The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-20 00:00:00

TEE NAVY. The Spiteful, 6, paddle, Commander Wilson, which arrived at Spithead on Monday from Devon port, sailed again yesterday. It is expected that the screw steamship Hero, 91, Commodore George Seymour, will be detained some time in the Keyham steamyard, in conse quence of her fore foot and several parts of her keel having been knocked away. It appears that she must have been ashore during the Royal visit to America. The iron screw steam sloop Megxra, 6, Com mander H. Henderson, at Portsmouth, will call at Plymouth to embark supernumeraries for the vari ous ships in the Mediterranean. During their last official visit to the port of Ply mouth and the Arsenal at Devonport, the Lords of the Admiralty expressed their gratification at the progress of the boys on board the training ship Implacable, 24, Commander John W. Dorville, in Hamoaze. Their Lordships were especially pleased by the skill and activity with which the ship's canvass was handled. The discipline having conti nued good, the Board has now granted all the boys (400) 14 days' leave of absence, and has paid their fares to their homes in various parts of England and Ireland ; 340 boys left Plymouth on Monday. Steam was got up yesterday (Wednesday) on board the screw steam troopship Himalaya, Cap tain S. Seccombe, and in the afternoon she was appointed to go from Hamoaze into the Sound. Her further movements are unknown ; she may go outside the Breakwater to try her repaired ma chinery and returned to the Sound, or proceed to Portsmouth. Some ten days since it was rumoured at Plymouth that her ultimate destination was the East Indies and China; now a voyage to New Zea land, with troops, is spoken of as very probable. Steam was got up yesterday (Wednesday) on board the screw steam guavessel Nimble, 5, in key ham steam basin, to try her new Griffith's propeller. The fitting of the screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, at Devonport, is progressing. Her topmasts are on end, jibboom out, and rigging set up. The sailing frigate Alarm, 26, intended for a coal depot ship at Pembroke, was placed yesterday (Wednesday) in No. 4 dock at the Devonport dock yard. The following appointments were mad e y es t er d a y at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. H. Risk to the Nar cissus ; Commander Leveson Wildman, to the Phi lomel ; Commander Alex. Philips to the Narcissus; Commander Thos. Heard to the Castor, additional for service in the Trincomalee training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve ; W. C. Bicknell, Master, to the Asia, for the Rinaldo; Richard E. Pym, Mas ter, to the Cumberland, for the Challenger; Thos, J. Whinier, Master, to the Asia, for the Osborne ; John Scott, Master, to the Asia, for the Princess Royal; Geo. C. Lacken, Second Master, to the Diadem ; Frederick Seaton, Second Master, addi tional to the Victory; Michael L. Guy, Second Master, to the Porcupine ; Frederick Burne, Assis tant Paymaster in charge, to the Philomel ; Wm. 31. Mitchell, Clerk, to the Ariadne ; and Mr. Francis N. H. Harvey has been nominated to a naval cadet ship. TBE ARMY. Yesterday the troops composing the garrison at Chatham were occupied in some military opera tions on an extensive scale, the plan and details of which were arranged by Major-General Eyre, com manding the forces of the Chatham district, and executed under his direction. The nature of the operations undertaken supposed the presence of a large attacking force in the neighbourhood of the garrison, an attack on which was imminent, the enemy having concentrated himself within a few miles of the town. In order to watch his move ments and to repel the expected attack, the whole strength of the garrison was matched to the locality in which his forces were concentrated,which was supposed to be the district around Gad's-hill, between Gravesend and Rochester. The troops ordered to be employed in the operations were the mounted Royal Engineer Train, who were to act as cavalry; the corps of Royal and Indian Engi neerP, the three battalions of Infantry of the Line quartered at Chatham, and the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, together numbering about 5,000 bayonets. In consequence of the somewhat lengthened details of the operations to be under taken it was necessary that the troops should be in motion early, and each division was accordingly paraded in front of its respective quarters shortly after 9 o'clock, when the various bodies marched off to the general parade-ground at Chatham Barracks, where the final orders for the day were issued by Major-General Eyre, and the disposition of the forces made. Each man was provided with 20 rounds of ammunition. The advanced guard was formed of the Royal Engineers, several companies of which, protected by cavalry, moved off in the direction of the supposed force, the main road,how ever, being avoided. After a short lapse of time the main body quitted the garrison, the reer guard being composed of the Royal Marines, and marched through Rochester and across the Medway, taking the direction of the oldßomanWatling-street,toward s a spot known as the Hemitage, the whole country leading to which was reconnoitred by the caval r y. The Royal Engineers proceeded by various routes to Gad's-hill, where, on the arrival of the main body, the whole were reformed, and took up their posi tions to repel the supposed attack, pickets and skirmishers being thrown out in various directions. The entire force then marched by the main road towards Chatham, which was reached at 2 o'clock, the men having been under arms five hours. By direction of Major. General Eyre, the officers who took part in the operations are to prepare a sketch of the country traversed, as well as a detailed re port of the day's proceedings, giving a description of the locality and its adaptation, or otherwise for operations by cavalry, artillery, or infantry troops. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT On Tuesday evening a crowded public meeting was held at the Horbury school-rooms, Ladbroke road, Notting-hill, to promote the formation of a Cadet corps in connection with the South Middlesex Rifies—the Hon. E. Curzon in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that, as the residents of Not ting-hill were among the earliest in establishing volunteer corps, he was not surprised to find them in favour of the proposed cadet corps. Ifthe volun teer movement was to become one of the permanent institutions of the country, cadet corps must be established, Ew" as to enable the rising generation to take the place of their elder brothers in arms who might be removed from the muster-roll of the corps through death or any, other cause. The cost of equipment to the cadet c orps was moderate, so as to bring it within the reach of all p aren t s. " That, ina smuc h as th e Mr. SILT then m oved, volunteer rifle movement has is th e bec ome a su bj ect of national approbation, i t the op i n ion of this meeting that volunteer cadet corp s s h ould be formed." Mr. SHERIDAN, 1%1.P., seconded the mot i on, which was carried. After addresses from several other speakers, a resolution was agreed to pledging the meeting t o support the proposed cadet corps. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. On Tuesday afternoon a numerous company assembled at the Town-hall, Woolwich, to witness the presentation of a silver bugle, subscribed for by the ladies of the district, to the 4th Kent Rifle Corps, which arrived at the time named, under the command of Captain Carter, and pre ceded by its band. The corps having formed oppo site the platform, Mrs. Brown, wife of the Rev. Henry Brown, M.A., rector of Woolwich, ad dressed them as follows :—" Several of the ladies of Woolwich have honoured me with the request that I should present to you this silver bugle as a token of the high estimation in which your disin terested services are hold by them, as well as by the inhabitants of this important town in general. Though the sound of the bugle is usually associated in our minds with the terrors of war, we trust that in this instance its notes may serve to enliven the peaceful occupations of our daily life rather than be heard as a call to arms for the defence of our country. But should the tranquillity of our homes be disturbed by foreign invasion, we feel I assured that we may confidently rely on your cou rage and readiness, as well as on you, ability, to aid in our defence, since only a high sense of duty to your Sovereign and of love for your country could have thus roused you in a time of peace to be prepared for the unhappy contin ncies of war." Mrs. Brown then presented the bugle to Captain Carter, who replied in appropriate terms, and, after an address from the Rev. H. Brown, the corps re tired in marching order. On Monday last, at a meeting of the non-com missioned officers and privates of the 4th Company of the Ist Surrey Rifle Volunteers, a valuable watch and chain, with a purse, was presented to Sergeant George Madgwick, R.M., as a mark of their appre ciation of his services as drill instructor. TILE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COM MERCE AND THE FRENCH TREATY. A special meeting of the Chamber was held yesterday in the Mayor's parlour, at Manchester, to receive a report from the directors relative to the French treaty. Mr. H. FLEMING, the secretary, read the docu ment, as follows : The French Commercial Treaty being now completed, and its details having been published, the directors feel it their duty to report the various steps they have taken as regards this important measure. On the publication of the treaty the sinject was brought under the immediate notice of the Board ; and at a meat- ing, held on the 13th of February, it was resolved to peti tion the House of Commons in its favour, the petition•con eluding as follows : " Your petitioners therefore pray your hen. House to afford the measure its calm and impartial consideration in its many important details, to pass the same with all con venient speed r and thus check the mischief arising from the uncertainty now naturally affecting many important interests. On!the same day a cordial vote of thanks was passed by the Board to Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., for his voluntary and patriotic exertions in the negotiation of the treaty in question. As soon as possible after the receipt of copies of the treaty the Board met to consider the subject, and on the 20th of February appointed a sub-com mittee to examine its details and report thereon. Their report was presented on the 23d of the same month, strong objection being taken to article No. 13, which gave the French Government the power of converting the ad valo rem into specific duties, the sub-comaittee being of opinion that such a course would be attended with considerable risk of complication and uncertainty, and would be found, as regards the manufactures of this district, to be generally impracticable. The report also showed the unfairness of calculating the rate of duties upon the medium price ruling during the six months immediately preceding the ratifica tion of the treaty, as a fair average would not be arrived at, prices having been higher during that period than at any time during the previous ton years. The views contained in the report were subsequently brought under the notice of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and more particularly of the President of the Board of Trade, by a deputation from the Chamber. The deputation was assured that the matters to which attention had been called should be brought under the special notice of the French Government. Early in the month of April a letter was received from the Board of Trade, requesting the Chamber to afford information upon several points. Your President, with the concurrence of the Board, forwarded a reply, suggesting that it would, be productive of great advantage if a meeting could be arranged with Mr. Cob den and the other Commissioners, and theßepresentatives of Chambers of Commerce from the large commercial towns whose trade was likely to be affected. The proposed interview took place at the Board of Trade, and your directors again urged their objections against specific duties; and they flatter themselves the results of that interview have been beneficial. After this period the Consell Sup6rieur du Com merce proceeded to take evidence on the relative cost of the manufactures of both countries, and several members of your Beard proceeded to Paris, and were examined. Mr. Cobden subsequently requested the Chamber to aid him by sending to Paris a deputation of gentlemen well acquainted with the manufactures of this district, and able to give him all the requisite information regarding them. Your Board immediately appointed a deputation, with instructions to adhere to the opinions already expressed in favour of ad valorem duties, but still to afford all the aid in his power in framing a scale of duties which could be practically carried and be mutually satisfactory to Great Britain and France. A resolution was passed on the 16th of July, That the deputation to Paris from this Chamber should not commit the Chamber to any opinion as to the rats of duties which ought to be imposed by the French G4vern ment on English manufactures.' At the close of the month of July the deputation proceeded to Paris. A very exten sive assortment of patterns of the various manufactures of this district was also sent. Every effort was made by that deputation to entbrce the views entertained by the Board on the mode of levying the duties, explanations were afforded to the French Government as to the great injustice and difficulty which the adoption of specific duties would unavoidably entail. The difficulties in attempting the classification of printed goods and every class of fancy woven fabrics have since been practically acknowledged in the tariff by the admission of many kinds of such goods at an ad valorem duty. But it will be found that in the case of yarns, cotton, woollen, and linen, in plain cotton and linen fabrics, in fustians and velvets, a complicated scale of specific duties has been adopted ; the directors regret that the very simple form suggested by the deputation in July was not accepted. The directors invite from members of the Chamber the expression of their opinions as to the prac tical effect of the tariff, as they believe, from the liberal spirit evinced by the French Government, that where error have been made or difficulties arise, modifications of the tariff will be considered with a view to amendment. The directors have much pleasure in acknowledging the cordial co-operation afforded by the Glasgow Chamber of Com merce. The Treaty being now complete the directors are confident the Chamber will unite in declaring its estimation of the great value and of the devoted, untiring, and gratui tous labours of Mr. Cobden, and will express to him their full appreciation of the high motives which led him to at tempt the negotiations now terminated. The Board trust the Chamber will also tender its thanks to Messrs. Mallett and Ogilvie for their services and polite attention to the de• putation from the city while in Paris; and also to the gen tlemen composing such deputation for their great assistance in conducting a very difficult and delicate negotiation. " On behalf of the Board of Directors, " EDMUND POTTER, President." Mr. EDMUND POTTER, the President of the Chamber, took the chair, and moved the adop tion of the report. He thought they had gained a very great benefit by the completion of the treaty —a much greater benefit, he must confess, than he had himself anticipated. There was in the treaty inuch that he regretted, but much that he valued. Though it was rather reversing the order of things, the first point he would refer to was the closing suggestion of the report, that a cordial vote of thanks should be given to Mr. Cobden. He (the chairman) had framed that clause himself, therefore it expressed his feelings entirely. He be lieved that only Mr. Cobden could have obtained this treaty—(hear, hear) —considering all the cir cumstances. He made that admission frankly, because, like many others, stanch freetraders as they were, he had not exactly liked the mode in which the thing was set about. However, he be lieved great advantages would accrue from it, and there were times when expediency itself might become principle. Perhaps it was better to have dealt with the question as Mr. Cobden had done. If he (the chairman) were not addressing a commer cial assembly, and as a commercial man, he should say the groat value of the treaty was more in its moral and political than in its commercial bearings (Hear, hear.) But the duty of this Chamber was to consider it as a commercial treaty alone. In tha spirit the report would show that they had all along expressed a strong opinion of the value of ad valorem duties. He adhered to that opinion most strongly, and had, perhaps, expressed it dogmati cally, but he did not regret having done so, and he thought the whole value of the treaty now con sisted in the ad valorem principle they had intro duced into it. The admission of woven goods of all sorts, more particularly printing goods, at 15 per Cent. duty, was an amazing concession on the part or the 'French Government, and he deeply regretted that the s ame a d va l orem s y s t em cou ld not be car ried suecshs. Specific du throu ghout, because he saw in the speci fi c duty an enormo us amount of mischief and unfair n es never meantexactly what was stated ; as a rule t h ey were always very much more than the nominal amount. He believed that it had not been intended to s levy a spun cotton goods, woollens, worsted, n higher specific duty 15per u th or an .sted, and gray 15 per cent. on skirtings; hi7h prices t he duty would be t to on the present 2 0 in a cent. few ; and if there were a reduction b of price mon ths, as was likely enough , these duties wou ld mou nt up to 24 or 25 p er cent. Again, specifi c duties required s p ecific g oods to be m anufactured for particular markets, and thus the trade Wa s ham. pered in various ways. A great example of the mischief of specific duties was the Zoliverein. Ac cording to the statement of M. Arles Dufour, that gentleman was resident in Germany when Prussia established the Zollverein proclaiming the principle that the duties should not be protective, but always fiscal, and should never exceed 10 per cent, on the value. They were, however, to be specific duties, and revised every 10 years to keep them within the 10 per cent. The revision, however, had not taken place, and the duties had gradually mounted up to 30, 40, 60, and 80 per cent. And this must ever be the effect of specific duties, because the natural reduction of price which must follow the increase of machinery and capital would always tend to raise the duty. No person acquainted with the subject could deny that, had the Zollverein, comprising a population of 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 in the most civilised portion of Europe, adhered honestly to the 10 per cent. duty, we should now be sending them the same amount of exports that we had with the United States, instead of only one third. He considered this should operate as a warn • ing against receiving with cordiality any specific duties whatever. The United States had adopted a bold system of ad valorem duties, and the extent of trade with them was now £22,000,000 and £23,000,000 a-year, Almost every nation seemed just now to be short of money, and he observed with much regret that, following the bad example we had set them in India—(hear, hear)—they were mostly proposing to supply themselves, by raising duties. But where this could not be carried out frankly and honestly, there was another start ling proposition. In Mr. Buchanan's Message, the President recommended the adoption of specific duties in the United States, in order to gain, by a roundabout method, a real increase of receipts without the appearance of it. With the example of the Zollverein before us, what were#ve to expect if it should be followed by America ? It was much to be lamented, therefore, that American statesmen should be able to point to the treaty be tween France and England as comprising both specific and ad valorem duties, and say, " Why, then, should not we also partially adopt specific duties ?" Hebelieved if Mr. Cobden were now pre sent he would express himself much more eloquently, and quite as strongly, to the same effect, and these opinions on the part of the Chamber were no reflec tion either on that gentleman or any other pro moter of the treaty. In proof of this he might refer to the emphatic approval of this remark of M. Arles Dufour—" If specific instead of ad valorem duties are admitted, except, perhaps, for some few special articles, France will experience the same delusions and difficulties as the Zollverein, and there will be created a permanent source of claims and recriminations on the part of England." (Hear, hear.) Mr. M, Ross seconded the motion. Without going into any argument for or against specific or ad valorem duties, he believed the interests of the community would be promoted by studying in every case how far either system would best promote trade, instead of persevering in some dogma that might deprive us of commercial intercourse with any country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. MASON, of Ashton, had felt a little disap pointed at the half-and-half manner in which the question had been spoken to by the chairman. (Hear, hear.) He thought they were called toge ther to rejoice on the completion of a great com mercial, political, and social victory, and not to discuss the merits of ad valorem or specific duties• (Hear, hear.) He could fancy how the chairman's speech would be reported and commented upon by various portions of the public press, and he could well imagine that great but most unprincipled organ of public opinion, the Tiknes, suppressing every word that might be uttered that morn ing on behalf of the treaty, and publishing in large type, and with a leading article upon it, just the special remarks of the President of that Chamber in censure of the arrangement. He believed that it ill became Manchester to take the course which the chairman seemed to have set before them that morning. Perhaps he had spoken as a calico printer, and not as chairman of the Chamber; but he (Mr. Mason) rose to speak as a cotton spinner, and, though there might be anomalies and defects in the treaty even as to cotton spinning, he must say he had not spoken to a single cotton spinner on the subject who was not prepared to rejoice in the completion of one of the greatest treaties of com merce that had ever been made, We were told over and over again that it was the most liberal tariff in Europe except our own, and it was only the other day that we ourselves entered on the path of unfettered commerce. Should we then be supercilious or hypercritical in the remarks . we made or the views we took of the great French nation in the course it had now entered upon ? He thought the French Government and nation de served our unqualified approbation in this matter, and if the remarks of the chairman committed the members of this Chamber to any kind of modified approval or mild censure of the treaty, he (Mr. Mason) was quite prepared to move a resolution to the contrary effect. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said no one but himself would be committed to the opinions he had expressed. The Chamber, of course, could adopt or reject the re port, which had been unanimously agreed to by the directors: Mr. W. R. WOOD thought Mr. Mason's remarks would have been unnecessary if that gentleman had inquired what further resolutions were to be brought forward. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., moved : "That in the opinion of this Chamber the commercial treaty between Great Britain and France will be of great advantage to the people of both countries, and is now cor dially accepted." That he might be guarded from incorrect imputa tions of any kind, he begged to express his own con viction that the treaty was not founded on political principles of aiy kind, but that it was, in fact, a pure economical treaty, having for its object the increase of the comfort of the people of France and England. In the abstract Mr. Disraeli had approved a treaty, and after such a declaration from him it was gratifying to be able to attach no political com plexion whatever to the arrangement. He was very much surprised that the moneyed interest had not received it with more favour, for on many occa sions the abstraction of bullion to pay for the luxu ries of France had been a great inconvenience in this country, our imports from France being at pre sent 15 millions, which was 10 millions more than our exports to that country. He was glad, how ever, to see, one after another, so many indications from different quarters of the approbation with which the treaty was regarded generally. He thought, however, a word of caution was necessary, lest it should be forgotten that France was already a great manufacturing country, and that by sud denly sending an immense quantity of our manu factures there we should inundate the market and disappoint ourselves. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. CHEETIIAM seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. 0. HEYWOOD moved the third resolution, as follows : " This Chamber desires hereby to record its high sense of the value of the devoted and untiring labours of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., in the negotiations of the French Commercial Treaty, and would at the same time seek to express to him its full appreciation of the high motives which led him to originate the measure now completed. The Chamber warmly thanks him for these services, in addition to those formerly rendered to the commercial as well as to every other interest of the nation by his labours in the cause of Free Trade. 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(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) MAY Y. E, T. SMITH. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Huddleston, Q,C., and Mr. C. G. Merewether, were counsel for the plain tiff; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Bowen appeared for the defendant. The declaration stated that the defendant, by an agreement between himself and the plaintiff, agreed to employ and engage the plaintiff's wife to sing as prima donna at her Majesty's Theatre, or at con certs if not singing there, for the season, com mencing the Ist of October, 1860, at a salary of 15 guineas a-week ; she aMding by the rules and regulations of the theatre ; and although the season had commenced, and an opera called " Robin Hood" had been played, in which the plaintiff's wife ought to have been employed to sing as prima donna, according to the agreement, and although she was at all times ready arid willing to sing, yet the defendant would not suffer her or permit her to do so, and wrongfully employed Madame Sherrington to sing as prima donna in the said opera. The second count charged that the plaintiff's wife was engaged by the agree ment to play in " Robin Hood," among other operas, and the breach alleged was that the name, fame, and reputation and credit of the plaintiff's wife as an actress and public singer had been injured, and that the public had been led to believe that she was not so competent to perform and sing as prima donna as Madame Sherrington, whereby the plaintiff had been deprived of the profits, &c. The defendant pleaded 11 pleas, and paid 45 guineas into court. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff was the hasband of a young lady known to the public as Mademoiselle Jenny Bauer, and occupied a high position in the musical world, having had engagements of the highest class, not ' only in this country, but in most of the first opera houses on the Continent. The plaintiff and defen dant had long been upon intimate terms, and it was to be regretted that their association had been interrupted by the present action. The action was not brought only for compensation in damages, but from a desire that Mrs. May might set herself right in the opinion of the public—an all-important mat ter to her. She wished to vindicate her proper position, which had been injured by the breach of the contract in not employing her in English opera at Her Majesty's Theatre. She complained that being engaged as prima donna, the defendant did not only not give her that position, but no other. He had engaged a lady of the highest talent, ad mired by no one more than the plaintiff's wife, to play in Robin Hood" as prima donna. In 1855, when Mademoiselle Bauer was only 19 years of age, she had been engaged at the Royal Italian Opera, under the management of Mr. Gye, as prima donna, and the following year had appeared at Drury-Lane, under the defendant's management, in the same capacity, in " L'Etoi:e du Nord." In the middle of the present year Mrs. May wrote to the defendant, asking him for a box for the Italian Opera, and on the 3d of August the defendant wrote to her husband apologising for not having answered it, beginning " My dear Ned," and saying that if he could, he would put the " Mrs." well forward in English opera at Her Majesty's, and asked what he, would charge for her services. This was replied to by the plaintiff in a letter of the same date, commencing "My dear Governor," and stating how gratified he was at the receipt of the note, and requesting him to name his own terms, which he would accept without a murmur. The defendant replied : " Business is business, although friendship cemented. Sires Reeves is so delighted with the new opera he foregoes the opera he intended opening in. It is a grand, very grand, thing for a prima donna to appear in, and such a part, so suitable to Jenny. Of courso, I tell you that they want me to engage Sherrington for it. She is dying to come from 'Brussels. I say Jenny Bauer. Now, let me know salary for the season—Octobilr to March, with short interval ; and if it succeeds, how much then. Hirst contract, friendship; second contract, business." The letter finishes, "Waiting answer—merely figures." The narrative of the case can be gathered from the evidence of the plaintiff who, upon being called, said,—l am principal clerk in the Commissioners of Police-office in f , Whitehall, and the husband of Jenny Bauer. 'I have known the defendant for 25 years. I knew that my wife had applied to him for a private box by letter. I received a letter on the 2d of August and replied to him on the 3d, and he sent another letter the same day. In conse quence of that letter I saw him immediately. Smith said he was much pressed by business, and asked if I had read his letters. I said " Yes." He said, " What do you say—a fine opportunity for Jenny —a fine opera—be the making of her. Sims Reeves and other great artistes engaged. It will be a great success." He said, " What are your terms ?" I said, " Am I to understand that you will do everything that lies in your power to advance the position of Mrs. May and to pace her as prominently before the public as possible, and that she makes her ffrst appearance in " Robin Hood" in the part of Maid Marian ?" He said, " Yes." I considered for a few minutes and said, " The terms I ask, under those circumstances, are 15 guineas a week ;" that was less than she had received when in England before. He made no reply, but wrote something at his desk. It was the engagement. He said, " Will that do ?" I said " Yes." Then he said, " Give it me back, and I will add concerts' to it." The agreement was— "l hereby engage Mrs. May (Jenny Bauser) to appear as prima donna at Majesty's Theatre, or at concerts if not singing there, for the season commencing Oct. 1, 1860, at the salary of 15 guineas per week, paid weekly. Mrs. May to abide by the rules and regulations of the theatre.— August 3, 18G0. "E. T. Smiru." He then handed back the agreement. He said, " I have one act of the opera. It is very beauti ful; come round and look at it." I said, "It is ridiculous to ask me, as I know so little about music; almost as little as you do yourself." He said " I ought to know something about it, as I dropped £lO,OOO last season." I said, " You had better give me the cast of the opera, as it will make Mrs. May much more satisfied." He wrote the names down ; we then parted. In August I received a note or message, saying that he wished to see me. I went. He said, " Where's Jenny ? Did you get my letter?" I said, " No, I had not." He said, " Sims Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. Macfarren are here, and would like to hear her sin, : r." I said it was impossible. She was with her parents at St John's wood. An appointment was made and we attended, Mr. and Mrs. Macfarren, Mr. Beak, &c. On that occasion she sang an aria from " Der Freischutz," and also a part of a ballad from " Satanella," " The Power of Love." I was com plimented on her voice by Mr. Chappell and others. Defendant came forward and said, "My mind is made up; Jenny Bauer is to do Maid Marian." Chappell said, " Who is to do the second part ?" and defendant said, " Madame Allessandri." When leaving I said, "Have you anything further to say ?" and he replied, " No." Mrs. May went to the Isle of Wight, and I wrote to him. He wrote me on the 3d, asking her to get up some parts in Italian operas. I wrote asking if the score of Maid Marian was ready, and he then wrote saying they would have Madame Sherrington. I wrote a letter of expostulation on the sth of September. I heard nothing from the theatre until I received a letter of the 12th of September from a Hr. Mapieson. I had received a portion of the score before it, and a second part with it. I answered the letter. On the 14th he wrote again. On the 23d of Sep tember I saw by the bills of her Majesty's Theatre that Madame L. Sherrington was adver tised for Maid Marian in " Robin Hood." I then wrote to the defendant complaining of his unjust at tempt to deprive my wife of appearing in " Robin Hood." No notice was taken of it. The next inti mation was on the 9th from M. Grua, wishing her to be on the stage during the singing of the Na tional Anthem after the opera. I replied to it say ing that I had received no answer to my previous letter. She did not go. Madame Sherrington appeared and played the part. No offer of any principal part has been made to my wife. She has had no opportunity of doing anything under the contract. I then instructed my attorney to com mence this action. Cross-examined by Mr. Edwin James—No Eng lish opera has bean played but " Robin Hood," and it was running when this action was brought. Her engagement did not extend to Italian opera. The opera opened on the 10th, and I brought my action on the 22d. " Trovatore" was played first. " Robin Hood" on the 11th—played three times a week. (Paper handed to the witness). This is the contract I signed, dated Aug. 3. It was signed before Mr. Smith had written the addition. I asked first what would be the cast of the opera, and he wrote out a probable cast. Some of the haracters have been changed. He expressed himself anxious to help my wife. She had not sung in England since 1856. She had been singing last year at Berlin. She had not bees singing on the stage there. We were mar ried last May twelvemonths. She has not sung except at concerts, Manchester and other places. She received an intimation to be on the stage for the National Anthem. It is not usual for prima donnas to appear unless they have a verse to sine. She declined to go, and leoked upon the request almost as an insult. If the letter had stated that she was to have had a verse, she would have gone. She never went. Having no part assigned to her, I thought she had no occasion to go. She was being put in the light of a supernumerary to fill up space on the stage. I never went near the theatre fob• the salary or anything els?, bat liayelought an action for three weeks' salary. I am not aware that it is usual for a prima donna's part to be studied by some one of equal reputation, in order to be ready for an emergency. (A bill large enough to carpet the court was here produced, in which the nameß of Madauic I%AI q,a m biuc and Macii,,rde jenny Bauer and Sims Reeves in mauve appeared.) There was to be a trial on the stage. It was arranged that she should sing a ballad called " Beautiful May," written by tire ootnposer of " Robin Hood." Some other ladies were there. She did not sing the ballad. She applied for it to Chappell and Beale, and it could not be got on the original key. They wished to hear her in a ballad, and she sang the first verse of " The Power of Love," but could not remember it all. There was neither music nor words. The other ladies sang. They brought their music with them. Re-examined. The defendant wrote " Maid Marian" on the paper after he had signed the con tracts. She had an offer from Mr. Gye to sing. She could not go owing to her accouchement. She did not wish to sing in Italian if she could have sung in English. Mrs. May was then called, and said,—l appeared on the stage before I was 19. I had an engagement at the Royal Italian Opera at 25 guineas a week, and I was engaged at £l2 a week by defendant in " L'Etoile du Nord." In 1856 I was engaged at her Majesty's at £BO a month, and afterwards at Stuttgard at £26 a week. In the same year I was prima donna at Vienna. I was ;paid so much a part. In 1857, 1858, and 1859 I had an engage ment as prima donna for eight months, and received 4,000 dols. It is usual when an artist gives satis faction to receive the compliments of the Royal family, and I received a letter. We were on inti mate terms with the defendant, and I wrote a note for a box. He wrote to my husband in 1859 about my accepting an engagement at £lOO a month. It was not carried out. The rest of Mrs. May's evidence was in corrobo ration of that already given by her husband. It may be added that Mrs. May had studied with the score that had been sent to her of the part of Maid Marian, and was prepared to go on with the rest of it. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Edwin James submitted that the plaintiff had made no case. There was no contract that Mrs. May should appear as Maid Marian in " Robin Hood," and certainly not that she should appear on the first night of its representation. The Lord Chief Baron.—l have been considering the agreement, and my impression is that the con tract does not contain in point of law any agreement t 3 employ the plaintiff's wife in any particular way whatever. I .can only view it as I would any other contract, without reference to the position of the parties. Mr. James—The action is prematurely brought. The writ was issued two days after the first repre sentation, Mrs. May has received her salary. If a manager chooses to engage three or four prima donnas, surely it is optional with him to say which of them he shall employ. They bring the action on the 22d, it was not plain that Mr. Smith did not intend to employ her. If he intended to play " Robin Hood" first with Mrs. Sherrington as Maid Marian, and then afterwards with Mrs. May, it was competent for him to do so. Mr. Sergeant Shee—l submit that the objection fails. There was no communication that she would be required; her services were entirely set aside, and the plaintiff had no alternative but to bring this action. The Lord Chief Baron—ls there in an agreement like the present any undertaking on the part of the defendant actually to employ, so as to render not absolutely useless the terms of the contract. Mr. Sergeant Shee—l say there is a loss of repu tation in not being adequately employed. The Lord Chief Baron.—lf you can show that a manager maliciously engaged a person with the intention of not employing him, then I think, but. I am by no means state, that, if it could be proved, he would be entitled to recover against him. Mr. lluddlesten was heard for the defendant. After Mr. James had replied, His Lordship said he thought there was nothing to go to the jury, as nothing had been proved. The plaintiff's claim for salary had been satisfied by payment into court. The plaintiff was nonsuited. The matter to be referred if necessary, and execution stayed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Wm. Thompson, James Whalley, and Joseph Phipps were charge with a garotte robbery on the rerson of Mr. Scully, an auctioneer, at Manchester, on the 28th of September last. Mr. Sowler conducted the prosecution; Mr. Torr appeared for Whalley ; Mr. Charles Hopwood for Phipps. The other had no counsel. The prosecutor was proceeding homewards about midnight, when he was attacked near an entry by three men, dragged into it, half strangled, robbed, and left insensible. A policeman came to the spot and assisted him homewards. Shortly afterwards the same constable took Thompson into custody ; in a fortnight Whalley, and in seven weeks after Phipps was taken. The prosecutor could swear to none of the prisoners. The policeman swore posi tively to all three, having had, as he said, a look at each stooping- over the body of the prosecutor. A girl who was near the spot also swore to both Whalley and Phipps as taking a prominent part in the outrage. The learned counsel for the prisoners addressed the jury, and called witnesses to prove that each of their clients was in another place at the time of the robbery. The witnesses were severely and acutely cross. examined, but at the end of their evidence the jury announced that they had made up their minds' that it was a case of mistaken identity. The Judge said if they thought that as to Whal ley and Phipps, he presumed that would affect their minds as to Thompson. The jury said that was so. The prosecution then withdrew from the case, and a verdict of not guilty wes returned as to all the prisoners. The grand jury, having brought in the remainder of the bills, were to-day discharged by his lordship with a few words of congratulation. Seventeen prisoners have been added to the list since the beginning of the assizes. John and George Robinson were indicted for having assaulted Police-sergeant Bent while en deavouring to effect the lawful apprehension of the prisoner John. Mr. Pope prosecuted, and the prisoner George was defended by Mr, Wheeler and Mr. Oats. The case excited considerable interest in conse quence of the prisoner John being a man of despe rate character and an escaped convict. It appeared that Bent, accompanied by another officer, went to the house of the prisoner's mother on the 29th of August, at four o'clock in the morn ing, and having demanded admission under a threat of breaking open the door, they were admitted by the prisoner George, who found them a light. The officers went into the parlour, where Bent seeing John under the sofa attempted to pull him out by the legs. The prisoner John then seized a life preserver, according to Bent's account—a riding whip by his own account—and struck Bent a severe blow over the eye. He afterwards struck him repeatedly over the head, while the other officer Shirley stood by and received several blows, but did not, as,he himself said, strike any blow. George and his sister came to the assistance of their brother, and George struck both officers seve ral very severe blows over the head with a poker. Bent succeeded, nevertheless, in dragging the pri soner out of the house, wh en , i n consequence of the severe injuries he had received, he fell exhausted, and the prisoner escaped. Bent was much beaten, and for six weeks unable to do duty. The prisoners were ultimately captured. For the defence it was objected that there was no legal evidence of the previous conviction and escape of John ; that the officers, being without warrant, were acting illegally, or, at all events, it was riot proved that George had any knowledge of the lawfulness of the arrest, as there was some evidence that John had been secretly let in by his sister after the family had gone to bed. His Lordship overruled the objections. Mr. Wheeler addressed the jury. The Judge summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. The prisoner John, on hearing the verdict, ap peared much excited. He gave utterance to very strong language against the police and jury, which he expressed, for the most part, in rhyme, with considerable fluency, and gave, in some instances, indications of aberration of mind. Sentence was deferred. YORK, DEC. 18. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) Mark Rawlins, a bank clerk, was indicted for stealing three several sums of £l5O, £l6O, and £55 from the Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, his employers. Mr. Meath appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Price and Mr. Waddy defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner had been seven years a clerk in the Sheffield and Rotherham Joint- Stock Bank ' in which he was cashie r . I n 1853 an account had been opened at the bank in the name of Benjamin Rawlins, the prisoner's father. He died at the end of that year, and the account of Benjamin Rawlins was transferred into three names, of which the prisoner's was one, as his exe cutors. In 1854 there was a credit to these execu tors of £6O at the bank, and they were allowed to overdraw the account £9O, on the prisoner and his mother giving a promissory note as security. In 1 1855 this was paid off and the account afterwards W 951 on the credit side till liViS Tn D.p.rnhcsl% 1659, the lcc:nint mail ue,;,. ;Lt.- amount of £351 by the prisoner drawing checks and cashing them himself, and crediting himself as cashier with the payment of these checks; and this proceeding up to that time seemed not to have excited the attention of the manager, Mr. Brown, although he ought to have had the authority of the manager for cashing these checks ; these payments were entered in the loan book in the ordinary way, to which the manager had access. In September last his account was found to be overdrawn £631, and subsequently to the amount of £931. Mr. Brown, the manager, then sent for him, and had a long discussion with him as to what he had done with the money. He said he had sent £3OO to America, and had frittered the rest away. H e begged for time, asked for a loan, and ultimately beg ge d f or mercy for the sake of his wife and child. He was then given into custody. For the defence it was elicited that, as to .£3sl,part of the sums laid inth& indict ment, Mr. Brown knew of this amount being over drawn, treated it as a debt, and charged hm interest upon it; that as to the remain'ng sum of £55, the prisoner had himself furnished the means for ascertaining this deficiency in his cash drawer, and said he had lent it to Anderson. It did not appear who Anderson was. On the cross-exemina tion of Mr. Brown, it appeared that for months he had not inspected the loan book, or the prisoner's account, and it was contended that in the face of such negligence and remissness, it was monstrous to turn round and cast all blame on the prisoner for the natural consequence of it. The prisoner had entered all the transactions in the bank books, and he had a right to presume th:at :the manager did his duty, and saw these entries, and therefore sanctioned his overdrawing his private account; otherwise, if he suspected anything wrong in this clerk at £l4O a-year getting so much into the debt of the bank, he ought to have at once made inquiries about it. His Lordship, in slimming up to the jury, said it appeared from the evidence of Brown, the manager, that he had not seen the prisoner's accounts from December, 1859, to December, 1860 ; and it was a question whether the negligence the gross negligence of the manager, had not tempted the prisoner to do what he had done. His lordship then left the question to the jury, whether on the facts proved the prisoner had taken these sums dishonestly, im taking them 'without the knowledge and sanction of the manager. The jury having retired, on their return they found the prisoner Not Guilty. James Clarke was indicted for forging and uttering a certificate or paper writing, with intent to defraud the British Industry Life Assurance Society. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Blackburn appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence given in the case that the prisoner had been for three years agent for the company at Wakefield. The company are in the habit of issuing policies for small amounts at a small weekly premium, end it was the duty of the prisoner to collect these premiums and to advise the office of the non-payment of them. If a policy lapsed owing to non-payment, if the insured persoa forwarded a declaration of health the office would revive the policy on payment of all arrears. It appeared that a man named James Carter, whose life had been insured for £l2 by his mother, lived in Wakefield, and the policy was allowed to lapse, but on the 4th of September the prisoner wrote for a revival and sent a declaration of health purport ing to be signed by the mark of James Carter, but in the prisoner's handwriting, and the policy was revived on the .6th of September, James Carter died on the 12th of September, and the prisoner forwarded a claim from Mrs. Carter, to which was appended a medical certificate to the effect that her husband died on the 12th, after an illness of 10 days ; the company's secretary, Mr. Kew, wrote to the prisoner and blamed him for his careless ness and neglect in not having properly ascertained the state of health of the insured. The prisoner fearing dismissa , wrote to and informed the com pany that in fact the deceased was not ill till the Bth, and was working up to that time. The com pany required a certificate from the man's mas ter, and the prisoner sent them one, which stated that the deceased left work on the Bth of Septem ber. The certificate on the face of it was suspi cious, and the company investigated the matter, when it was ascertained that the prisoner had sent Mrs. Carter to the foreman of the works, where the deceased hall worked, who gave her a certifi cate stating that the deceased left work on the 4th. For some reason the prisoner was not satisfied with this, and sent Mrs. Carter for another certificate, with a request that the "4 " m i g h t b e made larger. Another was given and the prisoner altered the figure " 4" to the figure " 8." The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonnient. OXFORI) CIRCUIT. —STAFFORD, Dee. 18 Lees Thomas Lawley, 40, carter, and Mary Lawley, 30, his wife, were charged with manslaughter, in causing the death of their little boy, Timothy Law ley, by ill-usage and not supplying him with neces sary food, in August, 1860, at Kingswinford. Mr. Boughly and Mr. Platt conducted the pro secution ; the prisoners were undefended by counsel. It appeared from the evidence that, about five or six years ago, the prisoners went to live at a place called Queen's bank. They had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy, named Timothy, was them about five or six years old. He was a small child, and ran about, and got his living as he could, and while the prisoners were out they locked him and the little girl up in the house. The neighbours from time to time gave the children food, which they ate with great avidity, particularly the boy, but the mother " blackguarded" them for their pains, and said she did not thank them. The little boy had no clothes, but was covered with dirty rags, filth, and sores. When locked up in the house the poor boy would cry and put his hands out of the window, and the neighbours gave him food, which he ate with eagerness. When at libert3 he went about picking up offal, which he ate for food. Evi dence was given that the child was on one occasion tied up in the house with a cord round his waist, and at another time by his leg ; and the father, on one occasion, was seen to give him two black eyes, and to beat him severely several times on the back with a strap, for going out to get food. He also beat his wife for letting the child go out, and so " letting him be jawed on account of the child whenever he went up and down the street." A man named Nash stated the male prisoner had been in his constant employ for about sight months, up to the time when he was taken into custody, at 12s. a week wages. The child died at the prisoner's house on the 14th of August last. Mr. Gordon, the surgeon, said he made a post .nzortem exa mination of the body, and found 'that it weighed 1 olb. only, and was only 36 inches in length. He could not speak to the age of the child, but it weighed only Mb. or 61b. more than a new born child. There were livid marks on the hands and feet, as if the child had been beaten. There was also a mark on the head, and effused blood underneath, showing that a contusion had taken place shortly before death. There was nothing in any part of the body to show that the child had died of disease ; but he believed that it had died of ill treatment and want of sufficient food. Mr. Baron Wilde said he did not think there was any evidence against the woman which he ought to leaye to the jury, but he thought the case was very strong against the father, both with re spect to the neglect and ill usage. The jury found the man guilty and the woman not guilty. Mr. Baron Wilde said the prisonerhad been, con victed of the unn a t ura l cr i me of starv i ng his own child. The prisoner said he never had. Mr. Baron Wilde said that, upon the evidence, there could be no doubt about it, and sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal servitude. The joint arbitration recently agreed to by the master masons of Leeds and their men (and which was fol lowed by a provisional c essa tion of the strike) has res u lt ed in a permanent se ttl emen t. The award comprises a co d e of rules for the future management of affairs. One of th ese rules provides for a joint council, to which all di s p uted matters, excepting the rate of wages, shall in future be referred.—Leeds Mercury. _ _ TRADE CATALO G UE S—" One cannot but b e struck with. astonishment at the innumerable ways in which an enter appeals to the publi c w i th a view to in es, prising tradesman Printing in all it s b ranch crease his trade. assisted by the skill of the wood engraver, seem s i n the present day to be one of the media most g enera lly employed i n s p rea di ng the knowledge of various manufactures. 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The following. are the quotations : Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od White ~ ~ • • .25s Od to 28s Od New ...20s Od to 25s O d 1 New white - ...24s Od to 26s 6d ...Z4s ou 20s Od to 22s Od Beans 7 7 20s Ou ~ Grindingp.er qr . 54s Od to 555 Od barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Maltinp:ditto, Oats 34s Od i, 2ss 6d to , Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 7d or 141 b, HULL—DEC. 18. At to-day's market there was a good attendance, and the business doing in wheat was of a ready character, at la to 2s advance on former rates. Malting and grinding barley also advanced ls. Oats, beans, and peas were in consume' tive request, at late prices. Linseed cake and rape cake la favour of the seller. Wheat.... Old white...-. per qr .. 66s Od to 712 0 Old red ...... ~ New white .. „ New red ... , ~ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 62s Od to 66s u o _, Dute'u, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62a u°,,, Baltic, and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s u°_, St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to i 55 vv,., Barley.... English malting Grinding 34s Od to 365 O d Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish .. 38s Od to 40e Oa ' Grinding Oats Engli s h, o ld Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 14 Friesland and Dutch oBl4id to 051 Swedish and D an i s h osl4d to osl4la, Beans ..... English, o ld, p er qr 49 s O d to 51 5 0; New pigeon 442 Od to 45s ,(,," New tick 4 3 s O d to 445 u" Egyptian .. 38s Od to 405 0 11 Peas Foreign br ea k ers 43s Od to 465 0(1 Grinding Tares .... Spring. Indian Corn 00 0 d d d tt t 0 0 0 4 3 —B2 ssBda Od Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 549 04 crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 15 0, Foreign. BlO oto 9 0 v,„ Rape cakes 5 5 ot o 6 0 0 Bones 5 0 oto 5 5 0 NEWARK-DEC. 19. The show of wheat to-day was by no means large, the attendance pretty fair, and an increased business. The barley trade was more active. Oats steady. Beans were a limited show, but firm. Peas an inactive demand. White wheat, new, 57s to 74s Barley, grinding.. 33s to 350 Red do. s4s to 68s Oats, old, .. Ks to 36 9 Old white s7s to 74s New do 25s to 33 0 Red do. 51s to 68s I Beans. 50 s t o 540 Barley, malting.... 38s to 44 s I Beans, new.. 4Bs to 500 Peas, .. .. 37s to 40s. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 19. The sales this week reach 100 hhds, principally consist' ing of crystallised Demeraras—in some instances at a de' cline of 6d per cwt. The market is very active. The stock in first hands is very light. COAL MARK ET—DEc. 19. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. Walls End. 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We quote one out of many testimonials : — Arosterdarn, December 31, 1852. —Dear Sir,—Our child, up to the age of eleven week/ was very delicate and wasting away, and milk, sago, and arrowroot turned sour on its stomach, causing great suf fering. We then fed it upon Du Barry's Revs* lenta Arabica, which agreed wonderfully with her; and she is now, at the age of nine monthey a plump and liv ly little girl. —Daniel Servs& Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointmenti and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, eaves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation, indig es ti on (d yspepsia) nervous, bil ious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the :4 afest remedy. Andrew lire, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the feprful dangers of spa* rious and injuriou, imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevi;l and his agents; and the pretences that Nevill has a p a t en t f or Arabica F oo d and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly &lea. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, on theseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. l ls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Kr gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbie) 60, hunchGracec-street 4, Cheapside ;63 and 150, Os' bard-stree 0 and 451, Strand ;49 and 60, Bishopegate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Ce• Wood, and Co., King William-street, Holborn : and all grocers te i a ty -dra a le t r l s 2 ; 7, Pieltitgyh, BIRTHS. BLAND.—On the Bth inst., at St. Germaine-on-Lay°, France, the lady of G. D. Bland, Esq., of a son. BOURCICATaT.—On the 11th inst., at her residence, 61 Dean-street, Park-lane, Mrs. George Darley Boureioaultf of a son. BuoyGH.—On the 19th inst., at Leyto•Qstone, the wife Of Mr. R. Brough, of a son. DA RNLEY.—On the 18th inst., at CoLham Hall, Kent, the Countess of Darnley, of a daughter. HARCOURT.—On the 14th inst., at 71, St. George's-squarop Belgravia, Mrs. Harcourt, of a daughter. SMITR.—At Foelallt House, 14. e, - Kent, the wife of Colonel J. T. Smith, of a daughter. lAGES. INMAN—RAYNER.—On the 15th inst., at St. Pancrao Church, New-road. M r. Inman, of Torriano-terracet Kentish-town, to prances Susannah, eldest daughter of the late James Burton Rayner, Esq., formerly of Birken• head, Chos)':lre. O'DoNNELL-I,IIDDLETON.—On the 11th Oct., at Bussele lie, Ca.litain John Vize O'D onne ll , H . M . ' s 27th Ennis kille•ns, to Georgina Mackenzie, eldest surviving daughter of Mr, J. R. Middleton, of Allahabad. WATTS—WRITE.—Ou the 2d Aug. ' at St. George 74 Hanover-squ are , M r . Alfred Watts, builder, to Bernice, youngest daughter of the late Cap',ain Richd. White, both of Southampton. DEATTIS. ABERDEEN.—On the 14th ,at Argyll House, in his 77th year, the Right llhn, the Earl of Aberdeen, and X.T DEW.—On the 12th inst., of diptheria, George Meyrick Dew, Lieut. H.n.'s 14th Light Dragoons, aged 30. HENRY.—On the 17th inst., in Holles-street, Cavendish.. square, Lieutenant-Gaueral John Henry, of the Madras Army. HonG.----On the 14th inst., at Streatham-hill, James Hogg, Esq., 0. 4 ; Bahia, Brazils, aged 47. Milj:S.—On the 14th inst., at Botesdale, the Rev, John M.A., aged 52. ORMSTON.—On the 13th inst., at 5, Saville-place, NOV , castle-on-Tyne, Mrs. Mary Ann Ormston, aged 76. STOTIIERT.—On the 15th inst., at PVrymoa,d, Bath, Henry Stothrrt, Esq., aged 63. _. LoyDoN : Printed and rublished by - -rv inßDO YOUNG, 42f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SU N 'Office No. 112, Stra*d. in the Precinct of the Savoy. In thv, County of MiddicOcao Thursday, Ducember 20. 1860. pi NE Is TO no w I :edUC Cul AtENTOB kt a iSleeti °a 04 the ?) Zig Royal illitT:ahsat'the Iry i,i, , ,, iep atn eciad i 1 l i ßu t b a r c i, , ~.., anoo,:. , s r .,..ie ei s i co , r arid o p e , Th t 6 a h e i., tc o 'n, Po -A, , f?.. 00 , with out ipitea insti of the y the i,_ author r° l 3 r,ised b) ,eCondeC „, Bart, c • -that /1, a sul tul of stat 84rliassecl 'lig no, c)fr tli aio ' !eer, ; 1 1 ,ieseer