The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-23 00:00:00

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) TETUAN, FEE. 11. Events at first regarded as calamitous sometimes prove blessings in the end, and among such, perhaps, will have to be classed the sack of a large portion of Tetuan by the defeated and lawless army of the fugitive Muley Abbas, It has compelled the abo minably dirty and negligent population to turn out of their houses the shattered fragments of their fur niture, and, at the same time, an amount of rubbish and filth such as an European imagination could hardly conjure up. " You are removing the dirt of three centuries," said tho intelligent Moorish alcalde whom the Spaniards have appointed ; and really, judging from appearance, the Mahomedan did not greatly exaggerate. Except some parts of Galata, I know nothing that can even remotely compare with the streets of Tetuan, and notably with those of the Jewish quarter. You would not thank me for an attempt to catalogue the ingre dients of the mass of foulness which, under Spanish direction, the Tetuanese are now raking up and re moving—not willingly, believe me. The unfortu nate Jews evidently think it very hard that old abuses should be thus interfered with, and that they should be compelled, by brown-coated bayonet bearing taskmasters, to delve, and scrape, and sweep, and gradually to remove the sacred accumu lations of ages. The owner of the rottenest of boroughs could hardly have viewed the Reform Bill with greater disgust than they testify for this innovating and compulsory purification. I assure you it was a strange sight yesterday to see the main street of the Ghetto crowded with these poor children of Israel, in their striped cotton coats and loose white trousers, their heads for the most part bare, or scantily covered with a skull cap, their ankles naked, their feet slippered, their figures shambling and slightly stooping, as of a people used to oppression ; their countenances timid and furtive, their slender hands unused to rude toil, grasping but feebly shovel and broom. They were not hardly treated or unnecessarily tormented ; the Spanish soldier is generally neither brutal nor cruel; but they were made to work, and evi dently thought it a harsh and tyrannical proceed ing. if they are kept to the necessary labour, in a few days Tetuan will assume an aspect hitherto unknown to its oldest inhabitant; its streets will have sunk a foot or two, and will no longer stifle the passenger with odours compared to which the combined emanation from a knacker's yard and an extensive soapboiling establishment would seem Arabian perfumes ; its walls will be whitewashed, with which object large quantities of lime are pre paring ; water will have leave to flow down the gutters, at present choked with black and fetid mud ; in short, the place will be fit to live in, which it certainly was not when we arrived here, except for Moors and African Jews. There is the less excuse for these horrible dirty habits as water is extremely abundant here ; there are wells and springs and streams all around the town, and in nearly all its houses one finds pumps and fountains yielding a plenteous supply, clear as crystal. Only the very healthy and airy position of Tetuan, on a rising ground between two valleys, with sea or mountain breezes refreshing it from whatever quar ter the wind may set, can have saved it from con tinually recurring fevers and pestilence ; for, be sides the dirt, the streets arc narrow and confined, and the houses derive light and air chiefly from inner courts, often only a few feet square. Exter nally few windows are seen, and most of those are but a foot high and a few inches broad—more like loopholes than windows. Here and there a semi circular box, like half a barrel, is fixed against the wall, covering an aperture and having in its staves minute loopholes, not much larger than keyholes, through which one can fancy the dusky Moorish beauties stealing a glance at a passing pageant — perhaps at the gallant array of Muley Abbas's picked cavalry, as they went out, full of con fidence, to meet a disastrous, defeat. From de serted window sills and narrow ledges of the whitened brickwork sprout rich tufts of dark green vegetation, shooting npwards as if they would fain rise above the roof and catch the sunbeams the narrow streets exclude, or drooping down wards as though resigned to shade. Where rooms are not built across- and over the street, narrow arches unite its opposite sides, as though the builder, mistrustful of his work, had desired addi tional support. The best of Tetuan's streets are but lanes, sonic ith ragged pavement, others unevenly floored with earth, which the least rair converts into mud. They are narrow, as befits the climate; tortuous and labyrinthian, and meeting each other at all possible angles. At a short distance from the western exit from the town, outside of which now camps the corps of lion Juan Prim, is the princi pal square, mentioned in a former letter, and on the most conspicuous building of which, high above the ground, the Spaniards have painted, in large black letters, " Plaza de Espana." To facilitate re ference and circulation, the Spaniards—who, in some things, display a promptitude and method I must own I should hardly have expected from them—have already given names to the streets, have had them painted on boards, and are fixing them up at all corners. Considering that they en• tered Tetuan only on the 6th inst., a good deal has already been done, and one important point gained is that the Moors have been inspired with confidence in their new rulers. Some of the plundered Jews conceiving, on the Spaniards' entrance, that their star was in the ascendant, thought to indemnify themselves for their losses at the hands of the Moorish army by reprisals on the deserted Moorish houses. There was an excuse for them. They had been left, in many cases, without a bed to lie upon or a blanket to cover them ; they saw houses full of what they greatly needed and destitute of occu pants, and they went forth to help themselves. One of the first acts of the Spanish authorities, when here installed, was to forbid the removal of property from deserted houses. It was necessary to enforce the order, and two Jews, who were caught stealing from a Moorish house, were visited with stripes. This had a great effect on the Moors. They felt themselves protected—as the Israelites had felt themselves protected—and, the orderly and quiet behaviour of the Spanish soldiery concurring to dis sipate their first alarm, they began to emerge in num bers from their hiding-places, and to show themselves abroad without any signs of fear. The difference in the bearing of Jews and Moors is very striking. Cringing, servile, abject are the former; even when in full security they seem to shrink from dreaded question or reproof, and if you but raise your voice they crouch as though they feared a blow. If they excite contempt, they must also move to pity, for their broken spirit is the effect of long persecution. But mark the difference in the Mahomedan. He is proud and stoical, even in his great distress and dis aster. His bearing is erect, his countenance calm ; his eye, if it does not always firmly sustain your gaze, at least betrays no faint heart ; his supremacy is gone, but his manly dignity remains. On the 7th the second day of Spanish presence in Tetuan, I was particularly struck by this. Rambling through the Moorish quarter we met several of its inhabitants, who had evidently come forth for the first time since the capture of the city, and with some doubts as to the reception reserved for them by the invaders. But there were no s i gns o f h um iliati o n about th em ; they Were none the less in their own esteem because eonquered wad subjected ; they took their misfor tune in the true fatalist spirit ; it was so ordained, and there was no shame fer them. Not only in the city, but in the adjacent country, the Moors se em to be acquiring s tir b ing - confidenee in the t Spaniards and di sposed rnit quietly to their rule. Deputations have arrived from villages, ten dering submissson and allegiance, p a O r e n n l y tli e yesterda yeo afternoon one of them C a me in, apparently poration of some Moorish douar, a • nxtous to see the General-in-Chief and to present a modeq tribute of fowls and eggs. Unfortunately O'Donnell Was a b . sent. The ex-king of a tribe, whom the Emperor's Government had deprived of his authority, has offered to bring 13,000 men under Spanish govern ment, provided he be restored to his station. There would be no difficulty in forming a native corps here, and O'Donnell :entertains the project. The soldiers and others who have presented themselves are assured of good treatment, of the possession of their horses, of security for their'women, and ofi twice the pay they got from the Emperor of Mo rocco ; and, as they find that the Christians are fair in their dealings and keep their word, they show a disposition to accept the terms, and some have gone away again to inform their re latives and friends that the unbelievers offer good conditions and may be trusted. There is in this country—as might be expected from the vicinity of French colonies—a party in favour of European rule, and which the Spaniards call the Argelino or Algerine party, which would prefer foreign domi nation to that of their present Sovereign. That party, of course, rallies round the Spanish banner; and now, for the first time since this army landed in Africa, information is obtained of the position of the enemy, the nature of the country, its resources, &c. When Prim went out to reconnoitre a day or two ago, and advanced a couple of leagues towards Tangier, he passed through several villages, the in habitants of which showed no signs of terror, nor sought to avoid the foreign soldiers, the report of whose orderly, inoffensive behavour had already reached them. The Tetuan Moors have actually entreated the Spanish authorities to extend the term originally fixed for those inhabitants who have fled to return and take possession of their homes. They have been granted until to-morrow. Some appear to have fled far, and others have been pre vented returning by terror of armed bands, proba bly wandering, thieving stragglers from the routed army. For protection from these, some of the country people have asked to retain their arms, and have been allowed to do so. In Tetuan all the arms have been called in by the authorities, but I very much doubt whether all, or nearly all, have been given up, although a great number of old unservice able weapons have been sent into store. The num ber of the wounded Moors left in hospital here was exaggerated by rumour. I hear that there are not much more than 1,000 at the most wounded. All who could hobble or crawl fled on the approach of the Spaniards. I told you that on Sunday forenoon from the hill of the Casbah, we saw a long train of Moors making for the lateral valley that leads to wards Tangier. When Rios's troops crowned the height, a large body of Moorish horse (about 2,000, it is said) was just outside the western gate of Tetuan, and it was at them that the shots were fired from the guns of the citadel. There seems no danger of a scarcity of supplies here, even were communication by sea cut off. The drove of oxen and cows that has accompanied the army from the lines of Ceuta is now large and on the increase. Twenty beasts were purchased the other day by the commissariat for little more than £2O sterling. They are small, but even were they smaller the price is ridiculously low, The people of the surrounding country, which is thickly sprinkled with villages and hamlets, show every disposition, I am assured, to bring in articles for sale, the utmost pains having been taken to convince them that the Spaniards pay for everything. The Spanish soldier, as I have taken occasion more than once to remark, is habitually good tempered and well-behaved, and I attribute this in great measure to his sober kabits. lie does not irritate his system and his temper by the abuse of strong drinks, as English and French soldiers are but too apt to do, especially under cir cumstances of hardship and exposure. He is no dram drinker, or consumer of that deleterious ab sinthe which plays such mischief among the French army in Africa. To his sobriety is unquestionably to be chiefly set down the scarcity of cases of mis conduct in the army, which it would be unjust not to recognise and extol. Living, as I have now done, since the end of last November, in the very midst of the soldiers, with their tents all around, and often very near to mine, I have not once seen or heard of a fight among them, scarcely so much as a brief dispute or verbal brawl, and courts-martial have been almost unknown. Without going nearly so far as some of my Spanish Mends, who, in their naive enthusiasm at the recent successes over these undisciplined, ill-armed, and ill commanded Afri cans, sometimes proclaim their infantry to be the first in the world, I must admit that they pos sess qualities which constitute them excellent materials for the m:lufacture of first-rate ar mies ; and their conduct towards the natives is, so far as I have as yet had opportunities of observing and ascertaining, exempt from reproach. It were desirable, however, that while respecting persons and their immediate property, they would show some consideration for one branch of the wealth of this country, and that is its orchards. It is quite necessary 0 - tat the soldier should boil his pot ; but at the expense of a Nttle more trouble, he might manage to do so with less pre cious fuel than fruit trees. If the army, or a con siderable portion of it, passes the spring in and around Tetuan, a 3 is highly probable, I fear the rich orchards that surround us will be grievously devas tated. Orange and almond trees are really too agreeable in their aspect, and too valuable in their produce, for one to behold them withoit regret serving to cook the beans and bacon of hungry bat talions. I believe that the attention of the mili tary authorities has been called to the abuse, and doubtless means will be taken to check it. An ac tive provost and guard, intrusted with a reasonable latitude as to the infliction of prompt punishment on offenders taken in the act, would also be a most useful institution, more for the town than 'for the camp, and less for the soldiers than for the host of canteenmen, petty vendors of sundries, and equivo cal camp-followers of all descriptions who stick to the skirts of this army, and have lately much in creased in numbers, and are likely still further to do so now that it is in possession of a considerable town. ME LATE MR. 11. DRUMMON.D, A vacancy in the representation of West Surrey is occasioned by the lamented decease of Mr. Henry Drummond, of Albury-park, which happened at his residence near Guildford, on Monday last, at the age of 73. Mr. Drummond was well known in religious circles as one of the leaders of the Irvingite movement, and to the peculiar opinions of that sect he devoted a large portion of his handsome income, as the " Catholic and Apostolic" churches erected in the pleasant village of Albury, and in Gordon square, London, will abundantly testify. Mr. Drummond, though bearing no title himself, was a member of the noble Scottish house of Strathallan ( an o ff s h oo t o f t h e ear ld om o f P ert h) , being descended in the fourth degree from perso nally espoused the cause of the Chevalier fourth Viscount Strathallan, who, having ea re 5 1745, was killed at having his name included in the bill Edward,. in Culloden,of attainder, after m to a g l e ly th r e e r st w or it e h d his eldest Act tesotf s p o a n r . lyviame e nt a i t o te l r B2 w 4 a . s the for h en l r a y t eDLurnin Henryond h p ii r n o s m e l m f Drummond, first an the k eldest son of f i r s , e o o f oo L t o ndon, by Anne, daughter of Henry, Mel ville. He was born Dec. 5,1786, d was educated at Harrow, and Christ Church, a x n fo tyH of e was a . considerable benefactor ,to th University Ox ford, where he founded, in 1825, the Professorship of of Political Economy, which has been held W. N. Senior, Archbishop Whately, Dr. Travers Twiss, T w iss, Mr. Herman Merivale, and other . distin guished persons. He was a magistrate and deputy. lieutenant for Surrey, the western division of which county he has continued to represent for 13 years, having been first returned to Parliament in 1847. Mr. Drummond ranked as a Conservative, but hi s Conservatism, like his religion, was tinged with eccentricity, and he was opposed to the unequal operation of some of the privileges attached to the Church Establishment. Mr. Drummond married, in 1807, the Lady Henrietta Drummond Hay, elder daughter of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul, by whom he has an only surviving daughter, Louisa, mar ried to Lord LovAine, eldest son of the Earl of Beverley, and whose son, now quite a child, in the course of nature, must one day inherit the dukedom aril princely estates of the house of Northum berland. [A DVnIZTISEM ENT.]—Notice.—ln consequence of Messrs. Latices and Morton Navin, - just commenced 1860 with opposi tion similar to that which they previouslyadvanced, and wish in,-;- to do those gentlemen every justice, Mr. Thorley is induced to enlarge his. coming pamphlet, making it 61 pages instead of 32 showing beyond doubt that their observations on the so-called "Concentrated Cattle Food," and so-called "feeding statistics," are without foundation; that tl►e ltothamsted experiment was not made with his food, and consequently that this complete failure must either be through mismanage ment or from buying the Condiment at the wrong shop. The first impression of One Hundred Thousand Copies will be ready about the first day of March, and may be had post free on receipt of Three Stamps, on application to Joseph Thorley, the Inventor and sole Proprietor of " Thorley's Food for Cattle," n, N ewgate-street, London ; 21, Broadway, New York, United States ; Mr. .T. W. Thorley, Melbourne; Vic toria; Mr. Alfred Burt, Sydney, New South Wales; and of all his agents throughout the United Kingdom.—Feb, 2,1800. BELGIUM: In the sitting of the Belgian Senate of the lith inst., the Duke de Brabant (the heir to the throne) spoke at considerable length upon the commercial prospects of Belgium. The question under discus sion was the Budget for Foreign Affairs. After alluding to the commerce of Belgium 25 years ago, and its present prosperous condition, his Royal Highness said : Official returns show, in fact, that our special commerce, which really represents the proper move ment of the country, has tripled since 1836. The re membrance of our successes at the Universal Exhi bitions of London and Paris is also of a nature to inspire a legitimate confidence in the exceptional strength of our industry. In recalling these facts, attested by unchallengeable documents, allow me, gentlemen, to express the hope that the future will be worthy of the past. We are in the path of progress; but, as you are aware, progress, to be maintained, requires incessant and new efforts. The special exportation—that is to say, that of na tional produce—during the period from 1840 to 1858 has followed this progress, as in France and England, as will be seen from the following figures : 1840. 1858. Incroaso. England .. 1,285,000,000 f. 2,015,000,000 f. 127 per cent, France.... 695,000,000 f. 1,980,000,000 f. 156 „ Belgium .. 140,000,000 f. 424,000,000 f. 204 „ Thus, it will be seen that Belgium has, relatively, made more progress than her neighbours ; yet the latter have not been inactive. They suffice chiefly to provide for their own wants, and where 10 years ago we only found consumers, we now meet rivals, who not only do not purchase our produce, but are themselves producers and powerful competitors. The nearest markets—why should we deny it ? are likely to be lost to some of our great industries. A visible alteration has taken place in our fabrica tion of linen and cotton goods; our machinery, iron, and rails are now chiefly sent to Spain, Italy, and Russia. Our circle of action thus extends far, and it ought to extend further. The activity of our workshops, the welfare of our workmen, the fortune of our commerce depend upon it. If, from various causes, certain markets near us and of easy access may become less accessible, others are open to us, further off, it is true, but much more exten sive, and which in a few years, thanks to railways, steamers, and the electric telegraph, will be easily accessible to those who will take the wise precau tion to effect a footing there. This, gentlemen, leads me to direct your thoughts to the East. As soon as the treaty of Tien-tsin was signed Govern ment sent M. d'Egremont to China, to obtain for Belgium the same advantages which had just been granted to the English and French, the hardy pioneers of our civilization. After being tossed about between Shanghai and Canton, and Canton and Shanghai, our Charge d'Affaires finally re ceived on the 19th of October last a despatch from the High Commissary of Foreign Affairs, the Governor of the Two Kwangs, &c. The First Mandarin postponed any sort of negotiation with us until the treaties with Baron Gros and Lord Elgin had been ratified. That official document proves once more a fact of which daily experience had convinced all European traders, and which emanates from the Treaty of Nankin of 1842, and which the recent correspondence of Lord Elgin has rendered still more manifest—viz., that in China and Japan all European nations are on the same footing (sont solidaires). It establishes no less clearly the interest we have to see removed, ami cably or by force, the obstacles which still delay the final triumph of French and English diplomacy. If, always remaining faithful to our particular task and engagements, the occasion should, never theless, present itself to co-operate with France, England, and the other Powers in a work the re sults of which may be providential for our commerce and industry, and which will most certainly be considered as one of the most vast and productive enterprises ever attempted—l say, such an oppor tunity would be a godsend for us, and we ought not to neglect it. Gentlemen—By the patriotic and wise vote you gave at the end of last sessiou you have worthily closed the first period of the founda tion of our national structure. Now, confident in our foundation, sure of our progress, we must en deavour to extend our operations abroad, to follow, in proportion to our strength, the example of our neighbours, and to profit by the lessons of history." His Royal Highness, after pissing in review the industry of Belgium as it now exists, dwelt upon the necessity of opening new markets fir Belgian produce, and to appoint Belgian agents in every part of the world : to do this effectually Belgium ought to have a great commercial port—and that port should be Antwerp. After passing in review the great commercial enterprises of the different European States, and the success attendant thereon, his Royal Highness concluded as follows Tr is for you, gentlemen, to draw from the above facts the conclusions that may appear to you best suited to the wants of our time and to the interests of the country. In case you should approve some of the ideas I have expressed, I hope you will join your voices to mine, and at once call the ear nest attention of the Government to those questions, the happy solution of which will exercise a great influence upon the political and material interests of our country. With such an object in view let us hope that all opinions will coalesce: Let us hope that our statesmen will willingly set to work; let us hope that all those who from age or from any other reason have not had the good fortune to work at the foundation of the national structure will at least endeavour to elevate it as high as possible. The day will come when their names will be en graved on tablets of marble." THE :SOCIAL EVIL. A writer in a contemporary says : . Sir,—l attended the meeting at St. James's-hall last night. I entertain great respect for the motives which actuate the gentlemen at the head of the " midnight meeting" movement, but their energies are misapplied and their zeal is misdirected. Some 200 women were present last evening. By far the greater part consisted of the halt, the des titute, and the aged of West-end prostitutes. Shabby mantles and tawdry dresses were in the ascendant. The real social evil, the nzulierformosa, who blazons her shame in Regent -street and the Haymarket, who saps the morals, destroys the health, and drains the purse of her thoughtless ad mirers, was, with few exceptions, unrepresented. There were not 20 young and well-dressed women in the room. Tea and coffee and bread and butter were offered to all comers, and groups of eight or ten women were formed round the various tables. There was no platform. The few clergymen pre sent conversed with the women during tea, and afterwards formed in a group near the top of the room. Shortly before one o'clock Mr. Baptist Noel ad dressed the meeting in a speech full of kindness and sympathy. He talked of the horrors of the pre sent, the prospect of death and the hope for the penitent. He produced no effect whatever until he drew a most touching picture of the happy home they had forsakbn, and of the mothers who wept over their shame. This appeal was responded to by sobs and tears. It went straight to the heart, and was understood by all. After a few common place remarks by Mr. Bickersteth, a gentleman of strong lungs and portly presence addressed the meeting. He exhorted his hearers to come at once to the reformatories. He promised that their hair should not be eut off, nor their dresses taken from them, and alas proceeding to draw a sketch of the comforts they would enjoy, when he was checked by jeering laughter and " chaffing" remarks. The preaching was concluded with a statement that any one desiring to enter a reformatory would be taken there at the close of the meeting, and that the rail way fare would be paid for those desiring to return home. A rush was then made to the door by the great majority of the women, including nearly all the young and well dressed. At the outer door was collected a number of "swells," attracted by curio sity, but unprovided with the necessary ticket of admission. Among them these women remained, until their reformed sisters were carried off in cabs amid a shower of cynical remarks. They then plied their calling—apparently with considerable success. So far as these meetings provide a homehand re fuge for wornout and hopeless outcasts they are productive of good. This object can, however, be attained by other and better means than by making St. James's hall a succursale to the Haymarket, and by calling midnight meetings of London pros titutes. The homeless and destitute alone will accept the hard fare, unwonted restraint, and pain ful seclusion' of a reformatory. Such women may be found in any numbers by men who, like Lieut. Illaektnore, nobly devote themselves to the search. But the more fortunate lw•eite is not likely to lield to the seductions of the tea and toast, or to the per suasive reaching provided for her at St. James's hall. So long as there are men who supply her w i t h every comfort, to provide her with every luxury, and eventually—as has too often happened of late—to place her by marriage in a rank of life far above her own, so long will she refuse to aban don her career. If another meeting be held in St. James's-hall let me offer a suggestion to the committee. Let a room be opened specially for men, such as those who last night thronged the street in such num bers. Let them be there preached to until the hall be fairly cleared of the women. Such a course will prevent the seductions of the " swells" on the pave from overcoming the efforts of the reverend gen tlemen inside, 211 E N.AVI, The officers and crew of her Majesty's paddle wheel steam sloop Vesuvius, Commander Wise, from the West Coast of Africa, were yesterday paid off at Woolwich. The necessary preparations have been completed for the launch of the Camelion, 17-gun screw steamer, from Deptford Dockyard this (Thurselay) afternoon. The Cameleon was only laid down upon the stocks about six months since, and has been built under the immediate inspection of the master shipwright of the yard, Mr. H. Chatfield. Her dimensions are as follows :—Length between per pendiculars, 185 feet ; keel for tonnage, 164 feet ; breadth extreme, 33 feet 2 inches ; ditto for ton nage, 32 feet ; ditto moulded, 32 feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 17 feet 5 inches ; burden in tons, 950 8-94. Her engines, which are being constructed by Messrs. Maudslay and Son, will be of 200-horse power. After the launch it is intended to tow her to Woolwich to be completed for sea. The launch will take place between 1 and 2 o'clock, the public being admitted to the yard about an h our pre viousy. The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth, proceeded yesterday up Porchester Lake and made practice at short range with solid shot irom her B.inch pivot gun upon an iron plate affixed to the side of the old Briton frigate. At the conclusion of the firing the plate, which appeared to be upwards of four inches thick and about six feet in length by four in breadth, was carefully eovered up with canvas. The result of the trial, however, was precisely the same as on former occasions of the kind, the third shot from the gunboat breaking the plate and driving large portions through the frigate's side, strewing the deck with broken pieces of iron, and again clearly demonstrating the destructive cha racter a ship's so-called "protective armour" must assume when broken up by powerful artillery, and scattered in jagged fragments among the crew of the vessel it was intended to defend. The Briton was yesterday towed down the harbour and placed in No. 1 dock, to have her copper stripped off, when she will be again moored up the harbour as a target for the Excellent. The Flying Fish, 6, screw, Commander C. W. Hope, was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday, after completing repairs to her rudder, &c. The Hornet, 14, screw, was yesterday removed from the steam basin at Portsmouth, and berthed alongside the north jetty, in readiness to be placed in No. 1 dock for repairs, when that dock is vacated by the Briton. The Ariel, 9, screw, was also re moved from the steam basin, and berthed alongside the North Wall, to receive her tanks, cables, &c. The Bacchante, 51, screw, got up steam in the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, preparatory to her official trial. The Ariadne, 26, screw, Capt. Vansittart, was again under way yesterday atrpithead, for the purpose of resuming her experimental screw trial, but owing to the force of the wind it was again de ferred. The Mars, 80, screw, Captain Strange, at Spit head, has received orders to prepare for sea. The screw steam frigate Diadem, 32, Capain J. H. Cockburn, arrived at Portland on Tuesday from Portsmouth. A portion of the Channel fleet is ex pected to leave that harbour in a few days for the Tagus. The vessels now is port are the Royal Albert 121, Edgar 91, Queen 91, Algiers 91, Done gal 101, Hero 91, Trafalgar 91, Melpomene 51, Mersey 40, Diadem 32, Blenheim 60, Mutinc 17, Greyhound 17, Biter 2, and the Partridge 2. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Powys, to the Hero ; Lieut. C. A. G. Bridge, to the Algiers ; Lieut. H. F. Campbell, to the Royal Albert, addi tional, for disposal; Lieut. E. H. B. Hartwell, to the Aboukir ; Lieut. Augustus Jacob, to the Mars ; Lieut. Richard Sheepshanks, to the Excellent; Sampson Harris, chief engineer, to the Wellington, for charge of the machinery upon that ship, being paid off; Henry Cook, promoted to first-class assistant engineer in the Banterer; John Singer, promoted second-class assistant engineer, to the Orion ; and Edward Chambers, acting third-class assistant engineer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Bustler. THE ARMY. The following changes of quarters will take place ix the division of Guards on the Ist of April next : Grenadier Guards—The Ist battalion from Wel lington Barracks to the St. George's, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks; 2d battalion, from Wind sor to Portman-street and St. John's-wood Bar racks. Coldstream Guards-Ist battalion, from Port man-street and St. John's-wood Barracks to Wel lington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from the Tower of London to Windsor. Scots Fusilier Guards-Ist battalion, from St. George's, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to Wellington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from Welling ton Barracks to the Tower of London. The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards will remain in Dublin. One hundred and fifty men selected from the depot brigade of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich were yesterday paraded and medically attested for service at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. Among the provisions :for the formation of the 15th and 16th brigades, it is stated that a number of bom bardiers on foreign stations will be ordered home for promotion, and that their places will be sup plied by recruits from head-quarters. The head-quarters (fourth and last) division, consisting of one squadron, of the sth Royal Iri s h Lancers, embarked at ;th e .North-wall, Dublin, on londay, on board the Windsor. freight ship, for Liverpool, thence to march to Aldershott. The following officers embarked with this division : Lieut.-Col. Sullivan, commanding; Lieut. Murphy and Cornet Vandeleur; Lieut. and Adjutant Weaver, Paymaster Dyer, Surgeon Huish, Assist.- Surgeon Atkinson, Quartermaster Griffiths, Rid ing-Master Rant, and Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Mills. Major C. E. Hillier, of this regiment, having been appointed by his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant an Assistant Inspector-General of the Constabulary Force in Ireland, will soon retire from the army. In accordance with the recommendations of the Sanitary Commissioners appointed to inspect and report upon the barracks and military hospitals in England, several improvements for the health and comfort of the troops at Chatham are ordered to be adopted at that garrison, some of which are now being carried into effect ; the results up to the pre sent time being very satisfactory. Directions have been given for the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, accompanied by officers belonging to the several corps, to institute a close inspection of each of the barracks once during every month, in order that everything may be adopted to ensure the health of the troops. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. FLEETWOOD, FEB. 20. Yesterday morning, during a gale of wind and heavy squalls, signals of distress were observed from the schooner Catherine, of Newry, which was riding heavily in the offing. The new lifeboat recently sent here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was immediately launched; but she was instantly filled with the heavy sea that was running, and thrown broadside on to the beach. Her crew, headed by Capt. Wasey, R.N., were not, however, to be baffled by this temporary discomfiture. As quickly as possible the lifeboat was hauled on her transporting carriage ; headed by the captain, the crew jumped into the boat, and from the peculiar construction of the carriage were launched with oars in their hands far beyond the powers of the breakers to beat them back this time. After an hour's hard pull in the face of a heavy gale, and the sea running between five and six miles an hour, the wreck was reached, and three or four hands were taken off the weather quarter. The master was afterwards hauled on board the lifeboat by means of a line, and all were subsequently landed safely at Fleetwood amid the loud acclamations of the numerous sp: - .ctators on shore. The belia.vilur of the lifeboat was very highly spoken off on the occasion. Within the past month this same valu able lifeboat, manned by Capt. Wasey, R.N., and her coxwain, John Fox, has been instrumental in saving eight persons from the wrecked vessels Jane Roper, of Ulverstonc, and the Ann Mitchell, of Montrose. AYR, FEB. 20. We bad a strong gale the whole of yesterday from IV. to N.W. The barque Niagara, of Shields, laden with coals from Troon for Syria, was at half-past one p.m. driven ashore about two miles to the north of Ayr Harbour, where the coast is flat and sandy, and interspersed with rocks. She was seen from the harbour, and, as the danger was great, the life boat belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was immediately manned by 15 men and launched, and proceeded to the wreck, Which was soon reached. They first brought the master off, as he was hurt, and wanted medical aid. He would not allow the men, however, to be brought away at this time, but requested that they might remain by the vessel to pump her, telling them that he would send more men from Troon to assist them. The gale, however, continued, and as the vessel was striking heavily upon the rocks, and night ap proaching, the lifeboat returned to the vessel a second time, and succeeded in bringing the whole of the hands, numbering 14, safely on shore. This morning the sea is making a clean breach over the the ship, and .she is full of water, and will, to all appearance, become a total wreck. The men were so far exhausted as to be unable to launch their own boats, and they could not have survived the night, so that their lives were saved by means of the new lifeboat which the National Lifeboat Institution recently sent here. AY 23, 1860. REPEAL OF 2'HE PAPER DUTY. The ninth annual meeting of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge was held at St, Martin's-hall last evening. M. Avwrox, M.P., was called to the chair, and after some introductory remarks, in the course of which he congratulated the meeting on the success which had attended the efforts of the association in procuring, principally through the advocacy of Mr. Milner Gibson in the House of Commons, the abo lition of the advertisement duty and the stamp duty, and on the prospect they now had of the abolition of the remaining restriction, the duty on paper, being also abolished. Dr. WATTS moved the first resolution—" That the excise duty cn paper obstructs literature and education, impedes commerce, wastes capital, harasses industry, injures the revenue, is incapable of collection without violating the law of the land, has been condemned by Parliament, and ought to be repealed forthwith." He said that the tax on a penny newspaper was about 26 per cent. of the price, and in the case of the Saturday's Manchester Guardian the case was worse. That paper was sold by the proprietors to the newsmen at 9d. a dozen, the cost of the paper being ls. a dozen, the difference between 9d. and the ls. being just the amount of the duty, Again, the paper duty on the Irish National School books was 122 per cent. It was impossible that, with the paper, duty, a penny newspaper could pay the proprietors. But a penny was the working man's price. Adverting to the effect of the duty on commerce, he exhibited a paper bag which stood on its own bottom. It was patented on account of the quality, and was intended for exportation to America, but the manufacturer had to pay the diity. True, he got it back on the bags being exported ; but the laying on of the duty, and the process to be gone through to obtain the drawback, caused a loss of 10 per cent, on the cost of the article ; so that the duty, though the drawback was allowed, practically amounted to au export duty of 10 per cent. Again, in making up parcels, the paper in which they were wrapped being given away, the cost of it was added to the article, and thus trade was injured. The ar ticle of sewing cotton, which was formerly sold on wooden bobbins, was now sold on pasteboard. The duty on the pasteboard amounted to 5 per cent. on the article; 5 per cent. was added for the profit of the dealer, making 10 per cent. ; and when they ex ported the article to America, the customs duty of 25 per cent. raised the tax on the pasteboard to 122 per cent. One manufacturer in Manchester used to export sewing cotton in pasteboard boxes, and he exported at one time 100,000 boxes a year. Now, however, he did not export one, the duty on the pasteboard having destroyed the profit. Some years ago Mr. Baring added 5 per cent. to the 14d. duty on paper, and the result was that in eighteen years the number of paper manufacturers was reduced from 525 to 393, though during that period there was no other trade that had decreased. The woollen manu facture was, he supposed, a protected and petted in terest. In that manufacture they used mill-board, but when it was worn out for that purpose the manu facturer was allowed a drawback en the duty on con dition that the mill-board was burned, and 300,000 lbs. of mill-board, material of which paper might be made, were actually burned every year in order to obtain the drawback, and this under a Govern ment which had sent circulars to our consuls abroad to endeavour to find a new material for paper be cause they were afraid that there would be a scar city of it. Air. T. ROUTLEDGE, of the Eynsham paper mills, seconded the motion. He said he at one time had it in contemplation to manfacture what in the trade was called "half stuff." This half stuff was im ported from Russia and other places free of duty, but he was told by the Board of Inland Revenue that he could not manufacture it without submit ting to restrictions whi c h i n f ac t d es t roye d t h e value of the article, and he consequently gave up the attempt. There was a great misapprehension among his fellow manufacturers that they would find a scarcity of raw material. The fact was there was no vegetable that grew that would not make paper, The boards on which they stood would make paper, and very good paper too. At the pre sent time he was making six tons of paper a week without a particle of rag in it. There was the for mium tenax, the New Zealand flax, which would make a magnificent paper, and if the duty were re pealed they would get thousands of tons of the ma terial. He exhibited several parcels of fibres made from the bark of trees. Only four years ago the whole edition of thn 2Vmc. paper IN 43 printed on paper made from flax straw. Dr. Royal, the curator of the East India Museum, said the quantity of fibre that could be sent from India was illimitable. All that was required was Bri tish capital and enterprise. But so long as the ex ciseman was at his elbow, the manufacturer could not adopt any new process or go out of the old way. He exhibited a sheet of paper, which he said was strong enough for the chairman to stand upon, and which he said had not a p ar ti c l e o f rag i n i t. Mr. TIELDE, who was on the platform, said he wished to add a rider to the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said the rider was not important to the resolution. Mr. FIELDE, however, persisted, and The CHAIRMAN read it as follows :—" That while fully agreeing with the resolution, this meeting is of opinion that the sole amount of good which lies in the repeal of the paper duty cannot be fully developed without a halfpenny stamp to carry two ounces of printed matter"—(laughter) —and he put it to the meeting whether it were relevant, and the meeting, by an unanimous show of hands, decided that it was not. Mr. Alderman FOWLE addressed the meeting in support of the resolution. The Times, he said, ridiculed the idea of the re-establishment of paper mills in rural districts, and said that Fourdrinier's machine had destroyed the rural manufacture. He had a Fourdrinier's machine and hand-mill, and where he made 10s. by his machinery he made 20s. by the hand-mill. The resolution was passed unanimously. Mr. C. KNIGHT, who was received with enthu siastic cheers, moved the next resolution, thanking Mr. Milner Gibson for his eleven years' service in the cause, and Mr. Gladstone for his proposal in his present budget. Professor KEY seconded the motion, which passed with acclamation. Mr. FRANCIS moved, and Mr. WASIIINGTON WILKS seconded the adoption of a petition in favour of the repeal of the duty on paper. The resolution having been carried, Mr. BOHN said he wished to move an amend ment, and that the meeting had been deceived. Some confusion ensued the meeting apparently being determined not to hear him. The CIIAIRMAN read the amendment, which was to the effect that the petition be not presented until we have a free trade in rags with France and Ger many, and he took a show of hands as to whether it should be put, but only two or three hands were held up for it Mr. Bohn, however, persisted for some time in endeavouring to address the meeting, who would not hear him, and at length he retired, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting separated. PRIVATE THEATRICALS AT WEYMOUTH.—These entertainments, which have been so fashionable during the past winter, have nowhere been more successful than at I Weymouth, where some performances were given last week, the principal actors being the officers of the Royal Engineers and of the Bedfordshire Militia, The plays of " Love in Humble Life" and " A Thumping Legacy" were, according to the local accounts, admirably given ; but, the chief attraction and the greatest success was a piece called " Ohe Good Turn Deserves Another," written by Captain Otway, the author sustaining a principal part. All the notabilities of the town and county were present, and on the conclusion of the dramatic performances a ball took place which was remarkable for its brilliancy. THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR WOLTER IIAMPTO:II.—At the Wolverhampton petty sessions yester day Mr. Claydon, of the Oxford Circuit, instructed by Mr. Ward, attorney, Wolverhampton, applied for a warrant against Johnson and Fereday, the engine-tenders in charge of the engine, the failure of which occasioned the death of seven persons at Newcross Colliery, near Wolverhampton, a month ago. The application was, however, refused, the bench desiring to await the event of the proceedings taken against Fisher, the head engineer, which comes on by -ad journment on Friday next. STRIKE OF FEMALE HANDS AT LEEDS FLAX MILLS.—The female hands in several of the Leeds flax mills have struck for an advance of 6d. per week per head, which would increase their wages from 6s. Cal. to is. per week. One large employer stopped his mill on Friday, and has not since resumed; others, who also refused to accede to the demand, have since agreed to give an advance, but couple it with a " (paneling," if a full week's work is not worked out. As there is no organisation among the masters, it is not improbable that the hands may succeed. On Saturday crowds of the females paraded the streets, and made:a somewhat noisy demonstration. CAI,vr•.t:TIS . ]-ITolloway's Pills and Oi n t ment.— Dk.terminat ion of Blood to the Bead—Palsy—Apoplexy. —The daily press; abounds with sudden deaths, chiefly res u lti ng , from these - d iseases. They never come on momentarily ; pre monitory symptoms always herald their advent, whieh may assuredly be altogether averted by timely use of Holloway's preparations, which draw the blood from the head. The Oint. went should be rubbed into the nape and Aides of the neck twice a day, while the are being taken, The Pills and Ointment soon equalise the cireulation,reroove the giddiness, and overcome the nervousness. Alter regulating the flow of blood,:thesepnrifylng remedies ad most beneficially on every organ, and during their wholesome operation the entire body 4c3,Adercti healthier than before the threatened attack. SALE AT ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. In consequence of Mr. W. Cooke having retired from the lesseeship of Astley's Theatre, the whole of his valuable stud of horses were yesterday dis posed of by Mr. J. S. Gower, the proprietor of the Horse Repository, Barbican, and, as may very well be imagined, the sale created a good deal of interest not only among the equestrian profession, but also among the public generally. Among the profes sionals present were Mr. Batty, under whose ma nagement the theatre will be re-opened ; Mr. Ho wes, of the Alhambra ; Mr. Melbourne, of the Queen's Theatre, Hull ; Mr. Fellingham, Messrs. Bishop and Colwell, of the Royal Surrey-gardens ; Mr. Rutley, of the Portsmouth Theatre ; Tom Matthews, G. Webb, Tanner, &c. Mr. Gower commenced the proceedings by stat ing that he stood in rather an unusual position on this occasion, but they were aware that he had been entrusted by Mr. W. Cooke with the task of dis posing of his stud of horses—a stud than which none stood higher in the equestrian world, and which he had no doubt had been seen and admired, not only by those who were now present but by great numbers of others who had witnessed their extraordinary performances. The whole of the animals he should have to submit to their notice, he said he was informed, were perfectly quiet for all ordinary purposes for which they might be re quired, and although undoubtedly a great many of them were very clever " trick " horses, he believed he could assure them that they confined all their tricks to the ring, and that every purchaser might be assured of possessing an animal thoroughly broken and docile in every respect. The sale of horses then commenced, the first four lots that were put up being four pretty little cream-coloured ponies, Psyche, Cupid, Venus, and Mars, eleven and twelve hands high. They were sold remarkably cheap, the whole four being knocked down to different purchasers at a little under 50 guineas. The auctioneer stated that they had all been accustomed to be driven together, and that they formed an almost inimi table four-in-hand team. The next lot that was put up consisted of two ten-hands-high ponies, Blue bell and Vesta, well known to all the visitors of the theatre from their extraordinary performances, and who were not inaptly described as " two clever trick ponies, unequalled and admired by all the world." For this lot there was a spirited competi tion, and the little animals were eventually knocked down at the astounding price of 79 gs. Mr. Batty was the purchaser of Bluebell, at 18 gs., and he bid 60 gs. for her partner; but a private party bid another guinea, and Mr. Batty, not being inclined to spring any more, the two little pets were parted. It was stated that Vesta was purchased on behalf of a nobleman, to be used as a child's pony, and that any reasonable amount would have been given for the animal. Childers, a spotted pony, 12 hands high, stated to be an extraordinary jumper, fetched 23 gs. ; and Prince, also a spotted pony, was knocked down at 24 gs. After the ponies had been disposed of the ring horses were brought forward, and some of them fetched very good prices. Cas sandra, a very handsome cream-coloured mare, brought 44 gs., and Lady Mary, another very good looking cream, was knocked down at 52 gs. Cath leen, also a cream -coloured mare, fetched 52 gs., and Solima, a very handsome dun-coloured horse, used for entree and double-horse acts, fetched 50 gs. Amakosa, a white horse, well known for his performance in Mazeppa, was sold for 40 gs., and Tempest, another white gelding, who was described as a Billy Button horse, fetched 41 gs. Beauty, a cream-coloured gelding, 14 hands high, and stated to be a clever stage horse, brought 30 gs., and Na poleon, who was stated to be clever in single or double acts, was knocked down at 25 gs. The three next horses that were brought forward were very handsome white geldings, Sultan, White Surrey, and Alexander. White Surrey was a re markably good-looking horse, with fine action, and he was knocked down, after a spirited competition, to Mr. Batty for 60 gs., and the three fetched 152 gs. A Brahmin cow was the last lot of the animals, and she was sold for 13 gs. The total price rea lised for the stud of 40 steeds was about £l,OOO. The disposal of some carriages concluded the sale ; the celebrated dragon carriage used by the com pany in their processions being among them, and it only realised £7 10s. The theatre will now be thoroughly redecorated, and it is advertised to open on Easter Monday under the management of Mr. Batty. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTEIIN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, and a highly respect able jury, assembled at the White Hart Inn, Tot tenham, to investigate the circumstances attending the deaths of Wm. Rowell, aged 40; Philip Corn wall, aged 23; Edward Stokes, aged 53; and Timothy Satehell, aged 48, who lost thr.iy4 lioo~ on or the E ab tern counties Railway, on Mon day morning last, while the Cambridge special train was on its way to London. The coroner and the jury having viewed the bodies and received evidence of identification, Enoch Hanley was called and examined—l am under-locomotive foreman at Cambridge, and it is part of my duty to inspect the engines and carriages before they leave the shed. On Monday morning last I inspected the engine and examined the tires, by getting underneath and examining the tires as the wheels were going round. By the Coroner—My examination was merely as the wheels were in motion. I tested them in no other way. The Foreman—Are there any other means of testing the engines ? Witness—Yes, but I am not acquainted with them. By Mr. Humphreys —The engine was a power ful passenger engine. I cannot say how long the engine has been in use. I cannot state the age of the engine. One day out of the week the engine was idle. The engine in question had been repaired, and no flaws were found in the tires. The engine had been under a thorough repair. Mr. Gibson, solicitor—Have you instructions as to the nature of your duties and their performance relative to the examination of the engines? Witness—Yes, I have a book, but I have not seen it lately. The engine was not made by the com pany, and I cannot give you the name of the maker. The tires were made of iron on the engine in ques- tion, while some tires were made of steel. By the Coroner—l had signed a report to the effect that the. engine was in thorough working order, and the driver took possession of the engine at the shed. I did not give him the engine, but the shedman gave up possession to the deceased engine -driver. Philip Bowlater, the shedman, said—l am em ployed at Cambridge, and on Monday morning last I had charge of the engine numbered 103, which I gave into the custody of Rowell, who sounded the tires before he started. The engine was brought into the shed on Saturday evening at half-past seven o'clock, and was then apparently quite sound. It was not any part of my duty to make an exami nation. Coroner—How long has the engine 103 been in use ? Witness—l have known her on the road about 10 years, and the last time I saw her was on Monday morning when the men were getting her ready to start. A Juror—l am quite sure he sounded the wheels, but I cannot say .whether he used the hammer upon them all. By Mr. Humphreys—The engine has been under repair, but I cannot recollect that she has been under constant repair. There is nothing in my book of rules relative to sounding the wheels. I have not my book with me. George Barbrook, the guard of the train, de posed that he could not account for the accident, otherwise than by the breaking of the tire. The train was going at the speed of 35 miles an hour. After some further evidence, The Coroner suggested an adjournment, and gave directions to the summoning officer (Mr. Fowler) to get the attendance of Mr. Sinclair, the manager of the locomotive department, and other witnesses. The proceedings Were adjourned until Friday afternoon week. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-3117.- Ludgate -hill has just published a new ill us t rated pamphlet on watches (free: by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it and how to use it [ADVERTISEMENT.]—It is ever a pleasing duty for a journalist to int ro d uce to his readers some discovery calcu lated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow creatures which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with tl.is feeling that wo call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barry's interesting report of cures without medicine of indigestion (dys pepsi.l), fl a t u l ency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and lver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility by Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Food : Cure No. 52 ,4V—Briclgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1:64. I have suffered these 33 veers continually from diseased lungs, spittimfol blood, lier derangement, deafness, sing ing in the ears, constipation, debility, shortness of breath and cough, which have been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances. James Roberts, timber merchant. In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also a t D u b l i n. Bewley 'and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Raimes, ;Blanchard, and O. ;_:at;Soutia.- ampton, Randall and SOD, PUGILISM. JAMES MACE (OF NORWICH) AND ROBERT TRAVERS (THE BLACK) FOR £2oo.—According to the arrangements made, these men again met yes terday, the ring being formed on a well-known spot, and such was the expedition used, that the combatants were in the ring soon after 10 o'clock a.m. Travers had for his seconds Jerry Noon and Bob Brettle, while Jack Hicks and Bos Tyler did the essential for Mace, who, as on the preceding day, was the non-favourite in betting, the odds of 2to 1 being freely laid on the " Darky." Both, on stepping within the ropes, showed scarcely any perceptible marks of punishment, a proof that in the rounds fought on Tuesday no harm had been done on either side. Travers was all confidence; and the same may also be said of his antagonist, whose friends asserted that he would redeem his reputation from the obloquy that had been cast upon it. In height, length, and reach he had an immense superiority over his opponent, and this, combined with his fine science, enabled him to take a prominent lead from the commencement. Travers, in the out-fighting, showed to the utmost disad vantage, for, when he led, he did so without any judgment as to time or distance, and the manner in which he kept slipping and sliding about, after he had attempted these deliveries, or when he had succeeded in getting home, made it appear es though he was particularly anxious to protect his nob from the powerful and well-executed returns of his opponent. This wild and unartistic style of fighting on the part of the Black not only tended to increase the confidence of Mace, but also clearly demonstrated that, from the superiority he pos sessed, he must win, if he only screwed his courage to the sticking point. It must be said that there was nothing in the manner in which he conducted himself in the ring on the present occasion that could be possibly found fault with. Travers not only fought without judgment, but repeatedly, contrary to the 13th rule, resorted to the " drop ping system," while in his wild random hitting his blows frequently alighted where they should not. The referee repeatedly cautioned Travers not to thus transgress, but to no effect ; therefore, in the 57th round, when the Black, after just leading with the left, deliberately went down without a blow being exchanged, the battle, which had lasted one hour and 31 minutes, was decided against him, and Mace left the ring a winner. John Heenan, the Benicia Boy, was present with a number of his American friends, on both days, and if Travers had been allowed to pursue hiashifty tactics to the end of the chapter, it would certainly have given th e " B oy " an d his friends but a very contemptible notion of what in England is called a fair stand-up fight. COUNTRY MAREBTS. NEWCASTLE - UPON-TYNE—FEB. 21. The wheat trade during the week has been very firm, but to-day the market ruled very dull, and is advance realised. South country and foreign stationary. ' Flour firm. Malt ing barley obtained la more money. Oats 6d dearer, and beans and peas unchanged. LYNN—FEB. 21. To-day's market was moderately supplied with wheat, in improved condition, and all descriptions sold readily at 6d to is on last Tuesday's rates. Old white 44s to 48s J Old red 42e to 464 New white .. 42s to 47s New red... HULL—FEB. 21. A "pretty good attendance to-day, and a fair show of farmers' wheat, which sold at about last week's currencies. Barley scarce; seed parcels in request. Beans, oats, and peas 6d t o i s u p. Li nsee d cake firm. Rape cake in good demand. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 46s Od to 50s Od Old red ?) New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 50. Od to 525 Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 453 Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red ...' 443 Od to 483 Od St. Petersburg an d Ri ga, old. 39a Od to 44. Od Barley.... E ng li s h ma l t i ng 333 Od to 43s Odl Grinding 305 Od to 32s 01 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danisk 34s Od to 383 01 Grinding 263 Od to 29s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 101 d to 111 Friesland and Dutch Oslld to 03111: Swedish and D an i s h O s lld t o 0311 1 Beans ....English, old, per qr . 46s Od to 48s New pigeon 403 Od to 42s 01 New tick. 39s Od to 40s 01 Egyptian 37s Od to 38s 01 Peas .. Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter —a Od to —s 111 Indian Corn Linseed, feeding sos Od to 52. OA crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO lb • Foreign 715 oto 8 5 0 Rape cakes 415 oto 5 0 IP Bones 415 oto 5 6 0 DUBT.TN- - - Ftla 21. AL our market to-day there with a moderate supply, but currencies. was a quiet inquiry for wheat, no alteration in the previous s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 28 6 to 30 6 Do., red 27 0 to 28 6 Do., new 0 to 01 Barley Oats Do., black ll 6 to 12 6 a. d• 5 . a; Do., new ..... 0 to v Bore Rapeseed Oatmeal ls a t. 11 I Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—FEB. 22. the e'en of the market.) Walls End. • s. d. Bell's Primrose ......13 0 Byass's Bebside West 8. d Hetton.... Kelloe lB 3 Russell's Hetton 18 3 Thornley .17 0 Northumberland .... .. 15 0 Framwellgate l7 9 Gosforth 17 3 Cassop lB 0 North Hartlepool.-- 15 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 6 Harton South Hartlepool. 17 9 South Hetton 19 0 Byron Trimdon Thornley, l7 0 Eden 17 9 South Kelloe lB I Acorn Close l7 9 Hunwick l5 0 Stewart's lB 9 Thorpe ... 18 6 Bell .......17 0 Caradoc lB 0 Haugh Hall, 17 9 It, 198—Sold, 144. Hartley v l4 6 Walker Pzimrose 13 0 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 14 6 Bate's Hartley . l4 6 Buddle's West Hartleyl4 9 Burnhope 13 0 Davison's West Hart- ley .14 9 Grey's West Hartley.. 14 6 Lambert'A West Hart ley 14 6 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 6 Wylam l5 9 Eden Main l7 6 Holy well 15 9 West Hartley 14 9 Howard's West Hart ley 14 9 Waite End. Riddell 17 3 Haswell l9 0 Braddyll's Hetton 18 3 Ships at market FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. [n the following table E signifies that letters are despatchel by evening mails from London, and 31 by morning mails. DESTINATIONS. (Despatch Port of N M w ai x l i Canada, . aa u snh s oaa t ud r mt a ahaB l , l a, s :macs:. n dt d ouna. Mauritius, yoa.n..a • v. i.a. .N . via Ditto, via Marseilles .. e .. .... of Mails. Despatch. due. March 5 3 3 f 1 a a r r . . 1 1 9 2 ; 11 E Southamp. Mar. 11 York .................... . . ffar. 5, E Liverpool Mar. 15 oc qh Canadn. pckt.) Feb. —. E Liverpool Feb. 22 Cape of Go Hope, Ascen sion, and St . H elena Mar. 5, E DeveSport March 2 China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Mar. 3, M;Southamp. overdue Ditto, via M arse ill es Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Feb. 27 , MJS ou th am p. over due Honduras and Blewfields .... Mar. 17, M I Southamp. Mar. 16 India (Calcutta) an d C ey l on, via Southampton F e b. 27, M i Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Feb. 27, M Southamp. Feb. 25 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Mar. 9,M Southamp. Mar. 5 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 27, M'Seuthamp. overdue Illalta, Egypt, and Ades, via Southampton Feb. 20, M Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland Mar. 2,:E Liverpool.. United States and British N , America (by British paeket)lFeb. 25, E Liverpool.. Mar. 3 Ditto (by U. S. packet) ' Feb. 22, E Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma-I dcira, and Tenerife 'Feb. 23 E Liverpool.. Mar. 10 West India, California, 'Vene zuela, Chill, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, Sze Mar. 2, MI Southamp. Mar. 1 _ BIRTHS. ANSELL.—On tho 21st inst., at I:Vernon-place, Blooms bury-square, the wife of Geo. F. Ansell, Esq., of the Royal Mint, of a son. BOND.—On the 20th inst., at Ipswich. Mrs. Henry C. Bond, of a son. PETTIWARD.—On the 20th inst., at Finborough, Suffolk, the Lady Frances Pettiward, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. TILURSBY—WILLIAms.---On the 21st inst., at St. Jaznaist Piccadilly, John Hardy Thursby, late 90th Light Infan' try, eldest son of the Ray. William Thursby, Ormerod House, Lancashire, to Clara, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Williams, R.E., and niece to the Hon. Mr. Justice Williams. WAKE—ST. AUBYN.—On the ISth inst., at Sidraoutht Captain Charles Wake, R.N., second son of Sir Charles Wake, Bart., of Courteen Hall, Northamptonshire, to Emma, eldest daughter of Edward St. Aubyn, Esq., of Stoke Damerel, Devon. DEATHS. AnNoi.D.—On the 20th inst., at his residence, the Silk Mills, Greenwich, Mr. Robert Arnold, aged 75. GU TER —On the 22d inst., Thos. Wm. Gunter, Esq. ) °I Tr 28, Beaufoy-terrace. Maida-vale. --- lIEPWORTII.—O n the 20th inst., at Ackworth Lodge/ near Pontefract, William Hepworth, Esq., J.P., &C• aged 58. ISELIN.—On the 19th inst., at his residence, Surbiton.• John J ames I sel i n, Esq., of the Southampton Dock Company, aged 60. PASKE.—On the 20th inst., Colonel Paske, H.M.'s Indian Army, of Somerset-place, Bath, aged 71. WHITE.—On the 20th inst., at Cloudealey-terrace, Wing ton, John White, Esq., aged 71. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YO /31 , (3 , 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, l l Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 00 Un t i " Middlesex, Thursday, February 23, 1860. .^• . 4 me on alr Th Vol 111,1 B Th of the to th prit ledv trios, the 1 Th Wino Skim Ai will 1 OM., It i Re t Stem Wine litre' Th valid the I Wm laeul To 6f th At P, sad ' M VI beau Kap Yi MTh tlke i and Pi 11.1.1 Jut SPE DIS SYS Ifiri T W.l .4 Er. VII sot Q 1 Iry et ] no pul Ca to oh di,