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EARL GBEY TEEB MON TTLE E ILE VO. OVEMNT. //IV- The Meweastle-upnn-Tyne Volunteer Rifles, now numbering 500 men, weFe assembled on Friday last with a view to their being enrolled. Great inte rest was felt in the matter, and the afternoon was observed as a holiday by great numbers of the townsfolk. The bells of St. Nicholas rang at inter vals, and the fine brass bands esf the Northumber land Militia Artillery perambuated the streets. The rifle corps mustered about 2 o'c.3ock in the after noon, at the Yeomanry Cavalry riding -school (where the volunteers have been drilf.ad.) There were six companies present—the three Originally formed, of 60 rank and file each ; the 111:ehland company, mustering nearly 100 men and offi,acr; Sir William Armstrong's compa n y , which is to be an artillery corps ; and a company from Messrs. R. Stephenson and Co.'s fa ctor y . After having been Put through a variety of evolutions, the men left the riding school in " twos," and then, headed by the band of the Third West York Militia, play ing a quick step, fell into four deep, n marching a l ouses o the line of thence to the Guildhall. The - s e?io thronged the route were filled with ladie s, windows, and the streets were quite as much thronged with the lady a dmirers of 0t.7. volunteers. At various points on the route jjse spectators c heered the volunteers , whose steadiness of march was the theme of general commendation. The majority of the men have been under drill thrice a-week since September. At the Guildhall, Sii' John Fife, who commands the regiment, drew up his men, leho marched into the building in compa nies and were served with attestation papers, but the process of swearing them in was deferred, owing to certain preliminaries with the War-office not having been completed. The Mayor, accompanied by the mace and. sword-bearer, together with Earl Grey, Mr. G. Ridley, M.P., and a number of the magistrates, received the men at the Guildhall. The proceedings at the Guildhall terminated, the men and officers marched to the new Town-hall, where a banquet was served up, under the presi dency of Earl Grey. About 600 sat down to din ner, at the close of which the lady of Sir J. Fife, accompanied. by a great many lathes, entered the hall amid the plaudits of the men. The usual loyal 'Waste having been observed, Sir J. FIFE proposed " The Health of the Lord- Lieutenant of the County, Earl Grey." (Cheers.) The noble CHAIRMAN, who rose amid protracted cheers, said ee —Gentlemen, I beg to thank you most sincerely for the: kind manner in which you have received the toast which has been proposed, in terms which I am sensible are most unduly complimentary, by, my friend on the right, Sir J o hn Fife. (No, no.) I have had, I can as sure you, the greatest pleasure in meeting you this day. I am always glad, when the occasion arises, to meet - the inhabitants of my native county ; and I am more particularly happy to do so upon this occasion, because from the position which I have the. honour to hold it has been my duty to co-operate with you in the preliminary arrangements which were necessary to be made in the formation of the volunteer rifle corps of this town. (Applause.) Let me congratulate you upon the energy which you have all displayed in carry ing this scheme—this proposal into effect. I am sure that the country is indebted to you and. to all those who have taken a leading part in this busi ness ; let me mention especially Sir John Fife, whose efforts have been so conspicuous in encourag ing you in the course which you have determined to take. (Cheers.) I must say that I think the patriotism and energy which you have been dis playing in the town of Newcastle is worthy of the highest commendation. (Cheers.) I am informed that fully 500 men, if not more, have enrolled them selves upon the books of your corps ; and although your services have not yet been formally accepted by the Queen, because certain preliminary forms have not been completed, and that then you will be enrolled and officers appointed: (Hear, hear.) Gen tlemen, I have said that I am happy to find that Sir John Fife has taken the lead in this matter; and I cannot help, gentlemen, referring to what has been the conduct of your distinguished. townsman, Sir William Armstrong, in this matter —(cheers)—who, although he has gained so high a reputation in the invention of his famous gun—(cheers)—has, I am informed, now taken upon himself the whole expense of equipping and arming one company of the Newcastle Volunteer Rifles. (Cheers.). Gentlemen, I heartily rejoice at the success which has thus far attended your measures, and I hope that in the course of a few months, when you have had one fine season for practice, the Newcastle Volunteer Rifles will be able to appear in review before military officers of the highest reputation with the greatest credit to themselves, and show that they are an efficient well drilled corps of brave and gallant men. (Loud cheering.) Gentlemen, I say that I rejoice in the success which has thus far attended your efforts; and let me add that I rejoice in the manner in which the formation of the volunteer rifle corps has been. taken up, not only in this town but through out the country, because I confess that it appears to me to be of great importance for the nation's safety that there should be efficient bodies of volun teers formed upon a very large scale indeed. (Cheers.) I hope that we shall soon be able to, reckon upon the services of 50,000 men—l should be glad if it were even double that number—but, at all events; upon the services of 50,000 men, well drilled, and well taught in the use of that formida ble weapon, the rifle, ready at a moment's notice to come forward in the defence of our common coun try. (Cheering.) I know there are some persons who throw cold ,water, if not absolute ridicule, upon the present movement in favour of the for mation of volunteer rifle corps. (Rear, hear.) I have heard it said What is the necessity for doing so ? We have 11a near neighbour who can possibly attack us, except France, which by its geographi cal position is the only European Power from which it is possible to apprehend any attack, and with France we are on the Very best terms. (Hear, hear.) The Emperor . is our faithful ;'ally ; -we have no reason whatever to be distrustful ; there fore all this labour in the fOrmation of volunteer corps is totally uselessit has only caused a panic to seize upon the nation."' (Hear, hear.) Gentle men, I cannot regard it in that light. (Cheers.) Far be it from me to impute to the Emperor of the French, or to the gallant nation which he governs, that he or they cherish hostile designs againt this country. I am willing to give him credit for those assurances of a friendly disposition towards England. which we are told are constantly reite tated by the Emperor, but still I say that within the last few - years circumstances have arisen which make it expedient that this country should increase its means of defence. (Cheering.) Gentlemen, France has always had a much larger force than England. In France itself, and within a few days' call, hi Algeria, she has had a land force three or four times as large-as our own. (gear, hear.) Con sidering, then, her position as a continental nation —considering the unsettled state of her internal affairs, I do not think that we have any right to be surprised, however much we may doubt thegwisdom of the course, at her thinking it proper to keep up so large an army. But, gentlemen, having this great superiority of force on land, and considering that France has within the last few years been making gigantic efforts to be as strong as we our selves at sea—(hear, hear) —seeing that she has greatly increased. her naval power—more than this, seeing that it has been announced in the French • newspapers (which possess almost a semi-offilial character), that while increasing her naval power, she is, as part of that great measure, providing a fleet of steam transports of the largest class—(hear, hear)—that she has also lately finished the construc tion of a magnificent naval station where these steam transports and a formidable steam fleet of the line may be assembled under the protection of almost impregnable fortresses, where there are ar rangements of the most complete and elaborate cha racter for embarking in the shortest possible time a very large army—(hear, hear) —I say' that while we know a ll thi s , an d k now moreover th a t w ithin the last few years the system of railroads in France has been cOmpleted (at all events is nearly com pleted), so that now in a few days a very large and gallant army may be assembled—lsay that, seeing all this, wh a t i s our duty?' ber, gentlemen, that we have had very recently the strongest proof of how very great and sudden an effort France ca n mae for, at a moment when we were told th a t she could - not disarm, because she had never arm e d, i n an incredibly short 00 or 300,000 space of time she w'as abl e t o assemble b. eyond the Alps army of 209,0 men. (Hear.) Now, gentlemen, I say that when we see all these mea sures, we are bound also to look to our own means of protection. (Cheers.) I have no doubt—l don't s mean to throw any doubt upon the declarations of the - Emperor that these preparations imply any h os _ tility to us, but when I consider the nature of these measures, *hat they are not all of them of a defen sive character, I think'it must be admitted that their object is this—namely, that if France should be un expectedly, engaged in war with any. Power she may be enabled promptly to s.trike a severe if not a fatal blow unoin .her antagonist. (Hear.) • • Now, gentlemen,, it is possible that we may be that anta gonist; and if France is ready to 6trike, I say We ought to be ready to defend. (Prolonged cheers.) We must not; gentlemen, owe the safety, we must not owe the-security of this land, which has been for centuries unpolluted by the foot of an invader — (applause)--i4 tiay we must not owe our safety - to the forbearance or to the good faith of any other nation i —(cheers)-- e bat, under God's providence,, we must , rely upon ourselves. Gentlemen, among nations as among citizens quarrels may arise very suddenly, and from very slight causes. We cannot forget that a very few years ago a dispute relating to a mis sionary in the South Seas had almost involved this country in a war with France ; ,nor can we forget that a difference of opinion', which arose between two nations regarding Turkey and Egypt brought us to the brink of a similar calamity. (Hear.) Gen tlemen, have we not lately, too, had proof of how suddenly a war 'may arise between two nations which were not looking for it? This day twelve months all Europe believed that there was no rea-' son to aprehend that its tranquillity would be dis turbed; but, on New-year's-day that ominous speech, was made which was the first symptom of those, ga thering clouds which soon covered the political horizon, and in the course of no very ,long time afterwards ended in war. (Hear.) I say, then, that we are bound to stand upon the defensive, and that more is required of us in this respect than was required a few years ago. I am quite aware that Then I speak of the defence of the country every Englishman feels that the first and greatest re liance should be placed in our navy. (Cheers.) I be lieve we can rely upon it. I trust that the British navy is, and I hope that it long will be, in a state in which it need not fear to meet any hostile fleet that may be brought against it. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, in these days of steam, and especially when those steam transports to which I have alluded have been constructed on such a gigantic scale that they can carry, we are told, 2,000 me for a very short passage even 3,000 men, with a fair pro portion of artillery,—l say in these days it does ap pear that we cannot too confidently reckon upon its ' - eeing impossible that a hostile expedition might elessie our navy and be thrown upon our shores. (Hear.) I trust that such a contingency is net likely to happen ; but I do say that such an attempt is far more likely to be made if it is known that the party to be attacked does not possess the means of promptly encountering the force to be landed. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, gentlemen, if it is known that a hostile expedition, after encountering all the risks which it must meet with at sea, and having safely reached our shores, even if it should accomplish this, the moment' it lands, with the sea behind and no retreat, it would be compelled to fight for its existence with a powerful rifle force. I say that the moment this is known, I believe so hazardous an enterprise would never be attempted. (Cheers.) His lcrdship therefore strongly advocated the formation of rifle corps, because, as he argued, they would tend to diminish the chances, if not to render impossible, the success of such an enterprise. He also advocated the rifle corps as a cheap and efficient mode of de fence ; and. while paying a tribute to the bravery and discipline of the regular army, and urging that the rifle corps would form an efficient auxiliary corps to them, he urged that standing armies were a source of trouble ; 'thus they were like a man who having invented a curious machine, was ever look ing for and anxious to have the chance for disfilay ing its qualities. On the other hand, he urged that a volunteer force was the legitimate arm of defence of the country ; and that being for the mere defence of home and hearth it could not give offence to foreigners, but it would of necessity teach them to respect us. (Prolonged cheers.) He had, therefore, great pleasure in proposing " The Newcastle Vo lunteer Rifles." (Renewed cheering.) Sir JOHN FIFE returned thanks in an address of some length, in which he pointed out the efficiency of volunteers, as shown at New Orleans, where the Americans beat the English ; in the Landwehr of Germany, as shown in the part they took in 1815 in the war then raging,; and in the Tyrolese rifle men, as Shown more recently in the Italian war, and more particularly in the battle of Solferino. (Cheers.) The other toasts were—" The House of Lords," proposed by the Mayor of Newcastle, and acknow ledged by the noble Chairman; "The House of Commons," acknowledged by Mr. G. Ridley, M.P.; " The Ladies ;" " The Mayors and Corporations of the Tyne ;" " The Yeomanry ;" " Colonel Loftus and the Third West York," &c. CHRISTMAS FAIRIE 7. (From Notes and Queries.) My grandmother has often told me of fairies dancing upon our green, and that they were very little creatures, clothed in green ; they would do good to the industrious people, but they pinch the slnts ; they would steal children, and give one of their own in the room ; and the moment any one saw them they were struck blind of one eye. All this I have heard, and my grandmother, who was a very tall woman, said she had seen several of them, which I believed because she said so ; she said, moreover, that they lived underground, and that they generally came out of a mole-hill ; ',hey had fine music always among themselves, and danced in a moonshiny night around, or in a ring, as one may see at this day upon every common in England, where mushrooms grow. But, though my grandmother told me so, it is not unlawful to inquire into a secret of this nature, and so I spoke to several good women about it. When I asked one whether there were such things as fairies, " Ay," says she, " I have seen them many a time ;" another said, " There's no room to doubt of it, for you may see thousands of their rings upon pur common," &c. I found, however, , another way to be satisfied of the matter, and heard the following story of fairies from a person of reputation ; A gentlewoman and her husband were going into the country, and thought it best to retire out of town four or five miles the night before, to receive the stage coach, and avoid the ceremony of taking leave of their friends, who are generally more troublesome than welcome on that occasion ; and being gone to bed in a country town where fairies walked, about 12 o'clock tip comes a little woman, not much bigger than one's thumb, and immedi ately follows a little parson, also a great number of people, and a midwife, with a child in her arms ; and I suppose by their power chairs were set for them ; but it happened they wanted a godmother for their child, for it was to be christened that night; so says the good fairy, " Father, the gentlewoman in the room will do us that favour." "Ay," says the rest of the company, " it is a good thought ;" and up brisked the fairy father to the bedside, and called theiady, who did the office; for which the father gave her a diamond ring. All this while the lady's husband was as fast as a church, and knew nothing of the matter. But in the morning, good luck, the case was altered; he espied the fine ring upon his wife's finger. "How came you by that, my dear 9" says he. " Why, my love !" replies she, " the fairies have been here to-night ;" and told him the story of the christening. " Zounds," says he, " the ring is Sir John's ring ; I know the stone ; I have often seen familiarities between you and him, and now I am convinced of your treachery." And so I suppose he took his wife for a wanton. The fairies were very necessary in families, as much as bread, salt, pepper, or any other such com modity, I believe ; because they used to walk in my- father's house, and if I can judge of the matter, they were brought into all the families by the ser vants ; for in old times folks used to go to bed at nine o'clock, and when the master and mistress were laid on their pillows, the men and maids, if they had a game at romps, and blundered up stairs, or' tumbled a chair, the next morning every one would swear it was the fairies, and that they heard them stamping up and down the stairs all night, crying " Waters locked, waters locked," when there was no water in any pail in the kitchen. Ss from what I have said, the hobgoblins, the witches, the conjurors, the ghosts, and the fairies, are not of any value, nor worth a thought. 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Also tendblin Bewley ana Draper ;at Edinburgh, Raimes eo.; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott ; at York, Relines, Blanchard, .an d . Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and eon. OUR NEW POLICY IN OUDE. holders and hereditary chiefs of Oude legitimately possess, instead of seeking to suppress that in fluence, and to supplant it by our ruling authority in our own officers. The Bonzbay Standard publishes the following correspondence : FROM THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF DUDE TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, WITH THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 3. The Governor-General is satisfied that no scheme of administration which sets this influence aside will be acceptable to the people or successful ; and now that the revi7al in perpetuity of the ta lookdaree system in Oude has been declared it be comes more than ever necessary that the authority of the talookdars should within wholesome bounds be sustained. Foreign Department, Lucknow, Oct. 24. Sir,--I am directed to observe that hi s Ex ce llency the ight lion. the Governor-General will have learned from a memorandum the chief commissioner had the honour of submitting for his perusal, that it has been the chief commissioner's constant endea vour within the compass of his authority, to accom modate the forms and procedure of revenue adminis tration in force in the North-Western Provinces to the different system on which the settlement of the land revenue of Oude is based. The close control and frequent interference of the revenue authorities which may be suitable where peasant proprietors enter into direct engagements with the state are not so well adapted for Oude, where three-fourths of the revenue are paid by great landholders of an - cient lineage. Those restrictions are also new to the talookdars, who, under the native government, were vested with absolute power within tho limits of their estates. That :government, which was in cessantly engaged in coercing some refractory talookdar or other, never thought of interfering between him and those under him. 2. The feature of our administration that is viewed with most dislike by the talookdars is the subordination under which it places them to the tehseeldars, or local revenue officials, not merely because such subordination lowers their position and wounds their pride, but also because it tends to foster a spirit of litigiousness and disrespect in their tenantry. Loss of power and of the respect of his inferiors are what a native of rank feels most acutely. In great measure this result is unavoid able ' • we cannot perpetuate the old state of things, but though we cannot avert we can soften the blow. 3. It is also a frequent apology for the indolence and insouciance of the talookdars, and for their habit of resigning the care of their estate to corrupt agents, that we, by adjudicating in every difference be tween them and their tenantry, take all the busi ness of management into our own hands. Though this plea is not valid to the full extent urged, and a large sphere of usefulness is still left open to the talookdars, it must yet in fairness be admitted that with the loss of power it is but natural they should lose interest in the management of their estates. 4. Many talookdars have told the chief commis sioner that if they could be put on the same foot ing.- as the Rajah of Benares, who, within the limits of his family domains, enjoys certain revenue juris diction, they would have nothing left to desire. The chief commissioner has never heard that the condition of the village occupant. on the estate of the Rajah of Benares is inferior to that of the rural population in the adjacent British districts, nor has he heard that they have expressed any wish to be brought under our system. 4. The Governor-General approves of the proposal that revenue authority should not be conferred upon any talookdar until ho has given basis to every tenant holding directly under him, and until all subordinate rights have been recovered. 5. His Excellency also agrees in thinking that for the present it will be well to invest with magis terial powers those alone of the talookdars who are to have exemption from the ordinary course of revenue procedure. 6. The Governor-General has it much at heart that the experiment now about to be made in Oude to enlist the services of the chiefs in the administra- Lion of the country should not fail, and that not even any discouragement of it should occur. He therefore entirely concurs in your opinion that tho talookdars chosen as the recipients of the new powers should not be chosen on account alone of services rendered to the State, but that very great care should be taken to select those - whose intelli gence, self•control, and considerate treatment of their dependents, give the best promise of a faithful discharge of their public trusts. 7. For the same reason the Governor-General wishes you to guard against a conclusion being drawn in the minds of these men that, because the Government is about to recognise in them powers akin to those which were left in their hands by the native government, it will look upon the abuse or lax exercise of those powers with the same indiffe srence as was felt by their former rulers. 8. To prevent this the precise scope of their functions, the mode of exercising them, and the errors into which they are most likely to fall, should be carefully pointed out to them ; and as this can never be so effectually done by general written instructions as by personal intercourse and friendly admonition, the Governor-General wishes that during the approaching cold season you should visit all the talookdars whom you have proposed as the first to be selected, each on his estate, and there personally induct the chief into his new duties. This will be more likely to impress each with a sense of the responsibility placed upon him than any communications through the ordinary channel of the local officers. 0. The measure is one of which, if it should be successful, the importance will reach far beyond the limits of Oude, and the Governor-General places the introduction of it in your hands with the fullest confidence.—l have, &c., The chief commissioner would much like to see this precedent followed in Oude, not of course gene rally at first, but experimentally in a few special instances of talookdars in whose good sense and moderation reliance can be placed. The chief com missioner has lately had the advantage of meeting the superintendent of the domains of the Rajah of Benares, and of learning from him the nature and extent of the authority entrusted to the Rajah. It embraces civil jurisdiction, but the chief commis sioner does not purpose to go so far, at present, nor would he concede the authority primarily exercised by the Ilajah, as a collector of revenue, of selling, the rights of the under proprietors for de fault. His plan is for the talookdar to ' appoint an agent or tehseeldar to a sub-division of his estate, paying a rental of, say from 30,030 to 40,000 rupees. The tehseeldar would exercise the ordinary powers of a landlord for tho collection of the rent, and when these fail, must, like any other landlord, sue for recovery of tie arrears. But his suit will be heard by the talookdar, not by the district officer, and on his obtaining a decree he would execute it according to the rules in force. If the defaulting tenant has proprietary rights, the talookdar would in satisfaction of the decree be authorised to transfer them for a term nut exceed ing five years to any other member of the village community who will pay the balance. If a sale becomes unavoidable, which is not likely to happen, the sanction of the deputy commissioner must first be obtained. The tenants, on the other hand, would bring their complaints of exaction, ouster, &c., against the tehseeldar to the talookdar, who would hold open court, as indeed has been his wont heretofore. From all orders of the talookdars an appeal would lie to the deputy commissioners, who would occupy the same position as the superinten dent of the Rajah's domains. 6. The privilege which the chief commissioner proposes to confer, according to the above sketch of his plan, would be personal only, never heredi tary. It would be held by the talookdar during good behaviour, and on the distinct understanding that it will be withdrawn the moment he appears unfitted to exercise it. With the right of appeal to the district officer, the chief commissioner does not well see how it can be put a stop to before it can have reached any great length. He thinks, however, that the privilege will be so highly prized as to make the possessor careful to do nothing to forfeit it, and lie also thinks that the fact of pos sessing such authority would incline the talookdar to use it with moderation, for it is in the nature of men, particularly of Easterns, to be more disposed to deal liberally and kindly with those who are dependent on them than with those who assert their independence of them. .7. It must also be explained that it is not pro posed to confer this authority on any talookdar until he has given leases (puttahs) to every tenant holding directly under him, and until all subordi nate rights have been recorded. 8. The chief commissioner knows there are ob jections to putting any class above the law; but the measures he proposes are practically only a modifica tion of the fiscal law to suit an altered state of things. It is, he admits, a measure of a novel kind in our revenue system, and in a counter direction to the course we have been pursuing ; but it is not novel to the country, for it is but a return to the native system, from which many now think we have been rather too prone to,depart. 9. The Chief Commissioner would also desire to invest wit magisterial powers the same talookdars as enjoy exemption from the ordinary course of fiscal procedure. To confer on them such authority is consonant with English policy, and will, the Chief Commissioner thinks, have the effect of mak ing them identify themselves with the governing race and feel themselves part of the govern ment of the country. Their powers should at first be the special ones of an assistant magistrate, to be:ex tended to the full powers of a magistrate as they fitness to exercise authority. The Chief Com missioner would not allow them to issue orders of a general nature to the police, they should merely try the offenders brought before them by the police. They would also be required to conform to all tha rules of our system of criminal procedure and to furnish the customary reports and statements. 10. The following are the talookdars whom the Chief Commissioner desires to recommend ; they have been chosen as far as possible from different parts of the province to make the example more public, and excite a spirit of emulation. They have not been selected solely for their claims on the con sideration of Government ; for, unfortunately, some of those who have rendered the most signal ser vices are wanting in intellectual capacity, and other qualities besides loyalty are required for the exercise of this extended authority. I. Maharajah of Bulrampore. Pays a revenue of 300,000 rupees ; his estates are situated in the Baraitch 11. The brother of the Rajah of Kuppoorthulla provided he resides on the rajah's estates in Baraitch division. 111. Maharajah Mann Singh. Pays a revenue of 280,000 rupees ; his estates are situated in the Gonda and Fyzabad districts. IV. Rana Rughonah Singh. Pays a revenue of 99,000 rupees ; his estates lie in the Roy Bareilly district. A rajpoot of the same family as Beneo Madho and the Rajah of Morarmow. V. Rajah Aurdeo Buksh. Pays a revenue of 36,516 rupees ; his estates lie in the Hurdeo dis trict, opposite Furruckabad, VI. Rajah Roostum Sahae of Dera. Pays a revenue of near 60,000 rupees ; his estates lie in the Fyzabad district. ' 11. These arc all whom the Chief Commissioner can at this moment recommend with entire confi dence. He would like to see the number raised to 12, and if permitted will submit the names of Aix more, hereafter, when in the course of his tour through the province he shall have become tho roughly acquainted with the character and qualifi. cations cf some in respect of whom he is not quite so confident. lie wishes to take every precaution to avoid fai!ure even in a single instance.—l have, &c. CECIL BEADON. Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. Camp Cawnpore, Nov. 2, 1859. l'itoll TILE SECRETARY TO TUE GOVEIZNMI:NT OF INDIA . 'WITH THE GOVERNOII.-GENERAI., TO 'VAT. CHIEF COM• mrssioxEli 01•' ou:)II. Camp, Cawnpore, Nov. 2. am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your secretary's letter, dated 24th ult., iv o. 2,39 G, and in reply to acquaint you that the Go vernor-General cordially assents is the two pro posals recommended therein, viz., the granting to certain talooltdars limited revenue jurisdiction over their estates, and the investing them with magis terial powers. 2. Moth these measures will tend to the object which, as you are aware; the Governor-General has in view, of turning to the purposes of good government the influence which the great land- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1859. Instigated by her mother and her own fears, L • hastily threw on some extra clothing, and was des patched off to the house of a relative in Gourock, there to await the tide of events. Finding himself deceived, the captain got into al towering passion, uttering the most violent lan guage, and was like to turn both houses upside down looking for his lost bride. He rushed from one apartment to another like a madman, then left the house, threatening to take legal proceedings to recover L. It was eventually, however, arranged that on the following Wednesday morning the cap tain, accompanied by legal gentlemen called in by the mother, and L., accompanied by her mother, should proceed to Glasgow to have an interview with the clergyman who was alleged to have mar ried the couple. Though the four went to Glasgow by the same train the mother and daughter went by themselves, it appeared that on,their way to B----terrace, the residence of the clergyman, the law ageni had occasion to make a business call, and when E and her mother arrived at the house, they found the captain there without the law agent ; and apparently'comeunderstanding come to between him and the clergyman as to the proceedings. A printed document was produced, headed " Marriage Certificate," and this L. was asked to sign, and actually did sign, and the captain signed it " Charles Allan, sea-going bachelor ; " the old rev. gentleman signed it " J. G., minister of B---- street Church," and it was signed by " J. A." and " C. G." (we suppose the whole names) as wit nesses ; and the document certified that the parties had been duly proclaimed according to law, and were regularly married by the said clergyman ;4f B--terrace, Glasgow, on the 23d day of November, 1859 (the day on which the certifi cate was granted was the 24th). Strange to say, this latter ceremony was gone through in presence of the mother ; but it seemed a mystery to her, and also to the daughter, if her own statement is to be believed. On leaving the house the captain told the clergyman that a law-agent would call there that day, and he (the clergyman) would know how to act. The three returned to Gredock, the mother and daughter apparently in a quandary, but the mother was resolved that, whatever had transpired in the shape of a marriage, she would prevent its con summation by cohabitation till she learned more of the bridegroom. Her daughter, beginning to see the danger of the course she had pursued with an entire stranger, adopted her mother's views, and took the earliest opportunity of beating a retreat to her old quarters at Gourock. When the captain found she was gone he became fierce as a hungry tiger bereft of his prey. He hired a cab, and drove about the town in all directions, seeking for his wife. He visited one clergyman's house after an other, in hope of learning something of her where abouts. He employed a law agent, who went to the mother and remonstrated with her about the impropriety of perhaps destroying her daughter's prospects, as the pretended husband had told him a fair story of his position and ability to maintain a wife. He had told him that he was a tradesman, and had property in America, and was willing to set up house-keeping in a respectable way ; but the mother, acting under instructions, was inexorable. At length it reached the captain's ears that L. was in Gouroek, and thither he drove in haste. This was on the evening of Friday, and learning that he was approaching, she escaped by a back door through the fields and sought shelter in the house of a respectable clergyman whom she had known previously in connection with the revival move ment, in which she had taken a part, and under whose roof she experienced the utmost kindness and sympathy, But a visit from the captain to demand his wife was feared, and, three hours be fore daylight on the following morning, L., wrap ping the minister's plaid around her to protect her from the cold, started on foot to Cloch Ferry, under convoy of the worthy minister, and was des patched across the Firth in an open boat to I)unoon, intending to seek shelter in the house of a relative at S—r. The weather became wet and tempestuous; but the poor young woman, impelled by a fear that she had unwittingly been led into the committal of some act which had rendered her amenable to the criminal law, and that she was p ursue d by criminal. officers, trudged on alone, footsore and weary, through a barren and inhospitable district, a dis tance of 25 miles, and reached her friend's in an exhausted condition. There, however, she could not rest, but started again on foot for Lochgoilhead, where she took the steamer on Monday for Greenock. Now comes the sequel of the first act in this re markable chapter of errors. It appears that the captain had been playing some queer pranks else where in town about the same time. He passed the first night on shore at the Royal Hotel, East breast, and on leaving next morning he paid his bill, and seemed to have money. Ho next came back 4o the same house, driving in a cab, on Wednesday night, in a state of excitement, and in liquor, and the cabman being importunate for his hire (is.), the captain asked Mr. Walker, the land lord, to pay it, till he got change, which he did. Mr. Walker felt disposed to turn him adrift that night, in consequence of his offensive behaviour; but, taking pity on him, he allowed him then to remain, but turned him out next day, without how ever, getting payment of his bill. The captain com plained of having lost money, and had not a far thing to pay. He had run up a small bill in the widow's house, and a much larger one in that of her neighbour, both of which he failed to pay. On Thursday he drove about in a cab seelling for his wife, until it was ascertained that he had no money, and then he was forced out in the street, and a fur boa which he wore round his neck detained for his hire. He went to Glasgow, to the Caledonian Hotel, where he ran up a bill, using the name of Mr. Walker, of the George, Greenock, to Mr. Mac farlane of the Caledonian. And finally, the Ameri can captain figured at the Central Police Court at Glasgow, on Tuesday, the 29th November, exactly a week after his marriage, as Chas. Brownlow Allan, alias Duncan Allan, where he was convicted of steal ing a number of silk handkerchiefs from a shop in Trongate, and to be imprisoned fel. 60 days, 30 of ' which to be accompanied with hard labour, and he is now undergoing that sentence in the North Pri son of Glasgow. Thus ends in the meantime this strange and eventful history. It conveys a moral which should be pondered by the softer sex in every condition in life, but more especially by those who, like this young woman, are exposed to the cajolery of every nameless adventurer who may happen to cross their path. She seems, innocently enough, to have been victimised; but, happily, the wrong she has sus tained is not irremediable. Her relatives are not in a position to defray an expensive process in the su perior court in reducing the irregular marriage, but we understand something will be done to endeavour to extricate her from the toils into which she has been inveigled. As for the party who has been a chief actor in the affair, and vvithout:whose agency it could never have taken place, and of whom better things might have been expected, we leave him to be otherwise dealt with. The possibility of having the peace of fami lies thus furtively compromised by illegal marriages cannot surely be tolerated at this time of day. Gretna Green, with all its irregularity, was nothing to this. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefact or t o th ese i n t erests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interes ' Experience has proved, fir s t, th a t it e ff ects a considerable saving in the con sum pti on o f provender • secondly, that itits produces he a lth an d, vigour in all an i ma l s subjected to influence : and lastly, increases i n a remar k a bl e degree thisan early development o f f a t. M r. Th or l ey, originating singularly efficacious food p aimed at a com ca lculated expensive to supersed e , t o a certain extent, the tediousan In this undd exP mode then p reva ili ng o f f a t ten i ng s t a ll-f e d beasts. he happily succee d e d ; an d success prom pted avery natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The n T if h es e t E ed n a g; lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and fancying ho possessed unwillingness to rely upon its ellicac , Y terial whereby to feed in the produce of his farm, ample n to la than by the employment and fatten his cattle at a cheaper ra admissibility y i n s s fo n o e d h h ea a p s or addition of artificial food. Th e been subjected have proved its perfect the farm ; inasmuch as in The t r fa s ad to m N i v s h si i addition to the natural marketableproduc fat • it, therefore, becomes realised, and rendered e in two-thirds of the time usually consumed in developingeffected _ y h a fair application apparent a certain saving is that Food. It is believed that the present of Thorley's Compounded.price of wheat has induced its very gene ralunprecedented low any other of the usual articles of to . use, in preferencefood ;it is, however , much . questioned whether wh ea t i s a nourishing proper food for the working horse, certai n ly e- and it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides of greatly ' 'e• the health possessing the advantage d increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic and sn gentle stimulant, mid when mixed with their other assists their digestive powers —a m a tt er o f food, it tatciially c- since it is an undoubted fact that the ereat consequen .., . . ' ishment contained in then e silinary food is lost, a t . upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive 6roans ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial jA, s t or i n g to good worki'og condition horses which have b ee n over-worked, or become w , ak f rom disease, or ar, naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects art undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling Vs e yi e ld of milk cud butter, whilst it at the same time ow:idles ih e quality of both. In pigs its f a tt en i ng qua l ities, are still more remarkable, displaying ia a few weekd ts manifest , superiority over every other kind of con.waund or manu factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, Royalty, noblemen, and oth ers w h o h ave fed their cattle on. Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. The patronag,e of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the clergy, aucl of our leading agriculttu-ists, must prove a great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward course; and he may confidently rely, in producing so highly-favoured a compound, on a wntinuaPon of such high wad Aititinguished patropZca; A MATRIMONIAL ESCAPADE. (From the North British Daily Mail.) 'We have a story to relate, so pregnant, however, with romance, mingled with credulity and impos ture, that our readers will be apt to doubt the facts, but we regret to say that, to the great mortifica tion and grief of a very worthy family, occupying a humble but respectable position in Greenock, they are but too true. .We give them as follows : A respectable widow keeps an eating-house in Shaw-street, near Open-shore, Greenock. Her eldest daughter, L—, is a handsome, engaging young woman, of 21 years of age, and assists her in her small business. The family reside in premises immediately over the shop. About seven o'clock on the night of Sunday the 21st November last, the screw steamer United Kingdom arrived at the Tail of the Bank from Quebec and Montreal. Two hours thereafter a tall, wiry man, of about 40 years of age, with bushy whiskers, and wearing a rough fatigue-looking dress, with a cap on his head, was seen wending his way along the streets near to the harbour. He was one of the passengers by the United Kingdom, and had contrived to get ashore by an early boat. Accosting a policeman, he inquired where he .could obtain refreshment, and the officer introduced him to the house of the widow. He said he was the captain of tho United Kingdom, talked largely about his position and responsibility, asked to be served with some fowl, and insisted on the officer and a boatman belonging to the port joining in his repast, in return for their trouble. The widow had no fowl, but provided some roast beef, after par taking of which the officer and boatman went away, leaving the soi-disant captain still in the house. He waxed loquacious, and soon ingratiated himself into the good graces of the widow, and paid some attention to L., the daughter. Leaving shortly afterwards, having paid his small bill, he said he would return in the morning; and he did return, had a fire lit in one of the rooms upstqirs, where he wrote a number of letters, and then left to go to Glasgow, to attend, as he said, to his vessel, which, in the meantime, had proceeded up the river. On the evening of the same day he returned to the widow's, but he was not then made such a wel come guest. L.'s brother, a shrewd young trades man, two years her junior, had noticed what he conceived to be an undue attention to L. on the part of the strange captain. He did not believe half the stories told by the vaunting skipper, and failed not to indicate this, which gave the latter mortal of fence. Indeed, on one occasion they had come to fisticuffs. The captain quitted the house for an other of the same description, the back door of which opened into the same staircase. There he became a welcome guest, as likely to become a good customer. Into this house he contrived to induce L. to come and take tea with him, and ultimately prevailed on her to accompany him to Glasgow on the following day (Tuesday), L. stipulating that her younger sister, aad a female n e i g hb our w ho h a d an errand there, should accompany them. Tuesday arrived, finding the party prepared to start by the early forenoon train, but it appeared as if the captain, who was bustling a b ou t b e t we e n b o th houses, wished to get off with L. alone, and leave the sister and the female neighbour behind. At first he was likely to be disappointed in his wish, but as accident would have it, the bonnet of the sister dis appeared, and while its owner was engaged looking for it, the captain and L. contrived to disappear by the back stair, and went off to Glasgow by the 12.30 train. At Glasgow the lovers proceeded to the Crow hotel, where the captain bustled about among the waiters with all the air of a man of importance, ordered a fire in their room, and dinner for two. Dinner being discussed, ho left the house with L., promising to return in a short time, which he did with a cab. Both entered, and drove off with great rapidity. L.'s statement is that she wondered where she was going, and that on questioning her com panion he replied he did not know, but still he im patiently enjoined the driver to go ahead. We sus pect, however, that L. must hare been under some impression, vague though it may have been, that she was on the road to a clergyman to get married to her strange companion of only some few hours' acquaintance. After a rapid but short drive, the cab stopped at a large louse, which stood back from the line of street, inside of railings. Here she ventured to ask the coachman who lived hero, and he answered, a clergyman. She says that, hearing the captain talk of the chaplain of the steamer, she thought all was right, and that they were going to visit some of the captain's friends. They entered the house, and, in a large apartment, found a tall old reverend gen tleman standing at a fire, a young man sitting at a table, and a servant girl. The old man conversed with them for a few minutes about the ordinance of marriage, its relatams,obligations, and responsibili ties; in the course of which, she says, the captain grasped her two hands in his. She adds that no documents were either asked for or produced ; but she at length became aware that some ceremonial was gone through. The ceremony, whatever it was, only occupied a few minutes, at the expiry of which the parties returned to the cab and drove back to their hotel. After remaining at the hotel for a short time they walked on foot to the railway station in Bridge street, and returned to Greenock by the traiu about six o'clock. When they entered the mother's house she demanded some explanati on o f th e i r su dd en dis appearance in the morning, but could g e t none till the, captain retired into the neighbouring house—. his lodgings. L. then told her mother of the day's adventure, at which the latter was p er f ec tly s h oc k e d. Guided by the:colitis:l of her elde r s an d s on i c friends, she enjoined L. at her peril not to go near the captain till they had ascertained his true character (for they now began to suspect him), and the nature of the rash and mysterious contract to which L. had that day teen a party. The captain kept dangling between the two houses, wondering why his bri▪ d e ' s mother was not prepared to ucleome the newly wedded pair with a supper party, and began to evi▪ nce a gradually deepening impatience at the absence of his bride. He, too, became suspicious, and na rowly watched every movement of L., and would scarcely permit her to be out of his sight. He grew violent at what he conceived to be bad treatment, and L., for the first time, began to discover that he was a man of vio'ent temperament, and became afraid of him. At length a ruse had to be adopted to get away from him ; the mother told hint that L. was wanted to assist in preparing tea for the wedding, party, and he allowed 114 t 9 leAvc 13/4iti THE CORONER AND THE POLICE. On Saturday, at the Afarylebone Vestry, held in the Court-house, lqarylebone-lane, Mr. Church warden Poland in the chair. _ _ Mr. GREEN WELL, the vestry-clerk, brought up a report of a special committee appointed to consider the threatened interference with the coroner's ju risdiction, as proposed by,a recent Royal Commis sion, whereby that office would be made entirely subservient to that police. The report set forth : " Your committee having taken into their consi deration the matters referred to them, have ascer tained that the commissioners appointed by the coroners on the 11th of May, 1858, recommended as follows :-Ist. That the Home Secretary be empowered to lay down regulations for the hold ing of inquests, and to require the police to sign the requisition to the coroner, by which the proceedings of that officer would be set in motion. 2d. That in future the coroners be paid a salary, to be fixed by the justices in quarter-sessions, subject to the approval of the Home Secretary. With regard to the first of these recommendations, your committee cannot concur in its propriety, having in view that the coroner's court is one of inquiry, and. not ncce:sarily of ac cusation ; that it originated from a desire to place the system of civilised and social existence on a firm basis, and that its effects have been to render human life more sacred and secure in this than perhaps iii any other nation in the world. The proposition to confine the initiatory proceedings of this important court to one class of her Majesty's subjects, and that to a body of men partly armed, seems to your committee to demand the strongest protest, and they recommend the vestry to take such measures, either by appeal to the Home Sec retary or by communication with the members for the borough, as they may obviate this change, which they consider would be fatal to the efficiency and universality of the institution. Your com mittee consider that the second recommendation of the commissioners, viz., to pay the coroner a fixed salary, instead of fees as heretofore, deserves favour able consideration, inasmuch as it would terminate the unsatisfactory feeling now existing between some coroners and the justices, who it appears have disallowed the fees of the coroners in certain cases. " Your committee do not consider that the plan proposed would result in too few inquests being held, as the coroners would be amenable to the Court of Queen's Bench on the one hand, and to public opinion on the other. Your committee are of opinion, therefore, that it would not be advisable to alter the present mode of initiating the proceed ings of the coroner's court, which is now done by the representation of two or more residents of the locality where a sudden or violent death h as oc curred, subject to the option of the coroner holding the inquiry. " Your committee have had, in the course of their inquiry into the matter, referred to them some col lateral considerations brought under their notice, the result of which they venture to suggest to the vestry—first, as to the election of coroner. Your committee, considering the appointment of the pre sident and judge of this important court is very properly vested in the freeholders of the county, and that no unnecessary delay or ex p ense s h ou ld prevent the free choice of a suitable peuson, are of , where a poll is demanded, opinion that the duration for 15 days is objectionable, and ought to be assimi lated to the practice at Parliamentary elections. 2d. As to the procedure before the court, your com mittee consider that in order to put an end to the unseemly struggles which have frequently occurred between the coroner and the Government authori ties in cases where criminality is involved, the per son suspected ought, when in custody of those au thorities, to be produceable at the coroner's court, inasmuch as it may be considered not conducive to a fair investigation that it should be conducted in his absence." Mr. HODGES, as chairman of the committee, moved the adoption of the report, which was se conded by Mr. B, 11. SMART; Mr. Taverner, Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Carr, and others strongly suppo r t e d it, an d it was adopted neon. con. The vestry clerk was then directed to forward a copy to the Herne Secretary, and the vestry ad journed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 26. MARYLEBONE.-IVilliam Ellons, a private in the Coldstream Guards , was brought before Mr. Broughton, charged with the following violent assaults : Mary Burns, 60, Ossulston-street, St. Pancras, deposed that on the previous night she was passing along the Marylebone-road, when the prisoner, without saying a word, placed his arm round her neck ; she called him a blackguard, and desired him to go about his business, upon which he gave her two blows on the face, and made off. William Allen, who was walking a short dis tance behind Miss Burns, stated that he was met by the prisoner, by whom he was struck a severe blow on the mouth. Maybank, 270 S, said that when he took the prisoner into custody Allen was then bleeding ; and at the station-house prisoner denied the assaults sworn to. He was the worse for drink. Mr. Broughton convicted him in two separate penalties of 40s. ; in default of payment, a month's imprisonment in each case. Thomas Cahill, an ex-policeman, was charged wish assaulting two constables of the D division. The evidence went to state that on the previous morning at two o'clock the prisoner was creating a disturbance in the Harrow-road. He was desired to go on quietly, but he refused to do so, and vio lently attacked Clarke, 160, and Kimber, 65. The prisoner was fined in the first,case 305., or six weeks, and for the other 20s. ; in default of payment six weeks in the first case, and in the other three weeks in the House of Correction. CLERKENWELL.—John Griffiths, Frederick Newland, and Matilda Newland, three persons well known to the police, were charged before Mr. Corrie under the following circumstances : The prisoners were seen by Sergeant Evans, 22 G, an active plainclothes sergeant, in front of a house near the City-road, talking together. The sergeant, in company with Police-constable Short, 77 G, watched them for some time, an d saw cne of the prisoner s t ry one o f th e s t ree t-doors, when they were taken into custody, and at the station some skeleton keys were found in their possession. The prisoners gave a false address, but their residence being found, it was searched, and in it was found a work-box, a number of ,•writing an d other articles, the proceed s o f a b urg l a ry which had been com mitted, and from which property had been taken of the value of £3O. The prisoners have before been in custody for robberies from the person, and have been long known to the police as despei ate thieves. When they were taken into custody the male pri soner, Newland, dropped a key which would open the door of the house at which the robbery of £3O had been committed. Mr. Corrie sent the prisoner to the sessions for trial. --- LAMBETH.—Keturch Grobeckor, a merchant's clerk, and a person of respectable appearance, ap peared before Mr. Elliott to answer a summons charging him with deserting his wife and child, and leaving them chargeable to the ratepayers of the parish of Camberwell. Mr. Sedgeley, the relieving officer of the parish of Camberwell, said the wife and child of the pri soner were chargeable to the parish. Mrs. Grobecker, a rather good-looking young woman, said she had been turned out of her house by her husband, wh• told her at the time she might go and get her living in the streets, or in any other way she thought proper; and she was ultimately compelled to apply for relief to Camberwell parish. In cross-examination by Mr. Charnock, who at tended for the defendant, the witness said she left her husband in 1855, and that he subsequently al lowed her ss. a week. Mr. Elliott—How long is it since ho discon tinued the allowance of ss. a week ? Witness•—About six months ago. Mr. Charnoelc—Had you been delivered of a child in the month of December, 1857 ? Wttness—Yes, on the 15th December. c• Mr. Charnock—Then tell his worship who the father of that child is. Witness—Am I bound to do so ? Mr. Charnock—Of course you are. Witness—Then I refuse to say 'who is the father of that child. Mr. Charnock—Have you not since then had a miscarriage in Bethnal-,green workhouse? Mr. Elliott—lt is useless pursuing this case fur ther. The wife has admitted to the guilt of adul tery, and after that I cannot think of making an order on the husband, and The summons is, therefore, dismissed. THANES. —Robert Forrest, a clerk in the em ploy of the London Dock Company, was brought bofore Mr. Self e , c h arge d w i t h assau lting Rachael Moss, a Jewess, and wife of Mr. Isaac Moss, the landlord of the Sir Walter Raleigh public-house, in - Whitechapcl. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, which was given with great diffidence and modesty, that on Saturday night she was in Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, in company with another married woman, when the prisoner accosted her, stooped down, and laid hold of the top of her boots, at the same time making a vulgar noise with his mouth. She repulsed him, but he repeated the offence, and alarmed her very much indeed. She pushed him away, on which he struck her, and ran away. She followed him to the opposite side of the street, and seized him by the collar at the door-way of a grocer's shop. He struggled hard to get away, and struck Mrs. Moss several times over the back, neck, and shoulders. Mrs. Moss held the prisoner for some time, and "beyond her strength," and her victorine was torn and lost, and her brooch broken. A policeman came to her assistance, and the prisoner was given into custody. Rachael Solomons confirmed the evidence of the complainant in every particular, and said the pri soner's conduct to her friend :Mrs. Moss was very offensive. Mrs. Saunders, of No. 55, Charlotte-street , Whitechapel, confirmed the evidence of Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Solomon, and added that Mrs. Moss said to defendant, " You vagabond, what do you mean now ?" and he then put his hand on her clothes improperly, and struck her several times. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor who appeared for the defendant, cross-examined the witnesses, and said that Mr. Forrest had been spending the even ing with some friends on Saturday, and became inebriated. The defendant was very sorry for what he had done, and was willing to make the most ample apology. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a general good character, extending over a period of many years. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said he had known the defendant for the last seven years, and he was the very last man he expected to have acted in the manner described. - The witnesses for the prosecution said the prim soner was quite sober on the Saturday night. Mr. Self asked the husband of the prosecutrix if he wished the case to be sent to the sessions. Mr. Moss said he wished the magistrate to dis pose of the case summarily. Mr. Selfe condemned the conduct of the defen dant at great length, and said he had not the miserable plea of drunkenness in extenuation of his conduct. There was no doubt the prisoner had behaved most improperly , and indecently to the complainant in tho first instance, and afterwards committed a brutal assault upon her. He fined the _ prisoner £5 and in default of payment to be im prisoned for two months. The find was instantly paid. THE PALACE OF FREDERICKSIIORG• It has been briefly mentioned by telegraph that the Palace of Fredericksborg, in Denmark, had been destroyed by fire. Thorn are two royal residences in Denmark which bear nearly thesamo name. The one, close to Copenhagen, is Fredericks borg, built in the 18th century, by Frederick in the Italian style, and afterwards enh.rged by Christian IT 1., and from the balcon of which there is a magnifi cen t view over the:city, the Sound, and coasts of Sweden. The other p alace, that of Fredoricksborg, which has been just destroye d, W aS five miles from Copenhagen, and was the Pantheon o f the glories of Denmark. It was divided into three parts, sepa rated from each other by fortified fosses. The principal edilieey,. had four stories, with handsome towers and pinnacle s. had vast cellars extending under water,:forthe chateau stood on an island in a lake, but they were built so substan tially that no dampness could penetrate. What more particularly attracted the attention of strangers visiting this place was the chapel, situated in the left wing, and embellished with sculptures, pictures, and the most exquisite carvings in wood. King Christian the Fourth himself turned several of the arabesques and flowers in ivory found there. The alta r was a masterpiece of workmanship, and had no less than le 150 gr kiloammes of silver employed en it. Over the g stood an escutcheon with the arms of Denmark, of o h by these of the knights still living of the orders of the alry — Elephant and of Dannebrog. In an adjoining hall ere the escutcheons of the deceased knights, and among then' that of Napoleon I. The hall of the knights, one of the largest in Europe, being not less than 150 feet long, was all of marble ; its handsome mantel piece had been unfortunately injured by the Swedes during the wars. The ceiling was ornamented with innumerable figures, groups, and symbolical and emblematical represon tations of all kinds, intermingled with sentences in the Latin, Danish, and German languages. It was a real thea trima mundi, and 26 artists were employed on it for 8001 years. The portrait gallery was unique of its kind, and great value for the history of Denmark. Each sovereign no'' a space reserved for him, and round him wore grouped tlr ° members of his family, ministers, and all who had oe' ° themselves conspicuous under his reign: In the Collection. were portraits of the astronomer Tycho Brahe, the poe t 11°i berg, the historian Suhm, and numerous others. The Por; traits of Struensoe and the unfortunate Q were not suspended in the gallery, but visitors were sho _ the words, " 0 God, keep me innocent I" which the Quer had cut on one of the windows with a diamond ring. In t l ': ricksborg was, as has been above mentioned, situated middle of a lake, a site expressly chosen by Christian who was an experienced sailor, and one of the most poPu_r: kings ever known in that country. It was his favour.? place of residence. The courtiers laughed at the idea Queen Mathilvatel building a palace in such a spot, but the King:paid no_t". tention to their remarks, and by the aid of English ar"" sun. tects and workmen, whom he procured for the purrs° , ceeded in carrying out all his plans successfully, and Cern' pleting a magnificent pile of building. COUNTRY MARX. TS. COLCHESTER—Thee. 24 . A fair supply of wheat ; the best samples were taken off at about last week's rates ; inferior parcels l e cheaper. Malting barleys are lower in price, and grinding sampleo were difficult to sell at a considerable declin e. Beans an peas in favour of the buyer. Wheat, white 44s to 52s I Beans, Maza g an.. 32 s to 36s red 383 to 46s I Middle & small 38s to 480 Barley Oats lSs to 28s Grey.......... 35s to 33s 36s to 50e (White peas ...... 40s to 424 IRD—DEC. 23. sown to-day was good, with t business, and the last week's Lll qualities. Barley la to 2s ooking down. Peas, Partridge .. 38s to 395 White ..38a to 40s Boiling 3Bs to 41s Dun 33s to 36s Beans, Tick 39s to 41$ Harrow Ticks 41. to 44s Mazagan 36a to 38$ CHELMSFO: Tho quantity of wheat sb a fair attendance. A very 111 prices barely maintained for s per qr. lower. Sprino• corn I Wheat, white 42sqo 51s red 40s to 44s Barley 3os to 383 Chevalier 32s to 43s Grinding 2ls to 27s Malt.. • 6os to 66s Chevalier • Os to 688 Oats ...........• 22s to 32s DERBY—DEC. 23. At market yesterday wheat was a moderato show. Trade active, with an improvement of Is on the currencies of last wee k. Oats a slow sato. Barley a good show. Bean s a scan ty supply, but firm in price. White wheat, now, 48s to 52s Barley, grinding. .283 to 31i Red do. 445 to 475 Oats, old, .. 245 to 271 Old white .. Red do ..44s to 475 Beans.. 44 s to 455 Bailey, malting....3Bs to 44s I Beans, new.. 42s to 461 OXFORD—DEc. 23. An average quantity of wheat on offer to-day, for which the trade was good for fine samples ; and other sorts were as dear. White ruled at 45s to 31s red 40s to 46s per q r. Barley, 288 to 36s ; oats, 19s to 28s ; beans, 39s to 4 " hog peas, 39s to 423 ; boilers, 43s to Us per qr. Flour 33s per sack. Hay, from £3 5s to £-10s per ton. FOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despateh ea by evening mails from London, and 31 by morning maga' Ne% DESTINATIONS. Despatchot. ..------", ---- Australia and Mauritius, via J a n IA Southampton Jan. 12, 31 Southamp. * . Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New Jan.lll York Jan. 20, E Liverpool.. overdo• Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) Dec. 28, E Liverpool.. Jan. 18 , E ............ Jail 1 I. DPesoprtateofh. l!lif Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- China,' Penang and Sing sion, and St. Helena 11 2 pore, via Soutliampton . Jan. lx a_ Jan. 6, E Devon Port Jan. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampt n Honduras and Blewflelds ° Dec. —, M Southamp• Dec._ (Calcutta) and Ceylon, San. 2 via Southampton Jan. 4, M Southamp. .dam' Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- overdo . am ton .... Dee. 27, M Southainp. A . Jan. = Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazil s,Buenos Ayres, Jan. 6 and F. Islands Jan. 0, MiSouthairiP. ~ 1 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 27, M Seuthanap. '-' au. lalta, Egypt, and Aden, via o verdo t Southamptonoverdo', Dee. 27, M,Bouthanip. . r , o . 27 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana J a n. 2. M 'outharup• •' _— Newfoundland Dec. 31, E Liverpool.' United States and British N I JO - . America (by li ritislipacket) Dec. 23, E Liverpo o-• • Ditto (by I.J. S. packet) .. Dec 23 E iverpoo.. W deira, and Tenerest Coast of A i fri ffeca, Ma- 1 Jan' 10. West India, California, Veue zuela Chill, G Peru, Gre y- 1 town, , New ranada, &a overdo . Jan• 4 BIRTHS. Fonn.—On the 22d inst., a t Bishopton Vicarage , S toekton• on-Tees, the wife of the Rev. C. 11. Ford, of a daughter. PEARD.—On the 23d inst., at East Hampstead, Woking' ham, the wife of Captain G. S. Peard, (late 20th Roe.), of a son. WEBER.—On the 22d inst. at 44, Green-stroet, GrosvDenor squ are, the wife of Fred M. eric Weber, Esq., .7 •f a daughter. MARRIA - GES. • CAVB—HARFORD.—On the 22d inst., at Frenchay Church, Edward Cave, Esq., 7th Madras N. 1., son of George Cave, Esq., of Hilston•park, Monmouthshire, to Susan Harriet, eldest daughter of Henry C. Ilarford, Esq.; 131 Frenehay Lodge, near Bristol. LITTLE—SUMMERS.—On the 22d inst., at St. James's, Pic cadilly, Thomas Henry Little, Esq., of Birch Wood, tO Helen Matilda, youngest daughter of Thomas S ummers, Esq., of Mill Bank, Cradloy, Malvern. DEATHS. lace, Bath , BAEER,—On the 22,1 inst., at 31, Gros venor- p Colonel George Baker, formerly of tha 16th (Queen's) Lancers, aged 66. EILOART.—On the 15th inst. , Ferdinand Eileart, Esq., of 9, Harrington-square, aged 69. ARLEY.—On the 22 d inst. , at Clarendon-crescent, Edin! K burgh, Alexander Kerley , Esq., Commander R.N., aged 741 MESSENGER nst. .—On the 21st i, Mr. Joseph Messenger, of Keswick, Cumberland, aged 33. Moss.—On the 20th inst., at:Ottorspool, near Liverpool, Wm. Henry Moss, Esq., aged 35. LONDON : Printed and Published by 111U11,D0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printel at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coital of Middleea, Tuesday, December 27, 185 g. Tri 01 a r.