The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

POLITICS IN DOBSETSHIRE. BLANDFORD, SATURDAY NIGHT. The annual meeting of the Blandford Agricul tural Society was held this afternoon, and premiums, accompanied in most instances by great-coats, were distributed to about 100 labourers who had distin guished themselves in hoeing, thatching, mowing, ploughing, and other agricultural pursuits. There were likewise premiums for long servitude. The dinner took place at the Crown Hotel, and was presided over by Mr. John Floyer, one of the County magistrates, and formerly one of the mem bers for the county. There was a numerous at tendance, including the Hon. W. H. Portman, Mr. H. Ker Seymer, M.P., the Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, Sir E. B. Baker, the J-lon. M. Portman (member for East Middlesex, Canada West), Mr. C. Hambro', Col. Mansell, Mr. J. J. Farquharson, Mr. Pa Boulay, Mr. Guest, Mr. C. J. Parke, and many other leading men of the county. Several clergymen, and many of the prin cipal agriculturists of the district were present. _ _ . „ The usual loyal and other toasts having been duly proposed, The CHAIRMAN proposed •° The Health of the County Members," which was received with loud cheers. The Hor.. W. H. PORTMAN, M.P., said the ob ject which came home to most of them was the ter rible distress into which so large a portion of our fellow-countrymen were now plunged. Many rea sons were given as to the cause of that distress. Some attributed it to the war in America, and others said it was owing to the reckless speculation of the cotton manufacturers. Now, those who had read Mr. Cobden's speech in Sussex a few days ago would have seen a very true picture of the real state of things in the manufacturing districts, and he be. lieved it would remove much of the prejudice which was felt regarding the assistance which it was sup posed they had not given towards those who were sufferin gin the northern part of th e country. He gave a most thrilling acccunt of the position of the smaller proprietors of mills. He asked them to fancy what would be the state of the agriculturists if all the small farmers had their land out of cultivation, and were unable to find employment for their servants ; and yet this was the state of the large number of manufacturers of the North. They had invested enormous sums in the erection of buildings and the purchase of machinery required by their trade, and they had a very small sum in hand to meet any pressing emergency. The large manufacturers and millionaires, who formed but a small proportion, might be able to withstand the shook, but there were thousands of the smaller millowners who were reduced to positive beggary. They had no money to give, but they had given what they could. They had done the best they could to keep their men em ployed, to assist in their education, and in every way to show their sympathy with the distress which they suffered. Nothing, he believed, would tend to unite together all classes in this country than the sympathy which had been shown towards the operatives in all parts, and in this county as well as others. He had recently read a speech made by Lord Brougham in 1817, when there was great distress in the cotton districts, not only in the North, but throughout all England, and his lord ship then stated that it then took £20,000 a week to supply them with the bare necessaries of life. At the present time, however, it required no less than £40,000 to provide them with the simplest ne cessaries of life. The people of this country had come forward in the noblest manner, and he trusted that, as the suffering was not unprecedented, we should weather the storm, and that the cotton trade might soon be in a flourishing condition. Mr. Floyer had alluded to the compliment which had been paid to our Royal family by the general de sire expressed by the people of Greece that Prince Alfred should become their king. He, however, hoped that his Royal Highness knew better than to accept it, because he would be sure to get himself and this country into " hot water;' and he was much better off as a mid shipman in one of his mother's vessels than he would be as King of Greece. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member then offered a few words in de fence of the Highways Bili ; and, with reference to the outrages by returned convicts, said he should be prepared to vote for a complete revision of the ticket-of-leave system, as he believed it had proved to be a complete failure. He thought we must still in a measure revert to transportation, although it might cost the country a little more money. (Hear, hear.) In alluding to • the speech of Mr. Bright at Birmingham, he observed that it was the most angry he had ever read, and it was Evidently that of a man who was naturally disappointed at the breakdown of his favourite hobby, to establish a democratic Government, and therefore took every opportunity to abuse every form of government which existed in this country, and under which we were the freest people in the world. (Applause.) We had resisted the revolutionary shock of 1848, and now we were quietly passing through a time of great distress, while there were thousands of edu cated men who might, if so disposed, combine together for mischief. (Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, that our form of government had been proved to be most durable, the best and the freest on the face of the earth. (Hear.) He would not enlarge upon the war in America, but he believed the swaggering language that was used towards this country was all " gammon," and that they had no intention of carrying out the threats they had so freely uttered. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. KER SEYMER, M.P., also returned thanks, and expressed his regret at having been absent from the Blandford agricultural meeting for three years. Two years ago he was travelling in the South of Italy, and although he saw nothing in the agricul ture of that country from which the farmers of Eng land might derive advantage, yet he saw many things of far deeper interest. He saw a whole nation awaking after a sleep of centuries and assert ing for itself those civil and religious privileges which we had so long enjoyed, and he, as an Eng lishman, could not but feel deep sympathy with that people. It was sometimes said to him, " How is it that you are a Conservative at home, and so liberal abroad ?" The explanation was easy. Our ancestors fought for and obtained those liberties which we now enjoyed, and we desired to keep and conserve them. We did not think that there was any danger to our liberty from the encroachments of the Crown or the aristocracy ; but, if there was any danger it was from too rapid a spread of de mocratic principles. (Hear, hear.) All history, ancient and modern, taught us the lesson that the tee rapid spread of democratic principles invariably tended, first to anarchy and then to despotism; and therefore in this country we certainly hesitated to make any great organic changes. (Hear.) But how, different in Italy. Look at the miserable and Tahnical Government which had existed in that ntry and which the people had now succeeded in throwing es;it over. Look at the Government of ais,grace to the a disgrace to the 19th century, a men engaged in it. So also was the Government o a f witu iii.ll:Sldenti. Who would not sympa such GovernaaanZa in their desire to get rid of naa adopted no new fangled notions, no Governments? They jargon of the French Itevol Lowe about liberty, the rights of man ; but they had establishea ? la co :n ut stitutional monarchy ; the first men of the faanilics--were at the head ~l — t hl uen of historical True,orm ous benefit the country had already derivedc'eamovement, and things had from the change. (Hear, hear,) o f late gone 83 smoothly ; but whosef not that p No doubt it . was the fault of the rn ault was t h e French, in persisting in the iniquitous Emperor of (Loud cheers.) From t h e • Pa tion ot Romt. time that Republic sent a body of troo ps to p ut down the Roman Republic, from that time to th e prese nt the T re nch occup ation of Rome had been a case of the greatest i n justice. We had as much r i g ht to be in Paris or Vienna as the French had to be at Rome, and the Italians knew it. (hear, n o f a i l pares, and hear.) Ho con verse d with me as their ti perfect nothing struck him so much men the tem understanding of the difference bet wee p o pe, They poral and the spiritual power of t w ere not prepared to abandon tLeir and he confessed that at the present moment he should be sorry if they were to do so, because in their Present state of education they bad nothing better to substitute, and were therefore likely to fall into infidelity. They were prepared to maintain the Pope in his spiritual power. but they saw no reason why • he should abominably misgovern some hur dreds of thousands of Italians. (Cheers.) Such ws s the pre. sent feeling. Talk of intervention ; the only inter vention was the intervention of the French ; and they might depend upon it that if the 'French went out of Rome on a Monday the Pope and his Cardi nals would follow on Tuesday. (Hear, hear.) This would not be accomplished by the King of Sardinia, but the Romans would do the job for themselves. It was, no doubt, a lamentable thing that Austria should not govern Venetia so as to please the people, but the Austrians had as much right to Venetia as we had to Gibraltar. She held it by the sanction of treaties, and, although it had never been governed satisfactorily, yet she had a right to it, and naturally held her own with a tenacious grasp, as we should do in England. Under those circumstances, he did not see that because a man was a Conservative he was bound to support the rigid despotism of the Go vernments of the continent. (Cheers.) Having briefly referred to the distress in Lancashire, and contended that the agriculturists had shown by the liberality with which they had subscribed towards the relief of that distress that there was now no an tagonism between the agricultural and manufactur ing interests, the hon. member proceeded to allude to the cause of the distress—namely, the American war. He did not like to make much allusions to Americans, they were so thin•skinned he might give offence. (Laughter.) Still, if he did not feel bound to speak of American matters in England, it was not the fault of those indiscreet friends of America who had been continually holding up that country as a pattern which we were to follow. For a long period there had been a certain class of politicians in this country who seemed to think every thing English bad and everything American good. Even to this day Mr. Bright talked of our costly monarchy, and of our aristocracy being sup ported and living by patronage. He (Mr. Seymer) did not know how much Mr. Lincoln cost, but how ever little it might be he was sure that he was dear at the money. (Cheers.) People talked about the army and navy in this country being a kind of out door relief for the aristocracy, and pointed out how small a standing army was necessary in America. All that we then could do was to prophecy, and say, "Wait until the time comes, and see what will happen. America is not bordered by these monar chies like England; but, supposing that a war oc curs, how will they come out ?" The case had oc curred, and we had seen how America had come out. For himself, he believed that during the last two years there had been more extravagance, more pe culation, and more promotion of incompetent men to high office in the United States than there had been in England during the last half century. (Cheers.) However, we must not say too much, or the Americans would be sending over a battering ram to destroy our whole fleet. (Laughter.) He observed from the papers of to-day that there was a " friendly" message from them, and that there was some talk of patching up their differences to have a "go" at the old country; but if they did so they might have reason to repent their step. (Hear.) He was not in the secrets of the Ministry, and there fore could not tell what legislative enactments would be proposed next session. There was pretty sure, however, to be a great deal of talk on the subject of prison discipline. He did not know that legis lation was required, because he believed that if the present system were differently carried out it would answer the desired end. We had power to give sentences, and to make those sentences efficient. It was the system of the Home-office and of our inspec tors of prisons which had brought things to their pre sent state. God forbid that he should say a word against any attempt to reform our criminals ; in this Christian country such an idea was not to be tole rated, but at the same time we must not be de ceived with the belief that they were reformed be cause they were civil to the governor, and appa rently attentive to the chaplains of our prisons, (Cheers.) He would say don't feed prisoners too well, don't play with them, don't give them soups and nutritious food, so that they may jeer at the soldiers who guard them, and laugh at the indus trious labourers who cultivate our fields. (Hear.) How could we expect crime to decrease under such a system? However long a sentence might be, a man knew that by a little attention to prison dis cipline there was a chance of his liberation before the time appointed by the judge. It was a difficult and a delicate thing to interfere with our judges, but he would suggest thae they should take advan tage of the power which they possessed and give longer sentences. (Hear, hear.) The next thing was to see that they were carried out to the full period of time. But it might be said, if you do this, if you offer no reward for good conduct, how are you to carry out your prison discipline in the early stages ? A great deal more severe than it was. He would have prisoners kept to hard work, which the convict class do not like, and he would give them plain food—certainly not such food as they got now. (Hear, hear.) Then, if they behaved well, he would to a certain extent relax the discipline, but under no circumstances would he allow them to be re leased until they had served the whole period of their sentences. (Cheers.) Another subject would doubtless be brought forward next session, and it was one on which he thought that legislation was required. He alluded to the subject of medical cer tificates in cases of alleged insanity. (Hear.) He did not think that, merely because a man rendered his wife and family uncomfortable he should be shut up in a madhouse, because the confinement itself was likely to render a sane man perfectly in sane. The only remedy that a man or his friends had was an action at law against the medical men, hut even this was a very doubtful affair, because al though damages to the amount of £l5O were given in a case the other day, there was yet a possibility of that decision being reversed. He thought, therefore, that legislation was absolutely necessary, and that parties should not be left at the mercy of two crotchety men, however high their position in life. (Cheers.) The hon. member concluded by returning thanks for the toast. " The Health of the Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne" was then proposed by the Chairman, and drunk with cheers. The Rev. Lord S. G. OSBORNE, in returning thanks, said that to get a return for the vast amount of capital now sunk in the cultivation of the soil there must be great moral courage and great skill and industry. They did not, as their forefathers did, farm upon the rule of thumb, but they went upon certain fixed principles. Even the proceed ings of farmers' clubs were learned discussions, and occupiers of land did not look upon a field as so many acres, but, proceeding on scientific principles, their aim was to restore to the land the powers taken from it by the different crops. But the point which had most struck him was that the farmers had invested their capital upon a weaker tenure, as a rule, than any other body of capitalists in the world. (Hear.) It was a difficult question, but he thought that when there was any change in a farm the outgoing tenant should receive some compensa tion for unexhausted improvements, either' from his successor or his landlord. (Cheers.) Higher de mamas would yet have to he made upon the soil, for, while our population increased, the soil did not, and by hook or by crook it must be made to keep pace with the increased number of mouths which we might have to feed. Referring to the distress in Lancashire, Lord Osborne indignantly denied that the agriculturists of the west of England had held back their alms upon any ground drawn from the strife of former years. As to the cottage question, he said he was grateful for the increase which had taken place in the number of cottages; but, at the same time, more were required, if they wer e to work their farms as they ought ; and they must not only have more cottages, but they must also obtain a higher class of men for their higher classes of work. (Hear, h ear.) The h ea l th of the Hon, Maurice Po r t man w as then gi ven from the their, es a mem b er of the Cana dian Legislature, which was received with warm applause, The Hon. AL p oit , rx4 x returned thanks, and ob served that from what the the letters def er ence to the pres s , a nd also from of though be spoke with due -T , r tier 4 EL in the paper s , Goldwin Smith and men of that stamp, it mi ght e,suppoaed that Canada was inclined to separate from the mother country, because for a certain reason—because the Militia Bill brought in by the Government had been defeated. That bill was introduced at a most critical time. They all knew that in Parliamentary matters the " outs" always wanted to be " in," and it so happened that in this instance the Ministry were rather weak, and the "outs" took the advan tage of it to defeat the bill. As an instance of the feeling towards England, he mentioned the manner in which the whole population were ready to come forward as volunteers to avenge the insult offered to our flag in the Trent affair, and said that, backed by our army and navy, they were fully ready to resist any invasion by the once United States. (Hear, hear.) The English inhabitants invariably spoke of this country as home, and the subscriptions they had sent for the relief of the suffering opera tives in Lancashire showed their sympathy with England. (Cheers.) Several other toasts having been given, the Imeeting broke up. 7.HE CITY MUNICIPAL ELEC2IONS.I The annual meetings of the inhabitants of the various wards of the City of London were held yes terday, in accordance with the Lord Mayor's pre cept. The proceedings on the whole were of a very quiet character, and there are only three wards in which there are contests, viz., Dowgate, Lang bourne, and Bishopsgate. The principal topics under discussion were the general metropolitan im provements, the lighting of the public streets, and the Lancashire distress, The bill about to be brought before Parliament for relieving the streets of some of the great traffic was also discussed at several of the meetings. ALD GATE. Mr. Alderman Humyhery presided. The follow ing gentlemen were re-elected—Messrs. Joseph Turnley, Richard Corfield Bucknall, Blomfield Bur nell, John Hudson, Henry Hill, Andrew Lusk, and William Henemau Tculuu. Mr. A. H. IBttues wus elected in the place of Mr. Whiteside, who retired. ALDERS GATE. Mr. Alderman Besley presided. In this ward there was a vacancy, caused by the death of Mr. Deputy Godson, and for which two candidates are in the field, Mr. John Sewell and Mr. Frederick Augustus France. The returns from the different precincts gave the names of the following gentle men :—Mr. Lorkin (deputy), Mr. De Jersey (de puty), Mr. Woodward, Mr. Norris, Mr. Sims, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Sewell, and Mr. France. The alderman then took the sense of the wardmote as to each name, when the result was as follows— For Mr. Norris there voted 39; Mr. Chaplin, 37 ; Mr. Lorkin, 36 ; Mr. Woodward, 36; Mr. Sims, 34 ; Mr. De Jersey, 34; Mr. Fowler, 29 ; Mr. Sewell, 28 ; and Mr. France, 18. The alderman accordingly declared the first-named eight gentle men to have been duly elected by a show of hands, when a poll was demanded by Mr. John Herring on the part of Mr. France, the same to open this morning at ten o'clock and close at four in the afternoon. BILLINGSGATE. Mr. Alderman Thomas Sidney, M.P., presided. There being no opposition, Mr. Deputy Bower, Mr. W. J. Roberts, Mr. J. Causton, Mr. B. Slowman, Mr. J. T. Young, Mr. H. Gibson, Mr. W. S. Gibbs, and Mr. W. Northcott, were declared re-elected as common councilmen. BISHOP S G ATE. Mr. Alderman W. T. Copeland, M.P., presided. There were two vacancies, caused by the retirement of Messrs. Pilcher and Parnell, the new candidates being Messrs_ Heaps, John Thomas, and T. S. Richards. The show of hands fell upon the follow ing gentlemen :—Messrs. T. S. 0 wden, T. Pricker, J. C. Edmiston, T. S. Richard, W. Jones, G. Rich ardson, M. Hopgood, G. Kerry, R. Stapleton, J. Richardson, F. Geddes, G. N. Johnson, F. Dods well, John Thomas, and Heaps. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Straker, and it was appointed to take place this day. BROAD-STREET. Alderman Sir J. Musgrove, Bart., presided. The old members were unanimously re-elected, viz. : Messrs. J. Humphreys (deputy), C. Warton, W. Cox, M.P., Dr. Abraham, W. Hartridge, S. H. Waterlow, T. W. Poster, and J. Banister. BRIDGE. Mr. Alderman Abbiss presided. Messrs. Deputy Pewtress, H. Matthew, Lowe, Whetham, Blake, R. Taylor, Hartland, and Johnson were re-elected. BASSISHAW. Mr. Alderman Conder presided. Messrs. C. E. Fuller (deputy), W. Lister, A. Locke, and A. Bradbury, were re-elected as common councilmen. BREAD-STREET. Mr. Alderman W. Lawrence presided. The fol lowing ward officers were re-elected, including the members of the Common Council, viz. :—Messrs. W. Hawtrey (deputy), N. Maugham, W. Alcock, J. Smith, J. M. Cutcheon, M. M'George, F. Maynard, and A. Pill. COLEMAN-STREET. Mr. Alderman W. S. Hale presided. There was one vacancy, caused by the retirement of one of the late members, Mr. H. W. Valiance. The following gentlemen were re-elected :—Messrs. Perkins (de puty), Webster, S. E. Saunders, H. Haines, W. H. Roberts, E. Fox, and J. Hobson. Mr. R. P. Hard ing was chosen in the room of Mr. Valiance. CORDWAINERS. Mr. Alderman David Salomons, M.P., presided. Messrs. Thomas H. L. Taylor, W. Croucher, Thos. Joyce, J. Lamb, and W. B. Saunders, the old mem bers, were re-elected without opposition. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. Mr. Alderman Thomas Challis presided. Messrs. S. Read, W. King, E. Stillwell, John Sewell, G. Cuthbert, Wm. Morrise, D. Smith, and J. Picker ing were re-elected as common councilmen. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. Mr. Alderman Challis presided. Messrs. 11. Lloyd (deputy), John Parker, Benjamin Spilsbury, John Edmonds, Hugh Jones (sheriff), Wm. Barnes, E. Bunkitt, and B. E. Brown, wore re-elected with out opposition. CASTLE BAYNARD. Mr. Alderman S. J. Gibbons presided. The mem bers of the Common Council who had served for the preceding year were re-elected, and were as follow: —Mr. Fart ar, deputy ; Messrs. Cockerill, Webb, Blakesley, Silverside, Parker, Hod ley, and Longden. CANDLEWICK. The old members of the Court of Common Coun cil were re-elected, viz., Mr. J. H. Elliott (deputy), Mr. F. R. Frineby, Mr. R. Rowe, Mr_ J. S. Mar ratt, Mr. J. K. Farlew, and Mr. J. C. Evans. CHEAP. Mr. Alderman Allen presided. The old members, Messrs. E. Penning (deputy), J. Thorp, L. Hough ton, W. Tegg, W. Connell, J. Stewart, S. Gibbons, and John Bennett, were re-elected. CORNHILL. Mr. Alderman Carter presided. The old members were unanimously re-elected, viz., Messrs. Harri son, (deputy), Waterlow, Hoppe, D. Shrewsbury, C. Gaimes, and A. S. Waterl ow. DO WGATE. Alderman Sir It. W. Carden presided. The following gentlemen were nominated as represen tatives of the ward :—Meaare. G. Harker, 11.Keb bel, J. Kearns, Jeremiah Coleman, F. W. Truscott, W. G. Barnes, and Thomas White. The last-named gentleman, who formerly filled the office of deputy, was rejected at the last election, and came forward to contest the ward this year. Upon a show of hands only five hands were held up for him, while the average was 21 fog the other gentlemen. The Alderman declared the first-named six gentlemen to hayo been elected, upon which a poll was de manded on behalf of Mr. White, and which will take place this day. FARRINGDON WITinN. Mr. Alderman B. S. Phillips presided. There was no opposition to the return of the old members of the Court of Common Council. The following were re-elected :—Messrs. G. Virtue (deputy), C. Reed (deputy). D. J. M‘Lanchlan, J. Morris, C. Young, C. Phillips, Mr. S. Wheeler, J. Kelday, G. Dollond, G. R. Bengough, F. K. Glover, T. Rudkin, 0. C. T. Eagleton, and D. N. Chambers. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. Alderman Sir James D u ke, B ar t., M.P., presided. The following gentlemen wero elected as common councilmen : —Precinets of St. Martin's,: James Anderson, Esq., and Mr. Pim Spiller ; St. Dun stan's, Mr. William Lawley, Richard Nathanial Phillipps, Esq., and Mr. George Stanbury Pedler ; St. Bride's, Robert Obbard, Esq., deputy, Mr. Geo. Walter, and Thomas Cotterell, Esq. ; St. Sepul chre's, Charles Edward Butler, Esq., deputy, Mr. George Scamell, Mr. William T. Bedford, Mr. Edward Midwinter, Mr. James Butcher, and Mr. William Payne; St. Andrews, Mr. James Lusher, and Mr. Samuel Green. Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P., presided. In conse quence of the requirement of Mr. Ebenezer Howard, who has filled the office of common councilman for many years, Mr. 'L S. Smith, auctioneer, and Mr. Keisey, of Garraway's Coffee-house, were candi dates for the vacancy. Upon the show of hands being taken, it was declared to be in favour of the seven old members and Mr. Smith, the new candi date. A poll having been demanded on behalf of Mr. Kelsey, was appointed to take place to-day. LIME- S TREET. Mr. Alderman Mechi, alderman, presided. The old members, Messrs. D. Cork (deputy), T. B. Simp son, T. Symonds, and 11. Harris, were returned, as were also the members of the committee of the Benevolent Fund. PORTSOKEN. Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Bart., presided. The following were re-elected members of the Common Council without opposition :—Messrs. King, Davies, Israel, Smith, Bone, Christie, Annis (deputy), and Ellis. QUEENHITHE. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P., alder man of the ward, presided. The old members, Messrs. Rathbone (deputy), Thomas Burrowes, George Rayment, James Terry, Charles John Todd, and Archibald M'Dougall, were unanimously re elected. TOWER. Mr. Alderman Finnis presided. There was no opposition and a vacancy which had occurred was filled up without dissension, Mr. J. S. Banning being elected. Messrs L. Redhead, Turnbull, N. Nissen, J. Young, jun., T. B. Humphreys, J. Malcom, and H. H. Heath, were re• elected. VIN TRY. Mr. Alderman Thomas Gabriel presided. The following gentlemen were elected as common coun cilmen :—Mr. Deputy Gammon, Mr. W. D. Mt hite, Mr. G. Mason, Mr. R. Trees, Mr. H. Field, and Mr. E. Burke. AVALBROOK. Mr. Alderman J. C. Lawrence presided. The fol lowing gentlemen were unanimously re-elected to serve as common councilmen :—Mr. Fry (deputy), Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Rowley, Mr. C. W. Murrell, Mr. Lintott, and Mr. Cotton. OU7B.REAK AMONG CaNVIC7S AT PERTH. Oa Sunday forenoon, during the time of public worship, an alarm was raised throughout the city of Perth to the effect that the convicts in the gene ral prison at Friarton had overpowered the warders, and that many of them had made their escape. The truth of the alarm was apparently confirmed by the circumstances of a detachment of the 25th Regiment marching quickly with fixed bayonets through the South Inch, in the direction of the general prison, and a body of city police being conveyed thither in cabs. The excitement in town was intense, but it was much allayed when the actual state of matters, though sufficiently serious, was ascertained. The circumstances under which the outbreak commenced are as follows :—The female convicts, about 300 in number, assembled in the chapel of the prison on Sunday forenoon, as usual, to engage in public wor ship, but the chaplain had not proceeded far with the service when the convicts, in a most excited state, commenced shouting, making discordant noises, and defying the female warders. One of the latter was knocked down, much abused, and even tually carried out in a state of insensibility. The scene of disorder which the chapel presented was one which . baffles description. On the male officials being apprised of the outbreak among the female convicts, the former promptly hastened to the cha pel, from which all egress was strictly prohibited. As the female warders had lost all control over the female convicts, who, with increased rage and ener gy, uttered most dreadful yells, it was resolved by the head male officials present to fire several shots from revolvers over the heads of the women. This being continued for some time, had the desired effect of quieting them in a great degree, until at last they were completely subdued. At the same time great fears were entertained of an outbreak among the male convicts, many of whom, it had been learned on Saturday, were in possession of keys wherewith to open their cells and accordingly it was resolved to call in the assistance of the Perth city police and the military in Perth barracks. On being apprised of the outbreak, Mr. Welsh, superintendent of the city police, repaired with a large body of constables to the general prison, armed with swords, batonr, and cutlasses. The city police were conveyed to the general prison in cabs, and under the superinten dent rendered most efficient service. A detachment of the 25th Regiment was also promptly on the spot. With the assistance of the military and police the female convicts were conveyed one by one from the chapel to their cells, and by 2 o ' c l oc k i n th e things within the wa ll s of the general pri ed their ordi nary qu i etness. There s a o f n t e rhnaodo nassumed s h u i m n was no movement among or attempt at an outbreak by the male convicts, but it was considered neces • sary to keep the military and police on duty within the prison the whole of last night. Ther e i s every reason to believe that the insubordination o f th e wo men in the chapel on Sunday was part of a precon certed scheme to enable the male convicts to ever throw their keepers, and set all the convicts, both male and female, at hberty.—Scotsnian. THE UNION ASSESSMENTS ACT, 1862.—1 n order to arrive at a uniform rule in carrying out the provisions of this Act, the representatives of the whole of the Unions in Devonshire recently appointed by the several Boards of Guardians were invited to meet at Exeter under the presi dency of the Earl of Devon, to fix on the principles to be adopted. Of the 18 Unions in the county only two were unrepresented, and among the gentlemen present were Lord Fortescue, Sir J. Kennaway, Sir J. Duckworth, the Hon. W. W. Addington, Mr. S. T. iiekewich, M.P., Mr. J.W. Buller, M.P., Revs. J. Huyshe, J, P. Sydenham, and F. Cooper. A discussion on the several points arose which occupied upwards of four hours, the result being that the following resolutions were agreed to, and on Tuesday last issued to the overseers of every parish:—" That iris desir able, as far as possible, not only to secure a uniform and correct valuation of parishes in any particular Union, lint that the same principle should bo the guide in every Union throughout the county ; so that when the valuation is com pleted, not only will the assessment thus established be the assessment for Poor-law purposes, but will be likely to afford a true and correct basis on which all other county charges may be estimated." " That, inasmuch as existing rent is not a certain criterion of value, it behoves overseers to revise their respective rates with reference to present value at which the several hereditaments in their respective parishes might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of tenant's rates and taxes and tithe commutation rentcharge, if any; and to this end they are recommended, with consent of vestry, to call to their aid a fair representa tion of the ratepayers, and to avoid as far as possible the necessity for professional valuations." " That the gross estimated rental shall be the rent which the hereditaments might reasonably be expected to realise from year to year, the tenant undertaking to pay the usual rates and taxes, and tithe rentcharge, if any." " That, in order to ascertain the rateable value, deductions from the gross estimated rental, as defined in the last resolution, be made for repairs, insurance, and other expenses necessary to maintain the property in a state in which it will command such rent." " That under ordinary circumstances, and unless spacial cause be shown to the contrary, such deductions bo made on the following principles,—viz., 1. For land, without buildings, 21 per cent. 2. For farms, including houses and buildings, not exceeding 121 per cent. 3. For houses, where the rental exceeds £6 a year, from 15 to 25 per cent. 4, For cottage property, where the rental does not exceed £6 a year, not exceeding one-third of the gross estimated rental." [ikb - minTisnmENT.] Holloway's Pills. Advice to Females.—Aftei indefatigable perseverance and long-con tinued scientific research, thi g excellent remedy was disco vered and brought to perfection. From no invention has the other sex derived such benefits ; health and ease aro the chiefest blessing, and these are secured to them by these noble medicaments, which are available at all ages. They remove all impurities from the system, by correcting and purifying the blood, and their curative powers display them selves with equal certainty, safety, and facility upon the young, the middle-aged, and the old, in every country, while their cheapness Places them within the reach of all, THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDE.R IN THE EDGWARE-.ROAD. At the Marylebone Police -court yesterday, Jas. Wadden, the barber, was again brought up on re mand, charged with attempting to murder his wife by cutting her throat at a coffee-shop, No. 3, New- Church-street, Edgware-road. He was also fur ther charged with bigamy. Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, appeared to pro secute. The prisoner was undefended. The court was crowded to excess ; the more cape cislly as it had become known that the injured woman would be in attendance to give evidence. She was brought in a cab to the court accompanied by Drs. Kirby and Graves, who since the sad oc currence have been unremitting in their exertions and skill to save her life. The first week (the affair taking place on the 16th of Nov.), the medical gen tlemen took turns on the alternate nights to sit up I with the poor woman. Such has been their success that, almost by a miracle, they have saved her life, and she now breathes through a silver tube in her throat. She is unable to articulate, except very in distinctly, and to-day, as upon the occasion when Mr. Yardley took her depositions, she gave her evi dence in writing. She was led in by the medical gentlemen and her nurse. She appeared in a very weak state, and the medical gentlemen thinking it advisable that she should be kept in the warmth, his worship, Mr. Yardley, accommodated her with a seat on the bench, near the fire. The first particulars of this case appeared rather more than a month ago. It is unnecessary now to enumerate the previous particulars, as they will be found fully given be!ow. The depositions of the female named Hannah M. C. Wadden, who believed herself to be dying when she made them, and taken by Mr. Yardley, having been read over to her, she signified that she wished to add something more, and being supplied with pen and ink, wrote—" My husband (the prisoner) accused me of having been out on the day before Saturday. He swore he saw me in theEdgware-road with some person. I was at home. I can prove this was the case, After he cut my throat I got to the door which was fastened, the key of which was taken out by my husband. He pushed me from it. I fell on the floor when ho put his finger in my throat— (sensation)—and whilst it was there he asked me if I had not been out. I could only shake my head." Mr. Yardley—Have you any questions to ask your wife ?-You have heard what she has deposed to. Prisoner (who leant very carelessly over the dock) —Nothing. John Cobley—l keep a tea and coffee shop at No. 3, New Church-street, Edgware-road. On the 16th Nov. last prisoner and his wife came to my house, as they had been in the habit of doing. They came in about a quarter after 11, and went up to their bedroom immediately. Shortly after I heard quar relling and high words between them, and went from my bedroom up two or three stairs. I listened and heard Mrs. Wadden say, " Will you go with me tomorrow ?" This she repeated two or three times, when the prisoner said " Yes." She then said, "You shall go to-morrow." I could not tell what he said in reply. The quarrel ceased, and after 'a minute or two I went to my bedroom. Some time after I heard a noise as of something falling heavilyin their room. On opening my door I heard loud cries of "Murder," in a male voice. It was called by the prisoner. Whilst going upstairs it seemed as if some one was trying to unlock the door. The door was ultimately opened, and I saw the prisoner with his hands and face covered with blood standing at the door. His wife was standing up, and apparently trying to get past him. She had her throat cut. He would not allow her to pass. She pointed to him. I said to him, " Who has done this?" and he said she had cut her throat. When he said this she pointed her finger to him. This she repeated twice. I went and met a policeman and took him into the room,where I again saw the prisoner. His wife was then in the middle of the room, in a kneeling position, as if exhausted, bleeding profusely, and her night dress completely saturated from head to foot. Prisoner was holding his head down, and crying, saying, "O, my Annie." I went out again and got a surgeon. On my return with the doctor he was @till crying, and moaning and exclaiming "0, my Annie." His wife was still kneeling by the side of him, with her head resting on her breast, apparently insensible. Prisoner—You say the door was shut when you came up ? Witness—No, I did not. Mr. Yardley—He saw when he came up there seemed to be a struggle as if, in vain, some one was attempting to open the door, but by the time he got there, you were standing at the door. Prisoner—l had been calling for 10 minutes be fore any one came up. Witness—There was an interval elapsed between the calls. It was " Murder, murder," four or five times in succession. He did not remember prisoner asking him to stop. Prisoner said this witness knew nothing about it John Wilkins, 244 D, said he was called in by last witness, and saw prisoner's wife with a large gash in her throat. He (prisoner) was kneeling by the side of her, and saying "0, my dear Annie." I asked who had done it, when he said his wife. She looked up to me, and shook her head, meaning " No." Prisoner then said "My dear Annie, you know you done it yourself." She again shook her head in the negative. I told him to be careful what he said, when he replied, " I was in bed at the time." I said " The bid did not seem as if any one had lain in it; that it was a feather bed, and if any one had lain in it, there must have been the impression." Prisoner made no reply. It was evident no one had been in the bed. On looking round the room, about a yard from where the wife was, I found a razor covered with blood. I asked prisoner whether that was what had been used. Prisoner said "That is what she cut her throat with." The wife again shook her head, signifying " No." I kept him away, as he wanted to keep talking to her. He kept saying "My dear Annie, we sh all both die." Immediate:y after this he said, "It i s through that vagabond that I saw you with an Saturday." He then said, "We had been out thinking, and took a little gin in in a bottle, to have a drop in the room." On looking round the room I found a bottle containing some gin. He said she poured some into a tumbler and asked him to drink. He refused, and told her to give it to the other one that she liked better than him. The wife shook her head at this. He was covered with bleed. Police •constable Benjamin Martin,267D, deposed to being called to the house, and said, on seeing the female, " Oh, what is the matter." Prisoner said "My wife has cut her throat." His wife shook her head, and pointed to prisoner. He said, "O, Annie, how can you say ?" She again shook her head,and pointed to prisoner. I took up the razor, and pri soner began to cry, and said he was in bed at the time. That his wife poured out some gin from a bottle and said, " Here, Jem, drink," and be said he would not have any more, and she told him that if he did not drink it she would throw it over him. With that he said she took the razor from his black bag and screamed out, "0, Jem, I have done it, pray forgive me." He jumped out of bed, he stated, and found she had cut her throat. I told him no one had been in the bed since it was made,to which he made no answer, but exclaimed, "0, my dear Annie, if you die we shall both die together" I re mained with him at the station till 6 o'clock in the morning, and whilst in the cell with him he said the reason why he had brought the razors with him was, because he wished to get up early in the morn ing to go to the Old Bailey to see the man hung. Through the quarrel about that scamp that he had seen her with in the Edgware -road this had occurred. He remarked that her sister Hester knew all about it if she liked to speak. - - Mr. Graves, surgeon, of 132, St. Albans-place, Edgware-toad, said—The female, when I arrived, was perfectly sensible. The wound in the throat was about 5 inches in length, slightly on the curve. The convexity of the curve was downwards. She had only her chemise on, which was saturated in blood. She was bleeding at the time from the wound. The windpipe was completely severed, and the wound extended into the gullet. She Safi very faint from loss of blood, and the wound was a very dangerous one, and my opinion was that she could not live more than two days,but that she might die in a much shorter time. I cannot form an opinion as to whether the injury might have been inflicted by herself, or whether it had been done by any one else. Mr. Thomas Charles Kirby, of 77, Connaught terrace, divisional surgeon to the police, gave evi dence confirmatory of the last witness. Inspector Burrows, D division, described the ap pearance of the room when he was called in, and which, from his description, must have presented the signs of a severe struggle. He also produced a black leather bag, which was found in the room, and which prisoner said belonged to him. It con tained a shaving brush, a razor-case with compart ments for two. There was one in the case, evidently matching the one that had been used. The inspector gave some further evidence corroborative of previous statements. Mary Ann Skeates, a married woman, said—l knew the prisoner and his wife two years ago as lodgers. After everybody had gone to bed I have often heard him knock her about. I have often seen her with black eyes after these disturbances. On one occasion he said he would be the death of her. John Lodder—l have known the prisoner about three years. About two years and a half ago he said he would sell a looking-glass which he had, and buy a pair of pistols to shoot her (his wife) and her father. Prisoner was fully committed for trial on this charge. The case of bigamy was then gone into. Ann Carpenter, a married woman, said she was present on the 3d of March, 1861, when prisoner was married to a female named Elizabeth Porter, at St. John's Church, Southwark. She was now present in court. The injured woman was again led into court, and in giving her evidence in this case said—Previous to this I was a widow, by the name of Hannah Maria Colchester Dixon. I was first told that the prisoner was married before about twelve months ago. I have been married to him for about three years, but on account of his ill-usage I left him to live with my father, when I met a person who said she lived in the same house as his first wife, but they could not give me the information where they were mar ried, nor yet Mrs. Wadden's maiden name. Mr. Yardley—Write down " Yes," or "No," whether you were aware that you knew he was married at the time he married him. Witness took the pen in her hand, and was abou to write when— Prisoner (in an insolent manner)--She knew when I married her that I had :married before. Witness lifted her head and looked him full in the face, evidently and with painful emotion wishing to speak, but failing in this, slightly shook her head. This the prisoner saw unmoved, though commi seration was evident throughout the court. Prisoner was proceeding again, when Mr. Yard ley said—Stop, Sir. Witnesswrote " I did not know it." Prisoner—We lived together for four or five months before we were married, and she refused the first wife our house. She knew what we wanted to get married for. We got married to pay the brokers out, because the father would not let her have the money. She now denies my wife being in the house. Prisoner was committed for trial on this charge also. ALLEGED HORRIBLE MURDER ON BOARD SHIP. ATTEMPTED BRIBERY OF A MEDICAL MAN. The greatest excitement prevailed last night in the neighbourhood of Limehouse, in consequence of the statement that a seaman, named William Curtis, had been murdered on board ship, under circum stances of extraordinary barbarity. The young man in question, who was only 19 years of age, was steward on board the ship Martha Pope, which re cently arrived in the West India Docks with a cargo of logwood from Belize, Honduras. Upon the ar rival of the ship in the dock application was made to an undertaker to bury the body of the deceased, who was stated to have died coming up the river. Ultimately, however, Dr. Giles was called in to give the necessary certificate, and that gentleman in sisted upon a coroner's inquest being held, as not only did the condition of the body convince him that deceased had met his death by foul means, but it was stated to him that deceased, while dying from starvation and exhaustion from repeated flog gings, had been jumped upon. Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy coroner, opened an investigation into the case last night at the Lord Hood Tavern, Limehouse. The first witness wns Captain Randall Stone, who was cautioned that a most serious charge was about to be made, and that if he felt himself likely to be implicated he need not give evidence. He said that as no charge had been preferred as yet, he would prefer being examined. He said that he was captain of the ship Martha Pope, and that while at Belize one of his men ran away, and that as de ceased had begged a passage to England he shipped him as steward. Witness had on several occasions, during the voyage home, to punish deceased. He had also to punish others of the crew. The first occasion on which he struck deceased was a week after leaving Honduras. Witness, while lying half asleep in his cabin, saw deceased enter the state cabin and endeavour to force the locks of the drawers. Witness gave him a blow on the side of the head with his hand. No one saw that but him self. On subsequent occasions he had corrected de ceased with a piece of whipcord no thicker than a pen. By the Jury—He was bound to enter in the log book every time he flogged the deceased. He had not done so. By the Coroner—He did not offer any person L 7 to withhold or alter evidence in this case. He would swear he did not. Dr. W. Giles, 1, Canton-place, East India-road, said—l was sent for by an undertaker to go on board the ship Martha Pope to see the deceased. From the marks of violence I saw I prohibited the burial of the body without an inquest. The whole anterior surface of the body was covered with bruises and wounds. On the left leg there was a gaping wound an inch long and half an inch wide, evi dently recently inflicted. Thcro was a wound on the forehead and another on the right leg. The fore fin ger of the left hand had been all but cut off by a blow. All the wounds appeared to have been in flicted with a rope an inch thick. Such dreadful wounds could not have been inflicted through cloth ing. In my opinion the deceased must have been laid on the deck naked and lashed while exhausted from want of food and from ill-treatment. While extending his hands and legs in his agony to pro tect his body the wounds in the legs were received and his finger nearly broken off. If I could state in evidence the facts which I have heard, but which, of course, are inadmissable, I could more than sub stantiate the accuracy of my inference as to the manner the injuries were inflicted. I have made a post-mortem examination, and find that there is not a particle of fat in the body. There were most un usually extensive adhesions of the pleura. The stomach lay flat in a way I had not seen before, and showed, with other circumstances, that deceased had been for a fortnight without food. The eyes were red and the lips parched. The ship was out 49 days. The pleurisy had existed a month, and in my opinion resulted from exposure. I believe the deceased died from a shock to the s ys tem, re ceived while in a state of prostration from ill usage and ill treatment. By the Coroner--I was o ff ered 7 by the captain not to give any evidence that wou ld criminate hi m or any other party, " but to blush over the thi ng. " I indignantly refused the bribe. The Coroner said that he should adjourn the Court for the examination of other witnesses. The jury asked t h e Coroner that Captain Stone should be held to bail. The Coroner said that as no verdict had been re turned he had no power to interfere in the matter. The body of the deceased, when viewed by the jury, presented an appalling spectacle. There was apparently no flesh, and the skin hung upon the bones, and was Covered all over with bruises and wounds Et w43i9nr sickening to behold. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT—TAUNTON, Dec. 22. (Before Mr. Justice Bytes.) SINGULAR CASE AT BATH. Sarah Caseley and Caroline Nicholls, two married women, were charged with attempting to murder a female infant child, at Bath, on the 14th Oct. Mr_ P. M. Saunders prosecuted. This was a singular case, as will be gathered from the following facts— The prisoner Nicholls i s a marr i e d woman, living at Batheaston, near Bath, and obtained her livelihood by washing and needlework. Her husband did not reside with her, but there was no thing to show that this arose from any domestic difference; the husband b e i ng engage d i n Wales 111 his employment. Since her husband's absence, Nicholls became in the family way, and was au" xious to hide the f a ct fro m h er husband, - and from . those _persons who employed her. She comainnl" cated this fact to Caseley, who was a friend of her s ' and Caseley promised to get a room in Bath, where she might give birth to the child, which Caseley was to keep for a short time, and then bring it t ° the house of Nicholls, who was to bring it up as s child she had taken in t o nurse , th us h av ing t° l3 care of her own child without its real materni▪ ty being known. On the night of Oct. 14, about ten o'clock, the two prisoners were seen going up 3 public walk, known as Gravel-walk, at Bath, the re being rails on either sid e f enc i ng o ff enc l os ures wi▪ th shrubs. A young woman, named Lucy White, w ll° was standing near the en t rance t o th e wa lk, heard one of the prisoners, who was about 100 yards . 03 '1 groaning. She walked up to the spot, and noticed that Nicholls seemed to be in great pain, and 0 , 8 leaning against Caseley. The witness went a littd way off, and stood unde r a la m p, w h er e she coul d see the prisoners b u t th e y cou ld no t see her. o l ' a they() saw something drop on the ground, a n d noticed Caseley wrap it up in a cloth. She hear a cry at the time, and she felt sure that it was 9.11 infant which was in the bundle. Caseley then threw it over the rails, where it struck against s. A tree, and fell against some bushe s . The child crl e ; out, and Caseley said, "L e t u s run ," an d both t° women made off. The girl White ran after then' and overtook them at the corner of Gay-etree t .'i where she accused Caseley of throwing the ch li d over the rails. Both prisoners denied it, a u Nicholls ran away. The girl White still hela L, e o to Caseley, and a girl named Hucklebridge 0 0 , 0 up, and they compelled C a s e ley t o come back tot:, Gravel-walk. The child was taken up by Buck le bridge and conveyed to the statio L l-house, Case ley accompanying them, in the custody of a police' ea whom they met. The address of Niohol/s was gis' of by Caseley, and sho stated she was the mother the child. tea Mr. Lawrence, surgeon to the Bath police, st s- h t that he examined the child when it was b" sg ils to the station-house, and found it covered W 1 mould and leaves, and it had a slight scratch Ile the left thigh. It was now,tloing well. of The surgeon then proceeded to the house„„ e , Nicholls, with Sergeant Berry, of the Bath P oll ee They found her at Betheaston, where sh a musth hers a walked, and she was in her bed. He exiimineu and found she had been recently delivere d. A statement, made by the prisoner Nicholls , W t 6 l l put in, and it stated she was going to a hous e / v. v . Caseley to be confined, and was taken labo u v ; but she had not the least idea Caseley intoud ed itli destroy the child, as they had some baby-aneu them for the child. a tha t A written defence, put in by Caseley, eta te - 4 ,0 she was going to a room with the child, but Ole b ko - 00 birth to the child in the Gravel-walk. N leu ver , said it was dead, and she (Caseley) covered it ° u p, When she heard it cry she ran back to take l" and did not attempt to leave. The jury acquitted the prisoners on the ell s of attempted murder. They were then indicted for abandoning a under two years of age. •it e a The jury found Caseley guilty, and aecl ul Nicholls. The learned Judge sentenced Caseley to tiV el months' imprisonment with hard labour. COUNTRY MARALTS. 10- COLCHESTER—DEC. 20. tre.d° A moderate supply of wheat at market, and the kali slow, prices being unaltered. Fine barley scarce, and at as dear; other sorts not lower. Beans and peas sold 15, last week's quotations. ~A , 26 0 Wheat, white. 46s 52s Beans, Mazagall• •"" 4.1 0 red 42s 48s middle & 5ma11.360 44$ Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—DEC. 20. We had a moderate supply of English and fe re ..g ig l wheat to. day, which fully supported last week's 0 :10 Beans, peas, barley, and oats were dull, and unchanged value. CHELMSFORD—DEC. 19. fl ora The trade in wheat to-day at our market was rather - - ,10 brisk, athough the prices remain the same as last we In Spring corn very little business doing. 4 0 ; Wheat, old white...37B 62s Peas, Partridge... 37 g 400 new ..37s 49s White ..........39s og old red.... 42s 48s Boiling ......... 4 08 3 50 new 38s 46s Dun ..........•• 35g ..--0 Barley ..21s 35s Ditto new . Iv • .340 Chevalier 2Bs 38s Beans, Tick, 0 ••__ o ---° Grinding 22s 30s new.•,, 400 Malt. 6ls 67s Harrow Ticks ...Jo ~..s Chevalier 64s 69s new..' go Oats 20s 28s Mazagan .. ••. .. 300 .—s 39! KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEc. 20. .at • To-day there was a fair supply of all kinds of g r3gl market. Wheat and barley sold at last week's rst e S. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....37s Od 26s Od 198:0d Second ..43s Od 27 s Od 21s Od Od 28 s 6d 22s Od COAL M . (Prices of Coal per Ton at Ir LA ff th ß a e s o K t o in l E :e T s ‘ o H f the g. d. 14 s. d. Bell's Primrose l4 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 22 0 Do. Anthracite 20 0 Eden Main l6 9 Byass's Bel9side West Hartley ...14 3 Tanfield Moor 14 0 Tantield Moor Butes l4 0 6 . 19 Hetton ..... .13 6 0 South Hetton ...... .1/ Russel's Hetton ...... 17 Braddyll's Hetton ..... /8 P aswell ......... 16 Gosforth ............ .18 " 4 Stewart's .......... ',ll Cassop ...... .16 0 Thorpe .......... .1S 0 Hartlepool.. ........ . 3 17 3 South Hartlepool.'" '.16 Tunstall ........ • •• ,11 K elloe ..." Walls End. Davison's West Hart - - ley ..15 North Pelton Ga 5..... 14 Lambert's West Hari: ley l4 0 Cowpen Hartley ..14 3 W ylam l6 6 Walker Primrose 13 5 Ships at marke t, 79; sold, 73. FOREIGN m.a.LL PACKET -118 Z De°' 10' MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ****** bec. via Marseilles ........ j o ri. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ...•••' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. • „ No , China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton . via Marseilles • • n . 4. .. J s 1 9 ' Falkland Islands .. pee' 19. Gibraltar, via Southampton ................. .ves. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampto n. via Mars eilles• " . pec. India (Bombay), via South am pt on ............ Dec. via Marseilles ............... Portuga1.... ...... 1 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S ou thampton ..... Deo. via Marseilles ....... 4 Newfoundland ............................... Oporto and Vigo U• . S. and British N. America, by Brit. Paeke .. t .. 19. by U.S. pa"e ack gpeo• io . by Canadian P ..Dee..Jan. IS , ...... W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerii'e . ...29. Bahamas, Nip. New York ................ Dec. Mexico. .................................. Yeru, I Dee. 29 ' All parts of West Indies, including " ....... California, and British Columbia... BIRTS. " FELLOWES.—On the 19th inst., at Haverlan d asHa 0.4 folk, the Hon. Mrs. Fellowes; prem aturely, of a 4° isTor.. ter. cA LEAF.—On the 20th inst., a t Woodlands, Clapharal Mrs. W. L. Leaf, of a son. Wif e °I NANGLE.—On the 20th inst., at Woolwich, the Captain Nangle, R.A.., of a daughter. S Hi p mAN .—On the 20th inst., at The Terrace, Charal3l°' hill, Mrs. Wm. Shipman, of a son. MARRIAGES. bra' Bunn „ vs —TAYLOß.—On the 20th i ns t., a t Christ uZi fro o Forest-hill, Henry Burrows, Esq , Maor of hut , Walden, Essex, to Mrs. Jasper K.Taylor, ofLittle low, Suffolk. MlLLs—TiNsoisr.—On the 20th i ns t., a t St. Jarues . l'' cadilly, George Mills, Esq to Elizabeth, second dallg ter of James'sTinson, Esq - ,"Farringdon, Berks. COPE. —On the 20th inst p ,, E at T AT l on B k . stown, the LadY C ,l e ; CROFT.—On th e 21 s t i ns t., a t S ur bit on hill SUMO ji4 " . Croft, Esq., aged 86. GirFouu.--On the 22d inst., at Dufferin Lodge, ilighgfttel George, Earl of Gifford, aged 41. ead HETLEY.—On the 20th inst., at Salisbury, Itichd. ll Esq., aged 74. So l- JACKSON.—On the 19th inst ,at his residence, Upper Wm. Jackson, Esq:, aged 54. SHEPHERD.—On the 20th inst., at Eaton-place , Nlllla m ShepherJ, Esq,, of Temple-bar, aged 61. SuirToN.—On tha 20th inst 00 , Mrs. Frances Shiptoo,lst° of Watford, Herts, aged 85.1 et? Wmtax.—On the 17th inst., at 73, Great T o wer -s-f a . Georgiana, relict of Mr. Charles Woodman, late of cheap, aged 68. 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