The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

w'~-w~ Till; GREAT EASTERN. The following report has been addressed to the shareholders by the builder of the Great Ship, Mr. J. Scott Russell : As one of the originators of the design of the great ship, and as the builder of the ship, Ifind it an imperative duty to lay before you, as the owners, a short report on the present state of our property. the late 1. It has been proved conclusively by trials, and contrary to general expectation, 1 n ts a small, that the great ship is as handy and manageab le vessel. it This is no light gain—for was constantly put forward, as one of her disadvantages , that there were not two harbours in the w orld she could enter. It is now proved that there is no port, where any ship of equal draft of water could safely navigate, that the great ship could not enter. Here, then, is one fact now established, by experience, in contradiction to one of many hostile predictions. This fact proves that the means adopted in her original design—to make the ship steer well—have been entirely successful. Now look at the real effect of these facts on the value of the pro perty. She can now be safely chartered to sail lions Southampton, Weymouth, Milford Haven, Holy head, Liverpool, Kingstown, Cork, or Galway. She can be navigated up the Hooghly—if not to Cal cutta, at least to Diamond Harbour. Sydney and Melbourne are open to her in Australia, and Port land in Canada ; and New York might be safely ap proached as near as by other vessels of the same draft of water. The great ship, therefore, is neither an exception nor a monster, but is able to thread safely the entrance of any harbour where she is likely to find work to be done. 2. It has been conclusively proved, by the late trials, that the sea-going qualities of the great ship are good, and that her properties as a piece of naval architecture are what I, who designed her, intended. It was said that, from her great height out of the water, she would be crank, and lie over on her side as the Perseverance did ; experience has shown that she stands up admirably, and that under sail she has little inclination. Others said she would have the opposite defect, and would be so stiff as not to yield at all to a heavy sea. By this defect the sea, they said, would strike her like a rock, and do her great damage. Now, the contrary of this has also been proved, and she has a gentle easy rolling motion, with scarcely any pitching, but just enough of both to prevent her having anything to fear from the shock of the sea. 3. It has been proved that the great strength of her mechanical construction had not been overstated by her designers. If any trial on land could conclu sively have proved this, the great strains she un derwent at launching, without change of shape, did so. But experience of the ship, under the strain of the engines when under way and working up to more than 7,000-horse power in the sea, has shown that the vibration, which in vessels of high speed is so common an indication of weakness, exists in her to a smaller extent than in any other ship ever built. She has therefore been proved to be, even for her great size, the strongest vessel in the w or ld. This is a most important fact to bear in mind in estimating the value of your property, and it most materially affects the question of insurance. 4. In regard to safety. The peculiar structure given to her, consisting of longitudinal strengthen ing, and an unusual number of longitudinal and tranverse bulkheads, by which she is divided into many water-tight compartments, has stood the severest test. The efficiency of these compartments was tried before the vessel left the Thames. A portion of the vessel was entirely filled with water up to the level of the deck. 120 feet of her length were for some days inundated as completely as if that portion of the vessel had been torn open by running on a rock During this period the remain der of the ship was perfectly dry. Even the sad accident of the explosion of a heater, so deeply lamented from its injury to life, did nevertheless prove the efficacy of this peculiar structure of the ship in securing the general safety ; for the whole of the damage was confined to the compartment where it originated. 5. In regard to speed. The facts which have been ascertained are, that in the first trials, made under the disadvantages attending every novelty, the vessel attained a speed of 141 knots, or about 17 statute miles an hour. It is right you should be informed that 14 knots was the original speed assigned to the vessel by Mr. Brunel, in the early reports to the directors of the original company. There is, therefore, no good reason for disappoint ment on this head. It must be admitted that there were many people who hoped for more, but they had no right to expect it, for the vessel has an ex tremely small proportion of power for its size. The object of this small power was great economy of fuel on a long voyage. Taking into account the great size of the ship, and the comparatively small amount of horse-power intentionally given to her, she realises a greater speed than any vessel hitherto constructed. 6. In regard to the nature and speed of a voyage. It ought to be kept in mind that the great ship was not built for extreme speed on short voyages, but for the express purpose of maintaining fair speed, with great economy of transport, on a long voyage of over 13,000 statute miles. For this use, and this use alone, were all her contrivances of construc tion originally designed. In considering, therefore, how to turn this propery to profitable account, you should never lose sight of the fact that she is able to do this voyage in one-third less time than it has yet been done. 7. Cost of Transport.—l find, according to our present experience, that the cost of running the ship is £2 a mile, including every kind of expense. The goods alone which she can carry, even at the most moderate freights, will repay this cost, and leave the entire passenger traffic as pure profit. The freights she could earn by passengers arc more than double what she could earn by goods. 8. Remuneration from Passengers.—The com parative exemption of passengers by this ship from sea-sickness, confined cabins, close air, and the other usual inconveniences of a sea voyage, has been proved by experience to be more complete than her most sanguine promoters anticipated. The large space afforded for air ` and exe.4cise, the light, luxury, and ventilati on of he cabidit have never been paralleled in any other ship." There can, therefore, be no doubt that, on those great lines which passen gers frequent in large numbers, a strong preference would be given to that ship which substitutes for the sickness and misery of a long sea voyage all the comfort and luxury of an hotel. Two thousand passengers can he thus conveniently accommodated at fares that would yield a nct revenue of £4 a mile. 9. Summary of Results —Such, then, are a few of the sea-going qualities and money-earning capabilities of our ship ; and you will thus see that all the qualities and powers of the vessel ori ginally promised when she was designed have been borne out by experience. She has proved handy an:l manageable, so as to go into and out of any harbour in this or other countries that affords suit- able traffic. She has ample power to -stand ap in a sea -way or storm, without such rigid stiffness as to make the sea strike her with violence. She has proved herself the strongest ship in the world. She has proved that in dang er, whether from external violevec or internal accient, her system of separa tion into compartments is so successful that no damage to one part of her affects another. She has realised the speed for which she was designed, and which is such as to enable her to reduce the time of a voyage to Australia from 59 day's to 39 days. She can not only carry coals for the entire passage to Australia, but find room besides for 5,000 tons of good 2. Along with this, she affords ample accommodation for from 500 to 800 first-class passengers, and might be fitted up for 1,000 addi tional berths, as first or second class, and 1,500 third class, if desirable. She has been proved to afford comparative immunity from sea-sickness, along with the comfort and luxury of a first-class hotel i thus rendering a passage across the sea in every way more enjoyable than a long journey by ltnd. Such are the proved advantages "which our ship presents, and yet we are told that our property is a bad one, and must be laid aside as unseaworthy. It has been stated that the ship is not now com pleted throughout her whole extent. Of course she is not: She was not meant to be entirely completed until after her return from America, when her per manent station and trade could be determined. Originally she had been designed to accommodate 3,000 passengers, or 10,000 troo bnt for the pur pose of going to sea, on her trial' trip to America, she was only to be completed for 675 passengers. Only two compartme n t s o f h er length one of 90 and another of 60 feet long —were completely fitted up for passengers. The rest of the ship remains, as intended, almost entirely unfitad, or provisionally fitted only, for temporary purposes. Before I conclude, let me say a few words about myself. You have been taught to suppose that you and I. have opposite interests. Do not believe it. My interests can never be separated from those of the Great Ship. I am proud to have been her builder. I expect yet to earn great. reputation by her; and I am, like yourselves, a large share holder. It is, therefore, my interest, even more than yours, that your property in the ship should turn out valuable. It is true, you owe me money for work done; but we are not therefore enemies. I want no more for my work than three honest and able arbitrators, to whom you and I have both re ferred the matter, shall say is due to me; let us both, therefore, set about turning our mutual property to account, for our mutual good. As a fellow-share holder of the ship, let me tell you that what is now wanted is the best possible management of the ship,. Steam-shii Ting property is not easily managed; but if you can agree upon men of ability, experience, and success in the management of steam property, to take the entire practical control of the executive part of your business, you will not be disappointed with the result." IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE DUBLIN DEMONSTRATION. The aggregate meeting of the citizens of Dublin, convened by Dr. Cullen, came off yesterday, in Marlborough-street Cathedral. The proceedings are reported at sea-serpent length in the papers of this morning, the speeches filling no less than 21 columns of one journal. The Archbishop, who occupied the chair, monopolises about one-third of this space for his share of the oratory, which was even more dreary and nearly as monotonous as usual. He opened by pronouncing a warm panegyric upon Lord Nor manby and his pamphlet, and he thanked the noble Marquis for appreciating the position of the Pope's friends, and for the services he had rendered in un masking the intrigues of the present Ministers. The most rev. prelate then digressed, for the purpose of making some observations in reference to the pros- pect of a French invasion. He said— " The writers in the English press seem to think that we are conspirators, and that we desire nothing so much as a French invasion. Perhaps some wag gish youths, anxious to play on the credulity of our neighbours beyond the Channel, and to alarm their fears, may throw out hints about such an event; but I am persuaded that every man of sense in Ireland would look upon any foreign invasion as the greatest calamity that could befal the country. (Hear, hear.) For my part, I would prefer the re• turn of seven years of famine, of the cholera, of fever, to one month's occupation of our soil by a hostile army. (Hear, hear.) The visitations of Heaven only purify us ; the presence of an enemy would degrade and demoralise the noble feelings of the country, at the same time entailing physical ruin upon it." He then proceeded to sing the old song about English sympathy for the Italian revolutionists, and did not scruple to rake up the tale of the arri val of an American vessel in Cork freighted with arms for Garibaldi, although he could scarcely have been ignorant of the fact that the whole statement was a tissue of mistakes; in fact, nothing more than a mare's nest. A weary history of the state of the Popedom helped to fill another column, and this brought the speakers to the vexed question of the conduct of France, as reflected through the pages of the Imperial pamphlet : "What shall we say of France? I believe that in that powerful country the great mass of the people is with the Pope, but its infidel press is allied with that of England ; and as to its ruler, he has shrouded himself so much in mystery that it would require an (Edipus to interpret the riddles of this modern Sphynx. Some time ago he drew on him. self the most bitter censures of the British press, because he was considered favourable to Rome ; at present all sorts of praises are lavished on him, be cause he is supposed to have abandoned his former views. Though those praises render the conduct of the Emperor very suspici ous , ye t I s h a ll a b stain from every judgment, as there is still room for hope that he will not act in such a way as to efface the merits acquired by past services to religion. I cannot' however, hesitate to denounce as most wicked and perfidious a pamphlet lately published, entitled The Pope and the Congress,' which is said to have been written under the inspiration of the Em peror, and which has merited the eulogies of all English fanatics. (Hear.) This pamphlet is the work of a subtle and malicious enemy of the Holy See, who, pretending to give the kiss of peace, en deavours to inflict a deadly wound. Imitating the Jews in the court of Pilate, anxious to blind the public by professions of respect towards the Pope, and by adulation, assuming the mask of religion to conceal his wicked designs, he would cover Christ's Vicar with a purple garment, and place a sceptre in his hand and a crown on his brow, but only with the view of converting these emblems of royalty into instruments of insult, mockery, and torture." The first resolution was proposed by the Lord Mayor, Alderman John Reynolds being the seconder. The latter wound up his speech with a declaratiou of loyalty to the Queen that seems to have created a perfect sensation among his hearers, and moreover led to a little episode, which must have agreeably diversified the day's dull proceedings : " Notwithstanding their allegiance to the Crown of England—(general hissing in the body of the chapel)—they were branded as traitors for sympa thising with the Pope, by newspapers, from the Thunderer in Printing-house-square--:--(hisses)—to the little pop-guns the Evening Mail and Packet. (Hisses.) But the threadbare charge of disloyalty was pitched at them over and over again. He asked what evidence could be produced of their disloyalty? He (Alderman Reynolds) believed that he was better off there than under any Government in Europe. (' No, no,' hisses in the body of the meet ing, and cries of Order' from the platform.) He repeated that he was. " A Voice—Ah ! go along. (Laughter.) " Alderman Reynolds—The Irish people are loyal to the Crown of England. (Hisses.) " A Voice—We had enough of that. " Alderman Reynolds—ln advocating the cause of the Pope they were not to be branded with the foul name of traitors.' (Hisses.) Were the Irish dis!oyal during the Crimean war ? Who turned the scale ht Waterloo but the Murphys and the Cavanaghs and other men of Milesian patronymics. 'Who helped the English at -- " A Voice—lreland for the Pope. (Loud cheers.) " Alderman Reynolds—Three cheers for the Pope, and nine times nine for the Pope. They should not, in advocating his cause, be branded as traitors. (Hisses.) Louis Napoleon said that he was sincere in his intentions to support the Pope. " A Voice—Three cheers for Napoleon. (Partial cheering.) " Alderman Reynolds—lf the Emperor was sin cere, and anxious to carry out the Treaty of Villa franca, he had but to hold up his little finger; but if he was playing another game—the game of poli tical jugglery—it would recoil on himself. He (Alderman Reynolds) was disposed to adopt the safe course—namely, to believe nothing until he saw it accomplished. (Hear, hear, and Bravo.) He would —at the risk of being hissed by some of his ardent friends who went further than he would go—ho would again say that, having sworn allegiance to the Throne, if he believed his appearance on that platform would leave him open to a charge of dis loyalty to the British Throne, he would not be there. (This statement was received by the meeting with out any expression of approbation or disapproba tion. Dr. Cullen, however, waved his hand several times as a signal to the meeting to cheer, and there upon there was some cheering in the body of the chapel.) "Dr. Cullen then rose from the chair, and said — I beg to congratulate you on hearing that cheer, because I have heard it whispered that some persons here present, perhaps from the enemy's camp, have put a false construction upon the hisses that were given a while ago. You hissed the limes, and I believe you were right. You gave that cheer for the noble expression of Alderman Reynolds, and so I think the thin g i s per f ect l y understood. (Hear.) " Alderman Reynolds—lt had been said that the Roman Catholic clergy rejoiced when they heard that there was a likelihood of a French invasion ; but that was not true. (Hear, and "No."; They were all determined to go as far as they legiti mately could to sustain the authority of the Pope, and they would not allow a feather of his wing to be .touched. : (Alderman Reynolds concluded by calling for three cheers for the Pope, which were given by the meeting.)" 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Du Barry and Co Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, ...6A Piccadilly;and 1510 hu 33 rc o h- an street; l, 4, setrhatzp.side ,bobixsioro6dnil, Bishopante. s G tr rac eet ec ; at Dublin. street ; B5 Tottenham-court-road ; s a ha nd rp C am o.; Bewley'and Draper ; at Edinburgh, i A ' 6lOl,O at South. at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at M , a n and e li l e C a n t l o e e . ri Scott; at York, Raimes, IBltmchard ampton, Randall and Son. . • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1860. SINGULAR CASE OF DESECRATION OF THE DEAD. A singular case of desecrating the dead came before the magistrates at Wolverhampton yester day, two engine tenders, named Roper and Elwell, being charged as follows, the prosecution being instituted by the members of the Jewish persuasion in Wolverhampton :—On the 19th of August, 1858, a young woman named Rhoda Wolf died, and was buried in the Jews' burying-place in Green's lane, in that town, on the 23d of that month. The burial-ground was secured by walls ten feet high, and the corpse was properly buried. There seemed to be a notion abroad, which in this case at any rate was certainly false, that the Jews in burying their dead are in the habit of burying with them jewels and trinkets, and in some cases coins; and it was with the hopes of securing these valuables that the two de fendants committed the offence charged. On the morning after the interment it was discovered that the ground beneath the doors leading into the graveyard had been dug away and access gained, that the grave had been opened, the coffin-lid broken into three several parts, and the corpse dis• turbed. The cap upon the head had been taken off and thrown on one side, and the head had been turned round, showing that there had been a dis• tinct and careful examination of the ears to discover ear-rings. The hands too had been taken up,turned over, and laid across the body, indicating plainly that the parties had searched for rings. And there was also evidence of further searching in the coffin for valuables. If the men had done that which the commonest decency would suggest, namely, fill in the grave again, no more would probably have been heard of it, but instead of doing this they left the grave open, the lid off the coffin, and the corpse exposed to the view of any one who might enter the graveyard. Every effort to trace the perpetrators of this revolting act were at the time, and had been till now, fruitless. The case rested upon the evidence of one witness only. Upon the night of the day of burial the prisoners were in company with that witness (John Newey) at a public-house, situated in the neighbourhood of the burial-ground, and they both asked if he would join them in getting up the body of the Jewess who had been buried that day, for they had no doubt that they should find some valu ables, which they would take to Birmingham and sell. Newey, however, afte r b e i ng t w i ce so li c i ted to join them, refused, and told them they had better not do se. They parted about midnight, and Newey went into his own house. About an hour afterwards, however, he happ ene d t o h ave occasion to go into his garden, and he then saw the defendants go with pickaxe and shovels in the direction of the Jews' cemetery, observed them dig a hole beneath the door and enter the ground ; after wards heard a noise inside as of digging, and subsequently saw th em come ou t with their tools. The prison ers wor k e d a t th e sa me colliery with Newey. When he went to work on the following morning a conversation took place touching the matter of the previous night, and there was a clear admission on their part that they had found n?- thing. The witness was threatened with death if he divulged the matter ; and these threats having lately become too much for him he gave information to the police, and the affair was thus brought to light. The magistrates, after hearing the evidence, committed the defendants for trial, but agreed to accept bail. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POISON ING IN WEST SUSSEX. VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER. PETWORTH, MONDAY NIGHT. An inquiry, occupying ten hours of to-day, and two former days, has just terminated here, at the Swan Hotel, and which, according to the evidence of Dr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, is one of the most extraordinary cases on record. The doctor arrived by the afternoon train, and considering that the issue rested with the result of the chemical analy sis he had made, great anxiety prevailed. The name of the unfortunate person involved in this painful case is Harriet Moore, certainly not more than 20 years old. She was an inmate of the Petworth Union, and the question which the jury had to decide before the coroner (Mr. Richard Blagden) was, whether she had not destroyed her illegitimate child by the administration of white precipitate. It appears that the deceased had been ill for some time past ; that Mr. Short, the medical officer, was called to see it ; that he administered for his ma lady, and it eventually recovered. On the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before its death, which took place on the Thursday, it seemed quite well again. On the Thursday evening, however, a person named. Reimnan, who had been seen by the accused, was , observed to give her a small parcel, which she put behind her back, and this was proved to be white precipitate, which had been purchased at the shop of Mr. Morgan, a respectable chemist in the town of Petworth. In a few hours after this the poor child suffered the most intense pain. Several witnesses having been examined, Mr. Augustus Chas. Short was examined. After describing deceased's former illness, he said—On Wednesday I called at the workhouse about the middle of the day. I was not sent for. I went into the hospital ward with Miss Hobbs. I there saw Harriet Moore and her child. It was lying on a bed. I was surprised at the appearance of its countenance. The countenance denoted most acute pain, and I remarked upon it to Miss Hobbs. A nurse then present said the child kept all the women awake all night by its piercing screams. I felt the child's pulse, which indicated that it was sinking. When I touched its stomach it retched, violently. All the muscles of the face became dis torted. It was remarkably pale, and its hands were cold. Still I did not suspect anything wrong, and thought the child was dying from a disordered state of the bowels. Then followed a long description of a post mortem examination by Mr. Morris, Mr. Short, and Mr. Boxall. Hannah Belton, an inmate of the workhouse, de posed—On the Saturday after the child's death, Harriet Moore came into the laundry and asked me for the shoe-brushes to clean her boots. I told her she need not trouble herself, as her baby would not be buried that day. She said, " Why ?" I replied, " We are all put out by what you have done with the precipitate powder." She said, " I put it all into my head, dry as it was." I said, "No ; if you did you would not stand there ; if you did it would make your head so bad that you would go oat of your mind." She next said, "I mixed it in a little bit of butter, and used it." I said, " You can give no account of what you did with it." She then said, giving herself a sho r t t urn i n a pet, " Well, I've nono about me now." Sdperintendent Kemmish, of the Petworth divi sion, then proved delivering three jars, a brown paper parcel, and a phial, all properly labelled, into the hands of Dr. Taylor, in Regent's -park. Dr. Taylor said he would first proceed with the examination of the jars. He found the viscera in a good state of preservation. The lining membrane was congested at the upper part, and covered with mucous and extra food. There was no inflamma tion or ulceration about these parts, and the windpipe was in a healthy condition. The stomach had been opened and re•tied. He again opened it, and found a thick curdy whitish brown substance of the consistency of stiff paste ; there was about enough to fill a large table spoon, and upon this was a thin and dark coagulation of blood. He found pasty matter closely adhering to the coats of the stomach, and mixed with mucous. On removing it, the greater part of the lining membrane of the stomach appeared pale, and towards the spinal opening there was a small patch arising from con gestion of the lungs. The duodenum was greatly , inflamed, and ho observed a bright red colour. In flammation was in the mucous and linino , mem branes chiefly. The liver, kidney s , h ear t, and lungs presented no appearance of disease. There was nothing about any of these organs to account for death. He then examined the different parts che mically, beginning at the upper and going down to the lower end. He took the gullet, and found it to contain a small quantity of a mercurial compound, and with it some starchy matter, which might be bread or arrowroot. On examining the contents of the stomach he f oun d a num b er of chalky particles, which readily subsided when mixed with water. They did not dissolve, and had the appearance of mineral matter. He examined these contents microscopically and chemically, and found the greater part consisted of starchy matter (like gruel), undigested food, and mucous. With these was an insoluble compound of mercury, which had all the powers of white precipitate. He next examined the coats of the stomach after scraping away all the contents, and he found a small quantity of mercury in them. In the phial he did not discover any of the white particles which he had found in the stomach. He then proceeded to examine the napkins which had been forwarded in the brown paper parcel. Ho cut away a small portion of them with the matter upon it, which was It was found to con of a green colour. rge tain, among other r n thi a ngs e . o n n m ip u t a c h o r e a u tl n b l d y laiyie: and starchy In m qu o a r n e tit t y ha o n f m he ercurial •cur that f i o a a l nd eolp n ound— was, u- another portion of the naplitii , which was n n examineded , h foundon one ta h r a e l l t 7 of matter, th eh butear heart; no no mercury. He lmer curyiver a wasnd fn proesnd mercury en t . He examined tand h a fifth e afterwardspar t o of the examined one of the kidneys, and separated mercury from it. From his examination and analysis he had drawn up certain conclusions which might be embodied thus :—First, that a mercurial compound, which he believed to be white precipitate mixed with farinaceous and other matter, was found in the contents of the stomach of the deceased infant ; secondly, that a mercurial compound, also mixed with starchy matter and mucus, was fonnd in the discharge in the napkin ; thirdly, that a mercurial compound and starchy matter were found in the middle portion of the gullet, and in the lower por tion of the small intestines, and that mercury with out starch was found in the various parts of the small and large intestines, as well as in the liver and one of the kidneys; fourthly, that the appear- ances presented by the viscera were redness in the gullet, a patch of redness in the stomach, and great redness with injections in the upper part of the small intestines, less in the large intestines (the red ness of an inflammatory nature being what was called acute inflammation)—it was seated in the mucous or lining membrane, and such as might have been produced either by the action of an irritant substance, or else by the result of disease ; and, fifthly and lastly, the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen, presented no appearance of disease, and no appearance to account for death. Dr. Taylor was then cross-examined at great length by the Coroner and j ur y, an d s i mp lifi e d hi s evidence by further explanation, from which it ap peared that this was a most extraordinary case, from the fact of white precipitate having been so rarely administered internally. He knew of only one case, and that was at Chelmsford Assizes twelve years ago, in which he was engaged. The patient had taken 25 grains, and recovered. The whole point was this—whether the system possessed suffi cient strength to throw it off by vomiting. He ought to add that portions of the jars sent to him had been handed over to Dr. Miller, of King's College. The Coroner asked whether it was at all likely that the result of Dr. Miller's examination 'would be different to what he.(Dr. Taylor) had stated P If it would, for the sake of the accused he would again adjourn the inquiry. Dr. Taylor replied that so far as Dr. Miller had gone there was no substantial difference. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury, after consulting for about an h our , re t urne d a unanimous verdict o of wilful committedce murd erag l i r ns t L ri l a i l tv' a r t the i°tM ° n o e l ; who was at t Spring Assizes, to be held at Lewes. anything; come into the publichouse ;" but be re fused, and took the prisoner by the collar, upon which the prisoner said he would give him £lO, but witness replied " £lO will not do for £22." The prisoner then said he would give £l5, £2O, or £3O, if he would go in a cab to King's-cross, but he re fused, and gave the prisoner into custody. Police-constable Wilder, 261 N, said he searched the prisoner, and found on him four playing cards and bad coins representing sovereigns. Mr. Corrie committed the prisoner for trial. SOUTHWARK.—Two fine, tall, and healthy looking young men, much sunburnt, attended to ask advice. One of them, who acted as spokesman, informed his worship that they had served in the East India Company's Bombay Artillery, and were sent home with other discharged soldiers in May last, arriving at Gravesend in December. They were sent adrift almost penniless, without characters, so that they were unable to obtain employment. He and his comrade had applied for admission in the Metro politan Police, and no doubt they would be ac cepted, but they had no c h arac t ers . • Mr. Burcham—What can I do for you under the circumstances ? Applicant—Assist us, sir, to get our characters. We have been to the East India-house, and although we have each borne exemplary characters while with oar troops we cannot get our characters. They are withheld from us. _ _ Mr. Burcham—l suppose you obtained your dis charge iu the regular way ? Applicant—Yes, sir. We accepted the general order, and claimed our discharge with hundreds of others. Mr. Burcham—lt is usual to insert in the dis charges the character of the men. Applicant—l believe such to be the case with the army, but ours is simply a discharge, and nothing whatever is said about our characters. We could get into the police directly if we had that. Mr. Bureham—How long had you been in the service ? Applicant—Three years, sir. Most of the older soldiers preferred remaining in India, but we olaimPcl nur cliceharge. Mr. Burcham—You receives some money when you were discharged ? Applicant—Yes, sir, but a very small sum. That is all gone, and now we are destitute. Mr. Burcham—l cannot help you. You had better apply at the India-house. Applicant—We have, sir, but it is of no use. They won't give us our characters, and without them we cannot get into the police. The fact is, the authorities are anxious for us to join the army again, and they are trying to starve us into it, and that's the reason they deprive us of our good cha racters. Mr. Burcham—l cannot assist you in getting your characters, neither can I advise you how to act. They thanked his worship for his courtesy and left the court much disappointed. THAMES.—Mr. John Bradford, the younger, a pupil teacher, of No. 83, Cannon-street, Commer cial-road East, appeared upon an adjourned sum mons, charged that he did "maliciously, wilfully, and of purpose molest, let, disturb, vex, disquiet, and otherwise trouble the Rev. Charles Fume Low der, the curate of the parish of St. GeorgeNiddle sex, commonly called St. George-in-the-East, saying the Divine service set forth and authorised by the Queen's Majesty, by th en an d t h ere rea di ng in a loud tone and disorderly manner." Mr. King, solicitor, of College-hill, appeared for the prosecution ; the defendant was not represented by any professional man. Mr. Joseph Smith attended to watch the case on behalf of a society " opposed to Tractarian innovations and Romish ceremonies in the Church of England." The case was originally heard on the Ist of December last, and the alleged offence was com mitted on Sunday, the 27th of November, during one of those unseemly and disgraceful disturbances for which the parish church of St. George kas be come famous, or rather infamous, in ecclesiatical history. The defendant, an enthusiastic youth, defended himself with ability when the case was heard, and expressed his readiness if the Protestant cause required it to become a martyr to his prin ciples and opinions, as his namesake, John Bradford, had done before him. Mr. Selfe, however, had no disposition to make a martyr of the defendant, and in the hope that peace would be restored in the parish, adjourned the summons and another against a young man named Barnes for three weeks. A second postponement took place at the request of the defendant until yesterday. The only , persons con nected with the parish who were in attendance were Mr. Thompson, the churchwarden, and Mr. Herbert, a member of the elected vestry who has distinguished himself by his stedfast opposition to what are called "the Puseyite and Romish prac tices of the rector and his curate." Mr. King said he represented the Rev. Mr. Lowder, curate of St. George, and the magistrate would recollect that after the whole of the case had been gone into against Barnes, another defen dant, he signed a paper undertaking not to offend again, and the summons was dismissed, and it was intimated that if Mr. Bradford did the same no further proceedings would be taken against him. Mr. Selfe—You have no objection, Mr. Bradford, to sign the same paper ? The defendant said he had a very great objection to do so, for he had not disturbed any congregation whatever. Mr. Selfe asked the solicitor for the prosecution if he had any more witnesses ? Mr. King said he had not. He finished his case on the Ist December, when the curate had the honour of being represented by Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P. The defendant said he had numerous witnesses to call to contradict the case set up by the Puseyites of St. George. Mr. Selfe—l thought you would come to reason able terms. The defendant—l thought the case was settled, and I should hear no more of it. I was very much surprised on reading, a day or two after the case was heard, an insulting and most unchristianlike letter concerning me in the Times, which was written by the Rev. Mr. Lowder, the Puseyite curate. Mr. Sclfe said he had nothing to do with the let ter is the Times, and had neither thepower nor the inclination to control the public press. No one had a right to make a disturbance in a place set apart for the public worship of Almighty God in what ever way the services might be conducted, and he would put it to the defendant's own good sense whether he would not come to the same terms as Mr. Barnes Chad done, and sign a paper that he would not disturb the public worship in the parish churck of St. George. The defendant—l did not, sir. Mr. Selfe—lf you are obstinate th e l aw must take its course. The summons is taken out by Mr. Howie, superintendent of the K division, by direc tion of Sir Richard Mayne, under the statute of Queen Mary, and that act is still in force and not obsolete. The defendant—l am not obstinate. Am I wrong in giving the responses in an audible voice, as directed by the Book of Common Prayer ? Mr. Selfe said he wished to refrain from giving judgment until he heard the case on both sides. A prima facie case had been made out against the de pendant, which he might call witnesses to rebut, but if he failed he would take the consequences, and the hiw must be enforced. He wished, however, to provide for the future, and not punish for the past. In the document which Mr. Barnes had signed, and which he asked the defendant to sign, he did not say he was in the wrong. Mr. Selfe then read as follows: " Mr. Barnes undertakes that ho will not interrupt the choral services in St. George's by saying the responses at irregular ti mes or i n so l ou d a t one as to disturb the minis ter and choristers." The defendant—l never did anything contrary :o that. Mr. Sclfc—l do not say you had. Do you wish the case to proceed and have my judgment ? The defendant--I have no objection to sign that. The paper already signed by Mr. Barnes was put before the defendant by Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, and he affixed his signature to it. Mr. King—With that being signed I have no objection to the summons being withdrawn. Mr. Selfe—A happy end to a most unpleasant proceeding. Pray let me hear no more of St. George's-in -the-East. GREENNVICH.—Mr. P. NPMalion, barrister, attendedon behalf of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to prosecute a complaint made against Mr. C. E. Harris, a person occupying a respectable position in society, and whose address was 9, the Paragon, Blackt.eath, for indecently assaulting Marian Elizabeth Smith, a child 10 years of age, in Greenwich Park, on Saturday, the 24th ult. The case excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood, the defendant failing to appear on being sums: - oned to this court on Tuesday last, when a warrant was granted for his apprehension, but on an attempt bein ,, made to execute it a t hi s resi dence, it was stated that he had suddenly left and gone abroad. Some evidence having been given, Mr, Socket said it was a most important case, and he was glad to see the Commissioners of Woods and Forests come forward to prosecute, and secure to the public the benefits derived from visiting the parks by the punishment of persons guilty of such conduct as that complained of, and more particu larly towards young children. All had, been done that could be done in the present case, the defendant keeping out of the way, and an excuse being offered. _ - for his absence that he had gone abroad. The war rant, however, would remain in tue hands of the police for the defendant's apprehension whenever he might be met with. .77 t7 ;:. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Jan. 10. MANSION-HOUSE.—Samuel Wedge, a driver, in the employ of Mr. James Golding, St. George's in-the-East, carman, was charged with recklessly driving in King William-street, and knoeking down Elizabeth Essex, thereby causing one of her legs to be broken. Mr. John Rowe, auctioneer, of 18, Ironmonger lane, said—Yesterday afternoon I was in King William-street, and saw the prisoner in a cart, driv ing at a good round trot towards me. I noticed that he was on the wrong side. I was about to cross Arthur-street, when he suddenly drove round the corner, and I had great difficulty in getting out of his way. There was a lady crossing at the time, who was knocked down by the horse, and before I had time to pull her away one of the wheels of the cart went over both her legs. I immediately picked her up, and a policeman who saw the whole trans action took the prisoner into custody. The young woman was immediately conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital. I hear only one of her legs is broken, but at the time I thought both must have been. 'rho prisoner tried hi s best to pull up, but was not able to do so in time, owing to the quick pace he was driving at—l should think five or six miles an hour, at the very least. A certificate from the hospital stated that the prosecutrix was suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg, and would not be able to attend to give evidence for at least a month. The Lord Mayor said he should remand the pri soner for a month, but would take bail for his ap pearance—viz., one surety in £4O. Bail was tendered and accepted ; the prisoner was then discharged from custody. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Mary Ann Same?, a good-looking, strapping Irish wench, aged 23, was char ge d b e f ore M r . B ea d on w i t h stealing a greatcoat from a surgery, 12, Silver-street, Golden square, on Nov. 22d last. Francis M'Nalty, a genteel, intelligent boy, said he was taking care of his elder brother's house and shop, as above, on the morning in question, and at half-past 11 the prisoner with another woman came in, and the former laying hold of him tried to kiss him. He resisted, for she was an entire stranger, and broke from her, for he considered her conduct very improper. While the other woman, standing near the door, continued talking (chaffing), she foi lowed him to the surgery where his greatcoat was hanging, but with the help of the errand boy, who was present, they managed to get her and the ether woman out, and fastened the door. Soma after they left he missed his coat, and never saw either of the women again until Monday afternoon, when he met the prisoner and gave her in charge for stealing his coat. Prisoner—Now, tell the thruth, ar'n't you an :rich boy ? Witness—Yes. Prisoner—Sure, I knowed you by your brogue at once. Nivir deny your country, my man. An' didn't you give me ] s. 6d. to get some dhrink ? Witness (evidently surprised at the interroga tory)—No, that I didn't. Prisoner—Well. now, only to think of that ! I'm a woman, and you're a boy ; but don't you know what you wanted to do which you oughtn't to do ? The boy looked amazed, and naturally enough, replying that he could not tell what she meant ; and in answer to the magistrate, said ha was 12 years old last birthday. The prisoner put her questions, and spoke with the most brazen effrontery, and there were heard from the audience several cries of " Beast !" " Im pudent creature !" &c. Prisoner—Perhaps you and the other boy don't remember pulling the curtain ? The errand boy, a still younger boy than witness called out from near the witness-box, " No, we didn't. All we wanted was to get you both out of the shop." The prisoner was about launching forth into more disgusting language, when she was very properly stopped by the magistrate. Walsh, the gaoler, having informed the Court that she was known and had been there before, she was remanded. CLERKENWELL.—CharIes Morris, a fellow well known to the police as a notorious skittle sharper, was charged with robbing Henry Hill of £22. The prosecutor, a man- of-war's man, said, about the 17th of December last he came to town for the purpose of spending his Christmas holidays. He was on the other side of the river, having his boots went up to him and r saidblacked, awdh comeen t h from prisoner i sPortsmouth one for a spree, and asked him from what place he had come, and whether he was not a captain ; but upon being told that wit ness was only a mate, the prisoner asked him to have a cigar, and to go with him to a public house to have some grog. They went to a house, but as it was only a beer-shop, they had some ale. While there another man came in and called for some spirits, and expressed his great surprise that hecould not be served. This man, in the course of some con versation, said he had come from Yorkshire; that his father had died and left him a large fortune, and that he had come to town to have a jolly lark and spend Ll,OOO. He also said he was a very strong man, and induced witness to feel his legs, arms, and muscles, and when he had done scille said he could throw a 141 b. weight a distance of 70 yards, and the prisoner said he could not. A bet was made, and they all went in a cab to Mr. Dipples's public house, Essex-street, Bethnal-green, and went into the skittle ground. The prisoner and the Yorkshireman expressed their surprise that the ground was not the required distance, and then proposed a game of skittles. A man with a wide-awake had stuck the skittles up, and after they had played some time a bet was made about the ball being wood or iron, and the Yorkshireman lost it. The prisoner said witness was a fool if he did not get some of the man's money. Witness said the ball was wood, and the Yorkshireman made a bet of £5 that it was iron. The prisoner gave witness a glass of brandy and water, which stupified him, and when he played he lost. He was then induced to pawn his watch for £2, and he played again and lost; but he did not remember how it was. The prisoner then said that he supposed that witness had more money at home, and on beinc , answered in the affirmative sug gested that it had better be fetched. Witness went and fetched four £5 notes, and the prisoner took them out of his hands and deposited them in the hands of the man with the wide-awake hat, who had gone with witness in a cab to fetc'h the money. It was then decided that the bet should be for £5O, about a game of skittles, and the prisoner induced him to sign a paper for the other £3O, but he only put a scribble for his name. The game was played, the prisoner keeping the scores, and witness won, but the prisoner said the Yorkshireman had won. The Yorkshireman then went to the end of the room, came back, and said that the other man had gone to the bar to get the paper witness had signed changed. lie came back and told him that he had better "hook it," as the landlord had discovered that it was a forgery. They all Ns cnt out, and wit ness lost sight of th em , b u t a b ou t a week after wards he saw the pri soner a t I s li n gton, and a s k e d him how ho felt. Th e p r i sone r sai d he was well, and asked him to have something to dri n k, b ut h e refused, and said he wanted his money that he had taken from him, The prisoner said, "Do not say TEE SOURCES OF THE NILE. A crowded meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on M on d ay evening at Burling ton-house, the Earl de Grey and Ripon, president, in the chair. Among those present were—Sir R. J. Murchison, the Danish Minister, Generals Sir H. Jones, Sir G. Pollock, Portlock, and Moore ; Ad miral Fitzroy ; Colonels Sykes, M.P., Lefroy, Gor don, and Sotheby ; Captains Nolloth, Bedford, the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, Willis, and Bedingfeld, R.N. ; Major Moore, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Stephen Cave, M.P. ; Captains Speke, Syd ney Webb, Tytler, Murchison, and O'Brien;• Con-' suls M'Leod and Hanson ; D r s. Hodgkin, Purcell, and Bennett ; Messrs. Barrow, C. White, Brook ing, Osborne Smith, Gassiot, Grey, Arrowsmith, Findlay, &c. Sir Andrew Agnew, M.P., Captain Claude Clerk, the Hon. W. H. Forester Denison, M.P., Capt. J. Hamilton Ward, R.N., Mr. Edward Enfield, Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, Mr. Charles Otter, and Mr. J. Petherick, were elected Fellows. The paper read was, " Journey up the White Nile to the Equator, and Travels in the Interior of Africa, in the years 1857-58, by Mr. J. Petherick, her Maj es ty' s Consul at Khartum." On the author's first expedi tion in 1853 he reached the extreme limits of the Bahr el Gazal, where he met opposition, which, on account of the cowardice of his men, he was unable to overcome ; but in the next year he effected a landing, and, by establishing stations in that and the following years along his route, he believes that he actually penetrated as far as the equator. Starting from Khartum in December, 1857, the author passed on the 30th, Eleis, the last Egyptian settlement on the White Nile, leaving which they proceeded for two days through an un inhabited and unfertile country, when they reached, on the eastern bank, the Shillocks, a fishing and commercial tribe; and on the western the Dinkers, a nomadic tribe, its deadly enemy. The large island of Daenab was next passed, whence, pro ceeding through a level, well-wooded, and thickly inhabited country, they arrived off the mouth of the Sobat, and at its mouth about 100 yards wide, and which is supposed to have its sources in the Galla and Berri countries. The Giraftb river, scarcely half the size of the Sobat, flowing from the S.E., was next passed ; continuing to steer W. by a little N., they came to a large basin, into which the White Nile flows from the south. This lake is an accumulation of numberless rivulets and streams, overgrown with strong reeds, abounding in hippo potami in such profusion as to make a passage be tween them appear impossible. From here they continued their navigation to the island of Kyt, whence they proceeded further into the interior by land, passing through the country of the Djour tribe. The natives hitherto met with are strictly pastoral, but they now entered a latitude where the tsetse fly abounds, and consequently cattle cannot exist; therefore the Djour tribe, as well as all the more southerly ones, are agricultural in their habits. Pursuing their journey amid numerous obstacles and perils, the author calculates that, having marched 25 days from the shore of the lake, in a direct line, the latitude of the equator was reached. The general character of the country through which he passed is eminently fertile. In some places maize or millet, cotton of good staple, yarns, &c., are grown, and iron ore exists and is extensively worked by the Djour tribe. The President, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Pethe rick, stated that her Majesty's Govern ment had granted the sum of £2,500., to be paid to the society's bankers, and to be expended by the Council on behalf of the Eastern African Expedition, under the command of Captain Speke, and the President expressed a hope that these two explorers, one proceeding from the south and the other from the north, would, at some not far distant day, again meet, after having completed their re spective undertakings and satisfactorily traeed the course of the Nile. After some observations from Captain Speke, Sir Roderick Murchison congratu lated the society on what they had learnt from Mr. Petherick, and expressed his belief that the first step towards the civilisation of Africa was by bar tering with them, and teaching them that they could gain something by trading with an honest Englishman. He also alluded to some clay brought from Africa by Mr. Petherick, which upon analy sation was found to contain a fair proportion of gold. After some remarks from Colonel Sykes re lative to the probability of the sources of the Nile as laid down by Consul Petherick being identified with the Lake Nyanza, discovered by Capt. Spoke, Mr. Hanson, a native of Africa, and her Majesty's Consul at Sherborough, on the coast of Guinea, ad dressed the society, expressing it as his opinion that the establishment of commercial relations would go further to suppress the slave trade than the equip ment of naval squadrons, however formidable. The meeting was then adjeurned to the 23d inst., when a paper by Mr. Wheelw r i g ht, on a proposd rail way route across the Andes, frem Caldera to Ro sario, via Cordova, will be read. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Franz Prange as Consul at Liverpool for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. CROWN-OFFICE, SAN. 6. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT. City of Durham—Wm. Atherton, of Westbourne-terrace, Hyde -park, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, having certified to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, that there was no surplus of actual re venue, over the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ended the 30th September, 1859: The Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions of the Act 10, Geo., IV., cap. 27, between the 6th day of January, and the 31st day of March, 1860. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comt National Debt Offi ce , 6th January, 186p0.roller-General. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 6. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Alexander Thomas E wens, having obtaining a First Class Certificate at the School of Musketry at llythe, has been appointed by his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concur rence of the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the Stirling, Sce., Regiment of Militia, vice Junor, retired . Nonea.—The Secretary of State for India will not en tertain any further claims made by Officers sent to India, during the late mutinies, on account of their wives' passages to that country, unless such claims be received at the India Office within six months of the date hereof. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 10. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Commission of the Reverend John Francis Browno, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to bear date 15th September, 1857, i n stead of let April, 1859, as stat e d i n th e G azette o f th e latter date. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Richard Blunt, Colonel of the 66th Regiment, on 25th December, 1859 : Lieutenant-General Thomas Kenah, C. 8., Colonel of the 63d Foot, to be General. Major-General John Hobart, Lord Howden, G.C.8., Major upon half-pay Unattached, to have the rank of Lieu tenant-General. Major-General James Alexander, Earl of Rosslyn, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Edward Waller Forestier Walker, C. 8., Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Major-General. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel James Talbot Airoy, C. 8., Coldstream Guards., to be Colonel. Brevet-Major George 81icke C. Crespigny, Paymaster of the School of Musketry, to be Lieut enan t -C olonel. Captain Alfred Romaine Wragge, Royal Artillery, to bo Major. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Cap tain Bertie Mathew Roberts to be Adjutant, vice Lynch, resigned. 3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ralph Con nor, Gent., to be Quartermaster. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Captain John Remington Breading to be Quartermaster. COMMISSION S BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Oxford—Henry Atkins Bowyer, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. County of Worcester—Lord Northwick to be Deputy- Lieutenant; John Whitmore Isaac, Esq., to be Deputy.. Lieutenant ; Edward Vincent Wheeler, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant ; William Haigh, Esq., to be DeputylLieu tenant ; Josiah Stallard, Esq., to be Deputy •Lieutenant. 3d Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles —John Hal lowell, Esq., to be Captain ; James Ball White, Gent., to be Lieutenant; John Sanders Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign; Charles Booth, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon. 2d Subdivision of Berks Rifle Volunteers —George Chas. Cherry, Esq., to be Ensign. Hungerford Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Edwin Mar tin Atkins, Gent., to be Cornet. 7th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers —John Reynolds, jun., Gent., to be Lieut enan t . Ist Subdivision of the Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers — The Hon. RoF,lnald Algernon Capel to be Lieutenant; Charles Francis Humbert, Gent., to be Ensign. Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Northern Troop— Charles Cholmeley Hale, Gent., to be C a pt a i n , vice Samuel Ifeathcote Unwin Heathcote, resigned. 2d Company of Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers—William Alexander Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., to bo Captain ; Edwin Dawes Saunders, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Francis Belling ham, E sq ., t o be Ensign ; Robert Coke Nash Davies, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon. Ist Company of Cinque Ports Artillery VoluLt .ers—Ed ward Luard Wollaston, Esq., to be Captain; Edward For rand Astley, Esq., to be First Lieutenant; Percy Simpson Court, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant. to Bth Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Samuel Pear- Jr,, Esq., late Lieutenant in her Majesty's King's Dragoon Guards to be Captain ; Charles Edw ar d Proctor, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Edward Adshead, Gent., to be Ensign. 6th Company of Essex Rifle Volunteers—Sir Claude William Champion do Crespigny, Bart., to be Captain ; John Fitzsimmons Bishop, Esq., to be Lieutenant; H Ary Egerton Green, Esq., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivision of Essex Rifle Volunteers—Willis m Garnham Luard, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Charles We( d, Esq., to be Ensign. Bth Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers—Hardy Robinson, Esq., to be Captain ; Ensign Charles Lyall Grant to be Lieutenant ; George Black Bothwell, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Grant, promoted. let Pembrokeshire Artillery Volunteers—John Maule Sutton Esq., to be C a pt a i n; J o h n G wynne, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Andrew Stevens Reed, Gent., to be Se-- eond Lieutenant. 7th Company of Surrey Rifle Volunteers—William Reade Bronden, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; James Vogan, jun., Gent., to be Ensi gn . [The following Appsintment is substituted for that of Alexander James Scrutton, which appearod in the " Ga zette" of the 3d instant.] South London Rifle Volunteer Corps—Alexander James Scrutton, Esq„ to be Ensign. Durham Militia Artillery--Second Lieutenant Mark Quayle, resignation accepted, 9th Dec., 1859. 90th or Stirlingshire, &c., Highland Borderers—Her Ma jesty has been pleased to accept the resignation of the Com mission of Ensign Edgeworth Horrocks from the 23d Dec., 1859. The name of Ensign K e lly i s W a ld ren Edward Kelly, and not Rosser, as gazetted on 15th Nov. last. Royal Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry--• James Howard Buller to be Lieutenant, vice Snow, re signed. 2nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteers—Charles Duperrier to be Captain; Walter Damant to be Lieutenant, Mortimer John Collier to be Ensign. 3d Devonshire Rifle Volunteers—John Beer to be' Cap tain; William Clark to be Lieutenant; William Paul Swain to be Ensign. 3d Devon Riffle Volunteers—William Cotton to be Second Lieutenant. ANRUPTS. Edwin Hawker, tea B deale K r, Above Bar-street, Southamp ton, to surrender, Jan. 23, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Stoate Date, flour merchant, Cardiff, Jan. 24 and Feb. 21, at 11, at the Bristol District Court. John Dyke, grocer, Birmingham, Jan. 23, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Ross, draper, Truro, Jan. 25 and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Robert Nuttall and Nathan Crossley, machine makers, Halifax, Jan. 27 and Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Edmund Thos. Shadwick, shipowner, Penarth, Glamor ganshire, Jan. 24 and Feb. 21, at elevenrat the Bristol Dis trict Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Jeremiah Joyner, grocer, Cromarty. David Robertson, mason, East Kilbride. Hugh Joyner, farmer, Glen-Urquhart, Cromartyshire. Jahn Finlay, carver, Glasgow. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 10. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since this day week have been fair of oatmeal, but light of other articles. From foreign ports there have been reported 3,371 quarters of wheat, 1,762 qrs of beans, 390 qrs of peas, 5,943 qrs. of Indian corn, 160 sacks and 21,653 barrels of flour. The exports comprise 431:qrs of wheat, 224 qrs of pea., 326 qrs of Indian corn, 274 loads of oatmeal, 3.191 sacks and 140 barrels of flour. The trade has been quiet during the week, and the prices of most articles were easier. Weather mild and open. We had a moderate attendance at market this morning, and wheat met a limit e d consump tive emend at no improvement in our quotations of last Tuesday's rates. Flour was again restricted. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, and both supported easier quotations. The amount of business transacted in Indian corn was ra ther less, and declined 6d per qr. Barley and peas were unchanged. SHEFFIELD —JAN'. 10. The attendance at our corn exchange was moderate to day, We are fairly supplied with wheat, in which a very large business was done, at last Tuesday's prises. Barley and other articles were also at lat. quotations. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l7s Od to 17s ad White I, f, ...18s Od to 19s 6d 7I New red 71 ...17s Od to 171 641 New white ~ ~ ...18s Od to 19s 6d Beans , , 9, ... 16. 6d to 20s Od Peas, per qr 42s Od to 48. Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ 37s Od to 42s Od Oats ~ 22s Od to 288 Od Millers' prices for flour—ls 6d, is Bd, and is 104 per 141 b. BRISTOL-JAN. 10. At the market to-day there was a fair attendance, and wheat had a good inquiry, at fully the prices of last week. Oats, barley, beans, and peas rather in favour of buyers. LEEDS-JAN. 10. - - The transactions in wheat and barley are without much change in value from last week, and a dense fog during market has m uc h interfered with business. Good barley remains unaltered. Oats and other articles as before. Arrivals this week : Wheat 6,153 qr s . Barley Peas Rapeseed Beans ..1,184 Linseed 177 Flour Averages for the week : Wheat 1,978 qrs., at 4544 54 Peas Beans Barley.... 1,392 ~ 39s Od Oats 132 ~ 24s 1041 Rye - If —s 04 NEWCASTLE -UNDER LYNE—JAN. 9. A fair show of wheat at market, which mat a moderate demand; but wo make RO alteration upon the full rates of last week. Malting barley at late rates; grinding de scriptions meet a beavy demand. Oats firm, at late rates. Beans a small show, axd at a decline. NORWICH CATTLE-JAN. 7. Our market to day exhibited a fair show of store cattle, comprising Scots, shorthorns, Devons, and Irish. A fair clearance was effected, although there was not a numerous attendance. At the close about one• fourth of the stock re mained unsold. Scots, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Irish, 34 to 3s 6d ; Devons, 4s 6d to 5s 6d (estimated weight whoa fat). _ . Fat beasts a very large show, at 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. A brisk sale. Sheep—There were good supplies of sheep in the pens. Fat sheep, 8s 6d to 9s Od per stone, and well sold. Pigs—A poor supply. Store pigs 25s to 402; fat pork, 7s 6d to 8s Od per stone. FOREIGN MAIL PAC. ;n the following table E signifies that le by evening mails from London, and If DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Mails. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen ; sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, Southampton ia Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton ) Honduras and Blewflelds ..„1 I n dia (Calcutta) and Ceylon,) via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles .. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Aires.. and F. Islands ... . Lisbon, Vigo, and 0p0rt0.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &e. :ET £14971. tters are despatched by morning mails. Port of Despatch. Next Mail dui► IJan. 12, (Jan. 18 , Jan. 20, an. 11, Feb. 6, IJan. 20, %f l .Jan. 10, MI 12,11 ISouthamp. -. ~i; I,Tan. 20, bl I.Tatt. ran. 12, ran. 18 iFeb. 9,11 1 Jan. 17, 11, Jan.rl2, M Jan. -- , N Jan. 17. M Jan. 14, E Jan.'l4, Jan. 11, ran. 23 E iJan. 17, M I Liverpool.. Liverpool.. IDevenport ?Southamp. Southamp. Southamp. ISouthatap. S.uthamp. Southamp. Southarap. luthamp. Liverpool, Liverpool.. Jan. 10 Feb. 3 Averpool.. iouthanap. IJan.l9 Ran. 11 [Terpool..' I reb. I Jan. 18 Jan. 12 Jan.:lo: IJan. 1$ att. 12 I.fan. 10 an. 19 i'tb. 3 ram 11 Jai'. 10 Jan. 12 !Jan. le Van. MI Southamp. /Jan. ii I THE SEAT OP JUSTICE A DANGEROUS ONE.—The African mail steamer Athenian, which arrived at Liver. pool yesterday brings an account of ariot at Cape Coast Castle ~ The military and volunteers were called out to interpose between two hostile tribes, and after reading the Riot Act, the Chief Justice, being much exhausted, sat down on the ground, unfortunately disturbing a large black snake, whick after assuming a very threatening appearance was driva into an adjacent bush. BIRTHS. ANDERSON.—On the 9th.inst., at Preston-house, Rntland. shire, the wife of the Rev. R. G. Anderson, 8.A., of s daughter. HEMINGS.—On the 10th inst., the wife of Nirni. Hemingo o Esq., of Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at -law, of a daughter. RoLLo.—On the 2th inst., at 4, Upper Brook-street, the Right Hon. the Lady Rollo, of a son. SHORE.—On the 9th inst., at the Parsonage, Child's Hill, Hampstead, the wife of the Rev, W. H. Shore, of daughter. MARRIAGES. B' IXTER—BAYLEY.--On the 10th i ns t ., at Brighton parish church, Henry John Baxter, Esq., barrister-at -law, of the Middle Temple, and of Gateley, Cheshire, to Emme line dauge,hterLancashir of Wni e .. Bayley, Esq., Stamford Lodge, Stalybridg MITCHELL—DIuNcEv.- 7 0n the Bth S ept., at St. John's Church, Sydney, Cecilia, daughter of tho late Colonel Sir T. Livingstone Mitchell, Kt., D.C.L., to Philip B. Dauncey, Lieut. 77th Regt. DEATHS. BAWN.—On the 2d inst., at Poplar, Mr. John Bawl', aged 85. BEYER.—On the 6th inst., at Ashleigh, near Liverpool, G. F. Boyer, Esq., aged 46. BLYTII.—On the Bth inst., John Blyth, Esq., aged 53. Cuans.—On the 6th inst., at La Chairo, Kozel, Jersey, Samuel Curtis, Esq., F.L.S., aged 81. DAVIES. —On the Bth inst., suddenly, at Hampstead- roa d, John Davie s , E sq. , aged 78. Fox.—On the Bth inst., Caroline, the wife; and on the 6tk inst., George, the infant son of John Fox, Esq., of Mil ton-nezt-Gravesond, and of Gresham-house, Old Broad street. HILL.—At Funchal, Madoira, Captain Win. P. Hill, third son of tho lato Lieut.-Col. Hill, C.B. RUCK.—On tho 9th inst., Mr. Richard Ruck, of 40, King William -street, city, aged 31. LONDON : Printed and Published by 1113 - 11,D0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printos at The Son Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Wednesday, January 11, 1860. BU punt tedg f tries the 1' GL 43(1) Ft 7 Col e' t ' Less Of° Of both gettoe s has Prlnop Also ea C The (Go n ni tile 11711;11 Pe ll e PI TPlrar E it I tel t -410 val O ci rr n-- ITB mDrini Iliel, c LUd 0 ., IPrinil Their I Cure b y. 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