The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF ALEXANDER IeGEACHY ALLETNE V. COTLE.—.NEW TRIAL. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning, and had not concluded when our dispatch left. We therefore under the circumstances delay publishing anv of the evidence until the case is finished. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SOUTH WARK, HIGHWAY ItOBBERY BY A FBMALB.-7/60/4a3 Marty, a suspicious -looking character, was brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with having in his possession a valuable silver watch, stolen with violence from the person of Frederick Rudini by a female in the public streets. Mr. Neale appeared for the prisoner. George Poole, assistant to Mr. Attenborough, pawn broker, Bridgehouse-place, Newington-causeway, stated that, on Monday week, a man brought in a silver watch to pledge, and after examining it carefully he found that it answered the description of one stolen from a person on the previous night by a female, and which had been sent round by the police. He asked the man where he got the watch, when he replied that it was his brother's. Witness told him that he must send his brother, and he left the shop. In the meantime he communicated with the police, and a constable came to the shop, and re mained a few minutes, when the prisoner entered and said the watch was his. He was then taken into cus tody. Frederick ltudirii, assistant to Mr. Jones, linendraper, Newington-causeway, said that on Sunday night week he was accosted by a female as he was proceeding across the road towards home, and he endeavoured to avoid her importunities. She, however, caught hold of his arm, and snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket, with which she ran off. He followed her some distance, but could not get up to her ; accordingly she made her escape. The watch produced was his watch, and Cie one stolen by the female. He gave instant information of the robbery to the police, with a description of the watch and number. Dennis Ciark, 108 M, said he received information from Mr. Poole about the watch being offered in pledge, and he went to the shop and saw the prisoner, who claimed it. Witness asked him how he became pos sessed of it, when he replied that he bought it in Petti coat-lane on the previous day for 21. Witness said it was worth considerably more money, and that he had a suspicion of its being stolen. In answer to the charge, Mr. Neale contended that t':►e watch was purchased in the usual way by his client in Petticoat-lane, where all descriptions of property were exposed for sale ; but he did not consider that', the pro secutor had clearly identified it. Mr. Combo was of opinion that he bad. He wished to hear what was known of him. Clark replied that he bad known him for three years as a thief. He was tried for house-breaking and sen tenced to fifteen months' hard labour in the early part of 1853. Mr. Combe said that there could be no doubt as to the prisoner's character. He should commit him for two months to Wandsworth House of Correction for the unlawful possession of the watch. tiIAR A CLERGYMAN FINED FOR LETTING OFF Finworuis. —The Rev. R. Brown, No. 68, St. John's Wood-ter race, was charged before Mr. Broughton with letting off fireworks i❑ Casino-road, St. John's Wood, to the danger of the public. Mr. Grange attended for the defendant. Mr. Broughton remarked that the charge was clearly proved against the prisoner. The offence was one that (lid not affect his moral character, but the act was one that might have been productive of much mischief. The higher the position of the parties the higher should be the penalty, as an educated man ought to set a good example to those in humble circumstances. The prisoner was fined in the mitigated penalty of 305., or a fortnight's imprisonment in the House of Correction. The money was paid. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday a very limited supply of English wheat hag come to hand. To-day the show of samples was small, yet the demand was inactive, at Monday's quotations. With foreign wheat we were scantily supplied. The hilliness doing in that grain, however, was trifling, on for mer terms. Floating cargoes of grain were held on former terms. We had a slow sale for barley, at the late decline. Malt moved off slowly, at late rates. There was a slight improvement in the oat trade, at full quotations. Oats, beans, and peas as on Monday. ARRIVALS MN vim. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Znglish .. 1,120 2,130 } 1,290 Irish yorelgll • I 710 Oats. row 50 1,40 1,960 10 As. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was limited, and in poor condition. All breeds sold steadily, and Mon day's prices were fully supported. Tho best Scots were worth fully 53 2d per Sibs. With sheep we were very moderately supplied, yet the mutton trade was Leavy, at Monday's decline in value. The show of calves was com paratively small, yet the veal trade ruled inactive, and prices had a downward tendency. The top figure was 5s per Sibs. Pigs sold slowly, on former terms. Much cows were dull, at from 11/. to 19(. each, includ ing their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. d. s. 41. s. d. q (I. Inferior Beaste.-3 Bto 3 10:Prime Southdown 4 Y 5 0 Second quality.... 4 0 4 4; Large crsc. calves 410 4 8 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 10 Prime small do._ 410 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 21.4arge hogs '3 10 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6,Small porkers ... 4 6 5 C Second quality ...3 8 4 2 Suckling calves.. 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6,Quarter old pigs. 22 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOSEION SUPPLT. Beasts • . 1,020 ...... . . 210 Sheep .• • •••••• • • • • • . 3,420 Sheep ..•• •• •• ......... 800 Calves .. • ..... .... • ... .. 290 Calves.... .. I 6 .. • • .. NEWG ATE AND LEADENHALV: To large, and a fall averag,a The supplies of meat w business was doing, as folloN Per Sibs by '9 . 8. d. 8. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Do., mi 1d1ing.....7 S 3 10 Do. prime largo .4 0 4 4 Do„ do. small ....4 6 4 8 Pork, large ,3 10 4 4 ti,e carcase. 8. 4. s. a. latton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., Prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 S Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate business doing iu fine hops, at full prices. In other kinds very little is doing, and the quota tions aro barely supported. About 160 bales have arrived from Hambro'. Mid and East Kent pockets, 71 Os to 121 Os per cwt ; Weald of Kent, Gl 5s to 9l 5s ; Sussex, 6 Os to 9/ Os. COLONIAL. TEA. —The market has ruled dull, with no business of Nd. n any importance to record. Commou con e geu, Old to The public sales commence on Tuesday xt• iSuaAr...—Tbe business has been almost suspended this week, and the only sales reported wore 130 casks of Nest India, the prices of which were not allowed to transpire. Sinee then there has been more disposition shown to pur chase at reduced prices, buyers offering 4s to 5s redaction on last week's rates. Bengal taken in at Is to 3s per cwt. under last week's prices Good and fine white Cassiporo brought 6:s to 633 6d ; yellow, st,:s to 59s 6d ; white Be nares, 58s to 62s 6d, and Mauritius kind 55:3. to 56s 6d per cwt.; Ilavannah, No. 1;.4, taken in at 585. In the refinel market a limited business had been done at lower prices. No sales have since been reported. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon brought full prices, but tinge and ordinary sorts were is to 2s per cwt. cheaper. A parcel lot of mocha bad been offered, and bought in for want of buyers, at previous rates. Plantation Ceylon brought GSs 6(1 ; some favourite marks realised 73s Gd per cwt. Native Ceylon fine ord to mid greyish 535, and for peaberry 63s to 648 Cad. Bombay sold at 51s to 55 5 Gd, and peaberry 61 s t o 6's 6d per cwt. Sumatra ord realised 375 eel, and blacks 208 per mt. COCOA.—The market has been very dull, with no alters• tion in prices. RICE.--The demand has been steady. Middlings, 13 s 9 t o 143 ; geed pealel, 143; ordinary mixed, 133 to 133 C" 1 ; and Bengal, good quality, 16s to 16s 3d rcwt. SPlCES.—Pepper—The market h as b een 1 ;: ther lower ; fair quality black Sumatra realised 5d to 5- I rl • 5.1 • Singapore, ~I , .c ' e gl :ei.an;, 5,1 per lb. Singapore white 'sold at ful , 7 1 , , , ,i ; Bn°, B}d small, 6, 1 d to 60 ; fair to good, lid to to aid per lb. Pimento declined ,' 4 d per ib; .;. o ,T r u d t i m n ere,,_thilfilidtZling and good middling, 40. per lb. neroyer cinalitiex declined in value fully 2el par lb ;the fi ; _ a eseriptiens sold at full prices ; wood nib! 2s ld to 2s 10d Mace—There i,, joiaretor,fine bold, 3s 5d to 4s 5d per lb. ciiwil te es . i l a ion in the prices of the inferbe sorts, but fine ordinary and fully ld to 2d per lb ; fair to fine, 2s to 3s ldf'd advance and middlieg 2s to 28 4d. C:oves brought good, leid to Is per lb. 1 ~.anee on last prices; fair to Ginger. - good ordinary Cochin l' e ct le l Av e et .ang it. : brought 35e per cwt. • (ally Lae been SALM CR E. A limited business reduced prices. Bengal, . e rellbe, al e . Sibs , I done, at and nibs 33s per cwatt.3t;rr aupdrie7eisirseea,lia.7d37sitariocel°thibes public36s sale have been Blbe, has been great fluct nation e l s: e i TALL° w.—There ket, but pricee closed steadily ; for 1. ) .Y.c. Qs 3d ; all the month, 683; and spring, 69 per cwt. GREEN Fnerr,—The market continues bare of oran e e and lemons, owing to fee con trar y winds. A cargo of Seville China, sold by Keeling and Runt, at public sale, went at a moderate figure for a first arrival. A fair demand exists for Spanish nuts. A cargo of chesntuts from Bilb ea realised a high figure, owing Co the supply from France being stopped. STATE OF TRADE. MANetrasrE ----------- steady m k l t, 1 - ) io. 6.—Th ere has been a tolerab l y Lome demand. i , witll a fair business both fur export and to improvement. i n snme cases prices have a tendency Water twist i s a s h a d e dearer, and sells pretty .freely eavy c l o th s su i te d to Chi na a l s o are idemand good deaa: i d at rather 6 better prices. NOTTINGHAM, Dee. 6 . --There has this week been a f air amount of business the lase trade, taking the season of the year into consideration. Stock-taking ii being proceeded with by In the hosiery department The factorie , ()uses. are tolerably employed. is tolerably Americans :Ira still operating, aild business- the active. spring orders having been hitherto manufacturers anticipate a brisk trade when that arrives. A number of orders for the - Crated States for the next fall have been already placed, the ts for Americans now operating a year in advance. Yarns remain at late prlces. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 7, 1855. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIA,—In the Report of the Committee of Investigation, recently published in your columns, allusion, in unjusti fiable terms, is made to myself and my firm of Peto, Brassey, and Betts, in connection with certain business matters we have had with the Eastern Counties Railway Company. It is easy also to observe, from a perusal of the minutes of evidence, that a desire throughout existed to implicate us so as to give grounds to the committee for finding fault if practicable. No explanations, evi dence, or documents were ever sought from any of us, and the extensive publication of the committee's Report is the first that we hear of our being assailed. Our con duct of business in the largest transactions for many years is so well known, and we trust honourably appre ciated by all who have had dealings with us, that we could afford to permit to pass unanswered the attacks of the committee ; but, to prevent misconstruction on the part of the public and of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company, I trust you will give the publicity of your columns to the following observations. 1. It is insinuated by the evidence that I exercise. my influence with the Eastern Counties board to occupy im properly and inconveniently their locomotive establish ment with constructing engines and carriages for the Danish Railways, in which we are interested. This is simply not true. No engines nor carriages were ever constructed by the Eastern Counties Company for my self or my firm, or for the Danish Railway Company. _ . 2. The assertion that 20,0001., the agreed purchase meney for the Southend Pier, remains unpaid by my firm, is correct ; but by the terms of our purchase agree ment it is not payable until 12 months after the railway to Southend s.iall have been finished, a period not yet arrived. The amount carries interest, which has been regularly paid. 3. lam blamed for promoting in 1855 the formation of the line of the East Suffolk Railway Company from Halesworth to Woodbridge, which is alleged to be anta gonistic to the interests of the amalgamated lines of the Eastern Counties, Norfolk, and Eastern Union Com panies, whose union together I aetively promoted ; but the fact is suppressed that I am only fulfilling a pledge given by me for the Norfolk Company to Lord Strad broke and others before the East Suffolk Company went to Parliament for incorporation, and before the union of the above three companies took place, that this line should be made. That pledge which is recorded on the minutes of the Norfolk Company of the 6th of August, 1853, I feel myself honourably bound to perform to the utmost of my power, arid it has been openly avowed by me that I had made it and should keep it. 4. In regard to all complaints of the committee con nected with the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Company and Messrs. E. and A. Prior, I have only to say that I had no other concern with that company or them than this, that I first, in 1850, induced Messrs. Prior to establish the coal business at Lowestoft, making that place the port of importation. I was at that time chairman of the Norfolk Railway Company, to whom Lowestoft Harbour belongs. No facilities were afforded to Messrs. Prior other than to the trade in general, nor were they in any way placed upon a more advantageous footing than other parties. Of their connection with the Eastern Company since the amalgamation with the Nor folk and Eastern Union Companies I know nothing, nor have I been in any way concerned in their arrange ments. 5. It is true, as stated in the evidence, that the Canada works at Birkenhead, in which I am a partner, are constructing twelve engines for the company. But it was no private order, nor obtained through any influence of mine with the board. We took the con tract upon public tender as being the lowest. 6. In like manner my firm tendered with other con tractors upon public invitation for the Hackney and other adjoining branches, and ours being the lowest ten der was accepted. The works have been duly executed, and certified by the company's engineer as completed. I was in no way concerned in originating these branches. They could only come into existence after being autho rised by Parliament, and the Eastern Counties share holders must have given sanction to them before the Act of Parliament could be obtained. It is a mere gratuitous pleasantry therefore of the committee to say that these branches were made " not so much to benefit the Eastern Counties Company, as to increase the traffic and profits of Messrs. Feb.o Betts, and Brassey." 7. The committee call the attention of the shareholders to the "injurious effects likely to be produced by leasing the Tilbury and Southend line to Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey." I h ave on l y t o rep l y t h at the Eastern Counties Company having determined, along with the Blackwell Railway Company, that it was politic to con struct that line, we were invited to become lessees of it, as the foundation upon which alone it could be con structed and the capital obtained. We consented, and terms were negotiated, and a bargain struck, to which we have faithfully adhered ever since. It was indispensaUe to us that we should have the power of fixing the rates into London over the four miles of existing railway be longing to the Eastern Counties and Black wall Railways, or we never should have encountered the risk of construct. ing 36 miles of new railway without any entrance into London except over such four miles, and that power was conceded to us by our lease, and is confirmed by Act of Parliament previously submitted to the general meeting, of shareholders. When the line was in course of con struction, we, knowieg that we had to well it, applied to the Eastern Counties and Blackwell Com panies, as possessing large locomotive establishments, to contract to work it for us. The Eastern Counties Company made to us a tender which we accepted, and we believe the contract is much more remunerative to that company than stated by the committee. But even that is no concern of :ours. We offered the work to bath companies, and contracted with the Eastern Coun ties. We neither did nor could influence that company to show us any favour. The contract was the result of fair competition. 8. To the allegation in the evidence that Vie Norfolk line w: s originally imperfectly constructed and with im proper materials, I give the most formal and positive contradiction. The works were all executed under written cowl acts and elaborate specification', and they were neither accepted nor paid for until they had Leen approved by the engineer of the company. As a further answer to these allegations, and as evidencing the satin faction of Mr. Robert Stephenson with the manner in which I performed my contracts for railways in the Eastern districts, I extract the following conclusion from his certificate of f.9th June, 1348, awarding me the sum of 1,12,2631.:—"1n thus giving my final decision on these heavy contracts, I feel it my duty to state that many large and unforeseen contingencies have occurt ed, and have required the greatest energy on the part of Peto ; and it affords me satisfaction to add my tes timony of the willing, efficient, and unflinching manner in which they have been met." Regretting that these remarks should occupy so much of your valuable space, I am, &c., _ _ S. MORTON PETO. 9, Great George-street, Dec. 6, 1855. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dee. 7.--Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; strong breeze and fine frosty weather. RAMSGATE, Dec. 6.—Wind N.N.W., very strong.— Arrived—John Crosby, from Grangemouth, for St. Va.- , lery, assisted in very leaky. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— -1 Sarah Ellen, from Honduras ; Adelaide (s. tpt.), Con stantinople. Sailed—H.M.S. Urgent, for the Crimea. COWES, Dee. €.—Wind N.W. by N.—Arrived - Ale jandro, from Havana, for Antwerp. BRIDGEWATER, Dec. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived Amazon, from Quebec. BRIDLINGTON, Dec. 6. Since midnight it has blown a gale from N.W., with frequent heavy snow squalls. The fleet in the bay, now above 400 sail, all ride safely. PLYMOUTFI,Dee. 6.—Wind N.N.W.— Arrived. Exile and H.M.S. Exmouth, from Spithead. Sailed— Berwick (s.s.), for the Crimea. FALMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind N.N.W., strong breezes and s qually - -A.rxived—Otto, from Rangoon ; Hero, Ma zatlan, for Bremen Charles Chaloner, Quebec ; Henry Woollie, Callao, for Cromarty ; Kate, Quebec, for Wool wich. PILL, Dec. 6.—Wind N.W., strong.—Arrived—Bar bara, from Africa. LivEnron, Dec. 6.—The Marco Polo, for Melbourne, which is still aground off Huskinson's Dock, was previ edin thTeherivßelra,rcohavPitadgo ously in contact with the Glasgow, arrived here from ly very little damage. s ined apparent whichs night i g h h a t and bo is anchored damag . Sailed_— . A_ lice, fur Jamaica. NT Dec. 6.—Arrived—Portia, from Pertana- Messina, bum : 2 and William Miles, from Callao. Off the port—Athlete Bfl:l) (2 Balt U ae E d E:: STO , Miramichi Quebec. (rzs ELECTRIb TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday morning. Wind N. Arrived—Niagara, (5 ), from Kingstown. Off—Margaret, from Harm. The Marco Polo name off with the flood last night with out injury, and is now proceeding to sea. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 5. mind Arrived.—Pallas, from Quebec; British Isles, Callao ; Meriden, Leghorn; Ann, Alexandria ; Cintri, Managan ; Douro, Syra; Elizabeth, ratras ; Portia, Pernambuco. Sailed. • Ruses, for Antwerp; Alice, Jamaica• KINGSTOWN, Dec. G. Wind N.W. Arrived—lline, from Rotterdam; Majesty, Palermo; Rosalie, Alexandria ; Edwin, Quebec. (B! SUBMARINE AN] BRITISH TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.30 a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide four hours' flood ; fine. Arrived—Sydney, (s.), from Gibraltar. Salled.—John Henderson, for Trinidad. DEAL, Friday, 9.58 a.m. Wind N.W., moderate. Anch ored. —Victoria, from London, for Newport ; San Antonio, from London, for Bilboa ; Asia, from Callao, far London. Sailed. —C4I "coo, Brunelle, Phoenician, Ariel, and Southampton--all for London. The ship Challenger reports having spoken, Sept. 27, o th e e t Ram-lame, in lat. 16.5 S., long. 74.9 E.; Eflg,ltishheBlllputch barque Oriental, 63 days from Ran ( m oo, bound for London, in lat. 35.9 S., long. 20 E.; Oct. : 2 'l , the Hamburg barque Raimswell, from Batavia, for London, in lat. 17 . 46 S., long. 6.1:3W.; Nov. 2, the Dutch bll t ie Mercurius, 37 days from Hartlepool, bouxd for H a o r i , g Kong; in lat. 6 N., long. 19.45 W. Nov. 14, the English ship Trade , Wind, 109 (lay s from A'. rracan, bound for Falmouth, N in Ist. 26.50 ~ long. 3 , ).45 W.; Nov. 23 the American barque Bya nt, in lat. 41.7 N.,long. 26.3:1 W. THE WHEAT CROP OF 1856.—A Limerick paper states that one-third more of land in the south of Ireland is laid out for wheat this winter than this time twelve mwahs. The high price for corn is again converting the 'Altus fields into cereal tillage. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. The first general meeting of this company was held yesterday at Brentford ; Viscount Villiers in the chair. Mr. C. ELEY, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the act of incorporation reeeived the Ro3 al assent on the 14th of August last. The directors con tinue to feel unabated confidence in the merits of the un dertaking. The evidence adduced before Parliament established the advantages the line will afford to the coal trade of South Wales, to the manufacturing dis tricts, and to the whole of the goods traffic upon the broad gauge system, which system has been from time to time extended until it now embraces Plymouth and Pen zance in the south-west, Milford Haven in the west ; Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Birkenhead in the north-west, and makes it apparent that the line forming a link so much needed between this system and the river Thames cannot fail to be remunerative to the proprietors. An agreement has been entered into with the Great Western Railway Company, which the directors believe will be mutually advantageous, as it is founded on a principle calculated to develope the traffic on both lines without imposing onerous obligations upon either. The project has met with so much favour generally that the directors are placed in a position to enable them to commence operations immediately. The vast amount of traffic that will be brought to the town of Brent ford will greatly increase the trade and commerce of the locality. The strictest economy has been observed in obtaining the act of incorporation, and the share holders may rest assured that all future proceedings will be conducted with the same regard to their interest. The capital account showed that 11,5641. had been received from all sources, and 4,1471. expended, leaving a balance of 7,4171., including 6,7501. deposited with the Account ant-General. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on their successful appli cation to Parliament in the last session. The opposition to the bill had enabled them to prove that the project was based on a solid and real foundation. It was grati fying to allude to the favour and support which the un dertaking had received, and he could assure them that the directors would not undertake any obligation which they did not see their way to discharge. With regard to the traffic they might fairly expect, he stated that at present 50,000 tons of coal per annum were conveyed from the Great Western Railway to the Thames, and at Pd. per ton would produce 18,5001. per annum, 130,000 tons of other minerals and merchandise, at ls. 3d. per ton, would amount to 8,1251. The profits on the ter minal accommodation of 180,000 tons at 3d. per ton would amount to 2,2501 ; the profits on goods landed from the trucks for vessels in the docks, and vice versa, would produce, at 3d. per ton, 2,2501. ; and the passenger traf fic, 7001., making a total of 15,0001. Out of this would have to be deducted 4,7501. for working expenses, 1,5001. interest at i per cent. on 30,0001. borrowed capital, leaving 8,8501. to pay a dividend at the rate of about 10 per cent, on the 90,0001. capital. That estimate of profit was founded on the present traffic between Bull's-bridge and the Thames at Brentford, but it was the opinion of confident persons that the coal traffic would increase to 240,000 tons, and the merchandise and minerals to 200,000 tons. He thought upon the whole they stood a fair chance of having a remunerative divi dend. The undertaking, when in operation, would confer great benefit on the town and neighbourhood, and it was hoped that the inhabitants would give them all the sup port they could in carrying out the undertaking. Tne most friendly relations existed between them and the Great Western Company, and it was believed that the arrangement between the two companies would have the effect of developing the traffic, and be mutually beneficial to both parties. Mr. DAVY seconded the motion, and at considerable length exp'ained the advantages that would be derived from the coal traffic of South Wales ; and with a view to show that it could be brought by railway at a profit, he stated that the Great Northern Railway conveyed coal from the north to London, a distance of 300 miles, and successfully competed with water carriage of 400 miles. The distance the Great Western Railway Company would have to convey the coals, from Wales to Brentford, was 200 miles, but by water carriage the distance was 700 miles ; he thought therefore that if the Great Northern could successfully compete with water carriage there could be no doubt that the Great Western could do so with profit. The Brentford line would be 41 miles in length, and be of considerable advantage to the Great Western Company. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, re-elect ins, the retiring directors, appointing Mr. W. Moat and Mr. G. Wyatt auditors of the company ; and fixing the salary of the secretary at 1501. per annum, the remune ration of the auditors 10/, each, and appropriating 500/. to cover the expenses of the directors. A vote of th . anks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. BEDADE AND LEYBURN. The opening of this line of railway, in the North Rid ing of Yorkshire, for passenger traffic, wh ich was fixed for yesterday (Thursday), has been postponed for a sh( rt time. The precise cause of the postponement has not been made known to the public. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. ( From the Times City Article.) The following letter contains a suggestion the sound ness of which will be intuitively and uciversally recog nised. It is one, however, the benefits of which would be for the community at large, who rarely contrive to accomplish anything, while its opponents would com prise certain sections of society who, stimulated by per sonal motives, are always able to obstruct everything. The principle of competition in railway affairs having been avowedly abandoned as a mistake, an amalgama tion of all the lines is the obvious alternative. In its absence the (railway system presents neither the advan tages to be derived from the stimulus of rivalry nor those which on the continent are found to result from the order and economy of Government centralisation ; and so deplorable and ruinous is the consequent inco herence that in many intelligent minds it has been suf ficient to overcome the salutary repugnance to State guidance. That such guidance in its immediate results would have been far better than what has Leen witnessed few will deny. But after a generation of dearly-bought experience we should come to something better, and the true end will then be accomplished by our own energies in a far more satisfactory way. Among the certainties of the future, railway amalgamation is, perhaps, one of the strongest. It was the single grain that gave vitali y to the Hudson mania, and, although broken and per verted by his ignorance and cupidity, it was not killed. Ail that is to be feared is that the amount of ruin neces sary to stir the public to united action bas not }et oc curred, and that, consequently, no individuals who might at present take up the question would meet with the extent of support requisite to enable them to face the combined and unexampled hostility it would at once awaken : " Sir,—The question of how it h a pp ens th a t our ra il ways are n`paying speculations has been widely asked, and various have been the attempted replies. Of late this in terrogatory has become a. daily cry, but still it has remained unsatisfactorily answered. Every one admits that there must be something wrong, every one deplores the ill-suc cess of what our judgment tells us ought to be productive of the greatest prosperity to all concerned ; but as yet no one has proposed an efficient remedy. "On directing attention to the various lines which now ramify into almost every corner of the kingdom we observe that, with very few exceptions, they are in a state of com mercial 'decline, and that even among those which should occupy the best position, jealousies and heartburnings are at work which must, sootier or later, tell upon their for tunes, and drive one or more to destruction ; and that this is not an exaggerated picture the fate of some of them, no long time since, may be taken as evidence. " But our feelings of astoni s h men t an d regre t at t h e failure of these great commercial enterprises in our own country become deepened when we cast our eyes abroad. We led the way to the construction of these iron roads ; our engineers became the instructors of continental S tates, and in most, if not in all instances, it was our capital which brought these foreign lines into existence ; and yet, while they are almost all of them in flourishing, or, at least satis factory condition, the statistics of our own lines prove to us that from 100,000,0001 .to 150,000,0001. sterling have been to a certain extent sacrificed through misapprehension at the outset or mismanagement during their course. " And what is the remedy ? What means should be adopted to retrieve the past and give a brighter future to our railway prospects ? One word will express it—a word the signification of which was conveyed in many an ancient fable, and which has been of infinite service to mankind in old and modern times. " That word is ' union.' Bring all the lines of the United Kingdom under one management, create one railway stock, and, this effected, we may regain much that has been so heedlessly squandered, and may at length arrive at the result we had long ago reason to aspire to, after an expen diture of some 300,000,0001. to 403,000,000/. sterling.— I am, &c., " F. F." SIR COLIN CAMPBELL'S VISIT TO GLASGOW. The following letter from the gallant Sir Colin Camp bell was read by the Lord Provost of Glaegow, on Tues day, at the meeting of the Clyde Trust :—" Eton, Dec. 2, 1855. --In answer to your communication of Nov. 30, I beg through you to express to the Lord Provost., Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow the deep sense of gratitude I entertain towards them for the dis tinguished honour they have proposed conferring on me, and for the very flattering terms in which they have made that proposal. At the same time, I must sta,`e the regret I feel at being unable, during my short stay in England, to visit the North, and to receive at the hands of the citizens of Glasgow an honour which I shall ever most highly esteem. You will oblige me by informing the Lori Provost, Magistrates, and Council that I am very shortly about to leave England again for the Cri mea, and that my whole time will be necessarily occupied on business connected with my departure. But that, should I be permitted to return once more to this coun n t o Glasgow, e ur of which an d itsto receive with pride sue , try, I shall consider it my first duty, a s it will'be my greatest a andto hasten gratitude dow the h ~n most citizens are so good as to deem me worthy. -- obedient servant,l have th e honour to be, Sir, your e " C. CAMPBELL, Msjor-General." There had been no material alteration in the rates of exchange in Paris on Wednesday, the quotation bei ng still maintained, owing to continued purchases by M'essrp. Rothschild of all the short bills on London, fcr the purpose of remitting them against Australian gold. All the letters allude to the heavy rates of interest paid by the speculators during the monthly settlement just concluded for carrying over their purchases to the next account, and at th e same ti me express fears as to the serious reaction to be Ipprehended in case the political reports in circulation should prove unfounded. Naval and Military Intelligence. The steam-transports Adelaide, Captain Young • Har binger, Captain Benson ; and the Calcutta, Captain Blackmore, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East, with invalids and passengers. The Adelaide brought Commander Cave, R.N. ; Lieutenant Odevaine, R.N. ; Lieutenant Goren, of the 19th Regiment ; Staff Assist ant-Surgeon Stewart ; Mr. Churcher, naval medical store-keeper ; Lieutenant Sykes, H.E.I.C.S. ; the Rev. L. M. Hogg; 9 invalided seamen and marines, 7,000 32 pound shot, and other stores. She spoke on the 18th ult. the barque Eemore, in the Cervi Channel ; also, in the same watftrs, the steam-ship M a d agascar ; on the 20th, in lat. 36 N., long. 13.55 E., the screw steamer Azoff ; on the 26th, in lat. 37.27 N., long. 2.38 E., the Herefordshire ; on the 27th, in lat. 37.23, long. 0.35 W., the Islay, of Dundee • and, at the same time, the ship Delaware ; on the 24, off Cape de Gatt, the , steam-tua Dragon • on the 29th, in th e St ra it s of , Gib raltar, the Phcebus, of Newport ; and on the same day, in the same waters, the barque Jura, of Bristol. The Adelaide sailed in August last, on her second voyage on the transport service in the East, and since that date has been eight voyages across the Black Sea, carrying 3,500 officers and men of the Turkish Contingent, 800 of the Land Transport Corps, towing three ships to Kertch, besides conveying horses and troops from England on outward passage. The Harbinger brought Captain Fisher, Royal Artillery ; Captain Champion, ditto; Capt. Gillum, of the Ist Royal Regiment ; Pay master M'Mullens, of the 48th Regiment ; Assistant- Surgeon Erskine, of the 4th Regiment; Assistant-Sur goon Sinclair, of the 93d Regiment ; Mrs. Wheatstone, nurse, 13 soldiers (servant,), and 3 s a il ors . Th e Harbin ger left Balaklava on the 10th of November with 55 muleteers and drivers for Malta and Gibraltar, 15 ser vants and 10 officers for England, calling at Kazatch Bay and bringing from there 10 invalids (JZarines), and 2 officers for Therapia Hospital. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle for Constantinople, arrived on the 13th and left again on the 14th, arriving at Malta on the 18th and leaving on the 19th, and arriving at Gibraltar on the 27th, leaving on the same day. The Harbinger met with extremely heavy gales between Malta and England from the S.E. and N.E. The General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's ship Calcutta was at Gibraltar, to leave on the 27th ; and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Manilla was to leave on the same day. The Cal cutta brought Major Singleton, Royal Artillery, in charge of invalids ; Capt. the Hon. W. L. Talbot, of the 9th Regiment ; Capt. Wilkinson, of the 9th ; Lieut. the Hon. T. 0. W. Plunkett, of the Ist Royals ; Lieut. Gawne, of the 79th ; Lieut. Cross, of the 46th ; Lieut. Clark, of the 15th Hussars ; Purveyor Robb, Ensign Merely, of the 3d ; Lieut. Jsrvois, of the 7th ; Assist ant-Surgeon Mills, in medical charge; Mr. Hogg, R.N.; Mrs. Diekenson, 2 children and nurse ; 67 military in valids, 2 women, 1 child, 3 naval prisoners for trial, 2 witnesses, and 3 seamen. The Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney, is ordered from Portsmouth to Falmouth to winter; and the Hastings, CO, Capt. Fansbawe, is ordered to Queenstown. The Meander, 44, Capt. Eaillie, left lipithead yester day afternoon for Plymouth. The Urgent, naval steam-transport, Commander Phillips, R.N., left Portsmouth yesterday evening, with a small draught of the 17th Lancers for the East. The Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J. Stopford, was towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morn ing, _ The Hecla, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Aplin, left Spithead yesterday morning for Plymouth. The Gleaner, gun-boat, was taken into dock at Ports mouth yesterday, and also the Pincher and Jackdaw. The steam block-ship Brunswick, 90, at Devouport, is ordered to be masted and fitted for commission. The gunboats now being built on slips Nos. 2 and 4 at Davenport are ordered to be ready for launching in the first week in March. Tile bark Laiy Wharneliffe, with provisions from the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, sailed for Balaklava on Wednesday. The schooner Jane and Mary Anne is being laden with bread in the Royal William Victualling•yard fur Ber muda. tfer Majesty's screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Capt. W. K. Hall, from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Soufid on Wednesday evening. Her Majesty's screw ship Nile, 90, Captain George Mundy, which left Kiel in company with the Colossus and the Royal George, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes terday morning, and is appointed to go up the Hamosze to-day. Some experiments have been going on for the last three days in the Arsenal-marshes, at Woolwich, in order to ascertain what kind of metal is best calculated for the general purposes for which guns of large calibre are commonly required. The whole of the guns Lave stood heavy proofs, with the exception of one, which burst under the experiment. The trials are to be continued for some days longer. A further supply of the Wahren dorf projectiles has been received at the Arsenal, and are being forwarded to Shoeburyness for a continuation of experiments. Tae Bahiana, screw transport, sailed from Queenhithe yesterday morning, with military stores and horses for the East. The following gun-boats have been turned out of Wool wich dockyard ready for service, and are put in commis sion a.% folio we :- Skip-Jack, Lieut. the Hon. H.V. Chet wynd ; Sheldrake Lieut. Courtland Simps on ; Ti c kl er , Lieut. Balfour ; dheerful, Lieut. Rason ; Seagull, Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly. A number of fine young fellows bate been received at the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, to join that corps, from Batb, Cheltenham, and Derby. The whole of them have been attested according to the newly issued standard, by which recruits are in future to be admitted to the Royal Marine battalions—namely, from 18 to 20 years of age, oft. Gin ; and frora 20 to 26, sft. thereby augmenting the prescribed height half-an-inch on the juniors, and a quarter of an inch on those above 20 years of age. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander G. 0. Popplewell is ap pointed Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard ; Commander W. 'Wood, to the Intrepid .; the Rev. E. Ring, to be Chaplain of the Sampson ; J. Burke, assist ant paymaster in charge, to the Wanderer ; W. H. Batt, acting clerk, to the Arrogant. On Thursday 98 invalids, with 10 orderlies, arrived at Chatham, having landed at Portsmouth from the ship Blau& n, which sailed from Balaklava on the tat of No venibtr in charge of Quartermaster Carney, 18th Regi ment, who was in the Burmese, China, and Crimean wars. Second-class Staff-surgeons G. Williams and W. Barrett, Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Grant, and Hos pital-dresser Swan accompanied the men. Second-class St 41-Surgeon W. Braybrooke, assisted by Mr. Forshall, inspected the invalids at the station, when the whole, with the exceptipn of 23, were considered sufficiently convalescent to be sent to St. Mary's Barracks. Lieute nants R. A. Rowe, 12th Laucers ; T. L. Still, Royal Artillery ; and R. G. H. Burgoyne came home in the Brandon on sick leave. Sixty-five of the Medical Staff Corps, Chatham depot, aro ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark at Portsmouth in the Steamer Europa. The shipwrights employed in the construction of gin boats on the Wear have received anuniolicit e d a dditi on o f ls. per day to their pay, which is now two guineas a week. The increase hai been given in order to secure the services of good and steady workmen to co m pl e t e the boats early In the ensuing spring. The Rev. A'exander Henderson has resigned the c.-m -grega.ion of Lisburn, having received from the Govern ment the important appointment of Presbyterian Chap lain to the forces on the Curragh. DEATH OF ADMIRAL CARTHEW. Admiral James Carthew (on the reserved half-pay list, in receipt of service pension), died at Tredudweli, near Fowey, Cornwall, on the 27th ult., aged 85 years. Admiral Carthew entered the navy Dec. 8, 1780, as cap tain's servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt. Chapman, lying at Plymouth ; served, from 1782 to 1786, as mid shipman in the Syren, 32, Capt. Wm. Carlyon, and Ada mant, 50, flag-ship of Sir R. Hughes, in the Welt ; and, after a further attachment to the Carnatic, 74, Captain Peregrine Bertie, and Salisbury, 50, be ar i ng the flag of Vice-Admiral Millbank, on the home and Newfoundland stations, was promoted to the rank ef lieutenant Nev. 4, 1790. He was next appointed, April 18, 1793, to the Solebay, 32, Captains William Han cock Kelly and Henry William I3ayntun, in the West Indies, where he served on shore at the ,capture of Martinique, in March, 1794 ; Nov. 3, 1795, to the Mercury, 28, Captain Hon. George Byng, on the Newfoundland station ; and Dec. 6, 1797, to t'ae Irre sistible, 74, Capt. George Martin, employed off Lisbon. On June 4, 1798, Mr. Carthew was promoted to the command of the Rosario, mhich sloop, after attending, in 1799, the expedition to the Helder, and assisting at the destruction of two Dutch frigates and of the dock yard at Medemblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in en deavouring to destroy a French squadron in Dunkirk Roads, July 7, 1800. Captain Carthew, who obtained post rank from the Shark, sloop, at Jamaica, July 11, 1801, there commanded the Garland, 22, and the Cres cent, 36, until the peace. He was afterwards appointed, April 8, 1805, to the Astrea, $2, in the North Sea, Jan. 23, 1806, to the Cressnt again, on the same station ; and March 19, 1808, to the Gloire, frigate, part of the force employed, in February, 1809, at the reduction of Martinique, where he had charge for some time of the British squadron. Since 1812 this officer had not been afloat. He became a rear-admiral July 22, 1830 ; vice admiral, Nov. 23, 1841 ; and admiral, Jan. 14, 1850. In Jan., 1854, Le accepted the service pension, and was placed on the reserved half pay list. By the death of Admiral Carthew, Captain Charles Graham, brother of Sir Jas. Graham, will be promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. The other promotions de pend upon the gallant officer who may choose to accept of the pension with retirement. THE MILITIA. The Queen's Own Light Infantry gave the guard of how ur of 100 men, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Dickson, 1 captain, and 2 subalterns at the flagstaff on Woolwich-common on the occasion of the visit of her Majesty and the King of Sardinia. The 2d Warwickshire Regiment of Militia arrived in Dublin on Wednesday from Birmingham. It consisted of 21 officers, 46 serjeants, and 534 men. Accompanying the regiment were 61 women and 39 children. On Saturday 45 men of the Royal Cork Artillery Corps voluntecied for the Land Transport Service, as 2d and 3d class driv ers , th e f ormer a t 2 s. 6d . a -d a y, w ith rations, and the latter at ls. 3d. per day, with rations also. BURYING A WHOLE PARISH.—The sexton of Cullomp ton, in Devonshire, who died a few days since, had buried up A aids of 4,000 per i ons, whi l e the population of the town is only 3,655. It i s sa id t h at t h e sex t ons h i p bad been iu his family icor a period d 200 years.—Leeds Mercury. THE BIBLE BURNING CASE. DUBLIN, Dec. s.—The Commission of Oyer and Ter miner was opened to-day by the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Crampton, and the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Greene, with the usual formalities; and as the name of the Rev. Vladimir Petcherine, Redemptorist, appeared in the calendar for trial on the charge of Bible burning at Kingstown, a good deal of interest was felt by the pub lic in the proceedings, and the Court-howe in Green street Wfli densely crowded from an early hour in the morning. The Grand Juries having been sworn, Mr. Justice Craropton addressed the County Grand Jury on the above subject in the following terms : Mr, Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the County of Dublin,--The calendar of county of fences is small in point of number, and, and, with one exception, does not appear to show any case of an un usual or extraordivary character. There is, however, one case appearing on the face of the calendar on which I feel it my duty to make to you some preliminary ob ' servations—l allude to the case of a bill which will be sent before you, charging certain individuals with a transaction of a very painful, profane, and, I might add, blasphemous character. The case to which I allude is a case in which certain individuals are charged with de• vising and intending to bring the Holy Scriptures of God—in the authorised version, as it is called—into hatred and contempt among the people of this kingdom, and in purseance of that intention profanely and blasphe mously, in the presence of divers of her Majesty's sub jects, with a view to the utser destruction of a Bible—a printed copy of a Bible in the English language, and in the authorised version —cast, and procured it to be cast and thrown into the fire, whereby that copy was burned and destroyed. Gentlemen of the jury, there can be no doubt that if a transaction of this description be established in evidence before you, that the individuals charged are guilty of a serious offence. Teat the Chris tian religion is part of the law of England, and therefore of Ireland, is a well-known principle. The doctrine is established by numerous cases and authorities from the earliest period to the present time. I shall refer to two only ef those authorities— one an early case, and the other a late one. The early case is that of the " King v. Wolsden," in 21 Strange's reports. The defendant there had been convicted on an information for blasphemous discourses on the miracles of our Saviour ; and he at tempted then to move in arrest of judgment ; and the Court of Qeeen's Bench in England, referring to several cases which bad been decided, declared that they would not suffer it to be debated " whether to write against Christianity in general was not an offence punishable in the temporal courts of common law"—they would not even suffer it to be debated. They desired, however, that it might be taken notice of that they laid their stress on the word "general"—that they did not intend to in clude disputes and differences between learned men on particular points. A very rational distinction, no doubt, and sound judgment, which has since been followed. The late case to which I refer is the case of the " King v. Wadsly," in Barnewall and Cresswell's reports. There the publication was one impugning the a u th en ti c it y o f the Scriptures, and stating thatour Saviour Jesus Christ was an impostor, and that was held to be a libel ; and Chief Justice Abbott, afterwards Lord Tenterden, in an swer to a question from the jury, stated that a work speaking of Christianity in the language of the publica tion was a libel, Christianity being part of the law of the land. The other judges concurred with the Chief Justice, and Judge Best, afterwards the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in England, added " that the pub lication was a libel by the common law, and the Legis lature never had altered that law, nor can it ever be so done," said he, "while the Christian religion is consi dered to be the basis of that law." We may thank God that no legislature has ever interfered up to this time with that great principle—that the Holy Scriptures of God are the basis and foundation of the common law of this free land. It must, however, be here understood that the Christianity which happily forms the basis of our common law is not of sectarian or denominational character, but is a general and common Christianity, in which ad nrofesnn,g Christians that ackeo - sledge the Divine character and ini.eiion of our Lord Jesus Christ join. The foundation of this general or common Chris tianity is the revealed Word of God—the Holy Scrip tures; and as it is an offence against God and religion, and a misdemeanour at common law, to write or to speak blasphemy against the Almiehty, denying His being, His providence or character, or to use contume lious reproach on cur Saviour Jesus Christ, so all persons scoffing at the Holy Scriptures, or wilfully exposing the Bible to contempt or ridicule, are guilty of an of fence punishable at common law by fine and imprison ment. It matters not, allow me to say, in this point of view, whether the hook held up to public scorn—if such le the fact—be a Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or English Bib'e —whether it be the authorised version—as the version of the Church of England is commonly called, or the Douay version, or any other translation, if the object be to hold up the volume to public execration. The result is the same in point of law. The parties guilty of such profane scoffing of God's Holy Word are guilty ofan indictable offence—a misdemeanour at common law, I need not speak to men of your knowledge of the inde cency and sinfulness of such profaneness as I have de scribed. But sitting here as a judge to interpret and administer the law, and being so far a guardian of the laws and constitution of the realm, I cannot but admire the wisdom of the principle to which I have referred, and observe what mischievous consequences would result from suffering those principles to be destroyed or impugned. I would say, using the words of the great and good Lord Hale, that " to say religion is a cheat is to dissolve all those obligations whereby our civil rights are pre served. Christianity is parcel of the laws of England, ane. therof re to reproach the Christian religion (and that we all know is to be found in the Bible) is to speak in subversion of the law itself." For consider this— in this country the administration of justice, civil and cri minal, is based upon the truths of the Christian reli gion, and on the reverence in which the Holy Scriptures or the Word of God is held. Every witness in every cause, in this and every other court, with some statut able exceptions, is solemnly sworn on the Holy Gospels of God to tell the truth in his evidence. Every petty jury is sworn in like manner to fled a true verdict ac cording to the evidence before them. Every grand jury is likewise sworn on the same holy book to find and pre sent, according to the truth, without fear, favour, •or affection. And I may add, that there are few public offices in the realm from that filled by our gra cious Sovereign herself, down to that occupied by the humblest bailiff or attendant in the courts— whose duties are nut secured and fortified by the sanction of an oath taken on that holy book. But, gentlemen, if the veneration of the people for that sacred book on which our witnesses, officers, and juries are sworn—if that veneration be removed, and contempt and hatred for the word of God is substituted for it, then what becomes of the sanctity of an oath ? The sacred obligation is at once dissolved, the form becomes a mere mockery, and the whole system of our judicature is sub verted. It will happen, no doubt, gentlemen of the jury, that ignorant and bigotted persons—and those whom I may call trading politicians —may in this re spect make distinctions between the authorised version of the Bible ate' that which is sanctioned by the heads f the Roman Catholic Church—and while they profess to venerate the one they hold up the other to public scorn and contempt ; but such distinctions are as weak as they are wicked. Errors there are in perhaps every translation—for what is there with which the hand of man is e mingled that is free from the taint of human in firmity ? Learned men and theologians of different schools may contend for the superior fidelity of their own translation, while they detect the errors of other versions, but every honest and well•informed Christian must know , that the different versions of the Bible—dif fering as they do in minor and less important matters— are all still the word of God. e , The great truths of the Christian faith are iu ail, and each contains in substance the same fundamental truths of Christian doctrine. While, then, the enlightened Christians will in, those im portant matters pursue their own conscientious convic tions, giving no unnecssary offence to others, let the ignorant, the fanatic, and turbulent, of whatsoever deno mination they may be, take warning, and learn that whosoever will dare publicly to vilify and dishonour the Bible, whether the volume so abused be the Douay, or the authorised version of the Established Church, such persons equally dishonour Almighty God, and commit a serious offence against the law of the land, and for which they are punishable by fine and imprisonment. Let us hope that the period of intolerance, which has had a long reign, is fast passing away, and that mutual forbearance and Christian charity will take its place, and be once more the badge and characteristic of the true believer. With these observations, gentlemen, this case comes before you as any other. You will examine the witnesses that will be produced before you on the part of the crown. You will inquire, first, was there such a public, wilful burning of the Bible or New Testament as is alleged in the bill of indictment which will go up be fore you'? And, secondly, you will inquire whether the parties charged, and who traverse this, were parties to, or privy to, this transaction, by commanding, by aiding, by sustaining, or countenancing the act ? And, thirdly, you will inquire, was it intended thereby to hold up the said copy to scorn ? If you are satisfied by the evidence that there was such a public burning of the Book of God, and the defendants were parties or privy to the act, thereby intending to hold up the holy book to scorn and contempt and it would certainly be difficult to discover any other intention in such an unseemly action—then you shall find the bills, and send the traversers to trial before a netty jury. If, on the other hand, yea should not be so satisfied, you shall then ignore the bills. Gen tlemen, of the jury, I have now laid before you what occurs to me and my learned brother to be important to lay down as the principle by which your finding shall be guided on the present occasion ; not that I for one moment suppose that you are ignorant of those prin ciples, or that you would act on any other than those to which I have referred, but because I think it publicly useful that all persons of all parties and deno minations should be led to the consideration of those principles, and should learn and know that any viola tion of that honour and reverence in which the Holy Scriptures in this country have been held, and shotild be held, is not only a dishonour of Almighty God, but is what many persons may not know, a violation of the l aw of the land, for which they may b e made answer able before a jury of their country. I shall say nothing further. The grand jury then retired, and at a subsequent hour returned into court with true bills of indictment against Father Patcherine and John Hamilton. Both traversers then appe,red at the bar, and having pleaded " Net guilty," th e tr i al was fixed for Friday. We Lave had a beautiful seed time, says the Eastern Counties Herald, and, excepting patches of land from which the turnips are not yet cleared, the work may be considered as nearly completed. Early sown wheat has come up with a beautiful blade, and the aspect is all that cau be desired. ASSIZE INTEL r IGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, DEC. 6. The commission of gaol delivery Was opened here to• day. There aro only 10 prisoners for trial, but all the oases aro of a serious character. The grand jury were called and sworn, and Mr. Jus tice Crompton having delivered a brief charge, the busi ness of the county was proceeded with. Thomas Coppard, 31, formerly a private in the Royal Horse Guards B'ue, was indicted for having feloniously cast upon one Mary Jackson a quantity of oil of vitriol, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was also charged with the Fame offence in relation to another female named Elizabeth Hawkins Knight. Mr. Lilley conducted the prosecution. was defended by Mr. Sumner. The learned counsel for the prosecution, in opening the case to the jury, described it as one of an extraordi nary and unusual character, and the following evidence was then gone into : Th© prisoner Miss Mary Jackson, an interesting-looking young woman, said—l reside with my father at Croydon. On Thursday, the 29th Nov., T was walking with my sister in Coombe-lane, near the church. I saw the prisoner, who appeared to be loitering about, just as we got oit the path leading to the church, and immediately after wards he followed us. When we bad got nearly to the end of the path he came close behind me and my sister, and there was something in his appearance that made me feel timid; I observed him, and he then turned away and appeared to be looking over a fence into a field. I walked on, and in consequence of something my eiete: said to me, I looked at my dress, and saw that my shawl and other parts of my clothing were stained red. I and my sister then went into St. Peter's school, and I there examined my clothes more attentively, and dis covered that my dress, my underclothing, and my stock ings, were all burned, apparently by some fluid. I and my sister returned home a few minutes after this, and on our way I m e t m y f a th er an d mother, and I ob served the prisoner still walking on the path leading to the church. I went up to him and asked him if he was the man who had followed me and my sister a few minutes before, and he said he was. I then said to him, " Why did you throw that stuff over my dress '1" He made no answer. My father came up at this mo ment, and I told him in the prisoner's hearing that the prisoner had been following me and my sister, and that he bad thrown vitriol over my dress. My mother asked him what he had to say, and he ran away, and an alarm was given, and he was shortly afterwards taken into custody. A portion of the liquid fell upon my hoots and stockings, and my leg was burned by it. The clothes worn by the witness were produced, and they appeared to have been burned in several places. Cross -examined—I had known the prisoner by sight for some time, but had never spoken to him before. He seemed to me to be idling about, but I did not observe anything wild or strange in his appearance. Miss Emily Jackson, the sister of the last witness,said —I was walking with my sister on the of ernoon of the 29th November, and I observed th e p risoner l o it er i ng about in Coombe-lane. The prisoner followed us into the lane, and walked close to us for some time, and he was the only person near us. I observed tbat my sister's dress was burned, and I afterwards found that my own shawl and dress were also injured. James Bannister, police-constable, 222 P, said—l was on duty on the afternoon in question on Park-hill, Croy don, when I heard a cry of " Stop thief," and saw the prisoner running towards me. I stopped him, and the father of the prosecutrix came up and gave him in charge for throwing vitriol over ladies' dresses. Tee prisoner said he had done it, but it was an accident. I asked hi'u if he had got the bottle that contained the vitriol, and he said he had thrown it away over the paling in the lane, and that in throwing it away the vitriol had gone over the young ladies' dresses. I asked him how he came to have such stuff about him, and be said that he intended to take it in order to destroy himself, but his heart bad failed him. I then inquired why he had run away if the affair was an accident, and be said he did so because he knew it was a very serious charge. I afterwards made a search in the field adjoining Coombe Lane, and found a bottle which appeared to have contained vitriol. Cross-examined—The prisoner told me that he in• tended to have destroyed himself by putting his head under the railway train. The train passed close to the spot where the affair occurred. The prisoner, I believe, is a married man, with a family. Inspector Merritt, of the P division, proved that he received the prisoner in charge, and that upon his tell ing him that he was accused of throwing vitriol over the young ladies, with intent to do them some grievous bodily harm, he said, " I admit I threw it over, but I did not intend to do them any bodily harm." Mr. Lancaster, a chemist at Croydon, proved that the bottle produced by the constable had contained oil of vitriol, and he said he had no doubt the wearing apparel that had been produced bad been burned by that fluid. Mr. Sumner, in his address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, observed upon the extraordinary nature of the charge and the utter absence of motive for the com mission of so wicked an act as the one imputed to the prisoner. He said that the defence he was instructed to make in his behalf was that the prisoner, being in a desponding state of mind and meditating suicide, had provided himself with the oil of vitriol for that purpose, but his heart failing him at the moment he threw the bottle away, and the contents accidentally felt upon the dresses of these young ladies. The learned counsel also ' put it to the jury whether, if the prisoner had really in tended to do the young ladies any mischief, he would not have thrown the liquid in their faces, or upon some other part of their persons ; and, as it was clear he had not done so, he submitt d that they would not he justi fied in finding him guilty upon the present charge. Several witnesses were then examined, who gave the prisoner a very good character. The learned judge, in summing up, said that before the jury could convict the prisoner under the present indictment they must be satisfied, first, that he had thrown the liquid upon the prosecutrix ; and secondly, that when he did so, his intention was 1.) do her some bodily injury. If they should think that his object was merely to destroy her clothes, although that was un doubtedly a very mischievous and wicked act, for which he would still be amenable to the law under another form of charge, that would not be sufficient ; and before they could return a verdict of guilty they must be satis fied that his intention was to cause her some personal The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The prisoner was then charged upon a second indict ment with committing two assaults, one upon Mary Jackson, and another up on Eli za b e th Hawkins Knight. The facts deposed to in this case were the same as in the last, the only additional evidence being that of a lady named Knight, who deposed that on the same day upon which the former occurrence took place, at an earlier hour, she was walking on Duppes'-hill, Croydon, a rather retired spot, when she observed the prisoner, who walked after her for some distance, and then suddenly stopped. She shortly afterwards received some informa tion which induced her to examine her clothes, and she found they were wetted by some oily liquid, which had burned holes in several places. The prisoner, it ap peared, was an entire stranger to her, and she did not recollect to have ever seen him before. The jury in this case, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty. _ The learned judge, in passing s en t ence, said that the jury had probably only done right on the former charge in acquitting the prisoner of intending to do bodily harm, and that they imagined that he only intended to destroy the clothes of the young lady who was the prose cutrix in that case. That was, in itself, however, a very wicked and brutal act, and he could not imagine what gratification it could afford to the person who was guilty of it In the present case the prisoner had been most properly convicted of an assault, and he was only sorry that he had no power to inflict a greater punishment than imprisonment, and that he was prevented from adding hard labour. He then sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. The room was very thinly attended, and only the fol lowing bets were laid : CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 10 agst Yellow Jack 500 to 5 agst Mirage DERBY. 900 to 100 and 225 to 25 agst Wentworth 2000 to 200 agst Ellington 1000 to 40 agst Artillery 1000 to 35 agst Sugar Plum A few days since a robbery of jewels and money was committed in the department of the Seine. Circum stances led the police to suspect an old inhabitant of the commune to be the thief. Inquiry was made for him, but he was nowhere to be found. On his lodgings being searched the stolen property was found on a table, and by the side of it was the following paper in his hand writing :—" I have lived up to the age of seventy years an honest man. Although lam not in want, a wicked thought lately took possession of me. I coveted my neighbour's goods. The impulse was irresistible. I have robbed ! But I confess my crime, and I have not made any use of what I have stolen. 3 am about to punish myself. I shall now go and throw myself into the Seine." On Sunday morning some boatmen found his body in the river. [AD.VERTISEMENT.]-Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medicine, inconve nience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and removes indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. 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Barre Du Barry di Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 182 Piccadilly; 60, Graced - lurch-street; 330, _and 451, St ran d, 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Thshopsgate-street • 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18 , Pall mall;Ia 7, - ' fall-mall-East mall East • 1.32, New Bond-street ; 24 , M ot• comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit,- street; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Faningdon-street ; 67, St. Paul's Churchyard; 6, Edward-stroot, Pcrttuau-scoaro. CouilLy 7-:larkets. DERBY SMITIIFIELD.—DEc. 4. The market was well supplied with fat beasts, with a full attendance of buyers; prices about the same. There was a good average show of sheep, which were well suld. Fat pigs not so numerous as on some past markets. Fat calves more plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6C. to 66d ; mutton, bid to Id ; lamb, Od to 01 ; veal, 7d tc 41 per lb. ; pigs, lOs Od to lOs 6d per score ; rough fat, 63 9.t per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 4td per lb ; calf-skins, 34:1 w. 51 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Thic. 5. The market was well supplied to-day. Sales were rather heavy, and all sos is of grain had a downward tendency, particularly wheat. WI-eat, top, 8s down, and en the average 2s 9d down. Barley, top, is od up —average, 6d down. Oats on the top 13 41 down —average, 8d down. Beans on the top 2s down—the average, 4s 10d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 18 8 5-12ths. Barley e newy 2 3 0 o.l2ths. Oats Beans EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—DEC. 4. There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 50e. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET DEC. 4. Oat straw, from lOs Od to 13s 3d per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat do., 5s Od to 8s 6d; barley do., 5s Od to 7s. 6d. Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH ME4L MARKET—DEC. 3. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs Yirst. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —8 Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto BOSTON—DEo. 5. To-day the supplies of wheat from the growers was mo derate. Good dry samples met with purchasers at prices a trifle under those realised last week, whilst inferior qua lities were difficult to quit at a decline of 2s to 3s per qr. Oats the same as last week. Barley, beans, and peas a slow sale, at drooping prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 63s Od to 81s Od; white, 81s Od to 83s Od extra, 85s Od. Barley, 35s Od to 42s Od. Oats 23s to 31s. Beans, 4'sOd to 56s Od. Peas, 44s Od to 54 , per qr. NEWARK—DEO. 5. A full attendance of farmers to-day, with a good supply of grain of all kinds. Wheat and barley is cheaper. Wheat, white 83s to 87s, red 81s to 83s; barley, malting 40s to 41s, grinding 36s to 375; oats, 24st. 35s to 38s, 22st, 32s to 34s ; beans, 56s to 58s ; malt, 76s to EN ; peas, 48s to 50s ; tares, 50s to 56s per qr. SEABORNE MAILS. IN signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post offles 'y the night—and M by the morning —despatch.) Day whom rn.s.l. =f; I Frou. 4,•8. PV;.,', COUNTRIICa in General Poet- Port du , n Office, London.* Dispatch, En,. land — , hmerieft(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday • Liverpoo' 'Dec. 15 Imoriep. tby United Ste. ; packet) ..........N •••• • • - - Liverpoo' Dee. 10 imerieß (by U. States packet) ..........N , J• • -• • Southern 4. enstralla (via South ampton) ..........M • ••• • • • • Southistript (I. :31tto (via Marseilles) N. ..... • -. • Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ~..,N1...... Uneertal Africa (West Coast) .. N• 23.1 of the month.. plymonth Dec. 6 %.,, xandria........ .. Nl5, 9, 24, & 30 of in.jDover .... c exan d r i a .......... m , 4th & 20th of m on.lSouthampf..), • Rahamas ........... E4ll7th of the wont; is out h,, a3 „ t „. Relglum ......... _N I Dall Y••—••• • • • • • Dover .... Daily arazii ..............71 1 9th of the month.. Southampla.. Dec. 15 Suencs Ayres .... 1411 9 th of the month.. a ~ "out,inoa-,.. D ec. 1,, Cape of Good Hope —.NI Various pot, Itlffabeti f f f Unpe of Good Hope ..N' 'Jape de Verde .......N 9th of the month Southampto, Dec. 15 Ceylon (see India) Cey10n..... ...... ...N Channel Isles .. . ..N ;Mon ~ Vi t ed..&Frii. Southern pi.° e Tu.Th •et Chili.. .. .. ...... ~, , , xt,2d F 17th of month 6outharf3pf, China .... . ,Onee a month.... Dec. 4 Constantinople ......1, 8,13,18,23 AD. of ii Toyer - —.. • Constantinople l4th & 20th of mon- Scnithsmoto• font. of Europe AI it, NlTylae daily —— • Dove , .. .. Twl.:. day Egypt (see India) ?ranee ........ M & is; ,Twice daily ••• • • • Dove! .. . ITeviatJa., libraltar .......... Id 4, 7,17,20,27 .f, South Amp,, Greece (seo India) I Ireytown .. ~.... _ m 2nd & 17th of mon.,South•impi; -• ilemburgh .. _ ......N Tuesday & Friday ;London ..... Havannah ........ _al 2 , 0 of the MOTItI !Dover Dec. 1. Holland .. f......... MlDallY •••••• • • • • • • .. .. . tai's Honduras M 117 to fl the month.jS outhamptp• 1 6thohnon . .......... India (viaSouthampt.)sl 4th , L 20th of mon.' Ply mout h .. Dec. 4 India (via Marsoilles)M 9th& 25th of month ;Dover .... 17, & 27 of m on 1D 0ver...... lonian Isles (see India), 7 , Ireland ........ M & Nj'wice daily .•.• . —llOl5 head 1Tw... , ••if.0 Li5b0n........ _,...m j 7, 9, 17, & 27 of m•Bouthampto- Dec. 15 Madeira ...... „ „ .. Is/ j 9th of the month I Sou them p fon Vailelra ........ ~, _ N '23d of month ....'Liverpool ... Malta (see India) Malta ............../i 8, 18, &28 of mon. Dover .- ... Dec. 4 Mauritius (see India) w aarittus ..........N 14th of the month mozioo „ ...„ „ ....At 2nd of the month—jSonthamot., 'Dec 1 Naples .• , j.. j ........N 5015 th 25 thoftnort.IDover .... Now Granada .... _el 21 & 17th of inonthlSouthamptor, I New Zealand By private slip ..IV ar i ous port Unef•rmin Papal States .... —N I hthlsth2hthoffnon.Dover ...... .. Peninsula „ , ......ml7thi7th27thormon.lSouthampton Peru .. • ......... ..M• 2 d AL 27th of mon.,Southampton I - I . P or t N a t a l .... ..... .N l ll3 , private ship...,Various ports 17neertill •iicily ~.... —_ _ ..N 5 thlisth2sthofmon„Dover .... .. ~...... „ .. N 5 th 1.5P.95 thofm on .lD over ...... I . Tuscany „T enezaela „ „. • .... xi 24 & 17th 01month' Southampton 1 & 16 mon Van Diemen'sLan cl (see 1 Australia) .......,..... - ...,,,,; We •I Indies 12d& 17th of month , Souths.mpten l l & 16 mon . .. Bouthamptor,'l & 16 mei When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls wlll de spatched on the following day, with the exception of the (rlO ionthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deepatchPd U preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was very fair to-day, and not under yesterday's prices. Caledonian, 288 .f—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 234 3 Llncashire and Yorkshire, 773 4—Eastern Counties, 83 Great Western, 50 —Ditto, Chester Pref., 1 6—London and North Western, 944 Dutch Rhenish, d.— South Eastern, 174—North British, 74 I—Midlands, I. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been again firmer to-day, but business limited. Great Western Stour Valley Guaranteed Stook, 53i—London and North- Westerns, 91. MANCHESTER, DEc. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been rather active, but prices closed rather weaker. Midland, 641 D.)vers, 17 7-16—Leeds, 77$—Great Western, 501) '— Caledonian, 284 Est Lancashire, 17 7-16— Eastern Counties, Bk—London Stock, 94i—Dutch Rhenish, # d. LEEDS. Duo. 6. STOOK EXOHANGE.—There was a flat business to-day. The only transactions up to one o'clock were—Lancashire and Yorkshires, 774—Midlands, 64g. DUBLIN, DEo. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Three per Cent. Consols, 88} 3 Di tto, for Account, 7th Dec., 88 I—New Three per Cent. Stock, 893 89: 1 , —Ditto, for Account, 7th Dec., 894 893 — Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (501. paid), 49 —Great Southern and Western, 52—Ditto, Six per cent. Pref., 7i—National Bank (22/. les. paid), 31j—Royal Bank, '0 —Dublin and Belfast Junct., 4 0—Waterford and Limerick, 194—Grand Canal, 33. [ADVERTISEMENT I — Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderful Remedies for the cure of Ulcers.—Mrs. Yates, grocer, Clifton, near Eccles, suffered severely for some time from an ulcer in the neck, and with a fruit less perseverance in the u-e of various remedies she felt convinced nothing whatever would heal it. However, by the recommendation of Mr. Heap, druggist, of Open shaw, she commenced using Holloway's ointment and pills, and these invaluable medicines very speedily cured her, not only healing the wound, but restoring her to a perfect state of health.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's esta blishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden•lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and H. Hoods, Malta. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the sth inst., at Foremark Hall, Derbyshire, the wife of Henry Allsopp, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Queen's-road, Regent's-park, the wife of G. Baugh Allen, Esq. Or A DAUGHTER. On the sth inst., at Southsea, the wife of W. C. Grier. son, Esq., R.N. On the sth inst., Mrs. Leslie, Hemingford Villas. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. James's, Paddington, th e R ev. T. Marsland Hopins, M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cam bridge, to Catherine Hannah, eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral Beechey. On the sth inst., at St. Mary's Church, Edgebill, Liver 4 pool, William Hardman, Esq., M.A., Tri11...C01., Cam., and of the Inner Temple, barrister•at-law, to Mary Anne, only daughter of Mr. James Radian of Liverpool. DIED. On the sth inst., Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, aged 75. On the sth inst., William A. B. B. Bruce, second son of William Downing Bruce, Esq., of Linooln's-inn, barrister-at-law, aged 4 years. On the 4th inst., at the Wylde, Bury, Lancashire, Ed mund Grundy, Esq., a Dep.-Lieutenant and J.P. for the gaunt) , of Lancaster, aged 70. On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Ed war d Alf re d C ar t aar, Esq., of Herne Bay. On the 3d inst. William Vale Bond, e ld es t son o f M r . Erasmus Bond, inst., aged 21. On the 2d inst., Mr. James Maitland, of Southwark, aged 64. On the 4th inst. at 10, Clarendon-crescent, Edi n b urg h, William W ar d en , ' Esq. ' aged 55. On the 2d in s t., at 142, Edgeware-ro a d, P a ddi n gton, Middlesex, Mr. Wm. Burninghani, aged 69. LONDON: Printed and Published by MTTRDO YOUN , 4, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ta the .euty of Friday, December 7,1866. Of IT] ern Ina an( Ex ac 4 mat eha read It est Di / Ma rue, SIIF fad The La s 1111 lias te rt tQai t,t 4 !sun lb gr , en tai