The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. (From the Cwrespondent of the Times.) CAMP OF GUAD EL JELU, JAN. 23. When closing my letter the day before yesterday :morning I mentioned that we had had an alarm two hours before daybreak, resulting in nothing save turning people out of their blankets and tents into pitch darkness and a raw atmosphere. We have had several alarms of this kind during the present war, but none of them have come to anything. We have not yet seen the much talked-of Black Guard of his Moorish Majesty charging into camp, or the fire of a serried line of espingardas sparkling and flashing within a few yards of our tents. I incline to think that the strongest force of Moors that has hitherto approached the Spanish camp during the hours of darkness has been a handful of horse or a band of marauders. This is not much, but it suffices to break everybody's slumbers and to produce an awful amount of malediction. In time one gets accustomed to these things ; indeed, I perceive that already they begin to be taken as matters of course and of little importance, and, although there is no deficiency of vigilance, people don't allow themselves to be excited or put out by the announcement that the enemy is firing into the camp. We are rather on our guard of late, because there is some reason to believe that adventurous Moors enter the camp disguised as Spanish soldiers and appropriate such articles as fall in their way. You will remember that on the march from Castil lejos a bold fellow in hussar uniform made a daring attempt to carry off a horse, and was shot for his pains. An officer in the cavalry camp lost a pair of pistols out of his tent the other night which he fully believes to be now gracing the girdle of one of Muley Abbas's followers ; and Moors, or persons resembling them, have been seen lurking in our environs at that hour of almost darkness which the French designate as " between dog and wolf." And, talking of dogs, on some nights we are much disturbed by the howling, barking, and baying of a large number of those quadrupeds which, as they are not to be seen in the day, are supposed to accompany the gentlemen in dirty haicks who come loafing around the camp in quest of live stock and small moveables. This was the case on Friday night last, which was here an uneasy restless sort of night, a good deal of talking in camp, and bark ing around it, and odd sounds of all kinds. I, for one, went to sleep late, and was sleeping very hard, to make up for lost time, when I was roused by the voice of my tent-mate, informing me that there were shots, and simultaneously the noise of mus ketry fell upon my ear. Just then the canvas door of the tent was drawn aside. " Senores, los Mores !" said the servant, as coolly as if he were announcing dinner or an ordinary visitor. " All right !" replied my companion, much in the same tone in which he might have said, " Show them in !" So we dressed (that is to say, we put on our boots, which here constitutes dressing), and pocketed our revolvers, and emerged from the tent just in time to see the General commanding the division quit his tent and stride through the darkness, with a brace of aides-de-camp at his heels, in the direction of the firing, which had already nearly ceased. There was no light in camp ; wood is scarce in this neighbour hood, and even the guard had allowed its bivouac same to dwindle into a few smouldering ashes ; here and there a pale glimmer came through the canvas of an officer's tent ; dark figures were gliding swiftly and noiselessly in all directions ; there was a slight clash of arms audible here and there, as the soldiers unpiled their muskets or a steel scabbard clinked against its swivel. The few tents that could be discerned through the gloom looked cold and spec tral. Now and then you ran up against a horse picketed in the intervals. There is a dark mass just before you, motionless and still; it is a batta lion of infantry, formed up and watchful. The firing has quite ceased ; officers begin to talk to each other in whispers and to express their belief that the alarm is unfounded, for that the sentries are of the division just arrived from Spain and see a Moor in every bush through which the night wind rustles ; staff officers come in from recon noitring, and have been able to discover nothing, and presently the general himself arrives, receives a few reports, gives an order or two, and re-enters his tent and after half an hour's qui vice and ten sion everybody does the same—some to wrap them selves again in their blankets, others to await, day break and the diana over a cigar and a cup of tea, but all excessively disgusted at having been dis turbed, and dividing their invectives between trou blesome Moors and hasty sentries. The troops have now got accustomed to these alarms, are quick and cool, muster silently and promptly, and the enemy, if they did some night think proper to come down in force, might reckon on a warm reception. Yesterday was a fine day in camp, with some sun, a fresh drying breeze—much the weather you sometimes have in England (when you are lucky) at the latter end of April. We had many visitors from the men-of-war and transports now lying off Fort Martin ; the engineers progressed rapidly with their fortifications; and there was a good deal of examination of the Moors through telescopes from the little bridge, some way in front of the Custom house, where a picket of cavalry and infantry is all day stationed. The fortification of the Custom-house is all but completed, and it is of ample strength to defy all the efforts of all the Moors, so long as they do not bring artillery to the attack. Another fort is commenced to our right front, which, with Fort Martin, completes the triangle. The Moors, on their side, are throwing up a sort of parapet on the mountain where their camp still stands, but it is impossible to say what purpose they expect it to answer, for, unless they have artillery of long range to place there, it will in no way effect our advance upon Tetuan, whether that be made on right or left. They have about 250 or 300 head of horned cattle grazing in the plain towards the foot of the moun tains to their right front of Tetuan, and with a view, we conjecture, to protect the herd, they have pitched a small camp at the further extremity of the level, exactly in our front, at a distance of barely two miles. One of the gunboats that are moored in the river close to the Custom-house sent a couple of shots at them yesterday, but they fell short, the guns being, as it seemed to me, insufficiently ele vated. The rifled 12-pounders could easily reach them, but it is hardly worth while expending the ammunition, which may be much better employed when we advance upon Tetuan. This we shall do, it is generally expected, within three or four days. It is presumed that the plan adopted will be to take the field artillery to within easy range of the place, and to throw in shell, to see what the Moors propose doing. As the Spanish guns will reach further than any they are likely to have in their fort, they must either advance and fight, decide on evacuating the place, or make up their minds to have it knocked about their ears. Their citadel is at the further end and highest point of the city. A Russian Staff officer has arrived here to accom pany the Spanish head-quarters. Also the Count d'En, a nice-looking fair-haired lad, whose pink and white complexion will be the better for a little browning by African sun and storms. He wears the elegant uniform (white and light blue) of the Prin eesta Hussars, and on his left arm the embroidered badge, indicating that he is attached ("at the im mediate orders of" it is here called) to the Comman der-in-Chief. It is reported that French and Prus sian officers are coming to observe the operations. The m orn i ng is very salutes in fine and sunny. The ships are firing, h=nryour of the birthday of Queen Isabella's husband, Don Francisco de Assis. A re connoissance is out on our right, and h as sen t a f ew shots into the Moorish camp on the mo un t a i n . Th e tents are being 'aired and the camp clean e d,—th e latter is especially necessary, for the Spanish sol diers, among their good qualities, do that of cle,snliness, and a camp not p ossess where they !:are pilased six claye, as they have in thi s one, becomes extremely filthy and offensive. There is much Leeds of strict reguh:tion's rigorously enforced in this re regard for one's na sa l an d spect, not only out of ar the sake of health. Th e visual organs, but also subject is not a savoury on e to touch upon, but the soldiers are apt to throw abo ut the refuse of their food, are too domestic in their habits, and dislike ' country walks. Some of the con, mending officers of c ompelling of divisi ons seem a li v e to the necessity .aring an d cleaner customs:and to-day a deal of se, sweeping is going on and the aspect of tho camp i s generally improving. As far as I can learn, there is not much variation in the health of the army since I last adverted to it. There is still some cholera, and a good deal of dy sentery and diarrhoea. There is one article of food, lately largely given as rations to this army, which I am convinced tends to provoke the latter diseases —which often terminate in the former and more usually fatal one—and that is preserved meats in tins. The soldiers have found out this from expe rience, and, although the meat thus preserved is by no means unpalatable, many of them reject it, be cause they find it makes them ill, and prefer con tenting themselves with their bread or biscuit, and with a not unsavoury mess they make out of rice with a bit of bacon boiled in it. In officers' messes the preserved viands are equally out of favour ; many have brought out tins of different kinds of meat, fish, stews, soups, which remain unopened, while their owners dine off rice soup and ration beef, boiled with beans. The meat in tins served out to the troops is beef, preserved with gravy, and with a large proportion of fat. It is of English pre paration, and often—indeed, generally—has an un pleasant flavour, which seems to proceed from the metal in which it is packed. It is extremely unpo pular, and, I believe, not wholesome, and a very different thing from the boiled beef, without gravy, which was much liked by the British army in the Crimea. A considerable portion of the provisions now serving out to the Spanish army proceed from English sources. The prime bacon, in barrels of 001 b., is the best that comes here. We get a great deal of biscuit in huge cases marked " navy bread," and also English pressed hay. Barring the tin beef, this army has had no reason to complain of the qua lity of its provisions, or of their quantity either ; and this is the more fortunate that the soldier has had but rare opportunities of adding to his rations either by foraging or by purchase. He gets his pay regularly, but since we left the lines of Ceuta he has seldom been able to expend it because there was little or nothing to buy. For five or six days, be tween Castellejos and Cape Negro, rabbits were in season. The jungle of gumcistus and other plants through which we marched swarmed with them. There were also a few monkeys hunted, although not always caught, for their agility set whole bat talions at defiance, but I have not heard whether the soldiers brought their stomachs to stand that peculiar diet. When we got into the plain we left rabbits and monkeys behind us, and the only thing I now see the men adding to their rations are a few tortoises which they have picked up in this neighbourhood. But we have now supplies of another nature. A number of boats have come from Ceuta with provisions, and a sort of market is established along the banks of the river. Booths are formed out of three long oars with a sail thrown over them, and in them are sold bread, wine, oranges, raisins, chorizos (the small Estramaduran sausage, strongly flavoured with gar lie and red pepper), and various other things suited to the soldier's taste. And as soon as day breaks the camp is perambulated by itinerant vendors, crying their wares and recommending them in the highest terms to the soldiers. Aquadiente and a bastard sort of Geneva are carried about in stone bottles ; also chocolate, olives, and other things of common Spanish consumption. So that for the present there seems to be no danger of starvation, nor even of a return to the rather short commons not a few had to put up with in that camp of odious memory on the muddy margin of the River Azreeer. Since the above was written we have had a fight of no great importance, which commenced in con sequence of the Moors coming down upon our right, apparently intending to molest the engineers employed in constructing the new fort already mentioned. A couple of companies were sent out to cover them, skirmishing began, and the Spanish artillery struck in. General Rios having advanced a battalion overmuch into a posi tion where a piece of stagnant water in some de gree cut it off from support, the Moors pressed upon it, other troops were obliged to wade to its support, and the action assumed larger proportions than had been intended or than there was any occasion for. The artillery fired a good deal, the gunboats in the river made some very indifferent practice, some of their shells bursting nearer to Spaniards than to Moors, and finally the cavalry executed several charges, in which some damage was done to the enemy, and a standard was captured by a trooper, who was made a sergeant and decorated on the spot. The young Count d'Eu smelt powder for the first time, went out among the skirmishers, and re ceived a decoration. I have not heard what the Spanish loss was, but I should think it small. The Moors displayed no great force, and the whole affair was unimportant. The enemy, once fairly driven back, showed little disposition to come on again, and made but feeble attempts to harass the Spaniards as they returned to their lines. There is nothing to prevent their coming down to-night and destroying the engineers' daily work at the outlying fort, but judging from the way in which they respected the new roads that were made outside the Ceuta lines it is probable they will do nothing of the sort. It is not unlikely, however, that they may again descend from their hills to-morrow and provoke another skirmish. During the fight to-day they fired some cannon shots from their camp, but nothing was seen of the balls. They have, apparently, two small pieces of artillery up there, but probably very antiquated, like some of those that were found in the fort and custom-house. Their sound is faint and dull, very different from the sharp reports of the rifled guns. Moreover, the Moors have the reputation of being very bad artillerymen and have evidently the vaguest ideas as to the distance a gun can carry. According to the Gibraltar Chronicle of the 20th inst., the Moors boast of having carried off from the Spaniards, on the night of the 11th, 97 mules, two horses, and a donkey. I think it not unlikely that between the lines of Ceuta and Cape Negro they may have obtained possession of quite that number of animals, some of them dead, and others too much exhausted to proceed with the army. Round the camp on the Azmeer they were continually prowl ing, and doubtless made some captures, thanks to the stormy nights and the incorrigible stupidity and obstinacy of the muleteers, who persisted in taking their beasts to graze at a great distance from the intrenchments, and used to leave them there unattended. From one division alone 22 mules were reported missing the day before we marched from the Azmeer, but some of them afterwards turned up, and others had lain down and died. Mules are tough animals, but, unfortunately, no means have as f nd o i o s d c , o v a e n r d e d as of mostprevailing o o r n s e s t h w e e m r e t n o e a live yet wit h b o e a t e or quite without corn at that time, it may be ima gined that the mules did not get a large ration. (From the Clamor Publieo.) The heroic and sanguinary "episode of the knap sacks" in the battle of Castillejos is described l' the following mann er b y the -bra ve Count de Reu s in a letter to a friend : "The positions were held exclusively by the forces of my division till one in the afternoon. At that hour two battalions of the Cordoba Regiment came up to reinforce me, and I ordered them to take off their knapsacks, seeing that the soldier cannot fight with such a weight on his back. It was this order which, two hours later, obliged me to do what I did. At three, the Moors having concentrated their forces, charged in such num bers and so furiously, that they caused us to lose the higher of our two positions. I was at the time in the second. I drew my sword, ad vanced with two battalions, and the position was again taken; I then returned to my first station. Moorish supports came up; once more they attack furiously, and my men are again obliged to retreat, falling back in some confusion to the place where I was posted. Here were the knapsacks of the Cordoba Regiment. A hundred paces further in retreat, and the Moors would have carried them otf. In so critical a moment I seize the standard of this regiment, address a few words to the . men with all the energy of my heart, call to my brave !'allows, the remains of the Principe. and Vergara Regiments, and dash sword in hand upon the enemy, n o ko vil l o a s t ! . who was so close up on that our fellows, in order p t a im ss e ed in loading, used only the bayonet. yataghans there cannot be described—Moors and Spaniard s mixed crossi up together—bayonets and standard-bearin g soldiers same through terrible moment—but my Viva la Reins !' ,creneral, and to the shout of ugh. it ; the bravest follow their on rva Espana!' we conquer for the last timethat day. The Moors fly, and TEM SUN, I,OIOON, MONDAIt EVEIII*4 - , ITIIIMATtY 6, 1860. the beaine'r of Castilla floats finally over the posi, tion thrf.ie times conquered." Thee. Cadiz Consfituciondi of the 24th instant an noun6ei that a railway is about to be constructed immediately from the seaboard to Tetuan, to the extent of nine kilometres, for which purpose the Civil G overnor of the province of Cadiz invited several railway companies to assist government in this enterprise, and they have hastened to place at the disposal of the authorities the necessary materiel for the attainment of that end. Rails and other implements were being embarked that day for con veyance to Tetuan. The works are expected to be completed in a week. Arrivals from the coast of Tetuan yesterday after noon bring no news of importance from the seat of operations. The Spaniards are carrying on with great activity their preparations to lay siege to the city. Several small vessels, laden with provisions, spirits, tobacco, cigars, &c., have within the last few days availed of the late official order of Marshal O'Donnell opening the port of Tetuan for the in troduction of supplies of all kinds by Spaniards or foreigners without restriction. A number of spe culators, it is understood, now in Ceuta, are only waiting the entrance of the Spanish troops into Tetuan to establish hotels, &c., in that city. The following is a copy of the official despatch relative to the affair of the 23d inst. before Tetuan, received at Algeciras by telegraph under date Madrid, Jan. 24, 10.40 p.m.: — From the Minister of the Interior to the Comman dant-General of the Neighbouring District. Camp of Guad-el-Julu, Jan. 23, 7.30 p.m. The enemy in considerable force descended from their heights and tried to turn our position. Our troops, surmounting all the difficulties of a swampy ground, marched against them with their accus tomed valour. The enemy was completely beaten in every direction. A battalion of infantry of Gen. Rios' division, formed into square, repulsed the enemy's cavalry, which was then dispersed, and one of its banners captured by another battalion of the 3rd corps, two squadrons of cavalry, which Made a brilliant charge, and the artillery. The Moorish loss is considerable ; ours consists of from three to four killed and 20 or 25 wounded. Lieut.-Gen. the Marquis de Novaliches, in com mand of the 3rd military district, landed at Malaga from Algeciras on the 22d. The camp life before Tetuan is, we are told, sadly dull and monotonous ; and the officers, al though burning officially with the proper amount of enthusiasm and eagerness for the NNar, don't mind admitting to their friends in strict confidence that they are getting a little sick of it, and hope that peace will follow the fall of Tetuan. The war certainly need not last longer to prove to the world the bravery and self-devotion with which the Spanish army can fight when summoned by the national voice to take the field. telegram to our faithful ally would stop any in discreet revelations in to-morrow's 11-lontteur, and the mere quidnunes deserve no 'pity. But, unfortu nately, too much has already leaked out. Those men of money ars at work. The wine-cellars are being cleared of all their stocks. Every hogshead of wine that has paid its duty is being sent off to Jersey or Guernsey after drawing the drawback, and the sharp winemerchants are clearing the na tional pocket of all the money they have paid into it for a long time past. Other commercial interests are doubtless taking similar means for adapting themselves as profitably as possible to the new course of things. Every hour of delay, now that the future is half indicated, costs the Treasury thousands of pounds. Everybody must sympathise with Mr. Gladstone if he should have to undergo the mortifi cation of being unable from slight bodily ailment to fulfil a conspicuous public duty. But, after all, elo quence upon a matter of a commercial bargain be tween two nations is not everything. If we might have the facts and figures, even from a meaner hand, we would be content to take the explanation after wards. The opinion of the country will be formed more upon facts than metaphors, and more upon Arabic numerals than figures of rhetoric. We all at this moment reserve our opinions absolutely, and do no more than gossip upon the hints which have stolen abroad ; but when what Count Cavour calls " the happy issue of important commercial negotiations" does come before us we doubt whether the general verdict will much depend upon whether the facts roll softly off the reel and fall in easy and graceful order, or whether they are less artistically heaped together by some untutored and less cun ning hand.—Tunes. THE RELrGious DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-ME-EAST. Yesterday there were three services as usual at St. George's Church, the last of them—that at 7 o'clock—being of so frightful a character that none who had the misfortune to be present will ever for get it. The rioting was most alarming. The vio lent conduct of the rioters completely eclipsed their efforts on the previous Sunday, the circumstances connected with which have been brought under the notice of both Houses of Parliament. The morning service was performed by the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, who was assisted by the Rev. Frederick G. Lee, who was some time since prohibited by the Bishop of London from preaching in the metropolitan diocese. His lordship has, how ever, removed the prohibition. During the prayers, which were said with the usual choral accompani ments, there was some coughing and slamming of pew doors, but Mr. Churchwarden Thompson had ordered the galleries to be closed, so that the whole of the congregation was in the body of the church. Mr. Lee was the preacher. When he preached the sermon which led to the order from the bishop that he should officiate no more, he wore all sorts of ex traordinary vestments, but yesterday he wore a simple surplice, and had neither stole, hood, nor bands. He selected for his text the 40th chapter of Isaiah, 20th verse, " He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have not might he increaseth strength." He remarked that these words contained a great law of the Christian Church, but he had scarcely finished his opening sentence when between 30 and 40 persons rose in an insulting manner and walked out of the church, making as much noise as they could. Mr. Lee made a dead stop and waited until silence was restored. He then pro ceeded to show that in the earlier history of Christianity there had al w ays b ee n persecution and opposition to the spread of the Gospel. The whole world had, in ancient as well as in modern times, stood in array against the Church of God, but these persecutions had always served the cause of the Church. With faith and patience those who were the objects of persecution would gain all they desired, and certainly more than they deserved. Morever, all who faithfully bore the name of Chris tians would be called upon to suffer, but they might rest assured that any amount of suffering they might be called upon to undergo would bring its reward at the last. Anything was better than the stagnant waters of calm indifference—better than these were even the scenes and sights which the walls of that church had witnessed—better by far than utter indifference in the great work of Christ. Coming down from the broad promises of the text to individual cases, the rev. gentleman remarked that, while it was certain that God would reward those who kept His law, he would punish those who violated it. All those who had been in that church Sunday atter Sunday would have to ac count each one for himself, except perhaps those who were too young to know what they were doing, and who were therefore not responsible far their works. Their sins would be laid upon those who had encouraged, Or perhaps induced them to con gregate there for the purpose of causing the dismay and trouble which they had heard of so frequently in that church. At the close of the sermon, which was delivered with much earnestness, there was some slight, coughing, but, taken as a whole, the morning ser vice was conducted with less interruption than has been exhibited there for many months past. The large cross over the altar, at which hassocks, cushions, Prayer-books, and Bibles were aimed on the previous Sunday night, has been removed dur ing the week, and some of the smaller altar orna ments have been taken away. During the morning there was a large body of police in attendance outside the church under the direction of Inspectors Alison and Holloway. None were allowed inside. Mr. Churchwarden Thomp son, anxious as he has always shown himself, ap plied to Sir Richard Mayne that three police con stables might be allowed to be present, but the request was refused, although policemen are freely sent to the theatres, which it has now become the fashion to open for religious services. At the close of yesterday morning's service, a gentleman who represented that he was a clergy man of the Church of England, and that he was the Rev. Thomas Atkins, for many years chaplain at Norfolk Island and at Calcutta, applied to Mr. Inspector Alison to be allowed to preach from the steps in front of the great western door of St. George's Church. The inspector, who treated the rev. gentleman witk great courtesy and good hum our, expressed his opinion that it would be incon venient for him to address a congregation from the steps at that moment; and, acting upon the hint, Mr. Atkins went awry, promising to return in the afternoon. This promise, however, was not ful filled. The four o'clock Litany service was interrupted in the usual manner. By six o'clock the p eople began to assemble for the evening service. Cannon -street-road was almost passable, and when the gates were thrown open there were at least 4,000 people anxiously waiting for admission. The rush was terrific, but no acci dents of any kind are reported, owing to the ad mirable tact with which the police who were sta tioned outside managed the mode of admission. There was no refusal to " suspected" or other per sons, and all who presented themselves were allowed to go in until the church was so densely packed that it could hold no more. No sooner had " the congregation" assembled than howling and yelling of the most audacious kind was com menced, and this was continued without cessation until the priests and choristers walked in pro cession to their accustomed placed in front of the altar. At this time a perfect storm broke out, cries of " Fire" were raised, in order to cause dismay, and several of the gaslights were simultaneously turned out. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson, upon whom the whole of the constabu lary arrangements inside the church devolved, cb tained the assistance of some of his friends, and forcibly ejected some of the ringleaders among the rioters from the church, leaving them, when they were thrust outside, ti be dealt with by the police. At the time for reading the lessons, the Rev. Edward Stuart, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary Mag dalen, Munster-square, ascended the desk, and was greeted with a terrific shout of " Off, off," "Puseyite," and "No Popery." At this moment, too, a body of men and boys in the north gallery began singing. "Rule Britannia," the chorus, " Britons never will be slaves," being taken up wall tremendous energy by persons in other parts of the church. Others mimicked the reader, whose style is certainly peculiar, and the whole congrega tion was in a state of the highest possible excite ment. Lucifer matches were struck, orange-peel thrown about in every direction, and there is rea son to know that fireworks were introduced into the church, and would doubtless have been used had it not been for the energetic and determined conduct of the churchwarden. Mr. F. G. Lee was again the preacher, and when he ascended the pul pit he was assailed by a perfect hurricane of vitu peration and abuse. The most filthy epithets to which the human tongue could give expression were hulled at him, in addition to the more polite recommendations to " Go down," and "Be off," " No Popery," and " Go to Rome." Tie gave for his test the words of the prophet Isaiah, " Watch man, what of the night ?" but nothing could be heard by those who were within half-a-dozen yards of the pulpit. The people, who had indulged in singing "Rule Britannia," now struck up with great vehe mence "We won't go hometill mon Ling," upon which Mr. Lee stopped, and regarded them with an expres sion of u n speakable disgust. After a lengthened pause a al h soni e uo dnda Bryansts iked wshich then nuii tepn whetheririgi proceeded cteheedne de h e e should to oti vde defend . f elin g de o o the h e n a exclaimed, , conduct n nd e d uretc,lei ofw v r, , o t u h ly e r in e a c d to e r t ; h s e aid m h ob e had worse a d d e e n c o o a t i t i c c e e s ,i the conduct of the people before him as sacrilegious said that those who made these disturbances were unworthy the name of Englishmen, and argued that Mr. King was acting constitutionally and legally iu the course he had adopted. The temper of " the mob," which was the term more than once used by Mr. Lee when speaking of his auditory, did not at all improve the temper of the people, and they hissed and yelled, shouted, slammed doors, and so effectually drowned the preacher's voice, that, though he spoke for 40 minutes, not another word he uttered was heard. At the close of the sermon not 50 people left the I church, and there was every desire to repeat the scene which was enacted on the previous Sunday evening of pelting the altar with any articles which could be conveniently hurled against it, but in this respect Mr. Churchwarden Thompson was too much for the rioters, inasmuch as prior to the opening of the church for the evening service he had caused every hassock, cushion, book, or other article which could have been used in this manner to be removed. Being unable to amuse themselves in this way, the people sang songs—some of them the Doxology, whi!o fights were going on in every part of the building. The bannisters of the reading-desk were broken down, but the altar fortunately escaped. When this state of things had continued about half-an-hour after the close of the service, Mr. In spector Alison entered the church with a body of police and began the process of clearing out, an operation which lasted nearly an hour. Mr. Danby Seymour, M.P., who in reference to the riotous proceedings at St. George's has given notice for to-morrow (Tuesday) for a Bill to amend the Act of t he session of the 3d and 4th years of her present Majesty, chap. 86, for better enforcing church discipline, was present at last night's ser ♦ice, and will therefore be able to relate his own experience to the House of Commons when he moves for leave to bring in his Bill. The following memorial to the Home Secretary is in course of signature : " 'We whose names arc hereto subscribed, have observed with indignation the riotous proceedings which have pre vailed in the parish church of St. George-in-the-East during the last eight months, and which were brought to a climax by the unparalleled outrages of Sunday night last. " Your memorialists feel that the systematic interruption of the worship of Almighty God by these disturbances is a public scandal and disgrace, and that the interfereaea of the highest authority in the realm is imperatively called for in defence of public decency and order, now that the local authorities have proved unequal to their maintenance. " We submit that the opinions of the clergy of the dis trict 'in which many of us do not concur) have no bearing on this question, and that the failure to defend public wor ship from indecent outrage, is a reflection upon the admi nistration of justice in this country, which prides itself . . justly on its maintenance of liberty of opinion: " Your memorialists, therefore, pray that you will take such measures as you may judge best for the suppression of outrage and the restoration of public order in this parish." RAIL Y INTELLIGENCE. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company have decided on recommending to the proprietors at the next meet ing to declare a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last at tho rate of 5 per cent. per annum, less income-tax. • CONING EVENTS FORESBADOWED, It is about a quarter of a century since the atten tion of all Europe was concentrated upon a travel ling carriage which was rolling with a gentle celerity from Rome towards London. The world was all anxious to hear the new policy of England from the lips of the occupant of that carriage, who was eoming from Rome to London to declare it. For nearly a month England was in suspense, waiting the arrival of Sir Robert Peel. To-day the most conspicuous disciple of that great statesman has his moment of concentrated attention. What Sir Robert Peel's holiday tour was in October, 1834, Mr. Gladstone's cold is in January, 1860. For forty-eight hours no other question has been asked among politicians than " How is Mr. Gladstone's throat 9 England and France—ay, and by aid of telegrams, even Rome and Sardinia, have been occupied with the doubt whether Mr. Gladstone will be able on this night to declare the great secret of the impending Budget. Happily, it is, so far as Mr. Gladstone is himself concerned, a circum stance upon which we can speak lightly. It is a matter of hoarseness and gargles. It is merely a question whether the great performer is in voice. There are, as in all cases where a great tenor or a priceless soprano happens to fall under the in -fluence of our moist climate, protesting surgeons ; but there is nothing to cause disquietude beyond the moment. If to-day should be found impossible, Thursday or Friday may be counted upon. It was hard upon the impatience of our youth that Sir Robert Peel's carriage-wheels should want greasing s) often, and it teases the curiosity of our maturity that Mr. Gladstone's voice should require rest and treatment just when he has something to tell which we are all so anxious to hear ; moreover, there is nothing di. ° nified in a creaking wheel or a hoarse voice ; and, although the disability is as real as if the cause were greater, it seems jtiat.-4-14t4e-ridicu lous that all Europe should hold its breath because one English gentleman cannot make an oration in his best manner. It must be owned that there was a great anxiety about this promised piece of eloquence. Much has been expected from it. Upon its form and its sub stance much depended. That half-knowledge which we have of the bargain with France has aroused a very uneasy curiosity. The world is not entirely composed of Manchester men. If it were, how happy and contented, and confiding and uninquisitive, we should all be! Large profits and quick returns, heavy consignments and hungry markets, quick rolling machinery and busy mills, well-paid work men, millionaire masters, and a Chancellor of the Exchequer who is certainly about to tell us nothing to our disadvantage ! Or, if the world were all coalowners or all ironmasters, we could wait with patience, and , attend the coming revelation with a quiet smile ; for hope deferred does not always make the heart sick. If it be not too long deferred, and if the fruition be tolerably sure, there is a certain pleasurable excitement in the suspense. But, un happy, we are not all cottonspianers, or coalowners, or ironmasters. Nor are we all desiring with in tense thirst to imbibe huge quantities of bad Bor deaux. There is a tolerably large class of persons who are expecting nothing to their advantage in this budget, but who are awaiting with great anxiety the revelation of how much income tax they will have to pay in order to buy the advantages to be enjoyed by their happier and much richer fellow subjects. That ninepence—that bitter ninepence— which is the fatal figure Mr. Gladstane was to an -flounce, requires all the gilding of Mr. Gladstone's most oleaginous oratory to make it slip down un questioned. Country squires, professional men of all classes, traders who cannot distinguish vintages, and do not know a Latour, 1847, or Laffitte, 1844, from a St. Emilion, 1859, silk weavers who think of Lyons as their natural enemy, and English clockmakers who speak with dread of Paris clocks, require a very finished efort of oratory to ac comodate themselves to the necessity of paying ninepence in the pound for a change which at first view does not strike them as being worth the money. Even financiers have been asking whether we have not been outwitted in a bargain which it is contrary to all the principles of free trade ever to have entered upon. They have been saying that, even if duties had continued upon the indispensable articles of merchandise which we hurry to the Lowther arcade to buy, France would have been obliged in her own interest to let in our coal and iron ; and they ask whether the terms of the com pact into which we have entered are such that we are now shut out for ever from including in our financial arrangements such a generally unobjec tionable tax as that upon wine. Beer-drinkers, and barley-growers ' and hop-merchants are also anxious to be convinced, but rather distrustful of the pro mised eloquence. Steady men of business, who study the prices of stocks, wish to have it explained to them, in melodious prose, how any possible terms that can be given by France can compensate for the present loss of two millions of revenue. Income tax payers, whose name is legion, and whose cries are piteous, wish to be told in pleasant periods why it is that Mr. Gladstone's undertaking with himself . . . . to abolish the Income-tax has in this ultimate vear of the predicted accomplishment been so wofully broken, and why he has thus brought that noble promise to ninepenee. Moreover, the whole crowd of besieging impertinents aro pressing Lrward to know what it is which the French Emperor has given Mr. Gladstone to put in his bag, and they will be by no means satisfied if Mr. Gladstone shouldte them recurofatno ancienthis old philosopher, classical recollections, w h o, when anda an tell h impertinent fellow asked him what he had under y This o o u c f s l h o o a o o l n u ' i r d s r e e 7poal t i l e lk d tn ,i sve. l carry it there in order that only collect and copy t " a h r e e ti n o o a t t n o ; u r leavesob ec t i whichon s . blow r about us. We would not for the world be sus pected of not havi ng orthodox belief in the com mercial treaty. Holding on strong to free trade, we are bound to see in this great infraction of all free exception trade principles that celebrated which is always prove th e ru l e . A s t h e tee totaller the pled ge , reso l ve d co who, necessary after to taking 4 have je , t one drunken bout to treat his resolu tion,' so we believ e it ri g ht to indulge in just one commercial treaty in order to be jolly over our consummated free trade system. We would not on any account be supposed to have any bow e l s of corn passion for silk-throwers or growers of C.p wines, or to herd with such grumblers as beer-consulters ; but we confess to a strong curiosity upon all these matters, and we confess also to some intolerance of any delay in the comr.,.unication to Parliament of what compact has been made with France. If Mr. Gladstone cannot appear in the house this evening, it will be a great national inconvenience. Perhaps nobody knows the subject so well as he does; it is certain that no one could put so favourable a gloss upon it. No doubt, it does not seem a great matter to postpone t% statement for two or three days. A LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the net revenue for the six months ending December 31,1859, after deducting interest on loans, and all other preferential charges, amounted to £191,663, and the surplus at the 30th of June last to £1,119, making the balance available for divi dend £192,782. From this sum the directors re commend a dividend to be declared at the rate of £5 ss. per cent. per annum, payable on the 23d instant, amounting on £7,197,856 of paid-up capital to £188,944, leaving a balance of £3,838. The total receipts on 339 miles for the past half-year amounted to £519,970, the working expenses to £229,469, the taxation to £25,241, and the net revenue to £265,260 ; and on 2871 miles for the corresponding half of 1858, the total re ceipts amounted to £468,662, the working expenses to £177,722, the taxation to £22,882, and the net revenue to £268,059, showing an increase in the mileage of 511 miles, in the totul receipts of £51,308, in the working expenses of £51,741, and in the taxation of £2,359, but causing a decrease in the net revenue of £2,799. The increase in the working expenses arose from the greater number of miles run by the trains during the last half-year, being 306,290, and from the additional staff em ployed at the various new stations, while the traffic on the new lines could not have been developed. There was also an increased charge for the main tenance of the new lines. A considerable portion of the increased traffic had been earned on the old lines. A large portion of the traffic over the new Portsmouth line, and to the Isle of Wight, for the first six weeks of the half-year, during the compe tition with the Brighton Company, was carried at ruinously low fares, causing a serious loss to the company. The trafGo rotornc inn the commence ment of the present year continued to increase over those of the corresponding period in 1859 on the same extent of mileage in both periods. The sum of £14,291 was charged against revenue during the half-year for the renewal of part of the permanent way, of which sum £9,i24 was brought forward from the preceding half-year. There had now been expended on this account during the last nine years upwards of £107,400, the whole of which had been charged against revenue. at an average of £11,940 per annum. During the last few years, however, that average hat been much exceeded. The resident engineer having lately called the attention of the Board to the great additional wear and tear of the line in consequence of the increased traffic and weight of engines and speed of trains on the main lines, the directors resolved, as a matter both of expediency and economy, at once to relay all such parts of the line where necessary with additional sleepers and fish-jointed rails. The directors recom mended that the future expenditure on this head be carried to " the renewal of permanent way account," and that there be charged against revenue in each future half-year a sum of £lO,OOO towards its liqui dation, until the whole expense incurred be ex pended. The repairs to the rolling stock had been fully maintained during the past year at the expen se of revenue, and much of the older portion of it had been converted from a superior into second and third class, as it had been sent in for repairs, and otherwise improved. The heavy works at the tunnel below Gillingham had delayed the further opening of the Salisbury and Yeovil line to Yeovil, but the directors were now confidently assured that these works would be completed so as to admit of the line being opened throughout in April next. The traffic over the portion already opened was satisfactory, and would no doubt prove more so when the whole length was finished. The Exeter Extension line was also nearly compl e t e d, an d th e station buildings were in progress. The company continued to be on terms of amity with the Brigh ton Company, and it would b e th e s t u dy o f th e directors to maintain the most friendly relations with them and their other neighbours. The com pany would appeal to Parliament for protection against such unnecessary measures as the contem plated extension of the Andov er C ana l R a il way from Redbridge to Southampton, of the Dorset Central Railway to Poole, and of the Farnham and Southampton Railway. The capital account showed that £10,610,088 Ilia been received and £10,633,876 expended, including £257,766, during the half-year, leaving a balance of £23,788 against the company. The total expenditure on the Yeovil and Exeter Extension amounted to £669,887. CORK AND BANDON. The report of the directors states that the receipt s for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £8,362 as against £7,856 for the cor respondening period of 1858, showing an increase of £506. The revenue for the half-year showed a profit, after providing for all expenses, of £2,195 applicable for dividend, which the directors recom mended to be paid on the No. 1 Preference Shares, at 51 per cent., and on the N. 2 Preference Shares, at 6 per cont. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, being payable on the Ist of March next. The works on tho Kinsale Junction Railway were progressing satisfactorily. An in dependent company, the West Cork, were seeking Parliamentary power to construct a railway from Bandon to Skibbereen. They had lodged £14,800, and had passed standing orders. The directors trusted that nothing would occur to prevent this extension of 44 miles of railway being made, as it would materially improve the value of the com 'my's property. The capital account showed that £377,961, including £4,845 from revenue, had been received, and £377,436 expended, leaving a ba lance of £498. The revenue account showed that £8,370 had beeen received during the past half year, and £3,952 expended. leaving a balance of £4,418. GEELONG AND MELBOURNE. The traffic returns on this line for the four weeks curling Bth of Deeembtr last amounted to £4,500, and the toll to Government £614, leaving .0,886. The line was then in the hands of the company. The Victoria Government had engaged to bring in a bill for the purchase of the undertak ing, having required from the directors a formal assurance that the shareholders would accept £2O per share with arrears of interest. It was fully believed that the exact terms and conditions would be communicated to the English shareholders by the following mail. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-EPPS'B (Houneopo.thie Chemist; Cocoa.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the cipal grocers at ls. 6 d , pe r lb., in 111)., Alb., and lb packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, R om ". pathio oheraNt i Lowlon." ASSES , 'AIENT OF GOVERNMENT .ZSTABLISIIMENTS AT WOOLWICH. The rating of the property occupied by the mili tary and naval establishments at Woolwich having been the subject of discussion between the War Department and the local Board of Health since the year 1853, it has at length been settled by a formal concession on the part of Government, inso much that the sum of about £40,000 per annum has been granted to the parish of Woolwich as an equi valent for the taxation of their establishments, thereby relieving the burden of the ratepayers to the amount of about 35 per cent., Government pro perty (in their own occupation) having been hitherto totally exempt from taxation. In fulfilment of the arrangement two maps of the Government property will be provided, one of which will be kept by the Board, and one by the Government, on which the outlines of the property will be carefully defined, and any small increase or decrease will not inter fere with the agreement, but any large alteration will be met by an increase or decrease according to the undermentioned scale, at which the rating of the establishments in the parish has been fixed, as payable according to an estimate rendered by Mr. Hall, the Government Surveyor :—Her Majesty's Dockyard, £17,000; Royal Arsenal, £8,037 ; Royal Marine Barracks, £2,000 ; Royal Artillery Bar racks, £5,000 ; Royal Artillery Hospital, £1,030 ; Royal Military Academy, £850; Royal Marine Hospital, £l,OOO ; Clothing Establishment, £262 ; Grand Depot, £450 ; Sappers' Barracks (Lower Ca dets' Academy), £220 ; Royal Engineer offices, Mill-lane, £7O ; Dead-house, and the buildings and lands in Mill-lane, £1,000; Royal Military Repo sitory, £250 ; Mulgrave-pond, Artillery-place, £lO ; land, £417 ; together with a few items un defined. Mr. Hudson, a member of the Board, remarked in his official capacity at their late meeting, in reply to some of his colleagues, who were bickering for an augmentation, that if the bill brought into Parliament last session for rating the Government establishments had been carried, they might have hesitated in accepting the offer, but when the parish had ho power of demand ing anything, and had no reason to expect any increase in the amount offered, he thought it would be wise to come to a settlement as early as possible, instead of postponing it, and probably, by that means, injuring the case. They might, by post poning the question, be able to arrive at the amount which they considered the Go7ernment ought to pay; but who was to decide the real value of the Government property and the principle on which it should be fairly assessed ? He believed that Mr. Hall had acted as liberally as possible considering the nature of his instructions; and, seeing that the matter was of so much importance, and was now before a full board, he hoped it would be settled at once. The chairman of the Board, Mr. Morgan, has been accordingly vested with the powers ne cessary to close the agreement. The discrepancy between the assessment of the dockyard and the arsenal is in consequence of a great proportion of the latter establishment being situated in the parish of Plumstead. TILE CLERICA LELOPEMENT FROM DUltffellf. There is now no necessity to withhold the name of the clerical delinquent who has caused such an excitement in religious circles in the north, by absconding with a loose woman from the city of Durham. The circumstances of the affair have become notorious. A local paper gives the follow ing particulars concerning it. The paper says . " An extraordinary sensation has been produced in Durham in consequence of certain disclosures re specting the conduct and character of the Rev. William Prosser, late curate of St. Nicholas' Church, who had achieved considerable popularity as a preacher, and had hitherto been regarded as a pattern of piety and a model of purity. The rev, gentleman, who is quite young, was married little more than a year ago to an accomplished and amiable young lady, and for some time they lived veryhappily together. The respected incumbent of the parish occupies the post of chaplain to the Durham Penitentiary, aninstitution established by the be nevolence of the public for the reformation of women who have departed from the paths of virtue. In the course of his ministrations the young divine, as assistant to the incumbent, made frequent visits to this refuge of female frailty, and the inmates were understood to derive much spiritual benefit from his pious exhortations. So far from any levity or impropriety being perceptible in his con duct, his demeanour was that of a sincere and pious enthusiast, anxious to reclaim the lost sisterhood from the depths of degradation and vice into which they had fallen. Whether his zeal was simulated or sincere, of course no man can determine ; but, as is proved by subsequent events, one of these women succeeded in establishing an influence over him which has led him to abandon his wife and home, and will undoubtedly ruin his prospects for life. After the girl left the Penitentiary she was for a short period in the service of Mr. Prosser, where it would appear, from certain correspondence which has since been discovered, an adulterous intercourse first took place between them. Upon the rev. gen tleman's recommendation she was afterwards taken into service at Croxiale Parsonage. Latterly Mr. Prosser has been in a highly nervous and excitable state of mind, and being on terms of intimacy and friendship with the Rev. H. Chaytor, of Croxdale, he went over from Durham ols a visit, ostensibly for change of air and rest. It was while residing these that his improper intimacy with the servant a fu s o a n m d a o t t u e t r , a o f n de course, ediscovery speedily o e w lezd'aisbo by was was was, his prompt and ignominious dismissal from his curacy: On Thursday the degraded curate and his paramour went off together in a fly to Ferryhill Station, and proceeded southward on the North- Eastern Railway. As may be supposed, this dis graceful affair has excited the most intense astonishment, and it is not easy to picture the in dignation which the discovery of such libertinism has called forth. Mr. Prosser's supposed piety and zeal had rendered him an especial favourite, and it was only on the Saturday before Christmas-day that the young ladies connected with the Bible class presented him with a writing desk and ink stand as a mark of their respect and esteem. His ardent admirers are filled more with sorrow than with anger at the shattering of their idol, and all right-minded persons will be shocked to find how the Church has been scandalised, and sincerely lament the extent which the cause of religion and morality must suffer by this sad revelation of clerical pro fligacy." RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Thomas Philip Wed dell, Earl De Grey, K.G., F.R.S., F.S.A. , late of St. James's-square, and of Wrest Park, Bedford shire, was proved in the principal Registry of Lon don, on the 25th of January, by the Right Hon. Anne Florence, Dowager Countess Cowper, his eldest daughter, and Henry Vyner, Esq., his son in-law, the joint acting executors. The personalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. The trustees are the Earl of Clanwilliam and James Henry Cole, Esq., of Eaton-place. His lordship has devised his estates in the counties of Bedford, Wilts, and Leicester in trust for his eldest daughter, the Dowager Countess Cowper, for her life, and then to her son, Earl Cowper, and his issue—the estates and barony of Lines of Crudwell are now possessed by the coun- tess. The estates in Craven are devised to her second son. The Newby Hall estates are devised to his youngest daughter, Lady Mary Gertrude Vyner, and to her husband and their issue. The family plate is bequeathed to his daughter, Countess Cowper. The statues and pictures at the several mansions are to be held with the estates as heirlooms. Legacies are left to all the servants. His two daughters are appointed residuary leg s. tees. His nephew, the Right Hon. Georg e e D. Frede rick, Earl of Ripon, succeeds to the earldom wi f l 1 Grey and the barony of Grantham. The e datedrhe w July al 31, 0 ,Ala 1858. da m la Marquise d e 1a Belinaye, r who was residing at 27, Nottin g ham - place , Mary lebone, and died on the 30th of D ecember, was v.ebetween proved in London on the 26th of January. Shehas left her property to be equally divided lie A her two granddaughters, Mdlle. ih ene de la Belinaye and Mdlle. Laura M aria Josephin e d e la Belinaye, - whom she appointed The latter has alone d u l y ad her execut r i xes. i The will and codi c il of G mnstered thereto. George formerly of Calcutt a , i n th e o E rge Shea rwoo d, E sq ., East Indies, and of Lime street, London, mer c h ant , and residing at 113, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, were proved in London on the 28th of January by his relict, and George Perr y S hearwood , Esq ., • his son, two of the trustees and exe cutors -- power reserved to his son William Lachlan Shearwood, Esq. The per sonalty in England was sworn under £25,000. He has beq uea th ed to h is wife all such goods, chattels, and furnituie, wine, ()tler effec d t l s as she may select for her own use absolutely in Gloucester-terrace for a her eav e life, her e resi dencerthdeuri.w.idowhood, and then to his daughter Isabella. All ng hispersonal estate in Great Britain, India, and elsewhere, to be held in trust till the youngest of his_ children attain the age of 21, when the same is to be equally divided amongst them, his widow in the meantime receiving the dividends, and interest for their maintenance, and an annuity y to b o secured to her of £BOO. The will, which bears date the sth March, 1853, was made at Calcutta, and witnessed by Thos. D. K. Watts, solicitor, Calcutta, and G. Gliddou ; the codicil was executed in London on the 19th of April, 1853.—/Ilustratid London Arms. CLEVER CAPTURE BY THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Col. Hogg, the Chief Constable of Staffordshire, received information, on Saturday afternoon, of the clever capture in Melbourne, by one of his force, o f a man who ran away from that county, a short time ago, with nearly £4OO. On the 27th of last August, one of the Messrs. Benjamin Gibbons, ironmasters, of Bilston, after taking from the Dudley Bank wages necessary to pay the workpeople of the firm at Highfieldsand Millfields respectively, instructed one of his men to meet him on the road and take to the last-named works the proportion of cash which was required there. The fact was known to a clerk at the Millfields works, named Swatman, who intercepted the messenger, obtained the money from him, and sent him on an errand in another direction. This money amounted to £350. I'Vith it and other moneys belonging to his employers he decamped, and by his adroitness in employing the messenger after getting the money from him, suc ceeded in obtaining so good a start of the police that he got clear away, and all efforts to find him were fruitless until, about the 22d of September, the authorities learnt that he had sailed on the Bth of that month to Melbourne, in the steamer Monarch, from Plymouth. The lateness at which the information was obtained left only one means open whereby there was a chance of arresting him even at the antipodes. The Messrs. Gibbons, determined to avail themselves of this means, applied to Colonel Hogg to find them an efficient and trustworthy officer to go over land to Melbo urne . The Chief Constable of Staffordshire at once selected a member of the corps, who was a man of good edu cation and gentlemanly manners, and in a short time had so distinguished himself as to be promoted to a rank which in ordinary cases Is attained only after prolonged service. The officer's letters sent to the chief constable from different parts of the • route have shown that the pursuer was in every way fitted for the responsible task which had been assigned him. Although he left England a fort night later than the Monarch, yet he reached Mel bourne a few days before the vessel arrived in that port. and although he did not know the fugitive yet he arrested the right man, obtained possession of the greater portion of the money that had been stolen, and is now on his way home with the thief in his custody. The expenses of the overland route and the return passaga will be more than £l5O, a sum with which the detective was entrusted. Messrs. Gibbons will have this covered in the sum found on Swatman, and will have done good ser vice to the public in showing dishonest persons who may feel inclined to follow Swatman's example that they may be equally unsuccessful. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH 7 -FEn. 4. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was short, and the condition of a few of the samples being rather improved there was a little better demand. In flour little is doing, but prices firm. Barley rather falling off, but late prices supported. White wheat . .46s to 49s 1 Red wheat 40s to 45s Malting barley....42s to 46s Chevalier barley 34s to 404 Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s 1 Oats.. Flour, 29s 6d to 30s per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON-FED. 4. At this corn-market wheat was in middling supply, with a pretty fair trade, at about the rates of this day se'n night, prices ranging from 40, to 47. for old, and 38. to 46s for new. There was a slow business passing in barley, —285 to 40s per qr. Oat s i n li m it e d s h ow , w ith a g ood sale, quoted at 23s to 254 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 411 s to 50s; new, 34s to 40s. - Rye, —.15 to --e; malt, 640 to 66s ; flour, 316 to 346 per sack. STAMFORD-FEB. 4. At our market yesterday wheat held at an advance on the prices of last week. Wheat 40s to 458 I Oats.. 24s to 30s White do 48s to 50s Beans 42s to 44s Barley 38s to 42s I Ditto, old ........481 to 500 CAMBRIDGE—FEE. 4. There was a fair supply of wheat, and, with a rather slow demand in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 460"; red, 3Gs to 42e per 36 stone. There was a moderate trade is barley to-day ; malting, 40s to 44s ; grinding, 25s to 330 per 30 stone. Oats at 18e to 26s for new ; old oats, —s to —s. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale —now, 395 to 405 ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to -s pa 26 stone. NOTTINGIL There was a to'erable suppl the condition of which was b' ruled firm, at full prices. White wheat, new, 41s to47s Red do. 4ls to 474 Old whit* 5OB to 568 Red do. 448 to 488 Barley, malting.— 348 to 46s , Super. flour, 35s to 39E ; fix AM—Fsn. 4. ly of wheat on offer to-day, yno means good. The trade Barley, grinding 28e to 31s Oats, old, .. 27s to 33• New do 23s to 231 Beans. 485 t• 52. Beans, nom 41s to 441 Le, 31e to 33s per 20 skno. —FETs. 4. to-day without any quotably DUBLIN- There wee a steady market alteration in Tuesday's rates. d. s. d. g. d . 0. do Wheat, white.. 28 oto3o 0 Do., new . oto 0 Do., red 27 oto 28 6 Bere Do., now --0 to 0 I R a p esee d 20 0 to 23 1 p Barley Oats ........ 12 6t013 9 Bakers' flour Ds., black.... 11 6to 12 6 Indian cora , 3l ote 33 1 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are del by e'ening mails from London, and M by morning ;patched malls. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 11, E ( Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles ,Feb. 18, Ei March 1 Bahamas and Havana via New; York !Feb. 17, E,Liverpool.. , Feb. 16 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt )iFeb. 8 ,E'Liverpool..lFeb. 9 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-I sion, and St. Helena , Feb. 6, E i Deyonport 'March S China, Penang*, and Singa.-1 I 1 pore, via Southampton I Feb. —, MSouthamp. eb. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Feb. —,M Southamp. Feb. 9 Honduras and Illewfields .... Feb. 17, M Southamp. Feb. 16 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, ,Feb. ............ Feb. 12 via Southampton Feb. —, M Southara 18 Ditto, via Marseilles , E Feb. 11,11 Southamp. Feb. l 9 In a d m ia pt ( o ß n ombay), via South- Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazila,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 7, SI "authamp. IFeb.,ll Malta, Egypt, and Ades, via Southampton Feb. —, 31 Southamp. ,Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Feb. 11,E Liverpool- I Feb. 6 Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Tenerife West India, California, Ire ne zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey a. &c. - - town, New Grancl______ ___ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The great injury inflicted on wet invalids by drugs increases the interest the public take in flatulency, constipation, Du Barry's Revalenta A ra bi ca Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (d yspepsia), nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, con sumption, and debility. We quote a f ew ou t o f ma ny thou sand cases of cures by this delicious food :—Cure No. 180. —" Twenty five years' nervousness, constipation, indiges tion, and debility from which I have suffered great misern and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet- street, London." Cure 4,208.-- " Eight years' dy s p eps i a, nervousness, debility, with spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Health •restoring Food. I shalltbe happy to answer any in quiries. Rev. J. W. Fl ave lt, Ridli ngton R ec t ory, Norfolk.' in tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3 s . ; 21b., s s . 9d . ; 51b ., 12 5.; 121 k., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post. office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Graceehurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451, St ran d ; 49 an d 60, Bishopsgate. street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin.. Bewley Sand Draper ; at Edinburgh, Rennes and Co. at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Man.ehester, Sharp sad , Scott ; at York, Raimea, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. Bosc.swEN.—On the lit inst., at Heligan, the Hon. MN. J. T. Boscawen, of a daughter. liniascorE.—On the 4th inst., at 34, Charles-street, Ber keley-square, London, the Lady Emily Kingscote, of a daughter. LECIIMERE.—On the 3d inst., at the Rhydd Court, Wor cestershire, the wife of Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bart, pre maturely, of a son, stillborn. VIVIAN.—On the Ist inst., at Warminster, the lady of C. Vivian, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. COLLIER—JENNER.—On the 2d inst., at St. Peter's, Eaton square, John Francis Collier, Esq., barrister,;of the Inner Temple, to Frances Ann Jane, second daughter of R. F. Jenner, Esq., of Wenvoe Castle, near Cardiff. HAMILTON—HILL.—On the 31st ult., at Sandown, Isle of Wight, Captain Charles Henry Hamilton, R.N., to Eliza beth Ann, only child of the Ven. Archdeacon Hill, reo tor of Shanklin, DEATHS. DIXON.—On the 30th ult., at Southampton, Major-General Matthew Charles Dixon, retired full-pay Royal Engi. nears, aged 69. FAIRFAX.—On the id inst., at Edi n b urg h , C o l one l Si r li. Fairfax, Bart., of St. Bo swe ll' s B an k , R ox b urg h s hi res aged 70. KYNNERSLRY.—On the 2d inst., Harriet, widow of the late T. Sneyd Kynnersley, Esq., of Loxley-park, Stafford shire, aged b 3. MOLESWORTII.—On the 3d inst., at 7, Norfolk .terrace, Westbourne-grove west, Mary, relict of the late Major.. General Arthur Molesworth, E.I.C.S. PARRY.--On the Ist inst., Henry Parry, Esq., of Stanley' place, Leamington, aged 81. WILLIAMS.—On the 2d inst., at Plymouth, G eorge Her bert, son of C omman d er G eorge B e ll Willi ams, R.N., aged one y ear an d e i g h t months. LONDON: Printed and Published by HURD° YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printe% at The Sups Office, No. 1 12 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eouaW • Middlesex, lionday,:Febraary:6,llBCO. pa c 1 Jt