The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (Prom the Times of this day.) For the campaign which is soon to commence the British have about 30,00 bayonets in the Crimea. The addition of Cavalry, Artillery, and non-combatant bodies make up at least another 20,000 Englishmen. This is a respectable army, perhaps larger than any which England has hitherto sent forth. But the duties of the present age are not to be measured by the achievements of thepast. With the increased wealth and population of em pires war must be waged on a larger scale. The nation to which we are opposed, though poor, and dwelling in a vast territory, with little means of communication, is yet successful in despatching to every frontier large bodies of men, generally trained soldiers, and always commanded with skill and ressrlution. Our allies have exerted themselves to raise their army to a high standard in numbers and efficiency, and although we may not desire to rival them, the British force should be proportion ately increased, and we should not seem, even to the hasty observer, to have merely despatched to the East a contingent to act with the French ar mies. The German regiments have arrived in the Bosphorus, and will be ready for service when operations are resumed. The raising of this body of men was the object of an early session last year, and the measure caused a feeling akin to shame throughout the country. It is useless to revert fur ther to the past ; but we should not lose sight of the fact that it must be by British soldiers chiefly that the British name and power are to be sup ported. It is equally true that there exist within tbese islands the materials of a force much larger than that which has been collected from abroad. While our army requires reinforcements in the Criinea, there is at home a superabundant force. The Militia, though still below its corn l i - plement, is in such strength that all the bar racks are more than full, and regiments are put in billets or sent to Ireland, merely to get rid of them. These men are now for the most part sol diers ; they have had as much training as thousands who are sent to the Crimea, and are not inferior in age and strength. Each costs as much as a regular soldier, yet, while we are looking for men over two continents, the great resources of our own country are unwisely neglected. It is perhaps an evil that, since the enlistment for the Militia and the Line are both voluntary, the recruiting sergeant for the Militia is a rival rather than an assistance to his comrade of the Line ; but, as the ballot can only be resorted to in times of urgeht peril, the Govern ment must make the best of th present system. Evidently the great object is to induce Militiamen to enter the Line. Every officer who can bring over a number of these useful troops should receive a fitting reward. At present an ensign's commis sion is given for 70 men ; but 70 men make up a company, and if a whole company volunteer there seems no reason why all its officers should not ob tain equivalent rank in the Line. It is not, indeed, probable that all, or indeed a majority, of the officers would accept foreign service, and their place might well be supplied from the regular army ; but, when a regiment or a part of a regiment offers to serve, it seems but reasonable that those officers who desire to remain should retain the rank they previously held. At this season, which is the best for recruiting, every means should be used to in crease the disposable army ; and, if there be obsta cles to the volunteering of the Militia, they should be removed at once. Considering the influence which a good officer soon gains over his men, it would be wise to give every encouragement to those whose persuasion may bring a number of recruits to the regular service ; and if any professional pre judice or usage stand in the way, it should be re moved, at least for the present juncture. It is said that a principal cause of unwillingness to enlist is the length of service. Not the prospect of glory, of increased pay, or even the immeslitate attraction of a bounty, can induce men to Lind themselves to 10 years of obedience and 'con straint. Such a term forms a large portion of human life, and leaves the youth too fixed in ha bits to seek another occupation, even if he be n o t too old to learn. D ou btl ess th e country boys - who are solicited by recruiting sergeants do not make these reflections, but the result of them pert odes the feeling of the classes from which soldiers; are drawn, and makes each young man believe th at in volunteering for the Line he severs himself for ever from old friends, places, and occupations. It can hardly be thought that in this country 'there exists less of the adventurous spirit than marks continental nations, or that the lower classes+ differ so entirely from the educated and wealthy. With proper inducements it is probable that recruiting for the Line would be highly prosperous, and fur nish men in numbers willing to share the 'excite ment of campaigning for a few years. If recruits could enlist for five years, or during the continu ance of the war, they might be tempted to serve, where now they shrink from embracing for life the calling of a soldier. The prospects of the British army are now 'bright and hopeful. Although undoubtedly composed of younger soldiers than those who fought the first battles of the war, yet the gain in improved orga nisation, in younger, more skilful, and, abov e all, more earnest commanders, will counterbalance any physical defects. The men now encamped along the coasts, from Sebastopol to Smyrna, aro well supplied, well tended, and, it is to be hoped, well employed and. disciplined. Even raw lads of 18 who could not fire a rifle in September may b e fair soldiers when they march in the spring. Yet it must be remembered at what cost of time, labour, and money the present efficiency has been bought. It is only by chance that a season of rest enables the recruits to be instructed at the seat of war in elementary duties. As a general rule, the man must be made into a soldier before he leaves these shores, or he is not only himself inefficient iii the hour of danger, but confuses and hinders otleers. The Government must not calculate on always hav ing a quiet camp abroad, and six months to drill its men. As far as possible they should be fit to fight on the day tFiey land. In the absence of a conscription the lYiiliti a is the best reserve for the regular army. For the present, at least, its main duty of guardist sg our coasts is happily not press ing, and if it I- )0 well used it may be made the chief means of concluding gloriously a difficult War. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. The h. N IRE POLITICAL PRIES THOOD. lit .e e r c e t o n aion of to-day m a k es a f res h reve l at i on in con : with th e th reatene d repress i on of priestly inter a%;ssunr in t em p ora l matters. The organ is now credibly that it i s assented to in a well-informed Whig circle.- of this city, that th e G overnment, appalled by r are which havereached them of the influence wielded by le Catholic clergy against th e i r can di date at the Me' th election, have determined to introduce a bill early no' Lt session fur the purpose of preventing any future in °. rference of the kind. Without disputing the Nation's ources of information upon any movement connecte d with the church of Rome, the f ore g oin gstatement, as far as regards legislative intervention for the a b atement of a crying s c an d a l, mus t be received for whatit is worth. If it be true that, Dr. Cullen, with the sanction and autho rity of the Pope, has determined to limit the duties of the clergy to affairs of a spiritual nature—and some ench policy i s genera lly su pp ose d t o b e in contemplation_ why not let the hostile parties adjust their own squabbles witho - nt dragging them before the British Legislature . Time, is not an educated Roman Catholic in Ireland who is not. 'heartily ashamed of the late display at the Meath election, and so universal is this feeling that it is more than doubtful whether such a trial upon the patience of any constituency would be again ventured upon even witl lout the interference of the Court of Rome or the Pea iiament of England. The Tablet itself is almost ab: abed at the agencies employed to effect the return of Bi shop Cant well's nominee, and suggests the ballot as th e only remedy for those who complain of priestly di inaination and mob-intimidation. THE IRISH MECH. The new Dean of Down (the Rev. Mr. Woodward) 'cnt►s formerly one of the secretaries of the Church Educa ti,on Society, but has fon; since modified his views upon II ,e educational question, and is now a supporter of the .ational system. As a churchman, his leanings are be• I .ieved to tend towards the high rather than to the low Party: The former, however, comprise but an insig nificant sectio n of the clergy of the established church in Ireland. t raMen PROvisioN CONTRACT. The Duh/in Mercantile neodvertiser says :—" W e h ave learnt with much satisf acti on our ente r p r i s i ng fel -I‘)w-citizen, Mr. Michael Sr th of Copp er - a ll ey , h as *entered into a contract with the Government of his Im perial Majesty Napoleon for th e supply of sever a l hun dredv tier ces — a bout 1,000, we belle—o Irish b ee f, t o be deli vere d at t h e por t of Bre s t or. Cherbourg within a definite p er i o d. Thi s e v e nt is a nov e l one ilnitr!aewcaorme that cial hist or y o f our c i ty. W e are no t, i n d eed a Du'Jlin provision merchant has ever before now bad sue)., a mercantile transaction with any French G. n Luca. If such did occur it mus t h a ve been a lonogvteirtne 10 -nce ; and the country is indebted to Mr. Smith for thus *opening an important branch of trade with France." TRADE AND AGRICULTURE. A Westmeath journal mentions a gratifying fact that the farmyards throughout that rich agricultural county present an appearance of abundance superior to what as been heretofore witnessed. This circumstance, it is fairly remarked, assumes vast importance when it is con !mitered that the payment of rents is almost universally in advance of former years, demonstrating as it does that the circumstances of farmers have greatly improved ; f o r i n past years th e payment of rents at this season no. cehsitated in most cases the unreserved sale of oat-stacks mid other farm produce. Turning to an opposite quarter, a letter from. Belfast, published in the Derry St an d ard, supplies the following information :—" The workpenple being all pretty well employed and in the receipt of fair earnmgs, the farming ranks having had quite a carnival of it for the last three aonths, and even farm labpurers enjoying a good mar. , ket for their toil, all tends to give impulse to general trade, and to cause a more rapid circulation of cash i❑ those commodities which form the more immediate staple of holyday traffic. High prices for food and the great dearth of breadstuffs act much against the business of the country, and yet it is wonderful how well the masses have battled with such difficulties, and how much the circumstances of the careful and energetic men of labour have been improved during the last twelve months." The Dublin Evening Post observes :—" All descrip tion. of farming produce still realise very good prices. Potatoes, in comparison with other kinds of food, are still rather moderate, notwithstanding the large quanti ties exported to England. We learn from Belfast that large lots of potatoes have been purchased in the markets in that quarter for shipment to the Crimea, at rates ♦arying from 60s. to 655. per ton. It is now manifest that the produce of last year's crop in this country must have been most abundant." ,; THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING„ DECEMBER 31, 1855. THE SCA NDINAVLAN A. Norwegian, writing to a contemporary, says : " Recent events in the North have shown that the ab sorbing interest which has hitherto been concentrated on the transactions of the South, has not rendered the Western Powers unmindful of the imp.)rtance or inte rests of Scandinavia. Much, nevertheless, remains to be done, and I am willing to believe that correct informa tion regarding these northern lands will not be a matter of indifference io the English people. It is therefore that, with your kind indulgence, I now propose to ad vert to some of those points that strike me as most af fecting the present juncture of affairs. 6 ' In your remarks on the Northern alliance you have, with the greatest impartiality, shown that if such States as Norway and Sweden are drawn into the war, and to be erected into a barrier against the future aggressions of Russia, they from that moment become entitled to re ceive such an accession of strength, or other such gua rantees, as may enable them to anticipate the revenge of their powerful neighbour without alarm. "As a means of giving these kingdoms additional strength, much stress has been laid upon the restoration of Finland to Sweden. It has been urged that thus many thousand square miles would be interposed between her and the aggressor, and a millinn and a half of inhabi tants added to her population, while the Autocrat would lose the only part of his empire that can supply him with sailors for his fleet, and would be deprived in the Finnish fortresses of a means of offence he has long been preparing at a Vast expense. But, weighty as these con siderations are, their true value must always depend upon the degree of sympathy still retained by the Finlanders for their old sovereignty. Now, the accounts derived from those who have bad the best opportunities of making themselves acquainted with the feelings of the Fins tend unquestionably to prove that they are gene rally opposed to return to aoy incorporation with Sweden. " But the political combinations of the North also ad mit of another arrangement for imparting additional strength to what may be not inaptly termed the barrier kingdoms. These means exist in the invitation to Den mark to take her place with Norway and Sweden in the Scandinavian Union. While this would add unques tionable strength to the alliance, it would be one of the heaviest blows that could be inflicted upon Russia, — greater, possibly, than the loss of Finland. It would collect under one head three nations, whose historical traditions and internal constitutions and civilisation equally proclaim resistance to the encroachments of Rue sia,—three nations, separately weak, but if united by their geographical position forming a natural cordon on the North that Russia would be unable to break through. This idea is by no means novel. For a considerable period it has been mooted by the politicians of the three king doms. It was first developed by the students of the Uni versities of Christiania, Upsala Lund, and Copenhagen, and early taken up and eagerly discussed by the profes sional politicians of the three countries, while many of their deepest thinkers have declared their opinion that in the realisation of this idea exists the only guarantee of the independance of the North, and its safeguard from dismemberment, already commenced by Russia on the side of Sweden, and attempted by Germany on that of Denmark. These arguments have continued to gain ground ; and, although they still have their oppo nents, no political idea is more popular in the three countries. But, however desirable the proposed con federation might be to the balance of power in Europe, it may be objected that it would be opposed by Den mark, from whom sacrifices inconsistent with the pre sent order of things would be required. This is, how ever, an erroneous conclusion. It is in Denmark that the union was first suggested • there it has found its warmest supporters, a n d obtained popularity greater even than in either Norway and Swedau. The most distin guished politicians of Denmark have belonged to the party, which consider " Scandinaviastn" a part of their political creed, and there are at present in the Danish Ministry men who cherish the same faith. In such an union it must always bo borne in mind that it is not in. tended that any of these nations should lose its politi cal independence, but that their mutual relations should be based on the same freedom as that of Norway and Sweden at the present time. It is precisely one of the advantages of such an union that the admission of Den mark can now become a practical idea. The theory of "Scandinavianium" is an alliance offensive and defensire against all outward foes, or, as it has been felicitously expressed, "three people in peace but one in war." " I have hitherto considered only the increase of power of these kingdoms, and through it the security given to the maiutenanca of the European system. But there is another circumstance that it behoves European states men to take into their most earnest consideration. In the treaty that was concluded in 1852, under the aus pices of England, France, and Russia, a relation of the Czar was made successor to the throne of Denmark, and thus the Russian Emperor has not only paved the way for exercising a powerful influence in the Government of Denmark, but may, by no impossible concurrence of events, become himself the heir to a portion of its terri tory. This treaty, which was the last but the most dangerous in which the Western stateernen allowed themselves to be circumvented by Russian diplomacy, has already been deeply deplored, and not least by its originators. The Danish people received it with dis gust, and it was only acknowledged by the Diet because they did not feel themselves strong enough to oppose the determination of Europe. Let Europe now avail herself of the opportunity that offers of correcting an error into which it was led by Russian cunning, by a free union of the three kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark under the flourishing dynasty of Bernadotte. With the possession of the• sound and the Belts thus secured the work will be com plete. On the decase of King Frederick VII. and his awed uncle Prince Ferdinand the male line of the Royal House of Denmark will be extinct. It has been rumoured that the King once offered his crown for the welfare of his people, and it is not impossible or inconsistent with the character of this noble and patriotic Prince to anti cipate that if he believed that the fitting time had ar rived he would now carry his resolution into effect. Such a step is, however, by no means necessary to the object proposed. _ "The advantages of the proposed junction of Denmark in the Scandinavian union for limiting the ambition of Russia are, indeed, so great that the plan would almost seem to take precedence of every other ; first, because this union would at once give the Northern States the strength they need, and do away with the pretence for future Russian interference in their affairs ; secondly, the scheme is the easier to realise as it suggests terri torial alterations that would not require the deadly struggle that must precede the erection of such a bar rier State by conquests made from Russia ; and, thirdly, its adoption emanating from no Cabinet intrigues, but from the people themselves, well weighed by them, and according with their own feelings and associations, it would be held with a stronger faith and sincerity than any union established by the sword." ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. (Prom the Circular of Mr. Thomas Thorburn). 81, ST. VINCENT STREET, GLASGOW, 31st December, 1855.—The year about to close, though a year of oscil lations, adds another epoch of prosperity to the iron trade. Under the agency and stimulus of war, com bined with the extension •f railways, gas, and water works abroad, the exports and home consumption of pig iron amount to the large quantity of 847,008 tons— exceeding the production by fully 20,000 tone--and are almost equal to the highest of any preceding year. The stocks have consequently undergone a further reduction, and are only 93,080 tons against 450,000 tons three years ago. Extensive transactions were made during the year in Pig Iron, at from 555. to 82s. 6 I. ; in rails, 71.1 Oi. to 8/. 15s. ; in bars, 71. 15s. to DI. 10s. ; in cast iron pipes, Si. to Cl. 15s ; railway chairs, 4/. 15s. to 51. 7.. 6d. per ton. And the fonndries and malleable iron works con tinue still generally active and well employed. Although the prices and requirements have been Built as to stimulate the production, it is only 15,000 tone greater than in 1854, and the scarcity of the raw mate rial will prevent many of the 34 furnaces at present out of blast from being put in operation is 1856. Owing to the peculiaradaptation of Scotch pig iron for foundry and forge purposes, the sphere of its consump tion is rapidly extending, and it is penetrating quarters never reached before. Whilst the beneficial consequences which ultimately accrue to the iron trade from the recent modification of the French import duties, and from the liberal movement of the Spanish Government, in regard to the importation Qf British iron into that country, have not as yet been experienced. Viewing the position of this important branch of our local and national industry in all its bearings—while the great alternative of peace or war continues to trem• ble in tke balance—the prospects of the ensuing year are of a very cheering description. The gaming•houees of Aix•les-Baines, in Sa. vey (says the Union), have ju s t be en suppressed . It i s i n conse quence of an order of the day motive of the council gene ral of the provincial division that the Ministry has put an end to this source of immorality, and this cause of ruin to so many families. THE NEW CREDIT BANE AT VIENNA.—A letter from Vienna states that the directors of the new Credit Bank have at length come to a resolution as to the man• ner in which the shares subscribed, which greatly exceed the number to be awarded, shall be divided ; and that it is to the effect that persons who have subscribed for fewer than 25 shares shall receive half a share, that those who have subscribed for 25 to 50 shall receive a whole one, that those who have subscribed for 50 to 100 shall have two, and so on. TREDEGAR CATTLII Snow.—The annual agricultural gathering at Tredegar, Monmouthshire, under the foster ing care of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., was this year even more attractive than ever. The number of silver cups and pieces of plate awarded at this show was no less than 55, of which number 11 were given by Sir Charles Morgan, and the rest by the local M.P.'s and private gentlemen. Money prizes were also awarded. ITHE IitriGELET MURIEL—The following insurance/ were effected on the life of the late Walter Palmer, of Rugeley : Athenaeum, 10,2001. ; British Equitable, 5001. ; Brunswick, 5001. ; Caxton, 5001. ; Era, 2,500/. ; Falcon, 5001. ; Magnet, 2,5001. ; Prince of Wales, 5,0001. ; Saxon, 2501. ; Security, 5001. ; and office not named, 5001. ; total, 23,4501. The deceased was bro ther to Wni. Palmer, accused of the murder of Cooke. A copy of this list was furnished so early as September last to the different insurance offices of London. Propo sals were, it is said, also made to the Gresham and other offices, which, however, were not accepted. The medical examiners employed by the insurance offices could find no trace of organic disease in the deceased Walter Pal mer, but some of them observed a stupor for which there was no means of accounting by any statements ' which they could procure. a 1 THE (,HARGE OF MURDER AGAINST AN INIVKEEPAR. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Dec. 22.—We stated on Wed nesday that Mr. Joseph Henry Beardmore, landlord of the Railway Hotel in Neville-street, in this town, was in the custody of the police, charged with the wilful murder of his wife by throwing her out of the window, and subsequently, upon some exculpatory evidence core ing to the knowledge of the magistrates, that he had been enlarged upon giving 2,0001. bail. We stated that, in consequence of the various versions of the tragical oc currence which were afloat, we purposely abstained from entering into details until an investigation should be made and witnesses were examined. The adjourned inquest was held by Mr. Stoker, the borough coroner, yesterday afternoon. Mr. B. BlackwaP, barrister, attended on be half of Mr. Beardmore, and cross-examined the wit neeses. Robt. Elliott, a police-constable at the Westgate sta tion, said—About 4 o'clock on Saturday morning last I was on duty in Neville -street, and heard a noise as of a female voice shouting, and apparently in great distress in the passage way of the Railway Hotel. I also heard a man's voice shouting " Let the -- lie." I supposed the voice to be Beardmore's. He shouted these words once or twice. I knocked at the passage door, and in a few minutes the door was opened by Joseph H. Beards. more, the landlord of the public-house, with the key. I went forward into the passage and saw the deceased, Mrs. Besrdsmore, lying on her back, about 10 or 12 yards from the door. I shined my light, and saw that her head was cut in several places. I asked her what had done that, and she said Beardsmore had pushed her out of the window. Beardsmore was standing by at the time and heard the reply she made. He seemed in a very excited state, and when deceased said this he threw out his arms and said he was a ruined and persecuted man. He then ran to the door and into the street, and shouted, "Policeman, come in and take me, take me." During this time I was raising deceased from the floor. A person came off the street when I went into the pas sage, and accompanied me to where the deceased lay, and there was a man, who I thought was a sailor, in the passage, and only a few yards from the deceased at the time. The sailor appeared to be tipsy. The sailor and the other man assisted to lift the deceased from the ground. Beardsmore also came up. While we were taking deceased into the house she repeatedly charged her husband in his presence with having thrown her out of the window. He replied that he bad caught Barron and her ow the stairs together. The sailor left her when we had got inside the door, and said he would appear against Beardmore. The husband and I and the other man carried deceased upstairs to her bed-room. As we were going up the stairs we met the man called Barron, who is a cabinet-maker in Clayton-street, coming down. I requested him to go for a doctor, and he did so. She said she would not have any but her own doctor —Mr. Clark. Beardsmere seemed to be in quite an excited state, and he wished to have her laid upon the floor, but we placed her upon the bed. She re fused to allow her husband to touch bee, and called to me and said she would tell me how it happened. She said they had had some difference about three pennyworth of copper, and that he had struck her two or three times over the bead and face, and that she had shut herself in two or three of the rooms, whither he had followed her, and burst the doors open. She said she had put up a window in the long room, and shouted for the police, and that he had pushed her out of the win dow. Before she told me this she said she should not get better and that she was dying, and wished to have her relations telegraphed for. Mr. Clark, the surgeon, then came and at his request we all retired from the room. The deceased appeared to be quite sober and talked quite rationally. Saw the husband downstairs afterwards, but had no conversation with him. I went into the long room mentioned by the deceased, and I found the window open. A few feet below the window is the roof of the covered glass passage in which I found the de ceased. Saw that the glass of the arcade was broken, as if the deceased had fallen through. She would fall 12 or 15 feet from the window to the ground. I knew the deceased and Lis wire, but cannot say for myself that they had ever quarrelled. By Mr. Jobling--Do not know who went for the doctor. By the Coroner—Thereavas a niece of the deceased in the house, about 17 or 18 years of age, arid I also saw afterwards two or three female servants. By a juror —There was a stick lying near the deceased, but it appeared to belong to the roof of the arcade. She was too weak to walk. The niece said she saw Beards more strike her, but not throw her out of the window. The niece did not say how the affair happened. From what I saw of the arcade it would not bear the weight of a person like the deceased. Mr. George Noble Clark, surgeon, said—l was sent for between 4 and 5 o'clock last Saturday morning to attend Mrs. Beardsmore. Mr. Beardsmore came for me him self, and requested me to go to his house to see Mrs. Beardsmore, who he said bad fallen out of the window. I went immediately, and on arriving I found the deceased on a bed in her usual bedroom upstairs. She had all her clothes on. There were two or more policemen in the room, and Parker came in afterwards. She com plained of pain in her leg and shoulder, and as it was necessary to strip her I desired them all to leave the room. I examined her. I saw there was an injury on her head, but as she complained of her arm and leg I exa mined there first, and found no wound of consequence. I found several scalp wounds on the top of the head. These were jagged bruised wounds, but were not cut across. There were a great many of there. I also noticed a large contusion above the right eye. I picked two or three pieces of glass out of the scalp. vory ex cited state. I should think the excitement was both from drink and passion. There was no other external in jury. I did not consider her in danger. While removing the hair I desired Parker to go up to Mr. Annandale?. She complained of her leg and arm, but I could disco ver no injuries but slight abrasures. She then said she had been thrown out of the window. I can't say she said who did it, but Beardsmore came to the door at the time, and elle shouted to have that villain taken away, as she had him now. Mr. Annandale then came, and I was then probing the wounds, and found the skull bare to a small extent. I remained about an hour. I desired her to be quiet and composed, and, in the course of some remarks, she said she had held on as long as she could, and then fell. I cannot say what brought that conversa tion on. I saw her again at 9 o'clock, and at 12, and ap prehended no danger except from her breathing and cough. Her breathing was very oppressed at that time, but I apprehended danger, as she had bad frequent attacks of bronchitis. I saw her frequently, together with Mr. An nandale, before her death. She died on Sunday evening about 2 o'clock. I did not apprehend danger at 7 o'clock —two hours before her death— that is, immediate danger, but I knew she was in danger from bronchitis, and from the additional cold. I atterwards, in company with Mr. Annandale and Mr. Rayne, made a post mortent, exami• nation. We began at half-past Never' o'clock on Tues day morning. From my examinaton of the body I should say acute bronchitis and congestion of the lungs were the immediate cause of death. I examined the body ' externally, and found several scalp wou n d s on th e h ea d , contusion above the eye, as if from a bl ow , an d t h e s ki n slightly abraded above the wrist. On opening the chest, on the right side theca was atrong adhesion between the lungs and the walls of the chest, the result of previous disease. There was no effusion in either cavity of the chest. The liver, bowels, a n d kidney were healthy. There was no indication of disease in the chest. We then opened the head, and there was no appearance of disease sufficient to cause death, except congestion of ( the vessels. We examined the skull, and there was no fracture. We found the lungs congested. In opening the chest we discovered a fracture of the first rib on the left side. It was scarcely possible to discover it during life. There was no comeponding mark outside, and it had produced no internal injury whatever. There is very little movement of the first rib. The lunge were very much congested, which, with inflammation of the mu cous membrane of the bronchial tubes, caused death. Death was caused by these appearances, and was accele , rated by the cold, stimulation, and the fad. The fad would not produce the symptoms I saw in the lungs and tubes. I had attended her eight years for bronchitis. The death of a person labouring under bronchitis would be accelerated by such a fall as that which the deceased had received. lam decidedly of opinion that the shock which deceased received in falling out of the window accelerated her death. I understand she lay some time in the yard, and the cold would hasten her death. Mary Williams deposed—l am 16 years of age, and am Mr. Beardemore's niece. I have lived with him a month, at the Railway Arcade Hotel. I went to bed on Saturday morning about 2 o'clock, but got up immedi ately, as I heard a quarrel downstairs. It was not Mr. and Mrs. Beardsmore who were fighting. I did not go downstairs, but remained standing on the stairs for about half an hour, and then returned to my bedroom. About 4 o'clock the deceased called me into her bed room and said it was t i me to open out the bar, and said I was to go downstairs and try to get my uncle to go to bed. I wen t d own to t h e newsroom door and asked him to go to bed. He was tipsy. He had been drinking all night, and was in an excited state. When I asked him to go to bed he said he was going to let the men out. He went downstairs to let some per sons out, and I returned to the deceased's room. My uncle followed me shortly afterwards, and he asked me what I wanted with my bonnet on. I said my aunt had told me to open the bar with her, and he said I should not, but was. to go to bed. At that moment neither made use of bad language. She again said I should, and on that he gave my aunt a slight push. He took hold of her aria and pushed her away, and said I should not go. She then went to the window, broke a square of glass, and called "Police "and "Murder." He caught hold of her by the arm and gave her a sudden jerk, and she fell down on the floor. She fell on her knees. He did not use any threatening language to her. I don't recollect either of them saying anything. She was very nearly tipsy and was in an excited state. As she was getting up he struck her a violent blow on the mouth with his fist. I don't recollect what ho Paid. She fell back on me when he struck her. The door came open and she ran out. I don't remember that she cried out as she was running. The door had been opened by some one from the outside before be struck her on the mouth, and when she was on her knees, and it was pushed close by the deceased and her husband wrestling together. After he had struck the deceased the dooragain opened, and Mary A n n Parker, a niece o f M rs. Beards more, camein. At the same time the deceased lan out. Beardsmore rushed after her, and Mary Ann Parker caught hold of his collar, and said, "Don't uncle ; stop h ere ," I don't recollect that Le said why he was rush ing after her. He forced himself from her, and said, "Loose me." He forced himself away from her. I fol lowed him out of the room, and on the top of the s t a i rs . He was downstairs then, but returned in a few minutes. Mary Ann Parker remained on the top of the stairs with me. When he returned he was very musts ex ciee,i, and said " where is she ?" He had nothing in his bands, He was in a pazision; he pushed me away from him. He also pushed Mary Ann Parker. I fell down four stairs in consequence of the push he gave me. He then went along the passage to No. G bed-room. He did not say why he was following Mrs. Beardstuore about. When I spoke to him he wily said, " Don't talk to me," or "Get away." He then seem©d in a great rage. I did not hear any doors broken open while he was downstairs. The door of No. 6 bed-room was unlocked. Ile jest went in there and then came out. He then went into No. 7. This room door was locked, and he burst it omen by main force. He ran up against it. He was not shouting at that time. As he came out of that room we heart a loud crash proceeding from downstairs. I said, " Oh, dear!" and he then rushed past me downstairs. I did not follow him. Mary Ann Parker was with mean this time. A servant called Jentima Dixon was also on the stairs. She came upstairs just before he broke the door open. She had been in bed. She remained with me until my uncle went downstairs, after we heard the crash. I re mained upstairs till I heard from Mr. Lambet, butcher, that my aunt bad falle❑ out of the window ; that was a few minutes after I heard the crash. I followed him downstairs into the passage leading from Neville-street to Westgate•street, and found my aunt lying there, having apparently fallen through the glass roof. My uncle was there, and also a policeman. Since_ I have have been here my aunt has had a violent cough and cold, except that she has been going about and in her usual health. My uncle and aunt had a quarrel about a month ago. I never saw him strike her. On that morn ing both had bad drink. They were on good terms when I went to bed at 2 o'clock. My uncle was in the news-room, and my aunt in the bar. I don't know which room my aunt went to when she ran away. The window of No. 7 bedroom is above, but not directly above, the window out of which I suppose my aunt had fallen. Two other surgeons were examined, who gave similar testimony as to the cause of death. .... Mary Ann Parker, a niece of Mrs.Beardsmore, under went a long examination. Her evidence was to the same effect. Mary Ann Vary, the cook, gave similar evidence with regard to what she heard and saw before and after her mistress fell through the window. She said that her mis tress was full 20 minutes lying in the passage before they went to her assistance. They were frightened to go down. Robert Spence, a policeman, said that upon coming down stairs after seeing deceased on Saturday morning he spoke to Beardmore. Witness said it was a pity that a job like that had happened. Beardsmore replied, "Not at all ; it would have been a good thing if the - had knocked her neck out." No more evidence being forthcoming, The Coroner said that he would again adjourn to give the police an opportunity of bringing the sailors, who had gone to Scotland. ft would be very unsatisfactory to conclude the inquest then. He could not say that the in mates of the house were not speaking the truth; it might be that the account they had given was a correct one substantially, but still there were some parts that were unsatisfactory to him, and it would be desirable to procure the attendance of the sailors. LIBERTY OF WORSHIP IN ENGLAND. At the Dover Quarter Sessions, held on Thursday, great interest, says the Dover Chronicle, was manifested by a densely crowded court, in a case wherein James Brett, grocer, was charged with unlawfully disturbing a certain meeting and congregation of Protestant Dissen ters assembled for religious worship, at Dover, on the 21st November. The learned Recorder (W. H. Bodkin, Esq.), in hie charge to the grand jury, had alluded to the case as follows :—He perceived by the depositions that a ohargo was likely to be brought before them of an unusual and extraordinary character, and one which must be confessed on all hands to embrace a very painfnl sub ject. It appeared that an accusation had been made before the magistrates there against an individual for disturbing persons assembled for the purpose of reli gious worship in that town, and that the party accused did go to a place of worship there, and did, if the statements in the depositions were true, disturb and interrupt the proceedings, there was h ar dl y any question or denial. On this subject, he (the Recorder) would observe that men's feelings and opinions were likely to be very strong ; but he begged the gentlemen of the jury to lay these aside, whatever they might he. All might, as individuals, entertain feelings approaching to detestation of particular doctrines which prevailed in the world, and extreme pity for the credulity of those actuated by them ; but, sitting in a court of law, they must not be led by feelings of that sort, and if the jury saw there had been in that ease a meeting such as the Act of Parliament under which the charge was brought was intended to protect, they would do well, inde• pendently of all private feeling, to put the matter in train for further investigation. Very strong opinions were entertained upon those matters, but it could not be permitted for any individual to set up his opinion on religious subjects in opposition to other opinions upon the same subjects held by different individuals, and carry out his views by interrupting the proceedings of others, so long as those proceedings were peaceably conducted, and not in contravention of the law of the land. It was necessary, however, for per sons, in order to claim the benefit of the Act of Parlia ment, to go through a certain form in certifying at Quar ter Sessions, with a view to the registration of the place of worship on the part of the archbishop of the diocese. lividence of this having been done would perhaps be brought before the jury by the persons making the com plaints in this instance. There were also other restric tions, among which was that a body so registering them .elv.. .h.,,1d ',ever meet with closed doors, but that their proceedings should always be open to inspection, so that± if ever the character of the meetings were blas phemous and of an improper kind, the police autho rities might have an opportunity of hearing what was going on, and bringing those engaged in the proceed. ings to an account, if they were found acting contrary to law. On the other hand, there was a clause for preventing the interruption of such proceedings ; and the act was undoubtedly applicable to all persons who might be designated Protestant Dissenters. He could give them no other definition of Protestant Dissenters than this—that Protestants were persons who protested against the errors, as they were considered, of the Church of Rome, and that Dissenters were those disagreeing in the doctrines of the Church of England. He should strongly recommend that a court of law should not be made an arena for entering into theological questions ; and if the parties themselves professed to be what they had in the depositions already stated themselves- Pro testant D;ssenters—and provided they themselves had complied with the clause of the act as to the registration of their place of worship, and conducted their services with open doors, the case would be made out to such an extent that they would probably find it right to return a true bill. There was another point, however, which should not escape their attention—vii,, that it was necessary the parties making the complaint should be engaged in the act of religious worship at the time of disturbance; and it was suggested by the defendant, as he observed by the depositions, that this was not the fact. It appeared that some religious controversies had been going on in this town, and that observations had been addressed to the public by those differing in opinion with the persons assembling in the place of meeting in question, and in which their doctrine and proceedings were placed in dispute. This led to a challenge for public discussion being thrown out by the prosecuting parties ; and the defendant, it appeared, by his own account, was one of th..se who accepted the challenge to attend the place of meeting for the purpose of discussing the ques tions raised by the opposition referred to. If this were ,o, and the persons had met on this occasion fur the purpose of disputation upon their peculiar tenets, they could not, in compliance with the terms of this act, be considered as engaged in religious worship at the time. On the defendant presenting himself, and the learned Recorder expressing the readiness of the court to proceed with the case, it appeared that no barrister had been in structed to conduct the case on behalf of the prosecuting parties. Elder J. M. Browne appeared as the prosecutor, but he seetned to be totally uuprovided with legal assistance. In answer to the Recorder he said he had no idea that he should have found legal assistance requisite, or be would have provided it. He expressed his willingness, however, to employ any of the gentlemen of the bar pre sent who would undertake the case. The Recorder—lt is too late now. You must endea vour to prove the charge as well as you can ; and, in order to do so, you had bettor begin by showing that your place of meeting is properly registered. Elder Browne--A certificate has been put in at the Magietratee' Court, where it has been detained. The paper now produced is the same. The Recorder intimated that it would be necessary to prove the handwriting of the pet son who had signed it. Elder Browne replied that he was unable to prove it ; nor was there any one in attendance, so far as he was aware, who could do so. The Recorder—We are stopped at the first stage of the inquiry —(a laugh)—therefore, gentlemen of the jury, there is an end of the case. (Loud laughter.) The learned Recorder having rebuked the merriment evinced in the court, continued—lt is very much to be regretted that a case requiring the attention of a court of justice should, at the first step, fail on a point of law. However, the prosecutor does not prove th a t t h e place in which the assembly in question took place is regis tered, and without it the case could not be proceeded with. It will be your duty, therefore, gen tl emen, to say that the defendant ip not guilty. The jury accordingly returned a verdict to this effect, and the defendant was dismissed. The learned Recorder observed to the defendant, how ever, that although the prosecution had failed upon this technicality, the conduct of which he was accused was not a course of pro cee d ing that could be tolerated iie a civilised community, whatever might be the errors or de lusions under whi c k a portion of the people might, be labouring. Others might pity them while they differed from th em , b ut they were not on that account to sit in judgment in the vsay be (the defendant) had thought fit to do—going to a place were parties were conducting themselves peaceably, and interrupting, by violent and abusive language, what was going on. Those persons were hound by the law to have their place of meeting publicly open, and if they violated the law by their acts or speech the law would take cognisance of it ; but it could not be permitted for individuals who differed in opinion to take a course involving violence and inter ruption of those proceedings, and to those who seemed prone to take this course ho would say that it was their duty to oppose the errors of others with reason and argu ment, and to endeavour by the spread of education among the peopl e t o arm th em aga i nst t h e insidiousin fluence of doctrines of.this description. MONSTER PROJECTILE.—An immense gun i s in cone: e of construction at the Mersey Steel and Ironworks, Liverpool ; when finished, im expected to weigh . 24 tons, will be 15 f e et l ong , 13. in ch b ore, an d will project gi ball of upward of :3001b. a distance of five mil", A TAOANT BISHOPRIC. The mitre placed at the disposal of the Court of Rome by the death of Dr. Haly, titular of Leighlin and Ferns, has not yet found a wearer. Three names, according to the ordinary practice, were long since submitted to the Holy See, but up to the present day no burl has reached Ireland confirming the appointment of the Yery Rev. Dr. Walsh, president of Carlow College, who was by the choice of the parish priests declared digninimus. Th• bull is nor• than a fortnight overdue, and some persons attribute the delay to a disinclination on the part of the Sovereign Pontiff to ratify the election of Dr. Walsh. GENERAL ORDERS OP THE CRIMEAN ARMY. Headquarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 11, 1855. No. 1. All requisitions for transport made to the Director-General shoild be sent to the office of the As sistant Director-General of Transport, before 2 p.m., the day previous, replies to these requisitions being then obtained by those who make them. The commis sariat is authorised to issue 4 cwt. of coals to every officer in command of a brigade of the Land Transport Corps having a forge. No. 2. Brevet-Major Brice, 17th Regiment, is ap pointed instructor of musketry to the Ist Brigade 2d Division, vice Capt. Kai's, 3d Regiment, prevented by illness from fulfilling the duties. No. 3. The following officers have been appointed to act as field officers. and may draw field allowance and forage accordingly, from Nov. 18, 1855 :—Brevet-Majors Villiers, 47th Regiment; Hunter, 47th Regiment; Sar gent, 95th Regiment; Hon. E. Massey, 95th Regiment; Le Couteur, Coldstream Guards ; Praston, 44th Re&i ment ; Hon. H. Keane, Royal Engineers; E wart, do. ; Gordon, do. ; Montagu, do. ; Deshon, 48th Regiment ; Cooke, Royal Engineers ; Nicholson, do. ; Ranken, do. ; Maynard, Mb Regiment ; Stevens, do. ; Fraser, Scots Fusilier Guards. No. 4. Leave of absence is granted, at the recom• inendation of medical boarils, to Capt. W. Barnard, A.D.C. Grenadier Guards ; Lieut. F. Griffin, Royal Artillery, to proceed to Malts. On urgent private affairs, to Commissariat Clerk R. Farssett, to Dec. 25, 1855, to proceed to Constantinople ; Lieut. N. Harris, Royal Artillery, to Feb. 29, 1856. No. 5. The following officers being in command of companies may draw field allowance and forage as cap tains :—Lieut. E. S. Smyth, 28th Regiment, from Dec. 6, 1855 ; W. Steward, 28th Regiment, do. ; F. Magenis, 28th Regiment, from 6th Dec., 1855 ; Swettenbatn, 31st Regiment, do. ; J. Moore, 34th Regiment, from sth Dec., 1855 ; Austin, 30th Regiment, from 7th Dec., 1855. No. 6. The following officers having left horses at tho public service, forage may be drawn for them until 31st Dec., 1855 ;—Bre►et-Majors Aplin, 28th Regiment, for three horses ; Roberts, 28th Regiment, for two horses ; Capt. Prevost, 31st Regiment, for one horse; Lieutenant Waldy, 28th Regiment, for one horse.—By order, (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 12. No. 1. The regimental promotions and appointments published by authority in the London, Gazette of the 23d November, 1855, will take effect in this army from their respective dates. No. 2. The Rev. H. 0. Wrench, officiating chaplain to the Forces, will proceed to Ismaid and do duty with the Hussar Brigade, under the command of Brigadier- General Shewell. No. 3. The Rev. Mr. Williams, military chaplain, will be attached to the Land Transport Corps. No. 4. Until further orders, the Post•office at head quarters will be closed at 3 o'clock a.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays ; and that at Balaklava, at 8 o'clock p.m. on Mondays and No. 5. Acting Assistant• Surgeon A. E. Marsden is, at his own request, permitted to resign his appointment. No. 6. Capt. P. Campbell, having been appointed to the Reyal Horse Artillery, will proceed to Woolwich. No. 7.—Leave of absence is granted on medical cer tificate to Lieutenant Griffiths, 23d Regiment, to Jan. 15, 1856, to proceed to Scutari ; on urgent private af fairs, to Captain C. Shuttleworth, 88th Regiment, to Jan. 81, 1856, to proceed to Smyrna; Assistant-Surgeon R. Meadows, 9th Regiment, to Dec. 31, 1855, to pro• teed to Constantinople ; Surgeon R. Anderson, 90th Regiment, to March 15, 1856. No. 8. Sergeant Robert Hughes, 62d Regiment, is appointed Deputy Provost Marekal, with pay at 4s. 9d. a day, ♦ice O'Leary, discharged, from this (late.—By order, (Signed) C. A. WINDIIAM, Chief of the Staff. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 13. N.. 1. The following officers have joined the staff of this army :—The Re 7. H. 0. Wrench, officiating chap .l:4lu, from Dec, 5, 1355. Medical Staff—Deputy In• 'spector-General of Hospitals T. D. Hume, M.D.,f rout Dec. 8, 1855 ; Second class Staff-Surgeon H. Finish, M.D., from Dec. 8, 1855; Civil-Surgeon Vaughan Hughes, M.D., from Dec. 8, 1855. No. 2. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to grant leave of absence to Major Wolfe, 39th Regiment, to Jan. 31, 1854 ; Brevet-Major Green, 30th Regiment, to Jan. 1, 1856 ; Assistant-Surgeon Popplewell, 13th Regiment, to Deo. 24, 1856; Assistant- Surgeon Cusack, from the 47th Regiment, until his name appears in the Gazelle. No. 3. The services of the following Civil Assistant- Surgeons, belonging to the Smyrna Hospital, being no longer required in the Crimea, they will proceed to Smyrna Assistant-Surgeons J. W. Hulke, W. Eddowes, H. Ranke, and J. H. Lakin. No. 4. Major Shaw, Royal Artillery, having com manded the siege train at the left attack from Sept. 24 to Oct. Id, may draw staff pay and field allowances ac cordingly. No. 5. Capt. H. W. Campbell, 79th Regiment, will act as a field officer, and may draw field allowances and forage accordingly, while second in command of his regi ment, from this date. NO. 6. In future a rate of postage of 2d. per quarter ounce will be charged upon all letters sent by officers, non commissioned, and private soldiers, between any of the British hospitals at or near Smyrna or the Darda. males, and any ports or places in Turkey or the Mack Sea. No. 7. The woollen clothing provided by government for the non-commissioned officers and men is to be worn ; it is essential for their health, is given for the purpose ; and officers commanding regiments will be good enough, by inquiry and frequent inspection, to see that this ex cellent and liberal precaution for health is not neglected. Nu. 8. Leave of absence is granted on urgent private affairs to Lieutenants R. Carr and R. Currie, 39th Regi ment, and Lieut. J. Blackie, 18th Regiment, to Feb. 29, 1856 ; and in extension to Purveyor's Clerk Black more, to Dec. 25, 1855, to remain at Scutari. No. 9. Thefollowing officers being in command of com panies niay draw field allowances and forage as captains : —Lieut. Wardlaw, 31th Regiment, from Sept. 18 ; Lieut. Pocklington, 38th Regiment, from Oct. 20. No. 10. The following officer having left horses at the public service forage may be drawn for them until Dec. 31 :—Surgeou W. Weld, 47th Regiment, for two horses. —By order. (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER. - - The st r ik e o f sp i nners and piecers at Manchester con tinues, but at one of the mills six operatives resumed work oa Thursday, and three more on Friday. This was at the mill of Mr. J. Clarke, in Helenn-street, and the consequence was that great excitement prevailed on Friday among the turnouts, and on Friday at noon one of the "knobstocks" was followed from the mill to his house, and assailed with threats and abuse. In return. ing from his dinner stones were thrown at him. On Saturday, Thomas Limerick, a spinner, was brought before the magistrates charged with having taken a lead ing part in this intimidation and violence. A spinner named William Gutteridge stated that he was working at Mr. Clarke's will, and left it at one o'clock to go home to dinner. He was followed by the prisoner Li meric k and others, who asked him if be meant to leave his wor k and join the strike He said he did not, and they th en attacked him, and chased him to the door of his kou. e in Branson-street. The prisoner remained under his t front q u r window, quarter before attacked on returning to work, and stones were thrown at hint. He bad known the prisoner two years, and could not be mistaken in his identity. The prisoner threatened him with veneeaace, if it were seven years before it could be taken. Gutteridge's wife corroborated his statement, and spoke to Limerick's identity, and said Limerick told her if her husband came out of his house to return to work they would kill him. For the defence three wit nesses were called to prove an alibi. Mr. Maude, the magistrate, after hearing the evidence, said the defence bad proved too much ; they had proved that the pri soner was in two places at once. The bench had no doubt of the facts, and could not permit gross intimida tion and violence like this. The operatives had a right to turn out and get higher wages if they could, but tbey must give to others the same liberty they asserted for themselves. The prisoner was sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment, with hard labour. It is said that the funds collected for the turnouts last wtok afforded a dividend only of a shilling each per son. TAE WRATH RIN Till BALTIC. —Lubeck, Dec. 25. 1 thaw set in on the 24th Dec., which still continues, mad the snow and ice are disappearing feat. Kiel, Dec. 25.--A complete thaw has met in ainco the 24th Dec , ui De i c c . e, 2 a 6 n . Large masses fro ll sa ara th b e ur ti g ; havean d still broken continues. a way ; drifted down the river ; there is consequently a large accumulation of drift ice in the fairway of Brunshausen.—Cuxhaven, Dec_ 2G.—A southerly wind and continued thaw main tain. the fairway in this roadstead clear of ice, but it has increased considerably on the north side of the Elbe, Naval and Military Intelligence. The steam-transport Great Britain, Capt. Gray, ar rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She left Constantinople at 7 p.m., on the 11th inst., and on the 12th brought to in the Dardanelles, a strong gale blowing from W.N.W. ; she left on the 13th at 8 p.m., and on the 14th passed a large steamer standing to the eastward ; on the 16th, at 7 p.m., she anchored in Va letta harbour, and at midnight on the 13th left Malta ; on the 20th she passed the screw steam-transport Golden Fleece, from Malta, in lat. 37 45, long. 8 45, and the Niagara steam-ship in the same latitude ; on the 23d she signalled the ship Annie, in lat. 37 7, long. 51 E. ; on the 25th, at 5 a.m., passed Gibraltar ; on the 29th, at 9 a.m., signalled the st eam-transport No. 92 (Thames). The Great Britain has brought home Major Campbell, 30th Regiment ; Lieut. Massey; 30th Regiment, in com mand of invalids ; Lieut. Rycroft, 31st Regiment ; Lieut. Bellamy, 55th : Lieut. Wyse, 34th ; Brigadier- General Gunthorpe ; Captain Hawkes and Assistant- Surgeon Calman, of the Turkish Contingent ; Staff- Surgeon Summers and Mr. Wilkinson, hospital dresser, in charge of invalids ; Surgeon Stewart, 92d ; As sistant-Surgeon Bradshaw, 50th ; Deputy-Assistant- Commissary M‘Gillivray, of the Field Train Depart ment ; 140 military and 14 naval invalids from various regiments and ships, 3 women, and 4 children. The steam-transport Calcutta, No. 195, Capt. Black more, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She em barked at Heligoland on the 25th instant, Lieutenant- Colonel the Ron. J. Jocelyn ; Lieutenants Berg, Tolet, and Rust ; Assistant-Surgeon Schuter, of the 2d (Rifles) battalion of the British German Legion, 32 cavalry re cruits of ditto, 425 Rifle ditto, and Sapper and Miner ditto ; also Assistant-Commissary Genera Major Capt. Weld vers, of the sth Regiment British German Legion; and Mr. Howard, of the Engineers ; all of whom she disembarked at Folkestone on Saturday last, and thence proceeded to Spithead for further orders. Three more floating batteries are ordered to be built I.nmediately by contract, two in Scotland and one on the Thames. They are to be similar to the 'Etna, now being built at Chatham, where the Chesapeake, new screw 50-gun frigate, will be ready in all respects for sea in the early part of February. . . The Severn and Poictiers tratieports left Portsmouth on Saturday—the former for Southampton and the latter for Deptford. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser, Com mander Dew, was taken into dock at Portsmouth yard on Saturday to refit. The Dee steam-transport left Portsmouth on Saturday for the eastward, conveying supernumeraries. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Fire Queen, Mr. W. F. Paul, Master Commanding, having been re fitted, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday to try her engines, &o. An order has been received from the War Depart ment by the Commandant of Chatham garrison that an hour is to be appointed on Sunday for the Presbyterians in the different corps to have service in military garrison chapel, which order was carried into effect for the first time yesterday. The following officers returned yesterday from leave to resume the command of their depots at Chatham : Captains J. M. Lyle, 29th ; 0. N. Chatterton, 35th ; W. D. Philips, 27th; S. B. Gordon, 45th Regiments. ;.. t , Orders have been given to the several recruiting dis tricts of the United Kingdom to enlist 40 men for the St. Helena regiments, to complete the establishment of that corps, who are to be sent to Chatham for instruc tion previous to their being forwarded to the head-quar ters in the island of St. Helena. One hundred and fifty of the Royal Sappers and Miners mere medically inspected yesterday. To-day cr to-mor row their kits will be also examined, previous to their leaving Brompton on Wednesday for the Crimea. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander the Hon. F. A. Fuley, to the Brunswick ; Lieutenant J. S. Rundle, to the Con queror ' • Lieutenant Edward White, t o th e J as . W a tt ; Daniel Pender, second master, to the James Watt ; E. B. Pusey and G. J. Parcel!, midshipmen, to the Bruns wick ; J. W. D'Arcy, Naval Cadet, to the Brunswick. MILITIA. The Dublin Mail gives the follnwing statement, by way of explaining the causes of official mismanagement no ticed in that journal a few days since :—" With refer ence to a statement which has appeared in this journal, referring to alleged neglect en the part of the authori ties in not providing bedding, &c., for the Clare Militia daring their stay at Beggar's-bush barrack, we deem it but justice to state that we have perused a correspon dence, in which it appears that straw was offered to the commanding officer of the Clare Militia for the bedding of the men, bnt the offer was declined, the soldiers pre ferring to sleep in their great coats to paying for the straw, which they could only use for one night. The deteation of the Clare Militia in Dublin on Saturday and Sunday was entirely owing to the non-arrival of the Nia gara, which was expected to reach Dublin on Saturday morning at daylight, but, owing to the stress of wea ther, did not arrive until after nightfall." Friday was a busy day with the military authorities in Dublin, the Niagara steam-transport having come in with one regiment of militia that morning, aLd sailed with another before night. The first regiment was the 59th Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottingham Militia, numbering nearly 800 men, with the following officers : —Lieut.-Col. W. L. Mellish ; Captains Lowe, Gordon, Davis, Miller, Fowkes, Coope, and Hensley; Lieutenants O'Loghlin, Davies, Durant, Hannon, Walsh, and Sur plice ; Ensigns Millerand Taylor ; Captain and Adjutant Holden ; Paymaster Wrixon ; and Assistant-Surgeon Nettlefold. Almost immediately upon its arrival this regiment proceeded to Galway, where it is to be quar tered for the present. The Irish regiment taken away l.y the Niagara on her return trip was the 107th, Kerry Militia, which arrived at an early hour the same morn ing from Naas, under the command of the Hon. D. B. De Moleyns, Lieutenant-Colonel. The wives and fa milies of three officers took passage in the Niagara. The officers complained greatly of having to bring over their full quantity of luggage, for which they feared there would not be room in the huts at A ldershott. The 59th Nottingham Regiment of Militia, after their arrival, marched, headed by their band, to the Midland Great Westein Railway, Broadstone, previous to :?•par tare for Athlone. TRIAL OF THE SCREW eTzitm.sarr PERA. SOUTHAIPTONT, Dec. 29.—This fine screw steam-ship, which was built for the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany by Messrs. Mare, of Blackwell, made an official trial of her speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay this morning. The Pera is now the largest vessel be longing to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, their leviathan steamer Himalaya having been purchased by Government for the transport service. Although of con siderably less tonnage, the Pera, for accommodation and space, is almost in every respect equal to the Himalaya, and her fine lines, when compared with her breadth of beam, have caused her, for power in comparison with tonnage, to be under steam one of the fastest screw ves sels afloat. The dimensions are—length for tonnage, 3031 t. iin. ; ditto over all, 8341 t. ; breadth, 42ft. Sin. ; depth of hold, 271 t. 2in. ; height between decks in the clear, 7ft. ; full tonnage, 2,630. The engines, by Rennie and Co., are of 450-horse power, and are con structed upon the vertical trunk principle, with Lamb and Summers' patent flue boilers. The shaft has a mul tiplying wheel of two to one. The engines during the trial averaged 33 revolutions, or 66 entire turns of the screw per minute. The wind was blowing strong from S.S. %V, and after the topgallant yards had been lowered the following runs were made : First run ...4 minutes 32 seconds, equal to 13'235 knots. Second run... 5 „ 6 „ 11 11165 Third run ...4 „41 „ „ 12.511 ~ Fourthrun...4 „ 50 „ „ 12 , 414 „ Showing the mean speed of the trial to be 12i knots, or equal to 14i geographical miles per hour. The result proved highly satisfactory to every one present, the impression being that an average of not more than 12 knots would be obtained. There were on board Messrs. Anderson and Allen, managing directors ; Admiral Thornton ; Messrs. De Salis and Hadow, directors ; Captain Engledue, superintendent of the company at Southampton ; Mr. Lamb, superintendent engineers ; Messrs. Hughes and Luke, Government surveyors; Messrs. Rennie, Summers, kc. In consequence of a domestic calamity in the family of Capt. Soy, the appointed com mander, the charge of the vessel was intrusted to Capt. Weeks, of the steam-ship Tagus. The internal fittings of the Pera combine every improvement which modern science has produced. Among the most recent may be mentioned the saloon dining tables, which, although ap parently solid single tables, may by an ingenione con trivance be divided, so that a double row may be momen tarily provided, thereby giving accommodation for a double number of persons. By this means an invention of Mr. Taylor, of the Borough, 140 can comfortably dine. Upon deck are two powerful steam winches, which are used in the shipment and. discharge of cargo, kc., and by which an immense amount of manual labour is saved. Upon the captain's bridge is placed a " helm,. man's telegraph," entirely obviating the necessity of communicating rim rose, and which in working ships of great length is found to be au invaluable facility. The Pera is also fitted with Cunningham's patent reefing topsails. Previously to her leaving London this vessel was pronounced to be the most perfect steam-ship which had ever left the Thames, and con fers great credit upon Mr. Robinson, under tehose super intendence she has been fitted, and to whom has been intrusted the fitting of all recent vessels belonging to the company. As the power of the Pera isemall when com pared with the tonnage, the result of the first voyage is looked forward to with interest, and should it prove favourable, of which most sanguine hopes are entertained the new principle of lees power and fine lines will be satis factorily elucidated. It is the intention of the company to despatch this vessel with the heavy portion of the In dia, China, and Mediterranean mails on the 4th proximo. RrssrAN NETS.—" Letters from the Crimea," says the Salut Public of Lyons, "have often spok en o f the nets which the Russian soldiers used in their sorties, in order to take some of their opponents prisoners. A Zonave, lately liberated from service, who has resumed his foriner occupation of a silk weaver, wishing a day or two back to give his comrades in the workshop an example of the mode of employing these articles, one of which he had brought back from Sebastopol, threw the net suddenly over another w,.rkman who had his back turned. The latter, being thus suddenly drawn from his balance, fell heavily on the floor and broke his leg. The consterea. tion of the others can scarcely be imagined, and, above all, of the trier of military experiments. A collection was immediately made for the injured man, and, as the fracture is a simple one, no further ill effects than a pe• riod of forced inaction are apprehended." Country Markets. HADDINGTON COR MARKET-DBG. 28. YEZAT. I BARLEY I OATS. ! SSW. First 92s Od 44s Gd 33s gd 1 sod Oj Second 4 - 61 7TB Od i 4U B 6d } 298 7d 1 ' , 1 Third G7s Od 1 34s Od I 26s 6LI 111 4 " Total quantity of wheat in market, 464 qrs., 441 101 l ~ barley „ 750 qrs., 74 0 4 ' l l oats ~ 483 qrs., 457 sold PP Pt ~ beans 77 qrs., a aoi, AVERAGES PER IMPZRIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 17 0 7-12th s I B ar l ey, ... 21 . 0 6 7-12t111 Oats, ... 11. 9 7 7-I:2,ths 1 Beaus, .....21. 3 6 1.12t131 PP PP DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—DEO. 27. Qrs. Best. Current. Infaior. 430 Wheat 80s Od 1788 Oats 338 Od oos Od 933 Barley 43s Od oos Od 59 Pea s & b eans 51 8 Od OOB Oct ABERDEEN—Dzc. Potato oats ,27s Od to 28s Od .' Common oats 2 ss O d t o 26 a Od 1401bs per bush Bore 37 s 04 t o 37 s 6d t .. 3 8 a lb Barley 37 s Od t o 37 s I'd f Wheat, rod (spring)64s Od to 68s Od 1 621bs ~ „ white 7os Od to 77 8 04 Oatmeal 21s 64 to 22 8 64 per b o ll. Flour —s Od to 62s 0d per sack. PROVISION MARICHT. ila Beef, per lb 6,1 to 9d I Butter, p lb. O s 104 t o S - A Mutton, per lb 6d to 84 Eggs, p doz. i s Od to lo T' Veal, per lb 6d to 94 Hens, p pair 3s '64 to 48 Pork, per 5t...5s 64 to 5s 9d Chickens,do. 2s Od to `2x. c o Salmon, per lb Os to es Ducks, do., 2s 64 to 3 , a Grouse, per brace Os to Os Du c kli ng s,dooi i Od t o o°'"i Tallow, p stone, 686 I dto6s Od Turkeys, eachs a (4 to 6 4 " c ia Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 74 G eese , d o ., 4, s 04 to 54 co Butter for exportation (present cure) per cv t.Bok Chi to c, i Eggs, wholesale price, per doz e s .. Pd to lv RETAIL PRICES. Flour —s Od to 3s 4d Barley flour, 14113.03 to 25,, 1 41 Oatmeal,l4lb Os Od to 2s 4d „ d us t, O s toOs 11 Beremeal .... Os Od to 2s 2d „ per 11, 2d to 2 14 Peasemeal... Os Oil to 2s 10d Sids, 4-lb. 10af...10d. 2-lb. 10af...5d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 3s t o 3s. 6d. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Pos • t• 00 1" by the night—and M by the morning—despatch .) Day whvn made uP Franz what W u °„ fi COUNTRIES in General Post- Pori due ..•, Office, London.* Dirp.itehed. Engiaa. !—.---‘' -----••••• Amerlca(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • Lis erpool ... ;Dec. 3 1 kmerice.cby United Sts. packet) ..........N •• •••••• • • Liverpool ... ,Jan. 8 America (by U. States packet) . .... ....N Jan. 2. . South, inapton Dec. 2 9 Australia (via South-, 1 ampton) ... ... ../51i •—•••— •• • • 'Southe mpton Ditto (via Marseilles) N 1 ..... ••• • • • Dover .... . Ditto (via Cape of Good' Hope) ...........„N I ... •• • • ... : Uncer tail Africa (West Coast)../4 1 13d of the month.. Pl ymot 1 1 l .. J an. 8 Alexandria.. ..N, 4 , 9, 24, & 30 of m. D om , 4 „ „ Alexandria ..........M , 4th & 20th of mon. S outhan pton Bahamas ......... „Is , 17th of the month South: .a iptor. Belgium ...........N'DaBY ••.•••• • • • • • Dover • ... Daily Brazil ..............81, 0 th of the month,. South in ninon 'Jail. 15 Buenos Ayres ...... —ll ,9 th of the month .. , South a npton 'Jan. 15 Cape of Good hope ..Ni Van° U s port.Uncertsi n Cape of Good Cope ..Ni Cape de Yards .....,N 9ib of the month S ou tl u .mp t on J an . 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel 151e5.... ~..N, M on.,Wed.,&Frid• gout? ampton Tu.Th.o s Chi11.................mi 2 d & 17th of month Soul} ,amptoi, China .... .. Once a month.... Jae. 4 Constantinople ......N 11,13,18,23,8:28 of m Demi r ...... Constantinople .......,M lc N l4th & 20th of mon. , S au t iampton Cont. of Europe Twice daily ......iDov, ,r ...... Twlcelo l Egypt (see India) I France . . Gibraltar .... ~. .... 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ••flit• Son lampton Greece (seo India) M i Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Soy thampton flemburgh .... „ „ „1,7 Tuesday & FridayiLot don ..... Usvannah .......... m2nd of the month , Sot champion Jan. I. Holland .. , ......... 31 Daily •• • • • • • • •• •• Do ver ....... , Dail 9 gonduras .... India (vias'outhampt.)lrf 4th gc, 20th of mon. P 1 ymouth .. Jan. 4 India (via Marsollles)M oth&2sth of month 1) Ivor ..... , [(intim Isles (see India) i 7, 1 7, & 27 of mon I) •ver ...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily • • • • .. II )17 head ... ,Twltedal 1 Lisbon .............. M , 7 , 9 , 1 7, & 27 of m. 8 , aithampton Jan. 15 „.,, eira .......... „. rd ,9th of the month f 3 iut h amptoa , " m " at l ei i, a ...... _. ‘. 1.123c1 of month •• 1 iverpool ... Malta (see India) I Malta ........., „ _N , B, 18, &28 of mon.] /over ... „ 'Jan. 4 Mauritius (see India) 14th of the month Mauritius .... .... —N , M ex i co ............m 2 I, nd of the month., . ionthamptor Jan. I aples ...... „„ „ „ Nlsth I f•th2stholmon. Dover .• •... I New Granada ~ .. .. NI 21&17 th of month l' louthampton New Zealand.. .. —.. 11", private slip .. Various ports Uncertain .. Papal States .. ......N i s th 1 r•th2sthofinon ~ Dover .... Peninsula ..........M rthl7th27thormon ~ Southampton' Pm ............ m id & 27th of mon . Southampton Port Natal ..........N BY private ship... Va r i ous ports Uneertsll , Sicily ~...... „ „ ~s sthl6th2.sthormoi t . Dove r .. •... ' Tuscany ............2415thl 5 th25thofmoi i. Dover ...... —hi Venezuela Van Dlemen's Land (oe. Australia) West Indies ~,,, ,1, 1 6 r. 17th o / mon i Southampt on 1 &IA moll 'Southampton I &IA Moll When any of these dates fall on a Sun I ty, the malls will !4 de• spatched on the following day, with the t zeeptien of the Indio (YIO Southampton), and the Malta, both of whiff al will be despatehtd ttiP preceding day. SHARE MARVETB. LIVERPOOL, DSC% . 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has bees firm to-day, and a good business at• the following prioes —Caledonian, 274 4—Eastern Counties, 84—South Eastern, 171. 3s. 9d.—Midland, 634 .11,—London and North Western, 94I—Dutch Rhenish, _Us. 3d. 4d. with div.. not x d.—Great Western of Canada,. 2 5— Ditto New, 2 1 • 13s. 3d. p.—Lancashiro and Yorkshire, 77 4, MANCHESTER, Dam 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market tc -day has been stead'', with a fair amount of business. East Lancashire, 174- -- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 2 33—idland 64k--• London and North W es t ern , 941 Great Western, 51 — Blackburn, 4.j—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771—GreAt Western of Canada, 25—Ditto New, 2 13.16 p. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 29. --- STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho market was dull today, bat prices generally exhibited firmness. London and Nor 4 :li- Westerns closed at 94 i—South Staffords, 21 dis.—Shri )p -shire Unions, 42 41. LEEDS. DEC. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A very inactive business fo•d ►y, and prices much the same as Thursday. Great West ern of Canada, 25—Barnsley Canals, 77. DUBLIN, DEC. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Three per Cent. C 01360111, 84,1 — Ditto for Account, Jan. 8, 88i—New Three per C. int. Stock, 88a —Ditto, for Account, Bth January, 884 Great Southern and Western, 518—Ditto, 4 per c ent. Prof., 7k—N a ti ona l B an k (22 1. 1 0s. paid), 32.1-1 , 1 oyal Bank, 704—Dublin and Wicklow, Si—Waterford and Limerick, 23—Mining Co. of Ireland, I3i—lrish S.outh Eastern, 51. FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—On Friday night, at hr lf•past 11 o'clock, a pile of warehouse buildings, extendia g from high -street into Marsden•square, Manchester, as as dis covered to be on fire, and the flames spread wit h great rapidity, consuming the greater portion of the a'cocks of cotton goods in six warehouses. The sufferer■ 'were Mr. W. Crompton (in whose ellar the flames were first aeon), Messrs. G. Goodwin and Co., Messrs. Kendal,. and Co., Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. L. Woolf, and Mr. J. A.n. draws. Mr. Rose attended with the Manchester fire brigade and engines, and got the fire under in about an' hour, but property had been destroya ...s,lued at 12,0001. to 15,000/. [A DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway a Pills a prompt and certain cure for Bilious and Liver Complaints.—Mrs. Mary Cook, of .Mayling's-green, near Romford, had been suffering some years from bile, sick headaches, and a severe liver complaint, for which she tried almost every medicine usually taken for such complaints, but could obtain no relief whatever ; she then had recourse to Holloway's pills, and so wonderful was the effect of this inestimable medicine that in a ♦ery short time she has been completely cured by their use, and now enjoys better health than ever. Mr. Yull, druggist, Romford, can testify to the truth of this 1-tatement.—Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's esta blishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 28th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Mr. William Ford, 4, South-square, Gray's inn. On tho 29th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. Horaso Barry. OF A DAUQRTER. On the 28th inst., the wife of the Rey. Wm. 3. Irene. D.D., vicar of Bronipton. Oa the 213th inst., the wife of J. Ebenezer Saunders, jun., Esq., F.G.S., of Finsbury circus. MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Henry Keene Smithers, j un ., E sq ., t o L ou i sa, widow o f the lat e Win. Pretyman, Esq., an d on l y surv i v i ng daughter of J. gt Barrup, Esq., of the V aasa ll- roa d , Kenninon J . Gee - On the 27th inst., a t Et on C o ll ege Chapel. ervir, Leonia de 1t den 9 , Esq., 9th Regt. 8.N.1., e ld es t son o f the . late nel Geo. R. Jer v i s , BornbayEngineers. to Leo youngest daughter of R o b er t B ar on de Rosen, of lAtihet,. Esthonia, Russia. D I E D. John'a•vrood, JosiA Condor, Captain F. W. gejoke, R.N., E g O ci . n , t 1) agede 27th 67. inst., sltir at nil S t t ,h . a,ged 73. of O L ti se t k h h e a 2 m Bth n i: u st se ., , On the 28th inst., Mr; Joseph Jones, of r.k..ovna's-torraoo, agog 44. at Mark e t Ilarboro' jgh, JAIIIOII Ley D Ca o, T ag u ita b he B a s, r 2 y s E6 - st ci gh ti e . t i a tie solicitor, abed 5 8. On the 2fith inst . : , at B r i g h ton, Eli? ;' daughter both, widow of the late C a tain G. Di,and onlyof the late Sir John W :Altai,hy Bait, aged 6 9 On the 26 thinst., at Bridstow,!• R Adam s, r e l ic t of the late Lieut. I°ar oYland, Pemb ro k esh i re, age(' -Gene ral Alx oss, Frances Louisa I.lAle * Adams, of On the 2'd inst. Elizai,et' of Great Windmill -street, c tj'wfe'aged 84 4 B'. of Mr. Itichd. Hessen ofOn the 17th inst., at B . ''.. Jame:l: isFindon Esq., Mor eton - in - Marsh, er I r.m tCr ng a hr,u e m S36. anc ' ............................ .1 lel , ~, Y JONDON o. 112, Printe? l N . : 4 ' and Publißbed by MURDO YOUNO f , rand, Priuter, at The St4)l Office, N 0.112, Strand s : b he r:recinct of the Savoy, in tits oonaty of Monday, December 31, 185.,r,