The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company have decided to re commend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 3/ per cent. per annum for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1859, leaving a balance of about 25,8001 to be carried forward to the next half-year. MIDLAND. The report of the directors of this company states that a very considerable increase has taken place in the traffic of the railway for the past half-year. The increase in the receipts for coaching amounted to 18,6961, for merchandise to 27,0131, for minerals to 9.517/, and for cattle to 4,2221; total, 59,4481. The balance available for dividend was 363,9701. of which 7,9071 was brought from the previous half year. The directors recommend the declaration of the following dividends (less income tax), payable on the Ist of March next, viz.:-3l upon each 1001 Consolidated Stock ; 21 Os. 3d. upon each 1001 Con solidated Birmingham and Derby Stock ; 31 upon each 1001 Consolidated Preferential Stock ; 31 upon each 1001 Consolidated Erewash Valley Stock; 21 ss. upon each 1001 Consolidated 44 per Cent. Pre ferential Stock ; 7s. 6d. upon each 161135. 4d. share, being a half-year's dividend at 41 per Cent. ; 21 upon each 1001 Leicester and Hitchin Preferential Stock ; ls. 4 1.5 d. upon each 61 preference share, being a half-year on 31, at 41- per cent. per annum; leaving a balance of 9,8261 to be carried to the ac count of the current half-year. The working ex penses have been 391 ls. 2d. per cent. against 381 16s. per cent. during the corresponding half-year of 1858. Mr. Kirtley reports that the rolling stock is in good working order, and that during the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1859, the mileage performed by trains has been as follows : —With passenger trains, 1,079,782 miles ; with goods and mineral trains, 2,29.5,693 miles ; total, 3,975,475 miles, which compared with the corresponding period of last year, shows an increase with passenger trains of 47,648 miles, and an increase with goods and mineral trains of 232,645 miles. Total increase of mileage 280,293 miles. The renewals of plant for the half year had been 14 engines, 26 carriages, 3 break vans, and 123 waggons, the entire cost of which had been charged to revenue. Mr. Crossley reports that the relaying during the past half year had been 14 miles, 7 furlongs, and 5 chains. The fish-joint had been applied to the rails to the extent of 10 miles, 4 furlongs, and 16 chains. Instead of the usual sum of 20,0001, which from June, 1857, had been annually written off the Permanent Way Renewal Fund, 34,7721, being one-half of the sum at the debit of this account, had been applied in the last half year in reduction of that debt. The premises obtained at the Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate street, London, were now ready for the reception of goods. The directors had purchased a plot of ground, containing more than 20 acres, in the parish of St. Pancras, London, having frontages to the Great Northern and North London Railways and the Regent's Canal. They had introduced a bill to authorize agreements with the North Lon don, the London and Blackwell, the Eastern Coun ties, and the proprietors or lessees of the Tilbury and Southend Railway Companies, to enable the Midland Railway Company to use certain lines and stations of the contracting parties for the convey ance, accommodation, and interchange of traffic between the midland district and the port of Lon don. The directors had also introdueed a bill to extend the railway from Wigston to Hinckley, there to join the Hinckley and Nuneaton Railway. The estimated cost of the 11 of Hinckley would be only about 118,0001, and they recommended the shareholders to sanction it. The directors proposed an outlay of 40,0001 on various works at Sheffield and Bradford, 10,0001 for additional materials and permanent way, 37,5001 for 15 new engines, 9,5001 for 40 passenger carriages, and 3,000 for tools and machinery, making together 100,0001. The report of Mr. J. Cripps and Mr. A. Allott was very satis factory. The capital account to the 31st of December showed that 20,845,0331 had been received, and 20,828,397/ expended, leaving a balance of 16,6361. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last showed that 1,008,8251 had been received, and 447,8041 expended, leaving a balance of 561,0211. The interest on loans and pre ference shares amounted to 198,0851, the deficiency on the Matlock line to 1,3171, the rent of the North- Western to 16,0554 and the redemption of mortgage to 5001, leaving, with 7,9071 from the last account, a disposable balance of 353,970/, against 328,8911 at the corresponding period of 1858. NORTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company in their report congratulate the proprietors on the result of the working of the line for the past half-year, the amount received having exceeded that of the corre sponding period of 1838 by 56,953/. This increase had arisen in a great measure from the recent general improvement in trade, and the directors recommend that the following dividends be declared, viz. :—On the ordinary Berwick stock at the rate of 51 per 'cent. per annum, leaving 11,4141 to be carried forward to next account; on the ordinary York stock at the rate of 421 per cent. per annum, leaving 3,3831 to be carried forward to next ac count ; on the ordinary Leeds stock at the rate of 2a per cent. per annum, leaving 1,8101 to be carried forward to next account; on the Thirsk and Malton stock at the rate of 4 per cent. per an num, leaving 4341 to be carried forward to next ac count. Many influential residents in the district, who at first were opposed to the amalgamation with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, had now withdrawn their opposition. The attention of the directors had been drawn to the import ance of forming a line of railway from Blaydon, on the Newcastle and Carlisle line, to join the company's Lanchester Valley branch at Consett, and the requisite steps had been taken to enable the company to apply for an Act during the present session. The length of the proposed line was 13 miles, and the cost was estimated at 150,001. A further portion of the North Yorkshire and Cleve land line to Castleton will be ready for opening in a few months. The Hull and Holderness Railway will be forthwith worked by the North-Eastern Company at a rent equal to 31 per cent. in 1860 and 1861 upon the share capital of 106,8001; and 4 per cent, in 1862 and thenceforward. The directors recommend that 1,000,000/ of new stock be now created, bearing a preferential interest of 41 per cent. per annum, subject to redemption at par by the company at any time after the expiration of five years, on giving six months' notice to the holders thereof. The amount received in r espe c t o f this stock will be applied partly in the construction of new works, and partly in the reduction of the debenture debt. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- HAMPTON. The report of the directors states that the total revenue from all sources amounted for the half-year ending the 31st of December last to 138,8241, and the expenditure to 57,0941, leaving a balance of 81,7301. From this was deducted 23,3191 for in terest on debenture stock, and 3,3441 for Stratford upon-Avon Canal charges, leaving a balance, out of which the directors proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the first guaranteed stock, amounting to 25,4391, and the full amount of dividend upon the second guaran teed stock, carrying forward a balance of 2,2531 for the next account. The traffic for the 'past half year showed an increase of 17,8111 as compared with that of the corresponding period of 1858. The increase in the working expenses amounted to 5,5891, leaving a net increase on the half-year of 12,2221. For the first time the earnings of the half-year have been more than sufficient to pay the full dividend on the guaranteed shares. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company state its their report that the amount of share and mortgage capital chargeable on revenue to 31st December, exclusive of the leased lines, was 18,211,4441, including 12,093,5941 of ordinary capital. The expenditure on capital account during the half-year had been 133,7521, of which 30,2901 was for extension of sta tions, 6,695 cost of Amalgamation Bill, 29,615 for working stock, 25,4161f0r land, 19,942/for doubling line on Burnley branch, and 10,9141 for land. The receipt s of the company on revenue account during the half. year had been 929,5911. The receipts for Passengers, goods, and rents amounted to 903,4271 against 824,3301, howing an increase of 79,0971. The disbursements 338,6521 for the amounted to 362,398/, against an increase of 23,7461. period of 1858, show ing6l. The increase in the num ber of passenge rs cent.wasi 1 4-sths Der cent., in the miles travelled 9 per ; the increase i n th e t ons of merchandise c onveyed the miles carried 4 3-sthswas 81-- per cent., and in per c en t. T he average receipt per passenger was 10 Id, and goods 4s 3d. per ton of The balance of the net revenue of com panies applicable to the payment of divide n d s united divide n d s on ordinary stock amounted to 310,6711, an this the directors recommended the prop r ietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 5 per cen t. num, less-income-tax, and to carry forward I'l!er an lance, 8,3321, to the next account. Thegross receipts of the company. for the last three years were for the June half of 1857, 773,9211; and for the Decem ber half, 805,9331; -for the June half of 1858, 716,5191; and for the Decemberohalf, 850,2541 ; for the June half , of 1859, 824,4901; and for the December half, 929,591/. The working expenses for the half-year were increased by the Parlia mentary proceedings of last , session. The perma nent way had occupied much of the attention. of, the directors, and was reported by the engineers to be in good working order. The renewal account has been debited with 24,1871 for relaying, less 3,4251 which has been charged to capital account for fishing. An amount of 45,0001 had been trans ferred from revenue account, which, with the 15,0001 transferred last half-year, reft the balance 10,5901 - less than it was at the beginning of the year. The 4 per cent. debenture stock of the com pany had been taken to a satisfactory extent, and the directors were convinced that the more the value of the security offered by the stock was under stood, the greater would be the favour it would find with the investing public. The large and constant increase in the goods and passenger traffic of the company continued to render the enlargement of the stations a matter of necessity. Such had been the rapid growth of the traffic.that a large increase in the number of waggons and carriages was urgently required. To meet these wants, the esti mate of capital expenditure for the current half year was for 500 :waggons, 35,7001; carriages, 12,0001; enlargement of stations, 58,8001; addi tional land, 20,0001; locomotive engines, 10,0001. The Great Northern Company had revived the Don caster to Wakefield scheme, which was a compet ing line with the railway between those towns. The directors consider that it would involve an ex penditure of capital altogether uncalled for. The capital account showed that 18,549,4131 had been expended. The revenue account for the half-year showed that 929,5911 had been received and 375,8641 expended, including 20,3001 for rates and taxes and 8,4111 for passenger duty, leaving a bal ance of 553,7271. The interest on loans and pre ference shares would absorb 204,780/, and the ordi nary dividend, 302,3401; the surplus remaining, after other payments, would be 8,3321. HEREFORD, HAY, AND BRECON. The first half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Brecon on Tuesday, Mr. J. L. Vaughan in the chair. The report stated the capital of the company to be 280,0001, and the borrowing powers 93,0001, making a total of 373,0001. The contract for the works was let to Messrs. M'Cormick and Holme for 231,0001, of which they had agreed to take one third in the company's shares. The directors re commend some immaterial deviations from the present plans between Hay and Brecon, which would effect a large saving to the company. They had been anxious to secure a certain fixed per tentage, and had succeeded in making arrange ments with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, and the Worcester and Hereford Com panies, to work the line as soon as 20 miles were completed for traffic at 45 per cent. of the gross receipts, and to contribute half-yearly out of the receipts from traffic coming upon either, of their lines from the Brecon Railway such sum, if any were requisite, as would make the net traffic equal to 41 per cent. on the paid-up capital, and such contributions to be repaid by the Brecon Com pany out of surplus receipts beyond 41 per cent. They had two-thirds of the amount in paid-up capital, and expected the remainder would be easily obtained. The contractors had assured the direc tors that if they got early possession of the land, the line from Hereford to Hay (20 miles) might be opened before the end of the year. The local sub scriptions amounted to 70,0001, and 100,0001 had been promised from an independent quarter. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the favourable aspect of their affairs, and alluded to the contingency of forming part of a railway scheme to connect the port of Milford Haven with the Midland manufacturing districts. Mr. SMITH said the first sod would in all pro bability be cut by the middle of next month. Mr. J. Williams and Mr. T. Frater, bankers, were appointed auditors to the company.. The whole of the resolutions wore carried unani mously, and the meeting was adjourned for three weeks, to allow time for the pending negotiations to be concluded. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at Gloucester on Friday—Mr. S. Baker in the chair. The report stated that the Great Western Company having promptly paid the rent as lessees, the directors were enabled, to declare a dividend at the rate of 12s 6d a share net, but, owing to the in crease in the income tax, the balance carried over would be very small—only 601. A resolution de claring the dividend at the above rate, and adopt ing the report, was then put and carried nem. con., and the business terminated. MID-KENT. The report of the directors states that the traffic for the past half year amounted to 4 0 501/, as com pared with 3,9991 in the corresponding half of 1858. The net balance, after deducting 50 per cent. for working expenses and other charges, was 1,7081, which would enable the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company's Extension between Bromley and Strood, when completed, would bring the Mid-Kent lino into communication with au extensive and fertile district of Central Kent. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the Examiners on Standing Orders disposed of the undermentioned bills : (Before Mr. Smith.) Portsmouth New Railways and Piers—The stand ing orders were complied with. Faringdon—A railway from the Great Western to Faringdon. The standing orders were complied with. Epsom and Leatherhead—To enable the company to lease or sell and transfer to the London, Brighton, and South-Coast, and London and South-Western Railway Companies. The standing orders were complied with: Hamilton and Strathaven—To raise additional money for completing their railway and other works. (Before Mr. Frere.) St. Helen's—(Traffic Agreements)—To make traffic and other agreements with neighbouring railway companies. The standing orders were complied with. Great Northern and Western of Ireland—To make agreements with the Midland and Great Western Railway (of Ireland) Company. The standing orders were complied with. London and North-Western —Abandonment of part of Edgehill and Garston line, for the construc tion in lieu there)f of a line to the Liverpool Sta tion and North and South Junction Railway. The standing orders were complied with. Oswe ,try and Newtown—A branch from Llyn 91ys to Porthywaen. The standing orders were complied with. Llyfni Vale—To construct a harbour at Port Llyfni, and also a railway. The standing orders were complied with. Birkenhead—To transfer the undertaking to the London and North-Western and Great Western Railways. The standing orders were compiled with. [AnvErcristatENT.]—Notice.—ln consequence of Messrs. 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Also at' Dublin. at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co.' at Manghester, Sharp snd Scott ; at York, RaimPs, amptoni I tandall and t 30,,,, Blanchard , and Co. ; at_South . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1860. LAW INTELLI6ENCE.—E , b. 8. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins, in Middlesex, beforo Lord Et Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) COCHER V. FENN.-A VESSEL RUN ASHORE. This was an action to recover an insurance upon the collier brig Symmetry, which had been run ashore near Whitby. Mr. O'Malley, Mr. D. 0. Keane, and Mr. D. Brown appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Wilde and Mr. Honyman for the defendant. The Symmetry left Sunderland for Lowestoft on Tuesday, the 23d November, 1858, and was in the neighbourhood of Scarborough on the 26th. The plaintiff's case was that the wind had been favour able up to that time, but afterwards it choppbd round to the south-east, and blew very hard. The ship could not proceed on her voyage, and she was in consequence put about, and the captain made for Whitby roads, where he could safely anchor ; she, however, missed stays twice, and an attempt to wear her round failed. At this time it was sud denly discovered that she had seven feet of water in her, and the captain, in order- to save the lives of the crew, ran the vessel on shore. The crew took to the rigging; but so rough was the sea, that they had to remain there for about an hour before they could be rescued. The vessel could not be got off, and the only property saved realised £ll2, the charges being £lO4. The plaintiff had had the vessel for 20 ears, but about 1851 or 1852, £l,OOO was spent in repairing her after an accident, and some years later £lOO more was spent on her. The defendant's case was that the vessel, which was 138 tons burden, was worth to sell only about £3 a ton, she being 40 years old. Her value to the plaintiff was about £6OO. The insurances upon her amounted to £1,350, in addition to £2OO upon freight. It was not true that the vessel missed her stays and would not wear, nor was it true, as sworn by the plaintiff's witnesses, that the crow were at the pumps when she was coming up from Whitby. There was nothing in the weather to make the position of the crew dangerous; they passed with in 100 yards of a small boat with two men, who could easily have taken the crew ashore in a few minutes ; and, indeed, there was nothing to pre vent the crew from going ashore in their own boat. Another circumstance deposed to was, that the ves sel had no appearance of being waterlogged, and, in particular, was not very deep in the water. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up to the jury, said that the question raised for their consi deration upon the record was, whether the ship was intentionally cast away with the sanction of the plaintiff. His lordship also commented upon the evidence, and made some severe remarks upon 13 that given y the plaintiff himself. The jury retired to consider the matter, and re mained absent for nearly an hour. The foreman, on their return, said we find, with very great regret, a verdict for the plaintiff, and we hope that he will receive no benefit from it. FEB. 8. Sittings at Nisi Prins, in Middlesex, before Lord Chief Justice Erle and a Common Jury.) HUGHES V. DREW.—ASSAULT. The plaintiff in this case is a workman in the employ of Mr. Dickinson, ;a coach-builder in Drury lane, and the defendant is an oil and colourman in the same neighbourhood. The action was to re cover damages for an assault. Mr. Cole appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Digby Seymour and Mr. Prendergast for the de fendant. _ _ _ On the 27th of December*last the plaintiff and a fellow-workman, named Skinner, on returning after their dinner-hour, went under an archway in Wild, street, for a necessary purpose, and whilst there they were pelted from the defendant's workshop up the yard. They thereupon went to the shop to complain, and White, the defendant's workman, struck the plaintiff, who is a small man. Skinner interfered, and a struggle took place, and they fell. The plaintiff went to pick up his friend Skinner, whereupon the defendant gave the plaintiff a vio lent " upper-cut" upon the eye. The plaintiff was so hurt that it was necessary to take him to a sur geon, and thence home, where he was confined to his bed for eight days, and was unable to go to his work for a fortnight. The blow caused the eye to "strike a light ;" and a similar light often re-ap peared still when the plaintiff was doing work which required a strong exercise of sight. Mr. Jones, the surgeon, who dressed the wound, said that there was a "little" swelling under the eye, a " few" drops of blood on the apron, and a " little" blood on the cheek. He applied lint and cold water. He also dressed the defendant's knuckle. There was no blood upon that. He put some sticking plaster on it ; the skin was cut. The foreman under whom plaintiff worked said the blow was a " terrible" one, audit made him sick when he looked at it. There was blood all down his front and on his face. There was a cut laying open under the eye. "When the plaintiff came to work at the end of a fortnight, he was obliged for some time to wear a shade over his eye. The defendant's version was, that the first he heard of the matter was that the plaintiff and Skinner noisily demanded an apology for being pelted ; and no apology being offered, they threat ened to " clout" White's head. There was a squabble, and witness ordered the plaintiff and Skinner out. The nest thing he saw was a struggle between White and Skinner, and witness expected himself to be the next victim, though he was not much afraid. White came to the ground in a sit ting position, and while he was there the plaintiff struck him in the mouth. Witness, seeing the affair could only be brought to a termination - by force, interfered, and struck at Skinner. He also struck the plaintiff, and pushed them both out of the place. Subsequently he saw that he had hurt the plaintiff, and eipressed his sorrow that he had hit him so hard, and sent him to Mr. Jones, the surgeon. White also gave corroborative evidence. The Lord Chief Justice directed the jury that the question raised upon the record was whether the defendant had committed the assault in defence of his servant White ; or whether he had used more violence than was necessary to defend White. The jury, having considered the matter for up wards of an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages £2O. COURT FOR PROBATE CAUSES, FEB. 8, (Before Sir Cresswell Cresswell.) ANTHONY V. ANTHONY. Dr. Spinks applied to the Court on behalf of the petitioner, Mrs. Anthony, who had entered a peti tion for permanent alimony, that under the present state of things it would not disturb the grant which had been made pendente lite. On behalf of the respondent, who is an artist, it was urged that although his income had formerly boon £335 a•year on an average of three years, it had since become reduced to a sum below £2OO a-year. The Judge Ordinary said it had been stated by the respondent in his original answer that he had property by him to the amount of £l,OOO. It was not said how that property had been got rid of. It also appeared that Mr. Anthony spoke of under going great expense in the production of many works of art, expense of frames, materials, and so forth, and yet had not given any information as to what the result had been. Under all the circum stances he (the learned Judge Ordinary) should not at present disturb the rate of alimony. He could not allow the present motion to go without remark ing what the respondent had thought fit and proper to state in his answer. Mr. Anthony stated there that his wife was a governess before their marriage, and she might now assist in her own maintenance by taking the situation of a governess again: He (Sir Crosswell Cresswell) must say that if she should ever be engaged in such a capacity, no thanks whatever would be due to her husband, Mr. Anthony, from the fact that during the progress of the suit he had done all in his power, although unsuccessfully, to destroy his own wife's character. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 8. (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.) Frederick Ray, 30, was convicted of feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of David Gardener Berri, an engraver, of Great Russell street, and stealing therein a coat and other arti cles, value £6, and five £5 notes. This robbery was committed in the night time by means of skeleton keys, and the prisoner was traced to a lodging-house, where under his bed in a bag the police found some of the missing articles and the keys. A former conviction in August last was proved against him, and the officers stated that they had reason to think he had been transported for ten years, but they could not prove the fact through the absexce of an officer, who was now in Scotland. _ _ The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to five years' r e h n his ls o n at at the prosecutor q , u a i n t d e peTnahles prisoner thre w whereupon said he could easily do the five , as they were aware he had done ten. William Salt, 33, was indicted for 'stealing five shirts and other articles, the property of George Doury; two blankets and other articles, value £4, the property of John Hudson ; three shirts and other articles, value £2, the property of Alfred Neighbour; a cotton dress, &c., value 125., the pro perty of Elizabeth Baker; two shirts and other articles, value 135., the property of John Doury and two shirts, &c., value 75., the property of George Coffer. These robberies were committed so far back as 1856. The prisoner had been employed to drive a laundress's cart, and so became acquainted with the customers. After ho had ceased to be so employed, he went and collected the bundles of linen enume- rated, and had kept oat of the way until recently, when he was apprehended. The principal point was as to his identity. The witnesses spoke positively to him, and the jury found him Guilty. It was then proved that the prisoner was sen tenced to seven years transportation by this court in Jan., 1853, and was discharged on a ticket-of leave in October, 1855. His certificate of discharge was produced in Court, and it was found to be dated 1859. This was explained to be an error, but The Assistant-J udge said it was one of so serious, a nature in an official dobunaent, that he should cause some inquiry to be made respecting it. The Court sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton de- Bonded the prisoner. Patrick Collins, a hodman, who had been con victed on many occasions of assaults, principally upon the police, was found guilty of assaulting Charles Dickinson, a navvie. Mr. Cumming, ex-inspector of the B division, stated that it had been suggested that this assault arose about the strike, but that really was not so. He was now employed by Messrs. Kelk to protect their men from these attacks, and he now had a warrant out against the prisoner's brother for as saulting one of them, and the ill-feeling in this case was thus caused. The Irish hodmen had been to a great extent displaced by barrowmen, for which navvies were preferred, to the exclusion of the " hods," as they were much more proficient in wheeling a barrow, more work was done, and at much less expense. That was really the cause of this assault. The Assistant-Judge said, had it appeared that this assault had been committed under any animus arising from the strike, and that the assault had been committed upon a man who chose to go to work by one who \would not, a most exemplary punishment would have been inflicted. The sea tatee upon tho defendant was four months' imprisonment. Mr. Platt prosecuted. Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prisoner. Thomas Brown, 23,-was convicted of a robbery, with violence, upon William Kennet, and stealing from his person a watch and guard, value £6.. It was not known that he had been in custody, but he was the associate of thieves. The Court sentenced him to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. Holdsworth was for the prosecution. Mr. Metcalfe defended. James Henry Johnson, 25, was found guilty of stealing a watch from the person of Henry Noakes, as he was leaVing a chapel in Pentonville-road. The prisoner was not known to have been convicted be fore, but, like the preceding one, was the associate of very bad characters. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. Dickie was for the peosecution, Mr. Ribton for the prisoner. Robert Collins, 37, was indicted for stealing a looking-glass, value ls. 6d., the property of Fredk. Close, from a van, in Backchurch-lane. Mr. Metcalfe was for the prosecution, Mr. Ribton cross-examined the witnesses for the prisoner, and Mr. Dickie addressed the jury upon the facts. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. Mr. Ribton, in a ease in which he was engaged, challenged 20 jurors, and 12 were empanneled to try, but, in consequence of the absence of a witness, the case had to be postponed. After the verdict in the case of Collins, which was tried by the 12 not challenged, they were directed to go out for refresh ments, and a fresh jury put into the box. Mr. Ribton said he believed this had been done by . instructions, and, if that were so, it was a most unjust and unconstitutional proceeding, against which he protested. The learned judge said the jury had gone into the box in the usual way, after the first had gone out for refreshment, and there was not the least pos sible ground for the suggestion that any jury or juryman had been kept out purposely. Henry Harding, 18, Ellen Harding, 19, and Joseph Richards, 23, were indicted on three charges of stealing linen from laundress's carts. There were seven other charges against them, so that they had been doing business wholesale. They belonged to a gang about the Seven-dials, and were apprehended by Holmes, F, and Ackrell, 48 F. The evidence failed as to Richards. The Hardings were found guilty. Henry, though but 18, was a well-known thief, and had been convicted before. His father and mother were very respectable, and had done all they could to reclaim him, but without success • they could not get him from his companions. He had lived with the female, who had been a prostitute, and disposed of the plunder. Her parents, too, were stated by Cole, C, to be very respectable, but she preferred this course of life. The Court sentenced ifenry Harding (the name was an assumed one) to four years penal servitude, and Ellen Harding to 12 months hard labour. Richards was discharged with a severe caution. Mr. Abram prosecuted ; Mr. Tayler defended the Hardings. John Sipless, 31, and Sarah, his wife, were in dicted for feloniously receiving a brass weight, knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr. Cooper was for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton defended, and submitted that the in dictment disclosed no offence. The Court ruled in favour of the objection, and directed an acquittal. A number of ordinary cases of larceny and steal ing from the person were disposed of. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 8. MARLBOROUGH-STREET : BURGLART AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—William John Sanderson, aged 23, a porter, was charged before Mr. Beadon with murderously assaulting police-constable Bash fortb, E 147, after with others burglariously enter ing the York Minster public-house, 17, Foley-street, and stealing therein silver and copper money , and tobacco, the property of the landlord, Mr. John Frost. Bashforth, the constable, whose head was bound over with surgical plaister , deposed as follows :—I was on duty last night in and about Ogle-street, and at a little before two o'clock a.m., observed two men standing close to the houses in Foley-street, and the prisoner approaching them with something in his hand. Suspecting something wrong I got into a doorway to watch their proceedings. The prisoner having reached them, they all three turned into Ogle-street, and I followed. They caught sight of me, ran away, and I pur sued them, and laid hold of the prisoner. The prisoner had his shoes in his hand, and seeing something bulky under his coat, I asked him what he had there ; upon which he dropped the parcel produced, which, bursting open as it fell, I found to be tobacco—the same now produced. I told him I should take him to the station, upon which he set up a whistle, after saying, g , I'll be --if you shall take me by yourself." After the whistle he said, " Give me time to put on my shoes, and I'll go quietly." I replied I should not ; and he then said to me, " Loose my collar, and I'll walk quietly." I did not think it prudent to do this, and took him on into York-street, when he slipped out from his pocket under his coat the large " jemmy" produced, and before I could prevent it struck me a violent blow on the crown of my hat, which penetrated deep through the leather but did not touch my head. My hat was knocked off by the force of the blow, and he struck me a second blow with the same iron instrument, inflicting one of the wounds I have, and the blood poured down profusely. Di rectly he did this he threw the jemmy from him into the road. At this moment two men, one of whom I remembered to have seen in the doorway in the first instance, and perhaps the other, though I cannot speak so positively as to him, came up, and one of these, picking up the jemmy or crowbar, struck me (the prisoner crying out " let's murder the ----, for I'll not be took") a violent blow on the head, and I was deluged in blood. I seized hold of the instrument, and wrenching it out of his grasp pitched it away. As I did so all the three laid hold of me, one by the collar and the others by the arms. The prisoner said, " It's no use being a fool, you may let me go, and before you leave me I'll square it with you" (give money). I asked the other two men to release me, and they said they would if I would let the other go. I managed to get my right arm and arm at liberty and sprang my rattle, when the other two men ran off, but I kept hold of the prisoner. Three constables came up on the alarm and assisted me, and conveyed the prisoner to the station-house. I was very weak from the loss of blood, but pointed out the jemmy on the road. I was taken to the surgeon as quickly as possible, and had my wounds dressed. The following certificate, as to the state of the injured constable, who was accommodated with a seat, was handed in : " 1 hereby certify that constable 147, Bashforth, has received two severe incised wounds on the head. "JOHN WORKET. " No. 4, High-street, Bloomsbury." Mr. Beadon remarked that the way in which he (witness) had given his evidence was very creditable to him. lie remembered him, and knew this was not the first time h e h a d s h own grea t courage in affairs of this sort. E 92 . (Tack) heard the cry of " Police," and the springing of a rattle, and proceeding to the - spot found the prisoner beating the last witness and struggling violently, and, assisted by others, got him away and took him to the station. Sergeant Honey was on duty at the St. Giles's Police-station, Clarke's-buildings, when the charge was brought in. The constabl, Bashforth, was in a frightful state, and covered with blood. Ile was greatly exhausted, and he sent him to the divisional surgeon. The charge et that time stood against the prisoner on suspicion of stealing a quantity of tobacco, and the assault and attempt to murder the constable. While the constable was gone he searched the prisoner, and found 7s. Bd. in copper, some screws of tobacco, an end of candle, and some Lucifer matches. On asking how he accounted for the money and things, he replied, That you must find out." There was besides a raffle-card of a silver brooch, to be raffled for at a public-house at Gd. per member, with an intimation that there ' would be a concert at the same time. Shortly after a gentleman came to the station with a constable, and gave information that his house had been entered. E 91 (Strickland) deposed to finding the shutter down and window open of the York Minster public house, Foley-street, between two and three o'clock, upon which he rang the bell and alarmed the house. The house is about a dozen yards from the spot where prisoner was described as being first seen. Mr. John Frost, the landlord, said he knew the prisoner as an occasional customer. He left the house, as he thought, secure on retiring to bed, and found the window (four feet from the ground) and shutter open, as stated, on being alarmed by the constable. On the floor of the bar he found his two tills, cleared of their contents, about Bs. in copper, and some silver. He missed about 141 b. of tobacco, and some screws of the same. He identified the property produced as that lie had missed, both by marks on the paper and otherwise. It was 20 minutes past two when the last witness rang the bell. Mr. Beadon said at the conclusion of the evidence —I have never had a case before me wherein a con st able has shown such unflinching pluck and ready courage as Bashforth has in the present, or one in which an officer has given clearer or more intelli gible evidence. I hope this will be mentioned; and I do strongly recommend him to the Commissioners of Police both for promotion and reward. His con duct nas been praiseworthy throughout. GREENAVICH.—A VIOLENT CIIARACTEIL-1 1 . Osborne, 38, a bricklayer's labourer, well known to the police as one of the most desperate characters in Deptford, was charged before Mr. Seeker with being drunk, assaulting Mr. Hay, landlord of the Lord Duncan Tavern, Deptford, and also police constable 171 R. Mr. Hay stated that about seven o'clock on the previous (Tuesday) evening the prisoner came into his house and commenced a disturbance by using the most disgusting language, and on being desired to leave the house he put himself' in a fighting atti tude. He (complainant) then insisted upon his leaving, and a scuffle ensuing, he was seized by the prisoner and struck, and subsequently the police took him into custody. Police•constable 171 H said he took the prisoner into custody, and on getting outside into the street he asked witness to let him go. Witness said he could not do so, upon which the prisoner remarked, " No -- policeman shall take me," and endea voured to throw him. Witness, however, prevented this, and threw the prisoner, who then tried to seize him by the private part of his person, which com pelled him to resort to the use of his staff. MriHay said that after the charge was taken at the station the prisoner said he knew he should only have a month's imprisonment ; but that after he came from gaol he threatened he wonld do some thing towards him (Mr. Hay), for which he would suffer six months' imprisonment. Mr. Seeker told the prisoner he had acted in an outrageous manner, and for the assault on the con stable he would be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month, and, at the end of that time he should require him to find two householders willing to become bail, each in the sum of £lO for his good conduct for four months, and, in default he would be further imprisoned for that period. ----rte __ - . MURDB_R OF TWO AFRICAN LIMIGRANTS. The following letter has been received from Cayenne : " GEORGETOWN, DEC. 9. "In confirmation of what I have already written with respect to the position of French Guiana, I hasten to apprise you of a fact of serious import ance, and which reached me at the moment of the departure of the mail. It relates to the murder of two African immigrants. You are aware what ever may be said to the contrary, that these immigrants do not quit Africa of their own free will to labour in the French colonies. There are some who persist in refusing, at all risks, to accept the slavery attempted to be imposed on thorn, and who will not work. They escape to the woods, and re move as far as possible from their oppressors. Under the system which prevailed previous to the decree of emancipation in 1848 there were many in this position. They were known by the name of ' Mar rens,' and the same epithet is applied to the African immigrants who will not accept the pretended ad vantages offered them by their importers into the French colonies. Two of the immigrants, lately arrived in Guiano, and who had not obtained work, lived by the plunder of the small planters. The latter, annoyed at finding their plantations con tinually ravaged, organised a battue with the assistance of their neighbours. The battue took place, and the planters soon came upon the traces of the Marrons. The latter, finding they were dis covered, endeavoured to escape, but they were both shot dead by the proprietor of the plantation which had been plundered. It is worthy of remark that this man is himself a negro, and it may be asked why he acted in so cruel a manner towards these Marrons,' natives like himself of Africa ? The ex planation is easy. He has imbibed the fatal doc trines which prevailin the French colonies—namely, that civil liberty among the negroes is merely tran sitory, and the engagement of immigrants a step towards slavery. Under the regime of the lash the planters were authorised to put the Marrons' to death, and the assassin of the two immigrants, being aware of that fact, believed that he was justified in shooting these men,lwhose only crime was their having stolen some bananas or other roots in his fields. I may also tell you that the authorities heic cerebrate the 2d of December as a national holiday. They do not, however, avow the real cause of the fete, and it is said that the rejoicings are to celebrate the anni versary of the Emperor of Brazil, who was born on Dec. 2, 1825 ; but nobody is deceived as to the intentions of the local authorities. Nobody thinks of celebrating the 2d of December of Paris. The Government itself merely justified the coup d'etat as a necessity forced upon it by an inextricable posi tion." TILE MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT CARLISLE. Since the publication of some of the details connected with the discovery of a coffin and the dead body of a child, in a box, at the Bush Hotel, on Thursday, public curiosity and excitement have be come very great. The police are working diligently in the solution of the mystery. On Saturday we were present at a re-examination of the coffin, box, and the tattered apparel which had covered the child. The coffin measured 43 inches in length, 131 inches in breadth, and 101 inches in depth at the head ; but at.the foot it is only 7 inches. It is con siderably deeper at the head than ordinary coffins. The white cotton cords attached to the handles at the sides and ends were for letting the coffin into the grave. It is ornamented at the sides and lid by: a tin beading. At the head is the figure of an angel, and at the foot the representation of a flower vase, of the same material. In the centre is a plate, shaped like a heart; and above is a crown and the words " Glory to God," whioh is no doubt a common inscription on coffin plates. The box in which it was inclosed was unplaned, and the lid screwed on. The inside of the lid was clean and new, and was marked in pencil with the calculations of the joiner. The nightcap, chemise, and night dress in which the body was wrapped, ' as were also the kerchief which had been tied partly round the neck and head, were carefully examined with a view to detect any pecu liar marks. There were some black patches, like drops of ink, which had probably fallen from the staining of the coffin, under the night dress, but there were no other particular marks. The cambric handkerchief was holed at two of the corners, but whether it had. been cut or had decayed under the influence of the moisture could not be determined. The child had yellowish hair, and one of its golden locks was preserved for the purpose of identifica tion, if necessary. In the afternoon the body was interred in the cemetery. The Paisley police were communicated with on Thursday, and it is satisfac tory to know that they nave found some traces which, together with what is known at Carlisle, will in all probability lead to the detection of the parties implicated in the horrible business. It has been ascertained that the box was sent from Pais ley on the evening (not during the day) on the lath March last. It was sent by a " Mr. Loud on " to " Mrs. Loudon , Bush Hotel, Carlisle ;" it came in a l ug lige train on the Glasgow and South-Western a ern R a ilway; and Mr. Galbraith, under taker, made coffin and box resembling the description of those found at the Bush about the time they were sent'e la; - , 0:t1 police called, and as he had not the articles them selves to identify the point will not be settl e d t ill hi s return. The registers of the various churches have been searched, but up to Monday no trace of the child had been found. At this stage of the in vestigation it would be imprudent to publish all the information which we possess, but it is of such a character that, unless it surpass some of the most remarkable cases of circumstantial evidence on record, the parties concerned are probably nearer detection than they suspect.—Carlisle Examiner. CHUB CH-R ATE S. The protected growth of the Church•rate feud, and the anxiety shown by Tome of our legislators that it should be permitted to bear its legitimate fruit, are no novelty in this isle. England is re garded by many as a vivarium, of social evils, in which things confessedly mis c hi evous are t o ave fair play, and to be let alone till we see what be comes of them. In natural history this zeal for science is most meritorious. Toads and spiders, grubs of all kinds, vermin of every description, once placed under a glass case, become interesting objects of observation. Nothing is more delight ful tilen to see animalcule° of the most monstrous furms and rapacious habits of devouring one another under a microscope. A war rages before you, and strange races run through all the phases of life with inconceivable rapidity; but you have onlyjust to turn your eyes to the object glass, and you see it is all in a speck of moisture, the mere fraction of a drop of water. The old rule, " Fiat experimention in copore viii," might lead us to be content with physi ological curiosities and animalcular warfare. But, unfortunately, the same ardour of science leads us to foster, and carefully guard from intrusive legis lation, social nuisances, already doing every day a day's work of evil, and certain to end, in disastrous catastrophes. A clergymdti of eccentric tastes and impracticable temper empties a noble church for 20 years, and stuns the metropolis with his squabbles. In the interest of social science he must be let alone till the patience of his parishioners is at last ex hausted, and there ensues a church riot. Immedi ately all eyes are fixed on this rare and curious de velopment ; the glass shade is placed carefully over the monsters, and the nation waits to see what will come of it. We are pursuing exactly the same course with the Church-rate controversy. The whole country is divided ; some hundred parishes are dis tracted by a bitter warfare : the Church which we are taught to believe the Kingdom of Heavenis made to depend on the right of a majority to extract shillings from a minority. Where there is no quarrel now itis invited by the law itself, and certain to come; but, don't interfere; take care how you breathe, how you tread ; don't shake the stand; let us wait to see what will come of it, whether an explosion, a fire, something alive, or perhaps only a very bad smell, and results more offensive than mischievous. Meanwhile the harm done is not speculative, but actual ; but we leave the victims to their fate, be they embittered Churchmen or dogged Dissenters. We deal with the case as Charles Lamb directed his friend, on presenting him with a puppy—" Should the deg bite your son, shoot the boy, and shut up the dog, to see whether he is mad." There is no question of the number of persons bitten and in fected with a most malignant virus. Our scientific legislators leave them to their fate, and confine their attention to the controversy, which they want to see running through all the stages of madness, even if it should bite a good many more. On one point all the philosophers are agreed ; the question is ripening slowly to some development or other. All agree that " we shall be worse before we are better." If the " central authority," as Mr. Disraeli now calls the Queen, Lords, and Commons, does not interfere, the rate will become more and more exceptional, anomalous, and unjust. Church after church will be built, district after district will be formed, themselves dependent entirely on volun tary funds, but liable to be taxed by the majority of the whole parish for the support of a mother church. Parish after parish will throw off the burden with violence, insult, and a lasting resentment on both sides. The Church, all the time, will suffer the impu tation of being a State fixture and a State property. In fact, the principle of Church and State, which Mr. Disraeli professes to make the ground of his vote, will be maintained in its most ungracious form, and yet without success, for parish after parish will do for itself what the " central au thority" is too prudish to do fora. Where the vestry consists of a few tenant farmers, the rate will be levied - at the lowest and shabbiest figure, for the farmers must pay that much, having taken it into account in their agreements with their landlords, but not a sixpence more, to prevent the roof from filling in. This is what people meant yesterday by callingthisa question of town against country, as if the rate in rural parishes were so hearty and genial an affair. Such is the rate which it is boasted nine parishes out of ten are so glad to pay that they would consider it a great cruelty were the central authority to render it quite op tional. Here, then, we have the development to which Lord H. Montagu, Mr. K. Seymer, and Mr. Disraeli would bring usi more churches on the voluntary system ; more districts taxed for mother churches ; more parishes availing themselves of the Braintree decision, and throwing off the impost; and the rate itself levied on a still parsimonious scale, to the great injury of the fabrics, and discre dit of the Church. The advocates of the rate hold out no better prospect. This is the inevitable work ing of the alternative they recommend ; and, strange to say, they claim to be thought special friends of the Church, and describe as its enemies all who re commend any other course. The development or solution of the controversy which was implied in Sir J. Treiawny's bill, read a second time yester day by a majority of 29, would put an end to the very great anomaly of the majority in a vestry being able to lay on a parish an otherwise volun tary rate ; it would reduce all England to the sys tem by which nearly all our metropolitan churches out of the city itself are maintained in high repair ; and it would cause the immediate introduction everywhere of a system of Church gu s ardianship, under which the fabrics would be much better looked after than they are now. When gentlemen like Mr. Disraeli undertake to . guard the relations of Church and State, they are very likely to make great mistakes. The fabrics of the Church of England are new chiefly main tained by voluntary means. What is subscribed annually for the building, repairing, and adorning of churches, together with subscriptions for the proper maintenance of the service has been com puted at near a million and a half a year. The Church. rate is only about a quarter of a mil lion, or 17 per cent. of the voluntary collec tions. What keeps up the Church really, then, is the voluntary element; fur without it, and with nothing bat the rate, there would be no new . churches, no enlargement of churches, no extensive repairs, no renovation of the roof and restora,retnloo, the seats ; no new windows, no organs, no b oet , no officials ; nothing, in fact, but the_at_a always weather-tight, in which our f ebu h r e . c r b s:N r v a o t r e : shipped till fifty years ago. Zhe which Mr. Disraeli holds up ' a the mystic union and the palladsitumegolden link of o p f ri t s h o e n E al s l t o a w b .. lishment, is but its paupers dole, its - rindee to buy ance, its penny thrown to the organ _ recent g revival of him out of the street. Till the was the rule of the Church's architecture the rate Church's poverty. it entailed an addition to Nothing t co b u e ld o p be opened e d do o i r io gl foraze glazed, village church, because the rate. A window could no extricated from the brick table- could not be covered sthtueffitrnage,etrbyeccoounildranuontiob lea t with a decent cloth , an organ could e c e n l o e t b r b a e t erected, tabnadnefeo-cunr m c t o i m e nu : y i tion to the rate , which the vestr y considere d it was a i ear c , o b u e l d e a n u s o e b entailed an a ddi- their duty to keep down. The ratepayers might be liberal enough when it was a matter of choice, but they felt put on their honour to screw the rate down to the lowest point. Nor was the vulgarity of pew-rents, which Mr. K. Seymer so feelingly deprecates, avoided by the use of the rate. The farmers enlarged and multiplied the pews in pro portion to the rates they paid, till they usurped the whole area of the churches, and drove the poor who paid no rates up into the gallery, or under it, or out of the church altogether into the neighbouring meeting-house. This was particularly the case in rural districts, where Mr. K. Seymer says that p questions e w-rents are st ilt e o d d u i opu on s . tln he t t o r p m o t hlike f , ome n a t n i y m eontthoe or other, this is really a question of facts, and the more the facts are inquired into, the more will it be found that the Church of England thrives much better on the voluntary than on the compulsory system. — Times. SINGULAR AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.—A fatal and novel accident has happened at Bilston, in Staffordshire. On Monday morning, about 4 o'clock, the lodgers in the house in High-street, in that tow n , occupied by John Welsh, shoemake r and broker, were alarmed by a crash over their heads, which they deccribo as resembling the report of a cannon. The crash was accompanied by screams from one of the rooms en the attic floor, used as the sleeping-room of Welsh, his wife, and his two children, one in its sixth and the oth er i n its fourth year. It was then discovered that the roof of the house had given in immediately over that part of the room in which the family were at rest, and that they were all buried beneath the debris. When the sufferers were liberated it was found that they were all more or less injured, Welsh so much so that his life was despaired of. He died at 10 o'clock the same morning, notwithstanding the prompt attendance of a surgeon. Death is attributed to spinal injuries, caused by the accident, as there aro no ex ternal marks en the body. The house is a large ono, be longed to Mr. Thomas Baker, a grocer, was let for 4s. 2d. a-week, and, notwithstanding that it had a heavy roof of brick tiling, the rafters were composed of comparatively slender strips of fir wood, now greatly decayed. A short time ago the corresponding portion of the roof situated at ovo the adjoining room to that occupied by Welsh, fell in, and an eld t •-•" 1 . excitement prevails in the neighbourhood of the ill-fated house, as there are several similarly constructed not far from it. FIVE VESSELS NEARLY WRECKED AT LONDON-BRIDGE. An accident of a very alarming character, and which nearly involved the wreck of three steamers and two schooners, took pl ace yes t er d ay a ft erno on on the river, off Fresh Wharf, adjoining London bridge. The cause of it is thus explained by those in charge of tho wharf. Shortly before two o'clock the Excelsior, of Salcombe, from St. Michael's, ar rived off the wharf, when the Portuguese schooner Tcrceieuse, which had discharged at the lower wharf, was in the course of being towed out of her berth, so as to let the Excelsior take her place. The tug which had hold of the Portuguese schooner brought her out into .the stream, athwart the flood tide, and being one of the full spring, was running up with great force. Such was the strength of the tide upon the broadside of the schooner, that the tug had little or no power upon her, and. as the strain increased the tow-rope broke, and the vessi 1 was carried against the Excelsior. Between them and the bridge, moored to the steamboat quay of the wharf, were three steam-ships belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, viz., the Giraffe, which was to start that afternoon for Yar mouth, and the Albion and Triton, Boulogne steamers. Almost immediately the two schooners came athwart the hawser of these steamers, at the same moment their mooring-warps snapped, and, with the wharf lighter, the whole swung outwards [ . into the current, and were drifting with great vio lence against Landon-bridge, and such was the peril ous situation of the vessels that several of the crews, apprehending their ships would capsize ran up the rigging and jumped upon the coping of the bridge. For nearly two hours it was difficult to say what the consequences would be. The Giraffe partly went under the first arch, and would have carried away everything on deck, but for the strength of her stern mooring's. As it was, the succeeding two hours' flood lifted her stern to the stone-work of the spring of the arch, and her stern, with wheel, eze., was cut down and smashed, besides sustaining other damage forward. The Triton was almost in a similar fix in the second arch. Her bow swung round and came in contact with the abutment of the second arch, where she was brought up, the stern of the Giraffe, which cut down the Triton's starboard- quarter bulwarks, preventing her going under the arch. The Albion was the outside vessel, and was carried against the larboard side of the Triton; The two schooners were driven a-head as the steamers swung round, and were brought up by the abutment of the second arch, thus entirely stopping the navi gation on the City side of the bridge. Several steam-tugs came up with a view of getting the vessels clear, but owing to the strength of the tide their operations were entirely fruitless. It wao blowing a gale from the S.W. at the time ; had it been from the eastward with that force of tide, the vessels would have been driven under the arches, and in all probability wrecked. In the situation described they lay against London-bridge until nearly four o'clock, vast crowds being collected on the bridge viewing the critical position of the ves sels. As soon as the tide ebbed the tugs came up and assisted in extricating the vessels, and from the shattered appearance of some of them, their repairs will involve a considerable outlay. They therefore will be detained some time before they can proceed on their voyages. CU UIVTRY 111A.RIC.ETS, LYNN-FEB. 7. At to-day's market there was only a moderate supply of wheat, and the best samples meeting with a good demand, readily realised prices which were fully is over last week. BAley advanced is per qr on lato,rates. Beans also le over previous quotations. NEWARK-FEB. 8. At the market this morning the attendance was fair and there was a moderate show of wheat. Buyers operated readily, and is advance was obtained on former prices. Malting . barley was active, but obtained no advance upon the late extreme prices. Grinding qualities dull. Oats e moderate show, and steady sale, at late rates. Beans were scarce, at former quotations. White wheat, now, 47s to',sls Barley, grinding.. 23s to 238 Red do. 43s to 488 Oats, old, .. —s t• —4 Old white 47s to 51s New do 23s to 278 Red do. 43s to 48s Beans.. 44s to 498 Barley, malting.... 38s to 45s Beans, new.. --1 to •••••ii MELTON MOWBRAY—FEB. 7. There was a middling show of wheat to-day, with a quiet business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, new, 4411 Od to 46s Od ; red, 40s Od to 43s per 36 stone; barley is fair supply, at 38s to 44s for malting, and 28s to 32s per qr. for grinding ; oats, 24s to 32s Od per 24 stone; WWI 42s to 62s for old; new, 4528 per 38 st. HULL—FEB. 6. Wheat.... Old white... per qr. 44s Od to 485 od_ , Old red New white • . „ Now red .... " Dantzic, Konb , .tc. old white 508 Od to 528 04 Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 39s Od to 446 04 Barley.... English malting 33s Od to 426.01 Grinding 3OB Od to 326 0 1 Saal and Oderbru c k 'Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 38. 01 Grinding Oats - English, old too 26 89 r aj Archangel and Riga, per ot.. Os 10Id to lr', Friesland and Dutch. Oslld to 05 11 Ia Swedish and Danish oBlld to Oollii Beans ....English, old, per qr. .. 465 Od to 486 01 New pigeon 405 Od to 42 8 01 New tick 398 Od to 405 Os Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 368 Od to 375 0 Tares ....Winter —B Od to --- 8 it i Indi m Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 17 6 to £lO 6 „,• Foreign 715 oto 8 5 : Rape cakes 415 oto 6 0 : Bones MARKET HARBOROUGH—FEB. 7. There was a middling supply of wheat, which met I fair demand, at about former rates. White wheat, 42e ti 45s ; red, 38s to 42s per 30 stone. Barley, old, 34e to 400; new , —a to —a. Oats were a steady sale, from 22a to VI per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 34s to 48s ; new, 34s to 41 per 38 stone. MM•••• FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. - - In the followinq table E signifies that letters are despatched by evening mails from London, and ➢L by morning mails._ Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch 1 Portof Man of Mails. Despatch. due. —...—.... Australia and Mauritius, via! Southampton I Feb. 11, b: Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via M arse il les !Feb, 18, E ` March 0 Bahamas and Havana via New! York ............. . ..... IFeb. 17, E Liverpool Feb. 16 China, Penang, and Singa- Canada, tic. (b.y Canadn. pckt.)!Feb. 8, E Liverpool Feb. 8 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-I slop, and St. Helena pore, via Southampton 1 Feb. 20, M,Southamp. Feb. 1 8 I)itto, via Marseilles Feb. —, E,Devonport March 3 Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Feb. 11, M Southamp. Feb. 9 Honduras and Ble w fi el d s .... Feb. 17, M Southamp. F e b. 1* India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 20,111 8 Southamp. Feb. 1 E Feb. 1 2 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- ampton Feb. 11, MI Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. —, M Southamp. Feb. 11 Halts, Egypt, and Ades, via Southampton Feb. 11, M Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N , America (by British paeket)'Feb. 11, E Liverpool.. Feb. 8 Ditto (by U. S. packet) iFeb. 1, E Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Tenerife Feb. 23 E Liverpool.. Feb. 10 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, bl 6 New Granada, Zza. DVEUTIBEMENT.]-11r. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has JO t published a new illustrated pamphlet ex watches (tree by P": for two :stamps). It should be read by all who are aboa t buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informs' tton as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it ! and how W use it t BIRTHS. BouvEmE.—On the sth inst., at Rydo, Mrs. F.W. Pleydel Bouverie, of a daughter, stillborn. CHAPPLE.—On. the Bth inst., at 14, Carlton-hill east, St. John's-wood, the wife of John Cbapple, Esq., of $ daughter. GOULBURN.—On the Gth inst., at 32, Grosvenor-plac e, the wife of Col one l Goulburn, of Betchworth Rose' Surrey, of a son. MARRIAGES. BAYS—ROGERS.—On the sth Dec., at St. John's Churc h ' Brisbane, Queensland Australia, Mr. Edmund J. Bar' proprietor of the " North Australian " newspaper, Ir s ; with, Queensland, son of Mr. James Scott Bays, w il j r merchant, Peterborou g h, t o M ar i a, e ld es t d aug ht er of• L u. Rogers, of Pimlico, London. i d WOLFE—FITZTIERBERT.--011 the 6th inst . of at 1 - m--c Church, Bath, Maynard W o lf e , E sq., Captain Iv. to Geraldine, younger daughter of Robert Fitzherbem Nog., of Ravenscourt-park, Hammersmith. DEATHS. BARNETT.—On the Bth inst., at 82, Lower-marsh, LOY bath, Mary, widow of the late Samuel Cannon Bal 11 ' 1 " aged 67. CONDICR.—On the 7th inst., at Biggleswade, Emma; the wife of Mr. Samuel C on d er , aged '59. DsAN.—On the 4th inst., at Birmingham, Mr. T.W. l)°2l ' aged 45. f 30, EBBETTS.—On the Bth inst., Daniel Ebbettg, Canonbury-square, and 30, Great St. Helen's, age d HILL.—On the 6th inst. suddenly, at 'Messrs. Com be Delafield's brewery, lqr. Abrm. Hill, of 66, Upper COI lotte-street, Fitzroy-square, aged 58. MOORSOM.—On the 4th inst., at 6, Vernon-terrace, P A r t iv ton, Captain William Moorsom, R.N., C. 8., age" 1 9, STUART.—On the sth inst., William Stuart, Esq./ °'` Mul-rrave•place, Woolwich, aged 83. .1.•••••1•Y.....MW _ _ : f y M - UUD () 1. 1 "0 15- 12 -1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nch 1, 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coull'i MiddWaal, Thurelay, February 9, 1860. ~P~ i f. exhibit' prize, ii by W. J zogsthei Jenkins 414, Iv ROY THIS he of th the publi leen exp Ifornin Volock • leeure 'Pring t EVAIs SU 4 Jendelse4 °°o :ll—T 1 .1 . 1 the eou volute So' n~eViror WOT Hi ,FIRESE qd Diniag-r [ 4. 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