The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-03 00:00:00

LONDON, .1 1 11 V SUN - i TILEBARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT, 1 as we may call them, thoroughly acqua i n t e d w i t h . RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. .. ee the why and wherefore of eVerything they have to NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY. d o wo uld greatly i ncrease t h e i r value and diminish COCKERMOUTHAND WORKINGTON. Was The half-.yearly meeting of this company the risk of accidents, particularly thee which arise Among other expedients for securing the greatest amount of vigilance on the part of owners and f rom d e fi c i ent or impeded Ventilation. There is, I viewers, and for compelling them to take ever held at Cockermoitth on kriday - Mr. Steel, M.P., y believe, a mining. college established in this town, the chairman, presided. which has already done good service ; and it would the receipts . . possible precaution to protect the lives of the men The report stated that from the manifold perils they encounter in their be a great public advantage if other such colleges half-year ehoted a bensiderable falling 01l as com pared with those of the eorresponditig half of the daily labours, it has been proposed to invest coro- were established at convenient places in every ners' juries with the power of returning what are previous year. The de:mese had occurred ih the district where mining operations are carried called intermediate verdicts. At present, they can on. Not a v esse l l eaves our ports b u t it s ca p- coal, lithe, and merchandise traffic, The gross re only find a verdict of „ Accidental Death" or" Man- lain and chief officers have pas se d through nom© ceipts for the half-year amounted to £6,613, th e slaughter," and, without wishing to go so far as to so rt ordinary working expenses to £2,463, a n d th e ex incriminate any particular pe rson , th ey may b e of of examination and have received a certificate of competency. The miner's calling is infinitely traordinary expenses to £321, m a ki n g, w ith £1 , 903 opinion that there h as b een neg l ect somewhere; for interest on bonds, preferehti a l divid en d, ra t es , but when they append an express i on of such opi- more hazardous than the sail or ' s , and surely he has a right to require that those into whose hands taxes, arc., a total expendit ure o f £4 , 687. Th e nion to the verdict, coroners w ill often tell them net balance amounted t o £1,926 f or th e h a lf- year , that it amounts to a fi n di ng o f manslaughter, and ho intrusts his life should have given equal proof of their ability to cope with the perils which hourly out of which the dir e cto rs reco m men d e d th e object to rec e i ve a ver di ct i n an ambiguous form, threaten him, payment of a dividend o f 10 s , p er s h a r e , l ess There are few of these accidents in which a prose- lam income-tax, on the ordinary shares of the company. cation for manslaughter could be sustained, and out I hale gone bineytehnedsatfheegureagrdusirlemhaztepeofintthede The engineer reported that considerable progress it has been suggested that coroners' juries should present accident; had been made in reb u ildi ng th e b r id ges on th e li ne , have the power, in cases w h ere there has been a but public attention has been so forcibly directed to the subject that there never con The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the neglect of obvious precautions, to inflict a:pecuniar7 be a better report, said the prospects of th e c o mp a ny were im• flue on the own ers or managers , i n proportion to opportunity for pressing the adoption of every precaution for the protection of those brave proving, and that if th e new d oc k were made at the extent of th e neg li gence . Thi s fi ne m i ght either men to whose patient and arduous toil this country Workington, for which Lord Lonsdale had obtained take the shape of an obligation to pay the average owes so much. An accident like that at the Hartley powers, and the new line made eastwards to Kes wages of the men to their relatives for a certain pit can never occur again if Parliament will only wick and Penrith, the traffic would bo much in period, or it might be levied in a lump sum. In this insert in the present Act an additional general rule creased in value. district, which contains some of the most extensive that no pit shall be worked until two shafts have Mr. H. FLETCHER seconded the motion, which and best-managed collieries in the kingdom, con- been sunk, or at least until there are two indepen- Was carried unanimously, and a dividend of 108. per ducted by the most experienced viewers-there ap- dent ways in and out provided. That this will be share, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, pears no ground for asserting that owners as a rule, done in the ensuing session no one here seems to was declared. do not take every care to prevent accidents, but it doubt. In a former letter I quoted the authority of The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, stated is, unfortunately, far different in other parts of the George Stephenson against the single-shaft system, that he had no doubt that when all the contem• country, where the principles of scientific mining are and I take the opportunity here to give his exact plated now works were carried out the line would not so well understood. But the strict observance words :-" I think," he says,- pay 8 pnr cent. of these principles so :often requires large prepara- e The ventilation of coal mines would be much more cer tory outle SEVERN VALLEY.y, an d i nterferes so much w i th t h e " get " tain if two pits were sunk instead of one. The air for yen- West Midland at This line, extending from the . , of co':si, that in every district there will be men who tilating the mine (in a brattice shaft) descends on one side, a distance of about 40 and, afterpassing throu h the workings,ascends Hartlebury, to Shrewsbury, up the 'neglect the necessary precautions, turn a deaf ear other. , The partition is frequently wearing out of order, miles, was, on Friday, opened throughout for public to the inspector's suggestions, and work their mine and the air oozes through from the downcast to the ast traffic, amid the usual rejoicings. The first train on the very verge of danger for the sake of an addi- there being a difference in the weight ofthe atmosphere uPc ' ' started from Worcester with the officials of the line, 111 Ilona' return. To place before such men the pro- ono shaft and the other, arising from the one being heated at 11 o'clock, and proceeded along the new line past spect of a pecuniary penalty of this sort, it is urge d, b y th e f urnace while the other is not, and whatever air would be the most effectual preventati ve o f aec i- pass es f rom th e d owncast to the upcast will diminish the Hartlebury, to Stourport, Bewdley, Arley, Highley, N Iconsider Hampton, Bridgnorth, Coalport, Ironbridge, and dents. They would at once take steps to work their quantity passing through the workings. Now, that much adopt the most stringent r u l es , an d t h e mines on the most approved prin c ipl es , th ey would tion would be carried on by h av i ng t wo p it s i nstea d o f one . on return i ng to B r id gnor th a p u blic di nner was pro y would take . . . . All the wooden partitions are saved, which will vided, at which the Mayor presided. The line is con care to select for their officers the steadiest and most make up the difference of the cost." gauge, and is a single line structed on the narrow hh experienced men, who would watch with thelgreatest Air. 'r. E. Forster, next to Mr. N. Wood the brid esandviaductsar b *lt throughout, line. t oug i‘ t ir e vigilance over the execution of those rules. It is largest viewer in the coal trade, when questioned on J. Fowler g is the eng e ine u e l r, for a double Brasses said that all attempts to obtain compensation in the point before the committee of the House of Com- and Field are the contractors. and Messrs. ee cases of colliery accidents-and there have been se- menus in 1852, says, " I would not depend on a brat- generally good, but there are The veral made -under Lord Campbell's act, have alto- tice in a shaft ; I would have two distinct shafts-a grad ients rves on the line, occasioned by its some sharp cu gather failed, because the judges have held that a downcast and an upcast shaft." These two autho- course of the Severn, for a consider following the lt servant on his hiring undertakes as between him rities ought to have settled the matter long ago, I enters the valley of the Se en at able distance. and his master to run all the ordinary risks of think it may be taken for granted from what I have e b iron bridge vr of Bewdley, and crosses the river . y an the service, including the risk of negligence on heard that no such trust will again beplaced • in feet span. The line continues on the one arch 200 . the part of a fellow-servant, presuming always that castings, however massive. Every beam which may and Cl itinto the west side of the river, Railway,uni runs mile the master has taken reasonable care to preserve him henceforth be placed in a similar position will be of Shrewsbury and The about West line is worked by the ordinary skill and care. I should have thought, tion of the prevention of accidents in coal mines, however, that where the cause of the accident could 111idland Company. - while the work of legislation is on hand it may be be clearly traced . to the . parsimony or neglect of the worth while to consider what amendments can be EAST INDIAN. master, an action might be sustained, but there made in the general rules. I should think there could The traffic receipts on the section of this corn appears to be an . impression here that the Act is be no objection to the Home Secretary appointing a line in the North-West Provinces, 2431 miles pang's inapplicable to colliery accidents generally. Cer- commission, composed of practicalandscientific men, in length, for the week ending the 17th Nov. last, tainly, to say the least of it, it does not furnish a which should draw up - amounted to £3,343, and for the corresponding very accessible means of redress to widows and tailed, and embracing every contingency which week of the previous year, on 123 miles, to £ 2,065 orphans who are indebted to p u bli c c h ar it y f or t h e i r might be supposed to be common to all mines. This -showing an increase of 1201 miles, and of £1,278 daily bread, Wheth er L or d C amp b e ll' s Act re- might probably prevent the necessity of any eaten- in the receipts. The traffic receipts for the week quires amendment in this respect, or wheth er , con- s i on o f t h e summary powers of the inspectors, which ending the 24th Nov. amounted to £3,665, against si dering ho w h e l p l essly the miner has to trust his in the face of the objections both of inspectors and £2,709 in the corresponding week of the previous safety to his superiors, and how little he can do of coalowners, would be a delicate task to undertake, year-showing an increase of £956. himself to avert the dangers which surround him, No amendment, however, in this respect would be of N O coalowners ought to b e pl ace d under a more stringent any avail without such an augmentation of their NORTHER F CANADA. responsibility th an the rest of the community, it is strength, either in the shape of additional inspec- The total traffic receipts on this company's line, not for me to say , b ut i t is easy to see that some tors or the appointment of sub-inspectors, as would 94 miles in length, fromthe I st Jan , to the 31st 1861, amounted to £84,707, and for the cor such provision would act very powerfull in ascot- bl them to keep themselves thoroughly ac- Dec " y ena 8 . responding period of 1860 to £68,992, showing an ing the best management. I believe the proposal quainted with the state of every in their district. increase of £15,715. - has the support of most of the inspectors, who be- The present system of arbitration clearly requires Hove that it would add great weight to • their sug• alteration, and there ought to be an ultimate con- NEW YORK AND ERIE. addition to their own powers. In France and Bel- Secretary or a Council of Mines. I have not yet miles in length, including branches, amounted for g . ium the principle has been established for some heard any sufficient argument for removing these the month of December last to £141,627, and for time past, and in addition to fines the Government inquiries from the coroners' juries. Every objection the same month in the previoue year to £80,855, has also the power of imprisoning the persons re- made tothe coroner on the ground of want of requisite showing an increase of £60,772. aponsible for the accident. Were such a power professional knowledge would apply with equal force lodged in the ha n d s o f a coroner ' s j ury, or any other to any judge bathe land, and, 'without referrin g t o an y TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR. THE WEEK. tribunal, we should probably hear no more, even of the complaints I have heard made against the Miles Opened. Receipts. -------A- -----, .-----A % without further legislation, of the single shaft sys- coroner of the district on other grounds, I should Railways. tam, for every coa l owner wou ld feel that ' -. 1861. 1860. 1861. 1860. , after the say he had more experience of these inquiries than - ____ , x £ _ warning of the Hartley keit, any accident which any other judicial officer in the kingdom: The Ballymena and Pert Rush.. - - Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 1,736 1,680 might happen for want of a second shaft would cost ancient law which regulates the selection of jury -391 500 512 . Belfast and County Down.. 1 . 9 him a pretty heavy sum. It is not, however, BO men might be amended with advantage, so as to Birkd., Lanc., & Utica. June. - _ 22 22 1,673 1.188 - .much in great calamiti es lik e thi s as i n th e smaller allow of their being drawn from a wider circle. In Plr l i r s ti t i or andd r l ne ter 106 125 5,051 5,325 16,289 accidents which are perpetually happening, and to this way the suspicion of partiality and interested Caledonian kermouth& Workington 8 which public attention is scarcely ever directed, that motives too often entertained by the men might be ( 1 - , 3 'o ne rk and Bandon 2O 20 325 303 the weight of such a pena lt y wou l d b e most felt. avoided. A higher class of jurors might be ob- Cork, Blackrock,&Passage.i 6 s i 26i 167 196 2t Cork and Yeughal • 531 63 079 928 209 214 ' 1 In these gre a t acc id en t s , w h en the flooding of the tained, and perhaps there would then not be any Corny/all 17 17 226 222 mine or the destruction of the workings by the objection to intrusting them with the power ,of 1 1 3 e u?li d n e & Belfast Junction.. 63 63 1,289 1,300 Dublin and Drogheda tempestuous fire stops the operations for some awarding damages, on which I find much stress is t ' . 4 VI 1,2 3 27 1 11 6 8: E a ub n . d & al yico,y( i King and En t ?' Skilleil ? 130 , 130 1,489 1,5( 9 time, the loss to the lessee is so great, often in- laid as a powerful stimulus to increased vigilance I volving his ruin, th a t a fi ne would bring him no and precaution. On the advanta es of i • Dundee and Arbroath 175 11 640 601 g gving a Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,150 1,180 additional smart. But the necessity of taking better education to those who are placed in charge East Anglian 6B 68 844 757 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 23 255 22 500 every precaution andobserving the strictest vigilance of mines it is unnecessary dwell,and it • to __ 142 142 5,915 5,678 78 3,106 3,073 would be much more strongly impressed upon him object which the Government might very fairly o cill t'r :1 ) usrcgti,?fi d 'e e rp,&Lu n ndee "A, 30 302 297 if he were perpetually being dropped upon for £5O call upon Parliament to assist. All improvements Furness Y nu or £lOO to maintain the widow and family of some in the management of mines must ultimately add to g I r a , s a r z , 1 5 . z t h S e o r u n th-We s t e r n IV 1. 3 80 20723 26,267 poor fellow who had perished through his negli- the profits of the owners. The best managed mines Great North of Scotland 9t.Soutlm. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,141 7,291 gence or mismanagement. Besides the cases of are not only the cheapest in the working, but give Great Western 7924 7714 41,425 41,857 Juno 55 55 653 615 deaths there are many accidents which result in the largest ultimate yield. The steady, good rri v sn e o s u s t nb as ef e d r e n enJ 25 25 183 264 bodily injury more or less serious, and of these- workers are keenly alive to the dangers of a badly Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3111 29,678 4 34,215 Leominster and Km g ton though they may arise from gross mismanagement mine, it conducted and leave as soon as possible; Limerick and Ennis. -*be public of course hear Limerick tii and Foynes 26 261 126 117 nothing. It is worth where the arrangements are unsafe, and the dis-461 461 412 523 While considering whether it would not be dcsir- 'l'lit is the reckless,unreliable London' aieY & North- West ern . 10301 , 1004 71,432 78,061 cip Inc . ax, olds able to follow the precedent of the Factory Act, • 400 3p,1 14,503 14,650 , who willingly remain. Where ventilation is de- London & South-Western and empower the inspectors to prosecute for penal- ficient the health of the men suffers, and they are Loud. Brighton, &S. ast. 2411 2 , 41 12,960 11,7 ties in cases of non-fatal accidents. It is certainl 29 y not able to bring to bank the sameamount ofcoal. London,:w' ,'l itltuartyn, Chatham, o & ei tli en Doverd 45 ' 45 1 , 565 917 1,074 nan.,s heffield,,S&Line,olnsh 2315 23 , 1 12,996 14,121 a great defect in the present system that there is At a dangerous mine, m 1,011 1,054 moreover the rate of wages Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 91 , no inquiry into the causes of these occurrences, always rules higher. Maryport and Carlisle though in many cases it would reveal the most Subscriptions pour in from all parts of tho coun- L'lllr.l6MeNsiiil.Voitni ) V( 4 21 Mt 3 Mg 3 a 7 1 56 1,502 1,551 serious defects in the system of working the mine try, and the list must amount to more than r 1 0 6- . -,00.,. l Aro u n k ua l o a u l tsli. Rail. & Canal 4 16 1 41 2,332 2,313 or in the discipline kept. The coalowners of course Subscriptions are also being raised to present testi- Newcastle and (cTsjeelkirk 78 78 3,019 3,639 cannot be expected to concur very readily in the 1 monials to Mr. Coulson and his brave band of and ualashiels) North Devon 3.5 35 413 361 principle of compensation. They will point out s inkers, of whose courage and endurance I N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 31,543 35,526 that they are already liable to specific penalties if have before spoken. Some have proposed to 1 North London North Staffordshire 9 9 2,261 2,270 246 246 ,6,36 n 6,104 they break cer t a i n genera l an d spec i a l ru l es w hi c h str ik e a me dal for them ; others, to present Oswestry and Newton l4 1 , 0 408 436 Ithymney B6B 677 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,953 1,841 Parliament and the inspectors have imposed on them with their portraits, with suitable 1118Crip -634 535 3,207 3,021 them, and they will object to the kind of exceptions ; but in all probability the testimonial will I Scottish Central SCottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,682 3, 424 __ tional legislation which would subject them in ad- take the more acceptable shape of a donation of nrree;sturr); at Birminghamtt r. 1 4 - 8 Ts 1,670 1,865 dition to other undefined penalties for acts against money. It is also suggested that the valuable ser- Sh rew sbury & Hereford i 51 ' 1 775 805 which the law has not warned them and of the re- vices rndered by .r. urn u-a man re- M T bll most shroeshire Union South Devon 306 ! 306 15,596 16,616 levancy of which to the cause of death a jury, markable in character and appearance, who I see South-Eastern 1711 i 171 f 6,605 6,485 generally totally devoid of mining knowledge, is to has been immortalised this week in the pages of the n i ' t o h rin a iir e t%nd River Dun 118 i 118 - 7 , Stockton and Darling - ten be the sole judge. From such a wide net they will illustrated papers-should be suitably rewarded. 5,159 5,135 I Taff Vale say there is no escape for them. Th e f orce o f these He is a common pitman, but possesses great influ- Ulster 51 , 5 1 1,601 1,62 59 6 arguments, howe v e r , mus t b e ver y muc h wea k ened i mice with his mat es , an d w h en t h e i mpat i ence of i.,J a hi e er o lo c e l e w a y n d d Lancaster . lg 1g 752 65 9 137 130 36 36 2,054 1,713 by the strong objections they have always urged ' the crowd which surrounded thepit-heap night and vale of Neath Kilkenny... 31 , 31 t 39 356 against allowing the inspectors to interfere with day threatened at one time a serious outburst, it w Waterford aterfor and a nd Limerick... 77 1 77 964 1,099 Uny opinion on their mode of working each parti- was he who calmed them down and induced them NlClTV'epitaCrremlovoa i p I l llarbn&Itall 3 7 94 3 7 9 5 4,201 631 4,105 West Midland - -- - cular pit. The inspe c t ors , th e y contend-drawing to leave the work of deliverance to those best able 7 444 408 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 certainly 12 638 683 a very fine distinction-have only to look to conduct it. The services of the medical men Whitehaven Junction l2 to the safety of the men, and can have nothing to too, ought not to be forgotten. Dr. Davidson, the Whitehaven & Fiumess Jun 35 35 671 596 say to the principles on which the coal is colliery surgeon, scarcely left the pit's mouth night FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 885 872 won. Th ey are placed in this dilemma-either or day for the first four days, and ho wasnobly Austria nsB2B . 673 they must conced e to inspector Belgian Eastern Junction 265 261 231 250 the greater laid- aided by Mr. Ward, of Blyth, and other volunteers Buffalo and Lake II uro tulle of interference with petrol t and Milwaukie n illi the working s ; or they from among his professional brethren in the neigh-must be compelled, lik e henish the railway companies, to bourhood. Four of them-Dr. H. Ward, Mr. Am- Eastern of France. ...... compensate those Who suffer from their mismanage- broec, of the Arctic yacht Discovery, Mr. Nichol , Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,225 12,241 ment. All the persons with whom I have con- and Mr. Lambert-when the first opening was Great Indian Peninsula 4371 2975 5,609 4,522 versed on this grave sulel2B 128 2,938 2, `20'2 ject agree that a most made in the ruins, volunteered to go down and Great Great Luxeemrbaor_ f Canada 345 , 345 12765 8638 important step towards preventing the T oil Western t G c occurrence force their way through the stifling gas, on the .Y._ 11i.adriCl a Bar , ?-o n , ss v a a &Alicint MI 111 - - of accidents would be to gi v ,„ t - o those who hold chance of finding some of the men alive. Northern of Canada ... .. ' responsible positions in coal mines add Northern of France atonal means _____-_-.... Norwevian Trunk 4l 41 - - P _ ____ of education in the scientific arts of thei d • . Paris, Lyons, & Meditcrrn 879 879 97,768 73,050 do not speak of the head viewers, Who i r tt uties. I MILITARY EsTeetATEs.-The military estimates Paris and Orleans 922 922 12,708 48,906 dis- for 1862-63 have been under consideration fur the last two Pernambuco 36a -- 811 - trict are for the most part highly educate this Royal Danish 69 69 360 379 d and or three weeks, and are understood to have been ready for Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,255 1,041 experienced men ; but of the resident officials, adoption at ;he Cabinet Council on Saturday. Every effort South Austrian . 1291 978 45,950 31,199 superintendents or overmen, and the like, on whose in the direction of c economy has been made, and possibly in Southern tlan of France .. 777 773 23,950 ;21,171 ••• 25 25 - - daily and hourly conduct of a mine depends to a some of the items of supply a sufficient reduction may tak e West Flanders great extent the safety of the men empl o y e d i n it. place, so as to b r i ng the grand total of the E st i mates under W. and N.W. of France 750 750 - - They are ordinarily men who have risen from the the sum voted last year. The battalions on home service k- - I ranks, and though in the country of George St e are abo ut to be reduced by 60 men each from the commence- OUR GREAT CENTRAL COAL FIELD.-It h as b een phen- ment of the financial year. B u t i nasmuc h as four regi- calculated by Mr. Mathews that the total area of thick s on, Fairbairn, and others it is impossible to sp ea k ments are coming home f rom I n di a , an d th ose i n Canada coal remaining unworked within the limits of the Stafford of the class with disrespect, yet even here-and the I are to be maintained at a strength of 1,200 men each, the shire basin does not exceed 3 915 acre. of which 1 160 acres remark applies with much more force elsewhere- I total w number to be provided for in the Estimates will not, lie within the eastern ' - "• . ' ,acres within the western e apprehend great as may be their practical acquirements, as a , show a reduction -Army and NavY district of the field. Now an acre of surface yields on an ' Gazette, rule few of them have had an :opportunity of ob• r A L .....nvEraistmr,N T knowledge which taming that amount of scientific Excellent Digestion.-- 1 - Rollo.vay s Pills,-Good Appetite, first of these localities being about 11,000 tons per week, appetite is the first • the majority of persons, loss of its probable duration ' will be 42 years. The western dis would enable them to appreciate the full value of should at on,. indication of dehealth and e receive attention actinp g. • ' will trict is worked more rapidly, about 1 500 000 tons per , the rules and precautions which they have to carry follpw. In the cure of ,disorde n, .or aptual disease being _. red digestion and liver coal- annum removed, which would limit the term of its i out. Long acquaintance with danger is apt to pla:nts, Holloway's excell certainly unsurpassed. TehnotiPills are probably unrivalled, existence to some 37 years. Allowing a certain ' margin for I make merely prac`ical men foolhardy. Contin- disappointment or failur e in tha.evarlid will never experience natural increase of activity in the future, it appears likely means of these purifyin g Pili • red of his ailment by geneies, moreover, arc always arising in the work- s, on reachinc , the stomach that half a century will hardly elapse before this seam of ] they immediately correct h thickest and most valuable of our native mineral ing of a mine which require to he met immediately, acidity; they secure the seceraertatinrna fl atulency, and undue coal-thebefore there can be an opportunity of consulting the ing into the intestinal canal, they gnetrlceeat bile,o and pass- resources-will hav a e m b . n .c m re e s a ts thi n n e g e ofthe past; and that I rural activity without producing pain, initat r io u n s e it to na- the great crypto . g 1 covering . with such s scientific officer in char ge, and there can be no tion; for these reasons Holloway's Pills are ,or exhaus-the centre' o of wonderful luxuriance i _ MILITARY ESTIMATES.—The military estimates for 1862-63 have been under consideration for the last two or three weeks, and are understood to have been ready for adoption at the Cabinet Council on Saturday. Every effort in the direction of economy has been made, and possibly in some of the items of supply a sufficient reduction may take place, so as to bring the grand total of the Estimates under the sum voted last year. The battalions on home service are about to be reduced by 60 men each from the commence ment of the financial year. But inasmuch as four regi ments are coming home from India, and those in Canada are to be maintained at a strength of, 1,200 men each, the total number to be provided for in the Estimates will not, we apprehend, s h ow azette, a reduction —Army and Navy [ADVERTSEMENT Excellent iv • ]—Holloway ' s Pills.—Good Appetite, igestion.—ln t heo f persons, loss of appetite is the first indicationmajority should at once receive attentionof departing health, and follow. In the cure of ,disore or actual disease will plaints, Holloway's excellent Priel digestion and liver com certainly unsurpassed. The invallre probably unrivalled, disappointment or failure in the rem will never experience means of these purifying p ills . oa Orval of i his ailment by they immediately correct heartburn, natulmg the stomach acidity; they secure the secretion of perfeceltitY, and undue ing into the intestinal canal, they gentl de, and pass- total arouse it to na tural activity without producing pain, irritation 0 r exhaus tion ; for these reasons Holloway's Pills are Peculiarly well adapted for a family aperient. OUR GREAT CENTRAL COAL FIELD.—It has been calculated by Mr. Matthews that the total area of thick coal remaining unworked within the limits of the Stafford shire basin does not exceed 3,945 acres, of which 1,160 acres lie within the eastern, and 2,785 acres within the western district of the field. Now an acre of surface yields on an average 20,000 tons of coal, and the rate of working in the first of these localities being about 11,000 tons per week, its probable duration will be 42 years. The western dis trict is worked more rapidly, about 1,500,000 tons per annum being removed, which would limit the term of its existence to some 37 years. Allowing a certain margin for natural increase of activity in the future, it appears likely that half a century will hardly elapse before this seam of co al—the thickest and most valuable of our native mineral resources—will have become a thing of the past; and that the great cryptogamic forests, once covering with such wonderful luxuriance the centre of our island, will have finished the work for which they were designed,--o no week. SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, VEIIIWARY 3, 1862. ThE FEARFUL DEATH QF A LADY 1N StINiJEALA2VP. Our Newcastle correspondent sends us the follow ing additional particulars of the frightful death of Mrs. Mounsey, briefly reported in our Saturday's impression :--About three months ago Mr. Jasper Mounsey and Mr. Dixon, of Monkwearmouth, en tered upon the extensive iron works at Bedlington, about five miles from Morpeth, formerly belonging to Messrs. Longridge. Since they came into pos sessinit of the works , tey have been repairing and extending them, and ereeting now buildings and machinery, and the works were only opened la.lt week. But a portion of the machinery, including a circular saW for cutting iron, did not commence until Friday. The partners hate ken residing at Bridlington about tWo months, and on Vriclay afternoon Mr. and Mrs. irasper Mounsey, with three of their children, also some young ladies staying with them, together with Mr. Dixon, and Dr. Nichol Went over the works to see them in full operation for the first tilt*. About 30 minutes past four in the afternoon the party, aftef eltamin ing the other portion of the works, proceeded to the new mills to witness the process of sawing iron with the circular saW. After doing so they proceeded to cross a spindle, connecting the saw with the engine that drove it, and which also drove the machinery in the rolling mill. Mr. Dixon and Mrs. Mounsey were first to go over the spindle, Mr. Mounsey remaining behind to help over the young people. Mrs. Mounsey had stepped over it, but unfortunately her dress had not cleared one of the bolts or nuts at a joint in the spindle. The consequence was that the Was thrown over, and in a moment—ay, in the twinkling of an eye—she 'vas dragged underneath the spindle by the whirling machinery, the spindle only standing six inches' from the ground. She was draWri tip to her breast, and her limbs and the lower part of her person were literally smashed to atoms, and life was ex tinct in a few minutes. Mr. Dixon snatched hold of her as she fell, and the workmen rushed to the spot. The engine was stopped, but it Was found what but a few moments before was a noble woman in the very flower of her days was a mangled corpse. The consternation of Mr. Mounsey and his family and the ladies cannot be described. The spindle was immediately unscrewed, and the remains of the poor lady, in a condition too horrible to describe, were removed from under it, and taken to her home. The place was covered with gore. Her death had been so instantaneous that she had not time even to scream. The deceased has left four children, and was enceinte. Mrs. Mounsey was a Miss Waits before she married, the daughter of a well-known member of the London Stock Exchange. to say another time. He must now confine himself to questions only. Gardner, in answer to questions by the prisoner, said it was ten o'clock when he was stabbed. He never told the prisoner he would kick him out: lie did not say he would throw all his things into the street. The prisoner disputed the account of what was owing. The Prisoner—Now, did you not strike me in this room three times, and then kick me into the street Gardner—l never did. The Prisoner—Did you not hit me on the breast, atm and knock me down when you came out of the public-house ? Gardner—l did not. The Prisoner —A witness saw him strike me and knock me down. Mr. Selfe—Where is that witness, and what is his name ? The Prisoner-4 do not know his name or where he is. Gardner said he knew he was dying, and had not many hours to live, and he most solemnly declared that he never struck the prisoner or gave him any provocation whateter4 The prisoner said to a man before he stabbed him (Gardner) that he intended to rip his guts open. The prisoner made no answer to this , and Gard ner then signed his deposition, the magistrate and his clerk retired, and the prisoner was taken back to Clerkenwell Prison in charge of Inspector Alli son and Sergeant Tighe. The deceased Gardner was about 40 years of age. He was formerly in the army. His wife, a respec table and intelligent woman, was present while her husband was giving his evidence, and was over whelmed With grief. BURGLARIES IN SIIEFFIELD. - - --- During the past week the operations of a gang of burglars in Sheffield have excited considerable attention in that town. On Tuesday morning a dwelling-house lin Eyre-street, occupied by a gen- Vernet' named Murfin, entered under circumstances which show great determination and recklessness on the part of the burglars. The back window, which looks into an unlighted lane, was strongly secured with an iron bar, "catered" in the ordinary way. 'the burglars got over this difficulty by breaking off the circular head of the cotter with a jemmy, but then they encountered a further ob stacle. The window was in three-sashes, and was nailed up so that it would not slide. The burglars, however, were resolted on entering the house, and in the most daring and reckless manner they drove in the whole of one side of the framework of the window. Singular as it may appear, the great noise which this operation must have caused did not dis turb any of the inmates of the house. Having effected an entrance, the robbers had to pass over a sink, and in doing so one of them kicked over a metal bowl, which fell with a great clang upon the floor. The noise awoke Mrs. Murfin. She aroused her husband, who ran to the head of the stairs and called out to his sons to bring their pistols as there were robbers in the house. Instantly a great liaise was heard down below, caused by the efforts of the burglars to escape through the broken window. This they succeeded in doing before the watchmen arrived, but in coming down the lane they met an officer, knocked him down, and prevented any fur ther attempt on his part to follow them. Had they not unintentionally themselves given an alarm, the burglars would have succeeded in carry ing off a large amount of property. The next at tempt, supposed to be made by the same gang, was marked by the most extraordinary escape from the hands of justice that has taken place for some time. In William-street, in one of the suburbs, a Mr. W. H. Flower keeps a grocer's shop. The shop is at the junction of two streets, and at one front is a large trapdoor, level with the pavement, com municating with an extensive store cellar. It appears that about half-past two o'clock two bur glars had succeeded in raising this door, and were busily engaged in ransacking the stores in the cellar. They had a confederate outside to give warning of danger, but as they had replaced the trapdoor after obtaining an entrance there was little chance of discovery. However, the watchman on the beat, in making his rounds, passed close to the corner of the shop, and the burglars in the cellar, no doubt mistaking his footsteps for those of their accomplice, opened the trapdoor a little to reconnoitre. The watchman saw the movement, and instantly, with great presence of mind, jumped on the trapdoor and pressed it firmly down. He then gave an alarm. Here was a situation from which it seemed impos sible for the burglars to escape. They were hope lessly caged in the cellar, and the strong fastenings of the doors leading from the cellar to the back part of the premises barred all escape by the rear. In three minutes their fate would have been sealed, but at this critical juncture the aceomplice alluded to crossed the road, and went up to the officer. He was well dressed, had a large Inverness cape on, and seemed a respectable man. He asked the officer if he could assist him in any way, and was told to go and watch the back of the house. Strangely enough, however, this easy task appeared to be especially repugnant to him, and he told the officer that he would do " anything in front," but would not go to the back, By this time several of the neighbours, who had been alarmed by the noise, opened their windows, and cried out to the watchman to look after the back of the house. He seems, very incau tiously, to have listened to the advice thus given, and telling the man who had spoken to him to take his place upon the trapdoor, he hastened round the corner to the rear of the premises. The moment he had gone the man on the door was seen to stoop down, and persons aver that they heard him call out "Hallos !" three times to the men imprisoned below. In another moment the door was raised, two men emerged from the cellar, and went off at score up the street, their deliverer following in mock pursuit. Just as the party had vanished the officer came back, and was joined by Mr. Flower and several of th• neighbours, but the birds had flown. The extraordinary evasion of the robbers, when they seemed to be so securely in the grasp of justice, created the greatest chagrin. One of Mr. Flower's neighbours gave chase to the men, but was baffled, after a short run, in a lane at the back of William•street. On descending into the cellar Mr. Flower found that the burglars must have been for some time engaged in preparations to "convey" his property to themselves upon an extensive scale. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Feb. 1. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr, Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) lIALDANE AND ANOTHER T. SIR E. LANDSEER. Mr. J. 0. Griffiths was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Francis for the defendant. This was an action to recover a sum of £2B 14s. 6d. for goods supplied. The defendant paid £l7 16s. 6d. into court, and pleaded, except as to that sum, I never indebted, and tender before action brought. The plaintiffs are tailors, carrying on business at 29, Old Bond-street_ and sought to recover from the defendant, Sir Edwin Landseer, the celebrated artist, the sum of £lO 18s., the price of a surtout coat and dress coat supplied to him. One of the plaintiffs was called, and stated that defendant gave them an order for the coats in ques tion, which were at once commenced, and when basted together were taken to the defendant's house and tried on, and found to fit remarkably well, with the exception of one or two trifling alterations. The coats were afterwards completed, taken home, tried on, and the surtout coat left, of which no complaint was made, and the dress coat brought back to be lowered in the collar, which being done, the coat was returned on the following day. On the 11th of July the defendant wrote a note to the plaintiffs, saying, "Pray send or call here, as you will agree with me that I cannot wear the last coat sent home." The plaintiff attended accordingly, and the defen dant still complained of the collar being too high. Another alteration follewed, and then Sir Edwin found fault with the fit of the surtout, complaining that the collar was so high that it rubbed against the hair of his head. The collars of both were then lowered. Still complaints were made by letter, the defendant saying that after numerous alterations and many trials neither of the coats could he wear without being uncomfortable and feeling faint, and that he should return them unless theycould be made to fit and button in the right place. The plaintiff said that if he made any further alterations he must be paid for them. The defendant replied that he would not keep the coats, but the plaintiff declined to take them away. The defendant sent them back by his servant, and on the 22d of July the plaintiffs wrote the defendant the following letter:— " We beg respectfully to send you the two coats, having altered them according to the direction you last gave. The alterations you speak of as being unsuccessful arise, we think, from your own fault. The coats when first tried on fitted remarkably well, but if you will place your body into unreason. able positions it will require something more than human science to fit you. We have most unwillingly made the alterations you have required, believing them to be unnecessary, and we now find it im possible to please you. With reference to your desire that we should take the coat back, we cannot think of doing so." Upon cross-examination the witness said that the alterations had damaged the coats. They fitted well now, but fitted better at first. Mr. Alfred Montgomery introduced the defendant to them, and told him not to let them make a coat for him on any account. The alterations that were made cost £2 or £3 journeymen's wages. Mr, Serjeant Ballantine, a mong th e f e w remarise _ he made to the jury in opening the defendant's case, said that the case was defended cn principle, and on that only. The coats never fitted, and were repeatedly altered and botched in order to try and make them do so. The public stood a chance at one time of losing one of the most eminent artists they had, because his tailors thought proper to put him into a coat which held him like a vice . The mere fact that so m uc h money h a d b een expended on the alterations showed at once that the coats never could have fitted. Sir E. Landseer was sworn and said that he ordered the coats in question, and was obliged to have re peated alterations made in the collars of them. That the plaintiffs expressed a desire to make a coat for him, in consequence, as he thought, of Mr. Mont gomery's insinuations. The coats did not fit now. The whole sitting of them was so contrary to com fort, and so disagreeable generally, that he objected to them. When he sat down the collar went up into his hair. He was bound to do the plaintiffs the justice to say that some other clothes, including shooting coats and trousers, made by them for him fitted remarkably well. All he required was that the coats in question might be made to fit, and offered to refer the question of "fit or no fit" to any tailor or one of the plaintiff's customers. _ _ When cross-examined by Mr. Griffiths, the de fendant stated that he might have said, "Mont gomery says that you are not so happy in your coats as in your trousers. You shall make me a morning and an evening coat." The coats pinched him under the arms, and were generally very uncomfortable. The coats being in court, Sir Edwin was asked by the plaintiff's counsel to put them on, which he readily assented to do. It was objected that Sir Edwin might have in creased in size, as the coats were made in 1858, but he said that he weighed now within 11b. of what he weighed then. One of the jurymen, being a tailor, was requested to go round to the witness-box and examine the coats on the defendant's back. A very short exa mination seemed to satisfy him. After the learned counsel had made a few re marks to the jury on behalf of their respective clients, His lordship summed up, saying that there was an obligation upon a tradesman charging, as the plain tiffs appeared to have done, a full west-end price, to supply a suitable article. The coat ought to be a properly fitting coat, and the question for the jury was, under all the circumstances, whether the plain tiffs had fulfilled that obligation. They had seen the coats on, and could judge for themselves. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. THE ABOLITION OF THE SHUTTING'S OF 2.11 E NATIONAL DEBT. IThe press, so often styled the Fourth Estate, so often professedly despised, yet really all-powerful when employed to elicit truth or expose injustice, did good service to the community this autumn when it made the English public thoroughly acquainted with the Act of Parliament of last session, passed to abolish the shuttings of the national debt, and to enable the holders of stock to purchase or sell the same at all times of the year. The stockholders have no sooner obtained the knowledge of the potter thus given than they have availed them selves of it ; and in the late shutting of the Three per Cent. Consols in December, the transfers averaged at least the large number of .500 per day on each of the public days, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, representing in the week the sale and purchase of an almost fabulous number of thousands of pounds of stock. The State has chosen to confide to the Bank of England the management of that important public depart ment, the National Debt. About £800,000,000 sterling of capital are there invested, divided amongst 280,000 stock holders. The Bank of England is held responsible that the real proprietor of stock transfers it, and that the half year's interest is correctly paid, with the exact amount of income tax deducted. Should the stock be fraudulently transferred, or the dividend erroneously paid, the Bank of England is obliged to return to the proper party that stock or that dividend, however large the amount, and however ingeniously the fraud may have been executed. It is tb erefore evident that great care must be taken to employ proper officials, because the Bank can only see and act through them, ana much vigilance ought to be used to adopt a perfect system of accounts, because large unde tected errors, designedly made, might create embafrassment, and would involve great loss. Hence the extreme reluct ance to enter upon an entire change of system, and to make throughout the different stock offices great alterations. Nevertheless in 1844 that large and almost perilous under taking was entrusted to, and successfully accomplished by the untiring perseverance and moral courage of one man, who appears to have had two objects in view, of which the chief was to abolish the shuttings of the national debt, so that the stock proprietors should be allowed always to have control over their money. Up to this period their capital was locked up from 32 to 36 days every six months—nearly one-fifth of the year—and it often happened that inconve nience and loss, almost amounting to ruin, was thus occa sioned ; for urgent applications to permit a transfer were generally refused, and this was particularly the case towards the end of the shutting period, when this indulgence was most wanted, from the trouble and inconvenience each transfer gave ; so that for many years one transfer per day during the period of closing is probably, on the average, a greater number than was actually allowed to be made. No person transfers his stock unless to do so is advantageous. The necessity to transfer may be seen by the daily number of 300 transfers last month ; and this power must confer benefit upon those who avail themselves of it, and this benefit, being a money benefit, will ultimately be repre sented in the price of the stock. Now, it is under stood that the estimate made at the time (1844) of this money value was from 1 to 3 per cent. on the price of the stock, and taking it at the lowest rate, the abolition of the shuttings of the national debt adds eight millions to the value of the English funds. The au thorities of the Bank of England in the spring of 1845, hav ing made all the necessary arrangements, and, as above shown, being alone responsible, communicated the plan to the Government of the late Sir Robert Peel, asking for a short act of Parliament authorising it. This reasonable proposal was, after some hesitation, refused, but the author of the scheme, in his published letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, dated Paris, February, 1861, states "he is quite certain no one knew better than Sir Robert Peel the vast importance to a commercial country of the constant availability of the capital of the national debt." Dut even this very decided opinion hardly expresses the whole ease ; and, if we are correctly informed, Sir Robert Peel not only was aware of its importance, but actually opened :a negotiation with that gentleman, through an able and conscientious man who happened to be known to both, with the object of carrying the plan that session,and the remarkable proposal then made would have been ac ceded to if the true reason for making it had been given. On this being substantiated, another instance is furnished of that which has been so often asserted—the excessive timidity of this statesman, a timidity very few can explain. The second object was a double one—to give additional profit to the Bank of England by decreasing the expenses of the national debt, and to benfit the employes by allowing a small fee to be charged for the transfers made in the shuttings. The first part is accomplished, and many thou sand pounds are in this way annually received by the cor poration, but the second has not been carried out, and the public are allowed to make transfers during the shutting as at any other time. On the passing of the act of -parlia ment the governors of the Bank of England took for the Bank proprietors the small fee charged for transfers on private days, Monday and Saturday, and which from time immemorial has been divided amongst the employes, and compensated them by adding to their salaries the average amount the fee had latterly produced. But we have heard the fee proposed to be charged during the shuttings would have produced an additional £5O per an to each person, and we allude to it hoping that some thing may yet be done for officials whose duties require both judgment and intelligence, and that the funded proprietors and the Bank of England, with the price of its capital 242 per cent. should not alone benefit by the scheme. At 40 years of age with the present habits of London, it may be questioned whether any of these offi • cials should have less than £4OO per annum, for we could scarcely name any government department where an error in judgment would involve more disastrous consequences or greater pecuniary loss. It must have been a great disap- pointment to the gentleman who had laboured so hard to carry this public scheme in 1845 to find the government from whom he expected honour and support fail him at the laSt moment, and refuse to authorise the plan. It must sorely have vexed him to see arrangements, made with the object of benefiting the officials, turn out to their detriment from circumstances ho could not possibly foresee nor in any way control. But all this annoyance has passed away, and the adoption and success of the plan must, we presume, give intense pleasure. Might not the Government and the Bank of England act together in this business ? Nothing can be worse than a combination to injure, but nothing is more honourable than a combination to do an act of justice and confer a well-mei ited reward.—Civil Service Gazette. SUPPOSED MURDER OF TWO CHIL.DR EN. In the village of Preston, situate about half a mile to the south of Faversham, a woman named Harriet Wright is suspected of having murdered her two illegitimate children by administering poison to them. It is also suspected that the death of another of her children some time previously was not the result of natural causes. The woman is cohabiting with a man named George Smith, the reputed father of the two children, twins (a boy and a girl). On Friday afternoon the county coroner, Mr. T. T. Delasaux, held an inquest on the bodies, when Mr. W. N. Spond, surgeon, of Faversham, said— Abouteight months since I attended the mother of the deceased children and delivered her of twins, a boy and girl. They were both healthy full-grown children. I was sent for yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, and on going to the house I found the children lying on a bed quite dead but warm. I examined them both externally, but could not dis cover any marks or bruises on their bodies. There was great pallor and lividity of the skin, which attracted my attention, but from what cause it was produced lam unable to say. I have since made a post-mortem examination of the bodies of the de ceased. I opened the abdomen of the boy, and found the contents perfectly healthy, without any inflammation, I then examined the lungs, and found them healthy. The heart was gorged with fluid flood, but from what cause I am unable to say. I next examined the head, and found the brain full of fluid blood. The windpipe and gullet were free. The child did not die from natural causes. I be lieve, from my examination of the body, that death was produced from the effects of some sleeping or composing medicine ; but I was unable to dis cover that any medicine of that kind had been given to the children. The female child presented the same appearance as the boy in every particular. The mother said she had only given the children a little magnesia. George Smith was then sent for, and the nature of the inquiry explained to him. The coroner cau tioned him that he was not obliged to say anything without he liked, but that if he did it might be used against him. He was not sworn, but he stated that he was the father of the deceased children. They were quite well, with the exception of cold, when they went to bed. They were awake when he went to bed, about two o'clock in the morning. One child slept on one side of the mother and the other on the other side. Did not hear anything of them again till between seven and eight o'clock, when they were both dead but warm. Nothing but magnesia had been given to them as he knew of. The Coroner then pointed out to the jury the re sponsible duty they had to perform, and suggested that the stomachs of the children should be sent to Dr. Taylor for the purpose of being analysed. This was ordered to be done, and the inquiry was ad journed for a week. IVILFUL NUI?DER IN RATCLIFF IIIGHTVAY. - Yesterday (Sunday) evening James Gardner, a seamen's boarding-house keeper, of No. 1, Denmark street, Ratcliff-highway, died from the effects of a wound inflicted upon him by an Irish sailor, named Patrick Devereux, on Thursday night last. On Saturday morning soon after Mr. Selfe had taken his seat on the bench at the Thames Police Court, Dr. Ross, a physician and surgeon, of High street, Shadwe ll, stated that Gardner was in immi nent danger, and he believed that he believed that he could not survive many hours. Mr. Selfe directed that Patrick Devereux, who was under remand, should be sent for and taken to the dwelling of the unfortunate man. At one o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Selfe, who was accompanied by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, proceeded to Gardner's bedside. The wounded man appeared to be sinking rapidly; stimulants were applied by Dr. Ross, and Gardner rallied in a wonderful manner, and gave his evidence with remarkable clearness and preci• sion. The prisoner Devereux, who was in custody of Inspector Allison and Sergeant Tighe of the K division, was introduced into the room. He is 19 years of age, very boyish in appearance, with a pe culiarly Hibernian countenance. He stood gaging on his victim quite unmoved while Gardner was giving the evidence. The wounded man having been apprised that this wound might prove fatal, said he was perfectly re. signed, and knew the danger he was in. Mr. Selfe then administered the oath, and he deposed as follows : "My name is James Gardner, and I keep a boarding-house for seamen at No. 1, Denmark street, St. George's-in-the-East. Patrick Devereux (pointing to the prisoner) came to lodge with me on Saturday night, the 25th of January. Ho paid me £3 on Thursday afternoon last. He owed me more than that. I did not wish him to stop any longer. He wiehed me afterwards to return him the money, that he might pay a tailor and shoe maker. I refused to do so. This was about six in the evening. I saw him three different times in the course of the evening. He came to me at the George and Vulture public-house in Ratcliff-high way. I was there with Cohen, the bootmaker, set tling with him for bo o t s an d s hoes he had supplied. The prisoner came to the door of the public-house three times. He came in once, and said, " Are you going to pay me that money ?" I said I would not. He then went outside the door, and said, " By Jesus, I'll let you see directly." I and Cohen were in front of the bar four or five minutes, and then we came out and began talking together. Patrick Devereux, the young Irishman, here stepped forward, and said directly, " Are you going to pay me or not ?" I said, " Now be off with you ; don't come tormenting me any more." He had his right arm hanging down by his side. I scarcely had the words out, when he said, "Take that," and made a plunge at me, and struck me in the lower part of my belly. Cohen called out, "A knife ! a knife !" I had not myself seen any knife, but I put my hand down at once, and called out, "I am stabbed." I felt the blood trickling down my leg. I was anxious to see what the wound was, and I ran into the taproom, pulled down my clothes, and found I had a severe stab, and my bowels were protruding. In a few minutes a policeman returned with the prisoner. Mr. Selfe—Did you touch him or strike him, or give him any provocation before he stabbed you ? Gardner—l had not touched him or given him any provocation whatever. Mr. Selfe—Was he sober? Gardner—He seemed to me perfectly sober. I was sober. I never saw him carry any knife while he was in my house. I went in a cab to the station house and dressed my wound. Mr. Selfe read over the deposition taken by Mr. Bowdler, and Gardner said it was true. had any questions to put to th e w it ness . He asked several, p a r n is d oner Was asked by the magistrate if he accompanied each with speeches and 1 observations. Mr. Selfe said he would h ear a ll the priso*er had The FOREIGN HAIL PACICET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Feb, 18. via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Capo Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3. China, Penang, and Si ng apore, via Southaropton F e b. 1 . _.via Marseilles F e b. 13 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb, 1. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 4. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 4. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Feb. 5. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Feb. —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenoriffe Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 13. Mexico :.Feb. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Fob, 13. California, and BrititdA Columbia,. . .... •••• WOOLWICH ACAPENT, The following is the official list of successful candidates in the examination for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, held on the 7th of January and following days Order. Marks. 1. Index number, 225---M'Donald, G.—Place of education, Aberdeen University ; Mr. Ren net's, Aberdeen .. 5,360 2. 116— Gloschen, A. H.—Hart ow; Rev. G. Frost, 28, Kensington-square, W. ; and Rev. R. Fowler, Tonbridge Wells .. .. 4,850 3. 216—Cundill, J. P.—The Ckerterh9use and Wimbledon School .. .• 4,779 4. 10—Alves, J. M.—Adelaide-house School, Jersey; Wimbledon School; and Adelaide house, Jersey .. 4,773 5. 149—Lindsoll, J. B.—Cheltenham College, Tonbridge School, and Rev. R. Fowler's, Tunbridge Wells .. • • .. .. 4,492 6. 142—Coates, R.—Home and Rochester Cathe dral Grammar School .. 4,452 7. 164—Gill, W. J.--Brighton College; Rev. E. Claydon's, Lee 4,407 8. 94—Taylor, J. M.—MarkNrough College; Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle ; and Rev. G. Frost, 28, Kensington -sqvare, W. .. 4,392 9. 143—Smith, C. M.—Vietoria. Cullege, Jersey 4,346 10. 146—Washington, F. P.—Eton and privately 4,240 11. 148—Wright, J. T.—The Temple, Brighton, and Rev. W. H. Johnstone's, Croydon .. 4,231 12, 152—8e11, A —St. Peter's, Radley ; ter ; Victoria College, Jersey; and Rev. W. Pritchett's, Old Charlton .. 4,171 13. 192—Pennycuick, C. E. D.—Cheltenham Col lege .. .. • . 4,171 14. 69—Alexander, A. C.—Trinity College, Dublin 4,143 15. 202—Greenstrcet, W. L.—Home and Rev. W. Foster, Stubbington, Hants— 4,096 16. 48—Gordon, C. D.—King's College, and Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge .. 4,051 17. 112—Bouwens, L. li--Dr. Lovell's, Winslow; Mr. Hopkirk's, Eithara; and Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle .. . • .. 4,060 18. 110—Hurst, W. B.—Rugby; Dr. Bridgman's, Woolwich; and Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle.. .. .. 4,040 19. 179—Hickson, J. R. C.—Wimbledon School.. 4,006 20. 198—Kempster, W. H.—Rev. A. G. Ryder, D.D,, Tipperary, and Rev. F. W. Walden, Woolwich. common .. • • .. .. 3,975 21. 150—Tisdal, G. W —Marlborough College .. 3,951 22. 166—Costobadie, H. H.—Marlborough College and Wimbledon School .. 3,911 23. 220—Methley, W.—King's School, Canter bury ; Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle; and privately .. 3,891 24. 106—Dyce, C. C.—Cheltenham College • • 3 , 890 25. 135—Hunter, Woodburn—Cheltenham College 3,875 26, 16—Browne, Augustus—Exeter Grammar School; Mr. Beuter, Exeter; and Mr. Cole- man, Queen's-road, Haverstock••hill .. 3,864 27. 218—Georges, H. R. G.—The College, South ampton, and Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich .. 3,862 28, 175—Crawley-Boevey, E. B.—Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham ; Mr. Wilson's, Old Charlton .. 3,846 29. 169—Matheson, J.—F. C. Institution, Nairn, N.B. ; Rev. F. W. Waldron, Woolwich common .. .. 3,829 30. 57—Kennaway, C. W.—Rugby; Rev. E. Day, Brixton-hill ; Rev. W. H. Pritchett, Old Charlton .. „. 3,827 31. 74—Wickham, C. B.—Mr. Murray, Wimble don ; Practical Military College, Sunbury 3,798 32. 111—Broadfoot, A.—Glasgow Academy ; Scot tish Institute, Edinburgh; Mr. Lang, George-street,Edinburgh; and Mr. Sheret's, Battersea .. • • • • .• 3 ) 777 33. 174—Webber, D. T.—Mr. Hopkirk's, Elthazn ; Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin . • .. 3,775 34. 154—IIuddart, J. D. E.— Privately .. 3,748 35. 93—Fletcher, A. F.—Mr. E. West, Amersham ; Rev. C. J. Hughes, St. John's-wood; Mr. J. Ogle, Sevenoaks .. .. .. .. 3,693 36. 91—Chadwick, o,—Rev. S. Burnaby (a private tutor) ; Military College, Richmond; Mr. Maldron's, Brighton; Dr. Rowden, E• Sheen; Military Academy, Tonbridge-we ll s 3,679 37. 137—Waller, S.—Marlborough College . , 3,673 38.78—Hildebrand, G.—Kibworth and Gains borough Grammar Schools and Marlborough College .. .. •• •• .. 3,662 39. 121—Morgan, T. L.—Swansea School and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin .. .. .. . . 3,655 40. 183—Puzey, A. R.—Marlborough College .. 3,652 41. 133—Menzies, J. C.—Home and Edinburgh University .. 3,624 42. 98—Riall, W. A.—Mr. R. De Burgh's, Dublin 3,617 43. 120—Brown, Charles E.—Kensington School and Rev. G. Frost's, 28, Kensington-square 3,591 44. 61—Walker, A. G.—Cheltenham College and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin .. 3,589 45. 181—Cooke, E. S.—Elgin Academy; King's College,Aberdeen ; and Mr. Keiser's,Black- heath .. .. .. 3,579 COUNTRY MARKE2S. 4.1 - YORK- FEB. 1. We had a limited supply of wheat to-day, and trade ruled slow, late prices being supported. A greater demand was experienced for barley, at previous rates. Oats were quiet. Beans were firm Wheat, red 60s to 63s Oats.... 22s to 263 White do .62s to 66s Beans ... ...42, to 48s Barley .32s to 37s Peas .....—s to —a Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 348 per Ir. ; flour, 47s to 49s per sack. NOTTINGHAM-FEB. 1. There was hardly so good a show of wheat to-clay, and the trade ruled dull—the prices being for inferior sorts at last week's rates—white, from 47s to 71s ; red, 42s to 655. Barley in steady demand—malting, 34a to 40s; grinding, 31s to 335. Oats wero steady, at 24s to .358. Beans were sold at 39s to 50s per qr. NORWICH-FEE. 1. Wheat to-day was in fair supply, and the trade was dull for all but the finest qualities, which brought mostly the prices of last week. A large quantity of barley offer ing, which readily supported late rates. White wheat 62s to 64s I Red wheat 58s to 62a Malting barley....3Bs to 39s I Chevalier barley 37s to 38a New d 0...... 37s to 39s Oats.. —8 to —a Flour, 42s 6d to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON-FEB. 1. At this corn-market to-day the supply of wheat was again short. The tone of the trade inactive, and the prices were about is decline on inferior qualities-46s to 60s for old, and 67s to 63s for new. A fair business in barley— malting 32s to 375, grinding 29s to 31s per qr. Oats in moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 20s to 340 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 455; peas, 36s to 465. Rye, 37s to 42s ; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 40s to —s per sack. LEICESTER-FEB. 1. The supply of wheat to-day at market was moderate, and the attendance of farmers and factors pretty good. Trade quiet, at is per qr less money. White, 64s to 68s —red, 63s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair re quest, grinding, 30s to 32s ; malting, 34s to 38s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans at high prices— new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s I Seconds, 44s I Thirds, 42s per 20 stone. ACCIDENT TO A SOLDIER AND A WOMAN BY FALL-. ING INTO THE TRENCH AT CHITHAIII.—AbOut 9 o'clock on Saturday night, as some persons were passing by the ram parts between the Hut Barracks and St. Mary's Barracks, they heard a mournful noise of some one in the trench, as if in pain and agony ; they gave information to the nearest sentry, when several soldiers got into the trench, where they found a soldier, named Thomas Miller, 75th Regiment, lying on the ground with one of his legs broken, and also a woman with her hip out of place and otherwise injured. The soldier was taken to the Garrison Hospital and the woman to the Medway Union. Accidents of this kind are of frequent occurrence. On a dark night it is impossible to see the way. It is but a short time back a soldier fell into the trench, and died shortly after. BIRTHS. FITZMAURICE.—On the 28th ult., at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, the wife of Lieut. the Hon. James T. Fitzmaurice, Com manding H.M.'s gunboat Goshawk, of a daughter. LAY.—On the 30th ult., at 10, Half Moon-street, Picca dilly, the Wile of 11. N. Lay, Esq., of a daughter. SEALE.—On the Ist inst., at Brunswick-road, Brunswick square, Camberwell, the wife of W. A. Seale, Esq., of a daughter. WENDT.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Springfield-terrace, Cam• berwell-grove, Mrs. Ernest Emil Wendt, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COOMBE—BIIVNEY.—On the 30th ult., at Wimbledon Church, Edward Coombe, Esq., of 9, Mincing-lane, son of the lat e Ed war d C oom b e, Esq., of Bradininch, Devon, to Patien ce , y ounges t daughter of the late John Binney, Esq., of Bideford, Devon. USBORNE—GRoss.— On the 29th ult.,' at Sunnyside, Ayr, N. 8,, Major Usborne, of 35, Russell-square, London, to Elizabeth Margaret, only surviving daughter of the late S. Gross, Esq. DEATHS. BRIMLEY.—On the 30th ult., at Park-terrace, Cambridge, Augustine G. Brimley, Esq., J.P., aged 67. EYItE.—On the 30th ult., at 1, Bath place. Kensington, William J. Eyre, Esq., late of the Paymaster-General's office, aged 45. GARTH —On the 30th ult., the Rev. Richard Garth, of Farnham and Mordon, Surrey, aged 71. HARRIS.—On the 30th ult., at Henbury, Dorset, George Harris, Esq., aged 86. LEE.—On the 31st ult., at Roath, Cardiff, Edward Herbert Lee, Esq., aged 76. MARSH.--On the Ist inst., at Old Brantford, Mr. Henry Marsh, aged 73. MEIGH.—On the 30th ult., at Ash Hail, Staffordshire, Job Moigh, Esq., J.P., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG :of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand, is the Precinct of the Savoy in the County of Middleaf% Monday, February 3, 1862, 11 Ai tin 1.1, Th Pr CO, do(