The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

TEE SUN LONDON, When this is done successfully it may generally be considered that the result cannot, be surpassed. With regard to the cost of my rifled musket, which has been stated to be an impediment in the way of its adoption for the service, I may state that there would be no difficulty in adapting the machinery and plant already in operation at Enfield, or any requisite portion of it, for making rifles on my sys tem. The change would not cause an increase in the manufacturing expenses ; and, supposing the quality of the workmanship and materials to remain tie advantames arising f rom t h e use of my Mara-metal p ro j ec til es would bore,sam e double the efficiency of the rifle without inc reas i ng its cost. a 4L nd 7 turn, and Sir W. Miles had no intention of pressing his mo. tion. He supported most cordially the resolution read. " General officers commanding at foreign stations will select the hours for the examination which are best suited to the climate and circumstances of the country, taking care, however, to conform strictly to the number and distribution of the hours, as de tailed in the foregoing regulations. " On the completion of the examinations at their head-quarters general officers commanding should transmit the candidates' papers immediately to the Vice-President of the Council of Military Educa tion, 1, Whitehall-yard, without waiting for those of out-stations; and in like manner they should forward, without delay, the papers from each out station as soon as received. In the event of there being no candidates, general officers commanding will notify the fact to the Vice-President of the Council without delay. " Officers serving abroad, who may be successful candidates, will be allowed the regulated passage money home on joining the Staff College. " The names and examination numbers of the can didateswho are successful in the competition, as well as of those who prove themselves qualified, and the examination -numbers alone of candidates who fail, will be published immediately after the reports of the examiners have been received by the Council of Military Education, with the total number of marks gained by each candidate, and his place on the li s t. —By order of hi s Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief, "rG. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." THE WHITTP ORM U UJ'. The following letter appears in a contem. porary : Sir,—The results of the experiments recently made with my rifled cannons at Southport have elicited notices and comments which I think re quire me to make some explanation. My rifled guns have not been made expressly with the view of obtaining great range ; that is one of the advantages they possess, but it is not obtained at the sacrifice of others. They are all adapted, not only for firing solid shot, but also for hollow shot, which may be filled with molten iron, and for every description of shell. The capacity of the shell is easily increased by add ing to its length ; and, as my guns are rifled throughout and require no chamber, shells of any length may be fired with any requisite charge of powder. The tables of results published in the newspapers were in some instances arranged by the gentlemen who reported them, in increasing or decreasing order; but the numbers prefixed do not indicate the order iu which the shots were tired:- This arrangement may have produced an im pression that the ranges in certain cases gradually diminished. This was not the case, in some series the longest ranges were attained by the last :shots fired, and the piece, as it was warmed by the dis charges became cleare r th an i t was after the first or second shot. The fact that the ordinary cast-iron sorvice guns which I rifled as an experiment in 1858 proved too weak to be used as rifled pieces has been much dwelt upon ; and it was, perhaps, an error of judg . ment to apply my system experimentally to the • cast-iron blocks without strengthening them. I THE STAFF COLLEGE. may mention that the service cast-iron 68 : pounder Horse-Guards, S.W., Feb. 25. rifled by me, when tried at Portsmouth in 1858, The following regu l a ti ons regard i ng the exami- 4-inch wro ug ht i ron p l ates, and also through the propelled my fl a t-f ronted shot through one of the nation of officers w h o may b e can di dates for admix ship's sid e on w hi c h they were firmly bolted, the pion to the St a ff C o ll ege i n F e b ruary, 1861, are published for - genera l i n f ormat i on : range being 450 yar d s. In no other instance, I believe, has a single shot been driven thgh th "There will b e vacanc i es f or 15 officers, two of 4-inch plate. Thu experiment was - not rou repeated e , whom may belong to th e C orps o f R oyal Artillery as the cast-iron gun b urst. and Royal E ng i neers . All the guns, however, which I have myself "HOME STATIONS. made are ready for any proof and any comparison " Officers serving in the United Kingdom, who that may be required. Their strength is such that are desirous of entering the Staff College, will be they can be elevated on their carriages, and be examined in Lond on on th e 1 6t h of July next, and fired, if necessary, as mor t ars, at any angle, with following day s . the largest charge of powder that can be consumed " Commanding officers of Royal Artillery, Royal in them. _ Engineers, and of all regiments and depots of the The 3-pounder was repeatedly fired at an angle Cavalry, Guards, and Line on the hone station, of 35 deg., and attained a range of more than five will , forward to the Adjutant• General, through th e and a half miles, without doing usual channelafor the consid era ti on o f t h e General carr i age the slightest injury, the piece or it s Co mmanding-in-Chief, the application of such offi- These guns being stronger than is practically cers as wish to compete for admission, together necessary, with the n ecessary certificates. there would be no gain i n a ddi ng to their th, thouh I cou:d do it if it were reuisite. " These applications' should b e sent i n not later stren The material of which the cannon is made q is the than the 15th of June, after which date the officers same as that used for my rifled musket barrel— approved by his RoyalHighnes; will be instructed homogeneous iron. To obtain an extreme proof of to place themselves in communication with the it strength, I loaded one of the barrels with a Council of Military Education, with the view to leaden plug, so long that a full charge of powder their receiving the rules for the examination. was unable to d r i ve it ou t. O n fi r i ng the powder, " FOREIGN S TATIONS, the plug remained in the barrel, and the gases of "At foreign stations the following regulati ons t h e explosion all came through the touch-hole, leav :— ~ " The examination will b e h e ld on the 16th of p i Co experiment was re ed four tim es w i t h a similar the barr e l un i n j ure d. This result. July and following days, o r as soon after th a t date The brass howitzer guns which I rifled for t . he as the examination papers shall be received from Government in 1856 stood every proof to which the Council of Military Education. °i c A board of officers will be app o i n t e d by the upon ey t were hem assubjected muzzle-loadionuld not now improve general g guns, d feel officer in command, and will con s i s t of d ent that they are as efficient as an any rifled cannon three officers ; one of whom to be, when practicable, of like calibre that have been made. In fact, of a Stiff officer, having the rank of field officer, and the rifled cannon, as of the rifled musket, con principles which I have adopted, it may the other two, if possible, not under the rank of structed on eaptain. One of these officers will belong to one be said that, practically, they must all shoot alike of the scientific corps, where any such officer can —a result which necessaril follows accurate mike obtained. surement and workmanship in making them. " The exathinations will be conducted by means I have had no wish to make a special gun, any of the same printed questions as are set for the exa- more than to choose out special experimental re mination of candidat es i n L on d on , an d th ey are to i s a u t l e ts e . xp ß er e i c m or e d n s ts o w f e a r l e l t the e n s h b o 3 t , s difisirleltderdeusrtiendgspoeuct: be answered in the presence of the board. "The board will give to each candidate a num- tators, and hare been published in several journals. ber, which he will affix to each of his examination The merits of the system have, I believe, been papers, instead of his name. He will retain the thoroughly tested, and may now be fairly judged. same number throughout the examination. The practice with the smallest gui,the 3-pounder, "The board will give to each candidate a paper proved all I wished to establish in point of range of the printed examination questions on each sub- it was therefore not requisite to surpass it with the ject, at the time specified for the examination in heavier cannon fired at a high elevation. that sabject. Of the durability of my guns I can speak with "Me candidates will write their answers to the the utmost confidence. Being made of the harder questions in the presence of the board, and their and tougher homogeneous Won, they must be mo re papers, together with the printed examination durable than forged guns, made of comparatively questions, will be collect e d a t the hour appointed, soft and fibrous wrought iron. From one of them and made up into a packet, which will be sealed be- upwards of 1,500 shots have been fired, chiefly at fore being taken from the examination room. high elevations, without the gun exhibiting any "The board will, immediately on the conclusion injury or sign of wear. of the . didatoS to simple e xamination, forward the papers of the can- The breech-loading arrangements are so v e general officer commanding for trans- that they are not easily injured. mission to eompanied b Council of Military Education, ac- The guns fired at Southport had all been stand 'eatacnertificate that, the candidates ob- ing on the drift shore exposed to the action of the tamed no assist coe.from books, or help of any ki n d s ea a i r an d ing sands for some weeks, most of in their exarainati time forward the n• The board will at the same them during the whole winter. Bonding with their f ind names of the camli , lates, eerres- The relative merits of my own and other systems enumbersf in the examina- are best compared by appealing to practical results. ilea, in a separate env Council of Military Edue eloxPationor transmission to the These show that the system of construction which enables the simple hard meta projectile to be fired "The following will be the order of the exarni- gives better results, and is capable of a more ex nation,:— " First Day—Military drawing, i tended application, than the construction which re boars ; ditto, quires the compound projectile and soft metal coat -3 hours. ing. In other words, the system of rifling by me " Second Day—Fortification, 3 hours ; ditto, 3 chanical fit is capable ofsloing much more than that hours. - of rifling by the force of the explosion. " Third Dtly—Mathematics—Oblii : TatorkTlig, , The litter is a construction of which I cannot be lst.Paper, ;3 hours ; obligatory portion, said to have approved, otherwise I should have and voluntary' portion, Ist Paper, 3 hours. a t i d l c o p c t o c a d v i o t a • a d Among other objections to the use of "Fourth Day—Mathematics—voluntar:ciporti on, coated projectile, one of great im- Id Paper, 3 hours; military history, Ist Paper, 3 poet. o t . z .)l e i c i a s 1 , (1 11 :1 \ t v i ii t e i r t e i a v o s l t v h e e s s a h n ap a e r d ra i n la g r e d m m en et t a w l which is htws• far i zz t in a p f le a , , ,a ra n n d g i e r m l t ) e a n p d ro c d o u n c s e t d r a a e - is .yifth Day—Military history, 2d Paper, 3 ljeescsticl(e)sits. pro hours ; ditto, 3d Paper, 3 hours. obj e ct oltisjoeurgimht t r o ov ob i tain t , know hours. Sixth Day—Frenc, 3 hours ; chemistry, 3 hours. itiijogntihsatthien stpheicsiaals on mechanical principles, that " Seventh •Day—German, 3 hours; geology, 3 sy p atem e i n s en t h s e ase most simplest elements. hours. ' _ . perfect reduced to its which is "There will re in all cases an interval of not The whole of the hands employed in the steam factory at Portsmouth are workinc , extra hours bp to 10 30 pan. eac h d ay , every exertion bein* made to fit with their machinery as quickly as possible the different large vessels recently launched at that port. A court-martial assembled yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, under the presidency of Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, for the trial of four seamen belonging to her Majesty's ship Mars at Spithead (bounty men) an tl rbce oft—desertion.. Th e court found the cn4rges proved, and sentenced the prisoners to 12 months' imprisonment each, with hard labour, in Winchester Gaol. Her Majesty's steam storeship Dee, Master Com mander Pullen, on her return voyage from Ports mouth, was yesterday hauled into basin at Wool. wich to reship with steam machinery for the west, and the iron steam vessel Harpy, after repairs, was moored alongside the coal hulk in preparation for sea. THE ARMY. One or two other speakers followed, vvhfin the motion was put to the meeting and carried unani mously. Mr. FRANCIS proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. LORD J. RUSSELL'S REFORM BILL. - - We really believe the only thing that is utterly ineradicable from the human mind is superstition. Homer, indeed, could perceive that the one best omen was to• fight for one's country, but the truth that was revealed to Homer was concealed from Greece in her civilised age, and the wise Socrates and the brave Scipio were content to steer their course in life by omens and portents. Even in this land of inductive philosophy and free investigation, how many people are there that shrink from sitting down to a dinner party of thirteen, and who have not shaken off the conviction that Friday is an un lucky day ? The m os t prevalent form, however, in which superstition exhibits herself in modern times is in the eelebration and observation of anniver saries. In this, France, and among Frenchmen Napoleon has the undisputed lead. There is the 10th of A!ugust, dreaded by monarchs, and the 31st of May; fatal to Republicans ; the 27th of July, that overthrew Robespierre ; the day of Friedland, the day of Austerlitz, the day of Marengo, and the day of Borodino. If men must fight, they wait till a dies fastus, the anniversary of a fortunate event ; and, if a great victory has been gained, there is no time so propitious as the anniversary of a day on which a great victory has been gained before. Now, there fore, because on the I s t d ay of March, 1831, Lord ' John Russell introduced a Reform Bill, which, after many changes and many reverses, became the law of the land in 1832, the same Lord John Russell has con trived that, on the same day of the year 1860, he shall introduce a bill for the alteration of the for mer measure, for which he trusts, by securing. the 1 sane day, to procure the same results. When Mo rier's Hadji Baba had made up his mind to make an offer of his heart and hand to a young En g li s h lady, he inquired o f one o f his married friends under what circumstances he had performed the same ceremony, and, finding that it was under an um brella on a rainy Sunday going to church, he made his proposition under exactly similar circumstances, and was, to his astonishment, peremptorily rejected. So 'fat from the selection of the Ist of lvlarch as sisting Lord John Russell in the perfOrmance of his task, it only serves more distinctly to mark the dif ference, not to say the contrariety, between the state of things that existed then and the state of things that exists now. When Lord John Russell rose in lil3l to propose his Reform Bill there was a feeling of intense curiosity as to the probable nature of the measure he would produce, for the interest of the revelation he was about to make was in no de gree forestalled. In 1831 there was, strange as it may appear to the generation which does not re member those eventful times, a real and heartfelt interest in the subject of Parliamentary Re form. Many hoped, and some feared, but very few were indifferent. The public mind was earnest and excited. People were deeply discon tented with the existing state of things,and desired Reform, that it might furnish them with an apt in strument for working out a complete and satisfac tory remedy. They wished for a revolution, and they made it; they desired the overthrow of a nar row and unconstitutional oligarchy and they sought that overthrow through Reform. The middle classes were determined to force their way into the fortress of the Constitution, and the working classes lent their whole combined strength to the effort. It was under these auspices that Lord John Russell, not then a member of the Cabinet, rose to expound the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform. Nine-and-twenty years are past, and we have the same hour and man before us again ; but this time it is the man who fixes the hour, and not the hour that calls forth the man. Time has dealt gently with the knot of statesmen who directed the destinies of this country in that stormy period. The impetuous Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Stanley, is now the veteran leader of the Tory party. The then Presid en t o f t h e Council has retired from active political life. The then First Lord of the Admiralty still, after his checkered career, maintains a foremost place in the House of Com mons. The then Postmaster-General, the Duke of Richmond, still occupies a seat in the House of Lords. The then Foreign Secretary is our present Prime Minister. The then Indian Minister is still among us. The then Lord Chancellor has survived his Attorney and Solicitor-General, and still adorns 'the Houss of Peers. But, though so many of the men remain, where are the feelings, where are the hopes, where are the aspirations which heralded the i advent of the first Reform Bill ? Who believes that 1 any measure that is likely to be carried will have a decided effect in the improvement of our Govern ment, and who is there who would not cheerfully give up all the good he hopes on condition of being I delivered from all he fears from the impending change ? The first Reform Bill was sought as a means to an end for the sake of changes which it was believed it would produce. The second Reform Bill is sought for n o u l ter i or good, except deliver ling the public from the discussion of an unwelcome . topic. Lord J. Russell was the child and the Crea -1 tion of the Reform Bill of 1831 ; the Refornißill of 1860 is the child and the creation of Lord J. Rua-' sell. The object of the first was national; the 'ob jecthe first of - the second is personal. W e a ll know whyt was proposed. We know the just cause of the public discontent ; but we also know that the second is proposed only because it bas been repeat edly promised, and because, though the public has never been eager to demand a performance of th e insist promise, the men wh o made it upon being al ' lowed to accomplish it. The subject has been played with and trifled with till it has become serious. Pledges have been made because they were never ex pected to be en forced, and the necessity that compels their performance comes from above, instead of from below. The very novelty of the measure has been discounted by an indiscreet disclosure. All these thingwhether Lord John s being considered, it is ind ee d very 'question able Russell has done wisely to give the contrast the utmost sharpness possible by fixing the anniversary of the first Reform Bill as a day of good omen for the introduction of the second. In contrasting the two periods we have necessarily. passed over in silence the long space that has inter -1 vened between them ; but we must not forget that Lord John Russell has not during these 29 years been by any means inactive on his favourite sub ject. Possibly a retrospect critically conducted might not tend to increase our confidence in the hands into which this question has fallen. While the great experiment was yet fresh —while its working could not be foreseen or predicted, Lord John Russell braved considerable obloquy in claim in.. for so vast , a chang e th e superhuman privilege of finality. 'While all men doubted, he was assured. But years passed on, the measure became better understood, many m isapprehensions were removed, many fears were shown to be groundless, and if Reform did not do all the good, neither did it realise by_ any means the evil that was expected from it. The minds of men became habituated to the change, and the practical English race soon re conciled itself to novelties which had at first been repulsive. Then it was that Lord John Russell announced to us that the days of finality were past, and that henceforth the orthodox faith was to believe in the necessity of a new Re form Bill. For four years practice was allowed to lag behind theory, but in 1852 a new Reform Bill was produced, though the Ministry died in giving birth to it. The leading characteristic of the mea 'sure was the aggregation of boroughs, and, hap pily for the reputation of its framer, the bill dropped before the principles of the aggregation could be minutely investigated. In 1854 Lord J. Russell introduced another bill, the main peculiari ties of which were a £5 franchise and a clause for the representation of minorities. The Crimean War nipped this blossom in the bud, and for five years the country contentedly acquiesced in the absence of a Reform Bill. The Tory Government attempted nand perish e d i n the attempt. And n one we last to year,dsyord John Russell rises to propose a measure founded on very different principles from any of its predecessors—with what prospect of suc cess so many failures forbid us even to conjecture.— Times. At the same time I am of opinion that by going to a slight extra expense in manufacturing the bar rel more carefully a better rifle may with advan tage be supplied to the service. This is what I recommended some time ago to the Government when I offered them my services, gratuitously, in aiding to adapt the Enfield esta blishment to the productirn of rifles on my system. It is true that I proposed to supply for the use of the service some rifles at a cost of £lO, but these were to be all superior wcapons, well finished, and in shooting qualities equal to. my other rifles. It would not, however, be fair to take this sum as representing the cost of manufac turing military weapons on a large scale in a com pletely organised establishment. The offer involved considerable pecuniary sacrifice, considering that means of supplying the demand for my rifles are at present limited, and it arose from the desire which I always had, and still feel, of rendering all the assistance I can in arming our soldiers with the most efficient weapons.—l remain yours obediently, YOSErII WIIITWORTII. Manchester, Feb. 28. TIM NEWSPAPER AND PRI?IODICAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. A meeting of this association was held yesterday in Peel's coffeehouse, Fleet-street—Mr. E wart, M.P., in the chair. There were present also, among others, Mr. Robertson, M.P. for Berwickshire, Mr. Morris M.P., Mr. D. N. Chambers, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Petter, Mr. Ireland, of the Manchester .Examiner, &c. The CHAIRMAN, on rising, after returning thanks for the honour conferred on him by his being called on to preside, paid a compliment to the ability . ot Mr. M. Gibson, the :ormer president of the associa tion, for the triumphant manner in which the asso ciation, under his direction, had proceeded step by step, towards the object they had in view—the re peal of those taxes which pressed on the diffusion of knowledge. He next proceeded to direct attention to the special business of the meeting, and to read several requisitions from proprietors of provincial newspapers desiring that the meeting should be called, that entire co-operation should be secured in resisting the amendments on the budget of which notice had been given, to continue the paper duty, in opposition to her Majesty's Ministers. After express;og his satisfaction at meeting with those provincial friends who were pre sent, the speaker proceeded to direct attention tcr the great opposition they were likely to meet in endeavouring to carry out their purpose, both from avowed and from latent opponents under the name of financial reformers. But let them present a firm phalanx and stand by the Chancellor of the Exche quer until his budget was carried triumphantly. He considered the present one of the greatest eras ever opened to mankind. If supported by France a bright period was opening. for the world. But, combined with commercial prosperity, the spread of education was demanded, and he hailed the time when knowledgeshould be free. He hoped that all monopolies connected with the press would now be removed. No man could look on the young press without feelings of pride. Since the removal of the taxes on advertisements he was bound to say that the cheap press had been a benefit to the country, and he believed that the removal of all impediments on the press would tend to its greater and higher usefulness. In reference to the notice of motion that had been given to oppose the movement, he trusted that a voice would be raised from the re motest end of the kingdom to support the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, and that no effectual means would be overlooked, while members of Parliament did their duty within the house, to obtain support at the same time out of doors. Aided by such sup port, he believed that a victory would be achieved which would redound to the glory of England. There might be a few newspapers opposed to the measure, but he trusted that the stream of public opinion would soon work its way among them, and that it would be found that all restrictions were removed. Mr. FRANCIS, the treasurer of the association, next proceeded to detail the progress and operations of the association since its formation 11 years ago, and argued that it was impossible their present ob ject seeulstnot be obtained while such men as th e i r former president, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Gladstone, Sir C. Lewis, and Lord J. Russell occupied the Treasury benches; and that if it were supposed that they might be unsuccessful on the present occasion what would be the result ? Would the association be discomfited ? Would it cease its operations ? No; it was their firm determination to go on until the Speaker of the House of Commons pronounced, with reference to the motion—" The ayes have it." Mr. LUCAS rose and proposed the following reso lution :—" Th a t thi s meeting reiterates its often expressed conviction that the Excise duty on paper presses most severely on newspapers and literature generally, and particularly on elementary educa tional works, thereby checking the spread of politi cal and general knowledge ; that it places a most disastrous limit on numerous branches of commerce, and restrains to a highly injurious extent inven tion, enterprise, and the welfare of a large class of the community, and, learning with surprise an op position is likely to be made in the House of Com mons to the wise and beneficial repeal of the paper duty included in Mr. Gladstone's budget, and adopted by her Majesty's Ministers, it expresses its determination to use the most strenuous efforts for the accomplishment of the object for which the as sociation is formed." The speaker, after reading the resolution, proceeded to explain the state of affairs regarding the matter in the House of Com mons. • There were two notices of motion given,— one by .Mr. Puller, and the other by Sir William Miles, bearing a direct opposition to the budget on this question of the repeal of the paper duty, The first was in effect that an export duty and an Ex cise duty be levied to place English manufacturers on an equal footing with those of France. The second motien of Sir William Miles was to place the paper tax against the increased income-tax by Simply moving that the previous rate of 9d. should be substituted for 10d., as it now stood in the budget. The latter was the most dangerous motion for their object, and even on this ground the public were more interested in the repeal of the paper duty than in the reduction of the income-tax. The speaker continued to designate Sir 'William Miles as an obstructionist e----one of those men who stood in the way of all prooTess—and declared his belief that if England had been inhabited by Sir William Mileses in the infancy of our civilisation we should yet have re mained in a state of barbarism. He was surprised that any member of the Liberai party should sup port the motion. In regard to the appeal of the chairman to the press, he felt certain that the press all over the country was in favour of the measure. In regard to the limes, he did not know. He had been told that a gentleman connected with the Times was going aboat canvassing the Liberal members to oppose the repeal of the paper duty. 'Whether this were true or not he did not know and he did not care, but he felt certain that the press throughout the country would support the movement.. Mr. LEVY, of the Daily Telegraph, rose to second the resolution. As showing the manner in which the t imes had dealt with the question, he read a quotation from a leading article in the issue of the 13th ult., referring to the decay of village pap-:- mills, and read a second extract from a paper termed the k.ussex Advertiser, written, he informed the meeting, as an attempted burlesque of the style of the Times, showing that the sheet of the limes s on t uwa•theid in a s ehthis s n t i a a t i e l len u t nti N . v y a y s o p la r , in e t . ed carried th e water mark o f " Taverham Mills," w hi c h were Mr. IR ELAND, of the Ilfanehest 6 er Examiner, ex pressed himself in favour of the resolution. The Rev. P. aTasHaninElLpvoslitVioannonnErritctleianraticioteux!shetd, ; t , the unjust, a d s u t a y g gag placed in the mouth. He sup ported hi s b e li ef that duty on Div. FIELDtIe m oet x paper was the only impediment to the beneficial working out of the periodical penny press, in proof of which he proceeded to read a lengthy extract from some periodical, amid numerous cries of " Chair, chair." After several appeals to the chair. man, he was ultimately put down, after, it was uu derstood, supporting the Motion. LAnvEnnsßmprr.]—Among the numerous extraordi- Aary cures, without medicine, of Indigestion (Dy sp e ps i a), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious and Liver com plaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption and Debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, the folloWing are not the least remarkable : Cure. No. 47,121.. , --" Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, .of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Hefts ; a cure of extreme net`- . vousness, indigestion,• ga th er i ng, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No, 4 8,814.--." Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability." Cure 3,9o6—Thir t3en years' , cough, indigestion and geheral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Itevaleata Arabica Food. Athol-stroct, Perth. James Porter. Cure No. 58,116, Mrs. Holze, age d 1 07 years, of dyspep s i a (indigos ), debility, debility, • irritability and nervousness which had tormented her for seventy years. Cure No.-46:814, .llr. Samuel Layton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. In tins, at Is. 6d. ; Ilb., .3s. ; 21b., 58. 9d. ; 51b . ., 125.; 121 b., 265. Th e 10 1 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post inice order. l)u Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Ab 60, G racechurch-street ; 4, Cheanside ; 63, and 1,50, Oxford itreet ; 330 and 151, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85; Tottenham -court-road. Also at b Rowley and Draper"; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Dublin;; at - Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manehester, Sharp and Scott; at York, ititinies, ...Blanchard, and Co.; at South .. ampton, Randall and Son. Mr. Moxkis, M.P., expressed his belief that no Government could long occupy the Treasury benches, and withstand this movement for the re peal of the paper duty. Mr. BETT, of the Society for the Repeal of Taxes on Knowledge, stated that he had been in formed, on good authority, that many members of the-Liberal party were prepared to enter the lobby with - Sir W. Miles Mr. ROBERTSON, M.P., rose to state that the former speaker, in his opinion, had been misin. formed. He eulogised the budget as a whole, and believed that 99 out of every 100 of the Liberal party were prepared to vote for the repeal of the paper duty. He would rather have a free press than all the penal Acts of Parliament. He believed 41 / 4 . 4 Ills Royal examination for r.eid s h — s T on3 7ince 41 . the day lfred passed his boa rd the Euryalus .....scsuip anchored at Spithe ad. The exami nation extended over three days. T he King of PT-- tugal dined with the Prince and of cers of the ship, board, on the 18th inst. The Euryalus sailed m Lisbon on the following. day; tan had a wind until until off Ushant, whei t veered from ' trato N.W. and S.W. Off Cal 1. - tnin by falling from aloft 3e Finisterre she lost a;. , 'overboard. She ,he Channel squadron bel ow Plymouth, at l assea 0 30' p. v. on Sunday, standing ( na a wind down Chamiel. The only foreign vessels of war in the Ta gus when the Euryalus sailed we re a Dutch squad ron of a frigate and two corvettea ; unde r a Commo dore's pendant. The Euryalus i s ver y d e f ec ti ve , both in her hull and machinery, and is expected to go in to Portsmouth Harbour to i lock and refit. The screw steam frigate Mers; 3y, 40, Capt. Cald well, C. 8., put into Plymouth E sound on Tuesday, with steering apparatus defecti Lye, having parted company on Monday morning a tlO o'clock, lat. 49 30-N , long. 4 25W., with the ] Edgar, the Donegal, the Melpomene, the Algiers, the Trafalgar, the Aboukir, the Queen, and the • Royal Albert. The flagship was ahead, out of sigh' I. The squadron was under canvas and steam, ender ivouring to beat out of the Channel against a stra ng N.W. wind. On Saturday at 2 o'clock in the a fternoon the Mersey, which was steering W. half N., came in contact with the screw steamship Ai/ ;iers 91, Capt. G. W. D. O'Callaghan. Both w .s 3 under all sail ; the wind, from S.S.W., was so . -Light that neither ship was under full command. ". CiL e Algiers lost her jib boom and flying jibboom. Tle Mersey was struck on the port quarter, and. I me I two of her cutters stove in. Since then the Nrer sey has experienced a series of severe storms, Tad) ch have at different times washed away her liani l, hammock berthing, &c. On Monday, about noon a, wind N.W. by W., and having a force of 10, atr emendous sea carried off from the main chains anal , drowned Henry Hay ward, 24, coxswain of the en tter, a native of Can terbury, and, from the head , John Summers, 18, first-class boy, belonging tot 3outhsea. The Mersey was then under close-reefed topsails and fore stay sail. The yoke of her rudder has been bent by wear and the recent violent stria' inings of the sea, and this was the immediate ca En .e of her return. The Bacchante, 51, screw , in charge of Captain G. T. Gordon, commanding the steam reserve at Portsmouth, steamed out to Spithead yesterday on her contractor's trial of mat chinery. On steaming out beyond the Nab Ligb t Vessel, going at full speed, she stopped engines; and went astern in 42 seconds. Again, at full spa ed, she stopped engines and went ahead in 23 He conds. The machinery worked most satisfactorily •in every respect, with a perfect command of steam.. As this was only the contractor's trial, no runs 'were made at the mea sured mile. Capt. Harris, her Majesty's ship Illus trious, and Commander Thorp, her Majesty's ship Asia, wore on board during the trial, which was superintended by Mr. J. Dinnen, Inspector Afloat to the Admiralty ; Mr. G. Murdoch, Inspector Afloat at Portsmouth; and Mr. Miller, Assistant Chief Engineer of her Majesty's Dockyard. The ship is fitted with a steering apparatus on Admiral Martin's plan, which will be more effectuatly tested when the ship's official trial takes place. The Immortalite, 51, screw, yesterday completed reshipping her boilers under the factory crane in the steam basin at Portsmouth. The last of her boilers, weighing nearly 27 tons, was hoisted from the jetty alongside, and suspended over the basin, clear of her bulwarks, in 2 4 1 minutes. Mr. G. F. Barr has joined this vessel as chief engineer. The Briton, old sailing frigate, was yesterday un docked from No. 1 Dock at Portsmouth, where she has had her copper stripped off her, and as many of her bolts driven out as possible, their places being filled up with trenails. She was afterwards slung with chains, and will be moored up the harbour as a target ship for the Excellent. Her Majesty's Royal screw yacht Fairy was yes terday docked at Portsmouth for the purpose if cleaning and examination. The Indiana, steam screw hired transport, arrived yesterday morning at Spithead from the Thames , At high water she steamed into Portsmouth har bour, and will this morning embark a detachment of the second battalion of the 9th Foot for Corfu, and a detachment of the Royal Artillery for Gib raltar. less than one hour between the two Ineriods of exa mination on each day.. " The papers will be collected at the appointed hours by a member of the Board. Any candidate, however, who may have finished his examination paper on any sulue before the hour named may deliver it into the hands 6. ,c member of the Boa r d. " Candidates will bring their writing and draw ing materials, instruments, (Sm., and alt." the tables of logarithms they are in the habit of using. other books or notes of any description va be allowed to be used. -" It is scarcely necessary to observe that no com munication whatever will be allowed between the candidates at the examination. " Officers commanding regiments abroad are to transmit to the general officer in command a return of the officers desirous of competing, together with a medical certificate of good health and fitness for the active duties of the Staff. Such officers will then be ordered to join at head-quarters for exa mination, or at any other places which may be se lected for the convenience of those at the more dis tant stations. " With reference to paragraph IV. of the revised regulations for the Staff College, published with the General Order, No. 743, of the 23d ult., which di rects 'that if the commanding officer of the regi ment, or the general officer commanding, cannot recommend the application of any candidate, the grounds of objection are to be distinctly stated,'—it is to be observed that, as there will not be time at distant foreign stations to refer to the Adjutant- General on the subject, such officer should, in all cases, be permitted to undergo his examination, on the understanding, however, that the objections urged against his application will still be submitted for the decision of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. - • " General — officers commanding- at foreign stations will place no restrictions upon officers com p e ti ng , further than the exigencies of the service may ab solutely require. It will be understood that the rule by which only one officer can be spared from a battalion at a time, for the purpose of studying at the Staff College, does not apply to candidates from battalions which have officers now at the College, but whose course of study will terminate in December next. LAW IN7'ELLIGF,NCE.—Feb. 29 , VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT,—FEB. 29. (Befa'e Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley.) MORTON V. MEI% This was a suit instituted by the owner of the well-known place of amusement the Canterbury hall against the owners of the adjoining property, to determine the rights of the parties with re ference to an interference with the beneficial en joyment of the last-named property by reason of the building of a projection by the plaintiff over hanging the defendant's ground. This projection formed a portion of a recent enlargement of the Canterbury -h a ll . T he plaintiff alleged that the interference with the neighbouring property took place with the assent of its late owner (a Mr. Grey, now deceased), and that, in fact, Mr. Grey saw and approved of the plans for the alteration. The de fendants detiied this statement, and set up as their case that no agreement was ever entered into. Mr. Bazalgette, Mr. Humphrey, and Mr. Morris appeared for the parties. The Vice-Chancellor said that no doubt the death of Grey had involved the case in some obscurity, and that in his absence direct evidence upon im portant points was to a great extent wanting, but upon the general circumstances of the case his Honour came to the conclusion that the assent of Mr. Grey had been given to the plan which in volved the erection of the overhanging projection, and that a decree must be made in the terms prayed by the bill. --- COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) 'BROAD V. HARRISON AND BROAD. This was a testamentary cause tried before his lordship and a common jury at the last sittings. A verdict was given against the will, on the ground of incapacity. Dr. Spinks moved for a rule for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Court granted a rule nisi. BROADBENT V. HUGHES. In this case a jury had returned a verdict in favour of the will of a testator named Hughes, and probate had been granted by the Court, but time had been taken to consider the question of costs. The defendant, who opposed the will on the grounds of undue execution, incapacity, and undue iLflu ence, was the nephew of the deceased ; the plain tiff was the executor, and the husband of a niece of the deceased, in whose favour the will is made. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Dr. Wamb e y, an d M r. Fran cis were c ounse l for he executor; Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram for the defendant. Sir C. Cresswell said he had been anxious to ex tract from the books some definite rules with re gard to the costs of an unsuccessful opposition to,a will, but he had been unable to find any certain rules laid down on the subject. In some cases the parties opposing had been relieved from the neces sity of paying costs, because the deceased had left his papers in a state of confusion, which naturally led to dispute ; in other cases they had been relieved from that necessity in consequence of the parties in whose favour the will was made having so con ducted themselves as to excite suspicion. After looking through the correspondence and the evi dence, he had come to the conclusion that there were circumstances in this case calculated to excite the suspicion of the defendant, and therefore the Court would not condemn him in costs; but it would be very mischievous to allow wills lightly to be re sisted at the expense of the parties in whose favour they were made, and therefore the costs of the op position would not be allowed out of the estate. PRYOR V. PRYOR. The question in this case was, whether the will of the late A n th ony P ryor, of Plymouth, could be admitted to probate, notwithstanding that one of the attesting witnesses had signed her husband's name instead of her own in the attestation clause by the desire of the testator, her husband not having been present at the time of the execution. Dr. Swabey, who appeared in support of the will last week, examined the two persons who had signed the will as attesting witnesses. His Lordship now said he adhered to the opinion which he had formed at the hearing of the cause that the attestation was not valid, and pronounce against the will. r~~~~~ THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1860 THE _RECENT GALES. Long before daybreak the storm had seriously damaged many of the larger-sized vessels lying in mid -stream and along the wharves on the Middle sex and Surrey sides of the river, and the naviga tion of the Pool at one time was considered im practicable and dangerous to human life. Many heavy crafts broke away from their powerful gear, and were drifted a considerable distance. In some instances the property destroyed was very valuable, and many large ships were unable to enter the docks at Blaekwall or other similar establishments lower down the Pool. At Bromley Cut, a part well known to the Eastenders, a little boy, named George White, was playing upon the deck of a barge, when a sudden gust of wind whirled him into the water. An instant alarm was raised, and although drags were brought into requisition the bogy was not re covered for some minutes. He was conveyed to the nearest receptacle, but all efforts to restore ani mation were unfortunately of no avail. The body awaits An inquest. ----- STOCKPORT.—On Tuesday, during the severe gale of wind, the Wesleyan day-schools, in Great Portland-street, Brinnington, Stockport, were par tially blown down whilst 420 children were pur suing their studies inside. About half -past eleven o'clock the wind, which was blowing from the north-west, took off a part of the roof, without, however, doing any serious damage. The school master and mistress, Mr. Joseph Farnsworth and Miss Hall, became alarmed for the safety of the children, and ordered them to quit the building. Whilst the children were leaving a terrific gust of wind came from the same quarter as before, and lifted the roof from the walls. A debris of stones, bricks, and wood fell on all sides, and a number of the children were knocked down whilst taking flight. A little boy, about four years old, named John Ashton, whose parents live in Chapel-street, Brinnington, was killed on the spot, being fright fully mangled by the fall of debris; and a number of others were severely, and in some instances, dan gerously wounded. The cause of the accident was commonly reported to be the way in which the schools were built. The architect was said to be Mr. Wilson, of Bath, and the contractor Mr. War : burton, of Collyhurst, near Manchester. The build :. ing was erected in 1858, which date appears on the north wall. The walls were brick, with a facing of Yorkshire stone. The style was Gothic, the side walls having buttresses about 12ft. apart. The ground floor was divided into half a dozen class rooms, in which 320 children were being taught at the time of the accident; the upper story comprised a single room, with an open timber roof of considerable steepness. The more advanced class occupied this room. It is rather a singular fact that a bell turret on the side where the wind seemed . to have caught the roof was entirely uninjured. The schools stood in an open space of ground, surrounded by an iron railing. The large stones from the walls, as well as heavy pieces of wood from the roof, not only fell through the floor of the top room, penetrating to the room below, but in two parts of the building they also carried away the floor of the ground-floor rooms into the cellar beneath. The schools were under the management of a committee of gentlemen living chiefly in the neighbourhood, and their original cost was about £2,000. This is the second accident that • has occurred 'atthe schools, the roof having been blown off in a similar manner during their erection. DERBY.—The gale was severely felt at Derby on Monday. Between three and four o'clock on Mon day afternoon, the fine spire of the new parish church of St. Alkmund, Derby, was seen to wave to and fro, and directly afterwards a large portion of it fell with a tremendous crash on to the high pitched roof of the church, penetrating through, smashing the organ case, and doing considerable damage. ; Several hundred pounds will be reauired to make good the damage. Almost at the same time one of the pinnacles of St. Marie's Roman Catholic phurch fell into the churchyard, but the damage was not great. Thelar ge c hi mney at Messrs. %Vest's colou r works, Nun - street, was blown down on the workshops beneath, but as timely warning had been given, the men had all got out of the way. Numbers of trees in every direction were torn up by the roots, and although we have heard of hair breadth escapes of men, women, and children, we are happy to say that no loss of life has occurred in the neighbourhood. The storm ceased about twelve on Monday night. MAN en EST ER.—The following is the only case of accident or injury : of which we have heard, as re sulting from the heavy gale which commenced early on Tuesday morning, and continued till the after noon. William Boyce and James Moore, two little boys, who live in Barter -street, were passing along Corporation,-street, at about noon, when one of the placard boards used by Messrs. Taylor, Garnett, Evans, and Co., was blown down, and fell upon the boys, injuring them about the head. They were removed to the Royal Infirmary, and after Boyce had been attended to he was taken home. Moore remained, but a speedy recovery is anticipated. Noliwtell.—Norwich and the neighbourhood was visited on Tuesday afternoon by a gale of such severity as to amount almost to a hurricane. At Thorpe several large trees were torn from the earth, in one case with such violence as to knock down an adjoining wall. In St. Giles -street the side of a house was blown out in a strange manner, and one of the small spireleta of St. Martin's-at-Palace church was torn down. A chimney shaft in the manufactory of Mr. K e tt on was also partially blown down ; a n d the number of tiles and slates torn from the roofs—in one or two cases stacks of chimneys shared the same fate —was immense. Stu ELDS.—The north-west gale, which blew with terrific violence over the Northumberland coast on Monday, subsided about midnight. It was suet cacaled by a heavy fall of snow which came on a daylight. Telegraphic communication, which w il l stopped on M on d ay night between London Newcastle and the East of Scotland by the poles being bl own d own between York and Newcastle, was resumed on Tuesday morning. [A DYE nusEmENT.]-11-Ir-. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a newillustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). ft - should bb read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to—What watch to buy I where to buy it / and how to use it I [ADVERTI SEMENT.J—NoIice.—In consequence. of Messrs. Lawes and Morton having just commenced 180 with opposi tion similar to that which they previously advanced, and wish ing to do those gentlemen every justice, Ur. Thorley is induced to enlarge his coming pamphlet, snaking it 64 pages instead of 32• showing beyond doubt that their observations on the so-called "Concentrated - Cattle Food," and so-called "feeding statistics," are with Ont fohndation ; that the notharnsted experiment was not= snade_ivith his food, and consequently that this 'completetailgre must either be through mismanage ment, or from buying - the Condiment at the wrong Shop. The first impression of Ono Hundred Thousand Copies will be ready about the first 4a.y of Afarcls, and may be had post free on receipt of ThreeSisinap§oan application to Joseph Thorley, the Inventor and sole Proprietor of " Thorley's Food for Cattle," 77, New i gate-Street; London ;. 21, Brbadway, N ew York, United States; *. X. Wt.Thorley, Melbourne; Vic toria; Nu, Alfred' Burt, Sys neY,New South Wales ; arid of Till his agents throughout the ITllited Kingdom.—Feb. 2,1860. LATEST PARTICULARS. We have to add to the already large list 'of acci dents the following account of the casualties caused by the violence of the late gale :—Along both banks of the river the damage has been immense, there being searc:Ay one of the ware houses that has not had its roof most exten sively damaged. Between Blackfriars and South wark bridges, on the Surrey side, a lightning conductor, attached by strong fastenings to a lofty shaft, was forced from its position and carried away, dragging with it a large portion of the brick work, which with a loud crash fell to the ground. In the Westminster-road a man was delivering some goods from a cart, and whilst in the vehicle the wind suddenly caught him, and he was thrown out on the , roadway and sustained very severe in jury. A very alarming occurrence took place at the Addington-square Baths, Camberwell- roa d . I t seems thP.t whilst th e gale was at its height the inhahliants of the locality were suddedly alarmed by hearing a tremendous crash, when it was disco vered that the whole frontage of the baths facing the canal had been blown down, and the debris hurled into the canal, nearly stopping the naviga tion ; several- persons had a very narrow escape. The extensive premises of Mr. Thomas Farmer, vitriol manufacturer, near Kennington park, have been most extensively damaged. One of the build ings, of upwards of 150 feet in length, had the cop ing ridge carried quite off, together with a peraon of the roof. A man named George Rumsell, aged 60, who lived in Lambeth walk, was proceeding down Victoria-street, when a large chimney, blown from one of the houses, struck the poor fellow a terrible blow on the head, which hurled him to the ground. He was taken in an insensible state to Westminster Hospital. A man named William Wooton. aged 20, was struck by a piece of coping -stone blown from a house in the West- minster-road, and he sustained such severe injury Lhat he was obliged to be removed to the hospital. ' A woman named Mary Yaning, aged 40, whilst crossing Vauxhall-bridge -road received a tremendous blow on the head from some brickwork blown from a house. She was dread fully hurt, and was taken to Westminster Hospital. A serious accident happened near Westminster bridge to a man named Richard Martin ; one of the lamps being blown from its position, and falling on the poor fellow, inflicted such serious injuries that his removal to the hospital was found to be neces sary, CLARK V. CLARK, Dr. Deane, Q.C., for the petitioner, moved fro :an order upon the respondent to submit to cross- , exa mination with regard to the facts stated in hi a an swer to his wif e ' s pe ti t i on ter alimony pendent e lite. The wife charged against him an income of about £B,OOO a year, including an establishment at id race horses at Eps om , a l ea d m i ne, and. a large ap iount of money owed to him by various prArsons, for • which he held security. In his answer, he. admit.te d that he had been in possession of this property ,1 - ,ut said it had all been mortgaged in November Ir‘st, and he had no income at present but an al 10 1 re ,nee of £3 a week made to him by his principal . creditor. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., for the rest )0 ndent, opposed the motion. The substance of the : Inswer was that in October last the respondent be. mme so embar rassed in his circumstances that Eu 1 execution was issued against him, and he was i n d anger of arrest; that he could no t have parted wi th his property except at a great sacrifice, and that he applied to a gentleman, who consented to advaz ice £17,000 to pay up the premiums upon his policies of-insurance and other pressing claims upon hal -ing as security an assignment of all his real and 1 zersonal estate. He submitted that this was a sufficient answer. His Lordship said the accounts s ere very com plicated, and he must take time to 10. ak into them., BOYNTON V. BOYNTON. Dr. Spinks (with whom was lI c. D. r:ean e) moved for a ru l e n i s i for a new trial in this ease • an the ground that the verdict upon the issue of cruelty was against evidence. The , petition v ras by Laura Elizabeth Boynton, for the dissolution .of her marriage with George Boynton on the grot End of adultery, coupled with cruelty, and it was ti ied before the full court and a jury on the 27th , of January last. The jury found that the allegati .ons of cruelty as well as those of adultery had I seen established. The learned counsel referred to dif ferent parts of the evidence of Mrs. Boynton, and to the letters she had written to her husband du ring cohabitation, for the purpose of showing tha tno such cruelty had been established as would have justified the court in granting a judicial separr Etion, and that she had never thought of makint ; any complaint of her husband's ill-treatment unt it her indignation had been roused by his infidelit3. His Lordship was of opinion that there v r as no ground for disturbing the verdict. The jur y had paid g rea t a t tent i on to the case, and no cog plaint was made of the summing up of the I earned judge, Mr. Justice Wig,htman. The fact thr Et Mrs. Boynton had allowed the ill-usage with which she charged her husband to pass without no . lice for a considerable time was well worthy the at tention of the jury, but it was left to their consid( ,ration, and there could be no doubt that the adul .tery of Captain Boynton remitted Mrs. Boynton to her original position with regard to her right - to com plain of that ill-usage if it had been corn la m a i t t s te h d e . Mrs. Boy n t on depose in positive terms to vari ous acts of viol ence ; s h e sa id s h e h a d b een b e aten on four or five o ccas i ons , th a t s h e had been ( !ragged b ab ad ou r t e , e t e h iN a ,e t d sh a e h l e za a d yy be b e le n w vi e o a le b n e t r ly h s e h a a d k w en hie t h broke her comb, and that she frequently had m , arks of ;an a d fe s m om alee , servant. 1 l i e of herpi pinches c e h y e i s d e o n /. e b e r wasuis e son corroborated hei• arni by The letters whi c h were addressed to her bus 1853, when he was in the Crimea, were reri tarkabl for the aff e ctionate terms in whi c h the written, but the learned judge pre sse d th( y were the consideration of the jury, and t o l d th ,rn uponem that they showed either that Mrs. B oynton I lad not spoken truly, or that she was of a vely- f, „ g i v i nn . disposition. The jury must have adopted t he latter view. The fact that she made no Complain she discovered the adultery was consistent Pill view, for she might have condoned the that cruelty when that last outrage wasperi ?eatreatsteodf. The case went to the jury upon her evident lt a against that of Capt. Boynton. It is painfu band and wife positively contradicting Oil s ; ; an ot upon oath, but it was for th e j ury to come ;e a hus er con elusion as to which of th em was telling I he truth and he could . not say that the conclusion to a , the jury h a d arr i ved was not suffici en t evidence towszta i. z o s ng at which therefr.,re, refu se the application for a 1 u l e f or a ASSIZE INTLLIGENCE. ------ 7 ---....-- HOME CIRCU IT. - -HERTFORD, FE The commission for the county of opened in this town on Tuesday, and morning both courts proceeded to disp( business, Lord Chief Justice Erie presidi Civil side, and Mr..Tustice Wightman in Curt. There are nine causes entered 01 side, four of which are special jury case: criminal side there are 22 prisoners for none of the charges are of a serious char. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman Wm. Dimmock, 36, and Simeon Rich were indicted for a robbery, with viol Jonas Valentine. Mr. Bushby conducted the proseeutioi The proseekor was a farmer, residi neighbourho o d of Essendeia, near Hertf the evening of October 26th he was ; house at that place, called the Salisbur3 left to return home about a quarter pa! When he had get'a short distance, a he believed to be the prisoner Richards to him and put some question to him, was about to reply the prisoner knock( B. 29. Eierts was yesterday F4(i) of the .ng on the the Crown i the Civil ►. On the trial, but xeter. Ad6on, 36, ence, upon ng in the ard, and on it a public• • Crest, and ,t 8 o'clock. man whom on came up and as he id him into a ditch and struck him with a life•preserver, and another mar, wl , r, Ira-. s'yted to bc the other pri soner, then came up, and the two rifled his pockets of the money and other property that was about his person. It was proved that both the prisoners were drinking at a beer-shop about the time the robbery was committed, and that they were seen following the prosecutor, and there was no reason able doubt, upon the evidence, that the prisoners were the parties by whom the offence was committed. The prisoner Dimmock, when called upon for his defence, made a very plausible statement, to the effect that he was entirely innocent of the crime of which he was accused, and he csserted that the pie robbery was committed by his fellow prisoner ; and said he told him at the time that he was afraid he would get him into trouble, although he was quite innocent. The other prisoner Richardson, before he made his defence, asked the learned jadge to inform him whether the statement that had been made by his companion would be taken as evidence against him. Mr. Justice Wightman said—Certainly not, and he should tell the jury that it ought not to weigh at all against him. Richardson the n ma d e a l ong and elaborate state ment to the jury. He commenced by expressing his regret that he was unable to address a Court and jury in the manner they should be, by reason of his want of education, but he said he hoped to be able to satisfy them that there was no foundation for the charge that had been made against him. He said that he was a bricklayer, and having been thrown out of work by the strike in London, he came down into Hertfordshire to seek for employment, and between Hatfield and Essenden he met his fel low-prisoner Dimmock, whom he recognised as having been in confinement with him at Portland. They got into conversation, and Dimmock told him that lie had been living in the neighbourhood, and that he bad " wormed himself" into the good opinion of the squire and the parson, and that he intended to rob them both the first opportunity that presented itself. He then detailed several plans he had made to commit different robberies during the winter, and said that when he had got all he could he intended to leave the place, and he wishul him (Richardson) to join in these robberies, but he refused to do so. They then went to a beer shop, ami Dimmock told him that there was no one in the house but an old man and woman and a girl, and he knew where they kept the money, and he proposed to :secrete himself in an up-stairs room, and to come down in the night and let him in • and he said that they could then joi n i n the robberT. He declared that he refused to have any concern in the matter, an :d Dimmock afterwards told him that he had watch ed an old farmer, whom he believed to be the prosecutor, and that he should have robbed him on a previous night if he had not had some one w . ith him. The prisoner then went on to say that Dimmock and another man whom he called his mate were the persons who robbed the prosecutor, and that he now had the treachery, or rather, as he said, the " villany " to accuse him of it, in ordc r that he, who was the really guilty party, mit ;ht escape punishment. The lea rued judge having summed up, the jury almost it amediately returned a verdict of guilty against 1 )oth prisoners, and certificates were put in by whin li it appeared that they had been previously convict( 3d of felony, and sentenced to four years' penal s ervitude. The f or ten years. y were sentenc e d t o b e k ep t i n penal servi tudeLoi 31 Chief Justice Erle was engaged the greater part of the day in trying an action for slander, whin ;h did not possess the least feature of interest to t) le public. GO 11.1 V TR Y MARKETS NE WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE—FEB. 28. The wheat trade during the week has again been firm, ut to-day the market ruled very dull, and the is advance :ealised last Saturday could scarcely be maintained. The millers were holding off in anticipation of the arrival of the fleet of grain vessels. LYNN—FEB. 28. To-day's market was moderately supplied with wheat, in improved condition, and all descriptions sold readily at last Tuesday's rates. Barley and beans unchanged. Old white 44s to 48s 1 Old red 42s to 454 New white.. ..... 42s to 47s I New red... 393 to 45 HULL—FEB. 28. A pretty fair attendance to-day, and a moderate show of farmers' wheat, which sold at about last week's currencies. Malting and grinding barley in good request, at full rates ; clean parcels fit for seed obtained is to 2s more money. Oats in good demand, and is dearer, Beans, peas, &c., 121 favour of sellers. Linseed and rape cake firm, without change. Wheiit.... Old white.... per qr ... 46s Od to 50s Od Old red ..... . „ ........ 43s Od to 468 04 New white .. „ New red .. Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 50s Od to 528 Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 47. Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 44s Od to 488 Od S',-,. Petersburg and Riga, old 39s Od to 44s Od Barley.... ll:nglish malting 36s Od to 428 04 grinding 303 Od to 32s 04 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3ls Od to 38s 04 Grinding Oats... „ ..English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 10fd to 114 Friesland and Dutch oBlld to 0311 Swedish and Dani s h O s lld to 03111.1 Bea As . . . . En g li s h, o ld, per qr 46s Od to 48 . New pigeon 4os Od to 424 Od New tick. 39s Od to 40s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding sos Od to 52s Ot crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 16 0 Foreign 715 oto 8 5 0 Rape cakes 415 oto 5 0 0 Bones MARKET HARBOROUGH—FEB. 28. There was a tolerable supply of wheat, which met a fair demand, at about former rates. White wheat, 43s to 46s ; red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone. Barley, old, 35s to 41e; new, 26s to 325. Oats were a stationary, from 23s to 30 4 per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 38s to 41s ; new, 34s to Os per 38 stone. DUBLIN. description of grain. eu A rre t 1 2 6 7 00 t 0 00 21 2 0 8 6 . s. d. a. d. n c o iuers w m e a r r e k fully o - s d u a p y r o t r h t f Wheat, white 28 6to 30 6 Do., new ..... Do., red 13 Do., hew.... —oto 0 1 Rapeseed Barley Is Oats 12 6t073 9 Bakers' flour Do., black.... 11 6t012 C I Indian corn F" —FEN. 28. ere was little doing, but late ed. A small supply of every s. d. o. A. 0 to • 0 to 14 • 0 to 98 $ 6 to 14 • 6 to lt 6 to 35 • OREIGIV _NAIL PACKET LIST. [n the following' table E signifies that letters are despatched by e venincr mails from London, and AI by morning mails. Next DESTINATIONS. I D 9qo a li s h . i Port of 3 d l u a el . 1 l iof Mails. Despatch. ___________ Australia and Mauritius, via' Southampton Mar. 12 ' M Ditto , via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana vi a N ew , York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. p c kt ); Cape of Good hope, Ascen sion, and St. Hel ena China, Penang, and Singa pore, Southamp. Mar. 11 March 5 Mar. 16, E l Liverpool.. Mar. 15 ErLiverpool.. Feb. 29 :Mar. 5, E, ) Devenport Ap r il 1 via Southamptonl , Mar. 3, M, Southamp. Mar. 3 Ditto, via Marseill es (M ar. 10, I . ] Gibraltar, via Southamp :on ..,Mar. 3 , 31;Southamp. overdue Honduras and Biewfields .... i Mar. 17, M,Southamp. Mar. 16 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon,/ 1 _ via Southampton mar.' 3, M, Southamp. Mar. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South-I ampton 'Mar. 12, . 3 lSouthamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseines liar. 3 E ;Mar. 5 Lisbon, Brazils,BuenosAy res, , I ! and F. Islands ,Mar. 9, 31,Southam. Mar. 5 Lisbon, Vigo, ard Oporto !M ar . 7, 31,Seuthampp. ,Mall 1 nail", Egypt, and Ade. ,, , via ! 1 Southampton Mar. 3, 31 Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland !Mar. 24 ELiverpool.. United States and B r iti s h N ' America (by British p a ck e t)lMa r . 2, E !Liverpool.. Mar. 7 Ditto (by U. S. packet) lMar. 7, E l Southamp. West Coast of Ai'rica, Ma-1 deira, and Teneriffe Mar. 23 E , Liverpool.. Mar. 10 West India, California, - Vene-I zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town. New Granada. &c. lMar. 2, M Southamp. ,Mar. 1 : - BIRTHS. ASTLEY.—On the 27th ult., at Rutland-gate, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Astley, of a daughter. BL9MPIELD.—On the 28th ult., at 3, Finsbury-circus, the wife of the Rev. F. G. Blomfield, of a daughter. DARE.— of On son. the 28th ult., a t P ec k ham, Mrs. Thos. Dare, jun., a PAltrnsßY.—On the 28th ult., at Roupell-park, the wife of G. w. Parbury, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. MACDONALD —IVILLIAmsorr.—On the 10th Jan., at Singa pore, John E. Macdonald, Esq., son of th e l ate C apta i n Macdonald, of th e 91st Regt., to Emilie Sophia, eldest daughter of Thomas Williamson, Esq , of Savage-gar dens, Trinity-square. THORP —TR OitP.—On the 15th ult., at Trinity Church, Rainow, Sarni. Thorp, Esq., of Melbourne, Australia, to Anna, only daughter of Saml. Thorp, Esq., Tower-hill, Rainow, near Macclesfield. DEATHS. ALLEN.—On the 28th Feb., at the Court Lodge, Stone, near Dartford, Mr. Wm. Allen, aged 70. EDWARDS.—On the 28th ult., at 31, Upper Phillimore place, Kensington, Wm. Edwards, Esq., late of Crouch Oak, Surrey. HITCHIN.—On the 27th ult., Mr. Wm. Hitchin, of Mid dlewich, Cheshire, aged 65. KENDALL.—On the 27th ult., at his residence, 2, Park place, Gloucester-gate, Regen*is-park, Mr. John Ken dall, aged 61. LONDON : Printed and Published by Mtiltl)o YOUNu of NO. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ip the county of M;ddlesex, Thursday, March 1, 1860. ~~- I r ~. ' 9,