The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

'the Military evolt in Spain. --4-- (From the Correspondent of the Times.) MADRID, Jan. 7. When O'Donnell in the Senate the other day ex- pressed his confidence that he would be able to raise the state of siege within 48 hours he seems to have calculated the chances of the conflict with tolerable correctness. One of the insurgent columns under the orders of Major Campos and Gonzales, after moving as far north as Benavente, and then as far west as Puebla tie Sauabria, is positively stated to have crossed the Portuguese frontier at Braganza. Prim, who from Terrancon had marched to Santa Cruz de la Zarza and Villatobas to the neighbourhood of the Tembleque station on the Great Southern Railway, interrupting the communication on that line, seems now to have moved further westward (as the traffic with the south is said to have been re-established), and taken the direction of the Toledo mountains, with the intention, as his adversaries suppose, of following that long sierra all the way to the frontier of Portugal. Two companies of infantry are said to have joined him from Cuenca. Agreeably to the latest bulletins of this morning, Prim slept last night at Villarabia de los Ojos, and proceeded this morn ing towards Daimiel and Ciudad Real, where he found himself between the pursuing column under Zabala, which had reached Madridejos, and that of General Concha, Marques del Duero, who was ad vancing to meet him from Manzanares. Prim's only line of retreat is along the chain of the .Toledo Mountains. Private information, on ~ w hich I feel inclined to rely, assures me that he has with him no less than 150 volunteers or guerrilleros, under the guidance of Noy de las Varraquetas, upon whom he has conferred the rank of Lieut.-General. These active and daring paysanos, or countrymen, as they are called, are of infinite use to the regular soldiers in whose frontand rear they hover, catering for food and forage, scouring the land' far and wide, and acquainting the commanding officer with the move ments of the enemy. An aide-de-camp of Zabala, who was in Madrid the other day, reported that he was to start with his forces from Aranjuez on the morning of yesterday, but, strange to say, was not aware of the line being interrupted at Tembleque. I told you in a former letter that this Zabala, who is Minister of the Marine, and Marquis of Sierra Bullones, is not popular with the troops, who at first refused to march under his orders. He took with him a large body of Engineers, on account of the particular confidence O'Donnell has in those troops, and on being stopped on the right bank of the Tagus at Villarejos by the sinking of the sus pension bridge, he summoned the commanding offi cer of the Engineers, and bade him throw a bridge across without delay. The officer pleaded the want of materials, which he would have to send for from Madrid, and which would not be forthcoming for 48 hours, whereupon Zabala flew into a towering passion, upbraided the man for incapacity and sloth, and upon his remonstrating rather tartly sent him to the rear disgraced. As the Engineer officer hap pens to be highly esteemed and beloved by the men in his corps, it is not likely that Zabala will have won the hearts of his column by this unprovoked and irrational act of severity. The Government, as you are aware, had from the very beginning of the disturbance closed all the clubs, casinos, and other places of rendezvous in Madrid. They yesterday published a decree dis solving and forbidding all political associations. They broke up the Progressista and Democratic committees all over the kingdom, and arrested seve ral of their members both at Saragossa and Barce lona. The first of those cities and the whole of Arragon were declared in. a state of siege, notwith standing the perfect tranquillity those provinces are officially described as enjoying. Arrests have also been made in Madrid. One of the most inoffensive establishments in the capital, the casino, or club, in the Carrevade Sen Geronimo, continues to be shut up night and day, to the groat discomfiture of the old habitue's, who can hardly be said to have any other home in the world, and who are now crowding before its doors in the street, like sheep out of their fold. It is the most aris tocratic reunion in the place, consequently the most conservative, and its members, belonging as they do to every shade of political party, meet there as in a neutral ground in peace and harmony, or if they ever quarrel it is only over their rubber of whist, or over their rouge et noir table. The reason why the Government chose to be so inexorable against this harmless nest of night crows was that some was bethought himself of sticking up on the walls of the drawing-room O'Donnell's proclamation to his troops at the time of the military insurrection at Vicalvaro in June, 1854, simply substituting Prim's name in stead of O'Donnell's,—a piece of cutting satire, no doubt, as Prim's movement at the present juncture is neither more nor less than a parody on the cavalry exploit which removed the Satorius Ministry from the Queen's Council. The deeds are alike, almost identical. The Queen, it is said, seems to have been struck with the analogy between the Aranjuez mutiny and the Vicalvaro rebellion, as upon the Minister laying before her the decree by which Prim is declared a traitor, and as such deprived of all ranks, titles, and honours with which he had been loaded, she positively refused to put to it her signature, or "rubric," observing to the Minister that " she had been made to sign precisely such a document against one who was called the traitor O'Donnell 11 years ago,—an act which did not prevent the same O'Donnell exercising supreme power over the country and over herself for years and years afterwards." It is not impossible that her Majesty's reluctance may have been overcome, as it is said the decree in question is now in the press. That Prim is a monster of ingratitude ; that he has forgotten how the Queen raised him to the highest rank in the army, lavished all orders and decorations upon him, made him a grandee of Spain of the first class, created him Conde de Rens, and Marques de los Castillejos, and finally did him the honour, hardly ever vouchsafed to a subject, of holding his infant daughter at the baptismal font, thereby contracting spiritual kinship with him ; that O'Donnell showed himself clement and mag nanimous with him by cancelling the decree which had banished him to Oviedo ; and that he has re quited both his Sovereign and his military superior by a treason of the blackest that we learn from the official papers, which fi nds no words adequate to convey their detestation of the war, and think no gallows could be sufficiently high to hang him. There is no doubt that, independent of any justice or injustice of this cause, Prim will have to answer for the rashness with which he committed himself to an enterprise which, as it would now appear, held out so little hope of success, and the result of which will be to itrce back his country for a year or two in that career of financial and social improvement on which she was so slowly and painfully struggling to put herself. The consternation and confusion of all men here is beyond all belief, and hardly seems commensurate with the actual importance of the escapade which has given rise to it. The effect of the mutiny of those few squadrons on 'Change, on railway and canal enterpri se , on public confidence i n any kind of undertaking, is incalculable. Never h a ve I seen the commercial men, who are numerous at my hotel, so downcast as they have been for the last three days. On the other hand, the Government itself, even in the midst of its triumph, seems hardly able to re cover any of that calm ness and s erenity in which, in other communities, resides the main Prestige o f the ruling powers. The O'Donnell Ministry ar e, or affect to be, in a most inconceivable " funk." I use the vulgar word purposely, because nothing can better convey the craven countenance the Govern ment has put upon the matter of the Prim rebellion, both before and after its outbreak. The terror be trayed by the authorities is altogether so abject that it 'night almost seem to be a counterfeit, and one find s it difficult to reject the suggestions of those who tli'k that „ O'Donnell has some reason for pretend ing tobe so much afraid that he is looking for a pre text for back ing out of the liberal policy with which he had inau gurated his . accession to power, that he aims at the assumption of absolute, irresponsible authority, or, finally, that he wishes to throw dismay and bewilderment into the mind of the Queen, and to terrify her into that abdi cat i on to which she has hitherto shown herself so little inclined. Why, otherwise, should he talk almost with complacency of the 'vast conspiracy' of which the traces are hardly anywhere to be seen ?" THE GALES. WOOLWICH, V'ednesday. The damage done to the G pavilion of the new Herbert Hospital at Woolwich, as stated in The Sun on Tuesday, by the gales was found on examination yesterday to be very serious. The roof is completely shattered, the stoves at each end of the ward are smashed by the falling of the rubbish, the gas fittings broken down, the beams and purlins, 12 in. thick, are broken asunder, and the pavilion, which was ready for the reception of invalids, presents a re markable scene of devastation and ruin. During the whole of yesterday and the previous day the slates and remnants of the roof were blown about in all directions, falling on and destroying the glass covered ways, and rendering it a matter of danger to approach the building. The long iron fence was propped up with balks to afford security to the public along the highway adjoining, and the building was inspected by a special committee of officers from the War Department in London, to propose measures for making good the damage with all possible speed. HULL, Wednesday. The gales of Monday and yesterday swept with great violence along the Humber, and considerable damage to shipping was the result. Some of the smaller ferry steamers ceased running and took shelter in the docks, and for a time all communica tion with the vessels in the roadstead was cut off. Yesterday a mussel dredger, named the Venus, the property of her captain, Mr. C. Smith, of Grimsby, left Hull for the former port. Although warned not to leave the dock with such a sea running the warning was not heeded, and before the Venus got half way to Grimsby she was struck by a sea which swept her decks and carried her captain overboard. The ves sel was at once hove to and every effort was made to save the unfortunate man, but he was carried away by the rapidly ebbing tide and drowned. On Monday evening a Grimsby cod smack, with a crew of three men, and five apprentices of various ages, sprang a leak at sea. The captain made for the Humber, which he only gained in time to save him self and crew, for his vessel suddenly went down on the Trinity Sand at the mouth of the Humber. The crew at once took to the small boat, and after many narrow escapes they landed at Patrington on the Yorkshire bank of the river, from which place they were forwarded to their homes by the agent of the Shipwrecked Fishermen's Society. The crew only saved the clothes they wore, and when they landed they were entirely destitute. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. It appears that in the case of the schooner Sin gapore, lost on Taylor's Bank, at the mouth of the Mersey on Tuesday, the captain flatly refused the assistance of a steam-tug at a time when it is more than probable that with such help he could have saved his ship. The matter will, however, be venti lated at the Board of Trade inquiry, which will be held in due course. The screw steamer Palestine, which sailed for Boston and New York on Dec. 23, has put into Queenstown short of coal and with loss of bulwarks, but there is apparently no further da mage. The Palestine meantime returns to Liver pool for coal and repairs, and will probably be able to proceed on her voyage again in the course of a few days. WEYMOUTH, Tuesday, 7 p.m. The weather remains still very boisterous in this neighbourhood. The barometer continued to fall during last night and to-day, and reads as low as 29.12 inches at the level of the sea. The Wey mouth and Channel Islands steamer Aquila, Capt. Brache, arrived in Weymouth harbour at 3 p.m. to-day, being nearly 24 hours after her usual time, she having experienced such heavy weather between .Jersey and Guernsey yesterday morning that the captain deemed it advisable to remain at Guernsey until the wind moderated. The Aquila again put to sea this morning at 6 30, and after a very rough and squally passage succeeded in reaching port at the above time. Several vessels have put into Port land harbour again to-day with, generally, damage to bulwarks, boats, and sails from the heavy winds and seas experienced in the Channel. The Coast guard have again hoisted the storm signal drum, by orders from the Board of Trade, in anticipation of more gales, and there seems every probability at present of a verification of the warning signal. The wind is strong from W.N. W., with frequent flashes of lightning in the S.E., which is, doubtless, a pre cursor of another stormy night in the Channel. SCOTLAND. The steamer Zanthe, which arrived at Greenock from Islay on Tuesday, reports having towed into the Sound of Islay the bark Flornia, of and from Ardrossan ; fell in with her off the Mull of Cantyre. The bark had lost all sails except foresail and main topsail, and the crew were partly disabled. The captain of the bark reports having passed a water logged vessel. The crew were on the poop making signs for assistance, but he could render them none. Their own boats seemed to have been carried away. The Zanthe reports that there were four barks and one brig at anchor off the lighthouse at the north entrance to the Sound of Mull, all having sustained damage in sails, &c. A brig is lying in Laggan Bay, anchored about 400 yards from the rocks. The crew, except three, are disabled. The Islay steamer offered to tow her to a safe place, but the offer was declined. The following vessels had put back to Greenock :—The Malestris, Brown, bound from Greenock to Porto Rico, with loss of topmasts, bulwarks, and jibboom, and other damage ; and the Sapphire, Liverpool trader, bound from Green ock to Liverpool, with bowsprit carried away. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's store ship Gladiator, with supplies for the fleet on the coast of Ireland, from Devon port, was compelled to put into Falmouth for shel ter on Monday afternoon, owing to the westerly winds and severe weather. She remains there. The Reindeer, screw corvette, the only wooden vessel under construction at Chatham Dockyard, is ordered to be completed and ready for launching by the ensuing month of March. She will be armed with a few heavy guns instead of an armament of 17 guns she was originally designed to carry. In order to enable her to mount the heavy ordnance intended, she . has been constructed with considerably greater strength than any previous wooden ship, angle iron being worked into her timbers, and her bulkheads of iron. The sailing ship Ganges, 20, fitted for a training ship for boys, was put in commission yesterday at Devonport, for duty at Falmouth. The boys brought from the eastward by the paddlewheel steam-vessel Medusa, Commander Thomas Potter, have been transferred to the Ganges. The screw steam corvette Archer, 13, Capt. Fran cis Marten, from the West Coast of Africa, which arrived on Tuesday, continues in Plymouth Sound, waiting the appointment by the Lords of the Admi ralty of the eastern port at which her crew will be paid off. The following is a list cf the officers and men belonging to her who have died of yellow fever between the Bth October and the 24th December, 1865 :—Mr. W. C. Couzens, master's assistant, died October 18 ; Mr. L. J. Potter, clerk, 26th ; Mr. F. Sugden, assist.-paymaster, 30th ; Mr. W. C. Cole, acting sub-lieutenant, November 2 ; Mr. John Stott, assist.-surgeon, 6th ; and Mr. John Turner, second master, December 18 ; John Lynch, leading sea man, October 8 ; John Nicholson, private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 28th ; John M'Donald, colour sergeant, Nov. 3; Joseph Ilutchings, A. 8., 10th ; Frederick Balls, first-class boy, 13th ; John Wilson, warrant officers' servant, 17th ; John Donaghue, captain's servant, 13th ; James Bicknell, 30th ; Charles Mortley, A.S., 30th ; George Col lins, captain of the afterguard, December 2 ; 1 George Timbury, A. 8., sth ;Edward Clark, 0.5., 20th ; Ralph Whittle, leading stoker, 20th ; and Henry Brown, first-class boy, 24th. An order has been received at Chatham garrison directing Capt. Howes, Royal Engineers, under or ders to proceed to Ireland, to be attached to the staff of the department of the Commanding Royal Engi neer at Chatham. Lieut. Hogg, Royal Engineers, has received orders to proceed from head-quarters to Devonport, there to join the Commanding Royal Engineer's department at that station. Capt. Morton P. Eden, adjutant of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery has been ap pointed assistant-superintendent at the small arms' factory, Enfield. Ensign Longford, 2d battalion 13th Regiment, has received orders to join the depot of the corps at Chatham. The order for Lieut. Hawks to join his regimental depot has been cancelled, and he is now directed to proceed to join his service companies. The Fox, screw storeship, Staff-Commander F. Moriarty, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Plymouth Sound, and at high tide was admitted into the steam basin to discharge stores. She has received some damage to her starboard fore chain plates. The Rev. Mr. Kirkwood has reported his arrital at Colchester as officiating Presbyterian chaplain to the troops, vice Rev. Mr. Cannon, transferred to Shorncliffe. Capt. Isdell, of the 44th Regiment, has assumed the command of the troops at Landguard Fort, Harwich, vice Capt. Caldecott, of the 38th, who has received leave of absence. The anchors received at Woolwich from the Northfield iron and steel works at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, and manufactured on Capt. Rodger's intended small palmed principle, have been submit ted to a severe test under the hydraulic press. The last was proved yesterday in the presence of the au thorities of the yard. They are intended for service on board the Indian transport vessel Crocodile, and all endured a strain of 56 per cent, higher than that prescribed by the Admiralty regulations. They were thus tested at the special request of Capt.Rodger,who was prevented from being in attendance by severe indisposition. The elongation of the arms, or the greatest variation of angle, when the strain was on was five-eighths of an inch, and when the machinery was slackened they regained their usual form, showing no permanent set, which was highly satis factory. Before their removal from Rotherham the anchors were fire tested in the presence of one of the foremen smiths sent down from Woolwich for that purpose. The test is consequently completed, and they will be retained in the yard until the com pletion of the Crocodile for sea. The whole of the expenses attending the testing, &c., will be borne in the account of Messrs. Wigram, the contractors. The Scorpion's anchors, supplied by the same firm, are expected at Woolwich also to undergo a similar proof. Sir Richard Mayne, K.C.8., and Mr. F. Malla lien, Chief Commissioner and Inspecting Superin tendent of Police, paid their half-yearly visitation of Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and inspected the men's quarters, &c. Sir Richard was accom panied by his son, Capt. Mayne. They were re ceived by Commodore Dunlop, C. 8., and made a tour of the departments of the yard, visiting the Prince Albert steam turret ship, the Sylvia, and other vessels under construction and repair. Capt. Mayne, who has been appointed to the command of the surveying vessel Nassau, now building at Pem broke, took a special interest in the inspection of the Sylvia, sister vessel to the Nassau, and which is to be fitted out in a superior manner for surveying purposes, with chart-room on deck and all the modern appliances. They also inspected the cap stan house, joiners' shop, &c., and visited some pat terns there. The visit to the Royal Arsensal was necessarily deferred. Captain Shaw's Last Annual Return of Fires for 1865. ___.___ Yesterday Captain Shaw, the late Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, and at present the Chief of the new Metropolitan Fire-brigade, issued his last annual return of fires to the committee a the late London Fire-engine establishment, for 1865. The report states inter alia that, in pursuance of instructions received from the committee for ma naging the London Fire-engine Establishment, Cap tain Shaw had the honour to lay before it the report of fires of 1865 : The total number of calls during the year has been 1,727. Of these 99 were false alarms, 126 proved to be only chimney alarms, and 1,502 were fires of which 512 resulted in serious damage of buildings, &c., and 990 in slight damage. " The fires of 1865 compared with those of 1861 show an increase of 15, and compared with the average of the last 32 years the increase is 641. " 1 have appended several classified tables, with particulars of trades, &c., including the causes, &c. , " These lists do not include trifling damages by fires not sufficiently important to require the attend ance of firemen, neither do they include ordinary calls for chimneys on fire. " Our list of casualties, 46, is as usual above that of the preceding year. This ispartly to be accounted for by the increase in the number of fires, but it is in a great measure due to the fearlessness and enter prise of the men in thedischarge of their duty. Suc cess in extinguishing fires cannot be attained with out a certain amount of risk, and so long as the work is done as at present no diminution can be expected in this item. I have received from the sur geon of the constabulary a detailed report, from which the following is an extract " There have been 130 cases of illness, totally in capacitating the men from duty, against 133 for the year 1864. Of this number 46 have arisen from ac cidents, being an increase of 5 upon the previous year, being 84 cases arising from ordinary sickness, but being a decrease of 8. "It is my painful duty to record four deaths from natural causes during the present year—an event unprecedented in the annals of the establishment. " In addition to these, accidents from cuts and lacerated wounds, contusions, fractures, sprains, and scalds, and injury to eyes, making the total number 46. During the past year all ranks have conducted themselves to my entire satisfaction, not only giving renewed proofs of that energy and fearlessness of which it has been my duty to report favourably every year, but also showing an improvement in the more important attributes of their profession—prompti tude of action, unity of purpose, and above all, that combination of coolness, steadiness, energy, skill, and judgment which can alone enable men to cope with great emergencies. " It must be satisfactory to the committee, on parting with a body of men in whom he has always taken so great an interest, to know that the liberal policy which they have pursued towards them has led to this result. Before this report has reached the hands of the committee, the London Fire-engine Establishment, which has existed for 33 years, will have passed over from the Fire Insurance Companies to the Metropolitan Board of Works, under the title of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade ; and it would be idle to deny that this change has been and still con tinues to be a cause of grave anxiety to me and those who served with me ; but I may at least be permitted to express a hope that so long as the force retains those qualities which have gained your approval, thew may stand well in the estimation of their new masters. (Signed) "E. M. SHAW." The following was also issued yesterday by Mr. Sampson La w, the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, of the fires at tended and the number of lives saved during the year 1865 :—During that period 706 fires were at tended by the fire-escape conductors, as the stations, now numbering 85, are located at half-mile distances from each other all over London. This, number of fires represents pretty closely the number of night fires that have occurred in London during the year. The fire-escape conductors rescued 67 persons by means of their fire-escapes, besides which service, rendered great assistance in many cases to persons who would otherwise have incurred considerable danger of suffocation, and likewise have acted as an auxiliary to the fire brigade, in enabling them to direct the hose of the engines from the summit of the fire-escapes whenever required. - - One notable instance of an extra service, ren dered by one of the conductors, is worthy of recall ing, that of the rescue of 178 men, women, and children from the falling building at Westminster on the 26th of January, all being assisted down the fire-escape and order being restored—all by the exertions of one man. The whole force at present numbers 100 strong, the cost of the 'establishment continuing at the charge of the Royal Society until the Metropolitan Board of Works are in a position to undertake it. The report next refers to the number of lives saved, and the premises in which the fires took place, without referring to those cases where the services rendered by the escapes were not of such a character as to come under the character of " lives actually saved." The following is the quarterly return of lives saved :—" Fires attended up to March 31, 171; lives saved, 11. June 30, fires, 176 ; lives saved, 8. September, fires, 197 ; lives saved, 29. December 31, fires, 162 ; lives saved, 19. The report also gives some interesting particulars of how persons were brought out of burning build ings owing to the instrumentality of the conductors and the escapes. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH LONDON. An extraordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the offices, Euston Sta tion ; Mr. Bancroft in the chair. Mr. Mansel, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the only business for which they had met was to authorise the directors to bor row under the powers of the North London Rail way Widening Act, 1861, on mortgage or bond £33,300 ; and under section 9 of the North Lon don Railway Act, 1865, the sum of £lOO,OOO, or any portion of the respective sums mentioned. lie then moved a formal resolution to that effect. Mr. HARTRIDGE supposed they had power to raise money on shares as well as on bonds. He thought it was a suitable time to issue stock, and unless they could raise money on bonds at less than 5 per cent. it would be better to issue stock which was at a pre mium than to raise money on bonds at a high rate of interest. He wished to know whether the direc tors were at liberty to issue stock in place of bonds, or whether they were actually compelled to raise the whole sum on bonds. The CHAIRMAN said, under the notice, the power of the meeting was limited to authorising the rais ing of money on bonds ; but the company had power to raise the money they required on share capital. If they found it difficult to raise the money at a reasonable rate on bonds it would be a ques tion for the Board to consider whether they should issue stock in place of the bonds ; but they hoped to borrow the money under 5 per sent—say at 4/ per cent. The ordinary general meeting would soon be held, and, if necessary, the directors could raise the requisite money on share capital instead of on bonds ; but he apprehended no difficulty in that respect. The present meeting could only authorise the exercise of the borrowing powers as proposed. Mr. HARTRIDGE called the attention of the direc tors to the delays that frequently occurred in work ing the traffic on their line between Broad-street and Bow. He took an interest in the working of the line in a public point of view, as well as being a shareholder. He often travelled on the line, and he believed the traffic on it between Bow andßroad street was worked most injuriously to the interests of the company. A delay of half-an-hour sometimes occurred, which, he thought, by some better mode of working, might be avoided. The. CHAIRMAN said they had been in a transition state since they opened the branch to Broad-street. The traffic on the line from Broad-street to Bow had recently increased considerably, and he was as sured that the present arrangements for working the traffic were the onlypracticable ones they couldmake. Mr. ONYON thought it would be injurious to go to the expense of widening the line for the accommoda tion of the London and North Western Company's traffic until the latter company had built their in tended goods station in Broad-street. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the goods station would be of no use in Broad-street until the North London Railway was widened to carry the traffic to it. They were bound to widen the line to accommo date the London and North Western traffic to and from the Broad-street station, and he believed their interests were similar in that respect. The motion was then adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. MADRAS. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 611 miles in aggregate length, amounted for the week ending the 11th of November to £10,613, against £7,452 on 571 miles, showing an increase of 40 miles, or 7 per cent. in the mileage, and £3,161, or 42 per cent., in the receipts. Murder in Staffordshire. ECCLESIIALL, Wednesday. Yet another murder has taken place in the county of Stafford, and the offence was being committed within ten miles of the gaol of that county, and within a few hours of the time at which Robinson was hanged on Tuesday. In this case the victim is not a young girl, but a powerful excavator, aged between 40 and 50, and named John Poole. During the afternoon of Mon day he was in a publichouse in this town, which is about seven miles from Stafford, when a slender young man, named George Bentley, aged 27, came in and asked the landlady to give him some beer She said she had no common beer ; but Poole, who was present and drinking ale, asked Bentley to sit and drink with him. Bentley did so. Almost immediately after he left Bentley came to the smithy, ascertained which way he had gone, and followed him. On the same night Bentley was found with plenty of money in his possession, treating people in publichouses, and buying a new white slop. It then occurred to an ex-police-sergeant named Robin son that he was a deserter, and on that charge he arrested him. At 8 the next morning Poole was found with his skull smashed in, but still alive, on a lonely part of the road leading from Eccleshall to Offiey-brook, and about three miles from Eccles hall. His waistcoat had been cut from his body and his boots taken off. In this condition he had been lying all night, the snow falling and freezing upon him. Enough life was left to make him kick with one leg until he had with his heel worn a hole in the road. Suspicion fell upon Bentley, who was found to be wearing the boots and the waistcoat. The latter was cut down the sides, showing that it was taken from the body without removing the jacket which was worn over it. Afterwards the slop which Bentley was wearing when he called at the blacksmith's shop was found in a brook about one field off from Poole's body, and it had blood upon it. By the side of the murdered man, who died this afternoon, the handkerchief of which also Bentley was wearing round his neck in the after noon was found, having a great stone in it, tied tightly, so as to form a formidable weapon. There was blood upon the handkerchief, and there is no doubt .that with the stone so tied up the deceased was murdered. This afternoon at about 4 o'clock the prisoner was brought up on the charge of having murdered Poole, and was examined by Mr. Lyons, magistrate. Richard Dodd, blacksmith, Offiey-brook, deposed —Yesterday morning, in consequence of informa tion I received, I went to the coppice, which is between Miley-brook and the Walk-mill. There I saw John Poole, the murdered man. He was lying about half-way along the coppice, on the cop pice side. There is a space of turf and a bank be tween the roadside and the coppice, with a bank nearest to the coppice. Deceased's head rested to wards the bank, and his feet were towards the road. His face was all over blood and his jacket. He was alive, for I could see that he moved one of his feet. I did not lay hold of him. I saw a handkerchief close against his side, and a hat about a yard and a half from him. The hat was not damaged. The handkerchief was a red one, with light coloured spots upon it. (Police -constable Clutton here produced a cotton handkerchief, and in it a stone weighing 21b. 50z.) I went and fetched Samuel Turner, Henry Birch, and Richard Hill. When we came back I picked up the handkerchief produced with the stone in it. The handkerchief and the stone produced are the same I saw by the de ceased's side. The stone was tied in the handkerchief. We lifted him up and carried him about ten yards. He could only move one leg a little, and was insen sible. He had no waistcoat on, nor had he any boots on; but he was wearing his jacket, which was agood one, made of moleskin. I saw him on the previous night, and excepting having his waistcoat and boots off he was dressed as then. We puthim into a wheel barrow, and took him to an empty house belonging to Samuel Turner. He had four wounds on his head, and both eyes were closed up. One of them was as black as a coal. I had seen the prisoner the day be fore, but never previously. Soon after 4 o'clock in the afternoon he came into my shop and said, " Which way is Old Jack gone?" meaning, I suppose, the deceased, who had just before been in my shop. I pointed down the road and he went another way, saying he would be back in a minute. Directly after wards he came running back, and went down the road that John Poole went. The prisoner then had a red handkerchief round his neck, spotted with white, just such a handkerchief as the one produced. He had a slop on also, but not the one he now wears. (A slop was produced by the police, wet, and having a great deal of blood, upon the sleeve principally.) The slop he wore was like that. After deceased left my shop in the afternoon I did not see him again till I found him the next morning. By the Prisoner—That handkerchief is the same sort asthe one you wore round your neck. It was not a blue one, it was a red one you had round your neck. Prisoner—The handkerchief I had on was a blue one. Witness-1 cannot swear that is the same slop you had on, but it is the same make. I looked at you some time before I told you which way Poole went. Johannah Richards, an unmarried woman of Offley Hay, deposed—l knew the deceased man , John Poole, well. I had a child, of which he was the father. I saw him this day week. (The police produced a red plush waistcoat.) I know that waistcoat well. De ceased used to wear it. He had it on when I last saw him. I know it by the make, by the buttons, and by the pattern. (The police next produced a pair of boots.) I know those boots. He showed them to me on Christmas-day ; he had just bought them. I know them from the make in front. The prisoner did not wish to put any questions to this witness. Samuel Turner deposed—On the Bth of January I was in the Four Crosses, at Offley-brook, at 3 o'clock. The prisoner was there. John Poole and Thomas Sutton were with him. He wore a white slop, and a cap that had brass buttons. He had a pair of leggings under his trousers. Police-constable George Clutton deposed—l am stationed at Eccleshall. On the 9th of January I received information of the murder, and I went to Offley-brook. There I saw the deceased. I saw that he was badly beaten and bleeding ; he was in sensible. On the previous evening I received the prisoner into custody by ex-police Sergeant Robin son. At the time I heard of the murder I received a description of a man who had been in deceased's company the night before. On coming back from seeing deceased I examined and searched the prisoner. He was then wearing the boots and waistcoat pro duced, and which Johannah Richards has identified. The slop and the handkerchief, which are new, I found afterwards he had bought the same night between 8 and 9. The waistcoat was cut up under the arms. In explanation of that the prisoner said he had been in a row in Yorkshire. I was with the deceased last night; he was unconscious. I saw him this morning, and he appeared to be a deal worse.. Robert Baker deposed,--I am an inspector of police, and stationed at Stoke. Last night I saw the deceased in a house that had been fitted for his accommodation. He was perfectly unconscious. To-day I saw him again in company with Sergeant Kelly, at about 12 o'clock. He died while I was in the room. Mr. Nance, surgeon, deposed,—l am in practice in Eccleshall, and was called in to-day by Dr. Smith to see the deceased, John Poole. He was suffering from a severe fracture on the right side of the head, with depression. There was another fracture on the other side, though slight, and a wound on the fore head. He was perfectly unconscious. The Wound on the forehead over the eye was a lacerated wound. He died from the fracture on the right side of the head. The injuries must have been caused by some blunt instrument. It would require very great force to produce the injuries. The whole side of the head was completely smashed in. I regarded it as a hope less case from the first. As the last resource, Dr. Smith performed the operation of trepanning to re lieve the pressure upon the brain. I was present when it was performed. When we returned in an hour he was dead. Such a weapon as the stone in the handkerchief would produce the injuries of which the deceased died. Ex-police-sergeant Robinson deposed—l accom panied Clutton to the deceased's bed. The hand kerchief and stone were lying there by deceased's side. At deceased's feet was the wet sock, which I was told had been found by a boy in a drain. I apprehended the prisoner on the previous night on the charge of being a deserter. I delivered him to Police-constable Clutton. Thomas Worrell, a boy, next deposed to the find ing of the slop in the brook. The inquiry was then adjourned, and the prisoner remanded. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -0- TIMES.—It was the noble boast of Schiller, when speaking of German poetry, that no Augustan age bloomed for it, that no Medici had smiled upon it, and that it unfolded its flowers under other influ ences than those of court favour. Therefore, says the high-minded poet, its song climbs higher and flows more fully. With a little alteration, the same boast may be re-echoed on behalf of a new profes sion which has sprung out of and increased in im portance with the growing prosperity and increasing civilisation of the country. The Church and the Law have their primacies andtheir judgeships, and innu merable appointments, supported at the public ex pense, and institutions of venerable antiquity and enormous wealth, devoted to their instruction and encouragement. The medical profession is overlaid with organisation, and confers degrees of all sorts through a number of competing bod ies. But if a young man is to devote himself to t he stud y of civil engineering the very course he is to pursue has not yet been marked out. He does not know the status he will occupy in society, for no trouble has been taken to ascertain it. He has no so social honours or distinctions to look for, and , if he fail in his profes sion, has no comfortable retire ment provided at the public expense, ready to cover the defeat of respect able mediocrity. Therefore, we may say with the German poet, and for this reason, we believe it is, that the study of civil engineering has obtained a success in this country and has risen in the esti mation of England and the world with a rapidity quite unexampled in any other branch of human knowledge. The endowments which well-meaning and liberal persons have created for the encourage ment of learning in its different departments Must always be regulated by the state of knowledge on the subject in question at the time of their creation. If they encourage and direct, they have also a ten dency to narrow and confine. It is wonderful how soon in all subjects an orthodox school springs up when there is a foundation round which it may cluster, and how speedily the tendency developes itself to put down and stifle inquiry by affixing to its results some name implying disapp ro b a ti on . . and contempt. engineering has been hither to free from this danger. If unendowed, it is at any rate free. Offering very luc ra ti ve pecun i ary prizes to the ambition of its students, it l eaves them quite at liberty to seek for the instruction ne cessary to obtain those prizes when and where they please. The result has been what might naturally be expected—the human mi n d, b e i ng s t ea dil y b en t on attaining one particular kind of knowledge, has found the means of kno w l e d ge f or it se lf , an d th e engineers of England occupy a position all the prouder because it is due to no ext r a neous ass i s t ance . Such were the feelings with which we read the ex cellent address to the Institute of Civil Engineers from their President, Mr. Fowler, a man who, though not, so far as w e are aware , possessed of any University degree, or any oth er distinction than the modest letters " C.E." which follow his name, has probably done as much to promote the prosperity and spread the reputation of England as any person of his class in the country. Mr. Fowler points out the necessity of paying the utmost attention to the education of the school of Civil Engineers now growing up, and that for two reasons—the one, the growing competition of Continental and American engineers in a field in which for a time the English engineer had established far himself a sort of mono poly, and the greater care that is given to their edu cation. A second reason why even more attention should be given to education than before is, that while in the studies of Law, of Medicine, and of Divinity, the problems which are to be solved and the difficulties which are to be met this year are of the same nature and the same amount of difficulty as those which were encountered last year, they rise in Civil Engineering with the wants, the wealth, and the wishes of mankind. We want larger ship canals. The tunnels which astonished us twenty years ago, the bridges which seemed to have accom plished impossibilities, are dwarfed before the tun nels and the bridges that are now required. Our ports will not hold our ships, our warehouses with all their mechanical appliances must yield to larger buildings and machinery more efficient. As works grow in size, the capacities of those who are to construct them must grow also. We must not trust to lucky thoughts or strokes of genius, but to the patient combination of true principles and sound judgment. Mr. Fowler then goes on to state that training should include general instruction or a liberal education, special education as a basis for technical knowledge, technical knowledge itself, and preparation for conducting practical works. We call the attention of parents and guardians in search of a profession for young men to Mr. Fowler's view of the sort of person that is required, and the train ing he must go through in order to qualify himself for a civil engineer. We must assume the existence of a boy of 14 years of age, with a decided mechani cal bias, a strong constitution, and considerable energy and perseverance of character ; having made satisfactory progress in his general education, espe cially in arithmetic, he should be taught natural philosophy, land surveying, drawing, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, strengt of materials, mechani cal motion, hydraulics, with some knowledge of French an German. This soands formidable ' • but it must be remembered that th e p rac ti ca l wor k of engineering does not deal with the higher and more abstruse parts of these sciences, but rather requires a thorough knowledge of their leading rudimentary principles. The next step is to article the student to a civil engineer, to place him in a mechanical esta blishment, or to send him to a university. Mr. Fowler seems to think that a university training would be the best possible, but he adds that it is a somewhat hazardous combination, and can only be successful if the pupil determines to keep his future career always steadily in view. We may add—what is perhaps not known to Mr. Fowler—that the pre paration necessary to enable a young man to pass with credit through a university would make a very serious inroad on the time to be given to- the preli minary studies of which he speaks, and would therefore greatly interfere with the elementary stu dies on which he lays so much weight, to say no thing of the danger that the studies and associa tions of the place might disgust the student with a profession which wears at its first entrance a rough and mechanical 'aspect. • Mr. Fowler recommends the choice of a young civil engineer under whom to study, whose business is not too large, and who is accustomed to take pupils in proportion, and not more than in proportion, to his business. In this part of his career he must especially attend to three things—the knowledge of materials, the power of designing, and the power of calculating the price of any work. We have gone through these recom mendations in considerable detail, because they come from high authority, and because they are strongly stamped with the impress of earnestness,good sense, and moderation. Nor do we less approve what Mr. Fowler has not said than what he has. There is not a word in this address pointing to the expediency of founding an institution which should interfere in the slightest degree with the liberty of any one to practise the business of civil engineering, with the information required for that practice, or with the place where:the education is to be gained. The me ld and admirable class of men to whom this country owes so much has sprung into existence by its own energy, and, being perpetually subjected to the un failing test of success or failure, needs no artificial distinction to authenticate its pretensions. Of course, where there is a demand for a particular kind of knowledge, there is sure to arise a number of persons anxious to supply it, and the wider the profession and the greater the prizes that it offers the better that education is sure to be. As a humble contribution from ourselves in this direction, we beg to call attention to an institution winch is among the most valuable that exist in this country, but having been founded by Government, and being therefore one which it is nobody's interest to puff, has by no means attracted the attention it deserves. We allude to the Government School of Mines in Jermyn-street, which appears to be a place exactly calculated to give that amount of information in the different sciences which Mr. Fowler considers necessary. It includes among its professors some of the most distinguished men of science in the country—Huxley, Hoffman, Tyndall, Willis, Percy, Warrington Smyth ; and, though called a School of Mines, is really a place of preparatory education for any occupation which is principally concerned with physical science. We can only understand its not having been more resorted to from the be lief that to the great number of parents it is utterly unknown. There is no greater want of the present day than a place of good rudimentary scientific education. That want is admirably supplied, and yet comparatively few persons avail themselves of the advantages which are offered. POST.—Although when the House of Commons was elected the voting power of parties might be estimated with approximate exactitude, the calcula tions that were made on the basis of Lord Palmer ston's Administration are necessarily deceptive and comparatively worthless. Even as regards the Op position they must be to some extent fallacious. The event which paralysed the Liberal party tended to consolidate the Conservative. But if it is diffi cult to reckon upon the votes of members on gene ral questions, it is utterly impossible to conjecture how they will be divided on the question of extend ing the franchise. It has been roughly assumed that from forty to fifty Liberals would join with the Opposition in resisting any change in the represen tation which threatened to destroy the constitu tional equilibrium ; and further, that if the House were balloted, a Reform Bill could hardly be ex pected to pass the second reading. Be this, how ever, as it may, a mere tyro in Parliamentary tactics must be aware that on such a measure amendments may be so formulated as to catch votes from almost every quarter, and this is a circumstance that seems to invite some serious consideration. All speculation on the balance of parties is idle, and though it is equally idle to say so—for people will go on sum ming up apocryphal figures to no more purpose than those who waste time and cardpaper in marking the oscillation of a game of trente et quarante—the condi tions onwhich the question of Parliamentary Reform may have to be solved are of infinitely higher im portance. As regards the principle involved, it may be presumed that there will not be much difficulty. The House of Commons is properly averse from what is called hair - splitting, and it can matter very little whether the expediency of extending, amending, modifying, or reducing the franchise be affirmed on the second reading. It is in committee that the shape and extent of the suggested altera tion must be settled, and there, in point of fact, the fate of the bill will bedetermined. Lord Russell did, it is true, interpose and prevent the extension of the franchise being considered in committee in 1859, but Mr. Disraeli will scarcely think that it is wise, or worth while, to uphold the Reform Act against its venerable author, who desires to correct it for the benefit of future generations, and particularly as nothing which is, however remotely, relevant to the subject may not be exhaustively discussed between the second and third reading of the measure. Mr. Bright has been considerate enough to advise Mi nisters to get their bill drawn by an able lawyer ; but if he had also provided them with the lantern of Diogenes they could not possibly exercise any con trol over the absolute discretion of Parliament. If those who have charge of the scheme, whatever it may be, entertain an invincible objection to the change of its complexion and features, they had bet ter not submit it to the rough ventilatio# of public opinion. In the calm, tepid atmosphere of a Wing Cabinet it might preserve all its ideal beauty, and be a joy for ever to its happy parents ; but the House of Commons is fastidious and somewhat cyni cal. Mr. Gladstone knows perfectly well that the rhetorical preliminary debate is as a garden of Eden as compared with the excruciating torments of the Parliamentary operating room. The power of the House is only governed by its sense of right, and it might, if it thought fit, use the ministerial preamble for a bill of its own. It might pass a bill repealing the clauses of the Reform Act which deprived the working classes of a direct and distinct representa tion, and reducing the suffrage, which, upon the whole, its enfranchising clauses raised. It might even take the Reform Bills of 1854 and of 1859, and extract from them matter enough to make one tolerably good measure. In short, if Lord Russell is not prepared to see the old tree as well as the tender sapling pruned and bent, he may come to think, when it is too late, that this question could have been more dispassion ately answered by a royal commission, which, be sides affording to the country the information it required, would have allowed time for the recon struction of the Ministry. But, as it is, Parliament and the country may not unreasonably be of opinion that it will be judicious to enter into the matter comprehensively, and to dispose of it definitively, at all events so far as the present generation is con cerned. If the thing is to be done, it ought to be done as well as may be, and, even on Mr. Bright's showing, there need be no hurry about it. Sup posing that the existence of the recently-elected House of Commons would not be shortened by any enlargement of the system of representation, legis lation on the subject may be deliberative, at least as regards time. With six sessions before it, the House will have leaisure to think before it votes, and, under such circumstances, it cannot be neces sary to take any measure at sight for better or for worse. Moreover, it will be indispensable to ascer tain if her Majesty's Ministers have or have not drawn their Reform Bill on the understanding that it is to open up a way for the introduction of secret voting, and a redistribution of Parliamentary , power; for, so far from having facilitated its dis cussion, Mr. Bright's exceeding candour has raised a new difficulty. If the extension of the franchise is to lead to voting by ballot, and to a rearrange ment of seats, and if those organic modifications are to give household suffrage as their first result, the whole theory of the contemplated revolution must be taken into consideration. Or, on the other hand, it will be for Mr. Gladstone to persuade the House that Mr. Bright speaks for himself, that the Government does not share his views, and that the tendency of their proposition is opposed to the rea lisation of his democratic aspirations. In effect, IliinLitera mud be sensible that any measure they bring forward which receives the support of Mr. Bright will be looked upon with suspicion. This may be their misfortune, but it cannot now be avoided. It is understood that Mr. Bright will decline to accept an extension of the franchise which would not operate as a means to the end he has defined, and, consequently, that end cannot be eliminated in considering a step taken in its direction with his approbation and countenance. Nor will Mr. Glad stone, with all his power of speech, be able to re move this ground of apprehension if the measure he proposes be not in itself a security for the mainte nance of the established institutions of the country; and, of course, in that case its passage through 3 committee of the house might not be attended with the inconvenience that could hardly fail to arise if the guarantee had to be, as it were, wrestled for in passionate debates and strate g i ca l divisions. No doubt a Ministry is, generally speaking, entitled to choose its own course, and to put the question on which it intends to stand or fall in the form that may seem most fitting to its purpose; but there ar° exceptions to the rule, or rather conditions that should restrict the assumption of undue responsi bility ; and even as a mere matter of policy, Lord Russell's Government, being a Government on trial, might have limited its action to what was essential to the public service while waiting for the verdict. It may be said, and probably will be said, that it is the duty of the House of Commons to lose no time in informing the Ministers of the Crown whether they possess its confidence or not, and that silence will bear the proverbial interpretation. In the pre sent instance, however, this is not precisely so. Par liament may be desirous of extending the franchise, or, at any rate, can hardly help perceiving that the Reform Act admits of amendment. And thinking thus, it would be competent for Parliament to re solve, without regard to one Administration or another, that the claim should be settled and set at rest. The country, too, might be reconciled to 3 change which, if not required, combined safetylvith improvement; and if the question comes to be re garded from this point of view, it may be solved irrespective of all dictation, and on the broad na tional foundation from which, for unconstitutional, objects—now to promotethe i n t eres t s o f a par ty, and now to sustain the weakness of a Cabinet—has been widely and perilously estranged. COUNTRY MARKETS, LYNN-TUESDAY. We have a very small show of wheat here to-day • good dry samples were taken at Is. per qr. re d uc ti on ;' damp qualities were difficult of sale at ls., and in some instancel 2s. per qr. less money. Malting barley was in limited! supply, and fully as dear ; grinding sorts in request at last Tuesday's prices. New wheat, 46s to 48s ; new red, 42s to 445; old white, 51s to 52s ; old red, 46s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley fc' t malting, 34s to 365; secondary, 26s to 325. Oats, ne vi ' 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, 4 small, 42s to 44s ; I are , 40s to 42s per 28 stone. HULL.—T UESDAY. Since our last there has been a somewhat slow trade in both English and foreign wheat, and where 'sales of Bug: lish wheat have been a t a re d uc ti on o f Is. to 2s. per q'' At our market to-day there was a very limited demand Of wheat, the sales being entirely confined to English of goco quality, at a reduction of ls. per qr. For good malting barley there was a good inquiry, and the late high priel were fully maintained. The ti g ht ness o f th e mone y marke d and late large arrivals tended t o re d uce th e pr i ce of linsee about ls. per qr. English old white wheat, 49s to 54s ; old red, 47s to 49 5 . Barley, English, 34s to 38s. Oats, Russian, 24s to 265: Beans, new English, 43s to 445. P eas , E ng li s h blue, 4 05 to 41s Od ; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 36 stone. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. At this market to-day the attendance was less numerous than a week ago. A moderate supply of wheat was shown, for which previous quotations were required. Business; however, ruled excessively dull, and last week's price: were not in all cases maintained. In the barley depar t mint an improved feeling prevailed. There was about as average offer, and good sorts m ove d off steadily, W.," highest price we heard given being 40s. p er qr . Genera : speaking the market was firm, a t f u lly l as t wee k' s figure , with an occasional advance. For beans and peas there W., a very limited inquiry, at rather less mone y. Oats nu ° t firm. For flour the requirements of the trade were 1 1 ° large, the quotations remaining at 345., 36 5 ., an d 390. p er sack. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised froth37s to 52s ; barley, 35s to 40s ; oats, 22s t o 32 s ; beans, , 78 to 51s ; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from G s to „ a 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; h ouse h o ld ditto, 1.4 per 81b loaf. Flour, 34s to 40s per sack. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUESDAY. White wheat, 50s to 58s ; red, 48s to Ms per 36 stale' Barley for malting, 33s to 37s per qr ; feed, 28s to 300 It! 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 395. Beans, old, 48s to 525; net 40s to 44s per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. : ,8. d. g. 0 Holywell Main lB 0 H etton ••• 20 3 N.Staffordshire .. -. . .... 17 0 W es t H artley ......... 18 0 18 Carway and Duffryn 1 2 8 4 6 0 p F Wylam Malting Shaw's Hartley . 18 Kelloo Eldon l7 6 e ra n r :h w er ell P g rim ate 7o - s . e . ..... 188 6 0 0 Ships at market, 20; sold, 20. Foreign Mail Packet List. ---+ MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan* 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 1 , 2 ' Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Feb. 7* Ditto, by French packet .. Jan. 2! " Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Jan. 21' China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton...Jan* Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 2 " Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton - 27 ' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Tan. 18 ' Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton . Jan. 11' Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 20 Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 11 Ditto, via Marseil:ei Feb. 1 * Newfoundland , Jan. 17 ' Portugal ,„,,Feb 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri- , tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork o • • Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Jan. 1 1 . West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Fob. I West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, ~, and Mexico Jan. '" Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New "Y ork. Feb 8 ' Bermuda, ditto Jail. 17 EXTRAORDINARY DEATH IN THE BETHNAL-G''-", WORKHOUSE.—Yesterday morn i ng 11/Ir. Hunapbr es :l; Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the Windsor Ces" Tavern, Victoria-park, relative to the death of J° B : l ,,t Flowers, aged 65 ye ars , w h o w a s f oun d d ea d i n a lo n i o .. the Bethnal-green W or kh ouse . Th e j ury, a ft er a long 0 liberation, returned the following sp e ci a l ver dict, ,, Tb o " o f deceased Joseph Flowers was found dead on the flo r h i t i No. 28 ward of th e B e th na l- green W or kh ouse, an d that f death was caused by ext ravasa ti on o f bl oo d a t the b o° t i' d the brain accelerated by h av i ng t o s l eep i n a war d uusii,lhat to his then condition ; and th e sa id j urors f ur ther seY there is neglect in sleeping the sick poor when the ward is full, and that better supervision or means of 03 ' munication at night ought to be adopted." [ADVEIITISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment an d P — i I IS• itt, There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgno and such like painful maladies, ar e m o r e rife this se o f than for some years past. The number of testimoni als o a, cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprececien.ers and should be enforced on the attention of all sliff °l / 0 - from these complaints. The parts in pain should bo o_ mented for some minutes with warm brine, dried, er' cl ,,,o mediately well rubbed with the ointment. It will 'li e f. into the pores ,of the skin and give the greatest 1,0 Many valuable lives are annually lost which vale re saved if early recourse in illness were made to thicioi markable remedies, which must necessar ily prove bon e and cannot do harm. Births. AGAR-ELLIS.—On the 9th inst., at Stonor, the A...9 13 ' L. Agar-Ellis, of a daughter. AGNEW.—On tho 9th inst., at the Earl of G a insboN ti r i ter• 17, Princes-gate, the Lady L ou i sa A gnew , of a dog rd , Cocxnußs.—On the 27th ult., at Pennoxstone, 'W eft) shire, Lady Cockburn, of a daughter. e tat/ ELWES.—On the 9th inst., at The C o tt ag e, Ilanirtvw -c) Mrs. W. Cary Elwes, of a son. Marriages. DUFF—MAXSE.—On the 9th inst at St. Goorg o's t 00 01 over-square, Robert W. Duff, Captain, Royal Bn,gil oa tlr second son of Adam Duff, Esq., o f W oo d g ato an ificli end, Oxfordshire, to Beat r i ce , y ounges t daughter of Caroline and the late James Masse, Esq. vi HACKETT—KINNELL.—On the 16th inst., at St. -- ce f l -1 Stockwell, Richard, only son of R. M. Hackett, ° la te Jewry-street, to Margaret, eldest daughter of tlo G. Kinnell, of Jewry-street. • ANDERsos.--On the 9th inst. , Deaths at Ludlow, Gee. Allue r6ool Esq., aged 86. c ~ ANDERSON.—On the 9th inst., suddenly , the wife °' s t all' Henry Anderson, Esq., o 43, Maillorough-llilj' - John's-wood. D or - BLOXAM.—On the 9th inst., at 28, D u ke-street, Gros v° square, Miss Mary Bloxam, aged 90. 3 0 0° BRAY.—On the sth inst., a t Upper Norwood, Jon Bray, Esq., aged 74. Atari' BENN. —On the Bth inst, a t B an kfi e ld, near Liverpool, wife of Captain Benn, RN., aged 66. rto JO C. I HAWKSWORTH.—On the sth inst at swynne"-- 13 ' Hawksworth, aged 43. it., - c kneP THEOBALDS.—On the 10th inst., at The Grov e, -- Thomas Theobalds, aged 70. ___,....-.!. - -9 VIVI London : Printed and Published by WIL LIM/ AN Np, 11". of No. 112, Strand, Pilnter, at TiSUN Office. Strand, in the . Precinct of the Savoy. in the Cell' t l lidlC.CB.—Thursclay, January 11, 1800, !it r ~l,'le hi Priz ( , :;51 A oh, Kill ~~ 14 , ;{' 4 , , Pro ei fect, thr ee dise,„ Mad e ew e r e4Vet blish e Ti At the fo To Ar q In v Pre in, v . It they Paici Na ....,....... Alt tweet d,,d 8 e4Thrti P1 41 '7 4111 atP Qt IT D 65 tieing ~_ '~ THE SUN, LONDON, TEITTRSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1866. ~~ ~-.!