The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

7HE NAVY. The Rodney,. 91, line-of-battle ship, now in dock at Chatham, undergoing the process of being al tered from a sailing ship to a screw steamer, has received the first portion of her engines and ma- 1 chinery from Messrs. Maudslay and Co., and work men are now engaged in fitting it on board the ship. The Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, fitting in the steam basin at Chatham, will be undoeked to morrow, when she will join the steam reserve. The screw steamship Edgar, 91, flag of Rear- Admiral Erskine, left Plymouth on Wednesday for Portland. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Wilmot, was towed by the Confiance and Zephyr on Wednesday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze. The attempt on Tuesday was postponed in conse quence of the heavy weather. The invalids brought to Plymouth on Wednesday by the Firebrand from Gibraltar were transferred in the afternoon to the flagship Impregnable, in Hamoaze. Mr. Straubenzee, midshipman, invalided from the James Watt, came home in the Firebrand. Mr. W. H. Ward, of Auburn, New York, whose invention for day and nightsignals, termed the " ocean marine telegraph, has been noticed on various occasions as having obtained the favourable consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty, at tended at the dockyard, Woolwich, oh Wednesday . evening, and entered into a preliminary experi ment, in the presence of the Commodore-Superin tendent, the Hon. Sir James Drummond, C. 8., Aide-de-camp to her Majesty, attended by the re spective officers of the yard, for the trial of an im proved apparatus for the same purpose, and which, it is presumed, will effectually supersede, with much advantage to the service, the introduction of his original invention. The new instrument differs materially from the former one, and is secured by a distinct patent. It posseses the means of working the signals with much greater facility and prompti tude, and in its appearance resembles a hugh quad ruple lantern or semaphore, furnished with power ful reflectors, to be affixed to the mainmast or any other elevated position on board ship; the former method consisting of a fixed branch in the form of a cross, bearinr , five reflecting lamps, the colours being changed by the working of keys similar to the notes of a piano. Each lantern in the present system has its own working arrangements, without the dis advantage of the keys, an is arranged with cords attached to a couple of levers, which lift the various shades required to form the signals, add which may be worked by any one standing on the deck. With the aid of three of these lanterns, one above the other, a complete code of signals is produced for working the numerical system, and with four the entire alphabet is designated, which com munications of any length and importance can be transmitted with clearness and despatch from ship to ship or land in sight of each other. One of tie lanterns was on Wednesday night placed on the gun-battery wall overlooking the river in Woolwich Dockyard, which shone with peculiar brilliancy, and was supposed to be visible at a dis tance of two or three miles with the naked eye— the gaslights appearing far less distinctly. From the construction of the lantern, which exhibits a quadruple front, the signals are perceived from the four points of the horizon. The improvement and advantage of the new system were admitted by the Commodore as exceedingly satisfactory, a report to that effect having been forwarded to Lord Clarence Paget. t The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—James Flanagan, surg., to the Victory ; William H. Maunsell, master's-assist., to the Ariadne ; Henry Payne, promoted to be acting first class assist.-engineer in the Racoon ; John Critchley, promoted to be acting second class assist.- engineer in the Gannet; George Bull, to be acting second class assist.-engineer for temporary service in the Pitt; Francis C harles Master has been no minated to a naval cadetship. THE ARMY. The authorities at the War Department are about to despatch a number of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers to New Zealand, to be employed in making a careful survey, and in the engineering operations required to be carried . on in that island. The men to be sent out will be selected from the companies now at head-quarters, ,Chatham, the men being allowed to volunteer for this service ; and as each man will receive a consi derable addition to his regimental pay and other 4d vantages, the volunteers will be obtained without difficulty. The number of men to be despatched is 9 non-commissioned officers and 30 sappers. Capt. C. S. Akers, RE. late in command of the 25th company of Royal Engineers, has joined head quarters, Brompton barracks, from the Cape of Good Hope. The East India troopship Earl of Hardwicke, 1,000 tons, Com. Knox, arrived at Gravesend yes terday morning from Madras, having on board a larp. party of sick and wounded troops belonging to various cavalry and infantry regiments now ser ving in Madras, together with a number of soldiers who have accepted their discharge from the East India Company's service under the Royal proclama tion. The Earl of Hardwicke embarked her troops at Madras on the Ist of September, and sailed for England on the 3d of the same month ; she touched at the Cape of Good Hope Oct. 18th, and sailed on the 25th, the passa;e to the Thames occupying 111 days. The number of troops who embarked at Ma dras was 175 non-commissioned officers and men be longing to the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards, 12th ( Prince of Wales's) Lancers, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Ist Royals, 43d Light Infantry, 44th Regiment, 3d battalion of the 60th Rifles, 66th Regiment, 68th Light Infantry, and the 74th Highlanders, with men belonging to various East India regiments who have claimed their dis charge, the whole under the command of Captain J. Falconer, 74th Highlanders, Lieut. L. Eames, 66th Regiment, and Lieutenant A. B. Trimmer, 44th Regiment. During the voyage there were four deaths and one birth on board, the deaths including one sergeant and one man of the 68th Light Infantry, one man of the Ist Royals, and one man of the 44th Regiment. The wounded and disabled troops to the number of 135 men of all ranks, were disembarked at Gravesend yesterday and conveyed to Fort Pitt, Chatham, and on their arrival were. inspected by Surgeon-Major T. P. Matthew, when 23 men were ordered into hospital for medical treatment, and the remainder sent to the invalid establishment at St. Mary's, to await their discharge. The Royal Artillery were for warded to Woolwich. A number of .the men ad mitted into hospital are suffering from ophthalmia, which appears to be very prevalent among tlf troops arriving from the East Indies. Gen. 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Raimes and at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at ManaheSter; Sharp and Scott; at York, Raimes, ,Blanchard, .and_Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. IRISH LOYALTY. The statement that her Majesty's name was hissed at the recent sympathy meeting held in Cork is prompting discussion. Mr. Maguire, M.P., has already asserted the contrary in his journal, and now he again comes before the public in connection with the following protest : 7 1:Ire the undersigned Roman Catholic magistrates of Cork, h ave seen with equal astonishment and regret a state ment in the Times that at the public meeting held in Cork on Monday, the sth of December, to express sympathy for the Pope, the name of the Queen was received with a burst of disapprobation which rendered the speaking inaudible. We are also pained to find that the said statement has been copied into some of the continental journals. We, having been present at the meeting in question, deem it our duty to give that statement the most emphatic and unqualified contradiction. We heard no expressions of disloyalty. On the contrary, the meeting was characterised by a spirit of loyalty', which found expression in cordial applause when ever the name of our most gracious Sovereig n was mentioned by the several speakers. We deem it rigt to hand this counter-statement to the most rev. chairman who presided at the meeting, reßuesting he will give it publicity. • " JOHN FRANCIS MAGUIRE, M.P., J.P. " WILLIAM J. SHEEHY, J.P., county Cork. " JAMES MURRAY, J.P., co. Cork, 2d Chairman. " JOHN NICHOLAS MURPHY, J.P. D.L. " TIMOTHY MURPHY, J.P., Secre tary to Meeting. " MICH. CIGNEY, J.P. 4 ' DR. LEAHY ARTHUR, J.P., county of Cork. " JOHN WALSH CLERY, J.P. " Cork, Dec. 17." Every intelligent person will rejoice that Mr. Maguire and his friends are able to publish the foregoing with a clear conscience ; and it new rests with the local journal which stated that the Queen's name was hissed to acknowledge itself in error, or to prove this deolaration incorrect. That her Ma jesty's name was the signal for disloyal outburst, when it was mentioned at the Kingstown sympathy meeting, remains as yet uncontradicted. VOLUNTEERING IN IRELAND. A portion of the Irish press continues to call out for the extension of the volunteer movement to Ire land, and in discussing the subject the Belfast Mer cury makes the following sensible remarks : " We cannot deny the fact that the loyal inhabi tants of Ireland consider it a slur upon their loyalty in not being enabled to chime in with the English mania and establish rifle corps. At present, as we already explained, the law does not authorise, but prohibits, the voluntary association of armed men, even for loyal purposes. We consider the law a good one, in the present condition of the country. Take Belfast for example—we are now compara tively quiet because we are a proclaimed district, but allow a general arming for volunteer purposes, and would you not practically arm two hostile forces, one against the other. No doubt about it. You would have the Sandy-row Williamites against the Pound-street Greens, and the arms you would put into their hands would be only potent in a warfare of contending factions. Even supposing an enemy landed at Carrickfergus, who among us would place confidence in such defenders ? It is not unlikely, however, that a movement will be made next session to repeal or modify the law as regards voluntary arming in Ireland. We admit that many good and loyal men feel the exceptional legislation under which we live as a degradation. It is galling to them that they cannot associate together for purposes of na tional defence, as Englishmen are doing. They feel this an impeachment on their loyalty, and desire to have the legal impediment removed. Now, in considering the question calmly, it must be admitted that there is a vast difference between England and Ireland. In England we have no Arms Act—no proclaimed districts. The people are loyal to the back bone—submissive to the law, and would rally as one man to uphold the throne and defend the constitution. In Ireland we have a different state of affairs entirely. We have in cendiaries, whose chief delight appears to be to harbour dreams of a French invasion—miscreants who hate the British constitution and the un bounded liberty it affords—a liberty they only use for evil purposes. We have also intense sectarian strife—old and justifiable party notions, which are hereditary heir-looms, and glorious ones too—we have the animosities of faction among us, and now, since Rome has assumed the offensive, we have the religious element becoming every day more de veloped, and separating the country into two hos tile camps, above which the rival flags wave— loyalty and disloyalty. There is no mistake about this. Every man of intelligence knows that we are only stating the simple truth. We say, therefore, that it would be utterly destructive of the peace of Ireland to repeal the existing law, and allow us to arm as we please, as members of rifle corps. Deprecating with all sincerity such a repeal of the law, we do not say that a modification might not be made, if you pro vided a high test. In discussing the question the other day, the cavalry test was proposed, and we really think it an excellently good one. Any per son who can mount himself and appear on parade as an independent man may fairly be taken as a loyal subject. We would have no objection to see such a cavalry corps established among us. If we have a semi-military population among our young bloods, or middle-aged bloods, by all means let them indulge their fancy, but preserve us from a general armament." THE MITCHEL AMNESTY. This "patriotic" individual has favoured the public .with another letter in explanation of his views. In writing to the Waterford Citizen (a journal recently established by one of the " heroes" of 1848) Mr. Mitchel says : " I have not scouted' the amnesty movement; I will scout the amnesty, if granted. Indeed it was and is my strong wish to see that movement prose cuted to an issue, in order to bring the system of British jurisprudence and government in Ireland more prominently before the world just at this juncture ; and presuming that the Queen would certainly be advised to refuse the application, I greatly wish to see on what false pretence the refusal would be based; for it is a rigid rule, admitting of no exceptions, that an English Minis ter never assigns to any public act its true motive. Further, the tone and spirit of the proceedings of the friends of the amnesty, both in Cork and Water ford Corporations, were dignified and just, and there was no fear that in the hands of such men as Mr. Maguire and Mr. Biala the cause of the exiles would suffer damage or derogation. In short, I should have been silent, and looked on with pleasure, if I had not observed that some of the resolutions calling for an amnesty in various towns were sustained by several speakers on the express ground that the law had been now sufficiently vindicated,' and even certain of those resolutions themselves (at least in Dungar van) urge that 'the time is arrived' for an am nesty. This was too bad; and I thought no time must be lost in showing that I, for one, had no concern in such proceedings. The law was not vindicated; the law was violated and trampled under foot by those proceedings which were called our trials.' They were not, I hope, Catholics who said the law had been sufficiently vindicated by de liberately excluding all Catholics from the juries— as being persons accustomed to perjury, perhaps; at any rate, as being for some reason unfit to exer cise the common civic office of jurors in any case of public importance. As for the time being come,' th 3 time at which such an atrocity should have been undone was the very moment after it was per petrated. Nevertheless, if there be Irishmen in your part of the world who believe that by pack ing juries law is - vindicated, or that an unjust and illegal judgment, having been carried out for twelve years, the time is then come to annul it, no doubt they have a right to their opinion. Moreover, they have a right to lay their petitions at the foot of the throne' upon those very grounds, and none other; but I must be allowed to express my modest sentiments thereupon. After all, the affair is yours, not mine ; but I felt the more strongly called upon to say what I thought of it, inasmuch as in the month of October, 1853, I did, in an American court of justice, according to the forms in that case provided, abjure on oath all allegiance to all kings and queens, and especially by name, to Queen Vic toria—an abjuration which cost me small effort— aud I deem it no more than the respect due to my Government that I should distinctly show I have no participation in a petition for pardon to a foreign Soverei g n, lest any human being should imagine I think of sinking down from the station of an American citizen into that of an Irish subject to an English queen." After this, surely no one will be silly enough to advocate the extension of the royal clemency to Mr. Mitchel. The man is a contemptible fool, too weak to do any serious mischief. THE IVIEATION SWORD. The Newry E,:raminer, a Roman Catholic paper that has lately dispiaYed both common sense and patriotism in exposing the Ultramontane party. And its designs, thus alludes to the M'Alahon sword" movement :—" The two war journals in Dublin have sent in to the treasurer of this fund the sums they have received for this very absurd project, and we may congratulate the lovers of peace, law, and order on the result.. If every shilling of the entire amount represented a soldier, it appears that Mar. shal M'Mahon's friends in England, Ireland, and Scotland only number 9,614 men From this num ber, if we could take that class that would give money, but would not fight, we may take it for granted that the thousands would be reduced to hundreds. This proves that the heart of the coun try is sound, and that in reality there are no rebels in Ireland except those who have nothing to lose by a, par, and who hope to pick up something if a revolution took place. The sum total received by the .Nation and Irishman newspapers (the only two is exactly connec ted with this foolish offering) £487 4s. 4d., which would not have paid for one tenth of the printing and letters written if they had been charged for. The contributions to the Nation were £3lO 125., and to the other aspirant for political martyrdom, £176 12s. 4d., making the total above names. o much for the 111‘Mahon sword movement, and for the men who endeavour to promote a disloyal feeling amongst the people." LAW INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 22. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) GIBSON V. GIBSON. Dr. Wambey, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Cole appeared for the petitioner; and Sir F. Slade, Q.C., Dr. Spinks, and Mr. Speke for the respondent. In this case a suit was instituted for a restitution of conjugal rights by Mr. Charles Gibson, who al leged that his wife, Mary Howard Gibson, had for some months past withdrawn herself from cohabi tation without any reasonable cause, and that she still refused to render him conjugal rights, although repeatedly and earnestly requested to return. The marriage took place on the 10th of November, 1853, at St, James's Church, Piccadilly, Mr. Gibson being a clerk on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and his wife the natural daughter of a gentleman of for tune, named 'Toast, living at Durham Lodge, near Clifton. The respondent, by her answer, admitted that sho had withdrawn from cohabitation, but de nied that she had done so without lawful reason, and alleged, that the petitioner had treated her unkindly and cruelly in 1853, and subsequently had committed adultery with divers persons. She, therefore, prayed the Court to dismiss the petition and grant her a sentence of divorce. Mr. Daniel Gibson, the father of the petitioner, deposed to the fact of the marriage having been ce lebrated, first, at the Bavarian Chapel, in War wick-street, and afterwards in St. James's Church, Piccadilly. He had occasionally visited the parties at Durham Lodge, near Clifton, the house of the lady's father. In cross-examination he said his son had been a clerk on the Bristol and Exe ter Railway, but he was not aware that his salary was' only £BO a-year. His son was con siderably in debt, now owing about £3,000. In support of the case of the wife, Mr. Sydenham Test was examined—Upon Mr. Gibson's marriage with hie daughter he took him into his house to re side, and occasionally furnished him with money. He kept a carriage and horse for Mr. Gibson. The petitioner at length left his situation on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and witness then gave him a dock and wharf at Bristol rent free, and also got him in the commission of the peace for the county of Gloucester. He afterwards put his son-in-law into partnership with two timber merchants, and at the time gave him £2,000, and advanced £l,OOO more. in 1856 he used his influence to get Mr. Gibson a commission in the South Gloucester Militia. After the first year of the marriage wit. ness observed a marked change in his son-in-law's conduct towards the respondent. This was after the militia training was over. He recollected his daughter being prematurely confined in November, 1858. Mr. Gibson had been up in London for some weeks. He was not present at any interview be tween his daughter and her husband before he went away. Mr. Gibson returned to the house a few days after the birth of the child, bat he did not remain there. He subsequently came again and lived there as before, but he had not been in witness's house since the summer in the present year. He recol lected Mr. Hepworth bringing some copies of let ters to the house. Cross-examined—He had not been on very good terms with Mr. Gibson during the last few years. Did not approve of his conduct—keeping late hours, and so on. He had consulted with Mr. Strickland relative to Mr. Gibson, but he left it to his daughter to do as she wished in the affair. He paid the expenses of prosecuting the present suit. After the first year of the marriage, Mrs. Gibson fre quently complained that her husband did not show her proper attention, and kept late hours, and went after other women. Recollected a meeting taking place in November last between Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and himself and the senior Mr. Gib son. The object of that meeting was that the parties should either make it up or agree to a sepa ration, or come to a final decision. The disagreement was about some letters and a photograph was talked about. They all seemed to agree that the best thing would be for the parties to separate, and then young Gibson said he would take the eldest child from her, and the second one when it was two months old. She then began crying very much, and it was settled the child should remain until Satur day. Old Mr. Gibson expressed his displeasure at his daughter-in-law's conduct. - Witness did not propose on that occasion that the parties should live together again. The petitioner expressed no wish to be reconciled to his wife. No reconciliation took place, and neither party seemed to wish it. He was acquainted with his daughter's handwriting, and believed the six letters produced to be hers. Re-examined—His daughter had charged her husband in his presence with kicking her and hurt ing her knee, and also with threatening to shoot her. Mr. G. A. Hepworth deposed that he was a sur geon, practising at Gloucet,ter, and was attached to the Gloucester militia. His wife was the daughter of a musical professor at Gloucester. She was of some musical proficiency, and attended concerts and oratorios in the county. In September Mr. Gibson joined the regiment. At that time Mrs. Hepworth was living with witness in Gloucester. Mr. Gibson and his wife were staying at the Queen's Head Hotel. An intimacy sprung up, and Mrs. Gibson used to be very much with Mrs. Hepworth. He re collected his wife going on her tour. He could not state the date because she had come down from Lon don and smashed a cabinet to pieces and taken his journal. Upon her return from the tour he acciden tally found certain letters in a little metal case in her bed room. The letters produced were those he discovered. He took them over to Clifton the next morning and showed them to Mrs. Gibson. He after wards, at the request of Mr. Teast, sent him copies of the letters. Mrs. Hepworth was not living with him now. The last time they were together was in September last. The photographs produced repre sented Mr. Gibson and Mrs. Hepworth. Cross-examined—Thought photography was • a very pretty art, like most people. His portrait had been taken with his arm round Mrs. Gibson's waist. That was when all the parties were very intimate. Mrs. Hepworth at present supported herself, but not their children. He mentioned finding the letters to his wife before he showed them to Mrs. Gibson. Mrs. Hepworth had an engagement to sing at Liver pool the next morning. Out of consideration for her engagement he told her he had destroyed the letters, but she afterwards discovered he had not, and during her absence a long and angry corres pondence ensued. There had been throughout a continual struggle between his indignation and his affection. He had not been actively engaged in get ting up evidence against bis own wife in the pre sent case. Throe or four letters had passed between him and Mr. Watkins, the sheriff's officer at Bristol, about tracing his wife. At Gloucester he was ac customed to drive about with Mr. and Mrs. Gibson. Mrs. Hepworth used to sit on the coach-box with Mr. Gibson, and he and Mrs. Gibson behind. Charlotte Sawyer, a servant at the house in Man chester-street, Manchester-square, deposed that Mrs. Hepworth used to be visited there by Mr. Gibson. He had visited her two dr three times, but was never alone with her. There were two or three ladies al ways present. Knew of their going out together of a morning, and remaining out three hours. Cross-examined-- One of the three ladies slept with Mrs. Hepworth. Mrs. Moys, of 116, High-street, Ramsgate, stated that a lady and gentleman called at her house in August last. They passed by the name of Mr. Gib son and Mrs. Hepworth. The lady engaged apart ments for the gentleman. Mr. Gibson slept there the same night, and kept there three weeks. There were two bedrooms and one sittingroom. Mr. Gib son's father and two sisters came there on the 11th of August, but Mrs. Hepworth used previously to visit him. She was sometimes alone, and sometimes with another lady. On one occasion she stayed some hours. When she left, Mr. Gibson always accompanied her. Mrs. Hepworth lodged at No. 4, Cliff-street, at the time. It would take five minutes to walk from one lodging to the other. Mr. Gibson used on some occasions not to return until midnight. Witness objected to having to sit up so late, and he then took a latc!i key. Mr. Gibson's father and sisters remained a fortnight, and Mrs Hepworth never came while they were there. Mr. Gibson left on the li/th August, but returned on the 17th, and left altogether on the 23d. He said ho was going by the seven o'clock express, but she afterwards saw him at Margate. The witness identified Mr. Gibson and Mrs. Ilep worth by means of photographs. Cross-examined—Would not undertake to say that Mrs. Hepworth called at High-street more than once a day. About four times she was accom panied by a lady, who once dined with him, but not alone. The daughter of the landlady of the lodgings in Cliff-street, Itamsgate, proved that Mrs. I fepworth took rooms there on the sth August. The apart ments were occupied five weeks and a half by Madame Cornwall, the nurse, and two children, and Mrs. Hepworth herself. Mr. Gibson visited the house on the first Saturday or Monday, and was in the habit of calling about twice every day. Sometimes he saw Mrs. Hepworth alone, and at other times Madame Cornwall was present. In the eyeninu Madame Cornwall sometimes went to bed THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1869. and left others in the drawing-room until 12 o'clock at night. On many occasions they told witness to go to bed, and Mr. Gibson would make the door fast, she, however, declined to leave the door un fastened, because she thought they might not know how to secure it. Almost every night when he came she had to fasten the door after 12 o'clock. Mrs. Hepworth went away on the 15th August, and returned on the 18th. She went alone. On the 19th she again left, but came back the next day. During the visits of Mr. Gibson to Mrs, Hepworth, witness once found the drawing-room door locked. It was about five in the evening. She knocked for admittance, but it was not op( lied, and MI s. Hep worth said she did not want tea yet. She knew that Mr. Gibson was there. Mr. Gibson lately came to Cliff-street with another gentleman, and asked her what she had been saying about him. She told him she had only said what was the truth. When she saw the letter he had written to Mrs. Hepworth, she felt indignant, and told all she knew. She in ' formed him about the door being locked, and he said, "But Cornwall was in the room, was she not ?" She said she did not think so. Cross-examined—Madame Cornwall was a lady about 30 years of age. There was no communication between her bed-room and the drawing-room. Mrs. Hepworth and Madame Cornwall occupied the same bed-room. Jas. Bramner, a tailor and draper at Bristol—ln August last Mr. Gibson was indebted to him in a large sum. He hcd been unable to find Mr. Gibson. On the 15th August he was at Rosherville Hotel, at Gravesend, when he saw a cab drive up to the door with Mr. Gibson and a lady in it. 'I he photo graphic portrait produced of Mrs. Hepworth was that of the lady. It was about six in the evening. Cross-examined—He had a process out against Mr. Gibson, but unfortunately he did not have it with him at Rosherville. Elizabeth Green was chambermaid at the Rosher ville Hotel in August last. Recollected Mr. Gibson and Mrs. Hepworth coming there. The lady said they should require a bedroom for the night, but about two hours afterwards she rang the bedroom bell and said they would require another bedroom. They did not sleep at the hotel that night. Did not see the gentleman in the bedroom. The parties dined in a private sitting room, and left at eight o'clock. The sitting room adjoined the bedroom. Cross-examined—The lady went into the bedroom alone. The luggage was all taken into the bedroom whon they first arrived. The folding doors between the rooms were locked and the sofa drawn across the door of the sitting apartment. Re-examined—Before Mrs. Hepworth asked for a second bedroom, a gentleman had spoken to wit ness about the parties. Jas. Browning, waiter at the Rosherville Hotel, remembered the parties coming to the hotel in August. He generally corroborated the evidence of the last witness. They paid for the bedroom, and when they were going away Mr. Gibson said he had changed his mind, and was going to London. Charles Blake, employed at Bristol to register the passengers of omnibuses, knew Mrs. Gibson ; also knew a person called Miss Farley. He saw her get out of a fly in the latter part of August of last year. Mr. Gibson was walking up and down, and she joined him: They took one of the stand flys and went off together. On cross-examination he said he had not seen Miss Farley in London. Mrs. Jones—Lived in Church-lane, Old Park, Bristol. Kept a lodging-house, to which gentle men some times brought ladies. Had seen Mr. Gibson there with a lady three or four times in the winter of 1858. The lady went by the name of Farley. Cross•examined—Did not know the gentleman's name when he called, or the name of the lady. Had since seen the lady at Fendal's Hotel, near the court. When the name of Mr. Gibson was first mentioned to her the photograph was not shown. She had seen it previously. She knew at once that it was the portrait of the gentleman who had come to her house. William Evans, a fly-driver at Bristol, knew Mr. Gibson when he resided at Mr. Teast's house. Recollected his engaging his fly in June, 1858, and was told to drive towards Stoke's-croft, and take up a lady. He took up a lady, and then drove the parties between six and seven miles along the Glo cester-road, and back to Bristol. It was dark when he got back. The next morning he found some lady's hair-pins in the handle of the fly. About a fortnight afterwards he was engaged to take up Mr. Gibson and the same lady. She had a little child with her, but it was asleep. Harriett Saunders knew Mr. Gibson, and was in his company in June and July, 1858. She drove with him in a fly five or six times, when unfortu nately he took advantage of her. H© had also had connexion with her at Exeter. On one of the occa sions when she went in a fly with Mr. Gibson she had a little boy with her. Cross-examined—She had been introduced to Mr. Gibson by a friend of his in Bristol. After the first introduction she did not see him again for twelve months. She had known him by sight, however, for a long time. This evidence closed the case of the respondent. The following testimony was then adduced on behalf of the petitioner. Mrs. Hepworth, said she was the wife of Mr. Hepworth, of Gloucester. Was married in 1853. Since that time she had been engaged as a singer. In September and October, 1858, the Gloucester Militia were out for training., and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson became remarkably ,intimate with her and her husband. They drove out together, and that intimacy continued until she left Gloucester. That intimacy gave her some uneasiness. She became jealous of Mrs. Gibson. Next saw Mr. Gibson on the 21st 06tober, on her return from Wolverhampton, where she had been singing at a concert. Met him at Birmingham but did not sleep there. She never had any impro per connexion with Mr. Gibson in 1858, either at Birmingham or Wolverhampton. Went to Chelten ham for professional purposes, but had no improper intimacy with Mr. Gibson there. While living at Manchester-street, two lady friends were living with her. Mr. Gibson very often visited there. He was very musical, and they sometimes sang together. They had frequently sung together in Mr. Hep worth's presence. She went to Ramsgate with her children with the permission of her husband. On the occasion of the door being , found locked she was not alone with Mr. Gibson. Madame Cornwall locked the door because she was unwell, and the chil dren kept running in. She called on Mr. Gibson in' High-street, Ramsgate, five or six times, but only once alone. She went to fetch a book, and rested there about halt-an-hour, being very tired. When she met Mr. Gibson on his way to Gravesend, she did not do so by appointment. She had taken her ticket to London ; but being in no hurry to reach London, she was induced to stop at Gravesend to eat whitebait. Mr. Gibson was going to meet his father. She had not the least intention of staying at Graves end all night. Had an engagement for the next day at Cheltenham. They went to the Rosherville Hotel, and witness went into a bedroom, where, on seeing some of Mr. Gibson's luggage, she imme diately asked the chambermaid to show her another room. No improper intimacy had ever existed be tween her and Mr. Gibson at any time. Cross-examined--On the night of the day she was at Rosherville witness slept at the Euston Hotel ; Mr. Gibson accompanied her to London, and left her at the station. It must have been 11 o'clock when she reached her hotel. Mr. Gibson left the train immediately on its arrival at the station, in a great hurry, because he had seen a creditor of his at Rosherville, who he thought might have followed him. Would not swear that she had not let Mr. Gibson know she was going to London that day. It was very immaterial, but her impression was that he did not know she was going. She had known Mr. Gibson about six weeks when she received the two letters produced from him. She thought it was very in discreet of him, and she wrote, saying she did not approve of his language. The week previously there had been a great commotion on the part of Mr. Hepworth because Mrs. Gibson had not made her appearance as:promised, and he was very violent. The letters, however, were very enigmatical, and she did not know exactly to what Mr. Gibson alluded. When she was at Ramsgate Mr. Gibson came down there with his family. She told him so on one of his visits to Manchester-street. ller hus band knew where she was. A short time ago she opened a drawer of her husband's and took out all the papers that were necessary for her. They were not papers at all concerned with this suit. She had received other letters from Mr. Gibson than the two referred to, but none of them begun " My darling Clare." By e Court—Was only at Ramsgate once last summer. Should be sorry to say how she went down, whether by rail or boat. Could not at all remem ber, but thought it was by boat. Met Mr. Gibson by accident in the High street the day after her arrival. Mrs. Cornwall deposed that she was a widow, and resided in Manchester-street, Manchester square.onmo wern himfro Mr Gibson occa sionally were residing with her. • invitation. from e c w h i t l h d e . petitioner p i N i v i o t i rTh a t a e n l y d . N l l l i a s d s s k • h Never saw the least impropriety pass b etween him an d s v‘ i ' o a i s i anl l e y ve v r is a i l t o e i d le a t t h t e le r i e Ihvoiuthsebily.s.hieir3p woit that lady. Was at Ramsgate in A u g ust last. Mrs. Hepworth's nurse and children accompanied her. Mrs. Hepworth went down a day earlier to take the time. Mr. Gibson visited them , and on the the apartments. They lived together t h e whole of occasion of his visits she was always present. R e _ membered locking the door because the children annoyed her. Had called on Mr. Gibson wit"; Alm - - Hepworth. Never saw any improprieties pass be tween those parties. By the Court—Never went to bed before Mrs. Hepworth at Ramsgate. Half-past 11 was the latest hour at which Mr. Gibson ever left the house. Miss Somerhays also stated that she had never known any undue intimacy to have existed between Mrs. Hepworth and the petitioner. After some further testimony the further hearing of the case was postponed. The following are the letters referred to : " Bristol, Oct. 2t l ) 185 S. "MY OWN DARLING CLARE,—I was so disap pointed at not receiving even a short note from you this morning, though, of course, from the tone of your last I had no right to hope it. I was really very ill and unhappy yesterday—ill, because I had two of those dreadful attacks in my head, and wretched on account of your letter ; and to make matters worse Madame took it into her head to be very disagreeable. It appears (but you must not seem to know this, or he would, of course, guess that I told you) that he told her the night we were at Gloucester that you left your people at Wolverhampton after the concert and came to me at Birmingham, stopped there all night, and came on with me in the morning. I have, of course, said it was all a lie, so you must remember that the train you left Birmingham by was the 9.20, while the one I am supposed to have come by was the 10.20. It's rather lucky that the trains fit so well, as it seems probable that we should have come that way ; and as we have denied coming together it would never do for us to admit it. I cannot tell you how I hate that woman now, every day more and more, and how happy I should be if we could only be happy together. I know with you I should be perfectly happy, and I am quite sure I would do all I could to make you so; and I rather fancy I should succeed—do you think I should ?I so long for to-morrow evening, in the hope of hiving a few lines from you, should you not be too busy to write to this poor old child. If you have not written, do, darling, write to me, and write kindly. I must finish to-day, as 1 feel too ill to . write. My heart beats just as it did the other evening. " Yours fondly attached, " C. " Mind, in case of accidents, destroy my letters directly you have read them, as I think I now quite understand his game." " Bristol, Oct. 28, 1858. "My own Darling Clare,—l was so delighted with your letter received this morning that I hardly know what to do with myself. What a dreadful idea it is to think that you should have the power of making me so miserable or so happy ! I wish you would always try to do the latter, as it would be so easy to you and so jolly to me. How could you be so silly as to take such an absurd idea into your head about the Bridgend letter ? I cannot imagine what I could possibly have said to give rise to any such notion, and really nothing was further than that from my mind, so I sincerely trust you will never again be so naughty. I did not know what to think all day yesterday at not hearing from you. I wrote you two letters, but thinking that, perhaps, you did not wish to hear from me, destroyed them both ; and now I am so sorry I did not send one of them, as, perhaps, you may have thought it unkind my not writing ; but that was the only reason. I stayed down here till the afternoon post was in, in hopes of hearing from you ; but it was no go. About seeing you to-morrow, you must not think it is because I do not wish, as I would give all in the world to again see you, but I really don't see how I am to manage it, as were I to be away, my fat friend would be sure to guess I was gone to see you, so I must wait till next Friday, and meet you in London. Write and tell me about what time you will arrive. I see by the list I can write you on Tuesday, Liverpool ; on Wednesday, Boston ; and on Thursday, Lyne—is that right ?—and on Friday I shall again see my darling ; how I do long, my sweet one, to be again with you! Will you not be able to stay in London over Sunday, as we might have a jolly day together ? I wish I were going to be at Liverpool with you. I think you are wrong about our fair friend writing ; she tells me that she offended George dreadfully that night when I was asleep, and I fancy she did, as he seemed in a very bad temper when we left. lam very glad you are not coming by the boat to-mor row, as she told me this morning that she means to go and meet it, as she fancies you are coming by it, and that I should be there to meet you, as G. told her you would be in South Wales till Saturday morning. Won't she be sold—first at going for nothing ? Can you manage not to let G. know you are going to London, as he is sure to let her know, and then she might insist on coming with me, which would not add to my comfort in the slightest degree ? Mind you write to-morrow before you go home, and on Tuesday you will find a letter from me at the post-office, Liverpool. Did you think last night of that day week at Cheltenham ? I could not, for the life of me, go to sleep, thinking how happy I had been, how happy I could be with you, and what a darling you are. Tho more I think of you the fender I become, so you must promise me never again to fancy by anything I say in my let ters it would be possible for me to change. I always write my letters very fast, and never read them over, so that I may very often express myself badly ; so please think of that next time before you write me such a very unkind letter as the Cardiff one was; but yours of to-day certainly made up for it, as it really was a dear, kind child to write to me so nicely. Adieu, my sweet one, till Friday, warn I shall expect you to be very affectionate.—Yours fondly devoted, " CH. "Mind and destroy my letters before you go home." MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Dec. 22, (Before the Assistant-Judge,) Frederick Rogers, 25, was indicted for stealing a box, containing a Chinese puzzle, and. two brooches, of the value of £2, the property of the London and South-Western Railway Company. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted; the prisoner was unde fended. He surrendered in court. The offence alleged against the prisoner was committed at Hounslow station. The prisoner kicked a box which had been left on the platform by the guard, and picked it up. After the foreman of the jury pronounced a ver dict of guilty, Mr. Gent; as anzicus curice, suggested that in point of law the case did not amount to lar ceny, and one of the jury said the verdict had been given without his concurrence. The jury were thereupon directed to reconsider their verdict, and ultimately they were dissharged without giving a verdict at all. Sarah Gale, 30, was indicted and convicted at the last sessions f robbing a man of L 2 2s. 6d. in a brothel in St. George-street, St. Giles's. It appeared that she was an old offender, and had undergone four years' penal servitude. She stated that since she had come home she had made every endeavour to earn an honest living, and gate names and addresses of persons with whom she had lived. The learned Judge directed Mr. Foulsham, the officer of the House of Correction, Westminster, to make inquiry as to the truth of her statement, and the report which he now presented to the Court was very unfavourable to her; she certainly had had three situations, but in each she had grossly misconducted herself. Many efforts had been made to reclaim her without avail, and she was deemed incorrigible. The learned Assistant-Judge sentenced the pri soner to four years' penal servitude. Samuel Croome, a respectable-looking middle aged man, was indicted on Wednesday for having embezzled several sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to about £l6, which he had received on account of Mr. Boulton, gas meter manufac turer, of Bagnigge-wells-road. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis were counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Metcalfe was for the pri soner. The trial of this case lasted the whole day, and had been fixed to be taken._ . -- The prisoner had been in Mr. Boulton's service in a confidential capacity, and the accounts produced certainly showed a deficiency of money received by the prisoner, but they had been kept in anything but a business-like manner. The prisoner's defence was, that it was a spiteful and malicious prosecu tion got up against him, in consequence of his hav ing been engaged with another person in the same line of business, who had obtained an injunction against the prosecutor for infringing a patent, and that the prosecutor had got up this case as a trap for him, This was emphatically denied. The examination in chief as to the accounts, and the areas examination lasted some hours. Mr. Metcalfe made a long and very able ad dress to the jury, after which the learned Judge summed up most carefully, and told the jury that not only the prisoner, but the prosecutor, was under going the ordeal of a trial ; for on the one hand, the prisoner was guilty of robbing his master Of money he had received as his servant, and had aggravated his offence by false accusations against him ; or on the other, because a person with whom the prisoner had had some Ixansactions, had ob tained an injunction against the prosecutor, he (the prosecutor) had produced falsified books, made a false charge for spiteful and vindictive reasons, and had entered the witness-box to support that charge by the basest and most infamous perjury. It was a most serious issue between the parties, and he commended thQ CAR to the most careful and serious consideration of the jury. The jury retired, and after about an hour's deliberation, came iuto court, and returned a ver diet of guilty. The foreman. said they recom mended the prisoner to mercy, and they could not but say that the books, in their opinion, had been kept in a bad, careless, and loose way, which had afforded the prisoner a temptation to commit these frauds. That was why they recommended him to mercy. The Assistant-Judge said he should defer the sentence until next Sessions, and well consider the whole case, and he hoped to be able to remove from his mind a good deal of the painful effect which the infamous and detestable defence set up by the pri soner had produced. He entirely agreed in the verdict of the jury, and the prisoner, instead of doing anything in the way of reparation, had greatly added to the wickedness of his conduct. The prisoner, who had surrendered to answer the charge, was then removed to Coldbath-fields. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Dennis Murphy, the younger, aged 25, a perfect picture of a desperate ruffian, was convicted of robbing his father of 4s. 11d. The prisoner had been before convicted at the Old Bailey, and had been a curse to his parents. The offence he was now convicted of was robbing his father while he was asleep. They lived at 29, Burn-street, Marylebone. Mr. Creasy sentenced the prisoner to ten years' penal servitude. The prisoner's conduct to his father while in the dock was shocking, and his parting wish cannot be given. - John Thomas Stevens, a drayman, was indicted for feloniously embezzling three several sums of 9s. which he had received on account of Frederick Lightfoot, brewer, of Oxford-street. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to eight months' hard labour. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Dickie prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton was for the prisoner. Emma Haydon and Harriet Taylor, two prosti tutes, were found guilty of robbing a man named Ferguson of his watch. Ilayclon wat not so bad a character as Taylor, who had been before convicted of a similar offence. Haydon was sentenced to eight months' hard labour, and Taylor to three years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 22. CLERKENWELL.—LAPORTANT TO THE PUB mc.--George Pulling, of the Belmont-wharf, Maiden-lane, and 19, River-street, Islington, ap peared before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a summons which charged him with having, on the 23d of November last, unlawfully and knowingly sold to Mr. Matthew Wilson one sort of coals for a sort which they really were not, contrary to the provisions of the Ist and 2d William the Fourth, chap. 76, sec. 45. This case was one of the greatest importance to the public, owing to the number of persons who advertise their shops and houses as being depots for the sale of the Great Northern Railway Company's coals, and appointed by the company. • From the evidence it appeared that the defendant waited upon the complainant's wife in the month of November last, and asked her for an order for coals. At this time he produced a card, which was headed " Great Northern Railway Coal Company," and on which was the prices of the several descrip tions of the coal. The complainant believing that he was the agent of the railway company ordered two tons at the highest price on the card, viz., " Best Wallsenn" at 245. per ton. The coals were delivered at dusk the next evening, and with them a vendor's ticket, on the top of which was " Great Northern Railway Coal Company, chief office, Bel mont-wharf, York-road, King's cross," but at the bottom the word " railway" was not inserted. The coals were of such an inferior quality that they would not burn, in consequence of which the com plahaa.nt wrote to the defendant, asking to see him, but instead of calling himself, he sent his wife, who said that the coals were very bad, and that she would have them taken back, and fresh coals sent in their place. This, however, not being done, the defendant was again , written to, but no notice was taken of the communication, in consequence of which the complainantlitOled in Mr. Dix, the coal inspector of the Oreat Northern Railway, who said the coals, instead of being the " Best AVallsend," were nothing but the commonest sort of coal, viz., " Barnsley soft," and that instead of being worth 245. per ton, which the defendant had charged, the trade at the time were being served with Barnsley soft, at 14s. 6d. per ton. The complainant finding that he could get no redress from the defendant, took out the present summons, since which the de fendant had waited upon him to induce him to com promise the matter, but this the complainant re fused to do upon public grounds. A Solicitor, wh o a tt en d e d f or t h e defence, said it was a mistake. The defendant was only agent for a person at Belmont-wharf, and all the coals he sold he had 2s. per ton commission. The defendant was well known, and had within these few weeks sold over 100 tons of coal. The complainant here produced the vendor's ticket, and remarked that the defendant's name was printed on it, but not as thu agent for another person. Mr. Tyrwhitt said if the defendant received money for one sort of coal and sent another, he must take the conseciur,nces. Ho believed that what the defendant had. Laid about being agent was a mere subterfuge. Ile could tell the defendant that there were Cases in the books where persons had been indicted;ik obtaining money under false pre tences, and. that under precisely similar circum stances to the present. This was one of those transactions which fell very hard, particularly upon the smaller class of housekeepers, and he did not think that it was a case that ought to be compro 'raised. The better class of coal VMS being constantly mixedwith inferior coal, and that by persons of the same class as defendant. The owners of good coal deplored that it was done, for it cast a stigma upon them which they did not deserve. It also cast a stigma upon the country generally ; for foreigners instead of believing as they used to do, that every thing in this country was free from adulteration, now imputed to us the contrary. As there was no desire on the part of the complainant for the inflic tion of the full penalty, and as this was the first case that had come before him for some time, ho should order the defendant to pay a fine of £lo— £5 for each ton, instead of £lO for each ton, or, in default of payment, three calendar months' impri sonment in the House of Correction. If any other case of the sort came before him heshould most cer tainly inflict the full penalty. The defendant, not having the money, was locked up in default, at the same time saying that he should appeal against the decision. THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. The Scotsman of yesterday says that on Wednes day the thaw continued throughout the day,favoured by a fresh wind from the west, but towards evening, the wind abating, frost again set in, and, as the barometer is rising, may prevail for a day or two. In the meantime, however, two days of mild windy weather have stripped the fields of their snowy covering, and unsealed the lakes and streams. Even the snowdrifts have disappeared, and the North British Railway, closed at Cockburnspath for three days, was yesterday cleared, and the trains running as usual. The North. _British Agricul turist says :—" The severe frost experienced for some days gave way on Tuesday forenoon, and during the night showers of rain occurred. To-day (Wednesday) is mild, with sunshine. The intensity of the cold during Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sabbcdh, and Monday exceeded that known for many years—the thermometer marking in the 'mornings from 14 to 18 deg. F. below the freezing point. In some districts snow-storms have been experienced. In others no snow fell. Along the east coast the fall of snow has been greater than has been experienced for several years. In the upper districts of East-Lothian the depth of snow was eight inches. The snow-fall was preceded by a thunder-storm. The beautiful crumte.tions of the hoar-frost were a peculiar feature of this storm." The Dumfries Courier reports—" On Sunday there were several showers of snow, but the clouds cleared off, and the afternoon was fine. Monday was dull and foggy ; net a breath of air stirred, and ' the streets were black with smoke and frost.' The Nith has been frozen from the Caul to Albany place for some days, and on Saturday several rinks of curlers were busily engaged on its surface ; while, of course, lakes and ponds have daily resounded to the roar of the channel-stone. The Nith is also frozen completely across for some distance below Kin gholm Quay, and quantities of ice line its banks within tide mark. On Saturday night and Sunday morn ing snow fell around Lockerbie to the depth of six inches, while the fall here was not sufficient to cover the ground. The snow may be coming yet for a' that, but meanwhile the barometer is firm and the sky clear." In a weather report, the Aberdeen Journal of Wednesday remarks For many years we have not had in this quarter so se vere a snow-storm so early in the winter as the one under which we have been suffering since the 13th of the present month. About Aberdeen the snow is now a foot . or ,so deep, where not blown. It is rather remarkable that till yesterday there was more snow between Aberdeen and Culter than be tween the latter place and Aboyne ; and that in the south of Laurencekirk there were black frosts with little or no snow. The lowest temperature in AberdeenZas . :notednby Mr. Thomas Gray's self registering thermometer, occurred o . n the night be tween Sunday and Monday, when it sank to seven degrees F.—that is, 25 degrees below the freezing point. A beautiful crimson aurora was observed on Thursday evening last at Inverary, just before a snow shower. On Monday morning a policeman found no fewer than six birds dead, on Waterloo Quay, from the intense frost—bullfinches , we be lieve. The local mails have also been from one to three hours late, especially on the Peterhead road. Yesterday the wind changed to.S.W., the frost gave way, and there were symptoms of a thaw." The Banffshire Journal of Tuesday says .—" Since this day week we have had the severest snow-storm experienced in this part of the country for a num ber of years. Snow fell thickly on Tuesday morn ing, and the wind getting up in the course of the day, the frequent showers which continued were furiously drifted, until, before night, considerable wreaths were accumulated. Wednesday and Thurs day were much of the same character as Tuesday ; and so also was Friday, on the evening of which there was quite a gale of wind and blinding drift, while the snow, having by that time attained conside rable depth, was still being rapidly increased. Satur day was comparatively calm, but on that afternoon a large quantity of new snow fell, especially in Moray shire and westwards. Since then, there have been occasional showers, but no material augmentation to the quantity of snow. Wreaths of immense depth have gathered in all sheltered places, blocking 11 1 ), of course, nearly all the side roads, and to a great extent the principal thoroughfares, stopping' even some of the railways and more or less deranging the traffic on them all. On Friday, only one train was run from Turiff to Inveramsay and back on that day, and this, though the distance is only some 18 miles each way, occupied seven hours, the progress being merely a series of starts and stops, in replar succession, for the greater part of the journey. the Peterhead and Banff coach has not made its ap pearance in Banff since its departure on Thursday- The Banks of Ythan, running between Aberdeen and Strichen, Old Deer, and Achnagatt, is also off the road ; and the Aberdeen and Peterhead, and Aberdeen and Fraserburgh mail coaches are dash ing along with six horses, but are generally two hours or so late. The frost has been intense, espe cially on Sunday and Monday. Some scient ific gentlemen had the uncomfortable pleasure, it is said, of witnessing their breath in a railway ear: riage, early in the week, condensed by the f r ost, ana actually in particles of snow around them. The thermometer in Strathdon has been standing at 22 deg. under freezing point. On Friday night, a Yell . vivid flash of lightninc , was seen in Banff, followed by a loud clap of thunder, and several others have been heard in the centre of the country. The effect was very singular in the midst of a severe snow storm and intense frost." The Inverness Adverti een ser says :—" Within the last few days we ha ve visited by a severe storm of frost and snow , which appears to have spread over the whole country frost set in here on Tuesday last, and s now be gan to fall heavily on the following day , s ucceeded at intervals by other falls, until the country around was covered to a considerable depth. Towards the north the roads have been clear as far as the Meikle. b Ferry, but beyond this coaching has been sto p ped altogether, and sledges have been used for the Pur pose of carrying the mails to Thurso. Late on M r on" day night a thaw set in, which still continues.' COUNTRY MARKETS. MANC HE STER—DEc. 14. Holders of wheat demanded fully last week's rate s, and sales were consequently effected with difficulty. Flour if; little demand, but quotations unaltered. Oats an d oatmea l brought extreme rates. English beans unchanged, a n Indian corn the turn higher. BIRMINGHAM—DEC. 22. to A largo supply of wheat, and prices at a declin e of 5,..00 is on lato quotations. Barley the turn cheaper, and in 510 w request. Oats were firm. Beans and peas firm, and quite as dear. BOSTON—DEc. 21. We had a limited supply of wheat from the growe rs r e day, the demand for which ruled brisk, at fully is upon is to prices of last week. Oats were in 7,:equest, and 6 d bg. dearer. Other articles in steady inquiry, and prices as fore. Averages fot• the week : Wheat Peas .3,904 qrs., at ........ 4 3 2 8 5 s 7 3 ( 1 61 646 Beans SS „ ..... . 408 91 Barley.. l3B „ 26s lld Oats 337 „ ......•.19A 711 Rye- PLYMOUTH—DEC. 19. This market was dull to-day, and prices for wheat naval' nally unchanged Holders declined to take lo wi s h ht Flour was 6d dearer. The quotations are—English wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 43s to 45s per qr • French do., 4 3 1 1 to 45s ; grinding barley, 26s to 28s ; oats, ' 22s to 25 0 i flour, fine, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 325. whits LOUTH—Dze. 21. There was a dull business done in wheat to- l al+ a r li e l prices were at fully last week's quotations, viz., 'whea t ' and mixed, old and new, 40s to 44s per qr. ; whit e, 490. Oats, 188 to 225; beans, 40s to 445; barley, 290 to 330. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 21. The supplies were large to - day at ma rket, and sales Were rather heavy. Wheat on the top 2s 6d down average Os id Barley on the top Os 6d down average Os 6d do on the top ls Od down average Os 6d down., Beans on the top Is Od down average Os 4d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat........... . ...... £2 6 7 4-12ths Barley . ................ 116 11 0-12ths • Oats .................. 1 410 4-12ths Beans .................• 2 5 4:10-12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1014 qr 5........ Sold 838 qrs 8ar1ey........20 40 qrs ........ Sold 1577 qrs qrs Oats .1716 146 qrs... qrs.. ........... Ssoord;:1815054 Beans GLASGOW—DEc. 21. In the market to-day the busin ess doing w as very dull. Flour at late rates. Barley and oats were rather chetaper, but little business doing. Beaus and peas wore quie and easier. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEc. 19. There was a good supply of fa t stock to-day, with o full attendance of buyers ; a good demand, and high pricea were asked for best quality and realised. Sheep were ig good supply, and well sold. Fat pigs plentiful. Beef 1 d O Mutton .. Lamb Od to Od Rough ..... ... Sd par atone. Hides, 31d to 51(1 ; calf skins, 6(1 to 6td. DUBLIN—DEc. 20. in and Our market was pretty well attended this morn. , 4 , there was a moderate sapply, at about the quotations u 4 last week. In Indian corn little doing. a. d. s. d. Wheat, white 28 0 to 30 0 Do., red 27 0 to 29 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l2 0 to 12 6 FOREIGN MAIL MAIL PACKET LIST. e. d. H. a. Do., new . 1 otol2 0 Bere l3 to 14 6 Rapeseed „ „ 20 0 to 23 6 0 Oatmeal l3 0 t. 15 Bakers' flour l6 0 to 19 0 Indian corn 40 - In the following; table E signifies that letters are despatob el by evening mails from London, and M by morning Lly evening 1118113 10)111 .2..Avuukni, ants us. I, ...'• `. - - Not DESTINA.TIONS. A Ba u psh s oia t ut r nitt l o t ha l , la and Mauritius, via' ilofesP3llallesh. -----"--11)PesoPrat teofh. ui---2:-.. :::.! 0 a s v m a ia n p d h °n l k a i r a s v e a il n l a es via New I ,j j a a n n : 18 2 ', M E 5 ., ° , u , t , 11 , a , n1 .. P .... ' ja il ' 4 • . Dec. 22 York Dec. 23, E Liverpoo l . __._. 21 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Dee. 2S , E Liverpool. • -L'''' Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- t Jan' 1 sion, and St. Helena ,Jan. 5, E Deronp or China, Penang, and Sings-1 pore, via Southampton Jan. 4AI Southatnp. . J -e n: 12 Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Deo. 27 , M Southa n*P. D ec. -- Honduras and Blewfields In D di l a tto (B , India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, v o i l a ub b a larseilles via Southampton ampton 39, via South- .113nel: 21: 3EI 5..°.u.t.h.ani...P.: . . jj p l"" 7o7 25 122 Dec. 27, 31 SouthanlP. ove rdue • Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, n .latt• and P. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 27, 31 Southamp. '" Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana ' D lan.e o . Jan. 3 2 7 0 , 3 : 1 1 S S* ............................ .. o :n : re: s e r . ( 1 21 Jan. 2, 31 Southo.nlP. ' -- Newfoundland United States and British N Dee. 25 America (by British packet) Dec. 23, E Liverpool. • __ Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma- .. J a n, 10 deira, and Teneritre Dec. 23 E LiverPo°,' West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey-____ .___.__.... -/ - Wi• 1 town. New Granada. &c. BIRTHS. BROWN.—On the 18th inst. , at Weymouth, Dors et, OP wife of Andrew Brown, M.D., of a daughter. GURNEY.—On the 17th ins t . , at Nice, the wife of P r ' Gurney, of a son. HoitNE.—On the 2 1 st inst., at 10,Woburn-square , th e of Mr. Edward Horne, of a son. the 21st inst., at Tracey House, HonitoOr the wife of George Neumann, Esq., of a daughter. MA R R Alle:(1 E S. HAY—SEAGOVE.—On the 22d inst., at St. George's, fi R aT over - s quare William Daniels Hay, R.N., t ann ia, to Emma Louisa Inglis, second daught e r of E. I t. Seagrove, of the Hard, Portsea. - STEWART—REINAGLE.—On the 20th inst. at Leigh, cestershire, James Stewart, Esq., of the inst., Exchanger London, fourth son of Duncan Stewart, T ., -Sq., Attorney- General ' of Bermuda, to Julia 13ramson, elder surviving daughter of the late 'George Philip Rcinagle, Wor- DEATHS. CAMPERDOWN.—On the 22d inst., at his residence, Wilt°ll . terrace, the Right lion. the Ea rl of Camperdown, KT.t aged 75. CARR.—On the 21st inst., John Francis Carr, Esq., W est Ditchburn, near Alnwick, Northumberland. DOUGIAS.—On the 19t14 inst., at Glasgow, Cap t a in Walter Douglas, aged 54. DOV E TON.—On the 2 0 th inst. at Cheltenham, Lieut.- General F. it. Doveton, Madras A r my, aged 69 R . .—On the 20th inst. at Alany-street, egent DuxLor 's park, James, second son of, the latbe liobt. B. Dunlop, of Drumhead, Dumbartonshire, and Stockwell, Surrey. EoAn.r.—On the 15th inst., Ferdinand Eileart, Esq., n of 9, Harrington-square, aged 69. _---_----- LONDON Printed and Published by KURD° YOl/10, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 2,2 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count: 180. Middl ese x, Friday, Decem ber 23, 0 j LIST GA