The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Field-Marshal commanding the forces yes terday rode down to Woolwich unattended, and was met in the Royal Arsenal by Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., Commandant of the garrison ; Major Hay, Brigade Major, Royal Artillery ; Major-General St. George, C.B„ Director of Ordnance ; Colo nel Gambier, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant-Gener al, of the Royal Artillery, and the heads of de partments. The Duke commenced his inspection of the various branches of the establishment by visiting, first, the Select Committee-office, where he held a conference with Capt. Hayman, secretary, and the members present, in order to ascertain the cause of the delay in bringing out the new experi mental guns made in the Royal gun factories, and which are awaiting their decision as to the system of rifling with which they are to be supplied before being submitted to proof. On leaving the Select Committee-office the Duke and attendant officers passed through the machinery room of the Royal Laboratory, in which a number of the new shrapnel shells were exposed for his inspection. They thence proceeded to the smitheries of the Royal carriage department, and examined the new species• of wrought-iron gun carriages and platforms in course of construction for " Big Will," and the powerful armaments now ready for sea service. Passing down the wharf, they inspected the four 300-pounder guns intended for her Majesty's ship Scorpion, fitting out at Birkenhead, and examined carefully the piles of perforated slabs of iron targets which have been re- turned from Shoeburyness, after the various experi ments, and which have since been objects of much • •" ' • curiosity to visitors. Some of these slabs, 9in. in thickness, are cut through like pieces of cardboard. The Duke and party next visited the gun stores and reserve sheds in the Marsh, in which a number of 40-pounder and other batteries are stored in perfect readiness for immediate issue. His Royal Highness, whose object in visiting the arsenal appears to be to acquaint himself fully with details previous to the meeting of Parliament in February next, spent some time in the Royal gun factories, and at 2 o'clock, taking leave of the officers present, he again mounted and rode back to London. The inspection occupied upwards of three hours. Major Palliser's gun, fitted under his improved system of strengthening the old ordnance by the insertion of an inner tube, yesterday fired 100 proof charges at the Woolwich butt, and has now got through 800 rounds most successfully. The], test ,will be resumed on Wednesday and Friday, - a when.itj is; intended to fire the remaining - 200 rounds, and complete the severe proof to which the gun was ordered to be subjected for the satis- faction of the Select Committee namely 1,000 rounds, with charges of 161 b. of powder and shot weighing 100 lb. each. The gun was fired in one of the cells built up for that . purpose, and was sus- pended on a principle introduced by Mr. M'Kinlay, the proof-master, which affords many advantages. The gun was slung pendulum fashion on two iron bars. At the back of the cell, which is bomb-proof, was a stride rope stretched across, having two weights weighing lf tons each attached, in order to restrain the recoil of the gun. The gun in its for ward motion is also held back by two check-ropes or back-gyes attached to the weights before men tioned, and which operate in bringing it back speedily to a position for being reloaded. Another advantage of the system is that in the event of the ! gun bursting no carriages are destroyed nor mate- rial of any kind injured beyond the gun itself. We understand that Major-Gen. Lord William Paulet, C. 8., will retain the Lieutenant-Governor ship of Portsmouth, and the command of the South- West Military District, until July next, when he will succeed Sir James Yorke Scarlett, C. 8., in the duties of the Adjutant-General's-office at the Horse Guards. The construction of the two proposed inner Spit head Marine Forts, in support of the two ad vanced forts on the Noman and Horse shoals, has been definitely decided on. They are to be im mediately erected in accordance with the recom mendations contained in the report of the special committee appointed to consider and report on the subject by the Secretary of State for War in July of last year, and Mr. Ilawkshaw, the eminent engineer, is now engaged in preparing the plans for the con struction of their foundations. This Commission was appointed in consequence of the preli minary borings in the Sturbridge Bank, off Ryde, having satisfied the authorities that no foundations for a fort on that shoal could be constructed except at an enormous cost. The works recommended by the Commission will be erected, one on the edge of the Ryde Sand, about 1,200 yards to the southward of the Sturbridge Shoal, and the other on the Spit Bank, about 600 yards to the south-west of the point on which it was originally proposed by the Defence Commission to erect a fort., and about midway be tween the powerful batteries now constructing at Southsea Castle point and a central line drawn through Spithead anchorage. The committee in their report stated that a work thus placed on-the Spit Bank would, in conjunction with the batteries at Fort Monckton, bear immediately upon the anchor age at Spithead, and would also co-operate with the forts on the Horse Sand and Noman's Land shoals, and with the Blockhouse Point and Southsea batte ries, in the defence respectively of the outer channel to Spithead, and of the inner channel to Portsmouth harbour. Thefort on the Ryde Sand the Commission recommended should be erected to meet the contin gency of an enemy's ships having succeeded in pass ing the advanced forts on the Horse and Noman, and entering Spithead, hugging the island shore out of effective range of the gung on the Spitbank or the mainland. With this arrangement it was considered there would be three advanced works to the north ward and two to the southward of the anchorage at Spithead—viz., Fort Monckton, with its auxiliary batteries on the point of land forming the eastern extremity of Stokes Bay, the marine forts on the Spit, and Horsebanks to the northward ; those on the Noman Shoal and the Ryde Sand to the south ward. The work to be erected on the Spit-bank will be circular, like the forts on the Horse and Noman, but it will not be quite so extensive as those works. The work on the Ryde Sand will most pro bably be semicircular and open to the rear. The distances between these works, to which will be con signed the main defence of Spithead, will be as fol lows :—Horse Sand and Noman—the two outer forts, and between which lies the entrance channel to Spithead from the sea, round the east end of the Isle of Wight, 2,000 yards ; Noman and Spitbank, 3,200 yards ; Spitbank and Ryde Sand, 4,200 yds. ; Ryde Sand and Fort Monckton, 3,800 yards. The distances between these defensive works and the centre of Portsmouth dockyard will be, as nearly as Possible, as follows :—To the Noman, 8,000 yards ; to the Horse, 7,000 yards ; to the Ryde Sand, 7,500 Yards ; to the Spitbank, 3,700 yards ; and to the Monckton fort and batteries, 4,500 yards. Eminent military and naval officers, who have been through out advocates for the c ons t r uction of marine forts for the p rotection u of Spithead and Portsmouth har bour, havepersist e ntly the necessity of con structing a third outer fort on the Warner Shoal, which, they say, would door of entrance t o trebly lock the front Spithead a triangle of fire, throughe from the sea, and give Which no enemy's ship could pass and swim. sarncheme for is not, however, included in th e present for the de fence of Spithead and Ports mout harbour, and is perhaps left over for future consideration . A glance at one of the Admiralty charts of Spithe a d and its approaches from the sea will show the imp ortance of crowning the Warner r ock with a work which would then become the apex of a triangle and which would most probably form the strongest of existing marine defensive works. The Aurora screw frigate, Capt. Sir L.M'Clintock, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday on the completion of her refit for foreign service, and anchored at Spithead to take in her powder and shell and await sailing orders. The Edgar, screw line-of-of-battle ship, Capt. G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral J. C. Dacres, C. 8., remains quietly ather moorings in Portsmouth harbour. Rumour says that she is not likely to leave Portsmouth harbour again as flag-ship of the Chan nel squadron, if ever she again goes out on active service of any kind during her present term of com mission. It is stated that Rear-Admiral Dacres will shortly join the Board of Admiralty. The Hand and Hands. On Saturday evening the introductory lecture to he students attending the evening cl tss s lately established in the East end of London wis delivered by the Rev. Lord S. G. Osborne, at ihe School- house, Byron-street, St. Leonard's-roaq, Bromley. The subject of the lecture was " The Hand and Hands." There was a large attendance of students and others, and the class-room was tastefully deco rated. The Rev. C. R. Holmes, M.A., incumbent of the district, having introduced the lecturer to the audience, The Rev. Lord S. G. OSBORNE began by saying that there had been a good deal of discussion lately as to how those who spoke at mechanics' institutes should designate their hearers. If they called them working men, the question was put— who was not a working man ? He hardly knew who was not ; for even the idlest man had to work very hard indeed to get through his day. (A laugh.) He might address them by a name used a great deal in the north, viz. " the hands."' That he thought an honourable as applied to working men, and when the large millowner who employed a great number of people talked of his " hands," he might fairly be asked what he could possibly do without them. Now he wished to show to those who knew so much not only about the use of particular tools and implements, but about the wonderful machinery which they were employed in constructing, that of all the Wonderful machines, taken either as a whole or in the admir able adjustment of its various parts, there was no thing equal to one of themselves. If they rightly studied the human frame, they would find that, in its marvellous construction and adaptation to the ends for which it was designed, it infinitely trans cended every creation of human ingenuity. They heard a great deal of tools being supplanted by ma chinery, and of machinery, in fact, taking the place of the hands of the workman ; and certainly when they watched the operation of, for instance, Mr. Whit worth's tool-making machine, it seemed, from the re gularity and precision of its movements, almost as if inspired by some rational power of action. Still, who made that machine, who conceived it, who planned it, who executed it ? Was it not, in its every part, after all simply the creation of man's brain wrought out by the skill of man's hand ? The lecturer then proceeded, by the aid of diagrams and a skeleton arm, to explain in detail the structure, adaptation, and functions of the various joints, muscles, ten- dons, and ligaments of that human limb, pointing out that every joint displayed as much contrivance, and was as directly fashioned for the purpose of performing the movements requisite for earning the workman's bread, as though a scientific engineer had constructed it. Mr. Whitworth's tool-mak- ing machine required to be constantly supplied with oil from an external source in order to avoid friction in its working ; but the great Mechanic who made man had placed within His machine itself the means of keeping every joint not merely free from friction, but in a state which enabled it to execute every movement with thq most marvellous ease. For every joint there were certain glands which secreted a proper supply of lubricating fluid, so that no joint should ever stop from the want of that indispensable material ; and for one human limb, arm, or finger that was ever out of order and prevented from ful filling its work, he believed there must be many hundred machines of man's creation laid by, because all our science and skill could not enable us to make them both answer their object and keepthem in pro per repair and efficiency. The human body was so planned by Divine Providence that out of the food we ate the blood was formed, which worked, as it were, a constant miracle, running its daily and nightly course through every part of the frame, fur- nishing nourishment wherever nourishment was re quired, repairing waste where waste had occurred, not leaving cartilage where flesh was wanted, nor flesh where cartilage was wanted, but depositing the right thing in right the place at the right moment, and maintaining the whole machine in its proper balance and harmonious working, without our scarcely being aware of the marvellous operations going on within us. Reverting to the structure and functions of the hand and arm, the lecturer said he ,had no doubt there were many mechanics pre sent who could out of brass, guttapercha, and other materials, make a machine which could act like that limb ; but the question came—what put the arm in motion ? They were told it was nervous power, and so it was. The muscles were acted upon by certain nerves ; those nerves passed to particular portions of the spine; the spine, being connected with the brain, took its orders from it issued them, and the work was done. By our voli tion we could bend the arm or turn the hand ; but whence came that wonderful power of command ? He wished with all his heart that he could tell them. He could tell them where it might be traced ; but beyond that all his reading and study did not en able him to go. He knew that if they divided a nerve as it passed from the spine they might render the arm powerless, and that from a string of nerves there went no end of small nerves embracing every part of the hand and arm, some giving us pain when touched, some giving us pleasure, and all intended to act according to our will or for our wellbeing. But of what material the brain was made, or how it. did its work, he was not philosopher enough to be able to say. Many and wonderful were the uses to which the human hand could be applied. It was said that the Nasmyth hammer could not only crush a solid body beneath its pressure, but its force could be so exquisitely regulated as to crack the shell of a nut without injuring the kernel. And so, too, the anchor forger's brawny arm, whose blows would carry death to any person, was often employed, after the hard's day's toil, in lifting the tender babe from its cradle to fondle and caress it with all the gentleness of a mother. He was told there was no nation among whom the action of fear did not almost involuntarily cause the hands to be clasped. The little child clasped its hands together when first taught to pray, and man and woman in their hour of sorrow and agony instinctively clasped theirs and raised their eyes to Heaven when imploring Divine aid. Let their hands, then, be used day by day, not only in gaining for them the bread that perisheth, but in asking from their Heavenly Father the sus tenance of the immortal soul. Thus, go where they, would, they carried with them, in their own persons, a lesson teaching them that nature, after all, was but the great workshop of the great Constructor of all, the world's Engineer, He whose diploma dated from eternity, He who created the mechanism of the heavens as well as of the smallest creature that breathed. S c i ence was sa id i n our d ay to b e piercing the very secrets of nature. The astronomer with his telescope scanned the heavens and learnt the earth to be but a speck in the universe ; while the microscopist, with his instrument, found a world in an atom. But who constructed the telescope and the microscope ? Who worked out the philosophy of the problems that gave us the marvellous instru ments by which we achieved so much ? Trace the matter to its sourcerand they would find that after all it was the hands. Whether they liked to be called the hands of their fellowmen or not, they were all in one sense the hands of the great Master of the world's workshop, who gave them the mate rial with which they worked and the intelligence they and who had framed their bodi es feoxrertchiseed masteryun it, and the tools which their brains in vented. In the gre at s y stem of the division of labour, every honest share worked out with industry and to the best of one 's p owers dignified the man. The miner who, sweating beneath the deepest coal f pit, with his pickaxe struck fromits vaulted coal used to smelt the iron wrought by his fellow workman, bore as honourable a part as he who, with the most complete machine before him, accomplished the most won d er f u l en d s f or w hich human science was ever strivi ng . T a ki ng th e case of one of our noblest iron ships, and tracing it from its fir st be ginning in th e 110- Meer's or draughtsman's offi ce down to th e l o west artificer's contribution to her construction, he s a id living soul who had lent a hand, ina honour to every her completion. Speaking to those who se b read w hands, directed b y th e ,_nas, earner by the skill of their u elligence of their reason, he entreated them not to hold that reason so lightly as to use it as mere machines, set in motion for a certain • time, and then to cease for ever. They must have seen instances in - which, after the - physi cal organs had one by one l ost their powth faculties of intelligence still !survived. Where, - then was the spot in the human frame to which we could point and say that when death laid its hand on it reason died too ? If there was one thing more pain ful than another it was to see the intellect which they, as a class, so clearly possessed, so often and so fearfully abused. But if there was one thing more cheering than another, it was the fact that a far better and wiser spirit was now working its way through out the whole class—that they were, in fact, becom ing a thinking as well as an acting class ; that their minds were no longer bound within the walls of the shop in which they laboured, or of the home perhaps to which they returned so tired, seeming to care for little else but rest and refreshment. They who understood the many niceties of the remarkable things they made, and knew so well what acted to their injury and what to your success, should look around them, and wherever they saw a fellow workman abusing the faculties with which his Maker had endowed him, treading the drunkard's path, and becoming, as all drunkards did, a blasphemer, let them not .wait for parson, preacher, or missionary, but bring their own homely common sense to bear upon that man's life, proving to him what they themselves had gained by their industry, sobriety, honesty, and respectability, contrusting with that his own miserable career of slavish indulgence ; showing them how he was degrading them as a member of their class ; pointing out what a curse his vices were to himself and his family ; what foul language he spoke in the presence of his own daughters, what a terrible example he set to his own sons. The beastly passion for drink was, he believed, the greatest curse which Satan, with all his ingenuity, had laid upon the working class. Had they but the good sense to revolutionise them selves as a class in that respect, casting down the tyrant Drink, and freeing themselves from its debasing power, he had often said to himself, not simply what capital, would these men accumu late, what a powerful body would they become, but with the cool sober honest intellects that knew how to use that power without abusing it, the men who had thus raised for themselves a stake in the country would become more loyal as they learnt the value of our free constitution, and saw how it protected their property, as well as that of the richest in the land. If he had one hope in his heart it was that the work ing men should themselves act with the Church and for the Church, with God and for God, by example, by precept, by perseverance, by urgency, to rescue their fellows from aught that could debase them as individuals or bring the slightest slur upon their order. They were, under God, the very hands of the nation. The nation's intellect might be said per haps to be chiefly represented by those who had power to obtain that learning which they were de nied. But what would all that learning, all that in telligence, all that science be without the working class to work out their plans and conceptions ? The skilful designer or inventor. might be the brain of the social system, but helpless would he be without the hands. This he said without meaning in any de gree to flatter them. It was one of the greatest evils of a day which he hoped was quickly passing from us that lecturers were too much in the habit of flatter ing and speaking only the things they knew would please those whom they addressed. That never had been and never would be his practice. He was one of those who had spoken strongly for the workman's rights, but he had spoken with equal strength, as far as his power went, of the workman's duty. As a Christian and a gentleman he could not be the advocate of any particular class. No land could be so blessed as that in which each class, knowing its duty towards the others, endeavoured to do it firmly and faithfully in the presence of God, the All-just. And if they would but remember who that God was he thought they would act in a kinder spirit towards each other—the master with honesty and firmness to his men, the men with equal honesty and firm ness to the master ; but both bearing in mind that each was but human, and subject to the like infir mities, would, be slow to think that either would seek to oppress the other. Each would rather strive, knowing their value in combina tion, to find the means of so adjusting their mutual interests that, working in harmony, the mas ter might respect the independence of his workman, and the workman love and respect the justice and kindness of his employer, The address was listened to with marked atten ion throughout, and warmly applauded. THE biJN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY VT, 1865 The North London Industrial Exhibition The ceremony of distributing to the successful exhibitors in the above exhibition of industrial art the prizes which had been awarded by the adjudica tom took place last evening at -Exeter-hall. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided, and with him on the platform were Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge ; Mr. Payne, the Deputy Assistant-Judge ; Mr. Samuel Morley, and other gentlemen interested in the progress of the labouring classes. A large choir, under the direction of Mr. Sarl, sang " All People that on Earth" and other pieces, after which Mr. Smithers, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Samuel Morley spoke on the elevating influence of such an exhibi tion as that of which this meeting was the close. His Lordship then distributed the prizes, the chief of which were very handsome certificates, - framed. Some of the prize receivers were of the gentler sex, and their appearance on the platform was in every instance the signal for loud applause. Every exhi bitor who chose to present himself, whether a prize winner or not, received a handsome " memorial volume," and from the crowds who presented them selves before the noble earl, it was estimated that nearly all the 934 exhibitors availed themselves of the privilege. Among those who were thus brought before the public were postmen and soldiers, and one representative of the Fire Brigade service, and so eagerly did this class of exhibitors crowd the plat form that one was thrust over, and fell among the astonished reporters below. The Chairman, who on coming forward to address the meeting was warmly applauded, said he should on this occasion look upon himself as representing the public, and on the part of the public he tendered to the exhi bitors the decided expression of pleasure and hope which had been derived from the exhibition. All the great hopes held out by Lord Russell on the open ing ceremony were announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on closing it, to be fulfilled, and more than fulfilled. Never were rewards more justly earned, and honours better deserved or more freely given, than those which had that evening been distributed. (Cheers.) The working men and work ing women had come forward not for the purpose of establishing some rival business in the hope of gain or profit, but they had come forward with the most generous motives and aspirations, namely, that an impulse might be given to the genius of the people, and that good might thence arise to the whole British empire. The public had accepted the exhibition in the spirit in whiCh it had been offered, and he on their part now told the exhibitors that great things were educed from it in the advance ment of the people. One remarkable feature was that a large proportion of the things exhibited were made by men whose daily occupations were of an opposite nature to their productions. Nothing, in fact, could be more remarkable than the hodge- Po wduh d co g es e esu o tc f rhad a t rt ehins ic w l gs e e s r ;e e x h i annodt b id likely e d, d e 1 this and y to fact leadp r produced ut provehc e e d mn by nothing?- otm np me rgo n ?- It brought to his mind the craving which existed in • the minds of workers for some mental occupation adfotuebrltedheitrhetofialculwatises of man, and this diversity of toil and gave him who was engaged in a monotonous employment, when he turned to something else, a new existence. And this had been the case with men eminent in name and rank. Sir Matthew Hale, after being — f; hours engaged in judgment in intricate cases which came before him, found recreation in solving the most abstruse questions in algebra. Then Southey was ano ther example of the value to be attached to diverse labours, for by having six desks for as many tasks, he, by changing his employment at intervals, was enabled first to write a passage of history, then an article for the Quarterly, and afterwards some stanzas, and all this without feeling his mental powers dis tressed. But for this change he would have broken down, and the country would not have had those great efforts of his mind. It was. delightful to see how the energies and the genius of the people had been brought out in matters of refinement by these exhibitions, and their elevation in refinement would advance them morally and socially, and would tend to raise them in the political scale. (Cheers.) The noble earl went on to say that he had heard it whis pered that in future exhibitions the working men were to be confined to the exhibition of articles in their own trades, and to this he expressed himself as greatly opposed. He asked how it would be pos sible to confine the clergyman, the lawyer, and the statesman for recreation to the duties of their daily life, and if the world would have had those flowing periods of Mr. Gladstone or those sparkles of debate from Lord Derby if they had been cut off from the charms of poetry and the study of the bputies in Homer's " Iliad." He dwelt upon the advance which the working classes would make through these exhi bitions, and concluded with saying that the social elevation which would come to the people would cheer their homes in this life, and would make them worthy of that other home where the " wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." The ASSISTANT JUDGE proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by Mr. Har vey, of Islington, and carried by acclamation. The proceedings closed with the singing of the " Old Hundredth" Psalm. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 16. The adjourned January Sessions for criminal business commenced to-day, at Clerkenwell. The calendar contains the names of 66 prisoners, of which number one only has been well educated, three can read, 32 have received an imperfect education, and 30 can neither read nor write. The bail cases are fixed to be tried on Friday. Three carmen, Blackford, Rockett, and Devon, who were in the service of Messrs. Baxendale and Co., and a lad, named Collett, the attendant on one of their vans, were brought up for judgment. It will be remembered that a man named Pickett was convicted of receiving the stolen property and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. The Assistant Judge said that as Blackford was the chief mover in these robberies, he must be kept in penal servi tude for five years; Rockett and Devon were not quite as bad, and the sentence on them must be one of two years' imprisonment. The lad Collett would be imprisoned for six months. Sergeant Cole, of the C division, who had received a re ward for his vigilance in this case, stated that Blackford was one of the men engaged in stealing her Majesty's plate on the road to the Great Western Terminus at Paddington. John Paget Tremlett, 54, who pleaded "Guilty" last ses sions to a charge of assaulting Elizabeth Tremlett, his wife, was brought up for judgment. The Assistant Judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour. John Wright, 32, was indicted for stealing a bracelet, value 501., the property of Lady Honoria Cadogan, in her dwelling house. _ ' . The prisoner pleaded "Guilty" to the indictment. Mr. Poland, who appeared for the prosecution, said that his lordship would see from the depositions in this case that the prisoner was engaged as a house agent at the house of the late Earl of Cadogan for the purpose of taking an inventory of the goods which, under the will of the late Earl, were ordered to be sold. On the 20th of December there was a packing up of jewels belonging to Lady Honoria Cadogan, but a valuable bracelet being found too large for the case it was left out, and on the following day this brace- let, which was of the value of 501., was found to have been sold to Mr. Richard Attenborough, of 33, Piccadilly, for 10 guineas by the prisoner, who said he had bought it some days before from Messrs. Debenham, the auctioneers, of King-street, Covent-garden, for 15 guineas. He gave the name of Walker, of Conduit-street, but it seemed that he really lived at High-street, Marylebone. From a descrip tion of the person who pawned the bracelets the prisoner was taken into custody on the 28th December, but, as the Lady Honoria Cadogan was not aware that it would be ne cessary for her to appear at the police-court on the follow ing morning, the prisoner was discharged.. The prisoner, however, was again taken into custody. A great deal of the property had not been found, among it a very valuable present from the late Duke of Wellington, and many other things which it would be quite impossible to replace. The bracelet in question was a present to the Cadogan family by Charles 11., and of course great interest was attached to it. After the prisoner was discharged he gave up two articles; and he said he had sold the bracelet to Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker, of No. 33, Piccadilly. Upon going there it was found that immediately the bracelet was sold the stones in it had been taken out, and the bracelet had been sent to another pawnbroker's, also living in Piccadilly. The gold of the bracelet was eventually traced to a house in Binfield street, Heston, and was found on the hob of a stove, and, but for the fact of its being Christmas time and the men not being at work, it would most probably have been melted down, and all trace .of it would have been lost. The Assistant-Judge asked what stones had been taken out of the bracelet. Police-constable 137 C said they consisted of four dia monds and a sapphire. The Assistant-Judge wished to know how these things were traced. The constable said from information he received at Mr. Attenborough's he found that the sapphire and diamonds were sold to a person living at Camden-town, and by him they were sold again to another person living at North buildings, Finsbury-pavement. The gold of the bracelet was first sold to a Mr. Alexander, of No. 16, Hatton-garden, and afterwards found at 16, Binfield-street, Hoxton. The things were removed from No. 33 to No. 19, Oxford street, and they were sold three times in the day. A Mr. Norman bought the stones for £lB, having received them in exchange for other goods The Assistant -Judge—ls there away one from Mr. Atten borough's present ? Mr. Poland said there was an assistant called Alfred Alston. The Assistant-Judge—Did you buy this bracelet ? Witness—l did. The Assistant-Judge—How long have you been in Mr. Attenborough's employ ? Witness—About two years and a, half. The Assistant-Judge—Are you in the habit of dealing in these things ? Witness—Oh, yes. The Assistant-Judge—Did you know the prisoner at the time ? Witness—No ; he was a perfect stranger to me. The Assistant-Judge—Then, do you think it right to buy articles like this from a perfect stranger ? Witness—He gave the name of his employer. The Assistant-Judge—And you made no inquiries to as certain whether he told you the truth or not ? Witness—No, I did not. The Assistant-Judge—ls Mr. 'Attenborough here ? Witness—No, he is not. The Assistant-Judge--What did the prisoner say to you when he came ? Witness—He at first offered me the bracelet in pledge, but afterwards he said he had altered his mind, and, as he was in want of money, he would sell it at once for ten guineas. He said that he was a clerk to Messrs. Deben ham, and that he had purchased the bracelet at one of their sales for 15 guineas. The Assistant-Judge—And is it your habit to buy these things of strangers ? Witness—Yes; we buy these things daily, whether they are strangers or not. The Assistant-Judge—And you break them up within 48 hours ? _ _ Witness—Yes, if the things are old-fashioned we break them up at once. We make that a matter of principle. The Assistant-Judge.—And especially so if you buy them of strangers ? Witness—lf it had not been for the information we gave they would never have obtained the articles a. 1., all. The AsAistant-Judge—lf you had not given the infor mation you would have been now standing the dock instead of the prisoner. • Witness—l spoke to our managing man belfol'e I paid the money. The Assistant-Judge—We are anxious to know - file name of this person. Witness—Mr. Button is the manager. The Assistant-Judge—l regret I have no furth(n - power of dealing with you than to disallow your expenses. .g- 8 regards the prisoner, you will be brought up next session to receive the sentence of the Court, and if in the mean time you feel disposed to assist the prosecution in the re storation of the things that are missing, that will be taken into consideration. _ _ Charles Day, 18, labourer, Joseph Egan, 16, and James Smith were indicted for picking pockets. Sergeant Ackrill, of the F division, said he was on duty outside Drury-lane Theatre on Wednesday last, when he observed the prisoners, and, from their suspicious move ments, he watched them, and saw them try several persons' pockets who were waiting to obtain admission into the theatre. The jury found them guilty, and The Court sentenced Day to nine months' hard. labour, Egan to 18 months' hard labour, and Smith to four years in the Feltham Reformatory. Charles Liddle, 29, a silk weaver, was indicted for steal ing a watch, value 101., the property of Mr. Dilworth, from his person. Mr. Best prosecuted ; Mr Tayler defended. In this case the prosecutor was, on the night of the 11th inst., waiting for an omnibus near the Bluecoat Boy, City road, when the prisoner and two other men pressed against him, and robbed him of his watch. The prisoner was the only one of the three that was captured. He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. John White, 20, and George Brown, 22, were charged with stealing five tablecloths, &c., value 21., the property of William Waghorn, and two flannel sliirts, &c., value 1/. 145., the property of George Charles 'Perrett. White pleaded guilty. A police-constable, 151 N, met the prisoners in Islington, and seeing that White had a large bundle in hds posses sion, watched their movements. He saw the in enter a pawnbroker's, and he heard Brown offer to pledge three pocket-handkerchiefs. On taking them into custody he found White's bundle to contain a large quantity of linen, which had been stolen from Mrs. Perrett, of Dalston, with whom all the articles had been left to be mangled. Brown, in his defence, said that he met White, who was a stranger to him, and White asked him to buy the hand kerchiefs. He only had sixpence, and could not buy them, but White said he could pawn them for him, and keep the tickets. The jury found Brown guilty, and both the prisoners wore sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labour for six months. (Before Mr. Payne.) Thomas Larkins was indicted for stealing a breast-pin from the person of Mr. William Henry Jones, a physician. On the 2d of January a detective was standing outside the Ade]phi Theatre, when hdobservedthe prisoner follow ing the prosecutor, calling out " Cab, sir, cab !" He raised his left hand to the gentleman's chin and pointed to a cab, and with his right hand he extracted the pin from the patchcloth. Immediately he had done so he ran away, Witness ran after him•nd took him into custody. The pin was found at his feet. Mr. William Henry Jones, of 15, Hanover-street, Han over-square, identified the pin as his property. He did not see the prisoner take it. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Payne asked if he was known. The detective said he had known him for 18 months, and had repeatedly cautioned him as to his conduct. He had been convicted, but he was not then in a position to prove it. Sentence was deferred till next :session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 16. -_.... _ WORSHIP-S TREE T.—CARD-PLAnsa—A PUBLICAN'S LIABILITY FOR THE SAME.—Mr. Vincent L. Pascoe, land lord of the . Old Fountain publichouse, Baldwin-street, City road, answered a complaint by the police, in which he was charged with having unlawfully permitted card-playing in his house. It was shown that Inspector Maskell, G division had found, about 10 o'clock at night, 12 men and two women taking refreshment in the public parlour of the house.. Four of the men were playing cards. Defendant followed the inspector into the room, and on the latter call ing attention to the fact in question, he replied that he was well aware of it, but no gambling was going on ; to the best of his knowledge it was simply a game for amusement. The parties continued playing, and the inspector left. Defendant, in reply to the magistrate, said he did not in any respect deny the truthfulness of the evidence given ; but that did not prove the commission of any offence. The certificate obtained fromthelicensing magistrates contained no instructions as to what particular games were unlawful, it ran thus :—" And do not knowingly suffer any unlawful games or gaming whatever." Skittles were allowed, and that, too, for drink; chess, drafts, bagatelle, &c. Cards were not even mentioned. The four persons alluded to by the inspector were enjoying a hand at cribbage ; and if the magistrate could point out aught in the certificate that re strained him (defendant) from permitting it, he should wil lingly express his thanks for the information. The magistrate examined the certificate, and then asked Inspector Maskell whether he knew that money was being played foi'. The inspector admitted that he knew not that. Plenty of liquor was on the table, but no money. The magistrate then remarked that assuredly there was an absence in the clause of the certificate of any particular game interdicted. There was no proof of gambling in this instance, and he could not oonvict. The defendant thanked his worship, and assured him it was a matter of much moment to publicans generally. HIGHGATE.-DARING BURGLARY AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE ASSISTANT-JUDGE OF THE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.- Joseph Northgate. aged 24, a tailor, and George Grant, 24, a labourer, two rough-looking fellows, who refused their addresses, were charged before Lord Dufferin, Col. Jeaks, and Mr. J. J. Miles with burglariously breaking and enter ing the dwelling-house of Mr. W. P. Bodkin, J.P., and stealing therein a large amount of property, consisting of money, jewellery, a time-piece, a set of fire-irons, wearing apparel, and other articles, his property. From the evidence it appeared that between the hours of three and four o'clock on the morning of Sunday, Police constable Robert Roffey, 505 5, who was acting as sergeant, and Police-constable Clark, 433 S, went together visiting the premises of Mr. Henry Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge of the Middlesex Sessions, and whilst there they heard a noise in the adjoining premises. Fancying that the place was being broken into by burglars, they proceeded quietly along the grass to a summer-house which is about 100 yards from the dwelling-house of Mr. Wm. Peter Bodkin, and found seve ral coats and other articles on the grass. The suspicions of the constables being confirmed, they then proceeded to the dwelling-house, and found all the windows in the parlour and in the drawing-room open. Police-constable Roffey remained at the drawing-room window, and the other con stable went to the front door and rang the bell. Whilst so engaged three men rushed out of the drawing-room window, all of them being armed—one with the fire-shovel, one with a poker, and the other with a pair of tongs, saying one to the other, "Smash the —! there is only one, and we can do for him." At that moment Police-constable Roffey knocked one of the men down with his fist, and was immediately struck down by the man who had the fire-shovel. So se vere was the Mow that the shovel was broken and the con stable's left arm was much bruised. The three men then ran off as fast as they could across the . lawn, followed by the two constables, and after a smart chase the two pri soners were secured. A severe struggle ensued between the police and the prisoners, and ultimately the prisoners were got to the police station ; the third man made his escape. On the *ay to the station the constable Clark had his hand severely injured. After the prisoners were locked up the premises were examined by Inspector Fodge, A di vision, and Inspector O'Loghlen, S division, and they found the different places of entry, and also ascertained that the thieves had got into the kitchen garden from Milfield-lane, crossing the lawn and flower garden, and breaking and pushing back the catches of the parlour and drawing-room and closet windows on the ground floor. It was stated that the prisoners and their companions could not get out of the rooms they were in into any other part of the house from the fact that the doors were secured by a mechanical con trivance, the design of Mr. Bodkin. A Magistrate inquired if anything was found on the prisoners. The police stated that they found on the prisoner North gate a roll of wax-taper, a piece of rope, some lucifer matches, a palette-knife, and ls. 2d. in money. And on the other prisoner was found 1/. 11s. 9d. in silver, Is. 11d. in halfpence, a jemmy, a knife, a knotted piece of rope, and other articles. The police further stated that on the night of the 14th inst. the dwelling-house of Mr. Stranery, of No. 9, Holly-terrace, West-hill, Highgate, was entered and robbed. The thieves in that case went across some nursery groupds and entered the house by the kitchen window at the back, and a cash-box, some plate, and other articles were stolen. On Inspectors O'Loghlen and Fodge, accompanied by Act ing-inspector Aylett, taking off the prisoners' shoes and com paring them with some foot-marks in the garden, they found them to correspond, as did also some marks on the cash-boX jenuiy. A Magistrate inquired if the prisoners had been seen loitering About the neighbourhood previously to the rob bery. The police replied that the prisoners had been identified by Mrs:Elsey, the landlady of the Fox and French Horn public-house, West-hill, Highgate, as having been at her house on the evening of the 13th, with two men, who had with them a horse and cart. A magistrate inquiredif the injuries the prisoners had inflicted on the police were of a serious character. The police said they were on the sick-list, and still felt pain from the injuries, and would not be fit for duty for some time. The prisoners said at present they should not ask any questions or make any defence to the charge. The police asked for a remand to enable them to appre hend the other man implicated in the charge. The magistrates remanded the prisoners for a week. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TimEs.-- , The stirring incidents of the great Ame rican Civil War have prevented us from considering a s fully as, perhaps, we ought to have done the vast internal changes which have already been effected within the Confederacy itself. We do not speak now of encroachments on personal liberty, but sim ply of the balance of the Constitution. The Civil "War has withdrawn from the Union almost half the States of which it was composed, and as those States were homogeneous in opinion the alteration has been as great as possible. The States which are no longer represented in Congress are all of them in favour of free :trade, and consequently all of them disposed to suppor,t the Democratic party. It is quite clear that by their secession the old relations of parties are can celled or even absolutely reversed. The Protec tionists of the North were not slow in feeling this when they introduced and carried the Morrill tariff, exaggerating to the utmost the protective policy already estathished. Nor have we any reason to be surprised tha-A in the same spirit they .'proceed to attack the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada. Indeed, it would be wonderful if they d id not, for the Reci procity Treaty ,is really, as far as it goes, .a free trade measure of the most enlightened description, and widely different from the narrow and illi beral tariff the striiagency of wh i c h the dominant majority felt it necessary to los e no time in increas ing. By the third clause of the Reciprocity Treaty it is agreed that a long list of articles, the growth and produce of the United States and the British American colonies, shall be admitted into each coun try respectively, not under moderate duties, but absolutely free of all duty whatsoever. In this im portant list are included grain, flour, and bread stuffs of all kinds, animals of all kinds, meat, cotton, wool, fish, hides, furs, ores, coal, timber, and tobacco. It is a singular thing that so liberal a Treaty should have coexisted together with so exceed ingly illiberal a tariff, and that while the produce of Great Britain was only admitted under the most crushing duties the produce of her colonies is thus admitted into the Union without any duty at all. Probably this would never have been done if America had not received from other articles of the Treaty an indemnity which she considered adequate for so large and unusual a measure of commercial liberality. The compensation is to be found in those clauses which give to the American fishermen the right of fishing in British waters, and of landing in certain spots for the purpose of curing and drying their fish. The coast of British North America• being deeply indented with bays and inlets, protected by islands, and possessing the unrivalled fishing grounds of Newfoundland, was very superior for the purposes of this industry to the coast of the United States. Before the conclusion of the Recipro- city Treaty, in 1854, the American fishermen were not allowed to fish within 3 miles of the British shore, and the line of exclusion was drawn from headland to headland, so that they were not allowed to enter bays, even though they might be more than 6 miles wide. Under these concessions the industry of the New England fishermen has greatly developed itself, and the maritime colonies have in some degree conceded to their foreign rivals the advantages which a bountiful nature had placed in their reach. The fourth article of the Treaty conceded to the Americans the navi gation of the St. Lawrence and its canals as fully and freely as to British subjects. No doubt it was these concessions which made the Treaty so long tolerable to the Protectionist party in the Union. Besides this they had really no choice, for the Treaty was to exist for ten years certain and until either of the contracting parties should give twelve months' notice of its termination. The period at which that notice could be given only arrived in June last, so that no time has been lost in the agitation of the question. We do not exactly underitand what are the grounds on which it is desired to terminate this salutag agreement. Something, no doubt, is to be attributed to the ill-will towards this country and to Canada which it has cost so much pains to foster and to encourage. Something also to the jealousy of the Protectionist party, which does not like the ad mission of free-trade principles, even though its real or imaginary interest in the exclusion• of foreign goods be very little affected by them. At any rate, a strenuous effort has been made to put an end to the Reciprocity Treaty. The arguments which are employed seem to turn mainly on doctrines which in England, at least, nobody would think it worth his while to listen to. It is eagerly argued by the opponents of the Treaty that under it the balance ol trade is against the United States—that is, that the United States import more than they export, pay ing the difference in money ; while the friends of the Treaty assert with equal confidence that the balance of trade is in favour of the United States—that is, that their exports are greater than their imports, the difference being paid to them in money. It is really melan choly to reflect that it is now nearly a hundred years since Adam Smith completely exploded the mercantile system by showing that money had no more title to be considered wealth exclusively than any other product of human labour, and that the goodness or badness of a trade depended not upon the childish criterion of whether the imports which were received in exchange for exports came in the form of money or money's worth, but whether, in whatever form, the exporting country was remune rated for its outlay, the trade yielding a good profit to the exporter. Perhaps the theory of the balance of trade cannot be better reduced to absurdity than by the reflection that the wealth of a State must, after all, be made up of the aggregate of the wealth of individuals, and that as it is quite possible for each individual trader to manage his affairs so well as to obtain in exchange for his exports imports of greater value, that is, to turn the balance of trade against the exporting country, the result might be, according to the American theory, that a nation was impoverished by a trade by which every person who carried it on was a gainer. America is just now ex piating many of her previous faults, but though she has done many things more reprehensible, there is probably none for which she will be called to a heavier account than for her systematic disregard and contempt of the doctrines of political economy in an age in which they have been clearly demon strated, and have become the one solid and staple point in the raging sea of political controversy. A victim to the grossest delusions on the subject of an inconvertible currency, and unable to extricate her self from the meshes -of superannuated fallacy on the subject of the balance of trade, no wonder that she is involving herself in difficulties from which a tardy recurrence to sound principles, under the rueful teaching of experience, will be unable to rescue her. The Reciprocity Treaty, however, has found friends from other than speculative considerations. The strength of the Protectionist cause used to lie in the vested interests that had grown up under it. Happily, this kind of support is not peculiar to Pro tection. The feeling for vested interests is gene rally on behalf of something that is wrong, but there is no reason, in the nature of things, why it may not also be invoked on behalf of something that is right. The fishermen of the Northern States view with dismay the near prospect of the termination of a treaty which opens to them, within the dominion of a foreign nation, the best and most remunerative field for their industry, and they are by no means indifferent to the closing of the market which the British colonies in general, and the Roman Catholic population of Lower Canada, and Newfoundland in particular, afford for their salted fish. The easy admission of Canadian flour has been found eminently useful in times of scarcity, and the threatened loss of the vast amount of timber which was sent duty free across the St. Lawrence into the UnitediStates strikes dis may into the building trade, and still more into the important interest concerned in the construction of ships. These things are not matters of hazy specu lation like the balance of trade, but come straight home to the inhabitants of the Northern States. Upon the whole, it seems that the people of America are waking to the conviction that there is more to lose than to gain by cancelling the Reciprocity Treaty. For our own part, we do not doubt that Canada is also a great gainer by this enlightened measure, the only loss which she sustains being the loss of a mode rate revenue which might fairly be collected on her imports from America. In stating this, no doubt we shall be considered by the American public to have given up the whole question. Theirs is the political economy which makes men believe that in matters of commerce what one party gains the other must necessarily lose. Ours is a different faith. We conceive that no lucrative commerce can long exist which is not beneficial to both parties ; that the essence of commerce consists in exchanges through the medium of money by which both sides may profit. Ask any man of business whether he had rather that those with whom he deals should sue ceed or fail, and he will tell you that the main difficulty of commercial transactions consists in the making bad debts, and that there is no security so good against that risk as the fact that the business carried on yields to the debtor a fair remunerative profit. For the sake of Canada and for the sake of the United States we trust the Reciprocity Treaty may continue. Regarded from an exclusively British point of view, it is a matter of very little consequence. The communities immediately interested in the Treaty do not contribute to bear the burden of our revenue in time of peace, and are not likely to render us assistance in time of war. They add to the extent but not to the strength of the empire. We wish them well, and will do all we can , to promote their interests. But let not America suppose that if she inflicts a great injury on herself in order to inflict a similar injury on the British colonies of North America, she will either conciliate their good will or do any ap preciable mischief to us. HERALD.—There is nothing to interest foreigners in the speech in which King William I. has opened the session of the Prussian Landtag, except in so far as they may concern themselves with the fortunes of Prussia herself. The promised development of the Prussian navy threatens nobody ; it will not, make any real difference in the fighting power of the States of the Continent. Two years ago it would have been a menace to Denmark and a harbinger of war. Now it will only signify that Prussia has de finitively said good bye to the era of surpluses. On the other hand, the canal to unite the North Sea and the Baltic will be of the very smallest benefit to Europe. Indeed, economically considered, it will be a great loss, an almost total waste of capital and. labour ; but it will give the Prussian navy the op portunity of showing itself in waters from which it is now practically debarred, and it will secure Prus sian authority over the Duchies. As to the disposi tion of the Duchies his Majesty tells us nothing very precise. We may read indeed between the lines in which he promises " to secure the conquest of the northern frontier of Germany by institutions which shall facilitate the honourable duty of protec ting this frontier, and allow. the Duchies to employ and turn to account their resources in the interest of developing the land and sea forces of the common country," the expression of a determination to pre serve the Duchies as Prussian dependencies, if his illustrious ally will not come to an understanding which will allow their incorporation in the monarchy ; and the language he employs in spotaking of that ally indicates that at present there is no coolness be tween the two Courts, and that the King and his Government attach considerable importance to the maintenance of a good understanding between them The stories of a breach between the two Courts which are served up to the public every other day, in Viennese or South German newspapers, emanate from authorities whose "is " represents only what they desire should be. The compliments which the King pays to his soldiers, and his elevation of a victory like that of Duppel, and a repulse like that of Missunde, into glorious military exploits yielding in nothing to the achievements of the great Frederic, although they must appear to all non -Germans tensely ridiculous, were yet appropriate and skilfu,' enough. The speech was addressed to Prussia, an Prussia fully shares the King's belief. And it was his Majesty's object and his interest, when meet a House of Representatives which had quarrelled with him upon the question of military reorganisa tion, and refused him the supplies necessary to plac e the army on a proper footing, to lay especial stress upon these successes, and claim, as he had the full right to do, that the very measure which the house had so vehemently opposed had been mainly instru mental in producing them. His Majesty has done well, too, in insisting upon the proof which the war has given of the merits of the reorganisation, inns" much as that testimony really removes a very end siderable difficulty from the way of that reconcilia tion between the Government and the House 0 " Deputies which he professes, and no doubt with the utmost sincerity, to so warmly desire. The most vehement opponents of the reorganisation may O w withdraw their opposition without incurring shame or suspicion. They may yield to the logic of expo' rience what they might have felt their honour forbad them to give to the assurances of professional men, who were backed by threats and persecution. A nd although the Budget question, the right of the house to control the national purse, is nominally the grea t question between the Government and the country/ that would be settled easily—assuming a little good will on both sides—if only that of the reorganisa: tion were previously determined. For it mas" always be remembered that gcept on this question of reorganisation the Government has not--- until after the great conflict had broken out/ and it replied to the protests of the house agains t its violation of the law by constitutional theories which set aside the leading principles of the consti tution—contested the right of the house to refuse it s , assent to any new expenditure and strike it out 0' the Budget ; and the King himself originally', before, in his irritation, he called Herr von Bisnaa r '' to power, and adopted that Minister's audaciou s glosses upon the constitution—only contested th e power of the Chamber to refuse its assent to this expenditure on the ground that it had before 0 0 n" firmed it, and could not alone repeal a measure td, which all three factors of the Legislature ha d assented. Everything will depend upon the initiativ e of the Government, and, so far, the chance 'of re' conciliation looks better than at any period in the conflict, although it cannot be said to promise much' The Government will, it is said introduce at onc e ' and before the Budget, a bill giving a legal a nd permanent force to the reorganisation. If this ha' should obtain a majority there would be no difficul t y about a Budget calculated upon it, and, therefor e, according to a system already approved by t he house. But there are considerable difficulties i li a the way. In the first place, the King has insist e upon three years' service, and would regard the limitation to two years by law as a defeat. T h , e majority of the house thinks that too great a ta,: upon the country, and that two years would amp l e suffice. The solution would be found in fixing 1 "; peace establishment at such a number of men al a whilst the three years' service was nominally Pr e ' served, the two years would be practically est x bushed. The greater difficulty, however, is, that the majority of the house will probably attempt to ma i ' the Government and the King cry peecavimus ' e r e plicitly withdraw the theories upon which they ha.` r justified governing without a Budget, beg an ',a; demnity for the past, and expressly recognise t '' o omnipotence of the house in the future. The how has been extremely irritated by the penal diss olll ' tions and prorogations, the prosecution of its ne on ; bers, and the taunts and abuse of the Governnien press, which has had full liberty, whilst the OPP e ; sition journals have been cowed by p ros ecutiou u and seizure. It is mortified, too, by the triuraPr t , of the Government policy, for assailing whieb,,i, was dismissed 12 months ago, and its leaders, a' though able men enough, are not politicians. Th ey are professors and officials, to whom compromised' ° distasteful ; many of them are leavened with deint cracy, and more have personal grievances agai n n the Government. They will probably insist le o humiliating the Government, and if they do tli.e,e will be no solution to the conflict. It is i m possib ie to suppose that in a juncture like this, when Government is still in the full flush of its triulnq when it has the power so firmly in its hands, al ie thanks to the steadily increasing revenue, all i ho supplies it needs, it will beg the pardon of ;P o House of Deputies, and confess itself vanquished lie the contest. We are very much afraid that members of the Prussian House of Deputies -0;, think more about gratifying their wounded feelit and giving the Government " a bit of their rail l i , a t than of a reconciliation with the King, and t . " to after a stormy debate or two they will be sen t of their homes with a severe scoldi ng f or auo'" twelve months' holiday. COUNTRY MARKETS GLOUCESTER—JAN. 14. of We have had a cessation of frosts and a successiq.o,, strong boisterouswinds, with rain, filling the pools, ditl i o and streams to an extent not experienced for eight or to', months. Our market was not very fully attended to-r I`4'r, and business was dull. Wheat was worth 6d to 1s P e w itli less money than it realised at the end of the old year' 0* purchases made but sparingly. For other grain tlaer' pretty even sale. NORTHAMPTON.--JAN. 14. ola New white wheat, 39s to 43s ' • new red, 37s to 4 03 ,:, f 1e9 white, 40s to 46s ; old red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. r3O for malting, 30s to 33s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 29s f p , „e. ' stone. Oats, old, 27s to 34s • new, 18s to 28s per 24 s,,V e o, Beans, old, 36s to 40s ; new, 35s to 38s per 38 stone. 1 Ms to 40s per 36 stone. CHELMSFORD—JAN. 13. arke t ' We had an average supply of wheat at to-day's il l i tho which moved off slowly at prices a turn in favour ° A . i s to buyers. The trade in everything else was slow, an d quotations unaltered. 4 Wheat, old white....4os 45s' Peas, Partridge ...... 3 v A ° 34 0 new 4os 44s Wh.te ..3 0 4.20 old red 39s 403 B...iling ........ 35 3 6° new. 37s 40s Dun.... ..... Alt i 1 Barley .. 25s 32s dit o, new....":"; t hevalier 26A ll3s Beans, Tick, old ......0 1 P .•' Grind ng '.os 8s new. ... —0 i 0 „ Malt 61s Gs Barrow Ticks. 33B - 0 Chevalier 64s 68A —0 '0 new... • 3J Oats COLCHESTER—JAN. 14. sll For a moderate supply of wheat the trade wit B , t o without any change in prices. Barley not plentifil l vt fully as dear. For beans and peas a dull sale at, f° l prices. ~,, 5 .0 ,„ Wheat, white 40s 4rs Beans, Mazagan„ .... 3 ' t red 36a 42s Middle an d small- 35 ' 5. 7 Barley 28s 35s Peas, white 35 0 0 4 Oati.... ...20s 25s grey ..•360 KIRKCALDY—JAN. 14. Good supply of barley and oats, and small of Prices the same as this day week. Wheat. Barley. Oats First Bos Cd 21s Od 1 168 Od t•eoend 33s Od 23s 6d 17s od Third 3Bs Od 25s Od 18s Od COAL MARE Price per ton at the e. d. TT, JAN. 16. close of the market. d' 5. 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley l7 6 Lambert's W. Hartley 17 3 Walker Primrose l4 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting 22 0 Eden Main Ships at marke Walls End Hetton Walls End Haswell 2 0 South Hetton Tunstall West Hartley Cowpen Hartley Holywell Main ;t, 80 ; sold, 39. tri [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—Bilious affec and stomach complaints, induced by atmospheric be t ',l, too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often att e , c iei with serious consequences. When any one finds his 'will e less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed and his„,je . dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, phYs . ''' mental, he may be quite sure that he is in i m mediate of some cooling and purifyi ng me di c i ne ; l e t him sel l 0 1 once for a box of Holloway's pills, after a few dosl9+ which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elel t V and all his energies be restored. Printed directions 1 , 4 , / guidance of patients i n th e use o f thi s a d m irable 1 11 °"" are affixed to every box. lIMOIONII6 Births. ..,g o f COOKE.—On the 15th inst., at 12, Lansdowne- o . of Kensington-park, Mrs. George Frederick Cooke , daughter. 1 D J, tij° DECIES.—On the 12th inst., at Bolam, Northumber-a Lady Decies, of a son and heir. lf' . 1 HURLEY.—On the 14th inst the wife of Thon g- Huxley, F.R.S., of a son. taif° es STEELE.—On the 14th inst., at Guy's Hospital, the - Dr. Steele, of a son. Marriages. BERKELEY—COATES.—On the 12th inst., at Clifton 011121. ) , Henry Berkeley, Esq., Li eu t. o f H.M.S. BlenheinVl eldest son of the lion. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., t° I CO ' only daughter of the l a t e J ose ph Coates, Esq. , °- 9 ton. ti' o,liii a PERREAN—CRUSE.—On the 14th inst at All w AlO O l Knightsbridge, Edward Charles Perrean, Esq., t w ° , 4 a, Barnard, the eldest daughter of Edward Cruse, '''' ". Bach House, Brighton. • Deaths. 1 1034 BARROW.—On the 10th inst., Richard Barrow, Ems" wood Hall, Derbyshir e , ag ed 77. ~, O t eff CARPENTER.—On the 10th inst. ; at Tru r o, John C ' Esq., late of the 14th Light D r a goons , age d 88' stree- DAWKINS.—On the 15th inst t 36 U Eroop t , a 7 1 3 1 3 er r 1 Edward James Dawkins, Esq. a ra Oarl' . HARPER.—On the 14th inst., at B rom l e y, Edw.. lee Esq., aged 69. M I. a' HOARE.—On the 15th inst., at Godstone, the Vol' 4 - 0 James Hoare, M.A., canon of Winchester, vicar stone, aged 84. 10 0/ t Tel SAWLE.—On the 13th i ns t., a t A s hfi e ld H o use, - - o ur l Devon, Sir Joseph S. G raves S aw l e , Bart., of '' , i Cornwall, aged 71. cl9 O, TARRANT.—On the 12th inst., at Addiscombe-rO cit don, Samuel Tarrant, Esq., aged 87. ,90 1 I London : Pri :led and Published by WILLIAM A I O To r li; of No. 112, Strand, Piinter, at THE SUN Offi, n onti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ` s ' Middlesex.—Tuesday, January 17,1865. i