The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-13 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Feb. 24. The evacuation of Charleston has been closely followed by the surrender of Fort Anderson and the port and city of Wilmington. As the new strategy of General Lee is to abandon the Atlantic cities and transfer their garrisons into the interior for the spring:campaign, Mobile will come next in order. On its evacuation the Confederacy will be shut out from Europe on every side, except on the line of the Rio Grande. The Northern people, as might have been expected, are in ecstasies of elation at the pro spect, and at the remarkable series of successes - which have recently rewarded their efforts by sea and land. As appetite grows by what it feeds on in this as in other cases, they are greedy for further victories, and daily expect to hear that Sherman has swallowed up Beauregard, and Grant performed the same feat on the armies of Lee. Yesterday, how ever, the rumour came from Philadelphia that Lee had attacked Grant and defeated him with heavy loss ; but though it found few to believe it, and has not been confirmed, the possibility of such an event, as well as the undoubted peril in which Sherman has thrust himself by his rapid march through South Carolina, has prepared the cautious for an unfa vourable turn in the wheel of fortune. At a time such as this, when expectation is con centrated upon what Gen. Sherman is doing and on what he is expected to do, and in the very crisis and culmination of his career, it is instructive to dwell for a while upon what such a man has said or written. It is not often that his utterances find their way to the public, for he has the rare genius of silence, and never speaks but to good purpose, or writes without carefully weighing his words. All that is known of him tends to prove not only that he has a sound head, but a good heart. While no Northern soldier has equalled him in military genius, if success in daring achievement be accepted as a test, no statesman or politician in office, or philoso pher or preacher out of office, has expressed himself with half his sense, modesty, and humanity on the events of the war. He never asserts that the negro is better than the white man, as some writers and speakers of the fanatic school of Abolitionists are constantly doing ; never encourages his country men in the delusion that the end of the war is at hand, or that the Southern people are mere brag garts and bullies, as the " Buncombe" orators of the North are never tired of asserting ; and never main tains that the crime of secession is so deadly that nothing but the devastation of the Southern States, the extermination of their people, and the re-settle ment of the land by the conquerors can atone for it. Though a warrior, he does not pretend to be a " War Christian ;" and though carrying fire and sword before him, he does not believe that fire and sword are the best agents of civilisation, or that their employment against men and women of* the same blood and history, and speaking the same lan guage as himself, is other then a dire necessity. In a letter to Mrs. Bowen, of Maryland, dated as far back as June, 1864, from his liead-quarters at Marietta, and for the first time printed this week, he gives expression to sentiments wbich reflect the highest honour on his character both as a Christian soldier and a wise statesman. "As a nation," he says, " we (the North) were forced to accept battle; and that once begun, it has gone on till the war has assumed proportions at which even we, in the hurly burly, sometimes stand aghast. I would not subju gate the South in the sense so offensively assumed, but I would make every citizen of the land obey the common law, submit to the same that we do ; no better—our equals, and not our superiors. My heart bleeds when I see the carnage of battle, the desolation of homes, the bitter anguish of families ; but the very moment the men of the South say that, instead of appealing to war, they should have ap pealed [will appeal] to reason, to Congress, to the courts of law, to religion, and the experience of history, then will I say, Peace come back and resume your proud place as American citizens, with all your rights and privileges." This is not the doctrine of the Butlers, the Sumners, the Chandlers, the Beechers, the Phil lipses, and the Loyal Leaguers ; neither is it a doc trine which is generally popular, or that General Sherman himself would be forgiven for teaching had he not earned by eminent service the right to speak his mind, even though his sentiments should be in direct opposition to the passion or prejudice of the majority. Yet the Southern people, of whom he speaks so kindly, might ask him, in sorrow, not in cadger, if he has not taken a wrong and partial view of their case. He declares that "On earth, as in Heaven, man must submit to some arbiter, and must not throw off his allegiance to his Government or his God without just reason or cause." George 111. believed that the American colonists had no just reason to rebel, and the sword decided the difference of opinion—against the King, and in favour of the people. General Sherman and the North but repeat George lll.'s argument without having George excuses of knowing no better, or of being unguided by the light of any previous experience. New York celebrated on the day before yesterday the 133 d anniversary of the birth of Washington with somewhat more than customary enthusiasm. The confirmation of the news of the evacuation of Charleston came opportunely to give novelty to an old-fashioned holiday, and the weather being re markably genial and beautiful for the season, the population swarmed into the streets in unusual numbers to see the reviews, parades, and proces sions organised for the occasion, while the chimes were rung merrily and guns were fired unmerci fully to express the popular joy that a great re bellion had been eminently successful more than three-quarters of a century ago. How many or how few amid the multitudes who thronged Broadway, Union-square, the Fifth Avenue, and the Central park, devoted a thought to the possible place in history that would be aocorded to another so-called rebellion, which is now in the agony of final sup pression or triumph, - it is useless to inquire. 4e hellion is only rebellion while it is unsuccessful, and prosperous treason, as everybody knows, is synony mous with patrioti sm . A large body of the wealthiest people in the city, men who pay Income tax upon annual revenues of hundreds of thousands of dollars derived from contracts and speculations, or from countless other modes of making money which are the concomitants of a plethora of paper in the hands of adepts and experts, not choosing t o parade the streets, and taking no pleasure in the ringing of bells or the barbarous noise of artillery, celebrated Washington's birthday by a public meet ing, and the adoption of a string of resolutions. Neither speeches nor resolutions had much reference to the hero of the anniversary, but made much more account of suth living heroes as Sherman and Grant than of such dead heroes as Washington and his contemporaries. The first resolution will be con sidered a curiosity of argument by all who remem ber what these New York millionaires and the Northern people generally find it convenient to forget --that the Southern people are struggling for the self -same right that triumphed under Washing ton. " Resolved," said these gentlemen, " that the War to quell rebellion, which now rapidly ap proaches its i nev it a bl e conc l us i on, i nvo l ves essen tially the principles of self-government, human freedom, and Ch r i st i an civilisation. " If the meet ing had been held at Richmond , there is not a Southern soldier or citizen who might , not conscien tiously have cried « Amen to the assertion. The resolution went on to say " that the people of the United States have abundantwlc hi aus e for congra tulation in the k nowledge that e successfully maintaining by for ce of arms the Government of their choice" (but not of the choice of their oppo nents) " and the life of the nation" (though accom panied by the death of a nation that presumes to have equal right to live and enjoy itself),'„ ,, they are at the same time effectually asserting the inviolable doctrine that this continent is for ever devoted to the cause of liberal institutions and republican Go vernment." In other words, these millionares, seeing as they think an end of the civil war, are so anxious not to be at peace as to proclaim that they will, as soon as possible after they have settled their domes tic differences, make war against the Emperor Maxi milian of Mexico and the Emperor of the French for having violated an inviolable doctrine. As the gentlemen are so enamoured of war, it is fairly to be presumed that they have made, or are making, money by it, and that they would see with 1 leasure new wars and complications emerge from the smoul dering embers of the old. The same gentlemen held a second meeting yesterday, and, having subscribed money for preliminary expenses, sent telegraphic messages to all the principal cities of the Union, in cluding San Francisco, to know whether the muni cipal authorities would not agree to set the 4th of March next as a national holyda,y, and suspend all business whatever, except the business of rejoicing over the recent victories, the occupation of Charles ton, and the raising of the old flag upon Fort Sum ter. The answers were rapidly received, and should Gen. Sherman or Gen. Grant meet with no reverse in the interval, it is probable the 4th of March will be a grand clay for spread-eagleism and fireworks. But considering what events may happen within the next nine days, the action of the bankers and mer chants of New York is, to say the least of it, a little precipitate. Contrary to expectation, Mr. Lincoln refused to commute the sentence of Captain Beall, deputed or ordered by the Confederate Government to make war upon the Federals on the Canadian Lakes, and the unfortunate man was hung this day, within the confines of the fort upon Governor's Island, in the Bay of New York. Great efforts were made to in duce the President to be merciful in this particular case, not so much from any sympathy with Captain Beall as from the fears of the many persons—some of them high in office and in position—who have sons or brothers in Confederate prisons, and who are apprehensive, and probably not without reason, that th'e Confederate Government will avenge what in the South wilt be looked upon as the murder of this officer by the execution in the same ignoble mode of one or more Federal captives of corresponding military rank. The President granted a reprieve of a few days to enable the doomed man to communicate with and have an interview with his mother, but the Judge- Advocate-General was firm in persuading Mr. Lin coln to allow the sentence of the law to take its course, and the luckless soldier was hung, not be cause he was the leader of a raid in Federal waters, but because he was a Confederate " spy." It is loudly proclaimed by the War Party and the Loyal League that a similar fate awaits Lieut. Burley and also Lieut. Bennett Young and his companions, now under trial at Montreal, should the Canadian Courts decide to deliver them to the Federal autho rities under the Extradition Treaty. Execution of Captain Beall, the Rebel Spy. The following account of the execution of Capt. Beall is from the New York Tribune of Feb. 25 : The execution of the sentence of death upon John Y. Beall, the rebel spy, recently convicted by court martial, duly took place on Governor's Island yesterday, the 24th of February, to which day ho had been respited from Satur day last, which had been originally fixed as the day of execution. Although, according to the terms of the sentence, it was not to be carried into effect until between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock p.m., the sight-seers, who were so fortunate as to procure passes, began to arrive in large numbers at Governor's Island at an early hour in the morning, and there was also a considerable throng, who, to judge by ap pearance, had managed to pass the guards without creden tials. By 12 o'clock upwards of 500 spectators had assembled, without including soldiers, of whom there were several hundred. Between the hours of 11 and 12, United States Marshal Murray proceeded, with a file of soldiers, to the cell of the condemned in order to convey him to an apartment less remote from the scaffold, preparatory to the execution, which it had been determined was to take place shortly after one o'clock. Major Cogswell and other officers testified to the coura geous bearing of Captain Beall ever since his confinement on the island. As we entered the cell of the prisoner, in com pany with Marshal Murray, a deputy-sheriff, and another gentleman, we were struck by his singularly cool and con fident mien. He was sitting on a chair by a little table which stood in the middle of the cell, with the black cap of death already upon his head. Seeing us enter, he Imme diately arose and said to the Marshal : "lam at your service. You will oblige me by making this thing as short as possible." The Marshal, who had seen him frequently before, did not at first recognise him, as the black, turban-like, night cap, with its long tasseled overlap, somewhat altered his appearance. He knew him to be the same, however, as soon as he spoke, and promised to comply with his request. Captain Beall was a handsome man; about sft. 9in. in height, a strong, compactly-built form, light .beard and moustache and yellowish hair, regular features indicative of culture and intellectual firmness, and a clear brilliant grey eye ;—these wore tho physical characteristics of the rebel spy. There was also a singular freedom and self-possession in his manner of movement and address. Following Marshal Murray to the door of his cell, ho marched between the guards, who were awaiting him to ward the designated apartment, heedless of the curious gaze of the knots of loungers who had gathered to witness the scene. We forgot to mention that he was also accom panied by the Rev. S. H. Weston, Chaplain of the Seventh Regiment National Guard, who had been his constant com panion for several hours previous. The gallows was erected on a pleasant little knoll of ground, which sloped gently to the waters of the bay on the extremity of the island fronting the Narrows. The struc ture itself was simple enough. There was no drop ; but a chair was placed directly under the rope,which ran through an aperture and along a groove or series of pullies in the beam above, the other end falling into a rude box,or shanty, where it had connection with a heavy weight, which the severing of a subordinate line would bring the noose up, with a swift jerk, to the top of the gallows-tree. Up and down, in the interior of the enclosure containing the weight, paced the man whose business it was to cut the short line at the signal, and by the action of the falling weight, run up the outer cord, with its dangling burden of flesh and blood. He was in fact the hangman of the occasion, a deserter long confined on the island, but who, we understood, was ex temporised into an executioner, on the condition that there after his own past sins wore to be forgiven. By noon there was a large crowd collected round this spot, eyeing the structure with a morbid curiosity, and several platoons of troops were marching and counter marching around it, with a full band playing at their head. Nearly all the Press were represented and stood very near the scaffold, with Major Bumford, the commandant of the post, and several other officers belonging on the island. As the fatal hour drew near the crowds of spectators became so pressing that a guard was detailed which quickly drove them back, while the troops wero formed in a hollow square around the gallows to keep thorn outside. Just about one o'clock the guard, with the prisoner and Mr. Weston in their midst, came ling down the slope, and the crowd respectfully opened to let them through. The prisoner walked swiftly, and evidently without fear. His arms were pinioned by the elbows behind his back, which induced a slight forward stoop as he walked, but there was something defiant and free in his gait and bearing. There was something gracefully romantic in his attire, es pecially in the short dark cloak which ho wore, falling theatrically down to his waist and concealing the hempen twist round his neck, and even his black cap added to this dramatic effect, being rolled up, turban-like, above his brows, the baggy end falling on one side and fluttering in the fresh wind that blew in from the sea. Otherwise, the prisoner was attired in a grey suit, somewhat tarnished from his long confinement, additional evidence of which was also perceptible in his pallid and somewhat emaciated features. We learn, and it is very probable, that the prisoner enter t, lo oalmostn t u t p o t p e o s t he th t h t o h u e r e x i in m e c u e t o i n a t e w l y o r d e n c e o d i t b n e g h ca r i tied into effect. These hopes probably vanished before he started on his last brief journey to the gallows--indeed, they must have done so, for on the way he looked up, gazed steadily at the sun, which was shining in a clear blue sky and pouring a flood of effulgence over his pathway to the grave, and said to Mr. Weston—" How beautiful the sun light is! I never knew what its splendour was till now when I look upon it for the last time." , Arriving at the gallows, the prisoner threw a qui c k, curious glance upward, as though he had never seen the structure before, although it lay fully exposed to hi s ey es during the several moments' march from his place of con finement. Nevertheless. he seemed perfectly satisfied with it on closer inspection, and quietly stepped forward under the rope, while the Adjutant prepared to read the various findings of the:Court, the order accompanying it, and the death sen tence. While this was going on, the quiet, almost cheerful courage of the prisoner won the respect of all who saw him. His demeanour was, however, anything but that of a bravo ; it evinced a pure moral courage, an intellectual contempt for death. His face was pale but not sorrowful, and frequent smiles played across his lips as he listened to the reading of the different specifications of which he had been found guilty, and for which he was there to meet his death. Especially at the reading of that specification respecting the Lake Erie Piracy, where he had placed the innocent passengers of the captured steamer under durance by force of arms, he almost laughed, as if the reading recalled some incident which had once particularly amused him. In all of this carelessness, however, c ever, there was only c o n tempt and hardihood, nothing l ike velage on w t h ri i t e i h on had fer i t m h p o e c l r l i e m d crimes s i which ho had attempted, and nothing like a con v i c ti on o f th e f ana ti c i sm or spirit of re- Immediatelystoodup, after the readi ng of the sentence, the pri sonerand the no ose roun d hi s nec k was f astene d to the suspended cord Murray, Major Cogsw st i b f a l l : a e leaving n,Odn oth his er right slack of about two feet. H e faced theci,ffighetialss. On toodM h ar is s l h e a ft l stood Der. Weston, who produced a copy of tho Episcopal , Liturgy, and read the commendatory prayer therefrom in solemn tones, the prisoner bending his head reverently, and evidently listening with profound attention. At the conclusion of this ceremony the Deputy-Marshal approached the prisoner, adjusted the rope, and asked him if he had anything to say. The prisoner replied, " Yes ; I protest against the exe cution of this sentence. It is absolute murder—brutal mur der. I die in the defence and service of my country." Before the cap was drawn over his eyes, on being asked if he wished to say anything further, he said, "No, I beg you to make haste !" The signal was then given ; the weight was heard to fall, the rope was seen to spring high up ; and John Y. Beall was in eternity ; for his neck was immediately broken, and he probably died in a second. There was a slight convulsion of the legs, and all motion ceased. The execution took place at 14 minutes past one o'clock precisely. Tho body was suffered to hang just twenty minutes. It was then cut down, and, upon examination, the surgeon in attendance pronounced life extinct. It was then placed in the coffin awaiting it and borne away, when the crowd dispersed. We understand that the corpse was to have been brought to the city, and there delivered to some friends for interment. Two gentlemen from Baltimore, friends of the deceased, were with him in the morning, and witnessed his execution. Although there was a natural feeling of commiseration for the youth, and respect for the valorous bearing of the pri soner among the spectators, the general and profounder sentiment was that ho richly deserved the death ho re ceived. A few days before his death the prisoner wrote a sketch of his life, and, during the early morning preceding his execu tion, at his own request, had a photograph likeness taken of himself. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, March 4.—The arrival of Prince Arthur here is looked forward to with much interest. A pro gramme of his intended movements has been re ceived. After embarking on the 3d inst. at Mar seilles on board the royal yacht Enchantress, in company with Major Elphinstone, he will proceed to Naples, where • it is expected he will arrive on the 6th. He will re main there only one day, will afterwards touch at Messina, Catania, and Syracuse, on his way to Tunis. Having paid a visit to the site of ancient Carthage he will return to Sicily, for the purpose of seeing the ruins of Agrigentum, and will thence proceed direct to Malta, where he may be expected about the 18th inst. The further movements have not been as yet, I believe, quite decided upon. It is not intended that his Royal Highness should stay here more than two days ; but before his departure he will probably witness a military review, and the grand spectacle, lately much in vogue, of manning the batteries. The Prince will be received at Naples by Rear-Admiral Yelverton, who is at present there in the Revenge, which will shortly afterwards return to Malta. The Pelican, 17, screw. corvette, Commander H. B. Comber, returned from the neighbourhood of Benghazi on the 24th ult., where she had been in attendance on the tele graph steamer Fanny Lambert. She experienced dreadful weather, and during a whole month had been able to anchor only once, no port being at hand into which she could run for shelter. Her bow ports and hammock nettings were carried away by a heavy sea, and she has been so much knocked about gene rally that she has had to go into dock to refit. The weather having moderated, the Fanny Lambert left again on Friday for Tripoli and Benghazi, to resume operations which had been cut short by the violence of the late gales. From accounts received from all parts of the Mediterranean the bad weather seems to have been general. The Racer, 11, screw corvette, Com mander J. N. T. Saulez, left Malta on the 25th for Tunis to relieve the Wanderer, 4, screw gun vessel, Com mander M. C. Seymour, which has since arrivedhere. The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Lieut. G. Borlase (in charge) left to -day for Z ante to relieve the Magicienne, 16, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. W. Armytage. Affairs continue in a very unsatisfactory state in that island, andfresh deeds of violence are reported. The Psyche, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander Sterne, is under orders to proceed to Naples, on Monday next with Dr. Trower, Bishop of Gibraltar, who is about to consecrate the new English church lately erected on the piece of ground granted for the purpose by Garibaldi during his brief Dictator ship. The Austrian screw corvette, Graf Dandolo, Capt. G. Nanta, arrived on the 24th of February from Corfu. The Duke and Duchess of Bucking ham and family arrived here on Friday in their schooner yacht Surprise, commanded by Capt. G. Mends, Royal Navy. They last touched at Syra cuse, and will probably next visit Algiers. The fol lowing have arrived during the week :—Lord Guil lamore, Col. Ilardinge, commanding,lst Battalion 22d Regiment; Lieut.-Col. Anderson, command ing 2d Battalion 22d Regiment ; Capt. Arkwright, Lieut. Geneste, R.N., and family, Captain Pear son and family, Mr. W. Rumble and family, Lieut. H. A. Denney, R.A., Lieut. Pope, Captain Herbert, and Ensign Hamilton. The following have taken their departure :—Capt. Cookesley, Capt. Colviu, and Lieut. J. Powys, Ist Battalion 22d Regiment ; Lieut. Eggington, Lieut. Hundy, and Lieut. Jones. The Prussian war brigs Mosquito and Rover, as well as the Austrian steam corvette Graf Dandolo, are still here. The British men-of-war in port are the Victoria, Hibernia, Gibraltar, Royal Oak, Resistance, Cossack, Pelican, Enterprise, Wan derer, Wizard, Firefly, Psyche, and the tug Hearty. News has just been received of the repair of the Tripoli and Benghazi section of the Malta and Alexandria cable. The fault existed seven miles from the Tripoli section." Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21 guns, 1,850-horse power (nominal), having been under repair nearly two years, was on Friday taken to the Maplin Sands, near Chatham, for the pur pose of making her official trial of speed at the measured mile. The Terrible, which is the largest and most powerful paddlewheel steamer in the navy, was some time since ordered to be broken up, but on being surveyed by the dockyard officials her engines were found to be in such good order, not withstanding the length of time they had been in the ship, that the Admiralty reconsidered their former order, and it was decided to put the vessel into thorough repair and retain her in the service. These repairs have resulted in the Terrible being almost reconstructed. They have only recently been completed, and this fine paddlewheel steamer is now fully equipped with the whole of her Armstrong and other guns, stores, &c., on board, and only waits the appointment of her officers and crew to be ready to proceed on the particular service for which she is intended—that, it is understood, of accompanying the Great Eastern in laying down the Atlantic Telegraph cable, for which her great power and steaming qualities will well qualify her. The Terrible left her moorings alongside the Ocean shortly after 9 yesterday morning, and at once steamed towards the Mouse light for the purpose of making her trial at the measured mile. She was in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the Steam Reserve, the other officials on board being Mr. Urquhart, officiating as chief inspector of the Steam Reserve afloat, and Mr. Blaxland, inspec tor of machinery. The day was favourable for the trial, the wind being from the northward with a force of 4 to 5. The draught of water was 19ft 6in. forward, and 19ft. 2in. aft, but her trim was subse quently altered by the removal of four of her heaviest fitted b guns aft. The eng i nes , w hi c h d ur i ng th e t r i a l were in charge of M r . J . R o lli nson, c hi e f eng i neer, were manufactured y with l‘ T du Messrs. ssrO. h l\ / I l e a u cylinders,d s la y, Son, each a nd fi F f t i e . in d. Theyare diameter and of Bft. length of stroke. During the tune the Terrible was in dock her engines under went complete replair, and in addition to several new fitments, the intermediate shaft, longing to the Retribution, was fitted on board. The four boilers, each of which will hold 3O tons of water, are fed by 24 furnaces, and during the trial yesterday the boilers generated an abundance of steam. The Terrible is fitted with the common float paddle-wheels, each of which has a diameter of 34ft. The floats, 13ft. wide, have an immersion of 7ft. Gin., with nine in the water. On reaching the trial ground the Terrible was at once placed on the mea sured mile, and six runs taken at full boiler power. It should be remarked, however, that in conse quence of the unusually large fleets of colliers and other vessels passing and repassing the runs could not be satisfactorily made, the vessel having re peatedly to go out of her s t r aight course when run ning over the mile. The following are the results of each run :—First 6min. • "Baec.; speed n knots, 9-783 ; number of revolutions of paddle wheel, 13 ; pressure of steam, 9.51 b. ; vac., 28. Second mile—time, smin . 26sec. ; speed, 11.043 knots; revolutions of paddlewheels, 13 ; pressure, 11-51 b. ; vac., 25. Third mile—time, smin. 30sec. ; speed, 10.619 knots ; revolution, 14 ; pressure, 121 b. ; vac. 26.5. Fouith mile—time, 6min. 13sec. ; speed, 9.651 knots ; revolutions, 13 ; pressure of steam, 131 b. ; vac. 28. Fifth mile—time, smin. 19sec. ; speed, 11.285 knots; revolutions, 14; pressure, 111 b.; vac., 26. Sixth mile—time, 6 min. 12 sec. ; speed, 9.677 knotts ; revolutions, 13 ; pressure, 12 ; vac., 28 ; giving a mean speed of 10.470 knots per hour. Two runs were afterwards taken at half-boiler power, when with ten revolutions of the engines per minute an average speed of 8.436 knots was attained. From the reasons already given it would seem that the Terrible did not attain such a high rate of speed on the occasion of her trial yesterday as on her pre vious trial trip. In making circles, with the rudder at an angle of 28 deg. and with 10 revolutions of the engines, the full circle was made in 6min. 32sec. At the close of the trials the Terrible returned into harbour to await orders from the Admiralty. She has upwards of 400 tons of coals on board and the greater portion of her sea stores. The Liverpool, 39, screw frigate, Capt. Rowley Lambert, arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from Plymouth, after a refit. On anchoring she exchanged salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Commander in -Chief, Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B. The annual change of quarters of the Royal Household Cavalry is to take place on the sth of the ensuing month, when the Ist Regiment of Life Guards remove from the Hyde Park barracks to Windsor, the 2d Regiment of Life Guards from Windsor to the Regent's Park barracks, and the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) from the Regent's Park barracks to Hyde Park barracks. The usual half-yearly changes of quarters of the division of the Foot Guards is appointed to take place on the 31st inst., as follows :—Grenadier Guards, Ist battalion, from Chelsey barracks to Wellington barracks ; 2d battalion, from Shorn cliffe to the Tower of London ; the 3d battalion, will remain at Wellington barracks. Coldstream Guards, Ist battalion, from Wellington barracks to Windsor ; 2d battalion, from Windsor to St. George's barracks. Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist bat talion, from the Tower of London to Shorncliffe ; and 2d battalion from St. George's barracks to Chelsea barracks. Lieut. - Gen. Sir S. B. Ellis, K. C.B. , Royal Marines one of the few remaining heroes of Trafalgar, died at his residence, Old Carlton, on Friday last, aged 78. The deceased entered the Royal Marines in 1804. He first served in Sir R. Calder's action off Cape Finnistre in 1805, and in the battle of Trafal gar in the same year. He was one of the survivors of the Walcheren expedition in 1809, was at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, was present at the capture of the American frigate President in 1814, and was the first officer who boarded her after she struck. He was employed from 1812 to 1813 off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and was engaged in several boat actions off the coast of North America in 1814. In 1839 he was at the bombard ment and reduction of Fort Munora in Scinde, and in the same year he commanded a detachment of his corps at Bushire, where he landed under a heavy fire from the Persians, and embarked in safety the political resident. For two years he was actively engaged in the principal actions of the Chinese war, for which service he was promoted to the rank of Brevet-Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, and was also made a C.B. He was created a K.C.B. in 1860, and Colonel-Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines in 1863. He had re ceived the war medal with two clasps, and also the China medal. We have to announce the death of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Scudamore Winde Steel, K.C.8., of her Ma jesty's Indian Forces. The deceased joined the Indian service in 1806. He served during 1808-9, under Colonel Doveton, in Berar. During the Mahratta War of 1817-18 he served as Assistant- Quartermaster, and was present at the reduction of the Hill Forts in the Gungterry, where he was slightly wounded in the head with a matchlock ball. In 1821, 1822, and 1823 he was employed in the Southern Mahratta country, for which he received the thanks of the departmental officers. As Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster of the Madras troops he took part in the expedition against Rangoon, and after a long succession of services he was appointed in 1852 to the command of the Madras division of the army of Burmah. He was in 1853 appointed K.C.8., and in 1854 specially appointed to com mand the Peg,u division and Martaban provinces. He returned to England on the 27th of May, 1856, after having completed an uninterrupted service in India of fifty years. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—On Friday—Lieut. Herbert 11. Edwards, to the Meander ; J. C. Inglis, surgeon, to the Egmont ; E. B. Broster, assist.-surgeon, to the Sharpshooter; Albert A. Mullins, assist.-sur geon, to the Spider ; J. M. Hunter, assist.-surgeon, to the Dee ; J . T. Mitchell, assist.-surgeon, additional, to the Formidable ; J. NV. Dob bin, assist.-surgeon, additional, to the Victory ; Dr. S. Davidson, acting assist.-surgeon, to the Stromboli ; Dr. Hugh R. Craig, acting' assist.-sur geon, additional, to the Leander ; an d J . K n i g h t, second class assist.-engineer, to the Indus for the Lord Clyde. On Saturday—Lieut. Herbert Dolphin and Lieut. N. A. R. Spicer to the Sparrowhawk ; Lieut. 11. P. Gilbert, to the Dauntless ; Lieut. F. C. Vincent, to the Irresistible; W. H. Monckton, midshipman, to the Hector ; Philip E. Manger, second master, to the Ranger ; Henry Hueband, second master, to the Triton. The Royal Society, ' The first of the two canversazioni given by Gene ral Sabine, as President of the Royal Society, took place on Saturday evening at Burlington House, and was honoured by the presence of the Prince of Wales, and unusually well attended. The Prince of Wales was attended by Lieut.-General Knollys, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, and Mr. Holzmann. The rooms, brilliantly lighted, were crowded with company, who appeared to appreciate the interesting collection of philosophic instruments, apparatus, working models, experiments, objects of natural his tory, and works of art, which impart to these scien tific gatherings an appropriate character. Among the results derivable therefrom a highly important one is the assurance that the makers of philosophical instruments approach every year nearer to perfec tion. As good evidence in this particular we notice the chronograph exhibited by permission of the Secretary of State for India—an admirable instru ment, manufactured in Paris. It is one of two in tended to be used for the determination of longitude in the great trigonometrical survey now carrying on in India, and was constructed in Paris under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col. A. Strange, F.R.S. Its general arrangement is the same as that of the chronograph in use at the Greenwich Observatory, but with Foucault's governing apparatus instead of a seconds' pendulum, and making the marks on the cylinder by transmission of the electric spark through the paper, instead of by perforation with a steel pricker. It will be understood that the pair of chro nographs are used at stations any distance apart if connected by telegraph, and the accuracy with which the longitude will be determined and the sur vey made may be judged of from the fact that the instrument notes the time to the 100th of a second. It is fortunate that General Sabine's reception afforded an opportunity for the chronograph to be seen by a large number of persons who could appreciate its performance, for when once sent to India it will remain there permanently. It was shown in operation, and explained by Colonel Strange, who, with exemplary patience, stood by it the whole evening. Mr. J. Browning showed still spectroscope was further impro vemen t s i n the spectrosco pe, remark able when one re mem b ers t h at t h e an unheard-of i ns t rument five years ago . I n the collection exhibited b y t hi s ma k er we no ticed the Herschel-Browning direct-vision spectroscope for geologists, tourists. and astronomers; and a model spectroscope with eight prisms of extra dense glass, and other optical instruments, amd a new form of level made for Alpine travellers, which is as port able and light as a pocket telescope, easy to use, j and shows the line of level to within about two feet —quite near enough for all ordinary purposes. The workmanship of Messrs. Elliott Brothers was well exemplified by their Thomson's• electrometer ar ranged for self registration, by Doering's levelling instrument, and by an ebonite exploder which showed the way in which guns or mines could be fired from long distances. On the same table lay a piece of the Atlantic cable now in process of manu facture, the lightness of which, as compared with specimens of other cables, is remarkable. Gisborne's patent electric apparatus for signalling in mines and collieries was exhibited by the India rubber, Gutta-percha, and Telegraph Works Com pany (late Silver and Co.). Captain Selwyn showed a pair of astatic needles, connected by a bar of aluminium, constructed by himself, in which the upper needle has no apparent North Pole, the lower needle no apparent South Pole. Under the influence of the electric current extraordinary effects are pro duced, and it is expected that the instrument will prove useful in researches on obscure phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. Harrison's newly-invented pneumatic loom, in which the shuttle is, so to speak, fired from side to side by an air-gun, was exhibited by the Pneumatic Loom Company : and although the working of the model was not so satisfactory as could have been wished, it was deservedly recog nised as one of the most remarkable and important inventions of the day. Further illustrations of the early history of man kind by stone implements from Poitou and the caces of Dordogne were shown by Mr. Evans, F.R.S., and Mr. H. Christy ; and by Mr. A. Brady, in his collection of similar implements from Den mark. A frontal and pair of horns of the ancient bison of enormous size, with a tusk and bones of an elephant, found 20ft. below the surface in the line of the main drainage works at Camberwell, were exhibited by the Metropolitan Board of Works. Dr. Welwitsch showed specimens of the entomology and native manufactures of Western Africa ; and Mr. Silver a fine colrection of insects and reptiles from Japan. Among works •of art were twelve original drawings by Bellini, Perugino, Bramantino, Albert Durer, Claude Lorraine, Dumoustier, and Lely, lent from the royal collection by permission of the Queen ; a series of drawings by E. W. Cooke, R.A. ; photographs of Turner's pictures, published by Messrs. Marion and Co. ; paintings illustrative of explorations in South West Africa, and a model of the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River,. by Mr. Baines ; and Van de Velde's map of Palestine, the best map of that country hitherto produced, lent by the Royal Geographical Society ; wood carvings, by the Messrs. Rogers ; Chinese enamels and bronzes of extraordinary merit, lent by Mr. Alfred Tylor ; model of a 3,000 ton yacht building for the Pacha of Egypt, and expected to be the fastest vessel afloat, by Mr. Samuda ; ancient statuette of Venus, supposed to be by Praxiteles, exhibited by Captain Spratt ; statuettes, by J. Durham ; statue and bust, by Edward Davis; bust, by Alexander Munro ; and illustrations of the method of chromolithographic printing, by Messrs. Hanbarts. On the arrival of the Prince of Wales punctually at half-past nine he was received at the foot of the stair by General Sabine, the vice-presidents, and principal officers of the Royal Society. His royal highness was at once conducted by the president to the room in which Professor Tyndall had prepared his apparatus for his highly-interesting experiments on invisible radiation and certain electrical pheno mena. By converging rays, which are absolutely invisible to a 'focus, he sets fire to paper, thin sheets of metal, and explodes gunpowder ; and at that focus the Prince lit a cigar, from which he blew a whiff. The royal visitor then inspected the chrono graph, while Colonel Strange explained its mode of operation ; the spectroscopes, the flint implements, the stereoscopic maps of mountainous countries, ex plained by Mr. F. Galton, the Chinese enamels, the model of the Pasha's yacht, and ended his visit of one hour by an examination of the pneumatic loom, which was explained by the inventor. It is due to the Royal Society to state that there was but little of that extreme overcrowding which usually pre vails around royal personages on their appearance in a numerous assembly ; and it was remarked that a more animated or agreeable scientific gathering has rarely been held. The Stoppage of Attwood, Spooner, and Co.'s Bank. -0. - BIRMINGHAM, Saturday Evening. The people of this town and the surrounding dis trict awoke this morning to hear of an occurrence which is perhaps as great a calamity as has ever be fallen any locality. The stoppage of a bank must be always attended with more or less of hardship, disaster, and misery, but this is a case very far out of the ordinary way in that respect. Here was a bank occupying the very highest place in public con fidence, persons in almost every rank and station of life resorting to it, and in countless instances con signing their all to its keeping. When Birmingham retired to rest last night very few persons had the slightest idea of the great disaster impending. The morning, soon after day light, the sad news spread like wildfire ; the local papers told the story, but people, unwilling to be lieve, poured into New-street to be convinced of the truth. On the door of the bank the following was posted :-- "It is with feelings of the deepest concern and distress we announce that, owing to circumstances over which we have no control, we are compelled to suspend payment. " Attwoods, Spooner, Marshalls, and Co. "March 10, 1865." There was no longer room to doubt the occur rence of the terrible disaster which rumour had told ; the excitement and consternation arising from such a blow may be imagined, the effect of it is to be felt hereafter. It is yet too early to estimate it ; but the feeling of dismay spread abroad, depicted in thousands of faces to-day, told of the anticipated misery and ruin. Between 9 and 10 o'clock this morning there were signs that the news of the stoppage had reached the district ; from the agricultural localities espe cially the early trains brought in hundreds, for in all probability more than three-fourths of the neigh bouring population kept their accounts at Attwoods'. Persons of every class deposited their money there ; in countless cases, too, these were the hard savings of the humblest. There were deposits in the bank which had remained untouched for a generation. Who would have dared to venture the expression of a doubt as to the stability of Attwoods and Spooner? Such was the tone of public feeling. In these cir cumstances it is needless to say that the ruin will be wide-spread, and affect an immense number of per sons and interests. Ladies, and others of the sex in lower stations, were a very numerous class of depo sitors ; trust moneys, the funds belonging to diffe rent societies, and many other instances might be named in which the amounts were deposited at this bank. In The Sun of this morning it was stated that the number of the depositors was 2,500 ; we have reason to believe it was nearer 3,000. The highest amount we heard of in any one deposit is £15,000; but there was an immense number of very small sums ; and people have gone on full of confidence, placing their deposits with the firm, yet there can be little doubt that the bank ought to have been closed years ago. The accounts of merchants, manufacturers, and others of that class were not so numerous as they were a few years ago ; many have been transferred to joint-stock companies ; but there was still a suffi cient number of such accounts with this• firm to do an immense amount of mischief, and the inconve nience felt to-day was enormous, mitigated as it was to some extent by the assistance afforded by the joint-stock companies. Not the slightest indication was experienced of a run on either of the other private banks, but all the day the crowd remained in front of " Attwoods," gazing on the dingy walls, still seeming to doubt whether the Old Bank, to which a sort of homage has been paid for two or three generations—the honoured name of which was a magical word trans mitted from father to son—had really closed. Far into the evening the people lingered in front of the building. There were rumours to-day of cases of " peculiar hardship," arising from the circumstance of amounts of money being received at the bank up to the last moment ; but these are not " peculiar" cases they are of invariable and inevitable occurrence when a bank suspends payment, so that whatever may have been the faults of the firm there is no blame which can fairly be imputed to them on that account. It is right, too, to add that when the con templated arrangement for an amalgamation with the Joint-Stock Bank was finally broken off there was scarcely the delay of an hour in determining to close the bank. A meeting of the creditors has been called for Thursday next; pending that we offer no opinion as to the probable realisation. The petition in bank ruptcy was filed on behalf of Mr. Henry Marshall, the only surviving partner. In reference to the " large amount" withdrawn by the family of the Attwoods, as stated in the cir cular published in The Sun of Saturday, it has been rumoured that Mr. Matthias Attwood was the person principally alluded to. The Yelverton Marriage Case. EDINBURGH, S aturday. This case, which has been so tediously and resolutely litigated on both sides, and in the courts of the three king doms, has reached a stage which is, at least, within view of the final one. By an ancient rule of Scotch procedure, de rived from the Civil Law, it is competent for a party to re fer the whole, or any part,of his case to his adversary's oath, and even, after final judgment, it is still open to him to re fer the whole case, so long as the decree has not been ex tracted, so as to make judgment inoperative. The condi tion of the reference is that the party making it shall take the consequences, and that the Court's judgment shall be in terms of the matter sworn. The deposition so made is not evidence to be weighed, either by itself or along with the other proof in the case, but it is conclusive and com pulsory, even to the extent of overturning the previous judgment of the Court. Accordingly when Miss Longworth, defeated in the House of Lords, but yet having a near equality of judicial opinion in her favour, referred the whole cause to oath, she is presumed to have had still the hope that by an appeal to her adversary's conscience she would succeed. The case had been sent back to the Court of Session to " apply" the judgment of the House of Lords, that judgment was in terms applied, but extract of decree was arrested by recourse to this ancient form. The reference to oath, it may be stated, is comparatively little exercised in Scottish practice, and it is oftener used in cases of debt than of status, but it is a well understood and defined rule. The First Division of the Court in giving judgment on the pursuer's petition yesterday unanimously found that it was a competent remedy for her to ask, but, with a little variation of opinion as to the nature of the right to claim it, their lordships held that it was within their equitable jurisdiction to refuse or grant it. It had been objected by the defender that after final judgment of the House of Lords the remedy was not available ; but the Court again unanimously held that the House of Lords be ing also a Scotch Court of Appeal its decisions were sub ject to the ordinary rule, although on this point their opi nion was founded upon analogy rather than precedent. In the exercise of their equitable jurisdiction their lordships, as already reported by telegraph, refused the reference by a majority of three to one. A brief outline of their lord ships' elaborate speeches will show the grounds of dif ference. The Lord President said the reference was competent, and was not, in his opinion, excluded after judgment of the House of Lords. If allowed, it would conclusively fix the status of the two parties to the action, according to the de fender's affirmative or negative of the oath. It would also fix the status of others who were not parties to the case— namely, Mrs. Forbes and her children by Major Yelverton. It would be 2: es judicata of all questions in this suit. The status of Mrs. Forbes and her children, as the lawful wife and legitimate offspring of the defenders, had been affirmed by final judgment of the House of Lords in the ordinary course of law. The defender's affirmation of this reference would strip Mrs. Forbes and her children of her status as so established, and this without any other evidence than the defender's oath, or by his being held as confessed should he decline to appear to be sworn. Their interests would there fore be seriously imperilled by such reference,•and there was no case on record in which a reference to oath had, in such circumstances, been sustained. To allow the reference would be to add a new feature and introduce a new canon into tho law of marriage. The reference to oath was of the nature of a contract between the two parties, the one making the reference abiding the consequence of the adversary's oath. It was proposed to deprive Mrs. Forbes of her status by a contract to which she was no party. He could not favour a course by which the contract of the parties litiga ting might overturn the status of another who was not here. It could not be done in her absence, and the ques tion was ought she be allowed to appear. It appeared to him that this Was not essential. Her interests had been pleaded here by Major Yelverton, no doubt, but still pleaded, and the court were bound to protect her interests against the peril of this deposition upon oath. This had been a long, painful, and costly litigation, and it must have been specially painful to Mrs. Forbes. The reference would not include only a simple general question, but the defen der might be subjected to a long and harassing examina tion, requiring self-possession, composure; and sufficient recollection, and involving many difficulties and perils. The reference might involve a good deal of tedious litiga tion, to his cost and disquiet, and to the disquiet of Mrs. Forbes. He had an interest to plead for her and hadpleaded, and on all these grounds he (the Lord President) thought the reference should not be sustained. It was said that the reference might involve the defender in the confession of the crime of bigamy ; that he ought not to be called upon to confess to his own guilt. He did not see any answer that could be made to the production in a criminal trial of the defender's own oath. But that was a nice and diffi cult point, and he did not rest his judgment on it. He rested his judgment on the other matters to which he had referred, and in consideration of which ho thought the reference ought not to be sustained. Lord CURRIEHILL concurred with the Lord President. He pointed out the grave and vital consequences of a re ference to oath and the risks of leading to a per Version of justice by sustaining the reference. He added,—There is, undoubtedly, a conflicting element in the discretion which we are to exercise. But the weight of it is much diminished by the consideration that Miss Longworth ought not to have required this remedy, for if she truly was married to Major Yelverton she would have had no want of evidence of it if she had not voluntarily omitted the solemnities which the law and practice of the country have prescribed of giving a patent title to the conjugal status. As a matter of hardship she is not entitled to urge the position in which her own admitted imprudence and impropriety of conduct have placed her, when the interest came into conflict with that of another lady who is not charged with any such im prudence or impropriety. Miss Longworth, if she entered into a marriage in such a clandestine manner as left her without the usual evidence for establishing her title to the status of a wife, voluntarily exposed herself to the risks attending such a position. Lord DEAS differed. He held that the reference to oath was no more a contract than the contest of law was a con tract. If the result of that contest between these parties had been the other way, the rights of Mrs. Forbes and her children would have been affected. They were no more in volved now than they had been all along. The reference to oath was a mode of proof to which recourse might be had by a party when other modes had failed, or even in prefer ence to other modes. There were modes of marriage law ful in Scotland which, from the nature of the case, admit ted of no other kind of proof. If this reference were re fused, it would come to this that many hundreds of Scot tish marriages would be incapable of being proved, and 'that a man had only to marry a second woman with the solemnities of the church to get quit of the first marriage contracted without these solemnities. The law made no difference between regular and irregular marriages in the recognition of personal status ; both were equally under the protection of the law and of the Courts, and was it to be said that because a regular marriage had been entered into they were not to inquire whether there had not been a pre vious irregular marriage ? The element of crime, he held, did not enter into the case. It was the first alleged mar riage only that could form the subject of reference or in quiry; it would be incompetent, he held, in the present proceedings to inquire into the second marriage at all. The right to refer, he held, was not absolute, but ought, in his opinion, to be granted where there existed no suspicion of collusion. There is (said his lordship), no ground for supposing that here. Everything shows the reverse. The whole history of the case for years past shows that Major Yelverton is most anxious to repudiate this alleged first marriage and to hold by Mrs. Yelverton. There is nothing to suggest to us that Major Yelverton is prepared to admit on his oath a mariage with Miss Longworth which did not take place. He has no interest to do that. His in terest is evidently all the other way. Ido not suggest any doubt about his veracity if he were to negative the whole reference ; but, if he were to affirm it, I should be most clearly of opinion that it was the truth. If he negatives it, there is no harm to Mrs. Forbes or her children. It is only if he affirms it that their interests are affected. Well, what is the injustice ? Is it an abuse of the right of reference to oath to ascertain the truth ? Is it injustice to anybody to ascertain which of the two ladies is the lawful wife of Major Yelverton ? It appears to me the injustice would be to allow the second marriage to stand while there was a first. The justice or injustice of the whole matter would depend upon the truth, and Mrs. Forbes cannot say that the law giving Miss Longworth her legal rights is injustice to her. That would be a kind of injustice I could not com prehend. The result may, indeed, be very painful, but, as Sir William Scott said in the Dalrymple case, " The Court must discharge its public duty, however painful it may be to the feelings of others and to its own." Lord Arch; illan concurred with the majority of the Court. The Solicitor-General, for the defender, asked expenses, stating, however, that it was not intended to enforce them in the event of the pursuer going no further. The Lord President said that expenses must be granted, though it was in the defender's power to abstain from en forcing the claim. Mr• Campbell smith, for the salter, moved the Court for an order to cite Mrs. Emily Marianne Ashworth el Forbes, otherwise named Yelverton, as a defender in the action of declarator of marriage, and in the event of her ap pearing to sustain a reference to her oath,of the whole cause, and also of the question whether, when she entered into her alleged marriage with Major Yelverton she knew, or had good reason to believe, that he had been previo usly married to the pursuer. The Lord President—We cannot receive this outs, There is no step after refusing a reference to the oath of a party. The case is done as regards this proceeding. ther you can get at us in another way is a different (Pies tion. (A laugh.) We have no power either to refuse or grant this minute. It is stated that it is the intention of the pursuer to ¢p, peal this jugdment to the House of Lords—her final recour se in this final proceeding. I RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. Tho following is an abstract of the report by the tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to be read to the fifty-fourth half-yearly general meeting of shareholders on Tuesday first : In laying before the proprietors the balance-sheet for the half-year ending January 31, 1865, the directors are 8131 e to point out a considerable increase over the receipt s of th e corresponding half of 1863-4. From the fact of the treffi of the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow line! treated as a whole, and the gross receipts being divided lines fixed proportions, the usual comparative statement of th e actual traffic conveyed for the corresponding luilfl e h ars t ending 31st January 1864 and 1865 cannot be give n ' revenue received in each of these half-years is as follows PASSENGERS— 1864 £104,093 11 6 1865 Decrease GOODS AND MINFItALS -1864 £104,535 1 6 1865 Increase Total increase The increase on goods traffic is satisfactory; and i tT l o al .. be remembered that the passenger fares between X' t . burgh and Glasgow have been reduced about 25 pe r cen for this half-year below those charged in the former one' which will account for the Want of the usual increase this branch of revenue. The working expenses are £90,39$ Bs. 4d., as agg' il e £83,405 11s. 3d last year ; the percentage on receipts b e l",' 40-} per cent. instead of 40 per cent., are somewhat b i e v i than those then incurred. The maintenance and rene'a'n nal of way continues to be a heavy charge. The wh oles expended on maintenance has been met from revenue; 1171 improvement and strengthening of a portion of the ffe lent3 ., - burgh line has been charged to capital. The resident e.; gineer's report shows that a large amount of work has done. The locomotives and rolling stocks have been tained and improved, and are in good order. After providing for interest, taxes, and fixed cba the net balance of revenue is £30,721 3s. 51 7 fr° o .. which the directors recommend payment of the 1 3 631 ferential 5 per cent. dividends, amounting to X 177 ,,, 4 Os. Bd., a dividend at the same rate on the ordin'"ce, stock, equal to £60,565 7s. 6d., and that the then £2,524 15s. 3d., be carried to the rest, which Will amount to £5,619 9s. 11d. d n ed On capital amount, £18,090 4s. 2d. has been orPe - t principally on completion of the workmen's house° Cowlairs, and the new goods station at Sighthill• 2 A re these works were absolutely necessary , and b° 4 ' „r answering their purposes well. On plant, the chi e' penditure has been on an increase of the raerchanw waggons. Parliamentary expenses are more heaq i nt could be wished. £18,512 16s. 9d. has been paid on ace °-- i il of the Queensferry branch, the works on which sre , dce progress, the whole now being contracted for at Sat- tory prices. with In compliance with the terms of your agreement - to the North British Company, a bill has been intro duce Parliament to authorise and carry out its working 11 visions; and another to authorise the construction e*as bridge over the Forth by the combined companies, Aso providing for the agreement.Of A bill is also in progress to effect the arnalguraa —n n o the t er the Monkland railways with your company on approved by you. D O ) Your directors have also thought it expedient to Pox ; three new branches, the first to connect theltonklaud at Coatbridge with the station you have acquirad torero t te Union Company at Glasgow College ; the second suPY &T; accommodation wanted for the mineral field ext e along the south side of your Wilsontown and 133111,;a0 lines ; and the third, and extension of tho Wilsout o W l3 %, westwards, through the Wishaw and towards the Leslll-st hagow coalfields. All these, if carried out, will be 131 0 ° 0 useful to the public, and will add materially to the on your line. ..,111 re' Several schemes promoted by other companies v , - -- , 0 0 quire to be opposed, among these may be mentioned ana absorption of the Scottish Central by the Caledonia n ', i no . a line parallel to and within a mile or two of the WP S , ; „ - 0 town Railway, proposed by the Caledonian ; also 3 "-ilea called the Glasgow and North-Western, and another c : the Glasgow City and Suburban, promoted by new —yr panies. i. Other bills will require attention to see that no 1 31.- • inserted 1° sions or powers injurious to your company are ills° or them ; and your directors, whil e avo idi n g all uuno ces„ ; expense, will use every exertion to prevent any inj ure interference with your property. COUNTRY MARKETS -.1 , NORWICH—SATURDAY. vlO gt At this day's corn market there was not much d i t ioo• offering, most of the samples being in indifferent CO w in Last week's prices were generally maintained. 133 a0 r oeU• A less supply, and prices were about the same44sas 1e 4 5 0 i titi re; White wheat (weighing 631 b to 641b2, ditto (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 36s to 8s ; best malting barley (weighing 551 b to 561 b), 30s to 335; 11111 %10' (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; ditto O s ' s, mg 521 b to 531 b), 24s to 26s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; be to o to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr ; flour, 4 " 6d per sack. 3 05 7 q r°4 averages :—Wheat, 2,051 qrs, 37s 6d ; barley , 29s 3d ; oats, qrs, —s Od. te YORK — SATURDAY. mode°o-1 At our corn exchange to-day there was only a too° ve quantity of wheat on offer from the growers. rr - 1 1 0 At the trade to-day ruled steady, and sales were In a t currencies of last week. Barley scarce. ss og to dioo New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; new red, u‘'s g rin n o. 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 28s to 30s per q r ; st ° ., 2 " 26s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 20s to 22s 1 1 ° I. 230 r Beans, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Malt, 58s ; 1 1 01 qr. Flour, 28s per sack of 2801 b. NO T TINGHAM—SATURDAY. qr ];O # r l ot There was a fair supply of wheat at this "1, 0 a 5 ,,.; the demand was inactive, while prices ruled s '"" s" ) ' week. The barley trade was steady. Oats we t ' In ne lt supply. Beans firm. to 41-fl; Old white wheat, 41s to 458 ; o ld red, 37s white, 40s to 458; new red, 37s to 40s per 36 stone' 265 ley, new malting, 28s to 35s per qr ; old di ll o Tto 3° 11 : 0 ; 27s ; new, 25s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, old , fie` naw, 22s to 25s ; old forei gn , 24 s t o 26 s per ston e ' old, 40e to 43s ; new, 37s to 40s per 38 stone. LEWES TER--SATURDAY• 418 ; d, 38s to Old white wheat, 438 to 468 ; old re n SO white, 40s to 445; new red, 37s to 41s r 36 to e. pa Pe 26 t° oN rie. ley, malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; grinding, 5 24 stone. Oats, old, 24s to 26s ; new, 21s to 23 s P e .. r ne• Beans, old, 39s to 41s ; new, 36s to 38s per 38 se of lieS DUBLIN.—FRIDAY• the s tiPP The market was largely attended, and t home grain moderate. Wh ea t a d van ced 6d on -es (104 ties. Black oats in demand. Currencies :—White wheat, 22s 6d to 24s 6ci d . (1 1 ; e"Il lo it : 20s 6d to 22s Od; grinding barley, 12s Od t0„ 15 . ° " ing do., 13s to 14s 6d; white oats, 11s to 14s ' 108 Od to lls Od. CV tele ° Do SALE OF A GIPSY PALACE. ---The Kelso e op ~„ says that on Wednesday la s t th e g ipsy lx"" - ",:, at e 2 O $ was exposed to sale by a u c ti on , a nd was bongo° 131yt% a gentleman who intend s t o p re sent it to liel el ; f° younger member of the royal family, and rtsrsi the gipsy throne. ot e loaof 9 t t ti h ihol in ß inst. tit a A t A A n ssTh l r T e. T —, - o the n ° wife the Sixths. La lic64 Aston, Esq., , daughter. ~ nst., at Clapham, t bs t" t rtßahrrur°vp.-jAran-breout:nirift, e°7101013.;-'''' cib u" LUSHINGTON On the 9th inst. at Rosiere, LP' ( 14 Lady . Margaret L h' ' us ington, of a daughter. __ 60 STANDRING.—On the 9th ins L Dirs. Job,' t», at L e e, ring, of a son. Marriages. e tt, , cilor , CARROL 1,--BAunT.—On the 9 th inst., at Christ s f lA'", Clifton, John Carroll,of M ' I fh coula ° o° r ervihe, in . 0 ~,,,, to „„eol and of Farm-hill, in the county of Sligo -rf i ; Li . ` lotte, daughter of the late Major-Genf 'l '''''' 11 r 3 it el s 4 Barry, of Ballyclough, in the county Cor-• gi bA 0 . EVERATtD—BARKER.—On the Bth inst., at, „f li e ec et' A f f Church, New Mahon, Richard Everird, S(1 '-', Dil ter, to Mary, eldest daughter late‘ ThoP23- of the of Fryton, Yorkshire. Deaths. / oothll t3P CARTER.—On the 11th inst. Mr. Robt. Car ter ' 1 1 alb green-road, aged 74. Tolow" HARRISON.—On the 10th inst.,residence, at his t0t . ..( 1 Edward Harrison. Ro e 46' HA - STINGS.—On the 10th inst., at Hertingfordburi ,ed 4.; os, f i be Val' Herts, the Hon. and Rev. Godolphin tras.-11-, , v ,,,, 1 HOWARD.—On the 26th Jan., at Lucknov, ill Ill" Howard, Esq. riatir . MANSELL.—On the 10th inst., at the White gorse' 481 street, Mr. W - m. H. Mansell, aged 40. • At ee, 4j, MACDONNELL. —On the 10th inst., a t his re.., Bl "' ec tea li ` Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood, Joha xa aged 77. se , ter-t err elf STEEL .—On _ • On the 11th inst at 101, Glouces do Ste Hyde-park, Lieut G "• S damore Wit' en. Sir cu 10 3 0 K.C.B Itadr '- .) as Army aged 77. Star-otreet, WELLARD.—On the ' Bth inst., at 45, Wellard, aged 70. -----<C°,, ' ____-------- sp oi_ .. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAO. Oe “ n r of No. 112, Strand, Punter, at TII D Surf OP'-dostatl " Strand, in the Precinct of t he Savoy, 0 1 t he taiallopez,—Monday, Dian% A 180.4)4 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1865.