The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND'O:INT, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Tbi 4 /13 n SIR RICHARD BETHELL A.ND HIS CONSTITUEIVTS. Sir Richard Beheld addressed his constituents at the County Halt at Aylesbury, on Saturday, in anticipa4ion of his re-election consequent on the vacancy occasioned in the representation of the borough by his recent ap pointment as her Majesty's Attorney-General. After alluding to the honour which he ha , k, received at the hands of his Sovereign, he congratulated the electors upon the termination f the. war and the prosperous state of the country, expressing a'iso his opinion that the peace would be permanent, and in every way satisfac , tory. He alluded to the great , increase of crime, and observed that the only way to protect the commercial interests of the nation from such trends as had recently atte.acted attention was t 3 awe:a such punishments as (Frost the London, Gazette of this Evening.) I would deter men from acting dishoneitly. In his own I department, charged as he wes to examine the adininis- BY THE QUEEN. —A PROCLAMATION. tratien of the criminal law,, and charged as he was t VICTORIA, it.—Wheresa our Parliament stands pro- ooserve how that law might be amended, it would roved to Tuesday, the sixteenth day of December next : become with him a mattser of the most anxious conside- We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby pub- i uzstion to determine what measures could he introduced lish and declare that the sail Parliament shall be further ; in order to restore a greater amountof confidence amongst prorogued, on the said sixteenth day of December next, to , All ciaeses, antic and off.rau eheekinand g by impositithe terrors which had of the law Tuesday, the third day of Februar y next ; and we have given ds ons , 'lately come un e .er their knowledge. These were m ost those gig o rder to our Chancellor of that part of our United King- serious mattees, whichbnt there was another of vast im dom called Great Britain to prepere a commission for pro roguing the same . accerdingl / : and we do further hereby, i removed,T.:q:lne, by whichw t a la s e root of those evils could roguing agr o ea f te t r bei enlargement lf with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and plea- I iniorove eaent of the education and sure that the seid Pei-Herne-et shall, on the said third day people of this country were not only people.educated in of February next, be held and sit for the despatch of divers telleclenally, but had a moral and religious education, urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and .cr:rne would not be so rife in the land, and a greater Temporal, and th e K n i g ht s , Citizens, and Burgesses, and ernoc.nt of industry, intelligence, and prudence would the Commissioners for shires an d bur g hs of the House of I pros ail amongst the lower classes of society, and there ya l (veld be less neces s ity for the application of the criminal Commons, are hereby required and com mended to give All men would, he hoped, in the coming session, attendancet 'W their accordingly a estminster on the said I a. v. a pply their minds to that great and important subject, third day of February meet. , :.11e another education of the people. (Hear, hear.) There was Given at Our Court, :et Winds or, this twenty-eighth se er important question which would engage the at day of November, in the year of our Lord one thou- tention of those who were interested in the adminietra sand eight hnedred and fifty-six, and in the twentieth 4 lice of affairs. He referred to the removal of those year of Our reign. obstacles which were a restraint on the commercial and GOD SAVE TUE QUEEN. manufacturing interests of this country—namely, the state of harbour and shipping dues, which required to Ibe considered in order that the restrictions and impedi ments which still existed might be removed. .Now that they were relieved from the din of arms, the Legislature could accomplish nothing more useful than to apply itself to do all that could be done for tie improvement of the moral condition of the people. Fortunately political quarrels an 4 dissensions had lost the greater portion of their bitterness. Men had learned to look on one another with greater confidence, and it was not necessary that the government of the country should be carried on by men divided into two parties, one of one way of thinking, one of another, differing for the sake of difference. In this state of things he trusted there would be found a greater anxiety for all parties to co-operate in great domestic measures for the improvement, the happiness, and the comfort of the people. There were but few things to which he need allude in reference to the past, but there were one or two which ho regretted remained subjects of controversy. If they were agitated again—and one would be agitated—he would adhere to the same course of conduct which lie had pledg..d himself to at the com mencement of his Parliamentary career. The questions to which he referred were vote by ballot and the abolition of Church rates. On neither of these points had he seen reason to change his opinion. On the Sunday Trading Bill he held a strong opinion ; but ho had pursued the same course on that bill being brought forward as he had on other occasions. He had yielded to the views of his constituents, and bad not voted at alt. There was no doubt that great diversity of opinion existed on that measure. Some, who felt most deeply, thought that the Sabbath should be kept strictly holy ; but there were those, like himself, who could judge of the vice and im morality which existed in the metropolis by reason of all innocent recreation being denied to the poor, and who believed that the Sabbath might still be kept holy if the lower classes bad an opportunity of enjoying themselves and improving their minds by emancipation from low and sensual indulgences, and by a less spiritual applica tion of their time. In conformity with the pledge he had given he had voted for the ballot at a time when every member of the Cabinet, except one, was opposed to him, and voted against it. He had honestly redeemed his promise. He had too much respect for himself and their opinions to palter with them. A vote of confidence in Sir Richard Bethel" was carried unanimously. SUN OFPICE, Seven o'Clock. POSTPONE ENT OF IF4WIGH STEEPLECHAStS. The Steeplechme4 are postponed 'until Wednelday, the 10th of December. • MEETING OF PARLIAMMT. LONDON GAZETTE-L(This Evening.) The Gazette contains the Speaker's writ for the election of a Member of Parliament, within fourteen days, for the Eastern Division of the County of Suffolk, in the room of the late Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart. . At the Court at Windsor, Nov. 28, present the Queen's Must Excellent Majesty in Council.—This day the Itif;lit Hon. and Right Rev. Archibald Campbell, Bishop of Lou don, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. COUNCIL-OFFICE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 28, Notice is hereby given that a petition has been presented to her Majesty in Council from the inhabitant householders of the town of Wrexham, in tho county of Denbigh, -pre v ing, under the lets 5 and 6 Will. IV. , c . 76, and of I Vic., c. 78, the grant of a Charter of Incorporation to the, said town ; and notice is hereby further given, that her M:ljesty has been pleased, by he Order in Council of this day's date, to order that the said petition h 3 taken into consideration by a Committee of the Loris of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council on the sth daylt. of L January TIDJU S neat. W BAT. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the hyonour of Knighthood upon William Henry Watson, Esq., men° of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Rowland Macdonald Stephenson„ Esq., Civil Engineer, of Gloucester terrace, Hyde-park, anal late of Calcutta. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of ivy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at - Paris, fixing, as follows, the import duties on wools combed and dyed :—Combed, in French ships ' 70f.; in foreign ships, 80f., per 100 kilos. Dyed of all kinds, in French ships, MK.; in foreign ships, 115 f., per 100 kilos. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 1. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. George Alfred Crofton has been appointed to receive a pension of 1501. a-year, as provided for by her Majesty's Order in Counoil of Jnne 25,1811, vacant by the death of Admiral Fre derick Watkins, and the name of Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Alfred Crofton has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and, in consequence of this removal, the following promotions, dated from the 12th ult., have this day taken place : Rear-Admiral Sir DavidDnnu,K.C.H.,on the Reserved Half-pay List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Fairfax Moresby, K C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Wm. Fanshawe Martin to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bennett to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain the Hon. George Grey to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain William Townsend Dance has also been pro moted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1841, but without increase of pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Stafford—Joseph Bennitt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. [The following Appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 7th November last.] East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Edward Arthur Holdsworth, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Waller, resigned. JI:LY 8, 1856. The Supreme Court of Now South Wdes has appointed Samuel Heath, of No. 1. Church-ceurt, Cloments-lane, in the city of London, Solicitor, a Commissioner of that Court, for taking affidavits and examining witnesses, at law or in equity, in the city of London, or elsewhere in England. SIR RICHARD BETHELL ON LAW REFORM.—The new 1 Attorney• General, in his address to his constituents at ' Aylesbury, soliciting re-election, enters at some length on the programme of legal reform to be brought for ward by the Government during the next session. He says :—" Among measures of internal improvement you will, I trust, agree with me if I rank in a prominent place those which are introduced for the amendment of our laws and judicial institutions • and I may assure you that in the more influential office which I have now the honour to hold no exertions on my part shall be spared to remove the mischievous technicalities and that eembrous and expensive machinery which still disfigure many portions of English jurisprudence. The important suhject of the transfer of land bas long engaged my at tention, and I am happy to inform you that a plan is in preparation which I believe will greatly facilitate the sale and conveyance of real property. The relief which such a measure will afford to landowners and farmers, by giving perfect security of title and increased freedom of trade in an article of such permanent value and in)• portance, can hardly be overstated. lam much gratified to continue associated with an administration which has carried this eitintry successfully through the difficulties and pressure of a great and distant war ; and I am happy to believe that the sacrifices so nobly endured by the people of this country during the last two years will entail upon them no lasting burdens. I may, therefore, venture to assure you that the same vigour and abi lity which were displayed by Lord Palmerston is the prosecution of the war will be exerted by him for the purpose of achieving the victories of peace. In that department to which my own individual attention will be more especially directed—namely, the improvement of our laws and judicial institutions—l may venture to assure you, in addition to what I have already stated, that in the coming session measures for rendering simple and expeditious the title and transfer of lauded property, for the abolition of the _ecclesi astical courts, for the amenrhaent of the law re'ating to' marriage and divorce, for the consolidation of the sta tute law, and for rendering criminal those gross breaches of trust which have of late been a scandal to the country, will be immediately introduced, and prosecuted with energy and despatch." APPREHENSION OF A LEITH* MER CHANT ON CHARGES OF FORGERY. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Joseph :handing Wilson, recently a well-known corn merchant and ship-broker in Leith has just been apprehended (says the Szotsman) on charges of forg il,g bids of exchange to the amount of between 2,050/. and 3,000/. It may be recollected that, in the month of May last, Jacob Christiansen who was also a ship-broker in Leith, was con• vieted before the High Ceurt of Justiciary of forging 7 bills of exchange for the sum of 3,7751., and beating to he accented by parties in Dundee, Montrose, Newcastle, Hulk, Stockton, and Hartlepool ; and at the same time Wilson was outlawed for not appearing to answer to eim:dar charges. In the course of the investigation into Christiansen's case, it appeared that Wilson was impl cated in the matter, but before this came out he had ab conded, indeed it would appear that he had left Leith immediately after the apprehension of Christiansen. It was not till two or three weeks afterwards that Mr. Grant, superintendent of the Leith police, received in- formation of Wilson's share in the forgeries. He imme diately proceeded to London, where he had reason to believe that Wilson had gone, and succeeded in tracing him to the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, and then to the Bridge Hotel, where he ascertained that Wilson had taken his passage on board the Cyclone for Sydn. y, that he had gone on board the vessel at Gravesend, and was then far beyond the reach of the police. Mr. Grant, however determined to use every means likely to secure Wilson's apprehension and he accordingly took measures to have his movements watched on his arrival in Sydney. A. few days ago, accordingly, he received intimation from Australia that Wilson was about to return to this coun try, and that he had taken his passage to London on board the Adele. Mr. Grant at once put himselt into communication with the. London police, with the view of getting immediate information by telegraph of the arrival of the vessel off Deal. On Monday last, iu pursuance of this arrangement, Mr. Grant received a telegraphic mes• sage from Superintendent Hodgson, of the London police, to the effect that the Adele had passed Deal that afternoon. Mr. Grant immediately started fur London. expecting to reach Gravesend in time to await her arri val. He was, however, too late ; but he had arranged that two London detectives should be there in case be should not have arrived, and they informed him that Wilson was not on board, but that he had left the ship :n the morning in the English Channel somewhere between Dover and Dungeness. Mr. Grant proceeded to Dover, and then to Folkestone, where, in conjunction with Superintendent Steer, of the Folkestone police, he succeeded in apprehending the man of whom he was in ;watch. He brought him down to Edinburgh on Thurs• day night, and yesterday the prisoner was brought before Wishart, and remitted to the Sheriff on various charges of forgery. It seem.; he had not intended to C .. ome to Scotland, but was about to proceed to Germany. may al.lsobdren be stated that he cheated the captain of the Adele out of hi s passage money h ome , h av i ng g i ven hi m a bill on the B an k o f S cot l an d, payable at Coutts and Co. 's, • it London, which was dishonoured on being pre sented. trust are in process of settlement, and we trust that peace may be preserved between Great Britain and America. L A me say here today—what I knew every eon of New BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. England, New York, and in an especial manner the sons The directors, in their report for the meeting to be of the mighty West will sustain me in saying—that we holden to-morrow, present to the shareholders the re- witness the development and the prosperity of the Br port recently addressed to them by the consniting eneri- - tish colonies in North America not only we trout jea'ousy, neer, Lieut.-Col. J. P. Kennedy. That officer writes but we witness it with pride ar.d admiration. (Cl:lsere.) that : i Go on, brethren, improve and develop all the mighty re " Although the half-year just elapsed has been the 1 sources of British America. Your prosperity is our pros comparatively idle season in India, including the sum- 1 perity. We are bound together by a thousand associa mer heat and the monsoon, still sufficient has been done, tions of blood and of kindred. We are c inflected together both there and in England, to confirm the anticipations , by these mighty improvements widen we are met here held out to the shareholders in the last fepnrt of the di- ; to-day to commemorate. We are bound together by a rectors as to the efficiency of the general plan laid down I treaty of reciprocity--(cheers)—mutually beneficial to for the execution of the works on our line. Mr. Fordo, 1 you and to us. We are beginning to understand each the chief engineer in India, has ascertained that the I other, to value each other, to be proud of each other's earth works may be executed at about the rate formerly i prosperity and success ; and may God grant that the stated. The most important preca utions in the whole ', sons of British America and the sons of the North Ame of the operations will consist in the measures adopted to I rican Republic may never meet again on the banks of secure a faithful and methodical execution of our con- 1 the St. Lawrence, on river, on lake, or on land, in any trivets for iron materials in England. Eight such con- i other way than that in which wo are all met to-day—to tracts have already been executed, and 20 are now in i grasp each other's hands iu friendship, and to aid, to progress. With regard to the English supplies of ma- 1 enceurage each other in the development of the resources ,chinery and iron materials, calculated to absorb above of the North American continent. (Sheers.) Gentlemen, three-fourths of the construction capital, a sufficient I I give you, in conclusion, this sentiment, " Prosperity number of contracts, embracing nearly every class of 1 to the people of the Canadas, and success to their Go material, have been made to give grounds for an accu- vernment." (Loud applause.) rate practical estimate, having reference to the detailed 'The " Provincial Administration" was proposed, and working plans and sections. The revised estimates may, responded to by Col. TACIIE, the Canadian premier. therefore, Lem be substituted for the original estimates In answer to "Our Guests," ex Governor KENT, of of 1853, which were based upon the trial sections. This Maine, responded, and briefly alluded to the great re substitution brings out the satisfactory result, that sults which would follow from the connection now este whilst the average cost in reference to the first trial Sec- blished, by means of railroads, between Canada and the tions was cautiously estimated over 7,000/. per mile, the United States. He concluded by proposing " Canada — revised estimate goes to prove a very large reduction what she has done, and what she is doing, is but an ear• upon that mileage rate, whilst it includes complete rolling nest of what she will do." stock for ono train in each direction daily, and the bridg- The next toast was, " The Grand Trunk Railroad and log of all rivers north of Surat, comprising the three other Railroads of Canada," answered by Hon. John most difficult on the company's entire coast line between Ross, President of the Grand Trunk, and Mr. Robinson, Bombay and Ahmedabad, namely, the Taptee, Ner- Mayor of Toronto. budda, and Mhye. It is deeply to be regretted (says To the toast of "Success to Montreal," kr. BROSS, of Colonel Kennedy) that we should not yet have re- the Chicago Democratic Press, responded. He illustrated ceived sanction to construct the Bombay and Surat by statistics that the natural outlet for the trade of the Junction line, and if it be farther delayed we great west was by the St. Lawrence. shall shortly find ourselves in the position of having The company now separated. completed 150 miles of railway in a remote district, ae----- - whilst we shall have omitted to connect it with the focus of trade at Bombay. It is right to lay before the direc tors the consideration of a mode in which the operations we are carrying on may be made, irrespective of our own requirements, largely beneficial to the general interests of the districts we are working in, without cost to the company, proviled the Government think fit to contri bute towards the result. It is necessary, with this view, in the first place, to explain that the large, populous, and fertile districts lying between Bombay and Ahmedabad, upwards of 300 miles in length, and bounded for about 160 miles by the Syhadree range on the east, and on the west by the sea, is without any continuous maue road, and that the intercourse of the population through these districts is intercepted for a large portiea of the year by the absence of bridges across the numerous rivers, with the exception of that lately constructed near Kaira, and three old wooden bridges supported on piers of two piles each, which I found when exploring the district had resisted the fury of the monsoon floods for the last 18 years in some rivers to the southward of Surat. Theproof of these rude and ill-prepared structures having thus re sisted was a most gratifying fact, considering the inves tigation I was then making in India ; and the absolute destitution of the large population in respect to roads and bridges throughout the fertile district between Baroda• and Damaun was no less striking. It occurred to me then, and I still am of opinion, that our railway works may in a great measure be made to supply this deficiency, at least so far as facilitating the bridging of the river fur ordinary cart traffic, as well as for railway purposes; and there is no doubt that it behoves us for our own inte rests to stimulate the industry and prosperity of the aid tricts We pass through, as it does the government for the interests of the people whose destiny they rule. The Bombay government has concurred in our suggestion for making the piers and abutments of our bridges suitable fur double tracks of rail, laying down, for the present, girders to span the openings for a single track only. What I would now suggest is, that government should be invited to lay down a second line of girders on the sur plus half of our piers, to furnish the districts with an ordi nary roadway for carts, Sue If we should ever require to lay down a second track for trains, we could refund to the government the outlay they had incurred, and there would be uo difficulty in outrigging a third line then for carts. The mode in which this could be accomplished will be understood by inspecting a model which I have had prepared at the company's office in Liverpool-street. The cost of supplying the iron girders, atc., for a single railway track on piers already existing, would be about 51. 10s. per foot run. Timber, trusses, &c., for a cart road could be furnished at a much lower rate." The directors remark, "The shareholders will observe that certain important portions of our great schemes for affording railway communication from Bombay to Surat, where our line now commences, have not yet been sanc tioned by the government at home. The directors can now only express their hope and belief that at an early date the authorities will see the necessity- of rescuing the dirge and flourishing cotton producing provinces of Goozerat from the predicament of being annually for from three to four months shut out from the only ex porting and importing harbour on the coast, during the prevalence of the monsoon. The directors regret to have to state that the company have suffered a severe loss since the last meeting, in the death of Mr. Andrew Stewart, Mr. J. H. Lloyd, and Mr. J. H. Stephens, three most zealous and able officers. It is satisfactory to find that the moderate calculations of the average cost per Mile, based upon the trial sections, may still be reduced upon more minute examination and experience of ex penses actually incurred ; and, upon the whole, the di- rectors may safely oongratulate the proprietors upon the favourable prospect before them. The directors having applied to the Honourable Court for an extension of capital, have received authority to raise a further sum of 250,0001., with a guarantee of 5 per cent. per annum interest. The allotment of this addifienal capital beer been offered to the existing shareholders of the com pany, in proportion to the number of bld shares held by each, that is, one new for every two old. The directors propose to take steps, as soon as may be, for cneverti, g paid-up capital into block, and they are now in commu nication with some of the other Indian railway cotnese flies on the important matter of giving the greatest pos sible amount of security in the registry and transfer of shares. Annexed to the report is a balance-sheet of receipts and disbursements for the period ending respec tively 31st May, 1856, in India, and 31st Aug., 1856, in England. This statement has been duly examined, with the books of the company, by the accountants of the Hon. East India Company, in addition to a minute audit by the company's auditors, Mesas. Goodchap and Fisher." THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY. When the Euphrates Valley Railway Company talked of the certainty of a guarantee the world received the assurance in the customary sense of a guarantee from the East India Company. It now turns -out that it is not the security of the British but of the Turkish Go vernment that the shareholders have to rely on, and that it is the Ottsman Torte who promises 6 per cent. for 90 years. He must be a hold politician who, after what has just ()enured, would venture to claim for the Turkish power an existence of half this duration, and if, in place of 99, we assumed nine as the extreme limit of the exist ence of an antiquated and effete empire, we should pro istbly not be much out of our reckoning. But it is not requisite to speculate on the durability of the dynasty of the Sultan to estimate the value of a Turkish guarantee. ' Nations do not go to war to enforce the payment of Spanish or Pennsylvanian losnds, and if Mr. Andrews can get gulls enough to invest money on such securities as this they have themselves to thank if they are sold a bargain. The Grand Turk may plead, when called upon to pay, that he himself was taken in ; that he was assured that the income would meet charges aad afford dividends ; that what was asked from him was said to be a promise to secure public confidence, and im posing no responsibilities ; that, in place of this, the railway not covering working charges imposed upon him a subsidy of 6 per cent. for the benefit of a body of adventurers who, when they got his name upon the bond,. took no pains to determine for themselves the 'probabilities of lawful return. The two great points on which the whole enterprise turns do not as yet seem to have entered the English mind at all—speed and eco nomy of transit. We have already shown that the transport of a ton of goods between India and England by the Euphrates route will cost 401. at least, amount. ing, except in a very small number of instances, to abso lute prohibition, and that, were all the 10,000 English. men now in India to go home and come back again twice a-year, the passenger traffic would not pay for the grease for the carriage wheels. Returns from the only two sources of income a railway aspires to thus become hopeless, whatever the attractions of, speed. But the Calcutta EngliBhman assumes that the promise of celer; ty is itself a delusion, founded as it is onsthe presumption that the Euphrates can be navigated at the rate of 300 miles a-day, 100 being in all likelihood considerably beyond the average of what may be looked for. There is, however, at home a plethora in the money-market , just at present, to be relieved only by depletion. The East has become a favourite field of enterprise, mainly on the principle of the magnificent and the unkcoan being supposed equivalent. When we have thrown away 10,000,0001. or 20,000,0001. on wild-goose adventures, people may benefit by the experience purchased on terms so extravagant. It is curious how carefully reasonable and moderate projects aro shunned under such circum stances. A scheme supported by a profusion of facts, but which appeals to the understanding, not to the imagination, has no chance, just because of its defi niteness ; to catch the public ear, something vague and vast must be pourad into it— something promising ail, most probably ending in nothing.—Bombay Times. WRECK OF A STEAMIER ON LAKE SUPERIOR. FIFTY LIVES LOST. We have intellieenca of the wreck of the steamer Superior, of the Chicago and Like Superior line, off the Pictured Rocks, on Lake Superior, with the loss of nearly 50 lives. The steamer left the- Saul Ste. Mary's Canal at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 29th of October. In the afternoon, when off the Grand Marais, heavy snow squalls came on, and as the wind increased during the evening the captain determined about 11 o'clock, to run under the lee of Grand Island, which was then about 15 miles distant. Unfortunately, half an hour after the steamer's course had been altered, the waves carried away htr rudder, and she fell into the trough of the sea. The tiller was shipped, and an attempt was made to guide the vessel by her after wheel, but it would not work. At midnight the smoke pipes were blown away, and the deck load, consisting of flour, mer chandise, cattle, and hogs, was shifted to leeward. The crew then cut away the bulwark and threw part of the cattle and merchandise overboard to lighten the vessel. The wind and sea increasing, however, the vessel began to take in water very fast, until the engine fires were extinguished by it. Finding the land close under their lee, the crew tried to let go the small anchor ; could not get the large anchor off her bows. The small anchor would not hold her, when she immediately struck forward, her stern swung reued,"and the eext sea carried her broadside on the rocks. The utmost terror and confusion prevailed amongst the pas sengers who ran upon deck, and got hold of doors and other things to float by. The life-preservers were found to be unfit for use. Captain Jones went to the officers of the vessel, and said, " Boys I want you to stick to the boat as long as there is anything left of' her ; this is the fourth boat I have lost, but I shall not probably lose another. If any of you get whore I want you to go aed tell my mother that I did all I could to save the boat." He was one of those drowned. One of the passengers who escaped, Mr. Foster, thus describes the scene which fullowed :—" It was blowing very heavy with a sleety, chilly rain and snow. I helped my sister and a boy on the hurricane deck. I should think we were there about' five minutes, when a heavy 'sea struck the vessel, and she gave a lurch, and her deck parted in the middle and fell in. A number of men rolled down. I saw the life boat in the water. supposing my sister was there, I jumped off the deck into the water, and found her. Mr. Minster, and four sisters, and some other persons had hold of the boat ; but a moment after I got hold of the boat a heavy sea capsized her, a piece of timber struck pee on the head, knocking me senseless. When I came to I found myself strangling. I reached out to grasp something, and caught a rope. I crawled out of the water, and found it was the painter of the boat. When I got back I found only one person had hold of the boat. The next sea threw me up in the drifting timber. I was closely jammed among the timber and wreck; it was with great difficulty I extricated myself. I heard some one speak, and crawled upon the rocks. Then I found Mr. Davis, mate, and the boy who I had not seen since I jumped off the wreck. It was but a few moments. They were all ashore that were saved. The boy was deranged, and died some time afterwards. The next morning nothing was visible but the wheels, which, being strongly made and anchored fast by the engine and heavy machinery, had not been swept away. Upon these were seen clinging the. bodies of seven men, among them the two clerks and the first saloon keeper. As they were but three or four rods from shore, their cries could be heard distinctly calling on those on shore to come with the boats and save them. But this was im possible, as the surf 'beating on the rocks would have swamped a good boat almost instantly, and those that were washed ashore were almost like the steamer, a wreck. One by one they dropped off into the water until all were gone. The scene is, said to have been painful beyond description, as the survivors were within speaking distance, yet without the power to render as sistance. The saved suffered extremely from 'cola and hunger, and all of them were more or less bruised. Three days they were weather-bound, and not only this, but rock• bound too, as the bluff at this point rises nearly 300 feet and almost perpendicular, presenting an impassable bar rier. At this time the sea subsided sufficiently for them to reach Grand Island. They patched up the boats and tart ed , going part of the way on land and part on water. Two boys died on the way from exposure. The saved were obliged to subsist, during this time upon such articles as chance thiew on shore—raw vegetables, raisins, and leer. The comber who perished is estimated at about 50. Sixteen were saved, five of whom were passengers. Not one of the women was saved. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. The Hercus Monte, a brig of 226 tons, and corn manded by Capt. F. W. Rickells, sailed from the Mersey on the 6th March last for Pillau and Konigsberg. She was manned with a crew of 10 men. Her non-arrival at Pillau had led to the belief that she had foundered at sea, and her fate would, without doubt, have never been correctly known, had not the Sandford, Capt. Hughes, bound from London for New Zealand, fallen in with a portion of the wreck, and taken therefrom one of the crew, who was thus rescued, almost at the last moment, from a lingering and miserable death. Immediately on the arrival of the Sandtord at New Zealand, Captain Hughes sent to Mr. Court, secretary to the Under writers' Association, the statement of the survivor (which will no doubt be read with interest), which, with the letter of Captain Hughes, is subjoined. The difference in spelling the name of the brig is owing to the language of the country in which she was built : " Ship Sandford, Auckland, Aug. 7, 1856. " deeply regret being obliged to bring the follow ing fearful and melancholy circumstance to your notice: - " On Tuesday, March 11,1856, while standing down the Channel, with a fresh breeze from E.N.E., in about hit. 49 29 N., long. 456 W. Start Point bearing N.E. by N., one of my passengers, dol. Wyatt, her Majesty's 95th Re giment, directed my attention to a large quantity of plank ing, spars, and other pieces of floating wreck. Being at that time in the cuddy, shaping my courso, and taking the bearings of various salient points on both coasts, I forth with proceeded to the poop, and, having stationed myself in the starboard quarter-boat with my spy-glass, I soon perceived a large piece of wreck about one mile on the starboard bow. From having a square framework of wood, it appeared to be the afterpart of a quarter-deck, with the comp tnion hatch still on it, and a figure resembling that of a human being was olinging to it. I forthwith shortened sail, and, having brought my ship to the wind, with the maintopsail to the mast, I lowered a boat and directed the crew to overhaul the wreck, and bring Lack whatever they foand there. My orders were obeyed, and I had the satis faction of releasing an unfortunate man from a lingering and miserable death. Not perceiving any further vestiges of life, or any spars or boats that could give a clue to this disastrous collision, I hoisted up and secured my lifeboat and proceeded• on my course. "As soon as the man thus miraculously saved was suffi ciently recovered, I inquired into the causes of his being placed. in this position, arid herewith append a declaration on oath, as well as corroborative evidence, signed by the chief officer of the Sandford. "On perusing his statement you will perceive that the owner of the Auorkus 'etonth was the father of the captain of that ill-fated vessel ; may I therefore request you will avail yourself of the earliest opportunity of transmitting to him, through her Mikiesty's Consul at Memel, copies of this and the appended documents, and also cause the same to be inserted in the public papers, in order that a clue may be given towards ascertaining the name of the inhuman commander of the vessel that so heedlessly and carelessly ran into the Auorkus Month, and then left her to her fate. " I remain, sir, your most o btli i rintr i la u n a t i : ms, Commanding the Sandford. " P.S. As Michael Krat tiat is a strong, ablebodied mnn and willing to work, I have entered him on the ships arti as ordinary seaman." " Sworn declaration made in my presence by Michael Krattiat, seaman, native of Memel, in the kingdom of Prussia, and sole survivor o f the crew cke of tho mastel , late brig Auorkus Month , of Memel, William Rills longing to Memel, and owned by the commander's father at the above place. " FL R. HUGHES, Commander. " JAMES BARRY, Chief Officer. " Michael Krattiatt being duly sworn by me and ad j ured to tell the truth, deeoses as follows : " I belonged to the brig Auorkus Month, of 250 tons, William Rickel's, master, belonging to the port of Memel, in the Baltic, which had proceeded from Londonderry, ire Ireland, for Liverpool, and there loaded a cargo of salt for Pillau, in Prussia. Qa the evening of the 10th of March the brig above named was working up the English Channel on the port tack, with the wind fresh from E.N.E. at 8 p.m. On that night 1 turned into my bed to sleep and was aroused between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock by a fearful concussion and shock. 1 immediately rushed on deck, and perceived that another vessel had run into the Auorkus Month, and at the same time I heard Capt. Rickel's order the mainsail to be hauled up. Previous to the concussion from the motion of the Auorkus Month, it appeared to me that the ship was luffed well up in the wind, as if to avoid collision, and I distinctly heard the officer of the watch shouting to the other vessel, bat they took no notice of it . The car penter had, it appeared to me, gone forward, for heshouted out, " Our ship ie sinking ! and at the Same ti me with his axe proceeded to cut away, as well as he was able, the lashings of the longboat in mids b i ps. Evidence had by this time so far collected our faculties as to perceive that the vessel which had run into us bad square yards, and had been apparently running down Channel, and I distinctly heard English spoken by sonic person on hoard of her, and ans wered by his captain. The Auorkus Month had fallen off before the wind, and the vessels bad separated, but the vessel that had fouled us made no attempt to save life or render any assistance to the disabled vessel. I cannot say whether she had experienced any damage, as she had struck us in the fere part of the fore-chains, on the port bow. The crew (including myself) perceiving the Auor kus M on th settling in the water, and that they could not get at the lashings of tho longboat and jollyboat (which were inside of her), betook themselves to the rigging by various ways, and I got up to the main topgallant crosstrees, but perceiving that the hull had totally disappeared under the water, which was nearly up to me, I struck off and swam away towards some small spars that were floating near me. On reaching these they prove I to be the boat's oars, and I accordingly placed one under each arm, and thus floated until day break, when I perceived part of the deck, with the after companions hatch on it, uas near me, and I left my oars and swam towards it, and with • erne difficulty got on it. In the course of that morning (March 11) a schooner ran close to the wreck on which I was standing, and I shouted to them, but they did not attempt to rescue me. With despair at my heart, I sat down before the companion batch to get some shelter from the cold biting wind which chilled and benumbed my limbs, and in this position I saw a boat pulling towards me, and in jumping up saw a large vessel hove to. In the course of a few minutes the boat was alongside the wreck, and I was assisted from it and taken to the Sandford, when I was undressed and put into a bed, and carefully attended to until I recovered. " MICHAEL KRATTIAT." --- - CRYSTAL PALACE.--ONE SHILLING DAY, Monday, December I.—Admissions on payment, 551 ; dittos by season tickets, 218 ; total visitors, 769. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Perry. confectioner Hi g h street, Southwark, to surrender, Dec. 11, at eleven, and Jan. ry, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba sitighall-street ; Richardson and Sadler, 01.1 Jewry Chambers. Edgar Adams, laceman, Brighton, Dcc. 13, at twelve, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Langley an 1 GibbTa, Great James-street. George Octavins Manton, surgeon. Thrums, Lincoln sbire, Dec. 1G arid Jan. 6, at half past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; An.lrews, Bourne ; Knight, Birmingham. E.lwani Smith, baker, Isleworth, 1)ec..16, at two, and Jan. 13, at twelve at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; renchurch-buildings, City. Leopold Redpath, dealer in .bares, Chester-terrace, Regaut's•park, Dec. 15, at half-past one, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Easinghall-street ; Wooton and Son, Tolgeuhouse-yard ; Lowrance, Flews, and Boyer, 01:1 Jewry-chambers. John Murray, coal merchant, Middle-wharf, Great Scotland-yard, Dec. 12 and Jan. 1.7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. N Icholson, official assignee, lia fiinghall-street ; Slee and Robinson, Parish-street, South- SCOTCH SEQUaziTIZATIONS. Cathrae, slate merchant, Wilton-grove, ❑ear Hawick. Angus Clerk, tinsmith, Oil Wynd; James Howie, farmer, Midton, Craigie, Ayr. John Anderson, draper, Stewarton, Ayrshire. James Young, grocer, Douglashall, Crriuko, now •;e- ceased. William Binnie, baker, Rawyards, near Airdrie, now deceased. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- LIB DAL Amsterdam:... - . • I 14 Gibraltar .• •• •• •• 2 , 75 Ditto, three months .. • 11 17 1 i Leghorn •• • **** "' • 8:2!i Itotterdaat .• 11 17 Genoa ........ •• •• AntwerP ••• ..... .25 32.,i Milan .. •••••• •• •"• 1/r " sels •••••• •• • 25 32!,i Venice........ gamburgh •• •• .• .• •• • • 13 7!, Naples •••• • • •• •• '• •• Altona .. • • ...„ Palermo ..... • • i. 30 rari4•• •••• •• ••••• •-• 25 25 Messina . Ditto,three months ..23 t;5 Lisbon .. 511 i Marseilles ....... •-- 25 67! 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Fetersburf .. •• .• •••• 371,',, Foreign Gold in Bars .£0 0 n Madrid ••••••••• •• •• 411 1 ,4 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 ( wiz • • 41 Mexican Dollars 0 e 1 0 RsrcelOna •• "" "" -• New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Saville -• • •• • • - gilver in bars .. 00 0 - - - LETTERS FOR NOR TVA Y. cei a v n e i d that N. the packet cam- Information ha vin g been r e Norway has cease d rnun ication between Denmark for the win ter, the mails for Norma the.,ugh Sweden until fu rther notice?' will be forwarded ' D ur ing the period of the conveyanceaangcee V these mails o il, Sweden, the rate of is.os. the half be tak en on letters addres sed to Norway will he ounce, and so on , according to the scatsid Inland Letters . or charging This rate comprises b)th the British an d f postage on letters a idressed to Norway, and oreign constitutes the whole charge to the place of their destination, and it may be either paid in advance, or the letters r ., at the option of the sender; er ' be forwarded unpaid, eept, however, in the case of regietered letters, the p nm i: age upon which, as well as the registration fee, mirit be paid in advance. By command of the Postmasr-General, ROWteLAND HILL, Secy. General Post-office, Dec. 2, 16'56. ____---- 'hat on DISCOVERY or IRON IN WILTSIIIRE.—A para graph has appeared in some of the local pap ers stating t iron ore had been discovered near Cain e. at Beend,three miles from Melsbarn, and near It is, however, the Ken net and Avon Canal, that the discovery has been made. The ore is described as being very good. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday l a st an accident of a mo s t p a i n f u l nature happened at the Clay - c ross ronworks, near Chesterfield, which it is feared will erminate fatally. A labourer earned Kelly was employ ed in wheeling materials into the furnace, from a calcined heap of partially fused ironstone which had been con siderably undermined, when a large burning mass fell poa him, burying him up to the middle. Half an hour lapsed before he could be released from that fearful position ; the deiria having clinkered round him, bad to be broken with hammers and crowbars in order to his release. During this time his cries were pitiable in the extreme, and he frequently begged of the bystanders to carry him into the reservoir close at hand, and drown him to relieve him from his misery. His injuries were found to be of so extensive a aature that amputation of the right leg above the knee joint had to be resorted to by n o m. Mackarsie and Holland, surgeons to the works, and it is feared the other leg will also have to be sacrificed, so dreadfully is it burnt. Scarcely a particle of clothing was left en the poor fello w w h en he was re . position.—Manchester Ex am i n er. leased from his perilous PANAMA RAILWAY. The following paragraph appeared in the Sew York Daily Times of the 13th 'ult. The informa tion which it contains is Correct : "I learn that the Secretary of the Navy has just concluded arrangements with the Panama Railroad Company for the transportation across the isthmus of an entire crew for the sloop-of war St. Mary's, and the return to the United States of her present crow by the same convey ance. The officers who aro to join the sloop have just received their orders, and, as may readily be supposed, are happy to be relieved from the tedious voyage round Cape Horn. The supplies for the St. Marys are also to go across by the same railroad. This commendable enter prise, initiated by Secretary Dobbin, is calcu lated to produce an entire revolution in the sys tem of conducting our Pacific and East Indian squadrons. The Mare Island Naval-yard in California. will probably henceforth become the station for repairing and refitting all our public vessels in Pacific waters. This arrangement and the exchange of crews and transportation of sup plies via the Panama Railroad are likely to do away altogether, or nearly so, with all necessity for doubling the Cape. A United States vessel once ill the Pacific will be apt never to return to the Atlanhic, unless upon some extraordinary exigency. The frigate Wabash, Captain Engle, bearing the flag of Commodore Paulding, will sail from your city in a few days for Aspinwall, to take out the new crew of the Si. Marys and bring home the old one, whose term of service has expired. While too new' arrangement is au economical one for the Government, of course it will be a paying one to the railroad company." By this step the Isthmus is placed under a sort of surveillance, and • the repetition of the scenes of last summer rendered improbable. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The completion of this rail way from Montreal to Toronto, and the great system of railway communica tion which extends from the State of Maine to Canada Weet, a distance of more than 800 miles, was celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 13, by a great banquet at Montreal, at which 5,000 persons, consisting of the leading men of the proviee; the military, merchants and farmers, and a number of invited guests from the United States, sat down to a table extending over a mile and a half. The festival is described as having been a very graud affair. At 2 o'clock p.m. the Governor-General, Sir Edmund Head, arrived, with a guard of honour. Tne chair was taken by Mr. H. Starnes, the Mayor of Montreal. At the riget hand of the Mayor sat his Excellency, and on his lett sat Sir William Eyre, Commander of the Forces. Amongst the other distinguished guests were—Judge Day, of the Superior Court, the Lord Bishop of Mon treal, Colonel Tache, the Canadian Premier, Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Hon. John Rose, Presi dent of the Grand Trunk Railway. The toast, " The health of the Governor-General," was responded to by his Excellency, who stated that he met the citizens of Montreal on this occasion with pecu liar satisfaction, because he knew that this day was a great epoch in the history of Canada. He felt assured it was one upon which the future historian would look back with satisfaction—that it would make a bright page in Canadian history. It was in 1839 that Lord Durham made his report on Canada ; and how did he describe it ? He stated that, except in a few spots, the country was all wild and desolate, and only possessed about 15 miles of railway, between Lake Champlain and Lap rairie. But now what was the condition of Canada ? Pat the traveller down at St. Thomas, and let him go through to Stratford by railroad, see the condi tion of the country and pronounce if it is waste and desolate. The country now produced not only enough to supply its own needs, but exported to the United States and to Europe. And all this progress had been made in the brief space of 17 years, since Lord Durham *wrote his report. In stead of the 15 miles of railway that then existed there were now nearly 1,500 open. The whole country was opened up, and the markets of Europe rendered acces sible to its people. Montreal was the centre of that com merce and that railway system, and such a position as assured its commercial greatness. The former tedious journey from Quebec to Montreal was now performed in 5 or 6 hours, and the traveller might go from one end of the province to the other in 24 hours. The Victoria Bridge would render Montreal famous for one of the moat wonderful works of the world. It was a great work, which would connect the great West with the South and the seaboard, at a period of the year when masses of ice obstructed navigation, creating obstructions which it re quired genius to overcome. That work would also con nect Montreal and the West and North with their Southern neighbours, with whom he hoped they would ever remain fast friends. Lie then alluded to the great valley of the Ottawa, and stated that he knew the citi zens of Montreal looked with peculiar interest to its de velopment. The settlement of that great tract of territory he considered was of great importance to the whole country. Canada wanted breadth, and this the settlement of the Ottawa region would afford. The Ottawa was of further interest, as affording a fink between the Great West and the St. Lawrecce at Montreal. It was not for him (Sir E. Head) to decide which was the best means of opening up that route. That would properly be decided by the civil engineers who were now surveying it. Mon treal would receive the traffic of the Ottawa, which alone afforded assurance of its commercial greatness. The Victoria Bridge would also 'connect that region with the South. In conclusion, he proposed the health of the chief magistrate of the United States. Senator WILSON responded to this toast on behalf of the citizens of the United States. I am sure, sir, I speak the sentiments of every American here to-day, when I say that we not only thank you for proposing a toast to FIRE IN SptoßZDlToil.—On Sunday night, about 10 the chief magistrate of our country, but I thank you for o'clock, a fire happened on the premises belonging to Mr. saying that you trust that the people of the United Samuels, a tobacconist and water•proofer, 18, Swan. States and the people of British America will always yard, Shereditch. Tse lerieade tried all they could to meet as friends. (Cheers.) Difficulties, it is true , ha v e save the adjoining houses, in which they succeeded, but arisen between Great Britain and the United States. the fire was not extinguished until the premises of Mr. These difficulties, sir, between our Governments, we all Samuels and all they contained were totally destroyed. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, DEL 1. Molars. Hoist, Freeland and Brother, in their monthly circular of this day, report : "The general tone of our market has been dull and in naimate throughout the month, and the business done has been on a very limited scale. Stocks of gmds, ho w ever, h a ve been light, and there has, therefore, been no disposition on the part of producers to force sales. Con sequently prices have not given way nearly so much as might have been expected under the increased pressure of the money-market ; indeed, the prices asked to-day, owing to the better accounts just received from the East, are barely 2 per cent. lo wer than our quotations a month ago. f o The exports of cotton piece-goods and yarns for the month are 95,872 packages against 106,292 for the satne time last year. This is rather under the average for the previous three months, which is 97,808 packages. The following classification shows at a glance the proportion to the various markets : Packages C o tt on Lb. Cotton I Piece Goods. Yarns. East Indies ......................... 26.2 ... 13.6 China .............................. 5'7 .•. 3.8 Australia .............................. 1.8 ... 0 0 Central and South America ...... 21'6 .•• o'7 North America ................... 14 . 3 .•. 0.4 West Indies ........................ 3'9 .•• 0.0 Coast of Africa ..................... 7•2 .•. o'l Turkey, Egypt, aed the Levant 11'7 ... 61 Germany and Holland .. .......••• 3 . 3 .•• 52.5 Other European States ......... 4'2 ... 23 . 1 "The Liverpool cotton-market has been somewhat irregular during the month, the common qualities of American being fully d. per lb. lower, while middling qualities are quoted the same. Any improvement in the Manchester market will probably lead to higher prices in the raw material, "Mule Twist.—No. 30's to 50 's ar e about per lb. lower, other numbers remain. the same as before. " Water Twist.--A large business would he done at a reduction of Ad. per lb. on our quotat ions, but the spin ners generally decline to accept lower rate s. "In piece goods there has been very little fresh busi ness during the month. The market has, however, been supported by unexpired contracts for hom e trade quali ties, and the lightness of stocks generally in the hands of producers ; s printing cloths of low qualities have been taken off freely, while the better sorts have been in less demand. The production of 34 and 36 inch makes of low qualities has been greatly increased, and they are rather lower in price. India shirtiogs are selling at unremunerative rates to the manufacturers ; and as stocks are light, and the quantity produced mu oo ch ked for under the average, som e advance in price may be l with a revival of demand. Domestics, long cloths, and T cloths are without much alteration, the tendency being rather in favour of the buyer." Sporting Intelligence. TA.TT ERSALL'S.—MONDAY. The room was well attended but the Derby only attention, and "the doings" on that event were 12 to 1 was offered against Blink of flittle occupied importance. Bonny, who, it is reported, is now the property of a gentleman whose nom de co urse is " M r . H owar d." The bus i ness transacted was as under :- 12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (offered) 20 to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 20 to 1 aget Sydney (offered) 22 to 1 aget Goldfinch (taken) 30 to 1 aget Schiedam (taken) 30 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 3000 to 90 agst Glenmasson (taken) 1000 t t o 5 o 300 agstag s t A Antonck w ( or t t a h k ( e t n a e n 2000 ) 1000 to 20 agst Lanobourn (taken) 1 2 0 0 0 00 to 30 agstag s King of the o t Henry the Ephrteha t(taken) (taken) ( e 0015 Offers were made to take 40 to 1 about Arsenal, and 0 to 1 about Commotion. 85 (3. T.FIE LAW OP LIBEL. QUEEN'S BENCR, DECBMBER I. (Before a Common Jury.) TOMMY, SEN., V. CLEMENT AND OTHERS. The plaintiff brought t.h , s action to rec aver cornpmsa- Han for an article published in the Ob s erver, which km alleged contained serious im ati ms upon his character. The defendants pleaded a justification. The plaintiff conducted his own case in person, and Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Clark appeared for the defendants It appeared that the plaintiff had long been engaged in litigation in the Dublin Chancery Courts, and all the de cisions being against him he Appealed to the Ilotn , e of Lords, and the judgment of their lordships haying con• firmed the former decisions, he published a pamphlet which he himself sold in the streets, imputing the chaKg e of conspiracy and treason to Lord Cranworth, Lord St,. Leonard's, the Right Hon. Francis Blackbrirne, ex-Chan• cellor of Ireland ; the Right Hon. T. B. Smith, the Master of 'the Rolls of Ireland ; and other office's of state. When he was in the act of disposing of some of the..e publications in Pall-mall, a gentleman, wbo gave the name of Smith, but whom the plaintiff imagined to be a nobleman, gave him into custody, and he wee taken to Vine-street police-station.. The inspector on duty, however, dismissed the case; and, according to plaintiffa statement, both the superintendent. and the magislrate to whom he appied on the following day refused to tu , nish him with the name of his accuser. He than stp.: a let ter, stating the circumstances of his case, to the Daily News, and that journal published this letter, as e,ell acs an article commenting upon the proceedings before tie magistrate, and making some severe animadversions upon the conduct of the police in the matter. Oa the following day, the 17th of August, in the present year, the Observer published the alleged libel, which consis of an article written in answer to that in the Daily _News, and speaking of the plaintiff as an insane itn!iyi dual, whose statement was "full of sound and fury, signifyiug nothing"—as a person who wont about the streets of Landon to bellow cut a libel, attacking the character of all who were concerned in giving ju g nent in his different suits—and likewise as a parson. wh exer cised a criminal calling in vending publications of such a nature. Lord Campbell inquired of the plaintiff whether he intended to justify the charge of conspiracy and treason which he made in his pact phlet against Lord,Chancellor Cranworth and the other high legal functionaries ? The plaintiff said he asserted the truth of every word in the pamphlet. Mr. Knowles contended that the 'article in que4ticia was only a fair and legitimate comment on a matter of public importance, and contained nothing libellous. The son of the plaintiff, in the course of his examina tion, stated that 300 of the pamphlets had been sold it one day. The price was ld., and as many as five editions, of 1,000 copies each, had been dispised of. The sale sens ibly fell off after the publication of the a:ticle sin the Observer, and had now ceased altogether. (Laughter.) His father obtained a living by selling them. Lord Campbell remarked that as the defendants had not placed the plea of not guilty on the record, they were bound to prove their plea of justificaticn, and the question for the jury would be whether they had done so or not. Mr Knowles said the defendants were in a position of considerable difficulty, as they could not bring over fr•mt Dublin all the witnesses necessary to disprove the charges in the plaintiff's pamphlet ; but if the jury were, obliged to give the plaintiff a verdict, he trusted that as the defendants had not been actuated by,any animus aaamist him, they would be of opinion that the smallest-possible amount of damages would satisfy the justice of the case. The plaintiff, in reply, read a long appeal to the jury from a written document. Lord Campbell, in summing up,' said that every one must commiserate the unfortunate old gentleman who had brought this action, when it was seen that those who ought to give him good adVice, and prevent hint from further exposing himself, seemed disposed to incite him to doing further mischief. (During the trial the plaintiff had been, very actively assisted by his son.) The plaintiff, whom they must suppose to be in his right mind, appeated to labour under some strong delusion as to the conduct of certain high legal functionaries, both here and in Ireland, and to have sold about the streets of London a penny pamphlet accusing them of conspiraCy and treason.. On the face of it that pamphlet . t,was a scandalous libel, and the police were perfectly justified in taking him into custody. His lordship then observed that, by putting simply a ,plea of justification on the record, the defendants undertook to prove every thing they alleged in the article: They had c early proved the material part Of it namely, that the plaintiff was taken into 'custody for selling this scandalous libel ; and the son of the plaintiff, who seemed to be his prompter in more senses than one, ad mitted that the plaintiff was earning his livelihood by selling the pamphlets, and that the sale had fallen off since the article in question appeared. It was a sad thing that a man should earn his bread hg selling libels of this grave nature in the public streets ; and the fact of the sale falling off was rather a matter for rejoicing than a grouqd for asking for damages; but the other allegations' in the article were rn,t proved, and with respect to these they must find a verdict for the plaintiff l , but he was inclined to think that tiler tly nominal damages would satisfy the justico of the ca-e. If they were of opinion that the newspaper acted with a malici- One motive towards the plaintiff, and that he really suffered any damage by their impr,per conduct, they would give compensation accordingly ; but if they thought there was no malice whatever on the part of the defendants and that the plaintiff sustained no real injury, they would only give a farthing damages. The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The following is a list of the candidates who have passed the late examinations for degrees in toelicine M. D. EXAMLNATION. Medical Schools. .... King's College .... St. George's Hospital ... Guy's Hospital ... St Thomas's Hospital Middlesex Hospital Blount, John Hillier ... C..rter, Henry Vandyke Iliff, William Tiffin... Seyworth, John White Spackman, Frederic Robert _ _ M.B. EXAMINATION , PASS EXAMINATION. University College University Collego Guy's Hospital . St. Thomas's Hospital ~ Kiug's Colle g o . St. Thomas's Hospital ... University College, ... University College .... King's College EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. The following obtained honour s in the respective sub ects at the M.B. examination { : physiology and Comparative Anatomy. Brown, Thomas Edwin Burton , e 's (gold medal) Guy's H . ospit il. r... 4 Maudsloy, enr . Y . . (g—01,..1. medal) University College. Surgery. Mandsley, Henry (University medi- cal scholarship and gold medal) University College. Brown, Thos. E dwin Burton (gold medal) ' UniversityG Universityuy ' sil o Hospital. : fi t 3 : 11 1 11 . eegg ee.. Blake, James Gibbs, B.A University College. Medicine. (gold(gold , I r 31:. okreo,wJg.ooGii.b John C . . A C .. e s i JosephsEd n B Burton G K u i n y g ' s ' 8 Hospital. Coll ege. h F o r m an a yowling. Brown, T Andrew, Edwyn ....... Blake, James Gibbs, B.A Brown, Thomas Ed win Burton Clapton, Edward Dowling, Francis Joseph Jones, Sydney , . Maudeley, Henry Thorowgood, John Charles Rice, James REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. A new phase will in all probability be put upon the Southampton election ere many hours have elapsed. Mr. E. James bas not been in the town during the whole of the past week, whilst his active opponents, Mr. Weguin and Sir E. Butler, have been busy canvassing in vie meanwhile. The consequence is that those electors who intended voting for Mr. James have became very dissatis fied, and we understand, upon good authority, a requisi tion is being got up to request our present mayor, Mr. Andrews, to allow himself to be put in noininatioe. Whether or not Mr. Andrews will consent to do this re mains to be seen. A meeting. of Mr. James's committee is called for this evening, at 7 o'clock, and the cure taken there will no doubt infitence Mr. Andre ss as to his decision. Mr. Andrews, it is well known, is backed by a powerful party of friend, and sh ,uld he declare his intention of contesting the borough, there is litt;le, if any, doubt of his return by a triumphant majority. MONDAY, TEN o'CLocr , The , meeting above referred to was fully attende6; Mr. Dusatittoy in the chair. The di,atisfaction of the electors at Mr, James's absence from Southampton, and his silence , thereon, was apparent, and a resyludoo wat adopted to the effect that a requisition be got up and signed by the Liberal electors for the nomination of Mr. Andrews, the Mayor of Southampton, as a candidate for the borough. This was accordingly dune, and received the signature of nearly every elector present. LIFFLBOAT SERVICES.—RAMSGATE, Nov. 25.—At day break .a vessel with signals of distrei-,s was seen in a most perilous position to anchor among the oreakers upon the weathe r face of the North Sandhead. The Ramsgate Bar bour st earner Aid, with the Northumberland lifeboat in tow, was sent off by the harbour rna-Aer to her as ,iv an ey. At 9 a.m. the steamer was observed towing the vesel through a terrific sea, with the lifeboat in attendanc:,, tiud several luggers in company. At noon the steamer Aid and lifeboat returned with the brigantine Sophia, of Naples, in charge of the crows of the luggers Buffalo Girl and the Charm() tto Ann, of Ramsgate. When the steamerarrived at the Sandhead, they•found the vessel riding with ad an chors down, in great jeopardy, in six fathoms of water. The steamer then towed the lifaboat up to wind , card, and slipped her anchor to the vessel's :ce, and vi • ting on board 3 of the cre wthey veered the lifeboat a , t,rl in readineAs for any emergency. On of the lugger's fine 4-oared boats had been lost in boarding the vessel ; her cre w were fortunately saved, and were on board the brig antine. The steamer, with great difficulty, got her large towing hawser on board the brigantine. She was the(' slipped from her anchors, and was towed in an caster:, direction clear of the shoe). After getting her order hr o per canvas the crews succeeded in bringing her r “uTAI, and shaped a course directly for Rami gate harbour, into which they brought her in safety, and moored her uuder the directions of the harbourmaster. Thus the lives of several men and a valuable ship and cargo were a g ain saved by the harbour commissioners' steamer and lifeboat aided by the brave Ramsgate b oa t men It e xptoteli that the fir , st-cla, lifeboat which vp, Institution has just Aatioue I no able to rescue many lives from shipwreck in that , bourhood of the Goodwin Sands. Country Market-. CR ELMSFORD—Nov. 28. The wheat trade extremely dull, and a reduction of is to 24 , 0 n the better, and 2s to 3s on inferior, samples was necessarily submitted to where sales were effected. Spring corn of all sorts is lower, except malting barley, for which 'pric'es were unaltered. ,Large beans cheaper. - - - Wheat, white, old, per a. s. I s. s. qr. 33 74 !Oats, per qr 24 30 new.... , 11 73 'Peas, Partridge 43 45 red, old 35 ,651 White 41 48 n0w....36 65 I Boiling 42 49 Barley 31 42 1 Dun 37 41 Chevalier '35 50 1 Beans, Tick 36 4d Grinding 3l 42 1 Harrow ticks 40 41 salt 72 76 1 Mazagan 37 39 Chevalier 74 78 1 Ditto, new... 36 39 COLCHESTER,— Nov. 29. A fair supply of wheat, the trade ruled firm, and last; week's prices well.supperted. Barley a free sale for sound malting samples ; other sorts were dull at last week's rates ; beaus and peas are without any material alteration in value. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 66i to 80; red, 623 to 70s; barley, 4ls to 503 ; cats, 25s to 30s ; beans, 3iazagan, 403 to 424; middle and small, 42s to 46s ; peas, white, 41s to 48b ; grey, 403 to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., rsoeivel in the port of London, from the follow in t ports, Nov. 24 to Nov. 29, both inclusive. 11\4t.1 - 8 a Colchester Harwich — —f Leiglt I 252 41. 35 s 9 150 JSaldon 1 951 / 90 103 11033,261 750 COAL MARKET.-DEO. 1. exlcos of Cosi per ten At the dose of the msrket. 0. d. WsHoene, &o. Byass's Hartley l6 6 S. d. Davison's West Hartley 16 ' 'Totten l9 6 rautield Moor flutes 15 6 Kenier Gra i nge ... 18 9 T a ufield Moor l5 3 ' Lauebton l9 0 Walker Primrose .........15 Russell's Hatt* 18 9 North Percy Hartley —l6 ' South Eaton • l9 3 Grey's West Hartley ....16 0 stewarva 19 6 Rough Hall lB 3 Kolloe 18 9 Tees ' 19 6 'Whitworth l7 0 'Hartlepool Hetton 18 9 iasweil dedley ..... .....18 0 'lrviiayll lB 9 3quborwen Merthyr Cassop l9 0 ioutit Hartlepool ..... ... 18 6 1 Plummer lB 6 '3,r , tllßend, (losforth Acorn Close Riddell Eden Alain Framwellgate Lumley South Durham ." Belmont . 17 6 1 ,18 6 .17 e; ,18 91 .18 .Ls 0 .18 6 fletto a Lyons Main Wharnelitle Peusher 7 91 18 6' Ships at. market 10 13 I `iold ....... .88 LOOAL SHARE MARKETS. • tervEitkOOL, DEO. 1. !iTtiort EMOHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-day was doing very little business, and prices without variation. London and North Western, 104 i—Caledonian, Alauchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3i 4—Ditto, 6 per cent. pref., 1? s—Ditto, 61. new 6 per cent., lls . 3d. prem. --Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974 Midland. 84 4 —Eastern Counties, 9--South Eastern, 22k 1 4 Chester and Holyhead, 191—Great Western of Canada. 241 Ditto, new, 2g pm.—Dutch Rhenish, 1.6.3. prem. BIRMINGHAM, Ins. 1. SrOCK EXOBANGI. — This market was rather flat to•dal and prices the turn lower. London and North Western, Ml.—Midlands; 82I—Sheffields, 35i—Great Westerns, 701. MANCHESTER, DEC. 1. iroe Exonartan.—The market opened lower to-dall and prices closed , rather weaker. North Lancashira , 1-16 22—Manchester, Slavflield, and Lincolns 351 0 -- Great Westerns, 69 4 — East Angli an 6 pet dents., 4 ". Midlands, 82k—Leeds, 97i 7. • 6BABORitTE MAILd. Poi ,— 11(45 .Ignines Ln.l•,.t tho matta are sent :Tom thb Generak the night—end M by the morumg—teepAtell.) ------ )4ky wino -ma- , •, I, iri.o.t., ... t WIW I , n G ~,, enora: Pul ~ duo 1° - tau& o:ree, London.* : k:.,.} .t... 1. d ,.....!_,....... .. \Li vor2oo ..iVeelOY 00 LI N'T . kinottoa(bylirii.past.)N tiverY Frida trnerim(by Unitod packet) Every 1 nesday tnerica. (by IL Star .e racket) ..• • N • • • RJ • , var Dt k•Litralls (vie Liver pool, . !•ith and 13th .... 'Liverpool •• Jicto Atausii:ei; Oltio (via •f!apo of 12th Hopo) ••• •• we .•1 , 11 .Noe (Wosi Cows:, . I '' •IriY a ' " •mandria .. • 10th 26th 01 o.lpover iztutandria.... 41, a, coil, 01 nuo•=. Souitia.n • Itaheinas ....... Mb of the mon: , Eoutharrt ......... N Efat!Y• ••••• • • • • • Dov er ' arazil el 9tb of the mouth Southe,!! &tent% 4yres b Caps of Good lime Is [sth of the month ! - pa a Cape of Good Hope - !Uncertain ivo various (;two de Verde Ceylon (see In Ceylon...—. • Channel TIAW , ?; - 4 Chili. China,.. • • ....... Constantinople ..,. Con.itaritinopl.e Cont. of Europe M Eforpt !Joe India) . weekl a t u ji .' u' r t4l 6 ° 'Ad 4, ' 9in 4/C ,lll otb • I it th. 16th itia: ortitin 16th 01 'a lb ;4 29th 1 4t h Sy 4111 and 16 and 1 19 2 and 19 an d 24 ryirlcedall 110th and 26th.... ' 4th and 20th ... • a., .!trst 1. • 11301itOso11 Ti loat t o 1 4th and 10th .• •• ! Oth and 26th.• • • ith Ot dally• • IrtiaveL .• , Southwalt 0 'Dover ..•• Twicedat 6,7,44,20 /, ,:f1,)7• IDovO' IfP,th-orn• Ilst and 161 • - 01 1 Ith 01 frloll. Dan ........ Lon& n Ist > Iris ID ally 3.1111 , ;! - : • Eimi:hira? Eni!,.(.7:".. 4 outnanip t. OA ky,l frAand rift :, - ;lra tt, Yi • ...... 4it Of 7.h, MI. I.oth Ot , 26t.13 of ' Dover -- • • 1 1611:L i and 210 lb 4 , 29 S 0 Dec. 15 : 1' • 1414,1' ~aet I~~i:oif 4, 10, 20. Fuld 28 ~, iDovir 1,c.,.•tc• ••• •- las eoe ,•tru .aritito ...... hi Ca..:103 'c'ew , • Zollatnd ••• •• • • ut / id 21 lit the 'Lucia , . .. I , goa t umupt- 1) IDaY•• • • •• • • • • • • IDovor id lit :7th of rnonthlSoutharnptor 4th and L9Lh mnth:variou, Dail ) •••• • .. 'Dover ••• ' llBt O a 14' ?J11 . ,13,111% r lst 11;16411 liouthav , t.; 1"? , •n , ..!.loutivtry .sth of month t. , vory Saturday.. Dover I) ....Oliver .- 2d &1 . ofmlnthlgoothff,- Neal Leanny , „. t 6es Voneznels. Diemen'9l", in itratia) I.rvilsA I4t . and 18th of m. n :idy d 16 I Sonthwmo ' +ll be de iLTIV fjo. an o.tv, fall on a 3unday, the mails At. the !ollowtoi dar, witk the exception of the , 11 1, d ,:4 - arid tte hate, both of which Wi ll be desP4o" '" ,, Yng day • .1. n li. bilities of this company ____TJ ,, iz ,, IV .. E a RaA . L PROVIDENT LIFE ASSIJRA.NCE C°llFA:Pi:a 1 .,; h Wil l by Mr. C ' reysdill to amount to about 4,0001., vvm•°- have to ' be defrayed by a call. het,' LAW _, AMENDAILNT SOCIETY.—Last night, the soc i for promoting the amendment of the law held its s: ; bi-monthly meeting at the rooms, 3 Waterloo-pleo have been ascertaie. , Mr. P:tt Tayor in the chair. The minutes of , t ,", 0 meeting having been read and confirmed, a WO" W O taken tor the admission of several with the bar as members of the society. The Chairrij to then said that Mr. Sergeant Woolrych had promis e Al a read a paper on the law of official trustees, bat as he ~0 be), thought vibe not see the learned sergeant present, best course they could adopt Would be to ed.:l" ; ser . stancatli)lgeens7crwetaagryattsrhiohuultfaibilnetti es, , at the same time thought that, unless the learned Zit gentlemen cony& to him th is % 1 , ore courteou res:. society would expect for the fUtura 03 went at his hands. The secret e r to 13 " Woolryeh had, last week, submitted the Pap • jce peruf•al, hut took it away agtin OD Sttturday t 0 tl:01 some alterations. He did not then intimate that be 7,.,. 03 . nut be presetyt, nor did be do so to any of several rate otnautneatvooidable cir t .t ,O bers of the society who bad seen him in the course ;Do secretary stated that Sere °_.' day. Many mernben complained of .ate incooventaio to which they had been put by this want of Pun e° and the meeting was adjourned. --- BIRTHS. . op A SOIL th a • On the Ist inst., at 28, Pelham-street, BrorePb°73' wife of John Byrne, EN R oyal Horse Geeld ° ' uof St ~ On the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. George 14°c " Cbeapside. of On the 20th nit., at Chorleywood, Here the W ife William Longman, Esq. Mrs. Dalrymple Ha y. A DAUGHTER. On the 24th ult., at 6, Esplanade, P l y mouth, the °°ll. On the 29th ult .the wife of J. Brandrani F ele ' 554.' of 21, Cambridge-tsquare, Hyde-park. . MARRIED. ' A 10 4 On thE 2 7 th ult., at Clayhidon, Dovo Alfre‘.., „gest slaughter of William Jupp, Esq , l3rentford, t"o'Blisa, yt..-rio of the late Robert Farrant, Esq., of Co' in Hous ,, , Devon. 1., Os On the 25th ult., at St. Yarylebone parish chtir s— ' i s o to Cl ew Rev. J. C. James, of St. Jchn's, Woroesteri Taylor, widow of Richard Walker, E la te of th ° sq- , gal Civil Service. D I E D. 11' OR s3° On the 30th ult., at 16, G-eat Corarn-street, riC , squale, Peter P:l.:ial, Esq., apoi 66. Tl'4ollll i. O, the 29da tit., a', ',V, stbourue-erescent... ~7- 1,, ,,, PO' Rear-Admiral Frederick Willistn Beechey, - 0 ''''''' _ Ar dent of the Royal Geo , raphioal Society, ite• ~dellw On the 28th ult., at 42, Porrhester-square, -1-'1 ilb o i ° n r the.C4e Major-General 11 Stephenit. , Lewi sll °° L t e l Yvi',li.t.—Esci.i, c o . f s.o, rr—alist i . square, aged 70. ~,,a-stre " 7,1.. Or' T i the ioi ~1 - a o s t i r i e t ~ ! c t i i . ~, y at , n3gse,dßso2,llbone-plane, C/3-- if Oa the 26th ult., at his iesi ance, V V • I. C.,ptani Charles Coks, aged tiii. , r , -/- iport, Dock, pg° 4 left ?4" 82. 0 n the 29th ult., at Brighton. Robert Steell, 541." . On the 29th nit., at St. Leorard'o-road, Brow Win. Wilkinson, aged 67. . vo T O O, LGND°IS: Printal. told. l',,bli•lhod of No. 112, Strand, I:';'iLt:Jr, at Tite Su" 'll2, Strand, in the Precinct of :he Savoy, in the O of Middlesex, TtleSifty, DeCOMICr 2, 106.. ilom Twic e 1 4 16