The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-16 00:00:00

France and the United States, (From the Times' Correspondent) NEW YORK, Oct. 4 Mr. Seward's last despatch to the French Govern ment relative to Mexico will probably satisfy the Emperor that the time has come when he must de cide whether he will withdraw from that country, or continue to protect the new Empire, in disregard of the risks and contingencies which such a policy will force upon him. There is no doubt that had Mr. Seward, immediately the late war closed, demanded the withdrawal of French troops from Mexico the people of this country would have cheerfully sup ported him. The act would have made him univer sally popular at once. There is, perhaps, no ques tion of the hour on which so much unanimity exists as on this determination to adhere to the Monroe doctrine. The most moderate men reply to all questions about Mexico, " The French will haire to go." But the large majority say plainly, "We mean to drive the French out." If it is suggested that this might prove a work requiring time, men, and money, the answer again is, " We have done everything we have attempted hitherto, and we shall be able to do that. We owe a good deal of money, but it does not matter. We are rich enough to stand a war with France, if she can bear it." Even the very men who are in dread' f such a commercial collapse happening as the world has not yet seen are eager to have the Government " order" the French troops from Mexico. Whether they have fully considered the consequences of a war with France, or not, is perhaps, a little doubtful, the truth being that the inimense scale on which the late war was fought has convinced the people that there is nothing they can undertake which would prove too hard for them, and that the destinies of the Old World are in their hands. The press of New England is as decided on this point as the press of New York. All classes of people share the feeling alike. The President and his advisers must have a juster sense of the condition of this country, and the fearful hazards it would run in a European war, than the unreflecting and forgetful masses. But they, too, are resolved to insist on the Monroe doctrine being respected, and Mr. John son firmly refuses to recognise the new empire in any way. He and Mr. Seward have probably been in hopes that when Napoleon saw the civil war was over and the army free he would take the hint and retire from Mexico of his own free will. Instead of doing that, he was organising an Egyptian force, or, as _the United States' Consul at Alexandria in forms his Government, "an army of negroes," to send to Maximilian's aid. The Government has felt that it could not temporise with the difficulty any further. It has, therefore, signified to the Emperor that it will not permit the troops in question to land, and that any further intervention on the part of the Emperor Napoleon may lead to a rupture between the two Governments. This, lam informed, is the tendency of the despatch. Its importance depends very much on the way in which the Emperor replies to it. It is very manifest that Mr. Johnson has provoked a grave crisis, and that the probability is, he has done so on the assumption that the Emperor Napoleon will be the first to evade it. The Emperor of the French cannot have been un prepared for Mr. Seward's ultimatum. He must be well familiar with the views and intentions of the United States' Government, and he must know that all America is utterly opposed to his presence in Mexico. Within the past three months two separate communications have been made to the French Government, the nature and purpose of which could not be mistaken. Mr. Seward is usually suffi ciently plain-spoken, although, so impatient is the country generally of European intervention in the affairs of this countinent--he is always being attacked for his " subserviency" to France. One of the New York papers this very morning charges the Minister with scheming to " insure the permanence of the French protectorate in Mexico." The Emperor of the French, however, understands him better than that. From the beginning of the new Empire down to the present moment Mr. Seward has instructed the American Minister in France to keep before the Emperor the fact that his Government could not assent to_the interposition of France without sacri ficing the Monroe doctrine, and this it could never relinquish. In February, 1864, Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Dayton (now replaced by Mr. Bigelow), ad vising him to act in the event of Maximilian passing through France. " If," he wrote— " The Archduke Maximilian appear in Paris only in his character as an Imperial Prince of the House of Hapsburg, you will be expected to bo neither demonstrative nor re served in your deportment towards him. If he appears there with any assumption of authority or title in Mexico, you will entirely refrain from intercourse with him." And on the 30th of April of the same year he sent another letter, in which he said If such precautions fail to assure us against aggression, we shall then I trust be able to rise, without great effort, to the new duties which in that case will have devolved upon us. I remain now firm, as heretofore, in the opinion that the destinies of tho American continent are not to be permanently controlled by any political arrangements that can be made in the capitals of Europe." On the 4th of that month the House of Repre sentatives passed a resolution on which the Senate declined to take action, but which may yet produce results. It was as follows: " Resolved,—That the Congress of the United States are unwilling by silence to leave the nations of the world under the impression that they are indifferent spectators of tho deplorable events now transpiring in the Republic of Mexico, therefore they think it fit to declare that it does not accord with the sentiment of the people of the United States to ackowlodge a monarchical government erected on the ruins of any republican government in America, under the aus pices of any European Power." But when this resolution was adopted the hope lessness of the cause of Juarez was not so evident as now, and the Emperor Napoleon may have supposed that the American Government would not object to the new empire if it was firmly established, and had the confidence of the people. That these two condi tions have been fulfilled he may now with some rea son- believe. Except from the American Government rio serious shock seems likely to be given to Maxi milian's power. For some time past the news from Mexico has all gone to prove that the Mexicans are satisfied with the new Government. Juarez's party is not extinct, of course, but it is very harmless. These circumstances have not in the least degree affected the opinions. of the American Government or people. They believe that the Monroe doctrine is wise and necessary, that Napoleon has violated it, and that if he does not retire voluntarily he must " be made" to go. Whether, when it came to the point, the people would be willing to enter into a war with France, and where they would get the money to make war with, are questions I cannot attempt to answer. I only know that General Grant makes no secret of his desire that he will shortly be placed in command of troops and ordered to drive the French out of Mexico, that General She rman cons t an tly expresses the same hope, that Sheridan was with difficulty held back on the Rio Grande, and that the people are resolute to-day, whatever they may be to-morrow. Public opinion is subject to sudden changes in America, but it does not appear likely that it will ever change substantially with regard to the favourite principle that no European Power can be permitted to introduce itself into this continent for the future. If the Emperor Napoleon persists in sending there troops, General Grant may realise his hopes sooner than is good for his country. The state of the finances has too strong a bearing on this Mexf,lan difficulty not to be mentioned here. The Treasury returns for September show that the total amount of the debt is $2,833,924,954, and on comparison it is Aeßnnd that this is an increase of $524,744,502 since ,March last. The increase of paper money during the last six months amounts to $113,185,880. I cannot find that anyone looks upon this return with satiofaction. Connecticut has decided by a majority of about 3,000, so far as is ascertained, against negro suffrage. The result has given great disappointment to m any - who are not Radicals, and satisfaction to very few. Among other small items of 120" I may mention that the President will very soon take a short excursion into Virginia. The Wirtz trial is dragging slowly On—the vagaries of his counsels —who are always playing at a sort of hide-and-seek with the client, now declaring that they must give up his case, and again returning. to it—being among the least dig nified part of tb e proceedings. A very bitter attack upon Mr. has been published in Harper's Magazine for October, by Gen. Jordan; chief of Beauregard's staff. General Jordan enters into a detailed examination of Mr. Davis's management of the war, accuses him of " surely guiding the Southern cause to utter ruin," and of surrounding himself, not with advisers chosen on account of their capacity, but with " men for the most part malleable to his will." " Thus," he continues, "in a little while almost every person of ability, nearly every one of spirit, was driven from the councils of the South and the direction of affairs, leaving the Gover nment to a large degree in the bands of those from whom efficient administration was not to be ex pected." This from a leading officer in the army of the late Confederacy helps to show that the " Con federates" are not all so attached to Mr. Davis as Mr. Benjamin, now happily in England, professes himself to be. The papers hostile to England are all urging the Fenians to go on with their work, only to do it more quietly. The last part of the advice is not yet fol lowed. I went to a meeting of Fenians the other night in this city, at which about 2,000 were pre sent, nearly all of whom had paid 50c. for admis sion. There were many women and girls among them, and they seemed by their manner to think it a great distinction to be a Fenian sister. The prin cipal speaker told his audience that now was the time to pay up their subscriptions, and that arms and soldiers would soon be on their way to Ireland. He threw himself into a frenzy in speaking of Eng land, and quickened it immensely when he came to deal with the Times. The people yelled and hooted, and there was a very brisk demand for tagerbier shortly afterwards in the immediate neighbourhood, the Fenian sisters joining with great spirit in this part of the proceedings also. The news of the arrests made in Ireland cows some of the loud mouthed " orators" who have been living sumptu ously on the strength of the wrongs of Ireland, and it has given a timely warning to their silly dupes. The Americans themselves may find after all that they have got more than they bargained for in an organisation which can be more powerful for evil in this country than in. England. The State Convention of Georgia will meet on the 25th of this month, and the people are now about to elect their delegates. Naval and Military Intelligence. The annexed General Order has been promul gated : " Horse Guards, Oct. 10. " His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief is pleased to approve of general officers commanding districts and divisions in. Great Britaiii, and officers commanding in gar risons not included in any military district, grant ing leave of absence to officers, and furloughs to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, under the following regulations and restrictions, viz. :-1. Leave of absence, granted underthis orderto officers, may commence on the 15th of October, or as soon as the half-yearly inspection shall have been made. Furloughs granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers may commence from the Ist of the next month. - 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 14th of March next, when, agreeably to her Majesty's Regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be presentwith theirrespective regiments and depots. 3. One field officer, one half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers, are always to be pre sent. 4. No officer (except in the perforinance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom without having first received her Majesty's special permission, according the regulation of that head. 5. Officers employed on the recruiting service or upon the Staff of the army, are not to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regiment or depot. 6. The applications for leave for regimental pay masters and medical officers are to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the Regulations and Orders for the Army. 7. In cases of short leave of absence being requested by adjutants, ridingmasters, quartermasters, or veterinary surgeons of regiments, it will be necessarythat a special report be made as to the mode in which their duties are to be performed during their absence, and that the commanding offi cer is satisfied. 8. The proportion of non-commis sioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men, to whom furloughs may be granted is not to ex ceed 20 per battery of horse and field artillery, or 10 per troop, battery of garrison artillery, or company. Commanding officers of regiments returning from India may exercise a liberal discretion in granting fur loughs to soldiers who come home with their corps. When corps are not stationed in garrisons or mili tary districts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and soldiers under their command, reporting the same to the Adjutant-General. His Royal Highness expects that the general and other officers who are empowered to grant leave of absence mlder the provisions of this order will strictly con fine that grant to the proportion of officers herein specified. " By command of his Royal Highness the Field- Marshal Commanding-in- C hief, " LORD . WILLIAM PALLET, Adj t.- General." Col. Maxwell, commandant Woolwich division Royal Marine Light Infantry, accompanied by Col. Lambrick, second commandant, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and other officers of the corps, on Satur day inspected a class of non-commissioned officers and men who have been under instruction at the Gymnasium at Woolwich. The men were put through the whole of the exercises in the three courses laid down by the authority of the Horse Guards, all of which they performed most efficiently. At the conclusion of the exercises, Col. Maxwell addressed the men, telling them that he had been astonished to hear that they had been under instruction only three months. He understood that some of the men had increased in stamina and had gained very much in breadth of chest and in the thickness of their arms during the course. It was stated that these advantages had been notified to the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the Duke of Cambridge, who had been pleased to take into consideration the ne cessity of enlarging the establishment, in order to enable a greater number of the men in garrison to profit thereby. The gymnastic exercises which have been already so beneficial will henceforth, it appears, take a much greater place in military drill than heretofore. The under-mentioned officers of the Military Store Department having gone through the complete course of practical instruction in the manufacturing de partments of Woolwich Arsenal, have been ordered to hold in readiness for removal as follows : Assist.- Superintendent Dwyer, from Woolwich to St. Helena ; Deputy Assist.-Superintendent March, ftbm Woolwich to Natal, in charge; D eputy-Assist. - Hunt, from the Tower to Sydney, in charge ; De puty Assist.-Superintendent O'Riardan, from Wool wich to Malta; Deputy Assist.-Superintendent Dunstan, from Woolwich to Gibraltar; Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., commanding the troops in the Wool wich district, attended by Major llay, R.A., Bri gade Major; Brevet Major Greville, R.A., Acting Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster-Gen. ; Capt. Wil liams, A.D.C., Major Shervinton, Brigade Major Military Train ; Assist.-Commissary-Gen. Swain, and other officers, made his half yearly inspection of the Military Train, under the command of Major Buller on Saturday at 3 o'clock, when he expressed himself very much pleased with their high discip line, and the cleanliness and perfect order apparent in their barracks, stables, and quarters. Major-Gen. Lord George Paget, Inspector of Cavalry, is expected to-day on an official visit to the cavalry barracks at Colchester. The ironclad frigate Bellerophon, 16, 1,000 horse power, in dock at Chatham, fitting, has had her four-bladed screw taken out, preparatory to being fitted with a two-bladed Griffith propeller now be ing manufactured for her, with which she will again be tried at the measured mile, Maplin Sands. No relaxation had taken place on the part of the work men engaged on this vessel in completing her, the hands being still engaged working on board until a late hour each evening, while gas is laid on to every part of the vessel. _ . The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Staff-Commander John F. Rees, to the Flora, in command ; Lieut. L. Martin, to the Donegal ; Lieut. James A. Forbes, to the Trafalgar ; Lieut. Wm. Collins, to the Victory ; Lieut. A. G. M'Rcchnie, to the Asia ; Sub-Lieut. Gerard R. Bromley and Sub-Lieut. W. M'F. Castle, to the Terrible ; Keppell 11. Foote, naval cadet to the Prince Consort ; John Frazer, assist.-surg., addi tional, to the Princess Royal ; Thos. W. L. Bowling and Wm. B. Antridge, assist-paymasters, to the Bristol; Charles Leigh, assist.-paymaster, to the THE SUN, LONDON, NIOINDAY EVENIA G-, OCTOBER 16, 186 r... Indus ; Alfred Piddell, assist.-paymaster, to the Prince Consort; Wm. H. J. Aitken, assist.-paymas ter in charge, to the Flora ; Chas. M. F. Toor, clerk, additional, to the Bristol ; C. A. W. Helps, clerk, to the Victory as supernumerary; Frank E. Dent, Wm. S. Richardson, and Edgar Radford, assist.-clerks, additional, to the Bristol ; and Geo. W. Mackey, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Princess Royal. Artillery, 2d and Bth Towe Hamlets Rifles, 2d City of London Rifles, 6th Tower Hamlets Rifles, 3d City of London Rifles, Bth Essex Rifles, 3d Tower Ham lets Rifles, 40th Middlesex Rifles, 7th Surrey Rifles, 46th Middlesex Rifles, 10th and 12th Tower Ham lets Rifles, 26th, 29th, 19th, 20th, and 48th Middle sex Rifles, London Irish, Queen's Westminster, City of London Brigade, London Scottish, 2d Mid dlesex Artillery, 3d Essex Rifles, Ist London Artil lery, 3d Middlesex Artillery, 6th North-East Lon don Rifles, King's Own and Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Militia. The regimental orders for mourn ing were a band of crape, 4in. wide, to be worn by every member of the corps on the left arm, midway between the shoulder and elbow, the grenade on the busby and the ornament in front of the cross-belt to be covered with crape, and the drums to be muffled in crape. Officers to wear a black sash, a band with row of crape round the busby, and black kid gloves ; the grenade and sword-knot to be covered with crape. About 3 o'clock the procession started for the cemetery in the usual order, the band and firing party being supplied by the Ist Tower HamletsVolunteerEngineers, to which the deceased belonged. The body was borne on the carriage of a 91b. gun belonging to the Ist Tower Hamlets' Artillery. The grave detachment was commanded by Capt. Welch. The national colours covered the coffin. The relatives and friends of the deceased followed the gun carriage in mourning coaches, and after them marched the body of the volunteers be longing to the corps mentioned. It occupied one hour and a half to march from the barrack ground to Bow Cemetery, at which the interment was to take place, and so vast was the crowd that it was with great difficulty the procession could move along. The Mile-end-road was densely packed with spec tators. All traffic was stopped, and the volunteers only managed to keep their ranks by joining arm in arm and then forcing their way through. Every window and almost every housetop throughout the long route was occupied. It is esti mated that 200,000 people must have been present. In the cemetery itself another 15,000 to 20,000 had assembled, and here a most exciting scene took place. In the earlier part of the afternoon very commen dable order was preserved, and the visitors passed away the time by strolling about the grounds and watching the other funerals. But when the music of the band was heard there was a great rush toward the gates, and the pretty flower-beds at the entrance and along the sides of the walks and even the shrubbery were trampled down and completely spoiled. The police were under the command of Superintendent Worelsandlnspector Kerressey, and they did all in their power ; but it was with the ut most difficulty that they could keep an opening for the procession, much more preserve order amongst such a multitude. The grave was situate near the church, and every spot which commanded a view of it or of the walk along which the funeral procession passed was occupied. The corpse was met at the entrance to the cemetery by the Rev. Geo. Henry M'Gill, M.A., incumbent of Christchurch, Watney street, St. George-in. the-East, honorary chaplain of the regiment to which the deceased belonged. He was assisted by the Rev. D. Shaboe, chaplain of the Bow Cemetery. It required a force of mounted and foot police to open a way for the procession, and it was only after a good deal of struggling that the grave was reached. It was at first intended to have read a portion of the service in the church, but as some thousands of the spectators had taken posses sion of the approaches to it, besides which only a comparatively few of the volunteers could have got in, it was determined to perform the whole service over the grave. The prayers were read by the hono rary chaplain, and at the conclusion of the ordinary service he delivered a short but earnest address upon the solemnity of the event. He reminded the volunteers that for four years the deceased had been associated with them, and that he had discharged his duties in the most excellent and praiseworthy manner. He lost his life while performing his duty, and the suddenness with which death overtook him ought to remind them of the fearful uncertainty of human life, and warn them that they should be ready to meet the momen tous change. Truly the sad death of their comrade taught them that in the midst of life we are in death. But although his body was then lying in the grave beneath them, his spirit should still be with them. He lived and died a faithful servant to his Queen and country, while his best efforts were devoted to their interests. He (the chaplain) trusted they would hold his memory in affectionate remembrance, and show their respect by imitating his worthy example. Bur they should recollect also that they were not merely servants of the Queen and country—they were servants of the great King of kings. They had not only a body and physical duties to perform, but they had an immortal and everlasting soul to save. Asthey could not tell how soon they should be called away, he solemnly warned them not to neglect the things of eternity, and that they should prepare to appear before the jndgment seat of God. It might indeed be said of the deceased that he was the friend of them all. Great must have been his worth when they saw so many thousands assembled to do honour to his remains. One would think that a distin guished field marshal had gone to his rest instead of a humble sergeant of engineers. In conclusion, the chaplain stated that next Sunday he should preach a funeral sermon at Christ Church, when the volunteers and congregation would have an opportunity of contributing something for the widow, who had been left wholly unprovided tor. The firing party then took their position round the grave and fired three volleys. The regimental band next played " Vital spark," after which all the troops on the ground filed past the grave. They then marched off, and the ceremony ended. railway and other Companies. PEEBLES. The half-yearly meeting was held at Peebles on Tuesday. Mr. W. Chambers in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was held as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said there had been a decrease in the revenue from goods of £216, but an increase of £ll9 in the passenger traffic. The balance available for dividend was £2,908, which would pay 5 per cent. on the prefer ence, and 6 per cent. on the ordinary stock ; while handing over to the North British Company in terms of agreement a small surplus of £76, and retaining a balance of £54. The opening of the Galashiels and Peebles line would bring an increase of traffic to this company. Their affairs were in all respects prosperous, except that, owing to the inefficient ac commodation at Edinburgh station, their trains were often delayed there. The opening of new railways into the same station seemed to threaten congestion. Mr. FORRESTER seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried. The CLIMMA.N, in answer to a question, said the company would not be affected by the late amalga mations with the North British, to which the Peebles line had only been leased. The meeting then separated. PERNA3IBITCO (LIMITED.) The report of the directors of this company states that when last the directors met the shareholders it was confidently expected by them that the promised extension of the company's guarantee would long before this have been confirmed by the Senate. The company's manager, Mr. Bramah, was instructed to endeavour to have the question confirmed and settled, and an attempt was accordingly made and pressed by him upon the Minister with his usual energy and address, but without effect. The matter, therefore, necessarily remained for the present in abeyance. In the meantime, however, the ex-Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, Senor Domiciano Leite Ribeiro, it appeared, was censured by some of the Opposi tion, for having included the company's guarantee among the Ministerial Estimates, had recent l y pub lished a pamphlet justifying himself and his col leagues for having do n e s o , with, as it would seem , the most complete success. So important do the directors regard the pamphlet, as showing the po licy of every Ministry, whatever its politics which had existed in Brazil since the presentation of the company's second petition in 1861, that they had it translated from the original Portuguese. The trans lation was strictly a literal one, the directors deem ing it-on every account desirable to adhere as closely as possible to the exact phraseology of the original. The directors felt confident that the shareholders would concur with them in regarding it as reflect ing the highest credit on the distinguished writer. They would read with satisfaction that portion of the pamphlet wherein he said, " The company exe cuted thoroughly the work it had to accomplish, and did more than it promised to do." This testi mony, from an ex-official source, was only what the company had a right to expect from the Impe rial Government, to the honour and liberality of whose intentions the directors had ever borne tes timony. The shareholders would find, in the ex tracts from the pamphlet, a confirmation of the view taken of the subject by the successive Minis ters of the Imperial Government, and emphatically by the writer of the pamphlet in question, who had been indefatigible in his determination thoroughly to master it in all its bearings—and they would not fail to recognise, in the arguments and sentiments put forward by him throughout the work, the spirit of those adopted by the directors on their behalf, when urging from time to time upon the attention ,of the Imperial Government the unanswerable na ture and character of the company's claims. The directors had recently been given to understand that the Imperial Government was prepared to meet those claims fairly ; but, as at present ad vised, on a new basis, that of conversion or purchase, on terms to be agreed on ; as to which the directorsiwould, as soon as they were in a position to do so, communicate with the shareholders. It was with great satisfaction that the directors re ferred the shareholders to the state of the traffic for the half year ending June 30 last, which gave a clear surplus revenue for that period, beyond all expenses, of £11,739, as against £3,027 for the corresponding period of the previous year, of which the Imperial Government had the benefit. A temporary suspen sion of the traffic took place in the early part of the month of July last, in consequence of damage done to the line by a flood of unexampled magnitude, which carried away a considerable portion of ballast ing from the first, second, and fourth sections, and otherwise damaged the works ; but, by the prompt and indefatigable exertions of Mr. Mann and his staff, the line was speedily restored sufficiently to enable the traffic to be resumed ; and it had ever since continued to be worked with its usual safety and regularity. The " Extension into Recife" was still before the Imperial Government. The company's manager, Mr. Bramah, had hoped to have obtained some decision upon this important matter ; but the war question at present appeared to absorb exclu sively the attention of the Ministry. In order to meet engagements on capital accounts entered into by the company—to the extent of some £75,000 or thereabouts—the directors were, in May, 1864, authorised by resolution of an extraordinary general meeting of the company to issue debentures to that amount. Finding, however, that owing to the sus pension of the promised increase of the guaranteed capital, the company's debentures were only issuable at a considerable discount, the directors were com pelled to apply, temporarily, the revenue of the company to the liquidation of those engagements, reserving the issue of the debentures, for its replace- . ment, until the guarantee should be definitely set tled. Contrary, however, to all expectation, the suspension still continuing, the directors had not thought it right to delay the issue of the debentures any longer ; and, having succeeded in placing, at some sacrifice, the whole amount authorised by the shareholders, were happy in having been able to notify the payment, at the end of the present month, of the deferred warrants for the half-years ending June 30 and Dec. 31, 1864, re spectively ; and proposed to declare and pay a divi dend at the same rate—viz.,,3 per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending June 30 last. The company's manager, Mr. E. H. Bramah, now wishing, after seven years' able and indefatigable discharge of his responsible duties, to resign his post,'the directors, with the view of his valuable services being still ren dered available to the company, recommended the shareholders to elect him as an additional director, with the understanding thab, when next a vacancy occurred such a vacany was not to be filled up. The directors had arranged that Mr. Bramah should be succeeded as manager by Mr. G. 0. Mann, who had been in the company's service ever since its forma tion, earning for himself, at all times, by the mode in which he had discharged his various duties, their highest confidence and approval, Mr. Mann retain ing, as at present, the supervision of the traffic, en gineering, and locomotive departments ; and by this arrangement, a further material annual saving to the Imperial Government would be effected in the cost of the working of the line. The capital ac count to June 30 showed that £1,829,965 had been expended, leaving a balance of £6,445. The revenue for the half-year ending June 30 last showed that £49,477 had been received, and £21,792 expended on working, and £6,792 interest on debentures and temporary loans, leaving a balance of £21,208 applicable to dividend. COURT-MARTIAL. PORTSMOUTH, Saturday. This morning a court-martial assembled on board the Victory, flag-ship of Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, G.C.8., to try Mr. William Rogers, paymaster of H.M.S. Basilisk, for that he being on full pay and active service, did, between the 20th of September and the sth of October, 1865, drink intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to incapacitate him from discharging his duties, such being unbecoming the conduct of an officer. The Court comprised :—Capt. Gerard, J. Napier (president), of the Terrible ; Capt. Seccombe, Duke of Wellington; Capt. Lacy, Himalaya; Capt. Her bert, Royal Sovereign ; and Commander Simpson, of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Mr. Edward Hoskins, of Gosport, sat as officiat ing judg advocate, and Mr. Thomas Cousins, solicitor, of Union-street, Portsea ; and Mr. Albert Besant, solicitor, of Union-street, Portsea, appeared as prisoner's friends. Capt. Hewitt, of the Basilisk, prosecuted. The witnesses having been called and the charge read, The prisoner said he did not wish to trouble the Court to hear evidence, as he desired to plead guilty, and to make a few statements in extenuation of his conduct. The Court acquiesced, and Mr. T. Cousins, on behalf of the prisoner, then read the following state ment :—Her Majesty's ship Basilisk, to which he (the prisoner) had the honour to be appointed on the 16th of April last, having been ordered for ser vice in China, and being on the point of sailing, he obtained leave and went to London on the sth of Oct. for the purpose of taking farewell of his step daughter and son. He dined with them at the In ternational Hotel, and afterwards slept there. He was naturally distressed in mind at leaving his wife and children for so many years, and was compelled to rise at five o'clock the following morning in order to catch the six o'clock train for Sheerness, and being in bad health he was unable to take any refreshment at starting, and did not do so until he arrived on board, when he took some wine, which unfortunately produced an unpleasant and unusual effect upon him. He was compelled during the greater part of the day to lie down, and on the following morning, still feeling very unwell, he consulted the surgeon of the ship, and he placed him on the sick list, and reported the case to Captain Hewitt. He (the prisoner) be lieved that his illness arose chiefly from excitement, and distress at parting from his wife and chil dren. He had had the honour of being nearly 21 years in her Majesty's service, having joined on the 16th of January, 1845, and for a period of 14 years and seven months he served unremittingly. During that time he received the highest testimonials from his officers. Amongst others he received certificates from Admirals Sir Charles Cochrane and Sir George Seymour ; and he would also refer the court to the certificates given him by Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, dated the 16th of November, 1848 ; also to those given him by Commodore Sir Henry Eden on the 9th of July, 1850; from Captain R. Harris, on the 6th of March, 1855 ; from Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, on the 31st of December, 1855 ; from Mr. Ashby, secretary to Admiral Sir George Seymour, on the 2d of July, 1856 ; from Captain Nicholas Lefebvre, 11th December, 1856 ; and to those from Commadder Hoare, 21st September, 1859. In all, the certificates which he had received in her Majesty's service amounted to no less a number than twenty-one, and he begged most re spectfully to request the kind and serious considera tion of the court to them. In the latter end of the year 1859 he joined the Prometheus, and was sent to the coast of Africa. On arriving there, he almost immediataly felt the ill effects of a tropical climate, and especially after ten months' service in the river Lagos. He did not feel justified in denying that his illness was partly caused by the use of intoxi cating liquors, but he respectfully submitted to the Court that his certificates proved that for a period of nearly twenty-one years he had endeavoured to discharge his duties in her Majesty's service to the best of his ability. In conclusion, he humbly prayed the Court to take a merciful view of his case. Dismissal from her Majesty's service would be an insuperable disgrace to him, and utter ruin to his wife and children, who were entirely dependent upon him for support, and who were almost heart broken at his present miserable position. He would not attempt to justify that for which he must own himself partly guilty, but under peculiar circum stances. He threw himself on the mercy of the Court, and called their attention to his long servitude, and to the certificates he had that day produced. The numerous certificates of character were read by the judge advocate. They all bore testimony to the ability, sobriety, and general good conduct of the prisoner. _ _ Capt. Hewitt was also examined for the prisoner, and in reply to questions as to how the prisoner conducted himself during the time he had been on board the. Basilisk, said that up to the 3rd of Oct he had always performed his duty with zeal and attention, not only as paymaster, but also in doing duty on one or two occasions as assistant paymaster. From what he saw the prisoner was an officer thoroughly up to his work; and up to the time of his going on leave he (Capt. Hewitt) saw nothing in his conduct or manner that would lead any one to suppose he was addicted to drink. The court was then cleared, and on re-opening, The President said that the decision of the Court was, that the prisoner should be dismissed her Majesty's service, but in consideration of his previ ousgood conduct the case would be recommended to the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. The sentence of the Court caused some surprise. A few days ago Lieut. Dundas, the son of a gallant admiral of that name, pleaded guilty before a court martial on a similar charge, and—producing no cer tificates of 23 years' good conduct—was simply remanded and adjudgedlo lose his seniority. THE VOLUNTEERS• FUNERAL OF A VOLUNTEER. One of the most remarkable demonstrations which has yet been made by the metropolitan volunteers took place yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the funeral of Sergeant Dransfield, instructor of the Ist Tower Hamlets Volunteer Engineer Corps, who was unfortunately killed while on duty, through the premature explosion of a mine. Sergeant Dransfield formerly belonged to the Royal Engineers, and joined the above volunteer regiment some four years since. During his connection with the corps he gained the highest esteem of the officers and mem bers, and when he met with his untimely end it was determined to pay him full military honours at the grave. Captain John A. Coffey, commandant of the corps, issued a regimental order, in which he in the members of the othdr volunteer corprin the metropolitan district to join with his regiment n forming the funeral procession. This invitation was responded to in a way which gave a most con vincing proof of the thoroughly general feeling which animates the entire body of volunteers. 'lt having been announced in the daily papers that the funeral would take place yesterday afternoon, an immense number of spectators assembled to witness the ceremony. The troops met at the militia bar racks, Globe-street, at the back of Bethnal-green Church. Two o'clock was named as the hour of muster, but long before that time the immediate neighbourhood was densely crowded by people, and it required a strong body of police to keep the streets sufficiently clear for the different corps of the volun teers to march to the barracks. About 3,000 men, belonging to all arms of the service, paraded. The following amongst other corps were represented:- Ist Tower Hamlets Volunteer Engineer Corps, Royal Engineers from Chatham and Woolwich, Ist Middle sex Engineers, Ist City of London Engineers, Staff of the Militia and Recruiting Staff, Ist Tower Hamlets ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. An extraordinary general meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of rescinding two resolutions passed at the meeting in August last, and of authorising the creation of new capital to be entitled to a preferen tial dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum — the Hon. J. S. 'Wortley in the chair. Mr. Saward, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHIRMAN explained the necessity of adopting the proposed measure, and contended that there could be no question as to the wisdom and policy of mak in,g'fresh efforts to complete the important work in which they were engaged, and to insure the success of the undertaking. Although they asked for power to raise £BOO,OOO of new capital, all they really wanted and would issue was £600,000, which would leave a margin over the actual expenses of laying and completing the cables. He concluded by moving resolutions rescinding the resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting held on the 9th of August last, and authorising the issue of further capital to the amount of £BOO,OOO having a prefereritial dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN moved that the capital of the company be increased to £2,000,000 by the creation and issue of 160,000 new -shares of £5 each, to be entitled to a preferential dividend of 12 per cent. per annum on the amount paid up thereon, in priority to any dividend on any other capital of the company, and also, in proportion to the amount for the time being paid up thereon, to be entitled to participate equally with the other capital of the company in any moneys applicable to dividend which might remain after providing for the above dividend of 12 per cent. per annum, the preferential dividend of 8 per cent. per annum on the consoli dated 8 per cent. stock of the company, and a divi dend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the consolidated ordinary stock and shares of the com pany. He said the effect of the resolution would be to give the holders of the new capital an absolute preference of 12 per cent. per annum. Mr. CROPPER seconded the motion, which, after some explanations in reply to questions by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Holgate, and other shareholders, was carried unanimously, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. BREAKFAST B E VE RAGE.—Homoeopathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac tive to the taste or acceptat le to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in tbe crude state, or so unskilfully manu factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subje.t, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perftet trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps' cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma Dr. Ilassall in his work, "Food and its Adulterations," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc tions : —Two teaspoontuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined and 11b. labelled packets, and sold at la. 6d. per lb ' DY g r OC e rilp Conf9ctimero, and ollemisto. Earl De Grey and Ripon and Sir Charles Wood, M.P., on Public Affairs. I On Friday evening Lord De Grey and Sir Charles Wood attended the annual civic banquet in the Town Hall at Ripon, the Mayor (Mr. Ascough) in the chair. After the usual preliminary toasts, Mr. S. Swire (a Conservative) proposed " Her Majesty's Ministers." (Cheers.) Earl DE GREY, in responding, said he rose with some hesitation to return thanks for the toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers," in the presence of his I right hon. friend (Sir C. Wood), who was much better entitled to speak on their behalf by his great experience and the great part he had played in public affairs in this country for many years. But upon these occasions the first duty of any one of the mayor's guests was to obey his mandates. It was now more than six years since Lord Pahnerston's Government entered upon office, and that had, he thought, reached the extremest term which had ever been reached by any Ministry since the days of Lord Liverpool ; and this year their policy had been brought to the great and searching test of a general election. Six years ago when Lord Palmerston took office, it was after a general election, when the verdict of the country was unfavourable to the Government that then dissolved Parliament. This year the Government had had to dissolve, not on account of any adverse vote which applied to those in office, but on account of that efflux of time which had brought the Parliament almost to the full period of its legitimate existence ; and without entering into any nice statistics, or into any ques tion that might give rise to dispute, he thought there were none who would deny that in that general elec tiOn the verdict of the country—not of any particu lar portion of the country, but of the country at large—of the towns and of the counties, not only of England, but of Ireland and Scotland also, had been in favour of her Majesty's Administration. Well, then, the Government were, he thought, entitled to hope that the course which had been pursued during those six years had been such as generally and on the whole had commended itself to the deliberate judgment of the people of this country. (Hear.) The present were not times of political excitement. We were happy here in England in not having our horizon clouded with the slightest shade of political discontent; but nevertheless the time through which we had been passing had not been a time uneventful in the history of the world, and the questions with which the Government had had to deal had not been questions devoid of delicacy or difficulty. On the contrary,:on the continent of Europe and across the Atlantic, other countries had during the last six years been convulsed with wars and revolutions, during which it had been the duty of the English Government, without concealing their honest opi nions, to endeavour to maintain intact the peace of our country, and while they had not shrank from expressing these opinions which they were entitled to form as to the acts of others, to restrain their own action within the just bounds of that principle of non-intervention by which it was laid down that every country should be left to settle its own affairs for itself. It might and had been said that in the great and tremendous conflict which had been raging in the United States during the last four years, the strict, and he might be permitted to say the unswerv ing and honourable neutrality which had been pre served, called for criticism, and had been critised by both partied in the contest; but he did not know that that was any proof that that neutrality had not been perfectly honourable. He was rather inclined to think that every honest man who preserved an honest neutrality was likely to please neither party alto gether, yet he was confident that the voice of this country at large had approved of the course of the policy of Lord Pahnerston's government in that re spect, and endorsed that principle so well embodied in the despatches of his noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. (Applause.) It had been his (Lord De Grey's) duty on other occasions to allude to the past history of that contest, and it was pleasing on this occasion to be able to allude to its termination. (Applause.) It undoubtedly was a source of rejoicing to humanity at large that that terrible and bloody contest should have been brought to a close. He was convinced that the country gene rally rejoiced that that wide-spreading battle should now have ceased to devastate the country of our cousins across the water. (Hear, hear.) And now we had only to wish that the labours of the Ameri can President to reconstruct and frame afresh the government of the country, and to re-establish peace and prosperity throughout the length and breadth of that mighty continent, might be crowned with success. (Hear, hear.) Th e peop l e of Englan d had but one desire, and that was that peace and prosperity might be established there again, and that the many difficult and arduous problems which had to be solved might be solved in a manner the most conducive to the real interests and welfare of the American people. (Cheers.) Lord Palmerston's government had laboured during the last six years to relieve the public burdens and reduce the taxa tion of the country, and he thought he might appeal to the result- of the financial policy of his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the. Exchequer in proof of the assertion that he had been no unworthy pupil of his great master, the late Sir R. Peel (applause), and that he had not. been unequal to the task of com pleting the great work begun before the time of Sir R. Peel, b u t w hi c h no doubt, owing to his exer tions, was brought to great perfection by that dis tinguished statesman and minister, while it was left to Mr. Gladstone to complete and establish on a he (Lord de Grey) h a d on l y to say that if the firm basis the financial po lic y of the country. (Ap plause.) Now, pr i nc iples on which Lord P a l merston and his colleagues had endeavoured to conduct the go vernment of this country had met with the approval of those he was addressing and the country at large —if they were satisfied that in foreign affairs while they had preserved peace they had upheld the honour of the country—that in financial affairs, while they had reduced taxation and taken off burdens, they had not diminished, but, be thought he might justly take credit to the Government for having increased, the efficiency of various branches of the public ser vice, no doubt greatly—that they had developed the patriotism of the country in a manner which had effectually increased the defences of the country and placed her in a better position than she was a few years ago to meet any possible contingencies of the future ; if such had been the case, and if they had therefore received substantial and unequivocal proof of the approval of the country, he thought he could assure them that during the course of the present parliament it would be their constant endeavour to advance in that course and to maintain the same principles, and he believed if they readily adhered to those objects which they had set before them from the commencement of the present government, and to the same course of conduct steadily and faith fully, they would find in future no diminution of that approval which the gentlemen present had been pleased on this occasion to accord to them. (Cheers.) Sir C. WOOD acknowledged the toast of " The Borough Members," and in alluding to his recent election there, he thanked the whole of the consti tuency from the bottom of his heart for the kindness with which they had received him, and as to general topics he really scarcely knew what there was left for him to say. Upon political matters his noble friend had entirely anticipated all he could possibly say. Upon local matters he did not feel himself so competent to speak as his colleague (Mr. Kearsley) would have done had he been present. He could only say that he entirely concurred in what his noble friend had said. He believed upon the whole the course the Government had pursued for the last five or six years had met with the general approbation of the country, and that the result of the last election had proved that the course which the Government had pursued had generally met with the approbation of the country. (Hear.) With regard to foreign affairs, everything had passed off so peaceably that therevas hardly a topic for a speech or for even an article in a newspaper. He did not know that either Fenianism in Ireland or the cattle disease in England afforded any cause for great anxiety. He hoped by the blessing of Providence that the last might pe mitigated so as not to press severely upon us ; and as to the former he thought it ought rather to bo a cause for laughter than for fear. He might congra tulate the country on the general state of its pro- .3..'''' sperity as evinced by the condition of the revenue, owing to the wonderful energy, the wonderful in dustry, and the wonderful skill of English manufac turers and merchants,which, in spite of reduction of taxation, kept up an amount of revenue which was a marvel not only to foreign countries, but to the most skilled and experienced financiers among ourselves• (Applause.) It was only to the energy and skill Of the English manufacturer and merchant that it could be owing ; and it was, he hoped, no unjustifiable source of pride to the Ministry that during the last Parliament the prosperity of the country had in creased to such a wonderful extent. (Applause.) It was a great satisfaction to him, on coming to a new constituency, to find that they generally, and he might say universally, approved of those prin" ciples to which he had adhered during a parliamen tary career of 40 years. He thought they might fairly trust that he should not deviate from the course he had hitherto pursued. He rejoiced that it had met with their support and encouragement, and he hoped he might during the remainder of that period of his life which would be devoted to the pub lic service, persevere in the maintenance of those principles which had hitherto been so remarkablY successful. (Cheers.) COUNTRY MARTm,Ta, LEICES TER-SA.TURDAY. The show of wheat at to-day's corn market was mid dling. Business was firm at fully late rates. Barley fully an average show, and the rates of last week maintained' Oats in fair supply, and sold at the rates of the preceding week, Beans may be quoted at recent rates. Old white wheat, 46s to 50s; old red, 43s to 475; new white, 44s to 498 ; new red, 37s to 43s per 36 stone. Bar ley, malting, 32s to 33s per qr. ; grinding„27B to 29s per 3 0 stone. Oats, old, 25s to 28s ; new, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 45s to 48s ; new, 37s to 42s per 38 stone. NOT TINGHAM—SiTuRDAY. There was about an average supply of wheat at our corn market to-day, and the attendance was tolerably good; The demand was steady at extreme rates. The show of barley was plentiful. Selected sorts for malting purposs o met a ready sale at prices the turn higher, while inferior kinds hung heavily on hand. Oats a fair supply, demand firm, and superior sorts held at full prices. Beans sup ported previous rates. Old white wheat, 48s to 52s ; old red, 45s to 48s ; net white, 42s to 47s ; new red, 38s to 43s per 36 stone. Bar" ley, new malting, 27s to 35s per qr ; old grinding, 26s to 28s ; new, --s to —s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 27s to 300. new, 20s to 255; old foreign, 22s to 27s per stone. Beans' old, 48a to 52s • new, 40s to 43s per 38 stone. Super flour? 37s to 39s ; fine, 35s to 36s per 20 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. With a rather shorter supply of wheat at this market to' day the trade had an upward tendency. There was an ins creased supply of barley, but there was much variety 111 quality; all good malting sorts maintained former rates; middling and inferior descriptions neglected. In oath beans, and peas little doing. White wheat (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 50s to 52s ; red ditto (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 38s to 62s ; best malting barley (weighing 551 b to 561 b), 30s to 338 ; runs ditto (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; distilling ditto (weigh ing 521 b to 531 b), 24s to 268 ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 37 ! to 89s ; peas (maple), 368 to 88s per qr; flour, 31s to '""*P Od per sack. YORK-SATURDAY. The show of wheat was by no means large, there being a sprinkling of white and red descriptions. There was fair inquiry at quite as much money as last week. A good deal of coarse barley was shown, and the demand quiet s, late rates ; fine sorts dearer. Oats a limited demand, an prices without any important alterations. Not many beaw on offer, and demand firm at late rates. Now white wheat, 44s to 48s ; new red, 400 to 438 pet 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 28s t. 82s per qr ; grinding, 26s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 248 pe r 24 stone- Beans, 40s to 42s per 40 stone. Malt, 58 6 ; rye, 28s Per qr. Flour, 338 to 34s per sack of 2801 b. CORK—FRIDAY. The following were the quotations this morning :--Ito a wheat, 8s 9d to 9s Od ; white, 78 9d to 98 6d ; barley, 6s 4d to 8s Od ; oats, 6s 6d to 68 10d ; black oats, 68 Od to 6s 2d; bore, 6s Od to 6s 6d. DUBLIN.-FRIDAY. - The supplies of home grain were small, and all kind met a steady demand at improved prices. Wheat scarcer and 6d dearer. Barley steady, and grinding more easili sold. Oats 3d dearer. Foreign wheat had a fair busilles e t at full prices, and t en di ng u p war d s . I n di an corn una ltered' Flour in slow d eman d . O atmea l stea d y, b ut not in 11211' inquiCurryr. encies :---Whito wheat, 23s 6d to 25s 6d ; red do" 21s 6d to 23s Od; grinding barley, 12s Od to 13s Od; ma lt° ing do., 13s to 148 6d; white oats, lls to 12s; black dot 108 Od to lls Od. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 1 9 . Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 1 3 . Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet Nov. 5 ' Ditto, by French packet Oct. 2 2 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 21. China.Penang, and Singapore, vi a S oul h ampton O c t . 19 Mc), via Marseilles Oct. 1 3 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles —•• • • Oa. 19. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oct. --- Ditto, via Marseilles .. Oct. 21. Mauritius, via Southampton ........... Oct. Ditto, via Marseil.ei Nov. 5. Newfoundland Portugal ......... ...... 5. Ditto, by private ship t o Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet . Oct. 19. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via C0rk...... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Oct. 13. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico •••• ...Oct. 14. Bahamas, via New York. Oct. 1 9 * Bermuda, ditto Cuba and Mexico DESPERATE ASSAULT AND IIiGHwAT RoBB 4 EIth WITH VIOLENCE ON A LADY.—At the Ilford. peal Sessions on Saturday, a well-dressed man, about 30 yee l l of age, who gave the name of Richa r d N ew b e y, was pine' before the magistrates, charged with violently assaultia and robbing Mrs. Williams, a young widow lady, residing at Ilford. A certificate from the medical gentleman, Dr Drake, was handed to the magistrates, stating that the pro secutrix was so ill from the brutal treatment she had re' ceived as to be quite incapable of attending at present W give evidence in the case. The prisoner, who is suppon eci to bo a ticket-of-leave man, met Mrs. Williams on Friday afternoon, between the hours of four and five o'clock in the Ilford-road, near the White-post-lane. Ho accosted Jo t , with " Good evening, madam. Have you a watch ? you have I must have it." She started back, but 116 immediately struck her a violent blow on t h e face, knocked her d own i n t o th e dit c h , an d kn ee l ing upon her b reas t h e t ore open h er dress, and dragged from her boso m a h an d some go ld wa t c h, £l4. Not satisfied with this he endeavoured to take fro'' her oars her gold ear-rings, but as she struggled and re' sisted he violently tore ono away. Her screams brought coachman, who was at work in his master's garden, to he r assistance, and the following is a summary of his evidence : He said his name was George Elliott, coachman to Janie ° Ginger, Esq., of Wood House, East Ham, and that he W ail at work in his master's garden, and hearing a lady scrose r ing terribly he went to see what was the matter. Ho 15511 :, him give her a violent blo w , an d s h e was smot h ere d wit h blood. When the prisoner saw him he said, " Well I' lr° got the watch, and now I'm off," and took as hard As It e could go across the fields. Ho followed him a long distance'' but not being able to come up to him, he was eventually stopped by a gardener, named Phillips. As the prison et a was running away he pulled a letter from his pocket se tore it into a number of pieces, which ho scattered to the winds. On the application of Inspector Brice the prison er was remanded. The prosecutrix has been suffering sinc e from fits. Births. ALLEYNE.—On the 13th inst., at Cheltenham, the wife of Douglas Alleyne, Esq., Captain 37th Regiment, °' , daughter. BOGER.—On tho 13th inst., at Gravesend, the wife of 0 0131 ' mander Henry T. Boger, R.N., of a son. BREWEIL—On the 13th inst.. at 47, Claverton-street,S.t" the wife of Ed war d G r i ff i t h B rewer, of 89, Chance"° lane, of a daughter. Marriages. CLARICE—ENowIEs.—On the 11th inst., at All Sa Kensington -park, the Rev. Joseph Clarke, B.A. of CorP w Christi College, Cambridge, and c ura t e of Woodford, Mary Eleanor, only child of John Knowles, Esq. , Woodford, Essex. IC HARDCASTLE—HERSCHEL.—On the 12th inst., atSS al,i l , hurst, Henry Hardcastle, Esq., o f Writtle, Essex, 4 : 01 son of J. A. Hardcastle, Esq., M.P., to Ma r y Sophie o cl daughter of Sir J. P.. Herschel, Bart of CollingW ° House, Hawkhurst, Kent. Deaths. BERRY.—On the 12th inst., at 6, Long-lane, Smith& icit Mr. C. J. Berry, aged 55. f COPE.—On the 7th Aug. last., at Shanghai, J as . d o itie— at Cope, aged 42. DUCH:ESSE.— On the 13th inst., at Hatchani Cottage, 14°11° cross, Miss Susannah Jane Duchesne, aged 56. HARVEY.—On the 11th inst., at Raleigh House, Bris tol ' Edward Harvey, Esq. LEGG.—On the 13th inst., at Ewell, Surrey, H. W. 14111 Esq., of H.M.'s Customs, aged 49. TREVOR.—On the 12th inst., at Weston-super-Marel,,,' ecl Samuel Smith Tr evor, o f th e Madras Artillery, "a' 60. 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