The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The following is the report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders for the special general meeting of the company on Saturday next : " At the last half-yearly meeting of the proprie tors-the directors announced in their report that an act had been passed for sanctioning the amalgama tion of the Portsmouth Railway with the system of this company, and that, although the proprietors were aware generally of the principle of the pro posed amalgamation, there were various detai ls needing adjustment. These, the directors trusted, would promptly be settled, when the ter smsubmitted of . ar rangement would, in their integrity, be for the final sanction of the respective proprietors of both companies. " It will, no doubt, be remembered that the origi nal arrangement with the Portsmouth Company was for :lease of that undertaking, for a virtual perpetuity, at a rental of £lB,OOO a yeas, subject to such conditions as the directors, in exercise of the discretionary powers delegated to them, might con sider just and proper. " To this general position the directors have in all their dealings with the Portsmouth Company ad hered ; and although the measure now about to be submitted is one of absolute amalgamation, instead of ono of lease, the directors believe that the alte iation is one which, whilst it makes no appreciable addition to the pecuniary liabilities of thin company, will operate beneficially to the interests of both companies. " The main feature of the bargain being the ab solute absorption of the Portsmouth Company's un dertaking into that of this company at the price of £lB,OOO a year, it has been a first duty with the boaTd to take care that the Portsmouth Company should have satisfied, or that this company should retain, out of the agreed consideration, sufficient means of satisfying, the liabilities of the Portsmouth Company. These liabilities have at length been brought within a narrow compass, and whilst some, as part of the original arrangement, have been adopted by this company, full security has been taken respecting the rest, so as to provide for their liquidation by the Portsmouth proprietary. " This company entered into possession of the Portsmouth Railway in January, 1859, at a rest £lB,OOO a year, commencing from the 15th of that month, and an exact year's rent will therefore fall due to the Portsmouth Company on the 15th inst. Hence it has become desirable that the amalgama tion of the companies should date from the last msntioned day, and hence, as such amalgamation must be the act of the proprietors, the necessity for the coming meeting. " The share capital of the Portsmouth Company is £350,000, in 17,500 shares of £2O each, and it was at first arranged, that after making a sufficient re serve out of the £lB,OOO a year to meet the annual interest on that company's debenture debt (which this company was to adopt from July 15, 1859, at an agreed rate of 41, per cent. per annum), the yearly balance of the 118,000 should be divided into 17,500 portions, and that the proprietors in the Portsmouth Company should, on surrenderihg their respective shares, be severally registered as annuitants of this company. "More recently and finally it has been agreed be tween the two boards, subject to confirmation by a majority of three fifths of the proprietors in each company, at meetings of each - convened for the 14th inst., that instead of annuities, a preferential 4 per cent. stock should be created by this company, the aggregate of it bearing the same amount of prefer ential interest as the annuities would in the aggre gate have amounted to ; and that such preferential stock should be divided rateably among the share holders in the Portsmouth Company; and this is the arrangement to which the proprietors will, at the coming meeting, be advised to consent "The de - benturedcbt ofthe Portsmouth Company is £92,000, and interest at 4 per cent per annum thereon (a rate which is somewhat less than the rato which a part of the debt is for a short period bearing, but which must be considered more than enough to indemnify this company in the number of years) will annually occupy £3,910 of the £lB,OOO, and will annually leave £14,090 to be paid as the interest upon £352,260 4 per cent. perpetual preference stock; Of this amount of stock £280,000 is to be forthwith distributed by this company amongst the Portsmouth proprietors on surrender of their shares, and thus each such proprietor will. receive £l6 of stock in exchange for each surren dered Portsmouth share. Of the remaining £72,250 stock a part is to be immediately applied, with the year's rent now due, in liquidation of certain liabili ties of the Portsmouth Company, and the final ba lance, after every unadopted claim on the Ports mouth Company •shall have been discharged, will be distributed amongst the proprietors of that com pany. "The directors trust that the arrangement thus reported will be satisfactory to the proprietors. " It is anticipated that the deed of amalgamation will be submitted to the coming meeting in a com plete state, but should this not be the case, the board will be prepared to give the most detailed information respecting its terms, and will ask from the proprietors a general authority to perfect the arrangement, in conformity with the statements now made, and the explanations which may be added at the meeting.—By order, " L. CRoMBIE, Secretary. " Waterloo-bridge Station, Jan. 9, 1860." THE _RUSSIAN SERFS'. The following letter has been received from S Petersburg, dated Jan. 2:— " I have already informed you that an address has been presented to the Emperor by the six deputies from the provincial committees for the emancipation of the peasants who were invited to St. Petersburg to give the Central Council infor mation on the subject. The following are the de mands made by the Russian nobility in the address to the Emperor :-Ist. Full and entire liberty to the peasants with an endowment of the land in perpetuity, subject to the immediate purchase at a price favourable to the nobility. 2d. The estab lishment of an administration for the protec tion of the interests of all classes of society on the l4asis of the elective principle. 3d. The con stitution of independent judicial authorities — that is to say, juries—the judicial authorities to be independent of the Government. All func tionaries of the Government to be amenable to the judgment of the judicial authorities. 4th. Liberty to make known to the Government, through the me dium of the press, the faults and abuses of the local administration. The petitioners add, that it is only on these bases that the grand measure of the eman cipation of the peasants can be accomplished with out producing fatal results. The Emperor has not yet returned any answer to the address. It appears clear that Russia has awakened from her long le thargy—A lea jacta est. The Invalide Busse, in its last three numbers, givesa copious summary of the ' pamphlet, The Pepe and the Congress.' The Rus sian official:organ has not yet given any opinion on it. It merely makes the following preliminary obser vation It is attributed to the Viscount do La guerroniere, who, previous to the late war, wrote a pamphlet not less important, called Italy aid Napoleon lII.' We consider it to be our duty to present to our readers this new document, which is as significant as the pamphlet entitled Italy and Napoleon lII.' Prince Gortschakoff, Minister for Foreign Affairs, differs from the' Emperor as to the po'icy to be pursued in the Italian question. The Prince would sacrifice the deposed Grand Dukes, ,as being under the protection of Austria. The Em peror Alexander is not of that opinion, and an ob servation made use of by his Majesty reminds one of the Emperor Joseph 11.,_ when he paid a visit 'to Marie Antoinette at Versailles. He replied to a lady of the Court, who wondered that he did not express any sympathy for" the Ameri cans, who were endeavouring to separate them selves from Great Britain, My trade is not to be El republican.' The Emperor Alexander is said to have observed, If Kings take part with revolu tionists there will not be a clowned head on the continent in JO years. Everybody to his trade—l must defend the cause of the Princes.' It is likewise .the opinion of the Grand Duchess Helena and of the • running Empress, who is beginning to recover lofluence which she lost two years since. The influ ence•. of Prince Gortschakoff on the contrary, is visibly beginning to decline. ' The financial posi tion of the e ountrcontinus to cause serious un easiness, and f orreason it was hoped the Nicholas Railway fromthatmolP. Petersburg to Moscow to Baron Rothschild. We have been disappointed in our hopes, d the following info r mation Worthy of credit. The last 'loaf on the sub j ect is steiline; - was not contracttd by oi £12,000,000 homi smi and Co., of St. Petersburg, and 'VIZ., lit by sub scription.. Berlin ; . s they NI 'ere only employed to raise scription.. They could not succeed in disposing of more than £5,4 00 , 00 0. Then the G p o o v s er ing ment, not wishing to apply to Stieglitz; who n se 4 thi ca h at l been previously rejected, hal re. course to :.3a-ron Rothschild. The great finan cier was air, "Tidy in advance for large SUMS on ac count of eends paid on loans contracted since the year I.t O. It was then the sale of the Nicholas R ait way was proposed. But it appears that a con tract exists between the Government and an Americ an company for supplies to the railway. This dull ( rulty interfered with the sale. The non-sneces 1 , moreover, of some of the joint-stock companies egtablished in Russia does not tend to 1 tistare .confidence. One, for instance, founded ft .112. the nd-vi g ation of the Black Sea, and Which e n j t s s ex ram-dinary advantages as well as a large allowance in money from the Governiaent, has disappointed the expectations of the shexe holders." ----- NETV WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. Either in the way of expense or postponement the public ought to be pretty well tired by this time of hearing of any bridge at Westminster, 'whether new or old. For years.and years the idea of a new bridge floated dreamily in the minds of the Legislature and the public till both were tired of it before anything was resolved on. Indeed, the whole affair might have been till now a " baseless fabric" had not the old structure given such alarming signs of its inten tion to retire from active employment that the ap pointment of a successor to its duties became impe ratively necessary. A new bridge was accordingly resolved on, models were constructed, plans were drawn, estimates prepared, and all was got into a state of forwardness for building at once, when, things being thus ready, the whole affair stood still again and was dropped by common consent, no man knowing why or wherefore. During this long period the originally defective constitution of the old bridge again showed itself most unmistakeably, and the whole structure crumbled so rapidly to decay that none knew which day or hour might not prove its last. It was lightened; it was strengthened ; the stonework was cut down, the arches were shored up; so that, what between opening here and closing there, piling round the piers and half -fillin g the river 'with stones, the old bridge, at the cost of a new bridge, was at last made as firm as a rock, and about as sightly. When once this pleasing result was obtained, and it was definitely known that the old bridge was safe and would stand for ever, im mediate arrangements were of course entered into for pulling it down, and at the same time building the new bridge—an idea which had been strenu ously ignored as long as the old bridge was in danger and the new one was really wanted. So the ghost of the bridge, which had haunted the shores between Stangate and Millbank any time these years pakt, was again evoked, and, after the usual weary routine of committees, competition con tracts, and communication with the Board of Works, the scheme was safely brought to light, and then, like other weakly bantlinga, came to a dead stop some five or six months after its birth, owing to the failure of the contractor. Shocked by this un toward fate, the Board of Works again succumbed, and shut up itself and New Westminster -bridge from public gaze for many years. At last Mr. Page, the eminent engineer, was called in, and the building of the bridge, according to his own plans and estimates, finally committed entirely to his hands. Since then the work has steadily pro gressed—under great difficulties, it 'is true, but always going forward, though sometimes slowly, till now the first half is completed. While the hoarding that screened the works was up, all the foot passengers seemed smitten with an unconquer able desire to peer through impossible cracks, and gain even the most limited glimpse of what was going on inside. Now the hoarding is down, pas sengers can get not only a glimpse, but-full view of the first half of the completed bridge, with its neat wide double tramway for the heavy traffic—its broad wide road for the light, with the paving in each so neat and him, and as yet unprofaned by the mark of a wheel. The first half of the new bridge is complete , and has been complete and ready for opening since the 14th of December last. Under these circumstances, our readers may not unnatu rally ask, " Why, then, is not the bridge opened — who, or what is the cause of the delay ?" The rea son assigned is curious enough, and would be in credible did we not recollect the blunders that were committed till the Government ceased meddling, and gave up the affair to Mr. Page. In short, then, no one at all is to blame for the delay in opening, inasmuch as, since the unfortunate death of Mr. Fitzroy, no First Commissioner of Works has been appointed in his place. Thus, therefore, according to departmental notions, there is no properly consti tuted authority who can sanction the opening of this much-wanted bridge, to complete which every effort has lately been used, and which is now completed, though unused. So weeks and months are rolling by—the half-ruined obstruction which spans the river at Westminster is an obstruction still, and grows worse each hour by comparison with the gentle curve and broad level roadway of its successor, which remains useless actually be cause there is no one to permit of its being used. The approaches to it from the Middlesex and Sur rey sides were until recently a fertile source of de lay, as the notices to quit were not served on the inhabitants of the houses required to come down till it was seen impossible that these avenues could be made ready in time for the completion of the first half of the structure. To obviate this source of delay, therefore, Mr. Page lowered the level of the path and roadway of the old bridge to that of the new, with which it has been made to join by an easy curve. Both these temporary approaches, then, and the bridge itself, have been completed, as we have said, since the middle of last month, and the engineer only waits permission to use the structure for the purpose for which it has been built. Pend ing the arrival of this important authorisation, the houses at either end are in course of rapid demoli tion and removal, and it is as likely as not now, unless the public bestir themselves in the matter, that the opening of the bridge for traffic may be delayed till the final completion of both these ap proaches—a consummation which cannot certainly be looked for before June next. Now, however, that the first half is completed a good idea can be gained of what the width and beauty of the whole structure will be when entirely finished. The west half (that which is finished) is intended when opened only to accommodate the vehicles. The old bridge will still be used for the passenger traffic until the western half of that is demolished also, when 30ft. or so will be added to the new bridge for the pedestrians ; the whole of the old bridge pulled down, and the new one then entirely com pleted. By this plan neither carriage nor passen ger traffic will be interrupted for a single day, nor confined within such limits as might prevent con venient use. The western half of the bridge that is now ready looks almost as wide as the old struc ture, though less than half of the width the new bridge will ultimately be. The part completed is 35 feet ; the entire width of the whole structure is to be 86. The part finished is divided into one roadway of about 16 feet for the light traffic, and two tramways of about 7 feet each for the heavy waggons going and coming. These tramways are formed of iron plates resting on balks of timber, which again rest on the cushion of cork and bitumen laid in the buckle-plates over the ribs. The cork and bitumen with the wood serve to deaden all concussion on the cast-iron ribs. The crowns of the arches, which are thin, are supported by ribs of wrought iron, equal in strength to more than 10 times the load which the ordinary run of London traffic is ever likely to place upon them. All the outer ornamental arches have, of course, been fixed, and, the very bold design of the cornice and span. dril has an excellent effect. The large quartrefoils which are still open, are to be filled with cast-iro , shields charged alternately with the arms of Eng land and Westminster. The cast-iron cornice which comes over the arches is not yet placed, but that is of no moment, being a mere matter of detail. All the granite pedestals on the piers are fixed, and look remarkably well. When this portion is opened for traffic, the work of removing the old bridge will commence almost immediately, and in this opera tion, of course, the finished piers, which run under the old arches, will be of immense service as a foun dation for the centreing of timber under each. Half of No. 5 pier , half of No. 3, and a sm a ll portion of No. 1 pier still remain to be completed for the new bridge, the old abutments being directly in their way. When these are done the work of finishing the eastern half of the structure will go rapidlff for ward, and we may then soon hope to see a bridge across the Thames which is neither too weak for the laud traffic, nor has its arches too much propped up to allow anything to pass under it by water. This is almost tile case with old Westminster-bridge and this is fast becoming so with Blackfriars, which is really in a dangerous state, and which daily gets worse and worse. Westminster-bridge approaches completion on both halves. When will something be done by the City to make Blackfriars equally s ecure, and, we might also add, equally agreeable to the eye ? The latter, we fear, as regards compa rison with Westminster -bridge, is out of the ques tion ; but it is at least op en to the corporation to make it as safe. 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She is again before the public, and is again in the clutches of the law, this time, we hope, without a chance of escape. This morning she arrived here in charge of Mr. ffenry Welton, from the vicinity of the Western Islands', Her story, though long in its details, may be briefly . summed up. On the 20th October she left the vicinity of Savannah withont 4 Ceetom house clearance, under the command of Capt. Lin coln Patten, of Bath, who forced part of the men on board to go to sea. She went to Flues, obtained some supplies of water and provisions, but requir ing more went to sea and spoke a French bark, the master of which promised the desired supplies. Patten, with a boat and four men, went on board of her, and then Mr. Henry Welton, with the con- sent of the crew, took command, left the captain on board the bark, and shaped the Wanderer's course for the United States. She is now in the charge of the Custom-house authorities, but will be delivered to the district attorney. This is the story in brief. We will now present some of its details, which are quite interesting. On the 20th October, between nine and ten o'clock, Lincoln Patten, under the assumed name of David Martin, put 15 men on - board the yacht Wanderer, then lying in the river below Savannah, to assist in taking on board provisions ' water, and stores. A little later he came on board himself, accompanied by Edward Talbot, pilot, and Captain J. Black, shipping agent. He called all hands to get under way, and, drawing a revolver, swore he would shoot any one who refused to work, or who might interrupt his movements. He also threatened the shipping agent and pilot with death if they attempted to leave the vessel. Sonic of the crew, who knew his plans, loaded the two guns with grape, and armed them selves to enforce his orders against those who had been induced by false pretences to come on board. Though there was a pilot on board, he directed the movements of the vessel himself, and got her twice ashore. At last she reached Tybee Light, and anchored, where the pilot and shipping master left her. Again she ran aground, and remained fast four hours. At 9 o'clock in the morning of Oct. 21 she floated off again, made sail, slipped 15 fathoms of chain, and went to sea, carrying more than half the crew against their wishes. The captain, to allay their fears, pretended that the vessel was bound to Matanzas and Nassau, New Providence, and back to Savannah; but a few days afterwards he declared that the ship was without papers, the collector having refused her a clearance. He said he was bound to the Western Islands for more pro visions and water, and thence to the coast of Africa for a cargo of 700 negroes. These he proposed to land at Cardenas, saying that he was sure of re ceiving for them 650 dollars each, being well ac quainted with the trade, having landed several car goes from the barques Niagara and Ocean Tyrant, the brig Frances Ellen, and other vessels. He fur ther informed them that on leaving Savannah he had failed to procure a chronometer, charts, or "Nautical Almanac," and consequently would have to perform the voyage by dead reckoning.-On Oct. 23, however, he fell in with the ship Troy, of Bos ton, and bought from her one "Epitome," " Blunt's Coast Pilot," and a chart of the Gulf of Florida, for which he paid simply 5 doll. He next chased the barque Clara Brewer, but when he hailed her, finding the captain to be an old acquaintance, he did not go on board. The next day he saw a schooner and made sail in chase, carrying such a press of canvas that he carried away his squaresail yard and split the sail, but failed to overhaul her. On 28th Oct. he chased a brig and fired grape at her, but she would not heave to ; the chase was continued till 11 p.m., when the brig, favoured by the darkness of the night, by suddenly changing her course, ran out of sight. The Wanderer was now headed for Fayal, and was favoared with a strong gale from west-north-west, going sometimes 20 knots an hour, and requiring two men at the helm to steer her. On the 31st the gale moderated to fine weather, which continued until the 9th of November, when she encountered another north-west gale, which brought her to Isle of Flores. She stood off and on, firing guns for a pilot, and when offthe s3ttlement of Santa Cruz the British Consul, the chief magistrate of the place, and a pilot came on board. She was then anchored in 25 fathoms of water. The captain produced a false clearance of the vessel under the name of the William, of Savannah, bound to Smyrna, stating at the same time that he had lost sails, provisions, spare, galley, and chronometer, and was in want of all these. Endorsed by the Bri tish Consul and the authorities ashore, he pro cured 38 casks, containing 4,000 gallons of water, firewood, liquor, flour, rope, 250 bushels of pota• toes, an anchor, and 120 fathoms of chain. He was promised 20 tons more flour, but some of his move ments exciting suspicion, he camp on board in great haste, and made everything ready for getting under way that night. He smuggled two Portuguese women on board, and this circumstance came to the knowledge of the authorities. He had not a moment to spare, so he slipped 60 fathoms of chain, left one of his men ashore, and did not pay one dollar for the supplies received, valued at about 1,500 dole. He openly avowed to the crew that he . could procure eighty negroes for the women he had kidnapped. The vessel was next headed for Madeira, called at Village Point De Salee, but, unable to obtain supplies, proceeded to Fun chal, where receiving information that an English steamer of war was in the harbour, he stood to sea, proposing to pass between Cape St. Ann and the Canaries. Still short of pro visions, he declared to the crew that he would ob tain them by force from the first vessel he met, swearing that he would shoot the first man who hesitated to fight for such an object. Shortly after wards he spoke the bark Clara, of Bordeaux, but her commander positively refused either to heave to or to furnish him with supplies. Two other barks were chased without being able to bring them to. At last she fell in with the bark Jenny, of Marseilles, which hove to and promised to give him some of her stores. With a boat and four men he boarded her. Now was the crisis of the crew's fate. They determined unanimously to seize the veslel and earry her to the United States. With that object in xiew, Mr. Henry Welton, a native of British North America, was placed in command. She was immediately run before the wind, all sail set, and when well clear of the bark was headed to the westward. The next day they made the west ward of the Canaries, and saw lying in a cove a suspicious-looking polacca brig, which fired a gun when the Wanderer hove in sight. Having no desire to ascertain her true character, the Wanderer pursued her course to the westward without any other incident worthy of notice. She made Fire Island Light, thence proceeded to Tar paulin-cove, and arrived here this morning, as already stated. She has now on board 10 men and the two Portuguese women already noticed. — Boston Evening I'raveller, Dec. 24. [ADVEBTIRE3IENT.] - 1 1 1r. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published anew illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to--What watch to buy ! where to buy it ! and how to use it I [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a neeegsity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing. of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng. lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying be possessed in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very geno • ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of food it is, however, much questioned whether whe a t i s a nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other food, materially a.ssista their digestive powers—a matter of groat consequdnee,.sinee it is en undoubted fact that the nourishment contained in then • •Rinary food is lost, conse quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive organs ; it will 'also be found to be particularly beneficial in restoring to good working condition horses which have been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or ar naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects as , undoubted; indeed almost marvellous, 'nearly doubling the yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriche, the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still mor e remarkable, displaying in a fow weeks its manifest superfority over every other kind of compound or manu factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has been its marked success, that at all our great cattle . shows, Royalty, noblemen, and othe rs who have fed . their cattle on Thorley's Food, hair() invariably . carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. The patronage of Royalty, of our principal . nobility, the clergy, and 'of our leading agriculturists, must prove a great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his 9v,ard course; and he may confidently rely, in producing so highly-favoured a compound, hi g h aril fVotinguished patronage.; on a eontiauatuin of such one Stole my knapsack, shirts, and things, and I was afraid to go back without them. Mr. Alderman Hale directed that he should be taken to Woolwich, and that the War-office should be communicated with at the same time. James Davis was charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mr. T. White, of 17, Mark-lane, wino merchant. The prosecutor said—Yesterday - afternoon I was in Fenchurch-street, when I felt a tug at my pocket, and on turning round saw the prisoner withdraw ing his hand. I immediately seized him and held him fast, and then, as I could see no policeman, I dragged him along down Mark-lane. He loudly protested his innocence, and a crowd of 50 or 60 roughs" soon collected, whom he incited to rescue him. I saw that they appeared in the humour to respond to his call, and so, as soon as we reached my cellar, the flap of which stood invitingly open, I pushed him in, flung down the flap, and secured him till an officer came. When we were at the station he swore at me in the most frightful man ner, asserting that if ho had a knife he would stick it through my heart, and that if I had him locked up he would have my life when he came out. Prisoner—lt's all lies ; I never opened my mouth. Prosecutor—There are several witnesses who heard him. Prisoner—Then why does ye'r not produce 'em ? The officer who had the prisoner in charge said— I heard the prisoner say he would stick a knife into Mr. White's heart if he could get hold of one— Itrisonor—lt's a lie ; I didn't say nothing. Officer—And that if Mr. 'White swore his liberty away he would have his life as soon as ho came out - Mr. Alderman Hale—ls he known here? Partridge (gaoler).—He has been here repeatedly my lord. Air. Alderman Hale--Well, what have you to say, prisoner ? Prisoner—Why, as I was a walking along Fen church-street, with my hands in my pocket, I went past that there gentleman, and my elbow just touched him, and directly arter, to my worry great surprise, he comes up, cotches hold of my collar, and says as how he felt my hands in his pockets, though they had been in my pocket all the while. Mr. Alderman Hale—But what about this vile language and those threats ? Prisoner—Well, I must own I did blaspheme a little. The Alderman sent him to hard labour for three months. GUILDHALL—Janet Stewart Payne, about 40 years of age, was charged under the following cir cumstances : The prisoner was charged, in the first instance, with being drunk and disorderly, and the evidence given on that occasion went to show that she was in a beastly state of intoxication, having a poor little child about three or four years of age in her possession, and the mode in which she was carry ing it, and the general treatment it received at the prisoner's hands induced several persons to inter fere. One person deposed that he saw the prisoner carrying the child by its heels, with its head hang ing downwards, and another that while the child was in that position the prisoner struck its head twice against a wall. The child was produced in court at the time, and presented ono of the most frightful spectacles ever presented in a court of jus. lice. Its legs and arms were scarcely larger than a man's thumb, while its face had more the appear ance of a skeleton's head covered with parchment than that of an infant of such tender years ; in deed, in such a dreadful state of emaciation did it appear that the general opinion of all was that the child could not surviyethe fearful neglect and treat ment it had received. It was shown that the cha racter of the prisoner was that of a notorious drunkard, and that when taken into custody she had not long left the Whitechapel Workhouse, where her child had been under the doctor's care for some time previous. The child was represented to be in a very precarious state, and the prisoner was there fore remanded until yesterday, after receiving a caution from Sir B. W. Carden to the effect that through her Nile and beastly propensity she had sacrificed her child and would probably have to answer a charge of murder or manslaughter. The poor little sufferer was then taken back to the West London Union, where every care and atten tion was bestowed upon it under the superinten tence of Mr. PJ fillips, the master of the Union, but unfortunately without avail, for death terminated its miseries on the second day. Mr. Phillips attended before Sir. It. W. Carden, and explained that since the last hearing the child had died, and an inquest had been held upon its body. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the child died from exhaustion produced by fever, accelerated by exposure and the treatment it received at the hands of its mother. The jury also thought the Whitechapel parish authorities were to blame in allowing the child to be taken out of the union when in such a precarious condition. Sir B. W. Carden inquired if the evidence of the persons who saw the prisoner ill-treating the child was taken before the coroner ? Mr. Phillips said, it was, but the surgeon not having made a post morteni examination could only say he saw no marks which could justify him in sup posing that the blows the child receivedwhen struck against the brick wall were the cause of death. His opinion was that the child must have died, but that its death was accelerated by neglect. The prisoner began to cry on hearing of the fate of her unhappy child, and endeavoured to make a display of maternal love and sympathy for her de parted offspring. Mr. Phillips said, the neglect was not attribut able solely to drink, as the prisoner had allowed whole days to pass while in the workhouse without ever looking at her child, although she had oppor tunities every hour of the day. The feeling of the jury was so strong with regard to the prisoner that they would have returned a verdict of man slaughter had not the coroner pointed out to them that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a convict ion. Sir It. W. Carden remanded the prisoner for a few days, and on being removed she said she was very sorry she ever left the workhouse. MARYLEBONE.—Robert Bruce was brought up for the • third time on remand, charged with forgery. Mr.'Wontner now stated that after due considera tion he felt it would not be advisable to proceed further with the case, which certainly was one be set with difficulty and of a complicated nature as regarded matters of account. Mr. 'Broughton observed that the case as it had previously appeared before him, was one of a very serious nature, and that evidence strongly crimina tory of the prisoner was adduced. He should not, however, after Mr. IVontner's statement, further detain him, and he was therefore discharged. WORSHIP-STREET:—Peter Lucas, a middle aged labouring man, whose coat and shirt were almost torn into ribands, was charged with the fol lowing disgraceful assaults : Mrs. Jane Neale, the wife of a wadding manu facturer at Mile-end, said,—l had just reached my own house last night at 10 o'clock, when the pri soner, who is an entire stranger to me, came up, and throwing one arm round my neck with the other pulled up my clothes. I indignantly thrust him away from me, and he immediately struck me a violent blow in the face and ran away. Almost directly afterwards I heard loud screams of distress a few doors off, and on running there found the prisoner assailing a young woman in the same man ner as he had alread j assaulted me. I struck him with my fist as hard as I could, and he ran off, but I followed him and gave him into custody. Prisoner—l am really very sorry, sir. Mr. D'Eyncourt—That is not of anv avail now ; I will not have these scandalous assaults committed without inflicting a severe punisment. You must pay £7 103. for these two assaults, or in default be committed to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. The prisoner, who looked at the magistrate with unutterable astonishment, was committed in default. LAMBE m.—Mary Ann Ho dges, a wretched looking girl, 18 years of age, was charged with stealing, from the residence of her parents, Ellen O'Neill, a little girl of six years of age, for the pur pose of begging and exciting public sympathy. From the testimony of the parents of the child and other witnesses, it appeared that three weeks ago the prisoner, who had formerly been a servant to a person who resided in the house, requested the mother of the child to allow her little girl to go with her to Lambeth-walk. The mother at first objected to do so, but on her promising to bring the child back in a quarter of an hour she consented, and from that time until that morning neither the prisoner nor the child could be found. Information of the circumstance had been communicated to the police, and a de..cription of the prisoner and the child forwarded to all the station-houses; but, though the most diligent search had been made, and all the police were on the alert to find them, it was not until yesterday morning that any clue could be obtained as to what had become of them . . Police- constable 43 A, said that for the last week he had been specially engaged, by order of the C o mmissioners, in endeavouring to trace the pri soner and the child, and had searched most of the low lodging-houses in the"being metropolis with ou t able to hear anything of them. On that morning l he went to a house in New Pio-street, Vestroin 'ster, and there learned flom the person who man aged it that them were two persons answ er i ng - - - •i~^""~ LAW I.N. 7E—Jan. 10, COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell,) ANTHONY V. ANTHONY.—JUDGMENT. This was a petition by a wife for a judicial sepa ration, on the-ground of cruelty: It was tried be fore his lordship on the 19th and 20th of Dec. last, and was reported in The Sun of the 21st. Dr. Spinks and Mr. D. Keane appeared for the petitioner: Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey for the respendent. Sir C. Cresswen now delivered judgment. He said it appeared that the parties were married in 1846, and had three children, born respectively in 1849, 1851, and 1853, and that until 1851 they lived happily together. In that year a young woman, named Emma Bennett, went into their ser vice, and disputes arose about her. It would be very difficult to decide whether the petitioner or her husband was in fault in these disputes ; probably both were, but the decree of the Court would not be founded on what then took place. Before the birth of the youngest child the respondent ceased to occupy the same bedroom with his wife, and slept in an apartment adjoining that of Emma Bennett, although he well knew that his wife was jealous of her. In the spring of 1853, the petitioner saw, or fancied she saw, Emma Bennett sitting on her hus band's knee. Emma Bennett denied that she had done so. On another occasion the petitioner heard a noise in her husband's room, overhead, at night, went upstairs, and, as site alleged, saw him coming out of Emma Bennett's room. He and Emma Ben nett denied that be had ever been in her room, and the Court was not convinced that he had; but the petitioner certainly had reasonable ground for sus picion, and he should have been careful as to the manner in which ho treated Emma Bennett. Dis putes afterwards arose, which led to an act of vio lence, which he did not deny. The accounts given of that act of violence by the different witnesses varied very much, and an examination of them would show the spirit of partisanship with which they came into court. Mrs. An thony's account was that her husband wished Emma Bennett to make tea for him • that she said Emma Bennett should not do it while she was in the house, and that he then struck her on the head, broke all the combs in her hair, bruised her temples, and pushed her out of the room ; that she fell on the mat, and was assisted upstairs by Mrs. Dann, a workwoman who was then employed in the house. Mrs. Dann to a certain extent confirmed that ac count. Emma Bennett gave a different version. She said her master asked Mrs. Anthony to make tea, and Mrs. Anthony refused. The husband's account was that be asked his wife to make tea, that she refused, and threw something at him, and he took her by the shoulders, and put her out of the room. He said he knew nothing about her combs being broken, but admitted that he struck her with his open hand. That being the state of affairs in the house, it was not probable that har mony would be restored so long as Emma Bennett remained in it, but the respondent refused to dis charge her. In 1853 the husband was for a time absent from home, and on his return he complained that wines and other articles had been taken during his absence. The petitioner accused the servants of having taken them, and they accused her of having given them to some of her relations. The respondent placed more confidence in the state• ments of the servants than in those of his wife. An excited state of feeling was thus produced in her mind, and in the spring of 1855 it had increased to such an extent that it was necessary to consult a medical man. In August, 1855, there was another instance of actual violence. The dispute commenced about a trifle—the number of towels he had used in his studio—and, when she complained that he was trying to make her out a liar before the servants, he threw a jug of water over her, and in the end he struck her a violent blow with his fist, which nearly stunned her. He admitted that he might then have struck her on the head, but added that he was so pained at what he had done that he never struck her at all afterwards. She said that he did, and,consider ing the temper he manifested towards her in the autumn, 1855, it was not unlikely. His father then died; he sent Emma Bennett to buy mourning for the family; the same mourning was bought for her and for the servants, and in the course of a dispute upon that subject he said to her that he saw no necessity for her living, but that if she must live she must go and prostitute herself. Not one word of that con versation did he deny. With regard to the mourn ing, it certainly was not very satisfactory to a wife to be placed exactly on a par with her servants The petitioner said that early in 1856 he struck her with a inaulstick, and he deniedit. In the autumn of 1856 he was absent, and she was left with Ben nett, and she quitted the house with two of the children. The mother of the respondent, and then the respondent, went to see her, and asked her to return, hut she refused to do so eintill Bennett was discharged. A correspondence then took place, in which she complained of Bennett, among other things, for tampering with her letters, and he re plied that he never had upheld Bennett, and never would uphold her, in meddling with her mistress's letters. But in the witness box he said that Bennett had forwarded a letter of Mrs. Anthony's to him, by his order, because he did not consider his honour or his property safe with Mrs. Anthony, and he wished to obtain evidence as to her conduct. No one could be surprised, under these circumstances, at the petitioner's refusal to return home until Bennett was discharged. The evidence completely negatived condonation; there was nothing to show that the. suit had been instituted upon any ground different from that alleged in the petition, and, as the evi dence established that if the petitioner returned home there would be some danger of a repetition 'of the acts of violence of which she complained, and some of which the respondent admitted, the Court was bound to grant a decree of judicial separation. SCOTT V. SCOTT.--JUDGMENT. This case was tried on the 24th of December last. It was a petition for a judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. Mr. W. Brandt appeared for the petitioner. His Lordship said there was no doubt upon the evidence that the respondent was a drunken, profli gate woman,who made her husband miserable, but he could not fail to see that the real cause of the pre sent application was merely 'a wish to get rid of her, and he must be cautious in not allowing the Court to be opened to cases of that description. There was not such evidence of cruelty on her part as would justify him in granting a decree, and he must therefore dismiss the petition. HAYWARD V. HAYWARD-JUDGMENT. This was a petition by a wife fora restitution of conjugal rights. It had been before the court on several occasions. Dr. Waddilove appeared for the petitioner. His Lordship said the present application was that the costs of the wife might be taxed up to a certain time. When the case came on for hearing a negotiation took place, and an arrangement was come to, he believed with the sanction of both parties, but the petition was not dismissed. The petitioner afterwards refused to abide by the ar rangement, and asked to have the cause heard. He thought she was entitled to have it heard, but some unfortunate occurrences afterwards took place, which prevented it being brought before the court. It was a very calamitous affair altogether, but he was bound to deal with it, and he thought he ought to allow the wife's costs to be taxed up to the time when the case came on for hearing, and the com promise was made. He should deal with the costs incurred since that time as a different question. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tan. 11. MANSION-HOUSE.—John Thompson was brought before Mr. Alderman Hale (who sat for the Lord Mayor), charged with having deserted from the Royal Artillery at Woolwich. Sergeant O'Malley, on recruiting service for the Rifles, said the prisoner came to him early on the previous day, enlisted, took the usual shilling, and then went out. Soon after he was gone witness found he had left in an upper room_of the hcuse -a bundle containing a pair of trousers belonging to the Royal Artillery, and, as this confirmed a sus picion previously entertained by witness that the prisoner was a deserter, he watched for his return and then gave him into custody. The prisoner, when he offered himself for enlistment, said he had just returned from India. Mr. Alderman Hale —Has ho been in India ? Witness—Yes. He was among the first batch of men who claimed their discharge when the Indian army was transferred from the Company to the Queen, and as soon as he arrived here he enlisted in the Royal Artillery for the sake of the bounty. Mr. Alderman Hale—And almost immediately after deserted from the artillery and enlisted with you, hoping to get bounty as lin P Witness—l suppose so; but he only got a shil ling. _ _ _ Officer—There was a furlough upon him when I to,k him into custody, which has not yefrun out. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—But the fact of his re-enlistment for the merc sake of the bounty makes the desertion. Sergeant O'Malley—Yes, and the exchange of his clothes. Mr. Alderman Hale—How long Were you in India, prisoner? Prisoner—Four years and some odd months. Mr. Alderman liale—Then were you at Luck now? Prisoner—Yes, Sir, at Lueknow and- Cawnpore, and Delhi, too. Mr. A'.derman llale—l am extremely sorry that, after passing through such dangers, yo u s h ou ld be have in this disgraceful way. Prisoner—l shouldn't have deserted only some the description occupying a room. On seeing the prisoner she said that the child that was with her was her sister, that their parents were dead, and that they begged for a living ; but on seeing the child she said her name was Ellen O'Neill, and that she was not the sister of the prisoner; and this satisfied him at once that they were the persons he was in search of, and he took the prisoner into custody. The poor child exhibited a miserable and half starved appearance, and it appeared the prisoner had from time to time disposed of her boots and principal articles of cloth ing, so that during the severe weather she must have suffered considerably. Police-constable 123 L described the prisoner as one of the most artful young thieves that could well be conceived, and the companion of the most daring thieves who infest the neighbourhood of the Vic toria Theatre. He (the constable) had had her in custody twice at this court for robbing two different mistresses, and for the one offence she was sentenced to twenty-one days' and for the other to three months' hard labour, and at the end of that period to be sent to a reformatory for four years. The prisoner said it was her intention to have taken the child home. She was committed for trial. THE GRE4T SilIP COMPANY. RESIGNATION OF THE DIRECTORS. [The following appeared in our third edition of yesterday evening :—] A numerously attended meeting of the proprietors in the Great Ship Company was held this day at the - London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The room selected for the purpose was rather a small one, and long before the pro ceedings commenced it was crowded almost to suffocation. As soon as Mr. Campbell, the chairman of the board of directors, entered the room, a request was made that the meeting should adjourn to the large room, but he said in the room mentioned nobody could be heard. Tho SECRETARY then read the advertisement con vening the meeting, and a number of notices of motion that had been given by several proprietors, the majority of which were to the effect that the present board of directors did not possess the confidence of the proprie tors. • A scene of confusion here ensued, owing to the crowded state of the room, amidst which there were loud cries of " Adjourn, adjourn," " It's been done on purpose," &c. The request for adjournment, however, became so unani mous that the meeting ultimately adjourned to the large room amidst loud cheers. A desperate rush was then made by all present up stairs, a number of gentlemen carrying the chairs with them. Upon order being restored, the Secretary then read the following report, amidst hisses, cheers, and cries of " Shame" : " The whole course of events in connection with the progress of the Great Eastern from the time of her leaving her moorings at Deptford until her arrival in Southampton water, is so well known from the able reports of the public press, that your directors consider any recapitulation per fectly unnecessary. The accoun t s as circulated among the proprietors show the financial position of the company as it actually stands, and the questions at issue with the con tractor being now under arbitration, your directors refrain from allusion to the matters in dispute with Mr. J. Scott Russell. The policy and the anxiety of your directors in having the ship completed, and her qualities tested within the earliest possible period, were fully explained to the shareholders at a previous meeting. Although the untoward accident and delays have not dimi nished the reliance of your directors on the ulti mate success and national importance of the Great Eastern, they cannot conceal from themselves that diver sity of opinion and much dissatisfaction exist among the shareholders, over which your directors have no control, and they have, therefore, unanimously come to the resolu tion, that it is due to you and to themselves, to place their resignation in your hands, and they only retain office until. you appoint their successors. The auditors retire by virtue of the provisions of the articles of association, and your directors have resolved that a special meeting of the share holders shall be convened for Wednesday, the 25th inst., for the purpose of electing directors and auditors, and for such other business as may occur. Owing to the un foreseen circumstances before referred to, your directors have been obliged to exercise the borrowing powers of the company to the extent of £40,000 en mortgage of the ship, tho loan of which sum has been ob tained from friendly sources, for six months, at the rate of 7t per cent. per annum, subject to a rebate, at the rate of 24 per cent., should the company elect to pay off the loan before the expiration of that period. It will be seen, on reference to the financial statement and balance-sheet, that 303,768 shares have been allotted ; so that if the balance of the shares, 26,242 (to complete capital to £330,000) could be placed, it would not be necessary to raise any large amount to clear off the existing mortgage, and enable the ship to be sent on her first mercantile voyage—bearing in mind the fact, that there are stores on board the vessel of every description, amply sufficient for an American trip. It:willibe for the shareholders to decide whether the present mortgage shall be continued, or, if otherwise, how the re quisite amount shall be raised to pay it off, and to provide what further funds may be wanted." The CHAnnurr in rising to move the adoption of the report, said it might be expected that he would enter in de tail into the whole of the proceedings relative to the forma tion of the company, but such would occupy too much time. He thought it would be quite sufficient if he simply moved that the report just read be received. (Cheers.) The motion having been seconded, Mr. W. II .AWES said he was anxious to take the earliest opportunity of addressing the proprietors, and ho thought, without forming any judgment upon the statements of either Mr. Campbell or Mr. Magnus, the first duty of the proprietors was to look to the future, not the past. (Loud cries of "No, no," discuss the past.) After the statements of both parties had been fully inquired into; their next duty would be to agree to a motion appointing a committee of inquiry, which motion he intended to move as an amend- ment to the report of the directors. The committee of in quiry that he proposed would consist of five persons, three to be a quorum, who would have to inquire into all things connected with the past and future management of the company. (Cheers, and cries of "no, no.") He thought it was the duty of the proprietors to wait for the report of that committee of inquiry before they proceeded to appoint directors who would have such an amount of property to deal with. (" Hear, hear," cries of " No," and con fusion.) After his motion had been carried, he would name the committee, who, among other things, would have to inquire into all questions of sale, purchase, or charter of the Great Ship, and to report to a meeting to bo hold upon the 25th inst., to which day he proposed that the pre • sent meeting should adjourn. (" No, no," and confusiol, and loud calls of " Names, names.") It would be compe tent for any other person present to propose other gentle men, but the ballot would determine which of the list pro posed was the best for all purposes. Mr. TAYLOR rose to order. He had given notice of an amendment in nearly similar terms, and he maintained it was not competent for the speaker to move his amendment. Mr. HAVES concluded by moving his amendment for appointing a committee of investigation, and the adjourn ment of the meeting till the 25th inst. for their report. (Cheers, and cries of "Name your committee.") Tho names he would submit after the amendment had passed. (Con fusion.) 'I he amendment having been seconded, The Rev. Mr. NICHOLSON said he wished to move as an amendment to that, " That the report just read be received and that the resi gnat i on o f a ll th e di rec t ors (Confusion). The CHAIRMAN said the rev. gentleman was out of order. Mr. NICHOLSON—The objection of the chairman is a side-wind, to stifl e inquiry. (Uproar, and cries of "Taylor, Taylor.") Mr. TAYLOR said when he heard of the resignation of the directors, he thought a bright prospect had began to dawn on their affairs. (Cheers.) He looked upon the com mittee proposed as a clap-trap, in order that the resignation of the directors might not be received. It was a curious coincidence, but he thought the names Mr. Hawes would propose wore those of gentlemen to whom the board of di rectors had uo objection. (Confusion.) That they very nearly corresponded with those who had been transmitted to Mr. Alderman Hodson, of Birming ham—(great confusion)—by the directors, as a committee with himself (Mr. Alderman Hodson) to investigate the position of the oompany. (Hisses and confusion.) Mr. Alderman Honsorr explained that he had been in correspondence with the directors, but as to a knowledge of any gentleman proposed to act with him he had not the slightest acquaintance. The names of gentlemen mentioned in the communication were Mr. Miles, Mr. Hope, Mr. Baker, and his own. (The explanation of the proprietor calmed the meeting to a certain extent, but on his resuming his seat there were loud cries of " Hawes, Hawes," "Names, names.") Mr. Hewes said he had no objection to mention the names of his committee. They were Alderman Rose, Alderman Hodson, Mr. Baker (one of the directors of the old company), Mr. Hope, and his own (Laughter, and cries of " oh, oh.") Mr. NICHOLSON—How many hive the directors nomi nated ? Mr. Tilly .Es—None. A long and personal discussion then ensued, in which the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Abel, and several other persons took part, no lees than six speakers addressing the proprietors at one time. At length Mr, RUSSELL said the meeting had been assembled for two hours, and had done literally nothing. Behind tho directors was a party fighting at the board, while at the table the directors wore fighting against their opponents, and be tween the two the proprietors were being sacrificed. (Cries of "Hear, hear," and confusion.) Mr. MmaKati.m said he believed the great ship would ultimately tuna out a great success, and ho regretted that the present meeting was being made a bear-garden, which could possibly do no good, but would most certainly damage their property. Another scene of indescribablo confusion took place, amidst which loud cries arose for Mr. Magnus. Mr. MAGNus said the question before the meeting was whether the meeting would accept the directors' report Containing their resignation, and whether they would, in ad dition, appoint a committee to investigate the company's affairs. He did hope Mr. Hawes would make his amend • moat into a substantive motion, because, in the event of not doing so the present board would still continuo for some time longer directors. When the proposition to resign originated at the board, the directors for the first time were unanimous in its favour. He hoped under such circum stances Mr. Hawes would consent to do as he requested. Mr. HAwEs declined to accede to the request of the last speaker. Mr. JACKSON urged the meeting to accept the report, and thereby the resignation of the present board. Of course the retiring directors would have to hold office until their successors were appointed. A PROPRIETOR had no objection to the directors retiring but he objected to their doing so until the report of a com mittee of investigation had been received. They ought to hold office as a duty to themselves until the report he alluded to had been given in. The board was on its trial, and he did hope the meeting would not allow the directors to retire as they proposed. (Loud cheers.) Another scene of confusion ensued, in the midst of which the Secretary proceeded to put the amendment, and declared it negatived. Mr. HAWES demanded a poll. Mr. JACKSON cautioned the meeting as to the use of the proxies they at present held, as he thought something was intended which was not at present clear. Mr. LLOYD, the legal adviser of the company, after a great deal of confusion, attempted to explain the use to be made of the proxies. A section of the meeting objecting to receive any opinion from any person not a share holder of the company, a loud call was made for Mr. Le verson, the solicitor of the company, to explain the point. Mr. LEVERSON, after sores difficulty, told the meeting that the proxies issued could be used upon this and every other question to be submitted to this or any other adjourned meeting. The opinion of Mr. Lloyd, who advised the board, was that the present meeting must adjourn, in order that a poll might be taken. Mr. MAGNUN, jumping on the table, said if the chairman vacated his seat he would take it, in order that the other business of the meeting might be transacted. Some of the shareholders then commenced quarrelling, during which ' the terms "no gentleman," " coward," " sneak," " scoundrel," and " dirty blackguard," were freely made use of. A SHAREHOLDER proposed that the poll be taken im mediately. After a scene of confusion that baffles description, it was decided to open the poll immediately on Mr. Hawes's amendment, and, after taking votes till five o'clock, to close and re-open again at ten to-morrow morning, finally clos ing at four o'clock. The meeting then adjourned until Tuesday next. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK-J AN. 11. At the market this morning the attendance was thin, and there was a small show of wheat. Trade good. Best qualities obtained is advance upon late prices. Malting barley, and grinding also, at late rates. Oats a moderate sale, and at late rates. Beans and peas in slow request. White wheat, now, 49s to 52s Barley, grinding.. 29. to 814 Red do. 44s to 47s Oats, old, .. 24. to 290 Old white s3s to 54s New do 22. to 252 Red do. 46. to 48s Beans. Os to 424 Barley, malting.... 38s to 45s Beans, new.. —s to —s HULL-JAN. 10. The corn market was very fairly attended by farmers, and a slow business was done in English wheat at fully late rates. Foreign was at late prices, but very little business doing in that article. Malting barley fully as dear, and grinding barley in limited demand. Beans and peas had a slow sale. Oats without any noticeable change in price, but the demand inactive. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 42s Od to 45s 01 Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 48s Od t0 . 55s 01 Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 403 Od to 425 01 Barley ....English malting 32s Od to 32s 01 Grinding 3os Od to 32s 01 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 315 Od Grinding 26s Od to 29s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 101 d to lid Friesland and Dutch Oslld to 0511 d Swedish and Danish Oslld to o.ll # l Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 485 New pigeon 405 Od to 42. Od New tick. 395 Od to 405 Od Egyptian 375 Od to 38s OA Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding sos Od to 624 Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £8 10 0 to £8 16 0 Foreign 0 Rape cakes 415 oto 6 0 Bones MELTON MOWBRAY-JAN. 10. There was a better show of wheat to-day, with a fair business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, new, 43 4 Od to 45s Od ; red, 40s Od to 42s per 36 stone; barley in scanty n for t y s g u r i p . p d l y i n , g a t ; 4 0 0 s at it o , 2 4 5 4 : s m t o a 3 lt 4 i s n gand 30s t Od , per 24 atone 3 one 4 ; s b t u do per , 44s to 54s for old; new, —5 per 33 at. DUBLIN-JAN. 10. Our market was extremely dull this morning, and a ma' jority of the samples of every description of grain remained unsold. Best qualities scarcely supported the quotations of last Friday. - s. d. a. d. Wheat, white.. 28 0 to 30 0 Do., red .. 27 0 to 28 6 Do., new .... 0 to 0 I Barloy Oats Do., black ll 6 to 12 6 o. d. 5. 41 ,: Do., new ..... 0 to Bere Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 • Oatmeal l3 6 to 1 4 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MARKET—JAN. 11. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of th• market.) s. d. Bower's West Hartley.ls 0 Buddlo's West Hartleyls 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 0 Tanfield Moor 14 3 Tanfield Moor Butes ll 3 Davison's West Hart ley Howard's West Hart ley 15 0 Walker Primrose 13 9 Wylam l7 0 WaU End. 0 . d. Heugh Hall 18 6 South Hartlepool 13 • Hetton.... .... l9 9 Kenos ll 9 Elm Park 15 6 . Byron .. .17 Y Harton ........ l7 ! Goforth 17 " Gibson 17 Y Thorn Thorpe le 3 . l9 0 y 17 Powell' aDuffiynStesun22 6 Garway and Duffryn Malting Nixon's Duffryn 22 0 Walls End. Whitworth -- 16 0 Braddyll's Hetton 19 0 Haswell.... l9 9 Ships at market 37—Sold, 23. FOREIGN NAIL PA C. In the following table E signifies that lei by evening mails from London, 2,nd IL DESTINATION& Despatch of Mails. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Rope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewlields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. ET LIST. tters are despatched by morning malls. Port of Despatch, Next Mail due. Jan. —, Jan. 18, ISouthamp. .Tan. 20, Jan. , (Liverpool.. ILiverpool.. ,Feb. 6, Devenport ./ - stn. 20, M Jan. 21. MI IJan. 12, MI Southamp. ISouthamp. Southamp. Jan. 20, 31 an. 00, V Soutkamp. • •A•na Southamp. Jan. 12, M; Jan. 1$ la Feb. 9,11 Jan. 17, 11 ISouthamp. ISouthaxsp. Jan.l2, M Jac. Jan.? Ja-- , E Jan. 17, 31 .3outhamp Jan. 14, E Liverpool isi, Jan.'l4, E iverpool Jan. ,E outhamp Jan. 23 E iverp oo l Jan. 17, Southamp luthamp. locerdub Feb. 8 .Tan.l9 Jan. 11 IFeb. I 'Jan. J$ Jan. 12 overdUn BIRTHS. tJan. 1$ an. 0 ilverdill aa. le Ll r eeb. 5 au. 11 4verdwit an. 22 iJart. 19 IJaaL le IJan. 16 EBRINGTON.—On the 28th ult., at Madeira, the Visconw. tess Ebrington, of a SOIL GnAMsuAw.—On the 10th inst., at Brighton, the wifis of Robert Gramshaw, Esq., of a son. MORESBY.—On the Bth inst., at the residence of her father, Philip Scott, Esq., J.P., Bellvue, Queenstown, the wife of Commander Moresby, R.N., of a daughter. Fp . To tLe Di eath, i Gentl n err 4 ny less n tne re failure hesi authorise the Regis SURE BAL head s fru] medicine tases of a eons vho the ticklil in r consu priced of may dope pared on! street, IL 2‘. 3d. ani Asthmati the starn] DR,. l i c of the lin t en all firrnities from Six Dr. a' iterons L I entitled COIIIIIIII MARRIAGES. AUKWRIGTIT—KENYON. — On the 10 th inst., at H amm er Church, the Rev: George Arkwright, to the Hon. Eliza beth Konyon, third daughter of Lord Kenyon. lIAMOND—HoA RE.—qn the llth inst., a t T r i nity Churc h, Tunbridge-wells, Phil i p Hamond, Esq., to Louisa Gur ney, younger daughter of the l a t e S amuel Hoare, Esq. DEATHS. ASILLEY.—On the 9th inst., suddenly, James Ashley, Esq., of 156, Marylebone -road, aged 81. AssEnr..—On the 6th inst., at Carshalton, Mr. Cherie', Ansell, aged 81. BORRETT.—On the 10th inst., at the Rectory, St. Clematis Hastings, George Borrett, Esq., formerly of Southamp ton. BINGILAM.—On the 9th inst., at Great Gaddesdon, Herts. Henry, son of the ltev. J. B. and Frances Bingham, Limit. 90th Light Infantry, aged 23. PARLIIROTHER.—On the 10th inst., at Putney, Emily, the wife of the Rev. W. H. Farebrother, aged 34. FouumY.—On the 9th inst., at Herbert-street, New North road, Thomas Fourmy, Esq., aged 73. SELWYN.—On the 19th Oct., at Western Port, South Aus tralia, Frederic M. Selwyn, Esq., solicitor, of Melbourne, late of 10, King's Bench-wAlk, Inner Temple, London, and second son of the Roy. Edward Selwyn, of Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, aged 35. 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