The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

FRANCE AND THE CRISIS. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing article, a telegraphic summary of which (from Mr. Reuter) appeared in our paper of yesterday : " A portion of Germany presents at the present moment a spectacle which saddens and astonishes " A vague, indefinite question, which touches upon the most delicate problems as well as upon the highest interests, suddenly arises in the politi cal world. The French Government sees therein a subject worthy of examination and the duty of being on its guard. It only occupies itself with the alarming situation of Italy with a view to its solu tion in concert with its allies, and in the interest of the peace of Europe. Is it possible to show a more sincere desire to unravel difficulties pacifically and to anticipate complications which always result from a want of foresight and decision ? ". Yet a portion of Germany responds to this most calm attitude by the most inconsiderate symptoms o alarm. On a simple presumption, which nothing justifies and everything rejects, prejudices are aroused, mistrust is propagated, passions are let loose, a sort of crusade against France is preached in the Chambers and in the press of some of the States of the Confederation. France is accused of entertaining ambitious views which she has dis avowed, of preparing for conquests of which she does not stand in need ; and attempts are made by calumny to frigbten Europe by imaginary aggres sions, of which not even an idea ever existed. " The men who mislead German patriotism in this manner are out of date. Of them it may truly be said they have forgotten nothing and learnt nothing. They went to sleep in 1813, and they awake after a slumber of half a century with senti ments and passions wrapped up in history, and which are a contradiction to present times ; they are visionaries who wish absolutely to defend what no one has an idea of attacking. "If the French Government was not convinced that its acts, its principles, and the sentiments of the majority of the German people gave a denial to the suspicions which have been attempted to be thrown upon it, it might reasonably feel offended; it might see therein not only an act of injustice, but an attempt against the independence of its policy. In fact, the whole movement which is attempted to be got up on the Rhine, on a question which does not threaten Germany, but in which France is interested as a European Power, would tend to nothing less than to contest her right of exerting her influence in Europe and of defending her own interests, even with the most extreme moderation. This is a pretension which would be insulting if it could be looked upon as serious. The life of a great nation like France is not confined to its own frontiers ; it manifests itself throughout the whole world by the salutary action which it exercises to the advantage of its national power, as well as at the same time to the advantage of civili sation. When a nation gives up this part it abdi cates its rank. " Thus, then, to challenge this legitimate in fluence, which everywhere protects good faith, or to confound it with ambitious views, which threaten it, is to disavow at the same time the task which belongs to France and the moderation of which the Emperor has given so many proofs since the French people raised him to the responsibility of the supreme power. " The Emperor, who has known how to over come all prejudices, might have expeeted that they would not have been invoked against him. Wha t r would have happened if, on ascending the throne, he had taken along with him the narrow views and sore remembrances which are now appealed to to throw suspicion upon him ? Instead of making himself the intimate ally of England, as the in terests of civilisation led him to do, suppose he had become her rival, as the ancient rivalries of the two nations seemed to command him ? Instead of giving a welcome to men of every party, suppose he had rejected with distrust the servants of former dynasties ? Instead of reassuring and calming Europa, suppose he had shaken it and redeemed, at the price of its safety and independence, the souvenirs of 1814 and 1815 ? " If the Emperor, giving way to such suggestions had thought fit, without a reason, to renew, in a period of peace and civilisation, the wars and conquests of the first Empire, he would not have been the man of his time, and would have incurred the severest censure that can fall upon the head of a Government. A man cannot reign with glory if he obeys the impulses of resentment and hatred. There is no true glory for a Sovereign except that which is founded on the generous appreciation of the wants of his country and upon the enlightened guarantee of the interests of society. " We simply state here a question brought into the foreground by so many decisive acts of the Emperor's policy. Considering this frank and clearly defined situation, Europe will feel strength ened in her sense of security, and those who en deavour to alarm or deceive her may feel somewhat embarrassed. " As regards France, she has not as yet paid any attention to these vague rumours and unjust at tacks ; she does not make the whole of Germany responsible for the error or of a few mani festations which must be described rather as petty resentment than serious alarm. German patriotism, when not blinded by prejudice, knows very well how to distinguish between the duties it has to ful fil and the misrepresentations which would lead it astray. Germany has nothing to fear from us as regards its independence; we have a right to ex pect from it as much justice for our intentions as we entertain sympathy for its nationality. It is by showing its impartiality that it will display its foresight and best serve the cause of peace. "Prussia has understood this, and she has joined England in giving good advice at Vienna at the very moment that some agitators were endeavouring to arouse the temper of the German Confederation, and make it form a coalition against us. This reserved attitude of the Berlin Cabinet is certainly more advantageous to Germany than the reckless ness of those who, by appealing to the resentments and prejudices of 1813, run the risk of irritating the national sentiments of France. The French people are susceptible of their honour at the same time as to moderation in their strength, a.nd, if menaces excite them, conciliation calms them." (From the Ti, nes.) , It is a great misfortune fo r a Government when men lose confidence in its veracity. at home, - vast military resources, t h e Absolutemost astute power diplomacy, are unable to compensat e for this on weakness. Credit is i ndi spensable to a sovereign State, for where people have not the means of en forcing the performance of promises they will trust only where they have a good reputation as security. Where they see, or even suspect, a lack of -truth they withhold their co-operation with a tenacity which it is difficult to overcome. The offending Government is at once smitten with a paralysii;, so far as political influence is concerned. It may,; in deed, rush into hostilities and try to hide the G 2is esteem into which its character has fallen amid the alarms which its force inspires ; but even then the curse of insincerity follows it, increasing every dif ficulty, cooling wellwishers, rousing the suspicion of neutrals, and making peace unattainable even after decisive successes. The French Government needs to be careful if it would avoid this fate. No one who has followed the proceedings of the Im perial Court during the last twelvemonths can fail to perceive that habitual disregard of truth is be ginning to produce its natural result in the dis trust with which every official rt . asse ion is re garded. Perhaps no Governthent of our own time was ever i n so embarrassing and dishonourable a position. There • • have been ambitious Governments • Governments, like that of th e late Ru f ssian o Emperor; there have been Governments ignorant adventurers, like those which have rul e d in Spain; and there have e ndr the name of Isabella sive despotisms of Austria, Naples, the old unprogres- There might be reason to di axl i e t s, and the Papicy. distrust the intentions of these, butc the principles or an accepted code of morals in their still there was their neighbours which was never t dealings with the Government of the Czar Nicholas,us transgressed. If of Naples, or General O'Donnel'r thestated King fact officially, or declared an intention ofa ; acting in a certain manner, the assertion j was believed as a matter of 'Course, al3 neither foreign Cabinets - nor their own p e , , pie thought it necessary to inquire by the aid of correlative matters whether the statement was worthy of credit. It has been left to the Government of the Emperor Napoleon to put an end to this mutual confidence, so honourable for Europe. The word of Sovereigns, the official an nouncements of statesmen, must now be believed only when there is a balance of proba ility that they are true. An Imperial speech, the apparent -meaning of which is one way, must b scanned to discover whether certain expressions may now be held to mean exactly the opposite. In this new and odious statescraft it is a fine ti ing to pen a document which shall reassure the partisans of peace, while giving a masonic intimation to the partisans of war that war will come after all. To accomplish these objects articles are written and re-written, phrases of studied ambiguity are intro duced where honour and international usage de mand that all should be clear; one official journal is instructed to contradict another ; and the Sove reign himself only speaks to blind the eyes of his allies and his people. It is for these reasons that we can attach but little importance to the article in the Moniteur of which a translation is published in another place. It was, we learn, kept in hand for several days, no doubt that it might be pared down to the proper form of smooth unmeaningness. To say something which should not interfere with that peaceable solution which the will of all Europe, including France, imposes, and yet should not pre vent the Emperor from taking advantage of any slip of his adversary, is the object of this article, and,, though it indicates that wiser counsels are prevailing at Paris, it shows plainly how much more the attitude of Europe has conduced to this result than any moderation in the Emperor himself. Of course, the .Moniteur cannot conceive any reason for the excitement in Europe. Part of Germany ." presents an appearance both aflicting and astonishing." The demonstrations in Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and Hanover utterly perplex the Imperial Government. What can be the mean ing of an appeal to the Confederation on the part of Austria, the enthusiastic answer of the people, and the active interference of the Prussian' Government ? Why is the exportation of horses prohibited ? Why are the newspapers f u ll o f patriotic appeals, and the poets, good and bad, writing after the model of 1813 ? The French Emperor cannot understand the reason of these things any more than he understood the indignation of England at the insults which followed the attempt of Orsmi, or the advance of Austrian troops into Lombardy, as the consequence of his conciliatory speech on New Year's Day. " France has occupied herself with the alarming state of affairs in Italy merely to allay it." "It is impossible to show a more sincere desire to unravel peacefully the exist ing difficulties." To inveigh against or to ridicule this affected surprise at the alarm caused by an elaborate political conspiracy would be superfluous. We must take the style of the Imperialist writer as we find it, and proceed to more important matters. The object of the article is to reassure the Ger mans against the fear of French domination, and to show that they have no interest in siding with Austria in an Italian quarrel. The extract which we subjoin contains some propositions which are at the bottom of all French policy. Arguing that the Emperor may fairly occupy himself with Italian affairs, the writer says,—" The existence of a great nation like France is not restricted to her frontiers, but manifests itself in the world at large by salu tary acts. France uses her endeavours for the benefit of her national power and the advantage of civilization. . . To contest her right to this legitimate influence would be to mistake the rights of France." The meaning of all this is, that, as France conceives her national power would be benefited by an interference in Italy, she has a right so to interfere, and to contest this legitimate in fluence would be to mistake her rights. This principle is one of universal application . ; France has a mission to fulfil, and wherever her interference is questioned her rights are denied. But Germany may be reassured. The Emperor does not con sider that the national power of France and the interests of civilisation demand an interference in that quarter. The treaties of 1815 are to be an nulled only in Italy. The Emperor has shown his moderation by not tearing them to pieces when he mounted the throne. Germans have this guarantee that he will not invade their country—namely, that he has not done so yet. Consequently, "Germany has nothing to apprehend from us for her indepen dence, We sympathise with her nationality." This must be gratifying to the Teutonic race, and should almost lead them to disband their armies and blow up the federal fortresses. But the Moni teur cannot pardon those who have shown this mistrust of France. Happily, the Emperor "does not hold the whole of Germany responsible for the errors and malevolence of certain manifestations which spring rather from mean resentment than from serious fears." But she hadbetter change her tone • " by showing herself impartial she will show herself foresighted, and will do better service to the cause of peace." The German people are not likely to be much moved by this appeal. They know well that the attitude they have taken is just that most likely to lead to a peaceful settlement. Amid the dangers of the present time there are two most reassuring symptoms in Europe. The one is the indisposition of the French to a war, at least with -any Conti nental Power • the other is this very unity and en thusiasm in Germany which excites the anger of the Moniteur. When the present Constitution of Ger many was founded in 1815 there were grave doubts of its strength as a political fabric. It was, people said, a union merely in name, something conceded to the dogmas of theorists and the dreams of poets, but useless for the defence of Germany, and even calculated to foster enfeebling rivalries. Prussia and Austria would be brought into continual an tagonism, each would draw to itself a part of the minor States, and the ill-feeling generated by these means would perhaps end in the calling 'in of foreign interference. Even those who anticipated no such evil still looked for little real benefit. Prussia and Austria must fall back on a third Power and the Holy Alliance proved the truth of the opinion. Germany could never be one as long as the interests and passions of the Sovereigns divided it. But the lapse of forty years, the in fluence of constant intercourse, and of a highly national literature and press, have completed the work which the war of 1813 began. It is evident that the German Confederation, however clumsy as a machine, is capable of being worked by willing Governments, and that there is sufficient public spirit in the country to set the Governments in action. The power which Austria possesses under the Federal Law of calling on the other States for support has been the means of eliciting a demon stration most gratifying to those who believe, with us, that the strength and courage of Germany are amongst the best guarantees for European peace. The half-formed alliance between France and Russia has forced Germany to trust in itself, and the result is a display of spirit and independence which are sufficient to deter the boldest invader. The Germans recollect the lesson taught by the early wars of the French Revolution. Then princely families abandoned the Chief of the Empire for their own personal aggrandisement. The rulers of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemberg, lured by the title of " King," joined the enemy. Even Prussia was bought over by the permission to seize Hanover from the Sovereign of England. Such events are not likely to recur. Germany has attained sufficient unity to feel that an attack on one member of the Federation must be resisted by all, and that this is the only condition on which a nation placed be tween two great and unscrupulous military Empires can hope to exist. TheMoniteur affects to make a distinction be tween Prussia and the other German States declar ing that the Court of Berlin has acted a becoming part in uniting itself to Great Britain, while " agitators were endeavouring to rouse angry passions, and to form a coalition against. us." Undoubtedly, the Prussian Regent, having regard t o th e i m p or t ance o f th e ques ti on , and the high pla ce o f hi s own coun t r y i n Europe, was not committing himself in any way against France. But it is well understood that, while re cognising the exi s t ence o f It a li an gr i evances , an d wiule urgin g in company with England, the neces sity of reforming' condem n the them, Prussia has not ceased to unwarrantable policy of France. Greatnes s imposes obligations on States as well as cannot act with the individuals, russia, as a European power, burg. But in te re freedom of Saxony or Wurtem- 1 there is as clear l y the more open demonstratio ns As suming, then, that the iti on n : the Imperial intentions, and from the L uro himself with the affairs of Ital y a ,, • European tranquillity, we tna wsearnien,patnd dignity of the one aggressor as in of the other. t e h ur t represents truly he has occupied in the interest of .1 say that he has , pe generally. His sympathy re ceived most able assistance fr o o for German nattottalit • if • y especia will no doubt be increased by the r uction th a t when he for a time embarked en a c ourse which t might have led to an interruption of this tran qu il_ lity, the rulers and people ofGermany recalled hi m from his error. We trust that prussia and the States of the Confederation will persevere in thus aiding the Imperial reformer. By a firm attitude and sufficient preparation they can attach him more than ever to those pacific principles which he announces as his own. (From the Daily Hetes.) For the second time within ten days a mysterious voice woos us in the Moniteur to acknowledge the benignity and justice which guide the foreign po licy of France. Before surrendering ourselves to the solemn assurances and grave denials of the offi cial journal, it would be satisfactory to know on whose authority they are put forward. The Re public " one and indivisible" does not seem to have bequeathed that quality to the Empire. A house drnded against itself is the subject of the pictures which friendly as well as unfriendly hands are daily transmitting from Path. We are invited to distinguish nicely between the papers successively published in the Moniteur with equal semblance of authority. We read of some articles which proceed directly from "an illustrious hand ;" of others only second to them in authority, full of the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Divinity of the Tuileries. Then there is the balanced, reserved, and highly diplomatic article, evidently the pro duct of some compromise, and calculated to deceive all parties with judicial impartiality: and lastly, within these few days we have heard of articles devoid of all authority and surreptitiously inter polatedby a Minister presuming on the acquiescence of an apathetic and dilatory master. Our Paris Cori espondent informed us yesterday that the un avowed organs of the Tuileries are asserting in various forms that the article published on Satur day week in the Monaco,- Nveo" not published with the good will of the Emperoi." Time and events, it will be seen, are doing their work on the mon strous reputation which not long since overshadowed Europe. A year ago an assertion such as that we have quoted would have been simply unintelligible. If we could discover the precise degree of autho rity due to the latest utterances of the Moniteur, and ascertain that it was the highest, it would cer tainly be worth while to ask in what necessity they originate, what purpose are they meant to serve, in a word, what do they mean ? It is true that the soundest and best justified inferences formed to-day may be overthrown to-morrow by the gloss of some quasi -official commentator at Paris. But risking this, we will take things as we find them. In form the article of the Moniteur is an admoni tion, almost un premier avertlssement, to Germany. Hanover, Wirtemberg, Bavaria, and the smaller States, which in their Chambers, in their newspa pers, or on their stage, have denounced the project of a war of which no one knows either the motive or the aim, are told that they have " astonished and afflicted" France. The charge, as further developed, assumes a serious aspect. Apart of Germanyhaving followed the movements, remarked the tendencies of France, and thereupon formed its own conclusions, has thought proper to display the feelings natural to people who feel that the state of European poli ties leaves them no guarantee of safety but that which their own vigilance and courage can supply. They have freely canvassed the designs which the Paris press, under the tutelage of the Government, has taught them to ascribe to the Emperor, and taken counsel for their own defence. In so doing, it appears they have been guilty of an offence which we are sure no one has until now suspected. They " have attacked France on the independence of her policy." Nothing but the considerateness of the Emperor—if it is the Emperor who is now speak ing—which distinguishes between the culpable and the unoffending parts of Germany, exonerates the Confederation at large from responsibility for this imputed offence. It is more than intimated that in expressing their opinion too freely the Germans have furnished France with a very fair casus belli, and the world is summoned to admire once more the moderation and magnanimity which foregoes so fair an occasion for war. " A kind of crusade against France," if is complained, " has been com menced in some German States." The right of France to make her influence felt in Europe has been denied; her vital and essential attributes as a great nation have been called in question. This having been demonstrated, Europe is reminded of what the Emperor has done, and what he has for borne to do, for the sake of its peace. We are asked to consider what would have happened if, when he ascended the throne, he had been moved by the narrow sentiments and irritating prejudices which are now attributed to him. He would have revived the wars of the First Empire, and have undertaken to efface the souvenirs of 1814 and 1815. That he did not is a proof that he understood the character and wants of the age. The independence of Ger many has nothing to fear from France; in return, Germany should do France justice. While, how ever, some agitators are seeking to raise up a coali tion against France on the other side of the Rhine, Prussia understands her duties better, and in concert with Germany is giving good advise at Vienna. This conduct will better serve the interests of Germany than that of those who appeal to the prejudices of the past, and irritate the national spirit of the French people, who, exciteable under menace, may be calmed by conciliation. The substantial truth of some of these remon strances it is easy to discern. The courts and people of many of the minor courts of Germany, not taking trouble to ascertain the political situation of their country, and thinking only of the fear and hatred of Napoleon in which they were reared, have shown a disposition to commit themselves headlong to the maintenance of every Austrian iniquity south of the Alps, where they have neither duties nnr inte rests. That the Emperor of France should feel annoyed at this is conceivable—but why say so in the Moniteur ? Why this persistent adherence to the role of the injured innocent ? Only one reason presents itself. The maintenance of this character is necessary for the issue from time to time of those monitions which look like threats, but are not, and which form a recognised part of the Imperial system. Experience shows that once in six months is the average frequency with which a nation is likely to be menaced. At the beginning of last year it was our turn, in September it was that of Portugal, and now it is the turn of Austria. Osten sibly addressed to Europe, these minatory articles are really produced for home consumption, and if they elate the pride and assuage the irritation of the French people they answer their purpose. But national vanity may be alimented at too great a cost ; and it would be curious to calculate how long it will take France to eat up the friendship of all her neighbours. lIE.4LTH ,OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the .Registrar-General Report.) The deaths registered in London in the week ending Saturday declined to 1,174, having been in the previous week 1,215. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corre sponding with last week was 1,228 ; but as the deaths included in the present return occurred in an increased population they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to that increase—namely, with 1,351. Therefore the num ber of persons who died last week is less by 177 than the number that would have died if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. The deaths referred to diseases of the zymoiic class in the aggregate do not exceed the corrected average at the present time, while those caused by affections of the respiratory organs—chiefly bron chitis, pneumonia, and asthma, are 209, being 100 less than the average. On the other hand,.,though• scarlatina (including diphtheria) has become less fatal, the deaths from it are still very numerous, those of last week having been 79, against 32, the average number of corresponding weeks. Nineteen of the 79 were : from diphtheria, and occurred in sub-districts as follows :—in the Kensington sub district 1, Belgrave 1, Cavendish-square sub-district 1, Tottenham-court 1, Islington East 2, Hackney 1, St. Clement Danes 1, Goswell-street 1, Finsbury 1, Haggerstone East 1, Bethnal-green 1, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 1, Leather Market 1, St. Peter Walworth 1, Peckham 1, Rotherhithe 1, Plumstead 1, and Lee 1. Fourteen women died after childbearing. A labourer, aged 40 years, found in the public road in Paddington, died from destitution. One person died of intemperance, be sides three of delirium tremens. Five nonagenarians died in the week, all widows, the oldest of whom was 95 years. ll Last week the births of 970 boys and 894 girls, in all 1,864 children were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,736. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.881 in. On three days the mean daily reading was above 30 in. The barometrical readings varied from 29.55 in, to 33.35 in. The mean temperature of the week was 45,7 deg., which is 5.4 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter mined by 141 r. Glaisher.) On Saturday the mean temperature was 53.5 deg., which is 12.9 deg. above the average of the same day. On that day the highest reading in the shade was 58 deg, and the lowest was as high as 50 deg. The thermometer in the shade attained its highest point both on Sunday and Monday—viz., 59 deg., and it fell to its lowest on Thursday, 29.7 dog, The range of the week was therefore 29.3 deg. ; the mean daily range was 16 deg. The difference between thernean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 6.6 deg. Tho mean degree of humidity of the air was 78. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 47.9 deg, The wind blew on six days from the south-west. 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The impurities are dis chargedsystem, the respiratory organs are re.. th e heated Mood cooled and the bilious secretion lieved, regulated, the heart's action becomes tranquil, the nerves and health benignly dawns • again, and acquire S trength,awn s, and the patient isthoroughly restored happiness r . cheering thoughts andrefreshing ) repose. from the to easy digestion, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, IVIARCII 16, 1859. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--YORK, March 14. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) Charles Franklin, aged 30, Thos. Johnson, aged 20, William Markham, aged 22, Woolthorpe Mar shall, aged 20, Samuel Stovens, aged 30, Joseph Playforth, aged 21, and Michael M'Grath, aged 23, were charged with the wilful murder of John Washington Jex, at the parish of Bishop Burton, in the East Riding, on the 16th of November last. Mr Bliss, Q.C., Mr Peronet Thompson, and Mr Haworth appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Price defended Franklin, Johnson, and Markham ; Mr. Seymour (with whom was Mr. Lewers) Marshall and Stovens • and Mr. Shepherd the prisoners Play forth awl M'Grath. It appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution, and from the evidence called in support of it, that the prosecutor in this case is Mr. Richard Watt, a gentleman re siding in Lancashire, and having an estate at Bishop Burton, in the East Riding of this county. The de ceased man, whose viblent death was the subject of this inquiry, John Washington Jex, was a man of about 60 years of age, and the head gamekeeper of Mr. Watt, of Bishop Burton, residing at the Old Hall on the estate, and was described to be a very bold and determined man. On the night of Tues day, the 16th of November last, Jex went out to Watch the game on the estate, and was attended by William Geddes, the under gamekeeper, and by Mark Robinson, a game watcher. The men were all heavily armed, Jex and Geddes had each a double barrelled gun and a double-barrelled pistol. All these weapons were loaded with No. 5 shot. Ro binson had a most formidable-looking bludgeon—a knobbed stick, as thick as a man's wrist, and about four feet long, and under his coat a bayonet. They went out to watch the game a little before ten o'clock at night, to a field on the estate called the " Seeds-field," on which the offence now being in quired into was committed. They went first to a field called the " Little Gallops-field," and on getting there they heard a dog bark and a hare scream, and shortly after another bark of a dog and the scream of a hare from the Seeds-field. They all accordingly went to this field, and on getting there they saw a man in the field, with a net be tween them and him, such as is used by poachers. This man the underkeeper Geddes identified as the prisoner M'Grath. There were six or seven men in the field besides, and six or seven dogs. After a 'short consultation what they were to do, Jex got over the hedge, and led the way into the field. The men in the field came towards the keepers, and one of them was heard to call out, " Come on, you —; you shall have it to-night, we are fettled for you." The dogs were then set on the keepers, and Jex cried out, " Call off your dogs, or we will shoot them." The men said, "If You do, we will shoot you." Jex fired and shot a dog, and immediately , after one of the poachers fired at the keepers, and hit Geddes on the thigh and groin, and he fell on his knee. He immediately got up and shot a dog which was springing on the under-watcher Robin son, and then fired his second barrel in the direction from which the shot came which had struck him. Jex then fired another barrel, and one of the poachers cried out, " He has got no more." Jex said, " Have I not ?" and then drew his pistol and fired both barrels at the poachers. Some stones were then thrown at the keepers. and a rush was made at them. Geddes drew his pistol and fired both barrels as he retreated towards the hedge. The men then left him and went towards where Jex and Robinson where, and Geddes heard blows struck as he was getting away over the hedge. Robinson was knocked down twice and became in sensible, and the last that Geddes saw of Jex was that he was down holding up his gun to defend himself from blows. Geddes went and roused some people in the neighbourhood to go and look for Jex, and on their way towards the field they met Robinson coming away. He was bleeding on the head and face, and reeling and staggering about scarcely sensible, and could not recollect how he got home. He was very badly cut and wounded about the head. On arriving at the " Seeds Field" Geddes and the men with him, Ellerker and others, found Jex lying dead, his body still warm. He was lying on his left cheek, bleeding and stretched out. The back of his skull had been broken in, and an indentation into the ground of the stubble-field was made by his face. Ellerker procured a cart, and his dead body was taken home. A surgical examina tion discovered his skull to be dreadfully fractured, the brain was oozing out, he bad several wounds upon him, and appeared to have been beaten to death. The wounds appeared to have been made partly with a sharp instrument and partly with a blunt one. On the field was found a broken turnip digger stained with blood, the bludgeon which had been carried by Robinson having marks of blood and hair upon it, a gunlock, and the footsteps of five men were traced to a hedge. Though it was not known who struck the fatal blows, yet the charge against the prisoners was that all wet-6 pre sent at the committal of this offence, and all were equally responsible. Franklin was identified by Geddes as the man who led the party on and called out to the others to " come on." Geddes also identified Johnson and Marshall, Playforth and M'Grath, although he was not so posi tive as to the last two men. Robinson - - iden tified Johnson, Marshall, Franklin; and M'Grath as being there. On that same afternoon the pri soner Franklin was seen at Hull, in company with Johnson, Marshall, and Markham, about four o'clock, at the Black Inn. The same evening Frank lin was seen going with Johnson and five or six other men and dogs on the road from Hull to Bishop Burton, about six o'clock in the evening, where he was seen about half-way between the two places. Next morning Franklin was arrested at Hull, along with Johnson ; they were together with a party of men and some dogs. On being arrested Franklin was seen to take from the inside pocket of his coat a gun, which he gave to another person, and John son took out of his pocket a powder flask and handed it to one of the men. The gun was found to be the property of Jex, the deceased man, who had it with him on the night in question. Both Frank lin and Johnson had on them nets and hares. Mar shall was taken at Hull on the 18th, and made a statement which, though not evidence against the other prisoners, left no doubt that he was present at the affray. Markham was not spoken to by the keepers ; but when in prison he made a statement to the governor of the gaol, which was taken down, and from this it appeared that he first received a shot in the face, which blinded him, that he was horrified at the mess he found himself in, and called out to his companions, "For God's sake do not fire." He had his gun in his hand, and one of his compa nions got hold of it and cocked it, but he got it away from him. He was again hit by a shot, and in turning round the gun caught his coat and went off in his hand, and that was the shot that hit Geddes. The case against Stovens was that he was at the Black Bull, and when in custody he made various statements, exculpating himself from having struck the deceased, but showing that he was there taking a part. The prisoners Playforth and M'Grath both lived at Market Weighton, and they were seen going on the road to Bishop Burton in a cart, and this cart had last been seen near the " Seed Field," and. both the keepers identified them as being present. These two men set up an alibi in their defence. Geddes had been confined to his bed many weeks by the wounds he had received, being shot from the lower part of his body down one thigh, and Robin son has scarcely yet recovered from his injuries. The cross-examination of the various witnesses elicited that no less than eight shots were fired at the poachers at the distance of about five yards. It was a beautiful clear moonlight night. Two dogs were killed, and two of the poachers were carried off the field badly wounded with gunshots, and one of these men, named Baynes, is since believed to have died of his wounds. The proof of these facts occupied the day. On the closing of the case for the prosecution, His lordship adjourned the addresses of the learned counsel for the prisoners and their (Tete= until to-morrow. TUESDAY, MARCH 15. His lordship took his seat at half-past 9 o'clock this morning, and the case was resumed. Mr. Price then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of his clients. He forcibly eontrated the respective preparations made by the poachers and the keepers. The poachers were shown to have gone out armed with but one single-barrell.ed, gun and some small . stakes for the purpose of setting nets ; these were clearly taken out for poaching purposes. The three keepers, on the contrary, had gone out, two of them armed each with a double barrelled gun and a double-barrelled pistol, and the third with the most formidable bludgeon that had ever been seen in a court of justice, and with a bayonet with a wooden han dle fitted to it. For what purpose had they gone out thus armed—for self-defence, or from a deter mination to have blood? The deceased man Jex had been engaged with poachers a m on th bef ore and they had escaped. His character as an active keeper was at stake, and it was plain he had gone out determined the next time not to be foiled. He was a bold and determined man. It was he who had first killed a dog of the poachers; he had fired four shots at the poachers before a shot was fired in return, and that shot,fired by the prisoner Mark ham, the statement of Markham put in evidence showed to have been accidentally discharged, after he had been almost blinded by a shot in the face from a pistol, and had again been struck in the hand, making him start and accidentally discharge the gun. This shot struck Geddes, the keeper, above the knee and on the leg, and it was plain had not been aimed at him. On the other hand, the shots of the keepers were aimed at the poachers Franklin's waistcoat was riddled with shot, another of them was shot through his watch, and it was not till the keepers had blazed away at the poachers eight several shots at a distance of five or six yards that the poachers in that melee and in the heat of such a contest had attacked the keepers. The de ceased man had received no shot, and it was clearly proved that the weapon which had inflicted the blow which caused his death was the bludgeon carried by the watcher Robinson; and there was evidence that in the fight the watcher Robinson was seen laying about him with the bludgeon, and striking at a man who was down. On the evidence the deceased man appeared to have been killed by that blow. It seemed a strange retribution that the head keeper should meet with his death from a weapon which his own party had carried to the field. But for his commencement of the attack this unfortunate result could not have happened. The poachers had been driven into a conflict in self defence. It was true that they were engaged in an unlawful pursuit, and he could not co n t en that the death of the deceased was not manslaughter in those who were engaged in the affray with him, and it was idle to contend that the men he defended were not there. He left the case in the hands of the jury, satisfied that they would acquit them of the charge of murder. Mr. Seymour and Mr. Shepherd then addressed the jury for their respective clients. His Lordship, in summing up, said it was to be regretted that gentlemen, for the sake of protecting their amusement, permitted their servants to go out heavily armed, as the gamekeepers in this case had been. He did not think the game laws had anything to do with the matter. Gentlemen would protect the game on their lands, and young men would go out to defy or to elude the watchers. In the present case one of the watchers had been left dead on the field of battle, as he might call it, the other two had been badly wounded ; several of the poachers' party had been severely wounded, and one was said to have died of his wounds. This had resulted from the watchers being permitted to go out so heavily armed for the protection of hares and pheasants. He said it deliberately, and he felt it his duty to say it, that great blame attached to both parties in bringing about this lamentable result. This state ment, which was emphatically made, appeared to excite much sensation in court. His lordship then with great clearness and precision, went through the evidence as affecting each prisoner. As to the prisoners Playforth and M'Grath, their presence at the affray depended upon the evidence of Geddes, and as to them Geddes said he was less' certain about them than as to the other prisoners. The statement of Franklin, made without motive, denied that those two men were at the affray. Geddes had clearly been mistaken as to two men not included in this charge against whom he had sworn. As to Stovin, the chief evidence was that he had been seen in com pany with Franklin and the others at the Black Bull, at Hull, and had spoken of having been in a poaching affray across the water. But this was not across the water, and his being in the public house with the men might be suspicious, but it was not proof. As to Marshall, he was shown conclusively by his own statement to have been at the affray, but there was some evidence that he was stand ing aloof and going away when he was wounded behind by a shot. As to the other three men the evidence was conclusive that they were present and taking part in the affray. There was no proof which was the hand which had inflicted the blow on the deceased man ; but if all or any of the men were present aiding, abetting, and assisting, the blow given was their blow. If the keepers, having a right to apprehend the poachers assembled to the number of three or more armed, on the lands of their master, to take game, did no more than endea vour to apprehend them, which they lawfully might do, then the killing of the head keeper was murder, and all present aiding, abetting, and assisting in that act were guilty of murder. But if the keepers used more violence than wa s n ecessar y i n endea vouring to apprehend the poachers, and the death of one of the keep ers resu lt e d f rom the res i stance of that violence by the poachers, then the killing was manslaughter, and not murder. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of two hours, found a verdict of not guilty as to Playforth, M‘Grath, and Stovin, and found the other four men guilty of manslaugh ter, with a recommendation to mercy in Marshall's case. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said the evi dence made it probable that Markham's was the hand that struck the blow, and he therefore sen tenced him to penal servitude for eight years. Franklin and Johnson to five years' penal servi tude, and Marshall to three years' penal servitude. The case occupied till four o'clock to-day. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, March 15. • C IVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman and a Common Jury.) ODDEN V. CHAPMAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for the seduc tion of his daughter. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. G. D enman were for the plaintiff'; Mr. Prentis was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was a person in humble circumstances living at a place called Challock, in the neighbourhood of Canterbury, and his daughter Charlotte, who was the subject of the action, was a young girl only 16 'years old last January. The defendant was a farm bailiff, and first cousin to the plaintiff, and about 38 years of age. He lived about half a mile from the plaintiff, and it appeared that on the 21st of January last, at which time the plain tiff's daughter was only 15 years of age, there was a raffle at the house of his brother, who carries on the trade of a grocer and shoemaker at Challock, to which the plaintiff and his wife and his daugh ter Charlotte were invited. In the course of the evening it appeared that the defendant sent the daughter to fetch a . pot of beer, and when she re turned he took her into the back shop, locked the door, and at one proceeded to commit the act that had led to the present action, and the young woman admitted that she had made no resistance, and did not raise any outcry, although her father and seve ral other persons were in an adjoining room, and could of course easily have come to her assistanceif she had done so. In the month of September fol lowing she was delivered prematurely of a child, and proceedings were taken before a magistrate, when an order was made for the defendant to pay ls. 6d. per week for the support of the child. The plaintiff's daughter, a good-looking young girl, was called to prove the above facts, and she declared positively that she had never had any in tercourse with another man besides the defendant, and that it only occurred upon the one occasion mentioned, and she said that the defendant never afterwards attempted to take any liberties with her. In cross-examination she said that she was acquainted with a young man named Tompsett, and a person named Tom Chambers, who worked for her father, and who always went by the name of " Old Tom," but she declared that nothing im proper had ever taken place between her and either of these persons. She stated, however, that upon one occasion Tompsett had taxed her with being in the familyway, and she admitted she was, and said that neither he nor " Old Tom" was the father, but the man who was the father was better off than either of them, and that it was the de= fendant. Mr. Prentis, in his address to the jury for the de fendant, complained that such an action as this should ever have been brought into a court of justice, and lie said that if they gave'damages againstthe defen dant it would be utterly impossible for hill to pay them. He then said that the defendant did not deny that he had been intimate with the girl, but his instructions were that she had been equally intimate with other persons, and that there was no foundation whatever for the allegation that he had seduced her. A young man named William Tompsett was called 04 a witness for the defendant, and he stated that he had known the plaintiff's daughter for 10 years, and they were on intimate terms. They were out for a walk on Sunday evening, the 26th of October, 1856, and went into a cart lodge, where an improper intimacy took place between them. Cross-examined—The plaintiff's daughter was only about .134. years old at this ti me , and she had Only just come home from school. Nothing impro per took place between them except upon this one occasion, Thomas Chambers, the person . referred to as " Old Tom," was also called as a witness, but he denied distinctly that anything improper had ever taken place between him and the plaintiff's daughter. Mr. Chamberi4n reply to this evidence, called the plaintiff and his wife, and they stated that upon discovering that their daughter was in the family way they spoke to Tompsett upon the subject, and he denied that he had ever had anything mproper to do with their daughter, Mr. Justice Wightman then summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, £2O. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BEDFORD, March 15, CROWN COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) Francis William Crick was charged with the manslaughter of William Hardwick, at Bedford, on the Ist of November, 1858. Mr. J. H. Mills appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. /Douglas Brown defended the prisoner, It appeared on the statement of the ease that the prisoner was a herbalist living in Bedford, and the charge against him was that he caused the death of the deceased, a child under two years of age, by administering a preparation of lobelia. The case will be sufficiently explained by the following summing iip of the learned judge : The Lord Chief Baron told the jury to bear in mind that it was no crime for any one to adminis ter medicine, but that it was a crime to administer it so rashly and carelessly as to produce death, and in this respect there was no difference between the most regular practitioners and the greatest quack. But Mrs. Orpin's account was that she took the child to the prisoner, and that, following his advice, the child got so much better that she left off giving the medicine which she had got from him, and she did not consult the prisoner again before the child died. All that the prisoner ought to be held responsible for was what took place in the first week after he saw the child. The prisoner had not seen the child for three weeks before its death. Tho charge against the prisoner was not that he carelessly , al lowed Mrs. Orpin to be in the possession of a dan gerous medicine, but that he caused the death of the child by administering the medicine ; but on the evidence it appeared that the child got better while the medicine was being given to it. If the prisoner had been a medical man he should recom mend them to take the most favourable view of his conduct, for it would be most fatal to the efficiency of the medical profession if no one could administer medicine without, as it were, a halter round his neck ; and although he could not speak of a person in the prisoner's position in language as strong, still he ought not to be responsible unless the fact of the careless use by him of a dangerous drug had been proved with reasonable certainty. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. SOUTH WALES.—SWANSEA, March 14. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) William James Keast was indicted for obtaining by false pretences a quantity of silk and woollen scarfs and other articles, valued at £5O, the pro perty of Alfred Nevill and Co., of Narberth, in the county of Pembroke. Mr. Evans, Q,C., and Mr. Giffard conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. T. Allen. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had carried on business as a tailor and general shop keeper for 16 years in London. He subsequently kept a public-house at Pembroke•dock, and after wards resided at Merthyr and Swansea. He had been once insolvent at Pembroke, had been re manded for nine months also by the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and had suffered a detention of seven moths in Cardiff . Gaol under the Absconding Debtors Act. On the 18th of last January he gave an order for goods to the amount in question to a commercial traveller. This witness stated that he told the prisoner that he was a stranger, and that before his house would execute the order he must explain his circumstances. Keast upon this told him that he had never been in Wales more than once when he married, that his stock was worth £6OO, and that he had good and bad debts in. Lon don to the amount of £6OO or £7OO more. The actual value of his stock was only about £5O or £6O. The prisoner pledgee. most of these goods, and ultimately sold them all off by auction. He had been advised by another commercial traveller not to attempt business on his own account, but to gain an honest livelihood as a journeyman. The learned counsel having made an earnest appeal on behalf of -the accused, the jury at once returned a verdict of guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, observed that this was an extensive fraud, and differed much from small robberies and crimes committed by little de predators. Of the prisoner's guilt there could not be the least possible doubt, and he should have known that he could not live and trade at the ex pense of other people. He (the learned judge) should be trifling with his duty if he sentenced him to less than two years' imprisonment with hard labour. FEARFUL SCENE AT THE BAR OF THE TYNE. A gale of great violence broke suddenly on the Northumberland coast on Monday night. It blew from the E. and E.S.E., and brought in with it the most tremendous sea we have experienced this season. A number of vessels were in the offing, and as the gale came away with violence, the smaller craft made for the Tyne, though it was dead low water. About seven o'clock a schooner came to the Bar, but getting too far to the leeward, she drove towards the rocks on the north side, and un fortunately struck on the foundation of the new north pier, and turned with her decks to the sea. As soon as it was seen that a vessel was on shore multitudes of people flocked down to the coast, though it was pouring torrents of mill. The Coast. guard officers got out Manby's apparatus, and tried to fire rockets over the vessel from the pier works, but from her position they were unable to do so. Three lifeboats put out from Shields, and, fully manned, pulled through the fearful sea to the rescue of the drowning mariners, whose cries for assist ance could be heard through the roaring of the tempest ; but upon approaching the vessel the life boat men found that if they attempted to go along side their boats would be smashed to pieces, and they themselves swept to destruction. Under these circumstances they had to hover about until, with a wild cry from the crew, the schooner broke up, and the wreck drifted away in fragments be fore the gale. The lifeboats pulled to the floating wreck, but only succeeded in saving one little boy, named Hunter, whom they brought ashore in a most exhausted state. The master, Mr. Reid, and the crew, four in number, perished in sight of the people on shore. The Sir William Carden, be longing to Yarmouth, and the Elizabeth, of Boston, in taking the Bar, also got too far to the leeward, and came on the rocks. One of them, the Eliza beth, was end on to the sea, and the cries of the crew for help were very pitiable. The Coastguard and volunteers of all sorts got the rocket apparatus down among the rocks, and commenced to fire lines at those vessels. But the poor fellows on board seemed so benumbed with cold and exhaustion that it was feared, even if they got the lines on board, they would not be able to use them, and as the tide was flowing it was thought that the vessels would break up before they could be res cued. However, after immense exerti on , li nes were got to th e vessels, but from the circ ums t ances men tioned they could not be so fastened as to get the men on shore with comfort, and they had to be dragged through the boiling surf, and were landed more dead than alive. Numbers of men ran up to their middle in the water to carry them out, and they were conveyed to the Bath Hotel, where they were carefully nursed, and have all recovered. Shortly after her crew were landed, the Sir Wil liam C a rden broke up, and her wreck and that of the Georg e are scattered a l ong the coast this morning, bearing fearful evidence, broken up as they are to raatchwood, of the violence of the storm. Lloyd's agents have a number of people employed lunging the cargo of the Elizabeth, and the River Police and the coastguard have effectually prevented any wrecking. [AnvEnrisEmErrr.)—Thorley's Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting oare and attention have ena bl e d its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor tethese interests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. .xl:ierienee has proved, first, that it affects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of tat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive made then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng. lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed and ffitten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in all cases-a subtraction of one third may be safely submitted to in theinual fond of animals ; and that the prod - Like will be realised, and rendered marketable in two-thuds of the time usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes apparent that a certa i n saving is effected by a fair application of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present unprecedented low pri ce o f w h ea t h as i nduced its very gene re use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of food it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a nourishing• and proper food for the working horse, certainly it is not for cows or pigs. Abs. Thorley's Food, besides possessing the advantage pf greatly invigorating the health and increasing the phaalcal power of all animals, is a tonic and gentle stinkulsnt; and when mixed with their other food, inatell4l.lv assists their digestive powers--a matter of grqat Consequence, sinee it is an undoubted fact that the nourishment eonteined in their ordinary food is lost, conse quent upon the impaired or defective action of the. digestive organs; it will also be found to be partioWarly beneficial in restoring to good working condition literses which have been over-worked, or become wolc from disease, or are naturally of feeble constitutes, In cows its effects are undoubted, indeed Almost marvellous, nearly doublin the yield of milk acid butter; whilst it at the same time ennehes of swine. Such has ponnqualidt"oramreasntuill mg - in a few week* Its manifest m t te cll r ali ero V ar af kab b° le t , h. displaying n ay pigs its fat o t f erii e n: great cattle shows, f s a u c p t e ur ri ed ority roo o d ve a r do e p v t e e iz in oth th e e r f k e in eci t o. carried off the principal noblemen and; 54,91's who have fed their cattle it he o e y n al it t s y, m n a , z ; ked success, that 4,t U our have Awariabl i y . Trite, wwlat CAT A of eomniendaticui have been awarded. on Thorley's Foal Tl4e Patronage Royalty, of our principal nobility, the d of ouX leading a • • clergy, „ , g"nculturists, must prove a great incitement to leading a to pursue his onward course ; and he may confidently rely, in producing so highly-favoured a compound, on a continuation of such high and distinguished patronage. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING—TuEsDAY. Match-5Q soya h ft. Two miles. lOst 41b each. Mr. Worthington's Telegram received; Captain Price's Royalty paid. A Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 31b : certain allowances. Four subs. Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, Bst 41b (Withington) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Trump, Bst 21b --(Kendall) 2 Mr. T Bell's Sims Reevs, Bst 21b (W. Grimmer) 3 Betting-3 to lon Rattlebone, who won easily by a length ; three lengths between the second and third. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added ; 7st ; four, Bst 91b. The mile course. Eight subs. Mr. Alexander's King-at-Arms, by Kingston, 3 yrs, 7st (Challone 1 Mr. Shelley's Si r H ercu l es, 3 yrs, 7st .... (H. Duck e r) 2 Lord Clifden's Fadl a d een , 4 yrs, B st 9 1b (A. Day 3 Indifference and Tiara also ran. • Betting -6 to 4 agst King-at-Arms, 2to 1 agst Fadla deen, 5 to 1 agst Indifference, and 6 to 1 agst Sir Hercules. The favourite came away at the distance, and won by three lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; about the same distance between the third and fourth. Tiara beaten off. The Stand Handicap of 6 sovs each, 2 ft, with 20 added; for 3 -yr-olds and upwards. One mile. Eleven subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Cy n thi a , 3 yrs, 6 st 81b (Custance 1 Mr. Brown's Oddfellow, 3 y rs , s s t 71b .... (W . B ottom 2 Vict. Talon's Cheval el& bonze, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Grimshaw 3 The following also ran :—Rhisus, Kestrel, Dejanira, Castaside filly, Northampton, and Cock-a-Whoop. Reeves weighed for The Poet (late Chaucer), but on pro ceeding to the post the horse threw him, got loose, and did not start. Betting-5 to 2 agst Cynthia, sto 1 each agst Oddfellow and Rhisus, 7 to 1 agst Cheval de Bronze. Won by a neck; same distance between the second and third, a head be tween the third and fourth, Castaside filly was a bad fifth, the others walked in; Northampton bolted soon after starting. The Willoughby Handicap of 15 sovs each, and 5 only if' declared, with 30 added ; certain winners extra ; gentle men riders ; professionals 61b extra.. Two miles. 20 subs., 10 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Vict. Talon's Greencastle, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Mr. Holman's Woodman, aged, 9st 121 b.. (Mr. Thomas) 2 Mr. Camero n ' s M yster i ous Jack, 5 yrs , lOst 111 b (Owner) 3 The following a l so ran .—Verona, Lough Bawn, Belle field, Northumberland Duchess, and Drapery. Betting -6 to 4 agst Lough Bawn, 4to 1 agst Northum berland Duchess, 5 to 1 agst Greencastle, 8 to 1 each agst Benefield and Verona. Greencastle made all the running, and won by 20 lengths ; the others were pulled up. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added; optional selling weights, &c. ; certain allowances. Five furlongs. 7 subs. Mr, Gulliver's Macbeth, 2 yrs, sst 191 b (X5O) (Challoner 1 Mr. Atkinson's Heloise, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (car. 6st 21b) (150 (Custance 2 Mr. Holland's Weatherwise, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (5.,50) (L. Snowde The following also ran : —L a d y E g li nton, Skittles, Sprat ton, and Countess filly. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Eglinton, 4to 1 agst Skittles, 9to 2 agst Macbeth, 6 to 1 agst Weatherwise, Bto 1 apt Heloise; won by a length and a half, a length between the second and third ; Spratton was fourth. The winner was bought in for 54 guineas. The Farmers' Plate of 60 soya, for hunters, thorough-breds extra ; weight for age ; certain allowances ; to be ridden by farmers or their sons. Two miles. Mr. E. Norman na Vertumnus, by Grecian (h b) 5 yrs, 12st 31b (T. Price) 1 Mr. Bawcutt's Wroxton, 4 yrs, list 51b (Owner) 2 Mr. F. Robins' The Countess, 4 yrs, list 121b' (Mr. F. Robins' jun.) 3 The following also ran :—Helen, The Compton Nun, The Radford Lass, and Doubtful. Won by four lengths ; two lengths between second and third. The winner was objected to. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 9to 1 agst Mutineer (taker.) 11 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rio (taken) 20 to 1 agst Precious Stone (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 15 agst Argosy DERRY. 28 to 1 agst Rainbow (taken) COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARCH 15. We had only a small attendance of country millers and dealers at our corn exchange this morning, who bought only to supply their immediate requirements, at previous rates. We had, however, a better inquiry for our own local trade, and one or two purcha ses in wheat were re ported at full prices. Flour attracted little attention, and is unaltered in value. In,dian corn was dull of sale, and the turn cheaper. Oats and oatmeal little dealt in. Egyptian beans have advanced id to 2d per cental on the week. Peas and barley remain without change. LEEDS—MAncIi 15. The weather has been very wet and unsettled since Fri day ; the show of wheat is not large ; but millers having a very indifferent flour trade, we have an exceedingly dull market, and prices barely equal to last week on the limited business transacted. Best barley quite as dear. Beans, oats, and other articles without alteration. Arrivals this week : Wheat _____ .....s.— . 1,468 qrs. Oats Barley 1,216 Beans 795 Rapeseed 290 Linseed — Averages for the week : Wheat 3,394 k qrs., at 42 s 511 8ar1ey......... 2,890 k „ 3ss 2 Oats 3781 „ 24 s 2 Rye — Beans lB9l „ 43s ld Peas .•.. NORWICH CATTLE—MARcH 12. Our market to-day exhibited a very 'large show of ant.. male, particularly of shorthorns, and there i a attendance of buyers, a large amount of bus ine s s transacted, at prices for all breeds fully equal to those of last week. At the close only a small portion remained un sold. Of fat beasts there was a large supply, and sales were brisk at 7s 6d to 8s 6d per stone of 141bs, and all were sold. Sheep—Fat sheep, 8s Od to 806 d, prime lots 9s per stone. Well sold. Pigs—Good store pigs, 20s to 25s per head. Fat pork, 58 Od to 5s 6d, prime 6s per stone. The supply was large, and a fair demand. It is reported that M. Gueroult, the ex-war writer in the Presse, has obtained permission to set up anews• paper of his own, and that he is only waiting for funds. Several writers in the "'rem have resigned in consequence of the return of M. Nefftzer to the staff of that 19urnal. THREE THOUSAND LIVES LOST IN RUSSIA:. —The following extraordinary statement is from the Cologne Gazette :—The Russian journals announce an un exampled catastrophe at Taganrog, on the Sea of Azoff. Allured by the mildness of the temperature, and by the purity of a cloudless sky, about 3,000 inhabitants of Taganrog followed the fishermen upon the ice. In that country fishing is the favourite occupation of all .young and old, rich and poor. The air was so calm that all advanced, without mistrust, farther and farther upon the ice, in the hope of obtaining a richer booty. Sud denly a warm wind rose from the east, which insen sibly rose higher, whirled masses of snow, and finished by detaching from the shore the ice which adhered to it. In a few instants the vast sheet of ice cracked—rose— broke in several places—and the unhappy people who were upon it saw themselves carried out towards the open sea. Two hours afterwards not a trace of life was per ceived from the shore on the surface of the waves: On the following day the waves drove ashore a floe of ice, on which were five of these unhappy people; three were dead, arid the others stupified by cold—the two last, a young girl and an old man. The young girl died some hours after. The old man survived, but from fright he had lost the use of his tongue. He gave in writing a narrative of the events of this frightful night. The number of persons who met death in the waves amounts to 3,000. BIRTHS. ADDINGToN.—On the 14th inst., at Torquay, the wife of the Hon. W. W. Addington, of a son. DARNLEY.—On the 13th inst., at 17, Bruton-street, the Countess of Darnley, of a son. RIVOLTA.—On the 13th inst., at No. 10, Montague-street, Russell-square, the wife of Mr. D. A. Rivolta, of a daughter. ROBINSON.—On the 14th inst., at 56, Gower-street, Bed ford-square, the wife of Thomas Gervas Robinson, of a son. SUTTON.—On the 13th inst., at Hastoe, the wife of the Rev. Robert Sutton, of St. Leonard's, Tring, of a daughter. MARRIAGES BRAITIIWAITD—SIEVIER.—On the 12th inst., at St. John's, Upper Holloway, Thomas Braithwaite, Esq., of Great Ormond-street, and Hereford, solicitor, to Eleanor Mal colm, youngest daughter of Robert William Sievier, Esq., F.R.S. NUNN—DARKE.—On the 15th inst., at Claines, Worcester, J. Nunn, Esq., of Melbourne, Victoria, to Helen, daugh ter of George Darke, Esq., Woronster. SAuLEz—HAunrsoN.—On the 11th inst., at St. George', s Hanover-square, th e R ev. E. V. P. Saulez, of Tadley, to Jane, eldest daughter of Je hn Harrison, Esq., West bourne-terrace. BROIVN. DEATH S. —On the 3d inst. a , at his resid Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Robert effroys 'Brown, ence wine-merchant, aged 65. GUNN.—On the 11th lust., at Rhives, GoLspie, George Gunn, Esq., aged 71. JONES.—On the 7th inst., at Morestead Rectory, Winches ter, the Rev. W. Jones, aised 62. LLOYD.—On the 12th inst., at Sherborne-street, Downharn road, Islington, Miss Mary Lloyd .(formerly of Chelten ham), aged 78. TTERMAN.----On the 9th inst., at Brompton, Catherine, Ellen, third dau g ht er o f F re d er i ck Tyerman, Esq., of Weymouth-street, Portland-place, and New-court, Temple, aged 18 months. WATSON.--01 1 the 10th inst., at Winderm ere , i n the 78th year of her age, Elizabeth. Watson, eldest surviving_ daughter of Richard W a t s on, D.D., l a t e Bi s h o p of Landaff. LONDON : Printed and P üblished by KURD() YOUNd of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Fred') et of the Savoy, in the county of 262 iddlesex, Wednesday, March 16, 1869.: