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AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC, 24. (PER EUROPA, via QUEENSTOWN.) The steamships Edinburgh and Arago, with Euro pean news to December 12, were intercepted off Cape Race on December 21, and their news ob tained. The steamships Australasia and Persia, bringing European news to the 15th inst., were intercepted off Cape Race on December 23, and their news, in cluding the intelligence of the death of the Prince Consort, was telegraphed. The steamship Teutonia arrived at New York on the 22d of December, and the steamship America, after touching at Halifax on the 23d of December, where she left despatches for the British fleet, ar rived at New York at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 24th inst., bringing the European mail of the 7th. Great suspense continued to exist on the Trent question. The Washington correspondents of the New York journals furnished the most conflicting statements on the question at issue, so much so that their accuracy might well be doubted. A very general belief, however, had gained ground that Mr. Seward forwarded a despatch to Mr. Adams in London one week after the seizure, informing the British Government that Captain Wilkes acted without instructions from the Federal Government; and, as it was supposed this information might, perhaps, modify the demands made by the British Government, an unfounded impression prevailed that Lord Lyons had delayed the delivery of the despatches brought out by Capt. Seymour, Queen's messenger, in the Europa, until he had received further advices from England, dated subsequently to Mr. Seward's despatch to Mr. Adams. These advices, it was hoped, might have been brought by the America, which arrived here on the 24th. The general popular feeling was undoubtedly extremely hostile to England and to the demands of the British Government. There was no doubt, how ever, that the surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell would be accepted by the public as a neces sity of the position the Federal Government was placed in in regard to the rebellion ; and the idea that the hands of the Federal Government would thus be left free to restore the Union by force of arms would, for the time, compensate the public for what they considered the humiliation of com plying with the demands of England; but the bitter feeling against England would, there is no question, be much increased by their surrender, and the Trent affair would neither be forgotten nor forgiven by Americans. The following letter from a writer in the Phila delphia Press fully pourtrays the feeling of many Americans on this subject : WASHINGTON, DEC. 18. " England knows she is strong. This is our hour of weakness and she may make it her opportunity to strike. She can now he arrogant and insulting, for now her arrogance and insult cannot be re sented. The northern coast is exposed to her large and powerful navy, our towns are not fortified, and she may bring desolation upon our people and our manufacturing interests. All this she knows. Her armaments are large and well appointed ; her army has been increased almost to a war footing; she is prepared to throw large bodies of troops into the eastern and northern portions of our Republic ; Canada is filled with armed men, and the frontiers of Canada are simply so many garrisons. Our com merce is at her mercy. In the Mexican Gulf there is a large British fleet which could render our newly gained strongholds on the southern coast untenable, and accomplish the destruction of the brave men at Port Royal, Hatteras, and Santa Rosa Island. She may break our blockade and entirely nullify our expeditionary operations. With the Potomac vir tually blockaded, an immense army under Beaure gard in our rear, Washington would probably fall. With the Chesapeake Bay open to any navy that may choose to enter, with a disloyal population in :Maryland, with enemies along the Virginia and Atlantic coasts, England could precipitate a fearful Ber!es of disasters, and perhaps with the aid of the Southern armies turn the bloody tide of war upon ;the Northern States. It may be, in view of all these grave considera tions and the sad necessities of the case, that in order to avoid a war which could only end in our discomfi ture, the Administration may be compelled to con cede the demands of England, and perhaps release Messrs. Mason and Slidell. God forbid !—but in a crisis like this we must adapt ourselves to stern cir cumstances, and yield every feeling of pride to xnaintain our existence. If this contingency should ever arise—and I am only speculating upon a dis agreeable possibility—then let us swear, not only to ourselves but our children who come after us, to re payi,this greedy, insolent, and cowardly Power with the retribution of a just and fearful vengeance. If England in our time of distress makes herself our foe and offers to be our assassin, we will treat her as a foe when we can do so untrammeled and un- Atenaced by another enemy." The writer then suggests several methods " by which to baffle Engand if she is disposed to take part against the cause of civilized freedom on this continent," one of which is to submit the whole case to the arbitration of Russia or France, or both together, and continues as follows : " Should the British Government accept any one of these suggestions or explanations the case can readily be adjusted. Should she refase there can be but one judgment pronounced. She will forfeit the respect of every civilised Government on earth. " But whether she accepts or rejects them, this much is written in the book of fate—that if she has attempted to embarrass or to assail the United States in their present mighty trouble she has made eternal foes of all the loyal millions of America and their posterity for ever. "If we do concede the demands of England, how ever, it will only be because we desire to crush this rebellion, as a duty we owe to mankind. It will be because we prefer to master the great evil and do not wish to be alienated from our duty by an inter national and comparatively unimportant quarrel ; it will be because we prefer national salvation to the gratification of any feeling of national pride. It will be a great act of self-denial. But when we come from this rebellion it will be with a magnifi cent army, educated and organised, and with the sense of this wrong weighing upon them. It will be with a navy competent to meet any navy upon the globe. It will be for us then to remember how England was our enemy in the day of our misfor tune, and to make that remembrance a dark and fearful page of her history and an eternal memory in our own." At the annual dinner of the New England So ciety, held at Astor-house, in New York, Dec. 23, some of the speakers referred to the Mason and Slidell question. The following extracts from the speeches of the Hon. R. J. Walker and Mr. Evarts, the President of the Society, give some idea of the popular feeling on this question— Mr. Walker did not advocate war with England, but if England, forgetting a common language, a common race, and a common history of liberty—if, forgetting all these things and all her alleged prin ciples of 30 years, she shall make herself the ally of that Power which has derided all these, if we do not fight her now, she will have sown the seeds of an everlasting hatred, and the time will come when the flag of the American Union shall float victo riously over every acre of British-American soil. (Loud and long continued cheering.) " Mr. Evarts, introducing the next regular toast, said that, as President of the Society, he would re mark, upon a thought suggested by some words lot f a ll by the hon. gentleman wh o h a d l ast spoken, ,that he was decidedly of the opinion that if to this envious quarrel thrust upon us by our haughty sisters there was to be added the frown of our jea lous mother, we can settle the whole family quarrel now very nicely together. (Great hilarity and ap. lause.)" Mr. Seward, who was unable to be present on the occasion, sen t th e following letter o f excuse. This letter is d a t e d D ec. 11, before the receipt of the European advices on the Trent question— " To C. A. STETSON, ESQ., ASTOR HOUSE. 4 ‘ Department of State, Washington, Dec. 11, 1861. "Dear Sir,—Pray present my apology to the sons of New England for declining their invit4tion to the New England dinner. My duties here allow me little enjoyment of the holydays. " If it were an Old England dinner instead of a New England feast, I would certainly strain a point to attend. I would like so good an opportunity to show our cousins across the seas that there is no material benefit or moral influence that can accrue to us that will not also increase the prosperity and greatness of Great Britain, and that every disaster that befals the United States is also pregnant with suffering and sorrow sooner or later to be borne by Great Britain. " Express my warmest acknowledgments to the committee, and believe me, ever faithfully your friend, "WILLIAM A. SEWARD." The press generally is certainly hostile to Eng land; the argument generally used is that if there is war with England it will be forced upon the United States by England ; that the United States are desirous of peace; at the same time entirely ignoring the various acts of the Federal Govern ment in regard to England since the commence ment of the rebellion ; more especially the un usual proceedings in the forcible seizure of the Commissioners Mason and Slidell, none of which proceedings tend to strengthen the bonds of peace between the two countries. Many of the jour nals contain elaborate arguments to prove that Ireland is ripe for revolt, the New York, Even mg Post going so far as to state that official infor mation had been received in Washington to that effect. They also argue that it would be the inte rest of France to remain neutral in the quarrel, in order to avail herself of a tariff which would at once be passed in favour of the admission of French goods into the United States for the next 10 or 15 years on such terms as to entirely exclude British goods from the market. .The Washington correspondent of the New York Times writes as follows on the feeling at Wash ington : " If I can judge by what I feel and hear I should utter a wail over the fading prospect of a brush with our great ancestor. Do you know that if there is one great sentiment that Jonathan always nurses, and cherishes, and hugs to himself, and heartily believes in, it is the sentiment of hatred to Bull, and to those habits and customs to which Bull is given ? If there is any regret felt at the taking of the rebel Commissioners from the deck of a British steamer, it is the regret that he may have thereby given our sanction to a right which Bull has always claimed to exercise, and which we have as resolutely refused to concede. Say what you will about friendly relations, cousinly love, commercial inte rests, and business alliances, there is really and sincerely no more good faith between us and them than there was 50 years ago. The old Adam in us is always ready for a fight with the mother coun try. Be sure of one thing. The country is in no mood to brook arrogance from England. The fear that the people seem to have is that the Go vernment may seek to shun a conflict by some con cession or explanation, or else a dalliance of the negotiation that may have the semblance of a wish to maintain existing relations." The New York Herald indulges in the following characteristic remarks : " In the Mexican war we had only 20,000 men employed. At the conclusion of the war the volun teers were disbanded, and they were the source of great trouble to our Government engaging in fili bustering expeditions to Cuba, Nicaragua, and other neighbouring States. If the survivors of an army of 20,000 caused the Government so much uneasi ness, what would he the consequence if a million of men, filled with military ideas, and many of them fired with ambition and the lust of conquest, were to be disbanded and left without employment ? The most difficult problem in France is what to do with its armies in time of peace. The soldiers can pot bear the idea of inaction. If they are not en gaged with a foreign foe, there is every danger of their embarking in domestic revolution. In order to preserve peel at home the rulers of France find it necessary to war against their neighbours at brief intervals. What, then, is the American Govern ment to do with the immense fighting mass which will be left on its hands when the Southern war is over ? It must be immediately employed in vindi cating the Monroe doctrine, and be directed against European domination on this continent till every vestige of it is swept away. Mexico must be made free to choose her own destiny without European intervention, and Cuba and Canada must be an nexed at one blow to the United States. All the West India Islands must be conquered. They prc nerly belong to the American continent, and all European rule on the coast of the Pacific must be terminated by the American republic, one and in divisible,' and henceforth a military public like ancient Rome, reducing the neighbouring nations to her sway, but giving them also her freedom and power, at the same time allowing them to retain their own domestic institutions. Thus, she grew in greatness and glory, but the narrow-minded Puri tanism which would meddle with the domestic in stitutions of the Southern States would prevent for ever the expansion of the American Republic and kindle undying hatred in the breasts of the van quished. There is no statesmanship in this con tracted sect. Under other auspices, therefore, will it be necessary to send forth armies con quering and to conquer, till this vast continent is ours. Such is the manifest destiny of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic races blended together in the United States; and never shall their pure Cau casian blood be deteriorated by adulteration with the negro like the unfortunate republics of Mexico, Central and South America. England knows that the last shadow of her dominion in the New World must vanish as the mist before the rising sun so soon as we shall have settled our domestic difficulties; hence her design is to prevent a settlement. But by our energy and rapid movements let us baffle her schemes and the game is ours." The New York Press generally makes but little comment upon the death of Prince Albert, beyond giving his obituary. The New York Times, however, has the following remarks : "The death of Prince Albert is without political significance. We might indeed speculate upon the possibility of a domestic calamity of this character diverting momentarily the attention of the British public from the war topic, but let us rather follow reverently to the grave this man, who, being a Prince, knew also to be a good citizen, a public bene factor, and an object of popular regard and respect. Thns much, indeed, is eminently due to the father from a people who so recently did honour to the son." The New York Herald contains the following reflections on the death of his late Royal High ness : " The effect of his decease will doubtless be to al lay in a measure the irritation of the British people consequent upon the affair of the Trent. The sen timent of loyalty in England is so deep and devoted that it approaches personal reverence and affection, and this sudden visitation of death to the Royal household will for a season occasion general sorrow, in the midst of which animosities languish and anger abates. The English people now so wildly exaspe rated at the inhabitants of the Northern States, ought not to need the reminder that, although we do not participate in their grief, we share in their respect for the memory of their Prince deceased. He had many traits which good men honour, and his memory will be honoured here as it deserves, irre spective of any temporary irritation between the motherland and our own." The New Fork, Times publishes the following news from Port Royal:— "Port Royal, South Carolina, Tuesday, December 17. " The stone fleet has departed in tow of several of our transports for Charlestown. The Marion is just in from Tybee with information that the rebels attacked our forces—whether by land or sea 1 know not—last night. Pulaski shelled our gunboats. The damage is at present unknown. Capt. Fuller has gone to Beaufort for the winter, and his De partment will soon follow. He has charge of the town and the property there entirely. " Operations against Warsaw Island were in pro gress, but nothing bad been accomplished when the Ericsson left. She will leave for New York on Monday. Adjutant-General Thomas has received a letter from Major•Oeneral Butler, who is now here, accompanied by a copy of the report of Briga-1 dier-General Phelps. General Butler says he has not received an official copy of Gen. Phelps' procla mation, but has information which renders it certain the printed copies are correct. General Butler con cludes as follows I need hardly say that the issuing of any proclamation on such an occasion was neither suggested nor authorised by me, and most certainly not such a one. With that important ex ception I commend the report, and call attention to the clear and business-like statement.' General Phelps, in his report, keys :—' Deeming it proper to make known to the people of this region the re moter objects of this expedition, I have prepared a proclamation which I shall endeavour to have dis seminated as early and as widely as possible, con sistent with the more pressing demands.'" A preconcerted movement was made on the night of the 20th of December along the North Missouri Railroad. The Confederates who returned from General Price's army destroyed about 100 miles of the road, or at least rendered it useless. Com mencing eight miles south of Hudson, they burnt the bridges, wood piles, water tanks, and ties; tore up the rails for miles, bent them, and destroyed the telegraph line. This was continued to Warren town, where the work of destruction ceased. How many were concerned in this villanous work is not yet known, but there is no doubt that it was a pre concerted and simultaneous movement of the citizens along the road, as no single party could have accomplished so much in one night. Three hundred of the villains are known to have been engaged in the destruction of the bridge track at Warrentown. On the 21st of December the Kentucky Legisla ture, by a vote of 69 to 11, concurred in the Senate's amendment to the Bill reported by the House Committee on Federal Relations, thanking the Pre sident for his modification of General Fremont's proclamation and Secretary Cameron's report, and requesting the President to dismiss Secretary Came ron from the Cabinet. MONDAY, DEC. 23. The weekly averages of the banks of the city of New York on Saturday, Dec. 21, 1861, present the following changes from the previous exhibit of Dec. 14 : Dols. Decrease of loans .. 1,863,472 Decrease in specie .. 2,622,109 Decrease in circulation . 31,403 Decrease in undrawn deposits.. 4,482,011 ffrABLIKE P.RAPA.RATIONS 11V CANADA. A letter from Montreal, dated Dec. 23, says : By the time this reaches you Canada will have fully 60,000 men in arms to resist the invasion of her soil. Of these the Active Militia, 7,500 strong, is uni formed, armed, and in a respectable state of dis cipline, quite equal in this respect to any force the United States can bring against them, with in finitely better officers, and that confidence between officers and men which is wanting in the Federal army. A Militia general order, issued on the 20th, calls into active service one company, 75 men, and three officers from each of the 459 battalions of Militia, by volunteers from the service men, or in the aggregate 34,425 rank and file. The Volunteer corps will number fully 20,000 more, and will provide their own uniforms. The pro vince never before was so unanimous in feeling, so perfectly united, so enthusiastic, and so determined. The consequences of the outrage on the Trent were perceived at once, and within a few hours prepara tions commence. New batteries were constructed at Toronto ; cannon, arms, and stores were for warded from Quebec to the interior magazines; ex tensive machine shops were hired for rifling the heavy smooth-bored ordnance, of which there is a vast quantity in the country ; the whole frontier was visited by General Williams and the Engineer officers, and every preparation made for defence against a sudden attack. A month ago Canada was at the mercy of the enemy ; a month hence it will stand armed to the teeth, and capable of offer ing a firm defence against any force that is likely to be brought against it during the winter. While the military authorities were thus doing their part the people were not less active. Volunteers companies were formed all over the province, and drill had commenced before the news arrived from England of the position taken by the British Go vernment and the probability of hostilities. Although Montreal is likely to be the first point attacked, the news was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and, strange to say, with an outburst of joy exceeding that displayed on the reception of the news of the fall of Sebastopol. When the tele graphic despatch was read aloud to the merchants and chief citizens who crowded the Exchange, cheer after cheer rang out to welcome it, and men con gratulated each other that the limit of forbearance with American insults had been passed, and that the insolent braggarts were to be taught that they could no longer act ,towards Great Britain as they never dare ac towards any other first-class Power. A great impetus was at once given to the Volunteer movement here, and before the expiration of the week their numbers had more than doubled. The following corps were organised or commenced : Victoria Rifles, 400 men, ranks full and drilling ; Montreal Royals, 600 men, filling fast; a brigade of Artillery, 24 guns, complete with men and horses; a battalion of Garrison Artillery, 300 men, drilling with heavy guns, two companies uniformed and effective ; two battalions French Canadian Riflemen, filling up; one battalion Scotch Rifles and one bf Irish, organizing ; three companies of Engineers (Sap pers and Miners), filling up; three troops of Cavalry, forming. And to these may be added six companies of Rifles, a battery of Horse Artillery, a company of Foot Artillery, and several other inde pendent corps raised by the colleges, manufacturers, brewers, and others ; the Grand Trunk Battalion of workmen employed by it. Independent of all these is the active force, consisting of the Prince of Wales Rifles, a battery of Horse Artillery, two companies of Foot Artillery, and two troops of Cavalry, uniformed, armed, and in a good state of efficiency. In two weeks I believe Montreal will have in arms fully 10,000 men, or more than one in ten of the population. In order to assist drilling, the mer chants and traders close their stores three days in the week at a quarter after 3 o'clock in the after noon. Drill instructors are furnished by the Com mander of the Forces to all corps requiring it, and these men express unlimited astonishment at the rapidity with which the volunteer material is moulded into soldiers. There is a great want of drill-rooms, the weather being too cold for much out-door drill, and many corps not being able to attend until night; but this is gradually being alleviated by the liberality of some of the merchants, who are fitting up the upper flats of their store houses for the purpose. Strange to say, this military outburst among a people with whom playing at soldiers has never been popular has been attended with little excitement; it is, on the contrary, the produet of quiet deter mination ; and, let England depend upon it, these men will do honour to their lineage on the battle. field. There are among them, of course, a large proportion of young men and lads delicately nur tured, and little accustomed to such fatigues as a campaign necessitates, but they are full of pluck and that strong sense of honour and defiance of danger that marks the educated youth of the British race. The corps composed chiefly of mechanics are as fine material for troops as the world can produce. Fortunately, there are no political dissensions in the province; for the last nine months the atten tion of the people has been so concentrated on the events taking place in the United States that local politics and party feuds have been forgotten. The Roman Catholic population of all origins is emi. nently loyal and trustworthy ; the Irish and French Canadian sections of it vie with each other in volun teering for the defence of the country ; the latter will require careful officering to develops their mili tary power, and to neutralise a constitutional timidity and want of confidence in themselves, I springing from institutions which fer a century have reduced them to the position of children. A council of war was held at Quebec on the 20th, after the arrival of a messenger from Halifax over- land by Fredericton and Riviere du Loup, with de. spatches brought by the Europa, when it was re portion of the Militia, and to solved to call out a THE SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 8, 1862. proceed at once with fortifications at certain weak ' points, Since the return of General Williams he has been closeted with some of the chief architects and builders here, and the Engineer Department has been working night and day at the plans of these works; Unfortunately, in planning the St. Lawrence Canals and the different lines of railway military considerations were ignored ; thus, the Beauharncis Canal was placed in the seignory of Beauharnois on the south side of the St. Lawrence, with its inlet only seven miles from the United States frontier, and its outlet about the same distance from the railway intersecting the Ogdensburgh line at Moers junction near Rouse's Point, and running thence to Plattsburgh. It is therefore easily assail able at both ends, and will require to be strongly defended, and held by a large force to maintain the line of communication. I believe it would be cheaper and infinitelysafer to construct at once a new canal on the north shore, where it ought to have been made at first. The Cornwall Canal through the greater part of its length is commanded by islands in the St. Lawrence, properly belonging to Canada, but sur rendered to the claims of the United States with that total carelessness of consequences which has marked British diplomacy in all boundary questions with America. The Grand Trunk Railway between Lake Ontario and Lancaster is so near the shore that trains must run the gauntlet of artillery fire fro*: the American side. The inlet of the Chambly Canal connecting Lake Champlain with the St. Law rence is commanded by Fort Montgomery, a very strong casemated work, built on Canadian territory, complacently surrendered to the United States by the Ashburton Treaty. Congress has just ap propriated 150,000 dols. for additional works to this fort, which seals up Lake Champlain, pro tects the bridge which unites the Northern New York Railway with a network of roads to Troy, New York, Boston, and intermediate points ; and it can only be reduced by a regular siege, covered by a force large enough to resist the large armies which might be brought in a few hours to its assis tance. Between jobbery, folly, and the blunders of diplomacy, our communications with the West are most precarious, and can ,only be maintained by better artillery, and a more skilful use of it than the United States can command. _ Congress has made large appropriations for de fences on the Lakes; 750,000 dols. for forts at Os wego, Niagara, Buffalo, and Detroit, and several of the 20 iron-clad steamers just voted are said to be allotted for the same purpose. With the ;excep tion of the fort at Kingston, covering the inlet of the Rideau military canal connecting the St. Law rence with the Ottawa river, Canada has no defen sive works on the Western Lakes of any strength. The Rideau Canal will admit the passage ;of the smallest class of gunboats; the St. Lawrence Canals, if they can be kept open, will pass them all. The command of the Lakes is of first importance, and to obtain this will every energy of the United States' Government be concentrated in a new war with England, as it was with the last. The United States has infinitely more to lose on the Lakes than it had in 1812, but it has also much better means of offence and defence, _ _ For some weeks the defences of Sackett's Har bour and other exposed points on the American side have been strengthened, the works being car ried on day and night, Sundays and weekdays; and large bodies of troops have been gathered at these places. It is estimated that there are 40,000 men, chiefly recruits, between Chicago and Rouse's Point, more than a third of them being on the land taontier between Rouse's Point, on Lake Cham plain, and Ogdensburg, on the St. Lawrence. Among these troops are some veteran regiments, being those which surrendered to the Confederates in Texas and the territories at the outbreak of the revolution, and were released on parole not to serve against them during the war, or until regularly exchanged. The Commissariat officers have proceeded to Bic to superintend the landing of the stores by the Alel bourne. Owing to the unusual mildness of the sea son, the river is free from ice, and if the steamer arrives this week there is no physical difficulty to prevent her coming up to Riviere de Loup, the eastern terminus of the Grand Trunk, where there is good wharfage. A little snow fell last night, but not enough to make sleighing here ; below Quebec there is good sleighing, and the Government road to the Lower Provinces is in good condition for the passage of troops. The erection of temporary barracks along this road would at a small expense enable troops to be sent forward from Halifax to Quebec in about 10 days, or in half that time if conveyances were provided. The Government messenger from Hali fax with the despatches from the Europa came through by this route in less than four days. THE AFFAIT? OF THE TRENT. I At the meeting of the Juridical Society held last night, at their rooms, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, the points of national law involved in the arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason by Captain Wilkes were again discussed. At the last meeting of the society, Mr. Charles Clarke read a paper upon the subject, in which he deduced from judg ments delivered in the Admiralty courts the following principles :—" First, that as a rule a ship is part of the soil of the country to which it belongs, subject to certain excep tions—one of which is the right of a belligerent ship to search it, though a neutral, fcr contraband of war; se condly, that it has the general right of freely sailing over the seas, carrying cargo, papers, and:persons ; but this cargo must, not be contraband, nor must the neutral engage itself to do the service of a belligerent transport in the conveyance of persons or papers between the belligerent mother coun try and its colonies ; for in such a case it may be lawfully treated as a belligerent transport. Thirdly, that where a neutral vessel is bona fide pursuing its ordinary employ ment between a neutral and a belligerent country (a multo fortiori where it is doing so between two neutral countries), the fact that the vessel has received on board in the ordi nary way as casual individual passengers or papers, the offi cers or despatches of one belligerent will not authorise the other belligerent to stop and search it, nor to take the per sons or papers from on board it. Lastly, that it is unlawful for a vessel of one nation to stop the vessel of another na tion on the high seas, to take out of it a person charged as a criminal, for such an act is an exercise of a municipal jurisdiction by one state within the limits of another which can only be permitted by treaties previously existing be tween the two parties. Mr. DANIEL, Q.C., last night carried the argument fur ther, and showed that between • neutrals the rights of belli gerents did not intervene. If such aright was conceded there was no limit to the length to which it might be carried, and Capt. Wilkes would, under such circumstances, be as much justified in seizing Mr. Slidell subsequent to his landing at Southampton while crossing from Dover toCalais. The learned gentleman quoted from Marriot's Reports the judgment of Sir G. Hay in the case of the Hendrik and Alida to show that a ship sailing from one neutral port to another, and carrying munitions of war and also officers the proven enemies of a belligerent, had a free right of passage over the high seas. Mr. Westlake then called attention to the opinion of the Hon. Caleb Cushing, formerly Attorney- General of the United States, upon the subject. He denies that the question is to be governed upon the principles which regulate impressments, the right of search, the arrest of persons on foreign national territory, or on board a ship, which is quasi national territory, as fugitives from justice ; the fresh pursuit of a public enemy ; of the seizure of ene my's despatches ;or the arrest of military persons. It rests entirely, ho states, upon the principle laid down by Lord Stowell, and accepted by the best modern authorities, that a belligerent has a right to stop, in Ware, enemy's ambas sadors, they being as yet unrecognised by the State to which they were accredited, and much more so when they were the unrecognised ambassadors of an unrecognised State. In contravention of Mr. Seward he denies that the case of Mr. Laurens is one in point, as it appeared from his own narrative that the vessel in which he sailed for the Hague was a ship belonging to Congress, and not a neutral ship, as has been alleged in America. Ha also denies that it at all matters whether the captain of the Trer t was aware either of the political character of Messrs, Slidell and Ma son, or knew of her Majesty's proclamation, the points re lied upon by Mr. Edwin James ; and he likewise throws aside, as unimportant to the issue, the question of violence on the part of the captors, and the fact that the Trent was voyaging from one neutral port to another. The subject was further discussed by Mr. Marshall and Mr. Lush ington, &c., and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS.—" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, fS to 1(0 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construo- Lion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 46 and 47, Cornhill, Loudon E.C. Established 1749, THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL. The coroner's inquiry into the causes that led to the deaths of Richard Wood, Patrick Coghlen, and W. Sabey was opened yesterday at King's College Hospital. Mr. St. Clair Bedford (the coroner) and the jury having examined the bodies of the unfortunate men, Mr. David Sabey, of Pitman's-buildings, St. Luke's, identified the body of Walter Sabey. He was my nephew. He was about 23 years of age, and was a carpenter. I was engaged at the hall when the accident took place. Coroner—l will take the identity of the bodies before I enter into the circumstances relating to the accident. Mrs. Wood identified the body of Richard Wood as that of her husband. He was a gasfitter, and was 21 years of age. Margaret Maley, of No. 2, London-passage, identified the body of Patriek Coglin. He was a bricklayer's labourer, and was about 25 years of ago. Mr. John Barr Brown, house surgeon of King's College Hospital, said—l saw the three injured men when they were first brought to the institution on Friday last. They were in a very bad state. Wood was totally insensible, Sabey was partially so, and Coglin sensible. Wood had a broken leg, a broken arm, a broken rib, and symptoms of a broken head. Sabey had a broken arm and other injuries. Ceglin had a broken arm and rib, and evidently an injury to the spine. Wood was put to bed and the usual remedies applied, but he died within half an hour after his admission. Sabey continued in a state of stupor till five o'clock the next morning, when he died ; and Coglin became delirious a ttale ,llefore seven, in the evening, and after being so for bout' half At •htlftti he died at eight o'clock. There has been a post-mortem examination in each case. Wood died from an extensive fracture of the skull; Sabey died from the shock received, combined with the injuries ; and the same circumstances had caused the death of Coglin. Henry Daniels, a labourer,:said—l was employed by Stephens, a zinc-worker in Old-street, to erect the scaffold in St. Martin's Hall. I erected it from Mr. Stephens' verbal directions, and it was completed on Friday morning. Stephens was not present during the whole of the time I was engaged in performing the work. I cannot say that Mr. Stephens said that he was satisfied with the werk after it was done, Mr. Prince furnished the materials for the scaffolding. He resides at 74, Melton-street, Fore-street. Coglin, the deceased, and Huggett assisted me in selecting the board s.The scaffolding veasrequired to fix the chandeliers. He considered that the scaffolding was sufficiently strong to support eight men. I should not have hesitated to have gone:on it with that number of people. I think there must have been some sudden jerk. Stephens told me there would be three or four men at work on it. I asked Stephens what weight he wanted on it, and he said three or four men. 1 saw seven or eight men on the scaffold just before it fell. After the accident I saw one of the cross poles which sup ported the flooring was broken. I belies e the pole would have borne the whole weight of the men provided there had been no jerk. There were 9 feet 6 between the two uprights, and 12 boards rested upon the cross poles. The Beadle—The boards weighed 421 b. each. Witness—Some were thicker than others. Breaking of the pole, I am certain, was the occasion of the accident. Mr. Stephens saw the poles and boards before they were loaded to be brought away. lle said he thought they were sufficient for the purpose. I put up the poles because, when I first spoke about the scaffolding, it was proposed to use cords, and Sabey said cords would not be strong enough. Mr. Stephens told me to erect the scaffold for three or four persons. The scaffold was never tested to see whether it was secure. Mr. Sabey who was foreman of the carpenters, said he thought the scaffolding would act very well. By Mr. Boulton, for Mr. Stephens—l first went to work for Mr. Stephens on Monday week. I saw him in the morning while we were getting the beards ready. I have known the poles to have been used once previous to being taken to St. Martin's Hall ; they then carried a greater weight than they were expected to bear at the Hall, I was directed to select light poles. By a Juror—l don't know that by a light pole a short one is meant. I was directed to get some light poles, and I did so. The inquiry was then adjourned. TUB NUSSEERABAD TRAGEDY. The following is from the Nusseerabad corres pondent of the Times of _lndia, dated Nov. 21 This station has been the scene of an act of savage atrocity which has struck every one with horror and consternation. Lient. W. A. Stewart, of her Majesty's 28th Regiment, returned from parade on the morning of the 19th. He lay down upon his bed and fell asleep. He lay upon his right bide, his arms folded upon his bosom. His mussaul entered, put the muzzle of his own doubled-barrelled gun to the back of his head, fired, blew the roof of his skull and the greater part of the face off, scattering the brains over floor, walls, and ceiling, then retreated to an outhouse, lay down, placed the mouth of the other barrel under his chin, and shot himself dead. All this must have been the work of a minute. No body was on the spot; the butler was at the bazaar, and the first discovery was made by the barber on entering to shave the hapless deceased. A court of inquest assembled, but as yet no adequate cause has been discovered for this fiendish act. Lieutenant Stewart had been until lately second in command of the Mhair Regiment at Ajmeer, and while there had been robbed by this man of some rupees, which he discovered, and warned him that he would turn him off. Unfortunately he did not do so at once. The mus saul was a Mussulman, and, it is said a discharged Sepoy. That he was acquainted with firearms is shown by the fact that a soldier of the 28th stated on the previous day he had cleaned this gun and a revolver, and put both up in their cases. The ruffian must have taken the gun out, put it toge ther, and loaded it, as well as the revolver, which was found beside his dead body with its five cham bers charged also, but with the bullets put the wrong way. The man was known to have " saints" of his caste about him, and there is a surmise that the act may have been the result of a deep-laid fa natical plot. The deceased is universally regretted by all who knew him. He was a good officer and a perfect gentleman, and the sorrow of his brother officers is heartfelt. On the very day of his death the general order appointing him interpreter to his regiment was received. His death must have been instantaneous, for as lie lay in calm sleep, with folded arms, so he was found. He was buried yes terday morning, followed to the grave by the Brigadier's Staff, the regiment, and all the officers of the station. I have briefly stated the facts of this deplorable catastrophe ; no words could con vey the shock it has been to the whole cantonment. There were two bullets in the barrel. The shot was fired downwards, for the balls passed through the bedding, and were picked up flattened on the floor beneath the bed. RESCUE OF A CREW AT SEA. The Glasgow Herald says :—"lf the recent gales in the North Atlantic have been productive of much disaster to our merchant shipping, they have also been instrumental in calling into exercise some of the noblest qualities of mind and heart in our sea faring men. We lately had occasion to notice a gallant rescue at sea by one of our ocean steamers, and to-day we have to record another of those heroic deeds, in which accuracy of judgment, promptitude of action, and generous self-denial were strikingly displayed. The ship St. Lawrence, one of the traders between our city and Canada, commanded by Capt. Hugh Wylie, had sailed from Montreal early in Nov. last, and after contending with adverse winds and severe weather in the gulf, 1 had only on the Bth December suc cee d e d i n reach ing the eastern edge of the Newfoundland banks, I when, towards the afternoon, she sighted a brigan tine at some distance with ensign union down. '1 he wind was then blowing fresh from the westward, accompanied with a heavy sea. The St. Lawrence bore down upon the vessel in distress, and, ap proaching to her as near as possible, hove to. Hail ing her, Capt. Wylie ascertained that she was the Harriet, of Newfoundland, bound for Greenock. A gale of wind had swept the deck, the crew, eight in all, were enfeebled with fatigue and exposure; several of them were disabled; captain and men were living in the forecastle, the cabin having been destroyed, and the vessel was making water faster than they could discharge it. Another day on board at such a season, and all might have found a watery grave. Night approaching, Capt. Wylie felt that succour, to be eifictive, must be immediate. Calling all hands on deck, and asking for a volunteer crew for the quarterboat, the mate and four men stepped forward. The boat was soon lowered, manned by them, and on her way to the sinking ship. With such a sea running it needed all the skill and power of her crew to bring the boat alongside. This ac complished, six of the men, which were as many as the boat could safely take, were rapidly Danzd on board and conveyed to the St. Lawrence. Anotber trip had still to be made to bring away the re mainder of the crew, and this, ton, was successfully performed, night closing in as the boat with its res cued freight came alongside.' Captain Wylie, after receiving them on board, and attending to their im mediate wants, resumed his homeward course, leav ing the Harriet to her fate. The already protracted voyage having caused heavy inroads to be made on the St. Lawrence's stock of bread, it became neces sary to practise strict economy in the use of what remained. Captain Wylie ordered that his crew be put on half allowance. To this they submitted with out complaint, and only when the odour from; the wounds of one of the disabled seamen became into lerable in the forecastle was a murmur heard. Capt. Wylie thereupon had the wounded man removed to his own cabin, where he was tended with the utmost care, master and officers cheerfully sub mitting to much personal inconvenience from his presence. Despite the use of every sanitary appliance at their disposal, the cabin was for several days pervaded by an effluvium so noxious as to deprive its occupants of all relish for food. Notwithstanding, theae attentions to the sufferer were not relaxed, and Capt. Wylie had the satisfaction of seeing him improve under his care, and at the end of the voyage last week he and two others were sent to the hospital at Greenock in a hopeful state. The rest of the rescued crew were also landed in good health and spirits, grateful to their benefactor for all the kindness they had re ceived." FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. COLLEGE OF ARMS, JAN. 7. In reference to the order for a General Mourning for His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, which was announced in the Gazette of the 16th of December last, These are to give notice, that it is not expected that the public should appear in Mourning after Sunday ; the 9th of February next. EDWARD G. F. HOWARD, D.E.M. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 14, 1861. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Patrick MacChombaich de Colquhoun, Esq., LL.D., Chief Justice of the lonian Islands. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William Jenner, now Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty, to be one of the Physicians in Ordinary to her Msjesty. WHITEHALL, JAN. 6. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Hugh Fraser to the church and parish of Berriedale, in the pres bytery and county of Caithness, vacant by the transporta tion of the Rev. Gilbert McMillan, to the church and parish of Loth, in the presbytery of Dornoch. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Gerald Raoul Perry, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Itealejo, to be her Majesty's Consul in French Guiana. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint St. Vincent Lloyd, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Poti, to be her Majesty's Consul at Syra. The Queen 'has also been graciously pleased to appoint Frank Ringler Drummond Hay, Esq., now First British Vice-Consul at Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Con sul at Cairo. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil liam Webb Follett Synge, Esq., to be her Majesty's Com missioner and Consul-General in the Sandwich Islands. FOREIGN•OFFICE, DEC. 28. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Major John Stokes, of the Royal Engineers, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul:in the Delta of the Danube. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles D. Cleveland as Consul at Cardiff for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. G. Crawshay as Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne for his Im perial Majesty the Sultan. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard Pearce as Vice-Consul at Penzance for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. WAR. OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 7. • : Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—George William Plu kenett Woodroffe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ives, pi om ated, 2d Dragoon Guards—George Alfred Wilson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice George Batley, who retires. 4th Dragoon Guards—George Hall Ringrose, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Luscombe, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Francis Theophilus Blunt, from the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Blinkhorn, who exchanges, receiving the former difference between cavalry and infantry. 13th h ussars—Higford Higford, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Innes, promoted. 16th Lancers—Augustus Wm. Erskine, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Wauchope, promoted. Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants :—Charles Garland Rule, James Adair Lawrie, Barrett Lennard Tollner, Desmond Dykes Tynte O'Callaghan, Frederick Campbell, Samuel Hopkins, Robert Henry Francis Rennick, Lionel Frederick Perry, Edmund Iloughton Braithwaite Lockyer, Edmund Webb Nash, John Ramsay Slade, Charles Ed mund Hawkshawe Ford, Edward Cross, Joseph Rus combe Poole, Charles Montresor Hughes Hallett,Thomas Burke Reeves, John Corsane Robinson, George Wm. M. Turnbull, Charles Larcom, Edward G. M. Donnithorne, George Albert Beaty Pownall, Henry Pipon, Robert Peere Williams Freeman, St. Aubyn Molesworth, the Hon. Evelyn John Hewitt, Frederick William Joseph, Archibald Fullerton Cumberlege, Edmund Waller, John. Fred. Maurice, Frederick Lyon Weston, C. B, Sandys, George Henry Marshall, Hamilton Geary, Charles Ed ward Souper, Thompson Copeland Capper, Townshend Griffin, Thomas Robert Disney, Charles Rusher Foul ^* . er, Robert Warburton, John Day, Edwin Denny Seaton Blenkinsopp, Julian Babonan Lawrewn, George Scott Chime, and James Keith. Royal Engineers—Second Captain Alex. Ross Clarke to be Captain, vice E. N. lleygate, placed on temporary half-pay ' • Lieut. the Hon. Wm. L e P oer T renc h to b e Second Captain, vice Second Captain and Brevet-Major W. James Stuart, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Lieut. Francis A. Marindin to be Second Captain, vice John Edwin Comes, placed on the Supernumerary List; Lieut. Moreton John Wheatley to be Second Captain, vice A. R, Clarke. The under-mentioned Lieutenants with temporary rank to be Lieutenants with permanent rank :—Archibald Lewis Buckle, Peter Godfrey Tarbet, Wm. Henry Patten, Wm. Henry Collins, John Herbert Smith, George Harris, Louis John George Ferrier, Henry Robinson, Augustin Charles Cohn Mackenzie. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants with temporary rank : Frederick Firebrace, Jeffrey Llewellyn Morgan, Alured De Vere Brooke, James Ro bert M'Cullagh, Malcolm William Rogers, Richard Ar thur Sargeaunt, George Ainslie:Lechmere Aston Whit more, John Yaldon Knowles, Albert Eugene Dummler, Jeremy Taylor Marsh, Robert John Henry Parker, Henry Loftus Lewis, Henry Champernowne, Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp, William Osborn, George William Gifford, Leslock Francis Boileau, Charles Edward Prid den, Thomas Brown Blake Savi, William Sedgwick, Andrew Wilson Baird, Albert Henry Hime. Coldstream Guards—Robert S. P. Broughton, Esq., to be Solicitor, vice \Vm. George Carter, deceased. 3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Richard Wm. Woods, from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles John Roper Tyler,. who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon Henry M'Nerce has been dismissed the service, by sentence of a General Court Martial. 10th Foot—Captain the Hon. Charles C. Chetwynd, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Wm. James Hales, who retires upon half-pay. 13th Foot—Ensign Henry Reginald Bate, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Moffett, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial. 15th Foot—Ensign Joseph McMurray to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice William R o b er t E str id ge Durrant, who retires ; Ambrose William Going, Gent., late Second Lieutenant South Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be En sign, by purchase, vice McMurray ; Philip Caddell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Ernest Anderson Hooper, who retires. 16th Foot—Surgeon James Richard Ffennell having com pleted a period of 20 years' full-pay Service, to be Sur geon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Russell Bowlby to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Owen Tudor Burke, who resigns that appointment. 21st Foot—Ensign Francis Meik Salmond to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Wm. Henry Ker, who retires ; Alfred Thrall Perkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Salmond. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Hill to be Captain, by pur chase, vice John Lawrence, who retires; Ensign Eugene Mervin lloe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill; Robert Charles Coveny, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Roe. 24th Foot —Captain Richard Henry Travers to be Major, by purchase, vice John Henry Lutman, 'who retires:; Lieut. H. C. Marsack, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Robt. Henry B. Airey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marsack; Richd. Stanifoth Pritchard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Airey; Reginald Simon Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles John Stone, who retires ; Percival Trosse Fortescue, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Regi nald Simon Fraser, appointed to the 63d Foot. 25th Foot—Captain Henry Blinkhorn, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Francis Theophilus Blunt, who exchanges; Captain George Kennedy Shaw from half-pay late 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Blinkhorn, who retires upon half-pay. 35th Foot—The promotions by purchase of Lieutenant Edward Tedlie, to be Captain, and Ensign William Poste to be Lieutenant, as stated in the Gazette of the Bth October, 1861, to be antedated to the 17th September, 1861. 49th Foot—Ensign John Holmes to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice George Donovan, who retires; the Hon. John Arbuthnot to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes. 63d Foot—Ensign Charles Ellison Terrot to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Thomas Coote Grant, who retires Ensign Reginald Sim on F raser, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Terrot. 74th Foot—Surgeon James Macbeth, M.D., having com leted a period of 20 years full-pay service, to be Surgeon Iklajor under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the Ist Oct., 1858, 80th Foot—Captain Charles John Roper Tyler, from the 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard William Woods, who exchanges. 93d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Bouchier to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Menzies, appointed to the Staff. Rifle Brigade—John James Hope Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patten, promoted; Assistant- Surgeon Nathaniel Norris, from the 85th Foot, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice David Ritchie Pearson, M.D., who resigns. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign William Fitzwilliam Smithwick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Augustus Sullivan, who retires. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Edward Rodney Cecil Pechell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard master, horn v ice , William Barrow, who retires ; Henry Thomas Tho rn t on Salvin, Gent. (late Ensign Ist West York Militi a ) , t o b o Ensign, by purchase. CAVALnY DEPOT (Maidstone) —Captain Henry 731 inkhorn half-pay, late 25th Foot, to be Rid;, .- fig - Captain and Brevet-Major Williem Griffin Sutton, who retires upon half-pay, MEDICAL, DeI'ARTMENT. Assi s tant-Surbbeon Robert Meni.ioA from the 93d Foot, to he Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice lienchier ' appointed to the 93d Foot ; Staff Assistant- Surgeon Seth Sam, on appointm en t to the Staff, should h a ve succeeded Assistant-Surgeon henry James Rogers as superseded, and not as placed on h alf-pay, as stated in the Gazette of Dec. 6, 1861. (BREVET. Captain and Brevet-Major Wm. Griffin Sutton, retired upon full-pay, late Ridin g M aster Cavalry Depot, Maid stone, to have the honorary rank of Lieut.-Colonel. J..ieut, Johf Anthopy Kysh, Paymaster Vitt Foot, t() have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal,War rant of Jan. 27, 1860. Paymaster John Giddings, 32d Foot, to have the hono rary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Jan. 27, 1860. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the decease of General Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel of the 49th Foot, on Dec. 14, 1861. Lieutenant-General William Lindsay Darling, Colonel of the 98th Foot, to be General. Major-General Henry William Breton, Colonel of the, 56th Foot, b, be Lieutenant .General. Brevet-Colonel George Thcmas Canolly Napier, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, and Aide, de-camp to the Queen, serving on the Staff of the Army in North America, with the local rank of Major-General, to be Major- General. lrevet•Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Wellington Henri Stapleton Cotton, Major on half-pay, unattached, to b 6 Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Major John Williamson Lovell, C,8., Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain George Renny, 73d Foot, to be Major. MEMORANDUM.— Captain David Balfour Ray, half pay, 26th Dragoons, has been permitted to retire from the ser vice by the sale of his commission. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 7. The Honourable Artillery Company of London—John Kearns, Gent., to be Lieutenant. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Isaac Dickinson, baker, Hertford Samuel Brand, licensed victualler, Liverpool William Thompson smith and Samuel Cannon, factors, Liverpool BANKRUPTS. George Rule, slater, Pickard-street, City-road James Hallet, publican, Crown-street, Finsbury George Lake, musician, Bloomsbury -street Thomas Lucas, ironmonger, Worthing Frederick G. Phillips, clerk Abraham Downton and George Satchwell, cheesemongers, Old Bailey George Anderson, shipbroter, Canonbury Abraham Surridge, baker, South Benfleet Edward Stevens, clerk, New North-road James W. Pareley, clerk, Lupus-street, Pimlico Levy Fry, grocer, Bournemouth Richard C. Parsons, cattle dealer, Theale Henry Gibson, jeweller, East Dulwich John House, tanner, Rotherhithe Matthew Plews, auctioneer, Hampton Thomas Hobson, dairyman, Waltham Abbey James Cotton, innkeeper, Calne Henry D. Glew (not Glen), publican, Knightsbridge Henry C. Oxenden, Bart., Dover Charles French, butcher, Chiselhurst John Fluester, stonemason, Paddington Richard Sweet, carver, High Holborn Edward Forster, farmer, Walthamstow James Hall, carpenter, Oxford James Black, Islington William Walker, silk dealer, Bethnal-green -road J. S. and F. Barrett, surgeons, Kingston-Bagpuize,Berks Alfred Banks, saddler, Notting-hill William Green, auctioneer, Paddington John F. Lead, mercer, Wellington William Langman, furniture dealer, Wolverhampton William H. Wint on , h ay dealer, Wtlford Robert Ceney, brewer, Tipton, Staffordshire Henry J. Baldwin, traveller, Sutton Coldfield Thos. and Wm. Smith, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry M. B. Wells, provision merchant, N ew p or t, M onmout h Henry A. Wrightson, painter, Scarborough John Miller, tea merchant, Liverpool William Hewitson, seedsman, Llandudno Thomas Bryan, hatter, Liverpool Michael Charlton, licensed victualler, Seacombe Mark Braham, victualler, Liverpool Charles Smith, licensed victualler, Liverpool Jos. Hughes, fu.tian manufacturer, Manchester Benjamin Riley, bobbin maker, Blackburn Samuel Horrocks, licensed victualler, Salford Josiah Smallwood,iron square manufacturer,Birminghain Robert T. Bonest, Bristol George W. Cummins, tripe dresser, Nottingham Alexander Lilie, picture dealer, Islington William Lawrence, Lincoln Rungheet Rajhpoot Rochfort, gentleman, Gravesend Wm. Heath, hardware ',lealer, Camborne, Cornwall John Waude, inetanic, Manchester Thomas Joh - A. Faulkner, surgeon dentist Manchester Georg; iiicken, dentist, Derby , William Hirst, dealer in hay, Huddersfield John Green, joiner, Huldersfield Thomas Clayton, auctioneer, Huddersfield Joseph Green, labourer, Lee, Northumberland James Vickers, joiner, Howden, Durham Daniel Bowen, lodging-house keeper, Pembroke William Welch, shoemaker, Exeter Jesse Evans, licensed victualler, Llanstadwe]l Manassah Jewett, shopkeeper, Bradford George Guy, baker, Bath William Barlow, poulterer, Stoke-upon-Trent Thomas Parker, butcher, Billinghay David Jones, draper, Kenfig- hill, Glamorgan George Dawkins, builder, Broughton, Northampton William Dymond, baker, Plymouth Benjamin Moxon, publican, Sheffield Henry Wilkinson, white metal dealer, Sheffield George Inman, labourer, Sheffield Alfred W,,lstenholme schoolmaster, Sheffield William Lane, Wooliardisworthy, Devon Charles Bye, butcher, Dullingham, Cambridge William Morgan, tailor, Poole COUZT7I2I MARKLIS. BRISTOL-JAN. 7. Our market this morning was fairly attended, but the trade was generally still—almost stagnant—waiting for further news from America. Where sales were pressed is or less was taken for wheat. Other articles unchanged. SLEAFORD—JAN. 6. The attendance was fair to-day, with a better supply of wheat. Trade moderate, and is per qr under former rates. White wheat ruled at 64s to 70s, red 60s to 65s per qr. New wheat, —s to —s. Barley was in limited supply, and at late prices -32s to 375; oats ruled steady at full prices, 21s to 265; new, —s to —s; beans at from 42s to 475; peas, —s to —s. LYNN—JAN. . At to-day's corn market the quant 7 ity of wheat exhibited was moderate, and a quiet business was done at a slight decline on last week's rates. The supply of barley was fair and the trade steady, at late prices. Oats in limited show. Beans in short supply. Other articles as before. Old white 65s to 67s I Barley 3Bs to 40s Red.. Beaus .42s:to 44s I Peas 48s to 54s LEEDS—JAN. 7. Arrivals of wheat moderate. There was a thin attend ance at market. The trade continues in `a. very inanimate state, factors offering wheat at a decline of is per qr with out inducing millers to purchase. Barley was unaltered in value from last Tuesday. No business doing in beans, and oats slightly lower. MELTON MOWBRAY—JAN. 7. There was a better show of wheat to-day, and, with a more active trade, Tuesday's prices declined. Barley in better inquiry, and trade steady. Prices—white wheat, 62s Od to 68s Od ; red, 55s Od to 63s per 36_ stone; beans slow, at 44s to 50s for old ; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 36s to 39s for malting, and 308 to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 22s to 32s Od per 24 stone. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was larger than could have been anticipated, being the, first market of the new year—consisting of Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. The attendance of buyers was, tolerably good, and a fair trade was transacted. Scots, 48 to 4s 6d %, shorthorns, 38 - 6d to 4s 6d ; Irish, 39 6d to 4s Od ; De ions, 4s to 4s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat bes:sts a largo show and sales slow at 7s 6d to 8s 6d per 1411. , F;neei—There was a poor supply of sheep in the pens, and a fair sale. Fat sheep, 9s Od to 9s 6d per stone; prime, Os Oct,, and all sold. Pigs—A fair supply.• Store pigs, 22s to 255; fat pork, 8s Od to 8s Gd per stone. FOREIGN MAIL .PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 18. a arseilles Feb . . 3. Cape of Good H o p e , A scens i on, and Sr. Helena.. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18. Falkland Island s via Marseilles ...Jan. 12. ......... Gibraltar, via S ou th amp t on Jan. . 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18. via Marseilles Jan. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 10. via Marseilles Jan. 4. Lisbon Jan. 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10. via Marseilles Jan. 4. ' Newfoundland ............. Jan. 8, Oporto and Vigo ............. . Jan. 11. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Jan. 8. by IT .S. packet bJan. 8. W.C. of Afric a , M a d e i ra, and Ty eneriff Canadian packet e Jan. O. Bahamas, via New York Mexico .... Jan. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan. 13. California, an d B r i t i s h Columbia.. BIRTHS. IliconcsoN.—On the 6th inst., at 26, Norfolk -street, Park lane, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Higginson, Grenadier at St. P au l' s - roa d, Camden otGsoLwuianNr:al t s . h_ , e o o f wn a dg i f ethaoeuf 7th Captainh teir. n , J. S. Josling, R.N., of a son. SAPTE.—On the sth inst., at Cranley Rectory, Guildford, the Hon. Mrs. Sapte, of a son. MARRIAGES. MAnsitALL—RironEs.—On the 4th inst., at St. James's, Paddington, Gloster Marshall, Esq., of Brent Lodge, Horne-hill, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Abram. R. Rhodes, Esq., of Clarendon-gardens, Maida-hill, and late of Mill-hill, Hendon, Middlesex. WELC H — WINTnnor.—On the 2d inst., at Hardenhuish Church, John G. Welch, M.D., to Mary Ann Emma, eldest daughter of the Rev. B. Winthrop, of Harden huish House, and rector of Wolverton, Warwickshire. DEATHS. at Croydon, Su rrey , J ames Cox, Co E x s . q ---O a n cre t d l lB 7th, inst., DrAiinENl—On the 2d inst., at 65, Eaton-square, James Dearden, Lord of the Manor of Rochdale, aged 63. LIITTRELL.—At Kilvo Court, Soinersetshire, Lieut.-Col. Luttrell, aged 70. MoLEswoRTH.—On the Gth first., at the Rectory, Sain.t Petroc Bart Minor, the Rev. Si r H ugh Henry Moleaworth, PEDL En , . a — ge O d n 4 t 3 b. , e 6th inst., at Brunswick-square, Brigh ton aged , Col. P. W. P e dl er, J.P. for Devon and Dorset, 75. WYATT.— On the 3d inst., at Dudley- grove H ouse, Pad dington, Mathew Cotes Wyatt, Esq., aged 85. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TDE Surf ()Mee, No. 112,Strand,, in the Precinct of the Savoy ir the County of MiddleseAr, Wednesday, January 8, 1862. ' % 1