The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

21E NAVY. The screw-corvette Charybdis, 21, 400-horse power (nominal), having been fitted in all respects for the steam reserve ordinary, has been inspected at Chatham Capt. E. P. Halsted, superintendent _ of the steam reserve in the Medway, who arrived at Chatham dockyard in the steam gun-boat Thrasher for that purpose. Capt. Halsted was accompanied over the vessel by Capt. G. Goldsmith, C.B. (superintendent of the dockyard), Mr. 0. W. Lang (the master shipwright), and Mr. J. I. Fincham, his first assistant, a considerable time being occupied in the survey of the vessel, which was found to be in a most satisfactory condition. The Charybdis will, it is expected, be steamed out of Chatham harbour in the course of a few days, to take up her position with th e first division of t h e steam reserve, to which fle e t she will be a valuable addition. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for the Arethusa, directed to be built as a 50-gun sailing ship, to be converted into a screw frigate. The Brilliant, 20, the second of the vessels se lected by- the Admiralty for the use of the Naval Coast Volunteers as training ships, is now under going the necessary alterations at Chatham, to adapt her for the service to which she will be ap plied. She is to have ber main deck guns put on board, after which she will be removed to the Thames, where she is to be stationed. The - Castor, 36 .gun frigate, another of the vessels ordered to be fitted for the naval volunteers, has progressed so far in her fitments that she wil l shortly ready to be towed to her destination, which is expected to be in the neighbourhood of Blackwell. The Trinco malee, 24, the third vessel selected by the Admi ralty for the training of the volunteers, has not yet been brought up from the ordinary in consequence of its not having been decided to what station she is to be sent ; it is believed, however, that she is in tended to be stationed on some part of the eastern coast of Scotland. The Mutine, 17, screw, commander W. Graham, on Saturday steamed cut of Portsmouth Harbour to Spithead. The Melpomene, 51, screw, Capt. Ewart, at Spit head, it is expected will proceed to Gibraltar. Capt. Sundewald and the officers of the Prussian screw frigate Arcona, at Spithead, were on Satur day introduced by the Prussian Consul at Ports mouth, Mr. M. Van Den Bergh, to the military and naval authorities of the Port. In the evening the officers of the Prussian squadron now at Portsmouth were entertained at Beresford House, Southsea, the residence of the Consul. The paddlewheel steamsloop Ardent, 5, Com mander Parish, left Plymouth on Thursday for South America. The sailing frigate Constance, 50, at Devonport, is to be fitted with a screw propeller. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. E. King Barnard, at Plymouth, was towed on Friday from her moorings in Hamoaze into Keyham-basin. She will be docked before going to sea, there being im mense quantities of mussels on her bottom. The iron screw steamship New Felton, of London, from Glasgow, is discharging machinery for the Espoir, in Keyham-yard. The mail steamship Phcebe, Capt. H. R. Clark, left Plymouth on Friday for the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and Ascension. All the repairs of the screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, have been completed at Plymouth, and she will probably sail to-day for Portland. A letter received at Plymouth from an officer be longing to her Majesty's ship astir, dated Gibral tar, Dec. 29, says : "As Christmas-day came on a Sunday, the Admi ral gave the men holi!ay on Monday. The Sunday passed off very quietly. I wish you could have seen our lower deck on Monday. It was adorned with green boughs from end to end, with wreaths and festoons of oranges and lemons. The ports were closed, and each mess illuminated with a chande lier made of coloured paper and tinsel. The men had well-spread tables, and here and there were painted signs and mottoes. There were singing and music all day, a n d we h a d th e o ld Ch r i stmas hobby-horse. In the evening many officers were chaired, and carried round the main and lower decks by some of the men, with lights and cheer ing. Yesterday the Spani s h squadron moved from Algesiras to Tetuan, in Morocco: It consisted of one sailing two-decker, two steam frigates, one sailing sloop, and five paddlewheel vessels of various rates. It is doubtful if any but vessels of light draught of water will be of much service." The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander F. A. Herbert to the Excellent ; Thos. T. Murray, chief engineer (additional), to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the BasiliBk when that ship shall have been paid off ; Peter M'Allister, acting 3d class assist-engineer, to the Firebrand; John Gordon, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Wellington, as supernumerary; John Anderson, acting 3d, class assist-engineer, to the Conqueror; William W. Smith, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernummerary ; Edward A. M. Chaffers, assist.-paymaster, to the Nile; F. W. Baikes and Percy C. Smith, master's assistants, to the Himalaya ; Henry Husband, master's assistant, to the Nile ; Robert S. Evatt, master's assistant, to the Ariadne ; Henry W. Davidson, Gerald J. K. M'Carthy, Frederick W. Moffat, Josh. F. Atkin son, William Terry, Richard P. Tully, B. M. West, and Thomas H. Flood, master's assistants, to the Marlborough, as supernumeraries; Robert H. Heb den, Henry S. Edwards, Thomas L. Mourilyan, William Garner, George Royle, and Thos. Potter, master's assistants, to the Chesapeake, as super numeraries. THE ARMY. In a general regimental order the following changes are announced in the Royal Artillery : Lieut. It. B. Butt is transferred from No. 8 battery, 4th brigade, to No. 7 battery, 2d brigade ; and Lieut. It. N. Young from No. 5 battery, Ist brigade, to No. 4 battery, 4th brigade; Lieut. Gubbins is transferred from No. 4 battery, Ist brigade, to No. 9 battery, 6th brigade, and will join and do duty in the depot brigade at Woolwich until required to embark for Malta to join his battery. Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Rogers is removed from the half to the full pay list, and will be absorbed in the first vacancy; in the meantime, he is to join at Plymouth for duty: Second Capt. Major Francis Downes, having resigned his situation in the Staff College, is tranferred from the supernumerary to the effective list, and will join and do duty with the depot brigade at Woolwich until absorbed. The following changes have been sanctioned :—Between Capt. H. Hayman, of the sth brigade, and Capt. and Brevet-Major J. E. Carthew, of the 10th brigade; between Lieut. E. S. Burnett, of No. 2 battery, and Lieut. C. H. Pickering, of No. 3 bat tery, 11th brigade ; between Lieut. L. P. Walsh, of No. 1 battery, 4th brigade ; and Lieut. H. M. Hozier, of No. 6 battery, 4th brigade ; and between Lieut. C. Trench, of No. 5 battery, sth brigade; and Lieut. T. C. Martelli, of No. 1 battery, Ist brigade. In consequence of the above the under mentioned officers will proceed to stations to join their batteries as follows :—Capt. Hayman to Al derney, Major Carthew to Gibraltar, Lieut. Trench to Woolwich, and Lieut. Martelli to Gibraltar. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has been pleased to award the silver medal, with annuities of £lO, for meritorious service, re linquished by the under-mentioned non-commis sioned officers, on their being commissioned in the Coast Brigade, on the 4th of November, 1859 viz,, Sera-Major Robert Kettle, Sergt.-Major James Scott, Sergt.-Major Charles Phillips, and Sergt.-Major Thomson—to the following indi viduals :—Quartermaster-Sergeant David Hoge, Depot Brigade; ,Quartermaster-Sergeant Charles King, 7th Brigade ; Staff-Sergeant Wheeler George Carthew, Depot Brigade; Battery Staff-Sergeant John Neill, 2d brigade ; and the, gratuities of Zl5 relinquished by the latter have been distributed as follows, viz. : 2 45 and a silver medal, for long ser vice and good conduct to each of the undermentioned individuals :—Master-gunner Josh. Fullerton, Mas ter-gunner Valentin e V enn er, Master-gunner Richd. are, Master-gunner Angus Clarke, Master-gunner W I Sam. Agnew, Master-gunner Ellis Saville, pen sioned Master-gunner Win. Campbell, late 10th battalion, pensioned Sergeant Geo. Thompson, late 10th battalion, pensioned Gunner ugh Wood, late Homy* Brigade , pensioned Gunner James Cook , late Bth battalion, pensioned Gunner i late Invalid Artill ery , pensione d iax , vrence Lawrie, Gunner Edward Mainney, late Invalid Artillery. It is stated at TEnby that the Government decided to erect batte r i es for the def enceacid of the <coast, upon St. Catherin e ' s , a t Gi ltar , pn tohrevlonailltltteenr , Caldy Island. A strong fortification u would be of great impo r t ance ., The Cor ps Leers at Tenby are artill er y, an d th ey h ope to be in-- trusted with the care of a portion of the defences when they are complete. The five-gun battery in course of. erection at" Ilumble Head will be cotnpkte in a sew months. The, appeared on the 2d inst., an account of a disturbv%nce at Colchester, which was said to have taken pl ice between the City of Dublin and Done gal Milit to and two regiments of the Line. 'We have been: requested to correct this statement as far as cone ems the City of Dublin Militia,the hate quarters of which is in the Citadel at Plymouth, under eonvnand of Lieut.-Col. Musters, and the en tire regim ent, between 800 aid 900 strong, is quar tered id that d;striet, where fliey have been for the last dove mouths. TILE MEMBERS FOR 11E.REFORD ON speaking, what I believe it will not be on this oc- OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. cation, the most unpopular part of the day's pro --4,—. ceedings—a resolution relating to the funds to be HEREFORD, FRIDAY. raised for the purpose of the volunteer corps. That these funds must be' forthcoming I think is An important meeting in furtherance of the rifle movem ent was held here yesterday afternoon. Col. tolerably evident, for although I have no doubt Clifford, that the greater portion of the persons who may M.P., Lord W. Graham, M.P,, and Col. Clive addressed the meeting. enrol as volunteers will cheerfully pay for their own ColOnel CLIFFORD rose, and was received with uniforms; and although the Government will supply hearty applause. He said—Mr. Mayor and Gen- if not the whole by far the greater portion of the tlemen,—A resolution has been put into my hands arms, and possibly the whole, it is obvious that which I have great pleasure in introducing to the funds will be required for a great many purposes; notice of the meeting. A movement so truly na— for instance," the provision of targets, the prepare tional as this is, in favour of volunteer corps, tion of the ground, and other necessary objects which could hardly have spread, as this has done, will strike every person who hears me at this mo throughout the length and breadth of the laud, meat. I trust, therefore, that a response will be gaining strength from day to day, without reach- made to this resolution, and that sufficient funds ing the city of Hereford—a city ever forward in will be cheerfully subscribed to show how earnest loyal attachment to the country. I myself am no the city of Hereford and its immediate neighbour alarmist, nor have I the slightest want of faith in the hood are in promoting the object which has found good feeling and friendship of the Emperor of the such extensive favour in the kingdom at large. French ; but I think it is a manifest absurdity that With respect to the actual cause of this armament, this countre, aspiring, as it justly does, to hold a so much has been said already, and in which I fully prominent place among the nations of Europe, should concur, that Ido not think it necessary to do more allow itself to remain in that defenceless position than to state emphatically my own entire concur which shows to other nations that it is not able even rence in the sentiments put forth by the gentlemen to defend itself, much less able to interfere usefully in who have preceded me. I hope—and at the risk of the settlement of matters relating to the general being considered over-credulous, I venture to say I welfare of the countries of Europe. (Hear.) Things believe—that the European powers will show their are not as they were 20 years ago. The different rivalry more in arts and commerce than in the an countries of Europe have been arming themselves, dent struggles for power and dominion. It may be not for defensive purposes only, but in many in- that Russia, and other countries bordering on what stances for the purposes of aggression. It is may be called the barbarous regions of the world, quite clear that at this moment our relations with will seek by ag gression to increase their already our nearest neighbour—France—are of the most too large dominions; but Ido not believe that in friendly character ; and we have reason for thinking Europe the time will ever come again when nations that they will continue so, notwithstanding the noisy will find it to their interest to cut each other's talk of a small section of the people of that country. throats for the purpose of enlarging the territory The great majority of the French people are well over which their rulers may preside. We have seen disposed towards this country, as they have ever that the conquests of the first Napoleon came to a been; and there is every reason to believe that ma- very premature and unfortunate end for him. We terial interests will induce them to cultivate the have seen the result of the great lust of dominion arts of peace for many years to come. (Hear.) s which characterises the house of Austria ; it is But we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that at one large empire, which so long as it was properly this moment there is in France not only an im- governed proved its strength, but it is now doubting mense warlike force for the defence of the country whether it can claim the allegiance of Hungary or —and that is quite reasonable—but also immense not. We have seen the desperate and fruitless efs means for assailing an enemy, if they should forts she has made to crush the Italian liberty and think fit to do so. Now it is very improbable— nationality; we have seen her expending much money I hope we may say it is certain—that they have any and losing many valuable lives year after year in thought of using those warlike means against this getting dominion over territory which has been country; but it is quite clear that they will use wrested from her grasp with the greatest ease, and them against any country with which they should that not so much by the assistance of the French unfortunately quarrel. (Hear.) The relations of powers, as by the spirit of independence the Italians nations, as of individuals, are not always so cer- displayed. We have alsoseenAustria struggling with tan as to ensure a peace; and it would be very another province, that of Venice, of which she still unfortunate for this country to be placed in such keeps a hold, though the money requisite to- keep a position as to have to succumb to a powerful the Venetians in order is more than the whole re enemy. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I think the move- venue the province produces. The increased spirit ment is a right one. There are only two ways of nationality displayed in all parts of the world of providing for the defence of the country : will, in all probability, teach sovereigns, however the one is by largely increasing the stand- despotic and military they may be, and however ing army, and the other by encouraging many legions they may command, that the time the establishment of volunteer corps. I need f or t err i tor i a l aggression has not refer to the many objections there are against I have that feeling at very strongly heart myself, increasing the standing army. None of these objet- though there are many people who believe that the tions can be taken against the establishment of a world will go on in the same old way to the end, volunteer corps, against the keeping up a martial fighting on as before. I believe that the spirit of spirit in the country, and enabling the people to intelligence, and above all of interest, will make defend themselves whenever they may be required that impossible. (Cheers.) A great deal of this to do so. I think it quite unnecessary to advance apprehension—l will not call it fear—but a great any argument on that subject; but I will make one deal of the opinion prevailing about the aggressive or two practical remarks in reference to the forma- designs of the Emperor of the French has arisen tion of a rifle corps in this town. There are two from the things which he may have said in former things which you may take as certain : one, that days when it was his interest to say them, but he the funds will be forthcoming; the other, that the does not feel them at all now. Long before he men will be forthcoming. (Hear.) I have no doubt was President of France, when he was arraigned that you will be able, in a very short period of time, in a court of justice and was on his trial for his in to establish the largest and most efficient corps this vasion of France, he said in his defence, "I repre county has yet produced ; but I think you should sent three things, a principle, a recollection, and a sze all the difficulties which lie before you. First of sentiment. The principle is universal suffrage, the all, before you do anything, it is necessary that you recollection is the Empire, .and the sentiment is re should select a place for practice, and that it should venue for the defeat at Waterloo." Those words be approved by the Government authorities, spread far and wide all over Europe, and no doubt Without this, any other steps that you may have gave rise to that feeling that there was something previously taken will be in vain. The place must in his breast that would eventually issue in an at be within an easy distance of the town. But of tack upon Europe, and that we were the last of the course those who are nrominent in the movement European powers that he intended to devour. I have considered that already; I only wish to im- cannot tell' whether that really is in his mind now, press upon you the fact that all must fall to the but Ido know that he is a very sensible man, and ground without such a place for practice. Another that therefore he cannot think it would be is his difficulty will be found in the appointment of offi- interest to invade this country. The French armies cers. The officers will be appointed by the corps, have seen that British soldiers,however ill-handled, but it is of the utmost importance that there should can fight when there is need. They saw that at be unanimity in the selection. The fact of one Inkerman ; and they have read how a small body officer being . selected by a majority over another is of English troops resisted the great body of the not all that is required. If it be possible, you should Sepoy mutineers in India, and gained many in the first instance choose a man to whom there victories in the same country besides those can be no objection ; because, if you don't, there of Lucknow and Cawnpore. With this know will hereafter be heart-burnings and difficulties ledge of what British soldiers can do, even while which will interfere with the efficiency of the fighting under disadvantages, for the maintenance corps. I have seen this in other places ; it is the of foreign dominion; they may calculate what the almost inevitable consequence of not going rightly same men would be likely to de when fighting for in the first instance. These are the difficulties their own homes. (Cheers.) From some slight which strike me as the most prominent, and I hope knowledge of a few eminent bankers and others you will give your attention to them. In appoint- who were in a position to kuow about these things, ing your officers it will be necessary to select I don't believe that the manufacturing, the emu men who can freely give their time. The duties mercial, the intellectual portion of the population of of an officer in a volunteer rifle corps are by no France has the smallest feeling of aggression or means nominal. I don't know anything where so dislike against this country. fbelieve that feeling much devolves on the officer; effective drill, and to be confined to the more thorough peasant popu harmony and good feeling in the corps, all devolve lation, who are in a state of extreme ignorance, and on him. I hope you will pardon me for making to a few military men who require, occupation. these observations. In doing so, lam not suppos- That, I think, is the whole thing; but although it ing that, as practical men, you will fall into the may be so the question still remains—Are we to be difficulties to which I have referred. (Hear, and unprotected or not ? (Hear.) We have got every applause.) The hon. and gallant colonel concluded valuable position. The French papers• tell us, by prop sing the first resolution. "You are showing great cowardice and fear in arm- The . Rev. ARCHER CLIVE seconded the • motion, ing in this way, when there is no real danger." which was carried. Other foreign nations say, " Yuu had better arm, Lord W. GRAHAM, M.P., said—Mr. Mayor and because he is coming directly, and six months is'the Gentlemen,—l have been requested to move the outside we can give you." Now, there is some truth second resolution, which I have great pleasure in in all this; for, as I said before, we have a valuable doing. I quite concur in the observations which position, and we should take the common precau have fallen from the gentlemen who have already tion of barring our doors, however strong our police spoken, that this movement is eminently a pacific force may be, to protect and keep it as long as we and defensive movement. We are all men of can. Beyond that interest there is the position peace—we wish to remain at peace, and we trust which this country occupies in the world. Although to see the peace of Europe preserved. And yet not prepared, as the Emperor of the French was, to at the same time, notwithstanding these are go to war "for an idea," yet we wish well to strug our principles and objects, we see what Ong nationalities, and I believe that the general we may call the strange sight of England arm- feeling of the country is favourable to Italian eman ing from one end to the other. ,One naturally cipation from Austrian tyranny. That being so, asks why this is? I think The answer is very simple. although we may not be prepared to go to war, un- We are arming for the express purpose of preserv- doubtedly we are prepared to afford the whole ing this peace which we are so anxious to maintain; strength of our countenance and counsel in any we are arming to make it impossible for any enemy straits in which these struggling nationalities may to invade these shores with any hope or chance of be placed. (Applause.) These being our senti success. (Cheers.) We are not arming for war or meats, we must have the means of carryin g th em conquest, but merely to maintain our own security , out. Our army cannot be disposable for that pur and to preserve inviolate the sa nctity o f our homes, pose unless we have a strong power at home to take our hearths, and our-altars. (Cheers.) I don't think their places in any emergency. Our weight on the any nation has a right to take umbrage or offence at continent and among other nations will be doubled the preparations we are making. I think it impos- and trebled by the knowledge that we have a power sible to deny that the peace which lasted 40 years with which to enforce our opinions if we will. had lulled us into a state of what we may call false They know that we are a peaceful and commercial security, and that we had got an idea that there country, but they know also that when ex never could be an European war again. Successive cited we become a very pugnacious people; and, administrations vied with each other in reducing knowing that we have the means of fighting, depend our military and naval estimates to such a low pitch upon it they will avoid a quarrel with us. En the that our national defences were not consistent with words of the old Latin proverb, "If you wish for the security of the country, or with that just in- peace, prepire for war." It all turns upon that apho fluence which we ought to exercise over the coup- rism, that while we are prepared for war we are de cils of Europe. And when we look at the state of termined to keep the pease, as well for ourselves as the Continent, when we see that it bristles with for all foreign nations. I hope you will come for bayonets, and when we see large military powers ward and enrol yourselves, and last, though not least, increasing their armaments, and large maritime I hope you will be prepared to put your names down powers increasing their navies, it is high time f or •: for su bscr i ptions to carry out this movement. I be us to awake from our slumber, to gird up our loins, lieve the cause to be one in which the most peace and be prepared for any contingency. (Cheers.) It able men may fairly draw a sword or shoulder a rifle. is therefore with great satisfaction that I view .this It is only the feeling of security—l will not say pro movement which is spreading throughout th e length • tection—which ich makes home and all else valuable, and breadth of the land. The people have taken the' which makes property itself more secure, and pro mattor into their owh hands; they are organbu . • ng motes the cause of commerce, intelligence, and edu their defences after their own fashion, and as wecation . all over . cannot have a large regular army, we are determined security none of those things can prosper ; with it, to have a large Nol u n teer force. A large regular everything will go as smoothly as a marriage bell. I army is contrary to our habits, our w i s h es , our prin- will now only allude to one little matter personal ciples, and our institutions ; therefore, I think the to myself, and I hope you will consider nay mention volunteer efforts are the, best way of meeting the • it difficulty, and I trust they will be widely spread from my wish to be useful. difficulty, me r el y . as arising have a . son in the army, who is pretty well up in throughout the land. I remember an anecdote which these th ings, and who has studied for several years was told of George 111. During the French revolu- at the School of Musketry. If he can assist you, his tion his ministers advised him to call out a volunteer services will be entirely at the control of the Here force. The King rather demurred to placing arms ford Volunteer Corps, as far as military duties will in the hands of the people, and said, " Supposing allow him to devote his time to the purpose. (Cheers.) they turn these arms against my Government my Th e h on.,gentleman concluded by moving the next throne is gone." The Lord Melville of that day resolution. replied, "If your Majesty dreads your people, your A l arge su b scr i pt i on was ma d e, an d upwards of throne is gone already." (Applause.) I say now, 100 " effectives" were enrolled. let us trust to the loyalty and patriotism of the people, and we shall not be deceived. Therefore let volunteers come forward and enrol themselves. Every man must make some small sacrifice ; and when we consider what an important stake we have at issue, and reflect what would be the conse quence of an invasion—our houses burned, our fields laid waste, and our population p ut to the sword— nobody will hesitate to say that we ought never to rest until / we have placed this cou ntr y in a sta te . for of thing is ample security. (Cheers.) The first t the volunteers to enrol themselves , then to a pp o in t officers, and then -to submit themselves to the executive powers. Discipline is absolutely neces sary ; without discipline and practice eno vo lunteer force would be able to resist a regular army; but with discipline and practice I believe that indiimitable courage which would animate the breasts of the 200,000 volunteers whom England would send forth would be amply sufficient to check any army which could be landed on these shores, and the nation who attempted to invade would have to rue the day, (Cheers.) I trust, them efore, that the city of Hereford ..- il forth large body of volunteers, and thus . send . a show their loyalty to the Queen, their attachment n to to our institutions, and their determination liberties of the nation. sta n d up for the rights and Applause ) This motion wa s a l so carried. .- Mr. GEORGE CLIVE, M.P. , who met a very cor dial reception, said—M r . )May or and gentlemen, it falls to my lot to move that i s, generally RECOVERY OF TREASURE FROM TIIE ROYAL C HA RTER.—Two bars of gold, nine rupees, six shillings, and 1,585 sovereigns more have been recovered, besides 20 to 30 bales of wool, which are described "as all tangled like rope, full of sand, and will require a great deal of labour to make it saleable." 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A report was heard, resemhling that of cannon of heavy calibre, nearly all ove r th e t own , s h a ki ng the houses in the immediate neighbourhood as though there had been an earthquake. It was soon evident from the report and the crowds attracted that a dreadful calamity had occurred. On arriving at the place it appeared that the ironfoundry, a building of three stories and shed, was completely shattered to pieces. It was known that Mr. Heath and two sons were under the ruins, and assistance was quickly rendered by several brave young men, at the risk of their lives, amid vapour, dust, and heated metal. The eldest son, William, was first taken out, having been heard to speak while under neath the debris. Though very seriously injured he with some assistance managed to walk home; but his body presented a series of frightful wounds, and he now lies in a very precarious state. His brother was next got out though quite dead. His body seems to have sustained injuries in every part. After some fur ther search the old man was extricated, just alive, and not expected to survive. His eyes were swollen, and his cars nearly blown off. Dr. Hughes was quickly on the spot, and rendered every assistance in his power, dressing the wounds, and seeing to their comforts being attended to. It is impossible to say from which of the causes the men received greatest injury—the explosion or the fall of the building. The boiler was of the egg or oval shape, about 12 or 121 feet long, and 4 feet 3 or 4 in. in diameter, having a common old-fashioned safety valve, but without a steam gauge or indicator. The feed-pipe supplying the boiler with water was worked by hand at intervals, which seems to have been neglected. Sad to relate, it had been custo mary to weigh down the safety valve in order to obtain greater pressure of steam. One end of the boiler is blown clean away; the remainder leaped from its bed to a distance of eight or nine yards, knocking down the wall of the Red Lion Inn brew house, and lodging within two inches of the outer wall of the Red Lion Inn itself. The whole length of the boiler now lies in the brewhouse, but divided in 3 parts. One end is entire, three-fourths of the length being completely burst open, and about three feet in its natural form, though separated from the other two portions. The plates when new had been nearly half an inch in thickness, but many parts of the plates seem worn down to 3-16ths of an inch only, and were the least able to offer resistance. The engine (a high pressure) which was from 6 to 7-horse-power, and was situated in close proximity to the boiler, now lies shattered, the cylinder and half of the piston-rod lying alongside. The engine was used principally for the purpose of driving a fan, to give a blast to the furnace in which the ore was heated. At the time of the accident the ore was molten and ready for casting. The engine was, therefore, at rest, and being tea time, the other hands and assistants, from 8 to 12 in number, were gone home; leaving Mr. Heath and two sons to watch the heated metal. Had the accident occurred half an hour earlier or later, it is impossible to say what might have been the loss of life, as often many persons congregate to witness the casting process. It will, no doubt, be asked at the inquest when the boiler was last fed, but the common opi ' nion seems to be that the steam was generated too quickly, and coming in contact with the heated plates through a scarcity of water, an explosion in nature similar to that of the Great Eastern took place. The boiler was placed there 14 years ago, and was then a second -hand one ; and it is said to have been condemned six years. Bricks were I blown by the explosion into the air, and descended at a distance of from 45 to 50 yards. The foundry stood in the Nantwich-road, about 14 or 15 yards ' from the Northwich-road, and was situated next to the Red Lion Inn. The inquest will probably be opened to-day.—Manchester Examiner. THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE PRESS In desposic countries, where the press is depen dent on the will of one man, or on the whims of an irresponsible censorship, greater freedom is allowed to military and naval men in their intercourse with its organs than in our own, for the very obvious reason that the expression of their opinions is there subjected to official control. In Indis, where the forms of Government closely resemble those of pure monarchical States, officers of the highest rank make large use of the press for the diffusion of their views; and many of them, such as Mansfield and Edwardes, gained reputation by their pens ere they won it by the sword. During the last war the old Muscovite world was astonished by seeing long letters in the Invalid. _Russe from officers serving in Sebastopol, mingled with official reports and announcements; and at its close they were frightened from their propriety by the spectacle of two officers of the highest rank, who had headed great armies, in the field, leading their columns down Almas of letter-press, till tho contest, which raged for some time by the permission of the Czar, was terminated by his orders. Nor was Austria indif ferent to the uses of the press during her struggle with Hungary, or in the resent war with France. Appeals to the loyalty, traditional attachment, or religious fervour of the various races subject to her rule, were promulgated by official sanction—for without it they could not have been issued at all — in the narrow sheets of Tyrolese, Illyrian, and Croat journals. The representatives of the public papers who followed the French army were deco rated by the Emperor, and if we admit that free and constitutional Sardinia has by no means imitated the liberality of her Imperial ally, we must attribute the course she adopted to the supreme exigencies of the State. For us in England there is the one great fact—freedom of the press, untrammelled by the smallest ligament of official supervision. The tame eagle is sure of being fed, but he were a sorry bird who would exchange the noble flight and the easy soar of outspread pinion for the cage and chain, even though with them came the certain daily prey, safety from the fowler's snares, and a refuge from the tempest. We have thus to make the best of our position—to accept the situation as it exists. It would be treason to forfeit the smallest particle of the most absolute independence or to contract by a hair's-breadth the freedom of thought and utterance for the sake of enjoying —if that were possible—the entire confidence of the antipathies. But it is quite compatible with the maintenance of these essentials to evince every disposition to appreciate and allow for the difficulties of official life and the necessities of the public service. It may be safely affirmed that the English press has hitherto not failed to ex hibit patriotism in its largest sense in dealing with such subjects. The exceptions are few, and small even when it appeared to men in office that they were many and large. As we were once told by a high military authority in Austria, if it had not been for the English press, all Germany, believing the accounts in the French and Russian papers, would have concluded that the English army was late at the Alma, mad at Balaklava, asleep at Inkermann, disgraced on the 18th of June, and annihilated on the Bth of September, But the English journals, which could not be suspected of any official suppressions, were accepted as ac curate expositors of the facts, and throughout the cognate Fatherland. it was known that, amid great disasters, the army And . navy had displayed the highest'qualities of which British soldiers anti sailors are capable, and none are capable of higher—that Alma was glorious for our arms—that Inkermann was as grand as Thermopylae—that it was owing to circumstances which in no degree affected the character of our infantry, though they might be damaging to the judgment of their chiefs, we were not successful in the assaults on the place, which were unsuccessful in every point except one—and that, at the erid of the war, we were " ready to go on," while our all evinced his sense of failing powers by a patenfirnxiety for peace. It is strange enough that a nation which is the offspring of war and conquest—the essence of fighting races=with the blood of Viking, Norman, Saxon, and Celt— and who knows what infusion of .Roman P—running in its veins—should have always exhibited a eel.- tain amount of contempt for military sciences and for pure soldiery. No people on earth are more mar tial ; but none know so little, or care less, about the principles of war. We English have never in vented a system of fortification, though it cannot be said we did not need castles even when our fleet protected our shores. We have never organized a military system, or even an • order of battle. All improvements in implements of war, except Arm strong's gun, which has yet to be tested in actual service, have come from abroad ; and such grapd discoveries and immense improvements as we have made in the mechanical arts arc, is a military sense, apparently more advantageous to our neighbours than to ourselves. Our treatises on the science of war are translations, mere fragmentary essays or dry text-books and manuals. It seems as if, in our undoubted power of figthing, we scorned all ad juncts ; and, indeed, not a few even now maintain that the introduction of Minerva to the British Mars will terminate in the youth's entire ruin. There is a large mass of the public which has yet to find out that the British officer is more intelli gent, better educated, and 'more accomplished in all manly arts and useful acquirements than three-fourths of those whom they call the edu cated classes in civil life. As the officers of the services advance in the- estimation of their fellow countrymen, and feel that they are elevated from the,empty•popula - rity - U passing enthu s i asm f or some bloody. victory, to the higher level of perma- nent national esteem, they will seek to vindicate their position by a thorough acquaintance with the principles of their art ; and we shall see them elu cidated with all the clearness and vigour of the English intellect.—Army and Navy Gazette. TRAMWAYS IN THE CITY. The expediency of laying tramways along the principal traffic routes of the city having been fre quently brought under the consideration of the Commissioners - of Sewers, Mr. Heywood, their en gineer and surveyor, was directed to report upon the subject generally, but more particularly with reference to a proposal submitted by Mr. John B. Redman. Mr. Heywood has accordingly presented an able report, in the course of which he says that in great towns the advantages of tramways may be thus stated : Firstly,—The diminution of friction, the conse quent facilitation of the draught of vehicles, and reduction of the strain on horses. Secondly,—The diminution of noise and vibra tion, and the increased comfort, both to travellers and inhabitants, consequent thereupon. Thirdly, —An increased duration of surface, the consequent diminution in the frequency of surface repairs, with the inconveniences attending repara tions. In addition to the foregoing, they are very use ful in streets having much pedestrian traffic, where the footway space is small; they prevent to a large extent the splashing from the wheels of vehicles, are always cleaner and drier than ordinary pave ments, and are more readily kept clean by the scavengers. " For many reasons, therefore, the adoption of tramways, where practicable, in largo crowded cities, is desirable. " 'Within the City of London and elsewhere in the metropolis, the Commercial-road excepted, they, until recent years, applied in narrow streets only, lines for both wheels being laid where but a single carriage of traffic could pass. A few years ago the rapid degradation of the breasts and chan nels in certain important thoroughfares, caused by the near wheels of vehicles travelling upon the same track, induced me to lay down in some of them a single line of tram-stone next to the kerbs ; the main object was to obtain increased duration, and the avoidance of frequent reparation in streets so thronged, and the improvement in that respect has been considerable ; but owing to their being laid upon one side only, the other advantages before enumerated are only realised in a minor degree. " The traffic in those streets is now such as to render it difficult to maintain even those tramways in a good condition for a long period. The wheels have cut grooves in the edge of those in Fcnchurch street, averaging three-quarters of an inch in depth, within a period of twelvemonths. The same has occurred in Leadenhall-street in a much shorter space of time ; and in other places, where the ordi nary paving only is laid, it seems that the tram stones and channels will have to be replaced every year, if they are to be maintained in a thoroughly good state of repair. " The granites used have been those of Devon shire or Aberdeen, but chiefly the latter ; those having been considered the hardest which could be used consistently with safety. In the present year tram-stones of Guernsey, of less width than those usually laid, were put down in the Poultry, next to the kerbs, and their duration will certainly be greater than that of the other materials, but nevertheless in six months a very perceptible wear has taken place upon their edges. Now,Guern sey is the hardest granite in the London market, and if that is also rapidly worn away, I know of no other which could be had recourse to in the hope of a greater durability. " Therefore the adoption of the hardest material which the safety of the traffic will admit of becomes a matter of necessity, and iron at once suggests it self for the purpose ; the fear that it may prove seriously slippery has been the only obstacle hitherto to its employment. The same fear has operated against the employment of Guernsey granite ; and that both are more so than the De vonshire sr Aberdeen is probably the case; but the experience of practice is wanting to justify the fear that their employment is not consistent with safety. The question, indeed, should be put beyond specu lation, and a trial of both be made, more especially as the iron carriage -way pavement laid down a short time ago in Leadenhall-street was certainly not more slippery, if so much, as the ordinary pave ments in use ; and Guernsey granite has been em ployed on a tramway extensively for 30 years past upon the Commercial-road without more danger having been observed to arise from its use than from the other granites ; whilst at Liverpool, a material which takes as high a polish as marble is employed for a similar purpose : and granites harder, and far more liable to wear slippery than Aberdeen, are used for pavements of the streets of many of the northern towns. " The tramway proposed by Mr. Redman is formed of hollow boxes of cast iron, each box being six feet in length, two feet in width, and nine inches in depth, their thickness being at the sides half an inch, and at the tops and bottoms, one and a quarter inch. The surface upon which the wheels are to travel have raised projections of a diamond pattern, the diamonds being about three inches square, and set diagonally upon the line of draught. The space between the diamonds is one inch, and the depth three-quarters of an inch, and the whole surface therefore covered with a re ticulation of grooves, which, from their proportions, are not likely to render the way less valuable in re pect to traction, but nevertheless will diminish the chances of slipping, should a horse get his foot upon them. " As to Daration.—The tramway in the Ceinmer cial-road, laid in 1829-30, is principally of Aber deen and Guernsey, the proportion ef the former being the largest. The length of tramway is alto gether two miles of wheel track ; the annual traffic to which it has been subject, I assume to have been about 118,000 vehicles, the tires of their wheels varying from 2 to 9 inches, the latter width being, ho -;ever, exceptional, and the velocity from 31 miles to 7 miles an hour. The loss upon the Aberdeen stones, including, that worked off in the periodical reparations, has been found to be four miles and a half in the 30 years, and the stone may therefore be taken as worn out in that time. The loss upon an iron plate, subject in every respect to the same usage, has been about one-fifth of an inch in 9 years, which is equal to a loss of one inch in 45 years. It is assumed by Mr. Redman that one surface of his tramway will endure for 24 years, that it will then turn, and the face endure a similar period, its total scrvice being 48 years, and this assumption seems supported by the data quoted. " As to Safety.—This is undoubtedly one of the most important subjects of inquiry, and is, unfortu nately, not so capable of the same determination as other points, for no experiments that I am aware of have been made that do more than give general assistance in arriving at a correct conclusion. But under most circumstances of situation or con struction, although there may at times be a degree more slipperiness than upon granite. Ido not ap prehend danger from the cast-iron trams designed by Mr. Redman. " As to Cost--Upon investigation it appears that the first cost of the iron (in taking present prices) will be about 50 per cent more than that of the granite, but against this must be set the increased duration, which is also 50 per cent. more, whilst the cost of repairs of the granite would five or six times exceed that of the iron. The application of iron to this purpose being however so limited, satis factory data as to its cost must be said to be wanting and opinions must be formed to a large extent by analogous considerations, but the figures before given seem to me capable of being supported, and they re sult in proving the cast iron to have an economy superior to the granite. Upon a review of the sub ject under the heads of duration, safety, and cost, the advantages of the iron seem to be such as to render it highly exp e di en t t h at a sufficient tria should be made of it." Mr. Heywood thus concludes his report : " Under all circumstances I beg t o recommand that about from 1,200 t o 1 , 5 00 feet of Mr. Redman 's cast iron tramway be laid experimentally in Fen church-street, or L ea d en h a ll -street, i n s i ng le lines next the kerbs, tho se b e i ng p l ace d w h ere reparation must be made in the approaching spring, and where front the severe nature of the traffic, the several heads of security, duration, or cost, can be advanta geously tested and studied. This can be done cer tainly with but. little, if any pecuniary loss, and I believe with p os i t i ve ga i n , an d information will be obtained in whi c h no p u blic body in the metropolis is so much interested in acquiring as your honour able commission.—l have, &c., " WILLIAm HEYWOOD, Engineer and Surveyor." A BICH: ESMATD ON 1' IRE.—Whin the parties went into the vestry of the old church at Brighton on Tues da3 , after the wedding of the Rev. J. Imago and Miss Laurance. the dress of the sister of the bride caught fire from the stove, and a groat deal of it was consumed, but fortunately without any fuither injury.—West Sussex Gautte. [A DVEUTIS DM ET.]- Holloway's Pills.—These Purifying ['ills 11.0, - e ibr the last quarter of a century been in extensive demand throughout our whole Indian empire, and since their first introduction here they have been largely patronised by all classes of society, and are by those most capable ofjudging Pronounced to be better adapted for the diseases here pre vailing than any medicine ever before imported into this country. In Ague, Fever, both remittent and continued, this priceless preparation checks the current of the disease, throws out the poison from the system, corrects the humours malaria has produced, rouses the nervous system, stimulates the kid neys, gives a healthy action to the skin, and restores the balance of the circulation, the fotuulation of Health. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—.Tan. 7. GUILDHALL.—SINGULAR. AFFILIATION CASE. —Mr. Charles Lutge, cigar merchant and tobacco nist, of St. Martin's-le-Grand, was summoned before Sir R. W. Carden and Alderman Wilson, to show cause why he should not be adjudged the father of an illegitimate child. Mr. Humphreys, jun., of the firm of Humphreys, Son, and Morgan, appeared for the defence. Margaret Farrell, a decent-looking Irish girl, said—l was delivered of a male child in August last, of which the defendant is the father. I met him first in Nov., 1858, at the General Post-office, where I was waiting for a letter I was expecting, when he spoke to me. He afterwards took me to a house in Shoe-lane, where the intimacy which resulted in the birth of the child commenced. He took mo there four times, and promised to marry me. I went to his house in St. Martin's-le-Grand afterwards, and he gave me money; and upon discovering I was in the family way, I went there again with a letter informing him of the state I was in, and that I should swear the child to him if he did not do something for me. The shopman said he was not at home, and I therefore waited till he returned, and then went into the little room at the back of the shop. I gave him the letter, and when he read it he threw it at me. I threw it back, and went out of the shop. I have no one here from the house in Shoe-lane, as the only person I remember seeing there is a servant who has gone to Paris. Cross-examined—Since then I have been in the service of Mr. Hinton, of Highbury-barn. When I came to London a female in the train recommended me to a coffee-shop in Holywell-street, but as that neighbourhood had a bad character, the landlady recommended me to have my letters addressed to the Post-office, and I afterwards went to live in Cecil-street. Mr. Humphreys—l should like to reserve any further cross-examination of the complainant at present, as I find she does not live at the address given in the summons. My client is a most respect able gentleman, and has been a married man for the last 25 years. Sir R. W. Carden—There is not a scintilla of evidence, and I do not think from what I have heard, that your client ought to let the case rest here. Ido not think we ought to call upon him to be sworn. Mr. Humphreys—Mr. Lutge is perfectly willing to be sworn, as ho instructs me that this complaint is a perfect fabrication. Alderman Wilson (to eomplainant)—The de fendant is summoned as a witness on your behalf. Do you wish him to be examined ? Complainant—Let him be sworn, and see then if he will deny being the father of my baby. Mr. Charles Lutge was then sworn, and said—l do not know this young woman. I have never spoken to her, but I cannot swear I have not spoken to any female like her outside my door. I never took her to a house in Shoe-lane. I do not recollect any woman bringing me a letter six months ago, or at any other time, and my throwing it at her. I have not the least recollection of anything of the kind. I never in my life received a letter from a woman accusing me of being the father of her child. I have a little parlour at the back of my shop, as the complainant has described. Sir R. W. Carden—l think it desirable to have the/shopman here. Mr. Lutge—He can come if you adjourn the case, but we cannot both be away together. Sir R. W. Carden—But your wife can take care of the premises while he conies here. Complainant—He has a little boy there also, sir, for he used to tell me not to speak loud because the boy might hear me. Sir It. W. Carden then directed that the young man should be fetched, and Inspector Everett started off immediately to bring the shopman, who, when he was sworn, gave his name as George Cole, and said—l am in Mr. Lutge's em ploy. Ido not know the complainant. Sir R. W. Carden—Now, pray be cautious, as you me required to speak only the truth. Witness—l fancy I have seen her before. I have never spoken to her that I am aware of, nor she to me. Ido not recognise her at all. Sir It. W. Carden—Let me caution you again. Remember, you are on your oath. You need not hesitate. You must know if she has been to the shop before. Witness—lt is my belief I have never seen her. I think I have seen her once. It was about six months ago. She asked to see Mr. Lutge, who was not in, and she said she would eall again, and she did so in half an hour, and she went into the little parlour at the back of the shop, where Mr. Lutge was. She had a letter in her hand, which she took in with her. Sir It. W. Carden—Let me impress upon you the nature of the serious oath you have taken. You commenced by saying you had never seen this woman, and you now say you have seen twice in one day. Witness—But lam not sure this is the same woman. I will not swear it was not she who called. The woman was like her. Sir R. W. Carden—Did you know your master was here to-day ? Witness—l did not, sir. Sir R. W. Carden—Has axy one told you he was under examination this morning at this court ? Witness—No one, sir. Sir R. W. Carden--Be careful, and try and re collect. Witness--A Mr. Evans came in, but he had not time to speak before the inspector arrived. Ho did not tell me what I was to say here. Mr. Humphreys—l can vouch for the fact that Mr. Lutge has communicated with no one since he was first sworn, except with me. Sir It. W. Carden—l do not impute such a thing for an instant, but it seems Mr. Evans has been rather over anxious, for his friend must have been very fast to get there before the inspector. Witness cross-examined—There are occasionally begging letters brought by women, but my master generally refused them. He does not take these women into the little parlour. Mr. Humphreys—l am glad this young man has been called, as he corroborates Mr. Lutge's state ment. The complainant was then examined as to a sum of £l2 which she appeared to have in the savings bank, the whole of which having been paid within the period of 21 days. Her account of it was, that £6 was her own savings, which on leaving her situa tion she put by to meet the expenses of her ap proaching confinement, and that she wrote to her uncle Hogan, a farmer in Ireland, stating she was in distress, who remitted her the remainder of the money in sums of £1 at a time. Sir It. W. Carden did not believe her statement, and ultimately decided that there was no evidence upon which to make an order, and the case was therefore dismissed. LAMBETH.—A VISIT TO TUE CANTERBURY. George Wray, a wiry-looking fellow, who had been formerly a sergeant in the 44th Regiment of Foot, and who i s a t presen t a corporal in the 2d West Cork Militia, was charged with disturbing the per formances at the Canterbury Hall, and also vio lently assaulting Bob Bains, the well•known water man, and Sergeant Knowler. It appeared that all remonstrances having failed to restrain the prisoner from annoying the com pany and interrupting the music, ho was told he must be put out, upon which he said he should be glad to see the person who could do it. Bains pre sented himself as the man, but he had more than his work to do, and was very roughly handled.. Ser geant Knowler then assisted, and in his efforts to get the prisoner to the station, he had a fall which very seriously injured his right eye and right s id e of his face. The magistrate convicted him in a penalty of £3, or six weeks, remarking that but for his former good character it would have been much more. LAWYERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.—Mr. D. Ba bington Ring, barrister, recently of tho Western Circuit, and lately residing at Man namea d , Ply mou th, b u t now of Bri tish Columbia, has had unpleasant differences with the At torney-General of that colony. Mr. Ring, on the authority of a Mr. Wright, accused the Attorney-General (Mr. Cary) of having violated some rules of the bar, which he had him self proposed and car r i e d. M r . C ary called Mr. Ring to ac count for this, and charged him with having circulated slanders. Mr. Ring stated his authority, but denied that he had circulated the complaint, because he had confined it strictly to members of the bar, who were parties to the rules alleged to have been violated, and ho offered to leave the dispute to be settled by third parties. Mr. Cary refused the reference, and demanded the unconditional withdrawal of the charge, adding some offensive terms. Thereupon Mr. Ring sent to Mr. Caryanolaborateletter, by a friend which concluded thus :—" If, therefore, by the hands of Mr. Ba netson, who bears this letter, you do not retract the offen sive terms used towards m e , alth oug h I shall denounce you in the most p u bl ic way as a slanderer of me, I desired to be spared from adding coward." The Attorney -General refused both the demand and the challenge carried by the bearer— thereupon Mr. Itin gp r oceededtoadvertise him in the news parstJppeetts t , h a he is mhra. d c threatened it it e n d d e t t l . e t t n e o l eusn of f e d t h h e i m as a cower .1. Mr. Ring, and caused him to bebound over in p L ea s c o e o a to ga k i e n e s p t the peace. There it should have ended, but, Mr. Cary was anxious to vindicate himself, and again rushed into print with a letter of explanation, the substance of which was that in the cou rse h e had taken he had acted under the advic e of friends. This called forth a letter from Mr. Ring, in which he re-stated the whole case. Other letters were pub lished, one signed "D. Macaulay," and addressed to "D. B. Ring, Esq., banister," strangely illustrative of colonial life, wherein the writer, as the friend of Mr. Cary, accepts the challenge of Mr. Ring, " with either of the following weapons :--Rifle s , 80 yards, two shots ; shot guns, 40 yards, two shots ; pistols, 30 yards, two shots ; bow (six feet) and arrow, 50 yards, three shots ; bowie knife, in a dark room ." The writ er adds—" Having an utter contempt for you per sonally, I send you this challenge through the press." Hero, at the departure of the last news, this pretty quarrel rested. WILLS AZ D BEQUESTS; The will of Sir Robert Alexander, Burt, of St. James's-place, Westminster, was proved in London by John Wallis Alexander, Esq., his second son, the sole executor. He has left his property equally amongst his three sons and only daughter. The will of Miss Sarah Disraeli, of Gloucester place, Hyde-park, formerly of Ailsa-park Villas, Twickenham, was proved in London by her brother, Ralph Disraeli, Esq., the sole executor. The per sonalty £4,000. She has bzqueathed her funded property, money, and shares in public companies equally amongst her three brothers, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., P.C., Ralph Dis raeli, Esq., and James Disraeli, Esq. The residue of her property she leaves to her brother Ralph Disraeli. She has left to her attendant Mary Wright a legacy of £6O free of legacy duty. The will of the Hon. Esther Fitzmaurico (wife of the Hon. William Edward Fitzmaurice) formerly of Hamilton Lodge, Kensington-g ore' and late of Hyde Park-gate, was administered to by her hus band, and a limited probate granted by the Loudon Court to the effects, property, and estates, over which she had, by certain deeds, a power of appoint ment, and which she has left to her husband for life, and then to her children ; the jewels, plate, and such like property she has left to him abso lutely. The will of Dame Hannah O'Conor (widow of Sir Richard O'Conor) was proved in London by her daughter, Ellen Margaret Ress O'Conor, the sole executrix. Mr. Richard 11. Shiel, of Liver pool, is a joint trustee with her, and to whom she leaves £5, and a like sum to Mr. Dunsmore, of the India House. To her daughter Eliza de Watte ville she has bequeathed the interest of £5,000, and the principal, at her decease, to her children ; and to her granddaughter Hannah de Watteville £2,000 absolutely.. To her daughter Emily O'Connell the life interest of £4,000, and the principal at her decease to her children. To her daughter Ellen she leaves the residue of her property, including her jewellery, trinkets, plate, linen, china, and household effects. Personalty £3s,ooo.—lllustrated I ndon News. COUNTRY MARXISTS. CAMBRIDGE-JAN. 7. Thero was a moderate supply of wheat, and, with a very steady demand in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 48s ; red, 40s to 43s per 36 stone. There was not much doing in barley to-day ; malting, 38s to 41s ; grinding, 26s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats at 18s to 26s for new ; old oats, —s to —s. Beans in limited supply, and an easier sale—now, 3Ps to 40s ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone; peas, 38s to 41s per 36 stone. NOTTINGH ,M-JAN. 7. We had a small attendance at to-day's market, and a fair supply of grain. Trade has been active, at the extreme prices of last week. White wheat, now, 496 to 54s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 21 6 Red do. 446 to 48s Oats, old, .. 22. to 25. Old white 4as to 54s New do —s to —s Red do. 446 to 48. I Beans. 42s to 456 Barley, malting....4os to 43s Beans, new —s to —4 Super. flour, 35s to 396 ; fine, 31s to 33. per 20 stun NORTHAMPTON-JAN. 7. At this corn-market wheat was in scanty supply, with a more healthy trade, at about the rates of this day se'n night, prices ranging from 48s to 52s for white, and 38s to 46s for red. Thero was a slow business passing in barley, —2Bs to 41s per qr. Oats in limited show, with a better sale, quoted at 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, Ms to —s ; new, 35s to 40s. Rye, —s to —s; malt, 61s to 66s ; flour, 31s to 34s per sack. GLOUCESTER-JAN. 7. At our market there was rather a good attendance, and a fair business done. English white wheat, 45s to 465; red, 43s to 45s per qr. Foreign, 45s to 50s per qr. In barley, oats, and beans no alteration. STAMFORD-JAN. 7. At our market yesterday wheat held firm, at no advane• on last week's prices, with a tolerable supply. Barley in dull demand, realising the extreme prices of last week for best qualities. In oats not much doing, but late rates maintained. Beans iu favour of the buyer. Wheat' 42s to 46s I Oats.. 2os to 304 White do 45s to 51s Beans 42s to 60s Barley 26s to 44s Ditto, old ........-8 to —0 OXFORD—J'Ax. 7. An average quantity of wheat on offer to-day, for which the trade was good for fine samples ; and other sorts were inactive. White ruled at 458 to 495, red 40s to 46s per qr. Barley, 27s to 40s ; oats, 188 to 2711; beans, 364 to 411 s ; hog peas, 388 to 425 ; boilers, 435 to 465 per qr, Flour, 33s per sack. Hay, from £3 5s to £4 Os per ton. DUBLIN-JAN. 6. Our market was pretty well attended this morning, and there was a moderate supply. Every description of grain met a steady demand, and we repeat the quotations of last Tuesday. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 28 0 to 30 0 Do., red 27 0 to 29 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l2 0 to 12 6 o. d. s. d. Do., new Bere . Rapeseed Oatmeal l3 0 to 14 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn 31 0 to 33 0 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. En the following table E signifies that letters are despatehel by evening mails from London, and M by morning mails. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. — -- Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 12, M Southamp. Jan. 10 Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Jan. 20,E Liverpool.. Janie Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Jan. —, E Liverpool.. Jan. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena Jan. 6, li Devenport rot. I China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Sout hampton Jan. —, M Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Jan. ---,11 Southamp. overdue Honduras and Blewfields .... Dec.., 11 Southamp. Dec. 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MARRIAGE AND SUICIDE.—An inquest was higa before Mr. Edwards, coroner, at Whaplode, on Wednesday last, on the b o d y o f William Sandworth, who, the morning after his m arr i age, got up early and drowned' himself. It appeared in evidence that on Monday last the deceased, aged 40, was married to Mary Atkin, and that they spent the day and night at her parents' cottage in the above village. Ho arose about half-past six on the following morning, saying that he had a pain in his body. He appears, however, to have proceeded directly to a pond near the house and drowned himself; hia boots were found under a hedge near to the pond. Mr. Samuel Sanders stated that the deceased and Mary Atkin had lived together in his service; that he had suffered very severely from fever on two occasions.; that he had frequently heard him talk wildly and in coherently; and that he (witness) believed the mind of the poor fellow to be enfeebled and desponding. The jury, con sisting of sixteen of the neighbouring residents, were unani mously of opinion that the fatal act was committed during temporary insanity. Verdict accordingly.—Lincoln Mer cury. BIRTHS. BARNARD.—On the 4th inst., at 9, Guilford-town, Dover, the wife of Major Barnard, Grenadier Guards, of a son. DALTON.—On the sth inst., at Parkstone, Dorset, the wife of D. F. G. Dalton, of a daughter. MENDS.—On the sth inst., at Rock Ferry, near Liverpool, the wife of Captain W. R. Mends, C. 8., commanding H.M.S. Hastings, of a daughter. NAPIER.—On the sth inst., at Blackheath-park, Black heath, the wife of William Napier, Esq., of-twin sons. MARRIAGES. • LOCKUI RT — RussELL.—On the sth inst., at St. John's, Edinburgh, Lawrence William Maxwell Lockhart, 92d Highlanders, second son of the Rev. L. Lockhart, D.D., of Milton Lockhart, Lanarkshire, to Katharine Anne, second daughter of the late General Sir James Russell, K.C. 8. , of Ashiesteel, Selkirkshii e. SMART—ADAms —On the sth inst., at St. John's, North Brixton, William R. E. Smart, M.D., K.L.11., Deputy • Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, to Emily, the youngest daughter of James Adams, Esq., of Stoekwell, Surrey. ini for vra IFTE tra Sou for; Sam --_ and prod vent thu s Bare Agei &Nt ti: Re ta4 DEATHS. BELL.—On the 24t ult., suddenly, at Alexandria, Egypt, Thomas Bell, Esq., merchant. CLARUE.—At Bennington Rectory, Kent, the Rev. Thoe. Clarke, aged 56. DALT:I4N.—On the Ist inst., at Montreiul-sur-Mer, James Robert Dalton, R.N. KING.—On, the 29th ult., at Exmouth, Major-General King, 11. E I.C.S. LE.tx E.—On the Gth inst., at Brighton, William Martin Leake, Esq., F.R.S., of 50, Queen Anne-street Caven dish-square, aged 83. , , OLDPIELD.—On the sth inst., at Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, Miss Rachel Oldfield, aged 84. SPENCE.—On tho 6th inst., at 18, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Win. Spence, Esq., F.It.S., author of the Introduction to Entomology, &c., aged 77. VALLINGS.— On the sth inst., at 9, Upper Woburn-place, Frederic Vallings, Esq., aged 71. LONDON : Priated and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printeis at . The San Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, Jauurvy 9, 1860. pnr led tri Q the rr NVi Ito: LOW rres n tl and Pric 'II per& addr attet ~. bit Vic Tr Tv IiDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1860;