The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-12 00:00:00

THE MISTAKE OF LORD ABERDEEN. (From the Examiner.) "My belief is," said Lord John Russell in his speech on Monday night last, " that had the Prime Minister been a man whose persuasions and dispositions ratiwouons ld lead him to hast en on with eagerness the prepa and arrangements for war, the Duke of Newcastle would have been perfectly competent for the department which be held." In these words are explained the failure and the down fall of the Aberdeen Administration. Ne other result could attend the deterrains.tion not merely to conduct a government in accordance with the policy of peace, but to persevere in that experiment even when its failure bad been demonstrated by the commencement of war. Well would it have been for Lord Aberdeen if he had retired from office when he had exhausted all his powers of conciliation ; when, having proclaimed on every pos sible occasion that peace was the first object of his po licy ; he had at length discovered that the Emperor of Russia, utterly unmoved by such pacific demonstrations, was only proceeding with increased insolence tar take advantage and make profit of them. At that time Lord Aberdeen had not only obtained the enthusiastic approval of Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and their adherents, but bad demonstrated the fallacy of their principles. He had put them to the test of experi ence, with the direct result, however unintentional, of alluring the "friend of peace and supporter of order" to lay aside the mask he had so carefully worn for many years. If Lord Aberdeen had then retired, it would have been well for his reputation, and still better for hie country. In all probability England would not now have had to mourn the destruction, by a process far more crud than that of actual warfare, by cold, by hunger, and by disease, of the noblest army ever sent. from her shores. There was a weakness in Lord Aberdeen's character, in itself aimable, which made him shrink from the probability of war up to the very day when the sword was drawn ; and this fact, coupled with his fa vourite but fallacious maxim, that war is the greatest evil which can befall a nation, rendered him surely the moat unfit stateqman that coul be selected to n duct w hat he had already shown himself se utterly co incora potent to avert. Who would choose, fur the purpose of performing a long and painful operation, a surgeon liable to grow faint at the sight of blood and suffering? Would true 'humanity approve of such a selection ? Yet it is easy to see that a still lingering hope of avoiding extreme hostilities directed all the earlier measures of the war. If the English Government had been energetically di rected to the attack on Sebastopol from the first mo ment when a conflict, was imminent, can any one doubt that the fortress must long ago have fallen with a loss of life comparatively trifling to that which has been actually sustained ? Whilst the English troops were halting at Malta, at Gallipoli, in the Valley of D ea th by Varna, the Russians were incessantly employed in those de fences which have hitherto successfully resisted us. And there were other preparations making in the meantime, while our troops were idly and usefully perishing in Bulgaria, more formidable than even the intrenehments and batteries of Sebastopol. The cold, the rain, and the tempest were preparing in secret and unheeded ; and the precious hours of spring and summer, in which a campaign in the Crimea might have been undertaken with almost the certainty of success, were allowed to pass away. In his farewell speech Lord Aberdeen referred to the success of his Government in securing the alliance of Austria, and expatiated on the advantages to be expected from it. On this subject we will only here observe that such advantages are still future and contingent, while, on the other hand, the evils undergone to obtain the alliance are positive and present. As Lord John Russell told us at an early period of the session, the English army was kept at Yarna till the autumn solely because the Government was waiting for the Austrian Cabinet to make up its mind. It was thought that an earlier movement might weaken the chance of obtaining the co operation which Lord Aberdeen appears to think cheaply purchased with even so many disasters ; as if any policy could so infallibly have secured this eum2num, bonum, of Austrian friendship, as boldness and success on the part of the Allies. The pretext sometimes put forward for the delay, that the expedition to the Crimea was neces sarily deferred until the Austrians had occupied the Principalities, is entirely without foundation. Even if the Russians had not been baffled at Silistria, any at tempt an their part to march upon Constantinople, while the sea was commanded by the Allies, Schumla and Varna garrisoned by Omer Pasha, and the road through Servia closed by the linos of Kalafat, would assuredly have been attended with discomfiture and ruin. The Austrian troops, moreover, did not venture to enter the Principalities until the Russians had begun to evacuate them. TEE WEATHER, THE PARKS, THE RAILWAYS, &c. The coldest night experienced in London for some con siderable time past was Saturday night, when the mer cury in the thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's receiving -house, Hyde Park, fell to 19 degrees, being 16 below freezing point. At nine o'cl,k yesterday morn ing the thermometer indicated 23, and a►t noon it indexed 30. The barometer at the same institution yesterday was 29.57. The wind yesterday morning at nine o'clock was a little to the north, but during the day it veered from the north to the north-east. The ice on the Ser pentine was five and a half inches in thickness, but of a very dangerous character, arising from the surface having been rotted and broken by the continuous falls of snow. Fifteen or sixteen thousand sliders and skaters ven tured upon the frozen waters, in spite of the precautions issued by the Royal Humane Society, and several skating matches for heavy stakes took place, notwith standing that it was the Lord's-day. Fortunately no immersion took place from the breaking of the ice, but seVeral—probably 14 or 15— persons received severe cuts on the head by being thrown down upon the ice. These persons were forthwith taken to the receiving -house, where their wounds were dressed, after which they were removed to their respective homes. The scene at one time upon the ice in Hyde park was of a very animated character ; for owing to the immense number of persons, it was found impracticable to cross the river, and many of her Majesty's Foot Guards mingling with the throng gave it quite a picturesque .effect. At the same time, the carriage-drives were crowded with sledges, drawn each by two horses, and ca rriages, me mbers of the nobility or gentry. Several females who had ventured upon the frozen waters in this park were run down by the skaters, and were also severely injured, either by the falls they sustained or from being cut . by the 'capitate of the gentfemen's skates entering their forehead. So great was the number of promenaders in Hyde-park that many thousands were unable to walk along the footpath, and they in conse quence were compelled to pass over the carriage -drives. Had any portion of the ice given way in front of the receiving -house, at least .1,000 persons must have become immersed, owing to the vast concourse of per sons who had been drawn together to witness the evolu tions of the members of the Skating Club. In the enclosure of St. James's-park a scene took place yesterday that calls loudly for the interference of the police on all future occasions. At one time, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, whilst the ice was crowded by something like 10,000 or 12,000 persons, and the men in the employ of the society were watch ing with breathless anxiety the movements of the skaters, they, together with the park-keepers, were besieged by a set of men and boys, numbering several hundreds. who pelted them with snow-balls, by which the men had their hats and caps kno,Aed off, and several gentlemen, and even ladies, had to make a precipitate retreat to get oat of the way of the unruly mob. Fortunately they found a place of refuge in the society's marquee in the park, which was sufficiently strong to bear the piti less storm of snow, and which reflects great credit on the maker—viz., Mr. Benjamin Edginton, of Duke . street, Borough. Mr. Deputy Superintendent Parson., who has charge of this park, slates that the scene be, witnessed yesterday was such as had not occurred dur ing the many years he has been en duty; but, with the exception of several cut heads, which were dressed by Dr. M`Cann, nothing of a serious accident took place. About 8,000 persons risked their lives upon the Long Water, in Kensington Gardens, including several mem bers of the Skating Club. The Round Pond, in the same gardens, was literally besieged with an immense mass of human beings, in cluding several fashionably-dressed females, No accident beyond severe cut wounds on the head took place during the day. The Regent's Park had many thousand skaters and sliders on the frozen waters during the day, and the ice was of an exceedingly rotten and dangerous nature. In some parts it had separated to such an extent that a man could place his hands in the aperture. Up to six o'clock last evening no fatal accident had been reported at Hyde Park. Great praise is due to Mr. Williams, the superin tendent, and also to Messrs. Deputy Superintendents Murphy, Parsons, and Chitty, for the means they took to preserve the lives of her Majesty's liege subjects. _The snow which had drifted upon the different rail- ways was clearei off during Saturday, and a read has been made through the cross counties, se that the mails can now he taken to, and removed from, the rails witho u t the least obstruction. Owing to the state of the wind and the glass last night there seems little chance of the frost breaking up during the present quarter of the moon. DIVIDENDS OX 1 ---- ; ---- ---_ , ROTlwrir N e&W,e anent bas been recently published, 1 -- CisassoaßT.—A doell- I Chancellor, on the subject unclaimedoby o rddievridoefntdhse, upon d certain stocks belonging to the Court of Chancery, which di: in"/ in litigation in curious fact tbat in no lets that lace°tBweese the ~, b mew at suits some of the parties now entitled to reci,:"Aand ea° have, either through ignorance of their e i, i b in e s -ivi dende inclination to interfere in Chancery law, o„t or dis claim to the same for the long period of fifteen y e e a a ny The document is headed as follows :—" The Lord ch a r :*. cellor bas directe d p ublic notice to be given of the fol- 1 swing causes, matters, and accounts in which it app ear , that the dividends upon certain stocks standing to the credit of such causes, matters, and accounts have not been dealt with for upwards of ectin fifteenyeas.r In any petition which may be made respg suchdividends, the fact of such period having elapsed without any dealing therewith inu,t be t-tited on the fr.co of the petition." Hera follows a closely printed list of the causes in question, amounting in number to upwards of 550. 4*4, --11.,...... ,-• APPREHENSION OF A MAN FOR A MURDER COMMITTED / s . -• , : ; ) , I ; r 7 0 ,. V'ENTY YEARS AQ 0 ._....A man tk , eri,l 6 ,:.: - !:-,L.,...: - so44‘ city, on the charge of being . . lias been apprehended in * ; .:4 4. .. . -:'1 ‘,:rnitted at Borrisokane concerned in a murder 4 -,,r1 ~,s,tiqi i ~1 _ ,,,. __,,,, in the count , a small town between Birr A.,:,:' ‘ >,„e1.01.,. ,silts....senabo, 4414,1 g. •-• Asi:scars, The murdered man was a farmer of some re \..' ~...W:Anete.bility, named Michael. Bryan. The prisoner's ~, t. A ...,a ~;.. . 4:15" .. „ erne is Stephen Hogan, alias Michael Darcy.—Mai ='r l'ia.---441,40 cheiller Guardian, . NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton, disembarked into the steam-tug Pigmy, at Spithead, on Saturday the re mainder of her wounded invalids, under the superintend- ence of Dr. Odell, staff-surgeon of Portsmouth garri son, by means of cots. These were removed, immedi ately on landing, to hospital quarters. It was pleasing to witness the feeling evinced by the military invalids on leaving the Neptune in the Sprightly and Pigmy. The gallant sufferers cheered heartily Capt. Hutton and his officers and crew, who as heartily responded to the unlooked-for compliment, and, before leaving, they pre- sented the following grateful testimonial, through the officer (Captain Grogan) who had charge of them " Portsmouth, Feb. 8, 1855. " Sir,—We have the honour to request yon will have the goodness to forward to Captain Frederick Hutton, R.N., the unanimous thanks of the invalid, on board her Ma jesty's ship Neptune, for the very great kindness we have received from every officer, seaman, and marine under his command during our voyage from Malta to this place ; and that he will have the goodness to acquaint the medical offi cers in particular that their indefatigable exertions to re lieve the sufferings of the sick and wounded under their care merit our indelible gratitude. We beg to remark that had the sick and wounded on board ether ships from the Crimea been so humanely and skilfully treated the lives of many g allant officers and brave men would have been saved. On behalf of the invalids, " We have the honour to be; " Sir, your most obedient humble servants, . " JOHN CARLIN, Colour-Serjeant, Roya, Sappers and Miners. " JoHN GuNN, Acting Quartermaster- Serjeant, 49th Regiment. " To Captain Grogan, 14th Regiment, Commanding Invalids." The 185 invalids landed from the Neptune on Friday even ing were located for the night in the Clarence Bar racks, the quarters of the Royal Wilts Militia, and ma ny of this well-trained and efficient regiment most humanely and readily (voluntarily) gave up their beds to the sick and wounded, and attended to their wants. Quartermaster Paton was indefatigable in seeing to their evening meal and breakfast on Saturday morning. Their rations being drawn, Mr. Chamney, purveyor to the Queen, gratuitously, though late at night, undertook to cook the gallant sufferers' provisions at his bakery. Mr. Paton was at his post next morning to see each get his allowance before leaving for Chatham invalid depot. They all expressed their warmest gratitude to Lord Methuen, commanding the Wilts Militia, his offi cers and men, whom they loudly sheered on leaving. The hired steam-transport Orinoco (one of the Royal West India Mail Company's squadron), Captain Wilson, went into Portsmouth harbour at about a quarter past 5 o'clock on Saturday evening, to land itliV'sick and wounded military invalids she brought from Scutari, as reported in. The Sun of Saturday. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Methuen, Assistant Quartermaster-General Dal getty, Acting Assistant-Adjutant-General Nelson, Ad miral Superintendent Martin, Lieutenant Parks, R.N., and Dr. Odell, Staff-Surgeon of Portsmouth garrison, and numerous officials were in waiting for the ship's arri val alongside the dockyard jetty. The officers who came home in this ship landed in boats at the 'town-pier ' and other places at an earlier part of the day and pro ceeded to the George, the Star and Garter, and Quebec Hotels, while others proceeded direct for London. The men were of the following regiments and numbers : Royal Artillery, 11 ; 2d Dragoons, 1 ; 4th Light Dra goons, 2 ; 4th Dragoon Guards, 8; sth Dragoest Guards, 1 ; 11th Hussars, 2 ; 13th Light Dragoons, 1 • Grena dier Guards, 5 ; Scots Fusilier Guards, 1 ; Coldstream Guards, 5 ; 4th Foot, 3 ; 7th, 6 • 196, 5 ; 20th, 1 ; 21st, 6 ; 23d, 2 ; 28th, 2 ; 30th, 6 ; 33d, 7 ; 41st, 2; 44th, 1 ; 46th, 1 ; 47th, 2 ; 49th, 4 ; 50th, 3 ; 55th, 1 ; 57th, 1 ; 68th, 2 ; 77th, 1 ; 79th, 1 ; 88th, 3 ; 93d, 3 ; 95th, 4 ; Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7 ; 2d ditto, 1 ; Ambulance corps, 3' • Royal Marines, 1. Most of these were engaged at Inkerman. One man, a Royal Artil leryman, had both arms shot off ; seven have lost each leg ; a dozen or so have been shot through the arm, and there are four who still have the missiles with which they were struck embedded in their wounds. Thirteen of the most urgent cases for removal were taken out of the Oriuoco alongside the dockyard on Saturday night in stretchers by fatigue parties of the Wilts Militia, and sent,to sick quarters in the garrison hospital by Dr. Odell. The remainder stayed in the ship all yesterday, and will be landed this morning at 7 o'clock and re moved to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail: way terminus at Landport in omnibuses provided for the purpose, after having a good and plenteous hot breakfast, and each being supplied with ample cooked rations to serve him on the journey to Chatham invalid depot (Fort Pitt), where they will be delivered up by Mr. C. J. Symonds, of the Orinoco, who is the senior surgeon of the Royal West India Mail Company's staff afloat, and Captain Cockburn, of the 63d Light In fantry (wounded), who has military charge of them. Mr. Symonds has had the exclusive atten tion of these men on the passage home, and performed several difficult operations, many having had portions of bone taken out of their limbs by him. Their gratitude and regard, as expressed in our presence, were unbounded. The Orinoco also landed on Saturday upwards of 450 packages of baggage belonging to the Duke of Cambridge and his staff ; three horses belong ing to his Royal Highness also were brought home in this ship, together with two the property of Colonel M‘Donald, aide-de-camp to his Royal Highness ; three the property of Colonel M`Mahon,_ of the sth Dragoon Guards, &c. The Orinoco is coaling to proceed to Southampton to refit. The admirable and cleanly manner in which this great ship berthed her invalids, and brought them home without the loss of a man, re flects the highest credit upsn Captain Wilson and Dr. Symonds. She has carried upwards of 11,000 troops since she has been employed in the war transport service. Orders were received at Portsmouth dockyard on Friday evening to send the Duke of Wellington round to Plymouth as soon as possible. The dockyard work men have been employed night and day upon her engines for the last week. On Saturday extra hands were placed upon them, and they were completed by yesterday at noon. She left Spithead at half-past one p.m. under steast. in charge of Commander George Preedy, who was recalled from leave for the purpose of taking her round. She has only about 400 of her crew on board. Her engines have oily been put together to take her to Plymouth, where they are to be repaired. The ship is to be docked, and thoroughly caulked, during which time her crew will be hulked. The Russell, 60, screw steam-ship, was commissioned at Sheerness on Saturday by Mr. M' D. Jago, Master of the Odin. Captain Francis Scott is daily expected to take up his commission to this ship. Her complement of marines (150) have arrived from Woolwich by the Fear less steam-vessel, R. Harvey, Master-Commander. The Russell is to have a complement of 500 men. A rendez 'VOUS has been opened at Sheerness for the entry of sea men. All expedition has been made to get ready for sea. The screw steam-ship Corawallis, 60, was warped to the shear-hulk at Plymouth on Saturday, to have her boilers put on board. The screw steam-frigate Euryalas, 51, Captain Ram say, having had her bowsprit put on board, was warped to the jetty at Plymouth on Saturday to complete her fittings. The Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, has been inspected at Sheerness by Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. W. Gordon, Commander-in-Chief, at the buoy of the Nom She sailed on Saturday for Spithead, with a choice ship's company of officers and men. Captain the Hon. A.. A. Cochrane arrived at Sheer ness en Saturday, and took up his commission to the Horatio, 24, screw steam•ship, and has taken command. Commander Robert 'leaner, late in command, has left to command the Basilisk, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, now in the Baltic. The Tartar, 21, screw corvette, Captain Hugh Dun lop, was ordered on Saturday to proceed round to Spit head. She is still considerably short of her complement of seamen. The steam-frigate Magicienne,l6, and the screw steam corvette Esk, 20, Captain Birch, were taken into Key ham on Saturday. Commander John B. Marsh, *1 the Waterloo, has left Sheerness to take charge (acting captain) of the Conflict, 8, screw corvette, now employed on particular service. The steam-frigate Dragon, 6, Capt. Willcox,was taken into the basin dock at Plymouth on Saturday. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, went into harbour at Plymouth on Saturday. The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store-ship, Master-Commander John Belem, began to leak on Wed nesday evening, aid she sunk in the basin at Woolwich. It is supposed a stop-cock had been left open, which caused her to fill with water. The Porcupine, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander G. M. Jackson, is now waiting Admiralty orders t 3 proceed to Heligoland on particular service. The Cuckoo steam-gun vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. G. E. Murray, is ordered to be ready also for particu lar service. SHIPS READY FOR SEA.. The following ships are now is port at Sheerness pre paring and ready for active service :—The Royal George, 120 ; Cressy, 81 ; Majestic, 81 ; Russell, 50 ; Am . phion, 34 ; Pylades, 21 ; Desperate, 8 ; Horatio, 24 ; Formidable, 84 ; Janus, 3 ; Cuckoo, 3 ; Porcupine, 3 ; and Waterloo, 120, flag-ship. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders.—John M. Hayes, to commission and command the Phcenix screw steam-sloop, now ready - for the pendant at Woolwich ; George H. Clarke to the Coast Guard. Lieutenants.—Robert C. Tattnall, from the Calcutta, to the Cornwallis ; Cornwallis W. Martin, recently pro moted from mate of the Neptune, to the Calcutta, vice Tattnall. _ _ Chaplain.—The Rev. David E. Domville, to the Pem broke, at Portsmouth. Clerk in Charge.—Richard D. Hire, recently serving as elerk in charge of the Bermuda schooner, to be clerk in charge of the Alban. I Clerks. —Frederick F. Eversfield, from the Odin, to the Russell ; W. H. Oggard, to the Royal George. Assist ant - Surgeon.--Frederick V. Sandford, recently serving in the Monarch, to the Hastings. THE FREIGHT OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. The leviathan Great Britain is under orders to sail for the Crimea next infantry and 30 horses. wee. She is fitti ng f or a b out 1 , 650 k with THE CRCESUS AT FixMOUTH. The hired screw steam transport c"? V. Hall, from Portsmouth, which arrived i'' Plym out h t Captain C. S o und on Saturday merning at 7 o'clo c k Malta, was , d urin g the forenoon, closely , troops for ajor-Genera l Eden, who wass accompanied b y rei by 2fl Major Ihbetso n and Ca p tain Parker. All the ni gade. en were in good spirits, and are prOvided with sufficient wow,. E SUN, LONDON, modation below to prevent the necessity of any remain ing on deck during the night. In the afternoon Captains Bourke and Feel, Lieut. Jordan, Ensign Dunbar, 7 sergeants, 2 drum:lllin, and 121 rank and file, left the depot of the 34th Regiment in Plymouth citadel, preceded by the band of the Royal Marines, and marched to the Royal William Victualling Yard, where they were received by General Eden on board the steam-tug Confiance, which conveyed them to the Sound. The Crcesus sailed at 5.80 p.m. The troops on board are detachments of regiments belonging to the light Brigade at the Crimea, and are sent to Malta to form a provisional battalion for that force. Of the 843 rank and file who embarked at Portsmouth only one in valided ashore at Plymouth. THE TRANSPORTS. The brig Timandra is loading with provisions, bread, and beef, at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Ply mouth, for the Crimea ; the brig Rambler is loading bread and other articles for Balaklava ; and the schooner Chinka is loading rum, beef, and pork for Constanti nople. The Resistance is unloading salt beef and pork from Ireland. _ . The paddlewheel-steamer Telegraph sailed from Liver pool for Balaklava on Friday, with stores for the army and 120 commissary drivers on board. The new screw steamer Etna and the screw-steamer Great Britain will follow in a few days, the former with stores and 170 horses, and the latter with 1,650 infantry and 30 horses on board. A NEW BULLET. A new bullet, the invention of Mr. N. G. Sanntoun, C.E., was tested at one of the police-stations, Liverpool, last week. When fired, it expands from 24 inches to 30 inches, and acts as a sword, cutting horizontally through. out the whole of its course. These bullets are made of brass, and resemble, in some respects, the Minis rifle ball; they require no change of the firearms now in use. SAILING OF THE CHARLOTTE JANE. The Charlotte Jane, sailing-transport, so long detained by Government mismanagement at Portsmouth, got away thence on Saturday. It will be remembered her troops sent from Guernsey were embarked in a enrf in open boats, and saturated, and then sent off without their heavy baggage, which was left en the beach. This reached Southampton on Saturday, at noon, when great exertion was made to get it transshipped into a steamer at that port and conveyed to Portsmouth ; however, the Charlotte Jane got under way, and was going out of Portsmouth harbour minus her troops baggage, when she met the steamer conveying it, and took it in while continuing her course out of harbour, leaving the an chorage at 3 p.m. at last, with a fair wind, fez. Barbadoes. CAPTAIN SCOTT AND THE CREW OF VIE ODIN. On the return from leave of the crew of the Odin, 16, paddle-frigate, Captain Scott, "they, on being told that their captain was appointed to command the screw block-ship Russell, 60, with one voice went forward and ♦olunteered to accompany him, and the ship's company themselves wrote out and sent a memorial to" the Ad miralty, praying to be transferred with their gallant and popular captain. THE WIND-BOUND TRANSPORT TALA_VERA. The sailing-transport Talavera, Captain Scott, which left Scutari, December 8, and arrived at Plymouth last Tuesday, continues wind-bound in the Sound. She brought 198 non-commissioned officers and men, of whom three, afflicted with sloughing weaads, were landed on Wednesday, 33 of the Guards and worst cases on Thursday, and 63, being all the maimed, on Saturday. General Eden went on board the ship on Tuesday shortly after her arrival, and kindly sent warm clothing from bis private store to some of the poor fellows, a large pot , tion of whom left Scutari with a single suit, and were thus quite unprepared for the prevailing inclement weather, especially as they would have to encounter a cold passage up Channel to their destination, Chatham. Their condition being communicated by the agent and master of the ship to the public, the Mayor of the town, Mr. Thomas Stevens, and several other benevolent per sons promptly followed the example of General Eden, and Mr. George Soften, a magistrate of the county, went on board on Thursday, aad subsequently obtained an interview with the general, when discretionary power was obtained from the Horse Guards to supply every comfort to the invalids. The report that the soldiers were in a personal state of uncleanliness is without foundation. During their stay in the Sound the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe has afforded them constant supplies of ♦egetables from his own gardens. The weather having moderated on Saturday morning, the Harbinger lett Spithead for her destination. MILITARY. It is rumoured that the 26th—two company depots— will shortly leave Belfast for Chatham. A draught of the 3d Buffs, numbering 350 men, under command of Major C. W. Green, with Capt. Cole, Lieu teuants gains and Roe, Ensigns Cox, Hyndman, Henry, and Sattie, embarked at Queenstown on board the Severn transport •n Wednesday.:A—draught of the 72d, consisting of 50 men, with tw• sergeants, under com mand of Ensign St. John, also embarked, and 50 com missariat drivers from Elizabeth Fort. A. draught, consisting of 346 of the 48tb. and 262 of the Ist Royals, embarked, on Thursday, on board the Imperador transport. Major G. M. Lye, Lieut. Gale, and Rneign. Farrinhar, Ilrnedre, and Cumming, of th• 48th Regiment, and Lieut.-Colonel Graham, Capt. Gore, Lieutic Campbell, Curtois„ Bellew, and Ensign Free born accompany the draught. The Imperador arrive d in Queenstown on Wednesday. DESERTION OF SEAMEN IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON, Frs. 9. Great interest has been felt at this port in consequence of a magisterial inquiry having been instituted in refer ence to the alleged desertion of several of the seamen connected with the steam transport Mauritius, belong ing to the General Screw Company. This vessel lately returned from the Black Sea with invalids, and on her arrival at Southampton she was ordered back to Ports mouth. Upon reaching that pert, it was deemed expe dient to again despatch her to Chatham, and upon the men discovering that such was to be the case, they de serted her by jumping over the bulwarks of the ship. Upon application to the commander, Captain Stewart, for their wages and clothes, they were refused both. In consequence, several of the crew appeared at the magis trates office yesterday, to procure a summons against the captain for his retention of their clothes, and his re fusal to pay their wages. After some conversation be tween their solicitor and the magistrates the summons was granted. Shortly after the men left the court, Capt. Shuttleworth, one of the directors of the General Screw Company, Captain Stewart, and Mr. Izod, the chief offi cer, appeared before the bench. Capt. Shuttleworth de signated the men as deserters, and requested the magis trate to put the law in force against them. Directly the ship arrived at Portsmouth, and, in fact, before she was moored, they left her, refusing to take her to where she was ordered by the Government, and in con sequence put the company to which she belonged to considerable expense. The articles having been put in, proved that the men who left in the ship in August last were bound to her for 12 months to go to any port in England, France, or the Mediterranean, and Black Sea which her Majesty's transport or ether service mi , ht require. Captain Shuttleworth said, that the same case of desertion bad happened to another of their company's ships, the Harbinger, and the moment the Government were informed of it every man was seized and put into prison. By the men leaving the Mauritius the lives of all the invalids on board were put hi danger, and likewise the safety of the ship. The mayor thought that the cases on the summons issued against the cap tain must be first gone into. Captain Shuttleworth considered the cases distinct. The magistrates wished to know why the men were not given in charge at Portsmouth at the time they deserted the ship 1 Cap tain Shuttleworth said that they jumped over the side of the ♦essel before the captain wan aware of it, and were off. Between 30 and 40 of the crew had left the vessel, which was still in the Government service, and work was stopped in consequence. After some further conversation, Captain Shuttleworth pressed for the im mediate issue of warrants for the apprehension of the men who bad left the ship at Portsmouth. The war. rants were then granted. The several parties appeared again this morning ; but, in consequence of the absence ' of two xecessary witnesses, the case was adjourned until Monday. Tllta AMERICAN MAILS.—The United States mail steam-ship Baltio, Captain James Comstock, sailed from the Mersey at two p.m. on Saturday for New York, with the ustial United States and Canadian mails, 84 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. [ADvattnaEKENT.)—Many thousand cares have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Reva lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, nervoas, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, &c. 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Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tiona-11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ;121b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., lls. ; 511., 225. ; 101 b., 33s The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of post offiice order. Barry du Barry and 7, Regent sti eet, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and C0.,d0., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 68, Cornhill ; 60, (Ix seechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street,- 55, Charing-cross ; 4, Chcapside ; 25 and ". "Upper Baker-street, MONDAY EVENING,_ FEBRUARY 12, 1855 . LAW INTELLIGENCE.---Feb. 10. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL. (Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis, Sir John Dodson, Mr. Pemberton Leigh, and Sir Edward Ryan.) PORTER'S PATENT ANCHOR-JUDGMENT. In this case a patent had been granted on the 15th of August, 1838, to Mr. Porter, for the improved manu facture of anchors. It expired on the 15th August, 1852, and on the 18th Feb., 1853, was prolonged for six years, the condition being that it was to be void if it were not a new inventiest. An action having been brought for its infringement, ii was decided that it was not a new invention, and the case came subsequently on petition before the Council. ' The Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh now delivered an elaborate judgement, reviewing the facts of the case, aid deciding that the invention was not new. They would, therefore, advise her Majesty to grant the peti tion against the prolongation, but as they were not satisfied with the manner in which this opposition had been conducted, without costs.—Petition allowed. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the last meeting the discussion was renewed on Mr. Reanis's " Description of the Aqueduct of Roquefavour, and the Canal of Marseilles." It was stated that, being struck with the magnitude of the general design and the execution of the works, the author had sought fur some description of them, but not finding any, he had taken such measurements and made such observations as a limited visit permitted, and on offering them to the insti tution the secretary had obtained from other sources the large plans and snore detailed information which had been 1 , laid befora the meeting, R$ well as the elevations of the 1 other ancient and modern aqueducts which were exhibited. The celebrated Pout-du-Gard has also been visited, on the same occasion, for the purpose of comparison with the mere modern structure. It would appear that the ancients were not ignorant of the use of pipes for conducting water, as tubes, both of lead and earthenware, had been found in the oldest remains; but as they had not any knowledge of the use of cast-iron, they could only use pipes of small dimensions, and subject only to moderate pressure. It might, however, be conceived that the use of channels and lofty aqueducts, preserving nearly a regular and very gradual fall, had been adopted, because it was found necessary to afford an opportunity for the water deposit iag the impurities held in mechanical or chemical sus pension ; accordingly, on the sides and in the bottom of the water channel of the Pont-du-Gard, there was a de posit of nearly a foot in thickness of carbonate of lime, and beneath the soffit of some of the upper arches there were suspended several large stalactites, formed by the per colation of the water through cracks in the masonry. The same reason had probably, in some degree, induced the adoption of se expensive a construction as the aqueduct of Requefavour, in preference to using metal pipes, lest the deposit should become so considerable as to eventually stop them up. This had actually occurred in the lead pipes, originally five inches in diameter, found in connection with the Alcantara, near Lisbon, and through which, although only about a century old, scarcely any aperture remained. At Lyons there was an ancient aqueduct, composed of pipes carried down one side of a valley and up the oppo site bank, which was another proof of the knowledge among the ancients of the use of pipes under pressure. Attention was directed to the discrepancies in the seve ral statements of the dimensions, quantities, and cost given in the documents that heel 'been read, and it was suggested how desirable it would be, that the secretary should collate and collect them, from information to be deriVed from Mr. Montricher, the engineer of the work, before publishing the paper in the minute of proceedings. It should be remembered that the great works of the an cients were national undertakings, executed without re gard to expense ; whereas, public works were now gene rally the result of the enterprise of associated individuals, and however an engineer of the present day might be inclined to exercise his taste and skill, in designing and executing monumental structures, he was restricted by the modern inventions of " estimate of cost" and " dividend," which were generally received as the standard of his genius and skill. It was shown that public works required to be designed in accordance with the country or district in which they were situated ; for instance, in Norway, where, although the line of railway traversed a difficult country, the esti mated total cost was limited to about 10,0001. per mile, in cluding stations, plant, ttc. There were several tunnels, and some high viaducts, and it would have been impossible, within the stipulated limit of expense, to have constructs 1 the latter of masonry ; therefore, red pine timber, the in digenous and cheap produce of the country, was adopted and used without squaring, and with only just that amount of preparation and of labour as enabled the timbers to be framed together. The cost was about Is. per square foot of superficial area of elevation, as compared with 255., the stated cost of the Roquefavour aqueduct. The timber was not presumed to last beyond 15 years, and a fund would be taken by the company from revenue, to enable a more permanent structure to be erected or an embankment to be formed. It was contended that the cracks observed in the upper arches of the Roquefavour aqueduct resulted rather from insufficient weighting of the haunches than from expan mien. In corroboration of the view previously expressed, i' was mentioned, on the authority of the Architectural Dictionary, published by the Architectural Publication Society, article " Aqueduct," that " To cross the Man hattan Valley, an aqueduct bridge, 105 feet high, and 4,180 feet long, would have been required ; this would have preserved three feet of head-pressure for the conduit water, but at an expense of about '240,0001., while the pas sage by four pipes of 36 inches each was calculated to cost one-fifth of that amount; the latter was therefore adopted." It was contended that the design of the aqueduct of Ro quefavour conveyed the impression of unnecessary timidity on the part of the architect, as it was merely a copy of the ancient structures ; the three tiers of arches were not at all necessary for strength, nor did they conduce to the beauty of the building ; in fact, it was probable the an cients only adopted that system because it facilitated the construction by affording a secure footing for the scaffold ing. The modern viaducts constructed for supporting rail way trains, weighing 300 or 400 tons, travelling at the rate of 40 to 50 miles an hour, were all upon piers with one tier I of arches; and when the building of isolated furnace chim neys as much as 350 feet in height was no infrequent oc currence, there could not be any difficulty in raising a series of such shafts, and connecting them at the top by COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. CROFT T. LUMLEY. -HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Attorney• General, Mr. H. Hill, and Mr. Willes were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Sir F. Thesiger, Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Wells for the defendants, Lumley, Lord Ward, and others. This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover possession of her Majesty's Theatre and property adjoin- oc. Tke Attorney-General said this was an action of eject- went, brought by Mr. Croft, the plaintiff, who was trust-e and executor of Mr. Thomas golloway, to re cover the property known as her Majesty's Theatre. Mr. Holloway, the grandfather of the gentleman now inte rested, was the lessee under the Crown, so far back as 1792 ; but in 1845 Mr. Lumley because lessee to Mr. Holloway, and under that lease Mr. Lumley now claimed to hold the theatre. Mr. Lumley was entitled to let 45 boxes and 55 stalls, but he was not entitled to let them bat from season to season. He was tied down by the strictest covenants not to encumber the theatre in any way, and not to convert the theatre to any other use, nor be behind in payment of the rent, or the lease would be forfeited. The plaintiff alleged that Mr. Lumley had broken his covenant in every way. Ho had given war rants of attorney, and judgments were entered up against him to the extent of 54,6181., and they were, it was con tended, encumbrances upon the property. Mr. Lumley bad also let several boxes and stalls for more than a sea son, to a gentleman of the name of Hughes. This was a violation of the egovenant. By these means Mr. Lum ley had absolutely ruined the theatre. Lord Campbell said that it appeared to him that the whole matter would involve itself into a question of law, and perhaps, if the facts were admitted, the better way would be at once to turn it into a special case, so that it might go to a court of error. The Attorney-General said thernweild only be one question of fact. It was alleged, on the other side, that there had been a waiver of the forfeiture by the plaintiff having received rent in October last, but he should show that the money bad not been-received as rent. It was ultimately arranged that the facts should be turned into a special case, but that the eridence as to the waiver should be left to the jury. C. H. A. Martelli--I am a member of the bar, and am the brother of Mr , Holloway , the owner of the Opera house. I have the entire management of my hrother's property in the Haymarket, the Opera-arcade ' (to. The Opera has been shut for two years , which has been a great injury to the other property. I have received the rent of the Opera-house for years. I first became acquainted with the warrants of attorney given by Mr. Lumley to Mr. Hughes iu June last. I have discovered others within the last fortnight. I did not previously know of any warrants of attorney having been given by Lumley to any one. I directed a search to be made in June. I bad a correspondence with Mr. Barnes. In January last I found, by accident, that some boxes and stalls had been disposed of for a longer period than a season, other than the excepted boxes. On the 2d of July, 1850, Lumley gave us a notice defining the boxes he should retain under the lease. I became acquainted of the fact from an affidavit that had been filed by ' lughes. Oa October 27 I went to Lyon, Barnes, and Ellis, solititors for many of the parties interested in boxes. I took this letter with me, and read it to Mr. Barnes, who declined to take the letter. The rent was tendered, and I said I took it without prejudice to the right cf re-entry, and not as rent, but as compensation for occupation, Cross-examined — l had one or two interviews with Mr. Barnes after I received the money. Mr. Barnes uni formly declared that he tendered the money as rent, and unconditionally. I as uniformly said I should receive it merely as compensation for the occupation, and not as rent under an unforfeited lease, as I considered the lease forfeited. I went to hie office on the 27th of Oc tober, by previous appointment, for the payment of the money. Upon that occasion I mentioned to him that I bad a letter I wished to read to him. I think he did not say that if I read it, it might prevent his paying the money. He said he could not take the letter. He re jected the letter. When I first saw Barnes, his clerk came in with the money, 9671. 75., which was the amount of half a year's rent, which was due at Michaelmas. Mr. Barnes said, " I tender you this without any condi tion er reservation attached to it." I said I will ac• oept it without prejudice to the right of re-entry. I shall take it as compensation for the occupation merely, and not as rent under an unforfeiteel lease. Mr. Barnes then said, "I do not assent to any such condition. I ten* it as the rent due, and you must take it as such." I don't think he added, "or leave it." I said, I per fectly understand what you mean, and I then took up the money. The theatre has not been opened since 1852. We seized the "properties" in Dec., 1851, which were afterwards sold in April, 1853. We remained in pos session all the time, but the theatre was opened while we were in possession. Noblemen and gentlemen inte rested purchased the properties. I heard in June last of the warrants of attorney. In January I found he had let 15 boxes and 50 stalls. In 1852 and 1853 I knew of judgments against Lumley. Re-examined—l did not know of the warrants of at torney till June last. The seizure was for arrears of rent and an advance, making together 10,000/. Several exe cution creditors then came forward. There were twelve interpleader suits. We only put a man in to protect ourselves. The properties are now Lord Ward's, and are at the theatre. In consequence of a correspondence, Mr. Benbow and Mr. Barnes called on me shortly before the 26th October, and it was arranged that Mr. Barnes should bring the rent, and on the 25th of October I told Barnes he had not made the tender he spoke of. He said he was ready to do so, and the next day I called upon him. I Never assented to take the money as rent. Sir F. Kelly said there was a question as to the pre cise words used at the meeting with Mr. Barnes when the money was paid, and the opinion of the jury must, therefore, decide as to which party was giving the cor rect account of the conversation, and then the matter might be turned into a special account. Lord Campbell said that might be done. Sir F. Kelly then briefly addressed the jury, saying that it was essential that the point should be clearly un derstood and decided. Mr. Lumley had purchased this valuable property at a sum of 100,0001. There was a covenant for a forfeiture in case of the rent not being paid, and it therefore became of the greatest importance that the rent should be punctually paid, and those who were interested in the theatre, therefore, wore anxious to take care that the rent should be paid, and Mr. Barnes, a respectable solicitor, tendered the money as rent, and would not pay it on any other terms, and he should call Mr. Barnes, who would tell them exactly what passed. Mr. Barnes—l am a partner with Lyon, Barnes, and Ellis. I recollect the interview on the 20th of October at Martelli's chambers. He said he was going to bring an ejectment. I asked what were the breaches on which he founded it. He said two covenants, the encum brances and not opening the theatre. He said he thought I should have tendered the rent. I replied that I did not think he would have accepted it if it had been ten dered. I then consulted counsel on the effect of pay ment of rent. • On the 27th October, Martelli called upon me and produced a letter, which he proposed to read. I told him that in all probability if he read it, it would prevent me from making the tender. He made a motion as if to read it, but I told him I wished to make the tender pure and simple, and to rub out all that had passed between us before on the subject, and my clerk would be in directly with the money. Theft Mr. Martelli put the letter into his pocket again. I never heard it read, there was no act of reading. My clerk came in wits the 9671. 75., and it was placed upon the table, and I said, "I, on behalf of Lumley, the lessee, tender to you the half-years rent due at Michaelmas, for her Majesty's Theatre, and I do sc . ) without any condi tion or reservation . Mr. Martell.' said, " I am ready to accept it without prejudice to the right of re-entry." I replied, " I accepted of no such condition, that as rent I had tendered it, and as rent he must take it or leave it." He then said, "I understand what you mean," and he took the money without further observation. He did not say, "I take this as compensation for occupation only, and not as rent I or an unforfeited lease," or any ad no other object in paying the thing to that e ff ec t • h rent than to waive the forfeiture. Cross-examined —l was acting for a client, Mr. Hop- Iwas table. t cler l k la to id t t h h e em last on w ey an o e n witness. the kinson. I have no p e morandum of whatersonal interest in the matter. I t n did not make any m passed. present en this r occasion. Mr . Martelli said "I will accept it without prejudice to the right of re - e ntr y for breach of Covenant." Mr . Mr. Wertne Barnes said, " I do not consent to an y condition what ever—take it, or leave it." Martelli said, "I q u it e under stand what you mean," and took up the money. H e sa id nothing else. I made a memorandum ei ther the game —g or the next day—" Mr. Barnes paid Mr. Martelli the rent." Mr. Barnes said he did not pay it under any condition whatever, and he took the rent without any receipt being asked for ur given. The Attorney-General then addressed the jury, and said there were three questions—was there a breach was there a waiver of it t and whether subsequently any fresh forfeiture had occurred ? But the question of waiver was the only question for the jury, and that depended upon the conversation which took place when this money was taken up. Mr. Barnes was de sirous of inducing Mr. Martelli to take the money as rent ; but Mr. Martelli, being in the law himself, was aware of the effect of doing so, and in addition he had the opinion of counsel, and a long correspondence had taken place between them, in which Mr. Martelli always declined to accept the money as rent. Mr. Barnes had endeavoured to induce Mr. Martelli to accept the rent, but without success, and then came the interview in question. Mr. Martelli had but ono object, and that was to prevent the waiver of the forfeiture, and he took with him a letter to read to Mr. Barnes, in order that there might be no dispute about the language used upon that occasion, and be communism* the contents to Air, arches. The water conducted from the springs near Belles to Lisbon, passed by the aqueduct of .Alcantai a, 2,600 feet long, over a -valley, at such an elevation that the soffit of the centre arch, of 98 feet 4 inches span, was 229 feet above the ground level. That structure consisted of one tier of pointed arches, of a kind of grey marble ; it was completed some time before the year 1752. It was contended that, for merely conducting a large quantity of water, the bridge aqueduct of Requefavour was unnecessarily substantial and expensive, and the example of the Bristol Waterworks was quoted as a case in point. The water was there derived from the Mendip-hills, sixteen miles distant; an ample channel conducted it along the comparatively level country, the bills were traversed by tunnels, ono of them being one and a quarter miles in length, through magnesian conglomerate rock ; several deep ravines were crossed by aqueducts, and in the undu lating, or, it might be called, hilly part of the line, pipes were laid with culminating points, crowned by obelisks, concealing air-pipes, by means of which the ventilation of the entire line was achieved. Three of the aqueducts were each composed of an oval tube, 4 foot 8 inches by 3 feet 6 inches of wrought-iron plates, 3-Bthe inch t 3 7-16ths inch in thickness, riveted together; two of them being 834 feet, and the other 400 in length ; there was also another of cast iron pipes. Each wrought-iron tube was supported in the centre on an equilibrium pier, and so placed on balls as that, whilst longitudinal motion was not entirely prohi bited, it was not encouraged, but lateral action was pro vided for. Each end worked in a length of ton feet of clay puddle to allow for expansion and contraction ; and on the top of all the piers, which were 50 feet apart from centre to centre, the tube rested in cradles containing balls, acting as rollers for aiding the motion. The loftiest pier was about 60 feet high above the ground level, and the gra dient over the aqueducts were about five feet per mile. The cost of these aqueducts wasl6l. 10s. per lineal yard, includ ing all expenses, and they were capable of discharging five millions of gallons of water per diem. It had been found the simplest mode of avoiding deposit from the limestone water to have a falling gradient of five feet per mile for the aqueducts and 10 feet per mile for the pipes. Not to have any stop sluices along the line, but, when it was considered necessary, to open the large side sluices from the tanks, which were placed at intervals of about a mile, and to let all the contents run freely away. This system had been found perfectly successful ; in fact, by adopting three con ditions :-Ist, affording opportunity for the primary sub• sidence and deposit of the matters held, in suspension ; 2d, giving velocity by gradient through the aqueducts and pipes ' • and 3d, cleansing the aqueducts and pipes at stated intervals, all detrimental deposit had been prevented. Large sections of these interesting works, which had been designed by the president, were contributed by himfor the meeting. Further details and calculations were given, showing the immense velocity required to deliver, through the Mar seilles canal, the quantity of water stated to be supplied ; these were ordered to be examined previous to publication, and all the members were requested to supply any infor mation in their power. The paper read was "On the construction of the Sea Embankments across the Estuaries Keut and Leven, in. Morecambe Bay, for the Ulverstone and Lancaster Rail way," by Mr. James Brunlees, M. Inst. C.E. The early projects of the late Mr. George Stephenson and Mr. J. Hague, for embanking and reclaiming More cambe Bay, were first noticed; other railway and embank lug works originally projected by M. J. R. M'Clean were also alluded to; those which formed the subject of the paper and were now being executed by the author for a company, though very different in direction and in system to the two first designs, were nearly identical with those of Mr. M'Clean, and all had for object to carry a line of railway across part of the bay, and by its means eventually to re claim large tracts of land for agricultural purposes. The lines to be connected were the Furness and West Coast Railways with Lancaster and the South. The principal works were on the estuaries of the Kent and the Leven, with the view of fixing the hitherto unstable fresh-water channels of those streams, so as to facilitate the eventual reclaiming of a considerable portion of the bay. • The works were commenced in May, 1g53, and in spite of great difficulties had made considerable progress. The embankments were formed of the calcareous sands as heart ing, covered on the sea slopes by a layer of well-prepared clay puddle, upon which was deposited a depth of 18 inches of small quarry rubbish, locally termed " quarry rid," and then faced with pitching composed of lime-stones 15 inches deep, varying from 8 inches to 16 inches in width ; the slopes thus formed stood well at 1} to 1, and 2 to 1, and after a time, when the material became consolidated, no water mild pass through the embankments. The height varied considerably, being in some portions as much as 15 feet 6 inches above high water of ordinary spring tides, and 4 feet 3 inches above the highest tide ever remembered on that part of the coast. In consequence of the high price of labour, carte with two wheels were substituted for wheelbarrows in fornaing the embankments, taking care to carry on only such lengths as could be raised to a safe height, puddled and pitched be tween spring tides, the open end of each length being laid to a fiat inclination, up which the material for topping off could be carted, that end being protected during spring tides by clay and stones; about 10 or 11 lineal yards could thus ba formed per day, or at the rate of a mile in six Eoliths, from one face. Details were a!so given of the construction of the low stone weirs, formed for the purpose of preventing th e " bracking" or shifting of the channel of the streams, under which as much as 60,000 tons of sand bad been moved in the course of end tide. Although it was not probable that the force exerted by the waters in Morecambe Bay would ever equal that of the waves of the German Ocean which had been shown by the experimental marine dynamometer of Mr. D. Stevenson to he equal to 13 ton per square foot, the author asssumed that as a standard, and constructed the embankments to withstand double that force ; at the same time, he adopted regular slopes of 14 to 1, aid of 2 to 1, in preference to the eon , tjaVe farm, as he had in various localities seen- prejudicial efleots mist hOzg, 019 1 240 of Oat seat= at, tho W4T911 W9/4 Barnes. Both parties were anxious that the money , forced up the flat part of the slope with great velocity, should be paid and received acoording to their own ideas ; then accumulating on the more abrupt part they curled one believing that if he F ail he would only pav it as over ; and is the recoil fell with such force on the pi:;chirig rent that would be sufficient, and the other thinking as tothe loosen the atones or retreat of the wav and allow them to be drawn out by undere. that if he raid he should not receive it, he would be Numerous experiments were tried for determining the protected. force required to draw bricks out of slopes 4 feet high, Lord Campbell read over the evidence which bad built at various angles. The following were the average been given to the jury, and pointed out the discrepan7 results : cies, and then left it to the jury to decide as to whose evidence they believed.' The jury retired, and, on their return, Lord Campbell said—Gentlemen, do you believe Mar telli's statement or Barnes's statement ? The jury returned a verdict in favour of Martelli's statement. Weight in lbs. required to Height of Slope. 4 feet. Ratio of Slope. extract the centre brick. 1 to 1 2 „ 1 3 „ 1 4,, 1 The weight Wll9 applied direct to the brick, by a chain passing over a pulley, and increased gradually. The vi•tducts over the river channels were intended to be built of timber, founded upon Mitchell's screw piles; each structure consisting of 50 spans of 30 feet each, with a drawbridge at the channel with an opening of 36 feet span, a model of which was exhiibted. FALL OF A DOUSE AND DREADUL LOSS OF LIFE AT ISLISGTON. Last night (Sunday), a few inirCes after nine o'cloa - , the inhabitants of the Lover-road, is!iogton, were alarmed at hearing an unusual noise and loud cries for help, and at the same time they perceived what appeared to be a dense co!uniu of smoke ariting from the pr, mites No 2in that thoroughfare. The smoke having been perceived and the cries heard by Doug the conductor of the Royal Society's fire e,c ape stationed on Islington green, lie immediately proceeded to the spot, when he found a man, his wife, and his two children at the second floor front window, whose escape had been cut off by the falling of the staircase and centre of the building. He instantly ascended the fire escape, and brought down in safety the whole of the four persons whoSe lives were so muck jeopardised. As other portions of the buildings kept falling, Douglas removed his machine from the building when the front fell with a fearful crash into the road. The conductor, assisted by some police.constables, hearing groans - Proceeding tram the lower part of the premises, proceeded thither, and found the legs. of a female projecting from the cUbris of the Arst-All. An attempt was made to extricate the unfOrttineitil person, but whilst doing so another part of the walls fell, and those engaged had to make a precipitate retreat, whit was effected in safety by all engaged in the hazardous undertaking except police-censtatile Stoker, No. 2C2, of the N division, who, it is to be regretted, wa, , buried in a mass of rubbish. The other persons received some slight contusions and were nearly suffocated in dust. From the fact of a great number of workmen engaged in building trades residing in the locality, a strong foree was soon collected of able and willing hands. and the work of exhumation commenced, notwithstanding the perilous position of the remaining portions of the building, which threatened every moment to fall upon them. Nearly two hours elapsed before any discovery was made of the bodies buried in the ruins, and at a quarter before 11 o'clock the body of police-con; ,table Stoker was found, and on being got out life was found to be extinct. The work was continued, and a lad, named Hodges, a son of thu parties above rescued, was next extricated, and great efforts were made by several medical gentlemen in attendance to restore sus pended animation, but without avail. The next body recovered was that of a male lodger, a shoemaker by trade, but whose name is at present unknown. In this case life, having been found to be so recently extinct, attempts were made to resuscitate the body, but also without effect. After the laps of some time, a younger son of the Hodges was extricated, but lifeless. A strong police force, under Mr. Superintenrent Walker and In spector Brennand, were quickly on the sp,,t, and supplied with links to facilitate in every possible way the extri cation of the unfortunate persons. Mr. Baddeley, the inspector of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, was present from the first, actively aiding and assisting the parties engaged. The building in ques tion was a very old one, consisting of a double house, one half of which was over a shop, the other half was over a gateway forming an entrance to some stables at the rear. Whether from an accumulation of snow on the roof, or from some other cause not known, the roof and central portion of the building over the gateway fell first, and buried all the unfortunate sufferers except the police constable, who perished in attempting their rescue. Stoker had been for many years in the force ; he was an excellent constable, and was much respected by all who knew him. A widow and four children have to deplore his untimely end. SELIPPING INT BLLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. AMENDID HINTS FOR STRANGERS MAKING KURRACHEI LIGHTHOUSE Kurrachee Lighthouse is on Masora Point, and lat. 24 deg. 47 min. 5 sec. north, long. 66 deg. 57 min. 13 sec. east, variation n min. 56 sec. easterly (1854). During the fair season, which may be considered to ex tend from the 20th of Sept. to the 30th of May, vessels may make the port direst after passing the Hujamree Banks. In hit. 24 deg. 10 min, the coast is quite safe to approach anywhere to 5 fathoms, but off the Hujamree Banks vessels should not come under 10 fathoms, and may anchor off the port, with the lighthouse bearing frou north-east to north-north-west, distance one to three quarters of a mile. There are strong north-easterly winds at times between November and March, and ab,put January there are some times gales from the west-south-westward, with a heavy sea. Manors. Lighthouse is fixed at an elevatioa of 119 feet above the mean level of the sea, and may be seen 15 to 16 miles off, high water at full and change 10h. 15m., rise and fall 9 feet, but the tides are very irregular. . - During the south-west monsoon vessels should make Cape Mouze (properly Ras Manrie), which is 18 miles to west from Manora Point, and if the weather is very bad, or the tide should not suit for crossing Kurrachee B ir, she should maintain her position to windward, bearing iu mind the probability of the existence of a south-east cur rent. _ _ . . The coast of and between Ras Manrie and Manora Point is not safe to approach under 15 fathoms, and if Manors Point is visible, do not bring it to the southward of east ; vessels should not anchor off the port, but if it is necessary the best position is with the fort bearing north-east by north to north-east by east, distance one to a half mile in seven or eight fathoms, and a long scope of cable should be yeere.l at once to insure holding on. To the soathward of the port vessels should not come under eight fathoms, or bring Manors Point to the west ward of north, and under no circumstances, except the most urgent necossity, should vessels anchor on the coast to the southward during this season. The church tower on with the North Middle Rock leads you up to the bar, and the stump and old beacon in one over it, in 11i feet at low water, then pass the inner buoy about 50 to 70 yards to the westward, then steer for deep water point, or the ships at anchor. Off Manora Point flood sets to the eastward, and ebbs to the westward to 1 knot per hour. . . Bound out in the south-west monsoon it would be advis able to work to the west-south-westward into about 15 fathoms or 10 fathoms to windward of Manors before stretching to the south, for although a vessel might lay along shore direct from the entrance of the harbour, she might get into difficulties by the wind falling light, and the tide setting her in towards the mouths of the rivers ; in passing the Hujamree Banks, which extend from lat. 23 deg. 55 min. to 24 deg. 10 min., and long. 67 deg. 14 min., she should not be in less than 20 fathoms, or more than two to four miles east of the meridian of Manors. The south-west monsoon does not blow strong generally en the coast of Scinde, the wind at times is variable, and generally so when it rains, which is mostly in July. I would caution all persons to be careful about anchoring anywhere on this coast if there is any sea on ; it would be much more advisable to keep under weigh. Vessels making the lighthouse should always endeavour to come within signal distance before dark, but if not able to do so, to keep standing off and on till daylight; they should endeavour to pick up the pilot-boat without delay if she displays a pilot tack, for when she does so it is to in timate that there is no time to be lost to save the tide ; but in picking up the pilot no vessel sheuld run down to the eastward further than to bring the lighthouse to bear north. The pilot is usually in a European rigged boat, but if in a native boat, the pilot jack is hoisted. In the south-west monsoon no vessels which require to enter the harbeur at once should draw more than 16 feet 6 inches for the spring Sides, and 15 feet for the neap tides. For the northeast ...aavte drawing 20 feet in' the spring tides, and 17 feet 6 inches in the neap tides. For coming into the harbour vessels should have all the fore and aft sails that belong to them bent, and their haw- . sers on deck, with everything ready for laying out a kedge anchor. In consequence of the tides being irregular persons are apt to be out in working them ; therefore a red burgee at the yard-arm of the flagstaff will signify that it is flowing, and when at the masthead that it is high water • e; burgee at the yardarm will signify that the tide is e bbing, and when at the masthead that it is low water. East India House, January, 1855. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, FRB.IO. VESSEL■ ENTERED INWARDS.—The Reyal Blue Jacket, from St. Michael's; Mary Louise, Alexandria; Faicon, Parunhoxf. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Panther, for Boulogne ; Anna Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro ; Alexander, do. ; Monsoon, Calcutta. VESSELS CLEARED WJTH CARGO.—The Sea King, for Geelong; Punjaub, Adelaide ; Ora, Bremen ; Thalestris, Sydney ; Aurora, Sierra Leone, Toneriffe, Malta, Corfu, and Patras ; Jenny Mild, Constantinople; Clio, Demerara ; St. Croix, Barbadoes ; Panther, Boulogne; Hecla, Con stantinople. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Velocity, Calcutta to London, Nov. 5, lat. 28 S long. 40 E. The Norfolk (supposed), steering S.E. by E., Nov. 14, lat. 35 S., long. 17 E. The Abel, Liverpool to Me'bourse, 31 days out. The Vanguard (brig), bound to the African coast, Jan. 14, lat. 48 N., long. 14 W. The Constitution (steamer), in searcli of a ship in dis tress, Jan. 18, lat. 48 N., long. 16 W. The Alexander (ship), London to Matritius, Jan. 24, lat. 49 N., long. 7 W. The Elizabeth Thomson (brig), Feb. 3, off Cape St. Vin cent; Monarch (transport), same day. The Courier (brig), bound W., Feb. 1, lat. 48 N., long. 8 W. [ADYERTISEMENTI—HoIIo way's Ointment and Pills cured a fearfully bad knee.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Joseph Rogerson, of the Pottery Fields, Hunslet, near Leeds, dated Sept. 15, 1854, to Professor Holloway :-- " Sir, I suffered for months with a very bad knee, and tried every remedy likely to benefit me without success. The joint was quite stiff, and so swollen that I became seriously alarmed as to whether I should ever regain the use of it. However, by the use of your ointment and pills the swelling was soon considerably reduced, and in two weeks was perfectly cured, which enabled me to re sume my work." Sold by all vendors of medicine, and.at Professor Holloway's establishments 244 , Strand 14ontion ; mt 4 MAidon•lia l litly Yorke _ COUNTRY MARESTS. HADDINGTON CORN MARK First . wnsAT. I BARIAY ° Sg oa g. i 78s Od I 34s 6d 325 3 d 0 Second 6Bs lid 1 31s 11c1 25 5 e l Third s6s Od I 28s Od 265 01 676 4 04, 0 Total quantity of wh eat in market, 10 31 c r''' 0 /1 PP barley ~ 84cirs.1 ~ ~ oats If 151 gr i 'l P ir beans ,i, w.BTO . AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL Q.— 1 01 t il l Wheat, 3/. 8 11 8-12tlas I Barley,,,•••ll' 's 10 2/. Oats, ... 1/. 8 3 10-12ths I Beans, . .... ----. m F 0 1 1)) DALKEITH GRAIN 14/0,10-1---- Qrs. Best. 321 Wheat £459 Oats 7 3 2 0: o€ B, l l ............. ... CO:OirrossenOotial. : ........... 772 Barley 343 Oa . ........ 00s 06, ..• . .. P 30 Peas & beans 46s Oil ...•"' tos 0 41 ' .... ABE.RDEEN—FEB. 9 ' 'l O Potato oats 94s Od to 2 5 s 01 W:llbsrr Common oats ........ 23 s 6d to 243 0 , 1 0 Bore 99 s O d to 30s Od d ) .631bS Barley N sOd to 30s Wheat, red (spring)69s 0,1 to 62 Od ~, . ,21b9 , white 6ss Od to 703 Od , bo ll. Oatmeal 183 6,1 to 19s 6:1 perpe' oolc, Fleur 54s Od to Ms Oil . 41 RETAIL PRICES. _lO,/40,issi Flour Os Od to 3s Oil Barlel 4°. .) i t duo., ••• o , Oattnea.l,l4lb.o3 Oct to is lid " ,erib..... .a. Beremeal Os 01 to is 10(1 ,! . ... .'' Peasemeal Os 0,1 to 2s Sal Sids, ....... '4 l Beef, per lb ... .r..iledvtioBlB°,ls Vt lti ' lP.lb : CS °6l lOl lll l Autton, per lb .. 6d to 8d I EgV , I ) air 36 405 Veal, per lb. Bl to 91 ri" s ' P -P „10. 2 ,° 01 Pork, per 1b.........5d to 71 Chick Os piri Salmon, per lb Os to N Ducks, do., Grouse, per brace Os to N ptickliDgl'obts VI Tallow, p stone, lie to lie 6d Tlir keYs 'do., ~Cili Potatoes, per peck, 9d to 10d acc ie i D er c" Butter for exportation (present cur e, ' ...,••••'''' Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ... .;•::i . .. ..... iii, 4-Ib. 10af...9d. I 2-119. , ‘*3, to 3 11 Cheese, per imperial stone , ~. . ............---. 9. tool D ÜBLIN, 0 13 , ', n etiff ..°l l 4o o j In consequence of the great Wet - 0 srt°, 4 oo, ~tlt herec i w was Corn-exchangea n s o a t e small traiol prices ed sa su y.o p f pl e t he a er n y a nos ;f o : o o ;l so o o : ol day. f oci aitt:l 4 .a.,; White wheat, 40s 01 to 43s oa ; - a tO °jig P . , , barley, 15s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 13 1 ,,a al t° 'or 27s Od to 28s 61 per brl; oatmeal,.,'',oool', dour, 24s Od to 27s Od per old; I wPti- per 4801 be. • , A ILS, . SEABORNEO' sil --410"--- , tie". (N signifies that the mails are W S :0V ,y the night— , and M by the morning --" , COLTNTRIEiI merica(byßrit.pack)N anericP. ( by United Sts, packet) ....N kmerica (by U. States packet) ..........N ustralia (via South ampton) .... • iitto (via Marseilles) N litto (via Cape of Good Hope) .... • • ......N kfrica ( West Coast) .. N, tlexandria ........ N klexandria........ —MI Bahamas ...........M Belgium .......... ..NI Brazil Buenos Ayres ........M gape of Good Hope N Cape of Good Hope ..N Jape de Verds ......N Jeylon (see India) Ceylon.... .. • .......N hannel Isles N Jhina .• • • .lonstantinople ......N Constantinople Jont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) Trance ........ M & NI libraltar MI •Ireece (see India) ireytown .......... damburgh ..........N :savannah ..........M Holland Honduras ..........M India (vlaSouthampt.)Mi India (via Marseilles)g lonian Isles (see India)i Ireland ........M & N Lisbon.. .......... M ‘Ladeira Aadeira ........ N rialto, (see India) dalta Mauritius (see India) Viauritlus ..........N Maxine............M1 a}iieB . • • • • • • • • • • • • OW tiranada New Zealand •• Papal States ~ N Peninsula ••M' Port Natal Sicily •••• ••••••••••N ruscany Venezuela .....• •• Van Dieinen'sLiand (see Australia) . . 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