The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-18 00:00:00

71IE NAVY. A letter from Malta, dated Valetta, Dec. 12, says —" 0 wing to the loss of the Peninsular and Orien tal Company's steamer Colombo, in the Indian Ocean, there has been no homeward English mail since the Ist inst. During this interval the fol lowing movements of men-of-war have occurred in this port :—Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship St. George, 72, Captain the Hon. F. Eger ton, having Prince Alfred on board, hove in sight on the evening of the 7th inst., six days from Al giers. Being under sail, and the weather unfavour able, she did not enter port until the following morning. Major Cowell and Prince Alfred, on landing, went to the palace, where his Excellency had caused apartments to be prepared for the recep tion of his Royal Highness. Lord H. Lennox and Lord Elmley were passengers by the St. George. There was a select dinner at the palace the day be fore yesterday in honour of the young Prince, who appeared to be enjoying excellent health. The St. George will leave in a day or two for Naples, to re lieve the Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene High ness the Prince of Leiningen, and send her to Malta. Her Majesty's new paddlewheel despatch vessel Psyche, Lieutenant-Commander Sterne, arrived on the 7th inst., from Marseilles, with the Countess of Elgin, who is on her way to join her husband, the Viceroy of India, at Calcutta. The Psyche experienced a rough passage, and Lady Elgin consequently gladly ac cepted the invitation of Lady le Marchant to pass a night at the palace, to recruit her strength before proceeding on her voyage. Her ladyship is accom panied by one of her younger children and Capt. Grant and Mr. Wood. Lady Elgin embarked on the Bth inst. on board the Psyche, which immedi ately steamed off for Alexandria, and will perform the remainder of the sea voyage from Suez in H.M. ship Feroze, which is awaiting her at that port. From Alexandria the Psyche will go to Constuuti nople, for the use of the British Embassy there. The paddlewheel surveying steamer Firefly, Corn. Mansell, which left Alexandria on the Ist inst., as announced by telegraph, arrived here on the after noon of the 7th inst., to refit during the winter months. This vessel has been employed in complet ing the surveys of the coasts of Syria and Egypt. The Mars, 80, Capt. J. N. Strange, arrived yester day from the coast of Syria, having been relieved on that station by the Malacca, 17, Capt. Napier. She is on her way to England to be paid off, and will leave to-morrow or next day. The Mars left Bey rout on the 29th ult., when all was quiet. She made the passage chiefly under sail, using steam occasion ally. Off the west end of Candia she encountered bad weather from the N.E. The Surprise, 4, Corn. Whyte, was at Beyrout on the 29th, and the Wan derer, 4, Com. Seymour, on another part of the coast. The paddlewheel sloop, Firebrand, 6, Com mander Piers, left Malta on the 6th inst. for Gibral tar, to be stationed there; and the Alacrity, 4, Com mander Baird, took her departure on the Bth for Corfu, with a mail for that island. From Corfu she will proceed to Patras, the Piraeus, Syra, and Suda Bay, and then return to Malta. Among the passen gers arrived during the week are Major-General and Mrs. Wood, Mr. Wood, aide-de-camp ; Prince Alexander of Lieven, Major Armstrong, 15th Regi ment, and family ; Capt. Moore, Rifle Brigade, and wife; the Hon. R. C. Legh, Auditor-General of the Malta Government, and wife; and Lady Hamilton Chichester. The following ships of war are at present in Malta Harbour:—The Marlbo rough, 131 (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.); the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, C. 8.) ; the Mars, 80 ; the Trafalgar, 72 (leaving to-night or to-morrow morning for Corfu) ; the St. George, 72 ; the Liffey, 39 (leaving to-morrow for the Piraeus) ; the Piacebe, 35; the Chanticleer, 17; the Firefly, surveying vessel; and the tenders Boxer and Growler." The screw steam frigate Emerald, 60, Capt. A. Cumming, was appointed to leave Plymouth yester day for Spithead, where she will receive anew screw for trial. It is expected that the crew will be paid off during the first week in January. The Lords of the Admiralty have instructed the authorities in the Devouport dockyard to send up an estimate of the coat of fitting a poop on the screw steam sloop Liverpool, 51. The screw steam frigate Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. WC3intock, just returned from the Mediter. ranean station, went on Tuesday from Plymouth Sound to the dockyard at Devonport, where she will be dismantled. Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., has received instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty to inspect the ship and her crew in person before they are paid off and she is placed in the reserve. The further progress in bending and preparing the armour plates for the Royal Sovereign at Ports mouth is put a stop to for a few days, owing to a portion of the travelling tubular crane having given out. The accident is, fortunately, but trifling, and might have happened under any management; but it shows what may follow if the present course is persisted in. The shipwright department is doing good service in the construction of our iron-cased ships, but if proficiency in driving and clinching an iron rivet is thought by the Admiralty to be a sufficient qualification for taking charge of and working machines of unusual power, and to them, of novel design, in preference to men having a professional knowledge of the structure and ma nipulation of metals, the ultimate cost of our ships' armour-plates will be dear indeed. As an annexe to the steam factory department, the full powers of the machinery would have been brought into use. Under present arrangements matters will loon be brought to a dead lock, our ships will be kept waiting for their plates, and a heavy bill for damages will probably have to be presented. There is plenty to do for both the iron and wood men of Portsmouth yard, and if the Admiralty confine each branch to their own proper duties, the public purse will considerably benefit by such an order, and the Royal Sovereign and Alfred be much earlier afloat than they can be under present arrangements. Workmen are employed upon the Sharpshooter, iron screw gunvessel, in dock at Portsmouth, re pairing her damaged plates. This vessel has been selected for fitment with Captain Warren's patented bow rudder, but unless the Admiralty allow greater progress to be made in the repairs of the vessel's hull and machinery than is being made at present, the trial of Capt. Warren's rudder must necessarily be postponed to a very late date. The Neptune, 86, screw, Capt. Hornby, was paid out of commission yesterday, at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, com manding the Reserve at the port. The appearance of the crew is creditable to the ship. The silver medals and gratuities awarded by the Admiralty for long service and good conduct will, on Capt. Horn -137 nretammendation, be given to Thos. Raymond, Baili e a ".er, and Richard Lock, blacksmith. The Neptune willbe placed in the third class Steam Reserve. The ships in this class at Portsmouth are now SO tium er e o n so a, and the required repairs to their machinery are h eavy, that it would take the s team factory department working with its present resources, nearly 1 0 fit Year s ae to make them good and render the ships plio a b a. One of those inexle orders w hi c h are sa id be a part of the Admiralty to received at Portsmouth, di e l l i i l ly s tein , " has been of the Department energies of the Master ShiPvira that the chief shall be devoted to the rep a i r !, screw corvette, and the Curegoa, 24, screw EHk, 21, e ven, it necessary , to the neglect of ethe r frigate, work. If ais order i s carried into effect, the com pletion of the Roy al Soverei g n shield ship end Boya i Alfred plated frigate will be delayed to rottenoall ow o f hea vy repairs being carri ed out to a h alf This is the more se r i ous as frigate and corvette. the shield ship is an e xperimental ship — a complete innovation upon our hitherto acknowledged notions of marine architecture, and, until she has made her trial sea trip no souv2d decision can be formed as to the most suitable description of hull for our future iron ships. Reference has of b ee n several n tim ece ssity es made in these columns to the impera tive getting this ship afloat as quickly aspossible, in order that the public and the profession may under stand what are the real advantages to be gained by the adoption, or partial adoption, of Capt. Coles b shield principle. Departmental authorities at the Admiralty, however, are generally understood to have a peculiar knack in issuing orders which are _ _ opposed in their spirit to public opinion F nd com- mon sense. If that is the case in the present in stance the sooner such order is overridden by another of an opposite character the better it will be for the public service. During the past three weeks Capt. Bolton, of the 12th Regiment, has been engaged at Portsmouth in carrying out a series of experiments with his sys,- tem of telegraphy by a lime light with an apparatus of his own invention, and has had under his instruc tion daring that time several non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers, Royal Ar- tillery, and line regiments stationed in the garrison. Establishing his head-quarters in the tower of the .. Baltic-wharf, at Portsm ou th, Capt. Boltonselectea for his experimental out stations Fort Widley on Portsdown-hill, Southsea Castle, and the new fort now being constructed on the top of Bembridge down, st the east end of the Isle of Wight, the dis tance between Forts Widley and Bembridge being 13 miles. Oa Monday evening Maj.-Gen. Lord Wm. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the garrison and south west district, accompanied by Col. E. Somerset, C. 8,, Deputy-Quartermr.-Gen. Col. Thackwell, Diputy- Assist.-Adjt.-Gen.; Capt. Milligan, Aide-de-Camp; and a number of other officers, military and naval, attended at the tower of th e B a l t i c - w h arf to witness a series of experimental signals carried out by the men, under Capt. Bolton's supervision, illus trating his system of night telegraphy as applied to military purposes. At 6 p.m. signalling commenced between Portsmouth and the several outstations, messages being flashed from station to station in words, code, numbers, and secret cipher, as would be done in time of actual warfare or in the event of an invasion, with astonishing rapidity and correct ness, notwithstanding that the night was some what hazy, an 3 that a considerable smoke cloud hung over Portsmouth, midway between the two extreme signalling points, Forts Bembridge and Widley. The extraordinarj size, distinctness, and brilliancy of the light, as seen from these two points, were very remarkable. The messages were trans. mitted at the rate of 11 words per minute, but with men who had been under a longer period of train ing, and who therefore were more perfectly acquainted with the system, 18 words per minute have been signalled. From the certainty and ease with which the messages were signalled, and the general success of the experiments, it was evident to all present that Capt. Bolton's system of night telegraphy was vastly superior to any other known form for military purposes, and is likely to be of the utmost value and importance in any future war fare in which this country may be engaged. The size and weight of any telegraphic apparatus are no mean consideration when using it in the field. This great difficulty is, however, so fully met by Capt. Bolton's apparatus that the soldier operator carries it in his knapsack on his back. With the light in front he becomes a moving telegraph—a constant attendant upon the commanding officer and his staff. It is thus free from the danger of interruption by an enemy attending the use of other systems of telegraphy in the field. It is also equally adapted for signalling by sea as by land, and, in the event of hostilities with a powerful maritime Power, the means of certain and rapid communication it would afford between the headlands of our coast line and our fleets in the Channel would be invaluable. The Admiralty are fully aware of the importance any certain means of night communication with our ships in the Channel would have in the event of a maritime war, and a series of experiments are ordered to be made with Captain Bolton's light for their lordship's information on this point. To carry out these experiments, a naval officer has been asso ciated with Capt. Bolton by direction of the Admi ralty. In consequence of the death of Mr. T. E. Owen, Mayor of Portsmouth, the office of Surveyor to the War Department for the South-West District has become vacant. It is understood that the appoint ment will be conferred on Mr. C. W. E. Pineo, C.E. AMERICAN AID 70 THE LANCASHIRE OPERATIVES. ;.L•roni the IVew Tors Gommereial _Advertiser, Deo. Z.) The meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms yesterday began the good work of aiding the Lance, shire sufferers with subscriptions amounting in the aggre gate to 40,000 doll. This munificent offering, made by only about a score of our more prominent citizens, shows that the city of New York alone will probably raise a quarter of a million of dollars, and it may be half a million. What is still better, we hear of similar movements in other parts of the country. The spirit manifested at the meeting yester day, in fast, shows that the loyal states stand ready to con tribute 1,000,000 dols. in money or provisions. It was not in money or food alone that the generosity of our men of wealth displayed itself. One firm placed at the service of the committee the use of a new ship of 1,800 tons, without any charge. Another was ready to take charge of the stores sent to England and distribute them gratuitously. While this princely liberality is being exercised by individuals, we might remind our great railway corporations, which have reaped abundant profits the past year from the conveyance of provisions to the seaboard cities, that they can render most valuable aid by forwarding freely, or at reduced rates, the donations in breadstuffs which the people of the West will doubtless contribute out of their very great abundance. And it occurs to us that those lines especially, whose stocks or bonds are largely held abroad, or may be hereafter, would hardly be losers by liberally assisting in some such manner as we have indi cated. The western people have not large sums of money to bestow in charity; but they have abundant sup plies of the staff of life, which they will readily part with to feed the hungry, who are made such not by their own fault or neglect, but by a state of things in this country for which they are not responsible. Anyhow, let the good work, so favourably inaugurated yesterday, go on from North to South, and from the At lantic to the Pacific, city vieing with city, and state with state. It is enough that hundreds of thousands of those who have a common nature, origin, language, religion, ci vilisation, and common sympathies with ourselves, are hungry, cold, naked, and sick. We have the means of re- lief, let them not be withheld or delayed. " He gives twice who gives quickly." (From the .New York limes.) The proceedings of the meeting, and particularly towards its close, were grand and thrilling. We cannot, perhaps, describe the thing better than by saying that it was cha racteristically American ; or, closer still, that it was pecu iiarly New York-like ; and especially after the style thot characterises all the action of the enterprising and wealthy mercantile i classes of the commercial metrepolia of the ceuntry. After the speeches and resolutions, which were all both humane and businesslike, a brief letter was read from the pminpnt shipping-house of Messrs. N, L. and George_ Griswold, which contained _the following sublime sentence :—" As an earnest of our desire to further this cause, in behalf of ourselves and others, owners of a new ship now in Boston, we tender her entire capacity, 1,800 tons, for the conveyance of the supplies, and our services, if needed, to forward them free of charge for freight." The meeting at once tendered thanks for the generous offer, and Mr. Dodge stated that it-was virtually a contribution of 20,000 dols. to the fund. Another letter was read from a gentleman who did not wish his name mentioned, which closed no less eloquently than the first one .—" Thank God I" said the writer, 'ewe have bread add to spare and they will not say, I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat.' Will you add to your list, 1,000 barrels of flour, from one whose loaf will taste the sweeter for sharing it with a fa mished brother, and brand it—Union." After the reading of this letter, the same munificent anonymous donor who had sent it handed in, as an additional contribution, seven 1,000 dol. United States Treasury notes, but he still desired his name should not be mentioned. Mr. Dodge desired that the firm of which he is a member might be put down for 5,000 dole. ; Mr. Johnson, the secretary of the meeting, offered 2,500; Captain Marshall, 2,000; Babcock Brothers, 2,000; six other individuals or firms gave 1,000 dole. each; and several sums as large were offered from other donors. (From the !sew York. lribune, Dec. 6.) to perfect their Commerce-rooms held a private session Yesterday the committee appointed at the Chamber of of the United Jay has wr itt en an a dd ress to the people Plans to aid th e su ff er i ng opera ti ves o f L anca shire. John States, and submitted it to this committee for revision. He appeals to the benevolent of all classes to come forward promptly and contribute generously for the relief of the un fortunate and starving poor in the cotton manufacturing districts of England. More than 40 ,000 dols. in cash has been subscribed al ready, and the amount will no doubt be largely increased at once, so that the pressing wants of the poor sufferers may be immediately relieved. One of our merchants has given the large sum of 10,000 dole., and many others can claim 4, the blessing of those who were ready to perish" for their prompt and liberal d onations. Th e good ship that sails with bread for the hungry at this crisis in our history is the best guarantee that can be given of the Christian charity of our a victory more glorious th an a ilea of iron-clads l e It can storm the citadel of peOP • d grateful hearts and achieve can LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Dec. 17, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall,. before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) RCENIG V. RITCHIE.—LIBEL AND SLANDER. The further hearing of this case was resumed. Mr. W. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Watkin Williams, and Mr. Edward Besley were counsel for the plain tiff; Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Reid were counsel for the defendants. Mr. M. Chambers continued his address to the jury on behalf of the plaintiff. lie immediately revieved and criticised the evidence on both sides, and also the statements and counter-statements contained in the pamphlets, observing in the course of his remarks that probably he was hasty in what he said against the directors about the days of grace. He also added that if he was hasty and warm in his remarks a few days since to Mr. Macaulay, he apologised for it. The learned counsel, in con clusion, called upon the jury to give the plaintiff heavy damages for the libel which the defendants admitted they bad published by sending copies to each of their 250 agents. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, said he congratulated the jury on having arrived at the close of a case which was the most wearisome he had ever known, with the special exception of the ad mirable forensic argument and disputation of Sir F. Kelly the previous day, which caused the hours to pass quickly instead of heavily. He thought it lamentable that the time of twelve commercial men should have been occupied four weary days with this case, and in the meantime the arrears of the Queen's Bench stayed, whilst trying over again matters finally settled long ago. The questions raised upon this policy were proper sub jects for discussion in a court of law, and after they had been discussed in the Court of Exchequer and in Chancery he could not help thinking that all parties might have been very well contented. But it pleased Mr. Fowler, with the co-operation and assistance of Mr. Koenig, to go into print and ap peal to the policyholders. That provoked a reply from the directors, and he could not help owning that he had not much sympathy for a man who, having appealed to tho public, on being changed the tribunal he had chosen and had re- course to a court of law. It was very like the case of one man knocking down another, and as soon as he rose to renew the combat call for the police. As he had said, he had not much sympathy with a man coming into a court of law, but, as the °Lee was there, they must deal with it as they found it. The action resolved itself into two heads—the libel al leged to be contained in the pamphlet, and the slan der spoken by Mr. Ritchie. The facts with regard to the libel were not in dispute, and it was for them to say, when they were stripped of the highly coloured and exaggerated complexion given to them by counsel, whether they did or did not make out the truth of the passages in the pamphlet complained of. They could not but lament the series of mis takes and misunderstandings that existed, but for which the civil rights of the parties would have been determined without the imputation of suspicion and distrust that seemed to have presented themselves, and were prominently put forward in the course of the proceedings. It was clear that the directors were not liable on the policy, and Mr. Fowler's pamphlet made serious imputations on them,which were calcu lated, if unnoticed and unanswered, to do them great and serious injury, On the slander there was a conflict of evidence. Without referring to what had been said about Mr. Jones, there could be no doubt it was owing to him, as mischief-maker, they had been engaged four mortal days in inquiring again into these squables and disputes. It was for ' them to say, in the face of positive contradiction by two respectable witnesses, if they could put faith in the evidence of the mischief-maker. A man who puts himself forward to stir up strife between par ties might not be the most reliable witness. He left it to the jury to say whether, under the circum stances, there was express malice on the part of the I directors in putting forth their pamphlet, and in Mr. Ritchie in the statement made by him to Mr. Jones, or whether both were done bona fide. Whilst the jury were out considering the ques tions left to them by his lordship, Mr. M. Chambers tendered a bill of exceptions, and his lordship had them back and explained the excepted points. The Jury said they had made up their minds. The Lord Chief Justice asked them if they be lieved Mr. Ritchie spoke the words attributed to him by Mr. Jones. The Foreman—No, we do not. The Lord Chief Justice—Are you of opinion that the directors have made out a justification of the libel complained of ? The Foreman—Yes, we are. • The Lord Chief Justice—Then that is a verdict for the defendant. The Foreman said they were of opinion no impu tations rested nn Mr. IT tnnis. FONN.K.Me AND ANOTHER V. THE MANCHESTER AND LONDON LITE, &C., ASSOCIATION. This was an action brought by the executrix and executor of the deceased, Henry Fowkes, commercial traveller and agent at Birmingham, to recover the sum of £l,OOO on a policy of in ' surance. The defendants pleaded fraud, relative to the withholding of certain information required by the proposal paper. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice were counsel for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. T. Jones were counsel for the defendant. The proof rested with the defendants, anti their case was heard first. The fraud relied on was, that the deceased withheld from the company the filet he had suffered from gout, and further that he had stated be had been accepted in another office at the ordinary rates, whereas he had been declined. The Jury ultimately retired, and upon returning into court, answered certain questions put to them by the learned judge, which amounted to a verdict for the plaintiffs. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiffs— Damages, £1,062. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SECOND COURT. Sittings at Nisi Prius in London.—(Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) KNIGHT AND ANOTHER T. THE OCEAN MARINE IN- SURANCE COMPANY. The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Knight and Coleman, had been engaged as brokers in disposing of the shares in the defendants' company whilst it was being established, and their case was that their commission upon the 40,000 shares would amount to £5,000, but that instead of their being paid in this way it was arranged that they sbonld receive £750 and 600 shares in the company, and that in addition they should be appointed permanent brokers to the company. They now claimed damages upon the ground that they had been dismissed from their po sition. There was a plea upon the record alleging that the plaintiffs had not performed their duty efficiently, but early in the day that plea was with drawn, and it was admitted that there was no impu tation upon the plaintiffs. Mr. Bovill and Mr. M. Williams appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. M. Smith, Mr. Mellish, and Mr. Garth were for the defendants. It was stated that the formation of the company was commenced in 1858, and that the plaintiffs were employed for many months in getting fit per sons to join the company and in disposing of shares. They were appointed brokers to the company by the provisional directors, and continued to act in that capacity until September, 1861, when they learned that some other brokers had been employed to make an investment; thereupon the plaintiffs wrote saying that they still held the unrevoked appoint ment as brokers to the company, and asking for an explanation ; and the directors in reply repudiated any appointment such as would restrain them from employing any other broker if they thought fit ; and in this way the connection came to an end. In the course of the plaintiffs' case it was stated that they had been offered the valuable ap pointment of brokers to the Thames and Mersey In surance Company, but they declined it because it was thought that they could not hold it consistently with their duty as brokers to the defendants. Some evidence was given, and in the course of the day his lordship suggested au arrangement, and he more fully communicated with the leading coun sel in his private room. Mr. Smith, upon their return, said that the plain tiffs' counsel felt that h e could. not succeed in establishing that the plaintiffs were appointed per petual brokers to the company, and he. (Mr. Smith) had to say that the directors had not the slightest wish to complain of the conduct of Messrs. Knight and Coleman in reference to investments made by them. It had appeared in the course of the cause that the plaintiffs had been asked in a friendly way to withdraw their letter claiming to be perpetual brokers, but declined, and the directors felt that they could not admit any such claim. Under the circumstances it had been arranged Ghat the litiga tion should terminate by a juror being withdrawn. Mr. Justice Willes said that there would have been a great deal of difficulty in the way of the plaintiffs establishing that they were permanent brokers to the company, but the principal object of the plaintiffs being to show as publicly as they could that the defendants ceased to employ them Nithout any fault upon their side, and this having been established, he was glad to say that the litiga tion was now at an end. Juror withdrawn. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ,(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) SIMMONS V. BRETON-CASE OF ALLEGED INSANITY. This was an action upon a cheque for £2,000. The defendant pleaded that when he signed the cheque he was in an unsound state of mind. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. M'Namara were counsel for the plaintiff: and Mr. M, Chambers, Q,C , and Mr. Gray for the defendant. The issue being on the defendant, Mr. Gray (in the absence of Mr. X Chambers) opened the case. He said that plaintiff was station-master at Crawley, in Sussex, and the defendant was a young gentle man aged 26, who had been brought up to the pro fession of an engineer, and who entered into prac tice on his own account, 1861. The defendant, on 17th A pril last, signed an agreement to buy a house called Highfield Lodge, where he had been residing, from the plaintiff for £2,000, bat the bargain was to be void if the money was not paid within two months. On the 12th May, before the expiration of that time, the defendant gave him a cheque for £2,000 on his bankers ; but the defence was that he signed it while of unsound mind, and if that were proved it would be a good defence to the action. The learned counsel said he had at that time no means of meeting the cheque, as ,he had only a balance of £2OO at his banker's, and his other pro perty consisted in a reversionary interest worth £3,000 5n an estate in the Isle of Thanet, which had been mortgaged for £2,000 to pay his debts. He contended that giving a cheque under these cir cumstances was not the act of a rational man. In 1860 he became so violent:that it was necessary to place him under restraint, and in April, 1862, he had a renewal of the attack, and after committing various acts of eccentricity was sent to a lunatic asylum upon the certificate of two medical gentle men. After the lapse of two or three months he got better, and now it was not alleged that he was insane. The following evidence was then adduced— Mr. Henry Breton, the defendant's brother, a farmer at Hawley, in Surrey, said—ln Autumn, 1860, my brother was residing in London. One Sunday he came to see me. His manner was very strange. He walked about, and plucked out the hairs of his beard. He was not quite right in his head. He said he was Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and also a greater man than Rothschild. His face became all sore from pulling out his beard. Ha Annnpri, sang, and porfor....a wii oor6a of antioca. In the beginning of this year I again noticed some thing strange in his manner. I saw him in a pub lic-house at East Grimstead, with a hat on made of hedge-hog skins. When he was at his brother-in law's house (the Rev. Mr. Norton, curate of Horne, Surrey) he conducted himself in a very extraordi nary manner. His hands and feet had to be tied. He knocked a hole through the wall and was quite raving. He talked incoherently. When given anything to eat he would rub it over his face. He would drink beer, but sometimes he would pur it over his head. In May he was in the same state as to his mind. He did no' know what he was doing. I never knew of his drinking at that time. I saw him at the Camberwell-house Lunatic Asylum. That was when we took him out. He then seemed quite right, and he has continued to improve ever since. Cross-examined—My brother was on some works in Portugal for which Sir M. Peto had contracted. I considered that up to 1860 he was a very tempe rate young man. I know that since then he has drunk. Drink had the effect of exciting him. I do not know that his illness in 1860 was caused by delirium tremens. At the time the attack was on him he said we had ill-treated him. After he got well I never paid him anything in the shape of compensation. In 1862 he used to drink occasionally, I believe that in April last he went to a volunteer review at Brighton, but I do not know whether he then had a drinking bout. He was angry at our not allowing him to drink, but we allowed him to smoke. He was kept tied four days but let loose at intervals. A medical man saw him, and said he was tied down in a proper manner. When he was released he knew what he was about. Mr. Smith, a medical man, did not refuse to sign a certificate of his insanity. I heard that he was thrown out of a gig in May last. I signed the order to re ceive him at the asylum. There was a telegram from Mr. Spencer, of the Bridge-house Hotel, in London, stating that he was conducting himself in a very strange manner. It was after receiving that that I signed the certificate. I applied to Mr. Hay man, a surgeon of Town Malling, to sign the certi ficate, and he did so. My brother-in-law got some body else to sign it, but I don't know his name. He is a London man. lam not aware that a Mr. Chapman refused to certify. Re-examined—He did not know his mother when he was in the state I have described. He spoke to her disrespectfully, bat at other times he showed great affection for her. Mrs. Mary Norton, the elder sister of the defen dant, said—l saw my brother when he was ill in 1860. Between his recovery and March in the present year he was well enough, but he seemed always strange. In April last he swore dreadfully ; that was contrary to his usual habit. He talked and laughed at night when he was by himself, and woke us all. He boasted of his great wealth, and said he would keep servants and carriages at Craw ley. He also said he would make a railway through the sky. I knew he was not in his right mind. Cross-examined—He became more sensible after he had a little drink. Re-examined—He was under restraint at my house, at Horne, in Surrey. He nearly knocked down the partition in the room, and every one who came near him. Charles Turner, the keeper of wine shades in the Strand, said the defendant's conduct was very eccen tric. He had once offered witness a cheque for any amount, simply as an act of kind ness ; an d once h e stood on his head, in imitation of the boys who followed the omnibuses. His impression was that the defendant was suffering from an attack of delirium tremens, and was not in his right mind. Cross-examined—l had several business transac tions with the defendant. What ! with a madman P Witness—Yes; we have transactions with mad men every day of our lives. (Laughter.) The last time I saw him was on May 29, 1862. He came with no neck-tie on, and covered with mud. I thought he was mad, but he appea re d so b er . Th ere s in his eyes. He p a id me my c h eques. the right amount s , an d were cashed T w h a e s y a w w e i r l e dn f e o s r by his bankers. I don't think he offered me the cheque for as much as I liked by way of chaff. He was not drunk at the time. I thought it was a piece of vain boasting, or the saying of a man who did not know what he was about. Ed ward Silvester, landlord of the Fox, at Three Bridges, said that on April last the defend an t came to his house and ordered three bottles of cham pagne, bread and cheese, hay and corn for his horse, and two gallons of water, saying he was going out on night duty. The articles were eventuallyesup plied to him, and he drove off in his cart. He used to lie down under his horse, and also get under the table and say he was a volunteer, and was in search for the enemy. He was well known by the name of Blondin, as he said his friends were trying to take his property from him. He owed witness £lB odd, and on sending in his bill he gave him a cheque for £4O, and said he was to give the few shillings over to the servants. He sent the cheque to his bankers and got the money, but he gave the sum he had been overpaid to his family. He did not think he was of sound mind. Cross-examined—He drank moderately. Never saw him do so excessively. He had seen him the worse for liquor. When he had the champagne he said he was going on night duty, no ho expected some one would rob his fish-pond. Mr. G. Chapman, a medical man, said he attended the defendant in September, 1860. He appeared in an excited state; at first he thought from drink. He spoke irrationally, but he would not have signed a certificate of his insanity at that time. He was suffering from great excitement. He struck the wall with his hands and feet, and spat upon the ground and rubbed his head in it. Witness then thought it necessary that he should be placed under some restraint. In May his brain was not in a ' sound condition, but he was rational on some sub jects. _ Cross-examined—l was not asked to sign a cer tificate. It was talked about. To my recollection, I did not say that I thought he was not insane. I considered he was in a state of temporary insanity. Ile-examined--On May 25 I did not consider he was in a proper state of mind. He was of unsound mind. Mr. John Lacy, a surgeon, of Wellington-street, London-bridge, said he was called upon to see the defendant in May last, and after examining him he signed a certificate. There was great excitement in his manner; tte laboured under various hallucina tions, and fancied he was Albert, Prince of the World. He emitted great quantities of saliva, and showed extreme restlessness. He was also informed that he had a similar attack before, that he had written cheques for absurd amounts, that there was great irregularity in his mode of living, and that he had indulged in spit ituous liquors. He then signed the certificate produced, upon which he was confined in the asylum. He was still of opinion that at that time he was insane. The insanity might have been brought on by drink and other causes. He must have been working up to that condition for months. The trial had not concluded when the court rose. couß r OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) 'win V. WITT AND KLINDWORTII. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Keane, for the peti tioner; Mr. Karslake Q.C., an d D r . T r istram for the respond3nt ; the Qu een ' s Ad voca t e an d Mr. S. Hill, for the co-respondent. The petitioner, a music-seller, carrying on busi ness in Regent-street, under the name of I. I. Ewer and Co., sought a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with Mr. Klindworth, a teacher of music in the neighbourhood of Man chester-square. The case, which had already occu , pied two days, was fully reported on Saturday and Monday lest. This morning additional evidence was given on behalf of the respondents, who denied the charge and pleaded a recrimination. Mrs. de Clermont, of Champion-hill, a friend of Mrs. Witt, deposed to the very delicate state of the respondent's health. At her instance a nurse, named We.keman was engaged to take care of her. Maria 'Wakeman said she was in attendance on the respondent from the 3d December, 1860, till the 20th January. Mr. Klindworth was frequently at the house, but it was with the perfect cognisance of the petitioner. Recollected him copying music in the dining-room. Witness went in several times while he was so engaged. Mr. Klindwotth had been sleeping at the house the night before; and Mr. Witt left him there when he went away to busi ness. After Miss Karop, the respondent's sister, came, Mr. Klindworth went away and did not re turn till he came back with Mr. Witt. Mrs. Witt was very ill ail the time witness stayed with her. Cross-examined—She did not go out of the house at all daring the whole time witness was there. Saw the co-respondent in Mrs. Witt's bedroom three times, but once a lady was also there. It did not snrprise witness that he went there after so many gentlemen had been taken in. Esther Pearson, apparently a German, said she frequented the Haymarket. Was a foreigner, but declined to say where she came from, for she did not think her fader and moder and country had any thing to do with these things. Had known the pe titioner before he was married (viz., in Jan., 1858). Had met him on several occasions in the course of the following year. One was after midnight in March or April. He was dressed as if he had come from a party. He went home with witness. Did not remember if they walked or rode, for witness had had too much wine. Was too drunk to recol lect what passed, but could guess. Went on the 19th of March last to the City with Mr. Witt and a friend. Met him again not long ago in the Hay market. That was not above a fortnight since. Had also met him on the Bth of October, and had been with him to his place of business in Regent street. Could not explain what passed. Cross-examined—Came over to England in 1857 from Paris. Had been " keeped" there by a gentle man. Had been brought to England by that gen tleman. Who was still living in London. Was not with him now. Had since done as well as she could. Declined to say within 150 how many gentlemen had been home with her. Went to night-houses when she felt inclined. Had a little to drink some times, but declined to say whether she drank too much. If she drank she spent her own money. Drank when she felt inclined. Never felt inclined to go to the police-station for being disorderly. Declined to say whether she went without being inclined. Might have been before a magistrate once, but it was not for being " screwy." (A. laugh) Knew Klindworth. He had been home with her once to her knowledge, but that was four years ago. Eight or nine months ago witness went with Klindworth and other friends to some night-houses. They had supper. That gentleman (pointing out one near the jury-box) was a friend of Mr. Witt and Mr. Klindworth. He was present. Had lunch with him on Saturday last. The parish officers had once threatened to prosecute her for keeping a bad house. Mr. Wm. Kumpel, of Berners•street (the person identified by the last witness), was a friend of Mr. Witt. The letter produced was in his hand writing. [The document seemed to have been written after the respondent had left him. It was written in affectionate terms, and implored forgive- ness for some offences of which the writer appeared to think that he had been guilty, but of which the precise nature did not appear.] Had been ac quainted with Mrs. Witt ever since her marriage, and had frequently visited the house. Used some times to go about with Mr. Witt of evenings. Went with him to the Haymarket, to the cafés, and night houses there. The people who frequent those houses were gentlemen and prostitutes. Began to go there not long after the petitioner's marriage. Used to look around and take a glass of beer. Mr. Witt used occasionally to converse with the women there, and sometimes sup with them. On one of these occasions Witt left the room and a girl also went out. They returned afterwards almost together. Cross-examined—Was an artist—an historical and landscape painter. Klindworth was also an in timate friend of witness. Knew Esther Pearson. Happened to be at the same table with her at lunch on Saturday. Had been once to her lodgings, and had been about with her at night three or four times. Had left off that kind of life since July, 1861. Had long been tired of it; but had latterly been with friends now and then. Had never talked of these Haymarket adventures before Mrs. Witt. Had lately met Esther Pearson and taken her to a house in the Haymarket. _ Sir C. dresswell—lf you are so tired of this sort of life, you had better avoid the Haymarket alto gether. (A laugh.) Mr. Hawkins—Yes. They'll ruin your morals, Kumpel. (Laughter.) Sir C. Cre9swell—Are you a married man ? Witness—No. Mr. Karslake then summed up the case for the respondent. He maintained that both her pleas had been proved. It was shown that she had been in such a state of health all the time at which the adul tery was charged, that nothing could be more im probable than the idea of her accepting the impro per attentions of anyone. As for Mr. Witt, not withstanding the attempt which had been made to depict him as a model husband, it was clear from the evidence just given what his real character had been. He pretended, forsooth, that the cares of his business made him require, to quote an expression from the letter which had been put in, " a nightly boisterous excitement now and then." That letter, and the evidence of Mr. Kumpel, so far corroborated the story of Esther Pearson, that the jury would readily understand how pained a Wife would be by his conduct. It was only when he found that his wife would live with him no longer that he had re sorted to this snit as a means of getting rid of her. Mr. Hawkins, in reply, ridiculed the evidence given for the defence, and asked the jury what they thought of such an excuse as that Mr. Klindviorth was Sitting up from 11 to 7, reading the " Arabian Nights Entertainments ?" (A laugh.) As to the counter-charge he must say that he had never met with a case of more cruel exaggeration. There had really been no evidence against him but the word of a drunken prostitute, whom he (the learned counsel) had almost felt ashamed to cross-examine. He protested against allowing a man's prospects in life to be blasted by the bare statement of a witness so infamous, and called on the jury to give their verdict for the petitioner with substantial damages against the man who had deeply injured him. Sir C. Cresswell having addressed the jury on the whole case, they found a verdict for the petitioner on all the issues. They assessed the damages at 40s. The Court then made a decree nisi, with costs, against the co-respondent. ASSIZE INYELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) Wm. Mealing was charged with the wilful mur der of Sarah Moss, at Rendcome, on Oct. 23. Mr. Cripps prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Cooke. The prisoner had formed an acquaintance with the deceased Sarah Moss, a woman about six years his senior, who was living with her father, and who had an illegitimate child aged th ree years. Anim proper intimacy had sprung up between the prisoner and the deceased, and the latter was pregnant by , him. They had agreed to be married, and the pri soner professed great love for the woman, who had saved up some money for the wedding, which was to come off in a few days, the banns having been asked in the parish church. The prisoner lived at Moss's house, and was in the habit of sleeping with the deceased. On Thursday night, the 23d of October, he went to Moss's house, and bad tea about 8 o'clock in the evening, afterwards going to bed with the deceased, whose little child slept in a small bed in the same room. The murder is supposed to have been committed about mid night, for between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morn ing the prisoner went to the house of the parish constable, and having knocked him up, said, " I am come for you to take me up and hang me, for I have been and murdered the woman at the place where I was lodging." He was without hat or coat, and his clothes and hands were covered with blood. I The constable went back with him to Moss's house, and on going upstairs found the deceased's child crying in its little bed, and the deceased lying in a pool of blood in her own bed, her head having been nearly severed from her body with a razor, which was lying on the bedcl, thes. The bedclothes were thrown off the deceased, who was nearly naked to the shoulders. Marks of bloody hands were found on the bannisters and stairs. He said he had done it with the razor which was on the bed, and that the reason why he ha done it was that " they had had a few words a f ew d ays ago, and he was obliged to du it." According to the evidence of the prisoner's mother, the prisoner had for some time complained of pains in his head, and had expressed fears that lie should do some mischief to himself or other per sons. He had, when a lad, received an injury on the head, from which he had suffered at intervals ever since, and he had lately asked his mother to put the knives and other dangerous weapons . out of Ills Way, that he might not do any i n j ur y t o 'umbel: Evidence as to the prisoner's state of mind having been given, Theeprisoner was found not guilty on the ground of insanity. James . Summers, alias John Alex. Conroy, was charged on three indictments with forgery and bigamy; bigamy,in having married two young ladies, Miss Emily Dawson Graham at Windsor, and Miss Jane, Cowley Date at Cirencester, his wife Margaret being living. The other charge was that of forging a cheque for £lOO on Messrs. Hopkinson and Co. Mr. Grippe, having opened the case and read a number of letters which had been concocted by the prisoner as purporting to have been written by Sir John Lawrence, by the Lady of Major-Oen. Dames, whom he represented as his sister, and others, vouching for his position as Captain Conroy, of the Bengal army, called Mr. Date, landlord of the King's Head Hotel, Cirencester, who deposed that the prisoner came to his house on the 16th April last, and remained there till July. He pa.id,his addresses to Miss Date, representing himself as Capt. Conroy, of the Indian army. Witness looked into the" Army List," and not finding his name there he called the prisoner's attention to the fact, when he expressed his sur prise, and said he should write to his friend Sir J. Lawrence. He accordingly wrote to Sir John, and in a day or two Mr. Date and the prisoner received letters purporting to be from Sir J. Lawrence (but which were proved to be forgeries) vouching for the fact that the prisoner was a captain in the Ben gal Infantry. This he (witness) considered satis factory, and the prisoner became the accepted suitor of Miss Date, and they were married on the 9th July. On that day, just as the newly married pair were leaving for their wedding trip, the pri soner lost his purse, and witness was asked to ad vance some money. A few days before thie the pri soner had given the prosecutor a cheque on Messrs. Hopkinson and Co. for £lOO to keep for him, and it was suggested that this should be cashed. Accord ingly Conroy indorsed it, and the Cirencester bankers cashed it. Evidence was given that this cheque was a for. gery. Mr. Graham, official assignee of the London Bankruptcy Court, proved that the other cheque, which the prisoner had placed in the hands of Mr. Date to keep for him, was also a forgery. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. Sawyer addressed the jury for the prisoner resting his defence on some slight discrepancies in the evidence of the several witnesses, and sub mitted that there was no evidence that the prisoner had a knowledge that the cheque was a forgery. His lordship summed up with great care, and the prisoner was found guilty. He was then charged with bigamy, and pleaded guilty to both cases of bigamy. Sentence, 15 years' penal servitude. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 17. Neal O'Donnell and James Coyne were indicted before Mr. Justice Blackburn to-day for the wilful murder of a sheriff's officer, named James Morris, on the 15th of September last. Mr. Deighton, who opened the prosecution, said that the prisoner O'Donnell was the brother-in-law of a person named Byrne, and Coyne was the uncle of O'Donnell, and also the uncle of Byrne's wife. Byrne was a furniture broker, occupying two shops, Nos. 3 and 4, Derby-street, Whitechapel. Up to the 19th of August last, and for some time pre viously, the prisoner O'Donnell had boarded and lodged with James Byrne. He paid nothing for his maintenance, his services in superintending Byrne's shops being taken as an equivalent. On the 19th of August some misunderstanding occurred between Byrne and O'Donnell, which resulted in O'Donnell leaving Byrne's house, and the shop No. 3 being closed, and the key left with Coyne. The shop No. 3 was the one which had been chiefly attended to by the prisoner O'Donnell, having been taken by Byrne in O'Donnell's name, though Byrne paid the rent, and was the actual tenant. The shop was closed until the 23d of August, when Byrne sent in some men to remove some of the furniture, and a dispute took place with O'Donnell on this occasion, but nothing of importance took place. The shop remained again closed, Coyne retaining the key. On the 15th of September Byrne gave instructions to the bailiffs (Brooks and Warden) to go into the shop and remove the goods to the warerooms of a person named Heys. The bailiffs took with them about 16 men,including the deceased James Morris. They entered the premises about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and found the prisoner O'Donnell there and his brother Charles. The prisoner left the shop for a short time, and then returned with Coyne. Some scuffling took place, but the result was that the bailiffs pre vailed, and the prisoners and Charles O'Donnell were ejected. O'Donnell then went to a provision shop in Whitechapel, took from the counter a Ist ge bacon knife, and with this returned to the shop, which he entered in company with Coyne, who was outside. O'Donnell flourished hia knife about, and while James Morris was running back to escape his violence, O'Donnell stabbed him several times, one stab penetrating deeply between the eighth and ninth ribs. The police were called, the knife was wrested from O'Donnell, and Morris was taken to the hospital, where he died in a few minutes after wards. Witnesses were then called. For the defence Mr. Pope contended that all the facts showed that O'Donnell had sustained great provocation at the hands of his brother-in-law, Byrne, and that the prisoner's anger at Byrne's conduct had been lashed into ungovernable fury by the last act of injustice which he was about to sustain at his brother-in-law's hands, viz., the for cible removal of the goods from the premises. Byrne was not justified in sending the bailiffs at all, as there was a negotiation pending for a partnership between the prisoner and Byrne. O'Donnell, Mr. Pope urged, had killed Morris in the heat and vio lence of passion, with no malice prepence, epd with out any predetermination to kill. The learned counsel, therefore, claimed a verdict of manslaugh ter in O'Donnell's ease. With regard to Coyne, Mr. Pope scouted the evidence of his knowing that O'Donnell had a knife as slight and inconclusive. After a careful summing up from his lordship the jury retired, and after an absence of forty minutes, returned with a verdict of " Man slaughter" in the case of O'Donnell, and of " Ac quittal" in the case of Coyne. His lordship remarked, that though he did not find fault with the verdict of the jury, this was a case so near one of murder that be felt bound to sentence the prisoner to penal servitude for life. Coyne was discharged. CHESTER CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) TRIAL OF THE BIRKENHEAD RIOTERS. At the sitting of the Court this morn i ng t h e trial of the Birkenhead rioters was resumed, when the several learned counsel engaged for the prisoners addressed the jury. Mr. Welsby, in opening the defence for the eight prisoners on whose behalf he was retained, said there could be no doubt that a formidable and dan gerous riot took place at Birkenhead on the night of the 15th of October, but contended that the police And the magisterial authorities were much to blame for allowing the borough to remain in the hands of the mob for so many hours, when the military were so close at hand, and that, therefore, they were responsible to a great extent for what took place. Mr. Bevan and Mr. Macintyre next addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients. Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P., followed on behalf of the prisoners Tracy and Shoolin. The learned coun sel warmly denounced the conduct of the members of the Birkenhead Debating Society, who had pro voked the disturbances by the ostentatious display of their Orange placards. He also complained of the conduct of the police, who, by their indiscri minate attacks upon the people, had aggravated them and goaded them on to violence. He de fended Father Goulding from the imputations which had been cast upon him, remarking that he was there from the most humane and praiseworthy motive--that of pacifying the mob—and that the fact of his having addressed the mob, and called for three cheers for the Queen, abundantly proved he was endeavouring to restrain th em f rom cont i nu i ng the 'jot. A great number of witnesses were called to esta blish an alibi on thb part of several of the prisoners. Mr. Grove, Q.C., then replied for the prosecution. His Lordship summed up with great care ; and After an absen2.e of an hour and a quarter, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners, with the exception of Fynan. Some slight disturbance arose among the crowd, and The Court intimated that if order was not strictly maintained the hall would be cleared. The learned Baron then, in feeling terms, ordered Patk. Fahey the elder to be discharged on his own recognizo,nces, Catherine Larkin to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months, and the other female pri soners for six months each. Shoveli n , P atrick Fahey the younger, and , Michael Fahey an d others he sentenced to one years imprisonment, Buckl ey and Hogan to two years imprisonment, and Lennon to 15 years' penal servitude. A UrENTLEMAN FOUND DROWNE D I N THE RIVER a long the towing path LFA.—Yesterday morni, they ng, as Borne barg emen were going observed a black bundle &at ing in the River Lea, and having procured a boat brought a body ashore. It was then removed to the workhouse to be viewed and the inquest held. Deceased is described as about 30 years of age, fair complexion, five feet four inches in height, and on his person was found a pearl-handle knife —linen marked "A., 9," OCCUPA7ION GONE. Here is a poor fellow who used to be employed in a wil l ' but who has been 16 or 16 months with his occupation gone. He has depending on him, an old mother, and a half •wi tted brother; the last, subj ec t to fits of violent madness at times. I went to see this excellent fellow—the sane brother I mea n ' He was in first-rate spirits—in far better spirits th an some of my wealthy acquaintances—lnt such a ruino us state of things I have s e ld om come i n contac t w ith. room into which we went from the street had a counte r stretching half way across it, a bare counter, with not eves a beggarly account of empty boxes behind it. Theresvas nothing to tell, but ab ou t th e loom hung severa l bird cages, and three or four of them were ' tenanted. 111 e owner of this wretched a tt emp t a t a s h op was Bitting within the useless counter by a bit of fire, and, sten ane in a purposeless way in the middle of the apartment, Nr.3e 0. the half-witted b ro th er . H o was a w i ld strong -lookiel fellow, with a dangerous stare in his eye. He nt * with his hands in hi s p oc k e t s , an d wore a swallow-tail dress. coat of great ag e , w hi c h I suppose some one had given him. I must c onf ess th a t h e did no t appea r to me to be best pleased with our intrusion, and it would not in the least have surprised me if he had sprung over the count er and inflicted serious damage upon myself or the fri end : who had introduced me . Th e h a lf- w i t t e d man began soon after we entered to comb his hair with a pin, and nePtinn"t so to occupy hi mse lf w ith littl e i n t erm i ss i on during nu t stay. . . . What a story was this of the two brothers; The sane one—who will, by some practical peop l e , be s e t down as anything but sane for his pains—would not Pa! with poor Mad Tom, even in spite of his r e Y lent fits, in spite of th e i nconven i ence h o mus t h av e eau' in spite of the temptation of getting rid of his keep threug l the help of an asylum. Wh a t d evo ti on was thi s I love 1 Mad Tom could be no sort of use. Far f r r, it. He had o nce , i n d ee d, b een sent out to se ll ' 6 " penny periodicals for his b ro th er , b u t this had ri°t turned out a profit a bl e t ransac ti on, as t h e poor fet e low (being mad, rem em b er ) gave away a ll th e r eonel" got, before he came home again. This selling of ilen ny papers was one of the schemes in which the poor un ein s ployed elder brother had engaged, with a view of keeping house over his head and a s p ar k o f fi re go i ng i n the ST-a te to Besides this he had inv es t e d th e littl e h e had been able save in better days, in the purchase of some odds and ow' of furniture and other matt ers , w ith t h e id ea of 041 them again at a trifling p ro fit. Th a t empty 00111/'- already spoken of, had beensucb a purchase, and had b een picked up a bargain. It a business could only have been, , bought with that counter 1 But the setting up of C' ters is one thing, and the transaction of busin. of across the same is quite another. An enormous Pa ir iron scales, with a beam of about five feet in length, was another trifle which our p oor ama t eur b ro k er had picit edu,, n ; cheap, and for whi c h h e t o ld us, i n t h e j oll i es t way irasgl4-t able, he was open t o an o ff er , a t a very mo d era te Pr ° ' t ' Sometimes, and while these particulars were coming °11 ; our conversation would turn on th e eccen t r i c iti e s of 1 ) "" Mad Tom, and to all such matters he would himself listen, standing behind the counter with his hands in his pockets, or working away with his pin, and looking as if the . '7 A , aA under dicusssion was th a t o f some un f or t una te o l 'S, vidual living, we will say, in the heart of Poland , ; little did it appear to have to do with him. He did 11, 1- „? even rally to a sense of hi s connec ti on w i t h th e matter hand, when his brother, in reply to our expressions of 'f a prise at the number of birdcages about the room, inf °lll3 „,, i us that they were this poor feather-brained fellow's °' - 80 handiwork, and that his brain attacks—which had been attributable to his having been crossed in love man)" y e- fe ago—had been materially alleviated since he had taken - making these very birdcages.-411 the Year Bound. NARA", I AS. —WEDNESDAY. 81. 4 IBarley, grinding. . 2 2 9 6: 1 ° 0 lo v : Oats, old, .. New do 203 t ° 4 sg 1 Beans.. 445 t° 4 20 ) Beans, new 38 0 to 38s to 465. GOUN7.RI I. NEWARK— White wheat new, 54s to 56s Red do. 4Bs to 53s Old white sBs to 60s Red do. - 52s to 55s Barley, malting 38s to 42s Peas, .... BOSTON—WEDNEsDAY. 3/ 0 White wheat 50s to 52s I Barley 355 to is to 3 Red 4ss to 47s I Oats.... l B5 460 Beans ..32s to 408 I Peas 34s to • HULL—TUESDAY. q OO Wheat.... Old white....per qr 5OB Od to 5 - 9 0d Old red 4Bs Od to 505 na » New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 52s Od to 5. 3 0 d Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 624 o d Baltic and Hamburg, red 495 Od to 6 5 !., 9 pd St. Petersburg and Riga, o sos Od to , 4 „ . ocl Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 3i ' od Grinding 3ls Od to 330 0a Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 33635s Od dt o 3 34 9 a 0 pd Grinding 2Bs Od to 310 Od Oats English, new Archangel and Riga , per st osl2ld to„ Friesland and Dutch' oBl3d to oS• 34 US I C3‘Vealial Etna rainisn OslZta to Od Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 42 s Od t o 443 p d New tick. 4os Od to 425 Od Egyptian 34s 6d to 353 6a Peas Foreign boiler s .. . Grinding Tares .... Spring, Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing e — 533 2 73 s s gs 4 3 0 °0 ci d dd tt t t °c o o 533;48 955$ II 40s Od to s 5 23 0 Q Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 oto £,.,- 0 0 Ra e cakes u Foreign Bl5O to 6 0 Bon p es 65 5 0 0 0 t t o o g io 0 COAL .IV. (Prioes of Coal per Ton a AItKET. the close of the market. d 8. ' s. d. Bell's Primrose l4 0 Carway and Duffryn. Malting 22 0 Do. Anthracite 20 0 Byass's Bebside West Lambert's West 'Tart' 15 6 bey .................6 6 Bower's West Hartley Hartley 9 ranfield Moor 14 3 Cowpen Hartley ..... l4 9 Davison's West Hart- Walls End. .is 6 Hetton ....... 6 i s s _Haswell ........ 16 3 Wharneliffe ........... 17 0 Braddyll's H e tton .... . 1 7 South Hartlepool.... •. is 6 South Hetton ........ 18 ' 6 Stewart' .......... •. 1 7 Cassop ...... ley Hastings Hartley ....14 9 Wylam ..16 9 West Wylam 15 9 Eden Main l6 9 Ships at inarkei t. 74; soil 52. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. n 0. 19 ' A unralia and Mauritiu s , v i a S out h ampton. ...... via Marseilles ......... p ec. .f• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. 1,7 3 ; 19' China, Penang, and Si ngapore , v i a Southa mpton-40.... via Marseilles .• Falkland Isl an d s Gibraltar, via Southa m pt on • India (Calcutta), a n d C ey l on, v i a Southampton . •Dec. •-•-• via Marseilles..•••''' 2 6 . India (Bombay), vi a S ou th ampton • . D ec, 20. via . 4. via Marseille s • • Po Portugal.... 19, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton — T)fleo. ea. via Marseilles - 1" .... Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo no. IS ' U. S. and Briti s h N. A mer i ca , b y B rit. packet.. • • by U.S. packet..••,, e . 1 9 ' by Canadian packst• T -1 " 0. 10. W.C. of Africa, Mad e i ra , an d T eneriffe " a 1 8 . Bahamas, via New Y or k De c ' 29, Mexico.. DO' ... All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, Dee. California, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoII oway ' s s, legs, ulce rs , scro f u l ous sores, and glandular aviel." -g b a t Ointment operates sur e ly, an d w i th a raPic lit Y e °srts sernbles magic. It s h ou ld b e rubbed i n to qi kes ; s l.o affected, after they h ave b een fomented with saor water. The purifyi ng an d curative powe rs of ne gibe vellous unguent have never been disputed by ag, 0 0 f aq, has given it a f a i r t r i a l. It contains not a patio' re oos' substance of a noxi ous nature, nor is there a cas e g l ee in which it has d one th e slightest harm ; while nt io all authentic reports of i nnumera bl e cures e ff ec ted by it countries. It i s m ild i n i ts action as i t i s powe beneficial in its effects. . CI C CARDEN.—On the 14th inst., at BIRTHS no TO , of Ashburn House, - 1/ c i N. 8., Lady C ar d en, of Templemoro Abb e y, DTI , '" a daughter. le FFIELD,—On the 16th inst., et Woolwich, the wife °f g George T. Field, R.A., of a daughter. E. T. HUGHES. —On the 16th Inst., at Barnes, Mrs. Hughes, of a daughr. ._;fo of i' To ER.—On the 16th t i e w nst., at Nottin g -hill, the -- M. Toler, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. CROZIER—CHEVALLIE E.—On the 16th inst., at St. 101310 Church, Pembroke Dock, th e R ev. J. A. Crozier, ' c ed Chaplain teofththe eFolrectees,RtioehEarmd E ma d g e e a e r u o m line, th e a , daughter be CM"' Esq., of Ip-wich. Tot' Fauu—VAss.—O n th e 16th inst. at All Hallows, %be tenham, Mr. R o b ert Farr, of Tottenham, to DorcasPe: second dau g ht er of Mr. J. D. Vass, of the same Plae BELTZ.—On the 14th in D t EATHS. aged 80. BEA.RE.—On the 15th inst. at at 34, Devonshire - pl ace, - c 0. .., at Fulham, Samuel Bell %I : s o : land-place, Helene Laura, daughter of Major and lkir Beare, aged 16, BUTTS.—On the 14th inst., Thomas Butts, Esq . / of 20, Chester-te rrace , Regent's-park, aged 72. II oel Lloyd Hodges,--onth K el . c 4t . h a, i nst aged .,a 7 t 3 B . righ t on , Colone l Sir Ch ed HUMBER.—On the 15th inst., Richard Humbar , Esq., ag 78. Dora T Al lm o: To. s n iz on . — n, at O hg n eed : 76 l . 17th inst., William John, sixth inst., at 17, West-square , Southwa Mr. Joseph Tilt, ag ed 79, i WATERS.—At Shilling Thorpe, George Waters , Esq./ late 60th Rifles. _. ---- _ -- ---- . LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLII':, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim SUN Office, No. ilk Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.-rltureday, December 18, 1861. j ' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY if,VENINCI, DECEMBER 18, 1862. chi rge cll. th, lar t i E Op t. Votls 14 1 : 11 he v.'', Coki PA 111 P biEs; Do c t i .