The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-31 00:00:00

The sailing transport Albuera arrived at Wool wich on Saturday, bringing a detachment of the Military Train from China. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. C. Paterson, additional, to the Excellent ; Dr J. W. S. Meikle john, assist.-surg., to the Asia ; James Martin, assist.-surg., to Greenwich Hospital; Geo. Lawless, clerk, to the Tribune, and Edward A. Dyer, clerk, to the Revenge. THE NAVY. ~..- 1.........ir V - AIETTA, March 25.—The only movement of me' a -of-war in that port since my last is the arrircl on the 2d inst. of her Majesty's screw frigate Am pi' Lion, 36, Captain C. A. Gordon (vice Birch, inva lided), from Gibraltar. She performed the passage in. 12 days under canvass. H.M.S. London, Scylla, Tx.trepid, and Procris were at Gibraltar at the latest elates. The three line-of-battle ships now lying `in Malta harbour are the Marlborough (flagship), Neptune, and Exmouth. The sickness on board the last mentioned vessel has entirely disappeared. Be sides the above mentioned liners we have here the following ships of war of the fleet :—Amphion, 36; Icarus, 11 ; Firefly, 4 ; Medina, 4 ; Boxer, 3 ; Growler, 3; and Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing - the flag of Rear-Admiral of H. J. Codrington, C. 8., Admiral - Superintendent of her Majesty's Naval Arsenal, • The Diadem, 32, screw frigate, Captain Scott, ar rived at Spithead on Saturday evening from Ply mouth Sound and Bermuda. Yesterday, at 8 a.m., she exchaLged the customary honorary salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce. Orders have been received at Portsmouth to post pone for the present the fitting of the hydraulic steering apparatus to the Black Prince, screw iron frigate, as it would interfere materially with other work being carried out at the stern of the ship. The apparatus will in the meantime be completed so as to be ready for shipment by the contractor. The screw steam corvette Africa, was launched from No. 2 slip in the Devonport dockyard on Sa turday. Her dimensions are, length between per pendiculars, 160 ft; length of keel for tonnage, 139 ft 81in; breadth extreme, 30ft 4in; breadth for ton nage, 30ft; breadth moulded, 29ft 6in ; depth in hole, loft 10in ; burden in tons, 688 16-94 ; horse power, 150. The armament originally intended for the Africa was ten 32-pounders, 30cwt, each 6ft 4in in length; and one 32-pounder, 58cwt, 9ft 6in in length. It was, however, subsequently determined to supply her with four Arm strong guns only. This will probably be altered. If the Africa had four Armstrongs and superior steam power, so as to keep her own distance from an opposing corvette, she would, all other things being equal, no doubt become the victor; but if her opponent had equal steam power and the ordinary armament of 11 guns, and were ranged up along side, the opposite result would as certainly follow. It is considered that for defence against boarders the Africa would not be so efficient with four Arm strongs as with the old armament. It is therefore very possible that the corvette with be supplied with four ordinary guns and four Armstrongs. The screw steam sloop Chanticleer, with the two gunboats Sandfiy and Griper, left Plymouth on Sa turday, all three under steam, for Queenstown. • The iron-cased screw steam corvette Defence, re cently returnedrte Plymouth from an experimental cruise in the Channel, will make good defects at Portsmouth. The Warrior, 40, at Devonport, will probably be out of the hands of the dockyard artisans about the 16th of May. The EnPFalus may be completed by April 1 and the St. George by the 21st. At Plymouth there are now 13 ships in the first di -vision of the steam reserve and 7 in the second, r toil. A large number of the articles have already been forwarded, and now lie in cases at the Exhi bition, and the remainder are packed for transmis sion. Upwards of 500 mechanics and labourers were on Friday dismissed from the Arsenal, hav ing received 14 days' previous notice, and a simi lar number were furnished with notice to leave on the 12th proximo, 245 of those who left on Saturday consisted of carpenters, wheelwrights, smiths, saddlers, collar and harness makers, tinmen and zinc workers, from the Royal carriage square, from which department about 300 of the same class form a part of the second batch. Many of these men are advanced in years, and have been employed in the establishment for a long period, The machi nery throughout the departments was on Saturday at a standstill in order that nothing should inter fere with the business of taking stock. The ser vices of the great majority of those usually em ployed were therefore dispensed with for that day. ENGLISH AND FRENCII IRON-CASED SHIPS. An important discussion upon the qualities of the iron-cased frigate Warrior took place at the con cluding meeting of the Institution of Naval Archi tects on Saturday last, in which the President, Sir I. S. Pakington, late First Lord of the Admiralty, took part. A paper having been read by Mr. N. S. RUSSELL, upon the American Stevens' Battery, - which Con gress has just determined to complete, Captain E. P. HALSTED, RN., rose and entered upon a general discussion of the merits of the Warrior and other ships of her class. lie said that he not only took exception to some of the pro minent features of the Warrior's construction, but unhesitatingly pronounced her altogether unfit to go into action, and unworthy the name of a man of-war. The chief reason which he assigned for these strong assertions was the absence of armour from the bow and the stern of the ship, in conse quence of which, he alleged, the men at the guns which are unprotected would be exposed to speedy destruction, and all control of the ship would pro bably be lost by the steering apparatus being shot away. He also contended that the accident which lately befel the Defence at Spithead, when a gun boat got foul of her, and caused the anchor to fall from the cathead and penetrate the bow just above the water, proved the dangerous weakness of such vessels at the extremities, and showed how liable they would be to injury of the most serious nature when subjected to the fire of an enemy in action. On all these grounds, and also on account of the nearness of her ports to the water, taken in conjunc tion with her great length, he (Captain Halsted) strongly condemned the design of the ship, and considered her unworthy to be called a warship at all. He further complained, in reference to the new shield ship which is to be built on Captain Coles's plans, of the opposition which the Admiralty con structors had shown to the introduction of sloping armour, and produced a drawing showing the re sults of actual experiments, in which a 51in. up right plate had sustained greater damage under fire than a 41in. plate sloped at an angle of 50 deg. from the upright. THE ARMY. The experiments which have been for some time in progress at Chatham, by direction of the Dake of Cambridge, for testing the newly invented lime light telegraphic night signals, the invention of apt. Bolton, 12th Regiment, by means of which messages of every description can be transmitted -with the greatest rapidity end correctness a distance of 60 miles, have just been brought to a close. The final official trial took place in the presence of Major-General Eyre, commanding the forces in the district, and about 50 officers of the garrison. The object of the final experiments was to enable the military authorities to ascertain the advantages of the invention in transmitting messages to the dif ferent portions of an army when in active opera tions in the field, in order that a special report might be made on the subject. With the view of putting the invention to a test similar to that which would be required in a campaign detachments of troops were despatched from Chatham to distant parts of the surrounding districts, to each of which 3ignals were to be forwarded. One party of sig nalists occupied an eminence, about mid-distance between Chatham amd Gravesend, a second took up 'their position on the highest point of the range of hills at Aylesford, a short distance from Maid stone. Other parties were stationed at Sheer 'Bess, Upchurch, and other stations. The whole formed a circle the diameter of which was about fifteen miles, with Chatham as the centre. ach party was furnished with one of the lan terns, together with the small portable apparatus, also the invention of Capt. Bolton, for generating the oxygen and hydrogen gases by which the lime light is produced. The plan of operations supposed an attacking force to be concentrated near the banks of the Medway, between Chatham and Rainham, the strength of position of which being known it would be desirable to transmit intelligence of the circumstance to distant places, in order that the 'necessary reinforcements might be immediately despatched to the scene of action. By direction of General Eyre, various descriptions of messages were despatched by Capt. Bolton, and the party under his order to the various stations, all of which were correctly recorded and instantaneously replied to. Unfortunately, the weather was thick and hazy, but this did not prevent the lime light signals from "being distinctly visible, the brilliant flashes pene trating the thick atmosphere even at the distance of 15 miles, while most of the surrounding objects were hid in the mist. The men employed in work ing the signals had been selected from the troops of the garrison who have been placed under the in struction of Capt. Bolton, and they were found to despatch and record the various messages with the greatest facility. After a trial, which occupied about two hours, Capt. Bolton exhibited the use to %which the lime light could be put in lighting up the works of a garrison in order to ascertain the strength of position of an attacking party at night, and also to enable storming parties to attack a for tilled position under the cover of the darkness. By a n'oll;ficatiou of his lanterns Capt. Bolton was en abled to produce a light which for a distance of 300 v ar .. " was equal to strong moonlight, enabling every Ist ° "Ject within that limit to be clearly dis cernible. The final trial was pronounced to be exceedingly s at i a factory, and a h i ghly favourable report of the will, it is understood, be trans Th iefmitted to his Royal Highness the Commander in-f . Private Stone, of the Ist battalion, 6th Foot, has been sentenced to four yearn' pe_nal servitude, in accordance with the staba recent court martial, for having atte mpted to f sioned officer with his s, being guilty of other gross acts of insubordi I?avotet, bnon-eo.m. nation. Col. Alexander Anderson, commandau of the Portsmouth division of I Zuya l ' MarineL i g ht In c fantry, is promoted to the rank of major -g e ,„„ al the active list of general otfieers, in place o r . 1T No r _ Gen. Wesley, retired, late D. ut Adjut.-G eueral „ . Royal Marines. Notwithstanding the advanced progress of th e arran , ,, , , , ments in the tn a.nnElchring departments of Woolwich Ars'nal for the specimens of workman ship prepared for the Industrial Exhibition, an order from the. War Department was received on Saturday cancelling thepermission formerly - granted , and intimating to the heads of offices that the Royal Arsenal_ will take no s hare in the Exhibiti on . The disappointment w hi c h th e announce m en t occas i on c d th .cmcfilcut the establishment was intense, as ctlicer3a„,d men have laboured and exerted them aelvte- and day in cheerful and incessant Mr. E. J. REED said that as the Admiralty were always deterred, by official considerations, from re plying to such remarks as those of Capt. Halsted, he would venture to submit an observation or two by way of rejoinder to the gallant officer's statements, not because he could presume to be in any sense the representative of the Admiralty or their designers, but because he was intimately acquainted with the circumstances that led to the Warrior's design. He would say at once that he thought the kind of criti cism in which Capt. Halsted indulged was most un fair, for, while he pointed out strongly the admitted imperfections of the vessel, he omitted altogether to mention those facts and circumstances to which, from the very nature of the case, the designers were subjected. In order to show how one-sided the statements of the gallant officer were he would refer to the question of partial protection. On hearing Captain Halsted's statements any one would suppose that the Admiralty could have plated the entire length of the Warrior just as easily as a portion of it, and without encountering any new difficulties. Yet what were the facts ? Every shipbuilder knew, and Captain Halsted ought to know, that it was impossible to plate the Warrior throughout without greatly increasing her size or greatly reducing her speed ; and beside this there was another considera tion which a seaman should especially consider. He (Mr. Reed) might state that the Warrior had one important defect. Owing to her great length and fineness of form she did not lift readily to a sea, and consequently in rough weather if she steamed head to it she ran the risk of carrying away her bowsprit and head gear, on which account her bowsprit, as announced in The Sun, was about to be shortened. But how would it have been with her if she had been plated, as Captain Halsted wished, from end to end ? Evidently this defect would have been increased tenfold, for her fine ends would then have been encumbered with several hundreds of tons of additional iron. In fact, there was very great rea son to fear that the Minotaur and her sister ships, which were to be so plated, would pitch tremen dously in a seaway, and probably be unable to carry any head sail at all. As to the sloping armour, he protested against the experiments which Captain Halsted had mentioned being taken as in any way satisfactory. No experiments on this subject were of value, as Sir John Hay had stated on a previous day, unless the weights of the upright and sloping iron were the same. In order to compare blin. upright iron fairly with iron at a slope the latter ought to be less than 4in. thick, even when inclined at 45 deg., but Capt. Halsted's was inclined at 50 deg., and was increased in thickness to 41in., so that a doubly unfair advantage was given to it. We were bound to accept the statement of the Govern ment Iron Plate Committee, who said that when the two were fairly compared the inclined plate had no superiority whatever to the upright. It was at the same time manifest that a thin sloping plate might always be pierced by depressed fire. In con clusion, he recommended Captain Halsted and other critical gentlemen to abandon the vague ge neralities in which they indulged, and to design if they could a better ship than the Warrior. It was in the highest degree unjust that the Admiralty constructors should be exposed to the extravagant hostility of persons who were wholly incapable of improving upon their work, and who fell foul of im perfections which were absolutely unavoidable. With respect to Captain Coles' shield-ship, he would add that tho Admiralty designers had taken great pains to produce as good a vessel as possible, in ac cordance with the inventor's views, and this, he was sure, Captain Coles would acknowledge. At the same time, they had, after all, been unable to adopt all the proposals of that officer, owing to considera tions which the naval architect was bound to regard, but which other people often found it' extremely convenient to ignore. He (Mr. Reed) had no doubt whatever that if' Captain Halsted would submit the design of an iron-cased ship which should embody all kinds!of excellences and no defects, the Right Hon. President and the Council of the Institution, no less than himself (the secretary), would receive it with delight, and use their best efforts to get it adopted. Captain HALSTED submitted that Mr. Reed was not justified in imputing unfairness to him as he had done. Mr. REED explained that he imputed no bad in tentions to Capt. Ilalstead—far from that; but he maintairied that the gallant officer's criticism was prejudiced and unjust. Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL rose to speak briefly upon the two questions—viz., the use of inclined armour and the partial protection of the ships. He thought it could not be doubted that sloping plates would resist round shot better than upright plates; but the use or rifled shot bad raised great doubts con ' c h e 2 r a ni ti ng the value of the inclined principle, for he in a m e o n at aneh "est punch the Sloping plate through all deflectesedtr.aordinary manlier without being at Cc t. BALsTED--*V frontcd shot P 4 a not the r ifl e d shot a fiat • Mr. SCOTT RussE LL __,, r _ shot, which astonish e d Li 7; n spherical fronted wc-mld,allow him (Mr. Rus se n ) n t the more. Thoy v he had been for the last 15 years an 4,l_ve eatts that of sloping Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL—" Then I have not seen what I have seen." He (Mr. Russell) would only add that we may use inclined plates, if we please, where we want them; but if we do we must have them as thick as if they were upright, because, as Mr. Reed had just said, they could otherwise be penetrated by depressed fire. We ought at present, he believed, to use nothing less than 4-lin. iron, whether it be upright or inclined. As to the use of partial protection there was no difference of opinion among practical men. Complete protection was cer ' tainly desirable ; but if the Warrior had been plated from end to end she would have rolled fearfully, and would have pitched many of her bow ports under the water. Again, if complete protection had been given to her, as to La Gloire, her ports would have gone down to within six feet instead of nine feet of the water. You could of course get additional armour by such a change as that; and nobody knew that fact better than the designer of the Warrior ; but they had to make a choice of disad vantages, and prepared a fast, seaworthy ship, with lofty ports, to a low, and slower, and un seaworthy ship. If wholly protected ships must be had, there was no difficulty in building them, but they must take certain bad qualities with them, and must be prepared to pay the oost. At the same time it should be remembered that in the case of the Warrior the fighting quarters were within the armour, and naval men informed him that when the ship was to be fought at close quar ters the men would be within the shelter of the armour. The constructors of the Warrior, whether or no, had no choice, nor had they any now, when a fleet of small protected vessels must be built, and to which complete protection could not be given. Sir JOHN PAKINOTON said the question which has been raised is one of extreme interest, for it touches alike our feelings and our pockets, and, after what has fallen from Captain Halsted, I will venture to offer a few remarks upon the subject. It may be presumptuous, perhaps, in me to do so, be cause I am conscious that I am speaking in the presence of a large assembly, composed principally of professional men, who are either naval architects or sailors. But there may be present some persons who are neither the one nor the other, and I, for one, as an English gentleman, must say that unless Capt. Halsted is prepared to completely bear out all he has said I should be extremely sorrow for his statements to go forth to the public as true. On the other hand, I feel that, on this subject as on others, we must not shrink from the truth, and if mistakes have been made the wisest policy will be to admit them, and endeavour hereafter to correct them. The importance of the subject cannot be over-estimated. I have heard the remarks of Capt. Halsted with pleasure, and think he was right to avail himself of such an opportunity as this to state the views which he entertains; and we must all admit the value of any opinion formed by an officer of such experience. I confess I was particularly desirous of hearing his views, because, although this is the first occasion on which I have had the pleasure of listening to them, I have heard a good deal of them in various quarters. In fact, if I may imitate the plainness of speech of which Captain Halsted has himself set us the example, I may say that I have been told that it is a favourite amusement of my hon. and gallant friend to go about the - eountry and make out, as regards the Warrior and other ships of her class, that not only have great mistakes been made, but that those ships are absolutely good for nothing. We have, indeed, heard Captain Halsted to-day assert that the Warrior, although a large and carefully-designed ships of 6,000 tons, is no man-of-war; that she cannot be regarded as a fighting ship. Now, there is a tendency in human nature, from which even British naval officers are not necessarily exempt, and in consequence of which a man who has mounted his hobby is apt to ride it a little too hard; and I confess that I feel great sympathy for Captain Halsted, for if ever a hobby was ridden to death, that of my hon. and gallant friend on my left certainly has been. Upon one question there can be no doubt whatever. If we were to meet a man of ordinary understanding and say to him, " Give me your opinion ; we.are going to build some large ships and cover them more or less with iron armour; do you think they would be better protected altogether or only in part ?" He would unquestionably reply, "Of course, protect them altogether." No doubt of it. But we must recollect that even now we are only in the infancy of this great change in marine architecture, and three or four years ago were much more so, and there are, therefore, a great many questions to be well considered; and, above all, there are two things to be especially attended to. Shall I not be corect if I say that in constructing a man-of. war it is most important to combine in these days great speed with good sea-going qualities ? I speak under correction of those ss ho may be more entitled than I to pronounce an opinion upon this subject, but I am persuaded that you will all agree with me in believing that speed and sailing qualities are in these dayi primarily essential. Now, the Warrior and other vessels of that class were designed with the express intention of securing these two great qualities, even at the expense of total protection. It was the desire of the Admi ralty in trying that experiment that these ships should not be mere floating batteries, but fit to en counter the worst seas, and to go to India, America, or wherever the exigencies of the country might render their presence desirable, and I firmly believe I am justified in saying that the Warrior class has attained this great end. lam also justified, I be lieve, in asserting that the Warrior is the very fastest man-of-war in the world. May not this be regarded as a great fact accomplished ? Captain HALSTED—I never disputed the speed of the Warrior, and no one admires her form more than I have done. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON—Then that portion of my hon. and gallant friend's hobby is cut away. He admits her unrivalled speed ; and, after what hap pened in the Bay of Biscay the other day, I believe if there ever was a great fact placed beyond con tradiction it is this, that under an unusually severe trial—so severe a trial that Captain Cochrane con sidered himself peculiarly fortunate in having en countered weather so bad—the excellent properties of the Warrior in a sea-way have been fully estab • lished. Thus is another portion of Captain Hal sted's hobby gone. We now come to, perhaps, the most important point of all. The speed and sea worthy qualities of the ship having been esta blished, Captain Halsted assorts that the Warrior is not fit to go into action, because she is only partially protected ; that, having at h er extre mities only a thin iron skin, Unprotected by ar mour plates, she might be readily shot through and the water might rush in. Bat I wish to ask this question—if she be shot through at her extre mities, what will happen ? I presume with regard to the portion of her armament which is in her un protected part, that these guns will, or will not, be used in action according to circumstances, and I presume this, not as a matter of naval tactics, but as a matter of common sense. So far, then, the system does not necessarily expose the gunners to that de struction which has been spoken of. Further, if the ship should, nevertheless, be penetrated at the water-line, as she might be, and as the Defence was at Spithead, she will snstain, I believe, no great harm. I here again speak under correction, but I believe I am right in saying that below the water line she has a water-tight deck, to prevent the water from rushing below, and she has also water tight bulkheads, to prevent it from flowing to the p th w a o t a e ld ou h ld e h c e a n p t p r e e n oft t h t e h r e e fo s rh e i,p. wou l l h d e be w t o l r i s a t t t t h h e in s g hi brought down a few inches in the water —at most, perhaps, about:lB inchea or 2 feet ; and this would be a far less eril than would happen to any ordinary man-of-war wounded in the same way. Captain Halsted has further stated that the steering gear of-1 the Warrior might be destroyed by a shot. That may happen, but I apprehend the steering gear of a wooden man-of-war is likewise liable to such a casualty, and I should hope that the circumstances would be such that when the action was over it might be put right again. If I have stated my views in accordance with facts, then I think I have a right to say that it is desirable that an officer of Captain Halsted's reputation in naval affairs should not adopt a false judgment upon this question, and pro mulgate exaggerated statements with regard to such a ship as the Warrior. If lam justified in the remarks I have made, you will not allow yourselves to share an opinion which, with the greatest respect for Capt. Halsted, I believe to be a most exaggerated one— viz., that ships built like the Warrior are not fit to be classed as men-of-war. For my part, I believe her to be a most efficient and valuable war ship. It has been said by a gentleman present that the French iron coated ships are coated with armour all round, and that they are a great suc cess. (A Voice—" A comparative success; they would not be fit to encounter the gale which the Warrior weathered, and were not built for the pur pose.") I should like to know, then, for what pur pose they were built. Is it right to say in one breauh that these ships are a success, and then that they, are unfit to encounter the sea P With all due submission, I doubt whether their success has been established. I speak under correction, but, as far as I am aware, none of th e F renc h s hi ps h as been tried except La Gloire. L'lnvincible has been launched, but I have never heard of her having been tried. (A Voice—" She is now making her first trials.") Very good. lam right in saying, therefore, that La Gloire only has yet been tried, Now, it is quite certain that La Gloire and her sister ships are inferior to the Warrior in speed, and my belief is—and in this Captain Halsted will go with me—that had La Gloire encountered the gale which the Warrior wont through in the Bay of Biscay, she would not have weathered it. I very Much doubt whether any ship of the Gloire type, cased with heavy armour throughout upon a com paratively weakly hull, would have such a gale as that. We must bear in mind this very important fact in connection with the French iron-plated ships—viz., that out of the 16 which they have built, or are building, only two are iron ships ; all the rest are of wood; and, if I am corre3tly in formed, instead of La Gloire being a valuable sea going ship like the Warrior, she was so much strained by the weight of 'her armour in the little weather met with in the Mediterranean, it is impos sible to pronounce her a nautical success. After resuming his seat, Sir JOUN PAKINGTON rose again, and stated that the Secretary had that moment placed in his hand a statement written by one of the gentlemen who assisted in designing the Warrior, and who is a member of the institution, to which statement he was sure they would all gladly listen. It was as follows :—" In the un protected portions of the Warrior there is a water tight deck Bft. below the load water-line. Between the stem and the foremost armour bulkhead there are four transverse bulkheads subdividing the spaces above and below the watertight deck. There is also a fore-and-aft water -tight bulkhead running through the foremost two of these divisions. So that between the stein and the foremost armour bulkhead the space below the water -line and above the ,watertight deck is divided into seven compart ments, the largest of which will not hold more than 138 tons of water, and the whole of them together, supposing them all bilged, 400 tons. The corres ponding space aft is divide into four compartments, the largest of which will hold 278 tons, and the whole of them together 670 tons. If, therefore, the unprotected parts of the ship were riddled at both ends, by shot striking in the neighbourhood of the water-line, or for Bft. below it, only 1,070 ton s would be lost from the buoyancy of the ship, and she would sink only 26 in. below her present load water-line." MINIMM TfIE SUN, *LONDON, MONDAY EVENENI, MARCH 31, 180. plates ; he had used them in his own ships ; he had believed in them ; and he had practically seen great advantages arise from them with regard to spherical shot. But the Armstrong gun had taught him to change his opinion, and to prefer the 41 inch plate upright to an equivalent plate on the slope. Capt. HALSTED—What is an equivalent plate Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL—At an angle of 45 deg. the thickness is reduced in the ratio of from 10 to 7, as in the experiments which I witnessed. Capt. HALSTED—There have been no such expe riments. an offer of marriage, You wrote to me one of the most awful of letters, threatening. to destroy me. Then you changed your tone, and went down on your knees to ask forgiveness. You yourself pre pared a deed of gift for yourself and children on my property. Can you accuse me of ingratitude after that ? Does this act prove you disinterested, or does it not prove that you were acting for your own benefit, not mine, because that deed was only a life interest. I know Collis was very uncomfort able, and did not like that black transaction." The marriage took place on Sept. 12. I saw Mr. Kennedy after the, marriage, in Mr. Collis's office. He was exceedingly violent. He said, " I will give you back the deed of course," but he did not do so. I don't want to go more into this than necessary, for the sake of Mr. Kennedy. Plaintiff here asked her if she had his affidavit. She said she had. He then handed to the usheZ of the court the rings which had been presented to him by plaintiff, asking him to hand them over to Mrs. Brown. Mr. Macaulay interposed, and the rings were not passed. Mr. Kennedy—Do you still adhere to the 12th paragraph in the affidavit filed in this court, that I asked you to give me a deed of conveyance of re version to enable me to use such a deed as a tempo rary pledge t. borrow the sum of £2,000 ? Mrs. Brown—l meant with reference to the £2,000 that there was a liability to repay the £2,000. Mr. Kennedy—Did you say you would repay the 12,000 ? Mrs. Brown—lf you did not succeed, and you wanted it, I was willing to give you the deed as security for £2,000. As far as I remember there was no actual engagement as to who should pay the £2,000. I understood, however, that yon were to pay it, and I was at liberty to get back the deed at any time. If you had demanded the deed and you had paid the £2,000, I should have been a debtor for that amount. I had confidence in your honour at that time. I did not think it was a black tran saction until you refused to give up the deed. Mr. Kennedy—Do you mean to say Mr. Collis thought it a black transaction ? Mrs. Brown—When I gave you the deed it was for a temporary purpose, and when you refused to give it up, I thought it a black transaction. I did not think so at the time. You did not refuse to re turn the deed without my asking you; but you re fused to give it up in one of the threatening letters. You said you would keep the deed. I don't remem ber one quarter of what else you said. I have only once asked you to return the deed. You assigned no reason for keeping it. I first told Mr. Brown of the existence of the deed the day before I married him. I wished Mr. Collis to see you about the deed, and I said I should be very happy to remunerate you for any professional services for which I was in debted to you. • I did not tell him any more. The Judge—Mr. Collis stated in his evidence that Mrs. Brown said, " I want you to act as a mutual friend; try to settle this cause ;" and she gave me authority to pay the claim. I said to Mr. Kennedy, "I propose to give you £10,000." Mr. Kennedy—When did you tell Mr. Brown about the offer of £10,000? ASSIZE INTEL LIdBIV CE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, March 29. NISI PREYS COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn). KENNEDY V. BROWN AND UN. THE SWINFEN CASE.—VERDICT FOR THE PLAINTIFF IN £20,000. This case came on for adjourned hearing to-day, and the greatest possible interest was taken in the trial, the court being crowded during the whole of the day. The examination of Mrs. Brown was resumed this morning at the point where she was stating that in accordance with the plaintiff's salicitations she went to London and took lodgings in Ballstone-street in 1859, in order to be near him, and confer with him, with reference to her then approaching trial. She continued :—Mr. Kennedy said that in consequence of undertaking my cause he had made many enemies. He implored me not to forsake himself and his family. Next morning Mr. Kennedy called, and we walked to the Zoological Gardens. We sat down on a seat, and he asked me if I would give him a reversion of the Swinfen estate as a security for him to borrow £2,000. He said I should be quite safe in doing so. I might have full confidence in him, and he would return it to me at any time I wished him. I was a little staggered at such a proposal, and said I did not know whether I could consent to it. I had my relations to pro vide for, and I had debts. He said the best way would be to leave £lO,OOO for my relations, and £lO,OOO for my debts. After some hesitation I con sented. As far as I remember that was all that took place then. 1 never saw the draft of the deed until I saw it at Mr. Collis's office. In that con versation Mr. Kennedy never said, " You have got £20,000. Do you consider yourself as owing me that money." I did not say, " Oh, certainly, but you can't have it at present. Mr. Kennedy did not say, "That will do, I can have security." I did not say, " I have given you the bulk of my estate." As far as I can remember he did not leave the deed with me. I went down to Birmingham some few days after that. Mr. Kennedy did not produce a will before we went to Birmingham. He wrote to meet me at the station on the 10th of May. I went with him to Mr. Collis's, and found the deed prepared there. I believe I read it myself. Mr. Collis asked me if I knew the meaning of the deed ? I said I did. He asked me if I would give him a letter, in case of anything unforeseen occurring about the deed. I believe I did not promise anything of the kind. Mr. Kennedy visited me at Swinf©n on the 10th of May, and asked me to execute it. He proposed a will drawn up. Nothing passed be tween up in reference to the will until it was pro duced. He asked me to attest it. He asked me if anything happened to my relations, some provision should be made for them P I never asked Mr. Kennedy to draw up the form of the will. I never dictated to him what its terms should be. In the month of June, or at all events shortly after this interview at Collis's, I was again in London. I had no conversation there with Mr. Kenndy about this will. He had frequently spoken to me about taking a house, a small house in London, where he could practise. He wished me to take his children, and give him a power of attorney to manage my pro perty. I said I would not do anything of the kind. I said I should like to manage my own property. I recollect Mr. Kennedy beivg at Swinfen in 1851. I then gave him £2OO. lie said the affairs of the Crystal Palace printing establishment were in a very bad state, and he wanted me very much to be come a partner or to take a share. I said I did not understand anything about such a business. He asked me for a loan of £2OO, and I gave it him. This was in August. I travelled to Scotland in September, and there mot my present husband, Mr. Brown. I became engaged to him there. I wrote to Mr. Kennedy after that. I have destroyed the answer I received. It was exceedingly threatening and violent. He said if I married he would appear against me in a court of justice in concert with my deadliest enemies. That is all I recollect of the contents of that letter. I have not kept the second letter. He said I will make a last speech, cover you with infamy and shame, and leave the country. His letter was awful. He threatened to tear to pieces the man I had dared to marry. I believe I afterdi d answerotthat. Between that. I the wrote tw kindly ind lettersl y t I oAhl to I wrote a letter, of which the o ne I have hero is a copy . v alluded Kennedy , "I now write to reply to your eowardloyuaonffderiend o pic:lu ty- pun letter. I must refer to facts. l You f e lt 3 ,jirself able to undertake D Yon Th Therefore an refore to distinguish yourself. when I faltered y o : (t)Enet my cause, knowing it was ajust one. nromised me to pause. If my nne and good, you, with cause had net been a . .just neve r coald have all your exertio ns an d ability, _ 'f I had not Yvon ; neither could you h ave succee d ea •--nok m y se lf possessed a :spirit which could not ;J.- iyranny and oppression. When you won the cause for me, and the estate was mine, I felt the deepest o lo n v e e e a l n s d gratitude h ou ld like t f o or p iyaolue, you u d a told n iyoutlo l o more n than a iiedestal, and your wif e b y your s id e; you ought to have thatletter by you as well as others. Well, when the estate wa s l ega ll y secure d t o me, I had Airs. Brown—l can't remember. Mr. Kennedy—Did you think when I tendered the draft of the will to you I acted improperly ? Mrs. Brown—l thought it was indelicate. I thought it an improper attempt on your part to get possession of the estate. I passed a fortnight with you about that time. We were alone together. Let ters were read from my mother in Wales--not from any other relations; but I had mentioned the address of other relations in conversations I had with you. I mean to say you put the will into my hands without any words of preparation. I did not ask you to draw the will, and I did not say you were to follow me to the grave. On the Bth of June you say, " Mr. Collis will meet us at the station. A dear friend met us there last time." That friend was you. I think that was before the execution of the deed. _ Mr. Kennedy—You were asked by Mr. Field about an expression you used to the effect that you would reimburse me for all the outlays. What outlays did you mean ? Mrs. Brown—Outlays for :the reports. I wished to reimburse you for those reports, but was not bound to do so. Mrs. Kennedy—You say, " The fear of not being able to do this mars my present enjoyment." You say also, " And the risk you run makes me feel the more." Does not that risk apply ito the general issue of the cause, and all the rest of it ? Mrs. Brown—Yes. I also used the expression, " We will stand or fall together." I meant by that that you wen risking your profession. " Stand or fall together" did not refer to money matters. You were always asking for assistance. I did not give you general promises to support me in my struggles? Mr. Kennedy—Do you remember me writing some verses in your album ? Mrs. Brown—l remember your writing some verses in my album, [Some loiters were hero handed to witness. She said she recollected writing them to plaintiff, and had no objection to their being read in court.] Letter iead : " Dec. 21, 1859. " Shall I excite your jealousy very much when I say IL said I was a very ladylike person ? Look at the enclosed coronet. It might lie at this moment at my feet if I wished it. You are at liberty to choose. I suppose you will choose some Lady Eliza beth or Lady Mary. You will forget the humble client, but I shall not forget him who preserved his client from wrong and oppression." Mr. Kennedy—Did you send the coronet ? Mrs. Brown—l believe I enclosed it in the letter. Mr. Kennedy—Then you say, " I have no heart to give," in one of your letters. Who had that heart P Witness refused at first to answer this question, but in reply to the learned judge she said it did not refer to Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy then asked Mrs. Brown if she was desirous that the inquiry should proceed. Mrs. Brown returned no answer, and Mr. Macaulay said it must go on. Mr. Kennedy then read several letters he had re ceived from defendant when Mrs. Swinfen. In one of these she said the rings she had given to him had no ordinary charm. In another she said, " What was required I have done cheerfully, and I would have done a thousand times more if required. I am not of that flimsy character you think 1 am. . There is one I value more than all the universe." Mrs. Brown acknowledged this to refer to the plaintiff. A third letter was subscribed, " Your affectionate Patience Swinfen." In another, " You know what I should be to you if circumstances per mitted it." In reference to this letter, Mr. Ken nedy asked if she did not mean she would have been his wife if circumstances had been favourable. The reply was " No, only friend." In June, 1860, after he had refused to give up the deed, she called .him "a dear friend," and concluded by in voking upon him the blessing of Almighty God. She also, in other letters, called him her best friend. Then she wrote about a house being taken for them, mentioning the number of bedrooms that would be required. Letters written subsequently spoke in terms of great approval, and were interspersed with poetical quotations. Mr. Kennedy—l ask you before God did you re• fuse every offer to give up the deed ? Mrs. Brown—Yes. Mr. Kennedy—Do you still adhere to the para graph in the affidavit which says, " Mr. Kennedy became my counsel. He obtained great influence over me. I was induced at his suggestion to enter an action against Lord Chelmsford, who had on my behalf, without authority,compromised the cause P" Witness—l do. You were the original adviser of that action. Mr. Kennedy—Did you not consult me at Lea mington about going abroad, avoiding service, &c., in the action ? Mrs. Brown—Yes; and I did not consent lest Mr. Simpson should not agree to it. I remember discus sing the value of the Swinfen estates with you. You said if I got the estate my life would not be safe. You said so repeat( dly at Swinfen. I said my ene mies were so bitter I believed it. I did say if I got the estate I might be poisoned. Re-examined—Mr. Kennedy wrote to me for a power of attorney to manage his property, and to take care of his children. It was after the last trial at Stafford when I had seen the reports inthe papers that I went up to Mr. Kennedy and embraced him. He was in the habit of putting his hands in hers. He said it warmed him. Mr. Kennedy then addressed the jury in reply at considerable length. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up,remarked that at first sigitt the case appeared to be very aim ' ple, being neither more nor less than a question as to whether defendant, Mrs. Brown, had or had not acknowledged an existing debt of a specific amount; but this question, apparently so simple, had unfortu nately led them into one of the most painful and dis tressing disclosures which had ever been heard in a court of justice. The plaintiff said he undertook the cause at the instance of the defendant;; that from the commencement they were both aware of the ex treme hazard of the die upon which their common fortune was at stake ; that .he knew she had not the means of remuneration unless he succeeded in esta blishing her right ; that she, however, was willing, if prosperous, to make him a liberal and handsome remuneration when the victory was achieved ; that -I,nn victory was gained the amount at which she services would be properly remunerated thought .. se d ; and that she then admitted came to be disco..- - Tit Was owing, voluntarily that the specified num.- "You have won your embracing him, and saying, -ent was denied £20,000.", Every part of his stateli.__ Kennedy by Mrs. Brown. She represented that ;NU. -.-.._ had almost intruded himself into her confidence; that he had sought the position of advocate, not with a view to remuneration, unless it should be gained from the defeated foe, but for the sake of professional honour and credit which smell a victory wouid bring. In her examination in chief 13et night, and again on her cross-examination this day, she said she never promised Mr. Kennedy remuneration, except as a mere act of friendship on her part. Her letters, however, did not always correspond with her statements. As far back as Oct., 1856, she wrote : "Mr. Kennedy,—You are going to do a deal foe .me. You know how lam situated. lam not able to remunerate you now. I will amply remunerate you hereafter." He subsequently took chambers in Lon don by her consent, and having taken lodgings for her, she went to live near him, Up to that time he had been making £9OO a year in the Insolvency Court and magisterial law courts at Birmingham, end he would, he believed, have made £9,000 in the time ht; had been engaged upon defendant's suit. Ori ;ening the Birmingham practice, therel'ore, he told her he ehould like to secure himself against any risk and sacrifice, and she said she would make over to him all she had. In Oct., 1857, he was on a visit to her at Swinfen, when, according to him, she re peated her former statements as to future remunera tion. She gave him some rings which she said would act as a charm, and named an island on the lake near her house the Isle of Hope, saying, "Rementete, I will be hope for both of us." In 1838 they were in London seeing each other every day, making ex cursions, going to theatres together, and he paying for cabs, wine, &c. She then took his advice, and went to London altogether until the trial came on. Soon aftef the trial she said he had won his money. In. December, 1859, when the estate had become the absolute property of Mrs, Swinfen, he wrote to her to do something for him in the way of security. Then, shortly afterwards, he called upon her, and arranged to go to the Zoological Gardens with her the next day, to settle the matter. He called, and they went. The learned judge proceeded to remark that there could not be a more striking instance than this case afforded of the justice of the law of the land, as it applied to the recovery of fees by counsel, for they could not fail to see, in the pain ful exhibition they had witnessed, that the law was just. There was a gentleman of the highest attain ments, of transcendent ability—a scholar, a poet, an orator, a man of genius—a man endowed with every faculty in a forcible degree, and with every attainment belonging to his sphere, humbling him self before a client for whom he succeeded, end seeking—and seeking in vain—to obtain from her sense of justice, her friendship, her compassion, and almost her love, that remuneration which his pro fessional services ought to have secured to him without' any recurrence to means such as these to obtain. His lordship then directed the attention of the jury to the most important parts of the case which had been presented to them. He went on to remark upon Mr. Kennedy's violent letter, written to Mrs. Brown when she cut off communication with him, saying that it almost warranted Mr. Macaulay's strictures upon it, strong as those stric tures were; and the letter to Mr. Chawner, in hich he referred to the adulterous intercourse of himself and the lady who had been his client, could not be too much condemned ; and base must be the nature of such a man. On the other hand, the services Mr. Kennedy had rendered Mrs. Swinfen were of a most signal character. He had embarked upon a course of litigation involving the most serious risk and danger to himself. Those who know anything of the case were aware that the compromise which that distinguished and eminent counsel, Sir F. Thesiger, offered was the very wisest course which could be adopted at the time. If she had been defeated in the second trial at Stafford, she would have lost everything. Mr. Kennedy's perseverance, indomit able energy, unflinching credit, added to his great ability and power, gained her the day. The pro duction of letters by Mr. Kennedy to show how his services were appreciated was perfectly legitimate; and here one of the many collateral issues of the case—which unfortunately abounded in this case— began ; for here and there in letters were passages which implied the existence of something more than the relation between counsel and client, and perhaps of friend and friend. In conclusion, his lordship said a question was involved not merely of pecuniary liability, but a most important and pain ful one of personal character. It was impossible thet there could be no falsehoods either on one side or the other in the statements made in that court. He trusted they would be right in deciding on which side lay the falsehood and which the truth. After a short absence the jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, a point of law being reserved. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LivERPOoL, March 29. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) THE ROCHDALE WIFE MURDER CASE. Joseph Isot was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife Alice Isott, at Spotland, on the Ist of Feb ruary last. He pleaded not guilty to the intent to murder. __ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Kaye prosecuted, and Mr. Higgin defended. Mr. Kaye, in opening the case, said that the de ceased was 42 years of age, and the prisoner and she had been married for 17 years. Latterly, however, he had become jealous of her, on account of a young man lodger, and after repeatedly having threatened to take away her life, he at last shot her in the neck with a pistol, the injuries received from which she survived a fortnight only. The jury found a verdict of mansiaughter,and the prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for life. The prisoner received the sentence with great composure. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—MARCH 29. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE EVERLEIGH MURDER. John Stocker was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of Ann Hills, at Everleigh, on the 18th of August last. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Swayne prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Cook and Mr. Bullen. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. SUIt_REY SESSIONS. A SCOUNDREL. George Puffery, 29, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Emily Maynard, and violently stealing from her person, a shawl, her property. Mr. Collier prosecuted, and Mr. Thomson defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking young woman, said she was a dressmaker, and resided in the Cornwall-road, Lambeth. On the afternoon of the 18th instant she went to the Soldiers' Daughters Home at Hampstead, and returned home b y omni bus as far as Hungerford-market. She crossed the bridge, and was proceeding under the railway arches towards home, when the prisoner came up to her and rather rudely accosted her. She told him he was mistaken in the party, and endeavoured to pass him, when he touched her under the chin and en deavoured to take liberties with her. She again told him to go away and not molest her, when he snatched the shawl from her sh ou ld ers , an d ran o ff with it. She pursued him, calling out " Stop thief," and a constable immediat e ly came u p an d secure d him. Her shawl was torn in ribbons by the pri soner's violence. In cross-examination by Mr. Thomson witness said that as soon as the prisoner accosted her he called her Emily. She certainly did say to him it was singular he should call her by her right name, but she told him she did not know him, and as soon as he tried to be familiar with her she told him to leave her. She was a respectable young woman, and not a woman of the town (crying). The Chairman here intervened, and told the coun sel that he did not think such questions should be pressed, as the young woman appeared to be re spectable, and gave her evidence in a straightfor ward manner. _ _ Mr. Thomson said he only went by his instruc tions. He was informed the prosecutrix was a pros titute, and that the prisoner only pulled off her shawl, so that she might go home with him. Ho (the learned counsel) had no wish to annoy her. The evidence of 51 L and another constable con tradicted the whole of the prisoner's defence, and proved that the prosecutrix was a respectable young woman. The jury found him guilt and the Court sen y, tenced him to four months hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 29. GUILDHALL.—Mr. W. Peter Vesper Wallis, a solicitor of Portsmouth, was summoned before Ald. Rose to answer the charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, alleged to have been committed in an arbi tration case in February last. Mr. Sleigh attended for the defence. Mr. Ribton, for theprosecution, stated the circum stances out of which this inquiry had arisen. The leading facts were these: In 1856-7 the defendant transacted professional business for complainant, who is a draper in Portsmouth, and sued him for £4O in Sept., 1861. Tho complainant thereupon commenced an action against defendant for £5B. These cross actions having been referred to Master Hodgson, complainant put in a bill of particulars, setting forth that his claim was for the price and keep of a horse won by him at a raffle, and sold by him on the spot to defendant, who had taken shares in the raffle and lost. Complainant entered into all the details before the master, and he was taken al gether by surprisewhen he heard defendant empha wally deny that he was ever present at the raffle, or at any horse raffle in his life. The result of such a denial was that the master gave his award against complainant, It should, however, be stated that the complainant, in fixing the dm ' e of the raffle as i n O c t. 1856, had m , ado a mistake, u she was now satisfied that it came off in rel . , 1857. These matters for med the topic of gosbi - pTig convert ation in Portsmouth ; and the det, endant occupying it higher position in society than. complainant, it ryas considered he had gained the' verdicts in both E cticns upon the truth of his own statements, thereby imputing per jury to complains at, and damaging h is position most materially. Evidence having • been given for the Ilrosaeution, .:Mr. Ribton applied for a remand, on the groun d o f Ole absence of a material witness, which was opposed by Mr, S.leigh, and refused by Alderman_ Rose. Mr. lleigh delivered a very energetic address on behalf the defend ant, and stated that, after call ing two o r three witnesses, he would ask the alder man to dismiss this charge with such observation s as would st &fondant back to the place he had come from with his ch t :racter and reputation as un sullied and unstained as when he lef,' it. Some evidence as to defendant's statements at the trial, and to , his high chars cter, having• been taken, Alderman Rose said he had gone very carefully ; and anxiously through the case, and .he considered it .a most important inquiry. He was bound to say, afte; nearly eight hours' careful attetation to the facts, .that t;.l e conclusion he had come to was that the evi,lence did not support the cbarge, and although the witnesses for the prosecution would appear to :laNc made out a strong case, their evi dence was EON. Tether so conflicting as to preclude the prospect of a conviction if sent before a jury for trial. Taking a Iso into consideration the peculia r features of comp) linant's bill of particulars, that h e shifted the dato frt. mn the 30th of October to the 15th of February, and 111. g anteek,lents, he did not think his position in Portsmouth w ould suffer by the re suit of the cross actions. Un, der all these circum stances he felt bound. to dismistl the summons, and in tdoing so said defendant won,ld leave the court without the slightest imputation t ;11 his character. Mr. Ribton, who had several times offered to abandon Ouse proceedings even at &he elever.th hour if the' defendant wou)d admit that th had cenvinc,qd him he wall at the horse ra.ffl asked the magistrate w. pr d.mat at the Old Bailey Sto bind th , e prosecutor o'r to o secute the defen e witnesses esCions• M r . Sleigh sa id he was quite aware that ~such a course was open to the prosecution under a rCeent statute, but alter the' very patio nt investigation he did not expect such a pt oceedia,g would have been deemed necessary. Mr. Ribton said his elle nt'g reputation was tit stake, and he therefore prestied his application. The prosecutor and the witneis ses were accord ingly hound over to appear at the Old Bailey at the next sessiOns. WORSHIP-STREIT:U.—Mr. G. Buttell, an eat ing-house keeper, in the , Old-street-road, St.Luke'e, appeared before Mr, Knox to answer a claim made by the London Fire Brigade for having extin guished a fire in one of ~the chimnies of his premises- Mr. Beard attended in mil iport of the claim. Ono of the fire brigade witoched to the station of Whitecross-street said that on the 25th Feb. last he was called to defendant's slu and took with him 5 . small engine, drawn and wm .ked by hail d ; that he saw fire issuing from a chi= ey there, and a sweep was in the kitchen raking out one of the furnaces —that he then went to the toll of the house, found, the soot alight in the chimney r, and extinguish ed the fire by pouring two pails oi 1 ? water thereon. 84 G added to the above testi ulony that he per; ceived flame from the chimney ust in the act 01 dying out; that there were a it, ereat number a sparks ; that this continued for about half an hoar? and that the engine was sent for. ce contended Defendant, in reply to this evider , the fact We s ~ that there had not been an actual fire; that he had a steam boiler, and althoug , h the chitty' ney was swept regularly once a month, spark', would at times be emitted from it. Those vere however so indistinct as only to be seen in elf bright weather. There was not any danger to apprehended from such a trivial circumstance" which could not be avoided. Mr. Beard put it to the court whether he bad not proved hig claim to award on the part of the' fire brigade. Mr. Knox, after some questioning, observed that . he felt some difficult . ir in. coming to a decisio * Was it always a case for the engines villeir fire was seen issuinj from a chimney If so, there were numberietls instanc es of such connected with factories that bad fallen under hiS own observation, on which, to the best of his be' lief, the e question bad not been .entertained. All persons must know that it was covinion to observe even flame issuing from factory . ollimnies, and it was not to be supposed that a claim .of award could be established because any idle persoL' c hose to rut'. after an engine for the sake of insuving a small gratuity. He would however remand the hearing for the attendance of some skilful persons upon the I matter. • „ COUN B MABKIA NORIVICitI—MIRcn 29. Wheat to-day was in rathor limited supply, but it was fully equal to the demand, and moderate condition. For the best samples the prices of last" week were fully ht ; inferior parcels were at a slight decline. Th or e money de a quantity of barley was very small, Old Flour receded 6 d manded, and in some instances given. Fl to is per sack. White wheat 61s to 63s I Red wheat. ....... 57s to 603 Malting barley 36s to 38s I Chevalier barley...34s to 3s New d 0...... —s I Oats.. ..... _.25Q to 300 Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack *On :the miller. NOTTINGLIAN — MAnc n•29. There was a rather scarce 6.how of wheat to - c , ay, and the trade ruled quiet—good samples at former rates, other sorts is ebeaper—white, from 63s to 678 ; red, 42s 63t• Malting barley in fair demand 340 to 39s • grinding, to 31s. Oats were slow, at 26s to 3u s. Beans were 13 Ww at 38s to 50s per qr, Flour, 38s to 445. YORK--MARCH 29. We had a very small supply of wheat to-day from the ga ewers. Trade flat, and previous rates &din ed folrs. ° moderate business was doing in barley, avd prices fel samples were a shade higher ; ordinary mils at last week $ rates. Oats in limited sale, and former pric es barely made. Beans wore dull, and former currencies scar cely supported. .5 6 6 0 5 s toto 64560 s I O t a ea ts p . s . .. .. . ........ .... : Wheat, red White d 042 to 44S Barley .32s to 338 1 Peas ......... .. • • _s to - 7, s Malt, 66s to 63s per qr..; rye, 34s per qr.; fl our, ` )8 to 45s per sack. ..22s to 24s LEICESTER—MA.IIOI 29. The supply of wheat to-day at market was ml. and trade dull; late prices about held. White 63s . middling, to 67k; red, 53s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair sup ply—grinding, 30s to 32s ; malti22 g, 34s to 38s per cl r '; oats, 25s to 30s per 24 stone. Be,ns at former r utoo , new, 35s to 405,; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 45s 1 Seconds, , gs I Thirds, 41s per sack. NORTHAMPTON—MARcH 29. The trade to-day was rather dull, but prices supported. for best samples • inferfettttet difficult to quit :-4 80 t° 60s old, and 56s to G2s neve:".3.'steady business in barler::: malting 32s to 365, grind} r' 29s to 31s per qr. Oats,..T. moderate show, at pre'ffoiiesfprices—quoted at 20s to ~: per 24 stone. Beans, old,. 38s to 455; peas, 36 s to 4afr Rye, 37s to 425; malt, —s to —s ; flour, 40s to sack. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS.--" Perfection 01 mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guinea s ' silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every conatrus -0 Lion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best a da p ted of their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receiPt 311 a remittance.—J. W. 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