The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-05 00:00:00

LEICESTER. His Grace the Duke of Rutland presided at the annual dinner of the Leicesteishire Agricultural Society on Friday night, supported by Lord Ber ners, Lord Curzon, M.P., and about 200 of the gentry and agriculturists of the county. The noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The Army and Navy," said—lt is needless for me to ad vert to their past heroic achievements, they are en graven in the hearts of every Englishman ; and as to the future, I am quite sure that if their services should ever be called for, which I pray God that they may not be, they will act with the same bra very as they have ever shown. (Cheers.) Gentle men, there is also another corps whose health should be drunk on this occasion ; with the health of the Militia and the Yeomanry Cavalry we will also drink the health of the Volunteer Rifle Corps. (Great cheering.) There is at the present moment, gentlemen, a great movement going on in this coun try. There is very considerable alarm caused by the feeling that our defences are not in a perfect state, that this country might be invaded by a foreign Power, and that that Power would be France. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I wish here to say that I, for one, have not shared in the apprehensions that have been so generally enter tained by my countrymen. (Cheers.) lam now speaking, mind, my own individual opinion, which is worth nothing more than the individual opinion of any man in this room. But I repeat again that I, for one, think that we have been alarmed rather tteutllebsly. ) I say this. gentlemen. because I think that, if the Emperor of the French had ever seriously contemplated the invasion of this country, a man of his sagacity, of his foresight, and of his intellect would not have allowed the op portunity to slip that was presented during the time of the Indian mutiny. If he had contemplated such a thing as the invasion of this country, that was the time, that was the opportunity that be would naturally have seized upon. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I don't , wish to be misunderstood. • By no means do I decry the mili tary ardour of the country—by no means do I decry the volunteer rifle movement ; on the contrary, . I give it my earnest and niost sincere support. (Loud cheers.) But the ground on which I rest my sup port is this--Formerly our. defence was the ocean and our fleet. (Hear, hear.) Circumstances, time, steam, and science have swept away' our defences. (Hear, hear.) Formerly it was impossible for an army to land here Without. having to encounter, in a naval engagement, a superior fleet. That is no longer necessary. It is now possible in a few hours to land an enormous army in this' country. (Hear.) But, gentlemen, when I say, therefore, for God's sake let us put this country in an efficient state of defence—let us call out the militia, encou rage the rifle corps, and do all we can to make our selves safe—l may also, let us not in the same breath, which is not necessary, abuse the ruler whom the French people have chosen, or ran down the church which they choose to support. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am rejoiced to hear. that you accord with me in these sentiments, because I am quite sure that these are the sentiments that become a great and powerful country like England. Gentle men, I may be told that the press of France is en couraging and fomenting the invasion of this coun try, but my answer to that is, look to our own press. What provocation is not our press giving ? And if there is a feeling in France—and I fear to some extent it is true—against this country, I ask whether it has not been mainly fomented, and whether it is not mainly owing to the vituperative language that has been used by the press of Eng land ? Gentlemen, I beg to propose to you the health of " The Army and Navy." (Cheers.) Viscount CURZON responded to " The Members for the County," observing that though the rule for the exclusion of politics was rather hard, he should bow to it on this occasion, and would simply say wifh regard to the state of the continent, he hoped we should not be drawn into this congress. (Hear.) We had nothing to do with the war, however we might sympathize with Italian independence, and let those who got into it get out of it the best way they could. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, in giving the toast of the even ing," Success to the Leicestershire Agricultural Association," said—lt has given roe the sincerest pleasure and greatest possible satisfaction to have the honour of presidinc , this evening at the anniversary of this society. But, gentlemen, as Lord Curzon has remarked, it is very difficult in these days fora person like myself, who has no practical knowledge of agri cultUre, and who has a very limited theoretical knowledge of it, to make a speech, if all other sub jects are excluded. But lam not so ready as my noble friend to submit to a rule which would pre vent my speaking upon any subject in which the interest of the farmer is bound up. (Hear, hear.) I know; gentlemen, that great authorities find fault when any member of the agricultural interest ven tures to go out of the routine system of the culti vation of farms, or the manner in which ploughs should be used. (A laugh.) But, gentlemen, it may be that those journals are anxious to prepare the agricultural mind for the new state in which it ap pears Mr. Bright intends to place us. (Laughter.) Mr. Bright evidently thinks it is no longer fitting that the agricultural body should have any political influence in this country of England. Mr. Bright made. a speech yesterday evening, and by that speech I collect that, although the agriculturists are not any longer to have any political power, so far as I can understand the mass of figures with which he overwhelmed his Liverpool audience, lie does not contemplate, while he relieves us from all responsibility and ail power, that we should be re lieved from all taxes. (Hear, hear, and - laughter.) He says, " Gentlemen, I don't, wish you to ha dis turbed by the knock at the door of the candidate' for your suffrages, but I have no objection to the tax-collector corning to you and asking you for your money." I gather this, gentlemen, from the speech of Mr. Bright, because I see that he alludes to the tax on fire insurances, from which you are exempted, and he says the tax is • a very great wrong. Mr. Bright talks •of doing away with all indirect taxes, and he mentions a great number of them ; but I remarked that he never alludes to the malt tax, which is an indirect tax of a very large amount. - Gentlemen, this is not the place, the time, 'or the opportunity, in an after-dinner speech, to meet these arguments of Mr. Bright, but perhaps you will allow me generally to state my own con viction that direct taxation is the very worst taxation you can have -- (hear, hear) that . it THE SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1859. AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS. STURMINSTER. The annual meeting of this society took place on Thureday at SturmMster, and in the absence of the Hon. H. B. Portman, M.P., owing to an acci dent in the hunting-field, Mr. H. K. Seymer, M.P. officiated as president. There vas a capital show of stock, and a number of silver cu - s were awarded to the owners of the best animal's:. Premiums were also given to a num ber of laboure.s.'s and domestic servants. and many of the gentry and leading agriculturists of the county afterviatrds dined together at the Crown Hotel. en drunk, the The usual loyal toasts having be health-of `i the Me aebers for the County" was given by Mr.' M. Yeatmevi) son of the chairman of the Dorset Sessions. Mr. H. G. STURT:, in returning thanks, said there were some questions of national interest to hese were the dif which he would briefly allude—t ficulties in China and Ainerica, the state of our re lations with France, the gatestion of entering into a Congress, and last, though not least, the subject of Parliamentary reform. These were all delicate ques tions, but if they were dealt with in a straightfor ward manner the difficulties evith which they were surrounded would be surmount nd with credit to the 31inistry and with advantage ste - the country. He said this because he had obsersasd during the time he had been in Parliament that governments bad fallen and Cabinets crumbled to , pieces through a sheer lack of common sense in not .asking or caring about the public opinion of the cou'rxtry. He would give them an example, and ask if h.;s statement was not fortified by facts and corroboratOd by evidence. He would take first the Governmen t of Lord Pal merston which preceded that of Lor, d Derby. If Lord Palmerston had come to him or any other gen tleman present, and said," We have received a me nacing, if not an insulting despatch from ta'`e French Government, but as we are in alliance e vith the French we do not intend to answer it," what would have been the reply?" Why this—" Noble viscount, you may answer that despatch or not as you like, but if you don't the moment Parliament meets out y'elu go. (Laughter.)-Not to allude to one side more that: another, he would go to the Government of Lord Derby. If Lord Derby had said, "We are going to bring forward a Reform Bill, by which we are going to disfranchise 300,000 freeholders," he should have replied, " My dear Lcrd Derby, you may bring forward your Reform Bill, but you have just about as much chance of carrying it as you have of discovering the philosopher's stone." He mentioned this because he understood—and he would tell them this, a Cabinet secret—that there' had been considerable difference in the Cabinet on the subject of the Peiho expedition. Four or five members of the Government had opposed the send ing cut of any naval or military expedition, or the claiming of any sort of indemnity from the Chinese Government. Had their recommenda tions, however, been adopted he believed that the existence of the Government would not have been worth a fortnight's purchase after the meeting of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He didn't know what Lord Palmerston would have said, but he (Mr. Sturt) should have said, " Those couples want draughting." (Laughter.) , Well, the more vigorous policy had succeeded, and we were about to en ;age the Chinese, in company with the French. He ; himself was rather opposed to our engaging in any military expedition with the French, because in the Crimea we got all the fight ing and they got all the glory —we got all the kicks and they got all the halfpence. (Laughter.) He did not blame the Government, under the circum stances, for what they had done, but he hoped that orders would be given to our generals that if this or that fort were to betaken it should be done by our own men, and that if we won, as of course we should, that the credit due to the victory would trot be swallowed up in the flowery reports of oar Imperial ally. (Cheers.) Having thus touched upon our Imperial ally, he was almost compelled to say a word upon our rela tions with France. He had no hesitation in saying that the Emperor Napoleon was a very expensive ally, for there was not a gentleman present who was not in the habit of paying large sums of money solely on account of the policy of his Imperial Ma jesty. Within the last eight or ten years the Em peror had increased his navy to a most unprecedented extent, and as a necessary consequence we had been obliged to increase our own. Would they believe it, that since the war of 1815 wehad spent £300,000,000 on our navy ? Still, it was so, and the mere mention of the figures was enough to make his hair stand on end. It was difficult to know what to do, but at pre sent our alliance with France was like one person greeting another with his right hand and holding a revolver behind him with his left. (Cheers.) The Government, however, had taken every precaution, and had exerted every influenceto avert the impend ing daneer. They had given countenance for instance to the formation of rifle corps, which was a very capital movement. It ought to be encouraged throughout the length and breadth of the lind, for the panics by which England was occasionally seized were humiliating to the country. (Cheers.) He thought we ought to take such steps to put the country in such a state of defence that it might defy the world in arms ; and he was certain that every person present would be ready to make any sacrifice to bring about such a result. (Hear, hear.) They had heard something of a general disarmament, but he hoped the answer of the Government would be, although in more diplomatic language, " Catch a weasel asleep." (Hear, hear.) It was all very well for the French, with their system of conscrip tion, to make such a proposition. The French Ern• peror had only to write a few lines to raise as many soldiers as he liked; but it must be remembered that in this country the raising of an army was a work of time. (Hear.) No doubt we were living in mo mentous and critical times, and he hoped that in the ensuing session the Conservative party would offer no factious opposition to the existing Govern ment. Parties in the House of Commons were, no doubt, evenly balanced, and there would probably be great temptations to a trial of strength in the ensuing session, but he himself would be no party to a factious vote as long as the Government kept us prepared against every foe. (Cheers.) With regard to the subject of Parliamentary reform, he said the necessity of a change had been acknow ledged by all parties, and therefore the sooner the question was set at rest the better. That question would doubtless be the battle-ground of the ensuing. session. lie had no doubt the Government would bring in a Reform Bill, but he was afraid that his party (the Opposition) would attempt to make po litical capital out of it. It was a most dangerous question. The country was quiescent it was true • but in his opinion that wa s th e very ti me t o legis late ueon it. He only hoped the Government would bring in a moderate bill, and one which would set the country at rest for the next 25 years. Not withstanding the temptations there might be to turn out the Government, it was the bounden duty of every. Conservative, and of every man who called himself a Conservative, to support such a measure, and to assist in carrying it into effect. (Cheers.) Mr. KEn SEYMER sai he had lately read in the Economist that county members at all the agricul tural meetings were raising the war cry in order to avoid disagreeable questions between landlord and tenant. Now, he (Mr. Seymer) was not aware , that there was at this moment any disagreeable questions between landlord and tenant.; if there were, he should have no hesitation in discussing them. He had. already dealt with every question that could possibly arise—rents poor-rates, cottages, game laws—without the slightest hesitation; but he must say that, although it might be desirable to talk in public on public questions, a great deal more might be done in five minutes' conversation between landlord and tenant than by all the discus! sions that could possibly take place at agricultural meetings. (Cheers.) Having already exhausted those topics he would proceed to offer ,)'few re marks on the subjects broached by Mr. Sturt. They all knew that the English were a peaceable people, that they were capital fighters, but that they would a thousand times rather go on improving the breed of cattle and on making a steady, quiet, commer cial, and manufacturin g progress than go to war. We had no wish to se n d ou t a single man to invade France or any other country ; but, while such ,was the feeling on this side the channel, he, regretted to say that there were thousands on the other side who would like nothing better than a " go" at this country. That was exac tl y the difference between the two nations—we wished for peace and the other wished for war, and more particularly for a war with this country. Our French neighbours, who possessed many ex . cellenl ia ? t u a a_l d it c i 7 es, were so .en i restless that, having upset Govern ments of their own, they now wished to disturb the peace of Europe, and we had therefore become alarmed. This time last year Europe was in'a state of profound peace. Everybody knew at that time that Austria did not g overn her Italian provinces as she ought, but the mere fact of that misgovernment could have afforded no ground of offence to France, and France had no more right to go to war with Austria than with England. And vet, at the be ginning of January the French Emperor came out with a warlike speech, and it was evident fror . that time that France was determined to pick a quarrel with Austria. That quarrel had resulted in war, and we were told that it was all for an idea. Now, people who went to war for an idea were most dan gerous enemies, for it was impossible to say what the next idea might be. (Hear, hear,) We Eng lish were practical men ; if we went to war it was for a substantial interest, but when another country went to war for an idea we could never be safe. The next idea might be to avenge Waterloo, and that, he believed, was the idea of France. If so, we must look out for squalls. (Hear, hear.) If he were asked his opinion, he should say that the whole matter rested with ourselves. His belief was that the Emperor of the French was a wary and clever man, and that he had no desire himself for a war with England ; but he was obliged to do that which was necessary to keep him on his throne. (Hear, hear.) He might have no desire to attack or invade this country, but it must be remembered that the army was his master, and that if the feel ing of that. army was in favour of war; he must engage in it. It therefore rested with ourselves to show such a bold front that, whatever the desire might be, the actual operation of invasion should not take place. (Cheers.) 'The Emperor Napoleon was too prudent a man to think seriously of invad ing England unless he had, or thought he had, the command of the Channel, for without such an advan tage he would soon lose all communication with France and his army would have to surrender as prisoners of war. It was therefore highly important that we should look to our fleet: (Cheers.) But, sup • posing it possible, as had been suggested, for the French fleet and the French army to slip over in a fog, he believed that such a spirit had been aroused among the general population as would show the enemy that we were prepared to resist foreign aggression to the last. (Cheers.) Looking at the great interests we had to defend, he would say, we will continue to arm, and we will not disarm. (Cheers.) Ho highly approved of the rifle movement, and he would tell them why. If the French Em peror talked about a mutual disarmament, he could not ask us to disarm our volunteers, who, to a great extent, had been at the eirense of their own equip ment. (Cheers.) As long; illerefore, as we had 200,000 or 300,000 men ready to iight for the coun try he thought we should do pretty well. (Cheers.) At all events, he thought our position was better than it would have been if the alarm had not been excited; and he was not one of those who thought the language of the English press had been pro ductive of harm. Expressions might have been used with reference to the French Emperor which all must regret, but he believed that the repeated appeals of the press had had the effect of bringing about the volunteer rifle movement. (Hear, hear.) It was hard for Englishmen to realise the idea of being attacked by a foreign enemy, but having at 1 last realised such an idea, wqe betide the enemy ,',l.lat dared to assail them. (Cheers.) These were h. 's feelings on the great topic of the day. lie should not detain them on the question of Parlia mentary reform, because he thought it rather a bore and b ihould have been content without it. The China question was an important one, and the Ame rican dispute was of a somewhat ticklish character; he should nc. - t, therefore, touch upon it, more par ticularly as the Americans were so sensitive that a joke in au E n glish novel was almost calculated to bring about a war between the two countries. (Laughter.) All he would say was-:---let us take care to defend our sLiores, and let us hope that no thing will occur to prevent a continued cultivation of that good feeling among neighbours which social gatherings like the present have a tendency to pro duce. (Cheers.) Several toasts of a local character were after wards given, and the speakers, one and all, ex pressed a very strong feeling in favour of the volunteer movement. does .press on the poor, not directly, but indi rectly—(hear, hear)—that it crushes_ the springs -1 of prosperity and industry ; that it drives capital abroad ; that it reduces the wages of the labourer, and that it is paid by the honest man but evaded by the dishonest. Perhaps you will allow- . me to give this general answer to Mr. Bright, not venturing at such a time as this to enter into de tails of the figures he has quoted. I would also make this further remark on Mr. Bright. In all his speeches he has held up America as the model that we are to copy. Mr. Bright says, "It is very hard"—he is always very plaintive if you don't agree with him—" that you take your inventions from America; if they invent a new gun, you hal e no difficulty in adopting it, if they build a new boat on a better line than your own, you have no diffi culty in adopting it; but the moment I say adopt their republican institutions, you fly off and say, We have a constitutional monarchy that we think gives us more liberty than any other State we know of." But if you adept the one, he says, why not adopt the other ? Mr. Bright forgets, however, that one of the main distinctions between this coun try and America is, that while we raise our revenue partly by direct and partly by indirect taxation, America raises the whole of her revenue by indi rect taxatian. (Hear, and cheers.) Mr. Cobden, who, I am sorry on account of the cause, was not able to be present at Liverpool yesterday, lately been to America, but I doubt whether even with his eloquence he has been able to persuade the Americans to give up one jot of the protection which they give to their manufacturers in that country. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright made another re mark last evening. He thought there would be a millennium of happiness and prosperity; that all nations might be brought into one happy family, if you could do one thing; and that is, to do away with all the custom-houses. If we could do that, all war would subside ; we should fraternise, em brace the French, and be all happy together. (Laughter,) But Mr. Bright—though I observe he lectured the landed interest, and told as we ought to be very modest in what we said and did on this question of taxation, seeing what has happened— has not, I think, set us the example of modesty. He ' says, do away with all your custom-houses, and then you A will have this fraternity. But almost, in the same breath, Mr. Bright takes credit for having re pealed the corn laws, and having initiated free : trade measures in this country.' Then how in com mon sense is it, if • this has been accomplished by Mr. Bright and his friends, that there was never, I will venture to say, a year- in which Europe was in so precarious a state, we in this country so much alarmed by invasion frem our neighbours, and in which . vid'have been so nearly dragged into a war with America ? (Cheers.) The noble duke, after a few other observations, thus concluded,—l am old-fashioned enough to think the most important thing in this country is the production of bread, and beef, .and beer ; and I am also old-fashioned enough to think that . the more we can raise in our own country, whether by means of associations like these, or by whatever means may be suggested, the more we shall conduce to the happiness, the wel fare, and the morality of the labouring people of this country. (Cheers.) A number of other toasts were given, and the proceedings terminated shortly before 9 o'clock. THE CONGRESS. Vpom the Times.) We regret to learn that after a full discussion of the subject by the Cabinet it his been determined that Lord Palmerston shall not attend the Congress as the Plenipotentiary of England. We had hoped that the obvious advantages resulting from the Premier's representation of this country would have outweighed the inconvenience of his absence at an important time. However, the original plan is to be carried out, and Lord Cowley will attend to ex plain, and, as far as possible, enforce, the views of his Government among the Plenipotentiaries. It need not be said that the reasons which have dis suaded the Government from parting with their chief have reference to the very important business - Which must be transacted on • the meeting of Parlia ment. The Congress assembles nominally on the sth of January, but practically and for real business not earlier probably than the 15th, while Parliament meets earlier than usual,—namely, on the 24th. Lord Palmerston must, then, either be absent dur int, the earlier part of the session, or there must be a change of plenipotentiaries, which would certainly be worse than leaving everything to Lord Cowley from the beginning. We had anticipated the proba bility that the Government would be able to bring forward its minor measures at the outset of the session, and that the Reform Bill and other impor tant business might be deferred again until the re turn of the - Premier. Ministers have, however, thought that this would not be consistent with their duty, and we have no wish to differ fauul thew ou a matter respecting which they are the best judges. We only hope that the early day fixed for the meet ing of Parliament, and the determination of Lord Palmerston to be present at his post, indicate that the legislative business of the country is to be pro secuted vigorously and steadily. The two houses hare, indeed, long arrears to make up. For three years running, we have had Ministerial crises ; and, though in 1857 some measures were carried through by delaying the prorogation until the very end of August, yet this was an expedient which Parlia mentary nature could hardly bear, and it has not been repeated. The sessions of 1858 and 1859 have produced hardly anything, and there remain for next year the great question of the Reform Bill, the amendment of the Bankruptcy Law, and of the laws reldting to the tenure and transfer of land, im portant questions connected with the national de-, fences, and the ever-pressing subject of our financial - . system. If the wisdom and vigour of the Govern ment and the patriotism of the Opposition allow these matters to be settled, we may perhaps be re conciled to the thought that England has lost some opportunity of extending her principles on the Con tinent,-and that she has failed to play in a general Congress that high part which belongs to her. We doubt, not however, that a part of the public will learn with a kind of satisfaction that no Pleni potentiary is to be " despatched" to Paris, but that Lord Cowley; being Already there, merely attends as the representatiYe of England, and makes our adhesion to the. Congress as little conspicuous as posiible. They will. b glad, after all, it comes to this—that England, • merely out of international courtesy, puts iu an appearance, and leaves Italian affairs to be settled by those more 'immediately con - corned. The doctrine of non : interference, they will say, to be possible, must be complete. It is impos sible that a country which sets out by saying that in no possible case will it interfere forcibly in Italian affairs can have the influence of those who are always ready to march an army into the plain of the Po ; and conversely, if England assumes it as necessary to her position that she should have a hand in regulating Italian destiny, it is certain that a time will come when she will be tempted to enforce her logic by a movement of the Mediterranean squadron, or, perhaps, the despatch of a few thousand troops. But these arguments, though reasonable enough, prove too much. They bring us to a conclusion which finds favour with many sensible men—that we should not join the Congress at all. If we have nothing to do with Italy, and if the policy which the nation enforced on its Government a few months since be the true one, no Plenipotentiary of England should sit in this Council of European diplomatists. As they fought without us, and made peace without us, so let them make up without us the quarrels be tween petty despots and their subjects. 'We own that this is a view which we have been much inclined to take, but it has not been a view which our Govern ment, after communications with the various Euro yeari Powers, has felt willing to acquiesce in. Out of regard to the solicitations of France and the tradi tions which link together the community of States, the British Government has agreed to join the Con gress, and so there is an end of the question whether we should send a Plenipotentiary at all. What re mains now is to determine whether, since we are to be represented, we shall be represented efficiently. It certainly seems plain that, having once made up its mind to take part in the affairs of Italy, the English nation should send the best man it can find, and endeavour to make its influence as much as pos sible felt. This, we think, Lord Palmerston would have done, and, whatever respect we may have for Lord Cowley as a diplomatist, it seems to us that he does not possess the weight which as old and tried Foreign Minister of this country would have in the councils of men of less age, genius, and ex perience. Nothing now remains but to hope that the British Ambassador will successfully exercise ais temporary functions to the honour of his own country, and the profit of the unhappy race which is now struagling against its oppressors. Of the prospects of the Con • gress we do not pretend to know anything. It is probable that the crowned heads themselves know but little. That the influence of England has been exerted., to. secure the independence of the Central Italians in the choice of their rulers is no secret; and it may be that the French Sovereign would not be displeased to see the arrangements of Villa franca overruled by an international assembly which should take from him the responsibility of ratifying the dethronement of the Dukes and the disruption of the Pope's dominions. It may be, however, that the Emperor will show himself a better son of the Church and stancher partisan of order than the clergy and the Legitimists believe, and that he will fight the battle of the late Sovereigns in a spirit worthy the applause of Austria. for is itpessible to say beforehand with what temper the Plenipo tentiaries of Russia and Prussia will treat the affairs of Italy.. These Governments, particularly the former, are, of course, adverse to such displays of • -a popular independenc3 as are exhibited at Florence and Bologna, but they are neither of them very partial to Austria, and may, perhaps, both be willing to show their independence of France. But ali remains as yet uncertain, for experience has taught us that even the v i ers oiGovernments are changed at the last moment. So much the more reason is there that Lord Cowley should be cautious and firm, and that the Government which supports him should not fail to wake his task easier by a clear statement of its priteiples. THE TrIcKLOTTP HOMICIDE. The Dublin Evening Mail contains the following detailed account of the recent homicide committed on the Fitzwilliam estates in the county of Wick low. For downright savagery this outrage has scarcely its parallel in the annals of Tipperary crime in its very worst days : " WICKLOW, Dec. I.—Au inquest has been hold ing at Mucklow since yesterday mornings(Wednes day) on the body of an old man named Michael Bo land, aged 75, who was a comfortable farmer under Lord Fitzwilliam, living on the roadside about midway between Au,ghrim and Tinahely, and who lost his life in an affray which took place on last Monday under the following circumstances :—Ac cording to the evidence which was adduced on the investigation, which has not yet terminated, it I appears that Lord Fitz william's agent wished to 'square' the two adjoining farms, held respectively by deceased and the accused, a man named Richard Behan, also residing at Mucklow, who holds two farms under Lord Fitzwilliam, one of which ad joins that of deceased. The agent wished to square' the two farms, as I have said, so as to make them look better and tidier. Behan objected to the arrange ment, in consequence of which he was served with ejectment notices for both farms, and decrees were obtained at the quarter sessions at Tinahely. On Monday last Mr. Lawrenson, the receiver to the estate, sent to the surveyor and bailiff, with other assistants, to take possession of both farms. They went to Behan's house and demanded possession, producing the decrees. Behan was at home at the time, but did not appear at first. His wife, how ever, presented herself, and spoke to the bailiff, abusing him' and saying, Although you have men at the Bawn' gap, I was never afraid of a man yet.' The bailiff replied that he had a duty to perform, and that he should do it. Behan then appeared, and said to the bailiff that he might take possession, as he would not offer any resistance. The bailiff then sent his men to drive the stock off the farm. Mrs. Behan then came out with a pitchfork in her hand, and asked the bailiff ' did he think that would do ?' After these words the surveyor and bailiff went to take possession of some cottiers' pre mises, and on their return towards Behan's house they found Mrs. Behan in the act of sharpening the prongs of the fork on a' bank.' The husband was in view, and he asked the bailiff to feel the' prongs' (by way of threat), which ha did as he was passing. Sho then said that ho might be the first himself to get it.' The bailiff passed on, and took possession of the dwelling-house and holding, aid put a man in the house to keep possession. After they had got nossession of all the tenements Boland (deceased) was sent forto get possession of that part of Behan's land which it was intended at first to add to his farm. At this time there was a crowd of 20 or 30 collected in the field, all on Behan's side. As soon as Boland entered the field, Behan and wife, with several others of the crowd (Mrs. Behan holding the fork in her hand) rushed down upon the old man, and forced him violently over the' fence' on the road. Behan also shook him violently on the road. During these proceedings the surveyor, bai liff, and an assistant endeavoured to keep peace and protect the old man, who came at his own requesA by himself.' When Boland was rescued from_ the hold of Behan the bailiff strove to get him s a p the fence again to take possession. Mrs. Br:hap met him on the top of the fence with the fork in her hand, and kept thrusting' it at but did not actually strike him with it. The 'oailiff helped him up the ditch, and the assistarA (Gilbert) who stood on the top of the ditch or fence took hold of him by the hand to ' haul' him up. While these exer tions were making on the poor old man's behalf two young women (on Behan's side) were not idle, for one of them exerted her strength in pulling him down by the skirt of the coat, with the other pushed him back, and jostling Gilbert took the stick (a small walking stick) out of deceased's hand. At this time the deceased was noticed by the sur veyor to be in a fainting state and to have completely lost the use of his limbs. On exami nation he was found to be in a dying state, and he expired shortly after. When it was found he was dying Behan danced on. the road and clapped his hands with joy, thanking God that he had 'struck him dead' before he got possession ;' and while being carried to his house five or six of the women were seen kneeling on the road praying that he might never recover, and that he might never be forgiven ' in this world or the next—the priest-selling dog !' I should have mentioned that the deceased had sawyers cutting timber for the purpose of roofing an outhouse, and one of the women said on coming up the road that the sawyers Were cutting the old dog's coffin.' This was said before the row commenced. Before possession was demanded Behan got £1.5 from the agent, as he (Behan) said that he h a d pa id some arrears that were due on the farm. The inquest commenced on Wednesday morning, and the above is an epitome of the evidence given up to that night. It was still proceeding. It is supposed that the deceased got serious kicks, which must have caused his death, but no more than the fore going has as yet been given in evidence. There are six persons in custody—viz., Richard Behan, son, and wife, and three other women." The evidence taken at the inquest is reported at great length in Saunders's Newsletter of this morn ing. One of the witnesses deposed that after the deceased fell down he saw women on their knees, saying " He's dead! his soul to blazes ! he'll never come to life ! " The coroner having addressed the jury, they were left alone, and after delib era ti ng for about three qua r t ers o f an hour they found the following verdict :—" That Michael Boland came by his death from a rupture of the heart which might or might not be caused by excitement and violence which he received on Monday last, the 28th of November, 1859, at the hands of Richard Behan and Bridget Cullen, assisted by Edward Behan, Catherine Behan, and Mary Byrne." One of the jury observed that the country could have no com plaint to make against Earl Fitzwilliam, and that Mr. Lawrenson had always given general satisfac tion. The six prisoners were then remitted to gaol on the warrant of the coroner. rE SENTENCE UPON DR. S ME TH URS T. ~.ne public is probably not aware that the con viction and sentence of this prisoner will entail many forfeitures and disabilities upon him, in addi tion to the actual punishment that he will have to undergo. The offence of bigamy, as the law at present stands, amounts to felony, and any person convicted of it immediately loses all claims to pro perty, whether goods, chattels, or land, of which he may be possessed, or be entitled to in reversion, at the time of his conviction. It will be recollected that the unfortunate deceased lady, Miss Bankes, only two days before her death, made a will, at the request of the prisoner, under which Dr. Smethurst was made sole executor, and would have become possessed o f t h e whole of her property. If, there fore, the pardon had closed the proceedings, and no further steps had been taken in reference to the charge of bigamy, he would, in all probability, have put the will in force, and as it is doubtful whether the relatives of the deceased could, under the circum stances under= which the will was executed, appa rently with the full knowledge and consent of the deceased lady, have resisted it, Dr. Smethurst would have come into possession of the whole of the property of Miss Bankes, which is said to amount to several thousand pounds. The effect of his con viction, however, precludes him from obtaining a single farthing under the will,and as those on whom the right devolves to take possession of his pro perty are not likely to interfere, Miss Bankes will probably be considered as dying intestate, and the property will revert to her family. It has generally been the practice, where parties possessed of pro perty have been charged with felony, in order to obviate risk of going to the Crown, for the prisoner to execute an assignment of all his estate to some relative before the trial, so that, in the event of a conviction, no seizure might be made. The law with regard to this matter is very peculiar. In ordinary cases the property of a felon vests in the Crown, but in some districts the lord of the manor claims the right; and there are instances on record wherean extensive landed estate belonging to a per son convicted of felony has been claimed and seized by the lord of the manor. In the City of London, the Corporation, by virtue of ancient charters, claim the right to the property of all felons convicted within their jurisdiction, and the sheriffs t a k e possession of all property found upon the prisoners who are con victed at the Central Criminal Court ; and although articles of a trifling character are usually given up, still the right is invariably observed. It may be re membered that in the case of the extensive gold dust robbery upon the South-Eastern Railway a few years ago, when it appeared that Turkish Bonds to a considerable amount had been purchased with the proceeds of the robbery, that the sheriffs success fully asserted their right to take possession of this property on behalf of the Corporation. AU the in terest in any property that was possessed by the prisoner prior to his co nv i c ti on, is now, th ere f ore, vested in the Co , ,oration of the City of London, and they would be the p ar ti es, if any, t o claimwilt headney interest ho might ha ve un d er ceased lady. It is very probable that It was in order to prevent this result that the endeavour was made at the trial to procure an n aTuittal by show ing that the first marriag e was e t a valid one, an d this view is co n fi rme d by the fa a very short ti me b efore the that it was only easec was to come on that the fa c t s relating to the Supposed marriage of Nfrs. Johnson or Mary Durham were laid before counsel. The counsel for the Crown were of course well aware of all the circumstances connected with the supposed martirro. THE FINSBITI MURDE_R. On Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, resumed the adjourned inquiry, at the Castle Tavern, Long-alley, Sun-street, Finsbury, respecting the death of Mary Ann Moore, aged 31 years, who was murdered on the morning of Mon day last, at No. 13, King's Head•court, near Fins bury-market. The following additional evidence was called : Dr. 11. Letheby, the professor of chemistry of the London Hospital, examined, said—On Friday after noon Inspector Bricknell, of the G division, brought to me, at the laboratory of the London Hospital, portions of fire-irons, consisting of a pair of tongs and a poker, with a quantity of wearing apparel. The broken parts of the tongs had spots of blood which had coagulated before it had dried, and had lost its vital properties. On the thick end of the poker there was only one spot of blood, which, like the former, had become coagulated. There were also marks of the same kind of blood on a pair of cor duroy trousers. The blood was on the knee parts of both legs. There was no blood on title coat, but a shirt had spots of blood upon it on the front part. The left sleeve of the shirt had evidently been covered with blood and washed out. There were portions of female dress, consisting of a petticoat, stays. chemise, &c. They were stained on the top and right side. The latter had been partly washed. In every instance the blood was proved to be blood which had coagulated after it had fallen upon the several articles of dress, showing that its vitality had not ceased until it had fallen down. I have likewise examined the razor produced, and have removed portions of blood from the inside of the handle, and from its appearance it was clearly vital blood coagulated. By the Coroner—l think that the head of the de ceased was cut off while she was in a state of in sensibility, as there was no indication of blood which had been spirted about. From the stains on the dress I am of opinion that the wound was made from the front of the neck round the right hand side to the back. The immediate cause of death was the sever in; of the spinal cord of the neck. There were bruises or marks on the de ceased's arms, which showed that she had defended herself. There were jets of blood on the cupboard door, but they were of minute character. The blood had no doubt come from the temporal artery, but was then stunned, There was no marks of blood on the bed. Mr. F. B. Dixon, resident surgeon of Hoxton Lunatic Asylum, said the prisoner James Moore had been an inmate of that establishment since the 28th of August last, and he was discharged on the 23d ult., by the order of the Secretary of State. The prisoner laboured under various delusions, and had been heard to say that he had been electrified in his prison -cell by means of wires passed round it. He also imagined that he had been electrified in a cab. He likewise laboured under the delusion that he had a steam-engine in his inside. He had been considered well three months before his discharge from custody. Mr. the warrant officer of the Worship street Police Hanes , ourt, was here re-called, and said—l forgot to mention on the last occasion, that the pri soner exclaimed, while he was in the station, " I did not do it." The inquiry was, after some discussion, adjourned till this day, when the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Moore. DISOOVE.RY OF A MURDER. An unwonted degree of consternation has been produced at Sigginstone, near Cowbridge, in conse quence of the arrest of a young woman, named Mary Morgan, upon a charge of having wilfully murdered her male child. It appeared, on the exa mination before the magistrates, that the body of a child having been found in the month of Octo ber last, in a well on the premises of Mr. John David, a farmer, near Cowbridge, suspicion was ex cited against the prisoner, who had formerly been in David's service, and who left somewhat suddenly in May last. David, who admitted having given the prisoner £lO as a present when she went away, because he thought she was in the family way, was at first taken into custody as an accomplice, but subsequently discharged, and allowed to give . evidence. Another witness, Ann Bevan, lodging , house keeper, of S wansea , prove d that the prisoner was confined of a boy at her house, on the 22d June. It was a fine child, and she was prepared with clothing for it. She appeared fond of the infant, nursed it carefully, and while at the house made three sets of clothes for it. On the 7th July she said she was going to take the child to his father's brother's wife to nurse, and she packed the clothes and left with the infant by the evening train. She left on a Thursday, and returned again on the fol lowing Tuesday, and on being asked if she had met the .parties she wanted, she said " Yes, and they have taken the child to nurse it." She afterwards left, as she said, to go to Neath, but came back again on the Ist August, and went into service. The witness was unable to swear to the clothes which were found on the child discovered in the well as having formed part of that made by the prisoner. Witnesses were called to prove that at a time, which could not be fixed nearer than about the time of the hay harvest, the prisoner was seen in the neighbourhood of Sigginstone. She was first seen with an infant under her shawl, and afterwards without one, but with a bundle in her hand, and she then stated to a person who spoke to her that she had left Sigginstone on account of her health, and had gone to fetch a bundle of her clothes, which she had left there, This statement Mr. David said was not a true one. The most important witness against the prisoner was Police-constable John Phillips, of the county constabulary, by whom she was arrested. She at first said to him (on being told for what she was arrested), " I have had a child .and have taken it to the father, and ho has taken it to Australia ;" but subsequently she said that John David was the father of her infant ; that she was seven months gone in the family way when she left him; and that he gave her £lO to leave, and do what she could with the child. She further stated where the child was born, and said she had met with a Miss Phillips, who was a bad girl, and who asked her to join with her in following her course of life ; that upon her saying, "I will, but what shall I do with my child ?" she replied, " I will do very well with your child ; I have thrown many in the sea." Miss Phillips then asked her if she knew where there was a winch, and she told her that she did. They went to Sigginstone, and when there Miss Phillips took the child from her arms, and she (Morgan) stood a few yards from the winch (well). The child cried as Miss Phillips took it from her arms, and Miss Phillips then threw it into the winch. Miss Phillips then said, " There, I have done very well with your child now; you must come with me to Cardiff;" and they went through Cowbridge. She further said she told Miss Phillips that she did not like to go into the town, and she turned back, and called at Mrs. Morgan's by the gate, and then returned by train to Swansea. Mr. Superintended Sellers deposed that in conse quence of this statement of the prisoner, he took from her a descripti on o f th e a ll ege d Miss Phillips, and searched for her at Cardiff and afterwards at Swansea. lie could find no such person at Cardiff, but at Swansea he found a girl in the town of the name and description, and took her to Bridgend, but on her being confronted with the prisoner the latter said she was not the girl, but was like her in dress and person. No other Miss Phillips could be found. The prisoner, who under the advice of her solici tor, Mr. Verity, reserved her defence, was fully com mitted to take her trial for the capital offence at the next assizes, and was removed in custody of the police. 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Cure 4,208. _ •, cr ""Eig-ht years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, fur which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Health •restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any in quiries, Rev. J. W. Flavell, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London* Fortnthn, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechurrh-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, St ran d • 49 an d 60, Dishousgata • street ; 85, 'Tottenham-court-road. Also at bablin, Bewley' and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes 'and Co.; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Shari; and Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and:Co, ; at South ampton, Raudall and So rliE CHURCH OF ST. G.I3OIIGE-IN-TER- EAST. YecAerday there was much less unst - x;xily opposi tion and disturbance at the services in the Church of St. George-in-the-East than for some time past, and the day passed over in a manner affording ground for hope that.the fierce party spirit of which it has long been the scene has well nigh exhausted itself. Not that there was no irreverent behaviour on the part of many of the congregation at all the services, always excepting that of the afternoon lecturer; but it was confined to a comparatively few people, and much less remarkable than at any time heretofore since the disturbances first com menced. The 'services were again, as for several Sun days previously, conducted under the protection of the local divisional police of whom upwards of 40, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Howie, were stationed in the pews and aisles of the church. Some of the recent remarks of Mr. Selfe, the police magistrate at the Thames Police-court, in which he distinctly laid down the right, which could never have been questioned by any intelligent person, of a congregation to " say" the responses rather than intone them, if they preferred, but in which he also declined to express an opinion that they should not be " said" aloud, were placarded on Saturday in the shape of a handbill in different parts of the parish, and it was apprehended that those remarks, together with a menace held out by the crowd at the police court as the Rev. Mr. Lowder and his friends were leaving it, might tend to a repetition of the dis turbances yesterday in a worse form than ever, but, happily, the result proved to be otherwise. At all the rector's services there was contention, but in a comparatively modified form, between those who insisted on saying and those who sang the responses. Except, perhaps, in a few point of costume and in reading the lessons from the old-fashioned read ing -desk, the officiating clergy can scarcely be said to have abated their pretensions as to the mode of conducting the ministrations. The services were still choral yesterday, as usual, and their appeared to be a much stronger choir than there ordinarily is, at least at the evening service. The route from the vestry to the chancel —or " the quasi chancel," as Mr. Lowder called it, correcting the ecclesiastical nomenclature of Mr. Selfe, the magistrate —was lined with policemen to protect the clergyman an d c h or i sters on their way to and from their seats . ; blat this did not save them from the hiss with whi:ch it has become customary to assail them alwrys at leaving and occasionally on entering the cliurch. The Rev. Mr. Machonochie conducted Ur., services and preached the sermon in the mornie. g , about 400 persons being present ; he also officia'yed at the Litany service in the afternoon, and t.'ne Rev. Mr. Lowder intoned the prayers and Preached in the evening. On all three occasions tkere were interruptions from cough ing and jeer,i- g on the part of the congregation, but nothinp, in comparison with the disturbance of former Sr,ndays. The greater degree of order which prevaNd yesterday was doubtless attributable to the 'churchwardens, with the assistance elf the police, preventing the people assembling in a mass, "as formerly, in the chancel, where all the unseemly behaviour had always before been manifested. As the congregation arrived they were shown into seats in the body and galleries of the church, and, the chancel being thus kept clear, the services Pro ceeded with only such interruption as has been mentioned, emanating chiefly from persons bent upon opposition, who contrived to seat themselves, in the vicinity of the chancel, and an occasional sound like the lighting of a Lucifer match. From 1,500 to 2,000 people were present at the lecturer's service in the afternoon, and at least 2,00 in the evening. The Rev. Bryan King, the rector, who is understood to be still unwell, was again absent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 3. SOUTHWARK. --EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED RA P E.—John Pettitt, cab-driver, badge 13,737, of No. 5, South-mews, Manchester square, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with indecently assaulting a young woman, named Louisa Davies, with intent to commit a rape, and Charles William Taylor, a coachman, of 18, Guild ford-strreet, Berkeley-square, was charged with aiding and abetting him in the commission of that offence. Broderick, 43 M, informed his worship that the young woman was so much injured that she was unable to leave her bed. He, however, could state the facts as far as he knew. About a quarter-past three o'clock that morning, he was on duty in Snow's fields, Bermondsey, when he saw a cab driven by the prisoner Taylor, pass him. The other prisoner was inside, and put his head out and called to the other. They went up Melior-street, but there being no outlet, they came back and drove towards Gay's Hospital. Witness suspecting that some thing was wrong, followed them as far as Maze pond, when Pettitt got out, and said he had dropped a shilling. He opened his lamp and looked, but no shilling was to be found. Pettitt then jumped into the cab again, and Taylor was about to drive off, but witness perceived a female lying inside in a helpless state. He stopped the vehicle, and saw that Taylor had no badge, but Pettitt had one on his breast, No. 13,737. He also per ceived that the female's dress was much dis ordered, and that she was partially insensible. He took them all to the Bermondsey Police station, and, as soon as she recovered, she told wit ness that Pettitt had grossly assaulted her. Mr. Combe—Where is she now ? Constable--At her mother's, in Mellor-street, Bermondsey, Mr. Combe—Was she sober ? Constable-0 yes, sir. Mr. Combe—How came she in Pettitt's cab ? " Constable—l understand that she resided at Hammersmith, and had been on a visit to her mother in Melior-street, and being too late for the omnibus she hailed Pettitt near the Bank of Eng land, and instead of driving her home he got the other prisoner to take the reins while he got inside and attempted to ravish the young woman. The mother and her brother are both in court. Mr. Combe—Let the mother step forward and state what she knows of this outrage. The mother, a very respectabl e l oo ki ng e ld er l y female, said she was a widow, and resided with her son in Melior-street, Bermondsey. Her daughter was in the service of a family in the Broadway, Hammersmith. On the previous evening she paid her a visit, and left a little before ten o'clock. Witness accompanied her to London-bridge and ' put her into a twopenny omnibus to go to the Bank, where she expected to find the Hammer smith omnibus, but unfortunately for her the last omnibus had left. Feeling anxious to get home to Hammersmith as soon as possible she hailed Pet titt's cab near the Bank, and told him to drive her there, but instead of doing so he engaged the other prisoner and got inside. They must have driven her a great distance, and great violence was done to her. Mr. Combe—What state is she now in ? Mother—She is very ill, sir, but I don't think that she has been ravished. She has continual fits. Mr. Combe—Did she make any statement at the station-house ? Acting Inspector Wise said he was on duty at the Bermondsey police-station when the prisoners were brought in by Police -constable Broderick. The female, as soon as she recovered her senses, told him, that when she got out of the omnibus at the Bank she found that the Hammersmith omnibus had left, and seeing the prisoner Pettitt with his cab, she engaged him to drive her to Ham mersmith, and she then got in. After going a short distance Pettitt got into the vehicle, and the other man drove. She was so frightened that she could not call out. She was driven towards Peckham instead of Hammersmith, and when the constable stopped them Pettitt had nearly ruined her. She then fainted away, and witness had her conveyed to her mother's. Mr. Combe—What is Taylor? Wise—He is what is called a "buck," He has neither badge nor license, sir. Taylor—l had nothing to do with assaulting the female. I thought it was Pettitt's sweetheart, and at his request I drove them about. The young woman never called out. Pettitt—l own to indecently assaulting her. Mr. Combo._. when is it likely that she will be able to attend ? Wise—Most likely in a few days. Mr. Combe—Then I shall remand both prisoners until Thursday next. ROBBING A LAWYER.—Miranda Gibson, a fashion ably attired female, Vile keeper of a brothel, 8, Wil liam-street, Newington -causeway, was charged with being concerned, with two men not in custody, in stealing a gold watch and breast-pin from the per son of Mr. Wm. Stafford, solicitor, 17, Wellington street Nortb, Strand. The prosecutor, a middle-aged man, said that about nine o'clock on Friday night he met with a female in Newington -causeway, and after some con vin•sation he accompanied her to a house kept by the prisoner. Soon after he got in he felt very un well and drowsy. At that time his watch was safe in his waistcoat-pocket, and his gold pin in his shirt. Some time afterwards he was reused up by being violently pulled about, and he then saw the prisoner rifling his pockets, while two men had hold of List. His watch and chain were gone, and as soon as he recovered himself the men rushed out of the house. He detained the female and went to, the front of the house, when a constable came up and he gave her into custody. On returning to the ro om h e picked up his chain. Smith, 72 M, said he was on duty in William street on the night in question, and about 20 minutes past nine he eaw Ur. Stafford in the front garden of No. 8. He called witness and informed him that he had been robbed of his watch and chain and breast pin, and gave the prisoner int o custody. lie was much the worse for liquor. Mr. Combe remanded the prisoner for a week s enable the constable to apprehend the other parties. Mr. Staffbrd then left the court in h is brougham. COUNTRY MA.RNETS. CAMBRIDGE—DEc. 3. _ There was a f a i r supply o f wheat, and , with a rather heavy de man d i n th e trade, w hit e moved off a t 46s to 48.; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. There was not much doing in barley at market ; malting, 40s to 45s ; grinding 25s to to 2 9 . per 30 stone. Oats at 20s to 0 88 for new - old oats , 311 s icis Beans in limited supply, and a goo' d sale to _ to 36; old, —s to —a per 38 stone ; p eas, 408 to 423 pet stone. were maintained, sAufallptliyngofbgraraleiyn.NOTTlNGHAM—DEc. 3. We had a small attendance at to day's market, and a NI . e ‘% x . t h r i e t n e i ewphreiacte7snoofwl7aB4tBsto weak.s3g prices gr inclipi! ii_orts a fair show, and as dear. Oats a small ;how ancl:o T wf h tilti e iri e sa x u t rp r ap e t m liyl c o : p as ? o c fa e od s rym o f olea l r a o s i a t nwdeienk , the w t r o s y; dull sale, at previous rates. Beans a small supply' at t Red do.to 330 40s to 46s Oats, old, .. ...... 27i 5 ,_ 28 , Barley, Old white sos to 55s New do .......... 2 6 : L' . ' . 0 WO- 6 Red do.. Barley, grui . clin' g... 28s to 311 mailing 4 3 2 4 8 s to 4 4 5 85 s B B e ea an ns s, .. n . ................. 4 4 1 3 5 to 4 5, Super. flour, 35s to 39s ; fine, 31s to 330 per. 20 at►na LEICESTER—DEc. 3. There was an average supply of wh eat to-dar, 1.1 fair attendance, and a heavy sale. White wheat, 466t °r gua —red, 40s to 44s per 30 stone; a very fair inquirf f o r ol r .• barley, grinding, 28s to 30s ; ma lting, 40s to 43s pt; the_ oat trade was slow, at q uotations ranging fro 624 32s per 24 stone. Beans a moderate sale, at 44s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 34s I Seconds, 32s I Thirds, 30$ per 20 °WI° NORWICH—DEc. 3. tba Here, to-day, there was rather a full attendance 4 ( trade, and an inactive market. There was a small 4 1, 0 °W 40 o wheat, prices for both old and new were generally i s ,„ -- fair• a n t former rates. The supply of malting barley " 9 /: od fully lbvuhyedre. the currencies of last market. In cas , bew Of th e peas little or no change. Flour the turn iu fol iar - Dist . illin w Malting barley....42s to 48s ICh al" bar1eY..,340 „" ev ler 2 46 to a. Flour, 30s to 30s 6d per sack from the naue" Distilling .... 4 25 7 5 s i t o o 5 27 0 8 s : 0Raetd5.w..h.e.a.t..............,...4..25t0t13.41: YORK—DEc.)3. glu e " ,ion onsm a la ll st sh m o a w rk o e f t w da h y ea . t, M w a i l t t h ing a tsalorwleysawlea,s ju st o;surfosuourp ply at former rates ; grinding qualities the turu is fa fAir of the buyer. Beans were at h ,ic , h prices. I t v business was L ansacted in oats, 4 at former rates. , 4 0 261 Wheat, red .40s to 448 Oats.... ........ -, ,4 : 0 480 White do .44s to 48s Beans .. : ........ s" 445 36s ° Barley .308 to 42s Peas ......... ..• • - Malt, 683 to 70s per qr. ; rye, 305 per 611.' STAMFORD—DEC. a d lias o f le At our market yesterday wheat went at !' on last week's prices, with a tolerable supPIY . A , for sr, demand, realising the extreme prices of last We WI" qualities. In oats not much doing, and late ra maintained. Beans moved off in favour of the se,V A , to 2 Wheat ....... 40s to 46's Oats.. .......... to 60. 4 4 . White do y .. 24865 s to to 465 50 s Ditto, old .. . .rBs t° Earle DUBLIN—DEO. 2. 01 0 oral"' 00 1 Our market was pretty well attended this m whe at r thero was a moderate supply of everything.„, to 6d,r es scarcely supporting Tuesday's rates. Oats 1 - 1 ,,, va litt, barrel cheaper. Barley, except the finest mai"' 01, 41 w, ~„o i ter in favour of the buyer. Indian corn was -"'" 0. 4. ,scarcely any busin ess p ass i ng . 0. d' 19 ° 0 1 0 Do., red 11 0 . 4 Wheat, white 2B •to 31 0 Do., new •••• • 1 3 • 0 27 oto 29 6 Bere ......... 20 oto 1 1 4 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l2 ot o 12 6 Indian corn • • j FOREIGN MAIL PACKET OS despaithei In the following table E signifies that letters by evening mails from London, and M by raorillub .sei. Canada, . .. ppsyb 100io u rtnret,o, a• a v iv wli i g 6t it n u r 4 algu 1 u c 5 ..... ve. 0 1 y evening m A il l s o :,• s o . mLo i ndon, and Mby Ise lllius -Yelti ;Isil - 1 Australia S a T n ill d t o A Ditto, s( M b y a n r e s ea e ln i e l an l d e a s n . p_ Mauritius, c k V t a,) Dec Dec. o m e e efe c ! .. • ......23 1 1 aa 6 2 i 9 i , t , , , , 1 1 :1 ; .2 ' sD 7 S l iie ' vv pu v ' ee to ' r i b i rn:;) oo e:f r P : :. : vec.D PV 7 e°.6l : l4° Bahamas and Havana i ' utiio : o l . . P a °. : 4 :- C C h aP in e a, ol P G en o an i g liaonpde:AasiNceenw Dec. , v v i a t a Marseilles ' Southampton . Sings .. . t ort J/i ' ll. i . ~ .. .s: LllGnnilDpap. sddbmbiiiiri :aottaptttnloootht:i:aucvnlrvvoa, , via viaae Marseilles it a S a r o ) s u ea t in h l dl a e m ac p u t : H v o i n a d s u o ra u s ti a i n m d p ß to le n wtields o . n Dec.el7, )1 SoathalnP % „ 13 00 ' Dec. 10 E ............ ,A z l y s ,,p l a t n , ds and peel Dec. 12, M Southern'. ix& enos Ayres, Dec.- Id ........... • s tn m ad p t ei t s c ) 1 n aa De s. i Aden, via elliP• p e e. ' : N e A w m fo e u r i i: :l a I a (by n d - . • ...• ......• nO• Oporto Dec. 7, M SSounttl..----a-livr 91)et° 1 Dec. -; M South a Y n a d na ßritish N i British packet) , D p e e c e. -, 1), : Dec. -, N Galway .. 6 , Dee' :i t usa (I L_ r 1 l i esaa s ixnolbttiudeosedto,o}h,E,Saa.B r i t i m a a z a , Liver.• • ...- d D c i i t r t a o , (by and U. e S n . e p ri a ir c e k et)„ . . ea 10 . West India, California, Venc- E LiverP°°l.. /4 el West Coast of Africa, Ma- Dec.ec 7. zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- Dec. 23 P Pe°. town, New Granada, ,Szc. iDcc. 17, 31 Sou eWRf„II of n d coal; c ligLhLtsA HonourableN D BE cl t rjEoshTns Earl.— Th o e f will it.- lan a, ... • 4 G.C.8., G.C.H., were proved in Lolnlrdeognfiglell°re.theD2o6:gerbjf November, by the Right Hon. Priscilla AUF' ° ' The r o e Countess of W.stmoreland, the solo executrix: ... d 00 ~ d, sonalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. Th e tit? " 0 , 1 of descend to the fourth, being the eldest, surviveliglit 1.,.,, 1° ,1, late earl, heretofore Lord Burghersh, now ti „tooror.„4 Francis William Henry, twelfth Earl of l''' e' do issa I . The will was made in 1842. His lordship 10'1 ~, tOW II.II SII I bequeathed all his disposable estates, Inal, ° `';',eute' fi er villages, and parishes in Yorkshire to his -fa mid rty loaves her tho residue of all other his estates, ! As ted o f tonal, absolutely. His lordship, in his codicil:4.'l, ei un 12th of April, 1855, at Vienna, ' has begne atil t he Oslo 1 £17,000 in the Bank of Englan, standing o fei ter fronl to the countess, together with any money due „ i t „ ro ingt., °/1 / i.e . t affects of hor late mother, the Countess of rra i'" es of Vi l lo obiml:alsaaay,rnr)l3,deeelivllillaeessßeultohn: D DDD ee: .1 3. ~' 1:EI .............. t t . bl; am ar n ' 1 n • pPi. •: • ~..0 ed . 1 , 1) e o . be divided at the decease of his wife, the C ° " t i e eeva li Se moreland, into three parts ; two-thirds ", - Foe, big youngest son, the Hon. Julian Henry Ch,trinhird and cretary of Legation at Vienna ; and the e we. f oe ; mo b, daughter, the Hon. Lady Rose Sophia 113,50 0 ,_,t - v b 0 bequeaths to his said son Julian a legeei °1 ".„ that 'Lille' bequests are to be over and above any r'l °lle '' by O i l - coming to his said younger son and daug,,.ht er , di la' g ment or provision. -Illustrated Londex fie tc. .. -Jab° - , it bias IS CONSUMPTION INCURABLE ?--111‘- . v oo lo g under Consumptive Maladies, and faillil le ' ( od f i e • suffered from) the ravages of ConsumPtie6te 01' 1 10 family in the empire is there who ho not , e 7) will ~,„ loss caused by this scourge of the human rau tito tion 0 ; 16 a satisfactory answer to the question, `D= . e f i V i s is ft i jilk curable," in an original article by .„,-- rabr.% 6 4111 M.D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square. " • n eoo7 ei f the "Household Physician," in numbers, W o r t to Illa by G. Berger, 19, Holywell-street, Strand. P .° • 0 0 irce Cocoa.-This ac i A lo y D A . g r V . E RTISEMENT.I -EPP a' S 010 131 / , till° pil l ;c l e h rs is at is. 6d ed . packets. Each packet is labelled " Janos BPP S ' , pathic chemist, London." preparation a l r b a . t , i li n [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway('silllitlifalb:lndadil:ne:th-1:11e13211:id:1:-1: Confidence.-To expect for merely asking t a l trher toi li .:tbs another would be unreasonable, but for th rra d i s ere",, t l 0 of lieve his own senses would be madness. ''' . 0. all P a O. celebrity obtained by Holloway's medicines 1 A thog giA. s the world is to doubt the united testirnonl y ears,° dul l ; , Their virtues have been tested for tweed sinst ill .evs which period no single charge has No invalid, after a fair trial, has found thourrhe conb l t ee his pain, or completely curo his diseaso.dis'ardefe, tool action of the Oinement and Pills, in a ll ' , ere on irresistible 5 irresistible to be withstood. All who try them them their entire confidence, and are never ul" been wade ag ainst toir e %ol the BIRTH S. .6treo•' COURTOWN.-On the lit inst. , at 16, arafton Countess Courtown, of a sou. w ife of Dieu t. MAeGEouun.-On the 2d inst., at Bath, the Nort li Col. Mac George, of a son. Brixton, RowSELL.—On Drayto ll- t e auv TTRRELL.-On the 2d inst., at , ton, Mrs. Wm. Tyrrell, of a son. Mrs. the Een j3admiinnstilmavtsolu, ,Ilocfhaesstoeur:rrpls_7l3roor MARRIAGBS• ref t-terrab -1 Rog an burg PoETI-nbPuirtgth7GLEid.-conOnrtohtto, 2E9sthq.u, lytr.,.,lf3l):oAl;dditwoj,illit shire, to Janet Hunter, widow of the late initi Esq., M.D., of Borgne, Kirkcudbright. at Tr r t 1 t inst., , if plbe STRATTON-KINGSTON. -On the is- , 0 1v , • .s(1 1, Church, Westbourne-terrace, Liout.-Cmo_Ara.too, s . , obert c t t . _ 0 Stratton, 6th Regt., second son of R A m es g e 6, 1 1 7 ete 4l of Dibden Lodge, Hants, to Louisa lklarY , '-' Gloucester' ter of John Kingston, Esq., of Hyde-park. .:gs, ADDENSItOOK DEATFIS. ~ ° Wat►~ widow of the ,____E late Henry Addenbrooke, Esq. souls lii_L_W T n.—On the Ist inst., suddenly, at Bath, E.—On the 30th ult., at Chettenhatn, ltracioo ner' Guards, agEesdqs.,B.formerly Captain In. the 6th FELLOWF ' 3 'B. IFi: . E. A: ylu.:s o rec torN . 0 0 0 n n t tthhee;luti;;.ntusotin.t,;,ai.ttietedthit7erre.svidaennicoei o r f l e l erog is ti ,, b s ,:cd: s} • ther, 9, Ludgate-street, Mr. Benjamin felloW ) " Cottage,On P t the Park -road, t , . ~ Ralston,Jon at 11 a a Jonathan e dN;?:, Sil, Of Oft° 33 , _ i N SI a N :i t ' 0 0 N E . —d Edward I n i t the c3nOtsihnugitto.n,,suEdtsqle.nly! KE rOSia el3e° J o ! theYmbridge- terrace, Miss 11. S. Kensington, r ' 1 - 1, PP '-' MILLS.—On the 2d inst 't Il ton giddlosex, Mills E ~ a amp , f , sq., aged 77. ~,i park lici' SIVF ' .w ntuuT.—On the 2d inst., at PO 4 -1. - 110: 1 /1° Reading, John Sivewright, Esq., deputy-lieut. gistrate for the counties of 13orks and Ox o n. at her , _voter Ar 0 4(49 LONDON : Printed and Published by Muli)," -1 tat of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at Ths Sun Ofllee, P ty o f Strand, in the Precinct of 'tile Savoy, in th e COlgi iddlegal Monday, December 6, 1859' koti ( *Mei It s ov 1211 `14 .11' e. 1.111 I A*. 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