The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

IHE NAVY. VALETTA, Dec. I.—The arrivals of English men of war during the week are the Gannet, 11, Com mander the Hon. H. M. Nelson, on the 23d ult., from Constantinople and Syra ; the Phoebe, 35, Capt. the Hon. T. Forteseue, on the 24 th, 18 days from Plymouth and 5 from Gibraltar; and the Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, this morning from Corfu. The Gannet left on the 27th for England to be paid off, and the Scylla will leave to-morrow evening for the same destination and for the same purpose. The Phoebe has come to join the Mediterranean fleet. The Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird, left harbour on the 24th nit. for gun exercise, and returned on the 28th. The orders for the Defence, 18, iron plated ship, to join the Mediterranean fleet have been countermanded, and she has joined the Chan nel fleet instead. The Meeanee, 60, lately recom missioned, has been substituted for her, and will shortly leave England to relieve the Mars, 80, Capt. J. N. Strange, daily expected here from the coast of Syria, cn her way home to be paid off. The Firebrand, 6, Commander Piers, which has just come out of dock, is expected to be sent to Gibral tar, to be stationed there. Nothing appears to be as yet decided regarding the destination of the Tra falgar, 70, Capt. the Hon. T. Baillie ; the Liffey, 35, Capt. George Parker ; the Phoebe, 35, Capt. the Hon. T. Forteseue ; and the Chanticleer, 17, Com mander Stirling, which are still in port, as well as the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, which is likely to remain here for some time to come. The St. George, 80, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, has left Gibraltar for Algiers and Malta, and is expected at this island about the 6th inst. The Trident, 3, Commander Balfour, which conveyed Sir H. Bulwer to Alexandria, was still at that place on the 27th ult., awaiting his excellency's orders. No change has occurred in the squadron at the Pireens. The Edgar, 89, Capt. the Hon. F. Foley, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres; C. 8., has ar ived at Corfu from Malta, having relieved the Scylla at the former island. Besides the ships mentioned above as being still here, there are the Hibernia, receiving ship, Commander Harvey, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8., and her tenders Boxer and Growler in port. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Euxine, which entered port this morning from Marseilles, the following military officers have ar rived here :—Capt. Ellis, Lient. Galway, Lient. Cooke, and Ensign Hunter. This morning the French steam corvette Tanger, Capt. P. de Blanc, arrived from Tunis and Gibraltar, having on board the Duke of Brabant and suite. The Scylla, which happened to he coming into port at the same time, exchanged salutes with the corvette outside, and the usual salutes Were fired on the corvette anchor ing. The Duke himself, however, wishing to pre serve a strict incognito, declined to receive the honours due to his rank. He accepted the Governor's invitation of apartments in the palace, where he will reside during his brief stay in the island, which is not likely to be prolonged over to-morrow, when he will continue his route to Alexandria, probably calling-at Benghazi, on his way, for the purpose of visiting the ruins of Cyrene. This, however, has not yet been decided upon. To-morrow night the spectacle of manning thebatteries will be exhibited, and in the afternoon there will probably be a re view. A telegram was received to-day announcing the departure of her Majesty's surveying ship Fire fly, Commander Mansell, this morning, from Alex andria for Malta. Since the 25th ult. communica tion by the submarine telegraph between Port Yen dres and Algiers has been interrupted. For some time past it has been determined by the Admiralty to construct a naval prison at Malta for the deten tion of seamen and marines sentenced to imprison ment by the local eourts or their own officers. The estimated cost is £8,600, which I believe has al ready been voted. Orders have recently been re ceived to commence the work forthwith, under the superintendence of Mr. Church ward, civil engineer, of this dockyard, who sent home a design so con ceived as to admit of the building being extended at any future time, if necessary, for the accommoda tion of military as well as naval offenders. The Sutlej, screw frigate, Captain M. Connolly, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Kingeombe, sailed from Spithead at daylight yesterday morning for the Pacific, to relieve the Bacchante, screw fri gate, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Maitland. The Sutlej calls in at Plymouth Sound on her way down Channel to receive final orders, &c. The Neptune, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. G. F. P. Horn by, whose arrival at Spithead from the Mediterranean was announced in The Sun of Satur day, reports having Encountered a succession of heavy gales from the northward and eastward since leaving Gibraltar on the 15th of Novem ber. On the 20th of November, in latitude 39.50 N., long. 13.25 W., numbers were ex changed with her Majesty's ship Barossa, run ning before a fine north-west breeze, all well. On the 23d, she signalled the Morning Star, of Liverpool, in lat. 40.7 N., long. 15.52 W. The Neptune is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to strip, clear out armament and stores, and pay out of commission. 1 down three years sinoe o n th e f our th s lip, b u t for the past two years not a single hand has '.- cen em -1 ployed on her. She is completely in frame, but no portion of her planking has yet been affixed. In order to convert her into the armour ( ased vessel ' intended it will be necessary to take her to pieces and reconstruct her on No. 7 slip, on which the Royal Oak was built, the shed under which the Belvidere at present lies not being sufficiently com modious to permit of her proposed alterations; in addition to which the new slip is fitted with the requisite machinery, travellers, cranes, &c.,employed in iron shipbuilding. In converting the Belvidere into an iron clad frigate it will be necessary to lengthen her amidships about 40ft., in addition to which her breadth of beam will be increased 6ft. In the reconstruction of the Belvidera it is not in tended to follow the plans and models on which the Royal Oak and other armour plated frigates have been built, until the sailing and other qualities of our squadron of wooden iron cased steamers have been tested by practical experience at sea. The Hood, 89, screw steam line•of-battle ship, 3,308 tons, 600-horse power, has been taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness, to be brought forward for the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve. fhe Meeanee, 60, screw steamship, 2,951 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. George Wodehouse (Oct. 19, 1854), has been removed from the fitting basin to moorings in the harbour at Sheerness, and is re ceiving her provisions, stores, &c. She will be out of the hands of the dockyard authorities about the 12th, and be ready for sea on the 16th, when she will proceed to the Mediterranean to re lieve the London, 86, screw steamship, Captain Chads, which is to be paid off. The Conqueror (late Waterloo), 86, screw steam ship, 2,845 tons, 500-horse power, is being fitted at her moorings in the harbour for the first-class steam reserve at Sheerness, and is to take the place of the Meanee, 60, recently commissioned by Capt. G. Wodehouse. Orders have been received by the authorities at Sheerness dockyard that the greatest despatch is to be used in repairing and refitting her Majesty's ship Vigilant, 4, screw steam gunvessel, for re commission. In accordance with instructions from the Admi ralty, Captain C. Wise, Captain Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, accompanied by several offi cers of the yard, had inspected the Ganges, 84, sailing ship, and other vessels in the harbour, to ascertain their fitness for the reception of dispos sable seamen on their return from leave after hav ing been paid off. The reason is that the flagship Formidable and the steam reserve gaardship Cum berland are not capable of accommodating the num ber of men who will shortly be for disposal. The report of the Registrar-General of Seamen and Shipping on the Royal Naval Reserve for the month of November last states that 16,091 appli cations had been received, and 14,166 volunteers enrolled on the 29th ult. The following appointments were made yes terday at the Admiralty :—Commander R. G. Douglas, to the Shearwater; Lieut. J. H. Vidal, to the Excellent; Lieut. E. L. Trafford, and Lieut. Sir F. Blackwood, to the Shearwater: J. D. Switzer, master, to the Russell, for the Satellite ; E. H. Evans, Burg., to the Shearwater; Mark A. Harte, assist.-surg., confirmed in the Satellite; Dr. A. Yule, acting assist.-surg., to the Shearwater; A. Grenfell, midshipman, to the Majestic ; T. T. Hodgson and Enstice Rooke, midshipmen, to the Pylades ; C. E. Stewart and Arthur W. Massy, midshipmen, to the Meeanee ; Harry C. Owen, master's assist. supernumerary, to the Pylades ; J. M'Farlane, master's assist. supernumerary, to the Meeanee ; and Arthur Hodson, clerk, to Formidable for secretary's clerk. Commander E. Scott to be inspecting commander of the Coastguard ; Lieut. P. H. Colomb, of the Indus, to be flag-lieut. to Rear Admiral Symonds, C. 8.; G. Raymond, master in command, to the Rhadamanthus ; Edward C. T. Youel, master in command, to the Fox; J. Lang lands, engineer, to the Shearwater ; J. B. Liddell, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Shearwater ; T. Murray, acting first-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus for the Clinker; and J. Connolly, second class assist.-engineer, to the Shearwater. 711 E ARMY. A. new royal warrant, signed by Sir G. C. Lewis, Secretary of State for War, has just been issued from the War-office, laying down a new code of rules and regulations for the supply of clothing and ne cessaries for the army. The warrant directs that the regulations are to be invariably observed and strictly adhered to, except in cases of urgent and unavoidable necessity, which, immediately on their occurring, are to be reported to the Commander-in- Chief for her Majesty's consideration. No officer is to direct or knowingly permit any variation what ever from the sealed patterns of clothing and neces saries without special sanction communicated through the Secretary of State for War. In order to render those non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, who will be despatched to India in the approaching spring, thoroughly conversant with their Artillery duties, prior to embarcation, The Arrogant, sorely frigate, Commodore W. Ed- practice is daily carried on with the 68 pounder, 10 monstone, was paid out of commission at Ports- inch, and 32 pounder guns, with solid shot and mouth on Saturday. She had a healthy crew, and common shell. An officers' squad has also been has been a pattern during her commission of com- formed, and the officers of the brigade are daily fort, good order, and discipline., The official report drilled at heavy gun exercise, parbuckling, erecting forwarded to the Admiralty by Rear-Admiral J. sheers, and in the management of heavy artillery Kingcome, on his malting an official inspection of generally, under the direction of Lieut. Phipps, in her state and discipline on her arrival at Spithead structor of gunnery to the Ist division. from the West Coast of Africa, was so highly favour- An order has been received at the head-quarters able that their lordships wrote a letter to the com- of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, di modore "on service," conveying their thanks for recting the reinforcements selected for the 28th and the condition and discipline of the Arrogant and 31st companies at Malta, and the 28th and 30th her crew at the termination of her period of foreign companies at Corfu, to hold themselves in readiness service, and also especially conveying to the corn- to embark for the Mediterranean on Saturday, the modore their lordships' thanks for the successful and names of the non-commissioned officers and men satisfactory manner in which he has conducted and selected having been approved by the Duke of led out his duties as senior officer on the West Cambridge. Coast of Africa. Archibald Ballam, master-at- The Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Col. Chas. Bingham, arms ; Josiah Barling and Michael Quin, chief has issued a general regimental order, dated from boatswain's mates ; and R. Clarke, boatswain's the Horse Guards the sth inst., wherein the sub mate, were, on paying off, recommended by joined information regarding the Royal Artillery is the commodore to the Admiralty for the given. The following exchanges have been sane silver medal and gratuity granted for long tioned—viz., between Lieut.-Col. and Brevet Col. service and good conduct. The Arrogant A. Benn, of the 7tb, and Lieut.-Col. A. P. S. Green, was commissioned by Commodore Edmonstone of the 10th brigade; between Second Capt. J. S. in August, 1859. Her then senior lieutenant Stirling, No. 1 battery, 13th brigade, and Second (';rnbbe) received his promotion for his gallantry Capt. C. F. Roberts, A battery, 4th brigade; be in storming the stockade in front of Sabba, on the tween Lieut. W. H. King Harman, of No. 7, and river Gambia, Commodore Edmonstone on that Lieut. D. N. Allan. No. 4 battery, 10th brigade. occasion leading the storming party, composed of The exchange of batteries between Lieut. Cameron, the seamen and marines of the ship, the latter under of the 15th, and Lieut. Tit idges, of the 19th, is can- Capt. M'Arthur. In April of the same year Lieut. celled, and the former officer will be posted to a bri- Cay became senior lieutenant of the ship, when her gade in India. The officers commanding Royal men were again actively employed, under the pro- Artillery at stations concerned will obtain the sane- Sen al comma n d of the commodore, in destroying tion of officers commanding troops to the following p °rt°Nove, a large native town and depot on the removals of officers—viz., Capt. Rowle y from Alder laOcala at Lagos. While serving up ti e Gambia shot to Leith Fort ; Second Capt. Hunter from New the los s a , among the Arrogant's officers and crew was Zealand ; Lieut. Rait from Woolwich to New Zea one calmer and three men killed 'and two officers and land • ' Lieut. Burnett from Ballincollig to Gibraltar ; w 22 men wounded. S oon after the party returned Lieut. Poole from Woolwich to Ballincollig. The on board horn the Porto Novo expedition fever undermentioned officers are posted to batteries as broke out, resulti ception the cruis n e g fin 10 deaths. With this ex- rollow, viz.—Lieut. W. Mallins, to No. 7 battery, y onetfhe Arrogant has been a par- 13th brigade; Lieut. E. Johnson, to No. 7 battery, titularly health placerdra.Vest Coast service. The 7th brigade ; Lieut. G. Montgomery, to No. 2 bat_ Arrogant will be Her hull au _ in the third class steam tery, 12th brigade; Lieut. N. M. Burt, to No. 7 bat resetrae• machinery require very tery, 6th brigade; Lieut. W. P. Platt, to No. 8 bat extensive repairs. ti• Ordera from the Lords of th e tery, 13th brigade ; Lieut. T. H. Geary, to No, 8 Admiralty were re- battery, 14th brigade; Lieut. T. H. Lloyd, to No. 3 ceived on Saturday at Devon Admiralty Co sheampuatt„into corn- battery, 7th brigade. Those posted to batteries fusion the screw steam sloop ~,i , -, first division of the steam reserve iusr..,_ll, now serving in England will join them at once, but those in From her 44cL moorings e n oaze, abroad wilt remain with the depot brigade for the She ‘s , iil h lye a complement of 130 offi a ,„ ll ..a na , present. The undermentioned officers are raised to d this week fro and ,iii be remove have her bottom cleaned.' Increased Pay"—Lieut. J. R. Hezler, 3d brigade, into dock to ~ . .vice Hunter, steam rrigate Doris, 32,c, a. pt. air P L • promoted; Lieut. G. H. French, 10th The screw ~ F. • b rigade, vice J D m the .'Mediterranean, may be ex- - ''' eJ. D. Strange, deceased. The follow- Weil n took, froin pipaaouth• transfers have been ordered—viz., Capt. and petted shortly at Brevet L• and 'nt progress has been made with battery, ieur.-Col. Le Mesu r i er , C. 8., from A As soon as sufficient 9th h - frigate Royal 0a1t,50, and the I C a pt. R l rigade, to A battery, 14th brigade ; the iron plated steam of a proportion ' ow ey, from A batter 14th • brigade, to A iron steamer Achilles, 50, to allow Ibattery, 9th brigad • sr, those vessels being trans- , Stewart, from the e, Paymaster Lieut.-Col. D. of the hands employed on been commenced A. J. Rait, f 15th to the 7th brigade ; Lieut. • from aa a ferred to the other ships which have with the whole of battery, 4th brigade, • 7 battery, 13th brigade, to C at Chatham, the works connected months past, tery, Bth brigade to ist Lieut. Burnett, from G bat which have been suspended for severa l Lieut. Barker, from' o. 4 battery, Ist brigade; version of the No. 4 battery, it is intended to proceed with the con the depot brigade; 00• horse 60 gun frigate Belvidera, 3,030 tons, 6 .Lieut, Poole, from the 7th to G frigate battery, Bth brigade. power, now on;the stocks, to an iron plated laid On Saturday detachments of 1 of the Royal Oak class, The Belvidera wa s Jaid ° maid troops and , i~i~ THE SUN, tiONDON, TUESIAY EyEMNG, DECEMBER 9, ISO% time-expired men from the various corps serving in the Mediterranean arrived at Chatham, from Gib raltar, having disembarked at the London Docks from the steamer Eva, Capt. Smith. The troops, who numbered 40 men of all ranks, with five women, belonged to the Royal Engineers, 2d battalion of the 2d Queen's 2d battalion of the 3d B u ff s , 2d battalion of itoya the7 ls th , Royal Fusiliers, 2d battalion of the Bth King's Regiment, and the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment, the whole un der the command of Lieut. Smith, Royal Artillery, and in medical charge of Assist.-Surg. Jay, Bth Regiment. In addition to the above, a party of the Royal Artillery also disembarked from the same vessel, and were forwarded to the general hospital at Woolwich, The Eva left Gibraltar on Nov. 23, but was obliged to put back, owing to some accident occurring to her machinery. She finally left Gibraltar on the 27th ult. A general court-martial assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, on Friday, and was occupied dur ing the whole of that and the succeeding day in the trial of First-Lieut. J. M. Sadleir, of the Chat ham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, on the following charges :—First, for conduct unbe coming the character of an officer and a gentleman, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having, when stationed at Deptford, on or about July 15, 1861, borrowed the sum of ss. of Colour-Serg. R. Caddy, of the same division, and omitting to pay the same on the following day, as promised; also in having borrowed of Celour-Serg. Caddy between Jaly 15 and 27, 1861, on two sepa rate occasions, the sum of 10s., making a total of 53., which he promised on several occasions, both in writing and verbally, to pay, but which promises he failed to perform. Secondly, for con duct unbecom ing the character of an officer and a gentleman in hav ing failed to redeem his promise made to Col.-Com mandant Lemon, C. 8., to the effect that the sum due to Colour-Serg. Caddy(then amounting to 118.), should be forwarded by the next day's post ; also for having failed to remit to Colour-Serg. Caddy on the Ist of November last the sum of 110., having distinctly given Capt. Thompson, commanding her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 70, to understand that he was going on shore for that purpose, and also for having on the 4th of November sent to Colour- Serg. Caddy a post-office order for 9s. in payment of the sum due, knowing at the same time that the amount owing was lls. Thirdly, for conduct un becoming the character of an officer and a gentle man in failing to redeem his premises repeatedly given between Sept., 1861, and May, 1862, to Mr. W. Smith, canteen sutler at the Chatham division of Royal Marines, to repay the sum of £3, being the amount of an order drawn by the prisoner on his agent, Mr. Tear, of Hatton-garden, cashed by Mr. W. Smith, and returned to him dishonoured; also in failing to liquidate a debt of £1 16s. ld., contracted between the 6th of December, 1858, and the 15th of July, 1861, and due to Corporal H. Hart, master shoemaker at the Chatham division of Royal Marines, which debt he (the prisoner) had repeatedly promised should be paid within a short time. The Court was presided over by Col. W. H. March, Second-Commandant, and Capt. J. A. Stewart officiated as Deputy-Judge Advocate, Lieut.-Col. S.• N. Lowder prosecuted. The pri soner pleaded "Not Guilty" to the whole of the charges. The whole of Friday and Saturday were devoted to the examination of the numerous wit nesses in support of the prosecution, and at the rising of the Court on Saturday afternoon the case for the prosecution had not closed. The trial was resumed at 11 a.m. yesterday, under the presidency of Col. W. H. March, when the remainder of the witnesses in support of the prosecution were exa mined, after which the Court was adjourned until Wednesday, to enable the prisoner to prepare his defence, when it is understood that witnesses will be called to rebut certain portions of the evidence for the prosecution. The very large block of buildings erected by Messrs. Naylar and Son, Chatham, the Government contractors, from the plans of Mr. Lacy, C.E., for the accommodation of the married non-commissioned officers and men of the first division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, having been completed and taken posses sion of by the War Department, an official inspec tion of them has been made by Major-Gen. H. Eyre, commanding the troops in the Chatham district, ac companied by Colonel S. Freeth, the commanding Royal Engineer. The new building is exceedingly commodious, and is believed to be one of the best of its kind yet erected. Ample provision is made for 80 separate families, each room measuring 17ft. by 14ft., with a height of 14ft. There are also wash rooms, drying and ironing-rooms, and bath-rooms for both sexes, all heated by steam, and fitted up after the most approved system. The upper stories of the building contain a spacious verandah, over looking the Nore, which can be used as a promenade by the occupants. THE RAILWAY .RIO 7. WORCESTER, MONDAY EVENING. This city has been in a state of great popular ex-. citement for a week, which has been brought to a crisis to-day by an examination before the magis trates. The immediate charge which the Bench had to inquire into was one of a wilful and malicious as sault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against one Edward Garrett, in the employ of the West Mid land Railway Company, the person assaulted being Mr. Walton, the lessee of the refreshment rooms at the Worcester station of that railway. The hall and the street near were crowded with thousands of excited persons throughout the day, and the proceedings were occasionally interrupted by the disgraceful uproar cheering and hooting —of those in the hall. The railway officers and Mr. Walton wore also oheered and hissed on arriv ing at and leaving the Guildhall. Mr. Wright, of Birmingham, appeared to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr, Motteram, barrister, of the Oxford Circuit, for the railway company, who justified the proceedings of the defendant. The examination lasted four hours, and arose out of a dispute between the railway company and Mr. Walton, as to the latter refusing to give up pos session of the refreshment room at Worcester. The company had given Mr. Walton several notices to quit, which he had disregarded as illegal, and dur ing Saturday night week the company, in the ab sence of Mr. Walton and his assistants, locked up and barricaded the rooms, and refused to give him possession of them again. On Sunday morning Mr. Walton went up with a party of six or seven per sons, and a blacksmith, armed with a crowbar and axe, with the view of forcing an entrance. Mr. Walton had broken a pane of glass, and was unfas tening a window, when Garrett, who was one of a party of railway labourers, who had been armed with sticks and placed in the station to prevent any one gaining admittance to the refreshment rooms, struck Mr. Walton on the head, knocking him down and rendering him insensible. Mr. Walton, in his evidence, stated the facts in detail, and that on an attempt being made to regain possession of the rooms, the prisoner said he would strike the first man down that attempted to go in, and that while he was trying to open the window a cry was raised, " They are coming," when some one pulled him from behind, and at the same moment Garrett struck the blow. He was carried home, and remained insensible until three o'clock in the evening. The wound was new healed, but Mr. Walton's head was bandaged, and he appeared to be weak. A letter had been delivered at his house on the Sunday morning (which he did not see until the evening) from the secretary to the com pany, informing him that they had taken posses sion of the rooms, and that he might have his goods on the following day. Mr. Walton's hat was produced. There were marks of blood on the inside, and the hat was broken. Mr. Motteram, for the defence, stated that the proceedings were authorised by the directors of the West Midland Company, and that Mr. Walton hold ing adverse possession of the rooms after notice to quit, they had taken possession of them quietly on Saturday night, and he maintained that, having so obtained possession, they were entitled to hold it by force against Mr. Walton, who he alleged had held possession unlawfully. The prisoner, however, did not aim the blow at Mr. Walton's head, but at his hands. The Magistrates dissented from Mr. Motteram's law of possession, and decided on committing the prisoner for trial at the next spring assizes. The decision was received with a round of cheers in the hall. SHIP WRECK AND LOSS OF 7 WENTY- FOUR LIVES. Two men, survivors of a most disastrous ship wrcck, have been landed at Queenstown, and re ceived into the Cork Sailors' Home. On Sunday last the Eliza, a barque of 760 tons, Captain Smith, left Liverpool for Monte Video, laden with ma chinery and coals. Her crew, inclusive of the offi cers, consisted of 26 men. After passing Holyhead the breeze freshened, and it began to blow strong from the south-east. About two o'clock next morn ing the wind grew so strong that sail was shortened, and at nine o'clock in the forenoon the three top gallant masts were carried away. With the loss of these spars one man was carried overboard, another had his leg broken, and the third, one of the two landed at Queenstown, a man named Mont gomery, had his arm dislocated at the shoulder. In an hour after the ship sprang a leak, and before long she had seven feet of water in the hold. The ship was then about midchannel. All hands were employed at the pumps, but the leak continued to gain at the rate of an inch-and-a-half every two hours. The mate, an American named Burns, urged the captain to bear up for Queenstown, but the captain refused. For 24 hours they continued in this position, when the captain at last consented, and the vessel's course was changed for this port. Th e wind, however, continued in full force, and the ship laboured heavily. All at once her three top masts went by the board, and shortly after the sea began to make breach over her. One sea swept aft, and no less th an t we l ve men, not carrying away with resistless f h o e r r ee f fore o and boats, one of whom was ever seen again. At three o'clock she was completely awash and sinking. The two seamen who have been saved, William Lyons, a native of Liverpool, and John Montgomery, a native of Scotland, got into the lifeboat and cut away the tackle. The boat was driven clear off the ship, and she had scarcely parted with it when the vessel went down bodily, with every soul on board, these two men alone escaping. A small schooner, named the Aspia, whose captain was also an American named Smith, and like the lost vessel was bound from Liverpool to Monte Video, hove in sight to wind ward, and picked up the two men. They were re ceived on board and treated with the greatest hu manity. The schooner getting leaky, she had to bear up for Queenstown to get pumps repaired. At the Cork Sailors' Home they have been received • with that kindness the institution is intended to show those in their unfortunate position, and every attention has been paid to them by the hon. secre tary, Capt. Stuart, R.N., to whom, we may add, it is owing that there exists such an establishment. The seafaring inmates of the Home generously en tered into a subscription for the shipwrecked men, and provided them with a sum of money and clothes. The survivors were the only two British subjects in the entire crew. All the rest were Ame- , rican, and all strangers to each other, as they had only been shipped four days before leaving Liver pool.—Cork Examiner. THE CIIES7ERFIELD MURDEIF. CHESTERFIELD, MONDAY. This morning the two prisoners, Thos. Flannery and John Ball, were brought up before the mayor and a full bench of magistrates charged with wil fully murdering George Cooper on Monday night last. Contrary to expectation the young woman teas again unable to attend, having been seized with epileptic fits in conjunction with hysteria, and the surgeon stated that it was utterly impossible for her to give evidence, as she is speechless. This being so the magistrates again remanded the pri soners, notwithstanding the objections urged by Mr. A. Knowles, the solicitor for the defence. It is stated that threats have been used against the young woman Holt, and bribery also attempted to prevent her giving evidence against the prisoners. Funds for the defence of both men have been provided by the Hibernian Society which has been established in the town. Both prisoners pleaded their innocence. The defence urged by them is an alibi. The case will come on again on Friday next, or sooner if the girl be sufficiently restored to give evidence. A great body of Irish sarrounded the Municipal Hall during the examination of the prisoners. Another serious riot took place on Satarday night last between the Irish and the Protestants at about twelve o'clock. After a hard fight the Irish were compelled to retreat and take refuge in their houses, and were closely followed by the indignant Eng lishmen, who smashed their windows in all direc tions. The English were principally colliers from Staveley, where the deceased Cooper worked. The row was repeated last night; the Irish were soon satisfied and left their opponents masters of the field. The efforts of the police to restore order were quite unavailing, as will be shown in the fact that one Irishman took refuge in the passage of the police office, and was closely followed by a party of Englishmen and soundly thrashed in the very precincts of the temple of justice. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Dec. 8. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ETHERIDGE.-THE RAMSGATE BAPTIST CASE. This morning the Vice-Chancellor gave judg ment in this case, which has been for some weeks before the Court, and has excited much interest amongst the Baptist body throughout the country. The relators and plaintiffs were Miss Mary Spencer, Messrs. Thomas Hodgman, George Tyson, and others, the defendants being Mr. B. C. Etheridge, the minister of the chapel, Mr. Flint, and others, the trustees. The question in dispute was the right of the defendants to admit to holy COMM nion and church membership persons who have not been baptised when adults by immersion. It appeared that in 1834 the Particular or Strict Bap tists, who hold that it is not lawful to admit to the Lord's Supper any person who has not when an adult been baptised by immersion, founded a chapel in Ramsgate, which was called Beulah Chapel, and in 1837 the Rev. Mortlock Daniel was appointed as the minister. The congregation increasing, it was determined in 1839 to sell Beulah Chapel and to build a new one. This was done at a cost of some £4,800, and it is alleged that a greater portion of the money was contributed by the strict commu nionists, Miss Spencer alone giving £3,200. The trust deed of the new chapel, which is called Cavendish Chapel, and Which was erected in May, 1841, takes no cognisance of the former chapel, and the trusts were, that the trustees for the time being should, from time to time, and at all times thereafter, permit the said chapel to be used, occupied, and engaged as a place of public religioui worship and service of God, by the So ciety of Protestant Dissenters at Ramsgate, of the denomination called Particular or Caivinistic Bap tists, and by such other persons as should thereafter be united to the said society and admitted members thereof, and should attend the worship of God in the said chapel; and should permit such person, of the deno nination of Particular or Calvanistic Bap tists, as two-thirds of the members of the said so• ciety present at a meeting should from tim3 to time elect and choose to be their minister or pastor, to preach and expound the Holy Scriptures, and other wise officiate in the said chapel according to the usual order and customs of societies of Protestant Dissenters of the denomination aforesaid. About 1810 Mr. Daniel, who had up to that time been a strict Baptist, changed his opinion on that eubject, and he proposed to admit to the Lord's Supper un baptised believers; but the great majority of the church disapproving of that proposition it was aban doned, and the subscriptions for the new chapel, as alleged by the plaintiffs, went on on the understand ing that the chapel was to belong to the Strict Baptists. In 1844 Mr. Daniel again mooted the subject of open communion, and proposed to the church to admit "unbaptised" persons to the Lord's Table. The effect of that proposition was at once to induce Miss Spencer the relator, and some other individuals, to request their dismission from the church, and they were accordingly transferred to a strict cotamunion church at Broadstairs. This state of things continued till 1846, when, in the month of December, a resolution was unanimously passed at a church meeting to the effect that the Lord's Table be restricted to baptised believers. Mr. Daniel resigned immediately after this, and the church worshippers at Cavendish Chapel re mained without a pastor until December, 1847, when Mr. Wills was elected to that office, and continued to hold it till September, 1853. During the whole of his pastorate the communion was strict, and on the sth of May, 1848, a declaration of faith was agreed to at a church meeting in which they re-affirmed the principle of strict communion . After the resignation of Mr. Wills, Mr. Etheridge was elected the minister, and the practice of strict communion was continued to December, 1859, when Mr. Etheridge proposed a resolution at the church meeting to open the communion to unbaptised be lievers. A vote by ballot was taken on this reso lution, and it was carried by a large majority, and at a subsequent church meeting the resolution was confirmed. After some endeavours on the part of the strict communionists to induce Mr. Etheridge to revert to the practice of strict communion, this suit was instituted, and the plaintiffs by their bill asked the Court to restrain the defendants by in junction from permitting the chapel to be used by any other persons than Particular Baptists ; and for a declaration that on the true construction of the trust deed none but Particular Baptists were en titled to the benefit of the trusts or participation in the Lord's Supper. The Vice-Chancellor went at great length into a consideration of the confessions published by sections of the Particular Baptists at delegate meetings, from which he came to the con clusion that they had held strict communion to be an essential or fundamental article of doctrine. Reviewing the trust deeds of Cavendish Chapel, he found that it was never the intention to restrict the communion in the way desired by the plain tiffs, and he therefore dismissed the bill. _ - had had many interviews, and opportunities of con versing with him, and he had come to the conclu sion that in conscquenca of his violerit conduct to wards his wife he would turn out to ba a mono maniacal homicide. Such was his opinion, and such it remained. Mr. Chambers—Then it is your opinion that he is still insane ? Witness—lt is, towards his wife. On other points he was capable of conducting his affairs. Dr. F. Webb, M.R.C. of Physicians, of Woburn place, said he had visited the plaintiff,at the request of Mrs. Hall, in Sept. last. He found him in a very excited state, with a very rapid pulse. The wife told him of his having, on his return home from the asylum, thrown the frying-pan, contain ing the dinner, across the room. He asked him his reason for such conduct, and he said his wife was constantly out, and was in the habit of pawning and making away with the shop things, and get ting drunk, and he added he believed she was drunk then. Witness said that was not so, as he exa mined Mrs. Hall at the time. Plaintiff then said his wife was constantly out, and in the company of other men. Witness then asked him, " Do you mean to charge your wife with infidelity ?" Mr. Hall replied in a jeering manner, " Oh dear no. Do you think Mrs. Windham was unfaithful to her husband ?" (Loud laughter.) After this the daugh ter came into the room. Dr. Semple and Mrs. Hall came into the room also, and Mrs. Hall asked Dr. Semple, as her husband kept her without necessaries, if she was not justified in pawning things to obtain food. Dr. Semple said if that were so she was. At the request of Mr. Hall he examined the house, and found it in a very dirty state, and observed a great absence of furniture. Mrs. Hall said it was caused by her husband not allowing her to have any assistance or to employ a servant. If the plaintiff was under delusions that his wife was unfaithful and was addicted to drink ing, when it was not true, he should consider it evidence of insanity. Some controversy took place between counsel as to the evidence. The learned judge said a great deal of evidence had got into the case which ought not, to have been given. By-and-bye he should tell the jury the question would be for them to say whether Dr. Semple had been guilty of negligence, and had not made proper inquiries before granting the certificate. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—Was of opining that the plaintiff was under a dominant idea against his wife. He had seen Dr. Semple before he visited the plaintiff, but did not know him at the time of the action. He would not say that the plaintiff was insane at the present time, and would not sign a certificate without further inquiry. It was no delusion that the house was in a dirty state. He did not recollect when he asked Mr. Hall, on his visit in September, relative to his throwing the gridiron across the room. He said he had provided some dinner, and his wife had taken it off to cook her own. Re-examined—He told Mr. Hall that he must be insane to use such language as he had done to his wife. He called her a fool, and applied other epithets to him ; but doctors were not usually called " fools." (Laughter.) He concurred it was desirable to see Mr. Griffiths, the plaintiff's regular medical attendant. He had not been witness to any assault committed by the plain tiff on his wife; but if he . (plaintiff) had killed her, he should have said he was a monomaniacal homi cide. The plaintiff's daughter, Mrs. Harding, had not said to him that it was ridiculous in him to say that her father was mad ; but she had mid to him her mother was not the bad woman her father represented her to be. He (Di. Webb) had bought china at the plaintiff's shop, but his son paid for what he purchased. Mr. Chambers here put some questions to the witness, indicating that the reason why the son had paid for the articles was that he (witness) was not solvent. Witness, in explanation, said—l am very seldom solvent, (Laughter.) But I owe very little, per haps £lO, besides my rent. (Laughter.) I never flattened my nose against the window of the plain tiff, as he states. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Pigott here put some questions to the witness, to which Mr. Chambers objected, and Mr. Justice Crompton said—Let us get on ; we are in for to-morrow, that's clear; but I am afraid of Wednesday. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr.. Huddleston—l do not say that Mr. Hall is insane now. Dr. Semple applied to me three or four days ago to be a witness; but neither he nor Mrs. Hall asked me to give a certi cate of Mr. Hall's state of mind. Harriet Sarson, 15, Robert-street, Hampstead road, shopkeeper to her father, stated that she had known Mr. and Mrs. Hall twenty-seven years, and during that period she had witnessed numerous acts of the most painful violence on the part of Mr. Hall towards his wife. He was always quarrelling on the most trivial occasions ; and she had known her to be kept without money and necessaries for the family, and had visited and assisted Mrs. Hall out of pity. The language of Mr. Hall was most shocking, and terrified her (witness). On one occasion she recollected, before the daughter's mar riage with Mr. Wright, Mr. Hall pulling down the curtains and tearing the room paper, and on that occasion he threw the slops in the room over Mrs. Hall. She never saw any indication of her being in the habit of drinking, nor did she notice any familiarity with other men. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Cham bers, but her answers only related to money matters. She was godmother to two of the children, and she felt it her duty to take care of them out of pity. She would not say Mr. Hall was mad, but his manners were very violent and strange, and his language very bad. On the occasion when Mr. Hall tore down the paper and the curtains witness was with his daughter Jane, now Mrs. Wright, and they were engaged in repapering the bedroom, when Mr. Hall took a candle and rubbed it over the paper, and said he would not have such expen sive paper, and ordered witness to leave the room. Mr. Montagu Chambers—Had you any other re lationship with Mrs. Hall than that of godmother to two of her children ? Miss Sarson—Yes, I was her bridesmaid. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Crompton—Well, now, Mr. Cham bers, mind that. (Laughter.) Miss Sarson—But it is the truth, my lord. (Renewed laughter.) When Mrs. Hall was con fined of Mrs. Wright, that is—(laughter)—I was at the house, and I saw that the room was stripped. That was at the time of the Coronation. Mr. M. Chambers—That is going a long way back. Miss Sarson—l recollect it well. Mrs. Hall was penniless, and I lent her the money to pay for the christening. The eldest child had not been chris tened, and when I went to the church, I said to Mrs. Hall, " What a shocking thing it would be if that dear child was to die without being christened," and— Mr. Justice Crompton—And you lent her the money to pay for the christening. Miss Sarson—Yes, my lord, I did. Mr. Justice Crompton--And I hope you saved the child. (Laughter.) Examination continued—As to acts of violence, I have witnessed them by Mr. Hall towards his wife, not actually in his striking but in ill-using her in other ways. Re-eXamined—When Mr. Hall tore down the curtains and smeared the paper with a candle, I was teaching the girls to paper the room. Mr. Chambers—Pray, Miss Sarson, are you a paper •hanger ? (Laughter.) Miss Sarson—No ; but 1 am a godmother ; and as such, I thought it my duty to teach the chil dren everything. (Laughter.) Dr. Griffith was recalled and examined as to his attending Mrs. Hall in her confinement in 1851. He gave her medicine to relieve pain from violence, but he could not remember whether she said it was caused by a fall or a blow. Amelia Homeston examined—Deposed that she had been in the habit of charing at Mr. Hall's house, and she recollected that she on one occasion saw him seize Mrs. Hall by the throat, and heard him say he would have her life. Mrs. Hall, on that occasion, told her to go and fetch a policeman. Mr. Burge, of Tottenham Court-road, deposed that Dr. Semple had called upon him respecting Mr. Hall, and told him he was, in his opinion, labouring under some delusive idea about his wife's chastity and conduct in business. His answer was that he had never known her guilty of unchastity, nor did he know her to be addicted to drinking and intem perance ; but he heard her complain of her husband's conduct to her. Mr. Sergeant Pigott then summed up the evi dence, and said the question for thk jury to consider was whether Dr. Semple had been guilty of negli gence in signing the certificate of lunacy in the defendant's case. The defendant justified his act by reference to, and conformity with, the Act of Parliament, which required that no person should be committed to a lunatic asylum, unless on the certi ficate of two medical men, who should not examine the alleged lunatic together, and who should not be relations of the family, or in any way unduly in fluenced by them. He contended that all Dr. Se mp l e had done was duly and regularly d one i n the practice of his profession, and in conf orm i ty with the provisions of the Act of Parl iam ents Looking at the reports of the present trial which a eared in the newspapers, he (Mr. sergeant Pigottmust s ay he could not approve of th e comments made in ) pp the report in the limes on the evidence of some of whether a witness e witnesses while the case was aub judiee ; b u t was shaken or un s h a k en i n hi s testimony, accordi ng to the o pi n i on of the party, would not, in hi s (M r, Sergeant Pigott'e ) opinion, THE TOLL-GATE QUESTION. Last evening a public meeting of the ratepayers of St. Mary, Lambeth, was held at Wilcocke's Assembly Rooms, Westminster .bridge-road, for the purpose of considering the proposition to abolish the toll-gate on the Surrey and Sussex Trust, and place the expense of keeping the roads in repair upon the ratepayers. The question has given rise to con siderable interest in the district, and the meeting was well attended. Mr. G. Hill, having been called to the chair, in troduced the subject by stating that in Lambeth, where they had a highway rate of nearly one shil- I ling in the pound, there were conn ec t e d w ith th e parish seven and a half miles of road, which were under trust, and as that trust would expire by the end of next session of Parliament, unless it were renewed, the expenses of maintaining that extent of road would fall upon the ratepayers, and which would increase the rates to at least £lO,OOO for the first year, and £6,000 for every subsequent year. Ho might state that three years ago the vestries on the south side of the water took up the question, and committees from each were appointed to consider and report upon it. That committee reported that the parishes were not in a position to dispense with toll•gates, and they went before the Royal Commission, which was at that time sitting and did their best to im press upon it the views they had come to on the point, and that commission seeing that while it may be desirable to abolish the toll-gates, yet, on the other hand, it would place a great additional burden on the ratepayers, came to no decided opi nion on the subject, and just left the matter where it stood. In that state, therefore, matters had stood up to the present time, but now the Secretary of State had written to the Secretary of the Surrey and Sussex Trust, which had the management of the roads in question, asking him to get the opi nions of the vestries as to what they intended to do in the matter. Newington Vestry had at once spoken out and decided that the toll-gates should remain ; Camberwell Vestry had come to a different conclu sion ; and a committee of the Lambeth Vestry had recommended the retaining of the gates. The rate payers would, therefore, have to fight the battles in Parliament, and the object of that meeting was to strengthen the hands of the vestry in preventing this additional burden coming upon them. Mr. TURNER then moved a resolution to the effect that the Lambeth ratepayers were of opinion that the Turnpike Road Trusts which h a d b een provided by the Legislature for the purpose of re li ev i ng the ratepayers, were just in principle, and appr ov i ng their retention. Mr. HARDING, from Camberwell, contended for the removal of the gateg, as their other roads and streets were cut up and destroyed in consequence of parties using them in order to avoid the toll-gates. Mr. GILEs held that it would be unfair to place the additional burden on the ratepayers, which the abolition of those gates would infliot. It would not be less than an addition of fourpenco or fivepence in the pound, and he hoped the Lambeth vestry would in this matter stand up in behalf of the ratepayers. The resolution was then put from the chair and agreed to. Captain Arthur Mellersh, R.N., who has been appointed to the Forte, flagship of Rear-Admiral R. L. Warren, will leave England for his station by the next Packet em Southampton, , —.4nny and Navy Gazette. 711 E BIRMINGHAM MU.RDER. The inquest on the body of Alice Hinkley, 17, who was shot by her sweetheart, Henry Carter, at Birmingham on Thursday night, was held yester day afternoon at that place, before Dr. Birt Davies, borough coroner. Several witnesses were examined, whose testi mony went to establish the truth of the statements previously published. Mr. Warrilaw, surgeon, was next examined. He described the appearance of the body of deceased, of which he had made a post mortem examination. He said that he found a gunshot wound in the back, breaking the fifth rib on the left side of the spine. The bullet passed through the aorta, ploughed up two inches of the lobe of the left lung, and was found embedded in a clot of blood on the right side of the right sterno-clavicular articulation. Mr. Henry Hart said that on Thursday last he sold the two conical bullets produced to the prisoner Carter. This concluded the evidence; and on being asked by the Coroner if he wished to say anything, the prisoner answered " No." The Coroner then summed up briefly ; and The Jury at once found a verdict of wilful murder against Henry Carter. Importing tea without colour on the lettf.,pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the'uval kinds, Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good auks. Sold in packets by 2,280..age11t5. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.) HALL V. SEMFLETHE ALLEGED LUNACY CASE. The trial of the action in this case was resumed to-day, the fourth of the inquiry. It was brought, as stated in the previous reports of the case, by Mr. Richard Hall, ckina and glass warehouseman, 45, Tottenham court-road, to recover compensation in damages against Dr. Semple, a member of the Royal College of Physicians, Londoß, for having, in con junction with Mr. Guy, member of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons, London, certified, on request and representation of Mrs. Hall, plaintiff's wife, that he (plaintiff) was insane, and thus caused him to be consigned to Munster House Lunatic Asylum, Ful ham. The defendant, it will he recollected, pleaded not guilty, and justification. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Huddleston, Q. 0., and Mr. Prentice appeared as counsel for the plain tiff; Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. G. Allen con ducted the case for the defendant. The proceedings to-day commenced with the exa mination of Mr. Guy, the medical man who also cer tified that the plaintiff was subject to delusions respecting his wife's virtue, truth, and chastity, and who was now made a witness for the defence. Mr. Guy deposed that he is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons; 'that he had been called in some time ago to attend the plaintiff, and that, from his observations, he considered him a man subject to delusions, and a dangerous lunatic. He still retained that opinion, as related to plaintiff's state of mind in relation to his wife and children, and he considered that he ought to be shut up. He was, however, competent to conduct his ordinary business. He (Mr. Guy) had been consulted by Dr. Semple respecting plaintiff's state of mind, and he expressed to that gentleman opinions corresponding with those described. In his cross-examination Mr. Guy stated that Mrs. Hall had offered to allow her husband £2 a-week if he would withdraw from the business, and leave it to her management. He was present at Marl borough-street police-office when Mrs. Hall caused her husband to appear before the magistrate there, on summons, and preferred a charge against him of kicking her on the elbow. He did not then say that Mr. Hall was a madman, but it was an error on his part that he did not. He should have been more determined. Re-examined—He had watched the plaintiffiand F have any effect on the mind of the fury. Such eta , ) ments, he considered, were uncalled for. The learned sergeant concluded by hoping the jury would look rightly at the case, and be of opinion that Dr. Semple had acted bona fide in the matter, and had 110 motive in giving the certificate other than that of discharging his professional duty in conformity with the conditions pointed out by the Act of Parliament. He, therefore, heped they would find a verdict in that gentleman's favour. Mr. Montagu Chambers said he had told the jury that this was a case of the greatest possible import ance to the administration of justice. The learned judge thought he wa s exaggera ti ng th e magnitu de of the importance of the case in his opening; but Ile did not exaggerate the facts, nor did he magnify their importance beyond the serious consideration to which they were entitled. The facts were very simple indeed, and he would v en t ure t o s ay that 1 the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict the stat e of the law on the subject was a disgrace, and it was high time it should be altered, The plaintiff, 3 respectable tradesman and father of a family, living . in the respe c t o f hi s ne i g hb ours , comp l a i ne d that he was, while in the act of o p en i ng hi s o wn d°° t ~ on his return home at night, po unce d u p on by two men, seized, forced into a cab, driven off to a police' station, and thence to a lunatic asylum—Munst er House, Fulham. That he was of sane mind there cannot be a doubt. On the way to the madhouse the keepers, who had treated hi m so roug hly, bakes him to treat them, and he did s o. C ons i gne d to th lunatic asylum, his case was reported to the Con l i missioners of Lunacy, and they h av i ng e xamine him were of opinion that he wa s no t i nsane , a nd tha t he ought not to have been brought there, and they therefore ordered his discharge. Mr. Elliott, th e t proprietor o f M uns t er H ouse A sy l um , h ear i n g that the plaintiff had been brought there, called the lit day, and havi ng seen an d conversed with hin 3 9Z formed an opinion that he was not insane. . 1 -"' Semple hearing that plaintiff was about to be dis' charged, did all in his power to prevent it ; and ill• stead of making further inquiry into the case, he made himself a partisan. H e h a d th roug h o ut mad e himself a partisan. He, for instance, wen t to th e house of the plaintiff after he had signed the eer ti ' ficate, and when plaintiff was not there, to see th e swords which he had not see n w h en h e s i g ned it and spoke of them, thus showing th a t h e k ne w 1 1 had done wrong. He (Mr. Chamb ers ) th oug ht 1 there were medical men in court, that they meet b of opinion that Dr. Semple had d o n e wron g, an had gone much further than his duty warranted beat in going. In all that the plaintiff stated there was perfect rationality, and the defendant, in signing the certificate showed that he was careless and neg i , ligent ; and thus he mi g ht sa y th a t D r . SeroP; signed a certificate that was false in principle an" false in substance. B u t h e t rus t e d th a t medica l men who attended to this practice in the professie; would in futare act with more caution, and not g into a person's shop, and by i rr it a ti ng t r y to drio _ r him mad, and thus make out a case t o j us tify OS, object, and warrant them in maki ng ou t a certi cate of the party's insanity. Th e l earne d gent li, ; man concluded a long address by hoping that tU A jury would see the seriousness of th e case as affeeteli his client, and bear in mind that the consignra ell d of him to a lunatic asylum i n th e manner prove might not only affect him for hi s own lif e , but al% affect his family and descend an t s f or genera tions ' come. The case was then adjourned till to-morrow (til l ! day) when the learned judge will sum up the 8/11. deuce. COUNTRY MARA_LIS. • bJk . COLCHESTER—DEC. 6. A poor supply of wheat at market, and mostly in 01 condition, and such were a dull s al e a t i s p er qr cheaP . l r Beans and peas are becomin g s o ft i n con diti on , an d is qr cheaper. Wheat, white ..46s 52s Beans,Mazagan..34s 3 , 6 2 0 0 48s middle & small.36s L e 39s Peas, white ..425 ' 52g 2 6s gray 380 red 42s Barley Oath GLOUCESTER—Dn. 6. 1i We had a moderate attendance to-day, and the supp l y of wheat from the farmers was fair, with prices at f fter, • i r ed a last week's rates. Foreign wheat was more Inv ~. un and unchanged in value. Barley, oats, and beans altered. CHELMSFORD—DEC. 6. Ihe trade in wheat to-day at the market was exCess iVell dull. Fine samples barely keep up their price, 5 , 1 ',.. el f il e - ferior sorts fully is es qr lower. Spring corn as 01 m" -- ( j o Wheat, old white.. .37s 63s Peas, Partridge.... 37s 100 new .. 37s 49s White .......... 39s , q , old red....42s 48s Boiling 4os 1 " 35s 39 new 38s 46s Dun ..-0 Barley 28s 35s Ditto new .. ' --15 396 Chevalier 2Bs 38s Beans, Tick, old ..3 4 s __., Grinding 22s 30s new..- -8 - 7 ) - 0 , Ma1t..... 61s 67s Harrow Ticks ..3 5 s :,..0 Chevalier 64s 69s new..-- 8 ~a Oats 20s 28s Mazagan .. ..... 30s 0- KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEc. 6. To-day there was moderate supplies of all kinds of grain' Wheat and oats were the turn dearer. Barley sold at s slight decline on last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....36s Od I 16s Od I 16s Od Second ..38s Od 22s Od 19s Od Third ....62s Od 30s Od 23s Od COAL M ;ARKET. t the olose of the market. Walls End. (Prices of Coal per Ton ir s. d. Hastings Hartley l6 9 Csrway and Duffiyn Malting 23 0 g. 6 Hetton ...... 17 18 0 South Hartlepool.. •' 18 Trimdon Hartlepool •• 1 7 K elloe .. • 8 0 Hartlepool.. ......... 34; sold, 28. Walls End. Haswell Ships at marker FOREIGN MAIL PACKET Lin MAILS DUE. D B° ' 19. Australia and Mauritiu s , v i a Southampton...... •JA 3-a * 13. via Marseilles ...... De c ' 4, Brazil and C a p e V er d s , b y B r i t i sh packet. ....... Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan . 19. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaropton.D° ° ' 13. via Marseilles ..•D ec '4, Falkland Isl an d s Gibraltar, via S ou th am pt on India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton D„e ° 13. via Marseilles..• • D ec. 11. ndia (Bombay), via S ou th amp t on Dee' via Marseilles Pee' 2°' Lisbon 11. Malta, Egypt, and Ad en , v i a S outhampton ve`, " 3. Newfoundland io, DO Oporto and Vigo U. S. and B r iti s h N. A mer i ca, b y Brit. packet.... D ec' by U.S. packet ... by Canadian packet. Doe• 1 0, W.C. of Af r i ca , M a d e i ra, an d T eneriffe Dec. Dec. 9, 8 ' Bahama s , v i a N ew Y or k Dee. 1g Mexico . • e g All parts of W es t I n di es , i nc l u di ng Ch il i , Peru, I D e c. )."' California, and British Columbia.. CHINESE SIMPLES.—Ina letter addressed to the President of the Socidt6 d'Acclimatation, M. Guillerainf , missionary in China, gives a glowing account of the extra ordinary fertility of the country, an d among other thilib', expresses his surprise at the efficacy of certain Chinos f t ; medies which are utterly u n k nown to Europe. He Vf°o-tit the example of a Father L e t ur d u, who having paeseu,scr years in a Chinese p r i son , where he contracted a Pll-010 nary affection, was literally kept alive by certain P O , which a Chinese doctor gave him ; and when he subs tf quenily attempted t o re t urn to a European t r eatre e t li be he got worse, and only recovered by recommellei i tioi Chinese pills. In an o th er i ns t ance, a European PhYlig belonging to the Fren c h nav y u tt er l y failed in Ineste"co violent fever which th rea t ene d th e li fe of a Chinese vert; but a native phy s i c i an o bt a i ned a complete are 1, jo 01 quarter of a hour, by administering certain simples 11 41 he gathered on the s p o t. L et us hope that these Bove— , remedies will soon find their way to Europe. BIRTHS. t he DENMAN.—On the sth i ns t . , a t 14 , E aton-place Sout h ' wife of th 3 Hon. G. Denman, M.P., of a son. tt, 113 0 DUTTON.—On the 7th i ns t.. a t S trea tham-coorcle. wife of Thomas Dutt on , E sq ., o f a son and &ugh Or FREINIE.—On the 6th inst., at 9, Blandford-place, ll e g e park, the Lady Isabella Freme, of a daughter. par SMITH.—On the 6th inst., at 35, Chesham-place, th e Susan Smith, of a son. MARRIAGES. BROOKS—GEILS.—O n th e 4th inst., at Queen o. Marl° Manor, Somerset, Robert A. Brooks, Esq., eldest Robert Brooks, Esq., M.P . . o f Woodcote-p_ ark, to Katherine Pascal, e ld es t d aughter of J. E. Cella , 4 of Dumbuck, Dumbartonshire. nna ton' EGLINTON—PELIiAI4.—On the 6th inst., at 17, Ar ',lWi l/.. street, by spn..ial license, the Earl of Eglinton al' Aci ugir ton, to the Lady Sophia Anderson Pelham, on l y "- ter of the late Earl of Yarborough. 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