The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-02 00:00:00

1,000,000 anes was ricreaFe of tt the cor r dry and 7'6 tierces, York for Barbuda, ,d reached American for Mar- Thomas, is ail, and Spanish i Palmas, n at St. ions ; she Bangor, :t. 13, for ,ates' Go- h, in dis and boats 24th of and from ith naer at St• ig lost a A' Oct. rilifestod 'resident o breach unercial is which cay to a was felt and ,sil ted from tepub lic id for a iue h ad th,whi lie North . he riv er nd bti ra bou iING. lm Que t, to the Western and less it easier tee, and it. 17. ;hore on er, and NINO. .g to the at 9.20 WAY. India , Was Off She is condi red off .13 was aoavf, market The le was wore 8. d. 4 0 4 10 ' 3 10 4 6 3 2 4 0 pigs, MO-IVEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The traffic returns of all the principal railways of the United Kingdom continue to show a progres sive improvement, but the comparison, it must be remembered, is now made with the period of last year when the commercial crisis was most severely felt. Any evidence of amelioration however must be considered satisfactory, and, looking at the extreme caution observed in all branches of business, and the studious avoidance of all speculative adventure, there can be no doubt that the reaction, already commenced, will continue until affairs are brought once more into a flourish ing condition. This will necessarily be a work of time ; but holders of share property have now an additional cause for congratulation in the success ful arrangements just made between the rival companies, and which it is thought will bring about an improved system of legislation throughout the railway system. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : • 1858. 1851 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Bristol and Exeter .5,379 5,27; East Lancashire 5,490 4,88 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North-Eastern North London 2,160 2,07 f, North Stafford West Hartlepool 3,327 3,266 Edinburgh and. Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Northern of France The public sales of Australian and other colonial wools, which commenced on the 4th ult., were con cluded yesterday. The quantity offered amounted to 53,815 bales, the greater part of which was Cape •of Good Hope wool. Prices at the commencement exhibited an improvement of lid. to 2d. per lb. on the .better kinds of Australian, and ld. to lid. per lb. on Cape wools, compared with the rates current at the close of the last August sales ; and during their further progress a further slight advance took place, owing to the active demand for home consumption conse quent upon the improvement in trade in the manu facturing districts. Cape wools were in fair request notwithstanding the large quantities in the hole, and the condition generally very good ; they - were purchased to supply the place of Van Die men's Land and Adelaide wools, the imports of 'which have been very limited. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton market yesterday closed heavily, and prices tended downwards. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. The Railway Share market presented a very dull appearance, and quotations were un altered. At the half-yearly meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, to-day, Mr. Wepsuelin, M.P., in the chair, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent., per annum, was declared. The Government broker has invested £lO,OOO in Reduced Annuities for the ,Savings Banks' Com luissioners. The condition of the money market continues to chow a generally augmented demand, but, beyond It few additional applications, there is no alteration to report. Evidence of an abundant supply is visible in all diretions, which capitalists seem anxious to employ when a favourable opportunity is presented. It is satisfactory to find that the facilities now offering fail to stimulate speculative enterprise; and the reception given to foreign loans, as illus trated by the Turkish, and still later by the Chilian operation, will, it is hoped, discourage the intro duction of other schemes of a similar description, since they lead to the withdrawal of a largo amount of capital, which can never be expected to return to this country. If new enterprises be encouraged at all, preference ought to be given to industrial "Undertakings at home, which might be expected to tonduce to the general prosperity of the United kingdom. The English funds are somewhat firmer, but there is very little business in progress owing to the proximity of the settling day. Indeed the few operations now reported are chiefly in connection With the liquidation ; but the recent depression has partly resulted from 'a large supply of stock. Consols are now about 98 to 984- for money, and 981 7, for the • January account. Bank stock has been dealt in at .2241 and 2251. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities, 96 „1. India Stock is 228, and the Debentures, 9 :1; y ; ditto Bonds, 133. to 14s. prem. The March Exchequer Bills, 365. to 395. prem. ; June ditto, 3 35. to 365. prem. A fair amount of business is recorded in the Foreign 'Stock Market, ' are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. •are. 921;. ditto .Scrip, Ist losile, Ito } dis. ; ditto . 2d • issue; par •to prem. being rather firmer; Russian 5 per Cents. 1134 114 ; Sardinian, 921 ex div. ; Mexican, 201; Peru vian, 41 per. ,Cents. 934 ; Spanish New Deferred, 3 01 31; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 42.1 43 ; ditto Deferred, 16} ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 101. Chilian Loan is } to -1 prem. A rather limited amount of business has been transacted to-day in the Railway Share Market, but prices have improved in most instances to th e extent of about to per cent. in consequence of the favourable traffic returns. Caledonian, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, and Midlands, improved 68 . ; Bristol and Exeter, Brighton, and North Western, 10s. ; Great Northern, South Eastern, 411 d one or two others were at former rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very quiet. Paris and Lyons improved about 55., and East Indian ss. to. 10s. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 55., and Great Western of Canada, is. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull, but prices are well maintained. London and Westminster have improved 58., Ottoman Bank, 10 8. Peninsular and Oriental Steam advanced 41. , and Trust and Loan Company of. Upper Canada, ss. ~, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ,tank Stock `.), Per Cent. Reduced Annuities ~,..'' Per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities u , Per Cent. Annuities ll6l 11 1dia, Stock Ditto Debentures tto Bonds, £l,OOO D itto under £l,OOO ' - ousols for Account 9Bl 8 1 March June. e xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &11d... 39 33 Vitt° ZOO Ditto Small , , Ild , FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 16lizilian 5 per Cent. ,Ditto 18.58, 41 per Cent . uanish 1825 3 per Cent. Li, ? , ~..-, i tto 5 per Cent. Mexican New Active, 21 per Cent. - texican 3 per Cent 1 , Ditto Account eruvian 41 per Cent 8b Ditto Account t kissian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll4 13/ er h 3 per a dinian, 5 per Cent Cent. 921 2 a d Pnis • Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 8 Ditt o Account TPanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l 14 kish 6 per Cent — bitto New Loan Scrip — Ve nezuela, Account 5 per Cent. D itto Account Di tto Deferred 2 per Cent Del Dividends on the above payable in London. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — o Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, Dec. 7.. ... ••• • • • 98 k 4,tit'rlNEß BLOWN. UP WITH . G UNPOWDER.--A. ' accident occurred at Dudley, the other day, by d ec „,''' a man, name d J o h n Wi nc h urc h, was kill e d . Th e I( A ,"'„. l :sect worked at Messr s . Di xon ' s li mes t one pit s , a t Dud th'Xrt• On Wednesday last he was engaged in blasting ei - th 'uck for the purpose of moving the stcn. In firing one Qe , cl iarges ho had no opportunity of retiri ng b e f ore th e C.o 'c-u °c o ed. The unfortunate man was blown a wlsiderable distance from the spot on which he was at work. ey es t aken up he presented a horrible appearance. His Nve re le.re blown in, and various parts of the head and body unv, inßhtfully mutilated. He lingered in great agony R oil " ,Satu rr i n a a —Y, when he expired. An inquest was held on Was ret„,_4 tor ftftneon, and a verdict of " Accilental clath", ‘.."ted • The uarclian deceased leaves a widow and family.— Q. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAE) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS., Railways. Paid. Clositig Price. Ain berg., Not t g. Bost. and EaStern June;ion Bellast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction Blackburn [Blyth nett Tyne Bristol end Exeter ,Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon 'Cork, Blkrook,&Passage Cornwall, B Do. IA roves. no div. Do. until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd. toll Dublin andßelfast June. Dun,,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Ativlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin,,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furress Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern I Do. do, A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gita.Sik Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwell Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn ;Do. Eighths [London& South-Westn [ L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Han., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland [Do. Birming. & Derby. [ Hid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. ft Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) [Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British iNor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick IDo. do. G.N.E.Purchase ' Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire. North-Western ..`" No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittinzbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do .... Staines, Wok., & Wek.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 pm. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 6 1 61 Business Done. GU 931 3 87 7 1 1 39 I 40 Sharei Railways. 25 • Blythe and Tyne it per c. pref. (issued at 1050) f Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock S t 20 Do. do. do. Shares tuck Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Cheater 6c Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. GI Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c 6i Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do No.2 StocklDo. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 , E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares Stock,Edin.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock4Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. <z a. spc Stock Great Northern, - 5 p. et Ste ‘k Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm l Stock;Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 'OO I Do.sp.c. R edm.,s pc. pm , IGt. Nh. of Scotld, lst Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 t 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct IDo. Redeemable, 41 p ct IDo. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do.. Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. Bp.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. • Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&BriT.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.& N. W.Coy.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin„ 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. b. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&llir.6p.et Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1617 Do. Way. Val. Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 percent Do. New, gun. 5 ner cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Stock! 50 i Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock) Stock' Stock Stocki Stock; Stocki Stock! 12i i ' 12i 1 Stock) 6. Stock Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 %. York, 11. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox•wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk• in perP Scottish Central, new t Scottish N.-Eastern de p b Do. perc. pref. stock Do•Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann.. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 ncr cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) • Do .4 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist '1 Do. New do., 2d issue South Witles, gun. 4 P.c Do. 41 per cent S,Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gun Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford k Kilkenny, 6 per cent............ • Stock Stork Stook Stock stock Stock Stock' Stock' Stock; Stock) Stocki Stock Stock• Stock Stock) lett 1613 4 Stock 83 87 101 114 p 10 114 p 95 96 ] I f Old d 5i 6, lli 112 92• 931 14 11d 924 91 37 38 d 98 984 69 71 63 65 34 3d' 58 664 92i 921 1 d 46} 4 61 74i 75 102 103 4! d 11 12 7 84 27 29 7 5d 110 112 2ff 27} 83 85 44 46 4 2 d 35 364 74i 75 73 75 12 14 M 92 3 3i ei 61 At Paid. I Closing Business Price.. Done. 49 51 96 98 1103 105 5 1 4 4 , 100 103 112 115 109 115 114 116 112 114 129 131 82 84 71i 74. 110 112 121 123 113 115 105 107 84 66 101 111 !95 97 86 £8 87 89 99 101 91 10 lf; 174 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 14 131 14i 142 144 119 121 1160 165 'l2O 122 68i 7P 1211 1144 14 106 i ;141 143 103 105 Stock Stcck Stock Stock all all 100 100 ICO foo 100 100 100 IC3 8.13.4. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 95 i 97 11) 91 91 Stock Stalk Stock 81- Stock Stock Stock Stock 11 11 f 9 10 Stock Stock S tock Stock Stock lioo 110 Stock 99 100 i dis p d ip 23; 2L 120 122 99 101 101 10; 241 25 102 101 102 104 28i 29 32 33i 40 45 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I p a id.l Leasing !Closing' Buslniss Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all 'Li & N.W - Buckinghamshire ... lOO Ln & N.W 99 . 100 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 17 19 E.Lineolnahire,g.6p.e 100 Gt. North. 142 143 143 E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drot 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. — Gloster& Dern Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.kßr Hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 65 674 Do. Preference . 100 Do. 1174122 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 9l .94 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. . 100 Norfolk - Do. 6 per 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN w&M 24 21 Mid :13.& Redcr, g.6p.c. all; Stk.& Dar Mid. BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . 98 100 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. . all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cen t. all Do. Preston and Wyre. all It N y l e l Do. 4 Shares A. all Do . Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 GtNorth l4l 143 Shf. Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk Bhrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 91 91 South Sta ff ordshire .. a ll M'Cl ean . 104 104 Wcur Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. • ••••••• Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 93 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 DOCKS Share Docks. .I.Paid Closing Snsinesa Docks. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO 1054 64 Stock St. Katharine - - Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria lO6 101 103 to DO New •• 18 id pi 183 4_lB Share, Z. 10 13.14 Stock] Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 1613 4 ls. all all 224 7 163 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS IME) share! Railw aye. Closing Business: I Paid.' Price. Done. fAntwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes. Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e. [Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa !Carmeaux Mina & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxern., Con. Mrs— Italian Junction Lake Constance & Daly Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucza & Pistols, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia ..... Do. do. New . Namur and Lieze Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris Lyons, and Medit. 5 51 COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) 1 d fp 8 9 IN RE TRISTRAM. 2} 21 4-it 270 281 The further hearing of this part-heard cause was resumed this morning. • • Mr. Bacon, Q.C., informed his lordship that since the cause was last before him two of the creditors had returned the money paid to them, and the opposition was now with drawn. Tho Lord Chancellor assented to the arrangement, and the proceedings terminated. 71 71 4 4}p - - 241 254 ?-1 pf 21 22 391 39i! p 9i 3 1d 35 35} 55 56 # d Paris , and Orleans Reeilett S. Fran. (Perm gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) .. Riga and Dunaburp - Rome and •Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do.: 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5 per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do S per cent. Pref Zealand 7/ 8 • 9 SO.• 23 23 4 51 5, flf 23} 24f THE SUN,- LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1858. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. An affirmation from the sister of the prisoner, made before Mr. Gallagher, J.P., of Queenstown, was next read, in which she stated that the prisoner after his return from China, had frequently laboured under fits of nervous excitement during which he appeared to suffer under delusions, and sometimes did not recollect afterwards what had occurred while labouring under one of those fits. Dr. Alexander Eugene APElie, staff surgeon of the fleet, was then sworn, and stated that he had served in China, and was acquainted with the diseases peculiar to the climate. Believed that sun-stroke produced congestion of the brain, and that such' a disease caused by sun-stroke had a great tendency to relapse. Believed that a staggering:gait, temporary mental delusions, flushed face, and embarrassed speech were produced by such a disease, and that frequent relapses had a decided tendency to produce mental disorder. The symptoms mentioned sometimes had the appearance of drunkenness. A person drinking spirits to a moderate extent under such circum stances would be much more liable to have his head affected than ordinary persons. A letter was read from Admiral Richards, lately one of the Lords of the Admiralty, addressed to the prisoner, which referred in high terms of praise to his uniform good conduct; and certificates were read from the following ships of her Majesty's fleet in which he had served—Sybille, Encounter, Ven geance, Impregnable, Caledonia, and Victory. Dr. Robert Bernard, surgeon of the Hawke, was called by the Court and examined, and he gave similar testimony to that given by Dr. 111‘Kie, as to the effects of sun-stroke, and the symptoms pro- _ duced by congestion of the brain. This closed the evidence on both sides, and the Court was cleared. After an interval of about an hour and a half the public were again admitted, when The Judge-Advocate read the decision of the Court, which declared their opinion that the charge was proved against Lieut. Edward Alfred Luck- raft, but in consideration-of the medical testimony which had been produced and his previous good conduct the sentence was that he should be dis missed from her Majesty's ship Hawke and ren dered incapable of serving in her Majesty's em ployment again. The Court then broke,up, and the prisoner was released from custody. - • The sentence does not preclude Lieut. Luckraft from receiving half-pay. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. TATTERSALLS'-( THIS EVENING.) There were very few members present, and no business transacted. The following appointment was made this afternoon a' the Admiralty:— Midshipman—Mr. W. H. Leech to' the Liffey. THE CANNON.,4DING AT QUEENSTOWN, The court-martial on board her Majesty's ship Nile, in the harbour of Queenstown, on Lieutenant Luckraft, of her Majesty's ship Hawke, on a charge of having, while drunk, beat the ship's company to general night quarters, and opened fire from the ship, on the night of the 31st of October, which had been adjourned from Monday, was resumed on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The prisoner's defence was read, which, after re ferring to the evidence of the different witnesses to show that he was perfectly sober when the drums beat to night quarters, and that it was improbable he could have got drunk after, when he could have tasted no liquor, proceeded to state that it was much more probable that the staggering and thickness of speech which had been deposed to were produced by a constitutional affection, called by medical men a congestion of the brain, which he would endeavour to prove had been pro duced in him by long exposure in a tropical cli mate. The defence then stated that the best evi dence would be produced to show that he was sub ject to such attacks, and that they might produce all the sympt oms which he had exhibited on the night in question, and which had led to the suspi cion that he was drunk. Lieut. Pickard, First Lieutenant of the Hawke, was then examined, and stated that he had never seen the prisoner under the influence of drink pre ' vious to the 31st October, and that he had never hesitated to leave him as commanding officer of the Hawke when circumstances required it. The pri soner had also been frequently commander of the Hawke at Plymouth. Believed the prisoner to be of a nervous temperament, from his manner and the peculiar nervous twitching of his head and eyes, which were observed in him since he joined the ship. Witness's opinion was that the prisoner's conduct, as an officer and a gentleman, had been always perfectly correct while on board the Hawke, up to the 31st October. Mr. Thomas Heywood, paymaster of the Hawke, also stated that he had observed the prisoner to suffer occasionally from nervous attacks while on board the Hawke, particularly a few days after joining the Hawke at Plymouth, when the pri soner requested him to write an application for 42 days' leave, and when witness endeavoured to as certain the reason, he seemed perfectly unaware why he wished to get the leave. Mr. George Simmons, additional paymaster of the Hawke, also gave ev id ence as t o the nervous temperament of the prisoner, and as to his uni formly correct conduct up to the 31st of October. Mr. John M'Kay, chief engineer, Stephen Cuer, boatswain, and George Creed, carpenter, all de posed that the prisoner was sober up to 9 o'clock, and the two latter stated that aboat ten minutes past 9 he told them the ship's crew were going to quarters, and he then was quite sober. Rear-Admiral Alfred Luckraft, father to the prisoner, was next sworn, and deposed that while the prisoner was serving in China he wrote several letters to him (witness), stating that he had on several occasions suffered from sun strokes, one of which was a very severe one ; and from his letters after that he appeared to be very depressed. He returned in Nov., 1857, in a state of great weakness and ill health, and on several occasions showed symptoms, that made him appear as if he had been drinking, though witness knew very well that he had not taken any drink, and that it would have been impossible for him to have taken it without his knowledge. Witness did all he could to keep prisoner from being employed until he should be in a better state of health ; but he got an appointment in the Hawke, and he wished himself to join. Witness, before allowing him to go, made inquiries about the Hawke and her cap tain, and finding that she wa s a qu i e t h ar b our s hi p , he allowed the prisoner to go to sea in her. A certificate was then read from Dr. Magrath, of Guernsey, which that gentleman had sworn to, stating that he had been in attendance on the pri soner after his return from China, and considered him to be naturally nervous and excitable, and pos 7 sussed of a naturally weak mind, which would be likely to break down in after life. The certificate also deposed to the state of nervous excitement under which the prisoner laboured while under the doctor's care, which led him to impress on the pri soner's father that he should not go to sea for at least 6 or 12 months. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. ( Paid. -Closing Bumbles. Sharp Price.: Done. . . 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! , Leased at 6 per cent.. I all 18 Bom.,BarOda&Cebt.lnd . 1 gu.'s per cent I 9 par i p 18 Do all 18 Do., Addit. Capital A 6 4 4 4 P 18 Do. Do. B 4i id par 204 Buffalo and Lake lluron All 7 711 20. Do. New l6l 14 13 d 100 ( Buffalo,Brant.&Godrieli 1 100 so 85 1 6 p. ct..bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) ,_ 100 Do. - do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 80 1CO• Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 74 77 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.tim. 1. 3. 0. —p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 23. 20 CapeTawn & Dock Scrip 2s. Pra 20 Central Dude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p,c. .2 I 1 1P 174 Demerara , • all 20 Eastern, Ilengal.gu.sp.c 5 par 31 ] . .t 1 Stock East Ibdian, gu. sp. c lOO 107 1074 107 } 20 , Db. C Shares ' all - 20 . Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 lip 20 Do. •Jubbulpore 5 -- 100 D 0.41 p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all - 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.sp. c. all 17 18 Sto. C Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ i per cent. Bonds ) Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 39 371 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay. '7B all 77 79 79 100 Do. 6 per cent. I'ref ICO 91 93 93i 3 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all .214 211 21} 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 i ifp .44 20 Do. do 4 i fp 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2e. par } p guaranteed 5 per cent. ) . 204 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 171 184 174 4 201 Do. New ' 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76'with 1 all 106 109 i ept. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73.t11l '6O 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 105 107 1061 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 di) 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 184 161 20 Do.. do. S per cent. all 2e 201 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 id 4 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 parp 20 Do. Fourth do i ....... 5 par p 54 tock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 /Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 1 0 2 lid Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... .. 20 Do. . do. B. Capital do 10 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 /Northof India Tramroad 20. Limited, Scrip .. ..... - ....., 20 s O c u i d n e(Llmited) 20 de ..., .d allls 2 1 14 2 1 1 1 P 24 20 Do. 20 Do. New 2 t 5 7 4 1p 1 20 Do. Punjaub :-,:' 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. tr 5 par 1 p 20 Rt. Apdrews & Quebec A. 18 10 'rrinldad(Limited) Scrip . 1 par IP BRITISH MINES. Share! Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Moot): Great. South To G. Wheal Al fd, (Phillack), G. Wheal Vor(lrelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) North. Wheal Croi • N.WWI Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortrid , ;e Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Soy th C. Brea) Illogan). S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Ta-nar Silver and Lead Mining C 0.... ., Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwcnnap) Vale of Towev (Carm.) West Basset (illogan) W. Car. don (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cats.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wli'l MaryAnn(Meithe), Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.)l Paid. I el,eitine.g 2.11.10 7 8 24 50 60 450 460 120 130 13j 14J 2j 2 11 11 7 84 3 41 7 8 1f 17j 176 11.14.11 18e 8 1`i 1 84 7.9.4 nil. i i 40 415 2;. 3 230 250 18.18.9 if 31 31 70 80 22 i 231 110 120 210 220 165 180 8 - 9 46 47 26 28 5 30 Sharel COLONIAL GOVI4IR; Securlites. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. dr July Do. 6 p.c. Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N. 8.G0v.6 p.c. JR. &July Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 187.; S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c. J an&July par p 11 If 9 10 1f 21 Business Done. 36 37 10 12 11 11 20 21 8 81 1 1d 1 61 1 1} 2} 3 213 RENT SECURITIES. Paid.' Closinx Business Prices. Done. 1® 100 100 100 100 100 1154 1174 113 115 113 115 1131 1141 1161 1 17 114 i 101} 1021 112; 1131 113 115 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shares Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price Closing Bushel's . Ddne• 10 A - raiitUnitedScrviceßk 60 Australasia: P.S Bank of Egypt 10 Bank of London [4;) Brit. Col. Bk. dr LoanCo 10 . British North American :0 Chtd. Bank of India, &c )0' City Colonial 1 Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Atm Ch Gen:Bk. ofSnitzeriand Lon.Char.lik.olAnstral. London and County London Joint Stock 'London dc Westminster.] 26} 261 3 20 1 62 64 00: Nat. Prov. of ;0 Do. new 164 17 22 22,1 National Bank !O New South Wales • !,5 Orient. Bk. Corporation !O Ottoman 10 Provincial of Ireland 10. Do. New :5 South Australia :5 Do. New t 5 Union of Australia :0 Do. New 1 0 . Union of London 10 Unity Mutual 10 Western Pk of London 19} 191 . .... 1 20 18 d' 331 42 2 f 1 fr 50 21 2 11 2 241 i MISCELLAN EOITS. ttg Miscellaneous.: 10 Anglo-Mexican )0 Atlantic Tel (Limited). 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Roy al Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 . Do New, issued at £5 die Brittili American Land 50 Brit. i * Irish blat.Tel.A. 20 • D0..8, 7 p. c. till 1802, 20 Do. ,C • DO Canada 10 ck 2 5 • Do. Preference 7 i per ct 5 Crystal Palace.' 5 Do. Preference 10 Eastern Steam C e .aonfrg (SLmi ) t to *ck Electric Telegraph....• 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. 10 . Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) 10 ScrewCol.(Lim.) 15 Gen. Steam Navigation 20 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. OMnibus Co l 0 Mediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) 25 National Discount Co 10 etherlands Land 10 `Dodo 5 • DO; p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N:lir.&NovaSootiaLand 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) 9 North of Europe Steam 1 Oriental Gas • 1 Do. New Shares 5 • Peel River Land & Min •0 Pen. & Oriental Steam 00 Do: New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr i 0 Rhymney Iron 5 Do. New - • * Royal Mail Steam 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) S South Australian Land 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip 1 Do. do Registered 0 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Ca n IVanDiemen'o Land.), all all all 15s. all all all all all all P a id . Closing Business dons Price. A 15 !SO 300 34i 351 3i 40 42 19 21 13 15 108 114 91 101 24 26 11 it 6* 2 21 1 13 115 I 11 11 2} if 1 d lk _ - 71 81 I 1 2 1 1 15 18 1 dig par 2} 3 85 87 12} 13} 21 26 ir n 71 , 59 61 1 1} II 36 39 _ j It I I 11 87 si I_~oy~ ~ a} ~ THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 2.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; moderate breeze, with rain. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S.W., heavy rains. Arrived—Friends, from Newport; Parana, steamer, from St. Thomas; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Havre, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W., fresh. Arrived, Dec. I—China, from Quebec; Princess Royal, from Gallipoli. Arrived, Dec. 2—Wasp, from Bombay ; Greenland, from City Point ; Dickey Sam, from Jamaica ; Reliance, from Quebec ; Ann Baldwin, from Bahia ; Tuscarora, from Phi ladelphia. The Admiral, for Savannah, has put back leaky and ground tier (salt) nearly washed out. The Norfolk, of Newcastle, from Spain, for St. John's, New Brunswick, was abandoned at sea, Nov. 15, in lat. 41 N. long. 52 W. ; crew taken off, and brought to Liverpool by the Tuscarora. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 30. The William and Mary, from the Mauritius, for London, which was abandoned on the 24th inst., has been picked up by the Marathon, from Quebec, and is now off the harbour. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S. by W., tide last hour's flood, weather light and fine. Arrived, Dec. 1. Princess Royal, from Palermo ; Bloomer, from Moravia ; Caroline, from Trieste; Lueella, from Guernsey ; Magic, from Smyrna ; Euxine, from Quebec • Azof, from Mogadore; Margaret Dundas, from Akyab; Barillo, from Bilboa ; Earl of Mulgrave, from Licator ; Triton, from Kiln; Lionne, from Gravelines; Blascour, from Ibrail. Arrived, Dec. 2.—Belle of Devon, from westward ; Ann Charlotte, from Dunkirk; Punch, from Cephalonia; John, Pearse, from Patras • Hortense, frOMCalcutta ; Oc ea n Star, from Orleans.; dosepha, from Odessa; Braes o' Mur ray, from Laudscrona DLAL, Thursday Morning: Wind W.S.W. ; moderate. Arrived and anchered--Nicolaus, from London for Mes- sina ; Athyn, from London, for Port Phillip; Claudia, from Demerara, for Loudon. 7 154 61 44 29 100 100 100 100 100 MS 96} 33} I 95 1 It 111 i 93 i i I 93i 3 1 37J 98i * 92 74 4 103 12} 12 271 6& Sto. Stock FOREIG: I Australian . . . Bon AccordCopper,Lim: Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p.) Do.St.Jolindelney,Litn. Do. Land and Mi ningCo. Clarendon Consols Min ing. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Cepiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares .... Lu,itaniari Miriciuita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Alining and Smelt Port Philip .. 'Santiago de Cuba ;United Mexican 14 I ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMENT.-11ORTON V. BROCKLEHURST. His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in deliTering judg ment, said—ln this case I.must express my regret that I am obliged to come to the conclusion that Mr. Brockle hurst must be held liable to account as trustee and execu tor under the Will of-the late Charles Aitken. The testator, by his will, appointed Mr. Brocklehurst and Mr. Low (who afterwards became bankrupt) his trustees and execu tors. The testator died in 1856. Mr. Low took the chief management of 'the estate, but debtor and creditor accounts were periodically rendered. to Mr. Brocklehurst with the legatees. And it appeared from affidavits produced that Mr. Brocklehurst took an active part in thd manage ment of the estate, and was cognisant of the actings of his co-trustee, Mr. Low. Under these circumstances his Honour considered Mr. Brocklehurst was liable to the astui lue trusts, not only for his own actings, but also, for the doings of his co-trustee, Mr. Low. His Honour held Mr. Brocklehurst liable on the state of accounts produced, but if the accounts were disputed, they must be settled'at Chambers in the usual way. Costs of the suit before the Lords Justices to be set off against the costs in this cause, with liberty to apply. IN RE CAREW'S ESTATE. This was a bill to make void a sale made under the di rection of the Court, on the ground of an unjustifiable agreement' entered into between two persons not to bid against each other at the sale of this property. Mr. Wes terman and Mr. Pitt became desirous to purchase this lot, and they agreed . not to bid against each other at the sale, and to divide the profits. The lot was put up at the re served price of £6OO, and gold at £650. The question raised was whether this was a valid agreement, and whe ther the sale was void in respect of the illegality of the agreement. J is Honour, the Master of the Rolls, after referring to the dicta of Sir Edward Sugden, in his book on Vendors and Purchasers, and to the decision in the case of Watson ; 2d. Vessey, jun., pages 52, came to the conclusion that there was not such fraud in the agreement as to make void the sale. His Honour was of Opinion that the sale cannot be set aside. Costs to be paid out of the estate. COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Wegtminster, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) MAIM V. DAUKES-THE COLNEY:qIATCH ASYLUM. The plaintiff,.Mr. John Skaife, clerk to the committee of the visiting justices of the Colney-}latch Lunatic Asylum, brought this action against Mr. Samuel Daukes, for breach of duty as architect in superintending the erection of that building. The defendant; in his pleas, denied in toto that he had been guilty of any, breach of contract. He also denied that there had been any material deviation from the plans and specifications, and said that if there had been any deviations they were made with the sanction and approval of the com mittee. The further hearing of this case Was resumed this morn ing, and occupied the court up to the time of our going to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) SULLIVAN V. BAKER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for false imprisonment and assault. The plaintiff stated that, in June last, she was very unwell, and went to purchase some rum. On returning she was taken with sickness, and, from certain circum stances, the defendant gave her into custody of a policeman, who conveyed her to the station-house, where she was locked up on a charge of drunkenness, which imputation she maintained was untrue. The defence was that 'the plaintiff was in a condition that justified the defendant acting as he had done. After some contradictory evidence, the jury found a verdict for the defendant. DIVORCE COURT. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CHERRY V. CHERRY. One of the learned gentlemen connected with this cause, asked the learned judge whether it was intended to pro ceed with this cause during the day, as he saw it entered for hearing en the nuticesiSublished in the papers. The Judge Ordinary said it was an error. If the 011%41 list of the Court was consulted it would be seen it could not come on out of its proper order. The learned gentleman asked if it would be taken during the hearing of Evans v. Evans and Robertson. The Judge Ordinary said it would not. Baron Martin would preside during, the case just mentioned, but no se cond'eourt would be opened. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A CHILD BY ITS FATHER.— Wm. Camp; 5, Hertford-place, Piccadilly, a stableman, was brought up'and placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged by Sergeant Vincent Gummer, 21 :C, with cruelly ill-treating his son, Edward Camp, aged 5 years, and with beating him with .a strap with an iron buckle. The child, who is a poor pale-faced little fellow, and seemed to have been sadly neglected, was placed in front of the witness-box, and was the object of great commise ration in a crowded court. In addition to having several bruises about the body he had a severe bruise over one eye and the other was black and blue from a previous infliction of the prisoner's brutality. Sergeant Vincent Gummer said—Between five and six on the previous evening, from information I reeeived from one of my men, I went to 5, Hertford-place, and in the back room on the second floor, occupied by the prisoner. I there saw the child now produced, with his left cheek cut open and his eye blackened from a blow, and the right also black and blue from blows previously inflicted. On examin ing his body I found several severe bruises, and he said he was very hungry. The prisoner was present at the time, and I asked the child in his hearing who had caused the bruises, and he at once said it was done by his father with the buckle of a strap. I then asked him if he was in the hitbit of doing it, and he said he wxs constantly flogged, and 'tied up to the bed-post. I then asked the prisoner if he had done it, and he said he had. I then told him from what I had seen and heard of his treatment of the child I should take him into custody. The room was in a very filthy state, and I believethere was asimuch inhu manity. on the part of the mother as the father—she seemed to have no feeling. Viney, a'constable of the C 'division, said he lived in the same house, and sonic females having spoken to him about the child, he went up to the prisoner's room, and there found the child bound to the bedstead, with a strap drawn very tightly to the bedpost, and seemingly in very great pain. Released the child, and asked who did it, and he said it was his father. The child was in a very dirty state, and seemed to have been'much neglected. Sergeant Gummer said he understood the prisoner was in the habit of tying . the child up to tho bed-post from nine in the morning till night, and as his wife was out all day, the child and others was left without food, and that when ever he came home he ill treated it. The prisoner said he `gas out all day, and the child was mischievous, and that, coming home on the previous day, he did certainly strike it, but was sorry for it. Mr. Bingham, having animadverted in severe terms on the prisoner's brutality to a little child of five years of age, said by way of teaching him, and as an example to other parents, ho should conimitt him for two months, with hard labour ; and he hoped as the mother of the child was pre sent, and had heard what had taken place, she would profit by it. Great praise is duo to the sergeant for the promptitude with which he acted in the matter. THAMES. DRAPERATF. AFFRAY IN A PUBLIC-Housr..—Richard Lucas, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and creating a disturb ance in the Admiral Blake public-house, in Cable-street, Whitechapel. He was also charged with" assaulting Mr. Thomas Bell, the landlord of the house, and tearing his coat, and assaulting two police-constables of the H division named Jackson and Ambridge. The prisoner • went into the public-house with a woman of the town last night. He called for a pot of ale, and a threepenny piece, part of the money offered in payment, was objected to, and another demanded. This raised the ire of the prisoner, who abused the landlord, and, after he was ordered to be put out of the house he made an attack upon Mr. Bell, and tore his coat to pieces. A fierce struggle ensued, and the prisoner, tho landlord, and his boy, all fell together. Jackson, a police-constable, was called, who was assaulted and thrown by the prisoner. Ambridge then came to the rescue of Jackson, and he was kicked by the prisoner several times. The prisoner declared with au oath that 20 police-constables should not take him to the station-house, but two managed to do it. Mr. Yardley fined the prisoner 405., and ordered 10s. of it to bo paid to Mr. Bell for the damage done to his coat. It is reported that the large increase under the head of "other securities," shown in the last Bank return, was caused by an advance of £500,000 to the Council of India on India Bonds, NA GAZINES. Blackwood.—The readers of this magazine will soon miss from its pages its chief attraction in - the brilliant work of " What will he do with it." The interest becomes more intense ; and it is most pro bable that in'the next and final number the author will achieve as great a success as in any o f hi s previous novels. In this portion we meet wit's some striking passages, the chief of which may be cited that in which the ardent preacher, G eorge Morley, endeavours, with all the force of his powerful mind, and all the fire of his glowing eloquence, to influence and direct the proud and inflexible Darrell. A higher aim the loftiest ambi tion could not aspire to than that which animated the man who dared to assail the unapproachable stronghold of the mighty recluse. He addressed himself to his arduous undertaking in the only spirit which could render it practicable. He re garded things in their relative value, showed how good qualities and glorious gifts may be perverted, and, finally, for the sake of argument, supposed a character similar to the one he then beheld, and, in this fictitious form, contrived to express opinions and urge claims that had otherwise been impossible. He pointed out no worldly advantage accruing from such actions as he extolled; but he dwelt on the blessings that wait on the true sacrifice of self —the mind at peace, the heart at rest. He attacked the greatest enemy of Darrell's life, pride, in the right way, by showing .how insignificant an attribute it was to a character so exalted. " What an heir to train through the brief school of earth for due place in the ages that roll on for ever !" he exclaimed, in allusion to the noble nature he illus trated. The result of hi s appea l h as yet to be made manifest. An interesting scene is that which re cords the vindication of " Waife." His old friends restored to him, exerted themselves to make his in nocence clear before the eyes of men, and they suc ceeded without implicating the offending son, to maintain whose apparent innocence the father had paid so heavy a penalty. Those who, in most romances, are the mcst prominent on the scene— the young, whose fate has to be decided in the dangerous lottery. of love—seem here in a manner eclipsed by the striking peculiarities of the more developed characters. There may remain some , however, who fix their attention, and centre their interest, in the gentle Sophy, and the daring Lionel, whose horizon is now so overcast. A very able article is that entitled " Bright 'Absurdities," in which the writer exposes the fallacies of his argu ments, the errors of his assertions, and the mistake he has committed in substituting bombast for inde pendence of spirit. It is said that, " even in his calmest days, the sight of a peer, a bishop, or a general in uniform, used to act on the Quaker tem- perament of Mr. Bright very much as the sight of scarlet irritates the horned leader of the herd." There is great truth in the remarks addressed to Mr. Bright regarding his infatuation for the model republic of the West. It is asked how the freedom can be perfect where one half of the country is covered with slavery ? It is also suggested to Mr. Bright that he should proceed to the country of his choice, and see what reception it will give to the abuse of its errors. In conclusion, there i s an analysis of some of the most glaring inconsistencies that strike the attentive reader in the orations at Birmingham : " In executing this oratorical legerdemain, he had to perpetrate a hundred inconsistencies, but he never flinched. What are we to think of a man who denounces are aristo- cracy as the promoters of a war policy, yet quotes as on his side Fox, Walpole, Grey, and Aberdeen (four of the most aristocratic statesmen of the last hundred years, and each of whom was strongly supported by the great houses) —leaving the great commoners, Cromwell and the two Pitts, to be quoted against him ? What are we to think of a man who says that forty thousand officers and soldiers perished in the late war, yet the next moment asked, who have gained from it, but the' military ?' What can we say of one who justifies the costly and menacing fortifications of Cherbourg, yet is furious at the proposal to add a single man, gun, or gunboat to our own defences? What are we to think of one who asserts that ' tho people' are all for peace, yet himself scolds the workin g - c l asses f or h av i ng given their voice for the war ? ' Can he be honest or fair who ridicules the balance of power' in Europe, yet eulo gises the people who sport the doctrine of 'manifest destiny' on the other side of the Atlantic ? Is the man sane who, as a proof of the injustice done to the lower classes, points to the enormous amount of poor-rates, yet holds up as his idol countries where there are no poor-rates at all, and where paupers are left to shift for themselves ? With what effrontery does he complain of the slow triumph of free trade, as a proof that the franchise is too limited and the people not adequately represented, when in France and the United States free trade is scouted under a regime of universal suffrage? In fine, what discernment is there in a man who regards the reign of the people as synonymous with peace, freedom, and free trade, when universal suf frage, in the only two countries where it existl, has pre cisely the opposite effects—in France supporting protection and a military despotism ; in the United States supporting slavery and protection, countenancing filibusterism, and clamouring for annexation ?" _ . Theie is an amusiig tale, called " Cousin John's Property," which is well worthy of perusal. _ The point turns on a somewhat novel idea, on an old Subject. A wealthy kinsman is supposed dead by his heirs, and the cause of the mistake was, that in announcing his marriage, a foreign paper had omitted half of the paragraph, and consequently it was inserted among the deaths, and copied into the home publications. Besides this striking climax, there is a great deal of humorous descrip tion met with in the course of the story, which renders it agreeable and amusing. "A Pleasant French Book" is the title of a paper that discusses the merits of M. Biot's work on scientific and lite- rary topics. It is interesting, from the talent dis played in criticising and descanting on the sugovs tive subjects. "A Cruise in 'Japanese Waters?' is the first part of some accounts of that empire, which will, no doubt, be interesting. There is a very well written article on the " Sermons" of Mr. Caird, which are admirable in their intrinsic excel lence, and well deserve the tribute w hich is here rendered to them. It is satisfactory that such wis dom and eloquence are disseminated among the public generally, and not confined to the limits of one congregation. Fraser's Magazine—A paper on Carlyle's Frede rick the Great opens the present number of Fraser. It is by the author of the " Life of Goethe," and displays a cordial admiration of Mr. Carlye's abili ties, and a lenient judgment of his eccentricities. " Our New Treaty with Japan," finds a place among the subjects treated of, and affords a very interesting article. The writer evidently knows something of the peculiarities of this extraordinary people, and cautions the authorities to be careful in the commencement of their dealings with them. Amongst other recommendations, he tells us that every European ought to appear before the Japanese in some military character, if he desire to be regarded with respect. The soldiers occupy the fourth rank among the eight classes of Japan, while the mer chants are only the sixth. Another important requisite is an acquaintance with the Dutch lan guage,as the inhabitants of the Empire are mostly familiar with it, and it therefore prevents the necessity of employing an interpreter, whose intervention is always to be deprecated. Dutch, being the language of the sciences in Japan, an ignorance of it implies to the people an ignorance •of science, which would be very disadvantageous to our repute. They appear to be an intelligent people and eager for knowledge, if we may judge from the questions they put to the Dutch merchant. An interesting paper on Snake Birds continues the zoological series, which displays both information and ability in the writer.. The story of " Han worth" is brought to a conclusion somewhat abruptly ; however, as all parties are happily settled, the reader must not complain. Another story, " Hector Garret, of Otter, " is also brought to a conclusion with the year. It is striking and original in style like most of the tales by the author of " Meg of Elibank." The young simple girl, transported to the lonely dwelling of the middle-aged student, discovers the secret of her husband's early love for the fair Alice Boswell, and is overwhelmed with sorrow and dismay. In this part, however. we are told how time and tr ouble brought a happier state of things, and replaced - the dead by the living. Shirley gives us ' a lwalTsermon which otr " People who are not Respectable,we con thins some just and sensible r demur, however, to his placing Lola Months and the Abbe Domenich in the same category. There may be some bigoted and narrow minds who would regard with the same aversion the Bavar ian dancer and heroic mis sionary, but we should_ hope in these day s o f advancing toleration, they are not sufficiently nu merous to be spoken of as a class. The writer evi dently possesses an elevated mind and extended sympathies which pass beyond the narrow bounds of sectarian creed and race. " India in a Mess," by the author of " India in Mourning," draws an effective picture of the general uncertainty result ing from the late catastrophes. A memorial paper on the Dean of Ely traces his active and brilliant career, and an article' on M. de Montalembert con cludes an interesting number. Bentley's Miscellany. —The journal of a week's shooting in Ceylon, will entertain sportsmen and afford some amusement to the general reader by showing him the fatigue and inconveniences which lovers of sport w illin g ly un d ergo f o r th e pl easure o f putting a few harmless creatures out of the world. The writer appears to have been . particularly adventurous and successful in his exploits. The German almanacks for 1859 furnish a very amusing paper, showing the original and ingeniousinOner in which some of them record the remarkable . ovents. The specimens of the jokes given do nat' say much for Allemtinian wit. " Died in a r,tt" is the somewhat alarming title of the continuation of the history of Mr. Canterbury's family. As might have been anticipated by the reac'er, the beautir - iit widow has married the worthless Maim • Dawko; who being involved in some very a eriou s a n d di k• graceful embarrassments, earnestly (11 ~.zires the death of her little son Thomas Canterbt try, w. ho keeps her from full possession of the fortux. - e- The poor child dies under very suspicious circum stanet and we presume the next instalment will t 4;. 11 us of the discovery of the murderer:. Mr. Ca ntert , t u- 3 ,0 s daughters, who were so unjustly depriv.ul of their rights through the influence of their bea uliful , and worldly stepmother, are fully avenged. The story is written with the usual ease and ability o f this writer, but we cannot refrain from again e 7 _press ing our regret that such extraordinary ewer is and crimes so constantly figure in his tales. Fie pos sesses quite sufficient dramatic pawer to giN - e effect and interest to his narratives with oil t per petual murders. " Sir Henry Sydney's Auto biography" is the title of a env/Ails and attractive paper, containing several autograph letters from Sir enry Sydney, then Lorch - Deputy of Ireland, to Sir Francis Walsinghat n, the 'Minister of Queen Elizabeth, whose do ughter Philip Sydney, the Writer's gifted son, afte. rwards married. " Monkshood" chronicles the " DOwnfai of the French Academy" at the stormy close tff the, last century ; " Japan and the Japanese," who bid. fair to fill the space in serial literature that has. been devoted to the Crimea and Hindostan, are , described at some length. Dudley Costello's story of " Faint Heart never won Fair Lady," appears . to approach its conclusion, but as we have reached the forty-sixth chapter without attaining the goal, the reader certainly should not have a faint heart in undertaking its perusal. Colburn's United Service.—The first article is on "Naval Warfare with Steam." It treats of a work on the subject by General Sir Howard Douglas, who, it is said, a still - throws himself in advance of every improvement as an artillerist and tactitian." Some very sensible observations are made regarding; this question, and one or two extracts are taken from Sir Howard's work, which go far to prove its merits. " Home Blunders respecting India " con tains some striking remarks. Among other ques tions, it is asked—" Are we promoting the Chris tian faith by outraging and irritating the feelings of the heathen ?" It is said that the " despised old Indians " are amazed at the ignorance manifested at home, especially by petitioners who pray Parlia ment to " evan ge li se I n di a. " I n mentioning the late Lord Lyons, it is remarked that his death will cause a general feeling of sorrow. " Though not a commander of high calibre, he was a good practical seaman, and possessed a ready hand and a lion's heart." " Reminiscences of a Veteran" are continued, and present a variety of attractions in the many amusing anecdotes that are narrated, and a constant change of scene imparts a vivacity to the chronicles. " The Azimghur Field Force" is proceeded with, and will prove interesting from the importance of the event to which it refers. The usual quota of "Naval and Military Intelligence," which it is the peculiar province of this magazine to finish, is met with. The New Monthly Magazine. — The number for the present month has several articles of general attraction. It opens:with a very interesting.paper on the " Memoirs of Prince Eugene," giving numerous extracts from Napoleon's letters to him, which will delight the historical student. The author of Ashley continues his story with interest, but it is evidently not yet concluded. Sir Nathaniel, in his notes on " Note Worthies," carries us back to the age of Pythagoras, who might have been somewhat amused had be heard himself de signated by such a title. "My Friend Pickles" is an amusing paper showing the troubles of a fat respectable man, who tried house building and novel writing. " Civilisation. in Russia" is the title of an article founded on the work of Nicholas De Gerebtzoff. It contains much reflection and suggests thought. " Hans Erust Mitterkamp" continues with interest, and the story . of " Evalla' is also proceeded with. For readers of more serious tastes, there arearticles on M. Guizot's Memoirs and on M. Montalembert. The latter paper is interesting from giving the outline of M. Monta lambert's career, which may not be familiar to all who have sympathised with him in his trial. Mr. C. P. Rowsell furnishes us with an article on the Birmingham Orations, of average merit. Some graceful and fanciful verses entitled "A Dreamer'S Epithalamium" by W. C. Kent, will gratify the reader. A LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY. Some 18 months since a wealthy farmer of Ken tucky, living near Campbellsville, was murdered and robbed of between 5,000 and 6,000 dols. by persons who entered his house at midnight, and accomplished the double deed while he was soundly sleeping in his bed. Mr. Simpson was wealthy and highly respectable, and, of course, the cowardly murder caused a great excite ment in his community. Soon after the guilty culprits were discovered and arrested, and an attempt was made by the populace to hang them, which was frustrated. Afterwards they were taken from the gaol at Russellville to that at Greensburg. Now, the second awful tragedy opens on the 10th (Wednesday last), as reported to the Louisville Journal of the 12th. This morning according to a previous understanding, men from this and the adjoining counties commenced gather ing at this place, and at an early hour took up their march to Greensburg, meeting with accessions at different points along the road until the crowd numbered 200 or 300 men, including a considerable number of spectators. The mob proceeded to the gaol, which is built of stone, and very strong, and found the doors locked and the gaolergone. A num ber of men immediately seized a large piece of timber, and, with several tremendous blows, bursted the door from its hinges. An inner door was speedily broken with crowbars and sledge hammers; a portion of the mob stood in the debtors' room, fronting the cells in which the miserable men were confined. The locks of the cell doors were soon broken and the doors forced open, when a most horrid and sickening and revolting sight met the gaze of those present. One of the men, Elias Scaggs, a man weighing 2001b5., was found weltering in a large pool of blood in the last agonies of death, the blood spirtin gin large jets from a ghastly and self-inflicted wound in the neck, having with a razor cut his throat from earto ear. His body, convulsed in death, was dragged into the debtors' room, and from thence down a flight of steps on to the street paving. The remaining three men,—viz., Bill Saul Thomp son, Sloan Despano, and George Hunter, were then brought from the gaol, bound and mounted behind men on horseback, when the crowd, in double file, amid throngs of spectators, took up their return march to this place, a distance of twelve miles, dur ing which two of the miserable men displayed con siderable firmness, asserting their innocence in the most positive terms. Thompson wept and prayed audibly a good part of the way, calling on all to witness his innocence. The crowd having arrived at the place, determined to lynch Beko also, a negro, belonging to the murdered man, who had been implicated by Scaggs as the real murderer. At this juncture, amid the yellings and howlings of the crowd, the expostulations of the sheriff and our excellent gaoler, and " amid confusion worse confounded," Mr. Robert Colvin a prominent and influential eitizeri, having sue seededeelie.av watde addressedposition in dina short point, appropriatene ss , an d food ever heard excell e d';' an d catching sense, speech,nisneth, Ie g ahave ear a n whichneogf hardly for thean it was as effectual as it was sensible, for after an un successful effort of one or two inexperienced orators, the mob left the negro in gaol and conducted the three men a shortdistance to an elm tree, and began making preparations to hang them. At Thomp son's request a prayer was offered in their behalf, a he praying and weeping aloud du r i ng th e ti me. He was then mounted on a horse, and after again asserting his innocence for the last time, a rope was put round his neck, the end thrown over a limb, the horse driven from under, and Thompson was launched into eternity. He seemed to die easy— one or two spasmodic jerkings of the limbs, a shud der and all was over . Despano soon''shared a similar fate, dying much harder. At this stage Hunter gave evidence of making a' clean breast, which, after a good deal of delay and reluctance, he did, confessing to the guilt of Scaggs, Thomp son, and Hunter, and implicating five others as being concerned in the murder. Their names are as follows :—Henry Scaggs, Jerry Scaggs, Lloyd M'Daniel, John Underwood, and a son-in-law of Simpson. The latter is under arrest, but is, I believe, generally considered innocent. The sheriff, with a posse, is out to-night to arrest the others. Beko was also implicated by Hunter, and brought forth, and the two confronted. Nothing of import ance was elicited, and they were both taken to gaol—both of them making a narrow escape.— Yew York Tribune. DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY ASHLEY.—WC have to record the demise of the Hon. Henry Ashley, who expired on Tuesday night at Windsor. The deceased gen tleman was third son of the late Earl of Shaftesbury by Lady Anne Spencer, fourth daughter of the fourth Duke o f Marlborough. Ho was born May 5, 1807, and married Oct. 2, 1835,_ Jane Frances, only daughter of Mr. Rob er t Mattison. The hon. gentleman was for some years in the 9th Dragoons. .In 1831 he was returned to the House of Commons for Dorchester, which borough he continued to represent till 1847. He was a D.C.L., and a deputy-lieu tenancy of the county of Dorset. The families of the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady Caroline Neeid, the Right Hon. Henry and Lady Harriet Corry, awl num( roue families of rank, are placed in mourning. 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