The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Agricultural Society of England wa s held at the society's house in Hanover-square, ye!i terday ; Lord Berners, President of the society, in the chair. The following is the annual report of the council : " The society consists at the present time of 79 life gover nors, 134 annual goVernors, 916 life members ; making a total of 5,223 members, or an increase of .77 names on the list since the last half-yearly meeting. The council have filled up the vacancy in their body, occasioned by the de cease of Mr. Paine, of -Farnham, by the election of Mr. Thomas, of Lidlington. The funded property of the society in the name of the trustees has been raised by further in vestment to the amount of £lO,OOO stock in the New Three per Cents. Mr. Dyke Acland and Mr. Wren Hoskyns, having found that that their own more immediately personal engagements would not allow them conve niently to act longer as joint editors of the Journal,' Mr. Thompson, . their remaining colleague, has under taken the sole editorship on condition that the sum of noo be placed annually at his disposal for the purpose of pro-. curing such subsidiary aid connected with the details of the work as he may find desirable. The council have ex pressed unanimously to Mr. Acland and Mr. Hoskyns their sense of the high value they have attached to the services rendered by them in their co-operation with Mr. Thompson during tho.period of their voluntary engagement, and they have gratefully accepted the offer of Mr. Thompson to con tinue his valuable services as the sole editor of the Journal.' The council have adopted the following schedule of prizes for essays and reports to be sent to the secretary by the Ist of March next, namely :—Results of Microscopic Observa tion applied to the Vegetable Physiology of Agriculture, £5O ; Agriculture of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Al derney, and Sark, £25 ; Steam Cultivation, £25 ; Extent to which Tillage Operations act as a Substitute for Manure, £2O ; Modification of Four-course Rotation consequent upon Modern Improvements, £2O ; Varieties of Wheat, Barley, and Oats best adapted for High Farming, £2O ; Causes of the Increasing Difficulties of Turnip Cultivation, and the Remedies, £2O; Comparative Cost of High-condi tion of Land Produced by purchased Cattle Food, or by Purchased Manure, £2O; Any other Agricultural Subject, £lO. Lectures have been delivered before the members by Professor Henfrey on Vegetable Physiology, and by Pro fessor Simonds on the Composition of the Blood and the diseases with which that fluid is connected in the animal economy. Professor Voelcker, the consulting chemist of the society, has made to the members, at the weekly coun cils, various communications on points of practical interest connected with the adulteration of guano, and the feeding properties of cotton seed cake. He has also recently pre sented to the council, through the Chemical Committee, a detailed statement of the works , carried on by him as chemist of the society, in his laboratory at Cirencester, and also a plan of the various arrangements he has in contemplation in order that he may be enabled more fully to carry out the practical usefulness of his scientific labours. The council have adopted an enlarged schedule of the privileges enjoyed by members of the society in availing themselves of Professor Toelcker's professional aid. The Chester meeting proved in every respect the most important one hitherto held by the society ; the number of visitors exceeded by many thousands the average amount of former years, and the liveliest interest was exhibited throughout the district in the proceedings of the occasion. The mayor and corpora tion, and the local committee acting under their authority, spared no efforts to render the meeting successful, while their hospitality and cordial reception to the members of the society were on all sides gratefully acknowledged. The show of Cheshire cheese, and of the animals' competing for the local prizes, added greatly to the interest which must, under any circumstances, have been excited by the excel lent stock competing for the prizes of the society, and by the trial and public working of the magnificent array of steam engines and other agricultural implements and ma chinery sent to the meeting. The council have decided that the Warwick meeting shall be held in the week com mencing Monday, the 11th of July next. Already the several portions of land in that neighbourhood have been placed under suitable management for the purposes of the trial of implements, and the site of the show-yard has been surveyed by the society's contractor of works, with a view to its being- duly prepared, under the instruction of the Warwick committee, for the exhibition of the stock and implements. The council have adopttd a series of local prizes, placed at their disposal by the local committee, and to be competed for under the general regulations of the society, and to be open to general competition, with the exception of the prizes for cheese, which will, at the request of the local committee, be restricted to cheese made within the county of Warwick. The society's prizes for live stock will exceed by £5B the total amount of prizes offered last year in this department ; and third prizes have been added to the great majority of the classes for cattle, sheep, and pigs. The council have decided to adopt several arrange ments connected with the mode of distinguishing the prize animals, the restriction of local prizes to competition in their own classes, and the management of refreshmenis for the public, which they hope will be found to be improvements in their respective application. The council have also de cided on the following prizes, to be offered in the depart ment of implements at the Warwick meeting, namely:— . Class of ploughs, £4O; class of harrows, £2O; class of cul tivators, £2O ; class of clod-crushers, £lO ; class of rollers, £lO ; class of tile and brick machines, £2O ; class of drain ing machines and implements, £2O ; special prize for the best apylication of steam power to the cultivation of the soil, LeO. The triennial system for the trial of implements, which commenced in 1855, at the Carlisle meeting, has ter minated this year at Chester ; and it has, therefore, been necessary for the implement committee, at the request of the council, to take into their deliberate consideration the question of the renewal, discontinuance, or modification of that system. The council have adopted the recommenda tion of the committee that, instead of three years, the trisls should in future be distributed over a period of four years, the trial in the field and in the yard occurring every alter nate year, such special prizes, and medals for miscellaneous improvements being also offered each year as the council may determine. The following is the -schedule of this arrangement :-1. 1859—Ploughs, harrows, cultivators, clod-crushers, rollers, tile and brick machines. 2. 1860— Combined and °the': threshing machines, chaff-cutters, mills, oilcake breakers. 3. 1861—Drills, manure distri butors, horse-rakes, carts and waggons. 4. 1862—Fixed and portable steam-engines, fixed and portable finishing machines, hand dressing machines, barley hummelers. They have also decided that in future specifications of entry, the prices stated shall be the prices of the respective articles of machinery entered for competition and trial at the country meetings of the society, complete and in good working order.' The council have the satisfaction of re cording the rapid advance of the society in carrying out successfully the several objects for which it was esta blished. " By order of the council, " JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. " London, December, 18:58." The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re port, simply observing that he hoped and believed it would be considered full and satisfactory. Colonel CHALLONER seconded the motion. Mr. SAMUEL SIDNEY remarked that at the last meeting and at the meeting at Salisbury in the - summer, he made certain suggestions, and the re port showed that they were not altogether founded or uncalled for. Considerable improve ments had since been introduced into the manage ment of the society, though many others yet re mained to be carried out. It was, for instance, perfectly notorious that the council of the society did not contain so many working members as the tenant farmers of England could de ire. No doubt men of grait intelligence and much practical know ledge had recently been added to the council; but he ventured to think the change had not been car ried far enough, as many of those who were sup posed to represent practical agriculture at the board were little better than ciphers. That objec tion was made at Sl:liar:try, but it was then urged in answer to it that if tenant farmers were ap pointed they would not attend the meetings of the council. One simple fact would dispo.:e of that answer. lie happened to be a member of the Cen tral Farmers' Club, which met in London seven times a year, and he knew, as others present did also, that none of the meetings took place without a considerable attendance of practical farmers. At nearly every meeting important discussions took place, which were afterwards circulated by the press through the length and breadth of the land, thereby leading to vast changes and improvements in the practice of agriculture. It was admitted at a ,recent meeting of the Soci e ty o f Arts that the paper read at the Farmers' Club on steam plough ing for autumnal cultivation had tended more than anything to induce the adoption throughout the country of steam ploushino., and 'considering the increasing intelligence of the tenant farmers of Eng land, he did hope the council would seize the earliest opportunity of adding to the number of practical members of their body. Another subject Re wished to refer to was the weekly meetings. In consequence of the exclusion of reporters they were little better than a farce. Practical men would not bring forward useful and valuable papers to be buried in pigeonholes or forgotten directly they were delivered. Why not follow the example of the Farmers' Club, and allow the press to dis seminate the papers over the country, in order that criticism might be provoked and the improvements they proposed adopted, or their fallacies exposed ? It was high time, too, that the society thok stock of the progress agriculture had made since its for mation, by circulating among tenant farmers ques tions for them to answer as to the changes they had made in practical farming since 1838. The ettmumAx bore his testimony to the u3c fulness o f t h e Farmers' Club, and promised that the obs ervat i ons of Mr. Sidney' should receive the attention they deserved at the hands of the council. Lord FAVERSIIAII did not concur in Mr. Sidney's suggestion to admit the press to the weekly deliber ations of the council. Such a step would create great inconvenienc e , and be the means of sowing the seeds of diszension in the council and among the members of the society generally Mr. Sidney's last suggestion, it hadAs regarded Mr.already been carried out. Professor Voelcker had been through North and South Wales collecting such informa tion, and he inten ded to pursue -his inquiries in or every , 1 lit v throughout the kingdom. The r esu l t or kii , 2 , •:; opErafons showed that agriculture was in a state of continuous improvement. The in terest taken in its welfare was increasing f rom year to year, as was conclusively established by th e crowded aspect of their meetings. Nor was this growing interest confined to persons engaged in agriculture ; it was participated in by the general public, who flocked in thouaands to the cattle shows, end in order to gratify the wishes of the public the Smithfield Club had unanimously passed a resolution, appointing-a committee to ascertain whether a more eligible situation than the Baker street Bazaar could not be found in the metropolis within the next three years for holding their inte resting and highly popular exhibitions. Nobody would dispute that it was a step in the right direc tion. (Hear.) It was impossible for any one to have attended the show this week without being convinced that the present was wholly unsuitable to the purposes for which it was used by the Smithfield Club. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SIDNEY explained that he did. n t wish the deliberations of the council to be open lo the press, but simply that the press should b 2 allowed to publish the papers read at the week y meetings. The report was then unanimously adopted, after which the auditors and other officers were elected for the ensuing year, and thanks voted. for their past services. The proceedings closed with a similar compli ment to the chairman. NIL SOT.FIERON ESTCOU.RT, M.P., ON REFORM. The President of the Poor-law Board, the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, is President of the Wilts Agricultural Society, which met at Devizes on Wednesday, and in his speech after dinner he spoke " about." the new Reform Bill. He compared him self to a friend of the artist who sees a picture while being done, but whether it will be a "good likeness," or :a pleasing " likeness ho cannot yet say. " Now, that is my case. I have been to Lon don, and may possibly have taken a glimpse at the canvas ; but whether the Reform Bill, when it comes out, will be a good likeness of what you ex pect, and will be satisfactory to you, depends not upon one or two items, which may be let out before hand, but upon the whole measure as completed by the great artist in whose hands it now rests." (Cheers.) After saying that the present unexcited time was the proper time to bring in the bill, Mr. Estcourt said :—" I believe that the measure will be conceived with an intention of placing the representation of the people upon a broad, a deep, good, and a stable foundation ; and that it will be judged of by the people of Eng land with much less excitement than when a Reform Bill was proposed 25 years ago." So much for the future. Now, gentlemen. it is also said —you Conservatives are not the proper people to bring such a measure forward ; you Conserva tives have always been obstructing reform, and you should, therefore, leave it to your opponents. My answer is, that of the three great parties into which the people of England are divided—the Con servatives, the Whigs, and the Radicals—l Eay that the Conservatives are the parties that ought to bring it forward. Observe the reason. Twenty five years ago a Reform Bill, which has formed the constitution of this country since that time, was brought forward by the Whigs. lam old enough to have had a seat is Parliament at that time to know what was said and thought of it. We spoke of it in very disparaging terms—in terms which I acknowledge was much more severe than the mea sure deserved. It was confessedly a measure brought in by one party in the State. I will say no more upon that, except that the same party have twice put into the Queen's Speech a recom mendation to Parliament to consider that same question with a view to remedy the defects which experience has shown to exist in that measure. Will you, then, leave them—the same people—to attempt again to botch their own measure ? I say nay. They have had their turn, and have had full credit for their measure, which has turned out better than I expected. But, if we are to have another Reform Bill, it ought to be no longer en trusted td them, but ought to fall to one of tke other two parties. (Cheers.) Well, that being the case, speaking as a Conservative, but still giving my honest opinion, I do believe that throughout the whole of England the strong majority will be prepared to trust that delicate operation to the hands of the Conservatives rather than to the Radicals. According to my judgment, they would rather that the operation should be performed by an experienced surgeon than by a medical practi• tioner, who, however, great his skill, has yet no experience in the matter—that they would rather trust the bringing in of a Reform Bill to Lord Derby than to Mr. Bright. Mr. DARBY GRIFFITHS, M.P., also made some allusion to the subject, and said he believed the country was not desirous to undertake the great organic changes, or to ride upon the sea of popular expectation as it did 25 years ago. He hoped that whatever change might take place, there would be a careful consideration of the claims of all classes ; but, speaking in agricultural language, he believed they would prefer to confide their prospects and their interests to the old Derby plough rather than to the Birmingham scarifier. TEE NAVE Her Majesty's ship Childers, 12, Commander W. Swinburne (1858), which was paid off at Chatham yesterday, has been in commission nearly four years, having sailed from England in the early part of 1855. She was commisssoned at Chatham by Commander V. G. Hickley, who held the com mand of the Childers till he was promoted to be Post-Captain on the Ist of April last, when he was succeeded by Commander Swinburn, formerly, of the Pluto, 4, steam vessel, employed on the coast of Africa. Since the Childers has been in commis sion she has been employed exclusively in cruising on the west coast of Africa, where she was at tached to the squadron of Commodore C. Wise, during which time she has sailed over upwards of 100,000 miles in watching the slave trade, but was unsuccessful in capturing any prizes. Of the officers who left England in the Childers not one returned in her to be paid off, some having died from sickness, and three of them having been drowned, Several of the crew have also died from sickness, and one man was killed by falling from aloft. On the crew being paid off yesterday gra tuities for good conduct were awarded, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, to Thomas Spiller, quartermaster ; Wm. Foord, boatswain's mate ; Colour-Sergeant Wm. Lucas, and Corporal Wm. Brett, Royal Marines. On the previous day a number of medals were distributed to several of the crew who were engaged in the Arctic exploring expedition, and likewise to those who were in the Baltic expedition. The Childers has been placed among the vessels in ordinary lying in the Med way, and is not expected to be ever agair in com mission. The Supply, steam store vessel, yesterday un shipped. at Portsmouth the immense statue of a lion, which formed portion of a tomb,' situated about 20 miles from Bondrom, or the ancient city of lialicarnassus. This immense statue is a beau tiful specimen of sculpture, and weighs 10 tons 4 cwt. It is enclosed in a case of wood, and has been. placed on a truck for conveyance to the British Muscum. The following appointments were made rester day at the Admiralty : Surgeon—Samuel W. Webb, to the Madagascar. Assistant-Surgeon—George B. Beale (acting), to the Herald. Assistant Paymaster Francis M. Wright, to the Fisgard Mr. Edgecombe Chevallier (naval storekeeper at Halifax), ;0 be Storekeeper at Pembroke Dockyard, vice Chiles, superannuated. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 10. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term before Lord Campbell and Special Jury.) SCULLY V. INGRAM. Mr. Bovill, counsel for the defendant, at the sitting of the court, directed Lord Campbell's atten tion to the fact that the jury in this cause had not distinguished, as his lordship had directed them, the two points in respect of which damages were awarded. Lord Campbell said he would stay execution, but he did not expect to hear any more of the case. HUTTON V. WATERLOO LIFE .SSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Salter conducted the case of the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant_ Shee, Mr. Huddleston, and Mr. Bercsford that of the com pany. The action was brought by the widow and execu trix of the late Mr. Thomas Hutton, wine merchant, of Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, who died in November, 1856, upon a policy of insurance for £2,500, effected April 20, 1854. The Waterloo Life, Educational, Casualty, and Self-relief Insurance Company dis puted their liability on the ground that Mr. Hutton had fraudukntly concealed the fact that he was of drunken habits, and falsely represented that his habits were temperate. Mr. Edwin James, in opening the case, said the insurance was effected in April, 1854 (although the office executed no policy until after Mr. Hutton's death), as collateral security for money which was borrowed to pay Mr. Bishop, the chairman of the company. The premiums were duly paid. The office, in its prospectus, represented its policies as " indisputable," but that might be taken as a mere trap for the unwary, as in law it meant nothing at all. The following evidence was given : Mr. John Lee said—l was formerly manager of the Café de l'Europe, in the Haymarket, and in 1850 became acquainted, in the way of business, with the late Mr. Hutton. I saw him almost daily, as he lived very near, in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall. He often dined with me, and I have dined with him. I knew him up to 1854, and I never knew him to be intoxicated. Mr. Samuel Hemming said—l am cashier to Messrs. Powell and Co., Solicitors, of Lincoln's-inn, and I was acquainted with the late Mr. Hutton for many years down to his death. I knew him more socially than in any other way. The Cafe de 'Europe was kept by my brother, and he supplied the wines. I apprenticed my nephew to him in August, 1854. I thought him a man of extremely temperate habits. I did not see much of him during the last year of his life. Cross-examined—l have understood that deliriu»l tremens or something of that sort was the matter with him before his death. I never knew that he kept a double establishment—a wife at one place and a woman, by whom he had a family, at an other. I did not know that he spent most of his time out of business, at West Ham, with a woman by whom he had children. Mr. Henry Roake said—l am a teadcaler at Mile-end. 1 had known Mr. Hutton for many years before his death, and was frequently in his company. I was very often in the habit of dining with him, both privately and at public dinners. Up to 1854 I should say his habits were temperate. Cross-examined—l was not aware of the sepa rate establishment at West Ham, or that he had delirium tremens. Mrs. Sarah Ann Hutton said—l am the widow of the late Mr. Thomas Hutton. I was married to him on the 7th of May, 1842. For three years he carried on the business of a haberdasher. He commenced the wine business in Suffolk street in 1850, and carried it on until his death in 1856. I lived at Dolby-terrace, Islington. Previous to April, 1854, my husband's habits were very tempe rate and steady indeed. After 1854, and within eight months of his death, his habits had become less domestic, and he was less at home than pre viously. I had no personal knowledge of another connexion. We kept a brougham, and I was in the habit of fetching him at 6 o'clock every even ing. He always dined with me. After he had effected a policy in the Waterloo Company I knew of it. My husband was very intimate with Mr. Bishop, the chairman of the company, and I under stood was advised by him to insure. Mr. Bishop is a colonial broker, and my husband had business re lations with him. At the time of the insurance I knew that my husband was indebted to Mr. Bishop, and that he borrowed £l,OOO of the office. I do not know whether he received the £l,OOO, or what he did with it if he did receive it. In June. 1853 he was absent from his home for nearly three weeks. I did not know where he was. He was brought home. I understood that he was pressed for money which he could not pay, and that was the cause of his going away. During the last six months of his life I observed that lie had become intemperate at times. He was a very nervous man at all times and rather excitable. I have six children living by Mr. Hutton, and I have had 10. Cross-examined—lt never happened before the year 1856 that he would go out two or three times a week after dinner, come home very late, and some times not at all. The police were employed about a week to find him on the occasion of his going away in 1853. When brought home he was not drunk. In 1856 he was brought home twice by a policeman, but hot drunk. He had rheumatic fever in 1851, and was ill for two months. Ido not know that had delirum tremens in 1855. His hand continually trembled, because he was so nervous. It trembled as much when I first married him as it did afterwards. William Hobbs said—l was coachman to the late Mr. Hutton. I entered his service in 1850 and continued to the time of his death. Up to 1854 I never saw him otherwise than steady—always capable of business. I took him to business in the morning and home at night, and I never saw him otherwise than sober. Mr. Francis Hughes said—l was the manager of Mr. Hutton's business from 1850 to 1856. Up to 1854 his habits were decidedly temperate. During the latter period of his life I observed that he be came intemperate and unsettled. In money affairs he was a nervous and excitable man. In 1853 he was pressed_ for money, and was absent from busi ness altogether for about three weeks. Mr. Bishop was pressing him for £lOO. I did not know of any connexion at West Hain. Before 1854 I had seen him twice, and only twice, the worse for liquor. Cross-examined—After June, 1856, I saw him rather more frequently the worse for liquor. Mr. Wm. Ranger said—l am secretary to the Carlton Club, and Mr. Hutton supplied the club with wines during the whole time he was in busi ness. I used to see him 12 or 14 times a week. Up to 1854 he was certainly of temperate habits. Mr. W. C. Bucknell said—l used to go on fishing excursions with Mr. Hutton, and I always found him quiet, social, and temperate. Cross-examined—He was not a teetotaller. He used to take wine like other gentlemen, and would sit an hour after dinner. Mr. John Wilson, silk manufacturer, of Spital fields, and other witnesses gave similar testimony, some saying they had never in their lives seen Mr. Hutton intoxicated. Mr. Sergeant Shee having addressed the jury for the company, called the following witnesses Eliza Gaby said—l was housemaid at Mrs. Hut- ton's for aboiit five years previous to 1854, when I left her service, and I have since married. Mr. Hutton was not regular in his habits. I have let him in at all hours of the night, and most times he has been drunk. He used to come in at 2,3, 4, and even 7 o'clock in the morning. I recollect him being brought home by the police in 1853. He was drunk then. I have seen him drink brandy and water at home after breakfast, before going out to business. Sometimes I have seen him drink more than one glass. When he has stayed at home he has not been what may be called sober. ' To the Judge—He used to get tipsy by himself. Oftentimes he would go into the pantry and drink ;here. Cross-examined—l was not dismissed, I gave notice mS•self. I cannot swear to the year when I saw Mr. llttton takebrandy of& morning. I will not swear that I have seen him take it once a week. Mr. G. Birmingham said—l am medical officer of the Waterloo Life Insurance Company. I ex amined the late Mr. Hutton and reported upon him before the insurance was effected. I asked him the usual questions. He said he was tempe rate. I asked him whether he had ever been affected with delirium tremens, and he said " No." Cross-examined—ln my report upon Mr. Hut ton to the office I said :—" He scarcely looks so old as 39 years. He has a healthy look, and is mode rately stout: The organs of the che.A arc perfectly sound, and their movement equally so. The pulse is full, equal, and steady, at 72. The heart i 3 healthy. In is of sound constitution, and likely to ice as . long as most persons of his age. There is lo appearance of any disposition to hereditary isease. His appearance presents conditions of lealth, and warrants the most favourable opinion. 'he life has had acute rheumatism, but may be ken to be a first-class life." Dr. henry Jefferson,—l was called in to see e late Mr. Hutton in consultation with Mr. Clif- ton in February, 1855. He was then suffering from delirium tremens, In 99 cases out of 100 drink is the cause of that disease. I saw him only twice, on the 20th and 21st of February. Cross-examined—Delirium tremens is generally the result of a continual habit of intoxication, but sometimes it may be caused by a prolonged de bauch of several consecutive days. Mr. N. Clifton said—l am a surgeon at Isling ton, and attended Mr. Hutton in 1851 for rheuma tic fever. I attended. him once or twice in 1852. I attended him several times in 1853. I remember !iis being b roaght home by the police. He was nearly insensible—stupidly drunk. From the sub sequent effects I should judge that he had been drinking for several days. He was very much shaken by it, but not actually in a state of delirium tremens. The effects lasted several days. I at- tended him saveral times for the same sort of thing between 1853 and 1855, when Dr. Jefferson was called in to consult. I afterwards attended him for similar .attacks in 1856, up to his death in No vember oft hat year I certified that his death was caused by delirium tremens. Thos. Evans said—ram a sergeant in the police, and was in the police-in 1853. In consequence of instructions I did my best to find the late Mr. Hut ton, and found him at a private house in Paul street, West Ham. I made my way upstairs and foundhim insensible from drink in bed. There was part of a bottle ofbrandy by the bedside. I remained two hours,and when he became sensible he was very excited. He said he would not come until I threa tened to send for his wife. There was a woman and a lad there. He consented at last to go with me, and I took him to his house at Dolby-terrace. He was much better then, On two other occasions I found him in the same state, and the last time he was not with the same woman. Inspector Brennan said—ln 1856 on three occa sions I found Mr. Hutton drunk and took him home. Thomas Rands said—l am the son of the person with whom Mr. Hutton had a connexion. My mo ther lived at Kennington previous to 1851, and then went to live at West Ham. I saw. Mr. Hutton fre inently. Before 1851 Mr. Hutton was moderate in his habits. I saw him at West Ham for three weeks in 1853, and during the whole of that time he was in a drunken state. He would drink a bottle of bwandy a' day. I have been sent by kim to fetch it... Mrs. Mary Lewis—l am a sister of Mrs. Rands, who is dead. I had known Mr. Hutton ever since he was quite a youth. I saw him every day that ho was at West Ham, during the three weeks he was drunk there. I had seen him there. before June, 1853, two ox three times. I never saw him there after June, 1853. Cross-extunined--With the exception of the drunken fit in 1853 I never saw him exactly drunk. Re-exautined--I hare soon him rather fresh. To the Judge—l only saw Mr. Hutton on two occasions at West Ham previous to June, 1853,and not at all afterwards. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in addressing the jury for the office, laid. great stress on the fact that Dr. Cobb was not the usual medical attendant of the deceased, and that by the false representation that he was the policy was - void. Lord Campbell interrupted the learned counsel to put upon his notes the evidence as to this point, his attention not having been previously directed to it. Mrs. Hutton was recalled, and, in reply to his lordship, said Dr. Cobb had known her ever since she was a girl, and she called him in to attend her husband the latter end of 1851. Dr. Cobb attended again in 1652, but sho did not call him in again, because he had retired. from practiee. Mr. Sergeant Shee resumed his address, submit ting that there were men of all ranks who got drunk on the sly, and Mr. Hutton was one of them ; that Mr. Hutton led two separate existences —a respectable existence between 9 and 4 o'clock, and a drunken existence between 7 and 2 ; that Mr. Hutton had formed an illicit connection with Mrs. Rands, and spent his evenings there in such enjoyment as he'could obtain from drinking brandy, and that the very fact of his dying at the age of 41 of delirium tremens conclusively proved long pre vious and continued habits of intemperance. Mr. James, for the plaintiff, characterised the attempt to vitiate the policy because Mr. Hutton gave the name of Dr. Cobb as a medical attendant as a miserable quibble—an afterthought when the office found the case of delirium tremens melt away by their own evidence. The previous question was, "What has been your condition of health for the last five years ?" Mr. Hutton said, " Good," and gave the name of Dr. Cobb, because Dr. C o bb was the only medical man who knew his state of health for the previous five years. The learned counsel contended that down to 1854 Mr. Hutton, though he gave way to excess on one occasion in 1853, was generally of temperate habits, and that Mr Bishbr, the chairman of the company, who had probably received his debt out of the loan raised by the policy, had not been called to contradict the many witnesses who had proved the deceased to be a temperate man. The learned Judge summed up. He could by no means commend the practice of life assurance offices professing that their policies were to be indisput able. He had previously expressed his disappro bation of it„ and he was glad to be told that the more respectable offices had ceased to introduce such words into their prospectus, &cause they cer tainly had a tendency to, produce delusion—he would not say fraud. His Lordship, in reading over the evidence, remarked upon Eliza Gaby, that her deportment in the witness box was by no means satisfactory in his eyes. The jury found, without hesitation, that when the policy was effected the deceased was a tem perate man, and that there was no attempt at fraud. Lord Campbell asked whether they considered Dr. Cobb was the ordinary medical attendant of Mr. Hutton, intimating that he should, in the event of their saying he was not, then ask whether Mr. Hutton made that statement with a fraudulent in tention. The Foreman—May we take into consideration the previous question in the proposal, as to what had been Mr. Hutton's general state of health for five years previously P Lord Campbell—l think you may fairly take the two together. The Foreman—We consider that although Mr. Clifton was Mr. Hutton's attendant in 1854, still the naming Dr. Cobb was right, and that there was no attempt to mislead or defraud. Mr. Sergeant Shee—That is no answer to the question, my Lord. Lord Campbell—Yes, it is. The jury say that Dr. Cobb may be considered the ordinary attendant in their opinion, and that there was no attempt to deceive or mislead. Mr. Sergeant Shee—Will your Lordship ask if there was another ordinary medical attendant? Lord Campbell—l will ask no more questions, Mr. James—The company did not ask Mr. Hut ton if he had two medical attendants. The Foreman—Consequently we find our verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Shee—Will your Lordship stay execution ? Lord Campbell—l shall consider about that. Mr. James—l trust that your Lordship will not do so without ordering the company to bring the money into court. Verdict for the plaintiff s —Damages, £2,500. THE ARMY. The East India troopship. Tartar, 571 tons, Capt. F. Jean, which was inspected at Gravesend a few days since by Major-General Eyre and found to be so much overladen as to endanger the safety of the officers and troops about to proceed in that vessel to Madras, has since been considerately lightened, and a large quantity of railway iron which had been put on board taken out of the vessel. Yester day the ship was again inspected by the officers of the Staff from Chatham Garrison, and it having been ascertained that she was fit to receive the re inforcements on board an order was given them to embark. An alteration having been made by the authorities at the War-office in the number of the troops proceeding to Madras, the following is the correct detail of the officers and reinforcements who embark in the Tartar—namely-, 21 men of the 12th Prince of Wales's Royal Lancers, 32 men of the Ist Dragoon Guards, 17 men of 74th High landers, and 15 men of the 60th Regiment, the whole under the command of Captain W. J. An derson, 32d tight Infantry, who goes out to India as instructor of musketry, and the following offi cers :—Lieutenant and Adjutant J. J. Bailey, 29th Regiment; Ensign N. M. Macleod, 74th High landers ' • Ensign N. W. Wallace and Quartermas ter R. Duncan, 3d battalion 60th Royal Rifler. Assistant Staff-Surgeon C. J. Squire proceeds in medical charge of the troops. Yesterday a detachment of Royal Engineers left head-quarters, Chatham, and proceeded to the a np at Aldershot. BxTTuE.—The following is a return of two clays' shooting last week at .Roxburgh, county Galway, the seat of Dudley Pers.e, Esq., the party consisting of the Mar quis of C!auricarde, Lord Dunio, and Major Barry :—First day, 86 pheasants, 45 cocks, 11G rabbits, and 7 hares; se cond day, 119 ph( asants, 9 cocks, 47 hares, and 24 rabbits. [A.DVERTISEMENT.]-laTcy's llorse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill -conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep", and - Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the, keep., But its principal advantages are a great im provement in the digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of t horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting] distressed. •It i m p ar t s new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene rally, and improves the milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire' nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rare and Co., 77, Regent's, Quadrant,nt, London. Packed in tin s o f about 99 feeds, lls. ' • i n cask of about 450 feeds, 50 s. ; of ab out 1,000 feeds, 45, being ltd. per feed. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—MAIDSTONE, Dec. 10. (Before Mr. Justice Wiihtman.) THE MURDER AT DOVER. Joseph Blackwell, described as a greengrocer, aged 38, was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Welsh, by striking him on the neck with a poker, at the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Dover. The prisoner was also arraigned upon the coroner's inquisition for the offence of manslaughter. The death of the deceased, who was a private in the 60th Rifles, was occasioned by the injuries he received during a drunken quarrel. The jury, after a very short deliberation, acquitted the prisoner of the crime of wilful murder, but found him guilty of manslaughter. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said, it appeared to him that the jury could not have re turned any other verdict than the one they had, for, although he had undoubtedly received a good deal of provocation, still his conduct in arming him self with a poker and following the deceased when he was trying to get away and the matter was at an end, and then inflicting deadly injury upon him, was quite unjustifiable, and he had been very properly convicted of the crime of manslaughter. His lordship then observed upon some other facts in the case, and concluded by sentencing the pri soner to be kept to hard labour for 12 months. WESTERN CIRCUIT. EXETER, Dec. 10. (Before Mr. Justice By:les.) Eliza Murray was indicted for,liigamy. Mr. Lopes prosecuted, and Mr. Carter defended ie prisoner. The second marriage was clearly proved, but it was further shown that the first husband of the prisoner had most brutally treated her. He had been frequently before the magistrates for assault ing her, and on one occasion he had been impri soned for six months. He had kept her without food, and had neglected his children. In one in stance he had been fined 50s. for an assault upon the police, and she had contrived to raise the money and paid the fine. The learned Judge told the jury that the offence was clearly proved, and it would be for the Court to award the punishment. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended her to mercy. The learned Judge said the prisoner had most undoubtedly offended against the law of the land, and it was quite clear that that must be followed by some sentence; but he had seldom witnessed a more distressing case, and he could not help feeling that she stood there an object of great commisera tion. The sentence of the Court was that she should be imprisoned for two days, and, that time having expired, she would at once be discharged. The poor creature clasped her hands and thanked the judge, and was removed from the court in a fainting state. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOCESTER, DEC. 10. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) William Henry Perrin, a grocer at Charfield, was accused of ravishing the youngest sister of his own wife, a respectable looking young girl, named Catherine Allway, in his own house. After a lengthened trial the jury found the pri soner guilty. The mother of the prisoner's wife then came for ward into the witness-box, and entreated the learned judge to have mercy on the prisoner, upon the ground that his wife was about to become the mother of a second child, and it would be the death of her. Mr. Justice Erle, after a pause of a few moments, said that, sorry as he was to add to the misery of the family, he should be wanting to public justice if he did not pass upon him a signal sentence. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal servitude. FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAI WHITEHALL, DEC. 8. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters pateht to be passed, under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, appointing William Smythe, of Methven, Esq., the Right Hon. Sir John M'Neill, K.C.8., Sir James Fer gusson, of Kilkerran, Bart., Sir Andrew Orr, hut., and Duncan Maclaren, sq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into matters relating to the public roads in Scotland. Rotherhithe, Dec. 22 and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Henry Norris, paper dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 23, and Jan. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingla n District Court. • Joseph Williamson, farmer, Stockport, Dec. 30, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Wilson, corn merchant, Nether Silton, Yorkshire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, ' 858. WHITEHALL, DEC. 10 The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Harvey Goodwin, D.D., to the Deanery of Ely, void by the death of Dr. George Peacock, late Dean thereof. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Adolph Schlostein as Consul at Melbourne for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Carl Schutze as Consul at Singapore for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. _ WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC.. 10. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Joseph Ernest Edlmann to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart., who retires ; Cornet William Edward Marsland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edlmann. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John M'Loughlin to be Adjutant, vice Yates, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Coldstream Guards—Henry Robert Brand, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice S. T. Mainwaring, who resigns. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Henry Thomas Anley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wainman, who retires; Ensign Felix Thomas Jones to be Leutenant, by pur chase, vice Anley. 7th Foot—Captain Robert Blackall, from the 75th Foot, to . be Captain, vice Malan, who exchanges. 11th Foot—The Christian names of Captain Bourke are " Paget John." 12th Foot—To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant Henry M. Lowry, from the 96th Foot, vice Williams, who ex changes; Lieutenant Francis Thomas Elwood, from the 47th Foot, vice Meyer, who exchanges. 14th Foot—To be Lieutenants, bypurchase—Ensign Henry John Harrington, vice Saunders, promoted ; Ensign James Townsend Edwards, viee Vernede, promoted; Ensign John Brackfield Frizell, vice Le Mesurier, pro moted. 23d Foot—Ensign Archibald Robert Winstanley to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Tobiu, deceased ; Ensign Frederick Gerard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Winstanley, whose promotion without purchase on _the 18th October, 1858, has been cancelled. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Charles F. Lloyd, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Landon, wbo exchanges. 31st Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Spence to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain Chas. James Orton Swaffield to be Major, without purchase, vice Spence ; Lieut. Alexander Mitchell to be Captain without purchase, vice Swaffield ; Ensign John. T. Austin Gardiner to be Lieutenant,:without purchase, vice Michell ; Assistant-Surgeon Charles Herve Giraud, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 36th Foot—Ensign Clements Moffatt Bond, from the 80th Foot to be Ensign, vice Michell, who exchanges. 47th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Adolphus Meyer, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Elwood, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Chas. Bartholomew Mathew, from the Staff, to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice O'Donovan, appointed to the Staff. 63d Foot—Thomas Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Bernard Hermon, whose appointment has been cancelled. 75th Foot—Captain Charles H. Malan, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Blackall, who exchanges. 80th Foot—Ensign Thomas Bernard Michell, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bond, who exchanges. 81st Foot—Lieutenant Richard Swift to be Instructor of Musketry. 83d Foot—Ensign William Forbes Anderson to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Meurant, promoted in suc cession to Colonel Trydell, promoted to be Major- General. • 84th Foot—John Henry Bradshaw Isherwood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Has s all, promoted. 85th Foot—ensign William Henry Drage to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Ashe, who resigned that appointment. 89th Foot—Major William Boyle to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Philipps, deceased ; Capt. John Atkinson to be Major, without purchase, vice Boyle ; Lieut. Augustus Breedon to be Captain, without purchase, vice Atkinson ; Lieut. John Arthur Barstow to be Captain, by purchase, vice Conyers, who retires; Lieut. Montague C. Browing to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tom, who retires ; Ensign Robert G. Newbigging to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Breedon ; En sign Robert F. Harrison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barstow; Ensign Wm. Pott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browning. 93dFoot—Lieut. RollandV. S. Grimston to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sprot, who retires ; the pro mo ti on o f En sign G. J. M. Taylor to be in succession to Capt. Mc- Donald, killed in action, 11th March, 1858, and to be antedated to 12th March, 1858 ; Ensign R. K. A. D. Cunyngham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Goldsmith, removed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment; Ensign John E. Deans-Campbell to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Grirnston ; Quartermaster-Ser geant Win. Forbes to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cunyngham. 96th Foot—Lieut. H. L. Williams, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lowry, who exchanges. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. F. J. Green to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice DaliTmple, w h o re ti res ; Li eu t. J.H. H. Landon, from the 21th Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Arthur S. Thomson, M.D., 58th Foot, having completed twenty years' full-pay service on the 18th Oct., 1858, to be Surgeon-Major, ueder the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. Assistant-Surgeon Daniel O'Donovan, M.D., from the 54th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Giraud, appointed to the 31st Foot. BREVET. The Commission of Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.8.; as a Major-General, has been antedated to 20th July, 1853. Lieut.-Colonel W. C. Kennedy, retired full-pay, sth Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Captain H. Clerk, Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army, in place of Brevet-Major 2 hompsen, 14th Light Dragoons, promoted in Ga.:ette of 26th November, 1858, in succession to Lieutenant-G eneral Lightfoot, deceased, this officer having been promoted for service in the field, with date of 20th July, 1858. The undermentioned promotions to take place in succes sion to Colonel Savage, of the Royal Engineers, promoted to be Major-General, in succession to Lieutenant-General Fanshawe, deceased : _ _ _ Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward S. Farmar, Captain Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel: Brevet Major William Child, Captain Unattached, Staff- Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Charles Vanderspar, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—George D Mercer, Gent., to be Captain, vice Stein, retigned. 76th or Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia — Duncan Dougal M'Leod, Esq., to be Ensign. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Edward G. Peyton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Orme, pro- moted. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Barton Land John Scobell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Jones, resigned. 3d Or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia Samuel John 'Unwin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, resigned. • Hertfordshire Militia—Alexander George Bag, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Ernest Ibb o t son . G en t ., to be Lieutenant, vice William Henry Frederick Crossman, resigned. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Ensign William Henry White to be Lieutenant, vice Michael Fenton, resigned ; Ensign Francis Law to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Goring Minnett, resigned. 2d Regiment of Warwickshire Militia—James Franklyn, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Hyatt Taylor, promoted. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Ensign Charles. Fox Oxley to be Lieutenant, vice Kindersley, promoted; Samuel Backhouse, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Oxley, pro. moted. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign John Shir ley Terry to be Lieutenant, vice Joseph Hartley, promoted; Ensign Arthur Hay Maucle to be Lieutenant, vice John Kendall, appointed Quartermaster ; Ensign Wm. Mather be Lieutenant, vice Henry Robert Franklyn, displaced. MEMORANDUM. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—The Commissions of Ensigns Henry Chayter and Charles Thomas Canty are cancelled. Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—Charles James Briggs, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Lieut. Cecil Henry:Crampton to be Captain, vice Viscount San don, resigned. RESIGNATIONS Ist Royal Surrey Militia—Ensig; George Robert 11.1as call, resigned, appointed to the Bedford Militia; Lieutenant William Uvedale Miller, resigned, appointed to the 38th Regiment of Foot. 2d Royal Surrey Militia—Captain William Wight, re signed, permitted to retain his rank and wear his w;tiform ; Captain Henry Weston, resigned. BANKRUPTS . - - - George Ekins Arnsby, boot and shoe manufacturer, Earls Barton, near Northampton, to surrender Dec. 22, at half past twelve, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Henry Williams, laceman, Southwark, Dec. 21, at two, and Jan. 18, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Giuseppe Liugi Schembri, me rchant, Leadenhall-street, Dec. 24 at one, and Jan. 25 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Rogers, publican, Fulham-road, Middlesex, Dec. 18 at twelve, and Jan. 21 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Bevan, licensed victualler, Bristol, Dec. 21 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George William Thomas, shipwright, Lavender Dock, [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC. TACLES.—POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. - Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing v l2 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. ill dis tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half s a i n o cithree miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making others ; use of them as day and t night glasses in preference o all h they are also pre ferred for deer -stalking by sportsmen , gentlemen.,and ga m ekeepers. Telescopes 31 inches long, by which a per son may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles' and an object at 12 to 14 miles' distance; and with an extra astro nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They answer ever y purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists. Price Ms.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons at e enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persor s can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send• ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small pain: with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statingtheirage. Deafness.--NewDiscovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument f or Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re • moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe — opposite the York Hotel, W. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Jobn Pink, jun., coal merchant, Dundee. John Elliot, Italian warehouseman, Glasgow. John Angus, tobacconist, Glasgow. Robert Leslie, merchant, Dundee. Donald M'Lean, merchant and innkeeper, Tarbert, krgyleshire. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending of December, 1858: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the fith day ISSUE DEI Notes issued £32,770,170 ART3IENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,295,170 Silver Bullion .... - £32,770,170: £32,770,170 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal .Z1.1,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and • Dividend Ac- ;PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn: unity) £1008,591 Other Securities 15,505,731 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 626,001 counts) 8,855,814 Other Deposits -12,371,968 Seven Day and other Bills 794,1C8 £39,671,583 £39,6►51,583 31. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Dec. 9, 1858. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the weak ending the 7th day of Dec., 1858, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 2Bs 5d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 26s 105 d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 31s 111 d Average price of the foregoing 2Bs 41d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY. Amsterdam e Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 'll 171 Antwerp Brussels — 2,5 271 25 321 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 35 341 Madrid Cadiz — 491 491 Leghorn — 29 65 29 725 Genoa — 25 45 25 50 Naples Palermo — 1221 123 Messina — 1221 1234 Lisbon Oporto Rid Janeiro New York — • • • • _ E.I. Co's bls. House Ws. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 231 Bombay ditto M a dras ditto — 26 23t East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to • - the Bth inst. Ben..al £1,201 Madras 0 • Bombay 5 0 0 0 00 X 1,20 1 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) RAILWAY INTELLIG. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR TH: 5 0 oz. £3 17 9 0 5 .0 0_ 5 1 'HUE WEEK. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT WALTHAM HOLY CROSS. On Wednesday an inquest was held at Waltham Holy Cross, before C. C. Lewis, Esq., the coroner, touching the death of a woman and a male child, at present unknown, when the following evidence Was adduced : Samuel Willingale, of Loughton, labourer, said- - On Sunday morning, between 12 and 1, I was walk ing by the pond by the side of the new ro ad, and saw something in the water like a child. I was coming away, and then saw the bag now produced lying by the side of the water on the top of a piece of furze bush. I saw a comb and brush sticking out side the bag, and directly took the bag with its con tents to the police'station at Loughton, and gave It to a police constable there. I then returned to t 1: pond with the police, and showed them what I took to be a child, and on taking it out it was found to be a child, and dressed as it is now. It was about two yards f rom th e e d ge o f t h e pon d , an d a bout eight yards from where the parcel was on the furze bush, I have no knowledge as-to whose child it was, or how it came by its death. Sergeant J. Brenchly said—On Sunday last, at two in the afternoon, on arriving at the station a! Loughton, I found that the bag now produced and its contents (three pairs of white stockings, two crochet nightcaps, one embroidered collar, one pocket handkerchief, one napkin, two pieces 0 f flannel, one piece of soap, o ne t oo th b rus h, one heir, brush, one small-tooth com b, one l arge ditt o , and two reels of coloured cotton) had been left by the last witness, and from information I received front him I proceeded, in company with two constables , to the spot spoken of by him. I was then sho% by him what seemed to be a child lying by the side of the bank of the pond; about 18 inches under the water, I got it out, and it then appeared in the same state as it now lies, and was conveyed to where it now is. From what had been found I sus pected that the mother of the child might be in the same pond, and on• Monday morning, having pro; cured drags, I searched it, and found the decease(' woman in the water, about 10 yards from wherethe child was lying. William Parish, of Loughton, labourer, als o stated—On Thursday last I came from London hY the train which left Fenchurch-street at fa r o'clock ; in the carriage with me came the deceased woman and another woman, who appeared to b friend of hers ; the deceased woman had the child in her arms ; just before we got •to Loughton th e women inquired of me the distance to Epping', they said they were going there. I saw them get out of the train, near the station door—that Iva s the last I saw of them. On the way down I hea r d the two women talking.. I h e a r d the decease d woman say she had been in an infirmary and h°, just come out : s h e sa id th e f a th er o f th e 0111" would not keep it. The inquest was then adjourned till Monday next at 11 o'clock, to enable the police to procure some additional information on this mysterie s subject. Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches. & Holyhead(withMold) Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kings t ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East Anglian E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union East Kent E. Lancashire(in. Blackburn) Edin4urgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western Great Northern Great North of Scotland Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd ) Great Western [lull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen June. Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and WindermCre) Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foyucs ' Llanolly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast L'derry and Enniskillen Loud., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheifield, & Lincolnsh Manch.'S.Jun.& A ltrinchani Marypoit and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irlud Monkland Monmouthsh. Bail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Abcrg.,& Hereford, North British (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern North London _ _ North Staffordshire. North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Worc., & Wolver Peebles St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham h:ewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarbrAßail Whitellaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish_ Grand Trunk of Canada. Great Indian Peninsula. Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Aradrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia Northern of France . Nol•wegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, Ss Mediterrn. Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse. Southern of France: West Flanders W. and N.W. of France. Miles Opened, 1858. Receipts. 1858. 1857. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—DEc. 10. The moist and mild weather has caused a dull trade in grain and flour during the week. The attendance this al ' was moderate, and a fair business done in wheat, flour, an Indian corn at full quotations. Returns of British wheat this week : 123,987 quarters, at .. Corresponding week 1857 : 84,922 quarters, at .. Corresponding week 1856 : 99,673 quarters, at 41s 5d 48s 3d 60s lld WAKEFIELD—DEC. 10. To-day there was only a moderate attendance of the to and country trade, and wheat was in limited demand, the turn being in favour of the buyer. Barley quiet, and tend' ing downwards. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,737 qrs., at 42s Ofd 8ar1ey.........1,846 „ 338 54d Oats 3O „ 24s 04 Rye Beans Peas ' ••• • —s Od 44s lOid 378 6d NORTHALLERTON—DEC. 7. Wheat and flour were somewhat steadier to-day, but th e demand was still very limited, at the currency of this (10 se'nnight. Choice qualities of wheat lower, and met a fair sale. Oatmeal sold rather slowly, and former prices Were barely maintained. EXETER—DEC. 10. The market to-day continues much the same as - I G st week, with a small supply, at the following prices : Wheat, white.. 5s 3d to 58 6d Barley.. 48 Od to 4 s 31 ; Ditto red .. 4s 3d to 4s 4d I Oats .... 3s Od to 3 s 3 ' Flour, fine, 30s to 325; seconds, 27s to 28s_per sack. CATTLE.—The market was fairly supplied. with stoat but business appeared to be small. Fat beef, p score, 9s to 10s Od Ewes, per lb .... 514 to OA Pork carcases, do 7s6d to 8s 6d Wethers, d 0...... 6d to U‘', Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat calves, d0....6d to 7G Rough fat, 41d per lb. DUBLIN—DEc. 9. At our market to-day wheat was very quiet ; full pric es were asked, but little business was done. Flour was ull; changed. Barley was more inquired for, at the decline °1 last week ; nothing doing in foreign. Oats dull, and W ° turn cheaper. Beans and peas sold slowly, at late rates. Indian corn again nominal. B. s. d. Wheat, white 22 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 s. d. 5. (1 ,; Do., new ll 6 to 13 B ere . ll 6 to 12 ° Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 Oatmeal l2 6t014 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn 26 oto 29 CORK—DEC. 9. The following were the quotations this morning :— .l A ej wheat, 15s . Od to 20s Od; white, 17s to 21s 9d; barley Od to 15s Od; oats, Ils Od to 12s 9d. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 10. There has again been little doing since our last rePor i ll the market being very shortly supplied. Prices are std maintained. Rum is unaltered in value, but the busine"e done is limited. COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. :ET—DEC. 10. the close of the market.) Walls End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .14 9 Lambert's W. Hartley.l4 9 Wylam l5 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 6 Howard's W. Hartley 0 Bate's West Hartley 14 0 Davison's WestHartleyls 0 Buddle's West Hartleyl4 0 Walker Primrose l3 3 Gray's W. Hartley 14 6 Holywell 15 6 Haswell Gas. l3 6 North Percy Hartley l4 0 Nixon's Merthyr 21 .0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 Nixon's Duffryn 21 5 s. ( 1 ,.; Acorn Close 17 0 Northumberland 14 9 6 Eden 16 Cassop l7 0 Belmont Hetton 18 9 4 Framwell gate l6 " Hetton. Lyons 16 0 Brandon l7 0 Russell's Hetton 17 6 0 Kelloe l7 West Stanley l3 9 Harton South Durham l6 0 Bradyll's Hetton l7 Riddell 16 v Coundon 16 0 Hilda 16 0 West Kelloe . l6 3 Tees Hartlepool lB South Hetton 17 Whitwo r th 15 3 Haswell . . lB 6 :, 66—Sold, 48. Walls End. Heugh Hall 17 0 Gosforth l6 8 Stewart's 18 0 Shincliffe. l6 3 Kepler Grange l7 3 Eden Main 16 6 Benson 16 3 Ships at market [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Bad legs, bad breasts, ulcers, abscesses, cancers, wonndSt and sores of all kinds may be thoroughly healed by the ap plication of this ointment to the parts affected, after they have been duly fomented or washed with warm water. Th° discharge is not checked at once ; for such sudden check must, of course, be always dangerous. Nature is the noblest of physicians, and must not be opposed, but seconded ; all sores are, for a time, the safety-valves of th e constitution, and should not be closed or healed until they assume a healthier character, under the action of this powerful ointment, assisted by a course of the pills, which correct and purify the depraved humours of the body. BIRTHS. HART.—On the Ist inst., at Greenhithe, Kent, the wife of Edward Hart, Esq., of a daughter. MonoLsoN.—On the 10th inst., at Highbury, Mrs. Ed" ward Nicholson, prematurely, of a daughter. SCOTT.—On the Gth inst., at Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire, Lady Scott, of a daughter. MAItRIAGES. LEWES — GRIFFITH.—On the Bth inst., at Llandug-sryda , , Cardiganshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Lwes, eldest son 0 ' Captain Lewes, of Llanlear, toilSfary Jane, only daughter of the late Rev. Charles Griffith. TAGG—CLAYTON.—On the 9th inst., at St. INfathevi* Brixton, Charles William Tagg, Esq., of Peckham-rlet J to Susannah Windus Clayton, the eldest daughter of J. Clayton, Esq., of Battersea. DEATHS. Biss.—On the 33 inst., at Wilton, Ross, Herefordshire/ Charles Biss, Esq. CATTERMOLE.—On the Gth inst., at Boulogne . the Rel; Richard Cattermole, B.D , vicar of Little Marlow, aged 64. HILL.—On the 9th inst., at 47, Portland-place, Elizabeth , wife of John Hill, Esq., and sister of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., aged 62. MARVIN.—On tho Bth inst., at Blackheath, Marian, only daughter of Major Marvin, of the Royal Artillery, age d 20 years 7 mouths. 'ERCEVAL.—On the 9th inst., at 23, Chester-street, Col! Pereeval, Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords► aged 72. WESTMACOTT.—On the 9th lust, at Lompitts, Woodland° , Miss Westmacott, aged 82. Wurrronn.—On the Bth inst., Mr. Thomas Whitford, lat e of the Bank of E4gland. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 1. 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