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

IE•E NAVY. Yesterday Admiralty orders were received at Chatham for the screw steamship Majestic, 80, 400-horse power, attached to the steam reserve, to be sent round to Liverpool in orderthat the officers and crew of the screw steamer Hastings, 60, em ployed on the Coastguard service at the port, may be transferred to that vessel, the Lords of the Ad miralty having decided on employing the Hastings ' as a drilling ship in the Mersey for the Naval Coast Volunteers. The Royal Marines for the Ma jestic were selected from the Chatham division yes terday, and these will embark in that vessel at Sheerness and be conveyed round to Liverpool. The paddle-wheel steamsloop Prometheus, 5, Lieut. T. B. Hollinworth, has discharged her powder in Plymouth Sound, preparatory to going into dock at Devonpert to-morrow: The screw steafrigate Emerald, 51, Captain A. Cumming, will be placed in dock at Devonport to day (Thursday). The screw steamship Roptl Albert, 121, Captain Lacon, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., got up steam in Plymouth Sound on Thursday afternoon, and left for Portland. On reaching the offing she made sail. Excepting the few cases of measles in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, the crew of the Royal Albert is in a healthy state. She numbers, officers and all, about 1,100 men, and of these there were last week about 30 on the sick list, five of whom only were confined to their beds. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. J. T. Campbell, to the Excellent; Lieut. Lord C. T. N. D. Scott, to the Forte ; Lieut. J. E. Stokes, to the Alecto •, Lieut. H. N. Hippisley, to the Alacrity ; Lieut. J. J. Gregory, to the Queen ; Lieut. R. J. St. Aubyn, to the Pem broke, for service in the Coastguard ; W. H. C. Selby, midshipman, to the Forte ; C. F. Fox, mid shipman, to the Melpomene ; H. F. Gye, naval cadet, to the Forte; J. G. Risk, surg., to the Hawke, T. J. Layton, surg., to the Conqueror; M. W. Cowan, assist.-surg., to the Forte ; J. C. Robinson, chief en. gineer, to the Majestic ; B. Greetham, chief engi. neer, to the Majestic, for service in the Hastings ; H J. Layland, chief engineer, to the Forte ; J. H. H Smale, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Forte G. H. Beaten, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Majestic; W. H. Harvey, second-class assistant engineer, to the Majestic ; N. Farrant, promoted to second-class assistant-engineer and appointed to the Cumberland, for charge of machinery of the Wrang ler ' • C. M'Keever, third-class assistant-euginoer, to the Maj T.Rose,third-class assistant-en gineer,to the Majestic; W. M'Glashan, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Majestic; C. Platt, third class assistant-engineer, to the Majestic, for service in the Dapper ; J. M'Arthur, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Majestic, for service in the Hastings ; W. Ball, acting third-class assistant engineer, to the Forte ; C. M. Johnson, acting third class. assistant-engineer, to the Forte ; H. Clyde, third-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland, for temporary charge of the Fly ; J. Nutter, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Bullfrog ; H. W. Masterman, aeting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard, for temporary charge of the machinery of the Weser; S. M'Dougald, acting third-class assistant engineer, to the Pembroke; F. G. Fegen to be sec retary to Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, the Comman der-in-Chief of the North American and West In dian Station ; and J. T. Sueter to be secretary to Admiral Bowles, the Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth. THE ARMY. The following officers from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, who have been appointed to the corps of Royal Engineers, oined head-quarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, yesterday, viz::— Lieut. H. J. W. Gehle, Lieut. C. W. Whinfield, Lieut. S. V. Smith, Lieut. A. L. Buckle, Lieut. P. G. Tarbet, Lieut. W. H. Pattern, Lieut. W. H. Collins, Lieut. J. H. Smith, Lieut. A. J. Hopper, Licit. W. Masterson, Lieut. R. F. Morris, Lieut. G. Harris, Lieut. L. J. G. Ferrier, Lieut. S. W. Jenner, Lieut. A. C. Wallinger, Lieut. H. Robin son, Lieut. A. C. C. Mackenzie, and Lieut. E. Harvey. The following Ensigns from the East India Military College at Addiscombe also joined the Royal Engineer establishment yesterday, for the purpose of going through a course of instruc tion in sapping and mining and fortification, pre viously to proceeding to India to join the Indian Engineers. During the time they are stationed at Chatham they are to have the temporary rank of lieutenants :—W. Shepherd, R. P. Tickell, B. 0. SetOn, E. G. Clayton, E. D. 0- Twonilpy, S. C. Glat'ke. C. A. M. Cl. Skinner, and J. D. Cruikshank. The authorities at the War Department have given directions for a new and commodious mess room, with the other requisite buildings, to be erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, for the use of the officers of the Royal and Indian Engi neers attached to the Royal Engineer establish ment, the present building being altogether inade quate for the requirements of that establishment. The new mess-room will be a handsome building, its length being 90 feet, and the width 35 feet. There will also be coffee and other rooms and a band gallery. The contract for the erection of the new - buildings has been taken by Mr. Stump, of Brompton. The new erections will involve an out- lay of upwards of £5,000. In pursuance of arrangements between the autho rities at the Horse Guards and the Admiralty the 36th Regiment, stationed in the Raglan Barracks, Devonport, were exercised in embarkation and dis embarkation on Tuesday last. Headed by their splendid band, they left their quarters in heavy marching order at 1 o'clock, took boat at Keyham Steam-yard,and went on board the 80-gun ship Clarence, lying in ordinary off St John's Lake, in Hamoaze. Here all the necessary arrangements for proceeding to sea were executed. They then left . the boats in two divisions for the point of at tack, Cremhill Beach, Mount Edgcumbe. A party of seamen gunners from the Cambridge first jnmped ashore on each flank,and, by skirmishing, protected . the beach for the soldiers, who all landed in the space of two minutes. They re-embarked in four minutes, and formed a single line of boats, which extended up and down the harbour towards Mount Wise. On the call •)f the bugle to " disperse" they immediately separated in four divisions, one of which landed at Mount Wise, one at Mutton Cove, the other two at the Royal William Victualling-. yard and Stonehouse-steps. All the regiment was back at their quarters, dismissed, and accoutre ments off before 4 o'clock, having been absent three hours only from the barracks. The 36th was under the immediate command of Col. Hort. Capt. Jer ningham, of the Cambridge, regulated the opera tions in the boats, and Capt. Stewart, C. 8., of the flagship Impregnable, superintended the arrange ments on board the Clarence. The boats (23) were supplied by the Impregnable, the Royal William, the Cambridge, the Emerald, and other ships fit ting out. Being gathered without much notice, this first experiment at Plymouth appears very credit- able. The examination of candidates by the Council of Military Education for direct commissions com menced yesterday morning at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,before Major - Gen. Portlock and Col. El wyn. The examination yesterday was confined to the medical examination of the candidates, about 100 in number. The examination extends over six days, terminating on the 7th inst. We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Alexander, Director-General of the Army Medical Department, died at seven a.m. yesterday from gout in the stomach, to the deep regret of a large circ le of friends. Mr. Alexander had seen much active ser vice in the army since 1850. He served with the 60th Rifles in the Kaffir War of 1851-53, and was the principal medical officer of the expedition across the Kei in 1851. He accompanied the first troops of the Eastern army to Gallipoli as principal medi cal officer, and was in medical charge of the Light Division of the Eastern Army from its first taking the field throughout the campaig n of 1854- 5 5, and was present at the affair of Bulganac, the battles of the Alma and Inkerman, the capture of II alaklave. and siege of Sebastopol, and sortie of 6th of October. prin cipal medical The deceased gentleman was the General Sir z) leer of the Kertch expedition, under despatch GeorgeG Brown, G.C.B. In Lord Rag lan'smenti the honourably battle of Inkerman he was the exercise of hiseereaf " for his able exertions" in Commission bein a p a o professional duties. On the Royal sanitary condition of e inted to inquire into the selected as one of the commis " Mr. Alexander was signation of Dr. Andrew Zissi°laers. On the re in June, 1858, Mr. Alexande th, as dir etor-general, Secretary of State for War Alexander selected by the post:in the army. In recognition that important - with the army in the East, he : a n , of his services a Companion of the Order of the ' Bath, and made August last year was 'Lade an honorarAh, and in her Majesty. His commission bore date )! as surfgeon to Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 10, 1834 : brevet surgeo n' May 30, 18-15,; staff surgeon, nirch 3, 1351 ; u a r t g , e)uotn , inspector-general, Jan. 12, 1856 ; and director general and inspector of hospitals, June 22, 1858. TUREATE/aD BLOWING OUT OF ALL THE SCOTCH . F cr RNA CES. —The Scotch ironmasters held a meetingin Glas gow 9n Friday, and; id :opened by the conviction that the preseut rate of colliers? iyags could not be advanced in the Preseut state of the trade', and the following resolution; --- "nat unless the colliere' an d n ziners of the Govan Works at n onge return to work at the preso:t rate, the whole fur-, "esaihrougheut Scotland shell be bit.,wn out immediately, the Ppess of blowing out t meAco on Wednesday nut, i ) eosu ) ENFIELD RIFLE. Some three or four years ago many of our engi neers, manufacturers, and scientific men were de luded into going over to New York in the expecta tion of there seeing an industrial exhibition. Among others so misled was Mr. Whitworth, who, like all the rest, finding nothing worth looking at in the exhibition itself, tried to recompense himself for his visit by inspecting those manufactories which most abounded in the labour-saving machines which are used more or less extensively throughout the States. The two great centres for machinery of this descrip tion were at the United States' arsenals at Spring field and Harper's Ferry, and these accordingly Mr. Whitworth visited, saw the various processes there pursued by making small arms in thousands by machinery, and reported to our own Govern ment :strongly in favour both of the plan of the Government making its own weapons, and the means by which it could best be accomplished. The War-office, on receiving this report, adopted it forthwith, and, to their infinite credit, at once took a step which at the time even the most strenuous friends of progress in their secret souls scarcely approved. They sent out a commission, of which Mr. Anderson, now the chief superintendent of the Armstrong). Gun Factory at Woolwich, was at the head, to make further inquiries into the subject of Mr. Whitworth's report, and with power not only to order machines in America, but to engage. American engineers to superintend them. This was the commencement of the famous Enfield factory, and this is the first instance in which the English Government have ever had to send abroad either for machinery or men to work or make it. To their praise be it said they at once overstepped the for midable though narrow boundaries of national pre judice, and looked only for the market in which what they wanted could be best and easiest ob tained. For a short time several of the new ma chines were erected and worked at Woolwich ; but, when " Brown Bess" was no longer paramount in the service, it was determined to create an immense establishment for the manufacture of rifled small arms, apart and in itself distinct from the opera tions carried forward at the arsenal. A small shop, if we may so term it, for the manufacture of gun stocks had always existed at Enfield, and this led the Government to turn their eyes in that direc tion, and, once the place was seen, their gaze was, so to speak, fascinated. It was not at all the beauty of the spot which induced the Government to select it, for, in truth, a flatter or more dreary-looking waste, save Aldershott, was never seen. It was certainly not its salubrity, inasmuch as the whole country is eminently damp and unhealthy ; neither was it either its convenience of access or its vici nage to skilled labour, for in both these requisites it was and still is singularly deficient as compared with other neighbourhoods. The reason why the Government selected it was entirely independent of all these considerations of fitness, and due only to the simple fact that near the shop be fore alluded to was a canal which turned a waterwheel exerting some twenty or twenty-five horse-power. The idea of economising and bring ing into play this little waterwheel (which has now ten tines its power of steam machinery to assist it) settled the whole affair. Foundations were laid and buildings commenced forthwith, and factories the size of little villages sprang up with more than the rapidity of colonial enterprise. Already the nucleus of a small town is fast gathering round the works. Hucksters' shops, workmen's houses, and small hotels are dotted here and there ; and it be comes easy now to calculate when, according to the natural course of things, " Ordnance Enfield," as it is called, will some day become a town clamorous for corporate rights and the privileges attaching to its own M.P. And all these changes will be due to an old waterwheel which the Government could have got anywhere, and that, too, without the drawbacks attendant upon a superabundant supply of the pure element which turns it, and which occa sionally hides the face of the surrounding country at Enfield, and places the floors of cottages and houses some inches under water. However, we sup pose we must not quarrel with any cause which produces an effect so perfect it itself, so economical in its work, and so admirably managed, as the fac tory at Enfield undoubtedly is. It used to be a general remark, and one pretty generally believed, that Government could never compete advantage ously with private manufacturers, and, to do them justice, the Government occasionally gave great force to the observation by rashly entering into contests with the trade on most unequal terms. At Enfield, however, they have discarded the usual routine. There is no costly system of supervision ; on the contrary, everybody connected with the place is rather underpaid. The Government only ...a, mere to make their own weapons, ana intruaLe all the means and appliances to the hands of pri vate engineers of acknowledged, though unofficial, capacity. Mr. Burton, an American gentleman, is the working and real head of the factory, and to his untiring skill and diligence its singular excel lence is due. With such tokens of military ardour as now sk extensively prevail throughout the kingdom the En• field rifle is likely to become not only a household word, but almost a household weapon. At such a time, therefore, some account of the manufacture and peculiarities of this most effective, but most easily iajured weapon, may be of interest, and, if it does not make our young volunteers good marks men, it will at least put them on their guard against such careless treatment of their pieces as may put it out of their power ever to hit anything with them smaller than a haystack. The first thing that strikes a visitor on entering the forges at Enfield where the barrels are made is the apparent rudeness and inadequacy of the ma chinery to its purpose. It may be urged that it makes the barrels very well, but the same excuse mi ;ht be advanced for non-improvement in every stage of manufacture, and we are sure that among the clear-headed American mechanists now at the works are many who could at a day's notice devise a far better apparatus for working up the iron of the barrels than that now in use. The materials for the barrels are brought to the factory in short square slabs of wrought iron (with the fibre of the metal crossing and recrossing at right angles), each some 12 inches long by 4 broad, and half an inch thick. These are heated and bent into a short tube, having somewhat the appearance of a rough and ill-made draining tile, and in this state are again heated to a bright white, and passed between iron rollers of the first gauge, which weld up the joining down the middle, and, by compression, lengthen the tube about 24 or 3 inches more. It is again heated, and again passed between rollers of a smaller gauge, which lengthens it still further ; and so on, again and again, until the operation has been repeated through 13 different gauges, when the roller is complete, and the barrel—after some two hours' manufacture—emerges at last a slender rough iron tube about four feet long, and having a hole down the centre the size of a large pea. The muzzles are then cut off the " butts," or ends, as they are termed, made up, and the process of ee r w ae e ta l ipo d ,n i n , g anoan commences. o t n h e e %: C rh o hi n ci sh e - sleaattt requires o i r s nipple for Toinsure rapidity on of the strikingp ar to! quickness, c are , aid skill a wt n hh o ei w e o it ti t . hk l e op metals are red-h o t, t h e b reech of the little difficult barrel with the cone-seat is placed in a steel die under a small hammer worked by steam, which strikes at the rate ' and crushed of 400 blows a minute, u sh nd e e d r which, terrific din, the m e t a l s are more than the stren g th o f one piece. to gt ls together, mwidit a With This completes the forging s , and the bar re l s are passed toth e or ion" rifling)s w is h ere tlte from operation of the smithy (exclusive boring re peated no less than five distinct times. The barrels are for this purpose laid in horizontal m achines, and the first sized borer is drawn up through them n ot forced down, as, from the bend of th e boring , bit in forcing it through , it was found difficult is secure strict accuracy. The second boring at swift speed is then continued, and the third at slow s p ee d , by which time the barrel is finished to within some two or three thousandths of an inch of its p roper diameter, when the exterior is turned down also to its service size. The operation, if such it may be called, of straightening the barrel is then gone through after the screw-hole for the breech-piece has been bored. This straightening is one of the roughest and most unsatisfactory portions of the whole process of manufacture. From the very fine soft nature of the iro n used in the con struction of the barrel, and the extreme thinness of the metal itself, the least violence or concussion is apt eith h e a r to bend the barrel out ri g ht, or else to put suc dint in its side as effectually makes an end of its good shooting. Thus, in the processes which we have already described, in spite of the utmost care, the barrel is supposed to ha.'c deviated from its true line sufficiently to rcquire considerable rectifi cation. This rectification is do ne, therefore, not by machinery, but by hand, a workman looking through the barrel and giving it a tap hero and a tap there with a hammer, wherever it seems to hi m to require it. In defence of this appa rently very rude method, which seems so as toundi lig in connexion with a bore that must b e the managers accurate to the thousandth part of an inch, achieved, and the that out of some 2,000 weapons made weekly hair breadtli hThg i ange of all is accurate to a half nevertheless ve r y far s undoubtedly is true, but it is matical exa c t ness is brought proving that such mettle looking through the r b o u u r ght about by a man simply now and a knock th en 1,./h and giving.. it a knock e N cts an in equa li ty he fancies he by sight det mechanics are of opinion that it ' Most pract ical the process either does no good to the barrel at all ) Or that its result, THE SUN, LONDON, if worth anything, would be better and more easily accomplished by machinery. An immense variety of milling and grinding stages are next gone through, which merely relate to the exterior of the barrel, and with which, of course, we need not trouble ourselves hero. A detailed account of the whole manufacture would be out of the ques tion, as our readers may easily imagine, when we say that the barrel undergoes no less than 66 distinct processes, and the whole rifle upwards of 700 ere it is completed. The barrel, then, having so far ad vanced in its progress towards completion as to be bored for the fourth time, it undergoes its first proof test of nearly one ounce of powder and one ball. Not one per cent. of the barrels yield under this trial, which has sometimes, in the case of doubtful barrels, or those which it was wished to burst, been carried to as high a charge as 21 oz. of powder and 17 balls—the whole barrel full, in fact—before the metal ripped. After this the nipple-screw and nipple, with the " tang" or tongue which fastens the barrel to the stock, are made, though not a single piece is put together till the whole musket is complete to its minutest detail. Before the barrel leaves the boring room it is again bored out for the fifth time, and, having been polished by machinery inside and outside till it shines as bright as silver, it at last reaches its 56th stage of manufacture, and is taken to the finishing shop. With the exception, perhaps, of the Laboratory at Woolwich, it would be difficult to name any factory room in the kingdom, not even excepting our largest cotton mills, which at the first glance presents such a bewildering scene of active, never-ceasing industry. Let our readers imagine, if they can, a single room more than an acre in extent, lofty and well lit, in which some thousand men and boys are incessantly employed in superintending machinery. The ear is pained by the hum of flywheels, which revolve in thousands till the eye is giddy with their whirl. Miles of shafting are spinning round mistily with a monotonous hum, the room is almost darkened and the view completely obscured by some 50,000 or 60,000 feet of broad flapping lathe-bands, which are driving no less than 600 distinct machines, all going together on their own allotted tasks, with a tremulous rapidity and ease that seem to swallow up the work like magic, andthe first sight of which is inexpressibly astonishing to the spectator. It takes some minutes before th visitor can subdue the overwhelming feeling of surprise which this scene of activity always excites, no matter how often entered on. Following - the barrel, then, but with care, into this maze of lathe-bands, we see the process of rifling first commenced. The rifling in the Enfield barrel consists of three broad shallow grooves, with a pitch of a half turn in the length of the barrel of three feet six inches. The depth of the rifling is 0.5 at the muzzle, and 0.13 at the breech, the width of each groove being 3-16ths of an inch. There are 16 rifling machines at Enfield, each of which turns out 26 barrels a day, though, of course, the grooves are made separately, and after the same fashion as in the boring, viz., drawn through the gun from the muzzle to the breech. Looking at the light through a newly-rifled barrel has an extraordinary effect, the rings of reflectedraysshowing like bars of black and white metal alternately ; and by the aid of these, as it is said, the workmen are able to distin guish-whether or not the tube is perfectly accurate. After the rifling it is again proved with half an ounce of powder and a single ball ; when it is retouched, sighted, trimmed-off, milled, levelled, browned, and gauged, coming out in the guage-room at last a finished barrel, made to such perfection and accuracy that the steel gauge of 577 thousandths of an inch passes freely through, while that of 580 sticks firm in the muzzle. Brown ing, as we have said, is the last operation which the gun undergcse and this merely ornamental process occupies a week more than the whole manufacture of the gun itself—namely, four weeks. The time thus bestowed, however, is not without its value, inasmuch as after the " browning" is completed, though not till then, the gaugers are enabled to detect the slightest imperfect welding or least per ceptible flaw of manufacture, when the piece is in stantly rejected, and the workman under whose hands the flaw took place fined 35., no matter whether the imperfection is discovered at the very commencement of the process or when all is finished. The barrels thus flawed, we regret to say, are sold as old iron, but still in the form of finished barrels, and so doubtless find their way back again into the market as proved pieces. Than this latter arrange ment of selling the barrels complete, though as old iron, nothing can be more objectionable, and we are sure the War-office only require to have their at tention drawn to the matter to secure for the future that all such pieces, before they are sold, shall be bent and flattened in such a manner as to be totally useless, at least for gun barrels, ever after. But, as we intimated at the commencement of this kl Lia.ly, Liao lobs r enre.ese 117 which the - Enfield is brought to completion cannot easily be disposed of in a notice like the present. We defer, then, to a future occasion our description of the other portions of the manufacture and the peculiar weaknesses which render this weapon above all others so liable on slight occasions to irreparable injury. THE LATE SIR WILLIAM C. ROS ', ILA The mortal remains of the late Sir William Ross were deposited in the Highgate Cemetery last Saturday. For more than two years before his death a stroke of paralysis had impaired his facul ties, and stayed a hand of almost matchless pictorial skill. His parents were both devoted to the arts, his father as a drawing-master and .minature painter, and by the time he was nine years of age the proficiency in drawing of " Little Ross," a name well remembered by his seniors and contemporaries, was almost unprecedented. At that early age also he essayed his little hand in the branch of art in which he was subsequently to be distinguished, and we have seen miniatures by him, aniong them one of the Duke of Portland, and of Lord John Bentinck, executed when he was 10 years old. These are perfectly well drawn, and that of the young Lord John, then about the same age as his boy-portrayer, of a truth and delicacy of colouring prophetic of the painter's ulti mate excellence. In the year 1808, at the age of 13, he was admitted a student of the Royal Aca demy, where his innocent manners and assiduous study attracted the notice of many. The first am bition of the young aspirant was to excel is his torical art, and from West, then President, who was deeply interested in the boy, he received much kind precept, but not the most desirable example. Large chalk drawings by him itt 15 years of age, for which he received prizes; show a care, beauty of finish, correct drawing, and comprehension of a whole, which are astonishing at that age, though in other respects too faithful to the taste and treat ment inculcated by West. The desire for histori cal composition adhered so strongly to him that so late as 1843 .a cartoon by Sir W. Ross was exhi bited in Westminster-hall, for which he obtained a premium of £lOO. When he was about 20, however, he had altered his course, and, as the feeling of the day expressed it, came down to the branch of art in which he became unrivalled. He soon attracted.the notice of the higher classes of patrons. In 1819 his portraits of Sir Tho. D. Arland and Lady Acland were exhibited ; in 1822 those of the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge. From that time to 1857, when the unfinished portraits of the Duke and DuChess d'Aumale, with their two sons, bore witness to his suddenly arrested hand, he may be said to have painted the chief beauties and highest dignities of the British aristocracy, and the various members of the Royal families of England and Belgium. In 1837 he was appointed miniature painter to the Queen ; in 1838 ho was elected Associate of the Royal Academy; in 1839 Academician, and in the same year he was knighted. This scanty outline is all that need be given here of the late painter's life, which was one of such simple industry and devotion to his art, and of such amiability of temper and extreme benevolence of heart, that even his talent and success, it may be hoped, failed to raise him up one snemy. But his art is entitled to a few separate words. There is no doubt that the perfect mastery of drawing se minute he h a d a tt a i ne d, even . w h en labouring in a false di rec ti on , set hi m f ar f orwar d i n hi s career uncertainoutline s form s as a miniatu r e p a i n t er . No false anatomy o intoev wchhaielhlenhgeecompe criticis m rsse d in those a whole school of fine at •t. But beyond this no trace of his former studies appear; for, far th or, from partaking ' of the " Grand Style," e e i c . omposition of his figures and .groUps and the f eir.g nd o h f his heads became eminently pure and natural, more than simplicity which a ad t. tl t iat something to call naivete. None of the aristocratic beauties, agree none of the sweet children, the latter the most ex ex quisite and. difficult achievements of his hand, but may may be proud to display the beautiful and touching records be has left of their youth and infancy. In w h It also, in spite of all abstract mo,lern theory, must ever be considered the painter's chief praise, his colouring, Sir William Ross was equally admirable. No Frticular master in this quality se2ies to have been studied by him, though it is evident that he had looked 'ovine] v at it übens, Vandyke,and at our own g reat Reynolds. In the colouring f inn `fls as hhe is bof y andeach t ur ns.as tender, p earl y , these painters. No one ever made the complexion of woman and chi ld so delicate, with 'at . once so • whitest much variety of tint an d so little sacrifice o n f t ruththese, the hand: of his highest h orn d have handS are some of his most p recious morse still real, warm, human bl ood in the in - It is es p e ciallyin those minute gradati ons of light, in those tender distinctions of similar hues—the touchstone of a painter's art—that he excelled. That beauta - ful combination of various white? Oieli we have often. occasion to admire in the late daylight hours THURSDAY EVENING, •FE4RUARY 2, 1860. of the London season—the white silk dress, the white satin riband, the Brussels lace, the cambric handkerchief, the pearl bracelet, the kid glove —seem to have had particular attraction for his eye, and present a world of minute variety, fused into one breadth of light: Nor did he need any particular stuff or costume to develope his art ; he took what presented itself, equally the fresh, stiff, fashionable dress, or the soft, tumbled Indian shawl, and made them both true and beau tiful. Thus, while many of his pictures are painted on a cool and pearly scale, almost an equal number might be quoted of great depth and richness. Above all, Sir William possessed the art, and this appears even in his early historical efforts, of bringing ela borate subjects and minute details into one whole. There is no sign of puzzle or confusion in his ar rangement. His lines flow together, where most picturesquely, most naturally. His backgrounds, whether the interior of a gorgeous room, the fireside chair, the more conventional curtain and column, or an open garden, are all in keeping with his sub ject, while they are also finished with a care and minuteness that triumphantly prove the strength of his more principal parts. We have implied at the beginning of this short notice that the merits of Sir W. Ross as a painter have not been so universally acknowledged in his own time as they deserve to be. It is the lot of a portrait painter during his life to owe much of his fame to the very strength of his likenesses—an excellence which Sir William pre eminently possessed. Posterity, therefore, can alone fairly judge how far the portrait painter has ren dered not only that individual but that general like ness to human nature which makes all generations kin. But in this respect the artist world has, or should have, the power to antedate the verdict of posterity, and accordingly we find Sir W. Ross's warmest admirers among his fellow-painters. They know the hard things in art he overcame. They know that precisely what is most difficult to do he best succeeded in doing. To the elder painters, therefore, his works are a source of enjoyment ; to the younger, a school of instruction •, to be prized the more now that the kind voice is hushed which was always ready to give help and encouragement to a junior. of railway conveyance instead of either by the river or by the streets between London-bridge and Charing-cross, two of the most busy thoroughfares in the metropolis. Such being our views of the importance of the undertaking, we think we best consult your interests by losing no time in carry ing it oat to a successful completion, in order that the capital invested in it may become remunerative as speedily as possible. In conclusion, I beg to move the adoption of the report. Mr. MILLER having seconded the motion, In reply to a question, it was stated that £1,500 beyond the amount set forth in the accounts would cover all the expenses incurred in passing the bill, upon which Mr. BEATTIE expressed his conviction that the directors were entitled to the thanks of the shareholders for their marvellous economy in pass ing the Act. 'The report was then adopted, the directors named in the Act of Parliament re-elected, and Mr. T. Parker and Mr. G. Smith elected auditors. A vote of thanks to the directors, with the grant of £l,OOO for their past services, was then carried, and acknowledged, it being also voted that their future remuneration should be at the rate of £9OO a-year. The meeting was then made special, and the agreement with the South-Eastern Company for the working of the lino read. Tile CHAIRMAN then said—The meeting is made special for the purpose of submitting for your con sideration and approval the agreement which has been entered into with the South-Eastern Com pany for the working of the line when constructed and opened for traffic. You arc aware that that company has agreed to subscribe £300,000 to wards the undertaking. The working agreement has been very carefully framed, and we believe it will be found mutually advantageous by both com panies. While the South-Eastern Company will secure by it the use of one of the best termini sta tions in the metropolis, together with access for their traffic to three additiomal metropolitan stations south of the Thames, this company secures the ad vantage of having the line effectively worked by a company pcssessed of abundant working stock, by which means the extraordinary traffic resources of the railway will at once be made available. The company, however, will retain in its own hands the letting of the railway arches, from which a revenue of above £5,000 per annum is expected to be derived, as well as other sources of revenue not connected with the working of the line and terminus for rail way purposes. The chairman concluded by moving a special resolution approving of the agreement. Mr. GORDON THOMPSON having seconded the motion, a short conversation ensued, in which it was stated the gist of the agreement was this— that the South-Eastern Company was to pay 2d. a head on each passenger carried over the railway, and maintain the line. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. C'HARING-GROSS RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Bridge-house Hotel, yesterday ; the Hon. James Byng in the chair. Mr. SAMUEL SMILES, the secretary, read the advertisement convening the meeting, and the fol lowing report :—" The directors congratulate the proprietors upon the success of the application made to Parliament for powers to construct this railway and terminus. The unanimous approval of this measure by committees of both houses, after a pro tracted opposition, in the course of which it receiv. full discussion, must be regarded as a satisfactory proof, amongst others, of the public importance and value of the undertaking. The directors have also to acknowledge the support which they re ceived from the authorities at the Horse Guards, the Admiralty, the Post-office, the Foreign-office, and the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, by all of which the substantial merits of the scheme were fully recognised. The di rectors themselves continue to be satisfied of the importance of the Charing-cross Railway, and that no other metropolitan line yet projected is calculated to furnish an equal amount of public accommodation, or a terminus so advantageously situated, presenting a like prospect of commercial advantage to the proprietors. They have accord ingly taken the requisite steps for proceeding with the works with all reasonable despatch, in order that the undertaking may become remunerative as speedily as possible. Arrangements have already been completed with the Hungerford-market Com pany and the Charing-cross Bridge Company for the purchase of their landed property; and the directors are gratified in being able to state that the sums for which these properties have been pur chased aro within the estimates laid before Parlia ment. A contract has been entered into with Mr. Wythes,for the execution of the whole of the works, including the stations at Charing-cross, Black friars, and other intermediate places; and mea sures are in progress for proceeding as soon as possible with the foundations of the bridge for four lines of railway across the Thames. The South- Eastern Company, desirous of availing themselves of the great facilities presented by this railway and terminus for supplying increased accommoda tion to travellers by their main line, North and Mid Kent, and Greenwich branches, to and from the western parts of the metropolis, have sub scribed £300,000 towards the capital of the under taking ; and they have also entered into an agree ment to work the line when constructed on terms Tnni-,—ny avautan-a—^t. , " 0 - A* iv quired by the provisions of the special act, such agreement will be submitted to the proprietors for confirmation at the special meeting to be held im mediately after the ordinary half-yearly business has been disposed of. To enable the directors to carry on the works, calls will be made on the shares from time to time as funds may be required for the purpose ; and, for the convenience of proprietors, calls will also be received in advance, on which in terest will be allowed, as provided by the Com panies Clauses' Act, 1845." The report of the engineer, Mr. Hawkshaw, says . —" Since the passing of the act, the line has been re-surveyed the design for the bridge over the river Thames bas also been completed, and received the sanction and approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and of the Conservators of the river Thames. I have therefore directed the con tractor to proceed with the construction of the bridge, and he is now busy with the requisite pre parations, and will shortly be at work." 11The accounts showed the receipts to have been £43,201 Bs. 4d., and the expenditure (including £l,OOO deposit on the purchase of Hungerford market) £12,444 14s. 10d., leaving a balance in hand of £30,756 13s. 6d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said—You will observe from the report which has been read that no time has been lost in taking the requisite steps for proceeding with this impel.- tant undertaking. Immediately on the act being ob tained, instructions were given to the engineers to get out the detailed plans of the Charing-cross bridge, in order that they might be submitted to the Admiralty and Conservators of the Thames for their approval, which has now been obtained. Pre liminary arrangements had already been made for the purchase of the Hungerford-market property, as the site of our Charing-cross Station, and also for the purchase of the Charing-cross-bridge, which is to be converted into a railway bridge for four lines of way, together with two separate ways for foot passengers. These arrangements hare now been satisfactorily completed, and I am gratified at being able to inform you that we have purchased those properties at prices within the estimate. We have also entered into a contract with a respectable con tractor for the execution of the whole of the works at satisfactory prices ; and asike bridge will occupy the longest period in construction, measures will be taken to commence the works at that point without delay. So soon as the iron cylinders required for the foundations of the pier have been delivered, operations will be commenced in the bed of the river, and probably another month will not elapse before you are informed of their actual commence ment. Steps will be taken at other points to carry out the provisions of the act, and I trust to be able to inform you that we have been equally successful in keeping within the esti mated cost of the undertaking. Railway estimates have proved fallacious in so many cases that the directors have exercised more than usual care in this instance. So far as we have yet proceeded, we have every reason to be satisfied with the re sults. The heaviest purchase—that of the property required for the terminus—has been effected, the bridge has been purchased, and the whole of the works let, and all within our mark. So far, then, our case has stood the test. Whether the estimates will come out equally satisfactorily for the- property —mostly of a very inferior description—situated south of the river remains to be seen; but our sur veyor, who has gone into the matter in great de tail, believes he has put clown the full value in every case, and his view has been fortified' by the testi mony of practical men. 'For the present, then, we see no reason to doubt that we shall be able to pro vide, at a comparatively moderate cost, one of the most convenient railway termini in the metropolis, in the centre of the. West-end traffic at Charing cross, at a more moderate cost than is perhaps prac ticable in any other sinilarly eligible situation. It is scarcely necessary that I should insist on the value and importance cf this line and terminus ; these have been fully recognised by the successive committees of the Homo of Commons which have sat upon the subject, by the Admiraity, the Post office, the If or.,e Guards, and the Board of Trade. The immense convenience of the proposed terminus, situated in the neighbourhood of the principal o tla ii ffi ninede c a e tt : iN , hieiels t e g l reat affordel the a u itei s oci e bo s tii hlt; o iemo f on l la aa andti rl iieo i n a d m tNihvr e ech n ei yi e t h st the. connected,ee c n I pd u r b so h s, poops t e he as ; ds it will be, with railway ; which now carry into and out passengerso their Lond on s t xt i ons a b out 18,000,000 o f yearly, are 83 obvious that they empha tically speak for themselves without the necessity for any comment on rry a p d a e r , t w . c o a a n rr n y ot sh su o p rt po o se f that this li ne , when i half that number, or say 8,000,0000 of passen ers per annum in which . ;in which case. there cannot fail g satisfactory dividend for the shareholders. very satisfactory gill als o be a l oca l tra ffi P upon o the e a line itself o f no small value, t immense numbers a perstnrs there mustwill be e ily avail themseh ies o f the eenYeuieuees THE I?E7INS OF EDINB UI?GH. Government, it appears, is busy preparing Edin burgh for the visit of the New Zealander, having already created two extensive scenes of ruin am desolation in the city. For more than two years the Castle has presented almost the aspect of having undergone a siege. Some large buildings and the prominent Mons Meg battery were two years since demolished, preparatory, it was supposed, to the restoration of some of the ancient features of the Castle, and to the erection of a new armoury, from designs by Lieut.-Colonel Moody, R.E. Eighteen months ago, however, that gallant officer was ap pointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, and since his departure the Castle has remained in the dismantled state to which it had previously been reduced, and the excellent plans prepared have been no more heard of. The other " ruin " is the site acquired by Government, in virtue of powers contained in an Act of Parliament passed in 1858, for :the erection of a new General Post- office for Scotland.. That site has been bought at a cost of no less than 50,000, including the pur chase of the Theatre Royal, and of the various in terests involved, and of the buildings in Shake speare-square, enclosing the theatre. The houses in Shakespeare-square have all been pulled down, and the Theatre Royal closed, and for some months an important central position in the city has presented an aspect of desolation. For the contemplated building plans for an appropriate structure, in the Italian style, have been prepared by Mr. Matheson, of the Board of Works in Edinburgh. and have re ceived the sanction of successive Commissioners of Public Works. They have also been approved by the city magistrates, who, in the expectation that a structure would be raised suited to the site and creditable to the city, made a grant to the Govern mstit, .r the aroa of tho et. uct3 iu Shakespeare square, which constitute a large portion of the pro posed sites. All further progress in the execution of the plans, however, hag been stopped, and the project has been revived of transferring some of the metropolitan departments of the Edinburgh Post-office to London. A similar proposal to that now made was before the Post-office Commissioners in 1854, and was reported ap,iinst in decided terms, and it was in consequence of the decision then come to that measures were entered into for the erection of the new Post-office in Edinburgh, the present premises in Waterloo-place having become quite inadequate to meet the increasing business of the establishment, and being incapable of further ex tension. The resuscitation of the plan for carrying a large part of the business to London has called forth a very strong feeling in the city, the Town- Council, the Merchant Company, and the Architec tural Institute having held meetings and passed resolutions on the subject, setting forth the great loss and inconvenience to Edinburgh and to Scot land generally that would result from the adop tion of the plan, and the breach of faith implied in the non-erection of the structure, for which an act had been passed, and 150,000 spent in acquiring a site, otherwise useless, and now three fourths dismantled, and in anticipation of which a grant of valuable property had been made to Government by the city. The Lord Pro vost and one of the magistrates have been sent to London to urge upon the authorities to retain the whole Scotch metropolitan establishment in Edin burgh, and to proceed with the erection. of the new ,edifice according to Mr. Matheson's plans. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (Front re Fo At this season of the year we are sure that a lengthened description of dresses suitable for ball' and evening toilette will be useful to our readers. Some of them, from the lightness of the material, and the combination of flowers, tulle, &c., may almost be called fairy-like. One we will describe. It was composed of white tulle bouillonnee. At the lower part of the skirt it had three skirts of double tulle, each caught up by ribbons of white taffetas, embroiderod with bouquets of flowers, pro ducing a fresh and ckarming effect. Nine bouquets of flowers were placed at the end of these ribbons, no two alike. The bcdy was in the same style as the skirt. Upon each shoulder a bouquet of flowers formed an epaulette. Home dress may be made either very simple or very elegant; but in each case there is one requisite, which is the Zouave jacket. For plain dress it may bo made of cloth, or eachemire of a dark colour. Cloth is preferable, particularly brown cloth. These aro frequently trimmed with gold . braid ; but, as cloth is not an article of luxury, we would recommend our readers to substitute for this untasteful ornament a rich black braid, which is far more distingue. The lining should be a dark coloured silk. "With cloth jackets the chemisettes are of cambric, in narrow tucks, plain, or mixed with rows of insertion. Small collar ; the Empresi cravat ; and under-sleeves to match the chemisette. A silk or satin skirt may be worn; but the only trimmings allowable are large buttons, or flat bows with steel buckles. Many elegantes prefer them made of velvet, trimmed with gold, and lined with light-coloured silk ; and some wear them of light blue or purple cachdenire, almost covered with gold embroidery ; but this is neither in good taste nor elegant. Rely on our advice, and be contented with a velvet jacket ; but if you must use gold lace let it be sparingly. The chemisette for this jacket should be of plaited muslin, trimmed with black and white guipure and bouillonnes, in which is inserted a ribbon to match the rest of the toilette. The skirt of moire, emerald green, violet, or brown, trimmed with rounds of velvet, trimmed with guipure, or wide bands of velvet placed a la Italienne. This is a dress both elegant and distingue. There is not much change in the style of bonnets since we:wrote last month. They are still worn larger, and have generally some black in the trim s. A ° novel wreath for dinner dress was made with a bunch of small inoss•rose buds on the middle of the forehead, mixed with pansies of light and deep shades of violet ; then on each side a plait of dark and light-coloured green velvet reaching a short. distance, and followed by bunches of violets in green s,ilin ; again the plait of velvet, followed ;his time by bouquets to match that in front. The wreath is finished by a continuation of the plait, fastened together at the back of the head by a bow of velvel., ribbon the same shades as the flowers. This 1104 will not be found to be devoid of ele ganee,; and far from unbecoming, when placed on light hair. [AnVcatt‘isaidnNT.]—Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just }mblished anew illustrated pamphlet on watehee (tree by po s t for two stamps). It should be rend by all who are about buyiug A watch, as it contains prices and important Worms *au as to—What watch to buy ! wtwre to buy it ! and how to use At t LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 1. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, SittiegA at Nisi Pri us at Westminster, before Lord Chie Es f Justice Cockburn and a Common Jury.) FAIRBANK V. GREEN.-TIIE GREAT NASSAU BALLOON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant, the veteran aeronaut, a sum of money for an apparatus mad• by plaintiff, to order, for propelling and steering "The Great Nassau Balloon" in her aerie]. ♦oyages. The defendant pleaded not indebted, that he never gave the order, and that it was given by a person named Taylor, who had, at the time, pur chased " the Great Nassau." Mr. Day appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., conducted the case for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that he had been introduced by Mr. Keane, a lite rary gentleman, to the defendant, with the object of conferring with him about the construction of an apparatus to propel and steer " the Great Nas sau " through the air ; that he subsequently waited upon him, and was shown a drawing, ac cording to which he constructed the apparatus. He had also, on that occasion, seen Mr. Taylor, with whom, as somewhat with Mr. Green, ho was acquainted. In the interview, he was in formed that it was contemplated to make " the Great Nassau" a means of continental inter national communication, and that the machinery or apparatus ordered would, it was expected, be so practicable as to render her available for that service. It was also understood that " the Great Nassau," by aid of her propelling and steer ing power, might undertake the perilous and tedious venture of an aeriel voyage from St. Peter sburg, which was to be her head quarters, to Lon don, and hence her first starting was designated " the Russian expedition." The experiment did not succeed, and plaintiff, unable to get his money for the apparatus, instructed his solicitor, and brought his action to recover. In support of plaintiff's case, Mr. Keane gave evidence that he had been spoken to by Mr. Green on the subject of the apparatus, and asked by him if he knew any intelligent engineer, or mechanic who could make it. Knowing the plaintiff, he recommended him, and put the parties in personal communication with each other. It was further elicited that Mr. Keane undertook to carry on tie foreign correspondence necessary, as preliminary, to the engagements of " the Great Nassau" t,.) un dertake the international work contemplated ; and, in addition to this testimony, a letter was put in in support of the plaintiff's case. For the defence, Mr. Green and son deposed, that they had no faith in the apparatus—their conviction being that no apparatus could bo con structed capable of propelling and steering a bal loon, and therefore that they would not, and did not, give the order. They further deposed that they sold the balloon to Taylor for a sum of £250, payable in instalments, out of the profits that it was hoped would lesult from the ascents ; the bal loon to be restored to them should the venture not turn out successful, or the conditions of the agree ment be carried out. They further deposed that Taylor was not the inventor of the apparatus, and that it was not until plaintiff discovered that that person was not in a condition to pay him, that he made a demand upon defendant for payment. The evidence was corroborated by that of Taylor. The Chief Justice summed up, and said if the jury were not satisfied that the order for the ma chinery was given by the defendant, or by Taylor for him, their verdict should be in his favour. The jury retired, and, after a long absence from court, returned and delivered a verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 1. MANSION-HOUSE.—Frederick Schiller,a phi losophic-looking native of Switzerland, described as a merchant, and apparently about 35 years of age, was charged with breaking three squares of glass at the house of Mrs. Catherine Pack, 11, Circus-street, Minories. The prosecutrix said—Last night the prisoner came into my house while in a state of intoxication, and behaved in a ♦ery abusive and disorderly way. I told him that with the exception of the child, which I had in my arms, I was alone in the house, and that I wished him to go away. He refused to do so ; but as he stood against the door, which was open, I pushed him out and closed the door. He then went to the back of the house, broke some of the kitchen windows, forced open the shutters, and again began to abuse me. I once more advised him to go away, and as he refused to do so, I was com pelled to give him into custody. He threatened to be revenged, and I am afraid ho will do me some personal:violenceunless he is restrained. The Lord Mayor—You appear to have dealt very gently with him. Do you know him Prosecutrix—Yes, I know him too well, he is my son-in-law. The Lord Mayor—ls he a German ? Prosecutrix—No, he is a Swiss, but he belonged to the German Legion, in which ho was an officer. The Government would have sent him out to the Cape with the others, but he refused to go. The Lord Mayor—What has he done fir a living since ? Prosecutrix—l do not know, but two years ago he allured my youngest daughter, a girl of 17, from home, and on the morning that she went away she carried with her £5O. In a month, however, that was all gone, and at the end of a second month they came to live with me, and I had to pay £3 10g. for that month's lodging to a person at Ral ston. He is almost always intoxicated, and my daughter, who was confined two months ago, can not live with him any longer. The Lord Mayor—Does he assign any reason for annoying you ? Prosecutrix—He seems to think that I am keep ing back some property that belongs to bis wife. The Lord Mayor—Then they are married ? Prosecutrix—Oh yes, my lord, too truly married. The Lord Mayor—Well, prisoner, what have you to say ? Prisoner—Well, I was a little excited yesterday. I went to her house to ask for my wife, and she said my wife was not there, but at Westbourne terrace. So I went there and could not find my wife, and when I got back to Mrs. Pack's house I found her nursing my baby, and thought it was very strange if my wife was not there. So I was a little violent ; but I should like this to be settled in a friendly way. The Lord Mayor—Well, I shall fine you for breaking the windows. Prosecutrix—l hope.,„my lord, I shall have those tickets. The Lord Mayor—What tickets ? Policeman—When I searched the prisoner, my lord, I found on him 4s. Bd. in money, and seven pawnbroker's tickets, amounting to £lO or £l2, and the prosecutrix says that the articles pledged, silver spoons, and so on, belong to her. The Lord Mayor—Then he has been robbing you, as well, Mrs. Pack ? Prosecutrix (bursting into tears)—Yes, that be has ; but I do not wish to press that charg e a g ainst him; because it would be a disgrace to my daughter and me, as well as to him. The Lord- Mayor—Yee, but you must both be protected against such a , follow as this—a mere ad venturer. Prosecutrix—lt is not the first, nor the secon d nor, I am sorry to say, the third time he has done so, but still I do not wish to press the charge. The Lord Mayor—Well, I shall not part with him at present, but shall remand him for the pro duction of the articles pledged. Remanded accordingly, MARYLEBONE.—CIIARGE OF STABBING.—M. Slater was placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, upon two charges—one of drunkenness and disor derly conduct, and wilfully breaking a pane of glass, value 255., at the house of Mr. Tucker, land lord of the Prince George of Cumberland, Frederick street, Portland Town ; and the other, for the more serious offence of stabbing a man named William Balls with a knife. The case was clearly proved by Mr. Tucker, who said, in reference to the charge that was to fol low, that when he went into the tap-room upon hearing the parties quarrelling, he found them struggling together, and heard 13alls exclaim, " Oh, the villain has stabbed me." Balls was then sworn, and deposed that on the same day he and prisoner, who had been out on the previous evening, went into the house, both of them at the time being much the worse for drink, and that while he (prosecutor) was eating a piece of bacon, they had a bit of a quarrel, and each struck the other a blow, lie (prisoner) then took from the table a knife, saying he would be the death of him, and, making a stab at him, he received a cut in the hand, which had been dressed at a chemist's in the neighbourhood. Thomas Baines said that prosecutor, when stabbed, fell over a form in the room. Collins, 111 6, by whom the knife was produced, said that the prisoner, when taken into custody by him, was running away. It was further shown that prosecutor had stated to the officer, and to the inspector, that if he had not raised his hand at the moment he did to pro tect himself, the knife must have entered his stomach. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he could not bring to kis recollection anything that had taken place. Mr. Brougpton, who said that upon another occa sion he hh9llld require a surgeon's certificate, re- manded the prisoner till IV , idnesday next, on the charge of cutting and wounding with intent to do serious bodily harm. The prisoner was then locked up. LAMBETH.—A THREAT TO MUE.DER..—Mr. William Charles Norman, a milkman, carrying on business at 100, Tycr-street, Lambeth, was brought before Mr. Elliott on a warrant charging him with threatening to cut his wife's throat, and making use or language to her from which she goes in dread of his doing her some serious injury. Mrs. Norman, a nice and apparently a sensible and decent woman, said her husband had been in the habit of getting drunk and conducting himself in an intemperate and disagreeable manner when he was so. On Tuesday week he returned home much the worse for liquor, and on her remonstrat ing with him he insisted on her bringing him one of his razors. She refused to do so, and he then sent one of his children to the shop of a barber to borrow one. As soon as he got the instrument he opened it and followed her about, declaring that he would cut her throat, but line fortunately got away from him, else she knew not what would be the consequence. In conclusion, the witness said she went in bodily fear of her husband, and had no doubt that if he was not restrained he would do her some serious mischief. Two witnesses were called who spoke of the ge neral misconduct and violence of the defendant to wards his wife, and the defence set up by him was bad temper on the part of his wife. Mr. Elliott ordered him to find bail for six monthr. COUNTRY 11.A.REBTS. LYNN—Jsx. 31. At to-day's market there was only a moderate supply of wheat, and the best samples meeting with a good demand, readily realised prices which were fully equal to last week. Barley advanced is per qr on late rates. Beans and peas at previous quotations. NEWARK-FEB. 1. At the market this morning the attendance was fair and there was a moderate show of wheat. Buyers operated steadily, and former prices maintained. Malting barley as active, but obtained no advance upon the late prices. Grinding qualities dull. Oats a moderate show, and steady sale, at late rates. Beans scarce, at former quotations. MELTON MOWBRAY-Jlx. 31. There was a middling show of wheat to-day, with a slow business at the annexed prices :--White wheat, new, 43s Od to 45s Od; red, 40s Od to 43s per 36 stone; barley ix small supply, at 38s to 42s for malting, and 30s to 34e per qr. for grinding; oats, 24s to 32s Od per 24 stone; beam, 42e to 52e for old; new, 52. per 38 at. HULL-JAN. 31. The corn exchange to-day was but moderately attended, and business transactions were very dull, prices generally being a shade over those of last week for fine dry samples of wheat. In foreign little doing. Barley, oat., beans, peas, &c., unaltered in value. Linseed in less demand, and prices made little progress. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 44. Od to 48. Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 501 Od to 62■ Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4se Od to 47. Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 44e Od to 48. Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 39. Od to 441 Si Barley.... English malting 33s Od to 4241 041 Grinding 3os Od to 325 Oil Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34.10d to 38. Oil Grinding 26s Od to 29. 01 Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per it Os lOid to 1141 Friesland and Dutch Oalld to (Mita Swedish and Danish Oslld to 001101 Beans ....English, old, per qr 46■ Od to 48. 94 " New pigeon 4oe Od to 42s Si New tick. 39s Od to 40. 04 Egyptian 37s Od to 38. OA Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —s Od to --s 51 Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 17 6 to £lO I II Foreign 715 Oto II I S Rape cakes 415 oto 6 5 5 Zones BRISTOL SUGAR-FEB. 1. Stocks of West Indi.t sugar in first hands being quite exhausted, we have no business to report. One cargo of Mauritius and one of Java are reported as being bought for this port. A small business has been done in rum at steady prices. Stocks very small. COAL MARE (Prices of Coal pw Ton at ■. d. .ET—FEB. L the oboes of the market.) Walls:Ent. _ Byass's Bebside West 1. 41 . Hartley ..15 3 Russell's Hetton 20 3 Buddle' 5 West Hartleyl4 6 Haswell ..... 20 6 Walker Primrose 14 0 Riddell 18 9 Tanfield Moor 13 9 Belmont .. l3 6 19 Tanfield Moor B u t es ..l3 9 S ou th H ar tl e p oo l. ., 0 Davison's W es t H ar t- , H etton.... ley ....15 0 Bl ac k Prince ........ 14 u Buruhope 13 3 F ramwe ll gatn l9 0 Holywell 16 0 Thorpe .... 19 t Howard's West Hart- Thornley 17 6 ley 15 0 Benson.... l7 • West Hartley l5 3 Gibson 17 8 Wylam 16 6I Hough Hall 19 0 Hastings Hartley ....15 3 I Hunwick lB 0 Ships at mark, t, 37—Sold, 31. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the followin: table E signifies that letters aro dospatche • i by evening mails from London, and M by moriing mails. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 11, E Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles 'Feb. 18, 1) Bahamas and Havana via New York Feb. 17, E Liverpool.. Feb. 11 Canada, Arc. (by Canadu. pckt ) Feb. —,E Liverpool.. Feb. 1 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-1 81011, and St. Helena China, Penang.; and Singa-! pore, via Sout hampton !Feb. 4, MiSouthamp. Feb. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton ..IFeb. 4, MlSouthamp. overdue Honduras and Blewfields .... Feb. 17, M Southamp. Feb. 0 I n dia (Calcutta) and Ceylon, I via Southampton Feb. 4, ?,Southamp. Feb. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles India (110mbay), via South ampton IFeb. 11, 11 Southamp. ovorduo Ditto, via Marseilles 'Feb. 3 X Lisbon. Brazils,BuenosAyres,; and F. Islands , Feb. 9, MSoutharap. Feb. S Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 7, Id FSouthamp. Feb. 1 Malta, Egypt, and Adeu, via Southampton Feb. 4, M Southamp. overdtiO Ditto, via Marseilles sfexico and Havana Newfoundland • United States and British N ; America (by British packet) Feb. 3, E Liverpool.. Feb. $ Ditto (by U. S. packet) .• •.1 , E Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma-; dcira, and Teneriffe 'Feb. 23 B Liverpool.. Feb. 10 West India, California, Vene -IPeb. 2, M Southansp. Feb. 1 zue l a , Chili, Peru, o Grey town, New Granada, I BIRTII OF A CAMEL.—On Saturday night. one of the camels in the stud of Messrs. Sanger, Nicolson-street, gave birth to a fine male, which is doing remarkably well. So far as we know, this is the first instance of the birth of a camel in this country. The "welcome stranger" has been christened "Young Edinburgh," and naturalists and others are invited to view it. Tho parents were imported from Arabia by the Messrs. Sanger, and were in the habit of performing in the arena with the others of the stud.--• Edinburgh Courant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—. Sudden Changes.—Changes of temperature constantly oc curring during the winter are prone to produce rheuma tism, neuralgia, and other painful disorders of the nerves and muscles. For upwards of twenty year. Holloway's remedies have been particularly celebrated for curing this class of complaints. The parts, previously fomented with warm water, have only to be well rubbed twice a day with this soothing Ointment to be relieved from all pain; by still persevering the swelling is reduced and freedom of action perfectly restored, when the afflicted parts cease to trouble. Holloway's remedies relieve likawise gout, spinal affection., weakness of the limbs, glandular enlargement., and all scrofulous swellings. Holloway's excellent Pills and Ointment thoroughly purify, heal, and strengthen. BIRTHS. ARMSTRONG.--On the 31st ult., at Peckham, the wife of Dr. Armstrong, of a daughter. 131.7CIIANAN.—On the 31st ult., at Dover, the wife of Her bert Buchanan, Esq., of Arden, of a son and heir. FIELD.—On the Ist inst., atTwickenham, the wife of Josh. Field, jun., Esq., of a son. WYLDE.—On the Met ult., at New Brompton, trio wife of Captain E. A. Wylde, Royal Marines (Light Infantry), of a son. MARRIAGES. KENT—NEWMAN. -On the Ist inst., at liarylebons Church, Benjamin Archer Kent, Esq., of 6, Lower Ber keley-street, to Josephine, only daughter of John New man, Esq., of Woodville, near Adelaido, South Aux• tralia. JAQuEs—Coox.E.—On the 31st ult., at St. John's, Notting kill, John, son of John Jaques, Esq., Doughty-street, bleeklenburg,-square, to llartist Ingrain, eldest daughter of Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Ladbroke-terrace, Notting hill. DMATHS. CLAIIKE. — On the 27th ult., the Rev. John Alex. Clarke, M.A., vicar of Strattield Mortimer, Berks. • COLLARD.—On the 31st ult., at 26, Cheapside, Fredk. W. Collard, Esq., aged 88. FORSYTII.—On the 30th ult., at 42, Torrington-square! George Forsyth, Esq., late of Leadenhall-street, aged 73. FRANCIs.—On the 30th ult., Mr. Richard Francis, of gt Upper Park-street, Islington, aged 69. liummEsTos.—O n the 24th ult., at 2, Park Prospect, Storey's -gate, Eliza Amelia, sister of John W. Huddler ston, Esq., Q.C. MA.CDONALD.-011 the 2Sth ult., at Buckingham, Major Macdonald, R.M., aged 84. SPLIIGEON.—On the 28th ult., the Rev. John Spurgeolt rector of Twyford, county of Norfolk, aged 58. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printe4 at The Sun Office, No. 11 2 ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county eg Middlesex, Thursday, February 2, 1860. 1 11 la in t Fet Safi his doh in el Ivor Twc lan, Prin past laths Th If th to tti Ilt Uri Ldp. triz 3 the Win aton Will 6d., are - . stop Witt( stre The aekr tam •t ii and •t V lest ter, Saar Yai xis the and DI 8Y kZe 8T