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IRELAND. '..- 11... DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. SECRET SOCIETIES. It was currently rumoured yesterday that a special commission would be issued for the imme diate trial of the persons arrested in the South and North on the charge of being members of an illegal society. Nothing, however, positive on this head is likely to be known for some days, or until the preliminary investigation before the police magi strates is completed. Late yesterday evening it was reported that several arrests were about to be made in the city of Cork, but no confirmation of the intelligence has yet reached Dublin. Of the nine persons captured in Kenmare, three are assist ants in the employment of Mr. Garrett Riordan, draper ; Denis Shea, assistant, in the employment of Mr. Daniel O'Brien Corkery, also a draper ; Thomas Downing, son to former confidential stew are,. in the employment of Mr. Hickson, late agent of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and ur others. They are all young men. If guilty, a turn of the -treadmill might sufficiently cure them of their Fili bustering propensities. The Belfast Mercury says it is a gross error to confound the organisation of the Phoenix Club and its ramifications with the old Riband Society : " There is little doubt that the new organization is entirely seditious, and made up out of the dregs of Young Irelandism. It is perfectly ridiculous to sttaeh any importance to the secret and criminal . 4-1, - sociation of such elements. To endeavour to mag nify the incoherent schemes of a few madmen into a formidable conspiracy is a rank absurdity." Respecting the•objects of this Phoenix Club the Belfast paper gives the following information : " The club was preparing to receive with open arms the regiment of American militia which we lately heard SD much about as coming to Ireland to see once more their native land. This was the ostensible object for such an unprecedented visit from the American militia, but, coupling their avowed intention - to come with the fact of an illegal society being established in Ireland to receive them, it is evident to us that they only wished to feel their way. Colonel Ryan' was to command them, and their stay in Ireland was to be something about six weeks. During that time they were to encamp (that was the military word employed) in the south and in the north. Great things, no doubt, were expected from these Yankee invaders, who would have endeavoured to spread as much dissatisfaction and disloyalty as possible in the breasts of the ignorant people who would have flocked round them. In fact there cannot be a doubt of the ob ject of their intended visit, and the result now proves it. The British Government has very pro perly put a stop to their coming, and since they have been stopped the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has issued. a proclamation against illegal societies, and recent arrests of the members of the Pheenix Club have closely followed the proclamation." The Northern Whig of yesterday give the fol lowing full particulars of the arrests of Sunday night : " Yesterday evening, about 5 o'clock, the utmost excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Cromac-street and the adjoining districts by the sudden arrest of a number of persons believed by the authorities to belong to an illegal society. We have learnt that on Friday last information was given to Mr. Tracy, R.M., that an illegal body met every Sunday night in the house of a Mrs. M‘Kay, in Great Edward-street, and the informer, who we have reason to believe was himself a member of the body, went into such particulars of the nature of the business carried on as left no doubt as to the veracity of his statement. Mr. Tracy took imme diate - steps to sift the matter. Head-constable Madders had only recently arrived in town. He was comparatively unknown in his personal ap pearance to the public of Belfast • and Mr. Tracy, therefore, wisely selected that officer, and a sub constable of equal sagacity and prudence, to watch the premises of Mrs. M'Kay throughout the whole of yesterday. In the garb of ordinary citizens these two officers hovered about the premises during the day. As darkness set in they observed men of a suspicious character enter the shop, and their sus picion was further aroused by the fact that these persons did not leave the premises after they had been supplied at the counter with what they re quired, but passed upstairs. Head-constable Mad ders, at once, when some dozen of this class of per sons had entered in this way, and had not made their departure, found himself on a reliable track. He then despatched information to the Queen-street station, where the constabulary were held in readi ness for immediate action. Some 60 members of the force, with side-arms, were turned out, and, under Sub-inspector Bindon and Head-constable Delany, were marched to Great Edward-street. The constabulary surrounded the premises of Mrs. Maay ; an entrance was effected, and in an upper room of the house 15 persons were arrested. The police, as we have said, had then only side-arms, and, perhaps, fearing that a rescue might take place, the majority of the constabulary were ordered back to barracks for their fire-arms. When they returned the prisoners were brought out. There was then an immense crowd of the residents of this usually quiet neighbourhood assembled, every one of whom was asking his neighbour the occasion of this unusual proceed ing. In the midst of two files of police, with fixed bayonets, the 15 prisoners were taken to the police office. Some time elapsed before the arrival of Mr. Tracy. All ingress was prohibited to the court, and an immense, but a very peaceable, crowd had collected in the adjoining locality. In the mean time the informer had given information against a sixteenth person, named John Kelly, a lawyer's clerk, and he was arrested while he was in bed, and taken also to the police office. The appearance of the prisoners, as they stoodbefore the railing of the police office was that of respectable artisans. All of them were decently attired, and few of them had the slightest tinge of intoxication. In the midst of any public assemblage they would have passed off as respectable, intelligent-looking mechanics. But not one word escaped their lips from the moment they entered into the hands of the police until they passed into the county gaol. We may as well here mention that when the police captured the pri soners they found two bottles of whisky on the table before them, and the party appeared to be enjoying themselves with great conviviality. On the arrival of Mr. Tracy the informations against the prisoners were privately perfected by that gentleman in the presence of Mr. Williams, county inspector. This part of the proceedings was carried on in an inner apartment of the police office, and there was the utmost secrecy attached to it. The warrant for their committal to the county gaol was made out and handed to Head-Constable Madders. The following are the names and occupations of the persons: — James Kelly, law clerk; Patrick Kelly, law clerk ; John Kelly, law clerk ; Hugh Carleton, law clerk ; Henry Smith, Waterman; James Donaghy, huck ster ; Daniel M'Kenna, operative ; David M•Veigh, greengrocer ; Bernard Smith, waterman ; John Finley, labourer in provision store ; Hugh Finlav, labourer in provision store ; William J. M'Auley, factory worker ; Wm Laverty, baker ; Wm. Fin nigan, quay porter ; Daniel Barr, labourer ; Francis M'Goran, labourer. The warrant of committal hav ing been placed in charge of Head-Constable Mad ders Head-Constable Delany ordered the police to fix bayonets, and shortly before seven the prisoners were marched, handcuffed, to the county gaol. At this time large numbers of persons were on their way to their respective places of worship, and the appearance of this considerable police force, with a body of prisoners in their midst, created some ex citement in the neighbourhood of High-street, Bridge-street, and Donegal-street. There was,other wise, however, not the least manifestation of public feeling, and the prisoners entered the gaol without it single evidence of disapprobation or applause from the assembled crowd. We have heard a great many statements in connection with these arrest!, to which it is hardly necessary to give currency. Among the prisoners it is stated the master and secretary of the society will be found ; and it is also said that the premises in which they were disco vered has been weekly occupied by the body for several years. This, at least, we have a good autho rity for saying, that Mrs. MtKay had no knowledge of the character of the persons who met in her house, although at the same time it appears strange that the only available room in the premises—the next being sublet to another party—should have been occupied by the prisoners. Last night the con - stabulary were most acti ve in their endeavours to make further arrests, and at a late hour a person named James Hughes, of Smith-street, fowl dealer, was captured on information sworn against him. While we write the most active members of the force are sifting . every quarter of the town in the hope of discovering other members of illegal socie ties, their information on the subject, we have offi cial reason for believing, being very extensive and minute. It should be recollected that the induce ments for information in these cases are somewhat considerable. In the recent proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant, with respect to illegal societies it is stated:—' For the better carrying into effect these our intentions and purposes aforesaid (the suppression of illegal societies) we do hereby offer a reward of £lOO for such information as will lead to the conviction of any of the persons who shall have administered any such oath, and a reward of £5O for such information as will lead to the convic tion of any of the persons who shall be found to be members of, or in anywise connected with, any of the aforesaid societies.' We believe that the pri soners will to-day undergo a private examination in the gaol ; and some time May elapse before any important details of this extraordinary case may be publicly brought forward." A despatch, dated from Belfast last night, sup plies later particulars. The writer says :—" The number of persons now in prison charged with being members of an illegal society is 17, one hav ing been arrested late on Sunday night in his own !louse. I understand that the information which applied to the lodge meeting in Widow M‘K ay's public-house included the names of two other per sons who have not yet been taken into custody, and the police are supposed not to be unaware of mem bers of other lodges meeting in the neighbourhood of Smithfield and the Pound. The greatest excite ment prevailed in these districts when it became known that arrests had been made, and the more so, as the precision with which the police acted in making the arrest leads almost irresistibly to the conclusion that the informer must have been an active member, when he could take not only the names of those who would be present, but also their residences. The prisoners all lived within a few minutes' walk of the public-house in which they held their Sunday evenings' assembly, and it is therefore presumed that the lodge, whose dqlibera tions were so unceremoniously interrupted, is but one of several with which we are favoured in the ' Northern Athens'. The most absurd rumours are in circulation regarding the affair, but most of them are utterly unworthy of notice. It is a remarkable fact, however, that both here and in Skibbereen lawyers' clerks were found to be most deeply impli cated. I am informed that one of the Roman Catholic priests warned the people in St. Malachi's Chapel on Sunday evening, after the arrests were made, against having anything to do with such illegal societies. It is almost impossible to believe that a society with ramifications so extensive as the Phcenix could exist unknown to the priests, but, in this town at least, they never hinted at it until it was no longer a mystery. If they be in earnest such combinations cannot exist contrary to their permission. At the police court this morning Mr. Tracy, resident magistrate, who made out the committals, mentioned that a great deal of the crime of Belfast was to be attributed to drink, and that this was the cause of the trouble into which so many people had got on the previous night, and out of which they were not likely to get in haste. No further examination has yet taken place that I am aware of." The Whiy has some sensible reflections upon the proceedings of the week just closed, and which have thus rudely interrupted the long immunity the country has enjoyed from the evils which had for a long and dreary period retarded its material pro sperity : " While we in the peaceful and prosperous North were remarking, with a not ungratified commisera tion, on the state of society in the South of Ireland indicated by the arrests at Skibbereen, a body of constabulary march quietly down to a publichouse in Cromac-street, arrest a conclave of 15 men there assembled, and, with the most dexterous celerity, lodge them securely in the county gaol. This pro ceeding awakens us to the fact that Belfast is really part of Ireland. On Saturday we were critics of strange performances done in Skibbereen and Ban try; to-day we are actors in the drama. We find that the proclamation has come home to our next door; we perceive that we, too, are of the disaf fected parts of Ireland.' This personal contact ma 7 make us think more deeply of this matter, but it cannot alter our general opinion. Our opinion as regards the arrests in Belfast is the same as of the arrests in the South. If there be illegal societies among us of any kind, and if the Government have got reliable information and justifiable cause for action, let the blow fall, and the harder the better. If the Government can and will root out all secret and illegal societies, in the name of Ilea ven and justice let it be done; and the deed will be one of the best that Ireland has ever seen. But, just in proportion to the good which the Govern ment will accomplish, if it acts wisely and impar tially, will be the amount of deplorable mischief that will have been wrought if the Executive have proceeded rashly or on insufficient or unreliable information. Our candid opinion of last night's work is that, if it prove to have been justly done, it is one of the best things that could have happened; if wrongly done, it will be more disastrous to the future political peace and religious amity of our town than anything that could have occurred. The persons arrested are all Roman Catholics—the Pro testant corollary inevitably being that they are all Ribandmen. We confess that our private view of the conspirators in the police court last night was not very terrifying, and that the aspect of the secret band was decidedly foolish rather than formidable. It is not easy to conceive the existence of a treason able or seditious confederacy in the town of Belfast with any tangible object other than that of playing at conspirators, as children play at soldiers. The perfect hopelessness of any such mad vision as planning a French invasion, or projecting a filibus tering irruption into the North of Ireland, is ludi crously apparent ; but, if people will be fools, they must suffer for their folly ; and, if they will be wicked, they must be punished for their crimes." TRANSATLANTIC POSTAL SERVICE. A memorial, of which the following is a copy, was yesterday signed by every gentleman present at the meeting of the corporation. A similar me morial lies for signature at the various public buildings of the city : " To the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. " The memorial of the undersigned merchants, bankers, and others, members of the Corporation of the City of Dublin, " Sheweth,—That it is of paramount importance to the commercial community of this country that additional and more rapid means be afforded for postal, telegraphic, and other communication be tween this country and the continent of America. That the undersigned view with much satisfaction the establishment of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, by which increased postal and other facilities are afforded to the commercial community with the British American colonies and the United States, and the encouragement hitherto given by her Majesty's Government to that company. Your memorialists submit that the port of Galway, from the natural and other advantages which it possesses offers unrivalled opportunities for extending such means of communication. Your memorialists there fore most humbly pray that her Majesty's Govern ment will be pleased to extend to the above-named company such aid as will secure to the public the advantages contemplated by the company. And your memorialists will ever pray." DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SECRET SOCIETIES. • There are some curious revelations in yesterday's Cork Constitution respecting the arrests of the Club bists in the southern districts. According to the Cork paper, " the treason was carried much further than any one not engaged in it suspected." And further— "There have been nightly and daily drillings, pikes have been manufactured, arms have been im ported, and the use of them has been taught. All this was not for nothing, and Government was not a minute too early in interfering; but it did wisely in waiting until satisfactory evidence was obtained. The day after the arrests, however, a party of about 60 men were observed in a field near Durrus. As a person approached in his gig they laid down, but when he had passed, and was supposed not to be observing them, they resumed the attitude out of which they had been frightened, and went on with their manoeuvres. If rumour be correct, shopmen in Bantry and Skibbereen are not the only shot men who were aware of what was going on, and who until Thursday last supposed themselves safe feel very uncomfortable in the prospect of disclo sures that may affect them. A hundred militia left yesterday for Bantry, and a body of militia will for the present be distributed through the west of the county. But why should this arrangement be temporary ? Would it not be well for the magistrates to memorialise for the permanent location of a military force ? Except at Kin sale there is not a soldier in that vast tract of country. The police are few, and the Coast guard fewer. And see the consequences! Arms have, we understand, been secretly landed from America, and a few weeks ago a vessel, it is stated, ran into Dunmanway Bay and landed a cargo of tobacco, which was carried off, and the ultimate destination of it has not, - we believe, been ascertained. We cannot blame either Coastguard or police for this ; for they are too few in number and too far apart for the duty to be done, Now, however, that preparz tions for an insurrection have shown Government how little appearances are to be relied on in Ireland, and that they find a portion of the population in treasonous correspondedh with brother disaffec tionists in America, the country ought not to be left depend:nt, on so feeble a protection." The Cork Reporter of yesterday contains the fol lowing intelligence. The visit of Sir Mathew Bar rington is behoved to be significant as confirmation of the rumoured intention of Government to issue a special commission for the immediate trial of the suspected parties :--- " Sir Mathew Barrington, Crown Solicitor, arrived from Dublin yesterday by the first p.m. train, and proceeded at once, accompanied by the mayor, to the Tuckey-str ee t p o li ce stat i on, w h ere t h ey re mained for a considerable time in consultation with Mr. Brownrizg, the new sub-inspector, and Mr. sessions Humphreys, petty clerk. Rumo ur , o f course, is busy with its thousand tongues, and we hear of intended arrests in Cork —nothing more perhaps than an inference from the movements we have just chronicled. We understand that it is in contemplation to hold a magisterial inquiry this day into the conduct of the alleged members of the Phcenix Club, who have been lately imprisonea,and arrested. As yet we have been unable to ascertain rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1858. whether the investigation is to be public or private. So much public anxiety has been excited and so many conflicting rumours are in circulation that we sincerely hope the authorities will decide upon the expediency of holding a public inquiry. We have been 'informed that Mr. M'Carthy Downing has arrived in town in order to conduct the prisoners defence." At the tail of this statement the Reporter thus announces what it calls " Warlike preparations against the Filibusters in the West" : " A large detachment of the Staffordshire militia, about 120 men, will proceed from Cork this day to occupy temporary barracks recently hired at Bantry. We understand the army contractors for provisions have been noticed to be ready with large supplies for the western towns upon the shortest notice. The Artillery at Ballincollig are held in preparation for movement, should necessity arise, at an hour's warning." SUICIDE OF MIL E. J. DICKENS. (From the New York Tribune of Nov. 27.) Yesterday morning the paragraph adjoining ap peared in the columns of this journal : " THE SUICIDE AT TILE AMERICAN HOTEL.—The in quest upon the young man found dead in his room at the American Hotel on Wednesday morning was held yesterday by Coroner Morris. Two letters, in female handwriting, were found on his person, addressed to `E. J. Dickens,' with the signature torn off. They are supposed to have been written by an actress, and one of them desired him to meet her at the theatre. Phials containing laudanum and potas sium were found in his room. The linen was marked 'E. J. Dickens.' The jury returned a verdict, That the de ceased came to his death by taking poison.' " - He was about 5 ft. 6 in. in height, stout built, full face, dark brown hair, long black whiskers and moustache, and hazel eyes. Deceased was well dressed—black cloth coat, black vest, grey pants, striped; he also had a dark blue beaver-cloth over coat, and black hat. It immediately occurred to us on reading the paragraph that the deceased was Mr. Edwin James Dickens, an English literary gentleman, who had recently been introduced us. Who Mr. Dickens is may be seen from the following note, addressed to a contemporary : " Astor House, Nov. 8, 1858. " Gentlemen,—l am desirous of getting placed on a first class American journal. I have for the last nine years been connected with the English and Colonial press, and have held the following situations : " Parliamentary condenser and theatrical critic to the London Daily News; contributor of leading literary articles, and book reviews to the Manchester Guardian; co-editor of the Melbourne Argus ; co-editor of the Melbourne Herald; sole editor and manager of the ' Geelong Spirit of the Age, a daily newspaper. General contributor, book reviewer, and theatrical critic to the John Bull, Britannia (since united), and Press, —all first-class London weeklies. I am also accustomed to translating French, and having been well worked in, am thoroughly donversant with the economical arrangement of newspapers in all branches. I have brought with me some of my later writings, which I shall be happy to submit to your notice, and by a perusal of which, I think you will perceive that, although a stranger to America, I am not altogether unacquainted with Ameri can topics. " I would suggest to you that the ground held in London by the Athenaeum, Literary Gazette, Leader, and John Bull is altogether unoccupied in New York, and my experience teaches me that good and independent book reviews, in a first-class journal, are not only the most valued by the pub lic, but also the most productive of advertisements. "Hoping that you will favour me with a reply, I remain, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, "EDWIN J. DICKENS. "Messrs. J. L. Smith and Co." Mr. Dickens was a distant relative of Charles Dickens, the famous author. He arrived in this country some six weeks ago in the ship Isaac Bell. So far as we could learn, he came here with a lean purse, and without letters of introduction. He ar plied for employment, and received several commis sions from this as well as from other journals. The articles which he engaged to write for the Tribune were not furnished, and we lost sight of him for some time. But last Tuesday afternoon he called upon us and remained until after four o'clock, ap parently in excellent health and spirits, and desi rous of acquiring information in regard to this country. His conversation during his visit was not indicative of any morbid melancholy, but rather the contrary. The reason which he assigned for his failure to furnish the articles ordered was, that he had accidentally taken cyanide of potassium, which had nearly cost him his life. He said that this was the second time he had made this almost fatal mis take. _ . Inquiry was made for Mr. Dickens at the Astor House, when the clerk stated that he lodged there —he was sure that Mr. D. was still there. On referring to the chambermaid, however, she stated thal Mr. D. had been away from his room for two or three nights, but his trunk and a portion of his wearing apparel still remained in the apartment. At the American Hotel, Jersey City, we learned that which confirmed our suspicious. Tho clerk stated that the deceased came to the hotel on Tuesday evening about five o'clock and registered his name as " Henry Anson, England." He asked if dinner was over, and, being informed that it was, desired to know when the next meal would be ready. He was told in half an hour. He then went to his room, the clerk omitting to demand payment, in advance, as is the custom of the house. If he had done so the poor gentleman could not, as it subsequently appeared, have met the charge. When the supper hour came Mr. Dickens did not appear, and he was not seen for the remainder of the night. About 9 o'clock next morning one of the chambermaids discovered him lying on , the floor. A physician was called in, who pronounced him dead. In his pocket was found a bottle of the solution of cyanide of potassium, sufficient to kill 100 men, two dimes, a three cent piece and two cents, and on the table were two bottles labelled laudanum, but containing weaker preparations of the cyanide. The body was still warm. It was evident that on awaking in the morning Mr. Dickens had taken the poison, and in the convul sive struggles which ensued had rolled out of bed upon the floor. In his death agony he had bitten his nether lip quite through, and the blood had flowed over his beard and besmeared his shirt. The coroner showed us two letters, written in a fine Italian hand, addressed to the deceased. Ho had carefully torn away the signature of each They were •evidently written in England, and by the same lady. Both were without date. They ran as follows : "Wednesday Evening. "My dear Mr. Dickens,—Your letter has indeed sur prised me. What shall I say to you ? Will you tome to me about six o'clock to-morrow instead of two, as I think I shall have to visit the , theatre in the morning. If so, I could not see you so early. " I hope the change will not inconvenience you. I have prepared everything for Saturday. Pray don't disappoint me. I thank you very much for writing to Mrs. Briggs, and shall feel delighted if she will only bring Marion with her. Of course, Mr. and Mrs. C. Dickens will favour mo— at least, I hope so. " With regards, I remains my dear Mr. Dickens, yours." " Friday Afternoon. "My own dear Edwin,—As 1 told you, I wrote to Mrs. Briggs, and to-day I have received an answer, inviting me to dinner on Sunday. I cannot see you till.then, Edwin, so will call about one o'clock, or a little before. lam very poorly, pet, to-day, but I hope to be better by Sunday, for I must not disappoint Mrs. Briggs again. Have you thought of me since, dear Edwin—perhaps not; I am so low-spirited to-day, I want to see my pet ; but I cannot until Sunday. I hope you are well, pet. " With kind love, believe me yours affectionately." In company with the coroner, we then waited upon Mr. Archibald, the British Consul, who stated that he had just learned the melancholy fate of Mr. Dickens, and had sent the Vice-Consul to Jersey City to ascertain the facts. Coroner Morris then made him acquainted withthe circumstances which had come to his knowledge. Mr. Archibald stated that the deceased had recently been in embarrassed circumstances, had borrowed money of him, which he cheerfully loaned, as he was very favourably impressed by his frank manly tone and bearing ; and, being . anxious to furnish his paper with topics of interest, had introduced him to the Commissioners of Emigration. Mr. D. had made himself well acquainted with the workings of the emigrant system here, and was about to prepare a series of articles upon the subject for thi s journal. In the course of his acquaintance with the Con sul he casually remarked that he was an amateur photographer, and inquired where he could purchase the best chemicals. Subsequently he went to board with Mrs. Horner, at No. 1, St. Mark's place,where he appeared to be very comfortable. But some ec centric proceedings of his while there caused Mrs. Homer to make inquiries of the Consul about him, and subsequently to request him to find another residence. When he received this notice it is be lieved that he attempted to destroy himself, but did not succeed. Mrs. Horner told the Consul that he had been very ill, and she believed that he took something to produce the sickness in order to avoid removing from her house. On the 20th of this month he left Mrs. Horner's, it appears, and with a portion of his effects went back to the Astor House, where he had lodged on his arrival in the city. Mr. Stetson states that while there he appeared to be very much of a gentleman, and commended himself to every one with whom he came in contact by his pleasing manners. The Consul and the coroner went to the Astor House to find some further clue to the cause of his death. Mr. Stetson courteously showed them the effects of the deceased. The trunk was half full of letters, from various parties in London and other parts of England to Mr. Dickens. From these it appears that Mrs. Briggs alluded to in one of the letters was his sister ; and in another of the letters his wife was mentioned. There were also manu scripts in various stages of completion. The British Vice-Consul stated that the deceased had shown him numerous letters from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and also from other distinguished theatrical people. There were also letters from persons in authority under Government, and a large number of cancelled cheques, drawn by Mr. Dickens upon the house of White and Co., No. 11, Haymarket, London. For some time at least, as appeared by the address on the letters, Mr. Dickens resided at No. 31, Argylc•street, London. It was apparent that if poverty had -led the unfor tunate man to suicide, he had at some period not very remote been in easy circumstances. ' Mr. Archibald requested the coroner to have the deceased buried in a respectable and Christian way in the New York Bay Cemetery, at his expense. Coroner Morris kindly consented to carry out the wishes of the Consul, and handed over to his keep ing the wearing apparel and papers of Mr. Dickens. It is understood that the Consul and some English and American friends will follow the remains to their last resting-place. ceased so to draw the cord as to produce death, and leave the cord and marks as they were found. The cause of death was undoubtedly strangulation. A statement of the prisoner's made before the coroner to the effect that his wife had several times attempted to hang herself, was here repeated. _ _ Mr: Cobbett ha - ving addressed the cury on the part of the prisoner, urging upon them the proba bilities of suicide, and the danger of relying too much upon circumstantial evidence, his lordship summed up, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. Shortly after ten o'clock they returned into court, and wished to know whether the cake could bQ made out one of manslaughter. His lord ship said he had endeavoured to explain the law to them, that if a man killed another in hot blood, under the head of passion 'upon provocation and without thought or contrivance, that was man slaughter ; but where one used thought and con trivance, and procured a deadly instrument, then that was murder. If, in this case, death was occa sioned by the mode in which the surgeon sug gested, which indicated so much thought and contrivance, he did not see how they could say it was done under the influence of passion and in hot blood. Therefore he had great difficulty in seeing how they could, according to law, make this out to be a case of manslaughter. The jury again retired, and in about ten minutes returned. They announced, amidst breathless silence, a verdict of " Wilful murder." Thoyre commended him to mercy on account of his having been drunk. His lordship, having put on the black cap, ad dressed the prisoner, and then pronounced sentence of death. -The prisoner, in an agitated manner, knelt down in the dock, and, holding up his hands, said, " I can meet my God to-morrow that I am innocent." He was removed. His lordship informed the jury that he should forward their recommendation to the proper quarter, but without much hope. In this country, as they had seen during the present assizes, drun kenness had been the cause of nine-tenths of the crime. The court rose at a quarter to eleven o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 15. M ANSION-HOUSE.—Mary Cain,:aged 40 years of age, without legs, and who has been in the habit of crawling about the City for some years, on a board secured to her body, was charged before Sir R. W. Carden with begging. H. Maundrell, constable 404, said that on the previous day he saw the prisoner pursuing her old avocation—that of begging—near the Royal Ex change. She had with her a child about five years old, and another who now stood by her side (a healthy looking little fellow about three years of age). She was blocking up the footway and occa sioning inconvenience to the public. He told her to go away, but she refused to do so, and he was compelled to take her into custody. Many com plaints had been made to him by the shopkeepers of the woman being allowed to obstruct the pavement while begging. Sir R. W. Carden—Does she ever have more than that child with her. Witness--Yes sometimes as many as four. Sir R. W. Carden—Are they supposed to be her own children P Witness—Yes, I believe so. She says she has a husband. The Gaoler—Her husband is outside. Sir R. W. Carden—Bring him in. The gaoler brought in a big, burly, lazy fellow, whose face evidently had not been washed for weeks. The man said his name was Cain. Sir R. W. Carden—Are you the husband of this woman ? Cain—No. Sir R. W. Carden—What do you know of her ? Cain—l have been living with her. Sir R. W. Carden—What are you ? Cain—l have been a soldier in the 82d Regiment of Foot. Sir R. W. Carden—Are those your children ? Cain—Yes. Sir R. W. Carden—How long have you been living with her? Cain—About five years. Sir R.W. Carden—Was she in this helpness con dition when you first went to live with her ? Cain—No. She lost the use of her limbs in one of her confinements. Sir R. W. Carden—Yox must not allow her to go about the streets begging in this sad state. Cain—l do the best I can to keep her, but I have a bad leg. Sir R. W. Carden—You seem to be an able bodied man. Cain—l am very much disabled in my left leg, and very sickly. Sir It. 11 7 . Carden—How much money does this woman bring home to you every night ? Cain—Nothing. What she gets she keeps her self with. Policeman—The truth is that this man follows her about in the streets, and as soon as she receives any halfpence from a passer-by, he goes and takes it from her. I found Is. 91d. on her yesterday. Sir It. W. Carden—What work have you been doing lately ? Cain—l have lived by selling apples and gather ing a few rags. Sir R.W. Carden—No, you have been living upon this woman. She must not be permitted to go about the public streets begging. Cain—l will take her out of London altogether if you will let her go this time. Mr. Goodman—When she was here last she said she came from Clare. Mary Cain—Yes, and I now say I belong to the county of Mayo. I don't know why I should be meddled with. I never interfere with anybody or ask for money. Sir R. W. Carden—lt is not necessary that you should receive money to bring you within the law. I shall let you g o this time, but if the police, who did quite right intaking you into custody, find you begging again, they will bring you here, and you will be punished. You must not be allowed to live on the charity of the public. (To Cain)—Take care, for if you are found living on what she gets by begging you will be taken into custody your self. Cain—l don't want to live upon what she gets. I will undertake to keep her out of the streets for the future. Sir It. W. Carden—The most inhuman act of which the public can be guilty is that of giving money to beggars in the streets. I have repeatedly said that until an act of Parliament is passed to punish persons who in discriminately give away their money in this manner, we shall never be able to prevent begging. The prisoner was discharged. GUILDHALL.—Mr. Wontner applied to Mr. Alderman Copeland for a summons against some parties forming the sub-committee appointed by the shareholders of the " Sierra Nevada Lake Water and Mining Company," to inquire into the affairs of that undertaking, for unlawfully detain ing the private minute-book of the directors, which had been taken forcible possession of when produced by the secretary for their perusal. Alderman Copeland said he would consider the application, as it appeared to him that the share holders had a right as partners in the undertaking to have the book, and it frequently occurred that summonses were applied for, for the purpose of getting out matters in a police court which were more fitted for a Court of Chancery. The worthy , alderman ultimately declined to grant the sum mons, and said he had considered it very carefully, and he was of opinion he had no jurisdiction. • WORSHIP-STREET.---Wm. Matthew Arm strong, of gentlemanly exterior and address, was charged before Mr. Hammill, with assaulting Cornelius Avis, a farmer, at Cheshunt. The complainant, whose features were contused, said--:At ten o'clock this morning I entered a second-class carriage at the Waltham-station of the Eastern Counties line of railway en route to Lon don, and was told by some gentlemen in that par tition there was not any room. The accommodation is for four on each side, and perceiving the defen dant, another gentleman, and a little boy only occupying one side I replied, " I believe there is," and passed on, taking my seat, with difficulty, be side defendant. My presence, apparently, was deemed intrusive, for he observed, "Do not stick your elbows into my ribs." I assured him that I was not doing so, but he several times repeated that I was, and then called me a - liar. Upon receiving this insult I told him not to behave like a blackguard. He then rose up, and struck me with his clenched fist in the face with such violence that the blood flowed copiously from my nose, and my eye was cut. One . gentleman interfered, ob serving, " This is too bad," and another gave me his card, while there was a feeling generally ex pressed that I ought not to allow the matter to drop, but give my assailant into custody, which, on arriving at the terminus, I did. No witnesses attending to substantiate this com- plaint, Mr. Armstrong thus replied to the charge—" I was very busily engaged perusing my newspaper, when this gentleman, whose entrance I had not observed, rudely thrust himself down by my side, and so justled and elbowed my ribs, that I was compelled to complain and request him to desist. This occurred several times ; then, without the utterance of one gross Word by me, he called me' a " blackguard." I resented this foul term by giving the blow he now complains of. Mr. Hammill—You do not deny the assault ? Dofendant—l cannot, sir ; but it was given under provocation that justified it. Mr. llammill—What are you ? Defendarit—A solicitor, at Guildhall Chambers. Henry Norris—l am a builder at Hertford. Was in the carriage when complaintant entered, and I told him there was not room. Mr. Hammill—And was it so ? Witness—Well, certainly there were but three on on c• side—defendant one of them, but he is not a "little one," and the other gentleman was very stout, so that with the boy they filled up the space. This witness confirmed the defence set up, and in reply to the magistrate's question respecting the violence of the blow, said, " He hit him as hard as there was room to do it in." Mr. Hammill observed, "It is a pity that one gentleman was not more polite, and the other more forbearing. Unquestionably there was a fault on both sides. To stigmatise a man as a blackguard is provocative of a breach of the peace. Under all the circumstances, perhaps the matter may be satisfactorily concluded by allowing the defendant to put a donation into the poor-box, it being under stood that he apologises." Mr. Armstrong—Most certainly, sir, for I re gretted the blow the instant it was delivered. Defendant laid down a sovereign, and each left satisfied. SOUTHWARK.—Messrs. Spinks and Mouril yan, the owners of Bethesda chapel, recently pulled down, in Jamaica-level, Bermondsey, owing to its dangerous state, were summoned before Mr. Combe, by order of Capt. Labalmondiere, assistant commis sioner of police, uuder the New Metropolitan Build ing Act, for refusing to pay to the Commissioners of police the sum of £36 4s. 9d., being costs in curred by them in surveyors' fees, &c., and pulling down the above chapel, such being a dangerous structure, being within the meaning of the act passed in the year 1855. Mr. Spinks, the solicitor to the trustees of Bethesda chapel, appeared for the defendants ; and Mr. Reeves, the chief surveyor to the Commis sioners of Police, was in attendance to support the complaint. It appeared that as long back as twelve months ago Bethesda chapel was in a dilapidated condi tion, and complaints were made to the vestry of Bermondsey relative to the coffins being exposed, and offensive smells emitted therefrom. Dr. Chal lice, the medical officer of health, certified to these facts, and summonses were heard at this court, and others made to abate the nuisance. Not only that an order was issued by the Secretary of State to cover in the coffins and the vaults hermetically, nothing was, however, done, owing to some dis pute about the real owner, but the structure becoming in such a dangerous state the Commis sioners of Police, through their inspector, Mr. Dodd, summoned the defendants as the owners, to erect hoardings and pull down such a dangerous structure. Having neglected to do so the Commis sioners of Police performed the, work, and they demanded L 2 2s. surveyors' fees, and £34 2s. 2d. the expenses incurred in building the hoarding and performing the necessary works. The defendants were ordered to pay these sums, and on their re fusing to do so the present proceedings were taken. Mr. Spinks contended that his clients were not at all liable to the payment of the demand, inas much as they were only the reversionists and granted the lease of the chapel. Mr. Combe—Then you are the landlords and entitled to receive all rents. Mr. Spinks—Yes, of course, we do, when there are any to receive. I, however, contend that we cannot be considered the owners under the miscel laneous provision of the act of Parliament. Part 4 and 97th clause, there it says , that all such expenses must be borne by the owner in possession. I say we are not the owners in immediate possession, and cannot be compelled to pay the demand now asked_ Mr. Reeves—The 73d clause specifies who are the owners. You will see, sir, by that the de fendants as trustees are liable. _ _ Mr. Combe—That clause certainly specified th© parties who were liable. lam therefore of opinion that the defendants must pay the money. ' Mr. Spinks—lf such is your decision, sir, I am instructed to say that we shall appeal to a higher tribunal. We also object to the items set forth in the accounts produced by the Commissioners of Police. • Mr. Combo—l shall make the order for the pay ment of £36 4s. 9d., the sum demanded, and if you intend to appeal you must give the required notices. I think it a case of vast importance to the public, which ought to be decided as soon as possible. The usual notices were given and the order made out The coffins it appeared were still left exposed, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants, who are loud in their calls on the parish authorities for their interference again to cover the ground. THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Crystal Palace was held yesterday at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, T. N. Far quhar, the chairman of the company, presiding. The report, an abstract of which has already ap peared, was agreed to be taken as read. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stat ing`that it was resolved to hold the meetings annu ally in future, as that would enable the shareholders much better to ascertain the exact value of their property. He entered into some details of the ex penditure arising from increased water supply rendered necessary in consequence of the enlarge ment of the refreshment department, the re-arrange ment of the picture gallery, and other matters of an attractive character. The Chairman then went over the various items of the report seriatim, con gratulating the meeting on the improved prospects before them. The working expenditure was £56,000 in 1856.7, it had now been reduced to £50,000, and they hoped they would very soon re duce it to £45,000. (Cheers.) As to the Sunday opening, he could not sec why people who held shares in the company and objected to walking in the grounds on Sunday should seek to prevent their neighbours doing so. (" Let them leave us.") In adverting to the !proposed Exhibition of 1861, ho thought that as they, the shareholders, had ex pended £1,500,000 in erecting that great build ing, they ought to have a voice in the matter. (Hear.) He had been in communication with the Society of Arts. *He and his fellow directors had made a proposition to the Society of Arts to enter into arrangements for holding the Exhibition of 1861 in the Crystal Palace. On the motion for the adoption of the report being put, Mr. SOUTHEY proposed that the directors should be remunerated in a manner consistent with their responsibility. Mr. BILLING objected, and doubted both the propriety and capability of such a proceeding. Mr. PUNCHER was also of opinion that until the dividends increase it would not be fair and prudent to increase the allowance to the board. He proceeded, amid much laughter and interruption to comment upon what he designated the " very silly speech of the chairman ;" and which he felt strongly tempted to pronounce " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." He further advocated the continuance of the half yearly meeting as a safeguard for the shareholders in meeting the directors every six months. Mr. SLACK objected to what he denominated the " musical specialty" department, and in some lengthy observations contended that the expensive concerts did not pay. Mr. WILSON expressed an opinion that the affairs of the Crystal Palace had never been so well con ducted as during the last half year. The CHAIRMAN having satisfactorily replied to several objections about keeping up a police and fire brigade, as well as the fire insurance on the building, and other items of managerial expendi ture, put the adoption of the report, which wa s agreed to unanimously. The next motion was the rendering of the accounts half-yearly, when the meeting negatived it, and decided in favour of yearly balance sheets. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the half yearly dividend be declared at 2s. 6d. a share. Mr. PUNCHER moved an amendment of 3s. 6d. a share, free of income tay. At this announcement the meeting seemed sud denly to awaken and assume the character of Crystal Palace meetings in days gone by. Mr. Puncher thought that as the directors had a reserve of £1,200 it could be very well afforded. After considerable. banter, and much good humour, the 3s. 6d. amendment was put, and being only supported by a few hands, was uproariously laughed out of court, and the Chairman's proposi tion was adopted. Mr. KERRY, on behalf of the religious section of the shareholders, began the real battle of the day, by moving the following resolution, of which he had- given notice :—" That the resolution—' That in the opinion of this meeting the opening of the Palace and grounds to shareholders on Sunday afternoons is desirable, and that it be referred to the board of directors to make such arrangement , as they, may consider best for giving effect to this resolution,' be rescinded." The mover proceedei amidst a perfect - storm to advocate his motion, but he had not spoken long before he was obliged to sit down. Atter some discussion of a most vociferous de scription, Mr. KERRY replied in a few words. The motion was then put, when a division took place, and the numbers were— • For rescinding the resolution by which the Palace grounds are opened on Sunday Bl Against it 10,5 Majority A ballot was demanded by Mr. SOTHEBY, on the ground that two-thirds of the shareholders present did not constitute a majority. The CHAIRMAN said the demand must be signed by 12 shareholders, representing 300 shares. This having been complied with, the ballot was fixed to open on the 12th Jan. next and following days. The meeting was then declared to be adjourned, and, after a stormy day, the shareholders advanced. into another phase of the Crystal Palace Sunday war. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK-DEC. 1.5 The show of wheat to-day was tolerably good, with slow sale for good qualities at previous rates. A fair amount of barley on offer, and inferior sold at a reduction of is to 2s per qr. Oats and beaus a small show. The young wheats in this district are looking healthy. White wheat, new, 45s to 48s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 32s Red do. 4oa to 42s Oats, old, .. —s to —s Old white 3Bs to 41s New do 24s to 263 Red do 37s to 40s Beans. 44s to 46s Barley, malting.— 36s to 40s I Malt.. 6BB to 72s ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The Tribune of 29th Nov. says :—From circum stances which have come to light it is confidently believed that Mr. Dickens came . to his death by accident rather than design ; and had the coroner's investigation been prosecuted as it should have been, the jury would in all probability have re• turned a verdict to that effect. It appears that there was no post mortem examination at the in quest, nor all available evidence elicited on the sub ject under consideration. The jury therefore came to the conclusion that Mr. Dickens committed sui cide from the fact that two bottles which had con tained laudanum and potassium were found in his room. _ When Mr. Dickens went to the American Hotel at Jersey City he took with him two or three clean shirts, and three or four clean pocket handkerchiefs, evidently with the intention of remaining there several days. He sat down in the sitting room, and sent a boy to purchase an evening newspaper, which he read; and, after remaining some time reclining on the sofa in the sitting room, he went to bed. He had placed a clean shirt upon a chair, as if for use the following morning ; undressed him self, folded up his clothes carefully, and put his shoes outside the door to be cleaned. When dis covered in the morning he was lying upon the floor with a basin by his side as if he intended to use it. From the fact of entering an assumed name upon the register at the hotel, it is presumed that he did not wish it to be made known that he had been stopping at a house of that class. In the mean time his address was ostensibly at the Astor House, from which his absence had not been noticed by Mr. Stetson. It must also be borne in mind that the deceased came over in his own name, and that at no place, except the Jersey City Hotel, had he passed by an assumed name. THE ANDOVER MURDER. ANDOVER, WEDNESDAY EVENING. This morning Thomas Alex. Banks and Emma, his wife, were again brought before the borough magistrates, on remand from the previous evening. Mr. Poulden intimated that the evidence on the part of the prosecution was exhausted, and he should not offer any more on the present occasion. Mr. Lamb, the deputy clerk to the magistrates, then read over to the female , prisoner the evidence taken in this case previous to her apprehension, after which he asked the male prisoner in the usual form if he had anything to say in his defence. The prisoner replied, " I am innocent of the charge, but I am willing to leave the case entirely in the hands of my legal advisers." The female prisoner, on being asked if she had anything to say, replied, " I am innocent of the charge." Mr. Poulden then addressed the bench in an able speech, dwelling particularly on the principal points of the evidence tending to criminate the pri soners, and remarked, that although the evidence was purely circumstantial, and was unanswered by his learned friend, wh' did not propose to call any witnesses, he believed the case to be unanswerable. It was laid down by our great authorities, that " circumstantial was the best of evidence, as men could lie, but circumstances could not ;" and where many links of evidence were collected and formed a complete chain, it constituted a sound principle on which it was at all times safe to rely. The learned gentleman then dwelt particularly on the fact of the time at which the murder was committed being the exact time which was totally unaccounted for by the prisoners at the bar, even according to their own statements; and in order to show a motive for the commission of the dreadful crime, he went very minutely through the evidence of the shop boy Webb, showing that an ill-feeling in all pro bability must have existed between the prisoners and deceased, thereby inferring that the female pri soner was implicated in the commission of the crime, and stated that no doubt could be enter tained that the object of deceased visiting such a spot at such an hour of night was for an immoral purpose. He was, therefore, content to rely on the good judgment of the bench to decide whether his case was fully made out or not. Mr. Poland, in a speech that occupied nearly three hours, addressed the bench for the prisoners ; and contended that the prosecution had failed to make out a prima facie case against the prisoners. He most minutely dissected the evidence, pointed out the diserepancies, and selected every point in favour of his clients. _ The magistrates then adjourned to deliberate, and after an absence of half an hour returned to the court and committed both prisoners to take their trial at the Winchester Assizes. Mr. Poland made an application on the part of the female prisoner to allow substantial bail, con sidering her situation, she being enceinte, when, on the suggestion of Mr. Poulden, the matter was re ferred to the judges at chambers. Both prisoners were in the evening conveyed to Winchester. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 15, (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) WIFE MURDER AT MANCHESTER.-SENTENCE OF DEATH. Henry Reed, aged 40, who had the appearance of a cotton-spinner, was charged with having wil fully murdered his wife, Susannah Reed. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Hopwood were counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Cobbett appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Wheeler opened the case. Matilda Dickinson was then called. She said the deceased was her sister and the wife of the prisoner. For some years they had been living separate. In September last deceased took a house in Copper court for herself and her husband, to live together again. The only furniture was a chair and a chest in the lower room ; in 111 e upper room there was a bcd on the floor, a shake-down, which witness had given them. On the morning in question witness went to take her sister some bread and butter Witness knocked and kicked at the door, but hear ing no response, she looked through the window, and saw her sister lying at the bottom of the stairs ; she then forced open the door, and found her sister dead. There was no person in the room, and she cried out, "Oh, Henry, what have you done to this woman ?" The prisoner shouted from up stairs, " She's done it herself. She's hung herself from the bannister-stairs." She then screamed, and the neighbours came in. The prisoner came partly down stairs, and put his head round the partition to see who was in the room. Witness went for a policeman, and on coming up the court she cried out, " Oh, you villain, you've done it." There was blood where the head of the deceased was _ Cross-examined by Mr. Cobbett—Was a married woman. Had not seen her sister for three or four months before the day in question. She lay like a person who had fallen down stairs. Do not recol lect whether the prisoner, when he looked over the stairs, was undressed or not. Margaret Oakes, a married woman, a neighbour, said about half-past 2 on the morning in question, she heard a noise in the prisoner's house like a bang of a door. She then heard a moan ; raising herself in bed, she heard three distinct moans. She looked towards the prisoner's house, but there was no light to be seen. A few minutes after she heard the moans she heard some one come out of the prison er's house and go towards the water-closet at the end of the court, and she then heard the water closet door bang. She heard the same footsteps re turning to the same house, and then heard the door locked. She heard nothing more. She next morn ing saw Mrs. Dickinson come to the door. She went across, when the door was forced, and heard her say, " Oh, my God, what have you done ? you have murdered my sister." She heard no answer. The prisoner came part way down the stairs, and bent round the partition, and put his head out to see who were in the house. Witness said, " It's a shocking bad job." Prisoner said she had done it herself. Witness said, "if you knew she had done it hersolf, why did you not make some alarm ?" He made no reply. She saw the deceased lying on the stairs. She saw a deal of Iblood on the floor, and the deceased was bleeding from a wound on the forehead. Her hands were held forward and breast high. Witness suggested that a police-constable should be sent for. The prisoner, who had now come down stairs, got hold of the deceased by the shoulders (when Mr. Dickinson was going for a police-constable) to lift her up, but witness said, " Let her be, man, till a policeman comes ; the woman's dead enough." He then went and sat down on an old tea-chest in the room. In coming down stairs he stepped past the body; he did not move it. There was no poker or tongs. She saw a rope round the deceased's neck. Mr. John Elliott, house surgeon at the Manches ter Infirthary, said it was not possible for the de- HULL—DEc. 14. The market to-day continues much the same as last week, with a small supply, at the following prices : Wheat.... Old white....per qr 44s Od to 46s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... ~ Dantzic, ronb., L. old white 50s Od to 52s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4.5s Od to 46s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red . St. Petersburg and Riga, Old 3Bs Od to 39s Od Barley... . English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 30s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 33s Od Grinding 27s Od to 29s Od Oata English, old Archangel and Riga ' per at Os lid to is Od Frieslan and Dutch OslUd to is Od. Swedish and Danish Oslla to Osllid Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 4os Od to 42s Od New tick. 39s Od to 40s Od Egyptian 3ss Od to 36s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 3Bs Od to 39s Od Tares ....Winter Bss Od to 90s tid Indian Corn Linseed, feeding sos Od to 55s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 oto £9 7 6 Foreign BlO-0 to 815 0 Rape cakes 517 6to 6 2 6 Bones ' 512 6to 515 0 NEWCASTLE—DEc. 14. There was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers to day, and transactions in the market were quiet, but few, and no change in prices. GLASGOW—DEC. 13. We have to report a small supply of grain at market, and prices ruled about the same as last week. CORK-DEC. 14. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 17s 6d to 20s; white, 17s 6d to 22s 6d; barley lOs Od to 14s 6d; oats, lls Od to 12s 6d. BELFAST—DEc. 13. The supplies of wheat have somewhat fallen off, and for parcels in good condition there has been a better demand. at about last week's rates. In foreign little or nothing doing. Other articles unaltered. DUBLIN—DEc. 11. At this morning's market there was a very small at tendance, and rather less tone in the trade, sellers making scarcely last day's prices. Foreign quiet and unchanged in value. Flour in limited demand. Indian corn wag unsaleable. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 s. d. s. d. Do., new ll 6 to 13 0 Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MARKET—DEc. 15. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) s. d. s. d. Byass's Bebside West North Percy Hartley ..14 0 Hartley - .14 6 Morpeth W. Hartley...l4 3 Lambert's W. Hartley.l4 6 Wylam l5 6 Walls End. Tanfield Moor Butes l2 6 West Stanley.. 13 0 Bate's West Hartley 14 0 Hetton 19 0 Davison's WestHartleyls 0 Whitworth 15 6 Walker Primrose 13 3 Ships at niarke t, 13—Sold, 10. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 15. The market was quiet at the opening, and was steady throughout the day, closing very good for the heavier stocks. Dovers were heavy, and rather freely offered. North British, 59 9k—York and . North Midland, 771 81 — Eastern Counties, 13 1-16 l l —Midland, log .1 —Chester and Holyheads, 44 I—Caledonians, 88 88 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 991—London and North-Westerns, 96 East Lancashire, 961 71—Dutch Rhenish, 3 9-16 dis.— Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16 I—Great1 —Great Western, 56 I F — Leeds Northem,49l—Dovers, 22 9-16 g—Berwicks, 951 Great Western of Canada, 171 11—Blackburns, 11 1— Birkenheads, 661 7t. MANCHESTER-DEC. 15. The market was good, a heavy and general business being again reported, but prices closed steady. London. and North Westerns, 96$ Sheffields, 384—Leeds, 94-- Leeds, new £9, g dis—Midlands, 102}--Holyheads, 44/ Dovers, 22 9-16—North Stafford, n d.—Caledonians, 88 —Great Northern, 1081: ' BIRMINGHAM-DEC. 15. The following were the transactions in shares to-day :-- Shropshire Unions, 46—South Staffords, 10 to 11—Birnung ham Banking Co.'s shares, 211 —Birmingham and Stafford shire Gas, 103 —Midlands, 1021. NOT INCLINED.—" Why don't you wheel that barrow of coals, Ned ?" said a learned minister to one of his sons. "It is not a very hard job ; there is an inclined plane to relieve you." " Ah," replied Ned, who had more relish for wit than work, " the plane may be in clined, but hang me if I am." Crinoline catastrophes are now as frequent as railway accidents. The Monona des Pyrenees mentions the case of a lady who set fire to her dress. The hoops kept the.flounces at such an enormous distance from her person, that her legs remained uninjured in the midst of flames ;- but when the fire reached her waist, she felt herself horribly burnt.. Several women, alarmed by her cries, approached, but they themselves were all enveloped in yards upon yards of petticoats, and were unable to render any service. The victim, in despair, rushed to the kitchen, where she found bucket of water, which she threw over herself so adroitly, as to extinguish the flames. At first she fancied she was but slightly injured, but on undressing• her it was found that she was dreadfully burnt all over her body. She now lies in a state of dreadful suffering, and there is very little hope of saving her life. [ADVERTISEMENT.I — HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills.-- Hooping-cough.—This harassing disease, now very pre valent and largely swelling the bills of mortality, is sure to extend its dominion, for its contagiousness contaminates all children previously unaffected. Fortunately for hu manity this alarming disorder is now fully placed under control by Holloway's Ointment ; which allays the ner vous irritability and checks the disease. Children of all ages and constitutions are daily saved by rubbing the Ointment on the spine, and chest ; its virtues penetrate the skin, enter the blood, repress irritation, prevent inflam mation, and moderate the cough, whose paroxysms they, ere long, subdue. If old enough the little patient should take Holloway's Pills to avert future pulmonary danger. Both, used simultaneously, soon quell the severest cough ing fits. y BIRTHS. - - BYRON.—On the 12th inst. at Stoke Talmage, Oxford shire, the Hon. Mrs. William Byron, prematurely, of a daughter. Curars.---On the 14th inst., at Clapham, the wife of F. A• Curtis, Esq., of a daughter. HILL.—On the 14th inst., at Bach Hall, Cheshire, the wife of Rowland B. Hill, Esq., H.M.'s 77th Regimen of a son. • WYLDE.—On the 14th inst., at 6, Burwood-place, Hyde park, the wife of • Henry Wylde, Esq., Mus. Doe. Can' tab., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GANT—LANGITAM.-073. the 14th inst. at St. Clement's Church, Hastings, William John, third son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Gant, J.P. for the county of Middlesex, to Augusta Caroline, third daughter of James George Longhorn, Esq., of ilastings. • MILLER—DAVIDSON.—On. the 14th inst., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Gerard Frederick, third son of Samuel F. -Miller, Esq., of Gloucester Lodge, Claphani, toEliza beth,-second daughter of Thomas Davidson, -Esq., of 13, St. George's Place, Hyde-park-corner. DEATHS. BRADBURY.-04 the 12th inst., at Handsacre, Stafford- shire, Mr. James Bradbury. CIIAMBERS.—On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Hedell 'ham, Norfolk, the Rev. J. P. ChaMbers, aged 74. DAINTY.—On the 12th inst., John Pell Dainty, Esq., o f Loddington Hall, Northamptonshire, aged 39. DAVYS.—On the 14th inst., at the Palace, Peterborough , Marianne Davys, the wife of the Lord Bishop of PONT' borough, aged 69. KENT —On the 11th inst., at Woodford, Edward Sent, son of the late Henry Kent, Esq., of Innes Hall, Berk shire, aged 95. MATSON.—On the 14th inst., at 289, Regent-street, MIA Matson, Esq., aged 85. SMITII.—At Marlowes, Hemel 'Hempstead, Herts, Mr. g Smith, aged 74. SPARKE.—At his residence, 252, Oxford-street, Mr. BO' Sparke, aged 70. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12, , Strand, in the• P re c in ct 'of the Savoy, in the county 0 ' Niidlesex, Thursday, Veccmber 16, 1858, G. A b L IST foi . :, El e dt E sc! tlPhfibur GIN