The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-26 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS• The Metropolitan Board of Works have just issued a report of their annual proceedings, which is com prised in two elaborate folio volumes, containing respectively 20 and 142 pages of rather closely printed matter, tabular statements of receipts and expenditure, descriptions of work finished and pro jected, and an appendix of the numerous acts of Parliament which they have obtained, and are on the eve of obtaining for the improvement of the me tropolis. some of these works are of a stupendous character, and the sums expended upon them are of a corresponding magnitude, amounting to several millions of money. We have, however, only space to notice one or two of the leading undertakings of the board, which, to its credit be it said, works energetically to carry out the various projects it has resolutely taken in hand. The great feature of the report is the statement relative to the Thames Embankment and the pro- press made towards the completion of that noble and gigantic work. The work comprises the for- mation of a solid embankment from the Middlesex side of Westminster-bridge to the eastern boundary of the Inner Temple, and from thence on _a viaduct to the western aide of Blackfriar's-bridge. The works from Westminster-bridge to the boundary of the Inner Temple have been let in two contracts. The first contr a ct comprises the formation of a gra nite-faced river wall, about 3,740 ft. in length, with a portion of the low-level sewer and subway in con nection therewith ; the extension of several of the main outlets to discharge into that sewer ; the con struction of about 3,200 ft. of brick sewer for the interception of the smaller sewers and drains hither to discharging in the foreshore, and the formation of new and commodious steamboat piers and landing places, in lieu of those interfered with by the em bankment. Up to this date about 263,000 cubic yards of material have been supplied for filling-in pur poses. The works were undertaken by Mr. G. Fur ness for the sum of £520,000, and the approximate value of the materials and plant supplied and of the work done to the present time is £170,584 ; of this amount about £133,000 is due to the proaressmade 0 since the last annual report. The second contract embraces the formation of 1,970 feet of granite-faced river wall, with a portion of the low level sewer and subway, in continuation of the works included in the first contract, the ex tension of sewer outlets to discharge into the low level sewer ; the construction of about 2,440 feet of brick sewer for the interception of the smaller sewers and drains discharging on the foreshore, and the foundation of a new steamboat pier and landing stairs, in lieu of the Temple-pier, interfered with by the embankment. About 200,000 cubic yards of material have been supplied for filling in under the contract up to the present time. The contract was let to Mr. A. W. Ritson for the sum of £229,000, and up to this date the approximate value of the materials and plant supplied and work executed is £126,726, £lOO,OOO being in respect of the progress made during the past year. 'The contract for the remaining length, about 900 ft., of the embankment, from the Inner Temple to Blackfriars-bridge, has not yet been let, in consequence of the imperfect nature of the information which the Board have been able to obtain as to the intentions of the Metropolitan District (inner circle) Railway Company, relative to the construction of the por tion of their line between those points, it being proposed by the company's act of 1864 to carry a line of railway along the entire length of the embankment (for which compensation is to be paid to the board of a minimum sum of £200,000) at such a level as would require a solid embankment in front of the City Gas Company's premises for the protection of the railway works, and to authorise the board to continue the road way on the embankment from the Temple Gardens to Blackfriars-bridge, of a width of 100 ft. instead of 70ft., as provided by the Thames Embankment Act, 1862. The board have communicated with the company, urging them to carry out this portion of their undertaking ; but the matter still remains in abeyance. They have, howeN,” ro cently, at the request of tic comp -N. their engineer in corn the company's e. dith in a settle ment of the question, and enable the works for the retraining part of the embankment to be shortly submitted to competition ; but should much further delay occur in settling the details on the part of the company, the board have reason to fear that this part of the embankment will not be completed for the use of the public simultaneously with the other lortion. The board have had to acquire various - properties to enable them to carry out the works. The freehold and leasehold claims received amounted in the aggregate to £252,573 lls. ld., and they have been settled at £176,320 15s. The act authorises the board to form street ap- ' preaches to the embankment—one to communicate with. Surrey, Norfolk, and Arundel streets, and another with Wellington-street, Waterloo-bridge ; also several short streets communicating with Villiers-street, Buckingham-street, and Cecil-street, and a new street from near George-street, Adelphi, to terminate by a junction with the east end of White hall-place, and another from the embankment at Whitehall stairs to Whitehall, opposite the Horse Guards. These approaches were recommended by the Royal Commission of 1861; but from the con sideration which the board have already given to the subject it is quite apparent to them that, to enable the public to participate to the fullest extent in the advantages of the embankment roadway, increased facilities of access thereto beyond those alluded to must be provided, and that it will be necessary to deviate very considerably from the plans above described. The board entertain the hope that the matter will be sufficiently advanced to enable them to apply to Parliament early next session for the requisite powers to construct approaches. THAMES EMBANKMENT, SOUTH. wed The works for the embankment of the southern side of the Thames consist of the formation of . a solid embankment from Westminster-bridge to Gun House-alley, near Vauxhall-bridge, the re moval of a number of low-class dilapidated build ings ; the formation of a roadway along the em bankment, of an average width of 60ft., between Gun-house -alley and Lambeth Suspension-bridge ; the improvement of the river opposite Millbank Penitentiary, and the formation of new streets in connection with the same. In addition to these works it is proposed to improve the approaches to Palace New-road, to widen and improve a portion of Stangate and Palace New-road, from Stangate to Crozier-street, and to stop up portions of the latter thoroughfares, appropriating to the general improvement the portions of such streets stopped up. The contract for the embankment and works has recently been let to Mr. William - Webster, for the sum of £309,000, and the works will be rapidly pushed forward. NEW STREET FROM BLACKFRIARS TO THE MANSION HOUSE. In continuation of the roadway on the northern embankment the board are proceeding with the con struction of this new line of thoroughfare, which will commence at the termination of the embank ment at Blackfriars-bridge, and pass through Earl street, across St. Andrew's-hill, Addle-hill, Ben nett's-hill, and Peter's-hill to Cannon-street, and thence to the Mansion-house. The street will be 3,450 feet long, and of an average width of 70 feet, and a subway for the reception of gas and water pipes, &c., similar to that in the embankment, will constructed threughout its entire length. During the past year the board have been actively engaged in acquiring the various properties needed for this improvement, and they have dealt with claims, amounting in the aggregate to £327,590 Bs. 11d., for a sum of £288,991 10s. 6d. Arrangements have also been effected by some of the parties interested in property in the line of the street for the sale to them of buildings sites, as a set-off against their claims. The funds for defraying the cost of the northern and southern embankments of the river and the new street are to be provided by means of the coal and wine duties. The sums received and expended by the board on account of these works, up to the 25th of March last, are as follows :-- Receipts £714,554 2 4 Expenditure Balance in hand 281,562 19 3 'The board state that in the line of Garrick -street Covent -garden, which extends from the corner of King-street to the junction of St. Martin's-lane with Long-acre, all the building plots, with the excep tion of one, have been let on lease for 80 years, and the erection of houses thereon has been rapidly proceeded with. The aggregate amount of rental for the lots let is £2,484 per annum. By the act for the formation of the street the balance of the London-bridge Approaches Fund, arising from the coal duties, is made chargeable for the expenses of its construction. Middle-row, Holborn, is to be removed, and the viaduct over the Fleet Valley is to be earnestly pro ceeded with ; and a new line of street from Back church-lane to Leman-street at its junction with Whitechapel High-street, is to be constructed to provide additional means of communication be tween the Commercial• road and Whitechapel. Fins bury park, for the formation of which 120 acres were purchased, situate on the north side of the Seven Sisters'-road, and extending from the Great Northern Railway on the west to the Green-lanes on the east, is to be proceeded with, the difficulties raised by the Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Company having been removed. The Southwark park, also, will shortly be commenced, the purchase of the land, after some delay, having been completed. The land is situate between Para dise-row, Rotherhithe, and the Deptford Lower road, and consists of about 62 acres. The price to be paid for it is £56,500, or about £9ll per acre. These are but a tithe of the undertakings the board has in hand, but a notice of which, however, must suffice for the present occasion. Expedition against Cannibals in New Caled nia. (From the Sydney Morning herald of Oct. 25.) We are in receipt of a file of newspapers from New Caledonia from the 30th July to the Ist Oct: The principal intelligence therein contained is a full account of the late expedition of Governor Guillain to the western coast of the island, for the infliction of summary punishment on the natives in that part of New Caledonia on account of the murder (in July last) of several French subjects, whom the savages there not only killed but devoured afterwards. Prompt and effectual justice appears to have been administered on the occasion, and such a wholesome lesson taught to the natives that they will not be likely for the future to be guilty of any similar out rages. The details of this expedition (furnished in the M oniteur de la Nouvelle Caledonie of October 1) will doubtless be perused with much interest by a very large portion of our readers. In July last the colonist Taillard was assassinated by some natives at a distance of a kilometre and a half from the port of Hougap, on the eastern coast, and almost at the same time, the crew of a small coasting vessel, the Reine des Isles, were massacred and eaten by the natives of Pouangue and Paquiepe on the western side of the island. The murderers of Taillard—brothers of the old chief of Houagap, and relatives of the chiefs shot in 1862, for their corn- plicity in the burning of the mission-house at Touho l i —reside in the territory of Gondou, in the interior. The last-named party is well known to our readers. Granting an asylum to the malcontents of all other tribes, and to those who are in rebellion against our authority, is constantly making war on those who resist his power. According to the natives, this. fierce savage is not a man, but a dog who feeds himself on human flesh. Ile does not speak—he howls ; and the victims which are served up to satiate his appetite are innumerable. The . governor determined to chastise these misdeeds. Capt. Billes, in command of the First Compagnie Disciplinaire of the colonies, was sent to Houagap with orders to repair to Gate, the residence of Gondou, and to seize on that chief, or else do him all the harm he could, and, afterwards, push on to the western coast, so as to be enabled to rejoin at Gatope the expedi tionary force. The report, addressed by that officer to the governor of the colony, shows that the lesson which was accordingly given to Gondou was suffi ciently severe. We may (by the way) remark that M. Billes was accompanied by several chiefs, and 190 natives not yet converted to Christianity, from the district of llouagap. Amongst them was our old enemy Kahous, now thoroughly in submis sion to the French authorities. The governor, on his side, quitted the Port-dc- France on the sth September in the Fulton, in com pany with the Bonito, and these two vessels carried with them 11-1 soldiers, 16 artillerymen, with bag gage, food, and ammunition. On the following morning, having arrived at Gatope (one of the places of anchorage in the Bay of Chasseloup), he received a very melancholy piece of intelligence. The news was that there had been a massacre, on the 21th August, by natives of the tribes of Pouan gue and Paquiepe, of five men forming the crew of the pilot-boat Secret, which had gone ashore (in the same place as the Reine des Isles), on a coral reef stretching between the two foregoing localities, and running out from the beach for several miles into the sea. Both of the crews had undergone the same ate. It is impossible to describe the painful feel ings which were experienced by all at receiving this intelligence. Every one felt the same distress that he would have felt had he lost members of his own family. Thanks to the activity and the prudent conduct of the captain of the Fine, M. Banare (who had been directed to collect as many particulars as he could relative to the murders committed in July, and to assure himself of the fidelity of tribes that might be wavering in their allegiance), the chiefs Tyapoh of Voh, Mango of Kone, Ti of Temala, and Cayahe of Pouaco, presented themselves on board the Fulton, and made their submission to the chief of the colony, who gave orders to stay military proceedings accordingly. A detachment, under the orders of Lieutenant devaisseau Ma thieu, the chef-d'etat major, was sent in advance of the Houagap columns. Having been taken by the Fulton to Kone, the detachment• at tacked the villages of the centre of the valley, and having effected a junction with the troops under the command of Messrs. Billes and Guillery, this de tachment returned by land to Gatope. On the 9th of September the Fine came to anchor in the mouth of the Temala, having on board the soldiers and sailors who had remained at Gatope. Sixty infantry soldiers and five artillerymen, under the command of Capt. Camus, with whom as his subordinate officer was Sub-Lieutenant Krieger, were landed at 11 o'clock on the beach at Pouaco, an intermediate point between Temala and Pouan gue. The governor (having as his officier crordon nance the captain of the Bonite, M. Candiere) re tained the supreme command of this division, which left immediately for Pouanloitche. A second de tachment, composed of six artillerymen, five in fantry soldiers, and 19 seamen (all under the com mand of the captain of the Fine, with Lieutenant d'Artillerie Bouillon for his subordinate), drew off at the same time for Pouaugue. He was assisted by a man-of-war boat, one belonging to the Fulton under the immediate command of Aspirant-auxiiiare Brohan. The same paper describes the long and toilsome night march of the soldiers from Pouaco to Pouan loitche. 'They surprised that place at five in the morning, burned the village and shot down about a dozen men. Several more met with their death in the burning huts. The rest of the people fled, and the detachment returned to Pouangue without the loss of a single man. The intended surprise at this point (Pouangue) was not so successful as desired ; the natives had abandoned it. The detachment under the command of M. Banare was reinforced, and that officer was directed to march upon Pa quiepe on the following night. On the 20th of September, the governor re-entered Gatope with a part of the troops, and found on board the Bonite the .detachments which had arrived from Houagap and Kone. On the 11th M. Banare returned to his ship, having burned the plantations of Pou angue and Paquiepe. The report of Captain Billes states the particulars of his highly successful march from Houagap to the western coast. He relates the way in which, during the night, he surprised the Gate, the principal strong hold of the cannibal chief Gondou, how he returned (without the loss of a man) to Taihote, and pro ceeded to Kone, where he effected a junction with the force under the command of Chef d'Etat Major Mathieu. The attack on the Gate is thus described : TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAYUEVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1865 —" On the 7th of September, at 6 o'clock in the morning, after having taken the necessary precau tions to ensure that all should be done according to my directions, I attacked the village of Gate, sur rounding, in good order and perfect silence, as many houses as I could allot to my men—for to each house. The sound of the bugle was the signal for the principal man in each group to set fire to a house, and in the twinkling of an eye theywero thus a prey to the devouring flames. Before a shot was fire five of the aboriginals were bayonetted by my men, and three more, dreading the cold steel, met their deaths in the ruins of their habitations. The discharge of our carbines succeeded to this use of the bayonet ; but we did not fire many rounds, because I had no intention of pursuing to the fugitives to the moun tain. Most of the shots, however, took effect at a short distance, and did not miss their mark. Pass ing along I counted 12 men who had been killed by our bullets, and there is reason to believe that some other, grievously wounded, must have died in the thickets to which they fled." The reports of Chef d'Etat Major Mathieu, Cap- Caims, Captain Banare, and of M. Bourgey, also describe the details of their several expeditions, in which they met with uniform success. Messieurs Mathieu, Banare, and Bourgey found the remains of the murdered white men who had been devoured by the cannibals. Every branch of the expedition, thus separately described, inflicted a terrible ven geance upon the offending tribes. Captain Cairns estimates the number of the enemy killed by his soldiers at brtween 40 and 50 men. Charge of Attempted Murder. Just as the ordinary business at the Mansion house was about to close on Saturday, a well dressed man named Elia Fermi, a native of Italy, who has for some years carried on the business of a corn, commission, and shipping agent in Great Tower street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Finnis, who sat for the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of feloniously wounding a German gentle man named James Dawbusch, with intent to mur- der him. The case was represented as one of a very serious character, and it was stated that the prosecutor's injuries were of such a character as to prevent him from being in attendance, but there had not as yet been sufficient time to discover accurately the ex tent of those injuries, and sufficient evidence was therefore only gone into to justify a remand. George Pagden, one of the porters at Gresham house, Bishopsgate-street, who was the first wit ness examined, deposed that on Saturday morning, shortly after 11 o'clock, the prisoner passed him and went into the building, and very soon after wards he heard an outcry in one of the corridors, and upon proceeding to the spot he saw the pro secutor on the ground, and the prisoner was stand ing over him and in the act of stabbing at him with some weapon, and he did so several times before witness got up to him. When he did so the prisoner came towards him, and he saw something drop from him, which afterwards turned out to be two dag gers or stilettos, and he made use of the expression, g 4 He has assassinated my six children." A police- man shortly afterwards came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The witness added that the occurrence took place close to an office that was occupied by the prosecutor in the same corridor. Alderman Finnis inquired if any one was present who could give the court any information upon the subject of the transaction. Mr. Nisbet, a gentleman who said he was ac quainted with both parties, stepped forward, and said that he knew the prisoner and the prosecutor. They were both connected with the corn trade, and were publishers of a journal devoted to that trade, and the prisoner entertained great jealousy towards the prosecutor, and this had no doubt led him ;to commit the act. Alderman Finnis observed that he could not en ter into those particulars, but he should be glad to be informed of the condition of the prosecutor, and any other matters that were relevant to the inquiry kr. Nisbet then stated that he had seen the pro- secutor a short time before he came to the court at his own counting-house, and he informed him that he had been wounded by the prisoner in the abdo- men, and he said that he believed he had stabbed him 20 times. The prosecutor told him, however, that he did not believe that any of the wounds were of a serious nature. Alderman Finnis inquired if the prosecutor had been examined by a surgeon. Mr. Nisbet replied that at the time he referred to he believed he had not. He added that he thought it right to inform the court that the prosecutor was a very great cripple. Alderman Finnis inquired of the prisoner whether he wished to ask Mr. Nisbet any questions. The prisoner, in rather an excited manner, and in a foreign accent, replied, " No, I have nothing to ask him. I suppose I shall be sent to the Old Bailey for trial, and my defence is all prepared. I have taken care to note down all the transactions that have taken place between me and Mr. Daw busch for the last six or seven years, so that I am quite prepared with my defence to the charge." Mr. Jacob, an inspector of the City police, said that he was at the police-station when the prisoner was brought in, and he took the charge. The pro secutor was present, and in the presence of the pri soner he said that as he was going into his office in Gresham-house, the prisoner, who was standing in a dark corner, rushed upon him and he fell, and the prisoner immediately commenced stabbing him. Witness asked the prosecutor if he believed the pri soner intended to murder him ; and he replied that he did not think he did. When the prosecutor said this the prisoner interposed, and said, " He has as sassinated my six children, and I did intend to mur der him. I have watched himfor seven years, and in stead of doing better, he gets worse." The prisoner also said that he was a gentleman, and that he had been reduced to poverty through the proceedings of the prosecutor. henry Kelsey, a police constable, deposed that upon the alarm being given he went to Gresham house, and saw the prisoner standing among a crowd of persons. He went up to him, and the prisoner addressed him, and said, "I will go with you to the Old Bailey." Mr. Dawbusch then charged him with stabbing him, and the prisoner exclaimed that the prosecutor had assassinated his six children, and he was quite prepared to do all he had done. Witness saw lon the ground the two daggers or stilettos which lie now produced, and upon examining the prisoner he discovered a piece of newspaper, wrapped up so as to form a sort of sheath, fastened in front of him, and in which the weapons had evidently been carried for some time. He searched the pri soner, and found upon him a gold watch and chain, and some other articles, and 19s. in money. Alderman Finnis then addressed the prisoner, and told him that upon the evidence that had been ad duced it would be his duty to remand him to a future day, and if he pleased to say anything in answer to the charge he was at liberty to do so. The prisoner then commenced a rambling state ment relating to his connection with the prosecutor, but he was stopped by Alderman Finnis, who said that he would have ample opportunity for making his defence, but if he would take his advice, as the case must neces sarily be further inquired into, it would be more prudent to abstain from making any statement until he had conferred with his friends or some legal adviser. The prisoner then desisted, and he was ordered to be remanded for a week. Shortly afterwards Mr. G. Lewis, of Ely-place, who been instructed to prosecute, attended, accom panied by a medical gentleman, and he informed the alderman that there was reason to believe at present that the injuries that had been inflicted on the prosecutor were not of a dangerous character. THE AMERICAN FREEDMEN.—The Newcastle Ladies' Association for assisting the newly emancipated slaves have lately had the pleasure of forwarding about £7O worth of warm clothing, including 64 grey blankets, made in Yorkshire for the American army, and purchased at little more than half-price. The total value of goods forwarded from Newcastle up to the present time is about £235, chiefly packed in barrels, which have been carried free by Liverpool shipowners, and admitted duty free by the American Government. The ladies hope to be able to forward two or three more barrels very shortly, and will be thankful for any contributions, either in money or clothing, which may be kindly placed iri their hands for this object. General Saxton calculates that 30,000 blankets will be required this winter in Georgia alone. Liverpool has lately furnished 2,000, Manchester has just contributed £5OO in money, while Birmingham, Leeds, and various other towns have been equally generous.—Newcastle Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrhma, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, no' ses in the head and ears, iheum itism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, hzadache, debility, . dropsy; cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, itc. We quote a few : —Cure No. 46,276. Di r James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimhy, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobi, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gather;ngs; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decks, lord lieut. of jt atertord, of many ) ears' dyspepsia. —No. 19,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Joly —Cure No. 51,811 The Rev. James T. Campbell, leakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment: — in tins. 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 61b., its. ; i2lb., 225. ; t4lb. 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77. Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate strect Within ; 63, 130, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court -road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hi/1; Close Brothers, V, High-street ; and Stubbs. Queen's -terrace, St. John's •wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and che mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER, Dec. 23.—The market for cotton yarns and cloths has shown continuous and growing strength this week, and we have had more steadi ness than for a long time past. On Tuesday there was the largest business in shipping yarns we have had for some time, and in some instances the highest point was touched in price at which yarns have been sold during the last six months. There were still considerable orders to be given out, and yesterday many of these were placed at very extreme rates, and many spinners are now under engagements which will keep them on till the middle of March. There was nothing doing for Calcutta, but the pur chases embraced yarns for nearly every other foreign market open to our exports. Buyers now begin to experience a good deal of difficulty in suiting them selves, owing to the scarcity of stocks and the full rates demanded by nearly all spinners for yarns to make. The business done during the week has been exceedingly large, so far as shippers are concerned. For home-trade yarns there has been less activity, manufacturers regarding the very full prices asked with some aversion for some days. Rather more business has been practicable this day or two past, where spinners were willing to accept Tuesday's rates. Fine numbers of yarn—the Bolton class of yarns—are exceedingly well engaged, and command very full rates. Cloth has gained in strength, but buyers have hesitated to give the higher rates manu facturers are requiring. The finer makes of printers have been in better demand, and T cloths and do mestics have also been easier to sell. Staple makes of cloth have not as a rule been much operated in. The advanced quotations have been no doubt forced upon manufacturers by the increased cost of yarn, but buyers look with caution upon goods at the high rates to which they have advanced, and are afraid to operate largely in them. The business done has mostly been for rather small parcels. The supply of cotton does not look unpromising. The imports this week have been 62,000 bales, of which 34,000 are American, and there are at sea 213,000 bales from India and 77,000 from America. The increased consumption this year has been 418,000 bales, and the increased in port 253,000. These figures no doubt are calculated to support the yarn and cotton markets, but exporters of cloth look with doubt upon the possibility of selling so large an out-turn of goods as are now coming from the loom at the high rates which they commenced. It has never been done yet, and they naturally feel a little trepidation in making the experiment at their own cost. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 23.—The lace trade continues dull, still the amount of business done during the past week has been fully an average for the time of year. In the cotton market a few orders for cur tains and mosquitos are completing. The muslin trade is quiet. In the silk department there has been a little doing in Mecblins and quillings. Black laces continue to sell slowly, as do also narrow edgings. LEICESTER, Dec. 23.—There has been an average amount of business transacted in the hosiery trade during the past week. Manufacturers are finishing orders on hand preparatory to stock-taking. Busi ness in country districts is quiet, but both in Lei cester and the neighbourhood the operatives find full average employment. Worsted yarns are firm, at high rates. There is rather more doing in vt ools, and prices remain exceedingly firm. An Adventure with Alleged Fenians. The picturesque and romantic country under shadow of the Slieve Bloom mountains was recently the scene of au alarming adventure, and one which was near entailing serious consequences to a party who was the object of the " attentions" of a body of armed " Fenians," who it would appear were " out for the night" in that unfrequented district. On Saturday night week, Mr. Warren, Cloghan more, Kennitty, a gentleman well known in this country, was returning to his own house after spend ing the evening with a neighbouring gentleman. The hour was eleven o'clock, and the night pitchy dark—the gentleman's host wished him to remain all night, but he would not, as he said he knew every perch of the way as well by night as in the broad day. He then bade his host good night, and unsuspectingly went on his way. On reaching the high road from the avenue his attention was at tracted by approaching footsteps, and his suspicion somewhat aroused by the fact that people were out on such a night and on such a lonesome road, but he nevertheless pushed on, after having debated in his own mind the chances of these people being the police patrol. He soon, however, became aware that the footsteps were those of a large body of men, and while he was making up his mind as to a re- treat to the hospitable mansion which he had just left, the more advanced portion of the party came up where he was standing, and he determined then to push on towards his own house, which was not very far distant. He said, " Good night, boys," to the people, but received no answer, and the fact then flashed on his mind that they were up to no good, as they would not answer, fearful, as he supposed, of being betrayed by their voices. When he came to the end of the procession he again saluted them with " Good night, boys," but as before got no answer. Having passed them, he stopped, as did several of the party who composed the procession. A colloquy ensued among the party, and Mr. W. Warren, heard one of them say, "By G—, he is a detective," and immediately a whistle, long, loud. and shrill, sounded, and the whole came to a halt, and a party was told off to follow the retreating stranger and bring him back. We should say that the road at this particular point is very dark, a grove of large timber and a wall being on one side, with a heavy quickset hedge on the other. Mr. Warren, hearing the directions given for his pur suit, kept on the grass edge of the road, making no noise until he came to a gate on the side of the road, which when tried was fortunately opened, and he slipped into the field, which had been recently ploughed, and made right into the middle, where he lay down in the scrape of the plough. He there heard the footsteps of his pursuers pass the gate and proceed farther up the road, but they soon became aware that they had overrun their game, who, mindful of his sporting experience, had borrowed a trick from puss, and had doubled on them. The leader of the skirmishing party sounded a retreat, and they came back to wards the gate, driving the i long poles, or pikes, or pitchforks w ith which the y were armed into the hedges and gripes on each side of the road until they came to the gate, finding which open, the fugitive not having had time to take theprecaution of closing it after him, the leader swore an oath that the object of their pursuit had gone into the field, and ordered his men to go in and bring him out until they would " pike him to death, to teach him not to be prowling about the country at that hour." Some time was then occu pied in searching round the ditches and boundaries of the field, during which time the fugitive lay in a secure though unenviable position in the middle of the field, screened from their observation by the plough scrape and the darkness of the night. Having exhausted their patience, how ever, the leader drew off his men, and re joined the main body, which was at such a short distance that the fugitive could hear the denuncia tions on the " detective" which were uttered by the crowd of people. Having lain in his concealment for some time, until the sounds of the people died away, Mr. Warren emerged from his hiding place, and stumbled as best he could out of the field and across another to the house of a relative of his own, which lay on the same side of the road as the as the friendly fallow field, he not daring to cross road again, fearing to fall in with the patrols or skirmishers of the body he had just seen, and as his own house lay on the opposite side. When, after a good deal of difficulty, he reached his relative'shouse, he knocked them up and presented himself to them in a very sorry pickle. He asked for a horse and arms to proceed to the police barracks and give the alarm, but he was over-persuaded by the entreaties of his nieces, who bad arisen from their beds, to re main all night in the house, and not again trust himself to the tender mercies of the Fenians. In the morning the little town of Kennitty was all alive with the report of a regiment of armed Fenians that had been out drilling the night before, and the at tack which had been made on Mr. Warren. The authorities having heard of the matter, policemen were despatched for Mr. Warren, and he related the adventures of the previous night. Communications were made to the Castle,. Dublin, and he was re quested to made an information upon his oath, which he did before Mr. H. G. Curran, R.M., Par sonstown, to the effect as described above. Since 'then the county inspector of police, Mr. Carr, and Mr. Valancy, S.L. of the district, are engaged in investigating the circumstances, and in patrolling the place, but up to the present without any effect. Mr. Warren described the men as marching with a heavy measured tramp, and that some of them were armed with long poles or pikes, and the leader in front had a longer pole than the rest, on the top of which was something which, from the darkness of the night, he could not distinctly recognise, but thought it was some thing like a fishing net or a tent. The affair has created a good deal of talk in the neighbourhood, which is remarkably well conducted at all times. It is but fair to the people of the district to state that common rumour has attached a rather ludicrous solution to this " march of the Fenian men." It is stated, and very generally believed, that the regi ment was composed of the workpeople, men and women of the neighbouring farms, and that the performance was a premeditated practical joke, good-humouredly played. We will not offer an opinion on the matter further than to hint at the improbability of the Fenians selecting a pitchy dark night for practising their evolutions, and to express doubt that in the King's County a body of 60 or 80 could be got together for any such purpose as that of Fenianism, hile we know that many more could be got together to enjoy a joke.—King's County Chronicle. Colonel R. M. Hoe, the inventor of the cylinler printing press, is spending the winter with his family in Paris. lie intends to return to America in the spring. Cotton Supply Lssociation. At a meeting of the Executive Committee, lately held, a letter was read describing the operations of tke Valencia Land Company, and enclosing samples of cotton grown upon a portion of marsh lately drained near Castellon. The plantation was injured during a severe storm in June, owing tothe drainage works being incomplete, which, however, is not likelyto happen again, and confident hopes of better success are entertained. It is believed that an im- portant quantity and quality can be produced, and the company intends to enter more largely into the cultivation. A. letter received from the British con- sulate, Scutari in Albania, reports that the governor general of the province, his Excellency Ismail Pacha, is zealously endeavouring to promote the cultivation of cotton, and is desirous not only to improve the quality, but to obtain the best means of cleaning the produce and preparing it for market. A letter was read from Naples enclosing samples of Sea Island, Siamese, and New Orleans; 12 bales of which, the produce of about 58 acres of land, amounting to 7,1301 b., were shipped for Liverpool at the beginning of the month. The soil in which it was grown is composed of a very thick strata of ashes from Vesuvius, on a rock of lava from the same volcano, which runs down into the sea. The property was formerly entirely covered with vine yards, but since the disease in the vines made its appearance, no vintage worth preserving has been obtained, and a portion of the estate has been con verted into arable land for growing madder roots and cotton. The Sea Island variety seems to thrive well, and should fine weather continue till the end of the year, it is expected that the plants will produce two or three bales more of clean cotton. The yield this year has not been so large per acre as last year, a violent gale of wind between the 9th and 12th Nov. having damaged the plantations considerably. The cotton was picked as it ripened during the months of September, October, and November, care being taken to keep all the defective cotton separate from the good. It was cleaned by Macarthy gins, worked by steam power, and every effort has been made to send the cotton to market in the best possible condition. It is very difficult to ascertain the quantity grown or the extent of land cultivated with cotton in the neighbourhood of Naples, or in the other provinces. The greater part is shipped for Genoa, Marseilles, and Trieste, whence it finds its way to the north of Italy, Switzerland, and Ger many, very little indeed being shipped to Great Britain. Fresh supplies of Sea Island and New Orleans seed are required, and will be duly for warded for next sowing season. The results of further efforts will be communicated. A letter was received from Tacna, Peru, stating that the, writer, who is well known for his efforts to introduce the alpaca into Australia, is now engaged with others in cultivating cotton in the interior of Bolivia, on the margins 'of rivers running into the Amazons, down which all the produce will be forwarded. It is stated that according to information recently re ceived, more than 300 bales of 3501b5. each will be sent down to Para in the months of June and July, the rivers being then full, should the necessary ma chinery for cleaning and pressing the cotton be ob tained by May next. A gin to be worked by two mules will be supplied forthwith, and it is hoped that the anticipated result will be realised. Papers forwarded from Calcutta were received from the Board of Revenue, dated Allahabd, November 4th, reporting that the cotton crop of the North Western provinces is estimated this year to be 824,540 maunds of 801 b. each, against 1,659,917 maunds, the actual crop of last year. The area planted is nearly 50 per cent. less than in 1864, being 895,102 acres, against 1,730,634 acres ; this large decrease is attributed to the remarkable fall in prices origi nated by rumours of peace in America, a fall which continued until at the commencement of last sowing the price of cotton in some districts was reduced to the rate at which it was selling before the disturbances in the United States. The season has not been un favourable ; the rains, which were deferred till very late, have fallen in abundance, and the general as pect of the crop is said to be promising. The yield pea aore will probably be quite as large as last year. An extended cultivation next season is expected to be the result of the high prices which have prevailed since the close of the war, and of the apprehension which exists of diminishing supplies from America. The Collector of Meerut reports that the quality of the cotton grown in that district last season was finer than bad ever before been produced. Some of it sent to Calcutta was declared to be so far superior to anything that had previously been seen passing through the Calcutta market, from either Bengal or. the North West provinces, that it was hardly believed to be from that part of India. Of this cotton a large stock is said to be in the distri9t awaiting purchasers, which was sure to find its way to Calcutta when prices rise as they have since done. The bazaar failures among speculating buyers were extraordinary, and in consequence no advances were made to the growers, and without such advances the cultivator cannot and will not sow cotton. The spread of intelligence developed by education, and the increase of English settlers, would, it is believed, give a security and permanence to the trade at present unknown. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. --e- TIMES.-If the history of England proves nothing else, it is an excellent guide to the only sure road to financial prosperity. It establishes beyond all controversy that the only machinery which can be relied on for keeping a balance between revenue and expenditure is a popular Assembly representing the nation that provides the taxes. History some times makes us acquainted with that strange phe nomenon, an economical Prince, but her lesson on that subject is plain and uniform. The economies Of one reign are dissipated by the prodigality of another. Henry VII. collects a vast treasure by the most pinching economy and by the most cruel extortion, but it is only for Henry VIII. to squander it on the Field of the Cloth of Gold and the pageantry of an ostentatious Court. Elizabeth may accumulate treasure, but her hoards only go to enrich the minions and feed the reckless waste of James I. We have much to complain of our finances up to 1832, but from that time we may fairly congratulate ourselves on a steady and uni form improvement, which has brought us to a con dition in which, if there is still much to be desired, there is also much to be thankful for. If the first condition of success in finance be the absolute con- trol of a popular Assembly, the second is undoubt edly, the most unreserved publicity. Everybody may know at a glance how our affairs stand, and form his opinion as to the sources of income and the items of expenditure. Publicity is of no use unless that which is published is thoroughly intel ligible. This object, also, has been attained, and we therefore feel some confidence that, although the management of our finances may be capable of much improvement, the means of that improve ment are in our own hands. If we turn to the finances of France, we cannot for a moment doubt that its Government is at this moment honestly anxious to place them on a sound and satisfactory footing. The change in her foreign policy, 'evidenced by her obvious desire to with draw as soon as possible from Mexico, by her gra dual abandonment of the Pontifical States, by her pacific attitude on the Danish question,' and by her friendly language to Belgium,. is clearly trace able to a wish to put an end to the era of deficits. Finance has always been the worst enemy of French Governments. It is hardly too much to say that the old monarchy and aristocracy might yet have been in existence had they been able to surmount what appears to modern eyes a not very formidable financial difficulty. The " Memoirs of Count Mol lien" represent the great campaigns of Napoleon as partaking strongly of the nature of stock-jobbing enterprise, and the one drawback to the prosperous reign of his nephew has been the enormous increase of debt which has attended it. We have in the report of M. Fould to the Emperor very strong e'vi deuce of an honest wish to reduce the expenditure. A reduction of about £1,200,000 sterling is an nounced. The Miniiter of War contributes£s6o,ooo ; the Minister of Marine, £280,000 ; the Minister of Agriculture,Commerce, and Public Works, 172,000 ; the Minister of the Household and Fine Arts, £15,000 ; the Minister of Finance, £240,000 ; and the Customs' Department, £56,000. This is evi dence of good intentions on the part of the Govern ment. The misfortune is that under the present constitution of France it is evidence of nothing more. We have selected this part of M. Fould's statement, not only because it is promising, but also because it is perfectly intelligible ; but intelligible as it is, there is no power in France, except the Emperor, that can compel the Emperor to adhere to it. It is in the nature of a contract which a man makes with himself, a good resolution taken on his birth day, a determination to give up a bad habit, or to renounce an agreeable but dangerous ac quaintance. It has every element of a contract except the existence of two parties, and for want of that there is nobody to enforce it. We fear that, till the Emperor can be prevailed upon to give some body over which he has no control a veto on the' expenditure, the hopes of any durable financial improvement are illusory. It is not by the reports of Ministers, but by the resolutions of popular Assemblies, that these things are to be effected. What is needed is the assurance, not only that the Government is in an economical frame of mind now, but that it will continue so during all the changes and chances of the coming year. But there is another unfortunate circum stance which renders it impossible that such public opinion as exists in France can be brought to bear with any effect upon the finances,—that the state ments of the Finance Minister are, to a person of ordinary intelligence and leisure, quite incompre hensible. The terminology of French Finance is almost as abstruce and difficult as the terminology of German metaphysics. M. Thiers's excellent speech of last year, in which he enumerates and defines the five kinds of Budgets which are simul taneously used by the Government of France, had all the effect upon the ordinary European mind of a new discovery. Words lose their common signifi cation in this refined system, and the homelp Eng lish term " Budget," which seems to imply a com parison of the very simplest kind between what a man has in his pocket and what he is going to do with it, vanishes into thin air when we come to speak of extraordinary and corrective Budgets. In like manner we have been in the habit of attaching to the word " Sinking Fund" the notion of a fund set apart exclusively for the reduction of debt, and are, therefore, rather startled to be told that during the current year the action of the Sinking Fund was purely nominal, and, instead of strengthening the public credit, only induced a false notion of the financial condition. It is hoped that in 1867 it will be no longer necessary to draw upon the Sink ing fund to meet the ordinary expenses, and secondly, that the fund itself will be reorganised. The reorganisation is to consist, as we are told in a very misty manner, in charging the fund with expenses which will gradually disappear, and sup porting it by revenues which will gradually increase. When we ask what these revenues consist of, we are referred to an estimated surplus of £720,000 for the year 1867, and to other guarantees and resources —whatever they may mean. It is with such hazy generalities that France must be content. We may be excused forasking, however, in what sense a fund still chargeable with certain expenses other than the reduction of the public debt can be called a Sinking Fund at all ; next, what guarantee the public have that the surplus which is to form a part of the new Sinking Fund will, contrary to all experience --for Imperial France has little knowledge of a surplus— gradually increase ; what are the expenses to be charged on it which will gradually diminish ; and last, and most important of all, what security have the taxpayers and the creditors of the State that the new Sinking Fund will not, like the old, be ap plied for the purposes of the ordinary expenditure ? It is just like the case of a person who pays a debt with his own promissory note ; it is the same debt over again, rather more formally acknowledged but not a bit better secured than the old one. M. Fould tells us that the budget of 1864 results in a deficit of £2,000,000 sterling. It is hoped that 1865 may end in a surplus. The Minister is led to believe that in 1866 the revenue will exceed the charges, and, growing in confidence as he advances further into the future, he indulges the brightest hopes with regard to the year 1867. In the meanwhile, the floating debt amounts to the very respectable sum of £31,000,000 sterling. Such are the facts, so far as we have been able to glean them from M.Fould's report, and we confess that, considering they are taken from a statement which is intended to strengthen the credit of the country and to present her finances in the most favourable point of view, we cannot regard them as satisfactory. We well know the boundless resources of France—resources which are only just beginning to develope them selvesin a manner worthy of their true grandeur —and we feel that this and almost any other burden might be borne by them if it were only in the power of her financial Minister to furnish us with any efficient guarantee for the future. But l while matters remain substantially on the same footing as before, we hope to be excused if we read the future rather by the light of the past than of the brilliant anticipation s o f th e Mi n i s ter of Finance. The finances of a nation are eminently the affairs of a nation, and experience has taught us that in no case must the powers delegated to the Govern ment be so narrowly limited and so carefully watched. All that accuracy, all that ingenuity, all that logic can do, will, we doubt not, be done to give French Finance the best possible appearance ; but all these things are of little account unless coupled with the only real safeguard of the Exche quer—the right of refusal, a right which all history tells us is even more valuable to the Government it controls than to the people by whom it is exercised. DAILY NEWS.—To many it will surely be a con siderable relief that the correspondence between the British and the American Governments, with respect to the damage inflicted by Confederate cruisers, has at last been brought to a close. The subject has now been completely exhausted, and the only possible effect of prolonging the argument would be "to introduce acrimony into the rela tions" between the two countries. It would serve no useful - purpose - to state the pleadings on eithe r side. The misfortune is that no tribunal should exist before which the pleadings could be laid, and which should have authority to pronounce a final decision. It is vain to hope that the Americans will forego the claims which they have put for ward ; and, according to Lord Russell and his suc cessor, there is as little prospect that the English Government will abandon the position, which it has LOW assumed. But time works wonders. Already our contemporary, the Times, " looks for ward to the time when a joint commission, per haps not limited to England and America, shall be appointed to recast the whole chapter of inter national law which treats of neutral rights and duties." Other journals are disposed to adopt the same tone. And, indeed, there are unmistakeable signs that the day must soon arrive when na tions will be compelled to submit their disp u tes to some international tribunal before they will consider themselves justified in enforcing this right by force of arms. In the meantime it may be useful to state once more the principles of international law which Lord Russell and Lord Clarendon have laid down, and the consequences that must follow from them. Lord Clarendon distinctly asserts that " the British Government have steadily and honestly discharged all the duties incumbent on them as a neutral Power, and have never deviated from the obligations im posed on them by international law." It is a dmitted, not only by the American but also by the British Minister, that the existing laws on the British statute-book are utterly ineffectual to stop the de spatch of such ships as the Alabama, the Shenan doah,i and other cruisers of the like sort. But it s further maintained by the British Minister, that although the American statute law contains more stringent provisions than our own, these provisions are equally inefficient to stop such expeditions: It is maintained, moreover, by the British Minister, that although the inefficiency of these statutes has been demonstrated by the experience of the last four years, and although the result of the present state of the law has been that American commereo has been swept from the seas by the Alabama and her consorts, the British Government was under no obligation to improve her statute or municipal law by rendering its provisions morn stringent, and that by neglecting to do so this country incurred no liability. It may be presumed that in the opinion of the British Minister no pro positions less extensive than these would suffice to cover the position of the British Government. Nevertheless, they are startling propositions ; and it is but too obvious that if this country were now at war they would lead to startling consequences. For what have we done? We have taught the American and every foreign government that the measure of a neutral's duty towards a belligerent is the British Foreign Enlistment Act ; that having this act on our statute book we are not called upon as a neutral to do anything more ; that a statute which has been found utterly powerless to prevent the destruction of American commerce during the late civil war is the only kind of statute which any nation can be called upon to pass or to enforce ; that all the additional securities which were sup posed to be contained in the American statute book are useless, and that in case of war their provisions might be repealed or left unenforced, without ex posing the American Government to the charge of neglecting their duties as neutrals. If such are the principles which are to be applied to the people of this country when they are next engaged in war, i t is not difficult to anticipate the fate of the British mercantile navy. Its destruction by cruisers ob tained from American ports must be speedy and complete, and neither the American Government, nor any other Government, will be considered re sponsible. 'ln short, no new laws need be passed, and those already in existence are admitted to be absolutely useless. Such is the conclusion which follows from the justification of their conduct put forward by the British Government. But let us hope that there are some men in Parliament who will discern the character of this argument. The common sense of the nation cannot be so hood winked. 'War must be admitted to be always pos sible, and to leave questions of such gravity unsolfed would be to expose our interests to too serious a risk. If the argument were worth anything—if the statutes of England and America are so utterly use less—it ought to prove that some change in the laws of both countries was imperatively needed. And it seems that Lord Russell, feeling this, actually suggested to the American Government the propriety of making some change. It is, how ever, idle to make any such suggestion before some mode of settling the existing disputes upon this very subject has been agreed to. Indeed, according to Mr. Adams, this was the very suggestion which the American Government pressed upon the attention of the British Government at the commencement of the civil war. It is the same suggestion which was then rejected by the British Cabinet. " If," says Mr. Adams, " the reasons for it are sound now, I am at a loss to perceive why they did not avail dur ing a period when my country could have felt the benefit of them." To adopt the suggestion now would be to proceed upon the assumption that the duties of neutrality had changed their character since the conclusion of the war. This is obviously absurd. If the municipal law enforcing these duties ought to be made more stringent now, it ought to have been made more stringent before the war dosed, and the Government which declined to take this course must be responsible for whatever damage has resulted from its neglect. In other words, the ques tion, what are the duties of a neutral ? must pre cede the question, ought the statute enforciirg them to be altered ? Means should therefore be taken to ascertain whether during the American civil war England performed her duty. This can only be done by referring the matter in dispute to a com mission ; and now that Lord Russell and his suc cessor have refused to refer the matter, it can only be done by the intervention of Parliament. COUNTRY MARKETS NORTHAMPTON—DEC. 23. New white wheat, 44s to 528 ; new red, 40s to 47s ; old white, 48s to 535; old red, 45s to 50s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 37s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ' • new, 20s to 28s per 24 stone . Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; now, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. Peas, 34s to 40s per 36 stone. COLCHESTER—DEC. 23. The supply of wheat was fair though not large. 13€ 4 parcels made last week's prices; damp and inferior quali ties rather lower. Fine barleys comparatively scarce, and fully as dear ; the middling qualities a heavy sale at some decline in prices. Peas and beans is lower in value. Wheat, white 40s Ms Beans, Mazagan......33s 383 rcd 36s 48s Middle and small._3ss 403 Barley .?Bs 40s Peas, white. 383 4 24 Oats 20s 25s grey IOS CHELMSFORD—DEc. 22. There was a steady trade in wheat at this market to day, and former rates were about maintained. The same report may be made with respect to barley. Wheat, old white.... 453 52s Peas, Partridge 378 398 new 43s tOs White ..3cs 3 old red 39 43s Bt i ling 38 8 29 new. 358 394 Dun.... ..... 3ls 35° Barley .. 24s 31s dit o, new —s —4 Chevalier ...... ....27s Os Beans, Tick, onled... lis s _ --9 3 7 : Grind ng :3s 6s new ....—e 58s COs Harrow i icks. 3s3 Chevalier 6'l ni new....—s -0 Oats GRANTHAM—DEC. 23. About the usual quantity of wheat, and samples of good quality made lato rates, inferior flat. Barley in good sup ply at about late rates. Oats a fair trade at quite last week's prices. Beans were readily disposed of at advanc ing prices. Peas unaltered. Old white wheat, 54s to 58s; old red, 48s to 54s ; naN white, 50s to 56s ; new red, 45s to 50s per 36 stone. Ba r ley for malting,_3ss to 39s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30$ per 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 30s ; new, 20s to 26s per 2* stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50s; new, 40s to 44s per 38 stone. Peas, 35s to 39s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—DEc. 22. White wheat 36s Od 0 0 d d to 40s 4 45 05 s 0 0d d f t 621 b Red wheat Potato oats 22s 6d to 23s 6d} 1 , 1 bushel. 22s Od to 22s 6d 401 b lit busheL Common oats Bere f 27s .6d to 28s 0d L 531 bushel. Barley 27s 6d to 28s 6d Oatmeal 18s Od to 19s Od 'j boll of 140 1 b• Flour, fine 3Gs Od to 38s Od lit sack of 28011). KIRKCALDY—DEC. 23. Barley and oats in good supply, but small supplies, 1 wheat. Barley and oats brought the full prices of t his at week. Wheat is per down. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Firat..«......,:,46s 6d I '4 Os t d 248 Od econct.... 48s Od 31s Oil j 158 Od Tikird..... 508 Od 32s 6d J 26s Od Births. ADAIR.—On the 20th inst., at Whiteways, near Faxu - , - the wife of A. S. Adair, Esq., Captain 13th Light 1 11 ' 3 try, of a son. HARVEY.—On the 22d inst., at West-end, Hampstead, tbe wife of the Rev. C. M. Harvey, M.A., of a sou. later - WALsll.—On the 20th inst., at The Hoystings, `-' 3 ` bury, the wife of A. P. Walsh, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. MARSHALL—BLAxEmo4.—On the 23d inst , at Ed gbilstell Church, J. Wean. Marshall, M.A., Fellow ' and lato L ee s ; turer of Brasenose College, Oxford, to Anneter, Youlige daughter of J. Blakernore, Esq., of Edgbaston. •_,. POLLOCK—DODGSON.—On tho 23d inst., at St• 14° 11,1, Church, Putney, Chas. E. Pollock, Esq., to Amy W ile • third daughter of H. H. Dodgson, Esq. Deaths. at GODPREY.—On the 21st inst., at his son's residence, r d i Mansfield, V. Godfrey, Esq., of St. Mt* 's, Stamfo ar in , ~, ' formerly of Doddington, Northamptonshi re, aged '" fleld - ILINAm.—On the 23d inst. (her birthday) , a t 23, Evers; 0. place, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Caroline , wife of "" Hu ll ti a z n e E , a l . t m il i - ig E O h n s : ae. . t the 23d inst., Miss Hunter, of S o iaNu___...e...thivwci' v 5, London : Printed and Published by WILLIAU ANDO of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter, at SUN olliCe , NO r.; Strand, in the. Precinct of the Savoy. in the Cottwu BiltAlleses.—Tuesday, December 26,1883. 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