The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-25 00:00:00

ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. (From the Times Correspondent.) TURIN, Nov. 21. `The discussion arising from the Boncompagni in terpella.tion proceeded throughout yesterday and to-day's sitting with exemplary calmness and dig nity. Last evening, on leaving the Chamber, the Ministers held a council, in which the opportunity of dissolving Parliament in the event of a d , ..q . eat was again taken into consideration. This might evince on the part of Rattazzi and his colleagues some serious apprehension of an unfavourable divi sion ; and it is difficult, indeed, for friend or foe to entertain any other expectation. I have heard some of the very stanr.tiest supporters of the Cabinet de clare that, ur.'tess the Government can justify the arrest of 3 , Fabrizi, upon the ground of a " flar: i rant offence," their duty to the constitution must be paramount over all party considerations. The cause of M. Rattazzi has also been greatly damaged by a recent short but pithy publication. You are aware that a few weeks previous to the crisis which hurled Baron Ricasoli from power, Professor Berti published those letters of Count Cavour bearing the date of 1856, which gave rise to so much talk in and out of Italy, and which were printed for the sole purpose of showing the great regard and esteem of the deceased statesman for his colleague Rattazzi. M. Aynard de Cavour, nephew and heir of the Count, with a view better to reveal the real mind of his illustrious relative on the merits of the present Prime Minister, yesterday gave out the following note, addressed, I believe, to Farini, then Dictator in the Emilia, and bearing a far more recent date than the documents in M. Berti's pamphlet. I think it, will be read with great interest in England by those who recall the Italian vicissitudes of that time " Dee. 25, 1859. " I will not relate to you the history of my appointment as Italian representative to the Congress (of Zurich) ; all the intrigues, an the lowest arts were set at work to render it impossib ; o, Dabormida and La Marmora, however, have no hard in these. It will be easy for you to guess who the authors of them were. If they did not carry their point, they succeeded in adding difficulty to my moat arduous mission, by revealing the antipathies, the rancours, and base jealousies, with which certain persons honour me. • raccepted, n evertheless, because, had I refused, I should have had racessarily to proclaim an antagonism fatal to Italy; 19-41 t, by accepting, I feel that I have made the greatrAt sacrifice a public man may make to his country, not only by consenting to bear cruel insults in silence, but also by accepting a missio❑ from a Government which in spires we neither with esteem nor confidence. " C. CAVOUR." The effect of this letter was all the greater on the public who read it, as it was too well remembered that the readiness to self-sacrifice of Cavour availed Italy but little, and that the intrigues of his ene mies prevailed agrAinst him so far that, in spite of his acceptance, another man was sent to the Zurich Congress. Bonci:Jmpagni's speech was thoroughly to the pur- pose. He summed up all the arguments urged ab.7,ainst the Ministerial policy in his lately published pamphlet, to which I have alluded in a previous letter, and laid before the Ministers the following distinct questions : " What were the means employtd by Government to pre vent the Garibaldi expedition, and to undeceive those who thought it met with the approbation of the Government P 2. Why did they not call Parliament together ? 3. Why, again, was not Parliament summoned at the time that the state of siege was proclaimed, that it might sanction with its votes such measures as circumstances required ? 4. What have the 'Ministers achieved for the internal organisation of the kingdom? 5. How happens it that the Ministers find themselves further than ever from a solution of the Roman question ?" The drift of Boncompagni's speech was to refer all the mischief done by the Rattazzi Cabinet to its origin. Coming, as they did, to power in the teeth of an hostile majority both in Parliament and in the country, they strove to lean on the support of Garibaldi. Hence Aspromonte. Gari baldi was a hero, but he had all the fervour of ima- ' gination, the impetuosity and impatience which characterise most heroes. The apparent or real accord of the great volunteer leader with the Go vernment gave rise to those illusions which Sarnico had not wholly dispelled, and which led the country to the brink of civil "mar. The orator proceeded to advert upon the state of siege, on the undignified hesitation of the Government as to the amnesty, upon the general disorder in the administration, &c.; he censured the foreign policy pursued by Rattazzi, as by clinging too passively on the French alliance he had estranged a no less generous and powerful friend—England. Toe orator concluded by calling Rattazzi himself to witness that he (Boncompagni) was actuated neither by ambition nor enmity. He had gone through the various phases of public life in Piedmont and Central Italy, and never made, to his knowledge, an enemy. These last words were spoken with deep-set con viction, as by a man well aware that they could not be gainsaid. In Italy, at least, there is not a man who would not lay his hand in the fire in sup port of the high honour and principle of Boncom pagni ; and if the result of the present debate were to place him at the head of a new Administration, it would certainly not be on the score of want of honesty and true patriotism that any man or party would put forth any objection to him. Mordini then rose on a " personal fact"—that is, a question concerning him personally. No man in the Chamber boasts a handsomer countenance, a finer voice, or a more impressive delivery than Mordini ; and the modesty and temperance with which he pre ferred his grievance and that of his fellow-captives, Niccola Fabrizi, Calvino, and Cadolini, conciliated his hearers. He gave a very terse narrative of the transaction. On the 23d of August, having parted with Garibaldi at Catania, Mordini and Fabrizi pro ceeded by land to Messina, and there embarked for Genoa. On the 26th, in the afternoon, the steamer stopped at Naples, and they landed for a few hours, and put up at the Hotel de Rome. The steamer was to leave for Genoa on the morrow; but on the mor ro v, between 10 and 11 a.m., as they were awaiting the hour of starting, they were arrested ; 24 hours elapsed, and they wrote to La Marmora to know the cause of their arrest ; 24 hours e., 48 from their arrest—La Marmora informed them that they were arrested because they had been in Sicily to favour Garibaldi's enterprise. If there was any truth in the charge, there was certainly no case of " flagrancy." Mordini added that their letters to the President and Vice-President of the Chamber, written on the 30th of August, and said by the authorities to have been forwarded on the 31st, never reached their destination. The orator com mented at full length on the legal interpretation that could be given to the words "fiagrante reatu ;'' he Contended that, whether La Marmora had acted "r hie own accord, or in consequence of instructions from Government, the latter must bear all the re sponsibility of its subordinate agent, as news of the arrest of these inviolable deputies had been trans mitted to the Central Government by the telegraph, and yet their confinement in the Castel dell' Uovo lasted fully 4() days, and wa s only put an end to by the amnesty, Which in Mordini's speech, nowise concerned them. was listened t o wi t h which was somew h a t l eng thy, deep sensation, great attention, an d crea t e d a The debate was warmth and -dayretontinued by INlossari, wit,: spoke with great most t mphasis for an hoar and a-half, and went over Boucom of the topics, only lightly touched upon by on account length. ins upon each particular at considerable dw e ll_ His speech was especially interesting the gloomy picture he drew of the southernof pro vinces, contending that the state of siege, far fro m remov i n g or even assuaging the evils with which r id s werea t iflic.t ,d suched,-,i am tn instances, those d ghudag e and public insecurity, in frequent only y r g7va t h e m d . showed great He Wag warmly a s a debater by nut only parry ing the strokes interruptions, the adversaries who goaded him with incessant ,count, and giving back but turning their Very quips and crank s to good de as much as they sent. There were then lou d and continued cries for the Ministers; but Rattazz i expresse d a wish to p ut off his defense, and it thus became b Bggio Boggio's tur n to C address the House in behalf of the a h a s been for the last three or four n] inet. the Disemseione, a journal started wi th a onths view to doting advocate Rattazzi's interest, but which has done hitherto more harm than good to the Government esse• He did not help the Ministers much more by his tongue to-day than he has done by his pen heretofore. Boggio is an advocate by profession, certainly at no time at a loss for words. His speech lasted fully two how's yesterday ) and i 7 to be con tinued to-day. 13oggio's external appear nce isno less remarkable than his character. He i= , mall in size, but extremely round and fat, with a chubby, podgy, full-moon face, like that of an overfed, overgrown child. His head and forehead are finely developed, and the features are rather well designed ; but the eyes are small and weak, so that he never speaks without his tiny round eyeglass stuck up in his right eye, a circumstance which gives the whole face a curious twist, and has engendered the habit of a frequent nervous twitch of the retrousse nose. As an orator he is ready with retort and repartee, court ing as it were contradiction and interruption, as if deficient in matter of his own and anxious to find it in some unguarded slip of an adversary. He is specious and subtle in argument, bold and somewhat unscrupulous in statement. The end is everything with him ; all means equally answer his purposes, and he is rather eager for ready and brilliant than for solid and permanent success. He is, however, im petuous and inconsiderate, sure to hang himself, committing himself and his party, if only rope enough is given to him. He goes by the name of the enfant terrible of the Rattazzi Ministry. Boggio asserted for the hundredth time that the present Cabinet was under compulsion to come to terms with Garibaldi, as the latter had been sum moned from Caprera by Ricasoli, who sent the Senator Plezza to him for that purpose. All the calamities consequent upon that first necessity must therefore be imputed to the Ricasoli rather than the Rattazzi Ministry. By this assertion Boggio con ferred a great benefit upon his country, as Ricasoli, who was determined to sit through this debate with out opening his lips, instantly rose and announced his intention to answer Boggio on this charge; so that we shall at last probably know the truth, if not quite the whole truth, about this much-vexed question, respecting the real author of the untoward recall of Garibaldi from his quiet solitude at Caprera. Boggio concluded his rambling and somewhat lame apology of the Ministry by expressing his opinion that it required some modification. NOVEMBER 22. Another hour of to-day's sitting was taken up by Boggio, who spoke to little better purpose than yes terday. But there arose after him Francesco De Sanctis, the Minister of Public Instruction under Ricasoli. De Sanctis is a deep thinker, and a man of great learning. He has lived long in Germany, and, as I believe, been a Professor of Philosophy in one of the German Universities. He delivered a long and extremely clever and important speech, dwelling, perhaps, at too great a length on general abstractions for so numerous an audience, but again and again coming to the question in a very efficient manner. He said the country could only be saved by Parliament, provided its various fractions could coalesce in two very distinct and powerful parties —a compact Liberal Conservative majority, and a legal but bold and enterprising opposition. He looked upon these two parties as existing for a long time in Italy, headed one of them for a long time by Count Cavour ; the other by General Garibaldi. He contrasted the conduct of the prisoner of Aspromonte with that of the successors of Cavour. He acknow ledged that Garibaldi had been wrong ; but he had at least very dearly atoned for his error, and had stopped at the last extremity and recoiled with hor ror from civil bloodshed. Not so the Government. Repression on their part was a sacred duty, but they had carried it beyond all limits. It might have been necessary to fight Garibaldi, but it was needless and bootless to prolong his sufferings after his fall. The state of siege may have been an unavoidable mea sure, but it was extended to districts which gave no offence, and continued when all occasion for it was removed. The soldiers who overcame Garibaldi had certainly done their duty—a sorrowful duty; but nothing can excuse a Government which could award crosses and medals to men who had, no matter for what reason, shed fraternal blood. La Marmora may have been justified, under the circumstances, in arresting members of Parliament; not so the Go , Nernment, which ought to have perceived the error which their subaltern had incurred and either re paired it or proved the legality, or at least the op portunity of so decisive and perilous a step. De Sanctis proceeded to examine the foreign question, and contrasting the conduct of the pre sent Ministers with that of their predecessors, he severely blamed the Durando circular, which he described as a vain and ludicrous protest, which could have no meaning unless it were backed by deeds—deeds which, under the circumstances, were out of the question—and the effect of which was simply to call down upon Italy that note of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, by which it would seem as if all the aspirations of Italy to Rome were for ever dashed to the ground. The orator, however, thought that the Emperor would, even in spite of himself, be driven to the necessity of doing justice to Italy, as his very origin compelled him to move forward and to base the greatness of France on the alliance of an united Italy and an united Iberia, placing her thus at the head of the Latin races. TEE AUSTRIAN CHAMBERS. VIENNA, Nov. 20. The debate on the Army Estimates for 1863 was yester day brought to a close, the Government having agreed to submit to a reduction of 6,000,000 ff. On the 18th inst. one of the superior employes in the War-office gave to the Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath a detailed account of the way in which the War Budget" for 1863 had been drawn up. He stated that the first draught of it, which was made in December last, had been subjected to a strict revision, and that on a return of the Minister of War from the jour ney which he not long ago teok for the benefit of his health it had again been revised. After the supplies for the year 1862 had been voted, Count Degenfeld found means to effect a saving of 1,100,00011. in his department. Dr. Giskra, the reporter to the Finance Committee, having stated that he had always received from the Minister of War the informa tion he required, Count Degenfeld rose and expressed him self to the following effect : ti A n army, if it is to be of real service, must have a high opinion of its importance to the State. This feeling is ac quired by a sense of its own fitness for action, and by the conviction that its services are duly appreciated by the country at large. Should the army be over-much reduced, its self-confidence would be shaken, and the Government is therefore of opinion that 92,000,0001 must, ' in time of peace,' be placed at the disposal of the War Department. At a later .period the extraordinary outlay for the army may, perhaps, be greatly reduced; but, as things now stand in Italy, in the Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, and in some other parts of the empire' (Hungary, Croatia, &c.), the Government cannot agree to a larger reduction than 5,000,0001" To this Pr. Giskra replied that 8,000,0001 would be saved to the country if the arm y in Italy were p laced on a p eace footing, a thing which m ight be done without an y r i s k. On hearing this, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the army in Italy could not be reduced, " as all the Powers are still arming, and the Kingdom of Italy is exerting itself to the utmost to raise an army of 400,000 men." When Count Rechberg had ceased speaking, M. von Schmerling observed that the state of things at home rendered a further reduction of the army unadvisable. To this Dr. Giskra replied that, notwithstanding the differences between the various nationalities, peace and order every where prevail, though all the forces, excepting those in Italy, are on a peace footing. Yesterday the debate was continued, and at the beginning of the sitting the Minister of War stated that, as the political horizon was somewhat clearer, he and his colleagues would not object to a reduc tion of 6,000,0001, if it was made in the extraordinary out lay. After a long and animated discussion, it was agreed that the proposed entire outlay for the army should undergo a reduction of 6,000,000f1., so that the Austrian War Budget for 1863 will be 111,000,0001 After this impor tant matter had been settled, Gr. Giskra inquired what the Government intended to do with the troops belonging to the Duke of Modena, and was told by the Minister of War Ithat he should require a " supplementary credit" for them, as they, for th e p resen t, wou ld rema i n i n Austria. The day before yesterday the Upper House expressed its disapproval of th e conduct of Count Wolkenstein-Trost absence. burin thecosithtiinsg peegr oafppthlieedrealm, who has absented himself with g burg, a out havin ftehl the o w p - r m e s d g e n n a t t e p s u b f l o i r c y l e a r e v a e d o a f letter whi c h he hail received r from th e C oun t, w ho is one Of the lead ers of the TJIt amontauists in the Tyrol. The sense of the lette r is that the writer does not intend to take his - Upper prChamberu du r i ng t h e seat in th e h he ith, in ci m p y m ally oc cu pi e d with matters Wien the House will Count Leo Th i u is pre sneontt competent to opinion, d ci i a s l cu m ss a . t , t , ers c ) w "as to water, attempted to the who is a P a pi s t of the purest col league, but the house almost unanimouslyconduct of hi s absent absence of Count Wolkenstsi n agre e d t h at the During the same sitting Chevalier vonas pit , t totally unjustifi a bl e , Gov e justiliable. of the Bank, presented t o t he Upper House the torltnor i n w hi c h was noticed in my l etter of t he 18 th inst. petition Yeste rday the "Lomb)" posed t 1 bill relative to the " supple mentary credit" which was guaranteed to the Naval De al); p rt r m o v e a n t t o in f t 1 h 8 e 62 03 , n b d u u t oatt of the the same navaltim timeexpressed e the l i n r dtihse evening of the day before yesterday several members of the Reichsrath held a conference with the Minister of State, and it is understood that the newly-framed municipal law was discussed, The Vaterland to-day confirms my recent assertion that the Emperor is about to give his sanction to the new law for the regulation of matters connected with the public press. The Vienna Presse compares the Austrian Government to a general who "reconnoitres" whenever he knows not what else to do. During very many months, M. von Schmerling and his colleagues have been recon noitering in Hungary, Transylvania, and Croatia, and they now know about as much of what is passing in those countries as M'Clellan does of what is doing in the valley of the Shenandoah. Before the Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath is prorogued, it will give expression to its re gret that no law concerning the right of association (Vere- Insgesetz) has been passed. The Government occupied the deputies with trifles, and by so doing diverted their atten tion from many maters of real moment. The Bavarian and Wurtemberg Governments having raised objections to the Prusso-French treaty of commerce, M, von Bismark has informed them that if they should positively refuse to ac cede to that convention the Prussian Government will con- Bider such refusal equivalent to a notice that the German Customs Union has ceased to be. In its reply to the speech of the Grand Duke of Hesse- Darmstadt, the Diet of that country says that the rejection of the treaty would be at tended with incalculable loss to the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy. It also expresses its disapproval of the policy of the Government in federal matters, and asserts that nothing short of a Parliament and a Central Power at Frankfort will satisfy the German nations. Baron Henry von Gagern, who in 1848 was the great champion of the Gotha faction, has forsaken his flag, and come over to the " Great German " or Austrian party, Yesterday being the name-day of the reigning Empress, his Majesty pardoned all those persons who had been con demned by the Hungarian courts-martial for political offences, and at the same time granted a full amnesty to certain emigrants who had returned to their homes without having obtained permission to do so. According to private telegraphic advices from Athens, the Greeks are almost unanimous in their wish to have Prince Alfred for their King. The astute politicians pro bably think that the British Government would cease to afford support to the Porte if an English Prince reigned in Greece. By their moderation the Greeks have escaped a great danger, for the French Government would have landed troops in some part of the kingdom had any excesses been committed. The goods and chattels of King Otho continue to arrive at Trieste, and a German paper pub lished in that city now acknowledges that it was in error when it stated that the property of the Royal fugitives had been destroyed. All the German telegraphists who were employed in Greece have been dismissed, and sent to their respective homes. There is a great political ferment in Albania, but no excesses have been committed. Very great distress prevails in Montenegro, neither man nor beast having the means of satisfying the cravings of nature. THE SUN, 'LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVtiVigEft 25, 186 t. Major-Gen. Brook Taylor. Col. J. L. A. Simmons, commanding the Royal Engineers at Aldershot, has obtained leave of absence until the 11th of January next. 11IE NAVY. Letters received yesterday by our Chatham cor respondent, dated " Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Nov. 9," announcing the departure from that place, on the 28th ult., of her Majesty's screw steamers Cad mus, 21, 400-horse power, and Racer, 11, 150- horse power, the latter on her way to England, calling at Halifax, to be put out of commission. The Cadmus was absent on a cruise till the 2d of November, when she returned to Fortress Monroe, at which was also lying the screw sloop Petrel, 11, 150 horse power. Gen. Dix, Governor of Fortress Monroe, accompanied by his staff, visited the Cad mus and Petrel on the 3d inst. At noon on the 9th inst. both ships were dressed in colours and a royal salute fired by each in honour of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales arriving at age. The salutes were returned by the guns from the fort. An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham announcing that the usual examination of candidates for apprenticeship by the Civil Service Commis sioners will not take place in the month of January next, as it is not intended to enter any apprentices in the dockyard during the next half-year. Yesterday preparations were commenced in No. 4 dock, at Chatham, for the reception of the paddlewheel steamer Promethus, 5, 200 horse power, which is to undergo a thorough overhaul and repair, her repairs being rendered necessary in consequence of the length of time she was sta tioned on the coast of Africa. The last advices from Australia report the fol lowing ships on that station :—The Fawn, 17, Capt. Cator, at Hobart Town; the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sir Malcolm M'Oregor, at New Zealand ; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Melbourne; the Pioneer, 6, Capt. Reilly, on a cruise to the northward; and the Orpheus, 21, Commodore Burnett, at Sydney. The Lily, 4, screw steam gunvessel, 702 tons, 200-horse power, was yesterday taken out of Sheer ness dockyard on trial of her machinery, which has been undergoing some slight alteration. Com mander H. Harvey had charge of the vessel, her engines being under the superintendence of Mr. Rumble, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, and Mr. Townsend. She sailed round the Mouse Light and back, every thing working in a most satisfactory manner. The Lily will be taken out on her trial trip on Thursday next, previously to proceeding to her destination. About two months since there appeared in The Sun an account of an experiment tried in Plymouth Sound on a merchant steamer, the Volunteer, fitted with Mr.Mulley's newly-invented auxiliary rudder. That experiment was so successful that the Lords of the Admiralty shortly afterwards appropriated the screw steam Cordelia, 11 guns, of 579 tons and 150-horse power, to the use of the inventor, and she was accordingly fitted with the auxiliary rudder under the port quarter. It consisted of nine bars of American elm 6 inches wide by 4 inches thick, the area being 9 feet long by 41 feet wide. The auxi liary was made of bar 3 to fall somewhat into the shape of the quarter, and the entire frame was hinged at the fore end, and was opened out aft by Byes worked from the deck when required for use. So equipped, she went into the Sound yesterday, when a trial took place, under the superintendence of Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., of the guardahip of steam reserve Indus ; Mr. ['Nike, master builder, De vonport dockyard ; and Commander Brown, master attendant, and the inventor. The result was most un expected. The ship's helm being put hard to starboard, a complete revolution, without the interference of the auxiliary, was made in 6 min. 26 sec. The auxiliary, tried alone, was found not in any degree to affect the ship's course ; this was attributed, in some measure, to the fact the Cordelia is supplied with a left-handed screw. The helm and the auxi liary being both put to starboard, the circuit occu pied 7 min. 37 sec., the auxiliary thus retarding in stead of assisting the revolution. These experi ments were repeated under various conditions, with a uniform result. The quickest revolution (4 min. 50 sec.) was accomplished when the rudder was placed in opposition to the auxiliary. The longe,t (7 min. 37 sec.) was when the auxiliary power was added to the action of the ordinary helm. These results appeared to be inexplicable to all on board the Cordelia. 111 E ARM. A general parade of the officers and men of the first division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chatham, took place on the parade ground yester day, on the occasion of the promulgation of the pro ceedings and finding of the general court martial which assembled at Chatham on the 14th inst., for the trial of Private James Coyle, on a charge of having struck Capt. D. Blyth, the gunnery instruc tor to the division, and at the same time made use of highly insubordinate language. The prisoner, when before the court, admitted his crime, but urged that he had been drinking. He has been in the corps between three and four years, his charac ter during that time being very indifferent, and he has been previously tried and convicted by court martial. The battalion having been formed into squire, undtr the command of Col. Lemon, C. 8., commandant of the division, the finding and sen tence of the court was read by the adjutant. The sentence was four years' penal servitude. Immedi ately after it was read the prisoner was handed over to the prison authorities to undergo his punish ment, in addition to which he will be discharged from the corps. At the same parade of the battalion Col. Lemon presented a silver nieda;, which, toge ther with a gratuity of £5, had been awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty to John Holt, private of the Royal Marines, lately on board the Hero, 89, for long service and good conduct. Major-General Lord G. Paget, C. 8., having pro ceeded on l eave of absence, the command of the c avalry Brigade at Aldershot ham devolved upon TIM FEARFUL COLLIER' _EXPLOSION. A letter dated Newcastle, Saturday night, gives the following details of the disastrous accident : " All the horrors of the Hartley catastrophe have been broughc to our remembrance to-day through a fearful explosion of gas which occurred in Walker Colliery, three miles from this town, about 6 o'clock this morning, by which 16 men and lads have lost their lives. Walker Colliery is among one of the oldest in the coal trade, having been at work nearly a century, avid is about the last of the famous old Wallsend collieries working, all the others having been drowned out. It has two pits, the Ann and the Jane, the shafts being about a quarter of a mile apart, and the depth 160 fathoms. The shaft of the Jane pit has only been reopened about nine months, after being widened and enlarged, and the coals are brought to bank by that shaft, which is down-cast, The seam which the colliery is working is not the old household coal seam, which has made Wallsend famous all over the world, but the lour seam ; the coal taken from it being principally for manufac turing and steam purposes. To-day was pay Saturday at the pit, and the pitmen were not employed in the mine ; it was laid off, and pre= parations had been made for a large Sunday school tea party, to be held to night. It is usual, how ever, when the pit is laid off, for the shifters, atonemen, and others, to' red it' up, as it is termed, doing any odd jobs in the air-ways and other parts of the workings; in fact, to put it in good order for the meo resuming work on the Monday morn lag, Between 20 and 30 men and lads employed about the pit in this way had gone down about two o'clock ; and, so far as can be at present ascertained, the explosion occurred between half-past five and six this morning. Two banksmen, named Charles Robson and Joseph Richardson, heard the sound of a tremendous rush of air up the working shaft of the colliery where they were stationed, and on looking in that direction they observed steam and a cloud of fragments flying from the pit's mouth. They informed Charles Cooper, the enginewright, of the fact, and the alarm that an explosion had occurred spread to the village. Before seven o'clock three men were brought up at the up-cast shaft. They were named Chambers, Knox, and Collins. They were all alive, but each was suffering from the effects of gas and fright, as well as from the shock they had received by being thrown down when the explosion occurred. From their statements it seems that there would be 25 men in the pit, some of whom were working in-bye' at a considerable distanee from the mouths of the shafts. It is sup posed that some of these men had been at work in a trouble,' and had fired shots, from which the explosion may have occurred. The injured men were taken home, and were attended by Dr. Rich ardson, who reports that ali who had come up alive are likely to recover. They describe the first warn ing they had of the explosion as like the sound of a hurricane, and its effect on themselves was to throw them violently down. The stoppiugs, brat trees, &0., in the colliery workings are all destroyed, and the mine is thrown into confusion. Mr. Cole, the resident viewer, was among the first to descend the pit. Mr. Jobling, the principal engineer, aad one of the owners of the colliery (which is the pro perty of Messrs. Lambert, Nicholson, and Co.), Mr. M. Dunn, inspector of Coal Mines, and Mr, Potter, of Cramlington, mining engineer, have been down the pit. Those who have walked as far in the workings as they possibly could had seen three dead bodies, and it is feared that several others had shared the fate of their unfortunate comrades. " The miners who descended to explore the mine came up much exhausted, and state the air to be very bad. All the horses, nine in number, and 21 ponies, are killed. " From the nature of their employment, the men and lads who are killed would be scattered about the pit when the explosion occurred, and that it was violent and sharp may be inferred by the fact that the bodies which have been found were lying not far from the shaft, and that a portion of the seam of coal was set on fire. An exploring party who went down the pit this afternoon reported that they found a collyman dead, very much charred, and lying to the north of the shaft at the branch-way ends; also the boly of a boy shockingly burnt, at the entrance of the waste. Mr. Telford, Mr. Hurst, and other colliery viewers, were at the pit this even- ing assisting, and every exertion is being made to thorough!) restore the ventilation, so that the pit men may be enabled to pass through the pit in safety, and send up the bodies. But there was a good deal of stythe in the pit to-night, and it may be a day or two before the bodies are all discovered. 6 ' As is usual at colliery explosions, there have been many providential escapes. Geo. Mitford, one of the shifters, was working in another part of the pit at the time of the explosion. As soon as he felt the concussion of the air, which is unm i s t a k ea bl e in cases of explosion, he ran for his life, but was over taken by the fire-damp and struck down like a shut. He gave himself up for dead, but was fortunately rescued by some men who descended the pit at the first alarm of the explosion to save as many as they could. There has not been so large a crowd about the pit as has been noticed at former colliery explo sions in the district, and the people have been very well-behaved and orderly. " The poor man Holt is supposed to have occa sioned the explosion by bring a 'shot' while making a drift through a trouble,' close to the air-way. The pit must have been extremely foul ; but it is said that if it had been at work the explosion would not have occurred, as extra precautions would have been adopted if it had been found necessary to 'fire a shot."' SUNDAY NIGHT. The bodies of the 16 men and lads have been , and despatched in carts t pit is little the worse for the accident, ugilt their h to homes. h andb n will 'kc be e : P n ade fit for work in a shift or two. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. POLIC INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 24. GUILDHALL. Since the exposure in our columns, a few days ago, of a fellow resident abroad, assuming the names of Richard Brooke, F. Neville, and a variety of other aliases, Mr. Schultz, who originally brought the matter under the magis trate's notice, has received from clergymen and others in various parts of the country a number of letters showing that a most extensive and system atic imposition has been practised upon the public in this country for years past, with a considerable amount of success. In one instance, Mr. Schultz stated, the party in question succeeded in duping a gentleman at Torquay f a sum of X3O; but in at tempting to defraud a hydropathic institution at Bruhl, near Cologne, of a similar amount, he was not quite so fortunate, and Mr. E. C. Hardy, who was an inmate of the establishment at the time, writing from Woodfield, near Flint, states that the same party represented himself as Lieut.-Colonel Neville Fane (no such name being in the Army List), and proposes to spend the winter with his family at the institution, and requested the loan of .£3O to pay his expenses over, hi s own rem i ttances from Ind i a having failed him. Thi s was a tempt i ng b a i t for a younginstitution ; and had not the managers en deavoured to effect a comprom i se of the a b ove terms by offering to forward th e amount upon t h e arr i va l of the first instalment of the colonel's family, there would have been anoth er a dd e d t o the list of vic tims. In this case, as i n many o th ers , h e made free with the British consul's name, in order to lull sus picion, and wished that the money should be sent in one Bank of England note, to an address at Dijon, which he gave. In another letter, signed with the name of " F. Neville," but evidently from the same party, dated from Naples Rev. Mr. Fowl e , o f the vi and addressed to the vicarage, Shipton, Marl borough, in r e ply to an advertisement, for pupils, the fellow said he h a d three sous just returne d f rom India, for the p urpose of receiving an Engl i s h edu cation ; but from some unexplained reason the con templated imposition upon this gentleman wassud denlv abandoned. Not so however, in the case of the Rev. M r . J. S. Vaughan, of Slapton, near Dart mouth, who w r it es t h at he advertised for a pupil, and received a reply from Colonel Neville Fane, dated from Dijon, offerine , to place his two boys under his care for three years at £3OO p e r annum, with £5O a-year for horse exerc ise, which he was desirous hi , sons should have. In a long letter, in which he described hi s jeurney from India, visiting en route and unexpectedly, Egypt , the cataracts of he Nile, Syria, Palestine, the Archipelagos, Sicily, and all Italy, from Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Venice, Turin, fiCrOil the Alps to Switzer land, and thence to Dijon, he stated that in making such a detour from the regular track he nad tun short of meansi and although he had written to Messrs. Matheson, his hankers ; at Calcutta, and Messrs. Lyon and Dodd,his solicitors, his dividends, which he casually quoted at £B6O, had not arrived, and he, therefore, requested the loan of £3O to enable him to take his boys to Dartmouth. He then went, on to state that he was a widower, 38 years of age, and had married the niece of Sir Ti. Frere, of the Legislative Council, Bengal, and offered not only to repay the loan, and to pay a year in advante ) hut promised to get Mr. Vaughan two more pupils, sons of Mr. Grant, the Deputy-Gover nor of Bengal. He was exceedingly anxious that the amount should be forwarded in one Bank of England note through the British Consul at Calais or Boulogne, which he urged would be an offi cial guarantee for his identity and respectability, and that nu delay should occur, as he did not wish his " fine noble who had been used to officers' society from the age of five, to be uselessly idling away their time at Dijon. Mr. Vaughan 'a reply to this latter intimated that he had discovered the mala fides of his dottcarendent, and in commu nicating with Mr. Schultz the ret'. gentleman said he feared this species of deception was not the darkest part of the colonel's career, as he had ascertained that he had advertised repeatedly for young ladies to fill the situation of governess, with the view of inducing poor and friendless girls to go abroad and to get them in his power. Mr. Vaughan said he was a man of peace, but he should, nevertheless, like to teach the fellow the meaning of muscular Chris tianity. It further appeared by a letter from a newsagent in King-street, St. James's, that Colonel Pane obtained a regular supply of the Times, and the insertion of his advertisements, both of which Mr. Vaughan's inquiries put an end to, In that case very little cunning was exercised by the colonel, who merely wrote to the proprietor of an hotel in Jermyn-street, St. James's, stating his in tention of taking up his quarters there for the win ter, and requested that newspapers might be for warded to him in the interim. Mr. R. A. White, soli citor, of G, ant ham,advertised for information relative to the whereabouts or death of John Mills Taylor, formerly of Sproxton, near Melton Mowbray, and latterly of Newark-upon-Trent, and received a reply from the colonel in the name of Alfred Ainsworth Fynn, dated from the Bagniere de Luohon, Haute Garonne, offering to go before the British consul at Marseilles, whom he said he well knew, and make the necessary affidavit as to the death of " his old friend" John Mills Taylor, and requiring a Bank of England note for £2O to defray his hotel and tra velling expenses to and from Marseilles. He repre sented he was well known to M. Charles Tron, the mayor of the town where he was staying, and fur ther offered, if his affidavit were not necessary, to supply the required information on the receipt of a Bank of England note for £lO. But as Mr. White declined to part with any money for information which might prove valueless, and intimated that certain formal and official certificates would be ne cessary with regard to the death, burial, and identity of the missing individual, Mr. A. A. Fynn, alias F. Neville, alias Richard Brooke, alias Col. Neville Fane, abruptly declared off. The name of Fynn will probably be recognised by many of our readers as that of a notorious person who was exposed by Sir R. W. Carden about 18 months ago at the Man sion-house. On that occasion it transpired that several young ladies had been induced by the liberal terms offered by Fynn to accept the situation of governess and found too late how egregiously they had been deceived, having been inveigled abroad for the worst of purposes. BOW-STREET.—Charles Browne and Henry Johnson, alias Taylor, alias Smith, were brought before Mr. Henry on the charges of loitering in Tottenham-court-road, with a view to commit felony, attempt to commit highway robbery, and violently assaulting two police-officers. The prisoners were observed by Sergeant Lam bert, E division (who was in private clothes), loi tering about in Tottenham-court-road, between Francis-street andChenies-street,in a suspicious man ner. At the corner of Chenies-street he heard Johnson say to Browne, " Here is a chance," at the same time pointing out a man who was crossing the road. Browne replied, " Oh, let him go, he has not got any super" (a slang word understood to mean a watch). They then allowed the ;man to pass by. The constable concealed himself in a doorway, and after a while saw them attack another passenger. He rushed across the road to assist the gentleman. Upon seeing him they ran off, and escaped from him. Shortly afterwards he met with Sergeant Ryan (also of the E division), with whom he went in search of them. In about twenty minutes he found them in Tottenham-court -road, and leaving Ryan, who was in uniform, a little behind, he went up to them and took them in custody. Browne seized him by the throat, saying " If you don't let me go, you --, I will knife you ;" and after a struggle got away, but was pur sued by Ryan. During the struggle which followed between Johnson and Lambert the former dropped a lanthorn and a crowbar which were at once snatched up by a woman, who ran away with them. With the assistance of some persons who happened to come up, Lambert con veyed Johnson to the station-house. In the mean while Ryan followed Browne, who was running along Tottenham-court-road, and overtook him near Cumberland street. Browne took a crowbar from his pocket and beat him about the head with it, smashing his hat and stunning him. He again got away, but was stopped by a gentleman, who detained him till Ryan, recovered from the stun ning, came up and took him into custody. The crowbar, a formidable weapon, was produced. Johnson, after giving two false names, admitted that his real name was Smith, and gave his correct address. He admitted that he had been previously convicted. 13oth prisoners denied that they were the persons who attacked the man in Tottenham-court-road. Browne said if he ever had a chance, he wopld " pay" Ryan. They were remanded for further investigation. CLEItKENWELL.--•A YOUNG WOMAN FROM THE COUNTRY CHARGED WITH BEING DRESSED AS A MAN.—A respectably-attired young woman, who gave the name of Margaret Norton, described as of no occupation, was charged before Mr. Barker with being drunk And incapable of taking care of her self, in the Southgate-road. It appeared that the defendant was attired in man's clothing on the previous night, a little after 11 o'clock, and, as she was drunk and incapable of taking care of herself, she was taken to the Kings land police•station, and was licked up. It was stated that the defendant had come to town on a visit, and she had attired herself in man's clothes for the purpose of having a spree. The defendant, who s.?emed to feel her position acutely, said she was sorry, and would never do so any mote. Mr. Barker discharged her with a caution. MARYLEBONE. THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MTJRDER, IN CHURCH-STREET.—James Wadden, described as a hairdresser, was brought up on re mand before Mr. Yardley, charged with having attempted to murder his wife, Harriet Maria Col chester, by cutting her throat with a razor. It will be remembered that on last Sunday night week the unfortunate wife went with her husband to the coffeeshop at which they had been accus tomed to sleep, 3, New Church-street, Edgware road, and where they retired to their room about 11 o'clock at night. After about an hour's time, the landlord (Mr. Cobley) and his lodgers were aroused by loud screams of " Murder," and on breaking open the door of the room in which prisoner and his wife were, saw them both in their nightdresses, covered with blood. Prisoner said his wife had cut her throat, on which she turned her head as well as she was able, and shook it, as much as to say " No." Medical gentlemen were called in, and by their ad vice Mr, Yardley was sent for, and took the poor woman's depositions. Since then Mr. Kirby, of Connaught-terrace, and Mr. Greaves, of Newcastle place, Edgware-road, have been in constant attend. ance upon her, and today the following certificate was handed in by Mr. Burrows, of the I) division, who said he would not then tender any further evi dence : " Nov. 24, 1862.—5ir,---We beg to report that the health of Hannah Maria Colchester Wadden is improving daily, the chief drawback being spasmo dic attacks of coughing. The wound is granulat ing healthily, but at present there is no tendency of it to close. She still breathes entirely through the wound iu the front part of the neck. She mis carried on Saturday night, at 11.45, with a small child, dead. She is doing well, and we ho{ ein a few days to report her to be out of danger.—Signed by Mr. KIRBY, surgeon of the police, and Dr. (3 REAVES, M.] )." The prisoner was remanded for another week. It is understood that in nddition to the charge of attempted murder, a charge of bigamy will be brought against the prisoner, a number of the rela tives of the first wife, who is still living, being pre sent, with the marriage certificate, which is signed in the same name as he (prisoner) now gives. W ORSRIP-STREET.—A GOLD BED.—Fa nn y Whitworth, 15, and Alice Go s ley, 14, finely grown girls, w ere c h arged b efore Mr. Cooke, the former with stealing £l4 10s. iri gold from her parents, and the latter with knom iogly receiving the same. Mr. Beard defended Gosiey. The Engthfa. of Whitworth said her husbghd Wi46 a dock labourer, she addel to their little money re cei'vals by turning a mangle. Therii was a family of six children, yet she had been able to put by I small amounts at different times, which on Saturday last amounted to 129. This, in different sums wrapped in paper, she, when opportunity offered, placed in the tick of her bed, and in the mattress under it. On Friday last she missed half a cove reign, and mentioned the fact to her daughter the prisoner. Subsequently 15 sovereigns were missed, taken from the 'various parcels, and then the girl ad mitted having taken 12 10s., which she said sue had lent to her companion Gosley. A few hours after wards ehe returned a sovereign, saying that Gosley had restored it. The bulk of the money, however, could not be heard of. 215, N division, said he apprehended Gosley on Saturday night last. She insisted that the £2 10s. was all Whitworth had given to her, and that she believed it had been honestly come by. She was a hard-working girl. Mr. Beard strongly contended th, , t there was not the slightest proof of his client's guilty knowledge, the other girl having manifestly led her into par ticipation of the offence. Mr. Cooke remanded the prisoners. HAMMERSMITIL—A SERVANT'S INTRIGUE, —A young man named Joseph Thornton, was charged before Mr. Dayman with having been in the area at the residence of Admiral Hutcheson, of 29, Norland-square, Notting-hill, supposed for an unlawful purpose. The Admiral stated that he was called up by the police between four and five o'clock that morning on account of the prisoner having been found in his area, The most extraordinary part of the affair was that his servant, who slept upstairs, was down, and told him that the prisoner had asked her for a few matches and she gave him some. The witness also stated that he recognised the prisoner as having seen him leave his area with a lump of coal about three weeks ago, and when he questioned the ser• vant about it she told him that she knew nothing of hlm nor the coal. Police-constable Lewis, 325 T, said that about half-past four o'clock that morning he was on duty in Norland-square, when he heard the voices of persons talking in the area of No. 29, and the pri soner afterwards climbed over the gate. He stopped the prisoner, and asked what he had been doing in the house, to which he replied that he had not been in the house, but that he had been talking to the servant outside the railing. He afterwards told him that she put a chair to enable him to get down the area. The prisoner told the constable that he had been previously talking to the servant, but the officer denied the allegation. Mr. Dayman asked the prisoner to explain the reason of his being at the Admiral's house at that time of the morning, The prisoner said that he was at work upon the job. This was explained that the Admiral's house and other houses in the square had been under ex ternal repair, and the prisoner was one of the labourers employed at the works. He added that he came from Stratford on Sunday night, and reached Norland-square about two o'clock in the morning. He was supposed to go to work at seven o'clock, but he lodged near the square, and was going home. As he passed the Admiral's house he saw the servant, and she invited him down for half an hour. She provided him with a chair to get down and a chair with which he could get up. Admiral Hutcheson said he had not missed any thing. He wished, however, to have a remand for the attendance of the servant. Mr. Dayman thought the case was explained. It was a little bit of intrigue between the servant and the prisoner. Admiral Hutcheson said she had been in his ser vice six months, and had behaved remarkably well. Mr. Dayman remarked that it was strange she was down about the house at that time in the morning. Admiral Hutcheson supposed it was by appoint ment. He was, however, only desirous of obtaining the truth. Mr. Dayman thought the truth was very trans parent. There was sufficient intelligence for the ad miral to act upon, and he could make any inquiry of the young woman he chose. The prisoner said he did not go there for any un lawful purpose. Mr. Dayman said it was not for any good pur pose, quite the contrary. The prisoner was then discharged. THE ALLEGED COMMERCIAL FRAUD. James Crowther end Samuel Goodburn, two re spectable middle-aged men, who were placed at the bar on last Monday week upon a charge of conspir ing together in obtaining, by false pretences, sums to the amount of about £7,000, with intent to de fraud their employers, Messrs. Laing and Merri dew, appeared yesterday before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, in ans wer to their recognisances, to undergo a further examination upon that charge. Mr. Wontner again prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Hillyer and Fen wick, appeared on behalf of the defendant Crow ther, and Mr. Geo. Lewis appeared for the de fendant Goodburn. Mr. Wontner signified his intention of calling Mr. Barber as a witness, and said he thonght he would be the only additional evidence that would be re quired. It will be remembered that on the last examina tion, Mr. Laing, of the firm of Laing and Merridew, was the only witness examined. Mr. Sleigh now said he should like to put a ques tion or two to Mr. Laing, and he was accordingly again called into the witness-box. In answer to Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Laing said—The transactions between our firm and Mr. Barber amounted to several thousand pounds per annum for the last several years, the entries being made by Goodburn and another clerk in our books. Upon a purchase being made in the m arket the entry would be immediately made in the contract book, sometimes, not always, by the tvr son who effected the purchase. The contract books are all still in existence. The contract I referred to with Messrs. Northcote and Son is entered in our books, and our commission charged as brokers and received by us. I said on the last occasion Crowther had since been carrying on business on his own ac count, but I have since ascertained he was a clerk. I have spoken my mind respecting him. I have been called upon by some perm to arrange Crowther's accounts, but I refused to entertain it. Crowther sent Mr. George Evans to i l me, offering to give me any explanation I might require. My reply was that Crowther had told me so many lies I would not believe him upon his oath. I told Mr. Evans to tell Crowther to send me a copy of all the transactions with Barber, but I have never had it. I never said I would not let Crowther rest until I drove him out of the market. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of Goodburn, said he should like to cross-examine the witness before Mr. Barber was called, and in answer to him Mr. Laing said—Barber's account commenced in 1853. I think it commenced with a purchase of tar tar only. I think that was paid for in cash. From 1853 to 1855 it was paid for partly by cash and partly in manufactured articles. The first dealing in saltpetre was in June, 1855. It was Good burn's duty to credit him with the tartaric acid or the cash when paid, in the ledger. From 1853 to June, 1855, I looked over Barber's account from time to time. In June, 1855, there appears to be about £5OO due to us from him. In 1855 a fresh business was introduced between us and Barber. It was the purchase of saltpetre through us as brokers in addition to the tartaric acid. Between 1855 and 1861 I went over the ledger account of Barber several times in each year, and always made inquiries. When that new business was introduced nothing was said to the defendant about the limit of Barber's account. I did not consider it requisite to caution them any more about it. On one occasion I told Goodburn not to let the account go over £5OO. The payment for the saltpetre was made in refined saltpetre or cash. In every year I went over the account in the ledger between Barber and ourselves several times. I thought Barber was a man of limited means, and a man it was not safe to trust over £5OO. It was a stipulation between us and Barber that he should deal through our house alone. I was aware that Barber had not any saltpetre refin ing works till 1855. Between 1855 and 1861 Bar ber might have paid us, in cash and manufactured articles, as much as £BO,OOO. We charged Barber one per cent., and one per cent. for selling : one half per cent. on buying was because we made advances on the warrants. We also charged five per cent. interest on the balance. The interest de pended upon the state of the market. It was very likely to have been as much as eight per cent. at times. Our firm was in the habit of entering into contracts for the purchase of saltpetre for Barber. We entered into contracts most likely to the extent of £3,000. It was debited to Barber, and would become his, subject to payment. If £3,000 worth of saltpetre purchased at Liverpool was purchased without warrants and conveyed to Barber's premises w i t h ou t any security , i t was b y the prisoners, and no t with my or my partner's knowledge or sancti on . hc were I have had a pa rtner nam ed Page, who left th e firm n the 5t9.i The books due exam i inedat be th g e in t n i i m n e g of l 8 time, and dI think the balance £6,000, b u t I un d erstoo d t held s ecur i t i es to cover that from Barber Goodburn wa t s ha about ‘ o v u e amount. I took Good bu rii' B word for it, and thought that quite I .sufficient. cientaked .s ile did bim if it were properlyiat partly not say the account was secure and he s a id i t was. Tue books wen - )gone over by Mr. Campb e ll an d the balance agai ntit myself at the end of 1859, and Barber was then about X 5,000. I knew then that narber was doing more business at that time than at the time he commenced. After we found the extent of the debt due from Barber we gave Mr. Cauderoy a letter stating that we would not make Barber bankl-rupt for 12 months. scovere d that That was about April, 1862. I cf ; Goodburn and Crowther had, witi'ioui;* mynae with ledge or consent, entered into an arrangb Mr. Cauderoy. They had taken warrants from the box without my sanction and delivered t he,m from now time to time to :Mr. Cauderoy, who was to euTP I Y to that saltpetre to Mr. Barber, and Barber wee repay him in refined saltpetre. Cauderoy gave WY clerks a memorandum that he would pay the moues' when he sold the saltpetre. When the discovery. was made Cauderoy had warrants to the amount of upwards of £9UO, which he ultimately paid the money for. Ido not know what arrange men t theY made with Barber; they credited Cauderoy without my consent. 1 told them not to trust Mr. Caude roy in any transactions. There were 40 or 50 ne i Icounts opened. Goodburn had the managemqntii°e t hem, but he was not authorised to give credit. ,1-.` did not come from me from time to time when he delivered the warrants. He had no need to do se. as he had general instructions as to the limit of every account. I had unlimited confiden ce in Good burn, and I do believe that, with the exception Of this account, no other account has been in error. have not found out. that Goodburn has derived the least benefit frc m Barber's account. The discovery„ took place in March, and he remained with me tint''' . June, when he resigned. He was most assiduous in making up the accounts of Barber. I find th at every item has been entered in my accounts with Barber. I have gone over every iteo, and am bound to say I have found them all correct, Mr. Laing, on being re-examined byiUr.Wontner, said—With respect to the transaction of Crowther, which I told Mr. Sleigh was entered in our booksp and which we received the brokerage, that was the transaction about which I had the convesa tiou with Crowther, and in which he admitted the en, cl : were his own, and which he had bought with !'".." moneys of the firm. Barber paid me part in casbi part in tartaric acid, and part in saltpetre. I mem' by that that when we sold the tartaric acid, placed the proceeds to his account, having purc haseu the raw material for him. If that had been carried out in all subsequent transactions it would h ac been quite safe. The ledger would show w hat goods had been bought for Barber, and what he had paid in respect of those goods ; but the securities' do not appear on the face of th at account. Eac h party's securities are kept separate, and are 13°_ carried through the ledger. I did not examine th securities, but took Goodburn's word th at they were sufficient to cover the balances. If he had re; tamed the warrants until the goods had been paid for the account would have been perfeettle straightforward. It was no matter what °let balance was so long as there were securities to en c e , it. I know nothing about the Liverpool trarisnii, tions in 1858, in which the saltpetre was sent rect to Barber's premises, without the w arren' : being retained. It that was done, it mu st hn/ boen by the prisoners, and was not done with ; consent or authority. I have not supplied Bar to with a single artic.e since the discovery of the st e .., of his account. The £9 OO was realised by secl q ties which Cauderoy held. I have told them bc'tc, not to give Cauderoy credit. Cauderoy failed ja il ?"' debt, and I was one of the inspectors of hi s estal"' That was in Nov., 1857. The cross-examination had lasted a considereblo, time, when Mr. Wontner said Mr. Barber's amination would, most likely, occupy sev eral boo ed and it being already late, the case wa s ad j ourne ia for a week, both the defendants being admitted bail the same as before. GOUNI.RI' MARKL-16. y.-r-- - ' COLCHESTER --Nov. 22. 14 A fair supply of wheat at market , but trarle vras - I, r and is per qr lower. Fine samples of barley keep up price, and seconds is cheaper. Beans and peas were changed in value. 46s 52s Beans, Mazagan.. Wheat, white. 340 red 42s 48s middle & small.3oB 140 Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—Nov, 22. We had a moderate supply of wheat from the farmer : today. Trade slow, and prices rather under last we:s„, rates. Foreign wheat was dull, and in so me Oats cheaper. Barley was not much inquired after. beans were dull. instance oil CHELMSFORD—Nov. 21. Ihe supply of foreign wheat to-day at the market' large, and the trade much depressed. Even the best stY".!, pies could not be sold except at a reduction upon preVio; prices of Is, and inferior 2s per qr. Barley also is logve All other Spring corn a slow business. 40 0 Wheat, old white 37s 63s Yeas, Partridge-...37s - 40 6 new 37e 49s White 39s 4 3, old red....42s 48s Boiling .. 40s 3 8 0 new 38s 46s Dun 35 0 , 0 Barley .. 2` , s 35s Ditto new ....•• mss 390 Chevalier .. 28s 38si Beans, Tick, old :•" 0 Grinding 22s 30s 1 ..... s ."-- Ile •• • • , 400 Malt.... . . 0 0 Chevalier 64s 69411 40 new.• . ass Oats 20 s 28s I Mazagan .......305 ntIiCALDY GRAIN—NOT. 22. T o -day there was a large supply of all kinds of r g! ..w aill e ; w Sales slew. Wheat and barley at is de cline on ' prices. Oats sold at last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....4os Od 2231,0d I 2sOd cus Second ..49s Od 295.0 d 24s Od Tbird..„s4e Od 328 Od ..KET COAL DI " ' trrloes of Coal per , r -Ai at the close of the ma te. 0, ii. s. d. Ball's Primrosß Carway any'linffi .. ya Cassop ...... is 3 5 Makin,' 23 6 Acorn Close .......... i s Do. Anthracite 21 6 ; Eden ............... 'is ° g r ass's Bebside "West i Hedley ......... 17 9g Hartley ...16 3 ' H ar t on ..... 19 " 4 Wylam ..17 0 South Hetton ...... • • 'l9 Le West Wylam l6 0 Hetton • • ..... lg 5 Hastings Hartley ....16 3 Braddyll's Hetton ..... 1 9 5 Holywell l7 6' ; Hartlepool.. ....... .. .19 Davison's West Hart- ; Trimdon Hartlepool • • is ~ ley 16 3 ; South Kelloe.. ........ i s Tanfield Moor 15 0 , Heugh Hall ......... 'll 9 West Hartley l6 3 West Byron ......... 17 g Grey's West Hartley 16 0 Thorpe ......... • •• 18 v,2 Eden Main 18 3 ' South Hartlepool... •• • • i s , Lambert's West Hart- Framwellgate ..... • ' I . s ' a ' ley Craighead Steam 14 6 I Wharnclifte ......... 1 9 v Haswell ........ Ships at market, 97 ; sold, 72. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. 1' . Dee' 1 3. Aus'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... via Marseilles ....... • Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ...... . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena•• China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton!Z, o v. via Marseilles • • Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... • ........... . peo . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. . via Marseilles .• ••. nee . India (Bombay), via Southampton ........... . . 13 0 . 5 • via Mar5ei11e5.......... Lisbon ....................................... vec. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ..... Nov via Marseilles ...... • 'N o v. Newfoundland . n Oporto and Vigo U, S. and British N. America, by Brit. . jj by U.S. packet.!ey.lov, by Canadian Pax' . Dec. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tencritre ......... Bahamas, via New York ..................... Mexico • • • 2S . All parts of West Indies, including Chili , Peru, Nov. California, and British Columbia.. .......... BIRTHS. CLARKS.—On the 23d inst at St. Margaret's , ham, Mrs. James N. Clarke, of a daughter. the VI P GODFREY.— On the 24th in st., at U p per Clapton, .--,etjast of Charles H. Godfrey. Esq,, R.N., H.M.S. of a son. 0, a Wife GURNEY.—On the 23 d inst., at Nutfield, Surrey', of H. Edmund Gurney, Esq., of a daughter. , asurt JouNsoN.—On the 23d inst., at King's Mead, 11110 the wife of Captain Johnson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ti rctif , „ PARSER —MARTIN.—On A3 : l a K r E t i n :E M s A q .: T B I 1 78 9,'„,:er)", , cupliam, Surrey, Mr. Robert Parker Exotic 1 : 4- $913 3 '' O F n ai t:e , 3.22odotiinnset,,sa.t Trinit Tooting, to Winifred Ma ry, pi-Ingest a g ' d u hte r °' 0 1 1 9 RUSSELL — LEEm—On the 22d inst J. Watts it"o'fieeat Esq., of Dam Hall, Staffordshire, to Marths,,Vl daughter of the late Mr. John Leech, of \% e 2dur-* A DEATHS. LVES.—On the 21 ' • • E t Colonel Cuoles e 21st inst., at Edinburg , G. Alves, M.I.A. 8 ,-.1 nll ol ' ARCLAY.—On the 22r • House, t.ar , inst., at Clun rise, James Barclay, Esq., aged 27. .00 0e"1 BARR.—On th e 21 s t i ns t., at Cheltenha m, Lieut. David Barr, age d 79. J• IP6 et, • BissET.--On the 22d inst , at Brixton, Mr aged .E. late of the Stock Exchange, 3a. '' 47 ,. 40 S P I) ' CATTLEY.—On the 21st inst., Joh n Cattley, ---- ." den, Surrey, aged 77. 7 1 / 4 / , , 3 0 , "d nee ''' .I . ct" COLES.—On the 234 inst., at his town resi e 9 o f 1% 1 , , s Portman-square, Henry Beaumont Coles, Esq'' bo ron, ,v dleton House, Longparish, Hants, M.P. for M . of Andover, aged 69. Mrs. E lizsb. Ali CoLus.— On the 20th inst., at Brix ton, Collis, aged 98. ü blin , d-squarc, P g , a th, CORNWALL.—On the 23d inst., at Rutlan CO . c John Cornwall, Esq., of l3rownston. House, u aged 75. _---- ______. _ - ---- Of by JOHN caAr- 0 LONDON : Printed and Published SUN. ‘ _.0.11,, THE Oftice, IN „ f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at.n the co nty w Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, i juicueses.-I:uvoclays_lioveraber A 186,1,