The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS. ST. PANCRAS. Last night a numerous meeting of the inhabi tants of St. Paheras was held at the vestry hall for the pirpose of promoting the formation of a rifle corps in the district. Mr. CAMERON, churchwarden, who was called to the chair, said that the meeting was convened in consequence of a requisition of ratepayers to the vestry,' who were asked to have the sense of the parish taken as to whether they would join in that movement, which was now universal from the north of Scotland to the south of England. He looked upon the present as essentially a peace movement, and to show that it was such they had amongst them the Rev. Canon Dale, the vicar of the parish. (Cheers.) They might have joined'the neighbour ing parish of Marylebone, but it would be incon venient for them •to go for drill in Wormwood Scrubbs. They had a population of 200,000, and out of that ntinbar they ought, to be able to form a respectable corps of their own. (Hear.) He hoped it would be no exclusive corps, b u t that its ranks would be open to all comers. ear.) He did not believe that there would be an invasion of the coun try, Nit it was wise to be prepared to meet any eventuality. (Hear.) A letter was read from Lord Fermoy, dated from Ireland, expressing his approval of the object of the meeting - and his regret at not being able to attend. The Bev. gallon DALE proposed the first resolu tion. He agreed with the chairman that this - was a peace movement, because there was no bettor preservative of peace in the vicinity of a powerful neighbour than to be prepared to ward off any blow that might be intended. If he had any doubt on that point it was removed by the, resolution which he had to propose, and which affirmed that the meeting, though earnestly desirous that friendly relations should continue to exist with foreign states; was deeply impressed with the conviction that the training of the people to the use of arms was the most effectual means of averting the calamities of war and securing the advantages of peace and commercial'prosperity, and that it was therefore desirable that a rifle brigade should be formed in the parish. He sincerely desired that friendly relations might exist between France and England, He recollected the time indeed when the two countries regarded themselves as natural enemies, but he hoped the time was come when they might regaretthemselves as natural allies. (Hear.) The people of this country did not want to attack any other nation. All they wanted was to preserve their own, and with God's assistance they would be able to accomplish that object. (Cheers.) They had recently seen it stated that great nations should not fear but appreciate each other. Well, by this movement they showed that they did not fear, but that they appreciated their neighbours, and when the British people became, as he hoped it would, the British army under the influence of the present movement, they could roll back any army that might assail them, and not leave a man to tell the tale' except those who might be spared by the mercy of the victors. (Cheers.) That being their position, 'that the arming of the people was the most effectual means of maintaining pcace,then came the necessary conclusion of the resolution that it was desirable and necessary that a -volun teer rifle corps should be at once formed in the parish, and that the meeting should give it its sup port. Why Should the parish of St. Pancras be the last to come forward in the defence of what all men held dear? He trusted that the movement would be no class movement, but that the mechanics and artisans, 'who had a great stake in the peace and prosperity of the country, should be called forth to stand in its defence. (Hear, hear.) Those persons who like himself were disqualified by pro fession' and by years from joining in' the ranks should . provide a substitute. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the Emperor Napoleon desired to invade this country.; but he was at the head of a powerful army, and he might not always be able to restrain their wishes and warlike propensities. They ought, therefore, to guard against being taken unprepared. He would also recommend them not to be over confident. The time was when it was the general belief in England that every English man could beat two Frenchmen. (A laugh.) But he believed the French were the best soldiers on the continent—he did not say they, were the best off the-continent—and as he was armed thrice who had his quarrel just, there was no boasting in say ing that an Englishman at home was equal to a Frenchman abroad. (Hear, hear.) Their great national poet said : " Beware . Of entrazee to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it, that opposer may beware of thee (Hear.) That was the feeling that ought to animate the people of England at that moment. (Hear, hear.) oa,still higher authority he would say to them, " 3ie.of good. courage ; play the man for the cities of your God, and the Lord do what seemeth him good.", (Cheers.) Mr. BARER . seconded the ruction. As a man of peace and ajustice of the peace, he cordially seconded the resolution. He had in his early days witnessed the horrors of war, and he did not wish to see them again, particularly in his own country, but he felt assured that the . best mode of preventing Such scenes was to be prepared to repel invasion, if such a thing was contemplated. Ile did not in the least suspect the Emperor of the French of a desire or intention toeinvade a country where he had been so well received as a guest ; but they , were told not to put their trust in princes, but in God and their own right arm. Therefore he asked them to join the movement: (Hear, hear.) The motion was put and carried unanimously. Mr. FISHER moved the second resolution. to the effect, that in order to establish an efficient corps it was desirable that the subscription for effective members, should be £1 ls., and the donations for honorary members should be L 5 ss. Mr. Reiss ) jun,, seconded the resolution. Mr. E. JAMES, M.P:, said he intended to defer to a general meeting Of his constituents, which he had called for the I.6th of January, for the purpose of addressing them on that and other topics, any ex pression Of opinion on this subject; but finding that there was a strong feeling in the parish on the ques tion of the volunteer movement, he thought it to. be his duty to appear amongst them... He believed that any intention oflan invasion. of England was far from the mind of the . Emperor Napoleon ; but they must recollect that he was an autocrat. (Hear, hear.) He did not use that word offensively, but to indicate that everything depended on the will of one man. (Hear, hear.). They knew that, on the Ist of January last, an intimation of hostility was given to Austria, which ended in a declaration of war. 'Now, in England they loved freedom too well to be liked by the other nations of Europe. A country, therefore, like . England ought to be at least pre pared to meet any attempt that might be made against her. In a•country which possessed no free press and,no, constitutional government where the question of peace or war could be discussed, it was of the utmost importance that we should be pre pared to meet any emergency that might arise. He did not mean to say more than that. They heard of great naval armaments in France, of depots for her steamers in het arsenals. Was not this calcu lated to make England feel uneasy—(hear, hear) — and to make them _ask if all this was meant for England. (Hear.) As a military nation, they were ready to acknowledge - the high position of Vrance; but the commerce of France was not so extensive as to require the protection of such a navy as she possessed and was preparing. For whom, then, were these mighty armaments intended ? He did not say they were intended for tlipm, be cause he" did not . believe that the Emperor Napo leon dreamed of making war upon them at that moment. Ho believed' that the Emperor Napo leon wok tog sagacious for that, but they could not tell 'what might take place when the question of war depended on the fiat of one man. (Hear.) Under such circumstances it was the duty of Eng land to be prepared' for any eventuality. (Hear.) He hopkl the present movement would - be entered upon seriously - and solemnly, and not for the pur pose of mere &splay: He therefOre hoped that the working ,class 1;:liose patriotism and love of country were as:sincere as those of any other class would be enabled to take part in it. (Hear.) He hoped it was not got up.in order that a Lord Mayor as such should 14Q the colonel, and an alderman as such the captain of the ,corps. (Hear.) They were• much better emplOyed . in..presiding at dinners at the Maiaslion-house supported than the i in playing at soldiers. (Hear.) or n i love l m t ent, because it tended to spread a feeling o. a. e m o n . nts . t the but va t a people. He dianot believe tha o t y t a h.e Y a was dead amongst the people of Enc -, land t they were still .prepared to take • arms, not • for!the purpose of carrying the horrors of war into other couotrieii; hut to_pvivent them, and to*stiow their love of eentry';ind their devotion to the crown. The motion was then put and adopted. On t h qv:Lotion of Mr. WYATT, which was seconded by Mr. PYSti, sen., a committee was appointed to carry out the forerroing . resolutions. - • c ipta i e i. v v ii ,y : T N sbs, 'of the High:ate Rifles, made some . nractie:a anti u;;;:ful ob:servations ou rifle voarated after-,.vhich the meetings , • THE _MUSEUM._ —We (Atheneum) an nounce with -great satisfaction that the trusteeB of the Bri tish Museum have length taken into serious, considera tion the difficulties in which they are. placed by our vast accumulatibn 6fl4prary a4d scientific treasures. Something will now, ye trust. be clone. At a very full meeting of the board, afteer considerable idiseussion as to the, principle of separation t ,tho-trustees have appointed a sub-comulittee to consider and repott on the subject. The, Speaker of the House of-Qconnions, as 'representative of the powers that pay, is to At as chfirnian of the subs-comaiittee. corj LAW INTELLIGENCE, Dec. 12. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Blaekburn and a Common Jury.) AIIMIT&GE 17. CHAPLIN. Mr. E. James and Mr. 'H. James were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff and Mr. B. C. Robinson for the defendant. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. • Mr. E. James stated that the plaintiff, a very re spectable young lady, had brought this action to recover damages from the defendant for having broken his engagement to marry her, under very trying circumstances. The plaintiff and defendant became acquainted in 1855, and an attachment was formed which continued until the latter end of 1858, when defendant chose to break it off on the pretence that he was too ill to marry her, but at that very time it would appear that he was actually paying his addresses to another young lady, whom he mar ried last September. Defendant had visited the plaintiff's friends during the courtship, and par taken of their hospitality, and she and her friends had visited defendant at his country house at Syden ham. He had sent her presents from time to time, and written about 375 letters to her, and promised her marriage. The plaintiff had been much attached. to the defendant, and when it was broken off re ceived a severe shock in consequence. David Wilkin—l am the plaintiff's uncle, and senior partner in the firm of Wilkin and Pugh, of St. Mary-axe. My wife and I brought up and educated the plaintiff, who is now 24 years old. In 1855 she was shopwoman and manager at Mr. Turner's, a confectioner in the South-Eastern Railway Arcade. The defendant then kept a jeweller's and watchmaker's shop in the arcade. After a communication from the plaintiff to me the defendant was introduced, and visited at my house two or three 'times a week, and occasionally dined there, and I introduced him to my sister as the gen- I tlenaan who was paying his addresses to my niece. He Paid' her very marked attention, and visited at my house for two years. I understood that he had taken a house at Forest-hill, and I gave my niece permission to visit him there: I heard that my niece went to see the defendant's friends. In the spring of 1858 I was negotiating for a business in the confectionery line at Cheltenham for my son, and intended that the plaintiff should go there to manage it for him. I asked the defendant if he would have any objection to her going. He said, " No, his circumstances at present would not per mit him to marry her," and he then made no com plaint of ill health or chronic disease. In the course of that year my niece received these two letters from the defendant : "My darling Girl, —I hope dear, you got home gaffe safe last last•night. It was better, indee d, dear girl, to tell you night. Ido so hope, dear, you do not doubt me—do you now, my girl ? I love you as mu ch as ever, dear and I think of you the sane day by day as I am the same Robert, &ar Clara, as I always was. " Good bye dearest Clara, - ' " With best love, your affectionate, • "ROBERT." "Dear Clara,—lf you leave England, dear, I must and Will see you before you g o, to tell y ou, dear, that I am the garde to you as I ever was. I love and honour you, dear good heart, and truly think, dear, there is not a better woman on this earth. I am afraid, dear, I have sunk much in your love ; 0, but do not for a moment think it is for any cause I would not marry you, but the one I have told you, dear girl. You have not thought so of my sisters and 'mother, as they have not a word or thought in it. Pardon me, dear, for writing this to make it painful to you, but I must do it, and wish I could bear the pain for you. Why do you say I shall not know where you go, and how you are, dear ? " Good bye, dear girl, with' best love, your ever affec tionate " ROBERT." In consequence of these letters and what was com municated to me, I called on the defendant, and asked if it was true as to his inability to marry. He said it was true. I told him I did not believe it, and that I should watch him very narrowly. I asked for his doctor's name, and he gave me the name of O'Neil, Alderseate-street. He said nothing about the plaintiff's having rescinded the contract. I said, " Young gentleman, if I find vou have been deceiv ing my niece, I'll punish you." 111 y niece has been living at home about 12 months, ever since she left her situation at Highgate. The defendant is about 26 years of age. Cross-examined—The plaintiff was assistant to a pastry-cook. She left the arcade about two years ago, and went to another situation at Highgate. In September, 1358, the plaintiff and defendant met last. I cannot say I have seen them together for the last two years, as I do not interfere -with that department. (A laugh.) He never represented to me that the business in the arcade belonged to his father, nor do I know it. It is a small shop, but a very profitable one. Re-examined—The defendant was in the Artillery Company, and sent my niece his portrait in the company's uniform. The defendant's photograph in the uniform of the Artillery Company was then put in in evidence, and also an invoice describing the business as the de fendant's. Martha Pearse—l am sister to the last witness, and aunt to the plaintiff. I was introduced to the defendant as the gentleman . who was paying his addresses to Clara. Since the match was broken off the plaintiff has been very different to what she was. In fact she has been ill. ' They appeared partially attached, and he always behaved as if he intended to make her his wife. Alfred. Willein—l am a cousin of the plaintiff. I became acquainted with the defendant through the plaintiff. He told me that the rent and taxes of his shop cameto about £l5O per year. He is now living in rather a handsome eight-roomed house at Forest-hill. I have seen him riding on horseback and in a chaise, his own, I believe: Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff—The defendant was rather fond of show, was he not ? Witness—Well, I think he was rather fast. (A laugh.) Mary Ann Wilkin—l am a cousin of the plain tiff. I went to Forest-hill once to the defendant's house there, with my cousin, who presided at the table. The defendant was two years and nine months pdying his addresses to the plaintiff, and I considered that they were engaged persons, and that he was going to marry the plaintiff when he was in a position to do so. Cross-examined—The house at Forest-hill was a small cottage, not the same as that in which he now lives. Margaret Wilkin, another cousin of the plaintiff, gave similar testimony to the last witness. John Fisher—l am a baker and confectioner at Highgate. The plaintiff came as shopwoman tome in Nov., 1856„ and left at Christmas, 1858. In the latter part of the service she fretted very much, and did not attend to the business. I did not know the cause, and told her she had better leave. John Chandler—l was at the defendant's wed ding breakfast, and heard him return thanks. Mr. James—l believe it was a very gay one ? Witness—A gay one !It was very much after the fashion of my own. Amelia Spackman—The defendant married my eldest daughter. On the 26th Jan., 1858, the de fendant asked my permission to pay his addresses to my daughter. My daughter had been previously visiting in London for about six weeks, at the Chap lins, among others. My daughter has received £1,200 since the marriage. I belieVe the defen dant rents the house at Forest-hill of his father. The following was put in evidence as a specimen of the defendant's letters to the plaintiff:— "My own dear, dear Clara,—lf you only knew the great anguish of my mind you would forgive me, I know, for causing so much unhappiness to one rao — so dearly love, and ono I know to fie the best and dearest girl on earth. I say this coolly, dear, for I am the same as always, and would not tell you a falsehood. I know, dear, lam greatly to blame in letting you go to Highgate; but I thought of what you said on my first love and respect for you, that you did not mind waiting for some time tbr -me, and I am cer tain you will not find any one who would thick and make it his duty to do mere to make you happy, Sce. P.S.—My dear girl, do receive this as it comes from me from the very depth of my heart; and do not think, because I let you go home alone by yourself, I love you any the less, but more and more every day, and my only wish is I was near you now to ask your forgiveness in person, and give me one dear kiss." Mr. E. James :then addressed. the jury at the close of the plaintiff's case, and said that the de fendant's answer to this action would be a mere ap peal to them in mitigation of damages. It was a mere pretence to suggest that the business belonged to the father, as he was in court, and did not deny that it belonged to his son. AS an act of justice to the plaintiff, something like a reason or suggestion should be given in palliation of the defendant's con duct, but the defendant gave none. It was clear, said the learned counsel, that he had seen Miss Spackman, and intended to throw the plaintiff off when he set up the pretence of inability to marry her. Mr. Sergeant Petcrsdorff addressed' the jury for the defendant, and said that other parties were in terested in the inquiry besides the defendant, and p '7 3 1311 11 e in m exhorted. the jury not to give such damages as effect ou tof b t e h t e o f ew make the hundreds def s e .h n e da h n a t d 's r lv c i e f i e . ve t d o ea her marriarA,arid he farth • theremdinded them that zhl propt:r test Wal to toosicle e i t efendant's posi teem before his carriage, and tl the plaintiff had lost by the b ion cstirnate what reach of the engage ment. Of that the plaintiff's present house and meaws were rot the criterion. The learned Judge having summed up the ease ' The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff Damaggs, £l5O. The common jury, at the sitting of the court, cemplained that they should be summoned every day, and detained the *hole day, and suggested to the judge that a part should be summoned on alter nate days. • • , The lorned judge said he felt the hardship, but did not_see the remedy. However, to-morrow he would not call on any of those gentlemen who had already served, until all the - names of the others had been called, and the defaulteri fined. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) PIKE V. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION._ This was one _of several actions which have arisen out of the lamentable fall of the geometrical stone staircase at the Polytechnic in January last. In one action, tried at Kingston. a verdict of £lO was recovered. In another, there was a nonsuit. In the present instance (in which the trial com menced on Saturday) the evidence was lengthy and contradictory. The declaration charged that the defendants, the directors of the institution, had so carelessly constructed and maintained the staircase that it fell, the plaintiff being one of the injured parties. The evidence for the plaintiff was heard on Saturday. The evidence for the defendants was now heard, and took up the greater part of the day. It was admitted that the building was erected before it was leased to the institution in 1838 ; so that they had nothing to do with the original con struction of the staircase. The staircase was found in 1858 very much worn, and it was deemed neces sary to repair the steps, which was done by letting in an iron trellis into each step, cutting away the stone to the depth of an inch and a quarter, and filling up the interstices of the ironwork with con crete or cement. On the evening of the 3d of January, while people were descending the stair case, it broke away from the top-landing, all the steps breaking off close to the wall. The witnesses for the plaintiff stated that the stones had been weakened or split by the operation of cutting them to let in the ironwork. The witnesses for the de fendants stated that the cause of the catastrophe was the want of a proper "joggle-joint" at the point of junction between the top stair and the landing, which was an original defect in the construction of the staircase before the building came into the pos session of the defendants. They also spoke to a defect in the stone itself (by reason of fossils in it), both defects being latent, and not discernible by ordinary care. Part of the case for the defendants was that the cutting into the steps to let in the iron could not have caused the break, because stone staircases in various public buildings had been safely repaired by letting in stone slabs of greater thickness than the ironwork in the present instance. One of the defendants' witnesses, Mr. M. Nelson, an architect of eminence, expressed his decided opinion, which he said he had entertained for years, that geometrical staircases were unsafe and improper for public buildings, because sudden jerks or vibrations struck hidden flaws and produced ac cidents. He added, however, that the most eminent architects were of a contrary opinion, and continued to erect such staircases for public build ings. The Lord Chief Justice laid it down that if the accident arose from an original defect, either in the material or the construction of the staircase, the defendants having taken it as safe would not be liable. His lordship left it to the jury, on the whole case, whether that was so, or whether, if the mode of repair adopted was improper and was the cause of the catastrophe, there was any negligence on the part of the defendants in allowing it to be adopted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £l5O. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. J. T. Clark were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. J. Brown for the defendants. Two similar actions by the same person on behalf of two of his children were tried at the same time by the same jury, and a verdict of £25 in each case was given. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) BRIDGES V. BAKER.-Tli E SOUTH ESSEX ELECTION This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. William Bridges, the proprietor of the Green Dragon, Bishopsgate-street, against Mr. Wingfield Baker, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate at the late election. for the Southern Division of Essex. The declaration stated that the plaintiff sued the defendant for the use and occupation of certain rooms in the Green Dragon, used us committee rooms, for meat, drink, and lodging supplied to the defendant and others, at his request, and on an account stated. The defendant simply pleaded "Never indebted." Mr. Bovill and Mr. Meadows were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Woollett represented the defendant. Mr. Bovill opened the case for the plaintiff, and stated the chief circumstances, from which it ap peared that at the last general election the Green Dragon had been used as the head-quarters of the London Committee of Mr. Wingfield Baker, the Liberal Sandidate for South Rises, and that after the contest plaintiff sent in a bill to Mr. Baker for the use of rooms and for refreshments to the com mittee, &c., amounting to £172 17s. 4d., of which Mr. Baker had 'paid £lOB 45., but disputed his liability as to the balance, £64 13s. 4d. Mr. 'Frederick Smith examined—l am a mem ber of the bar. Mr. Wingfield Baker was the unsuccessful candidate for South Essex at the last election. In 1857 he successfully contested the division. I was a very active member of his committee. The committee in 1857 consisted chiefly of Mr. Tindal Atkinson and myself. He was the expense agent, and called me on. At the last election, in the spring of this year, Mr. James Parker, of Chelmsford, was the expense agent. Mr. James—What an " expense agent" is I do not know. We all know what an expensive agent is. (Laughter.) Mr. Bovill—He was the general agent. Examination continued--I was not the chair man. Mr. Gurney, of Lombard-straet, `as adver tised as the chairman, but we never saw him. He was the ornamental chairman. I saw Mr. Baker in reference to the election before the dissolution took place. I was very much averse to taking part in the election, but I was much pressed. Mr. Baker asked abcut my fee, and I said I would leave it to him. It was arranged that I should ha - re 100 guineas. Finding it inconvenient to g o home daily, I took up my residence at the Greenllragon. That was with the knowledge of both Mr. Baker and Mr. Parker. Mr. Littler also came to the Green Dragon. It is important in election matters to watch how the candidates' speeches are reported, so that nothing shall appear to injure them with their constituents. Mr. Baker's speeches had been mis reported, and part of our duties was to correct them. Mr. Baker and Mr. Parker used to partake of the refreshments. Sometimes when Mr. Baker had attended meetings we had refreshments on our re turn, when correcting the manuscript of the re porter. Perhaps the reporter had a chop for sup per. Very likely he did if he was not a voter. The account was made:out in my name, in order to pre vent voters coming in and getting refreshments on account of the committee. Ido not think Mr. Baker or Mr. Parker ever paid anything: There is an item in the account for 76 breakfasts at half-a-crown apiece. It was in order to get the canvassers together to bring up the voters to the poll—which had answered so well in 1857, indeed, I think that manoeuvre won the election in 1857—that I ordered breakfasts to be provided for them. Cross-examined—l looked upon my position in 1859 as a general agent to carry out the election. I was not merely the manager of the London com mittee. Mr. Gurney was the sleeping chairman, and I was the acting chairman. Mr. James—You never slept at all. (Laughter.) Crossexamination continued—l have not seen the bill which has been paid. Mr. Littler was en gaged as an agent by Mr. Baker to assist him in the conduct of the election. I received £l,OOO from Mr. Baker in three sums, of £2OO, £5OO, and £3OO. I will explain this. There were a numberof clerks and canvassers, and when the account was checked they had to be paid on Saturday. I had an account with my private bankers of £2OO, and I arranged with them for a power to overdraw, in ease I had to pay more on the Saturday. When Mr. Baker heard this he said, " Oh, you ought to have the money," and he gave me the £5OO. The money was nat given to me to pay for Mr. Baker's refresh ments, or Mr. Parker's sherry. Mr. James—You have used that expression two or three times. Did Mr. Baker ever have a dinner out of the account ? Witness—Yes, he dined with me once. There are two bottles of champagne in the bill That was when there were two editors who were very influ ential in the county, and had given in g reat assist ance in their columns. We asked them to take something with us, and we had the champagne. (Laughter.) I thought that a very legitimate mode of conducting an election. (Laughter.) The Lon don expenses were not £5,000. The account as certified by the election auditor is what I call a fraud on public credulity. (Laughter.) It is made oat so as to show that the expenses were very large lin London, and very small in the country. For instance, I do not see the fee of 603 guineas paid to I Mr. Parker. Re-examined—l have furnished all the vouchers to Mr. Parker. The books were regularly kept. I have no action against or dipute with Mr. Baker. Mr. Win. Bridger—l am the plaintiff in this ac tion, and am the proprietor of the Green Dragon, in Bishopsgate-street. Before the list election Mr. Parker, of Chelmsford, came to me, but I objected to have the committee there, on account of the trou ble on previous occasions. Mr. Parker said I must make it convenient, and as the house had been ad• vertised as the committee-room, I took them in. Mr. Parker said I must make it answer my purpose. I asked him whom. was to look to for payment, and he said. "I will see that everything is pan.' I charged £3 3s. a-day for three rooms, and a guinea a-day for one. All my charges are fairand reason able- I sent in my account short £l2 12s. Mr. Wil son and Mr. Copeland came to me with the larger account I had sent in, and said I must alter it in form, because the election auditor would not pass it. I therefore made out separate accounts, according to their instructions. I afterwards accepted a cheque for £99 4s. from Mr. Copeland, on his assuring . me that it would be without prejudice to further claims. Mrs. Bridger, the plaintiff's wife, was then called and proved that when she asked to whom some sherry should be booked, Mr. Smith said she might enter it to Mr. Littler, of Baker's Committee, for convenience sake. Mr. James—Can you give the name of any per son but Smith and Littler who ever ordered refresh ments ? The Lord Chief Baron—l suppose not. Mr. Bovill—There are the 76 breakfasts. The Lord Chief Baron—That is charged to the committee-room. This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. James submitted there was no evidence of any authority to contract this debt. Why should Mr. Baker be liable when there was nothing to show it had been brought to his knowledge that Mr. Smith and Mr. Littler had been eating, drink ing, and sleeping at the Green Dragon at his ex pense. The Lord Chief Baron—lt might well have entered into his mind if he had seen them there. (Laughter.) Mr. James—But they had had their fee. The Lord Chief Baron—lf it had been an attorney the case might have been different. I thought a barrister had always his fee and his grub. (Laughter) Mr. James—l thought it was always the other way —that the attorney had the best of it. (Great laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron—l cannot say; there is no evidence of authority. Mr. Bridger, the plaintiff, was here recalled at Mr. James's request, and stated in reply to ques tions, there might have been two bills, one in Mr. Littler's name and the other to Mr. Baker's com mittee. A Juror—Were both bills, though under different headings, for the purposes of Baker's committee ? Witness—They were. Mr. James, without addressing the jury for the defence, called Mr. Albert Copeland, a solicitor, of Chelmsford, who had conducted the election for Mr. Baker, under the direction of Mr. Parker, who proved that he had gone to the Green Dragon and given up the committee-rooms. Witness had told the plaintiff that the £ll7 account was not in a proper shape, and he could not recognise the other for £42 odd as against Mr. Baker at all, because it belonged to Mr. Littler. It had Mr. Littler's name on it. Wit ness agreed to pay £99 4s. and £9. The £99 4s. was to be paid subject to the election auditor's ap proval. The £9 was advanced to Mr. Roberts, and that was paid at once by witness. He objected to pay for the 76 breakfasts. The Lord Chief Baron—Did you think Mr. Littler was to pay for the breakfasts ? Witness—l thought the payment would be il legal. Cross-examined—l paid Mr. Bridger £99 4s. by a cheque of Mr. Baker's. That sum was to have nothing to do with any previous account. Mr. James said that now the question was rather one for his lordship than the jury. The Lord Chief Baron—The question is simply whether Mr. Smith and Mr. Littler were to be there as the whole committee in free quarters. Mr. James—The question, I submit, my lord, is whether they had authority to pledge Mr. Baker's credit. The Lord Chief Baron—l think there is evidence of authority. Mr. James—Your lordship will be good enough to take a note of my objection. The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £64.135. 4d., the amount claimed. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before F. Bailey, Esq., Judge.) THE LATE ELECTION FOR MARYLEBONE.-FORSTER Y. DICKSON. This action, heard on a former day and adjourned for his Honour's consideration, was brought by the plaintiff, publisher of the St. Pancras and _Holborn Times, a local paper, against the defendant, Col. Dickson, the late unsuccessful candidate for the representation of the borough of Marylebone, to recover an amount due for 2,000 copies of the said paper, printing certain bills and addresses, and the .costs of advertisements relative to the election. Mr. Anderson, as before,.was for the plaintiff; and Mr. C. Dod, solicitor, Great Portland-street, for Colonel Dickson, in whose behalf it was alleged, on the case being gone into previously, that a Mr. Watson, tradesman of Tottenham-court-road, had, as an agent for the Colonel, incurred the debt. The Judge now said—lt appears the work claimed for was done, advertisements published, and paper supplied on order of a Mr. - Watson, who, for a short time prior to the sth July, acted as agent for the de fendant, although he received no written appoint ment as agent up to that day. The sth July was the day of nomination, the 6th the election. The first item in plaintiff's bill is for 5,000 bills, and the order is dated the 28th June, signed by Mr. Watson, not as agent of Col. Dickson, but as chairman of Col. Dickson's committee for the election • receipt for those bills is dated I st July, signed Henry Dixon, secretary. It does not appear who personally gave the order for 22,000 addresses, but Mr. Watson says that all articles charged for in plaintiff's account were ordered by his direction. A receipt for the de livery of these 22,000 addresses is produced, signed for H. Dixon, J. W. By section 520 of the act of Parliament there was nothing to limit the right of any creditor to bring any action, or otherwise to pro ceed against any candidate for expenses connected with an election. ,By section 522 personal expenses of any candidate, and expenses of advertising in newspapers aforesaid any election, shall be defrayed by the candidate himself, or his 'authority. These are all provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act which it is material to notice. Upon the facts now stated, I am of opinion that Watson never had any autho rity from defendant to pledge his credit, and plain tiff had no reason to suppose he had any such autho rity. Watson was not duly constituted an agent of defendant until the sth July, and work and goods for which payment is sought to be recovered in the account were done and supplied before that day. - Watson says they were ordered by his direction, but no order was given by any one professing to act as his (defendant's) agent. It further appeared that, a few days before the sth July, defendant authorised Watson to act as his agent, and handed over to him 500 sovereigns, upon 'Watson's assurance that that sum would be more than sufficient to defray the defendant's election expenses. Indeed, he gua ranteed that the expenses should or would not exceed £3OO-. By the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act of 1854, section 524, " No Person shall pay any expenses of any election candidate, or to or under authority of an election auditor, except allowed by the net." Sections 22 and 25 said, "The candidate and his agents by him appointed in writing, may before the day of nomination pay any lawful and reasonable expenses of election which he or they shall bona fide believe fit and proper to be paid, in ready money, and payment of which cannot con veniently be postponed." 5-31, the same act says, " Each candidate shall before or at nomination de clare to the election auditor, in writing, the name or names of his agent or agents for election expenses who shall be appointed, in writing; and no other than such agents shall have authority to expend any money or incur any expenses of or relating to an election in the name or on behalf of a candidate, and such agents may pay any of the current ex penses of an election necessary to be paid, in ready money." - Whatever authority Watson may have had under the written appointment, I consider that he had no authority before that appointment to pledge defendant's credit, for which he had not even an implied authority, being merely defendant's agent to lay out £5OO in defraying expenses. It was, however, contended that the subsequent ap pointment of Watson operated as a ratification of his previous act. There are no words in the ap pointment expressing an intent to ratify any pre vious act of Watson, before whose appointment as agent there was no evidence to show that Colonel Dickson knew that previously thereto he had pledged his (the Colonel's) credit. His judgment was, therefore, for the defendant with costs. " SEVEN YEAnS." By JUI.IA KAVANAGH, author of •‘Nathalie," &c., 3 vols.—The publication of this work must add still greater celebrity to the reputation of Miss Ka vanagh, who already hol is a high position in the first rank of modern novel-writers. Miss KaVatiagli has never suc ceeded to a larger extent in any one of her previous works of fiction than in these volumes. IVe meet in them the same genial spirit she has always manifeAed, the same morale which . gives such, a charm to her thoughts, and the same kindliness of Purpo3e, combined with orl4inality, which make her onc . of the. most popular authors of the day.—Weekly Messenger. [invEnTiscur:vr,] Holloway's Ointment and rms.— lical-all.—Ap winter approaches the system becomes feeble, and is far more liable to be attacked by disease. ,Everybody in the late autumn should take some cooling and purifying medicine, than which none stands superior to Holloway's Pills Now, too, especially will his Ointment exert its wholesome influence over all classes of skin diseases, which may be trifling now, but being neglected, will ere spring, have materially changed for the worse. - Nothing equals Hol loway's Ointment for all external ailments, whether super ficial, deep, simple, or complicated. These purifyin! - , Pills exercise the most beneficial action over every Internal ' oriran From the combined use of Ointment and Pills the body, 'Cow: socver aflTicted, soon re-airs toile and vigour,, • ASSIZE. IN TELL IGEN= NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10. The commission was opened on Saturday last in the absence of either of the judges named in it by Mr. Robert Sowler, .Q.C. Mr. Baron Martin ar rived late in the evening in Liverpool, and attended divine service at St. George's-church yesterday morning. This day (Monday) his lordship pro ceeded to charge the grand jury, and afterwards to try the prisoners named in the calendar. They are not so numerous as usual at this period of the year, but the offences are chiefly of a violent description. Cases of manslaughter and stabbing form a large 'proportion di the list. The civil business will not commence before Fri day next, the 16th, at noon, by which time Mr. Justice %%rifles is to arrive from Chester, and pro ceed to try causes. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Thomas Titherington was indicted for burglary in the house of William Dodson, at North Meols, and stealing a drawer, money, and other property, on the 28th of August. Mr. Asshcton Cross prosecuted. The offence was traced home to the prisoner chiefly through the identification by the witnesses of a pair of boots which had beon dropped, along with the drawer in question, by the thief on that night, and were brought into court. This was seen by the police-constable on duty, who could not speak positively to the prisoner being the man. The evidence of the shopkeeper who had sold a similar pair of boots to those produced to the pri soner on the 26th of July, of a companion who had seen a similar pair in possession of the prisoner, and of the person in whose house the prisoner lodged, who was called and spoke to the fact of his going out on the Saturday with boots on his feet and re turning on the Sunday morning without any was also taken. The robbery was committed during the night of Saturday. The prisoner defended himself with some energy, if not discretion, asking one of the witnesses if he knew whether he was on his heels or his head, calling another a liar, and making use of the Lancashire idioms in a manner which amused the bystanders. The jury found him guilty. Sentence deferred. Bridget Lenaghan was indicted for bigamy with one Patrick Mooney, her first husband being then alive. Mr. Rafliies was for the prosecution. From the opening it appeared that the prisoner was married to her first husband in the year 1843, in the county of Mayo in Ireland, and had been deserted by him in a few months. The second marriage took place in 1854. The judge elicited from the second husband that there had been squabbles between him and the prisoner, insomuch that they had not lived together for several years. He gave her into custody on this charge. A witness proved that the first husband was alive as recently as the Ist of November last. The prisoner declared that she had not heard of or from her first husband for more than nine years before her second mar riage. The jury acquitted the prisoner. The Judge declined to allow the costs. Thomas Clarke was charged with assaulting and robbing James Burns. Mr. Deighton prosecuted ; Mr. Scott defended. The prisoner was found guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence, reminded the prisoner that he had "received sentence for various offences thirteen times, and condemned him to ten years' penal servitude. Edwin Moorhouse was indicted for robbery with violence from the person of James Hammond, in A shton-un der-Lyne. Mr. Holker was for the prosecution ; Mr. Scott for the defence. The robbery was• clearly proved. It appeared the prisoner had received sentence of one year's imprisonment for robbery in 1858, which expired only a few days before he committed this offence.• Sentence, ten years' penal servitude. WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER, Dec. 12. The commission for holding the special gaol de livery for the county of Devon was opened in this city on Saturday afternoon by Mr. Baron Chan nell. His lordship attended divine service yester day at the Cathedral. This morning the business commenced. In the county there are the names of twenty prisoners for trial in the calendar ; tho offences are of such a character that the doors of the court must be closed during the trial of nine prisoners. In the city there are two prisoners. Mr. Baron Channel!, in charging the grand jury, said he had a serious ground of complaint against some person ; at present, without inquiry, he did not know against whom. The grand jury were aware that it was now considered necessary in several instances to hold what was called a winter assize. The Secretary of State decided on the counties in which these special assizes should be held, and in order to guide him he had . returns made to him from the different gaols in the king dom of the number of prisoners in custody. That return had been made up to the sth of November, and it would then appear that there were but seven prisoners for trial in this county. There was no complaint against the respectable governor of the gaol of this county. The returns having been re ceived by the Secretary of State, and the counties in which assizes were to be held being determined upon, the judges then fixed the different days for holding the assizes ; it was, therefore, of the utmost importance that the number of prisoners should be accurately given. There was, however, no return made of a case of a man named Kavanagh, in which there were no less than 28 witnesses in the deposi tions, although it would seem that the man was committed in July or August. The inconvenience to which this might lead might be the unavoidable adjournment of the assizes until after Christmas. The charge against the prisoner was of a very grave character—namely, scuttling a vessel with intent to defraud the underwriters ; it would be a case requiring their great consideration. ' Emily Ann Osmond was indicted for feloniously marrying John Vosper Blacklee, cf the parish of Charles, on the 13th of November last, her former husband being alive. It appeared that the prisoner, who was only 20 years of age, was married to Osmond on the 23d of February last, at the office of the Registrar of Mar riages, and she was married to Blacklee on the 13th of November last by banns. The defence was an address to the Court in miti- gation of piinfshment. The first husband had told the girl to go home, and the second went to sea soon after the marriage. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was sentenced to two months' imprisonment without hard labour. SITN, f LONDON; TUESDAY EVENING.; DECEMBER , 13, 1859. `: POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Dec. 12. LAMBETIL—LANDLADY AND LODGERS.—Mrs. M'Leod, the wife of a gentleman who has just re turned from a diplomatic appointment, attended before Mr. Elliott in compliance to a warrant charging her with assaulting Mrs. Mary Mellis, a lady living at No.l Grove-place, Brixton-road. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared on behalf of the defen dant, and, from the testimony of Mrs. Mellis and her witnesses, it appeared that Mrs. M'Leod and her husband occupied her parlours, and that owing to a series of disagreements, she (Mrs. Mellis), gave her notice to quit. This circum stance seemed to have increased rattier than allayed the difference, and Mrs. M'Leod having some ale bottles to wash, insisted upon them being washed in the parlour, while Mrs. Mellis desired that they should be washed in the scullery. The differences on the point ran high, when Mrs. M'Leod, having got the servant in the parlour, locked the door, and kept her there until she washed the bottles. Mrs. Mellis, while this was going on, kicked vio lently at the door, called out lustily for her servant, Fanny, to attend another lady lodger, who had been ringing for some time; but Mrs. M'Leod paid no attention to the calls and kept Fanny till the bottles had been all washed. A second cause of strife again arose from the services of Fanny being required, to put some coals on the fire, and to im me post a letter, by Mrs. M‘Leod, but Mrs. Mellis insisted on her prior claim to the use of her servant, and Fanny found herself in the midst of a difficulty. She was in the passage, and Mrs. M'Leod refused to allow her to pass until she entered the parlour and attended to the fire; while Mrs. Mellis called to her to pass out by the front door. To pre vent this Mrs. M'Leod caught the young woman by one hand, and was dragging her towards the parlour, when Master Mellis courageously caught hold of the servant by the other hand and pulled her away. Mrs. M'Leod, smarting doubtless from the triumph of the youth, directed her attention towards Mrs. Mellis, and exclaiming, "Now, you old cat, I'll give you some cold water—take that;" and, suiting the action to the word, threw the con tents of a jug of cold water over her, or rather on ti:e front of her person. In reply to the charge, Mr. Lewi s sa id that i/l. r. M'Leod, having recently returned from abroad, had commissioned the hus band of the coraplair ant to procure for him a fur nished house; but instead of doing so, he recom mended that gentleman to take his own furnished parlours, promising to make him and Mrs. M'Leod perfectly comfortable. How far they had carried out that promise, his worship had some opportunity of judging from what he had heard of the case. So far from studying their comfort, as had been pro mised, every conceivable mode of annoyance had been resorted to, and the consequence was that Mrs. 111‘Leod had actually to get out of a bed of sickness to attend and answer the case. Nr. Elliott ; wit Lout *ring a word of comment, convicted th©, defendant in a penalty of 20s and 4s costs, which was immediately paid. THE POOR-BOX.—The Magistrate requested an acknowledgment of £2O from C. H. S. for the poor box. GREENWICH —ROBBERY BY A JEWELLER'S SHOPWOMAN.—Susan Marquis, aged 18, a respect able-looking young woman, was charged on remand with stealing one gold and four other finger rings, two brooches, a gilt bracelet, two silver seals, and other articles, the property of her employer, Mr. John Sulman, jeweller, of Stockwell-street, Green wich. It appeared that the prisoner had been but nine days in the employ of the prosecutor, who had re ceived a very high recommendation of her from a lady to whom her family were known, as of the highest respectability. Missing articles from his stock, the prisoner was suspected, and when ques tioned as to whether she had any of his goods in her possession, she at first expressed surprise, but subseauently produced the articles in question from her boxes, saying she could not resist the tempta tion of taking them. The prisoner, in reply to to the magistrate, said she was guilty. The prosecutor strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy, both on account of her youth and the respectability of her connexions. Mr. Seeker said it was a question with him whether he should not, be departing from thp strict line of his duty in ne,t sending the prisoner before a jury to be tried. She had been guilty of a very serious offence in robbing a person into whose em ploy she had entered, and which was an offence for which she was liable to a very severe punishment.. It appeared to him, however, that in her case a more merciful view might be taken, and that a smaller punishment than otherwise might have been passed would have the desired corrective effect of checking such practices for the future. The prisoner was then. sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. ROBBERY AT A TAVERN.-Emily Smith, aged 25, most fashionably attired, was charged with stealing two half-crowns and a two•shilling piece, the moneys of her employer, Mr. F. White, pro prietor of the White Horse Tavern, Lee. The prisoner had been in the employ of the pro sacutor as barmaid about twelve months, and on Friday evening a half-crown and three shillings being found concealed under the bowl in the till used for copper money, the coins were marked, and the following morning they were found to have been removed. The prisoner being the only person in the bar suspicons were excited against her. On Saturday night, after the house was closed, the till was again inspected, when two half-crowns and a florin were found concealed under the copper bowl. Detective officer Brown, 98 R, was then called in, and the/coins being marked in his presence, were replaced in the till, and having been found to . have been taken away at ten o'clock on Sunday morn ing, the officer Brown was called in, and on search ing the prisoner took from her pockets the coins in question. The prisoner's purse was also examined, and the half-crown marked on the night of Friday was found in it, when the prisoner requested prose cutor to let her go, and she was given into custody. Mr. Seeker remanded the prisoner for a week, and refused to accept bail for her appearance. WANDSWORTH.—CONVICTION OF A MARINE STORE DEALER.—Andrew King, a youth about 19, and Elizabeth Bennett, the keeper of a marine store shop in Vauxhall-walk, were brought before Mr. Ingham, on remand, the former charged with robbing his employers, Messrs. Francis and Co,, cement manufacturers, of Nine-elms, and the latter with being unlawfully in possession of the stolen property. Mr. Binns defended the female prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Drake, foreman to Messrs. Francis, and police-constable Hornblow, of the V division, that the male pri soner had been in the prosecutors' service up wards of seven years, and he was always con sidered a well-conducted and honest youth. On Tuesday evening last, a quantity of copper wire and some brass bearings were missed from a cellar after King had been sent there and left. He shortly afterwards quitted the premises, and when he re turned the foreman told him that things had been missed during the last twelve months, and if he would tell the truth he would forgive him. The prisoner then said he had taken the copper wire and brass bearings, and had sold them at a marine store dealer's. He denied havin ,, taken anything else. Hornblow was then called in, and they all proceeded to Bennett's shop. The constable went in first, and asked her if she had bought any wire and brass from a youth that evening, and she stoutly denied that she had. King was then called in, and she also asserted that she did not know him. King, however, said that she was the woman who had purchased the wire. The constable then desired her to produce the property, and she then called out to her aunt to bring up two bags from the kitchen. Her request was complied with, and the stolen pro perty was found in the bags amongst some rags. The officer then asked her for her book to show that she had entered the purchase, and it then appeared that she did not keep one, and gave an excuse that she did not know it was necessary, as she had only been in the business three or four months. It, how ever, subsequently transpired that she formerly kept a shop in Princes-street, Lambeth, and on one occasion was fined £5 for the unlawful possession of some property which had been stolen. Ry the direction of the magistrate King was called as a witness, and said he went into the shop, and put the metal in the scale, and she paid him 2s. Nothing was said on either side. She did not ask his name or address, nor inquire where he had obtained the property. He never sold anything before. Mr. Binns contended that the property consisted of old metal, and were such things as any marine store dealer would purchase. Mr. Ingham said she had had a caution before, and he should now commit her for two months with hard labour, without the option of paying a fine. The other prisoner was then discharged with a caution. EXTRAORDINARY DEATII BYPRUSSL ACID. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Win. Payne, the City coroner, held a lengthened inquiry, at the Portugal Hotel, Fleet-street, into the death of Mr. E. A. Lloyd, which resulted from the administering of prussic acid, under the followinc , circumstances : Win. Bryan said he was head waiter at the Por tugal Hotel. The deceased gentleman went to the hotel on Monday last, and engaged apartments. On Wednesday evening he retired to his room early, and the next day he was found in his bed dead. Deceased had stayed at the hotel before. Mr. R. Hill, of Barnet, said he was an officer in the Edmonton (Middlesex) Rifles. Had known de ceased some time. He had always gone by the name of E. Arthur Lloyd. He was formerly a non-com missioned officer in the first battalion Rifle Brigade, stationed at Portsmouth, and for the past four years he had acted as dispenser to the regiment. Last saw him alive on the 9th of November, when wit ness left him at Portsmouth. Expected he would have been in London before then, as he lent de ceased some money, which he promised to return in a week. On Monday last received a letter from deceased, stating that he had arrived in town and would see him at Barnet on Thursday or Friday. He saw a notice in the papers which caused him to attend. Knew deceased was coming to London to receive some money left him by a late aunt. His father was the head surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The Coroner—That is the Dr. Lloyd, of Bedford row. Mr. Case (the clerk)--Yes, sir, and he has a son who is at present the house-surgeon at St. Bartho lomew's. It was here suggested that the father and brother should be sent for. Mr. W. C. Dempsy, surgeon, of 97, Fleet-street, said that when he was called in on Thursday after noon death had taken place about an hour. Found nothing in the room, but on turning up the pillow there was a two ounce phial half filled with prussic acid, and the mouth smelt strongly of that poison. The acid was 1 per cent. weaker than Sckeele's, two or three drops of which is sufficient to cause death. Had the bottle been fell he must have taken more than an ounce. The bottle was not labelled, so it was impossible to say where it was purchased. Was certain deceased died from the effects of prussic acid. It was here announced that Mr. Lloyd, the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, had arrived, and the learned Coroner kindly undertook to retire, and gently break the news to Mr. Lloyd. The Coroner, on his return, said that Mr. Lloyd, jun., had arrived, and was deeply distressed on being informed of the sudden and frightful death of his brother. Mr. Lloyd. said an uncle of deceased saw him last, and he lived at Paddington, and therefore it would be the best course to adopt to adjourn the inquiry. Mr. Hill said that the uncle could not have seen deceased for more than six months, unless it was since he had been in town from last Monday. The investigation was then adjourned. [AD WE'R,TISEMENT,I •-- Mr• Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps)• It should be road by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important information as to--What watch to buy! where to buy it I and how to use it I THE E.2IIPRESS'S APARTMENTS AT THE TUILERIES. A correspondent of the Independence Bela* writes :—" I had the good fortune to visit the other day the private apartments of the Empress them Tuileries. Workmen had been engag ed on for two years, during the absence of their lkia.l ar e!" ties. These suites of rooms, which run in a pal lel line with the reception rooms on the drawing room floor, consist of an ante-chamber , a waitin room for the ladies of honour, a saloon of audience, a private room for her Majesty ; that is to say, the most retired and private of the suite. " The Empress, whose pre f ere nce for the style of Louis XVI. is well known, has desired her apart ments in question to be entirely d ecora ted after the fashion and taste of Marie Antoinette. M. Lefuel received orders to renew the elegant ornaraen: tation of Trianon in this Parisian palace. Art and industry have done marvels under his super intendence, so that we see again the graceful arabesques, the rounded tapering volutes, the ex quisite garlands, and the fine carvings of the la tter art of the eighteenth century. All t he models are unique, and executed with admirable nicety, fo ul , the door handles to the chimney piece s, the We's and squares of glass, and the whole furniture, from the timepieces to the tongs in the fi re place, is ill harmony with this style of decoration. " The first saloon, of a pale green , ; is adorned with arabesques of a rather deeper tint. Meda llions glisten in the panels, and within them are birds , painted by M. Appert. The prevailing colour of the second saloon is a rosy white, t h e • arabesques are rose-coloured. The tops of the doors the enclosur es or frames of the panelling, the medallions, contaip natural flowers, sometimes on a whi te g round, sometimes on a gilt one, executed with charmiog freedom and freshness, by a young artist, wilef e t name gas slipped my memory. Then whic hcomP private saloon of the Empress, the groun d of is likewise of a very light green, and the pan elling ; of which contain the po er traits of her ladies of honour, painted by M. Dubuffe ; then her fife,' withdrawing room, lined with green stuff, on Whi. aro hung valuable pictures; the doors of this Ibi net and the next are of aramanth and palissander, set off by bronzes, gilt, and admirably chased., T he , new bronzes are of inimitable finish, and deoia e " the locks, the arabesques of the chimney scroll!, the marble slabs that issue from M. Chrtstotge factory are capable of competing with the wo moth rk g ° the illustrious Gouttieres. The tesselated ceilings, and chimneys, reveal a taste s o pore an d refined that they reflect honour on M. Lefuel. is , Th e staircase leading to these appartments entirely of stucco, and its accompanying balustraha: looks like a fringe of iron and gold. Betw een t • • two spiral turns of the staircase a medallion contain, a group of three child:en bearing the No b s,attrib the Empire, and sculptured by Madame , Constant. ta p " These private apartments, which hav e been ready occupied by her Majesty the Empress S a , her return from Compiegne, are a work of art, decidedly one of the masterpieces of decorative ar in our age, owing to the delicate care that has bees bestowed on every part of their arrangernerits•' rri COUNTRY MARKBTS. • COLCHE STER—DEc. 10. A fair supply of wheat ; the best samples taken rot% at last week's rates ; inferior parcels not mu ch in &T N I Malting barleys keep up in price, and grinding '4':.`9,nd were difficult to sell at a considerable decliae. peas is per qr. lower. Wheat, white 44s to 52s Beans, Mazaffall• • 329 i° to 4365: red 38s to 46s Middle & ;mall 388 Barley 36s to 50s White peas ...... 40s to r s ; to Oats lBs to 28s Grey.. ........ 35s CHELMSFORD—DEc. 9. ab The quantity of wheat shown to-day was fair 9,. good attendance. A very flat business, and the lo" , E ; 03 0,: advance declined is for all qualities. Barley, oats, and peas also is lower, with a slow trade. q a to 3 " Wheat, white 42s to 52s Peas, Partridg e4 l 00 red 40s to 45s White ........ 38s to Barley 31s to 39s Boiling to 40 Chevalier 33s to 44s Dun .......... 33° Grinding 22s to 28s Beans, Tick .... 3 ? 4 t° 440 Malt Chevalier 63s to 68s M 369 " 60s to 66s Harrow Ticks 41° t° 330 azagan. ...... Oats 22s to 328 ', ...... 385 DERBY—DEc. li. Tra de At market yesterday wheat was a moderate show' uss active, with an improvement of Is on the currencies 01;4 week. Oats a slow sale. Barley a small show. I 3e scanty supply, but firm in price. to 30 ‘ White wheat, new, 44s to 52s Barley, grinding. • 215 to 281 R Oats, 9 .' .. ed do. 4os to 47s old .... -- L o 44s to 52s New 270 Old white , do .......... , n to Red do. Barley, malting 3Bs to 42s Beans, new. ... .' 4 • I vi 1 --11 OXFORD—Dsc. 10. vil l l °D the trade was An average od for quantity fine samof wheatples an d othe y r on offer to-da, f o r r,, wo o go' r qt. as dear. White ruled at 45s to 525, ; red 40s to 460 Pa o.; Barle 288 to 36s • oats, 19s 'to 28s • ' beans , 398 110114 hogpeas, 39s to '42s ; boilers, 43s to 46s per qr. 33s per sack. Hay, from £3 5s to £ 4 Os per ton. NORTHAMPTON---DEc. 10. w ith At this corn-market wheat was in tolerable supply, to a fair trade, at a slight decline—prices ranging fr •rri 44s for old ; now, 38s to 455. There was an easier bilt.so passing in barley-28s to 42s per qr. Oats, with 6 174 10 sale, quoted at 23s to 34s per 24 stone. Bell 11 .; O de 0 to 508; now, 38s to 40s. Rye, —s to — 0 ; Ini"" 668. GLOUCESTER—.DEc. 10. 0 4114 At our market there was rather a good attendan ; 1 the a fair business done. Prices advanced 6d to ls 11 0 .4 4.0 rates of this day se'nnight—viz. English white s'ilittlre. to 47s ; red, 41s to 44s per qr. Foreign was also iT t i eo . Barley is in less request, at 35s to 38s for malting WS English oats, 26s to 27s ; Irish,, 2,2 s 6d to 23s 6d. COAL MARK . (Prices of Coal per Ton at .ET—DEc. 12. the dose of the marke) 0. Clark's West liartley..l3 di a. d. Buddie's - West Hartloyl4 6 Davison's West Hart- - iy l4 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 3 Wylam West Hartley l4 9 Hastings Hartley 14 6 Howard's West Hart- wa n s End. 4/ 6 HG Acorn i e b u s g on h c 1 1. .• 10a . .. •... ....... ......... 001 3 Birehgrove Graigt:" . . ' . 20 ; Haswell ...... .19 3 Eden ............ .... 15 v Whitworth.. ....... :et, 13—Sold, 10. ---- - .14 6 Lambert's West Hart- _ ley 14 6 Ships at mark, _ --_ FOREIGN RAIL PACKET Lk In the following table E signifies tha t letters are deoPsilo i n g In a' ' by evening mails from London , and M b y morn by evening mails from London, and 31 by morn.... Sex i ....-+ of 301 DESTINATIONS. Despatch pu.-1,. due' of Mails. 12f.E_____)"."'...........---•' —__— Australia and Mauritius, via overdo 4 Southampton Dec. 12, M SoutharoP• . 251 T o. Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New 1. • pep. 0 York Dec. 23, E Liverpoo_ • Tie , Canada, hc. (by Canadn. pckt ) Dec. 14, E Liverpool. • '' Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- JO' 1 sion, and St. Helena Jan. 5, E Devonport China, Penang, and Singa- Dee' /9 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewilelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, Dec• 13 19 via Southampton Dec.2o, M SouthaMP• •De. Ditto, via Marseilles overt". . India (Bombay), via South ampton Dec. —, M SoutharnP. • ee . it Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon. Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 17, M Southamp. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Jan o t in Newfoundland n De c... 2 — . 9 , 3 M M i s S S o o n u n t t h h h a a a n 1 1 n p :: °l ei 1 . . . . r dr d 1 : 3 : Dec. 17, E Galway • • " United States and British N. CD e• /4 America (by British packet) Dec. 17, E Liverpo ol ' • --- Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma- (wed ° 00 1 " deira, and Teneriffe Dec. 23 E Liverp West India, California , Vene zuela, Chili, Porn , Grey town, New Granada. Sic. __•_----- - BIRTHS. ht o Wife of -- CALROW.On the 12th inst , at Frest-hill, the Frederic Calrow, Esq., of a dauger. Go w it if E e .— of O i n tal t p h h e G l o O r th o, r in s s q t :: o a f t a sason, .Mountjoy-ellue°' till Mrs. WIll• g KENT.—On the lath inst ,at Norwood, ell of a daughter. L RAGLAN.—On the 11th inst. , at 58, Rutland -g ate ' y ell Raglan, of a son. MARRIAGES. ). -banes I' CATLING—ALLEN.—Con the 10th inst , at St• " --- f 48 f . Church, Piccadilly, James Henry Ca'tlingt c t,alAn ° of Brompton-crescent, to Miss Florence LOtlifit 1.." --- ' 19, Golden-square, St. James's. Wi h 8 - PLATT—PHILLIPS. —On the 10th inst. , at th e e - idLnea _ of church, Hampstead, Thomas Platt, E• 7 °f inn, barrister -at-law, to Emily Ann, ell est daughteliair the late Charles Phillips, Esq., one of 11.M.s C ei° sioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. b e rwoll-green, S. D in E st A ., IS T Ir li . Themes Brown) of BitowN.—On the 11th C li r DR ATII —On ak of On . Id — g cs a n te daughter of the late T. E. Death, Beg./ f° 0 , ,ttchhietoy. 11th inst., Mr. Janos leth inst., at Clapham, Julia gartrill'a form er 1' eldest Gann' 0 f 1 Fonchurch-street, aged 79. ,- Gregg, GREIG.—On the 10th inst., at Edinburgh, Jae' I N i D n E d h o 1: 1 - s i i c o ic k ; —24 , th rt e . N l2 , t h a x o i n d s 7 t . g . Esq., of Eccles, W.S. AildrB/f CaPtaill lintrly.—On the 10th inst., at 20, Jermyn-street, Walter Kirby, R.N., K.H. valeorel)el MEEK.On the Bth inst. at Brantridge-park, ..-• Sussex, George Meek, 'Esq., aged 58. C o lone' tli° WALPOLE.—On the 10th inst., at Sydenhate• ...,,colillit at Brompton, Hon. John Walpole, of 58, Jermyn-street, x' aged 73. YOUN CH LoNnoN : Printed and Published by brUltD O 112 ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, O . o f Strand, in the PrOCillet of the Savoy, in the 0 1111 Middlesex, Tueslay, December 13, 1859. ~.,i