The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-08 00:00:00

: 7 1 4 1 - AP ; AL MILITARY /if QT"EMENTS AT MALTA. The various naval and military movements which have taken place at Malta are described iu the following letters : "MALTA, Jan. 81.—A motion was recently made and tarried before the Government Council of this island, empowering the Admiral Superintendent to act as a jus tice of the peace on occasions in which the transport service required the interference of the magistracy. The law has already been put into operation by the Admiral, the Hon. Montagu Stopford, on occasions in which sailors have refused to do their duty. The advantage of investing the Rear-Admiral with judicial power con sists principally in avoiding that detention to the ship which would ensue in case of an offence committed on Saturday being deferred for judgment until the ensuing Monday. " We have had a great many arrival s o f E ng li s h an d French transports since my last ; among them several with railway plant. 26th—The Black Boy screw steamer, No. 178. "The Prompt screw steamer, No. 168, with ammu nition anal clothing. " The Hydaspes, English screw steamer, from Mar seilles, with Commandant de Fontenoy, 9 officers, and 707 rank and file, French troops ; Mr. Pennington, an interpreter ; the Hon. A. Paulet, Surgeon Bain, and A 11113 tant-S urge° ng Fraser and Cross, " The East Anglian screw steamer, No. 162, with ammunition and clothing. "28th. - The Hydaspas, preach steamer, from Mar seilles, with 324 French troops. " Tae Alps, English screw steamer, from Marseilles, with 302 French troops. "The Carle Victorine, No. 523, French ',rig, with 22 horses and 16 rank and file. "The Nomacle, French ship, No. 522, with 31 horses and 20 rank and file. "The Edward, English ship, No. 525, with 48 horses and 47 French troops. "The Emerald, Eaglish skip, No. 538, with 44 herses and 48 French troops. " The Assyriea, French screw-steamer, with 64 French troops sad 72 horses and mules. General Pelissier, to command the 2d Division of the French army in the Crimea (General Bosquet is to command the let Division), with his suite, and Gssera.ls Lafond and Revitt. Christophe Colombe, French steam frigate, with 21 officers and 1,0011 French troops, under command of Colonel Brouet, and 40 Artillery horses. "The Bahiana, ■crew steam-transport, with the fol lowing strength of her Majesty's 82d Regiment, left for Corfu :—Lieut.-Colonel Robertson ; Major D. Waston ; Captains Isaac, Marriott, Halliday, Weed, Collings, Baillie, Gordon, and Barrow ; Lieutenants Warren, Glynn, Biggs, White, Pilkington, Wilkinson, Hand, Browne, and Hensley ; Ensigns Thompson, Dickson, East, Mar* and Spencer ; Paymaster Bernard, Quar termaster Clinton, Adjutant-Lieutenant Mamie ; Sur geons Jacob and Poulden ; Lieut. Da Vinnes, Mr. Fer gusson, Rev. Mr. Crozier, and Paymaster Cartmail, her Majesty's 71st Foot ; 692 rank and file, 32d Regiment ; with 2 officers' wives, 7 children, and 2 servants. "30th.—The Argo, French transport, No. 635, with 20 horses and 14 troops. "The Loire screw-steamer, Capt. Ramsay, chartered by Mr. Crockford, with wines and spirits for the use of the army and navy, 10 mules, and 2 horses. Messrs. Smith, Bennett, Hederstedt, De Veulle, Oxtoby, New marsh, Ancell, Ward, and Laurence were passengers on beard. "The Valetta, front Marseilles, and the Euxine, from Southampton, with the outward India mail, arrived re spectively on the 29th and 30th, aid left for Alexandria on the 30th. "Mer Majesty's ship Bellerophon, front the eastward, arrived on the 27th, and is still in port. She bad on board Assistant-Surgeon J. Moore, 6th Dragoon Guards; Captain Rose, 30th Regiment ; Surgeon W. Agnew, Lieutenants Bloxam, R.N., Dalby, R.M., and Lodder, RN., and 132 rank and file, and 78 sailors invalided. " Letters front Corfu announce the arrival there of the Medway transport on the 22d, to con vey li.M.'s 71st Regiment and the remainder of tile 34th to the Crimea. "The royal yacht schooner Erminia, with the Hon. E. Egerton, son of the Earl of Ellesmere, with stares for the army in the East, has reached the island. "Feb. I.—The screw-steamer British Queen has arrived on her way to Liverpool. "This afternoon the Clyde steamer arrived, bringing mails from the Levant, the regular mail boat having been Rent with despatokes to the Crimea, whence she had not retured when the Clyde left. " Ken Majesty's steam-sloop Spiteful sailed this morn ing for the Crimea, ha►ing on board Rear-Admiral [l, Stewart, as seoond in command of the fleet. Lieute nant-General Sir George Brown and his aide-de-camp, Captain Jer►is, Majer Whitmore, 30tk Foot, and Capt. ifamilton, 49th, also , return to their corps lay the Spite ful. "Among the arrivals by the Clyde from the Levan is Colonel liorsford, of the Rifle Brigade." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Edinburgh, 60, Captain Hewlett, arrived at Spit head yesterday aftereeon, at 3 o'clock, from Leith, to be refitted at Portsmouth for the Baltic. The Hastings, 60, Captain CaTn, will haul cut of the fitting basin at Portsmouth, awl go into the steam-basin to receive her boilers to-say. The Pembroke, 60, Captain Seymour, hauled into the steam-basin from Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and the Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, was taken out. The Crusus, screw steam-transport, hauled alongside Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and commenced prim rations for receiving troops for the Crimea to-day. The Harbinger, steam transport, which left Ports mouth yesterday morning at 11, for Chatham, with in ♦alids, put back to Spithead at 3 p.m. ; strong easterly winds and heavy seas. The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop; Commander Dew, left Spithead yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the east ward. The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, Commander Pullen, has been rigged, and is nearly ready for swinging. Tha Rhino, line•of-packet ship, from the TharneF, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday, and sailed with a fine fair wind for New York. The Ariel, 9, Commander Luce, is ready to-day at Portsmouth to swing for the adjustment of her com passes. The transport Talavera ' No. 98, Capt. Scott, in Ply mouth Sound, received orders yesterday (Wednesday) to proceed to Chatham. General Eden, Commander of the forces in the west, inspected the military invalids in the course of the day, and is seeking permission to land and send on, at his own cost, 12 men belonging to the Guards, to which the gallant offioer is attached. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Mate Henry Huxham (1852), to be Lieutenant, and appointed t• the Nankin, 50, at Sheerness. Lieut. William Spratt (1854), from th• Nankin, 50, to the Cornwallis, 60, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Lieut. George Robinson (1855) promoted yesterday is appointed to the Pique, 40, on the Pacific station. Lieut. Charles Waddilove (1349), Flag-Lieutenant to Rear• Admiral William F. Martin, and serving in the St. 'Vincent guard-ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth, is promoted to bo Commander for rank. DEVONPORT, FEB. 7. The greatest activity prevails here in preparing the various ships destined to form part of the Baltic fleet of 180. The shipwrights are working lon g hours, and throughout the dockyard and steamyard atKeyharn the greatest bustle prevails. The Duke of Wellington will, it is expected, arrive hero early next week. Lieut. Charles Wake (1846), recently servingas Lies tenant-Commander of the Bonetta, 3, brigantine, when of the south-east coast of America station, is promoted to be Commander for rank. Lieut. Julian F. blight (1852), serving as First Lieu tenant of the Royal Albert, 121, screw steamship, o ■ tie Bl:Lek Sea station, promoted to be Commander for rank. Lieut. George T. Colville (1847), serring is the Rod ney, 90, on tLe Mediterranean station, promoted to be Commander for rank. The ?rims Wardens of the Watermen's Company have made a return of the number of free waterrneu and their apprentices who Are fit for the naval service, with a 'view to the ballot, should they be called on to furnish their quota of men to the Royal Navy, the com pany being bound by its charter to furnish 1,500 flea to man her Majesty's ships in case of war. MILITARY. Capt. Smyth's and Capt. Ward's Companies of the Royal Artillery, the two Companies attached to the 32- pounder field-battery for service in the Crimea, had that battery out yesterday morning for the first time for exer till° on Woolwich Common. Twelve horses were at tached to each gun and eight horses to each ammunition Ivaugon, (;a P t .,Congelen and Lieut. Inglis, two ser g eant s , three norporaie, one d w i ck , diviidox ruraraer, and 92 privates of the Wool wich Dockyarl Royal Marines, will embark at Wool lisocrew steam-ship. vice in the Rasa ,'t 1 ° cm. to-day for Sheerness for ler- Messrs. Moss, Government anothern laa4d Davis have received from cloaks for the troop s la trhge contract for India-rubber 0 Crlakea . ---........_., MILITIA. The first of the militia regiment% for fo f t h elSth inst.n service will embark for Gibraltar and the PiramssaitOttile In consequence of its being intended strength of the Cri mea the Royal Artillery in the Cri by /several a - tille r y dri„ r ,, , \ batteries of field and horse a o r f til ß le e ry, l it is in eonteurpl a . tion to reorganise the corps availale discip lined y an, both ix in order that every the horse and foot artillery and Rocket Brig a de, rn large may do whereas at prerent a num. duty as gunners only, URr of efficient artillerymen are taken from the guns for tha purpose of driving. The regiment of .i lloninoutlishire Light Infantr y, hitherto stationed at the barracks Newport, have left . at for the dockyard at Penibl"ke in or ' e p lace of the 31st der to d o duty at the fertiti e d barracks tlitrii, and to take tu Regiment which ha s proceeded to the East. The ., l ;omilitia,l with be ad - quarters, will be upwards of 7 50 stro r - n„. __ e Y will be replaced iii the Newport barracks by the let R - girsent of Devon Militia. The Monmouth corps is iii a hi g h state of effi cienov, and will ultimately be one of the regiments fer the Mediterranean station. They have given 300 men to the line. The Royal Wiltshire Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Methuen commanding, now at Portsmouth, received, on the 6th, the order from the Horse Guards to hold them. I selves i n rea di aees f or emb ar k a ti ot for Corfu, as soon ^.s tonnage can be provided. The men have undergone a i strict medical examination by the eargeon of the regi ment, and the total strength embarking will be 660. The ' 1 vessel is not yet named for the conveyazice of the regi- 1 .T II Til 817 NT L 0 .. N 13 OF s 7.tre 4 .. S .. p . AY,._ . p - , Vll N' T . ,_14 r* 1 , 2 E Tt TI_A TI Y a, lAtim, mant, nor the date of embarkation, but it will probably take place at the end of the month. The Aberdeenshire Militia arc to be embodied on the 20th inst. The following gentlemen have been promoted and al,. pointed in the Renfrew Militia :—Mr. W. F. Hamilton to be Captain, Mr. A. S. G. Jauncey to be Captain, Lieutenant F. R. Reid to be Captain, Mr. D. M. La tham to be Lieutenant, Mr. C. W. Motherwell to be Lieutenant, Mr. J. Simons to be Lieutenant, Mr. R. W. Barber to be Lieutenant, and Mr. R. W. Young to be Ensign, Lieutenant J. Broughton has been promoted to a Cap taincy in the 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, vice Lane, appointed to the Coldstream Guards ; and Second Lieutenant F. Vero to be Lieutenant, vice Broughton, promoted as above. The North Durham Regiment, which is commanded by Earl Vane, having received notice that they would he embodied for permanent duty, mustered on Thursday last in the city of Durham, their head-quarters. The weather was most inclement and the notice somewhat short ; however, about 150 appeared ween the roll was called, and since then they have increased to 220 . Earl Vane has net yet as sume d the command. Meantime the men are drilled under the Captain and Adjataut. The full quota of the regiment is 500. Tu. 3d Royal Middlesex Light Infantry Militia azsem bled yesterday at Turnhana green for permanent duty. The following officers were present :—Colonel Viscount Cheleea, Lieutenant-Colonel Glossop, Major Penton, Captains Ralfs, Cork, Piper,. Murray, Baynes, Wood h cad, Burgess, and Parsons ; Lieutenants Ralfs, M 'E Hen, Swan, Hough, Gifford, Derides, and Ctgapinan ; En signs M'Ewen, Bulkelly, and Walker, Captain and Ad 'titant MiEwen, Surgeon M'Z'ann, and Assi taut-Sur geon Hurman. The permanent staff of this regiment are old non-corn missione officers from the Guards and line. The regi ment mustered at the first parade 410 strong, with every probability of soon reaching their full complement, al though they have given a great number of volunteers to the regiments of the regular army. The Government have directed the immediate embo diment and organisation of a new corps of militia for the county of Glamorgan, and, in consequence, active exertions are being made for the immediate formation of the force, which is to be an artillery regiment, and to be styled the "Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia." The enlistment will be immediately carried out. This new body will be entirely distinct from the regular county militia, which is a light infantry regiment, and the authorities have ordered the enrolment of this artillery corps with a special view to the protection and defence of some of the more exposed points and harbours along the South Wales coast of the Bristol Channel ; indeed, the whole line of coast at present is nearly defenceless, and an efficient artillery corps is much needed. The strength of this new regiment will be 400, and the head-quarters at Swansea, those of the county being at Cardiff. Capt. Morgan, of St. Helen's, is to be the Lieut.-Colonel. The exposed ports and harbours on the coast will be imme diately fortified and otherwise strengthened. On Monday 50 Commissariat drivers arrived in Cork from Dublin for the Crimea. They proceeded to Eliza beth Fort, where they will remain until the arrival of the transport Severn, which was expected hourly. OFFICIAL DESPATCHH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (From a Supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 7. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle received last night a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. EIIOPLE SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 23. My Lord Dullo,—Nothing has occurred of importance in our front ; but the enemy has occasionally opened a tire upon our left attack, and Mr. Spalding, a fine young man, an Acting Mate of her Majesty': ship London, and in charge of the battery, was unfortunately killed by a round shot the day before yesterday. His loss is deeply deplored. I enclose th return of casualties to the 2lit inst. The weather has become milder ; but the country is still in 9. dreadful state from melted snow. The army is well s,upplied with warm clothing, and if the Commissariat were adequately provided with trans port, and the huts could be at once brought up, there would be no other cause of suffering than the severity of a Crimean winter, and the duties imposed of carrying on a siege in such a climate at this season of the year.— I have, &c., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c., &c., &c. A RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE ON THE 21sT JAN., 1855. KILLED. Mr. J. H. Spalding, Acting Mate, London. Total killed, 1. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. The Military Secretary to H.E. Lord Raglan, Commander-in-Chief. WILR-OFFICE, Fle. 7, 1855. The Right Hon. the Secretary at War has received from his Grace the Dike of Newcastle the following list of casualties amongst the non-commissioned officers and privatcH, in the forces under the command of Field-Mar shal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., from the 19th to the 21st January, 1855, both days inclusive. gETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 19TH TO 21ST JANUARY, 1855. 44th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 89th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file, wounded. 21 Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, wounded. Total-2 rink and file, killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM 19TH TO 21st JANUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. JAN. 19. 89th Re;iment of Foot. Private Henry Williamson. JAN. 20. 44th Regiment of Foot. Private Matthew Claire. J. B. BTJCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 19TH TO 21sT JANUARY, 1355 INCLUSIVE. , WOUNDED. JAN. 19. 89th Regiment of Foot. Private William Houston, slightly. JAN. 20. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Walter Newman, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. MORTAR EXPERIMENTS. Were yen ever present, says a Mathematician, when an !Dan co Committee were carrying on experiments •n great guns or the like f If so, you have probably seen the said committee represented by two or three old gentlemen who have long since forgotten the little "gunnery" they once read :—ene thinks it is a pity to change what answered so well in the last war ; another is opposed to improvements on general principles ; while a third, worst of all, has a hobby of his own, t• which he is ■o attached that he can see no merit in any rival plan. Now, sir, I do not begrudge any roan his hobby, but when I kniovv it to be a restive beast, and whe❑ its owner insists on putting the kicking strap under its belly, instead of its usual place, it teems time for some one to tell him of his mistake. These remarks are called out by the reports of certain mortar experiments, in which blocks of indiarubber were placed under the mortar-bed to do away with tke mischievous effects of the recoil. By this method the vertical part of the recoil is undoubtedly much lessened ; but any one with the slightest mechanical knowledge, practical sr theoretical, must know that, when a mor tar is fired on board ship at an elevation somewhat under 45 deg , it is the horizontal part of the recoil which so shakes the framework as to render it in a short time unserviceable. Such an attempt to break the shock of the recoil, without paying any attention to the horizontal action, can only arise from ignorance of the simplest mechani cal principles. Why, then, is it, that when our governing bodies undertake to try experiments and test mechanical in ♦entions, they do not call in the aid of some competent scientific person, who can understand what he sees, and report intelligibly on the merits of the case Practical men may think lightly of theorists, and igno rant men may find some pleasure and excitement in groping in the dark, but, certainly, the quickest as well as the surest road to success in such matters is that in which science and experience go hand-in-hand. In war like preparations particularly our country cannot afford to neglect any element of success, and it would be found on trial that some advantage may be derived from the suggestions of such persons. n . ge ll a it a • n i‘ o %kc i c ro nEcon, M.P.—we (Glasgow Mail) have sa.Ya that, the from this . gentleman t;) a friend, in which he I lia been for has Just retnnicd from Paris, where he I merco butvveen Great to a more free system of corn , busines., w i t i l i `Tr i tulle past in the eischar g e of puilic nadi:leation.—' gentlerns ia w,„l r a r,, t ,i l'itaila and France. The lion intended period, in e l ,: — I " Paris for ten :lays beyond his . 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Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Keane appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, and Mr. Huddleston for the several defendants. The defendants in this case were indicted for a riot and assault. They pleaded not guilty. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution that an election for commissioners for the ward of St. Mary Abbotts, under a local act for pay. ing• and improving the parish of Kensington, took place on the 4th of October last, at the Kensington Vestry hall. Mr. Reynell, a solicitor, was acting as presiding officer, and on the poll being closed at four o'clock, some of the defendants demanded to know the state of the poll, to which Mr. Reynell replied that he could not mention it then, the act of Parliament allowing him until two o'clock the day following, the day after the election, to do so, but he would get it done as eoon as he could. He then endeavoured to get out of the hall, when the defendants called out "Shut the door, and don't allow him to go out until he has declared the state of the poll." Mr. Reynell was then laid hold of by them, and his coat torn, and he was otherwise assaulted. A great cumber of witnessis having been called on the part of the prosecution, Lord Campbell, at the close of the case for the prose cution, said he thought it would be difficult to deny the assault after the great body of evidence which had been called, although it had been done under great excitement, and it did not amount to a riot. He thought it would be better that there should be a verdict for an assault. Sir F. Thesiger said the commissioners had not the slightest desire to press the ease against the defendants, and if they would have assented to a verdict of guilty of the assault they would only have been required to enter into their own recognisances, the object being to protect persons who ware necessarily employed in the perform ance of SI duty. Lord Campbell said there was n• premeditation, and they all knew the excitement of an election. In his opinion the commissioners had most properly directed the inquiry. Mr. Hall said he was the attorney for Mr. Rhodes, who expressed a strong desire that the case should go on. scl . Lord Campbell was of opinion that the best thing Mr. Rhodes could do would be to accept the offer which had been made to him. After some consultation, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins said Mr. Rhodes had left the case in his hands, and of course he would accept his lord ship's suggestion. A A discussion having taken place as to costs, Lord Campbell said no doubt the commissioners would waive any item of that sort. !'4 Sir F. Thesiger said if his lordship thought so he had no doubt the commissioners would assent to that. A. verdict of guilty of an assault was then returned, and the parties entered into recognisances to appear for judgment when called upon. ARCHES COURT. (Before Sir John Dodson.) HART V. RART.-lONTENOE. This was a suit of divorce, by reason of cruelty, brought by Emily Jane Hart against her husband, Francis Hart. Sir John Dedeen, in giving sentence, said that the marriage had taken place on the 18th of September, 1847, and that the parties had cohabited together at Tunbridge, Margate, Cheltenham, and other places, until June, 1848, when Mr. Hart had deserted his wife. A subsequent cohabitation took place iu the month of April, 1850, which continued until the following July, when the defendant again deserted his wife at the White Hart Hotel, Bristol. Since then they had lived apart. It was stated that Mr. Hart had concealed his resi dence, and that Mrs. Hart had thereby been prevented from bringing her suit until October, 1853. A libel was then given in on her behalf containing charges of gross cruelty against her husband. No defensive alle gation had been propounded by Mr. Hart, who had contented himself with merely cross-examining the witnesses. Mrs. Hare in her evidence, had deposed strongly in support of the circumstances alleged in her iibel ; but the court, without meaning to charge her a ith wilful perjury, could not help thinking that she had much toe highly-coloured some of her statements. For instance, her evidence contained au averment to the effect that she had been ordered by her husband to write to the trustee under her marriage settlement to send her certain documents relating to some houses settled upon her ; that she had written to him accordingly, and that upon his declining to forward her the papers, her hus band had behaved with great violence towards her. She stated that he had clutched her so tightly by the throat that she could not speak, but that being near the bell she managed to ring it, and the servant who came in removed her husband's bands from her, saying that she would call a policeman if he did not de sist. This account, however, was scarcely consist eut with the deposition of the servant herself, who stated that upon entering the drawing-room she found her mistress sitting on the floor, with her back resting against a chair, from which she appeared to have slipped off'. She was much agitated, and her master was stooping over her with a glass tumbler containing some liquid which smelt like spirits and water. Mrs. Hart ex claimed,"Look here, Mary ; he wants to strangle me," but the witness deposed that at that time he was not touching her. This showed that Mrs. Hart's account could not be implicitly relied upon. So again in the eighth article, which referred to one of the earliest acts of cruelty alleged, it was stated that Mr. Hart had violently assaulted her in a garden at Margate ; and that Mrs. Killick, the keeper of the boarding-house where this took place, hal inter fered to prevent further mischief. But Mrs. Killick was neither produced as a witness in the case, nor was it al leged that she was dead or unable to give evilence. It was said that she might hare forgotten the circumstance, but surely if it had ever occurred that was not likely to be the case. The court, however, was bound to say that with respect to some of th e ac t s o f cruelty alleged there was corroborative evidence. He (Sir J. Dodson) was alluding to that which took place at the house of Mrs. Hart's father at Hereford. Mrs. Hart had deposed to acts of cruelty there, and she was confirmed by her sister, who was present on that Occasion. Indeed, there could be no doubt that Mr. Hart had been guilty of gross acts of cruelty towards his wife —acts that would have entitled her to a sentence of separation from him. So again with respect to the midnight scene, which was enacted at their house at Ladbroks-villas, Notting-hill. Mrs. Hart deposed that she was obliged to fly from the house and to take shelter in an outhouse er shed in the garden of a neighbour, Mr. Hinchcliffe ; and that finally she had obtained admission into Mr. }finch cliffe's house, where she remained till the morning. In her account of that transaction she was confirmed by other witnesses, and the court was constrained to say, that although she had gone beyond what the facts would warrant in some portions of her evidence, she had satis factorily proved such acts of cruelty as would entitle her to a divorce, unless her remedy was barred by what had subsequently taken place ; more especially as Mr. Hart had not given in any evidence to rebut the testimony cffered on her behalf: The question, therefore, came to this, namely, whether the malicious desertion of Mrs. Hart by her hushand, at Bristol, would revive the for mer acts of cruelty which had been condoned by the reconciliation and subsequent cohabitation which took place about two months before that event ? That there had been condonation in this case there could be no doubt whatever. Not only had there been cohabitation, from which condonation might have been presumed, but there bad been an actual and formal condonation. There had been a reconciliation at Mrs. Hart's own solicita tion and de-ire. It appeared that she had sent letter after letter to her husband, begging him to renew the cohabitation, assuring bins that it would give her ttehlelingarhettimteshtowplueanshuapu shereelld was satisfaction living fa i c i t v i i an to do so, separate, and using etreng expressions of endearment tewerds him. These letters failed, however, to answer her purpo se , and she th en instituted a, suit for divorce, on the ground of cruelty and adultery ; but subsequently she called at the house where her husband was living with the lady with whom she had charged him with committing adul tery. She had an interview with him, and being assured that lie was not guilty of that offence, she signed a sor t of confession, in w hi c h s h e admitted her ' faults of temper, and declared that she would forgive and forget all that had passed, and promised to live with him in future quietly, soberly, and with a decent regard to his com fort. The question then arose whether the malicious desertion subsequently acted as a reviver of the former cruelty ? By the law of some countries malicious deser tion was of itself a ground of divorce. He (Sir John Dolson) learned from the valuable and excellent work of Mr. Bishop, of Boston, that such was the case in several, though not all, of the United States. Malicious desertion, however, was certainly net by the law of England a ground of divorce ; and no case had been cited to show that it would even operate as a reviver of former cruelty. It had been argued, and no doubt it was quite true, the lesser acts would suffice to revive former cruelty, than to establish an original case ; but then those acts must be ejusdera generis--of a nature to show that the offending party still entertained the same cruel disposition towards the party who brought the suit. In this ease no such acts had been proved. It had not been shown that Mr. Hatt, after the reconciliation, did any thing that would tend to establish a reasonable appre hension of danger to his wife, in life, limb, or health. On the contrary, it was clear that he had throughout manifested the strongest possible anxiety to get away from her, and that she had always been the party who was desirous of renewing the cohabitation. Under these circumstances the court must pronounce Mr. Hart to have been guilty in the first instance of such acts of cruelty as would have justified it, if the suit had then been brought, in granting a separation ; but it must also decide that those acts had been condoned by Mrs Hart, and that they bad not been subsequently revived by the defendant's conduct in maliciously deserting her at the White Hart Inn, at Bristol. He (Sir J. Dodson) felt himself therefore bound to dimaiss the parties. Divorce refused. prop, er conduct towards her, by thrusting his hands into her bosom, but that which formed the subject of this prosecution took place on the Thursday preceding Christmas-day. The defendant's wife was out, and the girl went into a room where the defendant was sitting alone, for the purpose, as she at first stated, of putting some glasses on the sideboard, but she afterwards ad mitted she had no necessity whatever to go to the room. The defendant took advantage of the opportunity, and pulled her clotTaes about in an indecent manner, and in vited her into a bed-room ; but suddenly he altered his purpose, and said to her, " You ought to have checked me at first. lam a married man, and ought to know better. Let this: be as if it had never happened." lie then gave her le., and she quitted the apartment. There was something said about her being sent away about ten days afterwards, and then for the first time she charged the defendant with having improperly behaved himself to her, and the first intimation of any thing of the kind was contained in a letter which she got a person to send on her behalf to the master of the workhouse. An entry of the matter was made in the books, and a magistrate's summons was obtained against the defendant. When it was served upon him he said it was very hard, and that it was done with her own consent. The defendant voluntarily attended before the rotation committee of the hoard of guardians, and saw Mr. George Poland, one nf the members, to whom he said, after the entry in the books containing the charge had been read over to him, that he had been very foolish, that he had kissed the girl, and that he had on the particular occasion in question treated her in the wa:,- she had described. lie was anxious that the committee should hush the affair up, and suggested that it would be better for him to give her something by way of com pensation ; but Mr. Poland's reply was that it was a magistrate's e r ,s and must be proceeded with in the regular way. Consequently, after the evidence had been given at the police-court, the defendant was held to bail to answer the charge at this court, and the parish solici citor (Mr. Randall) was instructed to prosecute. In her cross-examination, the prosecutrix answered the questions with great reluctance, particularly those relating to her having received a shilling from the de fendant, and not making the charge for so long a time after the assault took place. She " thought" this was the first charge of the kind she had ever made, hut after wards she recollected that she had complained about the conduct of a gentleman who lived in a house where she was formerly in service. Mr. Ballastin• made a short address t• the jury, the substance of which was, that though he must admit that the defendant had been guilty of conduct which could not be justifie,d, nor be regarded with anything but dis approval, yet it was quite clear that he had not rendered himself liable to the serious charge in the first count of the indictment ; and that what had taken place, it was quite clear from her own statements and admission, had been with her own entire willingness and consent. Re viewing the whole case, the jury, he was sure, could come to no other conclusion. . The Assistant Judge said there was no pretence for the first count ; and if the defendant had conducted him self as the girl bad stated, without her consent, he was liable to the charge of assault ; but looking at the whole of the circumstances, it would be for the jury to say whether she did not consent to what took place. The defendant's conduct could not be justified or excused, but it appeared to have been that of a man who had had a temptation held out to him, and encouraged by what had before taken place with (as it appeared) the prose cutrix's sanction; for though three times repeated, she said not a word about it, though she had full opportu nity to do so if she had chosen ; besides which, she re ceived a shilling from the defendant, and said nothing about his conduct on the more particular occasion until ten days afterwards, and not then till she was about to be sent away. The jury immediately acquitted the defendant. The Assistant Judge said he entirely agreed with the verdict ; but the guardians, as a body, had done per fectly right in instituting the proceeding, aid not sifting the evidence and deciding upon the merits themselves ; because had they done so, they would have had the out cry against them that they were encouraging such con duct towards workhouse children. They had acted with great propriety in the matter. The Court then adjourned. SURREY SESSIONS.—Feb. 7. INCITINa SOLDIERS TO DESERT — IMPORTANT CASE. Daniel Curnnaings, an Irishman, was indicted for un lawfully causing Thomas Horton, William Johnson, and William Reynolds, privates in her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, to desert at Croydon, in the county of Surrey.. Michael Haley, police-constable 255 P, said that on Monday evening, the 29th of January last, between seven and eight o'clock, he was on duty in Croydon, when he saw the prisoner and Horton in Mr. Welt's field. They had three bundles containing regimentals belonging to soldiers in the Coldstream Guards. He stopped them and took them to the station-house, when he found that the prisoner had incited Horton and two other soldiers to desert. Thomas Horton ' a private in the C o ld s t ream G uards, said he was at tested at Sheffield on the Bth of December, and on the 23d he came to Croydon Barracks. On the 29th of January he met the prisoner, and was induced by him to desert. William Reynolds and Wiliam Johnson were with him, and they all deserted, and Cummings said h e wou ld ge t th em c l o th es . Th ey a ll went to his house, and witness and Johnson paid lls. for private clothes, and Cummings brought them to tyl - ,em, and they put them on. Johnson and Reynolds left witnts3, and he had not seen them since. Witiless was taken into custody by police constable Haley on the same ciaj'. John Ashley, a serjeant in the Coldstream Guards, said that the clothing produc,d was the property of the re,;iment, and was until recently used by William John -11911 and William Reynolds, who had deserted. The prisoner, in his defence, contended that he did not incite the soldier to desert ; neither had he received any money fur the clothes. lie, however, acknowledged having the regimental clothes in his possession, but they were left with him. The jury, aft3r a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty. The chairman said it was a very serious offence, espe cially at such a time, when her Majesty was in want of soldiers to prosecute the war with Russia. He should sentence him to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; but he was sorry to say tho law did not give him power to add hard labour with it. WESTMLNST.ER COUNTY COURT. EXTRAORDINARY BURSTING OF A RAILWAY ENGINE. one of the most extraordinary and unaccountable accidents ever recorded happened at Gloucester yester day (Wednesday), at the station of the Great Western and South Wales Railway Companies. It appears that the 6 rem, train from Paddington arrived at Swindon in due course, arid proceeded on to Bristol, a branch train being made up at that place, and running thence along the Cheltenham branch to Gloucester and Cheltenham. This train, drawn by the Actaaon, reached Glouceste r a t the appoint e d time-10'20—and the passengers for Gloucester had alighted, leaving others for South Wales and Cheltenhatu in the train. From Gloucester to South Wales the train is made a third-class one, and ac cordingly, during a short stoppage, the engine proceeded about a hundred yards down the line to fetch a third class carriage. This had been attached to the engine, which at once returned at a slow pace towards the sta tion, and had reached within 15 yards at the end of the platform, when an awful explosion took place. The top of the boiler was carried away, and fragments of the en gine were scattered in all directions. One portion, the cupola at the top of the boiler, fell through the zinc roof of the station on to the platform, but luckily without touching any person. Another large piece of the en gine was propelled through the roof of the Gloucester workhouse, which stands a short distance from the side of the line ; a third was carried a distance of a quarter of a mile over streets and houses, and fell in a garden near the Spa, while a massive iron ring about a foot in diame ter was carried across the cattle-market, a distance ofabeut 250 yards, and striking the corner of the new market inn, drove a hole completely through the wall and destroyed numerous articles of furniture is the room, some •f the bricks being projected 50 yards up a narrow lane. A rod from the boiler was picked up in a yard in Burton street, and numerous fragments were found in various parts of the city. The woodwork of the engine appears to have been splintered into a thousand bits, no piece more than two or three inches in length having been picked up. The explosion, which resembled that of a park of ordnance, threw the whole city into consterna tion and was heard for miles around. A great many win dows near the railway were broken by the concussion, but the most miraculous part of the story is that no life has been sacrificed. The driver and stoker both escaped with a few bruises. The explosion took place in the front part of the engine, and these men were providen tially protected by the upright part which rises between their place on the engine and the front part. A switch man named John Cooke, who was on duty near the spot where the explosion took place, was very severely scalded by a complete deluge of water from the boiler, and is now under surgical treatment, but no one else appears to have been injured. Mr. Ashbee, the Glou cester superintendent of tho Great Western Railway, and othor officials, were promptly on the spot, and the train was not delayed more than half-an-hour, a fresh engine having been procured. The Actaeon presents a perfect wreck, having literally been blown to atoms and burst into two pieces, connected by the pipes of the boiler. The line was cleared for traffic in a short time, sod the remains of the engine aro now being removed piecemeal from the snide. RATS V. TIIE WEST INDIA MAILS.—A latter from An tionaP dated J;nuary 1 . 2, receiv e d i n Li ver p oo l, says " The &Learner Prince, which arrived here on the 9th inst., from St. Thomas, brought lack the mails of Dee. 23, for Europe, in consequence of rats having eatera off the parchment labels." PETO'S SUIELD.—Mr. Pete, it appears, offered his services to the late Government —which Lad never thought of demanding them. The Herald's Office should give him a new coat of arms, in which navvies might bo quartered with spades, both proper, in the normal way. As the aid of Mr. Peto was unsought, his motto might be " Peto non petitus."—Punch. LITTXRPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.--Alt the ad journed meeting of the members of the Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce, held on Tuesday, in the Office, Ex change-buildings, Messrs. Thomas Bouch, John Torr, Wm. Rathhone, jun., and .A l r. R. W. Kelley, were elected directors of the chamber for the next year, in the I r oom of those who retired by rotation. RAILWAY INTBLLY-G.ENOII. METROPOLITAN. We stated a few days since that the termination of this railway at the Central Post Office in St. Martin's-1e- Grand will prove highly beneficial to the Manchester trade, inasmuch as it will enable the manufacturers to send their goods almost into the midst of the City ware houseirien. We now find that one of the most eminent of the Manchester warehousemen, Mr. Sampson Cope stake, of Cheapside, has, seeing the importance of the line to the trade, taken a considerable money interest in the concern, and called upon the whole of the trade to support it. We take the following extracts from the circular which Mr. Copestake has issued : " It seemed to ma that a line to connect the City with the great railways leading to Manchester and the manu facturing districts in the north would afford the facilities which the City of London ought to possess, and was de serving of every encouragement, and might, moreover, be made conducive to the interests of the wholesale trade wit h which we are more immediately connected ; in that belief I took 500 shares, and in that belief I venture to bring it before your notice. ' The undertaking appears now to be placed in hands and upon a footing which afford every reasonable assurance that it will prove a profitable inveAment, and be efficiently and independently carried out, and be made fairly available for the common interests of the different railways with which it will be in communication." PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COIL PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EYEBY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 2, 1855. GAS -LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES, Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. " British • 4 s. d. X s. d. • • • .......... Ditto Provincial.... I/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Brighton ...... ••• • ~ 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 ';ity of London .... •• 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 50 , 100 :'ontinental (3cl Cap.)... 41.105. 50 0 0 43 10 0 Equitable ... • ....• .. 1/. ss. 50 0 0 all 28 Great Central .... •.. 71 pe! cent. 10 0 0 all , 10% Imperial .. • • ........ 10t. & bonus. 50 0 0 all I - - Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 If London•• ...... ...... 50 0 0 •• Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 ff. Pr‘co 4 'ix ............. 41. per cent. ,60 0 0 50 0 0 28% Ratcliff • ..• •.... .• • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 73 United General ...... 1/. ss. 50 0 0 all 20 Westminster Chare 51. per cent. 50 0 0 9 9 403 Ditto, New ... .........Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 o 0 , WATER-WORKS. Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. East London Grand Junction •• 4t. per cnt. Kent—. Lambeth New River Company 2l. 10s. Southwark &Vauxhall 5/. per cnt. West Middlesex 51.105. pr et. Name of Company. Commercial . • e ••• • • . East and West India East Country.. London . • Ditto Bonds St. Katharine DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. outhampton ........ Victoria .. • ......... Amount of Share. Name of Company. Hungerford .... • • . Southwark ....... I)itto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ....... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ 4/. pr cent. 5/. pr tent. 20s. per sh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 3/. Os per c. 51. per cent. X s. d. Stock. 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount per of Annum. Share. 4 s. d. 100 0 708. per cent. 50 0 100 0 11. 14s. 60 0 11. 10s. Od. 40 0 11. ss. 70 10 raid. I Pril JOINT-STOCK BANKS. -------- Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - .£ s. d. X s. d. Australasia........... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 all SO% British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 if. - Commercial of London. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31 Colonial .............. 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian ............... 61. per cent. 25 0 0- 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 21% London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londeand Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ' London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, 81. cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... 1 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 I - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ 5/. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 'la p. et.&bs. 25 0 0 all 38 South Australia ...... 11/. p. et. & bs. 2.5 0 0 Union of Australia.. t• 1 40 i. per cent. 25 0 0 25 " 0 0 67 Ditto .. .. .. . • ...... '4Ol. per cent. 210 0 - Union of London ... .. k 81. per cent. 50 0 010 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 all 0 CANALS. - - Dividend Names of g Dividend Names of :-, per Companies. per Price. Companies. ,4 , Price. Eir; Annum. , V) .o Annum. ..- ----.........•-......... .£ Ashtn EcOldh 93 7i. p. ct. 141 Niacelesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51% Barnsley.... -160 i - Seals ...... I 100 161. 150 lirknk&Abrg 1.50' 40. I 60 0xf0rd...... 100• 13'. 110 Birmingham ' 401 41. - Peak Forest. 78 61 Os. 86 Coventry.... 100', 25/. 1 209 Regent's.... so 18, 16 Derby ••••• 1001 61. 84 Rochdale.... as 11. 10s. GO EllsinreBcChs l 69 1 2 3 4 p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140; - • - GrandJunetn 100 4/. pr. ct. 55 Do. Lk Fdst I T -• Do., 6 pr.Ct..l 10,61. pr. ct. 11% Stflrd &Wore ,401 28/. 425 i , rand Surreyllool 2/. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. ' 25 1 I Grand Union 100 1/. Cs 12% Stoarbridge_ ,45 12/. 235 Kennt & Avnl 39 6s. Od. 6% Sevei a and 1 ' Lancaster ..1100 - - Wye Bail., 26 21 - 2E Leeds &Livrp 10f 251. - Warn:ek & 1 Leicester .... 1 101 51. 59 Bi nn i n g. 5 100 2 1. 20 Leiestr &Nth' 83 41. 28% Warwick & 1 Lougliborogli 142 701. 575 Napton..l 100 31 . 12 Monmoutlish 100 - - worcstr & i 78 31. 211 Mntgmerysh 100 - e - Binning. Mel tnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -, 10s. Od. - INSURANCE COMPANIES. e Dividend Amount r Name of Company. per of I Paid. I Price, Annum. Share. - ----- ,--- .£ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .... ••••- • • • • 3/. 10s, 500 0 0 50 0 0 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 * 0 0 11 0 0 111 Ditto Marine ... .... 6/. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Anchor .......... •... 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 - e Atlas . Argus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22 ) British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 t Clericl.3led.& Gen. Life spr c t. & b s. 1 00 0 0 10 0 0 - County .... .......... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 I C ro w n .. .. ..... ••• • • 17s. Od 50 0 0 50 0 17% 1 Eagle .. , Equity and Law-- 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% ' European Life .. 1/. 20 0 0 au - • Genera 1............. 61. 5 0 0 ~,, Globe ... • • ..... 6/. per cent. Stock. . 5% 0 127% • Guardian ............ 5 per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 55% Imperial Fire ..... .... 12/. per ce n t . 500 0 0 5 0 0 0 330 I Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 11 3s & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 65 • Law Fire Law Life. •• •• .... •• • • - 100 0 0 10 0 5 56 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London .. 27s 65. 25 0 0 12 10 0 29 London , hip.,., - Marine ..... ...... •... 118s.per share 100 0 01 18 0 0 28 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% i per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 ry„ Minerva .......• •• .. sp. el. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5% Monarch •• ••••• .• .. - 500 1 0 0 National Loan Fund.. 51. per c en t . 20 00210 0 -- Palladium Life... - - - - -'- - Professional Life ••• • .. 51. per cent. 5 0 010 11 34 Provident Life.- .... 11. ss. & bs. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life............ ss. 6 3 0 11 10 0 7% Royal Exchange .....• 6/. p et. A bs. Stock. all Sun Fire ...... • • .... • • 61 10 4. - It - --, Ditto Life ... •• 1/ 10s - 67% United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct & be. 20 0 0 4 11 0 4% Universal Life .•. - Victoria Life ......•• I 51. per cent. -- 412 6 5% MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- --- a. d Assam Tea -- • • .... V. 50 0020 0 0 . 19U Auction Mart ••...• .• 21A per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl IL Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 36 Australian Trust .... 6/. pe7 cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail bl. 10 0 0 all 434 1 nglo•Mexican Mint. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ......... •... 6/. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. S per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. - 61. per cent. - _ 110 City Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph (A) 7 per cent. 25 0 0 21 0 0 13 Ditto ~ •• • • •... ( 3 ) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 Equitable Reversloary El pr. cent. 100 .0 0 100 0 0 Ditto New ....... • - 50 0 0 17 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 -. Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0014 ' 0 0 Hudson's 8ay...... • • - Sto c k, -.. -- flungerford ...... ••.. , 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution ... London Reversionary A% per cent. 15 0 0 all Russell Institution.... - - 12 10 0 - Prica's Patent Cand. Co 10/. percent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 25% Reversionary Int. SOC. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 .100 0 0 -I Royal Mail ',team.... 41. p. shar e . 100 8060 0 0 South Australian .. 61. per cent. 25 0 8 all 38 Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .... - - - MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Feb. 7. Jaws Hill, a man rather over the middle w.fe, su,r rendered to take his trial on an indictment, in which ec was charged with having askaulted Emma Payne, with intent, &c. Mr: Metcalfe appeared on behalf of the prosecution, which was instituted by the parochial authorities of 'Ararylcbone ; and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. The prosecutrix was a girl 16 years of age, said had lived as servant with the defendant, who resides in A.lCrbd-road, Paddington, she having been previously an inmat e of Maryleboue Workhouse. From her evidence in chief, and on crose•examination, it appeared that on several occasions the defendant had been guilty of ire, BRAIIIA V. ALMOND. In this case, which has excited immense interest in the theatrical and musical world, some particulars of which have already been published, it will be recollected that the plaintiff is Mr. Augustus Braharn, the celebrated tenor singer, and the defendant Mr. George Almond, who mai vied Miss Romer, the actress, and lessee of the Surrey Theatre. The claim was for 501., for two weeks' salary, and there being some difficulty in the case with reference to the agreement between the parties, the decision was postponed, and his Honour now gave judgment. The learned judge observed that the plaintiff bad ' entered into a contract with the defendant, the original terms of which were embodied in the form of a memo randum, the plaintiff agreeing to accept an engagement at the Surrey Theatre, signed by himself and Mr. May, the director of the theatre. The express terms were, to accept an engagement with Miss Romer, commenc ing on Monday, July 31, the opera season of 1854, at at 251. a week, and terminating the last Saturday in September, to appear only t , ) perform in one opera. This document was dated June 14. Another document was prepared, signed by May, and put in by the plain tiff as part of the contract in which he engaged with the defendant. It ran as follows : " Memorandum of agreement between Mr. A. Brabant, of St. Peters!mrg-place, and Mr. George Almond, of 19, King-street, St. James's.--I hereby agree with Mr. George Almond to si❑,g as first tenor at the Surrey Theatre, com mencing July 31, 1854, and terminating the last Saturday in September, 1854, at a weekly salary of 201. for the first four weeks, and 251. a week for the remainder of the season, and to appear in six representations at least of the operas of Sonnamblda and Luci di Lainulcr»zoor previous to nay appearing in the Prophete. 'to appear in one representa tion a night, so that I can sing at a concert (net a theatre) if I feel so disposed. (Bigned) A.nunsina BRAILI3I. July 11, 1854." In pursuance of this agreement, plaintiff appeared a cer tain number of times in Lucia di Lammermoor, and then he performed in the ProphHe, which last opera, contrary to the defendant's anticipation, proved unsuc cessful, and be proposed bringing out another opera, called the Jewess, An imitation of the French opera entitled Eleazar, the second tenor part in which is that of the Prince, but in the English adaptation the part of Eleazar is given to a baritone, and, consequently, the part of Leopold, or Prince, is apportioned la that version of the opera to the first tenor. On the 2d of September plain tiff was informed that the Jewess was to be represented, in which he declined to perform, because, as he said, the Prince, the part to be assigned to him, was not the first tenor ; and Mr. May told him he might take the law upon the subject if he did not choose to perform that • part. However, plaintiff made no retractation of his re fusal, but continued to appear in the two following weeks in the Prophete. On the 16th, upon receiving his salary he inquired of May whether he should be wanted in any of the other operas, and requested to be informed, in order that he might get the dresses required. The Jetccss was performed, according to announcement, and plaintiff never appeared in any representation, aer.l the present claim was for the two weeks' salary from the 16th of September to the 31st. The Court was of opinion that the second memorandain entirely superseded the first, arid by the orginal one it was in tended that all op..r.te should be narnsd in the authorised agreement, which was not carried out, but in the subse quent agreement three operas were named, whiht tiff adhered to the previous arrangement, considering himself only bound to appear in one. There appears to have been no breach of that agreement, inasmuch as the agreemert contained no explanation of what was meant by a first tenor. The conclusion, . therefore, war, that p'aintd was to undertake whatever part might be as signed to Liza in bringing out the piece. It was highly improbable that May could have intended to make the contract as binding on the defendant, notwithstanding plaintiff's refusal to perform. Under these circum stances, plaintiff was not entitled to any portion of the salary claimed, and there must be a verdict for the defendant. The learned judge further said he did not feel himself justified in allowing back any portion of the money paid f.r stamping the agreement. Costs were applied for, but refund. Verdict for the defendant. SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCR. YORK SPRD ACCEPTANCES for the GR Two miles. •G MEETING. BAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. (108 Subs.) Age st lb ' Virago Muscovite Nabob Acrobat Goorkah 5 7 12 Epamiuondas 4 7 9 Wild Huntsman 4 7 7 Indian Warrior 6 7 6 Talfourd 5 7 6 Ma rsyas Ba,albec Joe Miller Neville D O. La Belle 5 6 10 Star of Surrey Kaffir 4 6 10 Jonathan Marti❑ 4 6 10 Aldford Alid6urnmer Amtn ,, nia Exile of Erin 4 6 8 lanthe a 6 8 Quince 4 6 8 Billingham 4 6 8 Jacqueline Radcliffe Hero Pharsalus Gamela 1 4 6 6 St. Clare 4 6 3 The Yore (11 b) The numerical strength of the acceptances attests un equivocally the able manner in which Mr. Johnson hag, as usual, discharged the onerous duty of Handicapper. Forty-seven horses only have been struck out. The only animal of note in the "scratched lot" is perhaps has, who was generally deemed leniently weighted. A FRESH MAN. Age st lb Singapore Gamekeeper Lamprocles Thor Penitent 4 5 12 Firebrand Fandango Sir George 3 5 10 Lady Tatton Lincoln's Inn 4 5 9 Rodo-meli Rotherhani 3 5 8 Mosquito Lady Palmerston 3 5 G Mary Neoptolemus 3 5 5 'Virtuous Saucebox Cossey Duke of Hamilton 3 5 3 Juna, ylvia 3 5 0 Atberstone 3 .5 0 Sehamyl 3 5 0 Nell G wynne 3 .5 0 Crown Pigeon Brinklow '3 4 10 Vandal Spencer Homily DERBY RAI WEIGHTS for the HARRI 'ES.-FEB. 13. 'GTON PLATS. One mile. Age st lb gby Sir Hercules 6 8 0 Morning Star 6 8 0 The Prince (late Age of lb Theedine Jenny Wrex 4 6 9 Cherry Brandy Maid of Cadiz Fearless 3 5 8 Medina Poor Maria 3 5 5 Redhead 3 5 0 Chorus) s a 710 Knight Errant 5 7 8 Tingt'-un Shakspeare Warwick Scarecrow DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—Menort 13. The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Forfeits to be declared by Tuesday, Feb. 13. Age st lb Age at lb Bourton Sir Peter Laurie a 11 11 Simple Peter a 9 6 Needwood Miss Mowbray ... all 2 Hat-box Oscar Trout Retail a 10 6 Cut-away Bastion The Forest Queen a 10 3 Star of England._ a 9 5 Rosa Boundaway (h b) 610 0 by Wtn.lV.(k b) a 9 4 Morning Star 6 10 0 Teddesley Spring a 10 0 The Greek Odihara (h b) The Hero (h b) ... a 9 10 MauriceDaley(hb) a 9 3 Augustine Escape Potter 6 9 7 Speculation ...... 6 9 0 Jemmy the Black 6 9 7 Taffy The Post Janus a 9 7 Liberator The DoNcasTEtt HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 100 sovs added. St. Leger Course. Forfeits to be declared on the 13th of February. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion. Age et lb Defiance 5 8 8 King of Trumps 7 8 6 Typee 5 8 2 Hungerford Alonzo Marsya3 4 7 7 Domino Grand Inquisitor 4 7 5 Eulogist 5 7 4 Humboldt 4 7 4 *Kennysiele Hero 4 7 0 Brazey Lady Vernon _Neville lourton a 6 12 D. 0. 4 6 12' Jack Leeraing Postulant Tom Ethelwolf Middlesborough 4 6 9 Caliph Kitefiyer Mortimer St. Michael Aldford Radcliffe Hero 5 6 8 Ammonia Lurley Adelaide Bianca Billingham 4 6 7 Little Toni 5 6 6 Gamelad Gaslight 5 6 5 Age st lb Boddicot Corn. Charley The Yore (h b) 4 4 4 St. Clare 4 6 4 /Duchy Falcon Sir Jas. Graham 4 6 3 Professor Buck_ 4 6 2 Incubus 4 6 0 Singapore lOrange Blossom 4 6 0 Firebrand Jenny Wren 4 S 10 Lady Palmerston 3 5 9 Sir George 3 5 9 Lady Tatton 3 6 8 Vielio s ra New Holland 3 5 7 Culeavy General Picton 3 5 4 Louvat Vaodenhoff Redemption Cossey The Cropper 3 5 0 Freddy The Rajah 3 5 0 veil Gwynne Atherstone Prince Plausible 3 4 12 Little Brownie Moonshine 3 4 12 Smithmore 3 4 12 Banbury 3 4 11 Fearless 3 4 10 * This horse haling been ledge of his owner, he will prescribed, unless specially c entered without the know be struck out by the time ordered to remain in. OUNDLE STEEPL2CIIISES.—In consequence of the un favourable state of the ground, these steeplechases are postponed until Friday and Saturday, the 16th and 17th inst., being the two days immediately following the Lm cola Spring Meeting. CP.OYDON STEEPLECKANIM—We are requested to state that these steeplechases are postponed until further notice. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Divid enc. Amount Name of Company. • per ofPaid. Price, Annum. Share. - ------ Bank of Scotland ..•• 71 4 s. d. X S. d. . per cent. 100 0 0 1 00 0 9 177110 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 201110 Caledonian Bank ...• . 81. per cent. JO 2 10 0 3'. 17s City of (;lasgow Bank til. per cent 10 0 0 10 .3 0 10/ 13a Clydesdale Bank .. •• 534/. p cent.. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11 18s 0. mmercial Bank .• 7/. per cent. '5 ' 0 0 0 'OO 0 0 202 Eastern 8ank........ 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10115s 1s F. & Gl asgow .... 3% /. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 14s Exchange linker Seot.. National Bank ...• •• 6% per cent. 100 0 0 03 0 0 16510 s North of Scotland Bank bi.percent 20 0 0 210 0 41. Vs Royal Bank of Scott. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 124113 Union Bank of Scot. ..: 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 901 Os `Western 8ank........ 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 751 Os Alliance Fire and Lif e .. 8%1 .pr cent 100 0 0 11 0 0 191 O s British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 o'o 11. as Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Cs City of Clasgrow Lite . 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 113 Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cont. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/. 53 Edinburgh Life Insnr. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 125/ 10s Rug. 84 Scot, Lail Life 51.pv cont. 00 0 0 3 5 OV. 7 3 Life 4ssoe. of tieal. , and 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1100 15 . N ational Fire and Lif e 61 . per can t. 10 0 0 1 0 0 Os ,1/. North British I nsur ... 71 . per cea t. 200 0 0 20 0 0 341 Eis Scottish Union Insrnc. '7%1. prcent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ill. 10 3 s j S t andard Life ..•..... 151. p er cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 ;171 Os 1 11Liited Vv, Ammo 1 54. per oat. 10 9 0, 1 0 0i .... I COUNTRY MABIAZI. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET —FIB. °' There were in the market to-day, 14 sacks otro*ll4 weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus: 10 at 21. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAVi r • FEB. 6. There was a large supply of straw of all deep the market. The prices to-day were as follow, ' r,i Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s On per kempls V ito tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to Ss Od ; barley do., 5 e r " u".ta Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to OOdPe DALKEITH MEAL Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs URI:CET—DM "' Tb First. Sec 9d 1 38 , 38i Od 3 6 ' gv n i I fesl 27s Od Od —e "Zi —s Od nAv -s Od imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, FEB. 7. oroll a There was a small a ttendance, and generabli „eel m,rket at our C orn - exc h ange to-day. 1 W 11 , 64. of 03 011 ,' the curren c i es o f Friday last. The best saulPoiftboio barley were also saleable at about the prices,. 0 00,, but all lower qualities were 6d cheaper. C /1 „7 ° heavy, and th e t urn i n f avour o f the buyer. •L' in Indian corn. White wheat, 40s 0:1 to 43s Od ; red ditteil6ll, t ' a rif; ° .- barley, 15s Od to 20 s Od ; oats, 13s 0 to 15s cl a , 27s Od to 28s Bd. per brl; oatmeal, 153 Id to p od .fr flour, 24s Od to 27 a Od per ew t ; I nd iaucora , _ 4 S per 4801ba. .ET.—Fsp. 7. to, a 0° n' t he dose 19 ...... S. d. wylam . W .. . end , .......... alb Buddle W. Hartley 20 6 ... Hasting's Hartley 2O 6 H o t sp ur .. •44:; . •.. Hartlepool West Hartley 18 0, Killings , " bin d El olywe 11 ...... 2l 0 Northualh er ........... "0 South Tanfield 16 0 B ra ddyll . ............... .0 Tanfield Moor Butes - l7 9 C asso p ...... ........... ..... Tyne Main Walker Primrose .........17 P it RAILWAY TRAFFIC O O°. t'for , tek. GREAT NORTHERN RAILIVAY.—Ur 6 '- 210. week ending Jan. 28, 1855 ................... ,••• Corresponding week last year ................... 693 4 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE cri , i l .P. tr 96 turn for the week ending Feb. 4, 1855 ..... Corresponding week last year................. " gig Troo9 , CHESTER AND HOLYHE AD a , . the week ending Feb. 4, 1855 ................. $ 1 "" , corresponding we e k l as t year ..................... 03600' Increase in 1855 CORK AND BANDON RAILW week etding Feb. 3, 1851 ... CorrespoAding week last year SEA COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at ti Try Friday .. ..a(byb._..pack)lN kmertcp. (by United S:s. 05 % I packet) tmerica (by U. States SO packet) .........N Australia (via South ampton) .......... hi t Mtto (via Marseilles) ./, Ditto (via Cape of (.100, 50 0 • ! 12 0 0I -. Pail. I Fri Hope) •• •• •• •• •• ••N kfrica (West Coast) ..N klexandria .......... A.lexandria.• • • • • • • .• id ilahamas ........... Belgium •• •••• •• •• •• NI Gape of Good Hope (Jape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles Chili.. 13d of ttLe month 3, 9, 24, & 30 of n . 4th Rc 20th of mor.. 17th of the month 9th of the mouth.. 9t:i . 01 the mono, X a. d. 9th of the month 2d Ra 17th of montl Onco a month.... d,13.111,23,&28 of 23til of moo twice daily China Constantinople ice. Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France ... . M & N 'Eibraltar Ireece (see India) ..lreytown ........ iiarriburgh ..........N ilavannati Holland ............ Honduras ..N... [mita (viaSouthampt.)l4l End's (via Marseilles)N lonian Isles (see India) Ireland . . N Aadeira dadeira • • • • • . •• •• • • N, l Visits (see India) . ..... .......- visuritius (see India) viaimuritlusk ......... • N N ua ait ...... stpl s. Sew Granada .n Few Zeslani . Papal States ~..N Peninsula ['cm Pert Natal icily •• •••••.• • • • N fuscany Venezuela Van Diemen's Land (se, Australia) ,0 'Vest Indies . . ......N 16 Twice daily.... 4 , 7,17, 20, 27 are '2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Frida) 2nd of the montl 17th of the month Ith & 20th of mon. 9th&2sth of montt 7, 17, & 27 of mor Twice daily ..... 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. 9th of the month 123 d of month - • Is ,is, k 2$ of mon. 114th of the moral , 2tbl of the month. isiiisth2s thermion. 2o& 17th of mom! , By private ship 15th I s th2sthofmon. I 7 thl7th e athofmoa. & 27th of mon. By private ship... 15 1115 th2s tholmom• sth I ith2:ithotruou. jadEs 17th Oftnouth 17th month :iyerP oo' 1,1 .4.0 1 '4011 04' .1. Dal e ". Doo• r . 0 . 0 1 1,./F south 3 w- .„, o P sou 0. Dove Vei• °° Sout: 0 ; you 3outh. - aoYer cover . : . :o; +Jut lllJ es ra" 1) ) °u, ver ••••;;. Dover .. • ilov fiolY he ' tel SOLItiIIU S tittlaHOW / Dover •''''' 1 ......;00., Q' 1 0,1 PW. 1400' 1 0 00 ,fai ft% ..... . Dolo' ''.... N I Vover ' 10 , re ,p AoUl." - I a y i 6°. 3000$1" .-- ;000 the " thi When any of these d a t es fall .31 a SundaS , 0 1 1 spatched on the f o ll ow i ng day, with the exceP ill IA 414 Southampton), and the M a l ta, b oth of wh i c h w preceding day. - "Iqv- i WIND AND WEATHER 1 g•t o' . - 5i0".40 w - ADN ,. s . 0 oov Stations. C ourse of Wiwi . 11 " -- Greenwieh .. N .E. Overca st. Lothbury N. Unsettle d ' Liverpool N.B. Frost. Holyhead Dublin N. Fine. Southampton E. Portsmouth Winchfield.... ..... B.E. • Brighton N.B. Cloudy. Lowestoft N.E Cloudy. , , Har Leamington N.E. d fro"' Manchester E Maryport . Stoke-on-Trent Sheffield Whitehaven ...... N. Lancaster .... ..... N.N.E Carlisle Leeds Derby N.E. Leicester N.AY Nottingham Shrew a b u r y E N .. W. . . . ...... FIFFITH' rrrral 5n0w..... frost' frost 0( 1 1 • ' t — C l° ap Co.mbridgo . . .... ~ E. Bristol N.E. Frost -0 00 Plymouth Exeter Gloucester Cardiff N.E.......... Cloudy. Swansea N.E Cold. Haverfordwest ... N.W Rain. Ipswich ............ N. E. Frost. Yarmouth. N.E.Windy. Harwich N.E. ... Frost. Gainsborou g h iGreat Grimsby Boston N.E .......... Windy. Aberdeen N.E .......... Frost. Dundee Perth Edinburgh Glasgow ........ Berwick Sunderland Darlington ........ . N. Snow. Whitby ............ S.E. Scarborough York N.E. ....... Fi n e. H till Newcastle Hague S.E. .......... Frost. _,,, 0 0 Strotot N.E .......... Partisan %Of Tunbridge N.E .......... Partially f^' Aft ---' TI 10 0 1 THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.-- -..,° b e ,-,$ .0 At. p. (county of Dublin), and the Hon. I' ° l-,0 0 1 1 / 11 # (son of the Earl of Mayo and brother of i':, sr A have been unanimously elected members of t•''' 1 1 . or committee of the Conservative Land Social' 10, Fytche, Es q ., o f Th orpe Hall, Lincolna h l r! V added to th e li s t o f patrons and general COOI 0 -1-11/11 LONDON: Printed and Published by ii, r: 0 4 4 -- sea of No. 112, St ran d , P r i nter, at The n su* 0 0 " - Strand, la the Precinct of the Rare', i ll ."- Middlesex, nuroci v , February 8, )0' Increase in 1855 '' ' *** .... 0 111 1 1 A s. d. l'et e t 1 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAL—T-r 6—° * . 111 1 ' 100 all 7 0 week etding Feb. 3, 1851 ............... 0 79 Correspniding week last year __----- ........... ' t , _ ...... 55 ~ 98 89% SEABORNE MAILS. ro i ..,... .01 (N signifias that the mails are sent from the --- rby the night—and Mby the morning--ElesPatc b.) Paid. Price. .„ 0 1 SOO Day when made u Irru. 4 , ;" -- COUNTRIES. in (4eneral Peel- i: 4 " t ib. , X s. d. Office, London.. dis ° ......"' O il Stock. tmerica(bylirit.pack)ls P.very Friday .. Liver 110' Q, tit t 1 0 -trt BIRTHS. P AO -- or A SON. t he O Pa On the 6th i ns t., a t Wi nchfield Rectory/1 — , N I Rev. C. F. Seymour. Of A DAUGHTMR. Ol e lir 25% On the sch i ni t., a t Rh adeville, Chelten b s ob E. Mockler, Esq., Queen's Bays. --___ ..._ IS MARRIED. 97 111.8 4 On the 6th i ns t., a t St . Mary's, Battersea,golelliciir Esq., of Dartmouth, Devon, solicitor, to bllio 0 4 daughter of John Harvey, Esq., of Lavender .ool4o4if worth. rice. On the 6th inst., at the church in Gor a lieri b i*„, Rey. George B. R. Bansfield to Georgia" GO j r r --- Gambier, third daughter of Rear-Admira l 0 00 ' Albany-terrace, R - lent's-terrace, and of S iii ‘ r r , i r l o e fordshire. 17s _,r4l 13s 18s DIED. -if f de - rfteo li's On the b 1 inst., at 1, Stanhope•street, - -- ,,,1 r0 n -15 s demi, the Lady Rollo, widow of John, Bth ""-- "i 6 0 , a i ~...t' l i' Dencruh. y g. . 4 , zos On the 3d inst., at Paris, Lady Jenkenso°lo,., ' s i , io,, On the 3d inst., the Rev. Jonas BeeslY' '". teriP 114 Feckenham, Worcestershite, aged 75. t PI" ...d g: °I On the 'lth inst., Mr.EdwardCollingten , 4' .„ pr' d row, li q r'ed 54. .40,1 osa- 1 AO 3, On the sth inst., at Ipswich, William ..-•-- jo''' •, cs surgeon, aged 6G. TrArts, 31r. ils On the 6th inst., at Sawbridgeworth, '-'"- ___,,,../ 65 Lane, aged 91 ins ------- - 1111(1 . 7 3 "7.------- i►. 1214 Q vi6 q74 l o t:: Zne t e ! kitt g.t4 4 tp.