The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST. The following are the principal portions of the report of the directors to be submitted to the meet lus or tbo r .0 r ."...tt0.0 4. bo kola 41xo Briaso house Hotel, Southwark, on Thursday next : " The accounts for the half-year ending 31st Dec. 1861, are subjoined, and show the following results: " Capital Account—The amount of capital raised to the 31st December, 1861, is £10,147,786, con sisting of—Ordinary stock £4,620,000, preferential stock and shares £3,235,765, mortgage debt £1,537,315, and debenture stock £754,706; making a total of £10,147,786. The amount of capital expended during the half-year is £233,492, of which full particulars appear in the capital ac count annexed. The proprietors will observe that none of the renewals or replacements of mortgage bonds have been effected at the rate of interest higher than 4 per cent., and that the average rate on the debt has been reduced to £4 2s. per cent. The directors are prepared to make further allot ments of the Perpetual Four per Cent. Debenture Stock, and a preference in the issue will still be given to proprietore." " Revenue Account—The gross revenue for the half-year has been £526,741, showing an increase of £21,472 over the corresponding half-year of 1860. Of this excess £10,193 arises in the goods, and the remainder in the coaching and other depart ments. The revenue for the year has been £948,120, or £52,240 in excess of that of 1860. During the early part of the past half-year a considerable in crease was obtained, but the unfortunate accident of the 25th of August interfered for a time with the pleasure traffic to the south coast, which, however, would no doubt have resumed its former rate of progress, had not the general depression Of trade affected this as well as all other railways; still the opening of the Henfield and Horsham branch, and the further development of traffic at the Victoria Station and on the Mid-Sussex line, enable the directors to report a satisfactory increase. The year 1862 has commenced favourably, and the continuance of peace, together with the approach ing Great International Exhibition, justifies the ex pectation of a further increase in. the revenue. It will be observed from these statements that, taking into consideration the compensations already paid in respect of the Clayton accident, the general ex penditure of the last half-year has not increased in proportion to the increased mileage, while at the same time the plant has been well maintained, the revenue of 1861 being debited with the cost of con structing three new and rebuilding nine other en gines, and of constructing 117 vehicles in the car riage and waggon department, in place of a similar number which have become useless. Under these circumstances the permanent way improvement ac count has only been credited with £4,000 as origi nally recommended. The additional charge under the head of mortgage and preference interest arises" from the fact that,as compared with the correspond ing half-year of 1860, interest upon a much larger amount of capital is debited against revenue In re spect of the Victoria station, the Shoreham, Hen field, and Horsham branch, and other completed works, &c. The southern portion of the line from Shoreham to Horsham was opened on the Ist July, and the remainder on the 16th September last. The Croydon and Balham line, and the enlargement of the Brighton terminus will shortly be completed, as well as the goods station on the West-end line and Battersea wharf; at which latter point the company have a large extent of ground, and a considerable traffic in connection with the river may be expected. The contract for the line from Pulborough to Ford and Littlehampton is let, and some progress has been made with the works. The directors look forward to satisfactory results from the opening of this branch, more particularly in connection with the excellent harbour at Littlehampton, which will afford an improved route for the traffic of the Chan nel Islands and the adjacent coast of France. The ; directors have felt it desirable to take the necessary stepst efirst, for prosecution i n P ar li amen t o f two bills: h to authorise the construction of a line from a point near the Bricklayers'A pass ing through Pe c kh am and Dulwich , rms l an u d ne j \Vest-end line nea r L owe towards Gipsy-hill, a n d w i th a branch dn from o F hem, to form a connexion with theanLe,on with a fork Chat ham,eck- and Dover Company's Metropo l ita n Extension near Brixton. The proposed line passes through a suburban district, requiring railway accommoda- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1862. ------_.....-- THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXIII BITION. with credit to himself or interest to the Exhibition. Then, it soon leaked out through trade and local committees that Sound-So was only ing for 600 ft to make sure of getting 60, and that the same person had applied for 60ft in 1851, when 20 had turned out to be as much as he was ab to fill with things really worth seeing. The Cr mmissioners soon found that this system of deceptive applica tions was being rather extensively practised, and they dealt with them accordingly. The main entrance in the Cromwell-road is to be left open for the delivery of articles, which com mences on the Ist of March. To facilitate their distribution through the building a tramway with trucks will be laid across the floor, with branches at right angles into the 50ft courts in the north and south. We are glad to say that at last some steps have been taken, or rather are ordered to be taken, towards getting ready the Annexe for the reception of machinery in motion. An engine-house for six boilers is to be built at the northern end of the sheds with a chimney 12 feet in diameter, and 100 feet high. The engine is to work up to 300 horse power at 301 b. pressure, and culverts under ground will convey the steam and exhaust pipes. Even in these mattere alone there is so much work to be done that it seems scarcely possible all can be ready for the opening. Her Majesty's Commissioners have adopted the following regulations with respect to the admission of visitors to the Exhibition :- 1. The Exhibition will open as previously announced, on Thursday the Ist of May, and will be open daily (Sun days excepted) during such hours as the Commissioners shall, from time to time, appoint. 2. The Royal Horticultural Society have arranged a now entrance to their Gardens from Kensington-road, the Commissioners have agreed with the Council of the society to establish an entrance to the Exhibition from the Gar dets, and to issue a joint ticket giving the owner the privi lege of admission both to the Gardens and to the Exhibi tion on all occasions when they are open to visitors, includ ing the flower shows and fetes held in the Gardens, up to the 18th of October, 1862. 3. There will, therefore, be four principal entrances for visitors :-1. From the Horticultural Gardens for the owners of the joint tickets, Fellows of the society, and other visitors to the Gardens. 2. In Cromwell-road. 3. In Prince Albert's-road. 4. In Exhibition-road. 4. The regulations necessary for preventing obstructions and danger at the several entrances will be issued prior to the opening. 5. Admittance to the Exhibition will be given only to the owners of season tickets and to visitors paying at the doors. SEASON TICKETS. 6. There will be two classes of season tickets, The first, price £3 35., will entitle the owner to admission to the opening and all other ceremonials, as well as at all times when the building is open to the public. The second, price £5 55., will confer the same privileges of admission to the Exhibition, and will further entitle the owner to admission to the Gardens of the Royal Horti cultural Society at South Kensington and Chiswick (includ ing the flower shows and fetes at these gardens) during the continuance of the E t hibition. . PRICES OF ADMISSION. 7. On the Ist of May, on the occasion of the opening ceremonial, the admissions will be restricted to the owners of season tickets. 8. On the 2d and 3d of May the price of admission will be £1 for each person; and the Commissioners reserve to themselves the power of appointing three other days, when the same charges will be made. 9. From the sth to the 17th of May, ss. 10. From the 19th to the 31st of May, 2s. 6d., except on one day in each week, when the charge will be ss. 11. After the 31st of May the price of admission on four days in each week will be ls. SALE OF SEASON TICKETS. 12. Season tickets are now for sale, between the hours of 10 and 5 daily, at the offices of her Majesty's Commis sioners, 454, West Strand, London, W.C. 12. Applications through the post (stating Christian name and surname) must be addressed to the Secretary, and must be accompanied by Post-office orders, payable to Mr. J. J. Mayo, at the Po3t-office, Charing-cross. 14. No checks or country notes will be received. 15. Cases for preserving the season tickets may be ob tained at the office for ls. each. By order, F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. As yet nothing has been done by the Committee of Taste towards deciding on the painting of the interior. We don't at all mean to say that nothing has been painted, for nearly the whole of the nave is painted in all the colours of the rainbow. There is a " Harlequin" set of bays and columns and bits of roof on both sides, down half its entire length. One set has been experimented on by an amateur, and this piece adorns the building about as much as tattooing beautifies the human being. Beyond these are some other attempts, the best undoubtedly being those of Mr. Belk and Capt. Fowke. The former has tinted the round handsome columns in front and the square principals at the back of a pale green, with a vertical crimson stripe. It looks well enough in the columns, but jars sadly with the neutral drab colour of the roof above. Those of Captain Fowke are pale yellow ochre columns, with a blue and white roof; but here the roof looks hard, and the columns entirely fail to satisfy the eye. To sum up all, however, no attempt has given perfect - . satisfaction except to its own immediate author, and the thing seems almost as far off a settlement as ever. Everybody seems in favour of gilding, except the Commissioners, who are wise enough to see that the expense of this must come out of their funds, and that the cost to do anything with an interior as large as that of the building at South Kensing ton would amount to a very heavy sum. The best attempt towards decorating the roof has been made by painting the boards in diagonal lines of white and blueish gray converging to the centre ; but the colours are so pale that even this has a washy effect, and the tints must be much stronger before they look well. Hardly any of the attempts made give the principals, or square columns close to and behind the round ones on each side of the nave, a different shade of colour from that immediately in front of it. Yet we are much mistaken if it will not be found absolutely necessary to do this; at least, if the painting is kept as it should be—sub servient to the architecture of the interior. But, as we have said, nothing is decided, and the painting is now as much in the way of progress as the domes were formerly. It was rumoured that the committee were about to seek the assistance of Mr. Owen Jones and Mr. Craee, but this is not true. Like every one else, we may have our opi nion as to which of the two gentlemen is best qualified for the duty, though of this we shall say nothing. If either were given the work it would of course be done, but if both were called in the chances of completion would be more remote than ever. The decoration has in fact been confided to Mr. Crace, subject to the approval of Captain Fowke and Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, and without at all wishing to derogate from Mr. Crace's skill we do hope that those on whom the decision finally rests will do their utmost to get as light de corations as possible. The building will ab solutely require light tints, and the want of these will almost spoil its whole effect. Next to the importance of having light colours is the necessity of deciding on them at once, for the long delay is getting to be almost a serious obstacle. Till the painting of the nave is done the monstrous travelling scaffold cannot be removed. Till the east and west transepts are painted the web of timbers which now fills them must remain, and till these are down and sawn up half the floors cannot be laid, and, till the floors are down, neither articles can be placed nor counters erected. Everybody knows that at the end there will be at this building the same hurry, confusion, night and day work to get things in some order for the opening as was at that of 1851, and with this knowledge before them the present apparently unnecessary delay and loss of time seem unaccountable. For the rest, though a great deal yet remains to do, the work connected with the building itself is well in hand, and the enormous supplies of material which are daily and hourly poured in from almost every description of smithy, foundery, workshop, or factory in the king dom, show that there is no chance of failure in finishing the building on the part of the contractors. The northern courts are behind the southern both in iseieksvosis, floor, tuna roofins, 150.4 J orrvira I,vro tholec is nothing which it is not felt could be finished in a fortnight if an emergency arose. The refreshment rooms overlooking the Horticultural-gardens are well advanced, and the sashes being in the windows one is able to judge of the effect of this side from the gardens themselves, As nearly as possible, a style of architecture similar to the arcades beneath has been followed, and the effect of the whole is singularly light, graceful, and picturesque. Not so, however, is the terminal tower of the transept which bounds it on the east, which has, to say the least, a squat, blunt, abrupt look, which, by comparison with the graceful architecture of the refreshment rooms and gardens around, is downright ugly. Externally the lofty range of picture galleries is complete, with the exception of the decorations with which it is intended to surmount the cornices and capitals. The recesses of the arcades are merely filled in with cement. Hereafter, though not during the Exhibition time, these recesses will be covered with mosaics. On Friday the last ribs of the western dome were hoisted to their places, and the work of riveting at this part also will now commence. While on the subject of the domes we may refer with deference to the opinions expressed by many competent per sons that the iron belts on which the thrust of the dome i ibs all come are made in the slightest man ner possible, consistent with the idea that they will be equal to the strain they will undoubtedly have to bear, more especially with a high wind pressing on one side of the dome. The matter, we believe, has already attracted the attention of some members of the Building Committee, but it would perhaps be as well now before the work is further advanced that both belts should be again examined and the question of their strength finally set at rest. The accounts of the efforts made by the French manufacturers become more glowing every day, and there is now no doubt that the spaces allotted to our allies will be among the chief attractions of the whole building. All the courts are to be fitted up en suite in the most costly style, with back grounds of mirrors, &c. America has signified her intention of accepting the whole of the space al lotted to her-30,000 ft. It is said she will chiefly exhibit small labour-saving machines and locomo tives. The latter, for their great weight, will re quire foundations of no ordinary strength. As upon the last occasion, we shall have from Vienna carved wood furniture of the most elaborate descrip tion, and vases of malachite from Russia that a man might swim in. • All the allotments to English exhibitors have been issued, and in most cases taken up. As was expected, there has been a great deal of angry con troversy and corresponden ce upon all demands for space having been enormously reduced by the Com missioners. Even the most successful have seldom got more than 8 or 10 per cent, on the amount they asked, while large numbers have got less than a fiftieth of their demand. About five or six per cent. of the whole number to whom space was allotted have therefore re f use d to exhibit at Among these dissentients are several eminent firms, whose absence is certainly to be regretted, and perhaps not the less so because it must ultimately injure themselves. Every foot has been allotted to the various trades and manufactures with the most rigid impartiality, and, therefore, no matter how much exhibitors may be disappointed at the re duction of their demands, they may depend up on it that what they have got is the very utmost the Commissioners could, with justice to others, allow, and that for the diminution of their claims the applicants in nine cases out of ten have only them selves to blame. In 1851 about one-third of the s pace applied for was granted. This time the amount granted has probably net been more than 1-10th or 1.12 th of the space sought. In 1851 the exhi bitor who wanted 60t . t applied for it, and got 20. This time, wanting again 60, he has tried to get it by asking for 600. In these cases of exorbitant demands (and they have been the majority) the Commis sioners have replied by asking applicants to specify the articles they intended to exhibit. This was nearly alwa . ys declined ; in some cases from fear of professional rivalry, though, in most, from the ex hibitor not wishing to convict himself of having de manded many times more space than he could fill tion ; it forms a greatly improved access between London-bridge and the important local stations on the West-end line, gives a second route from Lon don-bridge to the Crystal Palace and all stations south thereof, and affords to all the contiguous rail ways direct access to this company's wharf at Dept. ford, and to the Commercial Docks. Powers are also contained in this bill for the construction of a short extension of two miles in length, from Newhaven to Seaford, which promises to become a valuable ad dition to the watering places on the south coast. The total outlay under these heads is estimated at £340,000. The second bill has for its objects to obtain certain properties for enlarging the London Bridge Station, the traffic of which still continues to increase, notwithstanding the opening of the Vic torialreiminus. Clauses are also inserted enabling the company to own and work steam vessels. The French traffic via Newhaven is increasing in im portance, and has already received further develop ment from the effect of the French Treaty. The result of the directors' experience proves the neces sity of rendering the company independent of inter mediate parties, and thus securing the same advan tages as are possessed by the other southern railway companies. Various schemes have been introduced into Parliament, more or less affecting the interests of the company,and they will be attentively watched by the board. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account is £164,125, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, amounting to £161,700, leaving a balance . of 42,425 to the credit of the current half year, and making the dividend for the year 1861 amount to 6 per cent. Three of the directors, namely, Leo Schuster, Chas. Lushington, and John Nix, Esqs., go out of office by rotation, and, being eligible for re-election, will offer themselves accordingly. Ono of the auditors, Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., goes out of office by rota , tion, and, being eligible, for re-election, will offer , himself accordingly." ham, he wished the jury to bear in mind that not ' one of the 11 petitioners, or the 100 descendants who had been spoken of, had ever shown the slightest affection or kindness to him ; in fact, for years they had turned their backs on Lady Sophia and her son, and he asked whether it was to be expected that Mr. Windham had any liking for the General or the other petitioners. He next alluded to the mar riage of Mr. Windham, and said that, whatever might have been the character of Agnes Willough by, there were some good traits in her conduct, and she possessed great personal charms, which so in fatuated Mr. Windham that he was determined to win her, and he did, setting on her at first £BBO, and then £1,500 a year. At that time she was liv ing upon an allowance of £2,000 a-year. But, whatever her character, they must agree with him that General Windham had no right to inter fere. It was an unfortunate thing, but it was a fact that hundreds of such ill-assorted marriages had taken place in the highest circles, and why should they set Mr. Windham up as a sacrifice for all those whose example he had followed ? If Mr. Windham was insane by reason of his marriage, then many hundreds of others ought to be confined as lunatics ; but vice and profligacy, however bad they might be, could not be deemed as evidence of insanity. The learned counsel having summed up, Mr. Montague Chambers said he would commence his reply to-morrow, after Mr. Coleridge, should he conclude in reasonable time, had addressed the jury for Mrs. Windham, and, if necessary, resume his address on Monday, the court being adjourned to that day. The private examination of Mr. Windham will not take place until after Mr. Chambers has re plied. THE WINDLIAM CASE. THE TYBECK OF THE SPA_RKLING FOAM. An official investigation, instituted by direction of the Board of Trade, was commenced yesterday at the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Traill, ma gistrate, and Capt. Harris as nautical assessor, into the circumstances attending the wreck of the schooner Sparkling Foam, 188 tons burthen, Capt. Fraser Mackie, on her voyage from London to Ber bice, and which vessel, with her cargo, it will be re membered, together with Mr. Fairbairn, the pilot in charge, and a seaman, were lost on the Margate Sands on the night of the 23d ult. Mr. O'Dowd attended to conduct the inquiry on behalf of the Board of Trade; Mr. V. Lushington, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Sewell and Ed wards, appeared for the owners of the Sparkling Foam ; and Mr. E. C. Clarkson for the owners of the New Unity Steam-tug Company. Mr. O'Dowd having briefly opened the case, called — John Atkinson, who said—l hold a master's ticket of service from the Board of Trade, and was only mate en board the Sparkling Foam. I kept the ship's log, which was lost in the vessel. The crew consisted of eight persons, including the cap tain. On leaving the St. Katharine Docks on the morning of the 23d Dec., she was in good condition. Her draught, when full loaded, was 114 ft. aft ; but she only drew 10Ift. and 9ft. forward. We anchored at 9 a.m. off Gravesend to get another seaman for one who had not joined. The ship was in charge of a pilot named Fairbairn, a very old and experienced pilot. The vessel was in the tow of the steamtug New Unity. There was a fresh breeze from E. by N. at tea o'clock, when we left Gravesend. Shortly be six o'clock in the evening we passed the Prin cess Channel light, w h e n we set fore and aft fore sail, fore staysail, and fo retopmast staysail. The wind was then veering from E. by S. to E. by N., with a strong wind and a bit of a head sea. By my calculation the tide was at ebb at this time. About 6 o'clock the rope broke from the steamer's stern. The ship was steering E.S.E. at the time of the rope breaking. It was a stout 9-inch warp, and the piece produced was part of it. We hauled in the warp and made a Trench clinch, and the tug came alongside and took us in tow again. The length of the rope payed out was 25 fathoms. When the rope broke, the vessel's head laid off to the south ward with her helm hard a-starboard. It was a clear, starlight night, all the lights being visible. About half an hour afterwards the rope broke a second time, in the middle of the clinch and on the hook of the steamer. We hauled the rope in again, and the tug was about half an hour before it came to us. The ship's head was lying off to the south ward all this time, and her helm hard a-starboard, the wind being on her port bow. The tug came up on our starboard, and, when within hailing, Captain Mackie asked the captain of the tug to lend him his tow Tope, saying he would pay him any money for so doing. The reply was, "It will take an hour and a half to get it up from below." A small rope was then thrown, and on being again taken in tow the pilot told the captain of the tug to tow easy and keep more to the northward. Both Captain Mackie and the pilot were forward, and the pilot gave orders. Captain Mackie gave no orders to the captain of the tug. The orders were given by the pilot through a speaking-trumpet. When the rope was secured a second tune we made out warp about 30 or 40 fathoms. We continued on a little while, when the pilot, finding the tug was not sufficiently to the north ward, called about a dozen times through (Before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) Yesterday morning the Master and jury reassem. bled in the Westminster Sessions House. Mr. Kerslake continued his speech in summing up the evidence for the alleged lunatic. He com menced by commenting on the evidence of Mrs. Llewellin, as to the alleged dirty habits of Mr. Windham when living in Duke-street, and pointed out the manner in which that evidence had been contradicted by that of the servants in Mrs. Llewellin's house. Mrs. Llewellin had positively stated that Mr. Windham had behaved himself like a child when in bed, and that statement had been relied upon by his learned friend on the other side, to establish the fact that such conduct was a habit ofi,Mr. Windham, as he had no Control over his actions; but Mrs. Pritchard, who attended to his room, stated that the linen was not dirty, and Mrs. Llewellin said that she removed the sheets before Mrs, Pritchard made the bed. And, on cross examination, Mrs. Llewellin admitted that she knew Mr. Windham was suffering from illness, and that accounted for the appearance on the linen which she saw. Reverting to the evidence on that point, the learned counsel asked the jury to call to mind the evidence of Mrs. Brown, who was called for the defence. That witness was called for the defence, but she was in the service of the Llewellins, and could have been called by the petitioners, but they knew that she had never seen any indications of dirty habits on the'part of Mr. Windham. How was it, he asked, that with all the servants in the house, not one of them was awoke by Mr. Windham, if he had made those noises, and was so turbulent as had been alleged ? The fact was, that Mr. Windham had not acted differently to other young men. Let them look at the position of the parties in the house, especially Mr. Llewellin, the wine-merchant and ex-valet, who had been brought before them as the principal witness. That person was always noisy and passionate about the house, and created disturbances with his family and those about him: It was the most unfortunate thins that over happened to young Windham that he went to live for three or six months at Llewal lin's house. With regard to the other servant, Shafez, he (the learned counsel) would only remind the jury of the conduct of Llewellin towards that person, when he refused to agree to the request of Llewellin to give evidence against Mr. Windham, when he knew that he would falsify himself by so doing. Llewellin called Shafez a French thief and vagabond, and assaulted him, and a summons before the police magistrate was now pending. The learned counsel then briefly adverted to the evi dence of Eliza Dignam and Conway Dignam, the brother and sister of Mrs. Llewellin, and said that, from their evidence, there was no doubt of attempts to suborn both witnesses, and he was supported in that assertion by the fact that, of all the parties in ' the house, General Windham only took the state ment of Mrs. Llewellin, and laid that before the Lords Justices as a truthful statement; but he (the learned counsel) would leave it for the jury to say whether that statement had not been entirely con tradicted by the evidence which had been produced in that court. He contended that the evidence of Mrs. Llewellin as to the familiarities between Eliza Dignam and Mr. Windham had been entirely re futed, and that the character of that young woman was unimpeachable Eliza. Dignam had been living with her mother till her death, upon which she (Eliza Dignam) came into a little money, the mother only having a life interest in some property, and for five years Llewellin had kept the poor girl out of the sum of £3O, and she was obliged to have resort to the County Court to recover he money. As to the evidence of Conway Dignam, that young man was very unfortunate, and Mrs. Llewellin had taken advantage of his position and attempted to suborn him to give evidence against Mr. Windham when he knew nothing of the case; and he (the learned counsel) thought there was something most blasphemous in the manner in which Mrs. Llewellin had wished she might drop dead if she did not speak the truth when she denied that any conversation had ever taken place between herself and her brother about young Mr. Windham. But in addition to the evidence, they mast look at the acts of the Llewel lins. Had not Mrs. Llewellin said to Pritchard, Conway Dignam, and others, that she was not doing this (asking them to give evidence) for nothing; and had not Mrs. Llewellin frequently reproached 1 her husband for drawing all Mr. Windham's money out of him ? His learned friend charged Mr. Wind ham with keeping low company, and to that he (Mr. Karslake) pleaded guilty, but not in the sense his learned friend intended, such as his associating with railway guards and his farm servants at Felbrigg hall, but he (Mr. Kerslake) regretted to say that Mr. Windham kept the company of Mr. Llewellin. Mr. Windham had been charged with habitual falsehood, but ho never saw such an example of the saying, " Give a dog a bad name and hang him," for this charge had been made with an object, but it had entirely failed in every respect. Then as to the evidence of the policeman ho would not occupy muchtof their time, for he never knew of anything more monstrous than the threat of Gen. Windham, that he would set the policeman to watch young Mr. Windham if he was not at home and in bed at about 11 o'clock each night. Let them imagine such a threat being made to a young man just come to town, and about coming of age and into a large property; and, no doubt the General had carried out his threat, for the policeman had been called in support of the petitioners' case. The learned counsel then dwelt at great length upon the proposition made by Mr. Jackson, on behalf of the General, to Mr. Windham, with regard to the Felbrigg estate, and asked the jury if there was any indication of insanity on the part of young Mr. Windham in re fusing to accept the snare laid out for him to re arrange the estate for the advantage of Gen. Wind ham. It had been said that those propositions were made to Mr. Windham to enable him to pay his debts, but at that time Mr. Windham did not owe £l,OOO, and these propositions were made to Mr. Windham when they said he was not in a fit state to manage himself and his affairs. With regard to the con duct of Mr. Windham in those matters, he thought that if they were to be deemed acts of insanity the sooner the lunatic asylums were enlarged the better. As to the conduct of the family towards Mr. Wind the speaking-trumpet, " Keep to the northward; keep to the northward." I did not see whether the tug obeyed the order. I heard the pilot order our helm to be kept a-starboard, and we did everything to keep the vessel to the northward. About half or three-quarters of an hour after this she struck very heavily, and unshipped and knocked out all her side lights, at which time the pilot was still calling out for the tug to keep to the northward. The pilot ordered us to hoist up our mainsail. The ship struck heavily, but grazed over, and while. we were hoisting the mainsail she again struck heavily, and the main-boom parted in the middle. The pilot was calling out all this time for the tug to keep to the north ward. Five minutes afterwards I found that the tow rope had parted close to the windlass of our own ship. I then looked a-head and saw Margate Pier-head light half a point on our port bow, and the Tongue light right astern. I cannot say what distance off the Margate Pier-head light was. The vessel whs then hard and fast, and the tug never made her appearance again. By Mr. Traill—l looked a-head for the light of the tng, but could not see it. When we were in tow of the tug we saw her light and steered by it. The tug had a chance of seeing us while in tow, although our lights were out, as we could see her a-head. It was about 10 minutes after she took the ground that I loOked for the tug. I looked all around the ship but could not see her. Examination continued—We then hauled down forestaysail and foretopmast staysail, and endea voured to get in the boom foresail, but were unable, and it was left standing. Captain Mackie then called out that the vessel was parting. An hour after she first stru c k, h er s t e rn parted right off, leaving a passage into the vessel, and causing things to float out. Finding the vessel was breaking up, all hands rushed to the boats and cut the lashings. We launched the jollyboat over the starboard side, ( and the sea dashed it against the ship's side and broke it to pieces. Shortly afterwards the ship turned over to port on her beam ends, when we en deavoured to launch the longboat. We were a long time in getting it over, and during the whole of this period the ship's side was breaking up. We were half an hour in launching the longboat. I picked up a rope and fixed it to her as a painter at one end. The captain and six of the crew got into the boat, and a seaman, Morris, a black, who was shipped at Gravesend, saying he might as well lose his life as not save his clothes, went aft, as I sup pose, to search for them. I thought all hands and the pilot were in the boat, but in consequence of the rope at the other end of the boat not having been made fast, or else having become broken, it was driven away by the force of the sea. I then saw the pilot standing up to his middle in water in the leeway of the ship. By Mr. Traill—Some of the hands got into the boat before it was launched, and some afterwards. It was launched stern foremost. We had four oars in the boat at the time of its being launched, but one of these was washed away. We had two of them to pull with, and the other was used to steer by. By Captain Harris—There was no rudder to the pi e ces of wood found i n th e boat. We made for the nearest o shore, e pins, which we made out of some t he tide and wind sending us outside. By Mr. Lushington—There had been lumber in the boat, but this had been cleared out. I have been 44 years at sea, and 14 years of that period have acted as master. The rope was a 9-inch warp, and s t ro ng enough for to w i ng a ves sel of 500 tons. The tug is a power ful two -f unne l s teamer. By Mr. Traill—My opinion is, that the cause of the repo breaking was the sudden jerking of the steamer. I do not know of any agreement having been: enteredinto as to how far the tug was to tow her. By Mr. Clarkson —My opinion is, the captain of the tug, if he did not hear the pilot's words through the speaking trumpet, must have heard the sounds. I did not hear or see any recognition of the pilot's orders being understood. I did not hear the mas ter of the tug advise us to put back and not proceed to sea that night, nor did I hear him advise canvas to be got on the ship and run up the Prince's Chan nel. I have not since told any person that the pilot advised the captain of the schooner to put back, or that the pilot said to the captain, " I will do what I can for you and the owners." I have 1 told Mr. D =merlin, a pilot, the friend of the widow of Mr. Fairbairn, that I heard the pilot say, " I like to oblige all parties ;" but I do not know what this had reference to. I did not tell him this was said in reference to putting back. Thomas Fewson Atkinson, son of the last wit ness, and boatswain on board the Sparkling Foam, was next examined, but his evidence was merely a repetition of that given above. In cross-examination the witness said he heard no complaint made to the master of the brig as to the manner in which the vessel had been towed after the breaking of the rope a second time, and that the tug was nothing like a quarter of an hour before she came alongside of the vessel again after the second breaking. Thomas Crossley, a seaman, also gave confirmatory evidence, and the inquiry was adjourned. LAW IN TELLIGEN CE.—Jan. 22. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middiesex—(Before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) STEWART V. MILLER-SINGULAR CASE OF FALSE IMPRI- SONMENT. The plaintiff, a girl about 19 years old, was a native of Greenock, but some time ago she became a prostitute, and went to Glasgow. In con• equence of a letter which she re ceived there, she and another girl came to London, and went at once to a brothel kept by the defendant, Mrs. Mil ler, in Dorset-street, Dorset-square. The defendant said that her dress was not fitted for London, and if the plaintiff would give her the money she got from gentlemen she would get her dresses. The plaintiff received a dress which was charged to her at £5, a cloak £4 10s., another cloak £2, and so on. She was also to be charged 15s. a week for her board and 30s. for apartments. She remained at the defen dant's eight weeks, and left on Saturday, Dec. 7, taking with her the clothes she had on, and also anothe. dress, but leaving behind some clothes which belonged to her. The defendant pursued her in a cab, and found her in the Hay market with a gentleman, and gave her in charge for steal ing the clothes, and persisted in that charge, though cau tioned not to do so by the police inspector. The consequence was that the plaintiff remained locked up until Monday, when the magistrate discharged her; and she now claimed damages for false imprisonment, and also to recover the value of the things she had left behind her. Mr. Ribton and Mr. Daly appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. D. D. Keane for the defendant. MARYLEBONE.—John Everett, a distressed looking man, about 40, was charged with robbery. The evidence went to show that on the previous evening the prisoner was seen to take two baskets from the front of the shop of Mr. Paris, Gray-street, Manchester-square. He was pursued and taken into custody with the property in his possession. The prisoner, on being. asked what he had to say, replied that he had been for a whole day and night without food, and that it was entirely through dis tress that he committed the offence. He was seat for seven days to the House of Cor rection. The plaintiff herself and another girl were examined to make out the case, and among other things the plaintiff said that she gt;.ve the defendant all the money she received, which in the eight weeks amounted to £4O. She also spoke as to the value of the clothes she left behind, and was asked the value of each article; first, what was the value of the " drawers." Mr. Justice Byles said this was not necessary. Mr. Keane could go into them if he thought fit— (loud laughter)— but at present it was sufficient to ask the value of all the things together. Mr. Keane preferred to say nothing about the matter. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £3O for the false imprisonment, and £7 upon the trover count. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 22. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday Stella Au gusta Brookes, a tidily-dressed girl of 19, was charged with robbery. Mr. Holt, of Quality-court, Chancery-lane, ap peared for the prisoner. Mrs. Caroline Ebery, wife of a tradesman in Gwynne's-place, Hackney-road, stated that she had an ebony shver-mounted flute in a rosewood case, which belonged to her husband, safe on a card-table in her dining-room at half-past two o'clock ox Saturday, the 11th inst., and at half-past nine o'clock on the following morning she found that both box and flute had been stolen, in consequence of which she communicated with the police. Miss Susan Tilham, the last witness's sister, stated that at half-past four on that Saturday a knock was given at the door, which she answered. It was the prisoner, who inquired what apartmen t s they had to let. She replied a bedroom and sitting room, but that they were rather expensive. The prisoner rejoined, " I do not want them for myself. I have been sent by a lady in whose service I am, and whose daughter, a married lady, has seen the bill in your window, and wishes me to inquire the rent and the size of the rooms." This conversation took place just inside the dining room , where the prisoner stood with her back to the card-table, on which the flute and its case where then lying. She took the prisoner upstairs and showed her the rooms, on examining which she told her that the lady, whose husband was engaged in a large house in the city, resided very near there, in apartments at 12s. per week, and would call the next day and decide, on saying which she left the house. The flute, which was safe when she came, was gone the next morning. She was quite sure the prisoner was the same woman, and could not be mistaken in her as she steadily looked her in the face all,the time she was talking to her. She noticed her dress, which was a dark one, and noticed that she was pock marked, as the prisoner is. In addition to all this, she afterwards went with an officer to the house where the prisoner was employed, in Oval-cottages, close by there, and not only identified her at once when she saw her, but recognised her voice the moment she spoke. Dillaway, of the N division, proved apprehending the prisoner four days after the robbery, and that the second witness did, as she said, identify her as soon as she saw her, the prisoner protesting that she was innocent. An elderly gentleman named Evans, a music dealer in the same neighbourhood, said that between 5 and 6 on the evening referred to a woman sold him the flute, saying that it belonged to her brother, who had given it her, and on his placing it in his window for sale it was identified and claimed by the first witness, The woman who sold it was about 19, pockmarked, and like the prisoner in height, but her cast of face was very unlike the prisoner's, and he did not, in fact, believe that the prisoner was the same person who had sold the property to him. Mr. Holt said his defence was either the best or worst he could make for the prisoner, it being an alibi, and he had numerous witnesses to that and character. He called Mrs. Eliza Morrison, the prisoner's mistress, Mr. Wm. Brookes, a musician, Mr. Geo. Davis, a solicitor's clerk, Mr. Geo. Forge, another clerk, and Mrs. Ann Smith, the wife of a surveyor, all of whom declared that they had seen the primmer in the house the whole day, attending to her duties, up to half' past eight at night, when she went out for the first time, and all spoke exceedingly well of her, and declared that she could not have been out of their sight more than, as some said, 10 minutes, and others three minutes, at a time. The prosecutor's house, however, was proved to be very near to that of Mrs. Morrison, so that the girl might, by a mere possibility, have gone from one to the other in one of these intervals. Mr. Leigh said that he had no alternative, with such positive evidence against her, than to send the prisoner for trial, which he did, but he consented to accept bail, which had been put in for her by two respectable tradesmen, without any hesitation, in £4O each, at the first examination. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, at the conclu sion of the ordinary business of the court, Mr. Black ford, of Bucklersbury, solicitor, attended before the Lord Mayor to make a statement in what he con ceived to be the public interest, having first had permission from his lordship to do so. He had received a letter from a client in Paris stating that a friend of his had recently been appointed an agent for a firm in London for the department of France in which he resided, and asking if he (Mr. Blach ford) could vouch for the respectability of the house in question, styled Buckmaster, Harrison, and Co., of 2, New-street-square, London. From them the friend of his client received a letter a few months ago. It was a printed circular, in French, the blanks in which had been filled up in handwriting decidedly French. It bore in the left corner at the top of the page, after the French manner, the words, " The Purveyor. Buckmaster, Harrison, and Co., 2, New-street-square, city, London ;" and purported to be signed with those names, written apparently in an English hand. It was dated the 12th of November last, and addressed to the recipient at his residence, " Rue haute, a Deuil pres Enghien, Seine et Oise." The writers stated that they had thehonour to inform him that the " direction" of the Purveyor's Company at their sitting on the Bth of November had decided on his admission as a purchasing agent for them in the arrondissement of Pon- toile (Seine et Oise), at an annual stipend of 2,000 f., payable monthly, and commencing from the Ist of January of. tfiis year. They added that M. Boisselot, third divisional inspector, having full powers, would have the honour to visit him within a fortnight, and would hand him the neces sary procuration and forms, and explain to him the various operations he would have to conduct. In a postscript he was requested to send a reply by re turn of post, accepting the conditions and enclosing 10f. in postage stamps to defray the cost of stamp ing and registering the procuration. The recipient of the latter forwarded the money as directed, but had not heard any more of the matter, nor seen the " divisional inspector" so called, though more than two months had since elapsed. He (Mr. Blachford) had been at No. 2, New-street-square, where the writers professed to carry on their business ; but he found no one there answering to their names. It was, in fact, the private residence of a respectable widow lady, who told him that about six weeks ago two men, foreigners, hired a room in her house. She knew nothing of them, and made no inquiries about them. After that she took in letters for them, which were addressed Buckmaster, Harrison, and Co., that being the only purpose for which they appeared to have engaged the room. Thinking the matter demanded some public notice, he called on the French Consul and mentioned it to him. That gentleman said similar letters had already come under his notice, where the persons to whom they were addressed had sent to the writers a much larger sum, and his (Mr. Blachford's) client might congratulate himself that the application to him had only been for 10f. He suggested to the Consul the propriety of communicating with the police autho rities in Paris on the subject, but the Consul declined to interfere in that way, holding that it was not within the sphere of his official duties to do so. That being so, he (Mr. Blachford) had felt con strained to bring the matter under the notice of the Lord Mayor, with a view to publicity. The Lord Mayor said the subject was not new to him, as within the last few days a gentleman in Paris, residing in the Rue de L'Emperenr, had written a letter to him to the effect that having lately seen in the Siecle newspaper that a represen tative in each town in France of the house of Buck master, Harrison, and Co., 2, New-street-square, London, was wanted at a salary of from I,Boof. to 2,400 f., according to capacity, he wrote to them for particulars, and he received an answer that the employment would be to collect all kinds of seeds, oils, flour, &c., and that, if it would suit him, he was to send the names of some respectable persons to whom references could be made as to his cha racter, and a certain sum in postage stamps. That he did, and afterwards received an appointment at a salary of 2,400 f., payable monthly, and to com mence on the Ist of January. He then sent at their request 10f. in postage stamps for registration. They stated that in a fortnight from that time, the sth of December, M. Boiselot, their agent, would pay him a visit and make arrangements with him for entering on the business. More than six weeks had since elapsed, but M. Boisselot had never called on him, and he had written to Buckmaster, Harri son, and Co., without receiving an answer, from which he inferred that he was the victim—and perhaps not the only one—of an imposture. He (the Lord Mayor) thought the public were in debted to Mr. Blachford for directing attention to this matter, and, probably, by the mention of it in the public press he would attain the object ho had iti view, which was publicity in order to put people on their guard. BOW-STREET.—Grace Taylor, a charwoman employed to clean chambers in Danes-inn, and Anne Geary, her sister, who occasionally assisted her there, were charged—the former with breaking into the chambers of Mr. Edward John Beale, at No. 6 in the Inn, and stealing a quantity of wear ing apparel to the value of £lO and upwards ; the latter with • being concerned in the robbery. It appeared that on Tuesday evening, about half past nine o'clock, Mr. Beale, on returning to his chambers, was informed that a shirt marked with his name had been found in the Inn. The door of his room was securely locked, as he had left it in the morning, but upon entering be found that the drawers had been ransacked and a quantity of clothing, including coats, trousers, waistcoats, shirts, boots, &c., had been carried away. Sergeant Hill, 5 F, was called in, and came to the conclusion that an entrance had bcen effected by the window, which had been left shut, but not fastened. Footsteps in the snow were traced from a staircase window across the leads of an adjoining building to the win dow in question. Suspicion fell on the prisoner Taylor, who had worked for Mr. Beale until a few weeks back, and was still employed in the Inn, and who had been seen about the office with her sister, the prisoner Geary, more frequently than usual t hat day. The sergeant proceeded to Taylor's lodgings, and, finding her goloshes put to dry at the fire, he took them away and compared them with the foot prints, with which they corresponded exactly. He then took Taylor into custody. She at first denied all knowledge oft be matter, but afterwards acknow ledged that that she had taken the property, a por- CLERKENWELL.—WaIter Crane, known to the police as a skittle sharp and a companion of thieves, and who has been remanded since the 9th ult. on a charge of assaulting and wounding Chris topher Crane, his brother, with intent to murder him, was again brought up for re-examination. The prisoner, who has all along treated the mat ter with the greatest indifference, did not seem at all affected when his brother, with his head enve loped in surgical bandages, entered the court. Stephen Watts said—l am a labourer, and reside at Highbury New-park. Oa the night of the 7th ult. I heard a tap at my " window. I heard cries of " Murder !" several times. I went out end found the complainant standing in the area. He was bleed ing from the face and had several wounds and bruises on his head. 3 was helping him out of the area when the constable came up. I assisted him to take the wounded man to the surgeon's. On the way there I thought the complainant would have died, he appeared so exhausted from loss of blood. I did not see the prisoner. Police-sergeant Parsons, 47 N, said—From in formation I received I took the prisoner into cus tody on the night of the 7th, at a quarter past 11, at 20, Ormsby-street, Kingsland-road. I told him that his brother charged him with cutting and wounding him with intent to murder, at Highbury. I did not tell him which brother. He said " I have not seen him to-night." I then took him to the sta tion and told him that a man had come from the hospital who said that his brother was very it I He replied, "Well, it is a bad job. I supp ose shall get over it somehow." At a coffee shop I foun s d it parcel the prisoner had left, and on open ing it I found that it contained a quantity of stones and wadding. Mr. Thomas Smith Ellis, house surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, deposed that complainant was admitted on the night of-fie 7th ult., and had remained there up to this morning. He had about 20 or more wounds about the head and face which might have been caused by the instrument pro duced. His life had been in danger from the effects of those wounds. The complainant was then called, and was abbest allowed of to be seated while he g ave his evidence. He stat ed that he had made the de p osition, an which previously app eared, at the hos p ital, he was dying, and had signed it. He was perfectly sensible when he made the statement, and all that it contained was true. He was not aware when he met the prisoner that he h ad any bad feeling against him. The prisoner said he did not wish to ask the com plainant any questions. He should reserve his defence for the trial, and he would then state what provocation his brother had given him to make him use him in the manner he had. Sergeant Parsons said the prisoner had been con victed at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced tion of which she had deposited in the chambers of to 12 mouths' hard labour, forstealing•lk from a one of her employers in the Inn, and the remaind er warehouse in Cannon-street, C ity. had been pledged at several pawnbrokers, which The prisoner having reserved his dofence, she mentioned. In the meantime Sergeant Verner, Mr. Barker fully committed him to Ne wgate for 15 F, proceeded to the lodgings of Geary, where he trial, on the charge of attempting toy murder his found a portion of the property. She said it had brother. been brought there by her sister and that she knew nothing about the robbery. Afterwards she ad mitted that she had pledged a portion of the pro perty. The whole of the missing articles were recovered, some being found at the chambers indi cated by Taylor, and the remainder being produced by the pawnbrokers, one of whom identified Geary as the person who had pledged a coat with him for ss. about four o'clock on Tuesday. Taylor said she had worked more than three years in the Inn and had never taken anything before. She did not intend to keep the things, but had taken them in a passion, intending to make restitution. She was willing to bear all the conse quences herself, and hoped that her sister, who had several children, would not be punished. Geary said she had no idea that the property had been stolen, but thought it belonged to Taylor's husband, • She contradicted a statement of Verner that she refused to admit him until he forced the door of her room. She only asked him to wait till she dressed herself. He forced the door without giving her time to dress. Verner said that this was not true, and that he waited a quarter of an hour before forcing an entry. Mr. Henry observed that it was most unfair for the officer to suppress that point. In his evidence in chief he said not one word about the prisoner asking him to wait while she dressed, but left it to be supposed that she refused to admit him at all. Verner said she did not ask him to wait till she was dressed, but he offered to do so, and did in fact wait a quarter of an hour. Mr. Henry did not know which of these conflict ing statements he was to take as being the evidence of the officer. It was true that the fact itself was of but little consequence, but it was of very great importance that the police should give their evi dence candidly and fairly. Both prisoners were committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—James Lowe, a well-dressed young taw, was brought up for final examination, charged wit, h stealing a purse containing a sovereign an d two s hillings from Mrs. Sarah Webb, on the platform of the South Eastern Railway, London brid ge. Mr. Robinsoo, from the office of the solicitor to the railway company, attended to prosecute; and Mr. Chipperfield appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutrig, an elderly lady, said that she came from Dorking by the half-past 5 o'clock train the 14th inst., and as soon as on Tuesday evening, she alighted from the carriage, and was looking for a cab to take her to the west end, the prisoner came up to her and politely ope.ned the door of one and handed her in. Just as She was ordering the cab man where to go she put i;er hand to her pocket and missed her purse containing a sovereign and two shillings. Feeling satisfied that the prisoner had robbed her, she gava information to the railway authorities, and a few minutes afterwa rds she saw the prisoner in custody. The prisoner, having pleaded guilty, was sen tenced to hard labo: ir for six months. LOSS OF A BOAT _4ND ONE OF THE. CREIP, IN BiLAFF BAY. On Saturday afternoon the steamer Tin nes, from Granton Pier, on her voyage westward, made the us‘..'al call off Banff and Macduff, to deliver goods and passeng.,rs for these places. A boat from Banff went out as usual to attend the steamer. It was manned by Mr. Thmnson, the skipper, and two men, named James Proctor and David Rlll.llle— the ordinary crew. After receiving the goods and a c'ss senger sailor on board, the boat dropped astern in tow.-- Capt. Anderson having, at the request of skipper Thomsocr s , agreed to tow the boat as much nearer to the Banff harbour as he could. The steamer had drifted out a considerable way during the delivery of the goods, and the captain would therefore have been the more disposed to grant the favour. The Times, however, had not proceeded far when the boat went down. The steamer was instantly brought up, buoys were thrown o%erboard to the endangered crew, and in a very short time all were safely taken on board, with the exception of Rennie. Poor Rannie, who seems to have , been unable to do anything to save himself, went down with the boat, and as yet his body has not been recovered. Procter had a rather narrow escape, and owes his life in a great measure to his expertness as a swimmer. The wonder indeed is, that so many who go to sea neglect such a neces sary qualification. The sailor, who belongs to Macduff, was returning home after a long absence, and has, we believe, lost his whole kit. The goods, it seems, were partly for Banff and partly for Macduff, and comprised quantities of cheese, mussels, peas, iron, and other commodities. It may be stated that, at the time the accident occurred the steamer was about north by east of the harbour, and a stiff breeze was blowing from the south-west. As there was a pretty heavy sea, and the goods liable to get jammed so as to stress the timbers, it is thought not improbable that the boat may have sprung a leak. We have also heard it stated that she was rather overloaded. No blame attaches to Captain Anderson, but every credit for the prompt and effective assistance he rendered the unfortunate crew. Rennie leaves a family, though not young and helpless, to mourn his loss. His wife died several years ago. COUNTRY 111.4RAL:t AS. .. SHEFFIELD-JAN. 22. At this market there was a rather limited supply of wheat, which met a fair demand ; and prices were at 3d to 6d per load more money. Of barley the show was not so large as usual, and at barely late rates. Flour rather dearer. Other articles unaltered. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 20s Od to 226 Od White II tt 22s 6d to 23s Od New red , , 22s Od to 23s 6d New white ~ 9/ 2480d to 268 Od Beans If ff lBs Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 54s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 32s Od to 368 01 Malting ditto, „ 3Bs Od to 40s Od Oats 1, 258 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 2d, 2s 4d, and 2s 6cl per 141 b. HULL-JAN. 21. The arrivals of wheat have been fair this week, from the Baltic. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat, which sold readily at is advance upon the last week's currency ; foreign is to 2s advance, but rather dull. Malting and grinding barley unchanged. Beans, oats, and peas Isere in retail demand, at late rates. Linseed at a decline of is to 2s. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s6s Od to 62s Od Old red » New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , ke. old white 63s Od to 67s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red. . 60s Od to 61s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 50s Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 3ss Od to 38s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st (and to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 08130 Swedish and Danish osl2ld to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4Bs Od to 50s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick - Od to 42s Od _ _ _ _ Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas ..Foreign breakers Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing • 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 LYNN-JAN. 21. At to-day's corn market the quantity of wheat exhibited was an average one, with a brisk business, and a slight in crease on last week's rates. The supply of barley was fair, and the trade steady, at late prices. Oats in limited show. Beans as before. _ Old white 63s to 65s j 8ar1ey...... 30s to 38s 619 to 635 Oats.. Beans .42s to 46s I Peas 46s to 54s COAL /A (rrloes of Coal per Ton at :ARKET. t the dose of the market s. d. Wylam ..16 0 North Pelton .... l3 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 0 West Hartley 16 3 Burnhope Gas 12 6 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Bower's West Hartley 16 3 Walker Primrose 12 6 s. d. Ships at market Hartlepool West Hart ley Carway and Daffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite-21 6 ` Walls End. Easington .... . ... -.. 16 9 Hetton .. lB 0 , 34 ; sold, 23. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. —. via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Jan. 27 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Jan. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Feb, 4. Lisbon Jan. —. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 26. via Marseilles Jan. 27. Newfoundland .. Feb. ii Oporto and Vigo • Jan. —. U. S. and British N. Amarica, by Brit. packet Jan. 30. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Jan. 22. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 13. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, Mexico .. J J a a n n . . z 2 n8 8 . . California, and British Columbia. BIRTHS. DEINE.—On the 20th inst., at Ashen Rectory, the wife of the Rev. W. J. Deane, of a son. GRANARD.—On the 21st inst., at Dublin, the Countess of Granard, of a daughter. WATERFORD.—On the 19th inst., at 48, Berkeley-oquare, the Marchioness of Waterford, of a son. WIGAN.—On the 22d inst., at Cromwell House, Mortlake, .the wife of James Wigan, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. MAXSE—STEEL.—On the 22d inst., at St. Paul's, Knights . bridge, Captain Maxse, of the Royal Navy, to Cecilia Steel, the d aug h ter of' the late Brigadier James Steel, C.B. S wANN — BAYLY.—On the 21st inst., at Bath, John Sack. ville Swann ' Esq., Captain 22d Regt., to Blanche, only daughter of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Bayly, K..H., of Bur ley Villa, Lyme Regis. DEATHS. BLAIR.—On the 22d inst., at her residence, in York-street, Matilda, sixth daughter of the late General Sir Robert Blair, K.C.B. BAKER.—On the 21st inst., at Harrow-on -the-Hill, Mrs, Hannah Baker, aged 60. Cousms.—Con the 21st inst., at Deal, Geo. Fred, Cousins, Esq., late of the Bank of England, aged 69. HOOPER. —On the 20th inst., at Theydon Hall, Essex, G. i o n f s t c ., o l a o t n e RI and s eb a nmlic.s, Montagu u 1 h a m s n e tgheed and 76 s . on Mlv 0 ..— t lO g e n ' Hooper,u r M ont ag u,oE RonniGuEs.--On the 21st inst., at 4, Upper Woburn place, Tavistock-square, Isaac Rodrigues, Esq., aged 79- LONDON : Printed and Published by IaURDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Suit Office, No. 112,Stran d, in the Precinct of the Savoy in the County of Middleges ThursdaY, January 23, 1862, of Th Poi de]