The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-29 00:00:00

WE NAVY. The screw steamer Meanee, 81, 400-horse power, which has been commissioned at the Nore, by Capt. Wo!ie•r, , us.-, for service in the Medittrran.:-.n, in the eoutbe of a few weeks will be reedy for sea. A number of her crew have already joined from the Coastguard and other ships. The Afeanee is a teak built ship, and was constructed some years ago in the East Indies. She is sister ship to the Bombay, 81, both vessels having originally been built as sail ing ships at Bombay dakyard, but subsequently converted in this country to line-of-battle screw steamers. The Meanee is an exceedingly fine ship, and is believed to be one of the strongest in the navy. since her alteration to a screw steamer she has been attached to the steam reserve in the Medway. The following appointments to the Meanee had been mide by the Admiralty up to yesterday, most of the officers having joined and taken up their commie• sions :—Commander B. S. Pickard, Lieuts. the Hon. F. O'B. Fitzmaurice, A. Tarbuteau, J. L. Way, C. E. Domvile, and W. Bailey ; Master W. F. Par- sons ; Sub-Lieuts. J. W, Harvey, F. It. Bromilaw, and E. A. F. Baxter ; Surg. J. Andrews, IVLD. Assist.-Surg. G. B, Beale, M.D. ; Acting Assist.- Surg. A. Robertson, M.D. ; Paymaster S. Fisher ; Assist.-Paymasters F. Parker and E. B. Pillans ; Chief Engineer G. Aitcheson ; Engineer J. J. Blun den ; Acting First-class Assist.-Engineer W. C. ; Acting Second-class Assist. -Engineer T. Griffiths; Second•class Assist. -Engineer H. Bur stow ; Second Master J. E. Price; Master Assistants A. Wallis and C. A. Browne : Assist. -clerk A. Court. The Racer, 11, screw sloop, Commander Lyons, whose arrival at Spithead from Halifax was an nounced in The Sun of yesterday, landed her in valids during the morning and sailed in the after noon for the eastward, to be dismantled and paid out of commission. She sailed from Charleston on the 19th, Baltimore on the 27th, and Fortress Mon roe, Hampton Roads, on the 28th October. She arrived at Halifax on the 3d of November, and sailed again on the 6th. On the 25th inst. the Ame rican ship Shakspeare was spoken, from London, bound for New York. The Arrogant, 47, screw, bearing the broad pen dant of Commodore Elphinstone, arrived at Spit head early yesterday morning from the West Coast of Africa, having sailed from Sierra Leone on the 22d Oct. A succession of northerly and easterly winds were experienced throughout the homeward passage. She is ordered for inspection at Spithead to-day, and will afterwards go into Portsmouth harbour to strip, return stores, and be paid out of commission. The Arrogant's officers and crew have rendered important services during their period of service on the coast, and particularly during the Badiboo war and in an attack on a formidable stock ade in front of Sabba. On Nov. 21, in lat. 46 54 N., long. 15 44 W., the Arrogant spoke the bark Silvia, from the Cape of Good Hope, bound for Falmouth. The Algiers screw line. of-battle-ship, Capt. E. B. Rice, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from the Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta on Nov. 4, and from Gibraltar on the 15th. On the 22d, in lat 42 31 N., long. 12 55 W., she spoke the bark Dee, for Sierra Leone. Strong north-easterly winds were encountered after leaving Gibraltar. The military and naval officers, troops, and seamen who have arrived in the Algiers as passengers and invalids comprise, from Malta, Lieut. Smyth, 9th Regiment ; Lieut. Leigh, 22d Regiment ; Mr. Hen wood, R.N.; Mr. Curry, R.N. ; 47 invalids from various regiments ; 24 naval invalids, 23 women, 28 children, and a few military and naval invalids from Gibraltar. The invalids are ordered to be landed. at 8 a.m. to-day, after which the ship will be officially inspected, and discharge her ammuni tion preparatory to going into Portsmouth harbour, where she will be dismantled, cleared of her arma ment and stores, and paid out of commission. The Sutlej, screw frigate, Captain M. Connolly, flagship of Rear-Admiral J. Kingcombe, commenced swinging in Portsmouth harbour yesterday to ascertain the deviation of her compass, prepara tory to leaving the harbour for Spithead and the Pacific. In the midst of the operation of swinging the hawser broke, and the completion of the work bad necessarily to be postponed until to-day. Her Majesty's screw steam gun vessel Lily, 4,702 tons, 200-horse -power, which has recently been commissioned by Commander Henry Harvey for service on the North American and West India Station, was taken from Sheerness harbour to the Maplin Sands on Thursday last, for her final official trial of speed and machinery. The vessel was in charge of Commander Offiey Crewe Read, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, guardship of the steam reserve at Sheerness. Mr. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, had the superintendence of her machinery, and Mr. S. L. Townsend, foreman of engineers in the dockyard at Sheerness, was also in attendance. The Lily attained an average speed at full boiler power of 10087 knots per hour, pressure of steam being 191; vacuum, 25; revolutions of en gines, 80 ;at half-boiler power the average speed was 8.466 knots per hour; pressure of steam, 16} ; vacuum, 25 ; revolutions, 69. The circle was made at full speed in five minutes, being equal to a rate of 101 knots per hour. The machinery and vessel worked in amost satisfactory manner, and the result of the trial was highly gratifying. The Lily will be inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. Hope John stone, K.C.8., Commander-in -Chief at Sheerness, this day, and on Monday will proceed to Plymouth, where she will await final orders. The officers of the steam reserve at Sheerness '4 an official visit to Chatham yesterday in the pat, Fearless, tender to the Cumberland, to inspect the Pylades, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,278 tons, 350- horse power, which has been undergoing thorough and extensive repairs, and has been strengthened in her hull, in Chatham Dockyard. The vessel was ascertained to be quite complete, and ready for the pennant. Orders have been received by the authorities that the Conqueror, 86, screw steam line-of-battle ship, 2,846 tons, 500-horse power, is to be placed in dock at Sheerness Dockyard, in order to be brought for ward for the first division of the steam reserve. i n September last, while several British ships of war were lying at anchor in the Bay of Naples, a very severe storm occurred, accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid lightning. The mainmast of her Majesty's ship London was struck by the lightning, but the ship. being protected by the conductors now universally used in the royal navy, escaped unin jured. The following official communication on the subject was sent by Capt. Chads to Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.B. : " H.M.S. London, Naples, Oct. 22. " Sir, have the honour to inform you shat, during the night of the 20th September, her Majesty's ship under my ruratnalad, lying in this bay, was struck by lightning dur g a heavy thunderstorm. " 2. The sparks from the electric fluid were distinctly seen on the conductor abaft the mainmast, and a few nails of the conductor at the maintopmast head were started. The ship shook and trembled with the shock, which was felt by everybody on board, and which much resemble d the shock of an eart h c 4, No damag e whatee,;er was a pass ing through th e ship,. bottom into the sea, proving the effi ciency and utility of our present admirable lightning con ductors. —I have the honour t o b e, sm., " HENRY CHLDS, Captain. To Vice-Admiral Sir W. P. Martin, K.C.8., The screw steam CorvetteYeiln", 21, C ommo d ore F . ,B. P. Seymour, from the -which arrived in Plymouth Sound on station stlSt. Helena on afternoon, left Sydney on July ' g --- on Thursday ' Horn on September 4th, arrived at r"nded Cape October 14th, and left on the 21st. line on the 28th. Frorn the Bth to 1112e t r h ia : b i l e u u d t g ;tie i s e6 , in I.:tilude about 53 S,, and in longitude W.. she experienced a strong easterly g a force of 6'olll Bto 10. Bet wren Sept. 10 :ring i n l a t. ;36 50 S., long. (30 W. several icebergs ; 3 ' ob-ierVed. Frottr the 3d to the 18th she was detained e e off Cape _Horn by dead calms, the :.ea being fi n e weather was experi smooth. On the whole very e nced, end she w as understesm only six: days between New Slut!, Wales and Englan d. The screw steam corve tt e Orpheus, 21 , Commander Robert H. Bur - CB ton, flag of Commod ore William F. Burnett, C.B. appointed to relieve the Pelorns, arrived at Sydney on the 18th of July. The French armed transport L a Rhone, from the Mauritius for France, was at St. Helena. When tile P_elorus arrived at St. Helena, it was discovered that her rudderhead had sprung, and the necessary repairs were made before she left the island. She is at present in a very leaky condition, and will probably proceed at once to Portsmouth, where her crew will be paid off and she will be repaired. She was put in commission at Plymouth, July 17th 1857, and has been employed two ye is in India, and two years at New Zealand, during the war with the natives. Since then she was stationed at Sydney. The construction of the new experimental ship, the Research, at Pembroke Dockyard, is to be pushed on as rapidly as possible. Additional hands have been placed on the work, and others will be so when the vessel is far enough advanced for the pur pose. The Research is the second of the three ex perimental vessels now building from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reid. She is about 1,200 tons burden, yet with this large tonnage it is intended that her armament shall be four guns only, of the heaviest description, however,—viz , 110-pounders. This fine vessel will be rigged for ocean service, and will be iron-cased with 44 -inch plates. With this heavy armour, however, it is calculated, from her peculiar build, that her draught of water will be less than with wooden vessels of the same class. By the promotion of Capt. George Ramsay, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Admiral, a captain's good ser vice pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Duke of Somerset returned:to his official re sidence yesterday from visiting the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, at the Ossington-park, Notts. Capt. Alfred P. Ryeer has entered on his duty as private secretary to his Grace. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. James Buchanan to the Geyser; and James Redgrave, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Dromedary. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR. THE WEEK. The traffic receipts of railways in the 'United Kingdom amounted for the week ending the 22d of November, on 10,499 miles, to £518,067, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 10,186 miles, to £499,972, showing an increase of 313 miles, and of £18,095 in the receipts. The gross re ceipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggre gate on 7,221 miles, to £405,127 ; and for the correspond ing week of 1361, on 7,006 miles, to £392,901, showing an increase of 215 miles, and of £12,226 in the receipts. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to £1,170; on the Great Eastern to £94 ; on the Great Northern to £273; on the Great Western to £1,993; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £5l; on the London and North-Western to £3,273; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to £1,236 ; on the London and South-Western to £2,726; on the North British to £405; on the North-Eastern to £1,006; and on the South-Eastern to £1,410; total, £13,637. But from this must be deducted £669, the de crease on the Great Southern and Western; £648 on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire; and £94 on the Midland ; together £1,411, leaving the in crease, as above, £12,226. The goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £239,597, and for the correspond ing week of 1861 to .1230,870, showing an increase of £8,727. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £165,530, against £162,031, showing an increase of £3,499. The traffic receipts on 64 other lines amounted, on 3,279 miles, to £112,940, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 3,180 miles, to £107,071, showing an increase of 99 miles, and of £5,869 in the receipts. Tho passenger traffic on the principal lines shows a falling off of £6,560 as compared with the preceding week. The total receipts of the past week show a decrease of £4,553 as compared with those of the preceding week, ending the 15th inst. Miles Opened. Receipts. -, . Railways. 1862. 1861. 1862. 1861. X X Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,007 1,867 Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 617 564 Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,263 1,614 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 167 5,:175 5,629 Caledonian Cockermouth & Working - ,ton 134 81 308 3.5 5 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 359 3 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 64 173 17 ,, Cork and Youghal ... 324 27 305 213 Cornwall 5 31 531 1, 233 1,01 0 Deeside l7 17 266 284 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,398 1,361 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,532 1,659 Dub. & Wicklow and Wext d 4Bl 481 1,574 1,426 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,121 1,118 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1695 7,328 7,693 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5) 2,655 2,327 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 330 33 0 28,187 27,914 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,828 1,803 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 451 397 317 'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,619 8,288 Great Western 992 MI 52,484 50.491 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 735 735 1,011 847 Irish North-Western 145 130 1.804 1.767 Irish South-Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire 3 ts 3 2 4 4 1 81,469 1111 2 18 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 26 261 158 200 Llanelly 4 461 511 489 Londen & North-Western (London and Blackwell 5l 5 1 1,616 1,371 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 24 14 241/ 16,057 14,-21 London, Chatham, & Dover 725 725 ,2,e , 95 1,592 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Han.,Sheffield, &Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 94 9 5 1,021 1,081 Ma port and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 38,716 38,810 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 1921 1921 4,128 4,022 M on kl an d 7l/ 711 1,559 1,562 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,502 2,567 North British, Edin., Perth .• and Dundee '- Car. _ 894 f 8671 41,156 40 150 , N-Eastern and New. & .., ..._ _ North London 9 9 3,152 2,723 North Staffordshire 248 246 7,669 6,923 Oswestry and Newton 42 42 1 815 613 Rhymney . . ...... —.... 1 9 ,1 19 i 915 759 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,085 1,961 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 5,565 5,028 Shropshire Union 29 291 1,000 1,020 Somerset and Dorset 391 376 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 18,181 16,771 Stockton and Darlington ..., F. , 5 161 11,410 9,016 Taff Vale 54 54 5,296 5,154 Ulster Vale of Clwyd lO 10 130 118 Vale of Neath 2 s} 2 5} 2,064 1,704 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 412 338 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 11,305 1,489 West Cornwall 274 274 752 731 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 39 39 3,742 4,421 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmint.„ 7 7 570 406 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 800 680 Whitehaven & Furness Jun., FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,153 1,240 Austrian B2B 828 40,090 53,372 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 323 324 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll 1614 2,377 2,351 Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 5,061 5,063 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 100 20,450 20,129 Great Indian Peninsula 4371 3504 4,799 3,987 Great Luxembourg 134 128 4,4!8 3,85'2 Great Western of Canada 345 345 14,269 10,563 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 429 435 15,894 12,812 Northern of Canada Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1351 138,172 140,785 Paris and Orleans 1340 1201 00,576 58,126 Pernambuco 6O -- 688 - Royal Danish 69 69 623 525 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,567 1,354 South Austrian - - Southern of France " 777 777 28,468 26,382 Welland.. • • West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 758 758 38,399 45,616 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Yesterday a meeting of shareholders in this company re sident in Liverpool was held in the Adelphi Hotel,in accord ance with a circular issued by Mr. H. Gartside. Mr. J Bibby was called upon to preside. The CJIA IIt)IAN, in opening the proceedings, explained that a deputation from the Shareholders' Association cf Manchester would make a statement relative to the objects of that body. The deputation consisted of Messrs. T. Wrigley, H. Gartside, C. Potter, J. Butterworth, J. Grundy, H. Lees, and W. Coward. Mr. WRIGLEY entered into a lengthened statement of the objects of the association, and went earefully through the report lately issued by the company. Considerable discussion and conversation arose between the gentlemen present, and full explanations were given of the principles and aim the association. At the close a vo e 0 thanks was by Mr. BOWRING pro posed to the deputation for the information they had given with respect to the association and the manner in which Mr. Wrigley had explained and answered the directors' re- port. No definite action was taken by the gentlemen present ; but it was stated by Mr. GARTS IDE that the committee of the association consisted of about 150 gentlemen from all parts of the country, representing a capital of about £700,000, and that the association was constantly receiving accessions to its members. THE SUN, LONDON, SATUW)AY EVENING, INTOVEMBER 29, 1862. minutes' notice. I got an encore. I was nig encored in this and other songs. Mr. Quain—l suppose it is difficult for a lady to refuse au encore ? ;htly Witness—l. Ake, of course, to sing again ;at least I like to ba encored. (Laughter.) I don't object to sing encores, of course not. (Continued laughter.) Examination resumed-1 found that the work affected my throat and voice, and I sang under very distressing circumstances. On the 14th December I broke up almost entirely, I could not sing a note. Mr_ Morton has several times given as a remedy claret and cayenne. I was not able to sing on the sth December, and I sent an exease, being quite hoarse. On the 6th I sang first at the Canterbury, in Norma. I made several breaks, not being able to reach the notes. Mr. Morton saw the state I was in, but he still desired me to sing. O❑ the 14th my mother gave me linseed tea and salad oil. When I received the writ I A ent to Mr. Stanley to see if I could mike things comfortable. I had complained to him of the effect of the night air upon my voice in going from one place to the other, after having sung in a heavy selection of music. I have had to wait at the doors of the Ox ford and Canterbury in thin satin shoes and a low necked dress, on wet and other nights. I had to wait until " God save the Queen" was sung at the Canterbury, and afterwards had to pass through the building after all the lights were put out in my thin clothes. I used to get home about one o'clock in the morning, and sometimes at nearly two. I applied household remedies to my throat until January 8, 1862, when I went to Dr. Petlow, who gave me a certificate. lie said I was not to sing for three months, and that I should go to my native air or Italy. I went to Sheffield. (Laughter.) It is not true that I ever refused to sing on account of my health. lam too fond of singing when lam able. Probably I may have said to Miss Russell when she asked me what salary I wanted, " As much as you, of course," but I never refused to sing in conse quence of not having the same salary. lam aware that I said to Mr. Morton, "If you pay me more money, I will do more work." I could not do more. I was singing all night from seven to twelve. There were a great many rehearsals during the day, and I attended them all. Cross-examined—A general fine of half-a-crown was not imposed upon the company in consequence of my absence. I began my singing career at Shef field, where I sang at the Apollo and Athenaeum concerts. Mr. Baron Martin—l suppose, Mr. Overend, you have attended those concerts yourself ? (Laughter.) Cross-examination resumed—l also went on a tour with Susan Pyne. In concerts given by Mr. Bodda I supplied the place of Miss Birch, I have sans duets at the Royal Academy concerts, at Hanover-square-rooms. At the Oxford and Can terbury I sang the " Shadow Song" and the reci tative in Dinorab, and the " Casta Diva" in Norma. and there were always encores. I sang all these in one night, as well as Scotch songs and joining in parts of the choruses. I sang "Coming thro' the Rye." Mr Baron Martin—ls there any wish on the part of the plaintiffs to keep this young lady ? Mr. Overend—Yes ; we think she is improved very much and will make a very good singer. She is very awkward to manage, but we wish to keep her. The witness was then asked by Mr. Overend if she had shown any temper? Witness—lf I said" No" 1 suppose I should not be believed. (Laughter.) I have been sometimes a little annoyed, but I suppose I have not shown more temper than other professionals. (Laughter.) Mr. Overend—Have you ever said that you could sing as well as Miss Russell? Witness—l don't think I ought to be asked to answer that question. The question, h owev er, having been repeated, witness said, "If I did not say it, I ought to have done so." (Great laughter.) Examination continued—l told her and Mr. Stanley that I was deserving as much. Mr. Overend—Did you tell Mr. Stanley that money did one as much good as oil to the throat ? Witness—He knew that as well as I could tell him. Mr. Overend—Did you say that if he paid you as much as Miss Russell you would do as much work ? Witness—Miss Russell had a good deal more than I, but Ido not know how much. I never ap plied for a situation to Mr. Weston. He inquired about me, not I for him. I never applied for any other engagement, either at the Alhambra or else where. I may have told a Mr. Bartleman that I would require 16 guineas a week. Mr. Overend—l suppose you made great pro- gress during the last year? Witness—" Practice makes perfect." (Laughter.) When I was my teacher's pupil, of course, I at tended to his instructions. By Mr. Baron Martin—l am now free. Dr. Petlow said he saw the defendant on the Bth January last, and gave her a certificate. She was suffering from an affection of the throat. It was in a kid of chronic ulcerated state, and the dis ease may have existed ten days, a fortnight, or more. I advised her to take cod liver oil and rest from singing. I thought it desirable that she should not continue the practice of her profession, but could not say for how long a period. Mr. and Mrs. Ellison, the parents of defendant, and several professional ladies and gentlemen, were called to prove that the state of her health and voice was such as to prevent her singing in public at the time she was alleged to have broken her engagement. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Overend then addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients. Mr. Baron Martin summed up the evidence, and said if the jury thought the defendant had broken the agreement, he supposed it would be sufficient to give only one or two penalties, as the object of these only to enforce the contract actions en tere w d into. The generally The jury, without leaving the box, found a ver dict for the plaintiffs , damages £lO, being two pe nalties of £5 each. scorTisir CENTRAL. W A e dlpeescdiaayl meeting B u f c t e h i r s l ° c o s r :d a n was held at Perth on . between the The Secretary read th e p ro p ose d agreement Scottishjunetion C c e o n m t p rk a il ny a , n f d or t t h h e e p Dundee, ure v ha s to the e ff ect t h at the Scotti,h Central should discharge a e ePfe therth , line, an which Aberdeen w alsl the debts of the Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Company, satisfy the clai ms of their preference shareholders, and pay to the ordinary shareholde rs 2 per cent. for the first year, 2 tl l e pe r r ia c h e z t a . fftoerr 1866, to and th ereafter 3 per cent., w i t h to share the surplus profits on the transferred lines. Mr. Bun CE moved that the agreement be ratified and con firmed, and remarked that the proposed transference would give the Scottish Central a railway station in Dundee and enable them to commend a large part of the traffic of For -farshire. .51 r . MAcnurr seconded tho motion. In answer to Mr. KEmr, who remarked that the Dun deTehane cia- iwaN Perth had only been dividing af oo t 1 per cent., stated that the whole revenue of the Dundee and Perth lines for the year ended July 1 last amounted to £58,438, and that the working expenses, which the Scottish Central expected considerably to reduce, were stated at 41 per cent. The Scottish Central, even should the expenses remain the same and the revenue not be increased, would not, it was calculated, lose more than £l,OOO the first year ; but this loss the directors considered would be more than compensated by the advantage of having a station in Dundee. The Newtyle line was to be handed over at the rent paid by the present proprietors. The motion was unanimously adoptel. A meeting of the Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junc tion Railway Company was hald the same day at Dundee, i and the agreement was also un an i mous l y con fi rme d b y th a t 1 company. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. It appears the London agents of this company have re ceived information from the treasurer in New York that the accounts from Chicago continue favourable for the traffic of the road, and that Mr. Osborn entertains the ex pectation that the Board will be able to make a 2 per cent. dividend about the close of the present year on the scrip stock, and hopes for a continuance thereof. LATV IN7ELLIGENCE, Nov, 28. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Baran Martin and a Common Jury.) MORTON AND ANOTHER V. ELLISON.-THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.-BREACH OF ENGAGEMENT BY A VOCALIST. This was an action to recover £55 in penalties for breach of an agreement entered into between the plaintiffs (Messrs. Morton and Stanley) and Miss Maria L. Ellison, on the 23d of March, 1861, whereby the latter agreed to sing at the Oxford and Canterbury Music Halls every night, except on Sundays and certain holidays, for 12 months, at a salary of £6 per week. The alleged breach was that she refused to sing on 11 nights in December, 1861, by which she had rendered herself liable to so many penalties of £5 each. The defendant pleaded a number of pleas, the principal of which were that she was compelled to be absent owing to ill-health, and loss of her voice in consequence of being required to sing at unrea sonable times and to an unlimited extent. She also claimed as set off to the amount of £l5. Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Tindal Atkinson were counsel for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Qaain for the defendant. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, in opening the case, said the plaintiffs were the proprietors of the Oxford and Canterbury Music Halls, and the defendant was a young lady who had been engaged to sing at those establishments nightly, at a salary of £6 a week. Broughams were provided by the proprie tors, to convey the artistes from one hall to the other. The engagement with the defendant was entered into in March, 186 L and she soon became a general favourite of the public, and was very suc cessful. Finding she had made a " hit" she began to show dissatisfaction, complained of the salary being too small, and that unsuitable pieces had been selected for her. She absented herself from rehear sals, and then performances, and showed a good deal of temper, which was not agreeable to the plaintiffs. This conduct greatly interfered with the arrange ments for the performances, but was continued until June 12, when she wrote a letter to the plaintiffs, saying she wished to be excused two nights a week without loss of salary, or to remain at the Oxford entirely, adding " the going to and from the Ox ford and Canterbury every night is what I cannot and will not do. I would rather give it up alto gether than be subject to such slavery." The learned counsel then detailed the other circum stances which led to the plaintiffs bringing this action, and called the following witnesses. Mr, Fred. Stanley, one of the plaintiffs, said they had nearly 100 performers, and that the engage ment of the defendant commenced with the open ing of the Oxford. She first stayed away from re hearsals and then objected to sing in the choruses. Many times the performances were delayed by her refusing to go on the stage. Sometimes she ob jected to sing because she had got a cold, and at others said she would not go from the one place to the other. She would speak to him in a violent manner fox 20 minutes together without the least chance of his saying a single word in reply. (Laughter.) He then declined to accede to the terms of her letter. She then complained of not being paid as much as Miss Russell, another voca list, and the prima donna, who was in receipt of a much larger sum. She said money went a long way, and that if she got as much as Miss Russell she would do as much as was required of her. She went in July to the seaside on the ground of her voice being affected, She refused to take her salary minus the deductions for the nights she was ab sent. He thought there was nothing the matter with her voice. He considered it in its prime - and he denied that she had any ground for com plaint in having too much singing imposed upon her. Cross-examined—Smoking and drinking went on during the performances. There was a good deal of smoke from the smoking, but not a great deal of noise from the drinking. (Laughter.) The place was well ventilated, and the smoke readily escaped. One night the defendant would not go home, and remained at the Oxford all night. Mr. Weston, of the Holborn Music Hall, wished to enter into an engagement with the defendant to sing there ; but Mr. Morton objected, and said if it were en tered into he would move for an injunction. She never sent to him or Mr. Morton medical certifi cates, or complained of the night air. Four broughams with warm rugs were provided for the ladies in going from one hall to the other. Mr. Baron Martin—Are the broughams com monly confined to the ladies ? (Laughter.) Mr. Stanley-0 yes, and we only put four in a brougham. Mr. Morton deposed that he never saw any ap pearance of illness in the defendant. She sang the night she complained as well as ever, and with the same applause. Cross-examined—She afterwards complained of a sore throat, and I gave her claret and Cayenne pep per. (Laughter.) That is a very good remedy. Once the defendant refused to leave the Oxford un less she were paid her salary without deduction, and she remained there all night, and until 10 in the morning. Mr. Baron Martin—l suppose she walked about all night ? Mr. Overend—Yes, with the watchman, I believe. (Laughter.) Mr. Morton—The defendant was to forfeit £5 per night if absent without permission. M. F. Jonghmans, the musical conductor, said he made the engagement with the defendant. She came with her music master, and of course sang her best. Afterwards she did not sing well at all. One night she objected to go on the stage because she had a bad throat, but he gave her some claret and cayenne, and he never heard her sing better. (Laughter.) On another occasion she declined to go irom the Canterbury to the Oxford. She talked and talked, and he allowed her to go on because if he interposed she talked the more. (Laughter.) She was a terrible temper. (Loud laughter.) Cross-examined—There was a good deal of trouble in managing the ladies. It was the only trouble he had. (Laughter.) Mr. Quain—That is the only trouble of your life ? Witness—ln business hours. (Laughter.) Mr. Quain—You go, I believe, every night from one hall to the other with the ladies ? Witness—Oh yes. (Laughter.) Evidence was then given to show that £lO was once deducted from the defendant's salary for 10 1 nights' absence. Miss S. Metz, a vocalist at, the Oxford, said the 1 defendant often told her she would not sing if she did not get the whole of her salary. She often said she ought to be paid as much as Miss Russell. She was a very violent temper. Other witnesses havit , g been called in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. Qu ain then addressed the jury for the defence. He contended that the absence of the defendant from the Oxford and Canterbury Halls on the nights in question was owing entirely to ill health at loss of her voice, brought on by the hard work which she e n d commentede defendant, t a m more r e engagement on lu t c h ra e t h iv a e rdn had to undergo, and not from any desire to evade the e thelsewa agreementagreement e t onititheae es o f got £1 a night had to who though she only Pay a penalty of £5 for every night's absence, and said that the object of the action was to compel her to resume an engagement which she was incapable of fulfilling witti . due re gard to her health and voice. Miss Maria Lueza Ellison, the defendant, was then examined. She said—l am the daughter of a Sheffield diemaker. For two years I received les sons from Signor Crevilli at the Royal Academy. Afterwards, in 1857, 1 had my first engagement. Previously I had sung at several concerts .ff was in the country. The engagement with the plaintiff evade for me by Mr. Bodda. Mr. S ta n le y g ave me signed it in ignorance, be lievin g that was my the agreement three days before I siglned it. 1 teacher's property. The first time I appeared at the Oxford I sang a selectio n from Dinorah, which I had never seen before. It is very heavy. I also sang a selection from Norma at t he Canterbur y . I complained of having to sing these as well as son g s and duets in one evening. One night I sang as that purpose Ranted many as seven songs. Afterwards I fell ill, and anted to go to the seaside. I left for in July. Previously Mr. Morton said if I did not sing at both places I should have nothing. I re turned from the seaside in August and resumed my duty, and continued to sing as they desired me. , The first time I sang the " Circassian" after five POLIC INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 28. GUILDHALL. — CONFLICT BETWEEN AN ATTOR NEY AND THE POLICE.—Mr Salomon Spyer, a soli citor, was summoned before Alderman Humphery, for unlawfully resisting two officers, named Totting in the perfo rmance o f th e i r d uty . also cross summonses against the offi halm,hearnedwDasycl', cers for assaulting Mr. Sayer.p Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Beard, conducted the complaint for the police ; and Mr. Lewis on behalf of Mr. Spyer. John Tottiogharn , 173, said—l was on duty at Wilihm-st recta New Bridge-street, on Friday after noon last, to keep people fr om go i ng t o t h e scene o f the late fire at Sir Charles Price's premises, when the defendant came across from . Earl-street, and wanted to pass down William -Street, as he said, for the purpose of going to the Temple on business. I directed him to Tudor-street as the nearest way while William-street was stopped, and told him that our orders were to let no one pass, but he per sisted for some time in going through William street, and expressed such a strong determination and was so violent that I was obliged to take him to the police-station. Cress-examined—The defendant said he was in a hurry to got to the Temple, and I told him the way by Tudor-street was equally near. Alderman Humphery—lf he was so very urgent to go to the Temple, why did he attempt to go through William-street, when the other way would not have made a minute's difference to him? Mr. Lewis—Ho had a consultation with counsel i n the Te:nple, and to have gone round would have been a loss of ten minutes in time. Alderman Humphery—Not by the way of Tudor street ; but I have no doubt Mr Spyer wanted to see the fire. Mr. Lewis—Nothin g of the kind, sir. However, sir, you have now heard one of the officers, and per haps you will say the case bas proceeded far enough. Mr. Sleigh—On behalf of my clients, I must ask for a judicial decision. Wm. Dyer, 163, corroborated the first witness, and added—We did not allow any one to pass un til after the property rescued from the fire had been secured in the yard where the fire occurred, except the persons employed at the gas works and those residing at the houses adjoining. Jones, 169, gave similar evidence, and Sergeant Dearlove, 45, proved that the instruc tions issued to the police were to keep the public from passing through William-street until fuether orders, and that the constables were only acting in obedience to those instructions in preventing the de fendant from forcing his way through. Mr. Fogo was called to show that it was for the protection of property and for facilitating the fire men's exertions in extinguishing the fire that the thoroughfare irr-criesion was closed by the police. Mr. Lewis—Surely, sir, if my client is willing to withdraw his corn plaint against the police the whole matter may be allowed to drop here. Mr. Sleigh—l do not ask for any penalty, but I must ask for a conviction, to show that the police have not acted improperly. Alderman Humphery—The police must be pro tected in the performance of their duty. I have no doubt the d e f en d ant felt it very annoying to be taken to the poli ce - stat i on, but he brought it all upon himself Mr. Lewis--Mr. Spyer is a most respectable gen tleman, and I do think that, as he is willing to ad mit that the police were in the strict performance of their duty, both complaints might very fairly be withdrawn. Mr. Sleigh—l have known Mr. Spyer for some time as a most respectable gentleman? and I say again I do not wish for a single farthing in the shape of a penalty. Alderman Humphery—That is all very fine for you barristers to be buttering over your opeonent because he is an ittorney. (Great laughter, in which the learned counsel heertily joined.) I be lieve the police have only performed their duty. Defend int—The first witness gave a very fair account of the matter, sir. Alderman Humphery—There is no oocasion for any penalty. The case is proved, and although the police were rather sharp on defendant they were only obeying their instructions, and he, as a soli citor, ought to have known better than to have interfered with them as ho had done. The alderman's decision was received and regis tered as a conviction, although no penalty was enforced, and the summons against the police was abandoned. A COMPLICATED CASE.—Mr. Mieheel Edensor Heatbcote, late a cornet in the 11th Hussars, was brought before Mr. Alderman Humphery, upon a warrant issued by Mr. Wright, one of the magis trates for the county of Stafford, charged with obtaining a sum of £3O, by false pretences, with intent to defraud Mr. George Prince, an hotel keeper in the same county. Mr. George attended on behalf of the prisoner, who had been arrested upon his appearance at the Bankruptcy Court, and stated that his object in coming before this court was to ask the ma ,istrate to accept bail for the prisoner's appearance before the magistrates at Stafford. He said there was not the remotest ground to justify his apprehension on such a charge, and explained the circumstances out of which it arose. He said the prisoner had in curred a debt with the prosecutor for board and lodging and money lent to the amount of £6O, for which he gave a cheque upon Messrs. Cox and Co., his army agents. That cheque was presented and dishonoured, there being some derangement in his eccount at Messrs. Cox's that prevented them pay ing it, and the prisoner shortly after became a bankrupt and had obtained his protection order. Mr. Prince had, however, adopted the present course to recover his debt, and instead of proving his claim in the ordinary way he was seeking to obtain a preference over the.ot her creditors. Alderman Humphrey asked if the prisoner had any effects at Messrs. Cox and Co.'s at the time he drew the cheque. Mr. George said if he had not it was not his fault, for on selling out of the 11th Hussars a sum of £450 should have been paid to his credit at the time he drew the cheque ; but as there were some regi mental debts amounting in the whole to about £2O, the colonel of the regiment withheld the payment of the whole sum of £450 until they were settled. Messrs. Cox and Co. had honoured his cheques to the amount of about £2,000, and would eventually have paid the one is question had it been presented at the proper time, for the £450 was afterwards paid into his account, and a balance of £3OO was eventually paid into the Bankruptcy Court. Alderman Hum phery asked to see the cheque, which was accordingly produced, and upon exa mining it he expressed his surprise that it bore no endorsement to show that it had been presented and dishonoured, or that there were " no effects" of the prisoner's in Messrs. Cox's hands. He was astonished that the magistrate at Stafford should have issued a warrant for the prisoner's apprehen sion upon such a piece of paper as that which had been produced as the dishonoured cheque. He should not have issued a warrant under such cir cumstances. He regretted, however, that he had no power to accept bail for the prisoner. Mr. George asked the magistrate to go into the case at once, and then he would have the• power to bail the prisoner. Alderman Humphery said he should be most willing to do so if the witnesses were all present, but in the absence of some one from Messrs. Cox's he could not go into the case. Mr. George said his client belonged to one of the highest families in England, and it would be a most serious matter to him to be detained in custody on such a charge. Alderman Humphery said he was quite aware of the position of the prisoner's family, and, looking at the evidence of the cheque, he should have been most willing to have taken bail for him. The prosecutor, through the agency of a friend who was entrusted with the warrant by the county magistrate, expressed a wiliingness to accede to the liberation of the prisoner on bail, although it had been already intimated that recognisances taken in that way would be informal, and therefore valueless. Mr. Hamilton, the chief of the detective depart- ment of the City, objected to anything like infor mality until the prisoner was regularly discharged out of his custody. He was at present responsible for him, and he must detain him until he could hand him over to a recognised authority. Alderman Humphery, having previously backed the county warrant, directed Pavia, the officer *ho apprehended the prisoner, to take him down to Stafford. A CHILD STARVED TO DEATH. An inquiry was held by Mr. H. Itaffim Walthew, deputy-coroner, late on Thursday night, respecting the death of Margaret Jackson, aged one year and three months, who expired in the workhouse of St. George'-in-the-East, on Monday last, from the effects of starvation and habitual neglect. The case excited a great sensation in the neighbourhood, and the court was crowded. The mother of the deceased chid is in custody awaiting the result of the inquest. she is also charged with a murderous assault with a poker upon a person named Johnson, who ventured to remonstrate with regard to the treatment of tha unfortunate deceased. Mrs. Eliza Howell, 27, Upper Chapman-street, St. George's, said, that Charlotte Jackson, the mother of the deceased, lived in her house since August last. On last Saturday witness heard the deceased crying as usual, and finding the door unlocked, she entered, and saw the child lying completely naked on an old flock bed, and in a frightful state f emaciation. To her know ledge the child had not been washed for a week previous. Witness communicated what she knew to the police. Mrs. Jackson was the wife of a person employed on board the ship David Mal combe, and she drew every month £2 ss. from the firm of Messrs. Dunbar. She also earned money at coat making, It was her constant habit to leave the child without food, and go out, locking the door, so that no one could get near to give it anything to eat. The child used to cry dreadfully, and witness used to take up food, but was unable to give it, on account of the door being locked. Jackson never left the child anything, but used to go out and get drunk for days together. Witness sometimes re monstrated, but was invariably abused and told to mind her own business. The door was sometimes left open, and witness used to give the poor child food. Deceased was, in witness's opinion, starved to death. Witness hever saw the mother give it food but once, when witness handed her a bit of bread for it. Mrs. Theresa Johnson, who resided in the same house, said Mrs. Jackson was a bad mother, and never bought food for the child. She was not sober for the last five weeks. Before that time Mrs. Jackson was employed at coat-making by witness, who used to insist upon her giving the child food ; but since then she appeared to give it nothing at all. It used to cry piteously. Last Thursday wit ness said she would fetch a doctor for deceased. The mother said she would have witness's life if she did such a thing, and seized a poker and beat her fear fully about the head, laying it open. She inflicted frightful gashes on the temple, the ear, and the side of the head. In attempting to protect her head, witness's arm was dreadfully injured, and witness was tendered insensible by the blows, and would have been killed but that some neighbours rescued her. (The appearance presented by the arm and head of the witness produced a strong sensation in court.) Mr. W. Royston, relieving officer to the union, said that on Saturday the last witness came to him from the police station, and informed him that the child was dying from starvation and neglect, and that the mother was then lying drunk. He sent to insist that the mother should present herself with the child, and she did so. He then had the child forcibly removed from her, and he gave her in charge to the police. The child was kept alive by great care until Monday morning, when it died. The Coroner s id that great credit was due to the relieving officer for his promptitude in the mat ter. It was clear from the evidence, as given by the witnesses, that the mother wa s criminally re sponsible for the child's death, and he should ad journ the inquiry for the purpose of having her brought before the Court. Tli'e proceedings were accordingly adjourned. A naval court-martial sat at Cherbourg two days ago to try Lieut. Dupre, late commander of the Govern ment advice-boat, Le Railleur, on the charge of having allowed that vaisel to be wrecked, some months ago, during a terriblo tempest. As it appeav, d from the evidence that the officer haft done everything that human efforts could effect under the circumstance, the court not only declared him acquitted but highly complimented him on the skill and perseverance he had displayed in the midst of insuper able difficulties. [ADVERTISEMENT,] Holloway's Pills. Recruited Health.—When once the nerves feel unstrung, and listless ness supplants energy, is the right time to take some alte rative as Holloway's Pills to prevent disorder running into disease. These excellent Pills correct all irregularities and weaknesses. They act so kindly, yet so energetioally, on the functions of digestion and assitnilation that the whole body is revived, the blood is rendered richer and purer, the muscles become firmer and stronger, and the nervous and aborbent systems are invigemt6d. These pills are t suitable for all classes and all ages. They have a marvellous effect on persons who, are out of conditio];t; most soon re c tif y w h atever i s i n f au lt, res t ore s t ren gth tothebecly Aad couticiouce to tin WWI SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON AND 'WAII..WIrKSIIIRE HUNT Dl EE ING. —FRIDAY. Match—Xso ; lOst 101 b each. One mile. Mr. Parkes's Westender, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. Walton's Vertumnus, aged, lOst 101 b (Capt. Barclay) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Westeuder, who made the whole of the running, and won easily by four lengths. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; two-yr olds, 7st 121 b ; three, 9st 21b ; four and upwards, 9st 81b ; certain penalties and selling allowances. Five furlongs on the flat. Mr. W. Butler's The Perfect Cure, 2 yrs, sst 1 llb (£2O) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Balehin'E. Leotard, 2 yrs, Sat 111 b (E2O) (Morriss) 2 Mr. Bell's Cygnet, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (£'2O) (Hopson) 3 Mr. Hodgman's Truant, 2 yrs, sst 13th (L2O) (Nightingale) 4 Betting-5 to 2on The Perfect Cure, and sto 1 agst any other. The Perfect Cure went off with the lead fol lowed by Leotard, until entering the Swan Meadows where Cygnet ran up to Leotard, and the three went on thus to the finish, " Little Grimray," after a plentiful dis tribution of whipcord, Nanning by a head ; a neck stepa• rated second and third. Truant walked in. The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, for all horses ; gentlemen riders; jockeys, 61b extra. Five furlongs, on the flat. Mr. Cherry's Enfield, 6 yrs, list Sib .... (Mr. Cherry) 1 Mr, Beauclerk's Furious, aged, list 71b (Mr. Coventry) 2 Mr. Parks's Westender, list 71b (inc. 71b ex.) (Owner) 3 Betting-6 to son Furious, 6to 4 agst Enfield. Furious went off with the lead, followed by Enfield. On entering the meadows Westender joined Furious, and En field fell back. Entering the straight Enfield went to the front, and Westender retired, beaten. From this point the race was over, as Enfield increased his lead at every stride, and won cleverly by a length and a half; Westender beaten off. The Welter Cup, value 300 sovs, by subscription of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys, 61b extra. One mile. 19 subs. Mr. Hodgman's Libellous, 5 yrs, list .. (Mr. Dixon) 1 Mr. Thomas's Gleam, 4 yrs, 9st 51b, car 9st 81b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Henham Lass, 9st 121 b, inc 61b ex (Kendall) 3 Mr. Barber's Coronet, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Mr. Blake) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Gleam, and 2to 1 agst Libellous. Gleam, attended by Libellous and Coronet, made the run ning. Entering the meadows the three ran side by side, Henham Lass in the rear. On coming into the straight Libellous took a slight lead, Coronet at the same time re tired, leaving the race with the first two. At the distance Mr. Edwards called on Gleam, who, however, could not get up, and Libellous won cleverly by two lengths ; Henham Lass a bad third. The Shorts Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added. Three quarters of a mile, Mr. Cherry's Enfield, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b.... (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Dunn's Zora, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b .. (Lynch) 2 Mr. Marsh's Maydew, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b .. (J. Grimshaw) 3 East Sheen and Pretty Horsebreaker also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Zora, sto 2 agst Enfield, 6to 1 agst Maydew. Pretty Horsebreaker went ofi with the lead, followed by Maydew and Enfield to the distance, where Enfield went to the front, followed by Zora, the former winning easily by four lengths ; a bad third. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAGHOUNDS. Her Majesty's—Tuesday, Datchet-windmill Friday, Maidenhead thicket—half past eleven. Constable's, Sir Clifford—Wednesday, Morton—Saturday, Burstwich—half-past ten. Rothschild's, Baron Monday, Hardwick—Thursday, Cublington—eleven. FOXHOUNDS. Albrighton—Tuesday, Stretton—Thursday, Hagley—Sa turday, Stewpony -inn—quarter to eleven, Atherstone—Tuesday, Sibson Village—Wednesday, Shut • tington Bridge—Friday, Coombe—Saturday, Black Swan—el even, Badsworth—Tuesday, Marr-village—Thursday, Darring ton—Saturday, Ringstone-hill—half-past ten, Beaufort's (Duke of)—Monday, Newnton-lodge—Tues d ay, Lackham •lodge—Wednesday, Yate Rocks--Friday, Ty therton-village—Saturday, Cross Hand s—half •past ten Bedale--- Monday, Tunstall-village--Wednesday, Streath lam-village Friday, Nutwith-common Saturday, Busby Stoop—quarter to eleven. Bentinek's (Lord H.)—Monday, Brant Broughton-village —Tuesday, Gretwell—Wednesday, Linwood- by-Rmen— hursday, Swallow Beck—Friday, Thorney-hall—Sa turday, Newbold-common—eleven. Berkshire, Old—Monday, Farnham—Wednesday, Bablock Hythe—Friday, Ardington—half-past ten. B erks, South—Tuesday, Muffield-common—Wednesday, Burghfield-green—Friday, Blade Bone, Bucklerbury— quarter to eleven. Bicester—Monday, Chesterton-village—Thursday, Chil ton-village—Saturday, Fenny Compton-wharf —quarter to eleven. Blackmoor Vale—Tuesday, Cross Keys, Lydford—Wed nesday, Zeals-green—Friday, Ven, Nilborne-port—Sa turday, Clifton-wood—eleven. Bramham Moor—Monday, North Deighton—Wednesday, Stutton-mill—Friday, Deighton-bar—Saturday, Wood hall Bridge—half -past ten. Cambridgeshire—Monday, Stowe Fox—Wednesday. War den-bridge—Friday, Bassingbourne--half-past ten. Cheshire—Monday, Vale Royal—Wednesday, aaighton tower—Thursday, Bradwell Hall--Saturday, Mar bury—quarter to eleven. _ Cleveland-Monday, Rosebury—Thursday, Court-green— half-past ten. _ _ _ _ _ Cotswold—Monday, Salperton-house—Wednesday, With ington Village—Thursday, Hinchwick House—Satur day, West-wood—eleven. Crav - en—Monday, Adbury Lodge—Wednesday, Minal borders—Saturday, Chaddleworth-village—quarter to eleven. Crawley and Horsham—Monday, Dalcombe—Thursday, Freshfield .crossways—eleven. Cumberland—Monday, Red Dial—Thursday, Threapland gill—Saturday, Torpenhoe—half-past ten. Dacre's, Lord—Monday, Tewin-green—Wednesday, Gib raltar—Friday, Shillington—half-past ten. Devon, North—Tuesday, Loxton-cot—Saturday, Colley wood—eleven. Dorset. East—Monday, Shrot on -f a i r fi e ld W e d nes d ay, Sturminster-common—Fi iday, Chetterwood—quarter to eleven. Durham County— Monday, Newbiggin Wednesday, Hardwick—Friday, Stotfold—Saturday, Redworth— quarter to eleven. Essex—Monday, Passingford Bridge—Wednesday, High Easter—Saturday, Pakeley-gate—quarter to eleven. Essex, East—Tuesday, Wethersfield-town—Friday, Mess ing-street—eleven. Essex and Suffolk—Monday, Elmstead Market—Friday, Bramford-park—eleven. F. B. H.—Tuesday, Thieatheage-bridge Thursday, Nancevallan—Saturday, Kiggan- bridge--half-past ten. Fitzhardinge's, Lord—Monday, the Ship Inn, Alvestor....— Tuesday, Hardwicke Court—Thursday, Tortworth Green—Saturday, the Clay Pit—quarter to eleven. Fitzwilliam's. Earl—Monday, Wortley—Friday, Wickers ley tollbar—ten. Fitzwilliam's, Hon. George—Monday, Sutton Wood— Wednesday, Spaldwick-village-- I hursday, Sawtry gorse —Saturday, Lilford-house,—half-past ten. Galway's, Lord—Monday, Apley-head—Tuesday, Gate • ford Hall—Thursday, Finningley•park—Eriday, Gring ley—half-past ten. Garth's, Mr.—Tuesday, Pinkney's-green—Wednesday, Mattingly-green—Friday, Luckley-patk, half-past ten. Goggerdan—Monday, Three Horse Shoes—Thursday, Lodge-park—Saturday, Cross-wood—ten. Grafton's, Duke of—Monday, Preston Copes—Wednesday, Gayton—Friday, Braddon—eleven. 11. H.—Monday, Medstead Green—Tuesday, Four Lanes, Beauworth—Thursday, Ilfield Church—Saturday, Gol den Pot— quarter to eleven. Hambledon—Monday, Broadhalfpenny Down—Wednes day, Allington—Friday, Drove—Saturday, Bishop's Waltham— quarter to eleven. Hautpton-Lewis's, Captain —Tuesday, Llanbeder School —Friday, Black Horse—eleven. Hastings', Lord—Tuesday, Runnall-village—Friday, Ful modstone•village—eleven. Haydon—Wednesday, Capon's Cleugh—Saturday, Lough green-- nine. Herefordshire—Monday, Lugwardine—Thursday, Stret ford-bridge—Saturday, Holme Lacy—half -past ten. Hey thorp —Monday, Chapple-house —Wednesday, Led well Village—Friday, New Barn—Saturday, Blenheim —half past ten. Holderness—Monday, Wawne—Tuesday, South Dalton-- Thursday, Wassaud—Friday, Holmo River-head —quar ter to eleven. Hursley—Monday, Cranbury - cross-roads—Friday, Week down—quarter to eleven. In gram's, Mr.Meynell—Tuesday, Kedleston-inn—Thurs- day, Radbourn—Saturday, Swarkston-bridge— quarter to eleven. Itton—Tuesday, Crosshands, Shirenewton—Friday, Five lanes—ten. Johnstone's, Mr.—Tuesday, Brompton—Friday, Salter gate-inn—half• past ten. Kent, East—Monday, Swingfield-park—Thursday, Breach down—Saturday, Sibton-gate—half-past ten. Kent, West—Tuesday, Oldbury-place, Ightham—Thurs day, Betsum—Saturday, Polhill Arms—half-past ten. Leconfield's, Lord—Monday, Lickford-bridge—Wednes day, Sutton-poorhouse—Friday, Hilliers—Saturday, Eastdean-wood—half-past eleven. Ledbury—Monday, Kilcot—Friday, Mathow-park—half past ten. Lowndes's, Mr. Selb3 —Tuesday, Wing — Saturday, Brad well—eleven. Ludlow—Tuesday, Hopton Wafre—Saturday, Witeheott wood—half-past ten. Mendip—Tuesday, Waggon and Horses, Mendip—Friday, Bull-inn, II ard way—e I even. Middleton's, Lord—Monday, Whinmoor-build—Wednes day, Thornton-le-Clay—Friday, Newburgh-park—half _ past ten. _ Monmouthshire Tuesday, Tallycood-wood— Saturday/ Treclegar-park—half-past ten. Morpeth—Tuesday, Rothbv-village--Thursday, Ackling ton-station—Saturday, Kennel—quarter to eleven. Musters's, Mr, Chaworth—Tuesday, Moore-green—Fri _ day, Dorkethead—quarter to eleven. New Forest—Tuesday, B ro ckenhurst-house—Thursday, Whiteparish—Saturday, Beaulieu-village—half-past ten. Norfolk, West—Monday, Weasenham Lingo Friday Elmham-hall—half-past eleven. Oakley —Monday, Crantield—Tuesday, Howbury-hall_ Thursday, Snelson—Saturday, Knotting Fox — quarter to eleven. Oxfordshire, South (the Earl of Macelesfield's)—Monday Haseley—Friday, Park Farm, Waterperry— quarter to eleven. Phillips's, Mr. Lort—Monday, CressWell-bridge—Wednes.. po la ti y m , oDree,esp, Laker—d—Fmridoanyd,ayß,ustoghbaelfr-rpya.ogtatteett Pl antation—Saturday, Tuesday, Buckland—Thursday, Brc-dford le E v a en ri of first open day at the Kennels ppoo L :t a , es : : n g r o d s ,u o t n mh — e , B;.—Tuesdav, the Bronwydd Arms—Friday, —eleven. Fuckeridge—Monday, D Pass-by—half -past ten. s Wednesday, Peverils— Saturday, Great blunders— asse7 Pytehley_m en d a , , /3 hall-past ten. —Friday, Chapelj Boughton Green 1111)apton—turri-- Wed r ", , sday, Crick ivarter t 9 Qlcycia .1 _ -ay, Clipaton-mill— Radelyffe's, Mr.—Monday, Moreton Station--Thursd a y Drum Down—quarter to eleven. 11.. m.. Mark -- Kinri , ridg:e• road Stati" quar:er to twelve—Tuesday, Cluve-lodge—Thu rsday, lvybrid ge—Friday, G uaton - hall—eleven. Rufford—Tuesday, White Post—Thursday, Kelhatu-b-en —Saturday, Kneesal-green—quarter to eleven. Rutland's, Duke of—Monday, Staunton—Tuesday', CO thorpe—Wednesday, Horse-grange—Friday, Cold -liar" bar—eleven. Stratton's, Mr.—Monday, Hadleigh, Crown—Tuesdo Vange, Bells—Wednesday, Hadleigh-hall—Satu rday ' Westlands—eleven. Shropshire Monday, Montford-bridge Wednesday' Cound-village—Friday, Lee-bridge—half-past ten. Sin uington—Tuesday, Lastingham—Friday, East NO' ° IP banktop--half-past ten. Somerset, West—Tuesday, The Kennels, Captor, neat' Sou Williton—Friday, Fairfield—half-past ten. Southdown Monday, Seaford—Thursday, Abbots Weed--- Friday, Danny—quarter to eleven. South Wold—Monday, Tothial-manor—Tuesday, Edd ivr ton-park—Friday, Legsby—Saturday, Uleeby-eross-"' eleven. Staffordshire. North—Monday, Dilhouse—Wednesday' Burlaston—Friday, Tunstall, near Market Dray ton-- half-past ten. Stamford and Warrington's, Earl of—Monday, Gaddeebld —Tuesday, Donnington-park—Thursday, Swithlto Slate-pits —Friday, Bunny-village—eleven.• Suffolk—Monday, Norton, Dog—Thursday, Horseheatlli; mill—Saturday, Thurston, Fox and Hounds—quarter eleven. Surrey Union—Tuesday, Stovolds-hill, Cranley — T hi l: day, Fox, Rantnore- common—Saturday, Bear-gree n half-past ten. rr ft p rtt Sussex, East—Tuesday, Knelle—Friday, Gnestling —quarter to eleven. - 4 _- Tailby's, Mr.—Monday, Shearsby—Tuesday, Tilto n-o°, —Thursday, Keythorpe -hall—Saturday, Wint erslow hut—eleven. Tedworth—Monday, Stonehenge—Tuesday, Stowel Lp —Thursday, Crawl Boy's Farm— Saturday, Blast ture—eleven. T ickham—T uesd ay, Hollingbourne Dis tlifig. street—half-past ten. Tivyside—Monday, Boncath—Thursday, Nevern—t eu la, Trelawney's, Mr.—Wednesday, Carew Arms—Satu r '' Carew Arms—eleven. Trollope's, Sir John—Monday, Tickencote-hall—We d , day, Hambleton Lodge--Saturday, the Kennel—e , ,„ e ' -- 0 . Tynedale—Monday, Riding Mill—Wednesday, Kirk Pri'' Friday, Swinburn—quarter to eleven. -13 United Pack—Tuesday, Walton—Friday, Beggar's —ten. V. W. 11.—Tuesday, Williamstrip—Thursday, ?dint" House—Saturday, Stanton—eleven. Vine—Tuesday, Worting—Thursday, Chinham—St' s day, North Litchfield—quarter to eleven. Warwickshire—Monday, Eddington—Tuesday, Mit f t ici fil ; bridge—Thursday, Lower Shuckborough—Friday, Edge-hill—quarter to eleven. Warwick ' shire, North—Tuesday, Cubington-gate ; Th tir°. day, Claverdon—Friday, Solihull—eleven. at ' Western—Monday, Madron—Friday, Hocking's P l2° tion —half-past ten. ".° Wheatland—Tuesday, Willey Park—Friday, shipto n hl-past ten. Wits, South—Monday, Hurdcott —Wednesday, rf, —Friday, Elston—quarter to eleven. tier Worcestershire—Monday, Croome Perry-wood— v , day, Crowle—Friday, Feckenb am—half-past ten- ,d a y l Wynn's, Sir W. W.—Monday, White Mere—Wed ll 7 4re d- B alston—Thursday, Worthenbury—Saturday, '"' dington—half-past ten. rear Yarborough's, Earl of—Monday, Pelham's day, Bradley-wood—Thursday, Hawerby-house--I ry day, Kingerby-wood—eleven. York and Ainsty—Monday, Strinsall,—eleven—T nea d Buckle Inn, Tadcaster-road—Thursday, Allerton s ta—° —Saturday, Sawley-h all—half-past ten. HARRIERS. Brighton—Monday, Patcham—Wednesday, Race-nol lrBe-' Saturday, r iyk., , —quarter to eleven. ' ,mg. et' Brooksend (Thanet)—Monday, Acol—Wednesday, ••"" mill—Friday, North Down—half-past ten. „„ A n sa' Brownlow's, Earl—Tuesday, Pieott's-end Mill —Iv e day, Ellesborcugh—eleveti. Vol' Carnanton—Monday, Prince's- common ; Wednesday- lavyn—noon. ' Clayton—Tuesday, Sowerby—Friday, Druid's Altar , °PI ley—half-past ten. sad Craven— Monday, Otterburn—Wednesday, Earby - la ne. ... —Friday, Mr. Nightingale's Skibeden, near Skiptoa eleven. - .„,- 00 Ea mont—Thursday, Temple Sowerby—Saturday, . oe ' —half-past ten. Eastbourne—Monday, Pricsthawes—half-past ten. „le Elstow—Wednesday, Marston—Friday, Wilstead' P '' —half-past ten. i c 'Olt Flower's, Mr. Walter—Monday, Winterslow-hut- - -- r Old Castle-gate—eleven. Fowey—Monday, St, Blazey-gate----Thursday, i Thursday, BodthirV .—Monday, Chimney-corner—Thursday, Cllll. 41. ILt s e tr n it —eleven. Captain—Tuesday, H aFmr Friday, ewe's,Black Horse —eleven. s c hool"' • High Peak—Tuesday, eaP ay, lan titter -twelve. —twelve. 4* Hudson s son s, Mr. E. H. S.—Friday, Teddin to--cross 00 gA. near Beckford—eleven. Ti MO Langport--Monday, Mucbelney—Thursday , .- -c —half-past ten, Lonsdale's, Earl of—Friday, Buckland-wharf- - tW o MdsP Norfolk, East—Monday, Frettenham-common--.E I.' Seething—eleven. A v gar North Walsham—Tuesday, Banningham—Frida y ' tham, Mr. Gillett's—eleven. dolt Price's, Mr. Lloyd—Monday, Travellers' Rest—Th ura Trawsmawr-gate—half-past ten. , ~esrrt Pryse's, Mr.—Monday, Castel' Ddtt— Saturday, 1313 ` .-- Cross-roads—half-past ten. doff Taunton Vale—Monday, Mattock's Tree-hill— Thurav ter-tollbo Fulwood- bridge—half-past 10. Torquay----Monday, Stoke Village—Thursday, Lindri d ge Lower Lodge—quarter to eleven. COUNTRY MARKLIAS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 28. bee ° We had a fair attendance to-day, and wheat hei n diall in limited demand, at f u lly ld per cen t a l lower• t corn in moderate request, and prices 3d per qr low er ' other articles full rates were generally made. WAKEFIELD —Nov. 28. rather °ler ril Wheat, at our market to-day, was h e ld for — . c ies We ll last Friday's prices. Business dull. Other at Tuesday's extreme rates. Averages for the week : 4851 d Wheat 2,195 qrs., a t 8ar1ey......... 919 Peas .... 10 Oats Rye — -5 Od 405 C)4 Beaus 4B STAMFORD—Nov. 28. 6 st ()Se' New wheat, 50 s t o 52 s — re d , 46s to 49s per 034 stone' Barley, 30s to 408 per qr. Oats, 22s to 308 per Beans, 40s to 44s per qr. EXETER—Nov. 28. 4s 6 .4 3 9 a to 1,.. Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to Gs 6d 1 Barley.. ...... 3 0 „ A td 33 Ditto red. .6s Od to 6s 3d 1 Oats ....... 2s lu" e k. Flour, fine, 37s to 38s ; seco n d s, 35 s t o 36 s per '- CATTLE. 61 3 A limited supply of a ll d escr i pt i ons of stock. a d to 1 Fat beef, p sc., 9s 9d to ll s Od Ewes, per lb ... .o d to 7: Pork carcases, 8s Od t o 9 s Od Wethers, d 0..• • • , 1 11 to i l' ll Lamb, p 1b....... 73/4cl to 8d Fat c a l ves , do.. • 6 A Rough fat, 31c1 per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov, 28. g There is no new featu re i n th e market ; the " le rill been small, a t b are l y l ate rates. The re fined mark et slow at low prices. Rum quiet, and sales small. FOIt.EIGIT NAIL _PACKET LIST• MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southarn, 19. ..D e . ° : 13. , _... ~.....nampton. ..... ' v co. , . via Marseilles .. pee. : Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... ne e. ,', Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helens. -e,,, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton :t roy , ;I via Marseilles • • • . ee , 4. x' 2. Falkland Islands .. .' 1 , Gibraltar, via Southampton .. • .Dee' 1. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southamptorl..,Tor._. , via Marseilles..• . •&,,, 1 India (Bombay), via Southampton ........... D e c. 0 • via Marseilles ........ Malta, . _ Lisbon - - - ...... ........ ................. a, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ....... Nov. O ' ' via Mari:43llles ....... „,. 10. Newfoundland ................ v''' Oporto and Vigo . . Dec. 4. U. S. and British N. A mer i ca , b y B r it. packet • • " by U.S. packet...._,_c. 3, by Canadian packet... l :!.!,,. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... -uu' • 2S• Bahamas, via New York ........ ... Nov 2 g, NI exico 2 6 ' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 'Nov'. California, and British Columbia.. i .... NO. BIRTHS. 0° Bomn.—On the 27th inst., at Woodhay, Hants, the of G. Sclater Booth, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. o f EDEN.—On the 26th inst., at Windlestone Hall, Wi ll "' Durham, Lady Eden, o a son. TREVOR.—On the 27th inst., at 24, Belgrave-squa re ' Lady Edwin Hill Trevor, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ing tl3' EDEN—HILDYARD.-011 the 27th inst., at Siv--„ Il t ra• e : Norfolk. the Hon. Robert H en l ey Ed en , of 'l lO RR pl a ce, Notts. to Jessi e Ell en, eldest daughter o f t F. Hildyard, rector of Swanington. core to HARTLEY-1% lIEELER.—On th e 25th i ns t., at St. C 8 Hanover •square, John Edward Hartley, E s q"sere - C aroline Whittenbury, secon d d aug ht er of Dlr. Wheeler. Dr' It y Philip e n y d t e h l l e B 2 o 6 u t v h e D riine E is A tlN:l, T .p i in l . S. Dourni tir ~, WO' Pliiii "" -- tin the 27th inst., Maria, wife of the go' Derby d i age 74. lirO P GRAY.—On the 27th inst., at 123, Kingsland-roa 1 Gra • 3, Esq., aged 60. 1 • e il ic' HAYS.—On the 25th inst., stßainsbury-Equarc, -51Ingsr- John Hays, Esq., formrly of the Corn kacht.nget Osnaburgh•streedtt Lane, aged 94. irl KILLEEN.—On the 25th inst., at the Villa gout o°ll near Pau, France, the Lady Killeen. •txr olsv irlil LENTON.—On the 27th inst., at Plunastead, near - 0 Win. Lenton, Esq., aged 76. i r gr Bs RUSSELL,—At 27, Chester-terrace, Regent's-Pa Russell, aged 77. Ic•II igil tr WRIGHT.—On the 26th inst., at 26, Hill-street, A- bridge, Themas Wright, Esq., aged 70. ---- ri' l. t LONDON: Printed and Published b y JOHN Cil „ . 11?, of No. 112, Stran d, Printer, at THD SUN Office, P un ' t , o f ) Strand, in the Pre cinct of the Savoy, in the CO Alitidleeesi—§AtiicatlY, Xi:M=l4r 29, .1863.,