The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN- The statement of the receipts and expenditure of this company has just been issued. It shows that £23,601,485 had been received to the 31st of Dec. last on capital account , and L 23,237,554 expended, leaving a balance of £363,931. The receipts on account of share capital amounted to £13,029,241 on preference shares), and (including £4,790,8 79 £10,572,944 on debentures, loans, &c., making to gether £23,601,485. The expenditure on the main and working stock amounted to Z 10,903,785 ; on the Uxbridge and Henley branches, to £158,283 ; on the Oxford, Wolverhampton, and Dudley lines, £6,715,277 ; on the Wilts, Somerset, and. Wey mouth, £1,676,672 ; on the Didcot deviation nar row guage rails to Basingstoke, fork at Reading, narrow gauge junction at Reading, and other junc tions, £244,518 ; in subscriptions and disbursements for the South Wales, South Devon, Glocester and Dean Forest, Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton‘Cornwall , Shrewsbury, Wycombe, Plymouth and Great Wes tern Dock, and North Metropolitan Railway, £1,943,534 ; and under votes of proprietors for new' rolling stock, new station at Paddington, and other station accommodation, £1,595,485 ; making the total expenditure, as above, £23,237,554. The revenue account for the Great Western line for the half-year ending on December the 31st last shows that £852,948 had been received, in cluding £26,834 for rents, dividends, interest on cash balances, and use of plant ; and £328,702 ex pended, including £18,34 2 for Government duty, £16,912 rates and taxes, 13,500 towards legal and parliamentary expenses, and £2,000 reserved for doubtful debts, leaving a balance for the half-year of £523,246. To this sum is added £37,174, the balance from the preceding account ; £3,030, balance of revenue account of the Kennet and Avon Canal; £1,883, dividend on South Devon shares; and £8,236 dividend on South Wales shares, making together £574,570. Out of this sum is deducted £20,188 for guaranteed annuities to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, and Kennet and Avon Canal; £16,864, rent for the Gloucester and Dean Forest, Hereford, Ross, and Glocester and • Wycombe Railways, and payment to trustees of Paddington estate ; £15,803, loss on lease of South Wales Railway, including £3,543 towards loss in curred prior to June, 1854 ; £2,000, being the pro portion of Kennet and Avon Canal loss to June 30, 1856 ; £249,041 for net interest charges on loans, £1,331 interest on Berks and Hants extension shares, £l5O Henley railway subscriptions, £107,466 interest on Great Western preference stock, and £15,292 to make up deficiency of revenue on the Shrewsbury lines; total £428,138, leaving a dispos able balance of £146,432. Out of this sum it is proposed to declare a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on £8,237,276, being for the half year £82,373, leaving a balance of £64,059 for the next account. The expenditure on capital account of Shrews bury lines amounted on Dec. 31 last to £3,477,391. The revenue of the Shrewsbury lines for the half year ending as above amounted to £127,798, after deducting £6,235 for expenditure in respect to traffic ever Birkenhead line and at Birkenhead ; and £73,654 expended, including £2,740 for the recon struction of part of Chirk viaduct in masonry in lieu of wood, and £4,483 for a moiety of the expense in relaying five miles of the Chester line, including materials, leaving a balance of £54,144 to meet £20,448 for interest on debentures and loans, and £48,987 for dividends on preference and guaranteed shares, making together £69,435, and leaving a deficiency of £15,292, which has been paid out of the revenue of the Great Western Company. On comparing the receipts of the Great Western lines for the past half-year with those of the corresponding half of 1857, an increase of £5,495 is shown, while at the same time a decrease of £10,562 had been effected in the expenditure, thus increasing the net receipts by £16,058. The receipts on the Shrewsbury lines for the half year ending December, 1858, amounted to £127,798, and for the corresponding half of 1857 to £128,642, showing a decrease of £844, while the working ex penses were reduced by £2,372 notwithstaning an extra expenditure for renewals of permanent way and bridges, increasing the net receipts by £1,528, as compared with the corresponding half of 1857. The commercial depression had a serious effect in reducing the traffic on railways generally, and therefore the Great Western Railway suffered a re duction of traffic in common with others, particu larly during the first half of 1858. The total re ceipts for the year 1588 amounted to £1,597,395, and for the year 1857 to £1,613,408, showing a de crease of £16,013. The expenditure for the year 1858 amounted to £649.532, and for 1856 to £688,522, showing a decrease of £38,990, which had the effect of increasing the net receipts from revenue by £19,980 as compared with those of 1857. After deducting the toll and expenses in respect of the Birkenhead line and station, the revenue on the Shrewsbury lines amounted for the past year to £233,352, and the expenses to £146,224, and for the year 1857 the receipts amounted to £252,981, and expenses to £150,818, showing a decrease in the receipts for the year of £19,629, and in the ex penses of £4,594, notwithstanding an extra outlay of about 17,000 in the renewal of way and bridges, leaving the net decrease £15,025. The traffic on those and other northern lines was considerably reduced in consequence of the commercial depres sion, The further reduction of working expenses during the year 1858 to the extent of £43,584 on the Great Western and Shrewsbury lines showed the successful efforts made by the executive to fulfil the promises made to the shareholders respecting the expenditure in conducting the traffic. The available balance for dividend on the ordi nary stock and shares for the past year amounted to £146,431, including £37,174 from the preceding account, and to £102,626 for the corresponding period of 1857, including, £lO,Oll from the pre ceding account. Deducting the sums brought from the preceding accounts, the net amount available for ordinary dividend from the re venue resources of the past half-year would amount to £109,257, and for the corresponding half of 1857 to £92,615, showing an increase of £16,642 in the sum available for dividend in favour of the past half-year. On comparing the sum paid for interest on loans and preference shares with the same item for the corresponding half of 1857, a re duction of £10,562 appears in favour of the past half-year, although the interst is on a larger amount of capital. As loans fall duo they are, of course, being renewed at a lower rate of intrest, and that process w ill p r obably continue for som e time to come, reducing the charge for interest half yearly. Owing to the depression of trade and the strikes of colliers, the receipts have been diminished on the South Wales line, in which the Great Western have a large interest, and this circumstance has tended to reduce, by several i thousand e pounds, the sum available for ordinary aivand revival of trade and the developm e nt The gradual t of tra ffi c on the Great Western system, and lin es in o connection therewith, must from time to time tend t increase the sum available for ordinary dividend. Appended to the statements of accounts is a re port from a special committee of directors on the subject of fixing the amount of capital likely to be required for the exigencies of the compa ny. The s pecial committee consisted of the Ho. F. Pon sonbE, Viscount Barrington, the Earl of Shelb urne, Mr. T. Badger , Mr. S. Baker, Mr. E. Leem g - Alr. in gp E. W. Mills , a nd Mr. J. Willi ams. The repor t s t a t e s that, after an elaborate and minute investi gation, the oommittee were of opinion that £77,000 for the completion of certain works should be added to the amount of capital expended by the company on 31st Dec. last, making together £23,314,555. From this sum they deducted £102,000 for surplus lands realised and to be realised, and added to the remainder £75,803 for the outstanding and esti mated liabilities on 31st Dec., 1849, making a total of £23,288,358. From the best information the committee could obtain they conceived that, with strict economy, the further expenditure of capital and , in providing increased statio n accommodation additional rolling stock during the next three years -also for alterations of the NVestL on don Railway, would not exceed £ 130,000 in the aggregate, of which £20,000 might be required during t h e current half-year. This estimate did not provide for doub iing any further portion of the single line of the "lits, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, nor for %Y outlay in building new stations either at Bit . - glum orßeading, for the improvement of which, however, a comparatively small amount had been allowed. Theyconsidered it a duty to postpone any outlay whi ch long not produce an immediate return, as a the revenues of the company were insufficient j' t ke proprietors a more remunera tive dividend. Subje ct to those observations, the committee thou ght for the Justified infixing the capital expenditure liabilities and Western lines proper, including all of s th and prospective requirements up to the end year 1861, as covered ;by a gross sum of 123,420e0 110. paymentT he for o e f • going did not include any provisi on ' the remaining subscription, abo t u r t op i o r ita r o, n ooo, autho rised for constructing the Me which was for the present in suspense ram suspense, but e ! t a t !: if necessary, would be raised under the Iw)ow.ieer; granted for that specific purpose. Th e were of opinion that no permanent charge for capital sure ce ms ip which had ts would hereafte r appeared in tbe requheireaccounts d exceediduring ng the They were led to believe that when the past year . all accounts were wound up an average difference of about £330,000 to £350,000 over the actual capital expenditure would be sufficient for such purposes. With respect to the Shrewsbury capital accounts, those now closed to the end of 1858 would represent ; ;is far as the committee could judge, the total amount which would be required for their separate purposes. That sum in the aggregate was £2,287,303, exclusive of the Stour Valley subscrip tion. With respect to the average return for the amount of capital invested, as derivable from the revenues of the company, the committee state that during the year 1858 the income o the company, after defraying every charge and expense and all fixed rents, had paid on the agg re g ate capital of the Great Western and the Shrewsbury railways a net amount of £969,180, divisable among all classes whose capital had been e mployed, equal to 3.62 per cent. per annum. The loan creditors and the preference shareholde rs had received, of course, the full amount of their respective claims, and, consequently, the ordinary shareholders have received less than their proportionate part in the distribution. On the other hand they , would exclusively derive all the benefits from in creasing revenues, inasmuch as the prior engage ments of the company had been more than sub stantially provided for out of the present income. NORTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company have agreed to recommend to the shareholders that the followin g dividends be declared upon the ordinary stock and shares in the company, for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 185i3,-viz.: —On the Berwick stock at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum ; on the York stock at 4 per cent. per annum ; and on the Leeds stock at the rate of 2 per cent : per annum. The divi dends for the corresponding half of 1857 were at the rates of 5 per cent., 4 per cent., and per cent. per annum. BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. The Cambridge town council have adopted a petition to Parliament in favour of the proposed railway between Bedford and Cambridge, via Potton. THE NAVY. A court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's ship Victory, 104, flagship of Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, in Portsmouth harbour, on Saturday, for the trial of Lieut. Henry Moore of her Ma jesty's ship Cornwallis, and commanding her Ma jesty's gunboat Sandly, tender to that vessel, on charges preferred against him—firstly, "for having on the 3d of January, in the Naval Barracks in Sheerness Dockyard, behaved in an unofficerlike manner by striking Mr. Charles Ford, additional boatswain of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, and doing duty on board her Majesty's gunboat Sandfly ;" and, secondly, " for being drunk on shore on the same day.' The Court consisted of Captains Seymour, C.B. (Victory) , president, Gor don (the Hannibal), Harris (the Britannia), Hew lett, C.B. (the Excellent), and Hall (the Terma gant) ; Mr. W. J. Hillyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet. The Court, after examining the wit nesses on the part of the prosecution, and hearing the evidence adduced for the defence, found the charge of drunkenness not proved, and fully ac quitted the prisoner thereon ; but with regard to the other charge it was of opinion that the same was proved ; yet, " entertaining reasonable doubts as to whether great provocation may not have been given by the boatswain when in the wardroom, in the said Naval Barracks, on the day in question, when no one else was present, and taking into con sideration the previous high character sustained by the prisoner, as shown by his certificates of service produced, the Court, in respect of such first charge, only sentences the prisoner.to be severe l y repri manded." Col. Greene, R.E., Lord Lovaine, the Hon. Capt. Drummond, R.N., and Sir G. F. Seymour visited the gunboat sheds and slip way at Haslar on Sa turday, to witness the operation of removing one of the gunboats from under the sheds, and, by means of a cradle, tramway, and incline, launching it into the water. The whole operation occupied 27 minutes. The previous experiment, on the 2d inst. was effected in 38 minutes 40 seconds. __ The Nankin, 50, Commodore the Hon. Keith Stewart, came up the river on Saturday, towed by the Lizard and Addar, from the Nore, to be dis mantled and paid off, after four years' service in China. The Commodore struck his broad pen dant on his arrival at the Nore, according to the custom of the service, being in the presence of senior captains, after which the ship was minutely inspected by Vice-Admiral Harvey, the Com mander-in-Chief at Sheerness, who expressed his approbation of the general order of the ship, especially her practice and efficiency in gunnery, stating that it was " the best firing he had seen for many years." Two targets (casks) were soon sunk at 900 and 400 yards respectively by the precision of her fire ; and too much credit cannot be attached to the captains of the guns, whose unerring aim would have proved most fatal in a real engagement. Her Majesty's steam transport Himalaya, Com mander John Seccombe, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning, from Malta, Gibraltar, and Tangier. She would have arrived at Spithead on Friday evening, but in coming up the West Channel she touched the ground on the Peelbank, it being nearly low water at the time ; she came off again in about two hours, without sustaining the slightest injury. The weather was exceedingly thick at the time, raining heavily, and blowing hard from S.W. On coming off the ground, Captain Seccombe anchored his vessel at the Motherbank for the night, getting under way again the next morning for Spithead. The Himalaya's dates are—sailed from Malta at 2 p.m. on the 24th of January, arrived at Gibraltar on the 28th, at 8 a.m. ; sailed from Gibraltar for Tangier at 2 p.m. on the 29th, and arrived there at 5 p.m. the same day. The next morning embarked the presents of horses and wild animals sent from the Emperor of Morocco to her Majesty, consisting of one lion, one leopard, six ostriches, one gazelle, six horses, two mares, and an animal called by the Moorish attendants " irwy," but which in appearance much resembles the moun tain sheep of California, known by the trapper name of " bighorn." The horses and animals have come to England in charge of four Moors, who form no slight attraction, dressed in their Moorish costume. The somewhat unusual spectacle of a" lion hunt" took place on board on the 2d inst. One of the Moors was engaged in feeding the lion through a door which opened for that purpose in a part of his cage or den, when, with a sudden spring, the animal dashed through the opening on to the steamer's main deck, which, as may be ima gined, was soon "cleared." The hatchways were at once closed, and measures promptly taken by Com mander Seccombe to secure the animal as speedily as possible. For this purpose the commander, with the senior lieutenant, boatswain, sergeant of Marines, and two men, descended to the main deck, taking with them the end of a stout line; this was riven through a .ringbolt in the deck, and a run ning noose formed with the end. After some con siderable manoeuvring the noose was thrown over the lion's head, the word given to the hands on deck, who ran away with the other end of the line, and the lion was pinned down to the ringbolt in the deck. His legs were immediately secured, and he was dragged back to his den in safety. The animals will be landed at the sheer jetty, Ports mouth Dockyard, this morning. The military in • valids were disembarked on Saturday and conveyed to the Military Hospital. The following passengers have come home by her :—From Malta : Captain Tottenham, Rifle Brigade ; Mr. M'Dougal, thirty military invalids, and one distressed British sub ject. From Gibraltar : Major-General Savage, R.E., wife, and seven children, one man-servant and three children, and four female servants ; Col. Wynyard, wife, three children, and two female servants • Lieut. Hall, 2d battalion 6th Regiment; Lieut. Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. Gabbage, Mr. Dispenser Jepper, Mrs. Campbell, child, and servant ; Mrs. Aldridge, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Good ricke and child, Mr. Bolham, Mr. Godwin, Bar rack-Sergeant Ferritt and wife, two sergeants' wives, Mrs. Wibli n , D r . Williams's female servant, and one private 2d battalion 7th Fusileers. The Himalaya steamed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday at high water and made fast alongside the dockyard i tE l y aj ar e d st i yls tty st . eamer Dee, MtCmmndr Pullen, sailed from Portsmouth to e D r - ev o on p oart one j Saturday. Her esty's screw steam-frigateA4 Termagant, 25, Capt. Robert R,obearrt de H rs altl,ofitetonigplete out at Portsmouth, for sea with all despatch. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Perseverance Commander C. R. Power, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth, with troops, as enumerated in The Sun of Saturday, with the addition of Lieut. Terry, 25th Foot; one sergeant instructor of Musketry, to j o i n 2d battalion 15 th Fo ot ; one sergeant 2d battalion 2d Foot ; and Lieut. Willes, embarked in room of Lieut. Packe. Capt. Millett was left behind sick. The Northumberland fishermen enrolled as Naval Coastguard Volunteers are undergo n in s g hie 2 l l ds d h a a y r s: drill aboard the Spanker g unboat, hour. They are a fine stout body of young fellows and are making satisfactory progress. The Wasp, 13 guns, scre w steam sloop, Com mander F. H. Stirling, from the south•east coast of America, arrived at the Little Nore on Saturday last, where she was inspected by the Commander in-Chief. She afterwards came into harbour, and was moored at the docking basin buoy, preparatory to her stores being returned and paid off. The Swallow, 9 guns, screw steam sloop, Com mander Charles L. Waddilove, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, from the Mediterranean, to be paid off. The screw steamship James Watt, 91. at Devon port, has her topmasts on end, and is ready to be docked. The screw steam sloop Racer, 12, Commander the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN LNG, FEBRUARY 7, 1 SM. ------- Hon. T. A. Pakenham, was undocked at Plymouth on Friday. Captain Jerningham, of the gunnery ship Cam brigde, mustered and inspected the crew of the paddlewheel steam sloop Hecla, 5, Commander Elphinstone Aplin, on Friday morning in Plymouth Sound. After discharging powder she steamed into Hamoaze. The school ship Conway, in charge of Mr. Paul, Assistant-Master at Devonport Dockyard, and in tow of the steamship Virago, Commander Dunn, left Plymouth on Saturday morning for Liverpool. The screw steamship Curaeoa, 31, Captain Thos. H. Mason, which left Spithead on Thursday even ing, and came in contact, on Friday afternoon, off Durlstone Point, as stated in The Sun of Saturday, entered Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning, with loss of bowsprit, and with topgallantmast and fore topmast struck. She received orders to " bank up" her fires so as to steam into Hamoaze, and be docked yesterday, preparatory to the embarkation of Lord Lyons and suite. The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, Commander E. H. S. Lambert, was put in dock at Keyham on Friday, and undocked on Saturday. An increase of artificers and labourers for the yard and factories at Sheerness is ordered to take place forthwith. Great activity prevails in. all departments of the yard. Mr. George Arnold, a clerk in the Military Store Department of Woolwich Arsenal, has been ap pointed Sub-Inspector of Military Stores at the India Council Department in Leadenhall-street, at a salary of £350 per annum. THE ARMY. The Council of Military Education, under the presidency of Major-General Cameron, will com mence the examination of candidates for direct commissions to-day at Burlington•house. The exa mination will take place daily during the week, except Thursday next. The sick and wounded troops who arrived at Gravesend on Thursday, from Calcutta, in the troop ship Cannon, have been medically inspected at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, by , Surgeon-Major Pren dergast, M.D., and the medical staff at that esta blishment. The invalid troops, to the number of 117 men of all ranks, embarked at Calcutta on the 6th of October, under the command of Captain F. V. Straubenzee,l3th Light Infantry, and comprised non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards, 6th, 10th, and 13th (Light Infantry), 19th, 20th, 29th, 3 4 th, 1 7 th 54 th , 60th (Royal Rifles), 77th, 84th, and 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiments, together with invalids sent home from the battalions of Royal Artillery, and the Military Train. Seven deaths occurred during the voyage. A number of troops invalided home were wounded at Lucknow and Delhi, and on being inspected on their arrival at Fort Pitt it was found necessary for 37 men to be admitted into hospital, and the remainder were sent under the command of Captain S. Pope, to St. Mary's invalid depot, to await a medical inspection by a Chelsea board. Arrangements have been entered into at Wool wich, with the sanction of General Williams, Com mandant of the garrison, for a continuation of lec tures, to be delivered in the Royal Artillery Regi mental Schoolroom, on subjects tending to develope a most useful branch of study in the subordinate ranks of the Artillery soldier. In addition to the lectures already given on the art of gunnery and coast defences, &c., by Col. Wilford, Governor of the Royal Military Academy, and Col. Wilmot, Superintendent of the Gun Factories in Wo,lwich Arsenal, a course of lectures on other important subjects has been commenced by officers of the chemical department of the Royal Laboratory. The first of the series was given last week by Mr. Dent, " On the principles of Chemistry," and was ex tremely well attended. The second is announced to take place on Wednesday, the 9th, by Mr. E. 0. Browne, of the Chemical Department, " On the Phi losophy of the Methods employed for communica ting Motion to Projectiles. On the 16th, Mr. J. Spiller, also of the Chemical Department, will give a lecture " On the Chemistry of Gunpowder ;" and on the 23d inst., Mr. A. Reynolds, of the same de partment, will lecture " On Combustion, and the Structure of Flame." The desire manifested by the corps of Artillery generally to improve their moral and social condition is announced to be ex ceedingly satisfactory, in testimony of which, ac cording to the weekly return rendered by Mr. Wharry,R.A.,superintendent of the barrack schools at Woolwich, it appears that the aggregate number of non-commissioned officers, gunners, recruits, and soldiers' children receiving education amounts to considerably over 1,000 daily. The announcement made some few months back of a design for a monumental memorial to be erected at Woolwich by fUe Royal Artillery, to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the corps who fell in the Crimea during the late war, was somewhat premature in so far as the choice of the design having been fixed and the name of the artist entrusted to carry it out: At a meeting of the subscribers held at Woolwich on the 11th ult7the design submitted by Mr. J. Bell (who has also the execution of the Guards' memorial) was approved, and accordingly the work has been committed to the hands of that eminent sculptor. It is expected that the memorial will be finished, and in its pro nosed position—viz., in front of the Royal Artillery barracks, before the end of the year. THE JEDDAH MASSACRE. A letter from Alexandria, dated Jan. 25th, says: —On the day following the despatch of last mail the French war steamer Duchayla arrived at Suez from Jeddah. It is not unlikely that by means of the telegraph the news she brought may have over taken my letter of the 18th inst., which informed you that the proceedings of the Commission seemed to be coming to a dead lock, owing to the per sistence on the part of the Turkish authorities in de claring that the powers they held were insufficient to enable them to carry out the sentence pronounced upon the instigators of the massacre of last year. But before this letter can reach England you will doubtless have learnt the events which constitute the final chapter of the Jeddah Commission,—how the Turks under the influence of the firm attitude assumed by the two European delegates had finally succeeded in construing their orders in a mode more in accordance with the spirit of the declarations and promises made by the Porte, and how two of the chief instigators of the late massacre had expiated their crime, and undergone the sentence of death pronouncei upon them. The investigations, conducted under the vigilant watch of the Commissioners, had resulted in esta blishing the chief guilt upon three of the leading men of the city—Abdallah el Muhhtesib (the Go vernment Inspector of Markets), Sheikh Seyid el Amoudy, and the Kaimakan. The Muhhtesib appears to have been the prime mover and instigator. lie it was who .originally devised the plot, and for many years past he seems to have brooded over it and to have watched for the opportunity of putting his designs into execution. In 1854, it has been ascertained, he already failed in an attempt to bring about a rising against the Christian inhabitants of the town, including the representatives of the nations then assembling on the shores ofk the Bos phorus, and preparing to shed their blood in the defence of his country. And this appears to have been a matter of public notoriety among the Moslems of the town.* In Sheikh el Amoudy he found a willing and able coadjutor. This man, through the influence of his religious position, possessed great power over the minds of the people, and he was made use of to fan the smouldering embers of their fanaticism into a fierce outburst against the Christians, who they were taught to believe were polluting with their pre sence the gates of the Holy Cities. The Kaimakan appears to have taken a less active part, but he knew of the conspiracy, and aided and abetted the others, at least so far as to allow the meetings to be held at which the plot was matured and the final arrangements made for its execution. He, the chief magistrate of the city, abstained from denouncing it, and when the infuriated rabble was finally let loose he refrained from interfering either by word or deed to give the slightest warning to the in tended victims. The guilt of these three men was established beyond the shadow of a doubt, and the Turkish tribunal, acting under the supervision of the Commissioners, sentenced them to suffer the penalty of death. Eight others were convicted of complicity to a minor extent. Foremost among them were the Sheikh Abdallah-es-Seeneh, late Shireef of Mecca, and four members of the Council, which condemned the 11 men executed in July. Five of these have been sentenced to imprisonment for life, and the remaining three to close confinement for five years. Throughout the whole of the proceedings Naamik Pasha uniformly adhered to the course which he has pursued from the very outset. He adopted every possible means to obstruct the course of Jus tice and to thwart the European Commissioners in t S h e a y t i d. h i Pasha,s instructions e enjoinedk the perfor mance o f t h e i r d u ti es . B u t now arose the chief difficulty, already referred to in my last. Turkish CGumprhonislsiiimonetro,ledat arethed execution of the sentence to the Governor-General, and Naamik Pasha, when applied to, maintained that he held no authority in the matter that his successor to the governorship of the pro vince had already been appointed, and that the * When Captain Pullen was at Jeddah in July last he made several attempts to bring the Muhhtesib to justice, but his intentions were defeated through the opposition of Naamik Pasha, who declared that the man was perfectly innocent, and that there existed not the slightest ground for the institution of proceedings against him. latter alone would be empowered to confirm the decision of the tribunal. In the instructions held by Mr. Walne, the British Commissioner, the eventuality of any subterfuges or opposition on the part of the Turks seems to have been wholly unpro vided for, but those of his French colleague admitted of a wider interpretation. After exhausting every other argument, M. Sabatier finally hinted to Naamik Pasha that the Duchayla had not come to the Red Sea pour prendre l'air ; and at length he distinctly declared that unless his demands for justice were at once complied with he would place the matter in the hands of the French naval com mander, who should be instructed to open fire upon the town, and that the frigate would not withdraw from the place until either the town was laid in ruins or every round of ammunition on board the vessel expended. This threat produced the desired effect, and Naamik Pasha at length found himself compelled to yield, but at his earnest request it was agreed that the Kaimakan, who is a Turk, and it appears holds some title or post of dignity in the household of the Sultan, should be sent to Constan tinople under sentence of death, commutable t o perpetual imprisonment. On the 12th inst. armed detachments were landed from the Chesapeake and Pelorus, and from the Duchayla, upon the wharf, close to the Custom house, where the conspiracy was first organised. The British Marines and French sailors, with the flags of their respective countries borne aloft in their front, were drawn up in a line facing the sea, and close under the walls of the town. Turkish and Egyptian troops, faeing each other, formed the lateral sides of a square , which on the side of the sea was closed by a line of boats from the French and English vessels, with their guns pointed to the spot. Close by was a gate leading from the town, through which the two prisoners were shortly afterwards brought forward. As a characteristic incident I may here mention that up to the very , last moment the wretched men were kept in ignor ance of the fate that awaited them. They were brought to the ground under the belief that they were to be embarked for Suez, and it was only when they were actually in the centre of the square and in the presence of their executioners, that they first became aware that death was about to atone for their crimes. Both, however, bore their doom with the fortitude of Oriental fatalists. As on the former occasion, the executioners were selected from the ranks of the Bashi-Bazouks. Again a scene of mutilation ensued, the description of which is too horrible for repetition, and to the thought of which the mind can , inded, only recon cile itself by the remembrance of the stern necessity there existed that the demands of human justice should be satisfied. The Europeans immediately afterwards with drew from the ground, defiling past the Turkish troops, who presented arms as they went by. On the same day a public proclamation was posted on the walls of the town notifying that, in obedience to the orders of the Sultan, an inquiry had been in stituted into the origin of the riots which resulted in the massacre of the Christian inhabitants of the town,. and among them of the consular representa tives of England and France ; that the leading mem bers of the conspiracy had been convicted by a tri bunal composed of the highest authorities of the country; and calling upon the people to respect the will of their Sovereign Lord, who had com manded that the guilty should undergo the punish ment justly due to their crime, in testimony of his high displeasure and as a warning to others. M. Sabatier arrived at Suez by the Duchayla, and has resumed his post at Alexandria. The Kaimakan and his fellow-prisoners are shortly expected from Jeddah by an Egyptian steamer. It has been stipulated that they shall undergo their imprisonment in a fortress situated in some one of the towns of European Turkey possessing a consu lar residence. Mr. Walne is expected to return to Cairo at the end of the month. With regard to the question of indemnity, each of the three Commissioners will address a separate report to his own Government, and the final settlement of the question will be effected at Constantinople. The claims admitted by the French and British representatives, I am informed, amount in the aggregate to £200,000. NAPOLEON 111. AND ITALY. (From the Times.) The pamphlet, as opposed. to the newspaper, may be an Imperial and statesmanlike organ of publicity, but it certainly is deficient in simplicity and.useful ness. It is too elaborate to be clear, and too pre tentious to be pleasing. No one accustomed to the pithy comments with which liberty notices passing history can read such a production as " Napoleon 111. and Italy," of which we published a translation on Saturday, without complacency that he does not live in the country which produces it. Better the daily infliction of endless verbiage, better rhodo montades and personalities, better all the glare of the most reckless and ruthless publicity, than the darkncss which can be illumined by such a phos phoric flash as this. If this be the teaching, what must be the ignorance ! If this be explanation, what must have been the previous bewilderment ! To see at anytime the heavy apparatus of an essay brought out 'to solve a question on which men have corresponded, , and talked, and speculated in the funds, and acted in the most practical manner possible for a month - past, is as strange as if we beheld some spectral review where soldiers of modern date handled arquebuses and culverins, and guards stood. with partisans before the General's tent. But this production is in a more especial manner out of date. It treats historically of events which it is absurd to treat otherwise than practically, and as of immediate importance. What are we to shank of a manifesto which, in the midst of general alarm, deals in nothing but the sonorous generalities of a professor's lecture ? What are we to think of a writer who seeks to satisfy intense excitement and expectation by discussions which might have been written five or ten years ago ? The Court of the Tuileries and the publicists whom it inspires seem to have forgotten that the world lives in the present, and that beyond the boundaries of France, at least, men will not be content to defer their consideration of an event until it has ceased to be important. The weakness of, the Imperial pamphlet consists in this—that it does not necessa rily touch the present situation. Much in it may be true ; but, unfortunately, it does not contain all the truth, nor, notably, that part of the truth which principally occupies the minds of men. Those who are accustomed to the style of conti c nental discussion will anticipate the exordium of the French writer. Italy is the common country of all civilised States ; she represents nationality, civilisation, imperishable principles, glorious exam ples. We are, therefore, commanded to show our sympathy for her misfortunes, and lend our aid in her regeneration. This is the leading idea of the pamphlet. Italy is to be delivered and endowed with nationality—we hear nothing of freedom — by foreign interference. The following is, as far as we can trace it, the course of the argument : There are two elements in Italy—the revolutionary element and the national element. The revolu tionary element corresponds to subversive theories and violent passions. It is hostile to religion and the Papacy. It is isolated in Europe, " where the spirit of order happily predomixates everywhere." It therefore can do no good. There remains the element of nationality. From this great things are to be expected. It opens a glorious part for the Papacy. It is the strength of the King of Sardinia. It has even kindled a spark of pa triotism in the breast of the King of Naples. It receives the sympathies of Europe. Among the nations which have encouraged it England stands pre-eminent. Before the Revolution of 1848 Lord Minto made his journey to Italy; Lord Palmerston delivered his diplomatic philippics against Austrian rule in Lombardy. By the Revolution of 1848 Austria was nearly ruined ; in May she would have come to terms; in July Piedmont was exhausted. But all this time English influence and sympathy were on the side of Italy. For eleven years we have encouraged the hopes of the Italian patriots. The consent of England, therefore, to the inde pendence of Italy may be considered as granted. And is not Germany equally interested in the same result ? The Imperial Pamphleteer shows that the loss of Lombardy by Austria could have nothing menacing for Germany, and pro ceeds to examine the case of France. France, he says, does not wish to renew the con quests of the First Empire, but only to carry out in Europe an idea of the First Napoleon—the agglomeration of peoples. France only invaded Germany and Italy, according to the illustrious exile of St. Helena, in order to make them German and Italian. " The union of Piedmont with France, that of Parma, Tuscany, Rome, had only been tem porary in my thoughts, and had no other object than to watch, to guarantee, and to promote the national education of the Italians." It is in this spirit we are left to infer that French armies will, if necessary, cross the Alps. Should the education of the Italians prove not to have been completed, they may, according to this argument, possibly remain in the provinces whence the less civilising German -has been expelled. However, the propo sitions of the writer are now logically educed. It has been proved that Italian nationality will be a benefit ; it has been proved that England and Ger• many are of this opinion, and that France not only agrees with them, but has the power and the will to enforce her views. The rest of the pamphlet is taken up in showing that the status quo in Italy cannot last, that reforms are necessary, that Austria will not allow reforms, that the Italians of them selves cannot obtain them against the force of Austria, and that consequently a foreign Power must interfere. Which Power this is to be it is easy to discover. The chief stress is laid on the advantage to England and Germany of such a policy, since the pamphlet is plainly addressed to Englishmen and Prussians even more than French men. The obvious reflection which suggests itself on reading this lengthy production is, that it might have been written at any former period of the Em peror's reign. What is there new in it ? What has Austria done in Italy since Napoleon 111. pro mised her a lasting friendship three or four years ago, and accepted the highest Order of Knighthood that Francis Joseph could confer ? Italy had genius before 1856; she was the mother of civilisa tion before the attempt of Orsini, and the "agglo meration of the peoples" was an immense concep tion before Imperial visits linked together St. Petersburg and Paris. Whatever the truths of this pamphlet, it is clear that they can have had no influence on the warlike attitude of the French ruler. They are pretexts, and not motives. The Emperor must not think to impose on the world by affecting enthusiasm, either historical or poetic. We know that he is not a man of impulse. This essay does not represent the action of a mind like his. The dreams of an agitator expressed in the language of an academician are not in analogy with what we know of the Imperial resolves. These are arguments which could have been urged against Austrian rule in Italy any time these twenty years. The necessities of the French Emperor's position or the restlessness of his temper induce him to seek a cause of quarrel with a neighbouring Power ; and these arguments are then furbished up and given to the world as his immediate motives of action. But we know that, with them all present to his mind, he has professed esteem and friendship for Austria, and that Austria has since not only committed no new offence, but has notoriously endeavoured to conciliate and re form. Can the world be deceived by so transparent an artifice as this ? But, as the pamphlet has dwelt much on the former policy of England, it may be as well to reiterate that this policy has never been changed. England has given proof of her desire to see Italy contented, and, if she has not interfered by force, she has not, on the other hand, encouraged evil government by the spectacle of popular assemblies violated and free institutions overthrown. It may suit the purposes of French Imperialism to take up for the hour the cause of nations crushed by military and priestly government, and to sneer at the moderation of a free country which urges re spect for treaties; but it should be remembered that for years past it is the Tuileries which have fur nished the fittest school for military monarchs de sirous to deal summarily with unquiet populations, while England has by the exhibition of free govern ment continued to protest against the excesses of rulers. Even now this country is most willing to co operate with France in any prudent scheme for the improvement of Italy. We joined Napoleon 111. in withdrawing our representatives from the Court of a bad and obstinate King ; we have helped by counsel and example to raise Sardinia to the moral position she now is tempted to abuse, and even in Rome, we will venture to say, that if a word of noble and manly sound ever reaches the Papal ear, it will be from the mouth of some Englishman, who, though he deems his own country heretical, has yet imbibed unconsciously the lessons which she teaches. Let the Emperor Napoleon cease from his preparations, give pacific assurances to Europe, and curb the petulance of his new kinsman, and he will find England a willing ally in redressing the real grievances of Italy. Much mischief has, indeed, been done already; the pride of Austria and the national feeling of Germany have been roused by wanton demonstrations, and the French Ruler has achieved the wonderful task of turning nine-tenths of the English Liberals into sym pathisers with the Power which was their favourite object of denunciation. However, even with these disadvantages, he may do something for Italy. A year of calmness and moderation may make his name respected in the Peninsula ; but the first cannon-shot fired in a war of aggression will place him and the cause he advocates under the ban of Europe. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN C.RELTEN HAM-A LOVE AFFAIR. CHELTENHAM, Feb. 4.—considerable consterna tion was occasioned among a portion of the inhabi tants of High-street and its vicinity, in this town, on the evening of Thursday, by a report that a foreigner, a Swiss by birth, named Philibert de Chastellain, had shot himself through some disap pointment in a love affair. This gentleman, who was known as Baron de Chastellain, had during the last month or five weeks been lodging at the Eight Bells Commercial Hotel, Church-street, one of the many thoroughfares leading into High-street. He came to Cheltenham to pursue an acquaintance he had formed with the daughter of Mr. Skeolan, a photographic artist, who has an establisament here, their intimacy having first sprung up in Man chester, where the baron is well known. Since his arrival, it is reported that he has repeatedly seen the object of his attachment, but whether with her parents' consent is not stated. It is publicly known, however, that they have been present together at private parties, and in every respect he has evinced for her a most desperate passion. Latterly it has been noticed by the landlady of the hotel where the baron was staying that he was at times much depressed, and was seemingly full of trouble, and exactly three weeks ago yesterday she was some what alarmed by his purchasing a pistol in the town, which he showed to her on his return home. With natural prudence and foresight she communi cated this circumstance to the Skeolans, and an effort was made by Mr. Skeolan, jun., who was his companion, to obtain the weapon from him, but without success. Happening, however, one day to meet Mr. Skeolan's servant-maid, the baron himself voluntarily gave up the pistol to her, it being then loaded, and by her it was conveyed to her young mistress (Miss Skeolan), in whose possession it re mained until within a very short period of the suicidal attempt. How it got back into the baron's possession is not stated. Yesterday morning he rose about nine o'clock, and at one dined at the market ordinary at the hotel. Soon after dinner he retired to his bedroom, as was understood, ix order to prepare for his leaving Cheltenham, which he had previously said he was about to do. In the course the afternoon a message was brought to him by Miss Skeolan's servant-maid, and by her delivered to him in his bedroom ; but she had scarcely quitted the hotel before the in mates were alarmed by the bell in the baron's apartment ringing' violently. A domestic imme diately answered it, and was horrified to dis cover that the baron had shot himself in the chest, a pistol being still on the bed. When communicated with, he cried out, " I have shot myself, but cannot die, Mary Jane," that being Miss Skeolan's Christian name. Sur geons wore immediately sent for, and every pos sible assistance rendered. Upon the dressing. table at the side of the bed were numerous letters all packed up, and supposed to be of an amatory nature; besides three which had just been written, two being addressed to gentlemen in Paris and one to Naples. They were sealed and had postage stamps ready affixed for posting. There was, in addition, also another letter, sealed, but not directed, and also lying upon the table was a portrait of the young lady with some of the hair attached. The most unremitting medical attention had been bestowed, but at present the condition of the baron is almost hopeless. The pistol was charged with shot, according to his own admission, and the weapon was placed at the pit of the chest. It does not seem, however, to have been in very close proximity to the heart. [ADVERTISEMENT.}— SIGHT AND HEARING.— SPEC TACLES.—POWERPUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLOSSES. --Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. 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As to the false imprisonment, the defendant pleaded in justification that shortly before the giving into custody, a certain person, to the defendant unknown greatly resembling the plaintiff, had feloniously stolen from his office a cashbox and £lOB in money. That the plaintiff was near the premises about the time, and had an opportunity of committing the felony. That a person resembling the plaintiff was seen coming clandestinely from the premises, car rying with him something resembling a cashbox. That the plaintiff, after the felony, was examined and gave unsatisfactory and untrue answers. Upon these grounds the defendant suspected the plaintiff of the felony. At the trial evidence was called, which proved most of the facts in this plea, but it was not proved that the plaintiff had given untrue and unsatisfactory answers. His lordship, how evearruled that the plea was not sufficiently proved. It was now submitted that his lordship was wrong in so doing, and further that the verdict for the plaintiff was against the evidence upon the ques tion whether the defendant had given the plaintiff in charge at all. Mr. Morgan Lloyd appeared to show cause against a rule for a new trial, and Mr. Welsley and Mr. M'lntyre to support the rule. The Lord Chief Justice said it appeared that the question whether the plea was proved or not had not been prominently brought before the learned judge at the trial, because the defendant's counsel was confident of a verdict upon the plea of not guilty. In this way it had happened that there had been a miscarriage, for there was no doubt that the plea had been substantiully proved. There must, therefore, be a new trial. Rule absolute. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius—(Before Mr. Baron Channell and Conimon Juries.) TEMPANY V. HAKEWILL.-MAINTENANCE OF A WIFE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover £7B 18s. 6d., as the rent of apartments, board and money paid to the account of the defen dant's wife, to which the plea was never indebted. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Yates were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. O'Malley represented the defendant. The plaintiff was hall-porter at St. Martin's-hall, and when he first saw the defendant's wife she was living in an apartment in Doctors'-commons, for which she paid ss. a week. He then took a villa at Battersea, and the defendant with her servants went to lodge with him, after he had made in quiries as to the means of the defendant, who is a private gentleman with an income of between £4,000 and £5,000 a year. In his cross-examination the plaintiff stated that he paid £22 a year as rent for the villa, which was taken in consequence of an arrangement between him and Mrs. Hakewill. He charged her two guineas and a half a week for the apartments, which were furnished. He was aware that she was sepa rated from her husband, and that she had been in a lunatic asylum. She stayed at his house from the 19th of July to the 15th of September, 1858. Mrs. Hakewill was next called and examined. She deposed—l was married in August, 1839, and have had eight children by my husband. He had left me destitute. When the plaintiff's claim arose I had just been turned off the parish of Plumstead. I was then in a frightful state of starvation. In the first three months I was with the plaintiff I was in such a state that his charge could not have been remunerative. My husband used to keep his carriage and pair. He had two establishments all the year round. He lived upon his means, though he was nominally Secretary to the Hampstead. Waterworks Company. I returned from France on the 27th of Oct., 1851. My eldest child was at Boulogne. My husband then lived in Harrington-square, and to pre vent exposure on my return from France I con sented to go to him. I went there in a cab with my children, a French governess, and an English servant. He said, " What has brought you here ?" I said, " You know," He then said, " Oh, I ex pected it, and so I hare prepared for it. I have arranged with Henry," alluding to his brother, "you must go where you came from, you cannot stop here." I asked him to be advised by me, and to let me have a little conversation in the presence 'of the attendants and the children. I was then about to enter, but he pushed me rudely away. Some of the children went to kiss his hand, but he put it behind him. Hii brother, Mr. Henry Leslie, and Mr. Benham, his secretary, were with him. My husband said we should not remain there, we should be bundled out. He called to Mr. Benham to fetch his brother to turn me and the children out of doors, and also to fetch the police. I put some of the children, the French governess, and the ser vant in the room against his consent, and then went with him into the library. The children were alarmed and came into the room. They were put back, and I was locked in the room. I had not then a single shilling. My husband told his broiler to treat me as he liked. My children were then taken away. The shutters were shut any'., the doors locked, so that my servant could not go for assist ance. After four hours all of Rs, children and all, were turned out of the hole. I was one mass of bruises from the treatment I received. Since Oct., 1851, I have only had from £lOO to £2OO. While in France I had remittances from my husband, but not equal to my station. I have been informed by tradesmen that my husband had paid their ac counts. I have obt a i ne d a d ecree f or th e res tit u ti on o f conjugal rights, but Mr, Hakewill has not restored me to my proper position as his wife. My children lived with me till April, 1852, when my husband obtained possession of them clandestinely. He told me he had done so as he thought it would drive me mad, and I should not be alive in six months. He took them away he said because I had adver tised for a concert to raise money. The eldest was 12 and the youngest 3 years of age. I do notknow where they are. In January, 1851, I passed by the name of Nugent. That was by my proctor's ad vice. I have adopted literary pursuits to gain a livelihood. In February, 1858, I obtained an order for protection for a reversionary interest on which I wished to raise money to prosecute a divorce, but my husband prevented it. Cross-examined—l have not registered the pro tection order. I told the magistrate I had not re ceived money from my husband since 1851 except under compulsion. I have never received money from or throuei Mr. Darrill, an attorney, of Wind. sor, but he paid for )71 1 y board and lodging there. So long as he that I was comfortable. That was all I caved for. I heard he was paying for my lodging from money supplied by my husband. I 'Adt Windsor in 1856. I went to Christchurch to endeavour to raise the means of going to America, where I had an engagement offered to me on a first class American paper. I was paid, through Dr. Sharpe, £lOO per annum. I lived with my husband, in Welbeck-street, up to 1851. I had no quarrel with him up to then—l mean no serious quarrel. He had beaten me twice, arid he said I had driven him mad with my calmness. The first time was in 1849, and the beating had an effect on the child with which I was in the family way. The second time was in the same year. He had treated me with contumelious cruelty and gross neglect in 1847. I left Boulogne in the evening, and placed a lighted candle in the window before I left. I received £lO the night before I left. The children were sent out in the morning. When I came from Boulogne I was struck hundreds of blows that night. His brother exclaimed, " Say the word Thomas, and I'll finish her," using an opprobrious expression. They beat me for more than an hour with'their hands, knees, and feet, and the skin was rubbed off my side. I offered Mr. Hakewill to ac cept £3OO. The witness in her further cross-exami nation, gave evidence to show the treatment she had received from her husband, and this closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. O'Malley then addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the action was purely speculation, and asserting that the lady, against whose honour, however, there was no impeachment, was out of her mind. The further hearing of the case was then ad journed to this day. COURT FOR CROWN CASES RESERVED, (Before all the Judges.) THE QUEEN V. SKEENE AND FREEMAN. Lord Campbell delivered the judgment of himself and of the Lord Chief Baron, Justices Wightman, Wiles, and Hill, and Barons Brainwell, Watson, and Channell, in this case. The prisoners, having been charged before the magistaate with the offence for which they were afterwards tried under the 5 and 6 Vic., c. 39, were committed for trial. They had been adjudged bankrupts in July, and had in the court made a statement similar in effect to that which appeared in the depositions. At the next meeting of the Central Criminal Court an indict. ment was preferred against them, and the trial took place before the Lord Chief Baron, when they were convicted on the same evidence as that heard before the magistrate. The case for the prosecution having closed, the depositions were tendered in evidence, but this was objected to by the Crown; but the Lord Chief Baron admitted them, and re served the point whether they constituted a defence. The learned Judges whose names are given above were of opinion that the admission was right and the conviction should be affirmed. The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Justices Williams, Crowder, and Byles, differed, being of opinion that the admissions made by the prisoners were a disclosure which brought them within the protecting clause of the statute, The conviction was affirmed. LAW IN. '.—Feb. 5. CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS, Feb. 5. FELONIOUS ASSAULT AND THREAT TO MURDER. —Thomas Bainford, a respectable young man, re siding at Morden, was charged with an indecent assault on a little girl, named Susan Ann Haggar. The complainant, after some questions by the bench, being sworn, said—That on Wednesday, the 26th ult., she went to get a book for her mother at Mr. Wade's library, at Mitcham, when she saw the prisoner. He left the shop first, and when she went out he asked her whether she would have six pence to carry a bundle. She replied, " I don't think I can. I want to go home." He then said, " Oh, it will not take you long, it's only to South place." When she got there, he said the basket was a little further on ; that he had left it at the corner of a field. When she got to the corner of the field he took hold of her by the jaws, and threatened her with an open knife, saying he would cut her throat if she said anything . He then threw her on the ground. (Complainant here described the assault, which we must forbear giving.) When she got up, he said that if she told her mother he would cut her throat when he next saw her. Elizabeth Ann Haggar, the mother of the child, said that when her child came home she threw her self across the table, and, crying, said that a man had abused her. She then confirmed her child 's statement in nearly all material particulars, adding that the medical man had satisfied her that the capital offence had been committed upon her child, and that from her child's description, and that of the person who was in Mr. Wade's shop, she had no doubt the prisoner was the man who had perpetrated the offence. Police-constable 153 P stated that, in consequence of what he had heard, he arrested the prisoner, and he acknowledged having been in Mr. Wade's shop. Mr. Grattan then addressed the Bench, in the courso of which he remarked that his instructions were that this was a case of mistaken identity. The accused was a respectable young man. The Chairman said the Bench would not refuse the prisoner the opportunity of going before a jury, if he so desired it. Mr. Grattan said, as the legal adviser of the pri soner, he would rather the case was not adjudicat ed upon b y the Bench. The Chairman—Then he will be committed for trial. Police-constable 34 P was then called, and said that as soon as the child saw the prisoner at the station-house, along with his father and brother/ she said, " That's the man." Mr. Grattan—Yes ; but he was in custody at the time. Witness replied that she could not judge whether he was so or not. Mr. Grattan—He admitted that he had seen her at the shop. itness—Yes, then he did, but he denied it before. The depositions were then signed, and the pri soner committed for trial. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER—FEB. 5. The supply of wheat at our market was tolerable, and the currencies of last week were generally realised. The same may be said of barley. Oats in limited supply, and 1 9 dearer. Beans were again scarce, at a slight advance. 'Wheat White do 44s to 48s Beans, new —s to -- -9 Barley .. 38s to 44s I Ditto, old .4Bs to 550 Fine flour, 31sT Seconds, 29s I Thirds, 27s per sack. NOTTINGHAM—FEB. 5. At to-day's market a very good business was transacted in wheat, white of fine quality being in good demand at fully the rates of last week A plentiful supply. Barley was an improved show, at the full prices of last week. Oats held firmly, without alteration in value. Beans were in moderate supply, and is dearer. White wheat, new, 45s to 52s 1 Barley, grinding.. 28s to 30s Red do. 4os to 44s Oats, old, .. 309 to 34i Old white 4os to 49s New do 25s to 30 4 Red do. 37s to 42s Beans.. 47s to 50e I Barley, malting.... 33s to 45s Peas .—s to - - " 3 Super. flour, 32s to 3Gs ; fine, 28s to 30s per 20 stone. NORWICH-FEB. 5. - • - At the market this morning there was a moderate sur ply of English wheat, for which the trade was good, at fully last week's currencies, and in some instances is per qr more money was given. Barley in fair supply. and no change in value. Oats only taken in retail. In bean° little doing. Few peas offering. Wheat, white 44s to 46s Beans, Mazagan.. 22s to 340 I red 38s to 43s Middle & small 33s to 403 Barley 36s to 40s White peas 4os to 42s I Oats 22s to 30s Grey.. 4os to 42s Flour, 26s 60 to 27s per sack from the miller. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,236 qrs., at 39s 3d Barley . ...... . . 5,355 „ 33s 2d Oats —1) ^S Od CHELMSFORD-FEB. 4. The wheat trade is brisk to-day, and millers and vier' chants bought more freely ' • prices advanced is per quarte r. Barley, beans, and peas firm, and in some cases rather dearer. Wheat, white 40s to 47s Peas, Partridge ..448 to 46 0 red 32s to 43s White 41s to 4 36 Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 48 0 Chevalier .... 37s to 45s Dun 44s to 46 0 Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick ....38s to 4tr Malt 70s to 73s Harrow Ticks 38s to 4,5 Chevalier 72s to 73s Mazagan Oats 25s to 35s 363 to 390 DUBLIN-FEB. 4. W This day's market was moderately attended. Wheat a firm sale at about late rates. Indian corn in improve?. demand, and higher prices are looked for. Foreign whew' in fair request. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 25 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 23 0 Do., new 21 6 to 24 6 Barley Oats Do., black lO 6 to 11 0 s. d. s. el. Do., new ll 6t013 0 Bere lO & to 12 ° Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 G to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 5. The market was weak at the opening, and soon fel l , nearly 1 per cent., and prices closed not quite at the -worsv. Eastern Counties, 121 7-16— Midland, 102 k —Chester and Holyheads, 48 I—Caledonians, 851 54 —Lan_cnshir e and Yorkshire, 96—London and North-Westerns, 951 East Lancashire, 95 51—Dutch .Rhenish, 51 5 dis! Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 5-16—Great Western, 6 6 1' Great Western of Canada, 161 16—Dovers, 22 1 -16 i' —North British, 62±—York and North Midland, 771 S. Berwicks, 921 931—Leeds Northern, 48 48±. B IRMINGHAM-FEB. 5. The transactions to-day were as follows .—Midland per Cent. Pref. shares, 104I —Birmingham Banking Co. 1/ shares were dealt in at 27I—South Staffords, 11—Birmiur ham Canals, 96. LEEDS—FEB. 5. Leeds, 952—Leeds New Gas, 188—Dovers, 73--Nort il Westerns, 131—Midlands, 1011.—North British, 61k. MANCHESTER--FEB. 5. There was not . much business doing, and prices rather lower. Leeds, 95I—Dovers, 22 1-16—Eastern Counties' 12a—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95k—Grand Trunk Debs., 9s 3d—Electric Telegraph, 106 I—Midlands, 101 e Great Westerns, 55. BIRTHS. COLTILLE.—On the 14th inst., at 13, Chester-street, B el' grave-square, the wife of Major the Hon. Wm. Colville, of a daughter. SANKEY.—On the 4th inst., at Parkbury Lodge, near S t ' Albans, the wife of the Rev. T. W. Sankey, of a son. , SMITH.--On the 4th inst., at Finsbury-circus, the wife George Smith, Esq., of a son. TENNYSON.—On the 4th inst., at 42, Gloucester'-street south, Belgravia, the wife of Horatio Tennyson, B 8 cll of a daughter. MARRIAGES. tO ALLENEY—CANE.—On the 3d inst., at the Colbeat, Church, Southwell, Hy nman Allenby, Esq., of Keawie7 Lincolnshire, to Catherine Anne, daughter of the Re" T. C. Cane, of Southwell, Notts. WOODS—AARON.—On. the 3d inst., at St. Alphege,.Gree ll i wich, Robert Hunter Woods, of H.M.'s Customs eld er son of Henry Woods, Esq., of Hull, to Catherille; 14 ' Only surviving daughter of the late John Aaron ; of Loa' don. DEATHS. BLACK.—On the 3d inst., at Bath, Lieut.-Col. Black, late 53d Regt. CRADWICK.—On the 4th inst., at Chetnole, Dorset, litti °l. J. Chadwick, late 79th Regt., aged 69. CHANDLER. On the 3d inst., at Chichester, the VI -.Rev. George Chandler, D.C.L., Dean of Chicheste r '. aged 80. CoLLErrt--On the 3d inst., at Stepney, Augustus Boz °/ 1 Collett, Esq., Commander of the ship Albemarle, ag e 40. • CousiNs.—On the sth inst Robert at Balham, Mrs. Mary Cougill ° ' widow of the . o Cousins, ate of Doctoe°' commons, aged 92. PROSY.—On the 2d inst., at Twickenham, the Rev. Proby, canon of Windsor, vicar. of Twickenham, coul'__A of Middlesex, and Tachbrook, county of Warwici, LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YO 4 / 14 : 2 : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N:°' of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the co Vi t Y Middlesex, Monday, February 7, 1859, -i