The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals• TREASON IN THE CAMP. (From, the Morning Advertiser of this day. ) Though at present there is no loud expression of public discontent at the mode in which the war is being carried on, it is impossible not to observe_ that the public mind is far from being assured of the good faith of those who have the direction of affairs. We do not mean to say that Lord Palmer ston is playing false with the country. We believe, on the contrary, that, as far as he has the power, he is zealously and sincerely endeavouring to main tain its honour, and so to carry on the war as to ‘, hasten the period of a satisfactory and durable peace . But we are by no means satisfied that he possesses that power which of right he ought to possess. On the contrary, we believe that, while he alone appears before the country as the director of its fortunes, the Royal Councils are swayed by men in whom the country has no confidence, but are justly regarded by it with something more than I uspicion. The selection of a popular Minister like Lord Palmerston .to stand forth to the world as the Pre mier, while the Government is really influenced by others, was a stroke of policy which might, for its depth of craft, have been suggested by the Court of St. Petersburg. But honesty is the best policy in the end. The obstinacy of the enemy, who re fused at Vienna such terms of pacification as he is not likely to be offered again, and the progress of success ever since then, have averted the storm of public indignation which would haveburst on those who were seeking to betray their country, and who would have betrayed it, had Russia not despised their assistance. From the contempt which has overwhelmed their tool—the Noble Member for London—let them learn what is in store for them selves, whenever occasion is ripe. Who are the really war Ministers who fill, or wait in expectation of filling, the high places in the Government ? On which of them can we de pend t From a Michael in arms Lord John has sunk to the condition of an itinerant lecturer, seeking to turn into political capital the prejudices of the day. Sir James Graham, Mr. Gladstone, Sidney Herbert, and several others, have openly deserted the colours under which they led us to battle. Who was there, in that hour, in the Cabi net or out of it, sincere enough to tell the people how grossly Government was betraying their in terests and squandering their resources ? Who told them that their army was ill officered, ill commanded, ill cared for ? While the sapient pub lic were up in arms about some trifling barbarities of uniform, dear to the martinet, Government was committing the fate of our only army to a man who had only seen half a year's service, and even that in the character of a secretary, not of a sol dier. Who was there, then, to warn us that under the administration of a civilian England was send ing out the greatest fleet that had ever left her shores in a condition which rendered success im possible ? What can we think of the sincerity of the men who have been conducting our affairs, when we see they have done so little, and yet, with the exception of Sebastopol, have done all they have undertaken so easily ? In all their operations in the Sea of Azoff they lost not a man. How easily was the capture of Bomarsund effected. How almost bloodless the bombardment of Sweaborg. What had they to do at Fanagoria, and Taman, or at Kinbourn, or Ta ganrog ? Why were none of these feats attempted, except the taking of Bomarsund, till millions had been.squanderd? In every one of them the Rus sians suffered in men, in materiel, and in supplies, to an immense extent. Had those losses been in flicted earlier, our loss would have been less, and our triumph the more speedy and signal. Those successes prove how much might have been done had the Admiralty chosen. But even experi ence has taught them in vain. They refused t o learn. They saw last year that nothing could be done without gun-boats or rafts, yet this year they seat very few of the former into the Baltic, and none of the latter, though the experiment of " Lady Nancy," at Taganrog, had been perfectly successful. Are preparations now being made to remedy these shortcomings, and to give the British navy a chance of doing something next y'ear, worthy of its antecedents ? If we have really em barked in this war in a spirit of chivalry ; if we are really determined to fight the battle of civilisation and freedom against the despot of the North, let us do it in a manner worthy of the cause. The present war has most fully proved that Russia ever will be the curse of Europe and of Asia until so totally crippled as to be compelled to abandon that system which she has incessantly,/and by every means overt and covert, pursued now a hundred and fifty years. The ambition of some nation or individual has for centuries 'made Europe a vast camp, but the diminution of agriculture, and by actual devastations, causing famines, and compell ing the nations, instead of employing their re sources in internal improvements, to waste them in warfare, and burden themselves now with enor mous debt, now with bankruptcy, in supporting standing armies and fleets which have del tigAl half the world with human blood. At this moment is it Russia who—by the help of her friends in Eng land—is discharging this amiable duty to mankind, at a time when the friends of human progress were congratulating themselves on the hope that this overwhelming evil had worn itself out. Whatever our opinions are as to the present Government of France, it cannot be denied, for already it has, in part, been proved, that the Emperor of the French has, as he himself declares, a destiny to fulfil. No man ever had a nobler one, and British traitors alone can prevent its fulfilment. Before lie had been long elevated to the supreme rule of France he began to reduce its army. Sixty thousand men were restored to the avocations of peace. There was then throughout Europe a desire to follow that excellent example. Russia alone insisted on main taining her nominal 800,000 men under arms ; not, indeed, that she really had that number, but she could, without awakening the suspicion of other nations, fill up her regiments to that standard, and pounce on any defenceless neighbour, the acquisition of whose territory might conduce to the policy of Peter, Catherine, and Nicholas. What destiny, that contemplates the benefit of mankind, can be ac complished, while a nation, animated by so devour ing an ambition, has the power to give effect to its desire by engaging in war for their accomplish ment ? Let Russia be so completely crushed as to be com pelled to abandon for ever her systematic encroach ment on adjacent nations. Let her be rendered powerless for any this ion but the benevolent and much-needed one of endeavouring to instil sonic principles of integrity and virtue into her demoral ised aristocracy, and sowing some seeds of civilisa tion amongst her barbarous people. Then, if the mission of Louis Napoleo n contemplates the estab lishment-of constitutional liberty amongst the peo ple he has saved from anarchy, he will have an op portunity of laying aside the dictatorial power which, in the first instance, was undoubtedly necessary, but which can never permanently consist with the happiness, the dignity, and prosperity of a nation, any more than it can consist with its freedom. Then the alliance of the Western Powers, which attracts to itself the admiration of the world, and to which mankind looks up as to the bulwark of their liberties and the ground of their hopes, will no longer depend on the life of one man, but will exist by similarity of institutions and an indentity of feeling and interests, a bulwark against aggres sion, an example of the blessings of constitutional rule, and a guarantee of peace. What traitor shall dare to stand in the way of this blessed consummation, which is equally the interest of all, and which alone can render existing institutions safe and stable. Should, however, treachery at home or in Germany keep Russian ambition alive, the first victims will assuredly be thirty German tyrants already detested by their people, whom the burden of standing armies will reduce to beggary, render hostile to monarchical Governments,_ and finally subject the m e ith er t o the slavery of Cossack spoliation, or to the con vulsions of Democracy, Anarchy, and Socialism. (Prom the Morning Post of this day.) We have already repeatedly stated that for Eng land and France there is only one peace possible, and that is a Which, by procuring the recog nition and guarantee of the advantages whic we have won and Russia,' should annihilate the aggressive power of no mistake is The nature of the terms necessary patent to all the world. There can be about them. Not a Russian ship in the Black itagiLtienot a Russian fort at Sebastopol. No Muscovite the very throat of the Danube. No more protectorates and material interferences—no more overawing , b e pe r a i al means of overawing weaker neighbour:. llo4llore main terms sealed in a treaty, secured by m guarantees, would there is no doubt secure if Russia would yield to them, but no other terin c : aro possible, and we are sure that neither the people of England nor of France—neither the English C a _ binet nor the Governineit of our noble Ally—would list4n to any other proposals for a settlement. This being so, we aro told that negotiations aro going forward,prommotuers that Austria, being the mover and is now now actually the seeker of peace. Then sh e for no Russian terms peace on our conditions, whilst our terms, on the s i fould find acceptance here, d ontrary, if haply not now, must hereafter be acced e e c to by the Czar. Austria is no doubt anxious—deeply anxious— for peace. She reaps noland can calculate on no ad vantage from the w g aorryl' he - has no trade as Prussia has. With a wretchedly- poor treasury she has to keep up a magnificent and costly army. .Her ever moving against us was ou t o f th e ques tion. It would be her annihilation. In neutrality she fondly imagined lay her security ; but she finds neutrality almost as dangerous as a bolder course. If she move now, it must be with us ; and if she press urgently for peace, it is upon our terms. There has always been a vast deal of expediency , in the policy of Austria, and her not very chi valrous reason for not joining us in the outset in the defence of interests unmistakeably European and eminently Danubian and Austrian was, that she felt compelled, by the large armies of Russia in Poland and along her frontier, to let " I dare not wait upon I would." But since then the scene has changed. Russia is not now so rich in men—and, with a prodigious force in the Crimea, and a vast army that she will be compelled to station next year along the Baltic, she will have but a meagre and sorry array with which to threaten the legions of Austria, who need no longer fear her ; but who, in case of quarrel, might now en counter with considerable safety her once gigantic neighbour. Austria, though perhaps hitherto lacking the decision which would have become so great a Power, is not wanting in sagacity ; and, matters standing as they are, it will not surprise us to learn that Austria accepts as certain the defeat which Russian pride may yet refuse to foresee, and that the Cabinet of Vienna, having made up its mind as to the final triumph of the Allies, had resolved to urge, even now, a peace upon their terms, pre paring even to break altogether with Russia iu the event of her refusing them. Naval and Military Intelligence. South Cork gave 15 volunteers on Thursday to the line —viz., 11 to the 9tb, 3 to the 40th, and 1 to the 59th. On Saturday 35 volunteers from the Cavan Militia to regiments of the line embarked under the command of an officer at Dublin, for Liverpool. Capt. H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., of the Arrogant steam frigate, has been offered, and has accepted, the command of a divisional fleet of gun-boats, 40 in number, for ser vice in the Baltic next year. The Arrogant will go into dock at Portsmouth to-morrow, to have her defect exa mined and repaired. Her sternpost will, it is expected, be removed, and a new one put in. She also requires new decks. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT. _ CHELMSFORD, DEC, 10 Admiral of the Blue Richd. Thomas, we are informed, has received the service pension which fell in on the de mise of the late Admiral Carthew, and will be in conse quence removed to the Reserved List, thereby promot ing Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in• Chief at Portsmouth, to be Ad miral of the Blue ; Vice-Admiral of the White Charles Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, to Vice-Admiral of the Red; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Prescott, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral of the Red Alexander Renton Sharpe C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; Rear-Ad mira l of the White Wm. Walpole, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White ; Capt. Charles Graham (1830), C. 8., Aide de-Camp to the Queen, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The crew of the Royal George, 102 guns, Capt. Henry J. Codrington, C. 8., are engaged sending guns, carri ages, and all her heavy stores away in lighters, to lighten her ready for her being taken into dry dock at Sheer ness. Her engines and boilers are in good order, not even a screw having given way during the time she has been from England. Her average speed has been rated at 9i knots, with 58 revolutions and 151 b. pressure of steam on the square inch. Mr. Henry D. Grant, late mate of the Royal George promoted to Lieutenant, received his discharge from that ship on her arrival at Sheerness, and has left her. The commission of assize and gaol ;delivery for the county of Essex was opened in this town to-day. Mr. Justice Crompton came down by the 12 o'clock train, and his lordship at once proceeded to the Shire-ball to open the commission. He afterwards attended Divine service, and at 2 o'clock the business commenced. There are 15 prisoners for trial, not one of whom ap pears to be able to read and write. The offences charged are of a serious character, and comprise arson, highway robbery with violence, shooting at with intent to murder, and burglary. William Cary, 22, was indicted for burglariously en tering the dwelling-house of John Pilgrim, and stealing a bottle containing a quantity of home-made wine, some money, and other property. Mr. Rodwell prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr. T. Chambers. It appeared that the prosecutor left his cottage about half-past five o'clock on the morning of the 11th Jan. last, and when he returned at half-past six he found it had been entered, and that a stone bottle, containing seven or eight pints of bullace wine, and some other articles, had been stolen. About half-past seven o'clock the same morning the prisoner was found lying in a field about a mile from the prosecutor's in a state of stupid intoxication, and the stone bottle, which he had nearly emptied, was by his side. It appeared that he after wards absconded from the neighbourhood, and he was apprehended at Ipswich, and upon the constable taking him into custody, he said he knew what it was for, and he might as well go back and make it all comfortable, as he knew that, at all events, they could not hang him for what he had done. The Firefly, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Capt. Henry C. Otter, arrived at Sheerness at 8 a.m., yester day, from the Baltic. She left Kiel on the evening of Wednesday, the sth inst., proceeded as far as Ven geance Shoal, and there anchored for the night, and waited next day for the Admiral and fleet passing, which had left on the 6th inst., at 8 a.m. The fleet consisted of the Duke of Wellington, 131, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., Captain of the Fleet Commodore the Hon. Frederick T. Pelham, C. 8., in command ; the James Watt, 91 guns, screw steam ship, Capt. Geo. Elliot ; the Orion, 91 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. John E. Erskine ; and Majestic, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. Jas. Hope, C.B. ; also the French Admiral's ship Tourville and the French line-of-battle ship Duquesne. At 3 30 p.m. the same day these ships all passed Vengeance Shoal. At 4 p.m. the Firefly got under way, and proceeded after the fleet. The whole fleet, except the Firefly, passed through the Great Belt and the Cattegat at midnight, although ex tremely dark. The Firefly parted company at midnight, going through the Lasso Channel, thereby saving a dis tance of 30 miles, the fleet going out through the Catte gat by the deep water channel. On the forenoon of the 7th the fleet were observed passing the Scaw, it then blowing a gale of wind from the north-east, with heavy snowstorms. The Firefly made her passage from the Scaw to Sheerness in 67 hours. On the morning of the 9th saw a line-of-battle ship distant about 20 miles east of the Lemon and Owers light-vessel. Commander Edward Burstal (late Lieutenant of the Firefly) comes home in her, he having been promoted for the proceed ings of the Firefly near Wasa in August last, the vessel having been engaged with a number of troops, amount ing on the first day of attack to 300, which afterwards increased to 900, with a battery of artillery. The firing of the field battery was highly creditable to the Rus sian gunners, many of their shells bursting imme diately over the ship, and their red-hot shot whizzing by close under stem and stern. Complete volleys of Minie rifle balls were fired by the Russian soldiers with great accuracy, and numbers of them struck the vessel. All of them were of a very large size. One of the balls passed through the standard staff, at a computed distance of 1,500 yards. Such was their precision of firing that, had it not been for keeping the vessel sometimes steaming ahead, at other times back ing and filling, so as to shift position, nearly all their shots would have told on the hull and crew, as they in variably passed at s h or t di s t ances , a ll ow i ng for the ves sel shifting her positions. The latter part of the season the Firefly was engaged in the upper part of the Gulf of Bothnia, where the Fins were carrying on an exten sive trade with the Russians, which was effectually put The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri , boner was sentenced to four months' hard labour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. DURHAM, DIM 7. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE EXTRAORDINARY MURDER BY SLOW POISONING. [We briefly noticed this case in Thc Sun yesterday. We subjoin a more lengthened report :—] Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Leofric Temple, and Mr. Davison appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Laurie. The prisoner was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Jane Wooler. Mr. James, in stating the case, commenced by ear nestly entreating the jury to dismiss from their minds all they had previously heard of this extraordinary case. He should produce all the evidence in the power of the prosecutor, whether it made for or against the prisoner. Mrs. Wooler, the deceased, was the daughter of a medi cal man, and married the prisoner 18 years ago. They resided in different places, and for some time in India. About seven years ago they took up their residence at Burden ' near Darlington. She was never of robust health, but experienced no serious illness till the Bth of May last, when she was seized with vomitings. Mr. Jackson, a medical man, was then called in, and at tended her till her death on the 27th of June. His as sistant, Mr. Henzell, saw her on the 16th of May, but not again till the 4th of June, and thence continually till her death. Her illness continued, accompanied by diar rhea. On the Bth of June Dr. Haslewood, of Darling ton, was called in. Consumption being apprehended, her lungs were examined, but nothing wrong could be discovered in them. Dr. Jackson treated the case as one of influenza. The three medical men continued their attendance till her death on Wednesday, the 27th June. For 14 days before her death their attention was at tracted by certain indications. On Friday, the 29th, a post-mortensexaminatien took place, from which they con cluded the cause of death to be an irritant poison. A por tion of the viscera was tested by Dr. Richardson, and he detected the presence of poison. An inquest was held on the 30th of June, and, by adjournment, on the 13th of July. The conclusion of the inquest jury was that the deceased died by poison, but no person was charged k with administering it. Soon after Mr. Wooler was ap prehended on this charge. The body was exhumed on the 4th of elugnst, and a portion of the viscera was sent to Dr. Taylor, of London, who would say that he had no doubt of the presence of arsenical poison in it, and apparently administered from time to time in small por tions in solution. Dr. Richardson, of Newcastle, also tested a portion of the viscera, and detected the pre sence of arsenic. The evidence of Dr. Haslewood, Dr. Jackson, and Mr. Henzell, who attended the deceased, would also be given. The symptoms exhibited during her illness also indicated death by slow poison. Assum ing, as the learned counsel said he was entitled to do, that the cause of death was poison, the next question was, who administered it ? The prisoner himself had said, " It is stated that the body exhibits traces of poison —if so, it has been contained in the medicines adminis tered by the medical men." It would be supposed that if poison had been in the medicines it happened other wise than by carelessness only. Yet, as their attention was directed to symptoms of poison so early as the 17th June, was it possible that such care would not have been subeequently l used as to prevent the possibility of the accidental further introduction of poison ? The bottles containing the remains of medicine which had been ad , rnio6tered wero Mao submitted to competent persons, and in those remains no trace of poison could he disco vered. The poison must have been administered by some person of skill. The deceased objected to the attendance of a nurse, and none was engaged. Two friends, Miss Middleton and Miss Lanchester, frequently saw her dur ing her illness. These two ladies, with the exception of the prisoner's brother, were the only persons about the deceased during her illness. It would be shown by medi cal evidence that to use poison in the way in which it must have been administered to the deceased required skill and knowledge in the subject of poisons. It would be shown by the evidence of Mr. Wooler's own con versation that he possessed this knowledge and. skill. He was about her during the whole of her ill ness, with the exception of one day, the 20th of June. His hand administered the injections and other i medicines. Her stomach would not retain medi cines ; & injections were therefore necessary. On two occasions the prisoner produced to Dr. Hazlewood and Dr. Jackson a small basket containing bottles, one of which was labelled " Fowler's arsenic," a well-known preparation of arsenic. They spoke to him on the sub- I jest of this arsenic. What had become of the bottle? At the inquest it was sent for from the prisoner's house. Several bottles were brought back. This could not be found. There was another important circumstance. Ene mas were employed for administering injections. The prisoner bad a syringe of pewter, which was used. On one occasion the elastic pipe got stopped up. The pri soner burrowed a syringe of Mr. Fothergill, a medical man. No other syringe was used till her death. Pother gill's syringe was then returned to him. Some time after, when this matter became talked about, Mr. Fothergill examined this syringe. The pipe was stopped up. It was carefully examined by him, and in his opinion arsenic was there. His test, it must be admitted, was not a safe one; but a further and more accurate examination showed a greater quantity of arsenic than the test could contain. The conduct of the pri soner was next to be considered. He apparently evinced the utmost solicitude for his wife during the whole of her illness. It was not, however, until several times urged by Dr. Jackson that he consented to further ad vice being called. Then there is this book (said the learned counsel, exhibiting a book), containing entries be the prisoner of the medicines administered to the de ceased down to the 14th of June, after which there are no further entries. Among other undoubted symptoms of poison there is tingling of the hands. Oa the 23d of June Dr. Haslewood ascertained from deceased herself the existence of this symptom. It was not till the same day that the prisoner, who bad seen the deceased after she bad told the circumstance to Dr. Haslewood, told them. In his presence the medical men asked her how long she had . had this tingling. She answered, " Three or four days." He remarked it was not so long. She replied that it was, and that she bad requested him to inform the doctors, but he had forgotten it. Mr. Hen zell examined the deceased's stools and urine before the 22d and after the 23d of June. On the former day Mr. Henzell went to the coachhouse, where the urine was usually kept for examination, but he could find none. He asked prisoner for some. A bottle of urine was sent on that day, but it differed in character from what he had examined previously or subsequently. The servant girl on the 22d brought the urine from the coach house into the kitchen, whence prisoner himself con veyed the bottle to Mr. Henzell. He sent a letter with it. He had therefore the opportunity of changing the contents. Another circumstance must be mentioned. The symptoms were the same every day except on the 21th of June, when she was much better. On that day the prisoner was from home. Just before the deceased's death the clergyman who had been praying with her came to the prisoner's dressing-room, and told him his wife was dying. He was undressed, and said, " Am I to Cornet in this way I" The clergyman threw something over his shoulders, and took him to her bedside, At the very moment that she was dying he asked the clergyman if he Was going to Darling ton. He did not attend the funeral. After her death, and before the medical men bad left the house, a bell rang, upon which he invited them into the garden to see the hiving of some bees, in which operation the bell was rung. Some correspondence took place during Mrs. Wooler's illness. On the 29th of May, when she was seriously ill, he wrote to a Mrs. Vint stating that his wife had had a slight illness. On the 9th of June he writes that her illness was considerable. On the 12th of June he writes that she had a tendenoy to consumption, On the 14th of June he Writes to a Mrs. Rymer that hi s wife was in a very critical state with disease on the chest, and that the doctors told him they could not hope to delay God's verdict, and that the upper part of !her lung was diseased. The doctors never told him anything of this sort. On June 16, he writes to her brother, Mr. Buck nell, stating that she was fast sinking, and that it was only on the Bth that he ascertained from the doctors that her disease was in the upper lung. He expressed great desire to see Mr. Seymour Dixon at Burden. To Mr. S. Dixon himself the prisoner writes, on the 11th, that the doctors thought there was a favourable change in his wife, and that Mr. Dixon need not come. On the 23d of June he writes to his nephew, a pupil of Sir John Fife, that, if the deceased's case were mentioned to Sir John, he might give an opinion. He then details systems dif ferent from what he stated to others, to the effect that the doctors apprehended slight consumption. His nephew would seem to have suggested that Sir John Fife should be telegraphed for, since in another letter to his nephew says that the clergyman and medic* men at Burden had said it would have been of no use to call in Sir John. The clergymen and medical men will deny having ever a stop to for the six weeks she was there, during which time her surveying officers made very valuable additions to their surveys for the new charts. On leaving Tornea, the extreme north part of the gulf, on the 14th of Octo ber last, the thermometer was down 14 deg. below freez ing point, and the ship being in one mass of ice it be came difficult to make use of the boats. It is expected that the Firefly will be taken into dry dock at Sheer ness, to ascertain if she has been injured by the burst ing of one of the enemy's infernal machines under her, at which time fore and aft and thwartship bulkheads were displaced by the explosion, and the vessel consider ably shaken. The Firefly brings home two Russian soldiers, who deserted and came on board her when off Brandon, one bringing his musket with him, which is of very large bore. One states his name to be JeF.ne Drafinoff : the other Halle Somenoff. They earnestly solicited to be allowed to join her in any capacity, and are doing duty at present as ordinary seamen. The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain Richard L. Warren, was put out of the fitting basin, Sheerness, yesterday, and moored at harbour moorings. The Thistle gun-boat was also put out of the basin, hav ing had her defects repaired. A new steam-sloop, nenned the Victoria, arrived at Southampton on Saturday from Limehouse. This vessel, which is commanded by Captain Norman, late of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company, has been built at the sole expense of the Colonial Government of Aus tralia, under the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The duties for which this vessel is in tended will chiefly lie in the inspection of Government coastworks. She is also fitted with accommodations suitable for the occupation of the governor, and can be used by him as his State yacht. The Victoria is a hand some vessel, constructed of mahogany on the diagonal principle, by Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay, of Limehouse, upon designs furnished by Mr. 0. Laing, Master Shipwright of Pembroke Dockyard. She is of 580 tons burden, with direct acting trunk engines by the Messrs. Rennie, of 150 nominal horse power. The Vic toria has been fitted and armed as a sloop of war, under the immediate superintendence of Commander L-ckey, R.N. Her dimensions are 172 feet over all, with 27 feet beam, and she is propelled by Moresby's improved feathering screw. The Victoria left London on Wed nesday, but on account of heavy weather and strong N.W. winds was obliged to put into Dover Roads. The weather having moderated she left on Friday, and ar rived at Southampton on Saturday morning. Upon passing the measured mile her speed was tried, when she accomplished 13i knots per hour, with 84 revolu tions of the engines, and an indicated horse-power of 570. Daring the other portions of the voyage the ave rage of speed, with from 60 to 65 revolutions, was from eight to nine knots. Mr. Scott, of the firm of Rennie and Co., in superintendence of the engines, Mr. Braith waite, Government Inspector, and Commander Lockey, R.N., accompanied the vessel to Southampton, where she has called for the purpose of taking in live stock for the voyage. The Victoria is very heavily rigged, and it is intended to make the voyage to Australia solely under canvass. There are two broadside guns and one long 32-pounder, on a traversing carriage, on board. The sailing transport Sir George Pollock, with troops for the West Indies, and the Castle Eden, with convicts for Bermuda, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday. The American merchant ship Golden Gate, Capt. Dewing, from Marseilles, Nov. 16, for New York, which sprang a leak in the Mediterranean, and split all her sails in the Atlantic, put into the Sound on Sunday, with eight feet of water in her hold. Her Majesty's ship Alban, Lieut. Fisher, arrived at Cuxhaven last Wednesday afternoon, having been obliged to run for shelter from Heligoland, where she made an unsuccessful attempt to land recruits on the 4th inst., and, owing to a sudden shift of wind during the gale, was for some time in imminent danger of being lost. On the 3d inst. the Alban and her consort, the Pigmy, were frozen in eight miles above Gluckstadt, and with some difficulty extricated themselves from the ice, which in a few hours had assumed a firmness dangerous to any but iron vessels. In the list of naval appointments given in the Times of Saturday Paymaster Allen was mentioned as having been appointed to the Leveret. The ship to which he has been appointed is the Transit. Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Pelham Beauchamp Walker, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, is about to exchange from the unattached half-pay, with Col. the Hon. Cecil Forrester, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue. ,It is stated that army agencies are to be abolished and their business transferred to the War Department. The saving to the Government will be very great. The first transmission of warm clothing from the Cri mean Fund arrived on Saturday at Brompton, Kent, to be disposed .of by Second-class Surgeons Robert Bat tersby and Henry. C. Reade, and Staff Captain T. A. Rawlins, who form the committee for such distribution to the wounded. A few invalids arrived yesterday at Chatham from Balaklava, in charge of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Herbert C. Miles from the ship Calcutta. The standard for recruits for the Royal Marines Light Infantry has been raised to 5 feet 6 inches for growing lads from 18 to 20 years of age, and 5 feet 5i inches for grown. men. Second-class Staff-Surgeon George M'Cullock, sth Dragoons, is ordered to preceed to New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, to relieve Staff-Surgeon Jonas K. Carr, M.D., in medical charge of troops at that station. Capt. J. Stawell, temporary barrackmaeter, Chatham, has been appointed to Devonport, vice Capt. J. Buckley. A notification has been made to the colonels of the household regiments of cavalry, that officers, half of each rank, who are entitled to furlough at this time of the year, may volunteer, if they wish to see foreign service, as supernumeraries te the different cavalry corps at Scu tari. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11 1855. said so. On the 23d he details her symptoms in writing for Sir J. Fife, but omits the tingling of the hands. On the 27th he announces her death in a letter to his bro ther, who was at a distance, inviting him to her funeral. To her brother, who resided nearer, he also wrote, but did not invite him to the funeral. On the 29th of Jure the registrar called to learn the cause of death, and was informed by the prisoner it was ulceration of the bowels. On the same day prisoner received a letter from Dr. Jackson stating that a further examination of the body was neces-ary before he could give a certificate to the registrar other than that of which a copy was en closed, the purport being that the symptoms indicated death by poison. Prisoner exclaimed to the servant Ann Taylor, " Why, they say that my Jane was poi soned. I had better gather up all the bottles." Ann Taylor accordingly placed them in her box. Prisoner then left the house, and never returned until after the funeral. On the 11th of June he makes a will, which we have given notice to be produced. It may be asked what motive could the prisoner haves The learned coun sel said that he could not suggest any. Of that, as well as the other puint3 in the case, the jury must judge after hearing the evidence. A number of witnesses were examined, and the evi dence was not concluded when the Court rose on Satur day evening. (Fromm Galignani's Messenger.) Extracts of articles from the peace-inspired jour nals of London occupy the columns of the Paris papers, to the prejudice of any original comments which might illustrate the French view of the pre sent political position. It must be admitted that the principal organs of the French press have already published their opinions on the probability of the re-establishment of pacific relations with Russia ; and whilst uniting in desiring that result, the majority has not hesitated to questionthe possi bility of its being attained in face of the continued hostile attitude of the Czar. The Constitutionnel alone contains a political article of which, notwith standing its discursive character, we extract the following passages : " The position of affairs cannot possibly remain sta tionary. A peace must be concluded before the com mencement of another campaign, or the wax will be developed to a terrible extent, and pushed with greater vigour. It has been falsely asserted that the effective of the French troops, who are to winter in the Crimea, has been reduced. This is an error. The soldiers returning from the East had been already replaced, and whole divisions were on the road to Constantinople before the Imperial Guard had quitted Sebastopol. . . Some London journals have pushed matters even further. They have accused Marshal Pelissier of having volun tarily lost the fruits of his brilliant victory of the Bth September in remaining inactive. This is ingratitude. Before criticising a conduct, the wisdom of which they can not appreciate, those journals should remember that the result and success of the last campaign are due to Marshal relissier. We may, however, remain assured that when the proper time has arrived, Marshal Pelissier will not wait for the exhortations of the European press; and we may judge by the energy and boldness of his former enterprises how completely their reproaches are unmerited. France and England do not dream of dis continuing hostilities, nor diminishing their forces; they have but one aim : that is to bring the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to a satisfactory and lasting peace ; but in order to attain that aim, they have only one idea, namely, to redouble their efforts, in order to crush with one blow the resistance of Russia to the will of Europe. If the voice of reason is not listened to by the Emperor Alexander, Cronstadt will speedily sh are th e f a t e of Sebastopol, and the Baltic will witness the fall of Rus sian power, already destroyed in the Black Sea." MISERY IN RDSSLI BY THE WAR. The following letter has been received from Rus sian Poland ; it is dated on the 28th ult. `:— "The incognito journey of the Czar to the Crimea, where he made only a short stay, has revived in the Russian press, so mute and so servile, the pre-eminence of the governmental system in that empire over all the other nations of Europe, and especially of France and England. Here the deepest silence covers all acts of Government. Troops are levied, assembled, disembodied, marched to the north or to the south, or retrace their steps ; diplomatic agents or secret emissaries are des patched in all directions ; but all is done mysteriously. Yet, in spite of all these difficulties, in spite of all pre cautions, we occasionally learn sufficient to enable us to form an opinion of the misery into which the war has plunged Russia. "The Chamber of Public Relief of St. Petersburg has been obliged to sell by auction the property on which it had made advances , but which it was impossible f or th e borrowers to pay when the moment arrived';__ and the number of inwolveut debtora increases daily. The popu lation itself has suffered from this state of thing?. A cen sus has been taken of the male population, apd though four years have passed since the last yet the numbers re main still the same. On ce.ain points of the empire it is less than in 1851, owing, doubtless, to the numerous levies since then. It is not the loss on the field of batt'e which is solely the cause of this decrea3e ; the general health of the army has much to do with it, atid the last report of General Paniutin on the mortality among the troops is actually frightful. These unhappy wretches are decimated by epidemic diseases'which assume every sort of character. " For several years past the cholera has not ceased a single day at St. Petersburg ; the number or cases may vary, but the malady never disappears. It is not in Russia only that it exists ; it rages in Finland, in the Baltic provinces, in Poland, in the Crimea, and in the Caucasus, and wherever troops are assembled in num bers cholera is sure to be in the midst of thew. "One fact which is now beyond dispute, and which has particularly attracted attention, is that 'the female population exceeded the male in proportions 'far greater than in any other European country, and the great dif ference between them is now more remarkable than ever. " Whatever be the sacrifices made by the Allied Powers in carrying on the war, they will never be com parable to those o f R uss i a . She has now eight armies on foot,—the first, of Finland, under Gen. Berg ; the second, of St. Petersburg, under Gen. RUdiger ; the third, of the Baltic, under Gen. Sievers ; the fourth, of Poland, under Geri. Soumarakoff ; the fifth, of the centre, under Gen. Paaiutin ; the sixth, of the centre, under Gen. Luders ; the seventh, of the Crimea, under Gen. Gortschakoff ; and the eighth, of the Caucasus , under Gen, 3louravieff. Russia must possess great vitality to meet so many claims; but these violent efforts must pro duce exhaustion, and that exhaustion her fall. "It would he difficult to give an exact notion of the misery which prevails in several provinces of the emp're, and particularly in Poland. I have just traversed the whole southern part of Volhynia, and I have found everywhere the same evils. The most ordinary articles of consumption are so dear that the peasants are de prived of a portion of what is most necessary, and those who can afford to purchase a rrive in crowds to empty markets, from which the greatest part return empty. The harvest has not, however, been bad ; indeed it may be said that we have had an average year, but the corn is taken off for the Government and sent to the south, to form immense magazines which are destined to be come the prey of flames, and are consequently lost to every one. In certain provinces the grain intended for seed has failed, and I can declare, without fear of con tradiction, that, at the very least, one-fourth of the arable land will remain out of cultivation for want o seed and of hands. The peasants are not the only class that suffer from this state of things. The nobles—even the richest amongst them—whose fortune consists of corn, see their revenues reduced to proportions which, for most of them, the continuance of the war will change into absolute rix:n. All classes of industry are in a state of prostration ; the national activity is paralysed, and commerce has suffered irreparable evil. Distilleries are the only establishments that are fully at work. As the Russian Govezninent supplies the national enthu siasm of its troops with the excitement of intoxication spirituous liquors are made in enormous quantities for the Crimea and Bessarabia, in or d er to heat up the con staolkdeienrsa. wa A yo llfthre grain employed b y mann consumption, and increases the general misery. " We had counted on the 'Mato crop, whi c h at first manu facturers of r t s h i e s presented a favourable aspect, bu . t the blight bas made with it that of the l • • terrible ravages, and fully one-third of th e Whole is af fected "To these evils is to be added .evies, if we . a quiet peasant, and hurries call by that name the brutal pretshsearyeamteomtewsthhicohpei aofaefevewr hours makes a soldier of him off from his family without . again beholding him dead or alive. The peasan t s make thousands of instance s o f the most desperate efforts to escape from the recruiti ng ' parties, and I could quote you very ill. The them. Prince Paskiewitch continues the perseverance and audacity displayed in flying fro m that for Emperor Alexander bas just sent him another physician. People have reached such a degree of hypocrisy the last ten days public prayers are offered up in the synagogues for his recovery. I leave you to judge how far those prayers can be sincere." Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. Scarcely twenty subscribers were present, and the business transacted was very limited. CHESTER CUP. 600 to 10 agst Coroner (taken) THE Two THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) 6to 1 agst Yellow Jack (to some money) 6to 1 agst Porto Rico (to 25/. ; 7to 1 also laid) 7 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken to 351.) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered 18 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (to 251.) 20 to 1 agst Artillery to 250/. ; 1,000 to 40 was also laid) a agat Porto Rico (to 401 . ) st Sugar Plum( tak en ) 500 2 0 2 t0 to 150 1 g MILITIA. The following changes took place .n the Fifeshire Re giment of Artillery on Friday last :—Two companies, under the command of Captains Simeon and Forrest, proceeded from head-quarters, Cupar, to Dumbarton Castle, to relieve those under Captains Knox and Han nay ; the latter being ordered to Leith F ort. Captain companies, from The Royal Glamorganehire Light Infantry, now quar tered at Cardiff, has volunteered for service in th e W es t Indies, to relieve on LeithMa co n Fort, ochi e join and h e aCda e of the regiments or d ere d thence 'for the Crimea in the spring. The Galway Militia (the Marquis of Clanricarde, colo nel) have rece ive d orders to embark for En g l an d on Thuraday. next. • - • The gOuth Cork Light Infantry Militia. have arrived in Dublin, there to be stationed for the present. The MIDDLESEX SESSIuNS. The December General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Middlesex commenced yesterday morning, at Clerkenwell, before Mr. Witham (in the ab ence of the Assistant-Judge) and a bench of magistrates. There were for trial 43 prisoners charged with felony, and 5 with misdemeanour. Wm. .11PArtItur and Joseph. Rose, convicted at the last session of stealing a vast quantity of slates, to the value of about 5001., the property of a slate merchant named Sheffield, were brought up to receive sentence. The Assistant Judge referred to the case, and said that it appeared that M'Arthur was the greatest offender of the three who were tried. One of them he sentenced at the time. Mr. Sleigh said he was instructed on behalf of M'Arthur, who had hitherto borne a good character, and the fact of his having pleaded guilty would not be taken into consideration against him. Mr. Metcalfe, for. the prosecution, said the prisoners were remanded for judgment on the suggestion that M'Arthur might make some disclosure as to the remain der of the stolen property, but be had done nothing of the kind. Mr. Spiller, a slater, spoke to the previous good cha,• meter of M`..4.rthur. He had known him 30 years, and he was apprenticed to the witness. The Assistant-Judge said a more daring or impudent robbery he had never heard of. There were collected on a wharf from sixty to seventy thousand slates, and the person having care of them went to Brighton for a few days. During his absence M'Arthur, and others who acted as 1:43 agents, set to work right and left, and sold them as his own, and so got rid of property amount log in value to near 5001. It was impossible to treat sucl► a case with anything but the utmost severity, and the sentenc3 therefore on M'Arthur was that he be kept in penal servitude for four years, and upon Rose that he be kept to bard labour for 18 calendar months. Charles Symons, a tall, powerful man, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding James Kerr. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Coo per for the prisoner. The facts were these :—The prisoner was a labourer at the London Docks, and on the 17th of November he was turned out for some misconduct. He had been drinking, and on being ejected he called out for a knife, swearing he would do for somebody. In a short time he wade his appearance in the Dock, with a table knife, which he brandished over his head, and whets requested to go by the constable, lie made two thrusts at him. The gatekeeper fetched his staff, which the prisoner snatched from him, and dealt the prosecutor, the watch man, two violent blows on the bead with it, causing a considerable flow of blood. He then got outside, and stood challenging any one to corns near him, holding the knife in one band, and the staff in the other, when Jas. O'Connor, 177 H, closed with him, and with the assi•-t -ance of three soldiers wrested the weapon from him, and took him into custody. The• prisoner withdrew his plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty, by the advice of his counsel. Mr. Cooper then addressed the court in mitigation, and urged the prisoner's sincere sorrow for what had occurred. The Assistant• Judge sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—Dec. 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RR STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO.-IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE ASSETS OF THE BANK AND OF SALFORD AND CO. special sitting took place to-day, for the purpose of hearing the arguments on the question of a proposed di vision of the assets of the two estates. The bankrupts carried on business as navy agents, under the style of "Halford and Co," in addition to their banking busi ness in the Strand. The former firm, it may be remem bered, was nearly in insolvent circumstances at the time of the bankruptcy. The question was raised by Mr. Bagley, on behalf of Capt. W. Herringharn, a creditor of Halford and Co., whether the assets of that firm ought not to Lo kopb nwparate, and dietiasesoa exeissi V eiy amongst the creditors of the house. Evidence has since been taken as to the mode of conducting the two busi nesses, and the matter now came on for argument. Mr. Bagley, for the claimant, stated that previous to 1835 the banking business was carried on by Mr. Snow, Mr. Strahan, and the late Sir J. Paul. The navy agency busi ness was carried on down to 1836 or 1837iu the names of Cook and Halford, and Halford and Co., when Mr. Halford becoming incapacitated for business, the late Sir John Paul undertook the management for him. Mr. Halford died in 1837, and the late banking firm then be came the managers of the business, intimation of the change being given to several of the customers. In 1842, Mr. Bates became a partner in the bank, regular articles being entered into which also provided for his admission into the navy agency business. The articles clearly con templated that the business should be kept distinct, and provided for their being carried on in separate premises, and that separate books should be kept, and this agree ment had been strictly carried out. Mr. Bates'is position was peculiar--he brought in no capital, and had a fixed salary, in the first instance, of 8001. a-year, without par ticipating in the profits. Mr. Strahan was to have 5 9ths and Sir J. D. Paul 4-9ths. There were provisions in the agreement exempting Mr. Bates from any liability to loss, and also excluding him from any interest in the business on the death of the partners. Mr. Justice Storey laid it down that a community in profit and loss was the very essence of partnership, and the same view was taken by Mr. Collier. Mr. Collier was undoubtedly held out to the world as a partner ; but that was a very tferent thing from his being a partner as between them se'ves. In the case of Reay and Reay, and numerous others, the distinction was drawn between these two kinds of partnership. In the present instance Mr. Bates was clearly not a partner, in the true sense of the word, in either business. He had certainly held himself out to the world as a partner in the bankin4 business ; but in the navy agency business he had taken no part whatever beyond occasionally selling stock when desired to do so. His name had also been inserted in powers of attorney given by the customers of Halford and Co. to the house ; but even this did not constitute him a part ner, nor did it give any information relative to those customers who did not make powers of attor ney. There was no evidence whatever that Mr. Bates had held himself out to the world as a partner in Wil ford and Co.'s ; in fact, lie never went there except when he was sent, and no customer of the house was ever in troduced to him. But assuming that Mr. Bates had acted as a partner in both houses, there were still good grounds for a distinction of the assets, on the same prin ciple which authorised the distinction of joint and sepa rate estates. Where parties carried on different busi nesses in distinct premises, it had been held that one estate might prove against the other though the parties were identical. The learned gentleman cited several cases. Mr. Hannen, for the assignees, admitted the principle that separate estates belonged to the separate creditors, but observed that the question here was, what were se parate estates ? The deed of partnership constituted Mr. Bates a partner just as much in one business as in the other, i❑ fact the two were spoken of as one, the " busi ness of bankers and navy agents." It was said there had been no communication to the customers of the fact of Bates's partnership in Halford and Co., but Captain Her ringham himself admitted that he had received a circular announcing some change in the firm. It was also in evi dence that after Strahan and Co. took the business the cheques were headed in their names, and though the change in question did not show the introduction of Mr. Bates's name, it showed that the banking firm, whoever they might be, were in reality the principals in the other business, In all cases cited there bad been firms con sisting of different members. Here the firms were the same, and even the businesses to some extent ; for the house of Halford and Co. had also carried on a banking business. His Honour said, in this case it was of great impor tance to the creditors that no delay should take place in the decision of this question, as they were, of course, anxious to come to a dividend ; he should therefore state his opinion on it at once. There would be a good deal in what had been said as to Strahan and Paul being the only real partners, if the name of Halford and Co. had not continued ; but as that style or firm conveyed no meaning to anybody, it was everybody's business to inquire who were the part ners. No doubt Mr. Bates was a partner in both con cerns ; if not, he was not a partner in either • and th e result was the same. The question was, whether the Court could order separate accounts to be taken, when the partners were the same in each concern. In thel case of an individual would it be said that separate accounts should be taken because they had carried on two sepa rate trades in the same' town ? A general merchant trading in sugars, ships, and a variety of things, opened a separate account on his books for every article of mer chandise. In the event of his failure, could a creditor who had sold him a ship come in and say, " That ship which I sold you has been profitable, your acesunts prove it ; pay me for it ;" thus claiming an advantage over the other creditors ? Such a principle can never be admitted. And in this respect there was no difference between the case of three partners and that of an indi vidual trader. He bad looked carefully at all the dif ferent authorities which had been cited, and found that they all, without a single exception, referred to cases where the partners in the different firms were not the same. Under all the circumstances it appeared to him there_ must be a joint account, and that atl the creditors must come in under it. The costs of the present hearing were allowed. U.VITERS'ITY INTELLIGE'NC'E. OXFORD, DEC. 8. ORIEL COLLEGE. The election of scholars and exhibitioners at this col lege has ended in favour of the following : SCHOLAR. Mr. Penny, from Tunbridge School —St. John's Col lege. IRELAND EXHIBITIONERS. Mr. Swann, C_ot.nm . o . ners—Oriel. Mr. Gr)wse, In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday next, Dec. 13, at 10 o'clock, it will be proposed to confer the degree of Master of Arts on Mr. Max Muller, of Christ Church, Taylorian Professor of Modern European Lao. guages, by decree of Convocation. CAMBRIDGE, DEC 8. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND TOWN. The syndicate, authorised by grace of the Senate, Oct. 19, 1855, "to take such steps as they might deem expe dient for the purpose of obtaining an act or acts of Par liament in conformity with the award of Sir John Patte son," beg leave to report to the Senate upon their pro ceedings up to the present time.:— "Assisted by the advice of the University counsel, they have given their best attention to the preparation of a Parliamentary bill, which they now submit to the Senate in a printed form. Besides some less important deviationi which it exhibits from the exact terms of the award, teere will be found one of a different character and requiring some explanation. The committee of the council of the borough introduced into the draft a clause providing for the union of all the parishes in the borough for the purpose of rating. But as this provision did not form part of the actual award, the syndics, whatever might be their opinion, felt themselves wholly prc cluded by the terms of their appointment from giving any consent on behalf of the University to its forming part of the bill. On the other hand, however, seeing that the arbitrator, after having stated that it was not within the scope of his authority to make any award to this effect,' had proceeded to say that he 'strongly re commended that such a course should be adopted,' the syndics did not think themselves authorised to decide that the bill should not contain such a provision. They thought that the University should pronounce its own opinio❑ upon the question; and accordingly they left the o ause in the draft:, in order that when a grace came to be offered to the Senate for sealing the petitioa to Parlia.- urea for leave to bring in the bill the University itself might determine whether or not the clause should remain in it. The syndics considered also that when the bill came before Parliament, all persons, whether parties to the re ference or not, would be free to oppose this provision, if they were so inclined. Moreover, this seemed to be the most proper and respectful mode of inviting the formal opinion of the arbitrator; and, in submitting the draft to him for revi-ion, his attention was particularly directed to this point. The draft has now been returned, and is approved' by the arbitrator without any alteration whatever. He 'agrees' not only to all the less impor tant deviations from his award, which have already been adverted to, but also to the clauses respecting union rating, of which he says that he thinks them very pro per, and quite agrees to them.' Of the whole proceed ings he says, that `if the result shall be, as he heartily hopes is may, to secure peace and prosperity both to the University and the town, he shall always rejoice in hav ing contributed to so desirable a consummation.' Under the sanction of such authority the syndicate beg leave to recommend to the Senate the adoption of the bill as approved by the arbitrator. (Signed) "W. WHEWELL, Vice Chancelbr. GILBERT AINSLIE. H. PHILPOTT. H. W. COOKSON. JAMES CARTMELL. W. H. BATESON. ARTHUR WOLFE. FRANCIS FRANCE. JAS. ATLAY. FEW.. MARTIN. A. THACKER. JOHN LAMB." STOCKS IN THE PRODUCE MARKETS. The returns just completed of the stocks in the pro duce-markets at the commencement of December, com pared with those of the corresponding period of last year, present no results materially different from those of the preceding month. On the whole, they are still less favourable, owing to the reduction consequent upon the purchases made by the dealers during the recent excitement, while there has as yet been little time for the effects of high prices to become observable either as regards increased importations or reduced con sumption. In relation to sugar, however, the compari son last month was 75,000 tons against 160.000 in No vember, 1854, showing a diminution of 85,000 tons. This month it is 57,000 toss against 128,000 tons, and consequently, although the stock is smaller, the comparative diminution is only 71,000 tons. The same process has been observable in the instance of cotton, the stock of which has diminished durieg the month 109,653 bales, while the deficiency, as compared with last year, which was 260,650 bales on the Ist ult., is now only 165,343. Subjoined are the respective totals : Stocks. December 1. In United Kingdom— 1854. 1855. Cottnn, balon Sugar, tons Molasses, casks Tea, lb. Coffee, cwt. Rice, tons 16,493 32,6.10 Saltpetre, tons ] 6,910 5,251 Rum, puncheons 27,800 33,300 In London — Indigo, chests Tallow, casks Hemp, tons Flax, tons 2,217 1 036 Cocoa, barrels and bags 9,100 6,440 THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIO.--STRALBUND, Dec. 4. There has been a very severe frost for some days past, with the wind at N.B. and S.E., in consequence of which the harbour, &c., are covered with firm ice, and the navigation is closed. MEMEL, Dec. 3.—Sharp frost, 18 deg. a.m., 10 deg. p.m. ; the Half frozen ; wind E. ; H.M.S. Conflict left the roads. HAMBURG, Dec. 5. Mild weather and snow ; the river full of floating ice. CHARGE{ OF FRAUD AGAINST A SOLICITOR. —On Sa turday, at the Brighton Borough Sessions, Henry Rich ardson, aged 44, described as a solicitor, of 25, Lin coln's-inn-fields, London, was charged with having at Brighton, on the 3d of November, obtained by false pre tences, by a cheque on the Brighton Union Baelc, the sum of 2/. 15s. 6d., with intact to defraud. The R - corder having summed up favourably towards the pri soner, observing that there had been some groum'a shown for the prisoner's belief that a small cheque would be honoured, the jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of acquittal, and the foreman said tl e jury were desirous that the bankers should be requested never to allow cheque books to go abroad in such a loose manner, to the detriment of tradespeople. [It.DVERTISEMENT.F-IL is with pleasure we notice the daily in _rease of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. We quote the follow ing : —Southwick Park, Farehani, Hants, Oct. 31, 1848. Gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for your kind attention. When I began taking the Revalenta 1 was in as deplorable a condition as can well be imagined. I was confined to my bed, and so weak that I could neither stand nor walk, suffering severely front flatulency, constipation, and indigestion, and being compelled to have recourse to aperients every s coed or third day; and, upon one occasion, I swallowed no less than seven doses within twenty-eight hours, under medical advice. There was a giddiness in my head, and a singing in my right ear, that when I turned my head on the pillow it resembled the sound produced by a light touch on a musical glass. I had a pain and sort of fullness across the chest, a sore throat, and a slight cough ; but the pain around my loins was so great that I could not remain in the same position for ten minutes all night long. The principal seat of the pain seemed to be just below the ribs on my left side, and about three inches from the backbone. I commenced taking Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica morning and evening, boiled in water and salt ; and in less than a fortnight my appetite was greatly i-aproved, and flatulency and constipation so far vanished hat I have not tasted a pill or drug of any kind since. I am much stronger, can walk steadier, and less like a drunken man, &c. —JOHN VASS, Land-steward.- In canisters, 1113. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b 22r. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barr' , Du Barry & Co., 77, tegent-street, London ; also at Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, 4:r ATI r; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Chariug-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall. mall; 7, Pall-mall-Bast ; in, New' Bond-street ; 24, Mot• comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit. street ; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, St. P a ul's Rhurchyard ; 6, Edward-street, Portman-,:qnare. [ADVBETISEMENT.]—SIGHT AND HEARING.—DBAFNERS AND Dayscrlya VISION RELIEVED.- Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo site the York Hotel. Deafness—Now Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, prod uce d . B e i ng of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.—Newly -constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derives' from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons aro enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation--can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By her Majesty's Ro3, al Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed , through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers.that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope can e seen a person's countenance three miles and a _half distant, and an object from-1d to 20 miles. They are ofjargorand all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary.ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—VaL a b lo, ne wly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can bo seen and known 12 miles distant ; they answer clearly d eer-s s t e a e l n kin at g 8, yachting, to 1O nii les. to sportsmen, gentlemen, every purpose on the race-cours e, and at the o p er a house's, country scenery, and ships are They are invaluable for sh ootin g , gamekeepers, and tourists. O pera, glasses, with wo n d er f u l race- COIII%O, camp, an d p ers p ective power. -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. obsthe —opposite the York 11,001. -r; . ca y s A Colchester Harwich 289 923 44! 50 4 10 Leigh Naldon C!ountry far :et CHELMSFORD-DEO. 7. Of wheats we had a large supply, and millers and factors refusing to purchase unless at lower rates prises receded 2s to 31 per qr., the trade being very dull at that reduc- tion. Samples out of condition were almost unsaleable. Spring corn of all sorts is cheaper, with little doing. Wheat., white, old, per 0. s. s. 0. qr. 75 83 Oats, per qr 26 3 4 no w ....7.1- 85 I Peas, Partridge 42 44 red, old 68 8Z W bite.... ...... 43 ' 6 new 66 80 Boiling 46 o 3 Barley 31 41 Dun 41 43 Chevalier 36 44 Beans, Tick 43 47 G.ll ding 3l ~ 7 Har; ow ticks 46 48 Malt 72 76 Mazagan.... Al 44 ___ . . Chevalier .... ..... 76 SO Ditto; n0w...42 COLCHESTER,- DEC. R. A fair supply of wheat, the condition not improved, and the trade ruled dull at is to 2s. per qr. decline. Barley more plentiful, and is cheaper. Beaus and peas the tura in favour of the buyer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 813 to 883; red, 803 to 84s ; barley, 40s to 45s ; oats, 28s to 34s ; bento Mazagan, 46s to 483 ; middle and small, 503 to 565; peas, white, 56s to 58s ; grey, 46s to 48s. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c , in the port of London, from the following pi the 3d to the Bth Dec., both inclusive. ~ receive )rte, from KIRKC A.LDY—D s c To-day we had fair supplies of b‘rley and oats, but small of wheat. Prices were generally Is per qr. lower than on this day se'nnight. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. 1 First Second Third 6os Od I 369 Od 26s Od Os "'' ".—Dirc. 10 she close of the mark et Walleend, &c COAL MARK Priocs of Coal per ton at t 8. d. Bate's West Hartley 18 t , Chester Main Hasting's Hartley Holywell .lB 3 Lambton . Howard's West Hartley Lumley ... Netherton lB t . Pensher AL North Percy Hartley ...18 0 Plummer 2l ° Tanfield Moor l7 6 Russell's Hetton 22 • G Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6 South Hetton 22 Walker Primrose . ..... ...17 0 Caradoo . 2l 9 West Riding Hartley ...17 6 Cassop 2l i d Wylam 17 6 Hartlepool 22 ' 2 Wallsend, &,, Heugh Hall ...... 21 a Gosforth 2O 9 South Hartlepool 22 Marton 2l 0 South Kelloe 21 t Heaton Redley 2(l 6 Belmont 2l o Riddell 2O 9 C arr ' s M er thy r 2:3 1 0 . 4 6 Eden Main 21 9 Skiborwen M er thy r ..... • i''' 0 Framwellgato 2l 6 Wayne's Merthyr 23 Ships at market... li)1 I Sold ..... ...... 83 SEABORNE MetILE. 23 0 .23 22 6 *QI 9 k iv 41Knines that the raai6 are .ent trom the General Post ott l " ,y the night—and M by the morninz—despatch • Day when in a.i ( .;. Fr om w h at An° COUNTRIE;. in General Post- Port itila o f i Office, London.* Di s p a t c h, Km(' _...„. -- America(by Brit .pack Every Frida). Liverpool Dec. 1 8 &merle?. (by Unitod 811,. 10 packet) ........N .....- • . Liverpool Dec. America (by U Stater packet) ..........N .. • • ••, • SouthaMpt , Australia (via • South ampton) ..........M —• •• • • • • Southampto• Ditto (via Marseilles) N Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of Good .. ..... „ .. time? &Wee (West Coast) ..Nl23d of the 'llona ~ D Plymouth .. Dec.. Alexandria.. .. .. .. ~ N ;•4, 9, .4, & 30 of , . Dover .... " 1 1110, ‘• Southampton 8 A1 a ex ham and a ria . ................ . M ...A4ll t i h th k o 2 f o t t h h e montl, Southampton. Belgium ...........N 1) allY •••••• • • • • • • Dover ...... Daly 0 Brazil .............. Al i 9 th of the month.. Southampton. Dee. Buenos Ayres .• ..31 :, , 9th of the m0n0 ... South. t nenton Dec. Dee. 'jr Cape of Good Hope .. N Various port 17110e r '" Cape of Good Hope .. N 10 Cape de Verde .. „ ~N 9th of Os month Southamptot. Dec. Ceylon (aeo India) Coylon .............. N 11• Channel 151e5.... , , „N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. So u thampton Ta.T 01 Chili-- „ ~ ~ „ „m 2d & 17th of rnonti‘ tiouthamptot Chine •• • . • Once a month.... Dec. Constantinople .... „ N 8,13,1 8.23,&28 of in 'Dover ...... Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon)Southampton 0 40 f 1 Cont. of Europe M& N rrwieo daily —•• • • 'Dover .... TO Egypt (see India) , _AM t France . ..... —M & N ITvelae daily ••• • • • Dover .... Teem" 'Gibraltar ...... .. Ai 4 7,17, 20, 27 E fin Southampton Greece (seo India) I Greytown .. „ .. „ „ m 2nd & 17th of mon.,Southampton Ramburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ....• Havannah ......., „ M 2nd of the montl; Southampton Dee. 1. Holland ........... .. M ,DailY • • • • • • • • .. Dover ..... .. Dal/.0 Honduras ...... ~ ..mll7ta Lathe month.,Sonthamptoi.li 6th o : -- India (via9outhampt)ml4th t ,2Dt h of mon.lPlymouth .. Dec. ' India (via Marseilles! M ,9th& 25th of month Mover .....•1 lonian Wee (see India)l 7, 17, & 27 of MOT. iDover...• •• I e dit Ireland ........M &NlTiviee dailY •• •• • • Holyhead ..,Tsd , 5 Li5h0n.............. hi , 7 . 9 . 17. & 27 or Tri • [ Southampton Dee. I ............. ~ • ;9th of the month ;Soutgameton' Madeira .. . , „ „, „. , , N , 23(1 of month ... • I Liverpool ... Malta (see India) Malta .......... „i 5 ,11. 18. &28 of mon. l D over Dec. ' 4 Mauritius ( see India) I Nfaurit i us ........ . 1., 114th of the moot! Mexico ............ Al ,211 d of the moral- ..!Soathampten 'Do, I Naples ...... ........Nl s tb ls th 2 tithormon I Dover ...... Now Granada ......70 , 21 & 17th of montl :Southampton „fats New Zealand ...........,B7 private slip .. Vari ous por t Vao o ", p . n ., „twos ., ~ ,o s .. ...N sth ls th2sthotmon. Dover .....• Peninsula ..........1,4 Ithl7th27thoflnon.'Southampton Peru ...............N •ti A 27th of mon.;Southampton•_____,Ap Port Natal „ private ship... sicuy N 1 5th 15th2.5thofnum, Tuscany ~..Nlsthlth2stholmon. Venezuela 2d Rs Plth otmonth Van Diemen's Land (se, Australia) Weill Indies 12 , 1 k i7th o month l igoathampten ' Dec. Dover Southampton . 4 ,0 IVarious port 1700 01 ' Dover .... !Southampton ;Southampton to o i Various port* MI !Dover .... Dover .. ', 6 00 0 , Southampton 1 1 130tithiunprar. I 16 °ill • Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, th e ma il s wil l (fie 'patched on the following day. wait the exception of the fn' 8 ionthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despafe'' preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The tone of the market Was fa, animated to-day, and a large business was transo c a l, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 778 s—Eastern Countis: los South Eastern, 17w—Nor h British, 7.6.B,—Midit s v ith (341 i—Caledonian. 281 78—London and North Yireh j ir 94—Dutch Rhenish, d.—Manchester, Sh e ffi e ld, an d colnshire, 231—East Lancashire, 17g. MANCHESTER, DEC. 10. ‘ STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market to-day has been ri: A , easy, but not much business done. GreatWesteru, ale Leeds, Sheffields, ?3i—Dover, 17 7.l6—East J shire, 17 7-16. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 10. toSTOCH EXCIIANGE.—The tone of the market baa o o again firm to-day, and business good. Birminghaffivistr Staffordshire Gas, new, 31 pm.—London and North torus, 91 s—Old Birmingham Canals, 90. 0 / 1 SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-FULL "%op customary Christmas performances of Handel's M 6B ;te take place on the 14th an d 21 s t i ns t . , un d e r the ° ductorship of Mr. Costa. a ri ll° [ADVERTISEMENT.]---Holloway's Ointment geg' the most efficacious Remedies for Cutaneous D l ne ° o l —Emma Jones, of Longeight, near Manchester , le ft afflicted for two years with ten wounds in th ° : d tit breast, which prevented her obtainin res t either o'vl or day, despite of the operations that were perfoil l ie upon her ; her health dwindled away, and she bel l e p completely worn out with sufferings. At this titgod friend recommended her to try Holloway's Pa lo , at ointment, which in the space of three months come healed the wounds, and left her in the enjor ne i , l3 o ( robust health, much to the satisfaction of all who i'7o her.—Sold by all druggists and at Professor Hollo l° o • e establishments, 244, Strand, o d, London, and 80, Me l d lane, New York. A nliN d LONDON : Printed and Published by MUBDO O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OM" P"'' : of Strand; in the Preetnet of the Savoy, in the 000 1 1 Middlesex, Tuesday, December U, 1866, Arko! SLVY rfaniui tikan from s Without any I tePresentatto at 3 o'clock. Egyptian /3 ARGYI NOW a Piston, M. 13 Laurent's new OYSTE are tt o be had only lIRITAI Empowe ItfAroa-GEs Every aesor °West possible I, Princes-at ItOYAI EYE: Week, the Gft 9•11c1 MYSTEI Wizard of the of incidents, ( effects, Magic. and 2 messing distinc kinnsement. selves perform them on the st for though evi eyes of the v ono thing ; bui Daily; a ntelod meted denoue the public even travaganza, in the bounds of Professor An f ashionable and 'theatre to °vet bas been enabl tinnons re tit has at any tim amount of mice Re would attril in his present e the results of a Perfected skill i has travelled th 'Dared no trout the stage in the of the first mecl teat, while en( Who honour hit( it is possible 1 tanity should n ever it has bean r e sorting to th he designing credulous. The 937 letter fessor Andersen t heatre up to t rarest taken on many of them bi attend a belief ttialists.” Jud 2, resulted, Profess Lis illustration c ti lleed a sensatio Dose a mischie , for Professor At to mnsunioatione that many of th( Who, fro m that te llectual attain been converts 1 easily susceptible evening, from th irit.rapping ai ileenm how a nd elucidated. Public expo itsiot Anderson's only m ultitudinous atla s been mad of the Lav e fr om the spirit-t ; 'acted from the per 20, and take' fuca Telegraph. "Dirit.ra,pper, M f rankly confesses L 'ituessed and I. t horoughly none the whole- force 'elution of the Pi anal hands, and Wh o thus clothed real objects about tion for them to 4bove, has recent W ho, and what hi " L ." This young n "n Ital y, is a ren 'Without apparatn tba Anglo;Siaxon Vial's per annum I ,_'°rk. B arnum , 5 ," 4 bought. He .'''ttised. Hume, an d honestly re= , s ti teeDtable to him 'Y'aan, and in very of losing his pon Ilia life. The re' erka L t e ittquired into test humbug! , _kat of the firmer wthaly surprising editorial article of L' z ight be suppose' qt, spirit-rapping is accession to it gent to 4, it is this ‘ be negotiated 7 44bat, wh en he find Rland have the bindle, when h N. J. Godfr 'Writes a book on to state that it is effected, and Deriting Ad ver b: k,avid Brewster, I e4 kPany with 1 1114 the Wizard Nrit-rapping is ni I , l)4 rDoses. In the vrever, there is ~_/the was ' present tab -'4nee with the eri le (a large dinn eltr aordinary man tl,4ordion was cone to Lord Bret p , ht h an d , apar t the With - such Xe People of the t_`44 mottalented • be deluded b: `ab ject novelist o bas of a new ""a actually been s Irrofessor Anders(); '4 of America, as received by the rropta to provide A nglers. In the course of !lifted the Lyceun than has ever hero] , 's ett a period. 34 .'g, the program fashionable Day PI 2 o'clock ; the pro t ,Part 1. —Act 1. ODabilities of the ▪ magic that whi4 ,1 1 , 4 , 4 , 7 d illustrate ~.0 3 Act 2. The Aqu • producing anti= ` °4 Possibility of a] teinplex forms of c • Act 3. Le Livr 'rocket Book, wiry evening's entertait urinous from a um ( Alt of minuteness, for its existence, it is bringing forth Mace for to be fon Is , Act 4 Magical ] ... I r. In . which wil malt Ri ng , the Pet ma tron —black into Ln the position wh Act 5. L'Ecrin Which, though mar ! i ll(' suspended so 1 ‘,_ 40 Wizard will ca ; 4 elf, a n d rain int ,ocked. and the ke Act 6. ClairvOYl Of Opacity. Act 7. A Now d Spirit Store. oettle," inasmuch ek banstible, but w tord of commas '4lcsiona salts, Pot eoyeati, o r any 0 Proving to be filled end occupying the Act 8. Half an , • Ihl rit_rapping. I • to of the invun Act. 9. Grand 3 the wizard's patr Dhoses, and, amo tr ansformed into A ond, France. 'Purl Act, 10. The Et , "e ats himself will the audience, unch tion as peculiar as Act. 11. The 11 . Nucleus o f the Nii a udience w ill have to mid-air the evening, th' mithair, into NO a ll will be produce Act. 12. The H I Route to the Ani r idding ourselves bf the newly-disco' ern to the eastert Doors open each P rivate boxes, 1/. ooz. a ifi ca, or at Vrele, 3s. ; I :IPP° ti Jr-office is open 4 Mr. Chattortot . 4 Lotman°. on &Ann at lialf-pait 1. BRIT BIRTHS. OF A SON. 014 On the 9th inst., at 14, Southwick-crescent, Hydn'r the wife of John Taylor, Esq. 400, On the 9th inst., at 10, Anglesey-place, Southsinr the wife of Philip H ist, Esq , R.N. OF A DAUGHTOB. On the 9th inst., at Bath, the wife of Captain OW° W On ard. e. c l the Bth lust , atGraveley Rectory, near Hunti ng the wife of the Rev. J. P. Birkett. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Clement Danes, Strand, .5 1 , 1. '1 Crawford, of Newton Purcell, Oxon , to Ellen, enif fbe viving daughter of the late Mr. John ' Cording, of Strand. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Vincent-square. Mfr f . Crisp, of Regent-street, London, fourth son of the Ist ° l oo , Wm. Crisp, of Laveuham, Suffolk, to Emma, the ° daughter of Charles Field, Esq., Pimlico. DIED. $' On the 7th inst., at Bruges,' Lieutenant-Colonel e'tort Godfrey, 11.E.1.C.5., of Northernhay House, aged 66. An pteri‘' O n the 9th inst., at 75, C am b r id ge terrace, 119"--- Mrs. Owen, aged 85. o re, On the 9th in t. , at 9, Seymour-place, Ruston -04 Wm. Hoseason Smith, Esq., aged 28. Tuf el On the Bth in s t., a t St o k e Newington, Mr. • late of Finchley, aged 73. On the 6th inst., at Fort George, Thomas Gordon * /tit° of Park, Banffshire Lieut.-Colonel commanding Highland Light Infantry Militia, aged 65. lap On the 9th inst., William, eldest son of Mr. jun., of Hall-place, Kennington, and Southwark' br road O . n the 33 inst., at 16, High Holborn, Mary - ol ' r Payne, aged 20. On the Bth inst., at 5, Tichborne-street, Pl o odn Hannah, wife of Mr. Wm. Baker, formerly of 4, ras-terrace, Commercial-road.