The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-18 00:00:00

LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA. (PROM A CAVALRY OFFICZB.) Camp Heights of Balaklava, Dec. 29. I am sorry to tell you there is an immense amount of dissatisfaction and discontent among the troops en gaged at the Balaklava battle that there is no " Bala- Mava clasp" named,illma and lekerman being the only two mentioned in General Orders. We had an army in our front big enough to eat us up, all in order to ad 'mice, and which was advancing upon us, skirmishers in front, until they witnessed the result of their cavalry charge. It was a most important action, for, if the enemy had succeeded in their attack, our army would have been hashed altogether, its base being cut off. But because some Turks ran away, and blunders were made subsequent to the repulse, surely it is hard that those who shared in causing that repulse, and who participated in the unparalleled gallantry which, unhappily, resulted from those blunders, should be debarred from what all join in decreeing as justly their due. I see, too, in a speech made by Mr. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War, the following :—" During the present campaign, three most important battles have been fought,"—why then give a bar but for two ? It is also suggested, with some grumbling at the omission, that we Balaklavians are also entitled to the Inkerraan clasp, inasmuch as we had a strong body (three tines oar number) of that same Russian army which attacked at Inkernan, in our front—all under arms, with cavalry and skirmishers in front—allasion to which you will have eeen both in English and Russian despatches ; in the latter its purpose being declared "to keep the detach ments at Balaklava in check, so that we could not move to the front, or detach any of our troops bare." Our batteries opened fire upon them, causing their cavalry to recede, and we were under arms during the whole period of the batttle,the whole of which, it is considered, most strictly entitles us to the clasp. Other wise, why did the reserve at Waterloo get the medal for? why will the cavalry have the Alma clasp ? or the Third Division that of Alma either ? Surely, when it is known in England that so much dissatisfaction is caused among those who daily look upon the enemy, and may at any hour be again engaged with them, these things will be rectified. (PROBE A DRAGOON.) Scutari Hospital, Deo. 11. Ny dear Brother,--You can't think what delight I felt in this miserable place to receive your most kind letter. lam glad you did not see at first whether I was wounded slightly or severely. I dare say by this time you have seen that I have been wounded severely. I must now tell you the nature of my wound. It was a canister shot through between the two bones of the lower part of the left leg, about six inches above the ankle ; one of the bones was quite was quite shattered, and am putation found to be necessary. It was taken off on the field, or at least in a temporary hospital we had in Balaklava. I was sent aboard ship that evening, and steamed down here in a couple of days. It would have been a good job for me if I could have been disembarked next day, but the weather came on rough, and only the slightly wounded could Move. I lay between decks in that steamer for 10 days. You could not get any attend ance, and the rain came through the deck above, and re gularly maturated you ; the consequence of which was that by the time I got ashore my leg had taken an unfavour able turn, and I have since had a very bad bout with it, but now the doctors say it has taken a favourable turn again. I think so myself, and thank God for it. My leg is cut off very long, about a foot below the knee, so that if I can get on all right I can have a cork leg ; and having both my arms I can earn a good livelihood yet. The battle of Balaklava was certainly a disastrous af fair for the poor Light Cavalry. The cowardly conduct of the Turks, in the first instance, made a great odds to us all through the day, the Russians have such play at us from our own redoubts and using our own shot and shell. However, our Marine Artillery, with a tremen dous range, with some ships' guns which they had planted on the heights close above Balaklava harbour, soon re gularly shelled them out of the redoubts. They now made a bold stroke for it, in their way, and came over the hill with most of their army, including a great many cavalry. The first thing they did (a large cloud of Cos sacks) was to charge about three companies of the 93d Highlanders, who, however, gave them such a warm re ception that they turned to the right about pretty sharp. Our heavy dragoons, first the Scots Greys and Ennis killens, charged slap at the whole front of the cavalry, with the infantry in rear. They went down at first like reeds before our Heavies, but as there was only about one bonnie Grey or bold Enniskillen to so many Russians they began to outflank them, when the rest of the Heavy Bri gade charged and drove them back like a flock of sheep. The Light Brigade was ordered to the pursuit , we and the 4th Light were on the extreme left flank, covering a troop of Horse Artillery, to keep back a division of them who were trying to outflank us in that direction- After their artillery and ours had battered away at each other for sone time, the balls coming hat and strong through the coverers, a French battery of heavy metal opened on them from the rear of the Sebastopol heights, drove them back, and we could see the Chasseurs d'Afrique coming down at a gallop. It wasjust about this time that we got the order to pursue, so off we went to the rear afterthe retiringparty • we had to get through a vineyard over a m u d wa ll an d ditch, and there were a good many " downers" and some fun. When we got through we went tearing up the hill after them. The Heavies were close on their rear. The Lancers and others of the Lights were closing on them, and we were coming up at a good pace and nearly into them, when they got over the hills beyond the redoubts, into their stronghold in the valley, when they brcught their guns to bear upon us. We retired out of range, and sat fronting them, when they formed as nice a trap as could possibly have been, and which nobody but a blind man could have missed seeing. They planted guns on the hills right and left of the valley, and all their field pieces at the end right facing us. I believe Captain Nolan was sent to reconnoitre the hills on each side. Whatever re port he took to Lord Raglan we know not, but I expect he reported they were all clear, as he came back with an order to Lord Lucan for the Light Brigade to charge and take the field guns, and the ammunition and guns taken from the Turks. Lord Lucan asked if Lord Rag lan was aware of the enemy's position ? "There is the order, and there is the enemy," Nolan is reported to have said. Lord Cardigan then got the order as given, and gave the order for the brigade to advance in two lines—first the 17th, 18th, and 13th, second the 11th and 4th. Off we went tearing towards destruction. The round shot came first, killing many a poor fellow. One most wonderfully came past my shoulder, striking my rear-rank man right in the chest. Onward we went. I could see the shells bunting over our heads and hear the grape and canister hissing through us. The cross fire was murderous—a square of infantry and guns with grape and canister pelting through us and shelling from the opposite heights. But I felt or feared nothing—a sort of wildness came over me, and I seemed to care not where I went or what I did. Onward still. The first line had retired, the guns were silenced, and, retiring behind a large hord of Cossacks, they formed a front, but would not stand our charge, but galloped through guns and everything. We cut down the guimers and literally took the whole lot. The Cossacks came out by twos and threes, and kept firing away at us from their long pieces, annoying us dreadfully. We looked anxiously round for a support, when we perceived what we considered the 17th Lancers a good distance in the rear of us "Hurra, my boys," sung out our brave Colonel Douglas, "let's give them anothercharge; the 17th will be up then, aid we'll take guns home with us." " Come on, lads," said Lord George Paget, his gallant brother-in-law, Colonel ofihe 4th Lights. I found myself as excited as possible, singing out, " Come on boys;" anything is preferable to sitting quietly aid being shot at. At last some one gave the alarm that it was a large body of Russian Lancers, formed up to cut off our retreat. "There's no help for it," said Lord George Paget, "we must retire, and cut our way through them as well as we can." We went threes about, and went calmly to the rear. They did not at tempt to cross our front, but attacked our right flank and rear. I was pretty near the right flank, and of course retiring in the rear rank ; I had allowed my horse to flag a little, when one of the gentlemen came on to at tack me with his lance at a slanting positien, and was making a poke for my back ' • I wheeled round in the saddle, parried his lance, and gave him a second rear point to the left of his right shoulder, which I expect will spoil his lancing for some time. I was quite chuck ling to myself over this affair, when we came to the horrid cross fire again. I had not gone far through till I got a rap in the leg as if from a sledge hammer. I looked down and saw the blood gushing from a good sized hole. " Now then, old horse"—he had carried me well through the campaign —"save my life now !" (I had seen all over the field four or five Cossacks spiking any poor fellow who was down.) I kept the right spur at work, and galloped a mile er more, when I began to get quite blind and faint ; I saw dimly a ten tchum, I hailed to lend a hand, h e heard m eandcame gllpi stopped me the fi rs t thing, and aopng, he out of his water-bottl e ; t h at avrevived e me a good drink me, and I just got to where the regiment was forming and old Cardigan was sitting, with the tears almost inouhri s f = a wlen he saw his smart brigade so cat up ; him, when he said, " You must not think, men, thisosFed one of my mad-brained a3tions ; I would have givei al is anything rather than it had happened." I movednat ward and asked to be taken to the rear ; I was hurried" off to the doctor (the assistant), who had a lot of our officers and men in the nice green ditch of a vineyard, where we could lie up the slope ; I had lest a tremend ous deal of blood, and one of the officers gave me a good swig of brandrout of his flask. The doctor stopped the bleeding, and we had to wait some time for the ambul ance, which came at last and took us off to the hospital, and you know the rest. Give my love to all cur family ; break this affair very gently to my mother, and tell her I shall write in a day or two, but it is a great exertion; and now, dear —, hoping and trusting that G o d will allow me to see you a ll again, believe me your most affectionate brother. (FROM A STA 77 OFFICIIR.) December I have just been looking over the papers from Eng land, and am glad to see t he kindly feel ing expressed by all cl asse s towards tire rmy, pride our coun t r y m en take in a our and particularly the conduct at the fierce fight of Inkerman. Great and just praise is given to the brigade of Guards, the Second and Light divisions, but the Fourth appears to have no trumpeter, though surely no divNion more fairly earned it. Their number kil led and the action amounted to only 2,22 5 , t h e i r l os s in and wounded to 750 ; of these two generals, four lieu tenant-colonels, three majors, and ten officers of inferior raik were killed, and 30 officers wounded. Inker man vas " the soldiers' victory ;" to them and the regimental officers all the praise was dm>. The superior officers c' ttld do no more than they did —fight and fall with 3 / 4 hem. The nature of the attack and of the grQUAd presented manoeuvring, and luckily compelled us to fight a la cle bandade, and as the enemy adhered to the column sys tem of attack, throwing out about an eighth of his men as skirmishers, we were enabled, notwithstanding our small force, to have as many muskets at work as he, and ultimately, with the aid of our good allies, he was, in spite of rum and superstition, driven down the hill. It is most delightful to see the way in which the peo ple in England subscribe to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of this army, but it is more heartrending to know that, until the means for and the management of the transports from Balaklava are improved, all their money and good-will will be unavailing. I know not where the blame rests (at any rate, I do not choose to express my opinion), but I must say that matters con nected with this department are not only badly, but wickedly managed, and, what is worse, no suggestions are ever listened to. No time seems to improve them. With the commonest method and forethought, this army might be happy, healthy, and comfortable—for, hitherto at any rate, the climate has not been so bad, considering it is winter—but the men are over-worked, wet, ill-fed, and without sufficient time to get fuel. This arises from our having undertaken to do too much as to the siege, and too little as to the commissariat trans port. At Balaklava there is everything, in the camp nothing, or but little, and that little has constantly to be fetched by sending men, just out of the trenches, twelve miles through nine inches deep of mud and mire, and keeping them standing or sitting in it for hours until they can get what is to be given to them. It would be well not to publish the fine statements of arrangements for the sick as to comforts and conveyance, until the plans are not only proposed but executed. After the fine article I saw in the Times some months ago, what would they think if I told them , tha t t he onl y bed for weeks in the hospitals in camp was an inch and a half in mud, the only transport a springless artillery waggon, or a worse araba f After the French have lent us aid we are now employing the cavalry horses to con vey the men on hoard ship, poor fellows, who can't stand, and possibly have never ridden, are hoisted on half starved horses, and thus conveyed. The French, on the contrary, do well, they are organised for war—we for nothing ; the result is that out of an army employed in the East of 44,000 men, we cannot produce above 22,000 under arms, and those not half fit to fight, and the whole in such a state of dirt and apparent disorder that no one would take them to be English soldiers. Still there is no gruMbling, no real discontent ; and new clothing, good food, and 10 days' rest, with warmth, would, I am convinced, make them a match (as to fighting) for the like number of any troops in the world. The manage ment here, I repeat, has been wretched, disgraceful ; and I hope if Sebastopol be ever taken, some sound head and strong hand will be sent here to put matters to rights, if we are to continue the war. It will not be a very easy matter, but it must be done, and there are men that could do it if they would but look about them at home, and not adhere to all their old trumpery notions. I was always against coming here, and in favour of Odessa. As we did come, however, I believe with more activity we should most gloriously have succeeded. We took the bull by the horns at Alma, flung him, and then would not keep him down ; but after all we mighi have taken the town by assault on the 28th September, as was proposed by Cathcart ; but, instead of doing so, we idled away nearly three weeks in smoking pipes, and then, when we opened our batteries, we found the long range a perfect failure. Sir J. Burgoyne, I think, has conducted the siege very badly, but I shall be told, of course, that lam wrong. They are, I believe, getting up immense quantities of ammunition now, and intend opening at the same range ; this, you will see, will be another failure. The town can only be taken by vast labour, time, sickness, and expense, or by assault. I am for the last, or, if not that, an attack upon the enemy outside, and then to entirely invest it. The only difficulty to overcome in this is that cursed " transport." I suppose the commissaries would expire if they were told that they were to convey provisions 15 miles in stead of six. I can't help thinking that ere many days we shall make a move of some kind, and the sooner the better. This division, which this day week had only 3,500 men under arms (out of 6,000), has now 372 less, that being the loss in seven days front death and sick ab sence. Why won't the Times try and touch up a system that produces such results? Its remarks about staff offi cers are excellent, and, although a staff-officer myself, I quite agree with them. They have often really difficult things to do and hard duty to perform ; if they do both well, let them have their reward, but for merely convey ing an order with propriety why should they be men tioned I The Duke of Newcastle's letter is excellent ; praise deserved and handsomely bestowed must be gra tifying to all men, and good hearts must feel satisfaction at mention being made of their comrades now in the grave. But men fight not for praise alone, and surely it is rather hard, after going through the miseries of wet, cold, and cholera, without any "sweet or dry" to help one—after having had a fair allowance of shot and shell, to say nothing of sword and bayonet—to be re quired to have a good constitution for years to come, that one may reach "the lean and slippered pantaloon" period of existence before getting a reward. I under stand that officers are coming out from England to take all the plums out of the pudding, and that we are not to have any of the prizes of that lottery in which we took a ticket. There is, however, no use in grumbling, so I shall roll myself up in my blanket, congratulate myself upon the many cheerful fires that are blazing in the cot tages of Old England, wish you and all my 'countrymen a merry Christmas, and then fall asleep as comfortably as these constant cannon shots will allow me upon these Heights above Sebastopol. The following is an extract from a letter from an officer of Light Dragoons who survived the sanguinary Balaklava char ge " We are sending in our claims for the Crimea medal. Mine appears with Alma and Inkerman. I wish I could add Balaklava. We all consider it a great grievance that we are to get nothing for our charge on the 25th of October, I confess I think it is too bad.' Oar Allies are astonished. They said to an officer of the Bth, a day or two ago—` fwe had made such a charge as that, every officer and man who came out would have been decorated.' Lord Raglan said that it was made under a misconception. What have the officers and men to do with that I They were ordered to charge the Russian guns, and most gallantly did they obey the order." BALMoaAL.—Balmoral is in Aberdeenshire, and on the Dee : it is near Abergeldie and Braemar, and was formerly the seat of the Earl of Fife. It is in the heart of a most romantic and mountainous country : " The circling hills all black and wild Are o'er its slumbers darkly piled." It is baeked to the south by the hills whereon the father of young Norval fed his flocks,--the granite Grampians, with their frightful precipices, yawning chasms, and rushing torrents ; while to the west tower up some of the loftiest and most picturesque mountains in the king dom,—Ben Muick Dhui, Cairntoul, and Cairngorm,— the mountain of crystals. Amongst these are to be found scenery of the grandest description, views varying in character, from the wild sublimity of utter barrenness to the mild beauty of smiling streams and richly-wooded heights,. including— "A stately progeny of pines, With all their floating foliage richly robed." Abergeldie has an old castle; at Braemar a cairn points out the spot where clansmen were summoned to attend by "fell cross of blood and brand ;" and in Lumphanan a mound marks where fell Macbeth, notwithstanding Holinshed and Shakspere (because of Holinshed) give the "honour" to Dunsinane. Aberdeen, the city of "Bon accord," the birth-place of Scottish learning, and of Gibbs, the architect, by the way, is about forty-five miles off to the north-east. The estate ' • itself includes a ruin and a loch,—loch Muick,—and stretches as far as "dark Loch-na-Garr," made famous by Byron, who spent some of the early part of his life near it, and after wards sang— " Years have roll'd on, Loch-na-Garr, since I left you : Years must elapse ere I tread you again : Nature of verdare and flowers has bereft you; Yet still are you dearer than Albion's plain. 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Mr. Daw (the c/ aief clerk) laid the following corre spondence before th e Court : " Whitehall, Nov. 24, 1854. " Sir,—l am d irected by Yiscoimt Palmerston to refer you to a lett ;err from Mr. J. E. Fox, and to request your report upon. his complaint of a nuisance from the furnace smoke :at Messrs. Waterlow's premises within the city of Lond,/n. " am, Sir, your obedient servant, "H. WADDINGTON. " D. W. Harr ey, Esq., Commissioner of Police." " ' JOHN ELLIO TT Fox, OF No. 40, FINSBURY-CIRCUS, TO THE RIG.I.EIT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. " Nor. 16 1854 My Lord„--As an old inhabitant of • Finsbury Circus, I beg to call your Lordship's attention to an in tolerable smoke nuisance, arising from the premises of Messrs. Waterlcr w and Co., of London-wall, from which the whole neightm iurhood is rendered extremely uncom fortable, and the .circus is generally filled with it. It is obvious to the po lice, but I believe they do not lik e t o interfere, because liVaterlow is one of the big men of the council. I a m personally unknown to him, and have no prejudice or bias, but, having called your Lord ship's attention to the public grievance, I trust you will direct the necessah: ry measures to be taken for its speedy abatement. " ' I have the honour to remain, " Y:".our Lordship's obedient servant, " JOHN ELLIOTT Fox." "THE SECRETA 11 Y OF THE CITY POLICE TO MR. H. WADDINGTON. " Chief-office, Nov. 30. " Sir,—l am directed by the Commissioner of the City Police to inforn t you, in reply to the letter addressed to him by desire ef YiscountPalmerston, that upon its receipt he immediately ordered inquiries to be made into the subject of it, aadl now forward to you the report made to him thereon.. The commissioner desires me to add, that he has sent a copy of the correspondence and the report of the c o nstable to the Court of the City Sewers, to whom the a'b atement of the nuisance complained of properly belon: g s. 6 4 I am, sir, your obedient servant, " F. W. SAUNDERS, Secretary." [Here folloviv the report of the officer, which stated that there was :no doubt of the existence f the nuisance.] " To THIC CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. " C thief-office, Old Jewry, Nov. 30, 1854. . .. " Gentlemen, ,—I have the honour to bring under your notice tilt) correspondence whick has passed be- tween the Tii usury and myself, in reference to a nuisance from tile furnace•smoke at Messrs. Waterlow's premises, with the city •f London. "I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " D. W. 11.11tVIZY." " Whitehall, Dec. 14, 1854. "Sir,—l ha ye laid before Viscount Palmerston your report upon the smoke nuisance caused by Messrs. Waterlow's fu mace chimney at London-wall ; and, as it appears that a clear case of nuisance may be estab lished, Lord Palmerston thinks it will be best to take proceedings by police information, under the Smoke Nuisance Act of the last session of Parliament, and for this purpose I enclose you ,his lordship's formal order. " Lord Pal oierston has instructed the Solicitor of the Treasury to support the information, if you will have the goodness to communicate with him. I am, sir, your obedient servant, - " H. WADDINETON." "' To THE COMMISSIONER OF THE POLICE OF THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE LIBERTIES THEREOF. " liome•ofFice, Whitehall. " I, Viscount Palmerston, being one of her Majesty's principal Sec rttaries of State, do hereby order and direct you to lay in formation against James Waterlow, for the recovery of penalty under the act of Parliament passed in the 17th year of the reign of Queen Victoria, entitled An act to abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces in the Metropolis and from Steam-vessels above Londor-bridge,' for using in certain premises in his occupation in London-wall a furnace not constructed so as to consume or burn its own smoke, without using the best practicable means of preventing or counteract ing such smoke, contrary to the provisions of the said act. " 'Given under my hand this 14th day of December, 1854. " g PALMERSTON.' "To THE SECRETARY OF THE CITY POLICE, H. R. REYNOLDS, ESQ., SOLICITOR TO THE TREASURY. " Chief-office, Dec. 26, 1854. " Sir—The Commissioner of the City Police having received directions from Lord Palmerston to take pro ceedings by police information, under the Smoke Nui sance Act of last session of Parliament, against James Waterlow, of London-wall, for using a furnace on his Premises not constructed so as to consume smoke, &c., against the statute, I am desired to inform y ou that the constable who can give evidence in the matter shall be in attendance at your office at any time you may be pleased to appoint.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " F. SAUNDERS, Secretary." " Treasury, Dec. 28, 1854. " Sir—l have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Saunders's letter, dated December 26, informing me that you have recefved instructions from Lord Palmerston to lay an information against James Waterlow for using a furnace not constructed to consume its own smoke, &c. "On the 14th of December a letter from the Home office informed me that yon would communicate with me, and desired me to support your informatio n . " Up to the present stage I take for granted that you have pursued the same course that has been adopted in the very numerous cases in which informations have been laid by the commissioners of police of the metropolis— that is to say, that you first satisfied yourself as a matter of fact that the furnace was used at the place in ques tion, not constructed, &c., without using, &c. (as in the act) ; that you then reported to Lord Palmerston your recommendation that an information should be laid, and furnished his lordship with the evidence upon which you proposed to support it ; that Lord Palmerston adopted your recommendation, and forwarded to you an order, under his hand, to lay the information. " The next step is to lay the information and to take out a summons fixing the day for hearing. " For this purpose I enclose a draught form of infor mation that has been adopted in the metropolitan dis trict, which will require to be filled up with names, dates, places, &c., altering also the formal description of the justice, commissioner, constable, &c. " Itwill be convenient to keep a copy of the informa tion for the use of counsel, and to forward it to me when the day for hearing is fixed, with Lord Palmerston's order and the full written evidence of the witness pro posed to be called. "I presume that some scientific witness has examined the premises (without whose evidence it is sometimes difficult to negative the use of the best practicable means of counteracting the smoke,' mentioned in the act). " And, as a matter of convenience, I may add that, as a great number of these cases are now going on in various courts, it would be worth while to ascertain at the chambers of Mr. Bodkin (who attends o• the part of the Treasury) upon what days he will be able to attend the hearing of Mr. Waterlow s case. "I am your most obedient servant, "JOHN GREENWOOD." "THE SECRETARY OF THE CITY POLICE TO MR. JOHN GREENWOOD. "City Police-office, Dec. 30. " Sir,—l am directed by the Commissioners of the City Police Force to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th inst., enclosing a draught form of information. Beofre any further step is taken the commissioner desires me to forward for your perusal a copy of the correspondence which has taken place re lative to this matter, and to inform you that nothing more has been done than is therein disclosed. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant,. --- " F. SAUNDESS, Secretary." " Treasury, Dec. 30. "Sir,—l have to aoknowledge the receipt of a letter of this day's date from Mr. Saunders, forwarding to me by your desire a copy of a correspondence which has taken place relative to the smoke at Messrs. Waterlow's. " The bearer (Mr. Duddy) was also good enough to show me a copy of the City of London Sewers Act, 1851 (mentioned in section 7 of the Smoke Nuisance Abate ment Act of 1853), in which powers are giv9n to the Commissioners of Sewers to take certain proceedings in case of nuisance by smoke. " I have, of course, no authority to interfere in a n y such proceedings. The only instructions I have received from the Home-office are to support your information against Messrs. Waterlow, to be laid under the Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act of 1853, under the order and direction of Lord Palmerston. "I am, Sm. ' "JORNGREENWOOD." "City Police-office, Jan. 8. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to transmit for your consideration the further communications which have been made to me by Lord Palmerston upon the alleged smoke nuisance caused by Messrs. Waterlow's furnace, as also a copy of the latter I received from tho Solicitor of the Treasury, to whom I represented the provisions of the law touching similar occurrences within the city. " It - would seem it belongs to the Commissioners of Sewers to deal with this and similar occurrences. " I am, gentlemen, &c., "D. W. HARVEY. " To the Commissioners of Sewers." Mr. WATERLOW ( a member of the Court) said that an error ran through the documents read by the clerk, his name being used instead of that of his son, who, how ever, did not wish to raise any technical difficulty with a view of getting rid of the complaint. He himself had nothing whatever to de with the premises. Ever since the complaint was made they had been endeavouring to abate the nuisance, and had been in communication with the engineer of the commission for this purpose. Expe riments had been tried for the last six weeks to consume the smoke, which, however, seemed occasionally to f a il. The e ng i neer was s till endeavouring to effect an altera tion which, it was hoped, would entirely abate the nui sance complained of. Mr. D eputy llAnnlsox—Wre have only one course to pursue—namely, se t , o aa proceed nthat uthnedyer willthe roerfdeerrentche: and I hop e th at this commission will not depart from their ordinary necessary proceeding s to be taken. (Hear, hear.) I move " that Messrs. Waterlow be summoned to the court." Mr. WATERLOW—I second the proposition. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Daw was then directed by the Court to inform Lord Palmerston, by letter, that Messrs. 'Waterlow would be summoned to the court forthwith. The inspector, in answer to questions put by the thurt, stated that an apparatus had been applied to the furnace, which he bad no doubt would remedy the evil ccmplained of, and that he had seen no smoke issuing from the chimney that morning. The Court then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 17. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE DAVID LEOPOLD LEWIS. This was the first meeting, for proof of debts and choice of assignees, in the bankruptcy of David Leopold Lewis, described as a merchant, of Salters'-hall-court, Cannon-street, but whose principal dealings had been as a discounter of bills. Mr. Chidley tendered a proof for 2,5001. on behalf of Mr. Mould, on account of the bankrupt's dishonoured drafts upon Mr. Hudson, M.P. The proof was admitted. Mr. M‘Leod tendered a proof for 53,1901. on behalf of the assignees of George Hennett. There had been a judgment for 63,0001., but some proceedings were now pending in Chancery. Mr. Lewis had said that he was only the agent of Mr. Hennett, and that though there might be a legal claim, there was no right in equity. Mr. Bagley, for the bankrupt, said that there was no admission on his part of the debt. The bankruptcy was on his own petition, and ho was willing to abide by the decision of the court on this claim. His Honour said he would admit the proof, subject to investigation, to be turned into an absolute proof unless impeached before the first dividend. Mr. Lucette tendered a proof for 25,5001. on account of the bankrupt's drafts on Mr. Hudson, M.P. Mr. Lucette was sworn, and stated that he was a sharehroker, and had been so for seven years. He had had many transactions with Mr. Mackenzie in respect to bills and Westminster Improvement Bonds. Mr. Lewis's name was on some of the bills. The money was lent to Mr. Mackenzie on Lewis's bills. He bad an account with the London and County Bank. 'He made the ad vances in the shape of short bills. lie had not these short bills merely as the agent of Mackenzie, to get them discounted. No other person was interested in the bills. They were not lent to him for the purpose of enabling him to make a proof against the estate. The bills might or might not have been in his possession a week ago. The Commissioner— Might or might not is no answer. Were they Witness—They were. After some further questions, His Honour said that sufficient had been shown to in duce him not to admit the proof until after the choice of assiwnees. Mr. Chidley said there had been transactions to the amount of thousands, he might say 'hundreds of thou sands, between the bankrupt and Mr. Mackenzie. The latter did not wish to come forward to prove, as this would lead to a public investigation. He was connected with the bankrupt, and the object was to get the choice into his own hands. Some other proofs were tendered and disposed of in a similar way. _ _ Mr. Henry Taylor, of South-street, Finsbury, a cre ditor for 5,0001., was then appointed trade assignee, and Mr. Chidley the solicitor in the case. The debts proved during the day amounted to about 2,000/. ; the total liabilities are said to exceed 150,0001. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RD RICHARD FLEXMORR. This insolvent, who described himself as a comedian and professor of dancing, applied under the Protection Act. Mr. Sargood supported. There was no opposition. The case was taken out of its turn, as it was stated that the insolvent had to return to Manchester to per form in the evening. Mr. •-Commissioner Murphy examined the schedule, and seeing no reason to refuse a day to be named for the final order, it was appointed for the 14th of March. Protection renewed. which was that I received an order for Ba. 6d., on the 29th of Dec., and that was the only sum I received from the company. Mr. Henry Schuetze Wilson, assistant-secretary to the Electric Telegraph Company, said—lt is my duty to attend to all complaints relative to overcharge. I remember Messrs. Hooper and Baker claiming the return of Bs. in November last. I made inquiries, and finding that only 6d. had been paid for porterage, I made out an order for Es. 6d. payable at any of the company's offices. I then gave the order and a letter of explanation, written by the prisoner by my di rection, and addressed to Messrs. Hooper and Baker, to the prisoner, whose duty it waz to see the letter copied into the letter book, and then to enclose the order and letter in an envelope and give it to the pcisting clerk for delivery. On the 20th of December I received another application from Messrs. Hooper and Baker on the same subject, but as the prisoner absented himself from the office it was not attended to until the 24th, when I went to a drawer used by the prisoner to look over his papers in order to forward the business in his absence. To my surprise I found the letter addressed to Messrs. Hooper and Baker, but the order for Bs. 6d. was not with it. I immediately inquired why the letter had not been sent, and discovered that the order had been paid at the counter to the prisoner. I then wrote another order, which was paid to Messrs. Hooper and Baker's clerk. The order produced is the original order I wrote and - gave to the prisoner. Mr. Cadman said—l am clerk at the counter of the Electric Telegraph Office in Lothbury. On the evening of the 27th of November last the prisoner presented the order for Bs. 6d. produced, and I paid him that amount. The memorandum "taken by me to gi4e explanation," which appears at the foot of the order is in the prisoner's writing, but it was written before he presented it. Mr. Baker here said'l have not received any explana tions from the prisoner relative to the first order. Packwan, a detective officer, said—l apprehended the prisoner on Saturday evening last, at 15,. Cadogan-ter. race, Chelsea. I told, him I wanted him on a &Large of receiving 10s. to send 'to Lady Clifton and not doing so. He said he had seen the secretary of the company, and he understood if he paid the money he would not be prose cuted. When leaving the house he said, "This is just what I expected." The solicitor for the prosecution here applied for a remand as he was Not yet prepared to go into the other cases. The prisoner, who appeared not in the least abashed at being placed in 'such adegrading position was then re manded. CLERKENWELL—WiIIiam Barker was charged with a murderous assault on his wife. The complainant, a poorly clad woman, said—l have been married for eight years to the defendant. Yester day morning he most cruelly struck me on the head with his fist, and knocked me down, and whilst I was on the ground he kicked me in the stomach and on :my breast. I now feel most dreadful pain. After he had kicked me and nearly made me senseless, he seized me by the hair of my head, dragged me out of the room, and threw me down'a whole flight of stairs, and I would have gone down the second flight only a woman was standing in the lobby and stopped me. (The coin plainant here produced an old but well-used knife, it appeared a formidable weapon, and was sharp at the point from frequent use and cleaning.) Yesterday morning, before he struck me first, be attempted to stick this knife in my throat, and when I held up my right hand to ward off the blow the knife cut my. wrist. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Has any surgeon seen your wound ? Complainant—No, sir, I put some ointment on it my self, but I feel so weak in my breast that after I leave here I will go:to the hoepital. Mr. Turner, warrant officer—Your worship, after the complainant took out the warrant yesterday she went to a public-house, in which the defendant was, and she scratched his face as you see it. (The man had the visible effects of nails on his countenance.) Mr. Tyrwhitt—How did that happen . Complainant—Why, your worship, after I left here, I went home ; I found my children without anything to eat, and knowing where my husband was, I sent a neigh bour to ask him for some money to get bread for thers. .He told her that she was to tell me that he had spent 6s. sd. that day to himself, but giving the woman 10. told her to buy "tarts" for the children. Feeling aggra vated, I did go to ask him what he meant, when he told me to go and obtain money as all women could, and used other filthy language towards me, so that I did scratch his face. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What is your husband, and what money does he give you to support your family ? Complainant—He is a cab-driver, and has only given me 10d. for the lait three days, and when he beat me I had neither fire nor victuals in the house. The defendant here said that his wife was a most dreadful temper, and he had witnesses to prove that she had provoked him and others to assault her. Mr. Tyr whitt—But in any way her conduct would not warrant you in using a knife or kicking her. I must re mand yon until a medical man decides the state in which your wife is from your most brutal conduct. The defendant, who is of a most repulsive aspect, was then removed. He was scarcely ciut of the court before two parties slipped forward and asked if the charge was not bailable. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Certainly the misdeamenour is bail able, but as he has used a knife, and the kick on the breast may produce a cancer, I don't feel warranted in giving any leniency to the defendant for an offence that may turn out to be a felony. THE Pocat S. has sent 10s. in postage stamps, and k. Q. ss. in porsta.go St.upa y Ulu lo.LL•ca lA/i applied for the use of Garford's children. BRIGHTON COUNTY BENCH. orn the Brighton Gazette.) On Monday, at the Brighton Town Hall, before Mr. Carpenter, and Mr. T. J. Bellamy, magistrates, Louisa Humphreys preferred a charge of assault against Lady Boughton, who resides in Brunswick-square, and with whom the complainant stated that she had resided as lady's maid for some months. The complainant was re presented by Mr. G. Faithfull, jun. ; the defendant, who was not in court, by Mr. Lamb. Mr. Faithfull, in addressing the bench on the part of the complainant, said he understood that she had been only a short time in the service of Lady Boughton as lady's maid, and the complaint she had to make was that Lady Boughton bad committed an unprovoked assault upon her en the 3d inst. There was no doubt that looking at the relative positions in life of the complainant and the defendant, there might be some difficulty in dealing with the case ; but if any feeling of sympathy was to be enlisted on either aide, it ought to be on the side of his client, and if he should prove that the assault had been committed, the social position of the defendant would be an aggravation, rather than otherwise, of the offence. He felt satisfied that if his client had committed an assault upon a lady in her bedroom, it would have been elear that a lady ought to be protected from the violence of her servants ; and he thought that the same amount of justice ought to be meted out to the servant. Mr. Bellamy—l think Lady Boughton ought to be here. It is always a rule for defendants to be in attend ance. Mr. Faithful' said it was not compulsory for her lady ship to be present. icir. Carpenter—lt is not the practice in this court for the defendant to be present, provided the party appears by a solicitor. Mr. Bellamy—l beg pardon ;it is the practice. I have been in the commission 30 years ; and I ought to know. Mr. Faithfull—l wish her ladyship was hero. Complainant examined—l am lady's maid to Lady Boughton. I have been in her service four months yesterday, and I am to leave in a week. I recollect Wednesday, the 3d of January. Lady Boughton, on that morning, rang for me at half-past nine, for the purpose of assisting her to dress. I went imrne dia ely. After some little conversation on indifferent subjects, Lady Boughton said, "If I had known you came frorn.a low lodging-house, or a house of call, you should never have entered into my service." She then referred to a house in Temple-street, where my sister and brother in-law live ; and they have an elderly lady lodging with them. I told Lady Broughton that my sister had one lady lodging with her, and that she was perfectly respectable. Lady Broughton imme diately replied, " A lady, not a gentlewoman ; a lady, I perfectly understand what that means." I then re ferred her to Mr. George Wagner, the clergyman of the district, who was well acquainted with the lady lodging with my sister. Upon this she ordered me to leave the room ; but before I had time to do so she struck nte three times on my breast and shoulders with con siderable force. I gave her no provocation whatever. When I entered Lady Boughton's service, I went with the highest character. Mr. Lamb—l believe you: had notice to quit from Lady Boughton. Complainant—l had. Had she not had reason to complain of your conduct ? —I asked her to assign a reason • but I was answere d by her saying that I must not ask questions. Had she not had reason to complain of year mode of dressing ?—She had no reason ; but she did complain. No matter what I wore, the cap was stinking, the dress was stinking, and she called me ugly eyes, and told me to keep my ugly head out of her sight—(a laugh) —and if she heard my .veice, she would call out, "Is that my maid? I suppose she fancies she is in her sister's lo:s• lodging-house." _ _ _ On the morning of the alleged assault, what was the first part of the conversation ?—She complained that my dress was in the low lod 4 ing-house condition, In consequence of the impertinence of you; reply, in answering something that was said to you, did she not tell you to leave the room T—She did not give me time to do so. Did you not refuse to leave the room ?—I had not time to do so. Was not Lady Boughton compelled to ring for an other servant, in consequence of your refusal to leave the room ?—Not till she had inflicted the blows upon me. Mr. Lamb, in addressing the bench for the defendant, said her ladyship had had occasion more than once to complain of the manner in which her maid dressed, and told her she ought to dress herself in a different man ner; and when she spoke to her about her dress on the morning in question the complainant said something offensive, and defendant then told her to leave the room, and at the same time r ang the bell for another servant. As far as he was instructed, her ladyship had not the least conception or the remotest idea of lifting her hand against her maid. Mr. Carp,A3 , :r said, in ordinary ease, sncis a cliaTe, In all proL3hility, would have been disan6::ed, or, a l, ati events, a very low fine would have been inflicted, so low, perhaps, as 6d. ; but, in Lady Boughton's ease, we must make the Aue 11 ; and the cote. SEWERAGE OF LONDON. though London still remains without any organised syEtem of drainage, and though over a considerable part of its area the common facilities of sewerage are almost, if not altogether, wanting, we think we may nevertheless congratulate our metropolitan readers on the point at which this question, after years of agitation and debate, has at length arrived. In a few words, the Commis sioners of Sewers are now at last upon the right track, are apparently in earnest, and are so far advanced in the business that action must needs soon take the place of argtrnent. Four er five years ago all the leading prin ciples on this subject had yet to be established. It was not so much as confessed even that a new organisation of metropolitan sewerage was necessary ; on the con trary; it was argued in official quarters that all we wanted was an. extension, and perhaps a little improvement, of the r43stem, actually in use. It was not acknowledged that the Thames ought to he included in the area to be purifitd, Some engineers declared that such a purifica tion of its waters was impossible ; others roundly as serted that the attempt would be an entire mistake, for that the river could never servo any better purposes than those of a sewer, for which it was eminently and ob viously fitted, Pending all these discussions of prin ciple there were endless discussions of detail, the metro politan public got confused and disgusted with intermi nable squabbles over pipes and "sumps," and, in the end, as everybody will remember, one commission after another was swept away without any substantial results having been obtained. The present aspect of affairs, if not absolutely satis factory, is considerably more promising. The principles of the question are settled. All the points for which, on behalf of the public, we so long contended are now admitted by all parties together. There is no longer a question about the propriety of purifying the Thames ; every scheme recognises this condition as plainly indis pensable. There is no longer any dispute about the radical reform of the whole drainage system ; every scheme proceeds directly on this assumption, and recom mends itself exactly in proportion as it professes to in troduce some new, effectual, and comprehensive ar rangements. Channels of some kind or other are to be substituted for the bed of the Thames ; into these main tunnels the sewers of the different districts are to dis charge themselves, while every house, instead of stand ing, as many now do, over smothered cesspools, is to have an outlet for its drainage into the sewers. These are the great points of the question now accepted. The sewage is not to accumulate in cesspools or "sumps," nor to be poured into the stream of a tidal river, to be washed backwards and forwards at our feet ; it is to be carried away through some artificial channels to some spot where it will at least be innocuous, and where, as our knowledge of these matters improves, it may some day be converted into a marketable commodity. Another satisfactory circumstance is, that beside these advances in theory, considerable advance has been made in practice. It is not only acknowledged that all this ought to be done, but it is confessed that it can be doiie. A. scientific and comprehensive drainage scheme, which not so very long ago was pronounced a thing utterly impracticable, is now admitted to be easily within the means of our engineers, and is not expected, after all, to cost any very formidable sum. Measurements have been taken, plans devised, and even. formal estimates framed and presented. The approaches, as military engineers would say, are all complete, the parallels save been finished one after another, and the branching bat teries are at the very walls of the place. We scarcely see how there can be any further pretext for suspense or delay. The project of draining the metropolis on a comprehensive and effectual system, is not only known to be practicable, but more than one set of men are ready at this minute to set about the work. The Me tropolitan Commissioners of Sewers have nothing to do but decide definitively between the proposals before them ; and this, as our recent reports have inforsned the reader, is what they are now about. Without prejudging the several questions which have already been propounded, and which will shortly come before the public afresh, we may give our readers some general view of the points kr discussion. There is one question as to the level at which the main tunnel sewers ought to be carried ; there is a second as to the scale on which they ought to be constructed ; and there is, of course, a third, as to the particular course which they should take. The second of these points is that which appears to have created the principal debate, and on its solution will depend much not only of the character but the cost of the scheme adopted. The smaller the main sewer is, the more easily and cheaply it can, of course, be made, but the difficulty here is this,—that, whereas a comparatively small drain wo u ld perfectly suffice to carry off all the ordinary sewage, a much greater power of discharge is required to deal with the excessive flow produced by heavy rainfalls, and the dimensions of the sewer have consequently to be calculated for these extra ordinary occasions. The designs of Messrs. Bazalgette and Haywood, the engineers, respectively, of the Metro politan and the City Commission of Sewers, adopt what may be termed the broad gauge principle in this matter, and their views are confirmed by!the authority of Sir W. Cubitt and Mr. R. Stephenson, who are decidedly of opinion that smaller dimensions than those approved in the said designs would end in nothing but disappoint ment. Altogether, this seems to be the principle most in favour in official quarters, while the proposals of pri vate and independent projectors point to simpler and less expensive plans of operation. Our readers will easily discern that, although much interest must naturally attach to these discussions, the points of chief importance will in any case be secured. We shall obtain an unpolluted river and a scientific sys tem of sewerage ; but it is not to be forgotten that even these advantages will lose much of their value unleSs the drainage of particular dwellings is placed upon a better footing. It is clearly of no use to have a good tunnel sewer, unless the house drains of all districts are made to avail themselves of the outfall. At present we not only have no satisfactory outfall, but many dwellings have no communication even with the sewers which actually exist. At the Court of the Commission held on Tuesday last the chairman observed that the number of houses "drained into sewers "—that i 3, brought for the first time into connexion with the sewers of the district—was at the rate of about 20,000 every year, of which cases as many as 7,000 were the result of compulsion. Very many houses, however, including, as Sir J. Shelley observed, "some of the best in Grosvenor square," have still cess-pools under them, and as long as such a practice is maintained it will be of little avail to provide general facilities for the escape of district sewage. It is of no use purifying either street or river if the very dwellings in which we reside are kept impure. Without the main drainage scheme we cannot possibly have good local drainage ; but unless local drainage is also reformed the advantages of the new system will be lost. Both warnings and examples are now before us. Pestilence has but just departed from our doors, and we cannot tell at what moment it may return. Amid all the mystery attending its ravages this alone seems clear, that in pro portion as wretchedness and dirt are superseded by cleanliness and comfort the plague is disarmed of its terrors. We are now blessed with a respite and an op portunity, let us turn them to such account for all classes of people as becomes reasonable beings and Christian RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN R.inw.a.r.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 7, 1855 216,4512 18 11 Corresponding week last year 11,040 16 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 14, 1855 £18,620 15 2 Corresponding week last year 14,576 7 4 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 14, 1855 £3,881 1 9 Corresponding week last year 3,476 2 2 Increase in 1855 COAX AND BANDON 11 SlLWAL—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 13, 1854 £193 15 7 Corresponding week last year l7B 19 7 LOLA. MONTES AGAIN.—The Sacramento Union has a telegraphic despatch, dated Grasse Valley, to the following effect :—" Our town was thrown into a state of ludicrous excitement this forenoon, by the appear ance of Madame Lola Montes rushing from her resi dence through Mill-street towards Main-street, with a lady's delicate riding-whip in one hand, and a copy of the Telegraph, in the other, her eyes in a fine frenzy rolling, vowing vengeance on that scoundrel of an edi tor, &c. She met him at the Golden Gate Saloon— the crowd, who were on the qui vice, following in her footskeps. Lola struck at the editor with her whip, but he caught and wrested it from her before she could hit him a blow. She then applied woman's best weapon --her tongue. Meanwhile, her antagonist con tented himself with keeping most insultingly cool. Find ing all her endeavours powerless, the divine Lola' ap pealed to the miners, but the only response rendered was a shout of laughter. Mr. Shipley, the editor, then triumphantly retired, having by his calmness completely worn out his fair enemy. The immediate cause of thefra- C 43 was the appearance of sundry articles regarding the Lola•Montes-like insolence and effrontery of the Queen of Spain.' The entire scene was decidedly rich." Lola in her own account of the affair, says—"l went forth— strong in the principles, as I have said, of Miss Lucy Stone and other strong-minded females—found this re doubtable man in the saloon, and as quick as a flash of lightning laid the said whip on his shoulder and head four times, on my word of honour, before my enemy could remember that he was sitting on a chair. The lady of the Golden Gate Saloon was sitting on one 'side, a gentleman on the other ; after having given him four good whippings, he got up and squared him self on the most approved Yankee Sullivan principles, and was preparing to give me a stunner in the eye. The spirit of my Irish ancestors (I being a kind of three-quarter bred of Irish, Spanish, and Scotch) took possession of nay left hand, and, on the most approved Tom Flyer principle,, before he could attain my eye, I took his, on which—thanks to some rings I had on at the time--I made a cutting i7Tressic?!!,". A ToueriEvGArFEAL.-1-erjeant Wilkins, in pleading for Gilbert on Thursday evening, called on the jury in most touching terms by their verdict to restore him to the bosom of his wife and family, and dwelt with great pathos on the effect the result of the trial would have for happiness or misery on those who are so dear to him. When the learned sergeant sat down, wiping his forehead after his great effort, he was a little surpr:sed to learn this touching allusion to wife and children had been made on behalf of a bachelor, which Gilbert is.- IMo - borne hi ercur g. POLICE ISTELLIGENCE.—IAn. 17. MANSION-HOUSE. Duncan Maclean W, ight was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of a Liverpool officer, charged with forgery upon the house of Overend, Gurney, and Co., the money dealers. Mr. Vallings, the solicitor of the firm, attended for the prosecution. Mr. William Shipman, clerk to the prosecutors, said —lt is part of my duty to open the letters addressed to the house. The following letter was received at our house on the 4th of November, and contained a bill of exchange for 1571. 2s. 3d., purporting to be drawn by Wm. Anderson and Co., and accepted payable at Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., bankers, in London, and not elsewhere, " John Moore and C 0.," dated Manchester, Oct. 23, 1354. "Moore, due 23d-26th Feb., 54, £157 2s. 3d. " 16, Dawber-street, Liverpool, 3d Nov., i 854. " Gentlemen,—lf agreeable to discount the enclosed, please send me the proceeds at a moderate rate, in half notes, and oblige, " Respectfully, your most obedient servant, " D. H. WRIGHT. "Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., London." In consequence of that letter we wrote a letter to the writer of the first letter, in which the bill of exchange was returned ; and it was stated to be contrary to the practice of the house to discount any bills without an introduction. Afterwards, on the 6 h of November, I opened the following letter, which was dated, I believe in error, the 4th of October instead of November : " 16, Dawber-streot, Liverpool, 4th Oct., 1-54. "Messrs. Ovorend, Gurney, and Co., " Gentlemen—ln reply to yours of this date , although my discounts with you h ave never b een o f much magnitude they have been over the space of twenty years or more. I thought F might.have been personally known in your office, where I have frequently done business. " I might refer to introductions I have given to your firm in favour of others, such as Christian, Allhousen, and Co., of Newcastle. Having been abroad for the last four years, my correspondence, &c., naturally ceased. I give an opportunity of calling me again to your recollection by returning for discount the enclosed 1571.25. 3d., for which send me, if quite agreeable, notes for 1501. and cheque on Barclays for the balance. I have lately opened a corres pondence with Messrs. Leonino Brothers for foreign busi ness. I presume their paper would at all times be accept able to you; and am, respectfully, your mostobdt. servt., cc D. M. WRIgHT. "Need I revert to the year 1825, and ten years after wards, when I was cashier to your old correspondent A.T., at Glasgow ?" . . _ _ That later contained the same bill which had been re turned in the previous letter, in consequence of which our house discounted the bill, and forwarded the sum of 1501., in half Bank of England notes, i❑ two envelopes, and a draft on a banker for 41. lls. id., the balance of the bill less the discount,, which were addressed to Mr. D. M. Wright, 16, Dawber•street, Liverpool. The draft produced is that which was so sent. On the Bth of November I received a letter, dated the Bth of No vember, and signed "D. M. Wright," acknowledging the receipt of the enclosures. Mr. Joseph Henry Dickinson, merchant at Liverpool, said—l am a partner in the house of John B. Moore and Company. The acceptances to the bills produced for 1571. 2s. 3d., and 294/. 16s. 3d. (a second bill then pro duced), are not in my handwriting, nor in that of my partner, nor was either written by our authority. There is no other house in Liverpool which trades under the name, that I have ever heard of. We make our bills payable at Messrs. Glyn and Co.'s, in London. I know the prisoner, but have not had any transaction with him on his own account, that I know of. I do not know such a firm as William Anderson and Cu., Man chester. When I knew the prisoner he was clerk or agent to a mercantile house. I was before a magistrate is Liverpool on that subject, and (as our reporter under stood the witness) gave evidence there. John Sullivan, detective officer, of Liverpool, said— I apprehended the prisoner at No.. 16, Dawber-street, Liverpool, on the 10th inst., without a warrant, on a charge of forging a bill for 294/. 16s. 3d., which sum I mentioned to him. He told me to ask him no questions, and he would tell me no lies. I asked him his name, and he said it was Duncan Wright ; and next day he was taken befure one of the borough magistrates, and another bill was then produced before the magistrate, by Mr. Dickinson, namely, for 157/. 2s. 3d., which is the bill produced here in the first instance. The magis trate's clerk then asked the prisoner in my presence if he had anything to say to the charge, and the prisoner said the bills were forgeries, and that he had forged them. This statement was not taken down in writing at the time. The Lord Mayor was about to remand the prisoner, when Mr. Dickinson requested to be informed whether it would be necessary for him to come again from Liver pool in order to give evidence before his lordship ? The Lord Mayor said it was really difficult for him to comprehend the course adopted by the magistrate before whom the case was originally brought. That magistrate either had or had not jurisdiction in the matter. If the magistrate had the powers which the Forgery Act seemed to give him, the prisoner ought not to have been brought to London, by which course considerable expense must be incurred in the con duct of the prosecution. If, on the contrary, the case did not come. within the jurisdiction of the magistrate, the recent act of Parliament laid down the coarse to be taken, and therefore Mr. Dickinson's attendance would have been unnecessary, as his evidence should have been taken at . Liverpool, and forwarded to London. The prisoner—lf it will save any trouble to any one, I admit the guilt I are charged with. The Lord Mayor then directed that the depositions should be made out, and said he would commit the pri soner for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would ac knowledge his receipt of 101. from "T. and C 0.," aid N. from John Butterfield, for the peor-box. GUILDHALL.—Thomas Arthur Corlett, dressed in the height of the go-a-head fashion, was placed at the bar before Alderman Cubitt, charged with fraud. A gentleman who attended on behalf of the Electric Telegraph Company, having briefly stated the nature of the charge, said this was a very serious case, inasmuch as the prisoner bad stolen about 30 money orders for various amounts, and the money he received for them he had appropriated to his own use. Phineas David Collins said—l am clerk to Messrs. Hooper and Baker, of 12, Eastcheap. On the 4th Nov. last I delivered a message at the Electric Telegraph office, in Lothbury, to be transmitted to Mr. James Dalton, at Bures, near Colchester. I paid is. for the message, and as the clerk did not know the distance be tween Bures and Colchester, I deposited 9s. to cover the expenses for porterage. Having subsequently ascer tained that the porterage did not amount to more than is., I made application on the 20th of December for the return of the Bs. overplus. On the 29th of December we received an order for Bs. 6d. from the company, which was paid to me at their office in Lothbury on the same day. Mr. Thomas Baker— I wrote to the company several times between the 4th of Nov. and the 20th Dec., about the overcharge for porterage, and on the latter day I directed Coiling to call about it, the consequence of COUNT.RY MA.R.KIO.I. - 1 ,14 EDINBURGH MEAL MAROT-4 There were in the market to-day, 20 sacks° s A yb weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus. 14 at 2/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. i• d, 4 4 10 al 44 ,c COUNTRIES.' EDINBURGH HAY AN STRAW • JAN. 16. d®. There was a large supply of str aw of all the market. The prices to-day r were a s foll owof Oat straw, from 7 5 6d to Os Od pe keraPt O ,IW tron ; wheat do., 7s Oct to 8 s Od ; barley do-, Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to oa 15. 0 First. Seconslii 10 ....... I 40 s oa --s O ..... I 25s 6d .. 8 s 6d s ,41 Od • -s s Od $ ocl DALKEITH MEAL Oatmeal, per sack of 28011 is imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-b . ailey, per ditto ...... DUBLIN, JAN. V. 36s to White wheat, 39s 6d to 42s 6d ; r od dittf; I/ barley, 15s 3d to 19s 9d; oa ts, 148 3d to‘Avs,s6(l; our, 238 Od to 28- Od lau • co per 480113 3 per cwt ; lua 1. oa tmeal, 15s Vd to 11 oat 27s fl Od to 288 6d per brl ; r. 0•420 RAILWAY SHARE MARge' LIVERPOOL, JO. 17. ornipe STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The market this in „enl,, again for shares, at an advance of close finally with less buoyancy: Ce s nerd Cariwe' cashire and Yorkshire, 76; Lancaster An, *Jr 7i pm. ; Londog and N.-Western, 104 c , 15 1 ' and Lincoln, 26; Midland, 708 ; S'Yeallier e MANCHESTER, JO 1 7' h r STOCK EXCHIUeGE.—The market has „ ness, with an active demand, but prices, weio; close. Cheshire Junction, 121 d.; LeeushldlOr North-Westerns, 102 ; Dovers, Altt Blackburns, 51; Sheffield, Prof., 121 ' p. ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham liFiree'doviso' North Western, 61 ; Sheffields, 268 ; u' BIRMINGHAM, 11 e 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of 10m' firmer to-day. Midlands, 704 ; Great ham Guaranteed Stock, 72 ex div. • LEEDS, JAN. 1 1 ' d , ( 16:7 1 „pdg),,! pTOCIE EXCHANGE. —The market wss ,50 1 and a marked improvement in priel . sottP . Lancashire and Yorkshires, 76 ; 61-reP ; Sheffields, 26 ; Leeds ET 4 ' JO , 0 le close of oar writilol COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Chester Main 20 0 ilasting's Hartley ..... 2O Llowartl's West Hartley C.osforth 'flartoo fiedley ............ ." Northwob e " Lambton BraddYll Russell's P-e Cassop Eleugh Hsu Tees ........... ..• Whitworth , Derwent-vrote' Netherton 2O 3 Holywell 20 t Ravensworth Hartley 2O Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tanfield Moor Bates 17 New Tanfield 17 6 Walker Primrose l5 Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close 2l 6 --- SEABORNE MAIO. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the) ay the night—and Mby the morning—desPateb.) Day when made uP in General Post- Office, London.• Vo ra ;$ ro w pisPa" Uncrica(bynrit.pack)N kinericP. kby United Sts. packet) ..........N kmerlea (by U. States packet) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Oitto (via Marseilles) N Oitto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria.......'... N klexandria ........ _Bahamas Belgium. .......... ..N Brazil - Buenos A,yres ;ape of Good [lope ..N .Jape of Good Hope, ..N Jape de Verds ......N .leylon (see India) Every Friday .. EverP °'l Liverp ool glla‘sr I lan. 4 ..... ...... so Doer 'Doer Jun. 9 23d of the month d, 9, 24, & 30 of m. 4th & 20th of MOD.' 17th of the month' Daily .......... • • 9th of the month.. 9th of the month .. 4 "tit! , 1 3 , 1 .0 5"".01 noir 1 10',,,1 nt tit 6011' 11 ` - r o . e" 4001t 0 i r a rl'aj sOutll°P 9th of the month Jeylon ........ N tunnel Isles ........N Mina (see India) lonstantinople Constantinople ........ Cont. of Europe M & N j Egypt (see India) 2d & 17th of monl roO P r, goa t s ia Soutil 8,13,18,23,&28 of n 4th f 'Oth of moth iTwice daily Dog t e o l isP7, goa Doler Fariee'••••••••:518s14 iibra1tar..........M. &recce (see India) Twice dai1y...... 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 air or 0 ton Do ~,g O P 4 011.1. doa Los l atiP 0 , 6 04t1i Doter hatoPt°, cgo gt. „4 o, rirxi` .0" Doper.. Do? GireytoNin ..........M Elamburgh ..........N Elavannah ..........M Holland ...... ..M flonduras ..........M India (vlaSontliarlipt.)l4 indifs (via hiarseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) & NI 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Frith*" 2nd of the naolatb 17th of the month. Ath & 20th of mo n ,: 9th& 25th of mon tir; 7, 17, & 27 of iv° Twice daily:, '5tR o the m cnt 23d of month ***. •••V , ' poCe . fl otell? no ver ~•'4o°l l '6 0 7 oro , ov - 1 ;019;; ; ,. sou' b op lArii" p 0 '" D 01 4! pore.ovi weneira biadeira ............N Aalta (see India) Y151t..............N Itauritius (see India) , T.auri tins ..N Mexico • • M Aa. jlieni ••.. • .. •• .. New Granada New Zea1and.......... Papal States ........N Peninsula Peru Port Natal ..........N Tuscany ...... • • • • • •N 1 Venezuela Van Diemen'a Lan d Australia) .... West Indies ........M 15,15, & 25 of mon, 114th of the month 2ml of the month•;, th 15th25thofmon , ' 2d & 17thof month By private skip • • ithlsth2sthofmon . ithl7tll27thofmon . & 27th of mon• By private ship.• • sthlstll2stholmon , sth 15th25thefrnon. 2d& 17th of month; IY Pt*l'gr • .SO ll 0 1 ° 1, 13 7, tl'6,DliP 12d k. 17th of month' When any of these de patched on the foilowir Southampton), and the 1 preceding day. Iles fall oa a Smut ig day, with the e: ittalta, both of whit r oil) TTI.ND AND WEATILO I 0). Wo slll ,tgii Stations. Course of mud.' • O s c lor Greenwich N.E. ..... .... Par tiAllio H Lothbury o „rot" Manchester Stoke-on-Trent Maryport . Lancaster N Carlisle WN. hitehaven Holyhead .. N.E.Sn ow ' Liverpool Leeds - Edinburgh N. Perth Dundee Berwick N.W Snow. fret Sunderland Darlington N.W F ro st. Scarborough Whitby Hull York Cambridge N.E Hard f r° Lowestoft E Great Grimsby ... E Boston ... N.B. ClouciP Southampton N.E. Five. Portsmouth Poole Leamington N.N.E.Snow' 0 ors' Ipswich Hague S.E.t Hard fro'rfr Brighton Plymouth Fro ..... .... Snow Bristol N.E. t. o ro N W Fine-- t' Exeter Gloucester Swansea - ,al. Haverfordwest ... N.E Hard I t;,t, i Cardiff N.E Hard I've Yarmouth Shrewsbury N.E Hard ' Derby N.E......... Storm' Leicester W.N.W.... Cold. Nottingham Newesstle Strood.. Tuntrid Snow. Snot• N.E T0.4,4 G '4; Area, erery A r k 110,i n ' t rir ig eroid:* 'stosr Str ttu atop, t at th, AL The fC 1 110,; -41 31 , on th, 1 417 4, 1 *ARr Kok iiVil;sie PgBB~K W 9 el t p LTG .4 41, Or I, Ee t i !, l t.l4,:eoltti o tzph,.._' 6o )ll , — .- "" t eel 1: _ ig 1 ,11 t fi i l ''; ' '11 ,,,''4' ,g'l.,. T QN 80. 1, 1 3: 1 14,;g4c 1,, , mr 1 I . N T , art i 414 11! '44:"g an tlto, h Nt o NIL ttk d '' 'l4s t i : hsZtti o :D/cti , 3 th ' 'tu \ t 4/ lk Pah— sighing 2801bs imperial, which sow .-- _ 1 at 2/. Os Od, and oat 0/. 05. I? 4r. ALBS• _ ...,...,, L ,,, ,...„, ' ll k.s. ; A EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 311m' it Ik e e rea, 2s. JAN. 16. ~ d as eriP t ' kaj i :r..? Tu( There was a large supply of straw of tA_,,,, , , : .... \,,............ftac Le market. The prices to-day were as I °.`i ieo flij ~,_ Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 9s Od per kereP r. . o d/or A BEN',,, on ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley cl:.. nor ot k fto ltok',:i... 0 Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od t Od nor t'Ai l l i „ n g i llus j : —... yo, 1 5 . ‘ l.l roZ' 4 ' Walt; DALKEITH MEAL MA-El aT ; o nd.lo , ,eu !(4.'t: R tr i re an ;: 'atmea,l, per sack of 2801bs First. °I , Od A k ;,er, Quadril imperial ;arleymeal, per ditto 'easemeal, per ditto ~ 4 . l l4,' s r r ',.joi , — s Od .--9 Od h,, k 44s oii ad 93 . 'lour, per ditto Od - $ kk,Altd: 11, M. 1 'ot-barley, per ditto ...... • —s "'- - Qt. , o "„_ tt helnu •••...„' "Aene e .- ----• d DUBLIN, JAN' ii. 565 t' ? OPAL White wheat, 39s 6d to 42s 6d ; red ditto, °' II -----" All: — /:( arley, 15s 3d to 19s 9d.; oats, 145 3d te'll' l7 , 0; I !te,?,he foil owin 75 Od to 28s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 15 3 0 d t ° 0(0 i LkTIY FRE I , our, 238 Od to 285 Od per cwt ; im a s ucor o o i : - . , Ti0 1 , by j . er 4801bs. N 11„,,. I n th e 1 , 44, - 4 8tr a t eji 4/ , r? , b ---..--- 4 ells r of ......----- 1 .4, 011 ~NI TA, RAILWAY SHARE MAR SSI . I tate ly ) l 4 4 s . 13 e! ---4------- 7. o . , P A l P 74 f a t r l LIVERPOOL, JAN'. I _ a ping 10 01,•Ch w s ,'„ 8 STE STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The market this io r ce nt.t,,k tcat sr again V gain for shares, at an advance of . i t•Si d P :i o 04 3 0 . 1 i174, 1 )01,49 ;lose finally with less buoyancy. 614 1000 °60 I ,47, e , r tEc•if ;ashire . and Yorkshire, 76; Lancaster 0 11 ,„1 .Oa trof 4 ;°'allot ie ' pm. ; Londog and N.-Western, 1 & 0 ° I ; 15'T t zp ,,;.Uz.l tb ,; ind Lincoln, 26; Midland, 704 ; S. -Feauter ' '4'll)4l] ----- 17 , MANCHESTER, JAN. t her ! I 4, RAL STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market hes sera e 0 , IN less, with an active demand, but prial w- 76; iff V i ,,,kEpP r „nr.l :lose. Cheshire Junction, 121 d. ; Lee' B ilicll3 o , l ; Khea1,:.,,,0t [North-Westerns, 102 ; Dovers, 14; ditto; ";, 3 s m qt: 4t i' t ile s.t p rt,n -g ,c Blackburns, 54; Sheffield, Prof., 121 ;„ f , 1 1 4 e $ INc t irlo:: ,s t( 'i p. ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham ;I,l'o o ' ll ttl eGen t A 4 North Western, 61 ; Sheffields, 268 ; '-''' ' o lti cti rec. ] ,i.'t..._l BIRMINGHAM, 8141. ' o rkesr tv . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone Qf IlLsteM :' V , IZI) armor to-day. Midlands, 704 ; Great """ tio b ;`-?_ , Y . , ham Guaranteed Stock, 72 ex div. lt vo l re k k 414 4 ;80 411 L kire ' P,. LEEDS, JAN. JAN. 11 , g ell•C . ;11, ! 'Nt,t h i lting pTOCKEXCHANGE.—The market was lA . 0 .4 11 '0 ph', , tki. a . 4ll :tal and a marked improvement in pricey. off" I .l\-z, t, ac'ki ttt ° . Lancashire and Yorkshires, 76 ; Grot 3i. pm. ; Sheffields, 26; Leeds Northe____:.......rns 1 I, :Zkitirt'' •••••••110. 17. 0 144 , ‘S tra COAL MARKET.—JAIL 0 0$ or tii f tiO 1\ 7'o, to, Prices of Coal per ton at tlie close °' • 110 clt i T ° l''' '41 .3]1 e. d. ... ,•''''„:." k 1 o ,, k '''' c ili a Chester Main 20 0 Gosforth ' . ...'" / '4 l 111, '44 ilasting's Hartley 2O ;) ilarton ..... •'',.....• .„, Z l im., N On, Howard's West Hartley fledley .... "i;01 '' , t. tipg wit 6. a n Netherton 20 3 Igorthualbf..i.aros2 , ~ 4,A a ?f Holywell 20 t' Lambton r'.'"...„../; . 7.tiii7,04 a,. Ravensworth Hartley 2O 5 BraddYll ""' IV" , ikilt'4 an a putt° , p ' /A na E Tanfield Moor l7 0 Russell's ..- ~...„, nzah i at o Tanfield Moor Butos 17 :' Cassop ..... ,..' /, k'lto ' t 4 the „,-* 0..... , I ; If t 4:. sii, New Tanfield 17 6 Bough 13- ,„,. A .e.i k Po Walker Primrose l5 Tees ........... ' ~, , ,i 64, 11 :11,:; 4 118, Whitwort h " r "iir IN tp, c u i efoi Wallsend, &c. DerwentWste itzl4, itany,l Acorn Close ............... 21.2 .. ... k, tll ,:tti l s Phia , ,t13,.....i.,...,te:1i; c SEABORNE MAIO . T o A (N signifies that the mails are sent from th e , i llik i ti,, 4- -tt] Sy the night—and NI by the morning—dasPa tetw i 1411 4'i u t ilie4 gn ' - - 1 Ni i ,:ln i 4a4 gi in opi t, o„ m Day whon made up 11 7 ors _., itt 'l o; 4 o,eati,, COUNTRIES; in General Post- Or' • N i k i lla ''' LA Office, London.* DDP ,N .L. jt of th, ---- w ool' 'il" 4 by' f bapp Uncrica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • LW k i tNi k , , he a i ~,..,.1,0 .by TTnitAri St., . _...n0 01. 1 , rt4ll:_iY(o TUE GREAT BRlTAlN.—Captain list; Mail steam ship America, who arrived ' A ft S oo teiday, reports having passed a large 0 ? r- -wtrd bound, off Cape Clear, on Monace know her name, but some parties coni ec 0 1 the screw steam-ship Great Britain, da Melbourne. BIRTHS. OF A SON. th e On the 11th inst., at Boulogne-guru :lc " Henry Graves. OP A DAUGHTER. 1# On the 16th inst., the wife of the fte lr ' cumbent of St. Mark, Old-street. MARRIED.' 0 05 4 0 ,1 On the 11th inst., at Hampton, M i , d sec°, Kerr, Esq. of Chatto, to Frances 1,0 11 M10 ; of the late Robert Fennessy, Esq., of grave-square. dal° o4, On the 16th inst., at St. Mary Antic 00 0, Rev. Charles Terry, of Harlestone, d. Henrietta, youngest daughter of J e l fa 1, Reg. Prof. of Physic in Oxford Unive rs ' DIED. ti' . On the 14th inst., at Fulham, Count D e n ¢4 , f of the late Rev. Count Henry 1 ,11- • , aged 56. a I, • On the 17th inst., at the Royal gesP - 1-0 1 , ral Sir A. F. Bernrd, G.C.B, Lieut. - `" 0 0 • of the let Batt. Rifle Brigade,. aged On the 16th inst., at Fingask Th Oa reipland. the Ist inst., at the Albion Notel,.,stig General R o b e rt Milner, late of her 3 113 j - aged 50. 1) ° L3NDON Printed and PablishA by r[U 0- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 1 7 te q,l is Strand, in the Precinct of the SOT 0 O Middlesex, Thurvlay, JhautFy las