The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

?HE ALABAMA. The foll3wing extracts from the official corre spondence respecting the Alabama are taken from the American papers : MR. ADAMS TO EARL RUSSELL, JUNE 23, 1862. I am now under the painful necessity of appris ing your lordship that a new and still more power ful war steamer is nearly ready for departure from the port of Liverpool on the same errand. This vessel has been built and launched from the dock yard of persons, one of wham is now sitting as a member of the House cf Commons, and is fitting out for the especial and manifest object of carrying on hostilities by sea. It is about to be commanded by one of the insurgent agents, the same who sailed in the Oreto. The parties engaged in the enterprise are persons well known at Liverpool to be agents and officers of the insurgents in the United States the nature and extent of whose labours are well expiained in the copy of an intercepted letter of one of them, which I received from my government some days ago, and which I had the honour to place in your lordship's hand on Thursday last. I now ask permission to transmit, for your con sideration, a letter addressed to me by the Consul of the United States at Liverpool, in confirmation of the statements here submitted, and to solicit such action as may tend either to stop the projected ex pedition, or to establish the fact that its purrose is not inimical to the people of the United States. MR. COLLIER'S OPINION. The accompanying copy of a statement submitted by the American Consul in Liverpool to her Ma jesty's Collector of Customs there, will furnish all the information which has at present been obtained relative to the fitting out of a vessel intended to be used as a privateer for the purposes of the Confe derate States of America. It is believed that the vessel is now nearly ready. The American government are desirous of taking immediate steps, under the Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 111., cap. 69, to seize the ship and get her condemned. Mr. Collier, Queen's Counsel, is requested to advise as to the proper course of proceeding under the circumstances. Western Circuit, Winchester, July 16, 1862. I think the evidence almost conclusive that the vessel in question is being fitted out by the Messrs. Laird as a privateer for the use of the Confederate government, in contravention of the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 111., cap. 69. As the matter is represented to me to be urgent, I advise that the principal officer of the custo us at Liverpool be immediately applied to, under 59 Geo. 111., cap. 67, to exercise the powers conferred on him by that section to seize the vessel, with a view to her condemnation, an indemnity being given to him if he requires it. It would be proper at the same time to lay a statement of the fact before the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, coupled with a request that her Majesty's government would direct the vessel to be seized, or ratify her seizure if it has been made. If the matter were not urgent I should advise no other steps being taken until it was known whether or not the government thought fit to interfere, but inasmuch as the government might not unreasonably take some little time to de termine what course to pursue, during which time the vessel might escape, I advise the more prompt remedy. R. P. COLLIER. FURTHER OPINION OF MR. COLLIER. Temple, July 23, 1862. I have perused the above affidavits, and I am of opinion that the collector of customs would be jus tified in detaining the vessel. Indeed I should think it his duty to detain her, and that if, after the ap plication which has been made to him, supported by the evidence which has been laid before mu, he allows the vessel to leave Liverpool he will incur a heavy responsibility —a responsibility of which the Board of Customs, under whose direction he appears to be acting, must take their share. It appears difficult to make out a stronger case of infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act, which, if not en forced on this occasion is little better than a dead letter. It well deserves serious consideration whether, if the vessel be allowed to escape, the Fe deral government would not have serious grounds of remonstrance. It. P. COLLIER. SQUARRY TO BOARD OF CUSTOMS. London, July 23, 1862. Referring to an application which I made on be half of the United States Government, under the in structions of their consul at Liverpool, to the collec tor of customs at Liverpool, on Monday last, for detention, under the provisions of the Act 59 Geo. 111., cap. 69, of a steam gunboat built by Messrs. Laird and Co., at Birkenhead, and which, there is no doubt, is intended for the Confederate States, to be used as a vessel of war against the United States Government, I beg now to enclose two affidavits which reach . ed me this morning from Liverpool, one made by John Robert Taylor and the other by Ed ward Roberts, and which furnish additional proof of the character of the vessel in questions I also enclose a case which has been submitted to Mr. Collier, Q.C., with his opinion thereon. I learned this morning from Mr. O'Dowd that instructions were forwarded yesterday to the collec tor at Liverpool not to exercise the powers of the act in this instance, it being considered that the facts disclosed in the affidavits made before him were not sufficient to justify the collector in seizing the vessel. On behalf of the Government of the United States I now respectfully request that this matter, which I need not paint out to you involves conse quences of the gravest possible description, may be considered by the Board of Excise on the further evidence now adduced. The gunboat now lies in Birkenhead docks ready for sea in all respects, with a crew of 50 men on board. She may sail at any time. MR. ADAMS TO MR. SEWARD, JULY 31, 1862. . . . In spite of all my efforts and remon strances, which as yet wait the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, I received on the 29th inst., from Mr. Dudley, the consul at Liverpool, the news that she sailed without register or clearance from that port on that day. MR. ADAMS TO MR. SEWARD, AUG. 1, 1862. . 2. I read to his lordship the substance I of your despatches, Nos. 281 and 299, respecting the use made of the Island of Nassau by the rebels, and the fitting out of the gunboats Oreto and 290. His lordship first took up the case of of 290, and remarked that a delay in determining upon it had most unexpectedly been caused by the sudden development of a malady of the Queen's Advocate, Sir John D. Harding, totally incapaci tating him for the transaction of business. This had made it necessary to call in other parties, whose Opinion had been at last given for the detention of the gunboat, but before the order got down to Liver pool the vessel was gone. He should, however, ae d directions to have her stopped if she went, as was probable, to Nassau. I said I was aware that the g" l3 K)at a ff , but I di • d not say, what I my self hav e little ti doubt of, that her sudden departure was occasioned by a notion, obtained somehow or other, that se e s, : e proceeding was impending. I added an expression of satisfaction that the law efficers of the e s ,,,: °l a l ll had seen their way to such an opinion, and that it was the disposition of her Majesty's Government to in d t e something to check this outrageous abuse. connection I begged to ask if he had any infoss su ll ti iB nees,,espeeting the pro ceedings had at Nassau in the the Oreto. I had seen a statement in the net: cif effectd e despatch No. to the information contained in the r additional vut that the 281, which I tad read to him, to the Orsto had been actually stopped and Majesty's ship the Greyhound. under the guns of her h oped this was true, for I thought the effect of such a i p r oceeding would b. e very favourably viewed i n America. His lordshp replied that he had r ece i ved no information on the subject beyond what I had referred to, which came from the American news- With regard to the complaint against the papers. Island of Nassau, he could only say that be had re ceived, a short time since, a letter, signed by many commercial people in Liverpool and elsewhere, re monstratirg against the virtual blockade of thb t a island by United states war vessels, an jection of many innocent British ships to the incon veniences of detention and search as if engag''d in illegitimate tiada. To this representation he had; written a reply, stating that however much the inconveniences mentioned were to be regretted, it was not the disposition of the Gove ‘nment to afford protection to any parties tha- might be engaged in undertakings in violation cf her Ma jesty's proclamation ; and when there was reason to suppose th i t such adventures m ht be carried on, it was difficult to raise objections to the right of examination. His lordship added that he had ex pected both the letter and his answer would have been published before this by the parties concerned, but they had not thought fit to do so. I replied that they knew too much to be caught doing that, but I should take pleasure in communicating this fact to my Government. Any and all evidence which I could obtain of a disposition on the part of her Majesty's Ministers to discountenance the noto rious and flagrant abuses of neutrality, now every where committed by British subjects, would be of great use to counteract the strong popular feeling in America growing up on account of them. We had every reason to believe that these war vessels were intended to prey directly upon our commerce, and most particularly to intercept the steamers bearing treasure to New York from California. Should one of those steamers be taken in conse quence of the omission to stop these outfits in Bri tish ports, the excitement that it would create in America would be very great. Disposed, as I had always been, to cultivate friendly relations between the two countries, I could not but look with much uneasiness upon all events which might tend to affect them unfavourably. His lordship said that he could not at once say whether it was proper to furnish copies of the correspondence alluded to or not, but I was welcome to mention the facts, and very probably he might send me the copies. MR. ADAMS TO MR. SEWARD, SEPT. 26, 1862. • . . I have not been quite satisfied with the way in which my remonstrances respecting the out fit of the gunboat No. 290 had been left. In con sequence I seized the first opportunity in my power to remind Lord Russell that no written answer had been given to me. This has had the desired effect. I have the honour to transmit copies of the two notes which have passed between us. In former days it was a favourite object of Great Britain to obtain from the United States an admission of the validity of claims for damage done by vessels fitted out in their ports against her commerce. This was finally conceded to her in the seventh article of the treaty of 1791. The reasoning which led to that agreement may not be without its value at some future time, &ionld the escape of the gunboat 290, and of her companion, the Oreto, prove to be of any serious injury to our commerce ... THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO STOP THE BUILDING AND OUTFIT TING OF REBEL PIRATES. EARL RUSSELL TO MR. ADAMS. October 4, 1862. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., inclosing a copy of another deposition, taken before the eollector of the port of Liverpool, with reference to the proceed ings of the gunboat 290, and further expressing a belief that enterprises of a similar kind are in course of prcgress in the ports of the United King dom ; and I have to state to you that, much as her Majesty's Government desire to prevent such occurrences, they are unable to go beyond the law, municipal and international. LORD RUSSELL TO MR. ADAMS. Oct. 16, 1862. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., inclosing a copy of an intercepted letter which you had received from the United States Government, being the further evi dence with regard to the gunboat No. 290, to which you alitided in your previous communica tion to me of the 30th ult.; and with reference to your observations with regard to the infringement of the enlistment law, I have to remark that it is true the Foreign Enlistment Act, or any other act for the same purpose, can be evaded by very subtle contrivances ; but her Majesty's Government can not, on that account, go beyond the letter of the existing law. MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS. Oct. 20, 1862. . . . Our agents are reporting to us new and larger military and naval preparations in British ports, and if they are to be allowed to go on to their conclusion, and to operate, as has been done in the case of the 290, will not the result be that, while Great Britain avows neutrality, her subjects are practically allies of the internal enemies of the United States ? The President will not con sent to believe that her Britannic Majesty's Govern ment would willingly allow a condition of affairs to occur which would seem to leave to the United States almost no hope of remaining at peace with Great Britain without sacrifices for which no peace could ever compensate. . . MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS. Nov. 3, 1862. . . . The telegraph announces the destruction of another half-dozen American vessels on the high seas by the steamer 290. The President is obliged to regard these destructions as being made by Bri tish subjects in violation of the law of nations, after repeated and ample notice, warning, and remon strances had been given by you to the British Go vernment. It is presumed that you have already brought the subject in that light to the notice of her Majesty's Government. The legal proofs in support of a claim for indemnity mill be collected and transmitted to you as speedily as possible. . . MR. LAYARD TO MR. lIORSFALL OF LIVERPOOL. Foreign •osice, July 5, 1862. Sir,—l am directed by Earl Russell to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., in closing a memorial from certain British merchants and shipowners at Liverpool, in which they state that they view with considerable anxiety and appre hension the hostile attitude assumed by Federal cruisers in the Bahama waters, and the memorialists pray that steps may be taken by her Majesty's Go vernment to protect British shipping in those waters, and to put a check on the seizures so re peatedly made by the Federal cruizers. I am to state to you in reply, that it is alleged on the other hand, by Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams, that ships have been sent from this country to Ame merica, with a fixed purpose to run the blockade, that high premium 4 of insurance have been paid with this view, and that arms and ammunition have been thus conveyed to the Southern States to enable them to carry on the war. Lord Russell was unable either to deny the truth of those allegations, or to prosecute to conviction the parties engaged in those transactions. But he Annot be surprised that cruisers of the United States should watch with vi gilance a port which is said to be the great entrepot of this commerce. Her Majesty's Government have no reason to doubt the equity arid adherence to legalrequirement s of the United States prize courts, but are aware that many vessels are subject to harsh treatment, and that, if captured, the loss to the merchant is far from being compensated even by a favourable de ci6ion in a prize court. The true remedy would be that the merchants and shipowners of Liverpool should refrain from this species of trade. It exposes innocent commerce to vexatious detention and search by American cruisers; it produces irritation and ill-will on the part of the population of the Northern States of America; it is contrary to the spirit of her Majesty's proclamation ; and it exposes the British name to suspicions of bad faith, to which neither her Ma jesty's Government nor the great body of the nation are justly obnoxious. It is true, indeed, that supplies of arms and am.. munition have been sent to the Pederals equally in contravention of that neutrality which her Majesty bas proclaimed. It is true, also, that the Federals o btain more f ree ly an d more eas ily th a t o f w hi c h they stand i n need. But i f the Confederates ha d the , vb j T , e h t e . re can be as vlogrniimand of the sea they would no doubt watch antly and goin g to Ne _ capture as readily Charleston and capt ure as the Federals now watch blockade. ing the Confede e r a a l l t e u s r vexatious visits of merchant Federals seeking to break the t that eayp t r h i eli: e 1.1l :)e w i: a ta t n c ss uio h otp f n u pea l nl n liige e ysa s s ,,,lree e eaa x adc e h r it. on: I n io o w d ever, is an evil to which war on ederals can ro erl neutral commerce,and cised by Federal cruisers to Which beee l B e i an y pursuit the ocean is liable to expose her Majesty's Government have done, all 'they can fairly do, that is to say, th ey have raged the Fede ral Government to enjoin u Pon their naval officers greater caution in the exert ise of their belligerent rights. . Her Majesty's Government hay ing represented to only further t t h h e e y U w n i e t r e e d S u s t t a i t fi e e s a G i o n v i e n r t n e m r f e e n n t n e g v e h r a y v e e ase in which to observe that it is the duty of her Majesty's sub jects to conform to her Majesty's proclamation, and to abstain from furnishing to eit :her of the bellige rent parties any of the means of War which are prohibited to be furnished by that proclamation. THE SUN, LO WON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1 862. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, rlc. 23.—We have had a very strong market for yarns, but the antount of business has not been large, though sales to a fair amount have been made. The market has been a good deal stimulated, no doubt, by the reports from Liver pool, where the sales of cotton to-day have again been large. We should have had a more extensive business in yarns had spinners been content with more moderate prices. Generally speaking, they are asking an advance on the rates of last Tuesday, and some of them require a rather considerable rise. At Saturday's terms a very considerable business could have been done to-day; at least, so sellers report, but there is a general impression among spinners that we shall have much more activity in January, with higher prices, and they are conse quently reluctant to enter into engagements of any moment in what they regard a transition state of the market, In the cloth market some houses re port a more cheerful feeling and rather more busi ness, but this account is not generally corroborated. Manufacturers have been very firm in their de-- m ands, and in some cases have been inclined even to ask rather higher rates than last week, but which could not then be obtained. Buyers, however, seem somewhat obstinately to decline business. The business has been by no means large when compared with the extent of inquiry, which has been consi derable for several descriptions of cloth, including T-cloths, shirting, and printers. Some of the print ing cloths lately contracted for are now in course of delivery, and, being chiefly made of Surat cotton, have disappointed expectations. The printers com ,l plain of them very much. Still, however, the con viction of sellers of cloth is that we shall have still higher prices, and they have steadily refused offers to-day, even where an approximation to their own prices has been made. In recent reports of this market attention has been called to the fact that in various parts of the cotton district spinners and manufacturers, who had wholly or partially stopped their mills, have obtained contracts recently for goods which have run out of stock, and for cloths of a description hitherto not made, and that consequently they have resumed work on full time. It will be seen from Mr. Farnall's report to the Central Execu tive Committee yesterday, that at Burnley, Black burn, Bury, Chorley, Haslingden, Rochdale, and some other places there is a decrease in the num ber of persons receiving relief of 4,434, and an in crease in other towns of 2,401, leaving a net im provement of 2,403. This improvement will probably be carried somewhat further by more mills resuming work after Christmas, but it must not be taken for granted that the improvement will be carried to any great extent, cr that it will be permanent, with the present prospects of a supply of cotton. Buyers for the United States as well as for the continent of Europe now make their appearance in the Liverpool market for Surats, and, notwith standing the heavy imports for the last two months, the stock of that kind of cotton in Liverpool was reduced to 152,940 bales, making, with all other descriptions, only 219,940 bales. If all the mills here and abroad were running full time it is esti mated that it would take nearly 5,000,000 bales to keep them going, and now that the supply from the Southern States of America is cut off, and we must look for our main supply from India, it is obvious that the slight increase we have yet had of Surats will go but a little way in giving our factory hands work again at present. The sales of cotton at Liverpool last week were equal to fully one-third of the entire stock we now have, and of these sales 54,880 were Surats. Prices under such circumstances will rapidly reach a figure which must stop business. We shall pro bably have fluctuations for some time to come, more mills starting and some ceasing to work, rather than any permanent improvement. It is probable, however, that if we have not seen the worst we have been very near it, and the present change, slight as it is, has had a cheering influence upon men's spirits to-day, and even upon the minds of those not disposed to take the same sanguine view of affairs. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re port : " Since Tuesday last the excitement has gradu ally subsided, and to-day we have to report a very quiet but steady market for all descriptions of goods. Manufacturers generally are firm, at our quotations, and there is consequently very little doing, as, to effect sales to any extent, it is neces sary to make some concession. LEEDS, 23d.—As usual at the closing markets before Christmas, there has been only a small amount of business done in the cloth-halls this morning, and that chiefly in fabrics for the spring. The weather is open and rather warm today for the season, a circumstance that has tended to keep heavy goods in the dealers rather than the wearers' hands. A few "job lots" of such, where a sacrifice of price has been made, have been sold to both home and export buyers, but the trade for such is all but closed for the season. In other respects the woollen trade of this town and district is in a healthful and satisfactory condition, the manufacturers being well employed and the stock generally of a moderate compass. Prices, those of goods as well as those of wools, keep firm. NEWPORT (MormovnisHlßE), 22d.—The iron trade continues rather dull. The works are kept going regularly, but there is no particular activity. Quotations remain about the same. There is a mo derate demand for rails, and merchant bars are in fair request. The collieries are generally well em ployed throughout the district, and the men are on full Lime at nearly all the works. Prices are firm with an upward tendency as regards house and gas coals. The following are the average quotations, free on board :—Steam coal, 7s. 9d. to Bs. 3d. ; house coal, Bs. to 9s. ROCHDALE, 22d.—Neither the wool nor the flan nel market was so brisk as the late two or three markets. The supply was equal to the demand, or rather more, but manufacturers showed no disposi tion to lower the prices for either plain or fancy flannels. Stocks are not large, and the business done is such as to meet the requirements of the present season, so that with the turn of the year an equally brisk trade is looked for. Yorkshire goods, espe cially linseys, are in active demand. Both the flan nel and the woollen manufacturers are in good em ployment. Wool is firm in price. THE On cLeLthe t e Y xp E lo X si LLO o S n lO W N eci A n T es W day Oß l S a ß st O , It H t O he U r G e is scarcely anything new to report in reference to the state of the mine. The upcast shaft has been filled up above the furnace drift, and the two downcast shafts are sealed, with the exception of the space necessary for the passage of the water which is being poured in the mine. The fears which were expressed a few days ago as to the length of time that must elapse before the bodies of the entombed miners can be recovered, find the fullest confirmation in the operations now going on. The experienced gentlemen who have charge of the mine have abandoned all hope of getting into it until months have elapsed. The i dications at present tend to show that fire exists in the workings, and a complete flooding of tho mine will, it is feared, be required. The subscription in aid of the bereaved has made considerable progress, and now amounts to upwards of moo. Attention has been drawn to the large unemployed surplus of the Hartley subscription, and suggestions made that a portion of it might be advantageously devoted to the relief of the sufferers by this calamity. It is feare - I that this has tended to check the progress of the subscriptions, as it will induce persons who would otherwise contribute to hold back until they see the result of the suggestion. The adjourned in quiry into the deaths of George Pickering and William Davy, the men who died soon after being taken out of the colliery, was resumed on Monday, and was again attended by Mr. Morton, her Majesty's inspector of mines, who con ducted in a great'degree the examination of the various witnesses. A further adjournment took place. AN UNFORTUNATE 31E1110.Rk. At the Brighton County Court, last Friday, an action was brought by Mr. Clifton, hairdresser, Preston-street, against the Rev. Erskine Holland, to recover £lO. Mr. Holland was in the habit of frequently going into the stationery shop, of which Mrs. Clifton had the superintendence, as a customer, and would go there sometimes to get change, instead of going to the bank. According to the plaintiff's ease, defendant came into the shop in a hurried manner on Tuesday, the 25th of November last, and asked Mrs. Clifton if she could give him change for £lO. Mrs. Clifton was serving a customer at the time, and, knowing she had not sufficient in her till, said she was afraid she could not, but that she would go to her private cash-box and see whether she could. She had got a £lO note in her cash-box, which she had changed a short time previously for a Miss Hutton. She took this out, wrote her name upon it, and sent her boy out to get it changed. The boy brought back a £5 Bank of England note and £5 in gold, and gave it to Mrs. Clifton who handed it to the defendant, who had been wait ing in the shop, and Mrs. Clifton then went to at tend to a customer. Two days afterwards, on Thursday, Mrs. Clifton, upon going to her cash box, missed £lO, and it then occurred to her that Mr. Holland did not give her either a note or a cheque for the £lO change. She went to Mr. Hol land on the subject, and he said he could not recol lect having been in the shop on the Tuesday ; that if he had received the £lO he did not know what he had done with it. Mrs. Clifton had several in terviews with Mr. Holland, who distinctly said he had not asked for change, or received any. Mrs. Clifton, Emily Turner, shopwoman, and John Taylor, errand boy to plaintiff, and Thomas Chap• lain, a young man in the employ of Mr. Rotting, butcher, Preston-street, who gave plaintiff's boy the change for the £lO note, and plaintiff himself, were examined in corroboration of the above facts. Mr. Roupell having addressed the jury for the defence, called the Rev. Mr. Erskine Holland, who positively denied having asked for change for £lO. He had neither note nor cheque in his possession for some time before or after the day in question, but had on that day borrowed a sovereign from his daughter, who corroborated this part of defendant's evidence. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff for £lO, adding that they wished to exonerate the defendant from any dishonest intention.—Sussex Express. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT ABERDEEN. A very serious accident took place in the flax spinning manufactory of Messrs. Prichard and Co. Broadford, Aberdeen, on Monday morning, about half-past ten. It occurred :n the preparing and spinning -room of the new patent mill—a building of five stories, being filled with spinning frames on the fourth and fifth stories, while the lower stories were occupied as dry homes—the engine and boiler being on the ground foor. The hands had just resumed work after breakfast, when a loud crack was heard ; and immediately the flooring of part of the fourth storey was seen to be giving way, falling with a terrible crash, and carrying the floor ing of the other two lower storeys with it. The fifth storey seems to have given way about the same time ; and the whole mass machinery, flooring, iron beams, stones, bricks, &c., fell too. There were some 30 or 40 women, along with three or four overseers, employed in that part of the building at the time, but luckily most of them had just time to make their escape to a part where the flooring was still sound. Three of the workers, we regret to say, were seriously injured, whit, as we write, there are still other three missing, supposed to be buried among the debris, and an active search is being kept up for them. The three nissiag are—Margaret Johnston, aged about 60 ; Lydia Carpenter, between 30 and 40; and Susan Wash, about 20. Those hurt are—Margaret Smith,4,o, fracture of the skull and arm broken; Christina kait, a young girl, frac ttired thigh and scapula, anc other severe injuries; Elspet Mowat, wound in he'd and slightly scalded by the steam, which immediately filled the whole building. It is remarkable, considering the num ber in the place and the extraordinary nature of the accident, that so many contrived to escape unhurt. It is impossible to say as yet what was the cause of the accident. The building in which it occurred was very strongly and substantially built, with iron beams supporting the flooring, and it was not very old. It is thought possible that the foundation may have given way from the great weight of machinery contained in the building, the ground having at one time been of a somewhat marshy nature. In answer to inquiries made just before our parcel left, we were informed that the three women buried in the ruins had been dug out. A sufficient number of doctors were in attendance immediately on the accident immediately conveyed the infirmary and attended tto to.—Scotsman. ALLEGED NEGLECT A 2 7HE WHI7E CHAPEL UNION. Last evening Mr. H. Rages Walthew, the de puty-corner for East Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Catherine Wheal Tavern, St. Peter's-road, Mile-end, Stepney, respecting the death of Joseph Beaver Smith, age 67 years, formerly a master baker, but recently an inmate of the Whitechapel Union. Mary Ann Smith, of No.lo, Willow-place, Globe road, Mile-end, deposed that the deceased was her father-in-law. He had been compelled to seek shelter in the union through pecuniary difficulties. The son was about to take th e d ecease d out , as h e (deceased) had complained of the manner in which he had been neglected in the union. On Monday, the 15th inst., witness proceeded to th e f ever war d o f the Union Workhouse, in Charles-street, White chapel, to take the deceased out, and when she got lyingwin in a dirty room with windows wide open, the otherth e r there she pau found per e withdeceased the ceilings black, and the walls covered with cobwebs. The deceased appeared to be dying, and witness said to him, " Old man, what have you had to take?" He replied, " Mary Ann, I have had nothing." Wit ness remained in the ward about an hour, but de cecsed had nothing while she was there. Witness asked the nurse what the deceased had for food, when she said, " Arrowroot ; sometimes half a pint, and more if they can take it." Witness asked for a blanket to wrap round the deceased, and the nurse lent her one. Deceased was then placed in a cab and conveyed to the nearest public-house, where witness gave him a little brandy and water. De ceased was seen by Dr. Snell when he reached home, and she understood that deceased was suffering from fever. Dr. Snell examined the deceased, and di rected her to give him a little more weak brandy and water, which seemed to rally him, but deceased gradually became weaker, and died on the following day M . r. Charles H. Mayer, the master of the White chapel Union, said that the fever ward was formed from a portion of the old Whitechapel Workhouse, and was considered by the Poor-law Board to be fit for the purpose for which it was used. The deceased had been taken away from the workhouse against the wish of the medical officer (Dr. Champneys), and the following, entry was made in the infirmary book by that gentleman :—" I do not consider that the patient Smith is in a fit state to leave the work house, as he is suffering from fever, but his friends insist upon removing him." Jane Grundy, the nurse of No. 24 fever ward, ad mitted the windows were open, but it had been or dered by the medical officer. She denied that the room was dirty as described. Deceased never made any complaint to witness, but on the contrary he always expressed himself satisfied. There Were several persons to prove that the deceased could have anything he required. She denied a statement of the first witness that she had said nothing was given between the meals. The Deputy-Coroner said that he should adjourn the inquiry for the attendance of Dr. Champneys, and to give time to Dr. Snell to make a post-mortem examination of the body. without knowing , riknvErtTisEmErT. J—Holloway's Pills.—Weaknoss. and ” I "nrs A-way.—How many persons suffer from debility, healthy aigestive tone. In multitude.. Is the aggressor. Holloway's Pills have long been justly g the eause ? In most cases the stomach famed for regulating a rebelliou s stomach, and restoring its without. assignable reason, where the patient was daily growing weaker and worse) a course of these excellent Pills has checked the disorder, renewed the appetite, confirmed the digestion, stimulated the liver and kidneys, and saved Ihe sufferer, The Pills are mild, yet effective in action. It is - truly marvellous to watch how the sallowness disappears, the eyes brighten, the spirits revive, and the strength re• of cases of wasting, turns before the correcting and purifying powers of llollo way's I)alsaraic Pills, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—HERTFORD, Dec. 23. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) The learned Judge, in his charge to the grand jury, said he supposed he must not congratulate them upon the state of crime in the county, for it was such as to render it supposed to be necessary to hold a winter assize, which was a rather unusual thing for this county. The cases, however, were not of an aggravated character, and he did not believe they would find any difficulty in dealing with them. John Smith, alias Caldecott, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously setting fire to a stack of clover hay, the property of James H. Summers, at Bishop Stortford. Baron Bramwell told the prisoner, who exhibited the greatest possible unconcern and indifference, that he did not appear to be aware that he had pleaded guilty to a very wrong and wicked act, and he asked him whether he had any explanation to give of his conduct. The prisoner replied he knew he had done wrong. The learned Judge observed that he saw it was stated in the depositions that when the prisoner was apprehended he gave as a reason for committing the act that he wanted to be sent away. He could as sure him, however, that if he expected he was going to be sent to another country, or where gold might be obtained for stooping to pick it up, he was very much mistaken. He should have probably sentenced him to a short period of penal servitude, but per sons who were supposed to understand the subject thought that this was a bad thing to do, and he should therefore order him to be kept in penal ser vitude for six years. Charles Moore, 28, pleaded guilty to a similar offence, and he was also sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Walter Wilson, alias Walter Theniton, 30, a gen• tlemanly-looking young man, was indicted for felo niously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for £37 10s., with intent to defraud. Mr. Clarke conducted the prosecution. The circumstances of this case were somewhat re markable. It appeared that early in the day on the Ist August the prisoner went to the London and County Branch Bank, at Ware, and asked the clerk to discount a bill for £37 10s., and he was told to call again. He did so, about 1 o'clock, und he then saw Mr. Peake, the manager, and presented the bill to him. It was at two months' date, and purported to be drawn by Mr. Cupess, a tradesman in the town, upon Messrs. E. and C. Norton, and these names appeared upon it as acceptors. There was no such firm as E. and C. Norton, carrying on busi ness at Ware, but a Mr. Ebenezer Norton, a rope maker, lived in the town, and there was no doubt that it was intended to represent that this gentle man and his brother were the acceptors of the bill. The manager declined to discount it, and the pri soner inquired of him whether he knew anybody in the town who would be likely to do so, and he said I he did not, and the prisoner left. In an hour after wards he again made his appearance at the bank and produced the bill, and showed the manager that it bore an additional name upon it as an endorser —that of Mr. Cass, a malster, residing at Ware. The manager still declined to cash the bill, and the prisoner went away, and Mr. Peake, having suspi cion that something was wrong, went out to make inquiries, and as he was returning he met the pri soner, and in consequence of what he bad heard, he asked him to let him look at the bill. The prisoner at once handed it to him, and he then informed him that the signatures to the bill were forgeries, and that he must accompany him to the police-station. He then said that if there was anything wrong about the bill he had nothing to do with it, and he had received it trom a person who was waiting at the railway station, whom he described as a short man with bushy whiskers. The inspector of police went to the railway station to see if such a person had been there during the day, but he could not dis cover any trace of a person answering the descrip tion given by the prisoner. In answer to the charge the prisoner read a long and ingenious statement to the jury, in which he asserted that he had been made a dupe by a person whom he bad casually become acquainted with a short time before, and whom he had met acciden tally in the town of Ware on the day the occurrence took place. He urged also that his conduct in readily giving up the bill, when he was asked for it by the manager of the bank, was that of an inno cent man ; and he declared that if the police had gone at once to the railway station they would have found the party from whom he had received the bill. In conclusion, he said that he must inform the jury that he had given a false name in order that he might not bring disgrace upon those who wore connected with him, and that otherwise he should have been in a position to show them that he was in a respectable position of life, and that there had been no stain upon his character until this transaction. The learned Judge having summed up the jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Hatchard, governor of the gaol, informed the Court that he had reason tobelieve that the prisoner was very respectably connected, and that no com plaint had ever been made against him before. Baron Bramwell said it was impossible for any one to give credit to the statement of the prisoner, but the bungling manner in which he had endea voured to commit the offence satisfied him that he was not a practised forger, and that this was pro. bably the first act of the kind that he had commit ted. The sentence, therefore, would be a light one, and he should only order him to be kept to hard labour for one year. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 23. BOW.STREET.—THE GOVERNMENT PROSECU TION AGAINST LOTTERY KEEPERS.—John Shaw and Wm. Coneen appeared in discharge of their re cognisances to the charge of keeping an illegal lot tery. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Besley, and the defence by Mr. Beard. Mr. Beard said he was prepared to show that though the defendants had confessedly broken the law by holding the lottery, yet they had acted in good faith and with the intention of handing over the whole proceeds of the speculation to the Com mittee for the Relief of Distress in Lancashire. He was prepared with an account of the whole of the receipts and expenditure. The total receipts had been £179 some odd shillings. They had expended £lll 4s. 3d. in the purchase of goods to be distri buted as prizes; and he should be able to show that although Sergeant Tanner had deposed that he did not see any articles of value in the room, yet in fact there were articles of considerable value, including watches, clocks, work-boxes, writing-desks, oil paintings, scarf rings, fancy tables, &c. They had made themselves responsible for goods to the amount of £159, some odd shillings, of which about £9O worth remained unsold, for which they would have to pay, unless they restored the goods. They had expended £lB 10s. in printing and stationary. Mr. Beard proceeded to state, in considerable detail, the other items of the account, from which it appeared that the defendants had been losers to the extent of £2O. Mr. Corrie said the account was to have been sub mitted to the Treasury authorities for verification. Mr. Besley said that had not been done. The Treasury Solicitor had received no communi cation from the defendants: Mr. Beard said he had advised his clients to send the statement to the Treasury but they had mis understood his directions, and had omitted to do so. He was ready, even now, to submit the accounts to the Treasury. Mr. Beard then recalled Mr. Gibbs, the treasurer at the Mansion-house, who was examined with reference to an alleged proposal on the part of the defendants, that the Central Committee, sitting at the Mansion-house, should appoint some of their number to superin tend the proceedings in connection with the bazaar. Mr. Gibbs could not remember that such a proposal had been made. He was not aware that he had re ceived any letter from the defendants to that effect. He received a letter with a cheque for £lO already mentioned. Tbat letter contained a statement of the proceedings the defendants had taken up to that time, and protested against som e s t a t ements made by Messrs. Mead and Powell, in a letter to the papers, to the disadvantage of the defendants. That cheque had never been presented to the bank for payment. It was handed over, by order of the committee, to the police, and these proceedings were taken in consequence. William Shaw, son of the defendant Shaw, said he was check clerk in the bazaar and received the tickets. He also opened from day to day many of the letters received by the post and enclosing money for tickets. Every one of these letters were entered in a book which would be produced, many of them by him and the rest by Coneen. He described the goods given as prizes as including the various ar ticles mentioned by Mr. Beard and others of a simi lar nature. Witness saw two silver watches taken away by the parties who had drawn them. All the goods were taken away by the winners except what remained on hand after the drawing was stopped by the police. The largest amount ever taken for tickets in the room was £7 ss. There were some goods sold and some tickets were paid for in the room by persons who had previously kept them but did not pay until they were about to draw. The letters were entered in the book ho produced morn ing by morning, and each letter was entered before another Was opened. His father (the defendant) had known Coneen since the latter end of October. Coneen came to him to propose the bazaar and to ask him to do the printing. It was Coneen's scheme. Mr. Corrie said all this would not satisfy him of what he required to be assured—that there was no intention from the firat to profit by the transac tion, He could not undertake to decide the matter by an investigation of the accounts. They ought to have been sent to the prosecutors. It might be that the defendants had made no profit, but that might be because the thing had broken down. One thing which was against the defendants was, that they had gone on after it had been intimated to them by several persons that the proceedings were illegal, for which reason those persons withdrew their names. Mr. Beard said they did not believe it was illega up to the time when they consulted him. Mr. Besley should object to any further adjourn ment. The defendants had a week or ten days' notice before the first examination, and now they had an adjournment for a week. They ought, therefore, to be now prepared to establish what had been set up, namely, that they had acted, however illegally, with bona fides as to the application of the funds. If they had proved that, the magistrate would probably have thought a mere nominal penalty sufficient to meet the justice of the case, and the Crown would have acquiesced in that view. But now they came forward with a lot of accounts which he had had no opportunity of seeing, and which it seemed to him only showed that they had made an unfortunate business of it, not only break ing thP law, but losing money by it. Ho submitted that the whole thing was a swindle, and that the intention from the first was to put the money into their own pockets. Mr. Beard said it was quite clear that nothing would satisfy the Crown. He wished the accounts had been submitted to the Treasury, but he thought it would have been of very little use, as they were determined not to be convinced. Mr_ Begley—You ought not to make that obser. vation. Mr. Corrie said the defendants had not done what they ought, which was to send the accounts to the Treasury. In reply to Mr. Besley, The witness Shaw said about 5,000 bills were printed, and sent over the country in all directions. To Mr. Corrie—The firm of Shaw Brothers, who printed the bills, consisted of my father and my brothers. He is the principal. Mr. Corrie (to Mr. Beard)—Have you not one committeeman here ? Mr. Beard—Yes, Sir. Call Mr. Matthews. Mr. Thomas Matthews, engineer, stated that he was invited to be one of the patrons of this bazaar, and agreed, as it was represented to him that it was a bazaar for the relief of distress in Lancashire. Was invited to attend the preliminary meeting of the committee. Did not attend, thinking it useless, as he knew nothing about that kind of business. Cross-examined—Was not invited by letter, but personally by Mr. Shaw. This was early in No vember. Received no further invitation to attend other meetings. When Shaw asked witness to be patron, it was with a view to getting a suitable room. Witness asked if it would make him liable for anything. Shaw said, " Certainly not;" and witness seeing the other names down, thought he could do no harm by giving his name for a chari table purpose. The defendants never offered to tell him what they were doing, or what they ikad done. His name was put into the second prospectus with the address, " International Exhibition." He had given no authority for the use of that address, nor was it correct. He was not an exhibitor, though there werc:goods exhibited which he had made for exhibitors. He met Shaw at the Exhibition, when witness went there as a visitor. Mr. Beard then called two of the assistants who had been engaged at the drawing, and who deposed to the distributioh of the prizes described in the list, which was produced, including articles of the various kinds above stated. It was admitted that many of them were of trifling value, but the average cost price was 80., leaving a profit of 30. One of these witnesses, Mr. Cox, objected to be sworn upon conscientious grounds, as he considered that the Scriptures forbid the taking of an oath, He said he was a God-fearing man, and would not dis obey the law of Christ at whatever risk. After some consideration Mr. Corrie administered the form of affirmation to the witness, who then stated that he was a toy merchant, in Charlotte-street, Borough, and had been requested to assist as his knowledge of the trade would make him useful. Had received a very trifling remuneration for his services, but should have expected more if the undertaking had been more successful. Did not supply any goods. Had no reason to believe that the defendants were actuated by interested motives. The number of prizes was 3,149. Was not aware that the proceedings were illegal. Mr. Corrie—ln this case there is, of course, no doubt that the defendants have been acting illegally. That is admitted. In the way that it is placed before me the only question is the amount of punish ment. The papers and documents produced do not satisfy me, as I thought they should, that there was a committee acting between these persons and the public to see that every sixpence was applied in a proper manner. At the same time I have not ar rived at the conclusion that it was intended to carry on what is called a swindle. I think there was an indirect motive. Mr. Shaw is a printer, and the other defendant a commission agent, and 1 cannot think that they did not intend to mike some profit. It is not like a party of ladies and gentlemen esta blishing a bazaar and never intending to make any thing by it. Mr. Shaw did the printing, and his bill is a very considerable item. He had his profit upon that in his own business, still I do not think that which was suggested by the learned counsel that it was a swindle altogether. They have acted illegally, but the law is vindicated by these pro ceedings. It seems to me that a small term of im prisonment will be sufficient to meet the justice of the case. I shall commit them both for fourteen days with hard labour. _ . Mr. Beard—The conviction, I presume, sir, is under the Vagrant Act. Mr. Corrie—Certainly. Mr. Beard—Then, sir, I must ask you to fix the amount of bail in order that the defendants may appeal. Mr. Corrie—You have pleaded guilty. Mr. Beard—Yes, sir, guilty of having infringed the law; but my clients wish to appeal against the severity of the sentence, and it is my duty to repre sent their desire, with all respect to you, sir. Mr. Corrie—But I was looking at it in this light, that you submitted to my judgment, and I was very lenient. If you are going to appeal the sentence will be one month each with hard labour. Mr. Beard (after consulting with his clients— Sir, the defendants will submit to your decision. Mr. Corrie—Very well, 14 days' hard labour. Mr.Besley—What is to be done with the cheque for DO? Mr. Gibbs refuses to accept it. Mr. Corrie—l think he should accept it, It was subscribed by the public for . the Relief Fund, and they ought to have the money: Gibbs with some hesitation consented to re ceive the cheque. SOUTHWARK.—A TTEMPTED MURDER TN THE BOROUGH.—James Denham, a powerful-looking young man, described as a journeyman tailor, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, for final exa mination, charged with maliciously stabbing David Ceasar, with intent to murder him ; also with break ing the legs of George Woodmason. When the prisoner was first brought before the magistrate, in the early part of last week, both the injured men were in such a precarious state that they were unable to attend. Ceasar, the man who was stabbed, was in attendance yesterday ; but Woodmason was still confined to his bed in Guy's Hospital. Tile following medical certificate was produced : "Dec. 23—Geo. Woodmason was admitted into Guy's Hospital on the 15th inst., with a fracture of his thigh bone and a superficial wound on the back of his head, and is unable to leave his bed. "J. HOLMSTEAD, House Surgeon." David Ceasar, on being sworn, said he was a bar man out of employ, On Monday evening, the 15th inst., between 8 and 9 o'c.ock, he went into the tap room of the Hop Pole beershop, High-street, Bo rough, where ho saw the prisoner quarrelling with several men. He was very much excited, and chal lenged to fight any one in the house for a shilling. Woodmason, who is now in the hospital, was in the room, and he coaxed the prisoner out of the room with the view of getting him to leave the house quietly. When at the bar the prisoner put a clasp knife (closed) on the counter and buttoned np his coat, when the landlord's son came round and put him out of the hou-e. Woodmason then called for his supper beer, and a few minutes afterwards left the house with it. He had hardly got out of the house when he heard some one call out, "The man is stabbed." Witness rushed out to see what was the matter, when he saw Woodmason lying in the g utter helpless, and he called out, "I am stabbed, and my Y leg is broken," at the same time pointing t o o t le who saner, who was standing near. Several were assembled pointed out the prisonder "Seize who stabbed Woodmason, and stabbed him tr ie isoner was hold of Lim and Lynch him." o p a u st p h e man Th t %%jet in his cap. sur rounded, and witness went ture, when the prisoner deliberately he held in his hand. under the left side with a knife ; and was led to the Witness suffered g reat P" ' Police station, when.) hi s wound u * peroately was dressed by a was afterwards sent home, and re surgeon, and he bed three re mained confined to hisdays. He was still suffering severely from the wound. . C ros s-examined by the pruloner —He never struck him or saw any one else strike him, but several per sons seized hold of him to deliver him over to the police, as they all believed he had murdered Wood mason. Dennis Clark, 108 M, said that on Monday night, the 15th inst., he was on duty in the B h ,when b e received info rmat i on °mug that two men had been stabbed by another, near the Hope Pole beer-shop. , He proceeded there and found the prisoner in co. , tody of 267 M and 98 M. Woodmason was con veyed to the hospital, and he assisted Ceasar to the station-house, where the prisoner was charged with the offence. When the charge was read over to him by Inspector Macintosh, he said he knew he had stabbed them, and he wished he had killed them, as he would stab any one who interfered with him. The prisoner was very violent, and received injuries on his bead in the struggle. Witness here produced the clothes worn by the witness Ceasar at the time be was stabbed_ They were clean Cut through on the left side, and were saturated with blood. Pether, 98 M, said he took the prisoner into cus tody outside the Hop Pole beershop, charged with stabbing Ceasar and Woodmason. The prisoner said to him he had been knocked down by a n: 1311 ' and he would stab any mortal man who struck him. Mr. Combo asked if the knife had been found. Dennis Clark here produced an open clasp•knifet the blade of which was covered with blood. He informed bis worship that he received it from th e landlady of the Hop Pole, who told him that a strange man brought it in to her, having seen it fall from the prisoner. Mr. James Henderson, surgeon, of 3, Trinity` square, said that a little atter nine o'clock on MO" day night, the 15th, he was called to the station-- house at Stones'-end, where he saw the witness Caesar. He examined him and found an incis ed , wound on the left side about half an inch deep. "-; was that sort of wound that might have been c ause , ' by such a knife as that produced by the constable. Mr. Combe asked whether Woodmason was is any danger. Clark, the constable, replied that he had Just come from the hospital, and the doctor told him 1 1 was going on well, but that it might be a mont h before he would be able to leave. Mr. Combo said, under the circumstances be should commit the prisoner for trial for stabbi n g Ceasar, and he might afterwards be tried for as saulting Woodmason. He supposed the prisoner would reserve his defence. The prisoner replied in the affirmative, and Mr. Combe fully committed him for trial. WORSHIP-STREET—STARVATION—Yeremia u Keene, a journeymon tailor, was charged before Mr. Leigh with unlawfully neglecting to afford proper and sufficient nourishment to Mary Keene , his legitimate child. Mr. Messer, clerk to the Board of Guardians ef St. Luke's parish, prosecuted. Previous evidence showed that on the 4th inst. , Mr. Elias Legg, relieving officer of the parish, wen t+ in consequence of information received by him, te r ," house in Trench-alley, William's-buildings, D" Luke's, where in a back upper room he and D r ' Bruce, the divisional medical defendant, found th e girl in question in a frightful state of emaciati eu and filth. The only articles of accommodat ic t were two stools and a straw bed, the cupboard vr i i ; destitute of food, and an elder girl was nursing e s infant in the absence of either parent. Dr. Br u t % ordered the instant removal of Mary Keene to t'i workhouse, and a warrant from this Court qui cklv ,4 secured the prisoner. The poor child was brougl into court lying upon the arms of a nurse, o ,_ l l although nearly eight years of age, weighed P u t 251bs. Evidence showed that the father was at work at the time, that the mother of the t " s eldest children was dead, and that the infant W e the result of an after connection. Rhoda Hathinall and Elizabeth Moss noW spok e to their knowledge, as neighbours, of not 0 e! neglect but ill-treatment of the ehild in qu estio t. u; The cry of " Pray, father, don't," accompanie d ,,, e h the sound of blows, had been incessant; day 3 'l' o day she had beer, left in the wretched apartmen t " as an almost nude state, and when the prisoner 4 V r spoken to about it by Mrs. Hathinall, with a th re e ° to make his misconduct known to the parish rillt b r , rities, he thrust his fist in her face and menaced lide,o War Kant-officer Haynes proved that the eh il 0 weight was now 32ilbs., being an increase, ups workhouse fare, of 71bs. in three weeks. She W o again present, but strong on her feet, climbing he st and there about the court, and creating Inal li f % e g s astonishment at the really extraordinary Gil a ", her frame had undergone in the interval. t he Mr. Bruce remarked that when he first swig child she was suffering from acute imflammati° ll - o f the eyes, and had all the symptoms indicative starvation and total neglect. t he Prisoner declared that he had always done best he could for his family under the c i r curastan e ss of casual employment, and complained that it l e , very unfair to weigh his child with a full comp 0 ment of clothing upon her, she having only gaupon her on the first occasion. Haynes said that he had made inquiries of th r e , master for whom the prisoner worked, and lle de oo stood that he could always earn 4s. a-day if he eb° so to do. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. GOUNJM MARKL2S. ~►--- LEEDS—TUESDAY. To-day at our market wheat brought Friday's pric ej° being is per qr advance on this day week. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was only a limited attend: ante, with a good supply of wheat, which advanced 4d Pt; cental on the week. There was a fair business do in Z flour, and prices firm. Oats and oatmeal brought the 85et money as of late. Indian corn changed hands at 6 (1 P qr advance on last Friday' prices. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TursDAY• t White wheat, 48s to 53s ; red, 45s to 49s per 36 , B ; s t. Barley at 35s to 40s per qr., grinding 28s to 30s P er 375 to Oats, 28s to 325; new, 20s to 24s per 24 st. ; 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDA.Y. 0 is Oa Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 20s Od to" pd 'White New red 9 New white )1 Beans 9) If Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ Oats Flour, is Od to 2s id per stone. e :21: 662:: sss: dddddc to 633:121 8°84°31 cl°°6°llc Od MELTON MOWBRAY—TuzsDAT.. vat! The following were the currencies :—New wh it ? Ic otoo e 50s Od to 54s Od ; new red, 44s Od to 48s per 3 1 ' 38 F t. beans, 48s for old; new sorts, 34s to 38s per Lir : fo r barley, 36s to 40s for malting, and 308 to 32s per grinding; oats, 20s to 30s Od per 24 stone. LYNN—TUESDAY. 35 0 103 White 46s to 48s 1 Barley. 9 8ar1ey...... ..• t 0440 RGd .. 42s to 44s 1 . . grinding ..326n 0 06 220 ''' Beans .36s to 40s 1 Oats .... ......s to , New —a to —s I Peas ...........• NEWCASTLE-UNDER -LYNE—Mo:spO: pit Wheat was firm, at Saturday's rates. Flour Wa„..s 11 111 e de' request, at rather better prices than last week. mand for Spring corn proved inactive. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. 190 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... •R e _ o ° : via Marseill V e . 4. via Marseilles ..... .• J o. Brazil and Cape Verde, by B r iti s h p ac k e t. ....... 2.„ Cape of Good Hope, A scens i on , an d St. Helena.• '1, 4 0 , V' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton . .4 e . via Marseilles • • i', 4 , Falkland Islands .... J 6 19. ........•ne„ ~. Gibraltar, via Southampton ................. •:V ie , V India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...kA e c. •-•:* via Marseilles..•. 4 0 . 2(,),' India (Bombay), via Southampton ........... •'- ea , 2 1 ." via Marseilles .... -.• 4. ..... ,_. ~ Portugal.... ................................ J"'• pee. - Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ..... • Dec...•-• Newfoundland ..... ........................................ y an. 4 . Oporto and Vigo .. .. ,•... ........ p 1.• ... eg,. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. prw-ct .. .. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... ,',„„. 13.. Bahamas, via New York .......................... 29 Mexico ............................ ~. ..., . ru " , De c. v u ' ~,. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, re ... Deo. ,' b b y y C lj a ;I S ; d P i L c k p e a t c r.' e . t . • D, a e n c ; 1 1 0 9 : California, and British Columbia..• ,••-•:".-.) d Go i a n g st irc a a t it t3 o , rp L e o:vn ofi d a ea s • O s i cr e el BIRTHS. CA th L e Tll H o o n n r . n i I — r s ( :0 . /A 0 a i th e LESLIE.—On the 22d inst., at Warthill, AberdeolslBl3if P the wife of William Leslie, Esq,, AT p daught e ,f,; t. Tlcni,onNE.—On the 22d inst., at Wardour Castle, 1/' shire, the Hon. Lady Tichborne, of a son and heir. e rse 2 t ? WILLIAM S.—On the 23d inst., at 1, Crescent, 0 dell' Car° f 3 rue d Villas, the wife o f H. R. Williams, Esq . ' son. . MAR ne volit ADAM R S — BESLY.—On the 18th IAGES inst , a t Bradnincn, -'-' William Adams ' Esq., of Barnes, Surrey, to M aryo 3, only daughter of au: late Win. Besley, Esq. COLLETT—THOMAS.—On the 20th inst., at Hanover JC0111'; pel, Peckh am , M r. Henry Collett, of London, I' Johnson Thomas, of Rye Lodge, Peckham -rye• . AITCHISON.—On the 21 D st EATHS Gr ee ns A i , at his residence, - sce with, John Aitchison, Esq late of the Admiralty, taerset House, aged 75. BAINBRIGGE.On the 20th inst, at St. Marga ret's , rf o itc l3 ll :, field, Hants, General Sir Philip Bainbrigge, aged 76. 7 s ing' LUTYENS.—On the 23d inst., at 1, The Terrace. Rhel3Lignt ton, Benjamin Lutyens, Major, late of the lit' 0 who Dragoons, aged 85, one of the few survivors of thos.,ol, served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie ill. SWINNY.—On the 22 , 1 inst., suddenly, the Rev. 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