The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. Vice-Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, K.C.8., the lath Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, is it is reported, about to take a seat at the Board of Ad miralty. The gallant officer's high professional qualifications and his well-known personal energy will render him a most valuable addition to the Board, should the report prove to be well founded. Vice-Admiral J. E. Erskine was offered the vacancy at the Board, but he has declined the proffered ho nour for the present. Her Majesty's 6-gun paddle-sloop Spiteful, re cently commissioned at Woolwich by Commander Archibald D. W. Fletcher for service on the Bra zilian coast, again returned to Woolwich yesterday from Portsmouth, having been found unfit for foreign service. On her arrival at Woolwich she proceeded to the powder-buoy off the Royal Arsenal and discharged her war stores, preparatory to being redocked and undergoing a thorough survey. Before sailing from Woolwich, it was stated in The Sun that it was feared the Spiteful would be detained beyond the time appointed for her departure in consequence of a rumour that some of her lower timbers were rotten, and that she would require considerable re pairs before proceeding to sea. A survey was or dered by the Admiralty accordingly, and the ship was pronounced in proper condition for the voyage. The nature of her defects will be ascertained forth with. She was repaired throughout at Deptford yard, at an expenditure of, it is stated, some £lO,OOO, and subsequently fitted out at Woolwich, whence she took her departure a few days ago. She has been in the shipwrights' hands at Portsmouth since Mon day last, but the work is not completed. The paddle-wheel steam frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. William Armytage, recently returned from the Mediterranean, was towed on Thursday from Devonport dockyard to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze, and had her masts taken out. Her crew will pro bably be paid off on Tuesday. The screw steam sloop Petrel, 11, was placed on Thursday in No. 2 dock in Keyham Steamyard for the purpose of being repaired. The screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, has been placed in No. 1 dock at Devonport Dockyard, where she will be repaired and fitted for the first division of the Steam Reserve, Hamoaze. The Turkish frigate Abdul Aziez, Capt. Comyn, was removed from Devonport Dockyard on Thurs day, and taken outside Plymouth breakwater, where her crew were exercised at the guns. This frigate and her consort the Sultan Mabmoud, with many other ships in Plymouth Sound, rode out in safety the heavy gales which have recently occurred there, and which were unexampled in their duration. The Abdul Aziez had, however, a very narrow escape in consequence of the drifting of another ship. On the 22d of November the French ship Paulista, which was to windward, drove from her moorings and came across the frigate's bows. She thus broke the chain cable of the frigate's star board anchor and drove into her quarter. Capt. Comyn, who had been on duty all night, after much I difficulty induced the master of the French ship to slip her cable, or both would have gone ashore. Steam had been kept up on board the frigate, but her screw could not be used, as it was fouled by the French vessel's cable. With the aid of a sheet anchor she continued in safety, although struck sub sequently by a Prussian brig, which also drove from her moorings. As soon as the weather abated divers from the dockyard removed the chain from the screw, and the Abdul Aziez went up harbour to Devonport. The Dutch transport St. Jane, from Schiedam, with 100 soldiers for Batavia, put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday with water casks started in consequence of the late stormy weather. The further progress in building the screw sloop Danae, 4 guns, 1,081 tons, and intended for engines of 300 horse-power, at Portsmouth Dockyard, has been suspended for the present by order. The Danae is about four-fifths complete in her frame, having been but recently laid down from designs by the Chief Constructor of the Navy. Major Mould, lt.E., and the officers accompany ing the troops brought to England from Auckland, New Zealand, in the sailing transport Bombay, have presented a very gratifying written testimo nial to Commander Sellars, in which, after speak ing in high terms of his conduct in the management of the ship "during dense fogs, surrounded by ice bergs, in vast fields of floating ice, and in heavy gales," Major Mould and his brother officers say:— "however delighted we may be at reaching Eng land, from you personally we part with regret, and should we have again to cross the ocean, we cannot hope for a better ship than the Bombay or a more skilful commander than Captain Sellars." The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. W. J. Aldham to the Dauntless ; and J. Rothery, engineer, to the Spiteful. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) INDIA-OFFICE—Mr. R. G. Crozier has been ap pointed to be a temporary clerk. BOARD OF TRADE—Mr. W. H. F. Hardinge has been appointed to be a temporary clerk. SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT—The office of engineer and architect, science and art department, South Kensington, has become vacant by the death of Capt. Francis Fowke, R.E. THE ADMIRALTY.—A commissionership of Green wich Hospital has become vacant by the death of Sir R. M. Bromley. Mr. E. Stigant, second class in inspector, has been promoted to be first class in spector of shipwrights, Chatham Dockyard, vice Mr. Parrott, promoted to be foreman at Pembroke Dockyard. OFFICE OF WORKS. —Mr. G. Soltan has been ap pointed to a clerkship. LAW DEPARTMENT.-Mr. F. C. B. Wright has been appointed a clerk in the Master's Office, Ex chequer of Pleas, London. CONVICT SERVICE.—Mr. C. J. Hopping has been appointed a schoolmaster in Pentonville Prison. TILE POST -OFFICE.—Mr. H. Heritage has been appointed a surveyor's stationery clerk. Mr. T. Taylor has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Savings' Bank, London. Cusrmis.--Mr. Cuthbert Wills has been pro- 1 rooted from the fourth to th e thi rd class of clerks in the Comptroller of Account's Office, for warehous ing and general duty , London. Mr. Willi am tr o to f the A M'Bride has been pro moted fro m thep ro fifth fourth class of clerks i n the Com ll Ac count's office, for warehousing and general duty, London. Mr. Joseph G. Ro y le has been p rom oted from the sixth to the first class of clerks in the Comptroller of Account's office, for warehousing and general duty, London. INLAND REVENUE.—Mr. J. Barker has been ap pointed a clerk in the warehouse department, Somerset-house. Mr. James Beavan, officer, Bide ford aide, Barnstaple collection, has been appointed second clerk, Barnstaple collection.- THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. G. Banbury has been appointed to act as collector and magistrate of the Madras district, during the . absence on leave of Mr. P ane. Mr. S. T. M'Carthy has been appointed assistant to the collector and magistrate of Kurnool. Mr. A. L. Lister has been appointed assistant to the Collector and magistrate of Cuddapah. Mr. D. Buick has been appointed assistant to the collector . and magistrate of Bellary. Mr. W. T. Blair, offici ating Inam Commi ss i oner, has been appointed to act as Civil and Sessions Judge of Coimbatere during the absence on leave of Mr. G. A. Harris, Mr. R. A. Dalyell has been appointed to act as sec retary to the Board o f Examiners, durin g the ab sence of Mr. Master on leave. Th e Rev. J. w. Wynch, M.A , has been appointed to act as joint chaplain of Black Town, until further orders. Ai r. G. M'Watters has been appointed assistant to the collector and magistrate of Triehinopoly. Mr. W. A. Happen has been appointed assistant to the col lector and magistrate of Godavery. Mr. T. von D. liardinge has been appointed assistant to the collec tor and magistrate of Bellary. Mr. L. B. Burrows has been appointed assistant to the collector and m ag,istrate of Mad ura . Mr. E. N. 0 verbury has been appointed assistant to the collector and magis trate of Malabar. Mr. F. E. Hall has been appointed assistant to the collector and magistrate of South Arcot. Mr. M. Platel, sub-magistrate of Cochin, Calicut district, has been appointed deputy registrar of assurances of that sub-district. Mr. J. Edwards has been appointed Hoozoor deputy collector, and magistrate of Rutnagherry, Bombay Presidency. Mr. W. Draper, assistant educational inspector, central division, has been appointed to act as prin cipal of the Elphinstone High School during Mr. Jeaffreson's absence on leave to Europe. Mr. R. White, accountant, third grade, British Burmah, has been promoted to be an accountant of the second grade. CEYLON.—There are vacancies in the Public Works Department for six superior clerks of works. Commencing salary £4OO per annum. Metropolitan Board of Works. The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring-gardens ; Sir John Thwaites in the chair. FINANCE. The financial statement showed the following cash balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Cur rent accounts, £200,244 13s. 3d. ; deposit accounts, 1.147,000.—t0ta1, £347,244 13s. 3d. ' SOUTHWARK-PARK. A deputation attended the Board from the vestry of Rotherhithe to present a memorial on the sub- jest of the formation of Southwark-park. The de- putation was introduced by Mr. Judkins. The memorial stated that the inhabitants had viewed with great satisfaction the steps which had been taken by the Board for the formation of a park in the parish of Rotherhithe, and they sug gested, as the site of the park would require to be raised, that the formation of the park should be pro ceeded with simultaneously with the main sewer works about to be executed in the parish, and so the refuse earth, &c., from the sewer works could be obtained for raising the surface of the park where required, and making and forming roads therein, which would materially reduce the expense. At different periods there had been severe ravages of cholera throughout the district, and that disease, in the opinion of medical men, was much fostered by overcrowding and want of free air, and as this country was again threatened with a visit of that terrible scourge it was hoped that no time would be lost in perfecting every intended improvement. They prayed that the Board would forthwith pro ceed to lay out and form the park with the least pos sible delay, as it was believed that when completed it would tend most materially to improve the health not only of this low-lying parish, but also of the neighbouring districts for which it was intended, containing a population at the last census of 230,000 inhabitants, which had since been increased to 300,000, independently of the persons who would avail themselves of the park from the northern side of the River Thames as well as from the populous districts on the south side of the river, now served by the Charing-cross Railway, one of the stations being in close proximity to the proposed site of the park. Mr. PERKS, one of the deputation, addressed the Boardin support of the memorial, urging that nine tenths of the inhabitants near the site of the pro posed park consisted of artisans and labourers with small means, who were unable at any time to take their wives and families into the country to obtain fresh air or for the purposes of recreation, and as the Board had purchased the land they did hope that the works would be carried out with the least possi ble delay. He also wished to draw the attention of the Board to the fact that in the years 1849 and 1854 the parish of Rotherhithe suffered most severely from the ravages of the cholera, and the painful re- collection of those events had ever since tended to keep -the vestry alive to every possible sanitary im provement. The parishioners thought the existence of several market gardens in the midst of a large population to be highly prejudicial to public health, for in the summer months there was a large amount of manure collected upon them, together with a vast quantity of decaying vegetable matter, from which gases were thrown off which they could not but con sider to be highly prejudicial to the public health. The CHAIRMAN said that they all concurred in the necessity of a park for this district, and they had taken steps for its formation as soon as possible. lie wanted to know what more the deputation required. Mr. PERKS said they wished it to be proceeded with without delay. The CHAIRMAN—We shall do so, but it will not do to rush into arrangements which might prove prejudicial to those whose interests we wish to serve. As soon as we get the fee simple of the land we shall proceed with all possible speed. Mr. PERKS said the deputation were quite satis fied with the answer they had received. The memorial was referred to the Streets Com mittee, and the deputation retired. THE NEW FIRE BRIGADE. A report was brought upfrom the Main Drainage Committee on the subject of the proposed new Fire Brigade for the whole of the metropolis. It was very lengthy, and went into a large number of very minute details, defining the number of fire districts in the metropolis, and the staff by which the duties were to be carried out. The following are their general recommendations : " The appointment of four medical officers for the Fire Brigade— viz., one for each of the four districts of the metropolis. That the medical officers be paid, as at present, at the rate of 20s. per annum for each man in their respective districts, that sum to include medicine, surgical appliances, and attendance of every kind, and that each of them be required to reside in the district to which he is appointed. That the medical officers be required, as a general rule, to give their personal attention to each case brought under their notice, to attend the meetings of the hoard or committees whenever required, and to fur nish such certificates and returns as may be found necessary. That Mr. C. F. Browne, the medical officer of the present establishment, be appointed to the southern district, and examining surgeon to the whole brigade ; and that, in addition to the 20s. per year for each man in his district, he be paid 10s. 6d. for the examination of: each selected candidate. That advertisements be inserted in the Lancet and Medical Times, inviting candidates for appointment as medical officers in the other three districts. That the arrangement at present existing with the Lon don District Telegraph Company, for telegraphic communication between the different stations, be continued for a period of six months from Jan. 1 next, pending final arrangements. That the pre sent contracts for the supply of horses for the en gines be continued, determinable, as now, on three months' notice, and that it be referred to the solici tor to prepare the necessary document for that pur pose. That the present payment of is. for calls, or notification of fires, be continued. That the exist ing stations of the present establishment, marked green on the plan now submitted, be maintained by the Board, with the exception of that inWell-street, Oxford-st ree t." The whole of these recommendations, with the exceptio n of those appointing Mr. Browne as medi cal office r t o t h e b r i gade, an d t h e i nsert i on o f ad vertisements in They were referred back to the the Lancet and Medical Times, were agreed to. Lic IltP m the com mittee for fu r th er consideration. r su presentede R O f r V e EM ENTS . A report was Streets Com mittee, submitting the estimates of the net cost of the approaches to the Thames Embankment, the widening of Park-lane, and the formation of the embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, and the bills for carrying out the same ; and also the bill for carrying out the improvement of High-street, Ken sington ; and recommendin g that such bills be de posited as required • by Parliament. Mr. MILLER, M.P., moved as an amendment that the subject be deferred for a fortnight, in the meantime the plans and estimates be distri buted among the members. Mr. FREEMAN said the Board had had an inter view with the Government, and had undertaken to carry out these three works if they were allowed to have an extension of the coal duties for ten years ; and if there was to be any alteration in that ar rangement the whole thing would fall to the ground. The amendment was negatived, and the report of the committee carried by a large majority. The routine business was disposed of and the Board adjourned. The 'business men of Detroit are taking active measures to break up the immense traffic in smuggled goods at that place. The Government force is considered in adequate to the work. It is estimated that from $5,000 to $lO,OOO worth of goods are smuggled daily, and the business is said to be brisk all along the line. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENiNG, DECEMBER 9, 1865. Housebreaking in Birmingham. On Thursday there were no fewer than eight cases of housebreaking reported in Birmingham. It is well known that in the science of housebreaking there are three ordinary ways of gaining entrance— by the cellar grating, by the window, and by the skylight. The cases we have to report illustrate the three methods. Five out of the eight could not have taken place if there had been suitable means of ventilation apart from the opening of the skylight. Somewhere between eight o'clock on Wednesday evening and the same hour on the fol lowing morning, a housebreaker got upon the i _ _ roofs of the warehouses in Union Passage, on the left hand side going from New-street, at the Bull street end. Notwithstanding the fact of police men being on duty in every street in the locality, and that a private watchman was parading the passage at the expense of some of the very persons who were robbed, yet the robber deliberately en- tered and robbed five warehouses in succession. In Cherry-street there is a court which adjoins one of the places entered, a room in the occupation of Mr. Williams, immediately over, and forming part of the warehouses of Messrs. Buckland, the woollen drapers. The principal entrance to this warehouse is in Union-passage ; but two shops, those of Mr. Adams and Mr. Macefleld, separate it from the other four premises which were entered. In the room referred to nothing was carried off, and the thief must have been excessively disappointed at not being able to get down on to the floor occupied by Messrs. Buckland. Returning to the roof, he then passed over the intermediate shops, and got upon the roof of Messrs. Heaton and Taylor, haber dashers. Here he broke a small corner of glass, then raised the skylight, stepped on to a heap of skirt canes, conveniently placed below the frame, as though to afford him an easy descent to the floor, and was "at home" at once. Descending the stairs he searched every room, opened all the drawers, found nothing that he wanted—which was evidently cash—and returned the same way he came. Next to these premises is the establishment of Mr. T. B Sowter, linendraper, whose upper rooms were oc. cupied by his neighbour ; and as there was no corn• munication with the lower rooms, he escaped a visit. Next to him is Mr. R. T. Abbott, tea dealer. His skylight was left open, and the place was, therefore, at the mercy of any nocturnal visitor. All the drawers in his shop were opened, the counting-house door forced, and the drawers there examined ; but all that was obtained was about 16s. Next door were the premises known as the " Penny Bank ;" and it is hardly necessary to remark that no entrance was made there. The adjoining premises lower down were occupied by Messrs. Wallis and Linnell, wholesale clothiers. In this case a small piece of glass was broken in the corner of the skylight; the string was then cut, the frame raised, and the thief stepped down. TLis was the most successful entrance of the whole in Union passage. The drawers, which were fastened, were prized open with a jemmy, and altogether £5 in money was obtained, besides some stamps. Next door, again, was the shop of Mr. Wiley, stationer, and entrance was effected here by breaking the sky-. light the same way as his neighbour's was treated. In these premises thehousebreakerbroken open about 26 drawers, examined the most valuable portion of the stock, and was rewarded by finding about 20s. altogether. All the warehouses entered were about four stories in height. Another establishment—that of Mr. Benjamin Hall, stationer, High-street, was visited the same night. His premises stretch back almost into Union-street, and there is a passage from that street to his back premises, and those occupied by Mr. Fowler, draper. In the back yard of the lat ter a high step ladderis reared against the wall. By means of this, it is surmised, the man climbed upon the yard wall, walked on to a little gallery outside Mr. Hall's warehouse, raised the window of his count ing-house, which was not fastened, and enteral the place. Drawers here were searched, the papers they contained turned out, and about £2 worth of pro perty carried away. This consisted chiefly of gold pens. The man who entered these premises may have committed the others in Union-passage. Or possibly he may have had a companion and the labour was divided between them, the one taking Mr. Hall's and Mr. Williams's premises, and the other the re maining four premises in Union-passage. A great deal of work was done in the night ; no time was wasted in trying to break open safes; no more mis chief committed than seemed necessary in the eyes of the plunderer; and nothing taken but what he could easily conceal in his pockets. From the amount of trouble, however, we should think the thief hardly considers himself remunerated, as the total sum realised in the six premises would not reach £7. Just as daring a robbery as any one of those mentioned occurred the same night, be cween half-past 7 and 10 o'clock. This was at the house of Mrs. Walsh, Lodge-road, next door to the glass works. Here, by climbing a tree, the thief reached a bed-room, which he entered by quietly raising the window, and succeeded in carrying off £2O in money, some stamps, documents (of no use to him at all), a gold brooch, - a gold watch, with a portrait of the Duke of Wellington on the face ; and some cloth ing. No one in the house heard the slightest sound, and the fellow got clear off with his booty. The eighth and last case also occurred last night at the White Swan beerhouse, Holloway Head. The cellar grating was raised, and a cwt. and a half of lead piping cut off, valued at about £3, and carried away. These cases illustrate the three most com mon methods of entering houses. In Birmingham, as in every large town, we have had a large number of people whose training has either rendered them too indolent to work, or whose viciousness has made thieving a necessity. Men and women with tickets of leave are continually returning to the town. There are now resident amongst us 59 males and 10 females who hold unexpired tickets of leave ; and since those numbers were ascertained, some 10 or 15 more have come. This may seem ° a small number, but added to these there are 113 males, and 32 females, under 16 years of age, who are " known thieves ;" and there are 523 males, and 246 females above that age, who are also " known thieves." So that, in the aggregate, there are about 998 men, women, and young people whose proclivities are of such a description as to make it rather desirable to keep skylights, windows, and cellar-gratings se curely fast.—Birmingham Daily Post. FOREIGN CATTLE.—According to an official document just issued, there has been a large increase (owing to the cattle disease) in the importation of oxen and cows in the three quarters of this year, compared with 1864. To Oct. 31 this year the number imported was 170,008, against 120,568 in the preceding year. AnvEnnsEmENT.l -Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious lleala - Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourishment of the b:st meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, was'ing away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad diges tion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.—Cure No. 1.771. Lord Stuart de Decies. Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fiatuleir y, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly."—Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,t16. The Rev. Jas T. Campbell, rakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity of the liver, which had restate all metrical treatment." In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., la. 6d ; Mb., lls. ; 121 b., 22a. ; Mi.—tarry 1. , u Barry and Co., N 0.77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 9, King William-street ; likewi e at 61, Gracechureli-street ; 4, Clicapside; 49, Bishopsgatc etre, t ; 63, 110, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-Street, Islim,rton, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 6s, High-street ; and Stubbs. Queen's-terrace, St. John'S•wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and che mists.--Beware of spurious imitations. LADVERtISEMEN spread T.]—Holloway's Pill s. Timely Wrn ing.—The increasing number of de a th s s h ou l d not a alarm, yet it should beget caution. With the falling leaf the aged a nd delicate are apt to succumb unles s the firste faulty action be corrected and the first failing function be invigorated by some such purifying and regulating medi cine as Holloway's pills. The prudent, for the security of themselves and their households, should resort to this fine alterative medicine when the digestion grows weak or the circulation becomes irregular, the former state being evinced by eructations, flatulency, and distension; the latter by giddineski, dimness, or drowsiness. These fore tokens of impending peril will instantly urge the provident to dispel it by these pills, taken conformably to their ac companying instructions. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 8. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius in London.—(Before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) SENELE V. KENDALL. -BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an action to recover damages for breach of a promise of marriage , and the defendant among other things pleaded that the plaintiff had released _ . _ him from his - promise. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Butler Rigby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Lewers for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that the plaintiff was a young lady between 20 and 21 years of age, and was possessed he understood of considerable personal attractions ; she was a lady of unimpeached honour and respectability and well educated. She felt obliged to bring this action against the defendant, who he (the learned sergeant) was bound to say, down to the time of his breaking his promise, was a man who appeared to be every way qualified to become the husband of a young lady like the plaintiff. He was extremely well connected, and was working his way in the world in a highly honourable career, the press. He had been engaged upon one of the principal pro vincial papers, arid afterwards became a parliamen tary reporter for a London journal, a position, it might be said, not only of usefulness but of high honour. The parties made the acquaintance of each other at the latter end of 1863, and shortly after a correspondence commenced between them. He would refer to some of those letters, and he would say that, in his opinion, no living being could entertain a doubt that a contract of marriage existed between the parties. The first letter commenced "My dear Madam," but subsequently warmer terms were used. The defendant also wrote a letter of considerable length (which the learned counsel read) to the plaintiff's brother, in which he requested his sanc tion to his becoming a suitor for the plaintiff's hand, setting forth his present position and future prospects. He then filled the post of sub-editor of a Hull paper, but expected shortly to obtain an appointment on the parliamentary staff of one of the London papers. The defendant talked of the plaintiff's , ftiture prospects ;" but she had no prospects but those of a penniless girl, with a mother who had to work hard to support her family; in deed the plaintiff's only prospect was in forming a good connexion. Thesiyle - of address of the de fendant soon became "Dear Minnie ;" and the jury would not be surprised to hear that by the end Of the year they had arrived at the stage of " Dearest:" (A laugh.) Amongst the letters read was the fol lowing :—" Dear Minnie,—You have written three letters to me about my long silence. The reason is, that very extraordinary circumstances have oc curred which may cause us never to see each other again. I have already left London, perhaps never to return. You may as well know the reason. When in Hull, and since, during a career of dissi pation, vice, and what is called fast life, I incurred debts to the amount of £l,OOO. I left Hull be cause of differences at home ; those differences have since been trebled. My father has been in London some days, and refuses to accept the responsibility of those debts unless I will leave England. The debts I am pledged shall be paid, and the only means fol. this to be done is for me to quit these shores. I intend, if I remain in the same mind, to go to India, via Mai seilles, but my plans are not in any way settled. I know not what to do. I have left London, and when I shall return I do not know. It is in reference to you that I feel the most. I told you always I was bad, but I had no idea things would come to this pass. lam glad, however, you have been saved from the precipice, and that you may get some one worthy of you. I cannot dwell upon the subject. You may address letters to the London address still; they will be forwarded, no doubt.—Yours, in great trouble, " DENNIS." The learned serjeant stated that he was instructed that - there was no truth in the statements in this letter ; no rumour of any dissipation or quarrel with his family had ever reached the plaintiff's family, and as to the defendant leaving this country, he had been continuously, and was still in this country, and it was believed in respectable employment at that very time. In conclusion he asked the jury, not by their verdict to inflict ruin on this young man, but still to award proper damages to the lady who had had her feelings so cruelly trifled with. Mrs. Elizabeth de la Hunt, the plaintiff's mother, said—ln 1863 I was residing at Groombridge, near Tunbridge-wells. Th e pl ain tiff will be 23 next March. I first saw the defendant when he visited my house in March, 1864. He came as my daugh ter's suitor. He continued visiting my house until July or August in the same year. At one period he remained at my house for ten days. My son was an auctioneer at Tunbridge-wells, and my family were well known in the neighbourhood. My daughter's engagement was well known in the _ _ neighbourhood. The defendant never gave me any reason for breaking off the engagement. Cross-examinee—l heard my daughter speak of the defendant's letter, in which he si.id she was saved "from the precipice." I don't know of any body replying to that letter, but I presume it must have been answered. I have no recollection of any subsequent correspondence, but my daughter kept the correspondence to herself. Mr. Seymour—Did not the plaintiff object to any proceedings against the defendant? Witness—l do not know of any objection. No doubt she would much rather the defendant had performed his contract. (A laugh.) She wanted to clear her character, for such a thing casts a slur upon a young lady. He returned the plaintiff's letters. Ido not know when it was. It must have been after the letter in which the " precipice " is mentioned, but I have no recollection. Mr. Seymour—Did the plaintiff object to bring the action upon the ground that it would be a breach of faith after the letters had been returned ? Witness—l do not know; I have no recollection. I do not know exactly how they became acquainted. I did not know of a previous affection of my daugh ter for Mr. Oswald, of Hull. Ido not know that they made one another's acquaintance by means of correspondence with Mr. Oswald, and exchanging photographs. Ido not know whether the first in terview with my daughter and the defendant was by appointment at a railway station. Re-examined--My son has been unfortunate in consequence of not having sufficient capital to carry on the business. The plaintiff and a second son, who is ill, reside with me. This was the plaintiff's case. g r t e he e jury h o f for promisethe de fendant, of e saidym o u thatr, i in e a ti d o des e r sf s o i addressing breach marriage differed very materially ; i n some no irS damages would be too high, whilst in others rea sonable men would think that it was better that the promise should be broken rather than in after-life the bitter consequences of an imprudent match should be experienced. The defendant in this case was a young man, who had plainly tumbled over head and ears in love ; and so far now from breath ing any imputation upon fhe plaintiff, he (Mr. Sey mour) was instructed to repeat what the defendant himself had said, that he hopes that the plaintiff would find some one more worthy of her. This was a love which had commenced in romance, which had been carried on for long before the parties had seen each other through the medium of her Majesty's post, and which was hardly to be expected to come to any satisfactory conclusion. There was a letter of the 17th Oct., 1863, which detailed the circum stances under which the parties met. It was arranged that they should meet at a railway sta tion, and he said, " I shall travel in the centre com partment of a first class carriage. On my arrival you will easily recognise me by being tall. I shall be dressed in a black hat, a tight fitting blue coat, and perhaps dark trousers." This was how sub editors dressed when going to see their lady loves. (Great laughter.) " I will only wear one kid glove, and that on the left hand, and on the fourth finger of the right hand you will see a diamond ring. (A laugh). I will also carry in my right hand an umbrella. This description with the carte de visite will, I think, enable you to recognise me." Then the learned counsel, after referring to various passages in the correspondence, said that his case was this : the last letter of the defendant was a breaking off of the engagement, and he should contend that the fact that there was no answer to it, either by the plaintiff herself or by any of her family, strongly tended to show that they acquiesced in this course. This view of the case was also supported by the fact that the defendant had returned the plaintiff's letters, which letters, if they had not been destroyed, would probably show that the plaintiff had released the defendant from his promise. There was, how ever, in existence one letter from the plaintiff to the defendant, which, he suggested, was in answer to one from the defendant asking for his letters back ; but unfortunately it bore no date. It was in these terms :—" My dear Dennis, —Having left all my papers at Peterborough I am unable to forward you the parcel which you asked me for, until I go back again, which will not be for a week or two.—With love, yours affectionately, MINNIE." He (Mr. Seymour) added that he would calle Mr. Summers, who would show that the statements in the defend ant's letter from Bristol were true. Mr. Summers--I am a solicitor at Hull. The defendant's father is a cab proprietor, and keeps a small public-house. He has two, or perhaps three cabs. I know the defendant was in Bristol ; I think about September, 1864. (The witness asked as to a proposition having been made to the defendant about that time to go to Bombay ; but on technical grounds the evidence was not admitted.) The de fendant had no means except what he earned as a Parliamentary reporter. His lordship, in summing up, said there was no doubt the promise to marry had been made, and the jury would therefore have to consider whether the defendant had been released from performing it. If they thought not then the only question would be one of damages, and the amount which the plaintiff would be entitled to would be such a sum as would compensate her for the loss which she had sustained by not having become the wife of the defendant, the mother of his children, and the head of his household. A juror inquired what the cost of this trial would be. His lordship said that they were not entitled to receive information on that point. The jury, after considering the matter for a short time, found for the plaintiff—damages £7O. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER, Dec. 8. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) Mr. Justice Mellor charged the grand jury for the county of Leicester this morning, and afterwards proceeded with the trial of the county prisoners, all the borough prisoners having been disposed of yes terday. Charles Easom, 17, farm servant, was charged with feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, the property of William Austin, of Kirby Bellars. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Inglesant appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the evening of the 2d. of Sep tember the prisoner went to the house of the prose cutor, for whom he was working, and wanted some beer, which was refused, and he thereupon asked for his money and went away. He was out for a few minutes, and then came in again at about 9 o'clock and went upstairs as if to go to bed. The prosecutor very shortly afterwardswent out and found the stack on fire. A boy was called who had seen the prisoner soon after the dispute about the beer, and prisoner said to him that he would burn the house down and everything in it ' • he had a lantern at the time and a lighted candle in it. Witness remained in the stable, and shortly afterwards he saw a light as of a fire in the stick-house, and saw the prisoner trying to put it out. He put it out, and told witness not to say anything aboutit. The witness, in answer to a question from his lordship, said that he had had a quarrel with the prisoner, but he could not remember what it was about. Another witness, the prosecutor's servant maid, was called, and said that she asked the prisoner about the fire in the stick house, and he said he didn't know how it occurred, unless a straw got into the topof the lantern. When he went out after the dispute about the beer he was away about five minutes, and when he came in again he went up to bed •, but id not get into bed. When asked to go to Melton for assistance he refused. When the prisoner was apprehended he said to the boy who was called as a witness, " Don't you say anything about how it was done." His Lordship having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said—Charles Easom, you have been convicted of this most serious offence. I cannot imagine anything more wicked than setting fire to straw, hay, or corn, which are necessarily left very much unprotected. Though this appears to be your first offence, it is one of such gravity that I don't think I shall be doing my duty by sentencing you to a less sentence than seven years' penal servitude. Lodau, 24, groom, Eliza Lodan, 20, and Mary Ann Edwards, 21, were charged with break in," and entering the parish Church of Burton Lazars and stealing two surplices, the property of the churchwardens of the parish. Mr. Palmer prosecuted. The prisoners were un defended. It appeared that on the 22d September last it was found that a window of the church had been broken open and two surplices stolen. At about 11 o'clock on the morning of the 23d Edwards called at the shop of a general dealer at Melton Mowbray and offered a petticoat skirt for sale. This was after wards given up to police-constable Ransom; who now produced it, together with some pieces of linen which were found in possession of the three prisoners at a publichouse at Loughborough. The wife of the parish clerk gave it as her opinion that the petticoat and other linen were portions of the lost surplices, and she swore positively to a button which she had sewn on to one of the surplices after it was washed the last time. She also spoke to some marks where the linen had been scorched in ironing. The prisoner Edwards, when apprehended, denied selling the skirt. It appeared that the prisoner Eliza Lodan was the wife of the male prisoner, and his lordship there fore directed her acquittal. On the other two prisoners being called upon for their defence the male prisoner read a somewhat rambling statement, in which he admitted most of the facts spoken to by the witnesses, but stated that his wife bought the petticoat, which Edwards sold for ls. 4d., and that the policeman asked Edwards if she sold a skirt for 35., which she denied, but she did not deny selling a petticoat. This, however, the policeman contradicted. The jury found both the prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, Dec. 8 Mr. Justice Willes open(d the commission for holding the winter assizes for Hampshire yesterday afternoon in this city. This morning the Judge attended Divine service at the cathedral, and then proceeded to the Castle and commenced business. The calendar is heavy. Thomas Lloyd was indicted for forging a Post office order for £4ls. at Aldershott on the Bth July. Mr. Poulden and Mr. Hooper were counsel for the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner was a private in the 13th Light Infantry, stationed at Aldershott. On the Bth of July the prisoner went to the post office at Aldershott and obtained an order for Is. on the post-office at Liverpool, payable to John Sewell, a jeweller there. On the 9th of July Sewell received a letter, enclosing a post-office order for £4 Is. The letter requested Sewell to send him a patent lever silver watch, directed to Thos. Lloyd at Aldershott. Upon Sewell receiving this he took the order to the Liverpool post-office, and it was then found that the letter of advice was only for Is. The order and letter were detained at Liverpool, and an answer acknowledging the receipt was sent to the prisoner. On the 14th of July the prisoner went to the police-station at Aldershot and said he wished to be taken before a magistrate to give him self up for forging a Post-office order for £4 10s. The prisoner complained that the medical officer of the regiment was not present or he could have given important evidence on account of his having been for some time under his care. The learned Judge said that if the verdict went against the prisoner every inquiry should be made, but he could not adjourn the trial. The prisoner then read a long statement to the jury urging that the evidence was not corroborated, and that the jury could not convict him. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Judge said, in consequence of his having re ceived a letter from the colonel of the regiment sug gesting a doubt upon the prisoner's state of mind, he should not pass sentence until he had made more particular inquiries. Eli Guy, a young lad, was indicted for throwing a stone at a railway carriage of the Isle of Wight Railway, with intent to injure or endanger the safety of persons in the train. Mr. Bullen prosecuted. On Tuesday last, the sth December, as the train was approaching Brayling-bridge the guard saw a boy on the bridge holding up his hand. As the train went under the bridge a stone came through the window of the guard's van, scattering the glass in all directions. Another boy who was with the prisoner saw him with a stone in his hand, and he told him not to throw it, as he could not tell what injury he might do. The prisoner was taken into custody that night, and he said he had dropped the stone upon the carriage. The Judge said if any good strong relation of the prisoner was in the court who could be trusted to do what was right he should know what to do. His lordship then said—The pri soner was indicted for a felony, and the jury must be satisfied that the prisoner dropped or threw the stone with intent to injure or endanger the safety of persons in the carriage. It was a case of great importance to the public. If the prisoner had been indicted for a misdemeanour he should have told the jury to convict the prisoner, but here he was charged with the intent to injure or endanger the safety of the persons in the carriage. They must, therefore, be satisfied of the intent of the prisoner. The jury found that there was no intent. The Judge said he might stand down till the morn ing. -- NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—MANCIESTER, Dec. 7. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Pigott and Special Juries.) TIIE LONDON AND NORTHERN BANK V. POGSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action on a bill of exchange for £BO 9s. drawn by defendants, accepted by a Mr. Moor house, and endorsed by the defendants to the plaintiffs. The only point in this case was whether or not the bill in question had been renewed. The plaintiffs had discounted the bill which was subsequently dis honoured, and notice of the dishonour was given to the defendants. Another bill, which was antedated, so that it appeared to have been drawn before the notice of dishonour, was subsequently drawn and handed to the manager of the plaintiffs, who kept it in his own possession, and neither negotiated it nor sent it up to the bank in London. This bill ulti- mately became worthless through thefailure of Moor house, and the present action was brought on the defendant's endorsement upon the original bill. No notice of dishonour of the second bill was given, and it was contended for the plaintiffs under these circumstances that it had never been accepted in renewal of the former bill. The jury found a verdict for the defendants, and characterised the conduct of the manager ns unbusi nesslike. Mr. Temple subsequently obtained stay of execution. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—As the meeting of Congress approaches, she noise of battle begins to be heard. The terms on which rebellious States may be re-admitted into the Union—supposing, indeed, that they have ever ceased to be members of it,—the test oath to be exacted from senators and representatives, the ex- tension of the suffrage to negroes within the Federal district of Columbia, are so many topics of discus sion which must give rise to animated and even fierce contention. But there is another question, which is said to transcend all these in the interest it excites. The Constitution is an object of al most idolatrous worship in the States, and motions for its amendment might be supposed to be of the utmost importance; but the Constitution is, after all, a means to an end. Laws are framed in order that men may live, but money is, perhaps, a greater necessity than law. It would seem that the finances of the Union will be hotly debated even before it is decided what the Union is. Financial questions come home to men's business and bosoms. Every body is interested in knowing what taxes he will have to pay, and just at present financial questions in America a :mean much more than this. The Secretary of the Treasury desires to restore the circulation to a specie basis, and his policy will be pressed upon Congress for acceptance. There can be little doubt of its wisdom, but the consequences it will involve are too weighty to allow of its adop tion without determined opposition. What incon trovertible paper was first issued, every creditor found his property and every debtor found the burden of his indebtedness suddenly diminished, the wealth of persons in possession of fixed incomes was reduced, and fortunes were made and lost at a stroke. A recurrence to specie payments must simply reverse the course of these disorders. Henceforth creditors who lent greenbacks will have to be repaid in gold, contractors will reap the benefit of a rise in the value of money, and gold-jobbers will find their occupation gone. Mr. M'Culloch may, and we hope he will, find the house ready to support him ; but he is prepared for a storm, and would probably feel happier if he were allowed to defend his own proposals in Con- gress itself, instead of being forced to intrust that office to a deputy. The financial system of the United States is, in . truth, in such a condition that , the only question which ought to arise about it is what should be done first. The Government has created an enormous debt, and a very great portion of the debt was created by the issue of inconvertible paper. Part of this paper currency has been already redeemed and withdrawn from circulation, but it is calculated that even if affairs continue as at present the amount afloat at the end of the financial year will be $890,000,000, or £178,000,000. There is, in deed, one advantage connected with a debt existing in this form—that no interest is paid on it ; and this is an advantage that every one can appreciate. It is obvious that if the whole amount were called in and funded there would be an additional annual burden on the Treasury of at least 12 or 13 millions sterling in the shape of interest. Every American citizen can understand so much. The evils attendant on an in- Hated currency are, unhappily, not equally apparent, though in the opinion of all competent thinkers it is certain that they more than counterbalance the ap parent gain. A currency based on nothing but the national credit puts the Treasury at a disadvantage in every operation it has to undertake, throws the markets of the States out of relation with the rest of the world, introduces in all bargains an element of chance which unsettles the stability of commercial affairs, besides encouraging a spirit of gambling fatal to regular industry. If an inconvertible paper currency were made permanent, the inhabitants of the States would lose many times more than the amount they seem to gain by escaping the payment of interest, and Mr. M'Culloch follows a sound policy in contracting his issues and funding Treasury notes, so as to restore the equilibrium between paper and gold. He has, however, another difficulty to contend with besides the aversion of the country from an apparent increase in the national expendi ture. The income of the past quarter has so much exceeded his requirements that he has been able to pay off a considerable number of certificates of in debtedness as they matured. In the quarte: end ing on the 30th of September the receipts of the Treasury amounted to nearly £88,000,000, whilst the expenditure was £75,000,000, so that there was a balance of thirteen millions applied in the pay ment of part of the floating debt. It is, of course, idle to suppose that either of these figures will be maintained. The expenditure is already in process of rapid reduction, and it is estimated that in the coining year it will not exceed £70,000,000. On the other hand, a comparatively small proportion of the income of the last quarter, was drawn from permanent sources. Out of the eighty-eight mil lions, no more than twenty-nine millions came from the Customs and Inland Revenue. The rest was derived from temporary and occasional sup plies. But it will be seen that a quarter's in come of twenty-nine millions represents very much more than is wanted to provide for the national expenditure, and would leave an ample balance, which, if applied in the' redemption of the incon vertible currency, would soon bring the price of gold down to par. This sum of twenty-nine millions is, however, derived from an infinity of taxes, many of which do not realise enough to cover the expense of collecting them, much less to justify their main tenance. The Congress put off as long as possible the imposition of taxes, in the hope that the Southern rebellion, would be almost immediately quelled, and when at last it recognised the necessity of raising a revenue it stove to make up for delay by taxing everything that came under its control. The wit of man probably never devised a more pernicious system of imposts than was thus established. There is no comparison between the injury which it inflicts on the people and the produce which it brings to the exchequer. It is an excise law applied to every trade, however trifling, yet expressed with a gene rality which renders its application confused and uncertain. The internal taxation of the Union is thus excessively intricate and minute, and it inter feres at every step with the course of manufactures. When it is remembered that, in addition to this, the Customs Tariff is framed more for the protec tion of the manufacturers of New England and Pennsylvania than for the raising of revenue, no surprise can be felt that one of the things which will be most energetically.demanded of the coming Con gress is the revision of the inland revenue laws and the simplification and reduction of the Tariff. We know in England the extreme difficulty which a Chancellor of the Exchequer has in defending a modest surplus. Some member of Parliament, who feels his seat shaky, is sure to insist upon the reduc tion or abolition of a tax which he thinks unpopular, and although the private opinion of the house may be strongly against the motion, the Government is obliged to give way. Mr. M'Culloch feels this diffi culty, but in an aggravated form. He has, or will have, a considerable surplus, which he wishes to appropriate to a reduction of the debt ; but the surplus is derived from a system of taxes indefensible in many of its parts, and it may be feared that in the demand for the reform of the system the surplus will disappear. It would be, perhaps, too much to hope that Mr. M'Culloch may be entirely successful in his attempts to influence Congress, but the course which it is un derstood he will endeavour to pursue deserves the support of every wellwisher to the Union. A resto ration of a specie currency is the first great object of his desires, and he will seek to accomplish it by a continuous withdrawal from circulation of Trea sury-notes, and the rest of the inconvertible cur rency, paying off as much as he can, and finding the remainder. Next to a return to cash payments he desires a reduction of the national debt, and for this purpose it is essential that he should retain a considerable surplus of revenue over expenditure. A simplification, however, of the taxing system of the Union is as much a desideratum as the reduc tion of the debt. At present the production of wealth is wantonly impeded, and the industry of man is hampered, by taxes which are really unpro ductive, and by customs' duties which tax the Union for the benefit of the manufacturers of the older States. If Mr. M'Culloch will propose the abolition of unprofitable imposts, and will use his influence to procure the reduction of duties which are strictly protective, he may remain in receipt of as large an income as he enjoys at present, and have the satis faction of knowing that the progress of his fellow citizens is hindered to as slight an extent as is con sistent with the existence of taxes at all. It may be that even then he and his successors will not succeed in paying off the whole of the debt in 30 years, as Americans fondly hope, but, if he does not achieve this success, he will at least have deserved it. " THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES " ON JAMAICA AND AMERICA.-It is now nearly four weeks since the news of the Jamaica massacre first reached this country. The sensation of horror with -which the appalling story was first re ceived has widened and deepened as the details flowed in upon us, and we now find society il• .....". of a stirred to its very depths in contemplation o slaughter perpetrated by English officials, such as, happily for the British name, has never before been paralleled in the history of our colonial rule. It would appear, judging only from the avowals of Governor Eyre and his subordinates, that a second Reign of Terror has been inaugurated in Jamaica. Men, women, and children have been hunted and shot down like wild beasts, without even the pre tence of trial. Respectable and substantial citizens, editors of newspapers, members of the Legislature, and Christian ministers, have fallen victims to the panic-stricken fury of the authorities. Under pre tence of justice, ruthless Murder stalks through the island, leaving a track of desolation and filling the streets and highways with the bleeding and mangled bodies of its victims. And so this carnival of blood and butchery is raging, and the people of this country look on in helpless horror, while their Government, with measured and deliberate slowness, announce their intention of instituting an " inquiry" into the facts of the case in much the same manner as they would announce an inquiry into the causes of the potato blight or the cotton famine. It is still a disputed question whether or not there has been any organised " rebellion" in Jamaica. From all the facts yet before the English people, it is impossible to believe that the rising of the blacks was any thing more than a mere riot, alike with out premeditation and without any definite object beyond the rescue of a prisoner who had fallen into the hands of the authorities. But whether there has been a rebellion or not, the conduct of Gover nor Eyre and his subordinates appears equally indefensible and equally atrocious. Assuming that a rebellion did exist, and that the authority of the Queen was in danger of subversion, we are forcibly reminded of another, and an infinitely more for midable rebellion, which took place not many years ago. Let us contrast these two rebel lions, and the measures taken to suppress them. Five years ago a portion of the people of the United States declared their intention to rebel against the authority of the Federal Government. The Federal Government, however, was reluctant to resort to force to put down the conspiracy, and not until its ships were fired upon, its forts invested, and its soldiers seized as prisoners by the rebels, did it appeal to arms for the vindication of its rightful authority. The rebellion put down after four years of cruel war, the American Government now shows itself as moderate in the hour of victory as it was firm in the hour of danger. Those who inaugurated the most iniquitous rebellion ever known in the world's history have been freely pardoned, and in many cases restored to the rights of property and citizenship. No punishment has been meted out to the offenders, and even the arch conspirator Jefferson Davis, through whose instru mentality the land has been deluged with the blood of its best and bravest, is now likely to escape with no severer penalty than a few months' imprison ment. The American people and the American Government have alike shown themselves, through out the whole course of the war, firm in the main tenance of their rights, but kind and lenient to those who sought to destroy them. There was no panic when the great wave of rebellion rolled over the land, threatening to engulf them—no cry for indiscriminate vengeance even when their chosen leader fell. Undismayed in the darkest hour of national calamity, calm and moderate in the brightest blaze of victory, these Americans have taught the nations a lesson of forbearance mingled with firmness, the moral influence of which shall not be lost to the remotest time. The same splendid qualities which the Americans so conspicuously displayed in their merciful dealings with rebellion have been again illustrated by the English people in their reception of the news of the recent high-handed proceedings in Jamaica. Throughout the land there is a cry of indignation. Public meetings are being held in all the large towns, and the best men of the nation are expressing their abhorrence of the cruelties practised by the rulers in Jamaica. The highest intellectual authority in England, John Stuart Mill, M.P., has declared that the English people should express without delay the indignation due to the lawless and brutal proceedings of the Jamaica authorities, and their reprobation of the crimes perpetrated under pretence, or even without the pretence, of justice, and call for the condign punishment of the prepetrators. And in this we see only one more illustration of those qualities for which the English nation and the English people have ever been distinguished. Individuals " clothed with a little brief authority" may play the tyrant, as Governor Eyre has done, but their acts of tyranny will never be sanc tioned nor excused by the people. We can afford, if necessary, even to lose Jamaica ; but we cannot afford to have our good name com promised and our national character dishonoured. The machinery of Government moves slowly. Those who are shocked and astounded by such news as that over which all England shudders are apt to be impatient of the cold and passionless man ner in which the Government moves to vindicate its outraged honour. But we believe there is no in disposition on the part of the British Government to deal with the crimes of the Jamaica officials as their enormity deserves A moment's hesitation on their part would be suicidal. There must be a thorough and complete investigation into all the circumstances, and that without delay. Nothing less will satisfy the country—nothing less will save the Government. COUNTRY MARKETS -4. RIPON-FRIDAY. The neighbouring farmers brought a good supply of wheat and other grain to market to-day, and tho demand was fully as brisk as of late. Last week s prices were maintained, and best samples fetched rather more money. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. We had a thin attendance at to-day's market with a quieter feeling. Wheat was in limited demand at about Tuesday's rates. Flour unchanged. Indian corn shows a concession of 3d per qr. from Tuesday's rates. Oats ne glected. Oatmeal 6d per load easier. Malt steady ; beans and peas unchanged. DERBY—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 50s to 55s ; old red, 50s to 53s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 265; old, 28s to 31s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 44s to 451 per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY Trade firm and healthy, and the extreme prices of last Frid'ty are obtained both for old and now wheat. Fine barley rather dearer. Averages, December 4—Wheat, 1,323 qrs, at 44s 11d; barley, 286, at 35s 101 d; oats, 103, at 28s 71d. S TAMT ORD.—FRIDAY. Old white wheat, 50s to 52s ; red do, 42s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 32s to 36s ; grinding, 27s to 30s per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 28s ; old, 25s to 27s per 24 stone, Beans, 44s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. LINCOLN.—FILIDAY. Now white wheat, 51s to 565 - ; now red, 42s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 35s to 40s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 29s per 30 stone. Oats, 26s to 30s. Beans, 41s to 51s per 38 stone. MONMOUTHSHIRE—THURSDAY. The following are the average quotations :—Wheat, 5s Od to 5s 4d per bushel; barley, 3s 3d to 3s 8d; oats, 23 ld to 2s 7d. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The market has been very quiet during the week, and but few sales have been made at rather easier prices. 1 143 " fined is almost unsaleable, and pieces is to 2s cheaper, COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. • 0. d. 6.u. Hetton 2l 6 Carway and Duffryn Hastings Hartley l9 3 Malting 24 0 Walls End Haswell... 21 6 Tees Tunstall Cowpen Hartley Ships at market, 8 ; sold, 8. Births. 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