The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

~ap~q,,...,. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1860. ELECTIOIV INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. The., result, of the polling was officially declared yesterday forenoon at the Horse Repository- The attendance of electors and. non-electors at this &losing ceremony of a lengthened and exciting con teat, though numerically very large, comprising, as it must have done, several thousands of persons, yet presented a considerable falling-off compared with the vast concourse present at the nomination. Whet, however, the audience wanted in point of nurnbers it more than made up in respectability, an .d the proceedings consequently offered the most rnarked contrast to the incessant din and confusion of Monday. The speakers were all listened to with exemplary patience and attention ; no lively pan tomime, and only one slight personal scuffle or two, occurring to disturb the order of the meeting. Mr. Layard, the successful candidate, on entering the building, was received with tremendous and pro longed cheering. He was accompanied by his mover and seconder, by many other leading mem bers of his committee, and also by Mr. B. Williams, Dr. Brady, M.P., Mr. G. Leeman, mayor of York, Mr. Hector, formerly of Bagdad, &c. On his ap- pearance upon the platform the enthusiasm of the assemblage burst forth afresh. Mr. Scovell, the defeated candidate, did not attend in person, but he was represented by Major Beresford and one or two other of his principal supporters. The business was opened by Mr. GRESHAM, the High Bailiff, who said,—Electors of the borough of Southwark,—it is now my duty to declare to you the state of the poll as the result of this elec tion. I shall be able to give you the numbers with, I believe, considerable accuracy; and, seeing that they accord very much with the statements made by the check-clerks on behalf of both candidates, that circumstance is a satisfaction to myself and also to them. (Hear, hear.) I beg to announce to you that the numbers were — For Mr. Layard For Mr. Scovell Leaving a majority in favour of Mr. Layard of . ........ 1,195 (Loud cheers.) It is therefore my duty to announce to you here that Mr. Austen Henry Layard is duly elected a member of Parliament for the borough of Southwark, and I shall return him in my writ accordingly. (Renewed cheers.) Mr. LAYARD then stood forward, amid deafening hurrahs, to address the assemblage. He said, — Electors and non-electors of this great borough you have nobly redeemed the pledge which was given to me on your behalf by those gentlemen who invited me to stand for this constituency ; and I hope that I also have on my part redeemed the pledge which I gave to them on that occasion. The pledge they gave to me was this,—that a large and influential portion of the electors of Southwark were determined to wage battle on principle alone; that they would support me gratuitously—(cheers) giving me aid and assistance by day and by night also, to the bestef their ability and power, in order worthily to return me to represent you in Parlia ment. The pledge which I gave them was this, — that I would come down here, not to appeal to you on any other than public grounds, not to have recourse to any unworthy means, but to fight this battle in a manner honourable to an English gen tleman, and to a great and enlightened consti tuency. I believe I may say conscientiously that those gentlemen and myself have mutually kept these pledges, (Cheers.) At one time it appeared as if this contest was to turn en other than public grounds. A great deal was said about local interests, and men who did not reflect much sup posed that local interests represented merely a personal question. But I have looked upon local interests in a different manner, viewing them as representing a great principle. I have been taunted with undervaluing those interests, and have been told that I sneered at vestries. Gentlemen, I don't sneer at vestries ; on the con trary, I regard them with unfeigned respect. I may almost say I have an admiration for the Lord Mayor's show—(laughter)—and never without a feeling of awe eat turtle at the Lord Mayor's feast. (Renewed laughter.) And I will tell you why. These things may be barbarous relics of ancient times, but they remind us of this great fact—that the municipalities of England were the preservers of English freedom, and that we owe our liberties to our local institutions and local self-government. (Cheers.) No man living prizes more highly than I do the great principle of self-government ; and I believe that any country which adopts it, and where each citizen takes an interest in the conduct of public affairs, is likely to become a free, prospe rous, and happy State. On the other hand, I be lieve that where municipal institutions are neglected or crushed a nation is likely to sink under tyranny and oppression. I hate centralisation. Where ever I have set my foot I have ever seen that where centralisation reigned the liberty of the sub ject decreased. Therefore, don't think for a moment that I despise local interests or local self government. In me you will always find their most ardent supporter. But, gentlemen, there are even greater questions than local interests. If it were once admitted that these interests are to be the principal basis of a candidate's claims, you would run the risk of making the House of Com mons not what it is now, the great interpreter and exponent of the wishes of the nation, but—a very secondary tribunal in the estimation of Europe and in the eyes of the country. Every true English man would be sufficiently unselfish to abandon any private interest if he thought by doing so he would contribute to the public good ; and, as I said on Monday, Mr. Scovell's argument as to the repre sentation of the city of London or of the metropolis at large tells rather against himself', because there are already men enough in the House of Commons who represent local interests. I hold that that great legislative assembly should contain men who repre sent every interest in the State. You now have represented there the navy, the army, the law, and the mercantile body ; in the House of Lords the Church is represented ; in fact, every class of the community is represented in Parliament ex cept one, and that one, perhaps, the most import ant, as it certainly is the most numerous. I ask, then, is it not time that you should do something towards having that class represented ? (Cheers.) On that ground I have fought this battle, and incurred all that abuse and calumny for which I was Prepared, but which has exceeded my most sanguine anticipations. (A laugh.) I felt that if rat ?. of local interests prevail e d, th e working Would be entirely excluded from any chance of I, ein _ g represented in Parliament. To sum up the" interests in a few words, they mean, they an, if me an anything that in the House of Commons capital shall be represented and not B ecau se w h o labour. are the men cited by Mr. g local. interests? Why, S co veil as rep resentin g lo ca l and men of great l arge employers of labour; and thatreasoning gentleman's would con vert the House of Commons into a Place of pleasant retirement for superannuated capitali sts. `Laugh ter and cheers.) But, if 6 , local interest s "- mean the representation of capital, how is the wo r ki ng ma, If they mean ,n on e they get into Parliamen t • eyt mea n that by spending they may also be taken to that money you can win an election. I don't pre tend to say that a man can come down to such a constituency as this and hand sovereigns over the counter, or, as a friend of mine said the other day, send a £5 note by mistake in a letter. (A laugh.) But I will tell you how the thing may done — by hiring public-houses by hundreds, and be men by thousands, by messengers and clerks, an d all the paraphernalia of elections. (Hear, hear,) That is what local interests amount to in a borough like Southwark. I wish to know the sum spent on the other side. Every man shall have an opportunity in a few days of knowing every farthing spent on mine. (Cheers.) Gentle men, I haven't had a single lawyer. (Cheers and .laughter.) You won't, I am sure, think any the worse of me for that. I mean no disrespect to my excellent friend on my right—the High Bailiff. (Laughter, amidst which Mr. Gresham bowed to the speaker and smiled.) Gentlemen, not one single shilling has been paid by us for advertisements— by no means an insignificant fact. The greater num ber of the men who have worked for me as canvas ten, and, let me add, as check clerks yesterday at the polling-booths, gave their time to me gratui tously. (Cheers.) If that can be done in a great constituency like this—if I can leave This borough to-day without having spent more than is absolutely necessary for legal expenses—and ese are a hun dredfold more than they ought to ' e—then, I say, the working man will have a chance of going to Parliament. Therefore, the principle involved in this question of local interests is purity of election against money. Have I spent a sixpence in bring ing down men to hoot and howl ? Why, what should I have thought of myself if, after the pledge I gave, I had on Monday last been represented here in this vast area by 100 or 150 men whose coun tenances and condition lead me to believe they come from a neighbouring, but a sister island—(laughter) and who congregated for the purpose of interrupting our proceedings ? I should have imposed upon you, and done discredit to this constituency. Would the workingmen then have rallied round me as they have done ? Talk of a man protecting local interests. Let him protect local character first. (Cheers.) Your reputation and respectability are surely your greatest local interest. I ask any working man pre sent whether his face was not tinged with the blush of shame—l confess my own was—when he read the account in the papers of what took place here the other day ? Because reflecting persons, Tories and enemies of the working man, will point to that scene and say, " Here is your reduction of the suffrage ; here are the men you want to intrust with the franchise !" Who brought that di scre dit on t h e working men ?—who were the mean s o f g i v i ng hi m suchafalse and calumnious character? Why, it was, I will not say the man himself, but the friends of the man who came here to uphold your local inte rests. (Cheers.) The great argument in favour of the rotten boroughs is that they alone afford seats to competent men, men of capacity, statesmen, and how is that argament to be overcome if great con stituencies only return men upon the ground of narrow local interests ! In Southwark a broader principle has triumphed, and mark my words, gen tlemen, the victory we have gained here will have its effect throughout the length and breadth of the land, and may be fraught with more important results to the workingman than any event that has happened for many years. (Cheers.) Working men, if you want to reform Parliament, irst reform the constituencies. When you have have done thati.you will reform Parliament. Elect the men whom you think the best calculated to promote your own and the general interest, and depend upon it the day will not be distant when you will enjoy the rights and hold the place in the Constitution which you deserve. (Cheers.) I do not therefore regret coming down here to encounter all the difficulties, perhaps even the dangers, incident to this contest. I feel proud of being returned, as well as of the friends who have returned me. It now remains for me so to act as that they should be proud of the member they have chosen. (Cheers.) By whom has this victory, this Inkermann of constitutional battles, been gained ? I say by the working men. The poll in the early morning, and at the dinner hour proves that. On the support of the working men alone I have relied, and through that support I have tri umphed. (Cheers.) Is it not incredible that in these days calumnies should be thrown on the working man, and attempts made to make the world believe he is not an intelligent and reflect ing individual ? Is it not surprising that all the mean arts, the dirty intrigues, the con temptible proceedings which I hope have been seen in Southwark for the last time, should lead to any disparagement of the working man beyond your limits ! It depends upon you, gentlemen, whether that shall ever occur again, and whether this great borough will hereafter send men to Parliament, myself or any other, upon the same principles as have guided you in this contest, and whether Southwark shall be relieved for ever from the stigma that some have endeavoured to place upon it. (Cheers.) The Reform Bill of 1832 was carried by the working man. Bat did he profit by it ? No ; unselfish and generous as he always is, he helped to benefit another class, giving up his own claims in the belief that his rare moderation would before long win for himself fair treatment and the recognition of his just rights. During the last twenty-eight years, again, have not the working classes behaved nobly ! And when it is said by the enemies of reform that there is no symptom of a desire for it in the country, let me ask what are the symptoms they require ! Manufactories burnt down, houses sacked, gaols pulled to pieces, riot, fire, and misery throughout the kingdom ? If these are the symptoms they want they will not have them. (Cheers.) No; the symptoms of reform being necessary are to be found in this, that Englishmen and working men now rest their cause upon truth and reason alone, and appeal to the justice of their country. Have not the condition and the intelli gence of the working man improved since 1832 ! If not, what has been the use of all our mechanics' institutes, our educational grants, our public and and private schools, our cheap literature per meating the million ? Not only has the working man improved, but I say his improvement has been greater than that of any other class in the State. I venture even to assert that it has compelled the improvement of the classes above him, and made them become more just, wise, and truly enlight ened. (Hear, hear.) Shall you continue, therefore, to refuse him his due ? I am-told that the spread of intelligence among the great body of the working classes is dangerous to the country. I scorn such an unworthy plea. No one who knows the working man, or knows foreign nations, as I hope I do, can pretend that the diffusion of education is dangerous to any State. Let us illustrate this case by a refe rence to the volunteer movement. Have our agri cultural classes, perhaps the lowest in the scale of enlightenment, taken any considerable part in that movement ? No; it has been the intelligent work ing men and their employers in our cities and towns, as for example in Bermondsey, who have done that. Is a man, because he is more enlightened, less quali fied to appreciate the blessings of constitutional government, or less likely to defend them at the risk of his own Hie ? (Cheers.) Look at America. Sixty years ago the volunteer movement began there. During the first 20 years it made little ad vance; in the next 20 it gained ground considera bly ; and in the last 20 its progress was enormous. And who formed the great bulk of those volunteers ? Why the movement was always most successful in those American States which were most distin guished for their intelligence. (Cheers.) And so it is in this country. If you have your people armed and ready to defend their own homes, and at the same time too enlightened to interfere with other countries, then we may hope for reduced taxation and rendering cheaper every article of the poor man's consumption. But as long as our money is suffered to be spent by classes, and petty jealousies are allowed to divide States, we must continue to support great armaments and give up all idea of diminished taxation. As long as the working man's feelings, sentiments, and interests are not consulted, we must expect to have class government and to pay heavily for the faults of our rulers. Fifty years and more ago, when the working man had no voice whatever in the Government, what was the result! England engaged in expensive wars, lavishi ng h er bl oo d an d t reasure i n suppor t o f t yranny in Europe. She was never found on the side of freedom or of the peoples. No, there never was a despot, who saw his throne sinking from under him and f e l t t h at hi s t i me was come, who did not app ea l to this country and receive from her millions of pounds sterling and thousands and tens of thousands of lives. And what did all this lead to What was our position at the peace of 1815 ? always looke d after Were we beloved in Europ e ? had exhausted own espots ever do anything for us. (Nev er 1 ) No , like vile interestsa! d selfish n u e r and ltihveeysw theyl mn they turn e d their these their d us neither gratitude nor respect- in our backs upon u money d and gaveo What have we seen within t h ereturn. l ast few years ? The people of England have raised th e i r voice in favour of the liberty and independence or nations:—they have declared themselves on the aide of peoples, and not of tyrants. One example of this was given in this very borough. I will not pass an eulogium on Barclay and Per •kins , s dray men—(laughter)--I think they treated a distin guished foreigner rather too roughly ; but I am not ashamed to say that I admire the spirit in which it was done. It was done because they felt there was a man among them who had committed intoler able acts of emelt, injustice, and wrong ; they felt that the rights of justice and humanity in all parts of the world were under the protection of English men. This they showed in a way which I repeat I cannot applaud—(a laugh)—but still in one which marked without doubt what their real opinions were of that distinguished foreigner. (Cheers.) Again, when Italy rose to cast off her oppressors, on her side were found the people of England. France went out armed indeed to her aid, but she went with a selfish idea. The people of France had no great sympathy with Italy, because they knew their own liberties had been compromised, and they did not feel that the man who had compromised their liberties was likely to confer liberty upon others. (Cheers.) Their armies, no doubt, rendered great service in Lombardy; but look at the conduct of France ever since. Why everything she has done has only impeded the progress of freedom in the peninsula. If it had not been for her action at Rome, Gaeta, and Naples, at this moment Italy would have been free from the Alps to Sicily. (Cheers.) On the other hand, what we have done we have done without the expenditure of a shilling, or the infliction upon the country of a farthing of increased taxation. Why, we have given an aid to Italy without which she would not be what she now is ; and I tell you, on the authority of great statesmen in that country who have stated the fact to me, that she has gained more from the moral support of England than from the arms of France. (Cheers.) Last year what did I hear in the upper circles of this 'country, and at the dinner tables at the West-end ? Why, sympathy was expressed with Austria rather than with Italy ; and no man can deny that fact. But in whose favour were the sympathies of the freedom-loving and intelligent working men of England ? Why, for nations struggling for their liberties. And how has that sympathy at last found vent? In Lord J. Russell's second despatch—l say nothing about the first one, which we had better all forget. (A laugh.) Tbat second despatch, avowedly based on Vattel or Grotius, instead of the heart of the English people, declared that the sympathies of England were with freedom throughout the world, that we were on the side of Italy, and would see her have justice done. (Cheers.) That was not the voice of Vattel or Gtotius, or any other gentlemen who passed their days in their studies 200 or 300 years ago— (a laugh)—but the voice of the present, living, active mind and will of England, to which I, for one, shall hereafter look as the real source of inter national law. Sympathy with nations struggling for their freedom, the resolve not to interfere with the affairs of other States ourselves, and not to allow others to interfere—that should be our future in ternational law ; and I only hope there may be some future Vattel in this hall who will arise and put these principles upon record. Lord J. Russell has done this: to a certain extent ; and 1 say, going to Parliament as I am about to do, he shall have my ardent and disinterested support, because he has done a noble thing, and spoken in your name. (Cheers.) I have never yet entered, and shall not now enter the House of Commons pledged to support any Government, except so far as I be lieve they do their duty to England, and represent the true wishes and feelings of the people. Every Government, however composed, which does that shall night and day receive my earnest support ; for if I fail to render it I know I am sure to lose yours. But on any Government which is untrue to its trust shall my back be steadfastly turned, and nothing on. earth shall induce me to connive at their unfaithfulness. I hope these are not idle words. (Cheers.) I can appeal to a past though short career, and I think those who refer to my previous conduct will find that, whether right or wrong, these are the principles on which I have acted, and on which I have suffered. (Cheers.) No doubt some persons were not in favour of my views, or I should not have lost my seat, Well, although I did lose my seat, I shall never regret my views. Not that in the abstract I am a peace-man, but I thought we went to war on unjust grounds ; and although I believe that China may have afforded us a hundred excuses for quarrel, I believed that the ground selected by our Government was a false one. God only knows to what that war may lead us. When I read the newspapers, as I do daily, I tremble at our position in China. What is to be done with that great kingdom of hundreds of mil lions of souls ? What fearful bloodshed and misery are falling upon that great country ! Shall we obtain there results that will be satisfac tory to ourselves ? I earnestly hope we may. I go to Parliament with the conviction that the sooner we bring this unhappy war to a close, with honour to this country, and with such guarantees as will prevent the possibility of a recurrence of a similar state of things, the better it will be for the interests of every man, woman, and child in the kingdom. Gentlemen, you are all pugnacious —you all like to fight ; but not a man among you likes to pay for it (a laugh) —yet if you would not pay you should not fight; and if fight you will, trust me, gentlemen, pay you must. (Cheers and a laugh.) I am one of those who are not opposed to war when war is absolutely necessary, but I would never wage it without having right on our side, without having great interests at stake, nor where we had not a rational hope of coming out of it, not with the mere fleeting honour of a day, but with that enduring honour which some future Grote or Macaulay might conscien tiously inscribe upon the historic page. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I fear I must have exhausted your patience— (" no, no!")—while I have nearly worn out myself. I have never shrunk from answering any question, whether put to me by elector or non elector, but have done my best to open my heart to every man. All I ask of you is that you will judge me strictly as one who has been sent to discharge an important trust—that if you think me worthy you will not turn from me hereafter, but will extend to me a renewal of your confidence ; for remember, the obligations of a men,ber and his constituents are reciprocal. If he performs Lis duty towards you you are equally bound to perform a duty to wards him. (Hear, hear.) Let me again thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your noble and generous support; for your triumph is one of which you may be justly proud, and the results of which may be such as few of us contemplate throughout the length and breadth of England. Mr. Layard concluded amid vehement cheers by proposing a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his kindness and impartiality in presiding over their proceedings. Mr. J. HARRIS, a member of Mr. Scovell's com mittee, was understood to second the motion. Niajor BERESFORD then said—Gentlemen, I am sure that in appealing to you I appeal to the best feelings of Englishmen when I ask you to treat the matter which I am about to submit to you in a generous spirit. Mr. Scovell is the defeated can didate. I assure you that he is physically unable to attend here to-day. (Oh, oh, hisses, and cries of "Silence !") Gentlemen, can't you afford to be generous for one minute ? (Cheers.) I state a fact—that Mr. Scovell is physically unable to attend here this day. I, therefore, come here on his behalf simply to thank those electors who honoured him with their support, and I do so most cordially. (Cheers.) Mr. NEWMAN, Mr. Layard's mover, said thit having fought a fair and manly battle, and gained a glorious victory, let them now be generous to the vanquished, and not attempt to trample upon them. (Loud cheers.) The vote of thanks having been carried by acclamation, The HIGH BAILIFF said the electors had been deprived, by some chance or other, of their ancient Town-hall. Fearing that they might have had a continuanceof the late wet weather, he had brought them under that cover, where they had heard,when they bad listened—(laughter)—all that had been a re d al dr i e r s e s d e , d a t n o a a them. Fortunately, his anticipa tions about the weather had not been thrown over th e wholegleam of that of e s l u e e n t s i h o i n n . e (Cheers r s bee n d a laugh.) He thanked them for their kindness in appreciating the step he hod taken, and respect fully wished them all good day. The assemblage then dispersed. The following analysis of the poll indicates the comparative strength of the two candidates in the six districts into which the borough is divided : Scovell. Layard. Parish of Bermondsey Rotherhithe Christchurch .. St. George 749 1,390 St. Olave and St. John 4lB 160 St. Saviour and St. Thomas 554 519 Totals 3,377 4,572 Layai d's total majority, 1,195. _ The excitement in the borough caused by the recent contest is gradually subsiding; and, owing to the admirable tact and vigilance of the police, those symptoms of riot which once looked threat ening have entirely disappeared. The arrangements of the High Bailiff were ex• cellent, and his courtesy to the representatives of the press demands special acknowledgment. TILE LOSS OF THE CONNAUGHT STEAMSHIP. The following is a copy of the report made to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, on the loss of the Connaught : " Greenwich Police-court, Dec. 8. "My Lords,—l have to report for your lordships' infor mation the result of the investigation which has been made by me, assisted by Capt. Harris, as Nautical Assessor, re specting the loss of the steamship Connaught, on the 7th of October last, on her voyage from Galway to Boston, in the United States. " The Connaught was an iron ship belonging to the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, built by Messrs. Palmer, at Jarrow, on the Tyne, was launched in April last, and intended to form one of the line of packets from Galway to St. John's and Boston. Her gross tonnage was 2,963 and her registered tonnage 1,522 tons. She had three engines of 800-horse power (combined). A very minute description of the ship appears in the evidence of the builder, Mr. John Brough Palmer, who was examined in order to discover whether there was anything either in her construction or in her machinery to account for her loss. " The Connaught left Galway for St. John's and Boston on the 25th day of September last on her second voyage, commanded by Captain Robert Leitck, having on board about 467 passengers, and crew, including engineers and firemen, of 124 officers and men. She encountered some bad weather on her passage to St. John's, by which damage was done to skylights and other parts on deck, but nothing apparently of a serious nature, or likely to have contributed to the subsequent loss. On leaving St. John's she was sup posed to have 616 tons of coals on board, having burnt 664 tons on the passage to St John's, and having, as was be lieved, shipped 1,280 tons at Galway. This, however, would appear to be an error, as her bunkers and coal reserves were not capable of containing above 1,200 tons, and conse quently she could not have had more than 536 tons on leaving St. John's. This is an important fact, as it may partly account for the crank state of the ship as mentioned in the engineer's log. The bottoms of the bunkers of the Connaught, two in each wing, were at a level of nearly two feet above the water line, and at the time she was abandoned there were about 20 tons in each bunker. Had these bunkers been emptied into the coal reserves below, the ship would have been in better trim, and it would not probably have been necessary to have recourse to the expedients mentioned in order to bring her upright, such as blowing off one of the port boilers, filling the starboard lifeboats with water, bringing the ship's head to wind, and throwing her out of her course for three or four hours. With respect to the blowing off the boiler it is to be observed that, besides its utter uselessness for the purpose intended, it was an imprudent measure, inasmuch as it decreased the stability of the ship, and deprived her of a portion of her steam, then much required for pumping out the water, and being done without previous communication with the mas ter it proves a want of co-operation much to be blamed. "About 7 30 p.m. of the 6th October the water was first observed to be gaining ground in the ship's bilge. The joiner, whose duty it was to sound the wells, the carpenter being disabled, states that he then found an increase since noon of 10 inches under the fore coal reserve, while there was not more than three inches of increase in the other parts of the ship. It does not appear to have occurred to any one that the increase of water in that particular part indicated some local cause; that it might arise front a defective pipe or outlet of the ship, quite as probably as from the starting of a plate or other injury in her frame, and that by applying the pumps where the great increase of water was observed, and shutting off the communication with the other compart ments,:the locality, and probably the cause, of the leak might have been ascertained. Instead of this the whole pumping power was employed to reduce the general body of water, at first apparently with some effect, but the leak soon got ahead again, and by 9 a.m. of Sunday, the 7th, it had risen to the furnaces in the port side of the fore stokehole, and put out some of the • fires from the extraordinary list of the ship. From this time, owing to the difficulty of feeding the star board foremost boilers, the steam rapidly went down though every effort was made to keep it up in the after boilers by strongly urging the fires in the after stokehole. About a quarter before 10 a.m. the ship was found to be on fire. It was first discovered by one of the firemen, who gave the alarm to the chief engineer, who told him to be quiet; and went and informed the captain, and gave directions about getting the pumps ready, which took about five minutes, when he went down into the engine-room, and noticed the fire on the top of the boilers at the back of the superheater on the starboard side, his impression being that it was the covering of the boilers that was on fire. The progress of the fire may be briefly detailed by an extract from the ship's log as follows : " ' About 9.45 a.m. (on the 7th of October) discovered smoke issuing from the after stokehole grating and starboard boiler. Got the hose on to the after steam-donkey, and got the small portable engine on deck, with hose, and played water on to the boilers behind the superheaters and into the starboard coal-bunker. "' About 10.5 a.m. found the smoke issuing through the deck in the ladies' saloon. Got a large quantity of blankets wet, and spread them on the decks and played water on them to keep the fire under. Passengers and stewards passing water down below. About 10 a.m. sent the third officer to throw the powder overboard. About 10.10 tried to get more way on the ship to bring her round on the other tack, but could not get sufficient steam. At 10.15 set the head sails and tried to wear her round, but the ship would not wear. She becoming quite unmanageable, took in the head sails and set the maintrysail, as the engines had stopped alto gether, and the smoke had driven everybody on deck aft. The purser and two hands vainly tried to get the specie on deck, but could not. Still keeping the pumps and buckets constantly going to keep the fire under. About 11.30 a.m. commenced with a few hands to clear away the boats, having hoisted the signals of distress, hoisted fore and aft.' "It may seem strange that the fire in so short a time should have gained such a head, as the nearest wood work of the ship was the floor of the ladies' cabin, a distance of 7 feet 6 inches from the spot where the fire was first ob served. But part of this space was occupied by the star board wing bunker, the nearest point of which was a' out 18 inches from the:top of the boiler. In that bunker there were 20 tons of coal in a very dry state from the heat of the stokehole underneath and the radiation from the super heater. It is probable that these coals would soon ignite and communicate:the fire to the deck above. " In this perilous condition the Connaught was observed by Captain Wilson, or the Minnie Schiffer, an American brigantine of about 200 tons burden, bound to Boston, to whose great zeal and intrepidity the passengers and crew of the steamer were in all probability indebted for the preser vation of their lives. Coming almost alongside and taking a hawser from the deck of the flaming ship, Captain Wilson was enabled safely to convey every one on board his own little craft. Except two mail-bags, nothing was saved from en board the ship. £lO,OOO in specie, and the whole of the cargo and baggage of passengers and crew were aban•• domed with the ship at 10 p m., the raster, Capt. Leitch, being the last person to quit her. She was last seen about 2.30 a.m., of the Bth, burning terrifically, apparently fore and aft. " On a review of the facts from the time of the ship's leaving St. John's, so far as they can be collected from the imperfect and often contradictory statements of the wit nesses, there is nothing to prove that the ship was lost through the wrongful act or default of any person holding a Board of Trade certificate, though it may be thought that a little more intelligence might have been displayed in the endeavour to detect the probable cause of the leak and to apply the most effectual remedy " here, therefore, the investigation as directed by the Merchant Shipping Act might have terminated. But it appeared desirable for the sake of the private interests con cerned, as well as on publit grounds, that the loss of a ship of so great value and apparently so complete should, if pos • sible, be accounted for. " A minute inquiry, therefore, has been made as to the construction of the ship and her machinery, and the details are very fully set forth in the evidence of Mr. Palmer. It will be necessary at present to refer only to those portions of the description of the ship which are connected with the supposed origin of the leak and of the fire. It may, how ever, be observed, that according to the evidence of Mr. Palmer, the Connaught appears to have been built with great care and without regard to expense, and to have been altogether seaworthy and fit for the purpose for which she was designed. It is due to the contractors and to the com pany to express this opinion, as unfavourable reports of the ship have been circulated, and one witness, the chief officer of the Connaught on her first voyage, has stated in his evi dence that he considered her unsafe, and would not again go to sea in her, but the only proof given by him in sup port of this opinion was the trifling defect he mentioned, which only resulted in personal inconvenience in his cabin. The character of this witness's evidence, and the feeling under which it seems to have been given, coupled with his improper conduct in taking away the ship's log when he left the service, render it impossible to attach any value to his statements. " With regard to the supposed leak, Mr. Palmer's sug gestion is that by reason of the labouring of the ship, or from some other cause, the lead waste-pipe leading from the officers' water : closets through the ship's side, uudes. the water .line, must have been broken or injured, so as to admit a constant stream of water through a bore of four inches diameter, and that a body of water would thus accu mul,ite in the ship's bilge under the fore stokehole through the upper port of which the pipe passed, and the valve con netting the stokehole with the fore coal reserve being open, the water would increase there to a higher level than in the other parts of the ship. Mr. Palmer states that the pipe is liable to injury, and being placed behind the boilers is not likely to be noticed. This seems a probable conjec ture, and the only observation to be made with regard to it is that a pipe so liable to injury should not have been placed in a situation where its derangement could not readily be discovered and remedied. " Mr. Palmer's suggestion with regard to the origin of the fire is that great heat must have been produced in the after superheater and funnel, and that by urging the fires under the starboard boilers aft, the ship having a heavy list to port, the heat and flame would strike with extraordinary force on the starboard side of the superheater and funnel, and might have raised the temperature of that surface to such a degree as to ignite the lagging of the boiler, and the fire so commenced would be communicated probably to the drp coal in the bunker with the floor of the ladies' cabin, and thence rapidly to the other parts of the ship. This appears to be a very probable conjecture. He is, however, of opinion that the superheater had not the effect of intensi fying the heat in the funnel. Possibly this may be so ; but it is deserving of consideration whether other arrangements besides those adopted in the Connaught are not necessary to protect the combustible parts of the ship in the neigh bourhood of the funnel from taking fire. " The lagging, which is said to have first caught fire, was about 12 inches from the superheater, and six inches from the air casing. It is generally supposed that heat commu nicated by steam does not cause ignition, but the occurrence of the fire in this case would seem to qualify that opinion in some measure. If the heat generated in the furnaces and carried up the funnel is greater than can be absorbed and carried off by the steam passing through the superheater, it will naturally act upon the metal with which it comes in contact and tend to raise its temperature to a red heat, as in fact is supposed to have happened in this case. This, though not the normal state of things, becomes the cause of danger if by the ship's list to either side the heat is directed constantly against one side. Under such circum stances it may be questionable whether an air passage such as that in the Connaught affords sufficient protection. " The fire appears to have been communicated to the lagging at a distance of 12 inches from the superheater, from which it may be inferred that a greater distance or some other medium than an air passage must be interposed to guard effectually against all risk. " Though this investigation has not led to any certain conclusion as to the matters in question, it may be of im portance by offering subjects for consideration and sug gestions for the improvement and greater security of steam ships. One of these suggestions relates to the important duties of engineers, and to their competency and responsi bility. It has been considered hitherto that the competency and responsibility of masters and mates affords a sufficient guarantee for the safety of ships and passengers. Now, however, that steam has taken the place of wind, and pad dles and screws the place of sails, skill of another kind is required. By the Passenger Act the law has anxiously provided for the accommodation and proper sustenance of passengers by sea, but something seems wanted to provide for their safe conveyance by requiring some public test of the competency of engineers, and imposing upon them the same responsibility as masters and mates are subjected to by the Merchant Shipping Act. " It would be well, also, if masters and mates of steam ships were required to have some practical knowledge in the engineers' department, so as not to be wholly dependent upon the judgment and discretion of others. A knowledge of steam, though I believe not absolutely necessary, is con sidered a most important qualification for the command of a steamship in the Royal Navy. It is stated in Mr. Pal mer's evidence that, by directions of the Board of Trade, the Connaught was under a non-official inspection during the progress of building. This would be advisable in all cases of ships to be employed in passenger traffic, especially under Government contract. Many defects may be pre. vented or remedied during progress, which might escape detection or be suffered to pass after the ship is completed. This is the more necessary now that steamships have grown to such an extraordinary length relatively to their breadth. The Connaught's length was nine times her breadth. " A ship of so great a length, with her engines placed abaft the centre of gravity, must be liable to great strain in a high head sea, and would require special attention to the soundness of her materials and the strength of her frame at those parts where the heavy strain would be most felt. A weak girder, faulty plates, or loose riveting there would be productive of tenfold mischief. " In making these remarks I am speaking generally, and not with reference to the Connaught, for there is no evidence whatever of her having showed any symptoms of weakness. " As I have already observed, there is every reason to believe that she was in all respects a strong and well-built ship.—l have the honour to be, my lords, your lordships' most obedient servant, " JAMES TRAILL, "I concur in the above report. " HENRY HARRIS, Nautical Assessor. " The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, &c." TILE WHITE JACKET. Every day gives us fresh proofs of the defective state of legislation in the mercantile marine laws, or, more definitively speaking, the want of a provi sion for the protection of life on the high seas. A case—not by any means an isolated one—came before the Petty Sessions Court at Queenstown within a few days, which will help to illustrate the fact that, while provision is made by the law for an inspection of the food and proper accommodation of a ship's crew—the magistrates having power to fine owners for a breach of the act in that respect, in each case £2o—yet they have no authority to order a survey or inspection of the ship's bottom, or her general seaworthiness, on the complaint of any unfortunate sailor who has signed articles to sail in her, but who may find her likely to be his coffin after a few days spent on board. The case in question will, we trust, cause the matter to be taken up by the Board of Trade, and a remedy sought for such a glaring abuse. The White Jacket, a ship laden with salt, and bound for Calcutta, belonging to a large firm ire Liverpool, put into our harbour about a fortnight since, under the following circum stances :—The captain, it seems, remonstrated with the owners on their putting on board some 200 tons more salt than he considered the ship would be safe in taking ; but his appeal was only laughed at, and he was offered the alternative to either proceed on the voyage or resign. He then consented to sail. The ship was not long at sea when it became apparent to all on board that she would never make her voyage, freighted as she was. With some difficulty they made our harbour; and, the owners being written to, sent over a person to represent them, with instructions that the vessel should be sent to sea again as she was. The captain declined to go in her, and the sailors, having some regard for their lives, also refused to proceed, and now comes the working of the new Mercantile Marine Act. A new captain is sent on board, who swears the ship is seaworthy and not overloaded, whereupon the men are arrested and lodged in gaol for mutiny. The magistrates, having no power to adjudicate on the seaworthiness of the ship, wisely use their dis cretion and common sense, and refuse to punish the men or order them to proceed in what they consider a sinking ship. And that there was danger of her sinking the sequel will show. A fresh crew having been got on board, the ship again proceeded on her voyage, and after being out more than a week escaped becoming a total wreck by the mere chance of change of weather, when she was again able to make Queenstown, where she now lies, getting out into lighters the 200 tons overload her first captain protested against, and for which he lost his em ployment and the sailors were incarcerated, and, but for the consideration of the Bench, might now be breaking stones in our county gaol as a punish ment for not risking their lives.—Cork Southern Reporter. {ADVERTISEMENT.]—A few more of the extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion, (dyspepsia) flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility effected by 1)u Barry's delicious health restoring revalenta arabica food, are here given :—Cure 52,422.—Bridgehouse, Frimley, Surrey, April 8, 1854.-33 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, con stipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your revalenta arabica.—James Roberts, tim ber merchant. 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King William-street„ City; at 127, High Holborn; and all groom, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN cincuir.—WINCTIESTER, DEC 12 CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE DOUBLE MURDER AT ALDERSHOTT. James Johnson, aged 25, a private in the 41st Regiment of Foot, was indicted for the wilful murder of 0 wen Chipts, a sergeant of the same corps, on Sept. 29, at Aldershott. Mr. H. T. Cole and Mr. Russell prosecuted; Mr. W. M. Cooke, at the request of the judge, under took the prisoner's defence. The prisoner was brought into the dock between two warders of the gaol. He presented a wild looking appearance, muttered frequent and unin telligible expressions, rubbed his hands together, and at first sight had altogether the appearance of a demented person. On being called on to plead, the prisoner, after some muttering and turning round in the dock said, " Guilty not," and that be did not want to stop there. The learned judge having had a conference with Dr. Lyford, the medical officer of the gaol, the case proceeded. The facts of this painful case are these:—On Friday, the 28th of September, the 41st'Regiment, quartered at Aldershott, went out for ball practice, each man being supplied with ten rounds ; the day proved a wet one, and therefore only seven rounds were fired, the men retaining the sp are ammuni tion. Next day, Saturday, the 29th, the prisoner was directed by Sergeant Chipts to clean the fire places ; he did so, but said that he could not polish them. Chipts told him to go on with his work, on which Johnson rubbed a dirty brush over the fire places, and this caused Colour-Sergeant Penny to say he would confine him. Sergeant Chipts came in, and a complaint was made against the prisoner, who said he would sooner be put into the guard room than threatened. Chipts ordered two men to take him to the guard-room. About 11 o'clock Johnson said that the colonel had given him 12 days' extra drill on Chipts's complaint. Before he went before the colonel he declared, " If I get any punishment for this I will kill some -- before night." When he came out of the guard room he exclaimed, " I will make the —'s head bleed before night." The prisoner's quarters were in the centre block of the permanent barracks, and after dinner Sergeant Chipts and Corporal Coles were playing at backgammon, seated opposite to each other at a table in No. 19 room. Eight or nine soldiers were present. Johnson was seen near his cot, whsre each man's rifle is kept, cleaning his rifle, and the water was distinctly seen to come out at the nipple—a clear proof that it was at that time unloaded and without a cap upon the nipple. In about ten minutes the soldiers were startled by the report of the rifle, and Johnson was then seen just behind Chipts, having his rifle close to his side, above his hip, and the muzzle pointed towards Sergeant Chipta's back. Immediately on the rifle being discharged Chipts jumped up from the form on which he was seated, attempted to seize John son's rifle, and said, " You villain, you have shot me." Coles exclaimed, "My God, lam shot," Both men died almost instantly of internal hemorr hage. The rifle bullet passed through Chipts, then through the body of Coles, struck acrd flattened itself against the wall, and finally injured the stock of a rifle, with the ramrod of which it came in con tact. Private Mulchey seized the prisoner, and Private Morley took from him the discharged rifle. He was told that he had shot two men. His reply was, " Don't be afraid. I don't mean to hurt you, or any other man ; I only meant it for one." He also said that he was sorry he had shot Corporal Coles. On his way to the guard-room he said, " I did not mean it for Corporal Coles, but for Sergeant Chipts." Police-sergeant John Cox went to the guard-room to remove the prisoner to gaol ; he made no reply to the charge, but "acted drunk" when he got outside, and was obliged to be carried to the station, yet he walked into the cell all right, and made an inquiry how many were shot. At the coroner's inquest the prisoner said he had no ill feeling against Chipts or any other man ; that while cleaning his rifle he half-cocked it and it went off accidentally ; he did not know that it was loaded, and he was so sur prised when it went off that he did not know whether he or any other man was wounded. It was stated that a rifle might be loaded without the use of the ramrod—the cartridges being greased and smaller than the bore, a slight tap of the butt end on the ground is sufficient to send home the charge. Assistant-Surgeon Abbott, the regimental surgeon, found that the ball had entered Chipts' back and come out obliquely from the chest—death must have been instantaneous. Johnson joined the corps in the West Indies, where he had eighteen months' service and obtained a good-conduct stripe. Dr. Lyford was called by the judge, and said that the prisoner had been under his especial observa tion ever since his admission to the county gaol, both at times when Johnson had seen him, and at times when he could not, and he had found in him no symptom whatever of aberration of mind. The discrimination between real and feigned insanity was a part of medical studies. In his judgment the prisoner was when-he first saw him, has been ever since, and is now of sound mind; but he was a person of exceedingly excitable temperament. Mr. W. M. Cooke, in his address to the jury for the defence, disclaimed that he had had anv inten tion to urge that the prisoner was of unsound mind. The prisoner's answer to this grave and serious charge was not that he did this fatal act while he was in a state of unsound mind, but that it was the result of sheer accident, for which 'he was not re sponsible. It was an accident, and not a design. He entreated the jury to lean if they could to the probabilities in favour of the prisoner. The learned Judge having summed up, The jury after a brief retirement returned into court with a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice Byles assumed the black cap, and passed sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner, who continued to rub his hands throughout the trial, clapped them together once or twice as he was removed from the dock. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WORCESTER, Dec. 12. (Before Mr. Baron Wilde.) William Slim, a dealer in old iron, was indicted for wounding Enoch Cooper, with intent to murder him. The circumstances of the ease were most brutal and revolting. It appeared that the prisoner entered the Swan publichouse at Titford, in the parish of Oldbury, on the sth of July last, and called for liquor, saying he had no money, where upon the prosecutor Cooper offered to give him a shilling. In return for this kindness he challenged the prosecutor to fight, and on his refusing to fight prisoner said he would make him do so ; and as the prosecutor sat peaceably in his chair, he seized hold of a leathern apron which prosecutor wore, and attempted to strangle him with it. He then struck him a violent blow on the temple, knocking him down senseless. He then seized him by the hair of the head (prosecutor being all the time quite uncon scious), and struck him two violent blows on the jaw, causing a compound fracture, part of the jaw and several of the teeth being forced under the tongue. Not satisfied with this, he proceeded to further violence. The landlady attempted to inter fere, whereupon he seized her by the neck, half strangled her, and forced her out of the room. The surgeon's evidence showed the wounds to be of a most dangerous description, and was despaired of for some time. The prisoner was the terror of the neighbourhood in which he lived, and had been previously convicted of violent assaults. The learned Judge characterised the case as one of the most savage, brutal, and unmanly that ever came before him. Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoner. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, Deo. 12. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) trhee owfTitfheheeoln. eceased Was a very THE STOCKPORT MURDER. vgascharged John Howard, 77, weaver, Stockport, with wilfully killing his wife, Mary Alansnt Howard, guilt y ur . der in . Weaver at Stockport, on the 25th September P ; Mr, in a firm voice Mr. Bevan and Mr. H. Lloyd M'lntyre defended the prisoner. The prisoner pleaded not The prisoner was a hand-loomweaver, and had . h f im th tw e e p lv n e so c n h e i prisoner was r o residedw , St n o Stockport. rttn. the much younger, and had borne d six of whom ale living. day . before she died it appeared powerful woman, and of very intemperate habits, and had been the source I . much unhappiness to ro ll ing about Stockport in a beastly tthhaetpsrhiseonwears. The state of drunke nness. Betwe en eight and nine n ight she went h ome , an d was very She knocked at the d oor f or a d m i t t ance , o'elock that excited. which the prisoner refused, and she then went round to the back of the house to endeavour to get i n . Finding the prisoner would not admit her she became more excited still, and threatened to break the windows if she were not admitted. She was still refused admittance, when she thrust her hand through the window and cut it. The door was then opened, and when she went in she became very quarrelsome and excited. She struck the prisoner upon his face with her bloody hand, and turned her daughter out of the house. About three o'clock in the morning the daughter managed to get into the house, and found her mother lying upon the table. She aroused the deceased, took her upstairs, and placed her in bed with the pri soner. They were all in bed from that time t• half past five in the morning, when deceased awoke, and then went to prepare tie breakfast. A little before six o'clock the daughter left the house. Half an hour afterwards the prisoner left and locked the door. He went to a neighbour, and said, " There is something amiss in our house. I think she has done something with herself, there is so much bloosa about the room." On the house baing entered the deceased was found lying on the bed, with her head. between her arms, her face downwards, and her arms hanging towards the floor. There were three gashes on the throat and one incision on the side of it. Her head had been battered in, and a dinner knife was found in the bed. The neighbours, when they went into the bed-room, found spots of blood upon the prisoner's cheek, and told him to go and wash his face. He did so, saying that his wife had struck him with her bloody hand. The Judge having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The announcement was received with cheers and clapping of hands. t UNTRY MARKETS. SHEFFIELD—DEC. 11. At the market to-day there was more than an average quantity of new wheat in bulk, and an increased number of samples of old wheat. A fair business was done at the following quotations : Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24B Od to 28s Od White 77 77 ...25s Od to 28s Od New red ...20s Od to 25s Od 7 New white ....248 Od to 26s Od )7 . 20s Od to 22s Od Beans • • : - 54 s Od to 55s Od Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr "13s Od to 35s Od Maltingditto, „ 3: '8 Od to 4380 d Oats 1, 2sk• 6d to 348 Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 7d per 141 b. HULL--DEc. 11. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance, and the business doing in wheat was of a ready character,. a t 18 advance on former rates. Malting and g rindin g barley slow, of sale. Oats, beans, and peas were in limited request, (0 late prices. Linseed cake 5s per ton lower, and rape cake unchanged. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 66s Od to 71a OW Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic. Konb , .&c. old white 62s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, arid French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and _Riga, old. 52s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting ..... Grindi . . 34s Od to 36s Od ang nd Oderbruck . •. 3BB Od to 408 Od Saal Od Holstein and Danish. ~ . 3Bs Od to 408 Grinding • 278 Od to 308 O d Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, p e r st.. Os 14 d to 14d Friesland and Dutch' .• .. 05144 d to 0916 d Swedish and Danish .• • osl4 to 0814 id Beans ....English, old, per qr .. 49s Od to 51 s oa . 448 Od to 45 3 O d New pigeon ..., New Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers • Grinding Tares .... Spring --si Od to -s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s 2s 0(1 to 54s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to i.lO 15 0 Foreign BlO oto 0 0 0 0 0 Rape cakes 5 oto 6 Bones 5 5 0 oto 5 5 0 NEWARK—Dec. :12. The show of wheat to-day was by no means large, the supply being principally of new sorts. Buyers purchase& to a tolerable extent, and higher prices were made. The barley trade was more active. Oats steady. Beans were a limited show. Peas an inactive demand. White wheat, new, 56s to 7 4 s Barley, grinding.. 328 to 35 s 32s to 3 63 Red do. s2s to 68s Oats, old , .. Old white s 6s to 74s New'do .......... 25s to 305 Red do. 52s to 68s Beans.. .......... 52s to 64 Barley, malting 38s to 44s Beans, new 48s to 500 Peas, ....37s to 435. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC• 12• There has been scarcely anything doing this week, and prices must be noted nominally as last week; but if int. porters would make a very slight concession to the buyer?, the offices would be very soon cleared. Rum.--None 111 first hands. COAL MARKET—DEc. 12. (rrices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market e. d. IValls:End. Clark's West Hartley..2o Eden Main .. . ..23 0 • P. d. Hartlepool..... 23 6 South Hetton 24 0 , Whitworth . . 2l 0- 0. Gawber Hall .... l9 Thorrdey ....20 0 Tunstall Auckland Park ....21 0 Frainwellgate .... 23 Cassop .. 23 6 It, 27 ; sold, 27. Walls End. South Hartlepool 22 6 Northumberland 21 0 Belmont 22 0 Wharnelifte 24 0 Heugh Hall 23 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 6 Ships at marker THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • • .. Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • .. .. Jan , 5 . Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Dec. Bahamas and Havana (via New York), .. Dec. —. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. Dec. -- Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampion) Dec. 19. Do (via Marseilles)Dec. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • Dec. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. O verdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 19. Lisbon Dec. 11 .) Cuba and Maxie .. • • • . Dec. 2 9 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4- Vigo, and Oporto .. • . Dec. 11. United States, California, & c. .. Dec. 20. Western Coast of_Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Dec. 14. - kr THE ORNAMEATION OF WATCHES WITH FINE AO DESIGNS.—" It is singular that our En,glish manufav turers of watches have overlooked the impor tance of pupa' rior art-designs for their productions. The fact is, the costliness of material and perfection of mechanism in the smallest compass seem heretofore to have been lookedupoe as the exclusive standards by which a watch could be judged, the ornamentation being considered of no import ance. Significant signs of improvement are, however, dicated by at least one manufacturer. As observers of pro; gress in all departments of art and manufactures, we fee' much pleasure in adding our testimony to the fine testa which has been displayed in the selection of artistic desifrel for ornamenting watches by Mr. J. W. Benson, of 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, the manufacturer referred to. Mr. Bel l ' son, as a long-est ,blished City manufacturer, has g ained 0 reputation for the quality of his preductions which stands second to none in the City."—,Sun.—Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of eve,' construction of watch now made. "Watches safe by post tO all parts of the globe. GE,DISTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Dr. A. Ure, M.D.) F.R.S., made the following analysis of Grimstone's Eye Snuff:— " London, 25, Keppel-street, July 24,1852.—1 hereby certify that the eye-snuff invented and manuf a ctured by Mr. Win. Grimstone, of the Herbary, Highgate , is quite free from tobacco, and composed of herbs, capable of exciting mildly the pituitary glands, without exerci sin g any subsequent nar cotic action of the optical orga ns. This snuff is therefore '', adapted to relieve congestions a ffecting the brain and vision.—Andrewthe Ure, M.D. , F .R.S., professor of chemist and analytical chemist." The above is the result of Genf stone's eye snuff require d b y the Spanish Consul-General (Marquis of Bayamo, ate.), to fre e this snuf f from the toba cCe duty in the Spanish dominions, it being manufactured of herbs only. [A.DvnATISE DIENT .] Pills and medicin e i nva riably a;:' te perpetuaten diseases; their annoyance, die' expense may be avoided by persons g ap ra p v o a intm a e n n d t,e in indifferent health sending only their address to g• S. Barry, Esq. , 77, Regent-street, W., London, and the, will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' 00 GUIDE ," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or a p .11,3 e, of perfect digestion, strone, nerves, sound lungs, en d , o f indigestion ( dyspep sia), constipation, liver complain ts, refres hing sleep, to th e most enfee b led, i nsur i ng the remove. n ausea, epilepsy, noises he sia paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiOL,ces cough, asthma, co nsumpt i on, d rops y, flatulency, diarrh , dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, cold'' sleeplessness, g o ut, impuiti a e oi s, di e t r y u , p pt it ione , hysteria, in the Cara neuralgia, i rritability, umatisi p t. tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms' sinking, fits bronchitis "Unauestionably the safest Guide heaitiv, BIRTHS. BA TEMAN.--On the 11th inst., at 37, Lower Brook-stree t, Grosvenor-square, the Lady Bateman, of a daughter. KENNEDY.—On the 9th inst., at 14, Prince's-gardenst Prince's-gate, the wife of Colons! Clark Kennedy, C.D., of a daughter. O'HARA.—On the 10th inst., at Cooper's-hill, the wife of C. W. O'Hara, M.P., county of Sligo, Ireland, of a soli and heir. TOLLEMA.CHE.—On the 11th inst., at Peckforton, the wif e of J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P., of a son. 111 A RRIAUES. MACKENZIE—CAmr'dt—On the 11th inst., at St. Ma r l Abbot's, Kensingt , ..., Sir Kenneth S. Mackenzie, Bart., of Gearrloch, to Eila Frederica, second daughter of th e late Walter F. Campbell, of Islay. MILLIGAN—SIiAKERLEY. -011 the 12th inst., at St.James' lli Church, Captain Milligan, 39th Regt., the eldest son of Major Milligan, of A.sheroft, Gloucestershire, to Ger trude, only daughtel Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart. , of Somerford-park, Cl lire. DEATHS. BOWLER.—On the Bth inst., at 50, T en ison-street, York. road, Lambeth, iffQ-'e Bowler, Esq., late of the firm of Daukes and Co., aged 46. BurrEftwoniti.—On the 11th inst., at 10, Hans-place , Emma, widow of Mr. Benjamin Butterworth, late of the Bank of England, aged 76. • GRAHAM —On the 10th inst„ a tWandsworth, J. Graharat Esq., formerly of Liverpool, aged 72. HOLMES.—On the Bth inst., at Hull, John Holmes, Eeclo aged 90. RUNDALL.—On the E loth inst., at Tolfree-house, HollowaYP Th om as Rundall, sq., aged 61. STocsaNci.—On the 11th inst., at Putney, Thos. Stocking/ Esq., barrister -at %law, aged 69. u by LONDON : Printed and at - N °ffic e' No. 112, Str and ' MIIRDO YOUNG , No. 112, Strand , Printer:, in the Precinct of the S VoY, in the u County o f;mililleslia Thursday, December 1.3, 1861. ME At a bon on His 7 It vcram 1 and That and am tilde of : Propose and That Spain, those co :without Spired of the au Propose( sem, That a tion 1111811rprt/ Barl T° SEn