The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK ON RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. A Popgun has just be — en fired off by that dear old friend and delightful familiar of us all—George Cruikshank ! It has discharged itself in the shape of a capital little paper pellet, and has been aimed so truly, with such a keen eye and such a steady hand, by this rare marksman (one who, though still in the meridian prime of his career, has now for the best part of half a century been shooting folly as it flies)—that the aforesaid "paper-pellet" cannot pos sibly fail to hit the bull's-eye, or, in other words, to catch the eye (and the fancy too, for that mat ter) of Mr. BULL and a large part of his very nu merous Family. It is, if not apropos des bottes, certainly, beyond a doubt of it, apropos of the knickerbockers, the wide-awakes, and all the rest of the. good, serviceable warlike paraphernalia of the Rifle Volunteers. As to the sparkling letter precis of the pamphlet, we can certainly give a goodly taste of that,by quotation. But as to the illustrative woodcuts—whose pencil can possibly give any ade que.te notion of that Fowling Piece " Going Off! " or of the truth of the old adage, that— " He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day." A spectacle quite of the old school, when each particular (pigtail) stands on end"—or of sundry other pictorial whimsicalities here pencilled by our inimitable George Cruikshank. If any one wants to see George himself still in all his glory as a comic draughtsman—(as a writer in the current number of the Dublin Universilylliagazine dubs him quite truthfully "the prince and paragon of all English caricaturists")—let them turn to that page of this pamphlet of the " Popgun," in which the artist is represented in propria persona, tweaking delicately with a pair of tongs the nose of an of fending publisher. As to the pamphlet itself—here is the pith or marrow of its timely argument : Not only did the men in 1803 form themselves into regiments of volunteers, but the boys of that day did so likewise, and my brother, and who was my elder by three years, formed one of these juvenile regiments, and appointed himself the colonel. We had our drum and our fife, our " colours" presented by our mammas and sisters, who also assisted in making our accoutrements. We also procured small " gun stocks," into which we fixed mop-sticks for barrels, kindly polished by Betty, with a tinge of black-lead, to make 'em look like real bar rels. The boys watched their fathes drill; and, "as the old cock crows the young one learns," so we children followed in the steps of our papas, and we were ready for inspection quite as soon as our elders, and could march in good order, to have our " field-day," from Bloomsbury Church to the fields where Russell and Tavistock squares now stand. This account of my " playing at soldiers . ' may appear to be rather trifling and nonsensical, but just see what it has done for me. Why, by my learning the manual exercise with my mop-stick gun, when a boy, and at the same time learning how to " march," " countermarch," and to " mark time," to " wheel" and to " face," &c., it has made me —aye, me, G. C.—fit and able to handle a musket or a rifle, and to fall into the ranks of an infantry regiment at a moment's notice. I make this assertion with confidence, for when as a young man I joined a rifle company, I found that I re quired no drilling ; the only additional knowledge necessary was to understand the " calls" of the bugle and the whistle, which, with the rifles, are used instead of the " word of command" when skir mishing; and I can say, having previously learnt to prime, and load, and fire, and hit a mark, that I was a tolerable rifleman in one week after I had entered. The fact is that learning the military exorcise when young is like learning to dance, or to ride, or to row, or to swim, or to fence, or to box at an early age ; and when these very im portant parts of male education or training are acquired in boyhood, they are never forgotten. If a boy has been taught to dance he never for gets how to dance, and soon acquires a new step or learns a new figure ; also, if when grown to man hood, although he may not have crossed a horse for years, he never forgets how to hold his bridle, and soon finds his "deep seat" even upon a restive horse; and farther, that although not having swam for years, should he by accident fall into the water, he swims; and so the same with rowing, fencing, box ing, marching, or firing. We all know that early pleasurable impressions, as well as very' disagreeable ones, are never effaced ; and, as "playing at soldiers" does strongly engage the youthful mind, it is quite clear, as in my case, that if every boy in these realms was taught the military exercise as I was, they would, as they grew up to manhood, require little or no training to make them sufficiently effective for defence ; and if the whole male population of this country capable of bearing arms were to be in such a condition, in such " fighting order," thei e never would be any fighting at all, for no nation, or all the nations combined to gether, would never even so much as dream of in vading a country where they would have a difficulty of landing hundreds of thousands of their men, who would have to meet millions and millions of well trained and well-organised men to oppose them, to say nothing of the tossing, and bumping, and scrap ing they would be likely to get in getting over " the wooden walls of Old England." If, then, our people could be thus trained, and always prepared, and always " on guard," we might then go on with our several occupations without interruption, and this, in fact,' is all that John Bull requires ; and as to his thinking of invading any neighbour, depend upon it you will never catch him leaving off his rugular work to undertake such a job as that. The world must indeed be turned upside down before we, as a people, could dream of such an outrage. Every one will, of course, agree in the desirability of our country being in the state of security as I have shown to be possible ; but as " what is everybody's business is nobody's business" —and as London would have been destroyed by fire over and over again had people not been compelled by act of parliament to build party walls to protect themselves and their neighbours—so I apprehend in this case where it is for the common security of all, the people must pass an act to compel them selves to adopt some inexpensive and comprehen sive plan, to place their persons and their property beyond the reach of danger. As these pages are put hurriedly together, I do not now offer any defined plan to carry out this notion of juvenile military training, but every youth capable of bearing arms, at a given age, should be compelled to present himself before the proper au thorities for enrolment. The Government would have little to do except to organise and regulate the machinery of the movement. The boys themselves would be too glad to get to the military play grounds to " play at soldiers" for the sake of the recreation and the healthful exercise. After a time they would be shown how arms should be used and handled, but not trusted in their hands until they understood them well, and were old enough to take care of themselves and of others. Fire arms are dangerous things to handle, unless people know how to do so properly, and then there is, I might almost say, no danger. But every one, boy and man, ought to be most strongly impressed with the folly and the danger of playing with fire-arms. Many a life has been destroyed in this way, and numbers of dreadful accidents of this sort crowd upon my memory at this moment. I may mention one that occurred next door to my father's house. A gentleman (a volunteer) unfortunately left his gun loaded in the corner of the room where his wife was sitting, their son, a little boy, came in, and taking up the gun, which he was hardly able to level, said, playfully, "Mother, I'll shoot you!" and he did shoot her, for the gun was loaded with ball, and she fell dead upon the floor. There should be some severe laws passed to pre vent, if possible, such accidents, and I think it ought to be made a criminal act to point or present the muzzle of a gun or pistol at any one, leaded or unloaded. When military men or sportsmen have not the opportunity of discharging their last charge, then the cap should be removed, the charge with drawn, and the ramrod made to ring well in the barrel —every well-trained man does this—and then you may give the gun or the pistol to a child to play with, in as far as that which, whilst loaded, contained death, if unloaded , is perfectly harmless ; and we know too well that there is hardly a shooting season passes over without somebody accidentally shooting himself or his friend,wahthi this is ainly be cause they were not taught, it in their childhood how a real load'eamopstick gun I f s nun ought to be carried, so that, in fact, many Pe o ll a o .stie e l a c rry their fowling-piece as if it were but arn It may be urged in reply to m y grand scheme , that the rifle corps now formi ng will, w i t h th e standing army, be all that is required for the pur poses of defence at any tixie. So far this may b e allowed, as for the present (that is when they are well trained), and for a few years hence, say 10 or 15 ; but if we may calculate for the future by what has happened to similar associations, we may be certain, if the fe it of invasion should entirely cease, that these rifle regiments will fall off, and cease also, as did the volunteer regiments of former days, when the real danger of their day was over. For a time all goes on with spirit, it is something new, as well as national ; but should all appearance of dan ger disappear, there will be very few if any new members join, and as the old members die off or retire, or are dispersed by circumstances, so the regiment dwindles into inefficiency. The Government during the last war with France were most anxious to keep those volunteers in an effective state, as it enabled them to send into ac tive service the regular troops if required, but it was a difficult matter to do this. Regiments who at the time of the "Threat" mustered 1,000, or 1,200, or 1,400 strong, had fallen away to less than half their original number. Any very important or particular occasion brought out ah that were left of them, such, for instance, as the grand review in Hyde-park to be given in honour of our grand visitors, the Emperor Alexander of Russia and General Blucher, and a number of foreign princes and general officers, who all came to this country after the allies had entered Paris, and the Bourbons had been received by the French nation. Our regiment, the Loyal North Britons, being commanded by a royal duke (his Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex), had the post of honour, next to the royal troops, and as I had the honour of being present upon that occasion, I can assure my friends that we made a very respectable mili tary appearance, and that the pop, pop, pop of our feu -de-joie was as regular as the pop, pop, pop of the regulars. But when we marched in review past the Prince Regent, his imperial visitor, and the crowd of general officers, I remember feeling a con siderable degree of chagrin at the palty appearance we made in point of numbers, and wished most heartily that these foreigners could have seen the " mobs" of volunteers, as they had mustered in that park in 1803 and 1804. After this review, our men retired from the ser vice, or rather went about their business, little imagining that they would have been called out again ; but they did rally round their colours once more, when Napoleon or " Corporal Violet," as he was then designated, returned from Elba. But, after the battle of Waterloo, and the apparent re establishment of the Bourbons, the British people awl the Government seemed to think that there never could be any more risk of invasion—that fighting was quite done with everywhere, and that, at any rate, we were safe to the end of time—that they had been assisting in the completien :of some great work, which being now finished, the volun teers gave back their tools—fire-arms—to the Go vernment, conceiving that the swords were to be turned into ploughshares and the spears into prun ing-hooks. I have shown how the volunteer movement of 1803 began, how it flourished, how it went off, and became extinct. At this time, however, it is thought that these rifle corps will be kept up so as to form a permanent and efficient force ; but from my experience in these matters, and from a tole rable knowledge of tho strong business character of our people, I doubt this, and believe that in a few yeare hence, if all goes on quietly, and all appre hension of attack should cease, that these regiments will disperse and merge into mere shooting clubs, and who thus, in case of emergency, could give but trifling assistance to our regular force ; and then there would be the same national spirit displayed, the same fuss, and the same long time required in organising, and in the mean time an enemy might pay us a visit before we were ready to receive him. And I would, therefore, here call the attention of the public to the sound military advice given by one of the greatest generals we ever had, or the world has ever seen, viz., his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who when alive was constantly urging upon the country the absolute necessity of being armed and prepared at all times to encounter a fo reign war, come from what quarter it might. Whatever feelings of anger I might have had against General Napier, when I took this " Popgun" in hand, have been fired off in the few pellets di rected against the officer, for whose very name and family I have the highest respect ; and I should not now return to the charge had he not in his hasty letter attempted to pay a compliment to the present3volunteers at the expense of their papas and grandpapas, and I therefore proceed to see upon what grounds he attempts to raise one body of volunteers by depreciating the other body of volunteers. In the first place, let us consider of what material and machinery an army is composed, and in the next place, the nature and character of the country in which it is to act. One system of tactics cannot be applied to all kinds of land and climate, and when a commander is about to campaign in a foreign land, it is most important that he should, as far as possible, make himself acquainted with its nature and peculiarities, and the mode of fighting adopted by its people. I could point to several cases where our army have failed in accomplishing the object of their attack, and others where there has been a great sacrifice of life, with very little or no advan tage, solely from a want of the proper knowledge upon these points. From the various well-intentioned letters which have lately appeared in the public press upon our national defences it appears to me that many of the writers have not a very distinct idea of the require ments necessary to constitute a regiment of infantry soldiers. Now, as I understand it, a regiment may be described as a sort of machine worked by words composed of (we will say) 1,000 separate parts, which are brought together by a word, or dispersed by a word ; it has 2,000 eyes, 2,000 hands and arms, and 2,000 legs and feet, all of which should tarn and move simultaneously, to form in line, to wheel to the right, to the left, to move forward, to move backward, to go on, to stop, to form into squares, right lines, and angles, to kneel, to lie down, to get up, to go at " slow time," at " quick time," at double-quick time," to rush forward, to retreat, always in a compact line or mass, and if part of the machine should fall off, the other parts to take its place, and so on ; and all this time the hands are to handle that machine with a sharp point (the bayo net), called a gun, with uniform rapidity, at the word of command, and those machines, or regi ments, who can go through all the required move ments with the greatest rapidity, precision, firmness, and promptitude, are the best trained soldiers. The volunteers of fcrmer days were trained after this fashion, and dressed after the fashion of the regulars, i.e., in red ; and this is an important mat ter, in order that all should know who is on their side by the uniform, for fear there might be some firing upon our own men ; and again, supposing, for the sake of argument, that the volunteer may not be able to stand his ground as well as the re gular soldier—if this, in fact, offers a point of weak ness—it is surely not desirable to draw the enemy's attention to that portion of our forces. Our national military colour is red; but now, for these rifle regiments, grey seems to be the order of the day. This neutral colour may be the most preferable, as less exposing the man as a mark to the enemy; and if so, old England's soldiers ought all to turn grey. There are the " Scotch Greys," why not the English ? But if the regulars retain their scarlet, and these rifles their grey, then the volunteers ought all to have the same sort of hats or caps, in order that our men might know them, as the sailors say, by the " cut of their jib," and not mistake them for enemies. _ But there are other qualifications required to make what is called a " good soldier" besides j dis cipline, and those are, a good proportion of physi cal strength, firmness of mind, coolness of udg ment,:and courage of heart. Now all these requi sities a volunteer may have equal, if not in a superior degree, to some of the regulars ; and the only reason why he may not be quite so effective as the regular is that in one case it is the regular pro fessor, in the other it is the amateur ; but if the amateur is to be of any real service, he must be disciplined so as to be able to take his position by the side of the regulars in the battle-field as one of an infantry regiment. Riflemen are no doubt, in the present d a y, a mos t i mportan t arm o f th e ser vice, to go out skirmishing at the proper time ; but the idea of t wo or th ree h un d re d th ousan d skir mishers is something to m e su p reme ly r idi cu lous. Plumping shots into tho enemy at half a mile dis tance, as the genera l recommends, and then run ning back for protection of the Armstrong guns, that make sure to hit at a range of two miles, these are " long shots," and no doubt far superior to the old short shots. " Longrange," that fires and runs away, Will live to fire another day; But " short shot," that's in the battle slain, Will never rise to fire again.—Longshanks. I do not deny the long range; but in this hill and dale country it would be necessary to pick out your ground, and select a clear day for the pur pose, tor you cannot always in this climate see very clearly half a mile off, much less two miles. Be sides, how long is this firing to last ?—until the enemy gains a position ? If so, look out for his " long range." I do not wish in any way, as I have before stated, to disparage or underrate the advantage of having good riflemen and good long shots, but let us mark this fact, that no nation can be free and independent whose people are not able to meet an invader in the open field, and fight him there, and beat him there ! Ave, kick him out of the field. Popping from behind hedges and ditches, and stone walls, are all very well in their way, but cannot secure the liberty of a country. The Spaniards did all that sort of thing - very well when they rose against the French, who had taken possession of their country ; the but be it recollected that it was the Englishman, Scotchman, the Welshman, and the Irish man, commanded by Wellington and other British generals,field, who met the F r enchm en i n th e o pen and ultimately secured the independence of Spain to her people We are all lions,. , of know—British lions. The lion is the champiort.y England. But when I say all, I think I must qualify that, and confess that there are some of u s who are not the true lion, for there is an animal in thi s the lion, and who thinks himself that is very like of our one, but he is not thorough-bred ; some naturalists class him with another animal. But the courage of all THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1860, sorts of our lions who might come into the field is undoubted ; nevertheless, with those who are not properly trained, there is the chance of a panic. There is always danger in over-rating our own powers ; and the following little anecdote will show that even " British lions" have been known to run away in a panic. At the commencement of the present century (when the French were showing the world what ' real liberty was, by guillotining their own people) many public meetings were held in this country for the purpose of promulgating these new and grand ideas, and a very popular orator, whose name was Thelwall, called a meeting in the fields north of London for this purpose. This meeting was at tended by some 20,000 persons. Thelwall's power ful and eloquent address aroused the feelings of his audience to a state of enthusiasm, and when he told them he felt assured that they would, as men and Britons, when called upon to stand up for their rights and liberties, show to the world the charac teristic firmness and courage of Britons upon such an occasion, his speech was interrupted with loud and determined cheers, when suddenly a cry was raised of " Here's the sogers ; the s o gers is coming!" Oh! oh! oh! Off they started, the whole mass of men ! The Britons that were to stand so firm and show the world their courage, off they went, com pletely panic-struck, slap dash, at full speed, over hedges and ditches, tumbling one over the other, losing hats, shoes, &c., and rolling in the ditches, when, after a few minutes, it was discovered to be a false alarm — no f°sogers" were coming, for only one solitary soldier, who had been induced to attend the meeting, made his appearance over a bank ; and m y father, who was present for the purpose of making a sketch of the meeting, &e., and was one of the few who did not run, used to declare that the extraordinary expression of surprise on this soldier's countenance, as he looked at the flying mob, wondering what on earth could be the mat ter, was a sight well worth seeing, and never to be forgotten. The fields, the very spot here alluded to, are now the " Regent's Park," in crossing which the other day I observed a flock of sheep scampering across the green sward, and though this sort of thing is common enough with the " Batt Lambs," I could see no cause for their terror—no dog, no boy; but as they scampered off again I discovered that the cause of their alarm was a bit of torn paper, lifted and drifted by the wind ! Alas ! alas ! thought I, how little difference there is between the mutton and:the man, and how many lives have been lost from causes as trivial and absurd as this piece of paper and that of the single soldier ! I do not mean to insinuate, by what I have just described, that the volunteers of this day would run away, or be panic-struck, any more than I be lieve that the volunteers of 1803 would have " cut and run," or run 'without cutting, as the General declares they would have done. There is no dif ference between the men of that day and the men of this. But lam certain that this mode of train ing a large body of men merely as riflemen or skirmishers is a mistake ; and this mode of fight ing, this popping off and running back—we will suppose of some thousands of men—and allowing them to be (which I very much doubt) safe from the pursuit of cavalry, having half-a-mile the start, yet they would find this to be very " hard service." The very sight of thousands of men running away from a pursuing cavalry would of itself be enough to create a panic ; but almost certain to produce this result should there happen to be a few donkey lions in the field who had nothing else to trust to but their " mother wit" and their legs. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. STATE OF THE KING'S COUNTY. The disorganised state of the King's County and the spread of the Riband conspiracy have compelled the magistrates to hold a meeting with a view of taking such measures as may tend to restore tran quillity. The proceedings were conducted in private, but the correspondent of Saunders's Newsletter sup plies the following brief sketch of the deliberations within doors : " PARSONSTOWN, Saturday Night.—ln conse quence of the commission of several serious and daring outrages in the barony of Clonlish a meeting of the magistrates of the Shinrone and Moneygall petty sessions districts was held at Shinrone some weeks ago, when it was agreed to send'a requisition, signed by seven magistrates, to the clerk of the peace to convene a meeting of the magistrates of the county to consider the propriety of applying to the Lord-Lieutenant to augment the police force of the county, pursuant to the provisions of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 13, sec. 12. The Government hav ing declined to seod down to the disturbed district additional police, under the provisions of the ' Act for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage,' this being the first day of criminal business at Quarter Ses sions here, was fixed for holding the meeting. At one o'clock Mr. Blake, Q.C., chairman of the county, and the following magistrates, assembled in chamber, viz. :—The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosse, Lieutenant of the county ; Hon. Laurence Parsons, Col. Hon. J. C. Westenra, D.L., Lieut.- Col. Bernard, D.L., Lieut.-Colonel Drought, D.L., Messrs. Thos. Hackett, D.L., J. F. Rolleston, D.L., Harry Trench, Jonathan Darly, John Warburton, Sandford Palmer, P. O'Brien, M.P., G. Garvey, J. P. Armstrong, John Bennett, John D. Lauder, James Rolleston, Joseph Hutchinson, Ralph Smith, Thomas Brereton, R.M., and the Rev. Joseph Mar shall. Mr. Wray, county inspector of constabulary, was also present, and the several sub-inspectors stationed in the southern division of the county were in- attendance. Mr. Blake, as chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, presided. Lord Rosse, and several of the magistrates, ad dressed the meeting, and alluded to the prevalence of crime in the barony of Clonlish, &c., but, as the representatives of the press were not admitted, a detailed report cannot be given. Several subjects connected with the non-detection of crime, and the organisation of the police force, &0., were discussed. It was proposed to augment the police force by 30 men, but this proposition was negatived on a divi sion. It is stated that Mr. O'Brien, M.P., opposed any addition to the police force of the county, as he was of opinion that if more friendly relations existed between landlords and tenants, and a fair, just, and equitable system of tenant-right were adopted and exercised, it would tend more to the permanent peace of the county than any police force, no matter how large or how efficient it might be. After con siderable discussion, a resolution was passed apply ing to have an augmentation of 15 men to be added to the force of the county, to be located in the barony of Clonlish. It was proposed that the ex pense of this increase should be borne by the county at large ; but an amendment, to have the expense thereof defrayed by the barony of Clonlish, was carried on a division. This is the result of the meet ing so far as has transpired." ARMING THE Undaunted by the defective state of the law which bars all parties in Ireland from participating in the volunteer movement, the people of Cork are about making an experiment with a view of bring ing the matter to an issue. A local paper (the Constitution) states that preparations are making for the formation of a rifle corps for the city and county, and the parties promoting it intend imme diately placing themselves in communication with the authorities, in order that the necessary powers may be obtained to carry out the object. It is added that the Mayor of Cork has signified his readiness to subscribe £l,OOO towards the expenses, and donations to a very large amount have been promised in case the corps is established. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. UD to the present there are no tidings of Mr. Hugh Massey O'Grady, the High Sheriff elect for the county of Limerick, whose unaccountable dis appearanco was mentioned some days since. The family have offered a reward of £5O for such infor mation as may give a clue to his discovery. SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE. The papers report at the average length the pro ceedings of another pro-Papal demonstration held yesterday in Carlow. It was the old story repeated for the twentieth time. Bishop Walsh (Ossory) figured again as chairman, and, of course, repeated his speech at Kilkenny for the instruction of his Carlow sympathisers. The right rev. prelate and Father Maher, the celebrated parish priest of Graigue, had quite a monopoly of the oratory. The names of the other speakers are altogether unkno .vn to fame, at least beyond the boundary of the county town. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE. The London quotations indicating an advance of L in the value of the funds, a like improvement took place here in the New Three per Cent. Stock, which were firm at 95 for money ; there were no deal ings in Consols for either money or account. City lkbentures (deferred) 4 per cent. of £92 Gs. 2d. changed hands at 82- l i , the last rate—closing buyers. Band Stock and shares were inactive, and there were no transactions. The same remark applies to steam shares. There were buyers of Carysfort Mining Company, short paid, at 10s. 6d., the pre vious quotation ; Connorrce were offered at 175., the former price, buyers at IGs. 16d. The market for railway shares was affected by the general heaviness that prevailed, and comparatively little business was done. Belfast and Ballymena realised the previous value, 43—with sellers at the:close. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Martin Zuckzyta,66, shoemaker, was indicted for cutting and wounding Jonas Chaplin, with intent. Mr. Langford prosecuted; Mr. Sleigh defended. The prosecutor, a coaldealer, stated that upon the 3d of November he was hating some refreshment at a beer•shop in the Hackney-road, and was reading the paper, The prisoner was also at the bar, and without any quarrel, stabbed the prosecutor in the chest with a penknife, and left it sticking in the wound, For the defence it was shown that the prisoner, who is a Pole, had always been a very quiet and inoffensive man, but that since his wife's death his manners had become strange mid unsettled. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding, and he was sentenced to six months' im prisonment. _ _ - Joseph Pomeroy, 40, carpenter, and Elizabeth Sophia Pomeroy, 40, dressmaker, were indicted for feloniously making counterfeit sixpences. Mr. Ellis and Mr. J. P. Doyle prosecuted, and Mr. W. Cooper and Mr. M'Donnell defended. It appeared that on Dec. 13 Inspectors Brennan, Bryant, and other constables, went to 16, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell, and in a room upstairs found the female engaged making bad coin, and all the different implements used by coiners. The male prisoner, who is the woman's husband, was taken into custody at a beer-shop opposite, and when taken into the room, tried to destroy the things which the police had taken possession of. The woman said that he had driven her to do it, and used to beat her when she did not get enough made for him, and that he had sent their child to the Colney Hatch Asylum. The female prisoner had been tried at Maidstone and suffered, eight months' imprison ment for passing bad money, and was also tried with the male prisoner at this court for coining, when he was acquitted, the defence then being that the female made the coin unknown to him, and he was acquitted. The defence now set up for the man was that the female prisoner was a most dissolute character, and he had upon several occasions turned her from his home, and had locked her out all night, and that she, in connection with another woman, named Clarke, had made the bad coin when her husband was from home, he at that time being engaged by his brother, a builder. The male prisoner was at the time of this occurrence, and previously, chairman of the anti-strike committee, and corresponding with the papers and the masters to bring about a settle ment of the dispute between them and the workmen. Evidence to these facts, and also to show that the man had borne a good character, was given. To answer to this, Inspector Brennan was called, and he said that years ago the male prisoner was under suspicion of having stolen some tools, and he (Brennan) having occasion then to search the room occupied by him, found coiner's implements, and the metal from which bad money was [made, and upon a subsequent occasion searching a room from which he had escaped, he also found that coining had been carried on there. The female, in her defence, sail that her husband first taught her to make bad money, and always knew when she made it. The jury fouud them both guilty. Inspector Brennan said that the male prisoner was one of the worst men he knew. Upon nine occasions he traced coining implements to his pos session. His bad conduct had driven his daughter mad, and brought the woman by his side to her present miserable condition. The Court sentenced the man to ten years' penal servitude, and respited the judgment on the female, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 2. LAMBETH.—SUSPECTED ROBBERY BY AN EX POLICEMAN.—Thomas Townsend, an ex-policeman, belonging to the M division, and Ann Townsend, his danghter, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of being concerned in a robbery at the dwelling-house of Mr. J. R. B. Watson, a gentleman residing at 2, Pelham-place, Holland road, Brixton, and stealing therefrom jewels, prin cipally of Indian manufacture, of the value of £l5O. Mr. Watson deposed that the female prisoner had been in his service for about six months, and that on the morning before he left home with Mrs. Wat son to spend the day at St. John's-wood, leaving the prisoner in charge of the house. At about 11 o'clock he received information that his house had been robbed, and on reaching home found that the front bedroom and nursery had been entered apparently by thieves, and everything in a state of perfect con fusion. He found that a wardrobe in the bedroom had been forced open by a chisel, as well as Mrs Watson's jewel•case, and all the jewels taken there. from. They consisted of ear-rings, rings, bracelets, and other articles, to the amount of £l5O. On comparing some chisels which he had in a tool-box in the kitchen, he (Mr. Watson) found them to cor respond exactly with the marks on the wardrobe and other articles forged open, and this circumstance excited his suspicion. The box of the nurse was broken open, but that of the prisoner was un touched. _ Mr. Ellaby, a solicitor, residing two doors from Mr. Watson, said that about 7 o'clock on the night before the male prisoner came to his house and requested to see him, and on his going to the door to him, he said that Mr. Watson's house had been entered by thieves, and asked him to accompany him there. He did so, and on going up to the street door he was careful in looking if there were any marks of dirty feet, as the roads were exceedingls muddy, but could perceive nothing of the sort. He also examined the back part of the house to see if he could discover the traces of footsteps from there, but could not. The male prisoner told him he had been asked to come and take care of the house with his daughter, and had gone there about half-past five, but did not go in ; that he told his daughter that he had to go to Kennington to see his brother, and asked her whether she would go with him, and she did so ; that they got back as soon as the bells had done ringing. When they were about to sit down, he told his daughter that before :doing so they had better see that all was safe, as he did not observe her shut the back drawing-room door, which was then a-jar. That they went over the house, which they found in confusion. The pri soner volunteered to go to the police-station, and went, he (Mr. Ellaby) stopping in the house with the female prisoner until he saw a constable going past, and called him in. He next locked up the principal rooms, taking the keys with him, and went home, but subsequently returned with the in spector of police. The male prisoner then informed the inspector and himself that on returning to the house with his daughter he found a glove on the hall table, which excited his suspicion, though he had not uttered a word of this before, but merely said to his daughter, " Before we sit down, let us see that all is safe." He (Mr. Ellaby) put some questions to the female prisoner, and she declared positively that she had not been out of the house the whole day, except when she accompanied her father to see her uncle. The witness went on to state a number of things which left no doubt what ever on his mind that the robbery had been com mitted by the prisoners, and them alone; and amongst other things he said that there was in a small vessel on the toilet table in the bedroom, from which• the principal part of the property had been stolen, a massive ring and some apparently valuable shirt-studs, and on his expressing his sur prise that a practical thief should overlook such an article as the ring, the female prisoner said," Oh, it's only brass." Inspector Molloy, of the P division of police, said that on the evening before the male prisoner came to the Brixton station-house, and said that his daughter was servant at the house of Mr. Watson, a gentleman in the neighbourhood, and that the house had been robbed. On questioning him on the sub ject, he said that about half-past five he went to the house, told his daughter he had to go to see his brother, and asked her if she wished to accom pany him there ; that his daughter had pulled down the blinds and placed a lighted candle in the hall, and went to her uncle's with him, and that on their return in about three-quarters of an hour they found the place in a state of confusion. On hear ing what he had to say he (witness) observed that he did not like the appearance of the thing, when the prisoner exclaimed, "Well, it has nothing to do with me—l was not in charge of the house." The female prisoner made a similar statement to her father, and said somebody must have entered the house with a skeleton-key while they were away. While examining the wardrobe he (witness) ob served that it was very strange that only one half . of it had been forced open, upon which the female prisoner said of the part that was untouched, " Oh, that is the place they keep the plate, but they have taken it with them." He made a similar remark respecting several boxes bound with brass, and just the sort of articles that thieves would take for the depository of plate, jewels, or other valuable pro perty-, but which were left untouched, when the prisoner pointed to one as containing only paper, another only domino counters, and others only trifling matters ; and in fact nothing was touched but the drawers and cases containing valuable articles. While examining the marks on the fu mture Mr. Watson recollected having a small ch es t of tools in the kit c hen with th ree Chisels in it of different sites, and on their being fitted to the marks made on the furniture, they fitted to a nicety, and it was also apparent that till three had been used. The male prisoner was asked himself to fit the chisels to the different marks, and in doing so was obliged to admit they fitted to a perfect nicety, but at the same time said the thieves might have got to the chest where the chisels were kept, and taken them for use, as the chest was open. Upon which he (Inspector Molloy) remarked that in all his experience he never knew a housebreaker to bring more than one chisel to effect a robbery, and that it was something new in the art of house breaking for the thieves to find the necessary tools on the premises, and not only so but replacing them where they had been found. The prisoners, who merely denied the robbery, were remanded for a week. WESTMINSTER.—FEMALE INTREPIDITY.—A tall powerful fellow, who gave the name of Charles White, was charged with felony under the following circumstances : Mrs. Sholl, wife of the proprietor of the Crown Stout and Ale Stores, Exeter-court, Chelsea, said that between 9 and 10 on the previous night she had occasion to go up stairs, and found the prisoner coming out of her bedroom. Mr. - Bingham—What did you say to him ? Prosecutrix—l called him a thief, and laid hold of him by his throat and held him. He said, " Let mo go," and struggled violently to escape, and we came down a number of stairs together. I was much hurt, but I still held him tight till my servant and other persons came to my assistance. After he was given in chargeto a policeman I examined the room and found that he had turned the bed over and touch disordered the room, and a brooch, with my husband's likeness in it, had been carried off. Mr. Bingham—lf all women were like Sou we should not have so many thieves. You deserve great credit, indeed. The police proved finding the missing brooch, a wax taper, a jemmy, some skeleton keys, and Luci fer matches on the prisoner. Prisoner was remanded for a week. THE HON. HUGH ROWLEY'S CASE.—Owing to the sudden, and it is to be feared serious illness of Mr. Paynter, through which Mr. Bingham, of Marlborough-street, was called upon yesterday to preside in his stead, it is very improbable that any further proceedings in the case of the Hon. Hugh Rowley will take place at present. HAMMERSMITH.—CURIOUS CHARGE or As- SAULTING THE POLICE.—A young man, named James Farley, was charged before Mr. Ingham under the following somewhat curious circumstances : An old man, named William Plummer, said lie was a housekeeper at Great Grove House, Kensing ton. The prisoner had been lodging there, and on Saturday night he was very obstinate, and would not go to bed. He was obliged to call in the police and give him into custody. (Laughter.) Mr% Ingham inquired of the witness what time he required his lodgers to go to bed at night. The witness said twelve o'clock. Mr. Ingham then asked the witness if the prisoner was really doing anything when he called in the police. _ _ - The complainant said he was only obstinate, and would not go to bed. He wished him to go to bed or leave the house, and as he refused witness called in the police. The witness added that the prisoner was never obstinate before. Mr. Ingham inquired if the police tried to pul the prisoner to bed, Tile complainant replied they did, and he still refused to go to bed. (Laughter.) Police-constable Harrison said he was on duty in High-street, Kensington, about half-past 12 o'clock on Saturday night, when he was called by the com plainant, but he refused to enter unless there was a disturbance. He was accompanied by another con stable, and after waiting a short time they heard a disturbance and the cries of " Police " by the com plainant. They went down stairs into the kitchen, where they found the prisoner creating a disturb ance and swearing. The other lodgers had tried to get him to bed but he refused, and witness then put his hand on his shoulder, and also tried to per suade him to retire. He then flew at witness and struck him in the face and was very violent. They got him up to the top of the stairs, and he then promised to go to bed. They released him, but he immediately ran down into the kitchen. They then took him into custody. Mr. Ingham said it did not appear that he was taken into custody for the assault, but because he refused to go to bed. The constable said he took him into custody like wise for the assault. The prisoner afterwards kicked him and also assaulted the other constable. The complainant, in answer to questions, said it was one of the regulations of the lodging-house that all the lodgers should go to bed at 12 o'clock or be turned out. The prisoner said he did not reach home until 10 minutes after 12 o'clock, and he wanted something to eat. Mr. Ingham told the prisoner that the regulation of going to bed at 12 o'clock was a very necessary one. At first it did appear ludicrous that two con stables should interfere to put him to bed, but that had been explained. He fined him 205., or fourteen days' imprisonment, for the assault. The prisoner was locked up in default. A FOOLISH MOTHER.—Louisa Washbourne, a little girl about 15 years of age, was placed in the dock, charged with stealing a box containing two wax figures for Christmas trees, from the counter of Mrs. Mary Dickenson, the keeper of a fancy re pository in Gloucester-road, South Kensington. It appeared that on Saturday the prisoner took the advantage, finding the shop empty, th e prose cutrix having just steppedinto the parlour at the back, to enter stealthily and to take what first came to hand. The prosecutrix happened to catch the glimpse of a figure quitting the door somewhat hastily, and upon running into the shop she imme diately missed the box and figures, value 4s. 6d., from the counter. She instantly despatched her assistant after the person, and she brought back the prisoner. The box was not found, but in the station the female searcher detected her in the act of swal lowing some pieces of wax. They were afterwards shown to the proseeutrix, and she immediately identified them as portions of the wax figures. The prisoner cried bitterly, and had nothing to say. The constable, who took the prisoner, informed his worship that she was a very bad girl, and her parents could do nothing with her. It was only a short time ago that they c h arge d h er at that court for robbery, but the case was not pressed. The prosecutrix stated that she believed the pri soner had robbed her twice before. The mother, a respectable-looking woman, who also cried very much, said she was utterly at a loss to know what to do with her daughter. She had been in service, and had had good situations, but would not keep them. The magistrate thought she was a fit subject to be sent to a reformatory, and asked her (the mother) what amount she could pay weekly for the prisoner's support. The mother said she could not pay anything— her husband was only a working man. Tho :Magistrate t o ld h er th a t s h e wou ld h ave to keep her Aughter if she was at home. However, if she could not contribute anything for her main tenance he must send her to prison. The prisoner was then committed for one month. Both the mother and daughter embraced each other before they were separated. ' A GOOD TEST.—" What do you think o' this revival, Jemmy ?" asked a Seetchman the other day of his friend the milkman. 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Also at Dublin., Bewley and Draper ; a Edinburgla, Raimes and ca Co,; at Liverpool, Ni4o4 d Thew; at Manchester, SLarp an d Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard,_ and,Ce., I at South -494043 Riggian and Son. LECTURES AT THE INNS OF COURT. The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing educational term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns of Court : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY. The reader will pursue the history of our Constitution and jurisprudence during the reigns of the Plantagenets, the Tudors, and the Stuarts. He will dwell particularly on the reigns of John and Richard IL, Elizabeth, and Charles I. The books to which he will chiefly refer are—Matthew Paris, Roger de Hoveden, State Trials, Statute Book of the Period, Lord Clarendon's Life and History, Reeve's History of the Bnglish Law, Rapin's History of the Period, Black stone's Commentaries, by Kerr, vols. 1 and 4, Lord St. Leonard's Preface to " Gilbert on Uses," Parliamentary History, Butler's Notes on Uses and Trusts, in his edition of Coke upon Littleton, Lord Bacon's Political Tracts, Pro fessor Creasy's History of the Constitution, Fortescue Amos. EQUITY. The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the en suing educational term a course of nine lectures on the fol lowing subjects : I. On the Leading Division of Equitable Jurisdiction, ant the principles from which they originate. 11. On Relief in Equity against Penalties and For feitures. HI. On the Nature of Legal Mortgages. . IV. On Suits for Redemption and Foreclosure. V. On the Priority of Incumbrances on Real and Per• sonal Estate. VI. On Proceedings in Equity, with reference to Waste. The Reader will continue with hit senior and junior classes the general courses of equity already commenced. He will also continue in the senior class and commence in the junior to explain the leading rules of pleading in equity from the work of Lord Redesdale. THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY. The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to deliver in the ensuing educational term nine public lectures on the following subjects : I. Titlo by Prescription. 11. The Law of Copyholds. 111. The Power of Executors to Sell under a Testamen tary Charge of Debts. In his private. lectures the Reader on the Law of Real Property will refer more particularly to the cases cited in the public lectures ; and pursue his course of Real Property Law, using the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text-book. TERRIFIC UURRICANE. The neighbourhood of Caine was on Friday visited by one of the most destructive storms ever witnessed. It appears to have been a regular tornado, having a curvilinear motion, and progress ing at a rapid rate. Symptoms of an approaching storm were visible at one o'clock p.m. The whole atmosphere became thick and heavy. It was so dark that it was scarcely possible to read without artificial light. Presently the vault of heaven was lit up by vivid flashes of lightning, accompanied by loud and sudden claps of thunder, which together with the big hail stones falling thick and fast, and the roaring of the mighty wind, produced a scene at once awful .and sublime. The whirlwind ap peared to commence on the outskirts of Bowood park, near Quobb's farm, passing on to the Rookery Farm, marking its path by trees blown down and others snapped off in the middle, thence to Quemerford-villa, carrying away the roof of the stable ; but when it reached Mr. Slade's mill at Quermerford it carried away the chimneys, stripped off the spouting and lead work, and blew some of the slate tiling at least 400 yards from the spot. The adjoining skilling, in which cattle were feed ing, was literally deprived of its roof, and the stone tiles of which it was composed strewn about the road in pieces as fine as could be produced by a stonebreaker's hammer. Pieces of freestone coping, a yard in length, were blown away, and a large tree near the millstream is torn com pletely out of the earth, having at least thirty square feet attached to its roots. At Blaekland park, belonging to Mr. Marshall Hall, the de struction of property was immense. Part of the roof of the lodge was blown away. Hundreds of trees are lying on the ground, and it is a remarkable fact that trees Bft. and loft. in circumference were snapped in sunder like matchwood ; while others, especially the heavy-topped firs, 30ft. in length, were blown out of a plantation across the turnpike road, and into an adjoinin g field. The park and plantations form a complete scene of desolation. Twenty or thirty men were engaged all the after noon clearing the road, which was quite blocked up. The windows of Compton-hall, the residence of Mr. G. W. Heneage, sustained much damage Prom the hailstones. At Cherhill, about three miles from Caine, and situated in the vale of the White Horse, the storm was terrific. Whole ricks of wheat were carried away,rund some of the sheaves to such a distance as to render it extremely doubtful whether the proper owner will ever see them again. A large tree fell across a shed, and the waggon it contained was cut in two. Several cottages were more or less blown down. We are happy to state that amid all this destruction not a single life, either of man or beast, has been lost. One old man had a narrow escape. He had gone under a small shed for shelter, when a large tree came down with a crash across the roof ; but, strange to say, the poor fellow crept out of the debris safe and sound. One little outhouse at Yatesbury was borne away, not a vestige of it to be seen. The amount of damage done to barns and ricks belonging to Mr. John Tanner, cannot be less than £l,OOO. Such a storm was never before known. It is quite impossible at present to state accurately the full amount of damage sustained. COUIVTRY MARKETS. JURISPRUDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW. The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law will in the ensuing educational term deliver nine public lectures on the following subjects : . I. On some peculiarities in Ancient Law, and their in fluency on modem ideas. 11. On the Roman Law of Contract, Derelict, and Crime, with its influence on modern jurisprudence. ....._ _ __ 111. On Domicile. With his private class the Reader will proceed through several departments of Roman Law, beginning with the Law of Wills. He will use as his text-book the Systema Juris Romani Hodie Usitati of Mackeldey (Latin edition), and will commence at the chapter on Jus Hnreditarium. If time permits, selected chapters of the Digest will be taken on specified . days, 0011310 N LAW. The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver, during the ensuing educational term, nine public lectures on his Law Contracts. These lectures will comprise the under mentioned subjects : I. The Nature and Requisites of a Valid Contract. 11. The Leading Principles Governing the Law of Con. tracts. 111. Contracts under Seal, and Contracts between Land• lord and Tenant. IV. Simple Contracts, the Ingredients in a Simple Con• tract, and the Contract of Bailment. V. Negotiable Instruments. VI. Mercantile Contracts generally. With his private class the Reader will, so far as time allows, discuss the above subjects in the order indicated. He will use for reference the following Treatises :—Chitty on Contracts (by Russell), Platt on Covenants, Woodfall on the Law of Landlord and Tenant (by Horne), and Smith's Mercantile Law (by Dowdes.vell). By order of the Council. RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman. Council-chamber, Lincoln-inn, Dec. 20, 1959. The following are the days and hours for the delivery of the public lectures by the Readers appointed by the Inns of Court, and for the attendance of the private classes during the ensuing educational terms 1— The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History, at Lincoln's-inn-hall.—Public lectures, Wednesday, 2 p.m. ; first lecture Jan. 18. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at half-past 9 to half-past 11 a.m. First class meets on the 19th of January. Classes meet in the Benchers' Reading-room. The Reader on Equity at Lincoln's inn-hall.—Public lectures, Thursdays, at 2 p.m. First lecture, January 19. Private lectures, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter-past 3 and a quartes-past 4 p.m. First class meets on the 20th of January. Classes meet in the Benchers' Reading-room. The Reader on the Law of Real. Property, Sec., at Gray's inn-hall.—Public lectures, Fridays, at 2 p.m. First lec ture, Jan. 20. Private lectures, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. First class meets on the 23d of January. Classes meet in the North Library. The Reader on Jurisprudence and Civil Law at the Middle Temple llall.—Public lectures, Tuesdays, at 2 p.m. First lecture, Jan. 24. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays at a quarter to 4 p.m. First class meets on the 26th of January. Classes meet at No. 4, Garden-court, Temple. The Reader on the Common Law at the Inner Temple Hall.—Public lectures, Mondays, at 2 p.m. ; first lecture Jan. 23. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sa turdays, at a quarter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. First class meets on the 24th of January. Classes meet at the Inner Temple Hall. Note.—The educational term commences on the 11th of January and ends on the 30th of March. The first public lecture of this course will be delivered by the Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History on Wednesday, the 18th of January, at 2 p.m. The first meeting of each private class will take place on the usual morning or evening of meeting next after the first public lecture on the same subject. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Very few persons were present, and scarcely any bet ting. Umpire was nominally at Sto 1; 12 to 1 was taken about Mainstone, 12 to 1 offered against Buccaneer, For the Two Thousand the Wizard was backed for £lOO at 5 to 1. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst The Wizard (taken) sto 1 agst Umpire (offered) 10 to 1 agst Lupullus (offered) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Umpire (offered) 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken and off) 12 to 1 apt Mainstone (taken) 12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Plumpudding (off., take 1000 to 15) 1000 to 20 agst Rego; (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Brother to Rainbow (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Grenadier (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Trovatore (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Dartmouth (offered) MANCHESTER MEETI NG. — MONDAY.) A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, 1 ft, with 25 added ; the second to save his stake. About two miles. 22 subs. Mr. Cowell's Dr. Leete , 5 yrs , 41st (W. White) 1 Mr. Sole's The Miller , aged , Ost.(ear. Ost 21b) (lt. Sly) 2 Mr. Mills's Caliph, aged, 41 5 t.......... (J . Ni g htingall) 3 .............. The following also ran : — Sobersides The Poet, Nelly Whitefoot, and Malton Mr 2 ss enger. Betting-6 to 5 agst CrAiph, sto 1 agst Dr. Leete, sto 1 agst Sobersides, 6 to 1 agst., The Miller. Sobersides led to rite hurdles on th e far s id e of the course before the cricket 'g roun d , where he fell leaving Malton Mes senger with the l ea d , Caliph going on s e cond until re-enter i ng the straight, when he took a long lead. At the back of the course The Mill er J o i ned Caliph, wko fell on to his head at the hurdles, at which Sobersides came to grief. He was quickly recovered and led over the last flight of hurdles, but tiring through the heavy ground, Dr. Leete and The Miller passed him, the Doctor winning by two lengths ; a length be tween second and third ; Milton Messenger was fourth; and The Poet fifth ; Sobersides, who was quickly remounted after his fall, was next. The Trial Handicap of 3 sovs each, 1 ft, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile on the flat. Mr. Shelley's Lord Berkeley, 6 yrs, Set 41b... . (L. Snowden) 1 M. Wood's Woodmite, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Lomas) 2 sir. Hardy's Em e r a ld, 4 yrs, Est 21b (Williamson) 3 The following also ran :—Vigo, Grilladc, Queen Bess, Ca therine, Princess of Orange, Maradan, and Grace Darling. Betting-5 to 2 agst Lord Berkeley, 3to 1 each agst Vigo and Grillade, 7to 1 agst Queen Bess, and 10 to 1 agst any other offered. Won by a length ; the same between second and third; Vigo was a bad fourth ; Grillade, fifth ; and Queen Bess, sixth. The City Steeplechase of 5 sous each,l ft, with 50 adden ; the second to save his stake. About three miles and a half. 21 subs. • Mr. Douglas's Roscommon, aged, 9st 7lb ~..(Nightingall) 1 Mr. Catton's Brunette, aged, 12st Mb Mr. T. Hopper's The Premier, aged, 9st lib ....(E. Turner) 3 The following also ran :—The Talented Tinker, Adiantum, and The Rover. Betting-5 to 4on Brunette-3 to 1 agst Roscommon, 4to 1 agst Adiantum. Adiantum made most of the runn , ng, but on entering the race course the second time, Brunette took the lead, but in a few strides Was passed by Roscommon, who came in first, Brunette sticond, and The Premier third. An objection was, however, lodged against the first two, on the ground that they had gone the wrong side of a post. A REMARKABLE CIIILD.—Three weeks ago, the Wife of David Gordon, residing at 1, Meuse-lane, Glasgow, gave birth to a female child, which is already in possession of no fower than twelve front teeth, all of which have made their way through the gums, and are distinctly visible. The singular little infant is at present heallihy and vigorous, —North British Daily MU. COLCHESTER-DEC. 31. A fair supply of wheat ; the best samples were taken off at about last week's rates ; inferior parcels is cheaper. Malting barleys are higher in price, and grinding samples wero easy to sell at full pricer. Beans and peas in rather soft condition, with a slow sale. Wheat, white 44s to 50s Beans, Mazagan.. 32s to 36s I red 38s to 46s Middle & small 36s to 44s Barley 36s to 46s I White peas 3Bs to 40s O a ts lBs to 28s Grey.. 32s to 36s CHELMSFORD-Dm. 30. The quantity of wheat shown to-day was large, with a fair attendance. A very flat business, and the last week's prices barely maintained for all qualities. Barley le to 2s per qr. lower. Spring corn looking down. Wheat, white 415 to 50s Peas, Partridge ..38a to 39s red 39s to 43s White 38s to 40e Barley 30s to 37s Boiling 3Bs to 41e Chevalier ....32s to 43s Dun 33s to Us Grinding 21s to 27s Beans, Tick ....39s to 41e Malt 60s to 66s Harrow Ticks 41e to 44. Chevalier 63s to 68s Mazagan 36e t. 38. Oats 22s to 32s DERBY-DEC, 31. At market yesterday wheat was a moderate show. Trads inactive, with no improvement upon the currencies of lest week. Oats a slow sale. Barley a good show. Beans a scanty supply, but firm in price. White wheat, new, 47s to 52s Red do. 44s to 46s Old white 47s to 52s Red do. 44s to 468 Barley, malting.— .448 to 45s Barley, grinding 29s to 32 i Oats, old, .. 233 to 27. New do —a to —s Beans.. 40s to 46. 1 Beans, new —s to --.31 LEICESTER-DEC. 31. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, a fair attendance, and trade heavy. White wheat, 44s to 495 —red, 40s to 45s per 36 atone; a very fair inquiry for line barley, grinding, 27s to 30s ; malting, 38s to 42* per qr.; the oat trade was slow, at quotations ranging from 24s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans a moderate sale, at 42s to Os per 38 stone. Fine flour, 34s I Seconds, 32s f Thirds, 30s per 20 atone. ' NORWICH—DEc. 31. Here, to-day, there was rather a fair attendance of the trade, and an inactive market. There was a small show of wheat, prices for both old and new were at no advance oil former rates. The supply of malting barley was fair, at fully the currencies of last market. In oats, beans, and peas little or no change. White wheat. 47s to 50s I Red wheat 42s to 44s Malting barley....42s to 48s I Chevalier barley 34s to 40s Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s Oats. Flour, 30s to 30s 6d per sack from the miller. YORK—Dec. 31. An average show of wheat, with a dull sale, at barely the rates of last market day. Malting barley was in small sup ply at former rates ; grinding qualities the turn in favour of the buyer. Beans were at high prices. A very fair business was transacted in oats, at former rates. Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 30s per qr. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despatehel by evening mails from London, and 31 by morning mails. Next Mail due. 11 CAA, DESTINATIONS. Despatch Fort of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. _.----- -- Australia and Mauritius, via. Southampton IJan. 12, M Southamp. Jan. 10 Ditto, via Marseilles ljzin. 18 , E Jan. 4 Bahamas and llavana via News York Jan. 20, E Liverpool.. Jan.l9 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Dec. 28 , E Liverpool.. overdue Cape of Good H ope, Ascen sion, and St. H e l ena , Jan. 5, Devenport Fe b . 1 China, Pen ang, and Singa-I pore, via Southampton lJan. 4 M Southamp. Jan. 2' Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton ..;Jan. 4, M Southamp. overdue Honduras and Blewilelds ....I Dee. —, 11 Southamp. Dec. India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 4,M Southamp. Jan. 2' Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Jan. 12, M Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Jan. 7, M Southamp. A .... 1 Malta, Egypt, and Adeu, via Southampton Jan. 4, M outhamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana .l an. 17,M ' out h am p. Jan. 16 Newfoundland Dec. 31, E Liverpool.. United States aild British N America (by British packet) Dec. 31, E Liverpool.. Jan. 6 Ditto (by U. S. packet) Dec. —, If Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe Jan. 23 IS :Liverpool.. Jan. 10 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. Jan. 2, 11 Southamp. Jan. 1 BIRTHS. CALDWELL—On the 2d inst., at 10:Berkeley-square, Lon don, the wife of Captain Henry Caldwell, R.N., of a daughter. M'BEAN.—On the sth Nov., at St. Helena, the wife of Lieut.-Col. M'Bean, of a son. OCIITERLONY.—On the 29th ult., at St. Andrew's, Fife, N. 8., the wife of Si r Ch ar l es M. Ochterlony, Bart., of a son and daughter, who survived their birth but a few hours. SCLAMER-BOOTH.—On the Ist inst., at 15, New-street, Spring-gardens, the wife of G. Selater-Booth, Esq., M.P., of a son and heir. MARRIAGES. KING—TALLTs.--On the 28th ult., at St. Clements, Jer sey, Charles King, Esq., Manchester, to Eliza, the third daughter of the late Mr. John Tallis, Pontac, Jersey. PITT—DAY. — On the 31st ult., at St. Mary's, Waltham stow, Charles William, eldest son of Charles Pitt, Esq., of Shoreditch and Walthamstow, Essex, to Sophia, only daughter of Henry Day, Esq., of Camberwell, and C.p thorne, Sussex. DEATHS. CLEMENTS —On the 29th ult., at Long Ditton, the Lady Elizabeth Clements, aged 87. CANTON.—On the Ist ißst., Mr. G. A. Canton, of 1, Brix ton Vine, and 40, St. - Martin's-lane, aged 69. DUTTON.—On the 31st ult., at Bibury, Gloucestershire, Mary Laura, youngest daught er o f the lion. James and the late Lady Elizabeth Dutton. DALTON.—On the 31st ult., at the Grove, Kentish-town, Wm. Dalton, Esq., aged 51. KENNY.—On the 2d Nov., at Hong Kong, Dr. Bernard Kenny, F.R.C.S. NEWTON.—On the 31st ult., at Kennington, Joseph New. ton, Esq. SANGSTER.—On the 31st ult., at Brixton-hill, Samuel Sangster, Esq., aged 82. SLATIL—On the Ist inst., at Tring, Archibald Slate, Esq . 1 aged 44. 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