The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

WRECK OF TEE ROYAL CITA.RT.ER. OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRA.DE. The Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received the following report from Mr. Mansfield, the Magistrate of Liverpool, and Captain Harris, nautical assessor, who held the late inquiry at Liverpool relative to the wreck of the Royal Charter steamship : "My Lords,—ln accordance with the instruc tions which I received from the Board of Trade, I have, with the assistance of Capt. Harris, nautical assessor, held an inquiry into the circumstances at tending the loss of the auxiliary steam clipper ship Royal Charter. The ship was originally ordered to be built by Messrs. Moore, of this town. The builder was Mr. Cram, of Chester, and the keel was laid at Sandy Croft, on the River Dee. Before any considerable progress had been made in her con struction, the firm of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., who are managers for and now represent the Australian Steam Navigation Company—the regis tered owners of the Royal Charter—took her off the hands of Messrs. Moore. At or about this time Mr. Cram failed, and the further progress of the shipbuilding was conducted by Messrs. Bright and Co. on their own account. Some changes were made to fit the vessel for the purpose which was ultima lely attained ; an addition was made to her length at either end, and the original specification was departed from in other respects. It is not material to dwell upon this part of her history at any great length, as, at the time of her transfer to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., her keel only was laid and a portion of the frame set up. Nearly all the mate rial had been provided by Mr. Cram, and was on the premises ; this, after an examination by the builders employed by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., was used in the construction of the vessel. A portion of this iron, recovered with great difficulty and expense from the wreck, has been produced before and tested by the Liverpool corporation machine. It is decidedly above the average strength of iron plating used for shipbuilding, and the aver age strength assigned by Mr. Fairbairn for good Staffordshire plate. When the ship was completed it was necessary to launch her diagonally, owing to the shallowness of the water at Sandy Croft. During this operation she stuck fast °ether ways, and great efforts were necessary to get her afloat. It does not, however, appear that she received any injury at this time. In proceeding down the Dee she took the ground off Flint, and here her keel and the adjoining portions amidships received serious injury, so as to necessitate extensive repairs in the graving dock at Liverpool. There is some discre pancy in the evidence, but it is probable that on this occasion she was strengthened by the addition of two bilge keelsons, having been originally con structed with a keelson and two sister keelsons. Of her rigging it is sufficient to say that her masts and spars seem to have been amply sufficient, and, though very large, not out of proportion to the size of the vessel. Her tackle seems to have been generally good, and her heavy sails were of " No. 1 and No. 2" canvas—the quality of stormsails in ordinary ships. The ground tackle seems likewise to have been free from objection. She carried two bower anchors and a sheet anchor of requisite size, and all of Trotman's model. She was provided with 300 fathoms of chain cable of full 21in. in diameter, tested by the maker, Mr. Woods, of Chester, to 72 tons. From the performance of this cable imme-. diately previous to the loss of the ship, it is rea sonable to suppose that the material and workman ship were good. Her engines, which worked a two-fan screw, were of nominal 200-horse power, and were able to propel the vessel in dead water at the rate of about eight knots an hour. Upon pro ceeding upon her first voyage she was very heavily ballasted, as her builders apprehended she would ha crank, owing to her narrow beam. In the Bay of Biscay, however, she encountered very rough weather, and put back to Plymouth. Here she was examined by the Emi g ration Officers and Survey ors, who recommended some trifling repairs to ob viate her making water, as it was supposed, through her deck. These, however, had nothing to do with the seaworthiness of the ship. " In accordance. also, with their recommendation, she was lightened of 400 tons of ballast, the result of which was that her sailing properties improved, and she was enabled to stay and wear with facility. I am assured by the witnesses who have subse quently made voyages in her that she was far from being defective in this respect, regard being had to the greater time necessarily requisite to bring a long vessel hand. Upon her returning from her first voyage it was observed by the surveyor of the LiverpodUnderwriters' Association that some of the paint had cracked at the joining of the butts outside amidships, and that in those places there were streaks of rust. This, he stated, was invari ably the case with long iron vessels on their return from a voyage. It does not, however, appear that wooden ships, after encountering heavy weather, are free from an analogous indication of a strain in their butts. Some suspicion, however, seems to have acted upon the minds of the owners ; and, with a view to giving her additional longitudinal strength• ening, a massive stringer, the greater part of the length of the ship, was introduced on either side between decks. "After this, nothing further of any importance as regards the strengthening of the ship seems to have - been done. " It may be proper, at this point, to state that, from the evidence, I have arrived at the conclusion that the Royal Charter was, at the least, fully equal in strength to the average of ships of her class built at the same date (1855). Whether this be sufficient is a question which in reality does not arise in the present inquiry. Even if it did, I should hesitate to generalise from an isolated instance, on very imperfect evidence, and where so much is left to conjecture. A much wider induction is neces sarily applied to the subject by underwriters in the ordinary course of their business; and to those of the public who may be ignorant of the fact it may be of interest to learn that, ccrteris paribus, there is no difference in the premium paid for insuring wooden or iron vessels of the same class. " Upon her last voyage the Royal Charter, after an unusually quick passage from Melbourne, arrived off Queenstown on the 24th of October. She pro teeded up Channel, and passed the Tuskar Light about 4 a.m. on the 25th. About half-past 4 or 5 p.m. she was abreast of Holyhead. Up to that time the weather had been fine, with a light breeze ahead. A change then took place, and it became hazy over the land. The vessel proceeded on her course, rounding the Sherries at 6 or half-past 6 p.m. Point Lynas Light was in sight at a quarter to 7 p.m., at a distance of six or seven miles on the starboard bow. At 8 p.m. the wind was from N.E. to E.N.E.; veering and blowing very hard, and had been increasing in strength from the time the ship passed Holyhead. She was heading at this time about E. by S. At a quarter to 9 Captain Taylor gave orders to starboard the helm, to which the quartermaster at the wheel:said, The helm is star board already.' At a quarter to 9 orders were given to take a cast of the lead. In a quarter of an hour they first succeeded in getting soundings with the hand-lead in 18 fathoms. Tne screw pro peller was at work, but the ship notwithstanding was drifting rapidly to leeward, as denoted by the lead. Shortly after this soundings were again taken in 15 fathoms, and about half-past 10 p.m. an attempt was made to stay the ship. This appears to have failed, for shortly afterwards the port anchor was let go, and 100 fathoms of chain cable paid out. At 11 15 p.m. the starboard anchor was let go with 70 fathoms of chain. The two anchors brought the ship up. At 1.30 a'm. of the 26th the port chain parted out side the hawse hole. Orders were then given to get up the stream anchor, which weighed only 15cwt., and was stowed in the after orlop. The sheet anchor of 50cwt. was stowed in the fore hatchway. It took about an hour to get up the stream anchor, and when this was done, at about 2.30 a.m., the starboard cable parted. About 3 or 3.30 a.m. the ship took the ground ; her heel seems to have struck first, and her head canted round to the west ward, broadside on to the wind and sea. It ap pears that the screw stopped when the ship struck. The mainmast was then cut away; it fell abeam, and not in the direction of the screw. The fore mast was also cut away, but did not fall till the ship was washed upon the rocks, about five a.m., or two hours after she first struck. About 7.30 to 8 a.m. the vessel parted amidships, and a melancholy loss of life ensued. Such is the narrative afforded by the few survivors of the loss of the Royal Charter. In reviewing the evidence before me, it is my painful duty to notice the apparent want of prepa ration to encounter stormy weather chown by the Royal Cha r t er i n h er course up Channel. - She came up Channel with h er s k ysa r' fn il mast on e l i a e nd yard in across. It is tru e th a t t h e weather was' morning, and there m i g h t h ave b een no indications e of the coming hurricane; but, it is certain that in such a dangerous sea, and at a time of year when storms may le expected, the stanchest merchant ship would be only prudent in making all snug aloft, and the best equipped man-of-war would in fallibly do so. "I have no evidence before me to show whether the barometer gave any indication of the approach ing gale. There were tw o, if not three, of these instruments - on board. If they had been noticed, they would in all probability have suggested cau tion. At 5 p.m. there were two courses open. The Royal Charter was close to Holyhead, and might have run there for refuge, or she might have put her head to the westward, and kept the Irish Channel open. At 6 p.m. the Skerries were rounded, and the wind increased to a gale. At 9 pm. the wind and sea had increased so much that, though under full steam, the ship refused to answer her helm. "It was then found that the ship was drifting bodily to leeward, and no course remained but to let go the anchors. To the anchors it will have been observed that the ship held for four hours, and it is to be lamented that the resolution was not immediately taken to cut away the masts. Had she been so relieved, her "only chance of safety—viz., holding on to her anchors—might possibly have been secured. It is evident that, with the top ham per aloft, the steam power was inadequate to keep' the ship under command. Had the masts been sacrificed at first, as they were ultimately, the steam power might have availed the ship more effectually. " It is very likely that the captain of. the Royal Charter was deterred from this course by the ap prehension that the falling rigging and spars might foul her screw, thus repeating the catastrophe un dergone by the Prince, in 1854, cff Balaklava ; but it should be remembered that the Prince was sup plied with a three-bladed fan, while the Royal Char ter had a two-bladed one only, which could be hoisted up in a short time, and with little labour. " I am well aware that in making these animad versions on the measures taken by the Royal Char ter I may encounter some difference of opinion ; but, having the advantage of judging from the event, I cannot but help concluding that a fair chance of safety was sacrificed by the course pursued. " I may here also advert to what appears a dan gerous practice—viz., to steam ahead to the anchors in a gale of wind and in a seaway. "A gale of wind, as is well known, is not uniform in strength, but there are moments of comparative lull. During these the steam power not being readily controlled is apt to shoot the ship ahead. After this, when a violent gust occurs, the ship drops astern, bringing up with a sudden and a severe jerk on her cables—a kind of strain most likely to make them part. " It is not impossible that such may be the true explanation of the parting of the cables of the Royal Charter. " All the evidence concurs in showing that the force of the gale was terrific and unexampled on that coast. Nothing conclusive can be arrived at towards solving the question whether a wooden ship would have held together longer, or so long as the Royal Charter. As far as I have had informa tion on the subject I have no ground to impute blame to the lifeboat people. " The Coastguard were early on the spot, though stationed 10 miles off. The two pilot boats, accord ing to the regulations of the port, were in their proper cruising ground off Point Lynas. One of them saw a blue light, probably from the Royal Charter, and kept a sharp look-out accordingly, but immediately afterwards the darkness was so great and the rain so thick as to make it impossible to see from one end of the pilot boat to the other. The wind also became so high as to - put out her lights repeatedly; and even had she neared the Royal Charter, there was such a sea running as to make it impossible to put a pilot on board. " The officers and crew to the last were indifferent to the preservation of their own lives and solely in tent on their duty. Taking into account the un exampled fury of the gale, which entirely neutralised the powerful action of the screw propeller, so that the ship was no longer under command—a circum stance which Capt. Taylor could not have antici pated; and considering also the apprehension he may have entertained, while at anchor, that th" masts would foul the screw if they were cut away, and possibly that the action of the screw to ease the cables could not be safely intermitted—l do not think this is a case in which I could report that the ship was lost by the default of the master. " J. S. MANSFIELD, Stipendiary Magistrate, Liverpool. " Liverpool, Nov. 28, 1859." " I concur in the above report. " H. HARRIS, Nautical Assessor." The Marine Department of the Board have awarded Joseph Rogers, the Maltese seaman, who swam from the Royal Charter with a rope to the shore, the sum of £lO and a silver medal, for his gallantry in saving life before the ill-fated ship broke up. It is incorrect that the divers have recovered £150,000 of the sunken treasure; the total amount of gold in bars, dust, and sovereigns, &c., saved up to the present does not exceed £14,000. During the last two days a gale of wind from the N.E. has put a stop to the operations of the divers, and the steamer and lumper have been com pelled to run into Beaumaris for shelter. CAPTUTE OF A NETV IORK OSLAVER The New York papers give a long account of the capture of the slave ship Emily, of New York, off Loango, on the west coast of Africa, by the United States' ship Portsmouth. The slaver was first descried on the 20th of Septemb ex, when, on being hailed, she replied " The Emily, of New York," but hoisted no flag. A cutter was ordered to board her, and institute a strict examination. On rounding her stern, it was seen that "New York" was roughly painted over another name, which was subsequently made out to be "Phila." The officers of the Ports mouth were received at the gangway by the alleged master, Captain Lindsey, and were invited into the cabin. His papers were exhibited, and a glance at them showed that a further investigation was neces sary. The manifest is a curious document indeed, the cargo consisting (as alleged) of rum, lard, sugar, crockery, rice, flour, codfish, lumber, drugs, herrings, pork, caldrons, pails, casks, and beans. The rice is that kind known as " nigger rice." The lumber was in planks, and just sufficient for a slave deck, as, indeed, it was found to be. The " caldrons" were cooking galleys completely fitted for use, and ready to put up on deck. The bread was of a quality suitable for the use of the negroes, and the c were found to be fitted to the ship, and were full of fresh water. There is not the slightest doubt as to her real character. She was completely fitted out, and ready to receive her slaves on board. A few hours later the skipper of the slaver would have had the negroes on board and been off. She was represented to have cleared from New York on the 30th of June last. There were found on board two persons who positively refused to give any account of themselves, or even their names. One was an American and the other a Spaniard or Portuguese. The captain says that they came on board at New York, and professes to know nothing further of them. The register shown was that of the bark Emily, but this was a ship. Capt. Lindsey says, in explanation of this,that he crossed his cross-jack and mizen topsail yards when in the lower bay of New York harbour. This leaves the Emily without any papers at all, the addition of these yards having changed her into a ship. The slaver is now in safe custody at New York. The requisite papers having been prepared by the District-Attorney, Marshal B.ynders despatched Deputy Marshal Lorenzo Angelis and officers .11iller, Itynders, and O'Keefe to bring the prisoners ashore. They took the captain, two passengers, and nine seamen to Eldridge-street prison, whence they would be brought before the United States' Commis sioner for examination. The Emily is a rakish looking barque of 300 tons burden. 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'Me following extracts present its principal featni. es : " On the last occasion I had to remark on the great improvements that had been effected on the male side of this establishment, but the increased experience which. an entire year gives of the genu ine effects of separation in criminals of various grades has vastly added to the convictions I then expressed. I cannot more forcibly suns up the entire results of this alteration than in words recently sent me from Freemant.Ye in Western Australia, in which a well-informed convict, of great public notoriety, declares that, having passed through every kind of imprisonment, associated, silent, and separate, he is convinced that ' the only mode of confinement that gives an offender a hope of reformation, and at the same time most severely punishes him, is that in which, both by day and night, he is kept entirely by himself.' All other kinds of imprisonment have enormous disadvantages, and there are evils in a distant land far greater than at home, and which no one can get to know but those unhappy enough to have to endure them. The depravity of a mass of incorrigible convicts is beyond all conception, and revelations are frequently made that startle even us who have for years been accustomed to the habits of criminals. How little do many flimsy and flippant writers and talkers about the criminal population know of their real propensities, and yet these are the persons that too often get listened to, and their advice is adopted. It requires greater knowledge and greater wisdom to legislate for criminals than the bulk of mankind imagine. " Old convicts and all habitual thieves, as a body, dislike separate confinement more than any other kind of imprisonment whatever. During the last year, among the 12 different sets of convicts that have passed through the gaol, we have had a num ber of men who have been two, • three, and four times sent into penal servitude or transportation. Such persons have obviously made up their minds either to lead a life of crime or suffer the usual punishment, yet they detest most heartily being kept where they cannot talk to others, and where there are no opportunities of boasting, seducing, con tending, quarrelling, or fighting,—for all these oc cupations supply them with a degraded kind of pleasure; and yet such men as these yield submis sively to regular, mild, and firm discipline. About three:hours in a dark:cell will tame almost any one of them, and the horror, not only of silence and separation, but of total darkness, seems quite punishment enough for anything we have yet had to deal with. " The dislike to separation is not, however, con fined to old convicts, the large mass of prisoners entertain similar objections. To boys it is singularly distasteful. Young men who have been leading a life of dissipation and vice complain very much of its irksomeness, and all persons of active habits and accustomed to exercise find this a terrible restraint. Nothing has yet been discovered that works so well on the whole as this plan. To say that it has no defects, or that it cannot be continued too long, would be to say that it is not a human institution, for every plan and every prison has its defects greater or less. Studious, sedate, and literary per sons do not feel it so severely as others. " But I entertain a hope, my lord and gentlemen, not the result of theory, but founded on many facts, that good prisons are places where a considerable number of criminals are not only punished for their offences, but reformed in their sentiments and man ner of life. lam not here speaking of the old case hardened child of guilt who has been brought up a thief, is still a thief in prison and out of it, who has made up his mind to endure all you can by law impose on a thief, and to whom indulgence and severity are both hurtful. We know this class well, and their ways, habits, and principles, and are sure that the only judicious way of treating such offenders is to give them perpetual imprisonment until they are reformed, and make the most and the best of them in that miserable condition. "There are men just as much addicted to vices as others are to crimes, and they commit crimes to enable them to indulge in their vices; among this class reformations are rare. But I speak of the mass of prisoners not belonging to either of these classes. Out of all committed to Newgate about one-eighth, as nearly as we can ascertain, are re commitments. As far as we can trace any other prisoners, about another eighth have been in other prisons. Making, then, a large allowance for those who escape detection of having been in prison be fore, more than one half at the least never return to any prison, and it is among this large class that the good I speak of is done. Many receive a real sound religious impression, which endures and keeps them out of harm. It does not do to make such persons known ; they would be destroyed if known ; but as far as word can express right feelings, or letters describe the state of the mind, and a consistent life confirm the truth of both, hundreds and thousands demonstrate the happy effects of religious teachings in prisons. " The custom practised for many years in New gate of having a small portion of scripture read daily and explained, for the prisoners to meditate upon, was always attended with good results, but since the prisoners have been kept separately I find the influence of it far greater. They express them selves with greater indications of thought and re flection, and, by giving them a good basis for thought, all is done that it is possible to do to lead them to the right sentiments. " If then, my lord and gentlemen, the benefits of separate discipline be so great, how strongly does it urge every consistently benevolent mind to hope that the day is not distant when these advantages will be extended to the female side of the prison, and the unhappy fallen members of so many families will be afforded the opportunity of escaping, while in Newgate, the polluting conversation of old offenders, and have the means of reformation within their reach, if they should be really sincere. " The female side of Newgate is the only prison in London for the confinement of prisoners committed for trial, that is not on the separate system. The magistrates of Middlesex have years ago so pro vided for theirs in the House of Detention ; Horse...- monger-lane prison has been entirely remodelled by the Surrey justices; while the female side•of New gate remains unaltered, unimproved, and, as the light of other days, solitary and dim. " It is easy for any one to perceive in the coun tenances of prisoners the different system on the one side and on the other. There is a lightness of manner and apparent absence of reflection which indicate the usual state of mind in which habitual offenders live, and this shuts out all reasonable hope of reformation. When women become de graded they sink faster and deeper than others, but, on the other hand, they are more susceptible of kindness and attention, and, judging by what we have seen of the effects on the male offenders, I think results highly favourable will emanate from the long projected alterations on the female side. " As I wish distinctly to state that the seeti ments in this report are my own, and I desire to involve no one else in the responsibility that be longs to them, I venture a general remark upon a class of prisoners a good deal overlooked. Among the many committed to Newgate in the course of years, by far the most saucy and impudent, and disposed to insubordination, are those who have formerly been inmates of workhouses. It may seem singular that persons who have for years been fed on the public bounty provided for the needy, and have not supported themselves by their own labour, should share in such a peculiar and objectionable habit. Having been for many years occupied in workhouses as well as prisons, this general feature has always indicated to me that there must be some thing defective in the operation of the Poor Law to produce such a result. I have thought a good deal upon the subject, and compared other institutions, such as refuges for the destitute poor and other houseless outcasts ; the same feature is not found there, the applicants receive the bounty with thank fulness and behave as other pople do. A poor man now, however indolent and disinclined to labour, has a right to parochial relief, if he be in necessity. I believe it is this right that makes them so inso lent and unblushingly saucy. Were the power given to boards of guardians to declare that such impertinence and intemperate display of insubor dination disqualified them from becoming the re cipients of public alms, I think this curious feature would at once cease. The knowledge that you must relieve them makes them trespass on the forbear ance of their examiners. An appeal to a magis trate might prevent the abuse of such principle, but my conviction is that something to,this effect would be conducive to great good. " I may, in conclusion, observe that there seems a diminution of crime that has continued for the last two or three years. The demands of the army have contributed a good deal towards this, and a growing dislike for imprisonment now that it is carried ouf earnestly. I have shown that the mass of commitments are what arc called first offenders. The infirmities of human nature, and the common temptations of life produce these. Such will always arise.. No poker that mortal possesses can put an end to such things. The point to aim at is the les sening, and, if possible, the extinction of habitual crime. habits gMany et i i nto t n h e t hir conduct Atrmyand Navy approaching avy;th he elabo t ur e these o stt aih r vie l le c yos t ; t . s e fpe r s eella w , kui t ia - un i i t sla t td e is n nac f ai, l . • na o tin m htoaut s tr u el c sb l sou l hft p at e ith. r hee s on lifes t o o f a t heirs soldier a o - r not hard, and they like it. I h ave seen a num b er i i n n k t h s e ue satisfaction they feel, and cannot but think such conduct a happy change from a life that promised much less hopefully." L A IF INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 2. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ',Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) BALLS V. ARCHER AND WIFE. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Powell were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Hud dleston, and Mr. Laxton for the defendants. This was an action of trover to recover a valuable diamond ring under very remarkable circumstances. The plaintiff is an omnibus conductor, and accord ing to the statement of his counsel, had received a legacy of £BO, and besides had some other money of his own, and had invested it in the purchase of a diamond ring, for which he gave £125, being in duced to purchase by a friend, Mr. Hallam, a dia mond merchant, on the representation that diamonds were becoming of greater value every day. Mrs. Archer, the wife of the defendant, resides at Kil dare-terrace, Bayswater, and rode in the omnibus of which plaintiff was the conductor to Whitchapel, by which means an intimacy originated between them. The plaintiff alleged that Mrs. Archer re presented herself to be a widow, and while visiting at Kildare-terrace, in the anticipation of forming a marriage connexion with her, he lent her the ring to take down to Ramsgate to show to some friends she said she had there who were judges of diamonds. Finding, from inquiries, that Mrs. Archer was a married woman, the plaintiff asked her for the return of the ring, and she said she would return it in a few days, but did not. The plaintiff then learned that his ring had been pawned, and then asked her for the duplicate, if she could not return the ring, and ultimately the ticket was given to him. Mrs. Archer's version was that the plaintiff originated the intimacy by talking about the wea ther while she was riding in the omnibus, and when she got out she asked him to call a cab for her, which he did, and he then asked her if she would return to Bayswater by his omnibus in the evening, which she did, and that he then followed her home to her house, and she let him in ; that he visited there on subsequent occasions without any invita tion, that he was let in, when improper intimacy took place, that he put the ring on her finger, say ing it looked better than on his, and told her to keep it for his sake ; and that he knew she was a married woman. Tho ring was pledged and re deemed by her several times, and ultimately for £6O before the duplicate was handed to the plain tiff. This action was brought in October last, and Mr. Archer paid into court £69 on the 12th Nov. as sufficient compensation for any damages the plaintiff could have sustained. The plaintiff's attor ney-, Mr. Padmore, however, without communicat ing this to the plaintiff, still proceeded with the action. Ephraim Balls—l am the plaintiff, and reside at Notting-hill. In 1857 I purchased of Mr. Hallam a diamond ring for £125. In July, 1858, I was acting as conductor of an omnibus running from Bayswater to Whitechapel. Tho defendant's wife was a passenger, and several times afterwards. She was in the habit of speaking to me while riding in the omnibus, and subsequently she ' invited me to her house, 7, Kildare-terrace. She told me she was a widow. I visited at her house on two or three occasions only. On the second visit to the house I had the ring with me. She saw it on my finger, asked to see it, pre tended an attachment to me, held it and asked me to let her take it to Ramsgate, where she was going, as she had some friends thero who were judges of diamonds, and I let her have it. I did not give it to her as a present. While she was at Ramsgate I made inquiries and found that she was a married woman. I found I was the victim of misplaced con fidence. After that I frequently asked for the ring. She said that it was in her jewel•case, and that she would return it in a few days. She afterwards gave me the pawn-ticket, which I received on con dition that she would raise £6O and redeem the ring. I kept the ticket. I was not in a position to redeem the ring. She asked me to go round to a loan-office to try to get a loan for her to redeem the ring, but when I said that she was a married wo man they told me they could not lend the money without the husband's consent. I applied to her husband for the ring by letter. I consulted Mr. Broughton at the police-court about it. I then brought this action. Cross-examined—l am now conductor of a Bays water omnibus in the employ of Mr. Newman. When I first met Mrs. Archer she was going to Whitechapel. I carried a parcel for her from the omnibus to Kildare-terrace the first time, when she asked me in. I found a nicely furnished house. I had some wine, and then left. It was not oa the first occasion that she told me she was a widow. Such a thing as this is not a very strange affair. I swear she did not tell me she was a mar ried woman, and that her husband was at Rams gate. I wore the diamond as a pin on the Sunday when I visited her. (The diamond ring was pro duced, and also the setting for a pin in the case with it, by the pawnbroker.) About three weeks after I first saw her I made inquiries, and found that she was a married woman. I don't know Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Archer's sister. (Mrs. Richards was then pointed out to the witness.) I think I have seen her before. I was never in her house. I might have taken refreshment with Mrs. Archer on other occasions ; did not make items of it. I was never in her house after she returned from Ramsgate. My attorney, Mr. Padmore, has never told me £69 was paid into court ' • he said he believed that some money was paid in, but not that he had taken any out. I have two or three photographs of myself. I don't remember whether I gave Mrs. Archer one. I gave her no gloves or garters. I might have given her a portrait in a case. I was surpr i se d to rece i ve a pawnbrokers' duplicate. Re-examined—When I allowed her to have my ring I believed her to be a lady I might marry. Nehemiah Balls--I am the plaintiff's brother, and keep the refreshment-room at the Bristol Rail way station. I came to London in August, 1858. Saw the ring in my brother's possession then. I went to Kildare-terrace the same evening I came to London, and saw Mrs. Archer, and the ring was on her finger. She remarked that it was a much finer stone than the one in my ring. I have mine -on now, and also another diamond ring on. She said it was my brother's. We were then in the draw ing-room about an hour. I saw her again three or four days after at the Zoological-gardens with my brother. I left them there. Humphries—l am assistant to Mr. Wood, pawnbroker. I produce a diamond ring. It was first pledged on the 7th of August, 1858, for £3 10s.; then redeemed ; pledged again on the 21st of August for £2O ; then redeemed, and pledged again on the 20th of September for £6O by Mrs. Archer. It is worth about £l4O or £l5O. It can be used as a ring or a pin. Mrs. Archer paid the interest up to November the 29th, 1858. Louis Kyesor—l have dealt in diamonds for 40 years. Tho ring is worth £l5O ; it is a diamond of the first water, and of unusual size. Mr. James said the defendant, Mr. Archer, had married unfortunately, in 1857, his present wife, and had furnished a house for her, and provided a carriage and horses, and was living extravagantly and beyond his means. He was a young man just come of age and i n t o possess i on o f £12,000 or £15,000. He was of weak intellect, and had been very indulgent to his wife. The whole story of the plaintiff as to the hope of being married to Mrs. Archer, and her representing herself to be a widow, was false. Painful as it was, it would be proved that Mrs. Archer told him she was married, and that they had illicit intercourse. Some months after the plaintiff turned round and threatened to expose Mrs. Archer to her husband unless she re turned the rine which he had given her. The husbeatd not wanting the plaintiff to sustain any loss, had paid into court the sum of £69 to redeem the ring, which the plaintiff might have done, if that had been all that was wanted. His attorney, however, had persevered in the action, in the hope that fear of exposure would extort from the defen dant a great deal more. Ellen Archer—l am the wife of the defendant. We were married June 24, 1857. I was going in the omnibus to Whitechapel, to see my sister, who was living in Berner's-street, Commercial-road East when the plaintiff first spoke t 3 me about the wea ther, When I got out I asked him to get me a cab. He said, would I go back by the same 'bus at night ? I did. I used to go backwards and for wards in his 'bus. Ho followed me home. I did not invite him. There was no parcel for him to carry to Kildare-terrace, as he said. He gave me his likeness when I was in the 'bus. I told him my husband was gone to Ramsgate. His brother, him self, and I went to Cremorne. He put the ring on my finger as I was sitting on the ottoman in my house. I said I dare not wear it for fear of my husband. He said, " Keep it for my sake." I slept in Oxenden-street with him. He knew I was married. He has been concealed in my house once in a cupboard, and once under the bed in my room, when the servants were coming. Tie first asked for the return of the ring when he saw a bill put up in the window of the house to let it. When we were moving lie said, "If you can't give inn the ring, give me the duplicate." lle wanted me to borrow money, but I would not do it. Cross-examined—l shall keep it secret where I am living now. I am living somewhere in Clerk en well. M:. Sergeant Parry—Have you boon married before ? Mrs. Archer—That is not the question of the ring. Try the ring case, and then try any other you have against me. Mrs. Ricards and Mr. Archer were also examined. Mr. Wilson, a solicitor, produced a trust deed vest- - ing the property of Mr. Archer in trustees for the purpose of protecting Mr. Archer " against the machinations of that unhappy woman." He went with a trustee to take possession of the property on Monday last, when Mrs. Archer drove off with the phaeton and horses, and they had not been able to trace her up to that morning. The Lord Chief Justice left two points to the jury :-1. Did the plaintiff lend the ring to Mrs. Archer in the way he stated, or did he give it to her as she said ? 2. If he only lent it, was the £69 paid into court sufficient ? Before leaving the box, The Jury said that they agreed the £69 was sufficient. They then retired, and returned with a verdict for the defendant on the first point. WINTER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.—CITELMSFORD, DEC. 2. The commission of gaol delivery for this county was opened on Thursday afternoon by Mr. Justice Williams, and business was proceeded with this morning. The calendar contains the names of 11 prisoners, 5 of whom are charged with the crime of arson. George Currey, 29, a post-office letter carrier, at Braintree, was charged with stealing a letter con taining three half sovereigns, the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr. Hurrell prosecuted. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the defence, urged in mitigation of punishment that the father of the prisoner had been for a great many years in the service of the Post-office, and that he, himself, had borne a good character down to the period when this offence was committed. Mr. Justice Williams said that those offences must be put a stop to, and his duty compelled him to pass upon the prisoner a sentence of four years' penal servitude. George Waller, 15, a labouring boy, who ap peared by the calendar unable either to read or write, was charged with feloniously setting fire to four stacks of wheat, three stacks of barley, and a quantity of other farm produce, the property of George Joseph Cockerell, and also several farm buildings, the property of Viscount Maynard. The prisoner pleaded guilty. It appeared that the prosecutor was Mr. Cockerel], who holds a farm at Great Easton, in this county, the property of Viscount Maynard, the lord-lieu tenant of the county, and that the prisoner was in his service. There did not seem to be any ill-feeling between the prisoner and his master, but it appeared that on the night of the 17th November the pri soner deliberately set fire to a stack of wheat upon his master's farm, and the flames spread, and pro perty amounting in value to between three and four thousand pounds was destroyed. No motive ap peared to be assigned for the commission of the act ; but when the prisoner was taken into custody he made no denial of his guilt, but merely said that some other boy had given him a lucifer match, and told him to set fire to the stack. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, remarked upon the extreme wickedness of the act and the pe culiar circumstances under which it was committed, and said that although the sentence he was about to pronounce might be considered a severe one, he felt that he was bound to inflict such a punishment as would be calculated to deter others from commit ting similar crimes. He then ordered the prissoner to be kept in penal servitude for ten years, where he said he would receive instruction, and might be come a useful member of society. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 2. WESTMINSTER.—ThE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ADULTERY AND ALLEGED ROBBERY.—The ex traordinary case of Pithers v. Ponti—the previous particulars of which have been fully defailed—was yesterday resumed before Mr. Arnold, with a long cross-examination of Mrs. Pithers, alias Mrs. Hill, by Mr. Smyth for the prosecution, in the course of which she said— I first became acquainted with Ponti at a ball at Brighton, where I met him. I was in service there. I met him two or three times afterwards, in the course of which the improper intimacy com menced. I was not a virtuous woman when I first knew him. I next saw Ponti a few months after I was married, and he went home with Ina. My husband was in service some months after I married him, during which time I saw gentlemen. I believe my husband had some money in the Read ing bank. I never had any of it. He never gave me any money, but he took the money of me which I received from gentlemen. I remember going with my husband and buying a gold chain for £5. I don't know that my husband paid for it, but if he did it was with my money. A gentleman had given me £5. Ponti did not pay money for his apart ments in York-place, but he gave me some towards paying the rent, and purchased and paid for things in the house. I did not tell Ponti that I was mar ried till he had been lodging in the house two or three months. I did not tell him because I was ashamed, and my husband desired me not to do so. My husband used to go about the house without his shoes, so that Ponti should not know he was there. I gave Ponti part of £32 I had saved, but it was to buy things for me that I wanted. I kept the remainder out of sight, so that my husband should not see it. I often called on Mr. and Mrs. Cheeseman while I lived in York-place. I may have told them I kept Ponti on my prostitution. I do not think I did, but I used to say all sorts of things when T was out of temper that were not true. I did not say that I would never stick to any one man. Ido not know that I told the Cheese mans my husband had offered to take me home if I would leave off the life I was leading. Many times Ponti has wanted to go away and leave me, but I would not let him. I did not want to leave Ponti in York-place, and go home to my husband from him. The following letters were hero handed to the witness by Mr. Smyth ; she admitted that she had written them while living ix York-place : "My dearest Husband,—l have not been able to come to see or to write to you. lam tired of living like this. I could feel so happy at home. The woman here says the only way for me to get away is to go when he is out of the way ; he will not leave the house for a moment. I am quite longing to come home and be comfortable and happy again. It is bettor to be dead than live this life any longer ; I must steal away. I am a most unfortunate woman. I curse the hour I ever saw the villain ; he has been my ruin ; he has deceived me. I wish I had been persuaded by you, this would never have happened. 1 wish I was away. I cannot believe it possible that I have passed the week without seeing you. lam driven to distraction—l am mad. rmust get away from this villian, you must help me away. God bless us both, and make us happy again. I can do well if lam with you. We must both strive and pray God to bless us and prosper us. You are in my thoughts morning and night. Meet me at Mrs. Cheezeman's. Write, dear, and tell me you are my friend. God bless you now and ever. Pray for me. We shall be happy yet. " From your ever affectionate wife." The second was as follows : " I have tried all I can to get home. I quite long to come home; I know it is nice and comfort ble. Do, dear, believe me, I am most anxious to come home ; I have made up my mind to come and live with you. I am neriziy out of my mind, yet I am frightened to not coming home. Believe me, my dear husband, I am most anxious for you. If I do not come home to-morrow, meet me at five o'clock in the Arcade. God bless you. " From your ever affectionate, " MARY." The prisoner (Ponti) and Mrs. Pith era were much disconcerted at the production of these letters, which created considerable sensation amongst the auditory. Mr. Smyth continued his cross-examination, showing that Ponti was the person alluded to in the letters; and Mrs. Pithers dii not know what she had meant by writing such letters and using such terms, as she could have left the house if she had wished. She never told Mr. and Mrs. Cheese man that Ponti knocked her about because she did not get money enough from gentlemen. Did not remember Ponti knocking her about. Had called the landlady and servant up at her lodgings in Macclesfield-street when Ponti was there, not that he was ill-using her, but did it to vex him. Had sometimes run down to the landlady when they were having words. Did not remember screaming " Murder" on those occasions. Hid her self in the. cupboard at Cheeseman's, not to escape Ponti, but to put him out of the way. Did not re member showing bruises on her shoulders and arms to Cheeseman, and saying Ponti had caused them. Ponti had. wanted, again and again, to leave her, and had done so, but s h e a l ways went after him , and used to beg of him t o f orgive her. She went ' after him to his lodgings the ni g ht s h e last left home. Ponti slept with her on Thursday night last; it was with her wish; she was not going t o be left alone in her n ow m i serable state. Pont'. would not allow her to be a prostitute any longer. ' She ht.d been a virtu ous woman for the last fort night. In re-examination by Mr. Davis for the • prisoner, Mrs. Pithers admitted that her husband when he first knew of her infamous course of life wished her to abandon it, but after that he told her to get all the money in that way she could. He used to go into other parts of the house when gentlemen came to seo her, and when they were gone she used to give him the money. Gentlemen made her pre sents of dresses and bonnets, and her husband used to look at the things quite delighted. Never gave Monti any money but to expend for her own use. By Mr. Arnold—Her age would be 29 in January; had been married four years. The case was then further adjourned, prisoner's recognisances being extended as befere. Mr. Smyth said he had received a letter from a very respectable firm at 11, Belgrave-street, South, stating that Mrs. Pithers had never lodged there. Such was the fact, her address being " 13." He had no doubt publicity would be given to this, as the firm alluded to were much annoyed. Mr. Arnold observed that Mrs. Pithers had said " 11," Belgrave-street, South. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Daniel R. B. Upton as Consul at Bathurst, West Coast of Africa, for the United States of America. Noy. 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. C. H. G. Cramer as Consul at Singapore for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Francisco de Uncilla as Vice-Consul at Liverpool for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir William Snagg,- Knt., and Edward Bowman Dyett, Esq., to be Members of the Council of the Colony of Montserrat. WHITEHALL, DEC. 2. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, present, and appoint James David Forbes, D.C.L., to be Principal of the United College of Saint Salvator and Saint Leonard, in the University of Saint Andrews, in the room of Sir David Brewster, resigned. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Dmc. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State fer Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rhodes, reporting that all arrivals at that island from ports of Syria will be admitted to free pratique. The Right Hon. tho Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Oonsul at Christiania, enclosing a trans lation of a notice issued by the Marine Department of that Capital, declaring all places to be considered free from in fection with the Oriental plague. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, enclosing a transla- tion of an order of the Neapolitan Board of Health, subject ing vessels, arriving with healthy passage, from the ports of Dantzig and Antwerp, to a rigorous quarantine for cho lera, of ten days, with purification of cargoes in a lazaret of the first class. The same order subjects vessels arriving from those places and having had sickness on board, to a refusal of pratique, end requires vessels coming from other ports of Belgium and Prussia to perform a quarantine of ten days, with the airing of wearing apparel on board tho vessel. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affairs at Lima, enclosing a translation of a decree of the President of the Republic of Peru, suspending the blockade of the ports of Equator. Tho Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Chili, enclosing a translation of a decree of the Chilian Minister of Finance permitting the introduction of arms and warlike stores, with the exception of mining gunpowder, into the port of Valparaiso alone, and by special license only. The same decree prohibits all vessels, having such articles on board, not intended for their own use, from remaining in any port of the Republic, and notifies that the rebonding of any such stores already in the bonded warehouses will not be per mitted. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC 2. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major the Hon. Somer. set John Gough Calthorpo, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, paying the difference between cavalry and infantry, vice Thompson, who exchanges, receiving the same. 2d Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Rudd, M.D., from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rutherford, promoted on the Staff. Bth Light Dragoons—Lachlan Foster Jamieson, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase ; Assistant-Surgeon Ralph Robert Scott. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rudd, appointed to the 2d Dragoons. 12th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon Charles Steel, from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, promoted. 17th Light Dragoons—Acting Veterinary Surgeon John. Ferris to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Partridge, ap pointed to the Royal Artillery. Royal Artillery—Veterinary Surgeon Wm. Partridge, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon. Military Train—Deputy-Assistant-Commissary Malcolm Keir. from half-pay Field Train Royal Artillery, to be Quartermaster; Staff Surgeon ffaniel P. Barry to be Surgeon. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Gilbert Alfred Nicho letts, from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Evans, who exchanges. Bth Foot—Captain John M'Queen from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stuart Baynes, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Majority. 16th Foot—Major Algernon Robert Garrett, from the 46th Foot, to be Major, vice Platt, who exchanges. 17th Foot—The Christian names of Lieutenant and Adju tant Ross, are " Alexander Aitken," and not " Alexander" only, as hitherto stated. 19th Foot—Ensign Horace Arthur Wells to bo Lieute nant, by purchase vice Martin, promoted ; Ensign Philip Downes Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foster, promoted. 23d Foot—Major Thomas Richard Phambe Tempest, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, repaying the diffe rence, vice Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel! Bruce, who ex changes; Brevet-Major Jervoise Clarke Jervoise to be Major, by purchase, vice Tempest, who retires ; Lieute nant Philip Henry Knight to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jervoise. 43d Foot —Ensign Charles Salmon, from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Osborne, who exchanges. 46th Foot—Major Charles Rowley Platt, from the 16th Foot, to be Major, vice Garrett, who exchanges. 53d Foot—Ensign Herbert Boyles Osborne, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Salmon, who exchanges. 58th Foot—Lieutenant George Edward Perryn, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Outram, who exchanges. 68th Foot—Lieutenant Henry John Evans, from the 2d Foot, to b e Li eu t enan t, v i ce Nicheletts, who exchanges. -90th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph Outram, from the 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Perryn, who exchan g es. Ist West India Re g i men t —S urgeon James Davys, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Hendley, appointed to the Staff.. DEPOT BATTALION. —Quartermaster Edward Coghlan, from the 76th Rot, to be Quartermaster, vice John Reming ton Breading, who retires upon half. pay. UNATTACIIED.—Lieutenant and Adjutant Patrick Cahill, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. IIOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon John llendley, from the Ist West India Regi ment, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Blakeney, placed upon half-pay. Assistant-Surgeon Francis Bowen, M.D., with the local rank of Surgeon at the Royal Hibernian School, Dublin, to be Staff-Assistant. Surgeon and placed upon half-pay. Assistant•Surmbeon Cornelius Clarke Rutherford, from 2d Dragoons, to b e Staff-Surgeon, vice Barry, appointed to the Military Train. Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Salter, Supernumerary in the 61st Foot, to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice Saott, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel John Hamilton Stewart, Retired full-pay 29th Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. The undermentioned Officers, retired upon full-pay Royal Marines, to have the honorary rand of Major-General, under her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858 :—Colonel Thomas Hurdle, C.B. ; Colonel Thomas Peard Dwyer. Major Thomas Richard Plumbe Tempest, 23d Foot, to be be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Quartermaster John Remington Breading, retired on half-pay of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Dec. 17, 1855. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps—Charles Musgrave Harvey, Esquire, of Christchurch, to be Ensign of the First Company. First Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Lieut.-Colonel R. Moorson to bo Captain. Royal Westmoreland Light Infantry Militia—John Mil ner, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Roxburghshire Volunteer Rifle, No. 1 Company—Win. Scott, Esq., younger, of Ancrum, to be Captain; Hon. Hallyburton Campbell to be Lieutenant. Regiment of Royal London Militia—William Thomas Lewis to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice James Wood Poland, resigned. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day of November, 1859 : ISSUEPARTENT. Notes issued £30, 8 2 4 755' Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,9043 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,349,755 Silver Bullion .... £30,524,75i1 Proprietors' CapITA.NRING D: i tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in- 3,121,770 eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- 130,821,755 , EPAUTAIENT. 1 Government Secu- titles (including Dead Weigh tAn n uity) .£10,025,157 Other Securities 19,376,439 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 668,757 counts) 8,679,315 Other Deposits 13,361,382 Seven Day and other Bills £40,550,47S .RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Dec. 1, 1859. X 40,530,178 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. ' ho Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Surar, com puted from Returns made :in the week ending the 29th day of Nov., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on th e i mpor t a ti on th ereo f i n t o G rea t 3ritain Per ow t. From the British possessions in America 24s 941 Muscovado, the produce:of the Mauritius 23s 91d Average price of the foregoing -is lid BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Smith, Linford, and Co., engineors, Peterborough. BANKRUPTS. John Robert Fitch, jeweller, Hatton-garden, to surrender Dec. 15, at eleven, and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Smith, carpenter, Tabernacle-row, Finsbury, Dec. 16, at twelve, and Jan. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Davies, cowkeeper, St. John's-street, Clerken well, Dec. 9, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Thomas couling, omnibus propric tor, Princes road, Lambeth, Dec. 13, at half-past two, and Jan. li) at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt .y. Isaac White, ironmong , Bieu,,leswade, Bedfordshire., Dec. 15, at twelve, and Jan. er 16, at eleven, at the Court ei Bankrutcy. Nathaniel Morrish, farmer, Heath Farm, Dorur" se otshilli Dec. 12, at elev en , an d J an . 12, at one, at the C' Bankruptcy. en, James Fell, dealer, Grimshaw-bridge, Over 1 3 1.„.. Lancashire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the 1— chester District Court. lq oth' John Craven and Thomas Craven glue makers, r well, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, and Jan. 16, at eleven, at u- Commercial-buildings, Leeds William Austin Wilson, !four dealer, St. Helen'°) L4ll l cashire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the lii/ e11;61 District Court. treeti William Henry Knight, watch tool dealer, row T e n ; s 6, at King-square, Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, aucl twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. der J. and 3. Millar, lace merchants, Glasgow, an d foal' Millar, lace merchant, Glasgow. Robert Byars, fruit merchant, Bazaar, Glasgovi• COUNTRY MARXBTS• LIVERPOOL—Mx. 2. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since Tile_..,°‘lllol have been large of oatmeal, and fair of oats, but oth er i e re light. From barley, Fr o 3 7 l6 fo s re g i r gn s f ports s oats, 610 Ihoaqvres roefcebivecine3ds:l;:gr:sooBcl:anwql:o6:oo: Indian corn, and 5,996 barrels of flour. From Canada haThveeerxepceoirvtesdinl,tsh4eo same e o t f im p e ea c s o , manpdrilse,9l2,3 barrels 0 ' he at, 300 qrs oats, 424 qrs peas, 500 qrs of Indian corn, and sacks of flour. We have had cold weather, witla',oolC. nights. The trade has been • ctive during the ur We had a small attendanceofinmaillers and dealers st ri o es a. market this morning, and little disposition to do bu t ; old Wheat and flour supported Tuesday's prices. () t 010 0 oatmeal 6d per load and id to Id per 45 1 b lower, but so tor sale. Barley more inquired for, and beans an a cr a p cora altered. The amount of business transacted in 1 m was better, and at the prices of Tuesday. WAKEFIELD—Due. 2. The arrivals of wheat are liberal,leg II holder s ' — firmer tone than we experienced on Tuesday, h i c h ara firm in demanding the prices of last week, and Iv au th ° generally got on the business done. Prices re' s ' as light same as at, last market for fine heavy barley, .r; no vier‘ and inferior qualities were again a slow sale. . 19 . 0 0 0 at fully late rates. Oats, shelling, and other artic les ali at previous prices. gdfolk, A Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b , Essen, -- A;tto r" Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; new, .48s to 510; w d i o rlv and there b e .f. old, 42s to 445; new, 42s to 44s ; Lineolnsb.ira tul shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 411 to 445. Averages for the week Wheat 5,085 qrs., at ........ 47 5 `i a Peas .... 20 „ ...... 40 Beans Barley .. r Oats 330 „ ........ 2pd —• It Rye ........ --0 . ja EXETER—DEc. 2. rie s ' mi l The tos-odaytowOass3dduillEaatritehye..f.o.ll.o.vrinag. O P d 0 4s 3 i .4s Of 1" 3,1 31 Ditto red .... 5s 6d to 5s 9d 1 Oats ....... '" , si ck• The mar w k a e s t Flour, fine, 338 to 34;; seconds, 318 to 3 2 g P e " At' CATTLE. a tho 0 ., pretty was w well l numerous. s u P Pbi e tendance supply. 6 1 i' o l Fat beef, p score, 108 to llsOd Ewes, per lb .• • • 6 0 to o Pork carcases, do Ss 9d to 9s3d Wethers, do•• •• • • 6d t° Sheep, per lb. . 6d to 7d Fat calves, do.• Rough fat, 4td per lb. d with stock, an iv. up .._ Pork caresses 0 BRISTOL SUGAR--Drc.74' _.,, e 51 211 Our market continues to wear a firm APPefa`P4;lo everything brought forward finds ready buyere Itaape. to 61 a 7 e .- bee ll the refiners and grocers at extreme prices Tcargoes of Domoraras and one of Tobag ° . ° , at 36 1 tj s few lots at 42s to 43s - Refiners' chiell disposed of this week ; the common process ellgr g .." .01 1 P, - 395, and the vacuum pans • yf - 4.10 to '''') at fu" roT ce sells fr ee lat t ile was s oo mo u re dem and, proved radi rs i tes. In rum . therew -------"--- RAILWAY INTELLIG.ES' TRAFFIC R ..!./ "Pt's. 'I A _ Miles Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Junc Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches.Acilolyhead(withMold)l Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kings t Dundalk and Endiskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East Anglian E. Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union East Kent E. L ancashire(in. Blackburn) Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western Great Northern Great North of Scotland 'lt.Soutlin. & Westu.(lrind ) Great Western Hull and Holderness inverness & Aberdeen June Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in: Kendal and Windermere) Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend &Lineolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor North British (in. Dalkeithd North Devon North-Eastern North London North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Wore., & Wolver Peeples St. Peep les Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester ..• Shrewsbury & Hereford .. • Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick .. • West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Harbr. & Rail Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam.. • Austrian Belgian Eastertv.TUßCllol l Buffalo and Lake Huron .. • Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula...• Great Luxembourg Great Western of 'Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia' Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. of France. • • • opened. 1859. 185 g. 35 •"" 10 1,21 0 0 65 414 3,0 1 ,, 17 2,656 01. 32 MS' 6,5 0 20 00 1 3,0 119 4 , 2 90 198 . 01• -- 0 2 195 20: 0i 61 280 O, S 17 1,354 j,4ii 56 1, 0 63 1,0 401 7/39 57 681 , 7 1 6 4 1 31 171 tfr 946 036/ 674 23,503 489 253 125 1981 94 8 _ _ 105 5,' 142 " IS 5,4; $ :,so! 201 - 2 , 1 10. / i ; 22 7,u ( 5 2 4 d/ 1831 27.2'„„" 283 1,7 v" 6, 56 56 7. 03° 2% 4 39 2131 27, , w; 400 19 775 3 35 1 55 1 41 251 361 41 2 4 53 „ 100 31,125259 4 60 25 4!,, 64,,0 4 /2,OJ" A 1,40 /52 1, 2 " 10 1•14,1 ti 332 190 '; 14, 8 ° 1 3 ' 5 0 80 90 9, 49 71 9 43 10,3. , „AO 17 3 i ' 9 ,., *9 .44" 01 : 1.4j WO 47 5,4 ,2 63 9 ow; :4 73 Oro ,21 . 1 vu' 1, 3 45 4 6, 1 1 • o . O i S s 1 1 9 00 : 39 9 6, 86 6 . 1 ,4 I# 4 7/ ,691 „ 960 1.1 . 0 ,936 3*, , '963 J 4;, 1,9 0 0 , I,"'s 2, d 0 P o ig 545 4 1,-60 60 1, 5° 3 0 58 1 1, 4 , 3, 547 0 g ,66 1, 264 6 5 3, #0 60 % 613 16 30 0 0 7 99. 51, 1 57 62 43, 3 1 673 1 6 1 261 1. 26 ; 19 1 I h . 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A, vo . r FouN-. TAINE.—On the 30th ult., at Ch a o-' Fount.iy-to, Esq., aged 73• t orosire IT _ILL..._OI the • n chapel-stree , ~ tie 1 lst inst., at 10, at uare---J n.O.- sS'il place, blrs. Hill, aged 75. _, ..r o ls. _ t p gall, k!("'000v,j JONES.—OO the Ist inst•, at Crannier g a jor - Itor Dowager Lady Jone;,•widow of th°,ll or t 1 1" Sir John Thomas Jones, Bart., I •'' '' Engineers. tls Cl ___ 0 .f 6) 10' L ------------- ug h to, i LONDON : Printed and Published by nigie, d g of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at of 50i...-0, co o Strand, in the Precinct of the SaloY, 111 Mithileeez, Saturday , December 3) 1859' • TO IN TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1859,