late Captain Ist I') - '4'Guard s . t o Dragoon Esq. , eldest daughter of the late Goon , , Herbert Lewin, -'-'' of Gl oucester -crescent, Hyde-park. ' f Westgate l i pt, T omLft Paddington,— Deaths, Allel ift, ALLNUTT.—O n th e 29th i nst G eorge Stevens ,d, Esq., of 30, Chancery-lane, and 2 - 2, Lansdow ne."' Notting -hill, aged 47. VdiVA rti FANE.—On the 28th inst ,a" at Fulbeck, the Rev. • Fane, aged 79. . L tile GottuoN.--On Christmas-day, at Orton Long„eville, Edith Blanche Gordon, youngest twin daughter of Marquis Huntly, aged 13 months. a 0 0111 MADDEN.—On the 30th inst. Alfred Cape ] , a g e r es dely son of Mr. Jas. M a dd en , O'ri ntal publisher, of -'-' hall-street. gr. 17' MARES.—Ou the 29th inst., at Lower Edmonton, Mares, aged 62. , VYsE.—ln Albemarle-street, after three days " vise? Julia Agnes, wifo of Colonel Richard Howl aged 28. sy s , London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM A N19 1 4- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Trek ‘" SUN 0 11ie f, o . u Y 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the " of AUMUCNV , 24—WcductirlAyi DeoluPor I°3'