The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

THE NAVE The freight ship John Bunyan yesterday com pleted shipping 3,000 barrels of ammunition for Malta, and is to sail to-day for her destinatien. Tnis large shipment of ammunition is intended for transport by the overland route for India. H.M. steam-yachts Black Eagle and Vivid ar rived-at Portsmouth yesterday with supernume raries from Woolwich and Sheerness. H.M. screw steam transport Urgent, Commander J. W. D. M'Donald, sailed from Spithead yester day morning at daybreak, the weather having con sLderably moderated. Her Majesty's screw steamship Algiers, 91, Cap tain a -W D. O'Callaghan, completed masting yesterday alongside the Sheer-jetty at Portsmouth dockyard. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Mersey, 40, in the steam-basin, Portsmouth, has sent up her lower and topsail yards, and is otherwise fast progressing in her equipment. The Trafalgar, 120, in the dock at Chatham, being converted into a 90 gun screw steamer, is nearly completed, and will be ready to be undocked next month, when it is understood she will be attached to the Channel fleet. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY.—It is rumoured in naval c i rc l es th a t th e navy w ill b e entirely reconstructed. The old line-of .battle ships such as the Vanguard, Albion, &c., will be dis carded as usele ss . E ven th e F renc h G ov ernment, it is said, has been wofully deceived in th e con struction of some of its ships of war. Thus it was boasted that such a ship as the Napoleon could proceed to the West Indies or any other distant station, and sweep the seas, when it was found that she could not carry su ffi cient ammunition, provi sions, and coals to keep to sea a week. The truth is that the stowage of the machinery and coals of swift-going steamers occupies so much room as to render such vessels useless unless for a voyage of a few days. Opinions among even naval authorities appear to be pretty equally divided as to whether large war steamers of inferior horse power, and in which the expenditure of fuel would be small, or small sized steamers with heavy armaments would be the better. It is consolatory to think that, owing to a want of experience in naval warfare since the introduction of war steamers, other nations are as much in the dark as ourselves as to what kind of steamships are the best for fighting. The Yankees boast that their Merrimac and other ships are so swift that they could destroy such comparative ly slow vessels as the Duke of Wellington by rap i d ity of evolution ; but they forget that the Merrimac would soon consume the small quantity of fuel that she can stow away, and then she would become a helpless log on the ocean. DOCKYARD APPRENTICEs.—Admiralty orders have been received at W oolwich Dockya r d di rec t. ing certain alterations in the regulations as to the education of apprentices. Those who have at tended the dockyard school for three years will be allowed on the recommendati on o f th e sc h oo l master to remain another year. A periodical examination is to be made by the Insp ec t or -G enera l o f S c h oo l s, who will recommend a proportion of th e sc h o l ars to pursue a higher branch of study ; an d th e l ast year of their apprenticeship is to be served in acquiring a knowledge of ship-building, algebra, equations, logarithms, trigonomet r y, mec h an i cs, &c. The i r lordships have also intimated their intention of taking into consideration the propriety of granting a scholarship of £2O per annum to those who may exhibit superior abilities. THE ARMY. Yesterday some experiments took place near the field-works of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, for the purpose of testing some new descriptions of missiles which have been invented by Captain J. Norton, an officer who has already made some valuable inventions in connection with the rifle. The afternoon was exceedingly wet and unfavour able for carrying on the operations, but notwith standing this drawback a number of officers of the Royal Engineers were present. The experiments first made were with a new description of rifle shell, called, by Captain Norton, the liquid-fire rifle shell. The object of this new missile is to set on fire the sails, rigging, and even the hull of any vessel against which the shell is thrown, and cer tainly the results of the experiments yesterday proved that the shell in question is one of the most extraordinary projectiles ever introduced into the art of warfare. The shell is about three or four times the size of an ordinary conical rifle bullet, but is hollow, the interior being filled with glass in which is contained the " liquid fire." This chemical substance is prepared from a secret in the posses sion of Captain Norton, but the chief ingredients are phosphorus dissolved in bi-sulphate of carbon, and hermetically . sealed. Immediately on this shell striking any ignitable matter the glass is broken, and so powerful is the liquid that it almost instan taneously sets the objects in a blaze. During the experiments yesterday afternoon a number of large sacks were suspended on poles, to represent the sails of a ship, and these were soon soaked through with rain, so as to become completely saturated. Captain Norton then took a heavy three-groved rifle, which he loaded with one of his shells and fired at the canvas. Notwithstanding that the sack ing was very wet the effect was exceedingly sur prising, the liquid spreading through the canvas, which in a short time began to smoulder, and after another interval burst forth into flames, entirely consuming the whole. Had the sacking been dry the effect would have been instantaneous. Captain Norton can undertake, with the same description of shells, but of larger size, to set fire to any line-of-battle ship in the navy. The next experi ments undertaken were with a new description of rifle shot, which has been named the " Spinster." This bullet, which can be fired by Captain Noion at a distance of no less than 1,800 yards, is intended for blowing up ammunition waggons, bags of gun powder, or setting fire to the camp of an enemy. The bullet, which in shape and size resembles the Enfield rifle ball, has a chemical substance attached to its base, which becomes ignited the instant it is fired, remaining burning long enough to do the execution for which it is intended. A bag, con taining about two pounds' weight of gunpowder, mixed with a great quantity of sawdust, was placed upon the ground, the powder being soon wetted through by the rain. One of the " spinster" shots was fired at the mass by means of Capt. Norton's gossamer seamless cartridges, but owing to the powder being so wet no immediate result followed, as the gunpowder was so mixed up with the saw dust. After a short time, however, the powder was ignited and blown up. Captain Norton afterwards exhibited some of his " frictional igniters," which are a kind of hand grenade, and can be made to explode when thrown from a glacis in the face of assailants. The engineer officers present expressed themselves in satisfactory terms at the result of the experiments made with Capt. Norton's inventions. Large deta c h ments of the Royal Artillery, En gineers, the Marine Light In fantry, and the Antrim l Rifle Militia wer e paraded n front of the Artillery Barracks, Wool w i c h, yesterd ay, pursuance of garrison orders circulated on ing, to form a f unera l party pre . ceding even in r ead iness to issue from the garriso n a t 2 o'clock._ _ A . Lightf oo t, th e deceased, had recently undertaken the temporary office of Acting Assistant-Surgeon at the Royal ArtilleryFridaylast, Infirmary, an d on ing the sick wards of th e h ospital, he wa s about to sign the register, requi re d on such occas ions , when he complained of sudden indisposition. The ' medi cal officers of the establi s h ment on duty in stantly summoned, but th e deceased had we re al which h e exp ired dry fallen into a state of lethargy, in in the course of an hour. Although not enr olled as a permanent officer in the service of her Ma jesty, and consequently not strictly en titl ed to a m il i tary funeral, the routine of the service was in this instance relaxed in favour of the deceased, who was interred with full military honours. A long column of troops, resting on their reversed arms, guarded the entire line of march from the in , firmary to the extremity of the parade, between which the body was conveyed on a gun carriage drawn by six artillery horses, headed by the regi mental band performing the slow and solemn dirge of the " Dead March in Saul." Six of the medical officers, friends of the deceased, acted as pall-bearers, and some of his nearest relatives followed as chief mourners. The troops then filed into line four abreast, and accompanied the corpse to St. Thomas's Church at New Charlton, the place of interment. The funeral train was closed by Col. Bloomfield, A.D.C. to her Majesty, and the second com mandant of the garrison ; Lient.-Col. Congdon, _ Brigade Major Shaw, and Dr. Pratt, deputy "Vector -general of hospitals. A detachment of 90 d r i vers , or d ere d t o b e distri buted a s a re inforcement to the 12 field batteries of Royal Artillery despatched ord e r s f or serv i ce i n I n di a , were yesterd a atched from Woolwich, to join their respective companies r prior to embarkati on . The whole of meatytipe oecterfu ldraught will leave Eng land in the p state of milit ar y e ffi c i enc y, maxim um reinforced to the war strength, viz., 120 gunners, 100 drivers , and 110X- COMMiSSiOried offi cers, forming a total of 3,000 men . Surgeon-Major C. C. J. Delm ege, M•D., Depart has been appointed by the authorities at the iffar ment to serve as principal medical offi c er Western Eden district, under the com mand e: in the of Major- General . It is stated that Mr. Armstrong, the inventor o f i the wrought-iron rifle cannon, has entered nto a contract with her Majesty's Government, and that la considerable number of the guns are to be forth with supplied fer the 1140 et the Artillery. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 10. HOUSE OF LORDS.---APPEAT S. THE GREAT THELLIISSON WILL ASE. Their lordships assembled this morn ng for the first time as a judicial tribunal durin 4 the present session for the special purpose of proceeding with the extraordinary will cause of Thellusson and Thellusson. Thomas Robarts Thellusson, appellant, v. Abra ham Wildey Robarts, Edward James Dawkins, Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson, the Right Hon. Frederick William Brook, Baron Rendlesham (an infant), and th e H on . A r th ur Thellusson (since deceased), respondents. The Hon. Arthur Thellusson (since deceased), appellant, v. Abraham Wildey Roberts, Edward James Dawkins, the Right Hon. Frederick William Brook, Baron Rendlesham, Thomas Roberts Thel lusson, and Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson, respondents. These two appeals from the decision of the Master of the Rolls involved the construction of one of the strangest wills ever recorded, and which for upwards of sixty years has been the subject of a long and expensive litigation for the once-colossal fortune of the testator, Peter Thellusson, of Brads worth, in the county of York, Esq. The testator made his will in 1796, and died in 1797. leaving three sons—Peter Isaac, George Woodford, and Charles—and several grandsons. After several small bequests, he devised all his real estates, of the value of upwards of £ 60,000, to certain trus tees, together with a large personal property, to be invested in the purchase of land upon certai n trusts, the substance of which was, that all rents and profits were to accumulate and to be laid out in the purchase of real property during the lives of his three sons and his grandsons, then living or born in due time after his death. In fact, none of his sons or his grandsons then living could i n h er it his wealth, his object being to found th ree grea t fortunes, of which his less immediate representa tives were to be the possessors. At the time of the testator's death, there we re n i ne persons i n exist ence during whose lives the accumulatio n s were directed to continue, namely, Peter Isaac, the tes tator's eldest son, created Baron Rendlesham in 18.06; George W oo df or d, hi s second son; Charles, his third son ; five sons of Peter Isaac, namely, John, George, H enr y, Willi am , none o f w h om l eft Issue, and Frederick, whose son Frederick William is the present Baron Rendlesham, one of the re spondents : Arthur, the son of Peter, was born in 1801, after the death of the testator, and has died since these appeals were brought. He has left one son, Arthur, who has revived the appeal. The ninth person was Charles, who was the last sur vivor of the nine lives, who died in 1856. He was the eldest son of Charles, the third son of Peter Thellusson, and has left one son, Charles Sabine Thellusson, one of the now respondents ; George Woodford, the second son, left no issue. The great contest is as to the true construction to be placed on the words, " eldest lineal male descendant," whe ther " eldest" is to be taken in its legal or natural sense. The litigants are the grandsons of the tes tator, who are the appellants, and the respondents are his great-grandsons, and the question in point o f fact is, which line comes within the term " eldest." The will became the subject of proceedings in the Court of Chancery, which in 1801 declared the devises and limitations in the will to be good, and directed the trusts to be carried out under the di rection of the court. The testator's eldest son was declared entitled, as heir at law, to the real estate purchased by the testator between the period when he made his will. The House of Lords affirmed this decree. In accordance with the terms of the the will, the three sons of the testator presented, in turn, to certain family livings. In 1820, when all the sons were dead, Henry Hoyle Oddie claimed the right of presentation. He was the son of the only married daughter of the testator's second son, George Woodford, and claimed as the eldest male lineal descendant. This became the subject of a fresh suit of Oddie v. Woodford, and their lord ships' house, on appeal, held that being descended through a female, Oddie did not answer the de scription of " the eldest male lineal descendant." On the death of Charles, the last survivor of the nine lives, which occurred in 1856, the time as designed by the testator for the partition of the estates arrived, and there being no male lineal descendants of George Woodford, the testator's second son, Baron Rendlesham, the respondent, filed a bill, praying he might be entitled to one moiety of the estates as " the eldest lineal male descendant" of Peter Isaac, the testator's eldest son. The other respondent, Charles Sabine Augustus, also filed a bill, praying to be entitled to the other half of the estates, as " the eldest male lineal de scendant" of Charles, the third son of the testator. The appellants, Thomas and Arthur (the latter of whom is since deceased), also filed bills, praying that they, as the grandsons, and " eldest male" surviving issue of the testator, when the estate be came divisable, might be declared entitled to the estates. The Master of the Rolls declared the respondent, Lord Rendlesham, to be entitled to one moiety of the estate as " eldest male lineal descend ant" of Peter Isaac, and the respondent Charles Sabine Augustus to the other moiety, as the " eldest male lineal descendant" of Charles, the third and youngest son of the testator. Against this decision the present appeals were brought. Mr. Rolt and Mr. N. Palmer were heard for the respondents. Their lordships then adjourned the further hearing. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ,'Sittings at Nisi Prins after Term at Westmin ster, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) DICKSON V. THE EARL OF WILTON.-LIBEL. This was an action for libel, brought by Lieut.- Colonel Dickson, late of the Tower Hamlets Militia, against the Earl of Wilton, colonel of that force. The alleged libel was contained in a letter addressed by the defendant to the Viscount Combermere, and in an oral communication which the defendant made to Mr. Thomas Duncombe, M.P., and was to the effect that the plaintiff had misappropriated the regimental funds. 'rho defendant pleaded not guilty and a justifica• tion. Mr. Edwin Jarßes, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Cole ridge were for the plaintiff; and the Attorney. General, Mr. Collier, Mr. Millward, and Mr. West represented the defendant. Mr. James in opening the case said the plaintiff, Lieut.-Colonel Dickson, was a soldier and a man of honour, and the defendant, the Earl of Wilton, the colonel of the Tower. Hamlets Militia regiment, which was embodied in March, 1855. The noble lord receivod his coloneley from the late Duke of Wellington, but until that time he had never seen any service-- " never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster." The complainant, however, had served in India and. Spain during the wa r . e had also held an ap pointment at the Cape of Good Hope, and been alto gether about 33 years in her Majesty's army. On the 10th July, 1846, Mr. Dickson was appointed major of the regiment in question by the late Duke of AVel lington. After the outbreak of the war with Rus sia, in 1855, the regiment was embodied and called. out. It assembled first at Bethnal-green, after wards removed to Woolwich, where it encamped. In March, 1855, the plaintiff became the lieutenant colonel, and being a man thoroughly knowing his profession, he did all he could during the year's service to render the regiment efficient, and to raise its military character, and he was beloved by all the men in the ranks with whom he came in com munication. In militia regiments there was what was called a regimental mess, which was formed by the contributions of the officers and by a bonus or gift of the Government at the rate of £25 for each company. For a long time, while the regiment was at Woolwich, there was no regular mess ; the offi cers messed with the officers of the artillery, each payin g his quota; but an independent mess for the regiment having been ultimately formed, it became necessary to have china, table linen, and various other articles and these were ordered by the Earl of Wilton, tlleprincipal portion of th em b e i ng sup plied by Mes srs.Sharpus and Company, and Messrs. Hodgeand Lowman. For the expense of these articl es , the officers at of the regiment are li a bl e , but they fail e d to pay respective p r op or ti ons The amount owing toy h Messrs. Sharp us f or goo d s supplied to the regiment s £5BO odd, and they f sued the Earl of Wilton orthat sum. 11. was extremely annoyed. at this, and, con venient for him at that time it not being to pay the money he gave a judge's order for its payment in six k and xvhi c w o h n e e t h s e , which expired on the Bth of May,lBsB, 26th of that month he penned the libels regiment con stituted the foundation of this action. The re was disbanded in May , 1856, and these liabilitie s were those of the officers, who hoped that the regi ment would be re-embodied in the following year, and intended probably to discharge them after that event, and the Earl of Wilton was constantly writing to Col. Dickson requesting him to come to him and see if the creditors could not be staved off for an-. other year. The libel was contained in a letter which the Earl of Wilton addressed to Viscount Comber mere, who, however, according to army routine, had nothing to do with the matter, and therefore it could not properly be called a privileged communi cation • but if it could, that defence would fail , be cause the Earl of Wilton had placed a justification on the record, and the jury would have to say whe ther Col. Dickson had or had not been guilty of a paltry embezzlement. The letter was clearly not written honestly and with a bona fide desire for In f_luir3',ut evidently to injure a gentleman against 117.1444 W lordship had taken 4 most unfounded and THE StTN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, F . extraordinary prejudice, It was dated the 26th May, 1858, and addressed to Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, and contained the following passages : "In reference to your lordship's letter of the Ist inst., I beg to inform your lordship, for the information of the Se cretary of State for War, why I consider Lieut.-Col. Dick son's conduct rendered it imperative for me, as colonel commanding the regiment, to suggest his removal from it. " On the 13th Aug., 1856, the regiment under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. Dickson marched to Cremorne-gardens to assist in a sham attack upon Sebastopol, at which some of the men of the regiment were injured, as well as some arms, accoutrements, and clothing lost or damaged. On the 3d Oct., 1856, Col. Dickson received from the committee of the Wellington College, £79 for compensatio n , t o b e awarded to the men injured on that occasion, and £4O 12s. for the arms, accoutrements, and clothing lost or damaged. It has latelycome to my knowledge that a sumof £2l2s. ld. out of the £4O 12s. for paying the damages stated above, although nearly two and a half years have elapsed, still re mains unpaid." Now, the facts with regard to that matter were these :—A " benefit" was given at Cremorne-gar dens, on behalf of the Wellington College, the per formance consisting of a mock attack by the Eng lish and their allies, the French, upon the Russians at Sebastopol. In consequence of a platform giving way, several men, including some of Col. Dickson's regiment, were injured, and the managers of the Wellington College thought it right to pay the sums mentioned by the Earl of Wilton by way of compensation. Col. Dickson received the money, and he disbursed every farthing of it, as would be proved by vouchers which would be produced. The second charge in the letter was thus made : " Col. Dickson, while in command of the regiment, in total disregard of the rules, customs, and regulations of the ser vice, would not allow any mess meeting for auditing the accounts, althoug,lapplicationsfor the same were repeatedly made to him by the officers of the regiment, thereby causing the officers to searate in total ignorance of the state of the regimental funds, and preventing the mess debts being pro perly discharged!? The learned counsel saidhe should prove that he was never required to summon a meeting for the accounts, and that one meeting for that purpose was held. He now came to the third charge. " In consequence of such neglect on the part of Lieut.- Col. Dickson, I ordered a board of officers, composed of the major and the two senior captains of the regiment, to in quire into and examine the mess accounts, by which it appears that between the period of embodiment, of the regi ment in March, 1855, and the formation of the mess in Oct. in the same year, there was a misapplication of the funds of the regiment amounting to £152 18s. 41d., the principal items of which are for an entertainment, which ought to have been defrayed by the officers of the regiment." The explanation which the plaintiff would give with regard to that sum would be explicit and satisfactory. In July, 1856, the Earl of Wilton suggested that his daughter, Lady Catherine Eger ton, should present to the regiment their new colours, and when that ceremony took place, a breakfast was given by the regiment with the knowledge and sanction of his lordship ; and the proper vouchers of the sums paid would be laid be fore the jury. This entertainment cost £69, which had been deducted from the £152, and yet with the knowledge of that fact the Earl of Wilton made this charge against Col. Dickson, a charge of an offence which under the Mutiny Act rendered him liable to four years' penal servitude. The other items were made up in this way. There was an " inspection luncheon" when Gen. Pierrepont came from the Horse Guards to inspect the regiment, which involved an expense of £33, and also a din ner on the occasion of Col. North retiring from the regiment, on the 4th August, 1855, which cost £36 25., and the balance, a miserable sum of £2 55., was spent in purchasing a topographical work for the use of the officers. In a second letter, dated the 24th July, 1858, the Earl of Wilton renewed his charge against Col. Dickson in the fol• lowing letter to Viscount Combermere : " My Lord,---Since my accusation against Lieut.-Colonel Dickson appearing in the public papers, I have received in formation from the sergeants of the regiment, and likewise the regimental agents, that Lieut.-Col. Dickson drew from the latter, in August, 1855, a sum of £25, which amount was given by myself and Col. North for the sergeants' mess, but which, as will be seen by the enclosed certificate, was never received by the sergeants. I request you to for ward this to the Secretary of State for War, that with your approval and sanction it may be appended to what on a for mer occasion I laid before the court." To this charge Col. Dickson gave the most con clusive answer. About the camp at Woolwich there were a number of poor people—the wives and chil dren of the privates. Col. Dickson benevolently suggested that a " maternity fund" should be esta blished for their assistance. A sum of £5O was Rib- scribed for that purpose—the Earl of Wilton contri buting £lo—and the whole of the money was distri buted among those people; Col . Dickson never having had any control over it, and merely signing the cheques, and handing them to the orderly. At length Col. Dickson believed that it was the intention of certain parties, from pique or something worse, to dismiss him from the regiment without his being heard, and desirous of having even-handed justice, he consulted Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P. in July, 1858, who put a question in the House of Commons to Gen. Peel on the subject of his case. Afterwards the Earl of Wilton called upon Mr. Duncombe, and, in the course of conversation with him, said—" Things have gone much too far. That is not the worst of it; for, besides having received and retained the regimental funds, I have had to pay £5BO for things he ordered, having been sued, and a writ served on rat at his instigation." The learned counsel said the fact was that all the other officers were sued as well as his lordship, and that the plaintiff never insti gated the parties to sue him. Indeed, it would ap pear that the Earl of Wilton, finding it extremely inconvenient to pay the money, suggested that the other officers shouldbe sued. Mr. James then stated that a court of inquiry was appointed to inquire into the charges against Col. Dickson, and that it held it sittings in August and Sept, but that Col. Dickson was not heard on oath before it, and that although it terminated its sittings in Sept. last, neither the plaintiff nor the public knew at the pre sent moment whether the court had made any re port. All was kept as secret as diplomacy, and whether there was or not a report in existence was a dark, mysterious secret, confined to the archives of the War-office; but to the surprise of Col. Dickson he saw in the Gazette of the 28th Dec. last a notifi cation to the effect that the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower had appointed Mr. Samuel Walker to the regiment, "vice Lieut.-Col. Dickson, displaced," thus depriving him of a commission worth between £3,000 and £4,000. It was under these circum stances that Col. Dickson b roug h t this action into court, in order to vindicate his character from the gross imputations which had been cast upon it by the defendant. Lieut.-Col. Dickson was examined at great length n support of the above statements. On cross-examination by the Attorney-General, he said his first introduction to the Earl of Wilton was at Chester a good many years tip, when he was introduced to him by his relative, Lord Ebury. During the whole time he was h the militia regi ment he was always on the most friendly and confi dential terms with the Earl of Wilton, and until the middle of 1857, after the report of the board with regard to Captain Dickson. he never had the slightest difference with his lordship. After the regiment was disbanded, the earl complained that he had lent the band of the regiment to Sir B. Hall to play on Sunday in the Regent's-park. Witness succeeded Col. North as lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. The first cheque he drew was in February, 1856. He considered himself president of the mess, ex gfficio, and that was the reason why he received and disbursed monies. He took that office at the request of Captain Brush, who was inexperienced, and whose accounts had got into confusion. They tried to allay the impatience of the claimants upon the regiment , not having suffi cient funds to pay all demands. He complained of the way in which Capt. Dickson kept the accounts, and Capt. Dickson complained of him. Witness once met the captain in t'-e Haymarket, and used violent language to him. Witness also threatened to report him to the Earl of Wilton. He considered the conduct of Captain Dickson during the whole time he was in the regiment as disgraceful to a Lnidier and a gentleman. The witness was then cross-examined at consider able length as to his differences with Captain Dickson, and as to tle state of his accounts in con nexion with the regiment, and as to his communi cations with the Earl of Wilton, both before and after the disembodiment of the regiment, but without eliciting any material fact to shake his examination in chief. said he ehanqed the note in question for Hatton, who wrote his name upon it at the time. Edward Dowell, a very intelligent boy, about 12 years of age, who gave his evidence in a remark ably clear manner, said—l met Ca&sseldine on the day of this robbery at the top of Baldivin's-gardens, and went with her to Field-lane, to steal a pair of boots. Alderman Challis—Did she say she was going to steal a pair of boots. Witness—Yes, sir. She said, " Come along ; they are going to get me a pair of boots." Ford then joined us, and we then went to the Seven-dials, where she bought a . pair of boots for sd. We then returned to Baldwin's-gardens, and I went into the skittle ground belonging to Hattton's house, and they went into the house. When they came out they said they had picked a pocket of a pocketbook and a key. This was in the middle of the day on Tuesday, the Ist of this month. They then went into the skittle ground. and stayed there until between 5 and 6 o'clock, when Walsh came in, and we all went to Fleet-street. Casseldine left us for a short time, and went away with a gentle man, and when she returned she said " Let us go stoop-buzzing." Alderman Challis—What did she mean by stoop buzzing ? Tyler explained that it was a practice with fe males of robbing gentlemen who fell into their company under peculiar circumstai ices. Witness—While we were in F 1( jet-street I saw a gentleman looking in at a shop. •window. Ford took out his silk handkerchief, and when he re turned to us he said he had a purse , . He produced a pocket-book, which he said he got from the gen tleman's pocket, and gave it to Walsh, who handed it to Casseldine. We then went further up Fleet street, and Walsh took the pocket-book again and opened it, and took out the £5 note. He called Casseldine's attention to it, and the water mark upon it. We returned to Baldwin',s-gardens, where Walsh took the notes out and gave the pocket book to Casseldine. They then went into Jesse Hatton's house, and, after Walsh, had examined all the other papers which were in the pocket book, Ford and Casseldine threw them away in the water-closet ; Casseldine, after that, gave the £5 note to Jesse Hatton. Alderman Challis—How do you know that ? Witness—Because I saw Hatton come to the foot of the stairs with the £5 note in his hand. He remained there a short time, after which he went up stairs with the prisoners, and they told a big boy there to keep me from going up after them. The big boy went into the water-closet and brought out some of the papers, which he read, and said one was a cheque for £4O. He burnt them all in the gas-light. When the prisoners came down Cassel dine gave me 2s. and said she had sold the £5 note to Jesse Hatton, but that she only got 7s. for it, because it was a bad one. We then went to the theatre, and they said if I went with them I must pay for myself. Before they left Baldwin's-gardens Hatton asked them what they were going to stand, and they then ordered some gin, but they left before it was brought in. I did not go home that night, but went to a lodging in Fulwood's-rents, which Ford and Casseldine took me to. • Walsh—He said the other day we sold the note for £3 10s., and now he says it was 7s. Witness—They told me they only got Is., but when they left Hatton's hems° the big boy called me a little fool, and said they got £3 10s. for the note. Ford—He at first said the girl stole the pocket book, and now he says I did it. Witness—l never said the girl took it. Casseldine—lt is all false What he has sworn to. He says he never saw me before the Tuesday, when he knows he saw me on the Sunday before. Witness—l did not see you on Sunday, as I was at school. Casseldine—Why, you have only just come out of prison. He has only come up against us now, Sir, because we would not give him a new pair of trousers: Alderman Challis—He has given his evidence remarkably well. Police-constable 165 G said—l know all the pri soners, and saw them together on the day in ques tion. I have seen them all in Hatton's house re peatedly at different times, but on this occasion they were together. I am on duty in Baldwin's gardens, and know Hatton's house well. I have seen many other thieves frequently there. There is a skittle-ground there, and I saw the witness Dowell there on the same day with the prisoners. Tyler—l met Hatton yesterday, and he asked me if I had found out the " bloke" yet, meaning the owner of the pocket-book. I said I had, and he then said, " How do you think we shall get on ?" I said I did not know, but that the boy Dowell had sworn he (Hatton) had the pocket book, postage stamps, and £5 note. He said it was all a lie, for he never saw either of the prisoners or the boy there on that day. Alderman Challis—l think Hatton must now be given into custody, for I shall certainly send him for trial with the other prisoners. Mr. Lewis, jun., who was in attendance watching the case for Hatton, said—Hatton is here, sir, and is prepared to give evidence. The whole matter rests upon the evidence of a little thief, and I am sure, sir, you will hesitate in ordering a respectable tradesman into custody upon the unsupported testi mony of a thief. Alderman Challis—l have felt all along that that was the only course open to me, and I think it only fair to Hatton to place him in a position where he may be able to defend himself. Mr. Lewis:--Whoever orders him into custody will of course take the responsibility of such a pro ceeding. Alderman Challis—Oh, certainly. Let Hatton go into the dock at once. Hatton was accordingly placed at the bar with the other prisoners. The boy - Dowell was then recalled, and on being cross-examined by Mr. Lewis, said—l joined the prisoners for the purpose of thieving. I have been in the habit of going out thieving for the last three months. I was taken once for stealing a waistcoat, about a month ago, and had 14 days for it, from Marylebone Police -court. Alderman Challis—You have given your evidence, as I understand it, very clearly indeed, but whether it is true or false it is not for me to determine. Witness (crying)—After leaving here, sir, the last time, three of the prisoners' friends threatened to stab me. Alderman Challis—You need not be afraid; they will not do anything of the kind. Mr. Lewis made a very ene rge ti c a pp ea l o n behalf of Hatton, urging that the re was n ot the slightest corroboration of the thief's story. Alderman Challis—l cannot agree with you there, and I assure you, if I were on th e j ur y t r yi ng him, I would find him guilty on the evidence before me as it stands. I will take bail for him. Mr. Lewis—l suppose his own recognisances will be sufficient. Alderman Challis—Oh, dear, certainly not. His own recognisance in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each. The prisoners were then remanded for the at :endance of the owner of the property. LAMBETH.-SCLUABBLES AMONGST FIREMEN, —Mr. Elliott was engaged for upwards of an hour in investigating a charge of assault preferred by. Frederick George . Newing, a fireman belonging to the Brigade, against Thomas Whitaker, the fore man to the private fire brigade of Mr. Hodges, the distiller, and m whose charge a powerful engine belonging to Mr. Hodges is placed. Mr. Giffard, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Humphreys, jun., appeared in support of the com plaint; and Mr. Solomon attended for the defence. Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, and Messrs. Henderson and Holloway, the engineers to the Fire Brigade, were also present to watch the proceedings. It appeared that for some time past a misunder standing has existed between the brigade men and those belonging to the private engine belonging to Mr. Hodges, arising in a great measure from the hasty temper and dictatorial manner of the foreman belonging to the latt er . S ome wee k s ago the file fendant Whitaker had been summoned to this court, and was convicted i n a pena lt y , f or assault ing a policeman at a fire, and on that occasion he was shown to have acted with a want of temper. The cause for the present complaint arose on the 26th, at a fire that took place in the house of Mr. Silver, a baker, at Kennington -cross. The complain ant was the first to arrive at the fire, and having, with the assistance of others, thrown several buckets of water on the fire, managed to confine it to one room, and was on his hands and knees looking for the cause or source of the fire, when the defendant, who had brought his engine, rushed upstairs. On seeing him, the defendant, addressing him, said, " Get out of the way, you fire-escape man ; what can you know about putting out a fire?" The com plainant replied that he belonged to the brigade, and to the Waterloo -station, and exhibited his number, 90 ; upon which he said he only belonged to the brigade a few day s , caug ht hi m b y th e co ll ar , and pushed him out of his w 437- In his cross - examination the complainant ad mitted that he was not much hurt, and that it was the indignity of being treated so that he thought most of. He also admitted that the defendant brought with him a hand-pump, an instrument generally used by firemen in putting out slight fires in rooms ; and Mr. Holloway, who was called as a witness,' admitted that this pump had been used to extinguish the remaining fire in the room. Mr. Giffard, in hi s a dd ress t o t h e magistrate, assured the Bench th a t th ere was no t th e slightest' feeling of vindictiveness on the part of Mr. Braid Woo( 1 ) the §uPerhltendent of the. brigade, or the At six o'clock, when the court rose, this cross examination had not concluded. The trial will be resumed to-morrow 'this da. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Feb. 10. GUILDHALL.—JUVENILE CRIMINALS.—John Walsh, 17, Wm. Ford, 13, and Ellen Casseldine, 16, living in the neighbourhood of Fox-court, Gray's Inn-road, were placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with stealing a pocketbook, containing one £6 Bank of England note and two £6 Bewdley Bank notes, from the person of Mr. Beddoe, of Lukhill, Stanport, Wor cestershire. H. Tyler,of the G division of Metropolitan Police, said----From information I received r apprehended the prisoners for stealing a pocketbook and three £5 notes. When I told them the charge they said the boy Dowell, who gave me the information, had stolen the pocketbook himself. I then went to the White House, in Baldwin's-gardens, kept by a person of the name of Jesse Hatton. I asked him If he had received a £5 note from Casseldine, and he said he had not, but that he received one from two gentlemen, who had a bottle- of wine at his house and paid for it with a £6 note, which he changed for them. He said he did not know the gentlemen, but one of them gave the name of Livermore with the note. Charley Stone, a grocer in the neighbourhood, 13MTARY 11, 1859. officers acting under him, towards the defendant ; and all they wanted was the proper and necessary protection to the men in their charge from insult and violence, such as that sworn to, while in the execution of their necessary and important duties. Mr. Solomon characterised the complaint as one arising purely from motives of jealousy on the part of the Fire Brigade towards the servants of Mr. Hodges for their humane interference in the pro tection of property, - while their right to do so was as undoubted as that of the Brigade men them selves. The learned gentleman also drew the attention of the magistrate to the extraordinary discrepancy of the three witnesses called re specting the alleged assault. The complainant himself said that the defendant caught him by the collar and raised him from the ground, while the police inspector said he pushed him out of his way, and a third witness said he pushed against him in a disrespectful manner. He (Mr. Solomon) concluded by assuring the magistrate that his client denied having used the slightest degree of violence. Mr. Elliott observed that there could be no doubt it was very kind on the part of Mr. Hodges to keep an engine to assist in extinguishing fires, and that his servants had a right to attend at fires, but at the same time the engine should be placed under the control and management of a discreet and pro per person, and not one giving way to such temper as that indulged in by the defendant. His conduct on the present occasion was most improper, and for the assault complained of he must pay a penalty of 405., or 20 days. The penalty was paid. Mr. Giffard assured the magistrate that in all other parts of the metropolis the Brigade men were on the best possible terms with the attendants on private engines. SOUTHWARK.—EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF VA LUABLE MEERSCHAUM PIPES FROM THE JOHN BULL STEAMER.—ThOmas Preston M'Carthy, de scribed as a wholesale tobacconist, of Royal Mint street, Tower-hill, and 24, Bear-lane, City, and John Summers, a tobacconist, carrying on business at 20, Weston-street, Southwark, were brought before Mr. Combo, charged with being concerned with another in custody, in stealing 35 valuable meerschaum pipes, from a case on board the John Bull, Hamburg steamer, the property of Messrs. Woolf and. Co., Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, City. Mr. Lewis, sen., appeared for the prosecution, and in opening the case against the prisoners, said that on the 17th Dec. last the John Bull arrived in the port of London, on board of which was con signed a case of valuable meerschaums from Vienna to Messrs. Woolf and Co. It was delivered on the following day, when 35 pipes were missed. On the 21st Jan. one of the stolen pipes was traced to the possession of Henry Hinds, a Customs waterman, who was taken into custody and remanded for further evidence. He "should now be able to show that the prisoners at the bar had possession of most of those pipes, and on a further investi gation, no doubt circumstances would be brought to light exposing an extensive system of robbery and smuggling entered into by certain parties hold ing a respectable position. Wm. Jarvis, a City detective, said—From infor mation he received from the prisoner Summers, who was at the Seething-lane police-station, he went with Hughes, an officer of the M division, to Royal Mint-street, Tower lin, on the previous evening, where he met M'Carthy, and asked him to accom pany him to the station house in Seething-lane to be identified, or to identify another man who was there. He consented, and as soon as they entered the station house Summers called out," That is the man I had the pipes from," at the same time point ing out M'Carthy. The latter denied his assertion, at the same time calling Summers a vagabond. Witness then took M'Carthy into custody as well as Summers, and brought them to this court. When M'Carthy was charged he said he did not steal the pipes ; he bought them in the usual way as smug gled goods, and a Customs officer who was in cus tody stole them and brought them on shore. He also made a communication.to witness which he did not wish to make public, as it might defeat the ends of justice. M'Carthy - refused to give his address, but witness knowing it, went to 24 Bear-lane, City, and having searched it he found a large quantity of foreign tobacco, snuff, cigars, gloves, Berlin-wool, and two formidable-looking life-preservers. M'Carthy said he kept them for his own protec tion. Mr. Lewis here asked his worship to discharge Summers, and allow him to be made a witness. Summers was liberated and put in the witness box. On being sworn, he said he kept a tobacco nist's shop, at 20, Weston-street, Southwark. He had known M'Carthy for six or seven years. He saw the pipes produced on the 20th Dec., when he lived in Marble-court, Bermondsey. On that day M'Carthy brought three to him as a sample, when he said he had a number of them at home, and asked witness if he could sell them for him. He said he required Bs. 6d. for each of the claws, and 7s. 6d. for each of the plain ones. Witness told him to leave them, and he would see what he could do with them, as he was in the habit of soli citing orders from shops. He left the three samples, and on the following day he saw M'Carthy again, and told him he had been to a tradesman in Picca dilly who would give an order for some, but before he did so he wanted to see some of the others. M`Carth_y then gave him 12 mo r e, ma ki ng i n a ll 15 pipes. Witness took them to Mr. Simmons's, at 62, Piccadilly, and sold him the 10 now produced for £4 ss. at the rate of Bs. 6d. each, and received the money. Witness saw M'Carthy at his own house the same night, and handed him £3 195., leaving him 6s. for his trouble. The five remaining pipes witness sent to him on the following day by his errand boy. Mr. Combe asked when all this occurred. Mr. Lewis replied, on the 19th and 20th of De cember—about the time the pipes were stolen. Summers here said that previous to M'Carthy bringing him the samples, he called on him and asked him to wait on him and look at some smuggled meerschaum pipes. Witness knew him as a tobacconist, and dealer in smuggled goods. M'Carthy acknowledged selling the pipes, but he bought them in the regular way. He denied having said that they had been stolen by a Customs man, now in custody, and that he brought them to him. That was all false. Jarvis said that was his statement at the Seeth ing•lane police station. Mr. Combe asked whether the pipes now pro duced had been identified as those stolen from the case in question. _ Jarvis relied that they had. Mr. Lewis here informed his worship that Hinds, the Customs officer, who stood charged with being concerned in the robbery, would come up for fur ther examination on Saturday, the 19th instant, therefore he asked his worship to remand the pri soner M'Carthy until that day. Mr. Combo accordingly remanded him and re fused to accept bail. WORSHIP -STREET.—RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.--John Lee, 26, a thick-set man, de scribing himself as a potato dealer, was charged before Mr. Hammill as follows : Deeble, a detective officer, 11 • division, in conse quence of certain information went on the 3d inst., early in the morning, to the prisoner's shop, in Baker's-row, Whitechapel, and passing through a passage to a room at the rear, found it locked. He returned, and accosting the prisoner's wife in the front apartment, demanded the key. She opened the door of the room in question immediately, and he there perceived a quantity of property which he knew to have been stolen. The prisoner himself admitted that he was landlord of- the whole pre- mises and answerable for the contents. The officer pointed out a quantity of cotton print, beads, furs, and brushes in the room, respecting which he gave evasive accounts as to how they came there, and he was, together, with the property, removed to the station. Mr. Simon Isaacs, a furrier, in Middlesex-street, Whitechapel, claimed the skins, 219 in number, as portion of a burglary committed .on his premises, between the 7th and Bth of January last, and valued at £35. Mr. Moses Levin, bead merchant, of Bevis-marks, said that on the 25th of November last he received 12 cases and 25 barrels of beads from Liverpool, invoiced to him from Venice, and intended for the African market. Between that date and the 30th of the same month one case of the goods was stolen from his warehouse. Those produced corresponded in quantity, weight, and description with the contents of that case. Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, here elicited that witness had not seen the contents of the package, and therefore urged that there was not evidence of beads any more than buttons having been stolen. Mr.' Hammill thought that fact fatal, but ordered the ptisoner for trial, Mr. Beard reserving his defence. It was stated that the prisoner had been several Imes convicted. WESTMINSTER.—DISTURBANCE AT AN ORA TORY.—EIiza Macdonald, a very respectable look ing youno. woman, 26 years of age, who described herself as a servant, surrendered to her bail for final examination, charged with assaulting John Joseph Munce, porter at the Brompton Oratory, It appeared from the statement of complainant that at half-past five on the evening of the 28th ult. he was told by the priest to turn defendant out, as she had been annoying him during the day. Witness proceeded to eject her, when she became very violent, and scratched his face, insisting upon remaining 41 the place. There WM per ice at 010 time, but persons went in and out all day for their private devotions. When he got her outside she created a great disturbance, alid collected a mob of persons, . _ Police-constable Patrick Leonard proved appre hending her. She was outside the Oratory, with a large mob round her, very violent, and attempted to scratch the porter's face, but witness prevented her. Defendant's answer to the charge was that she had done nothing to be turned out for. She had gone there to confession, and the priest ordered her to be turned out, when the porter tore the hooks off her mantle and pushed her down outside the Oratory. Mr. Arnold said there was no doubt something behind which had not transpired, but he would not inquire into that. All he had to deal with was the charge before him, and defendant's conduct on the whole appeared to be extremely improper, obtrud ing herself, as she had, into a place of worship and annoying those assembled, for although no service was actually going on at the time, still persons were in the habit of entering the Oratory all day and must have been much inconvenienced by the disturbance she had occasioned in resisting the porter, and trying to force her way into one of the confessionals. The assault, however, was no doubt committed in her endeavours to force her way in, and it would, therefore, be suffi cient for her to find bail to keep the peace for six months. Defendant's former master appeared in the course of the afternoon, and readily undertook to be surety for her to the required amount. CHARGE OF ENDEAVOURING TO DEFRAUD THE PARISH.—EIiza Johnson was finally examined, charged under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 5 Gee. IV., cap. 83, with making a false statement at St. Margaret's and St. John's Workhouse, West minster. About a fortnight since the police discovered defendant at one in the morning in the neighbour hood of the workhouse, and as-she appeared to be in great suffering and said she was in the pains of labour, she was conveyed to the workhouse, and there told the porter she was in labour, and was so ill that she could not stand. She had been seen about that evening very drunk, but the porter fearing that serions consequences might result if she were turned away, had the nurse woke up. Defen dant repeated her statement to her, and was taken to the lying-in ward, where the nurse discovered that she had told an untruth, and that there was every reason to suppose that she was not even pregnant. Before the magistrate she denied that she had made a false representation, and Mr. Whit marsh, assistant to Mr. George Pearse, Regent street, Westminster, was sent for, and gave it as his opinion that the nurse had come to a right con clusion. Subsequently, it was discovered that an old lady in the almshouses had lent her a shawl which she had illegally pawned, and it was stated other cases could ibe brought forward against her, in addition to which Mr. Arnold received a letter from a gentleman in the City from which there was every 'reason to believe defendant was the woman who made a similar statement to the gentleman a short time since. Yesterday the gentleman spoken of attended, but found, although the description of defendant was similar to the woman he had written of, they were two separate persons. The additional charge was then proceeded with, but as the prosecutrix in it had been in the habit of allowing defendant to pawn things, Mr. Arnold was of opinion that the accused might have con sidered she had an implied authority to pledge the article she had disposed of, and therefore could not entertain the charge. In the. shawl case, as the pawning had taken place more than six months ago, Mr. Arnold had no jurisdiction, and defendant therefore had only to answer the first charge. The accused said she had been led from natural causes to suppose that what she represented was true, as she had suffered very much. But a short time since she had an offer to go abroad but ref use d it, supposing she was in the family way. Mr. Arnold thought it strange that a woman of 36 years of age should make such a mistake, when the medical testimony went to show that she was not even pregnant. In answer to inquiries from the magistrate, the nurse at the workhouse said defendant, when ad mitted, might have been in pain, although witness was of opinion she had feigned illness. Witness would not like to swear defendant was not suffering at the time. Mr. Arnold sent for Mr. Whitmarsh, and after a private conversation with that gentleman, said, from what he had heard, it was just possible that the defendant might have been led to suppose she was in the pains of labour. He (the worthy magistrate) did not think she had been herself de ceived, but still he must give her the benefit of the doubt. He should not, therefore, convict her, and she was discharged. Defendant left the court, seemingly very much surprised at not having been sent to prison. WANDSWORTH.— AI SETZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL.—H. Clifton, a Sung man about 30 years of age, who was stated to have moved in very good circumstances, was placed in the dock before Mr. Dayman, charged with working a private still, whereby the revenue was defrauded to a consider able amount. Mr. John Vanstone, a supervisor of Excise, deposed that about twelve o'clock on Wednesday at noon he went, accompanied by Mr. Leigh and two other detective officers of Inland Revenue, to a house having no number in Montgomery-road, Merton. He knocked at the door at the end of the lane, but could gain no admittance. Mr. Leigh knocked at the side door and was admitted. Witness followed in and saw the prisoner in custody. He was taken into a front room, and witness went into the yard, where he saw a washhouse. Upon entering that building, which was attached to the house, he dis covered a very large copper still, containing about 40 gallons, with a fire underneath, and it was distilling spirits. He also saw several tubs contain ing about 150 gallons of molasses wash in a state of :fermentation. He lurther found a quantity of molasses and about 20 gallons of illicit spirits. This spirit was liable to a duty of Bs. per gallon. He returned to the house, and asked the prisoner if there were any persons there, and he replied in the negative, with the exception of his wife and five children, and that the still was his own. He also said that he had been out of work for some time, and that distress compelled him to adopt that course to obtain a living for his family. Witness was sorry to find the prisoner in this position, as he believed he had formerly been in better circumstances. Mr. Dayman inquired the cost of the plant for the still. The witness said ho had no doubt it cos about £lO. Mr. Dayman asked the prisoner what he had to say. The prisoner, who held his head down, replied, " Nothing." Mr. Dayman said he had no discretion in miti gating the penalty. He therefore fined the prisoner £3O, or three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The prisoner WQ,S then locked up. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract tie attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor to these interests; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it affects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he happily succeeded. ; and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng.. lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application of Thorley's s Compounded Food. It is believed that the present unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of food; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other food,. materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, conse quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial in restoring to good working condition horses which have been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or are naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are undoubted, indeed almost marvellous , nearly doubling the yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest superiority over every other kind of compound or manu factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, Royalty, noblemen, and ether! who have fed their cattle on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded The patronage of Royalty, of our . principal nobitty, the . clergy, and of our lea.ding agriculturists, must prove a great incitement to this gentlemanta in purs po u r ehis duc o in n g war s d o course ; and he may confidently rely, hi g hly-favoured a compound, on a con ti nuation of such high and disti n gu ished patronage, SPORTING I2ITELLIGENCE. READING STEEPLECHASE S.-THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 3 SONS each, with 2 a added. Two miles. Mr. Farmer's Miss Somerville, lOst 1 Olb .. (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. khn's Topsy, lOst 121 b Mr. Land's Theodine, 12st 71b (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—The Sportsman, Daring Ranger, Joey, and Balzarine. Betting-2 to 1 agst Miss Somerville, 7to 2 agst Joey, 4 to 1 agst Topsy, 6 to 1 agst Balzarine. A good race ; won cleverly by a length ; bad third. Bal zarine and Joey trotted in, and Daring manger returned home by a short cut. The Berkshire Open Steeplechase of 10 so.vs each, h. ft., and 2 only if declared, with 50 added. The second to save his stake. About three miles. 32 subs, Bof whom declared. Mr. C. Holman's Tamworth, aged, Bst 121 b (Holman,jun.) 1 Mr. J. L. Manby's Alfred the Great, aged, 9 st. (G. Stevens) 2 Mr. J. L. Manby's Kibworth Lass, aged, lOst; 21b (Enoch) 3 The following also ran :—Omar Pacha, Old Dog Tray, Escape, Foxhunter, Unexpected, Choi' acterton, BarneY Williams (late Brompton), Coram (late B rigliadora), Flat catcher, Fleur de Lis, Ratcatcher, and Saucy Boy. Betting-6 to 1 agst Escape, 6to 1 agst Chelmerton, 100 to 15 agst Kibworth Lass, 7 to 1 agst Balfney Williams, 7 to 1 agst Old Dog Tray, 10 to 1 agst Alfred the Great, 10 to 1 agst Corm; 100 to 8 agst Omar Pac'n.a. Tamworth made nearly all the running, and won easily by twol lengths ; Kibworth Lass was a bad third; Omar Pacha was fourth ; nothing else near. F.latcatcher, The Unexpected, and Fleur de Lis walked in; mad Ratcatcher, Coram, Saucy Boy, Old Dog Tray, and Foxhunter were pulled up beaten on the far side; Barney Nirilliams, Chel merton, and Escape fell. Selling Steeplechase of 5 .sovs each, with 20 added. One mile and a-half. isubs. --- Mr. B. Land, jun.'s, Sportsman, aged (DO), 10st 71b. (Owner) 1 Mr. Chapman's Antelope (MO), lOst Mr. H. Bennett's Joey (MO), lOst (H. M'Lean) 3 Betting-2 to lon Sportsman, who won easily by two lengths. Joey was pulled up at the distance. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for four-year olds and upwards. To be ridden by Gentlemen or Farmers. Professionals 71b extra. Whiners to carry, 51b extra. Three miles. Seven subs. Mr. John's The Minor, aged, 13st (includin g 71b extra) G. Capt. Rhys's b m by Retri ever , 12 s t 1 21 b (( inc. 51b Steven extra (Mr. Thomas) 2 Captain L. Vernon's Medico, aged, 13st (inc. 71b extra) (Lovesey) 3 Tho following also ran :—Lithograph, Rap-hazard, and Black Draught. Betting-3 to lon The Minor, 6to 1 agst any other.. Won by three-quarters of a length; Medico, who cam° down soon after starting, finished a bad third. The others were beaten off. BETTING ON TIIE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 40 to I agst Gorsehill (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—We are requested to state that Freshman is struck out of the Grand National. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. A blank afternoon. COUNTRY MA.R KETS. BIRMINGHAM—FEB. 10. There was a fair quantity of wheat on offer, and prices for all descriptions gave way fully is per qr. Barley a slow sale, and rather cheaper than last week. Beans were fully as dear. Peas were difficult to dispose of, without alteration in value. Oats 6d lower. MANCHESTER-FEE. 10. Only a moderate supply of wheat, but no improvement in the condition. Trade slow, at rather lower prices. Flour quite neglected, and 6d to is per sack cheaper. Beans are scarce and the turn higher. Oats and oatmeal firm. BOSTON-FEB. 9. At the opening of the market samples were few and out of condition, and millers seemed indisposed to purchase. In some instances the best selected samples of milling wheat sold at prices about equal to last week, whilst damp quali ties decline of fully is per qr. Spring corn a slow sale, at former rates. Wheat ...37s to 40s 0at5...... White .42s to 44s Beans .. .......... 40s to 47s Barley .27s to 40s Peas ...... 40s to 50s Averages for the week : Wheat 4,678 qrs., at .40s 5d 8ar1ey......... 10 , „ 27s Od - Oats 434 „ 22s 8d Rve — 71 ---.9 Od Beans 297 „ .44s 6d Peas NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE—FEB. 8. -- We had a very small attendance of millers and dealers at our corn exchange this morning, and the business done was at prices rather below those of last Saturday. LOUTH-FEB. 9. --- -• This day's market was moderately supplied with wheat, but the trade generally was dull, and the currencies of last week barely maintained. Barley, oats, and beans each obtained rather more money. Wheat ... .38s to 42s 1 Oats.. 22s to - 26s White do —s to 46s I Beans, new —s to —a Barley .....32s to 36s I Ditto, old .38s to 41s EDINBURGH GRAIN-FEB. 9. Supplies still large. Sales rather heavy, and prices much the same, as last week. Wheat on the top Os 6d up average is 2d down. Barley on the top is Od up average Os 3d down. Oats on the top is Od up. average Os 4d down. Beans on the top is 9d down.... average Os ld down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 12 0 I-12ths Oats 1 3 8 8-12th s - Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1499 qrs Sold 1189 qrs 8ar1ey..... ..2622 qrs Sold 1853 qrs Oats .2677 qrs Sold 2129 qrs Beans 324 qrs Sold 276 qrs GLASGOW—FEB. 9. At to-day's market a very good business was transacted in wheat, white of fine quality being in good demand at fully the rates of last week Barley, oats, beans, and peas in dull sale, at the prices of last week. Sack and barrel flour unchanged. CORK—FEB. 9. The following were the quotations this morning :.—Rod wheat, 17s to 21s 6d ; white, 21s 6d to 23s Od; barley 12s 6d to 15s Od; oa t s , lls Od to 13s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 8. The supply of fat beasts to-day was good, with a full attendance of buyers, and the last week's prices were fully maintained. The number of sheep was larger this war, and sold at former rates. The show of pigs was numerous, and of good quality. Fat and store calves were more plentiful. Beef 6fd to •7d Veal . 6fd to 7d Mutton ... 7d to 71d Pork Lamb Od to —d Rough fat, 5s Od per stone. Hides, 4d to sd; calf skins, 41d to 54c1. It is said that the report about to be preserited by the Royal Commission for Manning the Navy will pro pose a system which, in the opinion of the Com m i ss i on ers, will insure the maintenance of that service in a state of perfect efficiency at all times, at an addition to the present outlay not exceeding £400,000 per annum. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment—. The complexion.—Deep is the sigh, and lasting the regret that a little attention had not been paid to regulating the digestive organs, and establishing natural functions at that youthful age, whence beauty or plainness, health or de bility so often dates its origin. Holloway's Pills taken at this juncture would have purified the blood, cleansed the system, regulated every function, and saved the future vic tim to remorse or disease. Mothers, to save unpleasantness hereafter, should give these purifying Pills, which preserve alike health, strength, and beauty. The most careless ob server must connect the blooming complexion with good health--the sallow with disease. Before forming alliances the prudent ready from the face the usual health and de cide accordingly. BIRTHS. AMES.—On the 9th inst., at 18, Chesham-place, the wife of Lionel Ames, Esq., of a son. BOWER.—On the 9th inst., at 2, Chapel-street, Grosvenor square, the wife of Edward Chivers Bower, Esq.,' of a son. HASSALL.—On the 9th inst., at Richmond, the wife of R. Hassan, Esq., M.D., of a son. SUMNEL—On the 10th inst., at 25, Wellington-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of W. Allen Sumner, M.R.C.S., Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES POOLE—WALxER.—On the 10th inst., at Lee, Kent, Mr. Henry G. Poole7of 4, Old Burlington-street, to Emma, second daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Walker, of Greenwich. PONTIFER—WILSON..On the 9th inst., at Craven Chapel, Russell, eldest son of Russell Pontifex, Esq., of Upper St. Martin's-lane, and Sandyway, Gloucestershire, to Julia, second surviving daughter of the late Geo. Wilson, Esq., of Clarence-terrace, Regent's -park. ROBINSON—ARMSTRONG.—On the Bth inst., at St. Luke's, Norwood, George John, son of Thomas Robinson, Esq., of Rectory Villas, Stoke Newington, to Eliza Katherine, eldest daughter of G. W. Armstrong, Esq., of Crown hill, Norwood, Surrey. DEATHS. DALLAS...4)/1 the 10th inst., at King-street, Hammer smith, William Dallas, Esq., formerly of Austinfriars, city, aged 65. DAVENPORT.--On the 31st Dec., at Bangalore, India, Ed ward M. Davenport, Major H.M.'s 66th Regt., third son of the Rev. E. S. Davenport, of Davenport, Salop, aged 42. GRIFIITHS.—On the 9th inst., William Griffiths, Esq., solicitor, late of Ashburton Cottages, Highgate, and Bucklersbury. GRIGGS.—On the sth inst., Mr. John Griggs, of 17, Sher bourne-lane, King William-street, city, aged 64. PATRICK.—On the sth inst., Charles Patrick, Esq., solici tor, of 89, Chancery-lane, and the Archway- roa d, High , gate. STIRLING.--On the 6th inst., at Cadder House, Miss Jane Stirling, of Kippendavie, N.B. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of middi ebez , Friday, February 11, 1859,