The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-08 00:00:00

IRE NAVY. Her Majesty's Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday at noon, on her return from conveying her Majesty the Empress of Aus tria to Madeira. The yacht, after leaving Ply mouth Sound, on the morning of the 25th ult., on her outward voyage to Madeira, experienced excessively heavy weather, and was hove-to for some time, the Osborne putting into Vigo to repair damages and obtain a supply of fuel. The Victoria and Albert arrived of the Deserter's Rocks at 4 a.m. on the 29th ult., and stood on under easy steam until daylight, anchoring in Funchal Roads, off the Loo Rock, at 7 a.m. The health of the Em press appeared to improve as the yacht approached a. warmer latitude. Much of her time was passed in one of the paddlebox alcoves, attended by the Prin cess Windischgratz, who suffered the least of any of the Empress's suite from sea-sickness. The Em press herself was fortunately entirely free from this distressing malady the entire voyage, notwith standing the boisterous weather. The Empress, attended by Count Nobili, the Princess Windisch gratz, and that portion of her suite which accom panied her in the Victoria and Albert, disembarked from the yacht in the Queen's state barge, and proceeded towards the shore under salutes from the forts, &c. The Empress on landing was received by the Portuguese authorities, the landing place being gaily decorated with flags, &c., in honour of the occasion. As the boats approached the landing place a shower of rockets was sent up from the shore, and came rattling down again among the boats, with out, however, touching any one. The Osborne ar rived in Funchal Roads on Saturday, the Ist inst., and was to leave again for England, calling at Lis bon, on the following morning. The sailing of the Victoria and Albert for England was appointed to take place at, i 9 a.m. on the Ist inst. At 5 p.m. a grand display of fireworks took place on board the yacht, the Austrian colours being represented by coloured lights, and salutes of mortar rockets (21 each). At 9 p.m. the yacht again lifted her anchor and steamed oat of the reads of Funchal for the English Channel, the weather looking wild and un settled. On the following day a heavy gale sprung up from N.W., which continued with unabated vio lence for three days. After this it moderated, but a tremendous swell was experienced up to making the Needle Rocks. The wind had come round to the S.W. the day previous. The behaviour of the yacht in the heavy weather, both out and home, is stated to be beyond all praise, her machinery also working admirably. The yacht was fitted for the voyage in precisely the same manner as when intended for the use of her Majesty the Queen. The Empress, prior to leaving the yacht at Madeira, presented Capt. Denman with a mag nificent snuffbox, set with diamonds, with the Emperor of Austria's portrait in the centre. Com mander Christien and Dr. Minter, received eaoh a massive ring, set richly in bzilliants. To the crews of the yachts the Empress left the munifi sent sum of £6OO, for distribution among them. The officers and crew lately belonging to her Majesty's screw steamer Perseverance, and arrived at Spithead in the Geyser, from Lisbon, were transferred at Spithead yesterday to the Pigmy steam tender, and conveyed on board her Majes ty's ship Victory, where the officers and crew have to report themselves in readiness for the court martial which will be held to inquire into the cir cumstances of the loss of their ship, The Harrier, 17, screw, Commander Sir Malcolm M'Oregor, was swung yesterday in Portsmouth harbour for the adjustment of her compasses, prior to proceeding to Spithead. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander J. M. Bruce, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday and anchored at Spith.ad, where she will take in powder and shell prior to sailing for the West Indies. She takes oat supernumeraries for ships on the station. The Immortalite, 51, screw, Capt. G. Hancock, fitting out at Portsmouth, is picking up men very slowly, there being in fact no seamen in this port, with the exception of a few of those of the Eurya lus, who are' not yet quite cleared out and ready for reshipment. The Admiralty have given directions for some of the massive wrought iron armour plates provided for the iron vessel of war the Warrior, building at Blaokwall, to be forwarded to Chatham, to be used in the construction of the large mail-clad iron steamer about to be built in that dockyard. The Orpheus, 21, 400 horse power, screw cor vette, has returned to Chatham from her trial trip at the Nore. During her run at the measured distance the mean speed obtained was 12.8 knots, her engines working admirably. She is ordered to be taken in hand by the dockyard authorities, in order to be completed for the second division of the steam reserve at Chatham. Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply, W. H. Balliston, master in command, commissioned in April, 1 856, was yesterday paid off at Woolwich and was put out of commission. The crew were granted six weeks' leave of absence. The ship will be recommissioned this morning by the same mas ter, and a portion of the officers will be reappointed. The steam condensing vessel Wye yesterday commenced unshipping her tanks in Woolwich basin, in preparation for being converted into a store vessel for foreign stations, similar to the Sup. ply. In coming up the river from Chatham during the prevalence of a strong head wind she ran foul of a sailing brig, jammed her own anchor through one of the plates of her hull,`wrenching off the arm o f the anchor, and otherwise damaging the bead of the ship. . The Cockatrice screw despatch vessel, in Wool wich basin, has received her masts and rigging, and will shortly proceed to Portsmouth to be received into the Ist class ordinary of that yard. The screw steamvessels Lee and Snipe, built at Milwall, are under fitment at Woolwich for the Ist class steam reserve, and are in a forward state. The paddlewheel steamvessel Rhadamanthus yes terday went into basin at Woolwich, and com menced loading her first cargo of the steam boilers and machinery intended for her Majesty's screw steamship Black Prince, under construction at Greenock. The engines will be of 1,250 horse power ; their transport will occupy about seven or eight voyages, and will engage the services of the Rhadamanthus through-the winter. The orders for paying off the crew of the sailing frigate Amethyst, 26, Capt. Sidney Grenfell, at Ply mouth, where she arrived from the Pacific on Thurs day, have been countermanded, and she is now to go to Chatham. It was at first expected that the conditi on of her foremast, which is damaged, might have prevented her from going to an eastern port. When this ship was blockading the coast of China her c rew n performed a v e ry c l ever an d A daring act. Austrian brie., laden with coffee and su gar, was capt ured at sea by some Chinese rebel pirates, who moored her under one of their own forts. When the f act b a came known, it was determined to attempt rescue by those on board the frigate. Hertwo cutters aed gig wer e manne d, and placed under the chargeo the h tebb e ri ma g i s n te t r h . e night With in hand. , muffled oars theyapproached' and boarded her by the forechain s , cutl ass Much to their surpris e, the onl y p e rson on b oard was the Austrian mate, who instructed th em where to find the shackle of the chain cable. They then dropped a kedge anchor some distance ahead, and, unshackling the cable, quietly war p ed the brig from under the rebels' guns into a position where canvas could be spread, and sailed safely out of the harbour. It is probable that the crew of the Ame thyst will be entitled to prize-money for this bold recapture. When she was saluting at one of the ports of call on the voyage home, a seaman named Hill, a native of Plymouth, had one of his arms shattered to such an extent that amputation be came necessary. Unfortunately, by the same acci dent he lost three fingers from the other hand. The invalids from the Pacific and South American stations, brought to Plymouth on Thursday morn ing by the sailing frigate Amethyst, were removed in the afternoon by the paddlewheel steam vessel Avon to the Royal Naval Hospital. Yesterday (Friday) morning the Avon and the tug Zephyr went from H amoaze i nto t h e Sound to tow the frigate into the offing, but the weather was so boisterous they did not make the attempt. Heavy gales from the southward, with frequent showers of rain, prevailed there all day. The raaintopmast of the screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, at Devonport, was got up yesterday, and as much progress is making in her fitment as the boisterous state of the weather will permit. Orders from the Lords of the Admiralty have been received at Devonport to enter men for the naval police. The new screw steamship Howe, 121, the engines of which were tried at Plymouth on Tuesday, was hauled yesterday (Friday) from Hamoaze into the basin at Keyham Steam Yard to complete her fit ments. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships :—Henry Knight Greg son, Richard George Acton, G. J. Lyall, Francis O'Don.oghue Wright, and the Hon. Clarence E. Graves. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Benjamin Simpson, master additional, to the Pembroke ; W. H. Balliston, master in command, to the Supply ; Charles W. Ross, second master, to the Supply ; J. K. Small horn, assist.-surgeon, to the Supply ; Francis Pearce, chief engineer additional, to the Fisgard; George Watson, first class assist.-engineer, to the Supply ; Robert Wallace, second class assist.-engi neer, to the Supply; Thomas Spence, third class assist.-engineer, to the Supply ; John N. Ecroyd, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard as supernumerary ; Arthur Wells, master's assistant, to the Victory as supernumerary; Valentine Spain, assist. paymaster in charge of the Supply ; and Edward Jago, clerk to the Miranda. TBE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief ;has notified that her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the formation of an additional brigade to be designated the 16th Brigade of Royal Irish Artillery. This brigade, which consists of four batteries of garrison artillery, is already com plete, having been formed entirely from the ranks of the Tipperary Artillery Militia recently disem bodied. The strength of the new brigade, which will be under the command of Major Massey, is at present limited to 600 rank and file, including 22 officers, and the mode in which the corps was formed is worthy of notice. On the disembodiment of the Regiment of Tipperary Artillery Militia a printed address was issued to each of the men, setting forth various inducements to enter the regular service under the distinctive title of the Royal Irish Bri gade, and as a result, out of the 995 rank and file comprising the regiment, the required number of 600 for the new brigade was immediately obtained, many being disappointed, as their services were not required. The Secretary of State for War has directed the following circular letter to officers commanding militia corps to be circulated for the information and guidance of the army generally : " Sir,—l have had under my consideration the conditions on which men belonging to the disem bodied militia have hitherto been permitted to trans fer their services to her Majesty's regular forces. It is most important to the efficiency of the militia, as a reserve force upon which dependence can be placed in case of national danger, that it should be raised from among men of settled habits and fixed residence within the county to which the regiment belongs. " A militia regiment, however short of its quota, which can annually muster as effectives for training the men who have been enrolled, is far more effi cient, and contributes more to the security of the State, than one which, having a large force upon paper,can neither produce nor account for them sub sequently. Militia officers therefore should not seek to attract temporarily to their ranks men who would otherwise enlist into her Majesty's regular forces, of whose services the army is thus deprived, and who, by leaving the militia for the line after receiving the militia bounty, disorganise the militia, while they enter the army at an increased and unnecessary expense to the public. "The regulations at present in force for carrying on volunteering from the militia to the line will therefore be modified in the following manner : " Stringent orders have been issued, prohibiting any line or other recruiting parties from attempting in future in any way to induce militiamen to leave their respective regiments in order to enlist in her Majesty's regular forces or marines, militiamen hav ing no more right to do so than men of one line regiment have to enlist in another without the con sent of their commanding officer. Such a proceed ing on their part amounts to desertion, and will expose them to the penalties attached to that offence —a liability which every opportunity should be taken to make known. Volunteers, therefore, who may be anxious to enlist in the regular army should apply for permission to their commanding officers, who will exercise their discretion as to granting their request, bearing in mind the policy of granting conditional releases to men who are bent on enlist ing, and over whose movements, except during the one month's training, they have little or no practical control. In such cases I shall be prepared, on your recommendation, to give you authority for the release of any such men to whom you may think it right to grant the indulgence. But it is to be clearly understood that in all such cases the men will be required to refund 18s. 6d. to cover the bounty and other expenses incurred on their enrol ment ; also any balance of bounty they may have received in advance on account of their first engage ment, if reattested for a second. The act under which the temporary embodiment of the militia has been sanctioned will expire on the 25th of March next, and the entire force will then revert to its normal and constitutional state, as a reserve force, to be annually trained, but not to be embodied except in time of national danger ; and there is every reason to hope that by a careful observance on the part of the Government of the principles on which the militia force is founded, the disorganisation of the regiments of which it is composed will be prevented, and commanding officers will be enabled to reap the fruits of their unremitting exertions to maintain the efficiency of their corps." The next examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, is ap pointed to be held before the Vice-President and members of the Council of Military Education on Monday, the 17th inst., at the Royal College, Chel sea. The examination will extend over six days. The examination of candidates for appointment to the Commissariat by the Council of Military Education will commence at the Royal College, Chelsea, on Monday, the 17th inst., and will ex tend over the week. The next examination for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, before the Vice- President and members of the Council of Military Education, at the Royal College, Chelsea, will take place early in the ensuing month. The examina• tion of candidates will commence on the 7th proximo, and conclude on Thursday, the 24th. WATCHES AS A BRANCH Or FINE ART MANUFAC TURES.—" Having extended our search through the West end and the City, after an ordinary good English watch, possessing an artistic design, we have come to the conclu sion that but very few of our English watch manufacturers have yet properly appreciated the advance of the public taste for a higher order of ornamentation from improved designs. Small though the watch is, it yet affords ample scope for the display of the genius of an artist. It is, therefore, with much pleasure that we can mention one manufactureriwho has given especial attention to the artis tic ornamentation of watches, and whose productions mani fest a decided advance in regard to rules of art and the re quirements of an educated taste. The manufacturer here alluded to is Mr. J. W. Benson, whose recently enlarged show-rOoms, at 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, form one of the conspicuous features of this great City thoroughfare. The display of gold and silver watches, together with ormolu clocks of rare designs, is quite imposing to the passer-by. Here the purchaser of a watch is afforded every facility of choosing one suited to his purpose and means, and pos sessing at the same tim e a ll th a t can b e d es i r ed in finish, taste, arid design."--Globe.-Benson's illustrated Pam phlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every construction of watch now made. Watches safe by post to all parts of the globe. _ GrilliaTONE'S EYE SNUFF .— Mr. Grimstone, High-street, ! & _ lo omsbury.—Ophthalmic Hospital, Charing-cross. Sir,— y er ceiving that on o ne o f y our bill s my name i s men ti one d l i n eav an e t to onzi l th that of my l a te p a ti en t, M r . L ac hfi e ld, I be g derived lay thin his testimony, and state the great benefit i n hi s Case, which of your excellent herbaceous Eye Snuff accompanied b y 11 was one of obstinate chronic ophthalmia, the conj unctiona lP v acity of the cornea, and a varicose state et notice in which the preparation His case was the first under my by the advantageo.P,aration was used; but being struck eestlits, I resolved to lay aside preju dice, and advise its use eras cases i n m y p rac ti ce a t thi s jElosyttal. The benefit I a ar s great, and has led me still fur ther to recommend it.— G UTH RIE. YO obedient servant, J. G [ADvEßTisEmPiNT.l—llonoway,s p i l ls and Oint men t.— Th e se medicines have obtained a celebrity and an amount must n be taken a s a . of sale in all par ts of the w orld which suffi c ient proof that their virtues are Th e y have stood the test of nearly a quartZ o e f x:ggerated. a nd during all tha t p eriod the re has not bes n c a en turY) charge brought publ icl y a g ainst the m. No one has file plained that they have done harm instead of good. 1101: valid, after a fair trial, has found them fail to relieve hi s pain or cure his disease. In all cutaneous disorder s espe cially, the combined action of the Ointment and the P i ll s is absolutely irresistible. The cure is not temporary and superficial, but complete and permanent. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1860. THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A LIVERPOOL TEABROKER. At the Liverpool Police-court yesterday Richard W. Powell, partner in the firm of Scott, Powell, and Co., teabrokers, Pekin-buildings, Harrington street, was brought up on remand from Monday, charged with having been concerned in seve ral cases of forgery. The magistrates on the bench were Messrs. Raffles, Aikin, and Booth. The prisoner is a young man of respectable appear ance, and the case having excited a good deal of interest, the court was crowded in all parts. Mr. Robinson, of the firm of Lowndes, Bateson,Lowndes, and Robinson again conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Deighton, bar rister, instructed by Mr. Cobb. Mr. Edward Ab solom, senior partner of the firm o f Ab so l om , Crocker, and Townsend, wholesale tea merchants in London, was the first witness called. His evidence was chiefly in explanation of the nature of the busi ness transactions which that firm had with Scott, Powell, and Co., of Liverpool, from which it ap peared they were in the habit of supplying the last named firm with large quantities of tea, the terms being settlement at three months, subject, however, to their own discretion. This the witness explained to mean that if at any time they were dissatisfied with the state of Messrs. Scott, Powell, and Co.'s account they reserved to themselves the right of withholding supplies of tea. In August last the state of their account was not satisfactory, and Mr. Scott, jun., was seen by witness's partner, and it was arranged that a guarantee should be given by Mr. Scott, sen. At that time acceptances of Messrs. Scott, Powell, and Co. were overdue. A guarantee, purporting to be signed by John Scott, sen., for the sum of £5,000 was given by Scott, Powell, and Co. This guarantee had been frequently spoken about to witness by Scott, jun., but witness had never seen or conversed with the prisoner about it. The sales and such arrangements as those spoken of were not managed by the witness, but chiefly by one of his partners. George Absolom, the Manchester repre sentative of Messrs. Absolom, Crocker, and Town send was examined at great length, but his state ment did not vary in any important feature from that which he gave on Monday. In cross-examination, however, he admitted that in all the transactions relative to the bills which purported to be endorsed by Mr. Scott, sen., he had communicated exclusively with Mr. Scott, jun., and had no communication with the prisoner relative to them except reading over to him the matter and sums and dates which ap peared on the face of them. One of these was for £484 25., another for £462165. 2d., and the third for £482 is 6d. The endorsement on the back was not shown by the witness to the prisoner. The sums and dates of the bills were copied by the prisoner into the bill-book of the firm. Mr. John Scott, sen., father of John Scott, of the firm of Scott, Powell, and Co., said that up to the let August last he had lived at Llangollen, but on that date removed to Liverpool, and in a day or two afterwards he went to Southport, where he resided for a month. Since then he had lived in Chatham-street, and had not been in Llangollen since the Ist August. He was shown a guarantee for £5,000 purporting to be signed by the witness, but the signature was not his. He was also shown the three bills referred to as bearing his endorsement. These signatures were not in his writing. The first intimation he had of his name having been forged to any documents was on Monday week. Me never received any com munication from Messrs. Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, attorneys in London, in relation to any trans actions with Scott, Powell, and Co. He gave a guarantee for £2,000 on the Union Bank in favour of Scott, Powell, and Co., but that was the only guarantee he ever gave. The prisoner saw him write his name to that guarantee in the bank. In cross-examination the witness said that was the only time Powell saw him write his signature. He was not in business with his son, but used to super intend the business before the prisoner became a partner with his son. Powell brought £3,000 into the business about two years ago. Witness's son managed the business for him, and had signed the contract in his behalf for the building of Pekin buildings in Harrington-street. His son had only a verbal authority to sign that contract, but never had any authority to sign his name to any other con tract, or to the guarantee or to the bills referred to. A letter dated on the 21st Nov. last, written by the prisoner to the London firm, was put in. It stated that Mr. Scott, sen., would leave Llangollen on the following day for London, to arrange about the matter referred in the letter of Messrs. Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, to him (Mr. Scott). Chas. Wells, jeweller in Liverpool, said he knew the prisoner and his partner (Mr. Scott, jun., very well. About three weeks ago they called at his shop, and looked at some jewellery. They selected three diamond rings of the value of about £6O, which Scott urged the prisoner to take. This he refused to do three several times, but at last be yielded to the urgent representation of Scott, and took them away on approbation. Since then he had never seen the rings nor the money for them. On applying to the prisoner for them a day or two ago, in gaol, he told witness that Scott had taken them and bolted with them. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes. An application to have him admitted to bail was refused. work—a fact which is painfully illustrated in the present case by several tobacco pipes having been discovered in the pockets of the deceased persons. The manager of the works (Mr. J. Phillpotts), regardless of cost, availed himself of every material calculated to effect the object he had in view —viz., to save life, and mitigate the sufferings of the sur vivors and relatives. The manager of the Monmouth shire Railway and Canal Company placed the com pany's staff at Mr. Phillpotts' disposal, and special trains were appointed to convey the requisite mate rials to and from the scene of the disaster. It is only very recently that the Risca Coal Company have, at a very great cost, erected one of Struvee's ventilators, thereby supplying a current of air to the pit far in excess of the best ventilatory methods previously adopted at Risca, and which has met with the approval of some of the most practical viewers of the day. Experienced firemen are engaged by the company, whose duty it is to examine the mine every morning before the men are allowed to proceed to their work. It is quite evident that, unless a colliery manager is enabled to punish severely all cases of infringe ment of the colliery rules, all the care, energy, and experience he may display in the management of the mine will be of no avail; for in collieries subject to firedamp, and although placed under the very best and improved system of ventilation, the lives of the whole of the colliers may be entirely at the mercy of one reckless person. In addition to the fearful loss of human life, the company have lost horses to the value of about £l,OOO. percentage, and, as responsible customers are not plentiful enough for the supply of the article, a corresponding sacrifice must be made in the security. When really good " paper'' is not forthcoming in quantity sufficient to absorb all the capital seeking employment, " accommoda tion paper" comes in for a chance. All this promotes trade, no doubt, and is generally bene. ficial ; but we shall not be far wrong in sup posing that it accounts for " the catastrophes of the leather trade." THE BISCA COLLIERY ACCIDENT. Mr. Alexander Bassett, mining engineer to Lord Tredegar, gives the foilowing account of the acci dent :—The number that descended the pit on the morning of the accident was 200, including men and boys ; out of this number 64 have been taken out alive ; up to this morning (6th December) 84 bodies have been recovered, leaving 52 now in the colliery, showing the total loss to be 136 ; 50 were married, 50 single, and 36 youths under 17 years of age. The Black Vein Pit at Risca is the property of the Risca Coal Company, and is held by them under an old lease from Lord Tredegar. The finest description of steam coal is produced from this colliery, which has for many years been used by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The underground arrangements are under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Harrison, who is considered (and most justly so) one of the most careful and experienced colliery viewers in this district'. The Black Vein pit was on the Saturday morning examined by Mr. Harrison, who, after satisfying himself that the mine was in a perfectly safe con dition, ascended (leaving his eldest son in the work ings, who has been severely burnt, and narrowly escaped with his life), and proceeded to inspect another pit belonging to the same company when the fearful explosion occurred. The explosion was of so terrific a character that a considerable extent of the main roads and air courses were entirely destroyed, thereby rendering it most difficult and dangerous to explore the workings and extricate the unfortunate sufferers, as the ventilation of the colliery for the time was totally suspended. In this painful work Mr. Har rison received the valuable assistance of Mr. Wm. Bevan, of Tredegar Iron Works, Mr. Brown, of Machen, Mr. Wales, of Abersychan, Mr. Palmer, of Radstock, Mr. Blayden, and other experienced colliery viewers, who have since the accident been by turns, day and night, engaged in superintend ing the various gangs of colliers organised to clear the headings, restore the ventilation, and recover the dead. The pit is now under the management of Mr. L. Brough, her Majesty's Government Inspector of Mines, whose time since his arrival at Risen has been almost entirely occupied in the col liery, superintending and directing operations, and whose practical knowledge of colliery management and professional skill is truly invaluable in such cases ; but the shattered conditions of the roads and airways must of necessity greatly retard the painful and difficult task allotted to him. As regards the cause of the accident it is at present difficult, and certainly unwise, to hazard an opinion, as it will be thoroughly investigated at the inquest, which will take place on the 18th of December; but it may not be out of place here to remark that frequently these fearful calamities arise from the imprudence and recklessness manifested by the colliers in removing the tops of their safety lamps, to enable them either to cut the coal with greater facility or to light their pipes. The lamps are deli vered to them locked previous to their descending, and the men are liable to a penalty, not only for opening them, but even for having private keys in their possession. Very many cases have recently been brought before the magistrates, but the exceed ingly small fines imposed by them have not had the slightest effect in arresting this crying evil. In my opinion, nothing but personal punishment (I mean imprisonment with hard labour) will put an end to such reckless proceedings, as, in the event of a fine being imposed. the amount is generally subscribed by the workmen. It was only on the Saturday fortnight previous to the accident at this colliery that the agent, Mr. Harrison, having detected a man in the colliery with a private lamp key in his possession, con trary to the rules and regulations of the colliery, brought the case before the magistrates, and the fine imposed by them was 10s. with costs, and in default of payment 14 days' imprisonment. Mr. Harrison, on the same occasion, found on several of the men nails, which no doubt were for opening the lamps, though no direct proof could be given of their having been so used. While the cause of the explosion is yet involved in so much mystery, and its results so imperfectly ascertained, it would be premature to indulge in any speculation on this point ; nevertheless it would be worse than folly to hide from the public the indi cations that have already made themselves apparent as to the approximate cause of the disaster—viz., the inveterate habit colliers have of smoking at their " I 0 TILING LIKE LEATHER." Certainly, there is " nothing like leather," and if anybody ever doubted the excellence of that won derful article, Messrs. Laurence, Mortimore, and Co. have now fairly established it. Leather is money, credit, commerce, profit, and wealth. It is a foundation for any amount of trade, and will bear the most marvellous superstructure. True, the basis may be insecure, and the result somewhat pre carious. One of the adventurers in this famous enterprise even fell into a transport of rage with the article, and abused it in no measured terms. " What a frightful thing this leather is !" said he. "What a log it is about my neck !" But leather did its work, nevertheless ; though, like all evil spirits, only for a time. By the aid of leather, the house or houses of Laurence and Co. had " trade transactions" in the space of three years and a half amounting to £5,377,750. The " profits" were reckoned by scores of thousands per annum. It was a prodigious business, so long as it lasted ; but unluckily there came a day of account, and the whole fabric collapsed like a paper edifice, as indeed it was. We have already told the story and explained the case, in so far, at least, as it admits of explana tion to ordinary people. It is an instance of what can be done by " accommodation bills," and the adjourned examination of the bankrupts has brought the phenomenon into even bolder relief than before. Things went quite swimmingly this week in Basinghall-street. "We are getting on very well to-day," observed Mr. Linklater to an important witness, who was making a clean breast of it. "We improve upon acquaintance," replied the witness, and proceeded incontinently, in a frank and cheerful tone, to relate the " transac tions" of the house with a Mr. H. Smith. Mr. Smith, in the course of three years and a half, sent Laurence and Co. bills to the amount of £836,000, of which sum Laurence and Co. provided £706,000. The actual value of the goods bought during that period was £20,000, so that, as a grand moral deduction, it appeared that " bills to the extent of a million and a half were used against a trading of £120,000." That, as Mr. Linklater and the deponent concurred in thinking, was " pretty well," and the public, no doubt, will coincide in the estimate. In fact, we can't beat that specimen. It is now admitted that the " transaction" was not quite in the usual way of the trade, and that Mr. Laurence had done himself injustice when he ranked such dealings with the common run of things. For the rest, we simply learn from the continued report how very much trade language differs from ordinary language, and what very great convertibility its terms possess. Profits are not profits—in fact, they are often losses. Entries do not mean what they express, but quite the con trary. ABisC D as often as not; while, as to " capital," we really cannot say what in the leather trade is the definition of that attractive term. Perhaps the creditors of Laurence and Co.. will find out by and by. There ought to be a great moral attending this astounding case, but it will be confined, we fear, to a comparatively narrow circle. A mar need really be a bill discounter or a " kite-flyer" himself to comprehend all this mystery of paper money. To common mortals the privilege of " accommodation" practice appears almost as valuable as the old seignorial right of coining. Two " parties" together can turn any amount of paper into gold with the assistance of a third. A whole sale house, a retail house, and a joint-stock bank there is your recipe for raising the wind. Let A " draw" upon B, let B " accept," and C " discount," and the thing is done. How little actual " value" need enter into the transaction we have already seen. Trade, or, at least, the leather trade, or rather the trade of Laurence and Co., consists not so much in buying and selling as in drawing and accepting, and the secret of success lies in the art of giving the bills a palatable and negotiable form, in arranging them so as to go down in the discount world. Here it was that Mr. Laurence's genius shone forth so conspicuously. He it was who managed the "pocket pistols" and directed the service of that efficient artillery. We get a little glimpse of the science as so dexterously practised. The bills " never substantially agreed with the amount of the transactions," and were " invariably drawn for odd money." That is described as a great stroke of art, and Mr. Laurence has the credit of it. The " odd shillings and pence" were his "idea." This is one consolatory inference to be drawn from all these disclosures, and we do not see how it is to be questioned. There must be an immense amount of loose money in the country. The " accommodation" system, with all its mysteries and complications, its fictions and its dummies, its imaginary values and its men of straw, is merely a system for raising money, And money could not be " raised" at such a rate, except from a most pro ductive deposit. Mr. Linklater hit the nail on the head when he remarked that the real " mine" of the bankrupts was in other people's pockets represented by the joint-stock banks. These numerous and flourishing institutions ex• press simply the accumulation of capital in the country. Capital increases with prodigious rapi dity, and, of course, is no capital at all, ueless it can be productively emplayed. Accord ingly it is placed in the hands of bankers or discounters, who lend it out on the security of bills. Sometimes the lenders suffer, as they have done notably in the case before us, but the fact is, after all, that the trade in money, like all other trades, requires customers to make it profitable, and when the supplies approximates to the demand, or, in other words, when the people who have money to lend bear a considerable proportion than before to the people who want to borrow, borrowers come better off and lenders must take easier terms. That is really the case in the present day. It is a subject of regret beyond doubt, that such trading as is exemplified in the reports before us should receive encouragement, but to a certain extent the result is due to the condition of the money-market. We have not, indeed, conic to the point when money will be looking after men instead of men after money, but when it is said that Banks are bidding against each other fur custom I he whole truth of the matter is stated. The Banks do bra against each other, and for this rea son—because establishments of that class have of late years been multiplied, because they have all got their profits to make, and because the laws of competition apply to their trade as effectu ally as to all others. They contend for customers, —that is to say, for bills, and the more these bills are in request the less are the discounters likely to be fastidious. There is a double emulation in the matter. The Banks first bid against each other for deposits, and offer terms more and more enticing for the money with which they want to deal. Then they bid against each other for custom, and, as they have bought the money dearly by promising a high interest to those who lent it to them, they are necessarily compelled to sell it dearly by asking a still higher interest from those to whom they lend it out again. This may look like money being dearer instead of cheaper, but the fact is what is gained in interest is surrendered in security. Money is nut so much procurable at a lower rate as upon a slighter responsibility. It is not bor rowed at a smaller percentage, but by a more numero-as and less trustworthy class of borrowers. The effect of abundant capital is thus felt less in the cheapness of cash than the facility of credit. Sellers of money have become less dis criminating in the selection of customers to deal with. They want high terms because they have given high terms, and have only attracted the savings of the public to their tills by covenanting to pay a satisfactory interest. Before they can pay this they must earn it themselves, and in most cases they do so, but, when a commodity is abundant, purchasers must needs gain at some point of the bargain or other, and what they gain here is in credit. Credit can now be obtained by men who in former times would have applied for it in vain. True, they pay highly for it, but that is more agreeable than not getting it at all. Customers are wanted to borrow money at a high ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, DEC. 7. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Mary Ann Moulds, charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of a female child at Rippingale, pleaded not guilty. The Grand Jury having returned " No true bill as to this charge," Mr. Flowers, who was instructed for the prosecution, proposed to offer no evidence, and the prisoner was acquitted. George Gilbert, John Graham, and Aizy Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge of night poaching on the 7th day of October last at Nocton. Mr. Flowers and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Stephen defended Gilbert and Graham ; Smith had no counsel. The facts were shortly these :—About half-past 1 a.m. of the 18th of October Gilbert, the head keeper of Earl de Grey, who with some six others was watching his lordship's preserves, hearing the cries of rabbits went into a field in the occupation of Mr. Edward Howard, at Nocton, which is seven miles south of Lincoln, and there saw a man standing near the covert, who halloed, and was immediately joined by five or six others, armed with sticks, and one of whom carried a pistol, with which a dog of the keeper was shot. Of these men Aizy Smith was said to have been, though the least man of the party, the most prominently active and violent, and his presence on the spot was sworn to by several of the keepers, who were successively engaged in personal conflict with him. After a general fight, in which the keepers had the best of it, the poachers retreated through the covert, driving back the keepers with volleys of stones, and left behind them a great part at least of their booty, five sacks containing 23 couples of rabbits and five other couples in a net. The evidence as to the presence of the prisoners Gilbert and Graham was less conclusive than against smith. On their behalf Mr. Stephen addressed the jury, and concluded by calling James Vickers, a wag goner, who was passing Brattleby-lane end, about five miles north of Lincoln, and saw the prisoner Gilbert there with two others, who got up into his waggon and were driven to Lincoln by him, and set down when they got near the city. Gilbert and his companions had some bags with them at the time. Mr. Flowers having replied, His lordship summed up the evidence, and The jury, after retiring to consider of their ver dict, found all three prisoners guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy on the ground that they used no great violence. Sentence was deferred, as the verdict was deli vered while a case of murder was being tried. William Keefe, a fellmonger, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having, at the borough of Grantham, feloniously en tered, with William Emblow, the registrar, a notice of marriage between himself and Ann Halton, he being at that time a married man, and with feloniously declaring that he believed there was no impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful hindrance to the said marriage. In reply to inquiries by his Lordship, previously to passing sentence, it appeared that the purpose of the entry of notice with the registrar was, that it might be published merely by suspension of it in the registrar's-office instead of by banns in the church, although it was intended to celebrate the marriage in the church. The woman was aware of ttie fact that the prisoner was already married. His Jordship sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Elizabeth Dodds was charged with the wilful murder of her husband, John Dodds, by adminis tering arsenic to him. From the opening statement of the learned coun sel for the prosecution it appeared that the deceased, John Dodds, who lived at Wrangle, was a labouring man, 36 or 40 years of age, considerably senior to the prisoner, to whom at the time of his death he had been four years married, and by whom he had had two children. On the 15th of July the deceased man had been sick and suffering from constipation, and on the 17th of July some medicine was sent for him by a Mr. Cammack's, who was surgeon to the Union, which had the desired effect of reliev ing him, so that on Friday the 20th he got about, and on Saturday the 21st was about the whole day, and was in the garden during the whole morning making a rabbit hutch. About 8 on that morning the prisoner went in the cart of a man named Hoyle to Bennington to get medicine from Mr. Cammack, and on her way, in answer to Hoyle's inquiry as to how her husband was, said that he was very bad, and she believed he would die. The account she gave of him to Mr. Cammack was that he had been much purged by the medi cine, but that he was much better, and she ob tained from him a tonic mixture. On the same day, on her way home, she went to a chymist's at Leake, to whom she had been before to buy arsenic, and purchased +lb. of what is generally known there as " Mercury," but is in reality arsenic, which she said she wanted for her husband, who used it to cure toothache. The packet was labelled " Mer cury, Poison." On her return home the deceased was in the " house-place" with a Mr. and Mrs. Crane, who had lived in the house from the previ: ous Lady-day The prisoner desired the deceased to take his medicine ; but this he refused to do until he had taken his dinner, and he then took a hearty meal of tea and fried meat. The prisoner placed the bottle of medicine which she had brought upon the window-sill. About an hour after the deceased went into the garden, and the prisoner poured some of the medicine from the bottle into a cup and carried it into the garden : in doing so she would pass a hovel, which would prevent her being seen either by the Cranes or her husband. He afterwards came in and appeared much worse; some cold tea was given to him, but everything he took was again rejected, and at six o'clock he was so ill that he went to his bed, which he did not leave again until his death, which happoned about three in the afternoon of the Sunday following. Between the time of his return from the garden until he died nothing but his medicine was given to him by either of the Cranes, who were the only persons about him besides his wife and Mr. Cammack, who was fetched by Crane, and came to see him. He found the deceased at 10 a.m. in a state of collapse, and desired to see the evacuations, but was informed by the prisoner that they had been thrown away. He went away, and sent stimulating medicine and a bottle of wine. The deceased was buried on the Tuesday following, without any suspicion of his death having been caused by poison, the surgeon's opinion being that it was the result of a sharp attack of English cholera. Upon the fact of the purchase of arsenic by the prisoner becoming known the body was disin terred, and a post mortem examination made by Mr. Cammack and Dr. Adams, who, applying the usual tests, found considerable quantities of white arsenic in the abdominal viscera and the blood, 150 grains being found in the stomach alone, and the irritation of the coats of the stomach and intestines left no doubt that the death had resulted from the adminis tering of arsenic. The medicine left in the bottle was analysed, and contained no arsenic. Some days after the event inquiries were made of the prisoner by police-constables as to the poison she had purchased. She represented • to one of them that she purchased the " mercury" for her husband, who was in the habit of using it for curing toothache, and that he was in the habit of rubbing it on his gums, using as much as a spoonful at a time. She said that she had taken it to her husband, who was in the garden at the time when she returned from Bennington, and that it had not. been opened and was in the hovel. She ac companied the policeman to the hovel, where she pointed it, out to him lying upon the top of a wall. It had no string about it, and the policeman remarked that it had been opened. She said that it had not, but that it had got wet on her way home. It was weighed by the chemist who sold it, and one ounce was found to have been taken from the packet. Evidence was adduced to show that the prisoner had been for some time contemplating the death of her husband, and that he had expressed jealousy of her. Some three weeks before it occurred a dress maker (Mrs. Blake), remarking to the prisoner that she looked very nice and tidy, she said she had reason to be nice and tidy, for she thought John would die, and she would have to look out for another sweetheart. To another dressmaker, who was making up some mourning on the 9th of July, she remarked that she herself would probably require some mourning very soon, for the apple-tree had blossomed a second time this year, and she believed that her husband would die, and on another occasion she said, " John seems to be jealous of me, and if he gets such a notion into his head I'll give him occasion to be jealous." One witness, Leach man, proved that the deceased was in the habit h 3 of using mercury or arsenic for his teeth, and that had seen him put a quantity of it antoa : it lucifer match box, and take a spoonful from and it upon his gums. The teeth of the d e ceased rubbed were proved to be very much decayed, but o irritation of the gums or sign of the recent_taprn the death, application of arsenic appeared. Mrs. Crane, after e inquired of the prisoner why she had n ot mentioned the arsenic, saying, If you had told me I would have asked him (the deceased) about it. The pri soner replied that she didn't remember having it until the gentleman came and asked her, adding that she didn't believe he had been poisoned. Mr. Stephen addresseNt he jury on behalf of the prisoner, who was throughout his speech sobbing violently. He remarß.ed upon the incredibility of the statement of Hoyle, Who swore that the pri soner, in speaking of the state of word her husbanden," 's health at the time, had used ithe , which it was impossible she could h , " th aye used, and be contended that the prisoner had been' speaking of his late illness. Her conduct to the police ,"•nd her language throughout had been truthful and wi t 'ollY consistent with the ineaof her innocence, but utte.l .l .l" inconsistent with the supposition of her guilt. was not at all improbable that a man who was proved to be so stupid and reckless as to use a deadly poison by the spoonful to rub his gums should, without intention, have swallowed what he was so carelessly using. 'The medicine in which it was sug gested that the poison was administered was proved to be such as would not have serve, the .purpose, as it was a thin liquid, to the bottom of which so heavy a substance as arsenic would sink, so that it could not be swallowed unless the deceased had shaken up the dregs for the purpose, and the gr;t tiness of the poison would have made him detect it. He commented at length upon the motive sug gested, and suggested to the jury the possibility,. reconcilable with all the facts, of his having taken his own life. The learned Judge after 5 o'clock commenced his summing up, and immediately on the conclusion the prisoner was acquitted. The bill of murder against Eliza Parker, which was yesterday thrown out by the grand jury, was one of child murder. A bill for concealment of birth has been preferred and found. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DunmAge pee. 6. William Harland was indicted for steal:og a post letter on the 30th of October last. The Hon. A. Liddell and Mr. Seymour prose , cuted ; Mr. Blackwell defended. On the 30th of October last the prisoner was a clerk in the post-office at Sunderland. It was his duty to take the letters from the box and hand them to Mr. M'Clement, another clerk, who sorted them, and then sent them in a sealed bag to Gates head. In consequence of numerous complaints Mr. Moule was sent down from the head office in Lon don to try and ascertain how the losses occurred, and having written and directed a letter in which he enclosed a marked half-sovereign, posted it at half-past son the day in question. The prisoner in the ordinary course cleared the box at 10 minutes to 7, and handed the letters to Mr. M'Clement, who put them all into the bag and forwarded them to Gateshead. Instructions had previously been gi;en at the Gateshead office to examine the contents of the Sunderland bag, and it was at once found that the letter had not been forwarded from Sunderland. In consequence of this Mr. Moule questioned the prisoner, who denied all knowledge of having seen any such letter. The police, however, were applied to, and after making inquiries it was ascertained that the prisoner very shortly after leaving the office purchased a pot of marmalade at the shop of a Mr. Humphrey, for which he paid with a half sovereign. Mr. Humphrey placed the half-sovereign on a heap of gold, which he shortly after rolled up in a piece of paper and put away. Next day on examining th't parcel the marked half-sovereign was found. His Lordship having summed up, The prisoner was found guilty, and he was sen tenced to three years' penal servitude. Henry Moore was indicted for robbery with violence. The Hon. A. Liddell prosecuted. On the 21st of July the prosecutor, a pitman, was at Chester-le-Street, where he made several purchases, and then went to a public-house, where he remained till near 12 at night. He then left for home, having with him his basket, in which were the different articles he had bought. He had not gone far before lie met the prisoner, who walked with him some distance, then suddenly attacked him, using considerable violence, and ultimately, having knocked him down, left him on the ground, taking the baskets and contents with him. The prisoner was shown to be dealing with the basket and some of the property the next morning. _ _ The prisoner was found guilty, and a previous conviction was proved against him. He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. James Westropp was indicted for shooting at Jane Westropp with intent to murder her. There were other counts charging the intent to be to dis able, to disfigure, and to do grievous - bodily harm. Mr. Davison prosecuted. Jane Westropp, the prisoner's wife, on the 25th July last, was living at South Hetton, having been separated from the prisoner, who resided about three miles off. A little child lived with the wife, and on the 25th July the prisoner, who was shown to have previously threatened his wife , , went to Hetton and demanded to have the child given up to him. The mother refused, and tried to run away. The pri soner had a dagger-stick in his hand at the time, and as the mother was trying to escape, he changed the stick from one hand to the other, and, pulling a pistol from his pocket, fired at her. No shot struck the woman. The pistol, a double-barrelled one, on being examined, was found to have one barrel loaded with powder and three bullets. The prisoner was found Guilty of shooting, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. . . Wm. Neave was indicted for placing a railway chair on the rails of the North Eastern Railway, with intent to endanger the safety of the passengers. The Hon. A. Liddell prosecuted ; Mr. Seymour defended. The case had only just commenced at post-time. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Baron Wilde.) Thomas Wager, 32, labourer, was charged with cutting and wounding Henry Franklin, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, on the 20th Oct., at Stroud. Mr. Stanton appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. R. Sawyer defended the prisoner. It appeared that on the night of the 20th of October last the prosecutor went to a beershop in Stroud, and there met the prisoner and his sister, to whom he was paying his addresses. The par ties left at a little before ten o'clock, and the pri soner told his sister it was time for her to go home. She, however, said it was not late, and declined to take the advice, in which the prosecutor suppekted her. Some words thereupon ensued between the prosecutor and prisoner, which ended in a fight. The parties fought several rounds, and both fell twice. On the second occasion the prisoner was uppermost, but the prosecutor succeeded in getting the prisoner under him, and then rose up, with both his hands on the prisoner's breast. At this moment the prisoner was seen with sometking bright in his hand, with which ho stabbed the prosecutor in the front of the left thigh. The prosecutor was taken to a surgeon, who now deposed that he found a wound in the thigh an inch and a half in depth and the same in length, in the vicinity of the femoral ertery, which, however, was not injured. Mr. Sawyer, for the prisoner, called several wit nesses, who swore that when the prisoner was on the ground he was violently attacked by the prose cutor and a companion, who kicked him. Mr. Baron Wilde having summed up the evidence, The jury acquitted the prisoner of the felony, and found him guilty of unlawfully wounding, with a strong recommendation to mercy.—Sentence de terred. Acroyd Lister, 21, and Michael Delany, 20, two privates of the 12th Regiment, were charged with highway robbery and stealing two half-sovereigns , three rings, one pair of spectacles, two handker chiefs, and ss. from the person of Wm. 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The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbii,, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox• bard -street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and co. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street, city; at 127, High ilolborn; sad all grams. 0 UNI'BI7 LIVERPOOL—DEc. 7. There was a , large attendance of town and country lary'ers at this mornit g's market, and wo had an extensive de mand for w.hea t and flour which may be quoted at ea sd" vance of 3d 1.'131r centa and Gd per sack and barrel, NA rith $ Oats l and oatmeal inactive, and not ita; large business. in price, and little proved in value'. ne of 6d must be noted. Barley, beans, and peens were uaatersa glected, and a deck business doing. Inc , , tan corn wow nv R_TPON—DEc. 6. b et !er demand for wheat to There was a rather .day t ton, last week, and sellers held ,firm at late rates. Th ,l 840 was not large.. LOUGHBOROUGH --DEC. 6. The' show of wheat was less than an average, and tr. O f heaPhy,;, at prices in favour of the seller. A good show ° , 4 barl,ey, with an improved sale at 6d to is per qr ratu' money• Oats and beans as before. WAKEFIELD—DEc. 7. The supplies O wheat were fair, but the trade was do f dull character. l i;ood old and fine dry new met an inac tio .13 0118 ' demand at a slight a dvance on Frida y 's rates. Fine Par' cols of barley in fair request at previous prices. oats, and shelling unci:augcd. Averages j o lr the week : Wheat at 57s 4-Id 1174 qrs., Pew , .... 37 4Bs lid LI eny.ts Ilarlefy • . ••• • ... 889 .. 41s 5d Oats. „. 136 ..„ „ 2Bs Old Rye ... - --- ......g.Oll-s Od EXETER—DEC. 7. is A dull busince.s was done in the corn market to-diaY) last week's prices t , w hit e ..Gd to 7s Gd 1 Barley ..4s S,l 1; 0 53 6a 6j Gs Ditto red Os Oil to Os Od 1 Oats .... ..... 3s 3d tdr 3 3 New white wheat, 7s 9d tO 8s ; red, Gs 6d to 78- , Flour, fine, 46s to —s ; seconds, 44s to —s per cac.%. CATTLE. There was a fair attemclance of dealers at the n lat-1(01 with a slack supply, but a xrnall demand. Fat beef,p score, lOs to 10s6c1 1 Ewes, per lb .... 6tl to 6 a i Pork carcases,do 10s to 10s6d Wethers, d 0......; 6d to / 0 1 Sheep, por lb. Od to —d I Fat calves, do ....Wit° , Rough fat, 40 per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Dec. 7. Prices must be reduced about 6d per cwt. .on all do scri_,r tions, and even at this there has been scarcsely y-Olio doing in sugar, t he trade antici p ating a fur til about er an de to A steady demand exists for Demerara rums, At 4 l' per proof gallon. COLL MARKET—DEC. 7. (Mo.'s of Coal pt,r Ton at the close of the markot Walls End. Walls End. x i. d. - Haswell ..... 24 6 Hetton S. --, ........ 24 0 Russere Hetton 23 ,6 Lambton ............ '34 Ships at maritO, 8; sold, 8. THE 11,1A1.LS. MAILS DUE. Australia, 11eylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. • ( • .. .. Dec. 1 0 ' Do. via Mameles) Dec. l3.. Brazil and Cape Verds • • • • .. .. J a n, 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .• • Dec. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. ~ Dec. --• Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. .. Overdue* Cape o Good Hope, &c. .. . • .. .. an 11 China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Dec. I,r Do (via Marseilles) Del). 1.',.; Gibraltar (via Southamptorl) • • .. .. Dec.. 1 ,%• India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. I,' Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 1 "' India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Dec. YO• Do. (via Marseilles) • • .. Dec. 6; Lisbon De 1' Cuba and Mexico .. • • .. .. .. Dec. ;‘,' i Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via So utham p ton) .. Dec. ",.,' Do. (via Narseilles) .. Dec. 1v Vigo, and Oporto .. .. a • • • • • Dec ' 1 9. 1. United States, California, &c. .., • • .. Dec. 1,,-• Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Dec. lu,' West Indies and Pacific, Carthageito , Cuba, &o. Dec. 11' _in...N... RAILWAY INI ELL2,GENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR Mg Miles Opened. Rece WY' 1Y) 1 / 4 X 121 1, 1, 269 48/, 575 A, 2,589 14 1 1,595 "/0: 1 5,603 16,115 154,1_. .7/. e-- 1800. 300 334 196 949 297 1,448 1,654 1,461 1,533 Railways. Belfast and N, Counties Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., &Ches. 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S.Jun.&Altrincham t Ma port and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor North British (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern North London North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Wore., & Wolver .• Ithymney 1 St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central • Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport. Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick ..• West Cornwall W. Hartlepool H arbr.&Rall Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrrm nt 1 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula..., Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa &Aliean t Maria A utonia .. NL°ormthbaerrnd°-ofVepnt: 0 a . Norwegian Trunk Paris, Ly ons, & Mediterrn Pans a nil Orle ans Paris and Btrasbur g Royal thiuishSambrere and Meuse Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. o f F rance France 125 21 ) 01 20 61 53* 291 31 1831 283 329 471:4 421 1731 91 28 6141 177 29i 72 306 171 118 123 879 922 1,032 1859. 125 221 °Bl 404 122 17} 3 1 671, 1 499 29} 22 1831 283 2iii 174 28 6144 177 174 35 76i 9 233 46 29 72 302 171 k 118 119 621 1,070 931 24,129 6,358 3,134 248 1,308 8,34V1 24,053 1,818 7,174 28,461 34,887 466 76,119 1,422 14,891 14,721 840 922 1,016 971 12,045 971 1,287 41,253 3,868 1,553 2,423 3,564 5,676 413 39,069 2,232 8,030 I~ 32~~ 270 1,365 597 4,693 735 942 36,614 '824 1,613 3,849 3,089 16,818 4,700 2,910 9,936 5,413 11,830 53,380 623 90,727 52,136 26 , 1, 6 00 , 3, 74 ' 860 480 1,455 22,597 4 81 1,41 4 18, 9g1 849 37,434 816 34,744 BIRTHS. CIIATLIN.—On the • 6th inst., at Torquay, Mrs. Clifford Chaplin, of a son. LATHAM.—On the nth inst., the wife of Robert Mars& Latham, Esq., tarrister-at-law, of a son. MARJORIBANKS.—On the 6th inst., at Upper street, the wife of Dudley C. Marjoribanks, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. GUNDRY—WHITE.—On the 4th inst., at Williton Chi! Somerset, Albert E. Gundry, Esq., second sou of Bowden Gundry, Esq., J.P., of Bridport, Dorset, tu ,S 7 Eliza Margaretta, the eldest daughter of Henry Wh ite ' Esq., of Williton. MANSEL—LISCELLES.—On the sth inst., at Morley, A. E. Mansel, Captain 3d Light Dragoons, and youngest BO of Colonel Mansel, C. 8., of Smedmore, Dorset, to Clar y Henrietta, eldest daughter of the Hon. A. Laseellesy Morley, Cheshire. DEATHS. BICKNELL—On the 6th inst., at South -place. MOO Bicknell, Esq., eldest son of E. Bicknell, Esq., of Herne' hill, Surrey, aged 46. CHAPMAN.—On the 6th inst., very suddenly, at Edenho o Rectory, Bourne, Lincninshire, the Rev. W. E. C 1 1 9" man, M.A., rector of Edenham and Somerby, aged CO. M'CIIRISTIE.—OIi. the 7th inst., T. Y. M'Christie, of 37, Great James-street, Bedford-row, Revising 131 r. rister for the city of London, aged 64. OsmoNn.—On the Ist inst., at Bieester, Oxon, George Osmond, Esq. PIGG.—On the 6th inst., at 16, Grove-hill-terrace, Cara' berwell, the Rey. Joseph Gage Pigg, 8.A., aged 43. RIDGWAY.—On the 3 d inst„ at Canldon-place, Staffordci shire Potteries, John Ridgway, Esq., Magistrate an Dep.-Lieut. of the county of Stafford, aged 75. of LoNnoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , d , No. 112, Strand , Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, St rli : s , in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middies Saturday December 1860. . • V Sp th( wii Bpi PF Lie t 31 r , I tev Lief No ki Li( sti Qe Ibf~ :fte N~ c,', c o c o ao _.,~