The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-25 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN. At last the problem of what is to be the ultimate fate mud destination of the great ship seems in a fair way' - of being solved successfully. A new company has arisen which, as an earnest of their intention to make her pay at last, have begun matters with a most successful bargain—getting the noble ship, as she lies at present at Deptford, for a sum almost nominal, when compared to what she cost—at some £3 or £4 less per ton than sailing vessels are now built for. £160,000, we believe, is all that has been paid for the strongest and fastest ship afloat, to say nothing of her being in addition to these qualifica tions larger than the united tonnage of seven of the largest ships in the world. The cost of now finish ing and fitting for sea is variously estimated at from £lOO,OOO to £120,000, so that, even allowing a wide margin for unforeseen incidental expenses the new company, out of their capital of £330,000, will be. the fortunate possessors of the Great Eastern when ready for sea, and with £40,000 of their capital still untouched to start her fairly in competition with the finest ocean steamers mow afloat. The task of getting herreaditi;sea will commenceprobably about the middle of next month, and to finish in every respect will require five months from the day the work begins. In all probability, therefore, the Great Eastern will be filling up with coals and stores, and making ready for her first great trial trips, by midsummer, and another month from that time, as we believe, w ill establish her reputationbe yond all chance of competition as the fastest vessel every propelledby steam. The onlyalteration which has been made in her original design is in fitting her with a poop-deck. It twill be between eight and nine feet high—the same height as the fore castle forward—and this is the only change of note which will be carried out. The six masts are al ready nearly made. There are to be one fore, two main, and three mizen masts, the first five of iron, the last of wood, in order not to influence the com passes. The foremast andthreemizens will be rigged with fore and aft sails, the mainmasts only being permanently square rigged. The first wizen is of the same size as the last mainmast, and it is intended that when the weather may make it necessary that this also shall be square rigged. All the masts, of course, are of iron,.as wooden spars of such size and required to do such work could scarcely be depended on. Each is built of boiler plate, with wrought-iron discs, strengthened with angle iron, and bolted inside the tube to give ad ditional rigidity. Constructed in this manner each mast costs less than half the price of wooden ones, while, of course, the metal has the advantage of being nearlydouble the strength. By this plan, also, what would otherwise have been an almost insuper able difficulty—viz., stepping wooden masts into a ship of such a height—is entirely got rid of. The foremast is 2 feet 9 inches diameter, and 172 feet high from keel to truck. The first mainmast is 3 feet 6 inches diameter, and 216 high •, the second is of the same girth, but 225 feet high. The first mizen is of the same size as the first main ; the second is 188 feet high and two feet nine inches diameter ; while the third and last is of wood, of the same dimensions round as the iron, and 164 feet high. The lower yards of the square - rigged masts are likewise of iron. Each is 126 feet long and 2 feet 6 inches in diameter in the centre. The upper topsail and topgallant yards are of wood and of proportionately large dimensions. As the fittings progress the ship's boats-14 in number—with the two small auxiliary steamers will be built at the same time. The latter, as our readers may recollect, are to be of 120 tons each and 60 nominal horse power. These will be in all respects decked and fitted as seaboats, and will be hoisted in and out with the aid of the auxiliary engines with which each set of engines on board the ship itself is fitted. The first year's trips will be between this country and Portland, in Canada, and it is, of course, con fidently anticipated that a very few runs on this line will convince the world that the Great Eastern is not alone the largest, but the best and quickest vessel yet built. Where she will eventually be employed is at present undecided, but it has been suggested by some of the best and ablest members of the company—and the idea is so feasible and full of promise that it may hereafter be carried out— that she should be employed as a great trunk line of communication between this country and our eastern empire. The immense advantages of such a plan. if energetically carried out, are manifest. No doubt, one of the greatest checks to the rapid development of our eastern trade has been the difficulties and delays in the way of speedy communication. Ordinary steamers perform the voyage between this country and Calcutta in 80 days, but Green'sor Smith's sailing ships average only 90. Yet for this 10 days' difference double and treble freights are charged on merchandise. This high freightage would not, we believe, be objected to at all if intel ligence did not precede goods. For instance, a mer chant at Calcutta foresees that in a certain time there is likely to be a large demand for printed goods. He has them shipped from England, and pays a differential freightage for a steamer coming round the Cape. The result is that each overland mail brings him and other merchants the news that that and other similar shipments to Calcutta have been made, and this intelligence, of course, operates in the alcutta market in a way precisely similar to the arrival of the goods themselves—viz. in check ing the demand and lowering the value of the goods themselves when finally landed. The genius and enterprise of the merchant are thus often ren dered nugatory, and it is this great drawback which so often compels agents to avail themselves of the overland route, though the rates are so high as to be in a manner almost prohibitory, and by that route, of course, no very heavy or bulky cargoes can be sent at all. The overland route is, nevertheless, used with costly articles, an d then it pays well, as intelligence of the shipment of the goods has no time to forestall the market be fore the goods themselves arrive. Recently a merchant sending a lair quantity of cochineal to Calcutta, where it was in great demand, suddenly determined upon despatching it overland. On the whole shipment by this route a profit of 25 per sent. was realized, while on other packages that arrived by long sea a month later there was a loss of 30 per cent. But, though the same necessity exists for rapid communication in other merchan dise, and there is the same demand for it, the cargoes themselves are too heavy to come overland, and resort is had to steamers or clippers. The Aberdeen clippers get £8 and sometimes £l2 per ton from China, and still their market may be fore stalled, while steamers, though charging a freight age that is equally exorbitant, only anticipate the sailing vessels by a few days, and sometimes not even by as much. It is such an unsatisfactory state of things as this which the Great Eastern is so peculiarly fitted to remove, if employed as a great trunk line of communication between this country and the East. For such a scheme Trincomalee, as an eastern port, offers unqualified advantages. The harbour is one of the finest in the world. Taking the. lowest possible estimate of the Great Eastern's speed, and as averaging only fifteen knots, she could accomplish the voyage from Eng land to Trincomalee in 29 or, at most, 30 days. The "distance from Trincomalee to Mildew is a two days' voyage, to Calcutta between three an four days,to Hongkong and Shanghai 10 days, and to Australia only 12 days. At Trincomalee, therefore, the Great Eastern would be at her terminus ready to tranship her cargo to steamers for India, China, AOstralia , or even we may now say Japan, while she Li. turn would receive a back freight of the produce of thu i se, regions. It has been o ft en asked w h a t m ar k e t w 4 "'ma not the cargo of the Great Eastern swamp, and wt gat market will afford her a return freight ? But if use d as_ a great trunk line between this country and the East, with Trincomalee as her depot, the mark,?rt she would then supply is nothing less than the E:n..- ropean wants of some 400,000,000 or 500,000,00043 , f People. As to her return freight let it once be se et that she can accomplieh the voyage between Tri 11. . comalee and England in 30 or perhaps 25 d a y s , al i et that sh e can afford to take cargo at very little mo re than the freight s whole available charged by sailing vesse Is, and not h er available space, even to her co el bunkers, or water tanks will su ffi ce to contain f he half of what w ill be ent to her depot. The car go stowage of the Gr eat stowage for coal s a b out 12 Eas tern is 8,000 tons ; er , e OOO. Full s t eam i ng , b ler consumption of fuel will be and thus, if she only realisesabout 200 tons per da a sed of 15 kno-. she can carry ample fuel f or the W hole .comalee and back. The least s run t o T i t - anticipate a higher rate of speed , anguine however , nion being that she will aye' age fr om g eneral o; pi - knots an hour. Thus, then, at Trincomalee all cc va 1 17 to it 3 not necessary for the return voyage could be le fl and a depot magazine gradually formed there. I t has always been alleged, and with truth, tl• ,at carrying coals on freight will not pay a steam, iv. But the rule only applies to ocean-going steamc rs - with such a small capacity for stowage. that i n their case it will not, of course, remunerate to cars v coals at £2 per ton freight, when they can receiv e £8 and £lO per ton for carrying merchandise.. The Great Eastern, however, is a vessel of 22,000 tons, and therefore one which can well afford to carry coals for her own use, and by avoiding the long delays necessary for coaling, make such quick passages as will insure her large cargoes at the most remunerative freights. Her immense length, too, gives her additional facilities for loading and unloading, as 4 ships can get alongside at the same lime. That the passenger traffic by suc h a great '\ trunk line—a route then so easy and so swift — w ould be an immense source of remuneration none ----- car doubt. For instance, if she had been read) r 'when the• troops were being despatched for Indi• a and taken 8,000 men at only the same rates as wer e charged by vessels requiring 90 days to the voyag one such voyage, with 8,000 troops, would actual' b, have almost paid for the vessel. But to carry out fully such a great trunk scheme will require one more similar vessel, and perhaps two. It is esti mated that two vessels each of 14,000 or 16,000 tons could now be built for little more than the Great Eastern has cost. The whole question. then, of her success, or whether other vessels of the [same size will ever be constructed, now rests upon the trial of her speed. If her rate fulfils the present high expectation, she must become an enormous source of profit to the new shareholders, as with her speed must come the Government subsidies for mails, or the Government subsidies must be done away with altogether. Four or five months more, however, must decide the all-important question of the Great Eastern's speed. If successful, the result will at once mark a new era in commerce and shipbuilding, and create as extensive a change as the first introduction of locomotives for land traffic. Small ocean-going steamers will, for large cargoes and rapid voyages, be superseded, like the mail coaches of old, and only act as feeders to the termini of trunk lines for ships like the Great Eastern. CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The Convocation of the University of London met yesterday, by adjournment from the 10th inst. at Burlington-house, Piccadilly. The Chairman of Convocation, C. J. Foster, LL.D., took his seat at 7 o'clock, and there was a numerous attendance of fellows and graduates. The following statement was read by Mr. Shaen, M.A., clerk of Convocation, on behalf of the chair man, with reference to the proceedings which took place at the last meeting, relative to the appoint ment of a representative of the University to the Medical Council constituted under the Medical Re- form Act of the last session : " Gentlemen of Convocation, " I have to acquaint you that at a meeting of the Senate held on the 17th instant, I communicated, pursuant to the 25th clause of the charter, the minutes of the proceedings of Convocation on the 10th inst., and that your resolutions respecting the appointment by the Senate of a representa tive of the University on the Medical Council on the 3d inst. was considered, - " The Senate have forborne to pass formal resolutions upon the,subject, but I am requested to state to you the circumstances under which the Senate proceeded to make the appointment, and which now preclude a formal com pliance with the requests made by Convocation. " With respect to the appointment itself the Senate con sidered that the communication from the Privy Council appearing on their minutes on the 20th October rendered it imperative that the appointment should be made with as little delay as possible. " There was not at the time that the Senate acted any conflict of legal opinion ; nor did there appear to the Senate to be any reason for anticipating any such conflict. The opinion of the legal gentlemen consulted (one of whom was selected by the Senate on account of his having been en gaged in settling the charter in the interest of the gra duates) was clear and distinct, 'that the choice of a member of the New Medical Council on the part of the University of London is vested in the Senate, ' and the legal members of the Senate itself did not entert ain any doubt that such was the law. " Under those ctrcumstances the Senate proceeded to discharge the duty which the letter from the Privy Council appeared to them to cast upon them—viz., of making the appointment without delay. The confirmation of minutes is, according to the prac tice of the Senate, a matter of course, provided such minutes accurately state the proceedings recorded by them, which in this case they did. The appointment made by the Senate was complete on the 3d inst., and was officially notified to the Privy Council on the day following. The proposed sus pension of the confirmation of their minutes would there fore be nugatory. " Since the meeting of Convocation the Senate have re ceived notice that the validity of the appointment which they have made will be brought into question in a court of law. The Senate, therefore, deem it probable that Con vocation will not now consider it necessary to take the opi nion of the law officers of the Crown upon the subject." In reply to a question from Dr. Baines, the CHAIRMAN said that, as he was advised, it was not competent to members of Convocation to vote by proxy. Dr. E. SMITH, pursuant to notice, moved resolu tions to the effect that it was expedient that a sub scription list should be opened to obtain funds to assist in the erection of University buildings, and for the formation of a library . and museum, and that a committee should be appointed to confer with the Senate on the subject. The resolutions, however, were not seconded, and therefore fell to the ground. Mr. CREAK then moved resolutions to the follow- ing effect :-- " That, as her Majesty's Government have announced their intention of introducing a measure of Reform in the House of Commons during the next session of Parliament, this Convocation deems it a fitting opportunity for pre ferring the claim of the University of London to two seats in the Legislature, in fulfilment of the pledge that this University should be placed on a fcoting of perfect equality with the older corporations of Oxford and Cambridge. That with a view to secure the recognition of this claim, the Senate be requested to lend their co-operation. That a committee of ten members of the Convocation, with power to add to their numbers, be appointed to confer with the Government on the subject, and to adopt such measures as they . may consider most suitable to promote the interests of the University in this respect." - - - • Mr. Creak said he thought that, as her Majesty's Government had announced their intention of in- troducing a measure of Parliamentary Reform dur ing the next session, some effort ought to be made on the part of the University to secure representatives in Parliament. He believed it would be generally admitted that the status of the University would be improved if it returned members to Parliament, and that such representation would greatly facilitate the passage through Parliament of Bills affecting the interests of the University. (Hear, hear.) He thought much time would have been saved at their last meeting if they had had representatives in Par liament to watch the progress of the Medical Act ,passed last year. (Hear, hear.) He was satisfied ,+ •that the public sympathised with them in this movement, and Lord J. Russell stated in the House of Commons, when he introduced his last Reform Bill, 'that he proposed to give representatives to the University of London. (Hear, hear.) As there seemed to be a growing feeling in the country that education ought to be constituted a qualification for the exercise of the franchise, he did not think they , were likely to encounter any very serious opposi tion. A question might arise as to whether they should have one or two members, but he hoped the Convocation would not rest content with only one member,:for if they so the probability was that they would not get a second representative for 50 or 60 years to come. (Hear.) He thought there were two grounds upon which they might urge a claim to two representatives. The first was that when University College abandoned its claim to be considered the University of London an express pledge was given that it should be placed upon a footing of perfect aquality, save as regarded theo logical degrees, with the old Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and until the University . of London had two representatives in Parliament that equality would not be secured. (Hear, hear.) There was, however, a second ground for urging this claim. It would be found that there were at present upon the register of the University upwards of 1,100 gra duates, most of whom were of more than three years' standing. On striking a balance it appeared that the average number of constituencies in each place throughout the kingdom was 1,400. There could be no doubt if the Univer sity of London continued to progress in the same ratio as had hitherto been the case it would soon number 1,400 graduates of more than three years' standing, which would form a most respectable constituency, whose claims he thought no Government could deny. (Hear, hear.) He had conversed on the subject with seve ral members of Parliament, who were of opinion that the claims of the University of London to Par liamentary representation were well founded. He did not think, however, that they were likely to find in Mr. Bright—who, it was said, was to intro duce a Reform Bill, in opposition to that of the Government, a very warm advocate of their views, for, as Mr. Bright's opinion was, he believed, that Oxford and Cambridge should be deprived of their _Parliamentary representation, it was net likely that he would be disposed to extend that privilege to the University of London. Mr, B. H. COOPER seconded the motion. Dr. ILIFF moved that after the words " Univer sity of London," in the first paragraph of the re solutions, the words " the Chancellor, Vice-Chan cellor, fellows, and graduates" be inserted. Only three hands were held up in favour of the amendment, and the original resolutions were car. ried nem con. Mr. CREAK then nominated ten gentlemen, who he proposed should form the committee, and after considerable discussion, and the proposition of seve ral names by way of amendment, it was determined that the following gentlemen should constitute the committee :—The Chairman of Convocation (Dr. Foster), Dr. Wood, Dr. Storrar, Dr. Miller, Mr. dessel, M.A., Mr. Whaley, M.A.,Rev. A. Creak, ' M.A. Rev. B. H. Cooper, 8.A., lr. Robson, 8.A., and Mr. Littler, B.A. Mr. J. R. QUAIN observed that in 1852 the claims of the University of London to Parliamentary re mpLroeermsdebneptra.etriboAnythbtayhd.a a been brought under the notice of deputation of which he was a t time a Franchise Committee was formed, by which subscriptions were received, and i tie wished to know whether there was any balance E a vailable for the purpose of the prese n t movemen t. Mr. SITAEN, as secretary to the committee referred t o, stated that he believed there was a balance of bout £7O in the bankers hands, whi c h h e h a d no 0, d oubt might be rendered available for the further si rit a tion of the question. ( Hear. ) - 'The next business was a motion, of which M r . T . . S. Osler had give n notice, for the appointment o f s ,committee to consider and report upon the re g pi a tims adopted by the Senate on the 7th of July 'IE SUN, tONDON; THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER .25, 1858. last with reference to degreys in art. Before the resolution was proposed, Mr. SHEAN, the clerk, read two memorials ad-. dressed to the Convocation with reference to the regulations of the Senate. The first of these docu ments, from members of the University and the Colleges of Cheshunt and other places, recom mended some changes in the period of the exami nation for the B.A. degree, and referred to details connected with the course of study pursued at the University. The second memorial was from pro fessors and graduates in Catholic Colleges affiliated to the University of London, and was signed by the President and professors of the Roman Catholic Colleges of St. Cuthbert's, St. Mary's, Oscott, St. Gregory's, Downside, St. Edmund's, Ware, and Stonyhurst. Mr. 'T. S. (ISLER moved resolutions to the fol lowing effect : " That having regard to theitngth of time during which the system of this University has been in operation, and also to the important changes now introduced by the 36th clause of the new Charter, the time has arrived for a search ing investigation as to the principles upon which this Uni versity ought to confer degrees in Arts. That Convoca tion is desirous of entering upon such investigation, and in the meantime abstains from expressing any opinion with respect to the propriety or adequacy of the recent changes adopted by the Senate. That a committee be ap pointed to consider and report upon the principles on which degrees in Arts ought in future to be conferred in this University, and on the tendency and adequacy with refer ence thereto of the new regulations adopted by the Senate." The Rev. A WELD, Professor at Stonyhurst Col lege, seconded the motion. Some discussion ensued, and several amendments which were proposed were withdrawn or negatived. In the course of the debate, The Rev. J. SWEENEY, Prior of St. Gregory's, Downside, said that the Catholic colleges of this country had hitherto remained true to the Univer sity of London, although a Catholic Universitylia been established in Dublin, but if the regulations recently promulgated werecarried out, they would certainly have the effect of driving those colleges from the London University. The motion was agreed to nem. con., and a com mittee of 15 gentlemen was appointed to carry out its objects. On the motion of the Rev. A. CREAK it was re solved that, in view of the very inadequate amount that had been appropriated hitherto for the encou ragement of learning in the University in the form of scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes, the Senate be requested to take suitable measures for increasing the same, and that instead of awarding gold medals to candidates in law and arts, scholarships of not less than £lOO a-year for three years should be awarded to every candidate whom the examiners might deem entitled to such a distinction. Mr. Creak said he did not propose such a prize in the medical department, because he understood there was a disinclination on the part of the medical students to accept such an honour. A member then moved that Convocation should adjourn for three months, to which an amendment was proposed, " that Convocation do now adjourn." The amendment was carried, and the proceedings terminated shortly before 11 o'clock. LAW INTELLIG_ENCE.—iVov. 24, COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) MARCHMONT V. MARCHMONT. Mr. , Mr.Sr t• Dr. Deane, Q.C. , Dr. spinks Atkinson, were counsel for the eg T ean in t dal P A ig t o kin t petitioner, Mrs. Marchmont, who prays for ajudicial separation on the ground of cruelty ; Mr. K. Ma caulay, Q.C., Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey for the respondents, Mr. Marchmont, who pleads a denial of the allegations of cruelty, and also con- donation. The case was resumed by the examination of additional witnesses in support of the petition. Wm. Nisbet, a policeman, stated that on the evening of the 25th Feb. he heard violent screams from a cab near Blackheath. The cab was being driven at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The screams continued all the time it was in sight. John Bond, who was on duty at the Peckham police-station on the 25th Feb., said that about a quarter before 8 in the evening he heard a female scream, and a constable came in with Mr. and Mrs. Marchmont. She appeared agitated and he was calm. The constable said the cab had been stopped by a gentleman. Mrs. Marchmont said that Mr. Marchmont had attempted to strangle her. Mr. Marchmont said, " Oh, no, Carrie dear, no such thing." Witness advised them to make it up and go away. Mr. Marchmont said that if he had said anything hurtful to her feelings he regretted it, and he hoßed she would allow what had passed to be buried in oblivion. Mr. Marchmont said she had a home to go to, and she might go to any friend she liked. She remained for along time, and at last said she would go to her sister. He said she should not go there, but might go to any other place. Ultimately she went home with him. Cross-examined—He was not present all the time they were in the station. There were some conver sation about household matters, and he complained that she eat fresh butter herself, and only allowed him salt butter. (Laughter.) She called him a " wretch," Witness tried to see if there was any mark of strangling about her, but found none. Mr. Marchniont said that if his hand had got be fore her mouth • it was by accident in preventing her from leaving the cab. She said, " You wretch, you married me for my money." He said, " No, Carrie, dear, you know . better. You know I broke up my home and gave up my living for you, and if it was not for your friends I believe we should be very comfortable." She did not ask me to assist her to go elsewhere than with her husband. Re-examined--Witness thought it was only a dispute such as often occurs between man midwife, and that it would soon be over. James Streek, a house . painter, said that on June 4th he was at work in Percy-place, and heard screams in a garden. He saw a lady struggling with a maid servant. The lady was running, and he jumped over a fence and stopped her between No. 10 and No. 11. • A gentleman took her from him. She appeared trembling and frightened. The gentle man, Mr. Marchmont, took her into the house. Mr. Mitchell, a medical man, of Percy-place, said that on June Bthhe was calledin to see Mrs. March mont. He was not acquainted with them before. Mrs. Marchmont was in a very serious state of health. Her mind was very depressed, her pulse was feeble, and she complained of headache. He continued to attend her. On June 10th he was called in and found her fainting on the sofa. Mr. March mont's manner was excited but not angry, quite the contrary. He entreated his wife not to resort to the police court. She said he had treated her unkindly, and she was compelled to resort to it. Mrs. March mount went from the court to witness's house with the approval of Mr. Marchmont. Cross-examined —Nothing was said about her only remaining with him until the following day. He prescribed beef tea and a little wine when he, was first called in. He did not advise her to get up, take a lamb chop, and trust in the the; Lord. (Laughter.) Re-examined—She was in a state of inanition. Dr. Cahill said he had known Mr. Marchmont since 1844. He attended Mr. Locket and his wife. He never saw any indication that Mrs. Locket took too much stimulant. He had found it necdssary to recommend her to take more stimulant. He saw her frequently during Mr. Locket's illness, which was a long one. Cross-examined--Mr. Locket was a very good patient. , This was the close of the petitioner's case. Mr. K. Macaulay then addressed the jury for the respondent. He was, he said, anxious to lay be fore them what, as he was instructed, was a com plete answer to his suit. The cause was one of great social and moral importance, and a jury had, almost for the first time, to arrive at a conclusion, under great disadvantages, with regard to the con duct of a husband and a wife during many months of married life. In order to make out a case of cruelty it must be proved by the person seeking a judicial separation that the cohabitation of the two parties was personally unsafe, by means of bodily injury and menaces of bodily injury unprovoked by anything done by the respondent. The law did not allow persons to separate because they lived un comfortably together, or because a jury might think that a wife was, on the whole, entitled to a sepa ration. Upon the evidence as it now stood, he submitted no bodily violence whatever had been offered to this lady by the respondent, and there was not the slightest pretence for the allegation that money that had been extorted from her by violence and threats. Money had been advanced by her to enable Mr. Marchmont's father to take the lease of a farni, but for that she might have his note whenever she pleased. The £350 was the money with which the wine was bought. After the marriage she presented him with £lOO without the slightest solicitation. Subsequently she lent him £7O to make up a payment. The next money matter was in February. After a violent quarrel she gave him, without even being asked for it, the £220 at Prescott's, and this not' being included in her settlement was, according to law, his own pro perty. What extortion was there in any of these instances ? At another time purchases were made at a sale which amounted to L,92. He went to pay the auctioneer, and found that she had already paid that sum without his knowledge. There was ano ther sale, and he paid for the purchases, and she re imbursed him in the following week. In May he certainly asked her for £lOO, and told her he should not want any more until November. That was the only sum she ever gave in conse quence of his previous request. There was another cheque for £l5, which was given by her to pay for the removal of wine to her house. These almost incredible charges of extortion, therefore, disap , peared from the case. He would now ask them to consider the condition of the parties at the time of their marriage. Mr. Marchmont's chapel brought him in £3OO a-year, and of course he had to give it up. She affected, however. not to know that he derived an income from that source. After her return from Blackheath she renewed her proposition for a separation, to which he again objected. Then they took a trip to Belgium. She gave him the exact sums for each of the hourly disbursements, and minutely examined the change as it was given her. Then, on their return, there was the purchase of the boa when he was ordered out of the shop. He was not looked upon by the tradespeople:who noticed her conduct as her hus band, but as some humble dependent who could not call his soul his own. They then returned to Percy-place. There was no suggestion of any vio lence up to that time, and yet she said she was obliged to have a child in the bedroom with her to protect her life. The next incident was the quarrel of the 21st of Jan., which originated, ac • cording to her own admission, in her aggravating refusal to allow him a candle. She was making memoranda in the book of the quarrel, when he took the book and threw it into the fire. Surely that was not cruelty. Then she snatched the book out of the fire and struck him. She went scream ing down stairs, and the servants naturally tried to prevent her from leaving the house. Expressions which fell from a man under such strong provoca tion ought not to prejudice their minds against him.' On the 28th of Jan. the Newfoundland puppy was brought home, and she received him in a most exasperating manner. There wereinstances of gross conjugal misconduct on the part of the lady, who, nevertheless, represented that she trembled before her husband. She went away on the Ist of Feb., notwithstanding his attempts at reconciliation. She stayed with Mr. Walmisley until the 25th, when he discovered where she was and went to fetch her. He sent in a kind note asking her to re turn, and entered the house of Mr. Walmisley. If Mr. Walmisley had had any idea that Mrs. March mont was in danger of bodily ill-treatment from her husband, would he have suffered him to take her away without moving a finger in her defence ? Mr. Marchmont put his arm round his wife and put her into the fly. If any blows had been struck, as Mr. Walmisley represented, would he not have interfered ? His statement showed to what an ex tent witnesses in cases of this sort allowed their imagination to overcome their memory. When she arrived at the Peckham police station, she said nothing about having been struck. On the road he used violent and improper language, and she thought, as she said, that he was beside himself. There was much reason to believe that after what had occurred he was almost beside himself with excitement. He was, of course, overwhelmed with shame and remorse for having used those express , sions, but they would make allowance for the un controllable passion of an overwrought mind. After going to the station they returned home and were good friends. She then conceived a jealousy, and became impressed. with an unfounded belief that he was in the habit of impro] perly consorting with other women. She acted on tin it belief by insisting on ac companying him_where3:er he went, and on seeing his letters, and nothing that he did could dispel her delusion. She stated that her suspicions were aroused by a certain letter which had fallen into her hands. That letter should be put into Mr. Marchmont's hands; he would tell them everything he knew about, and would not shrink from the fullest investigation. On the 27th occurred what she called " a dreadful quarrel," which was followed by the gift of the £220. Tire quarrel would be de scribed by one of the servants who saw it. The good-humoured letter which he wrote at Prescott's corroborated the' view he was presenting, that his conduct was uniformly kind and coaxing. On the 19th March she left the house again, and went to Mrs. Mackenzie, the nurse, in consequence, as she said, of a quarrel about the house. During her stay with Mr. Walmisley he had received a contumelious letter from the trustees, desiring him to leave the house, and he desired to be made a tenant to the trustees at a rent. The cause she assigned to the servant for going was that he had left the house after kissing the children without bestowing a kind look upon her. Mrs. Mackenzie told them that Mrs. Marchmont was very ill when she arrived, but why was not Dr. Bird called, who would have been able to contradict or to confirm Mrs. Mac kenzie ? Her own caprice was the only reason for her visit to Mrs. Mackenzie, and her husband had a right to insist upon her return. It was very well to talk about his having married her for money ; but what moral blame could attach to a man for marrying a good-looking widow who was violently attached to him, and who' had no claims upon her fortune, for the purpose, not of leading a life of luxury, but of advancing his children ? He made heavy sacrifices for her ; he took upon himself part of the expenses of the household and the mainten ance of his own children, and the whole of her pro perty was settled upon her. After her return from Mrs. Mackenzie's there was the scene about the will, in which, according to her own statement, there was nothing improper in Mr. Marchmont's conduct. She afterwards flounced out of the house again without any provocation. With regard to the language upon which so much reliance appeared to be placed, Mr. Marchmont would never cease to regret having used it, although under great provo cation, but it would be proved that Mrs. March mont herself used language which no woman of de licacy would ever have uttered. The language, too, however improper, was not sufficient of itself to substantiate a charge of cruelty. On the 15th May the request was made for a loan of 145., and the mode in which she received it was an excellent ex emplification of her character. She screamed and rang for the servants.. When the scene was over they drove into the city, and while he was in a money-order office off she went, and he could not find her for some hours. He saw her in Newgate street, and she rushed into a shop. She was so violent that Mr. Marchmont was obliged to give an explanation to the people in the shop, upon which she again fired up. On the 25th May she was at Mrs. Davis's, and as soon as that lady got hold of her there was an end of all chance for Mr. Marchmont. .He was anxious that she should return, because one of the children was ill. She was always fond of the children, and treated them as kindly as her stingy disposition would allow. That was the best part of her character, and al though she was sulking with her husband she re turned to him when she heard that one of the chil dren was ill. For a few days they appeared to be on good terms, but her suspicions as to his moral character influenced her whole conduct. They slept together, but she repelled him, because, as she said, she was afraid that he might have been with other women. It was this charge which almost mad dened him, especially when she repeated it in the presence of a servant. On the 10th June he had been obliged to go to Hemerton to correct some proofs for the press. She imagined he had gone to see some woman, and althoug they were quite friendly, she went to her lawyer. The next morn ing he asked whether she had been to her lawyer. She refused to answer, and his wrath becoming excited, he said he had a right to know. The bell was rung, another quarrel took place, his anger was aroused, and he no doubt used foul and improper language. He did this because he was exasperated by her behaviour, but he did no more, and she went to a neighbour's house. She afterwards came out of it ; he saw her, and lifted her over the wall into the garden. She ran away, and was caught by her husband and Mr. Mansfield and taken into the house. That did not constitute cruelty. His learned friend would have to make out not only that acts of crueltylhad been committed in the preceding -winter, but' also thatthose actswhich had been con doned by:subsequent cohabitation were revived by another act of cruelty on this 4th of June. It would be seen from the evidence he would lay before them that there was no pretence for any charge of cruelty on that clay. When she became ill her husband attended on her, and did everything that could be done for her : but she absolutely refused to have either a doctor or a nurse. That was not the con duct of a person who was in bodily fear. Mr. Mit chell at last came and prescribed beef tea and wine,. which she was fortunately induced to take. or she might have died of inanition and sulks. In reply to the learned judge, Mr. Macaulay said he intended to rely upon acts of condonation subsequent to the 4th of June. She had voluntarily cohabited with her husband after that date. 'With regard to the letters written after their separation, was it not natural that, appalled and horror-struck at the very idea of the exposures which had now taken place, he, should be willing to go through any amount.of humiliation in order to avoid them ? He was content to take all the blame of what had really occurred upon himself , ut those letters contained not a single expression to lead to the belief that he had been guilty of any act of personal violence. A letter had fallen into her hands, probably - written by some malignant mischief-maker or designing and interested villain for the purpose of being rseen by her, which had raised her suspicions, and he was anxious by any means in his power to remove them. The learned counsel concluded, by submitting that no allegation 'of cruelty had been substantiated, even on the evi dence as it now stood, and that after they had heard the evidence he was about to adduce they would be of opinion that Mr. Marchmont had made a complete answer to all the charges in the petition. The first witness called was, Mr. Henry Marchmont, who said—l had known my wife , about ten months before our marriage. About five days before that event I received a letter from her, desiring me to make arrangements for our wedding at the Roman Catholic cathedral in the Borough. I had previously to that time been minister of a chapel in the Lower-road, Islington. I have received from. it as much as £350, and as little as £290 ; but I have always stated my income from it at £3OO. In the month of May, 185/, which had first been fixed for our union, my wife said she would not marry me so long as I kept the chapel; but that if I would give it up she would, at her own expense, build me a protestant church, which she would attend with me and my family. I earned with my pen as much as £1,200 in the year 1855. The year before the marriage I earned £7OO. I have property worth £4OO ; in part of that, however, I have only a life interest, and it goes. to my children under the settlement of my 'former marriage. The settlement for my second marriage was prepared by Mr. Godwin,. of Essex-court. At my desire all my wife's property was settled upon her, in accordance with a wish had expressed to her in a letter on the 22d of April. It was written at Mrs. Lockett's house, and given to her. I afterwards found it with some other papers left behind by Mrs. Marchmont. (The letter was put in and read; in it the respondent suggested that his wife should appoint all her trustees herself, provided that none of her relations were selected. If she chose, however, to have re lations, then he submitted that he ought to be allowed to name his father.) I wrote that letter at the request of Mrs. Marchmont. She wished to show it to her friends, and thus exclude the appoint ment of Mr. Walmisley, to whom she objected on account of his extreme meanness. It was agreed between us that I should keep a carriage and all its appurtenances ; and that I should maintain my children and defray my personal expenses myself. Another proposal was made to the effect that I should allow her £500; but Mrs. Marchmont eventually preferred the terms I have stated. When my wife was ill at Tunbridge Wells I begged her to have a nurse, but she refused, and I attended upon her myself. She was extremely irritable, aggravating, suspicious, and exacting as to the at tentions she required. She expressed dissatisfac tion at eveWhing I did. On the first day after we went to Mr. Bennett's lodgings she was offended because there was no wine. I offered to get some, but she would not speak to me for four or five hours after. She said to me, " What a fool I have been to marry. I hate the married life. There is that in it which I hate above all things, and poor Lockett knew it." (Roars of laughter.) The weather was very cold, and I requested to have a fire ; but she said it was an unnecessary expense. She told me that the children might run in, the streets and keep themselves warm. When she got better I rendered to her an account of the moneys I had disbursed, and there was a mistake of a shil ling. She said, " It's just like you. You married me for my money, and here you are cheating an d robbing me." When I asked for a small sum to pay the postage of a letter, she made a similar remark. On my return to Tunbridge after I had been to London, she complained of my missing the trains She said that if she had been well enough she would have gone away. Mrs. Davis came down to see her on the 7th of November. She came into my wife's room, but she took no notice of me. My wife was very angry with me while her sister was with me, because Mrs. Davis told her that she had found I was only 32 years of age. I was in reality 36 ; and I never told her different. In point of fact, she had never asked me how old I was. When Mrs. Davis had gone away she told me her sister had informed her that I bad been complaining in London of having to spend my honeymoon in my wife's sick room. I assured her that it was an un founded calumny. I afterwards borrowed £7O of her to pay my attorney at Cambridge ; but a few days after she told me !she would not trouble me to repay her that sum. Once, when I had brought her some East India sherry, she said, " I suppose you intend to poison me with that filthy wine. You suppose anything will do for me ; but I shall teach you a different lesson before long." On the 17th of November she called me " a d—d fool." I had only been giving my children a little wine, as it was my birthday. I said to her, " This is a pretty example for my children, who have never till now heard a profane word." I said I would take them away that very night. She said, " I hope they will first take off the things I bought them, and put on the rags they came down in." She complained that Prescott's would not cash her cheques without my order. I said the English of that was that the money was legally mine, but that I had not the least objection to her having it, and I wrote the order. On our way to Dover she spoke to me in such a manner that I was perfectly ashamed of myself and of her. At first we were comfortable at Dover. It had been ar ranged that I should take no money with me, but when I, asked her for eightpence to post a heavy letter for London, she said the letter might rot for her, and I had to borrow eightpence at a hotel. I had an Oxford cheque with me, but I could not get it cashed at Dover. I said I would not submit to such insult and oppression, and that I would leave' er. She called me on that occasion a " liar" and a " money-hunter." The next day I begged her not to take so much wine, seeing what a serious effect it had on our mutual happiness. She replied, " You shall not see what I drink," and immediately put the black bottle to her mouth. (Laughter.) She then said she would go away. I told her that she should not leave me without money, and insisted on having a certain cheque for £lOO, whieh had been drawn upon a sum of money at Prescott's that really belonged to me. I asked her for her keys, in order to get the cheque out of her trunk. While I was doing so she seized me by the hair and pulled me away. (Laughter.) She used to scream when we were quarrelling. I re mehnber telling her to behave like a lady, and to remember both that we were in a strange place, and that it was a Sunday afternoon. I reasoned with her on her conduct. I told her that it could only lead to a separation. I reminded her that if what she had told me before our marriage was true, she could not be happy without ; and I said I would confess that without her life would be valueless. After this she went back to the table and finished the wine, drinking it out of the bottle as before. She drank three-quarters of a bottle on that occasion. Whenever I asked• her for small sums she would say, " You are always wanting my money." I had occasion to speak to ' her almost daily about the wine she drank. Ido not mean to say that she got drunk, but she drank till her temper was disagree able. I drank none whatever myself, and we had a bottle in every two days. On the 9th of Decem ber, after I had been remonstrating with her, she said she would go. I asked her where ? She said she did not know or care. I went with her, and after walking about I said to her, " Well, at all events, come back and pay the bill ; you know I have no money, or very little." I did not say the "d— bill. I never " d—n" but once in my life. I lost sight of her, but she came back about ten. I never said anything about throwing either myself or her into the sea. The only thing I ever said like it was once when I was playing with my boy Sidney, on the pier, and when I pretended to throw him over the balustrade. I then said, " Mamma, shall I throw you into the sea ?" When she came back I received her kindly. I said, "It is worth suffering the pain your going away has caused me to have the pleasure of receiving you again." On the fol lowing Sunday she was angry with me because I took my children to church. She again wanted to go away, and I insisted again on her giving me the cheque for £lOO or I said I should write to Pres cott's countermanding my order to honour her cheques. I saw that She did not wish to go, and I remonstrated with her on her conduct. She said, " Then give me my cheque back." I replied, " Oh, if that is all, here - it is," and I gave it to her. I received £l5 from her for the cost of removing my wine to her house. Before our marriage she had thrust a roll of notes, amounting to £350, into my trousers pocket, and buttoned them up. (A laugh.) I told her she should have my cellar of wine in return. It consisted of 200 dozen, and was worth £6OO or £7OO, and the £l5 was for taking it from Stoke Newington to Clapham. The dispute, which occurred when we were out walking, arose from her saying that she would not share my arm with any one. I said, "What, Caroline, and with my own child ! Pray be quiet ; people will think you are mad." She went from me and did not come back till Christnias-day. She wrote to me, saying that she had left me because I preferred my child ren to her, and was always accusing her of taking too much wine.. On Christmas•day I received a note from the Lord Warden Hotel telling me that she had left a scene of gaiety and festivity at her sister's house in order that her sister might not know that we had been quarrelling. That note was destroyed by herself. She said she did not wish to preserve a memorial of the dispute. I wrote back, telling her that she ought not •to be jealous of my children. When I went to the hotel she said that if there had been a train she should have gone back to London, because she did not like my letter. After some hesitation she went with me to our lodgings. Early the next morning she said, " If you had cared for me you would have fetched me." Whill I was , dressing she added, "If I had known how you would have received me I would never have come back. I'll give you £lO,OOO if you will give me a separation." I said, " Very well ; I would rather have you than all your property ; but still, if it is necessary to your happiness I will yield a reluctant assent." She wrote the letter, but I begged her to consider well what she was doing. I told her that if, as she said, my reception of. her on the previous day had seemed cold, my manner was like a mantle of snow over a coal fire—(a laugh)—and that if she went to my heart she would find a very different state of things. I don't recollect saying anything about Vesuvius. When we went to Belgium she told me not to take any money, for she would pay all the expenses of the trip. She would never let me have a penny in my pocket. At Dover she was buying a boa. She was complaining of the price. The young man appealed to me, "Don't you think it is worth the money ?" I said, " Well, I think it is." Whereupon she exclaimed, " You are always interfering—walk out of the shop." I replied, " Well, my dear, you are spending your own money," and went away. What she said was spoken in a most offensive and insolent manner ; and the young people in the shop laughed at me. "On Sunday, when I desired her to take the children to church, being myself detained at home with some writing, she said I was always thrusting them on her as a burden. She afterwards said she was going away ; and after dinner she left the house. I followed her about for three hours. At last I said, " This is a ;most miserable mode of going on. You make my life a burden to me, and if you won't go home with me I won't go at all. So here goes." I ran down to the pier, and she followed me. Dr. Phillimore--.:What did you mean by " Here goes ?" Did you mean you would throw yourself into the sea ? Witness—Well, no. I did not mean that. (Laugh ter.) When she found that) did not jump into the sea, she left me, and went to the railway station. I went there with her, but she did not go by the train after all. She went back with me, and we spent the evening very comfortably. (Laughter.) I never called her " a spit-fire, hell -fire cat. On one occasion she called. me " a d—d liar ;" and I said, " Oh, Caroline, what a little spitfire you are !" She replied, " I don't mind if you call me,a hell ' fire." I remarked, " You are an insolent little puss." The Judge—Putting that together m a k es " hell fire cat." (Laughter.) Witness--I never made me of such a phrase in my life. When we got to Percy-place, I complained o of the want of room , and reminded her th a t s h e h a d promised to take a larger house. I as k e d h er to mase said , f. ~Ifyexpressedu do a wish have to one, have a governess. she hire a nurse for the children; b u t s h e sa i d I might , w aillthem el shall he old and ugly. I dare say you would like to have a young lady to play on the piano for ou and to flirt with ; but you 'll find yourself glor iousl y , anl g y mistaken." (Lau ht ) I * g er. merely said, " This is very foolish talk." On another occasion she called me a " pig," and said I did nothing but eat, drink, and sleep. (Laughter.) On another occasion she called me " a mean villain." On the 21st of January I was writing in my .study. It is a small room, about six feet by five. There is a little grate in it which would not hold a handful of fire ; and it is a very cold room. She came and asked me how I was getting on:? I said, "Very well, thank you, Carry clear. Would you be good enough to tell the servant to bring me a candle?" She said, "T should not have one for half-an-hour." I repl 4 .ed_ that if I turned• to the window I should get ;;old, and said I would fetch one of the wax-candks we had brought from Brussels. I found the bedroom door locked, and I asked for the key. She shook her key-basket in my. face, and declared that I should not have it. I said, " Why you. must be drunk or mad. to refuse your husband a farthing. THE NA Vl'. The funeral of the third engineer of the Black Eagle, accidentally killed on board that ship on her passage from Dover to Ostend, took place yes-• terday at Woolwich. The remains of the deceased, who was much respected, were followed to the grave by the whole of the officers and crew of the • ship. The Mersey, 40-gun screw frigate, 1,000 horse power, was taken into dock yesterday at Portsmouth, where she shipped her anchors, She will re turn to the steam basin in order to have her machi nery- (which is all aboard) fitted. The Dee steam transport, Master-Commander . Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning with machinery from Woolwich. Sergeant Ancell and others, of the Government police force employed in Portsmouth Dockyard, under Lieut. Henry Watson Hall, R.N., director, made a seizure of about 701 b of metal, marked with the Crown arrow-head, on Tuesday, on the pre mises of a whitesmith at Gosport. This plunder is supposed to be a portion of the " bitts"wrenched off her Majesty's ship the Duke of Wellington. The civil power will deal with the matter. THE ARM F. The Lineluden Castle, 960 tons, Commander D. Maclellan, has been taken up by the Hon. Council of India to convey 320 of the East India troops to Bombay, the troops to embark at Gravesend on Saturday next. The Eveline has embarked 300 of the East India troops for Calcutta. The baggage of the 2d battalion of the 15th Foot was shipped on board her Majesty's steam troop ship Urgent, Commander M'Donald, RN., along side of the Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday after noon, and the troops will embark this day. An extraordinary instance of self-mutilation by a soldier, with the view of disqualifying himself for further military service, has just occurred at Chatham garrison, a private of the depot of the 81st Regiment, named George Drower, having deliberately shot off his right leg with a ball from his rifled musket, in order thereby to obtain his discharge from the regiment. The occurrence took place in 'one of the barrack rooms of St. MaTT's Barracks, where the 81st depot is stationed. The man, who is of a moody, sullen disposition, was seen to load his musket, after which he deliberately pointed it at his leg and fired, the ball shattering' the limb below the knee. He was at once conveyed to the garrison hospital, where the remaining por tion of the leg was immediately amputated by Dr. ' Maclean, the principal medical officer. Since the occurrence Drower is very anxious for it to be un derstood that he committed the act under religious excitement, and his conversation with the autho rities of the hospital would lead to the supposition that he is labouring under a monomania on the subject of religion; but, from what is known of him during the short time he has been in the service, there is little doubt that he wilfully muti lated himself to obtain his discharge. As Wan as he is able to leave the hospital he will be brought to trial before a court martial, the Mutiny Act mak ing it a serious crime for any soldier to maim him self. This is not the first instance at Chatham of a soldier deliberately mutilating himself to be dis qualified for military service, a man having blown off one of his hands, and another chopping off a fin ger. In both those cases the offenders were tried and sentenced to long periods of imprisonment. Yesterday a district court-martial assembled at Chatham Barracks, under the presidency of Lieut.- Colonel A. P. G. Ross, Royal Engineers, for; the trial of Sergeant Carey, of the 29th Regiment, on charge of having been found in a state of intoxica tion when on guard. The prisoner has been up wards of 20 years in the service, and has hitherto borne a very excellent character. The finding of the court will not be known until it has been con firmed by the Commander-in-Chief. In spite of the numerous failures which marked the early progress of the newly established iron gun foundry in Woolwich Arsenal many of the guns which have latterly been turned out appear to pos sess every desirable quality for service. Some of these guns, however, are ordered to be subjected to the ordeal of being fired with increased charges of 'powder and shot until they burst, in order to carry out the " standard" character of that establishment. The Secretary for War, at the suggestion of the local authorities, has ordered the formation of a bomb-proof compartment within the huge mound of earth recently erected as the proof-butt for carrying out the project without the risk of ac cident. A number of guns, cast experimentally of inferior metal, will likewise be tested in the proof cave. Similar experiments were resorted to by the late Colonel Dundas, for testing the Lowmoor guns, some of which withstood upwards of 1,000 charges without evincing any marks of damage. A handsome silver cup, manufactured in London, was yesterday received at the office. of Captain Con nell's X battery, Ist battalion Royal Artillery, Woolwich, for transmission to Baroda, in the Pre sidency of Bombay, to be presented as a testimonial from the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the battery, to Colour-Sergeant B. Lanag han, upon his removal from the battery on promo tion as Sergeant-Major, after an honourable and lengthened term of 22 years', service, the greater portion of which was passed in foreign and active duty in Spain, America, the Crimea, and the East Indio, and nearly the whole term as a non-com missioned officer. The testimonial is intended to mark the approbation of his officers and comrades for the efficient and soldierlike manner in which he has performed the many duties of a lengthened and chequered service. The cup bears the following inscription :—" Presented to Colour-Sergeant B. 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Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, lls. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about lid. per feed. candle when he is writing to save the post." went up stairs and broke into the room. When I returned she was writing in a kind of ledger. I found the words " drunk or mad." I said, "Now we won't have any such records like those you used to keep of your disputes with poor Caroline, your niece." I put the book into the fire. She suddenly sprung on me, and knocked my head three times against the wall. I said, " Oh, Carry, Carry, you are a woman and that is your protection." I said nothing about a duel. She snatched the book out of the fire, and struck me with it. It was in flames, and the buckle hit me under the eye, and produced an abraison, the mark of which I carry at the present time. The servant had come up, and I said, " I will not stand this any longer. I'll not stay with a woman who denies me a candle, and on the slightest provocation strikes me." At first I said I would go away, but Tobin begged me not; and after a little while I cooled down, and said, " Very well, then my children shall sit in the drawing room ; I will not let them be with such a woman. She said they should not go into her drawing-room without her, and I then remarked that if she served them as she had served me I would teach them to spit in her face. Soon after this I heard screams in the hall, and I found the servants hold ing my wife to prevent her going away. I had given them no directions to detain her. I begged her not to alarm the neighbourhood. I then returned to the study ; in about an hour after I went to the children in the drawing-room. I took them with me and went to my wife, to whom I said, " Well, Carry, I hope this storm is over now." She said, "Do not come near me." I proposed that she should take a little wine and water. She mixed some. I said, "I don't think that it is strong enough to do you good," and I took it up to taste it. She immediately snatched it from me, and threw the wine in my face. I said, " Oh, Carry,. what an example for the children." She replied, " I wish you and your children were all in eternal perdition." I said, " Thank you." (Laughter.) She went into the kitchen, and I visited her there several times ' • but she would not come back with me because, she said, I had told the children to spit in her face. I expressed the regret I felt at having made use of such an expression in the heat of the moment, but she would not come with me. Then I said, smiling, that I would take her little' figure and carry her up stairs, for she knew I had often carried her before we were married. She still refused to come, and told me I had better go back to that set of hypocrites at Islington. She also called my late congregation " an infernal gang." I said, " You must have learned that language at Billingsgate." She stamped her foot and said, " It's a ',lie—you're ad— liar." I never used the word " Billingsgate " to her in 'any other way, and I never called her a " faggot." I thought she was gOing to strike me again, and raising my hand, I put it open on her forehead, to keep her from advancing. If I had struck her she would have fallen off the step. I said, " Oh, you. insolent little creature." She ran down the kitchen, calling out, " Now he's struck me ; that is what I wanted." In another minute I went after her. She appealed to the two servants whether there was not a mark onlher forehead, but they said no. That night she refused to sleep with me. I offered to give her up the bed; but she insisted on going into the servants' room. At this stage the court adjourned. COUNT.RY MA.R.K.ETS. HULL—Nov. 23, A large supply of wheat to-day, at last week's prices. Barley was quite as dear. Oats met a better demand. Beans and peas unaltered. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 44s Od to 48s oa A . Old red New white ~ „ ...., New red .... " ... .. Dantzio, lCo n b., &c. old white 508 Od to 53s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red. St. Petersburg a n d Riga, o ld 39s Od to 41s Od Barley.... English malting Grinding 29s Od to 31s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish .. 308 Od to 33s Od Grinding 27s Od to 29e Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st is Oid to Is la Friesland and Dutch is lid to la 2d Swedish and Danish Osllid to is fd" Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 48s Od New pigeon ' 42s Od to 43s Od New tick Egyptian 37s Od to 38a Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter Bss Od to 90s Oa. Indian Corn Linseed, feeding 4Bs Od to 52s Oct crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 2 6to £9 7 a Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0-"' Rape cakes . . 515 oto 6 0 G Bones 512 oto 6 N 0 ROCHDALE—Nov. 22. The market continues quiet, but prices are about sup ported in the few transactions recorded this week. • In the provision market there was a large show of potatoes, and the trade was brisk, with lower prices at the close. Flukes, 8s 6d ; radicals, 8s to 96 ; Wellingtonki, Bs. per 2521 b. BELFAST—Nov. 22. 'We quote no alteration in .the value of. 'wheat, but the trade continues in a lifeless state. Fine barleys maintain their value, other sorts quit. unsaleablO, Oats and beans in favour of the buyer. . ... NEWCASTLE-UPON -TYNE--Nov. 23. • At this morning's. market 'there was a very small at. tendance, and rather more tone in the trade, sellers making fully Saturday's prices.. .Foreign quiet and unchanged in value. Flour in limited. demand. .In . barley and other kinds of spring corn not muck passing. —Nov. 23. dy, and generally a firm mar thout. much change. Indian irket. s. d. s. d. Do., new ... 11 6t013 0 Berea • 11 6to 12 6 Ra gne se t 0 6 to 14 6 Oatmeal Bakers' flour Indian corn _ ,r --._ DUBLIN• There was a mocleiatesuPp , ket, but prices remained wit corn is quite a drug in the ma s. d.' s. d. Wheat, white.. 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to'22 6 Do., new .... 21 6 to'24 6 Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 CORK—Ntiv. 23. The following were the quritations this morning':.--Red wheat, 4 lBs to 20s 6d; white, 18s Od to 228 6d; barley lls Od to 15s Od,• oats, lls Od to 13 s Od. In the butter market upwards of 1,000 firkins were on sale. Prices—First, quality, 1068; second, 104 s; third, 925; fourth, 84s ; fifth, 765.; sixth, 565. GLASGOW—Nov. 22. At to-day's market there was a good attendance, and more business doing generally, but former prices were not exceeded. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—Nov, 24. the close re the market.) s. d. Gate's West Hartley..l4 6 Buddle's West Hartleyl6 0 Byass's Bebside West . Hartley .15 3 Davison'sWestHartleyls , Hartlepool. ..15 Hastings Hartley..... 15 3 Haswell Gas. ....13 -6 Holywell 15 6 Howard's W. Hartlty 15 6 Lambert's W. Ha►.tley:ls. 3 North Percy Hartley l6 0 Tanfield Moor .. . .• . 1 33 tranfield Moor Butes 13 6 Walker Primrose l3 3 Wylam.... .. . ... l4 0 Walls EncL s. d. iklmont l6 9 I Tsradyll's Hetton 18 0 Brandon l7 5 Hetton l9 0 Hetton. Lyons 17 0 Lambton. lB v Russell's Hetton 18 0 South Hetton 1 8 9 Cassop lB 0 Heugh Hall .......... 17 9 l illilWiCk .. .. 15 $ West Kenos.... ...... 18 6 South Hartlepool-- 17 0 South Kelloe .........18 I Tees. Thorpe ....1a 0 Trimdon Thornley.....lB 0 Whitworth . 0 Walls End. 'Acorn Close 17 9 Benson. 17 0 Byron Eden 17 g Evenwood ..... • 15 s Nixon's Merth, 21 " Riddell . - 16 9 0 Powell' s Dufryyn St( nm 21 Eden Main 17 6 [Nixon's Duffrin— - • • 21 'Bell — Ships at. mOret, 131-L:soldi 109. BIRTHS. CHAFY.—On the 24th. inst.,. in Addington-squays, on ...i the eve of the ann i versary of. her birthday, the wire of NY' Westwood Chafy i of Bowes House, Ongar, of s .eon. CONRAN.--Ou the. 23d inst., at Cheltenham, thr wife Of Major-Gen. Conran, of a son. OARLEY.--On the 24th inst. at Tottenham, the Rife of fl• Oakley, E sq ., o f a son and daughter. ' ROMILLY.—On the 22d inst., at Eaton-terrace, La ay Ow beth Romilly , of a daughter. STorronn.—On the .21st inst., at 5, South-East Circe!: place, Edinburgh, .the. .Honourable Lady Stop ford, daughter. TAYLOR.—On the 19th Oct., at •Lingasoogoor, 1 taicheref the lady of R. N. Taylor, Esq, of a son. MARRTAG'ES. HALL—Moon.B..L-Onthe . 23d 'inst.;, at St. George's- Chnri l l Hanover-square; Henry E. Hill, Lieutenant 13th Lig Infantry, to Annie, only daughter of Col. E.. 3 ,l °°'" ,„, Bengal Army. ". MlLLlslg—Roo.am.—On Triesday, at Boston, Ja l nes r~ d t ligan, Esq., of .11ennslovc., to Anne Catherine, soen6e daughter of Mr. Wm. Rome, of South-end, Boston. NAninv—Luxmooun.--'on the 22d inst., at 13oweee e • ' Windermere, Williarri Nainby, E sq ., of Wyhant 11°11 :re: Lincolnshire, to Str za h, of Glocester-squar DEATHS. Hyd e e. nl p y ari. child c of J. C. Li islllo- BONNYMAN.—tin the 18th Sept., at Hongkong G e° Dann Bonirfman, commanding the ship Chin-Uit'e' ° son of the late Dr. Bonnyman, Ins6h, Aberdeenshir e. . GOSSEL7.. -On the 20th inst., at Windsor, Mario' 141 r. Fosale,, aged 26, youngest daughter of the late ReV. ( Het vicar of Windsor. 719 SETT the 20th inst., at Brighton, aged 6: 3 , Ce la P to t. Capt. George Win. Rabett, R.N., youngest son of the R. Rabett, - Esq., of Bromfield Hall, Suffolk. vne y, SIFFKEN.—On the 21st inst., at Well-street, 11 12 . e_ - t he Caroline Lucy Siffken, second surviving daughte r late Henry Siffken, Esq., of Hackney, aged 63. LON P rinted and Published by MURDO Y DUN G ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 112/ Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cc ganty , Wddlesex, Thursday, November 25, 1858