The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

IRE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron-cased sloop Enterprise, build ing under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Reed, in Deptford Dockyard, is making rapid pro gresr,, ril e planking of the bottom is now corn pleite, and the false keel has been fitted and cop perad. The magazines and:other internal arrange ro.ents below are being proceeded with, the deck of The battery platform and the deck above the battery are being laid, and the timber portion of the ship is rapid 4 approaching. completion. In th e reg i on of the water line the ship has been made enor moaFily strong by the addition of a solid mass of t t hi.ek timber, which is intended to aid the armour- Jelt to resist the action of shot, and is also to form the foundation for the iron topsides, which are to be built up opcin the timber hull. The " barpins" for giving form to the iron works are now being fitted, thy, whole of the iron required having been received from Messrs. Bolcknow and Vaughan, the , c ontr actors. The contract for the armour plates of bot;ti the Enterprise and the Favourite, in course 04 construction on Mr. Reed's principle on adjoin leg ships, has been granted to Messrs. Brown and Co,, of the Atlas works, Sheffield, and they are to be fitted in dock at Woolwich. They are of the same thickness, for the most part, as those of the Cale donia, Royal Oak, and other iron•cased ships of the largest class. Some of them are to be nearly 5 f.z! e t in width and no less than 17 feet long. As she now stands upon the slip the Enterprise very much resembles the published drawings of the American vessel 'Monitor, but instead of having a revolving turret containing a single gun (which is all that a 81 ° 0, p of her size could carry), she has a fixed tower or battery, which is to be armed with four of the largest naval guns in use in the British navy. The officers appointed by the Ordnance Department have been in attendance at .Deptford Dockyard for the purpose of arranging the details of the arma ment, and have found that ample accommodation has been afforded for four Armstrong 110 pounders even when - mounted upon carriages and slides of the largest kind. The form of the Enterprise is uni versal y admired, every naval officer who visits her pre'aicting that she will possess excellent qualities as a seagoing ship, and that she has better ventila tion and cabin accommodation than any ship of war in the service. The Favourite is in frame with the exception of a few stern timbers. Owing to the frequent changes of master shipwrights in Deptford Dockyard, the Admiralty have placed the entire re sponsibility of the construction of this ship, as well as of the Enterprise, on Mr. Reed. In the fore part and midship part of the Favourite, where the fram ing has been completed, nearly the whole frame has been made solid by means of long fillings of the same scantling as the timbers, bolted and coaked to the frame. The shelf of the upper and lower deck has also been worked, and the beams are ready for crossing. As soon as this has been done, and the sides of the ship have thus been bound together, the external barpins and ribands will be removed a por tion at a time, and the diagonal planking will be brought on, The application of this diagonal plank ing, and of the fillings, introduced by Mr. Reed's system., will considerably strengthen the ships thus cone.teneted, especially as the armour plating will be continued up to the upper deck from stem to Stern, in which case the necessity of erecting iron light topsides will be avoided. A. case having recently occurred of one of the 110 pounder Armstrong guns being found, on examina tion, to be deeply indented, nearly all round, at 60 inches, and the bore from 62 inches to 60 inches, ex panded . 045 of an inch, which damage had evi dently been caused by the bursting of a shell in its passage along the bore, it was determined, with the sanction of the Duke of Cambridge,to make the experiment of rendering the gun serviceable with out the aid of any kind of machinery. The altera tions were intrusted to the battery armourers of the Rog al Artillery under instruction at Woolwich, and the alterations have been effected with the most Complete success. Major -Gen. Tulloh, C. 8., In- Spector of Artillery, has reported that no difficulties of consequence were experienced in carrying out the experiment, which was effected by filing down with tile ordinary tools, the operation taking about 60 h'ours to accomplish. The gun is now as service able as it was before the damages were sustained. The Columbine, 4, screw steam gun vessel, 669 tons, 150 horse power, attached to the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve, was taken from her moorings in the harbour on trial at the measured mile off Maplin Sands, on Tuesday last, in charge of Capt. T. P. Thompson ; Mr. Urquhart, chief en gineer, and Mr. S. L. Townsend, foreman of engi neers in the dockyard, both of Sheerness, having the superintendence of the machinery. The Columbine made six runs at the measured mile, giving a result of 9.614 knots per hour, with 102 revolutions of en gines per minute, vacuum 23, pressure of steam 20. Duri-ag the trial there was scarcely any perceptible .oration from the working of the machinery. This part of the trial was considered most satisfactory, as nearly one knot per hour more speed was got out of the engines than has been obtained from any other vessel of the same class. After the trial of speed, in accordance with Admiralty orders, the steering qua lities of the vessel with the old rudder were tried, and the results noted for comparison with a similar trial to take piece with Lumley's patent steering apparatus. The first trial was at full speed, helm starboard at an angle of 23 deg, when the circle was made in 4 min. 26 sec.,the diameter of the circle being 536 ft. The second trial was from dead stop, helm starboard, at an angle of 35 deg; the circle was made in 4 min 30 sec; diameter, 693 ft. In the third trial at full speed, helm port at an angle of 18 deg., the circle was made in 5 min 5 sec; diameter, 1,718 ft. Fourth, from dead stop, helm port at an angle - of 27 deg; the circle made in 4 min 28 sec ; diameter, 693 ft. In the fifth, at full speed, helm starboard at an angle of 11 deg, the circle was made in 7 min 48 see. In the sixth, at full speed, helm port at an angle of 11 deg, the circle was made in 11 min 20 sec. In each case the helm was put to port or star board before the time was taken. The Columbine will shortly be taken into dock to be fitted with. Lumley's patent steering apparatus, when she will again be taken to the measured mile on trial, and the comparative merits of the two rudders tested. Tue Scylla, 21, screw corvette, Capt. R. Lambert, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the Mediter ranean. She experienced rough weather during the passage home. The Emerald, screw frigate, Capt. A. Cumming, , arrived at Spithead yesterday from Plymouth Sound, She will be docked and ctherwise prepared for en tering upon the experimental series of screw trials which were left unfinished by the Shannon, screw , frigate, Capt. 0. Jones. As a gang of convicts, under the supervision of a warder named Deane, were employed yesterday in th e teuo jrk store at Portsmouth dockyard, one of the the as named F r a se r, m a d e a ferocious atta c k on , oftke :" r d u e a r, fellin g him to the ground with the severely 1 4 1 ;:l a J aco b' s l a dd er , an d ki c ki ng hi m secured and re moved on the ground. He was speedily moved to the convict prison adjoining , the dockyard. D for medic a l treatmeeante was removed to the hospital Sir lieu, y es Richar a d Ma y ne, accompanied by Mr. Malle yd completedf his annual inspection of the metropolitan police Ports mouth, in the dockyard,ll.0 Y "" doing dut y at 1 Clarenc e -y ar d, Has lar Hospital, and Gunboat -yard, the. Gunwharf, and • Priddy's hard magazine s . l asrction—which is the first Sir Richard has made s inc e the super the handsm en of the at vision of the whole of the public e st ab lish ment s P or t s mouth has been placed i n 11 e tropolitan police — was very minute, a n d at thites conclusion Sir Richard expression his entire satis faction at the condition of the force, and said that great credit was due to its two chief officers —Mr. Superintenden t Gu y and Chief Inspector King. The Portsmouth dockyard police was first organised under Mr. Superintendent Mott, a most energetic officer, now in command of the N division of metro politan police. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. R. D. Cooper to th . e . Edinburgh ; Lieut. A. J. Day t o the Colossus; A J. A. Parks, muster, to the Pembroke , for the Coast guardN ; G. A. Waters, master, to th e Russell; N. Arquimbau, master, to the Asia, for the Frede rick William ; E. C. T. Youel, master in cor wand, to the Industry ; Sub-Lieut. A. G. B. Riall, to the Shearwater ; W. Yarde, assist.-surg., to the Industry; I. P. Courtenay, assist.-surg., to the I Excellent; R. E. Malone, paymaster, the Colos sus; J. Downe, engineer, to the Irldus, for the Triton ;J. Irving, acting engine-r, to the Indus, for the Partridge ; H. G. Bur . acting se cond-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary; W. Harvey, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary; C. C. Edwards, assist-paymaster, to the Hawke ; Henry P. Collinson, master's assistant, to the Emerald; Frederick W. Jenard, master's assistant, to the Marlborough ; David E. Doveton, assist.- clerk, to the Victory, for the secretary's office ; Leonard W. Sewell and Archibald 0. Hill, mid shipmen, to the Sutlej ; James Blackburn and John L. Crawley, midshipmen, to the Pylades ; William H. Maund and Edward A. Holbech, midshipmen, to the Nile; and Adolphus H. Barnard, midship man, to the Pheabe. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Lieut.-General Sir William Genrge Moore, K.C.8., late of Petersham, Surrey, formerly of Chewles, and Berkeley-square, was proved in London on the 22d ult. The personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. The executors nominated are his cousin, Capt. John Moore, R.N., and John Carrick Moore, Esq., of Corswall, Stranraer, N.B. This veteran general officer has seen much military ser vice, and ranks among the heroes of Waterloo, in which be participated, being attached to the Quar termaster-General's Staff at that memorable con ' filet. The late lieneral Sir William G. Moore was the nephew of that gallant and distinguished General Sir John Moore who fell at Corunna. The testator, who executed his will in February last, with a codicil in August following, died on the 231 Ootot.or, at the ago of Rl_ Moo° though but of moderate length, contain many be quests to relatives, officers in the army and navy, their wives and widows, amounting to about £10,000; also legacies to his domestics, and an an nuity of £lOO to his servant, John Donald. The testator has also bequeathed to the National Gallery 11 pictures by the old masters. His real estate, together with the residue of the personalty, he leaves to his cousin and executor Captain John Moore, R.N. The will of Brodie M'Ghie Willcox, Esq., late M.P. for Southampton, of Portman-square, London, and Roydon Lodge, Ware, Herts, was proved in London on the Ist inst., the executors appointed being his relict, together with his son, Brodie A. Willcox ; James Allan, Joseph A. M'Leod, and Cal vert Toulmin, Esqrs. The personalty was sworn under £120,000. The testator, who was an eminent shipowner, held many prominent appointments con nected with mercantile pursuits, was chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, a di rector of the Southampton Docks, and an East In dian proprietor. He also represented Southampton in Parliament from the period of 1847 to the time of his death, which occurred on Nov. 8 last, aged 77. The will bears date 1857, with two codicils, 1861-2 though of considerable length, the dispositions are entirely of a family nature. To his relict he leaves all his household furniture and plate (except presentation plate), carriages, and other effects absolutely, and a life interest in his real and per sonal estate, which upon her decease is to be equally diviied between his son and daughters, to each of whom he has left an immediate legacy of £2,000. There is one bequest which it may be in teresting to notice—it is a silver centre ornament, richly embellished with emblematical devices, weighing 771 oz. This costly piece of plate was presented to the testator by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, and is directed by the will to be I eld by his son for life, and upon his decease to descend to the eldest son then living of his (testator's) son-in-law, Pedro Jose de Zulueta, Count Torre Diaz, the husband of the testator's eldest daughter. The will of the late Ichabod Wright, Esq., of Mapperly Hall, near Nottingham, has just been proved in the London Court by the executors—viz., his son, lehabod Charles Wright, Esq. ; his son-in law, George Le Blanc, Esq. ; and his grandsons, George John Shaw Lefevre and Charles Ichabod Wright, Esqrs.—the personalty in Great Britain and Ireland being sworn under £lOO,OOO. The tes tator was the senior partner in the old-established banking firm of J. and J. C. Wright and Co., Not tinghamshire, and attained to the advanced age of 95. He executed his will two years since. After bequeathing legacies to his younger children, he has given the residue of his personal estate to his eldest son, Ichabod Charles Wright, Esq., M. A., and has devised to him his estates in Nottingham shire and Lincolnshire for life, with remainder to his grandson, Chas. Ichabod Wright, who are the surviving partners in the bank. The property in Glasgow he has devised in part to his son, the Rev. Adolphus Wright, and the remainder to his only unmarried daughter, Miss Lydia Sophia Wright. SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON. The Washington correspondent of the Ledger says that very few Foreigh Ministers were present at the opening of Congress. The French and Eng lish Ministers were both absent. We see nothing wonderful in this. Congress has become such a contemptible body that even a minister from Liberia or Hayti might afford to despise it. Foreign Minis ters have become so disgusted with the ignorance, vu:garity, and buffoonery in official circles at Washington that they have many of them re moved to New York, so that they may avoid the necessity of making mere visits of courtesy to the White House and to Cabinet officials. They only encounter our President and Cabinet when they are compelled to—when actual business requires them to do so. By residing at New York they escape the necessity of attending the state dinners at the White Howse, and this, during the Adminis tration, must be a great relief to any well-bred man, and our own people ought to be thankful that so few foreign representatives are present on such oc sions to observe the disgraceful caricaturing of good breeding and the ludicrous attempts at style and gentility on the part of those who, for the present, misrepresent the American people. The charge in Washington society is remarked by all visitors to that city. But few well-bred people, and but few, ttvuccb pcopio, avo vlnw to he found there. In place of such we now see lank, lantern-jawed New Eng landers, many of them of a poor, parson-like aspect, in faded black, soiled linen, and once white chokers, with bine cotton umbrellas and cheap oilcloth sat chels, half filled with crackers and cheese. These gentlemen are chiefly applicants for chaplainships in the army, They wear a very sanctimonious air, rub their hands unctuously together (when they are not engaged with the cotton umbrellas and the oil cloth satchels), roll up their eyes piously, and comb their hair to the back of their ears. A set of meaner bigots and more profound ignoramuses could not be found on the face of the earth. Another large class of people now in Washington are the contractors and contract seekers—shoddyites and swindlers ge nerally, who are too well known to need descrip tion at our hands. Then we have Abolition emis saries and apostles of every variety, who are in Washington to urge extreme emancipation measures and to pick up whatever plunder they can. These men are generally the friends and associates of the Abolition members of Congress, and are of a eimi lar grade in the social, moral, and intellectual scale. Add to these the correspondents of the Abolition press, small pebbles, and such wretches as Forney, who do the obsequious for their bread and butter, and you have a tolerable idea of the chief elements of Washington society at present, so far as the male sex i s concerned. The females present are o f course the wives and d aug h ters o f t h ese , an d o f coars e are th e i r fi t companions. The sharp-nosed, Rharp. vo : ced daught ers o f New England aro the ruling p spirit s at p resent. They spell cow and pron ounce it an d express won d er in suehterms:tr"io tell "N b o i " pay for t his I want to kn ow ." Du &c., and inv ariabl y ask thei r ne i g hb ours what • they had t o , of a s r o . r If, in the sovi e t that article of cl o thi ng. y v • of 0 00 e u r Minister and his lady, e : a ask them the cost of these ladies would, e ach and' every article o f their d r ess; how much dried apples and maple sugariu.e worth ; where they co me from, and how much wagestheir THE SUN' LONDON, SATURDAY EV Queens, and Emperors received. Is it any wonder that Foreign Ministers did not attend the opening of Congress—that they refuse to reside at Washing ton at this time P—Phdadelphia Evening Journal. SOUTBERN CLAIMS TO ENGLISH SYMPATHY. (From the New York Tribune.) Years ago, when the text of Punch was read, not tolerated for the sake of its illustrations, there ap peared among the latter a large cut by Richard Doyle, entitled, if we remember aright, " The Smartest Nation in all Creation." It represented a villanous-faced Yankee lolling in a rocking-chair, a slave-whip and revolver held carelessly in each hand the long, ungainly legs sprawling over a fallen bust of Washington, while in the upward curling smoke of the cigar inserted in the evil mouth were deline ated sundry 'little vignettes illustrative of our as sumed national characteristics. Therein one saw slave-whippings and hangings, duels with muskets and bowie-knives, Lynch law, filibusterism and re pudiation, and similar agreeable subjects, all of them presenting a tolerably comprehensive picture of the European estimate of the ugly side of American in stitutions. As Punch now, in his national capacity of puppet, is doing his worst and meanest to incite hatred and contempt, not of the American body politic, but of that half of it still faithful to its Go vernment and laws, we would commend to the Bri tish public and to Europe the following proposition. That all or nearly all cf American characteristics, legislation, and proclivities, reprobated in the eyes of the world are intrinsically Southern—appertain ing to or originating in the rebellion, section of onr nationality ; for the success of which British sympa thies are now so perversely enlisted. Without ex pecting to do more than merely suggest some of these, we shall put them on record as appropriate übjecis ror British contemplation. First, as to characteristics: The popular pictorial representation of American nationality in Europe is a tall, thin, long-haired man, of cadaverous coun tenance, with cunning, deep-set eyes, and strongly marked features, " A good deal like a - vulture in the face I" attired in an unfashionable suit of clothes, including short pantaloons, a wide-brimed straw hat, clumsy boots and a revolver or bowie-knife. This individual is supposed to chew tobacco unceasingly, to expec torate fluently, to ignore social decencies and pro prieties, to be prone to use the murderous weapons which he habitually carries upon small provocation —to be, in short, vulgar, brutal, violent and aggres sive. Where was this ideal studied from ? Is there anything like it in New York, in Pennsylvania, in New England ? Assuredly not. But every one of these particulars (except, perhaps the revolver— that would be above his means) applies to the Georgia " cracker" or the " up-country " South Carolinian. Our correspondents described whole military companies composed of such material pour ing into Charleston on the evacuation of Fort Moultrie for Sumter by Major Anderson, burning to assault the latter and avenge the " insult" to their " sovereign" States. And, despite the Richmond correspondent of the London Times, of such men is the main bulk of the rebel army composed. The " Yankee" of European caricature can hardly be considered an exaggeration of the lower phase of Southern character, and belongs essentially to it. Unconsciously and most unjustifiably he is accepted abroad as the type of our nationality, not as the miserable abortion that has grown up within its shadow. Secondly, as concerns legislation: Here we shall find the South the persistent enemy of Liberty, of Constitutionalism, and of Great Britain: the con sistent advocate of aggression, filibusterism, and war. A very few data will suffice to prove this. It was Southern politicians who affected the acqui sition of Louisiana, turning the Anti-Slavery Re public of Washington, Adams, and Hamilton into a republic of freemen governed by slaveholders, by passing a bill which, in the words of Jefferson, then president, " was destined to annul the constitution of his country, and indefinitely to extend an institution upon which he had himself sought to place the seal of death twenty years before." His consent, as that o f the people; ! was solicited, and in part gained, on the grounds that the proposed purchase would damage En gland,the favourite of Federalism, while drawing us closer to France. It was the South that, in pur suance of its unvarying policy of the extension of the area of slavery, secured the admission of Missouri as a Slave State, the passage of the famous "com promise" (which it subsequently abrogated for iden tical reasons), and contrived the annexing of Texas, thereby extending its accursed institution over avast tract of country that had previously abolished it. To effect this and overcome the repugnance of the North, Southern politicians proclaimed that Eng land had secret designs upon Texas, and that the embryo State, rebuffed by her natural friends, would inevitably throw herself into the arms of " perfidious Albion" if not accepted by us. It was the South that instigated the war upon Mexico, resulting in the acquisition of more territory, for the same bad object, but imperfectly attained, in consequence of the gold discoveries of California inducing its ad mission as a free State, which the South bitterly op posed until the compromise measures of 1850 gave her more than an equivalent. It was the South that abolished the Missouri compromise and carried blood and fire, and banners bearing the inscription of "God and Slavery" into Kansas. It was the South that coveted Cuba, Nicaragua, the West Indies ; that organised filibustering expeditions under Lopez and Walker; that indorsed the infa mous Cuban manifesto, justifying the stealing of that island, in case Spain demurred at parting with it for a stated price. It was the South that proposed to reopen and legalise the slave trade. It was in Southern seaports that free coloured seamen, British subjects, were subject to be whipped and imprisoned for going ashore, an instance of which was only frustrated at Norfolk, Virginia, as late as February, 1857, by the British consul, Mr. G. P. R. James, paying costs under protest. It was the South that invented repudiation ; that has chosen an arch-re pudiator for its first President. It is the South which has upon all occasions traded in and pandered to the anti-English feelings of our adopted Irish citizens, avowing itself a war party and its policy as aggressive and hostile toward Great Britain. If these be recommendations to her good-will, here are surely enough of them ? AA)A).I4. LLY Z n_nm.ranzT an. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Patrick Tornay, an Irishman, 27, wascharged with a rape upon Margsret Tracey, at Middlesborough, on the 28th of August last. Mr. Shepherd prosecuted ; the prisoner had no counsel. The prosecutrix, a woman about 30 years of age, is a hawker of nuts, oranges, &c. On the day stated she was at Stockton-upon-Tees races, selling her commodities. She saw the prisoner, who made some indecent propositions to her, which she re sented, and said she would inform a policeman of his conduct. At night, when the races concluded, she proceeded towards her home at Middlesborough. On the road she was overtaken by the prisoner and a number of men, some of whom seized her and threw her down. One of the ruffians had connec tion with her ; the prisoner, and .in .fact all the ruffians, eleven in number, did the same, the pro secutrix being held down by some of the party. She eventually became so exhausted that she almost lost her consciousness. Not content with their brutal conduct, one of the scoundrels ex claimed, " We've done with the -- " and sug gested that she should be thrown into a ditch close by, a proposition which was approved of, and she was forced there, the water in the ditch reaching up to her waste. She succeeded in getting out, and with difficulty scrambled back to Middlesborough, being at the time almost devoid of clothing. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned judge, in passing sentence, said that in the whole course of his long experience he had never heard a case of so brutal a character. The idea of this woman, who was entitled to compassion from her friendlessness, and was necessarily exposed from the nature of her occupation, being subjected in a country like this, to the barbarity she had de scribed, was perfectly appalling. The sentence of the court was that he be kept in penal servitude for the term of his natural life. • Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. liorniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. ME7ROPOLIIAN BOARD OP WORKS. The ordinary weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday at their offices, Spring-gardens, Mr. John Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The cash statement showed that the balances in the hands of the treasurer were on current ac counts £79,065 78s. 10d.; on deposit accounts, £0,070; and on Government Securities, £75,157 Os. 7d. NLN DECEMBER 20, 1862. very little. The examination was in the Parliament chamber of the benchers. The treasurer sat at the head, and Mr. Digby Seymour and the reporter sat at the other end of the table. I had a chair at the right of the treasurer at the corner of the table, and the two benchers who generally conducted the pro ceedings sat on the opposite side to me, toward the centre of the table. Mr. Bagshawe conducted the first examination, and Mr. Rod well, prompted and assisted by Mr. Greene, conducted the other exami nations. The lighting of the chamber was by a sort of candelabra, and the apartment presented altoge ther a rather gloomy appearance. (Laughter.) There were some refreshments on the table near the door. (Laughter.) The Waller Gold Mine affairs were gone into on July Bth. Mr. Seymour commenced by examining me at great length in chief, and I was subsequently cross.examined by the benchers. There were, however, intermittent exa• minations, and there was no regular order in the proceedings. (Laughter.) I have, however, no com plaint to make against Mr. Coleridge's examination of me. On July Bth Mr. Digby Seymour again examined me in chief, and after he had concluded Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Rodwell, prompted by Mr. Greene, cross-examined me, not exactly on matters that could affect my credibility, but in manner and matter the tone of the examination was offensive to me. The questions had not been put as on the pre vious occasions ; there was a change. There were re marks made on that occasion on a letter I was asked to explain. I did so, and one gentleman said, "Is it not a breach of trust ?" and another said, " Is it not a fraudulent proceeding ?" As the examination proceeded it became more offensive to me ; I myself objected to it, and it became more offensive still. I saw the bencl , ers were referring to a book, from which they were examining me. Immediately be fore that book was handed to me I had addressed to me several rapid questions, imputing untruthfulness in my answers. Those questions were addressed to me chiefly by Mr. Rodwell, assisted by Mr. Greene. The book was handed to me for the purpose of con tradicting me in reference to my answers respecting the letters. I believe I then recognised the book, which was contemptuously thrown over to me with the question, "Do you persist in that answer ?" I said I did. Ine iaiie wa in my handwriting, and I was asked to read a particular passage in it. I said " I shall read the whole, or none," and I read the whole of it aloud. A series of questions were so rapidly put to me by the benchers as to leave me in arrear in my answers. I then asked Mr. Rodwell where he got the book, and he said, " Go on with your reply," and I did so. I was subsequently asked, I think by Sir William Alexander, whether a par ticular report had been received from the engineer of the mine, and I said it had, and was doubtless in the archives of the company ; upon which a bencher said,' Chis book appears to be part of the archives," to which I at once replied, and said, " No, this is my private letter-book ; it has been improperly ob tained by some one who has not the custody of the company's books." I then requested Mr. Rodwell to iniorm me by what means they had got possession of the book. He declined to tell me. I then said, " Then my examination closes here. I shall answer no more questions till I get a reply." Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Greene consulted together and Mr. Rodwell said, " We think it right to tell you, Mr. Hudson, that it has been given to us by Mr. Brown." I asked then if it was Mr. Brown, the solicitor of the com pany, and they said " Yes." My examination then proceeded. That was about 11 o'clock at night, and at a quarter to twelve the meeting was ad journed. At the time of the adjournment by the treasurer I was giving an explanation of a passage in the book, but I was interrupted by the abrupt termination of the meeting. 'I attended next day, by appointment, at a quarter to ten at night. I was dressed in an evening dress coat, which I wore on that evening when dining at one of the clubs. As nearly as I can recollect, Mr. Bovill, Sir Frederick Slade, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Rodwell, Mr. Greene, Mr. Dekin, the treasurer—about 14 or 16 benchers altogether —were present. I was asked to take a seat, and Mr. Rodwell saia " I have only one or two more important questions to put to you." I said, "I suppose, Mr. Rodwell, you will resume where we left off so abruptly last night," and he said, "No, he would not," and I believe I understood him to say that "my examination was really at an end." I then said, "Then hand me that book." Mr. Rodwell said, " Oh, certainly," and he threw it across the table to me. He was some little distance from me. On receiving the book lat once rose, and put it into an ink ide pocket cf my dress coat. I then rose, and asked for permission to address a word to the Bench. Sir Frederick Slade then said, rather violently, " We won't hear you, Sir!" I then proceeded to tell the Bench that the book had been very improperly taken from me, and that they had used it very improperly—l think I said "disgrace fully"—that I had resumed its possession, and that I protested against the shorthand- writer, the prin ter, or any bencher giving any circulation to the matters that had been obtained a knowledge of by their possession of the book, and I said I now wished to leave the room. On that I was told by Mr. Bovill I should not leave the room. He told me so most distinctly. I said I should, and Mr. Bovill said, " We'll see about that;" and he then walked round, called some one, and placed his back against the door. Almost immediately after several clerks, servants, and others entered the room. Before these persons entered the room I said to the benchers I had been told I was coming " to a court of honour and to a society of gentle men," and said I came to give them information without any reference to matters that could affect anyone, but that I had been treated as if I was the greatest blackguard and scoundrel in Lon don, and Sir Frederick Slade remarked, " I have no doubt, from what I saw last' night, you deserve it." I replied, " I shall not be so treated by any one living," upon which Sir Frederick Slade said, " Who are you, sir P" (Laughter.) I told him that I was a near neighbour of his daughter, but that I claimed no respectability from that—(l ughter)— upon which Sir Frederick said, " You be sir." (Much laughter.) IV hen the servants were called in, the under-treasurer (Mr. Dakin) came up to me and demanded the book, and he going to lay hands upon me, I said, " You are an old man, and you had bet ter not lay hands on me." Bye, the porter, then came up to me. Not one of them told him to take the book from me, but certainly Mr. Bovill did. Mr. Dakin laid hands on me, and I put him aside. Bye, the porter, a strong robust man in the prime of life, then came up to me, and said he would take it whether I liked or not. I told him if he assaulted me he would do so at his peril. He then seized me by the feelings of my coat. I then found my right arm violently pulled back, and I was seized by several other persons. I know that Mr. Bagshawe was there ; but I cannot say he laid his hands upon me. He was however very violent, and had his fists clenched. I was then in the midst of a cluster of those benchers—(laughter)—and I was thrown down violently upon a chair. I wore an Inverness cape over my dress coat, and they tore it ; they cried " Hold him"—(laughter)—and tried my pockets. They did not succeed in getting the book, and when I was released I returned to my seat, and I told them it was unworthy of men of their position and train ing to break the law in such a manner. I cannot say that Sir Frederick Slade had then laid hands upon me ; but several of them had, and Mr. Bovill was most, forward amongst them. I then said to them, "Mr. Bagshawe has charged me tNso or three times with having committed felony; he charges me with stealing the book ;" and I said, " If I even hnd (innn With you should call the police." Two constables then entered, and I was again rushed upon by several of the benchers, was seized, and thrown into the air. (Laughter. That was immediately before the police entered, and on their entering I claimed their protection. I found the party, and amongst them Mr. Dakin, all surrounding me, Mr. Bovill, Sir Frederick Slade, Mr. Bagshawe, Mr. Rodwell, Mr. Dakin, and others, and Dakin was trying to search my pockets. The police interfered and requested them to be quiet and leave me alone, and let them hear what the charge was. I was then released, and Mr. Bagshawe moved formally that I should be given into custody. The motion was not seconded, and I said to Mr. Bovill, "You have been very active, sir, in this business ; what do you intend doing ?" and he said, " The motion does not want a seconder." I cannot be positive that this charge was made in the presence of the police, or before they entered. When the police entered one or more of the benchers said, "He has stolen a book," and Mr. Bovill said, " The motion does not want a seconder; give him into custody." The police then placed their hands upon my shoulders, but did not act violently. They were about to re move me, when Sir Fred. Slade said, " -- it, we must have it"—(laught er )— mean i ng the book, and a general rush was then made at me by Sir Frede rick Slade and others ; and Sir Frederick Slade seized me by the neckcloth. The rush upon me was simultaneous; Bye, the porter, seizing me by the legs. My legs were higher, in the position in which they held me up in the air, than my head. I again claimed the protection of the police. Some had hold of me by the shoulder.;, while the others held me by the legs. The end of it was that the police insisted upon my being let alone, observing that I was in their custody. My coat was torn ; I lost a stud, which I afterwards recovered, and my watch was broken. Either on the next day or the day after my wife said to me, " Why y ou h a v e a black eye.' (Laughter.) I felt that I had been much bruised. I then asked the police, " Where am I to be taken to ?" and they said to Fleet street station. I said I must have a cab, and a cab was got. I said to the police in the Parliament-chamber, Now, mark, this, I charge this man with having assaulted me," pointing to the porter Bye, and Badman, one of the police, said, "We have got! NEW MEMBERS. Mr. POLLARD, the clerk to the board, read a letter from Mr. nvis, the vestry clerk of Shore ditch, notifying the election of Mr. Jeremiah Long in the place of Mr. John Ware, resigned; Also a letter from the vestry clerk of the district of Fulham, notlyng the election of Mr. Lammar, in room of Mr. Vilentine Stevens, deceased. MADT DRAINAGE WORKS. Mr. FREEMAN brought up the report from the main drainage committee, recommending that the tender of Mr. Tiebster, for the execution of the southern low level sewer for the sum of £234,000 be accepted. The recommendation was agreed to. Mr. FREEMAN moved—" That in the event of any contractor tendering for a work, and subse quently withdrawing such tender, or not furnish ing approved sureties for carrying out the work, no further tender from him be accepted by the hoard." After some di3cussion the question was referred back to the committee. ADJOURNMENT OP THE BOARD. On the motion of Mr. SAVAGE, the board ad journed till the 2d January, 1863. LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Dec. 19. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (si tt i noa 13.ina at. Guildhall before Lord Uhler Justice Cockburn and bpecial Junco.) HUDSON T. SIR FREDERICK SLADE, BART., Q.C., AND OTHERS, BENCHERS AND PORTERS, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE TN THE PARLIAMEN TARY CHAMBER. This was an action brought by Mr. Edward Hud son, a gentleman formerly connected with the legal profession, and lately with joint-stock companies, to recover compensation in damages for an assault and false imprisonment inflicted upon him—the f r mer in the Parliamentary Chamber of the Middle Temple, and the latter in the Fleet-street police stat ion. The defendants, who were in court, pleaded Not Guilty ; further, that the benchers were investigat ing charges brought against Mr. Digby Seymour, barrister and Q.C., at the time in question; that the plaintiff, who was a witness in the case, had fraudulently possessed himself of a certain letter book, from the contents of which he was being examined ; and that they used no more violence than was actually necessary in endeavouring to regain possession of the book; and, lastly, that as plaintiff would not give up the book, they gave him into custody. The action, which was known to be for some time pending, and which was part and parcel of the pro ceedings, arising out of which Mr. Digby Seymour, the other day, at Westminster, brought an action for libel against Mr. Butterworth, the law pub lisher, excited great interest in the ranks of the legal profession, and in the mind of the public, and the court, as a consequence, was densely crowded. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Horace Lloyd appeared as counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant Pigott, and Mr. Field represented and conducted the case for the defendants. Mr. Horace Lloyd opened the pleadings. Mr. Montagu Chambers stated the case, from which it appeared that the plaintiff, while being examined by the benchers as a witness in matters resolving themselves into charges against Mr. Digby Seymour, in relation to tiffs connection with minirg and railway companies, and into which they were in their official capacity inquiring, pos sessed himself of a book, from the contents of which they were examining him. He would show the jury that tae book was the plaintiff's own property ; that it was a book containing his private correspondence; toat the benchers bad got it in their possession in some mysterious way ; and that Mr. Hudson, on dis covering it, possessed himself of it, and said he would retain it as his property. The learned gentleman then pointed out and graphically described the man ner in which alai ge body of the benchers, aided by a vigorous porter and other officials, fell upon and violently assulted Mr. Hudson, whome some of them seized by the legs, and some by the shoulders end arms, hoisting him up in the air, feet up, and head lowered down, with a view of taking the book by force from him, and in their efforts tear ing his clothes and in other respects ill-using him. He would prove that the benchers repeated the assault, and that his client suffered three distinct assaults at their hands. He would also prove that the defendant (Sir Frederick Slade) took a pro minent part in one of those assaults; and that his c ient was given into the custody of the police, charged with "stealing ;" was taken on that charge to the police-station, and there consigned to the felon's dock, and subjected to false imprisonment, whilst Mr. Bagshawe, accompanied by Mr. Rod well, formally repeated the charge. For those in juries Mr. Hudson appealed for redress to a jury, and he (Mr. Chambers) hoped they would see the justice of awarding him substantial damages. The learned gentleman—who occasionally threw great humour into his descriptions of the manner in which the benchers figured and acted in "the scene in the Parliamentary Chamber," and that in which his client, standing alone, "a host in him self," resisted them, and against "the sixteen," and " the vigorous porter," held and carried off his book —concluded by calling the plaintiff. Mr. Edward Hudson, called and examined by Mr. Collier, said—l am the plaintiff in this action, and years ago I managed the legal business of Messrs. Mapleson and Co., but since then I had nothing to do with the law. I preferred pursuing other studies. I have been connected with, and promoter of the Railway Passengers Company, and also with the Waller Gold Mining Company. I have been applied to by Mr. King Smith to promote this last company. I was not originally a director of the company, nor a member of the first board. Mr. Digby Seymour was chairman of the first board, from which, in consequence of some dissatis faction of the shareholders, he retired. Upon that, in April, 1853, I was appointed a director, and I almost constantly attended at the office. In 1854, I had a private letter-book. Finding it neces sary to write many private letters at the office, I desired a clerk to purchase some tissue paper, for which I paid. That paper was made up into the book now produced. The book was endorsed, " Private Letter-book, commencing in the year 1854." That was in the handwriting of the clerk Louth, who is now dead, and the book was kept in my private drawer, to which no one had access. I kept the drawer locked, and I kept the ke3 in my own possession. No one had access to the book without my permission. In the course of the business of the company the book was never brought before the board. There was another letter-book—the official letter-book of the company h had, in gold letters; the name of the eon,. pany imprinted upon the cover. Into this book I copied certain letters by the machine that I wrote. There are some letters in it which were not written by me, but with my knowledge,upon matters affect ing me as well as other persons. There were in this book thre., letters purporting to have been written to me by qr. Gowing, the secretary, when I was in America, 511 t I never received them. Gowing ob tained the book from me previous to my going to America, vit h a request by me that he would write to me by each mail fully, in the form of a diary,and to transorbe those letters into the bock. Those letters (Oa secretary's) were written to me by him, not as secietary, but as my private friend. None of those ltters were intended for the board, nor to be made tie of in a public manner. I resigned the directorship on the 14th of October, 1855, in conse tome difference between me and M r . D. q s ce neynninn o Seymour. On the 31st March, 1856, M r . S e y m our resigned he chairm ans hip o f th e b oar d, an d I shortly slier resumed my position of di rec t or in the company. I finally ceased to be a director of it in u Septerubec 1856. I resigned my office in conse quence of some dissatisfaction of the shareholders with the 4rectors, and since then I have not taken management of the company, in any which a t 11,4 the Icl 1,200 shares. I resigned under rather peculiar civitustances in consequence of something that occul re d at the board, and in going I left the ither contents o i m y p r i va t e drawer be bhoino and ld k ne. I next saw the book in lull last in the Parliament chamber of the Middle Temple. There were in it i taile 1 ereonal allusions to gentlemen which 1 did not Nish ;o transpire ; but, suppressing the names, I P are no objection to the publication of those maters. I first heard of the matters re lating to li g by Seym our i n 1861 f rom a member of the benchwith who m I was dining at the Re form Club, I subs equently to that met M r . Digby Seymour to board a steamer at Nine-elms. This was in June, 1161. Previous to that I only casually, oc casionallym et Mr. Seymour, with whom I had not then any i timaey. I had some conversation with him on thi m atters th en concern i ng him, and it was in consequence of what h e then said to me that I subsequentiy appeared before the bench at his re- quest —sun, hour the 20th June. It was on the sixth meeting Oat I first attended before them. I was I examined k ) out Mr. Parker's case, of which I knew one charge, and that is enough at a time," When I arrived at the station the police-ser geant asked what the charge was. Morgan. one of the police, said, " Stealing a book in the Middle Temple." The sergeant then said, "Go in there," pointing to the felons' dock, I declined to do so. Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Bagshawe then entered the station, and the superintendent said, " What is the charge, gentlemen ?" Mr. Bagshawe replied, " Stealing." The superintendent then said, " Then, sir, go into that dock, or I shall compel you." The charge was then made, Mr. Bagshawe charging me lwith " stealing a book from the Benchers' Chamber in the Middle Temple. I was then in the felons' dock. I asked Mr. Bagshawe if he really meant that, and he said, "I do." The superintendent then said, " Let us take the charge altogether ; and then, if you object to its sufficiency, will be your time to speak." Mr. Bagshawe then used the word " Tak ing." When the charge had been completely taken down I said, " I object to a charge being taken in that way, and I require to be liberated. I must either be charged with stealing, or with felonious intention, or liberated." The superintendent, Mr. Bagshawe, and Mr. Todwell then conferred to gether aside, and on my objecting to the word " taking" for " stealing, Mr. Bagshawe said, " They are synonimous." I said, "No, Mr. Bag shawe, I'll show you they are not — if a man taks a wife, for instance, he does not steal her." (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice—Unless he runs away with her. (Laughter.) Witness—The superintendent then said, " Can't I throw oil upon the waters ?" (Laughter.) He asked me to give him the book, observing he would keep it until the proper ownership was established. I refused, and said, "It has not been got from me by violence, and it shall not be by Ihe chicanery of. those parties. The superintendent then said, " I discharge you." I then said, " Now I have a charge to make against the constable for not having taken the porter in charge, who assaulted me." I, however, did not press the charge, and I withdrew from the station. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—l left the office of Messrs. Mapleson on the 24th of Octo ber, not caring to follow the profession of the law. (Laughter.) I managed not only the com mon law department there but also et inllcal matters and business of the Great Western Railway Company. It was during that time I became acquainted with Mr. Digby Seymour ; I had not known him previously to my going into the office of the Messrs. Maplesons. I promoted the Waller Gold Mining Company, and Mr. Digby Seymour became in a very early stage of the formation of the com pany connected with it, but he had not much to do with the formation of the company. I had become acquainted with Captain Smith, upon whose infor mation as to gold being in the Waller mine soil, I then became the promoter of the company. A sum of £3,000 had been paid by the shareholders, but I cannot say by whom. Captain Smith was to have 29,000 shares, at £1 per shale, of 70,000, the whole number to be issued. I was to receive 8,000 shares, and I received them ; and I received 5,000 more. That was before I became a director. Mr. Seymour was to receive 5,000 shares. The arrangement was that evsry director was to receive 500, but they were not paid-up shares, although nominally they were. Every director was to have one hundred shares, on which they paid up £1 per share, and they were to have as many more as they might choose to take by paying up for them ; but, for reasons, I did not let them have additional shares. I cannot tell you how many shares Mr. Digby Sey mour had in 1853. I cannot swear that he had 3,000. I went at the time to Brighton and Paris, and I was at that time, consequently, not present at all the meetings of the directors. My belief is that Mr. Digby Seymour had not had 3,000, nor 5,000, nor 10,000. My fixed belief is he had not more than 2,000. Previously to the 14th of February, 1853, I was not aware that the directors were " rigging" the market; but I am aware that at that time some arrangement was going on for " operating" upon the market. It was within my knowledge that some of the directors were operating upon the mar ket ; but neither I nor Mr. Digby Seymour took any part in the proceeding at the time. I believe I knew that an arrangement was going on by which a per son of the name of Lakerman said he should hold the shares, and seal them up, and then that certain direc tors were to employ brokers, who were to con tract with other brokers to buy and pay for shares on the account, and then, if the price rose, the sellers were to pay the difference. That might, as far as I am aware, be what you call " rigging the market ;" but I regard it as a mode of enhancing the shares. (Laughter.) I communicated with, and expressed my opinion upon it to the directors. I knew it sufficiently to warn them that Lakeman was a man not to be trusted, and that he would un doubtedly deceive them. I knew between the ac count day of the 14th of February and the account day of the 28th of February, " the settling day," that the same thing had been done. Six or seven thousand shares of Lakeman's and of several other parties had been sealed up, and not then issued. Lakeman was not a director, but was a speculator on the Stock Exchange who had taken shares, but who had otherwise nothing to do with the corn , pony. All the shares, except four or five thousand to Lakeman, had not been issued. I knew there were a number of persons interested in trying to depreciate the shares of the company, and to put it down. I became acquainted with what was going on while I was in Paris, by a paragraph which I had there read, in the newspapers, and I at once threw myself into a train, and hastened to London, where I communicated with the directors that " Lakeman was a low and vulgar thief, whom they should not trust ; and that if they would go to the chairman of the Stock Exchange they would find he was a man who would deceive them." They replied he had behaved well to them, and that they would continue to put trust in him, and let him have shares ; and that was the quarrel between the directors and myself. I think the price which those parties bought the shares at was from £2 10s. to £3 ss. But I cannot say that I knew all those things before Lakeman sold the company. The ar rangement, as I understood it, between Lakeman and those parties, was that they should open a " Bear" account on the Stock Exchange, and carry out their transactions in a manner which, undoubt edly must be called " rigging the market ;" but I had nothing to do with it. [ fhe witness here described. the manner in which the operation was carried on, the locking up of the shares on the inducement of Lakeman, who in duced them to allow him to deposit at Messrs. Coutts's, the bankers—but while they weakly failed to take any step to stop him from withdraw ing his own shares, they allowed him to stop them from dealing with, or withdrawing theirs, and he then went in to the market and sold his own.) The number of shares which I was to have was not then named as 7,000, and was not known to the directors ; but undoubtedly I was to receive some shares. It was arranged that scientific re porters were to be sent out to America, who were to report favourably of the mine. Professor An sted was consulted, and the bargain with Captain Smith was to be dependent on the purchase of the mine, provided that the professor's report of the mine turned out corroboratory of that of Mr. M‘Daniel, who was the first that reported on its worth. Should it turn out corroborative, then the bargain with Smith wt. s to go off. A juror here asked the Lord Chief Justice if it was nor in Mr. celgeaut, 011ec t., r .---. . .., ,,, o examination of the witness upon matters respect ing which he could only answer from " what he thought." He (the juror) thought the learned ser geant was only confusing the witness and the jury by doing so. The Lord Chief Justice said that they could not know but it was intended to bring out something in the cross-examination that was intended to con tradict something else that had been said. The best way was to allow the examination to proceed. Cross-examination resumed—l certainly wished at the time, and I said so, that such a proceeding as that carried on with Lakeman should be put an end to. When I became a director I think the shares were at the nominal price of £2 per share. I am aware that from what occurred on the 21st of February, that they became depressed in the market, I went after I had become a director to Virginia, in America, to see and judge for myself of the value of the mine. In 1854 Mr. Charles Heneage, Colonel Kent, and some few other di rectors were frequently at the board ; but Mr. Digby Seymour wes not then frequently pre sent. I was myself more frequently present at the board than any other director, for I had an overwhelming interest in the mine. (Laughter.) I think there were perhaps 30,000 shares on which money had been advanced, and in w hich Mr. Sey mour and I had an interest. I can sw ear most dis tinctly that I had not borrowed to the amount of £12,000 upon my shares. There had at that . time goio, anout as thick as been gold brought from the m„ine,; and I myself brought over four ingots nt d i s played for some time at my hand, which were inspection of persons desirous the office, for the ipso • to received from the mine altogether. About a thousand pounds value purchase shares. was that came to England in 1854; in gold had beenn do not k now what the amoun t in „ J aunt would not come ; that was paid i I cannot say-1 o h . e Itlieshamy o t n h d at ß t a h n e k re , Vir ginia ; but it might be . XeO t declare a dividend of £3,000 no resolution of the directors at the board that we buti in the e talked m a r, i n tent of raising the value of c ently about it, o n f otsa it was with the should the shares y ' jot, but it would have had the effect of giving satis faction to the shareh Id o ers. I undertake to say that there were then 26 0 , 00 shares out, Ut which Mr. Seymour, in the original arrangement, had some interest. Mr. Gowing was then the secretary to the company, but he had never been clerk to Mr. Digby Seymour. The plaintiff's case was adjourned at this stage of the proceedings, end wilt be resumed to-morrow (this day', when the evidence of the officers on duty. at the police•station, when the charge was entered there, will be examined, and after their testimonY the case will be opened for the defence. 711 E YELVER7ON CASE. •- The following appeared in a Fourth Edition of The Su n ° last evening - EDINBURGH, FRIDAY EVENING'' COURT OF SESSION—FIRST DIVISION. The intense interest manifested during the eas e d of this extraordinary trial seemed to have increa.se to the highest pitch, in consequence of its ) I °l become generally known that their lordships s 67° ' - do deliver their decis:on in this case to-day. Cre of persons outside the Parliament House wh o not been successful in obtaining admission w`" trying every means in their power to gain entrance; but the dimensions of the Court, even had a tithe those anxious to be present been admitted , w° lll have been found totally inadequate for their acorn modation. So great was the pressur e that elehn those engaged in the case had a difficulty in reac'' ing their proper places. rd The judges were the Lord President, ••--° Curriehill, and Lord Deas. the It will be recollected that the case was, io month of July last., before Lord Ardmi.llar, sv l ,, ° ': t 0 the conclusion of the arguments, pronouneeuple decision rdverse to the Hon. Mrs. Yelve.rton (" Longworth). The learned judge was of oPivi:r. that no marriage had been established by We P;,.. suer (Mrs. Yelverton) according to any of the gular modes recognised by the law of Sco tland. The decision was appealed against, and carried by reclaiming petition before the •r-(1 Division of the Court of Session, and was °l.gue at length during the early part of last month. . er f The Counsel for the pursuer (Mrs. Yet to were the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-Genertl (since raised to the bench) • Major Yelverto n ° repres..t.d. by Mr. Gordon : Mr. young The 0 Sootor-General ), an ivn.1.111.._ statement of the pursuer .. on that ocessi°l; was that the engagement to marry was first entere d into at Galata, iu September, 1855 ; was reti e i°. in the Ctirnea in March, 1856; again reneweu„.o Edinburgh in the spring of 1857 ; that the Pa r . ; c 1 were married at Rosstrevor in August, 1857 , e L t again came to Scotland, where they lived with e Lo other for some time as husband and wife. I t not till after the Irish cereti_lony that intereoll• r, took place, and the pursuer consented that the riage should be kept a secret from the defe n h ue tiis family, owing to his pecuniary relations Nv' t 7 bed uncle, who had lent him money, and Ng" 1; b e him not to marry- The marriage, howe ie r r s 'ueio acknowledged by the defender to the 1311„, — and d the friends, who consented to keep it secre t, parties travelled together in the Highlano elsewhere as husband and wife. t o The defender, on the other hand, said n o' never was any engagement, promise, or con te nota tion of marriage on his part, that he ente re 'l the Irish marriage as a device to satisfy the c onscience, and that he had had intercourse "tile her during the first Edinburgh visit and durirg ot three weeks that elapsed after their nie etaj ttei Waterford and marriage at Rosstrevor, vale° lived in different hotels together. rese r/f In the form in which the case was at P-A,cide raised the questions the Court was asked to b,"-fiage were two—first, whether there was an int ero ` h of mutual consent to marry proved by writt, ell or clarations or verbal acknowledgments of toeroise fender; and, second whether there was of marriage followed by intercourse in ffiloity that promise. The pursuer maintained the af,"ool' tive. The defender the negative of the se Pll4 tions. o a, The marriage ceremony at Rosstrevor, in Ir e pe ife was not insisted on by the pursuer ass 6 P' e vt' ground in the present case, there being ' ll isi er o dente the opinions of Irish constitutional l a t ote to the effect that that ceremony dlr.' not ceps on marriage, but the point was express 2 Y k e P, t e otit° in order to be raised anew should come before the House of Lords, id, ot versed in Irish as well as Scotch law, v" ° , ti e an course, set aside legal opinions as evident' ', a ce, form their own judgment on the cause. Ite fert iro l however, was made by the pursuer to 0 16 -oi ceremony, as throwing light both on the • e to interchange of consent and the allege d p rono mar The ry. „t excitement in Court at the Moree;poget Judges took their seats on the bench w as in consequence of it having been reported tha t of of them were in favour of reversing the deeis'°- the Lord Ordinary. gee Lords Peas and Curriehill first addressed „coo Ceurt, and were of opinion that the ma rriage,, i' lo valid, and that the decision of Lord A rdol ought to be reversed. peel' The Lord President, after an elaborate 011001 expressed his opinion that the decision of Ardmillan ought not to be reversed. otel l Majority in favour of the validity of the marriage—ONE. Ye lp b :Bo _ Immediately the decision in favour of Niro verton was pronounced, the spectators i n courrbeer vent to their feelings by loud and continuo' s for, ing, which all the authority of the Court 8 1 3 of some time unable to suppress. On the re', the the trial becoming known outside the co unt same demonstrations of approval took Place. COUNTRY MARAL=tAS. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 19. A 0 3 0", v, At our market to-day wheat was active in den/ pet, former prices advanced Id to 2d per cental. Flora r iodc more inquired for, and late prices were supporte d corn lees freely offered, and generally 3d per qr llig oats and oatmeal not much doing. WAKEFIELD— DEC. 19. rcel s ; We had a firm trade to-day, and fi n e drY P - s tea A wheat sold at is per qr above late rates. Barley ,is 'an sale for good qualities ; inferior dull. Oats , be° ' - shelling rather cheaper. Averages for the weer : Wheat.. 4 % i 1,375 qrs., a ........d Barley 499 .• " 35s 03 Peas .... 15 .... 42s od Oats lO ........ 24° o d Rye Beans STAMFORD—DEC. 19. St °ll°' New wheat, 47s to 528 red, 46s to 4 9 s per 0 1 0 00. Barley, 36s to 40s per qr. Oats, 12s to 25s per Beans, 40s to 42s per qr. EXETER—DEc. 19. We have had a limited supply of all descriptio n y. S 0f fstc : to-day 1 3d to 48 oi redhite Gs 3d to Gs Gd I Barley. ....... - 8 ato 38 Ditto Flour, fine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 34s .io 3.5 s per so GO CATTLE. 5 1a to , Fat beef, p Sc., 10s6d to 110sd Ewes, per 11' .. • • 6 la to:: Perk carcases, 7s 6d to 8s 6d Wethers, do• ••• . 6 d tor ' Lamb, p 1 b....... 7id to 8d Fat calves, d 0... i I . Rough fat, 3id per lb. --- TIP TC'PrIT C 7711 A A 11.,,,, 10. e el; Our raw sugar market has been rather busier this re, and full prices have been paid for the parce ls sold. Is It' ~J fined goods a large business has been done in crYs — 5O pieces a full rates. Rum more inquired for, and about 1 7d Pe r puncheons of Demerara have been sold at Is 6d to Is proof gallon. BIRTHS. BAYLY.—On the 25th Aug., at sea, on board the Stgrf°l India, the wife of Captain Abingdon Bayly, R.A , t daughter. v, WA' HILL.—On the 18th inst., Mrs. Alfred Hi ll, 38, —ti square, of a daughter. w, Hi:l6llEB.—On the 16th inst., at Barnes, Mo. Hughes, of a daughter. vell' JENNER.—On the 19th inst. , at 8, Har ley - st reet, -6 o f 14 dish-square. the wife of Wm. Jenner, Esq., M.D.' son, of PRATT.—On the 3 1 st October , at Fyzabad, the w' 0 Colonel Pratt, C. 8 ., 23d Ro yal welsh Fusiliers, ° son. MARRIAGES. C ROZ IER—CuEvALLIEL—On th e 16th i ns t., at St. 1 ,.° 11 .h. n . , Ch ur ch, Pembroke Dock, th e R ev. J . A . C r ozier, "' co d Ch a plain to the Forces, to Emma Caroline, the B:nier, daughter of the late Richard Edgecumbe C hevy Esq., of Ipswich. , . o v, HOLT—LEE.—On the 17th inst., at St. Luke's, oe r- T. Holt, Commander H.M.I. Navy, son of ;he 1ate,1 3,0" mirallV. Holt, R. N. to Alice, only daughter of u ' e soillt John IV. T. Lee, M.A., of 5, Hastings-terr ace, Heliers, Jersey. Blot=s. —On DEATHS. at Seend Wilts, S.—On the 18th 131,kicg.Kg18 ;E a L g L ed ._ 8; 0 3. D. I‘,l Tw os , , r. 13 id' n the 18th inst., at Hetrrow•wea-13101t' dlesex, Ma l y A nn , w id ow of the late Mr. Char les well, aged 91. -Ft et; BURGES.—On the 16th inst. , at his residence, 7, ..--1' 13 ,, o. street, St. James's Robrt Sidney Burgos: ' B ' .' Lloyd s, and Austinfriars, aged 38. r, N. E P.:Horton,on the E i4 s q t h . , aged i ns t HORTON.—On the 17th inst., at North End, Falli3 W. , 55 ; 47, St. Ja mes 's-gi' „ r o e, p Ry c Notting-hill, Captain Henry Pryee, R.N., aged 77. age, URQURART.—On the 16th inst., at the Old Irilorty Eastbourne, suddenly, the Rev. Henry John thq M.A., aged 65. -....------ LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN C" - ' — ll2, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sox Office, D'l ch ,", o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the COW/ Middleem—gaturdsys Dogemba 244 186% C CI (ii Pr Park Jo Etitil Jo] Chair Ed Sal (Mess Wi] 13ritisl J 08( Pro] Pro,