The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-12 00:00:00

span OF . THE Prri I'OVANALI. The Americaiis, it 'appears, are making a Veit deal of their having purchased the Danish island of St. Thomas. They say it is a sign of the progress of the universal Yankee nation, which never goes backwards. All that the Times can say is that if it amuses the Americans it certainly does not hurt us ; but before they can have received the expected description of this pantomimic tableau they will have learnt what Parliament and the prc - .;s think about the matter over here. There certainly is a thing dreaded, and very much dreaded, by Euro peans, but it is the yellow fever, and not the Yankee nation. If they mean to retain the custom which St. Thomas has enjoyed for a couple of generations, they must set to work with a will, and banish Vve plague from their newly-acquired island. So terribly have the effects of the pestilence been recently felt, that before the negotiation for this ces.sion.had commenced it was in con templation to abandon the harbour of St. 'Thomas in favour of some other port of call, and, except for the improve ments anticipated from the new proprietors, the change would probably be made. At present we have a clear field and a free choice once more before us, for the late hurricanes destroyed the buildings and accommoda tion provided for the packets at St. Thomas, and a new establishment must be created from the begin ning there or elsewhere. In fact, we may ex pect St. Thomas to be abandoned in favour o£ some healthier port, unless hopes can be given us of substantial, speedy, and permanent improvement. We cannot afford to have such tolls levied upon British lives voyage after voyage. When the Tamar reached St. Thomas the other day her crew and passengers were in perfect health, but during her brief stay in that fatal harbour the fever struck her, and worked its deadly will till she touched our shores. It is our custom to submit to long inconvenience before we resolve upon reform, but the abominations of St. Thomas had proved too much for us at last, and the port was probably condemned. It may per haps be condemned now, for the whole question has been opened, and we have many a colony and many a fine harbour of our own in those seas. All our various departments have been considering the matter. The Treasury, the Pdst Office, the Admiralty, and the Royal Mail Steam Company have been in com munication for some time, and though we are told the discussions have been " unofficial," and that there has been as yet "no correspondence " presentable to Parlia ment, we may naturally infer that some opinions, and, perhaps, some conflicting opinions, have been elicited. If St. Thomas is to remain what it has hitherto been, our ships, and probably the ships of other nations, will cease to make it their port of call. At some point or other we have now to establish a packet-station anew. We can, if we please, give the Americans the benefit of the selec tion, or we can transfer our custom to one of our own islands. But if the Americans desire to keep this custom, they must earn it, and without loss of time. The Post, in speaking of the high price of bread, assures us that if all the corn ports of Russia, America, and Egypt were closed to us for ever, we could get wheat enough from the Danube alone, irrespective of Turkey and Austria, to keep us all for the next century. The lands of Hungary, If oldo-Wallaehia, Transylvania, and Servia have miles and miles of fertile soil which would he instantly brought under tillage if the crops could be sold ; and every year adds to 'the wealth of our resources and to our facilities of reach ing them. Our farmers may thus safely consent to learn from experience, and they will find that cattle and sheep farming in such a climate as ours will invariably add to their prosperity, while corn-growing must ever remain among us but a thankless labour. We could always find a sale at remunerative prices for many more cattle than we breed of all descriptions. English horses are prized throughout the world. English kine, sheep, and pigs are valued wherever farming has reached the rank of a science ; and as soon as our agriculturists begin to import their wheat and export their cattle in much larger quanti ties than at present there will be no better trade amongst us than grass-growing. The correspondence which has taken place between Lord ;Granville and the Duke of Marlborough with reference to the Conscience Clause ought not, as the Daily News thinks, to be allowed to pass without notice. In the first place, it is to be observed that the parties to the correspondence 'are men who, it must be assumed, carry weight in the question of education with the leaders of the parties to which they respectively belong. Lord Granville was head of the education department under the late Government, as he had been for many years under that of Lord Pal merston ; while the Duke of Marlborough occupies the same position at the present moment. In the second place, it appears that until the Duke of Marlborough received the letter of Lord Granville he was labouring under a misapprehension with respect to the effect of the Conscience Clause, and therefore it may be hoped that, since his misappre hension has been removed, he may co-operate with Lord Granville in enforcing the clause as a necessary condition of receiving any share in the Parliamentary grant. It is quite true, as Lord Granville says, that Sir John Paking ton and many of the other Ministers have expressed themselves strongly in favour of the principle ; but, more important still, it seems to be admitted that there is " a growing acquiescence in it on the part of the clergy." It is well known that the Bishop of St. David's, one of the ablest prelates on the bench, has expressed himself with characteristic vigour and distinctness in favour of the Conscience Clause, and has advised his clergy to adopt it; and within the last few weeks another prelate, who is distinguished for his moderation and orthodoxy—Dr. Jackson, the Bishop of Lincoln—has published his charge, enforcing the same view. Referring to the inquiry which has just been made into the condition of Farnham Workhouse, the Herald believes that this investigation must be productive of a serious re form in the administration of relief to the class denomi nated " tramps." It is admitted by the police-officer, that he has no doubt often refused a night's lodging in the casual wards to those deserving of it from a desire to exclude the idle and able-bodied vagrants. And though we cannot approve of such caution, which we believe to be the general rule, when the saving was but that of a halfpenny worth of bread and a cup of water, we must still admit the great hardship of rascals well al le to earn their bread, sponging, even to so small an extent, on funds raised from persons in almost as abject poverty as themselves. But this state of things must con tinue to prevail until the unworthy applicants for relief be separated from the deserving, and locked up in refor matories, where they will for a specified time be compelled to labour for their slipport. One thing is clear from the investigation just concluded, that local guardian super vision of workhouses is valueless, and that official inspec tion, if expected to prove efficacious, must be repeated more frequently than once in six months. Disagreeable and inconvenient as the Irish funeral pro cessions are, their importance, according to the Standard, seems much exaggerated. In dealing with Fenianism, we cannot be too often reminded that Irish disaffection has a double aspect. We have, first, the active reckless spiri' of the American Irish. These are the men who have created Fenianism proper. They are the men who prowl about our great towns, break our gaols, and murder our police. But they aro ll3t fair representatives of the Irish people. The mass of the Irish people may not be one whit more loyal. The old traditional hostility to the law, and to England as enforcing the law, animates, and will, we fear, long continue to animate a large portion of that population. And it is this great raw material of Fenianism that the brotherhood are bent in working up into staunch practical Fenians. But at present no greater mistake could be committed than that of supposing that every disaffected Irishman was a sworn Fenian. The Government of Lord Palmerston made the mistake of con founding Fenianism with this lazy seditious spirit, which is always ready to display its hostility into action. We are in danger of falling into the similar error of confounding the normal disaffection of Ireland with Fenianism. The Star agrees with " llistoricus" in urging that them should he some amendment in the provisions of the Allegiance Acts. What might be a crime for a British subj.,Tt if done in New York may be quite lawful in an American citizm, or, if not strictly lawful, at least not an offence for which he could be tried here. Nothing would give a large proportion of American politicians greater pleasure than to pick a quarrel with us on s ,me such question, whene they could carry with them the full sympathy of their people. The atti tude of this country during the civil war still lives in their r-membranee. Fortunately, it happens that the Aincr . can C,ADM,II law is the same as our own on the ; d t, lea:t, that no special enactment has been made ,ffi n oing any other and different principle. President ,hoson propo:%es to Congress that this should now be (lcne, and the opportunity seems a good one for a review t.f the law by ounielve3. Unless we adopt some such rab , na' pr:nciplc as that which Mr. Harcourt advocates, we mu,t, bF pr,pared some day to enter upon a war for the privilege of treating as tra'tors half the population of the United Stat..s. STACK-TlRlNG.—Several hay-stacks oclonging Mr. Jeremiah O'Brien, of Cunnahurtle, were found to be ‘-:11 fire early on Monday morning. A body of constabulary from Neagh immediately proceeded to the scene of the fa_ but all their efforts at saving any of the hay proved fruitless. This is the third time that Mr. O'Brien's pro p,:rty has been destroyed by fire. About three years ago dw..flinglionse, offices, a large quantity of corn and i:,,p!ements, were destroyed. A presentment was passed. The money at that time was levied rat the parish of Lisbciney, and *491114(44 to alNut 0.50. PANIC AT ST. JAMES'S HALL - - Boring the ballad concert in St. James's flail, on Wea- , nesday evening, an event occurred which at one time ap peared likely to lead to serious consequences. The first part of the programme had been gone through, and Misg Edith Wynne had begun singing the ballad " Should he upbraid; when a strong smell of fire pervaded the building. The audience showed evident signs of uneasiness, and in a few moments after, a quantity of smoke entering the hall, those present rose en mane, and a great number at once made their way to the doors. A most excited sccue navy occurred. A number of gentlemen mounted the benclei and earnestly appealed to the other members of the amdie4 not to endanger the lives of themselves and their felirm beings by crowding the staircases. Mr. Boosey cammfor ward, and when the noise was in some degree dimiiiisinscl , anxiously solicited all present to keep their places, explain ing that there was no danger whatever, the fire being at a box-maker's in Vine-street, at the rear of the premi 30'i and at len-. " .e or four doors removed from the hall. - A window at the back of the building had been left open, and the volumes of smoke issued from the burning box maker's had penetrated the hall and caused the alarm. The explanation and assurance of safety given by Mr. Boosey, together with the expostulations of many among the audience, produced a good effect, but the majority of persons in the stalls, and many in the balconies, quitted the building. The stalls, in fact, were left comparatively empty, several ladies having gone out, leaving in their haste their shawls, &c., behind them. Mr. Boosey then led forward Madame Liebhart, who, with great presence of mind, sung the appropriate song, " Oh dear, what can the matter be ?" which tended considerably to reassure those present. The concert was then proceeded with, several songs by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Edith Wynne, and Madame Leibhart being re-demanded. We must not omit to mention that in the midst of the excite ment a lady in one of the front rows of stalls mounted her seat, and, in the most impassioned manner, besought, or rather commanded, those of her sex around her to remain seated and retain their sell-possession. Her emphatie manner and Amazon-like appearance had no little effect on those around her. THE S7I?ANGE STORY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD. The inquiries made on Wednesday with reference to the little boy who was brought so mysteriously to the Cooper family in Nelson-street, Hackney-road, last March, and whose equally mysterious death formed the subject of an inquest opened on Tuesday, have resulted in the discovery of a clue to the previous history of the child. It would appear that the child was, from the time it was a fortnight old almost up to the day when it was taken for " adoption" to Mrs. Cooper, in the care of a Mrs. --„ re siding at Islington. While there it was visited onoe a month by a young lady, stated not to be more than 20 years of age, and who was without doubt the mother: The supposed mother was a person of superior manners, and appeared to be well educated. The child was brought to Mrs. Cooper late on Saturday evening, the 23rd of March. The lady who came with it said that she was the mother, and that the fact of its existence had been kept from the knowledge of all her friends. She added that it had been intended both by the child's father and by her self to keep the child at nurse until they could meet with some young couple who would adopt it. "We intended," she continued, " to get married then, and to go to Australia." After giving up the child and paying the £lO, she said, " I have one last favour to ask. Will you let me call once more, and see the el ild before I go to Australia ? The papa may call. I may bring him with me, but it will only be for once." The permission asked for would appear to have been granted on the condition that the visit would be made only once, and would not be repeated. The mother, however, had not since called to see the child. The outfit brought with the child was composed of abundance of clothing of a very expensive kind ; the materials were of the finest description, and the embroidery was unusually rich. The principal out-door suit was composed of a scarlet dress, and Scotch cap with a white feather. It would appear that Mr. Cooper is a carman. He is employed under Mr. Butt, a brush manufacturer, but his duties consist in car rying brushes in a van to the oilshops. The advertisement of the Coopers, it may be mentioned, follows three others in the Clerkentvell Nem, each headed with the same word, " Adoption." These announcements ars irrespective of others in the same sheet, commencing with the words, " Children (care of one or two) wanted, by a respectable married person," &c., &c. Another adver tisement, bearing upon the same subject, is, to say the least, a little singular :—" Children.—Wanted to place one or two infants out to nurse. Neighbourhood of St. John's-wood or Regent's Park preferred. Address, stating terms, &c., to Mrs. , Post Office, Pentonville-road." The system of getting rid of the embarrassment of un welcome children by "adoption " would appear to be well organised, and to be in process of development into an extensive branch of trade. It is said by medical men, who have opportunities of becoming acquainted with secrets hidden from everybody else, that cl-qdren are " adouted" out by scores. LAW AND POLICE. OBSTRUCTION OF LIGHT AND Ant.—Tns BRISTOL ATIIES,Enr. - The Lord Chancellor had before him on Wednesday the case of Miles v. Tobin. It was an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor Wood. The plaintiffs were the lessees of the Bristol Athenaeum, which was built on land formeey belonging to the defendants, but leased by them to the plaintiffs. The adjoining land also belongs to the defendants. On this land a building had lately been con structed which the plaintiffs alleged had kept light and air out of the library of the Atheneum. For the defendants it was stated that the library windows were not constructed in accordance with the plan which was submitted to the lessors when they leased the building, and which plan was not to be varied without their consent. The plaintiffs applied for an injunction to restrain the erection of the building in question. The Vice-Chancellor granted the application, and the defendants now appealed. The argu ments in the case have been concluded. The Lord Chancellor reserved judgment. REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—In the ease of Cragg v. Alexander and others, the plaintiffs, two ladies, prayed for an order allowing them to redeem a reversionary inte rest which they had mortgaged. The mortgage was not paid on the day required, and the fund was sold to one Greenwood, who was a defendant in this case. When the plaintiffs wished to redeem the reversion from Mr. Green wood he refused to allow them. Vice-Chancellor Stuart, before whom the case came, ordered the money paid by Mr. Greenwood for the fund to he repaid to him, and he must then reassign the property. As Mr. Greenwood's refusal had led to this litigation he must pay costs. ACCEPTING SHARES WITH A CONDITION.—In the matter of the Richmond Hotel Company, which has failed, an application was made to remove the name of one Matthews from the list of contributories, on the ground that he had taken up the shares with the understanding that he would have the company's gas-fitting to do. His Honour held that there had been a binding application for and acceptance of shares, coupled with a collateral contract for the desired business. But whatever rights this collateral business might give the applicant as against co-shareholders, ho must be bound by the allotment as regarded creditors. There had been no attempt to repudiate the allotment, or to find any fault with its being an absolute one. The application must therefore be dismissed with costs. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.— In the Secondaries Court, damages have been assessed in the case of Pegler v. the South-Eastern Railway Company. Complainant was travelling -en the Greenwich line on the 4th of September, when a collision took place between the train and an engine. The shock to his system was stated to have incapacitated him from carrying on his business, and the jury awarded him £l,OOO. CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PAZ TENCES.—A young man named William Pitman, the son, it was stated, of a respectable London solicitor, was on Wednesday brought up at Guildhall on several charges of obtaining goods under false pretences. It appeared that the prisoner had by some means obtained possession of a cheque-book belonging to the London and Western Bank, Regent-street. He then went to different tradesmen to to whom his father was known, obtained goods, and paid for them by cheques, although he had no account at the bank. No fewer than six several cases were disclosed, and the prisoner was committed for trial, Sir Sidney Waterlow remarking that it was time his career was stopped, as he had been perpetrating these frauds not only in London, but in the country also. FORTUNE-TELLING IN WARWICKSHIRE.-At Leamington, on Tuesday, Hannah Maria Moore was charged with fortune-telling. The defendant resided at a lonely cottage in the outskirts of Leamington. Rich and poor alike have been in the habit of consulting her. On Monday night the wives of two of the constables of Leamington paid her a visit. She not only failed to discover the true object of their visit, but out of compassion for their indigence only charged 3d. for all her glowing promises. It would appear, however, from a letter found in her possession when apprehended, that she engaged to send sweethearts to young women, as in the communication alluded to her correspondent upbraided her for not having fulfilled her promises. The bench committed her to gaol for a month with hard labour. - •• THE SUN, LON uON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1867. RAILIVAY _INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL AND NORTH SOMERSET. A', special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Clutton—Mr. G. Tyler in the chair— for the purpose of considering a scheme of arrange ment between the company and their creditors filed in the Court of Chancery. The CHAIRMAN read the scheme of arrangement, which was to the effect that the creditors in respect of the purchase of lands and for compensation, to the amount in all of £1,062, should be paid out of the first moneys raised on mortgage or bond ; that the next pri:ference payment should be made to Messrs. B. Piercy and J. G. Fraser, on account of £7,595 due for 123 a. 2r. 15p. of land of which they were tenants, and now belonging to:the company ; that other creditors of the company, claiming to the amount in all of £300,000, should receive paid-up \shares to the full amount of their claims. It was also proposed that the company should hare power yo raise on mortgage or bonds £150,000, at rates of i n t, , rest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum, lie retnalked that they had now a bill in Parliament for the Abandonment of a portion of their line ori ginally intended to go underneath the Great West ern and join the Midland. They had shortened the line by joining the Great Western at another point. lie moved the Adoption of the scheme of arrange ! went. Mr. DAWSON seconded the motion, and said that it would be impossible for them to finish their line with £300,000 of debt hanging on their necks. The scheme was agreed to unanimously. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the com pany was then held; and Mr. J. W. Miles was elected director on behalf of the Great Western Board in the place of Mr. Whetham, and the pro ceedings terminated. That, no doubt, is very wrong of us; but I think there is a little excuse. We are in the case of a dog who has been gnawing a. very sweet marrow bone, and means to have many a good gnaw at it in future, and then suddenly finds it whipped out of his mouth and swallowed whole by the mastiff over the way. And - then we are told to bear this like Christians ! We shall do nothing of the kind. (Cheers and laughter.) Dishing other people maybe a very nice pastime, but being dished one's self would put Job out of:patience. Seriously, however, now that this great question of reform. which had so long stuck in the mud and blocked the lane up, has been fairly pulled out of the way, hope and believe we shall get forward into some of that beneficent social legis!ation which men of all parties long to see carried out. (Cheers.) We have that fact, of all our social facts the most asto nishing and appalling, that, despite all our trade, our huge wealth, our ceaseless progress, our ever present prosperity, more than a million of our fellow countrymen and countrywomen are claiming aid as paupers. (Hear, hear.) That is indeed a fact to make statesmen pause, and to force men of all parties to lay aside their strife and join hand in hand to see whether by any means the causes of such a portentous flood of misery cannot be removed. (Cheers.) Then there is the cognate fact that, notwithstanding all our efforts iu the cause of education, such vast masses of children are still growing up in ignorance—almost in barbarism. Here, again, men of all parties may combine their efforts to extend the blessings of a sound and good education more widely. (Hear, hear.) This is no party question ; and nothing should I regret or disapprove more entirely than any attempt of the leaders of either side to make political capital out of it. I will not, of course, expatiate on this attrac tive topic beyond just adding bow sorry I am to see that some, in the heat of their zeal, want to dash to pieces the system that has grown up by degrees during the last thirty years, and which calls forth voluntary effort, supplemented only by ex ternal aid and stimulus, to set in its place a more despotic, drastic, and seemingly, therefore, more potent system. (Cheers.) I should say, carry it out more boldly ; spread it more widely ; modify and enlarge it where it is found wanting ; but here, as elsewhere, we want reform, not revolution. (Hear, hear.) Then again, there is another great question on which men of all parties may well com bine, and as to which in fact we look with the most hope to the Conservative statesman, Lord Cairns—the question of law reform. It is discreditable, it is not less than disgraceful, to the Government and Parliament of the realm, that our laws should be left in this tremendous state of higgledy-piggledy confusion. The government that shall mould this weltering chaos into order, that shall flash light into this abyss of darkness, will indeed deserve well of their country. (Cheers.) I must not detain you further; but with these, and a host of kindred questions— questions of social policy, belonging to no party— rising one behind the other in our view, we may well rejoice that one great source of hostility,. one great topic of dissension, has been taken away ; and that Tories, Whigs, and Radicals will be better able to put shoulder to shoulder, and give a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, in making Old England a still wiser, better, and happier land. (Loud and protracted applause.) The proceedings were not concluded till mid- I night. The Fenian Outrage at Manchester. MANCHESTER, Dee. 11. This morning the two remanded Fenian prisoners, William Hogan and William Pherson Thompson, were again brought up before Mr. Fowler, stipen diary magistrate, and other city magistrates. The latter was charged with being concerned in the murder of Sergeant Brett and the attack on the prison van, in Hyde-road, on the 18th September, and the former was charged with being an accessory before the fact. Mr. Talbot, assistant town clerk, prosecuted ; Mr. Yeatman, of the Midland Circuit, defended Hogan, and Mr. J. B. Torr defended Thompson. The attendance of the public was not large, but, as on the occasion of the trial of Allen and his comrades, the side galleries were kept en tirely clear, and only those who won the favour of the police authorities were admitted to other parts of the court. Mr. Torr asked that the evidence which had been taken before the court should be read, and that the witnesses to be examined should be out of court at the time. Mr. Superintendent Maybury said an application was going to be made for a remand. Mr. Yeatman—You have a man here without the slightest evidence against him. The witnesses on both sides were then ordered out of court, and Mr. Fowler, after retiring for a short time, said it would be as well to hear the de positions read. Mr. Fowler, in reply to Mr. Yeatman, said that Hogan would not be charged with being present at the attack on the van, but with being an accessory before the fact, while Thompson was, on the other hand, not only charged with being present at the attack on the van, but with taking an active part in that attack. The depositions were then read which had been given on the first examination of Thompson and the second examination of both the prisoners. The following witnesses were then called : William Ellis, foreman of the Manchester, She field, and Lincolnshire Railway, said he found a revolver on the line on Sept. 28. It fell from un derneath a waggon when it was being moved down a siding. He picked it up and examined it, and found that its number was 39,383, and the maker's name was Mortimer, London. In cross-examina tion by Mr. Torr, he said that five of the chambers were loaded, and one of the men lirel them off be fore he gave it up to the detecti ve . F. Wilson, a labourer in the employment of Mr. Bennett, said that, on Sept. 18, he was in Mr. Ben nett's timber yard, and saw some men moving across an adjoining brickcroft towards the Ali Iland Rail way yard. One of them as he ran threw a pistol into the brook, which the witness picked up and gave to a detective the same night. Robert Poole, inspector of police at Fairfield street station, said that, on Sept. 18, he received the pistol from the last witness. Five chambers were loaded; he could not say whether the other two charges had been fired, as the pistol had been found in the water. Emma Halliday's deposition was then read, and the witness was called. She said that the prisoner Thompson was the man she saw at the back of the van in company with Allen. She saw him as soon as she came out of the van. He stood beside Allen, close to the door of the van, on the ground, and he had a pistol in his hand. She saw him do no thing. The woman Armstrong, who had got out of the van before witness, fell over Brett, which de layed witness from getting quickly out. While she was waiting, Thompson said to her, " Come away —are you not satisfied with getting away ?" lie afterwards pushed her out of the way, as if to hasten her away. She then went off to the gaol. By Mr. Fowler—Thompson had slight whiskers all round his face and underneath the chin ; but his general appearance was the same. Witness had never seen him before the 18th September, nor since, until Friday last. Ile was then in company with the other prisoner in the dock. Witness had been taken to Albert-street to identify some prisoners, but did not see any. _ . Mr. Fowler here explained to Mr. Torr that the reason he had asked that question of the witness was because the prisoner Thompson had objected to being seen by any one:except when in court. He objected so strenuously that the authorities ulti• mately gave way. By Mr. Torr—Witness was staying at Albert street station during the trial of the prisoners at the assizes, and had ever since been under the protec tion of the police. She had seen the newspapers from time to time. Since the trials at the assize court she had not once been asked about " the other man," or whether she could identify him. Had re cognised four persons as being concerned iu the at tack on the van—Allen, Redden, Johnson, and Michael Maguire, The first and last of those, and another man, she had spoken to as having pistols. The third man she had not seen when she made that statement. She had never described " the other man" until now, and had never " thought over" what kind of a man he was, as she was quite posi tiva on the point. By Mr. Fowler—Was mistaken when she said that she had never been asked any questions about identifying Thompson until that morning. Mr. Anderton asked her some questions on Friday last ; but that was after she had identified the prisoner. Inspector Kirkland sworn—When Thompson was in custody I was present when he objected to being seen by any witnesses who were brought down to see if they could identify him. He ob jected to being seen for that purpose except in the court or clock. I mentioned it to Mr. Maybury afterwards. Thompson's objection was listened to, and that was the reason he was not seen in the usual manner by Emma Halliday and several others. Cross-examined by Mr. Torr—A few had seen him before he objected ; perhaps ten or a dozen. I cannot speak as to the exact number, but I don't believe as many as five and twenty saw him. Emma Halliday may have been staying at the station, but as I don't belong to that station I can't say. I will not undertake to swear that five and twenty people did not see him before he refused to be seen by any more. Sergeant Henderson, of the detective force, said —On Friday last I saw the prisoner in the dock. I cannot give the reason why Emma Halliday saw the prisoners alone. I only have the reason second hand. Charles Thomas, sworn—l was close to the arch on the 18th of September. Mr. Fowler read over the deposition in which this witness gave his account of the attack on the police van. The witness now said it was true. He further added —I saw Allen at the back of the van when the women came out. There was another man there with him who was helping Allen to break in the van. I have never seen that person since, and don't see him now. I have seen the prisoner Thomp son before. I saw him on the 18th September. He is the man whom I saw running from the Hyde road Hotel towards the arch. I pointed him out at the time to another man, and said, " I wonder what he is running so fast for." I saw him after wards mix amongst the other men after the attack commenced, but I did not see him do anything par ticular. The man at the back of the van with Allen was very like Gould, of the same " build," and dressed in dark clothes. That was the same man that was with Allen at the back of the van when the women came out. There were other persons around the van, near the back, within ten yards ; but Allen and the man I have spoken of were close together, and were acting together. There was no man nearer Allen than that man except the women. (Laughter.) When the women came out I would be about 30 yards from Allen and the man who was with him. There would be about 20 people between me and them. I did not see the prisoner Thompson after I saw him mix with the crowd. By Mr. Talbot—Thompson is now shaved. When I saw hint he had a beard, moustache, and little whiskers. By Mr. Fowler—The moustache was a small one. Richard Bromley was the man to whom I pointed prisoner out. He is not here. He is not willing to come. [A summons was granted to compel his attendance.] The prisoners were then remanded. Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee yes terday afternoon at the Horse Guards. About 120 officers attended. Colonel E. A. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy Quarter master-General on the Staff in Ireland, has resumed his military duties in Dublin, from attending Par liament. The colonelcy of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Infantry has become vacant by the death of Gen. Sir Richard Llueliyn, K.C.8., who entered the army as a cap tain with temporary rank in the 52d Regiment, was present with it at Ferrol, Cadiz, and in the Medi terranean in 1800 and 1801, and on the conclusio❑ of peace was placed on half-pay. On war breaking out again he obtained a company by purchase in the 28th Regiment in February, 1805, and served in the Peninsula and other places, including Water loo, where he was severely wounded ; he was after wards made a C. 8., and obtained the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, lie was made colonel of the 39th Foot on the 17th of January, 1853, and be came general on the 18th of January, 1861. An order has been received at the head-quarters of the first division of the Depot Brigade Royal Artillery directing a detachment of 50 non-com missioned officers and gunners to be held in readi ness to embark for India. The following officers have been examined before a board of field officers at Chatham garrison as to their fitness for promotion to captains of companies : —Lieut. Sydney Long Jacob, Lieut. Chas. F. C. Beresford, Lieut. Napoleon Arnott, and Lieut. C. Moore Watson, Royal Engineers ; Lieut. Arthur Fitzroy Hart, 31st Regiment ; and Lieut. Edmund L. H. Kyle, 45th Regiment. A letter received by our Chatham correspondent announces the arrival at Valparaiso of her Ma jesty's screw corvette Cameleon, 17, 200 horse power, Commander W. 11. Annesley, from her cruise in the Pacific—all well. The Topaze, 31,. 600 horse power, flagship of Commodore R. A. Powell, C. 8., second in command of the Pacific squadron, had arrived at Callao, from the north ward. The screw sloop Reindeer, 7, 200 horse power, Commander E. Nares, was at anchor off the Pacific steam Navigation Company's depot at Tuboza, Panama. The company's steamer Turicna had not brought any news respecting the squadron from the northward. The armour-plated wooden frigate Royal Oak, 35 guns, 800 horse power, Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, will be paid out of her present commission at Portsmouth to-morrow. She will be placed in dock on the following day and prepared at once for re- commission, but only, it is presumed, for Coast guard or home port service. The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Commander J. D'Arcy, under survey in the steam basin at Ports mouth dockyard, has been found so defective in many of her timbers that orders are expected from the Admiralty to pay her out of commission in order that she may be thoroughly opened up, and, if advisable, repaired. The Beacon, 2, twin screw gunboat, 464 tons, 120 horse power, is being urged forward with all possible despatch, so as to be ready for commission by the end of this month. 'I he screw line-of-battle ship Trafalgar, 72 guns, 2,900 tons, 500 horse power, Capt. E. K. Barnard, recently re-commissioned at Sheerness, after being thoroughly refitted for Coastguard service, was taken on the final trial of her machinery on Tues day last. The trial was considered most satisfac tory, and the vessel will leave Sheerness in the course of a few days for a station on the coast of Ireland. The Pylades, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,278 tons, 350 horse power, was commissioned at Sheer ness a few dais ago for service in the Pacific by Capt. Cecil W. Buckley, V.C. The following officers have joined the ship Capt. Cecil W. Buckley, V.C. ; Lieuts. W. Neilson, 11. G. Andre, IV. 11. Lewin, and S. A. B. Hamilton ; Navigating Lieut. Jesse Dixon, Surd. Richard Eustace, and Paymaster Charles D. Lindsay. The Pylades was taken for a preliminary run fur the trial of her en gifts yesterday, when the result was considered most favourable. The vessel will not leave Sheerness before next month. The iron screw steam troopship Ilitnalaya, 2, Capt. Shute B Piers, having been thoroughly repaired and refitted at Devonport, was removed on Monday from llamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and is ready to leave for Portsmouth, but will probably be detained over Friday, in consequence of a court martial to be held that day on Lieut. A. Williams, of the Indus, on a charge of drunkenness. The iron armour plated ship Black Prince, 41, will probably be placed in dock at Keyham steam yard this week. The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded a year's pay to the mother of Samuel Jones, of her Majesty's ship Megmra, for saving the life of C. Crisp, stoker of the Dromedary. The Prussian iron frigate Prins Frederick Carl, from Toulon, which put into Plymouth, dismasted, some time since, has been removed to moorings higher up Harnoaze, to give place to ships belonging to the Channel fleet, which will winter at Davon port. It is believed that the Prince Consort and the Achilles are two of those named for Devonport. THE ABYSSINIAN . EXPEDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The following extracts from a letter, re ceived by the last mail, on the experiences of an officer serving with the advanced force of the Expe dition to Abyssinia may interest some of your readers.—Yours obediently, Dec. 10. W. 11. SYKES. " The Field Force, Abyssinia, Udoda, (Adoda of Dr. Peterman's Map ?), Nov. 6. "It is so hot here that writing is out of the question altogether between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., between which hours the thermometer generally stands about 103 deg., so we usually go down to the pass and sit on the rocks until it gets cool. " We commence our day at 4.30 a.m., getting up and riding out in different parties shooting. The jungle was full of game when we first arrived, and we had our mess table well supplied with all kinds, but now they are getting shy, and we have great difficulty in stocking the larder. We, however, manage to do it. " This is a most peculiar country. There seem to be but very few inhabitants. We are now in the lower country, which is very poor indeel. You may ride for miles, and perhaps not see any one, and when you do they are poor wretches, half starved-looking creatures, and both men and women have a strong resemblance to the monkey tribe. The men go about in the custom of our first parents, and the women with a skin tied round their loins ; they have nothing on their heads at all, except woolly hair, which some shave all off, except a tuft over the forehead ; the ladies do the same, but some shave between the tuft and the back hair. They are a very excitable race. A good many come to see us, and they think nothing of going up to a Sepoy when eating and helping themselves unasked. Money is of no use here for small pur chases. If we want milk we give rice in exchange, but in buying stock, such as goats, mules, &c., dollars are taken. There is little or no cultivation. I have ridden a good deal about the neighbourhood and been long distances, but have only once seen a patch of ground over which a plough had passed. " Our locality is certainly very pretty, high hills all around us, and we cannot get out any way with out going through a pass. The soil is sand and large stones, very nasty ground for horses. There are not any roads of any kind, but simply foot tracks. The jungle is thick, and composed of raubel (Mimosa Arabica) trees, and the thorns touch us up occasionally. "We are obliged to go about armed and in parties, as the J oho race attack and murder un armed men, so our pistols are always loaded. " I fancy you will hear more in England of what is to be done than we who are on the spot. Little or nothing is ready, and 1 fancy Sir Robert Napier will be awfully disgusted when he sees the small preparations, and will be sorry he sent us off in such a hurry, for we are doing nothing. Much has to be done, and I fear we shall remain here at least another month or six weeks. " We have got a very nice mess, and sit down at ten every night. "We are rather up a tree' about carriage. It seems the men did not understand the order, and have brought with them about 2001 b. of kit each man, instead of 401 b., and we shall have to leave a good number of pots and pans behind when we ad vance. It is said a regiment of cavalry and one of infantry will be left in the low country to defend the passes. Our horses do not get on at all. Whether their constitutions are bad, and are therefore unable to stand the reaction after being shut up for three weeks on board ship, or whether the grass they get is bad, I can't say ; but we have lost sixteen since we landed. " I am writing in a superior officer's tent, with a double fly, at 4 a.m., and the thermometer is at 97 deg. In my own little rowtie it is ❑pwards of 100 deg. I was awoke by my dog barking. Luckily I had got a light, as -, who shares my tent, was sick. Getting out of bed I heard a hissing noise, and, rousing my friend and looking about, we soon found a snake under my bed. " On return from shooting this morning I found one of the largest scorpions I had ever seen snugly ensconced in a pair of slippers ; the beasts are begin ning to find comfortable places for themselves in our tents. " I have had only two Poona papers and one let ter from home since my arrival in this country. " The transports have returned to India for the rest of the troops. " We know not what we are to do, but there are difficulties about carriage, and provisions for men and horses must be sent, so there is no chance of our moving before the middle of December. How ever, Colonel Merewether is expected to-morrow or next day, and we may learn something. " Writing this letter has been an undertaking, from the heat, but I am very well and as jolly as circumstances will permit." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. From the Anglo-American limes.) Mr. Ten Broeck, who introduced American horses on tho English turf, has -fold his stud in England, and re turned to New York in the &otia. Wilkes' Spirit re marks :—" It should be a matter of gratification to his countrymen that, while he proved the excellence of the American race horse with Umpire, as the best two-year old in the world, and by winning the Cesarewitch with Prioress, ho so conducted all of his operations on the Eng lish turf as to be entirely above suspicion or reproach. We hope soon to learn that he has commenced the forma tion of a stable here." WESTON'S FEAT.—As Weston's feat (feet) are bringing him into more notice than his head ever will, we give space to a brief mention of his movements up to date He reached Utica at half-past two p.m. on the 9th, and there dined. A large crowd received him, headed by Mayor Wilson. (There's a Mayor for you! A true lover of sport, and a shining example to the Mayor of Newburg.) Weston was in Schenectady on the 7th, and there met with an enthusiastic reception. On the 11th ho reached Syracuse, and found his way to a hotel through a crowd of people. He was then in fine spirits, and announced that he was then eighteen hours ahead of time. On the 14th the pedestrian phenomenon reached Buffalo, and was re ceived by an immense throng of citizens. at policemen headed the procession, and the lovers of pedestrianism escorted the pilgrim into their beloved city. The pilgrim ate a hearty supper, and announced his perfect faith in his ability to accomplish his task. lie has evidently not yet entered upon the dark realms of the Giant Despair. We have no doubt, however, that our pilgrim will escape from the Giant's toils, and finally enter through the gates of pearl to the beautiful city (Chicago ! ! ! Illinois), right side up with care." In the issue of Nov. 23, Wilkes's Spirit remarks —" In his effort to walk to Chicago, Weston has probably reached Toledo, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. When he reached Cleveland he had walked the hundred miles in 21 hours. As he neared Cleveland his feet and legs wore much swollen, and his progress was toilsome and slow. Nevertheless, the veracious tele graphic reports continue to assert that he is in capital con dition, and the best of spirits. A s he was, when last heard of, making for Toledo, we presume that his projected course is thence round the foot of Lake Michigan to Chicago. It is pretty well understood that there is no money laid upon this walk of West,m's. As for the other pedestrians, who have started out in in imitation of him, it aprars that Carlin, who undertook to walk a hundred miles at Troy, bolted and hid himself before ho had walked fifty. The modest genius who pretended to start on a pedestrian excursion from New York to San Francisc has laid up in Jersey, we believe, to wait for the melting of next winter's snows. Why don't somebody announce that ho is about to walk from hero to the Sandwich Islands ? We think he would find fools to run after hint with fife and drum, and plenty of purchasers for photographs. The second great pedestrian feat now being attempted is that of walking from New York to San Francisco in one hundred and fifty days. By way of the Central Pacific Railroad the distance is precisely three thousand and three hundred miles between the two points, so that an average of twenty-two miles per day will have to be made. Mr. Seth Wilber Payne, the pedestrian, is well known to the public as an author. He walked over pretty much all of Europe some years ago, and upon his return wrote a book of all ho saw, heard, and did. The object of the present trip is precisely the same as was la's European tour, and his limiting himself to a certain length of time was doubtless caused purely from v. desire to per form a feat of distinction. 110 will take copious notes ( 11 his way, which will be published in book-form after his return from San Francisco.— Wilkes's Spirit. Secretary 'Fells is slowly recovering from his late severe illness. Lord and Lady Amberley ate at Hartford, Con necticut, and guests of Professor and ➢lrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Major Lawrence Hopkins, of Williamstown , Massachusetts, has been appointed superintendent of tb o Housatonic Railroad. The Hon. John Rose has been appointed Cana' dian Financo Minister. The annual three days' session of the State Board of Agriculture will occur at Concord, December 10, 11, and 12. The programme will boas follows: -First day, oPen ing address by E. W. Bull, of Concord, discussion 05 cattle husbandry, lecture by President Clark of the State Agricultural College ; second day, discussions on fruit and ploughing, lecture by Professor Agassiz ; third day, dis cussions on manures and drainage and a social gathering. J. G. Fernald, tutor in Bates college and a graduate of Bowdoin in 1846, died, Tuesday, 12th Novel" ber, of typhoid fever. Captain David Hinkley of Livermore died, Satur day morning, November 9, aged 10 . 2 years. He voted for Washington for first President, and remembered Benedict Arnold's expedition up the Kennebec river in 1775. A brother of Donald M'Kay, the well-know shipbuilder of East Boston, was drowned during the recent hurricane at St. Thomas. Colonel Alfred Clark Hills died in Chicago on the 17th Nov. Ho was a writer for the Chicago Tribune. Formerly he had practised law in New York, and W B5 once local editor of the Evening Post of thlt city. Fitz-Greene Hailed-, the well,known American poet, died at Guildford, Connecticut, on November 19, in the 73d year of his age. At 18 ho entered the office °I Jacob Busher as clerk, and later into that of John Jaco b Astor. Ho never wrote for his living, and his works are therefore few. The first of his acknowledged poems ar peared in the New York, Evening Post in 1818. "Marc o Bozzaris" was written in 1825, and " Crokes' Papers" an d " Fanny" were published soon after. Thirty-two pieces comprise his collection, the latest edition of which was issued in 1852. After a long and faithful service with gr• John Jacob Astor he retired on a small annuity, afterward s increased by William B. Astor to a sum suffi:ient for the poet's requirements. A terrible accident occurred to a passenger train of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway, in Ohio , on the 21st Nov. A collision took place at Locklandwi tb a " goods train," by which the stoves in the passenger ors were thrown down, the fire scattered, and the carriages burnt, with five passengers, three of whom were sisters. On the Erie Railway, through a collision, some waggon s carrying petroleum took fire, and 21 cars and one loconle" tive were consumed. This was on the 17th, and on the 18th another train carrying petroleum was destroyed 01 the Brocton and Buffalo Railway from a similar cause. (71 that day also the steamer Onward caught fire on the Aln bama river, and eleven lives were lost. Other acconnt'S state that 700 bales were burnt, but no lives were lost. The number of churches and membership of t he religious denominations throughout the Union is given as follows in a report prepared by an A mer i can clergYra n- A for the information of the Evangelical body, both abro s d " and at home : --The Roman Catholics, 3,800 churches, an 4,000,000 of the population ; Methodists, 10,460 churehel and 2,000,000 members; Baptists, 17,220 churches, an d 1,690,000 members; Presbyterians, 5,000 churches, a n d 700,000 members; Lutherans, 2,900 churches, a n 323,800 members ; Congregationalists, 2,780 churches' and 267,400 members ; Protestant Episcopalis°Bl 2,300 churches, and 161,200 communicants ; Ger man Reformed, 1,160 churches, and 110,000 memher n i , ; . Dutch Reformed, 440 churches and 60,000 members. ) "' s ' Presbyterians, Lutherans, and German and Dutch 114 r, formed Churches are forming a United Church, which /i l l if consummated, 'give them in the aggregate 9,500 churehea and 1,193,800 members. Besides these, the "Un ite i Brethren" have 3,000 societies ; the Mor a vians, 1 . 2 2„ — ; communicants ; the Unitarians, 300 churches ; the u n " versalists number 600,000 of the population, and the S °... ciety of Friends or Quakers has 94,000 members. The Great Republic, from Hong Kong and Yoko: hama, arrived at San Francisco on the 19th ult., four dal overdue, and the Montana sailed the same day for Pawl with $864,000 in treasure, of which $671,000 are for 14(3' York. Two heavy failures were reported on the 18th November at Philadelphia, the one a dry goods coon's; sion-house, with liabilities for $BOO,OOO, and the oth er machinist, for $300,000, with little assets. The British barque General Canfield, of Londo li h t arrived in New York, Nov. 19, from Coconada Island, ' ffi t i the officers and crew of the U.S. steamer Sacramento ,l° ' there June 17. The gale of last Sunday will be felt even in the Sandwich Islands. The ship Lydia Williams, from Livedi pool to San Francisco, was driven ashore on Salt Islas a near Holyhead, andbecame a total wreck. The 1 101 Y helb io lifeboat saved her crew and passengers, twenty- 0 ',,, number, but could not save forty magn ifi cen t s heep of t:: - 0 celebrated Rambouillet bre e d w hi c h th e E m peror of I. French was sending as a present to the King of the Sa n wich Islands. In Kansas, 40 counties give the following restts on the three propositions to amend the constituti on ' lO For negro suffrage, 7,591, against, 16,114 ; for fl ue suffrage, 6,670, against, 16,362 ; for disfranchising 0, loyalists, 11,390, against, 10,368. Eighty-three repreSatio tative districts in the State elect 22 Democrats, a nd ri d remainder Republicans and Independents. The COI men of the State are very indignant at the RePl ib,- 0 for their failure to carry equal suffrage, and proranto State convention to ask Congress to give them whip , State refuses. But Congress has not the power. fro nesota has polled a majority against equal suffrage ° I NJ, 1,200 to 2,000, though the Republicans are sue o e ° carrying the State tickets by over 4,000. LLANTRISSANT AND TAFF VALE JUNCTION. A special meeting of this company has been held at Cardiff ; Mr. J. Poole in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that the object of the meeting was to ecnfirtr, or otherwise, an agree ment entered into with the Taff Vale Railway Company for a lease of the line for 35 years, instead of ten years as previously agreed upon. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum would be paid by the Taff Vale Company on the capital expended during the term of the lease. A resolution approving the lease for 35 years was unanimously agreed to. AFRICAN STEAMSHIP. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Leadenhall-street ; Mr. P. D. Hadow in the chair. Mr. D. Campbell, the secretary, read the report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the satis factory manner in which they had passed through a period during which other steam companies had suffered losses from depression of trade, cyclones, and other disasters. The ship they had lost in the River Nun had been fully insured, which covered the sum she stood for in their books. He was glad to say that the mail service had been admirably per formed, so that the Post-office had no complaint to make, which was due in a great degree to the effi ciency of their vessels and the exertions of their agents at Liverpool. The monthly mail line had been carried on very satisfactorily. He thought if they went on gradually replacing those ships by supc rior ones they would have the trade more to them selves, and be better able to compete against any op position that might arise. They had made an arrange ment with Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co. to con struct a steam vessel for them, by which they would obtain a very superior steamer, and get rid of two vessels which were not suitable for the requirements of the service. They proposed that the new ship should be paid for out of revenue and not out of capital. They asked the shareholders to make such a reserve out of revenue as would provide the com pany with superior vessels, and at the same time allow of the payment of a Lir dividend on the paid-up capital. The company had been very prosperous for some time past, but a time might come when they might have oprosition, or perhaps their Mends the French might start a line of steamers from Marseilles, with a large subsidy, for political as well as commercial purposes. That was another reason to abstain from dividing too much, until they were in a position to maintain a fair and permanent dividend. A shareholder had proposed that they should take out of the boiler and repair funds a bonus to be added to the £lO already paid up on each share. lie could not agree to that proposition, as he thought it would be highly impolitic to increase the capital in any way. They must pay dividend on the actual cash paid up, and the directors were unanimous on that point. Their legal adviser had told them that the directors had no power to do as proposed without a supplementary charter, which would not be granted for that purpose. They pro posed to alter the form of account so as to have nc, separate boiler or other fund, but a general fund for all those purposes. Mr. NORTON, a director, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report,. Mr. HILL said he could not see why the share holders should not have a bonus out of the boiler fund ; what he proposed was that they should take 13 per share out of the surplus profits, which he considered very large, and add the amount to the £lO paid, making £l3 paid up on the shares. After a short discussion the report was unani mously adopted, a dividend of Bs. per share was de clared for the past half-year, payable on the 14th inst., and also a bonus of 2s. per share, payable on the same day. On the motion of Mr. Hill, the proceedings con cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. POLITICS AT GUILDFORD. The annual dinner of the Guildford Agricultural Association took place on Tuesday at the White Hart Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. Henry Currie. Amongst the guests were Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., and Mr. G. Oilslow, M.P. Mr. ONSLOW, in returning thanks for the borough members, after a slight reference to local matters, said that he had always been a strong advocate for the abolition of the malt duty, and he believed the time would come when it would be repealed. There was, however, but one statesman to whom they could look for this boon, and that was to Mr. Gladstone. (Cheers.) In the exhibition which had been held that day they had seen fat and lean ani mals, and as he walked through the show he was forcibly reminded of the men who were looking out for a nibble at the Government cake, while the prominent members of the poultry tribe recalled many public men who were strutting about in other people's clothes. (Laughter.) The liberal beast had fattened upon the Government cake, and till very recently the Conservatives had got lean on the Opposition pastures. The Liberal harvest had been gathered in, but he was sorry that the ingathering had been effected by Tory reapers. (Laughter.) Referring to the Abyssinian expedi tion, Mr. Onslow said that he could see no cause for that war. The ruler of Abyssinia was little better than a nigger chief, and if proper means bad been exerted our countrymen would not have been held in captivity. There was not an Englishman who would not spend his last shilling in defence of his country, but there was no necessity for carrying our arms into the haunts of the savage to maintain a prestige which was already sufficiently established. (Cheers.) Mr. BUXTON, M.P., who was heartily cheered on rising, responded to the toast of " The County Members." Ile said,—lt is more than one can ex pect nowadays for any one to say a good word for the House of Commons, for of late (as servants say), " we don't seem to have given satisfaction," so we are soon to be sent about our business, with not, I fear, at all a first-rate character. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The party to which I belong is said to have been in a very moody, discontented state this autumn. We are told that we have got what we were always crying for, and now we have not a word of thanks fur those who gave it to us, and do nothing but grumble and groan. (Hear.) Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. , 20 &ustralia. and New Zealand, via Southampton•••••V c " . it' Ditto, via Marseilles .... • ..... •• • • Dec' 3 0, Pea 4 Ditto, via Panama JO' ." Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Ditto, by lerenoh packet . De° 10' 6. Cape Verde, by Brazil paoltet ...... O OOOOO . 0. Cape of Good hope, Asoension. and St. Helena.. •-p,,, e3. 20. P`" - China, Fenang. and Singapore, via Southampton.• 0 Ditto. via Marseilles . De'l .......• . Faitland Islands . Jan. a l i , i ' , libraltar, via Southampton.. D De s i i , india.via Southampton D , c* 28. Ditto, via Marseil.es ... • no. it Italta, Egypt, Jul Vcc* Ditto, Marseilles Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via 0 p l) e 64, Southampton Litt ~ Mareeldes Newfoundia no . .........._ 5. Jail' Portugal Ditto, by privtie ship to Oporto Ditto Litt° to Lisbon United States, Lansda, California, &a, by British D 0 O' packet Ditto, by l I lied States packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto New York) Ditto ditt, ( Baltimore) rou" Ditto, by Canadian picket Ve°' West Coast of Afri..a, Madeira, and Tenerifre Went Indies and raJilic (except Mexico and Balla" 1 2 ' ma s) ...„P— -3 Cuba and Mexico P J O. e c e Bahamas, via New York ,Pr" Bermuda, via Halifax i il3‘ in rADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.— Th e t b , weather of the last few months has laid 11 1513 ."„the' ;a " churchyard who might still have been a blessing 'it"; families if they had, by some such means as the se lif e Pills, kept the blood pure, the stomach sound/ active, and the bowels regular. Mild wet winters s' press with heavy hand on the aged and the infi riv 'osi l constantly require some balsamic tonic like 11°11 %0 12. Pills to sharpen their appetites, to maintainlitheir str o e ri l)4 The Pills cannot work wrongly nor weaken ulot eee- O s ; Tito invalid, under all circumstances snd in efe r li: re!: tion, should get a box of these noted Pills, atteutive,{ the directions wrapped round it, and release liireS his malady. Births. BARRY.—On the 10th inst., at Lapsewood, ti ll gr:ar 'll:ris the wife of Charles Barry, Esq. , of a son. CAMPBELL.—On the 11th inst. at 106, NV estb° race, the wife of John Campbell, Esq., of a O n , Allir CHICHESTER.—On the 9th inst., at Guyers, corslo the wife of Nugent Chichester, Esq., of a 6°13. Marriages. ae rg t e", BOOKER - GRIFFITHS—OR the 10th inst., at St'l3°l();te' Hanover-square, George, second son of G0").%-it, Esq., of It.ick Brook, co. Westmeath, to it6tisoel,oo only daughter of John Griffiths, Esq., Firle, peato TOWNSHEND—Poon —Oa the 10th inst.., at Church, Edward Townshewl, Esq., late t Fusiliers, to Alicia Jane, daughter of 111°111 Esq., of Grappenhall Heye , Cheshire. of Deaths. . pl , APPLETREE On the 9th • inst. William William ApPletre" ry, Goldings, Basingstoke, aged 85. „gb'e g r CARTWRIGHT. —On the 7th in t , at LOlighba%,-Aile' Brixton, Richard eartwright c , .E.-:q•, 9 11 , lane, aged 74. OA VC • CHARLES —On the 11th inst., at 8, Egin-ores .0, sington-park, Ebenezer darles, of L i n coln of o f rister-at-law, aged 32. ~.., O. V ' GODRY—On the Bth inst L' G r• Gocivi' • ~ tent.- on. • ~00 e 3 ' south Bank, Batheaston, aged 77. KNIGHT—On the 9th inst., at 5, Willow-terrace' ' Into of t' - bury, JLIn J. 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