The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-07 00:00:00

FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. The note inserted in the Conetitutionnel relative to the words used by the Emperor at the Court reception on the occasion of New Year's Day, con cerning the relations between Austria and France, are briefly remarked on by several of the Paris journals. The Patrie expresses itself as follows : " These words commented on at the Bourse, produced a certain sensation and caused a fall in the funds. As it always is the case, they had been misrepresented and exaggerated, and the comments made certainly went beyond their real bearing. Public opinion will now form a more correct judg ment on these words, which announce officially a state of things already known, and which recon cile so well the sentiment of national dignity with elevated sentiments of propriety. Every one, in fact, was aware that our relations with Austria were not as friendly as 'formerly. The important point is, that the Emperor considered it necessary to say so on such a solemn occassion. But any per sons who imagine that they can detect the indica tion of a rupture in such language are, in our opinion, quite mistaken. All that can be found in it is a regret inspired by the moderation of the policy adopted in France, and a reserve com manded by her fueling of honour." The Univers, on the same subject, says " The regret which these words express will be felt by all who consider the alliance between France and Austria to be a pledge of peace in Europe, and the most assured guarantee against the attempts of Revolution." The Union seems to incline to the opinion thal a note inserted in the Constitutionnel cannot well be estimated at any great value. The official jour• nal, it remarks, is silent on the subject, and the Government has several times announced that in no case did it accept for its organ any journal but the Moniteur. Our contemporary goes further, and quotes the note published on the 4th December in the official journal, in which the public is warned not to attach too much importance to statements made in several journals of Paris relativetothe cool ness of relations between France and Austria. The Union then says : " Is there not between the note of the 4th ult and the words which are said to have been uttered on the 2d inst., a contrast which requires some explanation ? What new facts, what recent com plaints have modified the relations which the former note authorised us to believe were favourable, and which, according to the Constitutionnel, are no longer as friendly as formerly ? Moreover, is it necessary for us to point out the gravity of such. language, on an occasion so solemn as a reception at the beginning of the New Year. At a time when the public expression of a predominant idea is extremely rare, is it necessary for us to remark what a commotion may be caused in Europe, first at Vienna, and particularly in Italy, by the knowledge of words so significant, if they really were uttered ? Far be it from us the desire to exaggerate anything ! The event, besides, if it be true, is too remarkable not to lead to comments, and not to be exposed to assume by particular in• terpretations greater proportions. We cannot, however, avoid thinking and saying that more au thentic information than that of the Constitutionnel is necessary, in order to enlighten the public mind, and to make it sufficiently acquainted with the real state of the case." The Siecle, while referring to the note of Dec. 4, like the journal we have just quoted, differs from it in the amount of gravity which it attaches to the words attributed to the Emperor. It considers the case a serious one, its language being the follow ing : We were aware of the language which the Constitutionnel here repeats in a manner that may be regarded as official. The exact text appears to us no less grave than the version which had been in circulation. We have always been of opinion that frankness is the best policy, and we are nowise inclined to find fault with the Chief of the Govern ment for expressing in plain terms the state of the relations existino. between France and a foreign Power. The Emperor's words differ essentially from the note inserted in the Moniteur of Dec. 4, 1858, and on referring to it our optimists will find it impossible to deny that the state of our relations with Austria has taken an unfavourable turn within the last month." The same journal contains an article on the little effect produced by the Conference of Paris on cer tain points which it was expressly designed to regulate. The writer commences in this way " The work of the Paris Conference appears to -us far from satisfying either the expectation which the grandeur of the war in the East had excited, or the legitimate desires of the generous popula tions whose destinies were placed in its hands. However, the aversion of certain powers to the realisation of the wishes of the Roumains was so great and so decided that we thought ourselves very fortunate in seeing these powers half van quished in the Conference, and obliged to adhere to the principle of the union and the practical ap plication of the immortal principles of 1789 at the extremity of Europe, under the eyes of Austria and Turkey. But, like the Roumains, in not rejecting absolutely the convention of August 19, and accept ing it as a compromise between the old world and the new—between what we desired and what our adversaries opposed—we have done so with certain reservations." The Siecle then goes on to observe that all trea ties are valuable only in proportion to the man ner in which they are executed; and that judging of the treaty of Paris by that rule—looking at the manner in which it has been inter preted by Turkey for the Principalities—and by Austria with respect to the Danube—the decision must be come to that it has proved altogether insufficient, and that something more is called for. Our contemporary then refers to the calm and dignified attitude which, it says, Mol davia and Wallachia are now observing in spite of provocations designedly made in them in order to excite disturbances, and points to the conduct of Servia, where the electors have declared that they intended to provide for their own Government, and not to permit the intervention of foreign powers. Such an example, the Siecle observes, may prove exceedingly tempting, and measures ought perhaps to be adopted to prevent its spreading. The article then proceeds in these words : " Under such circumstances, the idea of re-opening the Conference of Paris seems to have occurred to several of the Powers at the same time. The Con ference would not only have to direct its attention to the United Principalities, Servia, and Candia, but other interests besides those of the East would have to be definitively settled, if the wish is to prevent a desperate struggle. Notwithstanding all we see in foreign journals and in some French ones, we will not prejudge anything. But before the Conference meets, if it is to meet, we conjure Europe not to suffer storms to gather, when proper foresight may easily disperse them. However great the endurance of a nation, patience has its limits. For the last three years the Roumains have cherished the hope, grounded on promises made to them, that the hour of their political deliverance was at hand. There is reason to fear that, weary of the pressure of every kind that bears upon them, and especially of the moral yoke which Austria would fain impose, th e y may imitate the Servians, and at once seize upon the rights which certainly belong to them. Can any one suppose, for instance, that men of spirit can patiently submit to see the Austrian Chancel lery dispute even the title of United Principalities,' admitted by the conference, and reject unread all documents bearing that title ? Can it be supposed that a nation, .just endowed with a constitution, will suffer it to be immediately called in question ? Every instant witnesses some new menace either from Austria or from Turkey. Such a state of things evidently cannot last. The Moldavians and Wallachians must either be really their own masters, as the majority of the conference decided , or else fall into the hands of Austria or Turkey, after being rescued from Russia. In this last hypothesis, let Austria or Turkey dare to seize them, and we shall see what will happen ; but let some decision be taken at all events. ' THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a special general court of the governors and members of this cor poration was held at the hall in Crane-court, Fleet-street —Dr. John Webster, F.R.S., in the chair. The object of the meeting was to take into consideration a plan pro posed by Professor Donaldson, the architect and surveyor to the institution, for the erection, under the name of the Scottish Corporation Buildings, of a new establish nient on a plot of ground at the corner of Chancery -lane and Carey-street, the price of the freehold land in question being £ll,OOO, and the cost of the erection of the proposed bnildings, £12,000; giving a total of £23,000; providing for that sum a hall, chapel, public offices, suits of cham bers, and other conveniences, in the Scottish style of archi tecture. A long discussion ensued as to the expediency of appropriating so large a sum out of the total stock of £38,000 now standing in the name of the corporation, and ultimately, the report of the committee, declaring that it would be inexpedient, was adopted. A resolution was also adopted appointing a committee to consider the charter and bye-laws, with the view of ascertaining whether the mode of relief should not be so altered and im proved as' to suit the requirements of the present times. It is proposed, we understand, at the sugestion of Major Adair, the hon. secretary of the corporation, to establish a " Burns' Benevolent Fund," in connection with the foun- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Jan. 6. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Francis Higginson, 59, described as a seaman, was indicted for misdemeanour. Mr. Giffard and Mr. Talfourd Salter conducted the prosecution. Mr. Giffard, in opening the case, said that the defendant was a lieutenant in her Majesty's navy, and the complainant was Mr. Alderman Salomons, one of the magistrates of the City of London. The charge against the defendant was that of having committed an assault upon Mr. Salomons, and the facts connected with the actual offence lay in a very small compass, but in justice to that gentleman, and in consequence of the course that had been taken by the defendant, it was necessary that he should state some circumstances that had taken place be fore the assault was committed. Upon one occa sion when Mr. Salomons was discharging his duty as a magistrate in the City of London, the defendant appeared before him, and made an application for a summons against the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany to r ecover penalties for what he alleged to be an infringement of the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act. His applica tion was listened to, but it turned out that there was no ground whatever for it, and the defendant was informed so, and upon this he conducted him self in such an intemperate manner that Mr. Salo mons found it necessary to direct that he should be removed from the court. The defendant at first complained of having lost a considerable sum of money by the company, and it was supposed that he had been a shareholder, and that he was a loser by the failure of the scheme ; but it turned out that he had nothing whatever to do with the company, and that the only ground he had for the allegation—that he was a loser in connexion with it—was that he had made some offers of services to the company that had not been accepted, and he had in consequence lost the amount he should have received if they had been, and which he appeared to have estimated at the sum of £l,OOO. There was a great deal of absurdity in the proceedings of the defendant, and many persons entertained an opinion that .he was under some delusion ; but, according to his instructions, Mr. Salomons treated him with the utmost courtesy and kindness, and every means were taken to satisfy him that there was no ground for the application he had made ; but he was told, at the same time, that if he could satisfy the clerk, who was the legal adviser of the magistrates, that he was entitled to a summons, there was no objection to his having one. Nothing more was heard of the defendant after this until the 22d of December, when, as Mr. Solomons was walking close to Bar tholomew-lane, the defendant rushed upon him, and committed the assault that was the subject of the present indictment. The facts of the case were very short, but in consequence of the course that had been taken by the defendant on former occasions, he felt it only due to Mr. Alderman Salomons to say that he had no unkind feeling against him; that all he desired was to be protected from personal violence ; and that the evidence would make out that he had acted through out the whole matter, as every one who knew him would expect him to do, as a gentleman and an upright magistrate. Mr. Abraham Cohen, brother-in-law to Alder man Salomons, deposed that on the 22d of Decem ber he was coming out of the London and West minster Bank, Lothbury, in the direction of St. Bartholomew's-lane, about half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the defendant came up to him and asked if he was Mr. Alderman Salomons. Witness told him he was not, but that the Alderman was in the London and Westminster Bank. About half an hour after this witness returned to the bank, and met Mr. Salomons coming out, and they walked together in the direction of the Bank of England. When they got to the cor ner of the street the defendant came up to Mr. Salomons, and said something to him in an excited tone, but he could not hear what he said. Shortly afterwards he heard the defendant say, " What do you mean by delusions?" and at the same instant he raised a stick and was in the act of striking Mr. Salomons with it, when witness seized him by the arms and prevented him from doing further harm. He was eventually given into custody and taken to the police-station. The defendant cross-examined this witness for considerably more than an hour upon matters of all kinds that had apparently nothing to do with the question before the court. He appeared to wish to show that, after he had been taken to the station Alderman Salomons had acted as judge and accuser, and directed the inspector to allow him to go at large upon his entering into his own recognisance to appear on the following morning, and that by this means he had acted unjustly and illegally to wards him, and this, and the refusal of the sum mons, appeared to be among the principal griev ances he fancied he had sustained at the hands of Mr. Salomons. Mr. J. Mills confirmed the evidence as to the as sault, and stated that he saw defendant make a sort of snatch at Alderman Salomon's face, and when he drew back he attempted to strike him with a stick. After defendant was secured he heard him say that he had intentionally assaulted the alderman, in or der to bring his case before the public. This witness was also examined at great length upon the same topics as the former. Alderman Salomons was then examined—He deposed that on the day in question he and Mr. Cohen were walking together from the London and Westminster Bank, when the defendant walked quickly up to him, and asked if he was Alderman Salomons. He told him he was; and he then said, " Don't you know me ? " Witness replied, " You are," or, "Are you Lieut. Higginson ?" He then said, " You say that lam a madman ? " Witness re plied that he had not said he was a madman, but that he was under delusions. Defendant said, " What do you mean by being under delusions ? " Witness told him he must put his own construction upon that, and the moment he said this defendant drew his hand across his face and touched his nose, and witness at the same moment raised his own arm and struck up his hand. The defendant was then about to strike him with his stick when Mr. Cohen, his brother-in-law, laid hold of him, and a police man was sent for, and he was given in charge. He did not make use of the slightest violence towards the defendant, and merely endeavoured to protect himself, and he did not,give the defendant the least provocation for his conduct. The alderman was cross-examined by defendant for nearly two hours. He admitted that he had told the inspector to allow the defendant to be dis charged upon his entering into a recognisance to appear the next day, but he said that in doing so he was solely actuated by a feeling of kindness towards the defendant and a belief that he was acting under some false impression. The defendant put a number of questions to show that, in his con nexion as shareholder with the Atlantic Telegraph Company, he had prevented him from obtaining the compensation to which he was entitled from that company, and that he had been the means of suppressing a pamphlet he had written to show that the Atlantic cable must be a failure, but the alderman positively denied that there was any foundation for the suggestions that were made wit) regard to these matters. Baron Martin interposed in the course of the cross-examination, and said that three hours and a half had been occupied in a case that really ought not to have occupied a quarter of an hour to dispose of, and he must request the defendant to put (pies. tions that had some reference to the matter before the court, and not continue to inquire into subjects that were entirely irrelevant. The defendant, notwithstanding the remark of the learned judge, continued for a considerable time longer to cross-examine Alderman Salomons, but without eliciting a single fact that in any way altered the complexion of the case. The defendant then read a long and very well written statement to the jury in his defence, the effect of which was that he had patented several important inventions, and that in 1851 he had in vented an electric cable to pass between the Land's end and New York, and the Atlantic Telegraph Company had made use of his invention without giving him any remuneration. It then went on to assert that he was persecuted by the alderman on behalf of the company, because he had made it publicly, known that the pretended telegraph in communication between this country and America was a swindle, and that no message had ever been sent through . it. The defendant asserted that he had no intention to commit any assault on the day in question; but merely desired to speak to Alderman Salomons, and that he pushed him rudely - aside, and this, of course, aggravated him. With regard to any fear of future violence, he said it was 'not likely an old man like him, who had had his leg (which he exhibited to the jury) three times broken in the service of his country, could be any subject of alarm to a person like Mr. Alderman Salomons and his brother-in-law, both of whom were athletic men. Baron Martin addressed a very few observations to the jury in summing up. He said the only ques tion they had to consider was whether an assault had been committed, and if they believed the wit nesses he did not see how they could return any other verdict than the defendant was guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The jury, after deliberating a short time, returned a verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the defendant to mercy. Baron Martin said the defendant had clearly committed an assault, and the only question was how to protect Alderman Salomons from such a proceeding in future. It was a very gross outrage • • • rnE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1859. manner, and he would give the defendant until the morning to consider the matter, and to make a declaration that would be satisfactory to Mr. Salo mons that he would not repeat such conduct. The defendant said he was ready to do so now. H e should never commit such an act again. Alderman Salomons said he had never entertained the least ill feeling towards the defendant, and so far as he was personally concerned he had no desire that any punishment should be inflicted. The out rage that had been committed upon him had very seriously affected him at the time, and he had on one occasion nearly lost his life by falling out of a railway , carriage, so great was the shock to him. The defendant was put back for a short time, and he was subsequently brought up, and Mr. Baron Martin, addressing him, said that there could be no doubt that he had committed an assault under the feeling that he had sustained some wrong from Mr. Salomons, for which there did not appear to be the slightest foundation. That gentleman, on the con trary, appeared to have acted towards him with the greatest possible kindness, and even since his con viction he had expressed a desire that he should not be punished, and all he asked for was protection for the future. It was a most gross outrage upon the feelings of a gentleman to act as he had done, and he hoped he would avoid doing such a thing again. He then ordered the defendant to enter into his own reccognisance in £lOO to keep the peace, and also to appear and receive judgment upon the present indictment, if called upon to do so, and he said that if he remained peaceable he should hear no more of the matter, but if he com mitted any act of violence towards Mr. Salomons he would be brought up and punished. The defendant at once entered into the required recognisances, and was discharged from custody. George Lelievre, a gentlemanly , looking young man, surrendered to take his trial for the man slaughter of Charles John Williams. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. W. A. lioldsworth were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Montagu Cham bers, Q.C., was specially retained, with Mr. Met calfe, for the defence. The learned counsel for the prosecution said that the inquiry the jury was about to enter into was one of a very painful and melancholy nature. The prisoner was a young man very respectably con nected, and there could be no doubt that by his act the unfortunate deceased, who was also in a re spectable position, and in the prime of life, had been deprived of existence. He then proceeded to give a narrative of the facts which have appeared very recently, and the following evidence was then adduceil : Frederick Carter deposed that on the evening of the 31st Dec. he was in the Mile-end-road, in com pany with a person named Harris, about 11 o'clock. The prisoner and another person were there also, in a state of intoxication, and the prisoner's friend seemed to have been on the ground. When witness came up the prisoner asked him to assist him with his friend, and he laid hold of his arm and walked a short distance, when the prisoner accused him of picking his friend's pocket, and made a blow at him, and he jumped into the road. The prisoner followed him a short distance, and his friend fell down, and the prisoner returned to him, and he went after him, and saw the deceased and the pri soner standing together. The prisoner asked Mr. Williams to assist his friend, and he refused to do so. The prisoner then challenged the deceased to come out into the road and fight, and the deceased replied that he had better sense than to fight. The prisoner immediately struck the deceased with his fist three or four times, and the deceased struck at him again, and they had a scuffle, and. both fell down. They got up, and the deceased walked away towards the road, and the prisoner pulled off two coats and went after Mr. Williams again, and struck him three or four times about the head, and they again fell down, and the deceased could not get up. He was picked up, and some persons were carrying him across the road, when the prisoner followed, and was in the act of striking at him again, when witness's companion, Harris, threw some stones at him, and they hit him on the back of the head. The deceased was perfectly sober. Cross-examined—Witness was first asked to assist the prisoner's friend, and he did so, and walked with him about ten yards before he was accused of picking his pocket. Witness ran away, and the pri soner followed him a short distance and then returned to his friend. At this time deceased came up and the first thing he heard was the prisoner ask him to assist him with his friend, and when he refused, a word or two passed between them, but he could not tell what the words were, and immediately after wards the prisoner challenged the deceased to fight. There might have been 20 persons present at this time, and some hooting and laughing was going on at the prisoner and his drunken friend. The de ceased was a more powerful man than the prisoner —he was a tall strong man. He did not see him do anything to protect himself when the prisoner struck him. Re-examined—Deceased did not make any resist ance to the attack made upon him by the prisoner. Wm. Harris, the person who was in company with the last witness confirmed his evidence as to the condition of the prisoner and the deceased. He also said that he saw the deceased come up, and the . prisoner asked him to assist his friend and he re fused and they had a few words, and the prisoner challenged the deceased to fight, and the deceased replied that he had too much good sense to do that, and the prisoner struck him immediately and they both fell. He did not see the deceased endeavour to return the violence in any manner, and he did not say or do anything offensive to the prisoner. The deceased was undermost when they fell, and he was unable to get up, and some men assisted him across the road, and he was conveyed to the hospital. Cross-examined—A good many people were standing about the nrisoner and his friend. When Carter left hold of the prisoner's companion he fell down. He was so drunk that he could not stand on his legs. The deceased and the prisoner scuffled together, and fell off the pavement into the road. Witness threw some stones at the prisoner as he was following the deceased, apparently with the intention of striking him. They were only small stones that he threw at him. John Roper, a police-constable, deposed that he was in the Mile-end-road at the time in question, and heard a cry of " Police," and on going to the spot he found the prisoner with a drunken man. He was told that he had assaulted a man who was on the opposite side of the road, and he took the prisoner across, and the deceased gave him in charge for injuring his leg. He observed blood at the bottom of the trousers of the deceased at this time. Cross-examined—Witness told the prisoner after wards that the decea..-od's leg was broken, and it might cost him his life, and he replied; " My God, you don't say so. I hope not ;" and appeared very much affected. Mr. E. Simmons said that he was present at the coroner's inquest, but was not examined. He saw the occurrence, and heard an altercation take place between the prisoner and the deceased, and when the former asked him to fight, he replied, " You are a fool." Mr. Hill, house surgeon at the London Hospital, proved that the deceased had sustained a compound dislocation of the ankle joint, and the smaller bone of the leg was also fractured. A portion of the broken bone was removed and the deceased was under his care until the 25th of December, when he died from mortification of the leg, resulting from the injury he had received. Mr. Montagu Chambers made a very able speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and said it appeared to him that the unfortunate occurrence was of that character described by ancient writers as chance•medley, and that it did not amount to manslaughter. He then remarked upon the cir cumstances of the case, and said there could be no doubt that the prisoner was somewhat the worse for liquor, although not so bad as his friend, and that they were surrounded by a number of people, who were acting in a manner that was very likely to have excited the prisoner still more. He should be very sorry to say a single word to the disparage ment of the unfortunate gentleman who had lost his life, but he could not help saying that it would only have been an act of kindness on his part if he had assisted the prisoner in the condition in which he was placed with his friend, in such a helplessly drunken state, but instead of doing that he had no doubt irritated him still more by calling him a fool. He then urged that there could be no doubt that a scuffle took place between them, and that the melancholy result was to a great ex tent to be attributed to accident. The learned counsel concluded by stating that whatever might be the result of the present inquiry, the melancholy occurrence would be the source of deep and bitter regret to the prisoner for the remainder of his existence. A great many most respectable witnesses were then examined, who gave the prisoner the character of a kind-hearted, humane young man. They also stated that he was remarkably abstemious on ordi nary occasions, and was not at all addicted to violent conduct Mr. Baron Martin summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. The learned judge, in passing sentence, said that the jury had found the prisoner guilty of causing the death of Mr. Williams by an illegal act, and they could not have come to any other conclusion upon the evidence before them. There was no doubt at the same time, however, that he never con t e mplated causing the death of the deceased, and the thing would not have occurred if he had been sober. He could not pass over such an offence, ,hout punishment, and. the sentence he nwpver. wit: should inflict upon him would be one of three months' imprisonment, without hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Alexander Kochanowsky, 21, labourer, Myers Goldberg, 39, waterproofer, and Jacob Goldwater, 43, tailor, were indicted for feloniously having in their possession, without the authority of the Em peror of Russia, steel plates, upon which were en graved certain parts of a promissory:note, to wit, a note for the payment of five roubles. The prisoner Kochanowsky pleaded guilty. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, with whom was Mr. Sleigh, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. T. Atkinson appeared for Kochanowsky. The defence set up by Goldberg and Goldwater was that they had acted as innocent agents for Kochanowsky. The jury found them both guilty. Mr. Atkinson, on the part of his client Kochan owsky, said that he was a young Russian of a good family, but had fallen into the hands of bad advisers. His lordship, in passing sentence, said that the conduct of Kochanowsky was, from his position and education, rendered far more heinous than that of his companions, whom he had led into the commis sion of the offence. They had, however, aided in the commission of an offence of a very grave character ; but considering the position m life which they filled, and that they were ignorant and poor men, he should make a difference in their sentence, but still pass a severe one. Kochanowsky 'was then ordered to be kept for ten years in penal lervitude, and the others for five years. Upon an application being made relative to the expenses, the court concurred with Mr. Sleigh that the conduct of Rolls, the engraver, was very proper. A letter taken from the prisoner Kochanowsky, addressed to some one in Russia, proved that an organised system was in existence to pass off these false notes. visitors), who are privileged, some daily and some weekly, to wait upon criminals to hear a statement of their complaints and grievances. More, much more might be added ; but this is enough to prove that Newgate wants fnrther im provement. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIP- WRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life boat Institution was held at its house, John•street, Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present—Admiral Sir Thos. Herbert, K.C.B. ; Admiral Gordon, Deputy Master of the Trinity-house ; Alexander Boetefeur, Esq.; Admiral Cator ; Capt. Washington, R.N., Hydro- grapher of the Admiralty ; Admiral McHardy ; W. H. Harton, Esq. ; Capt. Lambert Perrott ; and Capt. Ward, R.N., Inspector of Lifeboats to the In- stitution. Mr. LEwis, the Secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, the following rewards were then voted Nineteen pounds to the crew of the institution's life-boat at Caister, Norfolk, for putting off late on the night of the 15th ult., and rescuing eleven men from the Portuguese brig . Prophete, which was wrecked during a gale of wind on the Scroby Sands that day. The service was attended by great ex posure to cold and extreme difficulty in obtaining an early communication with the wreck. L 4 to the crew of a lifeboat at Appledore for putting off in her and rescuing seven men from the brig Felicity, of Milford, which, during a strong wind and thick fog, went to pieces on Bideford bar early on the morning of the 18th ult. The master of the vessel was at first insensible of the danger he was in, but was afterwards induced to abandon his vessel, and on the flowing of the tide she broke up. The life boat of the institution stationed at Newcastle, Dun-. drum Bay, was reported to have saved the crew of five men belonging to a French lugger from Bor deaux, wrecked off Newcastle on the 12th ult. The lifeboat performed this service with much prompti tude. Rewards amounting to £l5 were also voted to the Yarmouth and Lytham lifeboats for putting off, in reply to signals of distress from ships, with the view of saving life. The Lytham lifeboat was likewise reported to have assisted in bringing the schooner E. D., of Salcombe, into port in safety. A reward of £6 was also voted to a 'goat's crew in con sideration of their laubable conduct in rescuing one out cff three persons from the smack Catherine Anna, which was wrecked during stormy weather off Maryport. The boat succeeded only in taking off one man on her first trip, but on her second she was too late to save the life of the captain, who, in the meantime, had been washed off the wreck and drowned ; another man had come ashore on a piece of the wreck. Had there been a good lifeboat, with an experienced crew, at Mar port , such a calamity could hardly occur. The silver medal of the insti tution and £1 were voted to John Moss, seaman, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct in saving, at the imminent risk of his own life, one out of two persons who had been thrown out of a small boat off Dungeness. Moss had sprung over the bows of .the lugger and secured one man by tying a rope round him, who was nearly ex hausted when brought on board. Moss again, nothing daunted, darted overboard a second time to the rescue of another man, and had actually suc ceeded, by great exertions, in placing him on the bobstay of the lugger when a heavy wave washed both of them off. The man unfortunately sunk this time to rise no more, and the gallant Moss him self only narrowly escaped from sharing a similar fate. A sum of £4 was also voted to a boat's crew for saving six persons from the schooner Sealby, of Maryport, which during a heavy gale of wind was wrecked off Innishofin Island, on the coast of Donegal. The boatmen - had put off with much promptitude, and had succeeded in rescuing the crew just in time to save them from a watery grave. £2 was also given to a boat's crew for their credit able and' prompt exertions in saving three men be longing to the brig Florence Nightingale's boat's crew, whose boat had been swamped off Arklow during squally weather. A sum of £8 was also voted to a boat's crew of four men for putting off and rescuing - the crew of three men from the schooner Oaks, of Goole, wrecked during a heavy gale of wind off Blakeney, on the Norfolk coast. was likewise granted to a boat's crew in consi deration of their laudable conduct in rescuing five men from the brig Sampson, of Waterford,. which during stormy and cloudy weather was wrecked off Badinacorty, near Dungarvan. The institution is, it was reported, about to send a new lifeboat to this dangerous locality. Various other rewards were voted in acknowledgment of meritorious ser vices in saving life from wrecks on different parts of the coast. It was reported that the institution had during the past month sent new lifeboats and carriages to Cullercoats, near Tynemouth, and to Carnsore and Tramore. Payments amounting to £721 Bs. 3d. were ordered to be made for various lifeboats and their equipments. A. tabular statement showing the services of the lifeboats of the institution during the past year was laid before the meeting.. The boats had attended upwards of 40 wrecks, and had saved more than 100 lives. The society had paid its lifeboat crews nearly £6OO for their laudable services on those occasions. It was stated that the institution was much in need of funds to maintain in a state of thorough efficiency its 80 lifeboat establishments • that the committee had been compelled to draw largely on its small reserved fund to meet their large out goings; and that the present income of the society is very inadequate to meet its necessarily increas ing expenditure. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Jan. 6. The January quarter sessions of the peace for the trial of prisoners for offences committed in the county of Middlesex, commenced yesterday morn ing at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before the Assistant-Judge and a bench of magi- strates. Frederick Brewer, 18, was indicted for feloniously receiving 33 pennyweights of gold, the property of James Green, he well knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; the prisoner was unde fended. Frederick Bell, a boy 15 years of age—l am an apprentice to Mr. James Green, watch-case maker, of No. 15, President-street, St. Luke's. I have been with hiin for two -years. I had not known the prisoner before November last, although I had seen him standing about King-square. I remember Sunday, the 28th of November, and on that day I was with my brother in Market-street. The pri soner called me from my brother and I went up to him. He asked me if I could get him some gold. I said, "No ; I was not going to rob my master, who was very good to me." He said, " Oh, that don't matter ; if you only take a small piece he won't miss it." He had by standing in the square seen the place to which I belonged. I said I would not take any gold from my master. On the following Monday there was a melting-yot broken at my master's and I saw a small piece of gold sticking to a clinker. I took it, and when I went out at dinner time I saw the prisoner stand ing by the church. I gave him the clinker and gold, and asked him if he could sell it. He said he would break it, and see what he could get for it. The next day I saw him, and I had two or three little grains of gold wrapped up in paper. I gave them to him, and he gave me 2s. for them and that on the clinker. _ -_ Mr. Cooper was here about to examine the wit ness as to other occasions upon which he had met _ . the prisoner, but Mr. Creasy interposed, and said that as the pri soner was undefended it was his duty to take care that no evidence should be given that was not legally admissible, for if it were necessary to go into these transactions they might be made the subject of other indictments. Mr. Cooper said he thought he might show these transactions ; but, of course, he would not now pursue this evidence. The prisoner then, with considerable effrontery, commenced a sort of cross-examination upon points not adverted to by the learned counsel, the answers to which questions having a tendency to prove the case against him. Mr. Creasy warned the prisoner as to the effect of the course he was taking ; but if after this he should refer to other matters not strictly then be fore them he should feel bound to admit the evi dence which he had stopped the learned counsel from further proceeding with. He was now warned, and of course he could ask what questions he pleased. The prisoner, in an impudent manner, attempting a forensic style, went through the evidence of the different witnesses, commenting upon each, and concluded by calling upon the jury to believe him in preference to the witnesses. Mr. Creasy summed up very briefly. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Creasy said--This is one of the worst cases of receiving that has ever come before me, and as I never met with a more disgraceful wretch, I shall protect society from you for some time to come, by sentencing you to be kept in penal servi tude for seven years. 71IE STATE OF NET/MATE. Mr. I. Anderson Rose, ex-Under-Sheriff of London, in a letter to a contemporary, says : Some time ago attention was called to the state of Newgate, and its utter unfitness for the renten tion of prisoners or punishment of criminals. That part appropriaten to male prisoners has in conse quence been reconstructed, with what advantage the report of the ordinary of Newgate, lately pub lished in your columns, has clearly disclosed ; but the portion still used for the imprisonment of women is as it was, and there are among those who have the care and control of Newgate some opposed to any further improvement of this gaol. The fol lowing statement of facts may serve to clinch your representations as to the necessity of completing the alterations by reconstructing the portion ap propriated to women, so as to admit of the classifi cation and separation of female prisoners and criminals, of whom it may be said that while women generally are better than men, when they fall they sometimes discover (difficult perhaps) a lower depth than the worst of men. To the facts, however. In one room I have seen confined in Newgate a woman—Mary Ann Alice Seago by name—who had beaten her step child to death under circumstances of unparalleled barbarity. The process of murder oc cupied some considerable time • but I cannot write the details, and it would be sickening to read them. She was a clever, cunning woman, well educated, and with a very competent knowledge of the law relating to prisons, with which she often favoured the officials, and full of grievances. Sir George Grey, the then Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, would not remove her from Newgate on account of a supposed delicacy of health, and the most effectual stop to the outrages committed by this woman in prison was a threat to get her re moved from Newgate. Confined with her was one Celestina Somner, also well educated; convicted of cutting the throat of her child, 10 years old, in a coal cellar, with a carving knife, and whose conviction was secured by the evidence of a servant girl, Rachel, who slept usually in or on a bed in the kitchen, through which the mother and daughter passed on their way to the shambles in the coal cellar, and who, awakened that night, heard the butcher in the act of murder informing her victim that she would "teach the —to tell lies." That servant girl— her nervous system strung in an agony of fear— became many years older that night ; for her mistress, carving-knife in hand, came to Rachael's bed to turn her over and see whether she was to asleep, which she pretended to be. "I did not go sleep," said this witness at the trial; "I lay awake all night." The softening influence of prison asso ciations on the heart of Celesti.na Somner may be imagined, when she informed her convict com panions that she was sorry she had not finished the servant as well as her own child. The last of the three companions was a woman who, by three different men, had had three children, who, wishing to visit a paramour in the country (whether the father of any one of her , offspring I forget, but I think not), and finding the expense of movinc , all four more than she could afford, deliberately took two of her children down to a canal and held them under water until they were dead. This woman before her trial trumped up a deliberate lie with elaborate circumstances against the policeman who took her into custody, which she adhered to after trial and conviction, but in the imminent prospect of the gallows she admitted the whole to be false. These three were associated together in one room, —vain of the attention they excited and received, —as such criminals usually tre, the more so the worse the crime and the more notorious the criminal. They were attended by the doctor, the clergyman, the governor, the matron, the visiting magistrates , the sheriffs, the under-sheriffs (to say nothing of A SUBMARINE BOAT. An American invention has just been broifght to this country, with a view to its being disposed of either to this or any other European Government, and which, if it does one-half of what the patentee guarantees can be done with it will make such a change in the mode of carrying on a naval war as will put steamers out of the question, and render of no avail the tremendous forts of Cronstadt or Cher bourg. It is nothing less than a submarine boat made only for working under water, in form much resembling the shape of a porpoise, capable of being made large enough to contain 8, 10, or even 15 men, if necessary, with a proportionate quantity of explosives. In a kind of specification which has now been laid before this and the French Govern ment the patentee says he has invented and con structed a s übmarine boat, weighing about eight tons, in which he has, with others, sunk in Lake Michigan, and remained under water for four hours without any air tubes or other communication lead ing from his boat above the surface of the water, and propelled the boat in and near the bottom of the lake for several miles, at the rate of about three miles an hour. He has,while in his boat, and under water, by means of machinery working through its side, sawed off timbers 14 inches square. He can sink his boat from the surface almost instantly, either to a few inches or feet from the surface of the water, or to 100 or more feet, and again rise quickly or very slowly to or near the surface ; go forward, back, or sideways, or come up bows first or otherwise, as may be required. He can attach powder torpedoes to the outside of his boat on its deck or sides, and proceed under water out to sea, in any weather, to an enemy's ship in sight, fix or anchor the torpedoes under the ship's bottom, set in motion clock-work to fire, the torpedoes, simulta neously or at intervals, and retire, still under water out of danger from the explosion and out of reach of an enemy's guns. He can also convey powder torpedoes inside his boat of 1001 b. (or more) weight and when under an enemy's ship, pass them out of the side of his boat through his patent hatch, and fasten them to a ship's bottom and fire them as above-named. He can enter an enemy's harbour under water andmake surveys, only showing above the surface a sight tube, no more than one half inch in diameter, and retire still under water, and proceed outside to sea and make his re port to the commander of a fleet or ship. He can go out to sea, meet a hostile fleet, go under their bottoms, fix torpedoes to go off by clockwork, or bore holes in their bottoms, and come away unseen. With a large boat he can carry a 12 or 24 pound (or euen larger) gun in the for ward end of his boat near the top, so rigged that he can load in 100 feet depth of water, rise near to the surface, sight the horizon for an enemy's ship, and if one is in sight take the course for her and pro ceed towards her even within a stone's throw,. rise quickly, so near the surface as only to show the muzzle of the gun through the outside porthole valve, aim at the ship near her water line, fire, then instantly sink to reload, arid rise at- another point to fire again and repeat. If required, with a large boat, he can remain under water with several men with him, and do service at sea off or in harbours for several days, without landing or showing one inch of his boat above water. If the boat is required for pearl fishing he can work all day on a pearl bed raking up and taking in pearls and suffering no in convenience from impure air, and as the boat is pro vided with light for deep water work, he can move about on the bottomlike a fish and see pearls where a diver would not. If the boat is required to visit wrecks and remove treasures or goods, it is so con structed that he can saw, bore, or make fast chains or ropes to any point of a wreck, and if required, one or more persons can, while under water, go out of the boat through the side hatches, enter a wreck or do other service, and return inside of the boat again without inconvenience. Curiously enough, the gentleman who has come over here with this invention, and who, though not the inventor, is part proprietor of the patent, was instructed not to offer it to the British Government until it had first been offered to the Emperor of the French. The reasons for making such a distinction arises from the notion which our transatlantic cousins entertain of the red-tape system of the Eng lish Government, and their slowness to adopt any sudden or great improvements. That this idea is hardly well founded is shown from the fact that when the invention was first brought under the notice of the Secretary of the United States' Navy, he merely wrote to the inventor to say, by way of badinage, that American ships were required in the water and never wanted to go under them. The proffer to the Emperor of the French received even less attention, as no answer was returned to the letter at all. Contrary to American expectation, when the letter was brought a few days since under the notice of the English Board of Admiralty it received full and prompt attention, and Sir Baldwin Walker has already had interviews with the gentle man to whose care the disposal of the patent is intrusted. Nothing definite has yet resulted from these audiences, though as the cost of building the submarine boat is very small, we believe that one will eventually be constructed in this country, and if it only fulfils half what the patentee expects of it the invention will be purchased by the. British Government. PROPOSED UNION OF CITY CHURCHES. On Tuesday afternoon a general meeting of the Fellows of Sion College, comprising the incumbents of all churches and parishes within the old Arch deaconry of London, took place in their great hall, for the purpose of considering what answer they should return respecting the bishop's inquiry rela tive to the proposed union of some of the city bene fices. The Rev Wm. Scott, M.A., incumbent of Christ Church, Hoxton, the President of Sion Col lege, took the chair. It may be mentioned, in ex• planation of the object of the meeting, that some years since the Rev. Charles Hume, rector of St. Michael's, Wood-street, made a formal proposition to the late Bishop of London for a union of some of the parishes in the city which, having considerable endowments, have little or no resident population, with a view to the endowment of additional churches in destitute portions of the metropolis and its out skirts. The late bishop concurred in Mr. Hume's suggestion, and introduced a bill into Parliament to effect that object, but it met with a strong opposi tion, and was eventually withdrawn. The present. Bishop of London, in his primary charge to the clergy of his diocess in Nov. last, adverted to the subject, and has also addressed formal inquiries to them, with a view to determine what course he ought to adopt in reference to the matter. The an swers to the inquiries of the bishop made by the clergy present some curious features. The `Rev. J. Charlesworth, rector of the joint parishes of St. Mildred, Bread-street, and St. Mar garet Moses, replies in answer to the bishop's inter rogatories that the largest attendance at any of his church services is 10, that his net income is £220 a year, and that the population is 258. The Rev. J. Minchin, rector of the joint parishes of St. Mil dred, Poultry, and St. Mary Colechurch, reports that the largest attendance at his services is 30, his net income £2BO, and the population 500. The Rev. Thomas Darling, rector of St. Michael Paternoster Royal and St. Martin's Vintry, reports that his largest attendance is 25, his net income £240, popu lation 430. The Rev. Dr. Kynaston, high master of St. Paul's school, reports that the attendance at the church of the joint parishes of St. Nicolas Cole Abbey and St. Nicolas Olave, of which he is rector, is 30, his income £263, with a house in good repair —population 592. The Rev. Charles Mackenzie, rector of the joint parishes of St. Benet, Grace church, and St• Leonard, Eastcheap, of which he is rector, is 48, net income £287, population 300. The Rev. Dr. 'Stebbing, rector of St. Mary Somerset and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, reports that his largest attendance is 40, net income. £250, population un known. The Rev. Thomas Jones, rector of All hallows, Lombard-street, reports .that his largest attendance is 50, his net income £396, population 456. The Rev. F. J. Stainforth, incumbent of All hallows Staining, reports that his largest attendance is 50, net income £BOO, population 500. Many more of the same sort might be given from the official returns, and in some cases there is an attend ance of 100 or 150 persons where the income of the incumbent is upwards of £l,OOO a-year. The patrons of these city churches, with whom it is believedthere would be no difficulty in carrying out the Bishop of London's views of amalgamation, are Eton College, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, the Corporation of London, the Grocers' Com pany, Balliol College, Oxford, the Duke of Northumberland, Magdalen College, Cambridge, the Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, the Dean and Canons of Westminster, the master and wardens of Merchant Taylors' Company, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the Drapers' Company, and a few private individuals. The meet ing held at Sion College on Tuesday was of a private character, although a very large number of the clergy were present, and took a strong interest in the discussion. It was agreed that the opinions of the incumbents whose interests it was proposed to affect should be collected and arranged for pre sentation to the Bishop of London. THE DEAN OF CARLISLE ON CHRIST- MAS FESTIVITIES. At a meeting of the Carlisle Total Abstinence Society, on Tuesday, the 28th ult., the Very Rev. Francis Close, D.D., Dean of Carlisle, thus re ferred to theiestivities and amusements of Christ mas and other holiday , occasions : To a Christian mind there was no single thing more painful than this fact—it had certainly dwelt upon his own heart—that those seasons which are observed by the great majority of our countrymen in comme moration of great gospel events, such as the birth of Christ, and the descent of God's Holy Spirit, at Whitsuntide—that these are the seasons of all others when in a Christian country—aye, let them acknowledge it with shame, in a Protestant coun try—that these are the seasons when the devil keeps high holiday, and when it seems to be an excuse — a thing taken for granted—that people should be drunk. (Applause.) Ask them why they go about reeling in drunkenness, and they tell you they are keeping Christmas. (Laughter.) There was some thing to his mind perfectly painful in the news papers of that morning—something calculated to strike the heart of the Christian, and send us all on our knees to pray to God to avert the judgment we deserved. The London newspapers devoted whole columns and pages to descriptions of the special temptations and wickednesses of the theatres. And, in connection with this, he found that on the next morning, as usual, the police courts were thronged with persons charged with offences arising from the same cause; but it was observed, he was glad to say, that at some of the police offices the numbers were not so great as they generally were on these occasions. But what struck him again was, that the worthy magistrates sitting in the chair of justice let the offenders off more easily than usual, " because they were keep ing Christmas!" To his mind, if he had been in the magistrate's place, he would have fined them double for being drunk on Christmas-day. (Ap plause.) But it showed the vulgar notion, which had reached even the bench itself, that was held as an excuse and a palliation for a man making a beast of himself, that he did it on a day Which his fellow-Christians kept in memory of the love of God to His creatures. He (the Dean) would not do more than allude to a frightful circumstance that had taken place the day before. At one of the low theatres on the south side of the Thames an alarm of fire was raised, and in consequence no less than 15 persons were killed. This was at a Christmas keeping theatre. And it was remarkable that the persons killed were all youths, not one of whom was above 21 or 22 at the utmost, some of them much younger. It was what they called " boxing night," and at a place where the performance was so popular, that they were obliged to have two audiences a day—an afternoon and an evening exhibition. Oh ! that they could see the time when they would be obliged to have double services on religious subjects ! This was indeed a painful and humbling event. God forbid that he should say that those poor, thoughtless boys, many , of them the dregs of the population, had been visited by a special judgment. No; they were not to say that those on " whom the Tower of Siloam fell w ere greater sinners" that those who escaped. God's ways were not our ways ; but the lesson this accident read to them all was, that if they knew better who were restrained from drunkenness, debauchery, and even from those doubtful places of public amuse ment called theatres, which were, in his humble judgment, the receptacles of vice of every de scription—let them not think themselves better than others, but rather remember that God, by this very fact, had put them under the solemn responsibility of doing all they could to prevent people from doing these things—that if it was not for the grace of God which enabled them to restrain their passions, they should be just like others. If they had these promises and hopes, let them do all they could to restrain the wicked, to prevent and lay hold upon and arrest the course of sin and vice in this country. Therefore it was that he was there that night. (Applause.) THIS _DAY'S MARKETS. CO.TLN EXCHANGE The present week's arrival of English wheat, up to our market, coastwise, ha s amounted to only 1,220 quarters. By land carriage, this ; morning, the receipts were very limited. The few samples en offer were disposed of readily/ at fully Monday's imp.ruvement in the quotations. We were well supplie with most kinds of foreign wheat. Good and fine samples we 'e in steady request, at full prices ; but inferior parcels were a dull sale. Floating cargoes of grain were somewhat firmer. Malting barley was in fol." request, at full quotations ; but other kinds moved off slowly, at late rates. Malt was a dull inquiry, but not cheaper. The supply of oats was on the increase, yet the deasaid ruled steady, at.previous rates. Beans and peas were dull; but flour was firm in price. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,220 j 2,070 ; 1,450 1,740 Irish Foreign 9,020 • 10 r 310 -- I 27,790 sks I I 1,280 Mk; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat were on offer here to-day, and the trade generally ruled steady, at full prices. Per .81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8 Pm.largedo. 3 10 to 4 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 4 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 g. d. a. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 8 Veal 3 4to 4 4 Small pork BOHOZGII HOP. There is a steady busines s doing in nearly all kinds of hops, and prices are well sru,Dported. In all other kinds very little is doing, at barely .late rates. Mid and East Kent pocket 4 .. 70s to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do ....528 to 68s „ Sussex do COLONfA L• RUM.—A strong inquiry has. I)een experienced for the better qualities of Jamaica, and values are realised. TEA.—The market continues firm, but there has been little business done. A large que tntity will be submitted to public competition to-day. Prit !es are expected to rule rather firmer. Common Congou is quoted lltd to llid per lb. SUGAR.—Very little alteration scan be reported. A fair amount of business has been done `al the better descriptions, and all kinds have fully realised former rates. In the re fined market a steady business is reported, but the present high rates in a great measure check operations. COFFEE.—Good qualities of plantation Ceylon have been much inquired for, and at public sae an advance of is to 2s per cwt. has been realised. Native and other descrip tions are also at full values. RICE.—The market exhibits little animation, but previous rates are current for all qualities. SALTPETRE.—During the last few days there has been an increased inquiry for the bette r qualities, and an advance of is to is 6d per cwt. has taken place. TALLOW.—lncreased business has been apparent, and a further improvement has taken, place in prices. P.Y.C., on the spot, is now quoted 525, mad January to March, 51s 9d to 52s per cwt. At public st tie some very superior South American realised 558 to 55s 6d per cwt. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand continues good, and con trary winds preventing arrivals, the price of oranges has improved ; two cargoes of St. :Michael, one from Terceira, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at an ad vance of is to 2s per cwt. per package. Lemons without alteration, and nuts of all kinds lower. COUNTRY MARKETS. AIANCHESTEI I, -JAN. 6. - - - With a fair supply of wheat fivom the growers, the trade was steady, at about the rates of ,last week, with an upward tendency in the value of the best samples. Millers gene rally sell flour for is per sack more money, but on t4e sales made not more than 6d was obtained. Oats and oatmeal sold slowly at previous rates. English beans ruled steady. Egyptian improved is to is 6d per qr. Indian corn is per qr. dearer. BOSTON—JAN. b. There was a tolerable supply of grain at market. Sales generally were brisker, and prices advanced fully is per qr, In spring corn no quotable change. White wheat, new, 42s to 48s Barley, grinding..26s to 33s Red do. 37a to 42s Oats, old, .. l7s to 23s Old white 42s to 456 New do 17s to 23'3 Red do.. 378 to 42s Beans. 388 to 43s Barley, malting.... 26s to 33s Peas .. ... ' ... 37s to 46s Averages for die week . : Wheat.. 4,235 qrs., at. : . .... : . 40s 6d 8ar1ey......... 45 „ .. 27s 6d Oats ' 368 If . 20s 9d Rye ~ ~ —s Od Beans 250 „ ... 40s 5d Peas .... L 59 ~ .... 42s 7d LOUTH—JAN. a.. There was a fair supply of wheat fr. om the farmers to day, and transactions in the market wc*re dull, with very little change in prices. Wheat 3Bs to 42s Oats.. .. 22s to 25s I White do ..—s to 46 s Beans, new 35s to 39s Barley ..... 30s to 338 I Ditto, old .. .35s to 39s BIRMINGHAM-JAN. G. At to-day's market a moderate businesst was transacted in wheat, white of . good quality beinis in demand at 18 per qr. over the rates of last week Fine barley fully supports late rates. More inquiry for oats. Beans 'at about is over late rates. No alteration in the value of peas, and a dull sale. EDINBURGH GRAIN-J'Arr. 5. Supplies good. Sales ready. A good *clearance, and prices better. Wheat on the top Os 6d down. average Os lid up. Barley on the top Os 6d up ..average is Od up. Oats on the top is Od up... .........—average 3d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down ..average Os 6d down. -- - Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat. £2 1 4 0-12ths Wheat (N) . 0 0 0 0-12ths Barley . 1 10 8 4-12ths Oats 1 2 7 4-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1334 qrs Sold 1173 qrs 8ar1ey........ 2025 qrs Sold 1754 qrs Bets ......... .1752 qrs Sold 1541 qrs 8ean5........ 172 qrs Sold 155 qrs GLASGOW-JAN. 5. The weather continues mild. This day's market was pretty well attended. Wheat was a tolerably ready sale at an advance of 6d per 2401bs • flour the turn in favour of the s eller. Barley improved Caf per 3201 b.; beans 6d higher per boll. Oats and oatmeal firm, but demand slow. CORK—JAN. 4. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 17s 6d to 20s Od; white, 20s to 22s 6d; barley lOs 8d to 13s 2d; oats, Os 6d to 12s Od. An improved sale. DERBY SMITHFIELD—JAN. 4. The supply of fat beasts to-day was pretty large, but the quality was only middling. The number of sheep was less, and better sold. The show of pigs was about the average, without any improvement in the demand. Fat calves were scarce, and better sold. Beef 6d to 6fd I Veal 6ld to 7d Mutton ... 6d to 7d Pork .. 5d t.) 51c1 L am b Od to —d Rough fat; 4810 d per atone. Hides, 4d to 54d; calf skins, 4id to 51d. COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Davison'sWestHartley l4 9 Wylam .. l5 0 Hartlepool W. Hartleyl4 3 Tanfield Moor l2 0 Tanfield Moor Butes-12 0 Lambert's W. Hartley 14 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Buddle's West Hartleyl4 6 Holywell .ET—JAN. 5. the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Russell's Hetton 18 0 Northumberland . ..... l5 0 Belmont l6 9 Bell 16 9 N. Harton 16 6 Eden Main 17 6 Harvey l5 9 Cassop lB 3 Whitworth 15 6 3 Heugh Hall 17 Howden Main. l3 0 Haswell l9 3 Nixon's Duffryn . . 2l 3 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 Nixon's Merthyr 21 0 A, 88—Sold, 71. Walls End. Hartlepool. l9 0 South Hartlepool 17 9 Bradyll's Hetton 18 3 South Hetton 19 0 Stewart's 19. 0 Kepier Grange .. lB 6 Ships at marker The proposed dividend of the Union Bank of Australia for the past half year is at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. BIRTH ALLEN.—On the 6th inst., at 8, Woburn-place, the wife of. C. J. H. Allen, Esq., of a son. MACLEAN.—On the 4th inst., at Carshalton, Surrey, the wife of .Lieut.-Colonel Peter Maclean, Royal Artillery, of a son. SEymoun.—On the Ist inst , at St. Helier's, Jersey, the lady of Charles H. Seymour, Esq., of a son. TUFNELL.—On the 2d inst., at Waltham House, Mrs. J. Tufnell, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. OnALLONER—DE SALIS.—On the 6th inst., by special license, at Harlington Church, Colonel Bisse ChaHoner, of Portnall-park, Surrey, to Henrietta Emma De Sails, youngest daughter of the late Jerome Count De Solis, of Dawley Court, Middlesex. CUBITT—CUEITT.—On the 4th inst., at Catfield. Norfolk, Edward Cubitt, Esq., of Honing Hall, Norfolk, late of the 4th Light Dragoons, to Emma, eldest daughter Gi 'the Rev. B. Lucas Cubitt, rector of Catfield, county of Norfolk DEATHS. Du:m/sr.—On the 2d inst., at Nice, Isaac Dighton, Esq., of the Hermitage, Hampstead, aged 81. DONALDSON.—On the 31st ult., at 178, Piccadilly, Henry ----- Donaldson, Esq., aged 50. DUNLOP.—On the sth inst., at the Hollies, Keswick, Eliza beth, eldest daughter of the late Col. Dunlop, of House hill, Renfrewahire, aged 87. HASKINS.—On the sth inst., at the Hulvers, Cucknel, Notts, John Haskins, Esq., aged 75. LAW.—On the 4th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the Rev. William Law, rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire, and late Fellow of Trin.-Col.-Cam., aged 56. LANDER.—On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's, Mr. John A- Lander, aged 37. Locx.—On the 4th inst., at Halcon Lodge, near Taunton, Edward Lock, Esq., aged 74. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county o f Middlesex, Friday, January 7, 1869. 11 A The IN"; 5 per Gen instant, proximo, Decemb Pro T HE OF ICINGDO HERE in February with such' plying he ENGLISI November livered (at by the 30t Tenders the yards, A. form 1 'Lions of th No tends treaty, nor agent for I Every to Admiralty der for Elr. Place, am sons en 1 n the sum ga ' enntract THE C IfiNG ()F D I O 3 HEREBY February n With such I PlYlng* and or SOUTH iesty's stew The cone Inay be see after Two o unless the in writing. Every tet Admiralty, der for C Place, accon " 18 , engag the ,sum of THE Th enNlL llAlf e r it Barn ight 13onverie, Edward Ch: Thomas Ed; Sir Alexan( Bart, • I, o bh Rowel il en rY Robe RYBICIAN- Su it , tox SOL ICITOR ACTU. li r.Tirnojcimusontl:t the SELFe e , .p ° Youth to Ma 7yno,„ of 3 1 , 1 T2T- To N , 1,17?" e I and i tion, the ea t With nunier Itatrieulate3 l'ary Mem tentiate o The essen fat eonsequr and excesse gl eTtarlation °I life, than inodern patl .to Persons e don, and w titedness titled It is abso mere are pr elated wi t'isdom and wdut g .,,, neo, sti ngy of the " 4 its con t ,,here is emu 4era ngemet a cure. a Published nd May b e %tare ; G o a7t ; I \ : e Y .b( 1 1 , 1 horl aa r; Cal oreb a „ too d "verth out the CON Depa