The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

OPAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI- TUTION. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. There were also present—Admiral Cater, G. Lyall, Esq., M.P., Admiral Gordon. Captain De St. Croix, Mon tague Gore, Esq., Colonel Palmer, Captain Eger ton, R.N., A. Boetefeur, Esq., and Captain Ward, R.N., Inspector of Lifeboats of the Institution. The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. The lamented demise of the Prince Consort eli cited from the meeting an expression of the deepest regret, and a vote of condolence and sympathy was ordered to be presented to her Majesty, the Queen. His Royal Highness was, in conjunction with the King of the Belgians, the Vice-Patron of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution, and was a liberal con tributor to its funds. He had honoured the insti tution with his countenance during the past twelve years. Her Majesty the Queen being its patron, and an annual subscriber of £5O to its funds. A reward of £6 10s. was voted to pay the ex penses of the lifeboat of the institution stationed at Thorpe, Suffolk, in saving the crew of five men of the brig Content, of Sunderland, which, during a gale of wind was wrecked on Sizewell Bank on the 12th ult. The crew were taken from the rigging. A smack, which was cruising about, had previously approached the wreck and taken one man on board, but she was afterwards only too glad to have the protection of the lifeboat. This valuable boat has several times been instrumental in saving ship wrecked crews from a watery grave, A reward of £5 was also voted to defray the ex penses of the Berwick lifeboat belonging to the in stitution, in rescuing the crew of five men of the schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam, which, during a gale of wind, and a heavy sea, was run ashore about three miles from Berwick, on the 18th ult. This excellent boat has been the means, under Pro vidence, of rescuing 30 poor fellows from different wrecks. A reward of £6 10s. was also given to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Fishguard, which, during a terrific gale of wind, took the crew of three men off the smack Ellen Owens, of Car digan, which had a signal of distress flying, and her anchor dragging. Fortunately, the gale having moderated, the vessel herself was saved from de struction. Her crew having been put on board the next morning, she proceeded to Bristol. Rewards amounting to £3l 15s, were also voted to the crews of the institution's lifeboats stationed at Rye, Newhaven, Brighton, Penarth, and Llan dudno, for putting off to vessels which had signals of distress flying, but which did not afterwards require their services. During the year which has just closed, the life boats of the institution have been instrumental in rescuing 288 persons from different wrecks on the coast of the United Kingdom. Many of the persons thus rescued from a watery grave were foreigners; and their expressions of gratitude are frequently, "Ah we may always know whether it is upon the English coast that we are wrecked by the lifeboat efforts that are made for our rescue." At this time of the year,:when the storm moans and howls over our Leads, we are often tempted to say " God help our men at sea." But do we also as often think of the lifeboat manned by brave fellows battling out to sea in storm and darkness on its errand of mercy ? Miss Bertie Cater handed to the institution £176, being the cost of a lifeboat, which ahe had collected from some ladies and friends for that purpose. She wished the boat to be called the Princess Royal, after the Crown Princess of Prussia. The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were ordered to be presented to Capt. Wilson, of the steamship Clarence, of the General Steam Naviga tion Company, for rescuing, after much difficulty and danger to his vessel, the crew of eight men of the brig Virago, of Hartlepool, which, in blowing weather, was driven on the Middle Sand near the mouth of the Thames. The silver medal of the institution was presented to Mr. Thomas Adams, master of the smack Volun teer, of Harwich; also the silver medal and £2 each to five men who had manned his small boat; and the vellum thanks of the institution and £2 each to six other men of his crew, in admiration of their noble and persevering services in rescuing, during a fearful storm, six out of eleven of the crew of the barque Darius, of South Shields, which had sunk on the Long Sand, near Harwich. The poor men were taken off the only mast standing, in a most helpless state, two of their comrades having previ ously perished from exposure, having been on the mast for more than 12 hours. This was stated to be one of the most heroic and persevering deeds of rescue from shipwreck recorded recently. It was stated that a bazaar had been recently held at the village of Newbiggin, in Northumberland, on behalf of the general funds of the National Lifeboat Institution, and that through the kind and zealous exertions of the influential families of the neigh bourhood, the nett proceeds of the bazaar had rea lised the large sum of £3OO. It was also reported that the builders were pro ceeding with the completion of three new lifeboats for Dublin Bay and one for Dundee, and that the institution had lifeboats nearly ready to be sent to Plymouth, Blakeney (Norfolk), and Kingsgate, in Kent. The account books of the society were ordered to be sent as usual to Mr. Begbie, the public accoun tant, who for the past 10 years has been the auditor of the Lifeboat Society. A memorial was presented to the institution from some residents of Portinllaen, on the Carnarvonshire coast, urging the necessity of a lifeboat being sta tioned there, and stating that it might, during the heavy gales of November and December last, have been instrumental in saving the lives of several persons who had perished in the neighbourhood on those disastrous occasions. It was stated that the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths had sent an additional liberal donation of £5O to the institution. A cordial vote of thanks was presented to Thos. Chapman, Esq., deputy chairman of the institution, and to Sir Edward Perrott, Batt, chairman of the sub-committee, for their important and valuable services to the society during the past year. Payments amounting to £430 having been made on various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings terminated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE CHESTER CUP, The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 ECM each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared on or before the last Tuesday in January, at 12 o'clock at noon. Cup course, about 2 miles and a quarter. 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Philippe, Physician, The Brewer, Real Jam, Wynnstay, Johnny Armstrong, Ivaahoff, Oldminster, Knutsford. The Wizard, Reindeer, Wild Hese, Spite, Remunerator, Highflyer, Chere Arnie, Sawcutter, Agag, Earl of Surrey, Zodiac, Satanella, Shepherdess, Ethel, Man-in-the-Moon, Frailty, c by Windhound—Splitvote, Jacinths, f by Stockwell-- Babette, Eastern Princess, Boabdil, Brighton, Vi c t or , Pagoda, and Rhcebus. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Entries for the Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 sovs in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60 added. About one mile and a balf :—Egyptian, Shopshire, Paul Clifford.' Bevis, Lord Stanley, Absinthe, Arcadia, Ben jamin, Ducat, Wombat, Queen of Spain, South Lancashire, by Windbound—Morgan la Faye, Sir William, Costa, c by Wild l 3aYrell—Vest, Yorkminster, Antares, Colares, Corona, Killi grew, Romeo, Warminster, General Hesse, St. Lawrence, Sagittarius, Gavazzi, and Good-for-Nothing (late Rudorsdorff.) " THE IVINDRAIII CASE. (Continued from 17te Sun of 'yesterday.) Sir H. Cairns was much surprised when ho heard his learned friend say, " We here close cur case," as he certainly thought that would not have been done until he had called into the witness-box every one of the petitioners and those persors who had appeared before the Lords Justices, in reference to this case. He felt surprised that they had not said we will come here, and stating all we know, give an opportunity of answering every question which may possibly weigh in the opposite scale; and he considered it would be the province of the jury to require that it should be done, but if it was not done then they would draw their own conclusions from it. As to the members of the family who had seen Mr. Windham from his infancy, who were familiar with him, and observers of his whole course of life, why were they absent, and persons who had but a glance at his conduct, or who heard his laugh, were those who were to tell them the state of his mind ? The other horn of the dilemma was that if they were called forward they would be unable to speak to any particular acts which would tell against him. Mr. Chambers, in his opening speech, referring to the subject of property, took credit for the motives of the petitioners, and stated that General Wind ham was so much older than his nephew that he could not benefit from the property. Let them examine that point. There was an estate called Felbrigg, which, when Lady Sophia's jointure fell in, would be worth £3,000 a year. The devised estates in 1869, when the mortgages would be nearly paid off, would produce about £9,000 per annum. Here was an income of £12,000 a year in all. Supposing it could be determined that Mr. Windham was an imbecile and incapable of taking care of his affairs, and that his marriage was null and void, what would be the consequence ? The person next in remainder to the whole of this pro perty of £12,000 a year was General Windham, for his life, with the remainder again to every one of his sons. If Mr.: Windham were of im becile mind no marriage could be contracted ; he would live and die a bachelor, and the whole property of £12,000 a year would be as well and firmly secured to General Windham, if he lived long enough, but at all events to his family, as if the best conveyancer in England or the world were now to convey and settle it in that way. It was idle to say that General Windham was free from the possibility of suspicion because, forsooth, he was older than his nephew. Here was the transfer of the entire property to his family, whether he might himself live to enjoy his life interest or not. But the matter did not stop there. Look at the position of the other petitioners. Were Mr. Windham to be declared insane, the authorities in lunacy would regulate the property. Everybody knew that a certain sum was allowed for the main tenance of the lunatic. Supposing that, oat of £12,000, some £3,000 0rt4,000 a -year were allowed for the comfortable maintenance of the lunatic as a bachelor; £B,OOO per annum would remain. Sup posing that the contingency of the lunatic living a a long time, say 40 years, and the general not corn ing into possession, were to happen, there would be at the death of the lunatic an accumula tion of between £300,0100 and £4oo,ooo—a very pleasant thing for the next of kin. Who were the next of kin ? Why, the other peti tioners. As to the proceedings before the Lords Justices, who were the parties before the Court ? Why, 11 heads of families, who are also petitioners. One of the parties who made an affidavit to the Lords Justices was Lady Cecilia Baring, and he would ask why she was not called to tell the jury the same facts as she made in her affidavit to the Lords Justices, for they could not suppose but she said something as to the state of mind of her nephew, and which induced the Lords Justices to order this inquiry. Then another party to the pro ceedings before the Lords Justices was Captain Windham, and he would ask why he was not put into the box and called upon to state on oath in public what he said in private to the Lords Jus tices. Then another person was Mr. Hook, a banker in London, and one of the guardians of Mr. Windham, and regulating his allowance, and di recting the course of his education. Where was he, as he could tell them something about money and the proceedings of Mr. Windham. Where was he ? Why was he not in court that they could examine and cross-examine him in public on those things which he had in private told the Lords Jus tices ? They should then have known something about it, and he must presume that he was afraid to come and submit to that examination. He (Sir H. Cairns) would have liked to have asked Mr. Hook, if he had come, if it was judicious for a guar dian to take his nephew to houses to drink cham pagne, to choose his own residence in London, and if at that time he considered he was sane or insane, or fit to manage himself or his own business. Did he tell the Court of Chancery, Mr. Windham being a ward of that court, that he considered that he was of unsound mind, and, before he came of age, ask for an investigation to ascertain if he was fit to dispose of his own property ? If ho consi dered he was of unsound mind, then Mr. Hook had grossly neglected his duty. He had heard that while at Mr. Llewellyn's Mr. Windham was pursuing a riotous and profligate life, and hav ing heard this did Mr. Hook go to him, rebuke or remonstrate with him, and put him into a place where he would be removed from temptation P Did he do that as his guardian, or did he for six months keep all this to himself and say nothing about it ? It seemed that Mr. Hook had sold his nephew a horse, with which he drove about London, and he (Sir H. Cairns) did not say that Mr. Windham had made a bad bargain, or that Mr. Hook had done wrong in selling it—he believed in that transaction he had acted honestly—but was that the reason that kept Mr. Hook away so that he should not be questioned about it ? Then, as to the marriage of Mr. Windham, he would ask did Mr. Hook take any steps about it; did he go the Vice-Chancellor, or to Miss Willoughby, and inform her of the na ture of the person to whom she was about to be married ? He did nothing of the sort, and although he was well aware of the intended marriage he said nothing at all about it. So much for Mr. Hook. He now came to the Corypheus of the petitioners— General Windham—who made four affidavits before he could get the Lords Justices to move in the mat ter. He was the testamentary guardian of Mr. Windham, and although he had sat in the court during the whole of the trial, regulating the order of witnesses—it was only that day that they missed him from the side of his learned friend (Mr. M. Chambers)—and yet he had not dared to present himself in the witness-box and tell them on oath what he had told the Lords Justices in private. There was scarcely a witness had been examined who had not made some reference to General Wind ham, and yet he had not come to be examined on oath. He wished to have asked him whether he took any interest as to the place he selected for his nephew, - whether he ever rebuked or remonstrated with him as to his taste for low society. He should like to know the ,Conversations which took place between General Windham and his nephew at Mrs. Llewellyn's. He should like to see the letters which were written by Mr. Windhatn. He should like to see the papers which were given by Mr. Llewellyn to Gen. Windham, and other letters which were written by the person who was the subject of the present inquiry. As to the verbal evidence of railway guards, and other persons who had been brought forward, what was that put in comparison with letters which had been written ? And here he must remark that it was with the utmost difficulty that a letter written by Mr. Windham was yester day produced by Dr. Mayo, although Mr. Hansell admitted that numerous letters had been written by Mr. Windham. He should like to ask General Windham if he took any steps to intimate the un soundness of mind of his nephew when he informed him that he would be able to get for him a commis sion in the Guards, providing he would only read enough for it. Then he would like to have asked General Windham about the telegraph ; and, after the marriage, when he was at Felbrigge Hall, as to his attempt to enter into an arrangement with Mr. Windham for the purchase of the estate. Then there was the timber contract, of which they should have the fullest explanation ; and here he might remark that his learned friend (Mr. M. Chambers) had called Messrs. Fry and Laurence into court to prove the contract, but had refu,ed to allow them to be sworn and examined upon a subject about which they could have given the fullest information. He called the members of a most respectable firm, and yet although they were able to give the fullest in formation as to this contract, they were not allowed to open wises to be called their mouths. Then ther e . w i the marriage. He had as k ed if there were any w who were present at the marriage, and he was told had conte n t e d himself b that non e would be called ; an d hi s l earne d f r i en d would have b een taken iny the most common case at taking the course which nisi prius, and had merely called a witness to prove the handwriting to the marriage register. Having dealt with the evidence which ought to have been produced, he would now go to that which they had. He hoped that, if any of the jury had sons, and they were pla ce d un d er the care of guardians, that they would be treated with care, and in a more kindly manne r th an Mr. Windham had been. The events of the boyish days of Mr, Windham had been raked up; and the act of a boy in a jacket, while dining at Lord Bristol's, in laying hold of a piece of meat with his ha n d s i nstea d of using a knife or a spoon, was brought up as a proof of his unsound ness of mind. He wa s sa id to h ave made an attack on Lady Alfred Hervey for having spoken to him fur doing so; but she had not been called to tell them anything about it. Then they were told that, while at Torquay, he cried when he was requested to be vaccinated; but Lord Alfred Hervey admitted ! that was before his father's death, and that a boy in a jacket, net then being 14 years of age, should cry on that occasion was nothing very extraordi nary. Then there was the evidence of the Marquis of Bristol, who said that Mr. Windham had dined with him on two occasions, and that he behaved very well for him, as if there were other times when he behaved ill ; b u t the Marquis of Bristol admitted that those were the only two occasions upon which he had dined with him. Tiaen the other guardian had said that he had seen him riding in Rotten-row, and that there was a smile on his face, and that was a thing which could not be very extraordinary. His learned friend, in his opening, had told them that the first school Mr. Windham was sent to was that of Mr. Patten, at Blackheath, where his habits were filthy and nasty ; but where was Mr. Patten, and why was he not called to prove the state ment which had been made by his learned friend ? He had not been called. Then he referred to Mr. Bolston, the tutor at Eton, in whose house Mr. Windham was, and who was obliged to get rid of him ; but where was Mr. Bolston ? Why was he not called by the petitioners, who could, if his state ment was true, have given them most important in formation ? The first witness called was Mr. Cheeles, his tutor ;:but it seemed that he was a gen tleman who had never had a pupil before. And what did he tell them, he being Mr. Windham's tutor ? He told them that Mr. Windham had been able, without the aid of a private tutor, to go through his exercises in Greek, Latin, and spelling, and while on the fourth form, without any other assistance, was able to keep his place. The learned counsel here referred to some filthy habits which had been spoken of by several witnesses, and said ho should be able, by casts of Mr. Windham's mouth, to satisfy the jury that that arose from a natural malformation, and over which he had no control. As to the riding rapidly, Mr. Cheeles said he rode rather fast, but he never treated animals with cruelty, and therefore he thought it was un fair on the part of his learned friend to state in his opening address that he was guilty of systematic cruelty to animals. Then there was the charge of his having, while at a ball at Torquay, seized a gen tleman by his whiskers, and knocked his head against the wall; but although he said that a quarrel had taken place between them he never made any inquiry of what the quarrel was about, and was unable to say whether or not there might not have been a provocation for it. The learned counsel then criticised some other minor points of the evidence, and then alluded to the favouritism by which it was alleged Mr. Windham took his re move to the fifth form ; but even Mr. Cheeles ad mitted he took his remove from his school examina tion, and if there was a slight favouritism as to arithmetic, Mr. Bolston was the only one who could speak as to that, and ho had not been called. The Rev. Mr. Hale, the mathematical master, had said that he was noisy and boisterous, and he was compelled to have Mr. Windham close to him to keep him quiet, but he admitted that he could go through the first four rules of arithmetic, and did all his work very well, although he said he was the densest pupil he ever had. He would now refer to the evidence of Mr. Whiteside, a cornet in the 18th Hussars, who was at Eton at the time Mr. Wind ham was there, and he said that he was called " Mad Windham." He also made a singular state ment that during the five years he was at Eton he had never heard any other person during that time called mad except Mr. Windham—a statement which made those who knew what public schools were, raise their hands in surprise, well knowing that scarcely was there any school where there was not some boy who was called the madman, from his noisy and boisterous nature, but who was generally one of the cleverest boys in the school. Having alluded to the evidence of Col. Bathurst, he said he would take it as a fair statement of the case of the petitioners, and no doubt he was disappointed in having taken charge of a young man to travel with him on the Continent, who was not of those culti vated habits to enable him to introduce him into good society ; and he had no doubt that Colonel Bathurst did not much enjoy his continental trip on that occasion. He had spoken of his beating a horse, but he did not set that :down as an act of cruelty. As to his eating, he said he thought he took more than was good for him; and, after that, he believed they might get rid of the mass of rub bish which had been brought before them in re spect:to his eating. He then reviewed some other portions of Colonel Bathurst's evidence, and as to his talking with railway guards and waiters on the Continent, they might readily be accounted for, as they were the only persons who usually spoke the English language. As to the state ment of Mr. Whiteside, in reference to the ob servations of Mr. Windham on the mules to ladies while ascending the mountain, there might have been a substructure of truth in it, but nothing serious, or Colonel Bathurst would have been applied to, and Mr. Windham would have been re quested to apologise in the same way he had done for some impropriety committed at the hotel at Lucerne. Colonel Bathurst, in reference to Mr. Windham's knowledge of the value of money, said he supplied him with £2OO a-year, which was for clothes and pocket-money ; and during the whole time he never knew him to make an injudicious purchase, although he had no orders to restrict him as to the amount of money. After Colonel Bathurst brought Mr. Windham home, his next tutor was Mr. E. Horrocks, and was so from October 1859, to June, 1860. Mr. Windham wanted to stop at home, and Mr. Horrocks wanted to go abroad and thus was established a castes belli between them. He seemed desirous of teaching Mr. Windham French and German, so that he might go abroad, m hereas it was the desire of Mr. Windham to remain at Felbrigge ; and hence there was a constant dislike between them. Mr. Horrocks said that Mr. Wind ham would go out into the fields in the morning, and come into breakfast with dirty clothes and hands and would eat like an animal; but Colonel Bathurst, who was with him for nine months, did not speak of anything particular in that respect; and if Mr. Windham did eat like an animal, they had a right to suppose that that animal was man. Mr. Horrocks told Mr. Wi n dh am that if he did not behave himself he would be put into a lunatic asylum, and that General Windham would take his property from him when he came home from India: Ncw, although he (Sir 11. Cairns) did not think Mr. Horrocks was a very good tutor, he believed he was a very good prophet. He then went in detail over some other portions of Mr. Hor rocks's evidence, and said that the conduct of Mr. Horrocks did not reflect to his credit, but that it showed tho utmost charity and forgiveness on the part of Mr. Windham, and was a sufficient justification for the observations he made, that his friends wanted to take his property away from him. Was it to be wondered at that, after the treatment Mr. Windham had received from his tutor, he should be desirous of giving ti:rn the slip, and joined his regiment at Yarmouth, and did his duty for a whole month as a lieutenant in the militia regi ment. He had during the whole of that time had the use of firearms, he had been seen by his brother officers, and yet no one had been called to prove that he had not aeted in a rational manner. Mr. Hor rocks himself did not say when he had acted in an irrational manner. Ho had written letters to his mother, all couched in a most natural manner. The learned counsel then read the following letters from Mr. Windham to his mother : " St. Leonards, Sat., 25th, 59. " Dear Mama,—l have had a hard battle, but I stood my ground against going abroad, in spite of Ld. threats, which he sent to me through Horreeks, saying, that if I did not go abroad I should not be allowed to go to Felbrigg in the Autumn; Litt I was more determined than ever not to go when I received these messages from Horrocks. - I told him simply, I might perhaps have yielded and gone ; but now, since I have been threatened and intimidated, I will not leave England in spite of any threats. This morning, at Folkstono, ho went with a Friend of his, who was going to London, to the 'ticket Office, and asked me to come to the Station. Well, I walked down, and I saw him go to take two tickets, so I said, Where is the lugage, and where are we going.' He said, ' Its on board ; here is your ticket for Boulogne.' I said, simply, ' the Lugago may go without me, and so may you. I shall not touch that ticket, or get my boot on the boat.' He then commenced blackguarding me before all the porters and people, called me a lunatic, and said I was mad and in.ane, and never should come to the property, &c., and said to his friends, Oh, ho has had a letter from his dear Mother,' with a sneer.—l must now say adieu, and with love to Emily and Constance, " believe me Yrs Affect., " W. F. WINDIIAM. "Direct Victoria Hotel, St, Leonards on sea." "April 15th, Sunday. "Dear Mama,—Horrocks watched me so close, and be sides having no money, I could not get away last Sunday. He goes up to-morrow to London, to sec my uncles Hook and Alfred about what is to be done, so look out. 1 write in haste, Send me my clothes down here; that is, my blue uniform and my white coat, which I left, and my white waistcoats; also try and get me 2 weeks' holyday to spend with you while they aro settling. Como down and spend them in the Isle of Wight, and then the V.C. will grant it, more likely so than for me to conic to Brompton now. Do as requested. Love to Johnstone, and b,lieve me "Ever yrs Affec. Son, " W. F. WilenirAm," " Sand ;ate, March 29th. " Dear Mama,-1 got your letter and telegraph. I have written to uncle Hook, and shall also write to Sir. W. Wood and tell him I wish to join. I want my tailor to make me a pair of trowser; (military) for every day; he knows, if you tell him what sort. Try and see uncle Hook, and get me £2OO a-year. Now I must have a yearly allowance, and directly, as I must join with money like the others; it ought to be paid to Cox and Co., the regimental agents. See to this at once. I think we shall go to the Isle of White, soon. I shall write a letter to Sir W. Wood, whom go and see, and tell him from rue I wish to join; and also that my Col. thinks I ought to look sharp. Go and do it, or better go with uncle Hook, as he always sticks up for me and mine. " Good bye; e v. yr. affect. Son, "WILLIAM.' " Saturday Morning, Sandgate. "Dear Mama,—l told you that we moved here, and the reason in lay last letter. Well, the adj. has written to the Horse Guards to get me leave, at least eo he wrote to Horrocks Now, I want that stopp.d, You asked mo in my last letter how I was off for money ? Not very well, considering that I only have 28 shillings a-week, and here ' that soon goes, if any of the officers ask me to go with them anywhere, and it is no good to ask Horrocks, as ho say s you only spend it and throw it away, A donation of £5 note would be exceedingly acceptable on Monday next morning if I could get it, but I don't like to borrow, for there is so much row, and one really is treated so like a dog now, one cannot get even £lOO a-year, nor yet enough to amuse himself with, and it looks so foolish for me not to be able to have any money, and people all seemed to think so. I must now say adieu, trusting on Monday morning to hear from you, and perhaps to get a little donation in the shape of a £5 note, which will be acceptable. " Good bye, dear Mama, and believe me "Your affect. son, "WILLIAM." " Sandgate, March 22nd. "My dear Mama,—The reason wo left St, Lefmards is rather good —you will be much amused—how some of our friends find it rather hot for themselves. I found some of Torquay acquaintances there with whom I used to amuse myself, and I found that Horrocks had known them abroad. Well, I got to like the place, and enjoyed myself; he found a lot of people he know, but I only knave these people. Well, wo went to their house, and they and I got on very well to gether; one of them, which I liked best, was a Roman Catho lic. Well, I found out that they also knew a little about Horrocks, and the moment ho saw how matters stood, that I was generally with them, ho took into his head to leave, and almost insulted the ynung lady he knew of the party, though she shut him up very quickly. "Direct, Post -Office, Sandgate Kent, to me. I enclose you a Note for Sir E. Lacon, which pray forward a t onc e to him,and explain all which I told you to w r it e as we ll t o him. Good bye, dear Mama, and believe me, " Ev. yr. affecto. Son, "WILLIE." " Pavilion, Folkestone, Monday Morning. "Dearest Mama,—Horrocks has written to Alfred, stat ing that we shall be here some days, and that he hopes to be across the water some fine morning ; he is very much mistaken though as regards that. He has been writing to Lord Belhaven and others saying that you have tried to ruin him for life, you must trying and settle with Lord Clarendon at once, and loose no time when you see him on Wednesday in getting him to do the thing at once. Hor rocks says that he never will go back to Felbrigg, but he says ho should be very soon dead if he was to go, so we must manage to get the appeal so worded that I can come and live with you altogether. I hope Lord Clarendon will suc ceed, because I want to have a London season. If any let ter comes for me from Norwich or anywhere forward it to me here at the Pavilion, Folkestone. I must now say good bye,with love to Mama, Theodore, Emily, and Constance. Believe Ever yr affect, son, "W. F. WINDHAM." "No. 12, Grand Parade, Hastings, Tuesday, 28th. " Dear Mama,—Alfred is really two bad. He has written again to Horrocks telling him to tell me that I shall not now be allowed to go to Felbrigg, as I have not gone Abroad, but that I shall be sent to some strict tutors to read till I am of age, in some remote part of England. Ho seems to think he is above Sir W. Wood and every body else concerned. Now, I think very probably that we shall have a war with Spain or some other country soon, by what the papers seem to say. Now what I want is to get our regiment enamar.4, find then Alfred canna with them marudd allowing and ea somegood others round .h i elp , o t p.i. b . ei o n .yg: Now if Lo were to try I think it may be managed that we should be Clarendon embodied, and stationed in some jolly place like Shorn cliffe or Plymouth. I think you might ask him, or else 1 shall,try and get into the Life Guards or some other regi ment, as the money is reduced now for commissions. If I go on with this life I shall go melancholy mad. I cannot bear it, Do look sharp and do something. Good Bye, love to Johnson, "And believe ev yr. affect. Son, " W. F. 'WINDHAM." " Sunday, 22, Vie, Hotel. "Dear Mama,—l am very happy and contented, praised by the Adjutant, and told I march and hold myself and learn my drill quick and well. I marched to church this morning at the head of my company. If they attempt to touch mo go to Cambridge at once, that will stop all non- 1 ti v e nse Come down to see me when the weather gets Narmr. We are ordered to hold ourselves in readiness forbeing embodied, perhaps. Goodbye, dear Mama, please send mo a little donation, as I have nothing, and believe me, "Yr affect Son, "W. F. WINDHAM." He would ask the jury, if they had not heard those letters they could have formed such an opinion of I the evidence of the tutor, for he believed no young man could write more rational and affectionate letters, and they were in themselves of a business like character, and excellent in their spelling and composition. Mr. Horrocks and General Windham were most desirous that Mr. Windham should travel abroad, but on an appeal to the Vice-Chan cellor Wood he was opposed to them, for he only ordered Mr. Horrocks to travel abroad with Mr. Windham, if ho did not object tee it. Then he re ferred to the singing of Mr. Windham, and his imitation of the "haughty ruffian,' in the bur lesque of "Fra Thavolo, ' at Edinburgh, and sing ing Ethiopian melodies. It was admitted that Iris powers of imitation were very great, although it did not please the quiet habits of Mrs. England, the lodging-housekeeper, and it excited no surprse that she was anxious to get rid of them. The learned counsel then referred to the affair at Aylsham, when Mr. Horrocks made an imperative order that Mr. Windham should go at once to Lon don, and on his requesting to know the cause, Mr. Peatfield replied, " Oh, you know very well." Mr. Windham had no wish to come to London, and made the remark, "Mr. Peatfield, you are a sneak." He wished to drag Mr. Windham to London against his will, which led to his making the remark ; and although it was some time since he (Sir H. Cairns) was at school, yet he had still some of his boyish blood in his veins, and if he had been treated in the way Mr. Windham had, if, he had not called Mr. Peatfield " a sneak" he felt sure that he should have thought so. As to his manner in c h urc h h e _ _ was very punctual in his attendance, and that led 1 to the remark on one occasion that the clergyman had commenced before his time, showing clearly that he knew what he was about; and even Mr. Peatfield had said that Mr. Windham had plenty of brains if he would but use them properly. Thus Mr. Peatfield became a witness in Mr. Windham's favour; and he further said that he would be sure to get a commission in the Guards through General Windham if he would only apply his attention tElk his studies. The jury would remember the solemn way in which Mr. Chambers introduced Dr. Nichols, whose evidence differed so materially from his affi davit as to the ago of the boy. In his affidavit he said the boy was only three years of age when he saw him, and gave his opinion that he would be come insane; but in his evidence he said he was five years old, and as to the boy becoming a lunatic in that he had at any rate been a false prophet. In the will of the late Mr. Windham, he be queathed his estate to his son, leaving General Windham his guardian ; and amongst other things in the will, he expressed a hope that General Wind ham would never allow his affairs to go into the Court of Chancery. how he had f u lfill e d that part of the bequest of his brother they had seen. Dr. Nichols had spoken of the conduct of Mr. Wind ham at the bill at Norwich, and said that his de meanour had attracted attention, and he said that he saw Mr. Windham running about the ball room. He asked him if he had lost his partner, and he made a reply, " I am off—l am off;" but whether he was off to look after his partner, or off from the ball altogether, he did not venture to say, and therefore it was left to the jury to draw their own conclusions. Then he came to the evidence of Dr. Dalrymple, who gave strong opinions that Mr. Windham was of unsound mind. lie said that Lady Sophia had written to him to see that a horse was to be provided for her son and that he rode it ; that the horse came home without him, and that the saddle and bridle were nut found until some days after. Now this was made a great deal of by Dr. Dalrymple, but the next witness who was called fully explained the whole matter. It seemed that there was a crowd at General Windham's ovation, and as guns were being fired the horse broke away, and found his way home in the way which had been described. It was said that he was very noisy at a dinner which was given at St. Andrew's Hall, Nor wich, on the occasion of Gen. Windham's ovation ; but it should be remembered that this dinner was given in honour of his uncle, of whom he was very proud, and therefore his conduct was by no means extraordinary. Then Dr. Dalrymple spoke of see ing Mr. Windham in low company, with his arms round a porter's neck near the Duke's-bridge, and some few other trifling acts ; but in his affidavits to the Lords Justices ho stated that he was so utterly unconscious of what he was doing that if he committed a homicidal act, or shot a keeper as he would a dog, and if he were to be tried for it, that insanity might be successfully pleaded as an excuse, and therefore with such an affidavit before them the Lords Justices had no alternative but to order the issuing of this commission. But the jury would remember that although Dr. Dalrymple was pressed upon this point in his evidence he proved nothing of the kind. Then there was a Mr. Johnson called, but he proved nothing. Following him was a Mr. Scott, who gave his evidence in a very metaphy sical way. He said that Mr. Windham's mind had no memory to act upon conviction. He said lie told him that as his income would be only £l,lOO or £1,200 a-year, it would be impossible for him to occupy Felbrigg Hall, and that he ought to live in a wing of it, but that Mr. Windham, while agree ing with him, did not act upon conviction. Why, the time was not come for him to act upon convic tion, for he was then under age, and his affairs were then in the hands of his guardians. Mr. Scott further said that Mr. Windham's instinctive im pulses were not under the control of intelligent rea soning, and he gave as an instance of it his driving a dog cart and crying out "Make way for her Ma jesty's mail," and getting into a row with some of the men belonging to Wombwell's show, when he got a black eye. It was also said that the mail cart driver came up and said, "I will defend my friend, Mr. Windham," and that a fight ensued, just as if there was anything remarkable in that, and as if any other man who saw his friend insulted would not have done the same. Then a good deal was said about Mr. Windham's conduct at Spa,and Mrs. Wilkinson said he was often in her drawing room, and that she treated him like a child. She also said he misbehaved himself at the table el'hote, and laughed so loud that the keeper of the hotel came to her and spoke about it in French, which she interpreted to Mr. Windham, and this was a second reason why she considered him as a child. She had also told them a story about his having danced with a young lady to whom she had introduced him at a ball, and that because she did not dance fast enough to please him, he threatened to box her ears ; but young persons often had jokes with each other, and therefore he did not think that this was a circumstance which required much attention. Be fore he parted with Mrs. Wilkinson, whose man ners were somewhat fascinating, he could not but ex press his surprise that she was in the habit of having in her drawing-room and sitting-room, morning and night, a young man whom she de scribed as dirty and of very disgusting habits, and he had some curiosity about it, and should have asked her a few questions upon it, had she been recalled. He would now come to the course taken by the guardians, and should like to know how they could justify the taking away Mr. Windham from the country, in a place where he could do no harm, and launching him into a position like that lie was put in in Duke-street, where the keeper of the house was a retired valet, who one day waited at table, another day sat down to table ; one day received a glass of champagne for waiting, and next day paying for a bottle of champagne for himself. When Mr. Windham went to lodge at Mr. Llewellyn's he made an arrangement as to the rooms he was to occupy—that he wanted a room for Mr. Peatfield, what lie should have, and a further agreement that lie should have a bottle of wine, when he required it, at wholesale price. Now no thing could be more rational or intelligible than the conduct of such a man ; he had a latch-key, and was intrusted with all privileges, the same as any other man. The evidence of Mr. Llewellyn went to prove that he acted as a rational man • and although he said he could not remembe r whether Mr. Windham was sworn when he appeared at the Westminster County Court, when summoned there by his groom, he said he so successfully disputed the charge that it was reduced by the Court to one-half. Then as to Mr. Windham's knowledge of the value of his property ; he said when he came into the possession of it he intended to construct a railway from Cromer to Felbrigge, that he intended to become a magis trate, that he hoped to be a member of Parliament, and that he intended to decorate the church. Now, he would ask, was there anything irrational in any of those propositions ? As to the marriage, Mr. Llewellyn knew that it was about to take place, but although Dr. Babington, the medical man of the family, came to the house, he never mentioned a word of it to him, on the hypocritical pretence that he did not wish to expose Mr. Windham. As to the rubbish about the bath-room, it was admitted that Mr. Windham's clothes were taken into the office, arid, on the bell not being answered, nothing could be more natural than that he should open the door and go towards the office, without the slightest idea of finding any one there ; and, consequently, there was no wilful exposure at all committed by Mr. Windham. Mr. Llewellyn, in order to cover his contradictions, had made a sweeping assertion, that if he should say he had seen Mr. Windham naked, or only partially dressed, a hundred times, he should not be going beyond the mark ; but the fact was that Mr. Windham was not a hundred days in the house, and certainly did not have a hundred baths. Had there been those frequent in stances of his being seen naked, there would of course be plenty of witnesses brought forward to speak to such facts, and therefore Mr. Llewellyn's evidence on this point was grossly incredible and contradictory. As to the alleged indecency of Mr. Windham to Mrs. Llewellyn, she stated that it had occurred once or twice after the first time; and when she said that, he was lost in amazement how a vir tuous woman could ever put herself in a situation to witness it a second time. He said he had no hesita tion in saying that it was a positive falsehood, and the person who invented the falsehood of it having taken place once or twice could be guilty of invent ing the falsehood that it had ever taken place at all. The Court adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock until to-morrow, when Sir H. Cairns will resume his address to the jury on behalf of Mr. Windham. Mr. Windham was in court the greater part of the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Tan. 2. MARYLEBONE.—MELANCHOLY CASE OF AT TEMPTED SUICIDE.—Jane Higgins, aged 24, who gave the address of 12, Cambridge-mews, Padding ton, married woman, was placed at the bar charged with attempting to destroy herself. Henry Kirby, 355 A, stated that about 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening he was sent for, by Dr. Mayne, to Cambridge-mews, where he saw the prisoner sit ting on a chair in an exhausted condition. After Dr. Mayne had sufficiently restored her he took her to the hospital, where she has remained up to the present time. Dr. Mayne, of 7, Upper Southwick-street, Hyde park, said he was sent for in a great hurry to a per son that had taken poison, and when he got to the mews he found the prisoner lying on the floor ap parently asleep. After some considerable exertion he managed to rouse her, when she said she had taken laudanum. He applied the usual remedies and got it from her stomach. Margaret Garratt stated that the prisoner was her sister. She came home and sat down on the chair. She shortly after got up and went and opened the loft door, and returned again, exclaim ing, " I have done it, I have done it," and placed a bottle in her hand, labelled " poison." She at once sent for Dr. Mayne, previous to which she gave the prisoner some salt and water. Mr. Mansfield—Has the prisoner been in any rouble ? Witness—She has been in a great deal of trouble. Mr. Mansfield—ls she married ? Witness—Yes, Sir, she is. Mr. Mansfield (to prisoner)—What have you to say to this charge ? Prisoner, who was allowed to be seated, and wept greatly, said I have no home to go to, and do not know what to do. I hare been staying at my sister's and brother's place, and they said they would keep me there no longer. I done it, and I don't know no more. Mr. Mansfield—You are married—where is your husband? Prisoner—My husband left me, and be has been twice t. London lately, to see his relations, and would not see me. I am in distress, and do not know what I do. My head seems to lose itself. lie ouxht to be a good husband. Mr. Mansfield remanded her for a week, in order that the chaplain at the House of Detention might commune with her. DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE, Yesterday morning between 4 and 6 o'clock a mounted police officer arrived at the London fire engine stations with intelligence that a fire was raging in the parish of Putney. Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, at once ordered his engines to be got ready. Upon reaching the Upper Richmond-road he found the premises belonging to Mr. J. T. Mitchell, a boot and shoe maker, in flames. The parish engine which had previously arrived had prevented the flames from reaching several other buildings. Upon the police discovering the fire they raised an alarm, and, after repeatedly knocking at the door, they managed to arouse the inmates, who upon jumping out of bed found the flooring so hot as to nearly take the skin off their feet. Fortunately, with one exception, they managed by some means to get out of the house, but nearly suffocated with the heated smoke in making their exit down the stairs. It was not until an advanced hour that the conflagration could be extinguished, and not until Mr. Mitchell's premises and the stock in trade, with the furniture and other effects, were destroyed. The two upper floors and roof of the premises belonging to Mr. Wm. Smith, No. 2, are are burnt out; the attics and roof of No. 3, belong ing to Mr. W. Cnant, painter and glazier, have also been consumed. The premises of Mr. F. Churley, No. 4, are also greatly damaged. After the ruins were sufficiently cooled to allow of a search being made, the firemen entered and found the body of a boy, aged 15, burnt iu a shocking manner; life being of course extinct. As to the origin of the cala mitous event, not the least information could be ob tained. Mr. Mitchell was insured in the General Fire-office ; Mr. Smith was not insured; Mr. Chant, the painter, and also Mr. F. Churley. were unin sured. A strong body of the V division of police, at tended and kept the crowd out of the way of the firemen. About half-past 4 o'clock yesterday morn ing another fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. It. Offord, cabinetmaker, No. 1, Graham street, City-road. Tho discovery waa made by a police constable of the N division. Th e p ar i s h en gines, the Royal Society's fire escapes, and the engines of the London brigade were shortly in attendance, but the building in which the disaster commenced was burnt down and the contents consumed. Mr. Offord was insured in the Unity Fire-office. Another fire happened in the premises belonging to Mr. H. Middleton, a chymist and druggist, No. 81, Church-lane, Whitechapel. It, was also discovered by an officer of the II division of police. He aroused the inmates, who all ma naged to escape in safety, with the excep tion of a Mr. Middleton. He made his appear ance at the second floor window, crying loudly for help. The engines of the London brigade promptly attended, when 'Weidman, the engineer, made an attempt to reach himby means of ladders, but they being too short he was unable to do so. He was so much affected with smoke as to loose his voice. At that critical juncture Samuel Wood, the veteran conductor of the Royal Society, arrived with the Whitechapel escape, he ascended and brought down in safety the imperilled man, amid the cheers of the spectators. The greater portion of the preOisel and their contents were destroyed. The origin ° 3 the fire is unknown. Fortunately the sufferer was insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. Shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday morning a fire that caused great excitement among the passengers on the South-Eastern Railway, happened in one of the railway arches, numbered 218 in Russell-street, Bermondsey, belonging to 51. r. M. Sharp, a ja penner. The outbreak was caused from overheat ing the drying stove. Owing to the inflammable nature of the japan and prep red leather the flames spread with more than usual violence, and ascended so high as to cross the greater portion of the rail way. The contents of the drying house belong ing to Mr. Sharp wore destroyed. The property was uninsured. GITI S'ETVJ ItS , COMMISSION. A special meeting of the Oommissiouers of Sewers was held an Tuesday at Guildhall—Mr. Deputy Christie in the IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY. chair. Mr. Deputy WHITESIDE presented a petition, signed by nearly 200 of the inhabitants of Lime-street and its neigh bow hood, praying the commission to take advantage of the favourable opportunity of the removal of the East India House to widen Lime-street, and moved that it be referred to the Improvements Committee to examine and report upon. Mr. RICHARDSON seconded the resolution, which was carried. THE GAS QUESTION IN THE CITY. Mr. GREY, the chairman of the City of London Gas Com pany, waited upon the commission, and said he was very sorry to be obliged to disavow an act of one of his officers, for whom he entertained the greai:st esteem. Mr. Millar, the secretary of the company, had sOictioned, upon behalf of the company, the application of the carburating process to the public lamps by the commission, it they felt so dis posed. He considered that if he consented to that he would be placing the interests of his company in great heel. In the first place, the price of naphtha was fluctuating; and could be procured from 3s. to Bs. the gallon; and if that .at 3s. were used it was possible that serious complaints would bo made, for which the company would have to answer, and he was not at all inclined to take upon himself the fulfil ment of a contract giving the power to the commission. Tho CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Grey if he was aware that the court had accepted his tender for the 3ft. burner, and that they had resolved that the risk, if any, should be borne en tirely by the commission ; and that all he was required to do was to supply the 3ft. burner within the terms of the Act of Parliament. Mr. GREY said ho could nct consent to have anything to do with their burners. A communication from the Great Central Gas Company was then read, which stated that although they had not sent in their tender according to the specification, and had omitted to tender for a three-feet burner—as the court had altered the specification, and resolved to take.all risk upon themselves, they were quite willing to tender for the three feet burner, and asked to be allowed to do so under the altered specifications. A report from the General Purposes Committee, to whom it was referred at the last court to consider the tender of the United Kingdom Carburating Gas Company was then read, which stated that the company had offered to carburate the gas supplied to the public lamps in the City according to the conditions in the specification, at 17s. 6d. each burner per annum, provided the contract entered into be for not less than 500 lamps, which they had subsequently amended, by reducing the charge to 16s. per burner if the process be ap plied to 1,700 or thereabouts. Under these circumstances the committee recommended that the tender be accepted, and that the carburating process be applied to all the lamps in the district lighted by the City of London Gas Company, the specification having been altered so as to enable the commission to terminate the contract at any time by giving them 14 days' notice. Dr. ABRAHAM fully concurred in the report. lie said Mr. Grey must be perfectly aware that if the carburating pro cess should fail the City Gas Company would not be placed under any responsibility ; and it seemed very extraordinary that they should send in a tender for supplying three-feet burners at £3 ils., and five-feet at £5 55., and then to go to the court and attempt to dictate to them whether they should carburate the supply or not, and so save the difference be tween £3 lls, and £5 ss. Tkat was only another feature of the confederacy that had been entered into between the gas companies. When Mr. Millar was there on the last occasion the resolution was read to him, and he agreed to it on the part of the company. He hoped the court would compel the company t o fulfil the contract, and if they refused to supply them measures would be taken to compel them to do their duty. Tho long and short of the matter was that the gas companies were afraid that the carburating process would lessen the supply of gas, and so lessen the profits. He hoped the report would be agreed to, and they would be made to perform their duty. Mr. Deputy HARRISON said that the subject of Mr. Grey's communication and the communication from the Central Gas Company were not on the paper of business, and there fore he contended that they could not then be discussed, inasmuch as every member of the commission ought to be first made acquainted with it. The only thing that could be fully gone into was the report from the committee, which he hoped the court would agree to. Mr. Deputy ELLIOTT then rose to address the court, and said they had got into two difficulties, when he was inter rupted by the chairman, who suggested that all strangers should withdraw, and the court was accordingly cleared, and on the doors being re-opened Mr. Shepton, the chair man of the Curburating Company, was informed that the report of the committee was agreed to, and that his tender was accepted. THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, reported on the state of 232 houses that had been inspected during the week, and submitted a list of 40 places for sanitary improve ments. The officers had seized 3041b5. of meat in Newgate market as unfit for food. One hundred and thirty-two births and 92 deaths have been registered during the last fortnight. The number of deaths ,has been considerably below the average (111) for thecorresponding period of the last six years. Of the 132 births d 8 were boys and 74 girls. lIIE PRIVATEER SUMIER. The following letter gives an authentic account of the whole affair of the escape of the Sumter privateer from the vigilance of the United States' steamer Iroquois, as reported by last mail : " St. Pierre, Martinique, Dec. 2, 1861. g , . . . . After all, the Sumter has escaped. Under the protection of the faction that espoused her cause, aided and abetted by the local Government, she has managed to slip off in clever enough style. On Saturday, the 23d ultimo, at a few minutes before eight p.m , a very cloudy and dark evening, cutting away the moorings and leaving her anchor behind, she quitted her berth at the Mouillage de la Galere, and at full speed steamed off in a southerly dire( tion close in shore till she attained the point beyond the roadstead, where she made a pause. The Sumter's taking thus to flight at a mo ment the least expected, and at the very nick of time when her adversary happened to be too far out at sea to perceive her movements, excited the most indescribable indignation and vexation among the population. As a witness myself to the decampment, I really could not remain a stranger to the commotion that ran through the crowd of people on shore, extending from La Galere to Place Bertin, all shout ing as if to give the alarm, unwilling to entertain the very idea of the privateer escaping, anxious, if it were possible,to arrest her course. A man of the Iroquois, stationed on board ono of the American merchant vessels in the port to keep an eye on the manoeuvres of the Sumter, and, in case of hor starting, to throw out a rocket in the direction she might take, for the information of the Iroquois, had no sooner given the signal agreed upon, than the Sumter, awake to the hint, made a stop so as to allow time for her pursuer to pass on in the direction which had been thus indicated ; and when the latter was fairly at her speed in that direction, the wily privateer turned to the northward, coming back almost to the same place (that is to say, between the two French steamers l'Acheron and St. Pierre, placed at the buoy with the design, no doubt, of deceiving the Irequois), and continued her route south ward along all the sinuosities of the coast, masking her self under the land. 'I he Sumter emitted little or no smoke, and had all her lights extinguished, although it is forbidden by our harbour regulations for any vessel, especially a steamer, to quit or traverse the port after sunset without displaying twu lights at her yardarms, and thus she very nearly ran down the French schooner lsabella,which was then sailingin. The Iroquois, by way of acknowledging the rock et signal, had hoisted a light to her masthead ; so that while the deep obscurity of the night prevented her from discerning the privateer, the latter was enabled to mark the course she took and dog all her movements. After having run to the southward for a whole hour s the Iroquois had to reverse her course at full speeed, and guided by another rocket sent up from the shore to put out to sea ; but, unfortunately, the privateer had already gained a considerable distance, and was quite secure under concealment of the land. 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Hardin g, Ist battalion, 22/ Foot, is president, is dissolv ,6 No . 4. At the said court-martial, held at Malta on the 9th day ' of December, ]B6l, was tried No. 554, Gunner John E glwards, 3d brigade, Royal Artillery, on the follow ing chs rge 1 " CHARGES. t" 1. For having, at St. Elmo, Malta, on or about the 4th day of I )ecember, 1861, offered violence towards Cap tain. and Adjutant Edward Keate, 3d brigade, Royal Ar- Very, by diocharging a carbine loaded with ball at him, h e, the said Captain and Adjutant Edward Keate, being his (t. he prisoner's) superior officer, and then and there in the ex ecution of his office. 2 . For having, at or about the same time and place as stated 't the first charge, re-loaded his carbine with ball cartridg s, and made use of the following threatening lan - guage al rainst Captain and Adjutant Edward Keate, 3d brigade, loyal Artillery, in saying, I have just fired a shot at th s Adjutant, and I am going to fire another,' or wor d s t o that effect; such conduct being insubordinate, outrageous,, and to the prejudice of good order and military " FINDrNG. "The Gaud having considered the evidence in support o the- prosecut ion, together with that the prisoner has urged in bcis defence, is of opinion that the prisoner, No, 554, Gun. tier Join' Edwards, 3d brigade, Royal Artillery, is guilty - of both the charges preferred against him." " SENTENCE. The. Court, having found the prisoner guilty of both the char,ges preferred against him, which being in breach of the At des of 'War, and taking into consideration his former coat iction.s and general indifferent character, do now sentence hit the prisoner, No. 554, Gunner John Edwards, 3, 1 brigade, Royal Artillery, to be shot to death by mus ketry at sucl t time and place as the confirming authorities may direct "(Signed) F. P. HARDING, "Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel, Commanding t. Ist Battalion, 22d Regiment, President. cc (si g. ned) SYLVESTER F. WILSON, "Major of Brigade. " Officiating Deputy-Judge Advocate. "Approved anki. confirmed, " (Signed) JOHN GASPARD LE MARCHANT, "Lieut.-General Commanding, "and Governor of Malta. "Dated at Malta, IX c. 11, 1861." "The sentence to bo• ,carried into effect at F or t Ri caso li 'ember, 1861, at 7 a. m . on Friday, the 20th of D'et, " (Signed) Jo] m r GASPARD LE MERCHANT, ,uout.-General Commanding. "Malta, Dec. 13, 1861." "I have felt it my duty to approve and confirm these pro ceedings, because it is clearly ' . established by the evid ence that the prisoner discharged hi carbine at Captain and Ad jutant Dente with the full inter 't to kill him ; that after the first shot he reloaded it with the e , itt,ge purpose ; that in per petrating these acts he acted with fu 11 deliberation, without any provocation at the time, and wi th out any apparent pre vious provocation. " (Signed) JOHN GASPAIW LE MERCHANT, " Lieut.• General. "Malta, Dee. 13, 1861." "The sentence of this court••martiai is hereby approved by me, in her Majesty's behalf, as Civil Governor of Malta. " (Signed) JOHN GASPARD LE MARCHANT, " Lieut.-General and Govern or of Malta. "Dec. 13, 1861." COUNTRY MARK]; 2 AS. ,h_. , MANCHESTER-JAN. 2. At our market to-day there was a moderate attendance, and business in either home or foreign whoa t wag limited. Holders generally showed no disposition to press sales at any reduction on previous rates, but in occasional instan ces, to promote business, slightly lower rates were ac• cepted. 771 BIRMINGHAM-JAN. 2. At to-day's market there was a good supply of English wheat from the farmers, and the sales made were at a decline of is on this day week. Foreign fully as much lower. Barley 831 d slowly. Oats and beans difficult of sale. Fees firm. NEWARK. We had a small market to-d changed. White wheat, new, 60s to 63s Red do. 55s to 518 Old white 6O l -4 to 63s Red do.. 46s to 56a i Barley, malting 32s to 39s Peas, ....4 -TAN. 1. lay, and prices remain un- Barley, grinding 29s to 318 Oats, old, .. ooa to 354 New do 23$ to 27s Beans. 45s to 47s Beans. new 44s to —s iBs to 545. PLYMOUTH-DEC. 31. The market was thinly attended, with a retail demand. for wheat and flour at about last week's currency. White wheat, 65s to 665; red, 63s to 64s per qr ; French do., 60s to 625; American, 61s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley at about late rates-34s to 38s per qr for malting; grinding, 28s to 30s; oats, 22s to2Bs; and beans, —s to —s; flour, 44s to 47s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN-3'lw. 1. Wheat on the top Os 6d up ...average is 7d down. Barley on the top 6d down . average Os ld up : Oats on the top Os 6d up average Os 3d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down average 1810 Total Supply and Sales. Wheat........ 762 qrs Sold 495 qrs 8ar1ey........1817 qrs Sold 984 qrs Oats 1456 qrs Sold 1020 qrs Beans l5B qrs Sold, 73 qrs Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .... -12the Barley 1 12 7 11-12ths . Oats -12ths Beans. • 2 4 5 11-12ths CORK-JAN. 1. The following were the quotations this morning :—Re d wheat, 28s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley 17a Od to —s Gd ; oats, 7s Od to 15s Od. DERBY SMITH. There was a good supply advance in price was obtained flat, with ax average supply. Beet 6d to bid Vea Mutton ... 71-d to 8d Pork Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 8d per stone. Hides, 3d to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. 'IELD—DEc. 31. of fat beasts to-day, and an ' The demand for sheep was FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jan, 18. via Marseilles . .. Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Helena.. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2. via Marseilles ...Jan. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Jan. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 10. via Marseilles Jan. 4. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Jan. 4. ' Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Jan. 8. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Jan. —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York' ... Mexico .... Jan. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 jam. 13. California,and British Columbia. -I e 4... BIRTHS. CRETIVYND.—On the 31st ult., at Beechland, her father's residence, the wife of Captain the Hon. C. C. Chetwynd, of a son, stillborn. AIION.—On the 31st ult., the wife of Major M'Mahon, of Genning's-park, Hunton, Bent, of a daughter. PENRHYN.—On the Ist inst., at East Sheen, the wife of Major Leycester Penrhyn, of a son. VERE.—On the 31st ult., at Barry's British Hotel, Queen. street, Edinburgh, the Lai)* Mary Hope Vere, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. POWELL —WEBB.—On the 31st ult., at St. John's, Not ting-hill, William Powell, Esq of Heathfield Lodge, Forest-hill, and Friday-street, City, to Harriet, widow of the late J. M. Webb, Esq., of Letheringsett, Nor folk. SAMS—GENTItY.—On the Ist inst., at St. John's, Strat ford, Essex, Mr. Joseph Sams, of Marsh-gate, Lambeth, to Maria Jane, second daughter of John Gentry, Esq., of The Grove, Stratford, DEATHS. BIRKETT.—On tlri 31st ult., at Northumberland House, Stoke Newington, Arthur, aged 8, and Ida, aged 1 year and 11 months—the eldest son and youngest daughter of Dr. George Birkett. COVENTRY, —On the let inst., at Melton Mowbray, Caro line, wife of the Hon. Henry Coventry. FO NBLANQUE.—On the 27th ult., a' 31, St. George's-sq., South Belgravia, Mildmay Barrington, aged 18, eldest son ; and, on the 28th ult., Percy, aged s—sons of Ed ward B. do Fonblanque, Esq., Assistant Commissary- General. ouE.—On the 31st ult., at Dulwich, Surrey, the wife of James Here, Esq. MAccLEsFIELD.--on the let inst., at Eynsham Hall, the Lowa?.er Countess of Macclesfield, aged 81. STIEPHERD.—On the Ist inst, at Peter-street,Westininster, James Shepherd, Esq., aged 81, LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE SUN Office, No. 112,Stran in the Precinct of the Savoy in the County Of hliddleeez, Friday, January 3, 18C2. DA ,HYING, rAN ETARY c 1862.