The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-28 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Si ,—Some of the London papers have lately published several articles upon Mexico, the object of which is evidently to recommend the so-called " Juarez Government" at Vera Cruz to British sympathy, and to induce the British Goverment to its recognition, on the ground that it proclaims principles of civil and religions liberty, while the Government of Gen. Miramon at Mexico is but the head of the clerical party ; that the former is in possession of nearly the whole territory, while the latter is enclosed in the capital, having no command but over a few adjacent provinces. It is, moreover, assumed in some of these articles that with the assistance of the United States, moral or otherwise, as soon as Juarez shall havo obtained the victory in the present struggle there will spring up from the earth in Mexico a flourishing republic as if by magic, the United States being highly inte rested in seeing a well-re g ulated Governinnt esta blished in the country. Other writers take it for granted that the success of Juarez will open the doors to American sway in Mexico, so that this country will be immediately governed by Ameri cans, will at once be settled down into order and regularity, the Mexican foreign debt will be paid off, and I do not know how many other wonderful things will take place at the same moment. All these gratuitous assumptions, sir, betray but a superficial knowledge of Mexican affairs, and of the history of the country from the time of its in dependence in 1821 to the present day. I shall not presume to reduce to a few pages the subjeet-matter of several volumes, but I shall en deavour to furnish such indications as may induce, I hope, the British press to look closely into it with a view to avoid misleading public opinion in this country. It is an egregious error to suppose that the United States are highly interested in seeing an indepen dent regular government established in Mexico. They want nothing of the kind. What they have at heart, and they make no secret of it, is to come into possession of the country (not leaving the Isth mus of Tehuantepec for the * last) just as they want also to render themselves masters of Central America, of the island of Cuba, and of all the shores in the Mexican Gulf. But the United ' States have no regular armies wherewith to conquer these coun tries, and subsequently to retain their conquest by a military occupation ; and this essential circum stance should be kept in mind in order to unler stand American policy in the New World, for, un able and unwilling to create those armies, they have had recourse to other means to attain their object. In Central America and in the island of Cuba they have tried filibusterism, officially disowned but evi dently encouraged by the American authorities. This scheme having failed hitherto, they have ap pealed with regard to Central America to the treaty Cass-Yrisarri, and with regard to Cuba to the effect that the glitter of gold would produce in the eyes of the Spaniards ; they have offered to purchase the island. With respect to lexica, the purpose of the United States has been to throw that country into anarchy, it being evident that anar chy there would necessarily and surely offer them many opportunities of gradually seizing the coveted territory. The process, no doubt, is slow, but this they cannot help, it being not in their power to take possession of Mexico at one fell swoop, by force of arms. Nevertheless, their system has pretty well answered their purpose, in that from 1836 they have absorbed nearly one-half of the Mexican ter ritory, including auriferous California. Now what was the best and most efficient way to establish anarchy in Mexico ? It was not diffi cult to discover that if the Mexicans were brought to adopt the Bepublican American institutions--a constitution after the fashion of the United States —the effect of such adoption could not be doubtful. Institutions, indeed, so absolutely at variance with the character, the manners and customs, the tradi tions and the moral and physical conditions of the Mexican people, could but produce the deepest disorganisation of the country and the most complete confusion. This plan had sprung up in the minds of the Americans oven long before the in dependence of Mexico had been proclaimed, viz., as far back as 1812 (the famous Mr. Mon-oe ,being then Secretary of State), when the first symptoms of revolt against the Spanish sway had begun to be conspicuous in Mexico, as can be easily seen by re ference to the correspondence between Don Luis de Onis, minister for Spain at Philadelphia at that time, and the viceroy of Mexico, Venegas. In pur suance, therefore, of that plan, no sooner had Mexico declared her independence in 1821, than the United States, through the same diplomatic agent, M. Poinset, who had been sent to the coun try in 1812 with tho same object, hastened to seduce and persuade the Mexicans, by flattering makingtheir vanity, by them believe that in a few years they would become one of the greatest nations of the world, and by all sorts of artful manoeuvres, such as the establishment of certain Freemasons' lodges, under the name of York (New York) Freemasons, to adopt the American constitu tion, not merely in principle. but as a model to be copied in all its parts. The efforts of the Americans were completely successful, and the American con stitution became from 1824 the fundamental law. of Mexico, under the title of" Constitution of the United States of Mexico." Such was the spirit of imitation. What has been the consequence? That the hopes and wishes of the United States have been realised to their utmost satisfaction. From that year up to the present time Mexico has offered nothing but a long series of revolutions, of disturbances, of " pro nunciamentos" of all sorts and under a thousand pretences. At very rare periods and for a short times these troubles have appeared to subside, and hopes were entertained of a beginning of peace and progress, but anarchy soon awoke more hideous than ever, corrupting and demoralising every man and increasing more and more its proselytes, to whom it offers ninny and very great personal ad vantages. Thus it is that the anarchical party, the party created and nourished by the United States, the party on which they reckon to aid and assist their views of absorption of the Mexican territory, the party which declares itself always faithful to American institutions and gives itself out as the Liberal party, but which is nothing but the tool of Ambition, has increased to a formidable extent. Nominally the Constitution ruled from 1824 to 1853, and from 1855 to 1857, when its advocates, attribut ing its former failures to its not being demagogical enough, framed another, which was found to be so utterly impracticable by General Comonfort, the very President elected according to its provisions, that in December, 1857, he laid it aside, and unce remoniously shut the doors of the Constitutional Congress. These circumstances gave birth to the go vernment established in Mexico, in Jan. 1858, under General Zuloaga, and subsequently continued under General Miramon, with the sanction of one of the most respectable assemblies that has ever met in Mexico. Comonfort' left the country, and Juarez, who as presiding judge of the High Court of Jus tice had, according to the new framed constitution, to assume provisionally the presidency of the republic in the abseisce of the President, left the capital; and after wandering unsuccessfully about the country, arrived at Vera Cruz, where he' lost no time in starting his " constitutional govern ment" against the government of Mexico. Never theless, the members of the Congress have not joined Juarez at that port, nor has Juarez convoked them there. Such is, sir, the sad history of the constitution in the fashion of the United States, showing that after long and fair trials, having been the law of the land the greater part of the time since the declara tion of independence, it has not only done no good whatever, but has been on the contrary productive of immense mischief, by enthroning anarchy in the country, and making it lose a very large portion of its territory, as already stated. The following simple fact will prove how deep and lamentable has that anarchy been all through this long period of 38 years. According; to the Constitution. we should not reckon more than nine presidents during that time. Well, sir, we have had no less than 51, under all sorts of titles and denominations—constitutional president, provisional president, substitute presi dent, and president ad interim—and Jmirez him self is nothing but a provisional —very provisional —president, not being authorised to act in that ca pacity as first chief magistrate of the High Court of Justice, but just during the time necessary for the election of a new president in case of death or inca?acity of the president for thb constitutional term. This everlasting anarchy, moreover, brings us in, constant contestations and disputes with fo reign,. powers, and has already . brought two wars upon our unhappy country. Such are the effects of the republican constitution after the American fashi on in Mexico ; and vet, sir, this is: what the LontlA a papers recommend to the sympathies of the Britiiiq public and government. No wonder, then, that some men, actuatiby the love o f their country, convinced of thenigcr to hest( an nationality, and from such a state of thingi seeing - clearly through all these ‘tinerical; intrig aes, and determined to oppose thelri by nu the ii cans in their power, should hove formed long ago, i.o id as soon as the first symptore.:.; of auar'cliv and.." a c cause of them became apparent, the centre of a 7 u.rty, which having necessarily to combat the so-ca- 12d " Liberal party," or, in other word. , - . , the Amer ' , lean party, is accused f being a retrograde absoh ztist clerical party, bent on nothing but the re-estb,; . blishment of the " Inquisition" and the " word t of the worst times." Not In, however, is less true. That party con tains #.a its bosom the most enlightened and the most I esneetable part of the community, men who have .: ,rotas :'et; to learn the advantages and benefits of cc ,•il. awl religious liberty, and who would be happy indeed to see liberty established in their country ; but liberty under the law—rational and wise liberty ; liberty . compatible with order and tranquillity ; liberty, in a word, for good purposes; not that savage, licentious, and tyrannical liberty the object of which is anarchy, so well answering , the private ends of its partisans, and, above all, the iniquitous views of an ambitious neighbour. Had it been given to that party which is taxed with being absolutist, to see such a government in Mexico as the government of Brazil (not to take examples out of the American continent) their earnest desires would have been accomplished. It is, therefore, wrongfully that that party is the ob ject of the curses lavished upon it. For the present, no doubt, their object is limited to obtain the triumph over their enemies—who are the enemies of Mexico—and to put down anarchy as the first and most pressing want of the country, no matter under what form of government or by what means. In pursuance of such an object, the clergy naturally sides with them, and hence for those who are ignorant of the bottom of things in Mexican affairs, the denomination given to this party of " Clerical party," supported by military despotism ; whereas the " anarchical party" is favoured with the name of " Liberal Constitutional party." It is, however, easy to see from the fore going observations that those two parties would be more exactly designated, the one as the " Mexican party," the other as the " American party." But the former is wise enough to see that mea sures like the confiscation of the " Church pro perty," involving always a no small degree of injus tice (for, after all, this property proceeds from free donations, interiinos, .or bequests), should not be taken, if taken they must be, in compliance with the spirit of the times, but under a well-established government sufficiently strong to prevent abuse and to turn them to the advantage of the nation. At present the only probable effect of the measure would be a change of masters to the property with out any profit to the state, as the acquirers would most likely never pay, a farthing of the purchase money, there being no authority in the country powerful enough to make them pay. Now, is the " American party" aware that it can be so denominated, and that it is merely an instru ment in the hands of the United States to serve their purpose ? Perhaps not. There are un doubtedly some individuals among them who not not only are not aware of it, but who still, and in spite of a long experience, do believe with the greatest good faith, that Mexico would be, in a short time, one of the greatest countries in the verld by means of the American constitution ; and such men in their sincerity are worthy of the highest esteem, though much to be pitied in their afflictive illusions; but the bulk of the party, if they do net know that they are serving the cause of the United States, this they know full well—that they are serving the cause of anarchy, under the shade of which they thrive, and derive all sorts of advantages. It has already been remarked that these advantages draw a great number of proselytes under the banners of the anarchical party, and un fortunately among the latter are to be seen some of the foreigners that resort to Mexico. Smuggling to an incredible extent, contracts with the Mexican government perfectly ruinous to the country, claims for outrages upon the same government for ever in creasing (outrages sometimes ardently desired and eagerly sought after, as entailing little danger and much profit in the shape of an indemnity, and there fore a good article for speculation)—fortunrs, in a word, realised in a very few years—such are the profits of anarchy to that sort of foreigners. The strife betwe,en these two parties has now been carried on for many years with more or less ani mosity, and with alternate success ; but lately it has assumed a furious character, and disorder has ar rived at such a pitch that at this moment there are no less than two governments in the country; the one, the Mexican government, sitting at Mexico, the other, the so-called Liberal and Constitutional government, but which may properly be styled " a branch of the American government,' sitting at Vera Cruz. The European and South American powers reeognise the Mexican government; but the United States of America have lately recognised their " natural son," the government at Vera Cruz. This acknowledgment, however, was accompanied by circumstances which abundantly confirm what has already been shown. The United States, as well as other powers having relations with Mexico, began by recognising the Mexican government as soon as established in the capital, in Jan., 1858, and without losing one instant they proposed the negociation of a treaty, the object of which was the acquisition of a large extent of territory to the north, and the right of perpetual transit across the 1 isthmus of Tehuantepec to the south ; the words "perpetual transit" having been adopted instead of " perpetual cession" of the isthmus, to save appear ances ; but this will deceive nobody. Such propo sitions were immediately rejected by the Mexican Government, and from that moment the United States tacked about and recognised the Government at Vera Cruz, which, no doubt, would not offer the same difficulties to the longed-for treaty. It ap pears, in fact, that the treaty is under negociation at present. It is for such purposes, and not, indeed, with a view of seeing a well-established Government in Mexico under principles of civil and religious liberty or under any principles whatever, that the United States have acknowledged the Government at Vera Cruz. Far from it. If it were possible (which a long experience has proved it is not) that such a Government could begin to draw Mexico from the abyss into which it has fallen, and make it revive from its ashes, the United States are there ever ready to crush such progress, than which no thing can be more contrary to their views. Now, the war in Mexico being not a war of the " Mexican party" against liberty as far as consi s t en t with order, nor excusively in the interest of any ~ particular class, but cain§t anarchy begotten and fomented by the United States to serve their pur pose, can the Mexican party come out victorious from such a strife ? Heaven only knows when and how this strife will end; but one thing is certain, that whereas the United. States have no other interest in Mexico but to keep this country in anarchy, England and all other countries are highly interested in seeing there a well-established regular government. The latter powers, however, will be completely disappointed if they suppose such to be the result of their recog nition of the so-called Juarez Government, because that recognition will neither give more power to Juarez and his party than they have hitherto had to establish their constitution, as some appear to expect, nor armies to the United States to at once take possession of the coun try, as many appear to wish. As for an annexation of Mexico to the United States, which would merely rest on a declaration, however solemn, of both par ties, and would not be supported by force of arms, it would never be but an empty word. Such an an nexation, considering the difference of race, of man ners,, of language, of religion, between both coun tries, would be but an unnatural marriage, which nothing but violence could maintain. Besides, the United States do n o t wan t t o annex M ex i co with its inhabitants; they want the annexation of the ter ritory without them. As much may be said of n protectorate unsustained by a large army, it would amount to nothing. No ; the United States cannot, will not, do more or less than they have hitherto done, alas, with too much success. They will en deavour to keep Mexico in anarchy, in order by that means to absorb it piecemeal, obtaining one day a portion of the territory in a treaty with one go vernment, and another day another portion in ano ther treaty with another government, no matter what, provided they can give it the name of a go vernment. For the present moment the interest of the United States is to obtain the victory for Juarez, in order to consecrate the treaties they have in con templation with him ; and as they consider that the victory will the easier be obtained by the moralas sistance Juarez would receive from the recognition by England, hence the great efforts of the American press to induce the British press to bring about that recognition; but it is evident that in such a step England would be doing nothing more than serving tho purpose of the United Stat es , w ith ou t any rad vantage to herself, and with much mischief to The foregoing observations may be thus resumed:. 1. Juarez (a long experience has proved it) will not be able to establish in Mexico, under his con stitution, anything in the shape of a stable, regular government, capable of restraining anarchy, nor will the United States help him to it. On the con trary, they will stir up anarchy against him, as against anybody else, if by any possibility he could begin to do any good. This they will not fail to do in pursuance of their favourite object of absorbing Mexico, but • more or anything else they cannot do. 2. There can be no conquest, nor annexation, nor protectorate on the part o f th e U n i ted States, for want of regular military forces, which they neither have, nor eau have, nor will have.' In a u-ord, the notion that the remedy to the evils of Mexico is to come from the United States'is a radi cally wrong notion. -jure concluding, I shall bc , g leave briefly to allude to the data on which the articles published in the London papers are based. It is therein stated, Ist, that out of 28 provinces the " Clerical party" possess only five. 2d. That the " Liberals" are in a ....., ... ... great numerical ,majority. 3d. That a large propor tion of the alleged party of Miramon are of the lower class, swelled by the black population, who form one-third of the 8,500,000 of Mexicans, and lie thick in the " Clergy district." 4th. That out of 100,000 logues, forming the total area of Mexico, 15,000 only are under Clerical rule; while the rest, THE 813 N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1859. including all the coasts, are in the hands of the Liberals. Why, sir, there is scarcely any black population in Mexico, and that is confined to the coasts; not a black man is to be seen in what is called the " clergy district." Therefore, if this black popula tion swells one of the two parties, it is not evidently the " Clerical party." The lower classes constitute in Mexico the great balk of the population, and it may safely be asserted that out of the eight millions of Mexicans upwards of seven belong to those lower classes which in Mexico, as elsewhere, are the work ing classes ; therefore, if the Liberals are in great numerical majority it is to them and not to the Miramon party that belongs that large pro. portion of the lower class which is attributed to the latter party with a view to throw discredit upon it. It may also be affirmed that the five provinces out of the 28 in the Mexican republic over which the authority of the " Clerical party" is allowed to ex tend, contain more population than the whole of the other 23 ; but even supposing that not to be the case, the question arises whom do those 23 provinces obey ? No doubt the men calling themselves the local authorities" in those pro vinces or towns, particularly on the seaboard, do not obey General Miramon ; but when his troops appear, and are glad to have a pretext for not obey ing him, what better sounding pretext than " li berty," "constitution ?" &c. But it is a great mis take to imagine that they obey the Government of Juarez any more than they obey the Government of Gen. Miramon, or any further than it suits their own private interest to obey him. It would be curi ous to know, for instance, how much of the money collected by these local authorities for taxes, or contributions, or forced loans, and chiefly at the sea port towns for custom-house duties, goes to the na tional treasury under the Juarez Government. One of the London paper adds, that with the vast superiority of the Liberals in point of the extent of territory it is not surprising that the whole sea board should be in their possession. The writer of the article would find it still' less surprising if he knew that the seaboard is the mulch cow of the republic, and that those who have the good for tune to establish themselves there as local Liberal authorities can, in the midst of the trouble and confusion of civil war and anarchy, drink all the milk with perfect impunity (except for obvious rea sons, the part assigned to the foreign debt), by declaring themselves against General Miramon on one side, and not troubling tht it I e tes about Juarez on the other. Suppose Juarez to be victorious one of these days, those " Liberal local authorities" would mightily surprise the writer of the article in ques tion if he saw them, all of a sudden, turn " Clerical authorities ;" but they would not surprise those who are better acquainted with Mexican misfortunes. And what shall we say of those sections of the " Liberal" army headed by such generals as General Pueblita, who wander about the country, entering the private properties, and helping themselves, sans !aeons, to horses, cattle, corn, money—all they can get, in fact, for the sake of procuring for the coun try the enjoyments of " constitutional liberty ?" Such is, sir, the real state of things in Mexico, one of the finest countries in the world, at the end of nearly 40 years of independence, as resulting from the republican American institutions with which it has been blessed ! I shall close this letter by two or three questions, which I beg to address to the London papers. Juarez, it is said, has the great numerical majority, and rules over 23 provinces out of 28. How is it that with so much strength he does not crush the " Clerical party" in 24 hours ? Again, Juarez's rule extending over 23 provinces out of 28, and having the great numerical majority, how is it that he does not proceed to the election of a President of the Republic, as his constitution re quires ? It has already been stated that he cannot hold power but just the time necessary for that election. Lastly, how is it that he does not convoke the Congress at Vera Cruz, or any of the other pro vinces ? It will not, therefore, be amiss to observe that Juarez, exercising power in the absence of Congress, and not being invested by that Congress with dic tatorial powers, all his acts, according to the very constitution he stands for, all his decrees, treaties, conventions, &c., are null and void.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, A MEXICAN. London, Nov. 25, 1859. BT. GEORGE'S-IN-TILE-BAST. Yesterday the lessons for the day, breathing a spirit of peace, were in striking contrast to the pro ceedings witnessed in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East, which, on the whole, wore rather worse than previously. Before 10 o'clock, and about that hour, several vestrymen and other parishioners entered the church, and occupied the whole, or nearly the whole, of the choristers' seats, to the surprise and annoy ance of the rector's friends, who mustered very nu merously, and were let into the church just too late to effect their object, which was to occupy the seats till the choristers arrived. Some little exhibition of ill-feeling took place between the parishioners and the strangers who had come to support the rector, but nothing calling for special remark. Of course when the church was opened to the public, at half past 10, considerable numbers entered; and by the time the service commenced, at 11 o'clock, there was, for a morning, a very large congregation. The Rev. Mr. Lowder conducted the service in the usual way, and met with the same reception as on the previous occasions. If there was less 4 hissing, there was more coughing, and the police, of course, though thickly strewed in various parts of the church, were unable to suppress the violent fits of coughing which ever and anon demonstrated the antipathy of the parishioners to Mr. Lowdtr's - mode of conducting the service. The parishioners, in "saying" the responses, were yesterday rather stronger than the choir and the chanting strangers; and the effect was, of course, in the highest degree painful, and com pletely destroyed any feeling of devotion. It was remarked, that most of the morning congregation were males, there being scarcely a bonnet to be seen in the place. It is curious, also, that although the locality abounds with Jews, not one has been recognised within the walls of the building. . There was one person remarked for "saying" the responses louder than the rest, and, being recognised by Mr. Maconochie, brother of the clergyman of that name, was removed to the baptistry. Here, however, Mr. Herbert, the chief-constable of the parish, intervened, and denied the right of the police to interfere, except at the request of the churchwardens. The police, either seeing their error, or yielding for the sake of peace, emsented to let the man go on giving his name and address. To this, also, Mr. Herbert objected, on the ground that only the church wardens had the right to make such a demand. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson, however, was sent for, and to -him the accused stated that he was churchwarden of a parish in Southampton. He was then suffered to go at large. There was also another person who, in the opinion of the police, was a little too demonstrative in his method of "saying" the responses, and his name and address were likewise taken. 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The reports of our Malta correspondent, whit reach to the 22d inst., announce the arrival on the 18th of the Vigilant gunboat, from Tripoli ; the 1 k nown, screw liner, from Cagliari ; the Persevorxece steam transport, from Portsmouth, Pembroke, and Gibraltar on the 19th; the Racoon, steam corvetl;e, from Corfu and Zante on the 21st; and on the 2i 2d the Kertch schooner-of-war, from Leghorn an d Naples ; and the departure, on the 18th, for Ga)- raltar, of the Brunswick screw liner. The Immortalite, 51, new screw frigate, arriv.?,d at Portsmouth on Saturday, from Pembroke, charge of Mr. Stokes, second master attendant, of Portsmouth Dockyard, and a party of riggers, ac companied by the Hydra, 6, paddle, and the steam.- tug Lucifer. She was taken into harbour at high water, and appears to be a very handsome and powerful frigate. The Hornet, 17, screw, was undocked from No. 8 dock, at Portsmouth, on Saturday, and the Urgeniz, screw troop-ship, Commander E. W. Hire, after wards placed in the same dock. The Queen, 86, screw, Capt. Hillyer, has becm placed in No. 7 dock, at Portsmouth. Her cre w have commenced stripping her of her jury gear, preparatory to fitting her out for service. The new screw steamship Hood, of 90 guns and 600-horse power (nominal), at Sheerness, has had her trial trip for speed and efficiency of her machi nery, previous to her being delivered (by Messrs. J. Penn and Sons, the contractors) to the naval authorities at that port. She left her moorings near Stangate creek on Thursday, at 9 a.m., and pro ceeded down Swin to the measured mile distance beacons. She made six runs, the mean was 11.76 knots, 62 revolutions ; 201 b. steam ; vacuum, 26 ; indicated horse-power equal to 2,440; she was run for six hours. Her engines were never eased from the time of her starting; they were kept at full speed. She proceeded down the Sunk channel, passed Sunk light vessel, and returned back to her moorings ; there were no hot bearings, no priming. Her draught of water was—forward, 19 ft. 3 in., and aft, 21 ft. 8 in. This trial is declared to be one of the most successful the authorities ever attended. It is understood that the Majestic, 80, screw, at Sheerness, is to be the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., as commander-in chief of the North American and West India sta tion. Captain E. K. Barnard is to be the flag captain. The new screw steamsloop Fawn, of 100-horse power (nominal), - Coin. Cator, left Sheerness on Sa turday, at 2 p.m. After being inspected and her crew being paid their advance, she saluted the flag of the commander-in-chief, which was returned by the Formidable. She has proceeded to Portsmouth to wait her orders for the China Seas. The following officers (in addition to the com mander already reported) have taken up their com missions and appointments and joined the new screw steamsloop Icarus, 11 guns and 150-horse power (nominal), commissioned at Sheerness—Lieut. K. J. Cox, Master C. Puckett, Paymaster It. Teait ; W. Wotton, first engineer. A rendezvous for entering seamen has been opened at the Swan Inn, Mr. J. Bulling, Blue-town, Sheerness. A number of smart fellows are volunteering for her. The blue jackets seem very anxious to join this class of vessel, parti cularly anticipating their destination to be China. The Dutch screw steam corvette Citidal, Captain Mossell, has been put out of dry dock at Sheerness. She has completed her coaling at the naval depot. A gratifying tribute of regard in token of his great kindness to suffering humanity was on Friday presented to Mr: William M. Ogilvie, late surgeon on board her Majesty's ship frident, paid off at Woolwich. The testimonial consists of a massive gold medallion, contributed by the entire ship's company, with the exception of two of the officers. The medallion is stamped, within the two circles of the front and obverse sides, with the following in scriptions : "Palmam qui merttit ferat. Presented to W. M. Ogilvie, Esq., surovon, R.N., by the officers and ship's company of her Majesty's ship Trident. Woolwich, Nov., 1859. " In gratitude for the. noble manner in which he per formed his trying duties during the frightful yellow fever that raged on the West Coast of Africa in May, June, and July, 1859." The medallion weighs three ounces of pure gold. The professional duties of Mr. Ogilvie on the coast of Africa were considerably increased by the addi tion of the prize crew, survivors of the 12-gun sloop Heron, lost on that coast, and who were received on board the Trident. The terrible scourge carried off no less than 44 of their number, in spite of the precautions which science and assiduity could sug gest, and their being separated from their comrades immediately the disease made its appearance. Twenty-four died in hospital, three on board ship, and 17 in encampment on shore. The new screw steam sloop Mutine, Commander Graham, got up steam on Saturday, and went down the river in first-rate coalition from Woolwich, to be adjusted at Greenhithc (it is expected) for China. She will proceed to-morrow to Portsmouth. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Alecto tried her engines on Saturday after repairs, and is otherwise in a forward state for commission. The iron pad• dlewheel steamer Weser was again hauled out of dock on Saturday at Woolwich ; and the paddle wheel steam-sloop Hecate was pronounced ready for the pendant. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, Railed from Plymouth for Falmouth ou Thursday. The screw steam-sloop Mohawk, 4 Commander P. C. C. MgDougall, having embarked supernume raries at Plymouth on Thursday, sailed in the even ing for the Mediterranean. The screw steamship Sanspariel, 70, at Plymouth is being prepared for active service. It is stated that she will bear the flag of Admiral Sir Alex. Milne in the West Indies. The screw steamship Trafalgar, 91, Capt. Fan shawe' haying been refitted, was towed out of Ply mouth Sound by the Zephy r , and made sail for Port land on Friday, taking all available men for the fleet. The screw steam-sloop Greyhound, 17, is to be commissioned at Plymouth with a crew of 165 men. The screw gunboat Magpie, tender to the Hawke, 60, from Queenstown, with invalids and supernu meraries, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. Her boilers are defective and she requires sundry repairs. The screw steam-sloop Flying Fish, 6, Com mander C. W. Hope, steamed from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Saturday. The Portuguese gunvessel Donna Maria will have defects made good in Plymouth Sound. The screw gunvessel Ranger was launched on Saturday afternoon at Deptford; and is now in the basin to be fitted with her screw machinery. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut.N. C. Barton, to the Hima laya ; Josh. Wallis, master, to the Vulcan ; Wm. H. Lloyd, assist.-surgeon, additi ona l, t o the For midable; G. W. L. Harrison, acting assist.-surgeon, to the Ariadne ; William Gibson, second class assist.- engineer, to the Icarus ; Pearce Rosewarne, second class assist.-engineer,promoted and appointed to the Donegal; Alfred Waters, acting second class assist.- engineer, promoted and appointed to the Pylades ; John Barrass, second class assist.-en gineer, promoted and appointed to the Himalaya; Hiram J. Bailiffo, second class assist.-engineer, pro moted and appointed to the Starling ; James B. Liddell, second class assist-engineer, promoted and appointed to the Diadem • Robert E. Denison, third class assist-engineer, additional, to the Wellington, for James M'Arthur, a c ti ng thi r d class the Porpoise ssassist.-engiueer, to the Hastings; George A. Bone, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Himalaya ; David Sharp, acting third class assist.- _engineer, to the Dauntless; Thomas J. Sweeney, third class assist.-engineer, confirmed to rank; Thomas Scott (B), acting third class assist.-en gincer, to the Crane ; Mountain B. Williams, assist.- clerk, to the Cumberland; and Herbert Hore, assist.- clerk, to the Icarus. First Lieut. Francis Lean, of the Portsmouth Di vision of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, has received his appointment as adjutant to the Ply mouth Division, vice Hurst, promoted. THE A RMY. Major-General D. A. Cameron, Vice-President, presiding, assisted by Major-General Josh. E. Port lock, R.E., Lieut.-Col. J. E. Addison, and Col T. Elwyn, ILA., members of the Council of Military Education, concluded their examination of candi dates for direct commissions on Saturday last, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. There were upwards of 130 candidates on the occasion. A court-martial has been held at Chatham garri son for the trial of a non-commissioned officer of the Royal Engineers, named Jonning, on the charge of having been intoxicated while on duty at Bionp ton Barracks ai orderly corporal. In support of the charge against the accused four witnesses were examined before'the Court, two of whom, includ ing Captain, I)urnford, Royal Engineers, swore to the 'prisoner being intoxicated. For the defence, the surgeon who examined the prisoner imme diately after he was placed in confinement was called, and his evidence was to the effect that the accused was not intoxicated when he examined and this evidence was confirmed by other witnesses. The Court remained in deliberation a considerable time, and ultimately acquitted the pri soner, who has a very good character. The Royal Marines selected for her Majesty's steam sloop Icarus, 11, fitting for sea at Woolwich, to the number of 21 men of all ranks, left head quarters, Chatbam, on Saturday, and joined that vessel.. A detachment of go mug of the 54w 4111- sion also left Chatham on Saturday, and proceeded to Portsmouth, to be in readiness for embarkation in any ships they may be required. THE RECENT' MUTINY ON BOARD .11.31.6'. PRINCESS ROYAL. Five separate courts-martial have been ordered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to be held on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, in connexion with the late disturbance en board the Princess Royal. The first court assembled on Sa turday, at nine a.m., for the trial of the following seven prisoners on charges of " mutiny" and "mu tinous conduct :"—John Earley, ordinary seaman ; Robert 'Turley, ditto ; Henry Randle, ditto ; John Harvey, ditto ; Joh n Wil son (1), ablebOdied ; James Smith (1), ordinary seaman; and Charles Coals, ditto. The court was composed of Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, president ; Captains the Hon. Joseph Denman, G. T. Gordon, O'Callaghan, R. Harris, It. S. Hewlett, C. 8., Cockburn, Hillier, and Wilson, with Mr. J. W. Ilillyer, Deputy Judge- Advocate. Captain Billie, commanding H.M.S. Princess Royal, appeared as prosecutor, assisted by Mr. W. Swainson, the Admiralty solicitor. The first witness examined was Commander J. J. S. Josling, who deposed—l am commander of H.M.S. Princess Royal. On the afternoon of Satur day, the 12th inst., I was on board. In the after noon, about half-past three, the chief petty officers came aft on the quarter deck on behalf of the ship's company to request me to ask leave of the captain until Monday morning. I told them the captain was not on board, but that I would send an officer to the Port Admiral's house with their requisition. Lieut. Prattent was the officer sent. About 4 p.m. the captain came on board and ordered me to send one watch on leave. I sent for the petty officers to ascertain which watch it was that was to go on shore, and they agreed to cast lots ; but, find ing that did not meet the approval of the ship's company, they asked for the first halves of both watches (equal to one watch) to go, which I granted. I then ordered them to fall in on the jetty, and they were mustered by the watch bell. While they were mustering the petty officers of the second halves of the watches came aft to request that the rest of the ship's company might have leave also. I refused to hear or to forward such an application. While this was taking place, Captain Baillie camo out of his cabin to go to the Admiral's house, and in pass ing through the men asked me " what was the matter," or words to that effect. I told him what the petty officers now requested, and he passed on. I ordered Lieut. Prattent to pass those men who were going on leave through the dockyard gates, and he accompanied them through the yard for that purpose. About a quarter of an hour afterwards I observed the liberty men returning with Lieute nant Prattent,, and Captain Baillie following close behind. Finding the men on their arrival very unsteady,:f ordered them to fall in, and requested Captain Baillie to speak to them, and I heard noises on the lower deck, and went down to see what was the matter. I walked half way round the deck, and found the men quite respectful, but heard shouting behind my back, and in the fore part of the ship. Coald not distinguish the people doing so. I then went on deck and reported to Captain Baillie the state of matters below, and asked him to beat to quarters, which he ordered me to do. I went down on the lower deck and found that the ports had been lowered and the lights put out, the men making a great noise and throwing their mess traps about the deck. I found Lieutenant Prattent on the deck with a light in his hand, and walked forward with him and endeavoured to address the men, but the shot, bread barges, and mess-traps were being rolled and thrown about, and Lieut. Prattent's light was extinguished, so that' i we were in total darkness, and found it uselesss to re main on the lower deck, I then reported again to the captain the state of the lower deck. The boat swain's mate was ordered to pipe all the well-dis posed men to come on the upper deck and have their names put down. Some of the men came up. The captain then ordered the gratings to be placed on the hatchways and fastened down with capstan bars. The men below then commence I to haul down the ladders, and were more furious then ever, throwing cutlasses, broken pieces of mess-traps and other missiles up the hatchways. Sentries were then placed on each hatchway, with orders to secure any of the men who attempted to come up from below. The Marines bad been ordered under arms when the hatchways were secured, and Cap tali Baillie sent an officer to acquaint the Admiral with the state of the ship's company. A party of Marines came on board from the St. Vincent, and other bodies of Marines from the ships in harbour fell in on the jetty alongside which the ship was made fast. The mon below, now being intimidated by the arrival of the Marines, commenced coming up the hatchway, which had been left open the whole time by the funnel casing, by twos and threes, and were sec ure d as they came up, an d passed round to the port side of the deck to have their names taken down. After they had all been mustered they were pinioned and sent in boats on board the St. Vincent. When the Marines first arrived from the different ships in the harbour to suppress the disturbance the well-disposed men were mustered out of the ship on to the jetty, where they remained until all the prisoners had been removed. By Captain Baillie—At the time you were asked for leave by the petty officers did you hear any person say, "Leave for all or none ?"—I did. Were the prisoners present at that time can't say that they were. Can you identify either of the prisoners as hav ing come from the lower deck after the hatches had been fastened down ? I can : John Earley. In answer to questions by the Court Commander Josling further stated,—When the well-affected men were piped up from the lower deck they had ample means of coming up. About seven or eight minutes elapsed between the men being piped from the lower deck and the hatches being battened down ; quite sufficient time for any well-affected men to have got up had they wished to do so. There was one hatchway with no gratings fitted to it against the funnel casing, and iron ladders were placed against it. It was open the whole time for any man to come up, but guarded by sentries. Saw the prisoners when they were pinioned. They were sober. When the petty officers came on deck to ask for leave on the two occasions referred to there was no appearance of a mutinous assembly, and the ship's company was orderly. It was the custom of the ship to give leave to one watch, and nit to the first part of both watches, as had been done on this occasion. The prisoner John Earley came up by the iron ladder against the funnel casing, about the mid part of the disturbance. I consider he was an ill-affected man, because he came up long after the hatchways had been secured, and the well-affected men had been piped on deck. There was no stated time given for the well-affected men to come up on deck. About seven or eight minutes elapsed be tween the " pipe" and securing the hatchways, and the iron ladders were open for any man to come up who wished to do so. Was certain that John Ear ley did not come up from below until after the ar rival of the marines from the St. Vincent, The men knew of the marines' arrival on the jetty by occasionally tricing up the lower deck ports to see what was going on. The call " leave for all or none," when the petty officers were asking for leave, was from a single voice. The remainder of the crew were then assembled round the mainmast to hear the result of the application. The drum mer when lie beat to quarters was standing on the main hatchway gratings on the maindeck. The pipe for the well-affected men to assemble was delivered at more than one hatchway ; heard it repeated several times, and considered that, in spite of the noise and confusion below, several of the men might have heard it. Was on the lower deck at the time and heard it him self. The boatswain's mate piped on the main deck, and he believed he came on the lower deck also. Saw several of the men go up in answer to the pipe. Called out to the men several times to go on deck, both from the hatchways and the lower deck ; whilst on the lower deck several of ;he men assembled round me and cried " Shame." A fow of the well-affected men about me on the lower deck appeared anxious to assist me in sup• pressing the mutinous conduct of the rest, calling out to them several times ; but the noise was too great to be heard, and the missiles were flying about. A man standing near me received a wound on the head, and both oificeis and men were struck several times. Immediately the drum beat to quarters, the lower deck ports were lowered, the lights put out, and the riot commenced. A few of the petty officers near me did all in their power, by words, to suppress the mutinous conduct of the c rew. While on the main deck heard voices on the lower deck calling out, " Come down you -- and we'll settle you," or words to that effect ; also heard other foul and abusive language. None of the men who had leave to go on shore were concerned in the cr y of " leave for all or none," as they were on the jetty at the time. There were no mates of the main or lower decks ; boatswains' mates had charge. The ship's complement of mates and midshipmen was about ten short. There were about 13 doing duty on board, 5 of whom were nava l cadets. - By the prisoner Sohn Earley—You belonged to the ,first half of the port watch, and to the best of my knowledge, went with the men on leave to the dockyard gates, and afterwa r d s returned to the ship and fell in with the rest on the tquarter-deck.the time. Lieutenant P. M. Prattent—Belonged to her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, and accompanied the men on leave to the dookr-od 04, by Qom from .7 ( gates to pass them Cornmaltder Joslino• While at the dockyard gates received orders to conduct the men back to the ship. There was great demur on the part of the men to obey those orders. One of the prisoners, James Smith, was whistling and making improper noises, and upon my speaking to him his manner was anything but respectful. Did not hear him incite the other prisoners to mis behave as well. Did not observe any of the pri soners, either by voice or sight, on the lower deck when the drum beat to quarters. By the prisoner Smith—When I ordered you at the dockyard gates to c e a se w hi st li ng you answered without saying " Sir." You kept your hands in your trousers, and when I told you I should report you when I got on board you said to me, " I dare sayyou will." George Hoad—On the 12th inst. was a prisoner in irons on board the Princess Royal, in the fore cockpit. Saw James Smith, one of the prisoners, come down during the disturbance on the lower deck, but cannot say when he went up again, as the lights were put out. A mob came down, and myself and five other prisoners were released from irons, but I cannot say who broke the lock. My self and the other prisoners remained in the cock pit until the officers came down after the disturb ance. Saw the prisoner James Smith put out one light; it was hanging on the port side of the sail room. There were five lights there at the time, and they were put out down the fore scuttle. The two sentries were there at the time, and tried to pre vent the lights being put out. Did not recognise any other of the prisoners as being in the fore cock pit. Was invited by the rioters to escape from the sentry's charge. Samuel Hunt—Was ship's corporal of the Princess Royal. At the time of the riot recognised the voice of Handle, one of the prisoners. He was shouting, " Hang on and keep the -- down." Did not see Randle when he made use of this language, but could not be mistaken in his voice, as he heard him three or four times. The sentries on the main deck also recognised it, for they said, " That is Harry Randle's voice." Thos. Scandrup, sergeant, Royal Marines—Was on the ship's lower deck when the disturbance took place, and went on the orlop deck and remained with the sentry and others there. The men on the lower deck ordered the lights to be put out. After that armed themselves with the cutlasses thrown by the men down the hatchway. Recognised no one at the time, but afterwards recognised Harvey, one of the prisoners ; he spoke in an excited manner, as though he was joining in the riot. By the prisoner Harvey—Recognised your voice from its peculiarity ; every man in the ship would know it from any other. John M'Donald, Royal Marine—Was sentry at the gun-room door at the time of the riot among the crew. The light was knocked out by the rioters—pelted out with basins and plates. I could not see who the rioters were, but could hear them. Heard them call out " Put out the light." Heard one of the prisoners, Earley, say, "Now for the -- gun room door." Went forward with Lieu tenant Pratten, and:saw the prisoner Thurley, who went by the name of " Chelsea" in the ship, with a basin and plate in his hands, his hands held behind him. Afterwards saw Captain Farquhar, of her Majesty's ship Victory, on the main deck, who said he was sent there by the Admiral to inquire into the disturbance. Thurley said, " I wish to come up and speak to you, sir," to which Captain Farqu har replied, " Come up, there's a good man, and spoak to me." After that a great number of the men followed him up, ani when no more came up Captain Farquhar went below himself, and I fol lowed him. Found there was no light, and asked one of the men to pass down a light, which he did; everything was then quiet again, and witness re turned to his post at the gunroom door. It being now past 5 p.m. the Court adjourned until 9 a.m, this day. The second Court will try Samuel Orr, 0.5., on charges of assault and mutin ous conduct ; the third will be for the trial of James Griffiths, 0.5., on a charge of mutinous conduct. The fourth Court will be for the trial of 110 other seamen on a general charge of " mutinous conduct;" and the fifth for the trial of William Barry, a sea man, for violent and mutinous conduct. The last trial will not take place until a medical officer has certified to Barry's fitness, he having received an injury on his leg, from which he is still suffering. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 26, WESTMINSTER. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ADULTERY ANII ROBBERY.—EmiIio Ponti, a young Italian, underwent another length ened examination, charged with stealing a quantity of valuable property belonging to Thomas Pithers, of 19, Stanley-street, Brompton (not Stanley-street, Pimlico, as previously stated), with whose wife he had eloped. The details of the case have before appeared. Ponti locked Pithers up for a month for threaten ing him, and during his incarceration cohabited with his wife. When Pithers was released he found that his wife and property had left his house, and both were found in an apartment occupied by Ponti, and it was urged for the prosecution that prisoner was guilty of stealing the goods taken away. The answer to this was that the law did not protect a man wh o su ffe re d hi s w i fe to indulge in i nfamous practices; that the property taken away was perso na lly th e w if e ' s, and the wages of promiscuous adultery ; and further, that Ponti was no party to the removal. Two more witnesses having been examined by Mr. S . mythe for th e p rosecut i on, who proved that Po zit! had said h e wou ld do all he could to get Mrs. Pithers away from her home, and that she had run away from hi m on t wo or t h ree occasions, as he was in the habit of ill-treating her, the important testi mony of Mrs. Pithers was taken by Mr. W. B. Davies, for the defence, and was as follows : Mary Pithers (sworn)—l am the wife of the pro secutor in this case, to whom I was married on the last day of May, 1855. I have lived at 10, York place, Vauxhall-road. I first became acquainted with Pithers a year before I was married. I was a housemaid and he was a serving -man in a family. I went to York-place in 1857. We did not live together for a long ti me . H e k new I saw gentlemen before I was married. I saw other gentlemen be sides Ponti, at York-place, while my husband slept in another room. Sometimes he slept with me. He never did any work while I was in that house. I saw other gentlemen before Ponti came, and my husband never used to say anything so long a s th ey gave me mon e y, even if it was only 55., but if they gave me none he would make a disturbance. On any occasion when gentlemen came in he would go out of the room and run down stairs. The gentle men gave me money, clothes, rings, brooches, and other things. A gold chain was bought out of a £5 note given me by a gentleman, and my hus band went with me to purchase it. I used to give my husband the money; he would take it from me as soon as the gentlemen were gone. On the sth of April, 1857, I was dressing in my room to go out, when my husband came to me and said, " There's a gentleman looking up, he's quite a gentleman, let him in." The servant let him in, and my husband ran down into the kitchen. It was Ponti; he gave me a sovereign directly he crme in, and gave the servant half-a-crown to go and fetch some pale ale. He stayed an hoar, and then went away. While he was in the house I went down stairs and gave my husband the sove reign. Ponti said he wanted to take apartments— had I any I could let him have ? I said he might have the drawing-room floor if he liked. I asked my husband, when he was gone, whether he would let him come, and lie was quite agreeable. He came on the following Tuesday, bringing his luggage with him ; no terms were made about payment. He did not know that I was married. He did not know it for three months afterwards. I never told him. He gave me £3 to pay the rent. He paid for my dinner, and for months afterwards I had poultry, fish, fruit, and other delicacies sent from the City by him. I gave my husband the £3 directly after I received it, and I told him where I got it from. Ponti has given me notes a n d a great many sovereigns, and while he gave me money, my husband said he might come as often as he pleased ; as long as people gave me money he n ever sa id anything, and if Ponti was giving me money now, Pith ers wou ld not bring this charge against him. Th e w h o l e of the time Ponti waswith me my husband was in the same house. Ponti gave 74ie th e greater part of the money I re ceived. When I told Ponti I was a married woman he said I ought to have told him that before, as I had kept him from his friends, and now he could not go back; that was true. He wanted to go a week before, and I would not let him. I cried, I begged and prayed of him not to go—not to leave me, for my husband ill-treated me so I could not live with him. When I left York-place I went to 5, Boyle-street. I went alone, but Pithers used to come and see me, and I wrote to him and sent him money. I saw gentlemen there; my husband was aware of it. Gentlemen came while my husband was there, and lie waited outside. When lie came in I gave him some money. Sh or tl y a f terwar d s Pithers took me away to 11, Belgrave-street South. He gave his name " Thomas" t here, and represented me as " Mrs. Hill." He had told me I might take any name I liked. Ho did not want the people at the house to know he was my husband, as he was afraid they would not let me see gentlemen it they knew that. He used to be there all day, and once he opened the door himself to a gentleman. The gentleman gave me money, and Pithers came in when lie was gone. My husband used to have all the money. He would not let Ponti see me, be cause Ponti would not give me money for my h us band. I ent from there with Pithers to 19, Stanley.street, Brompton. All men might come to see me who would give me money. My husband used to go out with me, and he would come d own the area step s quietly, so th a t if I had gentlemen with me they should not hear him. He never asked me how I got the money I gave him, because he knew. I had cards, on some of which m y name /gal Mrs. Pithers, and on others Mrs. Hill. I wrote the name of Hill, he said it would not d o for him t ° write it, as it must be in a female hand. MY ht band used to take letters in addressed to Mrs. , and open them. On the night I left ray husbands with me, had gone ; he had given me home, while he was in prison, Ponti, who had been and promised to let me have four more on the 1.01 lowing morning if I would go home to my r ih but. I refused. I packed up my things alone, ni called a cab. Ponti was not there at that time• t. went to his lodgings in Charles-street with t i ll e . order things, and threw stones at his window, in of the that I might be let in without the people a sovereign., le °thing' house knowing. I took nothing but my and jewellery, and four chamber towels, with me. Mr. Smythe here requested another adjournmen+e Mr. Arnold immediately complied, and t he fur ther hearing 0 of the case was postponed until Fridsy next, the prisoner's recormisances being ext ended as before. As Pithers left th e c o u rt he got tolerably well, mauled by the mob out s ide, the female portion (/' whom were net at all backward. - - - COUNTRY MARKETS. There was a fair supply of wheat, and, CAMBRIDGE—Nov. 26. good demand in the trade, white moved off at 468 to .1 8 . 1 1 red, 368 to 44s per 36 stone. A fair proportion of suP er 4 i barley at market ; malting, 40s to 45s ; grinding 24s 0 0 per 30 stone. Oats at 18s to 26s for new ; old oats, - - S si —s. Beans in limited supply, and a good s ale—ne e ' t r to 40s ; old, —s to —e 38 to Pe per 33 stone; peas, s 36 stone. With a rather We had a small No attendanceTT IN il A a ll t i t — o tna a fA ir to-day's a o y l: . 2 6 . s market, — ...pot', supply of grain. Th e ex t reme p r ices of last week ,h "" a n d were not maintained, with a s t ea dy feeling in the trau°o'r,er in most cases is p er qr d ec li ne . M a lting barley at floor prices ; grinding so r t s a f a i r su pply, and rather , e 0. to buy. Oats a sm a ll s h ow an d d u ll sale, at previ ousral Beans a small show, and rather higher prices. s 1.4 White wheat, new, 45s to 53s 'Barley, grinding . • • 2 „ -- , i t o t() 3 3 3 s Red do. 5401: t 0 0 0 5 4 5 7 3 s N Ol e tt w s, d o o ld . ~ ... ............ to r 4 Old whito Red do. Barley, malting 34s to 45s I Beans, new... •. • 44s t ° 44s to 488 I Beans.. .......... 41s t ° 4 5 A Super. flour, 35s to 398 ; fine, 31s to 335 , per ' 20 01° LEICESTER—Nov. 26. a fair There was a tolerable supply of wheat to - d a Yt - 50 s attendance, and a firm sale. White h e at, 46s to —red, 43s to 45s pe r 36 stone; . a very fair inquiry er barley, grinding, 28s t o 30 2 ; ma lti n g, 40s to Os P 2 61 to the oat trade was fi rtn , a t quo t a ti ons ranging fr °in f° 36s per 24 stone. Bea ns a mo derate sale, at 485 " per 38 stone Fine flour, .34s I Seconds, 32s J Thirds, 30s per 20 000' NCRWICH—Nov. 26. f t" Here, to-day, there was rather a full attenciane.,°„,,, of trade, and an inactive feeling. There was a small s'" wheat, prices for both old and now were or, on former rates. The supply of malting barley 111 ', a nd at fully the currencies of last market. In oats, bea rl l.! lees peas little or no change. Flour made 6d per 511 ° - money. . 42s t ° 4 8. 6° White wheat 47s to 51s Red wheat ....... , o , t o 4 Malting barley 42s to 48s I Chevalier barl o 9. • 'stn 2 50 Distilling do .. 2ss to 278 1 Oats.. ............ "- Flour, 30s to 31s Gd per sack from the mi ller ' generally Is dee YORK—Noy. 26. retitl e ' A middling show of whe a t, w ith a s low saler st gra bi all tion on last market day. Malting barley vat ply at former rates ; grinding qualities the to of the buyer. Beans were at high prices. business was transacted in oats, at former rates. Malt, 66s to 70s p er qr . ; rye, 30s per clr' STAMFORD—Nov. 26. ~,i nd of 1 ° s de lia At our market ye s t er d a y w h ea t we nt at ' rlel i ll . to 2s on last w ee k' s p r i ces, w i t h a f a i r supply, for 0 " demand, realising th e ex t reme prices of qualities. In oats no t much doing, but fi rni last we'l l F riee• ' Beans moved off in favour of the seller. to 21 , Wheat .... 42s to 4iis Oats.. .......... 24. 5 W A --. el White do .. 47s t o 52 s Beans ......... : 48 , to DA Barley 2 Bs t o 46 s Ditt o , o ld .. • •••• CORK—Nov, 25. The following were the quotations this mornillrV ie y 10 wheat, 24s 6d to 27s 01; white, 2680 d to 2SB 0d; 104 Od to 19s 6d ; oats, Hs Sd to 14s 2d. DUBLIN—Nov. 25. 1 d e. g.O Home wheat fi rm , without change. Oats in glu e wand, and in som e cases 3d to 6d per b barrel clleaP r i : quo 1 1; malting barley fully ma i n t a i ne d l a te rates; int% 00 0 ' ties neglect e d. F ore i gn w h eat i n reta il demon", " l• rates. Indian corn neglected. tl• l ' s. ~, 11 11 ° I " 14 0 Wheat, white 28 oto 31 0 Do ., new ••• • • . 13 ° t° 23 ° Do., red 27 oto 29 6 Bere ......... ~n cl to ,it Do., new 1 " 0 Barley Do., black 1 1 23 0 Oats 0 t t o o 1 1 2 4 69 Indian ßakers' corn flour . ... 0 4 0 t , , 34 • FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIS• , In the following table If deor " signifies that letters a.- „. ;,, • by evening mails from London, and 31 by moraill oy evening mails from London, and 31 by ra oriT--- - Nell 3 1 A .. DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port or doe . of Mails. D „patch• .......----- Ba S h o a u n t i li a l s im an p d to i n i a v an a via - . Australia and Mauritius, vial Dec' 14) New Ditto, via Marseilles 03 Canada, kc. (by Canada. co. ' 1.• D 3 0 York Dec. 23, El Liverp o °... - Nov. Cape of Good Hope, Ascen! ~F.' DL ei v:oruPpooori t Dom. 1 sion, and St. Helena China, Penang' and Sings-' I Ve 43 26 pore, via Southampton pekt ):,1 Nov.NDD oe c Te e: .2 1 1 : 9 , : 3 E I ! . o . u . t . h . a . fil .. 1::: . Do . 4 India ni vod: la,:,Southamptont Gibraltar, i(rcaas l N caui i j a tdt S aß o i l ea it wn ! i di Ditto, via Marseilles . —,; MI ............ , of "16 a le in cid o esy ton lNvo— . 2 a Dec. 3, m SouthamP Nov. 2 " Ditto, via Marseilles 31 South:y-11P' Dec. Nov.—, }3 ........ do e India (Bombay), via South- ov er ainpton Ditto, via Marseilles 3 3 1 1 %' S .' • () • u • t ' h!. ....... * pee. : Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Pee• 1 and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Nov.2B, M SouthaolP• i,;•11 :114ec. 17, 31 SouthaulP• oYe rd . 2 l Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. —, 31 SouthalllP . ,Nov. Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland ( Dec.Nv Nov.—. 3 3 E lli G S. .°;ul.vit.h:a.ll"--...P...... , P . 30 , AO United States and British N •• • ..- America (by British packet) Nov. 25, E Liverpool'' Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma- ol•• pee. delta, and Teneriffe Dec. 23 F Liverpo West India, California, Vene- . 1 zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town. New Granada, &c. Dec. 2, 31 Soutbain2,--' 'MA Th e TIIE F MINISTER CX ( FRENCH I,--- - * t ato 0- (C:lherinkas, Nfiolrothaeresertvoiceacoefo Minister of Finance has just fixed on a certain 11 %9n ~t; the Post-office. A similar arrangement, it may uo direc tor a T u l y ea t s h u e ry F a r n en d French o p t , e t; bored, took place in the Crimea and in Italy. T h A ii „, i t of . the Imperial Printing -office is also to saw w poE2tors and presses with the expedition. c arp e 0 0 1 . 00 0 HOSTILE ENCOUNTER.—A singular before the Petty Sessions Court of Quin (countY2 n ur. I t on Wednesday, and had not terminated at pest,it:Aoterli was a charge of assault preforrsd by Mr. Hugh Lora a gentleman of high position in the district, egatinant, Dunboyne, and the facts, as sworn to by the °OP at whil ° Mr. ho were briefly these :—" Singleton depose d hunting on the 15th inst ho rode after the hog? ds n 'OOO happened to pas s (his horse beinc , only walking .fi ot in! through the demesne of Lord D'unboy_ne, who c' na of We l; ruffian and a vagabond; gave a sword-cane t ° "1 tat) °- s i n g.° wo ! labourers, desiring him to knock him (Mr. his horse; presented a revolver at him, and 53id 1 % 41 i. drive one bullet through his head, and another thr°Aure heart ; there were from 25 to 30 labourers vriill a , L q hors° , his wo ol g' boyue at th e ti me . H e (M r. Si ng l e t on ) "t and addressin g L or d D un b oyne sa id, 6 urely 001, not murder an unar me d man ? G o in for a tibc °li , Lor a come outside the gate, and meet me foot to foet;l 4 ai ds Dunboyne said he wa s n o gen tl ema n, but a scouna"send vagabond, wh ereu p on M r . Si ng l e t on replied, Thenvott message to-night, and I will meet you anyobere point to-morrow. cho l6 l l the [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPS'S (HOMCOOPathie PriV COCOA.—This esteemed eparation is sol d by d T l cipal grocers at l s . 6d. P p r er lb., in 11b. dl s ' foloce °. packets. Each pa c k e t i s l a b e ll e d " Jamos'EPPsl pathic chemist, London." CAMP BIRTH S board the sh-X S. ; Sar re ' ri nELL.—On the 10th ult on o b% for Calcutta, th e w if e o f Lieut.-Colonel H. A. ' a- the wife of W. N. Forbes, Esq., t rn C. 8., Royal Artillery, of a son. be iV irfil l FORBES —On the 25th inst at Carlton-villas, lagsq, all- Dunnotar, N. 8., of a daughter. °f .4 ue : iiit Icon. El.3„.Ntilacer t ile w og , the wife of James Ratnsden . , Esq., of a son. MARRIA h .ri_rs7ol4:evntehstelolne2sl2tth4atnihndsotli inst., at ; Spanish.p at ° f .,i m a b b s s o o . n t ; t ibert" OWEN—GRAY.—On the 24th ins , at St. Mark% . 1 4 . Jee road, Regent's-park, Arthur .James, eldest son tto mialt Owen, Esq., of Loughlwough-prk, to second daughter of John Gray, Esq., of Gloucestcr p:ent, Regent's-park, and of the Middle TenlP l( '' g a it- SLET—G REILAN.—On. the 20th ult., at Beigaur9 low land, W. B. Sabine Pasley, Esq., Liut. in 1 - 1. 3 , 1 • '6 5,,bia0 bay Artillery, third son JRear.Adtairal Sir . - 1 - ~t - e r of Pasley, Bart., to Kate Henson, youngest davg" Major Grehan, late 78th Highlanders. ARBOUIN.—On the 25th last. at H S l3 . runswi c-m'ic'-°B°qcill'alr°' lA°. Arbouin, Esq., aged 82. • DEVON.—On the 23d inst ,e t Paington , 13 : 5 T e nt. 11-11 : ::: widow of the late Captain' Devon, R.N.. METILUEN.—On the 25th inst , in Couraug ht-Place R youngest daughter of Lord and Lady 11.lethuea. iiitick. AMS AY. —On the 22d inst , at Norden Cottage, ' den - t( q A u v a n r , e ll , lr L . i 'l q ' u h o o heath, James Ramsay, Es:t., aged SL KonsoN.—On the 24th inst., at Broadway ttn-s sdcross-street, Southwark. ' tS 11111°1 ' STA NLEY.—Onthe 22d, inst , very suddenly, Clia9' Esq., of Denhall, co. Ches . ter. A T onal S'I N . A e N w SI: c I:::.— , a O ge n d t 7 ll s e . 22d inst., at Sea,rborollg.lVlWlA widow of the late Josias Stwasfeld, Esq. , °I Fie tr i i .o nt' 1 1 70 s n d Robson, -street o fdalZ s, sh..3initlen.lB...riceseeC°ll:l:ll,l: TRITON,- On the 22d inst., at G, Paragon', 1 5,,,f ic road, Frederick Tritton, Esq., solicitor, age' "". YO l 0 1 9 9 LONDON : Printed and Published by Iftalm— 00 . 111 of No. 112, Strand, •Printer,, at The Sun oAiret op ti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is MlddleLeXt Monday, Novanxbor_2B, 1869,