The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

IVIONEY MARKET AND CONNERCI_LL INMLLIGENCE. - CITY, TWELVE e'CLC,i2ii. dunland for money is well maintained, but .the market remains in a quiet state, and the rates still tend downwards, although the actual move ment is of the smallest fractional character. The Shannon has been announced from the West Indies with £685,360 in specie, and the Tyne from the Brazils has arrived at Lisbon with £1,500 on the way to England. - Two o'CLocK. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the eleven months ending the 30th Novem ber has just been pnblishod. From these it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom was £113,280,779 compared With £115,355,004 on the like period of 1861, showing a decrease of £2,074,225. The principal decrease has been in cotton manufactures, cotton Yarn, hardwares and cutlery, machinery, and sheep and lambs' wool. The importations of the principal articles were Smaller as regards raw cotton and tallow, but larger I n flax, provision', sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, Corn, flour, tea, tobacco, and wine. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight decline in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United mgdom for the entries inwards, but there is an I ncrease in the clearances outwards. In the coast ing trade for the same period there is also a bmall Increase in the tonnage entered inwards, but a de crease in those cleared outwards. The Monarch from Australia has brought £ 2 00,388 in gold. There is an increase of £1,406 in the traffic re otipts of the Brighton Railway, and of £468 on the South-Eaßtern for the past week. The half-yearly meeting of the Mediterranean tension Telegraph Company has been called for the 6th February. Continued firmness has prevailed in the English Stock Market to-day, but extreme dullness has also been apparent, the dealings being altogether devoid of public interest. Consols remain at 921 1 for 'money and account. The New Threes and the Reduced have been 92! 4 ; the 21 per Cents., 751 ; Indian 5 per Cents., 1071 1081 ; ditto Enfaced 1051 ; ditto 51 per Cents., 1121; and Exche quer Bills, 9s. to 13s. prem. The most important feature in the Foreign Market la a rise of 11 in the New Peruvian Loan, which is 11°11 931, owing to statements that the operat ion bas bee n ratifi e d by the Government at Peru. ha- I lan have advanced to 721 d ; VenEzaelan Scrip to 11 1 dis.; Egyptian to 951 s ; do., second issue, to 9 4 95 ; Mexican to 321 ; Portuguese Scrip to 4a t r am. ; Russian New Loan to 94 1 4 ; Spanish assive are steady at 231 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858 , at 701 71 ; do., 1862, has receded to 71 1 ; and the Scrip to 31 prem. ; but the Consolides are Arm. at 411 4. A very limited amount of business has been tr ansacted in the Railway Share Market to-day, but Prices have in one or two instances slightly im proved. South Westerns and South Easterns advanced s s . ; L ancas hire and Yorkshire, 10s., and North British, 15s. Great Westerns, however, de clined ss. The foreign and colonial undertakings were at ateady rates. Recife and San Francisco brought 18 i1 1 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam 7 1 4 8 ; East Indian were quoted 106 i iex div. ; Great Southern of India 104 ex div. ; Madras 5 per Cents., 1031 ex (11 °. ; and Punjaubs 1031 ex div. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares gene -114 maintain previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities % per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 i a New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 751 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lo7k 8i Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. D tto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent, Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 1001 D • r , Bonds £l.')00 — Ditto under £l,OOO .... 29 Italia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent.... 108 k Ex.cliequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent.... 13 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent , Ditto 41 pea Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1 1enos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 100 gPPtian 7 per Cent.. bitto Second Issue a ree 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins l6 # Mexican 3 per Cent ... , D itto Account rszuvian 41 per Cent. - Ditto 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 pe r C en t., 1862 4Bl ,Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9B .. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 ;arclinian 5 per Cent. pettish 3 per Cent x,„,bitto Passive .irkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 bitto 6p er Cen t 1862, Scrip,l6o pd 3 3 h pm ~Ditto Paid-upSCrip I enezuela, 3 per Cent D itto Account 24A Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 (Scrip), Dividends on the above plyable in London, £53 pd 1a dis Itali an, 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Ditto Account ' .. 7 2 3 i e ctsol s TWO O'CLOCK. , MonoY Ditto' Account, Jan. 8 1• 3URGLARY IVITII VIOLENCE.—At the Birming • police office yesterday, before Mr. Kynnersley, g — i ? st ipendiary magistrate, two men, named Thos. Cooper, 4 : 4_8 , Tom th e C hump, an d G eorge T a lb o t, we re brought charged with burglariously breaking into the dwell ;:ughouse of Mr. Reynolds, Hazlewood-house, tr e arlY on the morning of the 1 7th inst., and wit h ' g on the same occasion violently assaulted Josep h t Williams, One ofthe servants of Mr. Reynolds. The i lt Wit ness called was Joseph Willi ams, w h o sa id that e slept o ver t h e stable in a room l oo ki ng on the court batel at Hazlewood-house. At about 3 o'clock on the morn ing of the 17th inst. he was awoke by hearing a noise in the 4 ti a o t o l, and on l ooking out he saw five men f orc i ng the kitchen 0 : 6 When he saw the door broken open he dressed him s sad having pi c k e d u p a li g ht hatchet, went down and i sB sed th e yard and followed the men through t h e kit c h en Z t ° the hall. H e h a d a can dl e i n hi s h an d an d th e burglars Le' also a light, which they extinguished as soon as they wi a t ' „ td b iol. The talle s t o f the five men, when he saw that all ess had a h atc h et, k ept dodging him about, and they followed him into the kitchen. There the tall man bl ow at him w ith an i ron b ar h e h a d i n hi s hand, but the c ' w did not take effect, and before he could recover him ha 4 c , Less struck him o n the arm with the edge of the a ' r , -et ; Witness was going to strike the man, when another tto Z ora v h he identified as the prisoner Cooper, interposed, Oreceived a sever e blow on the shoulder with thoback part di the hatchet. C ooper t h en struc k hi m an d knocked the can cl.'',.°llt of his hand. Ho fought as well as he could in the f elt b ut soon rece i ve d a bl ow on t he back of his head and va ti but bl oo d trickling down from t h e woun d ma de. He 8 thi 101 l knocked d ow n, and kicked, and struck, and knew ,o 1 1r. D ng mote until he found himself in bed four days later. rut:,°Ynolds and several of his servants _were called, and To th e f act of the house having been broken into, and blithe , n ding of Willi am s insensible in the back kitchen the' the hatchet lying near him. Both Mr. Reynolds and Dservants were awoke by the noise of the struggle, but e burglars had mad e o ff b e f ore they reached the spot. ap r , e,iv e Spokes an d S ea l gave evidence relative to the tij a re hension o f t h e burglars in consequence o f th e descrip ctist °f the burglars given by Williams. When taken into oi a th q f Cooper was suffering from a very severe contusion au ri ght sho u ld er , w hi c h h e sa id h a d b een cause d by sto iao llBhin ala giving him a fling against the edge of a curb- Pro vo ', For the prisoners an alibi was endeavoured to be the '4, but it failed entirely, and only tended to strengthen k tini cas e against T a lb o t, as proving th a t h e was very UP as o at t e with C ooper, an d th a t h o was w i th him Was a t ato hour on th e n i g ht bclore the burglary. C ooper e° the,. Ternitted to the assizes for trial, ar.d Talbot was fur. titeerethanded. This dar'ng burglary has caused much ex ken'eritiii B rm righam. In accordance with the mem. , , on of . Mr. K ynuers l ey , G overnme nt have offered a f ree u of £oo fur the apprehension of the burglars, and a tiltitZon to a n y one concerne d i n it w h o wi ll g ive infor -4 fe w days si nce th e f ormer C o urt Alarshal of • i Adalbert of B ,varia, Baron Fallot von N ix • u er, who was su dd en l y di sm i sse d f rom hi s o ffice and . hi s Post in the army, was charged before the police eesgslatrates at Munich with having assaulted his suc stre4 °face, Court Marshal Baron von Maltzen, in the °ere et a with a stick. The accused did not seek to deny the e, but ad m i tted that he had struck the compla i nant da`l",e, se vere blows. Th e angry b aron was sen t ence d t o 21 Marshal the iv_Count Ornano has now recovered from 448 8 Which caused so much uneasiness to his friends, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share ' Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantic Ai St Lawrence all 67 69 i Som.,Baroda.t.Cent Inc Stk 100 106 107 1041 ( Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . .... . . 2 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 51 10 Do. Preference 100 I BuGealo,Brant,&Godricl , 100 77 80 ( 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 75 78 100 Do. do. June 1, 1:•1 100 72 75 at Cleutta.eaS.Eastn.(Lir ; 100 1(6108 st ,Cape Town & Dock Serii 100 1071 1081 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 11'7 118 105 stock 'East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 108 IC9 106} 1 20 ; Do. do. G Ext 5 1 lip 20 1 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 2 2 2 21 100 ' Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 74 76 100 Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per ct all 61 66 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 35 37 71 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 34 36 100 Do. do. 1872 all 34 S 6 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1071 ICB4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 11 p 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106 IC4 20 1 IGt. W. of Canada Sharer all 12'; I$ 2 0 4 Do. New ....... 18 71 74d 100 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 100 100 Do. 51 p c do. '77-8 all 90 i/2 10 Indian Branch Limited —d stock 'Madras guar., sp. c. stock I Do. 41 p. c. Extensior 100 103 101 stock De. 4. do lOO 195 7 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock Melb.Coro. Bp. o. Bnds lOO 50 IMelb. di Hobson's Bay all 51 53 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds all 20 Newßrunswick t Cand, Class A Capital Share all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 3 t 'N.Rl.C'da6pclstpfbds 100 83 85 stock .Scinde .......... (100 1164 074 st Do. Delhi lOO 1.044 1051 ;Do. do 20 at Do. P p u o nj . t . t.O l ic l o s 40 4 i l t i 6 ll , n 2 14 p 23 1033 stock Do. lndus.St. Flo.) llOO 1101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can.Gor. 6 p.c.Ja. tJuly 1877-St • • i Do. 8 p. c. Feb. I Do. 6p. c.:l`trar..t, Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock !Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 . Do. _ 18901 ilOB4 1094 , 1(6 108 106 108 904 100 98 100 10 i 110 111 113 112 114 114 116 - -1 Do. Jan. July, 1 89 ! Ceylon, N0v.1861 6 p I C . ! N.B.Gov.6p.c:Ja:&July & Oa' 100 N. S.W. 6ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 - New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 ' 100 „ _ Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 b. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 Vte.Goa. 6 p.e. Ja.ZzJuly 100 - , Do. to si n.e. A mizi )ot.. , 100 107} 108i' - - 1011 1021!I 1016 1024 i 101 10141 111 113 'joB 109 411 113 ,111 113 ICBI 109} 1091 SHARE MARKETS---This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOrtS. Closing Business Sham' lla.il ,q. ay J. I" aid. Price. m. done. I ____ 11.1.14 1,11.. '',i 01., and Str. 'Val- all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. .... all -- 10 Rost.,Sleat.,andllid.Vo.lll all 15 61 at Bristol and Exeter ....I 100 84 86 st Caledonian lOO 115 116 5 0 Cork anti Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 61 75 10 Do A(A gets no dig ) all ~ till 6pe.p an.has „, 10 Do. II been paid to B. / 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,kAb. June. all 13 14 at Edinburgh &.(11asgow. 100 861 874 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 105 107 st GreatEa,stern, Ord. stk 100 46 47 464 at Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st 100 24 25 st GreatNorthot Scotland .100 et Great Northern lOO 1244 1251 at Do A stock lOO 1284 1291 et Do Bdo 5 Do. £5 shares all et (It. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 104 106 at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire ,k Yorkshire 160 109 1095 1094 4 at London and Blackwall 100 714 724 724 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 118 119 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 38 39 at Lon. & North Western 100 87 974 974 7 5 st Lon. & South Western 100 101 10t.: 102 1$ at Sian., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 40 41 50 Haryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 5 5hare5........ ~ all 10 Metropolitan all 9 94 94 B at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 06 118 50 5114. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Nfid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 27 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 905 091 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —ti d st Do Leeds lOO 56 57 at •Do York at Do Carlisle. at North London 10 I Do New 5 4 1 p 9.16.4 , North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 114 st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 474 481 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 104 106 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 334 343 st South Eastern at :South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 103 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 39 40 25 Do l5 104 101 p 25 Do New, 1860 6 75 71 p st Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 44 5 r 10 Do C 3 21 3 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 21 31 p 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 140 145 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 29 31 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100 st West Midland •Oxford , 100 43 45 et Do Newport 100 35 37 at Do Hereford, 100 94 26 19.16.4 12.10 RUTTISH DANES. Cambrian Consol. Golds Chtiord Amalgamated.; Devon G. Con.. (Tavii;t , East Bassett (Illogan) (East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... E. W111.1104(21 (Tavistk. 1G am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.; (Great South Tolgus !G. Wheal Vor (ll.elston ,Grenville .. I Herod's- Foot • lilingston Downs i Lady Bertha Niargaret (tiny Lelant IMarke Valley.. Ntyndy Iron Ore (Lim.l New Setun . North Downs N. W h '1 Basset (II lo 4-an j: , lorth Wheal Crotty (Par Consols (Et. Blaze} , Providence (Uny Lelnt.) IS ou thCaradon(St.Cleer) 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1:-!.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.ct Lead Min. fin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard West Seton ....••••• •• • ' Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mar yAnn (Men ) Wheal Seton w heal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 21 23 500 510 52 64 P iP 44 45 11 (1i 21 Ai 15 17 7 74 6 6i 4.i 5 3.0.0 7.19.0, ?71 tus. f 8.12 4. 7.0 2.0.6 ilk 1.3.0 , 47 19 2} 21 If ft 41 (3 tt 9l 2.4.9 1 - de pr 135 145 24 6 2f ki b 5i 5 6 10:4.7 3.15.6 28.9. 11 43 380 309 2i 2 90 95 33 10 I 13 tt 13 14 474 51 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 26 23 280 290 774 82,E 97} 626 74 8i 9i 1.) 1; 16 185 17 18 52 6} POPE PIUS IX, AND THE CATHOLICS OF CHICAGO. —Bishop Duggan, of Chicago, bas received an auto graph letter from Pope Pius IX., of which the following is a translation, acknowledging the receipt of addresses of con dolence which had been sent him, as follows :—" Venerable Brother—Health and Apostolical Benediction : We received with joy the letters sent us by the clergy and faithful people of your diocese, in which the said clergy and people profess that they regard us and the See of Peter with faith, devotion, and reverence, and that they deeply lament the heavy afflictions brought upon us by the wicked designs and machinations of those men who wage an unholy war against the catholic church, the apostolic see, and our selves. Therefore, we charge you to convey to your clergy and people that these generous sentiments and feelings, in every respect worthy of the children of the catholic church, have afforded us no slight consolation in the great trials which press upcn us. And we are convinced, venerable brother, that you, together with your clergy and people, will never cease to implore and beseech by the most fervent prayers, God, wbo is rich in mercy, that He would rescue His holy church from such calami ties ; that He would adorn and increase her from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof with new and more splendid triumphs ; that He would comfort us in all our trials ; that He would humble all the enemies of the church and of this apostolic see, and bring them back from the way of iniquity to the paths of justice and of salvation. As to yourself, be assured we bear towards you a particular affec tion, of which we desire the apostolic benediction, which, in the effusion of our heart, venerahle brother, we most lovingly impart to yourself and to the lock committed to your care, to be the most certain pledge. Given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the 7th of July, 1862, and in the 17th year of our pontificate.—Pros, P.P,, IX."—Missouri De mocrat, Dec. 9. The Prefect of Police has just issued an order that for the special theatrical journals to obtain an autho risation to be sold in the inter or of the theatres, they must contain a complete list of the performances at every place for theatrical representations in Paris. The Monzieur Vitacole announces, although un der some reserve, that the idea is in contemplation of re ducing the octroie duties of Paris, and that wino will be in cluded in the list of articles to which the reductions are to be applied. A letter from Galatz of the 16th says:—"Incon- sequence of the sudd en and extreme fa ll o f th e tem perature, the lower channel of the Danube is completely blocked up with ice. Navigation is consequently entirely interrupted. The excessive rigour with which the winter has commenced causes it to be supposed that the ice will continue this year as late as in the two previous years, that is to the middle of March," THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1862. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. There was a long list of cases to-day, but principally before the Ite,gistrars for first meeting. IN RE S. F. BERKELEY, ESQ. This bankrupt was described as Swiaburne Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq., of Curzon-street, Mayfair, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles are the accountants to the estate, The debts are stated at £15,000; assets divisional surgeon of police, and physician of Spital-square, I said that Fletcher had a severe lacerated wound on the scalp nearly an inch long, and the tissues were completely broken. It was such a blow as would be given with the hammer proinced. It cut a piece of cane in the police man's hat, and if that had not been the case his skull would have been fractut ((J. There was another lacerated wuund on the lett temple an inch and a half long, dividing all the structures down to the bone, and a wound on the chin a quarter of an inch long. Michael Malony and Thos. Flynn were committed for trial under Lord Campbell's Act, for unlawfully wounding John Malony, who was engaged in the otiginal affray, was sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly, and Thomas Smith, an Irishman, dwelling at No. 35, Royal Mint-street, who in terfered with the police, and was terribly beaten, was fined 55., on which he exclaimed "Is that all, yer honour's wortchip ; I am thankful to you." MANSLAUGHTER. —Randall Stone, the captain, Louis Lane, mate, and Henry Francis, boatswain of the ship Martha Pope, charged with the wilful murder of a lad named William Curtis, at sea, on a voyage from Honduras to London, were brought up on remand before Mr. Woolrych. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution for the first time; Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, appeared for the detencQ. Mr. Young said a coroner's jmy had returned a verdict of manslaughter against all the prisoners. The case was proceeding when our messenger left the court, and is not expected to conclude until a late hour. We believe the magistrate will commit all the prisoners for manslaughter. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALLS'—LAST EVENING. THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Lord Clifdeu (taken freely) 3) to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cairneastle (offered) 50 to 1 agst Taje (taken) 50 to 1 agst Giles the First (taken) 50 to 1 agst BAldwin (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Tambour Major (taken) ICOO to 15 agst Weldga (taken) The Scotch Iron Trade. (From the Annual Report of Mr. Thomas 7horburn.) Scotland shows a marvellous progress in the develop ment of the iron trade. The steam engine, the hot• blast, and the railway system have doubtless contributed to this prominent feature of our national prosperity. And, it is to be recorded for the information of the world, that in less than half a century, the production of pig iron has in creased more than ono hundred-fold. Seven years ago, the stock of pig iron in Scotland did n,t exceed 10,000 tons. Now our wealth in this the most useful of metals has accumulated to at least 720,000 tons, which, calculated at the average price for the year, in ster ling money, is £1,900,300, thus approximating to the amount of gold bullion held by the Scotch banks. And it may reasonablyte expected that the combined, steady, and well directed efforts of producers and capitalists will, in the course of two years, achieve the grand result of a stock of ono million of tons. The quantity of pig iron produced in the year just closing is computed at 1,080,000 tons, which, valued at this year's average price, represents £2,850,000 sterling. The ex ports, foreign and coastwise, combined with the local con sumption, amounted to 970,000 tons. The stocks, there fore, show an increase of 110,000 tons, when compared with the same period last year. It may arrest attention, that whilst the stocks have been steadily increasing, the price has risen from 49s to 57s Gd per ton. This has no doubt been owing to speculative ope rations in the article, based upon a sanguine belief in an early settlement of the American war, but the advance arising from this expectation has been very shortly main tained. The lowest price was 48s in January, and the average for the year is 52s 10d per ton. The malleable iron works, the foundries, and the ship building yards on the Clyde are generally well employed ; and should the belief in the superior advantages and im pregnable character of the iron-clad ship gain ground, it may reasonably be hoped that those great branches of na tional industry will continue to flourish. Since the Irish famine, which the great wealth and greater charity of this country encountered and overcame, there has been nothing approaching the enormous suffer ing and destitution arising from the cotton famine in Lan cashire. But it is a matter of unspeakable satisfaction, that the resources of this great country, inc tiding very particu larly those derived from the successful development of the iron manufacture, are adequately alleviating this un precedented distress. The hope may therefore be confidently entertained that the iron trade, as hitherto, will continue to increase, and that, whilst adding to the wealth of Scotland, it will con tribute to the civilisation and prosperity of the world. IN RR G. GRAY This bankrupt was described as of Kensington, licensed victualler, and this was a meeting for proof of debts. Mr. Chidley is the solicitor to the estate. The debts are stated at about £3OO ; assets, £2OO. IN RE lIADDEN. This bankrupt was described as a corn dealer, at Ham mersmith, and this also was a first meeting. Mr. T. Beard was appointed solicitor to the assignees. The bankrupt was insolvent in 1860, and now owes about £2OO ; assets, about £3O. IN RE R. CLARKE This bankrupt is the accountant in bankruptcy, and now came before the Court. This was a meeting for choice of assignees. The amount of debts and assets was not stated, but the bankruptcy is attributed to bill transactions. The bankrupt's salary is £1,500 a year. Assignees were chosen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - BOW-STREET. ROBBERY AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— Charles Gray, carpet planner, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a quantity of felt carpeting, the property of his employer. Mr. Lyons, of Bell-yard, Temple-bar, upholsterer, said the prisoner was in his employ, and was engaged with a number of other workmen at Drury-lane Theatre. This morning on his arrival at the theatre to superintend the carrying out of his contract for carpeting the lobbies, cor ridors, and boxes, he found the defendant in custody of the fireman of the establishment for having attempted to take away a quantity of scarlet drugget, which he was engaged in laying down in the boxes. When he was engaged he was expressly told that no perquisites would be allowed, and the bundle produced contains some very large lengths of material which had been tied up inside a lot of smaller bits. There was enough drugget to furnish one of the boxes. Mr. Corrie asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to the charge Prisoner said it was quite true that he had taken the cuttings, but they were his perquisites, and to which he was entitled by the rules of the trade. A planner was always allowed his cutting. Mr. Corrie —But you don't mean to call the large pieces " cutting ?" If the case was mine I should not allow such pieces to be taken away from my house. Prisoner—Yes, they are all cuttings, and I am entitled to them by the rules of the trade, Mr. Corrie—You were expressly told when you were en gaged that no perquisites would be permitted. Mr. Lyons—l have now upwards of 30 men employed, and if each one was to take away such " cuttiegs" as those now in court, I should soon feel it very seriously. It was only yesterday morning I stopped a man taking away some of the same material, but nothing like the quantity now in court. Edward Hamilton, one of the firemen engaged at Drury lane Theatre, said he stopped the prisoner with the bundle as ho was leaving the theatre this morning. He asked him for the pass authorising him to take the things away, and as he could not produce one he was detained until Mr. Lyons came. Prisoner said he was en itled to the carpet by the rules of the trade Mr. Lyons said he was certain there was a ready receiver for such goods, and if the prisoner would only tell him where any of.the cuttings that were at present missing had been disposed of he would not press the charge so strongly against him. Prisoner consented to do so, and the case was adjourned for a week, in the meantime defendant being admitted to bail. homas Box was charged with stealing a large portman teau from the shop of Mr. Bengougb, in Holborn. The prisoner, in the most impudent manner, entered the shop, shouldered the property, and was deliberately walk ing off with it when he was stopped by the porter, Mr. Gerrie committed the prisoner for four months, with hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE GERMAN STREET BANDS.—William Lads, a mem ber of a band of German musicians, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with being concerned with several others not in custody, in playing certain musical instruments, after being requested to depart, in chapel•street, Grosvenor square. Mr. Edwin Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence. Mr. John Bazalgette, of Penge, Surrey, civil engineer, said-1 appear for Miss Bazalgette, who resides in Chapel street, Grosvenor-square. At that lady's request last night I went out and told the defendant, who was, with a band of eight or ten others, making a great noise, to go away and to go to the next street. The defendant said he should not leave, neither should he go into the next street, as they were paid to play, and that they should continue to play. I told him I would give him in charge if he did, and maid I would look for a policeman. On coming back I heard them making an atrocious noise, and gave the defendant in charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was there any illness or reason for tell ing the defendant to go away ? Mr. Bazalgette—Miss Bazalgette is in an infirm state of health and generally unwell, and I have a certificate to that effect—(one was handed to the magistrate stating that the lady was unwell). Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did defendant say who he was paid by ? _ Mr. Bazalgette—No, sir. By Mr. Lewis—The lady is generally in an infirm state of health. It is not a special illness of yesterday or to-day. Tier medical man attends her every second day, but she goes out for a drive occasionally. Ido not know the band has played in the street for years. It is within the last two months that the lady has complained to me of the nuisance and requested me to protect her from it. She has not told me that she objects to it because another lady patronises it. I told the defendant that he must not play in the street, and to go away. I took care that he should understand me, and he gave me a plain answer. Henry Alger, 94 C—Last night, at eight o'clock, I was called to take a musician into custody for annoying a lady who was ill. I could not make him understand me. He had just left off when I got up. By Mr. Lewis—The musicians had left off by the time I got up. I took the defendant into custody. Mr. Lewis—l must first submit that the defendant is wrongfully in custody, because one of the sections of the act, the sixty-third, says the playing must be in the presence of the police constable; the section stat ing, "It shall be lawful for any constable belong ing to the metropolitan police district to take into custody, without a warrant, any person who, within view of the constable, shall offend in any manner against this act, and whose name and residence shall be unknown to such constable, and cannot be ascertained by such con stable." The offence with which the defendant was charged was playing after he had been warned, and it was proved by the constable that on his going up they had ceased playing. .He (Mr. (Lewis) had had a case before Mr. Yardley recently, in which, under similar circumstances, the prisoner was discharged. In the second place, the words of the act had not been complied with, for the 57th section stated that illness or some other reasonable cause must be stated, which had not been done. Mr. Tyrwhitt, after referring to the Law Journal, con taining a report of a case before Mr. Justice Malik), said— The gentleman should have told these people that the lady was ill, or have stated some reasonable cause, and it did not appear that he had told them any reason why they should go away. If the gentleman had done so he would have brought the defendant within the meaning of the act. I do not say that the constable was not right in taking the defendant into custody, but it was for the magistrate to say whether he was in lawful custody. Although it is my duty to dismiss the case, I can only say that such persons as these (defendant and his companions) in such places as Chapel-street, might collect together and levy black mail by harassing the persons residing there, I for one, in spite of all the unpopularity I may obtain in the newspapers, shall never hesitate to enforce the law when the case is proved, and to inflict a fine of 40s. Mr. Lewis—There is a little pique between the lady in this case and another lady. The defendant was then discharged. THAMES. DASTARDLY ASSAULT ON POLICE-CONSTABLES. .-- It was reported this morning to Mr. Woolrych that Charles Abbott, a valuable detective officer, who took Captain Stone, of the ship Martha Pope, into custody for manslaughter, had been seriously wounded by a cowardly miscreant on Christmas Eve. Abbott was assisting another constable in securing a desperate ruffian who was drunk, and had com mitted an assault, when another villain approached and struck Abbott a heavy blow on the jaw, breaking it in two places. It is supposed the scoundrel who committed this outrage had a hammer, or piece of iron, in his hand. Abbott was carried in an insensible condition to the sta tion, and still remains there under medical treatment. It is feared that the public have lost for ever the services of an intelligent and active officer. Jamo3 Fletcher, a police constable, No. 33 H, was severely beaten and disabled by two Irishmen, named Michael Maloney and Thomas Flynn, of No. 2, Blacksmiths Ann's-place. The two Irishmen are tinkers, and they were fighting with another tinker named John Maloney. All three men were stripped, and when Fletcher interfered with them Flynn struck him on the mouth with his fist, and Michael Maloney obtained a hammer, and while Fletcher was struggling with Flynn, struck him on the Bile of the head with it, inflicting a severe wound. Another fellow aimed a blow at Fletcher with a more uonderous hammer, but Fletcher avoided the murderous blow intended for him, and knocked the fel low down with his staff. Fletcher was disabled and left on the ground in an insensible state, Mr, Grainger Tandy, WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CASE UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT.—A woman about 40 years of age, of pleasing ex terior, besought the magistrate's assistance under the following circumstances : The lady said she had been deserted by her husband and now sought a gratuitous order under the Matrimonial Causes Act, to prevent her husband, should he return, from taking anything she possessed. Mr. Paynter—How long have you been married ? Applicant—Eleven years. Mr. Paynter—How long has he deserted you ? Applicant—Four years. Mr. Paynter—Under what circumstances did he leave you ? Applicant—We were residing at Hampstead when he suddenly absented himself and went, as I afterwards understood, to Bedford Races. Mr. Paynter—When did you last see him ? Applicant—Two years ago. Mr. Paynter—Did he then continue with yon ? Applicant—No ; it was a mere visit to tell me he was going abroad. Mr. Paynter—Did you consent to his going abroad ? Applicant—l had nothing to do with it. I had no voice whatever in the matter. My husband went by the recom mendation of his friends. 1 - b had indebted himself, and was in difficulties. Mr. Paynter—Was it your own furniture in the house at Hampstead ? Applicant— It was. Mr. Paynter—What became of it after your husband left ? Applicant--It was seized by the landlord and sold for the rent that had been owing. _ _ _ Mr. Paynter—Have you acquired property sinee he left you ? Applicant—Nothing in particular. Mr. Paynter—Then there will be nothing to make an order to protect? Applicant—l am about to establish a school, and am told that he might come and take any thing. I have main tained my children by h av i ng pupils. All I havo is a pianoforte and a few other little things. Applicant further said her husband had held an excellent appointment, which he had thrown up for horse racing. Mr. Paynter—The case is one of much Ifficulty. It is one to which I must refer you to the Court above. I can not grant the order. MARKETS---This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIPIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4ss Od; clover, do,, £3 10s to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 168 per load. Supply only moderate; trade slow. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 ss; clover, £3 lOs to £5 10, Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 168 per load. A slow deman WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 ss; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 103 ; and straw, £1 12s to .C 1 168 per load. rado dull. COLONIAL. The foreign and colonial produce markets remain closed for the Christmas holidays, and will re-open on Tuesday next, Jan. 6, 1863. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W., fresh gale.—Arrived —Douglas Castle, from Liverpool, for Bombay; Hannibal, from Liverpool, for CBlo4tta. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrivecl--:-Ro berto, from Hartlepool, for Naples GLOUCESTER, Dec. 29.—Arrived—Coral Isle, and Vic tory. from Now York. GRIMSBY ROADS, Dec. 29.—Arrived ilenrich von Gejouen, from the North, for Newport. MUMBLES. Dec. 29.--Arriyed—Deerslayer, and Chile, from Caldera ; Acacia, from Valparaiso ; Ocean King, from Coquimbo. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Ouse, for Hull; Chenamus, for Newcastle; Reaper, for Sunderland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRArII.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning, Arrived, Dec. 30— Perseverance, from Gravelines ; Istam boul, from Bombay ; Prince Alfred, from Foo• Chow-Foo ; Ocean Mail, from Shanghai; Louwine, from Nykiobing ; Maldon, from Tuticorin• DEAl,,.Tuesday Morning. Passed—William Carey, from Singapore; Othini, from Canton; Aminta, from Calcutta; Aden, from Liverpool; Bard of Avon, from th e west; As hb urton , f rom N ew York; Drogheda, from th e west; Odin, from New York; Lecellin, from the Ea s t I ndies—all for London. - THE PREACHER AND HIS VOLUNTEER ALLY.-- A half-witted youth asked his mother if she did not think it wrong for people to fall asleep at church, and she replied that she did. Next Sunday, before starting for church, the youth filled his pocket with apples. One bald headed old man, who invariably went to sleep during the sermon, particularly attracted his attention. Seeing him at last nodding, and giving nasal evidence of being in the " land of dreams," he gave the astounded sleeper a blow with an apple on the top of his bald pate. The minister and aroused congregation at once turned round and indignantly gazed at the boy, who merely said to the preacher, as he took another apple in his hand, with a sober, honest expres sion of countenance, " You preach ; I'll keep 'em awake I" REFINED HAPPINESS !—We can tell our readers a story hitherto unedited, and which we think will not be considered the less terrible for being grotesque. One Boxing-day, not very long ago, a labouring man and his wife were overheard in violent altercation in the street. The man was drunk, but he had arrived at the lachrymose stage of ineb r iety, an d was so bbi ng piteously. " What's the matter ?" querulously asked his wife. "I—l—l'm so unhappy," blubb ere d th e h us b a nd. " Unhappy I the lady repeated, with a p ro f oun d expression of contempt. , "Unhappy I You were drunk on Sunday, you were drunk on Monday, you're drunk n ow, and you ain't happy. What more do you want P Do you want to be a Rangel ?" —Daily Te!eqraph. HARTLEY COLERIDGE.— A humble-hearted, highly-gifted man, " dear Hartley." as my father called him, dreamed thr, ugh a life of error, loving the good, and hating the evil, yet unable to resist it. His companion. ship was always delightful to the Professor, and many hours of converse they held. His best and happiest moments were those spent at Eillary. My father had a great power, and exerted it with a kind but firm determination. On one occasion he was kept imprisoned for some weeks, under his surveillance, in order that he might finish some literary work he had promised to have ready bra certain time. He completed his task, and when the day of release came it was intended he should leave Eillary. But Hartley's demon was at hand; without one word of adieu to the friends in whose presence he stood, off he ran at full speed down the avenue, lost to sight amid the trees, seen again on the open highway still running, till the sound of far-off foot steps gradually died away in the distance, and he himself was hidden, not in the groves of the valley, but drinking among his low companions, where his mind was soon brought to a level with theirs. Then those clouds would after a time pass away, and he again returned to the society of those who could appreciate him, and who never ceased to love him. Every one loved Hartley Coleridge; there was something in his appearance that evoked kindness. Extremely boyish in aspect, his juvenile air was aided not a little by his general mode of dress—black round jacket, white trousers, with a handkerchief tied closely round hie throat ; sometimes a straw hat covered his head, but more frequently it was bare, showing his black, thick, short, curl ing hair. His eyes were large, dark, and expressive, and a countenance almost sad in expression was relieved by the beautiful smile which lighted it up from time to time.— Ilfemoirs of Christopher North. SERIOUS RAILWAY ROBBERY. —£1,200 STOLEN. —On Christmas .day a serious robbery W4S effected on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. By ono of the early morning trains into Yorkshire a number of cashboxes were sent from the head offices of the company, containing the wages of the employes at the stations along the line. On the train reaching North Dean it was discovered that three of the boxes (those for Bradford Halifax, and Wakefield, containing £1,200, chiefly in gold and silver) had been abstracted. The guard did not miss them till he reached North Dean, and it is supposed they had been taken from his van during his temporary absence at one of the previ ous stations,---Leeds ffercury. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Nov. 15. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 12th Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Nov. 15, i Oct. 18, 1862. 1862. i Increase Decrease. Bank of England 21,007,9751 21,266,153' 258 , 1:8 Private Banks 3,3t.6,2821 3,3-7,9771 7:-.5 Joint-stock Banks 2,970,735) 2,991,369} 23,631 , ! Total in England. 27,361,992 27,647,609 1 282,607 Scotland 4,409,846 4,193,17 f 216,674; Ireland 5,923,3871 6,66 ,426 ; 361,061' United Kingdom 37,698,22 4, 37,402 , 196 ; 296,028 1 And, as compared with the month ending the . l6th of Nov., 1861, the above returns show an increase of £47,175 in the circulation of notes in England, and: a decrease of £590,852 in the circulation of the United Kingdom : On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the sev, ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks aro below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,274,651 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,660,574 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £431,107 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 12th of Mov. was £15,561,222, being a decrease of £1,162,352 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of X 1,336,689 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 15th Nov. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,411,927 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,060,495 £4,472,422 Being an increase of £190,826 u compared with the previous return, and a decrease of £400,697 when compared with the corresponding poriod of last year. THE VOLUNTEERS. On Friday a field-day among several of the metropolitan corps took place on the downs at Caterham, about 17 miles from London. The ground selected for the movements is distant about five miles from the Caterham junction, on a declivity of the downs, near the clubhouse and rifle range of the South Middlesex Rifles, and is well adapted for testing the progress made by each corps in battalion move ments. The corps engaged consisted of the 2d, or South Middlesex Rifles, the 3d City of London (Working Men's), the North-East London Rifle Brigade, and the 4th Tower Hamlets Rifles. Major Richards was in command of the 3d City, and the chief command was taken by Lord Rate lagh, whose regiment (the South Middlesex) mustered more strongly than any of the others. The North-East London Rifle Brigade and the 4th Tower Hamlets took up position to the north of the downs on a high eminence, and represented the enemy, while their opponents formed in line at the bottom of the undulation. Shortly after 3 o'clock the enemy threw out skirmishers to dislodge Lord Rane high's small force, and steadily advancing down the hill kept up a well-sustained fire on their opponents. The latter, notwithstanding the apparent advantage the enemy had over them in firing from the heights, replied with equal vigour, and though retiring kept pouring in a galling fire, till the enemy had taken possession of the position pre viously occupied by their adversaries. Here, however, the good fortune of the enemy seemed to forsake them, for they retired, and Lord Ranelagb, fully alive to the supposed defeat, formed his men in column, and they poured in a tremendous volley, which reverberated over the hills and dales, and as a matter of course put their foes hors de comble. A few other movements brought the field• day to a close. The weather was all that could be desired, and the majority of the movements were well executed, the steadiness with which the South Middlesex and 3d City marched in line being especially commendable. The manoeuvres of the Tower Hamlets are also entitled to similar praise; but it was evident to the most casual ob server that they have yet much to learn in skirmishing drill. On the 26th inst. the members of the 2d (South Bel gravia) company of the London and Westminster Rifles (46th Middlesex) competed for a rifle presented by Mr. George Cubitt, M.P. The ranges were 200, 300 , and 400 yards. Regnlation targets; hits and points added. Cor poral Parsons won the prize with 33 marks. The wind was very strong and gusty from the right rear. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. — The half yearly meeting and election of this institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Wilcoxou in the chair. There were 14 c hild ren to be elected-7 boys and 7 girls. Mr. Foster, the secretary, read the report, of which the following is an abstract :—lt congratulates the friends of the institution on the steady increase in the different branches of income ; the renewed subscriptions for the past year showed an increase over the previous year of £126, as well of a proportionate improvement in donations and new subscriptions. The health of the children was generally, at the present time, satisfactory, although hi November last there had been some cases of malignant sore throat, and ono boy had died from diphtheria within four weeks after his admission by purchase. The financial statement showed the gross receipts for the past half-year ending September 30, were £3,157 4s. 11d. ; and the expenditure, £3,085 14s. 41 ; leaving a balance in favour of £7l 10s. 7d. The amout of stock at present invested is £14,300. Value of the live and dead stock at farms, £452 10s. Lia bilities on bills owing, £459 4s. 2d. The report having been received and adopted, some alterations were made in the rule respecting the voting at elections, and the b oar d of management and other office rs for the ensuing year were appointed. Scrutineers were then selected and the elec tion proceeded with. There were 26 candidates. RAILWAY PASSENGERS. —Of 173,721,139 passen gers conveyed last year on British railways, the Caledonian carried 3,573,609 ; the Great Eastern, 9 ,866,232 ; the Great Northern, 4,573,423; the Great Western and its allies, 12,385,166; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1 6,205,019 ; the London and South Western, 7,655,487 ; the London and North Western, 16,8`23,706; the London, Brighton, and South Coast, 10,593,655; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3,015,961; the Midland, 9,133,118 ; the North Eastern, 8,716,027; and tho South Eastern, 9)086)903. The Calamity at Edmund's Main Colliery. WORSBOROUGH, SATURDAY. The bodies of the 60 men and boys who were the victims of the explosions at Edmund's Main, con tinue immured in their gloomy sepulchre, and there are but faint hopes that they will be recovered for some months to come. The terrible explosion—the third and most destructive in its effect upon the mine of the series—which took place on Wednesday week, and necessitated the complete flooding of the pit, has deprived the snrvivors for a long time to come of the melancholy satisfaction of paying the last sad offices to the dead. The first explosion, it will be remembered, was caused by a fire which originated at the extreme " dip-point" of the work ings, at the bottom of a long incline, and engineers hoped that the flooding of that part would be all that was required, but the third explosion showed conclusively that the fire had been spread over a large area by the first and second, and nothing less than the complete flooding► of the workings will now suffice. The operations at the colliery during the week have been under the charge of Mr. Brown (of the firm of Brown and Jeffcock, mining engineers) and Mr. Mitchell, to whom the task of recovering the bodies of the entombed miners has been dele gated. Water is still being poured into the mine in large quantities, and the three shafts are sealed against the admission of air. The opera tions exactly resemble those which were carried on after the great explosion at Lundhill," three miles from Worsborough. When the pit is full will commence the tedious and laborious operation of pumping it out, and then the restoration of the brat tieing, so as to reinstate the ventilating apparatus, and then the search for the bodies of the dead. The inquest has been concluded this week, and the statements made by some of the witnesses, re. echoed as they are throughout the district, ought to be productive of good results in the future manage ment of mines in this district. In The Sun of Wed nesday last it was stated in the brief telegram an nouncing the verdict, that one of the jurymen—a Mr. Parker—dissented from the verdict. We have been furnished with the reasons which induced him to take that course. He says he was of opinion " that the quantity of gas in the dip-boardgate was increased by the unjustifiable vapidity with which the coal was excavated, the men work ing in shifts or sets, which followed each other in regular succession day and night; the exer tions of the main being stimulated by a bonus of £l, which was given to each of the sets that suc ceeded in excavating 50 yards of coal within a fort night. This mode of working resulted in the con stant liberation of a large quantity of gas, which mane the use of gunpowder highly dangerous. That the evidence conclusively proves that gas issued in blowers and in considerable quantity from both faces of the dip-boardgate for several weeks before the Bth inst., and had been repeatedly fired by the men in the prosecution of their work ; that the gas was fired in the dip-boardgate by IA blast of gunpowder on the 4th, and was again filed by a naked candle on Saturday, the 6th inst., when the men were en gaged for nearly an hour in putting tie fire out ; that the use of gunpowder in the dip-boardgate had been attended with great danger to the men em ployed in the colliery for several weeks before the Bth inst, and its continued use in blasting the coal after the danger attending that mode of excavating had been so frequently demonstrated was a proceed ing reckless on the part of the men, and highly culpable on the part of those who either authorised or permitted it." The concluding paragraph blames the managing partner for leaving " 238 men and boys engaged in so dangerous an occupation as coal mining without the supervision of a competent coal-viewer." In reference to Mr. Parker's assertion that the men were stimulated by the offer of bonuses to in creased exertions in coal-getting on the Swaithe level, it may be stated that one of the colliers, Wm. Fisher, said at the inquest that the proprietors gave the men an additional sovereign every time they worked 50 yards in a fortnight. It was also con clusively proved that gas had been issuing from the coal at the extreme end of the workings in such quantities as to render an explosion inevitable un less extraordinary precautions were used. But what were the facts ? Not only were the men allowed to use gunpowder to blast the coal, in pre ference to the more laborious but secure system of getting it down by wedging, but the harriers and horse-drivers were actually allowed to go close up to the faces with their naked lights, thus rendering altogether nugatory the order for the coal-getters to work with safety lamps. The use of gunpowder, as a means of getting the coal more cheaply and expeditiously, is the real cause of this fearful cala mity. The seam is well known to be unusually fiery and dangerous, and one in which naked lights should never be used. The danger seems to have occurred to the mind of the underviewer, George Lawton, some months ago, for he told the men that he did not like the thought of blasting in that coal, and ()tiered them to begin wedging. That was done, but the men found they " could not make wages," although an increased price was given, and murmurs ensued. The result was that the use of powder was again permitted ; hence the explosion. It was proved beyond doubt that the state of the dip-boardgates a few days before the explosion was such as ought to have warned any one of the imminence of the peril• Said one collier, " There were three orfour fires at the faces the week before the explosion. On the Saturday, two days before the explosion, there was a fire, caused by the gas igniting at a candle, which raged for two bouts before the men could get it out." Yet, in the face of this state of things, naked lights wereconstantly used in that part of the mine, and the coal was constantly blasted with powder, until the inevitable result took place and caused such a fearful sacrifice of life. Indeed, the recurrence of these fires at the dip boardgates seems to have contributed to the ex tent of the calamity, by inducing carelessness on the part of the men in other parts of the mine. They said, when questioned as to their singular tar diness in escaping, " that there had been fires be fore, and they thought the men would get this out as they had got out the others." One of the men was warned of the danger, but be said he should go on with his work until he " heard more of it," and he continued to work for an hour until he was fairly driven from his bank by the increasing volumes of smoke and gas. Another, on being warned by a collier who was running past his work ing place, replied, " Thou can leave, if thou'rt frightened, but I'll atop." That man is yet in the mine. Considerable feeling was excited in the district by the statement that many of the men could have got out of the mine if they had bean warned during the long interval that elapsed between the breaking out of the fire and the first explosion. It is clear that the two Lawtons did scarcely anything to warn the men, but Mr. R. Mitchell, the son of the managing partner, gave evidence in vindication of himself, and stated that he did all in his power to hurry the men out before the explosion. The last time the underviewer, George Lawton, was seen alive, he was on his way to the Sweithe level to build a " stopping" to cut off the supply of air from the fire raging beyond, It is a curious fact, but vouched for by a scientific gentleman who formed one of the daring party of explorers who were last in the mine, that the building of this stopping, if it did not ac tually cause the explosion, greatly tended towards that result. There were previously about 11,000 cubic feet of gas per minute passing over the burning faces, and the combustion of such a quantity of air would make the place a vast furnace for a consi derable distance up the clipboard. When he put in the stopping in the ingoing aircourse the gas evolved from the coal by the heat would cease to be consumed, owing to the absence of air, and the dipboard - would be converted into a huge gas retort. The gas would accumulate until It got into the re turn aircourse, and would then fire at the first naked light, of which the evidence showed there were plenty in the mine. In the opinion of the same gentleman the second explosion was caused by the restoration of the air-crossing at the first half-way. which carried the air forward again to the dip faces and to the fire which had been spread by the first blast. Tie scientific gentlemen examined at the inquest were unanimous in condemning the use ,of gunpowder in a mine where there was so much gas at the faces ; but they agreed in stating that the ventilation of the mine was generally excellent. The narrative of the exploration of the mine after the second disastrous explosion is exceedingly inte resting and rtfizets ;peat credit upon the daring of those who undertook the perilous task. Soon after one o'clock Mr. R. R. Maddison, of Worsbro-dale, colliery viewer, arrive I at the mine, and he organised a party of five men, which was increased by three other volunteers, to go down the mine and search for the missing. They found the ventilation mode rately good until they got about 120 yards down the engine-plane, when they found the " stoppings" that carried the air forward more or less destroyed, and the air escaping through the broken stoppings into the " return aircourse." They persevered, however, until one of the men was almost lost in the smoke, and then were comi.elled to retrace their steps. It was then suggested that some of the men !night be found at an aircrossing on the south level, and the party of explorers proceeded thither, but there were no traces of any of the men. Mr. Maddison then conducted his party back to a place near the shaft, and asked them separately "If they thought any of the men could be alive in the mine ?" The men, with two exceptions, were compelled sorrowfully to reply in the ne gative, and the two men who persisted in hoping against hope, after another ineffectual attempt to penetrate into the workings through the deadly at mosphere, were compelled to acquiesce in the gene ral conclusion. The party then reascended the shaft, bringing with them the confirmation of the worst fears of those who had anxiously awaited their re turn. A document setting forth the conclusions ar rived at was drawn up and signed by the volunteers —Mr, R. R. Maddison, John Guest (fireman), Sam Padgett, John Bellamy, Ben Clegg, Robert Rat cliffe, John Wave, W. Ibbetson, and John Skelton. They did all that men inspired by the generous de termination to save their fellow-creatures could do, but their gallant efforts were powerless against the deadly gas and chokedamp which followed the ex plosion. The subscription in aid of the bereaved has now reached about £l,OOO. The funds are being carefully applied under the superintendence of a local com mittee, bat the amount in hand is altogether inade quate to the claims of the sufferers. AN EXECUTION IN MALTA. MALTA, DEC. 24. As in most Roman Catholic countries, there exists in Malta a confraternity styled "La Congregazione dei Rosa rianti," who in the case of a criminal having to undergo the punishment of death take a very prominent part in everything connected with the sentence. For several days prev . ous to an xecution the members of this society, arrayed in a white dress from their head to their heels, with two small holes for the eyes, visit the different towns and villages collecting funds, which are handed over to the priests to say masses for the soul of the criminal, and for his release from purgatory. About 40 hours before an exe cution the condemned is placed in a chapel expressly built for the purpose, with two Capuchin triests, who never quit him till the execution is over ; and the latter shows extraordinary zeal in bringing criminals to repentance, and pref aring them for their future state. To the credit of the Roman Catholic clergy, no p, rson, it is said, has been exe cuted without having previously confessed. Previous to the criminal quitting the chapel the hangman declares that he has no bad feeling towards him, and that he merely obeys orders. He then kisses him. On the road to the gallows the Capuchin priests hold tablets on each side of the pri soner's face. On these tablets are images of our Saviour. Criminals are hung upon a gallows, and the hangman jumps on the shoulders of the criminal till he is dead. Six convicts drag the car, and it is understood they gene rally get six months remitted from their sentence for so doing. From the time the criminal leaves the chapel the confra ternity in a manner take charge of him. They form a procession in front, with a cross lighted on each side, and it is their especial duty to see the ceremony carried out with decorum, to render it solemn and impressive, so that it may have a beneficial effect on the spectators ; and in this they succeed, for the crowd at an execution in Malta is serious and reflecting, and impressed with a religious feel ing of sorrow. During the execution the confraternity pray in a devout posture. The body hangs two hours, after which the senior member of the confraternity claims as his especial right the privilege of untieing the rope from the corpse. The mem bers receive the body, and carry it to the place of inter ment, where it is buried in a sack. All this is done by the confraternity themselves, without any other assistance, and thcugh the duties are so disagreeable, it is considered a very high honour even by the highest classes to belong to the order. The hangman's bituation is anything but coveted. He receives about £4O per annum, and a trifling gratuity for every execution. In July last a maid servant, Catarina Bary, was found murdered, and the house, which was next door to the officers' quarters, robbed. Ihe police have shown great judgment and sagacity in discovering the murderers and burglars, and last week Giuseppe Attord, coachman, and Giuseppe Chetcute, fruit seller, were tried and condemned, principally on the evidence of a confederate who turned Queen's evidence. The police feretted out some 80 wit • nesses in support of the charge, the jury unanimously found them guilty, and on the morning of the 22d, at 8 a.m., the sentence was carried into execution, and the two prisoners were hanged from one gallows at the same time. They entered the chapel on Saturday at 3 p.m., from which hour they may be said to have been dead to the world. The honour, for such it is considered, of untieing them from the gallows fell to the lot of two of the confraternity, one of whom is said to be Count Prezioso. The members had been actively collecting funds for some days previous, and re ' turned to town shortly after twelve o'clock of the day of the execution, after their arduous, unpleasant, and fatiguing duty, The execution has cast quite a gloom over the town. The crowd felt it deeply. The prisoners acknowledg their guilt, said they had been the victims of gambling, and persuaded their countrymen to avoid gambling. A RECEPTACLE FOR CONTICTS.—The latest sug gestion is to prepare the Falkland Islands as a re ceptacle for our convicts. They are 7,000 miles away, but the voyage is easy and healthy. Peat abounds though wood is wholly absent. Directly westward is the promis ing eastern coast of Tierra del Fuego (with good harbours), in which guanacoes attain their largest size, where wood is plentiful, and where mineral treasures are likely to be found. There a settlement might be formed to receive such convicted persons as are now sent into overcrowded countries, as the only resource, however objectionable. Westward of the large eastern island of Tierra del Fuego there is an abundance of valuable minerals easy of access, and, while the climate is not enervating, or tending to en courage idleness, it is not too severe, like Labrador. EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE ADVENTURE.--ThE Liverpool press yesterday gave publicity to one of the strangest lave adventures which have been recorded by the newspapers for some time. It appears that a man whose name it is unnecessary to mention, but who has for some time past resided in Manchester, gained the affections of a woman whose name does not appear, and proposed matrimony to her. The man was worth a considerable sum of money, and suggested to the object of his affections that after marriage they should enter into business. The woman of course readily fell in with his views, and kept a sharp look-out for some eligible business in which to en gage. One offered in Liverpool, and thither our hero be took himself with his lady, in order that they might buy a " soft goods business" which was advertised. Matters having gone so far, the pair deemed that the sanctity of their loves rendered the marriage ceremony a mere conven tional form, and accordingly occupied a sleeping apartment in Bulton-street. Each night the man placed his pocket book, containing £5OO in notes, under the mattress of his bed, his companion the while watching him with much in terest. On Friday he went with the woman to procure a marriage license, and was about to open his pooket-book to take out a note to pay for the document, when his future wife prevented him, and paid the amount herself. It was arranged that they should be married on Monday, and on Saturday they returned to Manchester and went to their respective homes. It appears he had not examined his notes since Friday, and when opening his pocket book in the evening he found that £440 had been abstracted and flimsy paper substituted to make up the bulk. He at once proceeded to the Manchester police-station, and having procured the services of a detective officer, the woman was taken into custody and conveyed to Liverpool. Upon their arrival there, he proposed that if the officer would give up his prisoner he would / wilco her his wife. The detective at once consented, and the woman having been set free, the pair proceedei to the Old Chinch, where they were married, and satisfactorily settled the monetary difficulty. SYDNEY, LADY MonGAN.—With the manuscript of " The Novice" she made the journey from Dublin to London alone ; no pleasant enterprise in 1805, when the Conway and the Menai Straits were yet unbridged, and the road by Penmaenmawr was as wild and difficultas in Dr. Johnson's days. When the coach drove into the " Swan with Two Necks" in Lad-lane, she had not a notion where to go or what to do next, and sat down upon her small trunk in the yard, to wait until the bustle or arrival should have a little sub s id e d. O vercome w ith fatigue and anxiety she fell fast asleep. Such was the first appearance in Lon don of Sydney, Lady Morgan ; and artists are not likely to forget a circumstance so picturesque,—,dthetiouni. ;ho Olie had of lied ent eur lop bbe rn gi- the car vas a nt He Ist. fa vas • be .ria