The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-22 00:00:00

NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar rison from the War Department directing Major- G enera l W. H. Eden, iu command of the troops, to furnish the following officers and reinforcements to embark to-morrow at Southampton for the pur pose of joining the service companies of their re spective regiments in India, viz. :-31 non-commis sioned officers and men of the 18th Royal- Irish ; 1 officer and 66 men of all ranks of the 51st Light In fantry ; 29 men of the 83d ' • 1 captain and 2 sub alterns of the 86th (Royal County Down) Regi ment. Total, 4 officers and 126 men of all ranks, the whole of whom will embark to-morrow on board the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Sultan for Alexandria, and proceed overland to Bombay. The following reinforcements will proceed from Chatham on Saturday next and embark at Graves end for Kurrachee :-76 noncommissioned officers and men of the 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 1 subaltern and 41 men of all ranks of the 27th (Enniskillens), 1 lieutenant and 28 menof the 52d (L. 1.), 1 subal tern and 23 rank and file of the 61st, 1 captain and 8 men of the 70th, 12 rank and file of the 87th (Royal, Irish Fusiliers), 30 non-commissioned offi cers and men of the 94th, and 30 men of all ranks of the 98th ; total 4 officers and 248 men. The fol lowing troops have also received orders to be held in readiness to embark for India :-1 officer and 10 men of the Bth (the King's), Regiment, 11 men of the 10th Foot, 40 non-commissioned officers and men of the 19th, 13 men of the 20th, 78 men of all ranks of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 26 men of the 24th, 1 lieutenant and 27 men of the 29th, 2 subalterns and 26 men of the 32d, 13 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex), 1 officer of the 53d, 2 ensigns and 29 non-commissioned officers and men of the 64th, 1 officer and 16 men of the the 75th, 32 men of all ranks of the 82d, 1 officer and 20 privates of the 84th (York and Lancaster), and 10 men of the the 90th (Light Infantry). During the week ending Saturday upwards of 500 recruits and volunteers arrived at Chatham from the various recruiting districts in this country and Ireland, including a large number of volunteers from the various embodied militia regiments, for the purpose of joining the depot companies of In dian regiments attached to the three battalions of infantry at that garrison. Several movements have taken place in Colches ter camp during the last few days. On Friday the lit bat. of 60th Rifles, 3d bat. of the 60th depot, and 2d and 3d battalions Rifle Brigade leftfor Wiu .. chester, with the exception of - 60 men who are about to be despatched to India. The officers in command were Capt. Biggs, Capt. Battersby, Capt. Rowles, and Lieut. Purdon. These troops are suc -ceeded by the depots of the 19th Regiment Capt. Currie ; 43d, Capt, Holmes; 86th, Capt. Welman; and the let battalion 6th Foot. A further draught of 200 men is expected to be despatched to India, orders having been received to hold that number in readiness for embarkation. A great number of re cruits have joined the camp during the present month, and the huts are consequently crowded. Detachments continue to be forwarded to Land- guard Fort, Harwich, for instruction in musketry. The second battalion 9th Foot, which has been re , crniting at Great Yarmouth, left that town on Thursday evening for Bradford. The battalion has been under the command of Lieut.-Col. Elmhirst, - and during its stay in Yarmouth 200 recruits have been obtained. The War Department having yielded to the re quest of Mr. Mallet, forwarded by the authorities of Woolwich Arsenal, to sanction another series of experiments, the monster mortar has been again dismounted, in order to examine and repair the damages sustained by the late proof in Woolwich marsh. The third experiment may, therefore, be expected to take place during the ensuing mouth of March. At a recent mee'ing of the officers of the select committee it was decided to abandon any further attempt to recover the remainder of the shells used in the former experiments, it being con sidered that the outlay requ'red for that purpose would far exceed their actual value. Meetings composed . of the foremeniAnd workmen of the Roya. arsenal were last week held in the Royal paper - factory, with the view of calling the attention of Lord Panmure to the presumed injustice of a high rate of income tax ordered to be levied on the body through an increase of pay, obtained by over hours and night work, during the two years pending the Russian War. The Royal carriage department, under the sups rintendence of Colonel Tullech, R.A., is actively engaged in forwarding the immediate execution of the outstanding orders for coast defences, which have been unavoidably allowed to fall into arrear. The artificers in that department are therefore ordered to be employed over-hours for that pur pose, so as to turn out in addition to the allotted number of gun-carriages, platforms, &c., one com plete battery per week. Capt. !knee, R.M., left Woolwich garrison on Friday, in compliance with an Admiralty order, for Plymouth, to take command of a picked detach ment of Royal Marines for service on board the 51-gun screw steam frigate Euryalus, Capt. John Tarleton, commissioned for the initiation of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred in the naval service. The newly constructed steam corvette Challenger commenced receiving her machinery of 400-horse power on Saturday in Woolwich basin. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Racer, and the gunboats Mistletoe and Julia, were on Saturday taken into the fitting-basin at Woolwich for the completion of repairs. Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K. C. 8., Co mmander • in-Chief at Portsmouth, changed his flag on board the Illustrious on Saturday from blue to white on promotion, when the usual salute was exchanged with the next in command, Vice-Admiral Martin, who at the same time changed his flag from red at the mizen to blue at the fere on promotion. Rear ' Admiral of the White, the Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, will relieve the latter officer as superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in a few days. The Avon steam vessel, Master-Commander Palmer, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Plymouth with seamen, &c., paid off from her Majesty's ship Encounter, and supernumeraries for the gunnery-ship Excellent, and volunteers for the Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr. The - latter ship is being fitted out for the Mediterranean with all despatch, and has nearly 500 out of her complement of 1,100. She sent up topmasts for trial on Saturday. The Blenheim, 60, Capt. Frances Scott, C. 8., is ready to receive her crew from the Mecander sailing frigate. The Arrogant, 47, screw frigate is expected to be immediately commissioned at Portsmouth. She is quite ready and will be masted in a day or two. • The left wing of the 2d battalion of the 2d Foot will move from Shorncliffe to Portsmouth this day to await embarkation for Malta to join the head quarters, which are on their way thither in her Majesty's steam-troopship Vulcan. The ship Helvellyn, Captain Lash, put in at the Motherbank on Saturday from the Mauritius and St. Helena, bound to London. Owing to the pre • Talent strong easterly winds ' she is 91 days f rom the Mauritius. She brought home staff schoolmas ter Webb, wife and child, Sergeant Campbell, R.E., Corporals C. Bush, S. Gamman, and W. Thomp son, R.E., one wife and two children from the Mauritius. From St. Helena she brought Sergeant J. Harvey, Bombardiers W. Williamson, J. Wil son, J. Butter, J. Pallister, three wives and seven children. The agents to Lloyds (Messrs. Garratt, Gibson, and Sons) at Portsmouth, waited on Col. Wright, the Assistant Quartermaster-General of the South-West district, OR Saturday with a letter from Capt. Lash, representing that in the present state of the wind it might yet be some time before the ship reached Gravesend, and that it would Tench conduce to the comfort of all if they could be landed at Portsmouth , especially with reg ard to the situation of soldier ' s Wright immediately, of the wives. Colonel and most kindly, gave an order to land the they w ere • , •axe troops and women at once, and The Lord Ra n i ashore in Lloyds' cutter. from Deptford for convict ship, Captain Hybert, at Spithead r Swan River with convicts, ar rivedmore. She wilithenyestetrday morning to take in to fill up her allotment for Portland and Plymouth her destination. The frigate Cambrian, ao, e a C. 8., sailed from Plymouth SoPt. J. J.M'Cleveriy • for the China Seas, touching at V ai d on Wedn es d ay The screw steam despatch boat Lynx,aise' 4, Li ut ommander H. Berkeley, havi ng completed e defects ailed on Friday for the West C oast of Africa. The Coast-guard service ship Welling ton, 72 'Capt. John M oore , arr i ve d at Plymouth on Frid a y night from Scotland. The new screw steamship Renown, Capt. A. Forbes, left 9l guns,day. The Alacrity, 'Sheerness on Sat ur da y. The guns, Commander A.Wodebou screw steam gun vessel, seamen pad mar i nesid off at Sheer ness on Saturd a y. H er - been transferred to the Wateurloaonflaghll), w here have they are to remain as su p ernumeraries Ru.sell steamship is ready to p rocee d to Plym outh the The new screw steam corvettee Racoon, outnh.. Capt. J. A. Painter, at Sheerness completed thL adjustment of her compasses on Saturday, and left at 12.20 p.m. yesterday for Portsmouth, where si c w ill receive her orders for her future destination, said to be the Mediterranean. The Royal George, 102 guns , screw steamship, • Master-Commander Wm. Ellis, at Sheerness, pro seeded on a trial trip of her machinery on Thurs day last. The entire For king of her engines was in every respect satisfactory. She returned into har bour again the same day. The new screw steam g day, also vessel Snake, of 4 guns, on th e followin her machinery, made an experimental trip to try which worked satisfactorily. THE rStIN, LONDON, MONDAY' EVIJNING, NORTH OF EUROPE STEAM NAVIGATION CO. A general meeting of the shareholders was held on Friday at the London Tavern ; C. MORRIS N 2 Esq., in the chair. The report, which had been previously circulated among the shareholders, was read. It occupied 15 pages of letterpress. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, after some pre fatory remarks, observed that in the report they had given a sort of approximate estimate of what their property was worth, and the calculated ba lance was about 106,0001. Supposing the items set forth realised what was expected, it would re main to be divided upon the shares, but that was not to be taken as a test as to what the property really was worth. In the amount of 106,0001. they had added the amount of unpaid calls, bills, cash, and open accounts, amounting to 25,8931. ; and, making allowance for bad debts, he hoped there would be in round numbers 25,8001. Their liabili ties were taken at 52,9851. The board had tried to take every item at so low a cost that things could not eventually prove worse than they stated. Then there was the snip and hulk sold in the be ginning of the year at 1,7501., and stores taken a t 3,0001., which had been taken at a very low es timate. The board had taken the lowest estimate, and they hoped that by prudent negotiations they might realise more, and that they knew the worst. But there were two large items which required some comment ; the first was the estimate of 105,000/. for their ships (the directors not pledging themselves to the accuracy of that valuation). It was impossible to say beforehand what they would get for their ships, or whether they would get bidders —it appeared, however, to the directors, that if pa r ti es wan t e d these ships they should pay more than they had estimated them at. If they forced a sale, to say what they would fetch must depend upon circumstances. The next item of uncertainty was the sum of 23,5001. for the factory and plant, it being the original cost, with a depreciation of 5 per cent, per annum which had been written off. The factory at Lowestoft was valuable chiefly to any parties who might require such premises ; these were uncertain matters. Six months ago they had refused to give an estimate on that ground, and partly on motives of policy ; but the board felt they could Lot take that course again. The directors, under the eircumstances of the case, had felt it would be better to give an imperfect esti mate, whereby they found that an additional loss had been incurred, and that things were worse than they had expected they would be. He was sorry to say they had lost little short of 4-sths of their ca pital. Their property had not gone in bad debts ; but though they hid lost no ships, their ships ware comparatively of no value; and thisresult arose from various causes. Their loss was occasioned by trading. Bad debts, interest, payment of dividen out of ca pital, depreciation of stores, Sec., 141,5841; realised and estimated depreciation of ships, factory, Sec., 197,0181., together 338,6021. Then there was the difference of nearly 200,0001. between what the ships originally cost. Then as to sums realised for the ships which had been sold, there was a depreci ation from two causes—the state of the money mar ket and their very old-fashioned wooden paddle vessels, and all the skips bad been injured by sub sequent improvements which had been made. With reference to what the board had done during the last six months, they had two objects in view, as suggested at the last meeting-Ist, to sell the ships; and 2d, to work the ships remaining, to see whether this could be done, and save the company from the loss of the service of their ships. Having taken in review all the details of the position of the com pany, the hon. gentlemansaid there were two courses open to the shareholders to adopt. The company might be put formally in+o liquidation by a resolu tion of a special meeting called for the purpose, and the appointment of liquidators. Or, the manage ment might be left in the hands of the directors, with instructions to use every exertion to effect sales of the property, but without destroying the company's legal existence. It would be for the shareholders to decide between these alternatives. He next alluded to the profit which they had made in the cattle trade during the time of the year it was in operation, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. JACKSON suggested that, instead of proceed ing at once to wind up the company, a new com pany might be formed, and let some of the ships be sold for moneys due. Mr. ABEL, chairman of the late committee of in vestigation, said that, after what they had heard he would ask the proprietors present whether the state ments he had formerly submitted to them respect ing the affairs and management of this unfortunate company were not fully itrztified and substantiated by the disclosures of that day ? It was, lie said, just seventeen months since Sir M. Peto, after de claring a dividend of 8 per cent, out of the profits of the preceding half-year, assured them that, after the most careful examination of the accounts of the company, he was happy to inform them that they had a mos 'L valuable property arising from the trade to the North of Europe, a trade which could not be taken from them ; whereas the report of the late committee informed them that at that very moment there had been a loss of upwards of 4,000/. It was exactly 12 months since a deputation of share holders waited upon Sir M. Peto, who assured them that the dividend of 8 per cent. had been well declared—that all was right with the company, on the strength of and in reliance upon which declare. tions the proprietors parted with their money, and paid up the further call of 51. per share ; that many more persons were by these means decoyed into the company, wherebyithe circle of ruin was greatly extended. With these facts before him, he must express his hope that the attention of Majesty'sher Attorney-General might be called to what had been done ; for whether he looked at the reports from time to time issued to the shareholders, the false dividends which had been declared, and lastly, to the peculiar mode which had been adopted for concealing the truth until that day, when they had bee* permitted to learn that not one-third as was stated in the report of the committee, but four-fifths of their capital had been squandered, he must and did regard the whole proceedings as well deserving of punishment as the conduct of the directors of the Royal British Bank, then under investigation within a few yards of the spot upon which they were then assembled. A very long discussion followed, involving much personal matter, but the original motion was ulti mately carried. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, on the part of the directors, a resolution to the effect that the direc tors be required to realise the assets of this com pany as expeditiously as possible with a -view of winding up. Mr. BAGSHAV► was of opinion that the crncern might be turned to profit. Another long discussion arose, the CHAIRMAN insisting on the fact that by the 13th clause of the 18th and 19th Vic., c. 133, they were bound to wind up when they bad lost three-fourths of their capital. Amidst conflicting opinions the result was, that the meeting was adjourned to that day four weeks on the motion of Mr. MalMs, in order that tune- might be given equally to the directors and shareholders to mature some decided plan of ope rations. RISE Or RENTS IN SOOTLIIND.—The farms on the estates of the Earl of Fife in Scotland, which had just run out of lease, have been /eased again for 19 years, chiefly to the former tenants, at rents ranging from 200 to 300 per cent. above the former rates. A similar ris•J of rents has taken place in several other parts of Scot land. Tag PAPER DUTY.—On Wednesday evening a meet ing of about 1,000 people took place at the Assembly room, Manchester, to advocate the repeal of the duty on paper. Mr. George Wilson presided. Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., who had a most enthusiastic reception from the crowded audience, said the meeting had been called by the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, and his object in joining the society had been partly commercial and partly political. The taxes on knowledge, said to have been imposed for purposes of revenue, really were imposed for the purpose of restricting the press. The object of the society was to obtain the total repeal of the duty on paper, and he denied that there was any necessity to wait until there was a surplus of revenue. Sir Robert Peel commenced his revision of our fiscal system with a deficiency, and in 11 years, ending in 1352, had removed 7,000,1001. of taxes with a gain of 5,000,000/. to the revenue. Dr. Watts had almost demonstrated that by repealing the paper duty there would be in a very short period no loss whatever, as the increased use of the articles paying duty consequent upon the measure would soon compensate for the loss. Ile contended that commercially the paper duty wag mis chievous, g i v i ng an a d vantage to f ore i gn manu f ac tu r ers, who. had su p p l ante d us i n Ind i a and our own co l on i es . A. paper manufacturer in the neighbourhood had informed non that he formerly supplied Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, but that of late the French and the Belgians had entirely driven him out of the market—a re,ult, no doubt, attributable theto tba pernicious influence of our Excise R ay o s h te s m e O . to the [ADVItIiTISICIIENT I security syatem f Com motion of Dr. Watte, a petition and the paper du ,s t sm.irr; claammpbhepi,poyftli baaetairnScrofula.—COPY Effectual in the Cure of °l"a -the meeting separated. praying for the repeal of the yowinatsmarndotpatnedd, Palls lig3l.:—.To Professor liolloway of a letter from e l te t z t.es el l „ T 4 theerflo!derful ef6.:- 'tth this cagy of your medicineaaminw. ° so f = y w e as ars sev i e n r d e e ly ed so bad th atw AseiveerarappAleariiniertniecfneoddr ienhctiurpaberlesu. persuaded Itli. experienced yupyt that he shuorpgeeso of f s s r a e i c d: v h er e y w a as fri medicines, and the consequence was, entirely got rid of his complaint,"—Sold by all now cine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Ro l loway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London ; and 80 Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stempa, Conetanti nople; A, Guidicy, Smyrna; and E, Muir, Malta. LA W INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 20. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Common Jury.) APPLETON Y. MORSE.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF 31.1RRIAGE. Miss Jane Appleton, the plaintiff, sued Mr. Thos. Morse, the defendant, to recover damages for breach of his promise to marry her, and he pleaded that they had agreed that the contract should be rescinded, but he did not appear per sonally or by counsel to support his defence. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Pearce appeared for the plaintiff. Phinn, in opening the case, said the plaintiff was the daughter of a tradesman of great respect 1- bility, and she sued the defendant in conscqnence of a most wanton breach of his premise to marry her. Cases of this kind presented an infinite variety of circumstances. Sometimes they came before a jury in a very mitigated form, but other times they called for very serious and grave reprehension ; and he had hardly ever heard of a case that re quired more unqualified condemnation on the part of every one who heard of the conduct of the de fendant than this did. The defendant was a pub lican keeping the Chester Arms, in Bunhill-row, and in the course of his business he became acquainted with Mr. Forrester, a collector to a brewer, who had married the sister of the plaintiff. The acquaintance between the plaintiff and defen dant took place early in last year, the introduction being at a place which seemed favourable to intro ductions of the kind—the Crystal Palace—and the date was Good Friday. The defendant seemed much smitten by the plaintiff's attractions, and proposed to visit her on the following Sunday, and matters progressed so rapidly that, on the 28th of April, a correspondence commenced with which he need not trouble them in detail, there being about forty letters, but he would read one or two as a sample. The learned counsel then read the following letters : _ _ _ " London, 14th May, 1856. " MY DEAR JANE, —By that name I feel I ought to address you. lam afraid I cannot accept your kind invitation to tea on Sunday afternoon, but I shall have infinite pleasure in being with you from six to seven o'clock, and have the satisfaction of spending a faw hours in your agreeable society. I got home safe and sound the ()Una: n.glit, and at your sister's shutters rapped, but her was in the arms of Morpus—(a laugh)—enjoying a sweet sound sleep. Regretting I have net the pleasure of being so situated ; but perhaps the day is not far distant. I hope, my dear, that you are enjoying good health, as this delightful weather must be fine in your part. Don't be surprised if you see me some fine morning to taste your hot rolls and butter. (Laughter.) With my best respects to your bro ther, tell him the order for the theatre next week will be safe. Expecting to hear from you I remain, my dear Jane, " Yours affectionately, " THOMAS MORSE." "London, 26th May, 1857. "MY DRAB JANE,—On Sunday much solace and comfort did your kind, feeling, and affectionate note convey to my heart, for which permit me to offer you my warmest and fondest thanks, parti cularly coming from the hand of a lady where one is fondly attached. lam now most happy to iu form you I am much better, and able to assist in my business alittle. To-morrow (Wednesday) being the Derby day, I don't feel well enough for the bustle, but propose calling upon your niece, in the Clapham-road, to-morrow afternoon, so I may see many folks return. If you are not otherwise en gaged, I will meet' you at your sister's, Mrs. For rester's, to-morrow afternoon, say six o'clock (not to tea). I hope, my dear Jane, you are in go d health and spirits. I have had a sharp bout of it. I compare myself to a mushroom, down at night and up in the morning. (Loud laughter.) Taking word from your note, I wish we was differently situated, that we may love and cherish each other in sickness and in health. With my warmest at tachment and fondest lore, " I am, yours, " THOMAS MORSE." "Bunhill-row, 2nd July, 1357. "MY DEAR JANE,—I have no doubt you con sider my last very short, but I was so very late and unable to see my friend after I left you. I did not feel inclined to chance the tickets for the dinner of yesterday, and considering the weather I do not feel disappointed. To-morrow (Friday) being generally a quiet day with us, I shall have much pleasure in seeing you here with your sister, or by yourself, to tea. I shall be at home at balf-pas , , five o'clock, if that time will be convenient tJ you. You must not expect ceremonies in the house of a widower, without the important piece of furniture ; but I trust it is already manufactured and only re quires a slight remove. (Laughter.) I begin now, my. dear, to feel that after enjoying a delightful share of happiness for years, and now living sn^h an unsettled life makes one feel dejected, and such feeling must be removed. Is there such a party that can do it ? Yes. Trust you are well, as lam quite so. _ _ "I remain, my dear Jane, yours affectionately, lIIO3IAS MORSE." The correspondence went on, and it was now neces sary to call their attention to a very serious feature of the case. While this tender sa-respondence was going on this gentleman thought it better to have a second string to his bow, and he made the ac quaintance of a young lady named Wells, who was a barmaid, and who had gone to live with Mrs. Sandell, who kept a public-house in the Borough. He paid Miss Wells the most devoted attention, and he, in fact, divided his time between her and Miss Appleton. But in the course of her acquaint ance with Miss Wells - he was introduced to her mistress, Mrs. Sandell, and one occasion, on going into her cellar to mix her beer and gin, he made love to Mrs. Sandell, and after some mouths she had the honour of becoming Mrs. Morse. He was making love to all three at the same time—Miss Appleton, Miss Wells, and Mrs. Sandell—but, as usual on these occasions, the widow carried the day. (A laugh.) The plaintiff was, of course, utterly ignorant of these proceedings, but, unhappily fcr the defendant, his own barmaid seemed to resent his conduct, and she disclosed the fatal secret, that while Miss Wells was visiting him he was terribly afraid lest the widow should drop in to supper. In September or October, he told her that th e w id ow was to become Mrs. Morse, and that without any remorse on his part. His barmaid expressed great surprise, and he said, "I have found out that the widow has a deal more money than Miss Apple ton," that young lady's fortune being 1,0001. Under these circumstances, there was no alternative but to bring this action. Of course, there were many laughable incidents in cases of this kind, but \ though they mi g ht b e move d to laughter', he trusted that they would bear in mind the serious injury that had been inflicted on the plaintiff. Mrs. Sarah Forrester—On Good Friday last I and my husband proposed to go to the Crystal Palace, and told Mr. Morse so. He said—" If your sister (the plaintiff) goes, I will make one of the party." We all went to the Palace, and aft! r that the defendant frequently visited the plaintiff at my house. He paid attentions to my sister. He had seen her frequently before, and he asked me to make an appointment for him. He said it was his wish to be introduced to my sister, to become her husband, and I introduced him on that footing. After that I had conversations with the defendant in reference to his approaching marriage. Abut June last he produced to' mo a wedding-ring. It was put into my hand to look at, and [ said I hoped my sister would not regret wearing it. He said —"lf I did not think of getting a good wife, I would go and jump into the Thames." (Laughter.) On another occasion we were talking about getting married, and I said, you are not I:ke a giddy young man ' • perhaps you will b e marr i e d qu i et l y . The Lord Chief Justice—What is his age? Witness—About 45, I should say. He said, " Quite right." He paid his attentions to my sister down to October or November last. He visited my Aster at my house at times, and I fre quently accompanied her to his house. In October or November I heard of his marriage with another lady. To the Lord Chief Justice—He did not visit so frequently at the latter part of the time. He made excuses. He said he had a lawsuit on hand, which prevented him coming. He never said he did not intend to marry my sister. Miss Jana Carr—ln the early part of last year I was living as barmaid with the defendant. Ile keeps a public-house, No. 62, Bunhill-row, Luke's. About Easter ho said he had some friends coming to tea, and Miss Appleton and Mr. and Mrs. Forrester came. About a month of er he showed me a ring, and told me that it was a wedding sing, and he intended to be married to Miss Appleton. About two months afterwards he visited Mr. and Mrs. Neale at Putney, and on that occasion he told me he was going to be married 'to Miss Appleton. He gave me directions on the fol lowing morning to measure the swiss for a new carpet, and asked me to tell him what furniture was required, as Mrs. Morse was coming home. About midsummer ho mentioned Miss Wells t. me. He said he had commenced a correspondence' with Miss Wells, who was then living as bat mairl at Mr. Thor! , et t'-', the Cloth workers' Arms, Arlington-street, Islington. He said she had 500/. Mr. Thornett got married soon afterward s and Mi ss Wells left.. The defendant mentioned to me that he had been to see Miss Wel's at her new d him e place, M rs . Sandell's ) and that Mrs. Sandell had. as k to go into the cellar to make up her g i n and b eer, which he d i d, l eav i ng a man named G ood t during his absence. play the am i a bl e t o Mi ss Wells (Laughter.) He always give me to understand that Miss Appleton was to be my future mistress. Miss Appleton and her sister used to come, and he always made excuses to get them out of the way in time for Mrs. Sandell to come. He used to Fee them to an omnibus and then re turned with Mrs. Sandell in a cab. He showed me letters from Mrs. Sandell. The Lord Chief Justice—You were his general confidant then Witness—About the 15th October he said he was going to be married to Mrs. Sandell. I expressed my surprise, and asked him v.ihat Miss Appleton would say ? He laughed, and said the widow had the most money, and old fools were at all times the worst of fools. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice—Who was the old fool, Mrs. Sandell ? What ale was Miss Appleton ? Witness—About 44. Mrs. Sandell was about 50. He discharged• me, telling me he was married to Mrs. Sandell. Mr. Charles Berry—About Easter I had a con versation with the defendant as to his approach ing marriage. He mentioned Miss Appleton. Afterwards ho said he had gone to visit a young lady of the name of Wells, and bad so become acquainted with Mrs. Sandell. He said he Eaw Mrs. Sandell, and she said, " I suppos o y ou are a publi can ?" lle replied that ho was, and she then asked him to go down to look at her stack and at things in the cellar. (Laughter.) I told him I thought it was a very good op laing—(loud laugh ter)—bat he said that Mrs. Sandell had pail 4,0001. some odd hundreds for her house, and had Lesides 1901. or 1191. a-year fro m p roper t y. Th e defendant has since introduced me to Mrs. Sandell by the name of Mrs. Mors©. The defendant has a lease of his house at Bunhill-row, of which 30 years are unexpired. It is worth 7001. I used to visit him twice a-week. At one time he used to be doing a good huminess there, but as ROM as he took up with this scheme of getting a wife he rather neglec ted his business. (A laugh.) The Lord Chief Justice said be did not think there was any great deal of romance in this matter; the defendant W 33 40 or 50, the lady was on the wrong side of 40, and the lady he had married was older than either. Still a woman who had lost an eligible settlement, and who found herself jilted, was entitled to damages. On the other hand, when he looked at the defendant's conduct he could not sea anything in his favour. Veid_et for tho phintiff—Daina,?;es, 3001. LANCASTER .ASSIZAS. ['CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) LANCASTER, SATURDAY. This morning, Thonsa3 Kershaw, 19, factory worker, and Catherine Kershaw, 53, his mother, were placed in the dock, indicted for having, at Over Darwen, near Blackburn, on the 13th of Jan. last, feloniously, &e., killed Robert Kershaw. Thomas Kershaw was also indicted with having committed the said murder, and Catherine Kershaw with having feloniously, &e., received, harboured, and maintained Thomas Kershaw, knowing him to have committed the crime. in addition, Thomas Kershaw was inclieed for having, in Preston Gaol, attacked James Collinge, with intent to do bodily harm. To the first count in the indictment both prison ers pleaded not guilty. To the second, charging Thomas Kershaw with the attempt upon James Collings, he (the prisoner Thos. Kershaw) pleaded guilty, although it was agreed previously not to take his plea. the night r of theine l ar u b h 2re ja cl u. t , h f a o t ul das id ec i e nh e i d s c la ia s, r, u w p i o t n h ab l t w l il4 6 l4 wounds in his head, and with various other injuries inflicted upon his body, which was covered by several cwts. of coal. The chief witness called was Thos. Kershaw, the brother of the first and son of the second prisoner. He said that on going home on the afternoon of the 13th January, the prisoner said he found the dead body of his father upon the hearth-stone, in the kitchen, and said that his "mother had done it," and that he had taken the body into the cellar and covered it with coals. The female prisoner, who, by the coroner's jury was discharged, but who was ultimately apprehended on a warrant issued by the magistrate, from the first denied any knowledge of the murder, saying that she left the prisoner Thomas and the deceased, when they began to quarrel. But the evidence of witness, both in court and before the coroner, showed that she must at least have washed up from the floor of the kitchen the blood that flowed from the old man's head. Witness next stated the circumstances which led to the discovery of the old man's body. Several other members of the family dttailed slight circumstances showing that for five or six years the prisoner Thomas had not been of sound mind. The last important witness called was Robert Fletcher Kershaw, the eLiest son of the deceased, to whom the prisoner Thomas first stated that ho had taken the body into the cellar. This witness was the first person to gi;e information to the police. • Amongst other things this witness said in substance that durin g the last 12 mouths the pri soner Thomas had been constantly reading the Thble, and believed from reading the Books of Eze krel and the Revelations of St. John, !hat the of Goa there predicted was now ta ki ng p l ace, thatgird their whole time and all their minds to study the injury of their neighbours, bus that ho was de stieed to be the great deliverer. He (the prisoner) also believed that the deceased was the principal man among the Gogites, and that he was conspiring to have an improper intimacy with his eldest daugh ter, with the intention to charge that offence upon him (Thomas), who therefore believed it was bis duty to destroy that influence. He (the prisoner) also believed constantly that the Emperors of Rus sia and France intended to invade this country. Ho also talked of going to America to see Kossuth and other patriots , and of afterwards goi ng t o the President of the United States, who, h e b e li eve d, would give him an army with w h ich he believed he was destined g to prevent an i nvas i on o f E nglan d and , done that, that h e was with it to pur sue the Gogites until he had tho roug hly r id the earth of them. After the examination of thi s w it ness, M r. Over end,having Q. C. (who was with Ur. R. A. Cross, M. P., for the prosecution , Mr. Ovens def en di ng the male, and Mr. Wigham the female prisoner) said he next prr p-sed to call a medical wit ness , w h o h a d seen the prisoner Thomas in Preston Gaol. Baron Martin said he did not sea What more could be wanted. If the last witness was to be be lieved, and he had given his evidence in a most proper manner, there was no doubt the prisoner Thomas was insane ; the only question was as to the female prisoner, and up to that moment he (the Judge) had. not a word of evidence as• against her upon his notes. Some further evidence was then given bearing wholly upon the conduct of the female prisoner, and subsequently the Judge said he was of opinion there was no evidence against the woman. Mr. Overend.—She wiped up the blood. The Judge.—Probably; and did other things ; but that is only destroying evidence, and, accord ing to my own inc!ination, I do not sea any one can tell me to the contrary, that to destroy the evidence is only equivalent to proving a person accessory after the fact. _ After this remark some discussion took place, and on the part of the prosecution, it was admitted there ~n ce against th e f ema l e prisoner. addr , s3ing the jury, S3i , J, if lha was no they agreed with him, and thought it unnecessary to go any further with the case as to the female prisoner, against whom there was no evidence, 1 hey would acquit her. As to the male prisoner, the only question was, "Did they (the jury) believe him to be insane 1" and, from the evidence h,:fore them, he (the Judge) did not see how they could come to any other decision. Shortly afterwards, ,the jury returned a verdict , of not guilty, as regarded the fema l e pr i soner, an d of not guilt y the male prisoner, who will therefore be imprisoned during her upon the ground c f imanity against Majesty's pleasure. The female pii soner was ultimately discharged. THE CHARGE OF ARSON AGA INST A COTTON SPINNER . George Th wa i tes, a cotton sp i nner a t E uxt oil , was arraigned on a c h arge o f h av i ng set fire to a cotton mill at Eu x t on with i nten t to defraudheMan chester Insurance Ganpany. Holden, who was also indicted for the same offence, had pleaded guilty. _... Lie Attorney -General (with Mr. Assheton Cross) appeared on the part of the prosecution ; and the defence was entrusted to Mr. Monk. The Attorney -General (Mr. Bliss) in opening the case, stated that the case upon which the prisoner would bs tried was that of tieing accessory before the fact of setting fire to the mil!, the principal having pleaded guilty. It would be necessary in the course of this investigation to call this man Holden before them, as his evidence was the only evidence upon which the prisoner could be cot: victed. The learned gentleman then went through the details of the case. The evidence adduced went to show that the prison« r Thwaitcs was a cotton spinner and millowner at Euston; and had insured his mill in the Manch ster Insurance Company. On the 10,11 Nov., 1857, the mill was burnt, and Mr. Thwaites then made out a claim upon the company for the sum of 2,4341. 7s. 10d. The company sell,' their agent to investigate the matter, and he ap plied to the prisoner to know if he had a valuation, and was informed that he had one made in August The agent expressed his surprise that one should be made at tat time of the year, when it trans pired that Mr. Thwaites was i❑ treaty for a loan of 1 ,700 1 . Upon the Machinery, and had got it valuo:1, FEBRUARY 22, 16NS to satisfy the parties that it was worth the money. -• The agent applied for the name of the valuer, but of that Mr. Thava,ites was net aware, and only knew that he resided at Stockport. A good deal <f stress was laid- upon this, but it transpired on cross examination that a few days after Mr. Thwaites sent the gentleman's name and address. The claim not being paid, Mr. Thwaites threatened an action, and ultimately an arrangement was come to that Mr. Thwaites should bo paid the sum of 2,334/. is. 10d., being 100/. less than his claim. A. deal of unimportant evidence was introduced having no reference to the case, until we come to that of the felon James Holden, who was formerly a carder in Mr. Thwaites' employ, at 12s. per week, and had been with him four years the first time, and at out four months the last. Holden said—" In Nov. last I went into the office for a 'step' fir an old scutching machine, when Mr. Thwaites said I must burn the mill down on Tuesday night, and he would give me 100/. He said he would be in Manchester that day, and would come down when he heard that the mill was on fire, and would appear to be very sorry. He said it would be a good thing for the hands, for he should gat 2,6701 , and would have a new mill in three months, and if it was not, burnt he should have to stop the mill. He said he would give me 100/., but only has given me 61., in one and two pounds at a time. I wont into the mill 'about ten at night, slept till about 12, and then struck a watch and set fire to some old cotton. I saw Thwaites in-the morning, and he said, It's all right, keep your counsel and I'll keep mine." The witness on cross-examination said he had never once asked Mr. Thwaites forany part of the 100/. since the fire, but Mr. Thwaites had given him money, telling him it was for setting the mill on fire. It was on such a declaration as this, in the first instance made by Holden when in a state of intoxication, that both he and Thwaites were apprehended. It transpired that both pri soners when in the lock-up at Chorley had been subjected to an examination which was•taken down by one of the police—a practice which his lordship strongly condemned, as the statements extracted from them were now produced as evidence. His lordship in summing up said it was a rule in law that when a case depended upon the evidence of such as Holden, it was not worth much unless stiongly cor roborated, not by collateral circumstances but by direst evidence, and the only corroboration of the evidence given by Holden was the examination the pulic--office. Such evidence aught to be strongly corroborated, for if it were believed in its- lf every man would be at the mercy of another who having committed a crime wanted to shield himself at the expense of others. The question for them to consider was, whether Holden was a man to be believed, and was the corroborative testimony such as under the circumstances was strong enough tor them to convict upon. The jury did not leave the box, and in a very short time returned a verdict of acquit' al. A buzz of approbation ran through the court. TRIAL OF TILE ROYAL B.! DIRECTORS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, (Sitting at Niel Pries before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V, BROWN AND OTHERS. SEVENTH DAY. [The thllerving appeared in-successive editions of The Sun of Saturday : The trial of the information against the directors and manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cus tomers and the public, was this day resumed. The same counsel appeared 'as before. Mr George Anderson was called and examined by Mr. Atherton with reference to the past due billy and p at due bills book having reference to the advances made by the bank, most of which had been the subject of le quiry in the early part of these proceedings. He stag d he found the bills had been classified on the sth April, 1853, as follows : good bills, 17,1531 ; doubtful, 4 3171. 15s 41 ; bad, 6.628/. 3s 7d • ' bills in 17 1541. 7s 4d ; and under legal pro. cess, 4,945/. 55 Bd. The classification commenced on tte 31st Dec„ 1851, between th-ee dates no addition had been made to the past duet bills, the outstanding accetnit remaining the same. A " money lodged and lent bottle' was kept ; all the past clue bills and loans were shown in it. None of their bad bills were written off as " despe rate," but carried on as securities, up to 29th Augu-t, 1853. The amount of past due bills at that time was 24,260/. 163, being an increase of 5,000/. or 6,0001 since December, 1851 ; the past duel tans were, at that time, 10,7591. 15e 61 from that date to the 18th June, 1855. On the 31st December, 1853, the outstanding due bills were 24,706/. 14s 7d ; on 3d April, 1854, 32,304/. 13s 41 ; on 30th June, 37,0181. 14s ld ; on 4th Sept., 40,3951. 11e 2d ; on 30th Oct , 50,599/. 19. lid ; on 25th Nov., 56,8981. 4s l i ; on 3d Jan., 1855, 73,416/. 13s 7d ; on 12th Feb., 78,203/. lsld ; on 12th March, 82,276/. 6s lld ; on 12 :h 83,921/. 18+ 101; on 14th May, 88,0101 14, ; on 18th June, 88,8441. 191 5d ; and on 21st July, 92,328/. 8s Bd, including 21,117/ 2s 2d, De Tart's dishonoured bids ;un 6th August, 1855, the past due bills amounted to 68,8581. 133 5d ; lit September, 70,325/. 5s B.i ; and on 17th Oct., 71,634/. 3s. Past due loan , out standing on 18th June, 1855, amounted to 16,3271. 13s lld ; bills continued with collateral security, 3,3261. Os ld. Past due loans on Ist September, 1855, amounted to 20,4771. 133 lid ; bills continued, &c., 24,3431. 43 31. Oe 17th Sept. past due roans were 51,073/. 2e 10d; bills on collateral security, 24 3431. 8s 3d. The past due loans at this time, including Mr. IL Brown's, brought from convertible securities, amounted to 29,1851. 18s 10.1. Up to December, 1855, the past due bills were 63,7561. 73 41 ; the past -Le loans, 17,7421. Os ld. ; bills continued, &0., 24,7841. lie 9d : making a total of 106,2821. 19, 21. Ti e "green ledger" commenced earls in 1854, at. d was kept by Mr. Cameron, junior, and Mr. Munro. The accounts transferred from the other b.ioks at first were written by Mr. Crawford. All the offioal 8 had access to it. It contained the names of the hat k officials only. In it were the accounts of Mr. Bari g (director), Brown (director), Barnard (cashier), Cocora, e (director), Clarke (director), Cameron (general manage, ), Chandler (auditor), Gsynne (director), Kennedy (direc tor), Logan (late clerk), Maigregor (director), M'Cioud (director), Mullens (late solicitor), Napier (late acc ue s taut), Owen (director), Paddison (solicitor), Ruetiin (director), the two Mr. Valiants ( lirectore), and Wal ton (director). During the illness of Mr. Cameron, he was unable to say if the " green ledger" was from time to time before Mr. Esdaile. Mr. Atherton said he wag prepared to show the state of the accounts for 1850. Sir F. Kelly, said it waif not required, became it was not i 9, this information. The amount of bills on whiCh he calculated iiitere.it in 1855 was 46,389/. 14s 7d, the interest was 2,6741. 2s 10 1, which was carried to profit. He was directed not t calculate interest en certain bills after 1855, up to 16,0351. By Mr. Sergeant Shea—The value of the bills for calculating interest was ascertained front a knowledge of the parties. The witness was then cross-examined on the balance. sheet of 1855. It was a dry and tedLius process, utterly uninteresting and unintelligible without the document-. He adAed that he had bi-, suspicion when he was told by Mr. Barnard not to value certain bills for interest in Jane ix Juiy, 1855; that they were bad. It he had known any part of the bills were bad he should have gone to the directors and taken their instructions thereon. A provision was made for bad debts in the balance-sheet is addition to the reserved fun i ; Mr. Stapleton joined the bank after the publication of the balance-itheet in June, 1855. _ . Sir F. Kelly examined the witness as. to the drawing up of the balance-sheet of 1855, which was reported to him, and net a report of vvhicu be took part in producing. Lord Campbell —There is nothing on the face of this balance-sheet that would undeceive him. He id not see the balance sweet bet ire it was pridted, he did not know who gave i.structions what skould be left out and what retained. By Mr. James—He never eaw an item for past due bills in the reports of Bugli,h Joint Stock Banks ; ti.e sum of 89,0001. past due bills contained a portion of Brown's debt, for which the Bank held securities ; it in cluded some of Oliver's and.Da Tart's liabilities, 21,0001. for which th© bank held a second mortgage ; it al,o included Macgregor's and .Mullens' debt.. Mr. S6rgeant _ Shea—The balance-shoet printed fix circulation is only an abstraot of the balance-sheet. The Jury said they were quite aware of that. Lord Campbell—So far as I understand no objection is taken to the tom] of the abstract. By Mr, Slade—Mr. Owen (director) bad a credit alance of 891. when ti'e bank failed. By Mr. Huddleston-41r. Brown had advanced to him at Vie b, ginning of 1854 12,0001. on hills, for which he gave security, the Helen Lindsay, the Magdalena, and the Hero, and lodged a bid of sale of them. Early in March that sum had been paid off, and before the mortgage was given to Mr. Walton. . A juryman complaine.. , that in crost. , ,xamining the witness allu , tion had been made to other Joint Stocks by name in compathon with this, relative to the loitu of their balance-sheet, which he thought a di&hontair. Mr. James Said he had done so merely to show the form used. Lord Campbell said he thought the form unobjec tionable. Mr. James said be used it merely to show that the forms were such as ought to be used by alt joint-stock banks as being unexceptional. Lord Campbell said he thought they had better not enter on such topics. By-Sir F. Thesiger—He never knew of the bank writ ing off a bad debt. One of the balance-sheets contained an entry of only 3071. when they am-noted to 3.2171. There were similar discrepancies in other balance-sheets. Mr. Barnard was next called. He deposed that he was cashier to the bank from 1849 to 1856, when he took the management of the Holborn branch. The witness deposed to his attendi, g the finance committee and the meetings of the directors. He had no doubt he had called the directors' attention to the past-due bills ac count end other matters connected with the bank, but" he could not say who were present on that occasion. He also spoke of the past-due bills book and other books being constantly laid before the directors at the meetings. He made out a list of bills during Cameron's illness, which he marked bad, doubt ful, and good, and be discussed the ma ter with him on his recovery, there was but a slight difference in the estimate,. The witness then entered into detail.,sho wing th,:r various transactions in which he had persot al communication with the directors and general manager on the busin-es of the bank. By Mr. Sergeant Shea —ln May, 1855, he believed the bank was trite solvent, and he bad no idea of its • stoppage until within a short period of it, suepeusion. He bad no idea, in 1855, teat one quarter of the capital and the reserved fund had been lo,t. He believed the Wadi works would ultimately turn out a fortune. The business up to December, 1855. bad greatly improved and increased. The lasses were greater aid the profit.; less in a new concern than one long estab lished. The bank were beginning to find out tho,e cus tomers, and close their accounts, wholwanted to swindle them. Mr. Kennedy introduced his brother-in-law ' Mr. Spends, to - the b bilk, and also his mother-in-law,, Lady *Valiant, wha was a creditor of the bunk to the extent of 6001 • By Sir F. Kelly—When Mr. Stapleton joined the hank he transferred his acctrun e t n fr t o h ri ba, Ba ik pe rc . l t a o y p ari . t i l he Co ; :e , , i paying is 1,178/.19, sd, and ,vh 82rn1.,7e1f81.r friend. to his credit. He paid 1,0 rodit. He neverha o , o l or for on his originalmodationior shares, calls on them. Mr. told bad since Stapleton d 5 .: e e l c l o t . t/r. and a t f h o e r d b i a v n i ( k ie his proportion of salary as ds. y m t a n d o e sh o a u r t eh r o t lu w ie a r s s. s . ubmitted t A o ft t e h r e au the d b i a to la r n s appointed He a private friend in 1855 to idn the concern from a sincere belief it was a prosperou 4 one. Mr. &giallo devoted hi s t i me a-siduously f..r the benefit of the bank. The bank had 48,0001. in money when it stopped. They paid away 200 0001. a few days before the stoppage. By Mr. Slade—Mr. Owen bad a cash balance at the sk. He slways appeared to evind the greatest anxiety for the pro-verity of the tank. By Mr. Hoddleston—lt was at his suggestion Mr Brown paid in a cheve of 181. 14s. when he opened hi, account with the bank. Witness asked him to let }run "clear" it, seeing it amongst Mr. Brow,p's papers. Mr. Brown had paid 400 0001. in to his credit at the bans. Till 24th March Mr. Brown's balance was over 5,0001. By Mr. Lawro s—M'Cloud was inspecting manager of the branches. He never bad any accommodation from the bank. His attention was more directed to the branches than the principal office. He discharged his duty with a desire to serve the bank. By Mr. Seymour—He was unable to say if Mr. M'Cloud invested the money- settled on his marriage with Miss Cameron in the Royal British Bank shares, Mr. Cameron's drawing account was generally in a very good condition. The list of past due obligations were wade out at Mr. Cameron's request. He calculated the bad bills at 12,0001., and Mr. Cameron at 21,0001. Mr. Cameron leaving the bank, and the run that took plaze on it from the attacks in the papers, materially contributed to its stoppage. Mr. Brown commenced his account with the bank with a discount similar to the course adopted at the Bank of England, Mr. H. Empeon recalled—Heproved being instructed to proceed for the recovery of debts owing to the bank. Sir F. Thesigi . , r_proposed to put Mr. Esdaile's affida vit under the Winding-up Act as evidence against him self, as to his . knowledge of the affairs of the bank. " Sir F, Kelly, Mr. Boyill, Mr, James, and Mi, ICen. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. On Thursday the annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Cornr,any Was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Samuel Gur ney, M.P., deputy-chairman of the board of direc tors, in the chair. An abstract of the report has already been pub lished. The CHAIRMAN apologised for the absence of Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., the chairman of the company, who was prevented from attending by the serious illness of his wife. He then moved the adoption of the report, and accompanied the motion with some remark upon the accounts which, he said, had been duly audited. Since the report was issued the ar rears in calls had been reduced from 1,0001. to 2001. The present arrears, 'therefore, were exceedingly small, considering that the capital amounted to 350,000/. With reference to laying down the cable across the Atlantic, be attributed the non-suc cess of that operation to the want of time, which prevented the paying out machinery being tested before it was put into actual use. The expe rience gained by the attempt of last year, however, had satisfied the engineer and directors of the ulti mate success of the undertaking, and if their hopes in that respect should be realised this year, the money already expended would not have been ill spent. After the fullest consideration it had been determined that the next attempt should be made with 2,900 miles of cable, and as the expense of manufacturing the additional cable would be con siderable and as it was desirable that a good sum should be avail Lble in reserve, they proposed to authorise tae issue of 75,0001., in shares of 201. eaoh. He was happy to say that nearly 25,0001. of this sum hal already been subscribed for by 97 shareholders. Instead of the original agreement with the projectors, which gave them a right to half of all the dividends over 10 per cent., enabled them to prohilit ithe issue of further capital, and to interfere in an objectionable manner with the responsible managers of the company, a new ar rangement had been entered into between the di rectors and projectors, which it was deemed would be of considerable advantage to the compa iy. Under it the projectors relinquished all their rights and privileges on receiving 3,750 shares of 20/. each, fully paid up, which thee undertook not to sell or dispose of in any way until the cable should be laidfend working. The board unenimous , y recem mended the adoption of this arrangement. In conclusion, the chairman expressed his contideuce in the success of the enterprise in hand, and his satisfaction that that confidence was shared in by the proprietors at large. They had indeed, b e slid, every stimulus to success. Subsidised by two power ful governments, protected by grants, in the nature of patent rights, which secured to them all the eastern front of North America, as far south as any telegraphic cable could be prat i all submerged between Europe and America, and possessing as they did exclusive traffic arrangements with a vast telegraphic system in the United States and in British North America, extending over 40,000 miles, they would readily believe that their under taking, in addition to being one of the grandest national and scientific effoits of the age, would, in all probability—and most justly and deservedly so —be also one of the most remunerative. (Cheers.) Mr. BUSHELL seconded the motion. He said the Atlantic telegraph once laid would connect every commercial city of Europe with every commercial city in the United States and in British America. Arrangements wore in progress for laying the cable from Florida to Cuba, so as to connect both coun tries with the West India Islands, and fur extending the line from the Mississippi to San Francisco and California. _ _ _ Afters few words from Mr. LLOYD, in the course of which ho strongly enforced the propriety of avail ing themselves of every practical suggestion that could be afforded them in order to prevent future failures, the resolution was carried unanimou-ly. Several routine resolutions, relating to matters of organisation, having been carried without opposi tion, it was determined, upon modons moved and seconded by Colonel Everest, Mr. Sandbach, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Truman, and others, to issue 3,550 new shares of 201. each, and to cal ry out the no v arrangement with the projectors of the company which 'had been described by the chairman. A vote of warm and hearty thanks was then passed to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New York, for the great services which he rendered to the com pany ; and the proceedings terminated with a similar comrliment to the chairman and board of directors, for the zeal and assiduity with which they had laboured to carry out the objects of the under taking. THE SALMON FISHERY IN SCOTLAND.—The netaa!mon fishery in the rivers of Scotland has been up to the ave rage, but few have yet been caught by the line. 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Im p ortant Caution a gainst the fear ful d.tngers of siairious inlikations.7--The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Woud granted an lujimetion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." nedy objected to the recep' ion of the evidence at the present time. I,,rd Carnph(l! iof,k time to coi•sider the point. Mr. Paiidi ,, on was then tx ,minett i re!ernce to the new is , u, of tthare, after Feb., 1855. The evidence occupied the court till its risiog. MORTALITY IN BARRACKS. The following letter has bee❑ addressed to the editor of The Times : Sir,—A very pat tiotic work you have undertaken, and much good will arise ft ou- your exposure of "the frightful barrack abomination." But it is in error that "you wonder military men, highly placed, and i❑ the highest rank, have not exerted themselves to pr ,, cure some small improvement in the barracks and diet, Sic., of,the private soldier." One Military man a least itiii so, hin a low rank and a high rank ; he never ceased to do so. The late Sir Charles Napier strove long and earnestly to ob aiu improved barracks for the soldier; he did so in all parts of the world where he served. That he did so in the lonian Islands may be seen in his publications relative to those islands; and in his coir spoudence thence, as shown in " His Life and Opinions." That he did so when he commanded, the northern district of England may be seen also in the corres pondence given in the "Life ;" and those are hut a scanty selection from his public let' els on the. sub ject addressed to the Secretary of State, the Com mander-in-Chief, and the Board of Ordnance. Continually and forcibly he urged the defects of the barracks, the cruelty and ii)jut,tice to the soldiers, upon those fuuctionarie.3. When in Scinde he again assailed the authorities with remonstrances ; and hitmelf planned and built the wing of a model barrack at Hyderabad, hoping thus to lead the Government to au extension of his improvements. In vain; Lord Dalhousie for bade the completion of his superb barracks, and the materials collected for building the other wing remained to rot on the ground. When he became Commander-in-Chief in India he renewe , ' his exertions to obtain good barracks, and again built int•del barracks and laid down the true principles on wiiich they should be constructed —agan. in vain ! He was first thwarted and then stopped by Lord Dalhousie and the Military Board of India. When ho returned to England, and while suffering under a mortal disease, even on the verge of death, he once more attempted to remedy the evils, and in his posthu mous work, called " Indian Niiago vernment," sought t o arouse public attention to the horrible system which you are now, Sir, denounc ing with so much force and feeling. God speed your holy work ! That he was not tame or measured in his denun7 ciai ion of `r the frightful b arrac k a b om i na ti o n' will be understooii from a few passages taken from niany in his "Indian Misgovernment." " The barrack , acrtfieet soldiers' lives and happinssa to a fallacious, dishonest economy. " I charge tee Court of Directors, the Military Board of Calcutta, the Government of Bombay, with shamelul negligence of the soldiers' safety ; and with good war' rant, because they di-iregarded my representations when a high position and great experience gave a title tO attention. " The Colaba barracks and King's barracks at Boinbi l Y have destroyed whole regirue,,t4. I walked through the men's sleeping rooms there—upon planks laid in water, covering the. floors. " At the Co;aba barracks the soldiers die like rata sheep under the nose of the Council. "In the Beng .1 Presidency the barracks are extretneV bad ; but more pernicious still is the number of men crammed into Them ; looses by battle sink to nothings compared with those ihfilicted by improperly constructe d barracks and the jamming of soldiers—no other word sufficiently expressive. " L ,ng experience and c onsu lt a ti ons w ith m en of ,, science, medical men, an d eng i neer o ffi cers h ave ta ng"s mo that every barrack-roorn should in hot climates alloy.' at leas one th , u,and cubic feet of atmospheiio air fur each person sleeping in a room. This is the minimum; with less, insufferable heat and a putrid atmosphere Pr i. e : vail—death is the result. Th e so ldi ers r i se at nig ht feverish, or in profuse perspiration, to sleep out on el e grind amid damp exhalations. To ' do so when hate ( ' by an over-crowded room is death. Some may escaPlo or merely lose health, but to escape is the exception the rule is death . " Tois inhuman drain upon life, health, and the pu h - li° treasury con*tantly goes on. "L kills more soldiers than the climate, more dlr. hard drinkit , g, and one-hitlf of the last 'springs from th e discomfort, the despair caused by bad barracks." to These passages will, I hope, aid you, sir, in r sane:ified work, and at the same time convince 31 0 that one military ma:), at least, d i d hi s d u ty brt suffering soldiers. W. NAPIER, Feb. 19. Lieut.- Generate Country Markets. NEWCASTLE—FEB. 20. The supply of wheat from the country moderate, sula fair arrivals from the coast and foreign. Good q ualitioi l 6n(l ready buyers at is advance. Barley is inquired l e r .' and holders are asking more money. Oats in good 0 mind, at fully last week's prices. Beans and peas before. NORWICH—FEB. 20. There was a larger supply o f wheat to-day, best samPlBll fully supporting last week's rates, and inferior is to . higher, with a slow sale. A limited supply of barley, An prices may be quoted is dearer for all kinds. In beans/ oats, and peas little or nothing doing White wh , at, 48s to 503 ; red, 42s to 46s ; barley, 390 41e. • flour, 3 s 6d p er s a c k ; b ea ns, 42s to 945; 42s t o 435. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—FEB. 1 8 * ... .., a Qra. Best. C urren t. /no , 6:0 Wheat 47s 01 36s 9d 1365 Oa,Ls 29s 6d 601 Barley 34s Od 27s 01 ~....... 2 1 193 108 Peas & beans 42s Od 39 s 9-id ...... •-• 32 s ---...-. • HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—FS'' 1"q . ~ 1111.11 b.. WHKA.T. I BARLBY OATII. 0 d Second IL4 7 .° a l First 4Fs Od 34s 6,1,1 32s '9B 7d 1 29s 2d ) 25s 1 1 d i 0 0 7, al Third 33 s Od I 21 s 0,1 I ...Os Od 01 ' _,,Ad Total quantity of viheat in market, 760 qrs., 6 . ,5 0 :id barley „ 434 qrs ., 4 0 ' fld B+l qrs., 4 5 . i i t ' ld - oats $.l beans 267 qrs. `"-- do ~ AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. ,' 1 201 Wheat, 1/. 19 7 11-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 9 2 3 ;;200 Oats, ... U. 511 o.l2ths 1 Beans, V. 18 7 """ f 1 11 ABERDEEN—FEB. 18. Potato oats o 19s OctOd to 20s ('d b 10 1 Common oats 18s Od to 18s 6d Bore 23s Oct to 25s Oct 1 531 b. Barley 23s Od to 25s Oct j .. Wheat, red (spring)3os Od to 33s Oct 11be per - 11 1 62110 .. white 2Bs Od to 44s Od • Oa tmeal 15s Od to 1a Od per boll. Flour 38s Od to 39s Od per sack* PROVISION M :_jARKET. _ • tol 10d , t 4 Beef, per lb 5d to 8d I Butter, p lb. " 8 a to Hutton, per lb 5d to 8d I Eggs, p doz. 0 ° ito a s 6(1 Lamb, do., Os 5d to Os 8,1 I Hens, p pair 35 0 ' Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 8 ; I Chickeus,do.2s Od t° n 2 : &I Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Oct Ducks, do., Is 6.l tu f,'.. 6 I Salmon, per lb .........Os Oct 1 Ducklings,do 2 s Od ti zr` n j Tallow, p stone, Os to —s Oct Potatoes, pr pock, Grouse, per brace.....Os to Os Turkeys, each Os ,Od t c ( i ) t ° o 4 l76,l Rabbits, each • 7d to Bd. UP I°C4 Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.„.860 pis Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 2d Barley flonr,l4lb.or to 16 . 6E1 04 Oatmeal Os Od to is 7d „ dust, ..... Beremeal ....Os Od to is Cd „ per lb .......... 2a to • 4 4 P0280111ea1... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, ..... . ...... .... ........ Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. .... 4-Ib. 10af...6d. 12-lb. 10af...3d. 9r to Oa le DUBLIN, FEB. 19. 10 - i l g 6. n Whit e wheat, 26s 61 to 28s Od , red di tto, 23e o.ld • ffr Gd ditto now, - s Q.l ; barley, malting, 13s to 18s Od; e- .....0 j ag , —s to —s ; oa,s, old, lls 01 to 14s; ditto, new' ro 01 to —s 01 j oatmeal, 14e to 1580 d; bere, new, 14 9 03 og Od ; rApe , d, 238 Od t i o2 i s a s n Od corn,per b3rlB 1; Od to 20i 01 per cwt; nd Pa lbs. _....ei1l O h d al'e to re 33 a r t O r l P.I. BIRTHS. g 13 1 't rio BARRY—On the 19th inst., the wife of 1 3 -. Esq., late C a ptai n 12th R o y a l L ancer s, of a a fp P BROWN—On the 17th inst., at Hampstead, the wife - Brown, of a eon. the LOUND—On the 19th inst., at 60, Chancery -101e ' of Mr. John Lound, of a daughter—stillborn. OP SWANN—On the 18th inst., at the Grove, Blaokkeil wife of R. R. Swann, Esq., of a son. HUDSON COLE —On O-10: tenham M the All I R G t i h A i n G s t E . , 8 at . St• Lok i "' A p r , George Bengough Hudson, Esq't. %le - 0.4:4 Warwickshire, to Sarah Maria, relict of 0 0-- Cole, Esq., of Wellisford House, Somerset• .Th . o b Celr i LAMBERT— LYNCH —On tho i sth inst., at the. 131;roberp" i "We, Eoulogne-sur-mer, CharlesFeerniqu'jtat Of 1 Esq., of London, to Cecilia, youngest &lug" Lynch, Esq., late of Galway, Ireland. DEATHS. 101 11? " CLARK—On the 20th init., at 71, Finc hle y-ioad",l of " 1 ' wod, Ctain Claik, Royal Artillery Bec l / 130. P. Claik; ap Esq., of Fingask, InVerneSB-,Shiref no DEAN—O P'" n the 19th inst., n don, Mr. I l l: - Dean, late of Edingworth, East Lon Brent, Sornerse,h, 00f. MARSHALL—On the 11th inst., at the Rectorfr John Ma , shall, rector of Wark , in the dioce ° f N o i°l3t ham. Rix—On the 14th inst. Henry Rix, Esq., °- aged G. 011/IP STAUNTON'—On the 14th inst., at Nice , CePti"- Staunton, 6th Foot. S W ANN—On the 18th inst, at the Grove. 1317109' Charlotte Maiy, wife of R. R. Swann, ESCI" 0, :...%/j!".' - ,cornorr : Printed and Published by MII R° :: of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Se" `:: 8 401 0 'w 112, Strand, in the Precinct, of the Savo of Middlesex, Monday, Pobruary 22, lwg. 1 r I A