The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF RIFLE CORPS. WORKSOP, TriunsDAY. Yesterday at noon a most influential meeting was held in the Corn-Exchange, at this town, to pro mote the establishment of a rifle company for the district. Lord Robert Clinton, M.P., occupied the chair, and he was supported by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire; Lord Albert Pelham Clinton, Viscount Galway, M.P., Sir Themes W. White, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the leading gentry of North Notts. ....The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in proposing the first resolution :—" That, with a view to aid the gene ral movement for providing efficient means for the national defence, this meeting ap proves of the formation of a corps to be called the Worksop Rifles,' the members constituting . the same to be residents of Worksop and its vicinity," obs'erved that if the meeting had been assembled in the month of June last, instead of at the present moment, he should have felt it necessary to address them at some length upon the expediency of the object for the support of which they had been called together. (Hear.) It was, however, most unnecessary that he should now enter into any explanation or defence of this movement, which had extended throughout this kingdom, and to do so would be simply a waste of their time. He rose, therefore, to speak upon , matters of detail, upon topics which related to their organisation, and upon topics which he thought were suggested by the character of the present aspect of the movement. They would perhaps permit him to make a remark or two before he entered into the consideration of questions which he regarded as of some import ance to them. (Hear, hear.) It was said by some that this. movement was not now necessary, inas much as there were no appearances of a present in vasion. There might or might not be any fear of present invasion ; but that was not the question that dictated the wisdom, the policy, the import ance, and expediency of establishing rifle corps as a means of defence. (Hear.) The point was that this country found that, not for the moment, but for many years past, we had not been in such a state of preparation for our defence as was neces sary, and as appeared to be from circumstances that were, transpiring. (Cheers.) It was felt to betba duty to 'put ourselves in a defensive state ; and it was regarded to be of the utmost importance that corps of this character should be established in order to render invasion impossible. (Hear.) Al though there was no reason to apprehend an inva sion of our shores, yet, at the same time, lye felt that on the part of a neighbouring power, if there was not the disposition to attack, there was the accumulation of strength to strike a blow, which made it extremely unadvisable longer to delay the means of defence. (Hear.) When he saw the immense standing armies which every Government in Europe maintained—when he saw the power that was being accumulated for aggressive war— he could not but regard it as an act of duty as well as an act of necessity to take some measures which were calculated to preserve this kingdom from in vasion. It had been occasionally said that there was a strong objection to the formation of rifle corps, as the movement, as it had now come to be termed, was calculated to cause neighbouring powers to look upon it as an act of hostility, and as evincing distrust. Well, it might be showing distrust, but not hostility. If the Ministers of the Crown were to ask Parliament to double the present standing army, it might be interpreted by some power as an act of hostility; but it was impossible that a purely vo luntary force could be looked upon as being estab lished for any aggressive purpose. (Cheers.) It was clear that this was so, and for this reason—that no Ministry could compel any man who entered the force to do duty except in case of invasion. It was therefore a purely defensive movement ; and while this was its main element, it had also other advan tages—not the least of which was that it dispensed with the necessity of increasing the standing army. The increased expense which any extension of the army would entail was an important consideration, but still not the greatest, because any increase of the army would involve the drawing off from the industry of this country those very men who con tributed to the accumulation of its wealth, and who would not, if in , the army, assist in those pursuits and occupations which formed the main elements of the success and position of this country. (Cheers.) If, then, they had come to the conclusion, as he did , not doubt they had, that these corps were desirable, it only remained , in the next place for them to con sider the best means for their organisation. The first meeting for this county took place in June last at Nottingham ; and he did not think there was at that time the strong opinion upon these corps, either in that town or throughout the country, as there was at the present moment. Since.then, no doubt from the pressure of circumstances, but much more from thought and reflection, the establishment of these corps had progressed. The only place in this county that took up the movement at the commencement was the town of Nottingham, and there a considerable force had been raised. Many of the officers had been gazetted, and the number who up to the present time had volunteered was from 600 to 700, and before long he expected that 1,000 men would be raised. (Hear.) He ventured to suggest at a meeting he attended that, considering the purely military character which had distin,„ guished the county in days of old for the 'excellency of its shooting—(hear)—the corps should be called the " Robin Hood Rifles ;" but he had no wish that that title should be monopolised by them, and he should be glad to see it taken up in other parts of the county. (Hear.) But, as he had told them (the meeting) that he would address them more especi ally on the Question of organisation, he would now turn to that topic, and give them what he conceived to be the best advice respecting their future proceed ings. He would then, in the first place, remark that it was most desirable, as far as practicable, to form companies of some battalion, rather than to have subdivisions of one company, one part of a company residing in one neighbourhood and another at another place, because he saw that at some future day this would give rise to much difficulty. Each district should form a company in itself, and endea vour to concentrate its members within a limited distance. The movement was not well suited to thinly scattered population a.n it was difficult for farmers living down on th eßanks of the Trent to meet together at a certain appoi n t e d Nvije place for drill • without great inconvenience p ers ons had to travel four, five, six, or seven miles re toand return the same distance, the MoVement 'could dri ll ,ot be kept up. The yeomanry was best suited for f - because, possessin g good hors es , they coul a d rnlers ' meet with that body, and find no i nconven i ence in attend ing duty for eight days i n th e year. But in such towns as Retford, Wo r k so p, Southwell, Mansfield, and Newark the case was different. In each of these towns one, and in the larger towns two companies, could easily be raised, the drill could be properly at tended, and the spirit kept up. (Hear.) By taking this step they would not only be doing patriotic service to the country, but they would benefit themselves, and' at the same time be improv ing their social position. (Cheers.) He had seen the advantage of it in the town of Nottingham, and was fully ' persuaded that it would do much good by keeping young men out of bad company, and at the same time afford relaxation and recreation. There was one point respecting the organisation of companies that he would especially call their atten tion to, and it was this :—He felt convinced that in case of necessity the rifle corps of Worksop and Retford (yid other places would' be prepared to do their duty, and would not stay at home to await the approach of an enemy, but that they would march either to the coast of Kent or into Lincoln shire, or any other part of the kingdom where a descent Was likely to be made. But if they went as separate companies they would be isolated from each other, and their not acting in concert would be seriously felt by any General who 'had command of them. It would be extremely difficult, even if it were possibje, to command any body of riflemen under such circumstances, and therefore what he would suggest was that they should as often as possible meet for battalion drill. Now, they must not be alarmed at this suggestion, because it was not compulsory, though it was highly expedient they battalion w i t h Newark an d S ou th we ll, they could VP — say, to Newa r k f or battalion drill for three days occasionally ; but he wished them to bear in mind that neither the Government, nor he (the Lord-Lieutenant) could so order them. If formed into a battalion, they would likewise have a lieu tenant-colonel and a in • lois who could give them instruction, and in factbe gtrn he up to a state of the highest efficiency ; but in these hi two o ffi cers, it not must be borne in mind, would have any com mand over them when they were not r i liet for bat talion drill, though their assistance a practical men., would' be most adva n; nta f, advice as neceL e a 3 r l y:t w ha l t f formed into a battalion it would b e they should have .the same uniform. Thi s most anxious should be borne in mind ; aud, withoa:t attemptinto , dictate to them as to what uniform they should adopt, he would scv—" Do not let it be a mere pieee of dandyism ; let it be useful, and not adorned witlitoo much silver lace and vanities of that description." (Cheers.) To colour he did not attach much impoftance. He thought too much prominence had been given as to the colour of the uniform. If they were going fOr 'service to the plains of India, or the steppes of Russia, it might be wise duly to consider the colour, but he did not regard it as a Very essential consideration for rifle corps. Some preferred one;,colour and some another, but his own opinion was that a gray-brown was the best. (Hear.) He left companies to choose their own uniform, but at the same time he did not wish it to exceed. a cost of X 4 per man. If, as he said be fore, they agreed to join to form a battalion, it was desirable that they should have one uniform, and what that uniform should be the respective compa nies would have to arrange among themselves, and the best way to do this would be for each company to decide as to whether a meeting should be held at Newark to fix upon one colour of uniform, and to send a deputation—say two or three of their members—to represent tnem. As Lord-Lieutenant he was most anxious to interfere as little as -possible in these matters, being desirous to leave the respec tive companies to suit themselves. At the same time he should, if possible, attend any meeting they might hold for such a purpose ; but with the near approach of Parliament pending he could not pro mise to do so ; and if not, he would commit his views to writing, and forward to the meeting the opinions he entertained. Sir Thomas White had most properly observed that it would be a matter of deep regret to him if anything were done to in duce any of the Yeomanry or Militia to leave either of those forces and join the rifle movement. With Sir Thomas he believed it would be most undesi rable that anything should be done to prevail on any officer to leave either the Yeomanry or the Militia to serve in this new volunteer force— (cheers) —for if this were done they (the officers) might leave the "new love" without returning to the old. With respect to the officers, he would just make a remark. He had never recommended any officer for appointment to her Majesty without consulting the wishes of the company as to whom they desired to command them. (Hear , and cheers. ) He had adopted, this plan because he fully re lied upon the good sense of the respective compa nies to name such persons as were worthy of the position in which it was proposed to place them. He had so far been most fairly treated by those on whom had devolved the responsibility of naming them,but at the same time he alone was responsible to the Queen for those whom he recommended for her Majesty's sanction. (Cheers.) He hadput them upon their honour to name fit and proper persons, and they had done so. There had been a disposition on the part of some of the Nottingham volunteers to elect men not altogether desirable, but it had been reconsidered. He (the Lord-Lieutenant) had full confidence that the companies that had yet to elect officers would do so having a due regard, not to persons whom they respected from private mo tives, but to select . the men in whose judgment and good sense to command them they placed the firmest reliance. (Cheers.) And now he did not know that he had any other observation to make to them re specting the organisation of these companies. He had merely rise n to make a suggestive speech, and in concluding his somewhat lengthy remarks, he would say that the number of volunteers was daily increasing throughout the country, and he was fully persuaded that before next summer was over there would be such a volunteer force throughout the length and breadth of this kingdom as would strike terror in to the minds of those who might still have 'a disposition to attempt an invasion of our shores. (Loud cheers.) He was not one of those who thought that the intelligent and the educated of Englishmen would not be found a valuable adjunct to 'the standing army. (Cheers.) There was one point to which he had not called their attention and to which it was necessary he should refer. It was that, at the present moment, it was inadvisable to enrol men who were not prepared to pay, at any rate for a considerable portion - of their outfit. He would observe; " Do not make your company ex elusive ; and by all means have the representatives of all classes; but, at the same time, do not involve yourselves in any great expenses at first in this re spect. By all means haVe all classes in your corps, but do not at first attempt too much." If they only got a company of 100 to start with, they would be the nuclus of a greater number, who, in case they were required—which God forbid—might render good service. They must not endeavour to effect too much—if they did, instead of succeeding in the object they had in view, it might only end in dis credit to theinselves and failure, so fax as they were concerned, to the cause which they desired toserve. (Cheers.) That they would have to assist the arti san who joined the corps was evident, because it could not be expected that he would give his time, and then, out of his hard earnings, purchase his uniform ; but his advice to them was, not to attempt too much at first. He must now apologise to them for having occupied so much of their time. (Cheers.) It only remained for him to say that he could not attend any other meeting that might be called in this district, as his duties . elsewhere required his attention. He would, therefore, earnestly beg of them to encourage unity and cordiality among themselves. (Cheers.) If they had any quarrels, let them keep them to a future day, and carry into the company that spirit of thorough friendship and good feeling which would conduce to their benefit. He hoped the company they were about to, form would prosper. The movement was one of solemn importance; he held it as a great blessing that it had been taken up in this country in so warm a spirit, and he wished it every prosperity. (Cheers.) ADMIRAI , SIR CIIARLES.NAPIER ON - 211 E NATI - 011:4a DEFENCES. LOWESTOFT, JAN. 5. Admiral Sir Charles Napier undertook to be pre sent last evening at a meeting held in this town to promote the enrolment of " Royal Naval Volun teers" along the coast. Captain Steward presided, and the meeting was numerously attended. Sir C. NAPIER said, those present no doubt knew perfectly well that for some time past anxiety had prevailed in England with reference to the position of the country in respect to France. All over Eng land rifle and military corps were being formed for the defence of the country ; for, the army of Eng land being very small, and the greater part of it being in India and China, the people had thought it necessary to assist the Government by enrolling themselves in various ways. He heard, however, that there was but little doing at Lowestoft, a rather remarkable circumstance, considering how exposed the place was to attack. Whether the Emperor of the French intended to attack us it was impossible to say, but for the last 20 years there had been a constant augmentation in the navy of that country, although, geographically speaking, France was very differently situated from ourselves. Great Bri tain, as an island, relied for defence on her navy and the fortresses on her coast; while France, as a military Power, had an army of 600,000 or 700,000 men. Nobody could know better than the present audience that the aspect of naval affairs had now greatly changed. In days gone by there was no such thing as steam, and the country was then de fended by the navy alone. The application of steam to modern warfare had now produced a great change, and given other countries a great advan tage in attacking us, and although he believed that the superiority and skill of our men would always be maintained still the difficulty of invading our coast was not so great as in former days. A year ago it appeared that the French navy was almost equal to our own, and he was sorry to say this was owing to the inattention we had paid to our navy. (Hear, hear.) For some years we had seen danger in our position, but we were now, he was glad to say, building a number of large ships and fine fri gates. Still, what would be the use of building ships and erecting fortS if we had not men to man them ? This was our real necessity. When Par liament voted a certain number of seamen, 30,000 or 40,000, that total could be kept up, when it was once obtained, by b r i ng i ng f orwar d the boys, as they grew up, to meet casualties and death; but when a sudden augmentation was required, as in the case of alarm or invasion, and the Government found it necessary to call out 10,000 or 20,000 more, the men under ordinary circumstances were not to be had. The mercantile marine had its number of men, and the navy had its number, but in the ease of an-emergency extra men for the latter were not to be had ; and he was glad to find that the Govern ment had at last come forward and taken measures for forining a reserve force. Coast volunteers had been for some time organised, to assist the Coast guard in looking after smugglers, and, if necessary, they would come forward in the event of war sud denly taking place, and man the reserve ships. It was true that they might have to fight ; but at pre sent they had only to put down their names and come forward in case of an emergency to defend the coast. The boats plying on the coast were some of the finest in the world, and they were fit to re ceive the enormous men—elephants be might call them—who went out in them sometime to save life and property. When they thuspntoffd could nottoshipsin distress they braved great dan g ers and ing was nothing at all to this , say whether they would come there In was el g i l t i e t f b o a r e t k h e a mcnt in it. The plan under w hich enrolment was now invited was different fro m that of the Coast Volunteers. The Government hoped to raise 30,000 men, to be ready in the event of an invasion of this country or an attack from France, and they would be required to serve in any part of the world in time of war. The class invited to enrol themselves were ablehodied seamen, and they would receive £6 a-year, merely to be ready when wanted. 'they would assemble for 28 days' drill annually, a'id would receive while up ls. 4d. per day victual lingof a years' might be enjoy money, and ls. per day pay, with the advan tagepension of 110 less than £l2 a-year after 10 enrolment,e wbyhitetlile'i l u . n v d i under certain afterr t an t regulations,heir decease. In addition to this,wounded or not, they would be eligible to anas whether l . um in Greenwich Hos pital. The time for drill would y be so selected as not to interfere with their fishing and other ordinary occupations ! they might, with leave, go foreign voyages, and gunboats would be stationed so that they had their drill at home. What inco nvenience, he would ask, would they endure lin • earning, under THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1860 such circumstances as these, different exercises with guns, cutlasses, and muskets in order that they might be efficient defenders of their country in the event of war. Men'' e n drilled were nothing more than a mob. Some might be inclined - to say, " Ch ! we should do very well ;" but if he took 100 of the'4oo seamen present and accustomed them by discipline to tile use of guns;: cutlasses, &c., he would wager his life that if he were to put himself at their head he would " lick" the whole of the rest. (Laughter and cheers.) Sailors and beachmen could not be ex pected to come forward as riflemen ; they were born to the sea and accustomed to the sea only; but it was to them that the country looked for its defence. The Government had not asked him to address the meeting, but being on a visit to his daughter in the neighbourhood he had volunteered to ask those present to volunteer. If they did not do so, any " lousy" privateer might come down upon them, burn their houses, ravish their women, commit all manner of atrocities, and drive them like a flock of sheep before the wind. Another view of the matter was that in the event of war the Go vernment might compel them to come forward. The Queen had a right to call upon them to de fend the country, but now, when there was no immediate chance of attack, her Majesty offered thorn a certain sum of money to go and be drilled, that in the event of war they might be able to de fend themselves, their wives, and property. With reference to impressment the Parliament and people of this country were dead against it. He had him self broUght a bill into Parliament not to establish a pressgang, but to exercise a little gentler compul sion. His measure was to the effect that every boy, after serving three or four years in the merchant service, should, before he was entitled to be ranked as a British seaman, be compelled to serve two or three years on board a man-of-war, that he might be fit for service. He thought when he brought that measure forward, and he thought now, that this would be an excellent preparation, but the House of Commons would not entertain the scheme because it was a species of compulsion. He stated this to show that the House of Commons was op posed to the slightest show of compulsion, and for this reason sailors were now called upon to volun teer. He did not wish to deceive them. If a war broke out it would be absolutely necessary to com pel men to come forward, and everybody must do so—not only sailors, but gentlemen and noblemen. He was not one to say that the poor man should be the first to serve and fight, but every, man, from the Prince of Royal blood down to the poorest in the land; ought to come forward, if it were necessary for him to do so, for the defence of the country. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN stated that he was informed, on excellent authority, that a battery would be shortly erected at Pakefield, commanding the gateway, and another at Lowestoft Ness Point, commanding the roads. Sir C. NAPIER, in acknowledging a vote of thanks accorded to him for his attendance, noticed the al most total extinction of corporal punishment lathe Princess and ditroeyfaelrrisanigd,toint h t e h l a a t t e casem ut n a n y o a n board a t n h a e 12 captains sat to inquire into the circumstances, while when the men of the Great Eastern refused to scrub the decks a single magistrate committed them. The proceedings shortly afterwards terminated. VOL utPs. (Frain the Ttmet.) A short article on our Volunteer Corps in the Cornliill Magazine deserves consideration as a good contribution to our stock of knowledge on that new but most important subject. The paper in question is brief and simple, but an air of authority pervades its remarks, a professional bias is discer nible in its tone, and when we add that it is openly attributed to Sir John Burgoyne we shall have said enough to justify our notice of its contents. With the views it expresses we certainly cannot wholly agree, and if we can accept some of its general conclusions it is because they may be received with out assent to the arguments on which they are based. In a few words, then, Sir John is of opinion that our volunteer force will certainly not answer the expectations with which it was originally raised ; that it will not enable us to resist or repel the advance of a powerful and well-disciplined army; that it will not even furnish us with an efficient or formidable body of irregular troops ; but that it does repreSent a " mass of most superb material," which may be moulded by a judicious process into a form exceedingly valuable. It is worth while, therefore, to ascertain how, according to so high an authority, these results may be accomplished. In the first impression of the public mind on this subject there prevailed, as Sir John thinks, a gene ral idea that a volunteer force, if it were only nume rous enough, and sufficiently well skilled in the use of the rifle, would be able to annihilate any invading army. No hostile troops, it was argued, however highly trained, could force their way through a population of sharpshooters. Perhaps there were some opinions of this kind afloat, but we need not discuss them at present, since Sir John is content to dismiss them as already exploded. He goes, however, a step or two further, and proceeds to question the value of our volunteers even as auxiliaries in support of a regular army. Every company, he maintains, and every battalion, must, if it is to be of service, form part and parcel of the army in which it serves ; that is to say, it must be at the disposal and orders of the General in com mand, who must be able to handle it and employ it as he would employ any other division of his troops. Now, this in the ease of Volunteer Corps he would be unable to do. Volunteers not being under such strict obligations of service could not be relied upon for such implicit ebedience ; they would not repre sent a fixed or positive amount of military strength, but would be merely an uncertain and fluctuating body, for which no Commissariat would know how to provide, and on which no commander would know how to reckon. In the next place, to be of real utility in the field, volunteers must act in com bination with other troops, and principally as light infantry, whereas they have not hitherto been trained to any such complicated manoeuvres, but are usually taught only the rudiments of drill and the secrets of musketry. Finally, even suppos ing that a 'Volunteer Regiment, besides being composed of courageous men, had been tolerably well disciplined, it could never be expected to endure the hardships of real campaigning. The fatigues of marching ;the miseries of a wet bivouac, the occasional stoppage of supplies, and the other privations incidental to active warfare would " thin its ranks prodigiously," and leave it but the skeleton of itself. To encounter such trials as these we need the hardy, well-knit soldier, and not the civilian, who, whatever may be his spirit or intre pidity, would sooner or later be prostrated by the want of his daily comforts. That is the sum of Sir John's estimate in the" matter. His advice on the subject is, that our volunteers should not con tent themselves with the manual exercise and mus ketry drill, but should perfect themselves in light infantry manoeuvres ; and, above all, that they should march into camp at Aldershott or Colches ter, and try a few weeks' practice under the condi tions most nearly approximating to those of real war. This, as a matter of course, would lessen their nuttibers, bit that is precisely the result which Sir John would desire. He would rather see our volunteer corps weeded at once of all ineffectives, rather than leave these weak points to be discovered at an actual pinch. The residuum would then ap pear in a certain number of battalions really fit for duty, and capable of doing good service with the troops of the line. We need be at no trouble to point out the'truly professional character of this conclusion. The simple consequence would be that we should lose our" volunteer force" altogether, and gain a few thousand more soldiers of the regular stamp. Be tween a volunteer corps, as regulated by Sir John, and a battalion of the regular army, there would be little or no difference ; and just as we have " embodied" our militia until we have made a tenth of them regulars, and lost the rest, so we should be exercising our volunteers until we had stripped them of their original character and re duced that force also to a scanty contribution in aid of the Line. Sir John's single idea, in short, is that of a regular soldier. One volunteer out of twenty, is perhaps, convertible into this precious article, and we had better accomplish the transfor mation, and let the other nineteen go. They may be useful as orderlies or in local garrisons, but fur the real work of the field the regular soldier is the man. To this theory, however, although we acknow ledge the foundation of truth on which it is raised, we must needs take objections, and, as our limits are narrow, we may remark at once that we can not allow the necessary superiority of the regular soldier in those physical conditions of which Sir John makes so much. Where is the advantage of the ordinary linesman over the ordinary volunteer ? In his strength ? In his activity ? In his powers of endurance ? Certainly not. Taking an average of specimens, we unhesitatingly assert that a young man in those classes of society from which our volunteers have been mostly raised is more active and more robust than an ordinary recruit, and that he is in general far better qualified to endure fatigue. Where, let us ask, are our regular soldiers taught to confront and to endure those privations which it is assumed would be so fatal to people of comfort able habits and indoor pursuits ? What is the mili tary exercise by which troops of the line are trained to such hardships ? Certainly some progress has been. recently made in this way, and, as we took no little pains to advocate the principle, we heartily, rejoice at its adoption; but it would still be a mis take to imagine every soldier as patient and as hardy as aTyrolese mountaineer. Sir John seems to be confusing soldiers with veterans. After a war or a campaign there is, doubtless, a remnant of almost invincible material ; but how have the ranks been thinned previously ? Take any second battalion from Aldershott, brigade it with a regi ment or two of volunteers, send the whole force on the duties Sir John describes, &id then see if long marches, rainy nights, short supplies, and severe privations would not reduce the numbers of the linesmen at least as much as those of the volun teers. As for bodily activity, as soon as a volun teer has learnt to carry his knapsack he would probably outmarch any regular soldier. Chob ham and Aldershott have improved our prac tice in this respect, but ten years ago a simple five-mile march would have been a severe trial for many battalions. We come, then, to the conclusion that Sir John is not entitled to assume on behalf of the regular soldier any decided advantage of physical capacity as compared with that of the volunteer. Certainly an ordinary recruit possesses no such superiority, and as certainly mere ordinary drill will not endow him with it. He may acquire it by campaigning, but so would a volunteer also. The Crim`ean cam paigns, and indeed all wars alike, have taught us that soldiers enjoy no exemption from the visita tions of sickness or suffering. Deprive men of their rest and their food, keep them without shelter or sustenance, and they will sicken and fail whatever may be the terms of their service, though experience, indeed, informs us that men who have previously lived under good conditions possess greater powers of endurance than those who have been less fortu nately circumstanced. We do not. see, therefore, but what a volunteer regiment might take the field with at least as much chance of holding out against the trials of a campaign as a regiment of the line, but we admit that Sir John is right in suggesting a more extended drill, and in reconiniending that the ranks of our volunteers should not be encum bered with men who, front age or constitution, must naturally be expected to break down. We observed at the outset of this movement that a man who was too old for even the militia could hardly hope to become an effective soldier under the name of a volunteer. Still, even for these Sir John admits that both place and duty may be found, and he dis cerns such general advantages from the study of musketry and the acquisition of military habits, that his,pnal estimate of our volunteers becomes pretty satisfactory. This is the conclusion in which we coincide ; we only venture to think that th e weakness of the system is not so great as Sir John. conceives, and that we need not reduce the force to insi;nifieant dimensions before We can make it truly available. [ADVERTMEMENT.]---TiOilOWay'S Pills. —Winter Ailments. —At this season these Pills will be found most efficacious in strengthening debilt a t e d constitutions, and removing all taints front th e s y s t em . A fair trial should be given to these admirable fills who usually ills by persons of a nerv ous habit, , suffer much f ront a di sor d e r e d digestion, and by al l a ffl icted ' • with billions co m pl a i n ts, s queamish stomach , or t or p id kid neys. Holloway's Pills are also wonder f u ll y efficacious in coughs, colds, as th ma shortness of breath, and palp itation of the heart, all o f w hi c h t h ey i mme diately relieve, and, when properly taken, ge n era lly cure . The remedial power of these I'ills is not superficial or temporary, but complete and per manent. They possess the inestimable merit of never doing harm to the feeblest frame. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 5. MANSION-HOUSE.—Thomas Augustus Cowan was charged with embezzling two sums of £l2 9s. Gd. and £32 103. 9d. respectively, belonging to his employers, Messrs. Waterman and Co., Mark-lane, hop merchants. Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the prosecution, said the prisoner was in the service of the prosecu tors as traveller upon salary and commission for about three months prior to the middle of Decem ber last, when he suddenly absented himself from his employment without notice, and was not again seen until he was apprehended on Wednesday night by detective Webb. Suspicion was, however, ex cited by his absence, and inquiry being in conse quence made among the customers of the firm, it was discovered that on Nov. 19 he hid received a sum of £l2 9s. 6d., and on Dec. 10 a sum of £32 10s. 9d., from two country customers, without having accounted for them. Webb saw the prisoner in the garden of a house at Islington, and asked him if his name was Cowan, to which he replied in the negative, and when Webb said he felt sure upon the point, and that the prisoner had been traveller to Messrs. 'Waterman, of Mark-lane, he positively denied that he knew anything whatever of any such firm or their transactions. But notwithstanding this denial, Webb took him into custody, and at the station-house the prisoner admitted that his name was Cowan, and that he was the man who was wanted. He was then searched, and, from hotel bills which were found upon him, it was evident that he had been hiding himself at Cheltenham from the 17th to the 31st of December. Mr. Wontner then called a witness, who proved that the prisoner had absconded from the service of Messrs. Waterman and Co., while Webb, the detec tive, deposed to the circumstances connected with his apprehension ; after which Mr. Wontner applied for a remand, in order to enable him to produce witnesses who had paid to the prisoner the sums which he was charged with embezzling. Mr. Holiler, for the prisoner, did not oppose a remand, but asked that his client might be ad mitted to boil—an application which was refused. Aaron Blake, city police-constable MG, appeared in answer to a summons, charging him, upon the complaint of James Griffiths, with a violation of his duty. Mr. J. Butler, jun., solicitor, 191, Tooley-street, appeared to support the complaint, and Mr. Wont ner for the defence. Mr. Butler said he had a painful duty to per form, which was neither more nor less than that of charging the defendant with having committed a violent assault upon the complainant, who was foreman and manager at a timber-yard in Tooley street, and a highly respectable man. There had already been proceedings in the case upon a com plaint made to the Police Commissioners, which had resulted in the present summons. He (Mr. Butler) knew that the police had often a most un pleasant duty to perform, and he regretted that, under the Act, the defendant could not give evi dence, but if it could be done by consent he was willing that it should be so. Mr. Goodman (Chief Clerk)—The Act does not permit it. _ _ James Griffiths said—l am foreman to Mr. Elston, timber merchant, Tooley-street. On the night of the I 1 th of November I was in company with a friend named Martin, in Gracechureh-street, about 11 o'clock. There was some music in the street, and my friend crossed over to listen to it, while I waited for him on the kerb. After a minute or two the defendant came up and asked me what I was lounging about for. I said it was not his business, but he said it was ; upon which I said, " Well, my friend has just crossed over; he will be back again in a minute, and if you stay a minute I expect you'll see him." He said, " That won't do for me ; that is not satisfactory," and I said I should tell him no more. Some words passed, and he called me a blackguard several times. Mr. Martin came up and said, " What. is all this about. ?" and when I told him said " Take his number." I had some dif ficulty in doing so, and I just put my finger on de fendant's shoulder to hold his collar so that I might take his number. When I had got his number I said to Mr. Martin, " It really is too bad that we are compelled to pay police-constables to come up and insult us while standing quietly on the pave ment." With that the defendant turned and said, " You, you thing ! you pay police-constables." I said, " Yes, I pay towards it." I walked away, he following inc and again calling me "Blackguard!" When I and my friend had got about ten yards away the defendant struck me from behind a violent blow on the back of the neck, at the same time say ing, " Take that, you lanky -; that's how I serve such - as you." I was on the middle of the pave ment when he struck me, but the blow staggered me into the middle of the road. When I recovered myself he placed himself in a regular fighting atti tude, and said, "What will you do now ?" By the advice of my friend I walked on till we met a police man. The Lord Mayor—What is your impression ? Was lie sober ? Complainant—l thought he must have been in liquor, and said so when I went directly afterwards to the Seething-lane Station, but the inspector said it was impossible, as the man only went on duty at 9 o'clock. Several days after I came to this court for a summons, and from the advice I then got I wrote to the Police Commissioner. Mr. Martin,foreman to Mr. Roslin at his timber yard, Bankside, Southwark, was examined at great length, and substantially corroborated the evidence of the complainant. Mr. Wontner said he had several witnesses to call for the defence, but before he did so he would re mind his lordship that in Gracechurch-street, owing to the number of ladies and gentlemen who go for the purpose of taking omnibuses, the number of thieves who frequent it, and the numerous robberies there committed, the police bad a most difficult duty to perform. One part of their duty was to prevent improper characters from loitering about, so as to prevent robberies, and it was impossible for them to know who was a thief and who was not. In the present case two men were seen to enter the street, one of them crossing the road, and standing on one side while his com panion remained standing on the other. This was a favourite mode of action with thieves, and.natu rally at 11 o'clock at night excited the suspicion of the officer, who consequently asked the complainant what he was loitering about for, and instead of at once saying lie was waiting for his friend, who was listening to the music, when all would have been well, the complainant stood upon his dignity, and wanted to know what business it was of the police man. Besides that it would be shown that he used language calculated to excite the defendant, and that instead of striking a violent blow the defen dant only put his hand to the complainant's back, and pushed him gently onward. The learned gentleman then called his witnesses. When they had been examined, The Lord Mayor said—Well, Blake, I can but come to one conclusion, and that is that you ex ceeded your duty in acting as it is clearly proved that you did act. You had a perfect right to ask the complainant in a proper way who and what he was, if—of which, however, the evidence certainly does not satisfy me—he was waiting about for an unusually long period; but then you should have done so in a courteous tone, and not, as I am sorry to say, you did in a manner extremely impertinent. For it would be very hard if two respectable work ing men, taking their walk after their day's work was over, could not go along the streets in a quiet strolling way without being roughly questioned as to why they were "lounging or lurking about," and, although these two men exhibit no elegance, yet they are so evidently respectable that I am sur prised that, with your experience, you did not at once see their real character. Your language was altogether most unjustifiable. Upon evidence per fectly clear it appears that three times over, at least, you called the complainant a blackguard, and that, not content with that, you afterwards struck him a violent blow on th e b ac k o f the neck, which drove him several yards into the road. Here I must refer to the c on d uc t o f the witness Martin, who did i imself great credit by placing himself be tween you and his friend, and so prevented the latter from returni ng the blow, as your conduct w as calculated to excite him to do. Your witnesse s say that the complain a nt used excited language to y ou ; and I am not a t a ll s urprised if such was the case, for it is natural that a man should feel excited and indignant after being treated as you treated him. It is very true it i 3 your duty to look after people whom you may suspect to be lurking about for im proper purposes, and you may sometimes find that duty difficult in its performance; but there is no thisig in the circumstances of this case at all to Jus tify your conduct. You clearly exceeded your duty, and I therefore fine you 10s., or to beimpri soned for seven days. The defendant was taken below in custody, but soon after paid the money, and was discharged. WORSHIP-STREET.—Mary Ann Brown, a woman of respectable appearance, was charged with the following robbery : A voun , * 6 woman, named Martha Newland, re siding at Croydon, returned from visiting some friends at Hertford on the preceding afternoon,and on leaving the Eastern Counties train had a net purse containing near a pound's worth of silver in her dress pocket. She stood for a few minutes at the gates of Bishopsgate terminus, waiting for an omnibus, which came up and she entered it, but immediately missed her purse and got out again to question the bystanders. Some persons told her it was the prisoner who had robbed her, and she Lnew stiQ had stood close by her while waiting, She spoke to a constable and gave the prisoner, who was coolly standing a short distance off, into custody. The persons referred to were two boys, named Gotto and Carter, who swore to seeing, the prisoner take the purse from the pocket of the pro secutrix, pass it rapidly to a fellow in a flannel jacket, and then cross behind a cabstand. Inspector Constable said the prisoner had given her address as at Stratford-bridge, whereas she lived in a notorious streetcalled Keate-street,Spital fields, and was a well-known thief. Deeble, the detective, said he knew the prisoner very well ; she was a married woman, whose right name was Per cival, a common thief, and her husband was now undergoing a twelvemonth's imprisonment for a watch robbery. Mr. Beard, hearing this evidence, at once advised his client to plead guilty, and asked for a summary judgment. Mr. D'Eyncourt, in consideration of her husband being in prison, said he would not send her for trial, but she must go to the House of Correction for six months' hard labour. THAMES.—Frederick Woodward, a remarkable - looking old man, who has long been known to the police as a thief, receiver, and trainer of young thieves, and three boys, named Michael Campbell, Patrick Harrington, and Robert Edwards, were brought up on remand, charged with stealing a sil ver watch, value £3, from Thomas Hogg, formerly a Thames police inspector, and now a marine store dealer at No. 4, Back-road, Shadwell. The case had been remanded to give an opportu nity to Dunway and Deeble, detective officers of the H division, to trace the owners of sundry purses containing money found upon Woodward when he was taken into custody, and which it is believed he received from the boys. The two detectives said that Woodward was the most dangerous fellow in the district; that he trained young thieves, and had been in the practice of accompanying boys on their predatory excur sions and receiving their plunder, and he was so engaged with the three boys on the 27th ult., when the exhibition of a figure of Christmas on a car, surrounded by emblems of plenty, gave the gang an opportunity of easing many persons of their watches, purses, and money. William Walker, police-constable 488, said that since the last examination of the prisoners he had been to the lodgings of the prisoner Woodward, in Spitalflelds, and there he found three cigar-cases, two paint brushes, two new knives, and a duplicate for a valuable watch, which was stolen from or lost by a city pollee officer in Commercial-street, White chapel, a few months ago. Mr. Yardley—ls the owner of the watcn here ? Walker—Yes, sir. He found out where his watch was pawned, and he redeemed it from the shop of Mr. Cresswell, a pawnbroker in Whitechapel, some time ago. He cannot say whether it was stolen from him or whether he lost it. Mr. Yardley—Then that case fails. Walker—l also found a timepiece in Woodward's room. It was intrusted to him by a tradesman to repair, 10 weeks ago. Mr. Yardley—There is no charge of felony there. 'Walker—As to the purses and money found on the 'prisoner Woodward when he was taken into custody, we find no owners for them. Mr. Yardley—Very well. Then Mr. Bowdler, the clerk, will take the depositions in the first case on which the prisoners were apprehended. Thomas Hogg, marine store dealer, 4, Back-road, Shadwell, said. that on the afternoon of the 27th ult. he was athis own door looking at an exhibition of Christmas, and saw all the prisoners in conversa tion close to him. He felt something at his watch chain directly afterwards, saw the chain hanging down in front of his person, and missed his watch. The three boys went down the street, and all of them spoke to Woodward, who appeared to receive something from one or more of them, and he walked with them some little distance ; they separated for a short time, and Woodward walked by himself. He followed the prisoners through several streets. Sometimes Woodward was a few yards behind the boys, and sometimes a few yards before them, but very close to them all the time, and occasionally communicating with them and pointing out goods in linendrapers' :aid jewellers' shops. At the corner of Charles street, St. George-in-the-East, the boys parted, and Edwards said to Campbell and Har rington, whose watch or lot was that ? he could not say which. The answer made by either Campbell or Harrington was, " Why, it is Henry Mitchell's." Woodward was then about five yards from the boys. After this Campbell, Edwards and Harrington came towards him, and stared. The boys returned to Woodward, who said something to them, an a they all went away together up the Back-road. He fol lowed them through a place called Bluegate•fields into High-street, Shad well, where they entered a public-house called the Bull's Head. He immedi ately called the police and gave the prisoners into custody. Thomas Harris, a police-constable, No. 81 H, stated that he saw all the prisoners together in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, on the morning of the 27th ult. He knew them to be thieves. John Moss, a city detective officer, said that Wood ward was convicted at the Old Bailey sessions in 1857, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour for receiving a quantity of plate. In the latter part of the year 1848 the prisoner was charged at the Worship -street Police-court with stealing umbrellas, to which charge he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced tc six months' imprison ment and hard labour. Several officers here said that Woodward had been in custody for being concerned in more than one serious robbery since his conviction at the Wor ship-street Police-court, but his principal business was the training of young thieves and disposing of the property stolen by thm. Robert Greenaway, a police-constable, No. 209 R, stated that on the 7th September, 1859, Camp bell pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a watch, and was sentenced at the Woolwich Police-court to two months' imprisonment. Other officers'said Harrington and Edwards had bean summarily csnvicted. Mr. Yardley said this case was one of great public importance, and the depositions having been form ally completed, he committed all the prisoners for trial. LAMBETH.—Susan Bird, servant to a gentle man named hart, in the Kent-road, was finally examined on a charge of stealing several articles of plate, the property of her master. The prisoner pretended that the house had been entered by a thief, whom she saw escape by the back garden, who stole several articles of plate and other property, but, unfortunately for herself, she was observed by Police-constable 204 F to dig up some ear th an d bury the identical articles of property she represented to have been stolen. She pleaded " Guilty" to being the thief herself, and was sent for five months hard labour to Wands worth House of Correction. WANDSWORTH.—Mr. Frederick Cazenove, a gentleman residing at 84, iNfount-street, Grosvenor square, was summoned for unlawfully smoking in a carriage upon the South-Western Railway. The defendant was fined 20s. and 4s. costs, which were immediately paid. A YOUTH SCALDED TO DEATH IN A TAN PIT. — On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Leeds Town hall, Blackburn, t ouc hi ng t h e d eat h o f Willi am Wade, a youth 15 years o ld, w h o li ve d a t B us li ng thd r p e . The by deceallie r. d , who was an orphan, worked at the tannery of Mr. Jackson, Buslingthorpe, and on the 21st ult., he was carrying some leather from the sheds to the warehouse, when (being in conversation with a companion, and not looking whither he wax going) he fell into a pit containing scalding hot bark dust, the boiling liquid having been only just removed. He was fearfully scalded all over the body, and was removed as speedily as possible to the Leeds In firmary, where he died on Tuesday from the effects of the scalding. Verdict, " Accidental death." 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The I.olb. 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, Gracechureh-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451, Strand; 49 an d . 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court -road. Also at Dublin. Rowley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co.. at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp an. Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co,; at South amptou s Randall and Son. 2IIE NAVY. The crew of the screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming, at Devonport, were paid wages on Wednesday, and one watch obtained a week's leave. The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. Patey, was hauled out of Keyham basin on Wednesday, and placed at her moorings in Hamoaze. The gunboats Shamrock and Magpie are under going a thorough repair at Devozport. The screw steamship Nile, 90, was put in commis sion on Wednesday by Capt. K. Barnard, who has already picked up a few good hands. The paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Com mander K. Hamilton, left Plymouth on Wednesday evening for the West Indies... Anew shed is in course of erection between docks Nos. 2 and 3 in Keyham Steam-yard for the conve nience of artisans when ships are under repair there. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander G.' T. M. Purvis (b), to be Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the Nile ; Dr. .J. W. Reid (b), surgeon, to the Nile ; T. W. Jewell, staff surg., to the Pembroke ; R. Pottinger, surg„ to the Neptune ; T. Nelson and C. McShane, surgs. (additional), to• the Fisgard ; W. W. Anderson, master's assistant, to the Nile ; J. G. Marshall, D. C. Harris, Francis F. Liardet, James Evans, an d Trafford L.Mallony, naval cadets, to the Nile ; Philip Hast, Wm. H. Henderson, and James Bediiii;field, naval cadets, supernumeraries for disposal, to the Nile ; Nelsori Byng, naval cadet, to the Marlborohei ' ; J. H. E. Parker, H. Russell, E. S. Nuthall, A. P. Whipham, R. B. Pipon, Pelham Aldrich, C. V. Anson, R. J. Hughes, G. H. Alcock, W. L. Bamber, and J. S. Brome, naval cadets, supernumeraries for disposal, to the Marlborough G. A. Ellis, J.. 11. O'Brien, and J. W. L. Stkvll naval cadets, to'the Queen ; Adolphus FitzGeorov, naval cadet, to the' Royal Albert ; F. Warden and W. S. Lee, naval cadets, to the Diadem ; J. S. Alexander and J. E..Greenhow, naval cadets, to the Mars; L. B. Crosbie and E. G. Halton, naval cadets, to the Edgar; and Charles McLaughlin, midshipman, to the Ariadne. THE ARMY. The following lieutenants, who have just obtained their commissions in the Royal Artillery, and who are posted to batteries as follows, are ordered to join their respective stations on the Ist proximo, with the exception of those posted to batteries abroad, who will join at Woolwich on that day : Lieut. Edwin Marshall, 2d brigade, sth battery, Dover.; Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Ist brigade, 2d battery, Woolwich; Lieut. H. G. Palmer, Ist bri gade, 3d battery, Woolwich; Lieut. F. M. 11. M'Causland, 10th brigade, Ist battery, Alderney ; Lieut. Thos., Season, 9th brigade, Gth battery, New bridge ; Lieut. S. Simpson, 10th brigade, 2d bat tery, Portsmouth ; Lieut. C. W. Townsend, 11th brigade, Ist battery, Bengal ; Lieut. F. F. Barham, 13th brigade,- Ist battery, Bombay ; Lieut. G. A. Noyes, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich ;.Lieut. H. St. J. C. Bowen; 3d brigade, 6th battery, Devonport ; Lieut. E. H. Wickham, 10th bri gade, 2d battery, Portsmouth; Lieut. it. J. P. Saunders, 3d brigade, Ist battery, Devonport; Lieut. Y. Wing, Ist brigade, 3d battery, Wool wich ; Lieut. S. de Lacy Lacy, 4th bri g ade, 10th battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. N. L. Porter, 3d brigade, Ist battery, Devonport; Lieut. F. Schack, Ist brigade, 4th battery, Woolwich; Lieut. IL L. Williams, 10th brigade, 3d battery, Portsniouth ; Lieut. W. R. Stirke, lltk brigade, 4th battery, Bengal ; Lieut. P. D. Barclay, 13th brigade, 2d battery, Bengal ; Lieut. Henry Graves, 13th brigade, 4th battery, Bengal; Lieut. H. Jones, 2d brigade, 2d battery, : Dover ; Lieutenant It. J. Millett, 2d brigade, 3d battery, Dover ; Lieut. J. L. Bell, Ist brigade, sth battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. H. E. Baines, 10th brigade, sth battery, Guernsey; Lieut. H. T. T. Sandes, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. J. It. Yule, Ist brigade, Bth bat tery, Woolwich; Lieut. It. T. Farquhar,4th brigade, Bth battery, Shorncliffe ;, Lieut. J. Younger, Bth brigade, Ist battery,. Aldershott ; Lieut. T. Make nan, 2d brigade, Bth battery, Dover ; Lieut. C. J. Deshon, 3d brigade, 7th battery, Portsmouth; Lieut. F. C. Hallett, Ist brigade, sth battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. W. F. Nelson, 6th brigade 3d battery, Malta ; Licat. H. F. A. Brodie, 2d brigade, Ist battery, Dover ; Lieut. E. Ireland, 6th brigade, Bth battery, Malta; Lieut. R. W. Chute, Ist brigade, 4th battery, Malta ; and Lieut. G. M. B. Hornsby, 11th brigade, 2d battery, Bengal. A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps, late ' the Medical Staff Corps, numbering 90 non-com missioned officers and men, will leave headquarters, Chatham, this morning and propeed to Deptford, where they will embark on board the steam-ship Melbourne, which has been chartered by the GO vernment for the conveyance of troops and war stores to China. Another detachment of the Army Hospital Corps will proceed to China in a few days, the non-commissioned officers and men composing which have been inspected preparatory to their departure. They will go out in the steam ship Mauritius. The Secretary of State for War having directed that for the future all new contracts for fuel, light, and straw for bedding shall be placed under the Commissariat Department, orders to that effect have been forwarded to all the garrison towns, with directions to all barrack-masters to trans mit, when called upon to do so by the district commissariat officers, returns showing the various articles for which contracts will be required, giving in each case the probable quantities that will be necessary for one year's consumption, and the places at which the same must be delivered. The East India College at llaileybury, on ce th e nursery of the Indian civil service, is ab ou t t o be come a depot for military recruits, and by the fresh arrangements contemplated accommodation will Le• provided for 700 koldiers. The library and quad rangle are to be turned into dormitories. c oietcdb, on b y the The examination of ca ndidates for admiss ion to tcloteunßciolyoafl Militarylklilit Military Academy, Woolwich, , commenced Wed nesday last, at the Royal Hos p ital, Chelsea ; Major- Gen. Cameron, Vice - Presid ent, and Col. Addison and Col. Elwyn were the members of the Council present.. The first day was confined to the medical examination. The number of candidates was about 120. The examinations will extend over 11 days, terminating on Monday, the 16th inst. SUSPECTED NURDER IN GLASGOW. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday a woman, named Isabella Irvine, residing at 11$, Back Wynd, Glasgow, was found dead, under cir cumstances which warrant the suspicion that she met her death by foul means. Between the hours named a girl entered the huckster's shop whisk was kept by the deceased, for the purpose of pur chasing some tobacco, and found her lying along the front of the fireplace with her face besmeared with blood. The girl immediately informed the policeman on the beat of the circumstance, who pro ceeded to the shop, and found the woman quite dead. Under her head was a pool of blood, and blood was still oozing from the wounds. There was also a poker found lying transversely beneath her neck. On the back of the head was found a severe wound—indeed, the skull is believed to be fractured in this part. Above the left temple is another of almost equal extent, and there are also bruises on the left eyebrow and on the upper lip. Under the counter of the shop was found a stool of antiquated shape and construction, with only two legs, the remaining two having been discovered lying in another direction. On one of the legs of the stool are seen marks of blood, as if from a hand, alai on the seat is a quantity of hair attached to clotted gore. The investigations of toe police, so far as they have gone, have resulted in learning that a man was seen to leave the house at about nine o'clock in the morning, and, on being interro. gated, he stated that he had slept in the same bed with the deceased during the night, and that he left her in bed in the shop, a girl kindling a fire in that apartment at the time. Above the shop is a room in which are three beds, and it is said by the neighbours that the house was one of accommoda tion, and that, of course, deceased was of loose character herself. The only hypothesis for the cause of death, except that of foul play, is that she had fallen out of bed in a state of intoxication, and received the injuries in that manner, but it is destroyed by the assurance of the man who was with her that she was perfectly sober when he left, and also from the fact that the wound on the back of the head would of itself have stunned her and rendered it impossible for her to rise, so that she could not fall again and re ceive the others. The circumstances also of the stool lying under the counter with blood marks on the leg, and of the position in which she was found, excite equally strong suspicions that the blows were administered by the hands of another. Mean time, however, the police are making the most searching investigations, and it is to be hoped they will succeed in clearing up the mystery.—North British Daily Mail, COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER-JAN. 5. Good dry wheat brought last week's rates, but damp and inferior sorts neglected. Flour in little demand, but quo tations unaltered. Oats a slow sale, and prices as dear. English beans were the turn cheaper. Indian corn as before. BIRMINGHAM-JAN. 5. A fair supply of wheat, and prices were at no decline on late quotations, but in slow request. Barley was the turn cheaper, and quite in retail. Oats, beans, and peas rather cheaper. BOSTON-JAN. 4. We had a limited supply of wheat from the growers to day, the demand for dry samples ruled in some instance° at a triflinc , advance, but inferior ♦ery dull, at barely the prices of last week. Oats a slow gale; prices as before. Beans and peas 6d to is cheaper. Wheat, red .38s to 44a Oats.... l7s to 241 White do .46s to 48s Beans 38s to 460 Barley .24s to 37s Peas ....Us to 381 PLYMOUTH-JAx. 3. This market was dull to-day. Prices for wheat nomi nally unchanged. There was a very small attendance. Flour was no dearer. The quotations are—English whits wheat, 46s to 48s; red, 43s to 45s per qr ; French do., 431 to 45s ; grinding barley, 26s to 28s ; oats, 22s to 25s ; and flour, line, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 325. LOUTH-JAN. 4. There was a dull business done in wheat to-day, and prices were at barely last week's quotations, viz., wheat, red and mixed, old and new, 40s to 448 per qr. ; white, 49i. Oats, 18s to 245; beans, 40a to 48s; barley, 29s to 335. EDINBURGH GRAIN-JAN. 4. Wheat on the top Os Gd down average Os 8d down- Barley on the top Os 6d down average Os 4d down. Oats on the top is 3d up .... .. average Os 4d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down average is 4d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley - 1 16 6 3-12ths Oats -12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat —l2lo qrs Sold 951 qrs Barley... 1606:qrs Sold 1380 qrs Oats .1628 qr 5........ Sold 1465 qrs Beans 222.:qrs Sold 174 qrs GLASGOW-JAN. 4. In the market to-day a very quiet business was doing. Flour at late rates. Barley and oats were rather cheaperi but little business doing.. Beaus and peas wore quiet auo easier. The imports have been very light. CORK—Jaw. 4. Tho following wore the quotations this morning :—Bed wheat, 23s Od to 26s 01; white, 22s 6d to 27s 3d; barley 17 0 Od to 20s 6d:; oats, 12s Od to 148 Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JAN. 3. There was a better supply of fat stock to-day, with • fair attendance of buyers ; the prices a,ked were so high that a clearance was with difficulty effected. Sheep well in small supply, and well sold. Fat pigs numerous, snd ill request. Calves in limited supply. Beef 6ld to 7d 1 Veal 7id to 8L Mutton ... 7d to 8d Pork Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 5s 3d per stone. Hides, 3td to 51cl ; calf skins, 6d to bid. FOREIGN MAIL PAC. In the following table E signifies that lel by evening mails from London, and M DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Mails. Australia and Mauritius, via, Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canada. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascenil sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa-' ore, via Southampton ) Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewtlelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and P. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto 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 Tenerifle West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &o. 'ET LIST. item are deepatebi 4 by morning mails. Port of Despatch, Th -t Mail due. ---- Jan. 12, M Jan. 18, E IJan. 20, R !Jan. 5, E, )Jan. —, hi Jan. 10, M rJan. —, X Dcc. M IJan. 4 , IJan. 10, Jan. 12, 31 Jan. Jan. 9,11' Jan. 7, If Jan. M Jan. 10, E Jan. 17, M Jan. 6, E Jan. 6, E Jan. 11,E jJan. 23 E iJan.l7, II ISouthamp. (Liverpool (Liverpool, Devenport Southamp Southamp. Southamp. ISouthamp. Siuthamp. ;Southamp. ISsuthamp. ISouthamp. Jan. 1 0 i Jan. 4 Jan.l9 IJan. 4 Southamp. Liverpool.. Liverpool.•. Southamp. Liverpool.. Feb. 1 overdu e Jan. 0 irrerdo Dec. --* ov erdat i ! Jan. 0 Jan. 1 0 Jan. 4 11 It 5 arerds. Jan. 4. Jan. I' !Tan. it IJan. 10 ISouthamp, !Jan. 16, HER MAJESTY'S PA DON.—On Sunday her Ms' jesty's pardon was receiv d at the county gaol for Jani e Bullet and Walston Drake (who were lately convict under the Criminal Justice Act, and adjudged to tco months' imprisonment), on condition that they should b imprisoned for one calendor month, to date from the - eraY of their conviction. These men ware sentenced to tie ) months' hard labour for giving to their master's horses . 1 / quantity of food which had been provided for fattening be locks.—Bury and Norwich Post. B 1 Tll 5. ADDINGTON.—On the 2d inst., at Enfiild-Villa, Addison' road, Kensington, the wife of Mr. Luke Addington, of son. ASTITON.—On the 3d inst., at 8, St. Paul's-read, Camden' road Villas, th e w if e o f Alfred Ashton, Esq., of a son. BEATTMONT.—On the 4th inst., at 2, Chapel-street, west/ Mayfair, the wife of Henry Frederick Beaumont, Ein't of Whitley Beaumont, of a daughter. IJID prt, T MARRIAGES. GLYNN—HALL.—On the 3d inst., at Hallow, near Viror• cester, the Rev. Charles Glynn, M.A., vicar of Wolveyr Warwickshire, to Lucy Magdalen, daughter of Lieut.' Col. Jasper Hall, late of the Coldstream Guards. KEIV—ATTY.--On the 4th inst., at Rugby, Captain WO; Alexander Kew, V.C., to Harriet, second daughter 0 James Atty, Esq., of Rugby. DEATHS. ABERCROMBIE.—On the 4th inst., at 7, Vicarage-gardengi Kensington, Lieut.-Colonel John Abercrombie, Bongs' Horse Artillery, aged 47. BORLAND.—On the 4th inst., at Newington-place, Archa' Borland, Esq., M.D., aged 64. CARIttiTIIEItS.—On the 4th inst., at Bath, of typhus fevorf Florence Olivia, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Car" ruthors, aged 19 years and 11 months. OLDIVAN.—On the 2d inst., at Gainsborough, Thomas Old' man, Esq., solicitor, aged O. ROBERTSON.—On the 20th ult. at Whitefield House, Rob' Robertson, Esq., of Whitefield, Govan, near Glasge‘'h aged 84. SIIANK.—On the 4th inst., at 62, Gloucester : place, Port' man-square, Henry Shank, Esq., of Castlorig and Glell' iston, Fifoshire, for 25 years a Director of the Hon. tho East India Company, aged 83. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN O9 of No. 112, Strand, Printelic at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middieaox, Friday, Janua7 . 6, 1860. Pr wc 19t1i, --- tinned GOLD braced troup e daily ii formar every c SPEC day, „ I Scenes troup e *aces a Band. 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