The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-27 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. We have reeeived the following letter from Malta, dated Dec. 16 :-" The following is the pre sent distribution of the Mediterranean fleet :- The Alacrity, 4, Commander J. K. E. Baird, Corfu. The Chanticleer, 17, Commander C. Stirling, Malta. The Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Commander R. M. Gillson, Danube. The Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. M'Clintock, left Gibraltar on the Bth inst. for Eng land, to be paid off. The Edgar, 71 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, Corfu_ The Firebrand, 6, Com mander S. B. Piers, Gibraltar. The Firefly, 5 , surveying vessel, Commander A. L. Mansell, Malta. The Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart, Nauplia. The Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, arrived a t Gib ra lt ar on th e 9th inst., from Malta, homeward bound. The Hiber nia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral H. J. Codrington) C. 8., Commander R. B. Harvey, Malta (with her tenders, Boxer and Growler). The Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, V.O , lonian Islands. Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker, left Malta Dec. 12, for the Pirmas. The London, 83, Capt. H. Chads, arrived at Malta on the 15th inst., and left on the 18th, for England, to be paid off. The Magicienne, 16, Capt. H.S.H. the Prince of Leiningen, Naples, ordered to return to Malta. The Malacca, 17, Capt. GJ. Napier, coast of Syria. The Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., left Malta on 17th inst. for a few days' gun practice, and is still in sight of the island. The Vice-Admi ral Commander-in-Chief Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., has temporarily transferred his flag to the Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue. The Mars, 80, Capt. 3. N. Strange, which arrived at Malta on the 11th inst. from the coast of Syria, proceeded on her voyage to England on the 15th, to be paid off. The Medina, 4, surveying vessel, Lieut.-Com. G. R. Wilkinson (temporarily, in the absence on leave"of Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8.), Salonica. The Pelican, 17, Com. P. Brock, Pirceus. The Phcebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, Malta, is to go out in a day or two for gun practice. The Procris, 2, Lieut... Com. the Hon. J. B. Vivian, Gibraltar. The Psyche, 1, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Com. Sterne, left Malta on the Bth inst. for Alexandria and Constantinople. The Queen, 76, Capt. G. F. Hillyar, Pirxus. The Scylla., 22, Capt. R. Lambert, on her way to Eng land to be paid off. The Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. S. Jones, Patras. The Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, Coast of Syria. The St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton (having on board Prince Al fred), left Malta on the 15th inst. for Naples, to re lieve the Magicienne. The Trafalgar, 72, Capt. the 'Hon. T. Bailie, left Malta on the 13th inst. for Corfu, taking with her a general mail for that island. The Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, Alexan dria. The Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, Coast of Syria. The Weser, 6, Commander A. H. J. Johnstone, Danube. The Royal yacht Osborne, Master Commander Bower, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst. from Marseilles, and left on the 6th for England. Midnight. -The Masailia has arrived from Alexandria with the passengers of the late ship Colombo and the portion of mails saved from that vessel, which, since her going ashore on the Minicoy Island, has broken in two pieces and be come a total wreck." The Salamis, 4, paddlewheel despatch steamer, of 250-horse power, the next vessel to be launched at Chatham dockyard, is being rapidly completed by the large body of shipwrights employed on her, directions frem the Admiralty having been received for her launch to take place in March next. She is sister ship to the Psyche, built at Pembroke dock yard, and like that vessel is expected to attain a high rate of speed, which will render her exceed ingly serviceable as a despatch steamer. The Rhadamanthus, 4, 220 horse power, Master Commander F. R. Stnrdee, arrived at Chatham on Christmas-day from Scotland, having on board the stern-post and some heavy portions of the iron work for the Achilles, 50, 1,250 horse power, which have been forged at one or the Glasgow foundries. The stern-post was unshipped yesterday by means of the floating shears in the harbour, after which the Rhadamanthus left Chatham for the Nore. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. H. Heaton, to the Rus sell ; Lieut. F. P. Renshaw, to the Firefly ; V. F. Johnson, master, to the Malacca ; C. Icely, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for the Scylla, when the latter is paid off ; Dr. G. Davidson, surgeon, to the Meanee ; W. Bremner, second class assist. en gineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary ; T. Owen, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Indus for the Prospero ; S. S. C. Hall, assist. pay master, to the Hogue ; R. S. Grey, second master, to the Fisgard ; J. W. Lecombe, clerk, to the Im pregnable; and G. J. Boys, clerk, to the Hawke. Mr. M. Johnson has been nominated to a cadetship. 711 E Alelll}. In accordance with the new regulations from the Horse Guards the whole of the small arms (pattern artillery rifled carbine) belonging to tile Royal Ar tillery, in the Chatham district, as well as the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, amounting to up wards of 1,000 stand, have been inspected by one of the Government officials from Enfield, under the direction of Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the dis trict. With but very few exceptions the arms exa mined were found to be in a state of excellent pre servation and efficiency. The whole of tne rifles in possession of the troops of the line at Chatham have also been submitted to an examination, under the superintendence of the Government viewer sent down for that purpose, in order that every one which, on examination, was found to be unservice able might be withdrawn from use. The percentage of defective rifles was, however, found to be very small• EXTRAORDINARY WAREHOUSE ROBBERY.- A SAFE 810 LEN. Daring Sunday evening the goods-warehouse used by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company and the London and North-Western Company, in Vicar-lane, was entered by thieves and robbed of a large iron safe, containin g nearly £lOO, chiefly in gold and silver, and a number of valuable papers. The robbery was committed before eight o'clock, at which hour the night watchman went on duty. He did not go into the warehouse, and the robbery was not discovered till a servant went to the counting house next morning. He observed that a wicket in one of the large doors in the front of the ware house had been damaged, but supposing that a wherry had been run against it, he did not ascertain whether it would open. The counting-house has a glass front at the bottom of the warehouse. The doors had been broken open. The thieves first en tered the clerks' room, and there opened several drawers and stole a few shillings. They next broke ° Pen the office of Mr. J. H. Croxall, the goods nia , n ar4er, and removed the safe from its place. The safe 'weighed 3cwt., and(as appeared from the traces of i t at several places) it was carried a dis tance of shoat station-y ard4 200 yards to one corner of the goods .od ther e lif te d over a wa ll, ten feet in height, and dropped into a ti m b er -y ar d. Probably it may thence hem" 4 t e i n removed by way of Vicar lane in a vehcle. within high i walls, e station-yard is enclosed Baia police. The hour c h osen is not accessible to the examination made of the desks the robbery, and the circumstances which indicated a t and drawers, were ho.rough acquaint ance on the part of the thie-m u were was and the mode in which the estabwlilstlih the premises, discovercon ducted the thieves and to secure the stolen property. No traces of yet been found.—E races of either have r adford Observer' [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway' s Pills—Cold and Damp. —The vari a bl e t e mperatures of winter aro exceedingl y trying to robust frames, and every precaution is required to preserve the feeble from positive disease. Holloway' s Pills cleanse the blood from a ll im p urities which have en tered it, either from foul air or obstructed perspiration. This is a grand point both in preventing and curing all illnesses, and invaluable to a delicate constitution, because the corruptive circulation which weakened and destroyed the springs of life, thus purified by these Pills, must necessarily support and invigorate them. In congestion of the lungs, inflammation of the throat, coughs, colds, and hoarseness, Holloway's Pills prove the best remedies for repressing all argent symptoms, and the surest preventative of subse quent sufferings. 7ES7ING OF LOOO2IIO7IVE BOILERS. The Government inspector, Captain Tav'or, has issued his report consequent on the explos nof the engine Perseus at Paddington, on the 8 nit., by which the lives of three men were sacr ced. The result of the investigation was the disc very of ex tensive corrosion near the line of rivets at the bor tom of the middle ring of the engine, and the weak ness produced thereby was doubtless the cause of the explosion. The report concludes as follows : " The present explosion is a further proof that ad ditional care and attention are much required in the maintenance of the steam boilers of locomotive en gines. The common practice of allowing them to run from four to seven years without any internal examination, and without applying to them any test which would discover weakness arising from hidden defects, is a most dangerous one. The locomotive superintendents on some railways are in the habit of employing the simple, safe, and economical test of hydraulic pressure up to about 1801bs. to the square inch, and they do so judiciously; but the greater number of locomotive superintendents, and those of some of the principal railways, object to such a test as being unnecessary and undesirable. If such a test had been applied to the present boiler a few months before it exploded, its weakness would no doubt have been discovered. But more frequent examinations are also necessary, at internals say of every three years, or every 75,000 miles ; and dur ing these examinations any plate in which indica tions of furrow are observed ought to be at once replaced by a new one, instead of being left in its place for a further period of uncertain length. It is, in any case, in my opinion, a most unsafe prac tice to allow an engine to run on without any ex amination of the interior of the boiler, as the Perseus had done, at full pressure, for seven years and five months, and for a duty of 175,000 miles." LOSS OF THE LIFEGUARD, NEWCASTLE AND LONDON PASSENGER SHIP: We were informed, on Wednesday, of the loss of the splendid screw ship Lifeguard, the finest and fastest passenger vessel, running between the Thames and the Tyne. She was the property of Mr. W. D. Stephens, Newcastle, and left this town on Saturday afternoon for London. She had on board a full general cargo, and 32 passengers, her crew— of sailors, engineers, firemen, steward and stew ardess—numbering 21 persons. She has, we deeply regret to state, never arrived at her destination, as she ought in the ordinary course, on Mon day; and we would be only cruelly deluding the friends of all on board if we held out the slightest hope that she is still in safety. She was passed on Saturday night by the Pioneer, one of the General Steam Navigation Company's vessels, which also left Newcastle on Saturday afternoon. The Life guard was seen by Mr. Harty, the master of the Pioneer, when off Scarborough. The weather was then extremely squally, and the sea running a tre mendous height. It required all Capt. Harty's skill and attention to keep the Pioneer afloat, the sea breaking over her feat fully. He took her to London, however, in safety, but no tidings have been since heard of the ill-fated Lifeguard, and the respected owner and charterers have long ago aban doned all hope of her being in safety. Landsmen were at first in hope that she had merely been blown off the land, and would ultimately make her way into port. The circumstances of the weather and of the vessel, however, unfortunately negative all such hope. Her engines were placed very far aft, and it is generally supposed by seafaring men that the waves had overlapped the vessel astern, filled her engine-room, and extinguished her fires, and that she then broached to and foundered, car rying all on board down with her. Even if there were time to get out the boats they would not have been able to live a minute in the seas that were running. The Lifeguard was a comparatively new vessel, having only been built by Messrs. Palmer Brothers and Co. in 1857. The engines were of 80 horse power, and were by the same builders. Her gross register was 490:tons, net ditto 333 tons, and she was classed Al, nine years, at Lloyd's. Her commander was Capt. John Barry, ar.d the ship and cargo (there was no deck cargo) was valued at £lB,OOO. The ship was covered by insurance. Since the vessel has been overdue the scene at the London wharf has been most painful, there being an inces sant crowd of anxious inquirers after friends and relatives among both passengers and crew. Of the passengers, most of whom were proceeding to London to spend the holidays with their friends, a young man named Chaldicott, a clerk in one of the offices on the Quay, and a member of the New castle Rifle Corps, was well known. One of the passengers was a young lady filling a responsible office in one of the ladies' seminaries in this town. Six of the passengers occupied berths in the cabin, and seemed to be highly respectable. The re mainder were in the steerage ; but there were very few if any sailors among them. The melancholy occurrence has sent a thrill of pain throughout the entire town.—Netecastle Journal. FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE GREAT IVOR7.HERN RAILWAY. A most fearful collision, involving serious injury to several passengers, and a great loss of property, happened on Wednesday afternoon, at the Barnet station of the Great Northern Railway. According to the particulars furnished us, it appears that about four o'clock the above afternoon, a coal train was being shunted out of the siding on to the main line, but what precautions were taken to protect the road while this work was being performed by putting on the auxiliary signal has not transpired. It would seem that the shunting was going on when the up-express train from the north, due at King's cross about a quarter past four, was heard coming up at its usual rate of speed, not having to stop at the station. The obstruction was observed by the driver of the engine, but the distance was not sufficient to enable him to bring up before dashing into the coal waggons. To add to the difficulties, there is a descent in the line approaching Barnet from Potter's Bar of 1 in 200, and being Christmas Eve the train was unusually heavy. The shock of the collision is described to have been one of a fearful character. The coal waggons were thrown high over each other across the line in a dreadful confusion, bringing down a foot-bridge erected over the railway, and ploughing up the per manent way. The speed of the passenger train had been somewhat reduced, but the force with the coal waggons caused the engine and tender to leave the metals, occasioning an alarming crash among the carriages. As may be imagined the greatest terror seized the passengers, and on alighting se veral passengers were found to be much hurt. The full extent of their injuries could not be correctly ascertained, but the nature of the collision led to the inference that a large number of the passengers must have sustained some damage more or less, The company report four passengers (two ladies) to be hurt. Medical men were soon in attendance to attend to those wounded. As the coal waggons were thrown over in such a way as to entirely block up the line, the most prompt measures were taken to warn the approach ing up and down trains. Gangs of labourers were set to work to clear the road, but it was some hours ere the traffic could be resumed, occasioning the greatest inconvenience to the traveilers leaving King's-cross and those bound to London. The in jured passengers were sent up to town and for• warded to their respective homes. Yesterday the directors were engaged in insti tuting an inquiry into the collision. It is stated that the auxiliary _signal was put on, but too late, or rather after the train had passed. Considering the t _ character of the collision, it is most providential Ra il in t t ;: eaereso za n st o e ; nat a v t oe t f ended with loss of life. The de laY in the departure and arrival of the trains at ____ r t i h s e e a t c o c i t d h e e n t. most NEGLECT OF D tr 7 gommITTAL Latham, general manager A RAILWAY MANAGER FOR Railway, was on understand that Mr. John wedi f e e sci r of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Linlithgow, on the chargeaYoramined tefore the sheriff of enable neglect of duty in ,f 13th October last. Mr. connexion with the aceid el.tu Latham was admitted to chairman of qv; Peter Blackburn, of Company, becoming ieo3nrnfor him.—Scotsman. ciiaujiti THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEVIBER 27, 186% A STORY OF 7HE WAR. The Key West New Era publishes a remarkable narrative furnished to it by two men of the 21st Ohio regiment, wlo recently arrived at that place, having effected their escape from the Confederate States. They were two of a party of 20 whom Gen. Mitchel sent from Huntsville on special service so long ago as the beginning of last April. They were disguised in citizens' clothes, and succeeded in mak ing their way to Chattanooga. There they took the cars for Marietta, Georgia—one Andrews, a Ken tuckian, and an exceedingly daring fellow, acting as guide and leader. After speaking of their arrival the narrative proceeds : i 4 The next morning, before daylight, we again took the cars, and went back the same road to a place called Big Shanty, a refreshment saloon on the line of the Georgia and Atlantic State road, where were encamped about 10,000 Confederate troops. It was the general rendezvous for re cruits and the organisation of regiments. The train con tained a number of soldiers as well as citizens, together with a quantity of provisions, and an iron safe contain ing a large amount of Confederate scrip to pay the troops at Corinth; and here it. was that we knew the duty we were expected to do—namely, destroy the track and bridges on the line of the road, and thus prevent rein forcements and commissary stores from reaching Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. Our whole party, consisting of 20, left the cars, and divided into squads of three and four, taking stations on each side of the train—Andrews station ing himself at the coupling-pin of the third car. [lt must here be stated that a number of our party were engineers, and thoroughly understood the business we had on hand.] One of our engineers was at his post, and found everything all right. All hands now mounted the cars, although the guard was within three feet of them, the word was given, Andrews drew the coupling-pin, and cried ' All right.' The train, now consisting of three cars and the engine, was started off with as little noise as possible. We soon lost sight of the lights at Big Shanty, and at the first curve the train was stopped, and one of the party climbed the tele graph pole and cut the wires ; we then started, and the next point, at a town, name unknown, we tore up the track, and took a rail with us on the car, and thus we continued tear ing up the track and cutting the wires after passing a town. Unfortunately, however, for us, the train was running in a very slow schedule, and we were compelled to switch off and let the down train pass us. At the first sta tion this occurred, the engineer of the road made his ap pearance, and was about to step on the engine, when Andrews told him he could not come on board, as this was an extra train to run through to Corinth, and the present party were engaged to carry it there, and in support of the assertion the iron safe was shown. This apparently satis fied the engineer, and we took in wood and water, and again started. A second time we were compelled to switch off, and, in order to get the switch keys, Andrews, who knew the road well, went into the station, and took them from the office. This caused considerable excitement, but we quieted it in a measure by stating that our train contained gunpowder for Beauregard at Corinth, and soon after we again started. About 20 miles south of Dalton, Georgia, we came to a bridge, and here we set fire to one of our cars, piled on wood, and left it on the bridge, designing to set it on fire also. At this time, the engineer at the Rome Breech, suspecting that all was not right, started up the track, and, we suppose, found the rails torn up, and imme dire ely returned to the junction, tot* on board a quantity of rails, and followed after us. Where we had torn up the rails he immediately laid one, and without stopping to fasten it started over slowly and gave chase. Soon he came to the bridge with the burning car, which had not yet caught the bridge. In the meantime we had switched off to let an express pass, which train was duly informed of our character by discovering the track torn up, and stopped, but was soon joined by the Rome engineer, who had succeeded in turning the burning car off the bridge : they then started for us, laving the track as they went along, which they could do in a much shorter time than we could tear it up. Thus it was theyovertook us at work, and as soon as we found ourselves discovered speed was our hope, and at it we went, but unfortunately for us our fuel was nearly out, and it was then determined to leave the engine, and take to the woods. Accordingly we stopped and re versed her, intending she should run back upon our pur suers ; but in this we failed, as she had not sufficient steam to turn her over, and our object had failed from a combina tion of unfortunate circumstances. Ten minutes mere would have set the bridge on fire, and the Rome engineer, with the rails, could not have followed us, and the down ex press was entirely useless. It was our intention to have de stroyed all the bridges, run into Chattanooga, wait until the evening train passed, and then gone on to Bridgeport, de stroyed the bridge over the Tennessee River, and then away for Huntsville and join Gen. Mitchel. Our troubles now commenced, and the greatest of all one Arn--"-- --- the division of our party. 'IN as now every man for himself. We started for the Tennessee River, but, being entirely un acquainted with the country, mistook our way, and, after being hunted through the woods and twice fired at, made our escape. Our travels from this time were a succession of hardships and difficulties. We crossed the mountains, and made the Tennessee River, where we found a small boat, with which we made our way down the river to Stephen son, Alabama. Here we found the entire rebel force in a complete state of confusion, occasioned, as we learnt, by a visit from our cavalry, which had made a dash into the town, captured a few prisoners, and left that morning. We had succeeded in passing through the town safely, when we suddenly came upon a force of rebel cavalry, commanded by Colonel Stephenson, who took us prisoners, just 14 days after leaving the balance of our party. We were immedi ately recognised as belonging to Andrews's party, and, after being confined one night in Stephenson, we were taken on the cars to Chattanooga, and confined in gaol, where we found the whole party. It was endeavoured to make us give the name of the engineer, as they had a terrible fate wait for him, but not one of the party would divulge his name. A court-martial was ordered to try Andrews, and Pittenger, of the 2d Ohio, was taken out as a witness, and by alternate offers of pardon and persecution they en deavoured to make him testify against Andrews, but he was true to his word and companions, and the Court could gain nothing from him. Andrews and Pittenger were then sent back to us in gaol, and we expected nothing less than the whole party would be hung. At this time, about the 10th of May, Chattanooga was threatened by our forces and, for safe keeping, we were run off to Madison, Georgia. At Marietta the cars were stopped by a mob who threatened to drag us from the cars and hang us to trees, but the officer in charge of the train prevented them from carrying it into execution by placing a strong guard around the car, and the mob, atter a great effort, was dispersed. We arrived in safety at Madison, where, after being kept in confine ment three days, we were informed we were to be again taken to Chattanooga, as the Yankees did not intend to try and take that place. Accordingly, we were again taken back to that place, where the whole party-22 in number— were chained with heavy irons, and confined in a dark dun geon, 13 feet square, and for six weeks were fed on half fare, of the most miserab'e quality. We were stripped of all in our pockets, and left without a cent. Again the court martial was ordered, but this time at Knoxville, and 12 of our party were taken there and confined in large iron cages. The Court found seven of them guilty of being spies and lurkers around the camps. Our forces at this time advanced upon Cumberland Gap, and Knoxville was threatened, and in order that we may he /safely kept, the whole party, in cluding the ten at Chattanooga, were sent to Atlanta, Georgia. Previous to leaving Chattanooga, Andrews's sentence was read to him, which was that he was to be hung in six days. It was then determined to attempt an escape by cutting through the gaol, which was accomp lished in one night, and just at daybreak Andrews twisted his blanket into the form of a rope, and succeeded in reaching the fence. Whollam next followed, hut was discovered. Andrews, in attempting to climb the gaol yard fence, was also seen and fired upon by the guard, but succeeded in getting over. Whollam also made a dash and cleared the fence. Both then took to the river, and for the time escaped. Three days afterwards Andrews was cap tured and brought back, and seven days elapsed before poor Whollam was found. He had travelled 80 miles down the river, and was twice within hail of the Union gunboats,but was afraid to make himself known. As soon as those two had been brought back, Andrews was chained, hands and feet, and the irons rivetted on, the shackles being of im mense weight end sufficient to have held an ox. The whole party were then run off to Atlanta, Georgia. On the 7th of June Andrews was taken from the gaol and hung, or rather strangled to death, for the tree on which they hung him was so low that when his head touched the limb his toes touched the ground, and it was necessary to dig the sand away in order that he could be choked ; his irons and shackles were still on him. After remaining in gaol about seven days, the Provost •Marshal came to our cell and took out the seven that were tried at Knoxville. These were taken from the cell into an adjoining prison, and then sen tence of death was read to them, and permission refused them to return to their comrades before execution, which took place in half an hour after leaving us. They were hung with cotton ropes, and two of the party broke down, and were allowed to live about an hour, and see them put their comrades in coffins, after which they were again hung up and their lifeless bodies passed our gaol window in about half an hour. The balance of the party, expecting from day to day to be taken out and hung, still lingered e n a most miserable existence for the space of four months. In Oeto. ber we were told that a Court-martial was about to be con-' veiled to try us, and it was resolved to attempt an escape. Accordingly, on the evening of the 15th of October, just as our gaoler brought up our supper, we, together with a Captain Fry, who was confined with us, known as the notorious Captain Fry, spy, and bridge-burner, rushed from our cell, took the keys, and released four other prisoners, and in a body fell upon the guard and disarmed them. We then succeeded in scaling the fence, and took the shortest cut for the woods,distant about a mile. By this time the guard and sentinels were after us, and, as they began to fire upon us, our party scattered and ran, every man for himself. We two, however, kept together, and made good our escape. How many of the party were re taken or shot it is impossible to say. Captain Fry, after being repeatedly shot at, staggered and fell; it is therefore pretty certain that he was killed. We kept on, and after wandering in the woods for 22 days, occasionally coining within hearing of cavalry, and several times being near caught, subsisting upon corn and such things as we could forage, we reached the borders of the Chatabooche River, and there found a boat, with which we came down the stream, and, after alternate rowing and drifting, subsisting on raw catfish and berries, we reached Columbus, Georgia, but did not venture in the city, as we discovered a great many soldiers there. Again we started off, determined to reach the Gulf coast, being told by negroes that our block ading fleet were stationed there. After a journey of 11 days, during which we suffered from hunger and thirst,with scarce sufficient rags left of our clothes to cover our bodies, our feet bzuised and lacerated, we succeeded in reaching Apalachicola Bay, on the coast of Florida, and there, for the first time in eight months, beheld the _flag of the United States floating from the steamer Somerset. We were taken on board and treated with the utmost kindness, and in due course transferred to the steamers Stars and Stripes, in which, on the 10th of November, we arrived at Key West, nearly eight months from the time when we left our regi ment. CROSSING- 01 711 E _RAPPAHANNOCK (From the .11ew York limes of Dec. 13.) FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY NIGHT, DEC. 11. The advance of the right grand division of the Army of the Potomac rests here to-night, after a series of operations which are certainly among the most extraordinary of the war. To those who retired to rest uninformed of what night was destined to bring forth the spectacle this morn ing must have seemed strange enough to be the improvisa tion of the magician's art. 150 pieces of cannon covered the circular sweep of the heights of Fredericksburg ; 150,000 men in battle array had sprung from the earth, and lay ready for the advance behind those heights. But to the ini tiated, who spent the night in vigils, and knew what work crowded its busy hours, it was all intelligible enough. All night artillery came, and came with its ceaseless heavy rumble, and as each battery arrived from the rear it was posted in the place selected for it by the Chief of Artillery. All night the perpetual tramp of men moving to the front filled the air. Pontoon trains unwound their long snake like forms, and were drawn, each boat by its team, down to the river's brink. It bad been determined, in council of war, held on Wed nesday, that instead of extending our lines of operations along the river from Falmouth to Port Conway the entire army should be crossed at or near Fredericksburg. Five pontoon bridges were to be thrown across the river, the first at the Lacy-house, which lies directly opposite the end of the main street of Fredericksburg, half a mile be low Falmouth; the second and third within a few hundred yards from the first. The ieniai ing two were to be thrown over a mile and a half or two miles further down the stream, and on these the grand division of Gen. Franklin— the left —would cross; while Sumner's and Hooper's grand divi sions, right and centre, would use the three upper ones. It was about 3 o'clock this morning when the boats were unshipped from the trams of the river's brink. Swiftly and silently the Engineer Corps proceeded to their work. A dense fog filled the valleys and water margin, though which the bridge builders appeared as spectral forms. The re cital of the limes' special correspondent with the left will inform you of the details of the construction of the two lower—Franklin's—bridges. Work there was performed with perfect success, the Engineers being allowed to com plete the first without any interruption whatever, while the construction of the other was but slightly interrupted by the fire cf the rebel sharpshooters. We were not so fortunate with the upper bridges. The artificers had but got fairly to work when, at 5 o'clock, the firing of two guns from one of the enemy's batteries an nounced that we were discovered. They were signal guns, Rapid volleys of musketry, discharged at our bridge builders immediately followed, This was promptly responded to on our side by the opening of several batteries. The fog, how ever, still hung densely over the river. it was still quite dark, and the practice of the artillerist was necessarily very much at random. The Engineer Corps suffered severely from the fire of the sharpshooters concealed in the town. The little band was being murderously thinned, and pre sently the work on the bridges slackened, and then ceased. 111 eanwhile the firing from our batteries, posfed about a mile from the river, was kept uivigorously. The effect was singular enough, and it was difficult to believe that the whole affair was not a phantasmagoria. It was still quite dark, the horizon around being lit up only by the flash of projectiles, which reappeared in explosive flames on the other side of the river. Daylight came, but with it came not clearness of vision for onlookers. The mist and smoke not only did not lighten, but grew more opaque and heavy, hugging the ground closely. Our gunners, however, still continue to launch their missiles to a venture. The rebel batteries hardly re turned our fire, and this chariness of their ammunition they ' , reserved all day—not a the whole forenoon. Towards S o'clock a large party of General officers, among them General Burnside, the Corps commanders, and many others of high rank, had congregated in front of and on the balcony of (len. Sumner's head-quarters, Phillips'-house, situate about a mile directly back of the Lacy-house. The performance could be heard, but not seen- -the stage was obstinately hidden from view, and all were impatient that the curtain should rise, Aids and couriers came and went with messages to and from the batteries and bridges. At half-past 9 o'clock official notification was received that the two bridges on the extreme left were completed, and Gen. Franklin sent to Gen. Burnside to know if he should cross his force at once. The reply was that he should wait until the upper bridges were completed. Meanwhile, with the latter but little progress was made. During the next couple of hours half a dozen attempts were was repulsedmade to with completese severe e t r h bridges, ee loss.O n the occasion of one essay, Capt. Brainerd, of the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers, went out on the bridge with 11 men. Five im mediately fell by the balls of the rebel sharpshooters, Capt. Perkins led another party, and was shot through the neck, and the 66th and 57th New York Regiment, which were supporting the 50th and 15th New York Volunteer Eugi neers—Gen. Woodbury's Brigade—suffered severely. It was a hopeless task, and we made little or no progress. The rebel sharpshooters, posted in the cellars of the houses of the front street, not 50 yards from the river, behind stone walls and in rifle.pits, were able to pick off with damnable accuracy any party of engineers venturing on the half. completed bridges. The case was perfectly clear. Nothing can be done till they me dislodged from their lurking places. There is but one way of doing this effectually—shell the town. At 10 o'clock Gen. Burnside gives the order, "Concentrate the fire of all your guns on the city, and batter it down I" You may believe they were not loth to obey. The artillery of the right-8 batteries—was commanded by Col. Hays; Colonel Tomkins, right centre, 11 batteries; Col. Tyl er , left centre, 7 batteries ; Captain De Russy, left, 9 batte ries. in a few moments these th rty-five batt er i es , form ing a total of 179 guns, ranging from 10-pounder Parrott's to 41-inch siege guns, posted along the convex side of the arc of the circle, formed by the bend of the river opened on the doomed and fic, and regarded merely city.an d Thee o fi p e p e o t s A i v t 8 1: r o e f d c e o r u i c r k s e s 1.) , t u e r r g ri , as a phenomenon was among the most awfully grand con ceivable. Perhaps what will give you the liveliest idea of its effect is a succession, absolutely without intermission, of the very loudest thunder peals. It lasted thus for up wards of an hour, 50 rounds being fired from each gun, and I know not how many hundred tons of iron were thrown into the town. The congregated Generals were transfixed. Mingled satis faction and awe was upon every face. But what was tanta lising was that, though a great deal could be heard, nothing could be seen, the city being still enveloped in fog and mist. Only a denser pillar of smoke defining itself on the back ground of the fog indicated where the town had been fired by our shells. Another and another column showed itself, and we presently saw that at least a dozen houses must be on fire. Towards noon the curtain rolled up, and we saw that it was indeed so. Fredericksburg was in conflagration. Tre mendoukthough this firing has been, and terrific though its effect obviously was on the town, it had not accomplished the object intended. It was found by our gunners almost impossible to obtain a sufficient depression of their pieces to shell the front part of the city, and the rebel sharpshooters were still compazatively safe behind the thick stone walls of the houses. During the thick of the bombardment a fresh attempt had been made to cmaplete the bridge. It failed, and evi dently nothing could be done till a party could be thrown over to clean out the rebels and cover the bridge head. For this mission General Burnside called for volunteers, and Colonal Hall, of Fort Sumter fame, immediately responded that he had a brigade that would do the business. Accord ingly the 7th Michigan and 19th Massachusetts, two small regirmuts, numbering in all about 400 men, were selected for that purpose. The plan was that they should take the pontoon boats of the first bridge, of which there wei e 10 lying on the bank of the river, waiting to be added to the half-finished bridge, cross over in them, and, lauding, drive out the rebels. Nothing could bs more admirable or more gallant than the execution of thin daring feat. Rushing down the steep banks of the river, the party found temporary shelter behind the pontoon boats lying scattered on the bank, and behind the piles of planking destined for the covering of the bridge, behind rocks, &c. In this situation they acted some 15 or 20 minutes as sharpshooters, they and the rebels observing each other. In the meantime new and vigorous artillery firing was commenced on our part, and just as soon as tt. is was fairly developed the 7th Michigan rose from their crouching paces, rushed for the pontoon boats, and, push ing them into the water, rapidly filled them with 25 or 30 each. The first boat pushes off. Now, if ever, is the rebels' opportunity. Crack I crack I crack I from 50 lurking places go rebel rifles at the gallant fellows, who stooping low in the boat, seek to avoid 'he file. The murderous work is well done. Lustily, however, pull the oarsman, and presently, having passed the middle of the stream, the boat and its gallant freight come under cover of the opposite bluffs. Another and another boat follows. NOW is their oppor tunity. Nothing could be more amusing, in its way, than the result. Instantly they see a new turn of affairs. The rebels pop up by the hundred, like so many rats, from every cellar, riflepit, and stone wall, and scamper off up the streets of the town. With all their fleetness, however, many of them were much too slow. With incredible rapidity the Michigan and Massachusetts boys sweep up the hill, mak ing a rush for the lurking places occupied by the rebels; and gaining them, each man captured his two or three prisOners. The pontoon boats on their return trip took over more than 100 of these fellows. You can imagine with what intense interest the crossing of the first boat-load of our men was watched by the nume. rous spectators on the shore, and with what enthusiastic shouts their landing on the opposite side was greeted. It was an authentic piece of human heroism, which moves men as nothing else can. The problem was solved. This flash of bravery had done what scores of batteries and tons of metal had failed to accomplish. The country will not for get that little band. The loss in the perilous enterprise was, so far as I could ascertain, as follows : Killed—A. Wickson, company A, and Corporal Joseph L. Rice, company C. Wounded—J. N. Basna, company G, mortally; Riley Faulkner, severely ; Lieutenant Secore, company C ; C. H. liewson, company C, hand; Sergeant Thomas Galdwell, company F, severely wounded in the shoulder; and Joseph Crene, company F, arm. The party once across, and the rebels cleaned out, it took the engineers but a brief period to complete the bridge. They laid hold with a will, plunging waist-deep into the water, and working as men work who are under inspiration. In less than half an hour he bridge was completed, and the head of the column of the Right Grand Division, con sisting of General Howard's command, was moving upon it over the Rappahannock. A feeble attempt from the rebel batteries was made to shell the troops in crossing, but it failed completely. Your correspondent found an opportunity to cross the river along with the party who first went over, in a boat, having been curious to take a closer view of the city which we have for near a month been observing over the river, not 300 yards wide, without the power of visitation. As the rebels were in very considerable force on the heights back of the city, one could not extend his perambulations beyond the street fronting on the river. Every one of the houses which I here entered, a dozen or more, is torn to pieces by shot and shell, and the fire still hotly rages in a dozen parts of the city. A few citizens—a score or two, perhaps—male and female,presently made their appearance, emerging out of the cellars, whither they had taken refuge during the bombardment. Three women, white, whom we found in a cellar, told us that they, with a majority of the inhabitants, had moved out of Fredericksburg a fortnight or so previously, but that, growing reassured by our long delay, they, with a good many others, had come back the evening before. The former inhabitants they report as now living in various parts of the environs, some in negro huts, and other in tents made with bedclothes, &o. During the afternoon of the bombardment we observed a couple of white handkerchiefs waved out of the 'windows of a house in the city. This was taken by some for a flag of truce, and the chief of Artillery was on the point of causing the shelling to cease. General Burnside, however, having decided that it was probably only the wonted rebel ruse, ordered operations to be continued. We found out that the demonstrations were made by two women referred to, with the desire that we should send over a boat and convey them away from Fredericksburg. Among other prominent objects during the bombardment was a large British flag flying over the house of the English Consul. This personage, however, was not found in hie house when we entered the city, and the flag was taken possession of and brought away. A number of rebel dead were found in various parts of the city, some exhibiting frightful mutilations from shells, and I took as a trophy a rifle, still loaded, out of the grasp of a hand belonging to a headless trunk. The infantry in the city appear to have been Mississip pians, South Carolinians, and Floridans. Those of them we took prisoners were wretchedly clad, and mostly with out blankets or overcoats, but they generally looked stout and healthy, and certainly in far better condition,than they could have been were there any truth in the report of some deserters the other day to the effect that for three weeks they had nothing to eat but the persimmons they were able to pick up. Although we are not yet fully informed of the present position of the enemy, there seems to be good ground to claim that General Burnside has succeeded in outgeneraling and outwitting them. His decoys to make them believe that we were about to cross our main force at Port Con way seem to have succeeded admirably. I suppose there is no harm now in my mentioning that among the ruses he employed was sending down, the day before yesterday, to Port Conway 300 waggons, and bringing them back by a different road, for the sole purpose of making the rebels believe we were about to cross the river at that point. To the same end, workmen were busily employed in laying causeways for supposed pontoon bridges there, while the gunboats wore held as bugaboos at the same place. Com pletely decet,..s. tbia •••••Vtni e•••••••••••• :- eluding Jackson's command, seems to have been two or three days ago, transferred 20 or 25 miles down the river. It must be remembered, however, that without the utmost celerity on our part they can readily retrieve this blunder by a forced march or two. Signal guns, at 5 o'clock this morning, gave them the cue to what was going on, and doubtless they have not been idle during the intervening hours. To-morrow will disclose what unseen moves have been made on the chessboard. W. S. TVILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Lord John Dutton Sherborne, late of Sherborne-lodge and Standish house, Gloucestershire, and Hyde Park-gardens, was proved in London, under £lOO,OOO personalty; the executors nominated being his lordship's nephew, the Right Hon. Charles John Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; James Houghton Langston, Esq., of Saraden-house, Oxford; and Charles F. Bailey, Esq., of Stratford-place. Lord Sherborne was possessed of considerable landed pro perty, principally in Hampshire, Gloucestershire, and Cheshire, and succeeded to the title and estates, on the demise of his father, in 1820. His lordship attained to the great age of 83, and leaves a large family by his first wife, the daughter of Lord Sto well. The will bears date March, 1861, and byre-. ferring to deeds executed in 1826 and 1848 the testator has made them part of the will, which — with a codicil dated July, 1862—comprises 468 folios. His lordship by these deeds has settled his estates chit fly upon his eldest son, the present baron, provision being made for his other children, as well as for his relict. There is a legacy of £5,000 to his daughter, the Dowager Countess of Ducie ; a like sum of £5,000 to his son-in-law, Lord Dansany ; and legacies of £5,000 to two daughters of the pre sent Lord Sherborne. Liberal legacies are also left to his servants—Ll,ooo to his butler, £3OO to this farm bailiff, and annuities to his cook, housemaid, nurse, late gamekeeper, and other domestics. The will of Major-General Sir John E. Wilmot Inglis, K.C.8., late of the Island of Corfu, who died at Homburg, in Germany, on the 27th of September last, was proved in London on the 3d inst., the exe cutors appointed being Wm. Fredk. Higgins, Esq., and John Crooke Halliburton, Esq. The personalty in his country was sworn under £lO,OOO. The gal lant general held the command of the troJps in the lonian Islands, and was colonel of the 32d Foot, and had been attached to that regiment throughout the whole of his military career, in which he had served with distinction and reward in Canada and India, and died at the early age of 48. His name will ever be associated with Lawrence, at the successful defence of the residency of Lucknow. The general's will is entirely in his own handwriting, and was executed in 1851, he then holding the rank of " Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel of the 32d Regiment," which designation he appended to his signature, witnessed by " Frederic Thesiger and Grace Martin." The will is very brief, and disposes of all investments, upon the decease of Lady Inglis, amongst their children in equal portions. Sir John was the son of the late Bishop of Nova Scotia, and grandson of the first bishop of that colony. His relict, Lady Inglis, is the daughter of Lord Chelmsford, recently Lord High Chancellor of England. The will of Mrs. Ann Cutto, of Grenada-place, Surrey, relict of Mr. Abraham Ditto, was proved in London on the 4th inst ; the personalty was sworn under £16,000. The executors are Mr. Wm. Howard and Mr. R. Strong, both of Old Kent-road. This lady, who died on the 25th ult., executed her will in September last, leaving to charitable insti tutions legacies little short of £lO,OOO. Her shares (numbering 72) which she held in the London Joint Stock Bank she bas given, in four equal portions, to a godchild and to three other friends; and there are legacies of £lOO each left to a few other individuals ; but the residue of her property she has not disposed of, which, it is stated in the will, it was her inten tion to do by codicil ; such document, however, ap pears not to have been executed. The following are the charitable bequests :--The National Lifeboat Institution ; British Orphan Asylum, Clapham ; Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead ; Asylum for Fatherless Children, Croydon; Governesses' Bene volent Institution, Sons of Clergy, St. Ann's Society, Idiots' Society, and Blind Asylum, St. George's, to each a legacy of £lOOO ; to the Marine Society, Bi shopsgate, £100; the United Law Clerks' Society, £5O; and to the Refuge for the Destitute, £5O; all legacies to be paid in lull, free of legacy duty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 26. L AMBETH.—OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES—Thomas Lane, a labourer, who gave his address 36 or 38, Clement's-lane, Strand, was placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton on a charge of obtaining two sovereigns from Mrs. Sophia Stacy. Mrs. Stacy deposed that her husband was sub contractor for building some warehouses in the Belgrave-road, Lambeth, and on Monday afternoon last the prisoner came to her house, and said he had been sent by Mr. Stacy, her husband, for two sovereigns to pay to some bricklayers She ob served that it was strange her husband should want money as he had taken some out with him that morning. The prisoner replied that he had bought a horse and this might account for his pay ing away all the money he had about him. Wit ness next said she wondered Mr. Stacy had not sent their boy for the money, and the prisoner re plied that he would have done so, but neither Mr. Stacy nor himself could find Freddy though they had both looked for him for some time, and that wes the reason for sending him. The prisoner then looked at his watch, and said he hoped she would soon make up her mind, as Mr. Stacy and the men were waiting, and she gave him two sovereigns. The prisoner gave her a parcel, saying it was some colouring stuff, and Mr. Stacy desired she should keep it dry; but on subsequently opening it she found it to consist of cinders and mere rubbish. Mr. Stacy said the prisoner had been in his em ploy, but had been discharged on the 13th inst. Witness had not sent him to his wife for any money, nor did he want any ; and having met him by ac cident that morning near the Horse Guards, he gave him into custody. Police-constable 192 A said the prisoner at first denied the charge, but on their way to the station house he asked witness's opinion as to how the magistrate would dispose of the case, as one of em bezzlement or of felony. The witness produced a watch which he took from the prisoner, and which was a perfect curiosity, as that part which should contain the works was occupied only by some bat tered brass works, which could not have been in use for half a century 4 The prisoner, who said his necessities had driven him to the act, was remanded to a future day. SERIOUS CHARGE OF CAUSING DEATH.—Fred. Woomton, a cab-driver, was charged with causing the death of Harry Polly, by driving over him. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, on Monday evening last, while intoxicated, drove along the Kennington-road, at a rapid pace, and on turning the corner, at the Horns Tavern, he knocked down the deceased, and drove over him. He was going on as if nothing had happened until stopped by a constable, and then made use of his cab to remove the unfortunate man to the hospital. His conduct was also so bad as to excite the dis gust of the crowd that had assembled. The poor man was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he lingered until Wednesday, when he died of the injuries he had received. The prisoner was remanded to a future day, the magistraterefusing to admit him to bail. SOUTHWARK.--EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF IRON.—Robert Green and John Hewlett, carmen, in the employ of Mr. Wise, contractor,were brought before Mr. Combe, for final examination, charged with stealing three iron cantlings, weighing up wards of 2 cwt. each, the property of Messrs.Coch rane and Co., of the Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, and the contractors for erecting the iron bridges on the Charing -cross and Chatham and Dover Rail ways, and James Willoughby, a marine-store dealer, of Gravel-lane, Borough, was charged with receiv ing the same, well knowing them to be stolen. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the latter prisoner, instructed by the Marine-store Dealers' Mutual Improvement and Protection Society. George Holmes, 252 M, said that on Wednesday afternoon, the 24 t h ult., about 1 o'clock, he was on duty in- Gravel-lane, with Brichlear, another detec tive officer, when he saw Green and Hewlett toge ther near their respective carts ; Green left the other and went into Willoughby's shop, and in a minute or two came out and rejoined the other, when he took a heavy piece of iron called a cantling into Willoughby's shop. He came out again, and then Hewlett took another piece of iron into Willoughby's shop. He came out again, and then went to the cart and took a third piece of iron to Green, who e ntprpa Willoughby's sh o p w ith it, wh e n witness followed him in, and saw, Willougnoy weighing one of the pieces in the scales. The latter said that he had not purchased any of it, and the only thing he had to do with the iron was to weigh it for the other prisoners. Mr. Jos. Phillips, agent to Messrs. Cochrane and Co., of the Woodside Iron Works,Dndley,identified the three large pieces of iron as their property. They were called " cantlings," and were extremely , valuable, being used in the erection of the iron rail way bridges. As old iron most likely the marine store dealer did not give more than 3s. or 4s. each for them. Green and Hewlett did not deny taking the cant lings, and Willoughby declared that he n e ver pur chased either of them. Mr. Combo committed them all for trial. At the request of Mr. Lewis,his worship accepted bail for the prisoner Willoughby. THAMES.—A FEYERDEN.--J.Williams,a native ofChili,and seamen's boarding-house keeper,who has been frequently convicted by the magistrates of this court for assaults and detaining sailors' effects, ap peared before Mr. Selfe upon an adjourned sum mons taken out by Mr. Joseph Price, one of the inspectors appointed to carry out the provisions of the Common Lodging-house Act, and which sum mons charged the defendant with keeping a non registered lodging-house. It appeared that the prisoner had lately taken possession of a large and commodious boarding house for foreign seamen kept for many years by John Seymour, a respectable man, a Greek. In Seymour's time the house was properly registered and licensed to receive 29 persons only. On the Bth instant Seymour gave up possession of the house to the defendant, abandoned the registration, and removed all his furniture. On the night of the 10th inst., Inspector Price, accompanied by Sergeant Cutbash, 48 A, visited the house, which had undergone a complete transformation since Sey mour left it. Instead of 29 lodgers, the number for which it was formerly licensed, there were 49 Peru vian soldiers in the building, in seven rooms. A majority of them were lying on the floor without bed and bedding. The house was in a filthy condi tion, and the whole of the Peruvians were suffering from cold, fever, rheumatism, and other diseases. Seymour was in the first instance summoned, and he shifted the responsibility to the defendant. Wil liams now wanted to make out that the commander of the Peruvian man-of-war Arica, now lying in the West India Dock, under whose orders he was act ing, ought to have been proceeded against. It was proved that a man named Davis, who was directly hired by Williams, cooked for the Peruvians. Mr. Selfe said he had nothing to do with Sey mour or the commander of the Peruvian vessel, and he would not be hoodwinked and allow the law to be evaded with impunity. There was no doubt the defendant was really and substantially the landlord of the house, and had the control of it. The Peru vian soldiers were lodged in filthy rooms, and two thirds of them had no beds or bedding, or anything to cover them. It was no wonder the men were ill, and that so many of them were stricken with fever and colds. Williams could assure the magistrate he made no profit out of the soldiers, and that the commander of the Peruvian man-of-war would have attended and explained every thing if he had not been very ill. Mr. Selfe—No doubt he is ill if he has been in that filthy house of yours. The house is adapted for 29 lodgers only ; you have 49 in it, and it is not in a fit state to receive any. As to the profits, I think they must be considerable, when you have entered into an agreement to pay Seymour £l5 per month for the use of the house—an agreement of two months certain, from the Bth December. The defendant said he had received no notice to register his house, and make the necessary altera tions. Mr. Selfe—You have had plenty of notice. You have long kept a registered house elsewhere, and know what the law is well. The Peruvian soldiers ought to be removed from your house without delay, and I regret there is no summary mode of turning them out. We shall have a pestilence in Wellciose square. Inspector Price—All the soldiers are in a wretched condition, and many are very ill, Mr. Selfe fined the defendant £3 and costs. al Williams—l will pay the penalty, the House ofLords against the decision. (Laughter,) SINGULAR CASE OF ROBBERY AND BIGAMY. — Thomas Cooper, a tall, well-dress ed man, about 33 e . to and app years of age, was brought befor3 Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 22 cwt. of potat oes. Mr. C. Smith, a farmer o f Dagen h am, i n E ssex, said that in August, i n 1854, he was carryi ng on the business of a pota s t p o i s t a a at 24, Union-street, pri soner was then in his employ, and had been so for a short time only. ccehi vaer Charles-street , te2e deliveredst ~ hot s rand t i ,ini them,George-in He sent the prisoner on the 4th of August, 1854, with a team and a load of ' a greengrocer, of 36, -the-East. The pri sonerpotatoes to Mr. Robert Davis, il t l o Mr. Davis, and re with which he ab sconded. He the prisoner since until that day. The horses and van were found ' near the Eastern Counties Railway Station, on the night of the 4th August, 1854. The Prisoner—There is no case against me atall. I want to see the man who paid me the money. Mr. Selfe—And so do I want to see the man, and he must be here. I will adjourn the case for two hours. 0 n the prisoner being again arraigned, Mr. Davis, who is now carrying on business, said he received a load of potatoes from the prisoner in August, 1854, and paid him for them. There were more than Prisoner—Can than a ton. Th y - on swear that you paid me the money ? Mr. Davis—No, I cannot. Eight years and five months makes a vast difference 10 a man. Mr. Selfe—Do you believe the ;.irisoner is the man to whom you paid the money foi the load of potatoes ? Mr. Davis—l think he is. I have very little , doubt about it. I obtained a receipt when I paid the money, and I have since destroyed it. William Yardley, a police-constable, 259 R, said that he apprehended the prisoner at the Woolwich Police-court, on Tuesday last, after he had charged his wife with bigamy in feloniously intermarrying with Charles Drysdale, a sergeant of the Royal Marines. The charge of bigamy was admitted to be true, and the prisoner's wife said that she thought her first husband had been dead two years when she contracted the second marriage. Yardley then handed to the magistrate a written statement which was read. It was to the follow ing effect : " Statement of Jessie Ann Drysdale—l was married to Thomas Cooper on the 25th of SeP tember, 1842, being then 16 years of age. He was then employed by Mr. Charles Evans as carman. Previous to my being confined with my first child I was obliged to return to my parents' home, he having pawned and made away with almost every thing, including my clothes, and even my wedding ring. During this period, and up to the birth of my third child, I saw him only occasionally, and scarcely ever received from him more than 2s. 6d. per week, being principally supported by my grand mother who was in middling circumstancea. After the birth of the third child, in 1847, he communi cated to me a loathsome disease, and I was at tended by Dr, Llewelyn, of the Mile-end-road. After the birth of my fourth child he embezzled £2O from Mr. William Wybrow, soap manufac turer, and received 12 months' imprisonment at the Old Bailey_ After his release from that term of imprisonment, in consequence of his promise of amendment I gave him £lOO, a portion of the money left me by my grandmother, to set him 1 1 1 3 in business. After being in business about six weeks he went away with all the ready ca ol l available, and left me to carry on the business as best could, and remained away seven weeks, which caused me to sell everything at a sacrifice, and close the establishment. The same day he WO back he sold his horse and cart at the shop door, at about half the value. After selling the horse he went to the purchaser, and having borrowed th e horse, again sold it and got another twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. After his release he obtained £2O from my mother, £lO as a present, and £lO loan, upon a promise of repaying the sant! at 2s. 6d. per week, but which was never kW good. He then obtained a situation at Mr. Charles Smith's, potato salesman, in Spitalfields-mark et ! as a carman, from whose employment he absconded on the 4th of August, 1854, having embezzled 1 1 considerable sum of money, leaving myself andt three children chargeable to the parish. Serges li, ; Jackson, of the detective police, had charge o'. the case. Twelve months after his abscondi n g I heard he was dead, and that he died of fell in the Crimea during the war, and which report have every reason to believe was circulated by h im e self to avoid the punishment which he might 11 . been likely to receive upon his return to Engla n , o Having remained single two years and two mon th s after his desertion, with a sincere conviction tha t was dead, I married Sergeant Drysdale in October; 1856, and I now humbly place myself at you r mercy, as you can see by the statement the manna in which I have been treated by Thomas Coop er , during the period of my being married. He n ow goes by the name of Hubbard, for what reason . 1 ' cannot tell." Police-constable Yardley said the prisoner's Wif e j who wrote the statement produced, was c ommitte e for trial by Mr. Maude, but in consideration of t a mitigatory circumstances of the ease, he accep ted bail to the amount of £lO only for her appear anc e at the sessions. Mr. Selfe decided on 'sending the prisoner for trial for stealing 1:6 125., the property of his Wi le : ter, on the 4th of August, 1854. It would be nece° nary to produce formal proof of the prisoner's for mer ccnvictions on the trial. COUNTRY MARKEIS. - WAKEFIELD—Dna. 26. Wheat sold at la per qr above late rates, with a Pair er small supply. Fine barley firm ; inferior dull. 041 ' 4 beans, and shelling unaltered. Averages for the week : Wheat 1,728 qrs., at 46s 4i -d 8ar1ey......... 914 .. 32s 2d Peas .• Oats 75 Rye — Od Beans 166 37ss °ldid --d STAMFORD—DEc. 26. New wheat, 46s to 48s—red, 4s to 46s per 36 stn Barley, 32s to 40s per qr. Oats, _2ls to 26s per 24 atones Beans, 38s to 42s per qr. EXETER—DEc. 26. We have had a small supply of all descriptions of ° io e 1 to-day. Business dull. Wheat, white.. 6s 6d to 6s 9d Barley ..4a 3d t o 40 901 Ditto red .6s 3d to 6s 6dl Oats :. ..2s ba td 3s Flour, fine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 34s to 35s per sal" . caa d I Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to llsOd CATTLE Ewes, per lb .... dto -4 Ici Pork carcases, 8 s 6d t o 9 s Gd Wethers, d 0 .......6id to di Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, do. „Oct tol Rough fat, 3id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 26. • ill° Our sugar market was doing a steady business in early part of this week both in raws and refined, an,',1 0 0.• prices have been paid for the parcels sold, the marke t ' ing firm. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. l9. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... v e-,, ' ..... via Marseilles ......... Dan, 4, 4razil and Cape Verds, by British p ac k e t. ....... 3 2. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. 4, 911 ,,' 19 , China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.v e '' ..... via Marseilles ...De c ' 4, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vi:South: ...... .......................... 11 . 99 i . via Marseilles.... Dee . 0, India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec;Dec. 2O. via Marseilles ....... 0 A . Jan. '9 Portugal.... -) pe I Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... -'-'—' ..-, via Marseilles ........ D ec ' 4, Jan. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... De a' lB. by U.S. packet.. • • Dec' 19. by Canadian pac ket.veu io. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... Jan' Dee. 29. . Bahamas, via New Yo r k ........ 29. Mexico ...i)ec' ~, All parts of West Indies, i nc l u ding Chili, Peru, I Dec. 4 ,, '• California, and British C01umbia............ J THAMES EMBANKMENT COMMISSION.--TbiS CO111: mis inquiriession, recently re-appointed by the crown , has resuree' its relative to various matters conn t ,cted with the proposed new street communications, and questions relating to compensations for property. BIRTHS. LYALL.—On Christmas-day, at lledl e y , near Epsom, ill° wife of George Lyall, Esq., M.P., of a son. MonnrcE.—On the 20th inst. , th e wife of J. W. Morri cet Esq., Catthorpe Towers, near Rugby, of a W. NANGLE.—On the 2 0 th inst., a t Woolwich, the wil'O f Captain Nangle, R.A. , o f a daughter. PIM.—On Christmas-day,at Tathwell House, Belize-pe r t , N.W., the wife of Commander Bedford Pim, R.N., '9": son. MARRIAGES. BERuspoltD—SCOTT—On the 24th inst., at Tlir it Church, Twickenham, D. B. Beresford, Esq., to Fran o Browning, daughter of Captain Scott, R.N. Bunnows--TAYLOR.—On the 20th inst., at Christ Chtir t omrMrs, Jasperßurrows, K E a , 1 11 , 0 I r t: Mayor of Little ° St; lbw, r a re l Walden, s . eHenryix , ADOLPHUS.—On the 24t p h instA T ,I at park-square, W., John Le cester Adolphus, Esq., Berle cher of the Inner Temple. Y 1 /0- FoRBES.—On the 24th inst., at 4, St. Andrew's-Pla, c r e '„ c tlo gent's park, the Bight Hon. Lady Forbes, 0, ‘I" - ' his residence, 12, OY ° Forbesb d h . er eons ire, agc 64. R ea r NEWELL , A On the 24th inst., d at Kensington-square, ...- es Admiral Julius Newell. . 8 03 ' REES.—On the 25th inst , in Albemarle-street, ~° Rees, Esq., aged 90. isrillia ol SHEPHERD. —On the 20th inst., at Eaton -place, , Shepherd, Esq„ of Temple-bar, aged 61. 0 TI SWINNY.—On the 22d inst., suddenly, the Re v. Swinny, vicar of Cuddesdon. stre et. ' WOODMAN.—On the 17th inst., at 73, Great Tower - _ ~,,,s t. 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