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BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."• —Morning Poet. Gold 'Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 nd t 4 , Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA ItDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, ti ICTORINE. hiessr9. Santley, I. Haigh, Co - zi; (1. Honey, flartleman, Ste. Misses Pareptl. Thirlwall, ROYAL Couddetor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS of the Golden IN BOOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy Palms. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS Misa Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Re-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline (her original charater) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex trava,anza and Pantomime, ING T RES II BE AR 0, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at 7. never yet been once seriously played out. Just as we have appeared to be on the eve of arriving at so.ne definite and comprehensible result — just as we have been preparing to count up the score and to balance the difference, to see who had made the tricks and who had won the honours—the cards were shuffled together con fusedly. It turned out to have been from the first a mis-deal, or some important player having revoked in some dubious manner, had thrown all the preced ing play into inextricable confusion, and made all the past just count for nothing. Are we to have the same irritating, tantalising, distracting, mad dening spectacle all over again ? Are we, once more, in this matter of Reform, to begin from the beginning, without the smallest reasonable prospect before us, of bringing the question to a satisfactory settlement ? We are certain to have the " dangling" cherry bobbed before us again in the Speech from the Throne—but will the tempting morsel, save in a metaphorical sense, be swallowed ? Is JOHN BULL at length to get a bite of it, to snatch the merest nibble ? If not—if really and truly he is not even now, in 1860, to taste the flavour of Reform, now that the power of giving it is again in the hands of the Liberals of all shades and colours—the Reformers of every political denomination, Whigs, Peelites, Radicals, in effect (and to sum up all in one phrase), the present motley Coalition Government, or Ontnium Gatherum Administration—if we say JOHN does not at last really and in earnest obtain Reform from them he is certain to recollect one Fact and to act upon it ! He is certain to remem ber that while the S,Vhigs and their associates, old and new, have over and over again unite ad nauseam been promising a Reform Bill without ever actually giving it—the Tories introduced a substantial Re form Bill ONCE—namely, last year—and were only prevented from carrying it through both Houses in the form of a bold and sweeping enactment—by the dog-in-the-manger policy, by the petty spiteful intrigue, by the paltry political dodge of their Whig antangonists! We repeat —in the remembrance of these Parliamentary and Ministerial incidents Unless the Whigs and their associates really do at length in veritable earnest put their shoulders to the wheel, by giving us a Reform Bill worthy of the name of a Reform BiII—JOHN BULL, through his true representatives, the little band of Indepen dents in the House of Commons, who are in truth honest Reformers, avd not mere shuffling partizans, will act accordingly ! ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of 3fdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Atter which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT - KILLER. ; or, Harle quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. benj. Webster. Holiday Attractions.— The Christmas Carol and the New Spectacular Extravaganza, by H. J. Byron, Esq,, the Nymph of the Lurlyberg ; or the Knight and the Naiades. THIS EVENING, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Messrs J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Paul Bedford, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith. Romer: Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Chatte rley, Miss Laidlaw. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing f thiseats, nor far bills of performance. All fees to servants of establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Wednnesday, Jan. IS, the Theatre will be Closed, in consequence of the Company performing at the oe tricals, Windsor Castle. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King,r-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and 'West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME.' Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. 11. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-ofEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past els ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYA L AMPHITHEATRE ; Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. The Great Christmas Novelty, "Harlequin Tom Moody, triumphant. THIS EVENING, the entertainments will commence at 7 o'clock with the droll drama of DOMINIQUE THE DE SERTER_ Dominique, Mr. G. Belmore. After which, fine and exquisite Riding - Evolutions by the Star Artistes, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. John Henry Cooke, and other first-rate professors. Concluding with the really successful Holiday MOODY; and Sporting Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN TOM or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the Goddess Diana, introducing, among numerous new and splendid effects, the Derby Day of 1860, by the Astlean Racing Stud and clever jockeys ; also the wonderful Salamander Horse, enveloped in a body of real fire. A Grand Day performance of the New Comic Pantomime, and very superior novelties in the ring, every Saturday, at Two o'clock, during the Holidays. Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips C NTERB UR Y HALL CONCERTS.- - EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Beunett's MAY QUEEN. Arid a Grand Selection from lleyerbeer's new opera at DINORAII. Comic Vocalists —3fessrs. Georze TTodson (the Trish Come. Can and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting• Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite ot Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one ot the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BON II EU S celebrated PICTURE of the - HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 5 till n on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 13, 1860, THEXMOMETIII2, IN THE SIIADB. 4S—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BA nomETzit-30.18. WlNT),:Easterly ; light, with dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 3h. llm.—Afternoon, 513. 33m To-mORROw.-Morning, sh. 55m.—Afternoon, 6h. 17m , • • , , 4 . k •.; • • • ,r t ,t 4 THE SUN. The worli-famous light cavalry charge at gala klava has just been repeated by the Spaniards upon a small scale, upon the frontiers of the em• pire of Morocco. An order has again been mis understood. The officer bearing it has again ut tered a petulant word of command, the knee o which, in the confusion of the moment, appears to have been exaggerated, if not, indeed, altogether misapprehended. Sir RICHARD AIREY has his counterpart yonder, a little in advance of Ceuta — Captain NOLAN his—the Earls of LUCAN and CARDIGAN theirs—with a difference. Ac cording to the graphic account given by an eye-witness, v riling fresh from his recollec tions of the scene to the chief of our morning con temporaries, " Some Moorish cavalry were seen (for a while, on the fatal day), but they kept aloof. The Hussars had made one little charge, when an aide-de-camp of General Purses rode up to them, and gave them an order which appears not to have been clearly understood. The story has been variously related," adds the Times' correspondent, " but I believe the aide-de camp has cleared himself, and the whole thing has been shown to have been an unfortunate mistake. As he was leaving them he said something about their charging freely when they saw a chance; that the Moors were cowards, and would not stand. The commandant of the Hussars misunderstood the words, and thought the term cowards' applied to his men. This, at least, was the impression made on one captain whom I saw and heard, immediately after the charge, as he returned reeking with sweat and with bloody sabre, relating it, with marks of furious indignation, to an officer of the Staff. The immediate consequence of the misunderstanding was that the commanding officer ordered a charge, and away went his handful of Hussars through the enemy's skirmishers and up a narro w and slightly ascending valley, or rather gorge, leading from the level to a secluded plateau on the lower slopes of the mountain, where the MoorLh camp was pitched." The result of such an insensate course of proceeding may be readily conjectured. But the consequences are in no way left to mere conjecture, when it is added that the Spanish "infantry was not yet well advanced," while it is observed imme diately after "a considerable force of Moors were still in and around the camp, and from the heights on either side of the confined lists in which this despe rate contest was entered upon a severe fire was opened upon the Hussars, who continued their furious career until they reached the camp itself. Of what passed there," writes the correspondent in continuation, "one can get but confused accounts. The Moors, although surprised by the sudden appearance of this very forlorn hope, quickly re covered from their panic, and the cavalry suffered severely." All that they brought back from this charge down that new Valley of Death appears to have been, oddly enough, besides their wounds and their glory—a bundle of papers ! " The nature of which," quoth the eye-witness, "I have not yet been able to learn." As a significant token of the barbarous nature of the conflict with the solditr3 of Morocco, we read—" One wounded officer fell into the hands of the Moors, who busied themselves with taking off his uniform, which they doubtless thought worth preserving. He was brought away half naked, by his comrades, who charged to rescue him." And again—" Another officer was brought back with his face and neck cut to pieces. lam assured that he had at least a dozen cuts from the Moorish gumias— straight short swords, which they grind very sharp." Now read the follow ng, and say if the words are not identically the same as those we all of us perused half-a-dozen years ago in regard to that desperate light cavalry charge down the deadly valley of Balaklava! " Most of the wounds received were from the fwd.:lire, as they rode to and from the camp. 2he affair was 0 most unfortunate one, but at the same time highly creditable to the gallantry qf the hussars." It might be a verbatim description of the glorious but lamentable feat of arms perfot mai by our own Ilussars—the deathless Six Hundred, sung in Tyrtean accents by the thrilling voice of the Poet Laureate. With reason has it been written long ago that History is but a series of repetitions. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1860. The Legislative Session of Prussia has been once more inaugurated immediately prior to the re-as sembling of our own Parliament. And the Royal Speech delivered by the PRINCE REGENT proves, as usual, to be wonderfully vague, sonorous, oracular, and enigmatical. There is much grandiose talk there, as of yore, about the strengthening of the Federal Union" and the reform of the Federal Con stitution, and about Prussia always considering herself " the natural representative of the effort (streben) for increasing the strength of the nation, and efficaciously promoting German interests in ge neral." All this we have long since known by heart—it is the cuckoo cry, the parrot gabble of that European sovereign, residing, by a sort of ironical arrangement, in a Palace called Sans Solici—who is always " going" to prove himself the national representative of the effort for increasing the strength of the great Germanic nationality--and never doing it! One marvels how the vapid, empty, meaningless phrases can be repeated coolly, and with a grave aspect over and over again with such " damnable iteration !" Yet they do it—quite, as a thing of course—these rulers of Prussia. No matter whether the Chief be styled in the A linanach de Gotha, King or Prince Regent, it is all the same — there, when the Prussian Chambers assemble according to annual custom to hear once more the Speech from the Throne inaugu rating their Legislative proceedings—there, no matter whether the royal orator be dubbed his Majesty or his Royal Highness, the inevitable words chime upon the hearing of the Prussian patriots--there, once more, they are glibly and complacently reminded that "Prussia will always consider herself the representative of the effort " [never made] for increasing the strength of the Ger manic Nationality, and for promoting the Reform of the Germanic Confederation. Have we nothing parallel to all this, however amongst ourselves ? Well —let us consider for a moment. Is there not even one of the very words last uttered echoed back to us with painful and derisive distinctness ? Shall we not hear it once h more within this next fortnight ringing throu g h the hushed attention of that gorgeous House of Lords in the silvery tones of that well-known, well loved voice of our gracious Sovereign—that dole ful, ine:itable, inexorable "word of promise to the car," that word always of late, session after session, " broken to the hope"—Reform. Every successive year recently when the political cards have been dealt out between the two Houses—that has been the invtt r i a ble 'trump turned up and • 4t , tossed on the table of Parliament with a flourish. Drying four out of the last five yearr, too, that delusive trump card of Reform has been—PAm. And hitherto of late the game has The social philosophers who employ tbemselve3 in the consideration of the workings of our national system, usually direct much of their attention to the relative positions of employers and employed. They consider justly that no other branch of poli tical economy so greatly affects the welfare and prosperity of the nation. Such reasoners will find mach to interest them in the subject of a lecture delivered last evening by Mr. BLANcnARD JERROLD, at the Marylebone Literary Institution. The s'.vs reading professed to be " descriptive of the relations of master and man in France, and of a visit to the Conciliation-hall at Paris, with a view to the estab lishment of a similar institution in this country." It appears from his account that the Conseit'st de Prudhozn2nes, established for the settlement of all disputes between employers and employed, are of very ancient date. Councils of this kind existed long prior to the Revolution. The first was that estab lished 133 King RENE at Marseilles, in 1452, for the settlement of disputes among the fishermen. Others bearing the same title existed subsequently, but for the most part the Prud'honznzes were municipal officials apppointed by the Government. This, of course, defeated the object of the institution, but all such councils were swept away by the hurricane of 1789, with the exception of that pertaining to the sailors and fishermen, who, never having committed their:proceedings to paper, had nothing to fear from the loss of deeds and documents. The Conseils, in their modern form, were established by the Emperor NAPOLEON in 1806, in consequence of the strikes at Lyons: Constructed by his master hand, and admirably adapted to the feelings and necessities of the people, they have withstood all subsequent changes. The councils are elected by the trades over which they have control. The number of members is restricted to six, with a president and a vice-president. Three of these members are masters and three journeymen, who are elected by their respective bodies. Some quali fications are necessary on both sides. A master, to be qualified to vote, must be twenty-five years of LATEST N E \V S. The following telegrams have been received at Nil. Reuter's office : PARIS, JAN. 13. The Moniteur of to-day publishes tho usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the pre- vious return : "DECREASE. Cash in hand " INCREASE. 45 millions. Bills discounted not yet due .. .. 45 1-3 d millions Advances Bank notes Treasury balance.... Current accounts .... . 69 2-3 d „ . 29 91 " Nothing has yet transpired to confirm the re port of Cardinal Antonelli's resignation. " Lord Cowley is expected to return to Paris on Saturday next." BERLIN, JAN. 12. The Prussian Chambers were opened today by his Royal highness the Prince Regent. The Royal Speech mentions the events of Euro pean importance which have lately taken place, and states that after the conclusion of peace, Prussia, on the joint invitation of France and Aus tria, had declared her readiness to take part in a Congress to deliberate on the proper means for the pacification of Italy and the durable consolidation of her internal affairs. age, having been a master for five years, and having carried on business for three years in the area controlled by the council in question. The same rules apply to the other side with the necessary variations. Both masters and journey men are qualified for the Council at 30 years of age, provided they can read and write. lincertifi cated bankrupts and convicted criminals are dis qualified both as electors and as members of the Council. The method which they follow is ex tremely simple. On a complaint being made, a summons is sent to the accused to appear before two of the Prud'hownes, who sit in what is termed a conciliated office to hear the case in private. Their first efforts are directed to the amicable arrangement of the matter. If, however, their first message is disregarded, they send a second summons at the cost of ls., and if that is still unheeded, judgment goes by default. If the par ties meet and cannot come to terms, the matter is referred to the Council, at an expense of about half a guinea, exclusive of evidence. Care is taken by the Council to prevent the unnecessary summons of witnesses, and the respeetive parties are forbidden to engage attorneys, but plead in person. The ma jority of the cases, however, are settled at the first stage, not more than one-fifth of the whole number, it is said, going before the full Council. The effect of these Conseils is conducive to the interests of both sides by the speedy settlement of those long-pending and vexatious disputes which are so common amongst us ; strikes are avoided, and both parties protected from injustice. We heartily concur in Mr. BLANCHARD'S desire to see a similar institution established amongst ourselves, which might effectually prevent the recurrence of those distressing struggles which paralyse the energies of the man of business, while they bring distress and desolation to the homes of the labouring popu lation. COWES, ISLE OF WIG HT.—Jan. 12. The Royal Speech then recalls the manifestation of the desire for a reform of the Federal Constitu- tion, and says— " Prussia will always consider herself the natu ral representative of the effort (Streben) for in creasing the strength of the nation and efficaciously promoting German interests in general. The Prus sian Government wishes that the action of the Federal Diet should, in its relations with the con stitution of separate States, be confined within the strict limits of competent intervention. Prussia, therefore, thinks it her duty, in reference to the constitution of Electoral Hesse, to recommend the re-establishment of the Constitution of 1831, after removing all the articles which may be contrary to the Federal Act, as being in accordance with that principle." The Prince Regent further said that, united with his German confederates, he is constantly endea vouring to obtain for the Gorman provinces of Den mark a legitimate constitution conformable to the recognised common law of the country, and to have the interregnum settled in a satisfactory manner. The projects of law to be submitted to the Cham bers relate to the question of the land tax, the pro vincial representation, the limitation of the electo ral districts, matrimonial rights, general liability to military service, and the financial measures con nected therewith. In conclusion, the Prince Regent said— " It is not the intention of the Government to violate the bequest (Vermachtniss) of a great period. '1 he Prussian army will in future be also the Prus sian people in arms." MARSEILLES, JAN. 12. :he other stages. General Montauban, Commander-in-Chief of tLe French expedition to China, arrived here on Tues day evening, and would embark to-day, with his staff, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer for Alexandria. Madame Bourbalon, the wife of the French Am bassader in China, would also leave by the same steamer. (FROM OITIL OWN CORTCSISPONDENT.) COWES VOLUNTEER RIFE CORPS. A public meeting was held in the Town-hall, Cowes, on Thursday evening. The hall was filled to excess. William George Ward, Esq., of Northwood Park, was called to fill the chair, and in an able speech explained the business of the iseeting, and advo cated the formation of a volunteer rifle corps for East and West Cowes and neighbourhood. Sir John Simeon, Bart., the Rev. R. E. Hughes, T. P. Mew, Esq., the Rev. J. B. Atkinson, P. L. Powys, Esq., 'M.P., and several other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and were enthusiastically cheered. The feeling was unanimous in favour of the move ment, and neither men nor money seem to be want iug to carry out the object. A committee was formed, who meet at the Town•hall this evening for business, and to enroll the names of the volunteers. We never saw such an universal feeling in favour of any object before—the entire population take it up as one man. _ MADRID, JAN. 11 On Monday last the Spanish army was one league from Tetuan. An attack of the enemy had been repulsed. FRANKFORT, JAN. 12. In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet the mili tary committee delivered its report, on the proposal of the Wurzburg Conference, for the fortification of the coasts. On the demand of Prussia the vote was deferred for a fortnight. VERONA, JAN. 11 It is stated that a violation of the boundary having occurred at the frontiers of Modena, Major General Lippert has proceeded there. Field-Marshal Lieutenant Crenneville has left for Desenzano, to join the committee for the regulation of the Sardinian boundary, the seat of which is at Peschiera. The continued rains have stopped the wark on the Cowes and Newport Railway for a short time, but all is now on the move again. A vessel is dis charging a cargo of the permanent rails. About one-fourth of the entire quantity required has been already landed. The steam floating bridge from East to West Cowes is being most successfully worked, and is one of the greatest benefits that was ever conferred on the two towns and the neighbourhood generally. It will also greatly benefit the towns of Ryde and Yarmouth. We understand that two four-horse coaches are to be put on to run from West Cowes to Ryde. The Tipperary Artillery were embarked in steamers from the Medina Wharf on Wednesday, and the Durham Militia landed and marched to fill their places at Parkhurst Barracks the same day. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, The Emperor yesterday received letters written to his Majesty by the Prince Regent of Prussia, on the occasion of the recall of the Marquis de Mous tier, and also a letter in which the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar notifies to the Emperor the birth of a Prince, son of Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar. PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been very buoyant, and Securities of all kinds in demand. Threes opened at 68f. 55c., and improved to 68f. 85e. Mobilier varied from 757 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 563 f. 75c. to 568 f. 75c. ; Austrian, 535 f. to 537 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 911 f. 75c. to 927 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,382 f. 50c, to 1,390 f. ; Southern, 5071. 50e. to 515 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 925 f. The following were the last quotations : ft per Cents. .... 1 1 .6 80 Credit Fonder 720 Do. end month Belgian 4i 3 per Cents 6B 65 Piedmontese (5) .. 84 75 Do. end month 6B 75 Roman Bl 75 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 775 Spanish Threes Do. Account FATAL A CCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (IIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) A fatal accident occurred this morning, the 13th, on the Great Northern Railway, near Redford Junction, Nottinghamshire, to a Mr. William New ton, a person employed by the company as a timber loading overseer. The unfortunate man was knocked down, and was run over by nearly the. whole of the carriages of a passenger train, the left leg being all but separated from the body. Medical aid was promptly summoned, but the shcck and the injures were of so severe a character that after lingering a short time he died. Ho has left a widow and several children. ROWLEY V. ROWLEY.—This case, which has attracted SD much attention at the Westminster Police court, is at an end. It ha:: been determined by both parties to let the proceedings drop. The will of Lord Macaulay was proved on Tues day, at Doctors' Commons, by his lordship's executors, ac companied by the family solicitor. His personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. M. Chutelain, ex-private secretary of Count Walewski, has been appointed head of the statistical de partment at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ' ORN.IGN GRAIN AND FLOUR.-Duty paid at Hull last week :--179 ss. on 1,585 qrs. of wheat ; £424 3s. on 8,483 qrs. of barley ; 16s. on 16 qrs. of beans ; £l5 16s. on 316 cps. of peas ; £5 2s. on 102 qrs. of oats ; and Ils, 71d. on 31 cwt. of wheat flour. THE KENT ELOPE3IENT.—We are assured, on the best authority, that there is no truth in the statement' that Mrs. Smith Bannerman and her paramour, the Rev. Mr. Green, had sailed from England in the ill-fated Bleix i • Castle. The guilty pair were seen in England after the date of the wreck alluded to.—Mitneliester Guardian. A letter from Boston (U S.) dated the 28th ult. ." Fanny limbic is here, reading Shakspere with eminent success, every reading being crowded with the elite of our aristocracy—meaning some people who have brains. and more who have money. She is just as popular as when she first read here in 1319. She acts as well as reads her chief characters. Her Shylock is • perfect—l never saw a better one on State-street, which is our Rialto." The Prairie Dog brought from the Western. Prairies of America by the Hon. G. F. Berkeley has been presented by the proprietors of the Field to the Zoological Society of London. The animal does not resemble a dog, but is more like a large rat, and this specimen is the only one at present in England Its habits are peculiar iit bur rows in the earth, and makes a sharp noise something like the bark of a dog, and hence its name. There is some doubt as to its proper zoological name. I'nE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1860. INDIA. COMMERCIAL. ~iC .. . INDIA AND CHINA. We have received our letters and papers from Calcutta to December 8 and from Hong Kong to November 30. The following summary is from the Bengal llarkara of December 8 : The advent of the Right Hon. Mr. Wilson is the principal event since our last summary. On Satur day, the 3d inst., Mr. Wilson took his scat in the Legislative Council, and on Monday last a deputation of about 60 gentlemen presented an address from the Chamber of Commerce and the Indigo Planters' Association. Thepublic therefore have had some op portunities of ascertaing the metal of our new Mini ster of Finance ; and the opinion formed of him is that he is just the man for that important office. A veteran financier, he comes amongst us at a time when the people of India, and particularly the European community, are groaning under the bur dens imposed by the rulers of the land, with the an ticipation of further unjust and partial measures. We had no confidence, we could have no confidence in the pseudo financialists of the ex-company's govern ment. Greedy of gain, the laws of political eco nomy were set at nought, and so long as money was procured, but little thought was bestowed on the means used to accomplish that object. Now, at the head of the finances of the state we have a man botk theoretically and practically acquainted with his business, and the measures he adopts will doubt less be approved by all classes of the community. The Legislative Council recommenced its meet ings on Saturday last. After the long vacation of two months, the Council should have sat on the 12th November, but neither on that day, nor on the two succce ling Saturdays, could a quorum be formed. The council assembled again yesterday. A bill was introduced by Mr. Harrington " to continue in force for a further period of one year Acts 14, 16, and 17 of 1857." Theso are three of the Mutiny Acts. Having been read a first time, the standing orders were suspended, and the bills passed through The campaign on the northern frontier of Oude is nearly terminated. Yesterday the Government fur nished the press with the following information : _ " On the 30th of November, Colonel Bulwan Sing, commanding in the hills, attacked and killed Beth Madho and his brothers in the Danni valley," and a brigadier in the Terai has captured two elephants, with 14 boxes of ammunition, the magazine of the late Nana. The rebels fled into the jungle, throwing away their arms. On the 3d inst. Brigadier Holditch reported that Munnoo Khan was in confinement, Buldeo Sing, captured, and that Ummer Sing, the brother of Kooer Sing, with about 200 followers, had surrendered on the previous day. The brigadier reports, on the sth, that Davie Deen and Gunga, leaders of the Nusseerabad Brigade, were prisoners in camp ; that the Nusseerabad Brigade had sur rendered to Jung Bahr door, and that 350 men de livered up by the Nepaulcse, were on their way to the camp. CALCUTTA, DEC. 8. Our last was dated the 22d ult., and we have since been in receipt of commercial intelligence from home of the 3d of November via Galle, which still appears very unimpor tant, and without any inducement for operation in our markets. Exports—The market remains much about the same as represented in our last. Stocks of almost all staples continue moderate, and supplies are arriving very gradually; previous prices are still maintained, and shippers entertain the same disinclination as before to operat2 in face of late accounts from home. For America, a very moderate business has been done ; but shipments for France, which had almost been suspended, have been resumed, but to a very moderate extent. Imports.—Operations for the Upper Provinces continue very moderate, and although there is no particularly favour able intelligence from the up-country marts, there are buyers at low prices. The Money Market continues easy, and accommodations available on favourable terms. No change at the Bank of Bengal since our last. The rates continue as before. Government Securities.—As has been long since anti cipated., the English rates are now ruling the market here, as they would indigo, silk, and other important articles of produce. The news of a riso of 2d. at home brought by the last mail has improved the Five per Cents. about 2. They wore selling at 11 to 11 8, and are now freely being taken at 9t09 4. Five and a half per cent. paper is at 48to 4 12. Sicca, Four per Cent. Its., 25 is 25 8 per cent. dis. Com pany's Four per Cent. Its., 23 to 23 8 per cent. die. Exchange on London.—A rather large business has been done for this snail in China drawn bank bills at 2s. lid. ; and Jardine, Matheson, and Co., China drawn bills, at 2s. 1 3-16 d. Some Treasury bills have changed hands at 2s. Old. to 2s. O'd., and discount bills at 2s. lid. At the closing of the mail bills became rather scarce, and declined from 2s. lid to 2s. ld. The local banks have drawn at 2s. ld. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 920 .. 929 New ditto. 845 .. Lyons and Msditerranoan 925 .. 921 25 Geneva 517 50 .. 520 Southern .. Western 570 .. .572 50 Eastern Strdiniatit Austrian Lombard.... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10e. ; money, 251. 9e.; three months, paper, M. 95e. ; money, 24f. 931 e. Messrs. Arles Dufour and Co., of Lyons, in re viewing the silk trade for the past year, observe that, not withstanding the Italian war, the general consumption de creased but slightly, and that after a well sustained upward tendency prices have closed about 10 per cent. higher than at the end of 1858. This continental advance is explained by the scarcity caused by seven successive deficient Euro pean crops, which also accounts for the incessant and enor mous increase in the use of Asiatic and, particularly, China silk. For the first months of the now year, until the hopes or fears respecting the now silk crop in Europe shall pro duce fluctuations, a steady market is anticipated. Since the commencement of the year the rates of freight outward to the East Indies, from London, have drooped a little, particularly for Calcutta, in consequence of the large amount of tonnage on the loading berth, as well Hs from. the arrivals of ships being more numerous. But the exports continue large, and it is assumed that the expe dition to China will cause employment for a large amount of tonnage in various ways. The Australian mail did not bring favourable advices for shippers. The amount of tan nage now loading ia, for Australasia, 30,873 tons ; India, 31,618 tons; China, 10,031 tons; making a total of 72,555 tons. For the Cape rates are firm, and large shipments are expected during the year. According to the official list of he export of coal, it appears that the increased consumption is largo in the East Indies, China, and Australia. The Japan coal has been tried with great success on board somo of the steamers abroad, but it, is reported not to have been shipped in any quanity. For Aden rates have fallen very considerably, and 50s. per ton has been accepted fer ready ships, 455. has been paid for salt to Calcutta from Liverpool, and 50s. 1 er ton has been given for homeward cargoes. The rates for China are fully maintaines, and £5l per keel for coal given for Singapore from the Tyne. The Mediterra• nean and Black Sea coal freights have been rather less ac tive, although a steady business is done. ',,Grain freights are flat. CHINA. The following is from the China Mail of Nov, 30 : The London mail of the 27th September arrived here on the 16th inst., and that of the 10th Octo ber arrived yesterday. The monstrous inventions which appear in the English papers in regard to the reception of the American Minister at Pekin will serve to convince the English public as to how they are being im posed upon in regard to Chinese matters. Nothing has occured during the fortnight affect ing relationships with the Chinese, except that the new American treaty came into force on the 24th inst., having been signed at Tien-tsin on the 18th of June, 1838, and ratified at Pehtang on the 16th of August last. It reduces the tonnage duties on Ame rican vessels, and provides that citizens of the United States detected smuggling shall be liable to be handed over to the Chinese authorities, and shall receive no countenance or protection from those of their own country. Another clause of the treaty opens the ports of Taiwan in Formosa and Swatow to American commerce, but it does not come in force until the lst of January, 1860. From the Pekin Gazette it appears the bank ing system of the metropolis had been put under special regulations. The banks had been issuing paper in excess, and much misery had been caused by the sudden disappearance of bankers after issuing notes in large numbers. Kweiliang, the Prime Minister, continued in bad health, and had applied for an extension of leave from his public duties. The rice crop of this season has not fulfilled the expectations formed of it. In fact, the deficiency is considerable, and will be the more felt as this year's first crop was also defective. Prices have risen, and the failure is believed to extend over all the south of China and even to Siam. The scheme of family emigration to the British West Indies continues to meet with gratifying success, and the ship Whirlwind is to start in a few days for British Guiana with the first batch of emi grants, among whom are a number of women and children. Mr. Austin has established an office for the reception of emigrants in the western suburbs of Canton, and has raised matsheds for the same pur pose on Morison Hill, in Hong-Kong. A terrible occurrence connected with this traffic has been the wreck of the American ship Flora Temple, bound for Havannah, with 850 coolies on board, all of whom were lost. It was at first alleged that the Anglo-Chinese Customs service could not prevent smuggling at Canton, owing to the intricacies of the Canton water communication, but now the complaint is that it is carrying out its object too severely. The other day it seized the Portuguese steamer Sham rock, when that vessel was receiving smuggled silks at Kow-lcong. The outcry which had been raised here against this seizure, the comparison of it to the Arrow case, and the assertion that the Portuguese Government may take up the seizure as a &:sus belli, only shows wilful ignorance. Even England cannot object to the seizure of her vessels engaged in trade at other than the five poi ts, for Art. IV. of the supplementary treaty expressly provides that when merchant ves sels repair to any other ports and places " the Chinese Government officers shall be at liberty to seize and confiscate both vessels and cargoes." But Portugal has no treaty with China, and only a local convention between the Governor of Macao and that of Twangtung, so that she has not the remotest claim to resist any regulations of trade which the Chinese authorities make. In 1836 Adriao, the Go vernor of Macao, wished to go to Pekin and make a treaty with China, but he could not do so. It is un derstood that the present Governor, Guimaraens, has received instructions to form a treaty if possible ; but as matters stand at present, the Portuguese cannot resist the revenue laws of China, and would be checked by England and France if they tried to do so. In regard to local matters, we regret to have to mention that the Government still persists in carry ing out a ridiculous and cruel policy in regard to Mr. Tarrant, editor of the late Friend of China, who was condemned to a year's imprisonment for a libel on Colonel Caine ; for though they have apparently made some amelioration of his condition by sepa rating him from other misdemeanants, they still continue to treat him as a common criminal, and in a manner unprecedented in England as a punish ment for libel since the time of Daniel Defoe. We are glad to learn that, to the honour of Col. Caine himself, the Chinese merchants of Hong-Kong pro pose to send home by this mail a testimonial, in the shape of a solid silver looking-glass, with an inscription on it to the effect that it is presented to him by the Chinese mercantile community. As Colonel Caine has altogether ceased to have any connection with the colony, this testimonial is of all the more value. Much local irritation has been caused by an indiscreet attempt on the part of the garrison 10 discriminate between society and non-society in in viting subscribers to their theatres. The exclusion of Parsees in particular, and in opposition to the remonstrances of the heads of families, was an absurd step, as yet only partially corrected. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Tho feature worthy of the greatest notice this mail is the almost certain failure of the rice crop to an alarming extent; a calamity not merely confined to China, but extending, from all we can learn, to all the rice growing countries this side of the Straits. Current rumour asserts the deficiency in the south of China as from 20 to 25 per cent. below an average crop. HONGKONG.—Eichang,o has again advanced. Bank bills have been sold at 4s. 10/d. to 4s. 11d., and first-class credits 4s. 111 d. to 4s. 1 ltd. The transactions have not been large, but the market is firm at these quotations. CANTON.—Business jis dull. Expensive land carriage, caused by the water communication of the country, the usual mode of transit, being insecure, lays goods down in the interior at rates too high to leave any remunerative margin. Considerable settlements of tea have, howeveS, been recently made, and as money is scarce, the teamen will in all probability take goods in return, and thus assist the market. Stocks of most kinds of manufactures are small, and prices firm. SHANGHAIL—Our advices come down to the 23d inst , at which date the mail of 10th September from home had not arrived. Prices of imports remained unaltered since our last. Grey and white shirtings were in demand. T-cloths were quite old of stock, and wanted, as also were fancy goods, the small quantity in first hands being held for an advance. Tea—The English news up to the 19th Sept., via Bombay, had produced a remarkable effect in the tea market. After excluding contract teas, which amounted to 14 chops, 60 chops or 31,317 chests of congou had been settled in the fortnight. Ningohowe and Oopacks were quoted 25 tls. to 34 tls. per picul, and Howchows 171 tls. to 24 tls. per picul. GOVERNOR WISE GONE MAD. We read in a Canadian letter a report of a speech made by this " madcap Governor" (as he calls him self) to some students. Of course he refers to John Brown and the abolitionists. He says :—".lt would be with an aching heart, it would be with a wild fever passion, that I could be forced to strike against the bosom of my own countrymen of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio ; but if I could only be relieved from that struggle I would gladly take the alternative of a war with England. (Applause.) My heart would leap to that alternative like a bridegroom to his chamber. (Applause.) Fred. Douglass says he is bound for England. Let him. Oh ! if I had had one good, long, low, black, rakish, well-armed steamer in Hampton-roads, I would have placed her on the Newfoundland banks with orders that if she found a British packet with that negro on board, to take him. (Tremendous applause.) And by the eter nal gods he should have been taken—taken with very particular instructions not to hang him before I had the privilege of seeing him well hung. (Laughter and applause.) Then, then, if Queen Victoria called upon my prince, Mr. Buchanan— [the remainder of this sentence was lost in the ap plause.] I hope I would have said that all he could lo was what he said he could do at Harper's Ferry. (Laughter.) If the British Minister had demanded that the madcap Governor should be given to the British lion, I would just deliberately have referred the question to you. (Tremendous applause.) I should have said to them, come up and take me, and if my people are willing that I shall be surrendered, I will go without a fuss.' I would call above all upon the President of the United States to demand of England that she should not suffer her Canadian possessions to be used as a place of refuge for violators of our laws and disturbers of our peace." The New York Herald is half disposed to en courage the demand of Governor Wise :—" In this connection," says that journal, " his allusions to Canada as the house of refuge for such abolition conspiracies as that of John Brown, for the over throw of our Southern institutions and Southern society, and the Union itself, afford a hint which the Government at Washington might profitably , take into consideration. The position which Eng land holds towards us on the slavery question in Canada is not consistent with peace or goodwill, or good faith to our country. It is the position of a fellow-conspirator with our abolition traitors and incendiaries, and the sooner we bring her to a defi nite understanding upon this subject the better. Governor Wise calls upon the President to notify the British Government that (Canada) their asylum of fugitives from labour and from justice shall not be allowed to foster dissensions and disunion in the United States,' and we think that the ventilation of this idea in Congress would really develop the main root of all this existing mischief." The Canadian Correspondent says:—"Notwith standing all this bluster, we are not much afraid. They came across the lines once before, and had the wprst of it. We have grown a trifle since 1812." A LOYAL SUBJECT.—A capital battery of 14 guns is now to be seen at Shirley, a village near Southampton. It is the property of Mr. Waterman, who has offered it to the corporation of Southampton for the defence Of the town, or to be used for practice by an artillery corps. The gun mounted as field-pieces, and have two ammunitincar s t s are s oN nt t - . at tached to them. With the carriages each gun and Attached capableis to t h eo fguguns sa carrying rol a 4 3 ( l )f 31l b. h . s e h s o t t a t u h d e ard weighsdistancetiags of lf all a m ile na tions, each flag being 15 feet by 9 feet. The guns were mad© principleby Messrs.e Napier, e and have Majesty a be from the camp at e e n a tea,st and service.boredh ey hive the same those in h been tested by artillery officers Alder shott, and pronounced highly serviceable. Lord them, Lord andPalmtehre ston and many of the aristocracy u tmost surprise has been manifested that a private indi vidual of such limited means (the proprietor being only an assistant to a brewer) should have had the spirit to spend his savings in so loyal a cause, which at the present crisis is a worthy example to those who have more extended mean s. Mr. Waterman has expended the sum of £4O in --powder, by firing salutes on coronation days, birth-days of the members of the royal family, and other periods of re joicing. There is no doubt the corporation of Southampton will accept the offer that has been made them in such a liberal spirit. WHAT DIVERS MEET WITH UNDER WATER.— When the vessel has settled down in a sandy bottom, it is preserved for many months from breaking up ; and its posi tion may be much the same as it would be when floating in calm water, if it be not tilted over by any under -current drifts. The light, of course, depends a good deal upon the depth, and upon the nature of the bottom; but whore there is no chalk to give a milky thickness to the water, the diver pursues his work in a kind of gloomy twilight. By the aid of this he can see and feel his way round the ship, but when he ascends to the deck and winds down into the principal cabins he finds everything pitch dark, and has nothing to guide him but his hands. This is the most difficult, and yet the most frequent, labour he has to encounter; the danger being that in a large vessel, where the cabin stairs are deep, and the cabins are long. and broad, he may get his air tube twisted round some unfamiliar projections, and so squeeze off his supply: of life from above. In positions such as this he re quires all his nerve and self-possession, all his power of feel. ing his way back in the exact road that he came. He may have got the precious casket to which he has been di rected in his arms; but what of that if he die before he can find the stairs? The cold, helpless masses that bump against his helmet, as they float along the low roof over his head, are the decomposed corpses of those who were huddled together in the cabin when the ship went down. A few of these may be on the floor under his feet, but only when pinned down by an overturned table or a Wien chest. Their tendency is ever upward, and the remorseless sea washes away the dead infant from its dead mother's arms, the dead wife from her dear husband's e m b race. I f the wreck be in the Chennel, the small crabs are already beginning to fatten on their prey. The diver disentangles himself from this silent crowd, and ascends the welcome stairs to the deck. The treasure he has rescued is hauled up into the attendant diving-boat, and lie turns again to renew his work. He seldom meets with an accident under water; never, perhaps, with death, and the chief risk ho runs is from getting some heavy piece of ship lumber overturned on his long train of air-pipe. Even in this case he feels tho sudden check and the want of air, gropes his way back to the obstruction, removes it, signals to his companions to be raised, and roaches the boat ex hausted and alarmed, but not so much as to give up his place in the trade. Ilis earnings mostly take the form of shares in what he recovers. If fortunate, his gains may be large ; if unfortuate, they may be small ; but no man can grudge him the highest prizes it is possible for him to win. May Whitstable always have the honour of producing gook bold and dexterous men as plentifully as she has hitherto done, and may they have the wisdom to keep what they get. —Dickens's All the Year 4.2anct, LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TUIS DAY.) ROLLS' COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMENT-TENNANT V. HOOD. 'rids was a question as to the priority of payment of costs of suit to the parties. His Honour considered that he had no power to order the parties to appear by ono solicitor where only one set of costs would have been incurred ; and whe e they appeared by separate solicitors that was no reason why they should not be paid their costs. His Honour directed the order of priority in which the costs should be paid to the parties. The interest to be paid on the same principle. HA.SLEWOOD V. GREEN.-JVDGMENT. This was an administration suit under the will of the late Mr. Green, of Stockport. The contention was whether his grandchildren by his deceased daughter or his next of kin were entitled to the residue of his property. His Honour divided it into eight parts—five-eighths to the issue of his daughter, and three-eighths to the heir at law. Costs to come out of the trust estate. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Baron Bramwell and a Special Jury.) MATSON V. SKENE-LIBEL. This was an action broueht by General Beatson, who for some time held command of the Bashi-Bazouks in the late Russian war, against Mr. Skene, now vice-consul at Aleppo, for libel. Mr. Edwin James, Q.O , Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Grey appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bovill, Mr. Lush, and Mr. Garth for the defendant. From the opening statement of the learned counsel for plaintiff it appeared that in 1854 the plaintiff made a pro posal to Lord Clarendon and Lord Panmure, in consequence of his experience in the government of irregular troops, to take command of a body of Bashi-Bazouks. The proposal was entertained, and Gen. Beatson was directed to proceed to Constantinople and communicate with Lord de Radcliffe. On his arrival in Turkey the gallant general, having completed his arrangements, left for the seat of war, and was present at the battles of Balaclava and Inkermann. In consequence of certain proceedings, General Beatson tendered him resig nation, which, however, was not accepted at the time ; but he was ordered to join General Vivian. General Smith afterwards came out ; but although he (General Beatson) did not receive official notice to transfer his troops to General Smith for more than a month after his arrival, he was well acquainted that it bad been decided that he was to do so. After the command had been given up, General Beatson learned, and this was the libel com plained of, that it had been asserted by some parties that he had sent round a sort of round robin to the officers lately under his command, recommending them to refuse to serve under Gen. Smith, theraby nearly indueingmutiny ; but two of the officers present, named Shirley and O'Reilly, left the room expressing their strong dissent to any such proposal. An inquiry took place into the charges he made against Shirley as he (General Beatson) imagined he was the person that had made the statement, but nothing satisfactory be came known as to who was the propagator of the slander until some tine after, when General Beatson happened by accident to meet a friend in London, who told him that the defendant, who was, at the time the assertion was made, vice-consul at Constanti nople, was the person who had uttered the libel of which h• complained. The learned gentleman went at great length into the whole of the circumstances connected with the case, and concluded by calling the gallant general into the witness box for examination. The case is not at all likely t 3 conclude to-day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) TRU LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT.--CHAPMAX V. MITCHELL. This was an action to recover a sum of money as com• pensation for alleged illegal dismissal. Ten shillings were paid into court. Plaintiff said that she had acted for some time as fore• woman to the defendant. On Thursday, the 18th Nov . ., plaintiff was taken ill, and on Friday received a message from defendant, stating that he was very slack, and that she had better stop away for a week or two, and he would send for her when he wanted her. She was paid the ten shillings, the wages for the week partly served• On the following Monday she was so much better that in the evening she called upon defendant and said " Good evening." He said nothing about her going to work. The next Monday she again presented herself, and again de. fendant merely answered her salutation. She called about a fortnight after that, and then defendant told her he should not employ her again. Mr. Buchanan cross-examined the plaintiff as to whether she had not been told to lay up for the week, and whether the 10s. paid in had not been tendered to her, but she firmly adhered to her statement of laying up for a week or two, and denied that she had been offered the 10s. Mr. Buchanan then urged, on behalf of defcatdant, that his client had behaved with great liberality to plaintiff. His Honour—There is no occasion to put it on that foot• ing. Wages are payable during sickness. Mr. Buchanan—l think that it will be very hard upon manufacturers if they are bound to pay their servants for any time they might stop away oven if it were by panto' sion. Defendant was then called and said that plaintiff had dir• charged herself. She had thought proper to stop swill three weeks, and there had been no intention to give het notice. His Honour found for plaintiff for £1 in addition to 010 10s. paid into Court. IMMORALITY A GOOD GROUND FOR DISMISSAL.-TLYLOS V. VAUGIIAN. This was an action to recover 125., one week's wages actually earned. Plaintiff said she had worked at defendant's warehouse up to a certain Thursday night, and then defendant followed her out into the street, and told her he should not requir' her services any more. She had subsequently applied for her wages, and payment being refused she brought the pro' sent action. Defendant said that plaintiff had not earned a full week') wage. She had not conducted herself with the greatest propriety in her situation—she threw her cloths. over at. men's knees. (Laughter.) Plaintiff—Oh, oh ! I didn't. (Renewed laughter.) Defendant—Then on the Thursday night she has men• tioned a man was waiting for her outside, and I didn't thinly it proper. Her husband has deserted her. _ _. His Honoux—Well, immorality is a good ground for dig• missal. Plaintiff—No, it is not. (Laughter.) His Honour—But it is, although it is no ground for re' fusing to pay wages earned. Enforc e the moral law, de a p n a i y e d w t a h g a e t s . she due. had acted i n th e manner i nk ' pu ~ well, you will ge t your money , an d fen r d l an ain t, ti b ff u d t Histed bHyotnhoeudr—efevnedryant. costs for your attendance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DA F.) THAMES. BURGLARY SINGULAR CASE..--- George Andrews, $ well-known thief, about 22 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Thomas Duke, No. 2 6 P Bower-street, Commercial-road East. Mr. James Duke, the son of the occupier of the hottset said that he sat up very late last night in hi■ bedroom reading a newspaper, and after finishing the perusal of it he threw it down on the floor and went to bed. Soon after' wards he heard the rustling of the newspaper on the floor, and thought a cat was in the room. This continued et intervals for two hours, and every time he heard the rustling of the newspaper he called out - " S't, cat; ge $ out, cat." Soon after three o'clock this morning be again heard the rustling of the newspaper on the floor and again called out to the supposed cat. Directly afterwards he heard some one leave his room and run desert stairs. He leaped out of bed, and called out "police thieves." He heard some one open the street door and leave the house, and continued calling out police. In two minutes afterwards the prisoner, whe had no shoes on, wag brought back to the house. There was an area and high railings in front of the house, and upon examination of the premises he discovered that a stout cord had been fastened to the railings, by which the thief had descended into the area, broken a pane of glass, and removed the fastening" of the kitchen-window. There were shutters to the window' but they were not fastened, and the burglar, after loosening the catch of the window, had no difficulty in obtaining admission to the kitchen. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said that the only thing removed was a pair of spectacles from the kitchen table. They belonged to his mother. They were returned to him this morning by a lady who picked them up in Bower-street. The footsteps on the stairs, as the burglar descended from the bedroom, ware those of a per son who had no boots or shoes on. Michael DenoVan, a police constable, No. 212 K, said that, at half-past three o'clock this morning, he heard an alarm, and cries of "Thieves 1" and " Police I" in Bower' street, He saw the prisoner with his boots in his hand running towards the Commercial-road. The prisoner, why came towards him, said, " He's gone that war," and pointed towards the prosecutor's house. Wit ness stopped the prisoner, who repeated severs times, "He has gone th a t way, po li cema n.' At that moment the prosecutor called out, " Stop him, and he took the prisoner to the station-house and searched him. He found some lucifer matches, and several house breaking implements on the prisoner. The prisoner was committed for trial. FIRE AT MILLWALL.—Last evening, at half-pa 4 six o'clock, a firo broke out at the saw mills on the premise ° of Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., ship builders of Mills'' An alarm was instantly given, and fortunately the recentif formed fire-brigade, under the direction of Mr. Roberti (from Messrs. Brown and Lenox's Anchor Works) vr° quickly on the spot, and a good supply of water being available from the mains in the yard, the flames were O . tinguished without the disastrous results which were at oils time anticipated, from the quantity of timber, dm., near. MO. 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