The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

DREADFUL EXPLOSION. (FrOtn trze Man Chester Guardian) A coalpit explc .sion, producing terrible conse quences in the lost; of at least 24 lives, occurred about noon on Saturday last at Tyldesley Colliery, two miles from LE igh, the proprietors of which are Messrs. Green, Holland, and Co. The fire damp exploded in a down-brow running south, and then took a rectangular direction, extend ing to beneath St. George's Church, Tyldes ley. In fact, it is supposed to be right under that sacred edifice that the gas ignited, and the greatest destruction of human life has taken place. The colliery is not of very long stand ing, but its workings have generally been con sidered more or less dangerous to those em ployed therein. The point where the calamity is said to have its origin in some 1,000 or 1,100 yards from the pit's eye, and therefore no loud re port was heard above ground, but those who were below at the time of the explosion say that the noise resembled the discharge of a park of artillery, and might have been heard some miles if it had not been stifled in some of the deep caves of the earth. A few, though but very few, of the miners and drawers escaped before the crash came, having taken alarm at the unusually dense accumulation of foul gas which was perceptible. One sturdy col lier took away himself and two boys to the pit's eye, through a considerable distance filled with the noxious atmosphere, but not before the two youths bad become completely insensible and the man himself was thoroughly exhausted. The remainder of the colliers and drawers who were at work in the different bays and in the levels have been killed. All persons practically acquainted with coal getting operations were confident such would be the case from the features noticeable immediately after the explosion. It was quite evident to them that if some had not been burnt to death it was quite im possible they could escape the scarcely less horrible fate of being suffocated by the after or choke damp. No one connected with the colliery seemed to be able to speak with certainty as to the exact num ber whose lives had either been sacrificed or ex tremely jeopardized. It was imagined by some that not more than 16 mon and boys had been at work, but men who had been working down the pit maintained that there more than a score. This latter estimate, we much regretsto say, more closely approximates the stern reality than the other, for it is now beyond doubt that not less than 24 human creatures have fallen victims in this lamentable catastrophe. The larger proportion of the dead were married men, most of them having young families. The managers and persons employed in the colliery, having recovered from the first shock to their feelings caused by this melancholy occur rence, proceeded with all despatch to adopt the.best available means for clearing the mine of the deadly vapour with which it was surcharged. An effective body of stalwart and anxious men were told off to exph ire the mine as soon as they possibly could, for the purpose of ascertaining beyond all doubt the fate of those poor fellows who had been in such fearfill danger. The state of the atmosphere, how ever, was such as to baffle all their attempts to make any incursion up the workings for two or three hours. By laudable perseverance in a judi cious use of the ventilating apparatus, in another hour or so they were enabled to traverse a consider able diatance of the " jig-brow ;" but for some time they only succeeded in finding one dead body. Between 5 and 6 in the evening it was reported that seven lifeless bodies were met with, A numerous concourse of persons assembled in the neighbour hood of the pit bank, some anxious to learn the sad reality as to the fate of those relatives who were near and dear to them. About half-past five it was communicated around that in the opinion of the ex plorers below it was impossible that any of those who had not yet been reached could be alive. Then it might be said that the struggle between hope and despair terminated on the part of the survivors. Orders were issued that none of the remaining bodies should be brought to the surface until a somewhat late hour in the evening, in the hopes that the assembled multitude would by that time have considerably diminished and an unnecessary scene of woe be avoided. At 10.17 p.m. the first dead body was drawn up, and the conveyance to the pit-brow of the bodies of 15 sufferers was ac complished in an hour and a quarter—a work of some dispatch, considering that most of them had to be carried a considerable distance along the brow to the pit-eye, preparatory to their being placed in the tubs by which they were to be raised above. With one exception, all the 15 seem to have lost their lives by the after or choke-damp which would encompass them immediately after the explosion. Aspinall's body is, however, blown to pieces. As to the immediate cause of explosion, nothing fur ther is known. It has been conjectured that the gauze-work of a safety lamp must have burst, and thereby a naked light have become exposed ; bu no one is left to tell the tale. MONDAY AFTEROON. The task of exploring the workings of the pit has now been completed, and the number of lives lost is ascertained to be 24. Nothing more is known of the orig in of the explosion. It i s sa id th a t no foul air ha ever been discovered in this part of the mine before, and all the lamps that have been found to this time appear to have had their tops on ; but it is supposed that the gauze of some of them may have been imperfect. About 21 of the bodies have been taken home, or to the houses of relatives, but the rem a i n d er were t oo muc h dis membered and disfigured to be recognisable. THE CASE OF FRANCES JOHNSTON. On Saturday afternoon, in consequence of an ad vertisement which had been issued, stating that Robert Johnston would answer the charge of un natural conduct to his children, a meetin g was held at the Auction-ro oms , 28, Gracechurch-street. It will be remembered that, some time since, Johnston was taken before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion house police-court, charged with refusing to main tain Frances Johnston, whereby she became charge able to the parish. At that examination, Frances Johnston, who was 17 years of age, gave evidence as to her father's conduct to her and her sisters and brothers, telling them to go on the streets, and to become thieves to support themselves. She also said, in answer to the Lord Mayor, that she at tempted to destroy herself by throwing herself off London-bridge, on account of the conduct of her father. Mr. DU BAR was called to the chair, and said that thc gentlemen who had interested themselves in calling the meeting were anxious that Mr. John ston shonld be heard, as they believed that he was not guilty of the charges which had been brought against him, and for which he had been sent to prison. Mr. CLEGITORN then addressed the meeting at some length, and said that he had looked at all the Points in the case, and he believed that J o h ns t on had not beeti fairly treated. Johnston married, and, from motives of humanity, allowed his wife's sister to live in the house. He wished to bring up his children, seven in number, in habits of industry and economy. They were, however, indulged, and encourag e d by th e i r aunt to d i sobey him, and rebel against him. He was ent i re l y ex cluded from their society. Then it was said that the children had not been educated, but the fact was, that Johnson supplied the money for the pur pose. What lie was stated to have said about his daughter going on the streets was not the fact, as they would hear from Johnston himself. Mr. Cleg horn concluded by saying that, in his opinion, Johnston had been hardly dealt with, and that he should, at all evnts, have been allowed an oppor tunity of proving his innocence of the charges brought against him. JthixsToN, in answer to the questions put to him by several gentlemen present, said that he and his wife could not agree, and that he had ad mitted his wife's sister to the house, because she was without any protection whatever. After he put her into the house, however, there was no peace, and he had no control over his wife or children. His children had left him, and had stolen goods from his . .hoUse to a large amount. The expenditure upon the family and himself, from 1849 to 1855, anionted to £1,424 in household expenses alone, and there w as no truth in the statement that he treated them unnaturally. Mr. BUCKINGHAM said that Frances Johnston had stated that at the time she attempted suicide she was in a situation, from which, however, she had no wages, and that her father would not allow. her any money or clothes. Ho would ask whether Mr. Johnston had received any such appli cation or not? Mr. JOHNSTON said he never had ; nor had he given her any reason to believe that he would not supply them. Mr. BUCKINGHAM—Did you ever say to Frances "If you don't mend your ways .y ou w ill co , me to the streets?" _ _ _ Mr. JOHNSTON—Yes ; but he had said that to her merely as a warning. He never advised her to go on the streets. When he heard that she had thrown herself off the bridge, 18 months had elapsed. Other questions having been put to Johnston, it wcs unanimously resolved—" That this meeting is of opinion that Robert Johnston never said any thing to his sons or daughters which justifies the construction of advice to get their living by a course of infamy-" After whieb,.a vote of thanks was passed to. the chairman, and the meeting separated. VISIT OF MR. • BRIGHT TO GLaSGOW.—The Glagyou; Morning Journal of yesterday authoratively an nounces that Mr. Bright, M.P., will address a public moot ing in that city on the 21st inst. THE BURNS' CENT2'HARY- THE GLASGOW FESTIVAL. (From the North British Daily Mail.) The tickets for the centenary birthday of Robert Burns, to be held in the City-hall on the 25th of next month, have just been lithographed by Messrs. Maclure and Macdonald. The tickets, which are about six inches long, by some three or four broad, bear a well-engraved likeness of the poet in one corner, and towards the other is a landscape show ing the old bridge of Doon in the foreground, while in the distance Burns's Monument and Alloway Church are represented—the whole scene being extremely picturesque. One of the accessories to the picture is the introduction of the " Twa Dogs," Luath and Caesar, who are graphically represented in earnest conversation beneath the branches of some spreading trees discussing the affairs of dogs and men. The arms of the poet are also introduced. As an artistic production the tickets are highly creditable to the engravers, and will, as the guests will be permitted to retain them, form a handsome and appropriate souvenir of the centenary festival. As regards the probability of the sons of Burns being present at the Glasgow festival some doubts were entertained, as it appeared that, before their invitation by the committee, they had promised to attend the annual dinner of the Dumfries Burns' Club, which would prevent their being in the city on the 25th Eof January ; and the club, when ap plied to on the subject by the committee, would not consent to break off the arrangement. We are happy to find, however, that Mr. Mills has received from one of the, poet's sons the following letter, which he has placed in the hands of the secretary : " 4, Berkeley-street, Cheltenham, Dec. 6. " My dear Mills,—Since I received your letter of Ist inst., my brother and I have discussed the pro position therein made, and have come to the con clusion that it is the bounden duty of one of us to be in Glasgow on the 25th January, as one will suffice for Dumfries ; so, if nothing occurs to pre vent me, I purpose being there, and my brother at Dumfries. He j o i ns i n kind regards to yours and you, with, yours sincerely, " J. G. BURNS." Amongst others, the following letters have been received by the secretary : (From Mr. R. Burns Begg, nephew of the poet, and son of the late Mrs. Begg.) " Kinross, 3d December, 1858. " Dear Sir,—The bustle of the term prevented my attention to . your kind card. I will be highly honoured by being the guest of the committee of the Burns' Centenary on the 25th January. I did not expect this attention, and therefore I feel the more grateful for their kindness. " It. B. BEGG.". (From the Earl Stanhope.) " Chcvening, Dec. 3, 1858. Sir, —I feel honoured at the invitation which you have been pleased to address to me to attend the centenary of the birth of Burns. My plans as to the latter part of January are not at present decided, and will depend on the time that may be fixed for the meeting of Parliament, and on other circumstances ; but if I should find myself at all within reach of Glasgow, I shall certainly look forward to the privilege of attending that interest ing celebration, and of becoming personally acquainted with the gentlemen concerned.—l have the honour to lee, sir, your very obedient servant, " STANHOPE." (From William Jerdan, late editor of the Literary Gazette.) " Bushey Heath, Herts, Dec. 6, 1858. " Dear Sir,—Owing to some roundabout posting to me at the Garrick Club, I did not receive your complimentary invitation to become one of the guests at the approaching centenary celebration of the birthday of Burns till the other day. I thank the committee and 'yourself for the flattering re membrance of an expatriated countryman, known, perhaps, as an enthusiastic worshipper of the genius of the minstrel. When I say that I have seen him it will be to confess to a time of life when long . journeys are not readily undertaken, and what is worse, when useful co-operation on any great public occasion is all but hopeless. Yet should I rejoice to be able to show that my admiration of the bard has not cooled with my advance in years, and to recall to my memory my single personal effort to pay a tribute to his immortal name in the same spirit as that which is now stirring to embody a universal acknowledg ment. Never was one so emphatically called for, and especially from his native land. It is a long while since I got up a meeting in London, with Lord Aberdeen presiding. I realised between £3OO and £4OO for a monument in Dumfries. I had the happiness, on that day, to introd uce th e son o f the poet to Mr. Charles Grant (Lord Glenelg), which led to his presenting him with a cadetship for india. I trust that you will have a meeting worthy of the event—a fitting national commemo ration of Scotland's most illustrious son ! The Earl of Eglinton is a tower of strength, and the most pathetic lyric ever penned cannot be forgotten while a noble Montgomery lives to remind you of High land Mary.' I may indulge in the faintest hope, counter-checked by the blankest fear, that I might be able to avail myself of your invitation. If my friend Lover attends the meeting, pray make a good use of him, as the first, or at any rate in the first rank, of our living lyrists, and a popular speaker upon occasion. Of the younger men on your list I know little ; but if they emulate their fathers, Blanchard will be sweet and amiable—Jerrold acute and witty. But here am I scribbling, suggesting, &c., knowing nothing of" what has been done or is doing. I beg you not to impute it to impertinence, but to a very strong desire that the festival should be worthy of the poet, Scotland, and Glasgow, with Its Tree that never grew, And its Bird that never flew, And its Bell that never rang, And its Fish that never swam; Or, other reading, And its drunken Salmon ; alluding, no doubt, to its matchless punch. But on the present occasion I hope its tree will flourish, laden with Scottish hospitality ; its bird fly with wings of the Muses, rivalling Parnassus and Helicon by Benlomond and Clyde ; its bell ring with genuine enthusiastic peons to the memory of Burns ; and its fish swim gloriously in the liquid aforesaid. Babbage asserts that a word once uttered, impresses the atoms of air to the utmost extremity of the universe, and never ceases to all eternity. Do not wonder, there fore, that I hear you cry ' Bosh hasten to sub scribe myself, my dear sir, yours very truly, " W. JERDAN." It is gratifying to learn that considerable in terest is already manifested in the forthcoming festival; the tickets are being rapidly sold. We are glad also to observe that in various parts of the country measures are being taken to commemorate the poet's birthday in a fitting manner. Nor is the demonstration in the City Hall to be the only fes tival in Glasgow, for several smaller, though not less enthusiastic, fetes are in preparation for the occasion. Under these circumstances there is little doubt that the memory of Burns will be honoured by a truly " national festival." A RAPHAEL SOLD FOR FORTY-FIVE FR.INCS. In 1837 the Puke de liaille died, leaving to his heirs one of those magnificent galleries whose trea sures the amateurs dispute when they are dis persed. The sale of this collection was made in the splendid apartments of the hotel of the de funct duke. All the grand amateurs were pre sent. A few dealers had contrived to intro duce themselves. A picture, furnished with a frame, and bearing the words " Presented by the King," was placed upon the table by the expert valuer. Good. The picture rested ex posed to the regards of this chosen public for ten minutes without a single bid. Cambriel was there. His practised eye rceoquised a chef d'ceuvre, and his heart leapt within him. " I bid ten francs," he said, containing his emotion. Not far from him stood another dealer, named Cousin. Knowing that Cambriel was a good connoisseur, he carried the offer to 15 francs-20 francs-40 francs-45 francs ! Cambriel was about to cap this insignificant offer when one of his friends, who was standing behind him, comprehending nothing of what was passing, and thinking to prevent him making a foolish bar gain, clapped his two hands upon his mouth and stopped the offer on his lips. During this short silence the picture was knocked down to Cousin for 45 francs. " Wretched man," cried Cambriel, after he had released himself from the fatal restraint, you have made me lose a Raphael!" In fact, it was a Raphael —a St. John, long admired in the gallery of the Louvre, from which it had been for many years absent. The Duke de 'Muffle had ob tained the sanction of Louis XVIII. to deposit it temporarily as an ornament for the church of Long Pont. Some time afterwards the cure of this com mune sent it back to its protector, for some re pair judged necessary, and it had remained in the gallery, which explains the sale, which was made by mistake and unknown to his family. The latter commenced an action against the purchaser. The administrator of the museum interposed. Cousin resisted. The affair went through all the degrees of alawsint. After th e j u d gment, which ordered restitution to the museum, a copfirmative decree was necessary in the Court of Appeal, and even a decree of the Court of Cassation to cause the resto ration of the picture t o th e L ouvre. The picture to this day is in the mayastils. When the poor expert appraiser learned that he had placed on the table a St. John for five francs, he experienced from his error such keen humiliation, that he lost his reason and died of grief.—The Craw. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1858. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 13 , COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildall.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice and Special Juries.) This was the first day of the trial of special jury causes at this sitting. An action for the recovery of commission, having occupied the time of the Court for nearly three hours, was eventually referred, and during the day no point calling for notice arose in the course of the trial of any of the cases disposed of. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) It was announced this morning that the Second Court would be held in the Committee-room No. 1, an apartment by no means appropriate or conve nient for the purpose, and to sitting in which it is known on that account the learned judges have always had very great objection. The learned judge, who is usually extremely punctual, did not appear to take his seat at the usual hour, and it was understood that this was in con sequence of the objection just referred to. After some short delay it was announced that the learned Judge would sit in the Council-chamber, whither accordingly► counsel, jurymen, and parties imme diately adjourned. It was found that the chamber, unprepared and unwarmed for the purpose, was cold and chilly, and great discomfort was thereby occasioned. The learned Judge having taken his seat, and the first case on his list having been settled, the second was called on. Mr. J. Thompson applied to his lordship to allow it to stand over on account of the illness of the plaintiff's attorney, who was also a witne3s—of course upon the terms of paying the costs of the day, but Mr. Justice Willes said he had no power to accede to the application, unless it was consented to. Mr. Hawkins, for the defendant, did not consent, and the record was withdrawn. On the next being called on, the defendant's attorney, after the jury were sworn and the case opened, applied to the learned Judge to permit a short delay, on account of the absence of his counsel. Mr. Justice Wiles said he should be happy to take any other casein which the parties were ready, but otherwise he could not postpone a case already called on and commenced in due order. It was the duty of the parties and their counsel to be in atten dance at the appointed time, as the jurors were. The Second Court sat under the authority of an Act of Parliament (the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852), for the greater despatch of business and the convenience of the public. Tho jury attended, at some sacrifice of time and comfort, to sit either in a small chamber, unsuited for a court of justice, or in a large hall, unwarmed and unprepared for such a purpose at this inclement season of the year. That being so, surely the parties ought to be ready when their cases were called on. The case must proceed. Defendant's counsel shortly afterwards arrived. BROWNING V. REDMAN. This was an action by a fellowship porter against a fish salesman for giving him into custody on a charge of stealing oysters. Pleas, "Not Guilty," and a justification under the Metropolitan Police Act. Mr. Hawkins, Mr. J. A. Russell, and Mr. Francis appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Knowles for the defendant. On the 27th July last the plaintiff, one of the fellowship porters, in his " turn" went on board a smack laden with oysters for the defendant, and was carrying oysters therefrom to the shop of the defendant, who ordered him to desist, and on his persisting in removing the oysters gave him into custody on a charge of, first, for stealing, and then for unlawful possession of the oysters. The plaintiff was let out on bail at the station-house, and ap peared next day before the Lord Mayor, when Mr. Wontner for the defendant preferred the charge. The Lord Mayor declared that he could not deter mine the matter, and, as the defendant complained that the plaintiff annoyed him in his business, bound the plaintiff over for three months to keep the peace towards him, and dismissed him. It appeared that the defendant claimed a right to employ, and had employed, other fellowship porters to remove the oysters, and that the plaintiff on his part claimed to be employed in his turn, independent of the will of the defendant. Mr. Justice Willes, alluding to the late case of " Green v. Alston," in which the right of the day meters and the night meters had been litigated, in quired if it affected the question as to the porters, Mr. Knowles did not know ; in that case he be lieved the meters had failed. His client had suffered both from meters and porters, and it came to this— that if he gave a bushel of oysters to his man to carry, the plaintiff claimed to take them away and carry them and be paid for it. Mr. Justice Willes—No doubt there are such rights to exclusive employment, but they can exist only by statute o r p rescri pti on , an d certainly their existence or non-existence cannot properly be tried by giving a man into custody. One of the jury observed that such rights did exist in the city—the new City Reform Bill con tained some provisions as to their abolition. It was elicited that the non-freemen were called " foreigners" in the city. (Laughter.) The plaintiff and his witnesses, fellowship porters, gave evidence as to a usage for their exclusive em ployment as far back as their own memory ex tended, which was 30 years. Mr. Hawkins referred to Acts of Common Council as far back as 1762. Mr. Locke, as amicus curice, referred to Mr. Pulling's work on the " Laws and Customs of the City," Mr. Justice Willes accordingly procured that work and said it laid the law down on this subject very well and clearly, and to the effect that the validity of the prescription had been established in an action before the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal. At all events, the right could not be tried indirectly under colour of a criminal charge. It should be tried in an action raising properly the question of right. It was proved that the plaintiff, when given into charge, said, " Aye, lock me up ; it's just what I wanted. I want to try the right." Mr. Justice Willes—That is not the way to do it. Mr. Knowles aderessed the jury for the defen dant, and disclaimed any intention of charging the plaintiff with felony, for the real object of the pro ceedings was to try the right. His client had a contest. with the meters, which was the origin of this dispute with the porters. The meters claimed for measuring, but transferred the duties of por- terage to the fellowship porters. His client con• tended that when the oysters were sold on board the buyer was to employ the porters in their turn ; when they were not sold on board the owner might remove them by his own porters. The porters had no right to assert their usage by seiz ing the oysters against the will of the owners. They must bring an action, as the meters had done, to try their right. The 2d and 3d of Viet., chap. 71, sec, 24, the City Police Act, gave a power of taking into custody persons charged with having in their possession or conveying goods reasonably suspected to have been, stolen or unlawfully obtained. Mr. Justice Willes—That must be understood ejusdem generis, and does not at all apply to a case of disputed right. Mr. Knowles—No doubt that is so. Mr. Justice Willes—The late Lord Chief Justice Tindal used often to lay it down that civil rights should not be enforced by criminal procedure. And there was no justification for giving the plaintiff into custody. Still, it was not a case for circumstantial damages. - - Mr. Knowles submitted to nominal damages. Verdict forihe plaintiff—Damages 40s. MABEY V. TYSON. This was an action of ejectment, to recover a set of chambers in the city. No one appeared for the defendant, and Mr. W. Williams, for the plaintiff, claimed to be entitled to a verdict at once without proof of title, under the Common Law Procedure Act of 1852. Mr. Justice Willes directed a verdict accordingly and granted a speedy execution. GOULD V. NEWMAN. This was an action on the warranty of a horse, and also to recover the price, £55, the war- ranty being contained in the following receipt : " Received, £55 for a bay gelding, warranted sound and quiet in double and single harness, quiet to ride and free from vice. If not approved of at the expiration of one, two, or three months, I un dertake to return the price less £6 a month for the time it may be retained." On trial the horse was Found to be a "roarer," and was returned. Mr. Power and Mr. Finlasou appeared for the plaintiff; no one appeared for the defendant.— Verdict for the plaintiff. The list being finished just before 12 o'clock, the jury was discharged for the day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius, at GuildhAll, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) WOOD V. DIXON AND ITXOIi. Mr. Wilde, Q.C. and Mr. Charles Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Prideaux appeared for the defendants. This was an action to recover the sum of £39 16s. 2d. for legacy duty paid by the plaintiff for his deceased brother. The plaintiff's father was a distant relative of the late Mr. James Wood, the celebrated hanker of Glocester, who, by a codicil to his will, left him a sum of £20,000. The validity of the codicil was contested, and years of litigation ensued. At length a Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided that the claim was established; but before the decision was given the plaintiff's father died, leaving his widow sole executrix. The original probate of £3OO had to be increased to a sum under £25,000. The widow lodged £20,734 14s. Bd. in the Bank of England, as executrix. The £20,000 was left under the will of the plaintiff's father, one-half to his widow and the remainder in moieties to his two sons, the plaintiff and Thomas Wood, and to the account of the latter in the London Joint-Stock Bank the widow paid the sum of £5,683 13s. as his share of the £20,000, inclusive of a gratuity of £5OO for his perseverance in fighting the battle of the codicil to a successful issue. No legacy duty had ever been paid upon this sum. In 1845 the plaintiff's brother Thomas died, and some time afterwards his widow became the wife of the defendant. In 1854 the plaintiff's mother died, leaving him all her estate and sole executor. In 1855 the Solicitor of Stamps and Taxes wrote for payment of the legacy duties on plaintiff's as well as his late brother sshare of the £20,000 bequeathed to them under their father's will. The plaintiff accordingly paid £79 12s. 4d., and now contended that as one-fourth of the estate had been paid over to his brother, during his life time, without having the duty deducted from it, he was entitled to recover from his estate the propor tion of the legacy duty amounting to the sum now sought to be recovered. Tie jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. GARDNER V. KRAPP. Mr. C. Pollock and Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Prideaux were counsel for the defendant. This action was brought to recover a sum of money for work done as a chromo-lithographer, and for printing copies in oils and otherwise from the original drawing. The defendant is the proprietor of extensive works for making cast steel, at Essen, in Rhein Preussen. The case occupied the whole of the latter part of the day, presenting no facts worthy of recording, and was adjourned till to-morrow morning. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Special Jury.) KEATS V. KEATS AND MONTEZUMA. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Dr. Adams, Q.C., and Mr. Gif fard were counsel for the petitioner; Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Thring for Mrs. Keats; and Mr. J. P. Murphy for Don Pedro de Montezuma. The trial of this petition for a dissolution of mar riage on the ground of adultery was resumed at the sitting of the Court. Mr. J. P. Murphy addressed the jury in mitiga tion of damages, which were claimed by the hus band from the co-respondent. He submitted that damages were not to be awarded as a punishment for the misconduct of the adulterer, but as a com pensation for the injury sustained by the husband, and that the conduct of the husband in this case had been such that a nominal sum would be suffi cient, especially if condonation were established. No evidence had been given by any member of Mr. Keats' family as to the terms upon which they lived or as to the circumstances under which the co-respondent was introduced to that family. Evidence was then given on behalf of the re spondent, and it was proved by Mr. Marett, a cousin of Mrs. Keats, who had been employed by Mr. Keats first to superintend his property at Bra zier's, and afterwards to accompany his son as tutor upon a continental tour, that at Basle, in the autumn of 1857, Mr. Keats had spoken to his children about his wife as a " vile woman," and that during their re sidence in Westbourne-terrace he accused her of having misconducted herself with other people besides Don Pedro. The respondent's aunt, Miss Amelia Janrin, produced a correspondence which took place last Oct. between herself and Mr. Keats, in which he expressed his wish that some arrange. ment should be made to avoid further litigation, and his belief that he a nd his wife had b een de ceived, and that s h e had teen the victim of a family conspiracy. Miss Janrin, believing her niece's in nocence, spoke of her in that corr es p on d ence as bearing her sufferings in silence, with Christian for titude, and living happily, because her conscience was light. Anxious to bring about a reconciliation, Miss Janrin came to London from Jersey, where she resides, in Nov., and had an interview with Mr. Keats. He received her very kindly, and they started for St. Leonard's, where Mrs. Keats was living with her mother. On the road to the station they called at the office of his solicitor, Mr. Guy, who said he could not allow Mr. Keats to act on the supposition of his wife's innocence after the evi dence he had received from Ireland relative to her conduct with Don Pedro. He thereupon refused to proceed with the negotiation for a reconciliation, and Miss Janrin returned to St. Leonard's alone. On the morning of the 27th Nov. the Rev. Henry de la Cour de Breazy, the husband of Mrs. Keats ' called upon Mr. Keats, who again expressed a wish to avoid exp osure , an d to settle the matter quietly. They went down to the carriage where Mrs. Dc Breazy and Mrs. Keats were waiting, Mr- Keats not knowing that she • was there, and Mr. Keats took Mrs. De Breazy into the house, and Mr. De Breazy followed with Mrs. Keats. She asked, after a pause, whether he did not intend to speak to her. He replied, " Well, Esther, I have not seen you so long that I don't know what to say." A long conversation then took place, in the course of which Mr. Keat s a b use d his re lations and his lawyers, and asked verious questions of Mrs. Keats as to her conduct in, Ireland. She said that could not much matter after the manner in which he had sent her out of his house, and added that she had not seen Don Pedro since she left Dublin. They had lunch, and it was arranged that Mr. Keats and Mr. De Breezy should go to Mr. Guy and put a stop to the legul p roc e dings. Mr. Keats, on taking leaving of his wife, shook hands with her, and said, " Well, my dear, I hope we shall understand one another better ; but we must not revert to the past." She asked him to go and see her at St. Leonard's, but he replied that the matter was so nearly settled he would not go at present. He went with Mr. De Breazy and called on Mr. Guy, but, not finding that gentleman at his office, they made an appoint ment for the following Monday. On that day Mr. De Breazy called on Mr. Keats, and found a note, saying that he would meet him at Mr. Guy's. Mr. De Breazy went to Mr. Guy's, but Mr. K eats never arrived, and Mr. Guy remarked that if Mr. Keats did such things as he had lately been doing he would wash his hands of the whole matter. At the conclusion of the case for the respondent, Mr. Phinn tendered evidence in reply, for the piirpose of showing that Mrs. Keats and Don Pedro had met since their departure from Dublin, and contended that this would get rid of any condona tion by the husband in ignorance of that circum stance. • Dr. Phillimore objected that evidence of facts of adultery not alleged in the petition was not ad missible. Sir C. Cresswell said it was a very difficult question. His impression was that the evidence ought to be rejected, and * as, if he acted on that impression, the doubts that he entertained might be set at rest by the full Court he should refuse to receive it. The evidence as to fresh adultery might be made the foundation of a new suit, although it was not now admissible. Evidence was then called for the purpose of show ing that in consequence of a fall from a chaise in 1852 the mind of Mr. Keats was somewhat affected, but Mr. Fennell, the medical man who attended him, only proved the fact of the accident. The solicitor for the petitioner, Mr. Guy, was then exa mined, and desc r ib e d th e conv ersations with Miss Janrin and Mr. de Breazy when they had called on him. He gave in substance the same account of what passed as the other witnesses, but added that Miss Janrin at the first interview told him that she had convinced Mr. Keats of her niece's inno cence, to which he replied that he could not allow Mr. Keats to act on that presumption, as he had just received evidence which left no doubt of her guilt - The learned Judge postponed his summing up until to-morrow (this) morning., as it was then past 6 o'clock, and the Court adjourned. ASSIZE• INTELLIGENCE. NORTIIERN CIRCUIT—LivERrooL, Dec. 13. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) THE FORREST EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. John Forrest surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with having embezzled £3OO from Mr. 11. B. Blundell, the proprietor of several collieries at and near Warrington. Mr. Simon appeared for the prisoner, who upon arraign ment pleaded Guilty. Mr. Cross, who prosecuted, intimated that Mr. Blundell's whole loss was nearer £7OO than £3OO. Mr. Simon stated that the prisoner's wife kept a shop for the sale of baby linen in Warrington, and that as she had been rather unfortunale and had made several bad debts, the prisoner had from time to time advanced out of his master's money various small sums in order to enable her to meet her en gagements, and satisfy more urgent creditors. At first the prisoner regularly repaid these advances, but gradually the sum accumulated to the amount in question, which he was unable to pay. Wit nesses were then called as t) character. Mr. Peter Rylands, of Warrington (a county ma gistrate, an alderman of the borough, and ex-mayor), said he had known the prisoner since his childhood; and had always considererl him strictly moral, 'sober, and industrious. He believed that he com mitted the present offence rather through weakness than from depravity, and tkat he intended at first to refund the money. Mr, T. Glazebrook Rylani (present Mayor of Warrington) had also known the prisoner inti mately, and gave similar testimony, observing that if he (witness) had a situation vacant in his office he should have no objection,.notwithstanding the charge against him, to engage the prison e r. Mr. J. G. M'Minnies, cotton manufacturer, of Warrington and Farrington, said the prisoner was in his service from 1843 to 1850, and during that time his conduct was everything that could be de sired. Notwithstanding Forrest's present position he (witness) should have the greatest confidence in him, and would take him again into his former situation. Mr. John Harrison, of Warrington, also testified to the excellent character of the prisoner during the time he had known him, and that he was one of Forrest's bondsmen. The proceeds from the sale of the prisoner's furniture was handed over to the prosecutor. Sen tence'deferred. MANSLAUGHTER OF A WIFE AT MANCHESTER. Thomas Clarke, an elderly man, was indicted for having on the 16th November last feloniously killed his wife, Violet Clarke, at M anc h es t er . Th e pri soner and the deceased had lived unhappily together for 27 years. On the night in question they had a quarrel, and the prisoner struck his wife several times on the head, knocked her down, crushed her against the wall, and otherwise abused her. He afteiwards left home. She became seriously ill, but notwithstanding her illness on the Monday after the Saturday when the violence took place she was out drinking at a neighbour's house, and was brought home about 2 o'clock in the morning, by her son, ill a state of intoxication. She immediately after wards took to her bed, and never left it alive. Death was caused by a rupture of the bladder, which, it was contended for the prosecution, had been occasioned by the injuries inflicted by the vio lence of the prisoner. The case was proceeding when our parcel was despatched. A CHARGE OF PERJURY AT WORSLEY, NEAR MAN- CHESTER. James Berry was charged with committing wil ful and corrupt perjury at Worsley, on the 17th ult. The prisoner was the father of an illegitimate child by a single woman of the name of Hum phreys. The man paid towards the child for about six weeks ; but on his ceasing to pay, and also mar lying another woman, Humphreys applied for a summons, and in order to obtain it had to swear that the prisoner had paid some money within 12 months, as the child was more than a year old. The woman herself, and another female, swore to his having paid certain monies within the limited time, and also stated certain other things, all of which the prisoner on his oath positively denied. Several witnesses were called to prove the case of the prosecution. The defence was based on the construction which ought to be put on the statute touching the limitation of time. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence deferred. PROSECUTION UNDER THE FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES ACT. John Scholes, a person of middle age and respect able appearance, surrendered to take his t r i a l on an indictment whi c h charged him with fraudulently misappropriating a quantity of hay which was in his possession as bailie ; there was a second count charging him with having stolen it. The prisoner was a small farmer, and was for some time a tenant of the prosecutor, Mr. James H. Brooks, on a farm in the neighbourhood of Stockport. He has recently fallen in arrear with his rent, and in July last a distress was levied. An agreement was then come to, under which the hay in question was given up to the prosecutor ; and it was part of the arrange ment that it should remain for the time being upon the premises. In Sept. last the prisoner began to deal with the hay without the consent or know ledge of the prosecutor, and sold it in lots to several different persons, treating it as his own, ob taining the market price for it, and sending it out by his own servants, in his own cart. When called on to account for the hay he refused to say to whom he had sold it, and ultimately he was ap ,prehended on the charge of having fraudulently disposed of it. He then gave as his reason for sell ing the hay that it had been undervalued. The prosecutor in the course of his evidence admitted that he had told the prisoner that he should be glad if he could find a customer for the hay, but he added that he had told him positively that he was not to sell it, as he intended to be the seller himself. His lordship was of opinion that the evidence failed to support the first count of the indictment, but summed up strongly against the prisoner upon the second count, .for larceny, upon which count the jury found him guilty. The prisoner, who was recommended to mercy by the prosecutor, was sentenced to imprisonment for one month. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 13 , M ANSION-HOUSE.—Wm. Witham, commer cial traveller and clerk to Mr. Startin, wholesale grocer, of 153, Fenchurch-street, wasbrought up on remand, charged with embezzling several sums of money, amounting to £96 4s. 7d., the property of his employer. T. A. Foulger, constable 568, said—On Thursday evening last I went, accompanied by Bassett, ano ther officer, to the premises of the prosecutors. I told the prisoner we were officers, and he was charged with embezzling various sums of money belonging to Mr. Startin. He asked to be allowed to, speak to that gentleman, and when he saw him he asked to be forgiven, and said he would settle with him the following morning. I searched him at the stationhouse, and found on him a pocket book containing various papers, a banker's pass book in his own name, and a can ce ll e d c h ec k f or £34 12s. 6d., paid by Mr. Smythe, as well as a re ceipt for £3O, paid by th a t gentleman and signed by himself. In a pocketbook I found entries of several sums of money, nearly amounting to the sums which the prosecutor has stated the prisoner not to have accounted for. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was com mitted for trial to the Central Criminal Court. GUILDHALL.--The directors of the Australian ,oval Mail Steam Navigation Company were sum moned. to show cause why they refused to pay a sum of £lO 13s. 2d., claimed by William Naylor for wages due as per contract. `Mr. Lewis Hoffman supported the claim, and Mr. Fletcher resisted on the part of the company. Mr. Hoffman stated that the complainant was engaged in August, 1857, to serve as second steward on board the Australian, destined to trade from this country to the Indian Ocean, the China Seas, the colonies, and any foreign settlements, &c., that might ultimately be decided upon. It was, how ever, stipulated that the complainant should serve in the capacity stated until the vessel returned to the port from which she started, or to some port of final discharge within the United Kingdom ; the voyage out 'and home not to exceed two years. The vessel proceeded on her course, but upon her arrival at Calcutta she was sold to the East India Com pany, and on the 3d of December, 1857, the crew were discharged. Some of them were offered berths on board the Victoria, another of the company's ships, but the complainant was sent home, and it was for the wages, at the rate of £5 per month during the passage home, that he now claimed the sum in question. He reached England on the 14th of March last, and made application repeatedly for payment, and was put off from time to time by the company stating they could not come to any settle ment until the ship's articles arrived, which they did not get until about six weeks ago ; but the money had ndt been paid, and the present summons .was, therefore, taken out for £l6 3s. 2d. for wages, and £2 10s. for compensation for loss of time in the frequent application for the money. Mr. Fletcher thought he might save the time of the Court by submitting at once that the complaint was out of time, as both the Merchant Shipping and Jervis's Act required such complaints in mat ters for summary jurisdiction to be laid within six months from the time when the cause of action arose, or from such time as both parties shall first arrive or be in England at one and the same time. Now, the complainant arrived in this country on the 14th March last, and it was quite clear, therefore, that the cause of action arose more than six months prior to the issuing of this summons. Alderman Mechi said he should have thought that a great company like the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company would have met a case of this kind on its merits, rather than take advantage of a technical objection. Mr. Fletcher said he did not rely entirely upon that point, for he was prepared to prove that the complainant had been paid every farthing that was due to him in Calcutta, and that he had signed a receipt in full. This being the second hearing of the case, the worthy Alderman said he would take time to con sider his decision, and appointed yesterday to deliver it. Accordingly, on meeting all parties yesterday, Alderman Mechi said he had devoted consider able attention to this case, which was a demand for wages said to be due from the defendants to the complainant. It appeared from the evidence that the complainant contracted with the defendants to serve them for two years as assistant:steward on board the Australian. On her arrival in Calcutta the defendants sold the ship and discharged the complainant, paying him his wages only to the time of his discharge, and providing him with a passage to England, without any remuneration during the period of his passage. It appeared that the Merchant Shipping Act legalised the discharge, thus virtually sanctioning the breaking of the con tract, the complainant being no longer entitled to any payment as wages, No doubt the object of tile Legislature was to facilitate the sale and manning of ships abroad. But it would be a monstrous idus tiee if one party were permitted to break a con tract for his own purpose and p: oat to the in j .•y - of the other contracting party. He presumed, there fore, that, although the complainant was not entitled to claim for wages under the jurisdiction of this court, he might bring his action for breach of contract or loss of time in the County Court, or before some other civil tribunal. He therefore dismissed the complaint, no money as wages being due, and this court having no juris diction in questions of ordinary debt or breach of contract. But, had the claim for wages been legal the complaint must still have been dismissed as being out of time, as the Merchant Shipping Act, at section 525, imperatively limited the time of taking out the summons to six months after the complaint arose, or from the arrival or presence of the contracting parties in the United Kingdom ; and although in this case the ship's papers only arrived in October last, the section to which he had referred took no account of any exceptional cir cumstances. It was, however, a novel case in this court, and he had therefore taken the greatest pains to ascertain, and he hoped correctly, the law re specting it. Both parties then thanked the Alderman for the great care and attention he had given to the case and withdrew. A number of young girls attended before Alderman Copeland to ask for his advice and assistance under the following circumstances : A young person of very respectable appearance, who acted as spokeswoman for the rest, said,—l saw an advertisement in Lloyd's Meekly Newspaper to the following effect : "About 50 dressmakers wanted—young persons, to work indoors. Hours -from 9 till 7. Apply befbre 4 o'clock at 39, Gresham-street, city." Alderman Copeland—Did you all answer that advertisement ? . Applicant—Yes, sir. There were about 200 ap plied this morning. I was there from half-past 9 till half-past 12, and then a person came down stairs and said we were more fit for men than work. Some of us have come from Stoke Newington, from Wandsworth, Camberwell, and, in fact, from all parts of London. Mr. Martin (the Chief Clerk)—Surely this ad vertisement must be a hoax. Alderman Copeland—What is the name of the person advertising for the 50 dressmakers ? Applicant—James Pullen, sir. Alderman Copeland (addressing the inspector) —Let one of your officers call on Mr. Pullen and request him to attend to explain this matter. Inspector Foulger—l will go myself, sir, if you wish it. Alderman Copeland—Certainly, if you will do so. It is only in Gresham-street. It is a most atrocious thing to hoax young girls, and bring them from such a distance to no purpose. Here is one from Stoke-Newington, and— Another Applicant—l come from Regent's-park. Another—l come from Wandsworth. Another—l come from Islington. Another—l come from Walworth. Another—l come from Bayswater. Another—l come from Camberwell-green. Alderman Copeland—That will do, ladies. One at a time,, if you please. (Laughter.) In the course of a few minutes, Inspector Foulger returned with a person who represents Mr. Pullen. Alderman Copeland—The complaint is that Mr. Pullen has advertised for 50 dressmakers without wanting them, and that he has brought all these young girls from all parts of London merely to hoax them. The Representative said—lt is nothing •of the sort, sir, I was there this morning at half-past 8 o'clock, and there were only three persons waiting. I engaged two, and at half-past 9 I engaged six more. Later in the day I engaged others—in all about 40, and at half-past 1 or 2 there were from 60 to 70 waiting. Mr. Pullen engaged 10 or 15 more, and a notice was then put up stating that no more would be engaged. Applicant—There was no notice put up at all, and no one was engaged. Alderman Copeland—How do you know that ? Applicant—Because I was there from half-past 9 till half-past 11, and every one who came down said she was not engaged. Another—And I was there from 5 minutes to 9 o'clock and no one was engaged, for the doors were not open before. The Representative—This girl was not there at that time, and I can prove it. I can produce the engagements signed, and if that is not satisfactory, I can produce all the girls if you like. Alderman Copeland—No, thank you, we don't want so many here. (Laughter.) Several of the applicants commenced speaking at once. Alderman Copeland : —Now, ladies, we cannot have this place made a Babel of. (Laughter.) I will hear what you have to say, but it must b e one at a time. Applicant—There was another advertisement, sir, fbr young girls under the age of 15, to work at a light business, and the parties engaged must have been mere children to work at the bugle work. There were no dressmakers engaged. We complained of their advertising for 50 dressmakers when they did not want them, and this person said it was no business of ours. The Representative--We advertised for 50, and 700 applied. Of course we could not engage the whole 700. After we had engaged 50 we told the others to go away, but they made a great noise and used the most disgusting language. Alderman Copeland—l cannot allow you to make such an accusation against a respectable young girl, whose conduct before me, and the manner in which she has told her story reflect great credit upon her. Applicant--We were ordered off, and the next instant some one was directed to kick us all out. The Representative—One of the young persons present was asked- to enter the warehouse, but she refused to go either in or out. Alderman Copeland—Do you always engage your workers without a character ? The Representative—lt is customary to do so. Alderman Copeland—l do not wish to dictate to you in what manner you shall conduct your busi ness, but I do think you should define a little more clearly when you advertise for dressmakers what you want; for it does appear to me rather a hard case upon these poor young girls that they should be brought so far and so uselessly, merely because the advertisement was so vague. The Representative—The cause of so many ap plying is that at this time of year business is slack, and consequently a great number are out of em- ploy. _ Alderman Copeland--I am quite aware that such is unfortunately the fact, but at the same time I would recommend Mr. Pullen to word his adver tisements more carefully for the future. The Representative then withdrew, greeted with a volley of hisses from the disappointed dressmakers, who closed round him as he was leaving the court, making desperate exertions to get at him. CLERKENWELL.—Henry Palmer, aged 8, and James Dillon, aged 14, were charged with stealing a purse containing one half-sovereign belonging to Eliza Warren, 4, Nelson-place. The prisoners both accused each other of the rob bery. Corrie sentenced the prisoners to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction, and said he thought the prisoners were fit subjects for a reformatory. SOUTHWARK.—Emma Baker, a respectable looking young woman, was charged with stealing a cash-box containing a £lO Bank of England note and .£7O in gold, the property of Mr. Henry James Graham, her master. The prosecutor, a grocer, residing in East-street, Epsom, said that the prisoner had been in his ser vice about two months and she bore an irreproach able character up to the present time. On Sunday evening:, about half-past 6 o'clock, he and his family went to church, leaving the prisoner in charge of the house, and the cash-box was then safe up-stairs. When he returned home he found that the prisoner had decamped and that his cash-box, containing about £BO was gone. He immediately commum- Cated with the police, and the prisoner was traced to the Borough with the cash-box and nearly all the contents in her possession. Police-constable No. 145 said, that from informa tion he received he went into the York coffee-house, Union-street, Southwark, about eight o'clock that morning, and saw the prisoner s itti ng at a table having her breakfast. He immediately went up to her and told her he wanted her for stealing a cash box containing £BO, the property of her master, at Epsom. She denied coming from Epsom, or know ing anything about th e cas h - b ox. He, however, told her he should take her to the station-house, and it would be better for her to hand over the cash-box and contents to him. She then went up stairs to a bedroom and brought the box to him. It bad been broken open, and contained a £lO note, £49 in gold, and some silver. Just as he had take n her into custcdy an officer of the V division came up and identified her as Mr. Graham's servant. Sergeant Underhill, V division, the acting in spector at the Epsom police-station, said he re ceived information of the robbery a little after nine on Sunday evening, when he communicated directly with all the police stations and came up to London, and found the prisoner in the custody of the last witness. Mr. Combe asked him whether he knew any thing of the prisoner. Witness replied that he had known her from II child. Her father had been in one employ thiitir., years at Epsom, and had bro ug ht u p a large family respectably. The prisoner must have very r ecentlY formed som e bad co nn ex i ons . Mr. Combe said he had no o th er a lt er native bli to commit her to the sessions for trial. ---- GREENWICII.—Mr. Traill has announced the, receipt of a cheque for £2O from the Goldsmith s , Company for the poor-box, an ac k now l e d g ment (3 which was requested. PICCOLOMINI IN TROUBLE. A dastardly attack has been made on Piccolomin i by a French paper in New York. The nature of t" attack may be inferred from the following s tate . ment made by the manager of the opera : I seize the present opportunity to state that fa over a year past I have been daily attacked in that paper in the most malicious manner- As the Courriet des Etats Unis is too insignificant to do either gee! or harm, I never would have noticed them ; but these attacks are not confined to me—all my artists are assailed in the same public way, and the chival rous editors have particularly singled out Millie. Piccolomini, whom they not only insult in the grossest manner, but an no y h er b y sen ding th e paper (in office wrappers) to her apartments. I have not the slighest doubt that this infamous conduct towards a young and amiable girl will be condemned by the public, and it is only just that this fact should be made known by me. The paper has been controlled by three hungry Frenchmen, and in their hands it has lost all its influence. These three hungry Frenchmen arc' Trobriand, formerly a resident of Tours, in France' filo other is Masseras, half a Frenchman and 11 0 a Spaniard; the third, and, thank God, last, is Lassale, the proprietor, who tells everybody with tears in his eyes, that Masseras, his paid editor: rules him with an iron hand ; that he is bound by contract to let Trobriand write what he pleases; that he has to pay him 25 dols. a week, and that be cannot get rid of him before next May. all of I have had the misfortune to displease them. Trobriand, because I will not permit rai l artists to sing at hi s sugar - an d-wat er s o i r ees, an u to be black-mailed to the tune of a couple of sirr s and a duet per week ; Lassale, because I do not au; vertise as largely in his paper as in the Heralds Times, Tribune Express, Post, &c. ; Masseras, be cause I used to address the free admissions to the editors, and not to him alone—he personally being greatly in want of opera tickets, for purposes t ° me unknown. One of the articles which produced this savag e retort was as follows :—" The father of the Pr e : tended princess singer is only a simple citizen, lie you or me, an d h e b ore th e mo d est name o f mentini until the notion seized him to throw - to s s in the eyes of the public. On that occasion it Boa discovered that Madame Clementini, his wife, 1 41 : descended, more or less remotely, from some branto' of the Piccolomini family, and it was readily set a what advantage might b e t a k en o f thi s prov idential connexion. I ought to add th a t thi s di scover y, tip a the mode of using it, was less the work of the artist herself," &c., &c. This was proved to be gross falsehood, and Signor Piccolomini, the artist's father, now with her in New York, has t a ken pre' ceedings against the calumniator ; but as the editor and the manager have made up matters, the action will, no doubt, drop. COUNTRY MA.RKETS. NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE—DEc. 11. At this morning's market there was a very small a t : tendance, and rather less tone in the trade, sellers makii!l is over last day's prices. Foreign quiet and unchanged ll/ , value. Flour in limit e d d eman d. I n b ar l e y an d otii e " kinds of spring corn not much doing. COLCHESTER—DEC. 11. There was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers tO' day, and tra nsac ti ons were li m it e d a t a re d uct i on o f i s per qr. Not much doing in other sorts. Wheat, white 42s to 48s I Beans, Mazagan... 35s to 38s red 38s to 44s Middle & small 40s to 1 1! Barley 3os to 44s White peas 42s to 40 I Oats 23s to 30s Grey 40s to 421 KIRKALDY-DEC. 11. There has been limited supplies of wheat and barley to-day, but large of oats. Sales slow, at is to 2s per qr . tower. Wheat (0). Barley (0). Oats (0). First.... 38s Od —s Od —s Od Second.. 46s Od —s Od —s Od Third .. 50s Od —s Od —s Od Wheat (N). Barley (N). I Oats (N). First.... 34s Od 24 s Od I 18s Od Second.. 42s Od 30s Od I 22s Od Third .." 458 Od 32s Od I 24s Od CORK—DEc. 11. The following were the quotations this morning :—E„,e d wheat, 15s Od to 20s Od ; whit e , 17s to 21s 9d; barley 118 v" tolos Od; oats, lls Od to 12 s d. COAL MAR (Prices of Coal per Ton a s. d. :ET—DEc. 13. the close of the market.) Walla End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .14 9 Lambert's W. Hat tley.l4 9 Wylam 15 6 Tanfield Moor Butes-12 6 Bate's West Hartley 14 0 Davison's WestHartleyls 0 Haswell Gas. l3 6 North Percy Hartley l4 3 a. Benson 16 6 Eden Main 16 6 Hetton. lB 6 1 Kelloe lB n 0 West Stanley 13 v 3 Riddell le Hilda.... l5 9 Tees.... Haswell..... Is ! Bell l6 e" Nixon's Merthyr__ 2l 0 Powell's Dulfryn Steam2l n u Nixon's Duff r y n 21 v Walls End. Heugh Hall 17 3 Stewart's 18 0 Whitworth l5 3 West Tees ,15 91 Ships at marke 55—Sold, 48. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--DEC. 13. The market was very buoyant at the opening, but became rather easier throughout the day. Birkenheads, 661 67 .-- North British, 581 1--York and North Midland, 77 77 - 1 Eastern Counties, 12 13-16 I—Midland, 1011 2—Cheste r and Holyheads, 441 s —Caledonians, 88k 1 —Lancashir ° and Yorkshire, 981—London and North-Westerns, 96 East Lancashire, 951 61—Dutch Rhenish, 3 9-16 dis. Grand Trunk of Canada , 9 3-16 I—Gre a t Western 55 Leeds Northern, 471—Rovers, 22 9-16 f—Berwicks, 94 -- Great Western of Canada, 171 t -- -Blackburns, 11 1. MANCRESTER—DEC. 13. The market was active, and prices closed firmer, esP e " cially for next account. Lcndon and North Westerns, 9O next account, 96—Eastern Counties, 12/; next account, 12 13-16 i—Sheffields, 35a ; next account, 381 ; Leed Bl 98f ; next account, 981 I. LEEDS-DEC. 13. There was very little business, and prices rather better• Dovers, 751—NorthWestern, 134—Midland, 101 i 1021 North Midland, 77--Berwicks 93i. BIRMINGHAM —DEC. 13. Very little business doing to-day, but prices were firm' Midlands closed at 100 Great Western, Stour Vo Guaranteed stock. 56—Shropshire Unions, 46--South Stat.' fords, 10/ I—Birmingham Banking Company's shares 'were dealt in at 27. 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BROW NE.—On the 11th inst., at Exmouth, the wife of Lieut. Colonel Browne, Military Train, 4th Battalion, of a daughter. CRAUFUnD.—On the 12th inst., the wife of Capt. F. A. B. Craufurd, R.N., of a son. HOOD.—On the 10th inst., at Bethlehem Hospital, the wife of Dr. W. C. Hood, of a daughter. MACLEOD.—On the 10th inst., at Dalvey Cottage, Moral' shire, N. 8., the wife of D. A. MacLeod, Esq., of a son. _ MARRIAGES. CO PPING — MILEs.—On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. George B. Copping, of Winchester-street , city, to Julia, fourth daughter of the late Mr. Willie° Miles, of Christ Church, Middlesex. TIDY—EDIVARDEL—On the 11th inst. at St. Jamee t Paddington, Col o n e l T. Holmes Tidy, Deputy-Adjutan t General, Jamaica, to Mar g aret Jane, youngest, daughte r of the late John Edwards, Esq , Recei ver -G e neral °f Jamaica. DEATHS. BUDD.—On the 12th inst., at his brother's house, 13, Nor folk-crescent, M a j or G eorge Rowcroft Budd, late of the 3d Bengal Cavalry. CHAPLIN.—On the 13th inst., in Regent-street, Mr. Ge°' Chaplin, formerly of Colchester, deeply regretted by all who knew him, aged 51. Conr.--On the 10th inst., at St. Anne's-street, Salisburn James Cobb, Esq., aged 70. HALL.—On the 10th inst., Captain John Hall, 1.N., ag ed 74. HoDDLE.—On the 11th inst., at Peckham, Surrei, R Elizabeth Hoddle, wid ow o f t h e l ate Mr. obt. Hwy"' of the Bank of England, aged 95. MuGGERIDGE.—On the 11th inst., at High AshurstL , Ea " ward Victor Emma nue l, thi r d son of Sir Henry and Lady Muggeridge, aged 4 years. TURNOR.—On the 12th inst., at 3, Curzon-street Mayfav r i Major-General Tumor, aged 79. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 i. Strand, in the P rec i nct o f t h e Savoy, in the coun ty °f Middlesex, Tuesday, December 14, 1868. ob • Or Or Or Os Ov Pa