The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-18 00:00:00

THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held at Guildhall, Deputy Christie in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the Medical Officer of Health, presented a Report on the Sanitary State of the City for the quarter ending the 28th of December. Of this document the material portions are sub joined. The births and deaths are below the ave rage for the corresponding quarters of the last ten years. The number of births in the quarter was 760, and of deaths 641 ; the average in the former case being 834, and in the latter 757. While, there fore, the proportion of births has fallen but 9 per cent. below the average, that of deaths has declined about 16 per cent. 239 of the deaths were in the Eastern division of the city, 158 in the Western, and 244 in the Central. These numbers are in the annual proportion of 23.1 per 1,000 of the inhabitants of the first named district, 23.6 of the second, and 21 of the third, making toge ther an annual death-rate of 22.4 per 1,000 for the entire city. The average mortality in all England during the autumn quarter is at a yearly rate of 21.8 per 1,000, and the chief towns of England it is 24-9. 38 per cent. of all the deaths were among children of less than 5 years of age, and nearly 20 per cent. among old persons of 60 and upwards ; 13 per cent. were among adults at from 20 to 40 years of age, and 19 per cent. at from 40 to 60. These are nearly the proportions of former years. Looking, however, at the numbers which have contributed to this aggre gate, it will be observed that the mortality at differ ent ages in the several districts of the city has not been equally distributed. In the Eastern district, for example, the mortality of children has been 50 per cent. of all the deaths, whereas in the Western union it has been only 36 per cent. Both of these divisions of the city have nearly the same kind of population, and he cannot point to any especial cause for this high death-rate of children in the first named district but the great density of the popula tion. In the Eastern district there are 266 persons to an acre, whereas in the 'Western there are only 200, and in the rest of the city but 105. In the whole of the metropolis, with a density of only 36 persons to an acre, the mortality of children under five years of age is nearly 42 per cent. of all the deaths ; what wonder, then, that in a district so closely packed as the Eastern the infant mortality should rise to 50 per cent. ? Of every 100 deaths in the city during the autumn quarter 24 have been from zymotic diseases, 16 from inflammatory affec tions of the lungs, 13 from pulmonary consumption, 9 from tubercular diseases of infancy, 6 from con vulsions, and 6 from violence—the rest being from chronic diseases, chiefly of old persons. Most of these are nearly in the same proportion as in former years, although the aggregate numbers in each case are generally below the average. In the case of continued fever and of whooping-cough, however, the numbers are greatly above the average; for the former has risen from a mean proportion of 28 to 39 in the quarter, and the latter from 19 to 42. Tese, indeed, have been the most severe diseases of the season, for, together, they make more than half of all the zymotic deaths. It is difficult to perceive the cause of this; for although the mild and humid condition of the atmosphere during thequarter may have contributed to the development of continued fever by promoting the diffusion of organic miasma it is hard to understand how it has influenced the progress of whooping cough: Last year the prevail ing malady was measles, and in the autumn of the year before it was small-pox and scarlet-fever. Why is it that there are these vicissitudes ? Must the zy motic force expend itself by manifesting its action in some shape or another . ; or is it that we have not yet discovered the conditions which are necessary for its development, and are therefore unable to ar rest its progress ? For some years past he (Dr. Letheby) had watched with satisfaction the gradual and steady abatement of continued fever, and had spoken of it as the undoubted result of sanitary im provement ; but now, without warning, the disease comes suddenly upon us, and causes a higher mor tality than has been seen in any autumn or other quarter for five years. This would seem to negative his former conclusions ; but when we come to look closely at it, there is one fact which is most notice able—the disease has not shown itself in its usual haunts. The time was when fever was only found in the purlieus of poverty and filth, when like an en franchised thing, it flourished in the crowded courts and alleys of our great cities. There, and there only it fixed itself and lived endemically, sometimes getting strength from its active development and spreading like a pestilence into cleaner ground— the confines of luxury; but now it has changed its abode. All through the present quarter it is notice able that the poor have not been the chief sufferers from the disease ; but it has been most active among the better classes. This is shown not merely by the mortality returns, and by the gloom -which now hangs upon nations from the loss of their Princes, but also by the records of sickness. In the several districts of the city, even to the pre sent moment, there has been a gradual and conti nuous abatement of fever among the poor. In the autumns of 1858-59, when the mortality from the disease was not nearly so high as now, the number of fever cases attended among the poor by the me dical officers of the City Unions, was from 301 to 313 in the quarter—making an aggregate of 10 per cent, of all the sickness returns ; - but during the quarter which has just expired the number of fever cases among the city poor has been only 76, which is barely 3 per cent. of all the sickness. Nothing can more clearly indicate the fact that fever has migrated from the haunts of poverty ; and if it be true, as De. Murchison and Dr. Barker have almost demonstrated, that the form of fever which is now among us is caused by the miasms of sewers, and drains, and cesspools, it would seem that the poor are better provided for in this respect than the rich. For years past, indeed, the sanitary officers of this metropolis have been directing their attention to the state of the drainage and sewerage of the poorer districts of London, and through their efforts thousands upon thousands of cesspools have been abolished. In the city alone above 5,000 of these abominations have been got rid of, every one of which was a prolific source of disease. Now and then, however, with all our vigilance, it is dis covered that a drain or cesspool has been neglected; sickness shows itself in the shape of low fever, or chronic dial rh cc a or a general wasting of strength, and to the medical officer these signs are too strik ing to be overlooked. He causes search to made be low the basement of the house, and there is found an old forgotten cesspool, which was left untouched - when the new drains were constructed ; or he dis covers that the sewer gases make their way into the building, either from an untrapped opening, or from the forcing influx of the tide into the sewer. Even in the public way the emanations from the sewer gratings have often been meat offensive and have made a neighbouring house unwholesome. All this has called for remedy, and with it disease has disappeared. With the poor these matters have been systematically provided for, but with the rich they have been neglected, and now there is the penalty. He hopes Loon to be able to report on the chymical action of the charcoal filters on the atmosphere of the sewers. A large and crowded district of the city has for two years been under ex periment, so that all the air from the sewers is filtered through charcoal before it escapes into the public way; and, as far as his observations have gone, the results are most satisfactory. In examin ing the charcoal after two years' work he finds it charged not only with the sewer miasms in an alka line form, but also with the products of their oxy dation. The temperature of the atmosphere during the quarter has been a little above the average of the last 43 years. In th e mont h of Octo b er the mean temperature (07 . 1) w as nearly 6 degrees above the average, and on several occasions the thermo meter rose to nearly a 0 degrees of Fahrenheit. The following month was rather cold ; but from the be ginning of D - comber the temperature has been un usually mild, although the daily range of the thermometer has been somewha t large, for it has often exceeded 16 degrees of Fahrenheit. This, with the great humidity of the atmosphere, averag ing about 85 per cent. of saturation, has been rather trying to delicate constitutions ; and the warmth of the season has favoured the development of putrid miasms. The river, however, has not shown any , signs of offensive decomposition, notwithstanding that in the early part of November it was charged with a large proportion of saline and sewage matter. At that time the total amount of dissolved consti tuents in the water was from 182 to 192 grains per gallon—of this from 18 to 20 grains were organic; but since the middle of November the k oluble mat ters have not exceeded 42 grains per gallon, and at the present time they amount to only 24. The mean temperature of the water has been 48 deg. of Fah renheit, and the range of the temperature has been from 40 to 50 deg. As to the rainfall for the season, it has not been excessive, for the total amount has been only about 7 inches, and the number of wet days 43, both of which are very near to the ave rage. Touching the sanitary work of the quarter, 1,550 houses have been carefully inspected, and 780 visits made to the common lodging-houses. These have resulted in the issuing of 562 orders for sani tary improvement in the various particulars of cleansing, limewhiting, draining, improving the water supply,and abating indecent and unwholesome overcrowding. All the markets and slaughter houses have been duly inspected, and the officers have seized 17,0341 b. of meat, and 3,211 head of game and poultry as unfit for human food. It con sisted of 53 sheep, 24 pigs, one calf, 116 quarters of beef, and 196 joints of meat. The poultry and game consisted of 777 fowls, 385 geese, 373 ducks, 290 pigeons, 197 wild fowl, 990 rabbits, 46 hares, 43 haunches and quarters of venison, 110 head of game, and a hamper of larks. All the game and most of the poultry were putrid, and of the meat 9,8381 b. were diseased, 3,9631 b. were putrid, and 3,2331 b. were from animals which had died from natural causes. As soon as the meat is seized it is sprinkled with creosote of coal-tar, which checks putrefaction and prevents the use of it as food ; after this it is sent to the boilers and destroyed. Although the amount of bad meat seized in the city markets is large, it is by no means so large as it was about a year ago; and, as the proportion is gradually de clining, there is hope that the vigilance of the inspectors in preventing the sale of such meat in the city markets is fast putting a stop to the supply of it. It is proper to mention that the officers have re ceived great assistance from the salesmen, who ge nerally give them no;ltice of the arrival of unwhole some meat. The water supply to the city by the New River Company has been periodically tested, and has always been found good and wholesome. The average composition of the water has been 21.2 grains of solid matter per imperial gallon, of which 13.9 were carbonate of lime and magnesia, 2.6 sul phate of lime, 1.5 alkaline chloride, 1.4 alkaline ni trate, 0.8 silicious matter, and 1 grain organic mat ter. As usual, the contrast of the water with that of the city pumps has been very marked, for the latter have yielded from 42 to 117 grains of solid matter per imperial gallon, of which from 2 to 10 grains were in the state of past or present decom position. No application has been made during the quarter for any analysis of food or drink; and it is to be feared, from the experience of the last six months, that the Adulteration of Food Act will be come a dead letter. The Court ordered that the report be printed and circulated. THE SOUTYERN EMBANKMENT OP THE THAMES. The following document has been issued by Mr. John Thwaites, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, in reference to the points for con sideration by the Royal Commissioners as to the embankment of the southern side of the Thames : " Spring-gardens, Jan., 1862. " Assuming the necessity for a southern em bankment to be conceded, it may still be useful to consider at the outset of our inquiry the prominent reasons for such a work, in some degree indicat ing the course which may most advanta geously be pursued. The plan already reported on for the northern side demands the removal of very large quantities of deposit from the shoals in the river, many of which immediately adjoin the southern shore. This operation will have a great tendency to cause a constant settlement towards the deepened portion of the river's bed, and conse quent injury to the piling, wharf walling, and other defences on that side. Some of these are already old and decayed, or were originally but imperfectly adapted to their situation, and hence we may conclade that it will be necessary to provide a solid wharf wall along all that part of the southern shore which fronts the embankment previously recom mended. But there is another urgent reason for a southern embankment, which must exercise a con siderable influence on the framing of any seheme for that side, namely, its constant liability to injury from flooding. The extent of this evil, its heavy pressure on the large labouring population of the parishes adjoining the river, the misery, sickness, and death produced by its periodical recurrence, with the consequent heavy charges on the rates, can only be thoroughly appreciated by those who have themselves witnessed its effects. Obviously, to carry out thoroughly any effective remedy, the future embankment must be of sufficient height to be above the reach of the highest tide, namely, 16 feet above the Ordnance datum, and it should be at least conterminous with the thickly inhabited portion of London beyond the Thames. Itsprecise limits will depend upon the evidence hereafter to be laid before the Commiss:oners ; but the termi nation of the embankment already carried out by her Majesty's Office of 'Works, in connection with Battersea Park bridge, might form a convenient commencement on the western side. Some difference of opinion will probably exist as to its extent east wards; but it must be remembered that London bridge forms neither the moral nor material limit of the metropolitan area. The inhabitants of Ber mondsey and Rotherhithe suffer equally from floods with those of Lambeth and St. Saviour's, and are equally contributory to metropolitan burdens. "Doubtless the liability to repair, maintain, and raise the banks and defences of all rivers and watercourses rested originally with the owners of property, and this liability was maintained by the Metropolitan Sewers Act, sec. 38, and the Metropolis Local Management Act, sec. 69. The third head of inquiry is the improvement of the means of communication in connexion with the embankment. The new street in the course of for mation by the Metropolitan Board of Works, taken as the continuation of Stamford-street and the York-road, will form a very complete inland line of traffic from east to west; but, valuable as it is, in creased facilities to the great transport trade on the southern bank, from Nine Elms to London bridge, are urgently demanded. Along certain por tions of this bank several excellent links are found, such as that afforded by the Commercial and Belvi dere roads, and less completely by Bankside ; but the defective sections adjoining Lambeth Palace, thence to Vauxhall, and between Blackfriars-bridge and Bankside, greatly need amelioration. What remedies it may be possible to afford for these ac knowledged evils, what particular mode of construc tion it may be convenient to adopt, and what line of embankment and thoroughfare will be most commodious and economical to follow, are obviously questions demanding very patient investigation, and on which much light will probably be thrown by the evidence which will be offered to the Com mission. It is clear that it will not be possible to assimilate the operations on the south side in any degree to those on the north. The displacement of the river side trade already recommended in the Commissioners' report must increase the demand for premises on the south side, and any further in terference with wharf property would be highly impolitic. Without prejudging the solution of the problem by the Commissioners, their attention may fairly be directed to the useful suggestions afforded by the mode in which Mr. Thomas Cubitt effected a somewhat similar operation at Pimlico. No two engineering problems admit an identical solution, and Mr. Cubitt's dispositions would, doubt less, require modification ; but still his combina tion of the requirements of trade with the advan tages of convenient communication appears to be a peculiarly happy one, and deserving of atten tive study. In addition to the engineering wit nesses who may be examined, the local authorities, large manufacturers and warfingers, and other com mercial interests, can afford very valuable informa tion as to their peculiar wants, and the best mode of satisfying them. A circular of inquiries to the THE SUN, GONDON, SATURDAY EVbNING, JANUARY [B, 1862. vestries and district boards more immediately affected would elicit many material points of evi dence and guide the commissioners in their in quiries, Last, but not least, stands the financial branch of the subject, which doubtless presents difficulties far greater than surrounded the previous question. It is clear that the revenues ascribed by Parliament to the construction of the northern em bankment will fall short of what will be required for the project shadowed forth in the preceding re marks, even should the present coal dues be extended from 10 to 20 years. It is equally clear that no local source of income can be looked for to supply the deficiency, and foregone experience would point to the inevitable conclusion that, imperial as may be the character of any scheme for improving the great highway of our commercial capital, no help is to be expected from the imperial exchequer. " To propound a complete plan for the ameliora tion of both banks of our river, and to acknowledge our inability to devise any means of paying for it, would surely be unbecoming to the financial capa city of a body of practical men, and probably, after passing in review the several elements of the ques tion, they will consider that, inasmuch as this work is mainly required to facilitate the trade of the metropolis, that trade ought to defray its cost, and that a small tonnage due on the goods entered in wards and outwards in the port of London, except ing coal as already taxed, would be a burden but lightly felt by the community, readily collected by the existing machinery, and a convenient applica tion to metropolitan finances of that combination of direct with indirect taxation which has been found the most equitable made of replenishing the na tional exchequer." here this morning ?" Witness said, " I understand you are going to be married to-day." He denied it, I and asked, if he was to marry, what he thought the General would do to him. Witness said he would issue a Commission of Lunacy against him. Wit ness said he had received a telegraph from the Ge neral to come up and stop the marriage. He ad vised him to mind what he was doing, and not to marry Agnes Willoughby, as the General would take some proceedings, or issue a Commission of Lunacy against him. Mr. Windham was very angry with the General, and threatened to call him out. Mr. Windham afterwards came down to breakfast. His wife was present. Witness did all he could to persuade him not to marry Agnes Willoughby. He promised to meet me at the railway station, and go down to Felbrigg. He waited some time, but he never came. Witness returned to Felbrigg the next morning, and the day after he heard Mr. Windham was married. He recollected Mr. Windham bring ing down his wire and her sister about 10 days after the marriage. He met Mr. Windham a few hours after he came down in the Park, Mr. Windham said, "Martin, my wife thinks she is no great fa vourite of yours ; I assure you she is a perfect lady, and I have evidence to prove it." Witness replied there was no wonder she should think she was no favourite of his after the steps he had taken; and that if what Mr. Windham said of her was true, he was very glad to hear it. Witness and his wife re fused to live at the Hall after the marriage, and left. Mr. Windham then proposed that witness and his wife should go and live at the dairy house, There was some discussion about the repairs. The learned counsel here read a number of letters written by Mr. Windham to Mr. Martin on various subjects. They were written in a very coherent manner. The following may be taken as a speci men of the whole : " Bath, June 7. " Dear Martin,—l see by the paper they are going to make a railroad to Cromer ; if so, let me know all the particulars you can, where they are going, &c. How is the black foal getting on ? You may tell Capt. Windham that if it is likely to be 16 hands or near it, it will just suit me, as I am going in the Life Guards, and it will save the trouble of buying two, which is an immense ex pense. Tell him I think lam coming down there soon to read for my examination. Love to Jeffy. If I come I shall read all the morning and the after noon, put myself under your tuition so as to learn the management of the estate, which I,mean to do. I suppose the place is looking, as it always does, beautiful. Good bye now, and believe me to be, &c. " W. F. WINDIIAM. " Direct to me at No. 1, Little Argyll-street, Regent-street, London." In reply to Mr. Karslake, the witness stated that Mr. Windham always conversed with him in the most rational manner, but did not take much in terest in going over the estate. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—l am still a friend of Mr. Windham, and saw him last Satur day, on the road near Felbrigg. He was driving a four-in-hand drag. He had several persons on the drag with him. Mr. Windham recognised me. I was going to Rowton. I don't think there was any one staying at Felbrigg. The Hall is in charge of Mrs. Spittle, the housekeeper. Bald win came into Mr. Windham's service when he became of age. I have not spoken to Mr. Windham for some time; I saw him and spoke to him in the Exchequer Court during the pro. ceedings. My wife and myself always treated him with kindness while he was a boy. It has struck me that he was guilty of telling falsehoods, but I did not remonstrate with him for it. Mr. Windham never did insult me. I should think that his mind was a little below the average. In the letters, " give my love to Jeffy," meant to my wife. Many of the letters were written while General Windham had the management of the estate. Some of the letters ere answers to letters from me. He had corresponded with Captain Windham about his farm—l only knew of his acting on railways from what I have heard. He never told me so. I visited him while he was at Mr. Hawke's. Did not observe that his hands and face were black. He used to speak and call out loudly. His father used to call out loud. He would call out and shout out in the house. I have heard him imitate a cat, but never heard him yell as a dog. He never imitated caterwauling before the servants in my presence. When he came to my rooms he was always very quiet. Ido not know where the livery clothes are in which he used to dress himself. It was the Windham livery. He also had a soldier's dress, and I have seen him outside the Hall with it on. At the funeral of his father I heard him weep bitterly. I did not see him when he came back from the funeral. When I first visited him in London I stayed nearly a week. I went with him to the places I have mentioned in my examination. I never accompanied him to the Haymarket. When I was with him at the review at Wimbledon, I did not hear him shouting or hallooing ; when I went up to him he was drinking beer with some police men. I saw three there; could not say Oliver was one of them. The policemen walked with Mr. Windham and myself to the carriage. He appeared free and easy and familiar with the policemen. He never told me he did so to familiarise himself as a magistrate. Never heard him say he had repre sented himself at Yarmouth as a detective police man from London ; have heard so since. It was about the second week in July last when I visited him in London. The second time I came to Lan don was on the occasion of my coming to stop the marriage. I arrived in the morning. He was then in bed. He did not appear to be dirty, as if he had been driving a railway train. He never told me he had driven a railway train for a week. When he told me he was not going to be married I was satis fied, and believed he would meet me at the railway station to go back to Felbrigge. I never heard any complaint of his driving the mail cart to Hailsham so fast. I have told him myself not to drive so fast. He had a habit of aalling out to persons on the road to get out of the way, and I cautioned him that some day he would have somebody get out of their cart and give him a good drubbing. Could not recollect having told him if he ran through the droves of sheep they would pull him up. Mr. Windham told me he had had a good offer for his timber ; Mr. Roberts had offered to give him £20,000 for the timber in four or five years. I advised him not to sell it, as it would injure the appearance of the estate. Mr. Windham said he considered it a very good thing. Recollected Mr. Roberts and Mr. Lawrence coming down when the contract was signed. Re-examined by Mr. Karslake—The distance be tween Norwich and Felbrigge was about twelve miles. Mr. Windham did not drive with a large or heavy whip. When he went to Norwich a second horse was generally sent on. I have heard him speak in the Norfolk dialect and tell stories. His father was very fond of doing so, and so was his uncle Henry. They were very good imitators of the dialect, and so is young Mr. Wind ham. Captain Windham told me he had written to young Mr, Windham to ask him what tenants he wished notice to be given to, as he would come into his estate in August, he thought he ought to exercise his discretion; it was in con sequence of that, that Simmons and Muller received notice. Had seen Mr. Windham wearing a watch guard, which he said had been given to him by Agnes Willoughby ; I believed it until I afterwards saw it charged for in his watchmaker's bill. By Mr. Chambers—l never heard that the day after he became of age he ordered Lady Sophia, his mother, to leave. She stayed a night or two. I do not recollect having said so. She has locked the park gates. I was not present when Lady Sophia came back, but heard that he had refused to admit her. By Sir Geo. Armytage—There has been TIO re gular fall of the timber on the estate since I was there. Had I known he was going to sign the contract for the sale of the timber, I should hare advised him tot to sign it. By a Juror—l did not go to the entertainment given by Mr. Windham at Christmas. Was in vited, but neither myself or wife went. Mr. Giubelei, examined by Mr. Milward—l was married to Lady Sophia Windham in May, 1858. I met her at Torquay, and went to reside_at her estate near Torquay. First met Windham in April'; before that I had been staying there about a fort- ' night. ',Poly Sophia was very kind and indulgent to him. He always appeared more ready to do anything by kindness than by force. Afterwards met him in Londan at the railway station with Captain Windham in May. They went to the opera that night. Captain Windham used to take him out at night; Lady Sophia objected to it, and he remained at home. Lady Sophia took a house at Fulham, "Thames Bank." Met Mr. Windham there several times, and went out riding. Saw him afterwards at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, when it was arranged that he should go into the care of the Rev. Mr. Devon, for the purpose of travelling. He came back to Lady Sophia's— they were then staying in Grosvenor-terrace. He took an apartment for himself and stayed a fortnight. This was in October. When the Mar quis of Bristol died, I wrote to Mr. Windham to come up. It was on Christmas-day. Mr. Wind ham accompanied myself and Lady Sophia to Paris in February, 1859 ; they remained there until April ; they visited the principal . places in the city. On their return Mr. Windham went to the Port land. Colonel Bathurst met him there. He went with Colonel Bathurst to Plymouth and afterwards abroad with him. The Rev. Mr. Horrock had then been appointed tutor by the Vice-Chancellor. He saw Mr. Windham on his return at Felbrigg. Recollected a great noise, and on going into the hall saw Mr. Windham on the ground ; he was bleeding. Mr. Horrock said he had boxed his ears because he had used insulting language to him. On application to the Vice-Chancellor, at Mr. Windham's request, Mr. Horrock was removed. Mr. Windham refusing to return fo him, he was brought before the Vice-Chancellor, and stated his reasons. Mr. Hook, his uncle, and Lady Sophia took the same view. Mr. Windham then joined his regiment, and witness and Lady Sophia were threatened with proceedings for contempt in excit ing Mr. Windham to join his regiment. When Mr. Horrock went away he came to reside with us, and remained a week or ten days. When Mr. Peat field came he was allowed by the Vice•Chan callor to remain in town, that he might be presented at Court. When Mr. Windham came to town last summer, and lived in Duke-street, he used to visit us almost daily at Sidmouth Villa, Brompton, and frequently drove Lady Sophia out, sometimes in her own carriage, and somtimes in his own phaeton. He used frequently to dine with us up to July. On the Friday in July he had invited Lady Sophia and myself to dinner, he sent a note saying that impor tant business called him to Norwich, and he could not see us. Never dined with him in Duke street. Was not at Felbrigg when he became of age. Lady Sophia was there. I have had many opportunities of seeing Mr. Windham. I am of opinion that he is perfectly sane. I saw General Windham on his return, and had a long conversa tion with him about Mr. Windham. Mr. Chambers objected to any evidence of the conversation. The Master ruled the evidence could not be given. Mr. Milward then proceeded to read a number of letters from Mr. Windham to himself and Lady Sophia. They extend over the period during which he hal known Mr. Windham, and he believed all the transactions referred to in the letters took place. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—l do not think Mr. Windham insane or of weak intellect. He is not so bright as he might be. I have never said he was insane. I believe him to be of sound mind. Mr. Chambers—Why, Mr. Giubelei, was it not proposed that you should be one of his committee ! Mr. Giubelei—General Windham offered me and Lady Sophia a bribe to become so. Mr. Chambers—Mind, Mr. Giubelei, I will pro duce your own paper. Mr. Karslake interposed, and objected to the question being put, and it was not persisted in. Cross examination continued—l never heard that Lady Sophia had, through her solicitor, offered to be one of the petitioners: Mr. Chapple was her solicitor. Did not know Lady Sophia had made any affidavit. I gave the solicitor my statement some days ago. Mr. Windham, when in Paris with me, spoke French tolerably well. He dined with us fre• quently in May or June of last year. He used to come about four times a week. He never said he was in the habit of having champagne luncheons. It was in July he last dined with me. Recollected seeing him at the opera at the Lyceum with Miss Willoughby. Had spoken to Mr. Windham about it, and told him that I did not think his fortune would allow him to take up with such a woman ; I had heard she was living with somebody else, and told Mr. Windham so. He appeared to know it. Never spoke to him about her inferiority. At that time he had not heard about a marriage. It was not until after wards I heard it. Went with him to Hampton races in June last, and a friend spoke to him about the lady, and told him "to take care." Was still of of opinion that Mr. Windham was of sound mind. He was very noisy and boisterous, more so than most young men. He frequently got into a passion, and at times used bad language. Should think him as competent as most young men of his age. Reexamined—When he got into a passion he was always ready to apologise. By a Juror—During May and June, when he dined with us, he never seemed as if he had been drinking much wine. The inquiry was here adjourned until Monday. THE TAILTIRE OF THE BILSTON SAVEYGS BANK. On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the deposi tors in the Bilston Savings Bank was held in Ft. Mary's School-room, to receive a statement from Mr. Tidd Pratt, who has made an examination of the books. Mr. Pratt said that, for the security of depositors, somewhere about 1850, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt made an order that the trustees of every savings bank should send up every week an account of all the money they had received, and of all the money that they had paid out. Such weekly return was to be signed by the treasurer or actuary, and by the manager who was in attendance at the time that the transaction took place. He had searched the day-book, but from August, 1852, tilt August, 1857, the day-book was missing. From 1857 to 1861 he had carefully examined every page, and he would now state the result of that investigation. As he had before said, weekly accounts were to be re turned. A few of these he had brought with him, and they would at once show the way in which the money had been abstracted. He found that the accounts were, to a certain degree—he believed, on reference to the day-book, everything would be found to be—perfectly correct. Out of 1,400, 1,200 depositors had brought in their books, and he be lieved that hardly an error had been discovered. Therefore, as far as keeping the accounts correctly were concerned, the late actuary did that faithfully. But, unfortunately, in making the weekly returns, which ought to have been a check upon him, he did not enter the money received, nor did he enter cor rectly the money he paid. In the statement dated January Ist, 1859, the amount received was re turned at £234, which return (as also the others he held in his hand) were, he should tell them, signed with the signature of the actuary, and likewise of a manager ; but, upon looking at the book of that day, he found that the receipts, instead of being £234, were £334. (Cries of " Shame," and sensa tion.) Therefore £lOO had been abstracted—only £lOO on that day !—(Renewed sensation.) Again, on the Bth of January, he found that the payments were set down at £174, whereas they were only £74, thus showing that he put another £lOO In his pocket on that day. (Indignation.) On January 15th, 1859, the payments were returned £l5l, whereas they were only £5l. On the 22d of January the payments were alleged at £192, whilst they were in reality only £142, the actuary on that day abstracting only £5O. By the return dated Jan. 29th, the receipts were set down at £lB3, and the payments at £l4B, whereas the receipts should have been £283, and the payments £4B, showing that on that day he took £2OO. Mr. GETTINGS,-£2OO in one day P Mr. PRATT—Yes, £2OO in one day. (Expressions of disgust.) On another date the weekly return set down the receipts at £154, and the payments at £243, but they should have been—the receipts, £254, and the payments £43, showing that on that day he abstracted £3OO. (Greet sensation.) He sincerely believed that the whole of the defalcatiol:s had taken place in this way, and that nobody but the treasurer took any part in the transactions. They dated back to September, 1858, and reached on to March, 1861. Between September and No vember, 1858, £7OO was abstracted. Mr. GETTINGS—X7OO in two months? Mr. PRATT—Yes, £7OO in two months, (Indig nation.) In 1859, £l,OOO was abstracted ; in 1860, £900; and in 1861, up to the month of March, £4OO. In March last year he (Mr. Pratt) gave a lecture in that room on benefit societies, and ad verted to the loose way in which the accounts ot - Lhe Bilston Savings Bank were being kept. It was some satisfaction to him to know that from that time not a single halfpenny had been abstracted— (hear, hear)—and since the new trustees were ap pointed, in July, 1861, there had not been a single day in which the accounts had not been perfectly correct. (Cheers.) And it was certainly due to those gentlemen, and likewise the actuary, that this fraud was discovered. It was quite clear that the manager could not have examined the accounts, or he would not have signed the statements. The last annual return that had been made, which was for the year 1860, set down the number of deposi tors at 890, whereas they should have been, accord ing to the books which he had already examined, 1,295 ; and the balance to the credit of depositors at £19,546 4s. 10d., whereas it should have been £25,607 17s. 4d. That annual statement was signed by two trustees and two managers, or by Mr. Fletcher. Now, it is quite clear that the trustees or managers who signed that document could not have tested its accuracy before they did so. The actual amount of cash invested in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt up to the 20th of No vember. 1861, on behalf of the depositors, was £16,425 15s. 11d., which showed a deficiency of £8,816 9s. 3d. Now, if there was nothing else to realise that deficiency than the money actually in the commissioners' hands, a clear dividend would be shown of rather better than 12s. in the pound. It had been stated that he had decided ,that the trustees and managers were not responsible, and that Mr. Fletcher could not be criminally prose cuted. He utterly denied having made any such statements. His advice to the trustees now was to pay 10s, in the pound as soon as possible. The law officers of the Crown would be consulted whether trustees and managers were liable. Cer tainly, if they were not legally they were morally responsible for the money that was now deficient. (Cheers.) Thanks were then voted to Mr. Pratt, who im mediately afterwards left the room with certain of the gentlemen who had accompanied him to the meeting. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, JAN. IG. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto Charles Wentworth Dilke the y ounger, of Sloane street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. BOROUGH OF NEW SHOREHAM. The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing a new writ for the electing of a member to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of New Shoreham, in the room of Sir Charles M. Burrell, Bart. deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 17. MEMORANDUM.—The Queen desiring to perpetuate the remembrance of her beloved husband's connection with the Rifle Brigade, and feeling sure that it will be gratifying to the corps to bear the name of one who, as its Colonel-in-. Chief, took such a deep and constant interest in its welfare, has been pleased to command that it shall bear in future the designation of " The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade." WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 17. 36th Foot—Paymaster Chambre should have been de scribed, in the Gazette of 14th instant, as late Captain 14th Light Dragoons, not as late Chaplain. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Reverend Reginald Heber Bullock to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Assis twat •Superinten dent of Stores W. A, Holwell to be Deputy Superinten dent of Stores. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 9. _ _ - - - - - - CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.—Mpjor-General Anthony Blaxiand Stransham to be Inspector-General of Royal Marines. BANKRUPTS. James Stansfeld, baker; Edmonton Christopher Vant, tailor, Assembly-row, Mile-end-road Emma Berry, South-bank, Regent's park Henry Smith, bricklayer, Layham-place, South Lambeth Charles Hastings, cabinet-maker, Clerkenwell-close James Dickinson, commission agent, Ernest-street, Hampstead-road John Applegate, farmer, Paragon-place, New Kent-road James Thompson, greengrocer, Little Windmill-street, Westminster Horatio IV, Beckett, wine merchant, Paddington Richard Cooper, Doris-street West, Lambeth William B. Lewis, yeoman, Houndsdown, Hants William Earwood, sen., fruiterer, Battersea John G. Kemp, mahogany merchant, Kingsland-road Daniel Wootton, farmer, Chilton, Kent Thomas E. Frost, corn merchant, Chelsea George 11. Stevens, decorative artist, Great Queen-street, Holborn James Glass, clerk, Church-row, Newington Butts Clement Moon, dairyman, South-street, Berkeley-square Thomas Davis, butcher, Lewisham Thos. Ireland, licensed victualler, Little Bridges-street, Covent-garden Geo. Hammond, farmer, Great Brickhile, Bucks James D. Malcolm, lecturer, Brixton Richard Balmer, assistant at a school, Sydenham Henry Powell, plumber, Plumstead, Kent Geo. H. Elston, watchmaker, Islington Abraham Michaels, furniture dealer, Westminster John L. Rickards, engineer, Parliament-street Henry W. Hart, clerk; Pimlico Richard Sivier, jun., hotel keeper, Hyde Henry N. Sprange and Joseph E. Meugens, brokers, Mincing-lane Chas. Weedon, job master, Portland Town George K. Randelsome, salesman, Reedham, Norfolk John T. Davies, grocer, Brighton Alfred Valens, grocer, Leader-street, Chelsea John Soffe, farmer, farmer, Fritham, Hants Thomas Christmas Macrew, grocer, Chelsea Alfred Thomas, Upper Norwood Christopher Martin, assistant to an auctioneer, Dalston henry Linden, painter, Richard-street, Islington William Nettleton Boyce, Commander, R.N., Sloane-st. Charles Watts, dairyman, Dorset. sti eet, Portman-sq. Charles Henry Wheeler, butcher, Blandford-mews Martin Laroche, photographer, Hampstead•road John Tebhs, farmer, Peterborough Thomas Prescott, glass maker's foreman, Smethwick J. Cooper and E. Hilditch, earthenware dealers, Tunstall Benjamin Beasley, gunmaker, Birmingham Thomas Fox, potter, Armitage, Staffordshire William Sturgess, farrier, Billesdon, Leicestershire William Ridyard, vitriol manufacturer, Bilston Samuel Messon, builder, Nottingham John Ward, fruiterer, Nottingham John Burn Bailey, printer, Cheltenham Maurice Taylor, jun., innkeeper, Weston-super-Mare John Clarke Beaton, in skins, South Petherton William Ford, commercial traveller, Leeds Henry Gledhill, carriers' agent, Bradford William Clegg, millowner, Stansfield Charles Bennington, shipowner, Kingston-upon--Hull George t rederick Shemelt, spirit broker, Liverpool John De Banke, publican, Liverpool Lawrence Dooley, master mariner, Liverpool E. Rogers and B. Jones, plumbers, Llangollen William Parkinson, cott ,n manufacturer, Blackburn James Fish, grocer, Waterloo, Lancashire Frederick Andrew, attorney, Manchester John Chambers, fringe manufacturer, Manchester Edward Kelly, plumber, Erdinvton, Warwickshire William Hood, shoeing smith, Birmingham Robert Gibbs, corn dealer, Birmingham George Bourne, eating-house keeper, Birmingham John Ick, leather seller, Birmingham Henry Julian, calf jobber, Nottingham Henry Jacob Bailey, fishmonger, Liverpool John Simpson, coal dealer, Liverpool Rhoda Lowe, schoolmistress, Catherine Cross, Stafford Henry Rosling, Langtoft, Lincolnshire John Stevens, Bourn, Lincolnshire John Seaton Loweth, publican, Stamford Samuel Hill, bootmaker, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire Edward Lewis, bootmaker, Tredegar, Monmouthshire Richard Hall, baker, Southsea, Hants William Tetley, woolsorter, Bradford John Davies, t, eneral dealer, Trafford, Cheshire Charles Carr, licensed victualler, Sheffield Fanny Gains, grocer, Leicester George Julian Dibden, Leicester Thomas Parminter Lake, farmer, Stoke Rivers, Devon shire Betsey Westacott and Sally Westacott, milliners, Barn staple, Devonshire Joseph Jnslin, tailor, Kelnedon, Essex Charles Marshall, bookseller, Plymouth John Joseph, baker, Pembroke Dock John George Kennett, carpenter, Freshwater, Isle of Wight Edwin West, baker, Woolston, Hants Joseph Pegg, bookseller, Worcestershire John Page, grocer, Droitwich, Worcestershire Llewellyn Tyndale Gough, Upton.up, n-Severn, 'Wor cestershire Mary Mead, farmer, Whepstead, Suffolk Thomas Johnson Stoddart, builder, Newcastle-upon.. Tyne Henry Poulton, leather finisher, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Robert Elliott, clerk, Newcastle. upon-Tyne Charles Hodgson, clerk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Wright, innkeeper, Burnley John Lilley, baker, Upton-upon-Severn Thomas Dolman, publican, Dudley Port, Staffordshire John Hart ill, coal dealer, Bilston, Staffordshire John Tunney, brewer, Wolverhampton Thomas Bailey, vermin destroyer, Eye, Northampton shire John Brodie, mariner, Sunderland John Itigg, clogger, Hawkshead, Lancashire James Crouch, greengrocer, Brighton James Gordan, cordwaine r , G e d ney- hill , Li nco l ns hi re William Ramsden, butcher, Halifax, Yorkshire Alfred Michel, officer of Inland Revenue, Sowerby brid ge, Yorkshire John Bashforth, ironmonger, Leeds \ley, carrier Meanwoot, %.....---• ------....--,------- - I, near Leds Il j o e s n i a r h y i Crossl ley, grocer , , Fritchley, Derbysh e ire David GI iffitl Iti, innkeeper, Merthyr Il . vdtil James White Edwards, beer retailer, Cardiff James Francis Porter, pilot, Kingston-lint:oil-Hull James Seaman, fishmonger, Wisbeach, Cambs 'William Smith, grocer, Loughborough E d, yard Bartlan 1, stationer, Worksop, Notts wiiii,:ra Robert Escott, painter, Exeter „ si m , Inder, p , lblican, Martock, Sornersetshire William Dasford, floor tile manufacturer, Wolstanton, Staffordsh, ; re Charles 1 - todson, baker., Longton, Staffordshire John Rigb,', boPriseller., Staleybridge THE CASE OF MR. W. F. W INDHAM. The adjourned inquiry into the state of mind of tr. W. F. Windham, of Fellbrigg-hall, Norfolk, was resumed yesterday, in the Westminster Ses sions -house, before Mr. Warren, Q.C., one of the Masters in Lunacy, and a special jury. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Field, and Mr. Hume Williams appeared for the petitioners ; Mr. Charles Russell for Lady Sophia Elizabeth Giubilei, the mother of the alleged lunatic; Sir Hugh Cairns, Q.C., Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Milward for Mr. William Frederick Windham; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for Mrs. Windham. At the sitting of the court, Sir Hugh Cairns said he had to make an applica tion with reference to what he understood had fallen from the Court in reference to the examination of Mr. Windham in private. He had the most pro found respect for anything that fell from the noble judge. He had no doubt the desire of the Court and the jury was prompted by sincere sympathy for Mr. Windham, but there were higher feelings which actuated the advisers of Mr. Windham ; and on his part he was most desirous that the state ments against him having been made public, his examination should also take place in public. He had to ask that that course be adopted, and he should protest against any other course being adopted ; and he did so upon two other grounds—first, on the ground of expediency ; and secondly, on the ground of jurisdiction. On the first ground ho con tended that it would be inexpedient to subject Mr. Windham to a private examination ; and with re spect to the jurisdiction, he relied on the dictum of Lord Eldon in the Portsmouth case, in which he stated that the portion of the case he heard in pri vate was the act of the parties, and not the judge. His court was an open one, and the proceedings ought to be in public. He alsoinstanced the Divorce Court, in which the Legislature refused to grant the power to the Court to hear cases in private, showing the Court had no power of itself. He, therefore, on the part of Mr. Windham, protested against the examination being in private ; and he now begged to say, on behalf of Mr. Windham, that he was ready to attend at whatever time and place the Court might direct, but that the examina tion should be in public. Mr. Field, on the part of the petitioners, was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Court. The Master said he must decline the application, and adhere to his former opinion. He was of opinion, if the examination took place in public, it would defeat the object of the jury and himself, and he considered it would be better for Mr. Windham. He thought an examination in public would be abortive, and he might say abnormal. The exami nation, if in private, would be attended by the counsel on both sides, and a short-hand writer. The matter then dropped. Charles Martin, examined by Mr. Karslake—Was in the service of the Windhams first in 1848, and acted as bailiff, and resided in what is called the Dairy. He managed the Home Farm, and continued to do so under the trustees. He acted as bailiff during the life of old Mr. Windham. He never went over the farm with witness more than once in six months. Old Mr. Windham used to treat his son in a very strange manner. The Home Farm was let in 1858, He recollected young Mr. Wind ham going to school at Blackheath, and his after wards going to Eton, and his coming back from Eton to Felbrigge with a tutor. Mr. Windham always treated him with great kindness. When at Felbrigge witness and his wife used to go up-stairs and play at whist with Mr. Windham and Mr. Herrick, his tutor. Mr. Windham was a very good whist player. Recollected in 1860 Mr. Windham going over to Yarmouth ; he invited witness and his wife there on the occasion of a review. There were a number of officers present. Mr. Windham pre sented him and his wife with tickets for the theatre. It was the officers' bespeak. Mr. Peatfield was there ; ho recollected Mr. Windham and Mr. Peatfield having some words before they went out to travel. Mr. Peatfield called him a " slink," because he went over to Hailsham without him. Mr. Windham came back with a black eye. Mr. Wind ham, after he packed up his things, refused to go with Mr. Peatfield; but, on witness's advice, he went. In July last Mr. Windham invited witness to come to London. He did so, and resided in Duke street. He accompanied Mr. Windham and Mr. Peatfield to Richmond, and they dined there. He afterwards met him at Cremorne, and went with him to the review at Wimbledon the same day. He had also visited the Crystal Palace with Mr. 'Windham. On the occasion of their being at Wimbledon at the review, there was some disturbance with the police about Mr. Windham getting on the gate. He (wit ness) did the same, for the purpose of seeing a charge that was taking place. Mr. Windham after wards drove him to town. He used to dine with Mr. Windham and Mr. Peatfield atthe Llewellyn's. There was plenty of wine at dinner—champagne. Recollected Mr. Windham speaking about the letters that appeared in the 2iines about the " Pretty Horsebreaker" and the Belgravian mother. Wit ness had also read the letters. Mr. Windham said they were capital letters, and that ho would sooner marry a pretty horsebreaker than a lady. He after wards returned to Felbrigge. Mr. Windham came down occasionally. While there, a portrait came down, it was that of Agnes Willoughby. Mr. Wind ham was anxious to hang it up in place of another picture, but witness advised him net. He, however, did hang the portrait up. Recollected Mr. Jackson coming over in August to Felbrigge. Lady Sophia was there at the time, but was ill. Mr. Jackson had an interview with Mr. Windham, and he after wards told witness that Mr. Jackson had made a proposition to him by which he should have abetter income out of the devised estate. He asked my opinion, and I told him he ought to well consider it and pause before he did anything if he did riot un derstand it ; this was a few days before he came of age. On the day he came of age, the tenants came to Felbrigge, but they were not introduced to Lady Sophia. On the day he came ofage, there was a re gatta at Cromer. He saw Mr. Windham there with Lord and Lady Suffield and Mr. Rothschild. There was shortly after a dinner party at, the hall. He understood Mr. Rothschild was present. On one occasion Mr.lVindham said be should marry Agnes Willoughby, but witness did not believe he would do so foolish an act, and advised him not to marry her. Mr. Windham had gone to London, when Gen. Windham sent for me and my wife, and asked us to go and stop the marriage. They went to Lon don, and found Mr. Windham in bed. On seeing them he said, " Halloa, what has brought you up ,- _ °AP_ _ SIJGA.R MARKET. The average prices of sugar, for the we.k ending Jan. 14, ire :IS follow r Muscovado, the prc duce of the British pos sessions in Ameri c Muscovado, the prow 'uce of the Mauritius 20s 101 Muscovado, the prod. 'tom of the East Indies...26e 10c1 Average price of the i vegoing 24s 7iu THE CO .I'7'oX TRADE. The sales of cotton, sin ce the let: January, as made up en. Thursday evening, amour t to 168,60 bales, of which specu lators have taken 89,960, exporters 20,070, and spinners 58,580 bales. In the earlp part of the week the indecisive information from America. caused a degree of dulness, with a slight giving way in value ; but this was instantaneously, succeeded by an active demand, with advancing prices on. the intaligence by the City of Washington becom ing known,. on Wednes day afternoon, of the amicable. adjustment of our differences with the United States, and on Thursday the sales reached 25,000 bales, with an excited market —prices of American on that afternoon show ing an advance of id to ld p er lb. In S u r ats the improve ment their is d relative with ,transactions on a large scale, ari s ing from cheap;oess ; Brazil and Egyptian are also dearer, the former id to id, and the latter id per lb. In former periods the probability of a war with America would have advanced prices in the cotton market, and the assur ance of pea.''s de pressed them; but now the reverse is the case, from the existence of the peculiar conflict between the Northern and St,uthern divisions of that country, and, but small hope being eL ntertained of any supplies from the pro lific cotton fields of tt,'e South for the present, prices are tending to high and dan k :crams figures; yet, so long as the ptei 's is maintained, the na t u ral blockade of the Southern relyi undefined, result is advancing prices, and, t. he point to whi c h th ey ma y eventually reach being as yet eat specula tors, as will be seen by their extensa, v e O perations since the Ist of January, are sanguine that we a'.9 still consid era bly within it, while the cheaper rate of monb. v increases their confidence. The position of Liverpool, both in respect to stocks and prices of cotton, shows how little the i; rodh•cers of the raw material are indebted to spinners for the first alla. most important action in regard to it,—that of bringing it to the English market, and holding it when received ; nay, more, their very chariness of purchasing, now that it is here, further illustrates an absence of encouragement either to its growth or importation which materially weakens the force of their demands for Government to provide for the extension of cultivation in India, as Surats form very nearly one half the stock now in Liverpool, as weasured by bales. If the cotton ports of America are not opened before Midsummer—which seems to be the period assigned in the Northern States for the subjugation of the seaboard cf the South, and by these means securing an outlet for cot ton—spinners, not only in this country, but in Europe and America also, must naturally become hard pressed for raw material, and a demand may be naturally expected on thin market, in which the stock is now held, with a weight at present altogether without indication ; for, measured by the number of bales, we have more cotton in Liverpool at this moment than at the same period last year, and have shown an excess week after week for some time past. Nor does it follow that, because the ports of the South are opened by the successes of the Northern fleet and armies, cotton will flow freely through them, for so long as the interior is held by the Secessionists cotton will be retained there, or in the last resort may be destroyed. We are thus by no means sure of any weight of cotton from America, even by Midsummer; for, assuming all coast successes, the Northern troops can scarcely be expected during the summer months to move in that country of fierce heat and deadly fever. On the other side, however, it can hardly be doubted that, should the North be successful in Virginia, and drive back the forces of the South, as well as occupy and threaten a forward movement from the sea coast, the South will be prepared to make overtures of peace ; for, however determined they may be at present, if vanquished on all sides, it can scarcely be expected that their resolution of fighting to the last will then hold. As yet, however, there is no appearance of the South being in any such strait, as they hold their position in force on the Potomac, from which they most first be driven before they can be crushed.—Liverpoo/ A/bion of Monday, COUNTRY MA.IKE2 S. . ,~. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 17. A fair attendance to-day. Wheat met a good consump tive demand, and last Friday's quotations may be repeated. Flour a better inquiry, and 6d per barrel below previous rates. Oats and oatmeal were steady. Indian corn was in goad sale, and held for lato rates. Beans, peas, and bar ley 6d per qr cheaper. WAKEFIELD-JAN. 17. We have had a dull market for wheat, and prices were at a decline of fully is per qr from last Friday's rates. Barley slow, at is under late quotations. Other articles also slow of sale. EXETER-JAN. 17. Wheat, white 7s 6d tolBs Od I 8ar1ey...... 3s 10d to 4s fid Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od I Oats .. 2s 9cl_to 3s 3d Flour, fine, 45s is 475;; seconds, 43s to —s per sack. CATTLE. The supply of cattle to-day was good, and moderate of cows, calves, and pigs. Fat beef,p score, 10s6d to lls Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 61 1 Pork carcases, do 9s 6d to lOs 1 Wethers, do. 6d t o 60 Lambs, per lb ---d to —d Fat calves, d 0... 7d t o 7i .• Rough fat, 31d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-3Ax. 17. There has been an inactive trade doing in raw sugars, chiefly on account of the brokers' offices being almost bare of samples. Refiners' produce is wanted. Bum flat. COAL M, (frloes of Coal per Ton at .ARKET. t the close of the mnrket s. d. Wylam ..16 0 Davison's West Hart ley ..16 0 Holywell 16 0 North Pelton l3 3 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9 West Hartley 15 9 Hartlepool West Hart ley Burnhope Gas 12 6 Hastings Hartley l5 9 Howard's West Hart- Walls End. 8 . d. Cassop l6 9 Heugh Hall 16 3 Harton ..........15 6 Riddell Framwellgate K elloe ..16 6 South Hart1ep001......16 0 Tritodop. Hartlepool ..17 9., t" Hetton .. l7 „ Gosforth 15 & Wharneliffe 15 0 Ecuth Hetton 17 3 ley 1E 9 Caradoc ..IG 6 , Bower's West Hartley.ls 9 firt.ddyll's Hetton 16 u, N.% alker Primrose 12 9 Hartlepool 17 ° Ships at market, 172 ; sold, 72. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17 11 171 Antwerp — 25 40 25 42± Brussels — 25 40 25 421 Hamburgh — 13 7 13 7± Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 118 118 a Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin .-- Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 60 25 65 Milan — 25 574 25 624 Genoa — 25 571 25 65 Naples Palermo — 119 ... _. 119 1 z Messina Lisbon — 511 52 Oporto — 511- 52k Foreign Gold 'in Bars (standard) .... „ £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ..... South American Doubloons BIRTHS. YOUNG.—On the 17th inst., at The Lymes, Croydon. - common, the wife of D. Hill Young, Esq., of a son. CIIAPMAN.—On the 17th inst., at 11, Marlborough-hill gardens, St. John's•wood, the wife of G. Chapman, Esq. F.S A., of a s&n. HARDY.—On the 15th inst., at 28, Park-crescent, Brigh ton, the wife of Captain Harmer Hardy, 18th Hussars, of a daughter PALMER.—On the 16th inst., at Rugby, the wife of Palmer, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. BELL—ISMAY.—On the 16th inst., at Christ Church , Croydon, the Rev. C. W. Bell, chaplain, Jessore, Ben gal, to Mary, secou d d aug ht er o f Thos. smay, Esq., 0 ' Bensham House, Thornton-heath. CUNLIFFE—ROGERS.—On the 16th inst., at Rhyl, North Wales, Major Ellis Cunliffe, of Myerseough Hall, Lau" cashire, to Emma, the eldest daughter of the late Samuel Rogers, Esq., of The Brooklands, Broomsgrove, Wur cestershire. DEATHS. CREATON.—On the 16th inst., at his residence, 36, Seeth" ing-lane ,George Creaton, Esq., late of the Bank ofEng land, aged 47. DAMES.—On the I2th inst , at Rome, Arthur, eldest son of Lieutenant- Col Davies, of Withersdane House, Ash ford, Kent. GRIFFIN.—On the 14th inst., at 7, Clapham-rise, John I'. Griffin, Esq., aged 77. LANGRISGE.—On the 13th inst., at Knocktopher Abbey , co. Kilkenny, the Rev. Sir Richard Hercules Langrishe) Bart., aged 80. INGLISII.—On the 16th inst., at. 165, Strand, Benjamin 0 ' Inglish, Esq., aged 80. PAIINHA3I.—On the 16th inst., at Croydon, W. Partl o ° Esq , aged 75. Uf LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t TIE Sufi °Mee, No. 112,Str av ' , in the Precinct of the Savoy in the County of Middleseg, Saturday, January 18, 1862. /, -