The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-13 00:00:00

An important event in connexion with the com pletion of the Royal Sovereign shield ship took place at Portsmouth yesterday—the bending to the required shape of the first of the armour plates for that vessel. The plate was brought to the necessary form in two heats. The bottom of each furnace which bas been built for heating the plates is move able, and Consists of a strong iron frame mounted on four - wheels ; the top of the framework, which is covered with layers of fire brick, thus forming the bottom of the annealing furnace. On these layers .of fire brick the plate for heating was laid by the aid of ponderous cliphooka, from a beam suspended from a travelling tubular crane. The plate in posi tion, the carriage or bottom of the furnace was drawn into the necessary heating position, The plate having been brought to a sufficient heat, was withdrawn fv,ma the furnace on its carriage, and was then seized by the eliphooks, and conveyed by the trrvelling crane over two rows of iron bars, each about 4ft. apart, fixed upright on an iron bed, the rows of bars exceeding in length the length of the plate. The upper ends of these upright bars are secured by two transverse bars of great strength, and are fastened by nuts and bolts. Between these upright bars are thrust other massive bars, which have been forged to the exact curve wanted to be given to the inner surface of the armour plate. These. 'moulded bars rest on the iron bed below, their ends being held securely by the lower ends of the upright bars on each side. The heated ars).'our plate was next lowered by the crane and cliphooks upon the moulded bars, and between the rows of upright bars. Other massive bars, moulded to the same form as those underneath,were then laid on the top of the plate with their ends projecting through the upright bars. Heavy iron wedges were driven over each end of the upper moulded bars by slung iron bars of some hundred weight each, and the gigantic armour plate gradu ally yielded to the strain thus brought to bear on it. Some dozens of the deck plates for the Royal Sove reign have also been heated in the same furnace and flattened afterwards on an iron bed with iron and wooden mauls, in readiness to lay on the upper deck beams prior to the laying of the wooden planking. This deck plating is one inch in thickness, and each plate is from 16ft. to 1 ift. in length and 31t. in width. The shop in which the plate was bent yes terday has just been erected for the purpose of pre paring and bending armour plates, and contains two furnaces, one hydraulic press for bending the plates cold,one planing machine for smoothing the edges of the plates, two radial drilling machines for drilling the bolt holes, and one 40 horse engine for driving the machinery, &c. Although the workshop is not yet quite complete in its fitment, nor all the ma chinery in correct working order, yet all is suffici ently advanced to keep any required number of men at work, and we hope, therefore, that every exer tion may be used to get the ship afloat as speedily as possible in order that we may make ourselves fully acquainted with the merits and demerits of the cupola, or shield principle. Upon the results then to be obtained must depend in a great measure the future construction of our iron war ships. Rear-Admiral Sir John Kingcome paid a visit on Thursday to the seilior officers of the Gefion and the other Prussian corvette now in Plymouth Sound. On leaving he was complimented with the usual salute, which was acknowledged by his ship, the screw steamship Sutlej, 51, Capt Connolly, which sailr d in the evening for her station in the Pacific. The paddlewheel steam tender Medusa, Master Commander T. Laane, left Plymouth on Thursday for Sheerness, with men just paid off from the screw steam corvette Pelorus, Commodore Seymour, C.B. The screw steamsloop Shearwater, 11, was placed on Thursday in the basin in the Devonport Dock yard, for the purpose of having her bottom cleaned and valves examined, preparatory to her being put in Commission. Th e screw steam frigate Emerald, 36, Captain A. Cumming, was expected at Plymouth yesterday evening or this morning. The screw steam sloop Royalist, 11, at Devonport, is ordered to be prepared and placed in the first di vision of the steam reserve, in succession to the screw steamsloop Shearwater, ordered to be commissioned. The seamen and marines of the steam reserve in Ilarnoaze, Devonport, have, through Capt. A. Key, their commanding officer, just subscribed the sum of £B3 for the distressed Lancashire workmen, making a total of £llO from the officers and men of that department. LADIES. AND THE STUDY OF MEDICINE.—The 1 mhos Journal Le Temps notices the case of Miss Garrett st ° : I cA r reeently refused permission t 3 study medicine at y onnt a v e .n .olB ,. and after applauding the example set by this 1 glishwoman, and declaring that example and the ell er merit, proee ' eci tte has displayed worthy of every encourage- i comparatively mod " We cannot understand the prejudice, to the great detrtroern as it is, which closes against w,,men contrary to the obvious of their personal independence, and liberal professio ns :l : T s interests of society, any of the be ? toes not appear to us that the ele- ment of sex should deration in the study ogarded as of more material consi- 1 or letters, in n e ith er r of P ra ctice of science th an o f ar t s 1 entered. The sphere of wono lv , hic h studies has it ever I ! Should be prescribed only by the limitations of her °NZ ti es —faculties unmia takable and brilliant, and whichaellih feeble are too often so only on account of insufficient de ea Garrett a letter, in 1 Daubie has just addressed to Mi ss rent' A Mdlle. • un t h i e ve ro rs e a rs of trans which she says :—" Permit me to be li t the witting to you some portion of that which is felt for the bold initiativ e you have taker struggle you have singly ; pathy noble and persevering the vindication of a common right. The otstacles op posed to you are ent irel y arbitrary, and we may h ope that your case is not even yet finally determined. * . During h a lf a cen tury a portion of Europe has excluded Women from the legal e xercise of ' the medical profession, In France, to the hon our of my country be it said, th e social initiative has failed rather than liberty to exercise it, for I was last year admitted to examination for the degree of bacheller by the Faculty of Letters in Lyons, withott any exceptional application. Even in Russia women take university honours; can we be lieve that the free o. in stitutions of free England 'are less lib eral than those I absolute Governments ? But whatever may be the pre sent issue, your cause is favoured by public opinion, the supreme judge in all such cases; the great good wrought by the female physicians of. America lea Yes no room for tergiversation on the Subject. * .* . Europe observes you, France applaud s y ou ;• an d .I re j o i ce t o h e a ble to con vey to yott a feeble echo of the general sympathies of my country," 711 E NAVY. The Promethus, 5, 200 horse power, paddlewheel I steamer, which was placed in No. 4 dock at Chathtm a few weeks since, to undergo a ttcroligh overhaul and repair, has been found, on - axatnination, to be so rotten that Admiralty orders have been received that her intended alterations and repairs are not to be effected. She was accordingly undocked yester day att.ernoon, and placed at moorings off the dock yard until final orders have been received at Chat ham respecting her. The target which has been under construction at Chatham dockyard to be used in the approaching trials with the 130 pounder Whitworth gun at hoe buryness was completed yesterday, and re moved to the wharf in readiness for shipment. The target is constructed of a strength much greater th4n those hitherto used at Shoeburyness, the ob ject being to ascertain the bursting power of the shells from. the Whitworth guns. With this view the sides and top of the target are completely closed with stout oak planking, to represent the section of a so that on the shell penetrating. the armour 'plates and bursting inside the target the ravages made by it will be more easily apparent, The ar mour plates with which the target will be covered are five inches in thickness up to a certain height, after which they have a thickness of four inches. Onits a.rti va l a t Sh oe b uryness , th e target, which has been cons t ruc t e d at Ch at h am , u nder the direc tion. of Mr. B ascom b e , w h o i s superintending the b eliding o f th e i ron f r i ga t e Minotaur, 50, 1-200 horse power, a t Bl ac kwall, will be erected inits position by the mechanics stationed there, the for mer arrangement of despatching workmen from Chatham Dockyard to perform the work being at. tended with considerable inconvenience. The Algiers, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. E.B. 1 - tice, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, senior of f icer in command at the port. Robert Carter, schoolmaster, William Searle and John Edmunds, quartermasters, and Charles Yarran, chief petty officer, were recommended to the Lords of the Admiralty for long-service medals and gratuities. SLAVERP IN SOUTELERNT, AMERICA. A meeting numerously attended, was held last night at the large Bath-room, Westm . nster-road, to express sympathy with the Anti-Slavery move- ment in America. At eight o'clock The chair was taken by the Rev. NEWMAN HALL, who, in stating the ob- jects of the meeting, denied that the feeling in 1 this country had undergone any change with re spect to slavery, or that the usual feeling of abhor rence against slavery had undergone any change. He was a friend of labour, and believed the labour ing man had his rights as well as the landed pro prietor ; but slavery interfered with the rights of the working man, and it was on that account, and because he denounced the principle of any property in man, that he called on them that evening to ex press their disgust and indignation at the conduct of those who upheld it. (Cheers.) The Southern States of America upheld it, and its vice-president said it was the corner-stone of their future institu tions ; and, for his Fart, he hoped he never should see the representative of such a Government recog nised by Great Britain, or the hand of the Queen of a free people should be touched by such foul hands. Already 200,000 negroes had escaped from thraldom since the war commenced, and on the Ist January next, according to the proclamation of President Lincoln, the entire would be made free. As to the contest now going on, he did not see but that when it ended slavery should also cease; and for his own part he sincerely wished that that consum mation may soon be accomplished, and the sword once more sheathed. Mr. MURPHY moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that slavery was subversive of the cause of labour and of the great principles of Chris- tianity. They all had heard of the great William Wi.berforee and his labours in the cause of the abo lition of slavery, and how, 30 years ago, he succeeded in achieving that gloi ions object. (Hear, hear.) He contended there ought to be a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, and no one had a right to call on a man because of his colour to do anything contrary to that great principle. (Hear, hear.) What chance, he would ask, had a free labourer to compete with a slave ? and was it not therefore true that slavery was subversive of labour, and should, even on that ac count, be denounced by every civilised community, especially England, that bad been always foremost in the great struggle to abolish it. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. EVANs, as an Englishman and a working man, gladly seconded the resolution. He had been four years in America, and could, from his own experience, testify as to what tad been said of the horrors of slavery. He had been him self literally a working man ; he had toiled with his hands and the sweat of his brow until he realised a little money, and then proceeded to Ame rica, where he got educated, and had ever since worked hard in his profession. He believed that those who originated the present unhappy war cal culated, in the first instance, that the distress occa sioned in England by the loss of cotton would drive England and Europe to recognise the Southern Confederacy. He believed slavery de graded labour, and it was on that account he heartily seconded the resolution. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON next addressed the meet ing in support of the resolution. He did so be cause it was founded on the eternal principles of truth and justice, and he knew on that account it would pass unanimously. If he were addressing shipowners and brokers who fitted out vessels with munitions of war for Charleston—if he were addressing those whose sentiments coincided with the Times and other kindred journals—he might despair of such a result ; but that was not so ; and accordingly there could be no second opinion as to what would be the decision of the meeting. He had been in Staffordshire and Newcastle-under-Lyne last week, where, before going, he was given to un derstand a formidable opposition would be given him ; but no such thing, for scarcely a single voice was raised against him. A twelvemonth ago he was in Manchester, where a large meeting was held, and addressed by Mr. Massey, chairman of ways and means in the House of Commons, for the purpose, he believed of testing the feelings of the working classes, in order that the Government of this country and France should interfere to raise the blockade. Bnt his efforts failed, and so would every other directed to a similar purpose. (Hear.) Did they know that a Confederate associa tion now existed in Devonshire-place, to become a member of which one had only to pay Is. . week; but it was a complete failure. The object of the present meeting was to give their sympathies to all those in America who were known to be engaged in putting down the foul and atheistical system of slavery. The message of the President at Wash ington was now on its way, and would arrive in this country on Sunday or Monday next, and he, for one, pledged himself it would uphold the proclama tion he had already issued to put an end to slavery in January next. What side would England take he wished to know ? When Mr. Clarkson was la bouring to pass his bill, was he supported by royal princes, dukes, or marquises ? No, but on the con trary, ho was stigmatised, and his life endangered at Liverpool, and Mr. Wilberforce described as a weak and sickly sentimentalist. The fact was the measure was carried by pure accident, during the short administration of Charles James Fox, and he regretted to say the royal assent was reluctantly given to it. So it was with every great measure, including the corn laws, and the fact was that the sympathy now manifested in this country for the Southern States was in consequence of the existence of an oligarchy there that sup- ported slavery and produced cotton for this coun try. (Hear, hear.) The question of the abolition of slavery had grown up in a wondrous manner since 1834, and he himself recollected that in the very neighbourhood of Washington auctions of slaves were held ; hut now no such thing took place. It was well known that previous to Mr. Lincoln's Administration no less than forty slavers left the harbour of New York annually, but that was imme diately put an end to, and a slaver convicted of the offence forfeited his life on the scaffold. Was that nothing ? (Hear, hear.) And was it for them, now that it was written that slavery was virtually abolished—was it for England now to hold back, and not give their sympathies to Abraham Lin coln? The correspondent of the 7 Imes at Richmond stated, in a recent communication, that the slaves there were contented ; that they were anxious to take up arms on behalf of their masters, and that those who escaped to the Federal lines were glad to get back again. Now, that he believed to be utterly without foundation, and had he been near the wri ter, he would have said to him, " Don't make such an assertion, for it is not true." The hon. gentleman concluded by introducing a negro, who, he said, was Jefferson Davis's runaway coachman, and re sumed his seat amid loud cheering. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. LAW proposed the second resolution, to the ef fect that the people of Great Britain had no sympathy with any nation which encouraged slavery. He con tended that the Northern States were anxious to libe- rate the Southern slaves, and as to the opposition given to the movement by the 7 intes,he could only re mind it that it always pursued the same course that it sneered at Catholic emancipation, that it sneered at Reform, and even at the corn laws ; when it found these great questions triumph, it then turned round and followed the stream of public opinion; and so it would be in the present instance. (Hear.) Mr. SPARKS seconded the motion, and declared that, since his father had been tarred and feathered in the Southern States, he hated slavery and all The connected with it. (A lau g h.) Rev. Mr. RILANCE supported the resolution. He had travelled through the states of America, slave s and and was we l l a u inted with th e con d i ti on o f th e frloreton t d e to co N o horrors P(i of sl avery , w hi c h oug h t to be pu t an t end the to as soon as p oss ibl e. (H ear. ) H e alu m de l d to h e d w ilet. io f Joh n Mit c h e ll , who went P wish that h e h a d a good ork, and th ere expressed his A rantation of nigg ers ; an d Eduwira:ta es l n a c nri —(a laugh) es, who left - tehviesncotuhne quasi-Liberal try under p ecul i ar re th e D emocratic on arriving there adopt e d zeri . ttic hi side, n s , and expressed s imi lar s entiments. be lief,knee it w r such opinions , coming even bor n such men vi disgraceful to them, especially w h en they as not the feeling in this country. (Hear.) .% :t. s, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEVIBER 13, 1862. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. MAXWELL moved the third resolution, ex pressing satisfaction at what had already happened in the cause of abolition, and hoped the time would come when England and France would be foremost in the cause of true liberty. The Rev. Mr. HAWKINS seconded the motion. - Wm. ANDREW JACKSON (ex-coachman to Jeffer son Davis) next came forward, and was loudly cheered. He was very happy, he said, in stand ing before such a noble assembly of Englishmen. He stood there to represent four millions of his brethren and those who fought for them. He did not ask them for money, but for their sympathy and prayers. He had lived 29 years in slavery; he had been in Richmond for 15 ; and if anybody doubted his veracity he should give information that would amuse them. He knew what it was to be a servant, he knew what it was to be a coachman, and was present when the Prince of Wales arrived in Richmond. As to the feeling of the slaves about the war, they long expected it, and though at the time when John Brown was executed at Harper's Ferry they remained quiet, they said that event would ultimately procure their emancipation. For his own pact, he believed that every slave in the Southern States was as anxious to procure his free dom as he was, and since Abraham Lincoln became President hundreds had made their escape. (Cheers.) He left Richmond last April, and walked sixty miles to Fredericksburg, where, getting into the Federal lines, General INl'Dowell told him he was free, and sent him on to Washington. (Cheers.) From thence he went on to New York, where he first heard of the proclamation setting all slaves free: (Cheers.) He wrote to Jefferson Davis the other day—(a laugh)—giving his best respects to his wife and children—(laughter)—expressing his regret he could not return, as he was bound to do at Christmas—(laughter)—and because his loss would be at least 850 dollars, which he could not now so well afford, as money was rather scarce in the Southern States. (Laughter.) Having given a brief history of the disruption of the Southern from the Northern States, he called on them to give their sympathy to those who were battling for the abolition of slavery and to restore the Union. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the proceedings terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Dec. 12. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.) LINTON V. MERSON. The further hearing of this case was resumed this morning. The jury, after upwards of two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £lBO, including the two bills for £3O due from him to the defendant on account of the pur chase. WILD, M.P., v. WYLDE, JUN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, the proprietor of the Alham bra, to recover £65 for certain dioramas that were in the Great Globe, purchased for the defendant. The defendant disputed his liability. The case was not concluded when the court rose, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. .Sittings at Nisi Prins in London.—Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) FERGUSSON ♦. WATERMAN.-FAMILY JARS. plate ; it was on the plate before any copies were struck off. The photograph produced (a small one about four inches long and three wide) was pur chased at the defendant's shop. It is a copy of my engraving, and must have been photographed from it. There is no other engraving but my own in existence. The painting is still in the possession of Mr. Coombe. A photograph could not have been taken from the original because it was too dark. It the photograph had been taken from the original the colours would be different, because there are some dark colours in it which must have come out light, if it were photographed from the paint ing. I never gave the defendant or any other per son permission to copy the engraving. I purchased " The Horse Fair" of Rosa Bonheur, and I have sold it since to an American gentleman, reserving to myself the copyright. There were two pic tures of " The Horse Fair," one I sold, and one is still in my custody. I purchased the picture for £1,600, and I paid Mr. Landseer 800 guineas for engraving it. The date of the publication line in that picture is the 20th February, 1851. The pho tograph produced (the same size as the other) must have been taken from my engraving ; it could not have been photographed from anything else. I never gave the defendant or any other person permission to copy the engraving. "The Horse Fair" and " The Light of the World," were very successful pictures. They are worth £l,OOO a year to me as long es I live. I lose by 9 out of 10 pictures I pub lish, and therefore when I get a trump like these two pictures I make them pay. Mr. Collier—So you lose by the other cards and win by the trumps t (Laughter.) Witness—Yes ; the sale of these engravings was very successful down to the time that the photo graphs were published. Mr. Collier—To what extent did the sale fall off after the photographs were taken. Mr. Coleridge objected to the question being put, inasmuch as the plaintiff could only recover for the loss which he bad sustained at the hands of the de fendant ; and not for losses through other people selling photographs. The defendant did not himself photograph the pictures, but bought the photographs of a traveller who came round to sell them to sta- tioners and printsellers. It was probable that hun dreds of other people had sold the photographs, and the defendant was not to be affected by what they had don P. Mr. Justice Willes suggested that the parties should arrange the amount for which the verdict should be taken in the event of the plaintiff reco vering, and that the question whether the plaintiff ought to succeed be reserved for the court. Some disc fission took place, which resulted in £lO being agreed noon as the amount of damages. Mr. Justice Willes expressed his opinion that a verdict should he entered for the plaintiff for this amount,land that the defendant should have leave to move the full court to set that verdict aside and enter one for himself upon two points; first, that what he had done amounted to no infringement of copyright ; and secondly, that photography from an engraving was not a thing which was a viola- tion of the statute. Mr. Collier said that the plaintiff had consented to the damages being fixed at £lO, because this was the first action which had been brought; but if any one photographed from pictures in which he had copyright in future he would press for the full amount which he could recover. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff for £lO, subject to the opinion of the court. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 'Sittings at Nisi Prins, after Term, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a Common Jury.) HAMPTON T. CARDALE AND OTHERS. - - - The declaration in this case alleged that the plaintiff, Miss Fergusson, had been entrusted by a Mr. Waterman with the care of a female child, he representing that the child was his own, and that he himself was the son of the defendant, and he requested her to bring the child from Australia to London; that she not being able to find the father of the child, made application to the defendant, who thereupon used certain slanderous words for which damages were now claimed. The defendant pleaded not guilty in reference to the slander, and also tra versed the various allegations in the declaration. Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Prideaux, and Mr. Beasley appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Needham for the defendant. Mr. Hawkins said that the circumstances involved in this case were of an extremely painful character. The plaintiff, Miss Ann Fergusson, was a single woman, a native of Scotland, and some years ago she emigrated to Australia, and lived a few miles from Melbourne. The defendant, Mr. Thos. Water man, was a hop merchant in the Borough, and he also had a place called Coventry Hall at Sydenham. In 1851 Mr. Sam. Waterman, the son, who was then aged 18, left England as a midshipman on board the Enterprise, and in Jan., 1852, be arrived at Port Phillip. He was, with his captain, there introduced to the family of Mr. Bruce, who was an officer holding a responsible position in the Cus toms—and Mr. Samuel Waterman soon became on intimate and affectionate terms with Miss Annie Bruce, who was 19 or 20 years old. In the month of March, however, he had to go with the Enter prise to Melbourne, from which place he went to the gold diggings, but failing there, he had to work his way back to Port Adelaide as a common seaman, and he there renewed his acquaintance with Miss Bruce. In March, 1853, he went to Victoria dig gings, and in February, 1854, he returned to Port Adelaide, where, having learned that Miss Bruce was staying with her sister, Mrs. Hayward, 40 miles away, he went over to see her, and the result was that they were married on the 16th nirch, 1854. Three months afterwards Mr. Samuel Waterman proposed to return to England to make arrange ments in reference to his wife, and some time afterwards the plaintiff undertook to bring to Eng land his child. It was sought to be imputed to her that the child was in fact her own ; but it would be shown, by letters and in other ways, that there was not the slightest foundation for any such imputa tion. At this stage of the proceedings, the repeated efforts which had been made to come to some ar rangement which would prevent a public discussion of the matters involved resulted in terms being agreed upon after the leading counsel had a length ened interview with his lordship in his private room. Mr. Sergeant Shee on his return said that his client was not present, but he had taken upon him self to do what he considered best for his interest. The Lord Chief Justice was quite sure that the defendant had reason to be deeply grateful for the settlement which his legal advisers had obtained for him. He also wished to add that the plaintiff had the satisfaction of receiving the acknowledg ment of all parties concerned that she was well entitled to sincere respect ; and, in addition, her pecuniary interests had been taken into considera tion. Mr. Sergeant Shee observed that even if the trial had gone on not one word would have been said against the plaintiff. The terms upon which the parties had agreed were not mentioned in court. SECOND COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London , before Mr. Justice Willes and a Common Jury.) GAMBART T. BALL.-COPYRIGHT IN PICTURES. Both the parties to this suit were printsellers, the plaintiff being in business at Pall-mall and in Paris, and the defendant in Holborn. The action was to recover damages for an alleged infringement of the plaintiff's copyright by photographing his pictures. Mr. Collier, Mr. Prentice, and Mr. Thompson, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Coleridge and Mr.Rewfor. the defendant. Mr. Collier, in opening the plaintiff's case, said that his client, like many other picture dealers, was in the habit of purchasing original pictures at large prices, and afterwards of engaging—also at great expense —engravers, for the purpose of pro clueing engravings of those pictures. He was th e owner of the celebrated pictures, " The Horse Fair, by Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur ; and "The Light of the World." For " The Horse Fair" he gave the artist £1,600, he having outbid the French Govern ment; and he also engaged Mr. Thomas Landseer to engrave it, and paid him 800 guineas for so doing. He purchased the copyright in "The Light of the World" for £2lO, end paid the owner £l3O for the loan of it ; and in addition Mr. Symonds had £3OO for engraving it. The engravings were thus obtained at an enormous expense. The present action was founded upon the 17 Geo. 111., cap. 57, which gave the o Rner of a copyright in a picture a right of action against any person who infringed it, and the circumstances which he should prove against the defendant were that he had exposed for sale in his window, and had sold photographic copies of the pictures which he had mentioned, and this without having the permission of the plaintiff to do so. When applied to he refused to give the name of the photographer, and he also declined to give any information as to the number of copies which he had sold. Mr. Gambart in his evidence said—l am the plaintiff in this case. I purchased the copyright of " The Light of the World" of Mr. H. Hunt for £2lO, and I paid Mr. Coombe, of Oxford, £l3O for the loan of the picture. I likewise paid. Mr. .`Symonds £3OO f or engrav i ng i t. T he p l ate I is not destroyed. The publication line is on the This was an action - for assault and false imprison ment. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and, secondly, that they had probable and reasonable cause for suspecting that the plaintiff had feloni ously stolen some lead. illr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Hance, were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. D. Keane for the defendants. The plaintiff, James Hampton, was a builder at Camberwell, and the defendants, Messrs. Cardale, were a firm of solicitors carrying on business in Bedford-row, and agents for the Rugby Charity, which possessed considerable house property in the neighbourhood of Lamb's Conduit-street. It ap peared that the plaintiff entered into a contract to repair certain houses in New Ormond-street, and on the 22d July last, while engaged upon the work, a man named Milligan, who carried on the busi ness of a coachbuilder in Feathers-mews, close by, asked him to look at the roof of his work shop, which let in the rain. He looked at the roof and found the lead on the gutter decayed and full of holes, and on reporting this to Milligan he re quested him to strip it off and relay the gutter with new lead. Next morning the plaintiff and his men took off the lead, rolled it up, and were about re moving it from the premises, when a policeman in private clothes came up and asked what they were about. The plaintiff explained the orders he had received from Milligan, but the policeman said he could not allow the lead to be taken away, and it was locked up in the workshop. A month after wards he and some of his men were taken into cus tody for stealing the lead, by direction of the de fendants, acting for the Rugby Charity, to whom the premises belonged. They were locked up all night, and on the case being brought before the magistrate at Clerkenwell Police-court, remanded for several days, at the expiration of which they were all dismissed. One of the witnesses called for the plaintiff was Milligan, known by the soubriquet of" Long Jim," a man in the garb of a labourer, whose appearance called forth the remark by the learned judge, that he was not likely to be eEndloyed to build the Lord Mayor's coach. He said he had occupied the work shop for two year!, at a rent of 7s. a week, and did odd jobs. The rain came in down the wall of the upper room, but he never employed the plaintiff to repair the roof. When that room became uninha bitable the defendants allowed him to remain in the lower portion of the premises until they were pulled down, without paying any rent. He had remained there on trespass since January last. He was drunk the whole of the day when plaintiff said he gave him an order to relay the lead, and could recollect nothing he did. He was unable to pay his rent, and therefore could not meet the expense of re p a i r i ng the roof, and the plaintiff well knew that. The wit ness positively denied that he requested the plaintiff to remove the lead. Mr. M. Chambers, in his addre ss on th e par t o f the defendants, said the reason w h y no procee di ngs were taken against the plaintiff until some time after the occurrence was, that they had in the first instance to communicate with the trustees of the charity, who had to determine what course should be pursued. The question was whether the case was not one of such grave suspicion as to justify the charge being made against the plaintiff, and he thought the jury . would be of that opinion after the evidence of Milligan, who occupied the premises entirely on sufferance and rent free, and who could have no interest whatever in repairing the roof at the expense of new lead. Besides, he turned out to be almost penniless, and therefore unable to pay the plaintiff after he had completed the job, as the plaintiff himself must have well known. The Foreman in terposed,and informed the learned judge that there was a very general opinion among the jury upon the case. The Lard Chief Baron said the question was not whether the plaintiff stole the lead, but whether there were circumstances of suspicion to justify the police officer interfering, and the subsequent pro ceedings of the defendants. The Foreman—That is our opinion. A brief consultation then took place between the jurymen, and on its conclusion the foreman said that one of their body wished to hear the remainder of the case. The Lord Chief Baron—ln mercy to the plaintiff it is very desirable that some arrangement should be -made. _ _ Mr. Hance said he thought the defendants ought to withdraw the plea that a felony had been com mitted. After some discussion between the counsel on each side, it was agreed to terminate the case by the withdrawal of a juryman. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE DERRY v. DERRY AND LAWRENCE. _ _ _ Neither of the respondents appeared, and the jury was merely sworn to assess damages, which were laid at £2OO. The marriage took place in March, 1859, the pe titioner being a baker in Judd-street, St. Pancras. The ca-respondent, who was a milliner and draper in Chapel-street, Somers -town, soon afterwards be came intimate with the family, and the respondent's sister subsequently taking a situation as his house keeper. Mrs. Derry had many opportunities of visiting him under pretence of going to see her sister. In March last the respondent eloped from her husband's house altogether ; and the correspon dent furnished lodgings in which he cohabited with her. As regarded the terms on which she had lived with the petitioner, a charwoman said she com plained to her that she was very unhappy; that her husband had deceived her as two children which he had had by a former marriage ; that he was mean, and that she did not see life enough with him. She alsostated that she loved Lawrence's little finger better than the whole of her husband's body. The jury found a verdict for £250. This being more than the amount claimed, it was reduced to the £2OO. The court made a decree nisi, with costs. SYKES V. SYKES AND WOOD. Dr. S wabey appeared for the petitioner. It was _ also a case in which the jury was simply called on to assess damages, They were laid at £2OO. The parties were married in 1849 at Lepton, in the parish of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield ; and they had one child. The petitioner was a dyer. In 1854 John Wood, a tenant farmer in the neigh bourhood, began to obtrude his company upon the family, and in the course of the year the respon dent went off with him. They had since co habited and had had an illegitimate family. The jury found a verdict for £lOO. Decree nisi with costs. 'WITT T. WITT AND KLINDWORTII. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Keane appeared for the petitioner ; Mr. arslake, Q.C., and Dr. Tris tram for the respondent; the Queen's Advocate and Mr. Holi for the co-respondent. This was a petition for a divorce on the ground of the respondent's adultery, and the husband also claimed £l,OOO as damages. The respondents both denied the charge, Bud also filed recriminatory pleas of adultery and cruelty against the petitioner. Mr Augustus W. Witt was a music publisher, carrying on business in Regent-street, under the style of I. I. Ewer and Co, He married a Miss Henrietta Matilda Karop on the 7th of January, 1858, and they lived together at 82, Mornington road, Hampstead-road, The co-respondent, Mr. C. Klindworth, who was stated to be a music com poser and teacher of some reputation, was an inti mate friend of the petitioner ; and he was charged with having abused the opportunities which his ac quaintance gave him to seduce the respondent. Miss Mary Ann Karop, sister of respondent, said —I frequently visited Mr. and Mrs. Witt. They appeared to be very happy and affectionate towards each other. I occasionally met the co-respondent Klindworth at their house. He was on very friendly terms with the family, and he came very often. Once, about Christmas, 1861, my sister asked me if I would mind leaving the room while he was there, alleging that he was going to copy some music. Mr. Witt was not then at home. The co-respondent was alone with her about two or three hours. I was asked to take the child away with me lest he should interrupt, and I did so. By Mr. Karslake—My father is a German, and a member of the firm of S ule and Co. My mother is dead, and he has married a second time. Mr. Witt and Mr. Klind worth are both Germans. My sister was 19 when she was married. My father was at that time paralysed, and my stepmother managed the household affairs. Mr. Witt had known my sister about a year before he married her. At that time he was manager of a music business at 390, Oxford-street. My father had a difference with him about money affairs soon after the marriage of my sister. Mr. Witt called at our house in Welbecke street a week last Tuesday. I never saw him there after the quarrel until after my sister had left. I understood that he objected to my sister coming to see us. She visited us about once a month. She generally came when Mr. Witt was at business. I remember the second birthday of my niece, on the 7th Jan., 1861. My younger sister and I both spent the evening at Mr. Witt's. We took a knife, fork, and spoon from my father for the child. Mr. Witt objected to receive the present. I told him that if he would not take it my sister would be hurt, and he then accepted it. My sister's health was very delicate for a long time after her confinement. By the Queen's Advocate—Soon after my sister was confined I remember seeing Mr. Bruckman in her bedroom. Mr. Witt and Mr. Klindworth were present. I cannot remember if they played cards on the bed. I have heard that that is not unusual in Germany. On re-exam . nation the witness proved the hand writing of 23 letters written by the respondent, principally to her husband, Sarah Brown—l was servant to Mr. Witt from Dec. 1860, till Midsummer, 1862. Mrs. Witt was taken ill about Christmas, 1861, and the next day Mr. Klindworth called. By my mistress's directions I showed him into her bedro He stayed with her an hour or an hour and a half. The next time he Cline I delivered to him a message to the effect that Mrs. Bruckmann was in the drawing-room, and that he was to go upstairs till she went away. I recollect my mistress going to Tunbridge Wells in the spring of 1861. The day before she went she told me to prepare, the top spare room for Mr. Klindworth. He spent the evening at the house, but did not use the room. The next day my master did not go to business, and my mistress told the other servant to watch at the window for Mr. Klindworth so as to prevent him coming into the house. If he did come she was to ask him to the top room. In point of fact he did not come. When my mistress went to Tunbridge Wells she took the other servant Ann, with her. When she came home she told me that Ann had been telling Mrs. Cox different things about Mr. Klindworth and the house affairs at home —that she had beaten the baby, and had threatened to telegraph to Mr. Witt of Mr. Klindworth being there ; and that lest she, Ann, should see Mr. Witt when he came down, she had sent her off. After then Mr. Klindworth came three or four times a week, and he would stay with my mistress three or four hours at a time. He did not, however, wait till Mr. Witt came home. Sometimes they went out together. Miss Cox came back with my mistress from Tunbridge IV ells, and stayed with us about six weeks. Once Dr. Oliver called while Mr. Klindworth was with her; and the co-respon dent immediately went through the dining-room so as not to meet the doctor. The same kind of thing happened also on another occasion. In May, 1861, Mrs. Witt, Miss Church, Miss E. Karop, myself, and the man servant George, went on a pic-nic to Hampstead-heath, Mrs. Witt proposed to leave the provisions and the extra clothing which we had taken with a waiter at Jack Straw's Castle. I asked if she thought they would be 'Cafe, and she replied " Oh yes, the man knows me quite well from going there so often with Mr. Klindworth." (The witness gave a great number of similar de tails tending to show the extraordinary intimacy which had existed between the respondents, and the clandestine manner in which their intimacy had been carried on.) So far as I observed my master and mistress rived very comfortably together. They seemed very affectionate to one another till the time my mistress went away. Mr. Klindworth never came to the house after that. By Mr. Karslake—ln August my mistress went to Barnard Castle without my master's kn wledge. He went after her and fetched her back. They were on affectionate terms after their return, but my mis tress left home soon after for good. Never saw them quarrel. The domestic affairs which the servant Ann had been talking about were the bills that were owing. Never heal(' Mrs. Witt tell her husband of the difficulties she had in managing the London people ; but she was in debt to them " unbeknown" to Mr. Witt. When she came back from Tun bridge Wells, Miss Cox slept with her. Do not remember whether my master ever slept with her at all before she went to Barnard Castle. At the conclusion of this witness's evidence the court adjourned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 12. CROWN COURT. CHARGE OF WILFULLY DESTROYING 'VESSELS AT SEA. George Ruxton was indicted on a charge of con spiring to destroy a vessel called the Roscoe, of which he was the owner, in order to obtain the in surance from the underwriters. The case has excited great interest, not only in Liverpool, but throughout the country, and the court was crowded from an early hour. __ _ Mr. Brett, Q.C., with Mr. Pot - ter and Mr. M'Cul loch, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Overend, Q.C., with Mr. Deighton, for the defence. In opening the case, Mr. Brett said that the pri soner, who up to the time of the present charge be ing preferred had been a prosperous merchant and shipowner in Liverpool, was charged with having counselled and directed the captain of the Roscoe (Jamieson) to set that ship on fire, for the purpose of defrauding the underwriters, and the jury must at once see that if such a crime could be committed with impunity by a person in the prisoner's rank in ;ife, a very heavy blow would be inflicted upon the commercial and maritime prosperity of the country, because no individual credit was sufficient to stand the serious loss of a ship, and it was only by the system of underwriting and a division of risks that the great commercial transactions of this town and country could be carried on. Mr. Brett then pro ceeded to show that the prisoner had insured the Roscoe for an amount greatly beyond the value of the ship, and that he was therefore in the very dan gerous position of its being greatly to his pecuniary advantage that she should be lost. In Jan., 1857, she was insured at Glasgow for £1,500, which amount was paid over to the Western Bank of Scot land, to the order of the prisoner, after the loss of the vessel. In the same month she was also insured in London, at Lloyd's, for £5OO, and this sum (less some amounts due on other premiums) was paid over after the loss to Ruxton. In April, 1856, Ruxton became a member of the London Marine Insurance Club, in which the Roscoe was insured for £6OO, and the policy, being one of time, was renewed in 1857. This money had also been paid over. In May, 1856, Ruxton also obtained a time policy on the freight in the London Trade Outfit Insurance Company for £3OO, and further insurances in the same offices were made subse quently for £6OO and £3OO on the vessel and freight respectively. In January, 1357, an insurance was made is the London Maritime Insurance Club for £BOO. There was also an insurance of £250 upon_ some goods and stores alleged to be on board , a n n el at the time the vessel sail ©d she was by these d other policies insured altogether for about £6,550 , including the insurances on freight, though her real value, as would be preyed by witnesses, was not _.>: a irt-, - more than £l l BOO, and the freight worth to Mr. Ruxton not more than £5OO. The ship Was said to sail with coals for Smyrna, thence in ballast to Quebec, and home to Liverpool, but it would be shown that she was not prepared either in store or in the condition of the ship for so long a voyage. She was an old ship—too old in fact to be classed at Lloyd's. She was " hogged" (keel bent), and her real value was not more than £1,500. It would be shown that a lot of biscuits and a chronometer which were insured in the £250 policy were not actually on board, and that before the vessel left the Mersey a new spar had been sent on shore by order of Ruxton, who said "it was no Use losing it. The vessel sailed in January, 1857, an , ll on the 3rd March following, when about fifteen miles off Smyrna, was destroyed by fire. Next coming to the witnesses who would support the case, Mr Brett explained that Jamieson, the principal witness, had been induced to come forward by the offer of £2OO reward and a free pardon (issued by the Home office) to any person who would give decisive in formation ac to the wilful destruction of ships. A fe ee days after the publication of these notices Buxton received a note from Jamieson, stating that he must have a "settlement," else their " joint vil lany," of which Ruston had reaped all the reward, would be exposed. Thu result of this and other cor respondence was that Jamieson was taken into cus tody on a charge of defamation of character ; but he was tried and acquitted, and Ruxton himself was subsequently arrested upon the charges which Ja mieson brought against him. Jamieson's story was that before the vessel sailed Ruxton suggested to him the plan of destroying her, told him she was heavily insured, and that there were brandy and other combustibles on board to set her on fire. There was a conversation also on the subject between the captain and Ruxton when the vessel was run ning down the Channel, in which Ruxton said that Jamieson was to " knock her brains out," i.e., run her on a rock, or set her on fire. When Ruxton was leeving:the ship at the Bell Buoy, he again spoke to Jamieson in the same terms. The conversation between Jamieson and Ruxton had been overheard by Llewellyn James, the mate (who would also be a witless). Having arrived at the entrance to Smyrna Bay, Jamieson would state that he went down from his cabin into the sail-room, and having thrown some turpentine upon the sails placed them near some brandy and set fire to them, and returned by a private passage to his own cabin. The vessel soon began to burn, and, though attempts were made to put out the fire, it communicated with the coals, and the vessel was abandoned; the captain and crew (who had taken to their boats) being picked up, and carried to Smyrna, At Smyrna the crew (as was usual in such cases) made a " protest" relative to the fire on board the ship and her abandonment, and in this protest he (Mr. Brett) was bound to say there was nothing said about her having been intention ally set on fire. It would be therefore for the jury —looking at all the facts of the case—to give what ever credit was in their opinion due to the state ments contained in the protest and those which would be made by the witnesses at the present trial. In conclusion, Mr. Brett pointed out that the intention to destroy the ship which had been formed would be further corroborated by a Mr. Bickley (a perfectly unbiassed witness), who was a creditor of Ruxton's, and to whom the prisoner had mentioned that he expected to hear of the loss of a ship, and that he would then pay Mr. Biekley's claim. The following evidence was then called: — Mr. Bell, of Liverpool, and Mr. Symington, of Glasgow, proved insurances on the Roscoe, in Glasgow, to the extent of £1,500, and the insurance in London, for £5OO, was proved by Mr. Crawford. Robert Fox, late clerk to the prisoner, proved that the instructions given to the insurance brokers were in the prisoner's handwriting. The other insurances on the vessel having also been proved, John Bachelor, shipwright, stated that the Roscoe was repaired at his yard in August, 1856, and that £l6O was paid by the owner ; but even then the vessel was not seaworthy, and he would have been surprised to hear of her having returned safely from a foreign voyage Another shipwright, Joseph Morrell, described certain repairs which he had also made on the ship to disguise her being " hogged," but in cross-exa mination he admitted that the repairs made were very considerable, and cost several hundred pounds, old and weak woodwork having been substituted by iron and new wood. Percival Tonge, marine surveyor, stated that such vessels as the Roscoe were worth from £3 to £3 10s. per ton ; but that there were defects about the Roscoe which made her intrinsic value less than this. Evidence was then adduced as to the supply of brandy and other spirits to the Roscoe, and a con siderable discrepancy appeared between the amount stated on the prisoner's papers and that stated in the spirit merchant's ledger. Mr. Taylor, of Liverpool, described the selling of a new spar to the prisoner for the Roscoe ; and the sale of the spar by Ruxton to another person was also proved. Thomas Jamieson (late captain of the Roscoe) then described the various interviews with Ruston, particularly the last (on board the ship), in which Ruxton gave instructions to knock the ship's brains out or set her on fire. Ruston said he intended to get invoices for double the amount of the spirits actually on board. Ruxton's parting instructions at the Bell Buoy were, " Now you have got all right, see that you do it well, and don't be long away." Witness then went on to detail how he poured turpentine on the sails and set fire to them. The ship was set on fire when about 17 or 18 miles from Smyrna, and 4 miles from the nearest land. The deed was performed about midnight, the sails being set on fire with a candle after they had been soaked with turpentine. The coals which formed the cargo were not separated from the sails by any partition. About half an hour afterwards an alarm of fire was raised, and though the efforts to extin guish it appeared for a time successful, the coals became ignited and the carpenter was directed to scuttle the ship. This, however, could not be done, and about 11 a.m. the officers and crew left the vessel in the boats, and were picked up and taken to Smyrna. Here the protest as to the loss of the ship was made in the usual form. In cross-examination by Mr. Overend the witness said that the vessel was purchased, with his consent, for £2,170, and that his interest in her was mort gaged. The repairs to the vessel at various times had not exceeded £4OO. The place where the spirits were placed on board the Roscoe was the ordinary place where such things were stored. When the spirits were shipped witness made a statement to the effect that the value was the same as the pri soner had stated it to be. Before the vessel sailed, Ruxton told him the vessel was insured for £6,000 and upwards. The prisoner left it to him (witness) to determine the exact time to destroy the vessel. When witness went down to set fire to the sails he knew that he was going to commit a felony. The protest made at Smyrna attributed the loss of the ship to accident. On the witness's return to England he went out as captain of another of the prisoner's ships, whict he lost, not by design, but by sheer acci dent. A dispute and an action for wages claimed by witness were the result of this loss. Up to the time of the reward of £2OO being offered witness had not mentioned the wilful destruction of the Roscoe to any one, nor had he stated that when the vessel had been at sea 13 or 14 days he had seen smoke issue from the hold and been much alarmed at it. The case was proceeding when our parcel left. CHESTER, DEC. 12. THE EIRKENHAD RIOTERS. The commission for holding the winter assizes was opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Baron Bramwell, and this morning at 10 o'clock his lordship took his seat in the Crown Court, when the grand jury were sworn, and the usual formalities gone through. His lordship then charged the grand jury. In the outset of his address the learned judge said that the state of the calendar was a subject of congratula tion, because there were fewer cases in it than usual, and if the cases which had arisen out of the Birkenhead riots were omitted they would have but 20 prisoners in gaol to take their trials. This, everything considered, was a wonderfully small number. He said everything considered, because it certainly was remarkable that where there was so much distress in one part of the county so small an amount of crime should have come from that part. His Lordship having referred to one or two cases in the calendar, then, adverting to the recent riots at Birken head, said there were a number of men brought from Birkenhead charged with a riot.- There was no doubt there had been a riot there. It was not necessary for him to give any lengthened explana tion or definition of what a riot was. In this parti cular case there was every ingredient to constitute a riot, and if some of them were left out it would be still a riot. The only question would be whether the prisoners, or any of them, were identified as having been there and taken part in the riot. First the irst of all there wa s the to determine,h e question of andidentity. , r jury would h ave then consider whether the persons had taken part in the riot. As h e had said before, it would not be necessary for him to trouble the jury with a definition of what a riot was. In this case, and be believed in most other cases, a man m;ght take part in a riot not merely by being an active stone-thrower or shout ing and yelling, but if ho were seen marching with presence encourag i ng ot h ers , h e others, rasa, amuchnd b y his a party in the !jot as a soldier in a battle, who, although he did not fire a gun,was then pr i eb h e e nttobe u p a brought reserve. That was al thought it necessary s a t.) say on the subject, except this —he could not say whether any bills would be presented .to the grand jury against the prisoners or some of them, for wounding and assault- ing the police, but if there wer e, they would have to say if the wounds had been inflicted , and whether of the person so inflicting them was acting' in w ith some one else, with the common intentether wounding. But he really did not know v‘-'l,' such a bill would be sent up, and he could not u n dertake to send it up himself , not havin g the ma,te rials in the depositions to do so. H is Lordship the n dismissed the grand jury to their duties. concert The case excites an unusual amount of interest:, here, and to-day large numbe rs of people are. here from Birkenhead. It is understood that on enormous amount of money has been subscribed for the defence of the p risoners. Mr. Brndt, Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Horatio Lloyd are retained for the Crown, and Mr. Welsby, Mr. Pope Hen nessy (specially retairied), Mr . Mor g an Lloyd, an Mr. Gifford for the prisoners. THE DEATH OF lIUS.WSON. • At Parkside, about seventeen mi les from lav engines stopped to take in water. He re a de p lorb:ble acci dent occurred to cne of the illustr i o us visitors, which threW a deep shadow over the subsequen t p roceedin g s of the dal' The " Northumbrian " engine, w ith the carriage eon taining the Duke of Wellington, was drawn u p on one line! - erpool, th e in order that the whole of the trains on ihe other line migh t " pass in review before him and his party. Mr. Huskisson had alighted from the carriage, and was ishtsnding eu tbe , opposite road, along which the " Rocket" w. as Dbserveu rapidly coming up. At this moment the Duke of ton, between whom and Mr. Huskisson some cooln ese 123 A ci existed, made a sign of recognition, and held out his . 11611 :,' A. hurried but friendly grasp was given, and before it loosened there was a general cry from the bystander s " Get in, get In." Flurried and confused, Mr. Huskissonendeavoured to get round the open door of the carriage, which projected over the opposite rail ; but in so doing h e was struck down by the Rocket, and falling with his lie doubled across the rail, the limb was instantly crushed. first words, on being raised, were, " I have met my death , ' which unhappily proved true, for he expired that sae° evening in the parsonage of Eccles. It was cited at the time as a remarkable fact, that the Northumbrian ell; gine, driven by George Stephenson himselic conveyed the wounded body of the unfortuna te g entlens an d ir 34 tanee of about 15 miles in 25 minutes , or at the rate 0f r''ivA miles an hour. This incredible sp eed burst u p on the 'r° with the effect of a new and unlooked for phenomen°l:l' The accident threw a gloom over the rest of the day's 1 31.° : ceedings. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Pee' expressed a wish that the procession should return to Live r ' . pool. It was, however, represented to them that a vast cell course of people had assembled at Manchester to w itness s arrival of the trains; that report would exagg erate the O chief, if they did not complete the journey; and that a fel s° panic on that day might seriously affect future railviao t ra velling, and the value of the company's property. iful3a party consented accordingly to proceed to Manchest,er, on the understanding that they should return as soclt.„.°o possible, and refrain from further festivity. As the approached Manchester, crowds of people were found cove:6 ing the banks, the slopes of the cuttings, and eveu railway itself. The multitude became impatient and es' cited by the rumours which reached them, ha Theflaeie the military, and all order was at an end. P e : P o r clambered about the carriages, holding on by th e Z ta l handles, and many tumbled over; but, happily, 11° acc ident occurred. At the Manchester station, the 1 ) ,; 1 ., tical element began to display itself ; p lacards about" re , \c o loo," &c., were exhibited, and brickbats were thr? 0 at the carriage containing the Duke. On the carri°cigia coming to a stand in the Manchester sta tion the Dukeith die not descend, but remained seated, shaking hands • women and children who were pushed fo rward b y the or°.hey Shortly after the trains returned to L i v er p ool, which t i f) reached, after considerable interruptions in the dark, tt late hour. COUNLRY MARALI6. - --- LIVERPOOL—DEC. 12. forta°r Wheat, at our market to - day, was steady , an- Floal prices were about supported. Business very quiet. d3 d to dull, and not much doing Indian corn also dull, an Gd per qr lower. WAKEFIELD—DEc. 12. els of We had a dull trade to-day, and fine drY P are d 13. 0( Barl y wheat sold in retail at about late rates. e Par u rr beans is cheaper in price. Other articles were nearly saleable. Ave rages for the wee.... Wheat 9OB qrs., at ..... 48s iota Barley.... Peas —••— . ....... —8 061 — 8 Od Oats --— ........ _ —s pd Rye — Beans 25 - 32; O STAMFORD—DEc. 12. New wheat, 50s to —8 —red, 44s to 48s per 36 St ° 0 11 :: Barley, 31s to 408 per qr. Oats, 20s to 27s per 24 OW Beans, 38s to 42s per qr. EXETER—DEC. 12. 3s 6d to s o 3 of 6s 3d to6s 6d I Barley.. .3s Wheat, white.. -... ~uos 6cl I .b.. Ditto red. .68 Od to 6s 3d 1 Oats .........2s 9 sang. Flour, fine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 34 s to 35s per CATTLE. ,icl to 6* Fat beef, p sc., 9s 4d to 11s3d 1 Ewes, per lb .... I" to I d Pork carcases, 76 6cl to 8s 6d Wethers, d 0..... 661/dtol° Lamb, p 1b....... lid to 8d Fat calves, d 0... -- d Rough fat, 3id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 12. , we elst Our raw sugar market has bee n ver y quiet thlg The owing to the brokers' offices being so bare of saie,fte all rap refined market is fi, some de Wscriptions c ommana l Zj 0 , advance of fully 6d rm per cwt. e h a ve had some 0"" rum at about late quotations. COAL .ARKET. —k A the close of the 213, (Prices of Coal per Ton al a. d. Bate's West Hartley..ls 0 Carway and Duftryn Malting Do. Anthracite 20 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ..15 6 Bell's Primrose .....14 6 Carr's Hartley l5 6 Tanfield Moor 14 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 6 North Pelton Gas. 15 0 Bower's West Hartleyls 6 Cowpen Hartley .. 15 6 Davison's West Hart _ 6 7 Walla Ell a ' .1S a Hetton ........ • ' ,1 Heugh Hall ....... ' . 16 6 Thorpe ......... * , 16 5 Belmont ...... •" ' ..1 6 6 Tunstall ........ • " IS 6 Haswell ............ • .1/ 3 South Kelloe.. .... " .11 6 K elloe ......... •• " 11 0 '•": Braddyll's flettoia• ••• 16 0 Gosforth ........ • ' IS 0 Hartlepool.. ...... " .17 Smith Hartlep001•••:* IS f; Tiimdon Hartlepoot •• i s 0 Trimdon. ThoraleY' I'l6 6 Eden ..........•• • ' " . 16 Acorn Close ........ • 16 6 Ridde11....., ....... IS 5 s . outh Hetton ...... • '' . l6 6 Wharncliffe .......•' ,17 6 CaradotS • ......... ...•. 0 11 Burn ......... Keiper Grange • " 188 ; sold, 150. ley ..15 9 Hastings Hartley ....15 6 Holywell ..17 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 6 Walker Primrose 14 3 Wylam ~16 6 West Wylam 15 9 Eden Main .. 16 9 Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LlB7l - 1 9 ' MAILS DUE. pe ° ' 1 5 ' Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton..• • • ' 'De. 4, via Marseilles ..... •• • ' Isli'%. airazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... pa p i g, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helen s • • Peo . 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarapton:,-, e c. ~ via Marseille s •. .1 0 , / I , Falkland Islands ................. • ..... 19 , Gibraltar, via Southampton . ............... ye' iS• . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southamptoo• , ye' 0, v i a Marseilles.. pe e. 0 , India (Bombay), via Southampton ........... pee's, via Marseilles ........ 16 0. it , Portugal.... 13 , Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... Deo' 10 , via Marseilles ......... pee' Newfoundland .............................. :900'. • 10 , Oporto and Vigo .. . ...... ..... U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. naok i _e t i • '., ~ 1 1 : ' by U.S. PaCg• e n c e ' t:D v " lv' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and TbYenCeariligi.i .............. "Ibilee;,lo9', Bahamas, via New York ....................... pc° 0 Mexico .................................. ~',,,...1 p ea, All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Fe' - '2 .....0.0 ,/ California, and British Columbia.. .......... ___,,,,/i BIRTHS. r od' DRITMMOND.—On the 12th inst., at Falcon 1 0 ), „S e jltar d ' the wife of Walter Drummond , Esq. , o f a “ 6 " .- t DRUITT.—On the 9th inst., at 37, Hertford -61 11' fair, W., Mrs. Druid, of a daughter. Ilegoi Nerna.—On. the 10th inst., at the Staff Com o , ~.p e tf, hurst, the wife of Colonel Wm. Napier, of 13 1 . 1 °- 0 -OP - 14 TREMENHEBRE.—On the 11th inst., at 3, ..."'„, e tar e " ' Park-lane , Mrs. Seymour Tremenheers , a son, stillborn. d p o a n ri , sh to c s h us ur a c n h n , a A . t n h s e el o m nl O y d d li a n u MARRIAGES. ag Coa l po ODLING — JAMESON.—On the 11th inst., ay. ng too , 00 0 ' f Esq., of Elm Tree House, Cottingham• Tws 's, 0 TAYL O II -- BACON.—On the llthinst., at St . `' berwell, Thomas, third son of Thomas 3 ,„ r of Carlisle, to Elizabeth 9 Ellen, youngest dauguw— Bacon, 11sq., East Dulwich, Surrey. ghEtesrcio.9-lelllll liajj B u p ' r e ;: oc it n. Col, Robert Butler, aged 72. HS' street, IIV ;Ohne, John .—On the 9th inst at 29, Welbeck-0 So cifor't BROWN. — On n 9th Brown, inst. , a 94 ' age . BuNN.—On the 10th inst., at Frome, Jane Bunn, t. Oro COTTON.—On the 30th Oct., at Rayaporanr, L iel i l f i ie tit.. Forbes Cotton, 4th Maras N. 1., eldest son o 0. e l ., Park aged Al.ouse, General Cotton, of Gloucester -terrace, liensingt;Tille EARDE.—On the 10th inst., at Tipper Norwood, bail"' Earce, late Clerk of the orks at the Exhibition f. ing, Hyde-park, aged 46. 11 0' HOLLOWAY,—On the 11th inst., at Notting-ki 1 Holloway, Esq., late of Rajmahal, E. 1., aged ou• 4 , o tte' WELLER.—On the 9th inst., at Edmonton Mr' ,itlo' Walter Weiler, formerly of Bishopsgate-;treet *. aged 78. ____----"< -- - - o p 1 LONDON : Printed an d Published by Jons C11`‘',,,,, Il; of No. 112, Stran d, Printer, at THE SUN Othce, PL,, -. 0 , 0' Strand, in the Pre cinct of the Savoy, in the "w- Middlusexi—Saturday, December 13, 1364.