The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

ZE NORTIZE.RN STAT.ES OF AMERICA. (From the Correspondent of the Times,) NEW YORK, MARCH 26. The chiefs and leaders in any rebellion against constituted authority can urge no valid plea against the justice of the maxim which declares that" Might makes Right." By the very fact of their rebellion they try an issue of which Might can be the only arbiter, and they must abide the result. That which was treason in Louis Nape/!eon Bonaparte at Stras burg and Boulogne ceased to be treason when the :bold adventurer vaulted into the vacant throne of a King, and kept possession as an Emperor. Even the great and pureminded Washington was no better than a rebel till success covered his name with imperishable glory, Tried by this test, what is the present position of Mr. Jefferson Davis and t'ae Southern Conkderacy ? Is Mr. Davis a rebel or a patriot ? And is the Confederacy of which he 3s the leading spirit a conspiracy or a nationality P Events are rapidly deciding the question. A month ago, whatever may have been the case in this coueary, the baler ce of opinion in England and the:oughout Europe, incline'., in favour o; Southern independence. But three weeks have wrought a mighty change in the for tunes of the Republic. Victory, that for a while hovered fitfully over the new flag, appears to have settle,d upon the old. The Confederate armies have suffered such a rapid succession of reverses and de intsts as to convince not only the waverers, who always go with the winning side, but some of the most ardent and hopeful friends of the South, that the cause is all but lost. The Confederate States had one great opportunity after the battle of Bull Run,* but they failed to take advantage of it. On the morrow of the panic that beset the undisci plined volunteers of the North the Southern corn anders might easily have crossed the Potomac - and seized the capital. Fortune never again put such a prize within their reach ; and during the many months that have ensued they have been so confident of victory without doing anything to de serve it, that they have wasted their strength by inaction, and slept while their enemy waited and - watched, prepared and organized. The victories of Fort, Donnelson, Newbern, Beaufort, New Madrid, rand Pea Ridge, as well as the bloodless triumphs of Florida, have changed the aspect of the war, and driven Secession into a corner. The Southern leaders will probably make a stand before Rich mond, to await the onslaught of M'Clellan ; but, More probably, will retire into the Gulf States, 'where, in the approaching summer, if the war last so long, the armies of the North will hesitate to follow them. In the meantime, Mr. Jefferson Davis and his Government appear to lose heart, while the press and people, with the ill-feeling that in every enterprise grows with the want of success, are quarrelling with their leaders and with one an other, and weakening still further by their dissen -sions a cause which chiefly relied on the enthusiastic unity and determination of all classes. The battle of Pea Ridge or Sugar Creek, of -which the principal details were forwarded by the last mail, appears to have been one of the most obstinate of the war; and, with the single exception of the employment by the Confederates of a large body of scalping and tomahawking Indians, under the com mand of Colonel Albert Pike, reflected credit on the bravery of both sides. The Southern journals have discovered that Pike is not one of their people, but a Northern man, from Massachusetts, though they have not yet made any indignant comment on the policy of accepting the aid of such bloodthirsty savages as h.-a commanded, but was either unable or 'unwilling to control. Daring the War of Indepen dence 'nothing so greatly exasperated the American pereple or brought so much odium on the British Government as the employment of the Indians against the colonists, as every schoolboy in England 'knows who has read Lord Chatham's eloquent de nunciations. In this country the "remorseless cruelty" of Great Britain on that occasion is perpe tuated in school-books and popular harangues, and greatly tends to this day to embitter the intercourse between the nations. The Southern leader, if he be wise, will promptly disavow the acts of Colonel Pike, and disband every Indian corps in his service, unless the scalpers can be brought under proper control, and taught to fight like disciplined soldiers. The latest victories that have rejoiced the heart of the North are those gained under Gene ral Shields, at Winchester, and the abandonment and destruction by the Secessionists of Fort Macon, rendered untenable in consequence of the Federal success under General Burnside at Newbern and Beaufort. General Shields, a native of the north of Ireland, who acquired distinction in the Mexican war, has been but recently appointed to a command in succession to the late General Landor. He had scarcely taken the field when he met and defeated a wing of the retreating army of Manassas, under General Jackson, and forced it back in utter route and confusion upon the town of Strasburg, whither they have been hotly pursued, and again routed, by General N. P. Banks, a civilian commander, for merly Speaker of the House of Representatives, and overnor of Massachusetts, who has now fleshed his maiden sword, and begun to justify the high expectations which his friends and tha whole coun try had formed of bis ability. The latest telegrams of this morning lead to the belief that the Confe derates have rallied five miles beyond Strasburg to offer battle to the combined forces of Generals Shields and Banks. If so their previous rout was Dot so complete as has been represented. After the capture of Nowbern, as a glance at the map will show, it was clearly impossible for the Confederates to hold either Beaufort or Macon. Im mediately General Burnside had taken the former place he despatched an expedition to Beaufort, *which on its arrival found the town evacuated. Macon, a strong fort, and one of the principal ar senals of the United States, was capable of resisting almost any naval forco that could be brought against it ; but, taken in the rear by the advancing army of Gen. Burnside, it necessarily shared the fate of Beaufort. Its defenders did not stop to capi tulate, but blew up the fort, and destroyed all its atores and ammunition. The famous steamer Nash- Tine; so familiar to the people of Southampton, had taken refuge under its guns, after a successful run across the Atlantic early in February, when warned away by the British Government, and Capt. Pegrim to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy, set the vessel on fire. The Tuscarora, if still afloat, will therefore have to confine her polite attentions to the Sumter, unless Capt. Pegrim finds another and more powerful ship at Mobile or New Orleans in which to undertake a new cruise to European waters in search of his old enemy. There has been much premature rejoicing over the alleged to o apture of Mr. Yancey, a gentleman who iceosd.eeolnaraend:i the Rebellion more responsible for the Sc. el, ; , 1 and Possession e than Mr. Jeff. Davis him. as m ssessien of whose person was looked upon th an Arasan e __ . _ r a set-off for the enforced release of caugh a i s t dell ; but Mr. Yancey has not been lecturing g ec a t rrived safely at New Orleans, where he has been against the Government of Great Britain t,u, its vi selfishness or folly in not lend ing the South a hand. Alas, poor England ! it cannot please eithe r n ri g declared,' by rt Desirous only of doing right, it is exei t s. h . of them to be in the wrong, and might well your houf;es," if it were diplomatic A plague on both to speak the whole truth v i tal : l l cm" parliamentary in the Miesisstet,:i_P:carswhichthe Americans, the island No. 10, name is another specimen of ingenuity and - imagination which both of the North and the South, display imaericans, menclatnre of places, in addition to that afforded no " Pea Ridge," " Sugar Creek," " Bull Run," ~ -4 1 1 7 Bluff," and others made memorable in the war. : will hereafter shed historical interest upo n the dreary shores of the " Father of Waters."' The island has been v , ry strongly fortified by the Confe derates, and has for neatly a fortnight opposed a stubborn resistance to. the Federal forces, which have laid regulsr siege to it by land and water. Last week it was reported and believed in New York that it had been captured, with all its stores, am munition, and men: but Commodore Foote, the Fe aal commander, a very bluff and outspoken New l' tlander, has written to Washington to say that, althouglthe finds • it " a very hard nut to crack," he expects to era,' it , • it in short metre." The phrase * Notiintra itun, as printed in England. savours strongly of Puritanism and the conventicle but is well understood in New England. For the' present all the interest that would otherwise be ex cited by the forward msreh of the army of the Po tomac is concentrated upon " No. 10." The words are in everybody's mouth, and the fi: t impulse of every one in reading the telegrams that are posted in public places, or printed iu the newspapers, is to ascertain whether it has yet fallen. Since Thursday last its capture has been hourly expected, but it still holds bravely out, though so strongly belea guered as to make its destruction or surrender a matter of certainty, unless it be relieved by a supe rior force, of which there appears to be no pro bability. If the Confederate States be compelled, either temporarily or permanently, to return to the Union which they abhor, they will have to blame their un wise expectation of assistance from Great Britain and France even more than the victorious armies of the North. The ruin of the South has been its too confident reliance upon the efficacy of " almighty cotton." to relieve it of all diffieulty. It expected England to be so dependent upon cotton as to be coerced into a recognition of Southern independent:;, rather than forego a supply of the all-important article; and so strongly was the Southern mind impregnated and permeated by this hallucination that it neglected to take ordinary measures of precaution and safety, waiting for extraneous help that did not come. At the com mencement of the struggle the South had every thing in its favour—the habit of authority, the choice of time, a foregone conclusion cunningly pre pared and planned, the best officers in the United States army and navy, the sympathy of the great Democratic party in the North as well as in the South, the fear and hatred inspired by the ultra- Abolitionists, the treachery of men in high places, and the aid, concurrence, and co - operation of what was called the best society, and especially of the ladies ; while the North was not only unprepared to ' ! resist so formidable a movement, but incredulous that the South was in earnest In the attempt to dis solve the Union—without an army, without a gene ral, without a plan, and without money. But, after it recovered from the first stunning sensation and surprise of the blows that were struck at Fort Sumter and Bull Run, it discovered that it had a strong purpose, large credit, and the passionate en thusiasm of the Northern and Western people. With these levers it has since wrought wonders. It has relied on no one but itself, has put forth all its available strength, and is now in a position in which its retention of the whole of the Border States may already be considered as a fait accompli, and its subjugation or conciliation of the cotton States a question of expediency. The President, whom the responsibility of power has converted into a very cautious Conservative, seems to feel that the total discomfiture of the South, by making it de facto a conquered country, would be as fatal to the unity of the American Re public as the success of the Southern Confederacy, and is said to be only waiting for a grand victory by M'Clellan to hold out the olive branch to the South, and entice back to the fold of the Union the wandering sheep of the cotton regions. If this be so, what is to become of the Republican party ? And, more important still, what is to be come of Negro Slavery ? To hang the rebels is not to be thought of, To attempt to wheedle back the Seceded States,without offering them some guarantee for the existence of their " peculiar institution," would be utterly hopeless ; so that, if the Union be restored as a consequence of the present position of , military affairs, Negro Slavery must not only be ac knowledged as a constitutional right of the cotton States, but must be fenced round with guarantees and bulwarks, and solemnly recognised as one of the bonds of the American Union. Is this what the North is fighting for ? Perhaps; and one section of the North—the Democratic party—is candid enough to say so. The Democrats, as distinguished from the Republicans, have no affection for the Negro or his cause, and detest a Northern Aboli tionist far more cordially than they do a Southern Secessionist, as may be seen by the treatment experienced by Mr. Wendell Philipps, who has been pelted with rotten eggs and atones at Cincinnati, and barely escaped with his life from the indigna tion of the free people of that non-slaveholding city. The truth is that slavery in America is not looked upon with disfavour except by a small minority of able and earnest men. It has not anywhere been abolished from motives of pure philanthropy. In the cold North the institution does not pay. It has no chance of life in any district•where the white man can do the work of the field or the farm, and, when the Northern and Western States abolished it they did so from motives in which philanthropy had doubtless some part, but in which social and commercial considerations were largely intermin gled. In the district of Columbia, and in the Border States,where it does not pay,slavery will be abolished before many years, or perhaps months, but that it will be abolished in the cotton countries, where it pays enormously, is more than any one can believe who studies the temper of the American people, or knows anything whatever of the motives by which they are actuated. The love of negro slavery is not confined to the South ; and if the six small States of New England were left out of the reckon ing it is all but certain that a poll of all the remainder of the Union on the direct question of the abolition or retention of slavery would be a majority of three to four, if not of nine to one, in its favour. The city of Now York would certainly give an overwhelming majority for the Southern .‘ institution ;" and so, perhaps, would Cincinnati, if one may judge by its recent treatment of Mr. Philipps, and any attempt on the part of the President and his Cabinet to play into the hands of the ultra-phi lanthropists, who love a black man better than they do a white, or to agitate for the abolition of Slavery in the Far South, with or without compensation to the slaveowners, would inevitably protract the war, retard the progress of the whole country, and pre pare the way for a new secession more formidable than the first. Looked at in any light, the ques tion of Slavery is the drop of black and bitter gall in the overflowing cup of this Republic. It will not be ignored, it cannot be settled. The utmost that can be hoped as the result of the actual con test is, that it may be driven from the Border States and confined to the cotton-growing regions. But, as this result might have been attained in the ordinary course of nature, and from the operation of strictly commercial causes, there was no necessity for the Ultra-Abolitionists to exasperate the whole South into a civil war, which has already cost mere money—to say nothing of the blood, the misery, and the suffering that have marked its progress— than it would have cost to purchase and set free the whole of the slaves in Seeessia. The result of the debate on Mr. Gregory's motion in the House of Commons and of Lord Campbell's in the House of Lords on the subject of the block ade has been received here with general satisfaction. One journal alone—to be praised by which is t o incur oblequy—takes occasion of the circumstance to assert that, although England desires to wash her hands clean of the troubles of America, she will find out before long that the American Rey üblie has not done Ni ith her, and that both North and South —to whom she has played false in the war—will seize the opportunity to unite their forces and pay her off for her perfidy. Threatened people live long ; and, if the Americans were not wiser than some of their newspapers—and this one in particular —the United States would become the very Ishmael of nations. But worse even than the newspaper in question, if that be possible, is the conduct of a reverend gentleman—H. W. toecher—who has "wen lecturing and preaching on the conduct of the British Government in the affair of the Trent. "When our rebellion broke out," said he, "if there a 8 ens nation under Heaven that we looked to for 1 ' paths and help it was the mother country,— ~ n ßiand. Du+ how didshe ~yinpathlBo with ~ treat us ? She all engag e d . wi l t ' h u we could d o on lemptiblo fuss 4 b 9ut citizens from u ,,. 4 our enemies, and when we were °IT u tia b c rebels, and had as much as a r nds, she kicked up that con -o:,,Trent, and took our rebel cmphat•is, ‘ 1 it was tuee la t id ho ;with sarcastic audience cheered the sentiment.: was mean!" The he, what are we going t o d o g et this war a Ini ti a t t t . o attend 0, - oii " t And now," said off our hands, and h vie lt . ? When we to these matters (suiting a strong ic action Ir - r „- • THE SITN. LONDON; TVESDAY EVENINJ, APRIL• B , 1532._ to the word), `shall we give Engleud what she de- serves ?" The house came down with thunders of applause of assent. As it subsided, "No 1" said he, "we will do no such thing. That would not be right ; that would not be Christian. Do not nail his ears to the pump," it would not be Christian. But is it Christian in this Boanerges of the Taber nacle to lash up the popular mind to a frenzy of hatred in this manner ? Ther3 are many here who think not, and I am of the number. Naw York is beginning to wake up a little on the subject of the Tax Bill, which does not improve in popular favour as its details become known. The impression gains ground that it will ultimately be superseded by a new measure which Mr. Chase has already framed, simpler in its details and more pro ductive in the compa ra ti ve ly f ew articleswhich t o are 'treasury to b be brought unde r it s opera tion. The war, even under the mos t f avoura bl e aspects, is likely to retard for a whole generation the progress of the country, but if the Tax Bill in its present shape were to be passed by Congress and I maintained without revision or repeal the whole trade, manufactures, and industry of the Union 7, - onld be stunted for half a century, and it would lose far more by its unwise fiscal legislation than it gained by the strategy of its generals or the con ciliatory home policy of its statesmen. The leading merchants of this city do not yet consider it quite Rafe from the Merrimac, or any other marine monster of the same kind, that might feel disposed to pay it a flying and snorting visit from Norfolk or elsewhere. The Chamber of Com merce has had several meetings on the subject, and has, it is alleged, resolved to appeal to the public to raise by voluntary subscription the sum of 500,000 dols. to put the harbour in a proper state of defence, by means of iron-clad boats and batteries. The Board of Aldermen, at a meeting held on Mon day evening last, accepted and adopted the re port of a special committee, recommending the im mediate issue by the city of New York of the same sum in Harbour Defence Bonds. Boston and Phila delphia are also stirring with a similar object. These cities ' have not considered the subject a moment too soon. The South is believed to have at least a dozen Merrimacs ready to steam up their harbours, and their means of defence against such unwelcome visitors are confined to the Monitor and the Stevens battery—the one very effective in esse, the other in posse, but neither of them übiquitous, and the latter labouring under the serious disad vantage of not being completed. The new Secretary at War, whose vigour offers a remarkable contrast to the dilatoriness of his prede cessor, has created quite a sensation by suspending no less than three newspapers—one in Boston and two in New York—for the publication of news pro hibited by the War Department, as being of a nature to give dangerous hints to the enemy. One of the offending papers is the New York Journal of Com merce, a great authority on all monetary and com mercial affairs, but with Confederate " proclivities" a little too decided to be agreeable to the Govern ment. Not only have the three papers been sus pended, but the three editors have been summoned to Washington to be tried by court-martial for vio lating the 57th article of war. It is not likely, however, that they will be severely dealt with, the temporary suppression of their newspapers being punishment enough to act as a warning to other editors, and to show that the Government is in earnest. On Monday, in Wall-street, 3,000,000 dole. of the 7.30 per Cent. 'treasury Bonds were offered for sale by the United States' Sub-Treasurer, by telegraphic order from Washington. They found ready pur chasers at par, with accumulated interest, and the whole operation was accomplished in less than a quarter of an hour—a fact which shows in a striking manner the reviving confidence of commerical men, consequent upon the late successes of the Federal forces. LAW INTELLIGEVCE.—Apra 7. COURT O 1 BAZKRUPTCY. (Befor? Regitrar Roche.) IN BE GEORGE STIFF. This bankrupt was a De va?aper proprietor of 331, Strand. This was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. Subjcined is an abstract if the preliminary ac counts given by the bankupt :—Dr—Unsecured creditors, £31,652 2s 5d ; acured, £20,600 ; total, £52,252 2s sd. Cr.—Lonlon Journal, £52,000 ; Guide, £5,000 ; Weekly Times, 4-sth share, £lO,OOO ; buildings, £5,50► ; ditto, £2,000 ; ditto, £2,500 ; machinery, £3,501; book debts, £4,000 ; total, £84,500, Mr. Linklater appeared hr Mr. M'Murray ; Mr. Lawrance end Mr. Pock or other creditors ; and Mr. C. E. Lewis for the baikrnpt. The bankrupt was examned at some length by Mr. Lawrance, with a vied to show that his pro perty had been sacrificed by Mr. M'Murray. It appeared from his statement that the London Jour nal had been sold in 1857 o Mr. Ingram and Mr. M'Murray for £31,500, andth at it was re-purchased by the bankrupt in 1859 far £33,000. Mr. M(Mur- . ray was a secured creditcr for from £14,000 to £17,000. Mr. M'Murray held a mortgage of the copyrights of the .Thurna, the (ittide, and the Weekly Times. On the tth of Marco, 1862, he took possession under his nortgage, and, as he (the bankrupt) had been inforned, Mr. M.Murray sold the property within a wear from the seizure for £lB,OOO. He (the bankrupt) estimated the value of the property thus sold Et over £50,000, the pro fits being £17,000 a-year, and three years' purchase was a fair price for such property. Further examined, the bankrupt stated that no publicity was given by Mr. M'Murray to his inten tion to sell, and he (the barkrupt) did not know that I Mr. M'Murray was negctiating a sale until it was completed. And this sale (which was a sale to Mr. John Son, of St. Martin's-lane) was completed within a week from Mr. M'Murray's seizure, and the price paid was only £lB,OOO, scarcely mere than one year's profit of the property. Mr. Wrigley had offered 'on the Wednesday after the seizure to pay Mr. M'Murray the amount of his mortgage. .The day after he (the bankrupt) was informed that the property had been sold, without consultation for £14,000. It was in his opinion worth £60,000, and if fairly realised would have left him in posses sion of a surplus of £20,000. Re-examined by Mr. Linklater—He had not said that the London Journal had produced a profit of 1:10,000 a year, but he would pledge his oath that the net profit therefrom during the last three years had been from £6,000 to £7,000, or upwards of £2,000 a year. He had similarly made a profit of £6,000 during the same period from the Weekly Times. He owed Mr. M'Murray from ;£14,000 to £17,000 on the secured account. He had never said he owed him £22,000 on that account. According to Mr. M'Murray, the amount was £28,000 on the secured and unsecured accounts, but he (bankrupt) denied that statement altogether. Further examined by Mr. Lewis, the bankrupt said Mr. Ingram and Mr. M'Murray agreed to give £30,00 for the London Journal. Since the repeal of the paper duty had taken full effect he had de rived therefrom an advantage of £7,000 a year. The London Journal and the Guide required 800 reams of paper per week. Each ream weighed 331 b, and the difference in price was Id. per lb. A calculation was here made by Mr. Pook that the advantage thus gained amounted to about £8,580. Mr. Spencer Johnson, examined by Mr. Law ranee, said he was a printer in St. Martin's-lane, and claimed an interest in the London Journal, the Guide, and the Weekly Times. He purchased the whole of them on the 12th of March from Mr. M'Murray, who came to him and named the price for which he would sell the property (Z 18,000). Prior to this he (Mr. Johnson) had heard all sorts of reports to the value of the publications, as much as £30,000 being mentioned. He thought the sum of £lB,OOO a fair price, and did not .;see Mr. Stiff at all on the matter. The day he made the purchase the publications were transferred to his name at St a tioners-hall. He was satis fied that Mr. Stiff's estimate of the profits was a perfect fallacy. He made the purchase on Mr. M'Murray's statement only, and without exa mining the books. He calculated that the London Journal had a circulation of 300,000 odd, and he made the estimates of expenses incidental to the publication himself. Mr. M'Murray told him that he had bought the London Journal in 1857 for £30,000, which included stock and block, and that he had afterwards resold the same to Mr. Stiff for £33,000. He (Mr. Johnson) purchased the copy right of the three publications for £lB,OOO, which he thought a fair price. The copyrights of the Weekly 2imes and the Guide were valued at no thing, and were put in as a makeweight. He thaught the Guide might be worth £5OO a year. He (Mr. Johnson) had bought the copyright of the illustrated News from Mr. Ingram, and knew the value of copyrights. He thought three years' pur chase a fair value for the bankrupt's publications. He considered the London Journalwas worth £6,000 a year. He paid money and bills for the purchase —£lo,ooo in cash, the remainder in bills. He was not prepared to say he would relinquish the pro perty on repayment of the £lB,OOO. He had re fused an offer of £25,000 for it from the bankrupt. By Mr. Linklater—He should think that the dif ference between £lB,OOO and £30,000 would be made up by stock, machinery, &c. He relied entirely on Mr. M'Murray's statement, which, having regard to his position, he believed he might rely upon as correct; otherwise he should not have bought the pig in the pock. (A laugh.) Re-examined by Mr. Pook—He paid the £lO,OOO by a check on the London and Westminster Bank. It was nothing. to him who found the money. Neither Mr. Levy nor Mr. M'Murray found the money. By Mr. Lewis—Before the repeal of the paper duty the London Journal was worth £5,000 a year. The repeal in question made a difference of £5,000 a year extra. At three years' purchase this would make a difference of £15,000 in the increased value of the London Journal. Full 48 hours intervened between the sale and the registration at Stationers'- hall ; he thought about six days. He never offered Mr. M'M array less for the property than the £lB,OOO asked. He relied upon his statement alone. It was not in one check that he had paid the £lO,OOO, but he thought by a check for £5,000 and other checks. His banker's pass-book was at their service, and would show how this was. He would swear that the checks would show an amount of £lO,OOO then paid, within a few shillings. Mr. M'Murray had not found any part of the money. It was abonafide transaction. The bills given in purchase were four or five months' bills, and were the bills of himself and partner (M r . Wilson), who had paid him £7,000 for a third share in the business. The sale of the London Journal was now 313.000, and it had varied between 200,000 and 400,000. With a circulation of 313,000 and a profit of £6,000 or £7,000 a-year he considered it a first-class paper for sale. Mr. Lawrance commented upon the very remark able manner in which the bankrupt's property had been transferred to Mr. Johnson. It was impossible the case could end where it was. It was a case that could not be too fully investigated, and it was de sirable that the name of Mr. Ward should be added as assignee to those of Mr. M'Murray, Mr. Hodge, and Mr. Edward Hart (Messrs. Hart and Hayles). Mr. Lewis and Mr. Pook took the same view. Mr. Linkiater said his clients represented three fourths in value of the creditors. They were of opinion that too many cooks spoilt the broth, and that Mr. Hodge (Spalding and Hodge) would see that justice was done to all parties. Messrs. Spal ding and Hodge were the largest creditors (LlO,OOO odd). It had been stated that the bankrupt realised £lO,OOO a-year by the London Journal. It now turned out that the sum was £2,000 a•year. The value of a thing was very different when subjected to the test of the cold climate of a public market. - Mr. H d o ge - and 1 r.Hart were then chos e n . _. 1/1 --- assignees. After some reference to a claim on the machinery of the Morning Chronicle, of which the bankrupt was also proprietor, Mr. Linkl a t er sa id the assignees proposed to n allowance of X 5 per week to the bankrupt. Mr, Lewis concurred. grant a... CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—March 7. Robert Francis Fairlie, a gentlemanly-looking 4 ma n, apparentl y b e t ween 40 and 50 years of age, surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour, in having 'wilfully and corruptly made a certain false statement at the office of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctors'-commons, with a view to procure a marriage licence. Mr. Giffaril and Mr. Poland conducted the prose cution,-' Sergeant Ballantine was specially retained with Mr. F. H. Lewis on behalf of the defendant.' Mr. Giffard, in opening the case to the jury, said that the present charge was framed under an act of Parliament that was passed in the reign of his late Majesty George IV., and the object of which was the protection of families, and to prevent marriages taking place between young persons without the consent of their parents. The offence imputed to the defendant was, that on the 4th of January he ob tained a licence at Doctors'-commons for his mar :riage with a young lady named Eliza England, Who was only 18 years of age, and that he made an affidavit upon that occasion that the father of the young lady had consented to the union, which was not true, and it was for making this false statement that the present charge was pre ferred against him. In order that the jury might better nridcestend the nature of the case, he thought it right to inform them that the prosecu tor, Mr. a England, was the father of the young ledy, and he was a gentleman filling a very t e7,7-•••: 91 ' able position in society, and had several other chi`" deco. • The defendant paid attentions to the young lady, and in the course of last year a conversation took place between him and the persecutor upon the subject of the intimacy that existed between them, and the prosecutor objected to his continuing his attentions to the young lady, on account of the disparity of their ages and other circumstances ; but he promised that if he would refrain from preen ing his suit upon her for two years, at the end of that time he would permit him to pay his addresses to her. The defendant promised solemnly to do as he was requested; but on Jan. 4, upon the occasion of the young lady going to the Crystal Palace, the defendant met her and took her away, and nothing more was seen of her until some t i me afterwards when it was discovered that they were married. It was under these circumstances that the present charge was preferred against the defendant, the allegation on the part of the prosecution being that this marriage had been procured by means of the defendant making the false statement that the father of the young lady had given his consent to the mar riage. Formal proof was then given of the procurement of the license by the defendant, and that the mar riage took place at Lambeth Church on the sth of January, undet that license. One of the witnesses stated, in cross-examination, that the defendant Was a person of respectability and good position. Mr. G. England, the father of the young lady, was then examined. He said—My danghter was 18 years old last July. It ie not true that I ever consented to her marriage with the defendant, as he has alleged in his affidavit. He used to 'visit at my house, and paid attention to my daughter, and in January last year I had a conversation with him on the subject, and wrote down in my diary what took place between us. The witness read the entry he referred to, which - vsas to the following effect : " Friday, Jan. 25, 1861. Mr. Fairlie.—Had a long conversation respecting Lizzie. I told him that if ho takes no steps in that direction for two years from this day, I will give him the same powers as Dixon (this referred to a gentleman who was court ing another daughter), to use his powers to win the affections of my daughter, but on no accoant to make attempts to pave the way before that time." I showed the defendant what I had written, and he promised solemnly that he would fulfil the agree ment, on the honour of a man and a Freemason. Upon the faith of this promise I permitted him to continue to visit at my house, but I observed that he was not keeping faith with me, and that he was still paying attentions to my daughter, and I spoke to him upon the subject, and observed that he was not fulfilling the conditions he had promised, and begged him to cease to continue his attentions, and told him that if he did not I should request him to cease to visit at my house. This conversation took place in September last, and after that time the defendant did not come to the house. My daughter went to the Crystal Palace on the 4th of January, accompanied by her sister and Mr. Dixon, and I did not see her again, but I heard afterwards that she was married to the defendant, and that she had gone away with him from the Crystal Palace. In January I thought the defendant was is Spain. The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Sergeant Ballantine.—He said that of course his object in the present proceeding was to convict his son-in-law of perjury, and he considered that, under the circumstances, he was justified in appealing to the law for protection. He said that he was aware that after the marriage the defen dant and his daughter went to Spain, and during their absence he prepared the present bill of indictment against the defendant, and he said he did so by the advice of Mr. Norton, the magistrate. His daughter had no property in her own right, and he said he would take care that she should never have a farthing of his money after what had occurred. The defendant was perfectly well aware that his daughter had no property in her own right and that all her expectations were from him. The defendant gave him a bracelet last year for his daughter, and witness gave it to her, bat did not tell her who had sent it to her. That bracelet was now in his own possession, and he would take good care that she would never have it. His daughter left the bracelet behind when she eloped, and this was how he became possessed of it, and he meant to keep it. The defendant did not give his daughter a valuable watch and chain, but he remembered he told him that he intended to make his daughter a present of a watch on her 18th birthday, which was his custom with all his children, and the defen dant told him he had a very good watch and chain, and he gave him £2l for them, and afterwards made a present of them to hie daughter. He was on very friendly terms with the defendant, who used to call him "Father Tom." This was in allu sion to the piece of the " Colleen Bawn." The de fendant used to be called " Miles," and he called his daughter " Lily," and witness was " Father Tom." (A laugh.) In answer to further questions that were put by Sergeant Ballantine, the witness said that he had run away with his present wife, who was the mother of the young lady in question, and that he had a wife living at the time. He added that he lived with this lady for several years, but could not marry her until his wife died. The moment, however, that event occurred he married her. Sergeant Ballantine submitted that after the fact that had just been stated there was an end of the case. The prosecutor was not the lawful father or guardian of the young lady, and the defendant could not, therefore, be said to have falsely stated that he had the consent of such parent or guardian. He would have been perfectly justified in declaring that there was no person connected with her who had the power to give or withhold his consent to the marriage, and he contended that his statement that ho had the consent of the father was perfectly im material. Mr. Giffard argued at some length that the Act of Parliament was intended to apply to every per• son who stood in the relation of natural guardian to the person whe was married under such circum stances. The Recorder left the court to confer with the Common Sergeant upon the point, and when he re turned he said that as a general rule he was always unwilling to stop any case upon a point of law, but in the present instance, where he had no doubt whatever upon the question that had been raised by the learned sergeant—and he might say that the Common Sergeant entirely concurred with him— he thought that he ought to do so. In his opinion the charge had not been established; in fact, the allegation in the indictment that the prosecutor was the natural and lawful father of the younc , lady had been negatived, and he should therefore direct the jury to acquit the defendant. A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly recorded. There was a slight attempt at applause in the court when the verdict was delivered, but it was repressed by the officers. Anthony Dutlein, 31, pleaded Guilty to a charge of embezzling the several sums of £ll and the moneys of Mr. Alderman Wilsen, his employer, and likewise feloniously forging and uttering a re ceipt fur £3 with intent to defraud Mr. Charles Turner. Mr. Kemp, who appeared for the prosecution, briefly stated that the prisoner was in the employ ' merit of Mr. Alderman Wilson, at head-quarters in Finsbury, and in that capacity he forged a receipt for rent, and after receiving some sums of money to the amount of £l6 he left the country and was ultimately apprehended in Germany. He was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Herbert Brown, 17, clerk, was charged with hav ing embezzled several sums of money belonging to his masters, Messrs. Carliles, Pittman, and Co., warehousemen, Bow-lane, City. Mr. Orridge prosecuted; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of tha prosecutors as cashier, and it was his duty to receive the money from the warehousemen for cash parcels, and enter the amount so received in his petty cashbook, and account to Mr. Carliles at the end of each day. The custom was that he should take a check, with the amount marked on it, from each warehouseman ; but it appeared that he had, instead of so doing, taken the money himself, had entered the goods in the rough journal, and marked " cash" against them, but had not carried the amounts received into the cashbook. It was proved that three separate sums of £1 Os. 11d., £l , lBs. 2d., and 13s. 7d. were paid to him by different cus tomers, who produced receipts for those sums in the prisoner's handwriting, but he had not ac counted for them in the cashbook, although they appeared in the rough journal. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and recom mended him to mercy on account of his youth. Mr. Pittman said the three amounts alluded to were not the only ones. There were about 2 9 others, amounting ill all to about £3O. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that in such cases as the present it was usual to pass a sen tence of pen a l se rvitude, but as the jury h a d recom mended the prisoner to mercy he should only sen tence him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) NVASHINGTON, MARCH 25. Written amid the troubles of arranging for a passage with the expedition, and of the prepara tions necessary for it, this must be a brief letter. Every day troops are starting from Alexandria for Fortress Monroe. There are now about 38,000 or 40,000 men assembled near Old Point Comfort, in addition to the force under General Wool, and about 45,000 are following, so that M'Clellan will take the field at the head of at least 85,000 of the best infantry which the United States have in the field, with upwards of 100 guns and 4,000 cavalry. The opening of the Potomac has rendered it possible for this force to be moved without ap prehension of calamity. Had the Confederates retained their batteries the steamers crowded with masses of men could not have been despatched, and much delay would have been caused in sending them round by Baltimore. Heintzleman has al ready landed his division at Newport News. No thing is known of the Merrimac, but she is supposed to be undergoing repairs. If she made her appear ance among the flotilla it would be like a hawk swooping on a flock of sparrows, and I am not quite sure but that she may be preparing for some such onslaught. The Monitor is lying in readiness for her, and the Mystic, another steaming gun-case in armour, will soon be down there. All the naval authorities here tell me they will be quite prepared for her in ease she tries to come out, and that she will not be permitted to do any mischief. The events of the week so far as they are known since last Saturday are the check of the Federals in their attempt to force Island No. 10 above Memphis, and the defeat of the Confederates under Jackson, in an attack en the Federals at Wlnchebter. It seems that after his arrival at Cedar i Creek General Banks received orders to march across towards the old position of the Federal troops in front of Manassas, and he started accordingly, leaving a division under General Shields in Win chester. As soon as Jackson heard that Banks had left the place he made a dash at it, either under the idea that it was unoccupied, or that he could overwhelmihe force in possession of the works. Shields was apparently outside the town, and might have been marching on Strasburg, which is not yet in the hands of the Federals. Jackson, having with him the troops of Smith and Longstreet, attacked with 15,000 the division of 8,000 or 9,000 strong under Shields. It must have been a very heavy skirmish on an extended and protracted scale, rather than a general action, inasmuch as it lasted eight or nine hours, and the Confederates lost but 600 or 600 men—the Unionists some 400 or 500. The former fled in great confusion after dark, pursued by Shield's cavalry, throwing away their i muskets, of which more than 1,000 have been found, and leaving two guns, caissons, and several hun dred prisoners in the hands of the enemy. A letter 1 to a friend of mine from a surgeon in the field says 1 the writer counted 226 dead Confederates on the I field. The pursuit was continued yesterday, and 1 some skirmishing occurred, but there are no precise 1 accounts from the field. This bold attempt of Jack son to create a diversion on the Federals' flank, and to menace Harper's Ferry and Maryland, has how ever been quite frustrated. General M'Clellan and headquarters have gone 1 to a house on the hill near Alexandria, and they I will brobably embark this week. CRIPPIEGATE SAVINGS-BANK.—It appears from the annual statement of accounts of this establishment, re cently published, that the number of contributors for the year ending November last,. including six charitable institu tions and 13 friendly societies, was 3,700 ; and the total amount of balanc e d u o to them was £70,125 16$. 4d. Tho sums received from depositors within the year amounted to £18,561 Ils. 4d., and the amount repaid during the same time, including interest, was. £23.114 11 s. sd. The ex penses of management during the year amounted to £389 lls. Bd., an d t h e surp l us w hi c h h a d accrue d f or th e same time w as £6415x . 6d. After tho payment of all the depositors the w h o l e o f th e i r claims in full, there remained aolear surpl us of £864 168 6d, exclusive of the bank pro perty. [ AnvE nTisntErrr.] _Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Sound Skin.—Th ere are many complaints of the skin which for their cure only require domestic management, and for which th e mother or nurse, arme d w ith H olloway ' s his re cimed iinesttp,iesntt, whenheitdorecstootrt.ed to early, ensures recovery. The proper and active use o f It at once cools and soothes the inflamed vessels and irri tated nerves, and assists ',all acrid' discharges. It draws out the en fil deYerYeroption,und e qualises the circulation through io capillaries, f rom wh i c h it re move s a ll spas e contractions. As th e bl ood i s t h e seat of h ea lth or nd io sickness, it is a matter of primary importance that Hollo way's pats should be taken at the same time to purify that fluid, NEW COURT. (Before Mr. T. Chambers, QC., 00111111912 Sergeant.) Mary Coucher, a respectable-looking woman, sur rendered to take her trial for perjury. Mr, sl e i g h and Mr. Orridge prosecuted; Mr. Ribton and Mr. Oland defenLd. The eiteurnstances giving rise to the prosecution were these !--The dilwidaut ie the matron of the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Bow, and tv among the women employed upon the establishment in the laundry was one named Mary Lawton, who up to the time of the occurrence out of which these pioceethegs ereee heel beer, so for about seven ietentbs. The womee. W 45 nUowed to heve broken vie+u is g:.'een to her to take home, and upon the evening of t he 10fli o : January she at cps quitting tile establishment by the lodge gate, having with her a basin containing some dripping, and also some cold meat and a piece of bread, which were wrapped up in a piece of paper. As Lawton was just quitting, defendant came up and said, " What have you got there?' Lawton said, "My supper;" upon which the defendant added, " That is all! want;" and tak ing the parcel from Lawton, went into the house. Lawton then went back to the kitchen, and waited there for about three-quarters of an hour, and corn , plained that the defendant did not come back and give her some reason why she had taken her supper from her. Defendant, however, did not come to her, and Lawton went home, and shortly after wards the police inspector came and took her into custody apon a charge of stealing three half-quay= tern loaves and 21b. of uncooked meat. Lawton was then taken by the police to the Asylum, and there the defendant, produced, tied up in an old apron, not belonging to Lawton, three loaves, 21b. of uncooked meat, and the cooked meat which .had been given to her, and said that was the bundle which she had taken from Lawton and was in the same shape as when she (the defendant) took it from her. This Lawton strictly denied at the time, and and protested that all the defendant took from her was the cold meat and the dripping. Upon Law ton's trial at the sessions she repeated the same story and called two witnesses,—one the cook, whom she had the cold meat from, and the other a fellow laundrymaid, who swore that she was with Lawton up to the time of her being stopped by the defendant, and that she had no bundle then in her pessession. The jury, notwithstanding, found Lawton guilty, and she was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The evidence this day bore out the facts above given, and the woman Lawton was brought up by habeas to give evidence, and she most positively swore that all the defendant took from her was some cold meat in a piece of paper and some drip ping. The witnesses were very closely cross-examined, but nothing was elicited tending to show that the defendant had any motive for making a false charge. She had always thought well of the woman Law ton, and upon one occasion when she had missed some trifling article, and suspected one of the women, and found she was wrong, she at once told the other servants to let their fellow-servant know that she was in error. Mr. Ribton, upon the part of the defendant, said the charge was a most monstrous ono, and, if sue cessful; no prosecutor would be safe. His client had only done her duty to the institution she had to manage. The learned gentleman then most dis passionately reviewed the whole case, and expressed his gratification that his client's acquittal could not be given by the jury as the result of any doubt in their mind, but as an opinion of her entire innocence of the charge. Several clergymen gave the defendant a high character of many years standing. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, The Common Sergeant—And with that verdict I most heartily concur. POLICE iNTELLIGENCE.-April 7. MARYLEBONE.—Constance Wilson, aged 40, a well dressed woman, who refused to give her ad dress, was charged with administering poison to Sarah Cornell, residing at 108, Crawford-street, Marylebone. The prosecutrix said—l live at 108, Crawford street, and let out lodgings. Ido not live with my husband. He has been away from me about nine months. He introduced the prisoner to me by the name of Taylor, and I have been in the habit of visiting her since last July. Every time I visited her and took dinner or tea with her I was taken ill. On Thursday, the 13th Feb. this year, the prisoner 'came to my lodgings. I was ill all that day. I sent her for a little brandy and an Abernethy biscuit, thinking that it might do me good. The prisoner pressed me to have fourpennyworth of tincture of rhubarb, and I gave here the money and a bottle to fetch it in. There was nothing in the bottle at the time. She brought me what she called a "soothing draught," and said that the doctor would net serve her with the rhubarb. I was in bed at the time, and my child came into the room, and she sent him out for something before I took the draught. She gave me the glass with part of the medicine which she had fetched in it, and just as I had got it in my hand she poured a little more into the glass which imme diately became hot. It was a little glass. I said, "You have been warming the glass." She pretended notlto understand, and said, "Drink it up, the doc tor says it will warm you." I put it to my month, but it burnt me, and I threw it at once from me. My son came into the room at the time, and I told him to take the medicine to the chymist and tell him he had given me poison. There was a little milk at hand, which my son gave me, and which relieved my pain. My lips and tongue were burnt severely. None of the mixture went down my throat. I spilt the stuff upon the sheets, as I was in bed at the time. My son came back and said that Mr. Beacham said the medicine was all right and I had better take it. This I declined to do, and told him to throw it away, and he accordingly put it in the slop pail. The sheets were taken from me the next day, Friday, by a Mr. Graves, who handed them to the police. William Robinson, an intelligent lad, son of the prosecutrix by a former marriage, said—On the 3d February the prisoner was in my mother's room. Between 9 and 10 at night I noticed a small bottle on the mantlepieco. I wanted to get a pen and ac cidentally knocked it over. The prisoner told me to let it alone. The colour of what was in it was a dirtyish white. The stuff came out of it, as the cork was in the bottle. The prisoner said, "Don't knock my smelling bottle over." Mother told me to take the bottle and glass back to the chymist's, and I took it to his assistant. He tested the contents of the bottle, but not the glass, and said what was the the bottle was all right. The glass felt rather warm. Mr. Beacham, chemist, of 105, Crawford-street, said,—On Thursday evening, the 13th of February, the prisoner came to our shop and purchased a black draught of me. I took it from a drawer where there are bottles all ready. Soon afterwards the son brought back half of the draught and a cup. I did not taste what had been in the glass, only in the bottle. I detected nothing more than is usual in it when the boy brought it back. Thomas Charles Kirby, surgeon to the police, re siding at '77, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road, said,— On the day mentioned Inspector Burrows came to me, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and brought Mrs. Cornell with him,and said he thought that she had taken something deleterious. He b io bne r o dr u jo g sti h tiel t lne m ,da e wn e da o t m l e r e pieces and tested them found eu f linen mn f orthawhich hle a waterp p e a placedred t ch oe n t r t tained sulphuric acid. It was very strong, and almost burned my tongue. A sheet and night dress were here produced,and seemed to be so rotten from the effects of the liquid ejected upon them that care had to be taken in handling them. Dr. Kirby, after looking at them, said they per© in a similar state to the piece which he received, and they seemed to have been destroyed by strong acid being thrown upon them. If the acid were thrown upon a fender or fire-irons it would pro duce a greyish rust. He attended upon Mrs. Cor nell and thought she had taken some strong acid. There were large scales about the mouth. Her togue was very much swollen, with white patches on it. He gave her medicine for the purpose of allaying these symptom. Oil of vitriol poured into a glass in which there was another liquid would gradually make the glass grow warmer. William Boden, detective officer, attached to the D division, deposed,—On Sunday, the 16th of Feb ruary, I went to No. 10, Loughborough-street, Kennington, where the prisoner resided ; I knocked several times, but received no answer. I got over the garden wall at the back and found the house traced u her from y place ig to place, a in c a 7e mden-town, when I saw her R a e m n a d n p d t a y o b i o p u h t l_ h s h t a a r l Ep t :a i s n c t walking arm-in-arm with Mr. Cornell. I stopped them and said, " Good evening, Mrs. Wilson." j told her I was a police-officer, and what I charged her with, and gave her the usual caution. Sh e trembled very much, and seemed agitated. I placed her in a cab and conveyed her to the station. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner, but refused WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, Timothy Santry and Francis Johnston, two powerful men of before Mr. D' l4 . l yucourt with the following charged outrage . A cabinetmaker named Jones , who was so weak from loss of blood that ho was obliged to be seated while giving hi s evi d e nce, stated that he had been wounded while returning home through Commer cial-street, Spittalfields, about two o'clock on the preceding morning. A man and woman were walk ing together before hi m, when i n consequence o f a mov ement the w oman made her cloak f ail f rom her shoulders and dropped into the mud. The prisoner Santry instantly picked it up, and was hastening away with it, but the witness interposed and desired him to restore it to the owner. The moment he had so, the prisoners made a simultaneous at tack upon rim One of them tried to strangle him, but he succeeded in getting away. Ile ran 011: as fast as h e cou ld , b ut the pr i soners pursue d hi m , an d one of them, whom he could wear to be Santry, - ......- .0........... ......0 ... V..... ../............1.0.11•011/..i..... struck him a violent Now on the back, the . 'titer prisoner inciting him :tnd calling out, " Give .hial another, the -- ." He did not know at the n 1 r" 113 L. n `-. that he had been , seriously injured, but - Ite , 0 irer`,ly tj'ter felt an }mule pain in his side, and on pitting his hand there found that he had been stabbed, and that blood was flowing from the wound down his toTusers to the pavement. Sharp, a constab.te of the H division, deposed to "Police," and on hastening up hearing load cries of ' found the prosecutor and prisoners engaged in an The form er charged the prisoners with altercation. Om, and drew his attention s t r iking and stabbing n. the wound in his back. to the blood running f roL Both prisoners denied th e , charge, but he took them and on the .` Ol--"I to the station he into custody, lh;d been flung away' was inflitched cted. picked up a etas knife which about 30 yards from where the inju he was fe Mr. Gayton, a surgeon, stated thel t h on the preceding afternoon to the ' heuse of the pro secutor, whom he found suffering . from a wound in the back, near the spine, and in ,1 state of great exhaustion. The wound was three in ches in length, more like a slantivg cut than a stab, but he could not specify its depth. It was just sut n a wound as might be inflicted by the knife prod aced by the police. Aithough he (lid not apprehert d dangerous , consequences from the vvcond itself, thou, gh a s evere one, it was wholly against his wishes tin it the pro secutor was in attendance, as he had given that he was not to be moved. directions ~ Mr.D'Eyncourt ordered both men to be ren,,anded, and agreed to accept ball for Johnson, but poititively refused it for Santry. Another powerful fellow was directly after this' case charged with a brutal garotte robbery, and - svas also remanded, Mr. Safford, ,the clerk, drawing Mr. D'Eyncourt's attention to the fearful increase of robberies of this: class in that district. --- SOUTHWARD.--Sarah Beech, a mascplitio. looking woman, with an infant in her arms, was charged with malicio her husband, with a kl Indy wounding Edw and B eech, and nearly severing the nose om his face. The following medical t.er tificate was put in :-- " This is to certify that a `l,4lward Beech has a 'very severe cut across the nose; in fact, it is nearly severed from the face. Er) - t ipelas may follow*, , which would be dangerous. ND Surgeon." " W. TOWNSIT. , Edwin Coleman, 53 M, said th'at on Sunday forenoon, between 10 and 11 o'clock, he was en duty in Newington-causeway, when a )'oung ma n came running up to him and told him he believed a woman had murdered her husband in 'Overton' street, close by. The witness proceeded there, and on entering No. 11 in that street he saw the' prisoner in a very excited state. He was s hown into a room, where he saw the injured man under the treatment of a surgeon. He was covered with blood_ His nose had been cut so deep' down fronif the bridge that it actually hung from a piece?, skin above the upper lip., The doctor Bh-el:veal" up as well as he could, and stopped the ho3morrh,gge' when the prisoner was pointed out as the pero oll who inflicted the wound, and he then took her ins a custody. Witness understood that they (the pr a i:' soner and her husband) had beet quarrelling l' the morning, and that in her passioo she snatchhe ed up the knife, rushed at him, and cut h nose with it. t The prisoner hero said that the man was not bee' husband, but that she lived with hi m as his wifim over t He struck her first, and in a state of irritation she snatched up the knife to defend herself. Mr. Burcham observed that according t o the . , medical certificate erysipelas was a pp rehended, an it that took place death m ight soon follow. Under those circumstances he should remand her for a week' The Rev. Mr. Tugwell, the incumbent of St. Andrew's District Church, Stara ford-street, attended' before Mr. Burcham to complain of the annoyance caused by a large number of lads assembling on Sunday to gamble under the arches of t he Charing' cross Railway, in the vicinity of his church. Their kept quarrelling and swearing all day. The nut' sance at last got so intolerable that he commut cated with Sir George Grey on the subject's result of which was that the police had odo:rs,;„° interfere and take into custody all offending. Sunday ! during Divine service, there was a eOll- , plete riot, and one of the constables was yet',- roughly handled by the mob. Mr. Burcham said there had been cases of th e same kind before but that he had been compelled t° dismiss the prisoners, as no one really annoyed Ns' prosecuted. Benjamin Smith, 35, a labourer, was chargecl with inciting a mob to assault the police, throwing stones, and causing the rescue of a prisoner. Police-constable 52 L said that on Sunday no ° ll ' he saw several lads tossing under the railwa y arellt in Brad-street. They w ere throwing up copP e L money, and swearing dreadfully. One of the lady was taken into custody by a constable, but 300 O i l 400 ruffianly fellows surrounded him a nd r es ale' him. The witness went to the officer's assistanc e ' when he was attacked with stones and brickbats* One of the latter struck him on the head, cutting large hole in his hat and injuring him severely. 0 saw the prisoner throw something at that time' and, with the assistance of a railway constable) took him into custody. Stone, an officer employed by the Charing.eresps Railway Company, corroborated t he constable statement. Mr. Burcham fined the prisoner 205., with th e alternative of 14 days' hard labour. COUNTRY MARKB2S• COLCHESTER—Apsm 5. A small supply of wheat to-day, but quite oufficient W the demand, with a very slow sale. Barley for xualting very scarce, and is per qr dearer. Beans were rather the decline. No peas at market. 308 Wheat, white ..54s 66s Beans, Mazagan 35k, 1 red 46s 62s middle & small.37s Barley Oats CHELMSFO: ,D—APRIL 5. r - nples shown, and too raarlf prices barely maintained for damp samples is reduction• except beans, which were 14 To-day a very few good s of inferior description; late the best conditioned parcels; Spring corn was at late rates ; cheaper, but trade slow. Wheat, old white 26s 58s new 45s 65s old red 25s 50s Peas, Partridge 39s 7s 4 4,,,„11g White 3 % , Boiling 4ls 444 Dun 36s 400 Ditto new —s B eaus , Wick, old 33s ?2, new 33s , r,„; Harrow . Ticks —37 8 ao new 358 4 04 Mazagan 308 408 new 50s 61s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier 3os 42s Grinding 24s 32s Ma1t..... Chevalier . ..... ,64s 69a Oats 23s 30s GLOUCESTER—APRIL 5. A moderate supply of English wheat, which mot sale at farmers' prices. Foreign sold very slowly, A' D a ther lower rates. Oats more active. Barley, beans, n peas dull. KIRKCALDY GRAIN—APRIL 5. We had moderate supplies to day of all doscriptloll4 of grain. Sales ready enough at previous prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. ' First....4os Od 265,0 d 2os Od Second ..48s Od 29s Od 23s Od Third....sss Od 32s Od 27s Od: COAL M. atices of Coal per Ton at S. d. Buddle's West Hartley 17 0 Hartlepool Weat Hart ley Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 :ARKET. the dole of the market Walle:End. s.' (1 ~, 9 Cassop ........ Hartlepool l7 9 Co.radoe .. • Brlddyll's Iletton 17 6 South Hartlepool 16 '9 South Kelloe l6 6 Tees 17 i Heugh Hall 16 ' et, 25 ; sold, 23. _.... Walls End. Tunstall ........ 6 Ships at marks BIRTHS. 4, of c AnE y.— VI On the Gth in s t., at 12, Eaton-pl ace , the ":f Lieutenant-Colonel F. Carey, 26th -Regi me nt, u daughter, CHILD.—On the Gth inst., at 17, Hanover-square, the s y no of Coles Child, Esq., f Bromley-place, Kent, of A 13 ' and heir. HEATH.— On the Gth inst., at Clayhill, Enfield, the va c ° Henry G. H eath, Esq., of a son. rkr LEE.—On th e G t h i nst. , at P a l ey H ouse , T o lli n gton-Pa the wife of John Lee, Esq,, of a son. MARRIAGES. MILNE— HUGHES.—On the 3d inst., at Hampstead, klt e , r l4 Dundas Milne, Esq., R.N., to Harriett,. only dallgu',', of Colonel Robert Hughes, of Belgravo-road, St. John ° wood. Pi ICE—NUGENT.—On tho 3(1 inst., at Portaferry Church' Captain George B. Price, Royal Scots Greys , to Fr an Isabella, only (laughter of the late John Nugent, Es`;'' of Portaferry House, co. Down. DEATHS. CHALK.— On the 6th inst., at Dover, Stephen Chalk, Estil solicitor, aged 61. ELLIOT —On the 4th inst., at 29, Cadogan-lace, London , p the Hon. John Edmund Elliot, late M.P. for the county of Roxburgh, and youngest son of Gilbert, first Earl of Minto, aged 74. at Brighton, lIALLETT.—On the 3d ins t., Esq., aged 69. Willm, Hallett, Torquay, General Sir nousToux.--On the sth inst., at Tor Robert Houstoun, 1i.C.8., of Clerkington, Haddington shire, aged 82. WAKING.—On the 3d inst., at Burwarton, Mary, wife of Archdeacon Waring. WILLIAMS.—On the 2d inst., at Bryn Bella, Geneva , Annabelle, wifo of :I,ljor-General Molyneux K.IT. Loxii,s,NftruNdllio:oBoz. t h e:l; r n e d c : c u t b o li t s , h th ed e s b a y v J oy 0:::: 0 1 - 1 c A otua rL ty lls1 ::: . . 112, Strand, l'rntcr, at TnE SUN Office, N0.11:4.. 1862. --Tueoday, Ap r il 8, s of 4 tati COI kW fra3 488 11 ttxa en 41E4 Vom Lc i shay, kid ht ita at titt Pay 41111400 ti b ii.l. V